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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)

Susan S. Newton

Massachusetts Financial Services Company

111 Huntington Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02199

(Name and address of agents for service)

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

Date of fiscal year end: October 31

Date of reporting period: April 30, 2014


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SEMIANNUAL REPORT

April 30, 2014

 

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MFS® MULTIMARKET

INCOME TRUST

 

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MFS® MULTIMARKET INCOME TRUST

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Letter from the Chairman and CEO     1   
Portfolio composition     2   
Portfolio managers’ profiles     4   
Other notes     4   
Portfolio of investments     6   
Statement of assets and liabilities     36   
Statement of operations     37   
Statements of changes in net assets     38   
Statement of cash flows     39   
Financial highlights     40   
Notes to financial statements     42   
Report of independent registered public accounting firm     54   
Board review of investment advisory agreement     55   
Proxy voting policies and information     55   
Quarterly portfolio disclosure     55   
Further information     55   
Contact information    back cover   

 

 

 

 

 

NOT FDIC INSURED Ÿ MAY LOSE VALUE Ÿ NO BANK GUARANTEE


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LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND CEO

 

Dear Shareholders:

After gaining momentum late last year, the U.S. economy slipped this winter, as severe weather curtailed activity. More recently, however, labor market data, consumer

confidence, retail sales and industrial output have indicated that the U.S. economy could be regaining traction.

Europe emerged from its recession midway through 2013. However, its pace of growth has been slow, high unemployment persists and the risk of deflation exists. Asia remains vulnerable. China’s economic growth has slowed, and Japan’s early progress toward an economic turnaround continues to face obstacles. Emerging markets have also displayed much higher volatility, affected by the early transition from aggressive central bank monetary easing.

With so much uncertainty, global financial markets began 2014 with much greater volatility than last year’s broad-based rally. For equity investors, attention to company fundamentals has taken on more importance. Bond investors have been attuned to heightened risks from possible interest rate increases.

As always at MFS®, active risk management is an integral part of how we manage your investments. We use a collaborative process, sharing insights across asset classes, regions and economic sectors. Our global team of investment professionals uses a multidisciplined, long-term, diversified investment approach.

We understand that these are challenging economic times. We believe that we can serve you best by applying proven principles, such as asset allocation and diversification, over the long term. We are confident that this approach can serve you well as you work with your financial advisors to reach your goals in the years ahead.

Respectfully,

 

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Robert J. Manning

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

MFS Investment Management

June 13, 2014

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

 

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PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION

 

Portfolio structure (i)

 

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Fixed income sectors (i)  
High Yield Corporates     60.7%   
Emerging Markets Bonds     19.6%   
High Grade Corporates     18.7%   
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities     4.2%   
Non-U.S. Government Bonds     3.0%   
Floating Rate Loans     1.4%   
Mortgage-Backed Securities     0.6%   
Asset-Backed Securities     0.3%   
Collateralized Debt Obligations     0.2%   
Municipal Bonds     0.1%   
U.S. Treasury Securities     (7.4)%   
Composition including fixed income credit quality (a)(i)    
AAA     1.8%   
AA     0.7%   
A     8.4%   
BBB     26.8%   
BB     29.0%   
B     32.4%   
CCC     8.6%   
CC (o)     0.0%   
C     0.3%   
D     0.2%   
U.S. Government     3.0%   
Federal Agencies     0.6%   
Not Rated     (10.4)%   
Non-Fixed Income     0.4%   
Cash & Other     (1.8)%   
Portfolio facts (i)  
Average Duration (d)     5.1   
Average Effective Maturity (m)     7.7 yrs.   
Issuer country weightings (i)(x)   
United States     57.3%   
Mexico     4.2%   
United Kingdom     3.8%   
Canada     3.4%   
France     2.8%   
Brazil     2.3%   
Israel     2.0%   
Luxembourg     1.9%   
China     1.9%   
Other Countries     20.4%   
 

 

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(a) For all securities other than those specifically described below, ratings are assigned to underlying securities utilizing ratings from Moody’s, Fitch, and Standard & Poor’s rating agencies and applying the following hierarchy: If all three agencies provide a rating, the middle rating (after dropping the highest and lowest ratings) is assigned; if two of the three agencies rate a security, the lower of the two is assigned. Ratings are shown in the S&P and Fitch scale (e.g., AAA). Securities rated BBB or higher are considered investment grade. All ratings are subject to change. U.S. Government includes securities issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Federal Agencies includes rated and unrated U.S. Agency fixed-income securities, U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities, and collateralized mortgage obligations of U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities. Not Rated includes fixed income securities, including fixed income futures contracts, which have not been rated by any rating agency. Non-Fixed Income includes equity securities (including convertible bonds and equity derivatives) and commodities. The fund may not hold all of these instruments. The fund is not rated by these agencies.
(d) Duration is a measure of how much a bond’s price is likely to fluctuate with general changes in interest rates, e.g., if rates rise 1.00%, a bond with a 5-year duration is likely to lose about 5.00% of its value due to the interest rate move.
(i) For purposes of this presentation, the components include the market 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 market value. The bond component will include any accrued interest amounts.
(m) In determining an instrument’s effective maturity for purposes of calculating the fund’s dollar-weighted average effective maturity, MFS uses the instrument’s stated maturity or, if applicable, an earlier date on which MFS believes it is probable that a maturity-shortening device (such as a put, pre-refunding or prepayment) will cause the instrument to be repaid. Such an earlier date can be substantially shorter than the instrument’s stated maturity.
(o) Less than 0.1%.
(x) Represents the portfolio’s exposure to issuer countries as a percentage of a portfolio’s net assets. For purposes of this presentation, United States includes Cash & Other.

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

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

Cash & Other includes cash, other assets less liabilities, offsets to derivative positions, and short-term securities.

Percentages are based on net assets as of 4/30/14.

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   Lower Quality
Debt Instruments

Portfolio Manager

  2011   Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2009.
Ward Brown   Emerging Markets

Debt Instruments

Portfolio Manager

  2012   Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2005.
David Cole   Lower Quality

Debt Instruments

Portfolio Manager

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

Debt Instruments

Portfolio Manager

  2013   Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2013; Imperial Capital from May 2012 to March 2013; Negentropy Capital from June 2011 to April 2012; Marengo Asset Management from June 2010 to April 2011; Neuberger Berman from June 2006 to May 2010.
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. Shareholders do not have the right to cause the fund to repurchase their shares at 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. As a result, the total return that is calculated based on the net asset value and New York Stock Exchange price can be different.

 

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Other Notes – continued

 

The fund’s monthly distributions may include a return of capital to shareholders to the extent that distributions are in excess of the fund’s net investment income and net capital gains, determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations. 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. Returns of shareholder capital have the effect of reducing the fund’s assets and increasing the fund’s expense ratio.

 

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

4/30/14 (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 - 108.9%                 
Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Aerospace - 1.7%                 
Alliant Techsystems, Inc., 5.25%, 10/01/21 (n)    $ 395,000      $ 409,813   
BE Aerospace, Inc., 5.25%, 4/01/22      500,000        517,500   
Bombardier, Inc., 7.5%, 3/15/18 (n)      760,000        866,400   
Bombardier, Inc., 7.75%, 3/15/20 (n)      930,000        1,060,200   
Bombardier, Inc., 6.125%, 1/15/23 (n)      980,000        1,002,050   
CPI International, Inc., 8.75%, 2/15/18      985,000        1,031,788   
Gencorp, Inc., 7.125%, 3/15/21      905,000        981,859   
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., 7.125%, 3/15/21      1,755,000        1,934,888   
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., 10%, 6/01/17      2,005,000        2,110,263   
    

 

 

 
             $ 9,914,761   
Apparel Manufacturers - 0.4%                 
Hanesbrands, Inc., 6.375%, 12/15/20    $ 845,000      $ 921,050   
PVH Corp., 4.5%, 12/15/22      1,220,000        1,200,175   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,121,225   
Asset-Backed & Securitized - 4.7%                 
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc., FRN, 5.948%, 2/10/51    $ 1,585,301      $ 1,761,345   
Bayview Financial Acquisition Trust, FRN, 5.483%, 2/28/41      315,705        323,452   
Bayview Financial Revolving Mortgage Loan Trust, FRN, 1.751%, 12/28/40 (z)      2,404,493        1,591,138   
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, FRN, 5.892%, 12/10/49      390,311        54,956   
Citigroup/Deutsche Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, FRN, 5.366%, 12/11/49      1,400,000        1,472,100   
Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust, “AM”, FRN, 5.865%, 6/15/39      1,781,000        1,894,532   
Crest Ltd., CDO, 7%, 1/28/40 (a)(p)      2,639,859        131,993   
Falcon Franchise Loan LLC, FRN, 14.915%, 1/05/25 (i)(z)      426,706        136,546   
First Union National Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, FRN, 1.901%, 1/12/43 (i)(z)      686,603        913   
First Union-Lehman Brothers Bank of America, FRN, 0.706%, 11/18/35 (i)      6,105,297        114,603   
G-Force LLC, CDO, “A2”, 4.83%, 8/22/36 (z)      57,711        59,061   
GMAC LLC, FRN, 8.34%, 4/15/34 (d)(n)(q)      1,177,015        953,430   
Goldman Sachs Mortgage Securities Corp., FRN, 5.997%, 8/10/45      1,905,985        2,116,525   
Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp., 5.475%, 3/10/39      1,745,342        1,880,423   
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., 5.552%, 5/12/45      1,547,137        1,668,024   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Asset-Backed & Securitized - continued                 
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., “A4”, FRN, 5.989%, 6/15/49    $ 2,000,000      $ 2,209,226   
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., “C”, FRN, 6.206%, 2/15/51      270,000        152,847   
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., FRN, 5.475%, 4/15/43      1,526,838        1,634,013   
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., FRN, 6.025%, 4/15/45      1,590,000        1,727,071   
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2007-LD11, “AM”, FRN, 5.989%, 6/15/49      2,243,253        2,354,592   
Lehman Brothers Commercial Conduit Mortgage Trust, FRN, 1.248%, 2/18/30 (i)      821,809        20,964   
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, “AM”, FRN, 5.869%, 4/15/49      1,674,000        1,766,343   
Morgan Stanley Capital I, Inc., FRN, 1.412%, 4/28/39 (i)(z)      3,383,666        21,182   
Multi Security Asset Trust, “A3”, CDO, 5%, 11/28/35 (n)      726,974        731,423   
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, “A4”, FRN, 6.132%, 2/15/51      1,000,000        1,098,133   
Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, FRN, 5.118%, 7/15/42      1,275,270        1,327,862   
    

 

 

 
             $ 27,202,697   
Automotive - 2.5%                 
Accuride Corp., 9.5%, 8/01/18    $ 1,365,000      $ 1,419,600   
Allison Transmission, Inc., 7.125%, 5/15/19 (n)      1,630,000        1,760,400   
Delphi Automotive PLC, 4.15%, 3/15/24      392,000        401,119   
Delphi Corp., 5%, 2/15/23      41,000        43,460   
FCE Bank PLC, 1.875%, 5/12/16    EUR  300,000        423,299   
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 1.7%, 5/09/16    $ 1,000,000        1,012,136   
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 6.5%, 3/01/21      1,225,000        1,326,063   
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 7%, 5/15/22      420,000        463,050   
Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc., 2.7%, 3/15/17 (n)      600,000        620,879   
Hyundai Capital America, 4%, 6/08/17 (n)      256,000        273,310   
Jaguar Land Rover PLC, 8.125%, 5/15/21 (n)      2,020,000        2,285,125   
Jaguar Land Rover PLC, 5.625%, 2/01/23 (n)      470,000        490,563   
Lear Corp., 8.125%, 3/15/20      424,000        462,160   
Lear Corp., 4.75%, 1/15/23 (n)      290,000        284,925   
Lear Corp., 5.375%, 3/15/24      140,000        143,500   
RCI Banque S.A., 4.375%, 1/27/15    EUR 400,000        568,876   
Renault S.A., 3.625%, 9/19/18    EUR 475,000        698,681   
Schaeffler Finance B.V., 6.875%, 8/15/18 (n)(p)    $ 655,000        695,119   
TRW Automotive, Inc., 4.5%, 3/01/21 (n)      500,000        520,000   
Volkswagen International Finance N.V., 3.875% to 9/04/18, FRN to 9/29/49    EUR 400,000        580,580   
    

 

 

 
             $ 14,472,845   

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

 

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Biotechnology - 0.1%                 
Life Technologies Corp., 6%, 3/01/20    $ 700,000      $ 812,171   
Broadcasting - 3.6%                 
AMC Networks, Inc., 7.75%, 7/15/21    $ 1,259,000      $ 1,410,080   
Clear Channel Communications, Inc., 9%, 3/01/21      1,001,000        1,063,563   
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., 6.5%, 11/15/22      245,000        260,925   
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., 6.5%, 11/15/22      945,000        1,011,150   
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., “A”, 7.625%, 3/15/20      55,000        58,850   
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., “B”, 7.625%, 3/15/20      1,270,000        1,368,425   
GrafTech International Co., 6.375%, 11/15/20      750,000        766,875   
IAC/InterActive Corp., 4.875%, 11/30/18      185,000        193,325   
IAC/InterActive Corp., 4.75%, 12/15/22      735,000        722,138   
Inmarsat Finance PLC, 7.375%, 12/01/17 (n)      835,000        868,400   
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., 6.625%, 12/15/22 (n)      860,000        883,650   
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., 6.625%, 12/15/22      1,545,000        1,587,488   
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., 5.5%, 8/01/23 (n)      325,000        318,094   
Intelsat Luxembourg S.A., 8.125%, 6/01/23      1,215,000        1,275,750   
Liberty Media Corp., 8.5%, 7/15/29      1,280,000        1,427,200   
Liberty Media Corp., 8.25%, 2/01/30      50,000        54,750   
Myriad International Holdings B.V., 6%, 7/18/20 (n)      1,265,000        1,382,013   
Netflix, Inc., 5.375%, 2/01/21      945,000        982,800   
Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., 6.875%, 11/15/20      880,000        941,600   
SES S.A., 3.6%, 4/04/23 (n)      226,000        220,393   
SIRIUS XM Radio, Inc., 4.25%, 5/15/20 (n)      290,000        278,400   
SIRIUS XM Radio, Inc., 5.875%, 10/01/20 (n)      130,000        135,688   
SIRIUS XM Radio, Inc., 5.75%, 8/01/21 (n)      195,000        199,875   
SIRIUS XM Radio, Inc., 4.625%, 5/15/23 (z)      120,000        111,000   
Univision Communications, Inc., 6.875%, 5/15/19 (n)      1,035,000        1,106,156   
Univision Communications, Inc., 7.875%, 11/01/20 (n)      940,000        1,032,825   
Univision Communications, Inc., 8.5%, 5/15/21 (n)      685,000        753,500   
Vivendi S.A., 4%, 3/31/17    EUR 400,000        604,312   
    

 

 

 
             $ 21,019,225   
Brokerage & Asset Managers - 0.4%                 
E*TRADE Financial Corp., 6.375%, 11/15/19    $ 2,295,000      $ 2,492,944   
Building - 3.3%                 
Allegion U.S. Holding Co., Inc., 5.75%, 10/01/21 (n)    $ 1,485,000      $ 1,574,100   
Boise Cascade Co., 6.375%, 11/01/20      640,000        688,000   
Building Materials Holding Corp., 6.875%, 8/15/18 (n)      885,000        923,719   
Building Materials Holding Corp., 7%, 2/15/20 (n)      470,000        499,375   
Building Materials Holding Corp., 6.75%, 5/01/21 (n)      715,000        773,988   
CEMEX Espana S.A., 9.25%, 5/12/20 (n)      785,000        853,688   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Building - continued                 
CEMEX Finance LLC, 9.375%, 10/12/22    $ 335,000      $ 386,088   
CEMEX Finance LLC, 6%, 4/01/24 (z)      488,000        488,610   
CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V., 5.875%, 3/25/19 (n)      202,000        207,555   
CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V., 6.5%, 12/10/19 (n)      405,000        425,250   
CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V., 9.25%, 5/12/20      335,000        364,313   
CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V., 7.25%, 1/15/21 (n)      746,000        801,950   
CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V., FRN, 5.233%, 9/30/15 (n)      552,000        567,870   
CRH Finance Ltd., 3.125%, 4/03/23    EUR  300,000        440,178   
Gibraltar Industries, Inc., 6.25%, 2/01/21    $ 365,000        386,900   
HD Supply, Inc., 8.125%, 4/15/19      560,000        620,200   
HD Supply, Inc., 7.5%, 7/15/20      1,580,000        1,710,350   
Headwaters, Inc., 7.25%, 1/15/19 (n)      335,000        352,588   
Headwaters, Inc., 7.625%, 4/01/19      265,000        284,875   
Holcim Finance Luxembourg S.A., 3%, 1/22/24    EUR  300,000        430,400   
Holcim GB Finance Ltd., 8.75%, 4/24/17    GBP 200,000        399,968   
Lafarge S.A., 6.625%, 11/29/18    EUR 450,000        721,075   
Mohawk Industries, Inc., 3.85%, 2/01/23    $ 653,000        648,103   
Nortek, Inc., 8.5%, 4/15/21      1,170,000        1,289,925   
Odebrecht Finance Ltd., 7.125%, 6/26/42 (n)      419,000        426,333   
Owens Corning, Inc., 4.2%, 12/15/22      364,000        363,004   
Roofing Supply Group LLC/Roofing Supply Finance, Inc., 10%, 6/01/20 (n)      908,000        1,001,070   
USG Corp., 6.3%, 11/15/16      550,000        594,000   
USG Corp., 7.875%, 3/30/20 (n)      525,000        585,375   
USG Corp., 5.875%, 11/01/21 (n)      245,000        260,313   
    

 

 

 
             $ 19,069,163   
Business Services - 1.3%                 
Equinix, Inc., 4.875%, 4/01/20    $ 855,000      $ 872,100   
Equinix, Inc., 5.375%, 4/01/23      530,000        539,275   
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., 5%, 3/15/22      870,000        910,790   
First Data Corp., 10.625%, 6/15/21      690,000        782,288   
iGate Corp., 4.75%, 4/15/19 (n)      435,000        439,894   
Iron Mountain, Inc., 8.375%, 8/15/21      611,000        644,605   
Iron Mountain, Inc., 6%, 8/15/23      780,000        828,750   
Lender Processing Services, Inc., 5.75%, 4/15/23      330,000        353,100   
NeuStar, Inc., 4.5%, 1/15/23      775,000        674,250   
Tencent Holdings Ltd., 3.375%, 3/05/18 (n)      664,000        677,268   
Tencent Holdings Ltd., 3.375%, 5/02/19 (z)      965,000        970,039   
    

 

 

 
             $ 7,692,359   
Cable TV - 2.8%                 
CCO Holdings LLC, 7.375%, 6/01/20    $ 390,000      $ 428,513   
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 8.125%, 4/30/20      1,600,000        1,754,000   

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

 

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Cable TV - continued                 
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 6.5%, 4/30/21    $ 705,000      $ 752,588   
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.75%, 1/15/24      675,000        680,906   
Cequel Communications Holdings, 6.375%, 9/15/20 (n)      970,000        1,016,075   
Columbus International, Inc., 7.375%, 3/30/21 (n)      200,000        209,000   
Comcast Corp., 4.65%, 7/15/42      700,000        717,691   
Comcast Corp., 4.75%, 3/01/44      292,000        304,357   
DISH DBS Corp., 6.75%, 6/01/21      890,000        1,005,700   
DISH DBS Corp., 5%, 3/15/23      755,000        770,100   
Lynx I Corp., 5.375%, 4/15/21 (n)      520,000        533,000   
Lynx II Corp., 6.375%, 4/15/23 (n)      340,000        357,000   
Nara Cable Funding Ltd., 8.875%, 12/01/18    EUR 300,000        449,584   
Nara Cable Funding Ltd., 8.875%, 12/01/18 (n)    $ 235,000        253,800   
Numericable Group S.A., 6%, 5/15/22 (z)      1,290,000        1,320,638   
Shaw Communications, Inc., 5.65%, 10/01/19    CAD 475,000        489,765   
Telenet Finance Luxembourg, 6.375%, 11/15/20 (n)    EUR 450,000        669,460   
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 5.75%, 6/02/31    GBP 250,000        472,638   
Unitymedia Hessen, 5.5%, 1/15/23 (n)    $ 670,000        676,700   
UPCB Finance III Ltd., 6.625%, 7/01/20 (n)      1,294,000        1,381,345   
Videotron Ltd., 5.375%, 6/15/24 (z)      155,000        156,163   
Virgin Media Finance PLC, 8.375%, 10/15/19      194,000        207,338   
Virgin Media Finance PLC, 5.5%, 1/15/21    GBP 300,000        525,443   
VTR Finance B.V., 6.875%, 1/15/24 (n)    $ 207,000        215,713   
Ziggo Bond Co. B.V., 8%, 5/15/18 (n)    EUR 680,000        1,014,152   
    

 

 

 
             $ 16,361,669   
Chemicals - 2.7%                 
Celanese U.S. Holdings LLC, 5.875%, 6/15/21    $ 995,000      $ 1,089,525   
Celanese U.S. Holdings LLC, 4.625%, 11/15/22      405,000        407,025   
CF Industries, Inc., 3.45%, 6/01/23      577,000        563,880   
Dow Chemical Co., 8.55%, 5/15/19      800,000        1,025,558   
Flash Dutch 2 B.V./U.S. Coatings Acquisition, 7.375%, 5/01/21 (n)      810,000        888,975   
FMC Corp., 4.1%, 2/01/24      426,000        439,949   
Hexion U.S. Finance Corp., 6.625%, 4/15/20      500,000        519,375   
Hexion U.S. Finance Corp./Hexion Nova Scotia Finance, 8.875%, 2/01/18      1,015,000        1,056,869   
Huntsman International LLC, 8.625%, 3/15/21      1,740,000        1,940,100   
INEOS Finance PLC, 8.375%, 2/15/19 (n)      1,390,000        1,530,738   
INEOS Group Holdings S.A., 6.125%, 8/15/18 (n)      920,000        953,350   
INEOS Group Holdings S.A., 5.875%, 2/15/19 (n)      200,000        204,000   
LYB International Finance B.V., 4%, 7/15/23      270,000        279,713   
LyondellBasell Industries N.V., 5.75%, 4/15/24      487,000        567,758   
NOVA Chemicals Corp., 5.25%, 8/01/23 (n)      372,000        398,040   
Polypore International, Inc., 7.5%, 11/15/17      460,000        486,174   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Chemicals - continued                 
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A., 5.5%, 4/21/20 (n)    $ 568,000      $ 614,952   
Taminco Global Chemical Corp., 9.75%, 3/31/20 (n)      1,200,000        1,351,500   
Tronox Finance LLC, 6.375%, 8/15/20      1,165,000        1,188,300   
    

 

 

 
             $ 15,505,781   
Computer Software - 0.4%                 
Syniverse Holdings, Inc., 9.125%, 1/15/19    $ 1,465,000      $ 1,589,525   
VeriSign, Inc., 4.625%, 5/01/23      1,005,000        962,288   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,551,813   
Computer Software - Systems - 0.4%                 
Audatex North America, Inc., 6%, 6/15/21 (n)    $ 820,000      $ 879,450   
Audatex North America, Inc., 6.125%, 11/01/23 (n)      220,000        235,125   
CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp., 12.535%, 10/12/17      44,000        45,980   
CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp., 8.5%, 4/01/19      1,145,000        1,252,344   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,412,899   
Conglomerates - 1.5%                 
Alfa S.A.B de C.V., 5.25%, 3/25/24 (n)    $ 217,000      $ 220,526   
Amsted Industries Co., 5%, 3/15/22 (n)      1,005,000        1,002,488   
BC Mountain LLC, 7%, 2/01/21 (n)      980,000        953,050   
Dynacast International LLC, 9.25%, 7/15/19      755,000        838,050   
Entegris, Inc., 6%, 4/01/22 (n)      855,000        865,688   
Metalloinvest Finance Ltd., 5.625%, 4/17/20 (n)      708,000        631,890   
Renaissance Acquisition, 6.875%, 8/15/21 (n)      1,300,000        1,334,125   
Rexel S.A., 6.125%, 12/15/19 (n)      1,085,000        1,150,100   
Siemens Financierings N.V., 5.25% to 9/14/16, FRN to 9/14/66    EUR  300,000        449,326   
Siemens Financierings N.V., 6.125% to 9/14/16, FRN to 9/14/66    GBP 150,000        272,888   
Silver II Borrower, 7.75%, 12/15/20 (n)    $ 940,000        1,019,900   
    

 

 

 
             $ 8,738,031   
Construction - 0.1%                 
Empresas ICA S.A.B. de C.V., 8.9%, 2/04/21    $ 590,000      $ 601,800   
Consumer Products - 0.8%                 
Elizabeth Arden, Inc., 7.375%, 3/15/21    $ 950,000      $ 1,042,625   
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, 5.375% to 11/25/15, FRN to 11/25/04    EUR 300,000        440,775   
Mattel, Inc., 1.7%, 3/15/18    $ 192,000        190,217   
Prestige Brands, Inc., 8.125%, 2/01/20      373,000        417,760   
Prestige Brands, Inc., 5.375%, 12/15/21 (n)      545,000        558,625   
Prosegur Compania de Seguridad S.A., 2.75%, 4/02/18    EUR 400,000        579,030   
Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services PLC, 3.625%, 9/21/23 (n)    $ 500,000        501,855   
Spectrum Brands, Inc., 6.375%, 11/15/20      750,000        813,750   
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,544,637   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Consumer Services - 1.3%                 
ADT Corp., 6.25%, 10/15/21 (n)    $ 1,525,000      $ 1,589,813   
ADT Corp., 4.125%, 6/15/23      370,000        333,000   
Garda World Security Corp., 7.25%, 11/15/21 (z)      755,000        795,581   
Grupo Posadas S.A.B. de C.V., 7.875%, 11/30/17      475,000        480,938   
Monitronics International, Inc., 9.125%, 4/01/20      1,495,000        1,590,306   
QVC, Inc., 7.375%, 10/15/20 (n)      620,000        667,625   
Service Corp. International, 7%, 6/15/17      1,345,000        1,513,125   
Service Corp. International, 5.375%, 5/15/24 (z)      265,000        266,988   
    

 

 

 
             $ 7,237,376   
Containers - 2.1%                 
Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC, 7.375%, 10/15/17 (n)    $ 770,000      $ 815,238   
Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC, 9.125%, 10/15/20 (n)      1,450,000        1,605,875   
Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC, 9.125%, 10/15/20 (n)      750,000        834,375   
Ball Corp., 5%, 3/15/22      1,338,000        1,368,105   
Ball Corp., 4%, 11/15/23      85,000        78,838   
Berry Plastics Group, Inc., 9.75%, 1/15/21      460,000        533,600   
Beverage Packaging Holdings Group, 6%, 6/15/17 (n)      145,000        149,350   
Crown American LLC, 4.5%, 1/15/23      1,635,000        1,561,425   
Greif, Inc., 6.75%, 2/01/17      580,000        643,800   
Reynolds Group, 7.125%, 4/15/19      910,000        960,050   
Reynolds Group, 9.875%, 8/15/19      375,000        416,250   
Reynolds Group, 5.75%, 10/15/20      600,000        624,000   
Reynolds Group, 8.25%, 2/15/21      1,735,000        1,875,969   
Signode Industrial Group, 6.375%, 5/01/22 (z)      880,000        888,800   
    

 

 

 
             $ 12,355,675   
Defense Electronics - 0.4%                 
BAE Systems PLC, 4.125%, 6/08/22    GBP  350,000      $ 607,621   
Ducommun, Inc., 9.75%, 7/15/18    $ 1,417,000        1,579,955   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,187,576   
Electrical Equipment - 0.1%                 
Avaya, Inc., 9.75%, 11/01/15    $ 355,000      $ 355,852   
Avaya, Inc., 7%, 4/01/19 (n)      245,000        243,775   
    

 

 

 
             $ 599,627   
Electronics - 0.8%                 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 6.75%, 3/01/19 (n)    $ 950,000      $ 985,625   
Micron Technology, Inc., 5.875%, 2/15/22 (n)      325,000        342,875   
Nokia Corp., 5.375%, 5/15/19      325,000        347,750   
Nokia Corp., 6.625%, 5/15/39      250,000        268,438   
NXP B.V., 5.75%, 2/15/21 (n)      480,000        507,600   
NXP B.V., 5.75%, 3/15/23 (n)      400,000        423,000   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Electronics - continued                 
Sensata Technologies B.V., 6.5%, 5/15/19 (n)    $ 1,045,000      $ 1,115,538   
Tyco Electronics Group S.A., 6.55%, 10/01/17      700,000        810,857   
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,801,683   
Emerging Market Quasi-Sovereign - 5.2%                 
Banco de Reservas de la Republica Dominicana, 7%, 2/01/23 (n)    $ 946,000      $ 909,343   
Banco do Estado Rio Grande do Sul S.A., 7.375%, 2/02/22 (n)      412,000        426,317   
CNOOC Finance (2013) Ltd., 3%, 5/09/23      389,000        356,818   
CNPC (HK) Overseas Capital Ltd., 4.5%, 4/28/21 (n)      1,242,000        1,302,803   
CNPC General Capital Ltd., 3.4%, 4/16/23 (n)      391,000        369,326   
Comision Federal de Electricidad, 4.875%, 1/15/24 (n)      211,000        216,539   
Comision Federal de Electricidad, 5.75%, 2/14/42 (n)      915,000        909,281   
Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile, 4.25%, 7/17/42 (n)      206,000        181,049   
Dolphin Energy Ltd., 5.5%, 12/15/21 (n)      241,000        269,619   
Ecopetrol S.A., 7.375%, 9/18/43      474,000        564,653   
Gaz Capital S.A., 4.95%, 2/06/28 (n)      820,000        670,350   
Gazprom Neft, 4.375%, 9/19/22 (n)      383,000        315,975   
Gazprom Neft, 6%, 11/27/23 (n)      471,000        425,078   
KazAgro National Management Holding, 4.625%, 5/24/23 (n)      382,000        355,260   
Kazakhstan Temir Zholy Co., 6.95%, 7/10/42 (n)      316,000        322,671   
KazMunayGas National Co., 4.4%, 4/30/23 (n)      285,000        268,969   
Magyar Export-Import Bank, 5.5%, 2/12/18 (n)      238,000        252,704   
Majapahit Holding B.V., 7.25%, 6/28/17 (n)      1,469,000        1,658,134   
Majapahit Holding B.V., 8%, 8/07/19 (n)      1,197,000        1,388,520   
Majapahit Holding B.V., 7.75%, 1/20/20 (n)      1,045,000        1,199,138   
Office Cherifien des Phosphates, 6.875%, 4/25/44 (z)      373,000        373,037   
Oleoducto Central S.A., 4%, 5/07/21 (z)      205,000        203,702   
Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, 5.75%, 3/01/18      1,341,000        1,490,186   
Pertamina PT, 5.25%, 5/23/21 (n)      511,000        512,916   
Pertamina PT, 4.875%, 5/03/22 (n)      540,000        519,075   
Pertamina PT, 4.3%, 5/20/23 (n)      323,000        293,526   
Pertamina PT, 5.625%, 5/20/43 (n)      371,000        314,886   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 8%, 5/03/19      1,382,000        1,687,768   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 6%, 3/05/20      805,000        906,631   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 5.5%, 1/21/21      1,360,000        1,489,200   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 4.875%, 1/24/22      1,048,000        1,100,138   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 4.875%, 1/18/24      354,000        366,302   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 4.875%, 1/18/24 (n)      286,000        295,939   
Petroleum Co. of Trinidad & Tobago Ltd., 9.75%, 8/14/19 (n)      476,000        602,140   
Petroleum Co. of Trinidad & Tobago Ltd., 6%, 5/08/22      462,542        498,389   
PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara, 5.5%, 11/22/21 (n)      752,000        764,220   
Qtel International Finance Ltd., 3.875%, 1/31/28 (n)      205,000        187,063   
Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co. Ltd., 6.75%, 9/30/19 (n)      1,230,000        1,456,013   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Emerging Market Quasi-Sovereign - continued                 
Sinopec Capital (2013) Ltd., 3.125%, 4/24/23 (n)    $ 666,000      $ 616,828   
Sinopec Capital (2013) Ltd., 4.25%, 4/24/43 (n)      548,000        489,241   
Sinopec Group Overseas Development (2012) Ltd., 3.9%, 5/17/22 (n)      544,000        539,633   
Sinopec Group Overseas Development (2014) Ltd., 4.375%, 4/10/24 (z)      177,000        178,662   
State Grid Overseas Investment (2014) Ltd., 4.125%, 5/07/24 (z)      2,562,000        2,558,772   
    

 

 

 
             $ 29,806,814   
Emerging Market Sovereign - 7.1%                 
Dominican Republic, 7.5%, 5/06/21 (n)    $ 879,000      $ 975,690   
Dominican Republic, 6.6%, 1/28/24 (n)      188,000        194,110   
Dominican Republic, 5.875%, 4/18/24 (n)      206,000        204,970   
Federative Republic of Brazil, 4.25%, 1/07/25      372,000        369,210   
Notas do Tesouro Nacional, 10%, 1/01/23    BRL  18,599,000        7,305,325   
Oriental Republic of Uruguay, 4.5%, 8/14/24    $ 567,000        584,719   
Republic of Colombia, 8.125%, 5/21/24      679,000        896,280   
Republic of Colombia, 6.125%, 1/18/41      658,000        750,120   
Republic of Croatia, 5.5%, 4/04/23 (n)      412,000        416,120   
Republic of Guatemala, 5.75%, 6/06/22 (n)      387,000        417,476   
Republic of Hungary, 5.375%, 2/21/23      674,000        703,488   
Republic of Indonesia, 6.875%, 1/17/18      838,000        953,225   
Republic of Indonesia, 11.625%, 3/04/19      733,000        987,718   
Republic of Indonesia, 4.875%, 5/05/21 (n)      671,000        691,969   
Republic of Indonesia, 3.375%, 4/15/23 (n)      517,000        468,531   
Republic of Indonesia, 5.875%, 1/15/24 (n)      225,000        243,563   
Republic of Lithuania, 6.125%, 3/09/21 (n)      499,000        573,601   
Republic of Lithuania, 6.625%, 2/01/22 (n)      1,425,000        1,695,750   
Republic of Panama, 8.875%, 9/30/27      1,273,000        1,788,565   
Republic of Panama, 9.375%, 4/01/29      873,000        1,259,303   
Republic of Paraguay, 4.625%, 1/25/23 (n)      212,000        209,615   
Republic of Peru, 7.35%, 7/21/25      544,000        712,640   
Republic of Peru, 8.75%, 11/21/33      629,000        945,073   
Republic of Philippines, 5.5%, 3/30/26      802,000        910,270   
Republic of Poland, 5%, 3/23/22      609,000        663,049   
Republic of Romania, 6.75%, 2/07/22 (n)      1,074,000        1,271,348   
Republic of Romania, 4.375%, 8/22/23 (n)      486,000        492,075   
Republic of Romania, 4.875%, 1/22/24 (n)      328,000        344,400   
Republic of Serbia, 5.25%, 11/21/17 (n)      207,000        212,693   
Republic of Slovakia, 4.375%, 5/21/22 (n)      1,562,000        1,647,082   
Republic of Trinidad & Tobago, 4.375%, 1/16/24 (n)      213,000        227,165   
Republic of Turkey, 7%, 3/11/19      790,000        902,575   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Emerging Market Sovereign - continued                 
Republic of Turkey, 5.625%, 3/30/21    $ 670,000      $ 720,250   
Republic of Turkey, 6.25%, 9/26/22      646,000        718,029   
Republic of Venezuela, 7.65%, 4/21/25      673,000        498,020   
Republic of Vietnam, 6.75%, 1/29/20      537,000        605,468   
Russian Federation, 4.875%, 9/16/23 (n)      1,200,000        1,138,500   
Russian Federation, 7.5%, 3/31/30      400,040        446,045   
Russian Federation, 5.625%, 4/04/42 (n)      600,000        552,000   
United Mexican States, 3.625%, 3/15/22      1,710,000        1,733,085   
United Mexican States, 4%, 10/02/23      1,364,000        1,398,100   
United Mexican States, 8.5%, 5/31/29    MXN  29,290,000        2,598,684   
United Mexican States, 5.75%, 10/12/10    $ 408,000        409,020   
    

 

 

 
             $ 40,834,919   
Energy - Independent - 5.9%                 
Afren PLC, 11.5%, 2/01/16 (n)    $ 335,000      $ 378,550   
Afren PLC, 10.25%, 4/08/19 (n)      219,000        248,018   
Antero Resources Finance Corp., 6%, 12/01/20      625,000        668,750   
Antero Resources Finance Corp., 5.375%, 11/01/21 (n)      1,020,000        1,042,950   
Athlon Holdings LP/Athlon Finance Corp., 6%, 5/01/22 (z)      685,000        692,706   
Bill Barrett Corp., 7%, 10/15/22      1,020,000        1,071,000   
BreitBurn Energy Partners LP, 8.625%, 10/15/20      435,000        474,150   
BreitBurn Energy Partners LP, 7.875%, 4/15/22      1,405,000        1,520,913   
Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc., 7.5%, 9/15/20      480,000        525,600   
Chaparral Energy, Inc., 7.625%, 11/15/22      975,000        1,038,375   
Cimarex Energy Co., 5.875%, 5/01/22      270,000        293,625   
Concho Resources, Inc., 6.5%, 1/15/22      1,125,000        1,231,875   
Concho Resources, Inc., 5.5%, 4/01/23      925,000        963,156   
Continental Resources, Inc., 4.5%, 4/15/23      315,000        331,018   
Denbury Resources, Inc., 4.625%, 7/15/23      895,000        851,369   
Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., 9.25%, 12/15/17      629,000        683,251   
EP Energy LLC, 6.875%, 5/01/19      330,000        354,338   
EP Energy LLC, 9.375%, 5/01/20      1,280,000        1,475,200   
EP Energy LLC, 7.75%, 9/01/22      2,590,000        2,884,613   
EPL Oil & Gas, Inc., 8.25%, 2/15/18      1,040,000        1,123,200   
Halcon Resources Corp., 8.875%, 5/15/21      1,835,000        1,901,519   
Harvest Operations Corp., 6.875%, 10/01/17      1,590,000        1,723,163   
Hilcorp Energy I/Hilcorp Finance Co., 8%, 2/15/20 (n)      350,000        377,563   
Laredo Petroleum, Inc., 9.5%, 2/15/19      270,000        297,000   
Laredo Petroleum, Inc., 5.625%, 1/15/22 (n)      345,000        351,900   
Laredo Petroleum, Inc., 7.375%, 5/01/22      255,000        281,138   
LINN Energy LLC, 8.625%, 4/15/20      45,000        48,544   
LINN Energy LLC, 7.75%, 2/01/21      1,512,000        1,617,840   
MEG Energy Corp., 6.5%, 3/15/21 (n)      1,030,000        1,084,075   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Energy - Independent - continued                 
MEG Energy Corp., 7%, 3/31/24 (n)    $ 480,000      $ 508,800   
Northern Blizzard Resources, Inc., 7.25%, 2/01/22 (n)      1,030,000        1,058,325   
Nostrum Oil & Gas Finance B.V., 6.375%, 2/14/19 (n)      293,000        293,000   
Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 6.875%, 3/15/22 (n)      1,020,000        1,106,700   
Pioneer Natural Resources Co., 6.65%, 3/15/17      700,000        794,378   
Range Resources Corp., 5%, 8/15/22      1,180,000        1,212,450   
Rice Energy, Inc., 6.25%, 5/01/22 (z)      375,000        375,469   
SandRidge Energy, Inc., 8.125%, 10/15/22      1,805,000        1,953,913   
SM Energy Co., 6.5%, 11/15/21      1,080,000        1,161,000   
    

 

 

 
             $ 33,999,434   
Energy - Integrated - 0.9%                 
BG Energy Capital PLC, FRN, 6.5%, 11/30/72    EUR  350,000      $ 545,055   
Eni S.p.A., 4%, 6/29/20    EUR 300,000        471,868   
Listrindo Capital B.V., 6.95%, 2/21/19 (n)    $ 239,000        253,340   
LUKOIL International Finance B.V., 4.563%, 4/24/23 (n)      1,029,000        900,375   
Murphy Oil Corp., 2.5%, 12/01/17      700,000        716,300   
Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp., 7.25%, 12/12/21 (n)      1,145,000        1,250,913   
Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp., 5.125%, 3/28/23 (n)      419,000        404,859   
Repsol International Finance B.V., 3.625%, 10/07/21    EUR 400,000        608,076   
    

 

 

 
             $ 5,150,786   
Engineering - Construction - 0.0%                 
BakerCorp International, Inc., 8.25%, 6/01/19    $ 170,000      $ 175,100   
Entertainment - 1.0%                 
Activision Blizzard, Inc., 6.125%, 9/15/23 (n)    $ 1,045,000      $ 1,136,438   
Cedar Fair LP, 9.125%, 8/01/18      575,000        610,938   
Cedar Fair LP, 5.25%, 3/15/21      1,130,000        1,146,950   
Cinemark USA, Inc., 5.125%, 12/15/22      1,045,000        1,045,000   
Cinemark USA, Inc., 4.875%, 6/01/23      780,000        756,600   
Six Flags Entertainment Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/21 (n)      1,325,000        1,338,250   
    

 

 

 
             $ 6,034,176   
Financial Institutions - 4.2%                 
Aircastle Ltd., 4.625%, 12/15/18    $ 790,000      $ 808,763   
Aviation Capital Group, 4.625%, 1/31/18 (n)      685,000        717,331   
Aviation Capital Group, 6.75%, 4/06/21 (n)      745,000        833,158   
CIT Group, Inc., 5.25%, 3/15/18      1,615,000        1,732,088   
CIT Group, Inc., 6.625%, 4/01/18 (n)      1,447,000        1,615,214   
CIT Group, Inc., 5.5%, 2/15/19 (n)      1,024,000        1,103,360   
CIT Group, Inc., 3.875%, 2/19/19      1,255,000        1,269,119   
CIT Group, Inc., 5%, 8/15/22      875,000        894,688   
General Electric Capital Corp., 3.1%, 1/09/23      1,488,000        1,472,562   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Financial Institutions - continued                 
General Electric Capital Corp., 6.375% to 11/15/17, FRN to 11/15/67    $ 300,000      $ 333,750   
Icahn Enterprises LP, 6%, 8/01/20      420,000        446,250   
Icahn Enterprises LP, 6%, 8/01/20 (n)      535,000        564,425   
Icahn Enterprises LP, 5.875%, 2/01/22 (n)      1,405,000        1,426,075   
International Lease Finance Corp., 7.125%, 9/01/18 (n)      1,437,000        1,666,920   
Nationstar Mortgage LLC/Capital Corp., 10.875%, 4/01/15      535,000        538,344   
Nationstar Mortgage LLC/Capital Corp., 6.5%, 8/01/18      640,000        644,800   
Nationstar Mortgage LLC/Capital Corp., 7.875%, 10/01/20      1,560,000        1,595,100   
Nationstar Mortgage LLC/Capital Corp., 6.5%, 7/01/21      335,000        319,506   
PHH Corp., 7.375%, 9/01/19      655,000        723,775   
PHH Corp., 6.375%, 8/15/21      330,000        341,550   
SLM Corp., 8.45%, 6/15/18      1,325,000        1,561,844   
SLM Corp., 4.875%, 6/17/19      276,000        283,936   
SLM Corp., 8%, 3/25/20      2,125,000        2,454,375   
SLM Corp., 7.25%, 1/25/22      935,000        1,029,669   
    

 

 

 
             $ 24,376,602   
Food & Beverages - 1.7%                 
Ajecorp B.V., 6.5%, 5/14/22 (n)    $ 413,000      $ 388,220   
B&G Foods, Inc., 4.625%, 6/01/21      460,000        457,700   
BRF S.A., 5.875%, 6/06/22 (n)      216,000        230,040   
BRF S.A., 3.95%, 5/22/23 (n)      205,000        188,088   
Coca-Cola HBC Finance B.V., 4.25%, 11/16/16    EUR  348,000        520,964   
Constellation Brands, Inc., 3.75%, 5/01/21    $ 150,000        146,625   
Constellation Brands, Inc., 4.25%, 5/01/23      1,460,000        1,434,450   
Cosan Luxembourg S.A., 5%, 3/14/23 (n)      205,000        194,750   
Darling Escrow Corp., 5.375%, 1/15/22 (n)      990,000        1,017,225   
Embotelladora Andina S.A., 5%, 10/01/23 (n)      418,000        443,823   
Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V., 4.5%, 1/25/22 (n)      417,000        432,179   
Hawk Acquisition Sub, Inc., 4.25%, 10/15/20 (n)      790,000        778,545   
JBS Investments GmbH, 7.75%, 10/28/20 (n)      402,000        427,628   
Kraft Foods Group, Inc., 2.25%, 6/05/17      700,000        717,602   
Minerva Luxembourg S.A., 8.75% to 4/03/19, FRN to 12/29/49 (n)      319,000        316,687   
Sun Merger Sub, Inc., 5.875%, 8/01/21 (n)      1,170,000        1,229,963   
Tyson Foods, Inc., 6.6%, 4/01/16      820,000        902,043   
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., 2.9%, 10/21/19 (n)      239,000        242,811   
    

 

 

 
             $ 10,069,343   
Forest & Paper Products - 0.6%                 
Appvion, Inc., 9%, 6/01/20 (n)    $ 795,000      $ 806,925   
International Paper Co., 6%, 11/15/41      700,000        820,434   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Forest & Paper Products - continued                 
Smurfit Kappa Group PLC, 7.75%, 11/15/19 (n)    EUR  600,000      $ 888,597   
Tembec Industries, Inc., 11.25%, 12/15/18    $ 680,000        741,200   
    

 

 

 
             $ 3,257,156   
Furniture & Appliances - 0.0%                 
Arcelik A.S., 5%, 4/03/23 (n)    $ 215,000      $ 201,993   
Gaming & Lodging - 2.1%                 
Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc., 8.5%, 2/15/20    $ 400,000      $ 345,000   
Carnival Corp., 1.2%, 2/05/16      500,000        502,960   
CCM Merger, Inc., 9.125%, 5/01/19 (n)      890,000        954,525   
Chester Downs & Marina LLC, 9.25%, 2/01/20 (n)      425,000        420,750   
Greektown Holdings LLC, 8.875%, 3/15/19 (n)      825,000        849,750   
Hilton Worldwide Finance Co., 5.625%, 10/15/21 (n)      925,000        964,313   
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., 8.875%, 6/15/20      630,000        663,075   
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., 5.875%, 3/15/21      165,000        164,588   
MGM Resorts International, 11.375%, 3/01/18      490,000        635,775   
MGM Resorts International, 6.625%, 12/15/21      820,000        902,246   
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., 8.75%, 5/15/20      610,000        666,730   
Playa Resorts Holdings B.V., 8%, 8/15/20 (n)      164,000        177,120   
PNK Finance Corp., 6.375%, 8/01/21 (n)      565,000        593,250   
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc., REIT, 5%, 4/15/21      830,000        827,925   
Seven Seas Cruises S. DE R.L., 9.125%, 5/15/19      1,150,000        1,265,000   
Wyndham Worldwide Corp., 2.5%, 3/01/18      650,000        655,777   
Wyndham Worldwide Corp., 5.625%, 3/01/21      132,000        144,707   
Wynn Las Vegas LLC, 7.75%, 8/15/20      1,250,000        1,381,375   
    

 

 

 
             $ 12,114,866   
Health Maintenance Organizations - 0.1%                 
Wellcare Health Plans, Inc., 5.75%, 11/15/20    $ 380,000      $ 405,650   
Industrial - 0.8%                 
Dematic S.A., 7.75%, 12/15/20 (n)    $ 1,395,000      $ 1,487,419   
Howard Hughes Corp., 6.875%, 10/01/21 (n)      1,060,000        1,139,500   
Hyva Global B.V., 8.625%, 3/24/16 (n)      702,000        706,388   
Mueller Water Products, Inc., 8.75%, 9/01/20      613,000        683,495   
SPL Logistics Escrow LLC, 8.875%, 8/01/20 (n)      795,000        884,438   
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,901,240   
Insurance - 1.0%                 
AIG SunAmerica Global Financing X, 6.9%, 3/15/32 (n)    $ 484,000      $ 634,660   
American International Group, Inc. , 4.875% to 3/15/17, FRN to 3/15/67    EUR  600,000        855,301   
Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A., 7.75% to 2022, FRN to 12/12/42    EUR 200,000        347,184   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Insurance - continued                 
Aviva PLC, 5.7% to 9/29/15, FRN to 9/29/49    EUR 400,000      $ 576,100   
CNP Assurances S.A. , 6% to 9/14/20, FRN to 9/14/40    EUR 400,000        628,404   
Delta Lloyd N.V., FRN, 9%, 8/29/42    EUR 450,000        830,892   
Five Corners Funding Trust, 4.419%, 11/15/23 (n)    $ 470,000        490,862   
Unum Group, 7.125%, 9/30/16      829,000        943,741   
Unum Group, 4%, 3/15/24      259,000        263,052   
    

 

 

 
             $ 5,570,196   
Insurance - Property & Casualty - 1.1%                 
Amlin PLC, 6.5% to 12/19/16, FRN to 12/19/26    GBP  200,000      $ 354,564   
Clerical Medical Finance PLC, 4.25% to 6/24/15, FRN to 6/29/49    EUR 500,000        701,694   
CNA Financial Corp., 5.875%, 8/15/20    $ 700,000        813,878   
Mapfre S.A., 5.125%, 11/16/15    EUR 300,000        442,084   
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., 2.55%, 10/15/18    $ 330,000        335,321   
QBE Capital Funding III Ltd., 7.5% to 5/24/21, FRN to 5/24/41    GBP 300,000        562,523   
XL Group PLC, 6.5% to 4/15/17, FRN to 12/29/49    $ 1,825,000        1,797,625   
ZFS Finance USA Trust II, 6.45% to 6/15/16, FRN to 12/15/65 (n)      1,310,000        1,408,250   
    

 

 

 
             $ 6,415,939   
International Market Quasi-Sovereign - 1.6%                 
Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale, 1%, 5/25/18    EUR 350,000      $ 490,829   
Eksportfinans A.S.A., 5.5%, 5/25/16    $ 315,000        333,900   
Eksportfinans A.S.A., 5.5%, 6/26/17      580,000        620,600   
Electricite de France, 5.25% to 1/29/13, FRN to 12/29/49 (n)      1,413,000        1,441,967   
ESB Finance Ltd., 4.375%, 11/21/19    EUR 400,000        632,126   
Israel Electric Corp. Ltd., 6.7%, 2/10/17 (n)    $ 843,000        917,816   
Israel Electric Corp. Ltd., 5.625%, 6/21/18 (n)      2,268,000        2,398,410   
Israel Electric Corp. Ltd., 6.875%, 6/21/23 (n)      2,155,000        2,381,275   
    

 

 

 
             $ 9,216,923   
International Market Sovereign - 1.2%                 
Commonwealth of Australia, 5.75%, 5/15/21    AUD 924,000      $ 970,348   
Government of Japan, 1.1%, 6/20/20    JPY 308,000,000        3,163,288   
Government of Japan, 2.1%, 9/20/24    JPY 35,750,000        400,023   
Republic of Iceland, 4.875%, 6/16/16 (n)    $ 1,716,000        1,801,800   
Republic of Iceland, 5.875%, 5/11/22 (n)      631,000        687,001   
    

 

 

 
             $ 7,022,460   
Internet - 0.4%                 
Baidu, Inc., 3.25%, 8/06/18    $ 1,846,000      $ 1,885,689   
Baidu, Inc., 3.5%, 11/28/22      475,000        453,003   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,338,692   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Machinery & Tools - 1.0%                 
CNH America LLC, 7.25%, 1/15/16    $ 1,065,000      $ 1,163,513   
Ferreycorp S.A.A., 4.875%, 4/26/20 (n)      866,000        840,020   
H&E Equipment Services Co., 7%, 9/01/22      1,005,000        1,105,500   
Jurassic Holdings III, Inc., 6.875%, 2/15/21 (n)      735,000        760,725   
RSC Equipment Rental, Inc., 8.25%, 2/01/21      910,000        1,018,063   
United Rentals North America, Inc., 5.75%, 11/15/24      135,000        140,063   
United Rentals North America, Inc., 7.625%, 4/15/22      789,000        887,625   
    

 

 

 
             $ 5,915,509   
Major Banks - 4.1%                 
ABN AMRO North America Finance, Inc., 7.125%, 7/06/22    EUR  250,000      $ 436,398   
Banco Santander U.S. Debt S.A.U., 3.781%, 10/07/15 (n)    $ 1,500,000        1,557,095   
Bank of America Corp., 4.125%, 1/22/24      475,000        481,716   
Bank of America Corp., 4.875%, 4/01/44      212,000        215,495   
Bank of America Corp., FRN, 5.2%, 12/31/49      2,609,000        2,452,460   
Barclays Bank PLC, 6%, 1/14/21    EUR 300,000        493,665   
Barclays Bank PLC, 7.625%, 11/21/22    $ 1,315,000        1,493,347   
Barclays Bank PLC, 6.75% to 1/16/18, FRN to 1/16/23    GBP 200,000        372,350   
BBVA Senior Finance S.A., 3.25%, 3/21/16    EUR 300,000        433,407   
BNP Paribas, FRN, 2.984%, 12/20/14    $ 1,532,000        1,557,195   
Credit Agricole S.A., 7.375%, 12/18/23    GBP 200,000        411,281   
Credit Agricole S.A., 7.875% to 10/26/19, FRN to 10/29/49    EUR 350,000        574,189   
DBS Bank Ltd., 3.625% to 9/21/17, FRN to 9/21/22 (n)    $ 1,055,000        1,079,839   
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 7.5%, 2/15/19      1,200,000        1,457,058   
HBOS PLC, 4.375%, 10/30/19    EUR 300,000        418,452   
ING Bank N.V., 4.875%, 1/18/21    EUR 250,000        415,808   
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 3.25%, 9/23/22    $ 765,000        755,870   
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.75% to 2/01/24, FRN to 8/29/49      486,000        515,160   
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6% to 8/01/23, FRN to 12/29/49      1,655,000        1,646,725   
Morgan Stanley, 6.625%, 4/01/18      2,000,000        2,333,452   
PNC Bank N.A., 3.8%, 7/25/23      600,000        610,304   
Regions Financial Corp., 2%, 5/15/18      421,000        416,156   
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 6.934%, 4/09/18    EUR 400,000        636,269   
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 5.5%, 3/23/20    EUR 300,000        497,938   
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 7.648% to 9/30/31, FRN to 8/29/49    $ 765,000        841,500   
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 6.99% to 2017, FRN to 10/29/49 (n)      435,000        478,500   
Societe Generale, 4.25%, 7/13/22    EUR 200,000        325,825   
Wells Fargo & Co., 5.375%, 11/02/43    $ 169,000        181,987   
Wells Fargo & Co., 5.90% to 6/15/24, FRN to 12/29/49      509,000        521,267   
    

 

 

 
             $ 23,610,708   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Medical & Health Technology & Services - 3.5%                 
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 5.125%, 8/01/21 (z)    $ 225,000      $ 229,500   
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 6.875%, 2/01/22 (z)      1,570,000        1,626,913   
Davita, Inc., 6.375%, 11/01/18      1,600,000        1,682,000   
Davita, Inc., 6.625%, 11/01/20      1,696,000        1,808,360   
Fresenius Medical Care Capital Trust III, 5.625%, 7/31/19 (n)      800,000        870,000   
Fresenius Medical Care Capital Trust III, 5.875%, 1/31/22 (n)      430,000        457,950   
Fresenius US Finance II, Inc., 4.25%, 2/01/21 (n)      84,000        84,420   
HCA, Inc., 7.25%, 9/15/20      355,000        382,956   
HCA, Inc., 7.5%, 2/15/22      980,000        1,117,690   
HCA, Inc., 5.875%, 3/15/22      835,000        895,538   
HCA, Inc., 5%, 3/15/24      380,000        377,150   
HealthSouth Corp., 8.125%, 2/15/20      1,510,000        1,638,350   
IASIS Healthcare LLC/IASIS Capital Corp., 8.375%, 5/15/19      1,110,000        1,179,375   
Lifepoint Hospitals, Inc., 5.5%, 12/01/21 (n)      1,240,000        1,289,600   
Owens & Minor, Inc., 6.35%, 4/15/16      1,420,000        1,539,529   
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 5%, 3/01/19 (z)      230,000        230,575   
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 8%, 8/01/20      1,920,000        2,088,000   
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 4.5%, 4/01/21      960,000        931,680   
Universal Health Services, Inc., 7%, 10/01/18      650,000        685,750   
Universal Health Services, Inc., 7.625%, 8/15/20      1,010,000        1,080,700   
    

 

 

 
             $ 20,196,036   
Medical Equipment - 0.4%                 
Biomet, Inc., 6.5%, 8/01/20    $ 517,000      $ 565,469   
Physio-Control International, Inc., 9.875%, 1/15/19 (n)      603,000        670,838   
Teleflex, Inc., 6.875%, 6/01/19      800,000        854,000   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,090,307   
Metals & Mining - 3.2%                 
ArcelorMittal S.A., 6.75%, 2/25/22    $ 260,000      $ 287,950   
ArcelorMittal S.A., 7.25%, 3/01/41      505,000        513,838   
Arch Coal, Inc., 8%, 1/15/19 (n)      470,000        468,825   
Arch Coal, Inc., 7.25%, 10/01/20      595,000        450,713   
Barrick North America Finance LLC, 5.75%, 5/01/43      500,000        506,321   
Cameco Corp., 5.67%, 9/02/19    CAD  475,000        488,040   
Century Aluminum Co., 7.5%, 6/01/21 (n)    $ 1,405,000        1,447,150   
Commercial Metals Co., 4.875%, 5/15/23      743,000        713,280   
Consol Energy, Inc., 8.25%, 4/01/20      1,435,000        1,562,356   
Consol Energy, Inc., 6.375%, 3/01/21      340,000        358,275   
Consol Energy, Inc., 5.875%, 4/15/22 (n)      674,000        694,220   
Constellium N.V., 5.75%, 5/15/24 (z)      260,000        260,000   
First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 7.25%, 10/15/19 (n)      1,496,000        1,537,140   
FMG Resources, 6.875%, 4/01/22 (n)      235,000        251,450   
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd., 8.25%, 11/01/19 (n)      820,000        906,100   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Metals & Mining - continued                 
Glencore Finance (Europe) S.A., 6.5%, 2/27/19    GBP  150,000      $ 289,040   
Kinross Gold Corp., 5.95%, 3/15/24 (n)    $ 156,000        157,953   
Peabody Energy Corp., 6%, 11/15/18      485,000        515,313   
Peabody Energy Corp., 6.25%, 11/15/21      485,000        492,275   
Plains Exploration & Production Co., 6.875%, 2/15/23      1,000,000        1,120,000   
Rio Tinto Finance (USA) Ltd., 3.75%, 9/20/21      242,000        251,358   
Rio Tinto Finance (USA) PLC, 3.5%, 3/22/22      139,000        140,356   
Rio Tinto Finance PLC, 2%, 5/11/20    EUR 250,000        354,842   
Southern Copper Corp., 5.25%, 11/08/42    $ 700,000        626,907   
Suncoke Energy Partners LP/Suncoke Energy Partners Finance Corp., 7.375%, 2/01/20 (z)      375,000        397,500   
Suncoke Energy, Inc., 7.625%, 8/01/19      700,000        749,000   
TMS International Corp., 7.625%, 10/15/21 (n)      680,000        725,900   
Vale Overseas Ltd., 4.625%, 9/15/20      681,000        718,335   
Walter Energy, Inc., 9.5%, 10/15/19 (n)      440,000        447,700   
Walter Energy, Inc., 8.5%, 4/15/21      870,000        517,650   
Xstrata Finance (Canada) Ltd., 5.25%, 6/13/17    EUR 300,000        464,751   
    

 

 

 
             $ 18,414,538   
Mortgage-Backed - 0.6%                 
Fannie Mae, 5.5%, 1/01/37 - 8/01/37    $ 3,096,030      $ 3,435,897   
    

 

 

 
             $ 3,435,897   
Municipals - 0.1%                 
New Jersey Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., “1-A”, 4.5%, 6/01/23    $ 465,000      $ 450,501   
Natural Gas - Distribution - 0.8%                 
AmeriGas Finance LLC, 6.75%, 5/20/20    $ 1,315,000      $ 1,430,063   
Ferrellgas LP/Ferrellgas Finance Corp., 6.5%, 5/01/21      845,000        887,250   
Ferrellgas LP/Ferrellgas Finance Corp., 6.75%, 1/15/22 (n)      915,000        963,038   
Gas Natural Fenosa Finance B.V., 3.875%, 1/17/23    EUR 400,000        622,447   
GDF Suez, 5%, 10/01/60    GBP 300,000        545,684   
ONEOK, Inc., 4.25%, 2/01/22    $ 424,000        411,776   
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,860,258   
Natural Gas - Pipeline - 2.7%                 
Access Midstream Partner LP, 4.875%, 3/15/24    $ 240,000      $ 238,800   
Access Midstream Partners Co., 5.875%, 4/15/21      320,000        340,800   
Access Midstream Partners Co., 4.875%, 5/15/23      1,660,000        1,680,750   
Atlas Pipeline Partners LP/Atlas Pipeline, 4.75%, 11/15/21      305,000        289,750   
Atlas Pipeline Partners LP/Atlas Pipeline, 5.875%, 8/01/23      930,000        918,375   
Crestwood Midstream Partners LP, 6%, 12/15/20      860,000        903,000   
Crestwood Midstream Partners LP, 6.125%, 3/01/22 (n)      565,000        590,425   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Natural Gas - Pipeline - continued                 
El Paso Corp., 7.75%, 1/15/32    $ 2,214,000      $ 2,392,260   
Enbridge, Inc., 3.19%, 12/05/22    CAD  500,000        448,953   
Energy Transfer Equity LP, 7.5%, 10/15/20    $ 1,165,000        1,342,663   
Energy Transfer Partners LP, 3.6%, 2/01/23      591,000        574,631   
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 3.9%, 2/15/24      287,000        290,240   
MarkWest Energy Partners LP, 5.5%, 2/15/23      255,000        264,563   
MarkWest Energy Partners LP, 4.5%, 7/15/23      626,000        610,350   
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5.625%, 2/01/21      860,000        887,950   
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5.625%, 4/15/23      1,285,000        1,297,850   
Spectra Energy Partners LP, 4.75%, 3/15/24      306,000        327,498   
Summit Mid Holdings LLC, 7.5%, 7/01/21      580,000        623,500   
Sunoco Logistics Partners LP, 5.3%, 4/01/44      319,000        331,100   
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., 5.1%, 1/11/17    CAD 425,000        421,359   
Williams Cos., Inc., 3.7%, 1/15/23    $ 600,000        553,997   
Williams Partners LP, 5.4%, 3/04/44      330,000        347,644   
    

 

 

 
             $ 15,676,458   
Network & Telecom - 1.7%                 
British Telecom PLC, 5.75%, 12/07/28    GBP 300,000      $ 581,020   
Centurylink, Inc., 6.45%, 6/15/21    $ 475,000        511,813   
Centurylink, Inc., 7.65%, 3/15/42      890,000        865,525   
Citizens Communications Co., 9%, 8/15/31      920,000        952,200   
Deutsche Telekom International Finance B.V., 4.875%, 4/22/25    EUR 250,000        420,030   
Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A., 4.875%, 10/30/24 (n)    $ 776,000        814,123   
Frontier Communications Corp., 8.125%, 10/01/18      245,000        285,119   
Telecom Italia S.p.A, 5.625%, 12/29/15    GBP 150,000        267,127   
Telecom Italia S.p.A., 5.375%, 1/29/19    EUR 400,000        618,258   
Telefonica Emisiones S.A.U., 3.987%, 1/23/23    EUR 500,000        772,841   
TW Telecom Holdings, Inc., 5.375%, 10/01/22    $ 565,000        573,475   
TW Telecom Holdings, Inc., 5.375%, 10/01/22      295,000        299,425   
Verizon Communications, Inc., 6.4%, 9/15/33      1,000,000        1,205,791   
Verizon Communications, Inc., 6.55%, 9/15/43      478,000        589,610   
Windstream Corp., 7.75%, 10/15/20      710,000        766,800   
Windstream Corp., 7.75%, 10/01/21      125,000        135,313   
    

 

 

 
             $ 9,658,470   
Oil Services - 1.3%                 
Bristow Group, Inc., 6.25%, 10/15/22    $ 1,075,000      $ 1,152,938   
Dresser-Rand Group, Inc., 6.5%, 5/01/21      405,000        431,325   
Edgen Murray Corp., 8.75%, 11/01/20 (n)      413,000        477,015   
Odebrecht Offshore Drilling Finance Ltd., 6.75%, 10/01/22 (n)      1,506,049        1,575,704   
Pacific Drilling S.A., 5.375%, 6/01/20 (n)      880,000        855,800   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Oil Services - continued                 
QGOG Constellation S.A., 6.25%, 11/09/19 (n)    $ 438,000      $ 441,285   
Shale-Inland Holdings LLC/Finance Co., 8.75%, 11/15/19 (n)      710,000        731,300   
Unit Corp., 6.625%, 5/15/21      1,505,000        1,595,300   
    

 

 

 
             $ 7,260,667   
Other Banks & Diversified Financials - 2.8%                 
Banco de Credito del Peru, 6.125% to 4/24/22,
FRN to 4/24/27 (n)
   $ 509,000      $ 532,923   
Banco GNB Sudameris S.A., 3.875%, 5/02/18 (n)      431,000        423,458   
Banco Santander S.A., 4.125%, 11/09/22 (n)      248,000        246,760   
Banco Santander S.A., FRN, 5.95%, 1/30/24 (n)      200,000        207,750   
Bancolombia S.A., 5.95%, 6/03/21      1,094,000        1,184,255   
Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel, 2%, 9/19/19    EUR  300,000        426,974   
BBVA Banco Continental S.A., 5%, 8/26/22 (n)    $ 325,000        334,750   
BBVA Bancomer S.A. de C.V., 6.5%, 3/10/21 (n)      1,207,000        1,327,700   
BBVA Bancomer S.A. de C.V., 6.75%, 9/30/22 (n)      350,000        390,250   
BBVA Continental, 5.75%, 1/18/17 (n)      518,000        562,030   
Capital One Financial Corp., 1%, 11/06/15      800,000        801,809   
Citigroup, Inc., 1.25%, 1/15/16      1,000,000        1,005,562   
Citigroup, Inc., 6.125%, 5/15/18      463,000        533,244   
Discover Bank, 7%, 4/15/20      249,000        297,900   
Discover Bank, 4.25%, 3/13/26      312,000        319,955   
Groupe BPCE S.A., 12.5% to 9/30/19, FRN to 8/29/49 (n)      2,583,000        3,435,390   
Industrial Senior Trust, 5.5%, 11/01/22 (n)      220,000        212,025   
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., 4.125%, 9/19/16    EUR 300,000        444,436   
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., 5.25%, 1/28/22    GBP 250,000        449,798   
KBC Internationale Financieringsmaatschappij N.V., 4.5%, 3/27/17    EUR 300,000        457,742   
LBG Capital No. 2 PLC, 6.385%, 5/12/20    EUR 450,000        668,009   
Macquarie Group Ltd., 3%, 12/03/18 (n)    $ 404,000        410,100   
Rabobank Nederland N.V., 4%, 9/19/22    GBP 200,000        353,750   
Santander Issuances S.A., 4.5% to 9/30/14, FRN to 9/30/19    EUR 300,000        409,962   
UBS AG, 7.625%, 8/17/22    $ 435,000        516,897   
    

 

 

 
             $ 15,953,429   
Pharmaceuticals - 1.9%                 
AbbVie, Inc., 1.2%, 11/06/15    $ 800,000      $ 806,590   
Capsugel FinanceCo. SCA, 9.875%, 8/01/19 (n)    EUR 670,000        1,014,529   
Celgene Corp., 1.9%, 8/15/17    $ 526,000        533,487   
Endo Health Solutions, Inc., 7.25%, 1/15/22      605,000        660,963   
Forest Laboratories, Inc., 4.375%, 2/01/19 (n)      1,041,000        1,107,364   
Gilead Sciences, Inc., 3.7%, 4/01/24      545,000        553,057   
Grifols Worldwide Operations Ltd., 5.25%, 4/01/22 (z)      480,000        487,200   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Pharmaceuticals - continued                 
Hospira, Inc., 5.2%, 8/12/20    $ 72,000      $ 77,945   
Mylan, Inc., 2.6%, 6/24/18      1,000,000        1,011,732   
Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd., 6%, 1/15/21 (n)      485,000        520,163   
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance B.V., 2.95%, 12/18/22      500,000        476,169   
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., 7%, 10/01/20 (n)      1,560,000        1,669,200   
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., 7.25%, 7/15/22 (n)      815,000        888,350   
Vantage Point Imaging, 7.5%, 7/15/21 (n)      525,000        585,375   
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1.875%, 10/01/17      700,000        706,038   
    

 

 

 
             $ 11,098,162   
Precious Metals & Minerals - 0.4%                 
Eldorado Gold Corp., 6.125%, 12/15/20 (n)    $ 1,340,000      $ 1,343,350   
IAMGOLD Corp., 6.75%, 10/01/20 (n)      1,156,000        1,028,840   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,372,190   
Printing & Publishing - 0.6%                 
American Media, Inc., 13.5%, 6/15/18 (z)    $ 32,653      $ 35,184   
Gannett Co., Inc., 6.375%, 10/15/23 (n)      840,000        890,400   
Gannett Co., Inc., 5.125%, 10/15/19 (n)      570,000        593,513   
Gannett Co., Inc., 5.125%, 7/15/20 (n)      460,000        476,100   
Lamar Media Corp., 5%, 5/01/23      755,000        758,775   
Wolters Kluwer N.V., 6.375%, 4/10/18    EUR  300,000        495,941   
    

 

 

 
             $ 3,249,913   
Railroad & Shipping - 0.1%                 
Watco Cos. LLC, 6.375%, 4/01/23 (n)    $ 675,000      $ 683,438   
Real Estate - 1.6%                 
Aviv Healthcare Properties LP/Aviv Healthcare, 6%, 10/15/21    $ 790,000      $ 829,500   
CNL Lifestyle Properties, Inc., REIT, 7.25%, 4/15/19      705,000        740,250   
DuPont Fabros Technology LP, REIT, 5.875%, 9/15/21      1,575,000        1,641,938   
ERP Properties, REIT, 7.75%, 7/15/20      990,000        1,172,110   
ERP Properties, REIT, 5.75%, 8/15/22      250,000        269,151   
Felcor Lodging LP, REIT, 5.625%, 3/01/23      460,000        465,750   
Hammerson PLC, REIT, 2.75%, 9/26/19    EUR 300,000        437,411   
Hammerson PLC, REIT, 6%, 2/23/26    GBP 250,000        494,975   
MPT Operating Partnership LP, REIT, 6.875%, 5/01/21    $ 760,000        826,500   
MPT Operating Partnership LP, REIT, 6.375%, 2/15/22      1,255,000        1,345,988   
Simon Property Group, Inc., REIT, 10.35%, 4/01/19      900,000        1,220,977   
    

 

 

 
             $ 9,444,550   
Retailers - 1.6%                 
Academy Ltd., 9.25%, 8/01/19 (n)    $ 317,000      $ 345,134   
Best Buy Co., Inc., 5.5%, 3/15/21      850,000        871,250   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Retailers - continued                 
Bon Ton Stores, Inc., 8%, 6/15/21    $ 520,000      $ 495,300   
Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., 10%, 2/15/19      895,000        988,975   
Dollar General Corp., 4.125%, 7/15/17      831,000        887,932   
Gap, Inc., 5.95%, 4/12/21      1,000,000        1,137,971   
Home Depot, Inc., 4.875%, 2/15/44      378,000        410,610   
Jo-Ann Stores Holdings, Inc., 9.75%, 10/15/19 (n)(p)      705,000        734,963   
Limited Brands, Inc., 7%, 5/01/20      415,000        473,100   
Limited Brands, Inc., 6.95%, 3/01/33      360,000        369,900   
Marks & Spencer Group PLC, 4.75%, 6/12/25    GBP 300,000        515,465   
Rite Aid Corp., 9.25%, 3/15/20    $ 1,140,000        1,299,600   
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc., 6.875%, 11/15/19      590,000        645,313   
Wesfarmers Ltd., 1.874%, 3/20/18 (n)      156,000        154,724   
    

 

 

 
             $ 9,330,237   
Specialty Chemicals - 0.4%                 
Chemtura Corp., 5.75%, 7/15/21    $ 1,215,000      $ 1,260,563   
Ecolab, Inc., 4.35%, 12/08/21      500,000        544,176   
SIBUR Securities Ltd., 3.914%, 1/31/18 (n)      294,000        257,985   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,062,724   
Specialty Stores - 0.3%                 
Advance Auto Parts, Inc., 4.5%, 12/01/23    $ 344,000      $ 360,343   
Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd., 4.95%, 6/01/15    CAD 450,000        425,029   
Michaels Stores, Inc., 7.75%, 11/01/18    $ 475,000        502,906   
Michaels Stores, Inc., 5.875%, 12/15/20 (n)      230,000        233,450   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,521,728   
Supermarkets - 0.1%                 
Delhaize Group, 3.125%, 2/27/20    EUR  300,000      $ 444,648   
William Morrison Supermarkets PLC, 3.5%, 7/27/26    GBP 150,000        233,468   
    

 

 

 
             $ 678,116   
Supranational - 0.2%                 
European Investment Bank, 5.125%, 5/30/17    $ 500,000      $ 561,605   
European Investment Bank, 4.25%, 4/15/19    EUR 350,000        565,026   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,126,631   
Telecommunications - Wireless - 4.3%                 
Altice Financing S.A., 6.5%, 1/15/22 (n)    $ 2,026,000      $ 2,122,235   
Altice Finco S.A., 8.125%, 1/15/24 (n)      919,000        992,520   
America Movil S.A.B. de C.V., 4.75%, 6/28/22    EUR 525,000        864,270   
American Tower Corp., REIT, 3.5%, 1/31/23    $ 743,000        714,331   
Crown Castle International Corp., 7.125%, 11/01/19      370,000        394,975   
Crown Castle International Corp., 4.875%, 4/15/22      375,000        380,625   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Telecommunications - Wireless - continued                 
Crown Castle International Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/23    $ 735,000      $ 755,213   
Crown Castle Towers LLC, 6.113%, 1/15/20 (n)      420,000        486,115   
Digicel Group Ltd., 8.25%, 9/01/17 (n)      1,140,000        1,182,807   
Digicel Group Ltd., 8.25%, 9/30/20 (n)      615,000        654,975   
Digicel Group Ltd., 6%, 4/15/21 (n)      1,614,000        1,634,175   
Digicel Group Ltd., 7.125%, 4/01/22 (n)      731,000        734,655   
Eileme 2 AB, 11.625%, 1/31/20 (n)      925,000        1,105,375   
Millicom International Cellular S.A., 4.75%, 5/22/20 (n)      446,000        430,390   
Millicom International Cellular S.A., 6.625%, 10/15/21 (n)      412,000        429,510   
MTS International Funding Ltd., 5%, 5/30/23 (n)      201,000        178,890   
Rogers Communications, Inc., 5%, 3/15/44      278,000        284,492   
Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/28      1,210,000        1,194,875   
Sprint Corp., 7.875%, 9/15/23 (n)      1,410,000        1,554,525   
Sprint Corp., 7.125%, 6/15/24 (n)      610,000        640,500   
Sprint Nextel Corp., 9%, 11/15/18 (n)      470,000        572,813   
Sprint Nextel Corp., 6%, 11/15/22      1,050,000        1,057,875   
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.125%, 1/15/22      145,000        152,431   
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.5%, 1/15/24      405,000        424,744   
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.464%, 4/28/19      395,000        418,700   
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.25%, 4/01/21      1,675,000        1,783,875   
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.633%, 4/28/21      220,000        237,600   
VimpelCom Ltd., 5.95%, 2/13/23 (n)      255,000        228,225   
Wind Acquisition Finance S.A., 7.25%, 2/15/18 (n)      1,150,000        1,210,375   
Wind Acquisition Finance S.A., 7.375%, 4/23/21 (z)      1,765,000        1,813,538   
    

 

 

 
             $ 24,635,629   
Telephone Services - 0.7%                 
B Communications Ltd., 7.375%, 2/15/21 (n)    $ 1,872,000      $ 1,979,640   
Cogent Communications Group, Inc., 8.375%, 2/15/18 (n)      460,000        496,800   
Level 3 Financing, Inc., 9.375%, 4/01/19      790,000        872,950   
Level 3 Financing, Inc., 8.625%, 7/15/20      425,000        476,000   
TELUS Corp., 5.05%, 7/23/20    CAD  475,000        481,856   
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,307,246   
Tobacco - 0.5%                 
Altria Group, Inc., 4%, 1/31/24    $ 164,000      $ 167,059   
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC, 5.5%, 9/28/26    GBP 350,000        657,495   
Lorillard Tobacco Co., 8.125%, 6/23/19    $ 700,000        870,195   
Reynolds American, Inc., 6.75%, 6/15/17      816,000        940,780   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,635,529   
Transportation - Services - 1.8%                 
Aguila American Resources Ltd., 7.875%, 1/31/18 (n)    $ 1,090,000      $ 1,154,038   
Avis Budget Car Rental LLC, 8.25%, 1/15/19      365,000        388,725   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Transportation - Services - continued                 
Avis Budget Car Rental LLC, 9.75%, 3/15/20    $ 420,000      $ 478,800   
Ceva Group PLC, 7%, 3/01/21 (z)      520,000        534,950   
ERAC USA Finance Co., 7%, 10/15/37 (n)      878,000        1,136,121   
HIT Finance B.V., 4.875%, 10/27/21    EUR 300,000        495,165   
Jack Cooper Holdings Corp., 9.25%, 6/01/20 (n)    $ 1,240,000        1,370,200   
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corp., 8.125%, 11/15/21 (n)      1,290,000        1,344,825   
Navios Maritime Holding, Inc., 7.375%, 1/15/22 (n)      1,325,000        1,338,250   
Navios South American Logistics, Inc./Navios Logistics Finance (U.S.), Inc., 7.25%, 5/01/22 (z)      149,000        149,373   
Stena AB, 7%, 2/01/24 (n)      875,000        885,938   
Syncreon Group BV/Syncre, 8.625%, 11/01/21 (n)      585,000        606,206   
Topaz Marine S.A., 8.625%, 11/01/18 (n)      208,000        218,400   
Ultrapetrol (Bahamas) Ltd., 8.875%, 6/15/21      491,000        535,190   
    

 

 

 
             $ 10,636,181   
U.S. Treasury Obligations - 3.0%                 
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 6.875%, 8/15/25    $ 4,160,000      $ 5,840,898   
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.125%, 11/15/41 (f)      12,069,000        11,424,057   
    

 

 

 
             $ 17,264,955   
Utilities - Electric Power - 2.7%                 
AES Corp., 7.375%, 7/01/21    $ 560,000      $ 641,200   
AES Corp., 5.5%, 3/15/24      225,000        225,000   
Calpine Corp., 7.875%, 7/31/20 (n)      920,000        1,008,550   
Calpine Corp., 6%, 1/15/22 (n)      145,000        154,063   
CMS Energy Corp., 5.05%, 3/15/22      500,000        562,797   
CMS Energy Corp., 3.875%, 3/01/24      200,000        204,379   
Covanta Holding Corp., 7.25%, 12/01/20      1,815,000        1,989,694   
E.ON International Finance B.V., 6.375%, 6/07/32    GBP  200,000        411,693   
Empresa de Energia de Bogota S.A., 6.125%, 11/10/21 (n)    $ 303,000        323,831   
Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A., 4.25%, 4/15/24      301,000        301,533   
Enel S.p.A., 6.25%, 6/20/19    GBP 250,000        484,290   
Enel S.p.A., 5.25%, 5/20/24    EUR 300,000        507,961   
Enel S.p.A. , 8.75% to 2013, FRN to 9/24/73 (n)    $ 500,000        576,250   
Energy Future Holdings Corp., 10%, 12/01/20      608,000        643,720   
Energy Future Holdings Corp., 10.25%, 12/01/20 (n)      655,000        693,481   
InterGen N.V., 7%, 6/30/23 (n)      560,000        588,000   
NGG Finance PLC, FRN, 5.625%, 6/18/73    GBP 250,000        435,649   
NRG Energy, Inc., 8.25%, 9/01/20    $ 1,860,000        2,052,975   
NRG Energy, Inc., 6.25%, 7/15/22 (n)      385,000        397,994   
NRG Energy, Inc., 6.625%, 3/15/23      1,230,000        1,285,350   
PPL Capital Funding, Inc., 5%, 3/15/44      270,000        282,880   
PPL WEM Holdings PLC, 5.375%, 5/01/21 (n)      183,000        201,752   
Red Electrica de Espana, 3.5%, 10/07/16    EUR  300,000        442,078   
Red Electrica de Espana, 4.75%, 2/16/18    EUR 200,000        313,688   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Utilities - Electric Power - continued                 
Southern Electric Power Co. Ltd., 4.625%, 2/20/37    GBP 200,000      $ 345,430   
Waterford 3 Funding Corp., 8.09%, 1/02/17    $ 813,046        812,284   
    

 

 

 
             $ 15,886,522   
Utilities - Gas - 0.1%                 
Transport de Gas Peru, 4.25%, 4/30/28 (n)    $ 387,000      $ 355,073   
Utilities - Water - 0.1%                 
Veolia Environnement S.A., 4.45% to 4/16/18, FRN to 1/29/49    EUR 400,000      $ 567,426   
Total Bonds (Identified Cost, $606,114,749)            $ 629,967,274   
Convertible Bonds - 0.1%                 
Network & Telecom - 0.1%                 
Nortel Networks Corp., 2.125%, 4/15/14 (a)(d) (Identified Cost, $594,944)    $ 605,000      $ 617,100   
Floating Rate Loans (g)(r) - 1.4%                 
Aerospace - 0.1%                 
TransDigm, Inc., Term Loan C, 3.75%, 2/28/20    $ 439,015      $ 436,477   
Conglomerates - 0.2%                 
Entegris, Inc., Term Loan B, 2/04/21 (o)    $ 822,278      $ 812,513   
Silver II U.S. Holdings LLC, Term Loan, 4%, 12/13/19      469,561        467,311   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,279,824   
Consumer Services - 0.0%                 
Realogy Corp., Term Loan B, 3.75%, 3/05/20    $ 286,275      $ 285,023   
Electronics - 0.1%                 
Avago Technologies Ltd., Term Loan B, 12/16/20 (o)    $ 719,170      $ 720,744   
Energy - Independent - 0.1%                 
MEG Energy Corp., Term Loan, 3.75%, 3/31/20    $ 530,517      $ 528,339   
Entertainment - 0.1%                 
Cedar Fair LP, Term Loan B, 3.25%, 3/06/20    $ 368,283      $ 368,376   
Food & Beverages - 0.0%                 
H.J. Heinz Co., Term Loan B2, 3.5%, 6/05/20    $ 272,547      $ 272,786   
Gaming & Lodging - 0.1%                 
Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC, Term Loan B2, 3.5%, 10/26/20    $ 375,087      $ 373,524   

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Floating Rate Loans (g)(r) - continued                 
Medical & Health Technology & Services - 0.0%                 
Community Health Systems, Inc., Term Loan D, 4.25%, 1/22/21    $ 181,138      $ 181,621   
Metals & Mining - 0.1%                 
FMG Resources Ltd., Term Loan B, 4.25%, 6/30/19    $ 482,270      $ 481,592   
Retailers - 0.2%                 
Rite Aid Corp., Term Loan, 4.87%, 6/21/21    $ 328,597      $ 331,883   
Toys “R” Us Property Co. I LLC, Term Loan B, 6%, 8/21/19      627,795        598,288   
    

 

 

 
             $ 930,171   
Specialty Stores - 0.0%                 
The Men’s Warehouse, Inc., Term Loan B, 3/11/21 (o)    $ 97,535      $ 97,194   
Transportation - Services - 0.2%                 
Commercial Barge Line Co., Term Loan, 7.5%, 9/22/19    $ 1,387,884      $ 1,389,619   
Utilities - Electric Power - 0.2%                 
Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP, Term Loan B1, 3%, 5/03/20    $ 931,700      $ 906,370   
Total Floating Rate Loans (Identified Cost, $8,288,028)      $ 8,251,660   
Common Stocks - 0.0%                 
Automotive - 0.0%                 
Accuride Corp. (a)      20,680      $ 116,635   
Printing & Publishing - 0.0%                 
American Media Operations, Inc. (a)      8,368      $ 47,028   
Total Common Stocks (Identified Cost, $399,733)            $ 163,663   
Preferred Stocks - 0.2%                 
Other Banks & Diversified Financials - 0.2%                 
Ally Financial, Inc., 7% (z)      480      $ 475,380   
GMAC Capital Trust I, 8.125%      28,250        776,593   
Total Preferred Stocks (Identified Cost, $1,165,111)            $ 1,251,973   
Money Market Funds - 6.4%                 
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio, 0.09%,
at Cost and Net Asset Value (v)
     37,023,318      $ 37,023,318   
Total Investments (Identified Cost, $653,585,883)            $ 677,274,988   
Other Assets, Less Liabilities - (17.0)%              (98,446,167
Net Assets - 100.0%            $ 578,828,821   

 

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(a) Non-income producing security.
(d) In default. Interest and/or scheduled principal payment(s) have been missed.
(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 $208,972,625, representing 36.1% of net assets.
(o) All or a portion of this position has not settled. Upon settlement date, interest rates for unsettled amounts will be determined. The rate shown, if any, represents the weighted average coupon rate for settled amounts.
(p) Payment-in-kind security for which interest income may be received in additional securities and/or cash. During the period, the following amount of interest income was received in additional securities and/or cash:

 

Payment-in-kind Securities    Cash      Additional
Securities
 
Crest Ltd., CDO, 7.00%, 1/28/40      $—         $90,025   
Jo-Ann Stores Holdings, Inc., 9.75%, 10/15/19      34,369           
Schaeffler Finance B.V., 6.875%, 8/15/18      4,503           
Total      $38,872         $90,025   

 

(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  
Ally Financial, Inc., 7% (Preferred Stock)    4/13/11-4/14/11      $450,000         $475,380   
American Media, Inc., 13.5%, 6/15/18    12/22/10      33,000         35,184   
Athlon Holdings LP/Athlon Finance Corp., 6%, 5/01/22    4/16/14-4/17/14      690,038         692,706   
Bayview Financial Revolving Mortgage Loan Trust, FRN, 1.752%, 12/28/40    3/01/06      2,404,493         1,591,138   
CEMEX Finance LLC, 6%, 4/01/24    4/25/14      488,000         488,610   
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 5.125%, 8/01/21    1/15/14      225,000         229,500   

 

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Restricted Securities – continued   

Acquisition

Date

   Cost      Value  
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 6.875%, 2/01/22    1/15/14-4/24/14      $1,616,502         $1,626,913   
Ceva Group PLC, 7%, 3/01/21    3/13/14-4/07/14      529,366         534,950   
Constellium N.V., 5.75%, 5/15/24    4/30/14      260,000         260,000   
Falcon Franchise Loan LLC, FRN, 14.915%, 1/05/25    1/29/03      33,284         136,546   
First Union National Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, FRN, 1.902%, 1/12/43    12/11/03      1,609         913   
G-Force LLC, CDO, “A2”, 4.83%, 8/22/36    1/20/11      56,134         59,061   
Garda World Security Corp., 7.25%, 11/15/21    4/24/14      794,614         795,581   
Grifols Worldwide Operations Ltd., 5.25%, 4/01/22    3/05/14-3/18/14      486,357         487,200   
Morgan Stanley Capital I, Inc., FRN, 1.412%, 4/28/39    7/20/04      31,849         21,182   
Navios South American Logistics, Inc./Navios Logistics Finance (U.S.), Inc., 7.25%, 5/01/22    4/08/14      149,000         149,373   
Numericable Group S.A., 6%, 5/15/22    4/23/14      1,297,700         1,320,638   
Office Cherifien des Phosphates, 6.875%, 4/25/44    4/16/14      350,594         373,037   
Oleoducto Central S.A., 4%, 5/07/21    4/30/14      203,702         203,702   
Rice Energy, Inc., 6.25%, 5/01/22    4/16/14      375,000         375,469   
SIRIUS XM Radio, Inc., 4.625%, 5/15/23    4/24/14      111,154         111,000   
Service Corp. International, 5.375%, 5/15/24    4/28/14      265,000         266,988   
Signode Industrial Group, 6.375%, 5/01/22    4/07/14-4/25/14      887,498         888,800   
Sinopec Group Overseas Development (2014) Ltd., 4.375%, 4/10/24    4/02/14      176,590         178,662   
State Grid Overseas Investment (2014) Ltd., 4.125%, 5/07/24    4/28/14      2,534,074         2,558,772   
Suncoke Energy Partners LP/Suncoke Energy Partners Finance Corp., 7.375%, 2/01/20    4/29/14      394,688         397,500   
Tencent Holdings Ltd., 3.375%, 5/02/19    4/22/14      963,988         970,039   
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 5%, 3/01/19    3/05/14      230,000         230,575   
Videotron Ltd., 5.375%, 6/15/24    3/26/14      155,000         156,163   
Wind Acquisition Finance S.A., 7.375%, 4/23/21    4/08/14      1,765,000         1,813,538   
Total Restricted Securities         $17,429,120   
% of Net assets         3.0%   

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

 

CDO   Collateralized Debt Obligation
FRN   Floating Rate Note. Interest rate resets periodically and may not be the rate reported at period end.
PLC   Public Limited Company
REIT   Real Estate Investment Trust

 

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

 

AUD   Australian Dollar
BRL   Brazilian Real
CAD   Canadian Dollar
CHF   Swiss Franc
DKK   Danish Krone
EUR   Euro
GBP   British Pound
INR   Indian Rupee
JPY   Japanese Yen
KRW   Korean Won
MXN   Mexican Peso
NOK   Norwegian Krone
NZD   New Zealand Dollar
PHP   Phillipine Peso
PLN   Polish Zloty
SEK   Swedish Krona
SGD   Singapore Dollar
ZAR   South African Rand

Derivative Contracts at 4/30/14

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts at 4/30/14

 

Type   Currency  

Counter-

party

 

Contracts
to

Deliver/

Receive

    Settlement
Date Range
 

In

Exchange

for

   

Contracts

at Value

   

Net

Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
Asset Derivatives                                 
SELL   BRL   Deutsche Bank AG     775,000      6/03/14     $344,521        $344,415        $106   
BUY   CAD   Merrill Lynch International Bank     3,283,466      7/11/14     2,980,796        2,990,714        9,918   
BUY   DKK   Barclays Bank PLC     5,527      7/11/14     1,022        1,028        6   
BUY   DKK   UBS AG     5,527      7/11/14     1,022        1,027        5   
BUY   EUR   Brown Brothers Harriman     151,000      7/11/14     208,663        209,455        792   
BUY   EUR   Credit Suisse Group     415,780      7/11/14     574,979        576,738        1,759   
BUY   EUR   Goldman Sachs International     37,000      7/11/14     51,129        51,324        195   
SELL   EUR   Barclays Bank PLC     9,002,755      6/18/14     12,536,534        12,488,628        47,906   
BUY   GBP   Goldman Sachs International     20,000      7/11/14     33,575        33,749        174   
BUY   INR   Barclays Bank PLC     691,241,000      5/07/14-5/12/14     11,399,976        11,449,291        49,315   
SELL   JPY   Deutsche Bank AG     182,915,342      7/11/14     1,795,410        1,789,902        5,508   

 

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Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts at 4/30/14 - 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                            
SELL   JPY   Goldman Sachs International     182,915,346      7/11/14     $1,795,594        $1,789,903        $5,691   
BUY   KRW   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     112,535,000      5/21/14     105,055        108,826        3,771   
BUY   NOK   Goldman Sachs International     18,188,290      7/11/14     3,022,512        3,051,536        29,024   
BUY   NOK   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     16,556,000      7/11/14     2,751,006        2,777,679        26,673   
SELL   PHP   Barclays Bank PLC     259,312,000      6/02/14     5,827,891        5,814,040        13,851   
BUY   SEK   Goldman Sachs International     760,272      7/11/14     116,111        116,792        681   
             

 

 

 
                $195,375   
             

 

 

 
Liability Derivatives                                 
SELL   AUD   Westpac Banking Corp.     1,054,578      7/11/14     $970,686        $975,015        $(4,329
SELL   BRL   UBS AG     16,109,681      6/03/14     6,993,567        7,159,253        (165,686
SELL   CAD   Goldman Sachs International     6,318,000      7/11/14     5,742,170        5,754,691        (12,521
SELL   CHF   Credit Suisse Group     2,649,459      7/11/14     2,999,314        3,012,016        (12,702
SELL   CHF   Deutsche Bank AG     2,649,459      7/11/14     2,999,586        3,012,017        (12,431
SELL   EUR   Citibank N.A.     5,038,910      7/11/14     6,932,569        6,989,592        (57,023
SELL   EUR   Credit Suisse Group     8,603,946      7/11/14     11,876,758        11,934,738        (57,980
SELL   EUR   Deutsche Bank AG     5,553,000      7/11/14     7,612,330        7,702,698        (90,368
SELL   EUR   Goldman Sachs International     313,943      7/11/14     433,769        435,478        (1,709
SELL   GBP   Credit Suisse Group     3,190,320      7/11/14     5,340,354        5,383,607        (43,253
SELL   GBP   Merrill Lynch International Bank     2,919,320      7/11/14     4,883,613        4,926,299        (42,686
BUY   MXN   Deutsche Bank AG     40,949,000      5/21/14     3,130,155        3,125,942        (4,213
SELL   MXN   Barclays Bank PLC     73,848,000      5/21/14     5,518,045        5,637,368        (119,323
BUY   NZD   Barclays Bank PLC     1,000      7/11/14     858        857        (1

 

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Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts at 4/30/14 - 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                            
BUY   PHP   Barclays Bank PLC     259,312,000      5/05/14     $5,831,167        $5,816,514        $(14,653
SELL   PHP   Barclays Bank PLC     259,312,000      5/05/14     5,742,073        5,816,514        (74,441
BUY   PLN   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     7,000      5/12/14     2,316        2,311        (5
BUY   SGD   Citibank N.A.     102,000      7/11/14     81,424        81,360        (64
BUY   ZAR   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     921,000      6/10/14     87,502        87,046        (456
             

 

 

 
                $(713,844
             

 

 

 

Futures Contracts at 4/30/14

 

Description   Currency     Contracts     Value   Expiration
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Liability Derivatives          
Interest Rate Futures Contracts         
U.S. Treasury Note 10 yr (Short)     USD        477      $59,349,234     June - 2014        $(9,796
U.S. Treasury Bond 30 yr (Short)     USD        8      1,079,500     June - 2014        (20,842
         

 

 

 
            $(30,638
         

 

 

 

At April 30, 2014, the fund had liquid securities with an aggregate value of $792,271 to cover any commitments for certain derivative contracts.

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

At 4/30/14 (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, $616,562,565)

     $640,251,670   

Underlying affiliated funds, at cost and value

     37,023,318   

Total investments, at value (identified cost, $653,585,883)

     $677,274,988   

Cash

     2,201,092   

Receivables for

  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     195,375   

Investments sold

     366,025   

Interest and dividends

     9,602,006   

Other assets

     99,247   

Total assets

     $689,738,733   
Liabilities         

Notes payable

     $100,000,000   

Payables for

  

Distributions

     179,213   

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     713,844   

Daily variation margin on open futures contracts

     205,734   

Investments purchased

     9,077,189   

Payable to affiliates

  

Investment adviser

     26,235   

Transfer agent and dividend disbursing costs

     4,681   

Payable for independent Trustees’ compensation

     187,337   

Accrued interest expense

     142,369   

Deferred country tax expense payable

     235,124   

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     138,186   

Total liabilities

     $110,909,912   

Net assets

     $578,828,821   
Net assets consist of         

Paid-in capital

     $556,825,786   

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies (net of $87,305 deferred country tax)

     23,085,210   

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

     1,142,253   

Accumulated distributions in excess of net investment income

     (2,224,428

Net assets

     $578,828,821   

Shares of beneficial interest outstanding

     77,852,495   

Net asset value per share (net assets of $578,828,821 / 77,852,495 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

     $7.43   

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

Six months ended 4/30/14 (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

     $18,628,688   

Dividends

     45,492   

Dividends from underlying affiliated funds

     15,662   

Total investment income

     $18,689,842   

Expenses

  

Management fee

     $2,043,894   

Transfer agent and dividend disbursing costs

     66,042   

Administrative services fee

     38,820   

Independent Trustees’ compensation

     38,896   

Stock exchange fee

     34,327   

Custodian fee

     40,939   

Interest expense

     424,828   

Shareholder communications

     85,102   

Audit and tax fees

     37,600   

Legal fees

     4,786   

Miscellaneous

     18,557   

Total expenses

     $2,833,791   

Fees paid indirectly

     (82

Reduction of expenses by investment adviser

     (412

Net expenses

     $2,833,297   

Net investment income

     $15,856,545   
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
and foreign currency
        

Realized gain (loss) (identified cost basis)

  

Investments (net of $130,112 country tax)

     $5,666,257   

Futures contracts

     (1,281,078

Foreign currency

     (1,617,433

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency

     $2,767,746   

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

  

Investments (net of $34,889 decrease in deferred country tax)

     $2,409,376   

Futures contracts

     1,301,884   

Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

     (197,803

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

     $3,513,457   

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

     $6,281,203   

Change in net assets from operations

     $22,137,748   

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.

 

     Six months ended
4/30/14
     Year ended
10/31/13
 
Change in net assets    (unaudited)         
From operations                  

Net investment income

     $15,856,545         $34,125,056   

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency

     2,767,746         20,848,699   

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

     3,513,457         (31,209,800

Change in net assets from operations

     $22,137,748         $23,763,955   
Distributions declared to shareholders                  

From net investment income

     $(17,208,700      $(36,124,929

From net realized gain on investments

     (10,287,949        

Total distributions declared to shareholders

     $(27,496,649      $(36,124,929

Change in net assets from fund share transactions

     $(2,108,656      $(1,314,939

Total change in net assets

     $(7,467,557      $(13,675,913
Net assets                  

At beginning of period

     586,296,378         599,972,291   

At end of period (including accumulated distributions in excess of net investment income of $2,224,428 and $872,273, respectively)

     $578,828,821         $586,296,378   

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

Six months ended 4/30/14 (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

     $22,137,748   
Adjustments to reconcile change in net assets from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:         

Purchase of investment securities

     (173,999,629

Proceeds from disposition of investment securities

     200,691,713   

Payments for futures contracts

     (1,281,078

Purchases of short-term investments, net

     (12,581,874

Realized gain/loss on investments

     (5,796,369

Realized gain/loss on futures contracts

     1,281,078   

Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     (2,374,487

Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on foreign currency contracts

     206,842   

Net amortization/accretion of income

     925,407   

Decrease in interest and dividends receivable

     496,851   

Increase in accrued expenses and other liabilities

     35,311   

Decrease in receivable for daily variation margin on open futures contracts

     75,781   

Increase in payable for daily variation margin on open futures contracts

     205,734   

Decrease in restricted cash

     677,700   

Increase in other assets

     (36,070

Increase in interest payable

     68,603   

Net cash provided by operating activities

     $30,733,261   
Cash flows from financing activities:         

Distributions paid in cash

     (27,498,495

Repurchase of shares of beneficial interest

     (2,108,656

Net cash used by financing activities

     $(29,607,151

Net increase in cash

     $1,126,110   
Cash:         

Beginning of period

     $1,074,982   

End of period

     $2,201,092   

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

Cash paid during the six months ended April 30, 2014 for interest was $356,225.

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
4/30/14

(unaudited)

    Years ended 10/31  
      2013     2012     2011     2010     2009  
                                 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $7.50        $7.65        $7.20        $7.44        $6.83        $5.48   
Income (loss) from investment operations                                   

Net investment income (d)

    $0.20        $0.44        $0.47        $0.50        $0.52        $0.47   

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

    0.08        (0.13     0.49        (0.20     0.63        1.38   

Total from investment operations

    $0.28        $0.31        $0.96        $0.30        $1.15        $1.85   
Less distributions declared to shareholders                                   

From net investment income

    $(0.22     $(0.46     $(0.51     $(0.54     $(0.54     $(0.51

From net realized gain on
investments

    (0.13                                   

Total distributions declared to
shareholders

    $(0.35     $(0.46     $(0.51     $(0.54     $(0.54     $(0.51

Net increase from repurchase of
capital shares

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

Net asset value, end of period (x)

    $7.43        $7.50        $7.65        $7.20        $7.44        $6.83   

Market value, end of period

    $6.62        $6.59        $7.31        $6.68        $7.11        $6.06   

Total return at market value (%)

    5.96 (n)      (3.73     17.56        1.67        27.18        41.15   

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

    4.50 (n)      4.69        14.15        4.73        18.08        36.73   
Ratios (%) (to average net assets)
and Supplemental data:
                           

Expenses before expense reductions (f)

    0.99 (a)      1.02        1.10        1.12        1.25        1.07   

Expenses after expense reductions (f)

    0.99 (a)      1.02        1.10        1.12        1.25        1.06   

Net investment income

    5.54 (a)      5.75        6.39        6.80        7.39        7.76   

Portfolio turnover

    23 (n)      65        48        49        65        67   

Net assets at end of period
(000 omitted)

    $578,829        $586,296        $599,972        $564,446        $583,317        $535,450   
Supplemental Ratios (%):                                   

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

    0.84 (a)      0.86        0.91        0.91        0.97        1.02   
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)

    $6,788        $6,863        $7,000        $6,644        $6,833        $6,354   

 

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(a) Annualized.
(d) Per share data is based on average shares outstanding.
(f) Ratios do not reflect reductions from fees paid indirectly, if applicable.
(j) Total return at net asset value is calculated using the net asset value of the fund, not the publicly traded price and therefore may be different than the total return at market value.
(k) Calculated by subtracting the fund’s total liabilities (not including notes payable) from the fund’s total assets and dividing this number by the notes payable outstanding and then multiplying by 1,000.
(n) Not annualized.
(r) Certain expenses have been reduced without which performance would have been lower.
(s) From time to time the fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements, without which performance would be lower.
(w) Per share amount was less than $0.01.
(x) The net asset values per share and total returns at net asset value per share 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 Standard Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investment Companies.

(2) Significant Accounting Policies

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

In this reporting period, the fund adopted the disclosure provisions of FASB Accounting Standards Update 2011-11 (“ASU 2011-11”), Balance Sheet (Topic 210) – Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities along with the related scope clarification provisions of FASB Accounting Standards Update 2013-01 (“ASU 2013-01”) entitled Balance Sheet (Topic 210) – Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. ASU 2011-11 is intended to enhance disclosures on the offsetting of financial assets and liabilities by requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information about financial instruments and transactions that are either offset in the statement of financial position or subject to an enforceable Master Netting Agreement or similar arrangement. ASU 2013-01 limits the scope of ASU 2011-11’s disclosure requirements on offsetting to financial assets and financial liabilities related to derivatives, repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements, and securities lending and securities borrowing transactions. The disclosures required by ASU 2011-11, 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.

 

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

The Board of Trustees has delegated primary responsibility for determining or causing to be determined the value of the fund’s investments (including any fair valuation) to the adviser pursuant to valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board. If the adviser determines that reliable market quotations are not readily available, investments are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser in accordance with such procedures under the oversight of the Board of Trustees. Under the fund’s valuation policies and procedures, market quotations are not considered to be readily available for most types of debt instruments and floating rate loans and many types of derivatives. These investments are generally valued at fair value based on information from third-party pricing services. In addition, investments may be valued at fair value if

 

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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 reflected in total investments, such as futures contracts and forward foreign currency exchange contracts.

 

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The following is a summary of the levels used as of April 30, 2014 in valuing the fund’s assets or liabilities:

 

Investments at Value    Level 1     Level 2     Level 3      Total  
Equity Securities      $893,228        $475,380        $47,028         $1,415,636   
U.S. Treasury Bonds & U.S. Government Agency & Equivalents             17,264,955                17,264,955   
Non-U.S. Sovereign Debt             88,007,747                88,007,747   
Municipal Bonds             450,501                450,501   
U.S. Corporate Bonds             340,791,212                340,791,212   
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities             3,759,349                3,759,349   
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities             24,365,630                24,365,630   
Asset-Backed Securities (including CDOs)             2,513,615                2,513,615   
Foreign Bonds             153,431,365                153,431,365   
Floating Rate Loans             8,251,660                8,251,660   
Mutual Funds      37,023,318                       37,023,318   
Total Investments      $37,916,546        $639,311,414        $47,028         $677,274,988   
Other Financial Instruments                          
Futures Contracts      $(30,638     $—        $—         $(30,638
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts             (518,469             (518,469

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.

 

   

Equity

Securities

 
Balance as of 10/31/13     $41,673   

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    5,355   
Balance as of 4/30/14     $47,028   

The net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments still held as level 3 at April 30, 2014 is $5,355.

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, 2014 as reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

 

        Fair Value (a)  
Risk   Derivative Contracts   Asset Derivatives     Liability Derivatives  
Interest Rate   Interest Rate Futures     $—        $(30,638
Foreign Exchange   Forward Foreign Currency Exchange     195,375        (713,844
Total       $195,375      $ (744,482

 

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

The following table presents, by major type of derivative contract, the realized gain (loss) on derivatives held by the fund for the six months ended April 30, 2014 as reported in the Statement of Operations:

 

Risk    Futures
Contracts
     Foreign
Currency
 
Interest Rate      $(1,281,078      $—   
Foreign Exchange              (1,582,210
Total      $(1,281,078      $(1,582,210

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, 2014 as reported in the Statement of Operations:

 

Risk    Futures
Contracts
     Translation
of Assets
and
Liabilities in
Foreign
Currencies
 
Interest Rate      $1,301,884         $—   
Foreign Exchange              (206,842
Total      $1,301,884         $(206,842

 

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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, over-the-counter derivatives, the fund attempts to reduce its exposure to counterparty credit risk whenever possible by entering into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master Agreement on a bilateral basis with each of the counterparties with whom it undertakes a significant volume of transactions. 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. 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 ISDA counterparty is subject.

Collateral and margin requirements differ by type of derivative. Margin requirements are set by the broker or clearing house for cleared derivatives (i.e., futures contracts, cleared swaps, and exchange-traded options) while collateral terms are contract specific for over-the-counter traded derivatives (i.e., forward foreign currency exchange contracts, uncleared swap agreements, and over-the-counter options). For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, 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

 

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credit risk due to the insolvency of the broker. The fund’s maximum risk of loss due to counterparty credit risk is equal to the margin posted by the fund to the broker plus any gains or minus any losses on the outstanding futures contracts.

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

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

Risks may arise upon entering into these contracts from unanticipated movements in the value of the contract and from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts. Generally, the fund’s maximum risk due to counterparty credit risk is the unrealized gain on the contract due to the use of Continuous Linked Settlement, an industry accepted settlement system. This risk is mitigated in cases where there is an ISDA Master Agreement between the fund and the counterparty providing for netting as described above and for 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 obligate the fund to supply additional cash to the borrower on demand. 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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Investment Transactions and Income – Investment transactions are recorded on the trade date. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. All premium and discount is amortized or accreted for financial statement purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The fund earns certain fees in connection with its floating rate loan purchasing activities. These fees are in addition to interest payments earned and may include amendment fees, commitment fees, facility fees, consent fees, and prepayment fees. Commitment fees are recorded on an accrual basis as income in the accompanying financial statements. Dividends received in cash are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain dividends from foreign securities will be recorded when the fund is informed of the dividend if such information is obtained subsequent to the ex-dividend date. Dividend and interest payments received in additional securities are recorded on the ex-dividend or ex-interest date in an amount equal to the value of the security on such date. Debt obligations may be placed on non-accrual status or set to accrue at a rate of interest less than the contractual coupon when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful. Interest income for those debt obligations may be further reduced by the write-off of the related interest receivables when deemed uncollectible.

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

Fees Paid Indirectly – The fund’s custody fee may be reduced according to an arrangement that measures the value of cash deposited with the custodian by the fund. This amount, for the six months ended April 30, 2014, 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. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Certain capital accounts in the financial statements are periodically adjusted for permanent differences in order to reflect their tax character. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or net asset value per share. Temporary differences which arise from recognizing certain items

 

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of income, expense, gain or loss in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes will reverse at some time in the future. Distributions in excess of net investment income or net realized gains are temporary overdistributions for financial statement purposes resulting from differences in the recognition or classification of income or distributions for financial statement and tax purposes.

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

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

 

     10/31/13  
Ordinary income (including any
short-term capital gains)
     $36,124,929   

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

 

As of 4/30/14       
Cost of investments      $656,428,235   
Gross appreciation      29,583,946   
Gross depreciation      (8,737,193
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)      $20,846,753   
As of 10/31/13       
Undistributed ordinary income      95,095   
Undistributed long-term capital gain      10,287,741   
Other temporary differences      (1,768,145
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)      18,747,245   

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

(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, 2014 was equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.71% 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, 2014, these fees paid to MFSC amounted to $15,309.

 

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Administrator – MFS provides certain financial, legal, shareholder communications, compliance, and other administrative services to the fund. Under an administrative services agreement, the fund partially 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, 2014 was equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.0136% 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 $2,221 and the Retirement Deferral plan resulted in an expense of $6,070. Both amounts are included in independent Trustees’ compensation for the six months ended April 30, 2014. The liability for deferred retirement benefits payable to certain independent Trustees under both plans amounted to $132,989 at April 30, 2014, 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 $46,367 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 services agreements (the Agreements) which provide for payment of fees by the funds to Tarantino LLC and Griffin Compliance LLC in return for the provision of services of an Independent Chief Compliance Officer (ICCO) and Assistant ICCO,

 

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respectively, for the funds. The ICCO and Assistant ICCO are officers of the funds and the sole members of Tarantino LLC and Griffin Compliance LLC, respectively. The funds can terminate the Agreements with Tarantino LLC and Griffin Compliance LLC at any time under the terms of the Agreements. For the six months ended April 30, 2014, the aggregate fees paid by the fund to Tarantino LLC and Griffin Compliance LLC were $1,822 and are included in “Miscellaneous” expense in the Statement of Operations. MFS has agreed to reimburse the fund for a portion of the payments made by the fund in the amount of $412, which is included in the reduction of total expenses in the Statement of Operations. Additionally, MFS has agreed to bear all expenses associated with office space, other administrative support, and supplies provided to the ICCO and Assistant ICCO.

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

(4) Portfolio Securities

Purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term obligations, were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  
U.S. Government securities      $—         $538,273   
Investments (non-U.S. Government securities)      $144,388,441         $160,267,518   

(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 323,409 shares of beneficial interest during the six months ended April 30, 2014 at an average price per share of $6.52 and a weighted average discount of 11.32% per share. The fund repurchased and retired 202,200 shares of beneficial interest during the year ended October 31, 2013 at an average price per share of $6.50 and a weighted average discount of 11.84% per share. Transactions in fund shares were as follows:

 

     Six months ended
4/30/14
     Year ended
10/31/13
 
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  
Capital shares reacquired      (323,409      $(2,108,656      (202,200      $(1,314,939

(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, 2014, 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 22, 2014. 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

 

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greater of Overnight LIBOR or the Federal Funds Rate each plus an agreed upon spread. The fund incurred interest expense of $424,828 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, 2014, the average loan balance was $100,000,000 at a weighted average annual interest rate of 0.84%. The fund is subject to certain covenants including, but not limited to, requirements with respect to asset coverage, portfolio diversification and liquidity.

(7) Transactions in Underlying Affiliated Funds-Affiliated Issuers

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

 

Underlying Affiliated Fund    Beginning
Shares/Par
Amount
     Acquisitions
Shares/Par
Amount
     Dispositions
Shares/Par
Amount
    Ending
Shares/Par
Amount
 
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio      24,441,444         100,144,399         (87,562,525     37,023,318   
Underlying Affiliated Fund    Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Capital Gain
Distributions
     Dividend
Income
    Ending
Value
 
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio      $—         $—         $15,662        $37,023,318   

 

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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, 2014, and the related statements of operations, changes in net assets, cash flows, and financial highlights for the six-month period ended April 30, 2014. 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, 2013, and financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended October 31, 2013, and in our report dated December 16, 2013, we expressed an unqualified opinion on such statement of changes in net assets and financial highlights.

 

LOGO

Boston, Massachusetts

June 13, 2014

 

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BOARD REVIEW OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT

A discussion regarding the Board’s most recent review and renewal of the fund’s Investment Advisory Agreement with MFS is available by clicking on the fund’s name under “Closed-End Funds” in the “Products” section of the MFS Web site (mfs.com).

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, 2013 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 “Commentary & Announcements” and “Market Outlooks” sections of mfs.com or 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 definitions enumerated in paragraph (b) of Item 2 of this Form N-CSR. During the period covered by this report, the Registrant did not grant a waiver, including an implicit waiver, from any provision of the Code.

 

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

Not applicable for semi-annual reports.

 

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Not applicable for semi-annual reports.

 

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

Not applicable for semi-annual reports.

 

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

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

 

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

Not applicable for semi-annual reports.


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

There were no changes during this period.

 

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
 

11/01/13-11/30/13

     0         N/A         0         7,635,610   

12/01/13-12/31/13

     159,360         6.52         159,360         7,476,250   

1/01/14-1/31/14

     0         N/A         0         7,476,250   

2/01/14-2/28/14

     0         N/A         0         7,476,250   

3/01/14-3/31/14

     164,049         6.52         164,049         7,637,605   

4/01/14-4/30/14

     0         N/A         0         7,637,605   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     323,409         6.52         323,409      
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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, 2014 plan year is 7,801,654.

 

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.

 

(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)*   JOHN M. CORCORAN
  John M. Corcoran, President

Date: June 13, 2014

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)*   JOHN M. CORCORAN
  John M. Corcoran, President (Principal Executive Officer)

Date: June 13, 2014

 

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

Date: June 13, 2014

 

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