[N-CSR] Western Asset Global High Income Fund, Inc Certified Shareholder Report
Western Asset Global High Income Fund (EHI) posted a 12-month total return of 5.03% on NAV and 4.17% on market price for the fiscal year ended 31-May-25, trailing its Composite benchmark (7.52%) and major sub-indices. The Fund paid $0.84 per share in distributions, of which $0.29 was classified as return of capital.
Management shifted the portfolio toward below-IG corporates, bank loans, CLOs and non-agency RMBS, financing the move by trimming EM debt and IG corporates. Net financial leverage was used tactically and fell to ~29% of total assets from ~34%, modestly enhancing returns amid easing U.S. rates. As of period-end the top sector weights were sovereign bonds (21.9%), consumer discretionary (19.7%), financials (15.5%), energy (15.5%) and communication services (13.9%).
Positive drivers: overweight positions in Dish, CSC Holdings, Virgin Media, Petrobras, Argentine provincial bonds, select bank loans and tactical currency/credit hedges. Key drags: escrow tied to Credit Suisse AT1s, PM General, Spirit Airlines, Saks Global and under-performance of Mexican local debt. The Fund remains non-diversified, employs derivatives and leverage, and invests heavily in high-yield and emerging-market securities, exposing shareholders to elevated credit, liquidity and market risks.
Western Asset Global High Income Fund (EHI) ha registrato un rendimento totale a 12 mesi del 5,03% sul NAV e del 4,17% sul prezzo di mercato per l'anno fiscale terminato il 31 maggio 2025, risultando inferiore al suo benchmark composito (7,52%) e ai principali sottoindici. Il Fondo ha distribuito 0,84 dollari per azione, di cui 0,29 dollari sono stati classificati come restituzione di capitale.
La gestione ha orientato il portafoglio verso società corporate sotto il rating IG, prestiti bancari, CLO e RMBS non agency, finanziando questo spostamento riducendo il debito dei mercati emergenti e le corporate IG. La leva finanziaria netta è stata utilizzata in modo tattico, scendendo a circa il 29% del totale degli asset dal 34%, migliorando moderatamente i rendimenti in un contesto di allentamento dei tassi USA. Alla fine del periodo, i principali pesi settoriali erano obbligazioni sovrane (21,9%), beni di consumo discrezionali (19,7%), settore finanziario (15,5%), energia (15,5%) e servizi di comunicazione (13,9%).
Fattori positivi: posizioni sovrappesate in Dish, CSC Holdings, Virgin Media, Petrobras, obbligazioni provinciali argentine, selezionati prestiti bancari e coperture valutarie/creditizie tattiche. Elementi negativi: fondi vincolati agli AT1 di Credit Suisse, PM General, Spirit Airlines, Saks Global e sottoperformance del debito locale messicano. Il Fondo rimane non diversificato, utilizza derivati e leva finanziaria, e investe pesantemente in titoli high-yield e dei mercati emergenti, esponendo gli azionisti a rischi elevati di credito, liquidità e mercato.
Western Asset Global High Income Fund (EHI) obtuvo un rendimiento total a 12 meses del 5,03% sobre el NAV y del 4,17% sobre el precio de mercado para el año fiscal finalizado el 31 de mayo de 2025, quedando por debajo de su índice de referencia compuesto (7,52%) y de los principales subíndices. El Fondo pagó distribuciones de $0,84 por acción, de las cuales $0,29 se clasificaron como devolución de capital.
La gestión desplazó la cartera hacia corporativos por debajo de grado de inversión, préstamos bancarios, CLO y RMBS no agency, financiando este movimiento recortando deuda de mercados emergentes y corporativos grado de inversión. El apalancamiento financiero neto se utilizó tácticamente y disminuyó a ~29% de los activos totales desde ~34%, mejorando modestamente los rendimientos en un contexto de relajación de las tasas en EE.UU. Al cierre del período, los principales pesos sectoriales fueron bonos soberanos (21,9%), consumo discrecional (19,7%), financieros (15,5%), energía (15,5%) y servicios de comunicación (13,9%).
Factores positivos: posiciones sobreponderadas en Dish, CSC Holdings, Virgin Media, Petrobras, bonos provinciales argentinos, préstamos bancarios selectos y coberturas tácticas de divisas/crédito. Principales lastres: fondos en custodia vinculados a AT1 de Credit Suisse, PM General, Spirit Airlines, Saks Global y bajo desempeño de deuda local mexicana. El Fondo sigue sin diversificar, utiliza derivados y apalancamiento, e invierte fuertemente en valores de alto rendimiento y mercados emergentes, exponiendo a los accionistas a elevados riesgos de crédito, liquidez y mercado.
Western Asset Global High Income Fund (EHI)는 2025년 5월 31일 종료된 회계연도 동안 순자산가치(NAV) 기준 12개월 총수익률 5.03%, 시장가격 기준 4.17%를 기록했으며, 복합 벤치마크(7.52%) 및 주요 하위 지수를 하회했습니다. 펀드는 주당 0.84달러의 분배금을 지급했으며, 이 중 0.29달러는 자본 반환으로 분류되었습니다.
운용팀은 포트폴리오를 투자적격등급(IG) 미만의 기업, 은행 대출, CLO 및 비에이전시 RMBS 쪽으로 전환했으며, 이를 위해 신흥시장 채권과 IG 기업 채권을 축소했습니다. 순금융 레버리지는 전술적으로 사용되어 전체 자산 대비 약 34%에서 약 29%로 감소했으며, 미국 금리 완화 속에서 수익률을 다소 향상시켰습니다. 기간 말 기준 주요 섹터 비중은 국채(21.9%), 임의 소비재(19.7%), 금융(15.5%), 에너지(15.5%), 통신 서비스(13.9%)였습니다.
긍정적 요인: Dish, CSC Holdings, Virgin Media, Petrobras, 아르헨티나 지방채, 일부 은행 대출 및 전술적 통화/신용 헤지에 대한 과중립 포지션. 주요 부정 요인: Credit Suisse AT1과 연계된 에스크로, PM General, Spirit Airlines, Saks Global 및 멕시코 현지 채권의 부진. 본 펀드는 비분산형이며, 파생상품과 레버리지를 활용하고 고수익 및 신흥시장 증권에 집중 투자하여 투자자에게 높은 신용, 유동성, 시장 위험에 노출됩니다.
Western Asset Global High Income Fund (EHI) a enregistré un rendement total sur 12 mois de 5,03 % sur la valeur liquidative (NAV) et de 4,17 % sur le prix du marché pour l'exercice clos le 31 mai 2025, sous-performant son indice composite de référence (7,52 %) ainsi que les principaux sous-indices. Le Fonds a versé 0,84 $ par action en distributions, dont 0,29 $ ont été classés comme un retour de capital.
La gestion a réorienté le portefeuille vers des entreprises sous-investment grade, des prêts bancaires, des CLO et des RMBS non agences, finançant ce mouvement par une réduction de la dette des marchés émergents et des entreprises investment grade. L'effet de levier financier net a été utilisé de manière tactique et est passé d'environ 34 % à environ 29 % des actifs totaux, améliorant modestement les rendements dans un contexte de détente des taux américains. À la fin de la période, les principaux poids sectoriels étaient les obligations souveraines (21,9 %), la consommation discrétionnaire (19,7 %), les services financiers (15,5 %), l'énergie (15,5 %) et les services de communication (13,9 %).
Facteurs positifs : positions surpondérées dans Dish, CSC Holdings, Virgin Media, Petrobras, obligations provinciales argentines, certains prêts bancaires sélectionnés et couvertures tactiques de change/crédit. Freins principaux : fonds en séquestre liés aux AT1 de Credit Suisse, PM General, Spirit Airlines, Saks Global et sous-performance de la dette locale mexicaine. Le Fonds reste non diversifié, utilise des dérivés et un effet de levier, et investit fortement dans des titres à haut rendement et des marchés émergents, exposant les actionnaires à des risques élevés de crédit, de liquidité et de marché.
Western Asset Global High Income Fund (EHI) erzielte für das am 31. Mai 2025 endende Geschäftsjahr eine 12-Monats-Gesamtrendite von 5,03 % auf NAV und 4,17 % auf den Marktpreis, womit er hinter seinem zusammengesetzten Benchmark (7,52 %) und wichtigen Unterindizes zurückblieb. Der Fonds zahlte Ausschüttungen von 0,84 USD je Aktie, davon wurden 0,29 USD als Kapitalrückzahlung klassifiziert.
Das Management verlagerte das Portfolio in Richtung unter Investment-Grade liegender Unternehmensanleihen, Bankkredite, CLOs und nicht-agency RMBS und finanzierte diese Umschichtung durch Kürzungen bei Schwellenländeranleihen und Investment-Grade-Unternehmensanleihen. Die Nettoverschuldung wurde taktisch eingesetzt und sank von ca. 34 % auf ca. 29 % der Gesamtvermögenswerte, was die Renditen bei sinkenden US-Zinsen leicht verbesserte. Zum Periodenende lagen die größten Sektoranteile bei Staatsanleihen (21,9 %), zyklischem Konsum (19,7 %), Finanzwerten (15,5 %), Energie (15,5 %) und Kommunikationsdiensten (13,9 %).
Positive Treiber: Übergewichtete Positionen in Dish, CSC Holdings, Virgin Media, Petrobras, argentinischen Provinzanleihen, ausgewählten Bankkrediten sowie taktische Währungs- und Kreditabsicherungen. Wichtige Belastungen: Treuhandvermögen im Zusammenhang mit Credit Suisse AT1s, PM General, Spirit Airlines, Saks Global und Underperformance mexikanischer Lokalwährungen. Der Fonds bleibt undiversifiziert, setzt Derivate und Hebel ein und investiert stark in Hochzins- und Schwellenmarktanleihen, wodurch Anleger erhöhten Kredit-, Liquiditäts- und Marktrisiken ausgesetzt sind.
- Positive absolute return: NAV rose 5.03% during the fiscal year.
- Leverage reduced: ratio cut to ~29% of assets from ~34%, lowering funding risk.
- High distribution: $0.84 per share paid, supporting income objective.
- Strong contributors: overweights in U.S. high-yield telecoms, cruise lines and Petrobras added alpha.
- Tactical hedges: Currency forwards and index CDS delivered incremental gains.
- Benchmark underperformance: lagged Composite by 249 bps and high-yield index by 429 bps.
- Return of capital: $0.29 of distribution classified as ROC, potentially eroding NAV.
- Credit Suisse AT1 escrow: large position marked toward zero, materially detracting.
- High risk profile: 84% below-IG holdings, 29% leverage and sizable EM sovereign exposure elevate volatility.
- Exposure to distressed assets: holdings in Chinese developers and Ukrainian sovereigns carry default risk.
Insights
TL;DR – Solid absolute gain, but relative underperformance and high risk mix keep outlook neutral.
EHI generated positive absolute returns, reduced leverage by 500 bps and maintained high distribution levels. However, a 250–430 bps lag versus its high-yield and EM benchmarks, plus a 35% benchmark lag on the Composite, signals limited alpha. Strategy adjustments toward loans and CLOs should raise carry but also complexity. The 29% leverage ratio still magnifies volatility, and one-third of distributions were ROC. Valuation will hinge on future rate moves and credit spreads; current data justify a neutral stance.
TL;DR – Concentrated below-IG exposure and illiquid positions heighten downside risk.
The portfolio is 84% below-investment-grade corporates and 21% sovereign EM debt, with meaningful stakes in distressed names (Credit Suisse AT1 escrow, Chinese developers, Ukrainian bonds). CLO equity, CMBS mezzanine tranches and PIK notes further increase tail risk. Although leverage was cut, 29% remains elevated given the credit mix. Under-performance versus high-yield peers despite favorable rate backdrop suggests limited cushion in a downturn. Investors should monitor funding costs, distribution sustainability and any deterioration in EM sovereigns.
Western Asset Global High Income Fund (EHI) ha registrato un rendimento totale a 12 mesi del 5,03% sul NAV e del 4,17% sul prezzo di mercato per l'anno fiscale terminato il 31 maggio 2025, risultando inferiore al suo benchmark composito (7,52%) e ai principali sottoindici. Il Fondo ha distribuito 0,84 dollari per azione, di cui 0,29 dollari sono stati classificati come restituzione di capitale.
La gestione ha orientato il portafoglio verso società corporate sotto il rating IG, prestiti bancari, CLO e RMBS non agency, finanziando questo spostamento riducendo il debito dei mercati emergenti e le corporate IG. La leva finanziaria netta è stata utilizzata in modo tattico, scendendo a circa il 29% del totale degli asset dal 34%, migliorando moderatamente i rendimenti in un contesto di allentamento dei tassi USA. Alla fine del periodo, i principali pesi settoriali erano obbligazioni sovrane (21,9%), beni di consumo discrezionali (19,7%), settore finanziario (15,5%), energia (15,5%) e servizi di comunicazione (13,9%).
Fattori positivi: posizioni sovrappesate in Dish, CSC Holdings, Virgin Media, Petrobras, obbligazioni provinciali argentine, selezionati prestiti bancari e coperture valutarie/creditizie tattiche. Elementi negativi: fondi vincolati agli AT1 di Credit Suisse, PM General, Spirit Airlines, Saks Global e sottoperformance del debito locale messicano. Il Fondo rimane non diversificato, utilizza derivati e leva finanziaria, e investe pesantemente in titoli high-yield e dei mercati emergenti, esponendo gli azionisti a rischi elevati di credito, liquidità e mercato.
Western Asset Global High Income Fund (EHI) obtuvo un rendimiento total a 12 meses del 5,03% sobre el NAV y del 4,17% sobre el precio de mercado para el año fiscal finalizado el 31 de mayo de 2025, quedando por debajo de su índice de referencia compuesto (7,52%) y de los principales subíndices. El Fondo pagó distribuciones de $0,84 por acción, de las cuales $0,29 se clasificaron como devolución de capital.
La gestión desplazó la cartera hacia corporativos por debajo de grado de inversión, préstamos bancarios, CLO y RMBS no agency, financiando este movimiento recortando deuda de mercados emergentes y corporativos grado de inversión. El apalancamiento financiero neto se utilizó tácticamente y disminuyó a ~29% de los activos totales desde ~34%, mejorando modestamente los rendimientos en un contexto de relajación de las tasas en EE.UU. Al cierre del período, los principales pesos sectoriales fueron bonos soberanos (21,9%), consumo discrecional (19,7%), financieros (15,5%), energía (15,5%) y servicios de comunicación (13,9%).
Factores positivos: posiciones sobreponderadas en Dish, CSC Holdings, Virgin Media, Petrobras, bonos provinciales argentinos, préstamos bancarios selectos y coberturas tácticas de divisas/crédito. Principales lastres: fondos en custodia vinculados a AT1 de Credit Suisse, PM General, Spirit Airlines, Saks Global y bajo desempeño de deuda local mexicana. El Fondo sigue sin diversificar, utiliza derivados y apalancamiento, e invierte fuertemente en valores de alto rendimiento y mercados emergentes, exponiendo a los accionistas a elevados riesgos de crédito, liquidez y mercado.
Western Asset Global High Income Fund (EHI)는 2025년 5월 31일 종료된 회계연도 동안 순자산가치(NAV) 기준 12개월 총수익률 5.03%, 시장가격 기준 4.17%를 기록했으며, 복합 벤치마크(7.52%) 및 주요 하위 지수를 하회했습니다. 펀드는 주당 0.84달러의 분배금을 지급했으며, 이 중 0.29달러는 자본 반환으로 분류되었습니다.
운용팀은 포트폴리오를 투자적격등급(IG) 미만의 기업, 은행 대출, CLO 및 비에이전시 RMBS 쪽으로 전환했으며, 이를 위해 신흥시장 채권과 IG 기업 채권을 축소했습니다. 순금융 레버리지는 전술적으로 사용되어 전체 자산 대비 약 34%에서 약 29%로 감소했으며, 미국 금리 완화 속에서 수익률을 다소 향상시켰습니다. 기간 말 기준 주요 섹터 비중은 국채(21.9%), 임의 소비재(19.7%), 금융(15.5%), 에너지(15.5%), 통신 서비스(13.9%)였습니다.
긍정적 요인: Dish, CSC Holdings, Virgin Media, Petrobras, 아르헨티나 지방채, 일부 은행 대출 및 전술적 통화/신용 헤지에 대한 과중립 포지션. 주요 부정 요인: Credit Suisse AT1과 연계된 에스크로, PM General, Spirit Airlines, Saks Global 및 멕시코 현지 채권의 부진. 본 펀드는 비분산형이며, 파생상품과 레버리지를 활용하고 고수익 및 신흥시장 증권에 집중 투자하여 투자자에게 높은 신용, 유동성, 시장 위험에 노출됩니다.
Western Asset Global High Income Fund (EHI) a enregistré un rendement total sur 12 mois de 5,03 % sur la valeur liquidative (NAV) et de 4,17 % sur le prix du marché pour l'exercice clos le 31 mai 2025, sous-performant son indice composite de référence (7,52 %) ainsi que les principaux sous-indices. Le Fonds a versé 0,84 $ par action en distributions, dont 0,29 $ ont été classés comme un retour de capital.
La gestion a réorienté le portefeuille vers des entreprises sous-investment grade, des prêts bancaires, des CLO et des RMBS non agences, finançant ce mouvement par une réduction de la dette des marchés émergents et des entreprises investment grade. L'effet de levier financier net a été utilisé de manière tactique et est passé d'environ 34 % à environ 29 % des actifs totaux, améliorant modestement les rendements dans un contexte de détente des taux américains. À la fin de la période, les principaux poids sectoriels étaient les obligations souveraines (21,9 %), la consommation discrétionnaire (19,7 %), les services financiers (15,5 %), l'énergie (15,5 %) et les services de communication (13,9 %).
Facteurs positifs : positions surpondérées dans Dish, CSC Holdings, Virgin Media, Petrobras, obligations provinciales argentines, certains prêts bancaires sélectionnés et couvertures tactiques de change/crédit. Freins principaux : fonds en séquestre liés aux AT1 de Credit Suisse, PM General, Spirit Airlines, Saks Global et sous-performance de la dette locale mexicaine. Le Fonds reste non diversifié, utilise des dérivés et un effet de levier, et investit fortement dans des titres à haut rendement et des marchés émergents, exposant les actionnaires à des risques élevés de crédit, de liquidité et de marché.
Western Asset Global High Income Fund (EHI) erzielte für das am 31. Mai 2025 endende Geschäftsjahr eine 12-Monats-Gesamtrendite von 5,03 % auf NAV und 4,17 % auf den Marktpreis, womit er hinter seinem zusammengesetzten Benchmark (7,52 %) und wichtigen Unterindizes zurückblieb. Der Fonds zahlte Ausschüttungen von 0,84 USD je Aktie, davon wurden 0,29 USD als Kapitalrückzahlung klassifiziert.
Das Management verlagerte das Portfolio in Richtung unter Investment-Grade liegender Unternehmensanleihen, Bankkredite, CLOs und nicht-agency RMBS und finanzierte diese Umschichtung durch Kürzungen bei Schwellenländeranleihen und Investment-Grade-Unternehmensanleihen. Die Nettoverschuldung wurde taktisch eingesetzt und sank von ca. 34 % auf ca. 29 % der Gesamtvermögenswerte, was die Renditen bei sinkenden US-Zinsen leicht verbesserte. Zum Periodenende lagen die größten Sektoranteile bei Staatsanleihen (21,9 %), zyklischem Konsum (19,7 %), Finanzwerten (15,5 %), Energie (15,5 %) und Kommunikationsdiensten (13,9 %).
Positive Treiber: Übergewichtete Positionen in Dish, CSC Holdings, Virgin Media, Petrobras, argentinischen Provinzanleihen, ausgewählten Bankkrediten sowie taktische Währungs- und Kreditabsicherungen. Wichtige Belastungen: Treuhandvermögen im Zusammenhang mit Credit Suisse AT1s, PM General, Spirit Airlines, Saks Global und Underperformance mexikanischer Lokalwährungen. Der Fonds bleibt undiversifiziert, setzt Derivate und Hebel ein und investiert stark in Hochzins- und Schwellenmarktanleihen, wodurch Anleger erhöhten Kredit-, Liquiditäts- und Marktrisiken ausgesetzt sind.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-21337
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
One Madison Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10010
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Marc A. De Oliveira
Franklin Templeton
100 First Stamford Place
Stamford, CT 06902
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-888-777-0102
Date of fiscal year end: May 31
Date of reporting period:
ITEM 1. | REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS |
(a) The Report to Shareholders is filed herewith

GLOBAL HIGH INCOME
FUND INC. (EHI)


Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests in a global portfolio of securities consisting of below investment grade fixed income securities, emerging market fixed income securities and investment grade fixed income securities.
Letter
from the president |
III
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Fund
overview |
1
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Fund
at a glance |
7
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Fund
performance |
8
|
Schedule
of investments |
10
|
Statement
of assets and liabilities |
38
|
Statement
of operations |
39
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Statements
of changes in net assets |
40
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Statement
of cash flows |
41
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Financial
highlights |
43
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Notes
to financial statements |
46
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Report
of independent registered public accounting firm
|
64
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Board
approval of management and subadvisory agreements
|
65
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Additional
information |
72
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Annual
chief executive officer and principal financial officer certifications |
78
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Other
shareholder communications regarding accounting matters |
79
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Important
information to shareholders |
80
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Summary
of information regarding the Fund |
83
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Dividend
reinvestment plan |
106
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Important
tax information |
108
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II


President and Chief Executive Officer
III
1
2
Performance
Snapshot as of May 31, 2025
| |
Price
Per Share |
12-Month
Total
Return** |
$6.68
(NAV) |
5.03
%† |
$6.41
(Market Price) |
4.17
%‡ |
3
4
5
6

7
Net
Asset Value | |
Average
annual total returns1
|
|
Twelve
Months Ended 5/31/25 |
5.03
% |
Five
Years Ended 5/31/25 |
2.38
|
Ten
Years Ended 5/31/25 |
3.06
|
Cumulative
total returns1
|
|
5/31/15
through 5/31/25 |
35.19
% |
Market
Price | |
Average
annual total returns2
|
|
Twelve
Months Ended 5/31/25 |
4.17
% |
Five
Years Ended 5/31/25 |
3.41
|
Ten
Years Ended 5/31/25 |
4.63
|
Cumulative
total returns2
|
|
5/31/15
through 5/31/25 |
57.20
% |
1
|
Assumes
the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value. |
2
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Assumes
the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, in additional shares in
accordance
with the Fund’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan. |
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9
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
Corporate
Bonds & Notes — 83.6% | |||||
Communication
Services — 11.2% | |||||
Diversified
Telecommunication Services — 2.9% | |||||
Altice
Financing SA, Senior Secured Notes |
5.000%
|
1/15/28
|
750,000
|
$587,934
(a)
| |
Altice
Financing SA, Senior Secured Notes |
5.750%
|
8/15/29
|
2,090,000
|
1,599,200
(a)(b)
| |
Altice
France Holding SA, Senior Secured
Notes
|
10.500%
|
5/15/27
|
470,000
|
168,427
(a)
| |
Altice
France Holding SA, Senior Secured
Notes
|
6.000%
|
2/15/28
|
1,150,000
|
419,843
(a)
| |
Altice
France SA, Senior Secured Notes |
5.500%
|
1/15/28
|
210,000
|
180,960
(a)
| |
Altice
France SA, Senior Secured Notes |
5.500%
|
10/15/29
|
750,000
|
637,801
(a)
| |
British
Telecommunications PLC, Senior
Notes
|
9.625%
|
12/15/30
|
60,000
|
73,209
| |
Fibercop
SpA, Senior Secured Notes |
7.200%
|
7/18/36
|
846,000
|
818,505
(a)(b)
| |
Telecom
Italia Capital SA, Senior Notes |
7.200%
|
7/18/36
|
284,000
|
295,893
| |
Turk
Telekomunikasyon AS, Senior Notes |
7.375%
|
5/20/29
|
1,090,000
|
1,106,677
(a)
| |
Total
Diversified Telecommunication Services |
5,888,449
| ||||
Entertainment
— 0.5% | |||||
Banijay
Entertainment SAS, Senior Secured
Notes
|
8.125%
|
5/1/29
|
870,000
|
903,627
(a)(b)
| |
Interactive
Media & Services — 0.4% | |||||
Snap
Inc., Senior Notes |
6.875%
|
3/1/33
|
870,000
|
882,124
(a)(b)
| |
Media
— 5.0% | |||||
AMC
Networks Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
10.250%
|
1/15/29
|
540,000
|
572,943
(a)(b)
| |
CCO
Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital
Corp.,
Senior Notes |
4.500%
|
5/1/32
|
640,000
|
582,956
(b)
| |
Charter
Communications Operating LLC/
Charter
Communications Operating Capital
Corp.,
Senior Secured Notes |
3.700%
|
4/1/51
|
500,000
|
322,156
(b)
| |
Charter
Communications Operating LLC/
Charter
Communications Operating Capital
Corp.,
Senior Secured Notes |
3.850%
|
4/1/61
|
2,830,000
|
1,745,797
(b)
| |
DirecTV
Financing LLC/DirecTV Financing
Co-Obligor
Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
5.875%
|
8/15/27
|
170,000
|
167,455
(a)(b)
| |
DirecTV
Financing LLC/DirecTV Financing
Co-Obligor
Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
10.000%
|
2/15/31
|
590,000
|
574,673
(a)(b)
| |
EchoStar
Corp., Senior Secured Notes |
10.750%
|
11/30/29
|
2,365,000
|
2,378,185
(b)
| |
EchoStar
Corp., Senior Secured Notes
(6.750%
Cash or 6.750% PIK) |
6.750%
|
11/30/30
|
1,401,270
|
1,205,968
(b)(c)
| |
Getty
Images Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
11.250%
|
2/21/30
|
90,000
|
89,409
(a)
|
10
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
Media
— continued | |||||
iHeartCommunications
Inc., Senior Secured
Notes
|
9.125%
|
5/1/29
|
456,000
|
$379,043
(a)(b)
| |
United
Group BV, Senior Secured Notes |
5.250%
|
2/1/30
|
540,000
EUR
|
614,200
(d)
| |
Virgin
Media Finance PLC, Senior Notes |
5.000%
|
7/15/30
|
960,000
|
871,006
(a)(b)
| |
Virgin
Media Vendor Financing Notes III
DAC,
Senior Secured Notes |
4.875%
|
7/15/28
|
500,000
GBP
|
641,332
(a)(b)
| |
Total
Media |
10,145,123
| ||||
Wireless
Telecommunication Services — 2.4% | |||||
CSC
Holdings LLC, Senior Notes |
11.750%
|
1/31/29
|
930,000
|
872,406
(a)(b)
| |
CSC
Holdings LLC, Senior Notes |
4.500%
|
11/15/31
|
2,210,000
|
1,496,008
(a)(b)
| |
Sprint
Capital Corp., Senior Notes |
6.875%
|
11/15/28
|
560,000
|
599,203
(b)
| |
Sprint
Capital Corp., Senior Notes |
8.750%
|
3/15/32
|
1,160,000
|
1,390,015
(b)
| |
Vmed
O2 UK Financing I PLC, Senior
Secured
Notes |
4.500%
|
7/15/31
|
450,000
GBP
|
540,667
(a)
| |
Total
Wireless Telecommunication Services |
4,898,299
| ||||
| |||||
Total
Communication Services |
22,717,622
| ||||
Consumer
Discretionary — 17.8% | |||||
Automobile
Components — 1.7% | |||||
Adient
Global Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes |
7.500%
|
2/15/33
|
380,000
|
377,259
(a)
| |
Clarios
Global LP/Clarios US Finance Co.,
Senior
Secured Notes |
6.750%
|
2/15/30
|
470,000
|
479,050
(a)
| |
Garrett
Motion Holdings Inc./Garrett LX I
Sarl,
Senior Notes |
7.750%
|
5/31/32
|
360,000
|
367,682
(a)
| |
JB
Poindexter & Co. Inc., Senior Notes |
8.750%
|
12/15/31
|
1,210,000
|
1,201,027
(a)(b)
| |
ZF
North America Capital Inc., Senior Notes |
6.875%
|
4/23/32
|
1,090,000
|
1,000,755
(a)(b)
| |
Total
Automobile Components |
3,425,773
| ||||
Automobiles
— 2.4% | |||||
Ford
Motor Co., Senior Notes |
3.250%
|
2/12/32
|
1,490,000
|
1,230,194
(b)
| |
Ford
Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes |
7.350%
|
3/6/30
|
500,000
|
521,023
(b)
| |
Nissan
Motor Co. Ltd., Senior Notes |
4.810%
|
9/17/30
|
2,190,000
|
2,018,151
(a)(b)
| |
PM
General Purchaser LLC, Senior Secured
Notes
|
9.500%
|
10/1/28
|
1,770,000
|
1,146,517
(a)(b)
| |
Total
Automobiles |
4,915,885
| ||||
Broadline
Retail — 0.8% | |||||
Marks
& Spencer PLC, Senior Notes |
7.125%
|
12/1/37
|
1,120,000
|
1,177,754
(a)(b)
| |
Prosus
NV, Senior Notes |
4.193%
|
1/19/32
|
500,000
|
458,376
(d)
| |
Total
Broadline Retail |
1,636,130
| ||||
Diversified
Consumer Services — 0.4% | |||||
Service
Corp. International, Senior Notes |
7.500%
|
4/1/27
|
770,000
|
799,067
(b)
|
11
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
| |||||
Hotels,
Restaurants & Leisure — 10.0% | |||||
888
Acquisitions Ltd., Senior Secured
Notes
|
7.558%
|
7/15/27
|
2,010,000
EUR
|
$2,295,206
(a)
| |
Caesars
Entertainment Inc., Senior Secured
Notes
|
6.500%
|
2/15/32
|
360,000
|
363,121
(a)(b)
| |
Carnival
Corp., Senior Notes |
5.875%
|
6/15/31
|
240,000
|
240,294
(a)
| |
Carnival
Corp., Senior Notes |
6.125%
|
2/15/33
|
1,280,000
|
1,283,961
(a)(b)
| |
Carnival
PLC, Senior Notes |
1.000%
|
10/28/29
|
2,760,000
EUR
|
2,819,407
(b)
| |
Full
House Resorts Inc., Senior Secured
Notes
|
8.250%
|
2/15/28
|
1,660,000
|
1,589,359
(a)(b)
| |
Las
Vegas Sands Corp., Senior Notes |
5.625%
|
6/15/28
|
90,000
|
90,229
| |
Las
Vegas Sands Corp., Senior Notes |
3.900%
|
8/8/29
|
1,260,000
|
1,182,635
(b)
| |
Las
Vegas Sands Corp., Senior Notes |
6.000%
|
6/14/30
|
640,000
|
647,281
| |
Melco
Resorts Finance Ltd., Senior Notes |
5.375%
|
12/4/29
|
530,000
|
488,070
(a)(b)
| |
NCL
Corp. Ltd., Senior Secured Notes |
8.125%
|
1/15/29
|
190,000
|
200,170
(a)
| |
NCL
Finance Ltd., Senior Notes |
6.125%
|
3/15/28
|
1,830,000
|
1,842,784
(a)(b)
| |
Royal
Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Senior Notes |
5.375%
|
7/15/27
|
1,810,000
|
1,812,773
(a)(b)
| |
Royal
Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Senior Notes |
5.500%
|
4/1/28
|
1,170,000
|
1,173,563
(a)(b)
| |
Sands
China Ltd., Senior Notes |
2.850%
|
3/8/29
|
680,000
|
617,096
| |
Viking
Ocean Cruises Ship VII Ltd., Senior
Secured
Notes |
5.625%
|
2/15/29
|
764,000
|
755,574
(a)(b)
| |
VOC
Escrow Ltd., Senior Secured Notes |
5.000%
|
2/15/28
|
160,000
|
157,921
(a)
| |
Wynn
Macau Ltd., Senior Notes |
5.625%
|
8/26/28
|
850,000
|
820,006
(a)(b)
| |
Wynn
Macau Ltd., Senior Notes |
5.125%
|
12/15/29
|
270,000
|
252,933
(a)
| |
Wynn
Resorts Finance LLC/Wynn Resorts
Capital
Corp., Senior Notes |
5.125%
|
10/1/29
|
1,030,000
|
1,005,121
(a)(b)
| |
Wynn
Resorts Finance LLC/Wynn Resorts
Capital
Corp., Senior Notes |
7.125%
|
2/15/31
|
470,000
|
493,257
(a)(b)
| |
Total
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure |
20,130,761
| ||||
Household
Durables — 0.2% | |||||
Newell
Brands Inc., Senior Notes |
8.500%
|
6/1/28
|
400,000
|
414,820
(a)
| |
Specialty
Retail — 2.0% | |||||
Global
Auto Holdings Ltd./AAG FH UK Ltd.,
Senior
Notes |
11.500%
|
8/15/29
|
1,270,000
|
1,179,157
(a)(b)
| |
Global
Auto Holdings Ltd./AAG FH UK Ltd.,
Senior
Notes |
8.750%
|
1/15/32
|
200,000
|
155,391
(a)
| |
Michaels
Cos. Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
5.250%
|
5/1/28
|
590,000
|
405,149
(a)(b)
| |
PetSmart
Inc./PetSmart Finance Corp.,
Senior
Notes |
7.750%
|
2/15/29
|
750,000
|
731,000
(a)(b)
| |
Sally
Holdings LLC/Sally Capital Inc., Senior
Notes
|
6.750%
|
3/1/32
|
560,000
|
569,526
(b)
|
12
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
| |||||
Specialty
Retail — continued | |||||
Upbound
Group Inc., Senior Notes |
6.375%
|
2/15/29
|
1,070,000
|
$1,025,139
(a)(b)
| |
Total
Specialty Retail |
4,065,362
| ||||
Textiles,
Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.3% | |||||
Saks
Global Enterprises LLC, Senior
Secured
Notes |
11.000%
|
12/15/29
|
1,340,000
|
606,350
(a)(b)
| |
| |||||
Total
Consumer Discretionary |
35,994,148
| ||||
Consumer
Staples — 0.6% | |||||
Beverages
— 0.6% | |||||
Central
American Bottling Corp./CBC
Bottling
Holdco SL/Beliv Holdco SL, Senior
Notes
|
5.250%
|
4/27/29
|
1,250,000
|
1,210,100
(a)
| |
| |||||
Energy
— 15.3% | |||||
Energy
Equipment & Services — 0.5% | |||||
Noble
Finance II LLC, Senior Notes |
8.000%
|
4/15/30
|
500,000
|
498,610
(a)(b)
| |
Yinson
Boronia Production BV, Senior
Secured
Notes |
8.947%
|
7/31/42
|
495,590
|
516,658
(a)
| |
Total
Energy Equipment & Services |
1,015,268
| ||||
Oil,
Gas & Consumable Fuels — 14.8% | |||||
Chord
Energy Corp., Senior Notes |
6.750%
|
3/15/33
|
1,190,000
|
1,182,741
(a)(b)
| |
Continental
Resources Inc., Senior Notes |
4.375%
|
1/15/28
|
790,000
|
773,026
(b)
| |
Continental
Resources Inc., Senior Notes |
4.900%
|
6/1/44
|
300,000
|
230,034
(b)
| |
Crescent
Energy Finance LLC, Senior Notes |
9.250%
|
2/15/28
|
400,000
|
413,356
(a)(b)
| |
Crescent
Energy Finance LLC, Senior Notes |
7.375%
|
1/15/33
|
510,000
|
473,750
(a)(b)
| |
Diamondback
Energy Inc., Senior Notes |
3.500%
|
12/1/29
|
730,000
|
690,646
(b)
| |
Ecopetrol
SA, Senior Notes |
5.875%
|
5/28/45
|
2,050,000
|
1,381,885
(b)(e)
| |
Energy
Transfer LP, Junior Subordinated
Notes
(6.625% to 2/15/28 then 3 mo. USD
LIBOR
+ 4.155%) |
6.625%
|
2/15/28
|
680,000
|
672,277
(b)(f)(g)
| |
EQT
Corp., Senior Notes |
3.900%
|
10/1/27
|
1,030,000
|
1,013,161
(b)
| |
EQT
Corp., Senior Notes |
7.500%
|
6/1/30
|
510,000
|
553,886
(a)(b)
| |
EQT
Corp., Senior Notes |
4.750%
|
1/15/31
|
1,540,000
|
1,490,393
(a)(b)
| |
KazMunayGas
National Co. JSC, Senior
Notes
|
3.500%
|
4/14/33
|
500,000
|
420,851
(a)
| |
Kinder
Morgan Inc., Senior Notes |
7.750%
|
1/15/32
|
1,390,000
|
1,579,310
(b)
| |
New
Generation Gas Gathering LLC, Senior
Secured
Notes (3 mo. Term SOFR + 5.750%) |
10.016%
|
9/30/29
|
345,946
|
340,757
(a)(g)(h)(i)
| |
NGPL
PipeCo LLC, Senior Notes |
7.768%
|
12/15/37
|
1,430,000
|
1,583,394
(a)(b)
| |
Occidental
Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes |
6.200%
|
3/15/40
|
310,000
|
289,254
(b)
| |
Permian
Resources Operating LLC, Senior
Notes
|
6.250%
|
2/1/33
|
400,000
|
395,003
(a)
|
13
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
| |||||
Oil,
Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued | |||||
Petrobras
Global Finance BV, Senior Notes |
6.750%
|
1/27/41
|
2,910,000
|
$2,814,557
(b)
| |
Petroleos
del Peru SA, Senior Notes |
4.750%
|
6/19/32
|
650,000
|
486,449
(a)
| |
Petroleos
del Peru SA, Senior Notes |
5.625%
|
6/19/47
|
1,500,000
|
914,447
(a)
| |
Petroleos
Mexicanos, Senior Notes |
6.500%
|
6/2/41
|
250,000
|
176,928
| |
Petroleos
Mexicanos, Senior Notes |
6.375%
|
1/23/45
|
3,022,000
|
2,029,184
(b)
| |
Range
Resources Corp., Senior Notes |
8.250%
|
1/15/29
|
430,000
|
442,000
(b)
| |
Rockies
Express Pipeline LLC, Senior Notes |
6.750%
|
3/15/33
|
250,000
|
257,799
(a)
| |
Rockies
Express Pipeline LLC, Senior Notes |
6.875%
|
4/15/40
|
330,000
|
316,347
(a)(b)
| |
Summit
Midstream Holdings LLC, Senior
Secured
Notes |
8.625%
|
10/31/29
|
320,000
|
320,958
(a)
| |
Transcontinental
Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC,
Senior
Notes |
7.850%
|
2/1/26
|
1,500,000
|
1,518,627
(b)
| |
Venture
Global LNG Inc., Junior
Subordinated
Notes (9.000% to 9/30/29
then
5 year Treasury Constant Maturity
Rate
+ 5.440%) |
9.000%
|
9/30/29
|
3,480,000
|
3,285,609
(a)(b)(f)(g)
| |
Venture
Global Plaquemines LNG LLC,
Senior
Secured Notes |
7.750%
|
5/1/35
|
500,000
|
526,968
(a)(b)
| |
Vermilion
Energy Inc., Senior Notes |
6.875%
|
5/1/30
|
570,000
|
519,332
(a)(b)
| |
Western
Midstream Operating LP, Senior
Notes
|
5.300%
|
3/1/48
|
500,000
|
404,132
(b)
| |
Williams
Cos. Inc., Senior Notes |
7.500%
|
1/15/31
|
340,000
|
383,169
| |
Williams
Cos. Inc., Senior Notes |
8.750%
|
3/15/32
|
486,000
|
579,492
(b)
| |
Williams
Cos. Inc., Senior Notes |
5.750%
|
6/24/44
|
1,510,000
|
1,438,312
(e)
| |
Total
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels |
29,898,034
| ||||
| |||||
Total
Energy |
30,913,302
| ||||
Financials
— 11.9% | |||||
Banks
— 6.3% | |||||
Banco
Nacional de Comercio Exterior SNC,
Subordinated
Notes (2.720% to 8/11/26
then
5 year Treasury Constant Maturity
Rate
+ 2.000%) |
2.720%
|
8/11/31
|
1,000,000
|
943,675
(d)(g)
| |
Barclays
PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes
(6.125%
to 6/15/26 then 5 year Treasury
Constant
Maturity Rate + 5.867%) |
6.125%
|
12/15/25
|
1,000,000
|
999,075
(b)(f)(g)
| |
BNP
Paribas SA, Junior Subordinated
Notes
(7.750% to 8/16/29 then 5 year
Treasury
Constant Maturity Rate + 4.899%) |
7.750%
|
8/16/29
|
1,400,000
|
1,459,840
(a)(b)(f)(g)
| |
Citigroup
Inc., Senior Notes (3.785% to
3/17/32
then SOFR + 1.939%) |
3.785%
|
3/17/33
|
900,000
|
826,399
(b)(g)
|
14
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
| |||||
Banks
— continued | |||||
Credit
Agricole SA, Junior Subordinated
Notes
(8.125% to 12/23/25 then USD 5
year
ICE Swap Rate + 6.185%) |
8.125%
|
12/23/25
|
2,160,000
|
$2,191,687
(a)(b)(f)(g)
| |
HSBC
Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes
(8.113%
to 11/3/32 then SOFR + 4.250%) |
8.113%
|
11/3/33
|
950,000
|
1,085,915
(b)(g)
| |
Intesa
Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Notes |
5.710%
|
1/15/26
|
2,250,000
|
2,255,425
(a)(b)
| |
JPMorgan
Chase & Co., Junior
Subordinated
Notes (6.500% to 4/1/30
then
5 year Treasury Constant Maturity
Rate
+ 2.152%) |
6.500%
|
4/1/30
|
420,000
|
426,736
(f)(g)
| |
Lloyds
Banking Group PLC, Junior
Subordinated
Notes (8.000% to 3/27/30
then
5 year Treasury Constant Maturity
Rate
+ 3.913%) |
8.000%
|
9/27/29
|
2,360,000
|
2,486,546
(e)(f)(g)
| |
Total
Banks |
12,675,298
| ||||
Capital
Markets — 1.1% | |||||
Credit
Suisse AG AT1 Claim |
—
|
—
|
4,900,000
|
0
*(h)(i)(j)
| |
StoneX
Group Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
7.875%
|
3/1/31
|
330,000
|
347,812
(a)
| |
UBS
Group AG, Junior Subordinated Notes
(6.875%
to 8/7/25 then USD 5 year ICE
Swap
Rate + 4.590%) |
6.875%
|
8/7/25
|
600,000
|
600,809
(d)(f)(g)
| |
UBS
Group AG, Junior Subordinated Notes
(7.000%
to 8/10/30 then USD 5 year SOFR
ICE
Swap Rate + 3.077%) |
7.000%
|
2/10/30
|
600,000
|
595,519
(a)(f)(g)
| |
UBS
Group AG, Junior Subordinated Notes
(7.125%
to 2/10/35 then USD 5 year SOFR
ICE
Swap Rate + 3.179%) |
7.125%
|
8/10/34
|
260,000
|
255,769
(a)(f)(g)
| |
UBS
Group AG, Junior Subordinated Notes
(9.250%
to 11/13/28 then 5 year Treasury
Constant
Maturity Rate + 4.745%) |
9.250%
|
11/13/28
|
500,000
|
545,352
(a)(f)(g)
| |
Total
Capital Markets |
2,345,261
| ||||
Consumer
Finance — 0.2% | |||||
Navient
Corp., Senior Notes |
6.750%
|
6/15/26
|
410,000
|
415,432
(b)
| |
Financial
Services — 3.6% | |||||
AerCap
Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global
Aviation
Trust, Senior Notes |
3.400%
|
10/29/33
|
4,000,000
|
3,446,691
(e)
| |
Boost
Newco Borrower LLC, Senior
Secured
Notes |
7.500%
|
1/15/31
|
210,000
|
222,324
(a)
| |
Boost
Newco Borrower LLC/GTCR W Dutch
Finance
Sub BV, Senior Secured Notes |
8.500%
|
1/15/31
|
100,000
GBP
|
144,677
(a)
|
15
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
| |||||
Financial
Services — continued | |||||
GE
Capital International Funding Co.
Unlimited
Co., Senior Notes |
3.373%
|
11/15/25
|
1,000,000
|
$993,324
(b)
| |
Jane
Street Group/JSG Finance Inc., Senior
Secured
Notes |
7.125%
|
4/30/31
|
1,040,000
|
1,087,099
(a)(b)
| |
VFH
Parent LLC/Valor Co-Issuer Inc., Senior
Secured
Notes |
7.500%
|
6/15/31
|
500,000
|
521,699
(a)(b)
| |
VistaJet
Malta Finance PLC/Vista
Management
Holding Inc., Senior Notes |
6.375%
|
2/1/30
|
930,000
|
836,014
(a)(b)
| |
Total
Financial Services |
7,251,828
| ||||
Insurance
— 0.2% | |||||
APH
Somerset Investor 2 LLC/APH2
Somerset
Investor 2 LLC/APH3 Somerset
Investor
2 LLC, Senior Notes |
7.875%
|
11/1/29
|
410,000
|
405,986
(a)
| |
Mortgage
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.5% | |||||
Starwood
Property Trust Inc., Senior Notes |
7.250%
|
4/1/29
|
970,000
|
1,009,601
(a)(b)
| |
| |||||
Total
Financials |
24,103,406
| ||||
Health
Care — 4.5% | |||||
Health
Care Providers & Services — 1.7% | |||||
CHS/Community
Health Systems Inc.,
Senior
Secured Notes |
4.750%
|
2/15/31
|
250,000
|
214,201
(a)(b)
| |
CHS/Community
Health Systems Inc.,
Senior
Secured Notes |
10.875%
|
1/15/32
|
2,310,000
|
2,465,045
(a)(b)
| |
Sotera
Health Holdings LLC, Senior
Secured
Notes |
7.375%
|
6/1/31
|
630,000
|
655,183
(a)(b)
| |
Total
Health Care Providers & Services |
3,334,429
| ||||
Pharmaceuticals
— 2.8% | |||||
1261229
BC Ltd., Senior Secured Notes |
10.000%
|
4/15/32
|
1,540,000
|
1,525,589
(a)
| |
Bausch
Health Americas Inc., Senior Notes |
8.500%
|
1/31/27
|
460,000
|
433,920
(a)
| |
Bausch
Health Cos. Inc., Senior Notes |
6.250%
|
2/15/29
|
160,000
|
104,607
(a)
| |
Bausch
Health Cos. Inc., Senior Secured
Notes
|
4.875%
|
6/1/28
|
840,000
|
686,343
(a)(b)
| |
Par
Pharmaceutical Inc., Escrow |
—
|
—
|
310,000
|
0
*(a)(h)(i)(j)
| |
Teva
Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands
III
BV, Senior Notes |
3.150%
|
10/1/26
|
700,000
|
684,942
(b)
| |
Teva
Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands
III
BV, Senior Notes |
6.000%
|
12/1/32
|
2,260,000
|
2,282,198
| |
Total
Pharmaceuticals |
5,717,599
| ||||
| |||||
Total
Health Care |
9,052,028
|
16
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
| |||||
Industrials
— 10.5% | |||||
Aerospace
& Defense — 1.8% | |||||
Axon
Enterprise Inc., Senior Notes |
6.125%
|
3/15/30
|
290,000
|
$296,496
(a)
| |
Axon
Enterprise Inc., Senior Notes |
6.250%
|
3/15/33
|
150,000
|
152,562
(a)
| |
Bombardier
Inc., Senior Notes |
7.500%
|
2/1/29
|
620,000
|
642,186
(a)(b)
| |
Bombardier
Inc., Senior Notes |
7.250%
|
7/1/31
|
1,900,000
|
1,961,752
(a)(b)
| |
Bombardier
Inc., Senior Notes |
7.000%
|
6/1/32
|
310,000
|
317,429
(a)
| |
TransDigm
Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
7.125%
|
12/1/31
|
290,000
|
300,353
(a)
| |
Total
Aerospace & Defense |
3,670,778
| ||||
Building
Products — 0.8% | |||||
Masterbrand
Inc., Senior Notes |
7.000%
|
7/15/32
|
210,000
|
209,105
(a)
| |
Quikrete
Holdings Inc., Senior Secured
Notes
|
6.375%
|
3/1/32
|
1,310,000
|
1,332,115
(a)(b)
| |
Total
Building Products |
1,541,220
| ||||
Commercial
Services & Supplies — 3.0% | |||||
CoreCivic
Inc., Senior Notes |
8.250%
|
4/15/29
|
1,380,000
|
1,459,528
(b)
| |
GEO
Group Inc., Senior Notes |
10.250%
|
4/15/31
|
1,350,000
|
1,481,027
(b)
| |
GEO
Group Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
8.625%
|
4/15/29
|
440,000
|
464,772
| |
GFL
Environmental Inc., Senior Secured
Notes
|
6.750%
|
1/15/31
|
440,000
|
456,961
(a)
| |
RB
Global Holdings Inc., Senior Notes |
7.750%
|
3/15/31
|
690,000
|
723,156
(a)(b)
| |
RR
Donnelley & Sons Co., Senior Secured
Notes
|
9.500%
|
8/1/29
|
1,420,000
|
1,424,953
(a)(b)
| |
Total
Commercial Services & Supplies |
6,010,397
| ||||
Construction
& Engineering — 1.2% | |||||
Arcosa
Inc., Senior Notes |
6.875%
|
8/15/32
|
260,000
|
266,790
(a)
| |
ATP
Tower Holdings/Andean Telecom
Partners
Chile SpA/Andean Tower Partners
Colombia
SAS, Senior Secured Notes |
7.875%
|
2/3/30
|
750,000
|
752,410
(a)
| |
Brundage-Bone
Concrete Pumping
Holdings
Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
7.500%
|
2/1/32
|
160,000
|
159,834
(a)
| |
Tutor
Perini Corp., Senior Notes |
11.875%
|
4/30/29
|
1,040,000
|
1,158,077
(a)(b)
| |
Total
Construction & Engineering |
2,337,111
| ||||
Ground
Transportation — 0.4% | |||||
Carriage
Purchaser Inc., Senior Notes |
7.875%
|
10/15/29
|
980,000
|
839,568
(a)(b)
| |
Industrial
Conglomerates — 0.2% | |||||
Alfa
SAB de CV, Senior Notes |
6.875%
|
3/25/44
|
400,000
|
418,277
(a)
| |
Machinery
— 0.2% | |||||
New
Flyer Holdings Inc., Secured Notes |
9.250%
|
7/1/30
|
320,000
|
328,800
(a)(k)
|
17
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
| |||||
Passenger
Airlines — 2.4% | |||||
American
Airlines Inc., Senior Secured
Notes
|
7.250%
|
2/15/28
|
2,410,000
|
$2,435,862
(a)(b)
| |
American
Airlines Inc., Senior Secured
Notes
|
8.500%
|
5/15/29
|
520,000
|
539,105
(a)(b)
| |
Delta
Air Lines Inc., Senior Notes |
7.375%
|
1/15/26
|
690,000
|
698,528
(b)
| |
JetBlue
Airways Corp./JetBlue Loyalty LP,
Senior
Secured Notes |
9.875%
|
9/20/31
|
450,000
|
445,437
(a)
| |
Spirit
Loyalty Cayman Ltd./Spirit IP Cayman
Ltd.,
Senior Secured Notes (11.000% Cash
or
4.000% PIK and 8.000% Cash) |
11.000%
|
3/6/30
|
1,008,185
|
785,124
(a)(c)
| |
Total
Passenger Airlines |
4,904,056
| ||||
Trading
Companies & Distributors — 0.5% | |||||
Herc
Holdings Escrow Inc., Senior Notes |
7.000%
|
6/15/30
|
530,000
|
546,351
(a)(k)
| |
Herc
Holdings Escrow Inc., Senior Notes |
7.250%
|
6/15/33
|
530,000
|
545,848
(a)(k)
| |
Total
Trading Companies & Distributors |
1,092,199
| ||||
| |||||
Total
Industrials |
21,142,406
| ||||
Information
Technology — 3.7% | |||||
Communications
Equipment — 1.8% | |||||
CommScope
LLC, Senior Secured Notes |
4.750%
|
9/1/29
|
290,000
|
278,047
(a)
| |
CommScope
LLC, Senior Secured Notes |
9.500%
|
12/15/31
|
300,000
|
312,020
(a)
| |
Connect
Finco SARL/Connect US Finco LLC,
Senior
Secured Notes |
9.000%
|
9/15/29
|
2,420,000
|
2,309,551
(a)(b)
| |
Viasat
Inc., Senior Notes |
7.500%
|
5/30/31
|
840,000
|
671,230
(a)(b)
| |
Total
Communications Equipment |
3,570,848
| ||||
Electronic
Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.4% | |||||
EquipmentShare.com
Inc., Secured Notes |
8.625%
|
5/15/32
|
680,000
|
713,933
(a)(b)
| |
EquipmentShare.com
Inc., Senior Secured
Notes
|
8.000%
|
3/15/33
|
180,000
|
185,085
(a)
| |
Total
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components |
899,018
| ||||
IT
Services — 0.5% | |||||
CoreWeave
Inc., Senior Notes |
9.250%
|
6/1/30
|
720,000
|
719,826
(a)
| |
Shift4
Payments LLC/Shift4 Payments
Finance
Sub Inc., Senior Notes |
5.500%
|
5/15/33
|
250,000
EUR
|
291,999
(a)
| |
Total
IT Services |
1,011,825
| ||||
Software
— 0.5% | |||||
Cloud
Software Group Inc., Senior Secured
Notes
|
8.250%
|
6/30/32
|
590,000
|
620,982
(a)(b)
| |
Gen
Digital Inc., Senior Notes |
6.250%
|
4/1/33
|
430,000
|
435,849
(a)
| |
Total
Software |
1,056,831
|
18
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
| |||||
Technology
Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.5% | |||||
Diebold
Nixdorf Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
7.750%
|
3/31/30
|
320,000
|
$337,154
(a)
| |
Seagate
HDD Cayman, Senior Notes |
4.875%
|
6/1/27
|
630,000
|
633,500
| |
Total
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals |
970,654
| ||||
| |||||
Total
Information Technology |
7,509,176
| ||||
Materials
— 5.7% | |||||
Chemicals
— 0.8% | |||||
Braskem
Netherlands Finance BV, Senior
Notes
|
5.875%
|
1/31/50
|
750,000
|
497,267
(d)
| |
Cerdia
Finanz GmbH, Senior Secured Notes |
9.375%
|
10/3/31
|
210,000
|
216,305
(a)
| |
Orbia
Advance Corp. SAB de CV, Senior
Notes
|
5.875%
|
9/17/44
|
1,000,000
|
816,871
(a)(b)
| |
Total
Chemicals |
1,530,443
| ||||
Containers
& Packaging — 0.2% | |||||
Ardagh
Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh
Holdings
USA Inc., Senior Notes |
5.250%
|
8/15/27
|
840,000
|
382,969
(a)(b)
| |
Metals
& Mining — 4.7% | |||||
ArcelorMittal
SA, Senior Notes |
7.000%
|
10/15/39
|
1,140,000
|
1,237,460
(e)
| |
First
Quantum Minerals Ltd., Senior Notes |
8.625%
|
6/1/31
|
2,900,000
|
2,950,715
(a)(b)
| |
First
Quantum Minerals Ltd., Senior Notes |
8.000%
|
3/1/33
|
3,040,000
|
3,020,527
(a)(b)
| |
Freeport
Indonesia PT, Senior Notes |
5.315%
|
4/14/32
|
500,000
|
493,820
(a)
| |
Southern
Copper Corp., Senior Notes |
5.250%
|
11/8/42
|
1,620,000
|
1,463,581
(e)
| |
Teck
Resources Ltd., Senior Notes |
6.000%
|
8/15/40
|
460,000
|
452,209
| |
Total
Metals & Mining |
9,618,312
| ||||
| |||||
Total
Materials |
11,531,724
| ||||
Real
Estate — 1.1% | |||||
Diversified
REITs — 0.2% | |||||
MPT
Operating Partnership LP/MPT
Finance
Corp., Senior Secured Notes |
8.500%
|
2/15/32
|
360,000
|
369,280
(a)
| |
Health
Care REITs — 0.1% | |||||
Diversified
Healthcare Trust, Senior Notes |
4.375%
|
3/1/31
|
140,000
|
116,013
| |
Hotel
& Resort REITs — 0.4% | |||||
Service
Properties Trust, Senior Notes |
8.875%
|
6/15/32
|
900,000
|
900,672
(b)
| |
Real
Estate Management & Development — 0.2% | |||||
Add
Hero Holdings Ltd., Senior Secured
Notes
(7.500% Cash or 8.500% PIK) |
8.500%
|
9/30/29
|
103,870
|
7,531
(c)(d)
| |
Add
Hero Holdings Ltd., Senior Secured
Notes
(8.000% Cash or 9.000% PIK) |
9.000%
|
9/30/30
|
84,393
|
2,321
(c)(d)
| |
Add
Hero Holdings Ltd., Senior Secured
Notes
(8.800% Cash or 9.800% PIK) |
9.800%
|
9/30/31
|
110,974
|
2,774
(c)(d)
|
19
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
| |||||
Real
Estate Management & Development — continued | |||||
China
Aoyuan Group Ltd., Senior Notes,
Step
bond (0.000% to 9/30/31 then
1.000%)
|
0.000%
|
3/30/2173
|
152,810
|
$1,146
(d)(f)
| |
China
Aoyuan Group Ltd., Senior Secured
Notes
(5.500% PIK) |
5.500%
|
9/30/31
|
41,440
|
518
(c)(d)
| |
Country
Garden Holdings Co. Ltd., Senior
Secured
Notes |
—
|
1/27/24
|
400,000
|
31,776
*(d)(l)
| |
Cushman
& Wakefield US Borrower LLC,
Senior
Secured Notes |
8.875%
|
9/1/31
|
180,000
|
192,651
(a)
| |
Five
Point Operating Co. LP/Five Point
Capital
Corp., Senior Notes, Step bond
(10.500%
to 11/15/25 then 11.000%) |
10.500%
|
1/15/28
|
200,000
|
203,836
(a)
| |
Total
Real Estate Management & Development |
442,553
| ||||
Specialized
REITs — 0.2% | |||||
Iron
Mountain Inc., Senior Notes |
7.000%
|
2/15/29
|
450,000
|
465,223
(a)(b)
| |
| |||||
Total
Real Estate |
2,293,741
| ||||
Utilities
— 1.3% | |||||
Electric
Utilities — 1.1% | |||||
Alpha
Generation LLC, Senior Notes |
6.750%
|
10/15/32
|
160,000
|
163,265
(a)
| |
Comision
Federal de Electricidad, Senior
Notes
|
3.348%
|
2/9/31
|
600,000
|
518,077
(a)
| |
Eskom
Holdings SOC Ltd., Senior Notes |
4.314%
|
7/23/27
|
980,000
|
948,150
(d)
| |
Vistra
Operations Co. LLC, Senior Notes |
7.750%
|
10/15/31
|
550,000
|
583,530
(a)(b)
| |
Total
Electric Utilities |
2,213,022
| ||||
Independent
Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.2% | |||||
Lightning
Power LLC, Senior Secured Notes |
7.250%
|
8/15/32
|
390,000
|
409,142
(a)
| |
| |||||
Total
Utilities |
2,622,164
| ||||
Total
Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost — $163,321,401) |
169,089,817
| ||||
Sovereign
Bonds — 21.4% | |||||
Angola
— 0.7% | |||||
Angolan
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
8.250%
|
5/9/28
|
500,000
|
451,375
(a)
| |
Angolan
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
8.000%
|
11/26/29
|
1,200,000
|
1,025,666
(a)
| |
Total
Angola |
1,477,041
| ||||
Argentina
— 1.5% | |||||
Provincia
de Buenos Aires, Senior Notes |
6.625%
|
9/1/37
|
1,938,844
|
1,408,085
(a)
| |
Provincia
de Cordoba, Senior Notes |
6.875%
|
12/10/25
|
333,340
|
336,995
(d)
| |
Provincia
de Cordoba, Senior Notes |
6.875%
|
2/1/29
|
1,370,000
|
1,283,812
(a)
| |
Total
Argentina |
3,028,892
|
20
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
| |||||
Bahamas
— 0.7% | |||||
Bahamas
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
6.000%
|
11/21/28
|
1,000,000
|
$974,000
(a)
| |
Bahamas
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
9.000%
|
6/16/29
|
425,000
|
443,488
(a)
| |
Total
Bahamas |
1,417,488
| ||||
Benin
— 0.5% | |||||
Benin
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
7.960%
|
2/13/38
|
1,100,000
|
1,009,459
(a)
| |
Brazil
— 0.2% | |||||
Brazilian
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
5.625%
|
1/7/41
|
500,000
|
438,450
| |
Chile
— 0.5% | |||||
Chile
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
3.100%
|
5/7/41
|
1,500,000
|
1,095,000
| |
Colombia
— 1.1% | |||||
Colombia
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
3.250%
|
4/22/32
|
1,000,000
|
787,750
(b)
| |
Colombia
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
7.375%
|
9/18/37
|
1,042,000
|
988,837
(b)
| |
Colombia
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
4.125%
|
2/22/42
|
830,000
|
519,788
(b)
| |
Total
Colombia |
2,296,375
| ||||
Costa
Rica — 0.3% | |||||
Costa
Rica Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
7.158%
|
3/12/45
|
500,000
|
513,415
(a)
| |
Dominican
Republic — 1.2% | |||||
Dominican
Republic International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
4.500%
|
1/30/30
|
620,000
|
583,823
(a)
| |
Dominican
Republic International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
4.875%
|
9/23/32
|
1,910,000
|
1,746,504
(a)
| |
Total
Dominican Republic |
2,330,327
| ||||
Ecuador
— 0.2% | |||||
Ecuador
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes, Step bond (5.500% to
7/31/25
then 6.900%) |
5.500%
|
7/31/35
|
389,403
|
243,864
(d)
| |
Ecuador
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes, Step bond (5.000% to
7/31/26
then 5.500%) |
5.000%
|
7/31/40
|
480,000
|
258,206
(a)
| |
Total
Ecuador |
502,070
|
21
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
| |||||
Egypt
— 1.0% | |||||
Egypt
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
7.625%
|
5/29/32
|
2,280,000
|
$2,056,838
(d)
| |
Ghana
— 0.2% | |||||
Ghana
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes, Step bond (5.000% to 7/3/28
then
6.000%) |
5.000%
|
7/3/35
|
600,000
|
446,250
(a)
| |
Guatemala
— 0.6% | |||||
Guatemala
Government Bond, Senior Notes |
4.650%
|
10/7/41
|
1,500,000
|
1,172,813
(a)
| |
Indonesia
— 0.5% | |||||
Indonesia
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
6.625%
|
2/17/37
|
945,000
|
1,039,764
(d)
| |
Ivory
Coast — 0.7% | |||||
Ivory
Coast Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
6.125%
|
6/15/33
|
1,500,000
|
1,333,215
(a)
| |
Jamaica
— 0.3% | |||||
Jamaica
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
8.000%
|
3/15/39
|
500,000
|
582,260
| |
Jordan
— 0.4% | |||||
Jordan
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
5.850%
|
7/7/30
|
960,000
|
902,132
(a)
| |
Kenya
— 0.5% | |||||
Republic
of Kenya Government
International
Bond, Senior Notes |
9.750%
|
2/16/31
|
500,000
|
499,875
(a)
| |
Republic
of Kenya Government
International
Bond, Senior Notes |
8.000%
|
5/22/32
|
600,000
|
549,379
(a)
| |
Total
Kenya |
1,049,254
| ||||
Mexico
— 1.5% | |||||
Mexico
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
2.659%
|
5/24/31
|
2,020,000
|
1,718,818
(b)
| |
Mexico
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
3.500%
|
2/12/34
|
1,500,000
|
1,235,025
(b)
| |
Total
Mexico |
2,953,843
| ||||
Mozambique
— 0.3% | |||||
Mozambique
International Bond, Senior
Notes
|
9.000%
|
9/15/31
|
700,000
|
572,957
(d)
| |
Nigeria
— 1.0% | |||||
Nigeria
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
7.143%
|
2/23/30
|
920,000
|
847,529
(a)
|
22
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
| |||||
Nigeria
— continued | |||||
Nigeria
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
7.696%
|
2/23/38
|
1,450,000
|
$1,194,076
(d)
| |
Total
Nigeria |
2,041,605
| ||||
Oman
— 0.8% | |||||
Oman
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
5.625%
|
1/17/28
|
1,600,000
|
1,618,957
(a)
| |
Panama
— 0.7% | |||||
Panama
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
2.252%
|
9/29/32
|
1,890,000
|
1,395,293
(b)
| |
Peru
— 1.0% | |||||
Peruvian
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
8.750%
|
11/21/33
|
1,604,000
|
1,941,401
(b)
| |
Philippines
— 0.3% | |||||
Philippine
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
3.200%
|
7/6/46
|
1,000,000
|
690,851
| |
Qatar
— 0.7% | |||||
Qatar
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
3.750%
|
4/16/30
|
1,500,000
|
1,465,161
(a)
| |
Saudi
Arabia — 0.5% | |||||
Saudi
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
3.250%
|
10/26/26
|
1,000,000
|
987,381
(a)
| |
Senegal
— 0.4% | |||||
Senegal
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
6.250%
|
5/23/33
|
450,000
|
324,675
(a)
| |
Senegal
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
6.250%
|
5/23/33
|
600,000
|
432,900
(d)
| |
Total
Senegal |
757,575
| ||||
South
Africa — 0.2% | |||||
Republic
of South Africa Government
International
Bond, Senior Notes |
6.250%
|
3/8/41
|
500,000
|
420,879
| |
Turkey
— 1.3% | |||||
Turkiye
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
5.125%
|
2/17/28
|
2,000,000
|
1,943,999
| |
Turkiye
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
4.875%
|
4/16/43
|
1,000,000
|
677,685
| |
Total
Turkey |
2,621,684
| ||||
Ukraine
— 0.3% | |||||
Ukraine
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes, Step bond (0.000% to 2/1/27
then
3.000%) |
0.000%
|
2/1/30
|
50,520
|
24,681
(a)
|
23
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
| |||||
Ukraine
— continued | |||||
Ukraine
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes, Step bond (0.000% to 2/1/27
then
3.000%) |
0.000%
|
2/1/34
|
188,784
|
$71,620
(a)
| |
Ukraine
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes, Step bond (1.750% to 8/1/25
then
4.500%) |
1.750%
|
2/1/34
|
184,969
|
91,883
(a)
| |
Ukraine
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes, Step bond (0.000% to 2/1/27
then
3.000%) |
0.000%
|
2/1/35
|
159,535
|
78,172
(a)
| |
Ukraine
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes, Step bond (1.750% to 8/1/25
then
4.500%) |
1.750%
|
2/1/35
|
323,695
|
158,090
(a)
| |
Ukraine
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes, Step bond (0.000% to 2/1/27
then
3.000%) |
0.000%
|
2/1/36
|
132,946
|
65,082
(a)
| |
Ukraine
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes, Step bond (1.750% to 8/1/25
then
4.500%) |
1.750%
|
2/1/36
|
416,179
|
198,908
(a)
| |
Total
Ukraine |
688,436
| ||||
United
Arab Emirates — 0.4% | |||||
Abu
Dhabi Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
3.125%
|
10/11/27
|
750,000
|
731,439
(a)
| |
Uruguay
— 0.6% | |||||
Uruguay
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
9.750%
|
7/20/33
|
47,500,000
UYU
|
1,169,635
| |
Zambia
— 0.3% | |||||
Zambia
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes, Step bond (5.750% to
6/30/31
then 7.500%) |
5.750%
|
6/30/33
|
559,587
|
503,768
(d)
| |
| |||||
Total
Sovereign Bonds (Cost — $41,209,819) |
43,251,908
| ||||
Collateralized
Mortgage Obligations(m)
— 12.2% | |||||
BANK,
2022-BNK43 D |
3.000%
|
8/15/55
|
510,000
|
355,877
(a)
| |
BANK,
2022-BNK44 E |
4.000%
|
11/15/32
|
600,000
|
426,926
(a)(g)
| |
BANK,
2023-BNK45 E |
4.000%
|
2/15/56
|
500,000
|
375,175
(a)
| |
BANK,
2024-5YR12 F |
4.803%
|
12/15/57
|
500,000
|
389,443
(g)
| |
BFLD
Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2024-
UNIV
E (1 mo. Term SOFR + 3.640%) |
7.968%
|
11/15/41
|
1,000,000
|
1,001,051
(a)(g)
| |
BWAY
Mortgage Trust, 2013-1515 F |
3.927%
|
3/10/33
|
400,000
|
345,848
(a)(g)
| |
BX
Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2019-IMC
E
(1 mo. Term SOFR + 2.196%) |
6.525%
|
4/15/34
|
870,000
|
850,254
(a)(g)
|
24
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
Collateralized
Mortgage Obligations(m)
— continued | |||||
BX
Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2024-KING
E
(1 mo. Term SOFR + 3.688%) |
8.017%
|
5/15/34
|
404,673
|
$404,407
(a)(g)
| |
BX
Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2025-SPOT
E
(1 mo. Term SOFR + 3.690%) |
8.019%
|
4/15/40
|
750,000
|
746,681
(a)(g)
| |
BX
Trust, 2021-ARIA G (1 mo. Term SOFR +
3.257%)
|
7.586%
|
10/15/36
|
1,000,000
|
986,940
(a)(g)
| |
Citigroup
Commercial Mortgage Trust,
2015-GC29
D |
3.110%
|
4/10/48
|
320,000
|
229,195
(a)
| |
Citigroup
Commercial Mortgage Trust,
2015-P1
D |
3.225%
|
9/15/48
|
200,000
|
184,470
(a)
| |
CSAIL
Commercial Mortgage Trust,
2015-C3
C |
4.304%
|
8/15/48
|
419,000
|
364,961
(g)
| |
CSMC
Trust, 2017-CHOP F (PRIME +
1.294%)
|
8.794%
|
7/15/32
|
500,000
|
492,709
(a)(g)
| |
CSMC
Trust, 2017-CHOP H (PRIME +
4.294%)
|
11.794%
|
7/15/32
|
900,000
|
865,547
(a)(g)
| |
Extended
Stay America Trust, 2021-ESH F
(1
mo. Term SOFR + 3.814%) |
8.143%
|
7/15/38
|
643,296
|
644,440
(a)(g)
| |
Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
(FHLMC)
REMIC, Structured Agency Credit
Risk
Trust, 2020-DNA1 B2 (30 Day Average
SOFR
+ 5.364%) |
9.686%
|
1/25/50
|
750,000
|
824,463
(a)(g)
| |
Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
(FHLMC)
REMIC, Structured Agency Credit
Risk
Trust, 2021-DNA3 B2 (30 Day Average
SOFR
+ 6.250%) |
10.572%
|
10/25/33
|
570,000
|
698,385
(a)(g)
| |
Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
(FHLMC)
REMIC, Structured Agency Credit
Risk
Trust, 2021-DNA7 B2 (30 Day Average
SOFR
+ 7.800%) |
12.122%
|
11/25/41
|
550,000
|
589,895
(a)(g)
| |
Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
(FHLMC)
REMIC, Structured Agency Credit
Risk
Trust, 2022-DNA2 B2 (30 Day Average
SOFR
+ 8.500%) |
12.822%
|
2/25/42
|
1,000,000
|
1,093,859
(a)(g)
| |
Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
(FHLMC)
Structured Agency Credit Risk
Trust,
2019-DNA4 B2 (30 Day Average
SOFR
+ 6.364%) |
10.686%
|
10/25/49
|
900,338
|
1,004,734
(a)(g)
|
25
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
Collateralized
Mortgage Obligations(m)
— continued | |||||
Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
(FHLMC)
Structured Agency Credit Risk
Trust,
2019-HQA3 B2 (30 Day Average
SOFR
+ 7.614%) |
11.936%
|
9/25/49
|
830,000
|
$941,163
(a)(g)
| |
Federal
National Mortgage Association
(FNMA)
— CAS, 2021-R02 2B2 (30 Day
Average
SOFR + 6.200%) |
10.522%
|
11/25/41
|
1,000,000
|
1,050,384
(a)(g)
| |
Federal
National Mortgage Association
(FNMA)
— CAS, 2024-R01 1B2 (30 Day
Average
SOFR + 4.000%) |
8.322%
|
1/25/44
|
800,000
|
829,118
(a)(g)
| |
GS
Mortgage Securities Corp. II, 2024-70P
E
|
8.965%
|
3/10/41
|
980,000
|
1,010,829
(a)(g)
| |
GS
Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-GC30
D
|
3.384%
|
5/10/50
|
1,424,500
|
1,051,429
| |
HIT
Trust, 2022-HI32 J (1 mo. Term SOFR +
9.122%)
|
13.451%
|
7/15/39
|
455,021
|
460,516
(a)(g)
| |
LHOME
Mortgage Trust, 2025-RTL1 M1 |
7.023%
|
1/25/40
|
290,000
|
289,543
(a)(g)
| |
Morgan
Stanley Capital I Trust, 2015-UBS8
C
|
4.576%
|
12/15/48
|
510,000
|
463,535
(g)
| |
Morgan
Stanley Capital I Trust, 2016-BNK2
B
|
3.485%
|
11/15/49
|
530,000
|
463,786
| |
Morgan
Stanley Capital I Trust, 2021-230P
B
(1 mo. Term SOFR + 1.563%) |
5.892%
|
12/15/38
|
540,000
|
506,535
(a)(g)
| |
New
Residential Mortgage Loan Trust,
2022-NQM4
A3 |
5.000%
|
6/25/62
|
571,949
|
565,946
(a)
| |
OBX
Trust, 2025-NQM8 A3 |
5.826%
|
3/25/65
|
560,000
|
562,749
(a)
| |
SMR
Mortgage Trust, 2022-IND F (1 mo.
Term
SOFR + 6.000%) |
10.329%
|
2/15/39
|
824,109
|
802,949
(a)(g)
| |
SMRT,
2022-MINI F (1 mo. Term SOFR +
3.350%)
|
7.679%
|
1/15/39
|
700,000
|
681,672
(a)(g)
| |
Towd
Point Mortgage Trust, 2016-4 B5 |
3.974%
|
7/25/56
|
1,060,000
|
732,434
(a)(g)
| |
UBS
Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2018-C15
C
|
5.138%
|
12/15/51
|
345,000
|
325,795
(g)
| |
Verus
Securitization Trust, 2023-7 B1 |
7.893%
|
10/25/68
|
1,000,000
|
1,000,893
(a)(g)
| |
| |||||
Total
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost — $24,449,522) |
24,614,536
| ||||
Senior
Loans — 10.9% | |||||
Communication
Services — 2.4% | |||||
Entertainment
— 0.3% | |||||
Voyager
Parent LLC, Term Loan B
|
—
|
5/9/32
|
710,000
|
698,296
(n)
|
26
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
| |||||
Interactive
Media & Services — 1.0% | |||||
X
Corp., Term Loan B1 (3 mo. Term SOFR +
6.650%)
|
10.949%
|
10/26/29
|
787,985
|
$781,362
(g)(o)(p)
| |
X
Corp., Term Loan B3 |
9.500%
|
10/26/29
|
1,190,000
|
1,186,001
(o)(p)
| |
Total
Interactive Media & Services |
1,967,363
| ||||
Media
— 1.1% | |||||
Diamond
Sports Net LLC, First Lien Exit
Term
Loan |
15.000%
|
1/2/28
|
1,202,533
|
1,089,423
(o)(p)
| |
iHeartCommunications
Inc., Refinanced
Term
Loan B (1 mo. Term SOFR + 5.889%) |
10.214%
|
5/1/29
|
682,290
|
562,036
(g)(o)(p)
| |
Ziggo
Financing Partnership, Term Loan I (1
mo.
Term SOFR + 2.614%) |
6.943%
|
4/30/28
|
500,000
|
487,605
(g)(o)(p)
| |
Total
Media |
2,139,064
| ||||
| |||||
Total
Communication Services |
4,804,723
| ||||
Consumer
Discretionary — 2.0% | |||||
Automobile
Components — 0.8% | |||||
Autokiniton
US Holdings Inc., 2024
Replacement
Term Loan B (1 mo. Term
SOFR
+ 4.114%) |
8.441%
|
4/6/28
|
740,625
|
717,481
(g)(o)(p)
| |
First
Brands Group LLC, 2022 Incremental
Term
Loan (3 mo. Term SOFR + 5.262%) |
9.541%
|
3/30/27
|
990,921
|
960,450
(g)(o)(p)
| |
Total
Automobile Components |
1,677,931
| ||||
Diversified
Consumer Services — 0.1% | |||||
WW
International Inc., Initial Term Loan (3
mo.
Term SOFR + 3.762%)
|
8.041%
|
4/13/28
|
324,000
|
103,761
(g)(o)(p)
| |
Hotels,
Restaurants & Leisure — 1.1% | |||||
Caesars
Entertainment Inc., Incremental
Term
Loan B1 (1 mo. Term SOFR + 2.250%) |
6.577%
|
2/6/31
|
690,515
|
689,435
(g)(o)(p)
| |
Fertitta
Entertainment LLC, Initial Term
Loan
B (1 mo. Term SOFR + 3.500%) |
7.827%
|
1/27/29
|
987,278
|
982,854
(g)(o)(p)
| |
Scientific
Games International Inc., Term
Loan
B2 (1 mo. Term SOFR + 2.250%) |
6.573%
|
4/14/29
|
496,256
|
496,380
(g)(o)(p)
| |
Total
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure |
2,168,669
| ||||
| |||||
Total
Consumer Discretionary |
3,950,361
| ||||
Consumer
Staples — 0.6% | |||||
Beverages
— 0.4% | |||||
Triton
Water Holdings Inc., 2025
Refinancing
Term Loan (3 mo. Term SOFR +
2.250%)
|
6.549%
|
3/31/28
|
789,816
|
790,954
(g)(o)(p)
|
27
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
| |||||
Consumer
Staples Distribution & Retail — 0.2% | |||||
Froneri
International Ltd., Term Loan Facility
B4
(6 mo. Term SOFR + 2.000%)
|
6.237%
|
9/17/31
|
496,114
|
$495,494
(g)(o)(p)
| |
| |||||
Total
Consumer Staples |
1,286,448
| ||||
Energy
— 0.2% | |||||
Oil,
Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.2% | |||||
Buckeye
Partners LP, 2025 Term Loan B6 (1
mo.
Term SOFR + 1.750%)
|
6.077%
|
11/22/30
|
496,256
|
497,075
(g)(o)(p)
| |
| |||||
Financials
— 1.4% | |||||
Banks
— 0.2% | |||||
Ascensus
Group Holdings Inc., 2024 Term
Loan
B (1 mo. Term SOFR + 3.000%)
|
7.327%
|
8/2/28
|
394,767
|
394,167
(g)(o)(p)
| |
Consumer
Finance — 0.1% | |||||
Blackhawk
Network Holdings Inc., Term
Loan
B (1 mo. Term SOFR + 4.000%)
|
8.327%
|
3/12/29
|
238,203
|
239,338
(g)(o)(p)
| |
Financial
Services — 0.7% | |||||
Boost
Newco Borrower LLC, Term Loan B2
(3
mo. Term SOFR + 2.000%) |
6.299%
|
1/31/31
|
1,047,375
|
1,050,486
(g)(o)(p)
| |
Nexus
Buyer LLC, Amendment No. 9
Refinancing
Term Loan (1 mo. Term SOFR +
3.500%)
|
7.827%
|
7/31/31
|
398,003
|
398,824
(g)(o)(p)
| |
Total
Financial Services |
1,449,310
| ||||
Insurance
— 0.4% | |||||
Asurion
LLC, New Term Loan B10 (1 mo.
Term
SOFR + 4.100%)
|
8.427%
|
8/19/28
|
740,506
|
737,885
(g)(o)(p)
| |
| |||||
Total
Financials |
2,820,700
| ||||
Health
Care — 0.5% | |||||
Health
Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.5% | |||||
Medline
Borrower LP, Dollar Incremental
Term
Loan (1 mo. Term SOFR + 2.250%)
|
6.577%
|
10/23/28
|
943,522
|
943,668
(g)(o)(p)
| |
| |||||
Industrials
— 2.1% | |||||
Aerospace
& Defense — 0.2% | |||||
TransDigm
Inc., Term Loan J (3 mo. Term
SOFR
+ 2.500%)
|
6.799%
|
2/28/31
|
495,009
|
495,551
(g)(o)(p)
| |
Building
Products — 0.4% | |||||
ACProducts
Holdings Inc., Initial Term Loan
(3
mo. Term SOFR + 4.512%) |
8.811%
|
5/17/28
|
197,436
|
146,980
(g)(o)(p)
| |
Quikrete
Holdings Inc., Term Loan B3 (1 mo.
Term
SOFR + 2.250%) |
6.577%
|
2/10/32
|
700,000
|
697,900
(g)(o)(p)
| |
Total
Building Products |
844,880
|
28
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
| |||||
Commercial
Services & Supplies — 0.4% | |||||
Allied
Universal Holdco LLC, USD Term
Loan
(1 mo. Term SOFR + 3.850%)
|
8.177%
|
5/12/28
|
746,134
|
$748,059
(g)(o)(p)
| |
Machinery
— 0.5% | |||||
TK
Elevator Midco GmbH, USD Term Loan B
(3
mo. Term SOFR + 3.000%)
|
7.237%
|
4/30/30
|
987,563
|
991,039
(g)(o)(p)
| |
Passenger
Airlines — 0.6% | |||||
United
Airlines Inc., Term Loan B (3 mo.
Term
SOFR + 2.000%)
|
6.275%
|
2/22/31
|
1,204,666
|
1,209,635
(g)(o)(p)
| |
| |||||
Total
Industrials |
4,289,164
| ||||
Information
Technology — 1.0% | |||||
Electronic
Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.3% | |||||
Coherent
Corp., Term Loan B2 (1 mo. Term
SOFR
+ 2.000%)
|
6.327%
|
7/2/29
|
528,700
|
530,793
(g)(o)(p)
| |
Semiconductors
& Semiconductor Equipment — 0.2% | |||||
MKS
Instruments Inc., 2025 Dollar Term
Loan
B1 (1 mo. Term SOFR + 2.000%)
|
6.325%
|
8/17/29
|
485,180
|
487,121
(g)(o)(p)
| |
Software
— 0.5% | |||||
DCert
Buyer Inc., First Lien Initial Term Loan
(1
mo. Term SOFR + 4.000%) |
8.327%
|
10/16/26
|
631,223
|
624,517
(g)(o)(p)
| |
Modena
Buyer LLC, Initial Term Loan (3 mo.
Term
SOFR + 4.500%) |
8.780%
|
7/1/31
|
328,350
|
319,064
(g)(o)(p)
| |
Total
Software |
943,581
| ||||
| |||||
Total
Information Technology |
1,961,495
| ||||
Utilities
— 0.2% | |||||
Electric
Utilities — 0.2% | |||||
Vistra
Operations Co. LLC, 2018
Incremental
Term Loan (1 mo. Term SOFR +
1.750%)
|
6.077%
|
12/20/30
|
395,000
|
396,001
(g)(o)(p)
| |
| |||||
Sovereign
Bonds — 0.5% |
|
|
|
|
|
Tanzania
— 0.5% |
|
|
|
|
|
Government
of the United Republic of
Tanzania,
Term Loan A2 (6 mo. Term SOFR +
5.450%)
|
9.584%
|
4/29/31
|
1,000,000
|
982,500
(g)(h)(i)(o)(p)
| |
| |||||
Total
Senior Loans (Cost — $22,249,001) |
21,932,135
| ||||
Asset-Backed
Securities — 6.6% | |||||
AGL
CLO Ltd., 2021-11A E (3 mo. Term
SOFR
+ 6.622%) |
10.878%
|
4/15/34
|
650,000
|
650,352
(a)(g)
| |
AGL
CLO Ltd., 2021-16A DR (3 mo. Term
SOFR
+ 2.400%) |
6.669%
|
1/20/35
|
160,000
|
159,524
(a)(g)
|
29
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
Asset-Backed
Securities — continued | |||||
AMMC
CLO Ltd., 2021-24A ER (3 mo. Term
SOFR
+ 6.500%) |
10.769%
|
1/20/35
|
510,000
|
$511,434
(a)(g)
| |
Apex
Credit CLO Ltd., 2019-2A ERR (3 mo.
Term
SOFR + 7.670%) |
11.952%
|
1/25/38
|
650,000
|
657,800
(a)(g)
| |
Apidos
CLO Ltd., 2024-50A E (3 mo. Term
SOFR
+ 5.100%) |
9.369%
|
1/20/38
|
440,000
|
437,499
(a)(g)
| |
Bain
Capital Credit CLO Ltd., 2020-3A DRR
(3
mo. Term SOFR + 3.100%) |
7.379%
|
10/23/34
|
500,000
|
502,156
(a)(g)
| |
Balboa
Bay Loan Funding Ltd., 2020-1A ERR
(3
mo. Term SOFR + 7.150%) |
11.419%
|
10/20/35
|
700,000
|
705,199
(a)(g)
| |
Balboa
Bay Loan Funding Ltd., 2024-2A E (3
mo.
Term SOFR + 5.750%) |
10.066%
|
1/20/38
|
440,000
|
445,736
(a)(g)
| |
Ballyrock
CLO Ltd., 2020-14A DR (3 mo.
Term
SOFR + 5.850%) |
10.119%
|
7/20/37
|
500,000
|
504,902
(a)(g)
| |
Bear
Mountain Park CLO Ltd., 2022-1A ER
(3
mo. Term SOFR + 5.950%) |
10.206%
|
7/15/37
|
600,000
|
610,329
(a)(g)
| |
Beechwood
Park CLO Ltd., 2019-1A ER (3
mo.
Term SOFR + 6.500%) |
10.780%
|
1/17/35
|
290,000
|
290,818
(a)(g)
| |
Clover
CLO LLC, 2021-3A DR (3 mo. Term
SOFR
+ 2.550%) |
6.832%
|
1/25/35
|
370,000
|
364,049
(a)(g)
| |
Elevation
CLO Ltd., 2016-5A ERR (3 mo.
Term
SOFR + 7.580%) |
11.893%
|
1/25/38
|
610,000
|
602,359
(a)(g)
| |
GoldenTree
Loan Management US CLO Ltd.,
2020-7A
ERR (3 mo. Term SOFR + 5.250%) |
9.519%
|
4/20/34
|
350,000
|
330,761
(a)(g)
| |
GoldenTree
Loan Management US CLO Ltd.,
2020-8A
ERR (3 mo. Term SOFR + 5.750%) |
10.019%
|
10/20/34
|
650,000
|
640,963
(a)(g)
| |
Golub
Capital Partners CLO Ltd., 2024-77A
E
(3 mo. Term SOFR + 4.850%) |
9.146%
|
1/25/38
|
240,000
|
238,510
(a)(g)
| |
HalseyPoint
CLO Ltd., 2019-1A FR (3 mo.
Term
SOFR + 10.730%) |
14.999%
|
10/20/37
|
800,000
|
783,016
(a)(g)
| |
Hartwick
Park CLO Ltd., 2023-1A ER (3 mo.
Term
SOFR + 4.850%) |
9.119%
|
1/20/37
|
330,000
|
326,358
(a)(g)
| |
Magnetite
Ltd., 2020-26A ER2 (3 mo. Term
SOFR
+ 4.700%) |
8.966%
|
1/25/38
|
740,000
|
724,020
(a)(g)
| |
Magnetite
Ltd., 2023-39A E1R (3 mo. Term
SOFR
+ 4.900%) |
9.182%
|
1/25/37
|
440,000
|
435,126
(a)(g)
| |
Obra
CLO Ltd., 2024-1A E (3 mo. Term SOFR
+
6.750%) |
11.173%
|
1/20/38
|
610,000
|
626,743
(a)(g)
| |
Ocean
Trails CLO Ltd., 2023-14A ER (3 mo.
Term
SOFR + 6.340%) |
10.609%
|
1/20/38
|
730,000
|
742,265
(a)(g)
|
30
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
Asset-Backed
Securities — continued | |||||
Ocean
Trails CLO Ltd., 2024-16A E (3 mo.
Term
SOFR + 6.690%) |
10.959%
|
1/20/38
|
270,000
|
$278,074
(a)(g)
| |
Octagon
Investment Partners Ltd., 2020-1A
ER2
(3 mo. Term SOFR + 6.000%) |
10.272%
|
1/22/38
|
550,000
|
559,863
(a)(g)
| |
OHA
Credit Funding Ltd., 2022-11A D1R (3
mo.
Term SOFR + 2.850%) |
7.119%
|
7/19/37
|
190,000
|
191,048
(a)(g)
| |
Palmer
Square CLO Ltd., 2022-3A D1R (3
mo.
Term SOFR + 2.950%) |
7.219%
|
7/20/37
|
160,000
|
160,305
(a)(g)
| |
Trestles
CLO Ltd., 2025-8A E (3 mo. Term
SOFR
+ 5.500%) |
9.824%
|
6/11/35
|
300,000
|
301,919
(a)(g)(k)
| |
Trinitas
CLO Ltd., 2024-27A D1 (3 mo. Term
SOFR
+ 4.300%) |
8.569%
|
4/18/37
|
180,000
|
182,240
(a)(g)
| |
Warwick
Capital CLO Ltd., 2024-3A D (3
mo.
Term SOFR + 4.500%) |
8.769%
|
4/20/37
|
100,000
|
100,528
(a)(g)
| |
Whitebox
CLO Ltd., 2020-2A E1R2 (3 mo.
Term
SOFR + 5.750%) |
10.025%
|
10/24/37
|
360,000
|
362,174
(a)(g)
| |
| |||||
Total
Asset-Backed Securities (Cost — $13,307,665) |
13,426,070
| ||||
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
Preferred
Stocks — 2.2% | |||||
Financials
— 2.2% | |||||
Mortgage
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 2.2% | |||||
AGNC
Investment Corp., Non Voting Shares
(3
mo. Term SOFR + 4.959%) |
9.215%
|
|
57,564
|
1,421,831
(g)
| |
Chimera
Investment Corp., Non Voting
Shares
(7.750% to 9/30/25 then 3 mo. USD
LIBOR
+ 4.743%) |
7.750%
|
|
65,267
|
1,485,477
(g)
| |
MFA
Financial Inc., Non Voting Shares (3
mo.
Term SOFR + 5.607%) |
9.906%
|
|
66,471
|
1,608,598
(g)
| |
| |||||
Total
Preferred Stocks (Cost — $4,543,055) |
4,515,906
| ||||
|
|
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
|
U.S.
Government & Agency Obligations — 2.0% | |||||
U.S.
Government Obligations — 2.0% | |||||
U.S.
Treasury Notes |
3.625%
|
8/31/29
|
1,150,000
|
1,136,411
| |
U.S.
Treasury Notes |
3.875%
|
8/15/34
|
3,000,000
|
2,890,957
| |
| |||||
Total
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations (Cost — $4,100,257) |
4,027,368
|
31
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
| |||||
Convertible
Bonds & Notes — 0.3% | |||||
Communication
Services — 0.3% | |||||
Media
— 0.3% | |||||
EchoStar
Corp., Senior Secured Notes
(3.875%
Cash or 3.875% PIK) |
3.875%
|
11/30/30
|
665,926
|
$640,803
(b)(c)
| |
| |||||
Real
Estate — 0.0%†† | |||||
Real
Estate Management & Development — 0.0%†† | |||||
China
Aoyuan Group Ltd., Senior Notes |
0.000%
|
9/30/28
|
13,656
|
199
(d)
| |
| |||||
Total
Convertible Bonds & Notes (Cost — $733,467) |
641,002
| ||||
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
Common
Stocks — 0.1% | |||||
Industrials
— 0.1% | |||||
Passenger
Airlines — 0.1% | |||||
Spirit
Airlines LLC |
|
229
|
1,372
*(h)(q)
| ||
Spirit
Aviation Holdings Inc. |
|
39,554
|
236,928
*
| ||
| |||||
Total
Industrials |
238,300
| ||||
Real
Estate — 0.0%†† | |||||
Real
Estate Management & Development — 0.0%†† | |||||
China
Aoyuan Group Ltd. |
|
38,203
|
537
*(h)
| ||
| |||||
Total
Common Stocks (Cost — $556,313) |
238,837
| ||||
|
|
|
Expiration
Date
|
Warrants
|
|
Warrants
— 0.1% | |||||
Industrials
— 0.1% | |||||
Passenger
Airlines — 0.1% | |||||
Spirit
Airlines LLC (Cost — $342,120) |
|
3/12/30
|
28,104
|
168,343
*(a)(h)(q)
| |
Total
Investments before Short-Term Investments (Cost — $274,812,620) |
281,905,922
| ||||
|
|
Rate
|
|
Shares
|
|
Short-Term
Investments — 2.4% | |||||
Western
Asset Premier Institutional
Government
Reserves, Premium Shares
(Cost
— $5,002,223)
|
4.283%
|
|
5,002,223
|
5,002,223
(r)(s)
| |
Total
Investments — 141.8% (Cost — $279,814,843) |
286,908,145
| ||||
Liabilities
in Excess of Other Assets — (41.8)% |
(84,646,318
) | ||||
Total
Net Assets — 100.0% |
$202,261,827
|
32
†
|
Face
amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted. |
††
|
Represents
less than 0.1%. |
*
|
Non-income
producing security. |
(a)
|
Security
is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in
transactions
that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This security has been
deemed
liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Directors.
|
(b)
|
All
or a portion of this security is pledged as collateral pursuant to the loan agreement (Note
5). |
(c)
|
Payment-in-kind
security for which the issuer has the option at each interest payment date of making interest
payments
in cash or additional securities.
|
(d)
|
Security
is exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. Regulation S applies to
securities
offerings that are made outside of the United States and do not involve direct selling efforts in the
United
States. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Directors. |
(e)
|
All
or a portion of this security is held by the counterparty as collateral for open reverse repurchase agreements. |
(f)
|
Security
has no maturity date. The date shown represents the next call date. |
(g)
|
Variable
rate security. Interest rate disclosed is as of the most recent information available. Certain variable rate
securities
are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and
are
based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their
description
above. |
(h)
|
Security
is fair valued in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Directors (Note
1). |
(i)
|
Security
is valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note
1). |
(j)
|
Value
is less than $1. |
(k)
|
Securities
traded on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis. |
(l)
|
The
maturity principal is currently in default as of May 31, 2025. |
(m)
|
Collateralized
mortgage obligations are secured by an underlying pool of mortgages or mortgage pass-through
certificates
that are structured to direct payments on underlying collateral to different series or classes of the
obligations.
The interest rate may change positively or inversely in relation to one or more interest rates, financial
indices
or other financial indicators and may be subject to an upper and/or lower limit. |
(n)
|
All
or a portion of this loan has not settled as of May 31, 2025. Interest rates are not effective until settlement
date.
Interest rates shown, if any, are for the settled portion of the loan. |
(o)
|
Interest
rates disclosed represent the effective rates on senior loans. Ranges in interest rates are attributable to
multiple
contracts under the same loan. |
(p)
|
Senior
loans may be considered restricted in that the Fund ordinarily is contractually obligated to receive approval
from
the agent bank and/or borrower prior to the disposition of a senior loan.
|
(q)
|
Restricted
security (Note 11). |
(r)
|
Rate
shown is one-day yield as of the end of the reporting period.
|
(s)
|
In
this instance, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, an “Affiliated Company” represents Fund
ownership
of at least 5% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer, or a company which is under common
ownership
or control with the Fund. At May 31, 2025, the total market value of investments in Affiliated
Companies
was $5,002,223 and the cost was $5,002,223 (Note 10). |
33
Abbreviation(s)
used in this schedule: | ||
CAS
|
—
|
Connecticut
Avenue Securities |
CLO
|
—
|
Collateralized
Loan Obligation |
EUR
|
—
|
Euro
|
GBP
|
—
|
British
Pound |
ICE
|
—
|
Intercontinental
Exchange |
JSC
|
—
|
Joint
Stock Company |
LIBOR
|
—
|
London
Interbank Offered Rate |
PIK
|
—
|
Payment-In-Kind
|
REMIC
|
—
|
Real
Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit |
SOFR
|
—
|
Secured
Overnight Financing Rate |
USD
|
—
|
United
States Dollar |
UYU
|
—
|
Uruguayan
Peso |
Counterparty
|
Rate
|
Effective
Date
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount
of
Reverse
Repurchase
Agreements
|
Asset
Class
of
Collateral* |
Collateral
Value**
|
Deutsche
Bank AG |
4.720%
|
3/25/2025
|
6/25/2025
|
$5,821,439
|
Corporate
Bonds &
Notes
Cash
|
$6,180,196
274,114
|
Deutsche
Bank AG |
4.970%
|
5/15/2025
|
8/13/2025
|
2,121,298
|
Corporate
Bonds &
Notes
Cash
|
2,520,110
99,886
|
Goldman
Sachs
Group
Inc. |
4.850%
|
12/20/2024
|
TBD***
|
1,041,483
|
Corporate
Bonds &
Notes
|
1,469,015
|
Goldman
Sachs
Group
Inc. |
5.000%
|
12/20/2024
|
TBD***
|
738,381
|
Corporate
Bonds &
Notes
|
1,011,833
|
|
|
|
|
$9,722,601
|
|
$11,555,154
|
*
|
Refer
to the Schedule of Investments for positions held at the counterparty as collateral for reverse repurchase
agreements.
|
**
|
Including
accrued interest. |
***
|
TBD
— To Be Determined; These reverse repurchase agreements have no maturity dates because they are
renewed
daily and can be terminated by either the Fund or the counterparty in accordance with the terms of the
agreements.
The rates for these agreements are variable. The rate disclosed is the rate as of May 31, 2025. |
Currency
Purchased
|
Currency
Sold
|
Counterparty
|
Settlement
Date
|
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
| ||
USD
|
2,772,174
|
EUR
|
2,518,650
|
Bank
of America N.A. |
7/16/25
|
$(96,409
) |
34
Currency
Purchased
|
Currency
Sold
|
Counterparty
|
Settlement
Date
|
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
| ||
USD
|
451,725
|
GBP
|
353,736
|
Bank
of America N.A. |
7/16/25
|
$(24,981
) |
USD
|
234,238
|
EUR
|
208,177
|
BNP
Paribas SA |
7/16/25
|
(2,863
) |
GBP
|
347,347
|
USD
|
466,354
|
Citibank
N.A. |
7/16/25
|
1,740
|
Net
unrealized depreciation on open forward foreign currency contracts |
$(122,513
)
|
Abbreviation(s)
used in this table: | ||
EUR
|
—
|
Euro
|
GBP
|
—
|
British
Pound |
USD
|
—
|
United
States Dollar |
CENTRALLY
CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CREDIT INDICES — SELL PROTECTION1
| ||||||
Reference
Entity |
Notional
Amount2
|
Termination
Date
|
Periodic
Payments
Received
by
the
Fund†
|
Market
Value3
|
Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
|
Unrealized
Appreciation
|
Markit
CDX.NA.HY.44 Index |
$2,240,000
|
6/20/30
|
5.000%
quarterly |
$138,204
|
$128,396
|
$9,808
|
1
|
If
the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap
agreement,
the Fund will either (i) pay to the buyer of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the
swap
and take delivery of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii)
pay
a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the
recovery
value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index. |
2
|
The
maximum potential amount the Fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection or receive as a
buyer
of credit protection if a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement. |
3
|
The
quoted market prices and resulting values for credit default swap agreements on asset-backed securities and
credit
indices serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the
likelihood
of an expected loss (or profit) for the credit derivative had the notional amount of the swap agreement
been
closed/sold as of the period end. Decreasing market values (sell protection) or increasing market values (buy
protection),
when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced
entity’s
credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under
the
terms of the agreement. |
†
|
Percentage
shown is an annual percentage rate. |
Summary
of Investments by Country#
(unaudited)
| |
United
States |
53.5
% |
United
Kingdom |
4.8
|
Cayman
Islands |
3.6
|
Mexico
|
3.2
|
Zambia
|
2.3
|
France
|
1.9
|
35
Summary
of Investments by Country#
(unaudited) (cont’d)
| |
Canada
|
1.7
% |
Brazil
|
1.5
|
Luxembourg
|
1.4
|
Turkey
|
1.3
|
Colombia
|
1.3
|
Ireland
|
1.2
|
Italy
|
1.2
|
Peru
|
1.2
|
Argentina
|
1.1
|
Israel
|
1.0
|
Switzerland
|
1.0
|
Guatemala
|
0.8
|
Dominican
Republic |
0.8
|
Germany
|
0.8
|
Egypt
|
0.7
|
Nigeria
|
0.7
|
Japan
|
0.7
|
Jersey
|
0.6
|
Macau
|
0.6
|
Oman
|
0.6
|
Indonesia
|
0.5
|
Angola
|
0.5
|
Qatar
|
0.5
|
Bahamas
|
0.5
|
Panama
|
0.5
|
South
Africa |
0.5
|
Ivory
Coast |
0.5
|
Uruguay
|
0.4
|
Chile
|
0.4
|
Kenya
|
0.4
|
Benin
|
0.3
|
Saudi
Arabia |
0.3
|
Tanzania
|
0.3
|
Jordan
|
0.3
|
Senegal
|
0.3
|
United
Arab Emirates |
0.2
|
Philippines
|
0.2
|
Ukraine
|
0.2
|
Netherlands
|
0.2
|
Slovenia
|
0.2
|
Jamaica
|
0.2
|
36
Summary
of Investments by Country#
(unaudited) (cont’d)
| |
Mozambique
|
0.2
% |
Costa
Rica |
0.2
|
Ecuador
|
0.2
|
Hong
Kong |
0.2
|
China
|
0.2
|
Ghana
|
0.2
|
Kazakhstan
|
0.1
|
Bermuda
|
0.1
|
Short-Term
Investments |
1.7
|
|
100.0
%
|
#
|
As
a percentage of total investments. Please note that the Fund holdings are as of May 31, 2025, and are subject
to
change. |
37
Assets:
|
|
Investments
in unaffiliated securities, at value (Cost — $274,812,620) |
$281,905,922
|
Investments
in affiliated securities, at value (Cost — $5,002,223) |
5,002,223
|
Foreign
currency, at value (Cost — $382,276) |
314,289
|
Cash
|
1,913
|
Interest
receivable |
4,322,585
|
Deposits
with brokers for open reverse repurchase agreements |
374,000
|
Deposits
with brokers for centrally cleared swap contracts |
193,000
|
Principal
paydown receivable |
99,662
|
Dividends
receivable from affiliated investments |
14,218
|
Receivable
from brokers — net variation margin on centrally cleared swap contracts |
2,140
|
Unrealized
appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts |
1,740
|
Other
assets |
1,603
|
Prepaid
expenses |
205,159
|
Total
Assets |
292,438,454
|
Liabilities:
|
|
Loan
payable (Note
5) |
75,000,000
|
Payable
for open reverse repurchase agreements (Note
3) |
9,722,601
|
Payable
for securities purchased |
2,381,755
|
Distributions
payable |
2,120,982
|
Interest
and commitment fees payable |
450,537
|
Investment
management fee payable |
206,481
|
Unrealized
depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts |
124,253
|
Accrued
expenses |
170,018
|
Total
Liabilities |
90,176,627
|
Total
Net Assets |
$202,261,827
|
Net
Assets: |
|
Par
value ($0.001 par value; 30,299,742 shares issued and outstanding; 100,000,000 shares
authorized)
|
$30,300
|
Paid-in
capital in excess of par value |
339,572,720
|
Total
distributable earnings (loss)
|
(137,341,193
) |
Total
Net Assets |
$202,261,827
|
Shares
Outstanding |
30,299,742
|
Net
Asset Value |
$6.68
|
38
Investment
Income: |
|
Interest
|
$22,648,237
|
Dividends
from unaffiliated investments |
161,308
|
Dividends
from affiliated investments |
131,216
|
Less:
Foreign taxes withheld |
(28,203
) |
Total
Investment Income |
22,912,558
|
Expenses:
|
|
Interest
expense (Notes
3 and 5) |
5,044,017
|
Investment
management fee (Note
2) |
2,404,518
|
Shareholder
reports |
164,880
|
Audit
and tax fees |
74,775
|
Commitment
fees (Note
5) |
72,437
|
Directors’
fees |
71,748
|
Legal
fees |
71,177
|
Transfer
agent fees |
41,946
|
Fund
accounting fees |
20,139
|
Stock
exchange listing fees |
13,733
|
Insurance
|
1,552
|
Custody
fees |
136
|
Miscellaneous
expenses |
21,924
|
Total
Expenses |
8,002,982
|
Less:
Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements (Note
2) |
(3,598
) |
Net
Expenses |
7,999,384
|
Net
Investment Income |
14,913,174
|
Realized
and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Swap Contracts, Forward Foreign Currency
Contracts
and Foreign Currency Transactions
(Notes 1, 3 and 4):
| |
Net
Realized Gain From: |
|
Investment
transactions in unaffiliated securities |
1,881,342
† |
Swap
contracts |
61
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts |
247,242
|
Foreign
currency transactions |
5,186
|
Net
Realized Gain
|
2,133,831
|
Change
in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) From: |
|
Investments
in unaffiliated securities |
(4,062,420
)‡ |
Swap
contracts |
9,808
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts |
(61,586
) |
Foreign
currencies |
47,913
|
Change
in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
|
(4,066,285
)
|
Net
Loss on Investments, Swap Contracts, Forward Foreign Currency Contracts and
Foreign
Currency Transactions
|
(1,932,454
)
|
Increase
in Net Assets From Operations |
$12,980,720
|
†
|
Net
of foreign capital gains tax of $1,796. |
‡
|
Net
of change in accrued foreign capital gains tax of $(21).
|
39
For
the Years Ended May 31, |
2025
|
2024
|
Operations:
|
|
|
Net
investment income
|
$14,913,174
|
$14,191,784
|
Net
realized gain (loss)
|
2,133,831
|
(14,905,876
) |
Change
in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
(4,066,285
) |
19,967,606
|
Increase
in Net Assets From Operations |
12,980,720
|
19,253,514
|
Distributions
to Shareholders From (Note
1): |
|
|
Total
distributable earnings |
(15,292,438
) |
(11,930,220
) |
Return
of capital |
(8,038,363
) |
(6,542,582
) |
Decrease
in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders |
(23,330,801
)
|
(18,472,802
)
|
Fund
Share Transactions: |
|
|
Net
proceeds from sale of shares from rights offering (7,574,935 and 0
shares
issued, respectively)
|
49,628,033
‡
|
—
|
Reinvestment of distributions (0 and 18,340 shares issued, respectively)
|
—
|
134,430
|
Increase
in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions |
49,628,033
|
134,430
|
Increase
in Net Assets |
39,277,952
|
915,142
|
Net
Assets: |
|
|
Beginning
of year |
162,983,875
|
162,068,733
|
End
of year |
$202,261,827
|
$162,983,875
|
‡
|
Net
of rights offering costs of $366,538 (Note 9). |
40
Increase
(Decrease) in Cash: |
|
Cash
Flows from Operating Activities: |
|
Net
increase in net assets resulting from operations |
$12,980,720
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net increase in net assets resulting from operations to net cash
provided
(used) by operating activities: |
|
Purchases
of portfolio securities |
(180,450,851
) |
Sales
of portfolio securities |
145,729,514
|
Net
purchases, sales and maturities of short-term investments |
2,081,586
|
Payment-in-kind
|
(70,659
) |
Net
amortization of premium (accretion of discount) |
(3,743,623
) |
Securities
litigation proceeds |
44,843
|
Decrease
in receivable for securities sold |
686,085
|
Increase
in interest receivable |
(532,442
) |
Increase
in receivable from brokers — net variation margin on centrally cleared swap
contracts
|
(2,140
) |
Increase
in prepaid expenses |
(106,179
) |
Increase
in dividends receivable from affiliated investments |
(6,238
) |
Increase
in other assets |
(1,603
) |
Increase
in principal paydown receivable |
(99,662
) |
Decrease
in payable for securities purchased |
(4,732,631
) |
Increase
in investment management fee payable |
26,433
|
Decrease
in Directors’ fees payable |
(7,025
) |
Decrease
in interest and commitment fees payable |
(78,768
) |
Increase
in accrued expenses |
40,734
|
Net
realized gain on investments |
(1,881,342
) |
Change
in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments and forward foreign
currency
contracts |
4,124,006
|
Net
Cash Used in Operating Activities* |
(25,999,242
)
|
Cash
Flows from Financing Activities: |
|
Distributions
paid on common stock (net of distributions payable) |
(22,800,555
) |
Proceeds
from loan facility borrowings |
5,000,000
|
Decrease
in payable for open reverse repurchase agreements |
(7,914,943
) |
Net
proceeds from sale of shares from rights offering |
49,628,033
|
Net
Cash Provided by Financing Activities |
23,912,535
|
Net
Decrease in Cash and Restricted Cash |
(2,086,707
)
|
Cash
and restricted cash at beginning of year |
2,969,909
|
Cash
and restricted cash at end of year |
$883,202
|
*
|
Included
in operating expenses is $5,195,222 paid for interest and commitment fees on borrowings. |
|
May
31, 2025 |
Cash
|
$316,202
|
Restricted
cash |
567,000
|
Total
cash and restricted cash shown in the Statement of Cash Flows |
$883,202
|
41
42
For
a share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended May 31: | |||||
|
20251
|
20241
|
20231
|
20221
|
20211
|
Net
asset value, beginning of year |
$7.17
|
$7.14
|
$8.50
|
$10.66
|
$9.75
|
Income
(loss) from operations: | |||||
Net
investment income |
0.54
|
0.62
|
0.69
|
0.79
|
0.72
|
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
0.01
3
|
0.22
|
(1.25
) |
(2.15
) |
0.96
|
Total
income (loss) from operations |
0.55
|
0.84
|
(0.56)
|
(1.36)
|
1.68
|
Less
distributions from: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income |
(0.55
) |
(0.52
) |
(0.66
) |
(0.80
) |
(0.55
) |
Return
of capital |
(0.29
) |
(0.29
) |
(0.14
) |
—
|
(0.25
) |
Total
distributions
|
(0.84
)
|
(0.81
)
|
(0.80
)
|
(0.80
)
|
(0.80
)
|
Dilutive impact of rights offering
|
(0.20
)5
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
Anti-dilutive
impact of tender offer |
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
0.03
6
|
Net
asset value, end of year |
$6.68
|
$7.17
|
$7.14
|
$8.50
|
$10.66
|
Market
price, end of year |
$6.41
|
$6.96
|
$6.65
|
$7.57
|
$10.40
|
Total
return, based on NAV7,8
|
5.03
%
|
12.34
%
|
(6.65
)%
|
(13.52
)%
|
18.06
%
|
Total
return, based on Market Price11
|
4.17
%
|
17.46
%
|
(1.84
)%
|
(20.72
)%
|
24.19
%
|
Net
assets, end of year (millions)
|
$202
|
$163
|
$162
|
$193
|
$242
|
Ratios
to average net assets: | |||||
Gross
expenses |
4.14
% |
4.46
% |
3.92
% |
1.89
% |
1.69
% |
Net
expenses13,14
|
4.14
|
4.46
|
3.92
|
1.89
|
1.69
|
Net
investment income |
7.72
|
8.60
|
8.94
|
7.86
|
6.95
|
Portfolio
turnover rate |
53
%
|
45
%
|
75
%
|
50
%
|
43
%
|
Supplemental
data: |
|
|
|
|
|
Loan
Outstanding, End of Year (000s) |
$75,000
|
$70,000
|
$70,000
|
$77,000
|
$85,500
|
Asset
Coverage Ratio for Loan Outstanding15
|
370
% |
333
% |
332
% |
350
% |
383
% |
Asset
Coverage, per $1,000 Principal Amount of
Loan
Outstanding15
|
$3,697
|
$3,328
|
$3,315
|
$3,505
|
$3,829
|
Weighted
Average Loan (000s) |
$72,370
|
$70,000
|
$74,603
|
$83,148
|
$111,103
|
Weighted
Average Interest Rate on Loan |
5.63
% |
6.11
% |
4.30
% |
1.00
% |
0.92
% |
43
For
a share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended May 31: | |||||
|
20201,2
|
20191,2
|
20181,2
|
20171,2
|
20161,2
|
Net
asset value, beginning of year |
$10.54
|
$10.58
|
$11.31
|
$10.55
|
$12.33
|
Income
(loss) from operations: | |||||
Net
investment income |
0.76
|
0.72
|
0.73
|
0.82
|
0.97
|
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(0.78
) |
(0.04
) |
(0.69
) |
0.98
|
(1.59
) |
Total
income (loss) from operations |
(0.02)
|
0.68
|
0.04
|
1.80
|
(0.62)
|
Less
distributions from: |
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income |
(0.69
) |
(0.70
) |
(0.75
) |
(0.93
) |
(1.16
) |
Return
of capital |
(0.09
) |
(0.04
) |
(0.03
) |
(0.11
) |
—
|
Total
distributions
|
(0.78
)
|
(0.74
)
|
(0.78
)
|
(1.04
)
|
(1.16
)
|
Anti-dilutive
impact of repurchase plan |
0.01
4
|
0.03
4
|
0.01
4
|
—
|
—
|
Net
asset value, end of year |
$9.75
|
$10.54
|
$10.58
|
$11.31
|
$10.55
|
Market
price, end of year |
$9.07
|
$9.59
|
$9.18
|
$10.23
|
$9.52
|
Total
return, based on NAV7,8
|
(0.17
)%9,10
|
6.90
%
|
0.29
%
|
17.82
%
|
(4.66
)%
|
Total
return, based on Market Price11
|
2.66
%
|
13.17
%
|
(2.99
)%
|
19.21
%
|
(1.08
)%
|
Net
assets, end of year (millions)
|
$428
|
$465
|
$475
|
$512
|
$327
|
Ratios
to average net assets: | |||||
Gross
expenses |
2.76
%10
|
2.54
% |
2.06
%12
|
1.89
%12
|
1.79
%12
|
Net
expenses13
|
2.73
10,14
|
2.52
|
2.02
12
|
1.82
12
|
1.72
12
|
Net
investment income |
7.29
|
6.93
|
6.58
|
7.41
|
8.99
|
Portfolio
turnover rate |
60
%
|
89
%
|
97
%
|
78
%
|
71
%
|
Supplemental
data: |
|
|
|
|
|
Loan
Outstanding, End of Year (000s) |
$158,000
|
$180,000
|
$168,000
|
$171,000
|
$120,000
|
Asset
Coverage Ratio for Loan Outstanding15
|
371
% |
358
% |
383
% |
399
% |
373
% |
Asset
Coverage, per $1,000 Principal Amount
of
Loan Outstanding15
|
$3,706
|
$3,583
|
$3,829
|
$3,992
|
$3,729
|
Weighted
Average Loan (000s) |
$175,765
|
$177,490
|
$170,507
|
$156,400
|
$120,027
|
Weighted
Average Interest Rate on Loan |
2.74
% |
3.06
% |
2.36
% |
1.72
% |
1.18
% |
44
1
|
Per
share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method. |
2
|
Audited,
but not covered by the current report of the independent registered public accounting firm. |
3
|
Calculation
of the net gain per share (both realized and unrealized) does not correlate to the aggregate realized and
unrealized
loss presented in the Statement of Operations due to the timing of sale of Fund shares in relation to
fluctuating
market values of the investments of the Fund. |
4
|
The
repurchase plan was completed at an average repurchase price of $7.50 for 239,229 shares and $1,781,056
for the
year ended May 31, 2020, $8.74 for 816,259 shares and $7,135,435 for the year ended May 31, 2019,
and $9.50
for 319,205 shares and $3,031,002 for the year ended May 31, 2018. |
5
|
The
rights offering was completed at a price of $6.60 for 7,574,935 shares and $49,994,571 for the year ended
May
31, 2025. |
6
|
The
tender offer was completed at a price of $10.39 for 21,170,180 shares and $219,958,165 for the year ended
May
31, 2021. |
7
|
Performance
figures may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.
In
the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total
return
would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
|
8
|
The
total return calculation assumes that distributions are reinvested at NAV. Past performance is no guarantee of
future
results. |
9
|
The
total return includes gains from settlement of security litigations. Without these gains, the total return would
have
been -0.27% for the year ended May 31, 2020. |
10
|
Included
in the expense ratios and total return are certain non-recurring legal and transfer agent fees that
were incurred
by the Fund during the period. Without these fees, the gross and net expense ratios would have
been 2.49%
and 2.47%, respectively, and total return would have been 0.04% for the year ended May 31, 2020. |
11
|
The
total return calculation assumes that distributions are reinvested in accordance with the Fund’s dividend
reinvestment
plan. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. |
12
|
Included
in the expense ratios are certain non-recurring reorganization fees that were incurred by the Fund during
the
period. Without these fees, the gross and net expense ratios would not have changed for the year ended
May
31, 2018, would have been 1.87% and 1.80%, respectively, for the year ended May 31, 2017 and 1.76% and
1.69%,
respectively, for the year ended May 31, 2016. |
13
|
Reflects
fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. |
14
|
The
manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management
fee
payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund. |
15
|
Represents
value of net assets plus the loan outstanding at the end of the period divided by the loan outstanding
at
the end of the period. |
45
46
47
ASSETS
| ||||
Description
|
Quoted
Prices
(Level
1) |
Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level
2) |
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level
3) |
Total
|
Long-Term
Investments†: |
|
|
|
|
Corporate
Bonds & Notes: |
|
|
|
|
Energy
|
—
|
$30,572,545
|
$340,757
|
$30,913,302
|
Financials
|
—
|
24,103,406
|
0
* |
24,103,406
|
Health
Care |
—
|
9,052,028
|
0
* |
9,052,028
|
Other
Corporate Bonds &
Notes
|
—
|
105,021,081
|
—
|
105,021,081
|
Sovereign
Bonds |
—
|
43,251,908
|
—
|
43,251,908
|
Collateralized
Mortgage
Obligations
|
—
|
24,614,536
|
—
|
24,614,536
|
Senior
Loans: |
|
|
|
|
Sovereign
Bonds |
—
|
—
|
982,500
|
982,500
|
Other
Senior Loans |
—
|
20,949,635
|
—
|
20,949,635
|
Asset-Backed
Securities |
—
|
13,426,070
|
—
|
13,426,070
|
Preferred
Stocks |
$4,515,906
|
—
|
—
|
4,515,906
|
U.S.
Government & Agency
Obligations
|
—
|
4,027,368
|
—
|
4,027,368
|
Convertible
Bonds & Notes |
—
|
641,002
|
—
|
641,002
|
Common
Stocks: |
|
|
|
|
Industrials
|
236,928
|
1,372
|
—
|
238,300
|
Real
Estate |
—
|
537
|
—
|
537
|
Warrants
|
—
|
168,343
|
—
|
168,343
|
Total
Long-Term Investments |
4,752,834
|
275,829,831
|
1,323,257
|
281,905,922
|
Short-Term
Investments† |
5,002,223
|
—
|
—
|
5,002,223
|
Total
Investments |
$9,755,057
|
$275,829,831
|
$1,323,257
|
$286,908,145
|
48
ASSETS (cont’d)
| ||||
Description
|
Quoted
Prices
(Level
1) |
Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level
2) |
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level
3) |
Total
|
Other
Financial Instruments: |
|
|
|
|
Forward
Foreign Currency
Contracts††
|
—
|
$1,740
|
—
|
$1,740
|
Centrally
Cleared Credit
Default
Swaps on Credit
Indices
— Sell Protection†† |
—
|
9,808
|
—
|
9,808
|
Total
Other Financial
Instruments
|
—
|
$11,548
|
—
|
$11,548
|
Total
|
$9,755,057
|
$275,841,379
|
$1,323,257
|
$286,919,693
|
LIABILITIES
| ||||
Description
|
Quoted
Prices
(Level
1) |
Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level
2) |
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level
3) |
Total
|
Other
Financial Instruments: |
|
|
|
|
Forward
Foreign Currency
Contracts††
|
—
|
$124,253
|
—
|
$124,253
|
†
|
See
Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations. |
*
|
Amount
represents less than $1. |
††
|
Reflects
the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of the instruments. |
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
|
Total
Distributable
Earnings
(Loss) |
Paid-in
Capital
|
|
$2,419
|
$(2,419)
|
56
|
Investments
|
U.S.
Government &
Agency
Obligations |
Purchases
|
$170,614,559
|
$9,836,292
|
Sales
|
143,655,743
|
2,073,771
|
|
Cost/Premiums
Paid
(Received) |
Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
|
Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
|
Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
|
Securities
|
$281,170,664
|
$13,065,083
|
$(7,327,602)
|
$5,737,481
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts |
—
|
1,740
|
(124,253)
|
(122,513)
|
Swap
contracts |
128,396
|
9,808
|
—
|
9,808
|
Average
Daily
Balance*
|
Weighted
Average
Interest
Rate* |
Maximum
Amount
Outstanding
|
$17,260,155
|
5.231%
|
$18,355,137
|
* Averages
based on the number of days that the Fund had reverse repurchase agreements outstanding. |
57
ASSET
DERIVATIVES1
| |||
|
Foreign
Exchange
Risk |
Credit
Risk
|
Total
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts |
$1,740
|
—
|
$1,740
|
Centrally
cleared swap contracts2
|
—
|
$9,808
|
9,808
|
Total
|
$1,740
|
$9,808
|
$11,548
|
LIABILITY
DERIVATIVES1
| |
|
Foreign
Exchange
Risk |
Forward
foreign currency contracts |
$124,253
|
1
|
Generally,
the balance sheet location for asset derivatives is receivables/net unrealized appreciation and for
liability
derivatives is payables/net unrealized depreciation. |
2
|
Includes
cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of centrally cleared swap contracts as reported in the
Schedule
of Investments. Only net variation margin is reported within the receivables and/or payables on the
Statement
of Assets and Liabilities. |
AMOUNT
OF NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED | |||
|
Foreign
Exchange
Risk |
Credit
Risk
|
Total
|
Swap
contracts |
—
|
$61
|
$61
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts |
$247,242
|
—
|
247,242
|
Total
|
$247,242
|
$61
|
$247,303
|
CHANGE
IN NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED | |||
|
Foreign
Exchange
Risk |
Credit
Risk
|
Total
|
Swap
contracts |
—
|
$9,808
|
$9,808
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts |
$(61,586
) |
—
|
(61,586
) |
Total
|
$(61,586
)
|
$9,808
|
$(51,778
)
|
58
|
Average
Market
Value*
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts (to buy) |
$1,588,184
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts (to sell) |
6,322,646
|
|
Average
Notional
Balance**
|
Credit
default swap contracts (sell protection) |
$1,206,154
|
*
|
Based
on the average of the market values at each month-end during the period. |
**
|
Based
on the average of the notional amounts at each month-end during the period. |
Counterparty
|
Gross
Assets
Subject
to
Master
Agreements1
|
Gross
Liabilities
Subject
to
Master
Agreements1
|
Net
Assets
(Liabilities)
Subject
to
Master
Agreements
|
Collateral
Pledged
(Received)
|
Net
Amount2,3
|
Bank
of America N.A. |
—
|
$(121,390)
|
$(121,390)
|
—
|
$(121,390)
|
BNP
Paribas SA |
—
|
(2,863)
|
(2,863)
|
—
|
(2,863)
|
Citibank
N.A. |
$1,740
|
—
|
1,740
|
—
|
1,740
|
Total
|
$1,740
|
$(124,253)
|
$(122,513)
|
—
|
$(122,513)
|
1
|
Absent
an event of default or early termination, derivative assets and liabilities are presented gross and not
offset
in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
2
|
Net
amount may also include forward foreign currency exchange contracts that are not required to be
collateralized.
|
3
|
Represents
the net amount receivable (payable) from (to) the counterparty in the event of default. |
59
Record
Date |
Payable
Date |
Amount
|
5/22/2025
|
6/2/2025
|
$0.0700
|
6/23/2025
|
7/1/2025
|
$0.0700
|
7/24/2025
|
8/1/2025
|
$0.0700
|
8/22/2025
|
9/2/2025
|
$0.0700
|
60
|
Affiliate
Value at
May 31, 2024
|
Purchased
|
Sold
| ||
Cost
|
Shares
|
Proceeds
|
Shares
| ||
Western
Asset
Premier
Institutional
Government
Reserves,
Premium
Shares
|
$30,670
|
$156,103,137
|
156,103,137
|
$151,131,584
|
151,131,584
|
61
(cont’d)
|
Realized
Gain (Loss)
|
Dividend
Income
|
Net Increase
(Decrease) in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
|
Affiliate
Value at
May 31,
2025
|
Western
Asset Premier
Institutional
Government
Reserves,
Premium
Shares |
—
|
$131,216
|
—
|
$5,002,223
|
Security
|
Number of
Shares/
Warrants
|
Acquisition
Date
|
Cost
|
Fair Value
at
5/31/2025 |
Value Per
Share/Warrant
|
Percent
of
Net
Assets |
Spirit Airlines LLC,
Common
Shares |
229
|
3/25
|
$2,788
|
$1,372
|
$5.99
|
0.00
%(a)
|
Spirit Airlines LLC,
Warrants
|
28,104
|
3/25
|
342,120
|
168,343
(b)
|
5.99
|
0.08
|
|
|
|
$344,908
|
$169,715
|
|
0.08
%
|
(a)
|
Amount
represents less than 0.005%. |
(b)
|
Security
is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in
transactions
that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This security has been
deemed
liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board. |
|
2025
|
2024
|
Distributions
paid from: |
|
|
Ordinary
income |
$15,292,438
|
$11,930,220
|
Tax
return of capital |
8,038,363
|
6,542,582
|
Total
distributions paid |
$23,330,801
|
$18,472,802
|
Deferred
capital losses* |
$(140,932,005)
|
Other
book/tax temporary differences(a)
|
(2,000,274)
|
Unrealized
appreciation (depreciation)(b)
|
5,591,086
|
Total
distributable earnings (loss) — net |
$(137,341,193)
|
62
*
|
These
capital losses have been deferred in the current year as either short-term or long-term losses. The losses
will
be deemed to occur on the first day of the next taxable year in the same character as they were originally
deferred
and will be available to offset future taxable capital gains. |
(a)
|
Other
book/tax temporary differences are attributable to the tax deferral of losses on straddles, the realization
for
tax purposes of unrealized gains (losses) on foreign currency contracts, the deferral of certain late year
losses
for tax purposes and book/tax differences in the timing of the deductibility of various expenses. |
(b)
|
The
difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable to the tax
deferral
of losses on wash sales, the difference between book and tax amortization methods for premium on
fixed
income securities; book/tax differences in the accrual of interest income on securities in default and other
book/tax
basis adjustments. |
63
July 22, 2025
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
Independent
Directors†
| |
Robert
D. Agdern | |
Year
of birth |
1950
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Director
and Member of Nominating, Audit, Compensation and
Pricing
and Valuation Committees, and Compliance Liaison,
Class
III |
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2015 |
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years |
Member
of the Advisory Committee of the Dispute Resolution
Research
Center at the Kellogg Graduate School of Business,
Northwestern
University (2002 to 2016); formerly, Deputy
General
Counsel responsible for western hemisphere matters
for
BP PLC (1999 to 2001); Associate General Counsel at Amoco
Corporation
responsible for corporate, chemical, and refining
and
marketing matters and special assignments (1993 to 1998)
(Amoco
merged with British Petroleum in 1998 forming BP PLC) |
Number
of portfolios in fund complex2
overseen by Director
(including
the Fund) |
21
|
Other
board memberships held by Director during the past five
years
|
None
|
Carol
L. Colman |
|
Year
of birth |
1946
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Director
and Member of Nominating, Audit and Compensation
Committees,
and Chair of Pricing and Valuation Committee,
Class
I |
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2003 |
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years |
President,
Colman Consulting Company (consulting) |
Number
of portfolios in fund complex2
overseen by Director
(including
the Fund) |
21
|
Other
board memberships held by Director during the past five
years
|
None
|
72
Independent
Directors† (cont’d)
| |
Anthony
Grillo*
| |
Year
of birth
|
1955
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Director
and Member of Nominating, Audit, Compensation and
Pricing
and Valuation Committees, Class I
|
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2024 |
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years
|
Retired;
Founder, Managing Director and Partner of American
Securities
Opportunity Funds (private equity and credit firm)
(2006
to 2018); formerly, Senior Managing Director of Evercore
Partners
Inc. (investment banking) (2001 to 2004); Senior
Managing
Director of Joseph Littlejohn & Levy, Inc. (private
equity
firm) (1999 to 2001); Senior Managing Director of The
Blackstone
Group L.P. (private equity and credit firm) (1991 to
1999)
|
Number
of portfolios in fund complex2
overseen by Director
(including
the Fund) |
21
|
Other
board memberships held by Director during the past five
years
|
Director
of Littelfuse, Inc. (electronics manufacturing) (since
1991);
formerly, Director of Oaktree Acquisition Corp. II (2020
to
2022); Director of Oaktree Acquisition Corp. (2019 to 2021)
|
Eileen
A. Kamerick** |
|
Year
of birth |
1958
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Chair
(since November 15, 2024) and Member of Nominating,
Compensation,
Pricing and Valuation and Audit Committees,
Class
III |
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2013 |
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years |
Chief
Executive Officer, The Governance Partners, LLC
(consulting
firm) (since 2015); National Association of Corporate
Directors
Board Leadership Fellow (since 2016, with Directorship
Certification
since 2019) and NACD 2022 Directorship 100
honoree;
Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
(since
2021); Adjunct Professor, The University of Chicago Law
School
(since 2018); Adjunct Professor, University of Iowa
College
of Law (since 2007); formerly, Chief Financial Officer,
Press
Ganey Associates (health care informatics company) (2012
to
2014); Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer,
Houlihan
Lokey (international investment bank) and President,
Houlihan
Lokey Foundation (2010 to 2012) |
Number
of portfolios in fund complex2
overseen by Director
(including
the Fund) |
21
|
Other
board memberships held by Director during the past five
years
|
Director,
VALIC Company I (since October 2022); Director of ACV
Auctions
Inc. (since 2021); Director of Associated Banc-Corp
(financial
services company) (since 2007); formerly, Director of
Hochschild
Mining plc (precious metals company) (2016
to
2023); formerly Trustee of AIG Funds and Anchor Series Trust
(2018
to 2021) |
73
Independent
Directors† (cont’d)
| |
Nisha
Kumar |
|
Year
of birth |
1970
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Director
and Member of Nominating, Compensation and Pricing
and
Valuation Committees, and Chair of Audit Committee,
Class
II |
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2019 |
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years |
Formerly,
Managing Director and the Chief Financial Officer and
Chief
Compliance Officer of Greenbriar Equity Group, LP (2011
to
2021); formerly, Chief Financial Officer and Chief
Administrative
Officer of Rent the Runway, Inc. (2011); Executive
Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of AOL LLC, a
subsidiary
of Time Warner Inc. (2007 to 2009); Member of the
Council
on Foreign Relations |
Number
of portfolios in fund complex2
overseen by Director
(including
the Fund) |
21
|
Other
board memberships held by Director during the past five
years
|
Director
of Stonepeak-Plus Infrastructure Fund LP (since 2025);
Director
of Birkenstock Holding plc (since 2023); Director of The
India
Fund, Inc. (since 2016); formerly, Director of Aberdeen
Income
Credit Strategies Fund (2017 to 2018); and Director of
The
Asia Tigers Fund, Inc. (2016 to 2018) |
Peter
Mason* | |
Year
of birth
|
1959
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Director
and Member of Audit, Nominating and Pricing and
Valuation
Committees, and Chair of Compensation Committee,
Class
III |
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2024 |
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years
|
Arbitrator
and Mediator (self-employed) (since 2021); formerly,
Global
General Counsel of UNICEF (intergovernmental
organization)
(1998 to 2021) |
Number
of portfolios in fund complex2
overseen by Director
(including
the Fund) |
21
|
Other
board memberships held by Director during the past five
years
|
Chairman
of University of Sydney USA Foundation (since 2020);
Director
of the Radio Workshop US, Inc. (since 2023)
|
74
Independent
Directors† (cont’d)
| |
Hillary
A. Sale*
| |
Year
of birth
|
1961
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Director
and Member of Audit, Compensation and Pricing and
Valuation
Committees, and Chair of Nominating Committee,
Class
II |
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2024 |
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years
|
Agnes
Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Leadership and
Corporate
Governance, Georgetown Law; and Professor of
Management,
McDonough School of Business (since 2018);
formerly,
Associate Dean for Strategy, Georgetown Law (2020
to
2023); National Association of Corporate Directors Board
Faculty
Member (since 2021); formerly, a Member of the Board
of
Governors of FINRA (2016 to 2022)
|
Number
of portfolios in fund complex2
overseen by Director
(including
the Fund) |
21
|
Other
board memberships held by Director during the past five
years
|
Director
of CBOE U.S. Securities Exchanges, CBOE Futures
Exchange,
and CBOE SEF, Director (since 2022); Advisory Board
Member
of Foundation Press (academic book publisher)
(since
2019); Chair of DirectWomen Board Institute (since 2019);
formerly,
Member of DirectWomen Board (nonprofit) (2007
to
2022) |
Interested
Director and Officer
| |
Jane
Trust, CFA3
| |
Year
of birth |
1962
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Director,
President and Chief Executive Officer, Class II |
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2015 |
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years |
Senior
Vice President, Fund Board Management, Franklin
Templeton
(since 2020); Officer and/or Trustee/Director of 119
funds
associated with FTFA or its affiliates (since 2015); Trustee
of
Putnam Family of Funds consisting of 105 portfolios; President
and
Chief Executive Officer of FTFA (since 2015); formerly, Senior
Managing
Director (2018 to 2020) and Managing Director (2016
to
2018) of Legg Mason & Co., LLC (“Legg Mason & Co.”); and
Senior
Vice President of FTFA (2015) |
Number
of portfolios in fund complex2
overseen by Director
(including
the Fund) |
Trustee/Director
of Franklin Templeton funds consisting of 119
portfolios;
Trustee of Putnam Family of Funds consisting of 105
portfolios
|
Other
board memberships held by Director during the past five
years
|
None
|
75
Additional
Officers
| |
Fred
Jensen |
|
Franklin
Templeton
One
Madison Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10010 |
|
Year
of birth |
1963
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Chief
Compliance Officer |
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2020 |
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years |
Director
- Global Compliance of Franklin Templeton (since 2020);
Managing
Director of Legg Mason & Co. (2006 to 2020); Director
of
Compliance, Legg Mason Office of the Chief Compliance
Officer
(2006 to 2020); formerly, Chief Compliance Officer of
Legg
Mason Global Asset Allocation (prior to 2014); Chief
Compliance
Officer of Legg Mason Private Portfolio Group (prior
to
2013); formerly, Chief Compliance Officer of The Reserve
Funds
(investment adviser, funds and broker-dealer) (2004) and
Ambac
Financial Group (investment adviser, funds and broker-
dealer)
(2000 to 2003) |
Marc
A. De Oliveira |
|
Franklin
Templeton
100
First Stamford Place, 6th Floor, Stamford, CT 06902 |
|
Year
of birth |
1971
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Secretary
and Chief Legal Officer |
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2023 |
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years |
Associate
General Counsel of Franklin Templeton (since 2020);
Secretary
and Chief Legal Officer (since 2020) and Assistant
Secretary
of certain funds in the Franklin Templeton fund
complex
(since 2006); formerly, Managing Director (2016
to
2020) and Associate General Counsel of Legg Mason & Co.
(2005
to 2020) |
Thomas
C. Mandia |
|
Franklin
Templeton
100
First Stamford Place, 6th Floor, Stamford, CT 06902 |
|
Year
of birth |
1962
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Senior
Vice President |
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2022 |
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years |
Senior
Associate General Counsel to Franklin Templeton
(since
2020); Senior Vice President (since 2020) and Assistant
Secretary
of certain funds in the Franklin Templeton fund
complex
(since 2006); Secretary of FTFA (since 2006); Secretary
of
LMAS (since 2002) and LMFAM (formerly registered
investment
advisers) (since 2013); formerly, Managing Director
and
Deputy General Counsel of Legg Mason & Co. (2005
to
2020) |
76
Additional
Officers (cont’d)
| |
Christopher
Berarducci |
|
Franklin
Templeton
One
Madison Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10010 |
|
Year
of birth |
1974
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Treasurer
and Principal Financial Officer |
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2019 |
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years |
Vice
President, Fund Administration and Reporting, Franklin
Templeton
(since 2020); Treasurer (since 2010) and Principal
Financial
Officer (since 2019) of certain funds associated with
Legg
Mason & Co. or its affiliates; formerly, Managing
Director
(2020), Director (2015 to 2020), and Vice President (2011
to
2015) of Legg Mason & Co. |
Jeanne
M. Kelly |
|
Franklin
Templeton
One
Madison Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10010 |
|
Year
of birth |
1951
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Senior
Vice President |
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2007 |
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years |
U.S.
Fund Board Team Manager, Franklin Templeton (since 2020);
Senior
Vice President of certain funds associated with Legg
Mason
& Co. or its affiliates (since 2007); Senior Vice President
of
FTFA (since 2006); President and Chief Executive Officer of
LMAS
and LMFAM (since 2015); formerly, Managing Director of
Legg
Mason & Co. (2005 to 2020); and Senior Vice President of
LMFAM
(2013 to 2015) |
77
78
Franklin Resources Inc.
Compliance Department
One Madison Avenue, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10010
79
Sales
Load (
|
% |
Offering
Expense (
|
% |
Dividend
Reinvestment Plan Fees(3)
|
$
|
|
to
Common Shares |
Management
Fees(4)
|
|
Interest
Payments on Borrowed Funds(5)
|
|
Other
Expenses(6)
|
|
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses
|
|
One
Year |
Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
Years |
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
80
|
Quarterly
Closing
Market
Price |
Quarterly
Closing
NAV
Price
on
Date of Market Price |
Quarterly
Closing
Premium/(Discount)
on
Date of Market Price | |||
|
High
|
Low
|
High
|
Low
|
High
|
Low
|
Fiscal
Year 2025: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
August
31, 2024 |
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
|
(
|
November
30, 2024 |
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
(
|
(
|
February
28, 2025 |
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
(
|
(
|
May
31, 2025 |
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
(
|
(
|
Fiscal
Year 2024: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
August
31, 2023 |
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
|
(
|
November
30, 2023 |
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
|
(
|
February
29, 2024 |
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
(
|
(
|
May
31, 2024 |
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
(
|
(
|
81
Fiscal
Year Ended |
Total
Amount
Outstanding(1)
|
Asset
Coverage
per 1,000(2)
|
Average
Market
Value
Per
Unit(3)
|
Revolving
Credit Facility: |
|
|
|
May
31, 2025* |
$
|
$
|
N/A
|
May
31, 2024* |
$
|
$
|
N/A
|
May
31, 2023* |
$
|
$
|
N/A
|
May
31, 2022* |
$
|
$
|
N/A
|
May
31, 2021* |
$
|
$
|
N/A
|
May
31, 2020* |
$
|
$
|
N/A
|
May
31, 2019* |
$
|
$
|
N/A
|
May
31, 2018 |
$
|
$
|
N/A
|
May
31, 2017 |
$
|
$
|
N/A
|
May
31, 2016 |
$
|
$
|
N/A
|
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
|
Pursuant
to: |
Amount
Reported |
Qualified
Net Interest Income (QII) |
§871(k)(1)(C)
|
$6,045,991
|
Qualified
Business Income Dividends Earned |
§199A
|
$134,313
|
Section
163(j) Interest Earned |
§163(j)
|
$21,077,581
|
Interest
Earned from Federal Obligations |
Note
(1) |
$393,750
|
108
President and Chief Executive
Officer
Treasurer and Principal Financial
Officer
Chief Compliance Officer
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President
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New York, NY 10010
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(b) Not applicable | ||
ITEM 2. | CODE OF ETHICS. |
(a) The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to its principal executive officers and principal financial and accounting officer.
(c) N/A
(d) N/A
(f) Pursuant to Item 19(a) (1), the Registrant is attaching as an exhibit a copy of its code of ethics that applies to its principal executive officers and principal financial and accounting officer.
ITEM 3. | AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT. |
The Board of Directors of the Registrant has determined that Eileen A. Kamerick and Nisha Kumar, possess the technical attributes identified in Item 3 to Form N-CSR to qualify as an “audit committee financial experts,” and has designated Eileen A. Kamerick and Nisha Kumar, as the Audit Committee’s financial experts. Eileen A. Kamerick and Nisha Kumar are an “independent” Trustee pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Item 3 to Form N-CSR.
Under applicable securities laws, a person determined to be an audit committee financial expert will not be deemed an “expert” for any purpose, including without limitation for the purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee financial expert. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or liabilities greater than the duties, obligations, and liabilities imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and board of directors in the absence of such designation or identification. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not affect the duties, obligations, or liability of any other member of the audit committee or board of directors.
ITEM 4. | PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES. |
(a) Audit Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the last two fiscal years ending May 31, 2024 and May 31, 2025 (the “Reporting Periods”) for professional services rendered by the Registrant’s principal accountant (the “Auditor”) for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements, or services that are normally provided by the Auditor in connection with the statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the Reporting Periods, were $66,769 in May 31, 2024 and $70,775 in May 31, 2025.
(b) Audit-Related Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for assurance and related services by the Auditor that are reasonably related to the performance of the Registrant’s financial statements were $0 in May 31, 2024 and $0 in May 31, 2025.
(c) Tax Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for professional services rendered by the Auditor for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning (“Tax Services”) were $10,000 in May 31, 2024 and $10,000 in May 31, 2025. These services consisted of (i) review or preparation of U.S. federal, state, local and excise tax returns; (ii) U.S. federal, state and local tax planning, advice and assistance regarding statutory, regulatory or administrative developments, and (iii) tax advice regarding tax qualification matters and/or treatment of various financial instruments held or proposed to be acquired or held.
There were no fees billed for tax services by the Auditors to the Registrant’s investment manager and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment manager that provides ongoing services to the Registrant (“Service Affiliates”) during the Reporting Periods that required pre-approval by the Audit Committee.
d) All Other Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for products and services provided by the Auditor to the Registrant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this item, were $8,000 in May 31, 2024 and $0 in May 31, 2025.
There were no other non-audit services rendered by the Auditor to the Service Affiliates requiring pre-approval by the Audit Committee in the Reporting Periods.
(e) Audit Committee’s pre–approval policies and procedures described in paragraph (c) (7) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.
(1) The Charter for the Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of each registered investment company (the “Fund”) advised by the Registrant’s investment manager or one of their affiliates (each, an “Adviser”) requires that the Committee shall approve (a) all audit and permissible non-audit services to be provided to the Fund and (b) all permissible non-audit services to be provided by the Fund’s independent auditors to the Adviser and any service providers controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provide ongoing services to the Fund (“Covered Service Providers”) if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. The Committee may implement policies and procedures by which such services are approved other than by the full Committee.
The Committee shall not approve non-audit services that the Committee believes may impair the independence of the auditors. As of the date of the approval of this Audit Committee Charter, permissible non-audit services include any professional services (including tax services), that are not prohibited services as described below, provided to the Fund by the independent auditors, other than those provided to the Fund in connection with an audit or a review of the financial statements of the Fund. Permissible non-audit services may not include: (i) bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the Fund; (ii) financial information systems design and implementation; (iii) appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions or contribution-in-kind reports; (iv) actuarial services; (v) internal audit outsourcing services; (vi) management functions or human resources; (vii) broker or dealer, investment adviser or investment banking services; (viii) legal services and expert services unrelated to the audit; and (ix) any other service the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board determines, by regulation, is impermissible.
Pre-approval by the Committee of any permissible non-audit services is not required so long as: (i) the aggregate amount of all such permissible non-audit services provided to the Fund, the Adviser and the Covered Service Providers constitutes not more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid to the independent auditors during the fiscal year in which the permissible non-audit services are provided to (a) the Fund, (b) the Adviser and (c) any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Fund during the fiscal year in which the services are provided that would have to be approved by the Committee; (ii) the permissible non-audit services were not recognized by the Fund at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and (iii) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Committee and approved by the Committee (or its delegate(s)) prior to the completion of the audit.
(2) None of the services described in paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item were performed in reliance on paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.
(f) Not applicable.
(g) Non-audit fees billed by the Auditor for services rendered to the Registrant and the Service Affiliates during the reporting period were $342,635 in May 31, 2024 and $334,889 in May 31, 2025.
(h) Yes. The Registrant’s Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to Service Affiliates, which were not pre-approved (not requiring pre-approval), is compatible with maintaining the Auditor’s independence. All services provided by the Auditor to the Registrant or to the Service Affiliates, which were required to be pre-approved, were pre-approved as required.
(i) Not applicable.
(j) Not applicable.
ITEM 5. | AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS. |
a) | Registrant has a separately-designated standing Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)58(A) of the Exchange Act. The Audit Committee consists of the following Board members: |
Robert D. Agdern
Carol L. Colman
Anthony Grillo*
Eileen A. Kamerick
Nisha Kumar
Peter Mason*
Hillary A. Sale*
* Effective November 15, 2024, Ms. Sale and Messrs. Grillo and Mason became members of the Audit Committee.
b) Not applicable
ITEM 6. | SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS. |
(a) | Please see schedule of investments contained in the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights included under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR. |
(b) | Not applicable. |
ITEM 7. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR OPEN-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. | CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS FOR OPEN-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable.
ITEM 9. | PROXY DISCLOSURES FOR OPEN-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable.
ITEM 10. | REMUNERATION PAID TO DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AND OTHERS OF OPEN-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable.
ITEM 11. | STATEMENT REGARDING BASIS FOR APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY CONTRACT. |
The information is disclosed as part of the Financial Statements included in Item 1 of this Form N-CSR, as applicable.
ITEM 12. | DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Western Asset Management Company, LLC Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures
NOTE | ||
The policy below relating to proxy voting and corporate actions is a global policy for Western Asset Management Company, LLC (“Western Asset” or the “Firm”) and all Western Asset affiliates, including Western Asset Management Company Limited (“Western Asset Limited”), Western Asset Management Company Ltd (“Western Asset Japan”) and Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd. (“Western Asset Singapore”), as applicable. As compliance with the policy is monitored by Western Asset, the policy has been adopted from the US Compliance Manual and all defined terms are those defined in the US Compliance Manual rather than the compliance manual of any other Western Asset affiliate. |
BACKGROUND | ||
An investment adviser is required to adopt and implement policies and procedures that we believe are reasonably designed to ensure that proxies are voted in the best interest of clients, in accordance with fiduciary duties and Rule 206(4)-6 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Advisers Act”). The authority to vote the proxies of our clients is established through investment management agreements or comparable documents. In addition to SEC requirements governing advisers, long-standing fiduciary standards and responsibilities have been established for ERISA accounts. Unless a manager of ERISA assets has been expressly precluded from voting proxies, the Department of Labor has determined that the responsibility for these votes lies with the investment manager. |
POLICY | ||
As a fixed income only manager, the occasion to vote proxies is very rare, for instance, when fixed income securities are converted into equity by their terms or in connection with a bankruptcy or corporate workout. However, the Firm has adopted and implemented policies and procedures that we believe are reasonably designed to ensure that proxies are voted in the best interest of clients, in accordance with our fiduciary duties and Rule 206(4)-6 under the Advisers Act. In addition to SEC requirements governing advisers, our proxy voting policies reflect the long-standing fiduciary standards and responsibilities for ERISA accounts. Unless a manager of ERISA assets has been expressly precluded from voting proxies, the Department of Labor has determined that the responsibility for these votes lies with the investment manager. | ||
While the guidelines included in the procedures are intended to provide a benchmark for voting standards, each vote is ultimately cast on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration the Firm’s contractual obligations to our clients and all other relevant facts and circumstances at the time of the vote (such that these guidelines may be overridden to the extent the Firm deems appropriate). |
In exercising its voting authority, Western Asset will not consult or enter into agreements with officers, directors or employees of Franklin Resources (Franklin Resources includes Franklin Resources, Inc. and organizations operating as Franklin Resources) or any of its affiliates (other than Western Asset affiliated companies) regarding the voting of any securities owned by its clients. |
PROCEDURES |
Responsibility and Oversight
The Legal & Compliance Group is responsible for administering and overseeing the proxy voting process. The gathering of proxies is coordinated through the Corporate Actions team of the Investment Operations Group (“Corporate Actions”). Research analysts and portfolio managers are responsible for determining appropriate voting positions on each proxy utilizing any applicable guidelines contained in these procedures.
Client Authority
The Investment Management Agreement for each client is reviewed at account start-up for proxy voting instructions. If an agreement is silent on proxy voting, but contains an overall delegation of discretionary authority or if the account represents assets of an ERISA plan, Western Asset will assume responsibility for proxy voting. The Portfolio Compliance Group maintains a matrix of proxy voting authority.
Proxy Gathering
Registered owners of record, client custodians, client banks and trustees (“Proxy Recipients”) that receive proxy materials on behalf of clients should forward them to Corporate Actions. Proxy Recipients for new clients (or, if Western Asset becomes aware that the applicable Proxy Recipient for an existing client has changed, the Proxy Recipient for the existing client) are notified at start-up of appropriate routing to Corporate Actions of proxy materials received and reminded of their responsibility to forward all proxy materials on a timely basis. If Western Asset personnel other than Corporate Actions receive proxy materials, they should promptly forward the materials to Corporate Actions.
Proxy Voting
Once proxy materials are received by Corporate Actions, they are forwarded to the Portfolio Compliance Group for coordination and the following actions:
Proxies are reviewed to determine accounts impacted.
Impacted accounts are checked to confirm Western Asset voting authority.
Where appropriate, the Regulatory Affairs Group reviews the issues presented to determine any material conflicts of interest. (See Conflicts of Interest section of these procedures for further information on determining material conflicts of interest.)
If a material conflict of interest exists, (i) to the extent reasonably practicable and permitted by applicable law, the client is promptly notified, the conflict is disclosed and Western Asset obtains the client’s proxy voting instructions, and (ii) to the extent that it is not reasonably practicable or permitted by applicable law to notify the client and obtain such instructions (e.g., the client is a mutual fund or other commingled vehicle or is an ERISA plan client), Western Asset seeks voting instructions from an independent third party.
The Portfolio Compliance Group provides proxy material to the appropriate research analyst or portfolio manager to obtain their recommended vote. Research analysts and portfolio managers determine votes on a case-by-case basis taking into account the voting guidelines contained in these procedures. For avoidance of doubt, depending on the best interest of each individual client, Western Asset may vote the same proxy differently for different clients. The analyst’s or portfolio manager’s basis for their decision is documented and maintained by the Portfolio Compliance Group.
Portfolio Compliance Group votes the proxy pursuant to the instructions received in (d) or (e) and returns the voted proxy as indicated in the proxy materials.
Timing |
Western Asset’s Legal and Compliance Department personnel act in such a manner to ensure that, absent special circumstances, the proxy gathering and proxy voting steps noted above can be completed before the applicable deadline for returning proxy votes.
Recordkeeping |
Western Asset maintains records of proxies voted pursuant to Rule 204-2 of the Advisers Act and ERISA DOL Bulletin 94-2. These records include:
· | A copy of Western Asset’s proxy voting policies and procedures. |
· | Copies of proxy statements received with respect to securities in client accounts. |
· | A copy of any document created by Western Asset that was material to making a decision how to vote proxies. |
· | Each written client request for proxy voting records and Western Asset’s written response to both verbal and written client requests. |
A proxy log including:
1. | Issuer name; |
2. | Exchange ticker symbol of the issuer’s shares to be voted; |
3. | Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures (“CUSIP”) number for the shares to be voted; |
4. | A brief identification of the matter voted on; |
5. | Whether the matter was proposed by the issuer or by a shareholder of the issuer; |
6. | Whether a vote was cast on the matter; |
7. | A record of how the vote was cast; |
8. | Whether the vote was cast for or against the recommendation of the issuer’s management team; |
9. | Funds are required to categorize their votes so that investors can focus on the topics they find important. Categories include, for example, votes related to director elections, extraordinary transactions, say-on-pay, shareholder rights and defenses, and the environment or climate, among others; and |
10. | Funds are required to disclose the number of shares voted or instructed to be cast, as well as the number of shares loaned but not recalled and, therefore, not voted by the fund. |
Records are maintained in an easily accessible place for a period of not less than five (5) years with the first two (2) years in Western Asset’s offices.
Disclosure |
Western Asset’s proxy policies and procedures are described in the Firm’s Form ADV Part 2A. Clients are provided with a copy of these policies and procedures upon request. In addition, clients may receive reports on how their proxies have been voted, upon request.
Conflicts of Interest
All proxies that potentially present conflicts of interest are reviewed by the Regulatory Affairs Group for a materiality assessment. Issues to be reviewed include, but are not limited to:
1. | Whether Western Asset (or, to the extent required to be considered by applicable law, its affiliates) manages assets for the company or an employee group of the company or otherwise has an interest in the company; |
2. | Whether Western Asset or an officer or director of Western Asset or the applicable portfolio manager or analyst responsible for recommending the proxy vote (together, “Voting Persons”) is a close relative of or has a personal or business relationship with an executive, director or person who is a candidate for director of the company or is a participant in a proxy contest; and |
3. | Whether there is any other business or personal relationship where a Voting Person has a personal interest in the outcome of the matter before shareholders. |
Voting Guidelines
Western Asset’s substantive voting decisions are based on the particular facts and circumstances of each proxy vote and are evaluated by the designated research analyst or portfolio manager. The examples outlined below are meant as guidelines to aid in the decision making process.
Situations can arise in which more than one Western Asset client invests in instruments of the same issuer or in which a single client may invest in instruments of the same issuer but in multiple accounts or strategies. Multiple clients or the same client in multiple accounts or strategies may have different investment objectives, investment styles, or investment professionals involved in making decisions. While there may be differences, votes are always cast in the best interests of the client and the investment objectives agreed with Western Asset. As a result, there may be circumstances where Western Asset casts different votes on behalf of different clients or on behalf of the same client with multiple accounts or strategies.
Guidelines are grouped according to the types of proposals generally presented to shareholders. Part I deals with proposals which have been approved and are recommended by a company’s board of directors; Part II deals with proposals submitted by shareholders for inclusion in proxy statements; Part III addresses issues relating to voting shares of investment companies; and Part IV addresses unique considerations pertaining to foreign issuers.
I. | Board Approved Proposals |
The vast majority of matters presented to shareholders for a vote involve proposals made by a company itself that have been approved and recommended by its board of directors. In view of the enhanced corporate governance practices currently being implemented in public companies, Western Asset generally votes in support of decisions reached by independent boards of directors. More specific guidelines related to certain board-approved proposals are as follows:
1. | Matters relating to the Board of Directors |
Western Asset votes proxies for the election of the company’s nominees for directors and for board-approved proposals on other matters relating to the board of directors with the following exceptions:
a. | Votes are withheld for the entire board of directors if the board does not have a majority of independent directors or the board does not have nominating, audit and compensation committees composed solely of independent directors. |
b. | Votes are withheld for any nominee for director who is considered an independent director by the company and who has received compensation from the company other than for service as a director. |
c. | Votes are withheld for any nominee for director who attends less than 75% of board and committee meetings without valid reasons for absences. |
d. | Votes are cast on a case-by-case basis in contested elections of directors. |
2. | Matters relating to Executive Compensation |
Western Asset generally favors compensation programs that relate executive compensation to a company’s long-term performance. Votes are cast on a case-by-case basis on board-approved proposals relating to executive compensation, except as follows:
a. | Except where the firm is otherwise withholding votes for the entire board of directors, Western Asset votes for stock option plans that will result in a minimal annual dilution. |
b. | Western Asset votes against stock option plans or proposals that permit replacing or repricing of underwater options. |
c. | Western Asset votes against stock option plans that permit issuance of options with an exercise price below the stock’s current market price. |
d. | Except where the firm is otherwise withholding votes for the entire board of directors, Western Asset votes for employee stock purchase plans that limit the discount for shares purchased under the plan to no more than 15% of their market value, have an offering period of 27 months or less and result in dilution of 10% or less. |
3. | Matters relating to Capitalization |
The Management of a company’s capital structure involves a number of important issues, including cash flows, financing needs and market conditions that are unique to the circumstances of each company. As a result, Western Asset votes on a case-by-case basis on board-approved proposals involving changes to a company’s capitalization except where Western Asset is otherwise withholding votes for the entire board of directors.
a. | Western Asset votes for proposals relating to the authorization of additional common stock. |
b. | Western Asset votes for proposals to effect stock splits (excluding reverse stock splits). |
c. | Western Asset votes for proposals authorizing share repurchase programs. |
4. | Matters relating to Acquisitions, Mergers, Reorganizations and Other Transactions |
Western Asset votes these issues on a case-by-case basis on board-approved transactions.
5. | Matters relating to Anti-Takeover Measures |
Western Asset votes against board-approved proposals to adopt anti-takeover measures except as follows:
a. | Western Asset votes on a case-by-case basis on proposals to ratify or approve shareholder rights plans. |
b. | Western Asset votes on a case-by-case basis on proposals to adopt fair price provisions. |
6. | Other Business Matters |
Western Asset votes for board-approved proposals approving such routine business matters such as changing the company’s name, ratifying the appointment of auditors and procedural matters relating to the shareholder meeting.
a. | Western Asset votes on a case-by-case basis on proposals to amend a company’s charter or bylaws. |
b. | Western Asset votes against authorization to transact other unidentified, substantive business at the meeting. |
7. | Reporting of Financially Material Information |
Western Asset generally believes issuers should disclose information that is material to their business.
What qualifies as “material” can vary, so votes are cast on a case-by-case basis but consistent with the overarching principle.
II. | Shareholder Proposals |
SEC regulations permit shareholders to submit proposals for inclusion in a company’s proxy statement. These proposals generally seek to change some aspect of a company’s corporate governance structure or to change some aspect of its business operations. Western Asset votes in accordance with the recommendation of the company’s board of directors on all shareholder proposals, except as follows:
1. | Western Asset votes for shareholder proposals to require shareholder approval of shareholder rights plans. |
2. | Western Asset votes for shareholder proposals that are consistent with Western Asset’s proxy voting guidelines for board-approved proposals. |
3. | Western Asset votes on a case-by-case basis on other shareholder proposals where the firm is otherwise withholding votes for the entire board of directors. |
Environmental or social issues that are the subject of a proxy vote will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Constructive proposals that seek to advance the health of the issuer and the prospect for risk-adjusted returns to Western Assets clients are viewed more favorably than proposals that advance a single issue or limit the ability of management to meet its operating objectives.
III. | Voting Shares of Investment Companies |
Western Asset may utilize shares of open or closed-end investment companies to implement its investment strategies. Shareholder votes for investment companies that fall within the categories listed in Parts I and II above are voted in accordance with those guidelines.
1. | Western Asset votes on a case-by-case basis on proposals relating to changes in the investment objectives of an investment company taking into account the original intent of the fund and the role the fund plays in the clients’ portfolios. |
2. | Western Asset votes on a case-by-case basis all proposals that would result in increases in expenses (e.g., proposals to adopt 12b-1 plans, alter investment advisory arrangements or approve fund mergers) taking into account comparable expenses for similar funds and the services to be provided. |
IV. | Voting Shares of Foreign Issuers |
In the event Western Asset is required to vote on securities held in non-U.S. issuers – i.e. issuers that are incorporated under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction and that are not listed on a U.S. securities exchange or the NASDAQ stock market, the following guidelines are used, which are premised on the existence of a sound corporate governance and disclosure framework. These guidelines, however, may not be appropriate under some circumstances for foreign issuers and therefore apply only where applicable.
1. | Western Asset votes for shareholder proposals calling for a majority of the directors to be independent of management. |
2. | Western Asset votes for shareholder proposals seeking to increase the independence of board nominating, audit and compensation committees. |
3. | Western Asset votes for shareholder proposals that implement corporate governance standards similar to those established under U.S. federal law and the listing requirements of U.S. stock exchanges, and that do not otherwise violate the laws of the jurisdiction under which the company is incorporated. |
4. | Western Asset votes on a case-by-case basis on proposals relating to (1) the issuance of common stock in excess of 20% of a company’s outstanding common stock where shareholders do not have preemptive rights, or (2) the issuance of common stock in excess of 100% of a company’s outstanding common stock where shareholders have preemptive rights. |
V. | Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) Matters |
Western Asset incorporates ESG considerations, among other relevant risks, as part of the overall process where appropriate. The Firm seeks to identify and consider material risks to the investment thesis, including material risks presented by ESG factors. While Western Asset is primarily a fixed income manager, opportunities to vote proxies are considered on the investment merits of the instruments and strategies involved.
As a general proposition, Western Asset votes to encourage disclosure of information material to their business. This principle extends to ESG matters. What qualifies as “material” can vary, so votes are cast on a case-by-case basis but consistent with the overarching principle. Western Asset recognizes that objective standards and criteria may not be available or universally agreed and that there may be different views and subjective analysis regarding factors and their significance.
Targeted environmental or social issues that are the subject of a proxy vote will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Constructive proposals that seek to advance the health of the issuer and the prospect for risk-adjusted returns to Western Assets clients are viewed more favorably than proposals that advance a single issue or limit the ability of management to meet its operating objectives.
Retirement Accounts
For accounts subject to ERISA, as well as other retirement accounts, Western Asset is presumed to have the responsibility to vote proxies for the client. The Department of Labor has issued a bulletin that states that investment managers have the responsibility to vote proxies on behalf of Retirement Accounts unless the authority to vote proxies has been specifically reserved to another named fiduciary. Furthermore, unless Western Asset is expressly precluded from voting the proxies, the Department of Labor has determined that the responsibility remains with the investment manager.
In order to comply with the Department of Labor’s position, Western Asset will be presumed to have the obligation to vote proxies for its retirement accounts unless Western Asset has obtained a specific written instruction indicating that: (a) the right to vote proxies has been reserved to a named fiduciary of the client, and (b) Western Asset is precluded from voting proxies on behalf of the client. If Western Asset does not receive such an instruction, Western Asset will be responsible for voting proxies in the best interests of the retirement account client and in accordance with any proxy voting guidelines provided by the client.
ITEM 13. | PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
(a)(1): As of the date of filing this report:
NAME AND ADDRESS |
LENGTH OF TIME SERVED |
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION(S) DURING PAST 5 YEARS | ||
Michael C. Buchanan Western Asset 385 East Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91101 |
Since 2006 | Responsible for the day-to-day management with other members of the Fund’s portfolio management team; Chief Investment Officer of Western Asset since September 2024; employed by Western Asset Management as an investment professional for at least the past five years; Managing Director and head of U.S. Credit Products from 2003-2005 at Credit Suisse Asset Management | ||
Christopher F. Kilpatrick Western Asset 385 East Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91101 |
Since 2012 | Responsible for the day-to-day management with other members of the Fund’s portfolio management team; employed by Western Asset Management as an investment professional for at least the past five years. | ||
Walter Kilcullen Western Asset 385 East Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91101 |
Since 2024 | Responsible for the day-to-day management with other members of the Fund’s portfolio management team; employed by Western Asset Management as an investment professional since 2002. | ||
Ian Edmonds Western Asset 385 East Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91101 |
Since 2024 | Responsible for the day-to-day management with other members of the Fund’s portfolio management team; Lead Portfolio Manager of Western Asset Management’s Global Multi-Sector portfolios; employed by Western Asset Management as an investment professional since 1994 | ||
Ryan K. Brist Western Asset 385 East Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91101 |
Since 2010 | Responsible for the day-to-day management with other members of the Fund’s portfolio management team; Head of U.S. Investment Grade Credit of Western Asset since 2009; Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager at Logan Circle Partners, L.P. from 2007-2009; Co-Chief Investment Officer and Senior Portfolio Manager at Delaware Investment Advisors from 2000-2007 |
(a)(2): DATA TO BE PROVIDED BY FINANCIAL CONTROL
The following tables set forth certain additional information with respect to the fund’s investment professionals for the fund. Unless noted otherwise, all information is provided as of May 31, 2025.
Other Accounts Managed by Investment Professionals
The table below identifies the number of accounts (other than the fund) for which the fund’s investment professionals have day-to-day management responsibilities and the total assets in such accounts, within each of the following categories: registered investment companies, other pooled investment vehicles, and other accounts. For each category, the number of accounts and total assets in the accounts where fees are based on performance is also indicated.
Name of PM | Type of Account | Number of Accounts Managed | Total Assets Managed | Number of Accounts Managed for which Advisory Fee is Performance-Based | Assets Managed for which Advisory Fee is Performance-Based |
Michael C. Buchanan ‡ | Other Registered Investment Companies | 61 | $79.48 billion | None | None |
Other Pooled Vehicles | 217 | $47.79 billion | 17 | $2.19 billion | |
Other Accounts | 330 | $99.60 billion | 13 | $6.26 billion | |
Christopher Kilpatrick ‡ | Other Registered Investment Companies | 11 | $4.56 billion | None | None |
Other Pooled Vehicles | 8 | $569 million | 3 | $361 million | |
Other Accounts | 13 | $873 million | None | None | |
Walter Kilcullen‡ | Other Registered Investment Companies | 7 | $2.86 billion | None | None |
Other Pooled Vehicles | 16 | $7.35 billion | 3 | $361 million | |
Other Accounts | 12 | $1.63 billion | None | None | |
Ian Edmonds ‡ | Other Registered Investment Companies | 2 | $478 million | None | None |
Other Pooled Vehicles | 11 | $1.51 billion | 3 | $361 million | |
Other Accounts | 13 | $5.64 billion | 1 | $14 million |
Ryan K. Brist ‡ | Other Registered Investment Companies | 27 | $10.12 billion | None | None |
Other Pooled Vehicles | 17 | $13.48 billion | None | None | |
Other Accounts | 94 | $41.46 million | 4 | $1.19 billion |
‡ The numbers above reflect the overall number of portfolios managed by employees of Western Asset Management Company (“Western Asset”). They are involved in the management of all the Firm’s portfolios, but they are not solely responsible for particular portfolios. Western Asset’s investment discipline emphasizes a team approach that combines the efforts of groups of specialists working in different market sectors. They are responsible for overseeing implementation of Western Asset’s overall investment ideas and coordinating the work of the various sector teams. This structure ensures that client portfolios benefit from a consensus that draws on the expertise of all team members.
(a)(3): Portfolio Manager Compensation (As of May 31, 2025):
Investment Professional Compensation
Conflicts of Interest
The Subadviser has adopted compliance policies and procedures to address a wide range of potential conflicts of interest that could directly impact client portfolios. For example, potential conflicts of interest may arise in connection with the management of multiple portfolios (including portfolios managed in a personal capacity). These could include potential conflicts of interest related to the knowledge and timing of a portfolio’s trades, investment opportunities and broker selection. Portfolio managers are privy to the size, timing, and possible market impact of a portfolio’s trades.
It is possible that an investment opportunity may be suitable for both a portfolio and other accounts managed by a portfolio manager, but may not be available in sufficient quantities for both the portfolio and the other accounts to participate fully. Similarly, there may be limited opportunity to sell an investment held by a portfolio and another account. A conflict may arise where the portfolio manager may have an incentive to treat an account preferentially as compared to a portfolio because the account pays a performance-based fee or the portfolio manager, the Subadviser or an affiliate has an interest in the account. The Subadviser has adopted procedures for allocation of portfolio transactions and investment opportunities across multiple client accounts on a fair and equitable basis over time. Eligible accounts that can participate in a trade generally share the same price on a pro-rata allocation basis, taking into account differences based on factors such as cash availability, investment restrictions and guidelines, and portfolio composition versus strategy.
With respect to securities transactions, the Subadviser determines which broker or dealer to use to execute each order, consistent with their duty to seek best execution of the transaction. However, with respect to certain other accounts (such as pooled investment vehicles that are not registered investment companies and other accounts managed for organizations and individuals), the Subadviser may be limited by the client with respect to the selection of brokers or dealers or may be instructed to direct trades through a particular broker or dealer. In these cases, trades for a portfolio in a particular security may be placed separately from, rather than aggregated with, such other accounts. Having separate transactions with respect to a security may temporarily affect the market price of the security or the execution of the transaction, or both, to the possible detriment of a portfolio or the other account(s) involved. Additionally, the management of multiple portfolios and/or other accounts may result in a portfolio manager devoting unequal time and attention to the management of each portfolio and/or other account. The Subadviser’s team approach to portfolio management and block trading approach seeks to limit this potential risk.
The Subadviser also maintains a gift and entertainment policy to address the potential for a business contact to give gifts or host entertainment events that may influence the business judgment of an employee. Employees are permitted to retain gifts of only a nominal value and are required to make reimbursement for entertainment events above a certain value. All gifts (except those of a de minimis value) and entertainment events that are given or sponsored by a business contact are required to be reported in a gift and entertainment log which is reviewed on a regular basis for possible issues.
Employees of the Subadviser have access to transactions and holdings information regarding client accounts and the Subadviser’s overall trading activities. This information represents a potential conflict of interest because employees may take advantage of this information as they trade in their personal accounts. Accordingly, the Subadviser maintains a Code of Ethics that is compliant with Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act and Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act to address personal trading. In addition, the Code of Ethics seeks to establish broader principles of good conduct and fiduciary responsibility in all aspects of the Subadviser’s business. The Code of Ethics is administered by the Legal and Compliance Department and monitored through the Subadviser’s compliance monitoring program.
The Subadviser may also face other potential conflicts of interest with respect to managing client assets, and the description above is not a complete description of every conflict of interest that could be deemed to exist. The Subadviser also maintains a compliance monitoring program and engages independent auditors to conduct a SOC1/ISAE 3402 audit on an annual basis. These steps help to ensure that potential conflicts of interest have been addressed.
Investment Professional Compensation
With respect to the compensation of the Fund’s investment professionals, the Subadviser’s compensation system assigns each employee a total compensation range, which is derived from annual market surveys that benchmark each role with its job function and peer universe. This method is designed to reward employees with total compensation reflective of the external market value of their skills, experience and ability to produce desired results. Standard compensation includes competitive base salaries, generous employee benefits and a retirement plan.
In addition, the Subadviser’s employees are eligible for bonuses. These are structured to closely align the interests of employees with those of the Subadviser, and are determined by the professional’s job function and pre-tax performance as measured by a formal review process. All bonuses are completely discretionary. The principal factor considered is an investment professional’s investment performance versus appropriate peer groups and benchmarks (e.g., a securities index and with respect to the Fund, the benchmark set forth in the Fund’s Prospectus to which the Fund’s average annual total returns are compared or, if none, the benchmark set forth in the Fund’s annual report). Performance is reviewed on a 1, 3 and 5 year basis for compensation—with 3 and 5 years having a larger emphasis. The Subadviser may also measure an investment professional’s pre-tax investment performance against other benchmarks, as it determines appropriate. Because investment professionals are generally responsible for multiple accounts (including the Fund) with similar investment strategies, they are generally compensated on the performance of the aggregate group of similar accounts, rather than a specific account. Other factors that may be considered when making bonus decisions include client service, business development, length of service to the Subadviser, management or supervisory responsibilities, contributions to developing business strategy and overall contributions to the Subadviser’s business.
Finally, in order to attract and retain top talent, all investment professionals are eligible for additional incentives in recognition of outstanding performance. These are determined based upon the factors described above and include long-term incentives that vest over a set period of time past the award date.
Investment Professional Securities Ownership
The table below identifies the dollar range of securities beneficially owned by the named investment professional as of May 31, 2025.
Investment Professional(s) |
Dollar Range of Portfolio Securities Beneficially Owned | |
Michael C. Buchanan | A | |
Christopher F. Kilpatrick | A | |
Walter Kilcullen | A | |
Ian Edmonds Ryan K. Brist |
A A |
Dollar Range ownership is as follows:
A: none
B: $1 - $10,000
C: 10,001 - $50,000
D: $50,001 - $100,000
E: $100,001 - $500,000
F: $500,001 - $1 million
G: over $1 million
ITEM 14. | PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS. |
Not applicable.
ITEM 15. | SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS. |
There have been no changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees that would require disclosure herein.
ITEM 16. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. |
(a) | The Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a- 3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. |
(b) | There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected or are likely to materially affect the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
ITEM 17. | DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable.
ITEM 18. | RECOVERY OF ERRONEOUSLY AWARDED COMPENSATION. |
(a) | Not applicable. |
(b) | Not applicable. |
ITEM 19. | EXHIBITS. |
(a) (1) Code of Ethics attached hereto.
Exhibit 99.CODE ETH
(a) (3) Certifications pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attached hereto.
Exhibit 99.CERT
(b) Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attached hereto.
Exhibit 99.906CERT
(c) Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
Exhibit 99 CONSENT
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, there unto duly authorized.
Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Jane Trust | |
Jane Trust | ||
Chief Executive Officer | ||
Date: | July 25, 2025 |
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: | /s/ Jane Trust | |
Jane Trust | ||
Chief Executive Officer | ||
Date: | July 25, 2025 | |
By: | /s/ Christopher Berarducci | |
Christopher Berarducci | ||
Principal Financial Officer | ||
Date: | July 25, 2025 |