MFS MULTIMARKET 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 811-04975

MFS MULTIMARKET INCOME TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Kristin V. Collins

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: October 31

Date of reporting period: April 30, 2016


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ITEM 1. REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.


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SEMIANNUAL REPORT

April 30, 2016

 

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MFS® MULTIMARKET

INCOME TRUST

 

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MMT-SEM

 


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MANAGED DISTRIBUTION POLICY DISCLOSURE

The MFS Multimarket Income Trust’s (the fund) Board of Trustees adopted a managed distribution policy. 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 goal of the managed distribution policy is to provide shareholders with consistent and predictable cash flows. Such distributions, under certain circumstances, may exceed the fund’s total return performance. The fund’s total return in relation to changes in net asset value is presented in the Financial Highlights. When total distributions exceed total return performance for the period, the difference reduces the fund’s total assets and net asset value per share and, therefore, could have the effect of increasing the fund’s expense ratio and reducing the amount of assets the fund has available for long term investment. In order to make these distributions, the fund may have to sell portfolio securities at less than opportune times. 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® MULTIMARKET INCOME TRUST

New York Stock Exchange Symbol: MMT

 

Letter from the Chairman     1   
Portfolio composition     2   
Portfolio managers’ profiles     5   
Other notes     5   
Portfolio of investments     7   
Statement of assets and liabilities     37   
Statement of operations     38   
Statements of changes in net assets     39   
Statement of cash flows     40   
Financial highlights     41   
Notes to financial statements     43   
Report of independent registered public accounting firm     57   
Proxy voting policies and information     58   
Quarterly portfolio disclosure     58   
Further information     58   
Contact information    back cover   

 

NOT FDIC INSURED MAY LOSE VALUE NO BANK GUARANTEE



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LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN

 

Dear Shareholders:

Markets have largely recovered after a significant bout of volatility earlier this year. Oil prices have rebounded sharply, and the dollar has weakened against most currencies.

Global economic growth remains sluggish, and almost every major central bank — aside from the U.S. Federal Reserve — is continuing to loosen monetary policy. This should help keep interest rates lower for longer on a global basis.

Even with a weaker dollar, soft global growth continues to negatively impact U.S. exports. In Europe, a crucial referendum on Britain’s continued membership in the European Union is set for June 23. China continues to face headwinds in its shift to a consumer-led economy, which is weighing on its manufacturing sector. Emerging markets have been beneficiaries of the weaker U.S. dollar and firmer commodity prices.

At MFS®, we believe it is best to view markets through a long lens, and not react to short-term swings. That makes it possible to filter out market noise and focus on long-term fundamentals.

In our view, the professional guidance of a financial advisor, along with a patient, long-term approach, will help you reach your investment objectives.

Respectfully,

 

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Robert J. Manning

Chairman

MFS Investment Management

June 16, 2016

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 at value

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Fixed income sectors (i)  
High Yield Corporates     61.7%   
Investment Grade Corporates     19.6%   
Emerging Markets Bonds     17.3%   
Mortgage-Backed Securities     5.2%   
U.S. Government Agencies     4.4%   
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities     2.9%   
Asset-Backed Securities     1.8%   
Floating Rate Loans     1.5%   
Collateralized Debt Obligations     1.1%   
Non-U.S. Government Bonds     0.7%   
U.S. Treasury Securities     (9.3)%   

Portfolio structure reflecting equivalent exposure of derivative positions (i)

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Composition including fixed income credit quality (a)(i)    
AAA      3.2%   
AA      1.3%   
A      9.2%   
BBB      23.3%   
BB      29.0%   
B      29.7%   
CCC      9.6%   
CC      0.3%   
C      0.5%   
D      0.1%   
U.S. Government      3.3%   
Federal Agencies      9.6%   
Not Rated      (12.2)%   
Non-Fixed Income      0.7%   
Cash & Cash Equivalents      (19.8)%   
Other      12.2%   
 

 

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Portfolio facts (i)   
Average Duration (d)      4.9   
Average Effective Maturity (m)      7.8 yrs.   
Issuer country weightings (i)(x)   
United States      66.1%   
Mexico      3.9%   
Canada      2.8%   
United Kingdom      2.7%   
China      2.2%   
Indonesia      2.1%   
Germany      2.0%   
Luxembourg      1.8%   
France      1.5%   
Other Countries      14.9%   
 

 

 

(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/or commodity-linked derivatives. 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.

 

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(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 & Cash Equivalents and Other.

From time to time Cash & Cash Equivalents may be negative due to borrowings for leverage transactions and/or timing of cash receipts.

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

Cash & Cash Equivalents includes any cash, investments in money market funds, short-term securities, and other assets less liabilities. Please see the Statement of Assets and Liabilities for additional information related to the fund’s cash position and other assets and liabilities.

Other includes currency derivatives and/or any offsets to derivative positions.

Percentages are based on net assets as of 4/30/16.

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

  2006   Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 1988.
William Adams   Below Investment
Grade 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   Below Investment
Grade Debt Instruments

Portfolio Manager

  2006   Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2004.
Pilar Gomez-Bravo   Investment Grade

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.
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.

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.

 

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Other Notes – continued

 

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, determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, 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

4/30/16 (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 - 116.3%                 
Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Aerospace - 1.0%                 
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc., 7.125%, 3/15/2021    $ 1,405,000      $ 1,482,232   
Bombardier, Inc., 6.125%, 1/15/2023 (n)      885,000        769,950   
Bombardier, Inc., 7.5%, 3/15/2025 (n)      515,000        460,925   
CPI International, Inc., 8.75%, 2/15/2018          1,115,000        1,092,700   
Lockheed Martin Corp., 3.55%, 1/15/2026      406,000        435,234   
TransDigm, Inc., 6%, 7/15/2022      245,000        247,989   
TransDigm, Inc., 6.5%, 7/15/2024      700,000        705,250   
    

 

 

 
             $ 5,194,280   
Airlines - 0.1%                 
Ryanair Ltd., 1.125%, 3/10/2023    EUR 325,000      $ 371,328   
Apparel Manufacturers - 0.3%                 
Hanesbrands, Inc., 6.375%, 12/15/2020    $ 845,000      $ 874,575   
PVH Corp., 4.5%, 12/15/2022      720,000        744,300   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,618,875   
Asset-Backed & Securitized - 5.8%                 
Atrium CDO Corp., FRN, 1.46%, 11/16/2022 (z)    $ 2,235,020      $ 2,220,764   
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc., FRN, 5.74%, 2/10/2051      1,347,342        1,404,519   
Bayview Financial Revolving Mortgage Loan Trust, FRN, 2.038%, 12/28/2040 (z)      2,014,971        1,463,187   
Chesapeake Funding II LLC, 2016-1A, “A2”, FRN, 1.582%, 3/15/2028 (n)      1,550,000        1,549,845   
Chesapeake Funding LLC, “A”, FRN, 0.888%, 5/07/2024 (z)      365,494        365,379   
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, FRN, 5.899%, 12/10/2049      390,311        34,214   
Citigroup/Deutsche Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, FRN, 5.366%, 12/11/2049      1,400,000        1,422,306   
Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust, “AM”, FRN, 5.888%, 6/15/2039      1,781,000        1,800,731   
Crest Ltd., CDO, 7%, 1/28/2040 (a)(p)      3,032,886        254,671   
Dryden Senior Loan Fund, 2013-26A, “A”, CLO, FRN, 1.728%, 7/15/2025 (n)      1,500,000        1,483,110   
Dryden Senior Loan Fund, 2014-31A, “C”, CLO, FRN, 3.47%, 4/18/2026 (z)      1,750,000        1,724,623   
Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC, 0.91%, 9/20/2018 (z)      1,455,817        1,455,673   
Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC, 2014-1, “A2”, 0.87%, 9/20/2019 (n)      924,056        922,875   

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

 

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Asset-Backed & Securitized - continued                 
Falcon Franchise Loan LLC, FRN, 54.063%, 1/05/2025 (i)(z)    $ 34,624      $ 8,372   
First Union National Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, FRN, 1.734%, 1/12/2043 (i)(q)(z)      273,705        833   
First Union-Lehman Brothers Bank of America, FRN, 1.081%, 11/18/2035 (i)      3,191,327        48,879   
Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp., 5.475%, 3/10/2039      1,745,342        1,778,105   
John Deere Owner Trust , “A2”, 1.15%, 10/15/2018      1,484,000        1,485,220   
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., 5.552%, 5/12/2045      995,393        997,603   
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., “A4”, FRN, 5.929%, 6/15/2049      2,000,000        2,048,130   
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., FRN, 6.147%, 4/17/2045      215,018        214,799   
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2007-LD11, “AM”, FRN, 5.929%, 6/15/2049      2,243,253        2,228,941   
Lehman Brothers Commercial Conduit Mortgage Trust, FRN, 1.187%, 2/18/2030 (i)      370,412        2,804   
Mercedes-Benz Auto Lease Trust, 2015-B, “A2B”, 0.952%, 1/16/2018      1,533,000        1,533,826   
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, “AM”, FRN, 5.865%, 4/15/2049      1,674,000        1,667,522   
Morgan Stanley Capital I, Inc., FRN, 1.403%, 4/28/2039 (i)(z)          2,727,744        12,820   
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, “A4”, FRN, 6.147%, 2/15/2051      936,161        964,094   
    

 

 

 
             $ 29,093,845   
Automotive - 2.5%                 
Accuride Corp., 9.5%, 8/01/2018    $ 1,365,000      $ 1,163,663   
Delphi Automotive PLC, 1.5%, 3/10/2025    EUR 250,000        274,411   
Delphi Automotive PLC, 4.25%, 1/15/2026    $ 480,000        508,700   
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 1.7%, 5/09/2016      1,000,000        1,000,113   
Gates Global LLC, 6%, 7/15/2022 (n)      260,000        226,200   
General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 3.45%, 4/10/2022      486,000        487,796   
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 6.5%, 3/01/2021      1,070,000        1,126,844   
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 7%, 5/15/2022      420,000        453,600   
Grupo Antolin Dutch B.V., 5.125%, 6/30/2022 (n)    EUR 120,000        145,939   
Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc., 2.7%, 3/15/2017 (n)    $ 600,000        608,462   
Hyundai Capital America, 4%, 6/08/2017 (n)      256,000        262,344   
Lear Corp., 4.75%, 1/15/2023      730,000        755,550   
Lear Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/2025      1,166,000        1,238,875   
Schaeffler Finance B.V., 6.875%, 8/15/2018 (n)(p)      255,000        262,650   
Schaeffler Finance B.V., 3.25%, 5/15/2019    EUR 470,000        544,901   
Schaeffler Finance B.V., 4.75%, 5/15/2021 (n)    $ 565,000        580,538   
Schaeffler Holding Finance B.V., 6.25%, 11/15/2019 (n)(p)      305,000        317,963   

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

 

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Automotive - continued                 
Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 1%, 3/09/2021    EUR 320,000      $ 377,746   
Volkswagen International Finance N.V., 3.875% to 9/04/2018, FRN to 9/29/2049    EUR 400,000        456,447   
Volkswagen International Finance N.V., FRN, 2.5%, 12/29/2049    EUR 230,000        233,075   
ZF North America Capital, Inc., 4.5%, 4/29/2022 (n)    $ 1,335,000        1,366,680   
ZF North America Capital, Inc., 4.75%, 4/29/2025 (n)      310,000        314,263   
    

 

 

 
             $ 12,706,760   
Biotechnology - 0.1%                 
Life Technologies Corp., 6%, 3/01/2020    $ 363,000      $ 408,372   
Broadcasting - 2.1%                 
Activision Blizzard, Inc., 6.125%, 9/15/2023 (n)    $ 1,485,000      $ 1,616,794   
AMC Networks, Inc., 5%, 4/01/2024      430,000        430,538   
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., “A”, 6.5%, 11/15/2022      245,000        237,650   
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., “B”, 7.625%, 3/15/2020      420,000        389,290   
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., “B”, 6.5%, 11/15/2022      945,000        949,725   
Discovery Communications, Inc., 1.9%, 3/19/2027    EUR 700,000        700,351   
Grupo Televisa S.A.B., 6.125%, 1/31/2046    $ 284,000        307,004   
iHeartMedia, Inc., 9%, 3/01/2021      1,091,000        771,883   
Liberty Media Corp., 8.5%, 7/15/2029          1,280,000        1,334,400   
Liberty Media Corp., 8.25%, 2/01/2030      50,000        51,875   
Netflix, Inc., 5.375%, 2/01/2021      945,000        999,338   
Netflix, Inc., 5.875%, 2/15/2025      370,000        387,760   
Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., 6.875%, 11/15/2020      900,000        942,750   
Omnicom Group, Inc., 3.6%, 4/15/2026      444,000        462,268   
Omnicom Group, Inc., 3.65%, 11/01/2024      154,000        162,819   
ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, 2.625%, 4/15/2021    EUR 485,000        585,497   
    

 

 

 
             $ 10,329,942   
Brokerage & Asset Managers - 0.1%                 
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., 2.75%, 12/01/2020    $ 274,000      $ 282,217   
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., 3.75%, 12/01/2025      450,000        466,532   
    

 

 

 
             $ 748,749   
Building - 2.6%                 
Allegion PLC, 5.875%, 9/15/2023    $ 473,000      $ 501,380   
Allegion U.S. Holding Co., Inc., 5.75%, 10/01/2021      1,295,000        1,353,275   
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc., 6.375%, 10/01/2023      780,000        828,750   
Building Materials Corp. of America, 5.375%, 11/15/2024 (n)      890,000        927,825   
Building Materials Corp. of America, 6%, 10/15/2025 (n)      495,000        533,363   
CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V., 6.5%, 12/10/2019 (n)      405,000        426,769   
CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V., 7.25%, 1/15/2021 (n)      306,000        326,655   
Cimpor Financial Operations B.V., 5.75%, 7/17/2024 (n)      284,000        215,471   

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

 

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Building - continued                 
Elementia S.A. de C.V., 5.5%, 1/15/2025 (n)    $ 210,000      $ 207,900   
Gibraltar Industries, Inc., 6.25%, 2/01/2021      1,150,000        1,167,250   
HD Supply, Inc, 5.75%, 4/15/2024 (n)      285,000        298,894   
HD Supply, Inc., 7.5%, 7/15/2020      990,000        1,050,638   
Headwaters, Inc., 7.25%, 1/15/2019      670,000        690,100   
Masco Corp., 4.375%, 4/01/2026      540,000        556,200   
Masco Corp., 4.45%, 4/01/2025      170,000        177,439   
Mohawk Industries, Inc., 2%, 1/14/2022    EUR 525,000        612,906   
Mohawk Industries, Inc., 3.85%, 2/01/2023    $ 653,000        674,379   
Owens Corning, Inc., 4.2%, 12/15/2022      184,000        189,300   
PriSo Acquisition Corp., 9%, 5/15/2023 (n)      975,000        867,750   
Summit Materials LLC/Summit Materials Finance Co., 6.125%, 7/15/2023      970,000        977,275   
Union Andina de Cementos S.A.A., 5.875%, 10/30/2021 (n)      270,000        277,425   
    

 

 

 
             $ 12,860,944   
Business Services - 2.0%                 
Cisco Systems, Inc., 2.2%, 2/28/2021    $ 530,000      $ 540,828   
Equinix, Inc., 4.875%, 4/01/2020      855,000        890,055   
Equinix, Inc., 5.375%, 1/01/2022      290,000        303,050   
Equinix, Inc., 5.375%, 4/01/2023          1,065,000        1,112,925   
Equinix, Inc., 5.75%, 1/01/2025      315,000        329,578   
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., 3.875%, 6/05/2024      664,000        678,415   
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., 5%, 10/15/2025      208,000        229,653   
Iron Mountain, Inc., REIT, 6%, 10/01/2020 (n)      465,000        491,738   
Iron Mountain, Inc., REIT, 6%, 8/15/2023      1,330,000        1,413,125   
MSCI, Inc., 5.75%, 8/15/2025 (n)      595,000        632,931   
NeuStar, Inc., 4.5%, 1/15/2023      1,050,000        861,000   
Tencent Holdings Ltd., 3.375%, 3/05/2018 (n)      664,000        681,278   
Tencent Holdings Ltd., 3.375%, 5/02/2019 (n)      965,000        998,034   
Tencent Holdings Ltd., 3.8%, 2/11/2025 (n)      734,000        758,375   
    

 

 

 
             $ 9,920,985   
Cable TV - 5.3%                 
Altice Financing S.A., 6.5%, 1/15/2022 (n)    $ 1,477,000      $ 1,491,770   
Altice Financing S.A., 6.625%, 2/15/2023 (n)      1,525,000        1,507,920   
Altice Finco S.A., 8.125%, 1/15/2024 (n)      719,000        701,025   
CCO Holdings LLC, 5.25%, 9/30/2022      500,000        516,250   
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 7.375%, 6/01/2020      390,000        404,430   
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 6.5%, 4/30/2021      1,015,000        1,050,322   
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.125%, 5/01/2023 (n)      730,000        744,600   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Cable TV - continued                 
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.75%, 1/15/2024    $ 1,060,000      $ 1,111,675   
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.375%, 5/01/2025 (n)      305,000        312,244   
CCO Safari II LLC, 6.384%, 10/23/2035 (n)          1,005,000        1,160,067   
Cequel Communications Holdings, 6.375%, 9/15/2020 (n)      970,000        993,067   
Comcast Corp., 2.75%, 3/01/2023      1,365,000        1,410,767   
Comcast Corp., 4.65%, 7/15/2042      700,000        789,944   
DISH DBS Corp., 6.75%, 6/01/2021      890,000        916,887   
DISH DBS Corp., 5%, 3/15/2023      1,010,000        924,150   
DISH DBS Corp., 5.875%, 11/15/2024      360,000        337,860   
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., 7.25%, 4/01/2019      510,000        418,200   
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., 6.625%, 12/15/2022      1,610,000        1,042,475   
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., 5.5%, 8/01/2023      1,225,000        774,047   
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., 8%, 2/15/2024 (n)      270,000        279,450   
Intelsat Luxembourg S.A., 8.125%, 6/01/2023      820,000        268,550   
LGE Holdco VI B.V., 7.125%, 5/15/2024 (n)    EUR 680,000        853,772   
Lynx I Corp., 5.375%, 4/15/2021 (n)    $ 468,000        489,060   
Lynx II Corp., 6.375%, 4/15/2023 (n)      675,000        695,250   
Neptune Finco Corp., 10.875%, 10/15/2025 (n)      605,000        673,063   
Shaw Communications, Inc., 5.65%, 10/01/2019    CAD 417,000        368,281   
SIRIUS XM Radio, Inc., 4.25%, 5/15/2020 (n)    $ 290,000        295,438   
SIRIUS XM Radio, Inc., 5.875%, 10/01/2020 (n)      125,000        129,688   
SIRIUS XM Radio, Inc., 5.75%, 8/01/2021 (n)      195,000        204,506   
SIRIUS XM Radio, Inc., 4.625%, 5/15/2023 (n)      540,000        534,600   
SIRIUS XM Radio, Inc., 6%, 7/15/2024 (n)      560,000        590,856   
SIRIUS XM Radio, Inc., 5.375%, 4/15/2025 (n)      650,000        664,625   
Sky PLC, 2.5%, 9/15/2026    EUR 400,000        477,802   
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 5.75%, 6/02/2031    GBP 250,000        395,423   
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 4.5%, 9/15/2042    $ 210,000        196,727   
Unitymedia Hessen, 5.5%, 1/15/2023 (n)      950,000        984,438   
Unitymedia KabelBW GmbH, 6.125%, 1/15/2025 (n)      700,000        721,000   
Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, 5.25%, 1/15/2026 (n)      710,000        712,045   
VTR Finance B.V., 6.875%, 1/15/2024 (n)      207,000        206,741   
Ziggo Bond Finance B.V., 5.875%, 1/15/2025 (n)      450,000        445,500   
    

 

 

 
             $ 26,794,515   
Chemicals - 1.8%                 
Consolidated Energy Finance S.A., 6.75%, 10/15/2019 (n)    $ 384,000      $ 362,880   
Flash Dutch 2 B.V./U.S. Coatings Acquisition, 7.375%, 5/01/2021 (n)      810,000        856,575   
GCP Applied Technologies Co., 9.5%, 2/01/2023 (n)      595,000        651,525   
Hexion U.S. Finance Corp., 6.625%, 4/15/2020      395,000        330,813   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Chemicals - continued                 
Hexion U.S. Finance Corp./Hexion Nova Scotia Finance, 8.875%, 2/01/2018    $ 565,000      $ 437,875   
Huntsman International LLC, 5.125%, 4/15/2021    EUR 335,000        394,916   
INEOS Group Holdings S.A., 6.125%, 8/15/2018 (n)    $ 630,000        637,875   
LyondellBasell Industries N.V., 5.75%, 4/15/2024      487,000        567,966   
LyondellBasell Industries N.V., 4.625%, 2/26/2055      386,000        359,744   
Momentive Performance Materials, Inc., 3.88%, 10/24/2021      485,000        371,025   
SPCM S.A., 2.875%, 6/15/2023 (n)    EUR 102,000        113,583   
The Chemours Co., 6.625%, 5/15/2023 (n)    $ 775,000        678,125   
Tronox Finance LLC, 6.375%, 8/15/2020          1,500,000        1,275,938   
Tronox Finance LLC, 7.5%, 3/15/2022 (n)      805,000        668,150   
W.R. Grace & Co., 5.125%, 10/01/2021 (n)      1,035,000        1,083,645   
    

 

 

 
             $ 8,790,635   
Computer Software - 0.4%                 
Oracle Corp., 3.4%, 7/08/2024    $ 483,000      $ 513,797   
Syniverse Holdings, Inc., 9.125%, 1/15/2019      436,000        215,820   
VeriSign, Inc., 4.625%, 5/01/2023      1,320,000        1,356,300   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,085,917   
Computer Software - Systems - 0.7%                 
Apple, Inc., 3.05%, 7/31/2029    GBP 450,000      $ 667,967   
CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp., 6%, 8/15/2022    $ 485,000        519,256   
CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp., 5.5%, 12/01/2024      425,000        447,313   
Sabre GLBL, Inc., 5.375%, 4/15/2023 (n)      1,115,000        1,134,513   
Western Digital Corp., 10.5%, 4/01/2024 (n)      805,000        782,863   
    

 

 

 
             $ 3,551,912   
Conglomerates - 1.8%                 
Accudyne Industries Borrower S.C.A., 7.75%, 12/15/2020 (n)    $ 690,000      $ 567,525   
Amsted Industries Co., 5%, 3/15/2022 (n)      1,510,000        1,506,225   
BC Mountain LLC, 7%, 2/01/2021 (n)      1,170,000        1,053,000   
DH Europe Finance S.A., 1%, 7/08/2019    EUR 420,000        493,170   
EnerSys, 5%, 4/30/2023 (n)    $ 1,295,000        1,288,525   
Enpro Industries, Inc., 5.875%, 9/15/2022      1,315,000        1,370,888   
Entegris, Inc., 6%, 4/01/2022 (n)      1,275,000        1,313,250   
General Electric Co., 1.25%, 5/26/2023    EUR 175,000        207,602   
Renaissance Acquisition, 6.875%, 8/15/2021 (n)    $ 1,300,000        1,111,500   
    

 

 

 
             $ 8,911,685   
Construction - 0.1%                 
Empresas ICA S.A.B. de C.V., 8.9%, 2/04/2021 (a)(d)    $ 590,000      $ 141,600   
Empresas ICA S.A.B. de C.V., 8.875%, 5/29/2024 (a)(d)(n)      914,000        210,220   
    

 

 

 
             $ 351,820   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Consumer Products - 1.2%                 
Alphabet Holding Co., Inc., 7.75%, 11/01/2017    $ 265,000      $ 268,180   
Elizabeth Arden, Inc., 7.375%, 3/15/2021      380,000        262,200   
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc., 1.75%, 3/14/2024    EUR 350,000        412,887   
NBTY, Inc., 7.625%, 5/15/2021 (n)    $ 740,000        756,650   
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc., 5.375%, 4/01/2036      165,000        180,820   
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc., 3.85%, 4/01/2023      433,000        452,752   
Newell Rubbermaid, Inc., 4%, 12/01/2024      450,000        462,985   
Prestige Brands, Inc., 5.375%, 12/15/2021 (n)      845,000        864,013   
Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services PLC, 3.625%, 9/21/2023 (n)      500,000        525,865   
Spectrum Brands, Inc., 6.375%, 11/15/2020      765,000        807,282   
Spectrum Brands, Inc., 6.125%, 12/15/2024      165,000        176,344   
Spectrum Brands, Inc., 5.75%, 7/15/2025      430,000        456,080   
Sun Products Corp., 7.75%, 3/15/2021 (n)      365,000        344,013   
    

 

 

 
             $ 5,970,071   
Consumer Services - 2.0%                 
ADT Corp., 6.25%, 10/15/2021    $ 1,525,000      $ 1,577,643   
ADT Corp., 4.125%, 6/15/2023      370,000        344,100   
CEB, Inc., 5.625%, 6/15/2023 (n)      750,000        751,875   
Garda World Security Corp., 7.25%, 11/15/2021 (n)      470,000        379,525   
Garda World Security Corp., 7.25%, 11/15/2021 (n)      755,000        609,663   
Grupo Posadas S.A.B. de C.V., 7.875%, 6/30/2022 (n)      700,000        698,250   
Interval Acquisition Corp., 5.625%, 4/15/2023 (n)          1,635,000        1,667,700   
Monitronics International, Inc., 9.125%, 4/01/2020      1,495,000        1,274,488   
Priceline Group, Inc., 2.15%, 11/25/2022    EUR 170,000        203,123   
Priceline Group, Inc., 3.65%, 3/15/2025    $ 314,000        321,537   
Priceline Group, Inc., 1.8%, 3/03/2027    EUR 300,000        319,701   
Service Corp. International, 5.375%, 5/15/2024    $ 1,134,000        1,207,710   
Visa, Inc., 4.15%, 12/14/2035      599,000        651,647   
    

 

 

 
             $ 10,006,962   
Containers - 3.2%                 
Ardagh Packaging Finance Holdings USA, 4.625%, 5/15/2023 (z)    $ 200,000      $ 200,000   
Ardagh Packaging Finance Holdings USA, 7.25%, 5/15/2024 (z)      205,000        205,000   
Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC, 9.125%, 10/15/2020 (n)      2,200,000        2,312,750   
Ball Corp., 5%, 3/15/2022      1,303,000        1,365,023   
Ball Corp., 5.25%, 7/01/2025      330,000        347,120   
Berry Plastics Group, Inc., 5.5%, 5/15/2022      1,155,000        1,191,816   
Berry Plastics Group, Inc., 6%, 10/15/2022 (n)      350,000        365,750   
Crown American LLC, 4.5%, 1/15/2023      1,147,000        1,169,940   
Crown European Holdings S.A., 3.375%, 5/15/2025 (z)    EUR 650,000        748,935   
Multi-Color Corp., 6.125%, 12/01/2022 (n)    $ 1,240,000        1,267,900   
Mustang Merger Corp., 8.5%, 8/15/2021 (n)      15,000        15,675   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Containers - continued                 
Plastipak Holdings, Inc., 6.5%, 10/01/2021 (n)    $ 1,013,000      $ 1,028,195   
Reynolds Group, 9.875%, 8/15/2019      151,000        156,096   
Reynolds Group, 5.75%, 10/15/2020      600,000        622,500   
Reynolds Group, 8.25%, 2/15/2021          1,560,000        1,614,600   
Sealed Air Corp., 4.875%, 12/01/2022 (n)      1,110,000        1,155,788   
Sealed Air Corp., 4.5%, 9/15/2023 (n)    EUR 450,000        550,816   
Sealed Air Corp., 5.125%, 12/01/2024 (n)    $ 370,000        387,575   
Signode Industrial Group, 6.375%, 5/01/2022 (n)      1,465,000        1,428,375   
    

 

 

 
             $ 16,133,854   
Electrical Equipment - 0.0%                 
Avaya, Inc., 10.5%, 3/01/2021 (n)    $ 405,000      $ 87,075   
Electronics - 1.3%                 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 6.75%, 3/01/2019    $ 605,000      $ 509,713   
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 7%, 7/01/2024      460,000        346,150   
Flextronics International Ltd., 4.625%, 2/15/2020      174,000        181,633   
Micron Technology, Inc., 5.875%, 2/15/2022      980,000        864,850   
Micron Technology, Inc., 5.5%, 2/01/2025      495,000        400,950   
NXP B.V., 5.75%, 2/15/2021 (n)      480,000        502,800   
NXP B.V., 5.75%, 3/15/2023 (n)      1,070,000        1,131,525   
Sensata Technologies B.V., 5.625%, 11/01/2024 (n)      645,000        674,025   
Sensata Technologies B.V., 5%, 10/01/2025 (n)      445,000        447,225   
Tyco Electronics Group S.A., 6.55%, 10/01/2017      700,000        748,798   
Tyco Electronics Group S.A., 1.1%, 3/01/2023    EUR 550,000        627,954   
    

 

 

 
             $ 6,435,623   
Emerging Market Quasi-Sovereign - 4.4%                 
Autoridad del Canal de Panama, 4.95%, 7/29/2035 (n)    $ 201,000      $ 213,060   
Banco de Reservas de la Republica Dominicana, 7%, 2/01/2023 (n)      946,000        936,540   
CNPC (HK) Overseas Capital Ltd., 4.5%, 4/28/2021 (n)      1,242,000        1,340,134   
CNPC General Capital Ltd., 3.4%, 4/16/2023 (n)      391,000        393,779   
Comision Federal de Electricidad, 4.875%, 1/15/2024 (n)      517,000        537,680   
Comision Federal de Electricidad, 4.875%, 1/15/2024      465,000        483,600   
Comision Federal de Electricidad, 5.75%, 2/14/2042 (n)      915,000        901,275   
Comision Federal de Electricidad, 6.125%, 6/16/2045 (n)      900,000        913,500   
Corporacion Financiera de Desarrollo S.A., 4.75%, 7/15/2025 (n)      268,000        280,730   
Empresa Nacional del Petroleo, 4.375%, 10/30/2024 (n)      296,000        303,491   
Gaz Capital S.A., 4.95%, 2/06/2028 (n)      492,000        464,881   
Majapahit Holding B.V., 7.25%, 6/28/2017 (n)      1,029,000        1,088,270   
Majapahit Holding B.V., 8%, 8/07/2019 (n)      1,197,000        1,363,982   
Majapahit Holding B.V., 7.75%, 1/20/2020 (n)      1,045,000        1,196,525   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Emerging Market Quasi-Sovereign - continued                 
Office Cherifien des Phosphates, 4.5%, 10/22/2025 (n)    $ 371,000      $ 359,870   
Office Cherifien des Phosphates, 6.875%, 4/25/2044 (n)      373,000        388,386   
Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, 5.75%, 3/01/2018      671,000        703,396   
Pertamina PT, 5.25%, 5/23/2021 (n)      511,000        537,142   
Pertamina PT, 4.875%, 5/03/2022 (n)      540,000        556,596   
Pertamina PT, 4.3%, 5/20/2023 (n)      323,000        320,688   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 5.5%, 1/21/2021      1,199,000        1,258,950   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 6.875%, 8/04/2026 (n)      205,000        226,218   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 5.5%, 6/27/2044      254,000        223,520   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 5.625%, 1/23/2046      213,000        189,636   
Petroleum Co. of Trinidad & Tobago Ltd., 9.75%, 8/14/2019 (n)      476,000        496,468   
Petroleum Co. of Trinidad & Tobago Ltd., 6%, 5/08/2022      353,708        331,425   
PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III, 4.875%, 10/01/2024 (n)      200,000        204,500   
PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (Persero) Tbk, 5.125%, 5/16/2024 (n)      438,000        452,146   
PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara, 5.5%, 11/22/2021 (n)      752,000        808,400   
Sinopec Capital (2013) Ltd., 3.125%, 4/24/2023 (n)      666,000        656,558   
Sinopec Capital (2013) Ltd., 4.25%, 4/24/2043 (n)      548,000        538,821   
Sinopec Group Overseas Development (2012) Ltd., 3.9%, 5/17/2022 (n)      544,000        569,238   
State Grid Overseas Investment (2014) Ltd., 4.125%, 5/07/2024 (n)          2,263,000        2,446,941   
Three Gorges Finance I (Cayman Islands) Ltd., 3.7%, 6/10/2025 (n)      204,000        214,140   
    

 

 

 
             $ 21,900,486   
Emerging Market Sovereign - 6.9%                 
Dominican Republic, 7.5%, 5/06/2021 (n)    $ 879,000      $ 962,505   
Dominican Republic, 6.6%, 1/28/2024 (n)      188,000        201,160   
Dominican Republic, 5.875%, 4/18/2024 (n)      206,000        212,180   
Dominican Republic, 5.5%, 1/27/2025 (n)      211,000        211,000   
Oriental Republic of Uruguay, 4.5%, 8/14/2024      213,714        226,804   
Oriental Republic of Uruguay, 4.375%, 10/27/2027      377,731        388,591   
Republic of Argentina, 6.875%, 4/22/2021 (z)      1,489,000        1,533,670   
Republic of Argentina, 7.5%, 4/22/2026 (n)      600,000        609,000   
Republic of Chile, 3.125%, 1/21/2026      201,000        207,030   
Republic of Colombia, 8.125%, 5/21/2024      679,000        856,559   
Republic of Colombia, 6.125%, 1/18/2041      435,000        466,538   
Republic of Croatia, 5.5%, 4/04/2023 (n)      1,362,000        1,443,720   
Republic of Hungary, 5.375%, 2/21/2023      674,000        742,701   
Republic of Indonesia, 6.875%, 1/17/2018      838,000        907,178   
Republic of Indonesia, 11.625%, 3/04/2019      733,000        919,049   
Republic of Indonesia, 4.875%, 5/05/2021 (n)      336,000        364,103   
Republic of Indonesia, 2.875%, 7/08/2021 (z)    EUR 375,000        444,852   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Emerging Market Sovereign - continued                 
Republic of Indonesia, 3.375%, 4/15/2023 (n)    $ 517,000      $ 511,876   
Republic of Indonesia, 5.875%, 1/15/2024 (n)      225,000        256,042   
Republic of Indonesia, 4.125%, 1/15/2025 (n)      339,000        345,626   
Republic of Kazakhstan, 3.875%, 10/14/2024 (n)      427,000        416,880   
Republic of Kazakhstan, 5.125%, 7/21/2025 (n)      983,000        1,039,277   
Republic of Kazakhstan, 4.875%, 10/14/2044 (n)      207,000        187,604   
Republic of Lithuania, 6.125%, 3/09/2021 (n)      499,000        578,740   
Republic of Lithuania, 6.625%, 2/01/2022 (n)      1,425,000        1,720,688   
Republic of Panama, 3.75%, 3/16/2025      231,000        237,930   
Republic of Panama, 8.875%, 9/30/2027      1,273,000        1,829,938   
Republic of Panama, 9.375%, 4/01/2029      873,000        1,307,318   
Republic of Paraguay, 4.625%, 1/25/2023 (n)      212,000        216,770   
Republic of Peru, 7.35%, 7/21/2025      544,000        728,144   
Republic of Peru, 8.75%, 11/21/2033      629,000        954,508   
Republic of Peru, 5.625%, 11/18/2050      217,000        251,178   
Republic of Poland, 5%, 3/23/2022      609,000        681,319   
Republic of Romania, 6.75%, 2/07/2022 (n)      1,074,000        1,271,348   
Republic of Romania, 4.375%, 8/22/2023 (n)      486,000        516,419   
Republic of Romania, 4.875%, 1/22/2024 (n)      328,000        358,750   
Republic of Turkey, 7%, 3/11/2019      790,000        877,620   
Republic of Turkey, 5.625%, 3/30/2021      670,000        726,573   
Republic of Turkey, 6.25%, 9/26/2022      646,000        724,328   
Republic of Venezuela, 7.65%, 4/21/2025      673,000        244,804   
Russian Federation, 4.875%, 9/16/2023 (n)      800,000        851,496   
Russian Federation, 7.5%, 3/31/2030      290,410        354,052   
Russian Federation, 5.625%, 4/04/2042 (n)      600,000        631,061   
Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 6.75%, 1/29/2020      273,000        303,789   
Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 4.8%, 11/19/2024 (n)      300,000        307,075   
United Mexican States, 3.625%, 3/15/2022      1,710,000        1,768,140   
United Mexican States, 4%, 10/02/2023      1,364,000        1,428,790   
United Mexican States, 8.5%, 5/31/2029    MXN  29,290,000        2,061,481   
United Mexican States, 5.75%, 10/12/2110    $ 408,000        420,240   
    

 

 

 
             $ 34,806,444   
Energy - Independent - 2.6%                 
Afren PLC, 11.5%, 2/01/2016 (a)(d)(n)    $ 335,000      $ 838   
Afren PLC, 15%, 4/25/2016 (a)(d)(p)      388,334        108,811   
Afren PLC, 10.25%, 4/08/2019 (a)(d)(n)      219,000        548   
Baytex Energy Corp., 5.625%, 6/01/2024 (n)      540,000        410,400   
Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc., 6.75%, 4/15/2021      795,000        312,038   
Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc., 5.75%, 2/01/2023      230,000        85,100   
Chaparral Energy, Inc., 7.625%, 11/15/2022 (d)      1,420,000        426,000   
Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.75%, 3/15/2023      1,005,000        562,800   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Energy - Independent - continued                 
Concho Resources, Inc., 5.5%, 4/01/2023    $ 1,384,000      $ 1,394,380   
EP Energy LLC, 9.375%, 5/01/2020      560,000        365,053   
EP Energy LLC, 7.75%, 9/01/2022      2,590,000        1,502,200   
Halcon Resources Corp., 8.875%, 5/15/2021      835,000        179,525   
Linn Energy LLC/Linn Energy Finance Corp., 8.625%, 4/15/2020 (a)(d)      150,000        15,000   
Linn Energy LLC/Linn Energy Finance Corp., 7.75%, 2/01/2021      632,000        53,720   
Linn Energy LLC/Linn Energy Finance Corp., 6.5%, 9/15/2021      605,000        52,938   
Northern Blizzard Resources, Inc., 7.25%, 2/01/2022 (n)      409,000        357,875   
Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 6.875%, 3/15/2022      1,115,000        995,138   
QEP Resources, Inc., 5.25%, 5/01/2023          1,750,000        1,645,000   
Range Resources Corp., 4.875%, 5/15/2025      460,000        426,075   
RSP Permian, Inc., 6.625%, 10/01/2022      970,000        1,001,525   
Sanchez Energy Corp., 6.125%, 1/15/2023      1,290,000        964,275   
SM Energy Co., 6.5%, 11/15/2021      1,315,000        1,222,950   
SM Energy Co., 6.125%, 11/15/2022      585,000        529,425   
WPX Energy, Inc., 6%, 1/15/2022      740,000        666,000   
    

 

 

 
             $ 13,277,614   
Energy - Integrated - 0.4%                 
Cenovus Energy, Inc., 6.75%, 11/15/2039    $ 260,000      $ 252,487   
Listrindo Capital B.V., 6.95%, 2/21/2019 (n)      239,000        248,261   
LUKOIL International Finance B.V., 4.563%, 4/24/2023 (n)      698,000        678,714   
Pacific Exploration and Production Corp., 7.25%, 12/12/2021 (n)      1,145,000        171,750   
Pacific Exploration and Production Corp., 5.125%, 3/28/2023 (n)      419,000        61,803   
Pacific Exploration and Production Corp., 5.625%, 1/19/2025 (n)      272,000        40,800   
TOTAL S.A., 2.625% to 2/26/2025, FRN to 12/29/2049    EUR 300,000        318,610   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,772,425   
Entertainment - 1.4%                 
Carmike Cinemas, Inc., 6%, 6/15/2023 (n)    $ 460,000      $ 486,450   
Carnival Corp., 1.875%, 11/07/2022    EUR 550,000        650,003   
Cedar Fair LP, 5.25%, 3/15/2021    $ 1,130,000        1,178,048   
Cedar Fair LP, 5.375%, 6/01/2024      415,000        433,156   
Cinemark USA, Inc., 5.125%, 12/15/2022      1,045,000        1,081,575   
Cinemark USA, Inc., 4.875%, 6/01/2023      780,000        774,236   
NCL Corp. Ltd., 5.25%, 11/15/2019 (n)      790,000        811,725   
Six Flags Entertainment Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/2021 (n)      1,325,000        1,371,375   
    

 

 

 
             $ 6,786,568   
Financial Institutions - 3.6%                 
Aercap Ireland Capital Ltd., 4.625%, 10/30/2020    $ 150,000      $ 156,000   
Aircastle Ltd., 4.625%, 12/15/2018      790,000        817,650   
Aircastle Ltd., 5.125%, 3/15/2021      550,000        581,625   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Financial Institutions - continued                 
Aircastle Ltd., 5.5%, 2/15/2022    $ 665,000      $ 707,394   
CIT Group, Inc., 5.25%, 3/15/2018      1,115,000        1,149,844   
CIT Group, Inc., 6.625%, 4/01/2018 (n)      1,447,000        1,524,776   
CIT Group, Inc., 5.5%, 2/15/2019 (n)      1,269,000        1,329,278   
CIT Group, Inc., 5%, 8/15/2022      365,000        382,338   
Credit Acceptance Corp., 6.125%, 2/15/2021      106,000        100,965   
Credit Acceptance Corp., 7.375%, 3/15/2023      955,000        904,863   
Icahn Enterprises LP, 6%, 8/01/2020      1,060,000        1,057,456   
Icahn Enterprises LP, 5.875%, 2/01/2022      1,405,000        1,340,019   
International Lease Finance Corp., 7.125%, 9/01/2018 (n)      337,000        369,689   
Lincoln Finance Ltd., 7.375%, 4/15/2021 (n)      650,000        691,438   
Nationstar Mortgage LLC/Capital Corp., 6.5%, 8/01/2018      785,000        765,375   
Nationstar Mortgage LLC/Capital Corp., 7.875%, 10/01/2020          1,560,000        1,497,600   
Navient Corp., 8%, 3/25/2020      1,815,000        1,905,750   
Navient Corp., 5.875%, 3/25/2021      395,000        373,275   
Navient Corp., 7.25%, 1/25/2022      1,225,000        1,206,625   
Navient Corp., 6.125%, 3/25/2024      455,000        407,453   
PHH Corp., 6.375%, 8/15/2021      925,000        800,125   
    

 

 

 
             $ 18,069,538   
Food & Beverages - 2.4%                 
Anheuser-Busch InBev N.V., 1.5%, 4/18/2030    EUR 325,000      $ 359,525   
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 3.3%, 2/01/2023    $ 631,000        657,623   
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 4.7%, 2/01/2036      826,000        903,341   
Coca-Cola Co., 0.75%, 3/09/2023    EUR 325,000        373,793   
Coca-Cola Co., 1.125%, 3/09/2027    EUR 250,000        283,657   
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., 1.875%, 3/18/2030    EUR 325,000        353,280   
Constellation Brands, Inc., 4.25%, 5/01/2023    $ 294,000        307,230   
Darling Ingredients, Inc., 5.375%, 1/15/2022      1,035,000        1,078,988   
Gruma S.A.B. de C.V., 4.875%, 12/01/2024 (n)      202,000        216,079   
J.M. Smucker Co., 2.5%, 3/15/2020      121,000        123,556   
J.M. Smucker Co., 4.375%, 3/15/2045      130,000        135,977   
JB Y Co. S.A. de C.V., 3.75%, 5/13/2025 (n)      150,000        151,845   
JBS Investments GmbH, 7.75%, 10/28/2020 (n)      201,000        206,528   
JBS USA LLC/JBS USA Finance, Inc., 5.875%, 7/15/2024 (n)      230,000        213,900   
Kraft Foods Group, Inc., 2.25%, 6/05/2017      700,000        707,032   
Kraft Heinz Co., 5%, 7/15/2035 (n)      173,000        193,039   
Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 3.5%, 7/15/2022 (n)      340,000        358,803   
Mead Johnson Nutrition Co., 3%, 11/15/2020      441,000        456,475   
Minerva Luxembourg S.A., 7.75%, 1/31/2023 (n)      204,000        207,315   
PepsiCo, Inc., 2.15%, 10/14/2020      1,336,000        1,373,192   
Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC/Pinnacle Foods Finance Corp., 5.875%, 1/15/2024 (n)      525,000        555,188   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Food & Beverages - continued                 
SABMiller Holdings, Inc., 1.875%, 1/20/2020    EUR 100,000      $ 121,567   
SABMiller Holdings, Inc., 3.75%, 1/15/2022 (n)    $ 221,000        236,111   
Sun Merger Sub, Inc., 5.875%, 8/01/2021 (n)      1,440,000        1,501,200   
SYSCO Corp., 2.5%, 7/15/2021      194,000        196,360   
Tyson Foods, Inc., 5.15%, 8/15/2044      156,000        178,534   
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., 2.9%, 10/21/2019 (n)      239,000        247,062   
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., 3.375%, 10/21/2020 (n)      124,000        130,285   
    

 

 

 
             $ 11,827,485   
Food & Drug Stores - 0.3%                 
CVS Health Corp., 3.375%, 8/12/2024    $ 354,000      $ 372,006   
CVS Health Corp., 4.875%, 7/20/2035      202,000        226,433   
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., 2.7%, 11/18/2019      580,000        599,695   
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., 2.875%, 11/20/2020    GBP 200,000        295,739   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,493,873   
Forest & Paper Products - 0.3%                 
Appvion, Inc., 9%, 6/01/2020 (n)    $ 795,000      $ 391,538   
Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions, 2.75%, 2/01/2025 (z)    EUR 525,000        598,146   
Tembec Industries, Inc., 9%, 12/15/2019 (n)    $ 480,000        345,600   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,335,284   
Gaming & Lodging - 2.0%                 
Boyd Gaming Corp., 6.375%, 4/01/2026 (n)    $ 305,000      $ 311,863   
CCM Merger, Inc., 9.125%, 5/01/2019 (n)      935,000        974,738   
GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc., 5.375%, 11/01/2023      895,000        931,919   
GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc., 5.375%, 4/15/2026      160,000        166,800   
Greektown Holdings LLC, 8.875%, 3/15/2019 (n)      950,000        983,250   
Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC/Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp., 5.625%, 10/15/2021          1,125,000        1,171,744   
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., 8.875%, 6/15/2020      280,000        294,350   
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., 5.875%, 3/15/2021      960,000        1,000,800   
MGM Resorts International, 6.625%, 12/15/2021      1,105,000        1,176,825   
MGM Resorts International, 6%, 3/15/2023      1,000,000        1,038,750   
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc., REIT, 5%, 4/15/2021      1,030,000        1,063,475   
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc., REIT, 5%, 4/15/2023      325,000        333,938   
Wyndham Worldwide Corp., 2.5%, 3/01/2018      650,000        650,640   
Wyndham Worldwide Corp., 5.625%, 3/01/2021      132,000        143,994   
    

 

 

 
             $ 10,243,086   
Industrial - 0.7%                 
Anixter, Inc., 5.125%, 10/01/2021    $ 970,000      $ 979,700   
Dematic S.A., 7.75%, 12/15/2020 (n)      1,395,000        1,377,563   
Howard Hughes Corp., 6.875%, 10/01/2021 (n)      1,260,000        1,275,750   
    

 

 

 
             $ 3,633,013   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Insurance - 1.0%                 
AIG SunAmerica Global Financing X, 6.9%, 3/15/2032 (n)    $ 484,000      $ 615,569   
Allianz SE, 2.241%, 7/07/2045    EUR 400,000        437,704   
American International Group, Inc., 3.75%, 7/10/2025    $ 642,000        650,555   
Aviva PLC, 4.5%, 5/10/2021    CAD 275,000        221,997   
Aviva PLC, 3.375%, 12/04/2045    EUR 400,000        416,802   
CNP Assurances S.A., 6% to 9/14/2020, FRN to 9/14/2040    EUR 400,000        515,226   
Delta Lloyd N.V., FRN, 9%, 8/29/2042    EUR 450,000        608,022   
Old Mutual PLC, 7.875%, 11/03/2025    GBP 350,000        516,854   
Unum Group, 7.125%, 9/30/2016    $ 829,000        848,747   
Unum Group, 4%, 3/15/2024             259,000        260,689   
    

 

 

 
             $ 5,092,165   
Insurance - Health - 0.4%                 
Centene Escrow Corp., 5.625%, 2/15/2021 (n)    $ 460,000      $ 484,150   
Centene Escrow Corp., 6.125%, 2/15/2024 (n)      460,000        485,300   
UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 2.7%, 7/15/2020      834,000        869,067   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,838,517   
Insurance - Property & Casualty - 1.0%                 
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., 2.75%, 3/15/2023    $ 359,000      $ 370,282   
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., 0.5%, 3/13/2020    EUR 300,000        345,969   
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., 2.15%, 3/15/2028    EUR 360,000        432,059   
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., 1.625%, 3/16/2035    EUR 325,000        343,600   
Chubb INA Holdings, Inc., 2.3%, 11/03/2020    $ 144,000        147,352   
Chubb INA Holdings, Inc., 2.875%, 11/03/2022      336,000        348,138   
CNA Financial Corp., 5.875%, 8/15/2020      700,000        783,910   
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 4.25%, 6/15/2023      567,000        594,071   
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 2.75%, 5/04/2026 (z)    EUR 120,000        137,250   
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 4.85%, 8/01/2044 (n)    $ 300,000        288,728   
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., 2.55%, 10/15/2018      330,000        336,056   
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., 3.5%, 6/03/2024      315,000        322,787   
QBE Capital Funding III Ltd., 7.5% to 5/24/2021, FRN to 5/24/2041    GBP 300,000        476,039   
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,926,241   
International Market Quasi-Sovereign - 0.1%                 
Electricite de France S.A., 5.375% to 1/29/2025, FRN to 1/29/2049    EUR 300,000      $ 345,124   
International Market Sovereign - 0.2%                 
Government of Japan, 2.1%, 9/20/2024    JPY 11,350,000      $ 126,855   
Government of Japan, 0.3%, 12/20/2025    JPY 25,450,000        248,303   
Government of Japan, 2.4%, 3/20/2037    JPY 19,200,000        256,414   
Republic of Iceland, 4.875%, 6/16/2016 (n)    $ 553,000        554,389   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,185,961   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Internet - 0.4%                 
Baidu, Inc., 4.125%, 6/30/2025    $ 240,000      $ 251,697   
Baidu, Inc., 3.25%, 8/06/2018      1,316,000        1,348,374   
Baidu, Inc., 3.5%, 11/28/2022      475,000        484,142   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,084,213   
Local Authorities - 0.1%                 
Province of Alberta, 1.25%, 6/01/2020    CAD 302,000      $ 239,010   
Province of Manitoba, 4.15%, 6/03/2020    CAD 266,000        234,980   
    

 

 

 
             $ 473,990   
Machinery & Tools - 0.9%                 
Ashtead Capital, Inc., 5.625%, 10/01/2024 (n)    $ 1,125,000      $ 1,170,000   
CNH Industrial Capital LLC, 4.375%, 11/06/2020      1,115,000        1,108,031   
H&E Equipment Services Co., 7%, 9/01/2022          1,065,000        1,075,650   
Jurassic Holdings III, Inc., 6.875%, 2/15/2021 (n)      745,000        501,013   
Light Tower Rentals, Inc., 8.125%, 8/01/2019 (n)      745,000        435,825   
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,290,519   
Major Banks - 3.3%                 
ABN AMRO North America Finance, Inc., 7.125%, 7/06/2022    EUR 250,000      $ 361,932   
Bank of America Corp., 2.625%, 4/19/2021    $ 563,000        566,755   
Bank of America Corp., 6.3% to 3/10/2016, FRN to 12/29/2049      410,000        429,475   
Bank of America Corp., 5.2% to 6/01/2023, FRN to 12/31/2049      549,000        510,570   
Bank of America Corp., FRN, 6.1%, 12/29/2049      3,147,000        3,148,967   
Barclays Bank PLC, 6%, 1/14/2021    EUR 300,000        390,976   
Barclays Bank PLC, 7.625%, 11/21/2022    $ 270,000        294,300   
Barclays Bank PLC, 6.75% to 1/16/2018, FRN to 1/16/2023    GBP 200,000        306,107   
Credit Agricole S.A., 7.375%, 12/18/2023    GBP 200,000        363,720   
Credit Agricole S.A., 7.875% to 10/26/2019, FRN to 10/29/2049    EUR 350,000        464,931   
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 7.5%, 2/15/2019    $ 1,200,000        1,377,322   
Huntington National Bank, 2.4%, 4/01/2020      320,000        318,414   
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 3.25%, 9/23/2022      765,000        794,365   
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.75% to 2/01/2024, FRN to 1/29/2049      486,000        537,686   
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6% to 8/01/2023, FRN to 12/29/2049      1,515,000        1,549,239   
Morgan Stanley, 6.625%, 4/01/2018      1,000,000        1,090,876   
Morgan Stanley, 1.75%, 3/11/2024    EUR 180,000        208,335   
Morgan Stanley, 3.95%, 4/23/2027    $ 423,000        422,381   
Nationwide Building Society, 1.25%, 3/03/2025    EUR 380,000        423,586   
PNC Bank N.A., 2.6%, 7/21/2020    $ 467,000        479,821   
Regions Financial Corp., 2%, 5/15/2018      421,000        420,427   
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 5.5%, 3/23/2020    EUR 300,000        406,732   
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 3.625% to 3/25/2019, FRN to 3/25/2024    EUR 500,000        560,182   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Major Banks - continued                 
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 7.5% to 8/10/2020, FRN to 12/29/2049    $ 1,190,000      $ 1,109,675   
    

 

 

 
             $ 16,536,774   
Medical & Health Technology & Services - 3.9%                 
Becton, Dickinson and Co., 3.734%, 12/15/2024    $ 142,000      $ 151,162   
Becton, Dickinson and Co., 4.685%, 12/15/2044      270,000        298,708   
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 6.875%, 2/01/2022      1,855,000        1,678,775   
Davita Healthcare Partners, Inc., 5%, 5/01/2025          1,175,000        1,175,000   
Davita, Inc., 5.125%, 7/15/2024      780,000        793,822   
Fresenius US Finance II, Inc., 4.25%, 2/01/2021 (n)      84,000        87,150   
HCA, Inc. , 5.25%, 6/15/2026      417,000        433,159   
HCA, Inc., 4.25%, 10/15/2019      785,000        816,400   
HCA, Inc., 7.5%, 2/15/2022      980,000        1,109,850   
HCA, Inc., 5.875%, 3/15/2022      890,000        972,325   
HCA, Inc., 5%, 3/15/2024      690,000        714,150   
HCA, Inc., 5.375%, 2/01/2025      1,525,000        1,559,313   
HCA, Inc., 5.875%, 2/15/2026      505,000        523,938   
HealthSouth Corp., 5.125%, 3/15/2023      1,020,000        1,022,550   
HealthSouth Corp., 5.75%, 11/01/2024      860,000        887,950   
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings, 4.7%, 2/01/2045      364,000        371,036   
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., 5.5%, 12/01/2021      605,000        629,200   
Quorum Health Corp., 11.625%, 4/15/2023 (n)      725,000        710,500   
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 8%, 8/01/2020      2,135,000        2,199,050   
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 4.5%, 4/01/2021      755,000        764,438   
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 8.125%, 4/01/2022      665,000        689,938   
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 6.75%, 6/15/2023      655,000        646,813   
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., 3%, 4/15/2023      367,000        371,959   
Universal Health Services, Inc., 7.625%, 8/15/2020      1,010,000        943,138   
    

 

 

 
             $ 19,550,324   
Medical Equipment - 0.8%                 
Alere, Inc., 6.375%, 7/01/2023 (n)    $ 663,000      $ 676,260   
DJO Finco, Inc., 8.125%, 6/15/2021 (n)      835,000        730,625   
Hologic, Inc., 5.25%, 7/15/2022 (n)      1,000,000        1,047,500   
Medtronic, Inc., 3.5%, 3/15/2025      437,000        468,719   
Teleflex, Inc., 5.25%, 6/15/2024      955,000        993,200   
Zimmer Holdings, Inc., 4.25%, 8/15/2035      274,000        274,165   
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,190,469   
Metals & Mining - 3.1%                 
Barrick North America Finance LLC, 5.75%, 5/01/2043    $ 684,000      $ 709,672   
Cameco Corp., 5.67%, 9/02/2019    CAD 420,000        363,589   
Century Aluminum Co., 7.5%, 6/01/2021 (n)    $ 775,000        713,000   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Metals & Mining - continued                 
Commercial Metals Co., 4.875%, 5/15/2023    $ 828,000      $ 753,480   
Consol Energy, Inc., 5.875%, 4/15/2022      1,010,000        840,825   
Consol Energy, Inc., 8%, 4/01/2023      770,000        656,425   
Constellium N.V., 7.875%, 4/01/2021 (n)      435,000        448,050   
First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 7.25%, 10/15/2019 (n)      1,191,000        1,012,350   
First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 7.25%, 5/15/2022 (n)      810,000        635,850   
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., 3.875%, 3/15/2023      545,000        456,438   
Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas LLC, 6.875%, 2/15/2023      483,000        434,700   
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 5.45%, 3/15/2043      380,000        285,000   
Glencore Finance (Europe) S.A., 6.5%, 2/27/2019    GBP 150,000        232,268   
Glencore Finance (Europe) S.A., 1.25%, 3/17/2021    EUR 400,000        416,340   
GrafTech International Co., 6.375%, 11/15/2020    $ 940,000        627,450   
Hudbay Minerals, Inc., 9.5%, 10/01/2020          1,050,000        892,500   
Kaiser Aluminum Corp., 5.875%, 5/15/2024 (n)      330,000        337,838   
Kinross Gold Corp., 5.95%, 3/15/2024      640,000        603,200   
Lundin Mining Corp., 7.5%, 11/01/2020 (n)      310,000        313,100   
Lundin Mining Corp., 7.875%, 11/01/2022 (n)      445,000        450,563   
Southern Copper Corp., 5.25%, 11/08/2042      700,000        603,055   
Southern Copper Corp., 5.875%, 4/23/2045      753,000        690,310   
Steel Dynamics, Inc., 5.125%, 10/01/2021      435,000        444,788   
Steel Dynamics, Inc., 5.25%, 4/15/2023      195,000        197,925   
Steel Dynamics, Inc., 5.5%, 10/01/2024      435,000        442,069   
Suncoke Energy Partners LP/Suncoke Energy Partners Finance Corp., 7.375%, 2/01/2020      960,000        734,400   
Suncoke Energy, Inc., 7.625%, 8/01/2019      130,000        124,475   
TMS International Corp., 7.625%, 10/15/2021 (n)      850,000        595,000   
Xstrata Finance (Canada) Ltd., 5.25%, 6/13/2017    EUR 300,000        355,530   
    

 

 

 
             $ 15,370,190   
Midstream - 4.3%                 
AmeriGas Finance LLC, 6.75%, 5/20/2020    $ 1,550,000      $ 1,600,825   
APT Pipelines Ltd., 5%, 3/23/2035 (n)      542,000        528,737   
Blue Racer Midstream LLC/Blue Racer Finance Corp., 6.125%, 11/15/2022 (n)      1,060,000        938,100   
Crestwood Midstream Partners LP, 6%, 12/15/2020      625,000        592,188   
Crestwood Midstream Partners LP, 6.125%, 3/01/2022      565,000        515,563   
Dominion Gas Holdings LLC, 2.8%, 11/15/2020      415,000        424,099   
Energy Transfer Equity LP, 7.5%, 10/15/2020      1,920,000        1,934,400   
Energy Transfer Partners LP, 3.6%, 2/01/2023      591,000        541,134   
Energy Transfer Partners LP, 5.15%, 3/15/2045      541,000        460,224   
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 3.9%, 2/15/2024      287,000        298,692   
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 4.85%, 3/15/2044      148,000        149,370   
Ferrellgas LP/Ferrellgas Finance Corp., 6.5%, 5/01/2021      845,000        804,863   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Midstream - continued                 
Ferrellgas LP/Ferrellgas Finance Corp., 6.75%, 1/15/2022    $ 1,180,000      $ 1,129,850   
Kinder Morgan (Delaware), Inc., 7.75%, 1/15/2032      2,394,000        2,578,970   
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 4.15%, 2/01/2024      49,000        47,306   
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 5.4%, 9/01/2044      281,000        252,657   
Kinder Morgan, Inc., 2.25%, 3/16/2027    EUR 275,000        276,649   
MPLX LP, 5.5%, 2/15/2023 (n)    $ 810,000        807,929   
MPLX LP, 4.5%, 7/15/2023 (n)      761,000        738,802   
Pembina Pipeline Corp., 4.81%, 3/25/2044    CAD 491,000        362,077   
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5.625%, 2/01/2021    $ 1,185,000        1,177,594   
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5.625%, 4/15/2023      1,285,000        1,259,300   
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5.75%, 5/15/2024      545,000        527,288   
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5.625%, 3/01/2025          1,209,000        1,178,775   
Summit Midstream Holdings LLC/Summit Midstream Finance Corp., 7.5%, 7/01/2021      580,000        527,800   
Summit Midstream Holdings LLC/Summit Midstream Finance Corp., 5.5%, 8/15/2022      495,000        400,950   
Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Finance Corp., 5%, 1/15/2018      325,000        326,827   
Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Finance Corp., 4.125%, 11/15/2019      775,000        751,750   
Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Finance Corp., 5.25%, 5/01/2023      260,000        249,600   
    

 

 

 
             $ 21,382,319   
Mortgage-Backed - 5.2%                 
Fannie Mae, 4%, 9/01/2040 - 7/01/2043    $ 668,249      $ 715,516   
Fannie Mae, 5.5%, 1/01/2037 - 8/01/2037      1,812,693        2,049,302   
Fannie Mae, 4%, 11/01/2041 - 5/01/2045      2,804,430        2,999,952   
Fannie Mae, 3.5%, 3/01/2045      1,318,332        1,381,999   
Fannie Mae, FRN, 0.68%, 5/25/2018      5,948,432        5,943,819   
Freddie Mac, 4%, 4/01/2044      249,325        266,685   
Freddie Mac, 3.5%, 9/01/2045      5,701,556        5,977,415   
Ginnie Mae, 3.5%, 12/20/2045      6,348,213        6,714,377   
    

 

 

 
             $ 26,049,065   
Natural Gas - Distribution - 0.1%                 
Gas Natural SDG S.A., 1.375%, 1/21/2025    EUR 300,000      $ 349,505   
GNL Quintero S.A., 4.634%, 7/31/2029 (n)    $ 377,000        380,770   
    

 

 

 
             $ 730,275   
Network & Telecom - 1.9%                 
British Telecom PLC, 5.75%, 12/07/2028    GBP 300,000      $ 555,492   
Centurylink, Inc., 6.45%, 6/15/2021    $ 970,000        989,400   
Centurylink, Inc., 7.65%, 3/15/2042      890,000        756,500   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Network & Telecom - continued                 
Columbus International, Inc., 7.375%, 3/30/2021 (n)    $ 200,000      $ 212,440   
Frontier Communications Corp., 8.125%, 10/01/2018      245,000        263,988   
Frontier Communications Corp., 6.25%, 9/15/2021      305,000        283,650   
Frontier Communications Corp., 7.125%, 1/15/2023      515,000        455,775   
Frontier Communications Corp., 11%, 9/15/2025 (n)      840,000        848,400   
Frontier Communications Corp., 9%, 8/15/2031      530,000        455,138   
OTE PLC, 3.5%, 7/09/2020    EUR 500,000        542,468   
Telecom Italia Capital, 6%, 9/30/2034    $ 320,000        316,000   
Telecom Italia Finance S.A., 7.75%, 1/24/2033    EUR 170,000        269,829   
Telecom Italia S.p.A., 5.375%, 1/29/2019    EUR 400,000        515,914   
Telecom Italia S.p.A., 5.303%, 5/30/2024 (n)    $ 900,000        940,725   
Verizon Communications, Inc., 6.4%, 9/15/2033      1,000,000        1,254,394   
Verizon Communications, Inc., 6.55%, 9/15/2043      478,000        630,500   
    

 

 

 
             $ 9,290,613   
Oil Services - 0.4%                 
Bristow Group, Inc., 6.25%, 10/15/2022    $ 1,620,000      $ 1,328,400   
Odebrecht Offshore Drilling Finance Ltd., 6.75%, 10/01/2022 (n)          1,361,311        176,970   
Pacific Drilling S.A., 5.375%, 6/01/2020 (n)      635,000        192,405   
QGOG Constellation S.A., 6.25%, 11/09/2019 (n)      219,000        118,260   
Shale-Inland Holdings LLC/Finance Co., 8.75%, 11/15/2019 (n)      605,000        390,225   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,206,260   
Oils - 0.4%                 
CITGO Holding, Inc., 10.75%, 2/15/2020 (n)    $ 775,000      $ 760,469   
CITGO Petroleum Corp., 6.25%, 8/15/2022 (n)      880,000        858,000   
Valero Energy Corp., 4.9%, 3/15/2045      440,000        410,263   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,028,732   
Other Banks & Diversified Financials - 2.3%                 
Banco Inbursa S.A. Institucion de Banca Multiple Grupo Financiero Inbursa, 4.125%, 6/06/2024 (n)    $ 583,000      $ 577,287   
Banco Popolare Societa Cooperativa, 3.5%, 3/14/2019    EUR 500,000        594,899   
Bancolombia S.A., 5.95%, 6/03/2021    $ 1,094,000        1,175,175   
Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel S.A., 3%, 5/21/2024    EUR 300,000        366,426   
BBVA Banco Continental S.A., 5.25% to 9/22/2024, FRN to 9/22/2029 (n)    $ 104,000        106,080   
BBVA Bancomer S.A. de C.V., 6.5%, 3/10/2021 (n)      1,207,000        1,318,165   
BBVA Bancomer S.A. de C.V., 6.75%, 9/30/2022 (n)      424,000        465,340   
BBVA Continental, 5.75%, 1/18/2017 (n)      518,000        533,540   
BPCE S.A., 4.5%, 3/15/2025 (n)      302,000        297,381   
CaixaBank S.A., 5% to 9/04/2018, FRN to 11/14/2023    EUR 400,000        475,938   
Discover Bank, 7%, 4/15/2020    $ 249,000        282,228   
Discover Bank, 4.25%, 3/13/2026      312,000        321,929   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Other Banks & Diversified Financials - continued                 
Groupe BPCE S.A., 12.5% to 9/30/2019, FRN to 8/29/2049 (n)    $ 2,583,000      $ 3,209,894   
Industrial Senior Trust Co., 5.5%, 11/01/2022 (n)      220,000        213,400   
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., 5.25%, 1/28/2022    GBP 250,000        401,788   
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., 5.71%, 1/15/2026 (n)    $ 430,000        417,871   
UBS Group AG, 6.875%, 12/29/2049      720,000        694,908   
    

 

 

 
             $ 11,452,249   
Pharmaceuticals - 2.5%                 
Actavis Funding SCS, 3.8%, 3/15/2025    $ 313,000      $ 321,347   
Actavis Funding SCS, 4.85%, 6/15/2044      318,000        326,109   
Actavis, Inc., 1.875%, 10/01/2017      700,000        701,978   
Bayer AG, 3.00% to 7/01/2020, FRN to 7/01/2075    EUR 360,000        421,699   
Biogen, Inc., 5.2%, 9/15/2045    $ 400,000        455,794   
Capsugel S.A., 7%, 5/15/2019 (n)(p)      240,000        241,800   
Celgene Corp., 2.875%, 8/15/2020      600,000        621,408   
Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finco, Inc., 6%, 7/15/2023 (n)      340,000        333,625   
Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finco, Inc., 7.75%, 1/15/2022 (n)      1,440,000        1,490,400   
Forest Laboratories, Inc., 4.375%, 2/01/2019 (n)      618,000        652,208   
Gilead Sciences, Inc., 2.35%, 2/01/2020      67,000        68,800   
Gilead Sciences, Inc., 3.7%, 4/01/2024      545,000        588,195   
Gilead Sciences, Inc., 4.75%, 3/01/2046      292,000        323,902   
Johnson & Johnson, 2.05%, 3/01/2023      375,000        378,235   
Mallinckrodt International Finance S.A., 5.75%, 8/01/2022 (n)      690,000        651,188   
Mallinckrodt International Finance S.A., 5.5%, 4/15/2025 (n)      275,000        248,188   
Mylan, Inc., 2.6%, 6/24/2018          1,000,000        1,007,192   
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., 7%, 10/01/2020 (n)      1,725,000        1,587,000   
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., 7.25%, 7/15/2022 (n)      780,000        688,350   
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., 5.5%, 3/01/2023 (n)      163,000        138,550   
Vantage Point Imaging, 7.5%, 7/15/2021 (n)      525,000        480,375   
VRX Escrow Corp., 5.875%, 5/15/2023 (n)      945,000        791,438   
    

 

 

 
             $ 12,517,781   
Precious Metals & Minerals - 0.3%                 
Eldorado Gold Corp., 6.125%, 12/15/2020 (n)    $ 1,540,000      $ 1,416,800   
Printing & Publishing - 0.8%                 
Nielsen Finance LLC, 5%, 4/15/2022 (n)    $ 1,295,000      $ 1,320,900   
Outdoor Americas Capital LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp., 5.625%, 2/15/2024      870,000        904,800   
TEGNA, Inc., 5.125%, 7/15/2020      460,000        478,975   
TEGNA, Inc., 4.875%, 9/15/2021 (n)      420,000        428,400   
TEGNA, Inc., 6.375%, 10/15/2023      840,000        907,200   
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,040,275   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Real Estate - Apartment - 0.2%                 
Grand City Properties S.A., FRN, 3.75%, 12/29/2049    EUR 200,000      $ 219,850   
Vonovia Finance B.V., FRN, REIT, 4.625%, 4/08/2074    EUR 200,000        238,525   
Vonovia SE, REIT, 2.125%, 7/09/2022    EUR 450,000        550,645   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,009,020   
Real Estate - Healthcare - 0.5%                 
HCP, Inc., REIT, 3.4%, 2/01/2025    $ 400,000      $ 377,565   
MPT Operating Partnership LP, REIT, 6.875%, 5/01/2021      760,000        787,550   
MPT Operating Partnership LP, REIT, 6.375%, 2/15/2022      1,335,000        1,401,750   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,566,865   
Real Estate - Other - 0.6%                 
DuPont Fabros Technology LP, REIT, 5.875%, 9/15/2021    $ 1,915,000      $ 2,010,750   
Felcor Lodging LP, REIT, 5.625%, 3/01/2023      1,130,000        1,161,075   
    

 

 

 
             $ 3,171,825   
Real Estate - Retail - 0.4%                 
DDR Corp., REIT, 3.625%, 2/01/2025    $ 692,000      $ 679,541   
Hammerson PLC, REIT, 2.75%, 9/26/2019    EUR 300,000        366,848   
Simon Property Group, Inc., REIT, 10.35%, 4/01/2019    $ 900,000        1,105,553   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,151,942   
Restaurants - 0.1%                 
McDonald’s Corp., 4.875%, 12/09/2045    $ 480,000      $ 542,427   
YUM! Brands, Inc., 5.35%, 11/01/2043      50,000        40,125   
    

 

 

 
             $ 582,552   
Retailers - 2.2%                 
Best Buy Co., Inc., 5.5%, 3/15/2021    $ 1,175,000      $ 1,254,313   
Dollar General Corp., 4.125%, 7/15/2017      831,000        857,011   
DriveTime Automotive Group, Inc./DT Acceptance Corp., 8%, 6/01/2021 (n)      735,000        661,500   
Family Tree Escrow LLC, 5.75%, 3/01/2023 (n)          1,350,000        1,441,530   
Gap, Inc., 5.95%, 4/12/2021      1,000,000        1,066,450   
Home Depot, Inc., 2.625%, 6/01/2022      585,000        605,446   
Home Depot, Inc., 3%, 4/01/2026      475,000        496,735   
Home Depot, Inc., 4.875%, 2/15/2044      378,000        446,269   
L Brands, Inc., 6.875%, 11/01/2035      152,000        167,200   
Marks & Spencer Group PLC, 4.75%, 6/12/2025    GBP 300,000        476,082   
Neiman Marcus Group Ltd., 8%, 10/15/2021 (n)    $ 1,225,000        1,065,750   
Rite Aid Corp., 9.25%, 3/15/2020      320,000        339,264   
Rite Aid Corp., 6.75%, 6/15/2021      265,000        279,575   
Rite Aid Corp., 6.125%, 4/01/2023 (n)      700,000        745,941   
S.A.C.I. Falabella, 4.375%, 1/27/2025 (n)      389,000        404,333   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Retailers - continued                 
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc., 5.625%, 12/01/2025    $ 310,000      $ 330,925   
Wesfarmers Ltd., 1.874%, 3/20/2018 (n)      156,000        156,200   
    

 

 

 
             $ 10,794,524   
Specialty Chemicals - 0.8%                 
Akzo Nobel N.V., 1.75%, 11/07/2024    EUR 250,000      $ 302,473   
Chemtura Corp., 5.75%, 7/15/2021    $ 1,430,000        1,422,850   
Ecolab, Inc., 2.625%, 7/08/2025    EUR 175,000        219,129   
Mexichem S.A.B. de C.V., 5.875%, 9/17/2044 (n)    $ 540,000        489,375   
Univar USA, Inc., 6.75%, 7/15/2023 (n)      1,475,000        1,467,625   
    

 

 

 
             $ 3,901,452   
Specialty Stores - 0.7%                 
Argos Merger Sub, Inc., 7.125%, 3/15/2023 (n)    $ 1,300,000      $ 1,329,250   
Group 1 Automotive, Inc., 5%, 6/01/2022          1,150,000        1,138,500   
Michaels Stores, Inc., 5.875%, 12/15/2020 (n)      820,000        858,950   
Rallye S.A., 4.25%, 3/11/2019    EUR 200,000        214,834   
    

 

 

 
             $ 3,541,534   
Supermarkets - 0.2%                 
Casino Guichard Perrachon S.A., 2.33%, 2/07/2025    EUR 300,000      $ 331,163   
Loblaw Cos. Ltd., 4.86%, 9/12/2023    CAD 421,000        379,749   
METRO AG, 1.5%, 3/19/2025    EUR 315,000        354,350   
William Morrison Supermarkets PLC, 3.5%, 7/27/2026    GBP 150,000        201,483   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,266,745   
Supranational - 0.3%                 
Black Sea Trade And Development Bank, 4.875%, 5/06/2021 (z)    $ 202,000      $ 204,525   
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 2.8%, 1/13/2021    AUD 270,000        206,801   
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 4.25%, 6/24/2025    AUD 405,000        340,097   
International Finance Corp., 3.25%, 7/22/2019    AUD 585,000        456,185   
West African Development Bank, 5.5%, 5/06/2021 (z)    $ 543,000        547,344   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,754,952   
Telecommunications - Wireless - 4.3%                 
Altice S.A., 7.75%, 5/15/2022 (n)    $ 300,000      $ 299,250   
America Movil S.A.B. de C.V., 4.75%, 6/28/2022    EUR 525,000        730,261   
America Movil S.A.B. de C.V., 1.5%, 3/10/2024    EUR 420,000        480,801   
American Tower Corp., REIT, 3.5%, 1/31/2023    $ 743,000        761,039   
American Tower Corp., REIT, 4%, 6/01/2025      514,000        537,864   
Crown Castle International Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/2023      735,000        815,850   
Crown Castle International Corp., 3.7%, 6/15/2026      232,000        235,565   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Telecommunications - Wireless - continued                 
Digicel Group Ltd., 8.25%, 9/30/2020 (n)    $ 815,000      $ 743,688   
Digicel Group Ltd., 6%, 4/15/2021 (n)      1,279,000        1,170,285   
Digicel Group Ltd., 7.125%, 4/01/2022 (n)      756,000        615,195   
Digicel Group Ltd., 6.75%, 3/01/2023 (n)      1,138,000        1,026,334   
Digicel Group Ltd., 6.75%, 3/01/2023      253,000        228,174   
Millicom International Cellular S.A., 4.75%, 5/22/2020 (n)      446,000        434,850   
Millicom International Cellular S.A., 6.625%, 10/15/2021 (n)      412,000        417,150   
MTS International Funding Ltd., 5%, 5/30/2023 (n)      201,000        200,749   
SBA Tower Trust, 2.898%, 10/15/2044 (n)      439,000        440,476   
Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/2028      1,210,000        898,425   
Sprint Corp., 7.875%, 9/15/2023      1,985,000        1,548,300   
Sprint Corp., 7.125%, 6/15/2024      1,230,000        922,500   
Sprint Corp., 7%, 8/15/2020      160,000        132,800   
Sprint Nextel Corp., 9%, 11/15/2018 (n)      470,000        497,025   
Sprint Nextel Corp., 6%, 11/15/2022      1,050,000        772,286   
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.125%, 1/15/2022      145,000        152,523   
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.5%, 1/15/2024      405,000        431,325   
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.464%, 4/28/2019      395,000        402,900   
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.25%, 4/01/2021          1,675,000        1,746,188   
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.633%, 4/28/2021      540,000        569,025   
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6%, 4/15/2024      759,000        794,104   
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.5%, 1/15/2026      800,000        848,000   
VimpelCom Ltd., 5.95%, 2/13/2023 (n)      255,000        253,215   
Wind Acquisition Finance S.A., 4%, 7/15/2020 (n)    EUR 300,000        335,357   
Wind Acquisition Finance S.A., 4.75%, 7/15/2020 (n)    $ 795,000        758,828   
Wind Acquisition Finance S.A., 7.375%, 4/23/2021 (n)      1,635,000        1,455,150   
    

 

 

 
             $ 21,655,482   
Telephone Services - 0.8%                 
B Communications Ltd., 7.375%, 2/15/2021 (n)    $ 1,459,000      $ 1,579,368   
Level 3 Financing, Inc., 5.375%, 1/15/2024 (n)      390,000        395,850   
Level 3 Financing, Inc., 5.375%, 5/01/2025      1,170,000        1,190,475   
TDC A.S., 3.5% to 2/26/2021, FRN to 2/26/3015    EUR 400,000        436,152   
TELUS Corp., 5.05%, 7/23/2020    CAD 425,000        379,191   
    

 

 

 
             $ 3,981,036   
Tobacco - 0.5%                 
Imperial Tobacco Finance PLC, 4.25%, 7/21/2025 (n)    $ 742,000      $ 798,888   
Philip Morris International, Inc., 4.875%, 11/15/2043      356,000        414,511   
Reynolds American, Inc., 8.125%, 6/23/2019      257,000        306,554   
Reynolds American, Inc., 3.25%, 6/12/2020      69,000        72,354   
Reynolds American, Inc., 4%, 6/12/2022      228,000        247,937   
Reynolds American, Inc., 4.45%, 6/12/2025      169,000        187,162   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Tobacco - continued                 
Reynolds American, Inc., 5.7%, 8/15/2035    $ 202,000      $ 241,121   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,268,527   
Transportation - Services - 1.1%                 
Heathrow Funding Ltd., 4.625%, 10/31/2048    GBP 200,000      $ 344,573   
Jack Cooper Holdings Corp., 10.25%, 6/01/2020 (n)    $ 995,000        626,850   
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corp., 8.125%, 11/15/2021 (n)      946,000        778,085   
Navios Maritime Holding, Inc., 7.375%, 1/15/2022 (n)      1,270,000        511,175   
Navios South American Logistics, Inc./Navios Logistics Finance (U.S.), Inc., 7.25%, 5/01/2022      168,000        101,220   
SPL Logistics Escrow LLC, 8.875%, 8/01/2020 (n)      795,000        651,900   
Stagecoach Group PLC, 4%, 9/29/2025    GBP 450,000        676,210   
Stena AB, 7%, 2/01/2024 (n)    $ 1,415,000        1,202,750   
Syncreon Group BV/Syncre, 8.625%, 11/01/2021 (n)      585,000        450,450   
Ultrapetrol (Bahamas) Ltd., 8.875%, 6/15/2021      246,000        47,970   
    

 

 

 
             $ 5,391,183   
U.S. Government Agencies and Equivalents - 4.4%                 
Fannie Mae, 1.125%, 4/27/2017    $ 10,877,000      $ 10,925,751   
Freddie Mac, 0.875%, 2/22/2017      10,902,000        10,924,818   
    

 

 

 
             $ 21,850,569   
U.S. Treasury Obligations - 3.3%                 
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.125%, 11/15/2041 (f)    $ 12,069,000      $ 13,312,204   
U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.5%, 6/30/2016      3,000,000        3,001,134   
    

 

 

 
             $ 16,313,338   
Utilities - Electric Power - 3.0%                 
AES Gener S.A., 5%, 7/14/2025 (n)    $ 674,000      $ 685,142   
Calpine Corp., 5.5%, 2/01/2024      920,000        929,200   
CMS Energy Corp., 5.05%, 3/15/2022      500,000        564,106   
Covanta Holding Corp., 7.25%, 12/01/2020          1,815,000        1,883,063   
Covanta Holding Corp., 6.375%, 10/01/2022      320,000        329,600   
Covanta Holding Corp., 5.875%, 3/01/2024      340,000        336,600   
Dynegy, Inc., 7.375%, 11/01/2022      735,000        726,018   
E.CL S.A., 4.5%, 1/29/2025 (n)      609,000        631,501   
E.ON International Finance B.V., 6.375%, 6/07/2032    GBP 200,000        359,686   
EDP Finance B.V., 5.25%, 1/14/2021 (n)    $ 200,000        210,644   
EDP Finance B.V., 4.125%, 1/20/2021    EUR 350,000        447,249   
Empresa de Energia de Bogota S.A., 6.125%, 11/10/2021 (n)    $ 303,000        315,878   
Empresa Electrica Angamos S.A., 4.875%, 5/25/2029 (n)      245,000        231,872   
Enel S.p.A., 8.75% to 9/24/2023, FRN to 9/24/2073 (n)      500,000        576,875   
Enel S.p.A., 6.625% to 9/15/2021, FRN to 9/15/2076    GBP 230,000        352,028   
Greenko Dutch B.V., 8%, 8/01/2019 (n)    $ 410,000        438,700   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Utilities - Electric Power - continued                 
NRG Energy, Inc., 8.25%, 9/01/2020    $ 1,860,000      $ 1,925,100   
NRG Energy, Inc., 6.625%, 3/15/2023          1,530,000        1,503,225   
PPL Capital Funding, Inc., 5%, 3/15/2044      270,000        299,008   
PPL WEM Holdings PLC, 5.375%, 5/01/2021 (n)      183,000        202,723   
Southern Electric Power Co. Ltd., 4.625%, 2/20/2037    GBP 200,000        335,631   
TerraForm Power Operating Co., 5.875%, 2/01/2023 (n)    $ 744,000        649,140   
Transelec S.A., 4.25%, 1/14/2025 (n)      535,000        541,226   
Waterford 3 Funding Corp., 8.09%, 1/02/2017      654,102        654,106   
    

 

 

 
             $ 15,128,321   
Utilities - Gas - 0.1%                 
Transport de Gas Peru, 4.25%, 4/30/2028 (n)    $ 387,000      $ 384,098   
Total Bonds (Identified Cost, $597,575,933)            $ 582,232,786   
Floating Rate Loans (g)(r) - 1.5%                 
Aerospace - 0.1%                 
TransDigm, Inc., Term Loan C, 3.75%, 2/28/2020    $ 583,026      $ 581,932   
Building - 0.1%                 
ABC Supply Co., Inc., Term Loan, 3.5%, 4/16/2020    $ 694,298      $ 694,732   
Conglomerates - 0.1%                 
Entegris, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.5%, 4/30/2021    $ 552,088      $ 550,708   
Consumer Services - 0.1%                 
Realogy Corp., Term Loan B, 3.75%, 3/05/2020    $ 580,659      $ 580,296   
Containers - 0.1%                 
Berry Plastics Holding Corp., Term Loan E, 3.75%, 1/06/2021    $ 414,191      $ 414,398   
Entertainment - 0.1%                 
Cedar Fair LP, Term Loan B, 3.25%, 3/06/2020    $ 362,332      $ 363,238   
Gaming & Lodging - 0.1%                 
Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC, Term Loan B2, 3.5%, 10/25/2020    $ 692,355      $ 693,999   
Medical & Health Technology & Services - 0.2%                 
DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.5%, 6/24/2021    $ 701,073      $ 702,826   
Printing & Publishing - 0.1%                 
CBS Outdoor Americas Capital LLC, Term Loan B, 3%, 1/31/2021    $ 524,275      $ 521,435   
Retailers - 0.1%                 
Rite Aid Corp., Second Lien Term Loan, 4.87%, 6/21/2021    $ 328,597      $ 329,008   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Floating Rate Loans (g)(r) - continued                 
Transportation - Services - 0.2%                 
Commercial Barge Line Co., First Lien Term Loan, 9.75%, 11/12/2020    $ 1,387,163      $ 1,199,896   
Utilities - Electric Power - 0.2%                 
Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP, Term Loan B1, 3%, 5/03/2020    $ 912,925      $ 895,047   
Total Floating Rate Loans (Identified Cost, $7,658,024)      $ 7,527,515   
Common Stocks - 0.7%                 
Automotive - 0.0%                 
Accuride Corp. (a)      20,680      $ 33,502   
Special Products & Services - 0.7%                 
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF      40,200      $ 3,370,770   
Total Common Stocks (Identified Cost, $3,606,204)            $ 3,404,272   
Money Market Funds - 0.5%                 
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio,
0.36%, at Cost and Net Asset Value (v)
             2,629,096      $ 2,629,096   
Total Investments (Identified Cost, $611,469,257)            $ 595,793,669   
Other Assets, Less Liabilities - (19.0)%              (95,255,914
Net Assets - 100.0%            $ 500,537,755   

 

(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 $183,177,627, representing 36.6% 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
 
Capsugel S.A., 7.00%, 5/15/2019      $294,021         $—   
Schaeffler Finance B.V., 6.875%, 8/15/2018      22,516           
Schaeffler Holding Finance B.V., 6.25%, 11/15/2019      9,531           
Total      $326,068         $—   

 

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(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 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  
Ardagh Packaging Finance Holdings USA, 4.625%, 5/15/2023    4/29/16      $200,000         $200,000   
Ardagh Packaging Finance Holdings USA, 7.25%, 5/15/2024    4/29/16      205,000         205,000   
Atrium CDO Corp., FRN, 1.46%, 11/16/2022    2/03/16-2/04/16      2,227,402         2,220,764   
Bayview Financial Revolving Mortgage Loan Trust, FRN, 2.038%, 12/28/2040    3/01/06      2,014,971         1,463,187   
Black Sea Trade And Development Bank, 4.875%, 5/06/2021    4/28/16      200,525         204,525   
Chesapeake Funding LLC, “A”, FRN,
0.888%, 5/07/2024
   1/29/15      365,445         365,379   
Crown European Holdings S.A.,
3.375%, 5/15/2025
   4/28/15      713,278         748,935   
Dryden Senior Loan Fund, 2014-31A, “C”, CLO, FRN, 3.47%, 4/18/2026    1/29/16      1,640,824         1,724,623   
Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC,
0.91%, 9/20/2018
   2/04/16      1,454,569         1,455,673   
Falcon Franchise Loan LLC, FRN,
54.063%, 1/05/2025
   1/29/03      3,135         8,372   
First Union National Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, FRN, 1.734%, 1/12/2043    12/11/03      777         833   
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 2.75%, 5/04/2026    4/26/16      134,471         137,250   
Morgan Stanley Capital I, Inc., FRN,
1.403%, 4/28/2039
   7/20/04      35,464         12,820   
Republic of Argentina, 6.875%, 4/22/2021    4/19/16-4/20/16      1,519,438         1,533,670   
Republic of Indonesia, 2.875%, 7/08/2021    7/02/14      509,473         444,852   
Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions, 2.75%, 2/01/2025    2/11/15      592,988         598,146   
West African Development Bank,
5.5%, 5/06/2021
   4/28/16      537,174         547,344   
Total Restricted Securities         $11,871,373   
% of Net assets         2.4%   

 

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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
CAD   Canadian Dollar
CHF   Swiss Franc
DKK   Danish Krone
EUR   Euro
GBP   British Pound
JPY   Japanese Yen
KRW   Korean Won
MXN   Mexican Peso
NOK   Norwegian Krone
NZD   New Zealand Dollar
SEK   Swedish Krona
SGD   Singapore Dollar
ZAR   South African Rand

Derivative Contracts at 4/30/16

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts at 4/30/16

 

Type   Currency   Counter-
party
  Contracts
to
Deliver/
Receive
    Settlement
Date Range
  In
Exchange
For
    Contracts
at Value
    Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Asset Derivatives                            
SELL   AUD   Goldman Sachs International     273,062      7/15/16     $212,602        $207,001        $5,601   
BUY   CAD   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     448,000      7/15/16     349,817        357,060        7,243   
BUY   CAD   Merrill Lynch International     286,290      7/15/16     221,372        228,176        6,804   
SELL   CHF   UBS AG     110,919      7/15/16     116,487        115,996        491   
BUY   DKK   Goldman Sachs International     11,054      7/15/16     1,698        1,705        7   
BUY   EUR   Brown Brothers Harriman     138,256      7/15/16     155,537        158,667        3,130   
BUY   EUR   Citibank N.A.     205,783      7/15/16     232,974        236,163        3,189   
BUY   EUR   Goldman Sachs International     100,068      7/15/16     114,199        114,841        642   
BUY   KRW   Deutsche Bank AG     225,070,000      5/02/16-5/27/16     195,985        197,502        1,517   

 

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Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts at 4/30/16 - continued

 

Type   Currency   Counter-
party
  Contracts
to
Deliver/
Receive
    Settlement
Date Range
  In
Exchange
For
    Contracts
at Value
    Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Asset Derivatives – continued                            
BUY   KRW   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     112,535,000      5/02/16     $90,531        $98,767        $8,236   
BUY   NZD   Merrill Lynch International     120,000      7/15/16     81,590        83,474        1,884   
BUY   SEK   Brown Brothers Harriman     10,119,000      7/15/16     1,256,354        1,263,402        7,048   
BUY   SEK   Goldman Sachs International     272      7/15/16     34        34        0   
BUY   ZAR   Deutsche Bank AG     1,099,000      7/15/16     73,172        76,098        2,926   
             

 

 

 
                $48,718   
             

 

 

 
Liability Derivatives                            
SELL   AUD   Barclays Bank PLC     27,000      7/15/16     $20,416        $20,468        $(52
SELL   AUD   Westpac Banking Corp.     1,224,733      7/15/16     928,152        928,437        (285
SELL   CAD   Goldman Sachs International     3,723,284      7/15/16     2,888,719        2,967,493        (78,774
SELL   CAD   Merrill Lynch International     189,000      7/15/16     144,379        150,635        (6,256
SELL   EUR   Citibank N.A.     119,132      7/15/16     134,790        136,720        (1,930
SELL   EUR   Deutsche Bank AG     25,345,964      6/15/16-7/15/16     28,720,488        29,077,862        (357,374
SELL   EUR   Goldman Sachs International     620,561      7/15/16     702,403        712,175        (9,772
SELL   EUR   Merrill Lynch International     80,000      7/15/16     91,594        91,811        (217
SELL   GBP   BNP Paribas S.A.     4,867,867      7/15/16     6,924,224        7,114,278        (190,054
SELL   GBP   Citibank N.A.     107,000      7/15/16     152,116        156,378        (4,262
SELL   GBP   Goldman Sachs International     23,000      7/15/16     32,580        33,614        (1,034
SELL   JPY   Deutsche Bank AG     45,507,282      7/15/16     416,983        428,579        (11,596
SELL   JPY   Goldman Sachs International     17,346,823      7/15/16     159,942        163,369        (3,427
SELL   KRW   Deutsche Bank AG     112,535,000      5/02/16     97,644        98,767        (1,123
SELL   KRW   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     112,535,000      5/02/16     98,378        98,767        (389
SELL   MXN   Deutsche Bank AG     32,899,000      7/15/16     1,867,659        1,898,770        (31,111
SELL   NOK   Barclays Bank PLC     439,000      7/15/16     52,939        54,504        (1,565

 

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Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts at 4/30/16 - continued

 

Type   Currency   Counter-
party
  Contracts
to
Deliver/
Receive
    Settlement
Date Range
  In
Exchange
For
    Contracts
at Value
    Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Liability Derivatives – continued                            
SELL   NOK   Goldman Sachs International     6,710      7/15/16     $815        $833        $(18
SELL   NZD   Westpac Banking Corp.     73,000      7/15/16     50,165        50,780        (615
SELL   SEK   Goldman Sachs International     157,000      7/15/16     19,339        19,602        (263
BUY   SGD   Goldman Sachs International     102,000      7/15/16     75,858        75,734        (124
             

 

 

 
                $(700,241
             

 

 

 

Futures Contracts at 4/30/16

 

Description   Currency     Contracts     Value   Expiration
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Asset Derivatives          
Interest Rate Futures          
U.S. Treasury Note 10 yr (Short)     USD        477      $62,039,813     June - 2016        $255,321   
U.S. Treasury Bond 30 yr (Short)     USD        5      816,563     June - 2016        13,693   
         

 

 

 
            $269,014   
         

 

 

 
Liability Derivatives          
Interest Rate Futures          
Euro Bond 10 yr (Long)     EUR        5      $926,803     June - 2016        $(3,160
         

 

 

 

At April 30, 2016, the fund had liquid securities with an aggregate value of $707,029 to cover any commitments for certain derivative contracts.

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

At 4/30/16 (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, $608,840,161)

     $593,164,573   

Underlying affiliated funds, at cost and value

     2,629,096   

Total investments, at value (identified cost, $611,469,257)

     $595,793,669   

Cash

     55,494   

Receivables for

  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     48,718   

Investments sold

     4,690,352   

Interest

     7,508,641   
Other assets      2,290   

Total assets

     $608,099,164   
Liabilities         

Notes payable

     $100,000,000   

Payables for

  

Distributions

     203,807   

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     700,241   

Daily variation margin on open futures contracts

     57,740   

Investments purchased

     5,916,806   

Payable to affiliates

  

Investment adviser

     32,214   

Transfer agent and dividend disbursing costs

     4,333   

Payable for independent Trustees’ compensation

     131,746   

Accrued interest expense

     99,312   

Deferred country tax expense payable

     261,030   

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     154,180   

Total liabilities

     $107,561,409   

Net assets

     $500,537,755   
Net assets consist of         

Paid-in capital

     $539,415,910   

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies (net of $68,087 deferred country tax)

     (16,114,878

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

     (14,446,499

Accumulated distributions in excess of net investment income

     (8,316,778

Net assets

     $500,537,755   

Shares of beneficial interest outstanding

     75,389,710   

Net asset value per share (net assets of $500,537,755 / 75,389,710 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

     $6.64   

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

Six months ended 4/30/16 (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

     $15,663,159   

Dividends

     76,874   

Dividends from underlying affiliated funds

     18,550   

Total investment income

     $15,758,583   

Expenses

  

Management fee

     $1,720,314   

Transfer agent and dividend disbursing costs

     64,780   

Administrative services fee

     42,783   

Independent Trustees’ compensation

     36,340   

Stock exchange fee

     37,294   

Custodian fee

     38,087   

Interest expense

     573,463   

Shareholder communications

     98,426   

Audit and tax fees

     38,557   

Legal fees

     9,242   

Miscellaneous

     24,090   

Total expenses

     $2,683,376   

Fees paid indirectly

     (12

Net expenses

     $2,683,364   

Net investment income

     $13,075,219   
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency   

Realized gain (loss) (identified cost basis)

  

Investments (net of $9,310 country tax)

     $(6,282,163

Futures contracts

     (2,038,597

Foreign currency

     489,336   

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency

     $(7,831,424

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

  

Investments (net of $22,894 increase in deferred country tax)

     $5,496,382   

Futures contracts

     523,457   

Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

     (1,258,095

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

     $4,761,744   

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

     $(3,069,680

Change in net assets from operations

     $10,005,539   

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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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
4/30/16
(unaudited)
     Year ended
10/31/15
    
 
From operations                  

Net investment income

     $13,075,219         $27,442,725   

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency

     (7,831,424      609,813   

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

     4,761,744         (33,486,820

Change in net assets from operations

     $10,005,539         $(5,434,282
Distributions declared to shareholders                  

From net investment income

     $(12,552,224      $(35,102,035

From net realized gain on investments

             (6,309,761

From tax return of capital

             (2,422,869

From other sources

     (7,168,160        

Total distributions declared to shareholders

     $(19,720,384      $(43,834,665

Change in net assets from fund share transactions

     $(4,842,619      $(6,089,460

Total change in net assets

     $(14,557,464      $(55,358,407
Net assets                  

At beginning of period

     515,095,219         570,453,626   

At end of period (including accumulated distributions in excess of net investment income of $8,316,778 and $1,671,613, respectively)

     $500,537,755         $515,095,219   

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

Six months ended 4/30/16 (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

     $10,005,539   
Adjustments to reconcile change in net assets from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:         

Purchase of investment securities

     (109,382,500

Proceeds from disposition of investment securities

     98,968,117   

Proceeds from disposition of short-term investments, net

     22,121,892   

Realized gain/loss on investments

     6,272,853   

Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     (5,519,276

Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on foreign currency contracts

     1,278,677   

Net amortization/accretion of income

     432,175   

Decrease in interest and dividends receivable

     303,955   

Decrease in accrued expenses and other liabilities

     (4,998

Increase in payable for daily variation margin on open futures contracts

     18,920   

Decrease in other assets

     39,315   

Increase in interest payable

     17,512   

Net cash provided by operating activities

     $24,552,181   
Cash flows from financing activities:         

Distributions paid in cash

     (19,734,312

Repurchase of shares of beneficial interest

     (4,842,619

Net cash used by financing activities

     $(24,576,931

Net decrease in cash

     $(24,750
Cash:         

Beginning of period

     $80,244   

End of period

     $55,494   

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

Cash paid during the six months ended April 30, 2016 for interest was $555,951.

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
4/30/16

(unaudited)

    Years ended 10/31  
      2015     2014     2013     2012     2011  
                                 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $6.76        $7.39        $7.50        $7.65        $7.20        $7.44   
Income (loss) from investment operations                                   

Net investment income (d)

    $0.17        $0.36        $0.39        $0.44        $0.47        $0.50   

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

    (0.04     (0.43     0.04        (0.13     0.49        (0.20

Total from investment operations

    $0.13        $(0.07     $0.43        $0.31        $0.96        $0.30   
Less distributions declared to shareholders                                   

From net investment income

    $(0.17     $(0.46     $(0.42     $(0.46     $(0.51     $(0.54

From net realized gain on
investments

           (0.08     (0.13                     

From tax return of capital

           (0.03                            

From other sources

    (0.09                                   

Total distributions declared to
shareholders

    $(0.26     $(0.57     $(0.55     $(0.46     $(0.51     $(0.54

Net increase from repurchase of capital
shares

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

Net asset value, end of period (x)

    $6.64        $6.76        $7.39        $7.50        $7.65        $7.20   

Market value, end of period

    $5.91        $5.94        $6.37        $6.59        $7.31        $6.68   

Total return at market value (%)

    4.14 (n)      2.18        5.09        (3.73     17.56        1.67   

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

    2.81 (n)      0.24        7.13        4.69        14.15        4.73   
Ratios (%) (to average net assets)
and Supplemental data:
                                           

Expenses before expense reductions (f)

    1.10 (a)      0.98        0.98        1.02        1.10        1.12   

Expenses after expense reductions (f)

    N/A        N/A        0.98        1.02        1.10        1.12   

Net investment income

    5.35 (a)      5.05        5.32        5.75        6.39        6.80   

Portfolio turnover

    15 (n)      47        46        65        48        49   

Net assets at end of period
(000 omitted)

    $500,538        $515,095        $570,454        $586,296        $599,972        $564,446   

 

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Six months
ended
4/30/16

(unaudited)

    Years ended 10/31  
      2015     2014     2013     2012     2011  
Supplemental Ratios (%):                                                

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

    0.86 (a)      0.82        0.83        0.86        0.91        0.91   
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)

    $6,005        $6,151        $6,705        $6,863        $7,000        $6,644   

 

(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.

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

(1) Business and Organization

MFS Multimarket 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.

The fund has entered into contractual arrangements with an investment adviser, administrator, transfer agent, and custodian who each provide services to the fund. Unless expressly stated otherwise, shareholders are not parties to, or intended beneficiaries of these contractual arrangements, and these contractual arrangements are not intended to create any shareholder right to enforce them against the service providers or to seek any remedy under them against the service providers, either directly or on behalf of the fund.

Under the Trust’s By-Laws and Declaration of Trust, any claims asserted against or on behalf of the MFS Funds, including claims against Trustees and Officers, must be brought in state and federal courts located within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

(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 January 2016, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-01, Financial Instruments – Overall (Subtopic 825-10) – Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (“ASU 2016-01”) which would first be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods

 

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therein. ASU 2016-01, which changes the accounting for equity investments and for certain financial liabilities, also modifies the presentation and disclosure requirements for financial instruments. Investment companies are specifically exempted from ASU 2016-01’s equity investment accounting provisions and will continue to follow the industry specific guidance for investment accounting under ASC 946. Although still evaluating the potential impacts of ASU 2016-01 to the fund, management expects that the impact of the fund’s adoption will be limited to additional financial statement disclosures.

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 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 – Equity securities, including restricted equity securities, are generally valued at the last sale or official closing price on their primary market or exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. Equity securities, for which there were no sales reported that day, are generally valued at the last quoted daily bid quotation on their primary market or exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. 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. 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 on their primary exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. Futures contracts for which there were no trades that day for a particular position are generally valued at the closing bid quotation on their primary exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. 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

 

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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 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

 

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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 April 30, 2016 in valuing the fund’s assets or liabilities:

 

Investments at Value   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
Equity Securities     $3,404,272        $—        $—        $3,404,272   
U.S. Treasury Bonds & U.S. Government Agency & Equivalents            38,163,907               38,163,907   
Non-U.S. Sovereign Debt            59,992,961               59,992,961   
U.S. Corporate Bonds            322,443,065               322,443,065   
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities            26,049,067               26,049,067   
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities            14,634,673               14,634,673   
Asset-Backed Securities (including CDOs)            14,459,173               14,459,173   
Foreign Bonds            106,381,129        108,811        106,489,940   
Floating Rate Loans            7,527,515               7,527,515   
Mutual Funds     2,629,096                      2,629,096   
Total Investments     $6,033,368        $589,651,490        $108,811        $595,793,669   
Other Financial Instruments                        
Futures Contracts     $265,854        $—        $—        $265,854   
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts            (651,523            (651,523

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

The following is a reconciliation of level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value. The fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between the levels as of the end of the period. The table presents the activity of level 3 securities held at the beginning and the end of the period.

 

     Foreign Bonds  
Balance as of 10/31/15      $270,914   

Accrued discounts/premiums

     9,165   

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (171,268
Balance as of 4/30/16      $108,811   

The net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments still held as level 3 at April 30, 2016 is $(171,268). At April 30, 2016, the fund held one level 3 security.

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.

 

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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 April 30, 2016 as reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

 

        Fair Value (a)  
Risk   Derivative Contracts   Asset Derivatives     Liability Derivatives  
Interest Rate   Interest Rate Futures     $269,014        $(3,160)   
Foreign Exchange   Forward Foreign Currency Exchange     48,718        (700,241)   
Total       $317,732        $(703,401)   

 

(a) The value of futures contracts includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) as reported in the fund’s Portfolio of Investments. Only the current day net 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 April 30, 2016 as reported in the Statement of Operations:

 

Risk    Futures
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
 
Interest Rate      $(2,038,597      $—   
Foreign Exchange              500,308   
Total      $(2,038,597      $500,308   

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 April 30, 2016 as reported in the Statement of Operations:

 

Risk    Futures
Contracts
    

Translation

of Assets
and

Liabilities in

Foreign
Currencies

 
Interest Rate      $523,457         $—   
Foreign Exchange              (1,278,680
Total      $523,457         $(1,278,680

 

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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 (e.g., futures contracts, cleared swaps, and exchange-traded options) while collateral terms are contract specific for uncleared derivatives (e.g., 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 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.

 

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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. 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 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.

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is amortized or accreted for financial statement purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Some securities may be purchased on a “when-issued” or “forward delivery” basis, which means that the securities will be delivered to the fund at a future date, usually beyond customary settlement time. 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 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.

 

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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 – Prior to October 1, 2015, the fund’s custody fee could be reduced by a credit earned under an arrangement that measured the value of U.S. dollars deposited with the custodian by the fund. The amount of the credit, for the six months ended April 30, 2016, 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 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. 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

 

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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.

For the six months ended April 30, 2016, the amount of distributions estimated to be a tax return of capital was approximately $7,168,160. 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:

 

     10/31/15  
Ordinary income (including any
short-term capital gains)
     $35,408,419   
Long-term capital gains      6,003,377   
Tax return of capital (b)      2,422,869   
Total distributions      $43,834,665   

 

(b) Distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits are reported in the financial statements as a tax return of capital.

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

 

As of 4/30/16       
Cost of investments      $615,331,897   
Gross appreciation      15,950,294   
Gross depreciation      (35,488,522
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)      $(19,538,228
As of 10/31/15       
Capital loss carryforwards      (2,866,980
Other temporary differences      (1,569,509
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)      (24,726,821

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

As of October 31, 2015, the fund had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized gains. Such losses are characterized as follows:

 

Short-Term      $(2,866,980

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”), the above net capital losses may be carried forward indefinitely, and their character is retained as short-term and/or long-term losses. Previously, net capital losses were carried forward for eight years and treated as short-term losses.

 

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(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 0.34% of the fund’s average daily net assets and 5.40% of gross income. 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 April 30, 2016 was equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.70% 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 April 30, 2016, these fees paid to MFSC amounted to $21,140.

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 April 30, 2016 was equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.0175% 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. Effective January 1, 2002, accrued benefits under the DB plan for then-current independent Trustees who continued were credited to an unfunded retirement deferral plan (the “Retirement Deferral plan”), which was established for and exists solely with respect to these credited amounts, and is not available for other deferrals by these or other independent Trustees. Although the Retirement Deferral plan is unfunded, amounts deferred under the plan are periodically adjusted for investment experience as if they had been invested in shares of the fund. The DB plan resulted in a pension expense of $3,533 and the Retirement Deferral plan resulted in an expense of $2,160. Both amounts are included in “Independent Trustees’ compensation” in the Statement of Operations for the six months ended April 30, 2016. The liability for deferred

 

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retirement benefits payable to certain independent Trustees under both plans amounted to $100,310 at April 30, 2016, and is included in “Payable for independent Trustees’ compensation” in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Deferred Trustee Compensation – Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), independent Trustees previously were allowed to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of their annual compensation. Effective January 1, 2005, the Board elected to no longer allow Trustees to defer receipt of future compensation under the Plan. Amounts deferred under the Plan are invested in shares of certain MFS Funds selected by the independent Trustees as notional investments. Deferred amounts represent an unsecured obligation of the fund until distributed in accordance with the Plan. Included in “Other assets” and “Payable for independent Trustees’ compensation” in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities is $25,012 of deferred Trustees’ compensation. There is no current year expense associated with the Plan.

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 April 30, 2016, the fee paid by the fund under this agreement was $536 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.

The fund is permitted to engage in purchase and sale transactions (“cross-trades”) with funds and accounts for which MFS serves as investment adviser or sub-adviser pursuant to a policy adopted by the Board of Trustees. This policy has been designed to ensure that cross-trades conducted by the fund comply with Rule 17a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Under this policy, cross-trades are effected at current market prices with no remuneration paid in connection with the transaction. During the six months ended April 30, 2016, the fund engaged in purchase transactions pursuant to this policy, which amounted to $54,060.

(4) Portfolio Securities

For the six months ended April 30, 2016, purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term obligations, were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  
U.S. Government securities      $14,728,215         $16,037,085   
Investments (non-U.S. Government securities)      $76,903,227         $72,784,798   

 

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(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 855,008 shares of beneficial interest during the six months ended April 30, 2016 at an average price per share of $5.66 and a weighted average discount of 12.34% per share. The fund repurchased and retired 986,144 shares of beneficial interest during the year ended October 31, 2015 at an average price per share of $6.18 and a weighted average discount of 11.85% per share. Transactions in fund shares were as follows:

 

     Six months ended
4/30/16
     Year ended
10/31/15
 
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  
Capital shares reacquired      (855,008      $(4,842,619      (986,144      $(6,089,460

(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. At April 30, 2016, 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. The credit agreement matures on August 19, 2016. 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 $572,780 during the period. The fund may also be charged a commitment fee based on the average daily unused portion of the line of credit. The fund did not incur a commitment fee during the period. For the six months ended April 30, 2016, the average loan balance was $100,000,000 at a weighted average annual interest rate of 1.13%. 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
     24,750,988         42,425,365         (64,547,257      2,629,096   
Underlying Affiliated Fund    Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Capital Gain
Distributions
     Dividend
Income
     Ending
Value
 
MFS Institutional Money
Market Portfolio
     $—         $—         $18,550         $2,629,096   

 

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(8) Legal Proceedings

In May 2015, the Motors Liquidation Company Avoidance Action Trust (hereafter, “AAT”) served upon the fund a complaint in an adversary proceeding in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, captioned Motors Liquidation Company Avoidance Action Trust v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. (No. 09-00504 (REG)). The complaint, which was originally filed in 2009 but not served on the fund until 2015, names as defendants over 500 entities (including the fund) that held an interest in a $1.5 billion General Motors (GM) term loan in 2009, when GM filed for bankruptcy. The AAT alleges that the fund and the other term loan lenders were improperly treated as secured lenders with respect to the term loan shortly before and immediately after GM’s bankruptcy, receiving full principal and interest payments under the loan. The AAT alleges that the fund and other term loan lenders should have been treated as unsecured (or partially unsecured) creditors because the main lien securing the collateral was allegedly not perfected at the time of GM’s bankruptcy due to an erroneous filing in October 2008 that terminated the financing statement perfecting the lien. The AAT seeks to claw back payments made to the fund and the other term loan lenders after, and during the 90 days before, GM’s June 2009 bankruptcy petition. During that time period, the fund received term loan payments of approximately $750,000. The fund cannot predict the outcome of this proceeding. Among other things, it is unclear whether the AAT’s claims will succeed; what the fund would be entitled to as an unsecured (or partially unsecured) creditor, given the existence of other collateral not impacted by the erroneous October 2008 filing; whether third parties responsible for the erroneous October 2008 filing would bear some or all of any liability; and the degree to which the fund may be entitled to indemnification from a third party for any amount required to be disgorged. The fund has and will continue to incur legal expenses associated with the defense of this action and in related claims against third parties.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

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

We have reviewed the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of MFS Multimarket Income Trust (the Fund), including the portfolio of investments, as of April 30, 2016, and the related statements of operations, changes in net assets, cash flows and financial highlights for the six-month period ended April 30, 2016. 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 October 31, 2015 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended October 31, 2015, and in our report dated December 15, 2015, we expressed an unqualified opinion on such statement of changes in net assets and financial highlights.

 

LOGO

Boston, Massachusetts

June 16, 2016

 

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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, 2015 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: MMT


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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 definition 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 MFS Multimarket Income Trust is included as part of the report to shareholders 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 this period.


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

 

MFS Multimarket 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
 

11/01/15-11/30/15

     0         N/A         0         6,850,522   

12/01/15-12/31/15

     544,000         5.57         544,000         6,306,522   

1/01/16-1/31/16

     0         N/A         0         6,306,522   

2/01/16-2/28/16

     0         N/A         0         6,306,522   

3/01/16-3/31/16

     311,008         5.83         311,008         7,259,063   

4/01/16-4/30/16

     0         N/A         0         7,259,063   

Total

     855,008         5.66         855,008      

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, 2016 plan year is 7,570,071.

 

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.


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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.

 

(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 MULTIMARKET INCOME TRUST

 

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

Date: June 16, 2016

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

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

Date: June 16, 2016

 

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

Date: June 16, 2016

 

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