Barings Corporate Investors SEC Filings

Barings Corporate Investors (MCI) filed a Form 4 reporting its President’s activity in a non-qualified deferred compensation plan that tracks the value of the company’s common shares.

On 10/16/2025, a transaction coded J recorded 37.5532 plan units tied to Barings Corporate Investors’ common shares at a reference price of $20.01. Following the transaction, the reporting person directly beneficially owned 4,820.3674 derivative plan units.

The plan is entirely notional and confers no actual ownership of common shares; it becomes exercisable only upon termination, retirement, or another plan-permitted event, and holdings may be reallocated among plan investment options.

Merritt Sears, identified as an adviser board member of Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), reported a change in beneficial ownership via a notional deferred compensation plan. On 10/02/2025 the filing shows a transaction code J reporting 92.5859 units valued at $20.48 each, representing the value of an investment option that tracks MCI common shares within a non‑qualified plan. Following the reported entry, the filing shows 8,994.6827 shares of beneficial interest attributable to the reporting person in a direct form. The filing clarifies these holdings are not actual issued shares but notional allocations exercisable only upon termination, retirement, or other plan‑permitted events.

Christina Emery, an officer of Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), reported a transaction in a non‑qualified thrift plan on 10/02/2025. The filing shows a derivative entry tied to the plan investment option that tracks the market value of the issuer's common shares; the instrument is not actual stock but a notional interest. The report records 36.6914 derivative units at a price basis of $20.48, representing 4,782.8142 shares of beneficial interest following the transaction. The derivative is exercisable only upon termination, retirement, or another plan‑permitted event; plan holdings may be liquidated and reallocated by the participant. The filing was signed by an attorney‑in‑fact on 10/03/2025.

Form 4 disclosure from an officer of Barings Corporate Investors (MCI) reports a notional plan credit linked to the company's common shares. On 09/18/2025 the reporting person was credited 33.5016 derivative share units at a price reference of $22.43, resulting in 4,746.1228 shares beneficially owned following the transaction. The units derive value from an employer-sponsored non-qualified deferred compensation plan and are exercisable only upon termination, retirement, or other plan-permitted events; they are not actual issued shares but are settled notionally.

Merritt Sears, an officer of Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), reported a notional increase in company-linked plan holdings on 09/18/2025. The filing shows 84.5368 units in a MassMutual non-qualified thrift plan tied to the market value of MCI common shares at an implied price of $22.43, resulting in 8,902.0968 shares of beneficial interest reported as direct ownership for reporting purposes. The instrument is not an actual shareholding and is exercisable only upon termination, retirement, or other plan-permitted events.

Noreen Clifford M, identified as Director and Chairman of Fund for Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), reported a sale and plan-related holdings on a Form 4. On 09/17/2025 she disposed of 20,000 common shares. The filing also reports notional plan holdings of 9,281.34 shares under a Barings Non-Qualified Thrift Plan at a unit value of $22.84, which are not actual share ownership but reflect the plan’s investment option value. After the reported transactions, the Form 4 shows 315,565.6007 common shares beneficially owned (direct).

Merritt Sears, reporting person affiliated with Barings LLC, filed a Form 4 disclosing a change in notional derivative holdings tied to Barings Corporate Investors (MCI) on 09/04/2025. The filing reports participation in a MassMutual Non-Qualified Thrift Plan investment option that tracks MCI common shares; the reported derivative amount equals 88.6885 shares at a value basis of $21.38. The filing shows 8,817.56 shares of beneficial interest following the transaction with ownership reported as Direct (D). The derivative is exercisable only upon termination, retirement, or other plan-permitted events and is not actual share ownership but a notional interest. The Form 4 was signed by Stacy Standridge on 09/05/2025.

Emery Christina, President of Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), reported a notional derivative holding under the Barings Non-Qualified Thrift Plan on 09/04/2025. The filing shows a J-coded report of 35.1469 units valued at $21.38 each, representing 4,712.6212 shares of Barings Corporate Investors for reporting purposes. The units are held in a deferred compensation plan and are treated as notional investments that track the market value of MCI common shares.

The filing discloses that these plan units are exercisable only upon termination, retirement, or other plan-permitted events and that participants and the plan do not hold actual shares; the reported share count reflects the plan account value rather than direct stock ownership.

Barings Corporate Investors (MCI) Form 4 shows insider activity by director and chairman of the fund, Noreen Clifford M. On 08/29/2025 Ms. Clifford disposed of 20,000 common shares. The filing also reports participation in the Barings Non-Qualified Thrift Plan on 08/29/2025 with a deemed transaction code J(2) adding 5,842.5705 notional shares at an indicated price of $21.84. After these reported transactions Ms. Clifford beneficially owned 324,846.9407 common shares directly. The thrift-plan holdings are exercisable only upon termination, retirement, or other plan-permitted events and are described as notional (no actual underlying securities).