MFS CHARTER INCOME TRUST N-CSRS
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF

REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-05822

MFS CHARTER INCOME TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Susan S. Newton

Massachusetts Financial Services Company

111 Huntington Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02199

(Name and address of agents for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 954-5000

Date of fiscal year end: November 30

Date of reporting period: May 31, 2015


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ITEM 1. REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.


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SEMIANNUAL REPORT

May 31, 2015

 

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MFS® CHARTER INCOME TRUST

 

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MCR-SEM

 


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MANAGED DISTRIBUTION POLICY DISCLOSURE

The MFS Charter Income Trust’s (the fund) Board of Trustees has adopted a managed distribution policy effective May 1, 2015. The fund seeks to pay monthly distributions based on an annual rate of 8.00% of the fund’s average monthly net asset value. The fund’s total return in relation to changes in net asset value is presented in the Financial Highlights. You should not draw any conclusions about the fund’s investment performance from the amount of the current distribution or from the terms of the fund’s managed distribution policy. The Board may amend or terminate the managed distribution policy at any time without prior notice to fund shareholders.

With each distribution, the fund will issue a notice to shareholders and an accompanying press release which will provide detailed information regarding the amount and composition of the distribution and other related information. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in the notice to shareholders are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the fund’s investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.

Under a managed distribution policy the fund may at times distribute more than its net investment income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may result in a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the fund is paid back to you. A return of capital does not necessarily reflect the fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with ‘yield’ or ‘income’. Please refer to “Tax Matters and Distributions” under Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements for information regarding the tax character of the fund’s distributions.


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MFS® CHARTER INCOME TRUST

New York Stock Exchange Symbol: MCR

 

 

Letter from the Chairman     1   
Portfolio composition     2   
Portfolio managers’ profiles     4   
Other notes     5   
Portfolio of investments     6   
Statement of assets and liabilities     38   
Statement of operations     39   
Statements of changes in net assets     40   
Statement of cash flows     41   
Financial highlights     42   
Notes to financial statements     44   
Report of independent registered public accounting firm     56   
Proxy voting policies and information     57   
Quarterly portfolio disclosure     57   
Further information     57   
Contact information    back cover   

 

NOT FDIC INSURED Ÿ MAY LOSE VALUE Ÿ NO BANK GUARANTEE


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LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN

 

Dear Shareholders:

Global economic conditions were sluggish in early 2015. U.S. growth decelerated sharply, and a strong dollar made exports more expensive. Also contributing to

weakness were a slow, tentative eurozone economic recovery, a steady deceleration in China’s pace of growth and a struggling Japanese economy.

Other major economies and regions have struggled, leading central banks to step up their efforts to stimulate economic growth. The European Central Bank’s quantitative easing program has begun to make an impact. However, risks associated with a potential Greek debt default and potential eurozone exit have weighed on business and investor confidence.

Despite the People’s Bank of China’s targeted stimulative actions,

China’s economic growth rate has continued to decelerate to multi-decade lows, and Chinese equity markets are showing signs of strain.

In Puerto Rico, concerns about the island nation’s ability to pay its outstanding debt obligations resurfaced, which weighed on municipal bond markets.

The U.S. Federal Reserve has remained accommodative in the face of global headwinds and low inflation.

The world’s financial markets have become increasingly complex in recent years. Now, more than ever, it is important to understand companies on a global basis. At MFS®, we believe our integrated research platform, collaborative culture, active risk management process and long-term focus give us a research advantage.

As investors, we aim to add long-term value. We believe this approach will serve you well as you work with your financial advisor to reach your investment objectives.

Respectfully,

 

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Robert J. Manning

Chairman

MFS Investment Management

July 16, 2015

The opinions expressed in this letter are subject to change and may not be relied upon for investment advice. No forecasts can be guaranteed.

 

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PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION

 

Portfolio structure (i)

 

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Fixed income sectors (i)  
High Yield Corporates     66.0%   
Non-U.S. Government Bonds     24.0%   
Emerging Markets Bonds     13.1%   
Investment Grade Corporates     11.7%   
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities     3.5%   
U.S. Government Agencies     2.4%   
Mortgage-Backed Securities     1.4%   
Floating Rate Loans     1.2%   
Collateralized Debt Obligations     0.3%   
Asset-Backed Securities     0.1%   
U.S. Treasury Securities     (19.5)%   
Composition including fixed income
credit quality (a)(i)
   
AAA     6.6%   
AA     3.0%   
A     5.8%   
BBB     18.6%   
BB     31.6%   
B     35.0%   
CCC     7.0%   
C     0.3%   
D     0.2%   
U.S. Government     0.9%   
Federal Agencies     3.8%   
Not Rated     (8.6)%   
Non-Fixed Income     0.7%   
Cash & Other     (4.9)%   
Portfolio facts (i)  
Average Duration (d)     5.5   
Average Effective Maturity (m)     7.1 yrs.   
Issuer country weightings (i)(x)   
United States     48.0%   
Germany     8.0%   
Japan     6.5%   
Canada     5.4%   
United Kingdom     4.1%   
Italy     2.6%   
Mexico     2.6%   
Supranational     1.6%   
Israel     1.5%   
Other Countries     19.7%   
 

 

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Portfolio Composition – continued

 

(a) For all securities other than those specifically described below, ratings are assigned to underlying securities utilizing ratings from Moody’s, Fitch, and Standard & Poor’s rating agencies and applying the following hierarchy: If all three agencies provide a rating, the middle rating (after dropping the highest and lowest ratings) is assigned; if two of the three agencies rate a security, the lower of the two is assigned. Ratings are shown in the S&P and Fitch scale (e.g., AAA). Securities rated BBB or higher are considered investment grade. All ratings are subject to change. U.S. Government includes securities issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Federal Agencies includes rated and unrated U.S. Agency fixed-income securities, U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities, and collateralized mortgage obligations of U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities. Not Rated includes fixed income securities, including fixed income futures contracts, which have not been rated by any rating agency. Non-Fixed Income includes equity securities (including convertible bonds and equity derivatives) and commodities. The fund may not hold all of these instruments. The fund is not rated by these agencies.
(d) Duration is a measure of how much a bond’s price is likely to fluctuate with general changes in interest rates, e.g., if rates rise 1.00%, a bond with a 5-year duration is likely to lose about 5.00% of its value due to the interest rate move.
(i) For purposes of this presentation, the components include the value of securities, and reflect the impact of the equivalent exposure of derivative positions, if any. These amounts may be negative from time to time. Equivalent exposure is a calculated amount that translates the derivative position into a reasonable approximation of the amount of the underlying asset that the portfolio would have to hold at a given point in time to have the same price sensitivity that results from the portfolio’s ownership of the derivative contract. When dealing with derivatives, equivalent exposure is a more representative measure of the potential impact of a position on portfolio performance than value. The bond component will include any accrued interest amounts.
(m) In determining an instrument’s effective maturity for purposes of calculating the fund’s dollar-weighted average effective maturity, MFS uses the instrument’s stated maturity or, if applicable, an earlier date on which MFS believes it is probable that a maturity-shortening device (such as a put, pre-refunding or prepayment) will cause the instrument to be repaid. Such an earlier date can be substantially shorter than the instrument’s stated maturity.
(x) Represents the portfolio’s exposure to issuer countries as a percentage of a portfolio’s net assets. For purposes of this presentation, United States includes Cash & Other.

From time to time Cash & Other may be negative due to borrowings for leverage transactions, timing of cash receipts, and/or equivalent exposure from any derivative holdings.

Where the fund holds convertible bonds, these are treated as part of the equity portion of the portfolio.

Cash & Other can include cash, other assets less liabilities, offsets to derivative positions, and short-term securities. Please see the Statement of Assets and Liabilities for additional information related to the fund’s cash position and the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information related to certain risks associated with assets included in “Other”.

Percentages are based on net assets as of 5/31/15.

The portfolio is actively managed and current holdings may be different.

 

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PORTFOLIO MANAGERS’ PROFILES

 

Portfolio Manager   Primary Role   Since   Title and Five Year History
Richard Hawkins   Lead Portfolio
Manager
  2004   Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 1988.
William Adams   Lower Quality
Debt Instruments
Portfolio Manager
  2011   Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2009; Credit Analyst at MFS from 1997 to 2005.
Ward Brown   Emerging
Markets Debt
Instruments
Portfolio Manager
  2012   Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2005.
David Cole   Lower Quality
Debt Instruments
Portfolio Manager
  2006   Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2004.
Pilar Gomez-Bravo   Global Debt
Instruments
Portfolio Manager
  2013   Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2013; Managing Director of Imperial Capital from May 2012 to March 2013; Portfolio Manager and Head of Research of Negentropy Capital from June 2011 to April 2012; Co-founder of Marengo Asset Management from June 2010 to April 2011.
Joshua Marston   Structured
Securities
Portfolio Manager
  2012   Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 1999.
Robert Persons   Investment Grade
Debt Instruments
Portfolio Manager
  2013   Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2000.
Matthew Ryan   Emerging
Markets Debt
Instruments
Portfolio Manager
  2004   Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 1997.
Erik Weisman   Sovereign Debt
Instruments
Portfolio Manager
  2012   Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2002.

 

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OTHER NOTES

The fund’s shares may trade at a discount or premium to net asset value. When fund shares trade at a premium, buyers pay more than the net asset value underlying fund shares, and shares purchased at a premium would receive less than the amount paid for them in the event of the fund’s liquidation.

The fund’s monthly distributions may include a return of capital to shareholders to the extent that the fund’s net investment income and net capital gains are insufficient to meet the fund’s target annual distribution rate. Distributions that are treated for federal income tax purposes as a return of capital will reduce each shareholder’s basis in his or her shares and, to the extent the return of capital exceeds such basis, will be treated as gain to the shareholder from a sale of shares. It may also result in a recharacterization of what economically represents a return of capital to ordinary income in those situations where a fund has long term capital gains and a capital loss carryforward. Returns of shareholder capital have the effect of reducing the fund’s assets and increasing the fund’s expense ratio.

The fund’s target annual distribution rate is calculated based on an annual rate of 8.00% of the fund’s average monthly net asset value, not a fixed share price, and the fund’s dividend amount will fluctuate with changes in the fund’s average monthly net assets.

 

In accordance with Section 23(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the fund hereby gives notice that it may from time to time repurchase shares of the fund in the open market at the option of the Board of Trustees and on such terms as the Trustees shall determine.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

5/31/15 (unaudited)

The Portfolio of Investments is a complete list of all securities owned by your fund. It is categorized by broad-based asset classes.

 

Bonds - 110.2%                 
Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Aerospace - 1.6%                 
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc., 7.125%, 3/15/21    $ 1,805,000      $ 1,931,350   
Bombardier, Inc., 7.75%, 3/15/20 (n)      260,000        268,450   
Bombardier, Inc., 6.125%, 1/15/23 (n)      1,260,000        1,146,600   
Bombardier, Inc., 7.5%, 3/15/25 (n)      560,000        535,500   
CPI International, Inc., 8.75%, 2/15/18      1,495,000        1,539,850   
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., 7.125%, 3/15/21      1,805,000        1,931,350   
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., 7%, 5/15/19      380,000        338,200   
TransDigm, Inc., 6%, 7/15/22      275,000        278,781   
TransDigm, Inc., 6.5%, 7/15/24      705,000        719,100   
    

 

 

 
             $ 8,689,181   
Airlines - 0.0%                 
Ryanair Ltd., 1.125%, 3/10/23    EUR 175,000      $ 186,758   
Apparel Manufacturers - 0.4%                 
Hanesbrands, Inc., 6.375%, 12/15/20    $ 755,000      $ 799,356   
PVH Corp., 4.5%, 12/15/22      1,375,000        1,395,625   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,194,981   
Asset-Backed & Securitized - 3.9%                 
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc., FRN, 5.743%, 2/10/51    $ 1,053,603      $ 1,136,919   
Bayview Financial Acquisition Trust, FRN, 5.483%, 2/28/41 (d)(q)      49,458        51,564   
Bayview Financial Revolving Mortgage Loan Trust, FRN, 1.786%, 12/28/40 (z)      651,555        397,506   
Citigroup/Deutsche Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, FRN, 5.366%, 12/11/49      1,605,000        1,671,057   
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, FRN, 5.775%, 6/10/46      230,000        239,403   
Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-DC1, “A5”, 3.35%, 2/10/48      500,000        514,495   
Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, FRN, 5.147%, 2/25/33      116,071        116,206   
Crest Ltd., CDO, 7%, 1/28/40 (a)(p)      2,829,556        945,468   
Dryden Senior Loan Fund, 2013-26A, “A”, CLO, FRN, 1.375%, 7/15/25 (z)      722,000        714,270   
First Union-Lehman Brothers Bank of America, FRN, 0.653%, 11/18/35 (i)      5,367,348        81,788   

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

 

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Asset-Backed & Securitized - continued                 
Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp., 5.475%, 3/10/39    $ 954,545      $ 1,005,107   
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., “A3”, FRN, 5.773%, 6/15/49      792,055        800,799   
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., “A3”, FRN, 5.938%, 2/15/51      318,716        319,193   
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., “A4”, FRN, 5.773%, 6/15/49      2,346,110        2,492,266   
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2007-LD11, “AM”, FRN, 5.773%, 6/15/49      2,142,300        2,246,611   
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust, FRN, 5.836%, 6/12/50      1,350,000        1,435,186   
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, “AM”, FRN, 5.683%, 4/15/49      2,137,000        2,239,884   
Multi Security Asset Trust, “A3”, CDO, 5%, 11/28/35 (n)      15,618        15,559   
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, “A4”, FRN, 5.951%, 2/15/51      3,573,246        3,769,460   
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-NXS1, “A5”, 3.148%, 5/15/48      768,632        781,092   
    

 

 

 
             $ 20,973,833   
Automotive - 1.9%                 
Accuride Corp., 9.5%, 8/01/18    $ 1,735,000      $ 1,791,388   
Delphi Automotive PLC, 1.5%, 3/10/25    EUR 200,000        211,794   
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 1.7%, 5/09/16    $ 550,000        553,155   
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 1.461%, 3/27/17      252,000        251,989   
General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 3.45%, 4/10/22      256,000        252,103   
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 6.5%, 3/01/21      1,695,000        1,805,175   
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 7%, 5/15/22      350,000        383,250   
Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc., 2.7%, 3/15/17 (n)      370,000        379,309   
Hyundai Capital America, 2.6%, 3/19/20 (n)      272,000        274,516   
Lear Corp., 4.75%, 1/15/23      1,015,000        1,027,688   
Lear Corp., 5.375%, 3/15/24      60,000        62,100   
Lear Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/25      790,000        797,900   
Schaeffler Finance B.V., 3.25%, 5/15/19    EUR 230,000        258,293   
Schaeffler Finance B.V., 4.75%, 5/15/21 (n)    $ 460,000        470,350   
Schaeffler Holding Finance B.V., 6.25%, 11/15/19 (n)(p)      470,000        499,967   
Volkswagen International Finance N.V., 3.875% to 9/04/18, FRN to 9/29/49    EUR 200,000        233,485   
ZF North America Capital, Inc., 4.5%, 4/29/22 (n)    $ 950,000        966,625   
    

 

 

 
             $ 10,219,087   
Biotechnology - 0.0%                 
Life Technologies Corp., 6%, 3/01/20    $ 200,000      $ 229,492   

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

 

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Broadcasting - 1.5%                 
AMC Networks, Inc., 7.75%, 7/15/21    $ 863,000      $ 938,513   
Clear Channel Communications, Inc., 9%, 3/01/21      993,000        938,385   
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., “A”, 6.5%, 11/15/22      190,000        199,025   
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., “B”, 6.5%, 11/15/22      850,000        899,938   
Liberty Media Corp., 8.5%, 7/15/29      820,000        910,200   
Liberty Media Corp., 8.25%, 2/01/30      210,000        229,950   
Netflix, Inc., 5.375%, 2/01/21      1,680,000        1,751,400   
Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., 6.875%, 11/15/20      1,005,000        1,067,813   
Omnicom Group, Inc., 3.65%, 11/01/24      77,000        77,169   
ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, 2.625%, 4/15/21    EUR 240,000        278,280   
SES Global Americas Holdings GP, 2.5%, 3/25/19 (n)    $ 181,000        181,526   
Univision Communications, Inc., 5.125%, 2/15/25 (n)      380,000        377,910   
    

 

 

 
             $ 7,850,109   
Brokerage & Asset Managers - 0.1%                 
E*Trade Financial Corp., 4.625%, 9/15/23    $ 730,000      $ 733,650   
Building - 2.2%                 
Allegion U.S. Holding Co., Inc., 5.75%, 10/01/21    $ 1,865,000      $ 1,953,588   
Building Materials Corp. of America, 5.375%, 11/15/24 (n)      1,250,000        1,260,150   
Building Materials Holding Corp., 6.75%, 5/01/21 (n)      675,000        714,656   
CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V., 6.5%, 12/10/19 (n)      284,000        303,198   
CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V., 7.25%, 1/15/21 (n)      423,000        455,360   
Cimpor Financial Operations B.V., 5.75%, 7/17/24 (n)      263,000        234,070   
CRH Finance Ltd., 3.125%, 4/03/23    EUR 150,000        185,474   
Elementia S.A. de C.V., 5.5%, 1/15/25 (n)    $ 210,000        213,413   
Gibraltar Industries, Inc., 6.25%, 2/01/21      830,000        856,975   
HD Supply, Inc., 7.5%, 7/15/20      980,000        1,059,625   
Headwaters, Inc., 7.25%, 1/15/19      535,000        561,750   
Masco Corp., 4.45%, 4/01/25      85,000        87,231   
Mohawk Industries, Inc., 3.85%, 2/01/23      134,000        136,367   
Nortek, Inc., 8.5%, 4/15/21      1,370,000        1,484,738   
Owens Corning, Inc., 4.2%, 12/15/22      127,000        130,643   
PriSo Acquisition Corp., 9%, 5/15/23 (n)      595,000        583,100   
Roofing Supply Group LLC/Roofing Supply Finance, Inc., 10%, 6/01/20 (n)      1,075,000        1,104,563   
Union Andina de Cementos S.A.A., 5.875%, 10/30/21 (n)      259,000        264,504   
    

 

 

 
             $ 11,589,405   
Business Services - 1.2%                 
Equinix, Inc., 4.875%, 4/01/20    $ 565,000      $ 583,363   
Equinix, Inc., 5.375%, 1/01/22      305,000        317,391   

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

 

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Business Services - continued                 
Equinix, Inc., 5.375%, 4/01/23    $ 880,000      $ 906,400   
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., 3.875%, 6/05/24      537,000        546,334   
Fiserv, Inc., 2.7%, 6/01/20      275,000        275,892   
Iron Mountain, Inc., 8.375%, 8/15/21      150,000        156,150   
Iron Mountain, Inc., REIT, 6%, 8/15/23      1,540,000        1,632,400   
NeuStar, Inc., 4.5%, 1/15/23      1,260,000        1,108,800   
Tencent Holdings Ltd., 3.375%, 3/05/18 (n)      449,000        464,751   
Tencent Holdings Ltd., 3.8%, 2/11/25 (n)      485,000        487,258   
    

 

 

 
             $ 6,478,739   
Cable TV - 4.8%                 
Altice Financing S.A., 6.5%, 1/15/22 (n)    $ 2,005,000      $ 2,055,125   
Altice Financing S.A., 6.625%, 2/15/23 (n)      1,400,000        1,450,750   
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 7.375%, 6/01/20      250,000        266,250   
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 6.5%, 4/30/21      1,965,000        2,066,934   
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.125%, 5/01/23 (n)      780,000        783,900   
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.75%, 1/15/24      1,020,000        1,050,600   
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.375%, 5/01/25 (n)      335,000        337,513   
Cequel Communications Holdings, 6.375%, 9/15/20 (n)      1,675,000        1,708,500   
Comcast Corp., 4.75%, 3/01/44      223,000        237,295   
DISH DBS Corp., 7.875%, 9/01/19      240,000        271,200   
DISH DBS Corp., 6.75%, 6/01/21      1,000,000        1,068,125   
DISH DBS Corp., 5%, 3/15/23      1,065,000        1,026,394   
DISH DBS Corp., 5.875%, 11/15/24      380,000        380,950   
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., 6.625%, 12/15/22      1,145,000        1,064,850   
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., 5.5%, 8/01/23      1,330,000        1,221,525   
Intelsat Luxembourg S.A., 8.125%, 6/01/23      1,350,000        1,201,500   
LGE Holdco VI B.V., 7.125%, 5/15/24 (n)    EUR 520,000        643,933   
Lynx I Corp., 5.375%, 4/15/21 (n)    $ 342,000        358,245   
Lynx II Corp., 6.375%, 4/15/23 (n)      555,000        589,688   
Shaw Communications, Inc., 5.65%, 10/01/19    CAD 215,000        197,935   
SIRIUS XM Radio, Inc., 4.25%, 5/15/20 (n)    $ 90,000        89,888   
SIRIUS XM Radio, Inc., 5.875%, 10/01/20 (n)      120,000        124,950   
SIRIUS XM Radio, Inc., 5.75%, 8/01/21 (n)      185,000        192,631   
SIRIUS XM Radio, Inc., 4.625%, 5/15/23 (n)      740,000        714,100   
SIRIUS XM Radio, Inc., 6%, 7/15/24 (n)      1,065,000        1,105,151   
SIRIUS XM Radio, Inc., 5.375%, 4/15/25 (n)      745,000        746,118   
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 5.75%, 6/02/31    GBP 100,000        163,218   
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 5.25%, 7/15/42    GBP 100,000        150,043   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Cable TV - continued                 
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 4.5%, 9/15/42    $ 119,000      $ 103,238   
Unitymedia Hessen, 5.5%, 1/15/23 (n)      1,350,000        1,392,188   
Unitymedia KabelBW GmbH, 6.125%, 1/15/25 (n)      770,000        796,950   
Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, 5.25%, 1/15/26 (n)      800,000        801,000   
VTR Finance B.V., 6.875%, 1/15/24 (n)      731,000        761,154   
Ziggo Bond Finance B.V., 5.875%, 1/15/25 (n)      200,000        204,000   
    

 

 

 
             $ 25,325,841   
Chemicals - 2.6%                 
Celanese U.S. Holdings LLC, 5.875%, 6/15/21    $ 1,044,000      $ 1,132,740   
Celanese U.S. Holdings LLC, 4.625%, 11/15/22      830,000        838,300   
CF Industries, Inc., 5.15%, 3/15/34      169,000        177,348   
Consolidated Energy Finance S.A., 6.75%, 10/15/19 (n)      380,000        391,400   
Evolution Escrow Issuer Co., 7.5%, 3/15/22 (n)      795,000        791,025   
Flash Dutch 2 B.V./U.S. Coatings Acquisition, 7.375%, 5/01/21 (n)      1,080,000        1,171,800   
Hexion U.S. Finance Corp., 6.625%, 4/15/20      630,000        593,775   
Hexion U.S. Finance Corp./Hexion Nova Scotia Finance, 8.875%, 2/01/18      975,000        894,563   
Huntsman International LLC, 8.625%, 3/15/21      413,000        436,748   
Huntsman International LLC, 5.125%, 4/15/21    EUR 165,000        191,640   
INEOS Group Holdings S.A., 6.125%, 8/15/18 (n)    $ 515,000        529,163   
INEOS Group Holdings S.A., 5.875%, 2/15/19 (n)      200,000        203,500   
Israel Chemicals Ltd., 4.5%, 12/02/24 (n)      2,460,000        2,529,864   
LYB International Finance B.V., 4%, 7/15/23      135,000        141,955   
LyondellBasell Industries N.V., 4.625%, 2/26/55      400,000        365,145   
Solvay Finance S.A., FRN, 4.199%, 5/29/49    EUR 250,000        288,714   
Syngenta Finance N.V., 1.875%, 11/02/21    EUR 200,000        230,751   
Tronox Finance LLC, 6.375%, 8/15/20    $ 2,055,000        1,972,800   
W.R. Grace & Co., 5.125%, 10/01/21 (n)      675,000        696,938   
    

 

 

 
             $ 13,578,169   
Computer Software - 0.3%                 
Oracle Corp., 3.4%, 7/08/24    $ 251,000      $ 257,538   
Syniverse Holdings, Inc., 9.125%, 1/15/19      362,000        322,180   
VeriSign, Inc., 4.625%, 5/01/23      1,005,000        992,438   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,572,156   
Computer Software - Systems - 0.2%                 
Apple, Inc., 2.7%, 5/13/22    $ 400,000      $ 403,336   
CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp., 6%, 8/15/22      275,000        295,625   
CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp., 5.5%, 12/01/24      395,000        413,763   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,112,724   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Conglomerates - 2.3%                 
Alfa S.A.B de C.V., 6.875%, 3/25/44    $ 521,000      $ 557,470   
Amsted Industries Co., 5%, 3/15/22 (n)      2,170,000        2,202,550   
BC Mountain LLC, 7%, 2/01/21 (n)      1,160,000        1,055,600   
EnerSys, 5%, 4/30/23 (n)      1,720,000        1,741,500   
EnPro Industries, Inc., 5.875%, 9/15/22 (n)      1,485,000        1,540,688   
Entegris, Inc., 6%, 4/01/22 (n)      1,575,000        1,645,875   
General Electric Co., 1.25%, 5/26/23    EUR 100,000        110,447   
Renaissance Acquisition, 6.875%, 8/15/21 (n)    $ 1,345,000        1,247,488   
Rexel S.A., 6.125%, 12/15/19 (n)      1,270,000        1,343,660   
Roper Industries, Inc., 1.85%, 11/15/17      200,000        201,421   
Tyco International Finance S.A., 1.375%, 2/25/25    EUR 125,000        132,842   
Votorantim Cimentos S.A., 5.25%, 4/28/17    EUR 167,000        198,090   
    

 

 

 
             $ 11,977,631   
Construction - 0.2%                 
Empresas ICA S.A.B. de C.V., 8.9%, 2/04/21    $ 450,000      $ 421,313   
Empresas ICA S.A.B. de C.V., 8.875%, 5/29/24 (n)      853,000        735,713   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,157,026   
Consumer Products - 0.7%                 
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc., 4%, 12/01/24    $ 400,000      $ 413,398   
Prestige Brands, Inc., 8.125%, 2/01/20      257,000        276,275   
Prestige Brands, Inc., 5.375%, 12/15/21 (n)      955,000        970,471   
Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services PLC, 3.625%, 9/21/23 (n)      250,000        262,072   
Spectrum Brands, Inc., 6.375%, 11/15/20      1,025,000        1,094,188   
Spectrum Brands, Inc., 6.125%, 12/15/24 (n)      170,000        180,625   
Spectrum Brands, Inc., 5.75%, 7/15/25 (n)      460,000        473,800   
Whirlpool Corp., 0.625%, 3/12/20    EUR 125,000        135,232   
    

 

 

 
             $ 3,806,061   
Consumer Services - 2.1%                 
ADT Corp., 6.25%, 10/15/21    $ 2,155,000      $ 2,311,238   
ADT Corp., 4.125%, 6/15/23      60,000        56,250   
Garda World Security Corp., 7.25%, 11/15/21 (n)      395,000        387,100   
Garda World Security Corp., 7.25%, 11/15/21 (n)      660,000        646,800   
Grupo Posadas S.A.B. de C.V., 7.875%, 11/30/17      505,000        521,413   
Interval Acquisition Corp., 5.625%, 4/15/23 (n)      1,865,000        1,902,300   
Monitronics International, Inc., 9.125%, 4/01/20      1,360,000        1,336,200   
Priceline Group, Inc., 3.65%, 3/15/25      166,000        166,773   
Priceline Group, Inc., 1.8%, 3/03/27    EUR 100,000        103,860   
Sabre GLBL, Inc., 5.375%, 4/15/23 (n)    $ 1,805,000        1,836,588   
Service Corp. International, 7%, 6/15/17      1,220,000        1,328,275   
Service Corp. International, 5.375%, 5/15/24      695,000        736,700   
    

 

 

 
             $ 11,333,497   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Containers - 2.7%                 
Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC, 9.125%, 10/15/20 (n)    $ 2,195,000      $ 2,337,675   
Ball Corp., 5%, 3/15/22      1,605,000        1,649,138   
Berry Plastics Group, Inc., 9.75%, 1/15/21      145,000        159,906   
Berry Plastics Group, Inc., 5.5%, 5/15/22      1,025,000        1,048,703   
Crown American LLC, 4.5%, 1/15/23      1,454,000        1,435,825   
Crown European Holdings S.A., 3.375%, 5/15/25 (z)    EUR 350,000        374,795   
Multi-Color Corp., 6.125%, 12/01/22 (n)    $ 1,255,000        1,302,063   
Rexam PLC, 6.75% to 6/29/17, FRN to 6/29/67    EUR 190,000        214,416   
Reynolds Group, 9.875%, 8/15/19    $ 123,000        130,380   
Reynolds Group, 5.75%, 10/15/20      790,000        822,588   
Reynolds Group, 8.25%, 2/15/21      2,030,000        2,139,113   
Sealed Air Corp., 4.875%, 12/01/22 (n)      1,295,000        1,304,713   
Sealed Air Corp., 5.125%, 12/01/24 (n)      390,000        396,825   
Signode Industrial Group, 6.375%, 5/01/22 (n)      1,170,000        1,170,000   
    

 

 

 
             $ 14,486,140   
Defense Electronics - 0.3%                 
BAE Systems PLC, 4.125%, 6/08/22    GBP 150,000      $ 248,680   
Ducommun, Inc., 9.75%, 7/15/18    $ 1,129,000        1,193,918   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,442,598   
Electrical Equipment - 0.1%                 
Arrow Electronics, Inc., 3.5%, 4/01/22    $ 173,000      $ 172,320   
Avaya, Inc., 10.5%, 3/01/21 (n)      325,000        277,875   
Molex Electronic Technologies LLC, 3.9%, 4/15/25 (n)      201,000        199,013   
    

 

 

 
             $ 649,208   
Electronics - 1.2%                 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 6.75%, 3/01/19    $ 1,045,000      $ 931,356   
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 7.5%, 8/15/22      305,000        268,400   
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 7%, 7/01/24      575,000        483,000   
Micron Technology, Inc., 5.875%, 2/15/22      675,000        708,750   
Micron Technology, Inc., 5.5%, 2/01/25 (n)      375,000        372,150   
NXP B.V., 5.75%, 3/15/23 (n)      1,730,000        1,842,450   
Sensata Technologies B.V., 5.625%, 11/01/24 (n)      475,000        506,469   
Sensata Technologies B.V., 5%, 10/01/25 (n)      835,000        842,824   
Tyco Electronics Group S.A., 2.375%, 12/17/18      294,000        298,729   
Tyco Electronics Group S.A., 1.1%, 3/01/23    EUR 100,000        108,267   
    

 

 

 
             $ 6,362,395   
Emerging Market Quasi-Sovereign - 2.8%                 
Banco do Estado Rio Grande do Sul S.A., 7.375%, 2/02/22 (n)    $ 1,092,000      $ 1,108,380   
CNOOC Finance (2015) U.S.A. LLC, 3.5%, 5/05/25      200,000        198,393   
CNPC (HK) Overseas Capital Ltd., 4.5%, 4/28/21 (n)      274,000        295,560   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Emerging Market Quasi-Sovereign - continued                 
CNPC General Capital Ltd., 3.4%, 4/16/23 (n)    $ 586,000      $ 582,710   
Comision Federal de Electricidad, 4.875%, 1/15/24      234,000        245,700   
Corporacion Financiera de Desarrollo S.A., FRN, 5.25%, 7/15/29 (n)      819,000        848,484   
Empresa Nacional del Petroleo, 4.375%, 10/30/24 (n)      200,000        205,446   
Gaz Capital S.A., 4.95%, 2/06/28      383,000        336,561   
KazAgro National Management Holding, 4.625%, 5/24/23 (n)      858,000        770,055   
Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Co., 6.95%, 7/10/42 (n)      967,000        937,893   
KazMunayGas National Co., 6%, 11/07/44 (n)      200,000        170,800   
Majapahit Holding B.V., 7.25%, 6/28/17 (n)      591,000        644,929   
Majapahit Holding B.V., 8%, 8/07/19 (n)      380,000        443,194   
NOVA Chemicals Corp., 5.25%, 8/01/23 (n)      250,000        257,500   
Office Cherifien des Phosphates, 4.5%, 10/22/25 (z)      200,000        195,000   
Office Cherifien des Phosphates, 6.875%, 4/25/44 (n)      702,000        760,933   
ONGC Videsh Ltd., 4.625%, 7/15/24      511,000        535,399   
Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, 5.75%, 3/01/18      642,000        706,200   
Pertamina PT, 5.25%, 5/23/21 (n)      256,000        270,720   
Pertamina PT, 4.875%, 5/03/22 (n)      547,000        564,094   
Pertamina PT, 6%, 5/03/42 (n)      318,000        307,347   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 8%, 5/03/19      1,101,000        1,305,236   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 4.875%, 1/24/22      691,000        726,414   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 4.5%, 1/23/26 (n)      198,000        198,495   
Sinopec Group Overseas Development (2012) Ltd., 3.9%, 5/17/22 (n)      279,000        291,233   
State Grid Overseas Investment (2014) Ltd., 4.125%, 5/07/24 (n)      1,016,000        1,089,135   
Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi T.A.O., 6.875% to 2/03/20, FRN to 2/03/25 (n)      875,000        870,363   
    

 

 

 
             $ 14,866,174   
Emerging Market Sovereign - 3.9%                 
Dominican Republic, 7.5%, 5/06/21 (n)    $ 548,000      $ 613,760   
Dominican Republic, 5.875%, 4/18/24 (n)      121,000        126,748   
Dominican Republic, 5.5%, 1/27/25 (n)      179,000        181,685   
Dominican Republic, 8.625%, 4/20/27      891,000        1,069,200   
Nota do Tesouro Nacional, 10%, 1/01/25    BRL 5,071,000        1,404,071   
Republic of Angola, 7%, 8/16/19    $ 482,000        491,977   
Republic of Colombia, 8.125%, 5/21/24      1,025,000        1,341,469   
Republic of Croatia, 5.5%, 4/04/23 (n)      2,108,000        2,220,521   
Republic of El Salvador, 6.375%, 1/18/27 (n)      42,000        41,633   
Republic of Hungary, 5.375%, 2/21/23      672,000        742,899   
Republic of Indonesia, 11.625%, 3/04/19 (n)      848,000        1,122,540   
Republic of Indonesia, 7.875%, 4/15/19    IDR 15,259,000,000        1,146,964   
Republic of Indonesia, 2.875%, 7/08/21 (z)    EUR 175,000        198,209   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Emerging Market Sovereign - continued                 
Republic of Indonesia, 3.375%, 4/15/23 (n)    $ 302,000      $ 291,053   
Republic of Indonesia, 8.375%, 3/15/24    IDR 14,554,000,000        1,114,332   
Republic of Indonesia, 4.125%, 1/15/25 (n)    $ 684,000        681,264   
Republic of Panama, 3.75%, 3/16/25      204,000        204,765   
Republic of Panama, 9.375%, 4/01/29      719,000        1,087,488   
Republic of Paraguay, 6.1%, 8/11/44 (n)      550,000        591,250   
Republic of Peru, 7.35%, 7/21/25      355,000        475,700   
Republic of Peru, 5.625%, 11/18/50      103,000        121,025   
Republic of Romania, 6.75%, 2/07/22 (n)      1,030,000        1,233,456   
Republic of Slovakia, 4.375%, 5/21/22 (n)      688,000        766,260   
Republic of Turkey, 5.625%, 3/30/21      362,000        395,033   
Republic of Turkey, 3.25%, 3/23/23      633,000        595,811   
Russian Federation, 4.875%, 9/16/23 (n)      400,000        396,000   
United Mexican States, 3.625%, 3/15/22      1,130,000        1,155,990   
United Mexican States, 8.5%, 5/31/29    MXN 13,970,000        1,089,102   
    

 

 

 
             $ 20,900,205   
Energy - Independent - 5.1%                 
Afren PLC, 15%, 4/25/16    $ 374,128      $ 358,506   
Afren PLC, 10.25%, 4/08/19 (a)(d)(n)      463,000        199,090   
American Energy-Permian Basin LLC, 7.375%, 11/01/21 (n)      910,000        623,350   
Baytex Energy Corp., 5.625%, 6/01/24 (n)      1,420,000        1,370,300   
Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc., 6.75%, 4/15/21      560,000        541,800   
Chaparral Energy, Inc., 7.625%, 11/15/22      1,830,000        1,464,000   
Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.75%, 3/15/23      1,540,000        1,520,750   
Cimarex Energy Co., 4.375%, 6/01/24      350,000        360,063   
Concho Resources, Inc., 6.5%, 1/15/22      825,000        866,250   
Concho Resources, Inc., 5.5%, 4/01/23      1,040,000        1,055,600   
EP Energy LLC, 9.375%, 5/01/20      795,000        863,569   
EP Energy LLC, 7.75%, 9/01/22      2,360,000        2,478,000   
Halcon Resources Corp., 8.875%, 5/15/21      875,000        614,688   
Hess Corp., 8.125%, 2/15/19      100,000        119,994   
Hilcorp Energy I/Hilcorp Finance Co., 8%, 2/15/20 (n)      400,000        416,000   
Linn Energy LLC/Linn Energy Finance Corp., 8.625%, 4/15/20      615,000        556,191   
Linn Energy LLC/Linn Energy Finance Corp., 7.75%, 2/01/21      1,578,000        1,361,025   
Linn Energy LLC/Linn Energy Finance Corp., 6.5%, 9/15/21      510,000        409,275   
MEG Energy Corp., 6.5%, 3/15/21 (n)      1,495,000        1,450,150   
MEG Energy Corp., 7%, 3/31/24 (n)      555,000        535,575   
Northern Blizzard Resources, Inc., 7.25%, 2/01/22 (n)      1,128,000        1,088,520   
Nostrum Oil & Gas Finance B.V., 6.375%, 2/14/19 (n)      272,000        257,040   
Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 6.875%, 3/15/22      830,000        848,675   
QEP Resources, Inc., 5.25%, 5/01/23      1,950,000        1,950,000   
Rosetta Resources, Inc., 5.625%, 5/01/21      1,640,000        1,738,564   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Energy - Independent - continued                 
RSP Permian, Inc., 6.625%, 10/01/22 (n)    $ 1,325,000      $ 1,378,000   
Sanchez Energy Corp., 6.125%, 1/15/23      855,000        812,250   
SM Energy Co., 6.5%, 11/15/21      1,230,000        1,285,350   
SM Energy Co., 6.125%, 11/15/22 (n)      645,000        672,413   
    

 

 

 
             $ 27,194,988   
Energy - Integrated - 0.7%                 
BP Capital Markets PLC, 2.521%, 1/15/20    $ 60,000      $ 61,174   
Inkia Energy Ltd., 8.375%, 4/04/21      754,000        805,838   
Listrindo Capital B.V., 6.95%, 2/21/19 (n)      200,000        209,500   
LUKOIL International Finance B.V., 4.563%, 4/24/23      200,000        181,250   
LUKOIL International Finance B.V., 4.563%, 4/24/23 (n)      544,000        493,000   
Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp., 7.25%, 12/12/21 (n)      1,107,000        1,029,510   
Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp., 5.125%, 3/28/23 (n)      201,000        160,800   
Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp., 5.625%, 1/19/25 (n)      173,000        138,833   
Repsol International Finance B.V., 3.625%, 10/07/21    EUR 200,000        250,315   
Shell International Finance B.V., 2.125%, 5/11/20    $ 376,000        377,771   
TOTAL S.A., 2.625% to 2/26/25, FRN to 12/29/49    EUR 200,000        218,274   
    

 

 

 
             $ 3,926,265   
Entertainment - 1.5%                 
Activision Blizzard, Inc., 6.125%, 9/15/23 (n)    $ 1,590,000      $ 1,752,975   
Carnival Corp., 1.2%, 2/05/16      370,000        370,865   
Cedar Fair LP, 5.25%, 3/15/21      1,215,000        1,269,675   
Cedar Fair LP, 5.375%, 6/01/24      405,000        422,213   
Cinemark USA, Inc., 5.125%, 12/15/22      1,430,000        1,458,600   
Cinemark USA, Inc., 4.875%, 6/01/23      780,000        782,886   
NCL Corp. Ltd., 5.25%, 11/15/19 (n)      815,000        842,466   
Six Flags Entertainment Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/21 (n)      1,255,000        1,295,788   
    

 

 

 
             $ 8,195,468   
Financial Institutions - 4.1%                 
Aircastle Ltd., 4.625%, 12/15/18    $ 130,000      $ 135,525   
Aircastle Ltd., 5.125%, 3/15/21      1,470,000        1,534,313   
Aircastle Ltd., 5.5%, 2/15/22      870,000        920,025   
Aviation Capital Group, 4.625%, 1/31/18 (n)      555,000        578,859   
Aviation Capital Group, 6.75%, 4/06/21 (n)      540,000        625,661   
CIT Group, Inc., 5.25%, 3/15/18      1,520,000        1,588,400   
CIT Group, Inc., 6.625%, 4/01/18 (n)      1,305,000        1,404,441   
CIT Group, Inc., 5.5%, 2/15/19 (n)      1,560,000        1,647,750   
CIT Group, Inc., 3.875%, 2/19/19      566,000        567,415   
CIT Group, Inc., 5%, 8/15/22      745,000        765,488   
Credit Acceptance Co., 7.375%, 3/15/23 (n)      1,435,000        1,488,813   
General Electric Capital Corp., 3.1%, 1/09/23      750,000        769,346   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Financial Institutions - continued                 
Icahn Enterprises LP, 6%, 8/01/20    $ 700,000      $ 752,500   
Icahn Enterprises LP, 5.875%, 2/01/22      1,560,000        1,636,050   
Nationstar Mortgage LLC/Capital Corp., 6.5%, 8/01/18      505,000        508,788   
Nationstar Mortgage LLC/Capital Corp., 7.875%, 10/01/20      2,310,000        2,344,650   
Navient Corp., 5.875%, 3/25/21      570,000        572,850   
PHH Corp., 6.375%, 8/15/21      160,000        159,800   
SLM Corp., 4.875%, 6/17/19      21,000        21,105   
SLM Corp., 8%, 3/25/20      1,135,000        1,279,713   
SLM Corp., 7.25%, 1/25/22      2,110,000        2,277,703   
SLM Corp., 6.125%, 3/25/24      515,000        500,838   
    

 

 

 
             $ 22,080,033   
Food & Beverages - 1.6%                 
Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A., 6.875%, 11/15/19    $ 300,000      $ 359,997   
Coca-Cola Co., 0.75%, 3/09/23    EUR 175,000        187,415   
Coca-Cola Co., 1.125%, 3/09/27    EUR 125,000        131,208   
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., 1.875%, 3/18/30    EUR 200,000        206,645   
Coca-Cola HBC Finance B.V., 4.25%, 11/16/16    EUR 150,000        173,686   
Constellation Brands, Inc., 4.25%, 5/01/23    $ 1,255,000        1,267,550   
Darling Ingredients, Inc., 5.375%, 1/15/22      795,000        799,969   
Embotelladora Andina S.A., 5%, 10/01/23 (n)      628,000        684,529   
Gruma S.A.B. de C.V., 4.875%, 12/01/24 (n)      202,000        213,110   
J.M. Smucker Co., 2.5%, 3/15/20 (n)      365,000        367,966   
J.M. Smucker Co., 4.375%, 3/15/45 (n)      70,000        68,384   
JB Y Co. S.A. de C.V., 3.75%, 5/13/25 (z)      150,000        150,000   
JBS Investments GmbH, 7.75%, 10/28/20 (n)      397,000        439,360   
JBS USA LLC/JBS USA Finance, Inc., 5.75%, 6/15/25 (z)      85,000        85,850   
Minerva Luxembourg S.A., 7.75%, 1/31/23 (n)      204,000        210,059   
Mondelez International, Inc., 2.375%, 3/06/35    EUR 100,000        105,083   
Sun Merger Sub, Inc., 5.875%, 8/01/21 (n)    $ 1,890,000        1,979,775   
Tyson Foods, Inc., 6.6%, 4/01/16      412,000        430,462   
Tyson Foods, Inc., 5.15%, 8/15/44      81,000        88,102   
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., 2.9%, 10/21/19 (n)      107,000        109,485   
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., 3.375%, 10/21/20 (n)      300,000        311,616   
    

 

 

 
             $ 8,370,251   
Food & Drug Stores - 0.2%                 
CVS Health Corp., 3.375%, 8/12/24    $ 340,000      $ 343,358   
CVS Health Corp., 5.75%, 6/01/17      155,000        168,928   
Loblaw Cos. Ltd., 4.86%, 9/12/23    CAD 224,000        205,116   
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., 2.7%, 11/18/19    $ 333,000        337,970   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,055,372   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Forest & Paper Products - 0.3%                 
Appvion, Inc., 9%, 6/01/20 (n)    $ 595,000      $ 386,750   
International Paper Co., 6%, 11/15/41      185,000        208,043   
Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions, 2.75%, 2/01/25 (z)    EUR 275,000        299,779   
Tembec Industries, Inc., 9%, 12/15/19 (n)    $ 565,000        548,050   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,442,622   
Gaming & Lodging - 2.0%                 
Boyd Gaming Corp., 6.875%, 5/15/23    $ 600,000      $ 610,500   
CCM Merger, Inc., 9.125%, 5/01/19 (n)      1,055,000        1,144,675   
Chester Downs & Marina LLC, 9.25%, 2/01/20 (n)      315,000        245,700   
Greektown Holdings LLC, 8.875%, 3/15/19 (n)      1,025,000        1,083,938   
Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC/Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp., 5.625%, 10/15/21      1,890,000        1,991,588   
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc., 4%, 6/15/25      190,000        193,997   
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., 8.875%, 6/15/20      300,000        326,250   
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., 5.875%, 3/15/21      1,345,000        1,392,075   
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., 5.875%, 3/15/21 (n)      160,000        165,600   
MGM Resorts International, 6.625%, 12/15/21      745,000        800,875   
MGM Resorts International, 6%, 3/15/23      955,000        989,619   
RHP Hotel Properties, 5%, 4/15/23 (n)      345,000        345,000   
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc., REIT, 5%, 4/15/21      1,415,000        1,436,225   
    

 

 

 
             $ 10,726,042   
Industrial - 0.9%                 
Anixter, Inc., 5.125%, 10/01/21    $ 765,000      $ 789,863   
Dematic S.A., 7.75%, 12/15/20 (n)      1,515,000        1,590,750   
Howard Hughes Corp., 6.875%, 10/01/21 (n)      1,790,000        1,879,500   
SPL Logistics Escrow LLC, 8.875%, 8/01/20 (n)      590,000        628,350   
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,888,463   
Insurance - 0.3%                 
American International Group, Inc., 4.875%, 6/01/22    $ 187,000      $ 208,702   
American International Group, Inc., 4.875% to 3/15/17, FRN to 3/15/67    EUR 250,000        285,833   
Aviva PLC, 5.7% to 9/29/15, FRN to 9/29/49    EUR 150,000        166,585   
CNP Assurances S.A., 6% to 9/14/20, FRN to 9/14/40    EUR 200,000        256,471   
Delta Lloyd N.V., FRN, 9%, 8/29/42    EUR 150,000        208,567   
Unum Group, 7.125%, 9/30/16    $ 500,000        537,666   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,663,824   
Insurance - Property & Casualty - 0.3%                 
Amlin PLC, 6.5% to 12/19/16, FRN to 12/19/26    GBP 100,000      $ 158,266   
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., 1.625%, 3/16/35    EUR 150,000        150,952   
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., 4.5%, 2/11/43    $ 250,000        261,086   
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., 3.5%, 6/03/24      159,000        161,504   

 

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Issuer   Shares/Par     Value ($)  
   
Bonds - continued                
Insurance - Property & Casualty - continued                
QBE Capital Funding III Ltd., 7.5% to 5/24/21, FRN to 5/24/41   GBP 200,000      $ 350,122   
ZFS Finance USA Trust V, 6.5% to 5/09/17, FRN to 5/09/67 (n)   $ 627,000        666,971   
   

 

 

 
            $ 1,748,901   
International Market Quasi-Sovereign - 0.0%                
Electricite de France S.A., 6% to 1/29/26, FRN to 12/29/49   GBP 100,000      $ 164,303   
International Market Sovereign - 10.6%                
Buoni Poliennali del Tesoro, 5.5%, 9/01/22   EUR 925,000      $ 1,293,885   
Commonwealth of Australia, 5.75%, 5/15/21   AUD 2,565,000        2,337,086   
Federal Republic of Germany, 3.25%, 7/04/21   EUR 441,000        576,953   
Federal Republic of Germany, 6.25%, 1/04/30   EUR 442,000        851,127   
Federal Republic of Germany, 2.5%, 7/04/44   EUR 120,000        178,164   
Government of Canada, 3.25%, 6/01/21   CAD 187,000        169,372   
Government of Canada, 2.75%, 6/01/22   CAD 6,500,000        5,746,197   
Government of Canada, 2.5%, 6/01/24   CAD 400,000        348,514   
Government of Canada, 5.75%, 6/01/33   CAD 618,000        772,311   
Government of Japan, 1.1%, 6/20/20   JPY 734,950,000        6,219,892   
Government of Japan, 2.1%, 9/20/24   JPY 262,600,000        2,452,210   
Government of Japan, 2.2%, 9/20/27   JPY 392,000,000        3,759,183   
Government of Japan, 1.8%, 3/20/43   JPY 81,000,000        705,880   
Government of New Zealand, 5.5%, 4/15/23   NZD 4,869,000        3,951,939   
Government of Norway, 3.75%, 5/25/21   NOK 31,200,000        4,612,072   
Government of Norway, 3%, 3/14/24   NOK 2,445,000        354,378   
Kingdom of Belgium, 4.25%, 9/28/21   EUR 691,000        947,424   
Kingdom of Belgium, 2.6%, 6/22/24   EUR 278,000        356,378   
Kingdom of Denmark, 3%, 11/15/21   DKK 1,392,000        240,909   
Kingdom of Denmark, 1.5%, 11/15/23   DKK 4,119,000        659,879   
Kingdom of Spain, 5.4%, 1/31/23   EUR 1,416,000        1,987,599   
Kingdom of Spain, 5.5%, 7/30/17   EUR 599,000        733,308   
Kingdom of Spain, 4.6%, 7/30/19   EUR 1,130,000        1,443,251   
Kingdom of Sweden, 5%, 12/01/20   SEK 3,565,000        527,949   
Kingdom of Sweden, 3.5%, 6/01/22   SEK 1,275,000        181,244   
Kingdom of the Netherlands, 5.5%, 1/15/28   EUR 335,000        573,248   
Republic of France, 6%, 10/25/25   EUR 141,000        235,511   
Republic of France, 4.75%, 4/25/35   EUR 468,000        818,491   
Republic of Ireland, 4.5%, 4/18/20   EUR 222,000        291,502   
Republic of Italy, 5.25%, 8/01/17   EUR 1,750,000        2,132,471   
Republic of Italy, 3.75%, 3/01/21   EUR 4,042,000        5,087,071   
United Kingdom Treasury, 8%, 6/07/21   GBP 1,260,000        2,658,643   
United Kingdom Treasury, 4.25%, 12/07/27   GBP 938,000        1,783,464   
United Kingdom Treasury, 4.25%, 3/07/36   GBP 515,000        1,022,004   
United Kingdom Treasury, 3.25%, 1/22/44   GBP 350,000        613,542   
   

 

 

 
            $ 56,623,051   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Machinery & Tools - 1.0%                 
Ashtead Capital, Inc., 5.625%, 10/01/24 (n)    $ 1,685,000      $ 1,756,613   
H&E Equipment Services Co., 7%, 9/01/22      1,740,000        1,835,700   
Jurassic Holdings III, Inc., 6.875%, 2/15/21 (n)      1,105,000        919,913   
Light Tower Rentals, Inc., 8.125%, 8/01/19 (n)      815,000        684,600   
    

 

 

 
             $ 5,196,826   
Major Banks - 2.5%                 
ABN AMRO North America Finance, Inc., 7.125%, 7/06/22    EUR 150,000      $ 219,370   
Bank of America Corp., 7.625%, 6/01/19    $ 370,000        443,777   
Bank of America Corp., 4.125%, 1/22/24      262,000        274,667   
Bank of America Corp., 3.95%, 4/21/25      432,000        428,087   
Bank of America Corp., FRN, 6.1%, 12/29/49      3,052,000        3,078,705   
Barclays Bank PLC, 6%, 1/14/21    EUR 150,000        201,292   
Barclays Bank PLC, 6.75% to 1/16/18, FRN to 1/16/23    GBP 100,000        168,070   
Credit Agricole S.A., 7.375%, 12/18/23    GBP 100,000        194,462   
Credit Agricole S.A., 7.875% to 10/26/19, FRN to 10/29/49    EUR 200,000        265,734   
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 5.75%, 1/24/22    $ 500,000        576,635   
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 3.5%, 1/23/25      343,000        340,168   
Huntington National Bank, 2.4%, 4/01/20      286,000        285,353   
ING Bank N.V., 4.875%, 1/18/21    EUR 100,000        134,755   
ING Bank N.V., 3.50% to 11/21/18, FRN to 11/21/23    EUR 250,000        293,795   
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.3%, 4/23/19    $ 500,000        576,614   
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 3.25%, 9/23/22      478,000        483,524   
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 3.125%, 1/23/25      301,000        294,923   
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.75% to 2/01/24, FRN to 1/29/49      215,000        234,350   
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6% to 8/01/23, FRN to 12/29/49      2,320,000        2,366,400   
Morgan Stanley, 6.625%, 4/01/18      391,000        442,402   
Morgan Stanley, 3.95%, 4/23/27      229,000        223,640   
RBS Capital Trust II, 6.425% to 1/03/34, FRN to 12/29/49      530,000        602,875   
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 5.5%, 3/23/20    EUR 150,000        201,136   
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, FRN, 3.625%, 3/25/24    EUR 250,000        284,955   
Wells Fargo & Co., 3%, 2/19/25    $ 306,000        299,620   
Wells Fargo & Co., 4.1%, 6/03/26      100,000        103,206   
Wells Fargo & Co., 5.875% to 6/15/25, FRN to 12/29/49      151,000        158,739   
Wells Fargo & Co., 5.9% to 6/15/24, FRN to 12/29/49      253,000        260,590   
    

 

 

 
             $ 13,437,844   
Medical & Health Technology & Services - 3.8%                 
Becton, Dickinson and Co., 2.675%, 12/15/19    $ 434,000      $ 440,794   
Becton, Dickinson and Co., 3.734%, 12/15/24      97,000        99,006   
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 5.125%, 8/01/21      235,000        243,813   
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 6.875%, 2/01/22      1,935,000        2,065,632   
Davita Healthcare Partners, Inc., 5%, 5/01/25      1,115,000        1,108,031   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Medical & Health Technology & Services - continued           
Davita, Inc., 5.125%, 7/15/24    $ 935,000      $ 944,934   
Fresenius Medical Care Capital Trust III, 5.625%, 7/31/19 (n)      290,000        315,375   
Fresenius Medical Care Capital Trust III, 5.875%, 1/31/22 (n)      275,000        298,375   
Fresenius US Finance II, Inc., 4.25%, 2/01/21 (n)      32,000        32,560   
HCA, Inc., 4.25%, 10/15/19      145,000        150,496   
HCA, Inc., 7.5%, 2/15/22      2,160,000        2,527,200   
HCA, Inc., 5.875%, 3/15/22      1,950,000        2,179,125   
HCA, Inc., 5%, 3/15/24      690,000        719,325   
HCA, Inc., 5.375%, 2/01/25      520,000        535,600   
HealthSouth Corp., 5.125%, 3/15/23      1,335,000        1,368,375   
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings, 3.2%, 2/01/22      200,000        200,272   
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings, 4.7%, 2/01/45      310,000        299,096   
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., 5.5%, 12/01/21      1,440,000        1,513,800   
McKesson Corp., 7.5%, 2/15/19      110,000        130,865   
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 8%, 8/01/20      1,800,000        1,881,000   
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 4.5%, 4/01/21      1,235,000        1,222,650   
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 8.125%, 4/01/22      685,000        746,650   
Universal Health Services, Inc., 7.625%, 8/15/20      1,325,000        1,235,563   
    

 

 

 
             $ 20,258,537   
Medical Equipment - 0.8%                 
Biomet, Inc., 6.5%, 8/01/20    $ 564,000      $ 596,430   
DJO Finco, Inc., 8.125%, 6/15/21 (n)      795,000        818,850   
Medtronic, Inc., 3.5%, 3/15/25      387,000        396,288   
Medtronic, Inc., 3.5%, 3/15/25 (n)      228,000        233,472   
Physio-Control International, Inc., 9.875%, 1/15/19 (n)      527,000        566,578   
Sterigenics-Nordion Holdings LLC, 6.5%, 5/15/23 (n)      550,000        554,125   
Teleflex, Inc., 5.25%, 6/15/24      945,000        963,900   
Zimmer Holdings, Inc., 4.25%, 8/15/35      145,000        141,038   
Zimmer Holdings, Inc., 4.45%, 8/15/45      91,000        87,825   
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,358,506   
Metals & Mining - 3.3%                 
ArcelorMittal S.A., 7%, 2/25/22    $ 195,000      $ 213,038   
Barrick International (Barbados) Corp., 5.75%, 10/15/16 (n)      500,000        529,134   
Cameco Corp., 5.67%, 9/02/19    CAD 365,000        331,937   
Century Aluminum Co., 7.5%, 6/01/21 (n)    $ 915,000        928,725   
Commercial Metals Co., 4.875%, 5/15/23      745,000        707,750   
Consol Energy, Inc., 5.875%, 4/15/22      1,315,000        1,226,238   
Consol Energy, Inc., 8%, 4/01/23 (n)      715,000        738,238   
EVRAZ, Inc. N.A. Canada, 7.5%, 11/15/19 (n)      1,310,000        1,310,000   
First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 7.25%, 10/15/19 (n)      1,575,000        1,582,875   
First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 7.25%, 5/15/22 (n)      597,000        575,359   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Metals & Mining - continued                 
Glencore Finance (Europe) S.A., 6.5%, 2/27/19    GBP 50,000      $ 87,553   
GrafTech International Co., 6.375%, 11/15/20    $ 1,125,000        1,057,500   
Hudbay Minerals, Inc., 9.5%, 10/01/20      510,000        545,700   
Kinross Gold Corp., 5.95%, 3/15/24      296,000        287,570   
Lundin Mining Corp., 7.5%, 11/01/20 (n)      455,000        491,969   
Lundin Mining Corp., 7.875%, 11/01/22 (n)      955,000        1,033,198   
Plains Exploration & Production Co., 6.875%, 2/15/23      296,000        317,830   
Rio Tinto Finance (USA) Ltd., 3.75%, 9/20/21      108,000        113,060   
Southern Copper Corp., 5.25%, 11/08/42      250,000        224,438   
Southern Copper Corp., 5.875%, 4/23/45      475,000        464,503   
Steel Dynamics, Inc., 5.125%, 10/01/21      430,000        435,375   
Steel Dynamics, Inc., 5.25%, 4/15/23      995,000        1,017,388   
Steel Dynamics, Inc., 5.5%, 10/01/24      430,000        443,438   
Suncoke Energy Partners LP/Suncoke Energy Partners Finance Corp., 7.375%, 2/01/20 (n)      380,000        389,500   
Suncoke Energy Partners LP/Suncoke Energy Partners Finance Corp., 7.375%, 2/01/20 (n)      910,000        932,750   
Suncoke Energy, Inc., 7.625%, 8/01/19      300,000        303,000   
TMS International Corp., 7.625%, 10/15/21 (n)      530,000        527,350   
Walter Energy, Inc., 9.5%, 10/15/19 (n)      625,000        345,313   
Xstrata Finance (Canada) Ltd., 5.25%, 6/13/17    EUR 200,000        239,922   
    

 

 

 
             $ 17,400,651   
Midstream - 4.7%                 
Access Midstream Partner LP, 4.875%, 3/15/24    $ 100,000      $ 101,500   
AmeriGas Finance LLC, 6.75%, 5/20/20      1,810,000        1,936,700   
APT Pipelines Ltd., 5%, 3/23/35 (n)      280,000        271,710   
Blue Racer Midstream LLC/Blue Racer Finance Corp., 6.125%, 11/15/22 (n)      840,000        870,240   
Crestwood Midstream Partners LP, 6%, 12/15/20      1,035,000        1,084,163   
Crestwood Midstream Partners LP, 6.125%, 3/01/22      505,000        527,094   
Crestwood Midstream Partners LP, 6.25%, 4/01/23 (n)      360,000        379,145   
El Paso Corp., 7.75%, 1/15/32      2,311,000        2,722,591   
Enbridge, Inc., 3.19%, 12/05/22    CAD 255,000        209,575   
Energy Transfer Equity LP, 7.5%, 10/15/20    $ 1,380,000        1,576,650   
Energy Transfer Partners LP, 3.6%, 2/01/23      300,000        292,007   
Energy Transfer Partners LP, 5.15%, 3/15/45      280,000        262,724   
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 1.65%, 5/07/18      296,000        296,361   
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 4.85%, 3/15/44      74,000        74,376   
Enterprise Products Partners LP, 6.3%, 9/15/17      180,000        199,433   
Ferrellgas LP/Ferrellgas Finance Corp., 6.5%, 5/01/21      1,165,000        1,179,563   
Ferrellgas LP/Ferrellgas Finance Corp., 6.75%, 1/15/22      1,250,000        1,278,125   
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 5.3%, 9/15/20      370,000        406,546   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Midstream - continued                 
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 5.4%, 9/01/44    $ 140,000      $ 134,303   
Kinder Morgan, Inc., 2.25%, 3/16/27    EUR 125,000        134,663   
MarkWest Energy Partners LP/MarkWest Energy Finance Corp., 5.5%, 2/15/23    $ 665,000        691,600   
MarkWest Energy Partners LP/MarkWest Energy Finance Corp., 4.5%, 7/15/23      1,150,000        1,135,625   
MarkWest Energy Partners LP/MarkWest Energy Finance Corp., 4.875%, 12/01/24      300,000        303,000   
ONEOK, Inc., 4.25%, 2/01/22      200,000        194,514   
Plains All American Pipeline LP, 3.95%, 9/15/15      370,000        373,359   
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5.625%, 2/01/21      1,055,000        1,089,288   
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5.625%, 4/15/23      1,755,000        1,785,713   
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5.75%, 5/15/24      575,000        584,344   
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5.625%, 3/01/25 (n)      764,000        764,000   
Spectra Energy Capital LLC, 8%, 10/01/19      250,000        299,922   
Summit Midstream Holdings LLC/Summit Midstream Finance Corp., 7.5%, 7/01/21      530,000        553,850   
Summit Midstream Holdings LLC/Summit Midstream Finance Corp., 5.5%, 8/15/22      925,000        888,000   
Sunoco Logistics Partners LP, 5.3%, 4/01/44      158,000        152,638   
Sunoco Logistics Partners LP, 5.35%, 5/15/45      76,000        74,481   
Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Finance Corp., 5%, 1/15/18 (n)      345,000        356,213   
Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Finance Corp., 4.125%, 11/15/19 (n)      1,050,000        1,050,000   
Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Finance Corp., 5.25%, 5/01/23      410,000        413,075   
Williams Cos., Inc., 3.7%, 1/15/23      450,000        439,124   
    

 

 

 
             $ 25,086,215   
Mortgage-Backed - 1.4%                 
Fannie Mae, 6%, 7/01/16 - 2/01/37    $ 214,703      $ 237,462   
Fannie Mae, 5.5%, 9/01/19 - 7/01/35      655,383        720,438   
Fannie Mae, 6.5%, 4/01/32 - 1/01/33      71,333        83,195   
Fannie Mae, FRN, 0.442%, 5/25/18      6,169,035        6,177,585   
Freddie Mac, 6%, 8/01/34      107,229        123,574   
    

 

 

 
             $ 7,342,254   
Natural Gas - Distribution - 0.1%                 
Centrica PLC, 4.375%, 3/13/29    GBP 125,000      $ 208,424   
GNL Quintero S.A., 4.634%, 7/31/29 (n)    $ 523,000        535,669   
    

 

 

 
             $ 744,093   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Network & Telecom - 2.0%                 
AT&T, Inc., 4.75%, 5/15/46    $ 235,000      $ 223,781   
British Telecom PLC, 5.75%, 12/07/28    GBP 150,000        285,282   
Centurylink, Inc., 6.45%, 6/15/21    $ 425,000        453,156   
Centurylink, Inc., 6.75%, 12/01/23      245,000        261,538   
Centurylink, Inc., 7.65%, 3/15/42      960,000        931,200   
Citizens Communications Co., 9%, 8/15/31      1,285,000        1,265,725   
Columbus International, Inc., 7.375%, 3/30/21 (n)      200,000        216,750   
Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A., 4.875%, 10/30/24 (n)      483,000        494,225   
Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A., 4.75%, 8/01/26 (n)      1,343,000        1,348,455   
Frontier Communications Corp., 8.125%, 10/01/18      470,000        518,466   
Frontier Communications Corp., 6.25%, 9/15/21      315,000        303,384   
Frontier Communications Corp., 7.125%, 1/15/23      260,000        248,950   
OTE PLC, 7.875%, 2/07/18    EUR 150,000        168,328   
OTE PLC, 3.5%, 7/09/20    EUR 260,000        255,217   
Telecom Italia Capital, 6%, 9/30/34    $ 305,000        303,475   
Telecom Italia Finance S.A., 7.75%, 1/24/33    EUR 85,000        131,654   
Telecom Italia S.p.A., 5.375%, 1/29/19    EUR 200,000        248,434   
Telecom Italia S.p.A., 5.303%, 5/30/24 (n)    $ 1,200,000        1,248,000   
Telefonica Celular del Paraguay S.A., 6.75%, 12/13/22      517,000        547,762   
Verizon Communications, Inc., 4.5%, 9/15/20      503,000        548,599   
Verizon Communications, Inc., 5.15%, 9/15/23      250,000        279,203   
Verizon Communications, Inc., 2.625%, 12/01/31    EUR 225,000        262,389   
Verizon Communications, Inc., 6.4%, 9/15/33    $ 300,000        352,849   
    

 

 

 
             $ 10,896,822   
Oil Services - 1.1%                 
Bristow Group, Inc., 6.25%, 10/15/22    $ 1,938,000      $ 1,928,310   
Odebrecht Offshore Drilling Finance Ltd., 6.75%, 10/01/22 (n)      990,557        895,166   
Pacific Drilling S.A., 5.375%, 6/01/20 (n)      1,160,000        957,000   
QGOG Constellation S.A., 6.25%, 11/09/19 (n)      1,390,000        1,125,761   
Shale-Inland Holdings LLC/Finance Co., 8.75%, 11/15/19 (n)      865,000        709,300   
    

 

 

 
             $ 5,615,537   
Oils - 0.4%                 
CITGO Holding, Inc., 10.75%, 2/15/20 (n)    $ 620,000      $ 648,675   
CITGO Petroleum Corp., 6.25%, 8/15/22 (n)      1,100,000        1,089,000   
Valero Energy Corp., 4.9%, 3/15/45      232,000        228,889   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,966,564   
Other Banks & Diversified Financials - 1.7%                 
Banco de Credito del Peru, 6.125% to 4/24/22,
FRN to 4/24/27 (n)
   $ 1,036,000      $ 1,124,060   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Other Banks & Diversified Financials - continued                 
Banco Inbursa S.A. Institucion de Banca Multiple Grupo Financiero Inbursa, 4.125%, 6/06/24 (n)    $ 310,000      $ 305,738   
Bankia S.A., 3.5%, 1/17/19    EUR 200,000        234,539   
Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel S.A., 3%, 5/21/24    EUR 200,000        236,182   
BB&T Corp., 3.95%, 4/29/16    $ 250,000        257,204   
BBVA Bancomer S.A. de C.V., 6.5%, 3/10/21 (n)      900,000        996,750   
BBVA Bancomer S.A. de C.V., 6.75%, 9/30/22 (n)      1,004,000        1,140,042   
CaixaBank S.A., 5% to 9/04/18, FRN to 11/14/23    EUR 200,000        236,339   
Capital One Bank (USA) N.A., 3.375%, 2/15/23    $ 384,000        382,266   
Citigroup, Inc., 8.5%, 5/22/19      341,000        420,702   
Discover Bank, 7%, 4/15/20      250,000        293,479   
Discover Bank, 4.25%, 3/13/26      148,000        151,053   
Discover Financial Services, 3.75%, 3/04/25      128,000        125,312   
Groupe BPCE S.A., 12.5% to 9/30/19, FRN to 8/29/49 (n)      1,513,000        2,042,550   
Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan B.V., 7.25%, 1/28/21      516,000        535,608   
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., 5.25%, 1/28/22    GBP 100,000        173,061   
LBG Capital No. 2 PLC, 6.385%, 5/12/20    EUR 250,000        306,151   
Macquarie Group Ltd., 3%, 12/03/18 (n)    $ 106,000        108,834   
Rabobank Nederland N.V., 4%, 9/19/22    GBP 100,000        168,484   
    

 

 

 
             $ 9,238,354   
Pharmaceuticals - 2.4%                 
AbbVie, Inc., 1.75%, 11/06/17    $ 300,000      $ 301,078   
AbbVie, Inc., 2.5%, 5/14/20      217,000        216,956   
Actavis Funding SCS, 3.8%, 3/15/25      256,000        257,796   
Actavis Funding SCS, 4.85%, 6/15/44      52,000        52,148   
Bayer AG, 3.00% to 7/01/20, FRN to 7/01/75    EUR 215,000        244,948   
Bayer U.S. Finance LLC, 3.375%, 10/08/24 (n)    $ 200,000        203,260   
Celgene Corp., 1.9%, 8/15/17      400,000        404,723   
EMD Finance LLC, 2.95%, 3/19/22 (z)      275,000        275,938   
Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finco, Inc., 7.25%, 1/15/22 (n)      1,690,000        1,795,625   
Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finco, Inc., 6%, 2/01/25 (n)      450,000        455,625   
Forest Laboratories, Inc., 4.375%, 2/01/19 (n)      496,000        529,419   
Gilead Sciences, Inc., 2.35%, 2/01/20      52,000        53,016   
Gilead Sciences, Inc., 3.7%, 4/01/24      268,000        279,787   
Gilead Sciences, Inc., 4.5%, 2/01/45      350,000        357,628   
Hospira, Inc., 6.05%, 3/30/17      200,000        216,418   
Hospira, Inc., 5.2%, 8/12/20      175,000        197,690   
Mallinckrodt International Finance S.A., 5.75%, 8/01/22 (n)      1,290,000        1,351,275   
Mallinckrodt International Finance S.A., 5.5%, 4/15/25 (n)      135,000        135,776   
Mylan, Inc., 2.55%, 3/28/19      265,000        265,531   
Perrigo Finance PLC, 3.5%, 12/15/21      281,000        287,147   
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., 7%, 10/01/20 (n)      1,415,000        1,480,444   

 

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Issuer   Shares/Par     Value ($)  
   
Bonds - continued                
Pharmaceuticals - continued                
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., 7.25%, 7/15/22 (n)   $ 1,730,000      $ 1,851,100   
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., 5.5%, 3/01/23 (n)     260,000        265,200   
Vantage Point Imaging, 7.5%, 7/15/21 (n)     525,000        574,350   
VRX Escrow Corp., 5.875%, 5/15/23 (n)     615,000        637,294   
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1.875%, 10/01/17     200,000        200,552   
   

 

 

 
            $ 12,890,724   
Pollution Control - 0.2%                
Abengoa Finance S.A.U., 7.75%, 2/01/20 (n)   $ 1,035,000      $ 1,045,350   
Precious Metals & Minerals - 0.7%                
Aurico Gold, Inc., 7.75%, 4/01/20 (n)   $ 1,550,000      $ 1,581,000   
Eldorado Gold Corp., 6.125%, 12/15/20 (n)     1,980,000        1,950,300   
   

 

 

 
            $ 3,531,300   
Printing & Publishing - 1.1%                
American Media, Inc., 13.5%, 6/15/18 (z)   $ 11,911      $ 12,507   
Gannett Co., Inc., 5.125%, 10/15/19     320,000        334,800   
Gannett Co., Inc., 5.125%, 7/15/20     260,000        271,700   
Gannett Co., Inc., 4.875%, 9/15/21 (n)     430,000        433,225   
Gannett Co., Inc., 6.375%, 10/15/23     1,385,000        1,475,025   
Moody’s Corp., 4.875%, 2/15/24     200,000        220,091   
Nielsen Finance LLC, 5%, 4/15/22 (n)     1,680,000        1,686,300   
Outdoor Americas Capital LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp., 5.625%, 2/15/24     1,000,000        1,047,500   
Outfront Media Cap LLC, 5.625%, 2/15/24 (n)     70,000        73,325   
WPP Finance S.A., 2.25%, 9/22/26   EUR 250,000        289,119   
   

 

 

 
            $ 5,843,592   
Railroad & Shipping - 0.1%                
CSX Corp., 4.1%, 3/15/44   $ 200,000      $ 190,518   
Union Pacific Corp., 3.875%, 2/01/55     400,000        370,882   
   

 

 

 
            $ 561,400   
Real Estate - Apartment - 0.1%                
Deutsche Annington Finance B.V., FRN, 4.625%, 4/08/74   EUR 200,000      $ 230,918   
Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE, 2.125%, 7/09/22   EUR 225,000        258,124   
   

 

 

 
            $ 489,042   
Real Estate - Healthcare - 0.4%                
MPT Operating Partnership LP, REIT, 6.875%, 5/01/21   $ 680,000      $ 728,450   
MPT Operating Partnership LP, REIT, 6.375%, 2/15/22     1,115,000        1,204,200   
   

 

 

 
            $ 1,932,650   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Real Estate - Office - 0.1%                 
Boston Properties, Inc., REIT, 3.125%, 9/01/23    $ 250,000      $ 249,150   
Real Estate - Other - 0.4%                 
DuPont Fabros Technology LP, REIT, 5.875%, 9/15/21    $ 1,010,000      $ 1,050,400   
Felcor Lodging LP, REIT, 5.625%, 3/01/23      1,240,000        1,295,800   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,346,200   
Real Estate - Retail - 0.2%                 
Hammerson PLC, REIT, 2.75%, 9/26/19    EUR 100,000      $ 118,609   
Hammerson PLC, REIT, 6%, 2/23/26    GBP 125,000        241,310   
Simon Property Group, Inc., REIT, 10.35%, 4/01/19    $ 360,000        462,008   
    

 

 

 
             $ 821,927   
Restaurants - 0.1%                 
YUM! Brands, Inc., 5.35%, 11/01/43    $ 250,000      $ 253,025   
Retailers - 2.0%                 
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc., 5.165%, 8/01/44    $ 145,000      $ 149,367   
Best Buy Co., Inc., 5.5%, 3/15/21      1,785,000        1,878,713   
Bon Ton Stores, Inc., 8%, 6/15/21      505,000        409,050   
Cencosud S.A., 5.5%, 1/20/21      250,000        268,737   
Dollar General Corp., 4.125%, 7/15/17      400,000        419,154   
Dollar General Corp., 3.25%, 4/15/23      98,000        95,130   
DriveTime Automotive Group, Inc./DT Acceptance Corp., 8%, 6/01/21 (n)      726,000        696,960   
Family Tree Escrow LLC, 5.75%, 3/01/23 (n)      1,600,000        1,688,000   
Gap, Inc., 5.95%, 4/12/21      300,000        345,136   
Home Depot, Inc., 4.875%, 2/15/44      200,000        217,591   
Jo-Ann Stores Holdings, Inc., 9.75%, 10/15/19 (n)(p)      610,000        582,550   
Marks & Spencer Group PLC, 4.75%, 6/12/25    GBP 100,000        168,886   
Neiman Marcus Group Ltd., 8%, 10/15/21 (n)    $ 620,000        664,950   
Rite Aid Corp., 9.25%, 3/15/20      725,000        795,325   
Rite Aid Corp., 6.75%, 6/15/21      385,000        405,213   
Rite Aid Corp., 6.125%, 4/01/23 (n)      240,000        249,600   
S.A.C.I. Falabella, 4.375%, 1/27/25 (n)      255,000        260,987   
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc., 6.875%, 11/15/19      775,000        815,688   
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 4.3%, 4/22/44      250,000        259,341   
    

 

 

 
             $ 10,370,378   
Specialty Chemicals - 0.4%                 
Chemtura Corp., 5.75%, 7/15/21    $ 1,890,000      $ 1,941,975   
Mexichem S.A.B. de C.V., 5.875%, 9/17/44 (n)      238,000        230,979   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,172,954   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Specialty Stores - 0.8%                 
Argos Merger Sub, Inc., 7.125%, 3/15/23 (n)    $ 970,000      $ 1,028,200   
Group 1 Automotive, Inc., 5%, 6/01/22 (n)      1,400,000        1,407,000   
Michaels Stores, Inc., 5.875%, 12/15/20 (n)      1,120,000        1,181,600   
Office Depot de Mexico S.A. de C.V., 6.875%, 9/20/20 (n)      769,000        830,520   
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,447,320   
Supermarkets - 0.0%                 
William Morrison Supermarkets PLC, 3.5%, 7/27/26    GBP 100,000      $ 144,658   
Supranational - 1.6%                 
European Investment Bank, 1.75%, 3/15/17    $ 8,000,000      $ 8,149,088   
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 4.25%, 6/24/25    AUD 210,000        173,885   
International Finance Corp., 3.25%, 7/22/19    AUD 305,000        239,558   
    

 

 

 
             $ 8,562,531   
Telecommunications - Wireless - 4.2%                 
America Movil S.A.B. de C.V., 1%, 6/04/18    EUR 100,000      $ 111,499   
America Movil S.A.B. de C.V., 4.75%, 6/28/22    EUR 200,000        273,387   
American Tower Corp., REIT, 3.5%, 1/31/23    $ 465,000        458,781   
Bharti Airtel International B.V., 3.375%, 5/20/21 (n)    EUR 100,000        118,232   
Crown Castle International Corp., 4.875%, 4/15/22    $ 385,000        399,438   
Crown Castle International Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/23      1,200,000        1,265,100   
Digicel Group Ltd., 8.25%, 9/30/20 (n)      1,053,000        1,091,961   
Digicel Group Ltd., 6%, 4/15/21 (n)      680,000        671,500   
Digicel Group Ltd., 7.125%, 4/01/22 (n)      425,000        413,313   
Digicel Group Ltd., 6.75%, 3/01/23 (n)      1,350,000        1,339,875   
Eileme 2 AB, 11.625%, 1/31/20 (n)      765,000        856,877   
Millicom International Cellular S.A., 4.75%, 5/22/20 (n)      390,000        387,091   
Millicom International Cellular S.A., 6.625%, 10/15/21 (n)      409,000        434,563   
MTS International Funding Ltd., 5%, 5/30/23 (n)      488,000        448,472   
Numericable Group S.A., 6%, 5/15/22 (n)      1,490,000        1,503,038   
SBA Tower Trust, 2.898%, 10/15/44 (n)      220,000        222,023   
Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/28      1,625,000        1,466,563   
Sprint Corp., 7.875%, 9/15/23      955,000        971,140   
Sprint Corp., 7.125%, 6/15/24      1,235,000        1,194,863   
Sprint Nextel Corp., 9%, 11/15/18 (n)      880,000        1,008,700   
Sprint Nextel Corp., 6%, 11/15/22      830,000        794,725   
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.125%, 1/15/22      135,000        141,581   
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.5%, 1/15/24      615,000        648,825   
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.464%, 4/28/19      235,000        242,784   
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.25%, 4/01/21      2,590,000        2,732,450   
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.633%, 4/28/21      515,000        549,145   
Wind Acquisition Finance S.A., 4%, 7/15/20 (n)    EUR 200,000        222,735   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Telecommunications - Wireless - continued                 
Wind Acquisition Finance S.A., 4.75%, 7/15/20 (n)    $ 1,070,000      $ 1,078,025   
Wind Acquisition Finance S.A., 7.375%, 4/23/21 (n)      1,350,000        1,407,375   
    

 

 

 
             $ 22,454,061   
Telephone Services - 0.8%                 
B Communications Ltd., 7.375%, 2/15/21 (n)    $ 1,821,000      $ 1,941,641   
Level 3 Financing, Inc., 8.625%, 7/15/20      630,000        679,613   
Level 3 Financing, Inc., 5.125%, 5/01/23 (n)      705,000        706,763   
Level 3 Financing, Inc., 5.375%, 5/01/25 (n)      565,000        562,175   
TELUS Corp., 5.05%, 7/23/20    CAD 370,000        337,986   
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,228,178   
Tobacco - 0.2%                 
Altria Group, Inc., 2.85%, 8/09/22    $ 376,000      $ 368,985   
Lorillard Tobacco Co., 8.125%, 6/23/19      92,000        111,604   
Philip Morris International, Inc., 4.875%, 11/15/43      174,000        186,555   
Reynolds American, Inc., 6.75%, 6/15/17      400,000        440,301   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,107,445   
Transportation - Services - 1.3%                 
ERAC USA Finance Co., 6.375%, 10/15/17 (n)    $ 400,000      $ 444,986   
ERAC USA Finance Co., 7%, 10/15/37 (n)      250,000        320,177   
Heathrow Funding Ltd., 4.625%, 10/31/48    GBP 100,000        173,515   
HIT Finance B.V., 4.875%, 10/27/21    EUR 150,000        202,073   
Jack Cooper Holdings Corp., 10.25%, 6/01/20 (n)    $ 1,140,000        998,925   
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corp., 8.125%, 11/15/21 (n)      1,349,000        1,372,608   
Navios Maritime Holding, Inc., 7.375%, 1/15/22 (n)      1,045,000        953,563   
Stena AB, 7%, 2/01/24 (n)      1,770,000        1,708,050   
Syncreon Group BV/Syncre, 8.625%, 11/01/21 (n)      670,000        536,000   
Topaz Marine S.A., 8.625%, 11/01/18 (n)      208,000        204,880   
    

 

 

 
             $ 6,914,777   
U.S. Government Agencies and Equivalents - 2.5%                 
Fannie Mae, 1.125%, 4/27/17    $ 8,000,000      $ 8,069,512   
Freddie Mac, 0.875%, 2/22/17      5,000,000        5,020,565   
    

 

 

 
             $ 13,090,077   
U.S. Treasury Obligations - 0.9%                 
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 5.375%, 2/15/31    $ 286,200      $ 394,665   
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 4.5%, 2/15/36      95,000        123,493   
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 4.75%, 2/15/37 (f)      786,200        1,055,290   
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.125%, 2/15/43 (f)      2,920,000        3,064,858   
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,638,306   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Utilities - Electric Power - 2.3%                 
American Electric Power Co., Inc., 1.65%, 12/15/17    $ 185,000      $ 185,408   
Calpine Corp., 5.375%, 1/15/23      350,000        351,750   
Calpine Corp., 5.5%, 2/01/24      870,000        867,825   
CMS Energy Corp., 3.875%, 3/01/24      250,000        262,239   
Covanta Holding Corp., 7.25%, 12/01/20      1,830,000        1,939,800   
Covanta Holding Corp., 6.375%, 10/01/22      310,000        330,150   
Covanta Holding Corp., 5.875%, 3/01/24      340,000        350,200   
Dominion Resources, Inc., 2.5%, 12/01/19      250,000        252,831   
Duke Energy Corp., 1.625%, 8/15/17      185,000        186,467   
E.CL S.A., 5.625%, 1/15/21      757,000        842,163   
E.CL S.A., 4.5%, 1/29/25 (n)      762,000        789,651   
E.ON International Finance B.V., 6.375%, 6/07/32    GBP 50,000        100,432   
EDP Finance B.V., 5.25%, 1/14/21 (n)    $ 200,000        214,412   
EDP Finance B.V., 4.125%, 1/20/21    EUR 150,000        184,498   
Empresa Electrica Angamos S.A., 4.875%, 5/25/29 (n)    $ 319,000        321,791   
Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A., 4.25%, 4/15/24      67,000        69,739   
Enel Finance International N.V., 4.875%, 3/11/20    EUR 200,000        260,413   
Enel S.p.A., 6.25%, 6/20/19    GBP 100,000        177,564   
Greenko Dutch B.V., 8%, 8/01/19 (n)    $ 378,000        363,825   
NGG Finance PLC, FRN, 5.625%, 6/18/73    GBP 100,000        168,888   
NRG Energy, Inc., 8.25%, 9/01/20    $ 1,085,000        1,140,931   
NRG Energy, Inc., 6.25%, 7/15/22      375,000        392,813   
NRG Energy, Inc., 6.625%, 3/15/23      1,805,000        1,886,225   
PG&E Corp., 2.4%, 3/01/19      166,000        167,808   
PPL WEM Holdings PLC, 5.375%, 5/01/21 (n)      250,000        282,670   
Southern Electric Power Co. Ltd., 4.625%, 2/20/37    GBP 100,000        175,828   
Transelec S.A., 4.25%, 1/14/25 (n)    $ 200,000        204,788   
    

 

 

 
             $ 12,471,109   
Total Bonds (Identified Cost, $594,398,804)            $ 587,903,000   
Floating Rate Loans (g)(r) - 1.2%                 
Aerospace - 0.1%                 
TransDigm, Inc., Term Loan C, 3.75%, 2/28/20    $ 540,869      $ 539,592   
Business Services - 0.0%                 
Fleetcor Technologies, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.75%, 11/17/21    $ 220,230      $ 220,689   
Cable TV - 0.0%                 
Cequel Communications LLC, Term Loan B, 3.5%, 2/14/19    $ 79,476      $ 79,604   
Conglomerates - 0.0%                 
Entegris, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.5%, 4/30/21    $ 130,618      $ 130,373   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Floating Rate Loans (g)(r) - continued                 
Consumer Services - 0.1%                 
Realogy Corp., Term Loan B, 3.75%, 3/05/20    $ 307,872      $ 307,968   
Containers - 0.1%                 
Berry Plastics Group, Inc., Term Loan E, 3.75%, 1/06/21    $ 325,291      $ 325,201   
Electronics - 0.2%                 
Avago Technologies Cayman Ltd., Term Loan B, 3.75%, 5/06/21    $ 797,463      $ 798,732   
Energy - Independent - 0.1%                 
MEG Energy Corp., Term Loan, 3.75%, 3/31/20    $ 459,590      $ 451,994   
Entertainment - 0.1%                 
Cedar Fair LP, Term Loan B, 3.25%, 3/06/20    $ 327,318      $ 328,682   
Gaming & Lodging - 0.0%                 
Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC, Term Loan B2, 3.5%, 10/25/20    $ 119,006      $ 119,155   
Medical & Health Technology & Services - 0.2%                 
DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.5%, 6/24/21    $ 947,064      $ 949,037   
Printing & Publishing - 0.0%                 
CBS Outdoor Americas Capital LLC, Term Loan B, 3%, 1/31/21    $ 96,113      $ 95,849   
Retailers - 0.0%                 
Rite Aid Corp., Second Lien Term Loan, 4.87%, 6/21/21    $ 44,587      $ 44,741   
Supermarkets - 0.1%                 
Albertson’s Holdings LLC, Term Loan B4, 5.5%, 8/25/21    $ 640,006      $ 643,569   
Transportation - Services - 0.2%                 
Commercial Barge Line Co., First Lien Term Loan, 7.5%, 9/15/19    $ 1,325,650      $ 1,325,650   
Utilities - Electric Power - 0.0%                 
Calpine Construction Finance Co., Term Loan B1, 3%, 5/03/20    $ 122,515      $ 120,984   
Total Floating Rate Loans (Identified Cost, $6,460,683)            $ 6,481,820   

 

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Common Stocks - 0.7%                 
Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Automotive - 0.0%                 
Accuride Corp. (a)      12,648      $ 54,766   
Special Products & Services - 0.7%                 
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF      42,900      $ 3,900,039   
Total Common Stocks (Identified Cost, $4,046,408)            $ 3,954,805   
Money Market Funds - 4.7%                 
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio, 0.09%,
at Cost and Net Asset Value (v)
     24,848,895      $ 24,848,895   
Total Investments (Identified Cost, $629,754,790)            $ 623,188,520   
Other Assets, Less Liabilities - (16.8)%              (89,724,118
Net Assets - 100.0%            $ 533,464,402   

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(d) In default.
(f) All or a portion of the security has been segregated as collateral for open futures contracts.
(g) The rate shown represents a weighted average coupon rate on settled positions at period end, unless otherwise indicated.
(i) Interest only security for which the fund receives interest on notional principal (Par amount). Par amount shown is the notional principal and does not reflect the cost of the security.
(n) Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be sold in the ordinary course of business in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At period end, the aggregate value of these securities was $194,950,593, representing 36.5% of net assets.
(p) Payment-in-kind security for which interest income may be received in additional securities and/or cash. During the period, the following amount of interest income was received in additional securities and/or cash:

 

Payment-in-kind Securities    Cash    Additional
Securities
 
Crest Ltd., CDO, 7.00%, 1/28/40    $—      $—   
Jo-Ann Stores Holdings, Inc., 9.75%, 10/15/19    41,925        
Schaeffler Holding Finance B.V., 6.25%, 11/15/19    16,075        
Total    $58,000      $—   

 

(q) Interest received was less than stated coupon rate.
(r) Remaining maturities of floating rate loans may be less than stated maturities shown as a result of contractual or optional prepayments by the borrower. Such prepayments cannot be predicted with certainty. These loans may be subject to restrictions on resale. Floating rate loans generally have rates of interest which are determined periodically by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium.
(v) Underlying affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies managed by MFS. The rate quoted for the MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
(z)

Restricted securities are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and are subject to legal restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from

 

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  registration or to the public if the securities are subsequently registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. The fund holds the following restricted securities:

 

Restricted Securities    Acquisition
Date
  
Cost
     Value  
American Media, Inc., 13.5%, 6/15/18    12/22/10      $12,011         $12,507   
Bayview Financial Revolving Mortgage Loan Trust, FRN, 1.786%, 12/28/40    3/01/06      651,555         397,506   
Crown European Holdings S.A., 3.375%, 5/15/25    4/28/15      384,073         374,795   
Dryden Senior Loan Fund, 2013-26A, “A”, CLO, FRN, 1.375%, 7/15/25    9/26/14      712,016         714,270   
EMD Finance LLC, 2.95%, 3/19/22    3/16/15      274,529         275,938   
JB Y Co. S.A. de C.V., 3.75%, 5/13/25    5/06/15      148,514         150,000   
JBS USA LLC/JBS USA Finance, Inc., 5.75%, 6/15/25    5/20/15      85,000         85,850   
Office Cherifien des Phosphates, 4.5%, 10/22/25    4/15/15      197,550         195,000   
Republic of Indonesia, 2.875%, 7/08/21    7/02/14      237,604         198,209   
Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions, 2.75%, 2/01/25    2/11/15      310,613         299,779   
Total Restricted Securities         $2,703,854   
% of Net assets         0.5%   

The following abbreviations are used in this report and are defined:

 

CDO   Collateralized Debt Obligation
CLO   Collateralized Loan Obligation
ETF   Exchange-Traded Fund
FRN   Floating Rate Note. Interest rate resets periodically and the current rate may not be the rate reported at period end.
PLC   Public Limited Company
REIT   Real Estate Investment Trust

Abbreviations indicate amounts shown in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. All amounts are stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. A list of abbreviations is shown below:

 

AUD   Australian Dollar
BRL   Brazilian Real
CAD   Canadian Dollar
CHF   Swiss Franc
CLP   Chilean Peso
DKK   Danish Krone
EUR   Euro
GBP   British Pound
IDR   Indonesian Rupiah
INR   Indian Rupee
JPY   Japanese Yen
KRW   Korean Won
MXN   Mexican Peso
MYR   Malaysian Ringgit
NOK   Norwegian Krone
NZD   New Zealand Dollar
SEK   Swedish Krona
SGD   Singapore Dollar
ZAR   South African Rand

 

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Derivative Contracts at 5/31/15

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts at 5/31/15

 

Type   Currency  

Counter-

party

  Contracts
to
Deliver/
Receive
    Settlement
Date Range
  In
Exchange
For
    Contracts
at Value
    Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Asset Derivatives                            
BUY   BRL   Deutsche Bank AG     4,500,000      6/02/15     $1,407,129        $1,412,296        $5,167   
BUY   BRL   Goldman Sachs International     3,636,000      6/02/15     1,137,316        1,141,135        3,819   
SELL   BRL   Deutsche Bank AG     8,135,999      6/02/15     2,637,903        2,553,432        84,471   
SELL   CAD   Goldman Sachs International     7,144,242      7/10/15     5,915,362        5,741,273        174,089   
BUY   CHF   UBS AG     3,082      7/10/15     3,208        3,284        76   
BUY   EUR   Brown Brothers Harriman     357,589      7/10/15     384,133        392,939        8,806   
BUY   EUR   Citibank N.A.     46,000      7/10/15     50,052        50,547        495   
SELL   EUR   Barclays Bank PLC     247,000      7/10/15     283,246        271,418        11,828   
SELL   EUR   Citibank N.A.     98,535      7/10/15     110,839        108,276        2,563   
SELL   EUR   Goldman Sachs International     1,530,047      7/10/15     1,704,842        1,681,304        23,538   
SELL   EUR   Merrill Lynch International     123,436      7/10/15     137,895        135,639        2,256   
BUY   GBP   Goldman Sachs International     349,000      7/10/15     528,292        533,263        4,971   
SELL   GBP   Citibank N.A.     159,000      7/10/15     250,178        242,948        7,230   
SELL   GBP   Goldman Sachs International     38,000      7/10/15     58,110        58,063        47   
SELL   IDR   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     33,101,492,868      6/12/15     2,516,841        2,498,968        17,873   
BUY   INR   Barclays Bank PLC     79,660,000      6/12/15     1,244,260        1,244,742        482   
BUY   INR   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     80,716,000      6/12/15     1,260,400        1,261,242        842   

 

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Type   Currency  

Counter-

party

  Contracts
to
Deliver/
Receive
    Settlement
Date Range
  In
Exchange
For
    Contracts
at Value
    Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Asset Derivatives – continued                            
SELL   JPY   Deutsche Bank AG     1,605,408,512      7/10/15     $13,362,629        $12,941,563        $421,066   
SELL   JPY   Goldman Sachs International     55,908,000      7/10/15     467,565        450,687        16,878   
SELL   MXN   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     15,694,000      7/10/15     1,046,720        1,016,310        30,410   
SELL   NOK   Barclays Bank PLC     33,057,379      7/10/15     4,355,213        4,249,371        105,842   
SELL   NZD   Goldman Sachs International     4,251,318      7/10/15     3,196,828        3,005,713        191,115   
SELL   NZD   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     3,395,000      7/10/15     2,537,510        2,400,289        137,221   
SELL   NZD   Westpac Banking Corp.     2,583,535      7/10/15     1,937,406        1,826,578        110,828   
BUY   SEK   Deutsche Bank AG     4,950,063      7/10/15     572,984        580,979        7,995   
BUY   SGD   Goldman Sachs International     40,141      7/10/15     29,495        29,751        256   
             

 

 

 
                $1,370,164   
             

 

 

 
Liability Derivatives                            
BUY   AUD   Barclays Bank PLC     92,000      7/10/15     $74,070        $70,196        $(3,874
SELL   AUD   Westpac Banking Corp.     6,858,172      7/10/15     5,219,604        5,232,784        (13,180
BUY   BRL   Deutsche Bank AG     7,143,432      6/02/15-8/04/15     2,224,002        2,218,134        (5,868
BUY   CAD   Goldman Sachs International     120,000      7/10/15     99,987        96,435        (3,552
SELL   CAD   Merrill Lynch International     3,190,375      7/10/15     2,546,657        2,563,857        (17,200
BUY   CHF   Goldman Sachs International     12,000      7/10/15     13,133        12,785        (348

 

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Type   Currency  

Counter-

party

  Contracts
to
Deliver/
Receive
    Settlement
Date Range
  In
Exchange
For
    Contracts
at Value
    Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Liability Derivatives – continued                            
BUY   CLP   Barclays Bank PLC     1,582,366,000      6/26/15     $2,573,790        $2,553,949        $(19,841
BUY   DKK   Goldman Sachs International     2,451,688      7/10/15     372,048        361,321        (10,727
SELL   DKK   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     8,597,254      7/10/15     1,251,802        1,267,031        (15,229
BUY   EUR   Barclays Bank PLC     792,000      7/10/15     893,860        870,295        (23,565
BUY   EUR   Citibank N.A.     1,000,000      7/10/15     1,120,244        1,098,858        (21,386
BUY   EUR   Deutsche Bank AG     915,000      7/10/15     1,043,947        1,005,455        (38,492
BUY   EUR   Goldman Sachs International     2,464,203      7/10/15     2,774,618        2,707,808        (66,810
BUY   EUR   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     2,339,000      7/10/15     2,628,171        2,570,228        (57,943
BUY   EUR   Merrill Lynch International     8,903,903      7/10/15     9,981,738        9,784,121        (197,617
BUY   EUR   UBS AG     718,000      7/10/15     815,476        788,980        (26,496
SELL   EUR   Deutsche Bank AG     968,283      7/10/15     1,049,995        1,064,005        (14,010
SELL   EUR   Goldman Sachs International     103,000      7/10/15     112,411        113,182        (771
SELL   EUR   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     42,514,771      7/10/15     46,076,744        46,717,676        (640,932
BUY   GBP   Citibank N.A.     195,000      7/10/15     306,970        297,955        (9,015
BUY   GBP   Goldman Sachs International     114,073      7/10/15     174,966        174,301        (665
SELL   GBP   Barclays Bank PLC     3,581,292      7/10/15     5,325,599        5,472,124        (146,525
SELL   GBP   Merrill Lynch International     3,426,291      7/10/15     5,096,095        5,235,288        (139,193

 

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Type   Currency  

Counter-

party

  Contracts
to
Deliver/
Receive
    Settlement
Date Range
  In
Exchange
For
    Contracts
at Value
    Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Liability Derivatives – continued                            
BUY   JPY   Goldman Sachs International     8,168,000      7/10/15     $68,230        $65,844        $(2,386
BUY   KRW   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     44,218,500      6/16/15     40,391        39,881        (510
BUY   MYR   Deutsche Bank AG     235,000      6/29/15     64,377        63,954        (423
SELL   NOK   Goldman Sachs International     6,572,215      7/10/15     814,381        844,827        (30,446
BUY   NZD   Goldman Sachs International     1,085,291      7/10/15     812,083        767,308        (44,775
BUY   NZD   Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC     73,000      7/10/15     54,463        51,612        (2,851
SELL   SEK   Credit Suisse Group     1,752,419      7/10/15     203,068        205,678        (2,610
SELL   SEK   Deutsche Bank AG     2,984,929      7/10/15     345,910        350,335        (4,425
SELL   SEK   Goldman Sachs International     5,887,383      7/10/15     682,026        690,990        (8,964
BUY   ZAR   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     569,852      7/10/15     47,399        46,623        (776
             

 

 

 
                $(1,571,405
             

 

 

 

Futures Contracts at 5/31/15

 

Description   Currency   Contracts   Value   Expiration
Date
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Asset Derivatives        
Interest Rate Futures        

Japanese Government

Bond 10 yr (Long)

  JPY   18   $21,410,305   June - 2015     $104,202   
U.K. Gilt 10 yr (Long)   GBP   35   6,301,593   September - 2015     50,150   
         

 

 

 
            $154,352   
         

 

 

 

 

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Description    Currency    Contracts    Value    Expiration
Date
   Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Liability Derivatives            
Interest Rate Futures            
Euro-Buxl 30 yr (Long)    EUR    17    $3,025,092    June - 2015      $(40,740
Euro-Bund 10 yr (Long)    EUR    69    11,778,906    June - 2015      (79,723
Euro-Bund 10 yr (Long)    EUR    20    3,406,707    September - 2015      (5,755
Euro-Bobl
5 yr (Long)
   EUR    115    16,274,336    June - 2015      (29,303
U.S. Treasury Bond 30 yr (Short)    USD    7    1,089,375    September - 2015      (18,061
U.S. Treasury Note 10 yr (Short)    USD    635    81,081,563    September - 2015      (372,645
U.S. Treasury Note 2 yr (Short)    USD    121    26,481,985    September - 2015      (36,346
              

 

 

 
                 $(582,573
              

 

 

 

At May 31, 2015, the fund had cash collateral of $400,000 and other liquid securities with an aggregate value of $1,937,902 to cover any commitments for certain derivative contracts. Cash collateral is comprised of “Restricted cash” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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Financial Statements

 

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

At 5/31/15 (unaudited)

This statement represents your fund’s balance sheet, which details the assets and liabilities comprising the total value of the fund.

 

Assets         

Investments

  

Non-affiliated issuers, at value (identified cost, $604,905,895)

     $598,339,625   

Underlying affiliated funds, at cost and value

     24,848,895   

Total investments, at value (identified cost, $629,754,790)

     $623,188,520   

Cash

     309,200   

Restricted cash

     400,000   

Foreign currency, at value (identified cost, $47)

     47   

Receivables for

  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     1,370,164   

Investments sold

     2,485,598   

Interest

     8,170,046   

Other assets

     32,521   

Total assets

     $635,956,096   
Liabilities         

Notes payable

     $100,000,000   

Payables for

  

Distributions

     201,681   

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     1,571,405   

Daily variation margin on open futures contracts

     106,938   

Investments purchased

     192,842   

Payable to affiliates

  

Investment adviser

     35,492   

Transfer agent and dividend disbursing costs

     2,435   

Payable for independent Trustees’ compensation

     23,226   

Accrued interest expense

     71,751   

Deferred country tax expense payable

     171,600   

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     114,324   

Total liabilities

     $102,491,694   

Net assets

     $533,464,402   
Net assets consist of         

Paid-in capital

     $539,371,560   

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies (net of $76,662 deferred country tax)

     (7,308,603

Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency

     4,970,503   

Accumulated distributions in excess of net investment income

     (3,569,058

Net assets

     $533,464,402   

Shares of beneficial interest outstanding

     53,267,490   

Net asset value per share (net assets of $533,464,402 / 53,267,490 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

     $10.01   

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

Six months ended 5/31/15 (unaudited)

This statement describes how much your fund earned in investment income and accrued in expenses. It also describes any gains and/or losses generated by fund operations.

 

Net investment income         

Income

  

Interest

     $15,669,730   

Dividends

     52,521   

Dividends from underlying affiliated funds

     7,235   

Foreign taxes withheld

     (7,874

Total investment income

     $15,721,612   

Expenses

  

Management fee

     $1,609,298   

Transfer agent and dividend disbursing costs

     31,431   

Administrative services fee

     47,459   

Independent Trustees’ compensation

     31,737   

Stock exchange fee

     24,748   

Custodian fee

     41,068   

Interest expense

     420,680   

Shareholder communications

     78,429   

Audit and tax fees

     38,535   

Legal fees

     9,566   

Miscellaneous

     25,675   

Total expenses

     $2,358,626   

Fees paid indirectly

     (257
Net expenses      $2,358,369   

Net investment income

     $13,363,243   
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency   

Realized gain (loss) (identified cost basis)

  

Investments (net of $11,204 country tax)

     $2,563,833   

Futures contracts

     (743,742

Foreign currency

     10,279,225   

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency

     $12,099,316   

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

  

Investments (net of $5,451 increase in deferred country tax)

     $(9,667,260

Futures contracts

     6,432   

Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

     (2,631,856

Net unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency translation

     $(12,292,684

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

     $(193,368

Change in net assets from operations

     $13,169,875   

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

These statements describe the increases and/or decreases in net assets resulting from operations, any distributions, and any shareholder transactions.

 

Change in net assets   

Six months ended

5/31/15

(unaudited)

   

Year ended

11/30/14

 
From operations                 

Net investment income

     $13,363,243        $28,406,679   

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency

     12,099,316        13,298,605   

Net unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency translation

     (12,292,684     (11,090,540

Change in net assets from operations

     $13,169,875        $30,614,744   
Distributions declared to shareholders                 

From net investment income

     $(22,518,207     $(31,527,655

Change in net assets from fund share transactions

     $(5,717,557     $(7,794,409

Total change in net assets

     $(15,065,889     $(8,707,320
Net assets                 

At beginning of period

     548,530,291        557,237,611   

At end of period (including accumulated distributions in excess of net investment income of $3,569,058 and undistributed net investment income of $5,585,906, respectively)

     $533,464,402        $548,530,291   

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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

Six months ended 5/31/15 (unaudited)

This statement provides a summary of cash flows from investment activity for the fund.

 

Cash flows from operating activities:         

Change in net assets from operations

     $13,169,875   
Adjustments to reconcile change in net assets from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:         

Purchase of investment securities

     (165,486,553

Proceeds from disposition of investment securities

     189,511,104   

Payments for futures contracts

     (743,742

Purchases of short-term investments, net

     (19,633,298

Realized gain/loss on investments

     (2,575,037

Realized gain/loss on futures contracts

     743,742   

Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     9,661,809   

Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on foreign currency contracts

     2,663,115   

Net amortization/accretion of income

     1,130,665   

Decrease in interest and dividends receivable

     426,442   

Decrease in accrued expenses and other liabilities

     (43,474

Decrease in payable for daily variation margin on open futures contracts

     (164,818

Increase in restricted cash

     (400,000

Increase in other assets

     (28,294

Increase in interest payable

     5,023   

Net cash provided by operating activities

     $28,236,559   
Cash flows from financing activities:         

Distributions paid in cash

     (22,456,105

Repurchase of shares of beneficial interest

     (5,717,557

Net cash used by financing activities

     $(28,173,662

Net increase in cash

     $62,897   
Cash:         

Beginning of period (including foreign currency of $30,903)

     $246,350   

End of period (including foreign currency of $47)

     $309,247   

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

Cash paid during the six months ended May 31, 2015 for interest was $415,657.

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the fund’s financial performance for the semiannual period and the past 5 fiscal years. Certain information reflects financial results for a single fund share. The total returns in the table represent the rate by which an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the fund share class (assuming reinvestment of all distributions) held for the entire period.

 

   

Six months

ended

5/31/15

(unaudited)

    Years ended 11/30  
      2014     2013     2012     2011     2010  
                                 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $10.17        $10.17        $10.40        $9.59        $9.99        $9.50   
Income (loss) from investment operations                                           

Net investment income (d)

    $0.25        $0.52        $0.57        $0.62        $0.66        $0.68   

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

    0.00 (w)      0.04        (0.18     0.84        (0.31     0.52   

Total from investment operations

    $0.25        $0.56        $0.39        $1.46        $0.35        $1.20   
Less distributions declared to shareholders                                           

From net investment income

    $(0.42     $(0.58     $(0.62     $(0.65     $(0.75     $(0.71

Net increase from repurchase of
capital shares

    $0.01        $0.02        $0.00 (w)      $—        $—        $—   

Net asset value, end of period (x)

    $10.01        $10.17        $10.17        $10.40        $9.59        $9.99   

Market value, end of period

    $8.90        $8.81        $8.97        $10.19        $8.93        $9.51   

Total return at market value (%)

    5.85 (n)      4.68        (6.13     21.92        1.79        14.36   

Total return at net asset value (%) (j)(r)(s)(x)

    3.13 (n)      6.58        4.28        15.87        4.06        13.30   
Ratios (%) (to average net assets)
and Supplemental data:
                                           

Expenses before expense reductions (f)

    0.88 (a)      0.87        0.92        0.98        1.00        1.11   

Expenses after expense reductions (f)

    N/A        0.87        0.92        0.98        1.00        1.11   

Net investment income

    5.01 (a)      5.09        5.53        6.12        6.60        6.93   

Portfolio turnover

    25 (n)      44        52        45        47        56   

Net assets at end of period
(000 omitted)

    $533,464        $548,530        $557,238        $570,716        $526,317        $548,397   
Supplemental Ratios (%):                                                

Ratio of expenses to average net assets
after expense reductions and
excluding interest expense (f)

    0.73 (a)      0.72        0.75        0.79        0.79        0.82   
Senior Securities:                                                

Total notes payable outstanding
(000 omitted)

    $100,000        $100,000        $100,000        $100,000        $100,000        $100,000   

Asset coverage per $1,000 of
indebtedness (k)

    $6,335        $6,485        $6,572        $6,707        $6,263        $6,484   

 

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(a) Annualized.
(d) Per share data is based on average shares outstanding.
(f) Ratios do not reflect reductions from fees paid indirectly, if applicable.
(j) Total return at net asset value is calculated using the net asset value of the fund, not the publicly traded price and therefore may be different than the total return at market value.
(k) Calculated by subtracting the fund’s total liabilities (not including notes payable) from the fund’s total assets and dividing this number by the notes payable outstanding and then multiplying by 1,000.
(n) Not annualized.
(r) Certain expenses have been reduced without which performance would have been lower.
(s) From time to time the fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements, without which performance would be lower.
(w) Per share amount was less than $0.01.
(x) The net asset values and total returns at net asset value have been calculated on net assets which include adjustments made in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles required at period end for financial reporting purposes.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

(1) Business and Organization

MFS Charter Income Trust (the fund) is organized as a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a diversified closed-end management investment company.

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.

(2) Significant Accounting Policies

General – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. In the preparation of these financial statements, management has evaluated subsequent events occurring after the date of the fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities through the date that the financial statements were issued. The fund invests in high-yield securities rated below investment grade. Investments in high-yield securities involve greater degrees of credit and market risk than investments in higher-rated securities and tend to be more sensitive to economic conditions. The fund invests in foreign securities, including securities of emerging market issuers. Investments in foreign securities are vulnerable to the effects of changes in the relative values of the local currency and the U.S. dollar and to the effects of changes in each country’s legal, political, and economic environment. The markets of emerging markets countries are generally more volatile than the markets of developed countries with more mature economies. All of the risks of investing in foreign securities previously described are heightened when investing in emerging markets countries.

In June 2014, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2014-11, Transfers and Servicing (Topic 860) – Repurchase-to-Maturity Transactions, Repurchase Financings, and Disclosures (“ASU 2014-11”). ASU 2014-11 changes the accounting for repurchase-to-maturity transactions (i.e., repurchase agreements that settle at the same time as the maturity of the transferred financial asset) and enhances the required disclosures for repurchase agreements and other similar transactions. Although still evaluating the potential impacts of ASU 2014-11 to the fund, management expects that the impact of the fund’s adoption will be limited to additional financial statement disclosures which would first be effective for interim reporting periods beginning after March 15, 2015.

Balance Sheet Offsetting – The fund’s accounting policy with respect to balance sheet offsetting is that, absent an event of default by the counterparty or a termination of the agreement, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master Agreement does not result in an offset of reported amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities across transactions between the fund and the applicable counterparty. The fund’s right to setoff may be restricted

 

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or prohibited by the bankruptcy or insolvency laws of the particular jurisdiction to which a specific master netting agreement counterparty is subject. Balance sheet offsetting disclosures, to the extent applicable to the fund, have been included in the fund’s Significant Accounting Policies note under the captions for each of the fund’s in-scope financial instruments and transactions.

Investment Valuations – Debt instruments and floating rate loans, including restricted debt instruments, are generally valued at an evaluated or composite bid as provided by a third-party pricing service. Equity securities, including restricted equity securities, are generally valued at the last sale or official closing price as provided by a third-party pricing service on the market or exchange on which they are primarily traded. Equity securities, for which there were no sales reported that day, are generally valued at the last quoted daily bid quotation as provided by a third-party pricing service on the market or exchange on which such securities are primarily traded. Short-term instruments with a maturity at issuance of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Futures contracts are generally valued at last posted settlement price as provided by a third-party pricing service on the market on which they are primarily traded. Futures contracts for which there were no trades that day for a particular position are generally valued at the closing bid quotation as provided by a third-party pricing service on the market on which such futures contracts are primarily traded. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are generally valued at the mean of bid and asked prices for the time period interpolated from rates provided by a third-party pricing service for proximate time periods. Open-end investment companies are generally valued at net asset value per share. Securities and other assets generally valued on the basis of information from a third-party pricing service may also be valued at a broker/dealer bid quotation. Values obtained from third-party pricing services can utilize both transaction data and market information such as yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics, and other market data. The values of foreign securities and other assets and liabilities expressed in foreign currencies are converted to U.S. dollars using the mean of bid and asked prices for rates provided by a third-party pricing service.

The Board of Trustees has delegated primary responsibility for determining or causing to be determined the value of the fund’s investments (including any fair valuation) to the adviser pursuant to valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board. If the adviser determines that reliable market quotations are not readily available, investments are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser in accordance with such procedures under the oversight of the Board of Trustees. Under the fund’s valuation policies and procedures, market quotations are not considered to be readily available for most types of debt instruments and floating rate loans and many types of derivatives. These investments are generally valued at fair value based on information from third-party pricing services. In addition, investments may be valued at fair value if the adviser determines that an investment’s value has been materially affected by events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded (such as foreign exchange or market) and prior to the determination of the fund’s net asset value, or after the halting of trading of a specific security where trading does not resume prior to the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded. The adviser generally relies on third-party pricing services

 

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or other information (such as the correlation with price movements of similar securities in the same or other markets; the type, cost and investment characteristics of the security; the business and financial condition of the issuer; and trading and other market data) to assist in determining whether to fair value and at what value to fair value an investment. The value of an investment for purposes of calculating the fund’s net asset value can differ depending on the source and method used to determine value. When fair valuation is used, the value of an investment used to determine the fund’s net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same investment. There can be no assurance that the fund could obtain the fair value assigned to an investment if it were to sell the investment at the same time at which the fund determines its net asset value per share.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s assets or liabilities. These inputs are categorized into three broad levels. In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, an investment’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The fund’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the investment. Level 1 includes unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 includes other significant observable market-based inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speed, and credit risk). Level 3 includes unobservable inputs, which may include the adviser’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments. Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in total investments, such as futures contracts and forward foreign currency exchange contracts. The following is a summary of the levels used as of May 31, 2015 in valuing the fund’s assets or liabilities:

 

Investments at Value    Level 1     Level 2     Level 3      Total  
Equity Securities      $3,954,805        $—        $—         $3,954,805   
U.S. Treasury Bonds & U.S. Government Agency & Equivalents             17,728,383                17,728,383   
Non-U.S. Sovereign Debt             101,116,264                101,116,264   
U.S. Corporate Bonds             329,658,996                329,658,996   
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities             7,510,024                7,510,024   
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities             18,733,260                18,733,260   
Asset-Backed Securities (including CDOs)             2,072,803                2,072,803   
Foreign Bonds             111,083,270                111,083,270   
Floating Rate Loans             6,481,820                6,481,820   
Mutual Funds      24,848,895                       24,848,895   
Total Investments      $28,803,700        $594,384,820        $—         $623,188,520   
Other Financial Instruments                          
Futures Contracts      $(428,221     $—        $—         $(428,221
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts             (201,241             (201,241

 

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For further information regarding security characteristics, see the Portfolio of Investments.

Foreign Currency Translation – Purchases and sales of foreign investments, income, and expenses are converted into U.S. dollars based upon currency exchange rates prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions or on the reporting date for foreign denominated receivables and payables. Gains and losses attributable to foreign currency exchange rates on sales of securities are recorded for financial statement purposes as net realized gains and losses on investments. Gains and losses attributable to foreign exchange rate movements on receivables, payables, income and expenses are recorded for financial statement purposes as foreign currency transaction gains and losses. That portion of both realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments that results from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates is not separately disclosed.

Derivatives – The fund uses derivatives for different purposes, primarily to increase or decrease exposure to a particular market or segment of the market, or security, to increase or decrease interest rate or currency exposure, or as alternatives to direct investments. Derivatives are used for hedging or non-hedging purposes. While hedging can reduce or eliminate losses, it can also reduce or eliminate gains. When the fund uses derivatives as an investment to increase market exposure, or for hedging purposes, gains and losses from derivative instruments may be substantially greater than the derivative’s original cost.

The derivative instruments used by the fund were futures contracts and forward foreign currency exchange contracts. The fund’s period end derivatives, as presented in the Portfolio of Investments and the associated Derivative Contract tables, generally are indicative of the volume of its derivative activity during the period.

The following table presents, by major type of derivative contract, the fair value, on a gross basis, of the asset and liability components of derivatives held by the fund at May 31, 2015 as reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

 

        Fair Value (a)  
Risk   Derivative Contracts   Asset Derivatives     Liability Derivatives  
Interest Rate   Interest Rate Futures     $154,352        $(582,573)   
Foreign Exchange   Forward Foreign Currency Exchange     1,370,164        (1,571,405
Total       $1,524,516        $(2,153,978)   

 

(a) The value of futures contracts includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) as reported in the fund’s Portfolio of Investments. Only the current day variation margin for futures contracts is separately reported within the fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The following table presents, by major type of derivative contract, the realized gain (loss) on derivatives held by the fund for the six months ended May 31, 2015 as reported in the Statement of Operations:

 

Risk    Futures
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
 
Interest Rate      $(743,742      $—   
Foreign Exchange              10,465,826   
Total      $(743,742      $10,465,826   

 

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The following table presents, by major type of derivative contract, the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives held by the fund for the six months ended May 31, 2015 as reported in the Statement of Operations:

 

Risk   

Futures

Contracts

    

Translation

of Assets
and
Liabilities in

Foreign

Currencies

 
Interest Rate      $6,432         $—   
Foreign Exchange              (2,663,115
Total      $6,432         $(2,663,115

Derivative counterparty credit risk is managed through formal evaluation of the creditworthiness of all potential counterparties. On certain, but not all, uncleared derivatives, the fund attempts to reduce its exposure to counterparty credit risk whenever possible by entering into an ISDA Master Agreement on a bilateral basis. The ISDA Master Agreement gives each party to the agreement the right to terminate all transactions traded under such agreement if there is a certain deterioration in the credit quality of the other party. Upon an event of default or a termination of the ISDA Master Agreement, the non-defaulting party has the right to close out all transactions traded under such agreement and to net amounts owed under each transaction to one net amount payable by one party to the other. This right to close out and net payments across all transactions traded under the ISDA Master Agreement could result in a reduction of the fund’s credit risk to such counterparty equal to any amounts payable by the fund under the applicable transactions, if any.

Collateral and margin requirements differ by type of derivative. Margin requirements are set by the clearing broker and the clearing house for cleared derivatives (i.e., futures contracts, cleared swaps, and exchange-traded options) while collateral terms are contract specific for uncleared derivatives (i.e., forward foreign currency exchange contracts, uncleared swap agreements, and uncleared options). For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, which contains a collateral support annex, the collateral requirements are netted across all transactions traded under such agreement and one amount is posted from one party to the other to collateralize such obligations. Cash that has been segregated to cover the fund’s collateral or margin obligations under derivative contracts, if any, will be reported separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as “Restricted cash” or “Deposits with brokers.” Securities pledged as collateral or margin for the same purpose, if any, are noted in the Portfolio of Investments.

Futures Contracts – The fund entered into futures contracts which may be used to hedge against or obtain broad market exposure, interest rate exposure, currency exposure, or to manage duration. A futures contract represents a commitment for the future purchase or sale of an asset at a specified price on a specified date.

Upon entering into a futures contract, the fund is required to deposit with the broker, either in cash or securities, an initial margin in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the notional amount of the contract. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by the fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the

 

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value of the contract, and are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized gain or loss by the fund until the contract is closed or expires at which point the gain or loss on futures contracts is realized.

The fund bears the risk of interest rates, exchange rates or securities prices moving unexpectedly, in which case, the fund may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the futures contracts and may realize a loss. While futures contracts may present less counterparty risk to the fund since the contracts are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse guarantees payments to the broker, there is still counterparty credit risk due to the insolvency of the broker. The fund’s maximum risk of loss due to counterparty credit risk is equal to the margin posted by the fund to the broker plus any gains or minus any losses on the outstanding futures contracts.

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts – The fund entered into forward foreign currency exchange contracts for the purchase or sale of a specific foreign currency at a fixed price on a future date. These contracts may be used to hedge the fund’s currency risk or for non-hedging purposes. For hedging purposes, the fund may enter into contracts to deliver or receive foreign currency that the fund will receive from or use in its normal investment activities. The fund may also use contracts to hedge against declines in the value of foreign currency denominated securities due to unfavorable exchange rate movements. For non-hedging purposes, the fund may enter into contracts with the intent of changing the relative exposure of the fund’s portfolio of securities to different currencies to take advantage of anticipated exchange rate changes.

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are adjusted by the daily exchange rate of the underlying currency and any unrealized gains or losses are recorded as a receivable or payable for forward foreign currency exchange contracts until the contract settlement date. On contract settlement date, any gain or loss on the contract is recorded as realized gains or losses on foreign currency.

Risks may arise upon entering into these contracts from unanticipated movements in the value of the contract and from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts. Generally, the fund’s maximum risk due to counterparty credit risk is the unrealized gain on the contract due to the use of Continuous Linked Settlement, an industry accepted settlement system. This risk is mitigated in cases where there is an ISDA Master Agreement between the fund and the counterparty providing for netting as described above and, where applicable, by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the fund to cover the fund’s exposure to the counterparty under such ISDA Master Agreement.

Loans and Other Direct Debt Instruments – The fund invests in loans and loan participations or other receivables. These investments may include standby financing commitments, including revolving credit facilities, which contractually obligate the fund to supply additional cash to the borrower on demand. The fund generally provides this financial support in order to preserve its existing investment or to obtain a more senior secured interest in the assets of the borrower. Loan participations involve a risk of insolvency of the lending bank or other financial intermediary.

Statement of Cash Flows – Information on financial transactions which have been settled through the receipt or disbursement of cash is presented in the Statement of

 

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Cash Flows. The cash amount shown in the Statement of Cash Flows is the amount included within the fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities and includes cash on hand at its custodian bank and does not include any short term investments.

Indemnifications – Under the fund’s organizational documents, its officers and Trustees may be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the fund enters into agreements with service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. The fund’s maximum exposure under these agreements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the fund that have not yet occurred.

Investment Transactions and Income – Investment transactions are recorded on the trade date. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. All premium and discount is amortized or accreted for financial statement purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The fund earns certain fees in connection with its floating rate loan purchasing activities. These fees are in addition to interest payments earned and may include amendment fees, commitment fees, facility fees, consent fees, and prepayment fees. Commitment fees are recorded on an accrual basis as income in the accompanying financial statements. Dividends received in cash are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain dividends from foreign securities will be recorded when the fund is informed of the dividend if such information is obtained subsequent to the ex-dividend date. Dividend and interest payments received in additional securities are recorded on the ex-dividend or ex-interest date in an amount equal to the value of the security on such date. Debt obligations may be placed on non-accrual status or set to accrue at a rate of interest less than the contractual coupon when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful. Interest income for those debt obligations may be further reduced by the write-off of the related interest receivables when deemed uncollectible.

The fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received from litigation involving portfolio holdings are reflected in the Statement of Operations in realized gain/loss if the security has been disposed of by the fund or in unrealized gain/loss if the security is still held by the fund. Any other proceeds from litigation not related to portfolio holdings are reflected as other income in the Statement of Operations.

The fund invests a significant portion of its assets in asset-backed and/or mortgage-backed securities. The value of these securities may depend, in part, on the issuer’s or borrower’s credit quality or ability to pay principal and interest when due and that value may fall if an issuer or borrower defaults on its obligation to pay principal or interest or if the instrument’s credit rating is downgraded by a credit rating agency. U.S. Government securities not supported as to the payment of principal or interest by the U.S. Treasury, such as those issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks, are subject to greater credit risk than are U.S. Government securities supported by the U.S. Treasury, such as those issued by Ginnie Mae.

The fund purchased or sold debt securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis, or in a “To Be Announced” (TBA) or “forward commitment” transaction with delivery or payment to occur at a later date beyond the normal settlement period. At the time a

 

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fund enters into a commitment to purchase or sell a security, the transaction is recorded and the value of the security acquired is reflected in the fund’s net asset value. The price of such security and the date that the security will be delivered and paid for are fixed at the time the transaction is negotiated. The value of the security may vary with market fluctuations. No interest accrues to the fund until payment takes place. At the time that a fund enters into this type of transaction, the fund is required to have sufficient cash and/or liquid securities to cover its commitments. Losses may arise due to changes in the value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract’s terms, or if the issuer does not issue the securities due to political, economic or other factors. Additionally, losses may arise due to declines in the value of the securities prior to settlement date.

To mitigate this risk of loss on TBA securities and other types of forward settling mortgage-backed securities, the fund whenever possible enters into a Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreement (“MSFTA”) on a bilateral basis with each of the counterparties with whom it undertakes a significant volume of transactions. The MSFTA gives each party to the agreement the right to terminate all transactions traded under such agreement if there is a certain deterioration in the credit quality of the other party. Upon an event of default or a termination of the MSFTA, the non-defaulting party has the right to close out all transactions traded under such agreement and to net amounts owed under each transaction to one net amount payable by one party to the other. This right to close out and net payments across all transactions traded under the MSFTA could result in a reduction of the fund’s credit risk to such counterparty equal to any amounts payable by the fund under the applicable transactions, if any.

For mortgage-backed securities traded under a MSFTA, the collateral and margining requirements are contract specific. Collateral amounts across all transactions traded under such agreement are netted and one amount is posted from one party to the other to collateralize such obligations. Cash that has been pledged to cover the fund’s collateral or margin obligations under a MSFTA, if any, will be reported separately on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as restricted cash. Securities pledged as collateral or margin for the same purpose, if any, are noted in the Portfolio of Investments.

Fees Paid Indirectly – The fund’s custody fee may be reduced by a credit earned under an arrangement that measures the value of U.S. dollars deposited with the custodian by the fund. The amount of the credit, for the six months ended May 31, 2015, is shown as a reduction of total expenses in the Statement of Operations.

Tax Matters and Distributions – The fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and to distribute all of its taxable income, including realized capital gains. As a result, no provision for federal income tax is required. The fund’s federal tax returns, when filed, will remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a three year period. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal and state tax returns for all open tax years and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability. Foreign taxes, if any, have been accrued by the fund in the accompanying financial statements in accordance with the applicable foreign tax law. Foreign income taxes may be withheld by certain countries

 

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in which the fund invests. Additionally, capital gains realized by the fund on securities issued in or by certain foreign countries may be subject to capital gains tax imposed by those countries.

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Effective May 1, 2015, the fund seeks to pay monthly distributions based on an annual rate of 8.00% of the fund’s average monthly net asset value. As a result, distributions may exceed actual earnings which may result in a tax return of capital or, to the extent the fund has long-term gains, distributions of current year long-term gains may be recharacterized as ordinary income. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Certain capital accounts in the financial statements are periodically adjusted for permanent differences in order to reflect their tax character. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or net asset value per share. Temporary differences which arise from recognizing certain items of income, expense, gain or loss in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes will reverse at some time in the future. Distributions from other sources, in excess of net investment income or net realized gains are temporary overdistributions for financial statement purposes resulting from differences in the recognition or classification of income or distributions for financial statement and tax purposes.

Book/tax differences primarily relate to amortization and accretion of debt securities, straddle loss deferrals, and derivative transactions.

The tax character of distributions made during the current period will be determined at fiscal year end. The tax character of distributions declared to shareholders for the last fiscal year is as follows:

 

     11/30/14  
Ordinary income (including any
short-term capital gains)
     $31,527,655   

The federal tax cost and the tax basis components of distributable earnings were as follows:

 

As of 5/31/15       
Cost of investments      $633,602,404   
Gross appreciation      11,429,196   
Gross depreciation      (21,843,080
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)      $(10,413,884
As of 11/30/14       
Undistributed ordinary income      9,840,731   
Capital loss carryforwards      (3,074,945
Other temporary differences      (2,133,517
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)      (1,191,095

The aggregate cost above includes prior fiscal year end tax adjustments, if applicable.

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”), net capital losses recognized for fund fiscal years beginning after November 30, 2011 may

 

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be carried forward indefinitely, and their character is retained as short-term and/or long-term losses (“post-enactment losses”). Previously, net capital losses were carried forward for eight years and treated as short-term losses (“pre-enactment losses”). As a transition rule, the Act requires that all post-enactment net capital losses be used before pre-enactment net capital losses.

As of November 30, 2014, the fund had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized gains. Such pre-enactment losses expire as follows:

 

11/30/17   $(3,074,945)

(3) Transactions with Affiliates

Investment Adviser – The fund has an investment advisory agreement with MFS to provide overall investment management and related administrative services and facilities to the fund. The management fee is computed daily and paid monthly at an annual rate of 0.32% of the fund’s average daily net assets and 4.57% of gross income less interest expense from leveraging. Gross income is calculated based on tax elections that generally include the accretion of discount and exclude the amortization of premium, which may differ from investment income reported in the Statement of Operations. The management fee, from net assets and gross income, incurred for the six months ended May 31, 2015 was equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.60% of the fund’s average daily net assets.

Transfer Agent – The fund engages Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (“Computershare”) as the sole transfer agent for the fund. MFS Service Center, Inc. (MFSC) monitors and supervises the activities of Computershare for an agreed upon fee approved by the Board of Trustees. For the six months ended May 31, 2015, these fees paid to MFSC amounted to $8,882.

Administrator – MFS provides certain financial, legal, shareholder communications, compliance, and other administrative services to the fund. Under an administrative services agreement, the fund reimburses MFS the costs incurred to provide these services. The fund is charged an annual fixed amount of $17,500 plus a fee based on average daily net assets. The administrative services fee incurred for the six months ended May 31, 2015 was equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.0178% of the fund’s average daily net assets.

Trustees’ and Officers’ Compensation – The fund pays compensation to independent Trustees in the form of a retainer, attendance fees, and additional compensation to Board and Committee chairpersons. The fund does not pay compensation directly to Trustees or officers of the fund who are also officers of the investment adviser, all of whom receive remuneration for their services to the fund from MFS. Certain officers and Trustees of the fund are officers or directors of MFS and MFSC.

Prior to December 31, 2001, the fund had an unfunded defined benefit plan (“DB plan”) for independent Trustees. As of December 31, 2001, the Board took action to terminate the DB plan with respect to then-current and any future independent Trustees, such that the DB plan covers only certain of those former independent Trustees who retired on or before December 31, 2001. The DB plan resulted in a pension expense of $629 and is included in “Independent Trustees’ compensation” in

 

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the Statement of Operations for the six months ended May 31, 2015. The liability for deferred retirement benefits payable to certain independent Trustees under the DB plan amounted to $22,578 at May 31, 2015, and is included in “Payable for independent Trustees’ compensation” in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Other – This fund and certain other funds managed by MFS (the funds) have entered into a service agreement (the ISO Agreement) which provides for payment of fees solely by the funds to Tarantino LLC in return for the provision of services of an Independent Senior Officer (ISO) for the funds. Frank L. Tarantino serves as the ISO and is an officer of the funds and the sole member of Tarantino LLC. The funds can terminate the ISO Agreement with Tarantino LLC at any time under the terms of the ISO Agreement. For the six months ended May 31, 2015, the fee paid by the fund under this agreement was $989 and is included in “Miscellaneous” expense in the Statement of Operations. MFS has agreed to bear all expenses associated with office space, other administrative support, and supplies provided to the ISO.

The fund invests in the MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio which is managed by MFS and seeks current income consistent with preservation of capital and liquidity. Income earned on this investment is included in “Dividends from underlying affiliated funds” in the Statement of Operations. This money market fund does not pay a management fee to MFS.

(4) Portfolio Securities

For the six months ended May 31, 2015, purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term obligations, were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  
U.S. Government securities      $—         $39,811,609   
Investments (non-U.S. Government securities)      $150,361,801         $141,661,542   

(5) Shares of Beneficial Interest

The fund’s Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest. The Trustees have authorized the repurchase by the fund of up to 10% annually of its own shares of beneficial interest. The fund repurchased and retired 647,119 shares of beneficial interest during the six months ended May 31, 2015 at an average price per share of $8.84 and a weighted average discount of 11.09% per share. The fund repurchased and retired 856,717 shares of beneficial interest during the year ended November 30, 2014 at an average price per share of $9.10 and a weighted average discount of 11.19% per share. Transactions in fund shares were as follows:

 

     Six months ended
5/31/15
     Year ended
11/30/14
 
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  
Capital shares reacquired      (647,119      $(5,717,557      (856,717      $(7,794,409

(6) Loan Agreement

The fund has a credit agreement with a bank for a revolving secured line of credit that can be drawn upon up to $100,000,000. This credit agreement matures on August 21, 2015. The trustees approved the renewal of the revolving secured line of credit up to the amount of $100,000,000 on substantially similar terms for an additional 364 day

 

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period which matures on August 19, 2016. At May 31, 2015, the fund had outstanding borrowings under this agreement in the amount of $100,000,000, which are secured by a lien on the fund’s assets. The loan’s carrying value in the fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities approximates its fair value. The loan value as of the reporting date is considered Level 2 under the fair value hierarchy. Borrowing under the agreement can be made for liquidity or leverage purposes. Interest is charged at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus an agreed upon spread or an alternate rate, at the option of the borrower, stated as the greater of the daily one month LIBOR or the Overnight Federal Funds Rate each plus an agreed upon spread. The fund incurred interest expense of $420,680 during the period in connection with this loan agreement. The fund may also be charged a commitment fee based on the average daily unused portion of the revolving secured line of credit. The fund did not incur a commitment fee during the period. For the six months ended May 31, 2015, the average loan balance was $100,000,000 at a weighted average annual interest rate of 0.84%. The fund is subject to certain covenants including, but not limited to, requirements with respect to asset coverage, portfolio diversification and liquidity.

(7) Transactions in Underlying Affiliated Funds-Affiliated Issuers

An affiliated issuer may be considered one in which the fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common control. For the purposes of this report, the fund assumes the following to be an affiliated issuer:

 

Underlying Affiliated Fund   

Beginning

Shares/Par

Amount

    

Acquisitions

Shares/Par

Amount

    

Dispositions

Shares/Par

Amount

   

Ending

Shares/Par

Amount

 
MFS Institutional Money
Market Portfolio
     5,215,597         108,937,166         (89,303,868     24,848,895   
Underlying Affiliated Fund   

Realized

Gain (Loss)

    

Capital Gain

Distributions

    

Dividend

Income

   

Ending

Value

 
MFS Institutional Money
Market Portfolio
     $—         $—         $7,235        $24,848,895   

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of MFS Charter Income Trust:

We have reviewed the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of MFS Charter Income Trust (the Fund), including the portfolio of investments, as of May 31, 2015, and the related statements of operations, changes in net assets and cash flows and the financial highlights for the six-month period ended May 31, 2015. These interim financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management.

We conducted our review in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

Based on our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying interim financial statements and financial highlights for them to be in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the statement of changes in net assets for the year ended November 30, 2014 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended November 30, 2014, and in our report dated January 15, 2015, we expressed an unqualified opinion on such statement of changes in net assets and financial highlights.

 

LOGO

Boston, Massachusetts

July 16, 2015

 

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PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND INFORMATION

MFS votes proxies on behalf of the fund pursuant to proxy voting policies and procedures that are available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-225-2606, by visiting the Proxy Voting section of mfs.com or by visiting the SEC’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov.

Information regarding how the fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the twelve-month period ended June 30, 2014 is available without charge by visiting the Proxy Voting section of mfs.com or by visiting the SEC’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov.

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO DISCLOSURE

The fund will file a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. A shareholder can obtain the quarterly portfolio holdings report at mfs.com. The fund’s Form N-Q is also available on the EDGAR database on the Commission’s Internet Web site at http://www.sec.gov, and may be reviewed and copied at the:

Public Reference Room

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE, Room 1580

Washington, D.C. 20549

Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. Copies of the Fund’s Form N-Q also may be obtained, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing the Public Reference Section at the above address.

FURTHER INFORMATION

From time to time, MFS may post important information about the fund or the MFS funds on the MFS web site (mfs.com). This information is available by visiting the “Market Commentary” and “Announcements” sub sections in the “Market Outlooks” section of mfs.com or by clicking on the fund’s name under “Closed-End Funds” in the “Products” section of mfs.com.

Additional information about the fund (e.g. performance, dividends and the fund’s price history) is also available by clicking on the fund’s name under “Closed-End Funds” in the “Products” section of mfs.com.

 

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LOGO

 

CONTACT US

TRANSFER AGENT, REGISTRAR, AND

DIVIDEND DISBURSING AGENT

CALL

1-800-637-2304

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time

WRITE

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

P.O. Box 43078

Providence, RI 02940-3078

 

New York Stock Exchange Symbol: MCR


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ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

During the period covered by this report, the Registrant has not amended any provision in its Code of Ethics (the “Code”) that relates to an element of the Code’s definitions enumerated in paragraph (b) of Item 2 of this Form N-CSR. During the period covered by this report, the Registrant did not grant a waiver, including an implicit waiver, from any provision of the Code.

 

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

Not applicable for semi-annual reports.

 

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Not applicable for semi-annual reports.

 

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

Not applicable for semi-annual reports.

 

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

A schedule of investments for each series of the Registrant is included as part of the report to shareholders of such series under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

 

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable for semi-annual reports.

 

ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

There were no changes during the period.


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ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

 

MFS Charter Income Trust  

Period

   (a) Total number
of Shares
Purchased
     (b)
Average
Price
Paid per
Share
     (c) Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased as
Part of  Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs
     (d) Maximum
Number (or
Approximate
Dollar Value) of
Shares that  May
Yet Be Purchased
under the Plans
or Programs
 

12/01/14-12/31/14

     0         N/A         0         4,829,063   

1/01/15-1/31/15

     494,857         8.77         494,857         4,334,206   

2/01/15-2/28/15

     0         N/A         0         4,334,206   

3/01/15-3/31/15

     0         N/A         0         5,341,975   

4/01/15-4/30/15

     152,262         9.04         152,262         5,189,713   

5/01/15-5/31/15

     0         N/A         0         5,189,713   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total

     647,119         8.84         647,119      
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Note: The Board of Trustees approves procedures to repurchase shares annually. The notification to shareholders of the program is part of the semi-annual and annual reports sent to shareholders. These annual programs begin on March 1st of each year. The programs conform to the conditions of Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and limit the aggregate number of shares that may be purchased in each annual period (March 1 through the following February 28) to 10% of the Registrant’s outstanding shares as of the first day of the plan year (March 1). The aggregate number of shares available for purchase for the March 1, 2015 plan year is 5,341,975.

 

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may send recommendations to the Board for nominees to the Registrant’s Board since the Registrant last provided disclosure as to such procedures in response to the requirements of Item 407 (c)(2)(iv) of Regulation S-K or this Item.

 

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

(a) Based upon their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this Form N-CSR, the registrant’s principal financial officer and principal executive officer have concluded that those disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that the material information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.


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(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter covered by the report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.

 

(a) File the exhibits listed below as part of this form. Letter or number the exhibits in the sequence indicated.

 

  (1) Any code of ethics, or amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy the Item 2 requirements through filing of an exhibit.

 

  (2) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2): Attached hereto.

 

  (3) Notices to Trust’s common shareholders in accordance with Investment Company Act Section 19(a) and Rule 19a-1.

 

(b) If the report is filed under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, provide the certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)), Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-14(b) or 240.15d-14(b)) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350) as an exhibit. A certification furnished pursuant to this paragraph will not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78r), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference: Attached hereto.


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Notice

A copy of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Registrant is on file with the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and notice is hereby given that this instrument is executed on behalf of the Registrant by an officer of the Registrant as an officer and not individually and the obligations of or arising out of this instrument are not binding upon any of the Trustees or shareholders individually, but are binding only upon the assets and property of the respective constituent series of the Registrant.


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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.

Registrant MFS CHARTER INCOME TRUST

 

By (Signature and Title)*    ROBIN A. STELMACH
  Robin A. Stelmach, President

Date: July 16, 2015

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 (Signature and Title)*    ROBIN A. STELMACH
 

Robin A. Stelmach, President

(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: July 16, 2015

 

By (Signature and Title)*    DAVID L. DILORENZO
  David L. DiLorenzo, Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Accounting Officer)

Date: July 16, 2015

 

* Print name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.