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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number:          811-04852

 

Victory Portfolios

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

4900 Tiedeman Road, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, Ohio                  44144

(Address of principal executive offices)                                (Zip code)

 

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc., 4400 Easton Commons, Suite 200, Columbus, Ohio 43219

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 800-539-3863

 

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

 

Date of reporting period: December 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2021

Annual Report

Victory INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund

Victory INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

Victory High Yield Fund

Victory Tax-Exempt Fund

Victory High Income Municipal Bond Fund

Victory Floating Rate Fund

Victory Strategic Income Fund


 

www.vcm.com

News, Information And Education 24 Hours A Day, 7 Days A Week

The Victory Capital website gives fund shareholders, prospective shareholders, and investment professionals a convenient way to access fund information, get guidance, and track fund performance anywhere they can access the Internet. The site includes:

•  Detailed performance records

•  Daily share prices

•  The latest fund news

•  Investment resources to help you become a better investor

•  A section dedicated to investment professionals

Whether you're a potential investor searching for the fund that matches your investment philosophy, a seasoned investor interested in planning tools, or an investment professional, www.vcm.com has what you seek. Visit us anytime. We're always open.


 

Victory Portfolios

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Shareholder Letter (Unaudited)

   

3

   
Managers' Commentary / Investment Overview
(Unaudited)
   

5

   
Investment Objectives and Portfolio
Holdings (Unaudited)
   

22

   

Schedules of Portfolio Investments

 

Victory INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund

    29

 

 

Victory INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

    39

 

 

Victory High Yield Fund

    47

 

 

Victory Tax-Exempt Fund

    54

 

 

Victory High Income Municipal Bond Fund

    58

 

 

Victory Floating Rate Fund

    63

 

 

Strategic Income Fund

    73

 

 

Financial Statements

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

    80    

Statements of Operations

    83    

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    86    

Financial Highlights

    94    

Notes to Financial Statements

   

108

   
Report of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm
   

126

   

Supplemental Information (Unaudited)

   

127

   

Trustee and Officer Information

    127    

Proxy Voting and Portfolio Holdings Information

    130    

Expense Examples

    130    

Additional Federal Income Tax Information

    132    

Advisory Contract Approval

    133

 

 

Privacy Policy (inside back cover)

     
 


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IRA DISTRIBUTION WITHHOLDING DISCLOSURE

We generally must withhold federal income tax at a rate of 10% of the taxable portion of your distribution and, if you live in a state that requires state income tax withholding, at your state's tax rate. However, you may elect not to have withholding apply or to have income tax withheld at a higher rate. Any withholding election that you make will apply to any subsequent distribution unless and until you change or revoke the election. If you wish to make a withholding election, or change or revoke a prior withholding election, call 800-539-3863 (800-235-8396 for Member Class) and form W-4P (OMB No. 1545-0074 withholding certificate for pension or annuity payments) will be electronically sent.

If you do not have a withholding election in place by the date of a distribution, federal income tax will be withheld from the taxable portion of your distribution at a rate of 10%. If you must pay estimated taxes, you may be subject to estimated tax penalties if your estimated tax payments are not sufficient and sufficient tax is not withheld from your distribution.

For more specific information, please consult your tax adviser.

The Funds are distributed by Victory Capital Services, Inc. Victory Capital Management Inc. is the investment adviser to the Funds and receives fees from the Funds for performing services for the Funds.

This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus of the Victory Funds.

For additional information about any Victory Fund, including fees, expenses, and risks, view our prospectus online at vcm.com or call 800-539-3863 (800-235-8396 for Member Class). Read it carefully before you invest or send money.

The information in this report is based on data obtained from recognized services and sources and is believed to be reliable. Any opinions, projections, or recommendations in this report are subject to change without notice and are not intended as individual investment advice. Past investment performance of the Funds, markets or securities mentioned herein should not be considered to be indicative of future results.

• NOT FDIC INSURED • NO BANK GUARANTEE • MAY LOSE VALUE

Call Victory at:

800-539-FUND (800-539-3863)

800-235-8396 for Member Class

Visit our website at:

www.vcm.com

 


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Victory Funds Letter to Shareholders
(Unaudited)

Dear Shareholder,

Another year has passed, but unfortunately the pandemic endures. Yet, looking back on the year ended 2021, it is evident that financial markets have endured as well, despite stiff headwinds — including new COVID-19 variants; disruption among global supply chains; uncomfortable inflation readings; and the fear of rising interest rates.

Through it all, the S&P 500® Index, the bell-weather proxy for our domestic stock market, once again registered a positive annual total return (that makes it 12 out of the past 13 years). This was largely driven by a U.S. economy that bounced back quickly after what was effectively a global economic shutdown in 2020, and we witnessed robust earnings growth across many sectors thanks in no small part to continued fiscal stimulus and accommodative monetary policy. Underlying this positive performance were interesting differences among investment styles and market capitalizations. For example, growth-oriented investments outperformed value within large-caps but underperformed within both mid-caps and small-caps (as measured by the Russell family of indices). Perhaps this reflects investors' expectations for higher interest rates next year?

There were other notable subplots to 2021. Early in the year we watched in disbelief as "meme stocks" — a few names that gained massive notoriety on social media platforms — went on stomach-churning roller coaster rides. Also, intriguing was how the biotech sector struggled mightily despite the success and fanfare surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines. Meanwhile, rising oil prices fueled impressive gains across the energy landscape, while crypto assets captivated investors. Now we're all watching how crypto's underlying blockchain technologies might disrupt business-as-usual across industries in the years ahead. These were just a few of the highlights of the past year.

Through all the twists and turns, the S&P 500® Index registered an impressive annual total return of nearly 29% for the 12-month period ended December 31, 2021. Over this same annual period, the yield on the 10-Year U.S. Treasury jumped 59 basis points (a basis point is 1/100th of a percentage point), reflecting substantial fiscal stimuli and the U.S. Federal Reserve's (the "Fed") accommodative monetary stance (recently). At the end of our reporting period, the yield on the 10-Year U.S. Treasury was trending higher and finished at 1.52%.

Despite the resiliency of financial markets, we fully acknowledge that the volatility and unusual events of recent years may have made investors uneasy at times. However, this simply underscores why it's important for investors to remain calm and unemotional in the face of market turmoil. A long-term perspective, a well-diversified portfolio across asset classes and investment types, and a clear understanding of individual risk tolerance are some of the key ingredients for staying the course and progressing on your investment goals.

Of course, no one knows for certain what 2022 will bring. We are already facing a potential end to the Fed's accommodative monetary policies and the various forms of fiscal stimuli that helped revive the economy from the depths of the pandemic-induced market downturn. By all accounts, the Fed appears ready to raise short-term

 


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interest rates, perhaps as early as the end of the first quarter, though any move will certainly be data dependent, and some are expressing concerns about labor shortages, disrupted supply chains, rising commodity prices, and the potential for lasting inflation. There will likely be new headwinds, some yet to be identified.

Thus, we cannot tell you with any certainty what markets will do in the future, but we can assure you that the investment professionals at our investment franchises continually monitor the market environment and work hard to position portfolios opportunistically no matter what the markets bring.

On the following pages, you will find information relating to your Victory Funds investment, brought to you by Victory Capital. If you have any questions, we encourage you to contact your financial advisor. Or, if you invest with us directly, you may call 800-539-3863 (800-235-8396 for Member Class) or visit our website at www.vcm.com.

From all of us here at Victory Capital, thank you for your ongoing confidence and for letting us help you work toward your investment goals.

Christopher K. Dyer, CFA

President,
Victory Funds

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund

Managers' Commentary
(Unaudited)

What were the market conditions during the reporting period?

The main themes for 2021 were the reopening of the economy and the debate over transitory versus persistent inflation. Inflation has proven much more persistent than the U.S. Federal Reserve had previously expected, and consumer and business behavior is changing in response. Supply chains are being on-shored or near-shored for reliability in a move away from "just-in-time." Labor scarcity is contributing to delays and pushing wages higher. Looking at the positives, corporate fundamentals have been improving and default rates are expected to remain low. Companies have shown resilience through the pandemic as profitability has expanded amidst rising costs. Revenue and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) have quickly recovered above pre-COVID-19 levels, and leverage is trending lower from its peak in 2020. For the year, the Bloomberg U.S. Treasuries Index returned -2.32% while the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index (the "Index") returned -1.54%, their first negative performance since the taper-tantrum of 2013, albeit, after two back-to-back years of solid, high-single-digit returns in fixed income. The ICE BofAML Investment Grade Convertible Bond Index returned 10.42% for the year, while U.S. equity indices continued to perform well, with total returns between 20% — 30% for the year.

How did Victory INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund (the "Fund") perform during the reporting period?

The Fund returned -0.37% (Class A at net asset value) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, outperforming the Index, which returned -1.54% during the reporting period.

What strategies did you employ during the reporting period?

The Fund started the fourth quarter of 2021 underweight U.S. Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities, with corresponding overweight allocations to investment-grade corporate bonds, high-yield corporate bonds, and investment-grade convertible bonds. We maintain a corporate credit overweight as corporate fundamentals have been improving and default rates are expected to remain low. The Fund's shorter relative duration position and overweight to investment-grade convertible bonds contributed positively, while an overweight to corporate bonds detracted. Allocations to credit, investment-grade convertible bonds, as well as a shorter-duration position relative to the Index contributed positively throughout the year. In addition, the Fund's employment of a derivatives strategy overlay to efficiently manage the overall portfolio risks associated with the Fund's strategy contributed positively to performance during the year.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund

Investment Overview
(Unaudited)

Average Annual Total Return

Year Ended December 31, 2021

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class Y

     

INCEPTION DATE

 

2/16/93

 

8/7/00

 

5/15/01

 

5/12/09

     
    Net Asset
Value
  Maximum
Offering
Price
  Net Asset
Value
  Contingent
Deferred
Charges
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Bloomberg
US
Aggregate
Bond Index1
 

One Year

   

–0.37

%

   

–2.64

%

   

–1.23

%

   

–2.21

%

   

–0.77

%

   

–0.22

%

   

–1.54

%

 

Five Year

   

3.51

%

   

3.03

%

   

2.61

%

   

2.61

%

   

3.07

%

   

3.74

%

   

3.57

%

 

Ten Year

   

3.04

%

   

2.81

%

   

2.17

%

   

2.17

%

   

2.62

%

   

3.25

%

   

2.90

%

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month's end, please visit www.vcm.com.

The maximum offering price ("MOP") figures reflect a maximum sales charge of 2.25% for Class A. Class C is not subject to an initial sales charge, but is subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% on shares redeemed within one year of purchase. Net Asset Value ("NAV") does not reflect sales charges.

Total return measures the price change in a share assuming the reinvestment of all net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, if any. The total returns quoted do not reflect adjustments made to the enclosed financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, including reinvested distributions, or redemptions of shares. The total return figures set forth above include all waivers of fees. Without such fee waivers, the total returns would have been lower.

Victory INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund — Growth of $10,000

1The Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index covers the U.S. investment-grade-rated bond market, including government and credit securities, agency mortgage pass-through securities, asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities that have remaining maturities of more than one year. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses, or taxes, is not representative of the Fund, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index. As of August 24, 2021, Bloomberg rebranded the Bloomberg Barclays fixed income indices as "Bloomberg Indices."

The graph reflects investment of growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund.

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of shares.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

Managers' Commentary
(Unaudited)

What were the market conditions during the reporting period?

The main themes for 2021 were the reopening of the economy and the debate over transitory versus persistent inflation. Inflation has proven much more persistent than the U.S. Federal Reserve had previously expected, and consumer and business behavior is changing in response. Supply chains are being on-shored or near-shored for reliability in a move away from "just-in-time." Labor scarcity is contributing to delays and pushing wages higher. Looking at the positives, corporate fundamentals have been improving and default rates are expected to remain low. Companies have shown resilience through the pandemic as profitability has expanded amidst rising costs. Revenue and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) have quickly recovered above pre-COVID-19 levels, and leverage is trending lower from its peak in 2020. For the year, the Bloomberg U.S. Treasuries Index returned -2.32% while the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index returned -1.54%, their first negative performance since the taper-tantrum of 2013, albeit, after two back-to-back years of solid, high-single-digit returns in fixed income. The ICE BofAML Investment Grade Convertible Bond Index returned 10.42% for the year, while U.S. equity indices continued to perform well, with total returns between 20% — 30% for the year.

How did Victory INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund (the "Fund") perform during the reporting period?

The Fund returned 0.71% (Class A at net asset value) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, outperforming the Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Government Bond Index (the "Index"), which returned -0.60% during the reporting period.

What strategies did you employ during the reporting period?

The Fund started the fourth quarter of 2021 underweight U.S. Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities, with corresponding overweight allocations to investment-grade corporate bonds, high-yield corporate bonds, and investment-grade convertible bonds. We maintained a corporate credit overweight as corporate fundamentals have been improving and default rates are expected to remain low. The Fund's shorter relative duration position and overweight to investment-grade convertible bonds contributed positively, while an overweight to corporate bonds detracted. Allocations to credit, investment-grade convertible bonds, as well as a shorter duration position relative to the Index contributed positively throughout the year. In addition, the Fund's employment of a derivatives strategy overlay to efficiently manage the overall portfolio risks associated with the Fund's strategy contributed positively to performance during the year.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

Investment Overview
(Unaudited)

Average Annual Total Return

Year Ended December 31, 2021

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class Y

     

INCEPTION DATE

 

7/30/03

 

7/30/03

 

7/30/03

 

5/12/09

     
    Net Asset
Value
  Maximum
Offering
Price
  Net Asset
Value
  Contingent
Deferred
Charges
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Bloomberg
U.S.
Government 1-3
Year Bond Index1
 

One Year

   

0.71

%

   

–1.51

%

   

–0.07

%

   

–1.07

%

   

0.29

%

   

0.94

%

   

–0.60

%

 

Five Year

   

2.04

%

   

1.58

%

   

1.28

%

   

1.28

%

   

1.64

%

   

2.28

%

   

1.62

%

 

Ten Year

   

1.62

%

   

1.39

%

   

0.85

%

   

0.85

%

   

1.21

%

   

1.86

%

   

1.10

%

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month's end, please visit www.vcm.com.

The maximum offering price ("MOP") figures reflect a maximum sales charge of 2.25% for Class A. Class C is not subject to an initial sales charge, but is subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% on shares redeemed within one year of purchase. Net Asset Value ("NAV") does not reflect sales charges.

Total return measures the price change in a share assuming the reinvestment of all net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, if any. The total returns quoted do not reflect adjustments made to the enclosed financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, including reinvested distributions, or redemptions of shares. The total return figures set forth above include all waivers of fees. Without such fee waivers, the total returns would have been lower.

Victory INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund — Growth of $10,000

1The Bloomberg U.S. Government 1-3 Year Bond Index is generally considered to be representative of U.S. government bonds with maturities between one and three years. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index. As of August 24, 2021, Bloomberg rebranded the Bloomberg Barclays fixed income indices as "Bloomberg Indices."

The graph reflects investment of growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund.

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of shares.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory High Yield Fund

Managers' Commentary
(Unaudited)

What were the market conditions during the reporting period?

Riskier asset classes were rewarded in 2021, particularly stocks, with the S&P 500® Index returning a stunning 28.71% for the year. This was equally applicable in fixed income, with high-yield bonds and leveraged loans outperforming, as most major fixed income indexes posted negative returns for the year. The 10-year U.S. Treasury returned -3.6%.

Even as the U.S. Federal Reserve (the "Fed") began to shift its focus from stimulus to inflation control late in the year, it is hard to overstate the influence of its accommodation on the markets. This supportive monetary policy was combined with strong economic growth, rising corporate earnings, and falling unemployment rates to help markets counter the continued impact of COVID-19, labor shortages, political gridlock, and supply chain disruptions.

The year began on a hopeful note, with COVID-19 vaccines rolling out and economic growth far outpacing expectations. But growth was tempered by vaccine shortages early in the year, followed by COVID-19 variant spikes and surging inflation later in the year. The Fed continued to exert a steadying influence on securities markets, but political stalemate clouded the fate of economic recovery legislation.

Through it all, investors stayed tuned to clear messages from strong revenue growth, improving margins, and healthier balance sheets. Reduced debt levels, falling default rates, higher profits, and ratings upgrades were particularly beneficial in the high-yield and leveraged-loan markets, where fixed income investors flocked in search of higher yields and lower interest rate risk.

The default rate is typically the biggest driver of returns in the below-investment-grade sphere, and it ended the year under 0.5%, which is substantially below historical averages and below similar points in past economic recoveries.

How did Victory High Yield Bond Fund (the "Fund") perform during the reporting period?

The Fund returned 4.86% (Class A at net asset value) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, underperforming the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index (the "Index"), which returned 5.28%.

What strategies did you employ during the reporting period?

The Fund's management team takes a bottom-up approach to evaluating investments. We look for companies with strong free cash flow or situations in which our analysis finds less risk and more potential positive catalysts than the market is pricing in. We analyze each situation and layer it over our larger market views, favoring some sectors for their cyclical strength during the ongoing economic rebound and others because of more secular, long-term trends.

The Fund had exposure to some sectors that were particularly volatile at certain times during the year. Security selection in CCC-rated bonds and the Media and Entertainment sector detracted from performance relative to the Index during the year. The Fund's out-of-index exposure to leveraged loans and security selection in B-rated bonds contributed to relative performance.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory High Yield Fund (continued)

Managers' Commentary (continued)

As the name suggests, the interest rates on floating-rate loans can increase in tandem with rising rates in the market, which gives them potential to not only mitigate duration risk but also to benefit as market rates increase and the Fed tightens monetary policy.

Even as interest rates rise, potentially making some bonds less attractive and putting some heavily indebted companies at risk, we still believe there are attractive opportunities given the historically low default rate, improving credit fundamentals, and extraordinary amounts of cash on the sidelines. We believe our exposure to floating-rate loans was appropriate during 2021 and positions the portfolio to benefit over time.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory High Yield Fund

Investment Overview
(Unaudited)

Average Annual Total Return

Year Ended December 31, 2021

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class Y

     

INCEPTION DATE

 

9/1/98

 

8/7/00

 

5/15/01

 

5/12/09

     
    Net Asset
Value
  Maximum
Offering
Price
  Net Asset
Value
  Contingent
Deferred
Charges
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Bloomberg
US
Corporate High
Yield Index1
 

One Year

   

4.86

%

   

2.46

%

   

4.26

%

   

3.27

%

   

4.55

%

   

5.31

%

   

5.28

%

 

Five Year

   

7.41

%

   

6.90

%

   

6.68

%

   

6.68

%

   

7.06

%

   

7.70

%

   

6.30

%

 

Ten Year

   

6.68

%

   

6.43

%

   

5.94

%

   

5.94

%

   

6.30

%

   

6.95

%

   

6.83

%

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month's end, please visit www.vcm.com.

The maximum offering price ("MOP") figures reflect a maximum sales charge of 2.25% for Class A. Class C is not subject to an initial sales charge, but is subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% on shares redeemed within one year of purchase. Net Asset Value ("NAV") does not reflect sales charges.

Total return measures the price change in a share assuming the reinvestment of all net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, if any. The total returns quoted do not reflect adjustments made to the enclosed financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, including reinvested distributions, or redemptions of shares. The total return figures set forth above include all waivers of fees. Without such fee waivers, the total returns would have been lower.

Victory High Yield Fund — Growth of $10,000

1The Bloomberg US Corporate High Yield Index is generally considered to be representative of the investable universe of the U.S.-dominated high-yield debt market. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index. As of August 24, 2021, Bloomberg rebranded the Bloomberg Barclays fixed income indices as "Bloomberg Indices."

The graph reflects investment of growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund.

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of shares.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory Tax-Exempt Fund

Managers' Commentary
(Unaudited)

What were the market conditions during the reporting period?

The municipal market faced several headwinds in 2021; however, it also benefited from several tailwinds that drove returns of 1.52% for the broad municipal market index (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index (the "Index")) in 2021. While these returns trailed last year's, they were relatively better than most other U.S.-based fixed-income asset classes that had negative returns in 2021. Throughout 2021, the major headwinds faced by the municipal market were: rising U.S. Treasury yields (rising yields = falling bond prices), rising inflation, low municipal / U.S. Treasury ratios (i.e., relatively expensive municipal bonds), and low absolute yields. The predominant tailwinds that helped municipal bonds included: record setting fund flows into municipal bond mutual funds, improved pricing on lower-rated municipal bonds, significant stimulus for state and local governments, and an improvement in the average credit quality of the municipal market.

How did the Victory Tax-Exempt Fund (the "Fund") perform during the reporting period?

The Fund returned 3.94% (Class A at net asset value) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, outperforming the Index, which returned 1.52% for the reporting period.

What strategies did you employ during the reporting period?

The Fund tends to be more credit-heavy than the Index, holding more BBB-category rated (the lowest category, highest risk level of investment grade) bonds than the Index. We overweight these credits to provide additional tax-free income to our investors. These bonds performed well in 2021, as demand for municipal bonds was strong, BBB bonds offered attractive yields, and the creditworthiness of BBB bonds strengthened throughout the year. This dynamic helped drive the Fund's relative outperformance in 2021. Lastly, the Fund reduced its weighting to its Top Ten issuers to increase the portfolio's diversification.

The largest detractors from relative performance were interest rates and our allocation to cash. The Fund's longer duration detracted from performance as interest rates increased in 2021. The Fund's allocation to cash detracted from performance as low interest rates on very short-term investments lagged the Index.

We remain committed to our core competency of evaluating, taking, and managing credit risk in the municipal market. We continue to build our portfolios bond-by-bond, relying on our assessment of fundamental credit risk and attempting to capture and distribute incremental yield that will drive higher long-term income to our investors. While there might be some volatility in the municipal market in the short term, we remain confident that the right approach is to focus on what matters in the long term.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory Tax-Exempt Fund

Investment Overview
(Unaudited)

Average Annual Total Return

Year Ended December 31, 2021

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class Y

     

INCEPTION DATE

 

2/16/93

 

8/7/00

 

5/12/09

     
    Net Asset
Value
  Maximum
Offering
Price
  Net Asset
Value
  Contingent
Deferred
Charges
  Net Asset
Value
  Bloomberg
Municipal
Bond Index1
 

One Year

   

3.94

%

   

1.59

%

   

3.13

%

   

2.15

%

   

4.06

%

   

1.52

%

 

Five Year

   

5.31

%

   

4.83

%

   

4.47

%

   

4.47

%

   

5.42

%

   

4.17

%

 

Ten Year

   

3.81

%

   

3.57

%

   

2.99

%

   

2.99

%

   

3.94

%

   

3.72

%

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month's end, please visit www.vcm.com.

The maximum offering price ("MOP") figures reflect a maximum sales charge of 2.25% for Class A. Class C is not subject to an initial sales charge, but is subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% on shares redeemed within one year of purchase. Net Asset Value ("NAV") does not reflect sales charges.

Total return measures the price change in a share assuming the reinvestment of all net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, if any. The total returns quoted do not reflect adjustments made to the enclosed financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, including reinvested distributions, or redemptions of shares. The total return figures set forth above include all waivers of fees. Without such fee waivers, the total returns would have been lower.

Victory Tax-Exempt Fund — Growth of $10,000

1The Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index is generally considered to be representative of the municipal bond market. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index. As of August 24, 2021, Bloomberg rebranded the Bloomberg Barclays fixed income indices as "Bloomberg Indices."

The graph reflects investment of growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund.

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of shares.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 


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Victory High Income Municipal Bond Fund

Managers' Commentary
(Unaudited)

What were the market conditions during the reporting period?

The municipal market faced several headwinds in 2021; however, it also benefited from several tailwinds that drove returns of 1.52% for the broad municipal market index (Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index (the "Index") in 2021. While these returns trailed last year's, they were relatively better than most other U.S.-based fixed- income asset classes that had negative returns in 2021. Throughout 2021, the major headwinds faced by the municipal market were: rising U.S. Treasury yields (rising yields = falling bond prices), rising inflation, low municipal / U.S. Treasury ratios (i.e., relatively expensive municipal bonds), and low absolute yields. The predominant tailwinds that helped municipal bonds included: record setting fund flows into municipal bond mutual funds, improved pricing on lower-rated municipal bonds, significant stimulus for state and local governments, and an improvement in the average credit quality of the municipal market.

How did the Victory High Income Municipal Bond Fund (the "Fund") perform during the reporting period?

The Fund returned 5.91% (Class A at net asset value) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, outperforming the Index, which returned 1.52% during the reporting period.

What strategies did you employ during the reporting period?

The Fund tends to be more credit-heavy than the Index, holding more BBB-category rated (the lowest category, highest risk level of investment grade) and high-yield (non-investment grade) bonds than the Index. We overweight these credits to provide additional tax-free income to our investors. These bonds performed well in 2021, as demand for municipal bonds was strong, lower-rated bonds offered attractive yields, and the creditworthiness of lower-rated bonds strengthened throughout the year. This dynamic helped drive the Fund's relative outperformance in 2021. Lastly, the Fund increased its number of holdings and reduced its weighting to its Top Ten issuers to increase the portfolio's diversification.

The largest detractors from relative performance were interest rates and our allocation to cash. The Fund's longer duration detracted from performance as interest rates increased in 2021. The Fund's allocation to cash detracted from performance as low interest rates on very short-term investments lagged the Index.

We remain committed to our core competency of evaluating, taking, and managing credit risk in the municipal market. We continue to build our portfolios bond-by-bond, relying on our assessment of fundamental credit risk and attempting to capture and distribute incremental yield that will drive higher long-term income to our investors. While there might be some volatility in the municipal market in the short term, we remain confident that the right approach is to focus on what matters in the long term.

 


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Victory High Income Municipal Bond Fund

Investment Overview
(Unaudited)

Average Annual Total Return

Year Ended December 31, 2021

 

 

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class Y

  Member
Class
         

INCEPTION DATE

 

12/31/09

 

12/31/09

 

12/31/09

 

11/2/20

         
    Net Asset
Value
  Maximum
Offering
Price
  Net Asset
Value
  Contingent
Deferred
Charges
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Bloomberg
Municipal
Bond Index1
  Bloomberg
High
Yield Municipal
Bond Index2
 

One Year

   

5.91

%

   

3.53

%

   

5.12

%

   

4.12

%

   

6.16

%

   

6.07

%

   

1.52

%

   

7.77

%

 

Five Year

   

5.69

%

   

5.21

%

   

4.89

%

   

4.89

%

   

5.93

%

   

NA

     

4.17

%

   

7.53

%

 

Ten Year

   

4.73

%

   

4.49

%

   

3.92

%

   

3.92

%

   

4.97

%

   

NA

     

3.72

%

   

6.72

%

 

Since Inception

   

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

8.92

%

   

NA

     

NA

   

The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month's end, please visit www.vcm.com.

The maximum offering price ("MOP") figures reflect a maximum sales charge of 2.25% for Class A. Class C is not subject to an initial sales charge, but is subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% on shares redeemed within one year of purchase. Net Asset Value ("NAV") does not reflect sales charges.

Total return measures the price change in a share assuming the reinvestment of all net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, if any. The total returns quoted do not reflect adjustments made to the enclosed financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, including reinvested distributions, or redemptions of shares. The total return figures set forth above include all waivers of fees. Without such fee waivers, the total returns would have been lower.

Victory High Income Municipal Bond Fund — Growth of $10,000

1The Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index is generally considered to be representative of the municipal bond market. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index. As of August 24, 2021, Bloomberg rebranded the Bloomberg Barclays fixed income indices as "Bloomberg Indices."

2The Bloomberg High Yield Municipal Bond Index is generally considered to be representative of the investable universe of the U.S high-yield municipal debt market. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index. As of August 24, 2021, Bloomberg rebranded the Bloomberg Barclays fixed income indices as "Bloomberg Indices."

The graph reflects investment of growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund.

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of shares.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 


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Victory Floating Rate Fund

Managers' Commentary
(Unaudited)

What were the market conditions during the reporting period?

Riskier asset classes were rewarded in 2021, particularly stocks, with the S&P 500® Index returning a stunning 28.71% for the year. This was equally applicable in fixed income, with leveraged loans and high-yield bonds outperforming as most major fixed-income indexes posted negative returns for the year. The 10-year U.S. Treasury returned -3.6%.

Even as the U.S. Federal Reserve (the "Fed") began to shift its focus from stimulus to inflation control late in the year, it is hard to overstate the influence of its accommodation on the markets. Supportive monetary policy was combined with strong economic growth, rising corporate earnings, and falling unemployment rates to help markets counter the continued impact of COVID-19, labor shortages, political gridlock, and supply chain disruptions.

The year began on a hopeful note, with COVID-19 vaccines rolling out and economic growth far outpacing expectations. But growth was tempered by vaccine shortages early in the year followed by COVID-19 variant spikes and surging inflation later in the year. The Fed continued to exert a steadying influence on securities markets, but political stalemate clouded the fate of economic recovery legislation.

Through it all, investors stayed tuned to clear messages from strong revenue growth, improving margins and healthier balance sheets. Reduced debt levels, falling default rates, higher profits, and ratings upgrades were particularly beneficial in the high-yield and leveraged-loan markets, where fixed income investors flocked in search of higher yields and lower interest rate risk.

The default rate is typically the biggest driver of returns in the below-investment-grade sphere, and leveraged loans ended the year at 0.65%, which is substantially below historical averages and below similar points in past economic recoveries.

How did Victory Floating Rate Fund (the "Fund") perform during the reporting period?

The Fund returned 3.89% (Class A at net asset value) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, underperforming the S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index (the "Index"), which returned 5.20% for the reporting period.

What strategies did you employ during the reporting period?

The Fund's management team takes a bottom-up approach to evaluating investments. We look for companies with strong free cash flow or situations in which our analysis finds less risk and more potential positive catalysts than the market is pricing in. We analyze each situation and layer it over our larger market views, favoring some sectors for their cyclical strength during the ongoing economic rebound and others because of more secular, long-term trends.

The Fund had exposure to some sectors that were particularly volatile at certain times during the year. An overweight and security selection in the media and entertainment sector detracted from performance relative to the Index. So did security selection in B-rated loans and bonds rated CCC and below. However, the Fund's out-of-index exposure to high yield bonds was an overall contributor to relative performance. Other contributors included security selection in loans rated B and above, and security selection in the Energy sector.

 


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Victory Floating Rate Fund (continued)

Managers' Commentary (continued)

As the name suggests, the interest rates on floating-rate loans can increase in tandem with rising rates in the market, which gives them potential to not only mitigate duration risk but also to benefit from increasing interest rates.

An allocation to high-yield bonds has long been a mainstay of our strategy because it offers enhanced liquidity and flexibility to choose the most attractive way to investment in the companies we favor.

Even as interest rates rise, potentially putting some heavily indebted companies at risk, we still believe there are attractive opportunities given the historically low default rate, improving credit fundamentals, and large sums of cash on the sidelines. We expect strong investor demand for floating-rate loans as market rates rise.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory Floating Rate Fund

Investment Overview
(Unaudited)

Average Annual Total Return

Year Ended December 31, 2021

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class Y

 

Member Class

     

INCEPTION DATE

 

12/31/09

 

12/31/09

 

12/31/09

 

12/31/09

 

11/2/20

     
    Net Asset
Value
  Maximum
Offering
Price
  Net Asset
Value
  Contingent
Deferred
Charges
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  S&P/LSTA U.S.
Leveraged
Loan Index1
 

One Year

   

3.89

%

   

1.50

%

   

3.05

%

   

2.05

%

   

3.40

%

   

4.12

%

   

4.15

%

   

5.20

%

 

Five Year

   

4.42

%

   

3.95

%

   

3.57

%

   

3.57

%

   

3.83

%

   

4.62

%

   

NA

     

4.27

%

 

Ten Year

   

4.45

%

   

4.21

%

   

3.62

%

   

3.62

%

   

3.90

%

   

4.67

%

   

NA

     

4.69

%

 

Since Inception

   

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

7.39

%

   

NA

   

The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month's end, please visit www.vcm.com.

The maximum offering price ("MOP") figures reflect a maximum sales charge of 2.25% for Class A. Class C is not subject to an initial sales charge, but is subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% on shares redeemed within one year of purchase. Net Asset Value ("NAV") does not reflect sales charges.

Total return measures the price change in a share assuming the reinvestment of all net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, if any. The total returns quoted do not reflect adjustments made to the enclosed financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, including reinvested distributions, or redemptions of shares. The total return figures set forth above include all waivers of fees. Without such fee waivers, the total returns would have been lower.

Victory Floating Rate Fund — Growth of $10,000

1The S&P/LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan Index covers more than 1,100 loan facilities and reflects the market-value-weighted performance of U.S. dollar-denominated institutional leveraged loans. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.

The graph reflects investment of growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund.

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of shares.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 


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Victory Strategic Income Fund

Managers' Commentary
(Unaudited)

What were the market conditions during the reporting period?

The S&P 500® Index returned a stunning 28.71% for the year. Riskier assets also outperformed in fixed income, with high-yield bonds and leveraged loans outperforming as most major fixed-income indexes posted negative returns for the year. The 10-year U.S. Treasury returned -3.6% in 2021.

Even as the U.S. Federal Reserve (the "Fed") began to shift its focus from stimulus to inflation control late in the year, it is hard to overstate the influence of its support on the markets. Fed stimulus combined with strong economic growth, rising corporate earnings, and falling unemployment rates to help key segments of the securities markets repel the damage from resurgent COVID-19 infections, spiking inflation, labor shortages, political gridlock, and supply chain disruptions.

The year began on a hopeful note, with COVID-19 vaccines rolling out and economic growth far outpacing expectations. The economy kept growing throughout the year, and companies reported healthy revenue growth, improving margins and profits, and healthier balance sheets. But growth, which had been tempered by vaccine shortages early in the year, lost some momentum in the third and fourth quarters due to COVID-19 variant spikes, supply chain disruptions, and surging inflation.

The Fed continued to exert a steadying influence on securities markets as it took a measured and predictable approach to winding down stimulus, but on the fiscal policy side political stalemate clouded the fate of economic recovery legislation.

How did Victory Strategic Income Fund (the "Fund") perform during the reporting period?

The Fund returned -0.20% (Class A at net asset value) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, outperforming the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index (the "Index"), which returned -1.54% for the reporting period.

What strategies did you employ during the reporting period?

An overweight in corporate debt has long been a mainstay of our strategy, and while we still don't view strongly defensive portfolio positioning as warranted, we believe that inflation, rising interest rates, and the highly contagious new COVID-19 Omicron variant may intensify economic and investment risks in the short to medium term. We adjusted our risk exposures accordingly late in the year, largely by favoring less-volatile sectors within investment-grade corporate bonds.

We maintained out-of-index exposures to high-yield bonds and leveraged loans, which generated attractive yields and contributed to performance relative to the Index during the year. In addition, since the adjustable rates on loans increase as market rates rise, loans also arguably provide some protection against rate increases. Default rates, which are key in high-yield and leveraged-loan investing, are historically low and expected to remain so in 2022.

 


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Victory Strategic Income Fund (continued)

Managers' Commentary (continued)

We brought duration, a measure of a bond's sensitivity to interest rate changes, more into line with the Index in the second half for the year, but duration and yield curve positioning detracted from relative performance for the full year.

Given uncertainty about rising rates and the potential for rate volatility, we had a less positive outlook on U.S. Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities in 2021.

In addition, the Fund's employment of a derivatives strategy overlay to efficiently manage the overall portfolio risk associated with the Fund's strategy contributed negatively to performance during the year.

We believe that with a strong and predictable hand from central banks and a thoughtful approach to increased market risks, there is still more upside than downside potential in some traditionally riskier segments of the market, and we continue to carefully analyze potential opportunities for the Fund.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory Strategic Income Fund

Investment Overview
(Unaudited)

Average Annual Total Return

Year Ended December 31, 2021

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class Y

     

INCEPTION DATE

 

12/31/09

 

12/31/09

 

12/31/09

 

12/31/09

     
    Net Asset
Value
  Maximum
Offering
Price
  Net Asset
Value
  Contingent
Deferred
Charges
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Bloomberg
US
Aggregate
Bond Index1
 

One Year

   

–0.20

%

   

–2.43

%

   

–1.07

%

   

–2.03

%

   

–0.68

%

   

0.01

%

   

–1.54

%

 

Five Year

   

4.41

%

   

3.94

%

   

3.57

%

   

3.57

%

   

3.98

%

   

4.64

%

   

3.57

%

 

Ten Year

   

3.84

%

   

3.60

%

   

3.02

%

   

3.02

%

   

3.41

%

   

4.07

%

   

2.90

%

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month's end, please visit www.vcm.com.

The maximum offering price ("MOP") figures reflect a maximum sales charge of 2.25% for Class A. Class C is not subject to an initial sales charge, but is subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% on shares redeemed within one year of purchase. Net Asset Value ("NAV") does not reflect sales charges.

Total return measures the price change in a share assuming the reinvestment of all net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, if any. The total returns quoted do not reflect adjustments made to the enclosed financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, including reinvested distributions, or redemptions of shares. The total return figures set forth above include all waivers of fees. Without such fee waivers, the total returns would have been lower.

Victory Strategic Income Fund — Growth of $10,000

1The Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index covers the U.S. investment-grade rated bond market, including government and credit securities, agency mortgage pass-through securities, asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities that have remaining maturities of more than one year. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses, or taxes, is not representative of the Fund, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index. As of August 24, 2021, Bloomberg rebranded the Bloomberg Barclays fixed income indices as "Bloomberg Indices."

The graph reflects investment of growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund.

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of shares.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 


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Victory INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide a high level of current income and capital appreciation without undue risk to principal.

Asset Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide a high level of current income consistent with preservation of capital.

Asset Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


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Victory High Yield Fund
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide current income. Capital appreciation is a secondary objective.

Asset Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


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Victory Tax-Exempt Fund
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to maximize current income exempt from federal income taxes, consistent with the preservation of capital.

Asset Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


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Victory High Income Municipal Bond Fund
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide a high current income exempt from federal income taxes with a secondary objective of capital appreciation.

Asset Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory Floating Rate Fund
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide a high level of current income.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Petco Health and Wellness Co., Inc., Initial Term Loans, First Lien

   

1.8

%

 

The Michaels Cos., Inc., Term B Loans, First Lien

   

1.7

%

 

AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd., Initial Term Loan, First Lien

   

1.7

%

 

iHeartCommunications, Inc., Term Loans, First Lien

   

1.6

%

 

SWF Holdings Corp., Initial Term Loans, First Lien

   

1.6

%

 

CP ATLAS BUYER, Inc., Term B Loans, First Lien

   

1.5

%

 

ACProducts, Inc., Initial Term Loans, First Lien

   

1.3

%

 

Air Canada, Term Loan, First Lien

   

1.3

%

 

The Hertz Corp., Initial Term B Loans, First Lien

   

1.2

%

 

SRS Distribution, Inc., 2021 Refinancing Term Loans, First Lien

   

1.2

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


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Victory Strategic Income Fund
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide a high current income with a secondary objective of capital appreciation.

Asset Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Asset-Backed Securities (3.6%)

 
Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1, Class C, 1.02%, 6/15/27,
Callable 10/15/23 @ 100
 

$

125,000

   

$

124,855

   
GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2,
Class C, 1.28%, 1/19/27, Callable 10/16/24 @ 100
   

105,000

     

103,530

   
Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-4, Class C, 1.26%, 2/16/27,
Callable 9/15/25 @ 100
   

100,000

     

98,932

   
Santander Retail Auto Lease Trust, Series 2021-A, Class C, 1.14%, 3/20/26,
Callable 4/20/24 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

287,000

     

284,286

   
Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class C, 0.95%, 3/16/26,
Callable 3/15/24 @ 100 (b)
   

142,000

     

141,029

   
Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2A, Class C, 0.89%, 7/15/26,
Callable 10/15/24 @ 100 (b)
   

136,000

     

133,644

   

Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $894,903)

   

886,276

   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (1.0%)

 

BANK, Series 2020-BN26, Class AS, 2.69%, 3/15/63, Callable 3/15/30 @ 100

   

130,000

     

132,695

   
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-GC46, Class AS, 2.92%,
1/15/53, Callable 2/15/30 @ 100
   

117,000

     

121,144

   

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost $254,189)

   

253,839

   

Preferred Stocks (5.1%)

 

Financials (2.2%):

 

AMG Capital Trust II, 10/15/37, 5.15%

   

2,435

     

142,393

   

Bank of America Corp., Series L, 7.25% (a) (c)

   

112

     

161,885

   

KKR & Co., Inc., Series C, 9/15/23, 6.00% (d)

   

990

     

92,218

   

Wells Fargo & Co., Series L, 7.50% (c)

   

95

     

141,600

   
     

538,096

   

Health Care (0.1%):

 

Danaher Corp., Series B, 4/15/23, 5.00% (d)

   

17

     

29,549

   

Industrials (0.5%):

 

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., 11/15/22, 5.25% (d)

   

1,201

     

131,137

   

Utilities (2.3%):

 

American Electric Power Co., Inc., 8/15/23, 6.13%

   

655

     

34,453

   

CenterPoint Energy, Inc., 9/15/29, 4.57%

   

455

     

26,476

   

Dominion Energy, Inc., Series A, 6/1/22, 7.25%

   

1,180

     

118,755

   

DTE Energy Co., 11/1/22, 6.25%

   

1,765

     

90,615

   

NextEra Energy, Inc., 3/1/23, 5.28%

   

2,875

     

165,428

   

NiSource, Inc., 3/1/24, 7.75%

   

85

     

9,519

   

The Southern Co., Series 2019, 8/1/22, 6.75%

   

1,962

     

105,458

   
     

550,704

   

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $1,169,710)

   

1,249,486

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Corporate Bonds (51.6%)

 

Communication Services (2.3%):

 
AT&T, Inc.
4.25%, 3/1/27, Callable 12/1/26 @ 100 (a)
 

$

46,000

   

$

51,048

   

1.65%, 2/1/28, Callable 12/1/27 @ 100 (d)

   

51,000

     

49,945

   

5.15%, 11/15/46, Callable 5/15/46 @ 100 (a)

   

126,000

     

160,397

   

CenturyLink, Inc., 6.75%, 12/1/23

   

50,000

     

53,956

   
Comcast Corp.
3.45%, 2/1/50, Callable 8/1/49 @ 100
   

70,000

     

74,787

   

2.80%, 1/15/51, Callable 7/15/50 @ 100

   

56,000

     

53,522

   

Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 4.13%, 7/1/30, Callable 7/1/25 @ 102.06 (b)

   

62,000

     

62,166

   
Verizon Communications, Inc.
3.38%, 2/15/25 (a)
   

38,000

     

40,389

   

3.55%, 3/22/51, Callable 9/22/50 @ 100 (a)

   

20,000

     

21,621

   
     

567,831

   

Consumer Discretionary (7.5%):

 

Aptiv PLC, 5.40%, 3/15/49, Callable 9/15/48 @ 100

   

34,000

     

45,101

   

Booking Holdings, Inc., 0.75%, 5/1/25 (a) (d)

   

120,000

     

176,621

   

Dana, Inc., 5.63%, 6/15/28, Callable 6/15/23 @ 102.81

   

48,000

     

50,999

   
Expedia Group, Inc.
3.60%, 12/15/23, Callable 11/15/23 @ 100
   

87,000

     

90,445

   

2/15/26 (b) (d)

   

120,000

     

138,666

   

Ford Motor Co., 3/15/26 (b)

   

40,000

     

55,045

   

General Motors Co., 4.88%, 10/2/23 (a)

   

96,000

     

101,985

   

Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc., 4.88%, 1/15/30, Callable 1/15/25 @ 102.44

   

48,000

     

51,567

   
Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC/Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp., 4.88%, 4/1/27,
Callable 4/1/22 @ 102.44
   

55,000

     

56,789

   

Lear Corp., 3.50%, 5/30/30, Callable 2/28/30 @ 100

   

18,000

     

19,165

   

Lennar Corp., 5.00%, 6/15/27, Callable 12/15/26 @ 100

   

93,000

     

105,466

   

Marriott International, Inc., 3.60%, 4/15/24, Callable 3/15/24 @ 100

   

142,000

     

148,712

   

Meritage Homes Corp., 6.00%, 6/1/25, Callable 3/1/25 @ 100

   

27,000

     

30,191

   

Murphy Oil USA, Inc., 3.75%, 2/15/31, Callable 2/15/26 @ 101.88 (b)

   

43,000

     

42,735

   

NIKE, Inc., 3.88%, 11/1/45, Callable 5/1/45 @ 100

   

73,000

     

87,743

   
NVR, Inc.
3.95%, 9/15/22, Callable 6/15/22 @ 100 (a)
   

126,000

     

127,813

   

3.00%, 5/15/30, Callable 11/15/29 @ 100

   

118,000

     

122,590

   

PulteGroup, Inc., 5.00%, 1/15/27, Callable 10/15/26 @ 100 (d)

   

100,000

     

114,307

   
Ross Stores, Inc.
3.38%, 9/15/24, Callable 6/15/24 @ 100
   

70,000

     

73,268

   

0.88%, 4/15/26, Callable 3/15/26 @ 100

   

53,000

     

51,453

   

Whirlpool Corp., 2.40%, 5/15/31, Callable 2/15/31 @ 100

   

80,000

     

80,150

   

Yum! Brands, Inc., 3.63%, 3/15/31, Callable 12/15/30 @ 100

   

73,000

     

72,772

   
     

1,843,583

   

Consumer Staples (2.3%):

 

7-Eleven, Inc., 0.80%, 2/10/24, Callable 2/10/22 @ 100 (a) (b)

   

156,000

     

154,209

   

Altria Group, Inc., 4.40%, 2/14/26, Callable 12/14/25 @ 100 (a)

   

34,000

     

37,337

   

BAT Capital Corp., 5.28%, 4/2/50, Callable 10/2/49 @ 100

   

75,000

     

85,123

   

Church & Dwight Co., Inc., 2.30%, 12/15/31, Callable 9/15/31 @ 100

   

50,000

     

50,352

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., 4.15%, 3/15/47, Callable 9/15/46 @ 100

 

$

52,000

   

$

65,052

   

Reynolds American, Inc., 5.70%, 8/15/35, Callable 2/15/35 @ 100

   

92,000

     

109,276

   

Tyson Foods, Inc., 5.10%, 9/28/48, Callable 3/28/48 @ 100

   

39,000

     

52,463

   
     

553,812

   

Energy (4.7%):

 

Chevron USA, Inc., 3.85%, 1/15/28, Callable 10/15/27 @ 100

   

135,000

     

149,994

   
Continental Resources, Inc.
4.50%, 4/15/23, Callable 1/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

113,000

     

116,661

   

2.27%, 11/15/26, Callable 11/15/23 @ 100 (b)

   

93,000

     

92,353

   

EOG Resources, Inc., 4.95%, 4/15/50, Callable 10/15/49 @ 100

   

65,000

     

88,457

   

EQM Midstream Partners LP, 4.75%, 7/15/23, Callable 6/15/23 @ 100 (a)

   

39,000

     

40,525

   

HollyFrontier Corp., 2.63%, 10/1/23

   

116,000

     

118,286

   

Marathon Oil Corp., 6.60%, 10/1/37 (d)

   

105,000

     

138,949

   
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
0.25%, 5/15/25 (a)
   

105,000

     

187,839

   

1.90%, 8/15/30, Callable 5/15/30 @ 100

   

109,000

     

103,485

   
Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp., 2.85%, 1/31/23, Callable
10/31/22 @ 100 (a)
   

120,000

     

121,729

   
     

1,158,278

   

Financials (11.9%):

 
Aflac, Inc.
2.88%, 10/15/26, Callable 7/15/26 @ 100 (a)
   

85,000

     

89,612

   

4.75%, 1/15/49, Callable 7/15/48 @ 100

   

20,000

     

26,674

   

Alleghany Corp., 3.63%, 5/15/30, Callable 2/15/30 @ 100

   

55,000

     

59,663

   

Ares Capital Corp., 4.63%, 3/1/24

   

135,000

     

153,944

   
Bank of America Corp.
4.20%, 8/26/24 (a)
   

51,000

     

54,650

   

3.25%, 10/21/27, Callable 10/21/26 @ 100

   

100,000

     

106,624

   

2.57% (SOFR+121bps), 10/20/32, Callable 10/20/31 @ 100 (e)

   

120,000

     

120,679

   

Capital One Financial Corp., 2.36%, 7/29/32, Callable 7/29/31 @ 100 (a)

   

146,000

     

138,515

   

Cincinnati Financial Corp., 6.13%, 11/1/34

   

100,000

     

135,965

   
Citigroup, Inc.
3.88%, 3/26/25
   

35,000

     

37,311

   

4.60%, 3/9/26 (a)

   

36,000

     

39,751

   

4.45%, 9/29/27 (a)

   

63,000

     

70,225

   

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 4.06%, 11/1/24, Callable 10/1/24 @ 100 (a)

   

200,000

     

210,526

   

General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 4.15%, 6/19/23, Callable 5/19/23 @ 100

   

49,000

     

50,972

   

Globe Life, Inc., 2.15%, 8/15/30, Callable 5/15/30 @ 100

   

110,000

     

108,499

   
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
2.95%, 10/1/26, Callable 7/1/26 @ 100 (a)
   

170,000

     

179,551

   

2.55%, 11/8/32, Callable 11/8/31 @ 100

   

135,000

     

136,112

   

5.60%, 7/15/41

   

52,000

     

72,388

   

JPMorgan Chase Financial Co. LLC, 0.25%, 5/1/23 (b)

   

100,000

     

110,590

   

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 3.75%, 7/15/29, Callable 1/15/24 @ 101.88 (b)

   

75,000

     

71,813

   

Morgan Stanley, 3.13%, 7/27/26, MTN (a)

   

280,000

     

296,836

   

Old Republic International Corp., 3.85%, 6/11/51, Callable 12/11/50 @ 100

   

42,000

     

45,268

   

Regions Financial Corp., 1.80%, 8/12/28, Callable 6/12/28 @ 100 (d)

   

89,000

     

87,143

   

Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc., 4.50%, 8/1/22

   

40,000

     

49,234

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

SVB Financial Group, 3.13%, 6/5/30, Callable 3/5/30 @ 100 (a)

 

$

164,000

   

$

172,193

   
Wells Fargo & Co.
4.30%, 7/22/27, MTN (a)
   

180,000

     

201,202

   

4.90%, 11/17/45 (a)

   

80,000

     

101,116

   
     

2,927,056

   

Health Care (5.7%):

 
AbbVie, Inc.
3.20%, 11/21/29, Callable 8/21/29 @ 100
   

66,000

     

70,656

   

4.45%, 5/14/46, Callable 11/14/45 @ 100

   

62,000

     

75,134

   
Anthem, Inc.
2.38%, 1/15/25, Callable 12/15/24 @ 100
   

65,000

     

66,895

   

2.75%, 10/15/42

   

27,000

     

177,459

   

Baxter International, Inc., 2.54%, 2/1/32, Callable 11/1/31 @ 100 (b)

   

141,000

     

142,449

   

Centene Corp., 4.25%, 12/15/27, Callable 12/15/22 @ 102.13

   

73,000

     

76,365

   

HCA, Inc., 4.13%, 6/15/29, Callable 3/15/29 @ 100

   

73,000

     

80,489

   

Hologic, Inc., 3.25%, 2/15/29, Callable 9/28/23 @ 101.63 (b)

   

114,000

     

114,513

   

Illumina, Inc., 8/15/23 (d)

   

110,000

     

126,164

   

Mylan, Inc., 4.55%, 4/15/28, Callable 1/15/28 @ 100

   

91,000

     

101,935

   

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 2.80%, 9/15/50, Callable 3/15/50 @ 100

   

63,000

     

59,187

   
Universal Health Services, Inc.
1.65%, 9/1/26, Callable 8/1/26 @ 100 (b)
   

154,000

     

151,421

   

2.65%, 10/15/30, Callable 7/15/30 @ 100 (b)

   

44,000

     

43,683

   
Viatris, Inc.
2.30%, 6/22/27, Callable 4/22/27 @ 100
   

40,000

     

40,354

   

4.00%, 6/22/50, Callable 12/22/49 @ 100

   

75,000

     

80,183

   
     

1,406,887

   

Industrials (5.7%):

 

Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc., 2.15%, 12/15/30, Callable 9/15/30 @ 100

   

105,000

     

102,321

   
Air Lease Corp.
0.70%, 2/15/24, Callable 1/15/24 @ 100, MTN
   

120,000

     

118,211

   

0.80%, 8/18/24, Callable 7/18/24 @ 100

   

58,000

     

56,846

   

CSX Corp., 3.35%, 9/15/49, Callable 3/15/49 @ 100

   

85,000

     

90,423

   

Delta Air Lines, Inc., 3.80%, 4/19/23, Callable 3/19/23 @ 100 (a)

   

130,000

     

132,798

   

Fortive Corp., 0.88%, 2/15/22 (a)

   

170,000

     

170,100

   

Hillenbrand, Inc., 5.00%, 9/15/26, Callable 7/15/26 @ 100 (a)

   

195,000

     

217,208

   
Norfolk Southern Corp.
2.30%, 5/15/31, Callable 2/15/31 @ 100
   

40,000

     

40,254

   

2.90%, 8/25/51, Callable 2/25/51 @ 100 (d)

   

50,000

     

49,324

   

Oshkosh Corp., 3.10%, 3/1/30, Callable 12/1/29 @ 100

   

60,000

     

62,291

   

Rockwell Automation, Inc., 6.25%, 12/1/37

   

60,000

     

83,603

   

Sensata Technologies, Inc., 3.75%, 2/15/31, Callable 2/15/26 @ 101.88 (b)

   

57,000

     

56,879

   

Snap-on, Inc., 4.10%, 3/1/48, Callable 9/1/47 @ 100

   

56,000

     

67,869

   

Southwest Airlines Co., 1.25%, 5/1/25 (a)

   

115,000

     

153,495

   
     

1,401,622

   

Information Technology (5.0%):

 

Akamai Technologies, Inc., 0.13%, 5/1/25

   

50,000

     

65,571

   

Apple, Inc., 4.65%, 2/23/46, Callable 8/23/45 @ 100

   

53,000

     

69,800

   

Block, Inc., 0.25%, 11/1/27 (d)

   

20,000

     

21,212

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Broadcom, Inc., 5.00%, 4/15/30, Callable 1/15/30 @ 100

 

$

123,000

   

$

143,192

   

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., 4.38%, 10/15/24, Callable 7/15/24 @ 100 (a)

   

153,000

     

164,493

   

Euronet Worldwide, Inc., 0.75%, 3/15/49, Callable 3/20/25 @ 100 (d)

   

125,000

     

135,374

   

Micron Technology, Inc., 5.33%, 2/6/29, Callable 11/6/28 @ 100 (a)

   

167,000

     

196,995

   

NCR Corp., 5.25%, 10/1/30, Callable 10/1/25 @ 102.63 (b)

   

38,000

     

39,110

   

NetApp, Inc., 3.25%, 12/15/22, Callable 9/15/22 @ 100

   

70,000

     

71,175

   

Texas Instruments, Inc., 4.15%, 5/15/48, Callable 11/15/47 @ 100

   

51,000

     

64,063

   

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., 2.25%, 6/15/25

   

40,000

     

41,423

   
Western Digital Corp.
1.50%, 2/1/24 (a)
   

170,000

     

172,441

   

2.85%, 2/1/29, Callable 12/1/28 @ 100

   

53,000

     

53,501

   
     

1,238,350

   

Materials (0.9%):

 

Celanese US Holdings LLC, 4.63%, 11/15/22 (a)

   

100,000

     

103,183

   

Newmont Corp., 2.60%, 7/15/32, Callable 4/15/32 @ 100

   

86,000

     

86,228

   

Nucor Corp., 2.00%, 6/1/25, Callable 5/1/25 @ 100

   

37,000

     

37,757

   
     

227,168

   

Real Estate (3.9%):

 

Highwoods Realty LP, 3.63%, 1/15/23, Callable 10/15/22 @ 100 (a)

   

285,000

     

289,942

   

Iron Mountain, Inc., 5.25%, 7/15/30, Callable 7/15/25 @ 102.63 (b)

   

48,000

     

50,619

   

Kite Realty Group LP, 0.75%, 4/1/27 (b)

   

70,000

     

72,665

   

Kite Realty Group Trust, 4.00%, 3/15/25, Callable 12/15/24 @ 100 (a)

   

155,000

     

162,457

   
Physicians Realty LP
3.95%, 1/15/28, Callable 10/15/27 @ 100
   

60,000

     

65,740

   

2.63%, 11/1/31, Callable 8/1/31 @ 100

   

48,000

     

47,905

   

Piedmont Operating Partnership LP, 3.15%, 8/15/30, Callable 5/15/30 @ 100

   

58,000

     

59,483

   

Regency Centers LP, 4.65%, 3/15/49, Callable 9/15/48 @ 100

   

49,000

     

61,171

   

Sabra Health Care LP, 5.13%, 8/15/26, Callable 5/15/26 @ 100

   

65,000

     

71,609

   

STORE Capital Corp., 2.75%, 11/18/30, Callable 8/18/30 @ 100

   

80,000

     

79,826

   
     

961,417

   

Utilities (1.7%):

 

Ameren Illinois Co., 1.55%, 11/15/30, Callable 8/15/30 @ 100

   

100,000

     

94,732

   

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., 6.30%, 8/15/37

   

40,000

     

55,889

   

Oklahoma G&E Co., 5.25%, 5/15/41, Callable 11/15/40 @ 100

   

105,000

     

135,721

   

Public Service Electric & Gas Co., 4.00%, 6/1/44, Callable 12/1/43 @ 100

   

65,000

     

73,722

   

Wisconsin Public Service Corp., 2.85%, 12/1/51, Callable 6/1/51 @ 100 (d)

   

47,000

     

46,458

   
     

406,522

   

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $12,186,949)

   

12,692,526

   

Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.2%)

 
Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2002-HE16,
Class M1, 1.42% (LIBOR01M+132bps), 10/25/32, Callable 1/25/22 @ 100 (e)
   

53,822

     

53,916

   
JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2004-S2, Class 1A3, 4.75%, 11/25/34, Callable
1/25/22 @ 100 (a)
   

3,690

     

2,598

   

Total Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $56,497)

   

56,514

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Yankee Dollars (10.3%)

 

Communication Services (0.5%):

 

Vodafone Group PLC, 5.25%, 5/30/48

 

$

89,000

   

$

116,421

   

Consumer Staples (3.7%):

 

Barry Callebaut Services NV, 5.50%, 6/15/23 (b)

   

275,000

     

291,866

   
Kerry Group Financial Services Unlimited Co., 3.20%, 4/9/23, Callable
1/9/23 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

400,000

     

409,308

   

Suntory Holdings Ltd., 2.25%, 10/16/24, Callable 9/16/24 @ 100 (a) (b)

   

200,000

     

203,968

   
     

905,142

   

Energy (0.6%):

 

Ecopetrol SA, 5.88%, 9/18/23 (a)

   

133,000

     

141,019

   

Statoil ASA, 3.95%, 5/15/43

   

20,000

     

23,403

   
     

164,422

   

Financials (2.8%):

 
Barclays Bank PLC
2/4/25 (a)
   

45,000

     

76,569

   

2/18/25

   

30,000

     

34,111

   

HSBC Holdings PLC, 2.87%, 11/22/32, Callable 11/22/31 @ 100

   

200,000

     

201,820

   
Newcrest Finance Pty Ltd.
5.75%, 11/15/41 (b)
   

45,000

     

59,088

   

4.20%, 5/13/50, Callable 11/13/49 @ 100 (b)

   

25,000

     

28,642

   

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC, 4.63%, 6/1/23 (a) (b)

   

200,000

     

209,424

   

Total Capital International SA, 2.99%, 6/29/41, Callable 12/29/40 @ 100

   

85,000

     

86,618

   
     

696,272

   

Industrials (1.1%):

 
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, 6.50%, 7/15/25,
Callable 6/15/25 @ 100 (a)
   

150,000

     

171,533

   

Canadian National Railway Co., 3.20%, 8/2/46, Callable 2/2/46 @ 100

   

60,000

     

63,527

   

Canadian Pacific Railway Co., 3.10%, 12/2/51, Callable 6/2/51 @ 100

   

33,000

     

33,862

   
     

268,922

   

Materials (1.4%):

 
Anglo American Capital PLC, 2.88%, 3/17/31, Callable
12/17/30 @ 100 (a) (b) (d)
   

200,000

     

198,982

   

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd., 5.20%, 11/2/40

   

50,000

     

66,546

   

Vale Overseas Ltd., 6.25%, 8/10/26

   

63,000

     

73,140

   
     

338,668

   

Utilities (0.2%):

 

Iberdrola International BV, 6.75%, 9/15/33

   

35,000

     

47,433

   

Total Yankee Dollars (Cost $2,440,713)

   

2,537,280

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Agencies (21.9%)

 
Federal Home Loan Bank
0.88%, 10/21/25
 

$

255,000

   

$

251,415

   

1.10%, 4/29/26

   

255,000

     

251,874

   

Series 000F, 1.00%, 9/30/26 (a)

   

265,000

     

260,577

   

Series 2, 1.10%, 9/30/26 (a)

   

260,000

     

255,892

   

Series 1, 1.20%, 10/29/26

   

255,000

     

252,062

   
     

1,271,820

   
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
5.00%, 6/15/23 (a)
   

5,575

     

5,662

   

Series 4395, Class PA, 2.50%, 4/15/37 (a)

   

83,221

     

85,809

   

5.50%, 6/1/38

   

23,429

     

26,715

   

7.00%, 9/1/38 (a)

   

5,083

     

5,945

   

Series 4320, Class AP, 3.50%, 7/15/39 – 10/15/40 (a)

   

99,767

     

104,135

   

4.50%, 1/1/41 – 7/1/44 (a)

   

304,519

     

335,347

   

Series 4444, Class CH, 3.00%, 1/15/41 (a)

   

22,539

     

22,783

   

2.50%, 7/1/50

   

100,408

     

102,532

   

2.00%, 3/1/51 (a)

   

269,550

     

269,146

   
     

958,074

   
Federal National Mortgage Association
5.50%, 4/1/22 – 1/1/38 (a)
   

107,743

     

122,134

   

7.00%, 8/1/23 – 12/1/27

   

50

     

52

   

7.50%, 12/1/29 (a)

   

3,054

     

3,523

   

8.00%, 6/1/30

   

1,668

     

1,961

   

8.00%, 9/1/30 (a)

   

8,134

     

9,428

   

7.50%, 2/1/31

   

9,240

     

10,425

   

7.00%, 2/1/32 – 6/1/32 (a)

   

13,518

     

15,958

   

5.00%, 12/1/34 – 3/1/40

   

52,522

     

58,985

   

Series 2005-19, Class PB, 5.50%, 3/25/35

   

101,002

     

113,957

   

1.91% (LIBOR12M+166bps), 12/1/36 (a) (e)

   

25,114

     

25,689

   

6.00%, 2/1/37 (a)

   

47,979

     

55,398

   

4.50%, 12/1/38 – 5/25/40 (a)

   

201,673

     

213,430

   

Series 2013-33, Class UD, 2.50%, 4/25/39 (a)

   

31,588

     

31,883

   

3.50%, 8/1/39 – 12/25/50 (a)

   

352,825

     

370,731

   

3.00%, 6/1/40 – 9/1/46 (a)

   

638,049

     

670,295

   

4.00%, 11/1/43 – 10/1/48 (a)

   

394,568

     

431,302

   

3.50%, 7/1/46

   

31,383

     

33,985

   

Series 2017-96, Class DA, 2.50%, 12/25/47 (a)

   

96,736

     

98,267

   

3.00%, 5/1/48

   

66,201

     

69,346

   

4.00%, 6/1/49

   

11,198

     

11,928

   

2.00%, 3/1/51 (a)

   

300,897

     

300,882

   

2.00%, 3/25/51 (f)

   

500,000

     

496,426

   
     

3,145,985

   
Government National Mortgage Association
6.00%, 12/15/33 (a)
   

9,146

     

10,494

   

Total U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Agencies (Cost $5,335,231)

   

5,386,373

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations (3.5%)

 
U.S. Treasury Bonds
2.88%, 5/15/43 (a)
 

$

38,000

   

$

44,324

   

1.25%, 5/15/50 (a)

   

473,000

     

402,124

   
U.S. Treasury Notes
0.25%, 3/15/24 (a)
   

155,000

     

153,147

   

0.75%, 4/30/26 (a)

   

163,000

     

159,816

   

1.63%, 5/15/31 (a)

   

107,000

     

108,371

   

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $867,824)

   

867,782

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned (5.7%)^

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (g)

   

32,513

     

32,513

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional
Shares, 0.01% (g)
   

638,555

     

638,555

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional
Shares, 0.02% (g)
   

16,225

     

16,225

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (g)

   

129,377

     

129,377

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional
Shares, 0.06% (g)
   

581,704

     

581,704

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $1,398,374)

   

1,398,374

   

Total Investments (Cost $24,604,390) — 102.9%

   

25,328,450

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (2.9)%

   

(707,881

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

24,620,569

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments, delayed delivery and/or when-issued securities.

(b)  Rule 144A security or other security that is restricted as to resale to institutional investors. The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be liquid (unless otherwise noted as illiquid) based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of these securities was $3,359,153 and amounted to 13.6% of net assets.

(c)  Security is perpetual and has no final maturity date but may be subject to calls at various dates in the future.

(d)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(e)  Variable or Floating-Rate Security. Rate disclosed is as of December 31, 2021.

(f)  Security or a portion of the security purchased on a delayed-delivery and/or when-issued basis.

(g)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

bps — Basis points

LIBOR — London InterBank Offered Rate

LIBOR01M — 1 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

LIBOR12M — 12 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

LLC — Limited Liability Company

See notes to financial statements.

 


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LP — Limited Partnership

MTN — Medium Term Note

PLC — Public Limited Company

SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate

Futures Contracts Purchased

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

2-Year U.S. Treasury Note Futures

   

4

   

3/31/22

 

$

874,419

   

$

872,688

   

$

(1,731

)

 

Canadian Dollar Futures

   

5

   

3/15/22

   

392,650

     

395,250

     

2,600

   
Ultra Long Term U.S. Treasury
Bond Futures
   

7

   

3/22/22

   

1,379,844

     

1,379,875

     

31

   
   

$

900

   

Futures Contracts Sold

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

10-Year U.S. Treasury Note Futures

   

11

   

3/22/22

 

$

1,432,411

   

$

1,435,156

   

$

(2,745

)

 

E-Mini S&P 500 Futures

   

5

   

3/18/22

   

117,563

     

118,963

     

(1,400

)

 
   

$

(4,145

)

 

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

2,631

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

(5,876

)

 

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

(3,245

)

 

Centrally Cleared

Credit Default Swap Agreements — Sell Protection (a)

Underlying
Instruments
  Fixed
Deal
Receive
Rate
  Maturity
Date
  Payment
Frequency
  Implied
Credit
Spread at
December 31,
2021 (b)
  Notional
Amount (c)
 

Value

  Premiums
Paid
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
CDX North
America
Investment
Grade Index;
Series 37
   

1.00

%

 

12/20/26

 

Quarterly

   

0.49

%

 

$

1,000,000

   

$

24,452

   

$

24,194

   

$

258

   
   

$

24,452

   

$

24,194

   

$

258

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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(a)  When a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of the swap agreement, the Fund as a seller of credit protection will either (i) pay to the buyer of protection an amount equal to the par value of the defaulted reference entity or (ii) pay a net amount equal to the par value of the defaulted reference entity less its recovery value.

(b)  Implied credit spread, represented in absolute terms, utilized in determining the value of the credit default swap agreements as of period end will serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for the credit derivative. The implied credit spread of a referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. Generally, wider credit spreads represent a perceived 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 swap agreement.

(c)  The notional amount represents the maximum potential amount the Fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection if a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of the swap agreement, for each security included in the CDX North America High Yield Index.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Asset-Backed Securities (5.8%)

 
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1, Class C, 0.89%,
10/19/26, Callable 4/18/24 @ 100
 

$

1,815,000

   

$

1,801,759

   
GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust, Series 2021-1, Class C, 0.70%,
2/20/25, Callable 8/20/23 @ 100
   

1,168,000

     

1,158,869

   
GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2,
Class C, 1.28%, 1/19/27, Callable 10/16/24 @ 100
   

886,000

     

873,596

   
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Series 2021-2, Class B, 0.89%, 12/26/28,
Callable 8/25/24 @ 100 (a)
   

945,985

     

940,835

   
Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1, Class C, 0.75%,
2/17/26, Callable 9/15/23 @ 100
   

1,144,000

     

1,141,550

   
Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2, Class C, 0.90%,
6/15/26, Callable 1/15/24 @ 100
   

1,125,000

     

1,123,881

   
Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-3, Class C, 0.95%,
9/15/27, Callable 2/15/24 @ 100
   

915,000

     

911,703

   
Santander Retail Auto Lease Trust, Series 2021-A, Class C, 1.14%,
3/20/26, Callable 4/20/24 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

2,200,000

     

2,179,193

   
Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class C, 0.95%,
3/16/26, Callable 3/15/24 @ 100 (a)
   

1,230,000

     

1,221,593

   
Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2A, Class C, 0.89%,
7/15/26, Callable 10/15/24 @ 100 (a)
   

1,223,000

     

1,201,810

   

Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $12,650,798)

   

12,554,789

   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (3.1%)

 
Galaxy CLO Ltd., Series 2017-24A, Class A, 1.24% (LIBOR03M+112bps),
1/15/31, Callable 1/15/22 @ 100 (a) (b) (c)
   

2,000,000

     

1,995,810

   
Steele Creek CLO Ltd., Series 2017-1A, Class A, 1.37% (LIBOR03M+125bps),
1/15/30, Callable 1/15/22 @ 100 (a) (b) (c)
   

2,825,000

     

2,816,378

   
Voya CLO Ltd., Series 2017-4A, Class A1, 1.25% (LIBOR03M+113bps),
10/15/30, Callable 1/15/22 @ 100 (a) (b) (c)
   

2,000,000

     

2,000,106

   

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost $6,825,000)

   

6,812,294

   

Preferred Stocks (3.3%)

 

Financials (1.5%):

 

AMG Capital Trust II, 10/15/37, 5.15%

   

13,990

     

818,100

   

Bank of America Corp., Series L, 7.25% (b) (d)

   

655

     

946,737

   

KKR & Co., Inc., Series C, 9/15/23, 6.00% (e)

   

6,495

     

605,009

   

Wells Fargo & Co., Series L, 7.50% (d)

   

550

     

819,792

   
     

3,189,638

   

Health Care (0.1%):

 

Danaher Corp., Series B, 4/15/23, 5.00% (e)

   

146

     

253,773

   

Industrials (0.3%):

 

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., 11/15/22, 5.25% (e)

   

6,815

     

744,130

   

Utilities (1.4%):

 

American Electric Power Co., Inc., 8/15/23, 6.13% (e)

   

3,530

     

185,678

   

CenterPoint Energy, Inc., 9/15/29, 4.57%

   

3,880

     

225,777

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Dominion Energy, Inc., Series A, 6/1/22, 7.25%    

6,660

   

$

670,262

   

DTE Energy Co., 11/1/22, 6.25%

   

10,175

     

522,384

   

NextEra Energy, Inc., 3/1/23, 5.28%

   

14,070

     

809,588

   

NiSource, Inc., 3/1/24, 7.75%

   

735

     

82,313

   

The Southern Co., Series 2019, 8/1/22, 6.75%

   

8,901

     

478,429

   
     

2,974,431

   

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $6,609,655)

   

7,161,972

   

Corporate Bonds (53.4%)

 

Communication Services (2.9%):

 

AT&T, Inc., 1.70%, 3/25/26, Callable 3/25/23 @ 100

 

$

2,500,000

     

2,489,700

   

CenturyLink, Inc., 6.75%, 12/1/23

   

424,000

     

457,543

   
Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications
Operating Capital, 4.50%, 2/1/24, Callable 1/1/24 @ 100
   

496,000

     

527,278

   

Fox Corp., 4.03%, 1/25/24, Callable 12/25/23 @ 100

   

1,388,000

     

1,466,352

   
Verizon Communications, Inc.
3.38%, 2/15/25 (b)
   

354,000

     

376,259

   

1.26% (LIBOR03M+110bps), 5/15/25, Callable 3/15/25 @ 100 (b) (c)

   

827,000

     

842,399

   
     

6,159,531

   

Consumer Discretionary (8.8%):

 

Amazon.com, Inc., 1.00%, 5/12/26, Callable 4/12/26 @ 100

   

2,500,000

     

2,474,275

   

AutoZone, Inc., 3.13%, 4/18/24, Callable 3/18/24 @ 100

   

2,632,000

     

2,742,097

   

Booking Holdings, Inc., 0.75%, 5/1/25 (b) (e)

   

525,000

     

772,716

   

D.R. Horton, Inc., 4.75%, 2/15/23, Callable 11/15/22 @ 100 (b)

   

3,027,000

     

3,126,588

   
Expedia Group, Inc.
3.60%, 12/15/23, Callable 11/15/23 @ 100
   

1,020,000

     

1,060,392

   

2/15/26 (a) (e)

   

590,000

     

681,774

   

Ford Motor Co., 3/15/26 (a)

   

290,000

     

399,078

   

General Motors Co., 4.88%, 10/2/23 (b)

   

1,297,000

     

1,377,855

   
Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC/Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp., 4.88%,
4/1/27, Callable 4/1/22 @ 102.44
   

620,000

     

640,169

   

Kohl's Corp., 4.25%, 7/17/25, Callable 4/17/25 @ 100

   

1,194,000

     

1,278,965

   

Marriott International, Inc., 3.60%, 4/15/24, Callable 3/15/24 @ 100

   

1,247,000

     

1,305,946

   

NVR, Inc., 3.95%, 9/15/22, Callable 6/15/22 @ 100 (b)

   

3,283,000

     

3,330,242

   
     

19,190,097

   

Consumer Staples (2.1%):

 

7-Eleven, Inc., 0.80%, 2/10/24, Callable 2/10/22 @ 100 (a)(b)

   

1,372,000

     

1,356,249

   

Altria Group, Inc., 4.40%, 2/14/26, Callable 12/14/25 @ 100 (b)

   

322,000

     

353,608

   

Church & Dwight Co., Inc., 2.45%, 8/1/22, Callable 7/1/22 @ 100 (b)

   

792,000

     

799,397

   

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc., 4.06%, 5/25/23, Callable 4/25/23 @ 100 (b)

   

695,000

     

724,308

   

Tyson Foods, Inc., 3.95%, 8/15/24, Callable 5/15/24 @ 100

   

1,170,000

     

1,244,482

   
     

4,478,044

   

Energy (3.0%):

 

Boardwalk Pipelines LP, 3.38%, 2/1/23, Callable 11/1/22 @ 100

   

400,000

     

407,268

   
Continental Resources, Inc.
4.50%, 4/15/23, Callable 1/15/23 @ 100 (b)
   

801,000

     

826,952

   

2.27%, 11/15/26, Callable 11/15/23 @ 100 (a)(e)

   

797,000

     

791,453

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

EQM Midstream Partners LP, 4.75%, 7/15/23, Callable 6/15/23 @ 100 (b)

 

$

329,000

   

$

341,861

   

HollyFrontier Corp., 2.63%, 10/1/23

   

971,000

     

990,139

   
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
0.55%, 5/15/23
   

1,130,000

     

1,125,853

   

0.25%, 5/15/25 (b)

   

595,000

     

1,064,419

   
Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp., 2.85%, 1/31/23,
Callable 10/31/22 @ 100 (b)
   

1,010,000

     

1,024,554

   
     

6,572,499

   

Financials (13.6%):

 

Ares Capital Corp., 4.63%, 3/1/24

   

730,000

     

832,441

   
Bank of America Corp.
4.20%, 8/26/24 (b)
   

1,660,000

     

1,778,790

   

1.53% (SOFR+65bps), 12/6/25, Callable 12/6/24 @ 100, MTN (c)

   

1,350,000

     

1,353,442

   
Capital One Financial Corp.
3.30%, 10/30/24, Callable 9/30/24 @ 100 (b)
   

684,000

     

721,025

   

1.34%, 12/6/24, Callable 12/6/23 @ 100

   

1,695,000

     

1,705,662

   

Citigroup, Inc., 3.11% (SOFR+284bps), 4/8/26, Callable 4/8/25 @ 100 (c)

   

2,772,000

     

2,906,248

   
Dana Financing Luxembourg Sarl, 5.75%, 4/15/25,
Callable 2/7/22 @ 102.88 (a)(b)
   

772,000

     

792,257

   
Fifth Third Bancorp
1.63%, 5/5/23, Callable 4/5/23 @ 100
   

1,660,000

     

1,675,587

   

3.65%, 1/25/24, Callable 12/25/23 @ 100 (b)

   

799,000

     

837,656

   

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 3.10%, 5/4/23 (b)

   

1,500,000

     

1,526,640

   
General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 5.10%, 1/17/24,
Callable 12/17/23 @ 100
   

1,549,000

     

1,661,008

   
Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc., 3.35%, 2/15/23,
Callable 1/15/23 @ 100 (a)
   

1,488,000

     

1,519,858

   

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 2.30%, 10/15/25, Callable 10/15/24 @ 100

   

3,000,000

     

3,066,660

   

JPMorgan Chase Financial Co. LLC, 0.25%, 5/1/23 (a)

   

800,000

     

884,720

   
Morgan Stanley
4.88%, 11/1/22 (b)
   

1,004,000

     

1,038,236

   

0.53%, 1/25/24, Callable 1/25/23 @ 100 (c)

   

2,575,000

     

2,566,245

   

Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc., 4.50%, 8/1/22

   

300,000

     

369,255

   
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., 0.75%, 1/28/26, MTN,
Callable 12/28/25 @ 100 (e)
   

1,097,000

     

1,067,919

   
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 1.89% (LIBOR03M+175bps), 10/28/27,
Callable 10/28/26 @ 100 (b) (c)
   

1,500,000

     

1,572,375

   

Wells Fargo & Co., 0.81%, 5/19/25, MTN, Callable 5/19/24 @ 100

   

585,000

     

578,448

   

Zions Bancorp NA, 3.35%, 3/4/22, Callable 2/7/22 @ 100

   

1,090,000

     

1,092,496

   
     

29,546,968

   

Health Care (6.2%):

 

AbbVie, Inc., 3.85%, 6/15/24, Callable 3/15/24 @ 100

   

2,545,000

     

2,690,752

   

Anthem, Inc., 2.75%, 10/15/42

   

110,000

     

722,982

   

Biogen, Inc., 3.63%, 9/15/22

   

1,025,000

     

1,046,002

   

Centene Corp., 4.25%, 12/15/27, Callable 12/15/22 @ 102.13

   

621,000

     

649,622

   

HCA, Inc., 5.00%, 3/15/24

   

2,479,000

     

2,666,908

   

Humana, Inc., 2.90%, 12/15/22, Callable 11/15/22 @ 100 (b)

   

560,000

     

570,931

   

Illumina, Inc., 8/15/23 (e)

   

530,000

     

607,883

   

Mylan, Inc., 3.13%, 1/15/23 (a)

   

2,479,000

     

2,533,935

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Universal Health Services, Inc., 1.65%, 9/1/26,
Callable 8/1/26 @ 100 (a)
 

$

1,387,000

   

$

1,363,768

   

Viatris, Inc., 1.13%, 6/22/22

   

525,000

     

526,066

   
     

13,378,849

   

Industrials (4.3%):

 

Air Lease Corp., 0.70%, 2/15/24, MTN, Callable 1/15/24 @ 100 (e)

   

2,480,000

     

2,443,023

   

Delta Air Lines, Inc., 3.80%, 4/19/23, Callable 3/19/23 @ 100 (b)

   

1,115,000

     

1,138,995

   

EnPro Industries, Inc., 5.75%, 10/15/26, Callable 2/7/22 @ 104.31 (b)

   

725,000

     

758,778

   

Fortive Corp., 0.88%, 2/15/22 (b)

   

1,005,000

     

1,005,593

   

Roper Technologies, Inc., 0.45%, 8/15/22

   

1,019,000

     

1,018,715

   
Southwest Airlines Co.
4.75%, 5/4/23
   

1,937,000

     

2,029,182

   

1.25%, 5/1/25 (b)

   

710,000

     

947,665

   
     

9,341,951

   

Information Technology (4.7%):

 

Akamai Technologies, Inc., 0.13%, 5/1/25

   

375,000

     

491,782

   

Block, Inc., 0.25%, 11/1/27 (e)

   

195,000

     

206,822

   
Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd., 3.63%, 1/15/24,
Callable 11/15/23 @ 100 (b) (e)
   

2,175,000

     

2,276,159

   

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., 4.38%, 10/15/24, Callable 7/15/24 @ 100 (b)

   

1,173,000

     

1,261,116

   

Euronet Worldwide, Inc., 0.75%, 3/15/49, Callable 3/20/25 @ 100 (e)

   

730,000

     

790,583

   

KLA Corp., 4.65%, 11/1/24, Callable 8/1/24 @ 100

   

496,000

     

537,793

   

Marvell Technology Group Ltd., 4.20%, 6/22/23, Callable 5/22/23 @ 100

   

941,000

     

977,671

   

NCR Corp., 5.00%, 10/1/28, Callable 10/1/23 @ 102.5 (a)

   

642,000

     

661,555

   

PayPal Holdings, Inc., 2.20%, 9/26/22 (b)

   

757,000

     

766,387

   

Seagate HDD Cayman, 4.88%, 3/1/24, Callable 1/1/24 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,060,300

   

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., 2.25%, 6/15/25

   

225,000

     

233,006

   

Western Digital Corp., 1.50%, 2/1/24 (b)

   

995,000

     

1,009,288

   
     

10,272,462

   

Materials (2.9%):

 

Celanese US Holdings LLC, 4.63%, 11/15/22 (b)(e)

   

855,000

     

882,215

   
Graphic Packaging International LLC, 0.82%, 4/15/24,
Callable 3/15/24 @ 100 (a)
   

1,987,000

     

1,955,943

   

Nucor Corp., 4.00%, 8/1/23, Callable 5/1/23 @ 100

   

1,190,000

     

1,240,968

   

Southern Copper Corp., 3.88%, 4/23/25

   

2,050,000

     

2,194,832

   
     

6,273,958

   

Real Estate (2.6%):

 

American Tower Corp., 3.00%, 6/15/23 (b)

   

1,000,000

     

1,028,200

   

Brandywine Operating Partnership LP, 3.95%, 2/15/23, Callable 11/15/22 @ 100

   

750,000

     

768,308

   

Iron Mountain, Inc., 5.25%, 7/15/30, Callable 7/15/25 @ 102.63 (a)

   

638,000

     

672,809

   

Kite Realty Group LP, 0.75%, 4/1/27 (a)

   

435,000

     

451,560

   

Piedmont Operating Partnership LP, 3.40%, 6/1/23, Callable 3/1/23 @ 100 (b)

   

1,629,000

     

1,669,937

   

Post Apartment Homes LP, 3.38%, 12/1/22, Callable 9/1/22 @ 100

   

250,000

     

253,943

   
Weingarten Realty Investors
3.38%, 10/15/22, Callable 7/15/22 @ 100 (b)
   

365,000

     

369,880

   

3.50%, 4/15/23, Callable 1/15/23 @ 100

   

497,000

     

509,842

   
     

5,724,479

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Utilities (2.3%):

 

Ameren Corp., 2.50%, 9/15/24, Callable 8/15/24 @ 100

 

$

588,000

   

$

604,199

   
Exelon Corp.
3.50%, 6/1/22, Callable 5/1/22 @ 100 (b)
   

2,681,000

     

2,705,183

   

3.95%, 6/15/25, Callable 3/15/25 @ 100 (b)

   

591,000

     

633,126

   

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., 0.65%, 3/1/23

   

1,129,000

     

1,126,663

   
     

5,069,171

   

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $114,227,378)

   

116,008,009

   

Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (3.0%)

 
Bear Stearns Alt-A Trust, Series 2003-3, Class 2A, 2.74%, 10/25/33,
Callable 1/25/22 @ 100 (b) (f)
   

1,117,894

     

1,117,894

   
Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2003-23,
Class 2A8, 4.50%, 10/31/33 (b)
   

13,087

     

14,028

   
Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2004-AR7,
Class 4A1, 2.46%, 11/25/34, Callable 1/25/22 @ 100 (b) (f)
   

831,618

     

831,618

   

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-15F, Class 5A1, 5.50%, 10/25/20 (b)

   

15,575

     

14,992

   
JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2004-S2, Class 1A3, 4.75%, 11/25/34,
Callable 1/25/22 @ 100 (b)
   

6,680

     

4,702

   
JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2004-S1, Class 1A7, 5.00%, 9/25/34,
Callable 1/25/22 @ 100 (b)
   

44,062

     

44,062

   
JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-5, Class A11, 2.87%, 10/25/29,
Callable 9/25/23 @ 100 (a) (b) (f)
   

1,614,199

     

1,622,668

   
JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-3, Class 2A2, 2.50%, 8/25/47,
Callable 6/25/23 @ 100 (a) (b) (f)
   

759,064

     

760,687

   
Madison Park Funding Ltd., Series 2007-4A, Class AR, 1.33%
(LIBOR03M+120bps), 7/29/30, Callable 1/29/22 @ 100 (a) (b) (c)
   

2,250,000

     

2,250,527

   
Total Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $6,669,095)    

6,661,178

   

Yankee Dollars (12.1%)

 

Communication Services (0.2%):

 

SES SA, 3.60%, 4/4/23 (a)

   

503,000

     

517,949

   

Consumer Discretionary (1.0%):

 

Stellantis NV, 5.25%, 4/15/23

   

2,048,000

     

2,151,875

   

Consumer Staples (4.4%):

 

Barry Callebaut Services NV, 5.50%, 6/15/23 (a)

   

2,346,000

     

2,489,880

   

Heineken NV, 3.40%, 4/1/22 (a)

   

1,570,000

     

1,581,131

   
Kerry Group Financial Services Unlimited Co., 3.20%, 4/9/23,
Callable 1/9/23 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

2,391,000

     

2,446,638

   

Pernod Ricard SA, 4.25%, 7/15/22 (a) (b)

   

833,000

     

848,877

   

Suntory Holdings Ltd., 2.55%, 6/28/22, Callable 5/28/22 @ 100 (a) (b)

   

2,122,000

     

2,136,451

   
     

9,502,977

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description   Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Energy (1.6%):

 
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
2.95%, 1/15/23, Callable 12/15/22 @ 100
 

$

1,305,000

   

$

1,329,169

   

3.80%, 4/15/24, Callable 1/15/24 @ 100 (e)

   

1,180,000

     

1,237,360

   
Ecopetrol SA, 5.88%, 9/18/23 (b)    

846,000

     

897,005

   
     

3,463,534

   

Financials (2.4%):

 
Barclays Bank PLC
2/4/25 (b)
   

270,000

     

459,416

   

2/18/25

   

230,000

     

261,514

   
HSBC Holdings PLC, 1.16% (SOFR+58bps), 11/22/24,
Callable 11/22/23 @ 100 (c)
   

1,000,000

     

997,050

   

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC, 4.63%, 6/1/23 (a) (b)

   

3,406,000

     

3,566,491

   
     

5,284,471

   

Industrials (0.8%):

 
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, 1.75%, 1/30/26,
Callable 12/30/25 @ 100
   

1,100,000

     

1,080,596

   

Sensata Technologies BV, 4.00%, 4/15/29, Callable 4/15/24 @ 102 (a)

   

606,000

     

618,920

   
     

1,699,516

   

Materials (1.4%):

 

Anglo American Capital PLC, 3.63%, 9/11/24 (a)

   

2,880,000

     

3,023,741

   

Utilities (0.3%):

 

Enel Generacion Chile SA, 4.25%, 4/15/24, Callable 1/15/24 @ 100 (e)

   

655,000

     

684,540

   

Total Yankee Dollars (Cost $26,236,111)

   

26,328,603

   

U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Agencies (4.5%)

 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
5.00%, 6/15/23 – 8/1/40 (b)
   

509,247

     

571,533

   

5.50%, 10/25/23 (b)

   

1,517

     

1,557

   

7.00%, 9/1/38 (b)

   

2,440

     

2,854

   

Series 4320, Class AP, 3.50%, 7/15/39 (b)

   

776,935

     

821,008

   

Series 3713, Class PA, 2.00%, 2/15/40 – 3/15/40 (b)

   

2,304,739

     

2,328,399

   

Series 4444, Class CH, 3.00%, 1/15/41 (b)

   

413,207

     

417,682

   

Series 4049, Class AB, 2.75%, 12/15/41 (b)

   

142,623

     

144,031

   
     

4,287,064

   
Federal National Mortgage Association
6.00%, 2/1/37 (b)
   

831,688

     

960,305

   

Series 2013-33, Class UD, 2.50%, 4/25/39 (b)

   

338,120

     

341,273

   

Series 2011-21, Class PA, 4.50%, 5/25/40 (b)

   

1,745,602

     

1,831,225

   

Series 2011-101, Class LA, 3.00%, 10/25/40 (b)

   

133,168

     

134,144

   

5.00%, 2/1/41 – 10/1/41 (b)

   

1,947,817

     

2,185,362

   
     

5,452,309

   

Total U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Agencies (Cost $9,615,399)

   

9,739,373

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations (3.1%)

 
U.S. Treasury Notes
0.13%, 2/15/24
 

$

2,271,000

   

$

2,241,371

   

0.38%, 7/15/24

   

1,477,000

     

1,458,768

   

0.75%, 11/15/24 (b)

   

3,000,000

     

2,983,828

   

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $6,706,691)

   

6,683,967

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned (2.8%)^

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (g)

   

141,342

     

141,342

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional
Shares, 0.01% (g)
   

2,775,971

     

2,775,971

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional
Shares, 0.02% (g)
   

70,537

     

70,537

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (g)

   

562,436

     

562,436

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional
Shares, 0.06% (g)
   

2,528,824

     

2,528,824

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $6,079,110)

   

6,079,110

   

Total Investments (Cost $195,619,237) — 91.1%

   

198,029,295

   

Other assets in excess of liabilities — 8.9%

   

19,257,624

   

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

217,286,919

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  Rule 144A security or other security that is restricted as to resale to institutional investors. The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be liquid (unless otherwise noted as illiquid) based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of these securities was $48,284,644 and amounted to 22.2% of net assets.

(b)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments.

(c)  Variable or Floating-Rate Security. Rate disclosed is as of December 31, 2021.

(d)  Security is perpetual and has no final maturity date but may be subject to calls at various dates in the future.

(e)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(f)  The rate for certain asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities may vary based on factors relating to the pool of assets underlying the security. The rate disclosed is the rate in effect at December 31, 2021.

(g)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

bps — Basis points

LIBOR — London InterBank Offered Rate

LIBOR03M — 3 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

LLC — Limited Liability Company

LP — Limited Partnership

MTN — Medium Term Note

PLC — Public Limited Company

SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Futures Contracts Purchased

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

2-Year U.S. Treasury Note Futures

   

39

   

3/31/22

 

$

8,525,583

   

$

8,508,704

   

$

(16,879

)

 

Canadian Dollar Futures

   

39

   

3/15/22

   

3,062,670

     

3,082,950

     

20,280

   
   

$

3,401

   

Futures Contracts Sold

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

10-Year U.S. Treasury Note Futures

   

22

   

3/22/22

 

$

2,860,815

   

$

2,870,313

   

$

(9,498

)

 

5-Year U.S. Treasury Note Futures

   

86

   

3/31/22

   

10,408,569

     

10,403,984

     

4,585

   
Ultra Long Term U.S. Treasury
Bond Futures
   

5

   

3/22/22

   

982,834

     

985,625

     

(2,791

)

 
   

$

(7,704

)

 

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

24,865

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

(29,168

)

 

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

(4,303

)

 

Centrally Cleared

Credit Default Swap Agreements — Sell Protection (a)

Underlying
Instruments
  Fixed
Deal
Receive
Rate
  Maturity
Date
  Payment
Frequency
  Implied
Credit
Spread at
December 31,
2021 (b)
  Notional
Amount (c)
 

Value

  Premiums
Paid
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
CDX North
America High
Yield Index;
Series 37
   

5.00

%

 

12/20/26

 

Quarterly

   

2.92

%

 

$

8,000,000

   

$

731,111

   

$

689,600

   

$

41,511

   
   

$

731,111

   

$

689,600

   

$

41,511

   

(a)  When a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of the swap agreement, the Fund as a seller of credit protection will either (i) pay to the buyer of protection an amount equal to the par value of the defaulted reference entity or (ii) pay a net amount equal to the par value of the defaulted reference entity less its recovery value.

(b)  Implied credit spread, represented in absolute terms, utilized in determining the value of the credit default swap agreements as of period end will serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for the credit derivative. The implied credit spread of a referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. Generally, wider credit spreads represent a perceived 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 swap agreement.

(c)  The notional amount represents the maximum potential amount the Fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection if a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of the swap agreement, for each security included in the CDX North America High Yield Index.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory High Yield Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Common Stocks (0.7%)

 

Communication Services (0.6%):

 

iHeartMedia, Inc., Class A (a)

   

30,500

   

$

641,720

   

Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A

   

3,991

     

602,561

   

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A

   

17,500

     

462,525

   
     

1,706,806

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.0%): (i)

 

Men's Wearhouse, Inc. (k)

   

31,563

     

38,128

   

Health Care (0.1%):

 

Surgery Partners, Inc. (a)

   

9,390

     

501,520

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $2,002,615)

   

2,246,454

   

Senior Secured Loans (22.5%)

 
Air Canada, Term Loan, First Lien, 4.25%
(LIBOR06M+350bps), 7/27/28 (b)
 

$

4,200,000

     

4,182,738

   
Air Medical Group Holdings, Inc., Incremental Term Loan B, First Lien, 5.25%
(LIBOR06M+425bps), 3/14/25 (b)
   

1,994,855

     

1,985,240

   
Air Methods Corp., Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 4.50%
(LIBOR03M+350bps), 4/21/24 (b)
   

1,958,974

     

1,857,186

   
Caesars Resort Collection LLC, Term B-1 Loans, First Lien, 3.59%
(LIBOR01M+350bps), 6/19/25 (b)
   

1,975,000

     

1,974,506

   
Chariot Buyer LLC, Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 4.00%
(LIBOR01M+350bps), 11/3/28 (b)
   

1,500,000

     

1,498,125

   
CP Atlas Buyer, Inc., Term B Loans, First Lien, 4.25%
(LIBOR01M+375bps), 11/23/27 (b)
   

1,995,106

     

1,984,133

   
Dayco Products LLC, Term Loans, First Lien, 4.43%
(LIBOR03M+425bps), 5/19/24 (b)
   

955,000

     

935,900

   
Dynasty Acquisition Co., Inc., 2020 Specified Refi Term B-1 Loans,
First Lien, 3.63% (LIBOR03M+350bps), 4/8/26 (b)
   

1,527,951

     

1,484,313

   
Endo Luxembourg Finance Co. I S.a.r.l., Term B-1, First Lien, 5.75%
(LIBOR03M+500bps), 3/25/28 (b)
   

3,479,981

     

3,377,322

   
Global Medical Response, Inc., 2020 Term Loan, First Lien, 5.25%
(LIBOR06M+425bps), 10/2/25 (b)
   

992,481

     

987,271

   
Golden Nugget, Inc., Senior Secured Term Loan, First Lien, 3.25%
(LIBOR03M+250bps), 10/4/23 (b)
   

1,966,334

     

1,952,471

   
Great Outdoors Group LLC, Term B1, First Lien, 4.50%
(LIBOR01M+375bps), 3/5/28 (b)
   

3,618,431

     

3,619,191

   

Hertz Corp., Initial Term B Loans, First Lien, 6/14/28 (c) (d)

   

841,424

     

841,424

   

Hertz Corp., Initial Term C Loans, First Lien, 6/14/28 (c) (d)

   

158,576

     

158,576

   
Holley Purchaser, Inc., Delayed Draw Term Commitment, First Lien, 4.50%
(LIBOR03M+375bps), 11/12/28 (b) (j)
   

392,563

     

392,097

   
Holley Purchaser, Inc., Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 4.50%
(LIBOR03M+375bps), 11/10/28 (b)
   

2,351,250

     

2,341,939

   
Jo-Ann Stores LLC, Term B-1 Loan, First Lien, 5.50%
(LIBOR03M+475bps), 6/30/28 (b)
   

2,992,500

     

2,956,979

   

Knight Health Holdings LLC, Term Loan B, First Lien, 12/17/28 (c) (d)

   

4,000,000

     

3,740,000

   
Life Time, Inc., 2021 Refinancing Term Loan, First Lien, 5.75%
(LIBOR03M+475bps), 12/15/24 (b)
   

805,183

     

808,710

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory High Yield Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
LifeScan Global Corp., Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 6.13%
(LIBOR03M+600bps), 10/1/24 (b)
 

$

3,992,647

   

$

3,894,268

   
Lucid Energy Group II Borrower LLC, Term Loan, First Lien, 5.00%
(LIBOR03M+425bps), 11/24/28 (b)
   

4,500,000

     

4,441,500

   
Packaging Coordinators Midco, Inc., Term B Loans, First Lien, 4.25%
(LIBOR03M+350bps), 12/1/27 (b)
   

1,097,236

     

1,096,325

   
Petco Health and Wellness Co., Inc., Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 4.00%
(LIBOR03M+325bps), 2/25/28 (b)
   

4,468,744

     

4,458,957

   
PetSmart, Inc., Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 4.50%
(LIBOR06M+375bps), 2/12/28 (b)
   

1,670,813

     

1,671,865

   
Phoenix Newco, Inc., Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 4.00%
(LIBOR01M+350bps), 11/15/28 (b)
   

4,000,000

     

3,998,200

   
SRS Distribution, Inc., 2021 Refinancing Term Loans, First Lien, 4.25%
(LIBOR06M+375bps), 5/20/28 (b)
   

498,750

     

497,159

   
Standard Aero Ltd., 2020 SPCFD Refi Term B-2 Loans, First Lien, 3.63%
(LIBOR03M+350bps), 4/8/26 (b)
   

821,479

     

798,018

   
SWF Holdings Corp., Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 4.75%
(LIBOR01M+400bps), 10/6/28 (b)
   

4,350,000

     

4,306,500

   
Team Health Holdings, Inc., Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 3.75%
(LIBOR01M+275bps), 2/6/24 (b)
   

1,461,637

     

1,393,305

   
The Hertz Corp., Initial Term B Loans, First Lien, 3.75%
(LIBOR01M+325bps), 6/30/28 (b)
   

2,511,650

     

2,511,651

   
The Hertz Corp., Initial Term C Loan, First Lien, 3.75%
(LIBOR01M+325bps), 6/30/28 (b)
   

475,728

     

475,728

   
The Men's Wearhouse LLC, Term Loan, First Lien, 9.00%
(LIBOR03M+800bps), 12/1/25 (b)
   

1,701,726

     

1,432,649

   
The Michaels Cos., Inc., Term B Loans, First Lien, 5.00%
(LIBOR03M+425bps), 4/15/28 (b)
   

3,983,741

     

3,944,620

   
Traverse Midstream Partners LLC, Advance, First Lien, 5.25%
(SOFR03M+425bps), 9/27/24 (b)
   

1,952,754

     

1,941,780

   
United Airlines, Inc., Class B Term Loans, First Lien, 4.50%
(LIBOR03M+375bps), 4/21/28 (b)
   

1,488,750

     

1,490,775

   
Victoria's Secret & Co., Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 3.75%
(LIBOR03M+325bps), 8/2/28 (b)
   

897,750

     

894,949

   

Total Senior Secured Loans (Cost $76,325,286)

   

76,326,370

   

Corporate Bonds (67.8%)

 

Communication Services (11.6%):

 

Audacy Capital Corp., 6.50%, 5/1/27, Callable 5/1/22 @ 104.88 (e) (f)

   

2,500,000

     

2,471,625

   

CSC Holdings LLC, 5.75%, 1/15/30, Callable 1/15/25 @ 102.88 (f)

   

5,000,000

     

4,999,300

   
Cumulus Media New Holdings, Inc., 6.75%, 7/1/26,
Callable 7/1/22 @ 103.38 (e) (f)
   

4,960,000

     

5,154,234

   
Entercom Media Corp., 6.75%, 3/31/29,
Callable 3/31/24 @ 103.38 (e) (f)
   

1,800,000

     

1,758,798

   
Frontier Communications Holdings LLC, 5.00%, 5/1/28,
Callable 5/1/24 @ 102.5 (f)
   

2,250,000

     

2,321,370

   
Gray Television, Inc., 4.75%, 10/15/30,
Callable 10/15/25 @ 102.38 (f)
   

2,750,000

     

2,737,158

   
iHeartCommunications, Inc., 8.38%, 5/1/27,
Callable 5/1/22 @ 104.19
   

4,510,000

     

4,759,403

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory High Yield Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., 5.63%, 7/15/27,
Callable 7/15/22 @ 104.22 (f)
 

$

4,000,000

   

$

4,215,840

   
Sinclair Television Group, Inc., 5.50%, 3/1/30,
Callable 12/1/24 @ 102.75 (f) (g)
   

3,000,000

     

2,919,180

   

Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 5.50%, 7/1/29, Callable 7/1/24 @ 102.75 (f) (g)

   

2,350,000

     

2,535,015

   

TEGNA, Inc., 5.00%, 9/15/29, Callable 9/15/24 @ 102.5 (g)

   

3,000,000

     

3,076,500

   
Univision Communications, Inc., 5.13%, 2/15/25,
Callable 1/18/22 @ 101.71 (e) (f)
   

2,500,000

     

2,524,975

   
     

39,473,398

   

Consumer Discretionary (16.9%):

 

Academy Ltd., 6.00%, 11/15/27, Callable 11/15/23 @ 103 (f)

   

1,800,000

     

1,922,400

   

Affinity Gaming, 6.88%, 12/15/27, Callable 12/1/23 @ 103.44 (f)

   

2,750,000

     

2,877,187

   
Ambience Merger Sub, Inc., 7.13%, 7/15/29,
Callable 7/15/24 @ 103.56 (f)
   

4,800,000

     

4,755,600

   
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., 5.00%, 10/1/29,
Callable 10/1/24 @ 102.5 (e)
   

2,000,000

     

1,963,080

   
Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 5.88%, 10/15/27,
Callable 10/15/22 @ 102.94 (e)
   

2,000,000

     

2,093,240

   
Clarios Global LP/Clarios US Finance Co., 8.50%, 5/15/27,
Callable 5/15/22 @ 104.25 (f)
   

4,000,000

     

4,240,640

   
Diamond Sports Group LLC/Diamond Sports Finance Co., 6.63%, 8/15/27,
Callable 8/15/22 @ 103.31 (e) (f) (g)
   

6,900,000

     

1,929,378

   
Genting New York LLC/GENNY Capital, Inc., 3.30%, 2/15/26,
Callable 1/15/26 @ 100 (e) (f)
   

2,750,000

     

2,722,583

   

LBM Acquisition LLC, 6.25%, 1/15/29, Callable 1/15/24 @ 103.13 (f)

   

2,050,000

     

2,042,005

   

Life Time, Inc., 5.75%, 1/15/26, Callable 1/15/23 @ 102.88 (f)

   

4,000,000

     

4,159,720

   

Magic Mergeco, Inc., 7.88%, 5/1/29, Callable 5/1/24 @ 103.94 (f)

   

2,700,000

     

2,661,876

   

Mattel, Inc., 5.45%, 11/1/41, Callable 5/1/41 @ 100

   

2,000,000

     

2,387,020

   

MGM Resorts International, 5.50%, 4/15/27, Callable 1/15/27 @ 100

   

2,475,000

     

2,653,249

   
PetSmart, Inc./PetSmart Finance Corp., 7.75%, 2/15/29,
Callable 2/15/24 @ 103.88 (f) (g)
   

3,600,000

     

3,930,156

   
Premier Entertainment Sub LLC/Premier Entertainment Finance Corp.
5.63%, 9/1/29, Callable 9/1/24 @ 102.81 (f)
   

2,000,000

     

1,986,800

   

5.88%, 9/1/31, Callable 9/1/26 @ 102.98 (f)

   

3,800,000

     

3,816,644

   
Scientific Games International, Inc., 8.25%, 3/15/26,
Callable 3/15/22 @ 104.13 (f)
   

3,000,000

     

3,162,630

   
Tenneco, Inc.
5.00%, 7/15/26, Callable 2/7/22 @ 102.5 (e)
   

4,350,000

     

4,202,970

   

7.88%, 1/15/29, Callable 1/15/24 @ 103.94 (f)

   

650,000

     

705,107

   
Viking Cruises Ltd., 13.00%, 5/15/25,
Callable 5/15/22 @ 109.75 (f) (g)
   

2,700,000

     

3,055,428

   
     

57,267,713

   

Consumer Staples (2.6%):

 
Albertsons Cos., Inc./Safeway, Inc./New Albertsons LP/Albertsons LLC, 5.88%,
2/15/28, Callable 8/15/22 @ 104.41 (f)
   

2,750,000

     

2,920,115

   
Simmons Foods, Inc./Simmons prepared Foods, Inc./Simmons Pet Food, Inc./
Simmons Feed, 4.63%, 3/1/29, Callable 3/1/24 @ 102.31 (f)
   

3,140,000

     

3,094,564

   

Triton Water Holdings, Inc., 6.25%, 4/1/29, Callable 4/1/24 @ 103.13 (f)

   

2,800,000

     

2,706,984

   
     

8,721,663

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory High Yield Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Energy (3.2%):

 
Antero Midstream Partners LP/Antero Midstream Finance Corp.,
5.38%, 6/15/29, Callable 6/15/24 @ 102.69 (f)
 

$

3,450,000

   

$

3,644,235

   
Antero Resources Corp.
8.38%, 7/15/26, Callable 1/15/24 @ 104.19 (f)
   

1,964,000

     

2,235,837

   

7.63%, 2/1/29, Callable 2/1/24 @ 103.81 (f)

   

750,000

     

835,418

   

Comstock Resources, Inc., 6.75%, 3/1/29, Callable 3/1/24 @ 103.38 (f)

   

2,426,000

     

2,630,512

   

Range Resources Corp., 5.00%, 3/15/23, Callable 12/15/22 @ 100

   

1,350,000

     

1,378,242

   
     

10,724,244

   

Financials (6.9%):

 

AmWINS Group, Inc., 4.88%, 6/30/29, Callable 6/30/24 @ 102.44 (f)

   

1,500,000

     

1,517,835

   
BCPE Cycle Merger Sub II, Inc., 10.63%, 7/15/27,
Callable 7/15/22 @ 105.31 (f)
   

3,890,000

     

3,980,442

   
BCPE Ulysses Intermediate, Inc. (7.75% Cash or 8.50% PIK), 7.75%, 4/1/27,
Callable 4/1/23 @ 102 (f)
   

450,000

     

446,625

   
Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC, 5.25%, 4/15/29,
Callable 4/15/24 @ 102.63 (f)
   

1,200,000

     

1,262,040

   

Gray Escrow II, Inc., 5.38%, 11/15/31, Callable 11/15/26 @ 102.69 (e) (f)

   

950,000

     

976,828

   

Gray Television, Inc., 7.00%, 5/15/27, Callable 5/15/22 @ 105.25 (f)

   

3,000,000

     

3,207,480

   
LABL Escrow Issuer LLC, 10.50%, 7/15/27,
Callable 7/15/22 @ 105.25 (f) (g)
   

2,250,000

     

2,361,353

   
Mozart Debt Merger Sub, Inc., 5.25%, 10/1/29,
Callable 10/1/24 @ 102.63 (f)
   

450,000

     

457,007

   
SWF Escrow Issuer Corp., 6.50%, 10/1/29,
Callable 10/1/24 @ 103.25 (f)
   

2,100,000

     

2,017,050

   
Victors Merger Corp., 6.38%, 5/15/29,
Callable 5/15/24 @ 103.19 (e) (f)
   

3,800,000

     

3,568,162

   
White Capital Parent LLC, 8.25%, 3/15/26,
Callable 3/15/22 @ 102 (f)
   

2,100,000

     

2,150,169

   
Wolverine Escrow LLC, 13.13%, 11/15/27,
Callable 11/15/22 @ 109.84 (e) (f)
   

2,200,000

     

1,403,688

   
     

23,348,679

   

Health Care (7.4%):

 

Air Methods Corp., 8.00%, 5/15/25, Callable 2/7/22 @ 102 (e) (f) (g)

   

2,500,000

     

2,149,500

   
Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 5.25%, 1/30/30,
Callable 1/30/25 @ 102.63 (f) (g)
   

2,250,000

     

1,989,405

   
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 6.13%, 4/1/30,
Callable 4/1/25 @ 103.06 (f)
   

3,450,000

     

3,412,015

   
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc./Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics SA, 7.25%, 2/1/28,
Callable 2/1/23 @ 103.63 (f)
   

3,714,000

     

3,990,396

   

Radiology Partners, Inc., 9.25%, 2/1/28, Callable 2/1/23 @ 104.63 (f) (g)

   

2,985,000

     

3,136,071

   
Regional Care Hospital Partners Holdings, Inc./LifePoint Health, Inc., 9.75%,
12/1/26, Callable 2/7/22 @ 104.88 (f)
   

3,000,000

     

3,165,240

   

Team Health Holdings, Inc., 6.38%, 2/1/25, Callable 1/24/22 @ 101.59 (e) (f)

   

3,250,000

     

3,058,835

   

Tenet Healthcare Corp., 6.13%, 10/1/28, Callable 10/1/23 @ 103.06 (f)

   

4,000,000

     

4,226,440

   
     

25,127,902

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory High Yield Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Industrials (13.9%):

 

Ahern Rentals, Inc., 7.38%, 5/15/23, Callable 2/7/22 @ 100 (e) (f)

 

$

1,700,000

   

$

1,612,637

   

American Airlines, Inc., 11.75%, 7/15/25 (f)

   

3,500,000

     

4,351,410

   
American Airlines, Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd.
5.50%, 4/20/26 (f)
   

1,300,000

     

1,352,923

   

5.75%, 4/20/29 (f)

   

1,850,000

     

1,978,427

   
Apex Tool Group LLC/BC Mountain Finance, Inc., 9.00%, 2/15/23,
Callable 2/7/22 @ 100 (e) (f)
   

2,000,000

     

1,898,640

   

Aramark Services, Inc., 6.38%, 5/1/25, Callable 5/1/22 @ 103.19 (f)

   

3,000,000

     

3,135,540

   

Cargo Aircraft Management, Inc., 4.75%, 2/1/28, Callable 2/1/23 @ 102.38 (f)

   

1,800,000

     

1,834,416

   
Madison IAQ LLC
4.13%, 6/30/28, Callable 6/30/24 @ 102.06 (f)
   

1,800,000

     

1,809,486

   

5.88%, 6/30/29, Callable 6/30/24 @ 102.94 (f)

   

2,800,000

     

2,800,280

   
Mileage Plus Holdings LLC/Mileage Plus Intellectual Property Assets Ltd.,
6.50%, 6/20/27, Callable 6/30/23 @ 103.25 (f)
   

3,000,000

     

3,206,670

   

NESCO Holdings II, Inc., 5.50%, 4/15/29, Callable 4/15/24 @ 102.75 (f)

   

2,050,000

     

2,119,905

   

Pike Corp., 5.50%, 9/1/28, Callable 9/1/23 @ 102.75 (f)

   

2,000,000

     

2,006,560

   
SRS Distribution, Inc.
6.13%, 7/1/29, Callable 7/1/24 @ 103.06 (e) (f)
   

1,125,000

     

1,145,947

   

6.00%, 12/1/29, Callable 12/1/24 @ 103 (f)

   

2,000,000

     

2,011,960

   

The Hertz Corp., 5.00%, 12/1/29, Callable 12/1/24 @ 102.5 (f)

   

4,500,000

     

4,511,790

   

TransDigm, Inc., 4.63%, 1/15/29, Callable 1/15/24 @ 102.31

   

2,250,000

     

2,243,183

   

Triumph Group, Inc., 6.25%, 9/15/24, Callable 2/7/22 @ 101.56 (f)

   

3,525,000

     

3,546,467

   

Wabash National Corp., 4.50%, 10/15/28, Callable 10/15/24 @ 102.25 (f)

   

3,000,000

     

3,026,310

   

WESCO Distribution, Inc., 7.25%, 6/15/28, Callable 6/15/23 @ 103.63 (f)

   

2,250,000

     

2,473,920

   
     

47,066,471

   

Information Technology (1.8%):

 

Caesars Entertainment, Inc., 8.13%, 7/1/27, Callable 7/1/23 @ 104.06 (f)

   

3,750,000

     

4,150,725

   
Veritas U.S., Inc./Veritas Bermuda Ltd., 7.50%, 9/1/25,
Callable 2/7/22 @ 103.75 (f)
   

1,800,000

     

1,868,508

   
     

6,019,233

   

Materials (2.5%):

 

Allegheny Technologies, Inc., 5.13%, 10/1/31, Callable 10/1/26 @ 102.56

   

3,000,000

     

3,020,490

   
CVR Partners LP/CVR Nitrogen Finance Corp., 6.13%, 6/15/28,
Callable 6/15/24 @ 103.06 (e) (f)
   

1,800,000

     

1,902,510

   

Forterra Finance LLC/FRTA Finance Corp., 6.50%, 7/15/25 (f)

   

1,200,000

     

1,272,780

   

Midas OpCo Holdings LLC, 5.63%, 8/15/29, Callable 8/15/24 @ 102.81 (f)

   

2,250,000

     

2,302,515

   
     

8,498,295

   

Real Estate (1.0%):

 

Adams Homes, Inc., 7.50%, 2/15/25, Callable 2/15/22 @ 103.75 (e) (f)

   

3,371,000

     

3,513,054

   

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $227,339,985)

   

229,760,652

   

Yankee Dollars (5.9%)

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.6%):

 
International Game Technology PLC, 5.25%, 1/15/29,
Callable 1/15/24 @ 102.63 (f)
   

2,000,000

     

2,121,680

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory High Yield Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Energy (1.1%):

 
Husky Holding Ltd. (13.0% Cash or 13.75% PIK), 13.00%, 2/15/25,
Callable 2/7/22 @ 109.75 (f) (g)
 

$

500,000

   

$

528,230

   

TechnipFMC PLC, 6.50%, 2/1/26, Callable 2/1/23 @ 103.25 (f)

   

3,000,000

     

3,205,650

   
     

3,733,880

   

Health Care (0.7%):

 

Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 6.13%, 4/15/25, Callable 2/7/22 @ 102.04 (f)

   

2,448,000

     

2,498,625

   

Industrials (0.9%):

 

Bombardier, Inc., 7.88%, 4/15/27, Callable 4/15/22 @ 103.94 (e) (f)

   

3,000,000

     

3,110,970

   

Information Technology (0.8%):

 

ION Trading Technologies Sarl, 5.75%, 5/15/28, Callable 5/15/24 @ 102.88 (f)

   

2,500,000

     

2,575,375

   

Materials (1.8%):

 
Titan Acquisition Ltd./Titan Co-Borrower LLC, 7.75%, 4/15/26,
Callable 2/7/22 @ 103.88 (f) (g)
   

2,000,000

     

2,035,220

   
Trinseo Materials Operating SCA/Trinseo Materials Finance, Inc., 5.13%,
4/1/29, Callable 4/1/24 @ 102.56 (e) (f)
   

3,900,000

     

3,985,605

   
     

6,020,825

   

Total Yankee Dollars (Cost $19,344,119)

   

20,061,355

   

Exchange-Traded Funds (1.4%)

 

Invesco Senior Loan ETF (e) (g)

   

107,000

     

2,364,700

   

SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF (g)

   

50,750

     

2,315,722

   

Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $4,706,377)

   

4,680,422

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned (11.5%)^

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (h)

   

902,658

     

902,658

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio,
Institutional Shares, 0.01% (h)
   

17,728,318

     

17,728,318

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund,
Institutional Shares, 0.02% (h)
   

450,471

     

450,471

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (h)

   

3,591,915

     

3,591,915

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio,
Institutional Shares, 0.06% (h)
   

16,149,949

     

16,149,949

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $38,823,311)

   

38,823,311

   

Total Investments (Cost $368,541,693) — 109.8%

   

371,898,564

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (9.8)%

   

(33,111,226

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

338,787,338

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  Variable or Floating-Rate Security. Rate disclosed is as of December 31, 2021.

(c)  The rates for this senior secured loan will be known on settlement date of the loan, subsequent to this report date. Senior secured loans have rates that will fluctuate over time in line with prevailing interest rates.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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(d)  Security or a portion of the security purchased on a delayed-delivery and/or when-issued basis.

(e)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(f)  Rule 144A security or other security that is restricted as to resale to institutional investors. The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be liquid (unless otherwise noted as illiquid) based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of these securities was $222,044,630 and amounted to 65.5% of net assets.

(g)  All or a portion of the security has been segregated as collateral for securities purchased on a delayed-delivery and/or when-issued basis.

(h)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

(i)  Amount represents less than 0.05% of net assets.

(j)  The Fund may enter into certain credit agreements all or a portion of which may be unfunded. The Fund is obligated to fund these commitments at the borrower's discretion. At December 31, 2021 the Fund held unfunded or partially unfunded loan commitments of $273,911, which included a $1,089 unrealized loss.

(k)  This security is classified as Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy. (See Note 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements)

bps — Basis points

ETF — Exchange-Traded Fund

LIBOR — London InterBank Offered Rate

LIBOR01M — 1 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

LIBOR03M — 3 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

LIBOR06M — 6 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

LLC — Limited Liability Company

LP — Limited Partnership

PIK — Payment-in-Kind

PLC — Public Limited Company

SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory Tax-Exempt Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Municipal Bonds (100.6%)

 

Arkansas (2.1%):

 
Arkansas Development Finance Authority Revenue, 3.20%,
12/1/49, Continuously Callable @100
 

$

750,000

   

$

796,407

   
University of Central Arkansas Revenue, Series A, 3.00%,
11/1/49, Continuously Callable @100
   

265,000

     

276,262

   
     

1,072,669

   

California (0.6%):

 
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp. Revenue, Series A2, 5.00%,
6/1/47, Pre-refunded 6/1/22 @ 100
   

275,000

     

280,437

   

Colorado (1.7%):

 
Colorado Health Facilities Authority Revenue, Series A, 4.00%,
12/1/50, Continuously Callable @103
   

750,000

     

845,272

   

Connecticut (4.5%):

 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority Revenue,
Series 2016 CT, 5.00%, 12/1/41, Continuously Callable @100
   

2,000,000

     

2,323,442

   

Florida (10.8%):

 
Capital Trust Agency, Inc. Revenue, 5.00%, 8/1/55, Continuously
Callable @100
   

400,000

     

456,369

   
City of Pompano Beach Revenue, 4.00%, 9/1/50, Continuously
Callable @103
   

500,000

     

535,925

   
County of Miami-Dade Seaport Department Revenue, 4.00%, 10/1/50,
Continuously Callable @100
   

500,000

     

577,892

   
Florida Development Finance Corp. Revenue, Series A, 5.00%, 6/15/55,
Continuously Callable @100 (a)
   

500,000

     

572,450

   
Hillsborough County IDA Revenue, 4.00%, 8/1/50, Continuously
Callable @100
   

500,000

     

573,520

   
Miami-Dade County Public Facilities Revenue, Series A, 5.00%, 6/1/33,
Continuously Callable @100
   

2,000,000

     

2,286,214

   
St. Johns County IDA Revenue, 4.00%, 8/1/55, Continuously
Callable @103
   

500,000

     

563,626

   
     

5,565,996

   

Georgia (4.4%):

 
Appling County Development Authority Revenue, 0.14%, 9/1/41, Continuously
Callable @100 (b)
   

1,150,000

     

1,150,000

   
The Burke County Development Authority Revenue (NBGA — Southern Co.),
0.12%, 11/1/52, Continuously Callable @100 (b)
   

1,000,000

     

1,000,000

   
The Development Authority of Monroe County Revenue, 0.14%, 11/1/48,
Continuously Callable @100 (b)
   

100,000

     

100,000

   
     

2,250,000

   

Guam (2.3%):

 
Port Authority of Guam Revenue, Series A, 5.00%, 7/1/48, Continuously
Callable @100
   

1,000,000

     

1,170,992

   

Illinois (23.1%):

 
Chicago Board of Education Revenue, 6.00%, 4/1/46, Continuously
Callable @100 (c)
   

2,275,000

     

2,781,429

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Chicago Transit Authority Sales Tax Receipts Revenue, Series 2014, 5.00%,
12/1/44, Continuously Callable @100
 

$

1,450,000

   

$

1,616,171

   
City of Chicago Wastewater Transmission Revenue
Series A, 5.00%, 1/1/47, Continuously Callable @100
   

1,000,000

     

1,164,893

   

Series C, 5.00%, 1/1/34, Continuously Callable @100

   

1,000,000

     

1,121,329

   

City of Chicago, GO, Series A, 5.50%, 1/1/49, Continuously Callable @100

   

1,000,000

     

1,228,046

   

Illinois, GO, Series 2013, 5.50%, 7/1/27, Continuously Callable @100

   

2,000,000

     

2,136,704

   
Sales Tax Securitization Corp. Revenue, Series 2018 C, 5.00%, 1/1/43,
Continuously Callable @100
   

1,500,000

     

1,826,109

   
     

11,874,681

   

Iowa (1.0%):

 
Iowa Finance Authority Revenue, Series A-1, 4.00%, 5/15/55, Continuously
Callable @103
   

500,000

     

533,756

   

Massachusetts (1.8%):

 
University of Massachusetts Building Authority Revenue
5.00%, 11/1/39, Pre-refunded 11/1/24 @ 100
   

220,000

     

248,241

   

Series 1-2021, 5.00%, 11/1/39, Continuously Callable @100

   

410,000

     

458,901

   

Series 1-2021, 5.00%, 11/1/39, Pre-refunded 11/1/24 @ 100

   

190,000

     

214,389

   
     

921,531

   

Michigan (1.1%):

 
Michigan Finance Authority Revenue, 4.00%, 12/1/51, Continuously
Callable @100 (d)
   

500,000

     

565,869

   

Missouri (2.5%):

 
Health & Educational Facilities Authority of the State of Missouri Revenue,
4.25%, 12/1/42, Continuously Callable @100 (a)
   

1,150,000

     

1,263,829

   

New Jersey (8.2%):

 
New Jersey Economic Development Authority Biomedical Research
Facilities Revenue, Series 2016 A, 5.00%, 7/15/29, Continuously
Callable @100 (c)
   

885,000

     

1,042,861

   
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Revenue
5.00%, 6/15/28, Continuously Callable @100
   

1,000,000

     

1,169,831

   

Series BB, 3.50%, 6/15/46, Continuously Callable @100

   

200,000

     

215,124

   
Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp. Revenue, Series 2018 A, 5.00%,
6/1/46, Continuously Callable @100
   

1,500,000

     

1,775,049

   
     

4,202,865

   

New York (12.5%):

 
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Dedicated Tax Green Fund Revenue,
Series 2016 B1, 5.00%, 11/15/56, Continuously Callable @100
   

1,545,000

     

1,820,263

   
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Revenue, Series D-3, 4.00%,
11/15/49, Continuously Callable @100
   

500,000

     

567,414

   
New York Counties Tobacco Trust II Revenue, 5.75%, 6/1/43, Continuously
Callable @100
   

200,000

     

200,695

   
New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue, 6.00%, 7/1/40, Continuously
Callable @100 (a) (e)
   

440,000

     

448,584

   
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Revenue, 5.00%, 12/1/32,
Continuously Callable @100
   

1,000,000

     

1,083,830

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Tax-Exempt Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

TSASC, Inc. Revenue, Series A, 5.00%, 6/1/41, Continuously Callable @100

 

$

2,000,000

   

$

2,303,700

   
     

6,424,486

   

North Carolina (5.5%):

 
City of Charlotte Certificate of Participation, 4.00%, 6/1/49, Continuously
Callable @100
   

1,670,000

     

1,914,553

   
North Carolina Medical Care Commission Revenue
Series A, 4.00%, 9/1/50, Continuously Callable @100
   

500,000

     

528,950

   

Series A, 4.00%, 10/1/50, Continuously Callable @103

   

350,000

     

390,138

   
     

2,833,641

   

Ohio (7.5%):

 
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority Revenue,
Series B-2, 5.00%, 6/1/55, Continuously Callable @100
   

1,000,000

     

1,159,715

   
County of Franklin Revenue, Series B, 5.00%, 7/1/45, Continuously
Callable @103
   

500,000

     

586,838

   
County of Hardin Economic Development Facilities Revenue, 5.00%,
5/1/30, Continuously Callable @103
   

350,000

     

383,331

   
Logan Elm Local School District, GO, 4.00%, 11/1/55, Continuously
Callable @100
   

1,500,000

     

1,693,651

   
     

3,823,535

   

Pennsylvania (5.3%):

 
Philadelphia School District, GO, Series A, 5.00%, 9/1/44, Continuously
Callable @100
   

1,000,000

     

1,232,942

   
The Philadelphia School District, GO, Series A, 5.00%, 9/1/38, Continuously
Callable @100
   

1,200,000

     

1,464,910

   
     

2,697,852

   

Texas (1.1%):

 
City of Arlington Texas Revenue, 4.00%, 8/15/50, Continuously
Callable @100
   

500,000

     

554,956

   

Utah (3.6%):

 
Jordanelle Special Service District Special Assessment, Series C, 12.00%,
8/1/30, Continuously Callable @100 (a)
   

427,808

     

429,255

   
Military Installation Development Authority Revenue, Series A-1, 4.00%,
6/1/41, Continuously Callable @103
   

250,000

     

253,480

   
Utah Infrastructure Agency Revenue, Series A, 5.00%, 10/15/40, Continuously
Callable @100
   

1,000,000

     

1,177,511

   
     

1,860,246

   

Wisconsin (1.0%):

 
Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue, 4.00%,
1/1/47, Continuously Callable @103
   

500,000

     

535,556

   

Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $47,196,338)

   

51,601,611

   

Total Investments (Cost $47,196,338) — 100.6%

   

51,601,611

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (0.6)%

   

(282,393

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

51,319,218

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

(a)  Rule 144A security or other security that is restricted as to resale to institutional investors. The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be liquid (unless otherwise noted as illiquid) based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of these securities was $2,714,118 and amounted to 5.3% of net assets.

(b)  Variable Rate Demand Notes that provide the rights to sell the security at face value on either that day or within the rate-reset period. The interest rate is reset on the put date at a stipulated daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or other specified time interval to reflect current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description.

(c)  All or a portion of the security has been segregated as collateral for securities purchased on a delayed-delivery and/or when-issued basis.

(d)  Security or a portion of the security purchased on a delayed-delivery and/or when-issued basis.

(e)  The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be illiquid based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, illiquid securities were 0.9% of net assets.

GO — General Obligation

IDA — Industrial Development Authority

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory High Income Municipal Bond Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Municipal Bonds (95.1%)

 

Arizona (4.0%):

 
Arizona IDA Revenue
4.00%, 7/15/51, Continuously Callable @100 (a)
 

$

500,000

   

$

542,137

   

4.00%, 12/15/51, Continuously Callable @100 (a)

   

700,000

     

754,904

   

La Paz County IDA Revenue, 4.00%, 2/15/51, Continuously Callable @100

   

280,000

     

315,225

   
The IDA of the County of Pima Revenue, 4.00%, 6/15/51, Continuously
Callable @100 (a) (b)
   

500,000

     

516,718

   
     

2,128,984

   

California (0.9%):

 
California County Tobacco Securitization Agency Revenue, Series B-1, 5.00%,
6/1/49, Continuously Callable @100
   

250,000

     

303,493

   
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp. Revenue, Series A2, 5.00%,
6/1/47, Pre-refunded 6/1/22 @100
   

180,000

     

183,559

   
     

487,052

   

District of Columbia (0.9%):

 
District of Columbia Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp. Revenue, 6.50%,
5/15/33 (c)
   

460,000

     

497,075

   

Florida (6.8%):

 
County of St. Lucie Revenue, 0.09%, 9/1/28, Continuously
Callable @100 (d)
   

100,000

     

100,000

   
Escambia County Health Facilities Authority Revenue, 3.00%, 8/15/50,
Continuously Callable @100
   

1,000,000

     

1,041,514

   
Florida Development Finance Corp. Revenue, 4.00%, 7/1/55, Continuously
Callable @100
   

500,000

     

522,940

   
Seminole County Industrial Development Authority Revenue, 4.00%,
6/15/56, Continuously Callable @100 (a)
   

705,000

     

779,255

   
Sumter County Village Community Development District No. 10 Special
Assessment Revenue, Series 2014, 5.75%, 5/1/31, Continuously
Callable @100
   

1,145,000

     

1,203,556

   
     

3,647,265

   

Georgia (3.6%):

 
Appling County Development Authority Revenue, 0.14%, 9/1/41, Continuously
Callable @100 (d)
   

1,000,000

     

1,000,000

   
The Burke County Development Authority Revenue, Series 1, 0.09%, 7/1/49,
Continuously Callable @100 (d)
   

900,000

     

900,000

   
     

1,900,000

   

Illinois (10.2%):

 
Chicago Board of Education Revenue, 6.00%, 4/1/46, Continuously
Callable @100 (c)
   

1,500,000

     

1,833,909

   

City of Chicago, GO, Series A, 5.50%, 1/1/49, Continuously Callable @100

   

1,000,000

     

1,228,046

   
Illinois, GO
5.50%, 7/1/33, Continuously Callable @100
   

1,000,000

     

1,068,352

   

5.50%, 7/1/38, Continuously Callable @100

   

1,250,000

     

1,335,440

   
     

5,465,747

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory High Income Municipal Bond Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Indiana (3.1%):

 
Indiana Finance Authority Revenue
4.13%, 12/1/26
 

$

1,000,000

   

$

1,092,368

   

Series A, 5.00%, 7/1/55, Continuously Callable @100

   

500,000

     

563,406

   
     

1,655,774

   

Iowa (2.1%):

 
Iowa Finance Authority Revenue
Series A, 5.00%, 5/15/48, Continuously Callable @100
   

500,000

     

561,663

   

Series A-1, 4.00%, 5/15/55, Continuously Callable @103

   

500,000

     

533,756

   
     

1,095,419

   

Maryland (0.4%):

 
Maryland Economic Development Corp. Revenue, 4.25%, 7/1/50, Continuously
Callable @100
   

200,000

     

230,427

   

Massachusetts (2.2%):

 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency Revenue, 4.00%, 10/1/32,
Continuously Callable @105 (a)
   

300,000

     

321,846

   
Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, Education Loan
Revenue Bonds, Issue J
Series 2011, 5.63%, 7/1/28, Continuously Callable @100 (c)
   

235,000

     

235,181

   

Series 2011, 5.63%, 7/1/29, Continuously Callable @100 (c)

   

480,000

     

480,369

   

Series 2011, 5.63%, 7/1/33, Continuously Callable @100 (c)

   

120,000

     

120,091

   
     

1,157,487

   

Minnesota (0.8%):

 

City of Woodbury Revenue, 4.00%, 7/1/51, Continuously Callable @103

   

400,000

     

436,908

   

Missouri (1.0%):

 
Health & Educational Facilities Authority of the State of Missouri
Revenue, 4.25%, 12/1/42, Continuously Callable @100 (a)
   

500,000

     

549,491

   

New Hampshire (2.5%):

 
New Hampshire Business Finance Authority Revenue
4.00%, 1/1/51, Continuously Callable @103
   

500,000

     

543,899

   

Series B, 3.75%, 7/1/45, (Put Date 7/2/40) (a) (e)

   

750,000

     

794,615

   
     

1,338,514

   

New Jersey (6.2%):

 
New Jersey Economic Development Authority Revenue, Series S, 4.00%,
6/15/50, Continuously Callable @100
   

450,000

     

512,670

   
New Jersey Economic Development Authority School Facilities Construction
Revenue, Series 2015 WW, 5.25%, 6/15/32,
Pre-refunded 6/15/25 @ 100 (c)
   

1,000,000

     

1,155,965

   
New Jersey Economic Development Motor Vehicle Surcharges Subordinate
Revenue, Series A, 5.00%, 7/1/33, Continuously Callable @100
   

500,000

     

588,218

   
New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, Student Loan
Revenue Bonds, Series 2011-1, 5.75%, 12/1/28, Continuously
Callable @100
   

495,000

     

495,425

   
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Revenue, Series BB, 3.50%,
6/15/46, Continuously Callable @100
   

500,000

     

537,811

   
     

3,290,089

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory High Income Municipal Bond Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

New Mexico (1.0%):

 
New Mexico Hospital Equipment Loan Council Revenue, Series LA, 5.00%,
7/1/49, Continuously Callable @102
 

$

500,000

   

$

546,918

   

New York (9.6%):

 
Build NYC Resource Corp. Revenue
4.00%, 6/15/51, Continuously Callable @100
   

500,000

     

545,373

   

Series A, 5.00%, 6/15/51, Continuously Callable @100 (a)

   

100,000

     

117,326

   

Huntington Local Development Corp. Revenue, Series S, 3.00%, 7/1/25

   

500,000

     

520,279

   
Metropolitan Transportation Authority Revenue
Series A-2, 5.00%, 11/15/45, (Put Date 5/15/30) (e)
   

365,000

     

463,825

   

Series D-3, 4.00%, 11/15/49, Continuously Callable @100

   

500,000

     

567,413

   
New York State Dormitory Authority Revenue
6.00%, 7/1/40, Continuously Callable @100 (a) (f)
   

1,000,000

     

1,019,510

   

4.00%, 7/1/40, Continuously Callable @100

   

200,000

     

225,220

   
New York Transportation Development Corp. Revenue, 5.00%, 10/1/40,
Continuously Callable @100
   

750,000

     

913,395

   
Onondaga Civic Development Corp. Revenue, 5.00%, 10/1/40, Continuously
Callable @100
   

250,000

     

270,394

   
Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. Revenue, 4.13%, 12/1/41,
Continuously Callable @100 (a)
   

500,000

     

504,801

   
     

5,147,536

   

North Carolina (3.4%):

 
North Carolina Medical Care Commission Revenue, 5.00%, 10/1/50,
Continuously Callable @103
   

250,000

     

284,167

   

University of North Carolina Hill Revenue, 5.00%, 2/1/49

   

1,000,000

     

1,558,951

   
     

1,843,118

   

North Dakota (2.0%):

 
Grand Forks, North Dakota Senior Housing and Nursing Facility
Revenue, 5.00%, 12/1/36, Continuously Callable @100
   

1,000,000

     

1,064,638

   

Ohio (3.6%):

 
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority Revenue, Series B-2, 5.00%,
6/1/55, Continuously Callable @100
   

1,000,000

     

1,159,715

   

County of Hardin Revenue, 5.50%, 5/1/50, Continuously Callable @103

   

500,000

     

534,936

   
Northeast Ohio Medical University Revenue, Series A, 4.00%, 12/1/45,
Continuously Callable @100
   

225,000

     

254,734

   
     

1,949,385

   

Oklahoma (0.0%): (g)

 
Oklahoma Development Finance Authority Continuing Care Retirement
Community Revenue, Series 2012, 0.00%, 1/1/32, Continuously
Callable @100 (f) (h)
   

1,885,000

     

15,187

   

Oregon (1.8%):

 
Clackamas County Hospital Facility Authority Revenue
Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/52, Continuously Callable @102
   

500,000

     

547,052

   

Series A, 5.38%, 11/15/55, Continuously Callable @102

   

100,000

     

109,633

   
Yamhill County Hospital Authority Revenue, Series A, 5.00%, 11/15/51,
Continuously Callable @103
   

250,000

     

289,690

   
     

946,375

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory High Income Municipal Bond Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Pennsylvania (2.3%):

 

Bucks County IDA Revenue, 5.00%, 7/1/54, Continuously Callable @100

 

$

500,000

   

$

604,894

   
Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority Revenue, 9.00%,
4/1/51, (Put Date 4/13/28) (a) (e)
   

500,000

     

613,389

   
     

1,218,283

   

South Carolina (3.8%):

 

County of Richland SC, 3.63%, 11/1/31, Continuously Callable @103 (a)

   

290,000

     

291,014

   
Lancaster County Walnut Creek Improvement District Assessment Refunding
Revenue, Series 2016 A-1, 5.00%, 12/1/37, Continuously
Callable @100
   

1,675,000

     

1,743,132

   
     

2,034,146

   

South Dakota (0.6%):

 

Oglala Sioux Tribe, Series 2012, 5.00%, 10/1/22, Callable 2/7/22 @ 100 (a)

   

335,000

     

335,462

   

Texas (6.4%):

 
City of Houston TX Airport System Revenue, Series C, 4.00%, 7/15/41,
Continuously Callable @100
   

500,000

     

534,143

   
Port of Port Arthur Navigation District Revenue
Series B, 0.21%, 4/1/40, Continuously Callable @100 (d)
   

500,000

     

500,000

   

Series C, 0.22%, 4/1/40, Continuously Callable @100 (d)

   

1,300,000

     

1,300,000

   
Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corp. Revenue,
NTE Mobility Partners Segments 3 LLC — Segments 3A & 3B Facility,
Series 2013, 7.00%, 12/31/38, Continuously Callable @100
   

1,000,000

     

1,105,419

   
     

3,439,562

   

Utah (7.0%):

 
Jordanelle Special Service District Special Assessment, Series C, 12.00%,
8/1/30, Continuously Callable @100 (a)
   

1,302,755

     

1,307,161

   
Military Installation Development Authority Revenue
Series A-1, 4.00%, 6/1/41, Continuously Callable @103
   

250,000

     

253,480

   

Series A-1, 4.00%, 6/1/52, Continuously Callable @103

   

250,000

     

249,616

   
Utah Charter School Finance Authority Revenue, 2.75%, 4/15/50,
Continuously Callable @100
   

525,000

     

537,708

   
Utah Infrastructure Agency Revenue, Series A, 5.38%, 10/15/40,
Continuously Callable @100
   

1,150,000

     

1,379,466

   
     

3,727,431

   

Vermont (1.6%):

 
Vermont Economic Development Authority Revenue, 4.00%, 5/1/45,
Continuously Callable @103
   

500,000

     

544,161

   
Vermont Educational & Health Buildings Financing Agency Revenue, 5.00%,
10/15/46, Continuously Callable @100
   

250,000

     

286,058

   
     

830,219

   

West Virginia (2.2%):

 
The County Commission of Monongalia County, WV Special District Excise
Tax Revenue, Series 2017 A, 5.75%, 6/1/43, Continuously
Callable @100 (a)
   

1,000,000

     

1,152,641

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory High Income Municipal Bond Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Wisconsin (5.1%):

 
Public Finance Authority Revenue
Series A, 5.25%, 3/1/55, Continuously Callable @100 (a)
 

$

500,000

   

$

566,320

   

Series A, 5.00%, 7/1/55, Continuously Callable @100 (a)

   

500,000

     

545,073

   

Series A-1, 4.00%, 7/1/51, Continuously Callable @100 (a)

   

500,000

     

542,324

   
Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue
4.00%, 1/1/47, Continuously Callable @103
   

500,000

     

535,556

   

4.00%, 12/1/51, Continuously Callable @100

   

500,000

     

520,101

   
     

2,709,374

   

Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $47,710,234)

   

50,840,507

   

Exchange-Traded Funds (2.3%)

 

VanEck Vectors High-Yield Municipal Index ETF

   

20,000

     

1,248,600

   

Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $1,192,740)

   

1,248,600

   

Total Investments (Cost $48,902,974) — 97.4%

   

52,089,107

   

Other assets in excess of liabilities — 2.6%

   

1,395,628

   

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

53,484,735

   

(a)  Rule 144A security or other security that is restricted as to resale to institutional investors. The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be liquid (unless otherwise noted as illiquid) based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of these securities was $11,253,987 and amounted to 21.0% of net assets.

(b)  Security or a portion of the security purchased on a delayed-delivery and/or when-issued basis.

(c)  All or a portion of the security has been segregated as collateral for securities purchased on a delayed-delivery and/or when-issued basis.

(d)  Variable Rate Demand Notes that provide the rights to sell the security at face value on either that day or within the rate-reset period. The interest rate is reset on the put date at a stipulated daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or other specified time interval to reflect current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description.

(e)  Put Bond.

(f)  The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be illiquid based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, illiquid securities were 1.9% of net assets.

(g)  Amount represents less than 0.05% of net assets.

(h)  Currently the issuer is in default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

ETF — Exchange-Traded Fund

GO — General Obligation

IDA — Industrial Development Authority

LLC — Limited Liability Company

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory Floating Rate Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Common Stocks (0.0%) (a)

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.0%)

 

Men's Wearhouse, Inc. (h)

   

51,299

   

$

61,969

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $192,371)

   

61,969

   

Warrants (0.0%) (a)

 

Communication Services (0.0%):

 

Cineworld

   

377,856

     

166,191

   

Total Warrants (Cost $—)

   

166,191

   

Senior Secured Loans (82.8%)

 
84 Lumber Co., Term B-1 Loans, First Lien, 3.75%
(LIBOR01M+300bps), 11/13/26 (b)
 

$

16,854,812

     

16,854,812

   
AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd., Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 5.50%
(LIBOR03M+475bps), 4/20/28 (b)
   

35,334,127

     

36,551,741

   
Academy Ltd., Refinancing Term Loans, First Lien, 4.50%
(LIBOR01M+375bps), 11/6/27 (b)
   

8,195,658

     

8,205,902

   
ACProducts, Inc., Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 4.75%
(LIBOR06M+425bps), 5/17/28 (b)
   

28,862,481

     

28,429,544

   
Acrisure LLC, 2021-1 Additional Term Loans, First Lien, 4.25%
(LIBOR03M+375bps), 2/15/27 (b)
   

1,496,250

     

1,491,881

   
Acrisure LLC, Term B, First Lien, 4.75%
(LIBOR01M+425bps), 2/15/27 (b)
   

4,000,000

     

3,993,320

   
Acrisure LLC, Term Loan B 2020, First Lien, 3.63%
(LIBOR03M+350bps), 2/15/27 (b)
   

15,257,918

     

15,067,194

   
Air Canada, Term Loan, First Lien, 4.25%
(LIBOR06M+350bps), 7/27/28 (b)
   

28,000,000

     

27,884,920

   
Air Medical Group Holdings, Inc., Incremental Term Loan B,
First Lien, 5.25% (LIBOR06M+425bps), 3/14/25 (b)
   

7,853,163

     

7,815,311

   
Air Methods Corp., Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 4.50%
(LIBOR03M+350bps), 4/21/24 (b)
   

13,799,877

     

13,082,835

   
Alliance Laundry Systems LLC, Initial Term B Loans, First Lien, 4.25%
(LIBOR03M+350bps), 10/8/27 (b)
   

13,330,557

     

13,324,292

   
Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC, 2021-2 New Term Loans,
First Lien, 4.00% (LIBOR01M+350bps), 11/6/27 (b)
   

2,992,500

     

2,986,635

   
Alterra Mountain Co., Facility 2028 Term Loan B, First Lien, 4.00%
(LIBOR01M+350bps), 8/17/28 (b)
   

4,987,500

     

4,975,031

   
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Term Loan B, First Lien, 3.00%
(LIBOR01M+225bps), 4/6/24 (b)
   

4,736,505

     

4,719,500

   
Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 3.63%
(LIBOR01M+350bps), 3/23/25 (b)
   

7,676,670

     

7,590,307

   
Anchor Packaging LLC, Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 4.09%
(LIBOR01M+400bps), 7/18/26 (b)
   

8,872,602

     

8,761,694

   
AOT Packaging Products Acquisitionco LLC, Closing Date Initial Term
Loans, First Lien, 3.75% (LIBOR01M+325bps), 3/3/28 (b)
   

10,388,043

     

10,319,337

   
AOT Packaging Products Acquisitionco LLC, Delayed Draw Term Loan
Commitment, First Lien, 3.75% (LIBOR01M+325bps), 1/29/28 (b) (d)
   

62,623

     

32,074

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory Floating Rate Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Apex Tool Group LLC, 2019 Term Loan B, First Lien, 6.75%
(US0003M+550bps), 8/21/24 (b)
 

$

6,927,672

   

$

6,785,862

   
AT Home Group, Inc., Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 4.75%
(LIBOR01M+425bps), 7/23/28 (b)
   

23,823,961

     

23,812,049

   

AT Home Group, Inc., Term Loan B, First Lien, 7/23/28 (c) (d)

   

6,000,000

     

5,997,000

   
AthenaHealth, Inc., Additional Term B-1, First Lien, 4.40%
(LIBOR03M+425bps), 2/11/26 (b)
   

20,386,150

     

20,365,763

   
Bally's Corp., Term B Facility Loans, First Lien, 3.75%
(LIBOR06M+325bps), 10/1/28 (b)
   

15,000,000

     

14,993,700

   
Boyd Gaming Corp., Refinancing Term B Loans, First Lien, 2.35%
(LIBOR01M+225bps), 9/15/23 (b)
   

11,693,282

     

11,678,666

   
Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services, Inc., Initial Term Loan,
First Lien, 5.25% (LIBOR03M+425bps), 6/21/24 (b)
   

7,643,328

     

7,463,939

   
Brookfield Property REIT, Inc., Initial Term B Loans, First Lien, 2.59%
(LIBOR01M+250bps), 8/24/25 (b)
   

9,510,618

     

9,363,965

   
BW NHHC Holdco, Inc., Term Loan Lien 2, Second Lien, 9.16%
(LIBOR03M+900bps), 5/15/26 (b)
   

3,000,000

     

1,740,000

   
Caesars Resort Collection LLC, Term B-1 Loans, First Lien, 3.59%
(LIBOR01M+350bps), 6/19/25 (b)
   

7,907,425

     

7,905,448

   
Calpine Corp., 2020 Term Loans, First Lien, 2.59% (LIBOR01M+250bps),
12/16/27 (b)
   

2,965,167

     

2,943,225

   
Chariot Buyer LLC, Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 4.00%
(LIBOR01M+350bps), 11/3/28 (b)
   

13,000,000

     

12,983,750

   
Chassix, Inc., Term Loan B, First Lien, 6.50% (LIBOR06M+550bps),
11/10/23 (b)
   

3,825,491

     

3,366,432

   
Clarios Global LP, Term B-1, First Lien, 3.34% (LIBOR01M+325bps),
4/30/26 (b)
   

7,659,794

     

7,608,090

   
Consolidated Communications, Inc., 2020 Term B-1, First Lien, 4.25%
(LIBOR01M+350bps), 10/2/27 (b) (d)
   

10,644,610

     

10,619,701

   
Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc., New Term Loan B, First Lien, 3.75%
(LIBOR01M+325bps), 4/12/28 (b)
   

16,686,344

     

16,623,770

   
CP Atlas Buyer, Inc., Term B Loans, First Lien, 4.25%
(LIBOR01M+375bps), 11/23/27 (b)
   

33,003,998

     

32,822,476

   
CPM Holdings, Inc., Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 3.60%
(LIBOR01M+350bps), 11/17/25 (b)
   

2,909,991

     

2,883,627

   
CPM Holdings, Inc., Initial Term Loans, Second Lien, 8.35%
(LIBOR01M+825bps), 11/16/26 (b)
   

1,595,960

     

1,589,975

   
Cumulus Media New Holdings, Inc., Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 4.75%
(LIBOR03M+375bps), 3/31/26 (b)
   

13,827,962

     

13,807,773

   
Dayco Products LLC, Term Loans, First Lien, 4.43% (LIBOR03M+425bps),
5/19/24 (b)
   

7,640,000

     

7,487,200

   
Delta 2 (Lux) S.a.r.l., New Term Loan B, First Lien, 3.50%
(LIBOR01M+250bps), 2/1/24 (b)
   

21,000,000

     

20,964,930

   
Delta Air Lines, Inc. and Skymiles IP Ltd., Initial Term Loan, First Lien,
10/20/27 (c) (d)
   

5,000,000

     

5,281,250

   
Delta Air Lines, Inc. and Skymiles IP Ltd., Initial Term Loan, First Lien,
4.75% (LIBOR03M+375bps), 9/16/27 (b)
   

20,911,595

     

22,087,872

   
Dynasty Acquisition Co., Inc., 2020 Specified Refi Term B-1 Loans,
First Lien, 3.63% (LIBOR03M+350bps), 4/8/26 (b)
   

5,491,305

     

5,334,474

   
Endo Luxembourg Finance Co. I S.a.r.l., Term B-1, First Lien, 5.75%
(LIBOR03M+500bps), 3/25/28 (b)
   

24,749,195

     

24,019,093

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory Floating Rate Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Entercom Media Corp., New Term Loan, First Lien, 2.60%
(LIBOR01M+250bps), 11/17/24 (b)
 

$

19,706,476

   

$

19,430,586

   

Eyemart Express LLC, 8/5/27 (c) (d)

   

12,190,464

     

12,159,988

   
Eyemart Express LLC, Term B-1 Loan, First Lien, 4.00%
(LIBOR01M+300bps), 8/5/27 (b)
   

14,962,500

     

14,925,094

   

First Brands Group LLC, 3/30/27 (c) (d)

   

1,500,000

     

1,504,500

   
First Brands Group LLC, 2021 Term Loans, First Lien, 6.00%
(LIBOR03M+500bps), 3/24/27 (b)
   

4,962,500

     

4,977,387

   
Forterra Finance LLC, Replacement Term Loan, First Lien, 4.00%
(LIBOR01M+300bps), 10/25/23 (b)
   

16,212,070

     

16,191,805

   
Froneri International Ltd., Facility B2 Loan, First Lien, 2.34%
(LIBOR01M+225bps), 1/31/27 (b)
   

6,899,937

     

6,801,958

   
Frontier Communications Corp., DIP Term Loan, First Lien, 4.50%
(LIBOR03M+375bps), 10/8/27 (b)
   

9,925,000

     

9,905,150

   
Gates Global LLC, Initial B-3 Dollar Term Loan, First Lien, 3.25%
(LIBOR01M+250bps), 3/31/27 (b)
   

10,928,919

     

10,898,646

   
Global Medical Response, Inc., 2020 Term Loan, First Lien, 5.25%
(LIBOR06M+425bps), 10/2/25 (b)
   

10,909,875

     

10,852,598

   
Golden Nugget, Inc., Senior Secured Term Loan, First Lien, 3.25%
(LIBOR03M+250bps), 10/4/23 (b)
   

10,962,028

     

10,884,746

   
Graham Packaging Co., Inc., New Term Loans, First Lien, 3.75%
(LIBOR01M+300bps), 8/4/27 (b)
   

15,738,695

     

15,681,249

   
Great Outdoors Group LLC, Term B1, First Lien, 4.50%
(LIBOR01M+375bps), 3/5/28 (b)
   

21,161,925

     

21,166,369

   

Gulf Finance LLC, 7.75% (LIBOR01M+675bps), 8/25/26 (b)

   

3,168,487

     

2,950,654

   
Hillman Group, Inc. (The), Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 3.25%
(LIBOR01M+275bps), 7/14/28 (b)
   

6,677,358

     

6,643,971

   
Hillman Group, Inc., Delayed Draw Term loan, First Lien, 3.25%
(LIBOR01M+275bps), 2/24/28 (b) (d) (e)
   

1,603,054

     

1,595,358

   
Holley Purchaser, Inc., Delayed Draw Term Commitment, First Lien,
4.50% (LIBOR03M+375bps), 11/12/28 (b) (e)
   

2,069,875

     

2,067,420

   
Holley Purchaser, Inc., Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 4.50%
(LIBOR03M+375bps), 11/10/28 (b)
   

12,397,500

     

12,348,406

   
Hub International Ltd., Term Loan B, First Lien, 2.87%
(LIBOR03M+275bps), 4/25/25 (b)
   

10,206,731

     

10,081,494

   
iHeartCommunications, Inc., Second Amendment Incremental Term Loan,
First Lien, 3.75% (LIBOR01M+325bps), 5/1/26 (b)
   

6,975,912

     

6,969,355

   
iHeartCommunications, Inc., Term Loans, First Lien, 3.09%
(LIBOR01M+300bps), 5/1/26 (b)
   

36,258,671

     

35,993,258

   
Ineos U.S Petrochem LLC, 2026 Tranche B Dollar Term Loans, First Lien,
3.25% (LIBOR01M+275bps), 1/29/26 (b)
   

7,960,000

     

7,931,822

   
Innio North America Holding, Inc., Facility B USD, First Lien, 2.87%
(LIBOR03M+275bps), 11/6/25 (b)
   

8,848,176

     

8,626,971

   
Insulet Corp., Term Loan B, First Lien, 3.75% (LIBOR01M+325bps),
5/3/28 (b)
   

3,980,000

     

3,977,532

   
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A.,Term B-3, First Lien,
8.00% (Prime+475bps), 11/27/23 (b)
   

11,750,000

     

11,715,690

   
Janus International Group LLC Amendment No 3, Refinancing Term
Loans, First Lien, 4.25% (LIBOR02M+325bps), 2/15/25 (b)
   

15,573,777

     

15,534,842

   
Jo-Ann Stores LLC, Term B-1 Loan, First Lien, 5.50%
(LIBOR03M+475bps), 6/30/28 (b)
   

22,443,750

     

22,177,343

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


65


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory Floating Rate Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Knight Health Holdings LLC, TLB, First Lien, 12/17/28 (c) (d)

 

$

23,500,000

   

$

21,972,500

   
LBM Acquisition LLC, Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment,
First Lien, 12/8/27 (c)
   

1,030,303

     

1,020,165

   
LBM Acquisition LLC, Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 4.50%
(LIBOR03M+375bps), 12/17/27 (b) (d)
   

11,492,484

     

11,379,398

   

LBM Acquisition LLC, Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 12/17/27 (c) (d)

   

12,078,409

     

11,959,558

   
Leslie's Poolmart, Inc., Term Loan B, First Lien, 3.00%
(LIBOR03M+250bps), 3/9/28 (b)
   

20,438,661

     

20,347,504

   
Life Time, Inc., 2021 Refinancing Term Loan, First Lien, 5.75%
(LIBOR03M+475bps), 12/15/24 (b) (d)
   

14,796,530

     

14,861,338

   
Lifepoint Health, Inc., Term B Loans, First Lien, 3.85%
(LIBOR01M+375bps), 11/16/25 (b)
   

19,231,875

     

19,195,912

   
LifeScan Global Corp., Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 6.13%
(LIBOR03M+600bps), 10/1/24 (b)
   

22,704,462

     

22,145,024

   
LifeScan Global Corp., Initial Term Loan, Second Lien, 9.63%
(LIBOR03M+950bps), 6/19/25 (b)
   

3,750,000

     

3,525,000

   
LSF11 A5 Holdco LLC, Term Loans, First Lien, 4.25%
(LIBOR03M+375bps), 10/15/28 (b)
   

14,000,000

     

13,976,620

   

Lucid Energy Group II Borrower LLC, 11/22/28 (c) (d)

   

7,000,000

     

6,909,000

   
Lucid Energy Group II Borrower LLC, Initial Term Loan,
First Lien, 5.00% (LIBOR03M+425bps), 2/18/25 (b)
   

15,940,702

     

15,733,473

   
Madison IAQ LLC, Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 3.75%
(LIBOR06M+325bps), 6/16/28 (b)
   

20,397,500

     

20,366,292

   
Majordrive Holdings IV LLC, Initial term Loans, First Lien, 4.50%
(LIBOR03M+400bps), 6/1/28 (b)
   

3,731,250

     

3,726,586

   
McGraw-Hill Education, Inc., Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 5.25%
(LIBOR01M+475bps), 7/30/28 (b)
   

14,713,125

     

14,630,437

   
Medline Industries, Inc., Initial Dollar Term Loans, First Lien, 3.75%
(LIBOR01M+325bps), 10/21/28 (b)
   

14,500,000

     

14,493,620

   
MHI Holdings LLC, Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 5.09%
(LIBOR01M+500bps), 9/20/26 (b)
   

8,834,762

     

8,832,023

   
Mileage Plus Holdings LLC, Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 6.25%
(LIBOR03M+525bps), 6/20/27 (b) (d)
   

22,000,000

     

23,168,860

   
Momentive Performance Materials, Inc., Initial Dollar Term Loan,
First Lien, 3.35% (LIBOR01M+325bps), 5/15/24 (b)
   

5,667,135

     

5,657,671

   
Navicure, Inc., Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 4.09%
(LIBOR01M+400bps), 10/23/26 (b)
   

10,888,100

     

10,869,917

   
NorthRiver Midstream Finance LP, Initial Term Loan B, First Lien,
3.38% (LIBOR03M+325bps), 10/1/25 (b)
   

5,948,770

     

5,933,898

   
Organon & Co., Dollar Term Loan, First Lien, 3.50%
(LIBOR03M+300bps), 6/2/28 (b)
   

9,641,667

     

9,643,691

   
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., Term Loan B New, First Lien, 3.10%
(LIBOR01M+300bps), 5/22/25 (b)
   

5,097,949

     

5,091,577

   
Packaging Coordinators Midco, Inc., Term B Loans, First Lien, 4.25%
(LIBOR03M+350bps), 12/1/27 (b)
   

13,119,454

     

13,108,564

   
Park River Holdings, Inc., Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 4.00%
(LIBOR03M+325bps), 1/20/28 (b)
   

9,949,984

     

9,848,892

   
Peraton Corp., Term Loan B, First Lien, 4.50%
(LIBOR01M+375bps), 2/1/28 (b)
   

11,413,750

     

11,409,641

   
Petco Health and Wellness Co., Inc., Initial Term Loans, First Lien,
4.00% (LIBOR03M+325bps), 2/25/28 (b)
   

38,702,718

     

38,617,959

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory Floating Rate Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
PetSmart, Inc., Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 4.50%
(LIBOR06M+375bps), 2/12/28 (b)
 

$

17,705,625

   

$

17,716,780

   
PG&E Corp., Term Loan, First Lien, 3.50%
(LIBOR03M+300bps), 6/23/25 (b)
   

10,849,849

     

10,719,651

   
Phoenix Newco, Inc., Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 4.00%
(LIBOR01M+350bps), 11/15/28 (b)
   

20,000,000

     

19,991,000

   
Presidio Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B, First Lien, 3.63%
(LIBOR03M+350bps), 12/19/26 (b)
   

3,959,799

     

3,949,899

   
Radiology Partners, Inc., Term Loan New, First Lien, 4.36%
(LIBOR01M+425bps), 7/9/25 (b)
   

17,701,802

     

17,421,583

   
Rent-A-Center, Facility Term Loan B2, First Lien, 3.75%
(LIBOR01M+325bps), 2/17/28 (b)
   

8,138,500

     

8,113,108

   
Revint Intermediate II LLC, Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 4.75%
(LIBOR01M+425bps), 10/15/27 (b)
   

14,413,875

     

14,413,875

   
Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc., Tranche B-2 U.S. Term Loans,
First Lien, 3.34% (LIBOR01M+325bps), 2/16/26 (b)
   

6,930,000

     

6,884,539

   
Ring Container Technologies Group LLC, Initial Term Loans, First Lien,
4.25% (LIBOR03M+375bps), 8/5/28 (b)
   

7,500,000

     

7,507,500

   
Rising Tide Holdins, Inc., Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 5.50%
(LIBOR01M+475bps), 6/1/28 (b)
   

8,962,481

     

8,928,872

   
Robertshaw U.S. Holding Corp., 2nd Lien Initial Term Loans,
Second Lien, 9.00% (LIBOR06M+800bps), 2/15/26 (b)
   

4,000,000

     

3,120,000

   
Robertshaw U.S. Holding Corp., Term Loan B, First Lien, 4.50%
(LIBOR06M+350bps), 2/28/25 (b)
   

6,352,941

     

5,968,588

   
Ryan Specialty Group LLC, Term Loan, First Lien, 3.75%
(LIBOR01M+300bps), 9/1/27 (b)
   

7,907,425

     

7,895,564

   
Scientific Games International, Inc., Term Loan B-5, First Lien, 2.84%
(LIBOR01M+275bps), 8/14/24 (b)
   

7,917,738

     

7,884,325

   
Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., Initial Term Loans,
First Lien, 3.34% (LIBOR01M+325bps), 12/31/25 (b)
   

4,961,637

     

4,919,264

   
Sinclair Television Group, Inc., Term Loan B-3, First Lien, 3.10%
(LIBOR01M+300bps), 3/25/28 (b)
   

7,967,481

     

7,808,132

   
Sparta US Holdco LLC, Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 4.25%
(LIBOR03M+350bps), 4/30/28 (b)
   

4,000,000

     

4,001,240

   
SRS Distribution, Inc., 2021 Refinancing Term Loans, First Lien, 4.25%
(LIBOR06M+375bps), 5/20/28 (b)
   

25,463,750

     

25,382,521

   
Standard Aero Ltd., 2020 SPCFD Refi Term B-2 Loans, First Lien, 3.63%
(LIBOR03M+350bps), 4/8/26 (b)
   

2,952,315

     

2,867,997

   
Station Casinos LLC, Term B-1 Facility Loans, First Lien, 2.50%
(LIBOR01M+225bps), 2/8/27 (b)
   

14,354,835

     

14,221,048

   
Surgery Center Holdings, Inc., 2021 New Term Loans, First Lien,
4.50% (LIBOR01M+375bps), 8/31/26 (b)
   

12,425,408

     

12,409,876

   
Surgery Center Holdings, Inc., New Term Loans, First Lien,
8/31/26 (c) (d)
   

10,000,000

     

9,987,500

   
SWF Holdings Corp., Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 4.75%
(LIBOR01M+400bps), 10/6/28 (b)
   

36,250,000

     

35,887,500

   
Tailwind Smith Cooper Intermediate Corp., Initial Term Loans,
Second Lien, 9.10% (LIBOR01M+900bps), 5/28/27 (b)
   

3,000,000

     

2,854,770

   
Team Health Holdings, Inc., Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 3.75%
(LIBOR01M+275bps), 2/6/24 (b) (d)
   

25,498,136

     

24,305,779

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory Floating Rate Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Tenneco, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, First Lien, 3.09%
(LIBOR01M+300bps), 10/1/25 (b)
 

$

15,558,709

   

$

15,305,880

   
The Hertz Corp., Initial Term B Loans, First Lien, 3.75%
(LIBOR01M+325bps), 6/30/28 (b)
   

27,000,243

     

27,000,243

   
The Hertz Corp., Initial Term C Loan, First Lien, 3.75%
(LIBOR01M+325bps), 6/30/28 (b)
   

5,114,078

     

5,114,078

   
The Men's Wearhouse LLC, Term Loan, First Lien, 9.00%
(LIBOR03M+800bps), 12/1/25 (b)
   

2,765,859

     

2,328,521

   
The Michaels Cos., Inc., Term B Loans, First Lien, 5.00%
(LIBOR03M+425bps), 4/15/28 (b)
   

38,338,672

     

37,962,186

   
Thor Industries, Inc., Term B-1, First Lien, 3.13%
(LIBOR01M+300bps), 2/1/26 (b)
   

8,753,496

     

8,755,684

   
Titan Acquisition Ltd., Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 3.17%
(LIBOR06M+300bps), 3/28/25 (b)
   

13,723,455

     

13,479,452

   
TransDigm, Inc., Tranche F Refinancing Term Loan, First Lien, 2.34%
(LIBOR01M+225bps), 12/9/25 (b)
   

14,856,003

     

14,638,808

   
Traverse Midstream Partners LLC, Advance, First Lien, 5.25%
(SOFR03M+425bps), 9/27/24 (b)
   

14,397,574

     

14,316,660

   
Trident TPI Holdings, Inc., Tranche B-3 DDTL Commitments, First Lien,
4.50% (LIBOR03M+400bps), 9/17/28 (b) (e)
   

558,442

     

558,056

   
Trident TPI Holdings, Inc., Tranche B-3 Initial Term Loans,
First Lien, 4.50% (LIBOR03M+400bps), 9/17/28 (b)
   

3,931,141

     

3,924,380

   
Triton Water Holdings, Inc., Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 4.00%
(LIBOR03M+350bps), 3/31/28 (b) (d)
   

9,971,556

     

9,853,693

   
Truck Hero, Inc., Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 4.00%
(LIBOR01M+325bps), 1/20/28 (b)
   

21,874,837

     

21,733,088

   
U.S. Renal Care, Inc., Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 5.09%
(LIBOR01M+500bps), 7/26/26 (b)
   

19,273,250

     

18,702,376

   
United Airlines, Inc., Class B Term Loans, First Lien, 4.50%
(LIBOR03M+375bps), 4/21/28 (b)
   

20,884,862

     

20,913,265

   
Univision Communications, Inc., 2021 Replacement New First-Lien Term,
First Lien, 4.00% (LIBOR01M+325bps), 3/24/26 (b)
   

14,776,075

     

14,789,964

   
Univision Communications, Inc., Term Loan B, First Lien,
5/7/28 (c) (d)
   

8,500,000

     

8,478,750

   
Upstream Rehabilitation, August 2021 Incremental TL, First Lien,
4.34% (LIBOR01M+425bps), 11/20/26 (b)
   

4,975,000

     

4,975,000

   
USI, Inc., 2017 New Term Loans, First Lien, 3.13%
(LIBOR03M+300bps), 5/16/24 (b)
   

12,621,484

     

12,515,590

   
Utz Quality Foodz LLC, 2021 New Term Loans, First Lien, 3.09%
(LIBOR01M+300bps), 1/20/28 (b)
   

7,920,008

     

7,900,208

   
Verscend Holding Corp., New Term Loan B-1 Facility, First Lien, 4.09%
(LIBOR01M+400bps), 8/27/25 (b)
   

7,838,342

     

7,828,544

   
Victoria's Secret & Co., Initial Term Loans, First Lien, 3.75%
(LIBOR03M+325bps), 8/2/28 (b)
   

2,992,500

     

2,983,163

   
Weber-Stephen Products LLC, Initial Term B Loans, First Lien, 4.00%
(LIBOR01M+325bps), 10/30/27 (b)
   

13,405,021

     

13,416,147

   
Welbilt, Inc., Facility Term Loan, First Lien, 2.59%
(LIBOR01M+250bps), 10/23/25 (b)
   

15,000,000

     

14,931,300

   
WestJet Airlines Ltd., Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 4.00%
(LIBOR06M+300bps), 12/11/26 (b) (d)
   

18,924,242

     

18,319,991

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory Floating Rate Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Whatabrands LLC, Initial Term B Loans, First Lien, 3.75%
(LIBOR01M+325bps), 7/21/28 (b)
 

$

4,000,000

   

$

3,981,800

   
White Cap Buyer LLC, Initial Closing Date Term Loan,
First Lien, 4.50% (LIBOR01M+400bps), 10/19/27 (b)
   

11,394,925

     

11,396,178

   
WireCo WorldGroup, Inc., Initial Term Loan, First Lien, 4.75%
(LIBOR06M+425bps), 11/13/28 (b)
   

16,000,000

     

15,970,080

   
WP CPP Holdings LLC, Term Loan, Second Lien, 8.75%
(LIBOR03M+775bps), 4/30/26 (b)
   

2,000,000

     

1,950,000

   
WP CPP Holdings LLC, Term Loans, First Lien, 4.75%
(LIBOR03M+375bps), 4/30/25 (b)
   

9,815,260

     

9,381,720

   

Total Senior Secured Loans (Cost $1,829,561,573)

   

1,823,601,388

   

Corporate Bonds (12.5%)

 

Communication Services (2.6%):

 

Audacy Capital Corp., 6.50%, 5/1/27, Callable 5/1/22 @ 104.88 (f)

   

2,000,000

     

1,977,300

   

CSC Holdings LLC, 6.50%, 2/1/29, Callable 2/1/24 @ 103.25 (f)

   

5,000,000

     

5,364,300

   
Cumulus Media New Holdings, Inc., 6.75%, 7/1/26,
Callable 7/1/22 @ 103.38 (f)
   

11,247,000

     

11,687,433

   
Frontier Communications Holdings LLC, 5.00%, 5/1/28,
Callable 5/1/24 @ 102.5 (f)
   

8,460,000

     

8,728,351

   
iHeartCommunications, Inc., 8.38%, 5/1/27,
Callable 5/1/22 @ 104.19
   

3,000,000

     

3,165,900

   
Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., 4.75%, 11/1/28,
Callable 11/1/23 @ 102.38 (f)
   

5,000,000

     

5,114,100

   
Sinclair Television Group, Inc.,
5.50%, 3/1/30, Callable 12/1/24 @ 102.75 (f) (g)
   

15,350,000

     

14,936,471

   
Univision Communications, Inc.,
6.63%, 6/1/27, Callable 6/1/23 @ 103.31 (f)
   

6,500,000

     

6,997,380

   
     

57,971,235

   

Consumer Discretionary (3.5%):

 

Academy Ltd., 6.00%, 11/15/27, Callable 11/15/23 @ 103 (f)

   

2,000,000

     

2,136,000

   

Affinity Gaming, 6.88%, 12/15/27, Callable 12/1/23 @ 103.44 (f)

   

8,000,000

     

8,370,000

   
Ambience Merger Sub, Inc., 7.13%, 7/15/29, Callable
7/15/24 @ 103.56 (f)
   

6,000,000

     

5,944,500

   
Diamond Sports Group LLC/Diamond Sports Finance Co., 6.63%,
8/15/27, Callable 8/15/22 @ 103.31 (f) (g)
   

19,000,000

     

5,312,780

   
Genting New York LLC/GENNY Capital, Inc., 3.30%, 2/15/26,
Callable 1/15/26 @ 100 (f)
   

6,000,000

     

5,940,180

   

Life Time, Inc., 5.75%, 1/15/26, Callable 1/15/23 @ 102.88 (f)

   

6,000,000

     

6,239,580

   

Magic Mergeco, Inc., 7.88%, 5/1/29, Callable 5/1/24 @ 103.94 (f)

   

7,000,000

     

6,901,160

   
PetSmart, Inc./PetSmart Finance Corp., 7.75%, 2/15/29,
Callable 2/15/24 @ 103.88 (f) (g)
   

5,350,000

     

5,840,648

   
Premier Entertainment Sub LLC/Premier Entertainment Finance Corp.
5.63%, 9/1/29, Callable 9/1/24 @ 102.81 (f)
   

1,300,000

     

1,291,420

   

5.88%, 9/1/31, Callable 9/1/26 @ 102.98 (f)

   

5,600,000

     

5,624,528

   
Scientific Games International, Inc., 8.25%, 3/15/26,
Callable 3/15/22 @ 104.13 (f)
   

6,000,000

     

6,325,260

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


69


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory Floating Rate Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Tenneco, Inc.
5.00%, 7/15/26, Callable 2/7/22 @ 102.5
 

$

6,840,000

   

$

6,608,808

   

7.88%, 1/15/29, Callable 1/15/24 @ 103.94 (f)

   

4,160,000

     

4,512,685

   
Viking Cruises Ltd., 13.00%, 5/15/25,
Callable 5/15/22 @ 109.75 (f) (g)
   

6,000,000

     

6,789,840

   
     

77,837,389

   

Consumer Staples (0.5%):

 
Triton Water Holdings, Inc., 6.25%, 4/1/29,
Callable 4/1/24 @ 103.13 (f)
   

10,595,000

     

10,243,034

   

Energy (0.3%):

 
Antero Midstream Partners LP/Antero Midstream Finance Corp.,
5.38%, 6/15/29, Callable 6/15/24 @ 102.69 (f)
   

2,334,000

     

2,465,404

   
Antero Resources Corp., 8.38%, 7/15/26,
Callable 1/15/24 @ 104.19 (f)
   

3,246,000

     

3,695,279

   
     

6,160,683

   

Financials (1.6%):

 
Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC, 5.25%, 4/15/29,
Callable 4/15/24 @ 102.63 (f)
   

4,000,000

     

4,206,800

   
LABL Escrow Issuer LLC, 10.50%, 7/15/27,
Callable 7/15/22 @ 105.25 (f) (g)
   

6,500,000

     

6,821,685

   
Mozart Debt Merger Sub, Inc.
3.88%, 4/1/29, Callable 10/1/24 @ 101.94 (f)
   

10,200,000

     

10,164,504

   

5.25%, 10/1/29, Callable 10/1/24 @ 102.63 (f)

   

2,200,000

     

2,234,254

   
SWF Escrow Issuer Corp., 6.50%, 10/1/29,
Callable 10/1/24 @ 103.25 (f)
   

3,100,000

     

2,977,550

   
White Capital Parent LLC, 8.25%, 3/15/26,
Callable 3/15/22 @ 102 (f)
   

2,250,000

     

2,303,753

   
Wolverine Escrow LLC
9.00%, 11/15/26, Callable 11/15/22 @ 106.75 (f)
   

2,653,000

     

2,517,219

   

13.13%, 11/15/27, Callable 11/15/22 @ 109.84 (f)

   

4,750,000

     

3,030,690

   
     

34,256,455

   

Health Care (1.8%):

 

Air Methods Corp., 8.00%, 5/15/25, Callable 2/7/22 @ 102 (f) (g)

   

14,250,000

     

12,252,150

   
Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 5.25%, 1/30/30, Callable 1/30/25 @ 102.63 (f) (g)     

10,466,000

     

9,253,828

   

Radiology Partners, Inc., 9.25%, 2/1/28, Callable 2/1/23 @ 104.63 (f) (g)

   

2,500,000

     

2,626,525

   

Team Health Holdings, Inc., 6.38%, 2/1/25, Callable 1/24/22 @ 101.59 (f)

   

8,383,000

     

7,889,912

   

Tenet Healthcare Corp., 6.13%, 10/1/28, Callable 10/1/23 @ 103.06 (f)

   

7,000,000

     

7,396,270

   
     

39,418,685

   

Industrials (1.5%):

 

American Airlines, Inc., 11.75%, 7/15/25 (f)

   

17,185,000

     

21,365,423

   
Apex Tool Group LLC/BC Mountain Finance, Inc., 9.00%, 2/15/23,
Callable 2/7/22 @ 100 (f)
   

4,000,000

     

3,797,280

   
Mileage Plus Holdings LLC/Mileage Plus Intellectual Property
Assets Ltd., 6.50%, 6/20/27, Callable 6/30/23 @ 103.25 (f)
   

4,000,000

     

4,275,560

   

Wabash National Corp., 4.50%, 10/15/28, Callable 10/15/24 @ 102.25 (f)

   

3,950,000

     

3,984,642

   
     

33,422,905

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory Floating Rate Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Information Technology (0.7%):

 

Caesars Entertainment, Inc., 8.13%, 7/1/27, Callable 7/1/23 @ 104.06 (f)

 

$

13,800,000

   

$

15,274,668

   

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $280,696,205)

   

274,585,054

   

Yankee Dollars (0.9%)

 

Energy (0.5%):

 
Husky Holding Ltd. (13.0% Cash or 13.75% PIK), 13.00%, 2/15/25,
Callable 2/7/22 @ 109.75 (f) (g)
   

4,500,000

     

4,754,070

   

TechnipFMC PLC, 6.50%, 2/1/26, Callable 2/1/23 @ 103.25 (f)

   

4,800,000

     

5,129,040

   
     

9,883,110

   

Industrials (0.3%):

 

Bombardier, Inc., 7.88%, 4/15/27, Callable 4/15/22 @ 103.94 (f)

   

6,500,000

     

6,740,435

   

Materials (0.1%):

 
Titan Acquisition Ltd./Titan Co-Borrower LLC, 7.75%, 4/15/26,
Callable 2/7/22 @ 103.88 (f) (g)
   

2,500,000

     

2,544,025

   

Total Yankee Dollars (Cost $18,641,973)

   

19,167,570

   

Exchange-Traded Funds (1.6%)

 

Invesco Senior Loan ETF (g)

   

833,500

     

18,420,350

   

SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF (g)

   

381,250

     

17,396,438

   

Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $35,969,352)

   

35,816,788

   

Total Investments (Cost $2,165,061,474) — 97.8%

   

2,153,398,960

   

Other assets in excess of liabilities — 2.2%

   

49,040,415

   

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

2,202,439,375

   

(a)  Amount represents less than 0.05% of net assets.

(b)  Variable or Floating-Rate Security. Rate disclosed is as of December 31, 2021.

(c)  The rates for this senior secured loan will be known on settlement date of the loan, subsequent to this report date. Senior secured loans have rates that will fluctuate over time in line with prevailing interest rates.

(d)  Security or a portion of the security purchased on a delayed-delivery and/or when-issued basis.

(e)  The Fund may enter into certain credit agreements all or a portion of which may be unfunded. The Fund is obligated to fund these commitments at the borrower's discretion. At December 31, 2021 the Fund held unfunded or partially unfunded loan commitments of $3,245,141, which included a $13,692 unrealized loss.

(f)  Rule 144A security or other security that is restricted as to resale to institutional investors. The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be liquid (unless otherwise noted as illiquid) based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of these securities was $283,977,916 and amounted to 12.9% of net assets.

(g)  All or a portion of the security has been segregated as collateral for securities purchased on a delayed-delivery and/or when-issued basis.

(h)  This security is classified as Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy. (See Note 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements)

bps — Basis points

See notes to financial statements.

 


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ETF — Exchange-Traded Fund

LIBOR — London InterBank Offered Rate

LIBOR01M — 1 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

LIBOR02M — 2 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

LIBOR03M — 3 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

LIBOR06M — 6 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

US0003M — 3 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

LLC — Limited Liability Company

LP — Limited Partnership

PIK — Payment-in-Kind

PLC — Public Limited Company

PRIME — U.S. Prime Rate

REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust

SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Asset-Backed Securities (1.0%)

 
Commonbond Student Loan Trust, Series 2021-AGS, Class A, 1.20%, 8/25/50,
Callable 12/25/29 @ 100 (a)
 

$

223,770

   

$

221,462

   
Stack Infrastructure Issuer LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class A2, 1.88%, 3/26/46,
Callable 3/25/24 @ 100 (a)
   

500,000

     

486,476

   

Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $723,719)

   

707,938

   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (9.4%)

 
AIMCO CLO, Series 2017-AA, Class DR, 3.28% (LIBOR03M+315bps), 4/20/34,
Callable 4/20/23 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

400,000

     

394,548

   
AIMCO CLO 14 Ltd., Series 2021-14A, Class D, 3.03%
(LIBOR03M+290bps), 4/20/34, Callable 4/20/23 @ 100 (a) (b) (c)
   

800,000

     

782,920

   
Battalion CLO XIX Ltd., Series 2021-19A, Class D, 3.37%
(LIBOR03M+325bps), 4/15/34, Callable 4/15/23 @ 100 (a) (b) (c)
   

800,000

     

796,392

   
BB-UBS Trust, Series 2012-SHOW, Class A, 3.43%, 11/5/36,
Callable 11/5/24 @ 100 (a)
   

300,000

     

310,749

   
Grace Trust, Series 2020-GRCE, Class C, 2.68%, 12/10/40,
Callable 12/10/30 @ 100 (a) (c) (d)
   

650,000

     

640,614

   
Greywolf CLO II Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class C2RR, 4.32%
(LIBOR03M+420bps), 4/15/34, Callable 4/15/23 @ 100 (a) (b) (c)
   

900,000

     

887,432

   
GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2017-FARM, Class B, 3.54%, 1/10/43,
Callable 1/10/28 @ 100 (a) (d)
   

650,000

     

684,629

   

Hilton USA Trust, Series 2016-SFP, Class A, 2.83%, 11/5/35 (a) (c)

   

500,000

     

501,699

   
JPMCC Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2017-JP5,
Class B, 4.08%, 3/15/50 (d)
   

200,000

     

214,999

   
OHA Credit Funding 2 Ltd., Series 2019-2A, Class CR, 2.33%
(LIBOR03M+220bps), 4/21/34, Callable 4/21/23 @ 100 (a) (b)
   

600,000

     

600,618

   

SLG Office Trust, Series 2021-OVA, Class A, 2.59%, 7/15/41 (a)

   

600,000

     

615,136

   
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-C42,
Class B, 4.00%, 12/15/50 (d)
   

150,000

     

161,361

   

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost $6,681,023)

   

6,591,097

   

Corporate Bonds (59.4%)

 

Communication Services (9.8%):

 

AT&T, Inc., 3.50%, 9/15/53, Callable 3/15/53 @ 100

   

200,000

     

202,996

   
Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications
Operating Capital, 2.30%, 2/1/32, Callable 11/1/31 @ 100 (c) (e)
   

300,000

     

285,075

   

CSC Holdings LLC, 7.50%, 4/1/28, Callable 4/1/23 @ 103.75 (a) (c)

   

1,000,000

     

1,073,560

   
Frontier Communications Holdings LLC, 5.00%, 5/1/28,
Callable 5/1/24 @ 102.5 (a)
   

500,000

     

515,860

   
iHeartCommunications, Inc., 5.25%, 8/15/27,
Callable 8/15/22 @ 102.63 (a) (c)
   

1,000,000

     

1,039,880

   

Scripps Escrow, Inc., 5.88%, 7/15/27, Callable 7/15/22 @ 104.41 (a)

   

250,000

     

262,690

   
Sinclair Television Group, Inc., 5.50%, 3/1/30,
Callable 12/1/24 @ 102.75 (a) (c)
   

1,500,000

     

1,459,590

   

Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 5.50%, 7/1/29, Callable 7/1/24 @ 102.75 (a) (c)

   

500,000

     

539,365

   

Sprint Corp., 7.63%, 3/1/26, Callable 11/1/25 @ 100

   

500,000

     

599,550

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Univision Communications, Inc., 4.50%, 5/1/29,
Callable 5/1/24 @ 102.25 (a)
 

$

200,000

   

$

202,530

   
Verizon Communications, Inc., 2.36%, 3/15/32,
Callable 12/15/31 @ 100 (a)
   

750,000

     

739,718

   
     

6,920,814

   

Consumer Discretionary (12.6%):

 

Affinity Gaming, 6.88%, 12/15/27, Callable 12/1/23 @ 103.44 (a)

   

1,500,000

     

1,569,375

   

Expedia Group, Inc., 2.95%, 3/15/31, Callable 12/15/30 @ 100

   

1,180,000

     

1,180,342

   

General Motors Co., 5.95%, 4/1/49, Callable 10/1/48 @ 100

   

200,000

     

273,516

   

Life Time, Inc., 5.75%, 1/15/26, Callable 1/15/23 @ 102.88 (a)

   

500,000

     

519,965

   

Magic Mergeco, Inc., 7.88%, 5/1/29, Callable 5/1/24 @ 103.94 (a)

   

500,000

     

492,940

   
Marriott International, Inc., 2.85%, 4/15/31,
Callable 1/15/31 @ 100 (c) (e)
   

1,180,000

     

1,177,192

   
MGM Resorts International, 5.50%, 4/15/27,
Callable 1/15/27 @ 100
   

500,000

     

536,010

   
PetSmart, Inc./PetSmart Finance Corp., 7.75%, 2/15/29,
Callable 2/15/24 @ 103.88 (a) (c)
   

750,000

     

818,782

   
Premier Entertainment Sub LLC/Premier Entertainment Finance Corp.,
5.88%, 9/1/31, Callable 9/1/26 @ 102.98 (a)
   

200,000

     

200,876

   

Ross Stores, Inc., 1.88%, 4/15/31, Callable 1/15/31 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

957,120

   

Viking Cruises Ltd., 13.00%, 5/15/25, Callable 5/15/22 @ 109.75 (a) (c)

   

1,000,000

     

1,131,640

   
     

8,857,758

   

Consumer Staples (1.0%):

 

Constellation Brands, Inc., 4.10%, 2/15/48, Callable 8/15/47 @ 100 (c)

   

400,000

     

454,376

   

The Kroger Co., 1.70%, 1/15/31, Callable 10/15/30 @ 100 (e)

   

300,000

     

284,967

   
     

739,343

   

Energy (7.1%):

 

Antero Resources Corp., 7.63%, 2/1/29, Callable 2/1/24 @ 103.81 (a)

   

624,000

     

695,067

   

Boardwalk Pipelines LP, 3.40%, 2/15/31, Callable 11/15/30 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,031,720

   

Hess Corp., 4.30%, 4/1/27, Callable 1/1/27 @ 100 (c)

   

750,000

     

817,890

   

Marathon Oil Corp., 4.40%, 7/15/27, Callable 4/15/27 @ 100 (c)

   

150,000

     

164,579

   
ONEOK, Inc.
3.40%, 9/1/29, Callable 6/1/29 @ 100 (c)
   

250,000

     

259,085

   

4.45%, 9/1/49, Callable 3/1/49 @ 100

   

200,000

     

220,990

   

Ovintiv Exploration, Inc., 5.38%, 1/1/26, Callable 10/1/25 @ 100 (c) (e)

   

1,600,000

     

1,775,520

   
     

4,964,851

   

Financials (8.3%):

 
Bank of America Corp.
2.69% (SOFR+110bps), 4/22/32, Callable 4/22/31 @ 100 (b) (c)
   

200,000

     

203,420

   

2.83% (SOFR+188bps), 10/24/51, Callable 10/24/50 @ 100, MTN (b) (c)

   

500,000

     

490,280

   

Chubb INA Holdings, Inc., 1.38%, 9/15/30, Callable 6/15/30 @ 100

   

1,550,000

     

1,461,526

   

CNA Financial Corp., 2.05%, 8/15/30, Callable 5/15/30 @ 100 (c)

   

1,100,000

     

1,066,274

   
General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 3.60%, 6/21/30,
Callable 3/21/30 @ 100 (c)
   

250,000

     

266,867

   
Jefferies Group LLC/Jefferies Group Capital Finance, Inc.,
2.63%, 10/15/31, Callable 7/15/31 @ 100
   

700,000

     

691,194

   
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 3.95%, 10/15/50,
Callable 4/15/50 @ 100 (a) (e)
   

300,000

     

333,705

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 
Morgan Stanley
2.48% (SOFR+136bps), 9/16/36, Callable 9/16/31 @ 100 (b)
 

$

500,000

   

$

481,285

   

3.22% (SOFR+149bps), 4/22/42, Callable 4/22/41 @ 100 (b)

   

250,000

     

262,998

   

Mozart Debt Merger Sub, Inc., 5.25%, 10/1/29, Callable 10/1/24 @ 102.63 (a)

   

100,000

     

101,557

   

SWF Escrow Issuer Corp., 6.50%, 10/1/29, Callable 10/1/24 @ 103.25 (a)

   

500,000

     

480,250

   
     

5,839,356

   

Health Care (2.3%):

 

AbbVie, Inc., 4.25%, 11/21/49, Callable 5/21/49 @ 100 (c)

   

400,000

     

481,488

   

Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 5.25%, 1/30/30, Callable 1/30/25 @ 102.63 (a) (c)

   

1,000,000

     

884,180

   

Team Health Holdings, Inc., 6.38%, 2/1/25, Callable 1/24/22 @ 101.59 (a) (e)

   

250,000

     

235,295

   
     

1,600,963

   

Industrials (8.7%):

 
Air Lease Corp.
4.63%, 10/1/28, Callable 7/1/28 @ 100 (c)
   

1,100,000

     

1,214,697

   

3.00%, 2/1/30, Callable 11/1/29 @ 100, MTN

   

200,000

     

200,492

   

American Airlines, Inc., 11.75%, 7/15/25 (a)

   

200,000

     

248,652

   

Caterpillar, Inc.

 

1.90%, 3/12/31, Callable 12/12/30 @ 100 (e)

   

600,000

     

596,352

   

3.25%, 4/9/50, Callable 10/9/49 @ 100

   

100,000

     

110,878

   
Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc., 6.13%, 1/15/29,
Callable 9/15/23 @ 103.06 (a) (c)
   

1,000,000

     

1,066,780

   

The Boeing Co.

 

5.15%, 5/1/30, Callable 2/1/30 @ 100 (c)

   

680,000

     

794,247

   

3.75%, 2/1/50, Callable 8/1/49 @ 100

   

250,000

     

259,052

   

The Hertz Corp., 5.00%, 12/1/29, Callable 12/1/24 @ 102.5 (a)

   

500,000

     

501,310

   

Waste Connections, Inc., 2.60%, 2/1/30, Callable 11/1/29 @ 100

   

1,100,000

     

1,120,581

   
     

6,113,041

   

Information Technology (3.5%):

 

Broadcom, Inc., 2.45%, 2/15/31, Callable 11/15/30 @ 100 (a)

   

1,200,000

     

1,174,860

   

VMware, Inc., 2.20%, 8/15/31, Callable 5/15/31 @ 100

   

1,300,000

     

1,277,783

   
     

2,452,643

   

Materials (1.7%):

 
Amcor Flexibles North America, Inc., 2.69%, 5/25/31,
Callable 2/25/31 @ 100
   

1,150,000

     

1,163,628

   

Real Estate (3.2%):

 

Duke Realty, LP, 2.25%, 1/15/32, Callable 10/15/31 @ 100

   

900,000

     

881,271

   

Life Storage, LP, 2.40%, 10/15/31, Callable 7/15/31 @ 100

   

150,000

     

147,743

   

Simon Property Group LP, 2.20%, 2/1/31, Callable 11/1/30 @ 100 (c) (e)

   

1,250,000

     

1,224,962

   
     

2,253,976

   

Utilities (1.2%):

 

Ameren Illinois Co., 4.50%, 3/15/49, Callable 9/15/48 @ 100

   

300,000

     

384,408

   

Duke Energy Corp., 3.50%, 6/15/51, Callable 12/15/50 @ 100

   

320,000

     

333,414

   

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., 3.50%, 8/1/50, Callable 2/1/50 @ 100

   

100,000

     

93,657

   
     

811,479

   

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $41,748,630)

   

41,717,852

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.2%)

 
Bank of America Funding Corp., Series 2004-2, Class 1CB1, 5.75%, 9/20/34,
Callable 12/20/25 @ 100 (c)
 

$

39,314

   

$

40,963

   
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Series 2004-5, Class 2A9, 5.25%, 5/25/34,
Callable 1/25/22 @ 100 (c)
   

59,700

     

64,759

   

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-15F, Class 5A1, 5.50%, 10/25/20 (c)

   

1,614

     

1,553

   
JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2005-A1, Class 6T1, 2.58%, 2/25/35,
Callable 1/25/22 @ 100 (c) (d)
   

11,909

     

11,909

   
JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2004-S2, Class 1A3, 4.75%, 11/25/34,
Callable 1/25/22 @ 100 (c)
   

1,306

     

919

   

Total Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $115,743)

   

120,103

   

Yankee Dollars (9.4%)

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.4%):

 

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., 4.81%, 9/17/30, Callable 6/17/30 @ 100 (a)

   

250,000

     

279,765

   

Energy (0.9%):

 
Cenovus Energy, Inc.
2.65%, 1/15/32, Callable 10/15/31 @ 100 (e)
   

400,000

     

391,748

   

5.40%, 6/15/47, Callable 12/15/46 @ 100 (e)

   

200,000

     

248,924

   
     

640,672

   

Financials (4.1%):

 

Credit Suisse Group AG, 3.87%, 1/12/29, Callable 1/12/28 @ 100 (a) (c) (e)

   

1,500,000

     

1,605,390

   
NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC/NXP USA, Inc., 3.40%, 5/1/30,
Callable 2/1/30 @ 100 (a) (c)
   

1,200,000

     

1,279,584

   
     

2,884,974

   

Industrials (2.5%):

 
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, 3.00%,
10/29/28, Callable 8/29/28 @ 100
   

1,700,000

     

1,724,752

   

Materials (1.5%):

 

Nutrien, Ltd., 2.95%, 5/13/30, Callable 2/13/30 @ 100

   

1,000,000

     

1,054,720

   

Total Yankee Dollars (Cost $6,605,638)

   

6,584,883

   

U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Agencies (0.0%) (f)

 
Federal National Mortgage Association
3.50%, 7/1/43 (c)
   

42,410

     

45,490

   

Total U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Agencies (Cost $43,339)

   

45,490

   

U.S. Treasury Obligations (8.3%)

 
U.S. Treasury Bonds
1.88%, 2/15/41 (c)
   

3,950,000

     

3,921,609

   

1.38%, 8/15/50

   

500,000

     

440,235

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Security Description

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

1.63%, 5/15/31 (c)

 

$

480,000

   

$

486,150

   

1.38%, 11/15/31

   

1,000,000

     

988,906

   

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $5,687,311)

   

5,836,900

   

Exchange-Traded Funds (9.2%)

 

Invesco Senior Loan ETF (c) (e)

   

148,700

     

3,286,270

   

SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF (c)

   

69,450

     

3,169,003

   

Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $6,500,577)

   

6,455,273

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned (10.9%)^

 
BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares,
0.04% (g)
   

177,979

     

177,979

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio,
Institutional Shares, 0.01% (g)
   

3,495,533

     

3,495,533

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund,
Institutional Shares, 0.02% (g)
   

88,820

     

88,820

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (g)

   

708,226

     

708,226

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio,
Institutional Shares, 0.06% (g)
   

3,184,323

     

3,184,323

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $7,654,881)

   

7,654,881

   

Total Investments (Cost $75,760,861) — 107.8%

   

75,714,417

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (7.8)%

   

(5,477,674

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

70,236,743

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  Rule 144A security or other security that is restricted as to resale to institutional investors. The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be liquid (unless otherwise noted as illiquid) based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of these securities was $26,375,841 and amounted to 37.6% of net assets.

(b)  Variable or Floating-Rate Security. Rate disclosed is as of December 31, 2021.

(c)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for derivative instruments.

(d)  The rate for certain asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities may vary based on factors relating to the pool of assets underlying the security. The rate disclosed is the rate in effect at December 31, 2021.

(e)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(f)  Amount represents less than 0.05% of net assets.

(g)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

bps — Basis points

ETF — Exchange-Traded Fund

LIBOR — London InterBank Offered Rate

See notes to financial statements.

 


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LIBOR03M — 3 Month US Dollar LIBOR, rate disclosed as of December 31, 2021, based on the last reset date of the security

LLC — Limited Liability Company

LP — Limited Partnership

MTN — Medium Term Note

SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate

Futures Contracts Purchased

    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

2-Year U.S. Treasury Note Futures

   

42

   

3/31/22

 

$

9,181,095

   

$

9,163,219

   

$

(17,876

)

 

5-Year U.S. Treasury Note Futures

   

9

   

3/31/22

   

1,089,385

     

1,088,789

     

(596

)

 

Ultra Long Term U.S. Treasury Bond Futures

   

25

   

3/22/22

   

4,919,895

     

4,928,125

     

8,230

   
                   

$

(10,242

)

 

Futures Contracts Sold

 
    Number of
Contracts
  Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
 

Value

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

10-Year US Treasury Note Futures

   

71

   

3/22/22

 

$

10,330,234

   

$

10,397,062

   

$

(66,828

)

 

Total unrealized appreciation

 

$

8,230

   

Total unrealized depreciation

   

(85,300

)

 

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

$

(77,070

)

 

Centrally Cleared

Credit Default Swap Agreements - Buy Protection(a)

Underlying
Instruments
  Fixed
Deal
Pay
Rate
  Maturity
Date
  Payment
Frequency
  Implied
Credit
Spread at
December 31,
2021 (b)
  Notional
Amount (c)
 

Value

  Premiums
Paid
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
CDX North
America High
Yield Index;
Series 37
   

5.00

%

 

12/20/26

 

Quarterly

   

2 94

%

 

$

7,400,000

   

$

(676,278

)

 

$

(645,084

)

 

$

(31,194

)

 
   

$

(676,278

)

 

$

(645,084

)

 

$

(31,194

)

 

(a)  When a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of the swap agreement, the Fund as a buyer of credit protection will either (i) receive from the seller of protection an amount equal to the par value of the defaulted reference entity and deliver the reference entity or (ii) receive a net amount equal to the par value of the defaulted reference entity less its recovery value.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Strategic Income Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

(b)  Implied credit spread, represented in absolute terms, utilized in determining the value of the credit default swap agreements as of period end will serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for the credit derivative. The implied credit spread of a referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. Generally, wider credit spreads represent a perceived 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 swap agreement.

(c)  The notional amount represents the maximum potential amount the Fund may receive as a buyer of credit protection if a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of the swap agreement, for each security included in the CDX North America High Yield Index.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

  Statements of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2021
 
    Victory INCORE
Investment Quality
Bond Fund
  Victory INCORE
Low Duration
Bond Fund
  Victory High
Yield Fund
 

Assets:

 
Investments, at value (Cost $24,604,390,
$195,619,237 and $368,541,693)
 

$

25,328,450

(a)

 

$

198,029,295

(b)

 

$

371,898,564

(c)

 

Cash

   

744,603

     

11,793,792

     

6,282,594

   

Deposit with broker for futures contracts

   

184,239

     

1,575,170

     

   

Deposit with broker for swap agreements

   

103,785

     

2,150,710

     

   

Receivables:

 

Interest and dividends

   

139,061

     

1,145,639

     

5,107,904

   

Capital shares issued

   

12,039

     

8,862,363

     

318,049

   

Investments sold

   

     

     

8,951

   

Variation margin on open futures contracts

   

14,394

     

24,643

     

   

Variation margin on open swap agreements

   

375

     

5,975

     

   

From Adviser

   

20,565

     

15,282

     

60,551

   

Prepaid expenses

   

17,414

     

19,514

     

21,781

   

Total Assets

   

26,564,925

     

223,622,383

     

383,698,394

   

Liabilities:

 

Payables:

 

Collateral received on loaned securities

   

1,398,374

     

6,079,110

     

38,823,311

   

Distributions

   

570

     

28,786

     

220,118

   

Investments purchased

   

496,680

     

     

4,995,000

   

Capital shares redeemed

   

7,678

     

39,951

     

560,561

   

Variation margin on open futures contracts

   

688

     

15,234

     

   

Accrued expenses and other payables:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

10,435

     

78,284

     

173,889

   

Administration fees

   

1,330

     

11,034

     

17,666

   

Custodian fees

   

1,459

     

2,770

     

4,539

   

Transfer agent fees

   

8,349

     

38,736

     

57,662

   

Compliance fees

   

14

     

118

     

199

   
12b-1 fees    

3,010

     

10,619

     

23,821

   

Other accrued expenses

   

15,769

     

30,822

     

34,290

   

Total Liabilities

   

1,944,356

     

6,335,464

     

44,911,056

   

Net Assets:

 

Capital

   

23,414,922

     

243,473,924

     

337,647,747

   

Total accumulated earnings/(loss)

   

1,205,647

     

(26,187,005

)

   

1,139,591

   

Net Assets

 

$

24,620,569

   

$

217,286,919

   

$

338,787,338

   

Net Assets

 

Class A

 

$

19,292,358

   

$

76,900,829

   

$

49,270,779

   

Class C

   

483,645

     

5,528,233

     

32,889,212

   

Class R

   

3,210,438

     

1,213,690

     

19,242,809

   

Class Y

   

1,634,128

     

133,644,167

     

237,384,538

   

Total

 

$

24,620,569

   

$

217,286,919

   

$

338,787,338

   
Shares (unlimited number of shares authorized
with a par value of $0.001 per share):
 

Class A

   

1,914,673

     

7,567,653

     

7,251,094

   

Class C

   

48,029

     

543,932

     

4,829,418

   

Class R

   

317,819

     

119,464

     

2,824,423

   

Class Y

   

162,388

     

13,147,883

     

35,104,424

   

Total

   

2,442,909

     

21,378,932

     

50,009,359

   
Net asset value, offering (except Class A)
and redemption price per share:
 

Class A

 

$

10.08

   

$

10.16

   

$

6.79

   

Class C (d)

   

10.07

     

10.16

     

6.81

   

Class R

   

10.10

     

10.16

     

6.81

   

Class Y

   

10.06

     

10.16

     

6.76

   

Maximum Sales Charge — Class A

   

2.25

%

   

2.25

%

   

2.25

%

 
Maximum offering price
(100%/(100%-maximum sales charge) of
net asset value adjusted to the nearest cent)
per share — Class A
 

$

10.31

   

$

10.39

   

$

6.95

   

(a)  Includes $1,366,812 of securities on loan.

(b)  Includes $5,943,432 of securities on loan.

(c)  Includes $37,201,728 of securities on loan.

(d)  Redemption price per share varies by the length of time shares are held.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

  Statements of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2021
 
    Victory
Tax-Exempt
Fund
  Victory
High Income
Municipal Bond
Fund
  Victory
Floating
Rate Fund
 

Assets:

 
Investments, at value (Cost $47,196,338,
$48,902,974 and $2,165,061,474)
 

$

51,601,611

   

$

52,089,107

   

$

2,153,398,960

   

Cash

   

84,561

     

604,099

     

138,707,824

   

Receivables:

 

Interest and dividends

   

497,986

     

563,025

     

11,102,173

   

Capital shares issued

   

4,144

     

823,431

     

7,185,956

   

Investments sold

   

     

     

3,592,877

   

From Adviser

   

18,069

     

26,869

     

545,682

   

Prepaid expenses

   

15,980

     

28,841

     

92,361

   

Total Assets

   

52,222,351

     

54,135,372

     

2,314,625,833

   

Liabilities:

 

Payables:

 

Distributions

   

8,448

     

7,858

     

1,164,416

   

Investments purchased

   

563,920

     

509,165

     

99,924,621

   

Capital shares redeemed

   

274,767

     

79,485

     

9,214,405

   

Accrued expenses and other payables:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

22,126

     

22,277

     

1,203,149

   

Administration fees

   

2,774

     

2,696

     

106,168

   

Custodian fees

   

1,145

     

1,236

     

43,179

   

Transfer agent fees

   

9,266

     

7,276

     

304,295

   

Compliance fees

   

30

     

30

     

1,258

   
12b-1 fees    

4,756

     

4,723

     

73,808

   

Other accrued expenses

   

15,901

     

15,891

     

151,159

   

Total Liabilities

   

903,133

     

650,637

     

112,186,458

   

Net Assets:

 

Capital

   

47,225,830

     

50,316,447

     

2,398,000,129

   

Total accumulated earnings/(loss)

   

4,093,388

     

3,168,288

     

(195,560,754

)

 

Net Assets

 

$

51,319,218

   

$

53,484,735

   

$

2,202,439,375

   

Net Assets

 

Class A

 

$

35,312,357

   

$

34,351,945

   

$

349,705,741

   

Class C

   

2,037,408

     

2,192,007

     

81,108,871

   

Class R

   

     

     

602,081

   

Class Y

   

13,969,453

     

14,087,370

     

1,768,900,467

   

Member Class

   

     

2,853,413

     

2,122,215

   

Total

 

$

51,319,218

   

$

53,484,735

   

$

2,202,439,375

   
Shares (unlimited number of shares authorized
with a par value of $0.001 per share):
 

Class A

   

3,609,810

     

3,098,460

     

37,484,031

   

Class C

   

208,369

     

197,738

     

8,690,679

   

Class R

   

     

     

64,554

   

Class Y

   

1,428,631

     

1,270,545

     

189,510,202

   

Member Class

   

     

257,290

     

227,514

   

Total

   

5,246,810

     

4,824,033

     

235,976,980

   
Net asset value, offering (except Class A) and
redemption price per share:
 

Class A

 

$

9.78

   

$

11.09

   

$

9.33

   

Class C (a)

   

9.78

     

11.09

     

9.33

   

Class R

   

     

     

9.33

   

Class Y

   

9.78

     

11.09

     

9.33

   

Member Class

   

     

11.09

     

9.33

   

Maximum Sales Charge — Class A

   

2.25

%

   

2.25

%

   

2.25

%

 
Maximum offering price
(100%/(100%-maximum sales charge) of
net asset value adjusted to the nearest cent)
per share — Class A
 

$

10.01

   

$

11.35

   

$

9.54

   

(a)  Redemption price per share varies by the length of time shares are held.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

  Statement of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2021
 
    Victory
Strategic
Income Fund
 

Assets:

 

Investments, at value (Cost $75,760,861)

 

$

75,714,417

(a)

 

Cash

   

956,142

   

Deposit with broker for futures contracts

   

457,771

   

Deposit with broker for swap agreements

   

354,882

   

Receivables:

 

Interest and dividends

   

625,376

   

Capital shares issued

   

14,619

   

Variation margin on open futures contracts

   

41,664

   

From Adviser

   

19,033

   

Prepaid expenses

   

25,427

   

Total Assets

   

78,209,331

   

Liabilities:

 

Payables:

 

Collateral received on loaned securities

   

7,654,881

   

Distributions

   

68,867

   

Capital shares redeemed

   

142,370

   

Variation margin on open futures contracts

   

18,859

   

Variation margin on swap agreements

   

5,527

   

Accrued expenses and other payables:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

36,226

   

Administration fees

   

3,998

   

Custodian fees

   

2,030

   

Transfer agent fees

   

13,281

   

Compliance fees

   

42

   
12b-1 fees    

7,182

   

Other accrued expenses

   

19,325

   

Total Liabilities

   

7,972,588

   

Net Assets:

 

Capital

   

70,439,098

   

Total accumulated earnings/(loss)

   

(202,355

)

 

Net Assets

 

$

70,236,743

   

Net Assets

 

Class A

 

$

39,795,228

   

Class C

   

5,045,500

   

Class R

   

2,771,948

   

Class Y

   

22,624,067

   

Total

 

$

70,236,743

   

Shares (unlimited number of shares authorized with a par value of $0.001 per share):

 

Class A

   

3,802,373

   

Class C

   

479,830

   

Class R

   

263,410

   

Class Y

   

2,174,024

   

Total

   

6,719,637

   

Net asset value, offering (except Class A) and redemption price per share:

 

Class A

 

$

10.47

   

Class C (b)

   

10.52

   

Class R

   

10.52

   

Class Y

   

10.41

   

Maximum Sales Charge — Class A

   

2.25

%

 
Maximum offering price
(100%/(100%-maximum
sales charge) of net asset value adjusted to the nearest cent) per share — Class A
 

$

10.71

   

(a)  Includes $7,446,153 of securities on loan.

(b)  Redemption price per share varies by the length of time shares are held.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

  Statements of Operations
For the Year Ended December 31, 2021
 
    Victory INCORE
Investment Quality
Bond Fund
  Victory
INCORE
Low Duration
Bond Fund
  Victory
High
Yield Fund
 

Investment Income:

     

Dividends

 

$

49,534

   

$

318,791

   

$

111,119

   

Interest

   

511,225

     

3,654,611

     

18,208,188

   

Securities lending (net of fees)

   

2,344

     

15,105

     

137,039

   

Total Income

   

563,103

     

3,988,507

     

18,456,346

   

Expenses:

     

Investment advisory fees

   

136,296

     

1,043,788

     

1,772,507

   

Administration fees

   

15,064

     

128,205

     

162,693

   

Sub-Administration fees

   

17,000

     

17,000

     

17,000

   
12b-1 fees — Class A    

52,514

     

199,044

     

115,224

   
12b-1 fees — Class C    

7,506

     

69,497

     

289,204

   
12b-1 fees — Class R    

17,039

     

5,643

     

97,191

   

Custodian fees

   

10,080

     

17,984

     

26,092

   

Transfer agent fees — Class A

   

35,819

     

94,244

     

47,453

   

Transfer agent fees — Class C

   

1,294

     

9,349

     

13,102

   

Transfer agent fees — Class R

   

6,498

     

2,047

     

4,619

   

Transfer agent fees — Class Y

   

2,698

     

135,043

     

225,555

   

Trustees' fees

   

3,496

     

17,489

     

18,704

   

Compliance fees

   

204

     

1,742

     

2,098

   

Legal and audit fees

   

11,680

     

20,533

     

25,979

   

State registration and filing fees

   

55,140

     

67,509

     

85,278

   

Other expenses

   

20,520

     

43,270

     

49,634

   

Total Expenses

   

392,848

     

1,872,387

     

2,952,333

   

Expenses waived/reimbursed by Adviser

   

(132,566

)

   

(175,522

)

   

(221,331

)

 

Net Expenses

   

260,282

     

1,696,865

     

2,731,002

   

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   

302,821

     

2,291,642

     

15,725,344

   
Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses) from
Investments:
     
Net realized gains (losses) from investment
securities
   

413,684

     

1,930,506

     

5,672,619

   

Net realized gains (losses) from futures contracts

   

(43,028

)

   

554,474

     

   

Net realized gains (losses) from swap agreements

   

43,436

     

280,211

     

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
on investment securities
   

(886,683

)

   

(3,077,450

)

   

(7,935,627

)

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
on futures contracts
   

(5,660

)

   

15,472

     

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
on swap agreements
   

258

     

41,511

     

   

Net realized/unrealized gains (losses) on investments

   

(477,993

)

   

(255,276

)

   

(2,263,008

)

 

Change in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

(175,172

)

 

$

2,036,366

   

$

13,462,336

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

  Statements of Operations
For the Year Ended December 31, 2021
 
    Victory
Tax-Exempt
Fund
  Victory
High Income
Municipal Bond
Fund
  Victory
Floating
Rate Fund
 

Investment Income:

     

Dividends

 

$

   

$

78,789

   

$

467,219

   
Interest    

1,865,305

     

1,900,567

     

78,732,975

   

Securities lending (net of fees)

   

507

     

     

   

Total Income

   

1,865,812

     

1,979,356

     

79,200,194

   

Expenses:

     

Investment advisory fees

   

263,469

     

247,283

     

10,560,819

   

Administration fees

   

29,080

     

27,267

     

891,563

   

Sub-Administration fees

   

17,000

     

17,000

     

17,000

   
12b-1 fees — Class A    

89,603

     

83,662

     

724,145

   
12b-1 fees — Class C    

23,918

     

29,419

     

738,279

   
12b-1 fees — Class R    

     

     

2,515

   

Custodian fees

   

6,988

     

7,912

     

258,539

   

Transfer agent fees — Class A

   

29,585

     

22,240

     

307,460

   

Transfer agent fees — Class C

   

3,699

     

3,235

     

81,486

   

Transfer agent fees — Class R

   

     

     

969

   

Transfer agent fees — Class Y

   

17,645

     

8,731

     

1,149,146

   

Transfer agent fees — Member Class

   

     

1,021

     

2,048

   

Trustees' fees

   

5,211

     

4,605

     

78,499

   

Compliance fees

   

394

     

356

     

10,817

   

Legal and audit fees

   

11,348

     

11,919

     

267,014

   

State registration and filing fees

   

42,675

     

62,490

     

200,325

   

Interfund lending fees

   

139

     

     

   

Other expenses

   

14,985

     

18,245

     

265,526

   

Total Expenses

   

555,739

     

545,385

     

15,556,150

   

Expenses waived/reimbursed by Adviser

   

(131,110

)

   

(156,099

)

   

(1,454,748

)

 

Net Expenses

   

424,629

     

389,286

     

14,101,402

   

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   

1,441,183

     

1,590,070

     

65,098,792

   
Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses) from
Investments:
     
Net realized gains (losses) from investment
securities
   

1,382,468

     

209,201

     

408,615

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
on investment securities
   

(770,070

)

   

1,002,109

     

(12,438,598

)

 

Net realized/unrealized gains (losses) on investments

   

612,398

     

1,211,310

     

(12,029,983

)

 

Change in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

2,053,581

   

$

2,801,380

   

$

53,068,809

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

  Statement of Operations
For the Year Ended December 31, 2021
 
    Victory
Strategic
Income Fund
 

Investment Income:

     

Dividends

 

$

269,239

   

Interest

   

2,302,749

   

Securities lending (net of fees)

   

22,625

   

Total Income

   

2,594,613

   

Expenses:

     

Investment advisory fees

   

523,429

   

Administration fees

   

48,298

   

Sub-Administration fees

   

17,000

   
12b-1 fees — Class A    

106,322

   
12b-1 fees — Class C    

62,485

   
12b-1 fees — Class R    

14,349

   

Custodian fees

   

12,666

   

Transfer agent fees — Class A

   

19,619

   

Transfer agent fees — Class C

   

3,366

   

Transfer agent fees — Class R

   

496

   

Transfer agent fees — Class Y

   

43,503

   

Trustees' fees

   

7,923

   

Compliance fees

   

664

   

Legal and audit fees

   

15,164

   

State registration and filing fees

   

52,740

   

Interfund lending fees

   

197

   

Other expenses

   

21,944

   

Total Expenses

   

950,165

   

Expenses waived/reimbursed by Adviser

   

(136,239

)

 

Net Expenses

   

813,926

   

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   

1,780,687

   

Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses) from Investments:

     

Net realized gains (losses) from investment securities

   

726,528

   

Net realized gains (losses) from futures contracts

   

(176,808

)

 

Net realized gains (losses) from swap agreements

   

74,546

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investment securities

   

(3,361,033

)

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts

   

(49,102

)

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on swap agreements

   

(31,194

)

 

Net realized/unrealized gains (losses) on investments

   

(2,817,063

)

 

Change in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

(1,036,376

)

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 
    Victory
INCORE Investment
Quality Bond Fund
  Victory
INCORE Low Duration
Bond Fund
  Victory
High Yield Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 

From Investment Activities:

 

Operations:

 
Net investment
income (loss)
 

$

302,821

   

$

469,256

   

$

2,291,642

   

$

3,749,720

   

$

15,725,344

   

$

11,999,966

   
Net realized gains
(losses) from
investments
   

414,092

     

956,039

     

2,765,191

     

1,551,713

     

5,672,619

     

(286,139

)

 
Net change in
unrealized
appreciation/
depreciation on
investments
   

(892,085

)

   

884,218

     

(3,020,467

)

   

4,094,555

     

(7,935,627

)

   

6,963,613

   
Change in net assets resulting
from operations
   

(175,172

)

   

2,309,513

     

2,036,366

     

9,395,988

     

13,462,336

     

18,677,440

   

Distributions to Shareholders:

 

Class A

   

(336,494

)

   

(443,929

)

   

(879,844

)

   

(868,824

)

   

(2,461,269

)

   

(1,891,442

)

 

Class C

   

(5,625

)

   

(31,603

)

   

(21,804

)

   

(238,443

)

   

(1,335,016

)

   

(1,103,322

)

 

Class R

   

(40,583

)

   

(56,460

)

   

(7,637

)

   

(10,980

)

   

(979,672

)

   

(990,013

)

 

Class Y

   

(38,987

)

   

(74,664

)

   

(1,922,795

)

   

(2,422,766

)

   

(11,295,501

)

   

(8,004,170

)

 

From return of capital:

 

Class A

   

     

     

     

(220,729

)

   

     

   

Class C

   

     

     

     

(60,578

)

   

     

   

Class R

   

     

     

     

(2,790

)

   

     

   

Class Y

   

     

     

     

(615,514

)

   

     

   
Change in net assets resulting
from distributions to
shareholders
   

(421,689

)

   

(606,656

)

   

(2,832,080

)

   

(4,440,624

)

   

(16,071,458

)

   

(11,988,947

)

 
Change in net assets resulting
from capital transactions
   

(5,104,106

)

   

(2,983,450

)

   

(42,237,361

)

   

(11,232,054

)

   

88,777,937

     

66,176,609

   

Change in net assets

   

(5,700,967

)

   

(1,280,593

)

   

(43,033,075

)

   

(6,276,690

)

   

86,168,815

     

72,865,102

   

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of period

   

30,321,536

     

31,602,129

     

260,319,994

     

266,596,684

     

252,618,523

     

179,753,421

   

End of period

 

$

24,620,569

   

$

30,321,536

   

$

217,286,919

   

$

260,319,994

   

$

338,787,338

   

$

252,618,523

   

(continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

  (continued)

    Victory
INCORE Investment
Quality Bond Fund
  Victory
INCORE Low Duration
Bond Fund
  Victory
High Yield Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 

Capital Transactions:

 

Class A

 
Proceeds from shares
issued
 

$

3,219,691

   

$

3,741,042

   

$

27,443,659

   

$

26,390,247

   

$

18,887,212

   

$

11,313,136

   

Distributions reinvested

   

327,179

     

432,981

     

797,627

     

998,870

     

1,668,744

     

1,207,222

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(5,233,205

)

   

(5,934,340

)

   

(21,402,058

)

   

(20,255,290

)

   

(9,668,773

)

   

(6,047,019

)

 

Total Class A

 

$

(1,686,335

)

 

$

(1,760,317

)

 

$

6,839,228

   

$

7,133,827

   

$

10,887,183

   

$

6,473,339

   

Class C

 
Proceeds from shares
issued
 

$

1,689

   

$

371,418

   

$

1,947,527

   

$

1,293,466

   

$

10,304,554

   

$

6,325,319

   

Distributions reinvested

   

5,578

     

28,275

     

20,254

     

255,292

     

672,575

     

363,233

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(2,020,890

)

   

(853,248

)

   

(19,935,340

)

   

(17,694,441

)

   

(3,823,976

)

   

(2,370,736

)

 

Total Class C

 

$

(2,013,623

)

 

$

(453,555

)

 

$

(17,967,559

)

 

$

(16,145,683

)

 

$

7,153,153

   

$

4,317,816

   

Class R

 
Proceeds from shares
issued
 

$

265,416

   

$

520,871

   

$

250,815

   

$

440,750

   

$

979,946

   

$

573,952

   

Distributions reinvested

   

40,505

     

56,322

     

7,615

     

13,406

     

107,948

     

101,913

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(626,813

)

   

(529,270

)

   

(169,252

)

   

(494,683

)

   

(984,832

)

   

(503,868

)

 

Total Class R

 

$

(320,892

)

 

$

47,923

   

$

89,178

   

$

(40,527

)

 

$

103,062

   

$

171,997

   

Class Y

 
Proceeds from shares
issued
 

$

432,578

   

$

1,142,128

   

$

70,433,564

   

$

84,768,131

   

$

189,927,452

   

$

169,162,794

   

Distributions reinvested

   

38,854

     

73,672

     

1,562,121

     

2,450,105

     

11,280,860

     

7,507,572

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(1,554,688

)

   

(2,033,301

)

   

(103,193,893

)

   

(89,397,907

)

   

(130,573,773

)

   

(121,456,909

)

 

Total Class Y

 

$

(1,083,256

)

 

$

(817,501

)

 

$

(31,198,208

)

 

$

(2,179,671

)

 

$

70,634,539

   

$

55,213,457

   
Change in net assets resulting
from capital transactions
 

$

(5,104,106

)

 

$

(2,983,450

)

 

$

(42,237,361

)

 

$

(11,232,054

)

 

$

88,777,937

   

$

66,176,609

   

(continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

  (continued)

    Victory
INCORE Investment
Quality Bond Fund
  Victory
INCORE Low Duration
Bond Fund
  Victory
High Yield Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 

Share Transactions:

 

Class A

 

Issued

   

317,256

     

374,189

     

2,689,921

     

2,611,845

     

2,747,182

     

1,750,643

   

Reinvested

   

32,480

     

42,958

     

78,254

     

99,098

     

243,419

     

188,872

   

Redeemed

   

(519,236

)

   

(596,219

)

   

(2,097,475

)

   

(2,017,103

)

   

(1,409,340

)

   

(962,364

)

 

Total Class A

   

(169,500

)

   

(179,072

)

   

670,700

     

693,840

     

1,581,261

     

977,151

   

Class C

 

Issued

   

167

     

37,380

     

191,248

     

128,943

     

1,495,332

     

971,560

   

Reinvested

   

554

     

2,808

     

1,986

     

25,402

     

97,913

     

56,460

   

Redeemed

   

(198,568

)

   

(84,915

)

   

(1,954,241

)

   

(1,751,574

)

   

(555,259

)

   

(372,697

)

 

Total Class C

   

(197,847

)

   

(44,727

)

   

(1,761,007

)

   

(1,597,229

)

   

1,037,986

     

655,323

   

Class R

 

Issued

   

26,305

     

51,521

     

24,662

     

43,544

     

141,863

     

87,110

   

Reinvested

   

4,012

     

5,574

     

747

     

1,331

     

15,703

     

15,967

   

Redeemed

   

(62,127

)

   

(52,365

)

   

(16,595

)

   

(49,038

)

   

(143,250

)

   

(80,100

)

 

Total Class R

   

(31,810

)

   

4,730

     

8,814

     

(4,163

)

   

14,316

     

22,977

   

Class Y

 

Issued

   

42,628

     

114,222

     

6,908,185

     

8,403,448

     

27,774,023

     

27,361,536

   

Reinvested

   

3,862

     

7,320

     

153,191

     

242,992

     

1,654,148

     

1,177,131

   

Redeemed

   

(153,909

)

   

(203,029

)

   

(10,114,574

)

   

(8,905,756

)

   

(19,136,526

)

   

(19,870,790

)

 

Total Class Y

   

(107,419

)

   

(81,487

)

   

(3,053,198

)

   

(259,316

)

   

10,291,645

     

8,667,877

   

Change in Shares

   

(506,576

)

   

(300,556

)

   

(4,134,691

)

   

(1,166,868

)

   

12,925,208

     

10,323,328

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 
    Victory
Tax-Exempt Fund
  Victory
High Income
Municipal Bond Fund
  Victory
Floating Rate Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 

From Investment Activities:

 

Operations:

 
Net investment
income (loss)
 

$

1,441,183

   

$

1,817,046

   

$

1,590,070

   

$

1,501,425

   

$

65,098,792

   

$

29,438,801

   
Net realized gains
(losses) from
investments
   

1,382,468

     

799,972

     

209,201

     

894,229

     

408,615

     

(12,797,385

)

 
Net change in
unrealized
appreciation/
depreciation on
investments
   

(770,070

)

   

651,008

     

1,002,109

     

(455,689

)

   

(12,438,598

)

   

6,115,431

   
Change in net assets resulting
from operations
   

2,053,581

     

3,268,026

     

2,801,380

     

1,939,965

     

53,068,809

     

22,756,847

   

Distributions to Shareholders:

 

Class A

   

(1,954,076

)

   

(1,310,488

)

   

(1,162,366

)

   

(900,322

)

   

(11,345,229

)

   

(7,509,760

)

 

Class C

   

(103,696

)

   

(275,865

)

   

(78,359

)

   

(416,434

)

   

(2,286,259

)

   

(5,483,129

)

 

Class R

   

     

     

     

     

(16,736

)

   

(13,890

)

 

Class Y

   

(814,249

)

   

(993,693

)

   

(435,742

)

   

(434,615

)

   

(51,994,941

)

   

(16,288,620

)

 

Member Class (a)

   

     

     

(45,997

)

   

(633

)

   

(35,024

)

   

(293

)

 
Change in net assets resulting
from distributions to
shareholders
   

(2,872,021

)

   

(2,580,046

)

   

(1,722,464

)

   

(1,752,004

)

   

(65,678,189

)

   

(29,295,692

)

 
Change in net assets resulting
from capital transactions
   

(9,358,432

)

   

(5,160,426

)

   

6,876,625

     

1,573,250

     

1,551,086,684

     

84,613,158

   

Change in net assets

   

(10,176,872

)

   

(4,472,446

)

   

7,955,541

     

1,761,211

     

1,538,477,304

     

78,074,313

   

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of period

   

61,496,090

     

65,968,536

     

45,529,194

     

43,767,983

     

663,962,071

     

585,887,758

   

End of period

 

$

51,319,218

   

$

61,496,090

   

$

53,484,735

   

$

45,529,194

   

$

2,202,439,375

   

$

663,962,071

   

(a)  Victory High Income Municipal Bond Fund and Victory Floating Rate Fund Member Class commenced operations on November 3, 2020.

(continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

  (continued)

    Victory
Tax-Exempt Fund
  Victory
High Income
Municipal Bond Fund
  Victory
Floating Rate Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 

Capital Transactions:

 

Class A

 
Proceeds from shares
issued
 

$

7,231,915

   

$

5,775,996

   

$

9,753,917

   

$

9,315,877

   

$

266,345,825

   

$

79,846,398

   
Distributions
reinvested
   

1,806,265

     

1,202,398

     

1,080,764

     

818,111

     

10,126,690

     

6,658,816

   
Cost of shares
redeemed
   

(5,160,768

)

   

(5,606,292

)

   

(3,548,527

)

   

(3,158,508

)

   

(90,141,473

)

   

(66,492,431

)

 

Total Class A

 

$

3,877,412

   

$

1,372,102

   

$

7,286,154

   

$

6,975,480

   

$

186,331,042

   

$

20,012,783

   

Class C

 
Proceeds from
shares issued
 

$

212,297

   

$

658,815

   

$

234,228

   

$

382,792

   

$

48,665,824

   

$

8,695,794

   
Distributions
reinvested
   

99,658

     

245,751

     

74,083

     

379,132

     

2,087,262

     

4,727,020

   
Cost of shares
redeemed
   

(4,766,843

)

   

(5,678,979

)

   

(7,590,095

)

   

(5,351,211

)

   

(64,541,146

)

   

(63,036,997

)

 

Total Class C

 

$

(4,454,888

)

 

$

(4,774,413

)

 

$

(7,281,784

)

 

$

(4,589,287

)

 

$

(13,788,060

)

 

$

(49,614,183

)

 

Class R

 
Proceeds from
shares issued
 

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

370,964

   

$

81,023

   
Distributions
reinvested
   

     

     

     

     

16,539

     

13,070

   
Cost of shares
redeemed
   

     

     

     

     

(82,647

)

   

(245,870

)

 

Total Class R

 

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

304,856

   

$

(151,777

)

 

Class Y

 
Proceeds from
shares issued
 

$

7,289,073

   

$

4,408,153

   

$

5,118,372

   

$

2,332,661

   

$

1,691,635,496

   

$

286,860,980

   
Distributions
reinvested
   

789,622

     

974,393

     

423,799

     

417,909

     

45,070,085

     

14,104,888

   
Cost of shares
redeemed
   

(16,859,651

)

   

(7,140,661

)

   

(1,382,882

)

   

(3,702,429

)

   

(360,535,842

)

   

(186,660,948

)

 

Total Class Y

 

$

(8,780,956

)

 

$

(1,758,115

)

 

$

4,159,289

   

$

(951,859

)

 

$

1,376,169,739

   

$

114,304,920

   

Member Class (a)

 
Proceeds from shares
issued
 

$

   

$

   

$

2,791,673

   

$

138,283

   

$

2,614,800

   

$

69,505

   
Distributions
reinvested
   

     

     

45,997

     

633

     

35,024

     

290

   
Cost of shares
redeemed
   

     

     

(124,704

)

   

     

(580,717

)

   

(8,380

)

 
Total Member
Class
 

$

   

$

   

$

2,712,966

   

$

138,916

   

$

2,069,107

   

$

61,415

   
Change in net assets resulting
from capital transactions
 

$

(9,358,432

)

 

$

(5,160,426

)

 

$

6,876,625

   

$

1,573,250

   

$

1,551,086,684

   

$

84,613,158

   

(a)  Victory High Income Municipal Bond Fund and Victory Floating Rate Fund Member Class commenced operations on November 3, 2020.

(continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

  (continued)

    Victory
Tax-Exempt Fund
  Victory
High Income
Municipal Bond Fund
  Victory
Floating Rate Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 

Share Transactions:

 

Class A

 

Issued

   

722,275

     

591,255

     

892,208

     

869,235

     

28,352,164

     

8,856,174

   

Reinvested

   

182,127

     

122,799

     

97,863

     

76,906

     

1,079,897

     

752,843

   

Redeemed

   

(514,040

)

   

(568,616

)

   

(321,447

)

   

(297,732

)

   

(9,602,493

)

   

(7,516,037

)

 

Total Class A

   

390,362

     

145,438

     

668,624

     

648,409

     

19,829,568

     

2,092,980

   

Class C

 

Issued

   

21,295

     

67,589

     

21,158

     

35,772

     

5,176,179

     

966,114

   

Reinvested

   

10,059

     

25,122

     

6,716

     

35,679

     

222,482

     

535,700

   

Redeemed

   

(476,876

)

   

(583,439

)

   

(695,638

)

   

(507,680

)

   

(6,865,599

)

   

(7,162,986

)

 

Total Class C

   

(445,522

)

   

(490,728

)

   

(667,764

)

   

(436,229

)

   

(1,466,938

)

   

(5,661,172

)

 

Class R

 

Issued

   

     

     

     

     

39,473

     

8,818

   

Reinvested

   

     

     

     

     

1,764

     

1,480

   

Redeemed

   

     

     

     

     

(8,787

)

   

(26,479

)

 

Total Class R

   

     

     

     

     

32,450

     

(16,181

)

 

Class Y

 

Issued

   

723,170

     

454,324

     

464,246

     

219,079

     

179,923,304

     

32,140,981

   

Reinvested

   

79,624

     

99,525

     

38,361

     

39,262

     

4,805,331

     

1,588,219

   

Redeemed

   

(1,688,841

)

   

(725,840

)

   

(125,470

)

   

(352,658

)

   

(38,433,801

)

   

(21,256,634

)

 

Total Class Y

   

(886,047

)

   

(171,991

)

   

377,137

     

(94,317

)

   

146,294,834

     

12,472,566

   

Member Class (a)

 

Issued

   

     

     

251,536

     

12,839

     

278,912

     

7,549

   

Reinvested

   

     

     

4,154

     

59

     

3,741

     

31

   

Redeemed

   

     

     

(11,298

)

   

     

(61,820

)

   

(899

)

 

Total Member Class

   

     

     

244,392

     

12,898

     

220,833

     

6,681

   

Change in Shares

   

(941,207

)

   

(517,281

)

   

622,389

     

130,761

     

164,910,747

     

8,894,874

   

(a)  Victory High Income Municipal Bond Fund and Victory Floating Rate Fund Member Class commenced operations on November 3, 2020.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 
    Victory
Strategic Income Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 

From Investment Activities:

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

1,780,687

   

$

1,095,766

   

Net realized gains (losses) from investments

   

624,266

     

3,530,799

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on
investments
   

(3,441,329

)

   

1,693,463

   

Change in net assets resulting from operations

   

(1,036,376

)

   

6,320,028

   

Distributions to Shareholders:

 

Class A

   

(1,764,730

)

   

(1,174,119

)

 

Class C

   

(188,531

)

   

(212,356

)

 

Class R

   

(109,173

)

   

(78,861

)

 

Class Y

   

(1,273,398

)

   

(1,372,240

)

 

Change in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

   

(3,335,832

)

   

(2,837,576

)

 

Change in net assets resulting from capital transactions

   

(31,910,382

)

   

52,004,480

   

Change in net assets

   

(36,282,590

)

   

55,486,932

   

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of period

   

106,519,333

     

51,032,401

   

End of period

 

$

70,236,743

   

$

106,519,333

   

(continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

  (continued)

    Victory
Strategic Income Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 

Capital Transactions:

 

Class A

 

Proceeds from shares issued

 

$

6,142,599

   

$

6,584,986

   

Distributions reinvested

   

495,717

     

249,590

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(5,965,516

)

   

(1,612,948

)

 

Total Class A

 

$

672,800

   

$

5,221,628

   

Class C

 

Proceeds from shares issued

 

$

34,132

   

$

1,041,663

   

Distributions reinvested

   

100,365

     

153,572

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(4,276,295

)

   

(1,365,907

)

 

Total Class C

 

$

(4,141,798

)

 

$

(170,672

)

 

Class R

 

Proceeds from shares issued

 

$

7,722

   

$

119,388

   

Distributions reinvested

   

9,755

     

9,184

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(103,373

)

   

(169,583

)

 

Total Class R

 

$

(85,896

)

 

$

(41,011

)

 

Class Y

 

Proceeds from shares issued

 

$

27,884,093

   

$

82,375,402

   

Distributions reinvested

   

1,154,781

     

1,284,394

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(57,394,362

)

   

(36,665,261

)

 

Total Class Y

 

$

(28,355,488

)

 

$

46,994,535

   

Change in net assets resulting from capital transactions

 

$

(31,910,382

)

 

$

52,004,480

   

Share Transactions:

 

Class A

 

Issued

   

568,189

     

608,160

   

Reinvested

   

46,742

     

23,022

   

Redeemed

   

(554,647

)

   

(150,322

)

 

Total Class A

   

60,284

     

480,860

   

Class C

 

Issued

   

3,162

     

98,031

   

Reinvested

   

9,440

     

14,102

   

Redeemed

   

(393,752

)

   

(128,480

)

 

Total Class C

   

(381,150

)

   

(16,347

)

 

Class R

 

Issued

   

724

     

10,816

   

Reinvested

   

917

     

845

   

Redeemed

   

(9,613

)

   

(15,565

)

 

Total Class R

   

(7,972

)

   

(3,904

)

 

Class Y

 

Issued

   

2,592,788

     

7,730,049

   

Reinvested

   

109,276

     

118,940

   

Redeemed

   

(5,398,797

)

   

(3,490,501

)

 

Total Class Y

   

(2,696,733

)

   

4,358,488

   

Change in Shares

   

(3,025,571

)

   

4,819,097

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Total
Distributions
 

Victory INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund

     

Class A

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

10.28

     

0.12

     

(0.16

)

   

(0.04

)

   

(0.16

)

   

(0.16

)

 

2020

 

$

9.72

     

0.16

     

0.61

     

0.77

     

(0.21

)

   

(0.21

)

 

2019

 

$

9.26

     

0.20

     

0.49

     

0.69

     

(0.23

)

   

(0.23

)

 

2018

 

$

9.59

     

0.21

     

(0.29

)

   

(0.08

)

   

(0.25

)

   

(0.25

)

 

2017

 

$

9.48

     

0.18

     

0.16

     

0.34

     

(0.23

)

   

(0.23

)

 

Class C

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

10.27

     

0.03

     

(0.16

)

   

(0.13

)

   

(0.07

)

   

(0.07

)

 

2020

 

$

9.72

     

0.08

     

0.59

     

0.67

     

(0.12

)

   

(0.12

)

 

2019

 

$

9.25

     

0.12

     

0.49

     

0.61

     

(0.14

)

   

(0.14

)

 

2018

 

$

9.58

     

0.13

     

(0.29

)

   

(0.16

)

   

(0.17

)

   

(0.17

)

 

2017

 

$

9.47

     

0.10

     

0.16

     

0.26

     

(0.15

)

   

(0.15

)

 

Class R

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

10.30

     

0.08

     

(0.16

)

   

(0.08

)

   

(0.12

)

   

(0.12

)

 

2020

 

$

9.75

     

0.12

     

0.59

     

0.71

     

(0.16

)

   

(0.16

)

 

2019

 

$

9.28

     

0.16

     

0.50

     

0.66

     

(0.19

)

   

(0.19

)

 

2018

 

$

9.61

     

0.18

     

(0.30

)

   

(0.12

)

   

(0.21

)

   

(0.21

)

 

2017

 

$

9.50

     

0.14

     

0.16

     

0.30

     

(0.19

)

   

(0.19

)

 

Class Y

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

10.27

     

0.14

     

(0.16

)

   

(0.02

)

   

(0.19

)

   

(0.19

)

 

2020

 

$

9.71

     

0.19

     

0.60

     

0.79

     

(0.23

)

   

(0.23

)

 

2019

 

$

9.25

     

0.22

     

0.49

     

0.71

     

(0.25

)

   

(0.25

)

 

2018

 

$

9.58

     

0.23

     

(0.29

)

   

(0.06

)

   

(0.27

)

   

(0.27

)

 

2017

 

$

9.47

     

0.20

     

0.16

     

0.36

     

(0.25

)

   

(0.25

)

 

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)
  Net
Expenses
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
  Gross
Expenses
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)
 

Victory INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund

 

Class A

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

10.08

     

(0.37

)%

   

0.90

%

   

1.17

%

   

1.29

%

 

$

19,292

     

67

%

 

2020

 

$

10.28

     

7.94

%

   

0.90

%

   

1.60

%

   

1.27

%

 

$

21,423

     

80

%

 

2019

 

$

9.72

     

7.49

%

   

0.90

%

   

2.13

%

   

1.23

%

 

$

22,004

     

92

%

 

2018

 

$

9.26

     

(0.80

)%

   

0.90

%

   

2.27

%

   

1.13

%

 

$

24,049

     

115

%

 

2017

 

$

9.59

     

3.62

%

   

0.90

%

   

1.86

%

   

1.07

%

 

$

31,306

     

70

%

 

Class C

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

10.07

     

(1.23

)%

   

1.77

%

   

0.33

%

   

3.67

%

 

$

484

     

67

%

 

2020

 

$

10.27

     

6.89

%

   

1.77

%

   

0.76

%

   

2.39

%

 

$

2,526

     

80

%

 

2019

 

$

9.72

     

6.65

%

   

1.77

%

   

1.28

%

   

2.23

%

 

$

2,824

     

92

%

 

2018

 

$

9.25

     

(1.66

)%

   

1.77

%

   

1.42

%

   

2.10

%

 

$

3,634

     

115

%

 

2017

 

$

9.58

     

2.74

%

   

1.77

%

   

0.99

%

   

1.91

%

 

$

6,127

     

70

%

 

Class R

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

10.10

     

(0.77

)%

   

1.30

%

   

0.76

%

   

1.81

%

 

$

3,210

     

67

%

 

2020

 

$

10.30

     

7.37

%

   

1.30

%

   

1.16

%

   

1.84

%

 

$

3,603

     

80

%

 

2019

 

$

9.75

     

7.14

%

   

1.30

%

   

1.71

%

   

1.83

%

 

$

3,362

     

92

%

 

2018

 

$

9.28

     

(1.20

)%

   

1.30

%

   

1.88

%

   

1.69

%

 

$

3,192

     

115

%

 

2017

 

$

9.61

     

3.16

%

   

1.30

%

   

1.44

%

   

1.65

%

 

$

3,940

     

70

%

 

Class Y

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

10.06

     

(0.22

)%

   

0.66

%

   

1.42

%

   

1.53

%

 

$

1,634

     

67

%

 

2020

 

$

10.27

     

8.21

%

   

0.66

%

   

1.91

%

   

1.31

%

 

$

2,770

     

80

%

 

2019

 

$

9.71

     

7.76

%

   

0.66

%

   

2.35

%

   

1.24

%

 

$

3,412

     

92

%

 

2018

 

$

9.25

     

(0.56

)%

   

0.66

%

   

2.51

%

   

1.12

%

 

$

3,265

     

115

%

 

2017

 

$

9.58

     

3.87

%

   

0.66

%

   

2.09

%

   

0.98

%

 

$

4,421

     

70

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Return of
Capital
 

Victory INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

     

Class A

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

10.20

     

0.09

     

(0.02

)

   

0.07

     

(0.11

)

   

   

2020

 

$

9.99

     

0.14

     

0.24

     

0.38

     

(0.14

)

   

(0.03

)

 

2019

 

$

9.86

     

0.19

     

0.15

     

0.34

     

(0.20

)

   

(0.01

)

 

2018

 

$

9.99

     

0.16

     

(0.08

)

   

0.08

     

(0.21

)

   

   

2017

 

$

10.03

     

0.12

     

0.02

     

0.14

     

(0.18

)

   

   

Class C

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

10.20

     

0.01

     

(0.02

)

   

(0.01

)

   

(0.03

)

   

   

2020

 

$

9.99

     

0.08

     

0.22

     

0.30

     

(0.07

)

   

(0.02

)

 

2019

 

$

9.85

     

0.12

     

0.16

     

0.28

     

(0.14

)

   

(c)

 

2018

 

$

9.99

     

0.09

     

(0.09

)

   

(c)

   

(0.14

)

   

   

2017

 

$

10.02

     

0.04

     

0.03

     

0.07

     

(0.10

)

   

   

Class R

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

10.20

     

0.05

     

(0.02

)

   

0.03

     

(0.07

)

   

   

2020

 

$

9.99

     

0.10

     

0.24

     

0.34

     

(0.10

)

   

(0.03

)

 

2019

 

$

9.86

     

0.15

     

0.15

     

0.30

     

(0.16

)

   

(0.01

)

 

2018

 

$

9.99

     

0.12

     

(0.08

)

   

0.04

     

(0.17

)

   

   

2017

 

$

10.02

     

0.08

     

0.03

     

0.11

     

(0.14

)

   

   

Class Y

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

10.20

     

0.11

     

(0.01

)

   

0.10

     

(0.14

)

   

   

2020

 

$

9.99

     

0.17

     

0.23

     

0.40

     

(0.15

)

   

(0.04

)

 

2019

 

$

9.86

     

0.21

     

0.16

     

0.37

     

(0.23

)

   

(0.01

)

 

2018

 

$

10.00

     

0.19

     

(0.10

)

   

0.09

     

(0.23

)

   

   

2017

 

$

10.03

     

0.15

     

0.02

     

0.17

     

(0.20

)

   

   

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(c)  Amount is less than $0.005 per share.

See notes to financial statements.

 


96


 

Victory Portfolios

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)
  Net
Expenses
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
  Gross
Expenses
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)
 

Victory INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

 

Class A

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.11

)

 

$

10.16

     

0.71

%

   

0.85

%

   

0.87

%

   

0.95

%

 

$

76,901

     

58

%

 

2020

   

(0.17

)

 

$

10.20

     

3.85

%

   

0.85

%

   

1.39

%

   

0.95

%

 

$

70,357

     

85

%

 

2019

   

(0.21

)

 

$

9.99

     

3.51

%

   

0.85

%

   

1.93

%

   

0.95

%

 

$

61,972

     

50

%

 

2018

   

(0.21

)

 

$

9.86

     

0.73

%

   

0.85

%

   

1.66

%

   

0.90

%

 

$

96,210

     

45

%

 

2017

   

(0.18

)

 

$

9.99

     

1.47

%

   

0.85

%

   

1.21

%

   

0.90

%

 

$

149,287

     

62

%

 

Class C

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.03

)

 

$

10.16

     

(0.07

)%

   

1.62

%

   

0.10

%

   

1.91

%

 

$

5,528

     

58

%

 

2020

   

(0.09

)

 

$

10.20

     

3.05

%

   

1.62

%

   

0.76

%

   

1.72

%

 

$

23,504

     

85

%

 

2019

   

(0.14

)

 

$

9.99

     

2.81

%

   

1.62

%

   

1.17

%

   

1.70

%

 

$

38,969

     

50

%

 

2018

   

(0.14

)

 

$

9.85

     

(0.04

)%

   

1.62

%

   

0.88

%

   

1.68

%

 

$

62,103

     

45

%

 

2017

   

(0.10

)

 

$

9.99

     

0.70

%

   

1.62

%

   

0.44

%

   

1.65

%

 

$

82,847

     

62

%

 

Class R

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.07

)

 

$

10.16

     

0.29

%

   

1.27

%

   

0.45

%

   

2.30

%

 

$

1,214

     

58

%

 

2020

   

(0.13

)

 

$

10.20

     

3.41

%

   

1.27

%

   

0.99

%

   

2.38

%

 

$

1,129

     

85

%

 

2019

   

(0.17

)

 

$

9.99

     

3.17

%

   

1.27

%

   

1.50

%

   

2.13

%

 

$

1,147

     

50

%

 

2018

   

(0.17

)

 

$

9.86

     

0.31

%

   

1.27

%

   

1.20

%

   

1.87

%

 

$

1,554

     

45

%

 

2017

   

(0.14

)

 

$

9.99

     

1.05

%

   

1.27

%

   

0.79

%

   

1.68

%

 

$

2,078

     

62

%

 

Class Y

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.14

)

 

$

10.16

     

0.94

%

   

0.62

%

   

1.10

%

   

0.67

%

 

$

133,644

     

58

%

 

2020

   

(0.19

)

 

$

10.20

     

4.08

%

   

0.62

%

   

1.64

%

   

0.68

%

 

$

165,330

     

85

%

 

2019

   

(0.24

)

 

$

9.99

     

3.76

%

   

0.62

%

   

2.12

%

   

0.69

%

 

$

164,509

     

50

%

 

2018

   

(0.23

)

 

$

9.86

     

0.96

%

   

0.62

%

   

1.87

%

   

0.68

%

 

$

180,034

     

45

%

 

2017

   

(0.20

)

 

$

10.00

     

1.71

%

   

0.62

%

   

1.44

%

   

0.65

%

 

$

271,294

     

62

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


97


 

Victory Portfolios

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Total
Distributions
 

Victory High Yield Fund

     

Class A

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

6.83

     

0.36

     

(0.03

)

   

0.33

     

(0.37

)

   

(0.37

)

 

2020

 

$

6.73

     

0.37

     

0.10

     

0.47

     

(0.37

)

   

(0.37

)

 

2019

 

$

6.20

     

0.37

     

0.54

     

0.91

     

(0.38

)

   

(0.38

)

 

2018

 

$

6.57

     

0.39

     

(0.37

)

   

0.02

     

(0.39

)

   

(0.39

)

 

2017

 

$

6.34

     

0.39

     

0.22

     

0.61

     

(0.38

)

   

(0.38

)

 

Class C

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

6.85

     

0.31

     

(0.03

)

   

0.28

     

(0.32

)

   

(0.32

)

 

2020

 

$

6.75

     

0.33

     

0.10

     

0.43

     

(0.33

)

   

(0.33

)

 

2019

 

$

6.21

     

0.33

     

0.54

     

0.87

     

(0.33

)

   

(0.33

)

 

2018

 

$

6.58

     

0.34

     

(0.36

)

   

(0.02

)

   

(0.35

)

   

(0.35

)

 

2017

 

$

6.35

     

0.34

     

0.23

     

0.57

     

(0.34

)

   

(0.34

)

 

Class R

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

6.85

     

0.34

     

(0.03

)

   

0.31

     

(0.35

)

   

(0.35

)

 

2020

 

$

6.75

     

0.35

     

0.10

     

0.45

     

(0.35

)

   

(0.35

)

 

2019

 

$

6.22

     

0.35

     

0.53

     

0.88

     

(0.35

)

   

(0.35

)

 

2018

 

$

6.59

     

0.37

     

(0.37

)

   

(c)

   

(0.37

)

   

(0.37

)

 

2017

 

$

6.35

     

0.37

     

0.23

     

0.60

     

(0.36

)

   

(0.36

)

 

Class Y

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

6.80

     

0.38

     

(0.04

)

   

0.34

     

(0.38

)

   

(0.38

)

 

2020

 

$

6.70

     

0.39

     

0.10

     

0.49

     

(0.39

)

   

(0.39

)

 

2019

 

$

6.17

     

0.39

     

0.53

     

0.92

     

(0.39

)

   

(0.39

)

 

2018

 

$

6.54

     

0.41

     

(0.37

)

   

0.04

     

(0.41

)

   

(0.41

)

 

2017

 

$

6.31

     

0.40

     

0.23

     

0.63

     

(0.40

)

   

(0.40

)

 

*  Includes adjustments in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(c)  Amount is less than $0.005 per share.

See notes to financial statements.

 


98


 

Victory Portfolios

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)*
  Net
Expenses
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
  Gross
Expenses
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)
 

Victory High Yield Fund

 

Class A

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

6.79

     

4.86

%

   

1.00

%

   

5.22

%

   

1.08

%

 

$

49,271

     

67

%

 

2020

 

$

6.83

     

7.61

%

   

1.00

%

   

5.85

%

   

1.12

%

 

$

38,735

     

124

%

 

2019

 

$

6.73

     

14.90

%

   

1.00

%

   

5.70

%

   

1.12

%

 

$

31,602

     

87

%

 

2018

 

$

6.20

     

0.28

%

   

1.00

%

   

6.01

%

   

1.12

%

 

$

23,797

     

87

%

 

2017

 

$

6.57

     

9.93

%

   

1.00

%

   

5.99

%

   

1.13

%

 

$

21,882

     

174

%

 

Class C

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

6.81

     

4.11

%

   

1.70

%

   

4.51

%

   

1.78

%

 

$

32,889

     

67

%

 

2020

 

$

6.85

     

6.84

%

   

1.70

%

   

5.14

%

   

1.81

%

 

$

25,957

     

124

%

 

2019

 

$

6.75

     

14.24

%

   

1.70

%

   

5.00

%

   

1.82

%

 

$

21,163

     

87

%

 

2018

 

$

6.21

     

(0.43

)%

   

1.70

%

   

5.29

%

   

1.84

%

 

$

19,432

     

87

%

 

2017

 

$

6.58

     

9.19

%

   

1.70

%

   

5.27

%

   

1.84

%

 

$

22,283

     

174

%

 

Class R

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

6.81

     

4.55

%

   

1.28

%

   

4.93

%

   

1.28

%

 

$

19,243

     

67

%

 

2020

 

$

6.85

     

7.24

%

   

1.33

%

   

5.51

%

   

1.33

%

 

$

19,248

     

124

%

 

2019

 

$

6.75

     

14.48

%

   

1.33

%

   

5.37

%

   

1.33

%

 

$

18,818

     

87

%

 

2018

 

$

6.22

     

(0.07

)%

   

1.35

%

   

5.64

%

   

1.35

%

 

$

17,595

     

87

%

 

2017

 

$

6.59

     

9.64

%

   

1.35

%

   

5.61

%

   

1.36

%

 

$

19,217

     

174

%

 

Class Y

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

6.76

     

5.15

%

   

0.76

%

   

5.49

%

   

0.84

%

 

$

237,385

     

67

%

 

2020

 

$

6.80

     

7.88

%

   

0.76

%

   

6.11

%

   

0.90

%

 

$

168,677

     

124

%

 

2019

 

$

6.70

     

15.25

%

   

0.76

%

   

5.96

%

   

0.92

%

 

$

108,171

     

87

%

 

2018

 

$

6.17

     

0.52

%

   

0.76

%

   

6.32

%

   

0.97

%

 

$

21,060

     

87

%

 

2017

 

$

6.54

     

10.24

%

   

0.76

%

   

6.27

%

   

1.04

%

 

$

5,213

     

174

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


99


 

Victory Portfolios

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Net Realized
Gains from
Investments
 

Victory Tax-Exempt Fund

     

Class A

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

9.94

     

0.27

     

0.12

     

0.39

     

(0.32

)

   

(0.23

)

 

2020

 

$

9.84

     

0.29

     

0.23

     

0.52

     

(0.32

)

   

(0.10

)

 

2019

 

$

9.47

     

0.30

     

0.53

     

0.83

     

(0.34

)

   

(0.12

)

 

2018

 

$

9.91

     

0.36

     

(0.30

)

   

0.06

     

(0.36

)

   

(0.14

)

 

2017

 

$

9.65

     

0.36

     

0.39

     

0.75

     

(0.37

)

   

(0.12

)

 

Class C

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

9.94

     

0.20

     

0.11

     

0.31

     

(0.24

)

   

(0.23

)

 

2020

 

$

9.84

     

0.22

     

0.22

     

0.44

     

(0.24

)

   

(0.10

)

 

2019

 

$

9.47

     

0.23

     

0.52

     

0.75

     

(0.26

)

   

(0.12

)

 

2018

 

$

9.90

     

0.28

     

(0.29

)

   

(0.01

)

   

(0.28

)

   

(0.14

)

 

2017

 

$

9.65

     

0.29

     

0.37

     

0.66

     

(0.29

)

   

(0.12

)

 

Class Y

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

9.94

     

0.29

     

0.11

     

0.40

     

(0.33

)

   

(0.23

)

 

2020

 

$

9.84

     

0.30

     

0.23

     

0.53

     

(0.33

)

   

(0.10

)

 

2019

 

$

9.46

     

0.30

     

0.55

     

0.85

     

(0.35

)

   

(0.12

)

 

2018

 

$

9.90

     

0.37

     

(0.30

)

   

0.07

     

(0.37

)

   

(0.14

)

 

2017

 

$

9.65

     

0.37

     

0.38

     

0.75

     

(0.38

)

   

(0.12

)

 

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

See notes to financial statements.

 


100


 

Victory Portfolios

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)
  Net
Expenses
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
  Gross
Expenses
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)
 

Victory Tax-Exempt Fund

 

Class A

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.55

)

 

$

9.78

     

3.94

%

   

0.80

%

   

2.74

%

   

1.03

%

 

$

35,312

     

6

%

 

2020

   

(0.42

)

 

$

9.94

     

5.39

%

   

0.80

%

   

3.00

%

   

1.04

%

 

$

32,001

     

44

%

 

2019

   

(0.46

)

 

$

9.84

     

8.82

%

   

0.80

%

   

3.04

%

   

1.02

%

 

$

30,251

     

64

%

 

2018

   

(0.50

)

 

$

9.47

     

0.69

%

   

0.80

%

   

3.68

%

   

0.97

%

 

$

29,993

     

42

%

 

2017

   

(0.49

)

 

$

9.91

     

7.89

%

   

0.80

%

   

3.70

%

   

0.96

%

 

$

37,570

     

84

%

 

Class C

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.47

)

 

$

9.78

     

3.13

%

   

1.60

%

   

2.01

%

   

2.38

%

 

$

2,037

     

6

%

 

2020

   

(0.34

)

 

$

9.94

     

4.56

%

   

1.60

%

   

2.28

%

   

1.91

%

 

$

6,497

     

44

%

 

2019

   

(0.38

)

 

$

9.84

     

7.97

%

   

1.60

%

   

2.34

%

   

1.82

%

 

$

11,259

     

64

%

 

2018

   

(0.42

)

 

$

9.47

     

(0.01

)%

   

1.60

%

   

2.88

%

   

1.78

%

 

$

17,986

     

42

%

 

2017

   

(0.41

)

 

$

9.90

     

6.92

%

   

1.60

%

   

2.89

%

   

1.74

%

 

$

26,520

     

84

%

 

Class Y

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.56

)

 

$

9.78

     

4.06

%

   

0.69

%

   

2.85

%

   

0.89

%

 

$

13,969

     

6

%

 

2020

   

(0.43

)

 

$

9.94

     

5.51

%

   

0.69

%

   

3.12

%

   

0.85

%

 

$

22,998

     

44

%

 

2019

   

(0.47

)

 

$

9.84

     

9.06

%

   

0.69

%

   

3.07

%

   

0.83

%

 

$

24,459

     

64

%

 

2018

   

(0.51

)

 

$

9.46

     

0.80

%

   

0.69

%

   

3.79

%

   

0.77

%

 

$

20,260

     

42

%

 

2017

   

(0.50

)

 

$

9.90

     

7.90

%

   

0.69

%

   

3.80

%

   

0.73

%

 

$

27,420

     

84

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


101


 

Victory Portfolios

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Net Realized
Gains from
Investments
 

Victory High Income Municipal Bond Fund

         

Class A

         

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

10.84

     

0.36

     

0.27

     

0.63

     

(0.38

)

   

   

2020

 

$

10.75

     

0.42

     

0.15

     

0.57

     

(0.39

)

   

(0.09

)

 

2019

 

$

10.39

     

0.35

     

0.47

     

0.82

     

(0.40

)

   

(0.06

)

 

2018

 

$

10.79

     

0.43

     

(0.40

)

   

0.03

     

(0.43

)

   

   

2017

 

$

10.35

     

0.46

     

0.44

     

0.90

     

(0.46

)

   

   

Class C

         

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

10.84

     

0.28

     

0.27

     

0.55

     

(0.30

)

   

   

2020

 

$

10.75

     

0.33

     

0.16

     

0.49

     

(0.31

)

   

(0.09

)

 

2019

 

$

10.39

     

0.28

     

0.46

     

0.74

     

(0.32

)

   

(0.06

)

 

2018

 

$

10.79

     

0.35

     

(0.40

)

   

(0.05

)

   

(0.35

)

   

   

2017

 

$

10.35

     

0.38

     

0.44

     

0.82

     

(0.38

)

   

   

Class Y

         

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

10.84

     

0.38

     

0.28

     

0.66

     

(0.41

)

   

   

2020

 

$

10.75

     

0.44

     

0.16

     

0.60

     

(0.42

)

   

(0.09

)

 

2019

 

$

10.39

     

0.38

     

0.47

     

0.85

     

(0.43

)

   

(0.06

)

 

2018

 

$

10.79

     

0.46

     

(0.40

)

   

0.06

     

(0.46

)

   

   

2017

 

$

10.35

     

0.48

     

0.44

     

0.92

     

(0.48

)

   

   

Member Class

         

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

10.84

     

0.34

     

0.31

     

0.65

     

(0.40

)

   

   
November 3, 2020 (e)
through
December 31, 2020
    $10.56      

0.12

     

0.31

     

0.43

     

(0.06

)

   

(0.09

)

 

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)  Annualized for periods less than one year.

(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(e)  Commencement of operations.

See notes to financial statements.

 


102


 

Victory Portfolios

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)(b)
  Net
Expenses(c)
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(c)
  Gross
Expenses(c)
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)(d)
 

Victory High Income Municipal Bond Fund

 

Class A

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.38

)

 

$

11.09

     

5.91

%

   

0.80

%

   

3.22

%

   

1.04

%

 

$

34,352

     

19

%

 

2020

   

(0.48

)

 

$

10.84

     

5.52

%

   

0.80

%

   

3.95

%

   

1.10

%

 

$

26,330

     

74

%

 

2019

   

(0.46

)

 

$

10.75

     

8.04

%

   

0.80

%

   

3.27

%

   

1.09

%

 

$

19,153

     

49

%

 

2018

   

(0.43

)

 

$

10.39

     

0.34

%

   

0.80

%

   

4.13

%

   

1.02

%

 

$

16,483

     

48

%

 

2017

   

(0.46

)

 

$

10.79

     

8.85

%

   

0.80

%

   

4.31

%

   

0.96

%

 

$

25,831

     

66

%

 

Class C

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.30

)

 

$

11.09

     

5.12

%

   

1.57

%

   

2.50

%

   

2.20

%

 

$

2,192

     

19

%

 

2020

   

(0.40

)

 

$

10.84

     

4.72

%

   

1.57

%

   

3.11

%

   

1.90

%

 

$

9,378

     

74

%

 

2019

   

(0.38

)

 

$

10.75

     

7.22

%

   

1.57

%

   

2.61

%

   

1.85

%

 

$

13,995

     

49

%

 

2018

   

(0.35

)

 

$

10.39

     

(0.43

)%

   

1.57

%

   

3.35

%

   

1.78

%

 

$

19,282

     

48

%

 

2017

   

(0.38

)

 

$

10.79

     

8.01

%

   

1.57

%

   

3.54

%

   

1.73

%

 

$

25,175

     

66

%

 

Class Y

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.41

)

 

$

11.09

     

6.16

%

   

0.57

%

   

3.40

%

   

0.85

%

 

$

14,087

     

19

%

 

2020

   

(0.51

)

 

$

10.84

     

5.76

%

   

0.57

%

   

4.14

%

   

0.93

%

 

$

9,682

     

74

%

 

2019

   

(0.49

)

 

$

10.75

     

8.29

%

   

0.57

%

   

3.56

%

   

0.88

%

 

$

10,620

     

49

%

 

2018

   

(0.46

)

 

$

10.39

     

0.57

%

   

0.57

%

   

4.36

%

   

0.78

%

 

$

11,683

     

48

%

 

2017

   

(0.48

)

 

$

10.79

     

9.10

%

   

0.57

%

   

4.55

%

   

0.73

%

 

$

26,864

     

66

%

 

Member Class

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.40

)

 

$

11.09

     

6.07

%

   

0.65

%

   

3.04

%

   

2.61

%

 

$

2,853

     

19

%

 
November 3, 2020 (e)
through
December 31, 2020
   

(0.15

)

 

$

10.84

     

4.12

%

   

0.65

%

   

6.78

%

   

42.32

%

 

$

140

     

74

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


103


 

Victory Portfolios

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Total
Distributions
 

Victory Floating Rate Fund

     

Class A

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

9.34

     

0.36

     

(e)

   

0.36

     

(0.37

)

   

(0.37

)

 

2020

 

$

9.42

     

0.49

     

(0.08

)

   

0.41

     

(0.49

)

   

(0.49

)

 

2019

 

$

9.13

     

0.55

     

0.29

     

0.84

     

(0.55

)

   

(0.55

)

 

2018

 

$

9.60

     

0.52

     

(0.47

)

   

0.05

     

(0.52

)

   

(0.52

)

 

2017

 

$

9.71

     

0.46

     

(0.10

)

   

0.36

     

(0.47

)

   

(0.47

)

 

Class C

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

9.34

     

0.29

     

(0.01

)

   

0.28

     

(0.29

)

   

(0.29

)

 

2020

 

$

9.42

     

0.43

     

(0.09

)

   

0.34

     

(0.42

)

   

(0.42

)

 

2019

 

$

9.14

     

0.48

     

0.28

     

0.76

     

(0.48

)

   

(0.48

)

 

2018

 

$

9.61

     

0.44

     

(0.47

)

   

(0.03

)

   

(0.44

)

   

(0.44

)

 

2017

 

$

9.72

     

0.38

     

(0.10

)

   

0.28

     

(0.39

)

   

(0.39

)

 

Class R

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

9.33

     

0.31

     

(e)

   

0.31

     

(0.31

)

   

(0.31

)

 

2020

 

$

9.41

     

0.45

     

(0.09

)

   

0.36

     

(0.44

)

   

(0.44

)

 

2019

 

$

9.13

     

0.50

     

0.28

     

0.78

     

(0.50

)

   

(0.50

)

 

2018

 

$

9.60

     

0.46

     

(0.46

)

   

(e)

   

(0.47

)

   

(0.47

)

 

2017

 

$

9.72

     

0.41

     

(0.12

)

   

0.29

     

(0.41

)

   

(0.41

)

 

Class Y

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

9.35

     

0.38

     

(0.01

)

   

0.37

     

(0.39

)

   

(0.39

)

 

2020

 

$

9.43

     

0.51

     

(0.08

)

   

0.43

     

(0.51

)

   

(0.51

)

 

2019

 

$

9.14

     

0.57

     

0.29

     

0.86

     

(0.57

)

   

(0.57

)

 

2018

 

$

9.61

     

0.54

     

(0.47

)

   

0.07

     

(0.54

)

   

(0.54

)

 

2017

 

$

9.72

     

0.48

     

(0.10

)

   

0.38

     

(0.49

)

   

(0.49

)

 

Member Class

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

9.34

     

0.38

     

(0.01

)

   

0.37

     

(0.38

)

   

(0.38

)

 
November 3, 2020 (f)
through
December 31, 2020
 

$

9.02

     

0.08

     

0.32

(g)

   

0.40

     

(0.08

)

   

(0.08

)

 

*  Includes adjustments in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)  Annualized for periods less than one year.

(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

See notes to financial statements.

 


104


 

Victory Portfolios

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)*(b)
  Net
Expenses(c)
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(c)
  Gross
Expenses(c)
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)(d)
 

Victory Floating Rate Fund

 

Class A

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

9.33

     

3.89

%

   

1.00

%

   

3.88

%

   

1.12

%

 

$

349,706

     

35

%

 

2020

 

$

9.34

     

4.81

%

   

1.00

%

   

5.54

%

   

1.17

%

 

$

164,864

     

54

%

 

2019

 

$

9.42

     

9.43

%

   

1.00

%

   

5.89

%

   

1.17

%

 

$

146,584

     

35

%

 

2018

 

$

9.13

     

0.43

%

   

1.00

%

   

5.41

%

   

1.14

%

 

$

118,672

     

48

%

 

2017

 

$

9.60

     

3.76

%

   

1.00

%

   

4.76

%

   

1.10

%

 

$

148,060

     

57

%

 

Class C

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

9.33

     

3.05

%

   

1.80

%

   

3.09

%

   

1.89

%

 

$

81,109

     

35

%

 

2020

 

$

9.34

     

3.96

%

   

1.80

%

   

4.81

%

   

1.94

%

 

$

94,885

     

54

%

 

2019

 

$

9.42

     

8.49

%

   

1.80

%

   

5.08

%

   

1.92

%

 

$

149,054

     

35

%

 

2018

 

$

9.14

     

(0.38

)%

   

1.80

%

   

4.60

%

   

1.90

%

 

$

211,462

     

48

%

 

2017

 

$

9.61

     

2.93

%

   

1.80

%

   

3.97

%

   

1.87

%

 

$

265,486

     

57

%

 

Class R

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

9.33

     

3.40

%

   

1.56

%

   

3.31

%

   

3.45

%

 

$

602

     

35

%

 

2020

 

$

9.33

     

4.23

%

   

1.56

%

   

5.01

%

   

6.20

%

 

$

300

     

54

%

 

2019

 

$

9.41

     

8.75

%

   

1.56

%

   

5.34

%

   

3.73

%

 

$

455

     

35

%

 

2018

 

$

9.13

     

(0.13

)%

   

1.56

%

   

4.84

%

   

2.99

%

 

$

716

     

48

%

 

2017

 

$

9.60

     

3.07

%

   

1.56

%

   

4.20

%

   

2.26

%

 

$

916

     

57

%

 

Class Y

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

9.33

     

4.01

%

   

0.78

%

   

4.08

%

   

0.86

%

 

$

1,768,900

     

35

%

 

2020

 

$

9.35

     

5.03

%

   

0.78

%

   

5.73

%

   

0.93

%

 

$

403,852

     

54

%

 

2019

 

$

9.43

     

9.65

%

   

0.78

%

   

6.10

%

   

0.92

%

 

$

289,796

     

35

%

 

2018

 

$

9.14

     

0.64

%

   

0.78

%

   

5.64

%

   

0.89

%

 

$

281,545

     

48

%

 

2017

 

$

9.61

     

3.98

%

   

0.78

%

   

4.99

%

   

0.88

%

 

$

276,195

     

57

%

 

Member Class

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

9.33

     

4.04

%

   

0.85

%

   

4.02

%

   

3.64

%

 

$

2,122

     

35

%

 
November 3, 2020 (f)
through
December 31, 2020
 

$

9.34

     

4.41

%

   

0.85

%

   

5.46

%

   

56.41

%

 

$

62

     

54

%

 

(e)  Amount is less than $0.005 per share.

(f)  Commencement of operations.

(g)  The amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period does not accord with the change in net assets resulting from operations during the period because of the timing of sales and purchases of fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values during the period.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
     
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net
Realized and
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) on
Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Net Realized
Gains from
Investments
  Return of
Capital
  Total
Distributions
 

Victory Strategic Income Fund

     

Class A

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

10.95

     

0.22

     

(0.24

)

   

(0.02

)

   

(0.22

)

   

(0.24

)

   

     

(0.46

)

 

2020

 

$

10.35

     

0.15

     

0.78

     

0.93

     

(0.15

)

   

(0.18

)

   

     

(0.33

)

 

2019

 

$

9.74

     

0.27

     

0.61

     

0.88

     

(0.25

)

   

     

(0.02

)

   

(0.27

)

 

2018

 

$

10.14

     

0.34

     

(0.41

)

   

(0.07

)

   

(0.33

)

   

     

     

(0.33

)

 

2017

 

$

9.99

     

0.33

     

0.17

     

0.50

     

(0.35

)

   

     

     

(0.35

)

 

Class C

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

11.01

     

0.13

     

(0.24

)

   

(0.11

)

   

(0.14

)

   

(0.24

)

   

     

(0.38

)

 

2020

 

$

10.40

     

0.06

     

0.80

     

0.86

     

(0.07

)

   

(0.18

)

   

     

(0.25

)

 

2019

 

$

9.79

     

0.19

     

0.61

     

0.80

     

(0.18

)

   

     

(0.01

)

   

(0.19

)

 

2018

 

$

10.19

     

0.26

     

(0.41

)

   

(0.15

)

   

(0.25

)

   

     

     

(0.25

)

 

2017

 

$

10.04

     

0.25

     

0.17

     

0.42

     

(0.27

)

   

     

     

(0.27

)

 

Class R

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

11.01

     

0.18

     

(0.25

)

   

(0.07

)

   

(0.18

)

   

(0.24

)

   

     

(0.42

)

 

2020

 

$

10.41

     

0.11

     

0.78

     

0.89

     

(0.11

)

   

(0.18

)

   

     

(0.29

)

 

2019

 

$

9.79

     

0.23

     

0.62

     

0.85

     

(0.22

)

   

     

(0.01

)

   

(0.23

)

 

2018

 

$

10.20

     

0.30

     

(0.42

)

   

(0.12

)

   

(0.29

)

   

     

     

(0.29

)

 

2017

 

$

10.04

     

0.29

     

0.18

     

0.47

     

(0.31

)

   

     

     

(0.31

)

 

Class Y

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

10.89

     

0.23

     

(0.23

)

   

(d)

   

(0.24

)

   

(0.24

)

   

     

(0.48

)

 

2020

 

$

10.29

     

0.16

     

0.80

     

0.96

     

(0.18

)

   

(0.18

)

   

     

(0.36

)

 

2019

 

$

9.69

     

0.29

     

0.61

     

0.90

     

(0.28

)

   

     

(0.02

)

   

(0.30

)

 

2018

 

$

10.09

     

0.36

     

(0.41

)

   

(0.05

)

   

(0.35

)

   

     

     

(0.35

)

 

2017

 

$

9.94

     

0.35

     

0.18

     

0.53

     

(0.38

)

   

     

     

(0.38

)

 

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(c)  Reflects an increase in trading activity due to asset allocation shifts.

(d)  Amount is less than $0.005 per share.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

           

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)
  Net
Expenses
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
  Gross
Expenses
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)
 

Victory Strategic Income Fund

 

Class A

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

10.47

     

(0.20

)%

   

0.95

%

   

2.07

%

   

1.07

%

 

$

39,795

     

201

%

 

2020

 

$

10.95

     

9.09

%

   

0.95

%

   

1.39

%

   

1.08

%

 

$

40,993

     

194

%(c)

 

2019

 

$

10.35

     

9.17

%

   

0.95

%

   

2.61

%

   

1.11

%

 

$

33,767

     

106

%

 

2018

 

$

9.74

     

(0.66

)%

   

0.95

%

   

3.46

%

   

1.09

%

 

$

32,053

     

115

%

 

2017

 

$

10.14

     

5.12

%

   

0.95

%

   

3.24

%

   

1.07

%

 

$

34,957

     

138

%

 

Class C

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

10.52

     

(1.07

)%

   

1.74

%

   

1.23

%

   

1.96

%

 

$

5,046

     

201

%

 

2020

 

$

11.01

     

8.28

%

   

1.74

%

   

0.59

%

   

1.96

%

 

$

9,477

     

194

%(c)

 

2019

 

$

10.40

     

8.26

%

   

1.74

%

   

1.83

%

   

2.00

%

 

$

9,126

     

106

%

 

2018

 

$

9.79

     

(1.45

)%

   

1.74

%

   

2.65

%

   

1.97

%

 

$

10,221

     

115

%

 

2017

 

$

10.19

     

4.27

%

   

1.74

%

   

2.44

%

   

1.89

%

 

$

11,671

     

138

%

 

Class R

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

10.52

     

(0.68

)%

   

1.34

%

   

1.66

%

   

1.61

%

 

$

2,772

     

201

%

 

2020

 

$

11.01

     

8.61

%

   

1.34

%

   

0.99

%

   

1.72

%

 

$

2,989

     

194

%(c)

 

2019

 

$

10.41

     

8.79

%

   

1.34

%

   

2.21

%

   

1.77

%

 

$

2,866

     

106

%

 

2018

 

$

9.79

     

(1.15

)%

   

1.34

%

   

3.05

%

   

1.70

%

 

$

2,761

     

115

%

 

2017

 

$

10.20

     

4.78

%

   

1.34

%

   

2.83

%

   

1.61

%

 

$

2,927

     

138

%

 

Class Y

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

10.41

     

0.01

%

   

0.74

%

   

2.18

%

   

0.93

%

 

$

22,624

     

201

%

 

2020

 

$

10.89

     

9.37

%

   

0.74

%

   

1.53

%

   

0.91

%

 

$

53,060

     

194

%(c)

 

2019

 

$

10.29

     

9.35

%

   

0.74

%

   

2.83

%

   

1.11

%

 

$

5,274

     

106

%

 

2018

 

$

9.69

     

(0.45

)%

   

0.74

%

   

3.72

%

   

1.06

%

 

$

4,798

     

115

%

 

2017

 

$

10.09

     

5.38

%

   

0.74

%

   

3.46

%

   

0.95

%

 

$

10,180

     

138

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


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  Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2021
 

1. Organization:

Victory Portfolios (the "Trust") is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and the Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end investment company. The Trust is comprised of 41 funds and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares, which are units of beneficial interest with a par value of $0.001 per share.

The accompanying financial statements are those of the following seven Funds (collectively, the "Funds" and individually, a "Fund"). Each Fund is classified as diversified under the 1940 Act.

Funds (Legal Name)

 

Funds (Short Name)

  Investment Share
Classes Offered
 
Victory INCORE Investment Quality
Bond Fund
  INCORE Investment Quality
Bond Fund
  A, C, R, and Y
 
 
Victory INCORE Low Duration
Bond Fund
  INCORE Low Duration
Bond Fund
  A, C, R, and Y
 
 

Victory High Yield Fund

 

High Yield Fund

 

A, C, R, and Y

 

Victory Tax-Exempt Fund

 

Tax-Exempt Fund

 

A, C, and Y

 
Victory High Income Municipal
Bond Fund
  High Income Municipal
Bond Fund
  A, C, Y, and
Member Class
 

Victory Floating Rate Fund

 

Floating Rate Fund

  A, C, R, Y, and
Member Class
 

Victory Strategic Income Fund

 

Strategic Income Fund

 

A, C, R, and Y

 

Each class of shares of a Fund has substantially identical rights and privileges except with respect to sales charges, fees paid under distribution plans, expenses allocable exclusively to each class of shares, voting rights on matters solely affecting a single class of shares, and the exchange privilege of each class of shares.

Under the Trust's organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with their vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Funds' maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund. However, based on experience, the Funds expect that risk of loss to be remote.

2. Significant Accounting Policies:

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies are in conformity with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"). The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses for the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Funds follow the specialized accounting and reporting requirements under GAAP that are applicable to investment companies under Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946.

Investment Valuation:

The Funds record investments at fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

 


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  Notes to Financial Statements — continued
December 31, 2021
 

The valuation techniques described below maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs in determining fair value. The inputs used for valuing the Funds' investments are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

• Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

• Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities or interest rates applicable to those securities, etc.)

• Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds' own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The inputs or methodologies used for valuation techniques are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with entering into those investments.

Victory Capital Management Inc. ("VCM" or the "Adviser") has established the Pricing and Liquidity Committee (the "Committee"), and subject to the Trust's Board of Trustees' (the "Board") oversight, the Committee administers and oversees the Funds' valuation policies and procedures, which are approved by the Board.

Portfolio securities listed or traded on securities exchanges, including exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), are valued at the closing price on the exchange or system where the security is principally traded, if available, or at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price. If there have been no sales for that day on the exchange or system, then a security is valued at the last available bid quotation on the exchange or system where the security is principally traded. In each of these situations, valuations are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at their net asset value ("NAV"). These valuations are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

Debt securities are valued each business day by a pricing service approved by the Board. The approved pricing service uses the evaluated bid or the last sale price to value securities. Debt obligations maturing within 60 days may be valued at amortized cost, provided that the amortized cost represents the fair value of such securities. These valuations are typically categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price established each day by the board of trade or an exchange on which they are traded. These valuations are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

Swap agreements are valued at the mean between the current bid and ask prices. To the extent this model is utilized, these valuations are considered as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

In the event that price quotations or valuations are not readily available, investments are valued at fair value in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision and responsibility of the Board. These valuations are typically categorized as Level 2 or Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy, based on the observability of inputs used to determine the fair value. The effect of fair value pricing is that securities may not be priced on the basis of quotations from the primary market in which they are traded and the actual price realized from the sale of a security may differ materially from the fair value price. Valuing these securities at fair value is intended to cause the Fund's NAV to be more reliable than it otherwise would be.

 


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  Notes to Financial Statements — continued
December 31, 2021
 

A summary of the valuations as of December 31, 2021, is included in the table below while the breakdown, by category, of investments is disclosed on the Schedules of Portfolio Investments:

   

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund

 

Asset-Backed Securities

 

$

   

$

886,276

   

$

   

$

886,276

   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

   

     

253,839

     

     

253,839

   

Preferred Stocks

   

1,223,010

     

26,476

     

     

1,249,486

   

Corporate Bonds

   

     

12,692,526

     

     

12,692,526

   

Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities

   

     

56,514

     

     

56,514

   

Yankee Dollars

   

     

2,537,280

     

     

2,537,280

   
U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed
Agencies
   

     

5,386,373

     

     

5,386,373

   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

   

     

867,782

     

     

867,782

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

1,398,374

     

     

     

1,398,374

   

Total

 

$

2,621,384

   

$

22,707,066

   

$

   

$

25,328,450

   

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Assets:

 

Credit Default Swap

 

$

   

$

258

   

$

   

$

258

   

Futures

   

2,631

     

     

     

2,631

   

Liabilities:

 

Futures

   

(5,876

)

   

     

     

(5,876

)

 

Total

 

$

(3,245

)

 

$

258

   

$

   

$

(2,987

)

 

INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

 

Asset-Backed Securities

 

$

   

$

12,554,789

   

$

   

$

12,554,789

   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

   

     

6,812,294

     

     

6,812,294

   

Preferred Stocks

   

6,936,195

     

225,777

     

     

7,161,972

   

Corporate Bonds

   

     

116,008,009

     

     

116,008,009

   

Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities

   

     

6,661,178

     

     

6,661,178

   

Yankee Dollars

   

     

26,328,603

     

     

26,328,603

   
U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed
Agencies
   

     

9,739,373

     

     

9,739,373

   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

   

     

6,683,967

     

     

6,683,967

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

6,079,110

     

     

     

6,079,110

   

Total

 

$

13,015,305

   

$

185,013,990

   

$

   

$

198,029,295

   

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Assets:

 

Credit Default Swap

 

$

   

$

41,511

   

$

   

$

41,511

   

Futures

   

24,865

     

     

     

24,865

   

Liabilities:

 

Futures

   

(29,168

)

   

     

     

(29,168

)

 

Total

 

$

(4,303

)

 

$

41,511

   

$

   

$

37,208

   

High Yield Fund

 

Common Stocks

 

$

2,208,326

   

$

   

$

38,128

   

$

2,246,454

   
Senior Secured Loans    

     

76,326,370

     

     

76,326,370

   

Corporate Bonds

   

     

229,760,652

     

     

229,760,652

   

Yankee Dollars

   

     

20,061,355

     

     

20,061,355

   

Exchange-Traded Funds

   

4,680,422

     

     

     

4,680,422

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

38,823,311

     

     

     

38,823,311

   

Total

 

$

45,712,059

   

$

326,148,377

   

$

38,128

   

$

371,898,564

   
 


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December 31, 2021
 
   

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Tax-Exempt Fund

 

Municipal Bonds

 

$

   

$

51,601,611

   

$

   

$

51,601,611

   

Total

 

$

   

$

51,601,611

   

$

   

$

51,601,611

   

High Income Municipal Bond Fund

 

Municipal Bonds

 

$

   

$

50,840,507

   

$

   

$

50,840,507

   

Exchange-Traded Funds

   

1,248,600

     

     

     

1,248,600

   

Total

 

$

1,248,600

   

$

50,840,507

   

$

   

$

52,089,107

   

Floating Rate Fund

 

Common Stocks

 

$

   

$

   

$

61,969

   

$

61,969

   
Warrants    

     

166,191

     

     

166,191

   
Senior Secured Loans    

     

1,823,601,388

     

     

1,823,601,388

   

Corporate Bonds

   

     

274,585,054

     

     

274,585,054

   

Yankee Dollars

   

     

19,167,570

     

     

19,167,570

   

Exchange-Traded Funds

   

35,816,788

     

     

     

35,816,788

   

Total

 

$

35,816,788

   

$

2,117,520,203

   

$

61,969

   

$

2,153,398,960

   

Strategic Income Fund

 

Asset-Backed Securities

 

$

   

$

707,938

   

$

   

$

707,938

   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

   

     

6,591,097

     

     

6,591,097

   

Corporate Bonds

   

     

41,717,852

     

     

41,717,852

   

Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities

   

     

120,103

     

     

120,103

   

Yankee Dollars

   

     

6,584,883

     

     

6,584,883

   
U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed
Agencies
   

     

45,490

     

     

45,490

   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

   

     

5,836,900

     

     

5,836,900

   

Exchange-Traded Funds

   

6,455,273

     

     

     

6,455,273

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

7,654,881

     

     

     

7,654,881

   

Total

 

$

14,110,154

   

$

61,604,263

   

$

   

$

75,714,417

   

Other Financial Investments^:

 

Assets:

 

Futures

 

$

8,230

   

$

   

$

   

$

8,230

   

Liabilities:

 

Credit Default Swap

   

     

(31,194

)

   

     

(31,194

)

 

Futures

   

(85,300

)

   

     

     

(85,300

)

 

Total

 

$

(77,070

)

 

$

(31,194

)

 

$

   

$

(108,264

)

 

^  Futures contracts and credit default swaps are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the investment.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, there were no significant transfers in or out of Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

Real Estate Investment Trusts ("REITs"):

The Funds may invest in REITs, which report information on the source of their distributions annually. REITs are pooled investment vehicles that invest primarily in income-producing real estate or real-estate related loans or interests (such as mortgages). Certain distributions received from REITs during the year are recorded as realized gains or return of capital as estimated by the Funds or when such information becomes known.

 


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Investment Companies:

Exchange-Traded Funds:

The Funds may invest in ETFs, the shares of which are bought and sold on a securities exchange. An ETF trades like common stock and represents a fixed portfolio of securities often designed to track the performance and dividend yield of a particular domestic or foreign market index. The Funds may purchase shares of an ETF to temporarily gain exposure to a portion of the U.S. or a foreign market while awaiting purchase of underlying securities. The risks of owning an ETF generally reflect the risks of owning the underlying securities they are designed to track, although the lack of liquidity of an ETF could result in it being more volatile. Additionally, ETFs have fees and expenses that reduce their value.

Open-End Funds:

The Funds may invest in portfolios of open-end investment companies. These investment companies value securities in their portfolios for which market quotations are readily available at their market values (generally the last reported sale price) and all other securities and assets at their fair value by the methods established by the board of directors of the underlying funds.

Securities Purchased on a Delayed-Delivery or When-Issued Basis:

The Funds may purchase securities on a when-issued basis. When-issued securities are securities purchased for delivery beyond normal settlement periods at a stated price and/or yield, thereby involving the risk that the price and/or yield obtained may be more or less than those available in the market when delivery takes place. At the time a Fund makes the commitment to purchase a security on a when-issued basis, the Fund records the transaction and reflects the value of the security in determining net asset value. No interest accrues to the Fund until the transaction settles and payment takes place. Normally, the settlement date occurs within one month of the purchase. A segregated account is established and the Fund maintains cash and/or marketable securities at least equal in value to commitments for when-issued securities. If a Fund owns when-issued securities, these values are included in Payable for investments purchased on the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities and the segregated assets are identified on the Schedules of Portfolio Investments.

Municipal Obligations:

The values of municipal obligations can fluctuate and may be affected by adverse tax, legislative, or political changes, and by financial developments affecting municipal issuers. Payment of municipal obligations may depend on a relatively limited source of revenue, resulting in greater credit risk. Future changes in federal tax laws or the activity of an issuer may adversely affect the tax-exempt status of municipal obligations.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities:

The values of some mortgage-related or asset-backed securities may be particularly sensitive to changes in prevailing interest rates. Early repayment of principal on some mortgage-related securities may expose the Fund to a lower rate of return upon reinvestment of principal. The values of mortgage- and asset-backed securities depend in part on the credit quality and adequacy of the underlying assets or collateral and may fluctuate in response to the market's perception of these factors as well as current and future repayment rates. Some mortgage-backed securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government (e.g., mortgage-backed securities issued by the Government National Mortgage Association, commonly known as "Ginnie Mae"), while other mortgage-backed securities (e.g., mortgage-backed securities issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, commonly known as "Fannie Mae" and "Freddie Mac," respectively), are backed only by the credit of the government entity issuing them. In addition, some mortgage-backed securities are issued by private entities and, as such, are not guaranteed by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality of the U.S. government.

 


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Loans:

Floating rate loans in which a Fund invests are primarily "senior" loans. Senior floating rate loans typically hold a senior position in the capital structures of the borrower, are typically secured by specific collateral, and have a claim on the assets and/or stock of the borrower that is senior to that held by subordinated debtholders and stockholders of the borrower. While these protections may reduce risk, these investments still present significant credit risk. A significant portion of a Fund's floating rate investments may be issued in connection with highly leveraged transactions such as leveraged buyouts, leveraged recapitalization loans, and other types of acquisition financing. Obligations in these types of transactions are subject to greater credit risk (including default and bankruptcy) than many other investments and may be, or become, illiquid. See the note below regarding below investment grade securities.

A Fund may purchase second-lien loans (secured loans with a claim on collateral subordinate to a senior lender's claim on such collateral), fixed rate loans, unsecured loans, and other debt obligations.

Transactions in loans often settle on a delayed basis, and a Fund may not receive the proceeds from the sale of a loan or pay for a loan purchase for a substantial period of time after entering into the transactions.

Below-Investment-Grade-Securities:

Certain Funds may invest in below investment grade securities (i.e., lower-quality, "junk" debt), which are subject to various risks. Lower-quality debt is considered to be speculative because it is less certain that the issuer will be able to pay interest or repay the principal than in the case of investment grade debt. These securities can involve a substantially greater risk of default than higher-rated securities, and their values can decline significantly over short periods of time. Lower-quality debt securities tend to be more sensitive to adverse news about their issuers, the market and the economy in general, than higher-quality debt securities. The market for these securities can be less liquid, especially during periods of recession or general market decline.

Derivative Instruments:

Futures Contracts:

The Funds may enter into contracts for the future delivery of securities or foreign currencies and futures contracts based on a specific security, class of securities, foreign currency or an index, and purchase or sell options on any such futures contracts. A futures contract on a securities index is an agreement obligating either party to pay, and entitling the other party to receive, while the contract is outstanding, cash payments based on the level of a specified securities index. No physical delivery of the underlying asset is made. The Funds may enter into futures contracts in an effort to hedge against market risks. The acquisition of put and call options on futures contracts will give the Funds the right (but not the obligation), for a specified price, to sell or to purchase the underlying futures contract, upon exercise of the option, at any time during the option period. Futures transactions involve brokerage costs and require the Funds to segregate assets to cover contracts that would require it to purchase securities or currencies. A good faith margin deposit, known as initial margin, of cash or government securities with a broker or custodian is required to initiate and maintain open positions in futures contracts. Subsequent payments, known as variation margin, are made or received by the Funds based on the change in the market value of the position and are recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation until the contract is closed out, at which time the gain or loss is realized. The Funds may lose the expected benefit of futures transactions if interest rates, exchange rates or securities prices change in an unanticipated manner. Such unanticipated changes may also result in lower overall performance than if the Funds had not entered into any futures transactions. In addition, the value of the Funds' futures positions may not prove to be perfectly or even highly correlated with the value of its portfolio securities or foreign currencies, limiting the Funds' ability to hedge effectively against interest rate, exchange rate and/or market risk and giving rise to additional risks. There is no assurance of liquidity in the secondary market for purposes of closing out futures positions. The collateral held by the Funds is reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities under Deposit with broker for futures contracts.

 


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Management has determined that no offsetting requirements exist as a result of their conclusion that the Funds are not subject to master netting agreements for futures contracts.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Funds entered into futures contracts primarily for the strategy of hedging or other purposes, including but not limited to, providing liquidity and equitizing cash.

Credit Derivatives:

The Funds may enter into credit derivatives, including centrally cleared credit default swaps on individual obligations or credit indices. The Funds may use these investments (i) as alternatives to direct long or short investment in a particular security or securities, (ii) to adjust the Funds' asset allocation or risk exposure, or (iii) for hedging purposes. The use by the Funds of centrally cleared credit default swaps may have the effect of creating a short position in a security. Credit derivatives can create investment leverage and may create additional investment risks that may subject the Funds to greater volatility than investments in more traditional securities, as described in the Funds' Statement of Additional Information.

Centrally cleared credit default swap ("CDS") agreements on credit indices involve one party making a stream of payments (referred to as the buyer of protection) to another party (the seller of protection) in exchange for the right to receive a specified return in the event of a write-down, principal shortfall, interest shortfall or default of all or part of the referenced entities comprising the credit index. A credit index is a basket of credit instruments or exposures designed to be representative of a specific sector of the credit market as a whole. These indices are made up of reference credits that are judged by a poll of dealers to be the most liquid entities in the CDS.

The counterparty risk for cleared swap agreements is generally lower than uncleared over-the-counter swap agreements because generally a clearing organization becomes substituted for each counterparty to a centrally cleared swap agreement and, in effect, guarantees each party's performance under the contract as each party to a trade looks only to the clearing organization for performance of financial obligations. However, there can be no assurance that the clearing organization, or its members, will satisfy its obligations to the Fund.

The Funds may enter into CDS agreements either as a buyer or seller. The Funds may buy protection under a CDS to attempt to mitigate the risk of default or credit quality deterioration in one or more individual holdings or in a segment of the fixed income securities market. The Funds may sell protection under a CDS in an attempt to gain exposure to an underlying issuer's credit quality characteristics without investing directly in that issuer.

For swaps entered with an individual counterparty, the Funds bear the risk of loss of the uncollateralized amount expected to be received under a CDS agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of the counterparty. CDS agreements are generally valued at a price at which the counterparty to such agreement would terminate the agreement. The Funds may also enter into cleared swaps.

Upon entering into a cleared CDS, the Funds may be required to deposit with the broker an amount of cash or cash equivalents in the range of approximately 3% to 6% of the notional amount for CDS on high yield debt issuers (this amount is subject to change by the clearing organization that clears the trade). This amount, known as "initial margin," is in the nature of a performance bond or good faith deposit on the CDS and is returned to a Fund upon termination of the CDS, assuming all contractual obligations have been satisfied. Subsequent payments, known as "variation margin," to and from the broker will be made daily as the price of the CDS fluctuates, making the long and short positions in the CDS contract more or less valuable, a process known as "marking-to-market". The premium (discount) payments are built into the daily price of the CDS and thus are amortized through the variation margin. The variation margin payment also includes the daily portion of the periodic payment stream.

The maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) that the Funds as a seller of protection could be required to make under a CDS agreement equals the notional amount of the agreement. Notional amounts of each individual CDS agreement outstanding as of period end for which the Funds are the sellers of protection are disclosed on the Schedules of Portfolio Investments. These

 


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potential amounts would be partially offset by any recovery values of the respective referenced obligations, upfront payments received upon entering into the agreement, periodic interest payments, or net amounts received from the settlement of buy protection CDS agreements entered into by the Fund for the same referenced entity or entities. The collateral held by the Funds is reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities under Deposit with broker for swap agreements.

Management has determined that no offsetting requirements exist as a result of their conclusion that the Funds are not subject to master netting agreements for swap agreements.

As of December 31, 2021, the INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund, INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund and Strategic Income Fund entered into centrally cleared CDS agreements primarily for the strategy of asset allocation and risk exposure.

Summary of Derivative Instruments:

The following table summarizes the fair values of derivative instruments on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, categorized by risk exposure, as of December 31, 2021:

   

Assets

 

Liabilities

 
    Variation Margin
Receivable on Open
Futures Contracts*
  Variation Margin
Receivable on Open
Swap Contracts*
  Variation Margin
Payable on Open
Futures Contracts*
  Variation Margin
Payable on Open
Swap Contracts*
 

Credit Risk Exposure:

 
INCORE Investment
Quality Bond Fund
 

$

   

$

258

   

$

   

$

   
INCORE Low Duration
Bond Fund
   

     

41,511

     

     

   

Strategic Income Fund

   

     

     

     

31,194

   

 

   

Assets

 

Liabilities

 
    Variation Margin
Receivable on Open
Futures Contracts*
  Variation Margin
Payable on Open
Futures Contracts*
 

Currency Risk Exposure:

 

INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund

 

$

2,600

   

$

   

INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

   

20,280

     

   

Equity Risk Exposure:

 
INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund    

     

1,400

   

Interest Rate Risk Exposure:

 
INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund    

31

     

4,476

   
INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund    

4,585

     

29,168

   

Strategic Income Fund

   

8,230

     

85,300

   

*  Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts and swap agreements as reported on the Schedules of Portfolio Investments. Only current day's variation margin for both futures contracts and swap agreements is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 


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The following table presents the effect of derivative instruments on the Statements of Operations, categorized by risk exposure, for the year ended December 31, 2021:

    Net Realized Gains (Losses)
on Derivatives
Recognized as a
Result from Operations
  Net Change in Unrealized
Appreciation/Depreciation
on Derivatives Recognized
as a Result of Operations
 
    Net Realized
Gains (Losses)
from Futures
Contracts
  Net Realized
Gains (Losses)
from Swap
Agreements
  Net Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
on Futures
Contracts
  Net Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
on Swap
Agreements
 

Credit Risk Exposure:

 

INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund

 

$

   

$

43,436

   

$

   

$

258

   

INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

   

     

280,211

     

     

41,511

   

Strategic Income Fund

   

     

74,546

     

     

(31,194

)

 

Currency Risk Exposure:

 

INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund

   

19,209

     

     

2,600

     

   

INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

   

157,653

     

     

20,280

     

   

Equity Risk Exposure:

 

INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund

   

(131

)

   

     

(1,400

)

   

   

Interest Rate Risk Exposure:

 
INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund    

(62,106

)

   

     

(6,860

)

   

   
INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund    

396,821

     

     

(4,808

)

   

   

Strategic Income Fund

   

(176,808

)

   

     

(49,102

)

   

   

All open derivative positions at year end are reflected on each respective Fund's Schedule of Portfolio Investments. The underlying face value of open derivative positions relative to each Fund's net assets at year end is generally representative of the notional amount of open positions to net assets throughout the year.

Investment Transactions and Related Income:

Changes in holdings of investments are accounted for no later than one business day following the trade date. For financial reporting purposes, however, investment transactions are accounted for on trade date or the last business day of the reporting period. Interest income is determined on the basis of coupon interest accrued using the effective interest method which adjusts, where applicable, the amortization of premiums or accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Gains or losses realized on sales of securities are recorded on the identified cost basis. Paydown gains or losses on applicable securities, if any, are recorded as components of Interest income on the Statements of Operations.

The Funds may receive other income from investments in loan assignments and/or unfunded commitments, including amendment fees, consent fees, and commitment fees. These fees are recorded as income when received. These amounts, if received, are included in Interest income on the Statements of Operations.

Securities Lending:

The Funds, through a Securities Lending Agreement with Citibank, N.A. ("Citibank"), may lend their securities to qualified financial institutions, such as certain broker-dealers and banks, to earn additional income, net of income retained by Citibank. Borrowers are required to initially secure their loans for collateral in the amount of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned or at least 105% of the value of non-U.S. securities loaned, marked-to-market daily. Any collateral shortfalls associated with increases in the valuation of the securities loaned are generally cured the next business day. The collateral can be received in the form of cash collateral and/or non-cash collateral. Non-cash collateral can include U.S. Government Securities and other securities as permitted by Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") guidelines. The cash collateral is invested in short-term instruments or cash

 


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equivalents, primarily open-end investment companies, as noted on the Funds' Schedules of Portfolio Investments. The Funds effectively do not have control of the non-cash collateral and therefore it is not disclosed on the Funds' Schedules of Portfolio Investments. Collateral requirements are determined daily based on the value of the Funds' securities on loan as of the end of the prior business day. During the time portfolio securities are on loan, the borrower will pay the Funds any dividends or interest paid on such securities plus any fee negotiated between the parties to the lending agreement. The Funds also earn a return from the collateral. The Funds pay Citibank various fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral and fees based on the investment income received from securities lending activities. Securities lending income (net of these fees) is disclosed on the Statements of Operations. Loans are terminable upon demand and the borrower must return the loaned securities within the lesser of one standard settlement period or five business days. Although risk is mitigated by the collateral, a Fund could experience a delay in recovering its securities and possible loss of income or value if the borrower fails to return them. In addition, there is a risk that the value of the short-term investments will be less than the amount of cash collateral required to be returned to the borrower.

The Funds' agreement with Citibank does not include master netting provisions. Non-cash collateral received by the Funds may not be sold or repledged, except to satisfy borrower default.

The following table is a summary of the Funds' securities lending transactions as of December 31, 2021.

    Value of
Securities on Loan
 

Non-Cash Collateral

 

Cash Collateral

 
INCORE Investment Quality
Bond Fund
 

$

1,366,812

   

$

   

$

1,398,374

   
INCORE Low Duration
Bond Fund
   

5,943,432

     

     

6,079,110

   

High Yield Fund

   

37,201,728

     

     

38,823,311

   

Strategic Income Fund

   

7,446,153

     

     

7,654,881

   

Federal Income Taxes:

It is each Fund's policy to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined in applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code, and to make distributions of net investment income and net realized gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial statements. The Funds have a tax year end of December 31.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Funds did not incur any income tax, interest, or penalties, and has recorded no liability for net unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions.

Management of the Funds has reviewed tax positions taken in tax years that remain subject to examination by all major tax jurisdictions, including federal (i.e., the last four tax years, which includes the current fiscal tax year end). Management believes that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken.

Allocations:

Expenses directly attributable to a Fund are charged to that Fund, while expenses that are attributable to more than one fund in the Trust, or jointly with an affiliated trust, are allocated among the respective funds in the Trust and/or an affiliated trust based upon net assets or another appropriate basis.

Income, expenses (other than class-specific expenses such as transfer agent fees, state registration fees, 12b-1 fees, and printing fees), and realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets on the date income is earned or expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are incurred.

Cross-Trade Transactions:

Pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act, the Funds may engage in securities transactions with affiliated investment companies and advisory accounts managed by the Adviser and any applicable sub-adviser. Any such purchase or sale transaction must be effected without brokerage commission or

 


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other remuneration, except for customary transfer fees. The transaction must be effected at the current market price, which is either the security's last sale price on an exchange or, if there are no transactions in the security that day, at the average of the highest bid and lowest asked price. For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Fund engaged in the following securities transactions with affiliated funds, which resulted in the following net realized gains (losses):

   

Purchases

 

Sales

  Net Realized
Gains (Losses)
 

Tax-Exempt Fund

 

$

3,000,000

   

$

2,200,000

   

$

   

High Income Municipal Bond Fund

   

4,263,720

     

6,800,000

     

   

3. Purchases and Sales:

Purchases and sales of securities (excluding securities maturing less than one year from acquisition) for the year ended December 31, 2021, were as follows.

    Excluding
U.S. Government Securities
 

U.S. Government Securities

 
   

Purchases

 

Sales

 

Purchases

 

Sales

 
INCORE Investment Quality
Bond Fund
 

$

7,246,185

   

$

10,186,711

   

$

10,146,395

   

$

12,598,521

   
INCORE Low Duration
Bond Fund
   

103,594,330

     

75,939,016

     

23,952,864

     

110,697,537

   

High Yield Fund

   

280,250,943

     

188,688,320

     

     

   

Tax-Exempt Fund

   

3,080,080

     

14,374,869

     

     

   
High Income Municipal
Bond Fund
   

15,760,921

     

9,005,491

     

     

   
Floating Rate Fund    

2,058,093,059

     

545,654,150

     

     

   

Strategic Income Fund

   

154,708,837

     

167,657,870

     

16,773,896

     

36,734,244

   

4. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties:

Investment Advisory Fees:

Investment advisory services are provided to the Funds by the Adviser, which is a New York corporation registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. The Adviser is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded Delaware corporation, and a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Victory Capital Operating, LLC.

VCM has entered into a Sub-Advisory Agreement with Park Avenue Institutional Advisers LLC ("Park Avenue"). Park Avenue is responsible for providing day-to-day investment advisory services to the High Yield Fund, the Floating Rate Fund and the Strategic Income Fund, subject to the oversight of the Board.

Under the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Adviser is entitled to receive fees based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of each Fund. The rates at which the Adviser is paid by each Fund are included in the table below.

   

Flat Rate

 

INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund

   

0.50

%

 

INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

   

0.45

%

 

High Yield Fund

   

0.60

%

 

Tax-Exempt Fund

   

0.50

%

 

High Income Municipal Bond Fund

   

0.50

%

 

Floating Rate Fund

   

0.65

%

 

Strategic Income Fund

   

0.60

%

 

Amounts incurred and paid to VCM for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Investment advisory fees.

 


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Administration and Servicing Fees:

VCM also serves as the Funds' administrator and fund accountant. Under the Administration and Fund Accounting Agreement, VCM is entitled to receive fees based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of the Trust, Victory Variable Insurance Funds and Victory Portfolios II. The tiered rates at which VCM is paid by the Funds are shown in the table below:

  Net Assets  

Up to $15 billion

 

$15 billion — $30 billion

 

Over $30 billion

 
 

0.08

%, plus

   

0.05

%, plus

   

0.04

%

 

Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Administration fees.

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. ("Citi"), an affiliate of Citibank, acts as sub-administrator and sub-fund accountant to the Funds pursuant to the Sub-Administration and Sub-Fund Accounting Services Agreement between VCM and Citi. VCM pays Citi a fee for providing these services. The Trust reimburses VCM and Citi for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services and certain other expenses specifically allocated to the Funds. Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Sub-Administration fees.

The Funds (as part of the Trust) have entered into an agreement with the Adviser to provide compliance services, pursuant to which the Adviser furnishes its compliance personnel, including the services of the Chief Compliance Officer ("CCO"), and other resources reasonably necessary to provide the Trust with compliance oversight services related to the design, administration, and oversight of a compliance program for the Trust in accordance with Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act. The CCO is an employee of the Adviser, which pays the compensation of the CCO and support staff. The funds in the Trust, Victory Variable Insurance Funds, Victory Portfolios II, and USAA Mutual Funds (collectively, the "Victory Funds Complex") in the aggregate, compensate the Adviser for these services. Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Compliance fees.

Transfer Agency Fees:

FIS Investor Services, LLC ("FIS") serves as the Funds' transfer agent. Under the Transfer Agent Agreement, the Trust pays FIS a fee for its services and reimburses FIS for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services. Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

Victory Capital Transfer Agency, Inc., an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as sub-transfer agent for the Member Class. Victory Capital Transfer Agency, Inc. receives no fee or other compensation for these services.

Distributor/Underwriting Services:

Victory Capital Services, Inc. (the "Distributor"), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as Distributor for the continuous offering of the shares of the Funds pursuant to a Distribution Agreement between the Distributor and the Trust. Pursuant to the Distribution and Service Plans adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Distributor may receive a monthly distribution and service fee at the annual rate shown in the table below:

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.50

%

 

INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.50

%

 

High Yield Fund

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.50

%

 

Tax-Exempt Fund

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

N/A

   

High Income Municipal Bond Fund

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

N/A

   

Floating Rate Fund

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.50

%

 

Strategic Income Fund

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.50

%

 

The distribution and service fees paid to the Distributor may be used by the Distributor to pay for activities primarily intended to result in the sale of Class A, Class C, and Class R. Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as 12b-1 fees.

 


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In addition, the Distributor is entitled to receive commissions on sale of the Class A. For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Distributor received $35,984 from commissions earned on the sale of Class A.

Other Fees:

Citibank serves as the Funds' custodian. The Funds pay Citibank a fee for providing these services. Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Custodian fees.

Sidley Austin LLP provides legal services to the Trust.

The Adviser has entered into expense limitation agreements with certain Funds. Under the terms of the agreements, the Adviser has agreed to waive fees or reimburse certain expenses to the extent that ordinary operating expenses incurred by certain classes of a Fund in any fiscal year exceed the expense limit for such classes of the Fund. Such excess amounts will be the liability of the Adviser. Acquired fund fees and expense, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, other expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with GAAP, and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of a Fund's business are excluded from the expense limits. As of December 31, 2021, the expense limits (excluding voluntary waivers) are as follows:

   

In effect until April 30, 2022

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class Y

  Member
Class
 

INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund

   

0.90

%

   

1.77

%

   

1.30

%

   

0.66

%

   

N/A

   

INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

   

0.85

%

   

1.62

%

   

1.27

%

   

0.62

%

   

N/A

   

High Yield Fund

   

1.00

%

   

1.70

%

   

1.35

%

   

0.76

%

   

N/A

   

Tax-Exempt Fund

   

0.80

%

   

1.60

%

   

N/A

     

0.69

%

   

N/A

   

High Income Municipal Bond Fund

   

0.80

%

   

1.57

%

   

N/A

     

0.57

%

   

0.65

%

 

Floating Rate Fund

   

1.00

%

   

1.80

%

   

1.56

%

   

0.78

%

   

0.85

%

 

Strategic Income Fund

   

0.95

%

   

1.74

%

   

1.34

%

   

0.74

%

   

N/A

   

Under the terms of the expense limitation agreements, as amended May 1, 2021, the Funds have agreed to repay fees and expenses that were waived or reimbursed by the Adviser for a period of up to three years (thirty-six (36) months) after the waiver or reimbursement took place, subject to the lesser of any operating expense limits in effect at the time of: (a) the original waiver or expense reimbursement; or (b) the recoupment, after giving effect to the recoupment amount. Prior to May 1, 2021, the Funds were permitted to recoup fees waived and expenses reimbursed for up to three years after the fiscal year in which the waiver or reimbursement took place, subject to the limitations above. This change did not have any effect on the amounts previously reported for recoupment.

As of December 31, 2021, the following amounts are available to be repaid to the Adviser. The Funds have not recorded any amounts available to be repaid as a liability due to an assessment that repayments are not probable at December 31, 2021.

    Expires
2022
  Expires
2023
  Expires
2024
 

Total

 

INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund

 

$

127,606

   

$

136,293

   

$

132,566

   

$

396,465

   

INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

   

163,391

     

131,941

     

105,938

     

401,270

   

High Yield Fund

   

181,413

     

253,784

     

221,331

     

656,528

   

Tax-Exempt Fund

   

132,065

     

135,204

     

131,110

     

398,379

   

High Income Municipal Bond Fund

   

132,417

     

131,713

     

156,099

     

420,229

   

Floating Rate Fund

   

841,459

     

827,922

     

1,454,748

     

3,124,129

   

Strategic Income Fund

   

110,089

     

134,256

     

136,239

     

380,584

   

The Adviser may voluntarily waive or reimburse additional fees to assist the Funds in maintaining competitive expense ratios. These waivers are not available for recoupment and are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Expenses waived/reimbursed by Adviser. For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Adviser voluntarily waived the following amounts:

INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund  

$

69,584

   
 


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Certain officers and/or interested trustees of the Funds are also officers and/or employees of the Adviser, administrator, fund accountant, sub-administrator, sub-fund accountant, custodian, legal counsel, and Distributor.

5. Risks:

The Funds may be subject to other risks in addition to these identified risks.

Debt Securities Risk — The value of a debt security or other income-producing security changes in response to various factors, including, for example, market-related factors (such as changes in interest rates or changes in the risk appetite of investors generally) and changes in the actual or perceived ability of the issuer (or of issuers generally) to meet its (or their) obligations. Other factors that may affect the value of debt securities, include, among others, public health crises and responses by governments and companies to such crises. These and other events may affect the creditworthiness of the issuer of a debt security and may impair an issuer's ability to timely meet its debt obligations as they come due.

Credit Risk — The Funds will be subject to credit risk with respect to the amount each expects to receive from counterparties for financial instruments entered into by the Funds. The Funds may be negatively impacted if a counterparty becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform its obligations due to financial difficulties. The Funds may experience significant delays in obtaining any recovery in bankruptcy or other reorganization proceeding and the Funds may obtain only limited recovery or may obtain no recovery in such circumstances. The Funds typically enter into transactions with counterparties whose credit ratings are investment grade, as determined by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization or, if unrated, judged by the Adviser to be of comparable quality.

Derivatives Risk — The use of derivative instruments, such as futures contracts and credit default swaps, exposes the Fund to additional risks and transaction costs. Risks of derivative instruments include: (1) the risk that interest rates, securities prices, asset values, and currency markets will not move in the direction that a portfolio manager anticipates; (2) imperfect correlation between the prices of derivative instruments and movements in the prices of the securities, assets, interest rates or currencies being hedged; (3) the fact that skills needed to use these strategies are different than those needed to select portfolio securities; (4) the possible absence of a liquid secondary market for any particular instrument and possible exchange imposed price fluctuation limits, either of which may make it difficult or impossible to close out a position when desired; (5) the risk that adverse price movements in an instrument can result in a loss substantially greater than the Fund's initial investment in that instrument (in some cases, the potential loss is unlimited); (6) particularly in the case of privately-negotiated instruments, the risk that the counterparty will not perform its obligations, which could leave the Fund worse off than if it had not entered into the position; and (7) the inability to close out certain hedged positions to avoid adverse tax consequences.

LIBOR Discontinuation Risk — The London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") discontinuation may adversely affect the financial markets generally and the Funds' operations, finances and investments specifically. LIBOR has been the principal floating-rate benchmark in the financial markets, and a large portion of the Funds' assets are tied to LIBOR. However, LIBOR has been or will be discontinued as a floating rate benchmark. The date of discontinuation depends on the LIBOR currency and tenor. With limited exceptions, no new LIBOR obligations will be entered into after December 31, 2021. Existing LIBOR obligations have transitioned or will transition to another benchmark, depending on the LIBOR currency and tenor. For some existing LIBOR-based obligations, the contractual consequences of the discontinuation of LIBOR may not be clear.

Non-LIBOR floating-rate obligations, including Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR")-based obligations, may have returns and values that fluctuate more than those of floating-rate debt obligations that are based on LIBOR or other rates. Also, because SOFR and some alternative floating rates are relatively new market indexes, markets for certain non-LIBOR obligations may never develop or may not be liquid. Market terms for non-LIBOR floating rate obligations, such as the spread over the index reflected in interest-rate provisions, may evolve over time, and prices of non-LIBOR floating rate obligations may be different depending on when they are issued and changing views about correct spread levels.

 


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Various SOFR-based rates, including SOFR-based term rates, and various non-SOFR-based rates are expected to develop in response to the discontinuation of U.S. dollar LIBOR, which may create various risks for the Funds and the financial markets more generally. There are non-LIBOR forward-looking floating rates that are not based on SOFR and that may be considered by participants in the financial markets as LIBOR alternatives. Such rates include Ameribor (American Interbank Offered Rate), BSBY (Bloomberg Short-Term Bank Yield Index) and BYI (Bank Yield Index). Unlike forward-looking SOFR-based term rates, such rates are intended to reflect a bank credit spread component.

It is not clear how replacement rates for LIBOR — including SOFR-based rates and non-SOFR-based rates — will develop and to what extent they will be used. There is no assurance that these replacement rates will be suitable substitutes for LIBOR, and thus the substitution of such rates for LIBOR could have an adverse effect on the Funds and the financial markets more generally. Concerns about market depth and stability could affect the development of non-SOFR-based term rates, and such rates may create various risks, which may or may not be similar to the risks relating to SOFR.

6. Borrowing and Interfund Lending:

Line of Credit:

The Victory Funds Complex participates in a short-term demand note "Line of Credit" agreement with Citibank. The Line of Credit agreement with Citibank was renewed on June 28, 2021, with a termination date of June 27, 2022. Under the agreement with Citibank, the Victory Funds Complex may borrow up to $600 million, of which $300 million is committed and $300 million is uncommitted. $40 million of the Line of Credit is reserved for use by the Victory Floating Rate Fund, another series of the Victory Funds Complex, with Victory Floating Rate Fund paying the related commitment fees for that amount. The purpose of the Line of Credit is to meet temporary or emergency cash needs. For the year ended December 31, 2021, Citibank received an annual commitment fee of 0.15% on $300 million for providing the Line of Credit. Each fund in the Victory Funds Complex pays a pro-rata portion of the commitment fees plus any interest (one-month LIBOR plus one percent, with LIBOR to be replaced by a different benchmark rate in accordance with the terms of the agreement) on amounts borrowed. Prior to June 28, 2021, the Victory Funds Complex paid an annual commitment fee of 0.15% and an upfront fee of 0.10%. Each fund in the Victory Funds Complex paid a pro-rata portion of the upfront fee. Interest charged to each fund during the period, if applicable, is reflected on the Statements of Operations under Line of credit fees.

The Funds had no borrowings under the Line of Credit agreement during the year ended December 31, 2021.

Interfund Lending:

The Trust and Adviser rely on an exemptive order granted by the SEC in March 2017 (the "Order"), permitting the establishment and operation of an Interfund Lending Facility (the "Facility"). The Facility allows each Fund to directly lend and borrow money to or from any other fund in the Victory Funds Complex that is permitted to participate in the Facility, relying upon the Order at rates beneficial to both the borrowing and lending funds. Advances under the Facility are allowed for temporary or emergency purposes, including the meeting of redemption requests that otherwise might require the untimely disposition of securities, and are subject to each Fund's borrowing restrictions. The interfund loan rate is determined, as specified in the Order, by averaging the current repurchase agreement rate and the current bank loan rate. As a Borrower, interest charged to each Fund, if any, during the period, is reflected on the Statements of Operations under Interfund lending fees. As a Lender, interest earned by each Fund, if any, during the period, is reflected on the Statements of Operations under Interfund lending.

 


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The average borrowing or lending for the days outstanding and average interest rate for the Funds that utilized this Facility during the year ended December 31, 2021, were as follows:

    Borrower or
Lender
  Amount
Outstanding at
December 31,
2021
  Average
Borrowing*
  Days
Borrowing
Outstanding
  Average
Interest
Rate
  Maximum
Borrowing
During the
Period
 

Tax-Exempt Fund

 

Borrower

 

$

   

$

4,130,000

     

2

     

0.62

%

 

$

6,130,000

   
Strategic Income
Fund
 

Borrower

   

     

3,107,000

     

4

     

0.57

%

   

3,108,000

   

*  For the year ended December 31, 2021, based on the number of days borrowings were outstanding.

7. Federal Income Tax Information:

Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid as noted in the table below. Distributable net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed at least annually from each Fund.

   

Declared

 

Paid

 

INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

High Yield Fund

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

Tax-Exempt Fund

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

High Income Municipal Bond Fund

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

Floating Rate Fund

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

Strategic Income Fund

 

Monthly

 

Monthly

 

The amounts of dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized gains (collectively, distributions to shareholders) are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. To the extent these "book/tax" differences are permanent in nature (e.g., net operating loss and distribution reclassification), such amounts are reclassified within the components of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences (e.g., wash sales) do not require reclassification. To the extent dividends and distributions exceed net investment income and net realized gains for tax purposes, they are reported as distributions of capital. Net investment losses incurred by the Funds may be reclassified as an offset to capital on the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

As of December 31, 2021, on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, as a result of permanent book-to-tax differences, reclassification adjustments were as follows:

 

  Total
Accumulated
Earnings/(Loss)
 

Capital

 

INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

 

$

(3,273

)

 

$

3,273

   

The tax character of distributions paid during the tax years ended as noted below, were as follows (total distributions paid may differ from the Statements of Changes in Net Assets because, for tax purposes, dividends are recognized when actually paid).

   

Year Ended December 31, 2021

 
   

Distributions Paid From:

     

 

     

 

  Ordinary
Income
  Net
Long-Term
Capital Gains
  Total
Taxable
Distributions
  Tax-Exempt
Distributions
  Total
Distributions
Paid
 

INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund

 

$

421,689

   

$

   

$

421,689

   

$

   

$

421,689

   

INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

   

2,832,080

     

     

2,832,080

     

     

2,832,080

   

High Yield Fund

   

16,071,458

     

     

16,071,458

     

     

16,071,458

   

Tax-Exempt Fund

   

60,262

     

1,145,374

     

1,205,636

     

1,666,385

     

2,872,021

   

High Income Municipal Bond Fund

   

2,423

     

     

2,423

     

1,720,041

     

1,722,464

   

Floating Rate Fund

   

65,678,189

     

     

65,678,189

     

     

65,678,189

   

Strategic Income Fund

   

2,768,189

     

567,643

     

3,335,832

     

     

3,335,832

   
 


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Year Ended December 31, 2020

 
   

Distributions Paid From:

                 
    Ordinary
Income
  Net
Long-Term
Capital Gains
  Total
Taxable
Distributions
  Tax-Exempt
Distributions
  Return
of
Capital
  Total
Distributions
Paid
 
INCORE Investment Quality
Bond Fund
 

$

628,534

   

$

   

$

628,534

   

$

   

$

   

$

628,534

   
INCORE Low Duration
Bond Fund
   

3,852,115

     

     

3,852,115

     

     

899,611

     

4,751,726

   

High Yield Fund

   

11,988,947

     

     

11,988,947

     

     

     

11,988,947

   

Tax-Exempt Fund

   

16,565

     

582,047

     

598,612

     

1,981,434

     

     

2,580,046

   
High Income Municipal
Bond Fund
   

152,651

     

185,634

     

338,285

     

1,413,719

     

     

1,752,004

   

Floating Rate Fund

   

29,295,692

     

     

29,295,692

     

     

     

29,295,692

   

Strategic Income Fund

   

2,008,446

     

903,103

     

2,911,549

     

     

     

2,911,549

   

As of December 31, 2021, the components of accumulated earnings/(loss) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

 

Undistributed
Ordinary
Income

 

Undistributed
Tax-Exempt
Income

 

Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains

 

Distributions
Payable

 

Other
Earnings
(Deficit)

 

Accumulated
Earnings

 

Accumulated
Capital and
Other Losses

 

Qualified
Late Year
Losses*

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)**

 

Total
Accumulated
Earnings
(Loss)

 

INCORE Investment
Quality Bond
Fund

 

$

204,372

   

$

 

 

$

297,331

   

$

   

$

 

 

$

501,703

   

$

   

$

 

 

$

703,944

   

$

1,205,647

   

INCORE Low
Duration
Bond Fund

   

     

     

     

(87,646

)

   

     

(87,646

)

   

(28,367,982

)

   

     

2,268,623

 

   

(26,187,005

)

 

High Yield Fund

   

44,744

     

     

     

     

     

44,744

     

(1,672,868

)

   

     

2,767,715

 

   

1,139,591

   

Tax-Exempt
Fund

   

1,379

     

10,972

     

306,762

     

     

     

319,113

     

     

     

3,774,275

 

   

4,093,388

   

High Income
Municipal
Bond Fund

   

23,488

     

146,600

     

101,138

     

     

(11,433

)

   

259,793

     

     

     

2,908,495

 

   

3,168,288

   

Floating Rate
Fund

   

288,568

     

     

     

     

(11,770

)

   

276,798

 

   

(183,509,921

)

   

     

(12,327,631

)

 

 

(195,560,754

)

 

Strategic Income
Fund

   

     

     

     

     

(11,433

)

   

(11,433

)

   

 

   

(119,942

)

 

 

(70,980

)

 

 

(202,355

)

 

*  Qualified late-year losses are comprised of post-October capital losses incurred after October 31 and certain late-year ordinary losses. Late-year ordinary losses represent ordinary losses incurred after December 31 and specified losses incurred after October 31. These losses are deemed to arise on the first day of the Fund's next taxable year.

**  The difference between the book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to tax deferral of losses on wash sales, contingent payment debt instruments, and deemed dividends on Convertible Debt under Sec. 305(c).

At December 31, 2021, the Funds had net capital loss carryforwards as shown in the table below, which are not subject to expiration. It is unlikely that the Board will authorize a distribution of capital gains realized in the future until the capital loss carryforwards have been used.

 

  Short-Term
Amount
  Long-Term
Amount
 

Total

 

INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

 

$

10,648,311

   

$

17,719,671

   

$

28,367,982

   

High Yield Fund

   

     

1,672,868

     

1,672,868

   

Floating Rate Fund

   

28,463,563

     

155,046,358

     

183,509,921

   
 


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During the tax year ended December 31, 2021, the following Funds utilized capital loss carryforwards:

INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

 

$

2,244,173

   

High Yield Fund

   

5,078,440

   

As of December 31, 2021, the cost basis for federal income tax purposes, gross unrealized appreciation, gross unrealized depreciation, and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for investments were as follows:

    Cost of
Investments
for Federal
Tax Purposes
  Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
  Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
  Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
INCORE Investment Quality
Bond Fund
 

$

24,624,506

   

$

851,991

   

$

(148,047

)

 

$

703,944

   

INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

   

195,760,672

     

3,272,566

     

(1,003,943

)

   

2,268,623

   

High Yield Fund

   

369,130,849

     

7,694,745

     

(4,927,030

)

   

2,767,715

   

Tax-Exempt Fund

   

47,827,336

     

3,780,096

     

(5,821

)

   

3,774,275

   

High Income Municipal Bond Fund

   

49,180,612

     

2,973,824

     

(65,329

)

   

2,908,495

   

Floating Rate Fund

   

2,165,726,591

     

8,815,254

     

(21,142,885

)

   

(12,327,631

)

 

Strategic Income Fund

   

75,785,397

     

549,693

     

(620,673

)

   

(70,980

)

 
 


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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of Victory Portfolios

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of portfolio investments, of Victory INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund, Victory INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund, Victory High Yield Fund, Victory Tax-Exempt Fund, Victory High Income Municipal Bond Fund, Victory Floating Rate Fund, and Victory Strategic Income Fund (the "Funds"), each a series of Victory Portfolios, as of December 31, 2021, the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period then ended (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of December 31, 2021, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The Funds' financial highlights for the years ended December 31, 2018 and prior, were audited by other auditors whose report dated February 26, 2019, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial highlights.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds' financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2021, by correspondence with the custodian, counterparties and brokers; when replies were not received from counterparties and brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the investment companies advised by Victory Capital Management, Inc. since 2015.

COHEN & COMPANY, LTD.
Cleveland, Ohio
February 23, 2022

 


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Trustee and Officer Information

Board of Trustees:

Overall responsibility for management of the Trust rests with the Board. The Trust is managed by the Board in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware. There are currently nine Trustees, eight of whom are not "interested persons" of the Trust within the meaning of that term under the 1940 Act ("Independent Trustees") and one of whom is an "interested person" of the Trust within the meaning of that term under the 1940 Act ("Interested Trustee"). The Trustees, in turn, elect the officers of the Trust to actively supervise its day-to-day operations.

The following tables list the Trustees, their date of birth, their position with the Trust, their commencement of service, their principal occupations during the past five years, and any directorships of other investment companies or companies whose securities are registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or who file reports under that Act. Each Trustee oversees 41 portfolios in the Trust, eight portfolios in Victory Variable Insurance Funds, and 25 portfolios in Victory Portfolios II, each a registered investment company that, together with the Trust, comprise the Victory Funds Complex. David C. Brown is a Trustee of USAA Mutual Funds and oversees 46 portfolios of the USAA Mutual Funds Trust. Each Trustee's address is c/o Victory Portfolios, 4900 Tiedeman Road, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, Ohio 44144. Each Trustee has an indefinite term.

Name and Date of Birth

  Position
Held with
the Trust
  Date
Commenced
Service
  Principal Occupation
During Past 5 Years
  Other
Directorships
Held During
Past 5 Years
 

Independent Trustees.

 
David Brooks Adcock,
Born October 1951
 

Trustee

 

May 2005

 

Consultant (since 2006).

 

Chair and Trustee, Turner Funds (December 2016-December 2017).

 
Nigel D. T. Andrews,
Born April 1947
 

Trustee

 

August 2002

 

Retired.

 

Director, TCG BDC II, Inc. (since 2017); Director, TCG BDC I, Inc. (formerly Carlyle GMS Finance, Inc.) (since 2012); Trustee, Carlyle Secured Lending III (since 2021).

 
E. Lee Beard,*
Born August 1951
 

Trustee

 

May 2005

 

Retired (since 2015)

 

None.

 
Dennis M. Bushe,
Born January 1944
 

Trustee

 

July 2016

 

Retired.

 

None.

 
 


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Name and Date of Birth

  Position
Held with
the Trust
  Date
Commenced
Service
  Principal Occupation
During Past 5 Years
  Other
Directorships
Held During
Past 5 Years
 
John L. Kelly,
Born April 1953
 

Vice Chair and Trustee

 

February 2015

 

Partner, McCarvill Capital Partners (September 2016- September 2017).

 

Director, Caledonia Mining Corporation (since May 2012).

 
David L. Meyer,*
Born April 1957
 

Trustee

 

December 2008

 

Retired.

 

None.

 
Gloria S. Nelund,
Born May 1961
 

Trustee

 

July 2016

 

Chair, CEO and Co-Founder of TriLinc Global, LLC, an investment firm.

 

TriLinc Global Impact Fund, LLC (since 2012).

 
Leigh A. Wilson,
Born December 1944
 

Chair and Trustee

 

November 1994

 

Private Investor.

 

Chair (since 2013), Caledonia Mining Corporation.

 

Interested Trustee.

 
David C. Brown,**
Born May 1972
 

Trustee

 

May 2008

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (since 2013), the Adviser; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (since 2013), Victory Capital Holdings, Inc.; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (since 2019), Victory Capital Transfer Agency, Inc.

 

Trustee, USAA Mutual Funds Trust; Board Member, Victory Capital Services, Inc.

 

*  The Board has designated Ms. Beard and Mr. Meyer as its Audit Committee Financial Experts.

**  Mr. Brown is an "Interested Person" by reason of his relationship with the Adviser.

The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees of the Trust and is available, without charge, by calling 800-539-3863.

 


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Officers:

The officers of the Trust, their date of birth, their commencement of service, and their principal occupations during the past five years, are detailed in the following table. Each officer serves until the earlier of his or her resignation, removal, retirement, death, or the election of a successor. The mailing address of each officer of the Trust is 4900 Tiedeman Road, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, Ohio 44144. The officers of the Trust receive no compensation directly from the Trust for performing the duties of their offices.

Name and Date of Birth

  Position with
the Trust
  Date
Commenced
Service
 

Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years

 
Christopher K. Dyer,
Born February 1962
 

President

 

February 2006*

 

Director of Mutual Fund Administration, the Adviser; Chief Operating Officer, Victory Capital Services, Inc. (since 2020); Vice President, Victory Capital Transfer Agency, Inc. (since 2019).

 
Scott A. Stahorsky,
Born July 1969
 

Vice President

 

December 2014

 

Manager, Fund Administration, the Adviser.

 
Erin G. Wagner,
Born February 1974
 

Secretary

 

December 2014

 

Associate General Counsel, the Adviser (since 2013).

 
Allan Shaer,
Born March 1965
 

Treasurer

 

May 2017

 

Senior Vice President, Financial Administration, Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (since 2016); Vice President, Mutual Fund Administration, JP Morgan Chase (2011-2016).

 
Christopher A. Ponte,
Born March 1984
 

Assistant Treasurer

 

December 2017

 

Manager, Fund Administration, the Adviser (since 2017); Senior Analyst, Fund Administration, the Adviser (prior to 2017); Chief Financial Officer, Victory Capital Services, Inc. (since 2018).

 
Colin Kinney,
Born October 1973
 

Chief Compliance Officer

 

July 2017

 

Chief Compliance Officer (since 2013) and Chief Risk Officer (2009-2017), the Adviser.

 
Sean Fox,
Born September 1976
  Deputy Chief Compliance
Officer
 

July 2021

 

Sr. Compliance Officer, the Adviser (2019-2021); Compliance Officer, the Adviser (2015-2019).

 
Chuck Booth,
Born April 1960
 

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer and Identity Theft Officer

 

May 2015

 

Director, Regulatory Administration and CCO Support Services, Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc.

 
Jay G. Baris,
Born January 1954
 

Assistant Secretary

 

December 1997

 

Partner, Sidley Austin LLP (since April 2020); Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP (January 2018-April 2020); Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP (2011-January 2018).

 

*  On December 3, 2014, Mr. Dyer resigned as Secretary of the Trust and accepted the position of President.

 


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Proxy Voting and Portfolio Holdings Information

Proxy Voting:

Information regarding the policies and procedures each Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, by calling 800-539-3863. The information is also included in the Funds' Statement of Additional Information, which is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Information relating to how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent 12 months ended June 30 is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Availability of Schedules of Portfolio Investments:

The Trust files a complete list of Schedules of Portfolio Investments with the SEC for the first and third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Expense Examples

As a shareholder of the Funds, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchases; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021.

The Actual Expense figures in the table below provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled "Actual Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

The Hypothetical Expense figures in the table below provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the hypothetical expenses in the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

    Beginning
Account
Value
7/1/21
  Actual
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Hypothetical
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Actual
Expenses
Paid
During
Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21*
  Hypothetical
Expenses
Paid
During
Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21*
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
During
Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21
 

INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund

 

Class A

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,005.10

   

$

1,020.67

   

$

4.55

   

$

4.58

     

0.90

%

 

Class C

   

1,000.00

     

1,000.70

     

1,016.28

     

8.93

     

9.00

     

1.77

%

 

Class R

   

1,000.00

     

1,003.10

     

1,018.65

     

6.56

     

6.61

     

1.30

%

 

Class Y

   

1,000.00

     

1,006.40

     

1,021.88

     

3.34

     

3.36

     

0.66

%

 
 


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    Beginning
Account
Value
7/1/21
  Actual
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Hypothetical
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Actual
Expenses
Paid
During
Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21*
  Hypothetical
Expenses
Paid
During
Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21*
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
During
Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21
 

INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

 

Class A

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,001.10

   

$

1,020.92

   

$

4.29

   

$

4.33

     

0.85

%

 

Class C

   

1,000.00

     

996.20

     

1,017.04

     

8.15

     

8.24

     

1.62

%

 

Class R

   

1,000.00

     

999.00

     

1,018.80

     

6.40

     

6.46

     

1.27

%

 

Class Y

   

1,000.00

     

1,001.30

     

1,022.08

     

3.13

     

3.16

     

0.62

%

 

High Yield Fund

 

Class A

   

1,000.00

     

1,005.00

     

1,020.16

     

5.05

     

5.09

     

1.00

%

 

Class C

   

1,000.00

     

1,001.30

     

1,016.64

     

8.58

     

8.64

     

1.70

%

 

Class R

   

1,000.00

     

1,003.50

     

1,018.75

     

6.46

     

6.51

     

1.28

%

 

Class Y

   

1,000.00

     

1,006.30

     

1,021.37

     

3.84

     

3.87

     

0.76

%

 

Tax-Exempt Fund

 

Class A

   

1,000.00

     

1,003.60

     

1,021.17

     

4.04

     

4.08

     

0.80

%

 

Class C

   

1,000.00

     

1,000.60

     

1,017.14

     

8.07

     

8.13

     

1.60

%

 

Class Y

   

1,000.00

     

1,005.10

     

1,021.73

     

3.49

     

3.52

     

0.69

%

 

High Income Municipal Bond Fund

 

Class A

   

1,000.00

     

1,011.00

     

1,021.17

     

4.06

     

4.08

     

0.80

%

 

Class C

   

1,000.00

     

1,007.10

     

1,017.29

     

7.94

     

7.98

     

1.57

%

 

Class Y

   

1,000.00

     

1,012.20

     

1,022.33

     

2.89

     

2.91

     

0.57

%

 

Member Class

   

1,000.00

     

1,011.70

     

1,021.93

     

3.30

     

3.31

     

0.65

%

 

Floating Rate Fund

 

Class A

   

1,000.00

     

1,010.00

     

1,020.16

     

5.07

     

5.09

     

1.00

%

 

Class C

   

1,000.00

     

1,004.70

     

1,016.13

     

9.10

     

9.15

     

1.80

%

 

Class R

   

1,000.00

     

1,007.00

     

1,017.34

     

7.89

     

7.93

     

1.56

%

 

Class Y

   

1,000.00

     

1,010.00

     

1,021.27

     

3.95

     

3.97

     

0.78

%

 

Member Class

   

1,000.00

     

1,010.70

     

1,020.92

     

4.31

     

4.33

     

0.85

%

 

Strategic Income Fund

 

Class A

   

1,000.00

     

998.10

     

1,020.42

     

4.78

     

4.84

     

0.95

%

 

Class C

   

1,000.00

     

994.10

     

1,016.43

     

8.75

     

8.84

     

1.74

%

 

Class R

   

1,000.00

     

996.10

     

1,018.45

     

6.74

     

6.82

     

1.34

%

 

Class Y

   

1,000.00

     

999.20

     

1,021.48

     

3.73

     

3.77

     

0.74

%

 

*  Expenses are equal to the average account value multiplied by the Fund's annualized expense ratio multiplied by 184/365 (the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year).

 


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Additional Federal Income Tax Information

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the following Funds paid qualified dividend income for the purposes of reduced individual federal income tax rates of:

 

 

Percent

 

INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund

   

2

%

 

INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

   

3

%

 

Dividends qualified for corporate dividends received deductions of:

 

 

Percent

 

INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund

   

2

%

 

INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund

   

3

%

 

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the following Funds designated tax-exempt capital gain distributions:

 

 

Amount

 

Tax -Exempt Fund

 

$

1,666,385

   

High Income Municipal Bond Fund

   

1,720,041

   

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the following Funds designated short-term capital gain distributions:

 

 

Amount

 

INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund

 

$

196,069

   

Tax-Exempt Fund

   

58,929

   

Strategic Income Fund

   

1,005,312

   

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the following Funds designated long-term capital gain distributions:

 

 

Amount

 

Tax-Exempt Fund

 

$

1,145,374

   

Strategic Income Fund

   

567,643

   
 


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Considerations of the Board in Continuing the Investment Advisory Agreements

The Board approved the advisory agreement with the Adviser, on behalf of each of the Funds (the "Advisory Agreement"), and the sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser and Park Avenue Institutional Advisers LLC (the "Sub-Adviser"), on behalf of each of the High Yield Fund, Floating Rate Fund and Strategic Income Fund (the "Sub-Advisory Agreement" and together with the Advisory Agreement, the "Agreements"), at a meeting, which was called for that purpose, on November 30, 2021. The Board also considered information relating to the Funds and the Agreements provided throughout the year and, more specifically, at the meetings on October 19, 2021 and November 30, 2021. In considering whether to approve the Agreement, the Board requested, and the Adviser and Sub-Adviser provided, information that the Board believed to be reasonably necessary to reach its conclusions.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees, evaluated this information along with other information obtained throughout the year and was advised by legal counsel to the Funds and independent legal counsel to the Independent Trustees. In addition, the Independent Trustees considered a past review of their overall process for conducting the annual review of the Funds' advisory arrangements by a consultant retained through their counsel.

The Board took into consideration regular reports from the Adviser and Sub-Adviser throughout the COVID-19 pandemic public health crisis concerning how the ongoing pandemic has affected market volatility, investment risk, liquidity and valuation of portfolio securities, and the implementation and effectiveness of business continuity plans. These reports also had confirmed that the pandemic had no material impact on the Adviser's (or the Sub-Adviser's) operations.

The Board considered each Fund's advisory fee, expense ratio and investment performance as significant factors in determining whether the Agreements should be continued. The Board reviewed numerous factors with respect to each Fund, including the services to be provided by the Sub-Adviser. In considering whether the compensation paid to the Adviser was fair and reasonable, the Board also evaluated, among other things, the following factors:

•  The requirements of the Funds for the services provided by the Adviser;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the services provided and expected to be provided;

•  The performance of the Funds as compared to comparable funds;

•  The fees payable for the services and whether the fee arrangements provided for economies of scale that would benefit Fund shareholders as the Funds grow (acknowledging that economies of scale can be complex to assess and typically are not directly measurable);

•  Whether the fee would be sufficient to enable the Adviser to attract and retain experienced personnel and continue to provide quality services to the Funds;

•  The fees paid by other clients of the Adviser whose accounts are managed in a similar investment style and any differences in the services provided to the other clients compared to those provided to the Funds;

•  The total expenses of each Fund;

•  Management's commitment to operating the Funds at competitive expense levels;

•  The profitability of the Adviser (as reflected by comparing fees earned against an estimate of the Adviser's costs) with respect to the Adviser's relationship with the Funds;

•  Research and other service benefits received by the Adviser obtained through payment of client commissions for securities transactions;

•  Other benefits received by the Adviser, and its affiliates, including revenues paid to the Adviser, or its affiliates, by the Funds for administration and fund accounting services, and distribution;

•  The capabilities and financial condition of the Adviser;

•  Current economic and industry trends; and

•  The historical relationship between each Fund and the Adviser.

For Funds with total net expense ratios that ranked within the fourth quartile (most expensive) in relation to their peers as evaluated by a consultant, the Board also considered a memorandum that it requested the Adviser

 


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to prepare. The Adviser reviewed additional relevant circumstances, which included, among other things, specialized strategies, small or decreasing assets, or rapid or recent changes in peer expense ratios.

In considering whether the compensation paid to the Sub-Adviser was fair and reasonable, the Board also evaluated, among other things, the following factors:

•  The requirements of each Fund for the services provided by the Sub-Adviser;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the services provided and expected to be provided;

•  The fees payable for the services;

•  Representations by the Adviser that the sub-advisory fee for each Fund is within the range of fees agreed to in the market for similar services;

•  Whether the fee would be sufficient to enable the Sub-Adviser to attract and retain experienced personnel and continue to provide quality services to the Funds;

•  Management's commitment to operating the Fund at competitive expense levels;

•  Research and other service benefits received by the Sub-Adviser obtained through payment of client commissions for securities transactions;

•  Other benefits received by the Sub-Adviser as a result of its sub-advisory relationship with the Funds;

•  The capabilities and financial condition of the Sub-Adviser;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the oversight and compliance services provided by the Adviser;

•  The historical relationship between each sub-advised Fund and the Sub-Adviser; and

•  Current economic and industry trends.

The Board reviewed each Fund's current management fee, comprised of the advisory fee plus the administrative services fee paid to the Adviser, in the context of the Adviser's profitability with respect to each Fund individually. The Board retained a consultant to provide comparative information about fees and performance. The Board met with the consultant to review its inputs and methodologies, among other things. The Board compared each Fund's gross management fee and total operating expense ratio on a net and gross basis with the median gross management fee and median expense ratio of a universe of comparable mutual funds compiled by the consultant, and a peer group of funds with similar investment strategies selected by that consultant from the universe of comparable funds. The Board reviewed the factors and methodology used by the consultant in the selection of each Fund's peer group, including the consultant's selection of a broad universe of funds, the more specific universe of comparable funds, and peer groups of funds with comparable investment strategies and asset levels, among other factors. The Board also reviewed any changes to the consultant's methodology as compared to the prior year, including those resulting from the Adviser's input, if any. With respect to certain Funds, the Board also reviewed fees and other information related to the Adviser's management of similarly managed institutional or private accounts, and the differences in the services provided to the other accounts. The Board noted that none of the advisory fee arrangements for the Funds included breakpoints, which would be a structure that results in reduced fees as a fund grows. The Board also considered the Adviser's commitment to limit expenses as discussed in more detail below.

The Board also reviewed the compliance and administrative services provided to the Funds by the Adviser and its affiliates, including the Adviser's oversight of the Funds' day-to-day operations and oversight of Fund accounting, assistance in meeting legal and regulatory requirements, and other services necessary for the operation of the Funds and the Trust.

With respect to the High Yield Fund, Floating Rate Fund and Strategic Income Fund, the Board also considered information concerning the fee paid to the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreement. The Board considered the relative roles and responsibilities of the Adviser and Sub-Adviser with respect to the applicable Funds and noted that, among other things: (1) the sub-advisory fees for these Funds are paid by the Adviser and, therefore, are not a direct expense of the Funds; and (2) the Adviser supervises the Sub-Adviser. The Board also considered the Adviser's representation that the fees to be paid to the Sub-Adviser are within the range of sub-advisory fees paid to other sub-advisers for similar services. The Board reviewed fees and other information related to

 


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the Sub-Adviser's management of similarly managed institutional or private accounts, and the differences in the services provided to the other accounts. The Board recognized that because the sub-advisory fees are paid by the Adviser, any arrangement by the Sub-Adviser to either increase or reduce its fee would have no direct impact on the Fund or its shareholders.

The Board found that the gross annual management fee paid by each Fund was within the range of management fees paid by each Fund's respective peer group. The Board also found that each Fund's Class A net annual expense ratio was reasonable as compared with each Fund's respective peer group. The Board considered the Adviser's contractual agreement with each Fund to waive its fees and reimburse expenses of certain classes for a specified period of time, as described in the Fund's prospectus.

The Board reviewed each Fund's performance over one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods (as applicable) against the performance of the Fund's selected peer group and benchmark index. The Board recognized that the performance of the Fund and the peer group funds are net of expenses, while the performance of the benchmark index reflects gross returns.

The Board reviewed various other specific factors with respect to each Fund, as described below. In their deliberations, the Trustees did not rank the importance of any particular information or factor considered and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to various factors.

INCORE Investment Quality Bond Fund:

The Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund outperformed the benchmark index for the one-, five- and ten-year periods, underperformed the benchmark index for the three-year period, and underperformed the peer group median for all periods reviewed. The Board discussed with the Adviser how market conditions affected the Fund during periods of underperformance given the Fund's investment strategy and fee and expense profile.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual funds; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

INCORE Low Duration Bond Fund:

The Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund outperformed the benchmark index for all of the periods reviewed, outperformed the peer group median for the one-year period, and underperformed the peer group median for the three-, five- and ten-year periods.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual funds; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

High Yield Fund:

The Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund outperformed the benchmark index for the one-, three- and five-year periods, underperformed the benchmark index for the ten-year period, and outperformed the peer group median for all of the periods reviewed.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual funds; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

 


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  Supplemental Information — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Tax-Exempt Fund:

Noting that as of April 1, 2020, Victory Capital assumed day-to-day portfolio management responsibilities from the Fund's former sub-adviser, the Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund outperformed the benchmark index for all periods reviewed, outperformed the peer group median for the one-, three- and five-year periods, and matched the peer group median for the ten-year period.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual funds; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the recent periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

High Income Municipal Bond Fund:

Noting that as of April 1, 2020, Victory Capital assumed day-to-day portfolio management responsibilities from the Fund's former sub-adviser, the Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund outperformed the benchmark index for all of the periods reviewed, outperformed the peer group median for the one-, three- and five-year periods, and underperformed the peer group median for the ten-year period.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual funds; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

Floating Rate Fund:

The Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund outperformed the benchmark index for the one-, three- and five-year periods, underperformed the benchmark index for the ten-year period and outperformed the peer group median for all of the periods reviewed.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual funds; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

Strategic Income Fund:

The Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund outperformed the benchmark index for all periods reviewed, underperformed the peer group median for the one- and ten-year periods, and outperformed the peer group median for the three- and five-year periods.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual funds; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

 


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Victory Portfolios

  Supplemental Information — continued
December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Conclusion:

Based on its review of the information requested and provided, and following extended discussions, the Board determined that the Agreement, on behalf of the Funds discussed above, was consistent with the best interests of each Fund and its shareholders, and the Board unanimously approved the Agreement, on behalf of each Fund, for an additional annual period on the basis of the foregoing review and discussions and the following considerations, among others:

•  The fairness and reasonableness of the investment advisory fee payable to the Adviser under the Agreement in light of the investment advisory services provided, the costs of these services, the profitability of the Adviser's relationship with the Fund and the comparability of the fee paid to the fees paid by other investment companies;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the investment advisory services provided by the Adviser;

•  The Adviser's entrepreneurial commitment to the management of the Funds and the creation of a broad-based family of funds, which could entail a substantial commitment of the Adviser's resources to the successful operation of the Funds;

•  The Adviser's representations regarding its staffing and capabilities to manage the Funds, including the retention of personnel with relevant portfolio management experience;

•  The Adviser's efforts to enhance investment results by, among other things, developing quality portfolio management teams; and

•  The overall high quality of the personnel, operations, financial condition, investment management capabilities, methodologies and performance of the Adviser.

Based on its review of the information requested and provided, and following extended discussions, the Board concluded, among other things, that the Sub-Advisory Agreement, with respect to each of the High Yield Fund, Floating Rate Fund and Strategic Income Fund, was consistent with the best interests of each Fund and its shareholders and unanimously approved the Sub-Advisory Agreement (including the fees to be charged for services thereunder), on the basis of the foregoing review and discussions and the following considerations, among others:

•  The fairness and reasonableness of the investment advisory fee payable to the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreement in light of the investment advisory services provided, the costs of these services and the estimated profitability of the Sub-Adviser's relationship with each Fund;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the investment advisory services provided by the portfolio management team of the Sub-Adviser, which have resulted in each Fund achieving its stated investment objective;

•  The Sub-Adviser's representations regarding its staffing and capabilities to manage the Funds; and

•  The overall high quality of the personnel, operations, financial condition, investment management capabilities, methodologies and performance of the Sub-Adviser.

 


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Privacy Policy

Protecting the Privacy of Information

The Trust respects your right to privacy. We also know that you expect us to conduct and process your business in an accurate and efficient manner. To do so, we must collect and maintain certain personal information about you. This is the information we collect from you on applications or other forms, and from the transactions you make with us or third parties. It may include your name, address, social security number, account transactions and balances, and information about investment goals and risk tolerance.

We do not disclose any information about you or about former customers to anyone except as permitted or required by law. Specifically, we may disclose the information we collect to companies that perform services on our behalf, such as the transfer agent that processes shareholder accounts and printers and mailers that assist us in the distribution of investor materials. We may also disclose this information to companies that perform marketing services on our behalf. This allows us to continue to offer you Victory investment products and services that meet your investing needs, and to effect transactions that you request or authorize. These companies will use this information only in connection with the services for which we hired them. They are not permitted to use or share this information for any other purpose.

To protect your personal information internally, we permit access only by authorized employees and maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to guard your personal information.*

*  You may have received communications regarding information about privacy policies from other financial institutions which gave you the opportunity to "opt-out" of certain information sharing with companies which are not affiliated with that financial institution. The Trust does not share information with other companies for purposes of marketing solicitations for products other than the Trust. Therefore, the Trust does not provide opt-out options to their shareholders.


 

Victory Funds
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Call Victory at:

 

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  800-539-FUND (800-539-3863)  
    800-235-8396 for Member Class  

VPRSFIF-AR (12/21)


 

December 31, 2021

Annual Report

Victory RS Small Cap Growth Fund

Victory RS Select Growth Fund

Victory RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

Victory RS Growth Fund

Victory RS Science and Technology Fund

Victory RS Small Cap Equity Fund


 

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Whether you're a potential investor searching for the fund that matches your investment philosophy, a seasoned investor interested in planning tools, or an investment professional, www.vcm.com has what you seek. Visit us anytime. We're always open.


 

Victory Portfolios

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Shareholder Letter (Unaudited)

   

3

   
Manager's Commentary / Investment Overview
(Unaudited)
   

5

   
Investment Objective and Portfolio
Holdings (Unaudited)
   

30

   

Schedules of Portfolio Investments

 
Victory RS Small Cap Growth Fund    

36

 

 

Victory RS Select Growth Fund

    40

 

 

Victory RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

    43

 

 

Victory RS Growth Fund

    46

 

 

Victory RS Science and Technology Fund

    48

 

 

Victory RS Small Cap Equity Fund

    52    

Financial Statements

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

    54    

Statements of Operations

    56    

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    58    

Financial Highlights

    64    

Notes to Financial Statements

   

80

   
Report of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm
   

92

   

Supplemental Information (Unaudited)

   

93

   

Trustee and Officer Information

    93    

Proxy Voting and Portfolio Holdings Information

    96    

Expense Examples

    96    

Additional Federal Income Tax Information

    98    

Advisory Contract Approval

    99    

Privacy Policy (inside back cover)

     
 


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IRA DISTRIBUTION WITHHOLDING DISCLOSURE

We generally must withhold federal income tax at a rate of 10% of the taxable portion of your distribution and, if you live in a state that requires state income tax withholding, at your state's tax rate. However, you may elect not to have withholding apply or to have income tax withheld at a higher rate. Any withholding election that you make will apply to any subsequent distribution unless and until you change or revoke the election. If you wish to make a withholding election, or change or revoke a prior withholding election, call 800-539-3863 (800-235-8396 for Member Class) and form W-4P (OMB No. 1545-0074 withholding certificate for pension or annuity payments) will be electronically sent.

If you do not have a withholding election in place by the date of a distribution, federal income tax will be withheld from the taxable portion of your distribution at a rate of 10%. If you must pay estimated taxes, you may be subject to estimated tax penalties if your estimated tax payments are not sufficient and sufficient tax is not withheld from your distribution.

For more specific information, please consult your tax adviser.

The Funds are distributed by Victory Capital Services, Inc. Victory Capital Management Inc. is the investment adviser to the Funds and receives fees from the Funds for performing services for the Funds.

This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus of the Victory Funds.

For additional information about any Victory Fund, including fees, expenses, and risks, view our prospectus online at vcm.com or call 800-539-3863 (800-235-8396 for Member Class). Read it carefully before you invest or send money.

The information in this report is based on data obtained from recognized services and sources and is believed to be reliable. Any opinions, projections, or recommendations in this report are subject to change without notice and are not intended as individual investment advice. Past investment performance of the Funds, markets or securities mentioned herein should not be considered to be indicative of future results.

• NOT FDIC INSURED • NO BANK GUARANTEE • MAY LOSE VALUE

Call Victory at:

800-539-FUND (800-539-3863)

800-235-8396 for Member Class

Visit our website at:

www.vcm.com

 


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Victory Funds Letter to Shareholders
(Unaudited)

Dear Shareholder,

Another year has passed, but unfortunately the pandemic endures. Yet, looking back on the year ended 2021, it is evident that financial markets have endured as well, despite stiff headwinds — including new COVID-19 variants; disruption among global supply chains; uncomfortable inflation readings; and the fear of rising interest rates.

Through it all, the S&P 500® Index, the bell-weather proxy for our domestic stock market, once again registered a positive annual total return (that makes it 12 out of the past 13 years). This was largely driven by a U.S. economy that bounced back quickly after what was effectively a global economic shutdown in 2020, and we witnessed robust earnings growth across many sectors thanks in no small part to continued fiscal stimulus and accommodative monetary policy. Underlying this positive performance were interesting differences among investment styles and market capitalizations. For example, growth-oriented investments outperformed value within large-caps but underperformed within both mid-caps and small-caps (as measured by the Russell family of indices). Perhaps this reflects investors' expectations for higher interest rates next year?

There were other notable subplots to 2021. Early in the year we watched in disbelief as "meme stocks" — a few names that gained massive notoriety on social media platforms — went on stomach-churning roller coaster rides. Also, intriguing was how the biotech sector struggled mightily despite the success and fanfare surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines. Meanwhile, rising oil prices fueled impressive gains across the energy landscape, while crypto assets captivated investors. Now we're all watching how crypto's underlying blockchain technologies might disrupt business-as-usual across industries in the years ahead. These were just a few of the highlights of the past year.

Through all the twists and turns, the S&P 500® Index registered an impressive annual total return of nearly 29% for the 12-month period ended December 31, 2021. Over this same annual period, the yield on the 10-Year U.S. Treasury jumped 59 basis points (a basis point is 1/100th of a percentage point), reflecting substantial fiscal stimuli and the U.S. Federal Reserve's (the "Fed") accommodative monetary stance (recently). At the end of our reporting period, the yield on the 10-Year U.S. Treasury was trending higher and finished at 1.52%.

Despite the resiliency of financial markets, we fully acknowledge that the volatility and unusual events of recent years may have made investors uneasy at times. However, this simply underscores why it's important for investors to remain calm and unemotional in the face of market turmoil. A long-term perspective, a well-diversified portfolio across asset classes and investment types, and a clear understanding of individual risk tolerance are some of the key ingredients for staying the course and progressing on your investment goals.

 


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Of course, no one knows for certain what 2022 will bring. We are already facing a potential end to the Fed's accommodative monetary policies and the various forms of fiscal stimuli that helped revive the economy from the depths of the pandemic-induced market downturn. By all accounts, the Fed appears ready to raise short-term interest rates, perhaps as early as the end of the first quarter, though any move will certainly be data dependent, and some are expressing concerns about labor shortages, disrupted supply chains, rising commodity prices, and the potential for lasting inflation. There will likely be new headwinds, some yet to be identified.

Thus, we cannot tell you with any certainty what markets will do in the future, but we can assure you that the investment professionals at our investment franchises continually monitor the market environment and work hard to position portfolios opportunistically no matter what the markets bring.

On the following pages, you will find information relating to your Victory Funds investment, brought to you by Victory Capital. If you have any questions, we encourage you to contact your financial advisor. Or, if you invest with us directly, you may call 800-539-3863 (800-235-8396 for Member Class) or visit our website at www.vcm.com.

From all of us here at Victory Capital, thank you for your ongoing confidence and for letting us help you work toward your investment goals.

Christopher K. Dyer, CFA

President,

Victory Funds

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory RS Small Cap Growth Fund

Manager's Commentary
(Unaudited)

What were the market conditions during the reporting period?

U.S. stock performance followed up a strong 2019 and 2020 with another robust year, as the S&P 500® Index registered its twelfth year of positive returns in the last 13 years. This was driven largely by a resilient U.S. economy that bounced back quickly after what was effectively a global economic shutdown in 2020. We witnessed the highest levels of economic and earnings growth in decades, driven in part by continued fiscal stimulus and accommodative monetary policy. Yet, underlying this positive performance were interesting differences among investment styles and market capitalizations.

After a solid start to the 2021 calendar year, U.S. equity markets continued to rebound as the economy reopened after being shuttered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Aggressive fiscal and monetary measures convinced investors that had fled risk assets to re-enter as many companies reported better-than-expected earnings.

Although the market as a whole has headed higher, the inner dynamics of this past year were quite a contrast. In 2020, investors viewed the economic and business impact of the pandemic differently, rewarding the "haves" (often technology plays) relative to the "have-nots" (often legacy companies). In early 2021, the "have-nots" came roaring back at the start of the year. In fact, the strong sentiment for these legacy companies, which had been left largely for dead in the first 10 months of 2020, turned into outright exuberance as we approached the end of the first quarter of 2021. This was illustrated by value-oriented stocks in the Russell 1000® Value Index and the Russell 2000® Value Index returning 11.26% and 21.17%, respectively, materially outperforming growth-oriented stocks in the Russell 1000® Growth Index and the Russell 2000® Growth Index (the "Index"), which returned 0.94% and 4.88%, respectively.

Bellwether large-cap growth stocks led the way throughout the remainder of the year, providing investors with the highest return of any U.S. equity style during the second, third, and fourth quarters of 2021. The Russell 1000® Growth Index returned 25.21% during the final three quarters of the year, relative to the 10.37% return of the Russell 1000® Value Index and -2.67% return of the Index. This 30% performance gap between large- and small-cap growth stocks is a historic outlier, which has been driven largely by expansion among some of the largest technology stocks as investors piled into these well-known companies.

For the full year, U.S. stock performance was mixed, yet overall positive across market caps and styles, with large-cap stocks outperforming small- and mid-cap stocks as measured by the Russell family of indices. Meanwhile, growth-oriented investments outperformed value within large-caps, but materially underperformed within both mid-caps and small-caps as investors have shunned less established high-growth companies. In the broader context, however, growth stocks, as measured by the Russell 3000® Growth Index, have maintained their dominance versus value stocks, as measured by the Russell 3000® Value Index, over the past 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, and even 30 years.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory RS Small Cap Growth Fund (continued)

Managers' Commentary (continued)

How did Victory RS Small Cap Growth Fund (the "Fund") perform during the reporting period?

The Fund returned -11.06% (Class A at net asset value) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, underperforming the Index, which returned 2.83% during the reporting period.

What strategies did you employ during the reporting period?

The Fund's relative performance was due to underperformance within the Health Care and Technology sectors, while positive stock selection within the Consumer Discretionary and Materials & Processing sectors offset some of the Fund's relative underperformance.

Within the Health Care sector, one of the largest drivers of underperformance was biotechnology holding Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. ("Iovance"). Iovance is focused on developing and commercializing new cancer immunotherapies that use tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes ("TILs"). TILs, as a ready-to-infuse cell therapy, have demonstrated breakthrough efficacy exceeding existing therapies in metastatic melanoma. Although we continue to believe in the long-term outlook for the treatment, the stock underperformed sharply in the first half of 2021 as the company lost a standoff with the FDA and faced a delay in its biologics license application submission for lifileucel, the company's TIL therapy candidate, as the FDA requested additional data on the treatment's potency. This setback was followed by the resignation of the company's CEO to pursue other opportunities. While we are likely to revisit the stock again in the future, we moved on from the holding.

Another underperformer within Health Care was medical equipment holding Eargo, Inc. ("Eargo"). Eargo underwhelmed when an audit into how the company's products were covered by insurance turned into a full Department of Justice investigation in the third quarter, which put their insurance channel sales business on hold for the foreseeable future. Given the noise and uncertain path forward, even in a best-case scenario, we decided to move on from the position.

Within the Technology sector, detractors included Bandwidth Inc. ("Bandwidth"), which had been a top performer for the Fund in 2020. Bandwidth is a communications platform-as-a-service solution focused on communications for enterprises. The stock had challenging performance throughout 2021, in part due to tough comparisons from COVID-19 utilization and political messaging, despite meeting or exceeding most expectations investors had for the company.

One contributor to performance within the Consumer Discretionary sector was specialty retail holding SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc., the largest and only national wholesale distributor of landscape supplies in the United States. The stock performed very well in the year as top-line sales and bottom-line earnings both exceeded expectations, while strong execution and robust demand for professional landscaping products and services led to wider margins.

Another contributor to the Consumer Discretionary sector was homebuilder Meritage Homes Corporation, which engages in the development and sale of residential properties. The stock performed well in the fourth quarter of 2021, materially beating expectations across most metrics and raising fiscal year guidance. Gross margins came in 200 basis points (a basis

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory RS Small Cap Growth Fund (continued)

Managers' Commentary (continued)

point is 1/100th of a percentage point) wider than expectations, highlighting their differentiated offering that we believe will make expectations too conservative given the company-specific growth levers for 2022 and beyond. We expect the company to expand their community count by more than most participants expect, which we believe will drive further margin expansion.

Within the Technology sector, a contributor to performance was semiconductor holding Lattice Semiconductor Corporation ("Lattice"), a company that develops and sells semiconductor products in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Lattice performed exceptionally well during the year, posting solid beats and raises, and exhibited strength across segments, especially within industrials and auto on the continued macroeconomic improvement for automation, robotics, and embedded vision. In addition, the company hosted an analyst conference early in the year where they unveiled their new Avant platform, which is targeting the mid-range field-programmable gate array market and will allow integrated circuit design to be configured by customers or designers after manufacturing. We believe this doubles their addressable market and increases our already optimistic forecast for the company going forward.

Given the outsized impact of the virus globally, we believe investors should continue to expect all companies to feel some level of direct and secondary economic effects and markets to experience higher levels of volatility despite the outsized market performance to close out the year. As a result, we believe there will continue to be an abundance of opportunities across sectors in coming quarters and years as the economy transitions and new companies take leadership positions. We do not have a clear view or projection as to how large or prolonged the impact from the pandemic (both direct and indirect) will be, given the uncertainty regarding its continued spread, economic impact, politicization, potential scale of incremental fiscal and monetary stimulus not yet announced, or even the potential transformation of industries and consumer and social norms, but we believe there are clear pockets of the economy that remain better positioned than others given the ability of workers to remain productive (remotely or on-site) and end-customer demand to remain steady irrespective of the forward economic environment.

In this specific environment, we will focus further on companies with flexible business models that offer innovative products and services that will take market share from legacy companies that will be more strained by the challenging economic conditions. Now is when an active approach should shine. Specifically, our "farm team" approach identifies and monitors premier companies within each relative index, but then waits for a favorable price. This should allow us to upgrade the portfolio to our very best ideas as relative valuations shift, as it is rare that we can own our full "wish list" roster of companies. We believe that our process will allow us to take advantage of this dynamic environment and will pay off over time.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory RS Small Cap Growth Fund

Investment Overview
(Unaudited)

Average Annual Total Return

Year Ended December 31, 2021

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class R6

 

Class Y

     

INCEPTION DATE

 

11/30/87

 

9/6/07

 

1/22/07

 

7/12/17

 

5/1/07

     
    Net Asset
Value
  Maximum
Offering
Price
  Net Asset
Value
  Contingent
Deferred
Charges
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Russell 2000®
Growth
Index1
 

One Year

   

–11.06

%

   

–16.18

%

   

–11.73

%

   

–12.45

%

   

–11.53

%

   

–10.74

%

   

–10.82

%

   

2.83

%

 

Five Year

   

16.07

%

   

14.70

%

   

15.19

%

   

15.19

%

   

15.52

%

   

NA

     

16.38

%

   

14.53

%

 

Ten Year

   

14.82

%

   

14.14

%

   

13.95

%

   

13.95

%

   

14.30

%

   

NA

     

15.14

%

   

14.14

%

 

Since Inception

   

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

14.24

%

   

NA

     

NA

   

The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month's end, please visit www.vcm.com.

The maximum offering price (MOP) reflects a maximum sales charge of 5.75% for Class A. Class C is not subject to an initial sales charge, but is subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% on shares redeemed within one year of purchase. Net Asset Value ("NAV") does not reflect sales charges.

Total return measures the price change in a share assuming the reinvestment of all net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, if any. The total returns quoted do not reflect adjustments made to the enclosed financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, including reinvested distributions, or redemptions of shares. The total return figures set forth above include all waivers of fees. Without such fee waivers, the total returns would have been lower.

Victory RS Small Cap Growth Fund — Growth of $10,000

1The Russell 2000® Growth Index is an unmanaged market-capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of those companies in the Russell 2000® Index with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. Index results assume the reinvestment of dividends paid on the stocks constituting the index. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.

The graph reflects investment of growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund.

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of shares.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 


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Managers' Commentary
(Unaudited)

What were the market conditions during the reporting period?

U.S. stock performance followed up a strong 2019 and 2020 with another robust year, as the S&P 500® Index registered its twelfth year of positive returns in the last 13 years. This was driven largely by a resilient U.S. economy that bounced back quickly after what was effectively a global economic shutdown in 2020. We witnessed the highest levels of economic and earnings growth in decades, driven in part by continued fiscal stimulus and accommodative monetary policy. Yet, underlying this positive performance were interesting differences among investment styles and market capitalizations.

After a solid start to the 2021 calendar year, U.S. equity markets continued to rebound as the economy reopened after being shuttered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Aggressive fiscal and monetary measures convinced investors that had fled risk assets to re-enter as many companies reported better-than-expected earnings.

Although the market as a whole has headed higher, the inner dynamics of this past year were quite a contrast. In 2020, investors viewed the economic and business impact of the pandemic differently, rewarding the "haves" (often technology plays) relative to the "have-nots" (often legacy companies). In early 2021, the "have-nots" came roaring back at the start of the year. In fact, the strong sentiment for these legacy companies, which had been left largely for dead in the first 10 months of 2020, turned into outright exuberance as we approached the end of the first quarter of 2021. This was illustrated by value-oriented stocks in the Russell 1000® Value Index and the Russell 2000® Value Index returning 11.26% and 21.17%, respectively, materially outperforming growth-oriented stocks in the Russell 1000® Growth Index and the Russell 2000® Growth Index, which returned 0.94% and 4.88%, respectively.

Bellwether large-cap growth stocks led the way throughout the remainder of the year, providing investors with the highest return of any U.S. equity style during the second, third, and fourth quarters of 2021. The Russell 1000® Growth Index returned 25.21% during the final three quarters of the year, relative to the 10.37% return of the Russell 1000® Value Index and -2.67% return of the Russell 2000® Growth Index. This 30% performance gap between large- and small-cap growth stocks is a historic outlier, which has been driven largely by expansion among some of the largest technology stocks as investors piled into these well-known companies.

For the full year, U.S. stock performance was mixed, yet overall positive across market caps and styles, with large-cap stocks outperforming small- and mid-cap stocks as measured by the Russell family of indices. Meanwhile, growth-oriented investments outperformed value within large-caps, but materially underperformed within both mid-caps and small-caps as investors have shunned less established high-growth companies. In the broader context, however, growth stocks, as measured by the Russell 3000® Growth Index, have maintained their dominance versus value stocks, as measured by the Russell 3000® Value Index, over the past 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, and even 30 years.

 


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Victory RS Select Growth Fund (continued)

Managers' Commentary (continued)

How did Victory RS Select Growth Fund (the "Fund") perform during the reporting period?

The Fund returned 6.89% (Class A at net asset value) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, outperforming the Russell 2500TM Growth Index (the "Index"), which returned 5.04% during the reporting period.

What strategies did you employ during the reporting period?

The Fund seeks long-term capital growth by investing primarily in small- and mid-cap companies that we believe have the potential to produce sustainable earnings growth over a multi-year horizon. The Fund's outperformance was driven by stock selection within the Health Care, Materials & Processing, and Producer Durables sectors. Stock selection in the Technology and Financial Services sectors offset a portion of the Fund's outperformance.

Within the Health Care sector, a driver of relative outperformance was Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc., a company that engages in the design, development, and commercialization of products — mainly insulin pumps and related supplies — for people with insulin-dependent diabetes. The company performed exceptionally well during the year on strong results, continued execution, and a strong pipeline.

Within the Health Care sector, another driver of relative outperformance was within the Biotechnology sector, driven in part by Horizon Therapeutics Public Limited Company ("Horizon"). Horizon is a specialty pharmaceutical company with products in the areas of rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and several different orphan areas. The company's portfolio includes Tepezza, which we believe will be the standard care for treatment of thyroid eye disease, and Krystexxa, which is the only FDA-approved biologic for chronic refractory gout (a common type of inflammatory arthritis).

One of the largest contributors to outperformance within the Materials & Processing sector was building company Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. ("Advanced Drainage"). Advanced Drainage is a leading solutions provider of high performance thermoplastic corrugated pipe and related stormwater management and drainage products. We believe there are still underpenetrated markets that will allow them to take market share with superior products that are higher quality and cost effective. The company performed well in 2021 given their strong order book, book-to-bill ratio, and backlog, and we believe 2022 remains a great environment for the company.

Within the Technology sector, the largest detractor was RingCentral, Inc., a provider of software-as-a-service solutions for businesses to support modern communications. Despite strong results throughout 2021, highlighted by revenue acceleration, the stock underwhelmed as investors view competition as picking up, which has elicited fear that the company will not be able to grow or price as well as they have in the past. We believe these fears are unwarranted and we expect the stock to rebound.

Within the Technology sector, another detractor was Chegg, Inc., a direct-to-student learning platform aimed at helping students from high school through college and even into their careers. Given the company's attractive customer acquisition costs, backed by brand awareness and word of mouth, we believe there is a significant monetization opportunity ahead as the company shifted their customer interactions online. The company struggled in

 


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Victory RS Select Growth Fund (continued)

Managers' Commentary (continued)

the most recent quarter as they guided significantly below expectations on reopening headwinds and lower college enrollments. After July and August were ahead of plan, September traffic was down 25% as it appears students opted to pursue jobs this fall given rising wages and record job openings.

Within the Technology sector, detractors included Bandwidth Inc. ("Bandwidth"), which had been a top performer for the Fund in 2020. Bandwidth is a communications platform-as-a-service solution focused on communications for enterprises. The stock had challenging performance throughout 2021, in part due to tough comparisons from COVID-19 utilization and political messaging, despite meeting or exceeding most expectations investors had for the company.

Given the outsized impact of the virus globally, we believe investors should continue to expect all companies to feel some level of direct and secondary economic effects and markets to experience higher levels of volatility despite the outsized market performance to close out the year. As a result, we believe there will continue to be an abundance of opportunities across sectors in coming quarters and years as the economy transitions and new companies take leadership positions. We do not have a clear view or projection as to how large or prolonged the impact from the pandemic (both direct and indirect) will be, given the uncertainty regarding its continued spread, economic impact, politicization, potential scale of incremental fiscal and monetary stimulus not yet announced, or even the potential transformation of industries and consumer and social norms, but we believe there are clear pockets of the economy that remain better positioned than others given the ability of workers to remain productive (remotely or on-site) and end-customer demand to remain steady irrespective of the forward economic environment.

In this specific environment, we will focus further on companies with flexible business models that offer innovative products and services that will take market share from legacy companies that will be more strained by the challenging economic conditions. Now is when an active approach should shine. Specifically, our "farm team" approach identifies and monitors premier companies within each relative index, but then waits for a favorable price. This should allow us to upgrade the portfolio to our very best ideas as relative valuations shift, as it is rare that we can own our full "wish list" roster of companies. We believe that our process will allow us to take advantage of this dynamic environment and will pay off over time.

 


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Victory RS Select Growth Fund

Investment Overview
(Unaudited)

Average Annual Total Return

Year Ended December 31, 2021

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class R6

 

Class Y

         

INCEPTION DATE

 

8/1/96

 

11/15/07

 

2/12/07

 

11/15/16

 

5/1/09

         
    Net Asset
Value
  Maximum
Offering
Price
  Net Asset
Value
  Contingent
Deferred
Charges
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Russell 2500®
Growth
Index1
  Russell 2000®
Growth
Index2
 

One Year

   

6.89

%

   

0.75

%

   

6.02

%

   

5.30

%

   

6.31

%

   

7.23

%

   

7.15

%

   

5.04

%

   

2.83

%

 

Five Year

   

15.40

%

   

14.04

%

   

14.49

%

   

14.49

%

   

14.81

%

   

15.78

%

   

15.69

%

   

17.65

%

   

14.53

%

 

Ten Year

   

13.67

%

   

13.00

%

   

12.78

%

   

12.78

%

   

13.05

%

   

NA

     

13.97

%

   

15.75

%

   

14.14

%

 
Since
Inception
   

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

15.84

%

   

NA

     

NA

     

NA

   

The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month's end, please visit www.vcm.com.

The maximum offering price ("MOP") reflects a maximum sales charge of 5.75% for Class A. Class C is not subject to an initial sales charge, but is subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% on shares redeemed within one year of purchase. Net Asset Value ("NAV") does not reflect sales charges.

Total return measures the price change in a share assuming the reinvestment of all net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, if any. The total returns quoted do not reflect adjustments made to the enclosed financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, including reinvested distributions, or redemptions of shares. The total return figures set forth above include all waivers of fees. Without such fee waivers, the total returns would have been lower.

Victory RS Select Growth Fund — Growth of $10,000

1The Russell 2500TM Growth Index is an unmanaged market capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of those companies in the Russell 2500TM Index with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. (The Russell 2500TM Index measures the performance of the 2,500 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, which consists of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization.) Index results assume the reinvestment of dividends paid on the stocks constituting the index. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.

2The Russell 2000® Growth Index is an unmanaged market-capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of those companies in the Russell 2000® Index with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. Index results assume the reinvestment of dividends paid on the stocks constituting the index. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.

The graph reflects investment of growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund.

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of shares.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 


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Victory RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

Managers' Commentary
(Unaudited)

What were the market conditions during the reporting period?

U.S. stock performance followed up a strong 2019 and 2020 with another robust year, as the S&P 500® Index registered its twelfth year of positive returns in the last 13 years. This was driven largely by a resilient U.S. economy that bounced back quickly after what was effectively a global economic shutdown in 2020. We witnessed the highest levels of economic and earnings growth in decades, driven in part by continued fiscal stimulus and accommodative monetary policy. Yet, underlying this positive performance were interesting differences among investment styles and market capitalizations.

After a solid start to the 2021 calendar year, U.S. equity markets continued to rebound as the economy reopened after being shuttered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Aggressive fiscal and monetary measures convinced investors that had fled risk assets to re-enter as many companies reported better-than-expected earnings.

Although the market as a whole has headed higher, the inner dynamics of this past year were quite a contrast. In 2020, investors viewed the economic and business impact of the pandemic differently, rewarding the "haves" (often technology companies) relative to the "have-nots" (often older, less innovative companies). In early 2021, the "have-nots" came roaring back at the start of the year. In fact, the strong sentiment for these companies, which had been left largely for dead in the first 10 months of 2020, turned into outright exuberance as we approached the end of the first quarter of 2021. This was illustrated by value-oriented stocks in the Russell 1000® Value Index and the Russell 2000® Value Index returning 11.26% and 21.17%, respectively, materially outperforming growth-oriented stocks in the Russell 1000® Growth Index and the Russell 2000® Growth Index, which returned 0.94% and 4.88%, respectively.

Bellwether large-cap growth stocks led the way throughout the remainder of the year, providing investors with the highest return of any U.S. equity style during the second, third, and fourth quarters of 2021. The Russell 1000® Growth Index returned 25.21% during the final three quarters of the year, relative to the 10.37% return of the Russell 1000® Value Index and -2.67% return of the Russell 2000® Growth Index. This 30% performance gap between large- and small-cap growth stocks is a historic outlier, which has been driven largely by expansion among some of the largest technology stocks as investors piled into these well-known companies.

For the full year, U.S. stock performance was mixed, yet overall positive across market caps and styles, with large-cap stocks outperforming small- and mid-cap stocks as measured by the Russell family of indices. Meanwhile, growth-oriented investments outperformed value within large-caps, but materially underperformed within both mid-caps and small-caps as investors have shunned less established high-growth companies. In the broader context, however, growth stocks, as measured by the Russell 3000® Growth Index, have maintained their dominance versus value stocks, as measured by the Russell 3000® Value Index, over the past 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, and even 30 years.

 


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Victory RS Mid Cap Growth Fund (continued)

Managers' Commentary (continued)

How did Victory RS Mid Cap Growth Fund (the "Fund") perform during the reporting period?

The Fund returned 4.68% (Class A at net asset value) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, underperforming the Russell Midcap® Index (the "Index"), which returned 12.73% during the reporting period.

What strategies did you employ during the reporting period?

The Fund seeks long-term capital growth by investing primarily in mid-cap companies that we believe have the potential to produce sustainable earnings growth over a multi-year horizon. The Fund's underperformance was driven by stock selection within the Technology and Health Care sectors, while stock selection in the Materials & Processing sector offset a portion of the Fund's negative relative performance.

Within the Technology sector, the largest detractor was RingCentral, Inc., a provider of software-as-a-service solutions for businesses to support modern communications. Despite strong results throughout 2021, highlighted by revenue acceleration, the stock underwhelmed as investors view competition as picking up, which has elicited fear that the company will not be able to grow or price as well as they have in the past. We believe these fears are unwarranted and we expect the stock to rebound.

Another top detractor within Technology was Wix.com Ltd. ("Wix"), a developer and marketer of a cloud-based platform that enables anyone to create a website or web application. Wix showed its resilience to COVID-19 in 2020 as the demand for the company's tools accelerated the migration of small businesses from bricks-and-mortar to having an online presence by years, as well as producing a spike in new online business formation following a rise in unemployment. The company struggled to repeat this strong performance in 2021 as the economy reopened; headwinds across various geographies led Wix to report lower than expected collections and reduced guidance. Despite these struggles, we have continued to hold Wix given that secular trends are intact, as people will continue to increase the amount of time as well as the amount of purchasing they do on the internet, and the company's competitive positioning continues to improve.

Within the Health Care sector, another driver of underperformance was biotechnology holding Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. ("Iovance"). Iovance is focused on developing and commercializing new cancer immunotherapies that use tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes ("TILs"). TILs, as a ready-to-infuse cell therapy, have demonstrated breakthrough efficacy exceeding existing therapies in metastatic melanoma. Although we continue to believe in the long-term outlook for the treatment, the stock underperformed as the company lost a standoff with the FDA and faced a delay in its biologics license application submission for lifileucel, the company's TIL therapy candidate, as the FDA requested additional data on the treatment's potency. This setback was followed by the resignation of the company's CEO to pursue other opportunities. While we are likely to revisit the stock again in the future, we have decided to move from the holding.

 


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Victory RS Mid Cap Growth Fund (continued)

Managers' Commentary (continued)

Within the Materials & Processing sector, the largest contributor to performance was Builders FirstSource, Inc., a leading provider of building materials, manufactured components, and construction services that serves the U.S. residential construction market. The stock performed exceptionally well as strong earnings and better than expected guidance for growth and margins pushed the stock higher. The company also outlined a new digital strategy in the wake of a number of recent acquisitions made by the company that we believe will further expand the company's total addressable market, allowing key services across the value chain such as 3D visualization for the homebuyer and more efficient estimates/quotes for the builder.

One of the largest contributors to outperformance within Materials & Processing was building company Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. ("Advanced Drainage"). Advanced Drainage is a leading solutions provider of high performance thermoplastic corrugated pipe and related stormwater management and drainage products. We initially purchased Advanced Drainage given its significant size and scale advantage, given its leadership position built over 50+ years that has led to its unsurpassed ability to provide comprehensive water management and drainage solutions. We believe there are still underpenetrated markets that will allow them to take market share with superior products that are higher quality and cost effective. The company performed well in 2021 given their strong order book, book-to-bill ratio, and backlog, and we believe 2022 remains a great environment for the company.

Within the Technology sector, a contributor to performance was semiconductor holding Lattice Semiconductor Corporation ("Lattice"), a company that develops and sells semiconductor products in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Lattice performed exceptionally well during the year, posting solid beats and raises, and exhibited strength across segments, especially within industrials and auto on the continued macroeconomic improvement for automation, robotics, and embedded vision. In addition, the company hosted an analyst conference early in the year where they unveiled their new Avant platform, which is targeting the mid-range field-programmable gate array market and will allow integrated circuit design to be configured by customers or designers after manufacturing. We believe this doubles their addressable market and increases our already optimistic forecast for the company going forward.

Given the outsized impact of the virus globally, we believe investors should continue to expect all companies to feel some level of direct and secondary economic effects and markets to experience higher levels of volatility despite the outsized market performance to close out the year. As a result, we believe there will continue to be an abundance of opportunities across sectors in coming quarters and years as the economy transitions and new companies take leadership positions. We do not have a clear view or projection as to how large or prolonged the impact from the pandemic (both direct and indirect) will be, given the uncertainty regarding its continued spread, economic impact, politicization, potential scale of incremental fiscal and monetary stimulus not yet announced, or even the potential transformation of industries and consumer and social norms, but we believe there are clear pockets of the economy that remain better positioned than others given the ability of workers to remain productive (remotely or on-site) and end-customer demand to remain steady irrespective of the forward economic environment.

 


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Victory RS Mid Cap Growth Fund (continued)

Managers' Commentary (continued)

In this specific environment, we will focus further on companies with flexible business models that offer innovative products and services that will take market share from legacy companies that will be more strained by the challenging economic conditions. Now is when an active approach should shine. Specifically, our "farm team" approach identifies and monitors premier companies within each relative index, but then waits for a favorable price. This should allow us to upgrade the portfolio to our very best ideas as relative valuations shift, as it is rare that we can own our full "wish list" roster of companies. We believe that our process will allow us to take advantage of this dynamic environment and will pay off over time.

 


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Victory RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

Investment Overview
(Unaudited)

Average Annual Total Return

Year Ended December 31, 2021

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class R6

 

Class Y

 

Member Class

     

INCEPTION DATE

 

7/12/95

 

5/21/07

 

12/4/06

 

11/15/16

 

5/1/07

 

11/2/20

     
    Net Asset
Value
  Maximum
Offering
Price
  Net Asset
Value
  Contingent
Deferred
Charges
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Russell
Midcap®
Growth
Index1
 

One Year

   

4.68

%

   

–1.33

%

   

3.75

%

   

3.06

%

   

4.09

%

   

4.95

%

   

4.96

%

   

4.88

%

   

12.73

%

 

Five Year

   

15.08

%

   

13.73

%

   

14.05

%

   

14.05

%

   

14.41

%

   

15.39

%

   

15.37

%

   

NA

     

19.83

%

 

Ten Year

   

14.23

%

   

13.56

%

   

13.21

%

   

13.21

%

   

13.60

%

   

NA

     

14.52

%

   

NA

     

16.63

%

 
Since
Inception
   

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

15.60

%

   

NA

     

20.09

%

   

NA

   

The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month's end, please visit www.vcm.com.

The maximum offering price ("MOP") figures reflect a maximum sales charge of 5.75% for Class A. Class C is not subject to an initial sales charge, but is subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% on shares redeemed within one year of purchase. Net Asset Value ("NAV") does not reflect sales charges.

Total return measures the price change in a share assuming the reinvestment of all net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, if any. The total returns quoted do not reflect adjustments made to the enclosed financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, including reinvested distributions, or redemptions of shares. The total return figures set forth above include all waivers of fees. Without such fee waivers, the total returns would have been lower.

Victory RS Mid Cap Growth Fund — Growth of $10,000

1The Russell Midcap® Growth Index is an unmanaged market capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of those companies in the Russell Midcap® Index with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. (The Russell Midcap® Index measures the performance of the 800 smallest companies in the Russell 1000® Index, which consists of the 1,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization.) Index results assume the reinvestment of dividends paid on the stocks constituting the index. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.

The graph reflects investment of growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund.

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of shares.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 


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Victory RS Growth Fund

Managers' Commentary
(Unaudited)

What were the market conditions during the reporting period?

U.S. stock performance followed up a strong 2019 and 2020 with another robust year, as the S&P 500® Index registered its twelfth year of positive returns in the last 13 years. This was driven largely by a resilient U.S. economy that bounced back quickly after what was effectively a global economic shutdown in 2020. We witnessed the highest levels of economic and earnings growth in decades, driven in part by continued fiscal stimulus and accommodative monetary policy. Yet, underlying this positive performance were interesting differences among investment styles and market capitalizations.

After a solid start to the 2021 calendar year, U.S. equity markets continued to rebound as the economy reopened after being shuttered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Aggressive fiscal and monetary measures convinced investors that had fled risk assets to re-enter as many companies reported better-than-expected earnings.

Although the market as a whole has headed higher, the inner dynamics of this past year were quite a contrast. In 2020, investors viewed the economic and business impact of the pandemic differently, rewarding the "haves" (often technology companies) relative to the "have-nots" (often older, less innovative companies). In early 2021, the "have-nots" came roaring back at the start of the year. In fact, the strong sentiment for these companies, which had been left largely for dead in the first 10 months of 2020, turned into outright exuberance as we approached the end of the first quarter of 2021. This was illustrated by value-oriented stocks in the Russell 1000® Value Index and the Russell 2000® Value Index returning 11.26% and 21.17%, respectively, materially outperforming growth-oriented stocks in the Russell 1000® Growth Index and the Russell 2000® Growth Index, which returned 0.94% and 4.88%, respectively.

Bellwether large-cap growth stocks led the way throughout the remainder of the year, providing investors with the highest return of any U.S. equity style during the second, third, and fourth quarters of 2021. The Russell 1000® Growth Index returned 25.21% during the final three quarters of the year, relative to the 10.37% return of the Russell 1000® Value Index and -2.67% return of the Russell 2000® Growth Index. This 30% performance gap between large- and small-cap growth stocks is a historic outlier, which has been driven largely by expansion among some of the largest technology stocks as investors piled into these well-known companies.

For the full year, U.S. stock performance was mixed, yet overall positive across market caps and styles, with large-cap stocks outperforming small- and mid-cap stocks as measured by the Russell family of indices. Meanwhile, growth-oriented investments outperformed value within large-caps, but materially underperformed within both mid-caps and small-caps as investors have shunned less established high-growth companies. In the broader context, however, growth stocks, as measured by the Russell 3000® Growth Index, have maintained their dominance versus value stocks, as measured by the Russell 3000® Value Index, over the past 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, and even 30 years.

 


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Victory RS Growth Fund (continued)

Managers' Commentary (continued)

How did Victory RS Growth Fund (the "Fund") perform during the reporting period?

The Fund returned 19.91% (Class A at net asset value) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, underperforming the Russell 1000® Growth Index (the "Index"), which returned 27.60% during the reporting period.

What strategies did you employ during the reporting period?

The Fund seeks long-term capital growth by investing primarily in large-cap companies that we believe have the potential to produce sustainable earnings growth over a multi-year horizon. The Fund's underperformance was driven by stock selection within the Health Care, Technology, and Financial Services sectors.

Within the Technology sector, the largest detractor was RingCentral, Inc., a provider of software-as-a-service solutions for businesses to support modern communications. Despite strong results throughout 2021, highlighted by revenue acceleration, the stock underwhelmed as investors view competition as picking up, which has elicited fear that the company will not be able to grow or price as well as they have in the past. We believe these fears are unwarranted and we expect the stock to rebound.

Another driver of relative underperformance within the Technology sector was Information Technology holding Twilio, Inc. ("Twilio"). Twilio provides a cloud communications platform that enables developers to build, scale, and operate communications within software applications. We own Twilio given their leading position in a rapidly growing market, driven by the company's broad and deep functionality, strong developer focus, and comprehensive documentation. In addition, the company has a compelling model for top-line growth, driven by its high net expansion rate among existing customers and rapid customer growth. After a strong 2020, the stock struggled through most of 2021 due to concerns around slowing organic growth. In our view, once the company gets past the most recent quarter, comparison growth figures will get a lot easier and the setup should be cleaner. The recent departure of their well-respected COO also raised some concerns, but we believe they have a strong executive team and we do not expect much disruption. We still believe they are a leading communications platform-as-a-service company with durable 30%+ growth for the foreseeable future; thus, we continue to hold.

Within the Consumer Staples sector, the largest detractor to performance was natural pet food provider Freshpet, Inc. ("Freshpet"). Expectations are that profitability will improve substantially as the company scales and we believe the market is in the early innings of household spend for pets, while their product's competitive differentiation will be difficult for other providers to match. Despite the strong secular story, the stock struggled in 2021 given supply chain frictions that led to delays on a new production line and cost pressures that rose much faster than anticipated, driving a top-line and bottom-line miss. We believe management when they noted the miss does not reflect reduced demand from customers, and we expect outsized growth in 2022 when new capacity comes online.

The largest contributor to performance for the calendar year was Tesla, Inc., the undisputed leading designer, manufacturer, and seller of high-performance electric vehicles. The stock performed exceptionally well in 2021 on record deliveries, highlighted by more than 300,000 deliveries in the last quarter of 2021 alone. Delivery of 1.5 to 2 million units in 2022 seems reasonable, which we believe can drive the stock even higher.

 


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Victory RS Growth Fund (continued)

Managers' Commentary (continued)

Another strong contributor to performance was Producer Durables back-office support company Gartner, Inc., a leading global research and advisory firm helping senior executives in information technology, finance, human resources and other areas make better business decisions. The stock performed exceptionally well during the year, especially in the first quarter, as the strong cyclical recovery led to earnings per share a full 51% above expectations, with revenue upside across all segments, including a material beat in research. Looking ahead, we believe growth will continue to accelerate, driven by a ramp in sales force hiring, a strong pipeline, and positive momentum across end markets.

A contributor to performance within the Technology sector was Marvell Technology, Inc., a company that designs, develops, and sells analog, mixed-signal, digital signal processing, and embedded and standalone integrated circuits. The stock performed well in 2021, driven by growth that outpaced expectations based on a better product mix (more Enterprise Networking), and despite continued supply constraints that management is working to ease through incremental capacity to support growth projections. The company's data center business continues to be the most exciting opportunity for the company, with robust demand trends and strength across all cloud product lines, showing the company is a key beneficiary of the metaverse movement.

Given the outsized impact of the virus globally, we believe investors should continue to expect all companies to feel some level of direct and secondary economic effects and markets to experience higher levels of volatility despite the outsized market performance to close out the year. As a result, we believe there will continue to be an abundance of opportunities across sectors in coming quarters and years as the economy transitions and new companies take leadership positions. We do not have a clear view or projection as to how large or prolonged the impact from the pandemic (both direct and indirect) will be, given the uncertainty regarding its continued spread, economic impact, politicization, potential scale of incremental fiscal and monetary stimulus not yet announced, or even the potential transformation of industries and consumer and social norms, but we believe there are clear pockets of the economy that remain better positioned than others given the ability of workers to remain productive (remotely or on-site) and end-customer demand to remain steady irrespective of the forward economic environment.

In this specific environment, we will focus further on companies with flexible business models that offer innovative products and services that will take market share from legacy companies that will be more strained by the challenging economic conditions. Now is when an active approach should shine. Specifically, our "farm team" approach identifies and monitors premier companies within each relative index, but then waits for a favorable price. This should allow us to upgrade the portfolio to our very best ideas as relative valuations shift, as it is rare that we can own our full "wish list" roster of companies. We believe that our process will allow us to take advantage of this dynamic environment and will pay off over time.

 


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Victory RS Growth Fund

Investment Overview
(Unaudited)

Average Annual Total Return

Year Ended December 31, 2021

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class Y

     

INCEPTION DATE

 

5/12/92

 

6/30/07

 

11/27/06

 

5/1/07

     
    Net Asset
Value
  Maximum
Offering
Price
  Net Asset
Value
  Contingent
Deferred
Charges
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Russell 1000®
Growth Index1
 

One Year

   

19.91

%

   

13.04

%

   

18.95

%

   

17.95

%

   

19.17

%

   

20.22

%

   

27.60

%

 

Five Year

   

20.99

%

   

19.57

%

   

19.99

%

   

19.99

%

   

20.26

%

   

21.31

%

   

25.32

%

 

Ten Year

   

17.36

%

   

16.67

%

   

16.38

%

   

16.38

%

   

16.66

%

   

17.68

%

   

19.79

%

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month's end, please visit www.vcm.com.

The maximum offering price ("MOP") figures reflect a maximum sales charge of 5.75% for Class A. Class C is not subject to an initial sales charge, but is subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% on shares redeemed within one year of purchase. Net Asset Value ("NAV") does not reflect sales charges.

Total return measures the price change in a share assuming the reinvestment of all net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, if any. The total returns quoted do not reflect adjustments made to the enclosed financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, including reinvested distributions, or redemptions of shares. The total return figures set forth above include all waivers of fees. Without such fee waivers, the total returns would have been lower.

Victory RS Growth Fund — Growth of $10,000

1The Russell 1000® Growth Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with higher price-to-book
ratios and higher forecasted growth values. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative
of the Fund, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.

The graph reflects investment of growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund.

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of shares.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 


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Victory RS Science and Technology Fund

Managers' Commentary
(Unaudited)

What were the market conditions during the reporting period?

U.S. stock performance followed up a strong 2019 and 2020 with another robust year, as the S&P 500® Index registered its twelfth year of positive returns in the last 13 years. This was driven largely by a resilient U.S. economy that bounced back quickly after what was effectively a global economic shutdown in 2020. We witnessed the highest levels of economic and earnings growth in decades, driven in part by continued fiscal stimulus and accommodative monetary policy. Yet, underlying this positive performance were interesting differences among investment styles and market capitalizations.

After a solid start to the 2021 calendar year, U.S. equity markets continued to rebound as the economy reopened after being shuttered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Aggressive fiscal and monetary measures convinced investors that had fled risk assets to re-enter as many companies reported better-than-expected earnings.

Although the market as a whole has headed higher, the inner dynamics of this past year were quite a contrast. In 2020, investors viewed the economic and business impact of the pandemic differently, rewarding the "haves" (often technology companies) relative to the "have-nots" (often older, less innovative companies). In early 2021, the "have-nots" came roaring back at the start of the year. In fact, the strong sentiment for these companies, which had been left largely for dead in the first 10 months of 2020, turned into outright exuberance as we approached the end of the first quarter of 2021. This was illustrated by value-oriented stocks in the Russell 1000® Value Index and the Russell 2000® Value Index returning 11.26% and 21.17%, respectively, materially outperforming growth-oriented stocks in the Russell 1000® Growth Index and the Russell 2000® Growth Index, which returned 0.94% and 4.88%, respectively.

Bellwether large-cap growth stocks led the way throughout the remainder of the year, providing investors with the highest return of any U.S. equity style during the second, third, and fourth quarters of 2021. The Russell 1000® Growth Index returned 25.21% during the final three quarters of the year, relative to the 10.37% return of the Russell 1000® Value Index and -2.67% return of the Russell 2000® Growth Index. This 30% performance gap between large- and small-cap growth stocks is a historic outlier, which has been driven largely by expansion among some of the largest technology stocks as investors piled into these well-known companies.

For the full year, U.S. stock performance was mixed, yet overall positive across market caps and styles, with large-cap stocks outperforming small- and mid-cap stocks as measured by the Russell family of indices. Meanwhile, growth-oriented investments outperformed value within large-caps, but materially underperformed within both mid-caps and small-caps as investors have shunned less established high-growth companies. In the broader context, however, growth stocks, as measured by the Russell 3000® Growth Index, have maintained their dominance versus value stocks, as measured by the Russell 3000® Value Index, over the past 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, and even 30 years.

 


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Victory RS Science and Technology Fund (continued)

Managers' Commentary (continued)

How did Victory RS Science and Technology Fund (the "Fund") perform during the reporting period?

The Fund returned -9.25% (Class A at net asset value) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, underperforming the S&P North American Technology Sector Index (the "Index"), which returned 26.40% during the reporting period and the broader S&P 500® Index, which returned 28.71% during the reporting period.

What strategies did you employ during the reporting period?

The Fund's performance was hindered by exposure to innovative companies within the Health Care sector, as well as a tilt toward smaller-cap companies relative to the Index. Stock selection in the Technology sector helped add incrementally to performance.

Within the Health Care sector, one of the largest drivers of underperformance was biotechnology holding Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. ("Iovance"). Iovance is focused on developing and commercializing new cancer immunotherapies that use tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes ("TILs"). TILs, as a ready-to-infuse cell therapy, have demonstrated breakthrough efficacy exceeding existing therapies in metastatic melanoma. Although we continue to believe in the long-term outlook for the treatment, the stock underperformed sharply in the first half of 2021 as the company lost a standoff with the FDA and faced a delay in its biologics license application submission for lifileucel, the company's TIL therapy candidate, as the FDA requested additional data on the treatment's potency. This setback was followed by the resignation of the company's CEO to pursue other opportunities. While we are likely to revisit the stock again in the future, we moved on from the holding.

Within the Technology sector, the largest detractor was RingCentral, Inc., a provider of software-as-a-service solutions for businesses to support modern communications. Despite strong results throughout 2021, highlighted by revenue acceleration, the stock underwhelmed as investors view competition as picking up, which has elicited fear that the company will not be able to grow or price as well as they have in the past. We believe these fears are unwarranted and we expect the stock to rebound.

Within the Technology sector, another driver of relative underperformance was Information Technology holding Twilio, Inc. ("Twilio"). Twilio provides a cloud communications platform that enables developers to build, scale, and operate communications within software applications. After a strong 2020, the stock struggled through most of 2021 due to concerns around slowing organic growth. In our view, once the company gets past the fourth quarter of 2021, comparison growth figures will get a lot easier and the setup should be cleaner. The recent departure of their well-respected COO also raised some concerns, but we believe they have a strong executive team and we do not expect much disruption. We still believe they are a leading communications platform-as-a-service company with durable 30%+ growth for the foreseeable future; thus, we continue to hold.

Within the Financial Services sector, a contributor to performance was Visa Inc. ("Visa"), an operator of the market-leading global retail electronic payments network. The stock has performed exceptionally well in recent years and months, driven by the continued trend toward cash digitization and e-commerce that has sustained high levels of growth even as the economy reopened. Visa also benefited from an improvement in cross-border volumes, which beat expectations despite COVID-19 concerns, and record payment volume. The

 


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Victory RS Science and Technology Fund (continued)

Managers' Commentary (continued)

company outlined high-end, mid-teens growth prospects for fiscal year 2022, which we believe is conservative.

Within the Technology sector, a contributor to performance was semiconductor holding Lattice Semiconductor Corporation ("Lattice"), a company that develops and sells semiconductor products in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Lattice performed exceptionally well during the year, posting solid beats and raises, and exhibited strength across segments, especially within industrials and auto on the continued macroeconomic improvement for automation, robotics, and embedded vision. In addition, the company hosted an analyst conference early in the year where they unveiled their new Avant platform, which is targeting the mid-range field-programmable gate array market and will allow integrated circuit design to be configured by customers or designers after manufacturing. We believe this doubles their addressable market and increases our already optimistic forecast for the company going forward.

Another contributor to performance within Technology was Marvell Technology, Inc. ("Marvell"), a company that designs, develops, and sells analog, mixed-signal, digital signal processing, and embedded and standalone integrated circuits. The stock performed well in 2021, driven by growth that outpaced expectations based on a better product mix (more Enterprise Networking) and despite continued supply constraints that management is working to ease through incremental capacity to support growth projections. The company's data center business continues to be the most exciting opportunity for the company, with robust demand trends and strength across all cloud product lines, showing the company is a key beneficiary of the metaverse movement.

Given the outsized impact of the virus globally, we believe investors should continue to expect all companies to feel some level of direct and secondary economic effects and markets to experience higher levels of volatility despite the outsized market performance to close out the year. As a result, we believe there will continue to be an abundance of opportunities across sectors in coming quarters and years as the economy transitions and new companies take leadership positions. We do not have a clear view or projection as to how large or prolonged the impact from the pandemic (both direct and indirect) will be, given the uncertainty regarding its continued spread, economic impact, politicization, potential scale of incremental fiscal and monetary stimulus not yet announced, or even the potential transformation of industries and consumer and social norms, but we believe there are clear pockets of the economy that remain better positioned than others given the ability of workers to remain productive (remotely or on-site) and end-customer demand to remain steady irrespective of the forward economic environment.

In this specific environment, we will focus further on companies with flexible business models that offer innovative products and services that will take market share from legacy companies that will be more strained by the challenging economic conditions. Now is when an active approach should shine. Specifically, our "farm team" approach identifies and monitors premier companies within each relative index, but then waits for a favorable price. This should allow us to upgrade the portfolio to our very best ideas as relative valuations shift, as it is rare that we can own our full "wish list" roster of companies. We believe that our process will allow us to take advantage of this dynamic environment and will pay off over time.

 


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Victory RS Science and Technology Fund

Investment Overview
(Unaudited)

Average Annual Total Return

Year Ended December 31, 2021

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class Y

         

INCEPTION DATE

 

11/15/95

 

5/2/07

 

1/19/07

 

5/1/07

         
    Net Asset
Value
  Maximum
Offering
Price
  Net Asset
Value
  Contingent
Deferred
Charges
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  S&P North
American
Technology
Sector
Index1
  S&P 500®
Index2
 

One Year

   

–9.25

%

   

–14.47

%

   

–10.03

%

   

–10.75

%

   

–9.66

%

   

–9.04

%

   

26.40

%

   

28.71

%

 

Five Year

   

24.56

%

   

23.09

%

   

23.56

%

   

23.56

%

   

23.99

%

   

24.85

%

   

29.99

%

   

18.47

%

 

Ten Year

   

19.61

%

   

18.91

%

   

18.66

%

   

18.66

%

   

19.07

%

   

19.93

%

   

23.54

%

   

16.55

%

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month's end, please visit www.vcm.com.

The maximum offering price ("MOP") figures reflect a maximum sales charge of 5.75% for Class A. Class C is not subject to an initial sales charge, but is subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% on shares redeemed within one year of purchase. Net Asset Value ("NAV") does not reflect sales charges.

Total return measures the price change in a share assuming the reinvestment of all net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, if any. The total returns quoted do not reflect adjustments made to the enclosed financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, including reinvested distributions, or redemptions of shares. The total return figures set forth above include all waivers of fees. Without such fee waivers, the total returns would have been lower.

Victory RS Science and Technology Fund — Growth of $10,000

1The S&P North American Technology Sector Index is a modified capitalization-weighted index based on a universe of technology-related stocks. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.

2The S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index comprised of 500 domestically traded common stocks, is weighted according to the market value of each common stock in the index, and includes reinvestment of dividends. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.

The graph reflects investment of growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund.

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of shares.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 


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Victory RS Small Cap Equity Fund

Managers' Commentary
(Unaudited)

What were the market conditions during the reporting period?

U.S. stock performance followed up a strong 2019 and 2020 with another robust year, as the S&P 500® Index registered its twelfth year of positive returns in the last 13 years. This was driven largely by a resilient U.S. economy that bounced back quickly after what was effectively a global economic shutdown in 2020. We witnessed the highest levels of economic and earnings growth in decades, driven in part by continued fiscal stimulus and accommodative monetary policy. Yet, underlying this positive performance were interesting differences among investment styles and market capitalizations.

After a solid start to the 2021 calendar year, U.S. equity markets continued to rebound as the economy reopened after being shuttered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Aggressive fiscal and monetary measures convinced investors that had fled risk assets to re-enter as many companies reported better-than-expected earnings.

Although the market as a whole has headed higher, the inner dynamics of this past year were quite a contrast. In 2020, investors viewed the economic and business impact of the pandemic differently, rewarding the "haves" (often technology companies) relative to the "have-nots" (often older, less innovative companies). In early 2021, the "have-nots" came roaring back at the start of the year. In fact, the strong sentiment for these companies, which had been left largely for dead in the first 10 months of 2020, turned into outright exuberance as we approached the end of the first quarter of 2021. This was illustrated by value-oriented stocks in the Russell 1000® Value Index and the Russell 2000® Value Index returning 11.26% and 21.17%, respectively, materially outperforming growth-oriented stocks in the Russell 1000® Growth Index and the Russell 2000® Growth Index (the "Index"), which returned 0.94% and 4.88%, respectively.

Bellwether large-cap growth stocks led the way throughout the remainder of the year, providing investors with the highest return of any U.S. equity style during the second, third, and fourth quarters of 2021. The Russell 1000® Growth Index returned 25.21% during the final three quarters of the year, relative to the 10.37% return of the Russell 1000® Value Index and -2.67% return of the Index. This 30% performance gap between large- and small-cap growth stocks is a historic outlier, which has been driven largely by expansion among some of the largest technology stocks as investors piled into these well-known companies.

For the full year, U.S. stock performance was mixed, yet overall positive across market caps and styles, with large-cap stocks outperforming small- and mid-cap stocks as measured by the Russell family of indices. Meanwhile, growth-oriented investments outperformed value within large-caps, but materially underperformed within both mid-caps and small-caps as investors have shunned less established high-growth companies. In the broader context, however, growth stocks, as measured by the Russell 3000® Growth Index, have maintained their dominance versus value stocks, as measured by the Russell 3000® Value Index, over the past 1, 3, 5, 10, 15, and even 30 years.

 


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Victory RS Small Cap Equity Fund (continued)

Managers' Commentary (continued)

How did Victory RS Small Cap Equity Fund (the "Fund") perform during the reporting period?

The Fund returned -7.36% (Class A at net asset value) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, underperforming the Index, which returned 2.83% during the reporting period.

What strategies did you employ during the reporting period?

The Fund's underperformance was driven by stock selection within the Financial Services and Health Care sectors, while stock selection in the Technology and Producer Durables sectors offset some of the Fund's relative underperformance.

The largest contributor to performance was semiconductor & components holding SiTime Corporation, a leading provider of silicon timing solutions. The stock performed exceptionally well in 2021 as industry supply constraints accelerated adoption of their MEMS-based timing solutions by several years, which led to a large revenue and earnings beat, significant margin expansion, and improved visibility and raise of their fiscal year guidance. We believe the company is one of the best secular growth stories among small-cap semiconductors and remains under-owned by small-cap investors.

A top performer within the Materials & Processing sector was scientific instruments holding Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. The company has experienced accelerating organic growth and has clear margin drivers after completing a long cycle of tuck-in acquisitions. The stock performed exceptionally well in the year given strong earnings that materially beat expectations. We believe the stock is poised to continue to outperform as "The Street" recognizes the company's growth inflection and reasonable valuation.

Within the Technology sector, a contributor to performance was semiconductor holding Lattice Semiconductor Corporation ("Lattice"), a company that develops and sells semiconductor products in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Lattice performed exceptionally well during the year, posting solid beats and raises, and exhibited strength across segments, especially within industrials and auto on the continued macroeconomic improvement for automation, robotics, and embedded vision. In addition, the company hosted an analyst conference early in the year where they unveiled their new Avant platform, which is targeting the mid-range field-programmable gate array market and will allow integrated circuit design to be configured by customers or designers after manufacturing. We believe this doubles their addressable market and increases our already optimistic forecast for the company going forward.

Within the Technology sector, detractors included Bandwidth Inc. ("Bandwidth"), which had been a top performer for the Fund in 2020. Bandwidth is a communications platform-as-a-Service solution focused on communications for enterprises. The stock had challenging performance throughout 2021, in part due to tough comparisons from COVID-19 utilization and political messaging, despite meeting or exceeding most expectations investors had for the company.

 


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Victory RS Small Cap Equity Fund (continued)

Managers' Commentary (continued)

Within the Health Care sector, a top detractor to performance was biotechnology holding bluebird bio, Inc. ("bluebird"). Unfortunately, bluebird has underwhelmed, as the company suffered setbacks throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The stock struggled to regain the confidence of investors in 2021 following their announcement that the company's market expansion studies will be delayed or in some cases halted, followed by a temporary suspension of their LentiGlobin sickle cell disease trial due to unexpected serious adverse reaction. We have moved on from the holding.

Within the Health Care sector, another driver of underperformance was biotechnology holding Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. ("Iovance"). Iovance is focused on developing and commercializing new cancer immunotherapies that use tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes ("TILs"). TILs, as a ready-to-infuse cell therapy, have demonstrated breakthrough efficacy exceeding existing therapies in metastatic melanoma. Although we continue to believe in the long-term outlook for the treatment, the stock underperformed as the company lost a standoff with the FDA and faced a delay in its biologics license application submission for lifileucel, the company's TIL therapy candidate, as the FDA requested additional data on the treatment's potency. This setback was followed by the resignation of the company's CEO to pursue other opportunities. While we are likely to revisit the stock again in the future, we have decided to move from the holding.

Given the outsized impact of the virus globally, we believe investors should continue to expect all companies to feel some level of direct and secondary economic effects and markets to experience higher levels of volatility despite the outsized market performance to close out the year. As a result, we believe there will continue to be an abundance of opportunities across sectors in coming quarters and years as the economy transitions and new companies take leadership positions. We do not have a clear view or projection as to how large or prolonged the impact from the pandemic (both direct and indirect) will be, given the uncertainty regarding its continued spread, economic impact, politicization, potential scale of incremental fiscal and monetary stimulus not yet announced, or even the potential transformation of industries and consumer and social norms, but we believe there are clear pockets of the economy that remain better positioned than others given the ability of workers to remain productive (remotely or on-site) and end-customer demand to remain steady irrespective of the forward economic environment.

In this specific environment, we will focus further on companies with flexible business models that offer innovative products and services that will take market share from legacy companies that will be more strained by the challenging economic conditions. Now is when an active approach should shine. Specifically, our "farm team" approach identifies and monitors premier companies within each relative index, but then waits for a favorable price. This should allow us to upgrade the portfolio to our very best ideas as relative valuations shift, as it is rare that we can own our full "wish list" roster of companies. We believe that our process will allow us to take advantage of this dynamic environment and will pay off over time.

 


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Victory RS Small Cap Equity Fund

Investment Overview
(Unaudited)

Average Annual Total Return

Year Ended December 31, 2021

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class Y

 

Member Class

     

INCEPTION DATE

 

5/1/97

 

8/7/00

 

5/15/01

 

5/1/07

 

11/2/20

     
    Net Asset
Value
  Maximum
Offering
Price
  Net Asset
Value
  Contingent
Deferred
Charges
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Russell 2000®
Growth
Index1
 

One Year

   

–7.36

%

   

–12.69

%

   

–8.14

%

   

–8.88

%

   

–7.87

%

   

–7.25

%

   

–7.35

%

   

2.83

%

 

Five Year

   

17.41

%

   

16.03

%

   

16.37

%

   

16.37

%

   

16.81

%

   

17.59

%

   

NA

     

14.53

%

 

Ten Year

   

15.67

%

   

14.98

%

   

14.68

%

   

14.68

%

   

15.18

%

   

15.85

%

   

NA

     

14.14

%

 

Since Inception

   

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

13.54

%

   

NA

   

The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month's end, please visit www.vcm.com.

The maximum offering price ("MOP") figures reflect a maximum sales charge of 5.75% for Class A. Class C is not subject to an initial sales charge, but is subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% on shares redeemed within one year of purchase. Net Asset Value ("NAV") does not reflect sales charges.

Total return measures the price change in a share assuming the reinvestment of all net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, if any. The total returns quoted do not reflect adjustments made to the enclosed financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, including reinvested distributions, or redemptions of shares. The total return figures set forth above include all waivers of fees. Without such fee waivers, the total returns would have been lower.

Victory RS Small Cap Equity Fund — Growth of $10,000

1The Russell 2000® Growth Index is an unmanaged market-capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of those companies in the Russell 2000® Index with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. Index results assume the reinvestment of dividends paid on the stocks constituting the index. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.

The graph reflects investment of growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund.

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of shares.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 


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Victory RS Small Cap Growth Fund  December 31, 2021

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital growth.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.

   

3.2

%

 

Avaya Holdings Corp.

   

3.0

%

 

Varonis Systems, Inc.

   

2.6

%

 

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.

   

2.3

%

 

Evoqua Water Technologies Corp.

   

2.2

%

 

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc.

   

1.9

%

 

Saia, Inc.

   

1.8

%

 

Summit Materials, Inc.

   

1.7

%

 

Surgery Partners, Inc.

   

1.7

%

 

WNS Holdings Ltd.

   

1.6

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


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Victory RS Select Growth Fund  December 31, 2021

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital growth.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Horizon Therapeutics PLC

   

3.6

%

 

Dynatrace, Inc.

   

3.3

%

 

The Middleby Corp.

   

2.9

%

 

Churchill Downs, Inc.

   

2.6

%

 

Avantor, Inc.

   

2.6

%

 

Builders FirstSource, Inc.

   

2.6

%

 

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC

   

2.5

%

 

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.

   

2.5

%

 

Evoqua Water Technologies Corp.

   

2.4

%

 

Saia, Inc.

   

2.2

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


31


 

Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Mid Cap Growth Fund  December 31, 2021

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital growth.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Synopsys, Inc.

   

3.1

%

 

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

   

2.3

%

 

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

   

2.3

%

 

Zscaler, Inc

   

2.3

%

 

Lululemon Athletica, Inc.

   

2.3

%

 

Avantor, Inc.

   

2.2

%

 

ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc.

   

2.0

%

 

RingCentral, Inc., Class A

   

2.0

%

 

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

   

1.8

%

 

Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A

   

1.8

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)*

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


32


 

Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Growth Fund  December 31, 2021

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital growth.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Microsoft Corp.

   

11.9

%

 

Apple, Inc.

   

9.4

%

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class C

   

7.8

%

 

Amazon.com, Inc.

   

4.8

%

 

Tesla, Inc.

   

4.0

%

 

NVIDIA Corp.

   

3.8

%

 

Visa, Inc., Class A

   

2.9

%

 

The Home Depot, Inc.

   

2.8

%

 

Lam Research Corp.

   

2.3

%

 

ServiceNow, Inc.

   

2.1

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)*

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


33


 

Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Science and Technology Fund  December 31, 2021

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital growth.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Microsoft Corp.

   

7.0

%

 

Lam Research Corp.

   

3.4

%

 

NVIDIA Corp.

   

3.3

%

 

RingCentral, Inc., Class A

   

3.2

%

 

Amazon.com, Inc.

   

3.1

%

 

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.

   

3.0

%

 

Marvell Technology, Inc.

   

2.4

%

 

Ambarella, Inc.

   

2.3

%

 

Impinj, Inc.

   

2.3

%

 

ServiceNow, Inc.

   

2.2

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)*

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


34


 

Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Small Cap Equity Fund  December 31, 2021

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital growth.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

PROG Holdings, Inc.

   

6.4

%

 

Evoqua Water Technologies Corp.

   

6.3

%

 

Avaya Holdings Corp.

   

5.2

%

 

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.

   

5.1

%

 

Paymentus Holdings, Inc., Class A

   

4.1

%

 

Acushnet Holdings Corp.

   

3.7

%

 

Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A

   

3.6

%

 

Chart Industries, Inc.

   

3.5

%

 

ACI Worldwide, Inc.

   

3.5

%

 

John Bean Technologies Corp.

   

3.5

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)*

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


35


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Small Cap Growth Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (100.0%)

 

Biotechnology (12.9%):

 

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

549,350

   

$

25,973,268

   

Beam Therapeutics, Inc. (a) (b)

   

258,800

     

20,623,772

   

Bicycle Therapeutics PLC, ADR (a) (b)

   

221,790

     

13,500,357

   

Blueprint Medicines Corp. (a)

   

183,730

     

19,679,320

   

DermTech, Inc. (a) (b)

   

413,570

     

6,534,406

   

Editas Medicine, Inc. (a) (b)

   

507,800

     

13,482,090

   

Equillium, Inc. (a) (b) (c)

   

1,578,220

     

5,918,325

   

Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

445,310

     

26,055,088

   

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

244,680

     

28,930,963

   

Karuna Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

134,640

     

17,637,840

   

Opthea Ltd., ADR (a)

   

764,370

     

5,732,775

   

ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) (b)

   

799,150

     

11,747,505

   

Replimune Group, Inc. (a)

   

431,490

     

11,693,379

   

Rubius Therapeutics, Inc. (a) (b)

   

1,179,390

     

11,416,495

   

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

213,870

     

19,258,994

   

Scholar Rock Holding Corp. (a) (b)

   

577,520

     

14,345,597

   

SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

341,520

     

21,167,410

   

Twist Bioscience Corp. (a)

   

221,210

     

17,119,442

   
     

290,817,026

   

Communication Services (2.5%):

 

Bandwidth, Inc., Class A (a) (b)

   

474,470

     

34,047,967

   

ZipRecruiter, Inc. (a)

   

927,470

     

23,131,102

   
     

57,179,069

   

Consumer Discretionary (14.8%):

 

Acushnet Holdings Corp.

   

504,950

     

26,802,746

   

Crocs, Inc. (a)

   

278,440

     

35,701,577

   

Fox Factory Holding Corp. (a)

   

188,900

     

32,131,890

   

Gentherm, Inc. (a)

   

228,680

     

19,872,292

   

Meritage Homes Corp. (a)

   

252,200

     

30,783,532

   

Papa John's International, Inc.

   

184,700

     

24,651,909

   

Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (a)

   

336,150

     

30,448,467

   

Porch Group, Inc. (a) (b)

   

1,057,490

     

16,486,269

   

Skyline Champion Corp. (a)

   

223,650

     

17,663,877

   

Steven Madden Ltd.

   

386,430

     

17,957,402

   

Warby Parker, Inc., Class A (a) (b)

   

368,270

     

17,146,651

   

Wingstop, Inc.

   

206,480

     

35,679,744

   

YETI Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

314,530

     

26,052,520

   
     

331,378,876

   

Consumer Staples (4.6%):

 

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

332,940

     

22,296,992

   

Celsius Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)

   

175,710

     

13,102,695

   

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (a) (b)

   

1,290,050

     

42,842,561

   

Freshpet, Inc. (a)

   

255,450

     

24,336,721

   
     

102,578,969

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


36


 
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Victory RS Small Cap Growth Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Energy (1.6%):

 

Matador Resources Co. (b)

   

637,010

   

$

23,518,409

   

Ranger Oil Corp. (a)

   

484,630

     

13,046,240

   
     

36,564,649

   

Financials (8.4%):

 

Customers Bancorp, Inc.

   

233,840

     

15,286,121

   

Focus Financial Partners, Inc., Class A (a)

   

486,120

     

29,031,086

   

Green Dot Corp., Class A (a)

   

254,075

     

9,207,678

   

Open Lending Corp., Class A (a)

   

615,770

     

13,842,510

   

PacWest Bancorp

   

301,690

     

13,627,337

   

PRA Group, Inc. (a)

   

381,120

     

19,136,035

   

PROG Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)

   

690,530

     

31,149,808

   

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.

   

233,670

     

35,256,130

   

Wintrust Financial Corp.

   

253,490

     

23,021,962

   
     

189,558,667

   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (4.6%):

 

Axonics, Inc. (a) (b)

   

206,490

     

11,563,440

   

CONMED Corp. (b)

   

121,830

     

17,270,621

   

CryoPort, Inc. (a) (b)

   

482,090

     

28,525,265

   

LivaNova PLC (a)

   

141,470

     

12,368,722

   

Nevro Corp. (a)

   

188,230

     

15,259,806

   

Shockwave Medical, Inc. (a)

   

104,880

     

18,703,251

   
     

103,691,105

   

Health Care Providers & Services (3.9%):

 

HealthEquity, Inc. (a)

   

438,570

     

19,402,336

   

LHC Group, Inc. (a) (b)

   

224,530

     

30,812,252

   

Surgery Partners, Inc. (a) (b)

   

694,680

     

37,102,859

   
     

87,317,447

   

Health Care Technology (5.0%):

 

Health Catalyst, Inc. (a) (b)

   

420,560

     

16,662,587

   

Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a) (b)

   

129,650

     

29,827,279

   

Omnicell, Inc. (a)

   

202,080

     

36,463,315

   

Vocera Communications, Inc. (a) (b)

   

443,670

     

28,767,563

   
     

111,720,744

   

Industrials (12.2%):

 

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

   

134,500

     

18,309,485

   

Arcosa, Inc. (b)

   

487,310

     

25,681,237

   

Chart Industries, Inc. (a)

   

134,940

     

21,521,581

   

Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. (a)

   

1,080,820

     

50,528,335

   

Herc Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

155,740

     

24,381,097

   

John Bean Technologies Corp.

   

184,940

     

28,399,386

   

Saia, Inc. (a)

   

118,850

     

40,056,015

   

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

   

218,040

     

30,322,823

   

SPX Flow, Inc.

   

225,220

     

19,477,026

   

The AZEK Co., Inc. (a)

   

346,350

     

16,015,224

   
     

274,692,209

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


37


 
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Victory RS Small Cap Growth Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Information Technology (24.8%):

 

ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)

   

652,330

   

$

22,635,851

   

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.

   

561,140

     

51,097,408

   

Avaya Holdings Corp. (a)

   

3,354,460

     

66,418,308

   

DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)

   

425,190

     

34,155,513

   

Everbridge, Inc. (a)

   

130,480

     

8,785,218

   

Jamf Holding Corp. (a) (b)

   

467,240

     

17,759,792

   

Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)

   

388,390

     

29,929,333

   

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

923,923

     

72,343,171

   

Paya Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

1,637,070

     

10,379,024

   

Paymentus Holdings, Inc., Class A (a) (b)

   

495,010

     

17,315,450

   

Q2 Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

199,890

     

15,879,262

   

Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (a)

   

153,850

     

31,757,717

   

SiTime Corp. (a) (b)

   

90,400

     

26,445,616

   

Smartsheet, Inc., Class A (a)

   

345,160

     

26,732,642

   

Telos Corp. (a) (b)

   

818,000

     

12,613,560

   

Varonis Systems, Inc. (a) (b)

   

1,177,310

     

57,429,182

   

Wix.com Ltd. (a) (b)

   

123,340

     

19,461,819

   

WNS Holdings Ltd., ADR (a)

   

415,827

     

36,684,258

   
     

557,823,124

   

Life Sciences Tools & Services (0.7%):

 

Codexis, Inc. (a)

   

488,520

     

15,276,020

   

Materials (2.0%):

 

Kronos Bio, Inc. (a) (b)

   

602,070

     

8,182,131

   

Summit Materials, Inc., Class A (a)

   

939,450

     

37,709,523

   
     

45,891,654

   

Pharmaceuticals (0.9%):

 

Compass Pathways PLC, ADR (a) (b)

   

357,990

     

7,911,579

   

PMV Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) (b)

   

503,110

     

11,621,841

   
     

19,533,420

   

Real Estate (1.1%):

 

National Storage Affiliates Trust

   

347,270

     

24,031,084

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $1,805,404,209)

   

2,248,054,063

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned (7.3%)^

 
BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.04% (d)
   

3,804,301

     

3,804,301

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional
Shares, 0.01% (d)
   

74,716,974

     

74,716,974

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional
Shares, 0.02% (d)
   

1,898,534

     

1,898,534

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


38


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Small Cap Growth Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (d)

   

15,138,323

   

$

15,138,323

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.06% (d)
   

68,064,854

     

68,064,854

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $163,622,986)

   

163,622,986

   

Total Investments (Cost $1,969,027,195) — 107.3%

   

2,411,677,049

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (7.3)%

   

(164,145,166

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

2,247,531,883

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)  Affiliated security (See Note 8 in the Notes to Financial Statements).

(d)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

ADR — American Depositary Receipt

PLC — Public Limited Company

See notes to financial statements.

 


39


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Select Growth Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.7%)

 

Communication Services (2.1%):

 

Bandwidth, Inc., Class A (a) (b)

   

25,810

   

$

1,852,126

   

IAC/InterActiveCorp (a)

   

18,050

     

2,359,315

   
     

4,211,441

   

Consumer Discretionary (13.6%):

 

Churchill Downs, Inc. (b)

   

21,640

     

5,213,076

   

Crocs, Inc. (a)

   

28,600

     

3,667,092

   

Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)

   

30,000

     

3,900,300

   

Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (a)

   

46,560

     

4,217,405

   

Pool Corp.

   

6,420

     

3,633,720

   

Wingstop, Inc.

   

16,070

     

2,776,896

   

YETI Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

44,190

     

3,660,257

   
     

27,068,746

   

Consumer Staples (1.1%):

 

Freshpet, Inc. (a)

   

22,640

     

2,156,913

   

Energy (1.6%):

 

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

   

29,140

     

3,142,749

   

Financials (6.5%):

 

Focus Financial Partners, Inc., Class A (a)

   

70,460

     

4,207,871

   

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

   

27,210

     

4,356,049

   

Western Alliance Bancorp

   

39,940

     

4,299,541

   
     

12,863,461

   

Health Care (24.9%):

 

Avantor, Inc. (a)

   

123,660

     

5,211,032

   

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)

   

6,500

     

2,449,070

   

Codexis, Inc. (a)

   

87,200

     

2,726,744

   

CryoPort, Inc. (a)

   

39,040

     

2,309,997

   

Envista Holdings Corp. (a)

   

63,100

     

2,843,286

   

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

121,450

     

4,883,504

   

HealthEquity, Inc. (a)

   

44,750

     

1,979,740

   

Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)

   

66,050

     

7,117,548

   

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)

   

38,750

     

4,936,750

   

LHC Group, Inc. (a) (b)

   

16,950

     

2,326,049

   

Omnicell, Inc. (a)

   

16,840

     

3,038,610

   

Shockwave Medical, Inc. (a)

   

9,130

     

1,628,153

   

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a) (b)

   

28,400

     

4,274,768

   

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)

   

22,270

     

1,819,236

   

Twist Bioscience Corp. (a)

   

25,240

     

1,953,324

   
     

49,497,811

   

Industrials (19.5%):

 

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

   

26,430

     

3,597,916

   

Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)

   

21,120

     

3,315,840

   

Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)

   

59,730

     

5,119,458

   

Chart Industries, Inc. (a)

   

14,700

     

2,344,503

   

Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. (a)

   

100,180

     

4,683,415

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


40


 
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Victory RS Select Growth Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Saia, Inc. (a)

   

13,240

   

$

4,462,277

   

SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (a)

   

13,480

     

3,265,935

   

The Middleby Corp. (a)

   

29,620

     

5,828,031

   

Trex Co., Inc. (a)

   

16,610

     

2,242,848

   

WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (a) (b)

   

97,070

     

3,964,339

   
     

38,824,562

   

IT Services (1.1%):

 

Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A (a) (b)

   

36,870

     

2,135,879

   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (12.1%):

 

Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)

   

18,540

     

3,391,708

   

Entegris, Inc.

   

27,380

     

3,794,320

   

Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)

   

41,100

     

3,167,166

   

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

50,730

     

3,972,159

   

MKS Instruments, Inc.

   

23,870

     

4,157,438

   

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

   

5,875

     

2,898,314

   

SiTime Corp. (a)

   

9,100

     

2,662,114

   
     

24,043,219

   

Software (17.2%):

 

ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)

   

84,940

     

2,947,418

   

Avaya Holdings Corp. (a)

   

170,000

     

3,366,000

   

Dynatrace, Inc. (a)

   

107,140

     

6,465,899

   

Fair Isaac Corp. (a)

   

7,010

     

3,040,027

   

Five9, Inc. (a)

   

23,870

     

3,277,828

   

Globant SA (a)

   

7,250

     

2,277,153

   

Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)

   

12,090

     

2,855,174

   

Q2 Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

30,400

     

2,414,976

   

RingCentral, Inc., Class A (a)

   

18,030

     

3,377,920

   

Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)

   

86,910

     

4,239,470

   
     

34,261,865

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $151,291,890)

   

198,206,646

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned (0.8%)^

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund Portfolio, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (c)

   

35,763

     

35,763

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.01% (c)
   

702,394

     

702,394

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.02% (c)
   

17,848

     

17,848

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (c)

   

142,311

     

142,311

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.06% (c)
   

639,859

     

639,859

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $1,538,175)

   

1,538,175

   

Total Investments (Cost $152,830,065) — 100.5%

   

199,744,821

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (0.5)%

   

(1,061,872

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

198,682,949

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

See notes to financial statements.

 


41


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Select Growth Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

PLC — Public Limited Company

See notes to financial statements.

 


42


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Mid Cap Growth Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (98.7%)

 

Communication Services (4.7%):

 

Match Group, Inc. (a)

   

22,164

   

$

2,931,189

   

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

   

24,300

     

4,318,596

   

Twitter, Inc. (a)

   

58,520

     

2,529,234

   

ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

117,130

     

7,519,746

   
     

17,298,765

   

Communications Equipment (1.3%):

 

Arista Networks, Inc. (a)

   

34,180

     

4,913,375

   

Consumer Discretionary (14.5%):

 

Aptiv PLC (a)

   

18,020

     

2,972,399

   

Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a)

   

67,260

     

6,290,828

   

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)

   

3,370

     

5,891,603

   

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

   

15,440

     

2,325,882

   

Etsy, Inc. (a)

   

21,470

     

4,700,642

   

Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)

   

52,440

     

6,817,724

   

Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (a)

   

21,260

     

8,322,227

   

Meritage Homes Corp. (a)

   

35,890

     

4,380,733

   

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

   

6,440

     

4,548,121

   

Pool Corp.

   

6,770

     

3,831,820

   

YETI Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

45,960

     

3,806,867

   
     

53,888,846

   

Consumer Staples (0.7%):

 

Freshpet, Inc. (a)

   

28,890

     

2,752,350

   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (3.8%):

 

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

19,350

     

3,995,969

   

Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

12,270

     

5,360,640

   

Trimble, Inc. (a)

   

55,220

     

4,814,632

   
     

14,171,241

   

Energy (1.6%):

 

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

   

53,490

     

5,768,897

   

Financials (6.5%):

 

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

   

42,710

     

6,837,444

   

MSCI, Inc.

   

10,490

     

6,427,118

   

Tradeweb Markets, Inc., Class A (b)

   

43,100

     

4,316,034

   

Western Alliance Bancorp

   

61,660

     

6,637,699

   
     

24,218,295

   

Health Care (18.1%):

 

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

   

5,530

     

3,634,205

   

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

   

38,020

     

5,052,478

   

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

59,410

     

2,808,905

   

Avantor, Inc. (a)

   

192,500

     

8,111,950

   

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)

   

11,430

     

4,306,595

   

DexCom, Inc. (a)

   

8,600

     

4,617,770

   

Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)

   

41,770

     

4,501,135

   

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

15,080

     

1,783,059

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


43


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Mid Cap Growth Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)

   

33,050

   

$

4,210,570

   

Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

17,920

     

2,628,685

   

ResMed, Inc.

   

15,160

     

3,948,877

   

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

31,590

     

2,844,680

   

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a)

   

18,320

     

2,757,526

   

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)

   

27,760

     

2,267,714

   

Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)

   

20,120

     

5,140,258

   

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

   

18,100

     

8,489,081

   
     

67,103,488

   

Industrials (14.5%):

 

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

   

18,420

     

2,507,515

   

Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)

   

24,090

     

3,782,130

   

Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)

   

53,470

     

4,582,914

   

Carrier Global Corp.

   

94,120

     

5,105,069

   

Chart Industries, Inc. (a)

   

19,330

     

3,082,942

   

CoStar Group, Inc. (a)

   

49,850

     

3,939,645

   

Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

14,680

     

5,166,186

   

IDEX Corp.

   

19,910

     

4,705,131

   

Regal Rexnord Corp.

   

11,150

     

1,897,507

   

Saia, Inc. (a)

   

10,910

     

3,676,997

   

SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (a)

   

11,020

     

2,669,926

   

The Middleby Corp. (a)

   

28,570

     

5,621,433

   

Trex Co., Inc. (a)

   

18,000

     

2,430,540

   

WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (a)

   

110,310

     

4,505,060

   
     

53,672,995

   

IT Services (2.4%):

 

Gartner, Inc. (a)

   

11,870

     

3,968,378

   

Wix.com Ltd. (a)

   

32,373

     

5,108,136

   
     

9,076,514

   

Real Estate (0.5%):

 

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

   

8,170

     

1,852,384

   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (8.7%):

 

Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)

   

23,540

     

4,306,408

   

Entegris, Inc.

   

47,680

     

6,607,494

   

Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)

   

64,730

     

4,988,094

   

Marvell Technology, Inc.

   

64,760

     

5,665,852

   

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

   

12,410

     

6,122,225

   

Teradyne, Inc.

   

27,790

     

4,544,499

   
     

32,234,572

   

Software (21.4%):

 

AppLovin Corp., Class A (a) (b)

   

66,400

     

6,258,864

   

Bill.com Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

14,300

     

3,562,845

   

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A (a)

   

19,860

     

4,066,335

   

Datadog, Inc., Class A (a)

   

17,470

     

3,111,582

   

DocuSign, Inc. (a)

   

15,410

     

2,347,097

   

Dropbox, Inc., Class A (a)

   

132,130

     

3,242,470

   

Dynatrace, Inc. (a)

   

107,400

     

6,481,590

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


44


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Mid Cap Growth Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Fair Isaac Corp. (a)

   

9,060

   

$

3,929,050

   

Five9, Inc. (a)

   

26,530

     

3,643,100

   

Freshworks, Inc., Class A (a) (b)

   

122,830

     

3,225,516

   

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)

   

15,110

     

8,412,644

   

Paycom Software, Inc. (a)

   

8,660

     

3,595,545

   

RingCentral, Inc., Class A (a)

   

39,370

     

7,375,969

   

Synopsys, Inc. (a)

   

31,560

     

11,629,860

   

Zscaler, Inc. (a)

   

26,000

     

8,354,580

   
     

79,237,047

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $264,820,102)

   

366,188,769

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned (2.6%)^

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund Portfolio, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (c)

   

223,160

     

223,160

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.01% (c)
   

4,382,883

     

4,382,883

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.02% (c)
   

111,368

     

111,368

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (c)

   

888,011

     

888,011

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.06% (c)
   

3,992,671

     

3,992,671

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $9,598,093)

   

9,598,093

   

Total Investments (Cost $274,418,195) — 101.3%

   

375,786,862

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (1.3)%

   

(4,997,211

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

370,789,651

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

PLC — Public Limited Company

See notes to financial statements.

 


45


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Growth Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.8%)

 

Communication Services (12.9%):

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class C (a)

   

9,331

   

$

27,000,088

   

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A (a)

   

21,400

     

7,197,890

   

Netflix, Inc. (a)

   

11,210

     

6,753,353

   

Twitter, Inc. (a)

   

77,770

     

3,361,219

   
     

44,312,550

   

Consumer Discretionary (19.5%):

 

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

   

4,920

     

16,404,953

   

Aptiv PLC (a)

   

19,440

     

3,206,628

   

Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a)

   

63,310

     

5,921,384

   

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)

   

1,680

     

2,937,060

   

Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (a)

   

16,370

     

6,408,036

   

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

   

6,510

     

4,597,557

   

Target Corp.

   

18,460

     

4,272,383

   

Tesla, Inc. (a)

   

13,080

     

13,822,682

   

The Home Depot, Inc.

   

23,125

     

9,597,106

   
     

67,167,789

   

Consumer Staples (1.3%):

 

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

   

17,350

     

4,354,330

   

Energy (1.1%):

 

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

   

34,760

     

3,748,866

   

Financials (1.4%):

 

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

   

29,570

     

4,733,861

   

Health Care (9.7%):

 

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

   

5,300

     

3,483,054

   

Avantor, Inc. (a)

   

81,430

     

3,431,460

   

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)

   

10,030

     

3,779,103

   

DexCom, Inc. (a)

   

5,090

     

2,733,076

   

Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)

   

30,970

     

3,337,327

   

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)

   

28,020

     

3,569,748

   

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)

   

27,170

     

2,219,517

   

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

   

9,970

     

4,676,030

   

Zoetis, Inc.

   

25,810

     

6,298,414

   
     

33,527,729

   

Industrials (4.9%):

 

Carrier Global Corp.

   

64,720

     

3,510,413

   

Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

12,270

     

4,318,058

   

IDEX Corp.

   

22,120

     

5,227,399

   

IHS Markit Ltd.

   

29,330

     

3,898,544

   
     

16,954,414

   

IT Services (6.5%):

 

Gartner, Inc. (a)

   

11,030

     

3,687,550

   

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

17,990

     

3,392,554

   

Twilio, Inc., Class A (a)

   

20,140

     

5,303,668

   

Visa, Inc., Class A (b)

   

46,497

     

10,076,365

   
     

22,460,137

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


46


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Growth Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Real Estate (1.2%):

 

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

   

7,890

   

$

1,788,900

   

SBA Communications Corp.

   

6,420

     

2,497,508

   
     

4,286,408

   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (10.6%):

 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

   

45,750

     

6,583,425

   

Lam Research Corp.

   

10,770

     

7,745,246

   

Marvell Technology, Inc.

   

57,860

     

5,062,171

   

NVIDIA Corp.

   

44,770

     

13,167,305

   

Teradyne, Inc.

   

23,860

     

3,901,826

   
     

36,459,973

   

Software (21.3%):

 

AppLovin Corp., Class A (a) (b)

   

38,720

     

3,649,747

   

Fair Isaac Corp. (a)

   

8,740

     

3,790,276

   

Microsoft Corp.

   

122,210

     

41,101,667

   

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)

   

8,220

     

4,576,567

   

RingCentral, Inc., Class A (a)

   

20,450

     

3,831,308

   

ServiceNow, Inc. (a)

   

11,240

     

7,295,996

   

Synopsys, Inc. (a)

   

14,230

     

5,243,755

   

Workday, Inc., Class A (a)

   

14,630

     

3,996,623

   
     

73,485,939

   

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (9.4%):

 

Apple, Inc.

   

182,948

     

32,486,076

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $179,413,657)

   

343,978,072

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned (3.1%)^

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund Portfolio, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (c)

   

245,729

     

245,729

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.01% (c)
   

4,826,150

     

4,826,150

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.02% (c)
   

122,631

     

122,631

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (c)

   

977,821

     

977,821

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.06% (c)
   

4,396,473

     

4,396,473

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $10,568,804)

   

10,568,804

   

Total Investments (Cost $189,982,461) — 102.9%

   

354,546,876

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (2.9)%

   

(9,836,829

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

344,710,047

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

PLC — Public Limited Company

See notes to financial statements.

 


47


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Science and Technology Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.3%)

 

Biotechnology (20.2%):

 

Alpha Teknova, Inc. (a)

   

55,440

   

$

1,135,411

   

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

106,693

     

5,044,445

   

Ardelyx, Inc. (a) (b)

   

210,650

     

231,715

   

Beam Therapeutics, Inc. (a) (b)

   

28,450

     

2,267,181

   

Better Therapeutics, Inc.

   

276,000

     

1,283,400

   

Bicycle Therapeutics PLC, ADR (a)

   

40,879

     

2,488,305

   

Blueprint Medicines Corp. (a)

   

12,370

     

1,324,951

   

Bridgebio Pharma, Inc. (a)

   

61,390

     

1,023,985

   

Cabaletta Bio, Inc. (a)

   

158,460

     

600,563

   

Caribou Biosciences, Inc. (a)

   

57,980

     

874,918

   

Celcuity, Inc. (a) (b)

   

58,960

     

777,682

   

Codiak Biosciences, Inc. (a) (b)

   

87,660

     

976,532

   

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) (b)

   

76,348

     

2,169,047

   

Cullinan Oncology, Inc. (a) (b)

   

21,510

     

331,899

   

DermTech, Inc. (a) (b)

   

89,403

     

1,412,567

   

Editas Medicine, Inc. (a) (b)

   

53,430

     

1,418,567

   

Equillium, Inc. (a)

   

218,171

     

818,141

   

Fate Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

46,380

     

2,713,694

   

Fusion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

131,630

     

548,897

   

Generation Bio Co. (a) (b)

   

52,160

     

369,293

   

Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)

   

174,460

     

1,449,763

   

Gracell Biotechnologies, Inc., ADR (a) (b)

   

36,220

     

218,769

   

IGM Biosciences, Inc. (a) (b)

   

13,910

     

407,980

   

Ikena Oncology, Inc. (a)

   

76,880

     

964,075

   

Inhibrx, Inc. (a)

   

48,750

     

2,128,913

   

Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (a) (b)

   

30,390

     

3,593,314

   

Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

182,870

     

3,490,988

   

Karuna Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

11,420

     

1,496,020

   

Kezar Life Sciences, Inc. (a) (b)

   

239,696

     

4,007,717

   

Kinnate Biopharma, Inc. (a) (b)

   

82,950

     

1,469,874

   

Lyell Immunopharma, Inc. (a) (b)

   

137,830

     

1,066,804

   

Marker Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

445,930

     

423,723

   

Merus NV (a)

   

28,700

     

912,660

   

Nuvalent, Inc., Class A (a) (b)

   

48,450

     

922,488

   

Omega Therapeutics, Inc. (a) (b)

   

78,820

     

893,031

   

Opthea Ltd., ADR (a)

   

94,040

     

705,300

   

ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

135,290

     

1,988,763

   

Rain Therapeutics, Inc. (a) (b)

   

72,400

     

932,512

   

Regulus Therapeutics, Inc. (a) (b)

   

1,768,489

     

557,074

   

Replimune Group, Inc. (a)

   

41,850

     

1,134,135

   

Rubius Therapeutics, Inc. (a) (b)

   

76,130

     

736,938

   

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

29,850

     

2,687,993

   

Scholar Rock Holding Corp. (a)

   

69,260

     

1,720,418

   

Shattuck Labs, Inc. (a)

   

135,930

     

1,156,764

   

SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

35,420

     

2,195,332

   

Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

29,330

     

703,627

   

Surface Oncology, Inc. (a) (b)

   

218,630

     

1,045,051

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Science and Technology Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Sutro Biopharma, Inc. (a)

   

98,910

   

$

1,471,781

   

Twist Bioscience Corp. (a)

   

13,000

     

1,006,070

   
     

69,299,070

   

Communication Services (8.2%):

 

Chicken Soup For The Soul Entertainment, Inc. (a) (b)

   

60,680

     

839,811

   

IAC/InterActiveCorp (a)

   

14,330

     

1,873,074

   

Match Group, Inc. (a)

   

37,376

     

4,942,976

   

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A (a)

   

17,980

     

6,047,573

   

Roku, Inc. (a)

   

10,430

     

2,380,126

   

Snap, Inc., Class A (a)

   

66,670

     

3,135,490

   

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

   

21,060

     

3,742,783

   

Twitter, Inc. (a)

   

110,080

     

4,757,658

   

Vimeo, Inc. (a) (b)

   

24,877

     

446,791

   
     

28,166,282

   

Consumer Discretionary (4.9%):

 

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

   

3,180

     

10,603,201

   

Arco Platform Ltd., Class A (a) (b)

   

46,560

     

972,638

   

Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

1,600

     

3,838,768

   

Farfetch Ltd., Class A (a) (b)

   

40,790

     

1,363,610

   
     

16,778,217

   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (1.2%):

 

908 Devices, Inc. (a) (b)

   

77,840

     

2,013,721

   

Dolby Laboratories, Inc., Class A

   

21,780

     

2,073,891

   
     

4,087,612

   

Financials (1.5%):

 

DA32 Life Science Tech Acquisition Corp., Class A (a) (c)

   

239,885

     

2,353,272

   

Omega Alpha SPAC, Class A (a)

   

96,340

     

941,242

   

Panacea Acquisition Corp. II (a) (c)

   

192,150

     

1,863,855

   
     

5,158,369

   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (1.3%):

 

BioLife Solutions, Inc. (a)

   

43,660

     

1,627,208

   

CryoPort, Inc. (a)

   

50,543

     

2,990,630

   
     

4,617,838

   

Health Care Providers & Services (0.6%):

 

Science 37 Holdings, Inc.

   

178,320

     

2,223,650

   

Health Care Technology (0.7%):

 

Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)

   

9,880

     

2,524,142

   

IT Services (7.2%):

 

Backblaze, Inc., Class A (a) (b)

   

84,110

     

1,420,618

   

GoDaddy, Inc., Class A (a)

   

40,630

     

3,447,862

   

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

14,300

     

2,696,694

   

Twilio, Inc., Class A (a)

   

25,200

     

6,636,168

   

Visa, Inc., Class A

   

19,320

     

4,186,837

   

Wix.com Ltd. (a)

   

41,160

     

6,494,636

   
     

24,882,815

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Science and Technology Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services (2.7%):

 

10X Genomics, Inc., Class A (a) (b)

   

18,650

   

$

2,778,104

   

Absci Corp. (a) (b)

   

62,880

     

515,616

   

Berkeley Lights, Inc. (a) (b)

   

56,140

     

1,020,625

   

Codexis, Inc. (a)

   

53,310

     

1,667,004

   

Quanterix Corp. (a)

   

43,490

     

1,843,976

   

Singular Genomics Systems, Inc. (a)

   

118,110

     

1,365,352

   
     

9,190,677

   

Materials (0.3%):

 

Kronos Bio, Inc. (a) (b)

   

77,430

     

1,052,274

   

Pharmaceuticals (1.0%):

 

Compass Pathways PLC, ADR (a) (b)

   

43,050

     

951,405

   

Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

63,624

     

755,853

   

Nuvation Bio, Inc. (a)

   

122,990

     

1,045,415

   

PMV Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) (b)

   

35,610

     

822,591

   
     

3,575,264

   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (26.8%):

 

Ambarella, Inc. (a)

   

39,130

     

7,939,086

   

Applied Materials, Inc.

   

37,670

     

5,927,751

   

Ichor Holdings Ltd. (a)

   

54,760

     

2,520,603

   

Impinj, Inc. (a) (b)

   

88,310

     

7,833,097

   

Lam Research Corp.

   

16,280

     

11,707,762

   

Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (a)

   

76,480

     

5,893,549

   

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

131,430

     

10,290,969

   

Marvell Technology, Inc.

   

92,910

     

8,128,696

   

MKS Instruments, Inc.

   

35,940

     

6,259,670

   

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

   

9,710

     

4,790,234

   

NVIDIA Corp.

   

38,700

     

11,382,057

   

SiTime Corp. (a)

   

17,370

     

5,081,420

   

STMicroelectronics NV, NYS

   

3,710

     

181,345

   

Teradyne, Inc.

   

25,090

     

4,102,967

   
     

92,039,206

   

Software (22.7%):

 

AppLovin Corp., Class A (a) (b)

   

47,990

     

4,523,537

   

Avaya Holdings Corp. (a)

   

160,940

     

3,186,612

   

Coupa Software, Inc. (a)

   

11,170

     

1,765,419

   

DocuSign, Inc. (a)

   

23,930

     

3,644,778

   

Domo, Inc., Class B (a) (b)

   

59,220

     

2,937,312

   

Dropbox, Inc., Class A (a)

   

135,370

     

3,321,980

   

Fair Isaac Corp. (a)

   

6,910

     

2,996,660

   

ironSource Ltd., Class A (a)

   

182,760

     

1,414,562

   

Microsoft Corp.

   

72,040

     

24,228,493

   

Paycom Software, Inc. (a)

   

12,640

     

5,248,002

   

RingCentral, Inc., Class A (a)

   

59,570

     

11,160,439

   

ServiceNow, Inc. (a)

   

11,560

     

7,503,712

   

Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)

   

122,400

     

5,970,672

   
     

77,902,178

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $205,522,092)

   

341,497,594

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Science and Technology Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Warrants (0.1%)

 

Health Care (0.1%):

 

Nuvation Bio, Inc.

   

47,260

   

$

89,321

   

Regulus Therapeutics, Inc. (c) (d) (e) (f)

   

1,326,367

     

   
     

89,321

   

Total Warrants (Cost $165,796)

   

89,321

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned (8.1%)^

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund Portfolio, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (g)

   

651,241

     

651,241

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.01% (g)
   

12,790,461

     

12,790,461

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.02% (g)
   

325,002

     

325,002

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (g)

   

2,591,461

     

2,591,461

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.06% (g)
   

11,651,714

     

11,651,714

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $28,009,879)

   

28,009,879

   

Total Investments (Cost $233,697,767) — 107.5%

   

369,596,794

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (7.5)%

   

(25,769,959

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

343,826,835

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)  The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be illiquid based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, illiquid securities were 1.2% of net assets.

(d)  Security was fair valued based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees and represents 0.0% of net assets as of December 31, 2021. (See Note 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements)

(e)  Restricted security that is not registered under the Securities Act of 1933.

(f)  The following table details the acquisition date and cost of the Fund's restricted securities at December 31, 2021:

Security Name

 

Acquisition Date

 

Cost

 

Regulus Therapeutics, Inc.

 

12/3/20

 

$

165,796

   

(g)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

ADR — American Depositary Receipt

NYS — New York Registered Shares

PLC — Public Limited Company

See notes to financial statements.

 


51


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Small Cap Equity Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (98.3%)

 

Communication Services (2.7%):

 

ZipRecruiter, Inc. (a)

   

73,140

   

$

1,824,112

   

Consumer Discretionary (6.5%):

 

Acushnet Holdings Corp. (b)

   

47,660

     

2,529,793

   

Warby Parker, Inc., Class A (a) (b)

   

41,640

     

1,938,758

   
     

4,468,551

   

Consumer Staples (3.3%):

 

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. (a)

   

68,170

     

2,263,926

   

Energy (1.8%):

 

Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (a)

   

29,320

     

1,244,341

   

Financials (18.2%):

 

Customers Bancorp, Inc. (b)

   

21,320

     

1,393,688

   

Green Dot Corp., Class A (a)

   

58,260

     

2,111,342

   

Open Lending Corp., Class A (a)

   

52,240

     

1,174,355

   

PRA Group, Inc. (a)

   

25,490

     

1,279,853

   

PROG Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

97,450

     

4,395,970

   

Trupanion, Inc. (a) (b)

   

16,200

     

2,138,886

   
     

12,494,094

   

Health Care (15.1%):

 

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

   

16,530

     

781,539

   

Bicycle Therapeutics PLC, ADR (a)

   

14,130

     

860,093

   

Blueprint Medicines Corp. (a)

   

7,120

     

762,623

   

Codexis, Inc. (a)

   

19,380

     

606,013

   

CryoPort, Inc. (a)

   

35,320

     

2,089,884

   

DermTech, Inc. (a) (b)

   

31,210

     

493,118

   

Editas Medicine, Inc. (a) (b)

   

18,500

     

491,175

   

Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. (a)

   

2,810

     

646,469

   

Quanterix Corp. (a)

   

21,320

     

903,968

   

Scholar Rock Holding Corp. (a) (b)

   

20,750

     

515,430

   

SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

   

21,840

     

1,353,643

   

Twist Bioscience Corp. (a)

   

10,670

     

825,751

   
     

10,329,706

   

Industrials (13.3%):

 

Chart Industries, Inc. (a)

   

15,120

     

2,411,489

   

Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. (a)

   

92,650

     

4,331,387

   

John Bean Technologies Corp.

   

15,450

     

2,372,502

   
     

9,115,378

   

IT Services (14.5%):

 

Flywire Corp. (a) (b)

   

23,900

     

909,634

   

Paya Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

266,620

     

1,690,371

   

Paymentus Holdings, Inc., Class A (a) (b)

   

80,510

     

2,816,240

   

Payoneer Global, Inc. (a) (b)

   

278,880

     

2,049,768

   

Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A (a) (b)

   

42,490

     

2,461,445

   
     

9,927,458

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


52


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Small Cap Equity Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (7.7%):

 

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

44,260

   

$

3,465,558

   

SiTime Corp. (a)

   

6,040

     

1,766,942

   
     

5,232,500

   

Software (15.2%):

 

ACI Worldwide, Inc. (a)

   

68,890

     

2,390,483

   

Avaya Holdings Corp. (a)

   

181,120

     

3,586,176

   

Jamf Holding Corp. (a) (b)

   

35,040

     

1,331,870

   

Q2 Holdings, Inc. (a)

   

26,190

     

2,080,534

   

Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)

   

20,860

     

1,017,551

   
     

10,406,614

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $66,650,905)

   

67,306,680

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned (13.0%)^

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund Portfolio, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (c)

   

207,413

     

207,413

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.01% (c)
   

4,073,611

     

4,073,611

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.02% (c)
   

103,509

     

103,509

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (c)

   

825,350

     

825,350

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.06% (c)
   

3,710,934

     

3,710,934

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $8,920,817)

   

8,920,817

   

Total Investments (Cost $75,571,722) — 111.3%

   

76,227,497

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (11.3)%

   

(7,710,694

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

68,516,803

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

ADR — American Depositary Receipt

PLC — Public Limited Company

See notes to financial statements.

 


53


 

Victory Portfolios

  Statements of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2021
 
    Victory
RS Small Cap
Growth Fund
  Victory
RS Select
Growth Fund
  Victory
RS Mid Cap
Growth Fund
 

Assets:

 
Affiliated investments, at value
(Cost $14,171,057, $- and $-)
 

$

5,918,325

(a)

 

$

   

$

   
Unaffiliated investments, at value
(Cost $1,954,856,138, $152,830,065 and
$274,418,195)
   

2,405,758,724

(b)

   

199,744,821

(c)

   

375,786,862

(d)

 

Cash

   

     

     

4,947,383

   

Receivables:

 

Interest and dividends

   

42,363

     

18,644

     

27,180

   

Capital shares issued

   

1,164,696

     

3,267

     

96,165

   

Investments sold

   

12,209,895

     

1,943,301

     

   

From Adviser

   

9,596

     

24,093

     

55,973

   

Prepaid expenses

   

42,898

     

23,326

     

34,734

   

Total Assets

   

2,425,146,497

     

201,757,452

     

380,948,297

   

Liabilities:

 

Payables:

 

Collateral received on loaned securities

   

163,622,986

     

1,538,175

     

9,598,093

   

To custodian

   

978,632

     

964,445

     

   

Capital shares redeemed

   

10,415,907

     

309,939

     

102,776

   

Accrued expenses and other payables:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

1,857,815

     

170,278

     

285,297

   

Administration fees

   

126,577

     

10,629

     

22,282

   

Custodian fees

   

18,624

     

1,780

     

3,532

   

Transfer agent fees

   

387,662

     

40,950

     

91,190

   

Compliance fees

   

1,398

     

119

     

247

   

Trustees' fees

   

509

     

     

   
12b-1 fees    

75,071

     

16,973

     

14,898

   

Other accrued expenses

   

129,433

     

21,215

     

40,331

   

Total Liabilities

   

177,614,614

     

3,074,503

     

10,158,646

   

Net Assets:

 
Capital    

1,798,505,170

     

122,482,964

     

274,765,453

   

Total accumulated earnings/(loss)

   

449,026,713

     

76,199,985

     

96,024,198

   

Net Assets

 

$

2,247,531,883

   

$

198,682,949

   

$

370,789,651

   

Net Assets

 

Class A

 

$

634,203,794

   

$

117,016,589

   

$

88,064,474

   

Class C

   

11,387,397

     

9,835,190

     

12,054,255

   

Class R

   

5,059,884

     

408,346

     

610,316

   

Class R6

   

611,157,211

     

1,230,709

     

19,731,266

   

Class Y

   

985,723,597

     

70,192,115

     

249,372,674

   

Member Class

   

     

     

956,666

   

Total

 

$

2,247,531,883

   

$

198,682,949

   

$

370,789,651

   
Shares (unlimited number of shares authorized
with a par value of $0.001 per share):
 

Class A

   

8,601,829

     

3,738,996

     

3,556,075

   

Class C

   

200,268

     

474,147

     

623,338

   

Class R

   

79,460

     

18,844

     

28,739

   

Class R6

   

7,699,978

     

35,452

     

745,576

   

Class Y

   

12,477,999

     

2,038,754

     

9,435,324

   

Member Class

   

     

     

38,518

   

Total

   

29,059,534

     

6,306,193

     

14,427,570

   
Net asset value, offering (except Class A)
and redemption price per share:
 

Class A

 

$

73.73

   

$

31.30

   

$

24.76

   

Class C (e)

   

56.86

     

20.74

     

19.34

   

Class R

   

63.68

     

21.67

     

21.24

   

Class R6

   

79.37

     

34.71

     

26.46

   

Class Y

   

79.00

     

34.43

     

26.43

   

Member Class

   

     

     

24.84

   

Maximum Sales Charge — Class A

   

5.75

%

   

5.75

%

   

5.75

%

 
Maximum offering price
(100%/(100%-maximum sales charge) of
net asset value adjusted to the nearest cent)
per share — Class A
 

$

78.23

   

$

33.21

   

$

26.27

   

(a)  Includes $7,875 of securities on loan.

(b)  Includes $155,157,622 of securities on loan.

(c)  Includes $1,483,139 of securities on loan.

(d)  Includes $9,391,631 of securities on loan.

(e)  Redemption price per share varies by the length of time shares are held.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

  Statements of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2021
 
    Victory
RS Growth Fund
  Victory
RS Science and
Technology Fund
  Victory
RS Small Cap
Equity Fund
 

Assets:

 
Investments, at value (Cost $189,982,461,
$233,697,767 and $75,571,722)
 

$

354,546,876

(a)

 

$

369,596,794

(b)

 

$

76,227,497

(c)

 

Cash

   

978,118

     

1,937,403

     

1,319,131

   

Receivables:

 

Interest and dividends

   

26,310

     

51,242

     

920

   

Capital shares issued

   

7,780

     

785,515

     

12,595

   

From Adviser

   

38,744

     

     

   

Prepaid expenses

   

21,304

     

32,268

     

23,595

   

Total Assets

   

355,619,132

     

372,403,222

     

77,583,738

   

Liabilities:

 

Payables:

 

Collateral received on loaned securities

   

10,568,804

     

28,009,879

     

8,920,817

   

Capital shares redeemed

   

5,202

     

86,469

     

49,556

   

Accrued expenses and other payables:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

217,655

     

325,135

     

56,661

   

Administration fees

   

17,899

     

19,048

     

3,710

   

Custodian fees

   

2,667

     

4,137

     

770

   

Transfer agent fees

   

40,629

     

63,092

     

11,687

   

Compliance fees

   

200

     

205

     

41

   
12b-1 fees    

34,244

     

32,298

     

7,298

   

Other accrued expenses

   

21,785

     

36,124

     

16,395

   

Total Liabilities

   

10,909,085

     

28,576,387

     

9,066,935

   

Net Assets:

 
Capital    

177,381,800

     

206,685,054

     

64,518,357

   

Total accumulated earnings/(loss)

   

167,328,247

     

137,141,781

     

3,998,446

   

Net Assets

 

$

344,710,047

   

$

343,826,835

   

$

68,516,803

   

Net Assets

 

Class A

 

$

308,662,914

   

$

250,490,244

   

$

60,699,049

   

Class C

   

1,732,764

     

11,167,985

     

379,848

   

Class R

   

542,484

     

1,088,907

     

2,948,882

   

Class Y

   

33,771,885

     

81,079,699

     

3,095,289

   

Member Class

   

     

     

1,393,735

   

Total

 

$

344,710,047

   

$

343,826,835

   

$

68,516,803

   
Shares (unlimited number of shares
authorized with a par value of $0.001
per share):
 

Class A

   

11,806,039

     

8,838,728

     

4,556,843

   

Class C

   

86,911

     

573,234

     

28,151

   

Class R

   

23,888

     

48,513

     

350,470

   

Class Y

   

1,219,107

     

2,574,934

     

221,332

   

Member Class

   

     

     

104,440

   

Total

   

13,135,945

     

12,035,409

     

5,261,236

   
Net asset value, offering (except Class A) and
redemption price per share:
 

Class A

 

$

26.14

   

$

28.34

   

$

13.32

   

Class C (d)

   

19.94

     

19.48

     

13.49

   

Class R

   

22.71

     

22.45

     

8.41

   

Class Y

   

27.70

     

31.49

     

13.98

   

Member Class

   

     

     

13.34

   

Maximum Sales Charge — Class A

   

5.75

%

   

5.75

%

   

5.75

%

 
Maximum offering price
(100%/(100%-maximum sales charge) of
net asset value adjusted to the nearest cent)
per share — Class A
 

$

27.73

   

$

30.07

   

$

14.13

   

(a)  Includes $10,309,097 of securities on loan.

(b)  Includes $26,753,421 of securities on loan.

(c)  Includes $8,525,312 of securities on loan.

(d)  Redemption price per share varies by the length of time shares are held.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

  Statements of Operations
For the Year Ended December 31, 2021
 
    Victory
RS Small Cap
Growth Fund
  Victory
RS Select
Growth Fund
  Victory
RS Mid Cap
Growth Fund
 

Investment Income:

     

Dividends from unaffiliated investments

 

$

2,947,673

   

$

418,940

   

$

1,085,064

   

Interest from unaffiliated investments

   

11,682

     

560

     

1,026

   

Securities lending (net of fees)

   

649,861

     

9,521

     

16,542

   

Foreign tax withholding

   

     

     

(7,542

)

 

Total Income

   

3,609,216

     

429,021

     

1,095,090

   

Expenses:

     

Investment advisory fees

   

26,368,972

     

2,295,937

     

4,273,520

   

Administration fees

   

1,534,205

     

126,802

     

278,270

   

Sub-Administration fees

   

17,000

     

17,000

     

17,000

   
12b-1 fees — Class A    

1,910,737

     

309,007

     

233,517

   
12b-1 fees — Class C    

156,998

     

158,213

     

153,649

   
12b-1 fees — Class R    

37,077

     

2,204

     

3,072

   

Custodian fees

   

150,132

     

11,104

     

22,918

   

Transfer agent fees — Class A

   

1,034,432

     

146,199

     

120,878

   

Transfer agent fees — Class C

   

17,779

     

21,290

     

12,659

   

Transfer agent fees — Class R

   

14,068

     

1,716

     

1,427

   

Transfer agent fees — Class R6

   

26,420

     

226

     

824

   

Transfer agent fees — Class Y

   

1,353,201

     

85,761

     

502,900

   

Transfer agent fees — Member Class

   

     

     

1,167

   

Trustees' fees

   

184,831

     

16,482

     

35,754

   

Compliance fees

   

20,543

     

1,689

     

3,803

   

Legal and audit fees

   

131,570

     

17,659

     

36,592

   

State registration and filing fees

   

100,718

     

43,324

     

73,545

   

Interfund lending fees

   

33

     

108

     

187

   

Other expenses

   

228,390

     

30,505

     

82,013

   
Recoupment of prior expenses waived/reimbursed
by Adviser
   

9,703

     

     

7,081

   

Total Expenses

   

33,296,809

     

3,285,226

     

5,860,776

   

Expenses waived/reimbursed by Adviser

   

(315,198

)

   

(180,839

)

   

(678,326

)

 

Net Expenses

   

32,981,611

     

3,104,387

     

5,182,450

   

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   

(29,372,395

)

   

(2,675,366

)

   

(4,087,360

)

 
Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses) from
Investments:
     
Net realized gains (losses) from unaffiliated
investment securities
   

337,743,674

     

49,019,375

     

141,961,315

   
Net realized gains (losses) from affiliated
investment securities
   

(555,630

)

   

     

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
on unaffiliated investment securities
   

(612,984,393

)

   

(30,101,172

)

   

(112,254,382

)

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
on affiliated investment securities
   

(3,719,968

)

   

     

   
Net realized/unrealized gains (losses)
on investments
   

(279,516,317

)

   

18,918,203

     

29,706,933

   

Change in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

(308,888,712

)

 

$

16,242,837

   

$

25,619,573

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

  Statements of Operations
For the Year Ended December 31, 2021
 
    Victory
RS Growth Fund
  Victory
RS Science and
Technology Fund
  Victory
RS Small Cap
Equity Fund
 

Investment Income:

     

Dividends

 

$

1,267,532

   

$

486,157

   

$

8,805

   

Interest

   

229

     

3,053

     

381

   

Securities lending (net of fees)

   

6,474

     

310,481

     

42,621

   

Total Income

   

1,274,235

     

799,691

     

51,807

   

Expenses:

     

Investment advisory fees

   

2,450,574

     

4,233,027

     

594,969

   

Administration fees

   

180,186

     

233,984

     

43,842

   

Sub-Administration fees

   

16,792

     

17,000

     

13,708

   
12b-1 fees — Class A    

730,512

     

765,036

     

176,004

   
12b-1 fees — Class C    

23,098

     

134,879

     

4,928

   
12b-1 fees — Class R    

2,391

     

6,243

     

15,956

   

Custodian fees

   

15,209

     

27,915

     

4,814

   

Transfer agent fees — Class A

   

230,559

     

350,323

     

64,600

   

Transfer agent fees — Class C

   

2,387

     

15,069

     

819

   

Transfer agent fees — Class R

   

906

     

2,547

     

5,505

   

Transfer agent fees — Class Y

   

22,129

     

122,108

     

4,021

   

Transfer agent fees — Member Class

   

     

     

3,570

   

Trustees' fees

   

21,821

     

28,973

     

6,821

   

Compliance fees

   

2,361

     

3,118

     

585

   

Legal and audit fees

   

22,758

     

26,506

     

11,882

   

State registration and filing fees

   

22,052

     

29,459

     

65,973

   

Interfund lending fees

   

21

     

28

     

   

Other expenses

   

28,150

     

54,741

     

22,267

   
Recoupment of prior expenses waived/reimbursed
by Adviser
   

112

     

31,219

     

2,683

   

Total Expenses

   

3,772,018

     

6,082,175

     

1,042,947

   

Expenses waived/reimbursed by Adviser

   

(240,370

)

   

     

(42,087

)

 

Net Expenses

   

3,531,648

     

6,082,175

     

1,000,860

   

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   

(2,257,413

)

   

(5,282,484

)

   

(949,053

)

 
Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses) from
Investments:
     
Net realized gains (losses) from investment
securities
   

34,175,683

     

62,995,967

     

12,976,234

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
on investment securities
   

27,407,434

     

(94,329,136

)

   

(17,969,992

)

 
Net realized/unrealized gains (losses)
on investments
   

61,583,117

     

(31,333,169

)

   

(4,993,758

)

 

Change in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

59,325,704

   

$

(36,615,653

)

 

$

(5,942,811

)

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 
    Victory
RS Small Cap Growth Fund
  Victory
RS Select Growth Fund
  Victory
RS Mid Cap Growth Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 
From Investment
Activities:
 

Operations:

 
Net investment
income (loss)
 

$

(29,372,395

)

 

$

(23,079,075

)

 

$

(2,675,366

)

 

$

(2,301,900

)

 

$

(4,087,360

)

 

$

(3,021,997

)

 
Net realized gains
(losses) from
investments
   

337,188,044

     

162,042,534

     

49,019,375

     

43,552,171

     

141,961,315

     

51,251,043

   
Net change in
unrealized
appreciation/
depreciation on
investments
   

(616,704,361

)

   

661,220,255

     

(30,101,172

)

   

17,335,883

     

(112,254,382

)

   

117,050,286

   
Change in net assets
resulting from
operations
   

(308,888,712

)

   

800,183,714

     

16,242,837

     

58,586,154

     

25,619,573

     

165,279,332

   
Distributions to
Shareholders:
 

Class A

   

(93,199,400

)

   

(68,841,797

)

   

(26,927,629

)

   

(17,578,995

)

   

(26,057,513

)

   

(3,686,081

)

 

Class C

   

(2,137,568

)

   

(2,041,419

)

   

(3,086,031

)

   

(4,596,824

)

   

(4,637,294

)

   

(808,992

)

 

Class R

   

(815,659

)

   

(815,880

)

   

(117,749

)

   

(91,912

)

   

(194,304

)

   

(25,936

)

 

Class R6

   

(88,002,280

)

   

(54,388,578

)

   

(257,285

)

   

(97,926

)

   

(6,204,984

)

   

(1,071,652

)

 

Class Y

   

(137,845,800

)

   

(112,328,839

)

   

(15,262,714

)

   

(13,684,054

)

   

(88,979,683

)

   

(18,217,120

)

 

Member Class (a)

   

     

     

     

     

(223,742

)

   

(3,963

)

 
Change in net assets
resulting from
distributions to
shareholders
   

(322,000,707

)

   

(238,416,513

)

   

(45,651,408

)

   

(36,049,711

)

   

(126,297,520

)

   

(23,813,744

)

 
Change in net assets
resulting from
capital transactions
   

(58,863,607

)

   

88,379,490

     

(5,812,343

)

   

(8,797,091

)

   

(133,837,034

)

   

(56,148,955

)

 

Change in net assets

   

(689,753,026

)

   

650,146,691

     

(35,220,914

)

   

13,739,352

     

(234,514,981

)

   

85,316,633

   

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of period

   

2,937,284,909

     

2,287,138,218

     

233,903,863

     

220,164,511

     

605,304,632

     

519,987,999

   

End of period

 

$

2,247,531,883

   

$

2,937,284,909

   

$

198,682,949

   

$

233,903,863

   

$

370,789,651

   

$

605,304,632

   

(a)  Victory RS Mid Cap Growth Fund Member Class commenced operations on November 3, 2020.

  (continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

  (continued)

    Victory
RS Small Cap Growth Fund
  Victory
RS Select Growth Fund
  Victory
RS Mid Cap Growth Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 

Capital Transactions:

 

Class A

 
Proceeds from
shares issued
 

$

89,844,368

   

$

77,354,531

   

$

17,921,964

   

$

9,681,283

   

$

6,325,210

   

$

5,412,915

   
Distributions
reinvested
   

89,403,944

     

66,397,165

     

25,918,091

     

16,848,625

     

24,440,661

     

3,428,512

   
Cost of shares
redeemed
   

(186,733,595

)

   

(169,500,751

)

   

(22,842,642

)

   

(20,693,842

)

   

(13,937,984

)

   

(20,027,246

)

 

Total Class A

 

$

(7,485,283

)

 

$

(25,749,055

)

 

$

20,997,413

   

$

5,836,066

   

$

16,827,887

   

$

(11,185,819

)

 

Class C

 
Proceeds from
shares issued
 

$

2,244,719

   

$

3,029,369

   

$

306,365

   

$

376,083

   

$

259,376

   

$

424,825

   
Distributions
reinvested
   

2,073,757

     

1,949,346

     

3,077,902

     

4,562,487

     

4,489,037

     

777,691

   
Cost of shares
redeemed
   

(9,438,427

)

   

(6,820,282

)

   

(15,624,585

)

   

(9,757,197

)

   

(6,018,465

)

   

(7,717,057

)

 

Total Class C

 

$

(5,119,951

)

 

$

(1,841,567

)

 

$

(12,240,318

)

 

$

(4,818,627

)

 

$

(1,270,052

)

 

$

(6,514,541

)

 

Class R

 
Proceeds from
shares issued
 

$

2,591,119

   

$

2,753,580

   

$

57,546

   

$

176,233

   

$

38,547

   

$

172,986

   
Distributions
reinvested
   

815,659

     

815,880

     

102,008

     

71,719

     

194,304

     

25,936

   
Cost of shares
redeemed
   

(5,227,473

)

   

(4,331,623

)

   

(172,852

)

   

(403,650

)

   

(49,826

)

   

(691,488

)

 

Total Class R

 

$

(1,820,695

)

 

$

(762,163

)

 

$

(13,298

)

 

$

(155,698

)

 

$

183,025

   

$

(492,566

)

 

Class R6

 
Proceeds from
shares issued
 

$

253,929,075

   

$

212,153,078

   

$

694,851

   

$

313,429

   

$

6,226,411

   

$

8,791,051

   
Distributions
reinvested
   

58,606,415

     

38,383,633

     

203,176

     

77,795

     

2,271,808

     

341,886

   
Cost of shares
redeemed
   

(210,549,047

)

   

(146,162,351

)

   

(204,355

)

   

(20,684

)

   

(11,402,846

)

   

(8,265,488

)

 

Total Class R6

 

$

101,986,443

   

$

104,374,360

   

$

693,672

   

$

370,540

   

$

(2,904,627

)

 

$

867,449

   

Class Y

 
Proceeds from
shares issued
 

$

289,808,108

   

$

320,717,460

   

$

8,159,436

   

$

19,406,953

   

$

46,902,971

   

$

81,010,960

   
Distributions
reinvested
   

125,873,133

     

101,937,080

     

14,112,648

     

12,776,316

     

86,573,237

     

17,755,174

   
Cost of shares
redeemed
   

(562,105,362

)

   

(410,296,625

)

   

(37,521,896

)

   

(42,212,641

)

   

(281,200,740

)

   

(137,693,578

)

 

Total Class Y

 

$

(146,424,121

)

 

$

12,357,915

   

$

(15,249,812

)

 

$

(10,029,372

)

 

$

(147,724,532

)

 

$

(38,927,444

)

 

Member Class (a)

 
Proceeds from
shares issued
 

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

1,578,737

   

$

100,003

   
Distributions
reinvested
   

     

     

     

     

223,742

     

3,963

   
Cost of shares
redeemed
   

     

     

     

     

(751,214

)

   

   
Total Member
Class
 

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

1,051,265

   

$

103,966

   
Change in net assets
resulting from capital
transactions
 

$

(58,863,607

)

 

$

88,379,490

   

$

(5,812,343

)

 

$

(8,797,091

)

 

$

(133,837,034

)

 

$

(56,148,955

)

 

(a)  Victory RS Mid Cap Growth Fund Member Class commenced operations on November 3, 2020.

(continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

  (continued)

    Victory
RS Small Cap Growth Fund
  Victory
RS Select Growth Fund
  Victory
RS Mid Cap Growth Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 

Share Transactions:

 

Class A

 

Issued

   

936,234

     

954,550

     

466,310

     

266,397

     

197,364

     

195,313

   

Reinvested

   

1,268,501

     

691,709

     

872,076

     

454,141

     

980,063

     

106,113

   

Redeemed

   

(2,017,589

)

   

(2,137,356

)

   

(610,699

)

   

(587,787

)

   

(442,275

)

   

(723,305

)

 

Total Class A

   

187,146

     

(491,097

)

   

727,687

     

132,751

     

735,152

     

(421,879

)

 

Class C

 

Issued

   

29,248

     

48,086

     

10,395

     

14,337

     

11,496

     

19,661

   

Reinvested

   

38,142

     

25,020

     

156,239

     

164,533

     

226,635

     

28,311

   

Redeemed

   

(124,132

)

   

(104,879

)

   

(527,470

)

   

(351,862

)

   

(232,518

)

   

(348,027

)

 

Total Class C

   

(56,742

)

   

(31,773

)

   

(360,836

)

   

(172,992

)

   

5,613

     

(300,055

)

 

Class R

 

Issued

   

30,001

     

35,926

     

2,155

     

6,241

     

1,297

     

8,775

   

Reinvested

   

13,371

     

9,567

     

4,957

     

2,516

     

9,044

     

889

   

Redeemed

   

(62,252

)

   

(62,256

)

   

(5,456

)

   

(13,699

)

   

(1,602

)

   

(29,410

)

 

Total Class R

   

(18,880

)

   

(16,763

)

   

1,656

     

(4,942

)

   

8,739

     

(19,746

)

 

Class R6

 

Issued

   

2,569,766

     

2,557,025

     

16,988

     

7,416

     

187,579

     

336,247

   

Reinvested

   

772,458

     

376,827

     

6,164

     

1,942

     

85,017

     

10,112

   

Redeemed

   

(2,189,573

)

   

(1,820,549

)

   

(4,924

)

   

(532

)

   

(333,844

)

   

(302,470

)

 

Total Class R6

   

1,152,651

     

1,113,303

     

18,228

     

8,826

     

(61,248

)

   

43,889

   

Class Y

 

Issued

   

2,889,358

     

3,896,904

     

196,234

     

488,847

     

1,505,331

     

3,062,234

   

Reinvested

   

1,666,973

     

1,003,911

     

431,711

     

320,691

     

3,196,451

     

525,612

   

Redeemed

   

(5,767,523

)

   

(5,171,416

)

   

(876,979

)

   

(1,170,335

)

   

(8,783,601

)

   

(4,935,082

)

 

Total Class Y

   

(1,211,192

)

   

(270,601

)

   

(249,034

)

   

(360,797

)

   

(4,081,819

)

   

(1,347,236

)

 

Member Class (a)

 

Issued

   

     

     

     

     

48,341

     

3,179

   

Reinvested

   

     

     

     

     

9,137

     

123

   

Redeemed

   

     

     

     

     

(22,262

)

   

   

Total Member Class

   

     

     

     

     

35,216

     

3,302

   

Change in Shares

   

52,983

     

303,069

     

137,701

     

(397,154

)

   

(3,358,347

)

   

(2,041,725

)

 

(a)  Victory RS Mid Cap Growth Fund Member Class commenced operations on November 3, 2020.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 
    Victory
RS Growth Fund
  Victory
RS Science and
Technology Fund
  Victory
RS Small Cap Equity Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 

From Investment Activities:

 

Operations:

 
Net investment
income (loss)
 

$

(2,257,413

)

 

$

(937,740

)

 

$

(5,282,484

)

 

$

(3,936,287

)

 

$

(949,053

)

 

$

(782,920

)

 
Net realized gains
(losses) from
investments
   

34,175,683

     

24,256,089

     

62,995,967

     

28,360,305

     

12,976,234

     

16,158,866

   
Net change in
unrealized
appreciation/
depreciation on
investments
   

27,407,434

     

59,111,905

     

(94,329,136

)

   

150,652,970

     

(17,969,992

)

   

7,993,132

   
Change in net assets resulting
from operations
   

59,325,704

     

82,430,254

     

(36,615,653

)

   

175,076,988

     

(5,942,811

)

   

23,369,078

   

Distributions to Shareholders:

 

Class A

   

(25,870,624

)

   

(23,219,855

)

   

(34,393,562

)

   

(18,144,054

)

   

(11,807,040

)

   

(14,114,946

)

 

Class C

   

(185,893

)

   

(395,459

)

   

(2,079,381

)

   

(1,381,276

)

   

(74,046

)

   

(349,747

)

 

Class R

   

(49,973

)

   

(39,454

)

   

(176,750

)

   

(84,683

)

   

(801,530

)

   

(788,226

)

 

Class Y

   

(2,769,379

)

   

(2,406,716

)

   

(10,284,801

)

   

(5,656,725

)

   

(754,635

)

   

(770,522

)

 

Member Class (a)

   

     

     

     

     

(248,472

)

   

(19,278

)

 
Change in net assets resulting
from distributions to
shareholders
   

(28,875,869

)

   

(26,061,484

)

   

(46,934,494

)

   

(25,266,738

)

   

(13,685,723

)

   

(16,042,719

)

 
Change in net assets resulting
from capital transactions
   

5,846,536

     

(7,609,479

)

   

(22,173,579

)

   

7,415,321

     

3,027,200

     

7,918,374

   

Change in net assets

   

36,296,371

     

48,759,291

     

(105,723,726

)

   

157,225,571

     

(16,601,334

)

   

15,244,733

   

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of period

   

308,413,676

     

259,654,385

     

449,550,561

     

292,324,990

     

85,118,137

     

69,873,404

   

End of period

 

$

344,710,047

   

$

308,413,676

   

$

343,826,835

   

$

449,550,561

   

$

68,516,803

   

$

85,118,137

   

(a)  Victory RS Small Cap Equity Fund Member Class commenced operations on November 3, 2020.

(continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

  (continued)

    Victory
RS Growth Fund
  Victory
RS Science and
Technology Fund
  Victory
RS Small Cap Equity Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 

Capital Transactions:

 

Class A

 
Proceeds from shares
issued
 

$

8,581,742

   

$

6,628,865

   

$

39,004,944

   

$

50,371,770

   

$

6,230,569

   

$

3,788,883

   

Distributions reinvested

   

25,028,143

     

22,517,933

     

32,658,932

     

17,377,233

     

11,648,399

     

13,882,892

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(26,382,488

)

   

(28,523,565

)

   

(80,772,344

)

   

(52,685,540

)

   

(16,789,674

)

   

(11,228,707

)

 

Total Class A

 

$

7,227,397

   

$

623,233

   

$

(9,108,468

)

 

$

15,063,463

   

$

1,089,294

   

$

6,443,068

   

Class C

 
Proceeds from shares
issued
 

$

35,326

   

$

364,542

   

$

1,707,463

   

$

2,622,340

   

$

287,897

   

$

86,888

   

Distributions reinvested

   

185,474

     

391,789

     

2,077,315

     

1,369,319

     

74,046

     

349,747

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(2,443,080

)

   

(1,944,758

)

   

(7,751,009

)

   

(5,505,843

)

   

(383,060

)

   

(175,402

)

 

Total Class C

 

$

(2,222,280

)

 

$

(1,188,427

)

 

$

(3,966,231

)

 

$

(1,514,184

)

 

$

(21,117

)

 

$

261,233

   

Class R

 
Proceeds from shares
issued
 

$

44,677

   

$

42,253

   

$

339,728

   

$

481,852

   

$

135,914

   

$

296,464

   

Distributions reinvested

   

49,973

     

39,454

     

176,750

     

84,683

     

801,530

     

788,226

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(6,705

)

   

(162,227

)

   

(401,462

)

   

(378,781

)

   

(247,781

)

   

(812,095

)

 

Total Class R

 

$

87,945

   

$

(80,520

)

 

$

115,016

   

$

187,754

   

$

689,663

   

$

272,595

   

Class Y

 
Proceeds from shares
issued
 

$

4,167,842

   

$

2,195,308

   

$

23,988,683

   

$

29,550,096

   

$

1,018,845

   

$

537,133

   

Distributions reinvested

   

2,657,237

     

2,295,343

     

9,629,680

     

5,344,192

     

752,967

     

768,918

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(6,071,605

)

   

(11,454,416

)

   

(42,832,259

)

   

(41,216,000

)

   

(2,043,606

)

   

(589,970

)

 

Total Class Y

 

$

753,474

   

$

(6,963,765

)

 

$

(9,213,896

)

 

$

(6,321,712

)

 

$

(271,794

)

 

$

716,081

   

Member Class (a)

 
Proceeds from shares
issued
 

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

3,375,015

   

$

241,917

   

Distributions reinvested

   

     

     

     

     

248,472

     

19,278

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

     

     

     

     

(2,082,333

)

   

(35,798

)

 

Total Member Class

 

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

1,541,154

   

$

225,397

   
Change in net assets resulting
from capital transactions
 

$

5,846,536

   

$

(7,609,479

)

 

$

(22,173,579

)

 

$

7,415,321

   

$

3,027,200

   

$

7,918,374

   

(a)  Victory RS Small Cap Equity Fund Member Class commenced operations on November 3, 2020.

(continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

  (continued)

    Victory
RS Growth Fund
  Victory
RS Science and
Technology Fund
  Victory
RS Small Cap Equity Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 

Share Transactions:

 

Class A

 

Issued

   

331,479

     

304,224

     

1,081,400

     

1,824,265

     

357,336

     

210,814

   

Reinvested

   

986,288

     

961,073

     

1,203,351

     

489,775

     

919,369

     

792,855

   

Redeemed

   

(1,018,990

)

   

(1,386,023

)

   

(2,265,845

)

   

(2,033,344

)

   

(971,778

)

   

(691,975

)

 

Total Class A

   

298,777

     

(120,726

)

   

18,906

     

280,696

     

304,927

     

311,694

   

Class C (a)

 

Issued

   

1,742

     

21,225

     

63,027

     

134,359

     

14,861

     

2,323

   

Reinvested

   

9,590

     

21,201

     

111,205

     

52,324

     

5,771

     

19,561

   

Redeemed

   

(122,847

)

   

(115,239

)

   

(287,361

)

   

(293,019

)

   

(20,482

)

   

(3,513

)

 

Total Class C

   

(111,515

)

   

(72,813

)

   

(113,129

)

   

(106,336

)

   

150

     

18,371

   

Class R

 

Issued

   

1,987

     

2,271

     

11,369

     

21,258

     

11,074

     

25,117

   

Reinvested

   

2,268

     

1,903

     

8,213

     

2,892

     

100,191

     

63,413

   

Redeemed

   

(287

)

   

(9,571

)

   

(13,534

)

   

(16,429

)

   

(20,803

)

   

(61,871

)

 

Total Class R

   

3,968

     

(5,397

)

   

6,048

     

7,721

     

90,462

     

26,659

   

Class Y

 

Issued

   

159,034

     

101,213

     

604,120

     

1,024,327

     

56,893

     

33,437

   

Reinvested

   

98,559

     

92,966

     

319,286

     

137,808

     

56,614

     

42,295

   

Redeemed

   

(227,354

)

   

(570,117

)

   

(1,098,885

)

   

(1,487,210

)

   

(129,973

)

   

(36,200

)

 

Total Class Y

   

30,239

     

(375,938

)

   

(175,479

)

   

(325,075

)

   

(16,466

)

   

39,532

   

Member Class (b)

 

Issued

   

     

     

     

     

188,543

     

12,775

   

Reinvested

   

     

     

     

     

19,580

     

1,100

   

Redeemed

   

     

     

     

     

(115,794

)

   

(1,764

)

 

Total Member Class

   

     

     

     

     

92,329

     

12,111

   

Change in Shares

   

221,469

     

(574,874

)

   

(263,654

)

   

(142,994

)

   

471,402

     

408,367

   

(a)  As described in Note 9, Victory RS Small Cap Equity Fund Class C share amounts have been adjusted for a 1:12 reverse stock split.

(b)  Victory RS Small Cap Equity Fund Member Class commenced operations on November 3, 2020.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions
to
Shareholders
From
     
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net
Realized and
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) on
Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net Realized
Gains from
Investments
 
Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)*(b)
 

Victory RS Small Cap Growth Fund

     

Class A

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

97.45

     

(1.20

)

   

(10.15

)

   

(11.35

)

   

(12.37

)

   

(12.37

)

 

$

73.73

     

(11.06

)%

 

2020

 

$

77.19

     

(0.97

)

   

30.04

     

29.07

     

(8.81

)

   

(8.81

)

 

$

97.45

     

37.84

%

 

2019

 

$

61.11

     

(0.80

)

   

23.84

     

23.04

     

(6.96

)

   

(6.96

)

 

$

77.19

     

37.91

%

 

2018

 

$

80.96

     

(0.83

)

   

(6.54

)

   

(7.37

)

   

(12.48

)

   

(12.48

)

 

$

61.11

     

(8.97

)%

 

2017

 

$

65.31

     

(0.75

)

   

24.13

     

23.38

     

(7.73

)

   

(7.73

)

 

$

80.96

     

36.86

%

 

Class C

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

79.07

     

(1.55

)

   

(8.29

)

   

(9.84

)

   

(12.37

)

   

(12.37

)

 

$

56.86

     

(11.73

)%

 

2020

 

$

64.34

     

(1.30

)

   

24.84

     

23.54

     

(8.81

)

   

(8.81

)

 

$

79.07

     

36.78

%

 

2019

 

$

52.19

     

(1.17

)

   

20.28

     

19.11

     

(6.96

)

   

(6.96

)

 

$

64.34

     

36.88

%

 

2018

 

$

71.70

     

(1.31

)

   

(5.72

)

   

(7.03

)

   

(12.48

)

   

(12.48

)

 

$

52.19

     

(9.66

)%

 

2017

 

$

58.97

     

(1.18

)

   

21.64

     

20.46

     

(7.73

)

   

(7.73

)

 

$

71.70

     

35.84

%

 

Class R

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

86.56

     

(1.45

)

   

(9.06

)

   

(10.51

)

   

(12.37

)

   

(12.37

)

 

$

63.68

     

(11.51

)%

 

2020

 

$

69.61

     

(1.20

)

   

26.96

     

25.76

     

(8.81

)

   

(8.81

)

 

$

86.56

     

37.20

%

 

2019

 

$

55.87

     

(1.05

)

   

21.75

     

20.70

     

(6.96

)

   

(6.96

)

 

$

69.61

     

37.28

%

 

2018

 

$

75.55

     

(1.15

)

   

(6.05

)

   

(7.20

)

   

(12.48

)

   

(12.48

)

 

$

55.87

     

(9.39

)%

 

2017

 

$

61.63

     

(1.04

)

   

22.69

     

21.65

     

(7.73

)

   

(7.73

)

 

$

75.55

     

36.24

%

 

Class R6

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

103.42

     

(0.91

)

   

(10.77

)

   

(11.68

)

   

(12.37

)

   

(12.37

)

 

$

79.37

     

(10.74

)%

 

2020

 

$

81.24

     

(0.73

)

   

31.72

     

30.99

     

(8.81

)

   

(8.81

)

 

$

103.42

     

38.32

%

 

2019

 

$

63.83

     

(0.58

)

   

24.95

     

24.37

     

(6.96

)

   

(6.96

)

 

$

81.24

     

38.38

%

 

2018

 

$

83.67

     

(0.58

)

   

(6.78

)

   

(7.36

)

   

(12.48

)

   

(12.48

)

 

$

63.83

     

(8.66

)%

 
July 12, 2017 (e)
through
December 31, 2017
 

$

79.23

     

(0.41

)

   

12.58

     

12.17

     

(7.73

)

   

(7.73

)

 

$

83.67

     

16.23

%

 

*  Includes adjustments in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)  Annualized for periods less than one year.

(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(e)  Commencement of operations.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period  

   

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Net
Expenses(c)
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(c)
  Gross
Expenses(c)
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)(d)
 

Victory RS Small Cap Growth Fund

 

Class A

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

1.40

%

   

(1.27

)%

   

1.42

%

 

$

634,204

     

92

%

 

2020

   

1.40

%

   

(1.20

)%

   

1.43

%

 

$

820,006

     

72

%

 

2019

   

1.40

%

   

(1.06

)%

   

1.44

%

 

$

687,425

     

100

%

 

2018

   

1.40

%

   

(0.94

)%

   

1.45

%

 

$

499,350

     

86

%

 

2017

   

1.40

%

   

(1.00

)%

   

1.44

%

 

$

575,227

     

107

%

 

Class C

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

2.16

%

   

(2.03

)%

   

2.16

%

 

$

11,387

     

92

%

 

2020

   

2.16

%

   

(1.96

)%

   

2.26

%

 

$

20,323

     

72

%

 

2019

   

2.16

%

   

(1.82

)%

   

2.27

%

 

$

18,581

     

100

%

 

2018

   

2.16

%

   

(1.71

)%

   

2.26

%

 

$

13,602

     

86

%

 

2017

   

2.16

%

   

(1.75

)%

   

2.23

%

 

$

13,633

     

107

%

 

Class R

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

1.86

%

   

(1.73

)%

   

1.86

%

 

$

5,060

     

92

%

 

2020

   

1.86

%

   

(1.66

)%

   

1.97

%

 

$

8,513

     

72

%

 

2019

   

1.86

%

   

(1.52

)%

   

1.93

%

 

$

8,012

     

100

%

 

2018

   

1.86

%

   

(1.40

)%

   

1.87

%

 

$

7,285

     

86

%

 

2017

   

1.86

%

   

(1.46

)%

   

1.94

%

 

$

7,698

     

107

%

 

Class R6

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

1.04

%

   

(0.91

)%

   

1.04

%

 

$

611,157

     

92

%

 

2020

   

1.06

%

   

(0.86

)%

   

1.06

%

 

$

677,128

     

72

%

 

2019

   

1.06

%

   

(0.72

)%

   

1.06

%

 

$

441,471

     

100

%

 

2018

   

1.06

%

   

(0.64

)%

   

1.10

%

 

$

113,288

     

86

%

 
July 12, 2017 (e)
through
December 31, 2017
   

1.06

%

   

(1.03

)%

   

1.41

%

 

$

25,551

     

107

%

 

(continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


65


 

Victory Portfolios

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions
to
Shareholders
From
     
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net
Realized and
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) on
Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net Realized
Gains from
Investments
 
Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)
 

Victory RS Small Cap Growth Fund

     

Class Y

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

103.10

     

(1.00

)

   

(10.73

)

   

(11.73

)

   

(12.37

)

   

(12.37

)

 

$

79.00

     

(10.82

)%

 

2020

 

$

81.06

     

(0.79

)

   

31.64

     

30.85

     

(8.81

)

   

(8.81

)

 

$

103.10

     

38.21

%

 

2019

 

$

63.75

     

(0.62

)

   

24.89

     

24.27

     

(6.96

)

   

(6.96

)

 

$

81.06

     

38.29

%

 

2018

 

$

83.64

     

(0.61

)

   

(6.80

)

   

(7.41

)

   

(12.48

)

   

(12.48

)

 

$

63.75

     

(8.72

)%

 

2017

 

$

67.08

     

(0.53

)

   

24.82

     

24.29

     

(7.73

)

   

(7.73

)

 

$

83.64

     

37.23

%

 

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

See notes to financial statements.

 


66


 

Victory Portfolios

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period  (continued)

   

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Net
Expenses
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
  Gross
Expenses
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)
 

Victory RS Small Cap Growth Fund

 

Class Y

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

1.13

%

   

(1.00

)%

   

1.14

%

 

$

985,724

     

92

%

 

2020

   

1.13

%

   

(0.93

)%

   

1.15

%

 

$

1,411,316

     

72

%

 

2019

   

1.13

%

   

(0.79

)%

   

1.15

%

 

$

1,131,648

     

100

%

 

2018

   

1.13

%

   

(0.67

)%

   

1.15

%

 

$

967,112

     

86

%

 

2017

   

1.13

%

   

(0.68

)%

   

1.17

%

 

$

1,081,427

     

107

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


67


 

Victory Portfolios

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions
to
Shareholders
From
     
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net
Realized and
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) on
Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net Realized
Gains from
Investments
 
Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)
 

Victory RS Select Growth Fund

     

Class A

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

38.19

     

(0.49

)

   

2.64

     

2.15

     

(9.04

)

   

(9.04

)

 

$

31.30

     

6.89

%

 

2020

 

$

33.81

     

(0.40

)

   

11.43

     

11.03

     

(6.65

)

   

(6.65

)

 

$

38.19

     

33.22

%

 

2019

 

$

28.96

     

(0.37

)

   

9.68

     

9.31

     

(4.46

)

   

(4.46

)

 

$

33.81

     

32.29

%

 

2018

 

$

46.03

     

(0.42

)

   

(3.12

)

   

(3.54

)

   

(13.53

)

   

(13.53

)

 

$

28.96

     

(7.23

)%

 

2017

 

$

45.04

     

(0.43

)

   

8.16

     

7.73

     

(6.74

)

   

(6.74

)

 

$

46.03

     

17.10

%

 

Class C

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

28.54

     

(0.59

)

   

1.83

     

1.24

     

(9.04

)

   

(9.04

)

 

$

20.74

     

6.02

%

 

2020

 

$

26.77

     

(0.53

)

   

8.95

     

8.42

     

(6.65

)

   

(6.65

)

 

$

28.54

     

32.20

%

 

2019

 

$

23.82

     

(0.53

)

   

7.94

     

7.41

     

(4.46

)

   

(4.46

)

 

$

26.77

     

31.28

%

 

2018

 

$

40.80

     

(0.70

)

   

(2.75

)

   

(3.45

)

   

(13.53

)

   

(13.53

)

 

$

23.82

     

(7.98

)%

 

2017

 

$

40.89

     

(0.73

)

   

7.38

     

6.65

     

(6.74

)

   

(6.74

)

 

$

40.80

     

16.19

%

 

Class R

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

29.34

     

(0.53

)

   

1.90

     

1.37

     

(9.04

)

   

(9.04

)

 

$

21.67

     

6.31

%

 

2020

 

$

27.30

     

(0.46

)

   

9.15

     

8.69

     

(6.65

)

   

(6.65

)

 

$

29.34

     

32.57

%

 

2019

 

$

24.16

     

(0.45

)

   

8.05

     

7.60

     

(4.46

)

   

(4.46

)

 

$

27.30

     

31.63

%

 

2018

 

$

41.06

     

(0.59

)

   

(2.78

)

   

(3.37

)

   

(13.53

)

   

(13.53

)

 

$

24.16

     

(7.70

)%

 

2017

 

$

41.00

     

(0.61

)

   

7.41

     

6.80

     

(6.74

)

   

(6.74

)

 

$

41.06

     

16.51

%

 

Class R6

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

41.25

     

(0.38

)

   

2.88

     

2.50

     

(9.04

)

   

(9.04

)

 

$

34.71

     

7.23

%

 

2020

 

$

35.99

     

(0.31

)

   

12.22

     

11.91

     

(6.65

)

   

(6.65

)

 

$

41.25

     

33.65

%

 

2019

 

$

30.50

     

(0.27

)

   

10.22

     

9.95

     

(4.46

)

   

(4.46

)

 

$

35.99

     

32.76

%

 

2018

 

$

47.53

     

(0.29

)

   

(3.21

)

   

(3.50

)

   

(13.53

)

   

(13.53

)

 

$

30.50

     

(6.92

)%

 

2017

 

$

46.16

     

(0.28

)

   

8.39

     

8.11

     

(6.74

)

   

(6.74

)

 

$

47.53

     

17.48

%

 

Class Y

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

41.02

     

(0.41

)

   

2.86

     

2.45

     

(9.04

)

   

(9.04

)

 

$

34.43

     

7.15

%

 

2020

 

$

35.84

     

(0.33

)

   

12.16

     

11.83

     

(6.65

)

   

(6.65

)

 

$

41.02

     

33.57

%

 

2019

 

$

30.41

     

(0.29

)

   

10.18

     

9.89

     

(4.46

)

   

(4.46

)

 

$

35.84

     

32.66

%

 

2018

 

$

47.47

     

(0.30

)

   

(3.23

)

   

(3.53

)

   

(13.53

)

   

(13.53

)

 

$

30.41

     

(7.02

)%

 

2017

 

$

46.15

     

(0.31

)

   

8.37

     

8.06

     

(6.74

)

   

(6.74

)

 

$

47.47

     

17.40

%

 

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

See notes to financial statements.

 


68


 

Victory Portfolios

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period  

   

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Net
Expenses
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
  Gross
Expenses
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)
 

Victory RS Select Growth Fund

 

Class A

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

1.40

%

   

(1.21

)%

   

1.48

%

 

$

117,017

     

75

%

 

2020

   

1.40

%

   

(1.14

)%

   

1.49

%

 

$

115,014

     

73

%

 

2019

   

1.40

%

   

(1.06

)%

   

1.52

%

 

$

97,337

     

74

%

 

2018

   

1.40

%

   

(0.86

)%

   

1.50

%

 

$

94,393

     

79

%

 

2017

   

1.40

%

   

(0.88

)%

   

1.49

%

 

$

147,531

     

69

%

 

Class C

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

2.18

%

   

(1.99

)%

   

2.24

%

 

$

9,835

     

75

%

 

2020

   

2.18

%

   

(1.92

)%

   

2.29

%

 

$

23,831

     

73

%

 

2019

   

2.18

%

   

(1.84

)%

   

2.30

%

 

$

26,988

     

74

%

 

2018

   

2.18

%

   

(1.64

)%

   

2.25

%

 

$

31,754

     

79

%

 

2017

   

2.18

%

   

(1.66

)%

   

2.24

%

 

$

51,208

     

69

%

 

Class R

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

1.91

%

   

(1.72

)%

   

2.18

%

 

$

408

     

75

%

 

2020

   

1.91

%

   

(1.64

)%

   

5.35

%

 

$

504

     

73

%

 

2019

   

1.91

%

   

(1.57

)%

   

4.35

%

 

$

604

     

74

%

 

2018

   

1.91

%

   

(1.38

)%

   

3.60

%

 

$

701

     

79

%

 

2017

   

1.91

%

   

(1.39

)%

   

2.90

%

 

$

1,014

     

69

%

 

Class R6

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

1.06

%

   

(0.88

)%

   

1.83

%

 

$

1,231

     

75

%

 

2020

   

1.06

%

   

(0.80

)%

   

4.52

%

 

$

710

     

73

%

 

2019

   

1.06

%

   

(0.72

)%

   

5.46

%

 

$

302

     

74

%

 

2018

   

1.06

%

   

(0.59

)%

   

6.33

%

 

$

239

     

79

%

 

2017

   

1.06

%

   

(0.55

)%

   

27.47

%

 

$

151

     

69

%

 

Class Y

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

1.14

%

   

(0.95

)%

   

1.21

%

 

$

70,192

     

75

%

 

2020

   

1.14

%

   

(0.88

)%

   

1.24

%

 

$

93,844

     

73

%

 

2019

   

1.14

%

   

(0.80

)%

   

1.23

%

 

$

94,933

     

74

%

 

2018

   

1.14

%

   

(0.59

)%

   

1.21

%

 

$

120,696

     

79

%

 

2017

   

1.14

%

   

(0.62

)%

   

1.20

%

 

$

244,689

     

69

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net Realized
Gains From
Investments
  Return of
Capital
 

Victory RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

     

Class A

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

32.99

     

(0.33

)

   

1.60

     

1.27

     

(9.50

)

   

   

2020

 

$

25.56

     

(0.20

)

   

8.98

     

8.78

     

(1.35

)

   

   

2019

 

$

19.96

     

(0.17

)

   

5.77

     

5.60

     

     

   

2018

 

$

25.77

     

(0.14

)

   

(1.79

)

   

(1.93

)

   

(3.00

)

   

(0.88

)

 

2017

 

$

21.32

     

(0.10

)

   

4.55

     

4.45

     

     

   

Class C

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

28.05

     

(0.52

)

   

1.31

     

0.79

     

(9.50

)

   

   

2020

 

$

22.08

     

(0.38

)

   

7.70

     

7.32

     

(1.35

)

   

   

2019

 

$

17.40

     

(0.34

)

   

5.02

     

4.68

     

     

   

2018

 

$

23.22

     

(0.35

)

   

(1.59

)

   

(1.94

)

   

(3.65

)

   

(0.23

)

 

2017

 

$

19.38

     

(0.28

)

   

4.12

     

3.84

     

     

   

Class R

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

29.79

     

(0.47

)

   

1.42

     

0.95

     

(9.50

)

   

   

2020

 

$

23.32

     

(0.33

)

   

8.15

     

7.82

     

(1.35

)

   

   

2019

 

$

18.31

     

(0.28

)

   

5.29

     

5.01

     

     

   

2018

 

$

24.14

     

(0.29

)

   

(1.66

)

   

(1.95

)

   

(3.86

)

   

(0.02

)

 

2017

 

$

20.09

     

(0.23

)

   

4.28

     

4.05

     

     

   

Class R6

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

34.53

     

(0.25

)

   

1.68

     

1.43

     

(9.50

)

   

   

2020

 

$

26.63

     

(0.14

)

   

9.39

     

9.25

     

(1.35

)

   

   

2019

 

$

20.74

     

(0.11

)

   

6.00

     

5.89

     

     

   

2018

 

$

26.55

     

(0.07

)

   

(1.86

)

   

(1.93

)

   

(3.84

)

   

(0.04

)

 

2017

 

$

21.90

     

(0.04

)

   

4.69

     

4.65

     

     

   

Class Y

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

34.50

     

(0.26

)

   

1.69

     

1.43

     

(9.50

)

   

   

2020

 

$

26.61

     

(0.14

)

   

9.38

     

9.24

     

(1.35

)

   

   

2019

 

$

20.73

     

(0.11

)

   

5.99

     

5.88

     

     

   

2018

 

$

26.54

     

(0.08

)

   

(1.85

)

   

(1.93

)

   

(1.17

)

   

(2.71

)

 

2017

 

$

21.90

     

(0.04

)

   

4.68

     

4.64

     

     

   

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period  

       

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)
  Net
Expenses
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
  Gross
Expenses
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)
 

Victory RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

 

Class A

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(9.50

)

 

$

24.76

     

4.68

%

   

1.20

%

   

(0.98

)%

   

1.33

%

 

$

88,064

     

90

%

 

2020

   

(1.35

)

 

$

32.99

     

34.47

%

   

1.20

%

   

(0.75

)%

   

1.35

%

 

$

93,072

     

92

%

 

2019

   

   

$

25.56

     

28.06

%

   

1.20

%

   

(0.67

)%

   

1.35

%

 

$

82,888

     

86

%

 

2018

   

(3.88

)

 

$

19.96

     

(7.37

)%

   

1.20

%

   

(0.53

)%

   

1.34

%

 

$

75,451

     

126

%

 

2017

   

   

$

25.77

     

20.87

%

   

1.20

%

   

(0.44

)%

   

1.29

%

 

$

108,271

     

86

%

 

Class C

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(9.50

)

 

$

19.34

     

3.75

%

   

2.09

%

   

(1.87

)%

   

2.09

%

 

$

12,054

     

90

%

 

2020

   

(1.35

)

 

$

28.05

     

33.30

%

   

2.11

%

   

(1.65

)%

   

2.14

%

 

$

17,325

     

92

%

 

2019

   

   

$

22.08

     

26.90

%

   

2.11

%

   

(1.58

)%

   

2.12

%

 

$

20,266

     

86

%

 

2018

   

(3.88

)

 

$

17.40

     

(8.23

)%

   

2.11

%

   

(1.44

)%

   

2.12

%

 

$

18,072

     

126

%

 

2017

   

   

$

23.22

     

19.81

%

   

2.10

%

   

(1.33

)%

   

2.10

%

 

$

23,264

     

86

%

 

Class R

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(9.50

)

 

$

21.24

     

4.09

%

   

1.80

%

   

(1.58

)%

   

1.93

%

 

$

610

     

90

%

 

2020

   

(1.35

)

 

$

29.79

     

33.67

%

   

1.80

%

   

(1.34

)%

   

4.13

%

 

$

596

     

92

%

 

2019

   

   

$

23.32

     

27.36

%

   

1.80

%

   

(1.26

)%

   

3.41

%

 

$

927

     

86

%

 

2018

   

(3.88

)

 

$

18.31

     

(7.99

)%

   

1.80

%

   

(1.13

)%

   

2.68

%

 

$

1,144

     

126

%

 

2017

   

   

$

24.14

     

20.21

%

   

1.80

%

   

(1.03

)%

   

2.43

%

 

$

1,685

     

86

%

 

Class R6

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(9.50

)

 

$

26.46

     

4.95

%

   

0.94

%

   

(0.73

)%

   

0.98

%

 

$

19,731

     

90

%

 

2020

   

(1.35

)

 

$

34.53

     

34.86

%

   

0.94

%

   

(0.49

)%

   

1.01

%

 

$

27,861

     

92

%

 

2019

   

   

$

26.63

     

28.40

%

   

0.94

%

   

(0.44

)%

   

1.05

%

 

$

20,321

     

86

%

 

2018

   

(3.88

)

 

$

20.74

     

(7.15

)%

   

0.94

%

   

(0.26

)%

   

1.32

%

 

$

3,793

     

126

%

 

2017

   

   

$

26.55

     

21.23

%

   

0.94

%

   

(0.17

)%

   

2.26

%

 

$

2,132

     

86

%

 

Class Y

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(9.50

)

 

$

26.43

     

4.96

%

   

0.95

%

   

(0.73

)%

   

1.09

%

 

$

249,373

     

90

%

 

2020

   

(1.35

)

 

$

34.50

     

34.84

%

   

0.95

%

   

(0.50

)%

   

1.10

%

 

$

466,342

     

92

%

 

2019

   

   

$

26.61

     

28.36

%

   

0.95

%

   

(0.43

)%

   

1.10

%

 

$

395,586

     

86

%

 

2018

   

(3.88

)

 

$

20.73

     

(7.15

)%

   

0.95

%

   

(0.27

)%

   

1.05

%

 

$

243,009

     

126

%

 

2017

   

   

$

26.54

     

21.19

%

   

0.95

%

   

(0.18

)%

   

1.06

%

 

$

310,050

     

86

%

 

(continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions
to
Shareholders
From
     
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net
Realized and
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) on
Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net Realized
Gains From
Investments
  Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)(b)
 

Member Class

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

33.00

     

(0.28

)

   

1.62

     

1.34

     

(9.50

)

   

(9.50

)

 

$

24.84

     

4.88

%

 
November 3, 2020 (e)
through
December 31, 2020
 

$

29.16

     

(0.04

)

   

5.23

     

5.19

     

(1.35

)

   

(1.35

)

 

$

33.00

     

17.94

%

 

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)  Annualized for periods less than one year.

(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(e)  Commencement of operations.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period  (continued)

   

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Net
Expenses(c)
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(c)
  Gross
Expenses(c)
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)(d)
 

Member Class

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

1.05

%

   

(0.85

)%

   

5.66

%

 

$

957

     

90

%

 
November 3, 2020 (e)
through
December 31, 2020
   

1.05

%

   

(0.71

)%

   

31.23

%

 

$

109

     

92

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Net Realized
Gains From
Investments
 

Victory RS Growth Fund

     

Class A

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

23.84

     

(0.18

)

   

4.85

     

4.67

     

(0.02

)

   

(2.35

)

 

2020

 

$

19.22

     

(0.08

)

   

6.89

     

6.81

     

     

(2.19

)

 

2019

 

$

16.40

     

(0.03

)

   

4.90

     

4.87

     

     

(2.05

)

 

2018

 

$

20.60

     

(0.06

)

   

(1.36

)

   

(1.42

)

   

     

(2.78

)

 

2017

 

$

16.44

     

(0.02

)

   

5.24

     

5.22

     

     

(1.06

)

 

Class C

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

18.80

     

(0.31

)

   

3.80

     

3.49

     

     

(2.35

)

 

2020

 

$

15.63

     

(0.20

)

   

5.56

     

5.36

     

     

(2.19

)

 

2019

 

$

13.75

     

(0.16

)

   

4.09

     

3.93

     

     

(2.05

)

 

2018

 

$

17.90

     

(0.21

)

   

(1.16

)

   

(1.37

)

   

     

(2.78

)

 

2017

 

$

14.51

     

(0.15

)

   

4.60

     

4.45

     

     

(1.06

)

 

Class R

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

21.09

     

(0.30

)

   

4.27

     

3.97

     

     

(2.35

)

 

2020

 

$

17.29

     

(0.19

)

   

6.18

     

5.99

     

     

(2.19

)

 

2019

 

$

15.00

     

(0.14

)

   

4.48

     

4.34

     

     

(2.05

)

 

2018

 

$

19.22

     

(0.18

)

   

(1.26

)

   

(1.44

)

   

     

(2.78

)

 

2017

 

$

15.49

     

(0.13

)

   

4.92

     

4.79

     

     

(1.06

)

 

Class Y

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

25.13

     

(0.12

)

   

5.13

     

5.01

     

(0.09

)

   

(2.35

)

 

2020

 

$

20.11

     

(0.02

)

   

7.23

     

7.21

     

     

(2.19

)

 

2019

 

$

17.04

     

0.02

     

5.10

     

5.12

     

     

(2.05

)

 

2018

 

$

21.23

     

(c)

   

(1.41

)

   

(1.41

)

   

     

(2.78

)

 

2017

 

$

16.88

     

0.03

     

5.38

     

5.41

     

     

(1.06

)

 

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(c)  Amount is less than $0.005 per share.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)
  Net
Expenses
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
  Gross
Expenses
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)
 

Victory RS Growth Fund

 

Class A

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(2.37

)

 

$

26.14

     

19.91

%

   

1.10

%

   

(0.71

)%

   

1.17

%

 

$

308,663

     

62

%

 

2020

   

(2.19

)

 

$

23.84

     

35.64

%

   

1.10

%

   

(0.37

)%

   

1.19

%

 

$

274,388

     

73

%

 

2019

   

(2.05

)

 

$

19.22

     

29.83

%

   

1.10

%

   

(0.16

)%

   

1.19

%

 

$

223,503

     

95

%

 

2018

   

(2.78

)

 

$

16.40

     

(6.81

)%

   

1.10

%

   

(0.28

)%

   

1.19

%

 

$

188,220

     

87

%

 

2017

   

(1.06

)

 

$

20.60

     

31.75

%

   

1.10

%

   

(0.09

)%

   

1.20

%

 

$

218,238

     

74

%

 

Class C

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(2.35

)

 

$

19.94

     

18.95

%

   

1.93

%

   

(1.54

)%

   

1.99

%

 

$

1,733

     

62

%

 

2020

   

(2.19

)

 

$

18.80

     

34.55

%

   

1.93

%

   

(1.20

)%

   

2.43

%

 

$

3,731

     

73

%

 

2019

   

(2.05

)

 

$

15.63

     

28.74

%

   

1.93

%

   

(0.99

)%

   

2.33

%

 

$

4,240

     

95

%

 

2018

   

(2.78

)

 

$

13.75

     

(7.56

)%

   

1.93

%

   

(1.10

)%

   

2.20

%

 

$

4,409

     

87

%

 

2017

   

(1.06

)

 

$

17.90

     

30.57

%

   

1.93

%

   

(0.92

)%

   

2.10

%

 

$

6,974

     

74

%

 

Class R

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(2.35

)

 

$

22.71

     

19.17

%

   

1.71

%

   

(1.32

)%

   

1.71

%

 

$

542

     

62

%

 

2020

   

(2.19

)

 

$

21.09

     

34.87

%

   

1.71

%

   

(0.98

)%

   

6.08

%

 

$

420

     

73

%

 

2019

   

(2.05

)

 

$

17.29

     

29.08

%

   

1.71

%

   

(0.77

)%

   

5.41

%

 

$

438

     

95

%

 

2018

   

(2.78

)

 

$

15.00

     

(7.41

)%

   

1.71

%

   

(0.88

)%

   

3.49

%

 

$

516

     

87

%

 

2017

   

(1.06

)

 

$

19.22

     

30.92

%

   

1.71

%

   

(0.70

)%

   

2.72

%

 

$

830

     

74

%

 

Class Y

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(2.44

)

 

$

27.70

     

20.22

%

   

0.83

%

   

(0.44

)%

   

0.91

%

 

$

33,772

     

62

%

 

2020

   

(2.19

)

 

$

25.13

     

36.06

%

   

0.83

%

   

(0.09

)%

   

0.99

%

 

$

29,875

     

73

%

 

2019

   

(2.05

)

 

$

20.11

     

30.18

%

   

0.83

%

   

0.11

%

   

0.98

%

 

$

31,473

     

95

%

 

2018

   

(2.78

)

 

$

17.04

     

(6.56

)%

   

0.83

%

   

(0.01

)%

   

0.97

%

 

$

26,457

     

87

%

 

2017

   

(1.06

)

 

$

21.23

     

32.05

%

   

0.83

%

   

0.17

%

   

0.97

%

 

$

30,309

     

74

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


75


 

Victory Portfolios

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions
to
Shareholders
From
     
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net
Realized and
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) on
Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net Realized
Gains From
Investments
 
Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)
 

Victory RS Science and Technology Fund

     

Class A

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

36.35

     

(0.46

)

   

(3.10

)

   

(3.56

)

   

(4.45

)

   

(4.45

)

 

$

28.34

     

(9.25

)%

 

2020

 

$

23.37

     

(0.34

)

   

15.48

     

15.14

     

(2.16

)

   

(2.16

)

 

$

36.35

     

65.03

%

 

2019

 

$

18.34

     

(0.26

)

   

7.43

     

7.17

     

(2.14

)

   

(2.14

)

 

$

23.37

     

39.32

%

 

2018

 

$

21.56

     

(0.27

)

   

0.06

     

(0.21

)

   

(3.01

)

   

(3.01

)

 

$

18.34

     

(0.73

)%

 

2017

 

$

17.49

     

(0.25

)

   

8.04

     

7.79

     

(3.72

)

   

(3.72

)

 

$

21.56

     

44.74

%

 

Class C

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

26.81

     

(0.55

)

   

(2.33

)

   

(2.88

)

   

(4.45

)

   

(4.45

)

 

$

19.48

     

(10.03

)%

 

2020

 

$

17.73

     

(0.41

)

   

11.65

     

11.24

     

(2.16

)

   

(2.16

)

 

$

26.81

     

63.71

%

 

2019

 

$

14.40

     

(0.35

)

   

5.82

     

5.47

     

(2.14

)

   

(2.14

)

 

$

17.73

     

38.27

%

 

2018

 

$

17.73

     

(0.38

)

   

0.06

     

(0.32

)

   

(3.01

)

   

(3.01

)

 

$

14.40

     

(1.58

)%

 

2017

 

$

14.96

     

(0.36

)

   

6.85

     

6.49

     

(3.72

)

   

(3.72

)

 

$

17.73

     

43.70

%

 

Class R

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

29.99

     

(0.51

)

   

(2.58

)

   

(3.09

)

   

(4.45

)

   

(4.45

)

 

$

22.45

     

(9.66

)%

 

2020

 

$

19.60

     

(0.39

)

   

12.94

     

12.55

     

(2.16

)

   

(2.16

)

 

$

29.99

     

64.32

%

 

2019

 

$

15.70

     

(0.31

)

   

6.35

     

6.04

     

(2.14

)

   

(2.14

)

 

$

19.60

     

38.73

%

 

2018

 

$

18.99

     

(0.33

)

   

0.05

     

(0.28

)

   

(3.01

)

   

(3.01

)

 

$

15.70

     

(1.20

)%

 

2017

 

$

15.78

     

(0.31

)

   

7.24

     

6.93

     

(3.72

)

   

(3.72

)

 

$

18.99

     

44.05

%

 

Class Y

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

39.73

     

(0.41

)

   

(3.38

)

   

(3.79

)

   

(4.45

)

   

(4.45

)

 

$

31.49

     

(9.04

)%

 

2020

 

$

25.36

     

(0.29

)

   

16.82

     

16.53

     

(2.16

)

   

(2.16

)

 

$

39.73

     

65.40

%

 

2019

 

$

19.72

     

(0.22

)

   

8.00

     

7.78

     

(2.14

)

   

(2.14

)

 

$

25.36

     

39.66

%

 

2018

 

$

22.90

     

(0.22

)

   

0.05

     

(0.17

)

   

(3.01

)

   

(3.01

)

 

$

19.72

     

(0.51

)%

 

2017

 

$

18.37

     

(0.21

)

   

8.46

     

8.25

     

(3.72

)

   

(3.72

)

 

$

22.90

     

45.11

%

 

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

See notes to financial statements.

 


76


 

Victory Portfolios

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period  

   

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Net
Expenses
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
  Gross
Expenses
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)
 

Victory RS Science and Technology Fund

 

Class A

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

1.47

%

   

(1.28

)%

   

1.47

%

 

$

250,490

     

46

%

 

2020

   

1.48

%

   

(1.22

)%

   

1.48

%

 

$

320,605

     

30

%

 

2019

   

1.48

%

   

(1.14

)%

   

1.48

%

 

$

199,591

     

88

%

 

2018

   

1.47

%

   

(1.10

)%

   

1.47

%

 

$

140,389

     

83

%

 

2017

   

1.49

%

   

(1.18

)%

   

1.49

%

 

$

146,002

     

89

%

 

Class C

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

2.28

%

   

(2.09

)%

   

2.28

%

 

$

11,168

     

46

%

 

2020

   

2.28

%

   

(2.03

)%

   

2.32

%

 

$

18,398

     

30

%

 

2019

   

2.28

%

   

(1.94

)%

   

2.34

%

 

$

14,054

     

88

%

 

2018

   

2.28

%

   

(1.91

)%

   

2.31

%

 

$

11,857

     

83

%

 

2017

   

2.28

%

   

(1.97

)%

   

2.31

%

 

$

11,831

     

89

%

 

Class R

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

1.93

%

   

(1.74

)%

   

1.93

%

 

$

1,089

     

46

%

 

2020

   

1.93

%

   

(1.68

)%

   

3.69

%

 

$

1,273

     

30

%

 

2019

   

1.93

%

   

(1.59

)%

   

4.28

%

 

$

681

     

88

%

 

2018

   

1.93

%

   

(1.56

)%

   

2.75

%

 

$

707

     

83

%

 

2017

   

1.93

%

   

(1.62

)%

   

2.54

%

 

$

1,705

     

89

%

 

Class Y

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

1.23

%

   

(1.05

)%

   

1.23

%

 

$

81,080

     

46

%

 

2020

   

1.24

%

   

(0.99

)%

   

1.26

%

 

$

109,275

     

30

%

 

2019

   

1.24

%

   

(0.89

)%

   

1.26

%

 

$

77,998

     

88

%

 

2018

   

1.24

%

   

(0.85

)%

   

1.25

%

 

$

53,395

     

83

%

 

2017

   

1.24

%

   

(0.92

)%

   

1.26

%

 

$

32,047

     

89

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


77


 

Victory Portfolios

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions
to
Shareholders
From
     
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net
Realized and
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) on
Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net Realized
Gains From
Investments
 
Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)(b)
 

Victory RS Small Cap Equity Fund

     

Class A

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

18.02

     

(0.21

)

   

(1.28

)

   

(1.49

)

   

(3.21

)

   

(3.21

)

 

$

13.32

     

(7.36

)%

 

2020

 

$

16.05

     

(0.19

)

   

6.17

     

5.98

     

(4.01

)

   

(4.01

)

 

$

18.02

     

37.99

%

 

2019

 

$

12.97

     

(0.15

)

   

5.11

     

4.96

     

(1.88

)

   

(1.88

)

 

$

16.05

     

38.49

%

 

2018

 

$

18.88

     

(0.16

)

   

(1.47

)

   

(1.63

)

   

(4.28

)

   

(4.28

)

 

$

12.97

     

(8.39

)%

 

2017

 

$

14.41

     

(0.14

)

   

5.55

     

5.41

     

(0.94

)

   

(0.94

)

 

$

18.88

     

37.57

%

 

Class C

     

Year Ended December 31:

 
2021(f)  

$

18.39

     

(0.37

)

   

(1.32

)

   

(1.69

)

   

(3.21

)

   

(3.21

)

 

$

13.49

     

(8.14

)%

 
2020(f)  

$

49.61

     

(0.84

)

   

17.74

     

16.90

     

(48.12

)

   

(48.12

)

 

$

18.39

     

36.75

%

 
2019(f)  

$

52.83

     

(1.08

)

   

20.42

     

19.34

     

(22.56

)

   

(22.56

)

 

$

49.61

     

37.26

%

 
2018(f)  

$

115.36

     

(2.04

)

   

(9.13

)

   

(11.17

)

   

(51.36

)

   

(51.36

)

 

$

52.83

     

(9.23

)%

 
2017(f)  

$

92.89

     

(1.80

)

   

35.55

     

33.75

     

(11.28

)

   

(11.28

)

 

$

115.36

     

36.34

%

 

Class R

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

12.79

     

(0.21

)

   

(0.96

)

   

(1.17

)

   

(3.21

)

   

(3.21

)

 

$

8.41

     

(7.87

)%

 

2020

 

$

12.32

     

(0.20

)

   

4.68

     

4.48

     

(4.01

)

   

(4.01

)

 

$

12.79

     

37.31

%

 

2019

 

$

10.32

     

(0.18

)

   

4.06

     

3.88

     

(1.88

)

   

(1.88

)

 

$

12.32

     

37.91

%

 

2018

 

$

16.08

     

(0.23

)

   

(1.25

)

   

(1.48

)

   

(4.28

)

   

(4.28

)

 

$

10.32

     

(8.92

)%

 

2017

 

$

12.44

     

(0.20

)

   

4.78

     

4.58

     

(0.94

)

   

(0.94

)

 

$

16.08

     

36.84

%

 

Class Y

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

18.71

     

(0.19

)

   

(1.33

)

   

(1.52

)

   

(3.21

)

   

(3.21

)

 

$

13.98

     

(7.25

)%

 

2020

 

$

16.52

     

(0.16

)

   

6.36

     

6.20

     

(4.01

)

   

(4.01

)

 

$

18.71

     

38.24

%

 

2019

 

$

13.29

     

(0.13

)

   

5.24

     

5.11

     

(1.88

)

   

(1.88

)

 

$

16.52

     

38.69

%

 

2018

 

$

19.20

     

(0.14

)

   

(1.49

)

   

(1.63

)

   

(4.28

)

   

(4.28

)

 

$

13.29

     

(8.23

)%

 

2017

 

$

14.62

     

(0.14

)

   

5.66

     

5.52

     

(0.94

)

   

(0.94

)

 

$

19.20

     

37.78

%

 

Member Class

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

18.04

     

(0.19

)

   

(1.30

)

   

(1.49

)

   

(3.21

)

   

(3.21

)

 

$

13.34

     

(7.35

)%

 
November 3, 2020 (g)
through
December 31, 2020
 

$

17.72

     

(0.04

)

   

4.37

     

4.33

     

(4.01

)

   

(4.01

)

 

$

18.04

     

25.09

%

 

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)  Annualized for periods less than one year.

See notes to financial statements.

 


78


 

Victory Portfolios

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

   

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Net
Expenses(c)
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(c)
  Gross
Expenses(c)
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)(d)
 

Victory RS Small Cap Equity Fund

 

Class A

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

1.25

%

   

(1.18

)%

   

1.25

%

 

$

60,699

     

113

%

 

2020

   

1.29

%

   

(1.14

)%

   

1.29

%

 

$

76,611

     

157

%(e)

 

2019

   

1.26

%

   

(0.93

)%

   

1.26

%

 

$

63,247

     

89

%

 

2018

   

1.22

%

   

(0.78

)%

   

1.22

%

 

$

51,619

     

77

%

 

2017

   

1.25

%

   

(0.84

)%

   

1.25

%

 

$

65,514

     

79

%

 

Class C

 

Year Ended December 31:

 
2021(f)    

2.10

%

   

(2.04

)%

   

4.32

%

 

$

380

     

113

%

 
2020(f)    

2.10

%

   

(1.94

)%

   

5.26

%

 

$

515

     

157

%(e)

 
2019(f)    

2.10

%

   

(1.76

)%

   

3.86

%

 

$

478

     

89

%

 
2018(f)    

2.10

%

   

(1.71

)%

   

4.24

%

 

$

616

     

77

%

 
2017(f)    

2.10

%

   

(1.69

)%

   

3.87

%

 

$

533

     

79

%

 

Class R

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

1.75

%

   

(1.68

)%

   

1.89

%

 

$

2,949

     

113

%

 

2020

   

1.75

%

   

(1.59

)%

   

2.05

%

 

$

3,325

     

157

%(e)

 

2019

   

1.75

%

   

(1.42

)%

   

2.05

%

 

$

2,874

     

89

%

 

2018

   

1.75

%

   

(1.30

)%

   

1.88

%

 

$

2,303

     

77

%

 

2017

   

1.75

%

   

(1.34

)%

   

1.97

%

 

$

3,381

     

79

%

 

Class Y

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

1.10

%

   

(1.03

)%

   

1.10

%

 

$

3,095

     

113

%

 

2020

   

1.10

%

   

(0.95

)%

   

1.58

%

 

$

4,449

     

157

%(e)

 

2019

   

1.10

%

   

(0.77

)%

   

1.43

%

 

$

3,275

     

89

%

 

2018

   

1.10

%

   

(0.69

)%

   

1.68

%

 

$

2,750

     

77

%

 

2017

   

1.10

%

   

(0.78

)%

   

1.34

%

 

$

6,398

     

79

%

 

Member Class

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

1.15

%

   

(1.08

)%

   

3.55

%

 

$

1,394

     

113

%

 
November 3, 2020 (g)
through
December 31, 2020
   

1.15

%

   

(1.14

)%

   

23.73

%

 

$

218

     

157

%(e)

 

(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(e)  Reflects increased trading activity due to changes in allocation strategies.

(f)  As described in Note 9, per share amounts adjusted for a 1:12 reverse stock split.

(g)  Commencement of operations.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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1. Organization:

Victory Portfolios (the "Trust") is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and the Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end investment company. The Trust is comprised of 41 funds and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares, which are units of beneficial interest with a par value of $0.001 per share.

The accompanying financial statements are those of the following six Funds (collectively, the "Funds" and individually, a "Fund"). Each Fund is classified as diversified under the 1940 Act.

Funds (Legal Name)

 

Funds (Short Name)

  Investment Share
Classes Offered
 

Victory RS Small Cap Growth Fund

 

RS Small Cap Growth Fund

 

A, C, R, R6, and Y

 

Victory RS Select Growth Fund

 

RS Select Growth Fund

 

A, C, R, R6, and Y

 
Victory RS Mid Cap Growth Fund
 
  RS Mid Cap Growth Fund
 
  A, C, R, R6, Y, and
Member Class
 

Victory RS Growth Fund

 

RS Growth Fund

 

A, C, R, and Y

 
Victory RS Science and Technology
Fund
  RS Science and Technology
Fund
 

A, C, R, and Y

 
Victory RS Small Cap Equity Fund
 
  RS Small Cap Equity Fund
 
  A, C, R, Y, and
Member Class
 

Each class of shares of a Fund has substantially identical rights and privileges except with respect to sales charges, fees paid under distribution plans, expenses allocable exclusively to each class of shares, voting rights on matters solely affecting a single class of shares, and the exchange privilege of each class of shares.

Under the Trust's organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with their vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Funds' maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund. However, based on experience, the Funds expect that risk of loss to be remote.

2. Significant Accounting Policies:

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies are in conformity with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"). The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses for the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Funds follow the specialized accounting and reporting requirements under GAAP that are applicable to investment companies under Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946.

Investment Valuation:

The Funds record investments at fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

The valuation techniques described below maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs in determining fair value. The inputs used for valuing the Funds' investments are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

• Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

• Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities or interest rates applicable to those securities, etc.)

• Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds' own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 


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Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The inputs or methodologies used for valuation techniques are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with entering into those investments.

Victory Capital Management Inc. ("VCM" or the "Adviser") has established the Pricing and Liquidity Committee (the "Committee"), and subject to the Trust's Board of Trustees' (the "Board") oversight, the Committee administers and oversees the Funds' valuation policies and procedures, which are approved by the Board.

Portfolio securities listed or traded on securities exchanges, including exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") and American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), are valued at the closing price on the exchange or system where the security is principally traded, if available, or at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price. If there have been no sales for that day on the exchange or system, then a security is valued at the last available bid quotation on the exchange or system where the security is principally traded. In each of these situations, valuations are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at their net asset value ("NAV"). These valuations are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

In the event that price quotations or valuations are not readily available, investments are valued at fair value in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision and responsibility of the Board. These valuations are typically categorized as Level 2 or Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy, based on the observability of inputs used to determine the fair value. The effect of fair value pricing is that securities may not be priced on the basis of quotations from the primary market in which they are traded and the actual price realized from the sale of a security may differ materially from the fair value price. Valuing these securities at fair value is intended to cause the Fund's NAV to be more reliable than it otherwise would be.

A summary of the valuations as of December 31, 2021, is included in the table below while the breakdown, by category, of investments is disclosed on the Schedules of Portfolio Investments:

   

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

RS Small Cap Growth Fund

 

Common Stocks

 

$

2,248,054,063

   

$

   

$

   

$

2,248,054,063

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

163,622,986

     

     

     

163,622,986

   

Total

 

$

2,411,677,049

   

$

   

$

   

$

2,411,677,049

   

RS Select Growth Fund

 

Common Stocks

 

$

198,206,646

   

$

   

$

   

$

198,206,646

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

1,538,175

     

     

     

1,538,175

   

Total

 

$

199,744,821

   

$

   

$

   

$

199,744,821

   

RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

 

Common Stocks

 

$

366,188,769

   

$

   

$

   

$

366,188,769

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

9,598,093

     

     

     

9,598,093

   

Total

 

$

375,786,862

   

$

   

$

   

$

375,786,862

   

RS Growth Fund

 

Common Stocks

 

$

343,978,072

   

$

   

$

   

$

343,978,072

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

10,568,804

     

     

     

10,568,804

   

Total

 

$

354,546,876

   

$

   

$

   

$

354,546,876

   

RS Science and Technology Fund

 

Common Stocks

 

$

341,497,594

   

$

   

$

   

$

341,497,594

   

Warrants

   

89,321

     

(a)

   

     

89,321

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

28,009,879

     

     

     

28,009,879

   

Total

 

$

369,596,794

   

$

   

$

   

$

369,596,794

   
 


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Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

RS Small Cap Equity Fund

 

Common Stocks

 

$

67,306,680

   

$

   

$

   

$

67,306,680

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

8,920,817

     

     

     

8,920,817

   

Total

 

$

76,227,497

   

$

   

$

   

$

76,227,497

   

(a)  Zero market value security.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, there were no transfers in or out of Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

Real Estate Investment Trusts ("REITs"):

The Funds may invest in REITs, which report information on the source of their distributions annually. REITs are pooled investment vehicles that invest primarily in income-producing real estate or real-estate related loans or interests (such as mortgages). Certain distributions received from REITs during the year are recorded as realized gains or return of capital as estimated by the Funds or when such information becomes known.

Investment Companies:

Open-End Funds:

The Funds may invest in portfolios of open-end investment companies. These investment companies value securities in their portfolios for which market quotations are readily available at their market values (generally the last reported sale price) and all other securities and assets at their fair value by the methods established by the board of directors of the underlying funds.

Investment Transactions and Related Income:

Changes in holdings of investments are accounted for no later than one business day following the trade date. For financial reporting purposes, however, investment transactions are accounted for on trade date or the last business day of the reporting period. Interest income is determined on the basis of coupon interest accrued using the effective interest method which adjusts, where applicable, the amortization of premiums or accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Gains or losses realized on sales of securities are recorded on the identified cost basis.

Withholding taxes on interest, dividends, and gains as a result of certain investments in ADRs by the Funds have been provided for in accordance with each investment's applicable country's tax rules and rates.

Securities Lending:

The Funds, through a Securities Lending Agreement with Citibank, N.A. ("Citibank"), may lend their securities to qualified financial institutions, such as certain broker-dealers and banks, to earn additional income, net of income retained by Citibank. Borrowers are required to initially secure their loans for collateral in the amount of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned or at least 105% of the value of non-U.S. securities loaned, marked-to-market daily. Any collateral shortfalls associated with increases in the valuation of the securities loaned are generally cured the next business day. The collateral can be received in the form of cash collateral and/or non-cash collateral. Non-cash collateral can include U.S. Government Securities and other securities as permitted by Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") guidelines. The cash collateral is invested in short-term instruments or cash equivalents, primarily open-end investment companies, as noted on the Funds' Schedules of Portfolio Investments. The Funds effectively do not have control of the non-cash collateral and therefore it is not disclosed on the Funds' Schedules of Portfolio Investments. Collateral requirements are determined daily based on the value of the Funds' securities on loan as of the end of the prior business day. During

 


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the time portfolio securities are on loan, the borrower will pay the Funds any dividends or interest paid on such securities plus any fee negotiated between the parties to the lending agreement. The Funds also earn a return from the collateral. The Funds pay Citibank various fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral and fees based on the investment income received from securities lending activities. Securities lending income (net of these fees) is disclosed on the Statements of Operations. Loans are terminable upon demand and the borrower must return the loaned securities within the lesser of one standard settlement period or five business days. Although risk is mitigated by the collateral, a Fund could experience a delay in recovering its securities and possible loss of income or value if the borrower fails to return them. In addition, there is a risk that the value of the short-term investments will be less than the amount of cash collateral required to be returned to the borrower.

The Funds' agreement with Citibank does not include master netting provisions. Non-cash collateral received by the Funds may not be sold or repledged, except to satisfy borrower default.

The following table is a summary of the Funds' securities lending transactions as of December 31, 2021.

    Value of
Securities on Loan
 

Non-Cash Collateral

 

Cash Collateral

 

RS Small Cap Growth Fund

 

$

155,165,497

   

$

   

$

163,622,986

   

RS Select Growth Fund

   

1,483,139

     

     

1,538,175

   

RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

   

9,391,631

     

     

9,598,093

   

RS Growth Fund

   

10,309,097

     

     

10,568,804

   

RS Science and Technology Fund

   

26,753,421

     

     

28,009,879

   

RS Small Cap Equity Fund

   

8,525,312

     

     

8,920,817

   

Federal Income Taxes:

It is each Fund's policy to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined in applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code, and to make distributions of net investment income and net realized gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial statements. The Funds have a tax year end of December 31.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Funds did not incur any income tax, interest, or penalties, and have recorded no liability for net unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions.

Management of the Funds has reviewed tax positions taken in tax years that remain subject to examination by all major tax jurisdictions, including federal (i.e., the last four tax years, which includes the current fiscal tax year end). Management believes that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken.

Allocations:

Expenses directly attributable to a Fund are charged to that Fund, while expenses that are attributable to more than one fund in the Trust, or jointly with an affiliated trust, are allocated among the respective funds in the Trust and/or an affiliated trust based upon net assets or another appropriate basis.

Income, expenses (other than class-specific expenses such as transfer agent fees, state registration fees, 12b-1 fees, and printing fees), and realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets on the date income is earned or expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are incurred.

 


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3. Purchases and Sales:

Purchases and sales of securities (excluding securities maturing less than one year from acquisition) for the year ended December 31, 2021, were as follows:

    Excluding
U.S. Government Securities
 
   

Purchases

 

Sales

 

RS Small Cap Growth Fund

 

$

2,484,827,112

   

$

2,841,903,101

   

RS Select Growth Fund

   

169,260,540

     

219,730,940

   

RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

   

450,400,585

     

714,951,917

   

RS Growth Fund

   

199,686,499

     

222,958,534

   

RS Science and Technology Fund

   

189,187,997

     

256,186,857

   

RS Small Cap Equity Fund

   

86,894,104

     

97,679,962

   

4. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties:

Investment Advisory Fees:

Investment advisory services are provided to the Funds by the Adviser, which is a New York corporation registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. The Adviser is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded Delaware corporation, and a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Victory Capital Operating, LLC.

Under the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Adviser is entitled to receive fees based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of each Fund. The rates at which the Adviser is paid by each Fund are included in the table below.

   

Flat Rate

 

RS Small Cap Growth Fund

   

0.95

%

 

RS Select Growth Fund

   

1.00

%

 

RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

   

0.85

%

 

RS Growth Fund

   

0.75

%

 

RS Science and Technology Fund

   

1.00

%

 

RS Small Cap Equity Fund

   

0.75

%

 

Amounts incurred and paid to VCM for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Investment advisory fees.

Administration and Servicing Fees:

VCM also serves as the Funds' administrator and fund accountant. Under the Administration and Fund Accounting Agreement, VCM is entitled to receive fees based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of the Trust, Victory Variable Insurance Funds and Victory Portfolios II. The tiered rates at which VCM is paid by the Funds are shown in the table below:

  Net Assets

 

Up to $15 billion

  $15 billion$30 billion  

Over $30 billion

 

0.08%, plus

 

0.05%, plus

 

0.04%

 

Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Administration fees.

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. ("Citi"), an affiliate of Citibank, acts as sub-administrator and sub-fund accountant to the Funds pursuant to the Sub-Administration and Sub-Fund Accounting Services

 


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Agreement between VCM and Citi. VCM pays Citi a fee for providing these services. The Trust reimburses VCM and Citi for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services and certain other expenses specifically allocated to the Funds. Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Sub-Administration fees.

The Funds (as part of the Trust) have entered into an agreement with the Adviser to provide compliance services, pursuant to which the Adviser furnishes its compliance personnel, including the services of the Chief Compliance Officer ("CCO"), and other resources reasonably necessary to provide the Trust with compliance oversight services related to the design, administration, and oversight of a compliance program for the Trust in accordance with Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act. The CCO is an employee of the Adviser, which pays the compensation of the CCO and support staff. The funds in the Trust, Victory Variable Insurance Funds, Victory Portfolios II and USAA Mutual Funds (collectively, the "Victory Funds Complex"), in aggregate, compensate the Adviser for these services. Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Compliance fees.

Transfer Agency Fees:

FIS Investor Services, LLC ("FIS") serves as the Funds' transfer agent. Under the Transfer Agent Agreement, the Trust pays FIS a fee for its services and reimburses FIS for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services. Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

Victory Capital Transfer Agency, Inc., an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as sub-transfer agent for the Member Class. Victory Capital Transfer Agency, Inc. receives no fee or other compensation for these services.

Distributor/Underwriting Services:

Victory Capital Services, Inc. (the "Distributor"), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as Distributor for the continuous offering of the shares of the Funds pursuant to a Distribution Agreement between the Distributor and the Trust. Pursuant to the Distribution and Service Plans adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Distributor may receive a monthly distribution and service fee up to the annual rate shown in the table below:

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

RS Small Cap Growth Fund

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.50

%

 

RS Select Growth Fund

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.50

%

 

RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.50

%

 

RS Growth Fund

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.50

%

 

RS Science and Technology Fund

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.50

%

 

RS Small Cap Equity Fund

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.50

%

 

The distribution and service fees paid to the Distributor may be used by the Distributor to pay for activities primarily intended to result in the sale of Class A, Class C, and Class R. Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as 12b-1 fees.

In addition, the Distributor is entitled to receive commissions on sale of the Class A. For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Distributor received $29,680 from commissions earned on the sale of Class A.

Other Fees:

Citibank serves as the Funds' custodian. The Funds pay Citibank a fee for providing these services. Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Custodian fees.

Sidley Austin LLP provides legal services to the Trust.

The Adviser has entered into expense limitation agreements with certain Funds. Under the terms of the agreements, the Adviser has agreed to waive fees or reimburse certain expenses to the extent that

 


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ordinary operating expenses incurred by certain classes of a Fund in any fiscal year exceed the expense limit for such classes of the Fund. Such excess amounts will be the liability of the Adviser. Acquired fund fees and expense, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, other expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with GAAP, and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of a Fund's business are excluded from the expense limits. As of December 31, 2021, the expense limits (excluding voluntary waivers) are as follows:

   

In Effect Until April 30, 2022

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class R6

 

Class Y

 

Member Class

 

RS Small Cap Growth Fund

   

1.40

%

   

2.16

%

   

1.86

%

   

1.06

%

   

1.13

%

   

N/A

   

RS Select Growth Fund

   

1.40

%

   

2.18

%

   

1.91

%

   

1.06

%

   

1.14

%

   

N/A

   

RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

   

1.20

%

   

2.11

%

   

1.80

%

   

0.94

%

   

0.95

%

   

1.05

%

 

RS Growth Fund

   

1.10

%

   

1.93

%

   

1.71

%

   

N/A

     

0.83

%

   

N/A

   

RS Science and Technology Fund

   

1.49

%

   

2.28

%

   

1.93

%

   

N/A

     

1.24

%

   

N/A

   

RS Small Cap Equity Fund

   

1.35

%

   

2.10

%

   

1.75

%

   

N/A

     

1.10

%

   

1.15

%

 

Under the terms of the expense limitation agreements, amended May 1, 2021, the Funds have agreed to repay fees and expenses that were waived or reimbursed by the Adviser for a period of up to three years (thirty six (36) months) after the waiver or reimbursement took place, subject to the lesser of any operating expense limits in effect at the time of: (a) the original waiver or expense reimbursement; or (b) the recoupment, after giving effect to the recoupment amount. Prior to May 1, 2021, the Funds were permitted to recoup fees waived and expenses reimbursed for up to three years after the fiscal year in which the waiver or reimbursement took place, subject to the limitations above. This change did not have any effect on the amounts previously reported for recoupment.

As of December 31, 2021, the following amounts are available to be repaid to the Adviser. The Funds have not recorded any amounts available to be repaid as a liability due to an assessment that repayments are not probable at December 31, 2021.

    Expires
2022
  Expires
2023
  Expires
2024
 

Total

 

RS Small Cap Growth Fund

 

$

500,364

   

$

486,591

   

$

315,198

   

$

1,302,153

   

RS Select Growth Fund

   

285,457

     

227,571

     

180,839

     

693,867

   

RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

   

679,804

     

755,044

     

678,326

     

2,113,174

   

RS Growth Fund

   

288,176

     

294,950

     

240,370

     

823,496

   

RS Science and Technology Fund

   

22,186

     

37,306

     

     

59,492

   

RS Small Cap Equity Fund

   

29,231

     

40,673

     

48,087

     

111,991

   

The Adviser may voluntarily waive or reimburse additional fees to assist the Funds in maintaining competitive expense ratios. These waivers are not available for recoupment and are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Expenses waived/reimbursed by Adviser. There were no voluntary waivers or reimbursements for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Certain officers and/or interested trustees of the Funds are also officers and/or employees of the Adviser, administrator, fund accountant, sub-administrator, sub-fund accountant, custodian, legal counsel, and Distributor.

5. Risks:

The Funds may be subject to other risks in addition to these identified risks.

Equity Risk — The value of the equity securities in which a Fund invests may decline in response to developments affecting individual companies and/or general economic conditions in the United States or abroad. A company's earnings or dividends may not increase as expected (or may decline) because of poor management, competitive pressures, reliance on particular suppliers or geographical regions, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, man-made or natural disasters, military confrontations or wars, terrorism, public health crises, or other events, conditions and factors. Price changes may be temporary or last for extended periods.

 


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Stock Market Risk — Overall stock market risks may affect the value of the Fund. Domestic and international factors such as political events, war, trade disputes, interest rate levels and other fiscal and monetary policy changes, pandemics and other public health crises and related geopolitical events, as well as environmental disasters such as earthquakes, fire and floods, may add to instability in world economies and markets generally. The impact of these and other factors may be short-term or may last for extended periods.

Sector Risk — To the extent the Funds focus in one or more sectors, market or economic factors impacting those sectors could have a significant effect on the value of the Funds' investments and could make the Funds' performance more volatile. For example, the values of companies in the Information Technology sector are particularly vulnerable to economic downturns, short product cycles and aggressive pricing, market competition and changes in government regulation.

Concentration Risk — The RS Science and Technology Fund (herein, the "Fund") may concentrate its investments in a particular industry, as the term "concentration" is used in the 1940 Act. Concentrating investments in the Science and Technology-related sectors increases the risk of loss because the stocks of many or all of the companies in the sectors may decline in value due to developments adversely affecting the sectors. In addition, investors may buy or sell substantial amounts of the Fund's shares in response to factors affecting or expected to affect the sectors, resulting in extreme inflows and outflows of cash into and out of the Fund. Such inflows or outflows might affect management of the Fund adversely to the extent they cause the Fund's cash position or cash requirements to exceed normal levels.

Smaller-Capitalization Stock Risk — Small- and mid-sized capitalization companies are subject to a number of risks not associated with larger, more established companies, potentially making their stock prices more volatile and increasing the risk of loss. Smaller companies may have limited markets, product lines, or financial resources and lack management experience and may experience higher failure rates than larger companies.

6. Borrowing and Interfund Lending:

Line of Credit:

The Victory Funds Complex participates in a short-term demand note "Line of Credit" agreement with Citibank. The Line of Credit agreement with Citibank was renewed on June 28, 2021, with a termination date of June 27, 2022. Under the agreement with Citibank, the Victory Funds Complex may borrow up to $600 million, of which $300 million is committed and $300 million is uncommitted. $40 million of the Line of Credit is reserved for use by the Victory Floating Rate Fund, another series of the Victory Funds Complex, with Victory Floating Rate Fund paying the related commitment fees for that amount. The purpose of the Line of Credit is to meet temporary or emergency cash needs. For the year ended December 31, 2021, Citibank received an annual commitment fee of 0.15% on $300 million for providing the Line of Credit. Each fund in the Victory Funds Complex pays a pro-rata portion of the commitment fees plus any interest (one-month London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") plus one percent, with LIBOR to be replaced by a different benchmark rate in accordance with the terms of the agreement) on amounts borrowed. Prior to June 28, 2021, the Victory Funds Complex paid an annual commitment fee of 0.15% and an upfront fee of 0.10%. Each fund in the Victory Funds Complex paid a pro-rata portion of the upfront fee. Interest charged to each fund during the period, if applicable, is reflected on the Statements of Operations under Line of credit fees.

The average borrowing for the days outstanding and average interest rate for each Fund during the year ended December 31, 2021, were as follows:

    Amount
Outstanding at
December 31, 2021
  Average
Borrowing*
  Days
Borrowings
Outstanding
  Average
Interest
Rate
  Maximum
Borrowing
During the
Period
 
RS Small Cap Growth
Fund
 

$

   

$

12,366,667

     

12

     

1.22

%

 

$

33,100,000

   
RS Mid Cap Growth
Fund
   

     

55,900,000

     

4

     

1.21

%

   

55,900,000

   

*  For the year ended December 31, 2021, based on the number of days borrowings were outstanding.

 


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Interfund Lending:

The Trust and Adviser rely on an exemptive order granted by the SEC in March 2017 (the "Order"), permitting the establishment and operation of an Interfund Lending Facility (the "Facility"). The Facility allows each Fund to directly lend and borrow money to or from any other fund in the Victory Funds Complex that is permitted to participate in the Facility, relying upon the Order at rates beneficial to both the borrowing and lending funds. Advances under the Facility are allowed for temporary or emergency purposes, including the meeting of redemption requests that otherwise might require the untimely disposition of securities, and are subject to each Fund's borrowing restrictions. The interfund loan rate is determined, as specified in the Order, by averaging the current repurchase agreement rate and the current bank loan rate. As a Borrower, interest charged to each Fund, if any, during the period, is reflected on the Statements of Operations under Interfund lending fees. As a Lender, interest earned by each Fund, if any, during the period, is reflected on the Statements of Operations under Interfund lending.

The average borrowing or lending for the days outstanding and average interest rate for the Funds that utilized this Facility during the year ended December 31, 2021, were as follows:

    Borrower or
Lender
  Amount
Outstanding at
December 31, 2021
  Average
Borrowing*
  Days
Borrowing
Outstanding
  Average
Interest
Rate
  Maximum
Borrowing
During the
Period
 
RS Small Cap
Growth Fund
 

Borrower

 

$

   

$

2,064,000

     

1

     

0.58

%

 

$

2,064,000

   
RS Select Growth
Fund
 

Borrower

   

     

3,492,500

     

2

     

0.57

%

   

3,837,000

   
RS Mid Cap
Growth Fund
 

Borrower

   

     

6,020,000

     

2

     

0.56

%

   

10,776,000

   

RS Growth Fund

 

Borrower

   

     

1,339,000

     

1

     

0.57

%

   

1,339,000

   
RS Science and
Technology
Fund
 

Borrower

   

     

1,781,000

     

1

     

0.57

%

   

1,781,000

   

*  For the year ended December 31, 2021, based on the number of days borrowings were outstanding.

7. Federal Income Tax Information:

Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid as noted in the table below. Distributable net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed at least annually from each Fund.

   

Declared

 

Paid

 

RS Small Cap Growth Fund

 

Annually

 

Annually

 

RS Select Growth Fund

 

Annually

 

Annually

 

RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

 

Annually

 

Annually

 

RS Growth Fund

 

Annually

 

Annually

 

RS Science and Technology Fund

 

Annually

 

Annually

 

RS Small Cap Equity Fund

 

Annually

 

Annually

 

The amounts of dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized gains (collectively, distributions to shareholders) are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. To the extent these "book/tax" differences are permanent in nature (e.g., net operating loss and distribution reclassification), such amounts are reclassified within the components of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences (e.g., wash sales) do not require reclassification. To the extent dividends and distributions exceed net investment income and net realized gains for tax purposes, they are reported as distributions of capital.

 


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Net investment losses incurred by the Funds may be reclassified as an offset to capital on the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

As of December 31, 2021, on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, as a result of permanent book-to-tax differences, reclassification adjustments were as follows:

    Total
Accumulated
Earnings/(Loss)
 

Capital

 

RS Small Cap Growth Fund

 

$

(33,016,084

)

 

$

33,016,084

   
RS Select Growth Fund    

(6,655,450

)

   

6,655,450

   
RS Mid Cap Growth Fund    

(34,062,084

)

   

34,062,084

   

RS Growth Fund

   

(1,147,828

)

   

1,147,828

   

RS Science and Technology Fund

   

(8,835,194

)

   

8,835,194

   
RS Small Cap Equity Fund    

(1,331,904

)

   

1,331,904

   

The tax character of distributions paid during the tax years ended as noted below, were as follows (total distributions paid may differ from the Statements of Changes in Net Assets because, for tax purposes, dividends are recognized when actually paid).

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2021

 

 

 

Distributions Paid From:

 

 

 

 

  Ordinary
Income
  Net
Long-Term
Capital Gains
  Total
Distributions
Paid
 

RS Small Cap Growth Fund

 

$

   

$

322,000,707

   

$

322,000,707

   

RS Select Growth Fund

   

     

45,651,408

     

45,651,408

   

RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

   

27,743,023

     

98,554,497

     

126,297,520

   

RS Growth Fund

   

7,459,930

     

21,415,939

     

28,875,869

   

RS Science and Technology Fund

   

     

46,934,494

     

46,934,494

   

RS Small Cap Equity Fund

   

3,798,901

     

9,886,822

     

13,685,723

   

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2020

 

 

 

Distributions Paid From:

 

 

 

 

  Ordinary
Income
  Net
Long-Term
Capital Gains
  Total
Distributions
Paid
 

RS Small Cap Growth Fund

 

$

   

$

238,416,513

   

$

238,416,513

   

RS Select Growth Fund

   

     

36,049,711

     

36,049,711

   

RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

   

     

23,813,744

     

23,813,744

   

RS Growth Fund

   

735,571

     

25,325,913

     

26,061,484

   

RS Science and Technology Fund

   

1,369,369

     

23,897,369

     

25,266,738

   

RS Small Cap Equity Fund

   

125,322

     

15,917,397

     

16,042,719

   
 


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As of December 31, 2021, the components of accumulated earnings/(loss) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

  Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
  Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
  Accumulated
Earnings
  Qualified
Late Year
Losses*
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)**
  Total
Accumulated
Earnings
(Loss)
 
RS Small Cap
Growth Fund
 

$

   

$

43,757,183

   

$

43,757,183

   

$

   

$

405,269,530

   

$

449,026,713

   
RS Select Growth Fund    

4,809,206

     

25,339,339

     

30,148,545

     

     

46,051,440

     

76,199,985

   
RS Mid Cap
Growth Fund
   

     

3,708,813

     

3,708,813

     

(6,292,134

)

   

98,607,519

     

96,024,198

   

RS Growth Fund

   

     

4,816,020

     

4,816,020

     

(969,876

)

   

163,482,103

     

167,328,247

   
RS Science and
Technology Fund
   

     

8,279,672

     

8,279,672

     

(4,510,688

)

   

133,372,797

     

137,141,781

   
RS Small Cap
Equity Fund
   

2,905,295

     

1,044,839

     

3,950,134

     

     

48,312

     

3,998,446

   

*  Qualified late-year losses are comprised of post-October capital losses incurred after October 31and certain late-year ordinary losses. Late-year ordinary losses represent ordinary losses incurred after December 31 and specified losses incurred after October 31. These losses are deemed to arise on the first day of the Fund's next taxable year.

**  The difference between the book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to tax deferral of losses on wash sales and passive foreign investment companies.

As of the tax year ended December 31, 2021, the fund had no capital loss carryforwards, for the federal income tax purposes.

As of December 31, 2021, the cost basis for federal income tax purposes, gross unrealized appreciation, gross unrealized depreciation, and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for investments were as follows:

    Cost of
Investments
for Federal
Tax Purposes
  Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
  Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
  Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

RS Small Cap Growth Fund

 

$

2,006,407,519

   

$

606,975,406

   

$

(201,705,876

)

 

$

405,269,530

   
RS Select Growth Fund    

153,693,381

     

58,459,301

     

(12,407,861

)

   

46,051,440

   

RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

   

277,179,343

     

110,816,043

     

(12,208,524

)

   

98,607,519

   

RS Growth Fund

   

191,064,773

     

168,078,708

     

(4,596,605

)

   

163,482,103

   

RS Science and Technology Fund

   

236,223,997

     

166,542,679

     

(33,169,882

)

   

133,372,797

   

RS Small Cap Equity Fund

   

76,179,185

     

9,077,007

     

(9,028,695

)

   

48,312

   

8. Affiliated Securities:

An affiliated security is a security in which a Fund has ownership of at least 5% of the security's outstanding voting shares, an investment company managed by VCM, or an issuer under common control with a Fund or VCM as of the year ended December 31, 2021. The Funds do not invest in affiliated securities for the purpose of exercising management or control. These securities are noted as affiliated on a Fund's Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Transactions in affiliated securities during the year ended December 31, 2021 were as follows:

 

  Fair Value
12/31/20
  Purchases
at Cost
  Proceeds
from
Sales
  Realized
Gains
(Losses)
  Capital
Gain
Distribution
  Net
Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
  Fair Value
12/31/21
  Dividend
Income
 

RS Small Cap Growth Fund

 

Equillium, Inc.

 

$

5,819,516

   

$

4,808,297

   

$

(433,890

)

 

$

(555,630

)

 

$

   

$

(3,719,968

)

 

$

5,918,325

   

$

   
 


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9. Stock Split:

Effective December 3, 2021, the RS Small Cap Equity Fund underwent a 12-for-1 reverse stock split of the issued and outstanding Class C shares of the Fund. The reverse stock split was not a taxable event, nor did it have an impact on the Fund's holdings or performance, and was intended to reduce marketplace confusion and bring greater uniformity to the ratio of capital gains to the NAV across all share classes of the Fund. No changes are contemplated at this time for the other share classes offered by the Fund.

 


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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of Victory Portfolios

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of portfolio investments, of Victory RS Small Cap Growth Fund, Victory RS Select Growth Fund, Victory RS Mid Cap Growth Fund, Victory RS Growth Fund, Victory RS Science and Technology Fund, and Victory RS Small Cap Equity Fund (the "Funds"), each a series of Victory Portfolios, as of December 31, 2021, the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period then ended (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of December 31, 2021, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The Funds' financial highlights for the years ended December 31, 2018 and prior, were audited by other auditors whose report dated February 26, 2019, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial highlights.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds' financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2021, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the investment companies advised by Victory Capital Management, Inc. since 2015.

COHEN & COMPANY, LTD.
Cleveland, Ohio
February 23, 2022

 


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Trustee and Officer Information

Board of Trustees:

Overall responsibility for management of the Trust rests with the Board. The Trust is managed by the Board in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware. There are currently nine Trustees, eight of whom are not "interested persons" of the Trust within the meaning of that term under the 1940 Act ("Independent Trustees") and one of whom is an "interested person" of the Trust within the meaning of that term under the 1940 Act ("Interested Trustee"). The Trustees, in turn, elect the officers of the Trust to actively supervise its day-to-day operations.

The following tables list the Trustees, their date of birth, their position with the Trust, their commencement of service, their principal occupations during the past five years, and any directorships of other investment companies or companies whose securities are registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or who file reports under that Act. Each Trustee oversees 41 portfolios in the Trust, eight portfolios in Victory Variable Insurance Funds, and 25 portfolios in Victory Portfolios II, each a registered investment company that, together with the Trust, comprise the Victory Funds Complex. David C. Brown is a Trustee of USAA Mutual Funds and oversees 46 portfolios of the USAA Mutual Funds Trust. Each Trustee's address is c/o Victory Portfolios, 4900 Tiedeman Road, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, Ohio 44144. Each Trustee has an indefinite term.

Name and Date of Birth

  Position
Held with
the Trust
  Date
Commenced
Service
  Principal Occupation
During Past 5 Years
  Other
Directorships
Held During
Past 5 Years
 

Independent Trustees.

 
David Brooks Adcock,
Born October 1951
 

Trustee

 

May 2005

 

Consultant (since 2006).

 

Chair and Trustee, Turner Funds (December 2016-December 2017).

 
Nigel D. T. Andrews,
Born April 1947
 

Trustee

 

August 2002

 

Retired.

 

Director, TCG BDC II, Inc. (since 2017); Director, TCG BDC I, Inc. (formerly Carlyle GMS Finance, Inc.) (since 2012); Trustee, Carlyle Secured Lending III (since 2021).

 
E. Lee Beard,*
Born August 1951
 

Trustee

 

May 2005

 

Retired (since 2015)

 

None.

 
Dennis M. Bushe,
Born January 1944
 

Trustee

 

July 2016

 

Retired.

 

None.

 
 


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Name and Date of Birth

  Position
Held with
the Trust
  Date
Commenced
Service
  Principal Occupation
During Past 5 Years
  Other
Directorships
Held During
Past 5 Years
 
John L. Kelly,
Born April 1953
 

Vice Chair and Trustee

 

February 2015

 

Partner, McCarvill Capital Partners (September 2016- September 2017).

 

Director, Caledonia Mining Corporation (since May 2012).

 
David L. Meyer,*
Born April 1957
 

Trustee

 

December 2008

 

Retired.

 

None.

 
Gloria S. Nelund,
Born May 1961
 

Trustee

 

July 2016

 

Chair, CEO and Co-Founder of TriLinc Global, LLC, an investment firm.

 

TriLinc Global Impact Fund, LLC (since 2012).

 
Leigh A. Wilson,
Born December 1944
 

Chair and Trustee

 

November 1994

 

Private Investor.

 

Chair (since 2013), Caledonia Mining Corporation.

 

Interested Trustee.

 
David C. Brown,**
Born May 1972
 

Trustee

 

May 2008

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (since 2013), the Adviser; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (since 2013), Victory Capital Holdings, Inc.; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (since 2019), Victory Capital Transfer Agency, Inc.

 

Trustee, USAA Mutual Funds Trust; Board Member, Victory Capital Services, Inc.

 

*  The Board has designated Ms. Beard and Mr. Meyer as its Audit Committee Financial Experts.

**  Mr. Brown is an "Interested Person" by reason of his relationship with the Adviser.

The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees of the Trust and is available, without charge, by calling 800-539-3863.

 


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Officers:

The officers of the Trust, their date of birth, their commencement of service, and their principal occupations during the past five years, are detailed in the following table. Each officer serves until the earlier of his or her resignation, removal, retirement, death, or the election of a successor. The mailing address of each officer of the Trust is 4900 Tiedeman Road, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, Ohio 44144. The officers of the Trust receive no compensation directly from the Trust for performing the duties of their offices.

Name and Date of Birth

  Position with
the Trust
  Date
Commenced
Service
 

Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years

 
Christopher K. Dyer,
Born February 1962
 

President

 

February 2006*

 

Director of Mutual Fund Administration, the Adviser; Chief Operating Officer, Victory Capital Services, Inc. (since 2020); Vice President, Victory Capital Transfer Agency, Inc. (since 2019).

 
Scott A. Stahorsky,
Born July 1969
 

Vice President

 

December 2014

 

Manager, Fund Administration, the Adviser.

 
Erin G. Wagner,
Born February 1974
 

Secretary

 

December 2014

 

Associate General Counsel, the Adviser (since 2013).

 
Allan Shaer,
Born March 1965
 

Treasurer

 

May 2017

 

Senior Vice President, Financial Administration, Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (since 2016); Vice President, Mutual Fund Administration, JP Morgan Chase (2011-2016).

 
Christopher A. Ponte,
Born March 1984
 

Assistant Treasurer

 

December 2017

 

Manager, Fund Administration, the Adviser (since 2017); Senior Analyst, Fund Administration, the Adviser (prior to 2017); Chief Financial Officer, Victory Capital Services, Inc. (since 2018).

 
Colin Kinney,
Born October 1973
 

Chief Compliance Officer

 

July 2017

 

Chief Compliance Officer (since 2013) and Chief Risk Officer (2009-2017), the Adviser.

 
Sean Fox,
Born September 1976
  Deputy Chief Compliance
Officer
 

July 2021

 

Sr. Compliance Officer, the Adviser (2019-2021); Compliance Officer, the Adviser (2015-2019).

 
Chuck Booth,
Born April 1960
 

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer and Identity Theft Officer

 

May 2015

 

Director, Regulatory Administration and CCO Support Services, Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc.

 
Jay G. Baris,
Born January 1954
 

Assistant Secretary

 

December 1997

 

Partner, Sidley Austin LLP (since April 2020); Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP (January 2018-April 2020); Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP (2011-January 2018).

 

*  On December 3, 2014, Mr. Dyer resigned as Secretary of the Trust and accepted the position of President.

 


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Proxy Voting and Portfolio Holdings Information

Proxy Voting:

Information regarding the policies and procedures each Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, by calling 800-539-3863. The information is also included in the Funds' Statement of Additional Information, which is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Information relating to how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent 12 months ended June 30 is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Availability of Schedules of Portfolio Investments:

The Trust files a complete list of Schedules of Portfolio Investments with the SEC for the first and third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Expense Examples

As a shareholder of the Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchases; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from July 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021.

The Actual Expense figures in the table below provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled "Actual Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

The Hypothetical Expense figures in the table below provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the hypothetical expenses in the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

  Beginning
Account
Value
7/1/21
  Actual
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Hypothetical
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Actual
Expenses Paid
During Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21*
  Hypothetical
Expenses Paid
During Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21*
  Annualized
Expense Ratio
During Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21
 

RS Small Cap Growth Fund

 

Class A

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

887.00

   

$

1,018.15

   

$

6.66

   

$

7.12

     

1.40

%

 

Class C

   

1,000.00

     

883.60

     

1,014.37

     

10.21

     

10.92

     

2.15

   

Class R

   

1,000.00

     

883.90

     

1,014.97

     

9.64

     

10.31

     

2.03

   

Class R6

   

1,000.00

     

888.60

     

1,019.96

     

4.95

     

5.30

     

1.04

   

Class Y

   

1,000.00

     

888.20

     

1,019.51

     

5.38

     

5.75

     

1.13

   
 


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  Beginning
Account
Value
7/1/21
  Actual
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Hypothetical
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Actual
Expenses Paid
During Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21*
  Hypothetical
Expenses Paid
During Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21*
  Annualized
Expense Ratio
During Period
7/1/21-
12/31/21
 

RS Select Growth Fund

 

Class A

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

984.40

   

$

1,018.15

   

$

7.00

   

$

7.12

     

1.40

%

 

Class C

   

1,000.00

     

980.20

     

1,014.22

     

10.88

     

11.07

     

2.18

   

Class R

   

1,000.00

     

981.80

     

1,015.58

     

9.54

     

9.70

     

1.91

   

Class R6

   

1,000.00

     

986.00

     

1,019.86

     

5.31

     

5.40

     

1.06

   

Class Y

   

1,000.00

     

985.70

     

1,019.46

     

5.71

     

5.80

     

1.14

   

RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

 

Class A

   

1,000.00

     

981.70

     

1,019.16

     

5.99

     

6.11

     

1.20

   

Class C

   

1,000.00

     

977.30

     

1,014.47

     

10.62

     

10.82

     

2.13

   

Class R

   

1,000.00

     

979.20

     

1,016.13

     

8.98

     

9.15

     

1.80

   

Class R6

   

1,000.00

     

983.20

     

1,020.47

     

4.70

     

4.79

     

0.94

   

Class Y

   

1,000.00

     

983.20

     

1,020.42

     

4.75

     

4.84

     

0.95

   

Member Class

   

1,000.00

     

983.00

     

1,019.91

     

5.25

     

5.35

     

1.05

   

RS Growth Fund

 

Class A

   

1,000.00

     

1,084.10

     

1,019.66

     

5.78

     

5.60

     

1.10

   

Class C

   

1,000.00

     

1,079.80

     

1,015.48

     

10.12

     

9.80

     

1.93

   

Class R

   

1,000.00

     

1,081.00

     

1,016.59

     

8.97

     

8.69

     

1.71

   

Class Y

   

1,000.00

     

1,085.60

     

1,021.02

     

4.36

     

4.23

     

0.83

   

RS Science and Technology Fund

 

Class A

   

1,000.00

     

876.90

     

1,017.74

     

7.00

     

7.53

     

1.48

   

Class C

   

1,000.00

     

873.00

     

1,013.41

     

11.05

     

11.88

     

2.34

   

Class R

   

1,000.00

     

875.10

     

1,015.48

     

9.12

     

9.80

     

1.93

   

Class Y

   

1,000.00

     

878.00

     

1,018.85

     

5.96

     

6.41

     

1.26

   

RS Small Cap Equity Fund

 

Class A

   

1,000.00

     

901.90

     

1,018.80

     

6.09

     

6.46

     

1.27

   

Class C

   

1,000.00

     

895.20

     

1,014.62

     

10.03

     

10.66

     

2.10

   

Class R

   

1,000.00

     

899.50

     

1,016.38

     

8.38

     

8.89

     

1.75

   

Class Y

   

1,000.00

     

902.40

     

1,019.66

     

5.27

     

5.60

     

1.10

   

Member Class

   

1,000.00

     

902.00

     

1,019.41

     

5.51

     

5.85

     

1.15

   

*  Expenses are equal to the average account value multiplied by the Fund's annualized expense ratio multiplied by 184/365 (the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year).

 


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Additional Federal Income Tax Information

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the following Funds paid qualified dividend income for the purposes of reduced individual federal income tax rates of:

 

 

Percent

 

RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

   

4

%

 

RS Growth Fund

   

51

%

 

RS Small Cap Equity Fund

   

1

%

 

Dividends qualified for corporate dividends received deductions of:

 

 

Percent

 

RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

   

3

%

 

RS Growth Fund

   

51

%

 

RS Small Cap Equity Fund

   

1

%

 

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the following Funds designated short-term capital gain distributions:

 

 

Amount

 

RS Select Growth Fund

 

$

844,395

   

RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

   

27,743,023

   

RS Growth Fund

   

6,829,685

   
RS Small Cap Equity Fund    

4,323,274

   

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the following Funds designated long-term capital gain distributions:

 

 

Amount

 

RS Small Cap Growth Fund

 

$

378,260,925

   
RS Select Growth Fund    

51,462,463

   

RS Mid Cap Growth Fund

   

132,616,581

   

RS Growth Fund

   

22,563,767

   

RS Science and Technology Fund

   

55,769,688

   

RS Small Cap Equity Fund

   

10,694,353

   
 


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  Supplemental Information — continued
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  (Unaudited)

Considerations of the Board in Continuing the Investment Advisory Agreement (the "Agreement")

The Board approved the Agreement on behalf of each of the Funds at a meeting, which was called for that purpose, on November 30, 2021. The Board also considered information relating to the Funds and the Agreement provided throughout the year and, more specifically, at the meetings on October 19, 2021 and November 30, 2021. In considering whether to approve the Agreement, the Board requested, and the Adviser provided, information that the Board believed to be reasonably necessary to reach its conclusions.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees, evaluated this information along with other information obtained throughout the year and was advised by legal counsel to the Funds and independent legal counsel to the Independent Trustees. In addition, the Independent Trustees considered a past review of their overall process for conducting the annual review of the Funds' advisory arrangements by a consultant retained through their counsel.

The Board took into consideration regular reports from the Adviser throughout the COVID-19 pandemic public health crisis concerning how the ongoing pandemic has affected market volatility, investment risk, liquidity and valuation of portfolio securities, and the implementation and effectiveness of business continuity plans. These reports also had confirmed that the pandemic had no material impact on the Adviser's operations.

The Board considered each Fund's advisory fee, expense ratio and investment performance as significant factors in determining whether the Agreement should be continued. In considering whether the compensation paid to the Adviser was fair and reasonable, the Board also evaluated, among other things, the following factors:

•  The requirements of the Funds for the services provided by the Adviser;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the services provided and expected to be provided;

•  The performance of the Funds as compared to comparable funds;

•  The fees payable for the services and whether the fee arrangements provided for economies of scale that would benefit Fund shareholders as the Funds grow (acknowledging that economies of scale can be complex to assess and typically are not directly measurable);

•  Whether the fee would be sufficient to enable the Adviser to attract and retain experienced personnel and continue to provide quality services to the Funds;

•  The fees paid by other clients of the Adviser whose accounts are managed in a similar investment style and any differences in the services provided to the other clients compared to those provided to the Funds;

•  The total expenses of each Fund;

•  Management's commitment to operating the Funds at competitive expense levels;

•  The profitability of the Adviser (as reflected by comparing fees earned against an estimate of the Adviser's costs) with respect to the Adviser's relationship with the Funds;

•  Research and other service benefits received by the Adviser obtained through payment of client commissions for securities transactions;

•  Other benefits received by the Adviser, and its affiliates, including revenues paid to the Adviser, or its affiliates, by the Funds for administration and fund accounting services, and distribution;

•  The capabilities and financial condition of the Adviser;

•  Current economic and industry trends; and

•  The historical relationship between each Fund and the Adviser.

For Funds with total net expense ratios that ranked within the fourth quartile (most expensive) in relation to their peers as evaluated by a consultant, the Board also considered a memorandum that it requested the Adviser to prepare. The Adviser reviewed additional relevant circumstances, which included, among other things, specialized strategies, small or decreasing assets, or rapid or recent changes in peer expense ratios.

The Board reviewed each Fund's current management fee, comprised of the advisory fee plus the administrative services fee paid to the Adviser, in the context of the Adviser's profitability with respect to each Fund individually. The Board retained a consultant to provide comparative information about fees and performance. The Board met with the consultant to review its inputs and methodologies, among other things. The Board compared each Fund's gross management fee and total operating expense ratio on a net and gross basis with the median gross

 


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  (Unaudited)

management fee and median expense ratio of a universe of comparable mutual funds compiled by the consultant, and a peer group of funds with similar investment strategies selected by that consultant from the universe. The Board reviewed the factors and methodology used by the consultant in the selection of each Fund's peer group, including the consultant's selection of a broad universe of funds, the more specific universe of comparable funds, and peer groups of funds with comparable investment strategies and asset levels, among other factors. The Board also reviewed any changes to the consultant's methodology as compared to the prior year, including those resulting from the Adviser's input, if any. With respect to certain Funds, the Board also reviewed fees and other information related to the Adviser's management of similarly managed institutional or private accounts, and the differences in the services provided to the other accounts. The Board noted that none of the advisory fee arrangements for the Funds included breakpoints, which would be a structure that results in reduced fees as a fund grows. The Board also considered the Adviser's commitment to limit expenses as discussed in more detail below.

The Board also reviewed the compliance and administrative services provided to the Funds by the Adviser and its affiliates, including the Adviser's oversight of the Funds' day-to-day operations and oversight of Fund accounting, assistance in meeting legal and regulatory requirements, and other services necessary for the operation of the Funds and the Trust.

The Board found that the gross annual management fee paid by each Fund was within the range of management fees paid by each Fund's respective peer group. The Board also found that each Fund's Class A net annual expense ratio, taking into account any shareholder servicing or distribution fees, was reasonable as compared with each Fund's respective peer group. The Board considered the Adviser's contractual agreement with each Fund to waive its fees and reimburse expenses of certain classes for a specified period of time, as described in the Fund's prospectus.

The Board reviewed each Fund's performance over one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods (as applicable) against the performance of the Fund's selected peer group and benchmark index. The Board recognized that the performance of the Fund and the peer group funds are net of expenses, while the performance of the benchmark index reflects gross returns.

The Board reviewed various other specific factors with respect to each Fund, as described below. In their deliberations, the Trustees did not rank the importance of any particular information or factor considered and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to various factors.

RS Small Cap Growth Fund:

The Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed the benchmark index for the one- and three-year periods, outperformed the benchmark index for the five- and ten-year periods, underperformed the peer group median for the one-, three- and ten-year periods, and outperformed the peer group median for the five-year period.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual funds; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

RS Select Growth Fund:

The Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods. The Board noted that while the Fund's absolute performance was strong, the Fund underperformed both the benchmark index and the peer group median for all of the periods reviewed.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual funds; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those

 


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  (Unaudited)

share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

RS Mid Cap Growth Fund:

The Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods. The Board noted that while the Fund's absolute performance was strong, the Fund underperformed both the benchmark index and the peer group median for all of the periods reviewed. The Board brought the Fund's underperformance to management's attention and discussed with the Adviser any steps that had been or could be taken to enhance performance in the future.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual funds; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

RS Growth Fund:

The Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed both the benchmark index and the peer group median for all of the periods reviewed. The Board considered the Fund's strong absolute performance during all periods reviewed. The Board brought the Fund's underperformance to management's attention and discussed with the Adviser any steps that had been or could be taken to enhance performance in the future.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual funds; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

RS Science and Technology Fund:

The Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed the benchmark index for the one-, three- and ten-year periods, outperformed the benchmark index for the five-year period, outperformed the peer group median for the one- and five-year periods, underperformed the peer group median for the three-year period and matched the peer group median for the ten-year period.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual funds; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

RS Small Cap Equity Fund:

The Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed the benchmark index for the one-year period, outperformed the benchmark index for the three-, five- and ten-year periods, underperformed the peer group median for the one-, three- and five-year periods, and outperformed the peer group median for the ten-year period.

 


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Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual funds; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

Conclusion:

Based on its review of the information requested and provided, and following extended discussions, the Board determined that the Agreement, on behalf of the Funds discussed above, was consistent with the best interests of each Fund and its shareholders, and the Board unanimously approved the Agreement, on behalf of each Fund, for an additional annual period on the basis of the foregoing review and discussions and the following considerations, among others:

•  The fairness and reasonableness of the investment advisory fee payable to the Adviser under the Agreement in light of the investment advisory services provided, the costs of these services, the profitability of the Adviser's relationship with the Fund and the comparability of the fee paid to the fees paid by other investment companies;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the investment advisory services provided by the Adviser;

•  The Adviser's entrepreneurial commitment to the management of the Funds and the creation of a broad-based family of funds, which could entail a substantial commitment of the Adviser's resources to the successful operation of the Funds;

•  The Adviser's representations regarding its staffing and capabilities to manage the Funds, including the retention of personnel with relevant portfolio management experience;

•  The Adviser's efforts to enhance investment results by, among other things, developing quality portfolio management teams; and

•  The overall high quality of the personnel, operations, financial condition, investment management capabilities, methodologies and performance of the Adviser.

 


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Privacy Policy

Protecting the Privacy of Information

The Trust respects your right to privacy. We also know that you expect us to conduct and process your business in an accurate and efficient manner. To do so, we must collect and maintain certain personal information about you. This is the information we collect from you on applications or other forms, and from the transactions you make with us or third parties. It may include your name, address, social security number, account transactions and balances, and information about investment goals and risk tolerance.

We do not disclose any information about you or about former customers to anyone except as permitted or required by law. Specifically, we may disclose the information we collect to companies that perform services on our behalf, such as the transfer agent that processes shareholder accounts and printers and mailers that assist us in the distribution of investor materials. We may also disclose this information to companies that perform marketing services on our behalf. This allows us to continue to offer you Victory investment products and services that meet your investing needs, and to effect transactions that you request or authorize. These companies will use this information only in connection with the services for which we hired them. They are not permitted to use or share this information for any other purpose.

To protect your personal information internally, we permit access only by authorized employees and maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to guard your personal information.*

*  You may have received communications regarding information about privacy policies from other financial institutions which gave you the opportunity to "opt-out" of certain information sharing with companies which are not affiliated with that financial institution. The Trust does not share information with other companies for purposes of marketing solicitations for products other than the Trust. Therefore, the Trust does not provide opt-out options to their shareholders.


 

Victory Funds
P.O. Box 182593
Columbus, Ohio 43218-2593

Visit our website at:

 

Call Victory at:

 

www.vcm.com

  800-539-FUND (800-539-3863)  
    800-235-8396 for Member Class  

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December 31, 2021

Annual Report

Victory RS International Fund

Victory RS Global Fund

Victory Sophus Emerging Markets Fund


 

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•  Detailed performance records

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•  The latest fund news

•  Investment resources to help you become a better investor

•  A section dedicated to investment professionals

Whether you're a potential investor searching for the fund that matches your investment philosophy, a seasoned investor interested in planning tools, or an investment professional, www.vcm.com has what you seek. Visit us anytime. We're always open.


 

Victory Portfolios

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Shareholder Letter (Unaudited)

   

3

   
Manager's Commentary / Investment Overview
(Unaudited)
   

5

   
Investment Objectives and Portfolio
Holdings (Unaudited)
   

14

   

Schedules of Portfolio Investments

 

Victory RS International Fund

    17

 

 

Victory RS Global Fund

    22

 

 

Victory Sophus Emerging Markets Fund

    28

 

 

Financial Statements

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

    35    

Statements of Operations

    37    

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    38    

Financial Highlights

    42    

Notes to Financial Statements

   

48

   
Report of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm
   

59

   

Supplemental Information (Unaudited)

   

60

   

Trustee and Officer Information

    60    

Proxy Voting and Portfolio Holdings Information

    63    

Expense Examples

    63    

Additional Federal Income Tax Information

    65    

Advisory Contract Approval

   

66

   

Privacy Policy (inside back cover)

     
 
 


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IRA DISTRIBUTION WITHHOLDING DISCLOSURE

We generally must withhold federal income tax at a rate of 10% of the taxable portion of your distribution and, if you live in a state that requires state income tax withholding, at your state's tax rate. However, you may elect not to have withholding apply or to have income tax withheld at a higher rate. Any withholding election that you make will apply to any subsequent distribution unless and until you change or revoke the election. If you wish to make a withholding election, or change or revoke a prior withholding election, call 800-539-3863 and form W-4P (OMB No. 1545-0074 withholding certificate for pension or annuity payments) will be electronically sent.

If you do not have a withholding election in place by the date of a distribution, federal income tax will be withheld from the taxable portion of your distribution at a rate of 10%. If you must pay estimated taxes, you may be subject to estimated tax penalties if your estimated tax payments are not sufficient and sufficient tax is not withheld from your distribution.

For more specific information, please consult your tax adviser.

The Funds are distributed by Victory Capital Services, Inc. Victory Capital Management Inc. is the investment adviser to the Funds and receives fees from the Funds for performing services for the Funds.

This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus of the Victory Funds.

For additional information about any Victory Fund, including fees, expenses, and risks, view our prospectus online at vcm.com or call 800-539-3863. Read it carefully before you invest or send money.

The information in this report is based on data obtained from recognized services and sources and is believed to be reliable. Any opinions, projections, or recommendations in this report are subject to change without notice and are not intended as individual investment advice. Past investment performance of the Funds, markets or securities mentioned herein should not be considered to be indicative of future results.

• NOT FDIC INSURED • NO BANK GUARANTEE • MAY LOSE VALUE

Call Victory at:

800-539-FUND (800-539-3863)

Visit our website at:

www.vcm.com

 


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Victory Funds Letter to Shareholders
(Unaudited)

Dear Shareholder,

Another year has passed, but unfortunately the pandemic endures. Yet, looking back on the year ended 2021, it is evident that financial markets have endured as well, despite stiff headwinds — including new COVID-19 variants; disruption among global supply chains; uncomfortable inflation readings; and the fear of rising interest rates.

Through it all, the S&P 500® Index, the bell-weather proxy for our domestic stock market, once again registered a positive annual total return (that makes it 12 out of the past 13 years). This was largely driven by a U.S. economy that bounced back quickly after what was effectively a global economic shutdown in 2020, and we witnessed robust earnings growth across many sectors thanks in no small part to continued fiscal stimulus and accommodative monetary policy. Underlying this positive performance were interesting differences among investment styles and market capitalizations. For example, growth-oriented investments outperformed value within large-caps but underperformed within both mid-caps and small-caps (as measured by the Russell family of indices). Perhaps this reflects investors' expectations for higher interest rates next year?

There were other notable subplots to 2021. Early in the year we watched in disbelief as "meme stocks" — a few names that gained massive notoriety on social media platforms — went on stomach-churning roller coaster rides. Also, intriguing was how the biotech sector struggled mightily despite the success and fanfare surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines. Meanwhile, rising oil prices fueled impressive gains across the energy landscape, while crypto assets captivated investors. Now we're all watching how crypto's underlying blockchain technologies might disrupt business-as-usual across industries in the years ahead. These were just a few of the highlights of the past year.

Through all the twists and turns, the S&P 500® Index registered an impressive annual total return of nearly 29% for the 12-month period ended December 31, 2021. Over this same annual period, the yield on the 10-Year U.S. Treasury jumped 59 basis points (a basis point is 1/100th of a percentage point), reflecting substantial fiscal stimuli and the U.S. Federal Reserve's (the "Fed") accommodative monetary stance (recently). At the end of our reporting period, the yield on the 10-Year U.S. Treasury was trending higher and finished at 1.52%.

Despite the resiliency of financial markets, we fully acknowledge that the volatility and unusual events of recent years may have made investors uneasy at times. However, this simply underscores why it's important for investors to remain calm and unemotional in the face of market turmoil. A long-term perspective, a well-diversified portfolio across asset classes and investment types, and a clear understanding of individual risk tolerance are some of the key ingredients for staying the course and progressing on your investment goals.

Of course, no one knows for certain what 2022 will bring. We are already facing a potential end to the Fed's accommodative monetary policies and the various forms of fiscal stimuli that helped revive the economy from the depths of the pandemic-induced market downturn. By all accounts, the Fed appears ready to raise short-term

 


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interest rates, perhaps as early as the end of the first quarter, though any move will certainly be data dependent, and some are expressing concerns about labor shortages, disrupted supply chains, rising commodity prices, and the potential for lasting inflation. There will likely be new headwinds, some yet to be identified.

Thus, we cannot tell you with any certainty what markets will do in the future, but we can assure you that the investment professionals at our investment franchises continually monitor the market environment and work hard to position portfolios opportunistically no matter what the markets bring.

On the following pages, you will find information relating to your Victory Funds investment, brought to you by Victory Capital. If you have any questions, we encourage you to contact your financial advisor. Or, if you invest with us directly, you may call 800-539-3863 or visit our website at www.vcm.com.

From all of us here at Victory Capital, thank you for your ongoing confidence and for letting us help you work toward your investment goals.

Christopher K. Dyer, CFA

President,

Victory Funds

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory RS International Fund

Manager's Commentary

(Unaudited)

What were the market conditions during the reporting period?

International equities (as measured by the MSCI EAFE Index (the "Index")) returned 11.26% over the year ended December 31, 2021, despite the emergence of new COVID-19 variants and rising prices for food, fuel, and consumer goods across the globe. Value-oriented stocks and smaller-cap stocks led market returns earlier in the year, as investors deployed capital into segments likely to benefit from an economic recovery. Developed economies with stronger COVID-19 vaccination programs tended to do better in the second quarter of 2021, though emerging markets also advanced on improving economic outlooks. Markets declined in the third quarter of 2021 as global supply chain constraints, surging virus cases and inflation fears slowed economic recovery. The emergence of the highly contagious COVID-19 Omicron variant and the prospect of tightening monetary policy briefly paused international equities' upward trajectory in November, but markets proved resilient, closing the final quarter of 2021 up 2.69% despite growing virus caseloads, persistent inflation, and continued supply bottlenecks.

How did Victory RS International Fund (the "Fund") perform during the reporting period?

The Fund returned 14.05% (Class A at net asset value) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, outperforming the Index, which returned 11.26% during the reporting period.

What strategies did you employ during the reporting period?

We employ a blended investment approach that relies on both rigorous quantitative techniques and experienced analyst judgement. At the heart of the investment process is our proprietary QVS (Quality, Value and Sentiment) Model (the "Model"), which is designed to identify companies that have the potential to consistently create shareholder value, are reasonably valued, and exhibit favorable market sentiment. The Model helps us focus our resources, as we conduct additional research only on companies with the strongest Model recommendations. Making correct macro allocation calls can be immensely challenging; therefore, we do not forecast regional performance and seek to remain sector- and region-neutral in constructing our portfolios. In our view, stock selection can be far more impactful to Fund performance than allocation.

The Fund's active return to the Index was aided by positive stock selection in several economic sectors, including Industrials, Consumer Staples, and Materials. Negative stock selection in the Utilities sector detracted from relative performance, as did the Fund's allocation to cash. From a regional perspective, Fund investments in Japan, the United Kingdom, and Europe contributed the most to relative performance. Country-level contributors included the Netherlands and Norway, while detractors included Switzerland and Italy.

Nippon Yusen KK, a global logistics and transport company based in Japan was the Fund's top contributor to relative performance for the year. Other key contributors included Capgemini SE, a technology and consulting services multinational based in France, and ASM International NV, a semiconductor equipment provider based in the Netherlands. Individual detractors from relative performance included Japanese software firm Oracle Corporation Japan, and Capcom Co., Ltd., a video game developer also based in Japan. In addition, the Fund lost relative performance from not owning ASML Holding NV, a semiconductor equipment provider based in the Netherlands that performed well within the Index.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory RS International Fund

Investment Overview
(Unaudited)

Average Annual Total Return

Year Ended December 31, 2021

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class R6

 

Class Y

     

INCEPTION DATE

 

2/16/93

 

8/7/00

 

5/15/01

 

5/2/19

 

3/10/09

     
    Net Asset
Value
  Maximum
Offering
Price
  Net Asset
Value
  Contingent
Deferred
Charges
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  MSCI EAFE
Index1
 

One Year

   

14.05

%

   

7.51

%

   

13.24

%

   

12.24

%

   

13.85

%

   

14.32

%

   

14.38

%

   

11.26

%

 

Five Year

   

10.40

%

   

9.10

%

   

9.56

%

   

9.56

%

   

10.10

%

   

NA

     

10.67

%

   

9.55

%

 

Ten Year

   

8.03

%

   

7.39

%

   

7.12

%

   

7.12

%

   

7.63

%

   

NA

     

8.34

%

   

8.03

%

 

Since Inception

   

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

10.28

%

   

NA

     

NA

   

The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month's end, please visit www.vcm.com.

The maximum offering price ("MOP") figures reflect a maximum sales charge of 5.75% for Class A. Class C is not subject to an initial sales charge, but is subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% on shares redeemed within one year of purchase. Net Asset Value ("NAV") does not reflect sales charges.

Total return measures the price change in a share assuming the reinvestment of all net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, if any. The total returns quoted do not reflect adjustments made to the enclosed financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, including reinvested distributions, or redemptions of shares. The total return figures set forth above include all waivers of fees. Without such fee waivers, the total returns would have been lower.

Victory RS International Fund — Growth of $10,000

1The MSCI EAFE Index (Europe, Australasia, and Far East) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the U.S. and Canada. The index reflects the reinvestment of dividends paid on the stocks constituting the index net of withholding taxes. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.

The graph reflects investment of growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund.

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of shares.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory RS Global Fund

Managers' Commentary

(Unaudited)

What were the market conditions during the reporting period?

Global equities (as measured by the MSCI All Country World Index (the "Index")) returned 18.54% over the year ended December 31, 2021, despite the emergence of new COVID-19 variants and rising prices for food, fuel and consumer goods across the globe. Value-oriented stocks and smaller-cap stocks led market returns earlier in the year, as investors deployed capital into segments likely to benefit from an economic recovery. Developed economies with stronger COVID-19 vaccination programs tended to do better in the second quarter of 2021, though emerging markets also advanced on improving economic outlooks. Markets declined in the third quarter of 2021 as global supply chain constraints, surging virus cases and inflation fears slowed economic recovery. The emergence of the highly contagious COVID-19 Omicron variant and the prospect of tightening monetary policy briefly paused global equities' upward trajectory in November, but markets proved resilient, closing the final quarter of 2021 up 6.68% despite growing virus caseloads, persistent inflation, and continued supply bottlenecks.

How did Victory RS Global Fund (the "Fund") perform during the reporting period?

The Fund returned 22.39% (Class A at net asset value) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, outperforming the Index, which returned 18.54% during the reporting period.

What strategies did you employ during the reporting period?

We employ a blended investment approach that relies on both rigorous quantitative techniques and experienced analyst judgement. At the heart of the investment process is our proprietary QVS (Quality, Value and Sentiment) Model (the "Model"), which is designed to identify companies that have the potential to consistently create shareholder value, are reasonably valued, and exhibit favorable market sentiment. The Model helps us focus our resources, as we conduct additional research only on companies with the strongest Model recommendations. Making correct macro allocation calls can be immensely challenging, therefore we do not forecast regional performance and seek to remain sector- and region-neutral in constructing our portfolios. In our view, stock selection can be far more impactful to Fund performance than allocation.

The Fund's active return to the Index was aided by positive stock selection in several economic sectors, including Information Technology, Industrials, and Financials. Negative stock selection in the Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples sectors detracted from relative performance, as did the Fund's allocation to cash. From a regional perspective, Fund investments in North American and Japan aided relative performance, while negative stock selection in emerging markets detracted from relative returns. Country-level contributors included the United States and Hong Kong, while detractors included France and China.

Nippon Yusen KK, a global logistics and transport company based in Japan was the Fund's top contributor to relative performance for the year. Other key contributors included graphics processing provider NVIDIA Corp., and cybersecurity firm Fortinet, Inc., both based in the United States.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory RS Global Fund (continued)

Managers' Commentary (continued)

Individual detractors from relative performance included Chinese multinational technology company Baidu, Inc., and condiment maker Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food Co., Ltd., also based in China. Amedisys, Inc., a healthcare services provider based in the United States was also a detractor.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory RS Global Fund

Investment Overview
(Unaudited)

Average Annual Total Return

Year Ended December 31, 2021

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class R6

 

Class Y

     

INCEPTION DATE

 

5/16/11

 

5/16/11

 

5/16/11

 

5/2/19

 

5/16/11

     
    Net Asset
Value
  Maximum
Offering
Price
  Net Asset
Value
  Contingent
Deferred
Charges
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  MSCI All
Country
World
Index1
 

One Year

   

22.39

%

   

15.38

%

   

21.52

%

   

20.52

%

   

22.12

%

   

22.84

%

   

22.78

%

   

18.54

%

 

Five Year

   

17.05

%

   

15.67

%

   

16.17

%

   

16.17

%

   

16.76

%

   

NA

     

17.36

%

   

14.40

%

 

Ten Year

   

14.48

%

   

13.80

%

   

13.64

%

   

13.64

%

   

16.51

%

   

NA

     

14.83

%

   

11.85

%

 

Since Inception

   

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

19.82

%

   

NA

     

NA

   

The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month's end, please visit www.vcm.com.

The maximum offering price ("MOP") figures reflect a maximum sales charge of 5.75% for Class A. Class C is not subject to an initial sales charge, but is subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% on shares redeemed within one year of purchase. Net Asset Value ("NAV") does not reflect sales charges.

Total return measures the price change in a share assuming the reinvestment of all net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, if any. The total returns quoted do not reflect adjustments made to the enclosed financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, including reinvested distributions, or redemptions of shares. The total return figures set forth above include all waivers of fees. Without such fee waivers, the total returns would have been lower.

Victory RS Global Fund — Growth of $10,000

1A market capitalization weighted index designed to provide a broad measure of equity-market performance throughout the world. The MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) is maintained by Morgan Stanley Capital International, and is comprised of stocks from both developed and emerging markets. The index reflects the reinvestment of dividends paid on the stocks constituting the index net of withholding taxes. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.

The graph reflects investment of growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund.

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of shares.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory Sophus Emerging Markets Fund

Managers' Commentary

(Unaudited)

What were the market conditions during the reporting period?

Emerging markets, as measured by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (the "Index"), underperformed developed markets significantly in 2021, returning 2.54%, versus the S&P 500® Index, which returned 28.71% and the MSCI World Index, which returned 21.82%. The Index rallied sharply at the beginning of 2021. Multiple vaccines had been developed and distributed, protocols were being published, and the markets looked forward to a rapid resumption of normality. Emerging markets outperformed developed markets for the first two months of the year; and although they started to lag developed markets after that, they continued to trend higher until mid-year when the spread of COVID-19 variants, first Delta and then Omicron, weighed on emerging markets for the rest of the year. The cost of the pandemic, in particular for poorer nations, loomed large. Insufficient health care, low unemployment benefits, and poor labor rights, would impact lesser developed economies more. On a positive note, certain countries, such as Mexico, benefited from the supply chain constraints. Other countries and markets gained from the rising price of energy and commodities. The one market that suffered throughout the bulk of the year was China, whipsawed by internal issues around reform, slowing growth, fears of social inequity, and tensions with the United States.

Latin America was the worst-performing region in emerging markets in 2021, falling 8.1%. The pandemic, politics, and a volatile year of growth and policymaking led to sharp underperformance in Brazil, Peru, and Chile, each down around 20% for the year, and Colombia, down 13.8%. Mexico was an outlier, rising 22.5% during 2021. Politics played a significant role in the region during 2021. In Brazil, President Bolsonaro handled the pandemic quite poorly, overseeing a very weak response to the ravages of COVID-19. Bolsonaro faces an election in 2022 and is pursuing an aggressive fiscal spending plan to regain popularity, despite very stretched government finances. Chile voted to rewrite its constitution and elected a left-leaning constitutional assembly in a heated environment. The country also faced a presidential election at the end of the year, which again was hard fought between the right and the left. Colombia will face presidential elections in 2022, along with Brazil, which will likely bring potential volatility. In addition to politics, Latin America is a large commodities exporter and suffered from volatility in metals and energy prices, especially as the COVID-19 Delta and Omicron variants spread throughout the global economy. Latin American currencies suffered as a result, with the Argentine peso, the Chilean peso, and the Colombian peso each down around 20% in 2021, and the Brazilian real down 7%. This has furthered fueled inflation in the region, which will weigh on the outlook as overall growth slows down.

Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa ("EEMEA") was the best-performing region in 2021, up 18.0%, well above Asia, which was down 5.1%, and Latin America, which was down 8.1%. Most markets in EEMEA did well in 2021, supported by strong energy prices helping markets such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, and Russia. Turkey was the only EEMEA country in negative territory for the year, down 28.4%, and was sharply lower in the fourth quarter of 2021, down 11.2%. Turkey's remarkably unstable monetary policy in a rising inflationary environment resulted in a 50% collapse of the lira during the fourth quarter of 2021.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory Sophus Emerging Markets Fund (continued)

Managers' Commentary (continued)

China was the worst-performing market in Asia in 2021, falling 21.7% after a very positive year in 2020, when it rose by 29.5%. Interestingly, the domestic stock market (A share) outperformed significantly, with the Shanghai Composite Index closing the year up 7.1% (9.9% in U.S. dollar terms). During 2021, China prioritized their Common Prosperity agenda to address several long-term structural concerns such as high living and social costs, low birth rate, environmental problems, and income inequality. The Chinese government maintained their strong commitment to addressing these social issues despite navigating a volatile period dealing with COVID-19 and continuing tension with the United States, which weighed on the market. The Chinese economy had also been slowing steadily all year, further disrupted by floods, with consumption, industrial production, and investment remaining weak. Exports, on the other hand, were strong, driven by global demand as countries exited lockdowns. China's supply chain maintained its competitiveness and remained largely undisrupted by COVID-19. The positive trade surplus and consistent bond inflows helped the renminbi rise 2.2% against a strong U.S. dollar. The Taiwanese stock market continued to do well during the fourth quarter of 2021, up 8.4%, benefiting from the semi-conductor chip shortage which led to a tight supply situation, suggesting that the earnings peak should be higher and the cycle more elongated than street estimates. During 2021, the Taiwan market rose 26.1%. India was flat in the fourth quarter of 2021 but was the best-performing market in Asia in 2021, up 26.2%. The Indian economy has survived the pandemic, unusually high rainfalls and higher inflation, in part thanks to an accommodative stance by the Reserve Bank of India. An attractive mid- to longer-term outlook continues to support valuations.

How did Victory Sophus Emerging Markets Fund (the "Fund") perform during the reporting period?

The Fund (Class A at net asset value) returned -4.35% for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, underperforming the Index, which returned -2.54% during the reporting period.

What strategies did you employ during the reporting period?

We employ a disciplined, bottom-up approach utilizing both quantitative and fundamental processes to invest in businesses that we believe have superior and sustainable earnings growth at attractive valuations, with revisions as the catalyst. By investing in companies with these characteristics, coupled with our risk-managed approach, we seek to provide a more consistent return pattern over time.

2021 was a tale of two halves. The Fund outperformed the Index by over 300 basis points (a basis point is 1/100th of a percentage point) during the first half of the year. During this period, Industrials was the biggest contributor to performance, benefiting mainly from exposure to shipping and marine companies. We also had positive contribution from the Real Estate sector in China, as well as the Materials sector, benefiting from rising commodity prices. On the other hand, an early tilt into Semi-Conductors was not rewarded until the second half of the year, when that sector outperformed. During the second half of the year, the Fund gave back the excess returns it generated in the first half of the year. The exposure to cyclical stocks in Industrials, in particular to machinery and construction and engineering companies, negatively impacted the Fund on concerns over global growth prospects slowing down, given the spread of COVID-19 variants around the world. Stock selection in Consumer Staples, Technology, and Materials also contributed negatively. For the year as a whole, the

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory Sophus Emerging Markets Fund (continued)

Managers' Commentary (continued)

portfolio suffered in Brazil, which underperformed the Index significantly due to the poor handling of the pandemic fiscal concerns, political uncertainty ahead of elections in 2022, and a slowing economy. Underweight positions and poor stock selection in Taiwan and India, which outperformed Index strongly, also negatively impacted the Fund. On the contrary, stock selection in China, South Africa, and Korea benefited performance for the year. From a factor perspective, momentum and value were the best-performing factors for the year, while volatility, growth, and quality underperformed. Volatility, in particular, negatively impacted the Fund during the second half of the year.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory Sophus Emerging Markets Fund

Investment Overview
(Unaudited)

Average Annual Total Return

Year Ended December 31, 2021

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class R6

 

Class Y

     

INCEPTION DATE

 

5/1/97

 

8/7/00

 

5/15/01

 

11/15/16

 

3/10/09

     
    Net Asset
Value
  Maximum
Offering
Price
  Net Asset
Value
  Contingent
Deferred
Charges
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  MSCI
Emerging
Markets
Index1
 

One Year

   

–4.35

%

   

–9.86

%

   

–5.16

%

   

–6.07

%

   

–4.57

%

   

–3.93

%

   

–4.01

%

   

–2.54

%

 

Five Year

   

9.56

%

   

8.27

%

   

8.68

%

   

8.68

%

   

9.30

%

   

10.07

%

   

9.95

%

   

9.87

%

 

Ten Year

   

4.68

%

   

4.06

%

   

3.85

%

   

3.85

%

   

4.41

%

   

NA

     

5.03

%

   

5.49

%

 

Since Inception

   

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

10.19

%

   

NA

     

NA

   

The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month's end, please visit www.vcm.com.

The maximum offering price ("MOP") figures reflect a maximum sales charge of 5.75% for Class A. Class C is not subject to an initial sales charge, but is subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% on shares redeemed within one year of purchase. Net Asset Value ("NAV") does not reflect sales charges.

Total return measures the price change in a share assuming the reinvestment of all net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, if any. The total returns quoted do not reflect adjustments made to the enclosed financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, including reinvested distributions, or redemptions of shares. The total return figures set forth above include all waivers of fees. Without such fee waivers, the total returns would have been lower.

Victory Sophus Emerging Markets Fund — Growth of $10,000

1The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity performance of emerging markets. The index reflects the reinvestment of dividends paid on the stocks constituting the index net of withholding taxes. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.

The graph reflects investment of growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund.

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of shares.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory RS International Fund
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Nestle SA, Registered Shares

   

4.2

%

 

Roche Holding AG

   

3.6

%

 

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

   

3.1

%

 

Toyota Motor Corp.

   

3.1

%

 

Siemens AG, Registered Shares

   

2.6

%

 

SAP SE

   

2.2

%

 

Diageo PLC

   

2.1

%

 

Atlas Copco AB, Class B

   

2.0

%

 

Capgemini SE

   

2.0

%

 

Allianz SE, Registered Shares

   

1.9

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Global Fund
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Apple, Inc.

   

5.2

%

 

Microsoft Corp.

   

5.0

%

 

NVIDIA Corp.

   

2.5

%

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class C

   

2.5

%

 

Amazon.com, Inc.

   

2.2

%

 

McDonald's Corp.

   

2.1

%

 

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A

   

2.0

%

 

Prologis, Inc.

   

1.9

%

 

S&P Global, Inc.

   

1.8

%

 

Johnson & Johnson

   

1.7

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory Sophus Emerging Markets Fund
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

   

7.9

%

 

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

   

5.0

%

 

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

   

4.4

%

 

Infosys Ltd.

   

2.6

%

 

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

   

2.5

%

 

China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd., Class H

   

1.6

%

 

MediaTek, Inc.

   

1.5

%

 

Sberbank of Russia PJSC

   

1.4

%

 

Gazprom PJSC

   

1.4

%

 

NetEase, Inc.

   

1.3

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory RS International Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (96.3%)

 

Australia (6.0%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (1.0%):

 

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

   

144,570

   

$

4,585,186

   

Financials (1.2%):

 

Macquarie Group Ltd.

   

34,550

     

5,163,649

   

Health Care (1.4%):

 

CSL Ltd.

   

28,765

     

6,082,551

   

Materials (1.4%):

 

BHP Group Ltd. (a)

   

195,626

     

5,905,069

   

Real Estate (1.0%):

 

Scentre Group

   

1,895,035

     

4,358,397

   
     

26,094,852

   

Belgium (1.0%):

 

Information Technology (1.0%):

 

Melexis NV

   

36,426

     

4,340,007

   

China (1.2%):

 

Communication Services (0.7%):

 

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

   

49,600

     

2,894,308

   

Financials (0.5%):

 

China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd., Class H

   

285,000

     

2,217,251

   
     

5,111,559

   

Denmark (1.5%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.5%):

 

Pandora A/S

   

17,394

     

2,163,937

   

Consumer Staples (1.0%):

 

Royal Unibrew A/S

   

38,474

     

4,328,230

   
     

6,492,167

   

France (8.9%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (4.1%):

 

La Francaise des Jeux SAEM (b)

   

103,015

     

4,564,971

   

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

   

16,405

     

13,556,393

   
     

18,121,364

   

Energy (0.4%):

 

Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA

   

20,476

     

1,910,342

   

Industrials (0.7%):

 

Safran SA

   

24,828

     

3,039,245

   

Information Technology (2.0%):

 

Capgemini SE

   

35,808

     

8,775,038

   

Materials (1.7%):

 

Arkema SA

   

51,834

     

7,315,420

   
     

39,161,409

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory RS International Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Germany (7.9%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (1.1%):

 

Volkswagen AG, Preference Shares

   

23,797

   

$

4,779,978

   

Financials (1.9%):

 

Allianz SE, Registered Shares

   

36,006

     

8,491,548

   

Industrials (2.7%):

 

Siemens AG, Registered Shares

   

66,917

     

11,589,145

   

Information Technology (2.2%):

 

SAP SE

   

68,713

     

9,669,742

   
     

34,530,413

   

Hong Kong (2.9%):

 

Financials (1.5%):

 

AIA Group Ltd.

   

636,600

     

6,425,313

   

Real Estate (1.4%):

 

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

   

1,014,000

     

6,396,483

   
     

12,821,796

   

Italy (4.0%):

 

Health Care (1.4%):

 

Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica SpA

   

92,193

     

5,919,546

   

Utilities (2.6%):

 

Enel SpA

   

816,635

     

6,529,280

   

Snam SpA

   

811,768

     

4,888,971

   
     

11,418,251

   
     

17,337,797

   

Japan (21.5%):

 

Communication Services (1.6%):

 

Capcom Co. Ltd.

   

139,700

     

3,290,695

   

Kakaku.com, Inc.

   

142,900

     

3,820,850

   
     

7,111,545

   

Consumer Discretionary (4.1%):

 

Toyota Motor Corp.

   

732,000

     

13,531,610

   

ZOZO, Inc.

   

141,300

     

4,406,520

   
     

17,938,130

   

Consumer Staples (1.0%):

 

Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd.

   

107,100

     

4,541,659

   

Financials (2.5%):

 

JAFCO Group Co. Ltd.

   

35,500

     

2,042,725

   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

   

887,500

     

4,830,861

   

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

   

70,900

     

3,947,664

   
     

10,821,250

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory RS International Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Health Care (3.3%):

 

Hoya Corp.

   

57,200

   

$

8,489,488

   

Shionogi & Co. Ltd.

   

82,100

     

5,776,441

   
     

14,265,929

   

Industrials (4.6%):

 

en Japan, Inc.

   

91,500

     

2,586,282

   

Fuji Electric Co. Ltd.

   

153,700

     

8,397,804

   

Nippon Yusen KK

   

53,900

     

4,110,749

   

OKUMA Corp.

   

49,200

     

2,190,018

   

Sanwa Holdings Corp.

   

277,900

     

2,967,926

   
     

20,252,779

   

Information Technology (3.1%):

 

Fujitsu Ltd.

   

38,600

     

6,633,659

   

Oracle Corp.

   

26,400

     

2,006,050

   

Ulvac, Inc.

   

76,000

     

4,754,847

   
     

13,394,556

   

Real Estate (0.6%):

 

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd.

   

89,400

     

2,636,045

   

Utilities (0.7%):

 

Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.

   

303,100

     

3,202,056

   
     

94,163,949

   

Netherlands (5.4%):

 

Communication Services (1.2%):

 

Koninklijke KPN NV

   

1,689,041

     

5,236,602

   

Financials (1.6%):

 

ING Groep NV

   

510,095

     

7,091,199

   

Industrials (1.4%):

 

Wolters Kluwer NV

   

51,288

     

6,036,090

   

Information Technology (1.2%):

 

ASM International NV

   

11,766

     

5,193,240

   
     

23,557,131

   

New Zealand (0.7%):

 

Health Care (0.7%):

 

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd.

   

133,586

     

2,991,937

   

Norway (1.8%):

 

Energy (0.5%):

 

Aker BP ASA

   

68,655

     

2,111,921

   

Financials (1.3%):

 

SpareBank 1 SMN

   

331,931

     

5,604,935

   
     

7,716,856

   

Spain (1.4%):

 

Communication Services (0.0%): (c)

 

Telefonica SA (a)

   

43,535

     

188,760

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


19


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS International Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Financials (1.4%):

 

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

   

1,005,595

   

$

5,963,615

   
     

6,152,375

   

Sweden (2.6%):

 

Industrials (2.6%):

 

Atlas Copco AB, Class B

   

149,705

     

8,796,827

   

Nibe Industrier AB, Class B

   

187,604

     

2,835,690

   
     

11,632,517

   

Switzerland (13.7%):

 

Consumer Staples (5.2%):

 

Coca-Cola HBC AG

   

120,537

     

4,172,888

   

Nestle SA, Registered Shares

   

132,929

     

18,565,303

   
     

22,738,191

   

Financials (2.3%):

 

Partners Group Holding AG

   

2,971

     

4,906,170

   

UBS Group AG

   

288,968

     

5,188,481

   
     

10,094,651

   

Health Care (5.3%):

 

Novartis AG, Registered Shares

   

83,085

     

7,303,252

   

Roche Holding AG

   

37,894

     

15,725,930

   
     

23,029,182

   

Industrials (0.9%):

 

Adecco Group AG

   

76,824

     

3,916,039

   
     

59,778,063

   

United Kingdom (15.8%):

 

Communication Services (0.8%):

 

ITV PLC (d)

   

2,348,090

     

3,529,996

   

Consumer Discretionary (1.0%):

 

Next PLC

   

38,636

     

4,272,495

   

Consumer Staples (3.0%):

 

Diageo PLC

   

168,642

     

9,219,034

   

Imperial Brands PLC

   

182,689

     

4,002,878

   
     

13,221,912

   

Energy (3.2%):

 
BP PLC    

1,624,955

     

7,279,512

   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A

   

304,913

     

6,680,794

   
     

13,960,306

   

Financials (2.3%):

 

Close Brothers Group PLC

   

130,759

     

2,493,500

   

Intermediate Capital Group PLC

   

123,578

     

3,679,586

   

Legal & General Group PLC

   

943,550

     

3,809,652

   
     

9,982,738

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


20


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS International Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Health Care (0.5%):

 

CVS Group PLC

   

76,609

   

$

2,327,728

   

Industrials (1.4%):

 

Ashtead Group PLC

   

79,370

     

6,397,233

   

Materials (3.6%):

 

Croda International PLC

   

56,584

     

7,749,008

   

Evraz PLC

   

234,777

     

1,919,151

   

Rio Tinto PLC

   

90,486

     

5,966,150

   
     

15,634,309

   
     

69,326,717

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $345,307,949)

   

421,209,545

   

Exchange-Traded Funds (0.8%)

 

United States (0.8%):

 

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

   

45,813

     

3,604,567

   

Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $3,525,477)

   

3,604,567

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned (0.6%)^

 

United States (0.6%):

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (e)

   

55,088

     

55,088

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional
Shares, 0.01% (e)
   

1,081,934

     

1,081,934

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional
Shares, 0.02% (e)
   

27,492

     

27,492

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (e)

   

219,209

     

219,209

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional
Shares, 0.06% (e)
   

985,608

     

985,608

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $2,369,331)

   

2,369,331

   

Total Investments (Cost $351,202,757) — 97.7%

   

427,183,443

   

Other assets in excess of liabilities — 2.3%

   

10,199,185

   

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

437,382,628

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b)  Rule 144A security or other security that is restricted as to resale to institutional investors. The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be liquid (unless otherwise noted as illiquid) based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of these securities was $4,564,971 and amounted to 1.0% of net assets.

(c)  Amount represents less than 0.05% of net assets.

(d)  Non-income producing security.

(e)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

ETF — Exchange-Traded Fund

PLC — Public Limited Company

See notes to financial statements.

 


21


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Global Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (95.9%)

 

Australia (2.3%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.8%):

 

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

   

92,104

   

$

2,921,173

   

Financials (0.6%):

 

Macquarie Group Ltd.

   

15,233

     

2,276,639

   

Health Care (0.9%):

 

CSL Ltd.

   

14,237

     

3,010,508

   
     

8,208,320

   

Belgium (0.6%):

 

Information Technology (0.6%):

 

Melexis NV

   

17,777

     

2,118,056

   

Bermuda (0.5%):

 

Industrials (0.5%):

 

Triton International Ltd.

   

31,556

     

1,900,618

   

Canada (4.3%):

 

Consumer Staples (1.0%):

 

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc.

   

86,492

     

3,624,349

   

Energy (0.5%):

 

Parex Resources, Inc.

   

105,690

     

1,805,788

   

Industrials (0.6%):

 

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

   

31,054

     

2,233,786

   

Information Technology (1.3%):

 

Constellation Software, Inc.

   

2,392

     

4,438,552

   

Materials (0.9%):

 

Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd.

   

70,458

     

2,953,019

   
     

15,055,494

   

China (2.2%):

 

Communication Services (0.9%):

 

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

   

56,200

     

3,279,438

   

Consumer Staples (0.5%):

 

Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food Co. Ltd., Class A

   

99,772

     

1,644,228

   

Financials (0.8%):

 

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., Class H

   

5,045,000

     

2,845,892

   
     

7,769,558

   

Denmark (0.9%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.3%):

 

Pandora A/S

   

8,347

     

1,038,426

   

Consumer Staples (0.6%):

 

Royal Unibrew A/S

   

19,613

     

2,206,414

   
     

3,244,840

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


22


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Global Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

France (2.8%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.6%):

 

La Francaise des Jeux SAEM (a)

   

43,483

   

$

1,926,890

   

Energy (0.4%):

 

Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA

   

15,811

     

1,475,113

   

Industrials (0.8%):

 

Safran SA

   

22,680

     

2,776,304

   

Materials (1.0%):

 

Arkema SA

   

24,580

     

3,469,017

   
     

9,647,324

   

Germany (0.6%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.6%):

 

Volkswagen AG, Preference Shares

   

10,700

     

2,149,253

   

Indonesia (1.0%):

 

Communication Services (1.0%):

 

PT Telkom Indonesia Persero Tbk

   

11,697,000

     

3,338,935

   

Ireland (1.2%):

 

Industrials (1.2%):

 

Eaton Corp. PLC

   

24,750

     

4,277,295

   

Italy (1.9%):

 

Health Care (0.7%):

 

Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica SpA

   

38,406

     

2,465,980

   

Utilities (1.2%):

 

Enel SpA

   

227,207

     

1,816,599

   

Snam SpA

   

418,154

     

2,518,383

   
     

4,334,982

   
     

6,800,962

   

Japan (5.4%):

 

Communication Services (1.0%):

 

Capcom Co. Ltd.

   

68,900

     

1,622,970

   

Kakaku.com, Inc.

   

73,500

     

1,965,238

   
     

3,588,208

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.6%):

 

ZOZO, Inc.

   

70,500

     

2,198,582

   

Consumer Staples (0.4%):

 

Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd.

   

29,500

     

1,250,970

   

Financials (1.2%):

 

JAFCO Group Co. Ltd.

   

23,600

     

1,357,981

   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

   

504,100

     

2,743,929

   
     

4,101,910

   

Health Care (0.6%):

 

Hoya Corp.

   

15,400

     

2,285,631

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


23


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Global Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Industrials (1.1%):

 

Fuji Electric Co. Ltd.

   

19,600

   

$

1,070,898

   

Nippon Yusen KK

   

34,400

     

2,623,557

   
     

3,694,455

   

Information Technology (0.5%):

 

Ulvac, Inc.

   

29,000

     

1,814,350

   
     

18,934,106

   

Korea, Republic Of (1.3%):

 

Information Technology (1.3%):

 

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

   

71,254

     

4,680,195

   

Netherlands (0.8%):

 

Information Technology (0.8%):

 

ASM International NV

   

6,393

     

2,821,722

   

New Zealand (0.5%):

 

Health Care (0.5%):

 

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd.

   

75,553

     

1,692,167

   

Norway (1.1%):

 

Energy (0.5%):

 

Aker BP ASA

   

63,302

     

1,947,256

   

Financials (0.6%):

 

SpareBank 1 SMN

   

115,336

     

1,947,545

   
     

3,894,801

   

Singapore (0.3%):

 

Financials (0.3%):

 

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

   

170,500

     

1,177,218

   

South Africa (0.6%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.6%):

 

Mr Price Group Ltd.

   

158,581

     

1,990,207

   

Spain (0.7%):

 

Financials (0.7%):

 

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

   

389,601

     

2,310,503

   

Sweden (1.8%):

 

Industrials (1.8%):

 

Atlas Copco AB, Class B

   

66,113

     

3,884,871

   

Nibe Industrier AB, Class B

   

162,348

     

2,453,938

   
     

6,338,809

   

Switzerland (2.5%):

 

Financials (0.6%):

 

Partners Group Holding AG

   

1,316

     

2,173,181

   

Health Care (1.4%):

 

Roche Holding AG

   

12,091

     

5,017,739

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


24


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Global Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Industrials (0.5%):

 

Adecco Group AG

   

34,257

   

$

1,746,222

   
     

8,937,142

   

Taiwan (2.2%):

 

Financials (1.3%):

 

Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

   

2,031,000

     

4,577,198

   

Information Technology (0.9%):

 

Lite-On Technology Corp.

   

1,296,000

     

2,985,438

   
     

7,562,636

   

United Kingdom (5.2%):

 

Communication Services (0.4%):

 

ITV PLC (b)

   

878,554

     

1,320,772

   

Consumer Discretionary (0.4%):

 

Next PLC

   

13,829

     

1,529,256

   

Consumer Staples (0.6%):

 

Imperial Brands PLC

   

87,183

     

1,910,257

   

Financials (0.9%):

 

Close Brothers Group PLC

   

46,638

     

889,360

   

Intermediate Capital Group PLC

   

69,853

     

2,079,902

   
     

2,969,262

   

Industrials (0.6%):

 

Ashtead Group PLC

   

26,720

     

2,153,636

   

Materials (2.3%):

 

Croda International PLC

   

27,195

     

3,724,273

   

Evraz PLC

   

175,191

     

1,432,074

   

Rio Tinto PLC

   

46,342

     

3,055,537

   
     

8,211,884

   
     

18,095,067

   

United States (55.2%):

 

Communication Services (4.4%):

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class C (b)

   

2,982

     

8,628,685

   

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A (b)

   

20,531

     

6,905,602

   
     

15,534,287

   

Consumer Discretionary (7.8%):

 

Amazon.com, Inc. (b)

   

2,289

     

7,632,304

   

McDonald's Corp.

   

27,408

     

7,347,263

   

PulteGroup, Inc.

   

97,545

     

5,575,672

   

Ross Stores, Inc.

   

37,374

     

4,271,101

   

Tesla, Inc. (b)

   

2,500

     

2,641,950

   
     

27,468,290

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory RS Global Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Consumer Staples (4.3%):

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

   

49,472

   

$

4,221,940

   

PepsiCo, Inc.

   

31,834

     

5,529,884

   

The Estee Lauder Cos., Inc.

   

14,619

     

5,411,954

   
     

15,163,778

   

Energy (1.5%):

 

Cactus, Inc., Class A

   

62,330

     

2,376,643

   

ConocoPhillips

   

42,252

     

3,049,749

   
     

5,426,392

   

Financials (7.0%):

 

Bank of America Corp.

   

106,421

     

4,734,670

   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

31,861

     

5,045,189

   

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

   

21,268

     

3,404,794

   

S&P Global, Inc.

   

13,091

     

6,178,036

   

Synchrony Financial

   

50,963

     

2,364,174

   

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

   

13,283

     

2,663,507

   
     

24,390,370

   

Health Care (7.2%):

 

Amedisys, Inc. (b)

   

6,868

     

1,111,792

   

Amgen, Inc.

   

16,288

     

3,664,311

   

CVS Health Corp.

   

48,622

     

5,015,845

   

Eli Lilly & Co.

   

18,207

     

5,029,138

   

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (b)

   

6,719

     

4,424,193

   

Johnson & Johnson

   

34,231

     

5,855,897

   
     

25,101,176

   

Industrials (1.1%):

 

Honeywell International, Inc.

   

18,353

     

3,826,784

   

Information Technology (19.0%):

 

Apple, Inc.

   

103,414

     

18,363,224

   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

   

90,552

     

5,738,280

   

Fortinet, Inc. (b)

   

15,584

     

5,600,890

   

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

   

15,390

     

5,529,935

   

Microsoft Corp.

   

52,672

     

17,714,647

   

NVIDIA Corp.

   

30,286

     

8,907,415

   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   

26,427

     

4,980,697

   
     

66,835,088

   

Real Estate (1.9%):

 

Prologis, Inc.

   

38,600

     

6,498,696

   

Utilities (1.0%):

 

MGE Energy, Inc.

   

40,519

     

3,332,688

   
     

193,577,549

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $244,960,288)

   

336,522,777

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Global Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Exchange-Traded Funds (1.2%)

 

United States (1.2%):

 

iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (c)

   

39,156

   

$

4,141,922

   

Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $3,959,116)

   

4,141,922

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned (1.2%)^

 

United States (1.2%):

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (d)

   

97,379

     

97,379

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional
Shares, 0.01% (d)
   

1,912,526

     

1,912,526

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional
Shares, 0.02% (d)
   

48,597

     

48,597

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (d)

   

387,495

     

387,495

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional
Shares, 0.06% (d)
   

1,742,252

     

1,742,252

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $4,188,249)

   

4,188,249

   

Total Investments (Cost $253,107,653) — 98.3%

   

344,852,948

   

Other assets in excess of liabilities — 1.7%

   

6,042,646

   

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

350,895,594

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  Rule 144A security or other security that is restricted as to resale to institutional investors. The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be liquid (unless otherwise noted as illiquid) based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of these securities was $1,926,890 and amounted to 0.5% of net assets.

(b)  Non-income producing security.

(c)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(d)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

ETF — Exchange-Traded Fund

PLC — Public Limited Company

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory Sophus Emerging Markets Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (99.0%)

 

Brazil (3.5%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.9%):

 

Vibra Energia SA

   

1,222,400

   

$

4,687,835

   

Consumer Staples (0.9%):

 

Sendas Distribuidora SA

   

877,209

     

2,046,513

   

SLC Agricola SA

   

284,600

     

2,301,670

   
     

4,348,183

   

Financials (0.6%):

 

Itau Unibanco Holding SA, ADR

   

759,065

     

2,846,494

   

Industrials (0.7%):

 

Randon SA Implementos e Participacoes, Preference Shares

   

941,100

     

1,828,606

   

SIMPAR SA

   

858,264

     

1,789,400

   
     

3,618,006

   

Materials (0.4%):

 

Dexco SA

   

733,480

     

1,961,306

   
     

17,461,824

   

Canada (0.7%):

 

Energy (0.7%):

 

Parex Resources, Inc.

   

217,556

     

3,717,098

   

Chile (0.0%): (a)

 

Financials (0.0%):

 

Banco de Credito e Inversiones SA

   

1

     

29

   

China (26.1%):

 

Communication Services (6.6%):

 

Baidu, Inc., ADR (b)

   

27,212

     

4,048,874

   

NetEase, Inc., ADR

   

64,371

     

6,551,680

   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

   

379,015

     

22,116,659

   
     

32,717,213

   

Consumer Discretionary (6.5%):

 

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR (b)

   

107,176

     

12,731,437

   

BYD Co. Ltd., Class H

   

83,000

     

2,807,513

   

Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co. Ltd., Class H (c)

   

425,600

     

2,201,067

   

JD.com, Inc., ADR (b)

   

93,073

     

6,521,625

   

Jiumaojiu International Holdings Ltd. (c)

   

1,080,000

     

1,899,158

   

Meituan, Class B (b) (c)

   

153,100

     

4,427,410

   

Topsports International Holdings Ltd. (c)

   

1,932,000

     

1,956,860

   
     

32,545,070

   

Consumer Staples (1.2%):

 

Chacha Food Co. Ltd., Class A

   

297,578

     

2,862,494

   

Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co. Ltd., Class A

   

482,800

     

3,142,784

   
     

6,005,278

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory Sophus Emerging Markets Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Financials (2.6%):

 

China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd., Class H

   

1,050,000

   

$

8,168,819

   

Postal Savings Bank of China Co. Ltd., Class H (c)

   

6,904,000

     

4,848,472

   
     

13,017,291

   

Health Care (2.3%):

 

Hygeia Healthcare Holdings Co. Ltd. (c) (d)

   

356,200

     

2,231,070

   

Pharmaron Beijing Co. Ltd., Class H (c)

   

133,900

     

2,067,839

   

Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co. Ltd., Class A

   

53,200

     

3,179,768

   

Wuxi Biologics Cayman, Inc. (b) (c)

   

352,905

     

4,178,142

   
     

11,656,819

   

Industrials (1.8%):

 

China Railway Group Ltd., Class H

   

7,283,000

     

3,853,958

   

Xinte Energy Co. Ltd., Class H

   

1,084,800

     

2,013,487

   

Zhefu Holding Group Co. Ltd., Class A

   

2,575,500

     

2,876,950

   
     

8,744,395

   

Information Technology (2.8%):

 

Chinasoft International Ltd.

   

3,510,000

     

4,577,353

   

Luxshare Precision Industry Co. Ltd., Class A

   

388,600

     

3,001,700

   

WUS Printed Circuit Kunshan Co. Ltd., Class A

   

1,510,850

     

3,935,068

   

Yonyou Network Technology Co. Ltd., Class A

   

474,000

     

2,669,002

   
     

14,183,123

   

Materials (1.5%):

 

China Hongqiao Group Ltd.

   

2,966,000

     

3,135,023

   

Wanhua Chemical Group Co. Ltd., Class A

   

273,000

     

4,324,969

   
     

7,459,992

   

Utilities (0.8%):

 

China Longyuan Power Group Corp. Ltd., Class H

   

1,761,000

     

4,113,507

   
     

130,442,688

   

Greece (1.2%):

 

Financials (0.6%):

 

National Bank of Greece SA (b)

   

917,958

     

3,062,303

   

Industrials (0.6%):

 

Mytilineos SA

   

159,604

     

2,749,380

   
     

5,811,683

   

Hong Kong (4.0%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (1.1%):

 

Bosideng International Holdings Ltd.

   

4,770,000

     

3,005,214

   

JS Global Lifestyle Co. Ltd. (c)

   

1,407,000

     

2,369,353

   
     

5,374,567

   

Financials (0.9%):

 

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

   

1,331,500

     

4,366,802

   

Industrials (0.6%):

 

Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd.

   

7,576,000

     

2,785,115

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


29


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory Sophus Emerging Markets Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Information Technology (0.5%):

 

ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.

   

247,300

   

$

2,672,598

   

Real Estate (0.9%):

 

China Resources Land Ltd.

   

1,098,000

     

4,626,681

   
     

19,825,763

   

India (10.2%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.8%):

 

Balkrishna Industries Ltd.

   

125,349

     

3,907,061

   

Energy (1.0%):

 

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.

   

1,306,587

     

5,125,466

   

Financials (1.3%):

 

Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Co. Ltd.

   

491,534

     

3,428,429

   

UTI Asset Management Co. Ltd.

   

230,079

     

3,254,106

   
     

6,682,535

   

Health Care (1.5%):

 

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.

   

59,087

     

3,977,612

   

Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.

   

49,598

     

3,268,508

   
     

7,246,120

   

Industrials (1.0%):

 

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

   

202,698

     

5,148,936

   

Information Technology (3.1%):

 

Infosys Ltd., ADR

   

509,189

     

12,887,573

   

WNS Holdings Ltd., ADR (b)

   

30,321

     

2,674,919

   
     

15,562,492

   

Materials (1.5%):

 

Dalmia Bharat Ltd.

   

140,495

     

3,482,599

   

Tata Steel Ltd.

   

250,282

     

3,721,955

   
     

7,204,554

   
     

50,877,164

   

Indonesia (1.2%):

 

Communication Services (0.7%):

 

PT Telkom Indonesia Persero Tbk

   

12,432,900

     

3,548,999

   

Financials (0.5%):

 

PT Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk

   

5,126,200

     

2,531,655

   
     

6,080,654

   

Korea, Republic Of (16.1%):

 

Communication Services (1.4%):

 

JYP Entertainment Corp.

   

76,554

     

3,257,672

   

LG Uplus Corp.

   

347,528

     

3,965,915

   
     

7,223,587

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


30


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory Sophus Emerging Markets Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Consumer Discretionary (1.3%):

 

Hanon Systems

   

273,996

   

$

3,098,778

   

Shinsegae, Inc.

   

14,882

     

3,176,246

   
     

6,275,024

   

Financials (3.3%):

 

DB Insurance Co. Ltd.

   

68,718

     

3,120,376

   

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

   

128,564

     

4,542,623

   

Samsung Securities Co. Ltd.

   

85,695

     

3,231,495

   

Woori Financial Group, Inc.

   

529,829

     

5,650,982

   
     

16,545,476

   

Health Care (1.3%):

 

Hugel, Inc. (b)

   

14,019

     

1,808,975

   

InBody Co. Ltd.

   

65,841

     

1,279,901

   

Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd. (b) (c)

   

4,472

     

3,396,048

   
     

6,484,924

   

Industrials (2.0%):

 

CJ Corp.

   

31,998

     

2,242,520

   

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd.

   

67,564

     

2,521,331

   

LG Corp.

   

29,053

     

1,977,811

   

Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd. (b)

   

169,187

     

3,253,353

   
     

9,995,015

   

Information Technology (5.6%):

 

Innox Advanced Materials Co. Ltd.

   

79,449

     

3,078,963

   

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

   

387,173

     

25,110,849

   
     

28,189,812

   

Materials (1.2%):

 

Kolon Industries, Inc.

   

34,845

     

2,075,685

   

PI Advanced Materials Co. Ltd.

   

81,503

     

3,772,175

   
     

5,847,860

   
     

80,561,698

   

Malaysia (1.3%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.6%):

 

MR DIY Group M Bhd (c)

   

3,680,200

     

3,191,110

   

Financials (0.7%):

 

Public Bank Bhd

   

3,465,200

     

3,460,157

   
     

6,651,267

   

Mexico (2.8%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.5%):

 

Alsea SAB de CV (b)

   

1,389,303

     

2,575,561

   

Financials (0.9%):

 

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV, Class O

   

711,784

     

4,625,175

   

Materials (0.8%):

 

Cemex SAB de CV, ADR (b)

   

594,806

     

4,032,785

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory Sophus Emerging Markets Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Real Estate (0.6%):

 

Corp Inmobiliaria Vesta SAB de CV

   

1,452,117

   

$

2,924,678

   
     

14,158,199

   

Peru (0.7%):

 

Financials (0.7%):

 

Credicorp Ltd.

   

27,943

     

3,411,002

   

Philippines (0.5%):

 

Financials (0.5%):

 

BDO Unibank, Inc.

   

1,040,380

     

2,462,984

   

Russian Federation (4.4%):

 

Consumer Staples (0.6%):

 

Magnit PJSC

   

41,301

     

2,991,986

   

Energy (2.4%):

 

Gazprom PJSC

   

1,511,910

     

6,936,375

   

Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC, GDR

   

608,447

     

4,893,523

   
     

11,829,898

   

Financials (1.4%):

 

Sberbank of Russia PJSC, ADR

   

446,943

     

7,153,762

   
     

7,153,762

   
     

21,975,646

   

Saudi Arabia (2.7%):

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.7%):

 

Leejam Sports Co. JSC

   

108,097

     

3,131,494

   

Financials (2.0%):

 

Alinma Bank

   

578,490

     

3,685,797

   

The Saudi National Bank

   

374,590

     

6,422,538

   
     

10,108,335

   
     

13,239,829

   

Singapore (0.5%):

 

Communication Services (0.5%):

 

Sea Ltd., ADR (b)

   

12,104

     

2,707,786

   

South Africa (3.4%):

 

Communication Services (1.0%):

 

MTN Group Ltd. (b)

   

459,506

     

4,928,701

   

Financials (1.6%):

 

Absa Group Ltd. (d)

   

372,031

     

3,562,913

   

Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd.

   

35,677

     

4,568,308

   
     

8,131,221

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory Sophus Emerging Markets Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Materials (0.8%):

 

Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.

   

289,043

   

$

4,080,167

   
     

17,140,089

   

Taiwan (15.1%):

 

Financials (2.0%):

 

CTBC Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

   

5,378,000

     

5,039,934

   

Yuanta Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

   

5,601,760

     

5,118,689

   
     

10,158,623

   

Health Care (0.5%):

 

Pegavision Corp.

   

144,000

     

2,215,925

   

Information Technology (11.9%):

 

ASE Technology Holding Co. Ltd.

   

687,000

     

2,655,676

   

Gold Circuit Electronics Ltd.

   

1,207,000

     

3,305,902

   

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd.

   

1,115,000

     

4,182,920

   

MediaTek, Inc.

   

175,000

     

7,511,882

   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

   

1,774,998

     

39,278,926

   

Unimicron Technology Corp.

   

323,000

     

2,688,969

   
     

59,624,275

   

Materials (0.7%):

 

Formosa Plastics Corp.

   

866,000

     

3,251,510

   
     

75,250,333

   

Thailand (3.5%):

 

Energy (0.8%):

 

PTT PCL (d)

   

3,421,300

     

3,883,314

   

Financials (0.9%):

 

The Siam Commercial Bank PCL

   

1,194,200

     

4,533,716

   

Health Care (0.5%):

 

Mega Lifesciences PCL

   

1,817,500

     

2,741,856

   

Materials (0.6%):

 

Indorama Ventures PCL

   

2,412,300

     

3,119,396

   

Real Estate (0.7%):

 

AP Thailand PCL

   

11,383,200

     

3,254,273

   
     

17,532,555

   

Turkey (0.4%):

 

Industrials (0.4%):

 

Turkiye Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari A/S

   

2,187,031

     

2,225,834

   

United Kingdom (0.7%):

 

Materials (0.7%):

 

Anglo American PLC

   

85,171

     

3,502,649

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $438,941,267)

   

495,036,774

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


33


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory Sophus Emerging Markets Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Collateral for Securities Loaned (0.7%)^

 

United States (0.7%):

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (e)

   

82,868

   

$

82,868

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional
Shares, 0.01% (e)
   

1,627,537

     

1,627,537

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional
Shares, 0.02% (e)
   

41,355

     

41,355

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (e)

   

329,753

     

329,753

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional
Shares, 0.06% (e)
   

1,482,636

     

1,482,636

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $3,564,149)

   

3,564,149

   

Total Investments (Cost $442,505,416) — 99.7%

   

498,600,923

   

Other assets in excess of liabilities — 0.3%

   

1,517,668

   

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

500,118,591

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  Amount represents less than 0.05% of net assets.

(b)  Non-income producing security.

(c)  Rule 144A security or other security that is restricted as to resale to institutional investors. The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be liquid (unless otherwise noted as illiquid) based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, the fair value of these securities was $32,766,529 and amounted to 6.6% of net assets.

(d)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(e)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

ADR — American Depositary Receipt

GDR — Global Depositary Receipt

PCL — Public Company Limited

PLC — Public Limited Company

See notes to financial statements.

 


34


 

Victory Portfolios

  Statements of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2021
 
    Victory
RS International
Fund
  Victory
RS Global
Fund
  Victory Sophus
Emerging
Markets Fund
 

Assets:

 
Investments, at value (Cost $351,202,757,
$253,107,653 and $442,505,416)
 

$

427,183,443

(a)

 

$

344,852,948

(b)

 

$

498,600,923

(c)

 
Foreign currency, at value (Cost $220,176,
$82,855 and $515,215)
   

221,713

     

83,188

     

515,123

   

Cash

   

11,861,564

     

9,468,379

     

3,645,972

   

Receivables:

 

Interest and dividends

   

86,681

     

148,343

     

1,231,982

   

Capital shares issued

   

32,187

     

727,655

     

330,983

   

Investments sold

   

     

     

1,256,592

   

Reclaims

   

829,584

     

114,760

     

4,632

   

From Adviser

   

81,895

     

175,207

     

277,624

   

Prepaid expenses

   

25,727

     

25,205

     

25,131

   

Total Assets

   

440,322,794

     

355,595,685

     

505,888,962

   

Liabilities:

 

Payables:

 

Collateral received on loaned securities

   

2,369,331

     

4,188,249

     

3,564,149

   

Capital shares redeemed

   

171,256

     

216,400

     

912,723

   

Accrued foreign capital gains taxes

   

     

     

633,965

   

Accrued expenses and other payables:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

290,782

     

172,417

     

427,649

   

Administration fees

   

22,837

     

17,140

     

26,507

   

Custodian fees

   

9,225

     

7,505

     

55,301

   

Transfer agent fees

   

33,163

     

57,070

     

76,066

   

Compliance fees

   

248

     

196

     

297

   
12b-1 fees    

3,680

     

10,618

     

9,227

   

Other accrued expenses

   

39,644

     

30,496

     

64,487

   

Total Liabilities

   

2,940,166

     

4,700,091

     

5,770,371

   

Net Assets:

 
Capital    

364,377,992

     

262,936,274

     

446,404,910

   

Total accumulated earnings/(loss)

   

73,004,636

     

87,959,320

     

53,713,681

   

Net Assets

 

$

437,382,628

   

$

350,895,594

   

$

500,118,591

   

Net Assets

 

Class A

 

$

25,554,606

   

$

71,791,763

   

$

54,194,111

   

Class C

   

1,147,209

     

4,220,614

     

1,684,365

   

Class R

   

1,959,159

     

5,487,714

     

11,840,164

   

Class R6

   

296,211,063

     

99,708,440

     

174,198,466

   

Class Y

   

112,510,591

     

169,687,063

     

258,201,485

   

Total

 

$

437,382,628

   

$

350,895,594

   

$

500,118,591

   

(continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


35


 

Victory Portfolios

  Statements of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2021
 

  (continued)

    Victory
RS International
Fund
  Victory
RS Global
Fund
  Victory Sophus
Emerging
Markets Fund
 
Shares (unlimited number of shares authorized
with a par value of $0.001 per share):
 

Class A

   

1,731,378

     

3,506,364

     

2,388,270

   

Class C

   

109,788

     

213,898

     

100,893

   

Class R

   

142,722

     

213,252

     

558,880

   

Class R6

   

24,531,617

     

6,600,177

     

7,548,521

   

Class Y

   

7,739,159

     

8,356,672

     

11,309,661

   

Total

   

34,254,664

     

18,890,363

     

21,906,225

   
Net asset value, offering (except Class A)
and redemption price per share:
 

Class A

 

$

14.76

   

$

20.47

   

$

22.69

   

Class C (d)

   

10.45

     

19.73

     

16.69

   

Class R

   

13.73

     

25.73

     

21.19

   

Class R6

   

12.07

     

15.11

     

23.08

   

Class Y

   

14.54

     

20.31

     

22.83

   

Maximum Sales Charge — Class A

   

5.75

%

   

5.75

%

   

5.75

%

 
Maximum offering price (100%/(100%-maximum
sales charge) of net asset value adjusted to the
nearest cent) per share — Class A
 

$

15.66

   

$

21.72

   

$

24.07

   

(a)  Includes $2,251,095 of securities on loan.

(b)  Includes $4,092,840 of securities on loan.

(c)  Includes $3,370,251 of securities on loan.

(d)  Redemption price per share varies by the length of time shares are held.

See notes to financial statements.

 


36


 

Victory Portfolios

  Statements of Operations
For the Year Ended December 31, 2021
 
    Victory
RS International
Fund
  Victory
RS Global
Fund
  Victory Sophus
Emerging
Markets Fund
 

Investment Income:

     

Dividends

 

$

13,484,140

   

$

5,748,608

   

$

12,286,185

   

Interest

   

37

     

543

     

824

   

Securities lending (net of fees)

   

19,497

     

10,702

     

22,751

   

Foreign tax withholding

   

(1,506,650

)

   

(447,365

)

   

(1,423,888

)

 

Total Income

   

11,997,024

     

5,312,488

     

10,885,872

   

Expenses:

     

Investment advisory fees

   

3,315,345

     

1,993,966

     

5,317,327

   

Administration fees

   

228,496

     

151,952

     

293,367

   

Sub-Administration fees

   

17,000

     

17,000

     

17,000

   
12b-1 fees — Class A    

64,289

     

131,341

     

153,085

   
12b-1 fees — Class C    

11,655

     

37,338

     

25,067

   
12b-1 fees — Class R    

9,967

     

25,179

     

66,102

   

Custodian fees

   

63,117

     

48,473

     

338,498

   

Transfer agent fees — Class A

   

48,347

     

105,451

     

104,165

   

Transfer agent fees — Class C

   

1,512

     

5,787

     

3,653

   

Transfer agent fees — Class R

   

3,856

     

6,197

     

21,810

   

Transfer agent fees — Class R6

   

562

     

783

     

2,824

   

Transfer agent fees — Class Y

   

116,087

     

162,579

     

337,774

   

Trustees' fees

   

26,913

     

17,105

     

34,116

   

Compliance fees

   

2,984

     

1,931

     

3,840

   

Legal and audit fees

   

28,380

     

23,549

     

54,619

   

State registration and filing fees

   

66,308

     

92,769

     

76,931

   

Interfund lending fees

   

     

     

197

   

Interest fees

   

     

     

4,974

   

Other expenses

   

70,228

     

50,325

     

117,130

   

Total Expenses

   

4,075,046

     

2,871,725

     

6,972,479

   

Expenses waived/reimbursed by Adviser

   

(478,133

)

   

(1,055,677

)

   

(1,536,446

)

 

Net Expenses

   

3,596,913

     

1,816,048

     

5,436,033

   

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   

8,400,111

     

3,496,440

     

5,449,839

   
Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses) from
Investments:
     
Net realized gains (losses) from investment
securities and foreign currency transactions
   

18,558,540

     

8,218,750

     

41,883,141

   

Foreign taxes on realized gains

   

     

(21,276

)

   

(407,188

)

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/
depreciation on investment securities
and foreign currency translations
   

27,076,805

     

43,667,211

     

(72,527,725

)

 
Net change in accrued foreign taxes on
unrealized gains
   

     

42,924

     

(302,084

)

 
Net realized/unrealized gains (losses) on
investments
   

45,635,345

     

51,907,609

     

(31,353,856

)

 

Change in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

54,035,456

   

$

55,404,049

   

$

(25,904,017

)

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 
    Victory
RS International Fund
 

Victory RS Global Fund

  Victory Sophus
Emerging Markets Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 
From Investment
Activities:
 

Operations:

 
Net investment
income (loss)
 

$

8,400,111

   

$

6,233,926

   

$

3,496,440

   

$

1,597,803

   

$

5,449,839

   

$

2,682,534

   
Net realized gains
(losses) from
investments
   

18,558,540

     

(8,724,622

)

   

8,197,474

     

(1,393,847

)

   

41,475,953

     

(8,613,532

)

 
Net change in
unrealized
appreciation/
depreciation
on investments
   

27,076,805

     

28,956,558

     

43,710,135

     

29,593,557

     

(72,829,809

)

   

60,954,839

   
Change in net assets
resulting from
operations
   

54,035,456

     

26,465,862

     

55,404,049

     

29,797,513

     

(25,904,017

)

   

55,023,841

   

Distributions to Shareholders:

 

Class A

   

(1,039,350

)

   

(274,567

)

   

(2,189,789

)

   

(331,988

)

   

(2,138,975

)

   

(535,962

)

 

Class C

   

(57,816

)

   

(10,582

)

   

(108,980

)

   

(1,968

)

   

(71,226

)

   

(13,061

)

 

Class R

   

(80,118

)

   

(18,299

)

   

(124,953

)

   

(15,302

)

   

(470,900

)

   

(104,197

)

 

Class R6

   

(15,469,430

)

   

(4,128,368

)

   

(4,331,090

)

   

(385,647

)

   

(7,458,475

)

   

(1,356,685

)

 

Class Y

   

(4,887,821

)

   

(1,376,768

)

   

(5,612,312

)

   

(921,568

)

   

(11,195,767

)

   

(3,274,466

)

 

From return of capital:

 

Class A

   

     

     

     

     

(26,869

)

   

   

Class C

   

     

     

     

     

(311

)

   

   

Class R

   

     

     

     

     

(5,030

)

   

   

Class R6

   

     

     

     

     

(115,990

)

   

   

Class Y

   

     

     

     

     

(170,813

)

   

   
Change in net assets
resulting from
distributions to
shareholders
   

(21,534,535

)

   

(5,808,584

)

   

(12,367,124

)

   

(1,656,473

)

   

(21,654,356

)

   

(5,284,371

)

 
Change in net assets
resulting from
capital transactions
   

23,244,315

     

80,166,899

     

87,147,589

     

107,968,352

     

74,677,705

     

13,691,046

   

Change in net assets

   

55,745,236

     

100,824,177

     

130,184,514

     

136,109,392

     

27,119,332

     

63,430,516

   

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of period

   

381,637,392

     

280,813,215

     

220,711,080

     

84,601,688

     

472,999,259

     

409,568,743

   

End of period

 

$

437,382,628

   

$

381,637,392

   

$

350,895,594

   

$

220,711,080

   

$

500,118,591

   

$

472,999,259

   

(continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


38


 

Victory Portfolios

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

  (continued)

    Victory
RS International Fund
 

Victory RS Global Fund

  Victory Sophus
Emerging Markets Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 

Capital Transactions:

 

Class A

 
Proceeds from
shares issued
 

$

3,782,204

   

$

5,891,859

   

$

30,273,412

   

$

27,939,328

   

$

12,169,687

   

$

6,957,366

   
Distributions
reinvested
   

1,026,274

     

269,013

     

2,189,490

     

331,945

     

2,131,142

     

522,611

   
Cost of shares
redeemed
   

(5,581,683

)

   

(6,074,845

)

   

(19,928,713

)

   

(9,924,361

)

   

(15,751,498

)

   

(16,658,257

)

 

Total Class A

 

$

(773,205

)

 

$

86,027

   

$

12,534,189

   

$

18,346,912

   

$

(1,450,669

)

 

$

(9,178,280

)

 

Class C

 
Proceeds from
shares issued
 

$

   

$

214,019

   

$

681,553

   

$

1,659,100

   

$

72,763

   

$

127,024

   
Distributions
reinvested
   

57,816

     

10,582

     

108,980

     

1,968

     

71,469

     

13,061

   
Cost of shares
redeemed
   

(237,775

)

   

(487,454

)

   

(669,835

)

   

(1,700,108

)

   

(1,633,676

)

   

(2,713,128

)

 

Total Class C

 

$

(179,959

)

 

$

(262,853

)

 

$

120,698

   

$

(39,040

)

 

$

(1,489,444

)

 

$

(2,573,043

)

 

Class R

 
Proceeds from
shares issued
 

$

209,980

   

$

518,709

   

$

420,305

   

$

1,990,563

   

$

1,691,004

   

$

1,471,645

   
Distributions
reinvested
   

80,117

     

18,299

     

124,953

     

15,299

     

475,168

     

104,042

   
Cost of shares
redeemed
   

(518,332

)

   

(1,230,005

)

   

(385,111

)

   

(602,183

)

   

(2,910,119

)

   

(3,568,641

)

 

Total Class R

 

$

(228,235

)

 

$

(692,997

)

 

$

160,147

   

$

1,403,679

   

$

(743,947

)

 

$

(1,992,954

)

 

Class R6

 
Proceeds from
shares issued
 

$

22,800,521

   

$

73,968,309

   

$

43,038,792

   

$

41,962,795

   

$

94,833,979

   

$

46,226,922

   
Distributions
reinvested
   

15,408,131

     

4,107,091

     

4,327,185

     

385,647

     

7,283,778

     

1,298,132

   
Cost of shares
redeemed
   

(13,779,137

)

   

(19,424,029

)

   

(4,663,447

)

   

(752,758

)

   

(24,889,733

)

   

(19,463,001

)

 

Total Class R6

 

$

24,429,515

   

$

58,651,371

   

$

42,702,530

   

$

41,595,684

   

$

77,228,024

   

$

28,062,053

   

Class Y

 
Proceeds from
shares issued
 

$

32,525,272

   

$

71,266,377

   

$

53,808,588

   

$

68,083,654

   

$

83,395,279

   

$

107,294,571

   
Distributions
reinvested
   

4,884,864

     

1,374,919

     

5,608,671

     

915,332

     

11,334,737

     

3,263,776

   
Cost of shares
redeemed
   

(37,413,937

)

   

(50,255,945

)

   

(27,787,234

)

   

(22,337,869

)

   

(93,596,275

)

   

(111,185,077

)

 

Total Class Y

 

$

(3,801

)

 

$

22,385,351

   

$

31,630,025

   

$

46,661,117

   

$

1,133,741

   

$

(626,730

)

 
Change in net assets
resulting from capital
transactions
 

$

23,244,315

   

$

80,166,899

   

$

87,147,589

   

$

107,968,352

   

$

74,677,705

   

$

13,691,046

   

(continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


39


 

Victory Portfolios

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

  (continued)

    Victory
RS International Fund
 

Victory RS Global Fund

  Victory Sophus
Emerging Markets Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 

Share Transactions:

 

Class A

 

Issued

   

260,078

     

520,901

     

1,528,049

     

1,818,428

     

476,833

     

341,798

   

Reinvested

   

69,890

     

20,398

     

108,460

     

19,660

     

94,077

     

22,091

   

Redeemed

   

(378,820

)

   

(510,652

)

   

(1,087,051

)

   

(662,112

)

   

(619,797

)

   

(843,984

)

 

Total Class A

   

(48,852

)

   

30,647

     

549,458

     

1,175,976

     

(48,887

)

   

(480,095

)

 

Class C

 

Issued

   

     

24,911

     

36,053

     

114,694

     

3,730

     

7,996

   

Reinvested

   

5,554

     

1,110

     

5,629

     

120

     

4,307

     

742

   

Redeemed

   

(23,450

)

   

(56,413

)

   

(36,997

)

   

(121,250

)

   

(84,587

)

   

(194,273

)

 

Total Class C

   

(17,896

)

   

(30,392

)

   

4,685

     

(6,436

)

   

(76,550

)

   

(185,535

)

 

Class R

 

Issued

   

15,426

     

47,273

     

17,638

     

112,039

     

72,211

     

80,371

   

Reinvested

   

5,866

     

1,485

     

4,939

     

725

     

22,482

     

4,697

   

Redeemed

   

(37,328

)

   

(109,795

)

   

(15,790

)

   

(33,773

)

   

(120,823

)

   

(189,786

)

 

Total Class R

   

(16,036

)

   

(61,037

)

   

6,787

     

78,991

     

(26,130

)

   

(104,718

)

 

Class R6

 

Issued

   

1,830,467

     

7,441,337

     

3,002,088

     

3,654,266

     

3,586,805

     

2,177,920

   

Reinvested

   

1,278,135

     

377,160

     

289,548

     

30,626

     

315,585

     

54,021

   

Redeemed

   

(1,169,870

)

   

(1,925,957

)

   

(325,083

)

   

(62,426

)

   

(961,564

)

   

(954,262

)

 

Total Class R6

   

1,938,732

     

5,892,540

     

2,966,553

     

3,622,466

     

2,940,826

     

1,277,679

   

Class Y

 

Issued

   

2,230,794

     

6,057,992

     

2,820,014

     

4,700,411

     

3,187,741

     

5,108,144

   

Reinvested

   

337,332

     

105,805

     

279,776

     

54,670

     

496,566

     

137,133

   

Redeemed

   

(2,563,951

)

   

(4,344,365

)

   

(1,454,945

)

   

(1,611,862

)

   

(3,656,296

)

   

(5,852,490

)

 

Total Class Y

   

4,175

     

1,819,432

     

1,644,845

     

3,143,219

     

28,011

     

(607,213

)

 

Change in Shares

   

1,860,123

     

7,651,190

     

5,172,328

     

8,014,216

     

2,817,270

     

(99,882

)

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


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41


 

Victory Portfolios

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Net Realized
Gains from
Investments
 

Victory RS International Fund

     

Class A

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

13.49

     

0.27

     

1.62

     

1.89

     

(0.25

)

   

(0.37

)

 

2020

 

$

12.93

     

0.21

     

0.51

     

0.72

     

(0.13

)

   

(0.03

)

 

2019

 

$

10.63

     

0.26

     

2.05

     

2.31

     

(e)

   

(0.01

)

 

2018

 

$

12.12

     

0.23

     

(1.52

)

   

(1.29

)

   

(0.20

)

   

   

2017

 

$

9.84

     

0.19

     

2.29

     

2.48

     

(0.20

)

   

   

Class C

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

9.72

     

0.11

     

1.17

     

1.28

     

(0.18

)

   

(0.37

)

 

2020

 

$

9.36

     

0.10

     

0.34

     

0.44

     

(0.05

)

   

(0.03

)

 

2019

 

$

7.76

     

0.12

     

1.49

     

1.61

     

     

(0.01

)

 

2018

 

$

8.89

     

0.11

     

(1.11

)

   

(1.00

)

   

(0.13

)

   

   

2017

 

$

7.26

     

0.08

     

1.68

     

1.76

     

(0.13

)

   

   

Class R

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

12.58

     

0.22

     

1.51

     

1.73

     

(0.21

)

   

(0.37

)

 

2020

 

$

12.07

     

0.18

     

0.45

     

0.63

     

(0.09

)

   

(0.03

)

 

2019

 

$

9.95

     

0.21

     

1.92

     

2.13

     

     

(0.01

)

 

2018

 

$

11.35

     

0.19

     

(1.42

)

   

(1.23

)

   

(0.17

)

   

   

2017

 

$

9.23

     

0.15

     

2.14

     

2.29

     

(0.17

)

   

   

Class R6

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

11.14

     

0.25

     

1.34

     

1.59

     

(0.29

)

   

(0.37

)

 

2020

 

$

10.70

     

0.20

     

0.43

     

0.63

     

(0.16

)

   

(0.03

)

 
May 2, 2019 (f)
through
December 31, 2019
 

$

10.00

     

0.06

     

0.67

     

0.73

     

(0.02

)

   

(0.01

)

 

Class Y

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

13.29

     

0.30

     

1.60

     

1.90

     

(0.28

)

   

(0.37

)

 

2020

 

$

12.74

     

0.25

     

0.49

     

0.74

     

(0.16

)

   

(0.03

)

 

2019

 

$

10.47

     

0.22

     

2.08

     

2.30

     

(0.02

)

   

(0.01

)

 

2018

 

$

11.93

     

0.23

     

(1.47

)

   

(1.24

)

   

(0.22

)

   

   

2017

 

$

9.69

     

0.22

     

2.26

     

2.48

     

(0.24

)

   

   

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)  Annualized for periods less than one year.

(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(e)  Amount is less than $0.005 per share.

(f)  Commencement of operations.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)(b)
  Net
Expenses(c)
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(c)
  Gross
Expenses(c)
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)(d)
 

Victory RS International Fund

 

Class A

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.62

)

 

$

14.76

     

14.05

%

   

1.13

%

   

1.80

%

   

1.40

%

 

$

25,555

     

43

%

 

2020

   

(0.16

)

 

$

13.49

     

5.55

%

   

1.13

%

   

1.79

%

   

1.47

%

 

$

24,010

     

52

%

 

2019

   

(0.01

)

 

$

12.93

     

21.72

%

   

1.13

%

   

2.18

%

   

1.55

%

 

$

22,620

     

20

%

 

2018

   

(0.20

)

 

$

10.63

     

(10.65

)%

   

1.13

%

   

1.97

%

   

1.61

%

 

$

15,716

     

52

%

 

2017

   

(0.20

)

 

$

12.12

     

25.26

%

   

1.20

%

   

1.66

%

   

1.81

%

 

$

18,512

     

60

%

 

Class C

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.55

)

 

$

10.45

     

13.24

%

   

1.88

%

   

1.03

%

   

3.07

%

 

$

1,147

     

43

%

 

2020

   

(0.08

)

 

$

9.72

     

4.76

%

   

1.88

%

   

1.14

%

   

3.07

%

 

$

1,241

     

52

%

 

2019

   

(0.01

)

 

$

9.36

     

20.70

%

   

1.88

%

   

1.39

%

   

3.14

%

 

$

1,480

     

20

%

 

2018

   

(0.13

)

 

$

7.76

     

(11.24

)%

   

1.88

%

   

1.23

%

   

3.52

%

 

$

702

     

52

%

 

2017

   

(0.13

)

 

$

8.89

     

24.25

%

   

1.95

%

   

0.92

%

   

3.26

%

 

$

1,066

     

60

%

 

Class R

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.58

)

 

$

13.73

     

13.85

%

   

1.38

%

   

1.58

%

   

2.16

%

 

$

1,959

     

43

%

 

2020

   

(0.12

)

 

$

12.58

     

5.21

%

   

1.38

%

   

1.60

%

   

2.24

%

 

$

1,998

     

52

%

 

2019

   

(0.01

)

 

$

12.07

     

21.37

%

   

1.38

%

   

1.87

%

   

2.32

%

 

$

2,652

     

20

%

 

2018

   

(0.17

)

 

$

9.95

     

(10.85

)%

   

1.38

%

   

1.73

%

   

2.31

%

 

$

1,786

     

52

%

 

2017

   

(0.17

)

 

$

11.35

     

24.85

%

   

1.48

%

   

1.39

%

   

2.48

%

 

$

2,522

     

60

%

 

Class R6

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.66

)

 

$

12.07

     

14.32

%

   

0.83

%

   

2.06

%

   

0.91

%

 

$

296,211

     

43

%

 

2020

   

(0.19

)

 

$

11.14

     

5.90

%

   

0.83

%

   

2.03

%

   

0.93

%

 

$

251,586

     

52

%

 
May 2, 2019 (f)
through
December 31, 2019
   

(0.03

)

 

$

10.70

     

7.24

%

   

0.83

%

   

0.92

%

   

0.97

%

 

$

178,695

     

20

%

 

Class Y

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.65

)

 

$

14.54

     

14.38

%

   

0.88

%

   

2.02

%

   

1.02

%

 

$

112,511

     

43

%

 

2020

   

(0.19

)

 

$

13.29

     

5.80

%

   

0.88

%

   

2.11

%

   

1.09

%

 

$

102,803

     

52

%

 

2019

   

(0.03

)

 

$

12.74

     

21.94

%

   

0.88

%

   

1.80

%

   

1.16

%

 

$

75,366

     

20

%

 

2018

   

(0.22

)

 

$

10.47

     

(10.38

)%

   

0.88

%

   

1.97

%

   

1.62

%

 

$

5,979

     

52

%

 

2017

   

(0.24

)

 

$

11.93

     

25.56

%

   

0.94

%

   

1.98

%

   

1.85

%

 

$

3,122

     

60

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net
Realized and
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) on
Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Net Realized
Gains from
Investments
  Return of
Capital
 

Victory RS Global Fund

     

Class A

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

17.27

     

0.20

     

3.65

     

3.85

     

(0.18

)

   

(0.47

)

   

   

2020

 

$

14.86

     

0.18

     

2.35

     

2.53

     

(0.11

)

   

(0.01

)

   

   

2019

 

$

11.53

     

0.21

     

3.29

     

3.50

     

(0.16

)

   

(0.01

)

   

   

2018

 

$

12.75

     

0.20

     

(0.90

)

   

(0.70

)

   

(0.16

)

   

(0.36

)

   

   

2017

 

$

11.16

     

0.15

     

2.53

     

2.68

     

     

(1.00

)

   

(0.09

)

 

Class C

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

16.68

     

0.06

     

3.52

     

3.58

     

(0.06

)

   

(0.47

)

   

   

2020

 

$

14.38

     

0.07

     

2.24

     

2.31

     

(e)

   

(0.01

)

   

   

2019

 

$

11.17

     

0.14

     

3.16

     

3.30

     

(0.08

)

   

(0.01

)

   

   

2018

 

$

12.38

     

0.10

     

(0.87

)

   

(0.77

)

   

(0.08

)

   

(0.36

)

   

   

2017

 

$

10.95

     

0.05

     

2.47

     

2.52

     

     

(1.00

)

   

(0.09

)

 

Class R

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

21.57

     

0.21

     

4.55

     

4.76

     

(0.13

)

   

(0.47

)

   

   

2020

 

$

18.55

     

0.18

     

2.92

     

3.10

     

(0.07

)

   

(0.01

)

   

   

2019

 

$

14.37

     

0.25

     

4.07

     

4.32

     

(0.13

)

   

(0.01

)

   

   

2018

 

$

15.76

     

0.20

     

(1.10

)

   

(0.90

)

   

(0.13

)

   

(0.36

)

   

   

2017

 

$

13.62

     

0.05

     

3.18

     

3.23

     

     

(1.00

)

   

(0.09

)

 

Class R6

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

12.87

     

0.20

     

2.73

     

2.93

     

(0.22

)

   

(0.47

)

   

   

2020

 

$

11.07

     

0.08

     

1.83

     

1.91

     

(0.10

)

   

(0.01

)

   

   
May 2, 2019 (f)
through
December 31,
2019
 

$

10.00

     

0.13

     

1.12

     

1.25

     

(0.17

)

   

(0.01

)

   

   

Class Y

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

17.12

     

0.26

     

3.62

     

3.88

     

(0.22

)

   

(0.47

)

   

   

2020

 

$

14.72

     

0.20

     

2.34

     

2.54

     

(0.13

)

   

(0.01

)

   

   

2019

 

$

11.42

     

0.26

     

3.24

     

3.50

     

(0.19

)

   

(0.01

)

   

   

2018

 

$

12.63

     

0.23

     

(0.89

)

   

(0.66

)

   

(0.19

)

   

(0.36

)

   

   

2017

 

$

11.04

     

0.18

     

2.50

     

2.68

     

     

(1.00

)

   

(0.09

)

 

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)  Annualized for periods less than one year.

(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(e)  Amount is less than $0.005 per share.

(f)  Commencement of operations.

See notes to financial statements.

 


44


 

Victory Portfolios

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
   
Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)(b)
  Net
Expenses(c)
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(c)
  Gross
Expenses(c)
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)(d)
 

Victory RS Global Fund

 

Class A

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.65

)

 

$

20.47

     

22.39

%

   

0.85

%

   

1.05

%

   

1.34

%

 

$

71,792

     

38

%

 

2020

   

(0.12

)

 

$

17.27

     

17.00

%

   

0.85

%

   

1.22

%

   

1.40

%

 

$

51,066

     

71

%

 

2019

   

(0.17

)

 

$

14.86

     

30.36

%

   

0.85

%

   

1.51

%

   

1.53

%

 

$

26,471

     

46

%

 

2018

   

(0.52

)

 

$

11.53

     

(5.45

)%

   

0.94

%

   

1.51

%

   

1.75

%

 

$

5,695

     

58

%

 

2017

   

(1.09

)

 

$

12.75

     

24.48

%

   

1.17

%

   

1.24

%

   

1.90

%

 

$

3,456

     

187

%

 

Class C

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.53

)

 

$

19.73

     

21.52

%

   

1.60

%

   

0.35

%

   

2.33

%

 

$

4,221

     

38

%

 

2020

   

(0.01

)

 

$

16.68

     

16.06

%

   

1.60

%

   

0.48

%

   

2.53

%

 

$

3,491

     

71

%

 

2019

   

(0.09

)

 

$

14.38

     

29.52

%

   

1.60

%

   

1.07

%

   

2.59

%

 

$

3,101

     

46

%

 

2018

   

(0.44

)

 

$

11.17

     

(6.20

)%

   

1.70

%

   

0.79

%

   

2.59

%

 

$

2,358

     

58

%

 

2017

   

(1.09

)

 

$

12.38

     

23.47

%

   

1.91

%

   

0.41

%

   

3.00

%

 

$

2,167

     

187

%

 

Class R

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.60

)

 

$

25.73

     

22.12

%

   

1.10

%

   

0.85

%

   

1.70

%

 

$

5,488

     

38

%

 

2020

   

(0.08

)

 

$

21.57

     

16.70

%

   

1.10

%

   

0.98

%

   

1.93

%

 

$

4,454

     

71

%

 

2019

   

(0.14

)

 

$

18.55

     

30.10

%

   

1.10

%

   

1.53

%

   

2.34

%

 

$

2,365

     

46

%

 

2018

   

(0.49

)

 

$

14.37

     

(5.68

)%

   

1.20

%

   

1.25

%

   

2.34

%

 

$

1,920

     

58

%

 

2017

   

(1.09

)

 

$

15.76

     

24.09

%

   

1.61

%

   

0.38

%

   

2.76

%

 

$

2,281

     

187

%

 

Class R6

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.69

)

 

$

15.11

     

22.84

%

   

0.55

%

   

1.35

%

   

0.85

%

 

$

99,708

     

38

%

 

2020

   

(0.11

)

 

$

12.87

     

17.27

%

   

0.55

%

   

0.64

%

   

1.16

%

 

$

46,776

     

71

%

 
May 2, 2019 (f)
through
December 31,
2019
   

(0.18

)

 

$

11.07

     

12.47

%

   

0.55

%

   

1.85

%

   

28.85

%

 

$

124

     

46

%

 

Class Y

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.69

)

 

$

20.31

     

22.78

%

   

0.60

%

   

1.34

%

   

0.96

%

 

$

169,687

     

38

%

 

2020

   

(0.14

)

 

$

17.12

     

17.27

%

   

0.60

%

   

1.38

%

   

1.10

%

 

$

114,925

     

71

%

 

2019

   

(0.20

)

 

$

14.72

     

30.69

%

   

0.60

%

   

1.95

%

   

1.17

%

 

$

52,541

     

46

%

 

2018

   

(0.55

)

 

$

11.42

     

(5.17

)%

   

0.70

%

   

1.80

%

   

1.20

%

 

$

25,544

     

58

%

 

2017

   

(1.09

)

 

$

12.63

     

24.75

%

   

0.88

%

   

1.44

%

   

1.32

%

 

$

24,657

     

187

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


45


 

Victory Portfolios

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net
Realized and
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses) on
Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Return of
Capital
  Net Realized
Gains from
Investments
 

Victory Sophus Emerging Markets Fund

     

Class A

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

24.70

     

0.18

     

(1.26

)

   

(1.08

)

   

(0.26

)

   

(0.01

)

   

(0.66

)

 

2020

 

$

21.37

     

0.10

     

3.45

     

3.55

     

(0.22

)

   

     

   

2019

 

$

17.45

     

0.37

     

3.65

     

4.02

     

(0.10

)

   

     

   

2018

 

$

22.52

     

0.24

     

(4.54

)

   

(4.30

)

   

(0.13

)

   

     

(0.64

)

 

2017

 

$

15.98

     

0.16

     

6.55

     

6.71

     

(0.17

)

   

     

   

Class C

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

18.38

     

(0.03

)

   

(0.92

)

   

(0.95

)

   

(0.08

)

   

(c)

   

(0.66

)

 

2020

 

$

15.94

     

(0.07

)

   

2.58

     

2.51

     

(0.07

)

   

     

   

2019

 

$

13.06

     

0.14

     

2.74

     

2.88

     

     

     

   

2018

 

$

17.07

     

0.05

     

(3.42

)

   

(3.37

)

   

(c)

   

     

(0.64

)

 

2017

 

$

12.17

     

(c)

   

4.97

     

4.97

     

(0.07

)

   

     

   

Class R

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

23.13

     

0.11

     

(1.18

)

   

(1.07

)

   

(0.20

)

   

(0.01

)

   

(0.66

)

 

2020

 

$

20.03

     

0.05

     

3.23

     

3.28

     

(0.18

)

   

     

   

2019

 

$

16.37

     

0.31

     

3.41

     

3.72

     

(0.06

)

   

     

   

2018

 

$

21.18

     

0.18

     

(4.26

)

   

(4.08

)

   

(0.09

)

   

     

(0.64

)

 

2017

 

$

15.03

     

0.09

     

6.17

     

6.26

     

(0.11

)

   

     

   

Class R6

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

25.10

     

0.31

     

(1.30

)

   

(0.99

)

   

(0.35

)

   

(0.02

)

   

(0.66

)

 

2020

 

$

21.68

     

0.20

     

3.52

     

3.72

     

(0.30

)

   

     

   

2019

 

$

17.68

     

0.52

     

3.65

     

4.17

     

(0.17

)

   

     

   

2018

 

$

22.81

     

0.34

     

(4.62

)

   

(4.28

)

   

(0.21

)

   

     

(0.64

)

 

2017

 

$

16.16

     

0.34

     

6.57

     

6.91

     

(0.26

)

   

     

   

Class Y

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

24.85

     

0.27

     

(1.27

)

   

(1.00

)

   

(0.34

)

   

(0.02

)

   

(0.66

)

 

2020

 

$

21.48

     

0.16

     

3.50

     

3.66

     

(0.29

)

   

     

   

2019

 

$

17.54

     

0.45

     

3.65

     

4.10

     

(0.16

)

   

     

   

2018

 

$

22.64

     

0.35

     

(4.61

)

   

(4.26

)

   

(0.20

)

   

     

(0.64

)

 

2017

 

$

16.05

     

0.21

     

6.62

     

6.83

     

(0.24

)

   

     

   

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(c)  Amount is less than $0.005 per share.

(d)  Amount is less than 0.005%.

See notes to financial statements.

 


46


 

Victory Portfolios

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

     

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)
  Net
Expenses
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
  Gross
Expenses
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)
 

Victory Sophus Emerging Markets Fund

 

Class A

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.93

)

 

$

22.69

     

(4.35

)%

   

1.34

%

   

0.69

%

   

1.60

%

 

$

54,194

     

85

%

 

2020

   

(0.22

)

 

$

24.70

     

16.73

%

   

1.34

%

   

0.47

%

   

1.64

%

 

$

60,206

     

109

%

 

2019

   

(0.10

)

 

$

21.37

     

22.96

%

   

1.34

%

   

1.95

%

   

1.62

%

 

$

62,346

     

96

%

 

2018

   

(0.77

)

 

$

17.45

     

(19.08

)%

   

1.34

%

   

1.11

%

   

1.61

%

 

$

56,823

     

118

%

 

2017

   

(0.17

)

 

$

22.52

     

42.08

%

   

1.54

%

   

0.80

%

   

1.66

%

 

$

76,485

     

113

%

 

Class C

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.74

)

 

$

16.69

     

(5.16

)%

   

2.14

%

   

(0.17

)%

   

2.77

%

 

$

1,684

     

85

%

 

2020

   

(0.07

)

 

$

18.38

     

15.79

%

   

2.14

%

   

(0.45

)%

   

2.69

%

 

$

3,261

     

109

%

 

2019

   

   

$

15.94

     

22.05

%

   

2.14

%

   

0.99

%

   

2.48

%

 

$

5,787

     

96

%

 

2018

   

(0.64

)

 

$

13.06

     

(19.75

)%

   

2.14

%

   

0.31

%

   

2.40

%

 

$

10,141

     

118

%

 

2017

   

(0.07

)

 

$

17.07

     

40.96

%

   

2.34

%

   

%(d)

   

2.46

%

 

$

15,854

     

113

%

 

Class R

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(0.87

)

 

$

21.19

     

(4.57

)%

   

1.58

%

   

0.44

%

   

1.91

%

 

$

11,840

     

85

%

 

2020

   

(0.18

)

 

$

23.13

     

16.46

%

   

1.58

%

   

0.25

%

   

1.95

%

 

$

13,531

     

109

%

 

2019

   

(0.06

)

 

$

20.03

     

22.64

%

   

1.58

%

   

1.71

%

   

1.94

%

 

$

13,817

     

96

%

 

2018

   

(0.73

)

 

$

16.37

     

(19.24

)%

   

1.58

%

   

0.89

%

   

1.91

%

 

$

12,505

     

118

%

 

2017

   

(0.11

)

 

$

21.18

     

41.69

%

   

1.83

%

   

0.50

%

   

2.00

%

 

$

17,875

     

113

%

 

Class R6

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(1.03

)

 

$

23.08

     

(3.93

)%

   

0.89

%

   

1.17

%

   

1.17

%

 

$

174,198

     

85

%

 

2020

   

(0.30

)

 

$

25.10

     

17.28

%

   

0.89

%

   

0.95

%

   

1.21

%

 

$

115,637

     

109

%

 

2019

   

(0.17

)

 

$

21.68

     

23.55

%

   

0.89

%

   

2.69

%

   

1.22

%

 

$

72,196

     

96

%

 

2018

   

(0.85

)

 

$

17.68

     

(18.73

)%

   

0.89

%

   

1.59

%

   

1.24

%

 

$

29,228

     

118

%

 

2017

   

(0.26

)

 

$

22.81

     

42.77

%

   

1.03

%

   

1.66

%

   

1.39

%

 

$

18,762

     

113

%

 

Class Y

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(1.02

)

 

$

22.83

     

(4.01

)%

   

0.99

%

   

1.05

%

   

1.29

%

 

$

258,201

     

85

%

 

2020

   

(0.29

)

 

$

24.85

     

17.10

%

   

0.99

%

   

0.79

%

   

1.31

%

 

$

280,364

     

109

%

 

2019

   

(0.16

)

 

$

21.48

     

23.40

%

   

0.99

%

   

2.32

%

   

1.30

%

 

$

255,423

     

96

%

 

2018

   

(0.84

)

 

$

17.54

     

(18.77

)%

   

0.99

%

   

1.64

%

   

1.30

%

 

$

178,132

     

118

%

 

2017

   

(0.24

)

 

$

22.64

     

42.59

%

   

1.18

%

   

1.07

%

   

1.33

%

 

$

100,902

     

113

%

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


47


 

Victory Portfolios

  Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2021
 

1. Organization:

Victory Portfolios (the "Trust") is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and the Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end investment company. The Trust is comprised of 41 funds and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares, which are units of beneficial interest with a par value of $0.001 per share.

The accompanying financial statements are those of the following three Funds (collectively, the "Funds" and individually, a "Fund"). Each Fund is classified as diversified under the 1940 Act.

Funds (Legal Name)

 

Funds (Short Name)

  Investment Share
Classes Offered
 

Victory RS International Fund

 

RS International Fund

 

A, C, R, R6, and Y

 

Victory RS Global Fund

 

RS Global Fund

 

A, C, R, R6, and Y

 

Victory Sophus Emerging Markets Fund

 

Sophus Emerging Markets Fund

 

A, C, R, R6, and Y

 

Each class of shares of a Fund has substantially identical rights and privileges except with respect to sales charges, fees paid under distribution plans, expenses allocable exclusively to each class of shares, voting rights on matters solely affecting a single class of shares, and the exchange privilege of each class of shares.

Under the Trust's organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with their vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Funds' maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund. However, based on experience, the Funds expect that risk of loss to be remote.

2. Significant Accounting Policies:

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies are in conformity with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"). The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses for the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Funds follow the specialized accounting and reporting requirements under GAAP that are applicable to investment companies under Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946.

Investment Valuation:

The Funds record investments at fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

The valuation techniques described below maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs in determining fair value. The inputs used for valuing the Funds' investments are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

• Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

• Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities or interest rates applicable to those securities, etc.)

• Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds' own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The inputs or methodologies used for valuation techniques are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with entering into those investments.

 


48


 

Victory Portfolios

  Notes to Financial Statements — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Victory Capital Management Inc. ("VCM" or the "Adviser") has established the Pricing and Liquidity Committee (the "Committee"), and subject to the Trust's Board of Trustees' (the "Board") oversight, the Committee administers and oversees the Funds' valuation policies and procedures, which are approved by the Board.

Portfolio securities listed or traded on securities exchanges, including exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") and American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), are valued at the closing price on the exchange or system where the security is principally traded, if available, or at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price. If there have been no sales for that day on the exchange or system, then a security is valued at the last available bid quotation on the exchange or system where the security is principally traded. In each of these situations, valuations are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at their net asset value ("NAV"). These valuations are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

In the event that price quotations or valuations are not readily available, investments are valued at fair value in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision and responsibility of the Board. These valuations are typically categorized as Level 2 or Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy, based on the observability of inputs used to determine the fair value. The effect of fair value pricing is that securities may not be priced on the basis of quotations from the primary market in which they are traded and the actual price realized from the sale of a security may differ materially from the fair value price. Valuing these securities at fair value is intended to cause the Fund's NAV to be more reliable than it otherwise would be.

In accordance with procedures adopted by the Board, fair value pricing may be used if events materially affecting the value of foreign securities occur between the time the exchange on which they are traded closes and the time the Fund's net asset values are calculated. The Funds uses a systematic valuation model, provided daily by an independent third party to fair value their international equity securities. These valuations are considered as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

A summary of the valuations as of December 31, 2021, is included in the table below while the breakdown, by category, of investments is disclosed on the Schedules of Portfolio Investments:

   

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

RS International Fund

 

Common Stocks

 

$

   

$

421,209,545

   

$

   

$

421,209,545

   

Exchange-Traded Funds

   

3,604,567

     

     

     

3,604,567

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

2,369,331

     

     

     

2,369,331

   

Total

 

$

5,973,898

   

$

421,209,545

   

$

   

$

427,183,443

   

RS Global Fund

 

Common Stocks

 

$

214,810,956

   

$

121,711,821

   

$

   

$

336,522,777

   

Exchange-Traded Funds

   

4,141,922

     

     

     

4,141,922

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

4,188,249

     

     

     

4,188,249

   

Total

 

$

223,141,127

   

$

121,711,821

   

$

   

$

344,852,948

   

Sophus Emerging Markets Fund

 

Common Stocks

 

$

73,187,811

   

$

421,848,963

   

$

   

$

495,036,774

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

3,564,149

     

     

     

3,564,149

   

Total

 

$

76,751,960

   

$

421,848,963

   

$

   

$

498,600,923

   

For the year ended December 31, 2021, there were no transfers in or out of Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

 


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Real Estate Investment Trusts ("REITs"):

The Funds may invest in REITs, which report information on the source of their distributions annually. REITs are pooled investment vehicles that invest primarily in income-producing real estate or real-estate related loans or interests (such as mortgages). Certain distributions received from REITs during the year are recorded as realized gains or return of capital as estimated by the Funds or when such information becomes known.

Investment Companies:

Exchange-Traded Funds:

The Funds may invest in ETFs, the shares of which are bought and sold on a securities exchange. An ETF trades like common stock and represents a fixed portfolio of securities often designed to track the performance and dividend yield of a particular domestic or foreign market index. The Funds may purchase shares of an ETF to temporarily gain exposure to a portion of the U.S. or a foreign market while awaiting purchase of underlying securities. The risks of owning an ETF generally reflect the risks of owning the underlying securities they are designed to track, although the lack of liquidity of an ETF could result in it being more volatile. Additionally, ETFs have fees and expenses that reduce their value.

Open-End Funds:

The Funds may invest in portfolios of open-end investment companies. These investment companies value securities in their portfolios for which market quotations are readily available at their market values (generally the last reported sale price) and all other securities and assets at their fair value by the methods established by the board of directors of the underlying funds.

Foreign Exchange Currency Contracts:

Certain Funds may enter into foreign exchange currency contracts to convert U.S. dollars to and from various foreign currencies. A foreign exchange currency contract is an obligation by a Fund to purchase or sell a specific currency at a future date at a price (in U.S. dollars) set at the time of the contract. The Funds do not engage in "cross-currency" foreign exchange contracts (i.e., contracts to purchase or sell one foreign currency in exchange for another foreign currency). The Funds' foreign exchange currency contracts might be considered spot contracts (typically a contract of one week or less) or forward contracts (typically a contract term over one week). A spot contract is entered into for purposes of hedging against foreign currency fluctuations relating to a specific portfolio transaction, such as the delay between a security transaction trade date and settlement date. Forward contracts are entered into for purposes of hedging portfolio holdings or concentrations of such holdings. The Funds enter into foreign exchange currency contracts solely for spot or forward hedging purposes, and not for speculative purposes (i.e., the Funds do not enter into such contracts solely for the purpose of earning foreign currency gains). Each foreign exchange currency contract is adjusted daily by the prevailing spot or forward rate of the underlying currency, and any appreciation or depreciation is recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized until the contract settlement date, at which time the Fund record realized gains or losses equal to the difference between the value of a contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. A Fund could be exposed to risk if a counterparty is unable to meet the terms of a foreign exchange currency contract or if the value of the foreign currency changes unfavorably. In addition, the use of foreign exchange currency contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities. For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Funds had no open forward foreign exchange currency contracts.

Investment Transactions and Related Income:

Changes in holdings of investments are accounted for no later than one business day following the trade date. For financial reporting purposes, however, investment transactions are accounted for on trade date or the last business day of the reporting period. Interest income is determined on the basis

 


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of coupon interest accrued using the effective interest method which adjusts, where applicable, the amortization of premiums or accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Gains or losses realized on sales of securities are recorded on the identified cost basis.

Withholding taxes on interest, dividends, and gains as a result of certain investments in ADRs by the Funds have been provided for in accordance with each investment's applicable country's tax rules and rates.

Securities Lending:

The Funds, through a Securities Lending Agreement with Citibank, N.A. ("Citibank"), may lend their securities to qualified financial institutions, such as certain broker-dealers and banks, to earn additional income, net of income retained by Citibank. Borrowers are required to initially secure their loans for collateral in the amount of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned or at least 105% of the value of non-U.S. securities loaned, marked-to-market daily. Any collateral shortfalls associated with increases in the valuation of the securities loaned are generally cured the next business day. The collateral can be received in the form of cash collateral and/or non-cash collateral. Non-cash collateral can include U.S. Government Securities and other securities as permitted by Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") guidelines. The cash collateral is invested in short-term instruments or cash equivalents, primarily open-end investment companies, as noted on the Funds' Schedules of Portfolio Investments. The Funds effectively do not have control of the non-cash collateral and therefore it is not disclosed on the Funds' Schedules of Portfolio Investments. Collateral requirements are determined daily based on the value of the Funds' securities on loan as of the end of the prior business day. During the time portfolio securities are on loan, the borrower will pay the Funds any dividends or interest paid on such securities plus any fee negotiated between the parties to the lending agreement. The Funds also earn a return from the collateral. The Funds pay Citibank various fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral and fees based on the investment income received from securities lending activities. Securities lending income (net of these fees) is disclosed on the Statements of Operations. Loans are terminable upon demand and the borrower must return the loaned securities within the lesser of one standard settlement period or five business days. Although risk is mitigated by the collateral, a Fund could experience a delay in recovering its securities and possible loss of income or value if the borrower fails to return them. In addition, there is a risk that the value of the short-term investments will be less than the amount of cash collateral required to be returned to the borrower. The Funds' agreement with Citibank does not include master netting provisions. Non-cash collateral received by the Funds may not be sold or repledged, except to satisfy borrower default.

The following table is a summary of the Funds' securities lending transactions as of December 31, 2021.

    Value of
Securities on Loan
  Non-Cash
Collateral
  Cash
Collateral
 

RS International Fund

 

$

2,251,095

   

$

   

$

2,369,331

   

RS Global Fund

   

4,092,840

     

     

4,188,249

   

RS Sophus Emerging Markets Fund

   

3,370,251

     

     

3,564,149

   

Foreign Currency Translations:

The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities of a Fund denominated in a foreign currency are translated into U.S. dollars at current exchange rates. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates on the date of the transactions. The Funds do not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are disclosed as Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investment securities and foreign currency translations on the Statements of Operations. Any realized gains or losses from these

 


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fluctuations are disclosed as Net realized gains (losses) from investment securities and foreign currency transactions on the Statements of Operations.

Foreign Taxes:

The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes related to foreign income received (a portion of which may be reclaimable), capital gains on the sale of securities, and certain foreign currency transactions. All foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with the applicable regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which the Funds invest.

Federal Income Taxes:

It is each Fund's policy to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined in applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code, and to make distributions of net investment income and net realized gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial statements. The Funds have a tax year end of December 31.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Funds did not incur any income tax, interest, or penalties, and has recorded no liability for net unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions.

Management of the Funds has reviewed tax positions taken in tax years that remain subject to examination by all major tax jurisdictions, including federal (i.e., the last four tax years, which includes the current fiscal tax year end). Management believes that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken.

Allocations:

Expenses directly attributable to a Fund are charged to that Fund, while expenses that are attributable to more than one fund in the Trust, or jointly with an affiliated trust, are allocated among the respective funds in the Trust and/or an affiliated trust based upon net assets or another appropriate basis.

Income, expenses (other than class-specific expenses such as transfer agent fees, state registration fees, 12b-1 fees, and printing fees), and realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets on the date income is earned or expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are incurred.

3. Purchases and Sales:

Purchases and sales of securities (excluding securities maturing less than one year from acquisition) for the year ended December 31, 2021, were as follows:

    Excluding
U.S. Government Securities
 
   

Purchases

 

Sales

 

RS International Fund

 

$

181,130,871

   

$

172,781,438

   

RS Global Fund

   

175,353,141

     

102,020,885

   

Sophus Emerging Markets Fund

   

494,707,307

     

437,884,303

   

4. Affiliated Fund Ownership:

The Funds offer shares for investment by other funds. The fund-of-funds do not invest in the underlying funds for the purpose of exercising management or control, and the affiliated fund-of-funds annual

 


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and semi-annual reports may be viewed at www.vcm.com. As of December 31, 2021, certain fund-of-funds owned total outstanding shares of the Funds as follows:

RS International Fund

 

Ownership %

 

USAA Target Retirement Income Fund

   

6.6

   

USAA Target Retirement 2030 Fund

   

16.4

   

USAA Target Retirement 2040 Fund

   

25.0

   

USAA Target Retirement 2050 Fund

   

17.2

   

USAA Target Retirement 2060 Fund

   

2.5

   

5. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties:

Investment Advisory Fees:

Investment advisory services are provided to the Funds by the Adviser, which is a New York corporation registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. The Adviser is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded Delaware corporation, and a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Victory Capital Operating, LLC.

Under the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Adviser is entitled to receive fees based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of each Fund. The rates at which the Adviser is paid by each Fund are included in the table below.

RS International Fund

   

0.80

%

 

RS Global Fund

   

0.60

%(a)

 

Sophus Emerging Markets Fund

   

1.00

%

 

(a)  Effective September 1, 2021, the Advisor contractually reduced its Advisory fee to 0.60%. Prior to September 1, 2021, the rate at which the Adviser was paid was 0.80% of average daily net assets of the RS Global Fund.

Amounts incurred and paid to VCM for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Investment advisory fees.

Administration and Servicing Fees:

VCM also serves as the Funds' administrator and fund accountant. Under the Administration and Fund Accounting Agreement, VCM is entitled to receive fees based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of the Trust, Victory Variable Insurance Funds and Victory Portfolios II. The tiered rates at which VCM is paid by the Funds are shown in the table below:

  Net Assets  

Up to $15 billion

 

$15 billion – $30 billion

 

Over $30 billion

 
 

0.08

%, plus

   

0.05

%, plus

   

0.04

%

 

Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Administration fees.

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. ("Citi"), an affiliate of Citibank, acts as sub-administrator and sub-fund accountant to the Funds pursuant to the Sub-Administration and Sub-Fund Accounting Services Agreement between VCM and Citi. VCM pays Citi a fee for providing these services. The Trust reimburses VCM and Citi for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services and certain other expenses specifically allocated to the Funds. Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Sub-Administration fees.

The Funds (as part of the Trust) have entered into an agreement with the Adviser to provide compliance services, pursuant to which the Adviser furnishes its compliance personnel, including the services of the Chief Compliance Officer ("CCO"), and other resources reasonably necessary to provide the Trust

 


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with compliance oversight services related to the design, administration, and oversight of a compliance program for the Trust in accordance with Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act. The CCO is an employee of the Adviser, which pays the compensation of the CCO and support staff. The funds in the Trust, Victory Variable Insurance Funds, Victory Portfolios II, and USAA Mutual Funds (collectively, the "Victory Funds Complex") in the aggregate, compensate the Adviser for these services. Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Compliance fees.

Transfer Agency Fees:

FIS Investor Services, LLC ("FIS") serves as the Funds' transfer agent. Under the Transfer Agent Agreement, the Trust pays FIS a fee for its services and reimburses FIS for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services. Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

Distributor/Underwriting Services:

Victory Capital Services, Inc. (the "Distributor"), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as Distributor for the continuous offering of the shares of the Funds pursuant to a Distribution Agreement between the Distributor and the Trust. Pursuant to the Distribution and Service Plans adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Distributor may receive a monthly distribution and service fee at the annual rate shown in the table below:

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

RS International Fund

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.50

%

 

RS Global Fund

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.50

%

 

Sophus Emerging Markets Fund

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.50

%

 

The distribution and service fees paid to the Distributor may be used by the Distributor to pay for activities primarily intended to result in the sale of Class A, Class C, and Class R. Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as 12b-1 fees.

In addition, the Distributor is entitled to receive commissions on sale of the Class A. For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Distributor received $8,858 from commissions earned on the sale of Class A.

Other Fees:

Citibank serves as the Funds' custodian. The Funds pay Citibank a fee for providing these services. Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Custodian fees.

Sidley Austin LLP provides legal services to the Trust.

The Adviser has entered into expense limitation agreements with certain Funds. Under the terms of the agreements, the Adviser has agreed to waive fees or reimburse certain expenses to the extent that ordinary operating expenses incurred by certain classes of a Fund in any fiscal year exceed the expense limit for such classes of the Fund. Such excess amounts will be the liability of the Adviser. Acquired fund fees and expense, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, other expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with GAAP, and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of a Fund's business are excluded from the expense limits. As of December 31, 2021, the expense limits (excluding voluntary waivers) are as follows:

   

In Effect Until April 30, 2022

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class R6

 

Class Y

 

RS International Fund

   

1.13

%

   

1.88

%

   

1.38

%

   

0.83

%

   

0.88

%

 

RS Global Fund

   

0.85

%

   

1.60

%

   

1.10

%

   

0.55

%

   

0.60

%

 

Sophus Emerging Markets Fund

   

1.34

%

   

2.14

%

   

1.58

%

   

0.89

%

   

0.99

%

 

Under the terms of the expense limitation agreements, amended May 1, 2021, the Funds have agreed to repay fees and expenses that were waived or reimbursed by the Adviser for a period of up to

 


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three years (thirty six (36) months) after the waiver or reimbursement took place, subject to the lesser of any operating expense limits in effect at the time of: (a) the original waiver or expense reimbursement; or (b) the recoupment, after giving effect to the recoupment amount. Prior to May 1, 2021, the Funds were permitted to recoup fees waived and expenses reimbursed for up to three years after the fiscal year in which the waiver or reimbursement took place, subject to the limitations above. This change did not have any effect on the amounts previously reported for recoupment.

As of December 31, 2021, the following amounts are available to be repaid to the Adviser. The Funds have not recorded any amounts available to be repaid as a liability due to an assessment that repayments are not probable at December 31, 2021.

    Expires
2022
  Expires
2023
  Expires
2024
 

Total

 

RS International Fund

 

$

266,869

   

$

491,864

   

$

478,133

   

$

1,236,866

   

RS Global Fund

   

359,812

     

690,062

     

1,055,677

     

2,105,551

   

Sophus Emerging Markets Fund

   

1,124,230

     

1,137,721

     

1,536,446

     

3,798,397

   

The Adviser may voluntarily waive or reimburse additional fees to assist the Funds in maintaining competitive expense ratios. Voluntary waivers and reimbursements applicable to the Funds are not available to be recouped at a future time. There were no voluntary waivers or reimbursements for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Certain officers and/or interested trustees of the Funds are also officers and/or employees of the Adviser, administrator, fund accountant, sub-administrator, sub-fund accountant, custodian, legal counsel, and Distributor.

6. Risks:

The Funds may be subject to other risks in addition to these identified risks.

Equity Risk — The value of the equity securities in which the Fund invests may decline in response to developments affecting individual companies and/or general economic conditions in the United States or abroad. A company's earnings or dividends may not increase as expected (or may decline) because of poor management, competitive pressures, reliance on particular suppliers or geographical regions, labor problems or shortages, corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures, man-made or natural disasters, military confrontations or wars, terrorism, public health crises, or other events, conditions and factors. Price changes may be temporary or last for extended periods.

Foreign Securities Risk — The RS International Fund, RS Global Fund and Sophus Emerging Markets Fund invest in securities of foreign issuers in various countries. Investing on an international basis involves certain risks not involved in domestic investments including the risk of nationalization or expropriation of assets, imposition of currency exchange controls or restrictions on the repatriation of foreign currency, confiscatory taxation, political or financial instability and diplomatic developments, which could affect the value of a Fund's investments in certain foreign countries. Governments of many countries have exercised, and continue to exercise, substantial influence over many aspects of the private sector through the ownership or control of many companies, including some of the largest in these countries. As a result, government actions in the future could have a significant effect on economic conditions which may adversely affect prices of certain portfolio securities. There is also generally less government supervision and regulation of stock exchanges, brokers and listed companies than in the U.S. Dividends or interest on, or proceeds from the sale of, foreign securities may be subject to foreign withholding taxes, and special U.S. tax considerations may apply. Moreover, foreign economies may differ favorably or unfavorably from the U.S. economy in such respects as growth of gross national product, rate of inflation, capital reinvestment, resource self-sufficiency and balance of payments position. The Schedule of Portfolio Investments includes information on each Fund's holdings, including industry and/or geographic composition, as relevant.

Emerging Markets Risk — The risks related to investing in foreign securities are generally greater with respect to securities of companies that conduct their business activities in emerging markets or

 


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whose securities are traded principally in emerging markets. The risks of investing in emerging markets include the risks of illiquidity, increased price volatility, smaller market capitalizations, less government regulation, less extensive and less frequent accounting, financial and other reporting requirements, risk of loss resulting from problems in share registration and custody, substantial economic and political disruptions and the nationalization of foreign deposits or assets.

7. Borrowing and Interfund Lending:

Line of Credit:

The Victory Funds Complex participates in a short-term demand note "Line of Credit" agreement with Citibank. The Line of Credit agreement with Citibank was renewed on June 28, 2021, with a termination date of June 27, 2022. Under the agreement with Citibank, the Victory Funds Complex may borrow up to $600 million, of which $300 million is committed and $300 million is uncommitted. $40 million of the Line of Credit is reserved for use by the Victory Floating Rate Fund, another series of the Victory Funds Complex, with Victory Floating Rate Fund paying the related commitment fees for that amount. The purpose of the Line of Credit is to meet temporary or emergency cash needs. For the year ended December 31, 2021, Citibank received an annual commitment fee of 0.15% on $300 million for providing the Line of Credit. Each fund in the Victory Funds Complex pays a pro-rata portion of the commitment fees plus any interest (one-month London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") plus one percent, with LIBOR to be replaced by a different benchmark rate in accordance with the terms of the agreement) on amounts borrowed. Prior to June 28, 2021, the Victory Funds Complex paid an annual commitment fee of 0.15% and an upfront fee of 0.10%. Each fund in the Victory Funds Complex paid a pro-rata portion of the upfront fee. Interest charged to each fund during the period, if applicable, is reflected on the Statements of Operations under Line of credit fees.

The Funds had no borrowings under the Line of Credit agreement during the year ended December 31, 2021.

Interfund Lending:

The Trust and Adviser rely on an exemptive order granted by the SEC in March 2017 (the "Order"), permitting the establishment and operation of an Interfund Lending Facility (the "Facility"). The Facility allows each Fund to directly lend and borrow money to or from any other fund in the Victory Funds Complex that is permitted to participate in the Facility, relying upon the Order at rates beneficial to both the borrowing and lending funds. Advances under the Facility are allowed for temporary or emergency purposes, including the meeting of redemption requests that otherwise might require the untimely disposition of securities, and are subject to each Fund's borrowing restrictions. The interfund loan rate is determined, as specified in the Order, by averaging the current repurchase agreement rate and the current bank loan rate. As a Borrower, interest charged to each Fund, if any, during the period, is reflected on the Statements of Operations under Interfund lending fees. As a Lender, interest earned by each Fund, if any, during the period, is reflected on the Statements of Operations under Interfund lending.

The average borrowing or lending for the days outstanding and average interest rate for the Funds that utilized this Facility during the year ended December 31, 2021, were as follows:

    Borrower or
Lender
  Amount
Outstanding at
December 31,
2021
  Average
Borrowing*
  Days
Borrowing
Outstanding
  Average
Interest
Rate
  Maximum
Borrowing
During the
Period
 
Sophus Emerging
Markets Fund
 

Borrower

 

$

   

$

2,518,000

     

5

     

0.57

%

 

$

4,142,000

   

*  For the year ended December 31, 2021, based on the number of days borrowings were outstanding.

 


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8. Federal Income Tax Information:

Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid as noted in the table below. Distributable net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed at least annually from each Fund.

   

Declared

 

Paid

 

RS International Fund

 

Annually

 

Annually

 

RS Global Fund

 

Annually

 

Annually

 

Sophus Emerging Markets Fund

 

Annually

 

Annually

 

The amounts of dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized gains (collectively, distributions to shareholders) are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. To the extent these "book/tax" differences are permanent in nature (e.g., net operating loss and distribution reclassification), such amounts are reclassified within the components of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences (e.g., wash sales) do not require reclassification. To the extent dividends and distributions exceed net investment income and net realized gains for tax purposes, they are reported as distributions of capital. Net investment losses incurred by the Funds may be reclassified as an offset to capital on the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

As of December 31, 2021, on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, as a result of permanent book-to-tax differences, reclassification adjustments were as follows:

 

  Total
Accumulated
Earnings/(Loss)
 

Capital

 

RS International Fund

 

$

(995,468

)

 

$

995,468

   
RS Global Fund    

(619,114

)

   

619,114

   

The tax character of distributions paid during the tax years ended as noted below, were as follows (total distributions paid may differ from the Statements of Changes in Net Assets because, for tax purposes, dividends are recognized when actually paid).

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2021

 

 

 

Distributions Paid From:

         

 

 

 

  Ordinary
Income
  Net
Long-Term
Capital Gains
  Total
Taxable
Distributions
  Return of
Capital
  Total
Distributions
Paid
 

RS International Fund

 

$

11,266,524

   

$

10,268,011

   

$

21,534,535

   

$

   

$

21,534,535

   

RS Global Fund

   

8,707,700

     

3,659,424

     

12,367,124

     

     

12,367,124

   
Sophus Emerging Markets Fund    

9,828,717

     

11,506,626

     

21,335,343

     

319,013

     

21,654,356

   

 

   

Year Ended December 31, 2020

 
   

Distributions Paid From:

     
    Ordinary
Income
  Net
Long-Term
Capital Gains
  Total
Distributions
Paid
 

RS International Fund

 

$

4,899,261

   

$

909,323

   

$

5,808,584

   

RS Global Fund

   

1,560,318

     

96,155

     

1,656,473

   

Sophus Emerging Markets Fund

   

5,284,371

     

     

5,284,371

   
 


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As of December 31, 2021, the components of accumulated earnings/(loss) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

  Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
  Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
  Accumulated
Earnings
  Qualified
Late Year
Losses*
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)**
  Total
Accumulated
Earnings/
(Loss)
 
RS International Fund  

$

2,870,216

   

$

777,246

   

$

3,647,462

   

$

   

$

69,357,174

   

$

73,004,636

   
RS Global Fund    

     

     

     

(611,648

)

   

88,570,968

     

87,959,320

   
Sophus Emerging Markets
Fund
   

     

     

     

(135,645

)

   

53,849,326

     

53,713,681

   

*  Qualified late-year losses are comprised of post-October capital losses incurred after October 31 and certain late-year ordinary losses. Late-year ordinary losses represent ordinary losses incurred after December 31 and specified losses incurred after October 31. These losses are deemed to arise on the first day of the Fund's next taxable year.

**  The difference between the book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to tax deferral of losses on wash sales and passive foreign investment companies.

During the tax year ended December 31, 2021, the following Funds utilized capital loss carryforwards:

RS International Fund

 

$

2,778,208

   

Sophus Emerging Markets Fund

   

26,270,363

   

As of the tax year ended December 31, 2021, the Funds had no capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes.

As of December 31, 2021, the cost basis for federal income tax purposes, gross unrealized appreciation, gross unrealized depreciation, and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for investments were as follows:

    Cost of
Investments
for Federal
Tax Purposes
  Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
  Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
  Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
RS International Fund  

$

357,841,103

   

$

84,424,098

   

$

(15,081,758

)

 

$

69,342,340

   
RS Global Fund    

256,282,622

     

94,562,573

     

(5,992,247

)

   

88,570,326

   
Sophus Emerging Markets Fund    

444,044,455

     

88,486,413

     

(33,929,945

)

   

54,556,468

   
 


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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of Victory Portfolios

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of portfolio investments, of Victory RS International Fund, Victory RS Global Fund, and Victory Sophus Emerging Markets Fund (the "Funds"), each a series of Victory Portfolios, as of December 31, 2021, the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period then ended (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of December 31, 2021, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The Funds' financial highlights for the years ended December 31, 2018 and prior, were audited by other auditors whose report dated February 26, 2019, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial highlights.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds' financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2021, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the investment companies advised by Victory Capital Management, Inc. since 2015.

COHEN & COMPANY, LTD.
Cleveland, Ohio
February 23, 2022

 


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Trustee and Officer Information

Board of Trustees:

Overall responsibility for management of the Trust rests with the Board. The Trust is managed by the Board in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware. There are currently nine Trustees, eight of whom are not "interested persons" of the Trust within the meaning of that term under the 1940 Act ("Independent Trustees") and one of whom is an "interested person" of the Trust within the meaning of that term under the 1940 Act ("Interested Trustee"). The Trustees, in turn, elect the officers of the Trust to actively supervise its day-to-day operations.

The following tables list the Trustees, their date of birth, their position with the Trust, their commencement of service, their principal occupations during the past five years, and any directorships of other investment companies or companies whose securities are registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or who file reports under that Act. Each Trustee oversees 41 portfolios in the Trust, eight portfolios in Victory Variable Insurance Funds, and 25 portfolios in Victory Portfolios II, each a registered investment company that, together with the Trust, comprise the Victory Funds Complex. David C. Brown is a Trustee of USAA Mutual Funds and oversees 46 portfolios of the USAA Mutual Funds Trust. Each Trustee's address is c/o Victory Portfolios, 4900 Tiedeman Road, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, Ohio 44144. Each Trustee has an indefinite term.

Name and Date of Birth   Position
Held with
the Trust
  Date
Commenced
Service
  Principal Occupation
During Past 5 Years
  Other
Directorships
Held During
Past 5 Years
 

Independent Trustees.

 
David Brooks Adcock,
Born October 1951
 

Trustee

 

May 2005

 

Consultant (since 2006).

 

Chair and Trustee, Turner Funds (December 2016-December 2017).

 
Nigel D. T. Andrews,
Born April 1947
 

Trustee

 

August 2002

 

Retired.

 

Director, TCG BDC II, Inc. (since 2017); Director, TCG BDC I, Inc. (formerly Carlyle GMS Finance, Inc.) (since 2012); Trustee, Carlyle Secured Lending III (since 2021).

 
E. Lee Beard,*
Born August 1951
 

Trustee

 

May 2005

 

Retired (since 2015)

 

None.

 
Dennis M. Bushe,
Born January 1944
 

Trustee

 

July 2016

 

Retired.

 

None.

 
 


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Name and Date of Birth   Position
Held with
the Trust
  Date
Commenced
Service
  Principal Occupation
During Past 5 Years
  Other
Directorships
Held During
Past 5 Years
 
John L. Kelly,
Born April 1953
 

Vice Chair and Trustee

 

February 2015

 

Partner, McCarvill Capital Partners (September 2016- September 2017).

 

Director, Caledonia Mining Corporation (since May 2012).

 
David L. Meyer,*
Born April 1957
 

Trustee

 

December 2008

 

Retired.

 

None.

 
Gloria S. Nelund,
Born May 1961
 

Trustee

 

July 2016

 

Chair, CEO and Co-Founder of TriLinc Global, LLC, an investment firm.

 

TriLinc Global Impact Fund, LLC (since 2012).

 
Leigh A. Wilson,
Born December 1944
 

Chair and Trustee

 

November 1994

 

Private Investor.

 

Chair (since 2013), Caledonia Mining Corporation.

 

Interested Trustee.

 
David C. Brown,**
Born May 1972
 

Trustee

 

May 2008

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (since 2013), the Adviser; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (since 2013), Victory Capital Holdings, Inc.; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (since 2019), Victory Capital Transfer Agency, Inc.

 

Trustee, USAA Mutual Funds Trust; Board Member, Victory Capital Services, Inc.

 

*  The Board has designated Ms. Beard and Mr. Meyer as its Audit Committee Financial Experts.

**  Mr. Brown is an "Interested Person" by reason of his relationship with the Adviser.

The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees of the Trust and is available, without charge, by calling 800-539-3863.

 


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Officers:

The officers of the Trust, their date of birth, their commencement of service, and their principal occupations during the past five years, are detailed in the following table. Each officer serves until the earlier of his or her resignation, removal, retirement, death, or the election of a successor. The mailing address of each officer of the Trust is 4900 Tiedeman Road, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, Ohio 44144. The officers of the Trust receive no compensation directly from the Trust for performing the duties of their offices.

Name and Date of Birth   Position with
the Trust
  Date
Commenced
Service
 

Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years

 
Christopher K. Dyer,
Born February 1962
 

President

 

February 2006*

 

Director of Mutual Fund Administration, the Adviser; Chief Operating Officer, Victory Capital Services, Inc. (since 2020); Vice President, Victory Capital Transfer Agency, Inc. (since 2019).

 
Scott A. Stahorsky,
Born July 1969
 

Vice President

 

December 2014

 

Manager, Fund Administration, the Adviser.

 
Erin G. Wagner,
Born February 1974
 

Secretary

 

December 2014

 

Associate General Counsel, the Adviser (since 2013).

 
Allan Shaer,
Born March 1965
 

Treasurer

 

May 2017

 

Senior Vice President, Financial Administration, Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (since 2016); Vice President, Mutual Fund Administration, JP Morgan Chase (2011-2016).

 
Christopher A. Ponte,
Born March 1984
 

Assistant Treasurer

 

December 2017

 

Manager, Fund Administration, the Adviser (since 2017); Senior Analyst, Fund Administration, the Adviser (prior to 2017); Chief Financial Officer, Victory Capital Services, Inc. (since 2018).

 
Colin Kinney,
Born October 1973
 

Chief Compliance Officer

 

July 2017

 

Chief Compliance Officer (since 2013) and Chief Risk Officer (2009-2017), the Adviser.

 
Sean Fox,
Born September 1976
  Deputy Chief Compliance
Officer
 

July 2021

 

Sr. Compliance Officer, the Adviser (2019-2021); Compliance Officer, the Adviser (2015-2019).

 
Chuck Booth,
Born April 1960
 

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer and Identity Theft Officer

 

May 2015

 

Director, Regulatory Administration and CCO Support Services, Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc.

 
Jay G. Baris,
Born January 1954
 

Assistant Secretary

 

December 1997

 

Partner, Sidley Austin LLP (since April 2020); Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP (January 2018-April 2020); Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP (2011-January 2018).

 

*  On December 3, 2014, Mr. Dyer resigned as Secretary of the Trust and accepted the position of President.

 


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Proxy Voting and Portfolio Holdings Information

Proxy Voting:

Information regarding the policies and procedures each Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, by calling 800-539-3863. The information is also included in the Funds' Statement of Additional Information, which is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Information relating to how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent 12 months ended June 30 is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Availability of Schedules of Portfolio Investments:

The Trust files a complete list of Schedules of Portfolio Investments with the SEC for the first and third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Expense Examples

As a shareholder of the Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchases; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from July 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021.

The Actual Expense figures in the table below provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled "Actual Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

The Hypothetical Expense figures in the table below provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the hypothetical expenses in the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

    Beginning
Account
Value
7/1/21
  Actual
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Hypothetical
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Actual
Expenses Paid
During Period
7/1/21-12/31/21*
  Hypothetical
Expenses Paid
During Period
7/1/21-12/31/21*
  Annualized
Expense Ratio
During Period
7/1/21-12/31/21
 

RS International Fund

 

Class A

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,025.70

   

$

1,019.51

   

$

5.77

   

$

5.75

     

1.13

%

 

Class C

   

1,000.00

     

1,022.00

     

1,015.73

     

9.58

     

9.55

     

1.88

   

Class R

   

1,000.00

     

1,024.50

     

1,018.25

     

7.04

     

7.02

     

1.38

   

Class R6

   

1,000.00

     

1,026.30

     

1,021.02

     

4.24

     

4.23

     

0.83

   

Class Y

   

1,000.00

     

1,026.40

     

1,020.77

     

4.49

     

4.48

     

0.88

   
 


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    Beginning
Account
Value
7/1/21
  Actual
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Hypothetical
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Actual
Expenses Paid
During Period
7/1/21-12/31/21*
  Hypothetical
Expenses Paid
During Period
7/1/21-12/31/21*
  Annualized
Expense Ratio
During Period
7/1/21-12/31/21
 

RS Global Fund

 

Class A

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,085.60

   

$

1,020.92

   

$

4.47

   

$

4.33

     

0.85

%

 

Class C

   

1,000.00

     

1,081.70

     

1,017.14

     

8.40

     

8.13

     

1.60

   

Class R

   

1,000.00

     

1,084.40

     

1,019.66

     

5.78

     

5.60

     

1.10

   

Class R6

   

1,000.00

     

1,088.10

     

1,022.43

     

2.89

     

2.80

     

0.55

   

Class Y

   

1,000.00

     

1,087.40

     

1,022.18

     

3.16

     

3.06

     

0.60

   

Sophus Emerging Markets Fund

 

Class A

   

1,000.00

     

865.70

     

1,018.45

     

6.30

     

6.82

     

1.34

   

Class C

   

1,000.00

     

862.10

     

1,014.42

     

10.04

     

10.87

     

2.14

   

Class R

   

1,000.00

     

865.00

     

1,017.24

     

7.43

     

8.03

     

1.58

   

Class R6

   

1,000.00

     

868.00

     

1,020.72

     

4.19

     

4.53

     

0.89

   

Class Y

   

1,000.00

     

867.40

     

1,020.21

     

4.66

     

5.04

     

0.99

   

*  Expenses are equal to the average account value multiplied by the Fund's annualized expense ratio multiplied by 184/365 (the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year).

 


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Additional Federal Income Tax Information

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the following Funds paid qualified dividend income for the purposes of reduced individual federal income tax rates of:

 

 

Percent

 

RS International Fund

   

95

%

 

RS Global Fund

   

59

%

 

Sophus Emerging Markets Fund

   

93

%

 

Dividends qualified for corporate dividends received deductions of:

 

 

Percent

 

RS Global Fund

   

23

%

 

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the following Funds designated short-term capital gain distributions:

 

 

Amount

 

RS International Fund

 

$

1,861,153

   

RS Global Fund

   

5,194,804

   

Sophus Emerging Markets Fund

   

2,665,689

   

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the following Funds designated long-term capital gain distributions:

 

 

Amount

 

RS International Fund

 

$

11,113,311

   
RS Global Fund    

3,910,715

   

Sophus Emerging Markets Fund

   

11,506,626

   

The following Funds intend to elect to pass through to shareholders the income tax credit for taxes paid to foreign countries. Foreign source income and foreign tax expense per outstanding share on December 31, 2021, were as follows:

 

  Foreign
Source
Income
  Foreign
Tax
Expense
 

RS International Fund

 

$

0.35

   

$

0.04

   

Sophus Emerging Markets Fund

   

0.57

     

0.08

   
 


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Considerations of the Board in Continuing the Investment Advisory Agreement (the "Agreement")

The Board approved the Agreement on behalf of each of the Funds at a meeting, which was called for that purpose, on December 2, 2020. The Board also considered information relating to the Funds and the Agreement provided throughout the year and, more specifically, at the meetings on October 19, 2021 and November 30, 2021. In considering whether to approve the Agreement, the Board requested, and the Adviser provided, information that the Board believed to be reasonably necessary to reach its conclusions.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees, evaluated this information along with other information obtained throughout the year and was advised by legal counsel to the Funds and independent legal counsel to the Independent Trustees. In addition, the Independent Trustees considered a past review of their overall process for conducting the annual review of the Funds' advisory arrangements by a consultant retained through their counsel.

The Board took into consideration regular reports from the Adviser throughout the COVID-19 pandemic public health crisis concerning how the ongoing pandemic has affected market volatility, investment risk, liquidity and valuation of portfolio securities, and the implementation and effectiveness of business continuity plans. These reports also had confirmed that the pandemic had no material impact on the Adviser's operations.

The Board considered each Fund's advisory fee, expense ratio and investment performance as significant factors in determining whether the Agreement should be continued. In considering whether the compensation paid to the Adviser was fair and reasonable, the Board also evaluated, among other things, the following factors:

•  The requirements of the Funds for the services provided by the Adviser;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the services provided and expected to be provided;

•  The performance of the Funds as compared to comparable funds;

•  The fees payable for the services and whether the fee arrangements provided for economies of scale that would benefit Fund shareholders as the Funds grow (acknowledging that economies of scale can be complex to assess and typically are not directly measurable);

•  Whether the fee would be sufficient to enable the Adviser to attract and retain experienced personnel and continue to provide quality services to the Funds;

•  The fees paid by other clients of the Adviser whose accounts are managed in a similar investment style and any differences in the services provided to the other clients compared to those provided to the Funds;

•  The total expenses of each Fund;

•  Management's commitment to operating the Funds at competitive expense levels;

•  The profitability of the Adviser (as reflected by comparing fees earned against an estimate of the Adviser's costs) with respect to the Adviser's relationship with the Funds;

•  Research and other service benefits received by the Adviser obtained through payment of client commissions for securities transactions;

•  Other benefits received by the Adviser, and its affiliates, including revenues paid to the Adviser, or its affiliates, by the Funds for administration and fund accounting services, and distribution;

•  The capabilities and financial condition of the Adviser;

•  Current economic and industry trends; and

•  The historical relationship between each Fund and the Adviser.

The Board reviewed each Fund's current management fee, comprised of the advisory fee plus the administrative services fee paid to the Adviser, in the context of the Adviser's profitability with respect to each Fund individually. The Board retained a consultant to provide comparative information about fees and performance. The Board met with the consultant to review its inputs and methodologies, among other things. The Board compared each Fund's gross management fee and total operating expense ratio on a net and gross basis with the median gross management fee and median expense ratio of a universe of comparable mutual funds compiled by the consultant and a peer group of funds with similar investment strategies selected by that consultant from the universe. The

 


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Board reviewed the factors and methodology used by the consultant in the selection of each Fund's peer group, including the consultant's selection of a broad universe of funds, the more specific universe of comparable funds, and peer groups of funds with comparable investment strategies and asset levels, among other factors. The Board also reviewed any changes to the consultant's methodology as compared to the prior year, including those resulting from the Adviser's input, if any. With respect to certain Funds, the Board also reviewed fees and other information related to the Adviser's management of similarly managed institutional or private accounts, and the differences in the services provided to the other accounts. The Board noted that none of the advisory fee arrangements for the Funds included breakpoints, which would be a structure that results in reduced fees as a fund grows. The Board also considered the Adviser's commitment to limit expenses as discussed in more detail below.

The Board also reviewed the compliance and administrative services provided to the Funds by the Adviser and its affiliates, including the Adviser's oversight of the Funds' day-to-day operations and oversight of Fund accounting, assistance in meeting legal and regulatory requirements, and other services necessary for the operation of the Funds and the Trust.

The Board found that the gross annual management fee paid by each Fund was within the range of management fees paid by each Fund's respective peer group. The Board also found that each Fund's Class A net annual expense ratio, taking into account any shareholder servicing or distribution fees, was reasonable as compared with each Fund's respective peer group. The Board considered the Adviser's contractual agreement with each Fund to waive its fees and reimburse expenses of certain classes for a specified period of time, as described in the Fund's prospectus.

The Board reviewed each Fund's performance over one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods (as applicable) against the performance of the Fund's selected peer group and benchmark index. The Board recognized that the performance of the Fund and the peer group funds are net of expenses, while the performance of the benchmark index reflects gross returns.

The Board reviewed various other specific factors with respect to each Fund, as described below. In their deliberations, the Trustees did not rank the importance of any particular information or factor considered and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to various factors.

RS International Fund:

The Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed both the benchmark index and peer group median for the one- and ten-year periods, and outperformed both the benchmark index and the peer group median for the three- and five-year periods.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual funds; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

RS Global Fund:

The Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed the benchmark index for the one-year period, outperformed the benchmark index for the three-, five- and ten-year periods, and outperformed the peer group median for all periods reviewed.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual funds; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

 


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Sophus Emerging Markets Fund:

The Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund outperformed both the benchmark index and the peer group median for the one-and five-year periods, and underperformed both the benchmark index and the peer group median for the three- and ten-year periods.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual funds; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

Conclusion:

Based on its review of the information requested and provided, and following extended discussions, the Board determined that the Agreement, on behalf of the Funds discussed above, was consistent with the best interests of each Fund and its shareholders, and the Board unanimously approved the Agreement, on behalf of each Fund, for an additional annual period on the basis of the foregoing review and discussions and the following considerations, among others:

•  The fairness and reasonableness of the investment advisory fee payable to the Adviser under the Agreement in light of the investment advisory services provided, the costs of these services, the profitability of the Adviser's relationship with the Fund and the comparability of the fee paid to the fees paid by other investment companies;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the investment advisory services provided by the Adviser;

•  The Adviser's entrepreneurial commitment to the management of the Funds and the creation of a broad-based family of funds, which could entail a substantial commitment of the Adviser's resources to the successful operation of the Funds;

•  The Adviser's representations regarding its staffing and capabilities to manage the Funds, including the retention of personnel with relevant portfolio management experience;

•  The Adviser's efforts to enhance investment results by, among other things, developing quality portfolio management teams; and

•  The overall high quality of the personnel, operations, financial condition, investment management capabilities, methodologies and performance of the Adviser.

 


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Privacy Policy

Protecting the Privacy of Information

The Trust respects your right to privacy. We also know that you expect us to conduct and process your business in an accurate and efficient manner. To do so, we must collect and maintain certain personal information about you. This is the information we collect from you on applications or other forms, and from the transactions you make with us or third parties. It may include your name, address, social security number, account transactions and balances, and information about investment goals and risk tolerance.

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Victory Funds
P.O. Box 182593
Columbus, Ohio 43218-2593

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Call Victory at:

 

www.vcm.com

  800-539-FUND (800-539-3863)  

VPRSIF-AR (12/21)


 

December 31, 2021

Annual Report

Victory RS Partners Fund

Victory RS Value Fund

Victory RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

Victory RS Investors Fund

Victory Global Energy Transition Fund
(Formerly Victory Global Natural Resources Fund)


 

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Victory Portfolios

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Shareholder Letter (Unaudited)

   

3

   
Managers' Commentary / Investment Overview
(Unaudited)
   

5

   
Investment Objective and Portfolio
Holdings (Unaudited)
   

19

   

Schedules of Portfolio Investments

 

Victory RS Partners Fund

    24

 

 

Victory RS Value Fund

    27

 

 

Victory RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

    30

 

 

Victory RS Investors Fund

    32

 

 
Victory Global Energy Transition Fund
(Formerly Victory Global Natural Resources Fund)
    34

 

 

Financial Statements

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

    36    

Statements of Operations

    38    

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    40    

Financial Highlights

    46    

Notes to Financial Statements

   

56

   
Report of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm
   

68

   

Supplemental Information (Unaudited)

   

69

   

Trustee and Officer Information

    69    

Proxy Voting and Portfolio Holdings Information

    72    

Expense Examples

    72    

Additional Federal Income Tax Information

    74    

Advisory Contract Approval

    75    

Privacy Policy (inside back cover)

     
 


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IRA DISTRIBUTION WITHHOLDING DISCLOSURE

We generally must withhold federal income tax at a rate of 10% of the taxable portion of your distribution and, if you live in a state that requires state income tax withholding, at your state's tax rate. However, you may elect not to have withholding apply or to have income tax withheld at a higher rate. Any withholding election that you make will apply to any subsequent distribution unless and until you change or revoke the election. If you wish to make a withholding election, or change or revoke a prior withholding election, call 800-539-3863 (800-235-8396 for Member Class) and form W-4P (OMB No. 1545-0074 withholding certificate for pension or annuity payments) will be electronically sent.

If you do not have a withholding election in place by the date of a distribution, federal income tax will be withheld from the taxable portion of your distribution at a rate of 10%. If you must pay estimated taxes, you may be subject to estimated tax penalties if your estimated tax payments are not sufficient and sufficient tax is not withheld from your distribution.

For more specific information, please consult your tax adviser.

The Funds are distributed by Victory Capital Services, Inc. Victory Capital Management Inc. is the investment adviser to the Funds and receives fees from the Funds for performing services for the Funds.

This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus of the Victory Funds.

For additional information about any Victory Fund, including fees, expenses, and risks, view our prospectus online at vcm.com or call 800-539-3863 (800-235-8396 for Member Class). Read it carefully before you invest or send money.

The information in this report is based on data obtained from recognized services and sources and is believed to be reliable. Any opinions, projections, or recommendations in this report are subject to change without notice and are not intended as individual investment advice. Past investment performance of the Funds, markets or securities mentioned herein should not be considered to be indicative of future results.

• NOT FDIC INSURED • NO BANK GUARANTEE • MAY LOSE VALUE

Call Victory at:

800-539-FUND (800-539-3863)

800-235-8396 for Member Class

Visit our website at:

www.vcm.com

 


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Victory Funds Letter to Shareholders
(Unaudited)

Dear Shareholder,

Another year has passed, but unfortunately the pandemic endures. Yet, looking back on the year ended 2021, it is evident that financial markets have endured as well, despite stiff headwinds — including new COVID-19 variants; disruption among global supply chains; uncomfortable inflation readings; and the fear of rising interest rates.

Through it all, the S&P 500® Index, the bell-weather proxy for our domestic stock market, once again registered a positive annual total return (that makes it 12 out of the past 13 years). This was largely driven by a U.S. economy that bounced back quickly after what was effectively a global economic shutdown in 2020, and we witnessed robust earnings growth across many sectors thanks in no small part to continued fiscal stimulus and accommodative monetary policy. Underlying this positive performance were interesting differences among investment styles and market capitalizations. For example, growth-oriented investments outperformed value within large-caps but underperformed within both mid-caps and small-caps (as measured by the Russell family of indices). Perhaps this reflects investors' expectations for higher interest rates next year?

There were other notable subplots to 2021. Early in the year we watched in disbelief as "meme stocks" — a few names that gained massive notoriety on social media platforms — went on stomach-churning roller coaster rides. Also, intriguing was how the biotech sector struggled mightily despite the success and fanfare surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines. Meanwhile, rising oil prices fueled impressive gains across the energy landscape, while crypto assets captivated investors. Now we're all watching how crypto's underlying blockchain technologies might disrupt business-as-usual across industries in the years ahead. These were just a few of the highlights of the past year.

Through all the twists and turns, the S&P 500® Index registered an impressive annual total return of nearly 29% for the 12-month period ended December 31, 2021. Over this same annual period, the yield on the 10-Year U.S. Treasury jumped 59 basis points (a basis point is 1/100th of a percentage point), reflecting substantial fiscal stimuli and the U.S. Federal Reserve's (the "Fed") accommodative monetary stance (recently). At the end of our reporting period, the yield on the 10-Year U.S. Treasury was trending higher and finished at 1.52%.

Despite the resiliency of financial markets, we fully acknowledge that the volatility and unusual events of recent years may have made investors uneasy at times. However, this simply underscores why it's important for investors to remain calm and unemotional in the face of market turmoil. A long-term perspective, a well-diversified portfolio across asset classes and investment types, and a clear understanding of individual risk tolerance are some of the key ingredients for staying the course and progressing on your investment goals.

Of course, no one knows for certain what 2022 will bring. We are already facing a potential end to the Fed's accommodative monetary policies and the various forms of fiscal stimuli that helped revive the economy from the depths of the pandemic-

 


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induced market downturn. By all accounts, the Fed appears ready to raise short-term interest rates, perhaps as early as the end of the first quarter, though any move will certainly be data dependent, and some are expressing concerns about labor shortages, disrupted supply chains, rising commodity prices, and the potential for lasting inflation. There will likely be new headwinds, some yet to be identified.

Thus, we cannot tell you with any certainty what markets will do in the future, but we can assure you that the investment professionals at our investment franchises continually monitor the market environment and work hard to position portfolios opportunistically no matter what the markets bring.

On the following pages, you will find information relating to your Victory Funds investment, brought to you by Victory Capital. If you have any questions, we encourage you to contact your financial advisor. Or, if you invest with us directly, you may call 800-539-3863 (800-235-8396 for Member Class) or visit our website at www.vcm.com.

From all of us here at Victory Capital, thank you for your ongoing confidence and for letting us help you work toward your investment goals.

Christopher K. Dyer, CFA

President,
Victory Funds

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory RS Partners Fund

Managers' Commentary
(Unaudited)

What were the market conditions during the reporting period?

Is the global economy approaching an important inflection point? Perhaps. U.S. equity markets certainly appear to be acting as if this is a possibility, vacillating and turning in mixed results during the fourth quarter of 2021. However, the optimists seemed to be winning this latest tug-of-war, and upbeat investor sentiment helped push several areas of the equities market to new all-time highs as we approached year-end.

In general, we have continued to see a normalization of economic activity following the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations, though investors have lingering concerns over elevated inflation readings — evidenced by some of the highest year-over-year Consumer Price Index readings in decades — as well as the pending expiration of emergency fiscal and monetary measures. On top of that, we are experiencing another surge in COVID-19 cases due to the Delta and worrisome Omicron variants, which in turn is raising questions about whether corporate operations (and earnings) will be disrupted in the new calendar year.

Will the economy continue to normalize and grow, or are we poised to pull back in 2022? This ongoing uncertainty suggests that there will be a continued push and pull among investors in the year ahead. We expect that periods of elevated volatility may continue, especially for risk assets. Yet this type of ambiguity can also create attractive opportunities for patient, long-term investors. In fact, security selection looks to become more important than ever as some sectors of the economy are being discounted by investors, while other pockets of the market may be quite vulnerable given that investors have bid up some stocks well past what fundamentals appear to warrant.

An underlying theme for U.S. equity markets at the start of 2021 was that value-oriented cyclical stocks (defined as those with fundamentals that are closely tied to short-term economic output) had materially outperformed growth-oriented secular stocks (defined as stocks that are taking market share from legacy companies, and thus are less sensitive to short-term economic output). This theme reversed course to a large extent within the large-cap space, as large growth was the best performing style within U.S. equity markets during the fourth quarter of 2021. However, a similar reversal has not yet been seen in the small-cap space. In fact, small-cap secular growth has continued to struggle, whereas small-cap value was the best-performing investment style group for the entire year.

This cyclical versus secular tug-of-war was evident within indices. For example, earlier in the year, the Energy, Producer Durables, Materials & Processing, and Consumer Staples sectors led the market higher. Later in the year, however, market leadership (particularly within large-cap stocks) shifted back to growth-oriented technology. Perhaps even more telling was the tug-of-war between small and large companies during 2021. While investors embraced small-cap stocks early in the year, it became clear that higher inflation might be more than just "transitory." As a result, the U.S. Federal Reserve (the "Fed") adopted a more hawkish stance, which helped push investor preferences away from small-caps and toward larger companies in the second half of the year.

In terms of the overall numbers, the Russell 3000® Value Index gained 7.54% during the fourth quarter of 2021 and was up 25.37% for the full year. In terms of market capitalizations, small was mighty when it came to value stocks in 2021. The Russell 2000® Value Index (the

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory RS Partners Fund

Manager's Commentary (continued)

"Index") returned 28.27% for the year, while the Russell Midcap® Value Index returned 28.34% and the Russell 1000® Value Index posted an annual gain of 25.16%.

Looking ahead, the outlook remains mostly constructive for equities, though caveats always apply. The most obvious of these is the trajectory of the pandemic and the potential emergence of any new variants. Will we continue to cope adequately with these societal challenges, or will we revert to lockdowns? For the moment, investors remain relatively optimistic. Labor shortages and supply chain disruptions also pose risks, as does the potential for higher inflation. The Fed seems committed to addressing rising inflation and has all but banned the word "transitory" from its analysis. What remains to be seen is how far and how fast interest rates rise, and whether the alarming inflation readings of late 2021 subside. Despite the risks and inevitable bouts of volatility, we continue to see companies across the capitalization spectrum — including many in traditional value-oriented sectors — with solid fundamentals and encouraging earnings growth potential.

How did Victory RS Partners (the "Fund") perform during the reporting period?

The Fund returned 29.58% (Class A at net asset value) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, outperforming the Index, which returned 28.27% during the reporting period.

What strategies did you employ during the reporting period?

The year was best characterized as a year of transition, as the reopening of the economy coupled with strong monetary and fiscal stimulus led to strong economic growth and higher inflation. Throughout the year, the markets debated the duration of inflation, but this did not keep markets from moving materially higher as strong earnings outweighed any angst caused by inflation fears. The Fund outperformed the Index primarily through stock selection in the Industrials and Energy sectors. Our focus on businesses that have the potential for long-term value creation while limiting our downside paid off during 2021. For the year, the stocks that provided positive contribution tended to be cyclical, but also held a competitive advantage. Within Industrials, a cyclical sector, Atkore, Inc., GMS, Inc., and ArcBest Corp. were significant positive contributors to performance. The Energy sector provided other names that benefited the portfolio. Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. and PDC Energy, Inc. benefited from more disciplined capital allocation decision-making and higher energy prices. Where we struggled was in a couple of our names in the Technology sector. Euronet Worldwide, Inc. saw its ATM operations negatively affected by lower tourism in its geographies. Cognyte Software Ltd. saw sales of its cybersecurity software delayed as a result of the pandemic. Also negatively impacting the portfolio has been the activity of the "meme" stocks, several of which are in the Index. At the end of the day, we managed to outperform the Index in 2021 and we remain confident in our process and feel it will provide us with the discipline which leads to longer term outperformance, which will benefit our investors over time.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory RS Partners Fund

Investment Overview
(Unaudited)

Average Annual Total Return

Year Ended December 31, 2021

   

Class A

 

Class R

 

Class Y

 

Member Class

     

INCEPTION DATE

 

7/12/95

 

10/13/06

 

5/1/07

 

11/2/20

     
    Net Asset
Value
  Maximum
Offering
Price
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Russell
2000® Value
Index1
 

One Year

   

29.58

%

   

22.12

%

   

29.15

%

   

30.03

%

   

29.90

%

   

28.27

%

 

Five Year

   

11.32

%

   

10.00

%

   

10.91

%

   

11.69

%

   

NA

     

9.07

%

 

Ten Year

   

11.93

%

   

11.27

%

   

11.52

%

   

12.30

%

   

NA

     

12.03

%

 

Since Inception

   

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

52.01

%

   

NA

   

The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month's end, please visit www.vcm.com.

The maximum offering price ("MOP") figures reflect a maximum sales charge of 5.75% for Class A. Net Asset Value ("NAV") does not reflect sales charges.

Total return measures the price change in a share assuming the reinvestment of all net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, if any. The total returns quoted do not reflect adjustments made to the enclosed financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, including reinvested distributions, or redemptions of shares. The total return figures set forth above include all waivers of fees. Without such fee waivers, the total returns would have been lower.

Victory RS Partners Fund — Growth of $10,000

1The Russell 2000® Value Index is an unmanaged market-capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of those companies in the Russell 2000® Index with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. (The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, which consists of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization.) Index results assume the reinvestment of dividends paid on the stocks constituting the index. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.

The graph reflects investment of growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund.

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of shares.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory RS Value Fund

Managers' Commentary
(Unaudited)

What were the market conditions during the reporting period?

Is the global economy approaching an important inflection point? Perhaps. U.S. equity markets certainly appear to be acting as if this is a possibility, vacillating and turning in mixed results during the fourth quarter of 2021. However, the optimists seemed to be winning this latest tug-of-war, and upbeat investor sentiment helped push several areas of the equities market to new all-time highs as we approached year-end.

In general, we have continued to see a normalization of economic activity following the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations, though investors have lingering concerns over elevated inflation readings — evidenced by some of the highest year-over-year Consumer Price Index readings in decades — as well as the pending expiration of emergency fiscal and monetary measures. On top of that, we are experiencing another surge in COVID-19 cases due to the Delta and worrisome Omicron variants, which in turn is raising questions about whether corporate operations (and earnings) will be disrupted in the new calendar year.

Will the economy continue to normalize and grow, or are we poised to pull back in 2022? This ongoing uncertainty suggests that there will be a continued push and pull among investors in the year ahead. We expect that periods of elevated volatility may continue, especially for risk assets. Yet this type of ambiguity can also create attractive opportunities for patient, long-term investors. In fact, security selection looks to become more important than ever as some sectors of the economy are being discounted by investors, while other pockets of the market may be quite vulnerable given that investors have bid up some stocks well past what fundamentals appear to warrant.

An underlying theme for U.S. equity markets at the start of 2021 was that value-oriented cyclical stocks (defined as those with fundamentals that are closely tied to short-term economic output) had materially outperformed growth-oriented secular stocks (defined as stocks that are taking market share from legacy companies, and thus are less sensitive to short-term economic output). This theme reversed course to a large extent within the large-cap space, as large growth was the best performing style within U.S. equity markets during the fourth quarter of 2021. However, a similar reversal has not yet been seen in the small-cap space. In fact, small-cap secular growth has continued to struggle, whereas small-cap value was the best-performing investment style group for the entire year.

This cyclical versus secular tug-of-war was evident within indices. For example, earlier in the year, the Energy, Producer Durables, Materials & Processing, and Consumer Staples sectors led the market higher. Later in the year, however, market leadership (particularly within large cap stocks) shifted back to growth-oriented technology. Perhaps even more telling was the tug-of-war between small and large companies during 2021. While investors embraced small-cap stocks early in the year, it became clear that higher inflation might be more than just "transitory." As a result, the U.S. Federal Reserve (the "Fed") adopted a more hawkish stance, which helped push investor preferences away from small-cap stocks and toward larger companies in the second half of the year.

In terms of the overall numbers, the Russell 3000® Value Index gained 7.54% during the fourth quarter of 2021 and was up 25.37% for the full year. In terms of market capitalizations, small was mighty when it came to value stocks in 2021. The Russell 2000® Value Index

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory RS Value Fund

Manager's Commentary (continued)

returned 28.27% for the year, while the Russell Midcap® Value Index (the "Index") returned 28.34% and the Russell 1000® Value Index posted an annual gain of 25.16%.

Looking ahead, the outlook remains mostly constructive for equities, though caveats always apply. The most obvious of these is the trajectory of the pandemic and the potential emergence of any new variants. Will we continue to cope adequately with these societal challenges, or will we revert to lockdowns? For the moment, investors remain relatively optimistic. Labor shortages and supply chain disruptions also pose risks, as does the potential for higher inflation. The Fed seems committed to addressing rising inflation and has all but banned the word "transitory" from its analysis. What remains to be seen is how far and how fast interest rates rise, and whether the alarming inflation readings of late 2021 subside. Despite the risks and inevitable bouts of volatility, we continue to see companies across the capitalization spectrum — including many in traditional value-oriented sectors — with solid fundamentals and encouraging earnings growth potential.

How did Victory RS Value Fund (the "Fund") perform during the reporting period?

The Fund returned 27.31% (Class A at net asset value) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, underperforming the Index, which returned 28.34% during the reporting period.

What strategies did you employ during the reporting period?

The Fund's relative returns were driven primarily by stock selection in the Energy, Materials, and Industrials sectors. In the Energy sector, our investments in Devon Energy Corporation and Magnolia Oil & Gas Corporation benefited from more disciplined capital allocation, strengthened balance sheets, and rising commodity prices. In the Materials sector, our investment in Summit Materials benefited from solid demand, strong pricing, and expectations for increased infrastructure spending. The Financials sector detracted from performance, as investments in insurance names underperformed as a result of continued high catastrophe losses, despite improving pricing. In the end, the Fund underperformed the Index in 2021. We feel confident in the securities that we own and are optimistic in our future performance, both absolute and relative, as interest rates normalize from generational lows over the intermediate term and deflate many of the speculative areas of the market. We believe our consistent focus on investing in quality companies with good balance sheets and durable cash flows, run by good managers, will continue to serve us well.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory RS Value Fund

Investment Overview
(Unaudited)

Average Annual Total Return

Year Ended December 31, 2021

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class Y

     

INCEPTION DATE

 

6/30/93

 

5/1/07

 

12/4/06

 

5/1/07

     
    Net Asset
Value
  Maximum
Offering
Price
  Net Asset
Value
  Contingent
Deferred
Charges
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Russell
Midcap® Value
Index1
 

One Year

   

27.31

%

   

20.01

%

   

26.28

%

   

25.28

%

   

26.77

%

   

27.57

%

   

28.34

%

 

Five Year

   

11.29

%

   

9.98

%

   

10.43

%

   

10.43

%

   

10.85

%

   

11.55

%

   

11.22

%

 

Ten Year

   

12.00

%

   

11.34

%

   

11.14

%

   

11.14

%

   

11.56

%

   

12.26

%

   

13.44

%

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month's end, please visit www.vcm.com.

The maximum offering price ("MOP") figures reflect a maximum sales charge of 5.75% for Class A. Class C is not subject to an initial sales charge, but is subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% on shares redeemed within one year of purchase. Net Asset Value ("NAV") does not reflect sales charges.

Total return measures the price change in a share assuming the reinvestment of all net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, if any. The total returns quoted do not reflect adjustments made to the enclosed financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, including reinvested distributions, or redemptions of shares. The total return figures set forth above include all waivers of fees. Without such fee waivers, the total returns would have been lower.

Victory RS Value Fund — Growth of $10,000

1The Russell Midcap® Value Index is an unmanaged market-capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of those companies in the Russell Midcap® Index with lower price-to book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. (The Russell Midcap® Index measures the performance of the 800 smallest companies in the Russell 1000® Index, which consists of the 1,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization.) Index results assume the reinvestment of dividends paid on the stocks constituting the index. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.

The graph reflects investment of growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund.

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of shares.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

Managers' Commentary
(Unaudited)

What were the market conditions during the reporting period?

Is the global economy approaching an important inflection point? Perhaps. U.S. equity markets certainly appear to be acting as if this is a possibility, vacillating and turning in mixed results during the fourth quarter of 2021. However, the optimists seemed to be winning this latest tug-of-war, and upbeat investor sentiment helped push several areas of the equities market to new all-time highs as we approached year-end.

In general, we have continued to see a normalization of economic activity following the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations, though investors have lingering concerns over elevated inflation readings — evidenced by some of the highest year-over-year Consumer Price Index readings in decades — as well as the pending expiration of emergency fiscal and monetary measures. On top of that, we are experiencing another surge in COVID-19 cases due to the Delta and worrisome Omicron variants, which in turn is raising questions about whether corporate operations (and earnings) will be disrupted in the new calendar year.

Will the economy continue to normalize and grow, or are we poised to pull back in 2022? This ongoing uncertainty suggests that there will be a continued push and pull among investors in the year ahead. We expect that periods of elevated volatility may continue, especially for risk assets. Yet this type of ambiguity can also create attractive opportunities for patient, long-term investors. In fact, security selection looks to become more important than ever as some sectors of the economy are being discounted by investors, while other pockets of the market may be quite vulnerable given that investors have bid up some stocks well past what fundamentals appear to warrant.

An underlying theme for U.S. equity markets at the start of 2021 was that value-oriented cyclical stocks (defined as those with fundamentals that are closely tied to short-term economic output) had materially outperformed growth-oriented secular stocks (defined as stocks that are taking market share from legacy companies, and thus are less sensitive to short-term economic output). This theme reversed course to a large extent within the large-cap space, as large growth was the best performing style within U.S. equity markets during the fourth quarter of 2021. However, a similar reversal has not yet been seen in the small-cap space. In fact, small-cap secular growth has continued to struggle, whereas small-cap value was the best-performing investment style group for the entire year.

This cyclical versus secular tug-of-war was evident within indices. For example, earlier in the year, the Energy, Producer Durables, Materials & Processing, and Consumer Staples sectors led the market higher. Later in the year, however, market leadership (particularly within large-cap stocks) shifted back to growth-oriented technology. Perhaps even more telling was the tug-of-war between small and large companies during 2021. While investors embraced small-cap stocks early in the year, it became clear that higher inflation might be more than just "transitory." As a result, the U.S. Federal Reserve (the "Fed") adopted a more hawkish stance, which helped push investor preferences away from small-cap stocks and toward larger companies in the second half of the year.

In terms of the overall numbers, the Russell 3000® Value Index gained 7.54% during the fourth quarter of 2021 and was up 25.37% for the full year. In terms of market capitalizations, small was mighty when it came to value stocks in 2021. The Russell 2000® Value Index

 


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Victory Portfolios

Victory RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

Manager's Commentary (continued)

returned 28.27% for the year, while the Russell Midcap® Value Index returned 28.34% and the Russell 1000® Value Index (the "Index") posted an annual gain of 25.16%.

Looking ahead, the outlook remains mostly constructive for equities, though caveats always apply. The most obvious of these is the trajectory of the pandemic and the potential emergence of any new variants. Will we continue to cope adequately with these societal challenges, or will we revert to lockdowns? For the moment, investors remain relatively optimistic. Labor shortages and supply chain disruptions also pose risks, as does the potential for higher inflation. The Fed seems committed to addressing rising inflation and has all but banned the word "transitory" from its analysis. What remains to be seen is how far and how fast interest rates rise, and whether the alarming inflation readings of late 2021 subside. Despite the risks and inevitable bouts of volatility, we continue to see companies across the capitalization spectrum — including many in traditional value-oriented sectors — with solid fundamentals and encouraging earnings growth potential.

How did Victory RS Large Cap Alpha Fund (the "Fund") perform during the reporting period?

The Fund returned 23.00% (Class A at net asset value) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, underperforming the Index, which returned 25.16% during the reporting period.

What strategies did you employ during the reporting period?

The Fund underperformed the Index despite strong stock selection in the Communication Services sector. Negative contributors to stock selection were in the Technology sector and to a lesser degree the Financials sector, as company-specific bets were not rewarded in 2021. However, our investments in the Communication Services sector paid off in 2021. Alphabet Inc. Class A was a significant positive contributor to performance. Sealed Air was also a positive contributor in the Materials sector, as the food packaging company continued to show positive traction. Where we struggled was in the Technology sector, where a combination of unattractive valuations in more cyclical areas of the sector (names we did not own) coupled with continued pandemic-related near-term headwinds (names we did own) led to the underperformance. Euronet Worldwide, Inc. was pressured in its ATM segment by muted tourism demand. Within the Financials sector, continued high levels of catastrophe losses from wildfires and hurricanes pressured returns, as the market focused on more cyclical names. While 2021 was a challenging year, we expect more from ourselves and strive to deliver exceptional results over the long term to our clients. Although nothing is certain, a backdrop of rising interest rates provides a tailwind to value investors and our Fund.

 


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Victory RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

Investment Overview
(Unaudited)

Average Annual Total Return

Year Ended December 31, 2021

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class Y

         

INCEPTION DATE

 

6/1/72

 

8/7/00

 

5/15/01

 

5/1/07

         
    Net Asset
Value
  Maximum
Offering
Price
  Net Asset
Value
  Contingent
Deferred
Charges
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Russell 1000®
Value1
  S&P 500®
Index2
 

One Year

   

23.00

%

   

15.92

%

   

22.05

%

   

21.05

%

   

22.55

%

   

23.28

%

   

25.16

%

   

28.71

%

 

Five Year

   

11.29

%

   

9.99

%

   

10.41

%

   

10.41

%

   

10.88

%

   

11.53

%

   

11.16

%

   

18.47

%

 

Ten Year

   

12.69

%

   

12.02

%

   

11.79

%

   

11.79

%

   

12.27

%

   

12.94

%

   

12.97

%

   

16.55

%

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month's end, please visit www.vcm.com.

The maximum offering price ("MOP") figures reflect a maximum sales charge of 5.75% for Class A. Class C is not subject to an initial sales charge, but is subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% on shares redeemed within one year of purchase. Net Asset Value ("NAV") does not reflect sales charges.

Total return measures the price change in a share assuming the reinvestment of all net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, if any. The total returns quoted do not reflect adjustments made to the enclosed financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, including reinvested distributions, or redemptions of shares. The total return figures set forth above include all waivers of fees. Without such fee waivers, the total returns would have been lower.

Victory RS Large Cap Alpha Fund — Growth of $10,000

1The Russell 1000® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.

2 The S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index comprised of 500 domestically traded common stocks, is weighted according to the market value of each common stock in the index, and includes reinvestment of dividends. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.

The graph reflects investment of growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund.

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of shares.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 


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Victory RS Investors Fund

Managers' Commentary
(Unaudited)

What were the market conditions during the reporting period?

Is the global economy approaching an important inflection point? Perhaps. U.S. equity markets certainly appear to be acting as if this is a possibility, vacillating and turning in mixed results during the fourth quarter of 2021. However, the optimists seemed to be winning this latest tug-of-war, and upbeat investor sentiment helped push several areas of the equities market to new all-time highs as we approached year-end.

In general, we have continued to see a normalization of economic activity following the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations, though investors have lingering concerns over elevated inflation readings — evidenced by some of the highest year-over-year Consumer Price Index readings in decades — as well as the pending expiration of emergency fiscal and monetary measures. On top of that, we are experiencing another surge in COVID-19 cases due to the Delta and worrisome Omicron variants, which in turn is raising questions about whether corporate operations (and earnings) will be disrupted in the new calendar year.

Will the economy continue to normalize and grow, or are we poised to pull back in 2022? This ongoing uncertainty suggests that there will be a continued push and pull among investors in the year ahead. We expect that periods of elevated volatility may continue, especially for risk assets. Yet this type of ambiguity can also create attractive opportunities for patient, long-term investors. In fact, security selection looks to become more important than ever as some sectors of the economy are being discounted by investors, while other pockets of the market may be quite vulnerable given that investors have bid up some stocks well past what fundamentals appear to warrant.

An underlying theme for U.S. equity markets at the start of 2021 was that value-oriented cyclical stocks (defined as those with fundamentals that are closely tied to short-term economic output) had materially outperformed growth-oriented secular stocks (defined as stocks that are taking market share from legacy companies, and thus are less sensitive to short-term economic output). This theme reversed course to a large extent within the large-cap space, as large growth was the best performing style within U.S. equity markets during the fourth quarter of 2021. However, a similar reversal has not yet been seen in the small-cap space. In fact, small-cap secular growth has continued to struggle, whereas small-cap value was the best-performing investment style group for the entire year.

This cyclical versus secular tug-of-war was evident within indices. For example, earlier in the year, the Energy, Producer Durables, Materials & Processing, and Consumer Staples sectors led the market higher. Later in the year, however, market leadership (particularly within large-cap stocks) shifted back to growth-oriented technology. Perhaps even more telling was the tug-of-war between small and large companies during 2021. While investors embraced small-cap stocks early in the year, it became clear that higher inflation might be more than just "transitory." As a result, the U.S. Federal Reserve (the "Fed") adopted a more hawkish stance, which helped push investor preferences away from small-cap stocks and toward larger companies in the second half of the year.

In terms of the overall numbers, the Russell 3000® Value Index (the "Index") gained 7.54% during the fourth quarter of 2021 and was up 25.37% for the full year. In terms of market capitalizations, small was mighty when it came to value stocks in 2021. The Russell 2000®

 


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Victory RS Investors Fund

Manager's Commentary (continued)

Value Index returned 28.27% for the year, while the Russell Midcap® Value Index returned 28.34% and the Russell 1000® Value Index posted an annual gain of 25.16%.

Looking ahead, the outlook remains mostly constructive for equities, though caveats always apply. The most obvious of these is the trajectory of the pandemic and the potential emergence of any new variants. Will we continue to cope adequately with these societal challenges, or will we revert to lockdowns? For the moment, investors remain relatively optimistic. Labor shortages and supply chain disruptions also pose risks, as does the potential for higher inflation. The Fed seems committed to addressing rising inflation and has all but banned the word "transitory" from its analysis. What remains to be seen is how far and how fast interest rates rise, and whether the alarming inflation readings of late 2021 subside. Despite the risks and inevitable bouts of volatility, we continue to see companies across the capitalization spectrum — including many in traditional value-oriented sectors — with solid fundamentals and encouraging earnings growth potential.

How did Victory RS Investors Fund (the "Fund") perform during the reporting period?

The Fund returned 25.74% (Class A at net asset value) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, outperforming the Index, which returned 25.37% during the reporting period.

What strategies did you employ during the reporting period?

Relative returns were driven primarily by stock selection in several sectors that beat the Index's performance for the year. In the Industrials sector, TFI International benefited from strong domestic freight demand and market pricing in its trucking operations. Atkore, Inc., an electrical conduit business, saw improved pricing and market share gains. In the Technology sector, Verint Systems, Inc. contributed to performance as the company spun out its cybersecurity business. Detracting from performance was Cognyte Software Ltd., where new contract wins have been delayed as a result of the pandemic. Euronet Worldwide, Inc. also underperformed as its ATM segment remains pressured by lower tourist activity in key regions. In the end, the Fund performed in line with the Index in 2021. We feel confident in the securities that we own and are optimistic in our future performance, both absolute and relative, as interest rates normalize from generational lows over the intermediate term and deflate many of the speculative areas of the market. We believe our consistent focus on investing in quality companies with good balance sheets and durable cash flows, run by good managers, will continue to serve us well.

 


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Victory RS Investors Fund

Investment Overview
(Unaudited)

Average Annual Total Return

Year Ended December 31, 2021

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class Y

     

INCEPTION DATE

 

11/15/05

 

7/24/07

 

1/3/07

 

5/1/07

     
    Net Asset
Value
  Maximum
Offering
Price
  Net Asset
Value
  Contingent
Deferred
Charges
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  Russell 3000®
Value
Index1
 

One Year

   

25.74

%

   

18.54

%

   

24.78

%

   

23.78

%

   

25.00

%

   

26.07

%

   

25.37

%

 

Five Year

   

10.77

%

   

9.47

%

   

9.95

%

   

9.95

%

   

10.09

%

   

11.08

%

   

11.00

%

 

Ten Year

   

12.53

%

   

11.86

%

   

11.69

%

   

11.69

%

   

11.93

%

   

12.85

%

   

12.89

%

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month's end, please visit www.vcm.com.

The maximum offering price ("MOP") figures reflect a maximum sales charge of 5.75% for Class A. Class C is not subject to an initial sales charge, but is subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% on shares redeemed within one year of purchase. Net Asset Value ("NAV") does not reflect sales charges.

Total return measures the price change in a share assuming the reinvestment of all net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, if any. The total returns quoted do not reflect adjustments made to the enclosed financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, including reinvested distributions, or redemptions of shares. The total return figures set forth above include all waivers of fees. Without such fee waivers, the total returns would have been lower.

Victory RS Investors Fund — Growth of $10,000

1The Russell 3000® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 3000® Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The stocks in this index are also members of either the Russell 1000® Value or the Russell 2000® Value indexes. Index results assume the reinvestment of dividends paid on the stocks constituting the index. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.

The graph reflects investment of growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund.

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of shares.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 


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Victory Global Energy Transition Fund

Managers' Commentary
(Unaudited)

What were the market conditions during the reporting period?

2021 has been a remarkable year for all things Energy Transition, which refers to efforts designed to develop energy systems with zero carbon emissions and expand access to affordable, sustainable energy services around the world. There has been a litany of promising advancements in areas such as grid-scale energy storage systems and electric vehicle penetration rates which are running well ahead of even the most aggressive forecasts. Conversely, troubling developments in Europe and the United Kingdom are stark reminder of the limitations of renewables and the unintended consequences of misplaced policy decisions. Regulators and investors are being forced to reconsider some long-held fundamental assumptions while consumers and the broader economy suffer from spiraling energy and heating costs.

Commodity markets are healing as the world ramps up to address one of its most pressing concerns — climate change — with one of the most complex, capital-intensive, resource-intensive endeavors ever undertaken. We remain steadfast in our belief that efforts to decarbonize our energy systems while at the same time addressing the cold reality of energy poverty must be driven by relative economics and cost/benefit analysis. If not, the Energy Transition will fail, and tens of trillions of dollars will be spent for naught.

More broadly, inflation concerns are rising, and rightly so from the perspective of the commodity markets. Capital constraints and resource exhaustion should drive prices higher, not lower, over the coming years. This runs counter to the experience of the past decade, and as a result, many investors still are reluctant to embrace this potential outcome.

This skepticism shows up in the public equity markets, as valuations in many resource-related areas are still extraordinarily attractive, in our opinion. Over time, we expect the Fund to reflect the realities of the Energy Transition, with the appropriate level of scarcity value ascribed to the building blocks of decarbonization. Until then, we remain excited to deploy capital into what we believe to be one of the most fundamentally attractive set-ups in recent memory.

How did Victory Global Energy Transition Fund (the "Fund") perform during the reporting period?

The Fund returned 83.01% (Class A at net asset value) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, outperforming the MSCI World Commodity Producers Index (the "Index"), which returned 31.78% during the reporting period.

What strategies did you employ during the reporting period?

Fund performance was aided by strong returns in North American Natural Oil and Gas, Base Metals and a lack of exposure to Precious Metals. Stock selection in North American Natural Gas drove most of the relative outperformance versus the Index, assisted by investments in Base Metals and a lack of exposure to Precious Metals. Commodity mix was also a net positive contributor to relative returns, aided by exposure to Base Metals and North American Natural Gas. Not owning integrated oil companies and cash drag negatively impacted relative performance.

 


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Victory Global Energy Transition Fund

Investment Overview
(Unaudited)

Average Annual Total Return

Year Ended December 31, 2021

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class Y

             

INCEPTION DATE

 

11/15/95

 

5/1/07

 

12/4/06

 

5/1/07

             
    Net Asset
Value
  Maximum
Offering
Price
  Net Asset
Value
  Contingent
Deferred
Charges
  Net Asset
Value
  Net Asset
Value
  MSCI
World
Commodity
Producers
Index1
  S&P North
American
Natural
Resources
Sector
Index2
  S&P 500®
Index3
 

One Year

   

83.01

%

   

72.54

%

   

81.64

%

   

80.64

%

   

82.44

%

   

83.62

%

   

31.78

%

   

39.94

%

   

28.71

%

 

Five Year

   

–0.74

%

   

–1.91

%

   

–1.54

%

   

–1.54

%

   

–1.11

%

   

–0.42

%

   

3.88

%

   

1.27

%

   

18.47

%

 

Ten Year

   

–2.94

%

   

–3.51

%

   

–3.69

%

   

–3.69

%

   

–3.28

%

   

–2.61

%

   

1.19

%

   

1.27

%

   

16.55

%

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month's end, please visit www.vcm.com.

The maximum offering price ("MOP") figures reflect a maximum sales charge of 5.75% for Class A. Class C is not subject to an initial sales charge, but is subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% on shares redeemed within one year of purchase. Net Asset Value ("NAV") does not reflect sales charges.

Total return measures the price change in a share assuming the reinvestment of all net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, if any. The total returns quoted do not reflect adjustments made to the enclosed financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on net investment income and realized capital gain distributions, including reinvested distributions, or redemptions of shares. The total return figures set forth above include all waivers of fees. Without such fee waivers, the total returns would have been lower.

Victory Global Energy Transition Fund — Growth of $10,000

1The MSCI World Commodity Producers Index is an equity-based index designed to reflect the performance related to commodity producers stocks. The index is a free float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index composed of commodity producer companies based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®). The index reflects the reinvestment of dividends paid on the stocks constituting the index net of withholding taxes. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.

2The S&P North American Natural Resources Sector IndexTM is a modified capitalization-weighted index designed as a benchmark for U.S.-traded securities in the natural resources sector. The index includes companies involved in the following categories: extractive industries, energy companies, owners and operators of timber tracts, forestry services, producers of pulp and paper, and owners of plantations. Index results assume the reinvestment of dividends paid on the stocks constituting the index. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.

3The S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged index comprised of 500 domestically traded common stocks, is weighted according to the market value of each common stock in the index, and includes reinvestment of dividends. This index does not include the effect of sales charges, commissions, expenses or taxes, is not representative of the Fund and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.

The graph reflects investment of growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund.

The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of shares.

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 


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Victory RS Partners Fund
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

First BanCorp/Puerto Rico

   

3.0

%

 

Federated Hermes, Inc.

   

3.0

%

 

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

   

2.8

%

 

Eastern Bankshares, Inc.

   

2.5

%

 

NCR Corp.

   

2.5

%

 

Verint Systems, Inc.

   

2.3

%

 

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.

   

2.3

%

 

Carter's, Inc.

   

2.2

%

 

California Resources Corp.

   

2.2

%

 

GrafTech International Ltd.

   

2.2

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Value Fund
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Vistra Corp.

   

3.6

%

 

Willis Towers Watson PLC

   

3.3

%

 

Sealed Air Corp.

   

3.2

%

 

Sotera Health Co.

   

3.1

%

 

Globe Life, Inc.

   

3.1

%

 

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

   

3.0

%

 

Humana, Inc.

   

2.8

%

 

Olin Corp.

   

2.8

%

 

Federated Hermes, Inc.

   

2.6

%

 

Carter's, Inc.

   

2.2

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Large Cap Alpha Fund
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Comerica, Inc.

   

4.1

%

 

Vistra Corp.

   

3.7

%

 

The Progressive Corp.

   

3.7

%

 

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

   

3.7

%

 

Humana, Inc.

   

3.7

%

 

Willis Towers Watson PLC

   

3.4

%

 

Sealed Air Corp.

   

3.2

%

 

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

   

3.2

%

 

Global Payments, Inc.

   

3.1

%

 

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A

   

3.1

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Investors Fund
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Vistra Corp.

   

6.6

%

 

Olin Corp.

   

5.9

%

 

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

   

5.0

%

 

Comerica, Inc.

   

4.8

%

 

Willis Towers Watson PLC

   

4.8

%

 

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

   

4.3

%

 

Sealed Air Corp.

   

4.2

%

 

Humana, Inc.

   

4.0

%

 

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A

   

3.7

%

 

Alleghany Corp.

   

3.7

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory Global Energy Transition Fund
 

December 31, 2021

 

  (Unaudited)

Investment Objective and Portfolio Holdings:

The Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.

Top 10 Holdings*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd.

   

14.6

%

 

Whitecap Resources, Inc.

   

8.6

%

 

First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

   

8.2

%

 

Antero Resources Corp.

   

6.7

%

 

Range Resources Corp.

   

5.6

%

 

Cameco Corp.

   

5.6

%

 

Tourmaline Oil Corp.

   

4.7

%

 

Peyto Exploration & Development Corp.

   

4.7

%

 

NextEra Energy, Inc.

   

4.3

%

 

Linde PLC

   

4.2

%

 

Sector Allocation*:

December 31, 2021

(% of Net Assets)

*  Does not include futures contracts, money market instruments, and short-term investments purchased with cash collateral from securities loaned.

Percentages are of the net assets of the Fund and may not equal 100%.

Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for a complete list of securities.

 


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Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Partners Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (97.5%)

 

Banks (17.2%):

 

Ameris Bancorp

   

57,220

   

$

2,842,690

   

Associated Bancorp

   

133,460

     

3,014,861

   

Banner Corp.

   

109,480

     

6,642,151

   

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

   

85,276

     

2,790,231

   

Eastern Bankshares, Inc.

   

468,610

     

9,451,864

   

First BanCorp/Puerto Rico

   

823,160

     

11,343,145

   

Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.

   

43,960

     

1,759,719

   

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

   

56,180

     

5,365,190

   

SouthState Corp.

   

50,350

     

4,033,538

   

Synovus Financial Corp.

   

101,180

     

4,843,487

   

The Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd.

   

174,040

     

6,632,664

   

UMB Financial Corp.

   

56,542

     

5,999,672

   
     

64,719,212

   

Capital Markets (3.0%):

 

Federated Hermes, Inc.

   

298,410

     

11,214,248

   

Communication Services (2.6%):

 

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (a)

   

21,730

     

3,775,153

   

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A (b)

   

123,210

     

6,079,181

   
     

9,854,334

   

Consumer Discretionary (8.3%):

 

Adient PLC (a)

   

44,260

     

2,119,169

   

Carter's, Inc.

   

83,260

     

8,427,577

   

Dana, Inc.

   

251,680

     

5,743,338

   

Dine Brands Global, Inc.

   

50,360

     

3,817,792

   

Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (a)

   

189,520

     

6,625,619

   

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

   

153,130

     

4,411,675

   
     

31,145,170

   

Consumer Staples (3.5%):

 

Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)

   

92,170

     

3,772,518

   

Hostess Brands, Inc. (a)

   

150,111

     

3,065,267

   

Nomad Foods Ltd. (a)

   

251,440

     

6,384,061

   
     

13,221,846

   

Energy (6.6%):

 

California Resources Corp.

   

195,150

     

8,334,857

   

Comstock Resources, Inc. (a)

   

439,510

     

3,555,636

   

Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A (b)

   

247,860

     

4,677,118

   

National Energy Services Reunited Corp. (a)

   

123,040

     

1,162,728

   

PDC Energy, Inc.

   

146,030

     

7,123,343

   
     

24,853,682

   

Health Care (3.9%):

 

The Ensign Group, Inc.

   

94,290

     

7,916,588

   

Tivity Health, Inc. (a) (b)

   

255,990

     

6,768,376

   
     

14,684,964

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


24


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Partners Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Industrials (14.1%):

 

Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

   

72,890

   

$

3,758,937

   

American Woodmark Corp. (a) (b)

   

33,560

     

2,188,112

   

ArcBest Corp.

   

30,590

     

3,666,212

   

Atkore, Inc. (a)

   

34,970

     

3,888,314

   

Finning International, Inc.

   

123,130

     

3,103,561

   

GMS, Inc. (a)

   

63,270

     

3,803,160

   

GrafTech International Ltd.

   

690,100

     

8,163,883

   

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.

   

81,070

     

3,588,969

   

McGrath RentCorp

   

39,870

     

3,199,966

   

Meritor, Inc. (a)

   

286,850

     

7,108,143

   

Primoris Services Corp.

   

230,280

     

5,522,115

   

SkyWest, Inc. (a)

   

132,150

     

5,193,495

   
     

53,184,867

   

Information Technology (10.5%):

 

Cognyte Software Ltd. (a)

   

447,420

     

7,011,071

   

Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)

   

72,050

     

8,586,199

   

NCR Corp. (a)

   

233,930

     

9,403,986

   

Verint Systems, Inc. (a)

   

165,110

     

8,669,926

   

Verra Mobility Corp. (a)

   

392,200

     

6,051,646

   
     

39,722,828

   

Insurance (6.6%):

 

Alleghany Corp. (a)

   

10,540

     

7,036,399

   

Globe Life, Inc.

   

80,260

     

7,521,967

   

Kemper Corp.

   

78,630

     

4,622,658

   

Primerica, Inc.

   

36,793

     

5,639,263

   
     

24,820,287

   

Materials (6.8%):

 

Constellium SE (a)

   

209,070

     

3,744,444

   

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

   

539,230

     

10,514,985

   

Olin Corp.

   

133,430

     

7,674,893

   

Summit Materials, Inc., Class A (a)

   

91,157

     

3,659,042

   
     

25,593,364

   

Real Estate (10.3%):

 

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

   

428,090

     

6,913,653

   

Cushman & Wakefield PLC (a)

   

286,420

     

6,369,981

   

Equity Commonwealth (a)

   

250,180

     

6,479,662

   

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.

   

245,770

     

7,228,095

   

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (a)

   

24,170

     

6,509,948

   

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.

   

231,860

     

5,536,817

   
     

39,038,156

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


25


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Partners Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Utilities (4.1%):

 

Black Hills Corp.

   

73,935

   

$

5,217,593

   

NorthWestern Corp.

   

79,200

     

4,527,072

   

South Jersey Industries, Inc.

   

219,500

     

5,733,340

   
     

15,478,005

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $277,039,047)

   

367,530,963

   

Preferred Stocks (0.1%)

 

Health Care (0.1%):

 

WellDoc, Inc. Series B (a) (c) (d)

   

1,587,483

     

587,369

   

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $1,942,920)

   

587,369

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned (2.1%)^

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund Portfolio, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (e)

   

183,146

     

183,146

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.01% (e)
   

3,597,002

     

3,597,002

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.02% (e)
   

91,399

     

91,399

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (e)

   

728,785

     

728,785

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.06% (e)
   

3,276,757

     

3,276,757

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $7,877,089)

   

7,877,089

   

Total Investments (Cost $286,859,056) — 99.7%

   

375,995,421

   

Other assets in excess of liabilities — 0.3%

   

982,127

   

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

376,977,548

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(c)  Security was fair valued based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees and represents 0.1% of net assets as of December 31, 2021. This security is classified as Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy. (See Note 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements)

(d)  The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be illiquid based upon procedures approved by the Board. As of December 31, 2021, illiquid securities were 0.1% of net assets.

(e)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

PLC — Public Limited Company

REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust

See notes to financial statements.

 


26


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Value Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (97.8%)

 

Communication Services (1.5%):

 

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., Class A (a)

   

104,690

   

$

5,165,405

   

Consumer Discretionary (8.0%):

 

Adient PLC (b)

   

131,420

     

6,292,390

   

Carter's, Inc.

   

71,990

     

7,286,828

   

LKQ Corp.

   

97,320

     

5,842,120

   

Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (b)

   

141,020

     

4,930,059

   

The Wendy's Co.

   

102,370

     

2,441,524

   
     

26,792,921

   

Consumer Staples (5.7%):

 

Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (b)

   

81,310

     

3,328,018

   

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

   

185,965

     

6,854,670

   

Nomad Foods Ltd. (b)

   

212,870

     

5,404,769

   

U.S. Foods Holding Corp. (a) (b)

   

103,680

     

3,611,175

   
     

19,198,632

   

Energy (5.2%):

 

Baker Hughes Co.

   

187,110

     

4,501,867

   

Chesapeake Energy Corp. (a)

   

89,610

     

5,781,637

   

Devon Energy Corp.

   

158,150

     

6,966,507

   
     

17,250,011

   

Financials (20.0%):

 

Alleghany Corp. (b)

   

8,740

     

5,834,737

   

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

   

45,260

     

5,901,904

   

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

   

109,300

     

5,164,425

   

Federated Hermes, Inc.

   

228,980

     

8,605,068

   

First Horizon Corp.

   

211,650

     

3,456,244

   

Globe Life, Inc.

   

111,240

     

10,425,413

   

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.

   

69,400

     

5,511,748

   

KeyCorp

   

217,840

     

5,038,639

   

The Progressive Corp.

   

57,890

     

5,942,409

   

Willis Towers Watson PLC

   

46,420

     

11,024,286

   
     

66,904,873

   

Health Care (6.8%):

 

Humana, Inc.

   

20,380

     

9,453,467

   

Sotera Health Co. (a) (b)

   

445,050

     

10,480,927

   

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

   

21,550

     

2,737,712

   
     

22,672,106

   

Industrials (14.2%):

 

Crane Co. (a)

   

30,030

     

3,054,952

   

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

   

25,090

     

3,479,230

   

Fluor Corp. (b)

   

236,720

     

5,863,554

   

GrafTech International Ltd.

   

530,070

     

6,270,728

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


27


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Value Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

   

56,360

   

$

5,010,404

   

nVent Electric PLC

   

67,890

     

2,579,820

   

Regal Rexnord Corp.

   

22,750

     

3,871,595

   

Sensata Technologies Holding PLC (b)

   

88,690

     

5,471,286

   

TFI International, Inc.

   

20,460

     

2,293,771

   

The Timken Co.

   

60,720

     

4,207,289

   

Triton International Ltd.

   

62,530

     

3,766,182

   

United Rentals, Inc. (b)

   

4,940

     

1,641,513

   
     

47,510,324

   

Information Technology (11.8%):

 

Cognyte Software Ltd. (b)

   

383,620

     

6,011,326

   

Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (b)

   

58,813

     

7,008,745

   

Fiserv, Inc. (b)

   

59,170

     

6,141,254

   

Global Payments, Inc.

   

46,860

     

6,334,535

   

NCR Corp. (b)

   

180,580

     

7,259,316

   

Verint Systems, Inc. (b)

   

131,090

     

6,883,536

   
     

39,638,712

   

Materials (9.9%):

 

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

   

511,460

     

9,973,470

   

Olin Corp.

   

160,080

     

9,207,802

   

Sealed Air Corp.

   

157,060

     

10,596,838

   

Summit Materials, Inc., Class A (b)

   

82,860

     

3,326,000

   
     

33,104,110

   

Real Estate (7.7%):

 

Americold Realty Trust

   

139,930

     

4,588,305

   

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

   

260,940

     

4,214,181

   

Cushman & Wakefield PLC (b)

   

189,020

     

4,203,805

   

Equity Commonwealth (b)

   

207,430

     

5,372,437

   

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A

   

109,160

     

3,644,852

   

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

   

81,040

     

3,613,573

   
     

25,637,153

   

Utilities (7.0%):

 

Evergy, Inc.

   

52,230

     

3,583,500

   

FirstEnergy Corp.

   

89,650

     

3,728,543

   

The AES Corp.

   

181,180

     

4,402,674

   

Vistra Corp.

   

522,240

     

11,891,405

   
     

23,606,122

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $262,095,697)

   

327,480,369

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned (2.6%)^

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund Portfolio, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (c)

   

200,105

     

200,105

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.01% (c)
   

3,930,098

     

3,930,098

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.02% (c)
   

99,863

     

99,863

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


28


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Value Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (c)

   

796,273

   

$

796,273

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.06% (c)
   

3,580,197

     

3,580,197

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $8,606,536)

   

8,606,536

   

Total Investments (Cost $270,702,233) — 100.4%

   

336,086,905

   

Liabilities in excess of other assets — (0.4)%

   

(1,387,789

)

 

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

334,699,116

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(b)  Non-income producing security.

(c)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

PLC — Public Limited Company

REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust

See notes to financial statements.

 


29


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Large Cap Alpha Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (96.6%)

 

Communication Services (4.6%):

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)

   

2,750

   

$

7,966,860

   

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A (a)

   

48,350

     

16,262,523

   
     

24,229,383

   

Consumer Discretionary (4.6%):

 

General Motors Co. (a)

   

136,480

     

8,001,823

   

LKQ Corp.

   

161,680

     

9,705,650

   

Target Corp.

   

29,150

     

6,746,476

   
     

24,453,949

   

Consumer Staples (8.1%):

 

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

   

529,440

     

19,515,158

   

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

   

96,280

     

6,102,226

   

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

   

256,560

     

17,012,494

   
     

42,629,878

   

Energy (5.1%):

 

Enterprise Products Partners LP

   

422,830

     

9,285,347

   

Hess Corp.

   

93,830

     

6,946,235

   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

   

41,970

     

7,633,504

   

Valero Energy Corp.

   

38,250

     

2,872,957

   
     

26,738,043

   

Financials (20.9%):

 

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

   

103,830

     

13,539,432

   

Comerica, Inc.

   

249,410

     

21,698,670

   

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.

   

131,120

     

10,413,550

   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

66,430

     

10,519,191

   

KeyCorp

   

280,870

     

6,496,523

   

The Progressive Corp.

   

190,260

     

19,530,189

   

U.S. Bancorp

   

184,860

     

10,383,586

   

Willis Towers Watson PLC

   

76,550

     

18,179,860

   
     

110,761,001

   

Health Care (17.3%):

 

AbbVie, Inc.

   

98,890

     

13,389,706

   

Cigna Corp.

   

61,430

     

14,106,171

   

Humana, Inc.

   

41,910

     

19,440,373

   

Johnson & Johnson

   

47,520

     

8,129,246

   

Medtronic PLC

   

136,530

     

14,124,028

   

Sotera Health Co. (a)

   

466,510

     

10,986,311

   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

   

22,525

     

11,310,703

   
     

91,486,538

   

Industrials (11.4%):

 

Eaton Corp. PLC

   

30,810

     

5,324,584

   

Johnson Controls International PLC

   

33,810

     

2,749,091

   

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

   

23,790

     

5,072,980

   

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

   

95,050

     

8,449,945

   

PACCAR, Inc.

   

81,130

     

7,160,534

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


30


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Large Cap Alpha Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

   

20,220

   

$

6,432,386

   

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

   

58,852

     

5,064,803

   

Sensata Technologies Holding PLC (a)

   

136,320

     

8,409,581

   

Union Pacific Corp.

   

46,530

     

11,722,303

   
     

60,386,207

   

Information Technology (8.2%):

 

Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)

   

85,390

     

10,175,926

   

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

   

89,330

     

9,750,369

   

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)

   

32,840

     

7,350,906

   

Global Payments, Inc.

   

120,650

     

16,309,467

   
     

43,586,668

   

Materials (5.9%):

 

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

   

154,750

     

6,457,718

   

PPG Industries, Inc.

   

43,250

     

7,458,030

   

Sealed Air Corp.

   

254,002

     

17,137,515

   
     

31,053,263

   

Real Estate (2.8%):

 

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (a)

   

850,190

     

14,784,804

   

Utilities (7.7%):

 

Exelon Corp.

   

252,760

     

14,599,418

   

FirstEnergy Corp.

   

157,850

     

6,564,981

   

Vistra Corp.

   

861,600

     

19,618,632

   
     

40,783,031

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $393,641,086)

   

510,892,765

   

Total Investments (Cost $393,641,086) — 96.6%

   

510,892,765

   

Other assets in excess of liabilities — 3.4%

   

17,824,478

   

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

528,717,243

   

(a)  Non-income producing security.

LP — Limited Partnership

PLC — Public Limited Company

See notes to financial statements.

 


31


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Investors Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Common Stocks (98.3%)

 

Banks (9.7%):

 

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

   

19,630

   

$

927,517

   

Comerica, Inc.

   

17,040

     

1,482,480

   

First Horizon Corp.

   

38,120

     

622,500

   
     

3,032,497

   

Capital Markets (5.4%):

 

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

   

7,090

     

924,536

   

Federated Hermes, Inc.

   

20,000

     

751,600

   
     

1,676,136

   

Communication Services (3.8%):

 

Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A (a)

   

3,470

     

1,167,135

   

Consumer Discretionary (5.3%):

 

Carter's, Inc.

   

8,740

     

884,663

   

LKQ Corp.

   

12,570

     

754,577

   
     

1,639,240

   

Consumer Staples (5.0%):

 

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

   

41,900

     

1,544,434

   

Energy (3.6%):

 

PDC Energy, Inc.

   

23,030

     

1,123,403

   

Health Care (10.1%):

 

Cigna Corp.

   

4,460

     

1,024,150

   

Humana, Inc.

   

2,700

     

1,252,422

   

Sotera Health Co. (a)

   

37,280

     

877,944

   
     

3,154,516

   

Industrials (9.4%):

 

Fluor Corp. (a)

   

41,480

     

1,027,460

   

GrafTech International Ltd.

   

96,080

     

1,136,626

   

Meritor, Inc. (a)

   

30,890

     

765,454

   
     

2,929,540

   

Information Technology (13.4%):

 

Cognyte Software Ltd. (a)

   

48,900

     

766,263

   

Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)

   

7,620

     

908,075

   

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

   

8,730

     

952,880

   

NCR Corp. (a)

   

17,000

     

683,400

   

Verint Systems, Inc. (a)

   

16,660

     

874,817

   
     

4,185,435

   

Insurance (11.6%):

 

Alleghany Corp. (a)

   

1,730

     

1,154,931

   

The Progressive Corp.

   

9,500

     

975,175

   

Willis Towers Watson PLC

   

6,240

     

1,481,937

   
     

3,612,043

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


32


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory RS Investors Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Materials (14.4%):

 

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

   

68,510

   

$

1,335,945

   

Olin Corp.

   

31,750

     

1,826,260

   

Sealed Air Corp.

   

19,350

     

1,305,545

   
     

4,467,750

   

Utilities (6.6%):

 

Vistra Corp.

   

89,920

     

2,047,478

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $24,862,039)

   

30,579,607

   

Total Investments (Cost $24,862,039) — 98.3%

   

30,579,607

   

Other assets in excess of liabilities — 1.7%

   

544,078

   

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

31,123,685

   

(a)  Non-income producing security.

PLC — Public Limited Company

See notes to financial statements.

 


33


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory Global Energy Transition Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

  Shares or
Principal
Amount
 

Value

 

Common Stocks (92.0%)

 

Chemicals (8.3%):

 

Linde PLC

   

35,872

   

$

12,427,137

   

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, ADR

   

231,922

     

11,695,826

   
     

24,122,963

   

Financials (0.3%):

 

Ivanhoe (a) (b) (c)

   

969,000

     

804,270

   

Health Care (0.6%):

 

Novus PIPE (a) (b) (e) (f) (g) (h) (k)

   

179,725

     

1,728,089

   

Metals & Mining (33.2%):

 

First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

   

1,002,606

     

23,995,006

   

HudBay Minerals, Inc. (d)

   

422,265

     

3,058,149

   

Lundin Mining Corp.

   

944,011

     

7,374,153

   

Newmont Corp.

   

158,101

     

9,805,424

   

Norsk Hydro ASA

   

977,725

     

7,721,483

   

Rio Tinto PLC, ADR (d)

   

40,319

     

2,698,954

   

Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (a)

   

2,608,571

     

42,910,993

   
     

97,564,162

   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (45.3%):

 

Antero Resources Corp. (a)

   

1,116,185

     

19,533,237

   

ARC Resources Ltd.

   

962,123

     

8,747,956

   

Cameco Corp. (d)

   

748,755

     

16,327,216

   

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

   

119,966

     

12,166,952

   

PDC Energy, Inc.

   

158,896

     

7,750,947

   

Peyto Exploration & Development Corp.

   

1,836,652

     

13,722,613

   

Range Resources Corp. (a)

   

928,837

     

16,561,164

   

Tourmaline Oil Corp.

   

425,030

     

13,724,087

   

Whitecap Resources, Inc.

   

4,092,082

     

24,232,839

   

 

   

132,767,011

   

Utilities (4.3%):

 

NextEra Energy, Inc. (i)

   

135,351

     

12,636,369

   

Total Common Stocks (Cost $163,064,922)

   

269,622,864

   

Preferred Stocks (0.6%)

 

Energy (0.6%):

 

Energy Vault SA (a) (b) (c)

   

36,659

     

1,797,237

   

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $1,797,237)

   

1,797,237

   

Convertible Corporate Bonds (1.9%)

 

Financials (1.9%):

 

Ipulse, 2.00%, 7/31/23 (PIK Exchange Right) (a) (b) (c)

 

$

1,608,540

 

   

1,608,540

   
Ivanhoe, 2.00%, 7/31/23 (a) (b) (c)    

4,021,350

 

   

4,021,350

   

Total Convertible Corporate Bonds (Cost $5,629,890)

   

5,629,890

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


34


 
Victory Portfolios
Victory Global Energy Transition Fund
  Schedule of Portfolio Investments — continued
December 31, 2021
 

Security Description

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Collateral for Securities Loaned (1.4%)^

 

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund Portfolio, Institutional Shares, 0.04% (j)

   

96,917

   

$

96,917

   
Fidelity Investments Money Market Government Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.01% (j)
   

1,903,460

     

1,903,460

   
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Prime Obligations Fund, Institutional Shares,
0.02% (j)
   

48,366

     

48,366

   

JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Capital Shares, 0.07% (j)

   

385,658

     

385,658

   
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Prime Portfolio, Institutional Shares,
0.06% (j)
   

1,733,993

     

1,733,993

   

Total Collateral for Securities Loaned (Cost $4,168,394)

   

4,168,394

   

Total Investments (Cost $174,660,443) — 95.9%

   

281,218,385

   

Other assets in excess of liabilities — 4.1%

   

11,950,438

   

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

 

$

293,168,823

   

^  Purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.

(a)  Non-income producing security.

(b)  The Fund's Adviser has deemed this security to be illiquid based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of December 31, 2021, illiquid securities were 3.4% of net assets.

(c)  Security was fair valued based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees and represents 2.8% of net assets as of December 31, 2021. This security is classified as Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy. (See Note 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements)

(d)  All or a portion of this security is on loan.

(e)  This security is held in connection with special purpose acquisition company transactions.

(f)  Restricted security that is not registered under the Securities Act of 1933.

(g)  The following table details the acquisition date and cost of the Fund's restricted securities at December 31, 2021:

Security Name

 

Acquisition Date

 

Cost

 

Novus

 

9/9/2021

 

$

1,797,250

   

(h)  Security or portion of security purchased on a forward settlement basis.

(i)  All or a portion of this security has been segregated as collateral for securities purchases on a forward settlement basis.

(j)  Rate disclosed is the daily yield on December 31, 2021.

(k)  Security was fair valued based upon procedures approved by the Board of Trustees and represents 0.6% of net assets as of December 31, 2021. (See Note 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements)

ADR — American Depositary Receipt

PIK — Payment-in-Kind

PIPE — Private Investment in Public Equity

PLC — Public Limited Company

See notes to financial statements.

 


35


 

Victory Portfolios

  Statements of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2021
 
    Victory
RS Partners
Fund
  Victory
RS Value
Fund
  Victory
RS Large
Cap Alpha
Fund
 

Assets:

 
Investments, at value (Cost $286,859,056,
$270,702,233 and $393,641,086)
 

$

375,995,421

(a)

 

$

336,086,905

(b)

 

$

510,892,765

   

Cash

   

10,944,680

     

7,583,599

     

19,071,660

   

Receivables:

 

Interest and dividends

   

306,413

     

178,977

     

671,283

   

Capital shares issued

   

639,985

     

62,140

     

82,885

   

Investments sold

   

1,955,622

     

     

   

From Adviser

   

24,645

     

4,615

     

24,961

   

Prepaid expenses

   

31,706

     

25,837

     

22,006

   

Total Assets

   

389,898,472

     

343,942,073

     

530,765,560

   

Liabilities:

 

Payables:

 

Collateral received on loaned securities

   

7,877,089

     

8,606,536

     

   

Investments purchased

   

3,590,241

     

     

1,227,957

   

Capital shares redeemed

   

983,175

     

249,914

     

404,448

   

Accrued expenses and other payables:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

318,831

     

237,339

     

217,972

   

Administration fees

   

19,423

     

17,126

     

26,833

   

Custodian fees

   

3,275

     

6,260

     

4,014

   

Transfer agent fees

   

65,249

     

64,406

     

80,111

   

Compliance fees

   

225

     

194

     

299

   
12b-1 fees    

21,314

     

20,968

     

56,994

   

Other accrued expenses

   

42,102

     

40,214

     

29,689

   

Total Liabilities

   

12,920,924

     

9,242,957

     

2,048,317

   

Net Assets:

 
Capital    

281,400,371

     

259,208,484

     

386,241,051

   

Total accumulated earnings/(loss)

   

95,577,177

     

75,490,632

     

142,476,192

   

Net Assets

 

$

376,977,548

   

$

334,699,116

   

$

528,717,243

   

Net Assets

 

Class A

 

$

195,053,234

   

$

188,880,540

   

$

495,890,209

   

Class C

   

     

1,397,714

     

6,229,941

   

Class R

   

1,651,831

     

637,771

     

6,428,443

   

Class Y

   

177,278,485

     

143,783,091

     

20,168,650

   

Member Class

   

2,993,998

     

     

   

Total

 

$

376,977,548

   

$

334,699,116

   

$

528,717,243

   
Shares (unlimited number of shares authorized
with a par value of $0.001 per share):
 

Class A

   

7,272,016

     

7,174,403

     

8,989,482

   

Class C

   

     

62,441

     

139,319

   

Class R

   

70,557

     

25,993

     

117,428

   

Class Y

   

6,069,637

     

5,279,884

     

367,372

   

Member Class

   

111,446

     

     

   

Total

   

13,523,656

     

12,542,721

     

9,613,601

   
Net asset value, offering (except Class A) and
redemption price per share:
 

Class A

 

$

26.82

   

$

26.33

   

$

55.16

   

Class C (c)

   

     

22.38

     

44.72

   

Class R

   

23.41

     

24.54

     

54.74

   

Class Y

   

29.21

     

27.23

     

54.90

   

Member Class

   

26.87

     

     

   

Maximum Sales Charge — Class A

   

5.75

%

   

5.75

%

   

5.75

%

 
Maximum offering price
(100%/(100%-maximum sales charge) of
net asset value adjusted to the nearest cent)
per share — Class A
 

$

28.46

   

$

27.94

   

$

58.53

   

(a)  Includes $7,757,416 of securities on loan.

(b)  Includes $8,438,631 of securities on loan.

(c)  Redemption price per share varies by the length of time shares are held.

See notes to financial statements.

 


36


 

Victory Portfolios

  Statements of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2021
 
    Victory
RS Investors
Fund
  Victory
Global Energy
Transition
Fund
 

Assets:

 

Investments, at value (Cost $24,862,039 and $174,660,443)

 

$

30,579,607

   

$

281,218,385

(a)

 

Foreign currency, at value (Cost $— and $58,863)

   

     

51,057

   

Cash

   

523,820

     

18,867,921

   

Receivables:

 

Interest and dividends

   

31,548

     

442,747

   

Capital shares issued

   

2,289

     

308,846

   

Investments sold

   

     

2,398,199

   

From Adviser

   

14,527

     

36,209

   

Prepaid expenses

   

23,832

     

39,935

   

Total Assets

   

31,175,623

     

303,363,299

   

Liabilities:

 

Payables:

 

Collateral received on loaned securities

   

     

4,168,394

   

Investments purchased

   

     

3,713,388

   

Investments purchased-PIPE settlements

   

     

1,797,250

   

Capital shares redeemed

   

1,514

     

165,479

   

Accrued expenses and other payables:

 

Investment advisory fees

   

25,930

     

241,322

   

Administration fees

   

1,576

     

13,801

   

Custodian fees

   

628

     

4,255

   

Transfer agent fees

   

6,775

     

52,702

   

Compliance fees

   

18

     

164

   
12b-1 fees    

2,935

     

10,030

   

Other accrued expenses

   

12,562

     

27,691

   

Total Liabilities

   

51,938

     

10,194,476

   

Net Assets:

 
Capital    

25,325,275

     

2,086,961,754

   

Total accumulated earnings/(loss)

   

5,798,410

     

(1,793,792,931

)

 

Net Assets

 

$

31,123,685

   

$

293,168,823

   

Net Assets

 

Class A

 

$

15,038,878

   

$

78,316,580

   

Class C

   

2,701,587

     

3,240,252

   

Class R

   

805,827

     

1,026,034

   

Class Y

   

12,577,393

     

210,585,957

   

Total

 

$

31,123,685

   

$

293,168,823

   
Shares (unlimited number of shares authorized with a
par value of $0.001 per share):
 

Class A

   

1,082,184

     

3,461,876

   

Class C

   

229,659

     

162,161

   

Class R

   

67,061

     

48,410

   

Class Y

   

872,826

     

8,908,293

   

Total

   

2,251,730

     

12,580,740

   
Net asset value, offering (except Class A) and
redemption price per share:
 

Class A

 

$

13.90

   

$

22.62

   

Class C (b)

   

11.76

     

19.98

   

Class R

   

12.02

     

21.19

   

Class Y

   

14.41

     

23.64

   

Maximum Sales Charge — Class A

   

5.75

%

   

5.75

%

 
Maximum offering price
(100%/(100%-maximum sales charge) of net asset
value adjusted to the nearest cent) per share — Class A
 

$

14.75

   

$

24.00

   

(a)  Includes $4,057,601 of securities on loan.

(b)  Redemption price per share varies by the length of time shares are held.

See notes to financial statements.

 


37


 

Victory Portfolios

  Statements of Operations
For the Year Ended December 31, 2021
 
    Victory
RS Partners
Fund
  Victory
RS Value
Fund
  Victory
RS Large
Cap Alpha
Fund
 

Investment Income:

     

Dividends

 

$

4,405,801

   

$

4,739,656

   

$

10,415,655

   

Interest

   

1,825

     

1,378

     

2,250

   

Securities lending (net of fees)

   

10,577

     

7,646

     

832

   

Foreign tax withholding

   

(31,838

)

   

(10,110

)

   

(11,170

)

 

Total Income

   

4,386,365

     

4,738,570

     

10,407,567

   

Expenses:

     

Investment advisory fees

   

3,756,423

     

2,839,080

     

2,576,693

   

Administration fees

   

207,177

     

184,262

     

284,251

   

Sub-Administration fees

   

17,000

     

16,792

     

16,792

   
12b-1 fees — Class A    

464,994

     

450,225

     

1,208,245

   
12b-1 fees — Class C    

     

16,261

     

80,145

   
12b-1 fees — Class R    

8,075

     

3,587

     

31,820

   

Custodian fees

   

18,893

     

20,291

     

24,299

   

Transfer agent fees — Class A

   

252,040

     

231,006

     

438,993

   

Transfer agent fees — Class C

   

     

3,147

     

3,989

   

Transfer agent fees — Class R

   

3,044

     

1,857

     

11,044

   

Transfer agent fees — Class Y

   

157,004

     

153,236

     

16,700

   

Transfer agent fees — Member Class

   

2,634

     

     

   

Trustees' fees

   

24,636

     

22,478

     

33,556

   

Compliance fees

   

2,705

     

2,421

     

3,735

   

Legal and audit fees

   

29,215

     

22,591

     

30,663

   

State registration and filing fees

   

59,083

     

33,116

     

45,159

   

Other expenses

   

62,195

     

59,590

     

43,897

   

Total Expenses

   

5,065,118

     

4,059,940

     

4,849,981

   

Expenses waived/reimbursed by Adviser

   

(229,651

)

   

(70,218

)

   

(211,774

)

 

Net Expenses

   

4,835,467

     

3,989,722

     

4,638,207

   

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   

(449,102

)

   

748,848

     

5,769,360

   
Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses) from
Investments:
     
Net realized gains (losses) from investment
securities and foreign currency transactions
   

80,047,267

     

67,085,450

     

79,181,305

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
on investment securities and foreign currency
translations
   

13,032,470

     

11,836,881

     

20,032,914

   
Net realized/unrealized gains (losses) on
investments
   

93,079,737

     

78,922,331

     

99,214,219

   

Change in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

92,630,635

   

$

79,671,179

   

$

104,983,579

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


38


 

Victory Portfolios

  Statements of Operations
For the Year Ended December 31, 2021
 
    Victory RS
Investors
Fund
  Victory
Global Energy
Transition
Fund
 

Investment Income:

     

Dividends

 

$

444,004

   

$

3,486,824

   

Interest

   

205

     

49,446

   

Securities lending (net of fees)

   

841

     

11,367

   

Foreign tax withholding

   

(476

)

   

(293,818

)

 

Total Income

   

444,574

     

3,253,819

   

Expenses:

     

Investment advisory fees

   

305,703

     

2,591,991

   

Administration fees

   

16,862

     

142,658

   

Sub-Administration fees

   

13,500

     

13,500

   
12b-1 fees — Class A    

36,056

     

161,696

   
12b-1 fees — Class C    

30,298

     

28,153

   
12b-1 fees — Class R    

3,713

     

7,385

   

Custodian fees

   

3,911

     

25,618

   

Transfer agent fees — Class A

   

17,015

     

125,270

   

Transfer agent fees — Class C

   

4,411

     

4,068

   

Transfer agent fees — Class R

   

1,294

     

3,491

   

Transfer agent fees — Class Y

   

14,075

     

189,612

   

Trustees' fees

   

3,547

     

15,279

   

Compliance fees

   

221

     

1,634

   

Legal and audit fees

   

8,770

     

42,630

   

State registration and filing fees

   

18,310

     

29,119

   

Interfund lending fees

   

     

302

   

Other expenses

   

11,801

     

45,163

   

Total Expenses

   

489,487

     

3,427,569

   

Expenses waived/reimbursed by Adviser

   

(90,433

)

   

(186,151

)

 

Net Expenses

   

399,054

     

3,241,418

   

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   

45,520

     

12,401

   

Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses) from Investments:

     
Net realized gains (losses) from investment securities and
foreign currency transactions
   

6,937,784

     

8,906,170

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on
investment securities and foreign currency translations
   

(144,539

)

   

121,511,876

   

Net realized/unrealized gains (losses) on investments

   

6,793,245

     

130,418,046

   

Change in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

6,838,765

   

$

130,430,447

   

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 
    Victory RS Partners
Fund
  Victory RS Value
Fund
  Victory RS Large Cap Alpha
Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 

From Investment Activities:

 

Operations:

 
Net investment
income (loss)
 

$

(449,102

)

 

$

1,240,556

   

$

748,848

   

$

718,636

   

$

5,769,360

   

$

5,054,970

   
Net realized gains
(losses) from
investments
   

80,047,267

     

(11,698,940

)

   

67,085,450

     

(12,229,730

)

   

79,181,305

     

(4,201,598

)

 
Net change in
unrealized
appreciation/
depreciation
on investments
   

13,032,470

     

(4,653,083

)

   

11,836,881

     

(9,051,390

)

   

20,032,914

     

(17,104,453

)

 
Change in net assets
resulting from
operations
   

92,630,635

     

(15,111,467

)

   

79,671,179

     

(20,562,484

)

   

104,983,579

     

(16,251,081

)

 
Distributions to
Shareholders:
 

Class A

   

(28,047,422

)

   

(2,382,023

)

   

(23,751,997

)

   

(3,101,649

)

   

(55,880,468

)

   

(16,466,861

)

 

Class C

   

     

     

(199,127

)

   

(57,388

)

   

(812,225

)

   

(464,103

)

 

Class R

   

(261,917

)

   

(24,191

)

   

(83,609

)

   

(13,629

)

   

(699,959

)

   

(206,060

)

 

Class Y

   

(24,006,515

)

   

(2,572,869

)

   

(17,934,828

)

   

(2,641,513

)

   

(2,330,388

)

   

(617,022

)

 

Member Class (a)

   

(434,976

)

   

(1,246

)

   

     

     

     

   
Change in net assets
resulting from
distributions to
shareholders
   

(52,750,830

)

   

(4,980,329

)

   

(41,969,561

)

   

(5,814,179

)

   

(59,723,040

)

   

(17,754,046

)

 
Change in net assets
resulting from
capital transactions
   

10,857,122

     

(81,239,459

)

   

(10,957,822

)

   

(55,511,801

)

   

5,894,424

     

(52,872,803

)

 

Change in net assets

   

50,736,927

     

(101,331,255

)

   

26,743,796

     

(81,888,464

)

   

51,154,963

     

(86,877,930

)

 

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of period

   

326,240,621

     

427,571,876

     

307,955,320

     

389,843,784

     

477,562,280

     

564,440,210

   

End of period

 

$

376,977,548

   

$

326,240,621

   

$

334,699,116

   

$

307,955,320

   

$

528,717,243

   

$

477,562,280

   

(a)  Victory RS Partners Fund Member Class commenced operations on November 3, 2020.

(continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


40


 

Victory Portfolios

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

  (continued)

    Victory RS Partners
Fund
  Victory RS Value
Fund
  Victory RS Large Cap Alpha
Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 

Capital Transactions:

 

Class A

 
Proceeds from
shares issued
 

$

32,378,102

   

$

8,056,549

   

$

12,582,595

   

$

10,671,316

   

$

18,537,698

   

$

15,044,197

   
Distributions
reinvested
   

27,357,527

     

2,346,101

     

23,208,972

     

3,021,005

     

54,292,632

     

16,006,543

   
Cost of shares
redeemed
   

(38,380,359

)

   

(38,903,637

)

   

(27,845,087

)

   

(43,963,514

)

   

(63,635,769

)

   

(76,615,653

)

 

Total Class A

 

$

21,355,270

   

$

(28,500,987

)

 

$

7,946,480

   

$

(30,271,193

)

 

$

9,194,561

   

$

(45,564,913

)

 

Class C

 
Proceeds from
shares issued
 

$

   

$

   

$

93,397

   

$

111,055

   

$

183,579

   

$

228,965

   
Distributions
reinvested
   

     

     

199,127

     

57,388

     

784,649

     

464,103

   
Cost of shares
redeemed
   

     

     

(1,731,042

)

   

(1,886,466

)

   

(6,904,121

)

   

(4,905,429

)

 

Total Class C

 

$

   

$

   

$

(1,438,518

)

 

$

(1,718,023

)

 

$

(5,935,893

)

 

$

(4,212,361

)

 

Class R

 
Proceeds from
shares issued
 

$

102,925

   

$

336,137

   

$

79,653

   

$

58,505

   

$

569,839

   

$

908,104

   
Distributions
reinvested
   

261,917

     

24,191

     

78,836

     

13,629

     

695,951

     

206,047

   
Cost of shares
redeemed
   

(278,653

)

   

(421,656

)

   

(280,742

)

   

(319,314

)

   

(1,527,178

)

   

(1,850,065

)

 

Total Class R

 

$

86,189

   

$

(61,328

)

 

$

(122,253

)

 

$

(247,180

)

 

$

(261,388

)

 

$

(735,914

)

 

Class Y

 
Proceeds from
shares issued
 

$

64,038,117

   

$

28,022,881

   

$

12,404,934

   

$

18,473,898

   

$

4,827,781

   

$

2,949,615

   
Distributions
reinvested
   

23,949,470

     

2,567,572

     

17,722,595

     

2,604,139

     

2,275,335

     

596,266

   
Cost of shares
redeemed
   

(101,782,209

)

   

(83,363,101

)

   

(47,471,060

)

   

(44,353,442

)

   

(4,205,972

)

   

(5,905,496

)

 

Total Class Y

 

$

(13,794,622

)

 

$

(52,772,648

)

 

$

(17,343,531

)

 

$

(23,275,405

)

 

$

2,897,144

   

$

(2,359,615

)

 

Member Class (a)

 
Proceeds from
shares issued
 

$

4,042,884

   

$

94,259

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   
Distributions
reinvested
   

434,976

     

1,245

     

     

     

     

   
Cost of shares
redeemed
   

(1,267,575

)

   

     

     

     

     

   

Total Member Class

 

$

3,210,285

   

$

95,504

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   
Change in net assets
resulting from
capital transactions
 

$

10,857,122

   

$

(81,239,459

)

 

$

(10,957,822

)

 

$

(55,511,801

)

 

$

5,894,424

   

$

(52,872,803

)

 

(a)  Victory RS Partners Fund Member Class commenced operations on November 3, 2020.

(continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


41


 

Victory Portfolios

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

  (continued)

    Victory RS Partners
Fund
  Victory RS Value
Fund
  Victory RS Large Cap Alpha
Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 

Share Transactions:

 

Class A

 

Issued

   

1,071,551

     

411,941

     

459,952

     

545,133

     

327,763

     

327,242

   

Reinvested

   

1,045,777

     

98,163

     

900,018

     

130,384

     

1,000,925

     

321,465

   

Redeemed

   

(1,316,022

)

   

(1,952,159

)

   

(1,031,826

)

   

(2,185,810

)

   

(1,117,937

)

   

(1,663,736

)

 

Total Class A

   

801,306

     

(1,442,055

)

   

328,144

     

(1,510,293

)

   

210,751

     

(1,015,029

)

 

Class C

 

Issued

   

     

     

3,951

     

6,149

     

3,697

     

6,096

   

Reinvested

   

     

     

9,118

     

2,840

     

17,967

     

11,226

   

Redeemed

   

     

     

(77,404

)

   

(105,185

)

   

(151,544

)

   

(129,105

)

 

Total Class C

   

     

     

(64,335

)

   

(96,196

)

   

(129,880

)

   

(111,783

)

 

Class R

 

Issued

   

3,946

     

19,278

     

3,060

     

3,076

     

10,041

     

19,865

   

Reinvested

   

11,467

     

1,131

     

3,293

     

625

     

12,969

     

4,172

   

Redeemed

   

(10,507

)

   

(23,375

)

   

(10,767

)

   

(16,873

)

   

(26,224

)

   

(40,294

)

 

Total Class R

   

4,906

     

(2,966

)

   

(4,414

)

   

(13,172

)

   

(3,214

)

   

(16,257

)

 

Class Y

 

Issued

   

1,974,973

     

1,326,866

     

451,850

     

931,019

     

81,687

     

60,906

   

Reinvested

   

839,425

     

100,022

     

663,195

     

109,188

     

42,077

     

12,016

   

Redeemed

   

(3,210,913

)

   

(3,844,005

)

   

(1,681,077

)

   

(2,139,626

)

   

(74,261

)

   

(133,707

)

 

Total Class Y

   

(396,515

)

   

(2,417,117

)

   

(566,032

)

   

(1,099,419

)

   

49,503

     

(60,785

)

 

Member Class (a)

 

Issued

   

132,546

     

4,173

     

     

     

     

   

Reinvested

   

16,583

     

52

     

     

     

     

   

Redeemed

   

(41,908

)

   

     

     

     

     

   

Total Member Class

   

107,221

     

4,225

     

     

     

     

   

Change in Shares

   

516,918

     

(3,857,913

)

   

(306,637

)

   

(2,719,080

)

   

127,160

     

(1,203,854

)

 

(a)  Victory RS Partners Fund Member Class commenced operations on November 3, 2020.

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 
    Victory RS
Investors Fund
  Victory Global Energy
Transition Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 

From Investment Activities:

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

45,520

   

$

(32,101

)

 

$

12,401

   

$

95,179

   
Net realized gains (losses) from
investments
   

6,937,784

     

(2,049,123

)

   

8,906,170

     

(156,274,442

)

 
Net change in unrealized
appreciation/depreciation
on investments
   

(144,539

)

   

(1,336,814

)

   

121,511,876

     

185,771,622

   
Change in net assets resulting
from operations
   

6,838,765

     

(3,418,038

)

   

130,430,447

     

29,592,359

   

Distributions to Shareholders:

 

Class A

   

(2,084,214

)

   

(38,891

)

   

     

(17,431

)

 

Class C

   

(430,072

)

   

(11,599

)

   

     

   

Class R

   

(124,797

)

   

(2,189

)

   

     

   

Class Y

   

(1,716,122

)

   

(33,498

)

   

(86,748

)

   

(307,837

)

 
Change in net assets resulting
from distributions to shareholders
   

(4,355,205

)

   

(86,177

)

   

(86,748

)

   

(325,268

)

 
Change in net assets resulting
from capital transactions
   

762,677

     

(12,411,650

)

   

3,720,084

     

(21,333,904

)

 

Change in net assets

   

3,246,237

     

(15,915,865

)

   

134,063,783

     

7,933,187

   

Net Assets:

 

Beginning of period

   

27,877,448

     

43,793,313

     

159,105,040

     

151,171,853

   

End of period

 

$

31,123,685

   

$

27,877,448

   

$

293,168,823

   

$

159,105,040

   

(continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

  (continued)

    Victory RS
Investors Fund
  Victory Global Energy
Transition Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 

Capital Transactions:

 

Class A

 

Proceeds from shares issued

 

$

1,456,481

   

$

1,680,515

   

$

45,428,214

   

$

5,505,577

   

Distributions reinvested

   

1,959,510

     

36,157

     

     

16,618

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(2,154,752

)

   

(4,654,377

)

   

(36,106,014

)

   

(8,758,422

)

 

Total Class A

 

$

1,261,239

   

$

(2,937,705

)

 

$

9,322,200

   

$

(3,236,227

)

 

Class C

 

Proceeds from shares issued

 

$

115,128

   

$

64,083

   

$

1,198,233

   

$

496,242

   

Distributions reinvested

   

430,072

     

11,513

     

     

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(1,412,389

)

   

(2,978,451

)

   

(1,858,895

)

   

(1,312,505

)

 

Total Class C

 

$

(867,189

)

 

$

(2,902,855

)

 

$

(660,662

)

 

$

(816,263

)

 

Class R

 

Proceeds from shares issued

 

$

37,764

   

$

46,519

   

$

1,274,162

   

$

263,387

   

Distributions reinvested

   

124,797

     

2,189

     

     

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(47,693

)

   

(195,450

)

   

(1,575,801

)

   

(294,240

)

 

Total Class R

 

$

114,868

   

$

(146,742

)

 

$

(301,639

)

 

$

(30,853

)

 

Class Y

 

Proceeds from shares issued

 

$

1,797,156

   

$

1,952,154

   

$

102,421,824

   

$

22,164,045

   

Distributions reinvested

   

1,711,171

     

33,328

     

81,976

     

288,040

   

Cost of shares redeemed

   

(3,254,568

)

   

(8,409,830

)

   

(107,143,615

)

   

(39,702,646

)

 

Total Class Y

 

$

253,759

   

$

(6,424,348

)

 

$

(4,639,815

)

 

$

(17,250,561

)

 
Change in net assets resulting from
capital transactions
 

$

762,677

   

$

(12,411,650

)

 

$

3,720,084

   

$

(21,333,904

)

 

(continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


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Victory Portfolios

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

  (continued)

    Victory RS
Investors Fund
  Victory Global Energy
Transition Fund
 
    Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year
Ended
December 31,
2020
 

Share Transactions:

 

Class A

 

Issued

   

99,952

     

153,026

     

2,394,815

     

690,679

   

Reinvested

   

143,240

     

2,876

     

     

1,375

   

Redeemed

   

(147,295

)

   

(460,596

)

   

(1,910,846

)

   

(1,073,725

)

 

Total Class A

   

95,897

     

(304,694

)

   

483,969

     

(381,671

)

 

Class C

 

Issued

   

9,121

     

7,008

     

78,427

     

58,179

   

Reinvested

   

37,139

     

1,048

     

     

   

Redeemed

   

(111,183

)

   

(311,413

)

   

(133,023

)

   

(179,802

)

 

Total Class C

   

(64,923

)

   

(303,357

)

   

(54,596

)

   

(121,623

)

 

Class R

 

Issued

   

2,913

     

4,704

     

83,535

     

32,115

   

Reinvested

   

10,549

     

196

     

     

   

Redeemed

   

(3,805

)

   

(19,506

)

   

(93,632

)

   

(41,381

)

 

Total Class R

   

9,657

     

(14,606

)

   

(10,097

)

   

(9,266

)

 

Class Y

 

Issued

   

117,213

     

176,376

     

5,277,694

     

2,643,842

   

Reinvested

   

120,357

     

2,572

     

3,515

     

22,860

   

Redeemed

   

(214,659

)

   

(750,912

)

   

(5,630,485

)

   

(4,779,989

)

 

Total Class Y

   

22,911

     

(571,964

)

   

(349,276

)

   

(2,113,287

)

 

Change in Shares

   

63,542

     

(1,194,621

)

   

70,000

     

(2,625,847

)

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


45


 

Victory Portfolios

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Net Realized
Gains from
Investments
 

Victory RS Partners Fund

     

Class A

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

24.21

     

(0.09

)

   

7.14

     

7.05

     

     

(4.44

)

 

2020

 

$

24.47

     

0.04

     

0.07

(e)

   

0.11

     

     

(0.37

)

 

2019

 

$

20.66

     

0.12

     

6.12

     

6.24

     

(0.21

)

   

(2.22

)

 

2018

 

$

29.21

     

0.04

     

(3.52

)

   

(3.48

)

   

(0.08

)

   

(4.99

)

 

2017

 

$

31.58

     

(0.25

)

   

4.78

     

4.53

     

     

(6.90

)

 

Class R

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

21.65

     

(0.17

)

   

6.37

     

6.20

     

     

(4.44

)

 

2020

 

$

22.01

     

(0.03

)

   

0.04

(e)

   

0.01

     

     

(0.37

)

 

2019

 

$

18.79

     

0.03

     

5.55

     

5.58

     

(0.14

)

   

(2.22

)

 

2018

 

$

27.09

     

(0.04

)

   

(3.27

)

   

(3.31

)

   

     

(4.99

)

 

2017

 

$

29.84

     

(0.44

)

   

4.59

     

4.15

     

     

(6.90

)

 

Class Y

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

25.99

     

0.02

     

7.69

     

7.71

     

(0.05

)

   

(4.44

)

 

2020

 

$

26.17

     

0.12

     

0.07

(e)

   

0.19

     

     

(0.37

)

 

2019

 

$

21.94

     

0.21

     

6.52

     

6.73

     

(0.28

)

   

(2.22

)

 

2018

 

$

30.67

     

0.14

     

(3.71

)

   

(3.57

)

   

(0.17

)

   

(4.99

)

 

2017

 

$

32.75

     

(0.04

)

   

4.86

     

4.82

     

     

(6.90

)

 

Member Class

     

Year Ended:

 

December 31, 2021

 

$

24.22

     

(0.04

)

   

7.17

     

7.13

     

(0.04

)

   

(4.44

)

 
November 3, 2020(g)
through
December 31, 2020
 

$

19.64

     

0.01

     

4.94

(e)

   

4.95

     

     

(0.37

)

 

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(c)  Annualized for periods less than one year.

(d)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(e)  The amount shown for a share outstanding throughout the period does not accord with the change in net assets resulting from operations during the period because of the timing of sales and purchases of fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values during the period.

(f)  Reflects an increase in trading activity due to asset allocation shifts.

(g)  Commencement of operations.

See notes to financial statements.

 


46


 

Victory Portfolios

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)(b)
  Net
Expenses(c)
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(c)
  Gross
Expenses(c)
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)(d)
 

Victory RS Partners Fund

 

Class A

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(4.44

)

 

$

26.82

     

29.58

%

   

1.45

%

   

(0.29

)%

   

1.49

%

 

$

195,053

     

64

%

 

2020

   

(0.37

)

 

$

24.21

     

0.46

%

   

1.45

%

   

0.20

%

   

1.53

%

 

$

156,629

     

108

%(f)

 

2019

   

(2.43

)

 

$

24.47

     

30.69

%

   

1.45

%

   

0.49

%

   

1.52

%

 

$

193,630

     

57

%

 

2018

   

(5.07

)

 

$

20.66

     

(12.04

)%

   

1.45

%

   

0.14

%

   

1.52

%

 

$

175,723

     

62

%

 

2017

   

(6.90

)

 

$

29.21

     

14.21

%

   

1.45

%

   

(0.75

)%

   

1.50

%

 

$

259,050

     

38

%

 

Class R

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(4.44

)

 

$

23.41

     

29.15

%

   

1.81

%

   

(0.65

)%

   

2.48

%

 

$

1,652

     

64

%

 

2020

   

(0.37

)

 

$

21.65

     

0.06

%

   

1.81

%

   

(0.15

)%

   

2.87

%

 

$

1,421

     

108

%(f)

 

2019

   

(2.36

)

 

$

22.01

     

30.26

%

   

1.81

%

   

0.12

%

   

2.63

%

 

$

1,510

     

57

%

 

2018

   

(4.99

)

 

$

18.79

     

(12.39

)%

   

1.81

%

   

(0.16

)%

   

2.37

%

 

$

1,207

     

62

%

 

2017

   

(6.90

)

 

$

27.09

     

13.81

%

   

1.81

%

   

(1.40

)%

   

2.28

%

 

$

2,168

     

38

%

 

Class Y

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(4.49

)

 

$

29.21

     

30.03

%

   

1.12

%

   

0.05

%

   

1.19

%

 

$

177,278

     

64

%

 

2020

   

(0.37

)

 

$

25.99

     

0.77

%

   

1.12

%

   

0.54

%

   

1.23

%

 

$

168,087

     

108

%(f)

 

2019

   

(2.50

)

 

$

26.17

     

31.18

%

   

1.12

%

   

0.82

%

   

1.21

%

 

$

232,432

     

57

%

 

2018

   

(5.16

)

 

$

21.94

     

(11.77

)%

   

1.12

%

   

0.48

%

   

1.19

%

 

$

250,709

     

62

%

 

2017

   

(6.90

)

 

$

30.67

     

14.59

%

   

1.12

%

   

(0.11

)%

   

1.21

%

 

$

349,022

     

38

%

 

Member Class

 

Year Ended:

 

December 31, 2021

   

(4.48

)

 

$

26.87

     

29.90

%

   

1.25

%

   

(0.14

)%

   

3.05

%

 

$

2,994

     

64

%

 
November 3, 2020(g)
through
December 31, 2020
   

(0.37

)

 

$

24.22

     

25.22

%

   

1.25

%

   

0.36

%

   

33.63

%

 

$

102

     

108

%

 

(continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


47


 

Victory Portfolios

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Net Realized
Gains from
Investments
 

Victory RS Value Fund

     

Class A

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

23.68

     

0.03

     

6.34

     

6.37

     

(0.11

)

   

(3.61

)

 

2020

 

$

24.79

     

0.03

     

(0.68

)

   

(0.65

)

   

     

(0.46

)

 

2019

 

$

20.28

     

0.07

     

6.28

     

6.35

     

(0.14

)

   

(1.70

)

 

2018

 

$

26.21

     

0.06

     

(2.85

)

   

(2.79

)

   

(0.14

)

   

(3.00

)

 

2017

 

$

27.94

     

0.03

     

4.80

     

4.83

     

(0.04

)

   

(6.52

)

 

Class C

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

20.65

     

(0.16

)

   

5.50

     

5.34

     

     

(3.61

)

 

2020

 

$

21.85

     

(0.11

)

   

(0.63

)

   

(0.74

)

   

     

(0.46

)

 

2019

 

$

18.08

     

(0.11

)

   

5.58

     

5.47

     

     

(1.70

)

 

2018

 

$

23.76

     

(0.13

)

   

(2.55

)

   

(2.68

)

   

     

(3.00

)

 

2017

 

$

26.01

     

(0.08

)

   

4.35

     

4.27

     

     

(6.52

)

 

Class R

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

22.27

     

(0.07

)

   

5.95

     

5.88

     

(c)

   

(3.61

)

 

2020

 

$

23.44

     

(0.05

)

   

(0.66

)

   

(0.71

)

   

     

(0.46

)

 

2019

 

$

19.26

     

(0.03

)

   

5.95

     

5.92

     

(0.04

)

   

(1.70

)

 

2018

 

$

25.06

     

(0.03

)

   

(2.72

)

   

(2.75

)

   

(0.05

)

   

(3.00

)

 

2017

 

$

27.03

     

(0.03

)

   

4.58

     

4.55

     

     

(6.52

)

 

Class Y

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

24.38

     

0.10

     

6.53

     

6.63

     

(0.17

)

   

(3.61

)

 

2020

 

$

25.45

     

0.08

     

(0.69

)

   

(0.61

)

   

     

(0.46

)

 

2019

 

$

20.77

     

0.13

     

6.44

     

6.57

     

(0.19

)

   

(1.70

)

 

2018

 

$

26.77

     

0.13

     

(2.92

)

   

(2.79

)

   

(0.21

)

   

(3.00

)

 

2017

 

$

28.40

     

0.06

     

4.94

     

5.00

     

(0.11

)

   

(6.52

)

 

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(c)  Amount is less than $0.005 per share.

See notes to financial statements.

 


48


 

Victory Portfolios

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)
  Net
Expenses
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
  Gross
Expenses
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)
 

Victory RS Value Fund

 

Class A

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(3.72

)

 

$

26.33

     

27.31

%

   

1.30

%

   

0.12

%

   

1.34

%

 

$

188,881

     

69

%

 

2020

   

(0.46

)

 

$

23.68

     

(2.59

)%

   

1.30

%

   

0.14

%

   

1.37

%

 

$

162,145

     

73

%

 

2019

   

(1.84

)

 

$

24.79

     

31.35

%

   

1.30

%

   

0.28

%

   

1.35

%

 

$

207,200

     

54

%

 

2018

   

(3.14

)

 

$

20.28

     

(10.75

)%

   

1.30

%

   

0.24

%

   

1.34

%

 

$

179,535

     

65

%

 

2017

   

(6.56

)

 

$

26.21

     

17.41

%

   

1.30

%

   

0.09

%

   

1.33

%

 

$

239,994

     

64

%

 

Class C

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(3.61

)

 

$

22.38

     

26.28

%

   

2.07

%

   

(0.67

)%

   

2.33

%

 

$

1,398

     

69

%

 

2020

   

(0.46

)

 

$

20.65

     

(3.35

)%

   

2.07

%

   

(0.62

)%

   

2.60

%

 

$

2,618

     

73

%

 

2019

   

(1.70

)

 

$

21.85

     

30.32

%

   

2.07

%

   

(0.50

)%

   

2.29

%

 

$

4,872

     

54

%

 

2018

   

(3.00

)

 

$

18.08

     

(11.41

)%

   

2.07

%

   

(0.54

)%

   

2.14

%

 

$

9,428

     

65

%

 

2017

   

(6.52

)

 

$

23.76

     

16.53

%

   

2.07

%

   

(0.30

)%

   

2.08

%

 

$

16,916

     

64

%

 

Class R

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(3.61

)

 

$

24.54

     

26.77

%

   

1.69

%

   

(0.27

)%

   

1.80

%

 

$

638

     

69

%

 

2020

   

(0.46

)

 

$

22.27

     

(2.95

)%

   

1.69

%

   

(0.23

)%

   

4.03

%

 

$

677

     

73

%

 

2019

   

(1.74

)

 

$

23.44

     

30.89

%

   

1.69

%

   

(0.13

)%

   

3.47

%

 

$

1,022

     

54

%

 

2018

   

(3.05

)

 

$

19.26

     

(11.12

)%

   

1.69

%

   

(0.11

)%

   

2.82

%

 

$

1,019

     

65

%

 

2017

   

(6.52

)

 

$

25.06

     

16.95

%

   

1.69

%

   

(0.11

)%

   

2.29

%

 

$

1,625

     

64

%

 

Class Y

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(3.78

)

 

$

27.23

     

27.57

%

   

1.06

%

   

0.36

%

   

1.06

%

 

$

143,783

     

69

%

 

2020

   

(0.46

)

 

$

24.38

     

(2.37

)%

   

1.06

%

   

0.38

%

   

1.10

%

 

$

142,515

     

73

%

 

2019

   

(1.89

)

 

$

25.45

     

31.69

%

   

1.06

%

   

0.51

%

   

1.07

%

 

$

176,749

     

54

%

 

2018

   

(3.21

)

 

$

20.77

     

(10.54

)%

   

1.06

%

   

0.49

%

   

1.06

%

 

$

166,538

     

65

%

 

2017

   

(6.63

)

 

$

26.77

     

17.71

%

   

1.06

%

   

0.20

%

   

1.06

%

 

$

247,528

     

64

%

 

(continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


49


 

Victory Portfolios

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Net Realized
Gains from
Investments
 

Victory RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

     

Class A

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

50.59

     

0.65

     

10.81

     

11.46

     

(0.57

)

   

(6.32

)

 

2020

 

$

53.11

     

0.52

     

(1.12

)

   

(0.60

)

   

(0.15

)

   

(1.77

)

 

2019

 

$

42.20

     

0.51

     

12.44

     

12.95

     

(0.37

)

   

(1.67

)

 

2018

 

$

56.61

     

0.44

     

(5.67

)

   

(5.23

)

   

(0.38

)

   

(8.80

)

 

2017

 

$

51.86

     

0.38

     

9.10

     

9.48

     

(c)

   

(4.73

)

 

Class C

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

42.07

     

0.13

     

8.97

     

9.10

     

(0.13

)

   

(6.32

)

 

2020

 

$

44.70

     

0.14

     

(1.00

)

   

(0.86

)

   

     

(1.77

)

 

2019

 

$

35.78

     

0.10

     

10.50

     

10.60

     

(0.01

)

   

(1.67

)

 

2018

 

$

49.50

     

(0.03

)

   

(4.89

)

   

(4.92

)

   

(c)

   

(8.80

)

 

2017

 

$

46.22

     

(0.04

)

   

8.05

     

8.01

     

     

(4.73

)

 

Class R

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

50.28

     

0.43

     

10.73

     

11.16

     

(0.38

)

   

(6.32

)

 

2020

 

$

52.83

     

0.35

     

(1.13

)

   

(0.78

)

   

     

(1.77

)

 

2019

 

$

42.01

     

0.32

     

12.36

     

12.68

     

(0.19

)

   

(1.67

)

 

2018

 

$

56.35

     

0.22

     

(5.61

)

   

(5.39

)

   

(0.15

)

   

(8.80

)

 

2017

 

$

51.83

     

0.18

     

9.07

     

9.25

     

     

(4.73

)

 

Class Y

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

50.37

     

0.78

     

10.76

     

11.54

     

(0.69

)

   

(6.32

)

 

2020

 

$

52.87

     

0.62

     

(1.10

)

   

(0.48

)

   

(0.25

)

   

(1.77

)

 

2019

 

$

42.01

     

0.61

     

12.38

     

12.99

     

(0.46

)

   

(1.67

)

 

2018

 

$

56.38

     

0.55

     

(5.64

)

   

(5.09

)

   

(0.48

)

   

(8.80

)

 

2017

 

$

51.66

     

0.49

     

9.07

     

9.56

     

(0.11

)

   

(4.73

)

 

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(c)  Amount is less than $0.005 per share.

See notes to financial statements.

 


50


 

Victory Portfolios

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)
  Net
Expenses
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
  Gross
Expenses
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)
 

Victory RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

 

Class A

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(6.89

)

 

$

55.16

     

23.00

%

   

0.89

%

   

1.13

%

   

0.93

%

 

$

495,890

     

52

%

 

2020

   

(1.92

)

 

$

50.59

     

(1.03

)%

   

0.89

%

   

1.13

%

   

0.95

%

 

$

444,160

     

95

%

 

2019

   

(2.04

)

 

$

53.11

     

30.73

%

   

0.89

%

   

1.03

%

   

0.95

%

 

$

520,159

     

51

%

 

2018

   

(9.18

)

 

$

42.20

     

(9.31

)%

   

0.89

%

   

0.77

%

   

0.93

%

 

$

439,035

     

59

%

 

2017

   

(4.73

)

 

$

56.61

     

18.32

%

   

0.89

%

   

0.68

%

   

0.94

%

 

$

540,762

     

55

%

 

Class C

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(6.45

)

 

$

44.72

     

22.05

%

   

1.69

%

   

0.27

%

   

1.80

%

 

$

6,230

     

52

%

 

2020

   

(1.77

)

 

$

42.07

     

(1.85

)%

   

1.69

%

   

0.37

%

   

1.79

%

 

$

11,326

     

95

%

 

2019

   

(1.68

)

 

$

44.70

     

29.70

%

   

1.69

%

   

0.24

%

   

1.74

%

 

$

17,028

     

51

%

 

2018

   

(8.80

)

 

$

35.78

     

(10.03

)%

   

1.69

%

   

(0.06

)%

   

1.75

%

 

$

18,227

     

59

%

 

2017

   

(4.73

)

 

$

49.50

     

17.36

%

   

1.69

%

   

(0.08

)%

   

1.71

%

 

$

29,771

     

55

%

 

Class R

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(6.70

)

 

$

54.74

     

22.55

%

   

1.26

%

   

0.75

%

   

1.44

%

 

$

6,428

     

52

%

 

2020

   

(1.77

)

 

$

50.28

     

(1.41

)%

   

1.26

%

   

0.77

%

   

1.50

%

 

$

6,066

     

95

%

 

2019

   

(1.86

)

 

$

52.83

     

30.23

%

   

1.26

%

   

0.66

%

   

1.48

%

 

$

7,232

     

51

%

 

2018

   

(8.95

)

 

$

42.01

     

(9.63

)%

   

1.26

%

   

0.38

%

   

1.40

%

 

$

6,348

     

59

%

 

2017

   

(4.73

)

 

$

56.35

     

17.87

%

   

1.26

%

   

0.33

%

   

1.42

%

 

$

10,229

     

55

%

 

Class Y

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(7.01

)

 

$

54.90

     

23.28

%

   

0.68

%

   

1.35

%

   

0.68

%

 

$

20,169

     

52

%

 

2020

   

(2.02

)

 

$

50.37

     

(0.83

)%

   

0.68

%

   

1.34

%

   

0.82

%

 

$

16,011

     

95

%

 

2019

   

(2.13

)

 

$

52.87

     

30.99

%

   

0.68

%

   

1.24

%

   

0.78

%

 

$

20,021

     

51

%

 

2018

   

(9.28

)

 

$

42.01

     

(9.11

)%

   

0.68

%

   

0.96

%

   

0.75

%

 

$

21,827

     

59

%

 

2017

   

(4.84

)

 

$

56.38

     

18.56

%

   

0.68

%

   

0.88

%

   

0.72

%

 

$

33,638

     

55

%

 

(continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


51


 

Victory Portfolios

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Net Realized
Gains from
Investments
 

Victory RS Investors Fund

     

Class A

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

12.84

     

0.02

     

3.25

     

3.27

     

(c)

   

(2.21

)

 

2020

 

$

13.10

     

(0.01

)

   

(0.21

)

   

(0.22

)

   

     

(0.04

)

 

2019

 

$

10.68

     

(c)

   

2.99

     

2.99

     

     

(0.57

)

 

2018

 

$

13.86

     

(c)

   

(1.27

)

   

(1.27

)

   

     

(1.91

)

 

2017

 

$

13.65

     

(0.03

)

   

2.23

     

2.20

     

     

(1.99

)

 

Class C

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

11.22

     

(0.08

)

   

2.83

     

2.75

     

     

(2.21

)

 

2020

 

$

11.54

     

(0.08

)

   

(0.20

)

   

(0.28

)

   

     

(0.04

)

 

2019

 

$

9.53

     

(0.08

)

   

2.66

     

2.58

     

     

(0.57

)

 

2018

 

$

12.68

     

(0.10

)

   

(1.14

)

   

(1.24

)

   

     

(1.91

)

 

2017

 

$

12.73

     

(0.19

)

   

2.13

     

1.94

     

     

(1.99

)

 

Class R

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

11.41

     

(0.06

)

   

2.88

     

2.82

     

     

(2.21

)

 

2020

 

$

11.72

     

(0.07

)

   

(0.20

)

   

(0.27

)

   

     

(0.04

)

 

2019

 

$

9.66

     

(0.07

)

   

2.70

     

2.63

     

     

(0.57

)

 

2018

 

$

12.81

     

(0.08

)

   

(1.16

)

   

(1.24

)

   

     

(1.91

)

 

2017

 

$

12.83

     

(0.17

)

   

2.14

     

1.97

     

     

(1.99

)

 

Class Y

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

13.24

     

0.06

     

3.36

     

3.42

     

(0.04

)

   

(2.21

)

 

2020

 

$

13.47

     

0.02

     

(0.21

)

   

(0.19

)

   

     

(0.04

)

 

2019

 

$

10.94

     

0.03

     

3.07

     

3.10

     

     

(0.57

)

 

2018

 

$

14.10

     

0.03

     

(1.28

)

   

(1.25

)

   

     

(1.91

)

 

2017

 

$

13.82

     

0.03

     

2.24

     

2.27

     

     

(1.99

)

 

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(c)  Amount is less than $0.005 per share.

See notes to financial statements.

 


52


 

Victory Portfolios

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Total
Distributions
  Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)
  Net
Expenses
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
  Gross
Expenses
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)
 

Victory RS Investors Fund

 

Class A

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(2.21

)

 

$

13.90

     

25.74

%

   

1.33

%

   

0.13

%

   

1.66

%

 

$

15,039

     

68

%

 

2020

   

(0.04

)

 

$

12.84

     

(1.68

)%

   

1.33

%

   

(0.08

)%

   

1.71

%

 

$

12,663

     

66

%

 

2019

   

(0.57

)

 

$

13.10

     

28.01

%

   

1.33

%

   

0.03

%

   

1.62

%

 

$

16,906

     

64

%

 

2018

   

(1.91

)

 

$

10.68

     

(9.36

)%

   

1.33

%

   

(0.03

)%

   

1.58

%

 

$

15,682

     

56

%

 

2017

   

(1.99

)

 

$

13.86

     

16.28

%

   

1.33

%

   

(0.24

)%

   

1.54

%

 

$

20,419

     

80

%

 

Class C

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(2.21

)

 

$

11.76

     

24.78

%

   

2.07

%

   

(0.64

)%

   

2.42

%

 

$

2,702

     

68

%

 

2020

   

(0.04

)

 

$

11.22

     

(2.43

)%

   

2.07

%

   

(0.85

)%

   

2.75

%

 

$

3,306

     

66

%

 

2019

   

(0.57

)

 

$

11.54

     

27.08

%

   

2.07

%

   

(0.73

)%

   

2.54

%

 

$

6,898

     

64

%

 

2018

   

(1.91

)

 

$

9.53

     

(10.08

)%

   

2.07

%

   

(0.82

)%

   

2.44

%

 

$

7,282

     

56

%

 

2017

   

(1.99

)

 

$

12.68

     

15.48

%

   

2.07

%

   

(1.42

)%

   

2.35

%

 

$

11,149

     

80

%

 

Class R

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(2.21

)

 

$

12.02

     

25.00

%

   

1.95

%

   

(0.49

)%

   

1.96

%

 

$

806

     

68

%

 

2020

   

(0.04

)

 

$

11.41

     

(2.30

)%

   

1.95

%

   

(0.71

)%

   

4.41

%

 

$

655

     

66

%

 

2019

   

(0.57

)

 

$

11.72

     

27.24

%

   

1.95

%

   

(0.59

)%

   

3.85

%

 

$

844

     

64

%

 

2018

   

(1.91

)

 

$

9.66

     

(9.91

)%

   

1.95

%

   

(0.64

)%

   

3.15

%

 

$

831

     

56

%

 

2017

   

(1.99

)

 

$

12.81

     

15.50

%

   

1.95

%

   

(1.27

)%

   

2.72

%

 

$

1,379

     

80

%

 

Class Y

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

   

(2.25

)

 

$

14.41

     

26.07

%

   

1.05

%

   

0.40

%

   

1.32

%

 

$

12,577

     

68

%

 

2020

   

(0.04

)

 

$

13.24

     

(1.41

)%

   

1.05

%

   

0.17

%

   

1.50

%

 

$

11,253

     

66

%

 

2019

   

(0.57

)

 

$

13.47

     

28.35

%

   

1.05

%

   

0.27

%

   

1.43

%

 

$

19,146

     

64

%

 

2018

   

(1.91

)

 

$

10.94

     

(9.06

)%

   

1.05

%

   

0.18

%

   

1.37

%

 

$

14,669

     

56

%

 

2017

   

(1.99

)

 

$

14.10

     

16.59

%

   

1.05

%

   

0.19

%

   

1.25

%

 

$

27,131

     

80

%

 

(continues on next page)

See notes to financial statements.

 


53


 

Victory Portfolios

 

Financial Highlights

 

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Investment Activities

  Distributions to
Shareholders From
 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
  Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
on Investments
  Total from
Investment
Activities
  Net
Investment
Income
  Total
Distributions
 

Victory Global Energy Transition Fund

     

Class A

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

12.36

     

(0.04

)

   

10.30

     

10.26

     

     

   

2020

 

$

9.71

     

(0.01

)

   

2.67

     

2.66

     

(0.01

)

   

(0.01

)

 

2019

 

$

12.86

     

(c)

   

(3.15

)

   

(3.15

)

   

     

   

2018

 

$

23.73

     

(0.14

)

   

(10.73

)

   

(10.87

)

   

     

   

2017

 

$

23.49

     

(0.22

)

   

0.46

     

0.24

     

     

   

Class C

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

11.00

     

(0.17

)

   

9.15

     

8.98

     

     

   

2020

 

$

8.71

     

(0.07

)

   

2.36

     

2.29

     

     

   

2019

 

$

11.63

     

(0.08

)

   

(2.84

)

   

(2.92

)

   

     

   

2018

 

$

21.63

     

(0.28

)

   

(9.72

)

   

(10.00

)

   

     

   

2017

 

$

21.59

     

(0.36

)

   

0.40

     

0.04

     

     

   

Class R

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

11.62

     

(0.12

)

   

9.69

     

9.57

     

     

   

2020

 

$

9.16

     

(0.04

)

   

2.50

     

2.46

     

     

   

2019

 

$

12.18

     

(0.04

)

   

(2.98

)

   

(3.02

)

   

     

   

2018

 

$

22.56

     

(0.20

)

   

(10.18

)

   

(10.38

)

   

     

   

2017

 

$

22.42

     

(0.29

)

   

0.43

     

0.14

     

     

   

Class Y

     

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

12.88

     

0.02

     

10.75

     

10.77

     

(0.01

)

   

(0.01

)

 

2020

 

$

10.11

     

0.02

     

2.78

     

2.80

     

(0.03

)

   

(0.03

)

 

2019

 

$

13.38

     

0.03

     

(3.27

)

   

(3.24

)

   

(0.03

)

   

(0.03

)

 

2018

 

$

24.60

     

(0.06

)

   

(11.16

)

   

(11.22

)

   

     

   

2017

 

$

24.28

     

(0.14

)

   

0.46

     

0.32

     

     

   

*  Includes adjustments in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

(a)  Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average daily shares method.

(b)  Portfolio turnover is calculated on the basis of the Fund as a whole without distinguishing between the classes of shares issued.

(c)  Amount is less than $0.005 per share.

(d)  Amount is less than 0.005%.

(e)  Portfolio turnover increased due to change within the portfolio holdings during the year.

See notes to financial statements.

 


54


 

Victory Portfolios

  Financial Highlights — continued  

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period

       

Ratios to Average Net Assets

 

Supplemental Data

 
    Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
  Total
Return
(Excludes
Sales
Charge)*
  Net
Expenses
  Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
  Gross
Expenses
  Net Assets,
End of
Period
(000's)
  Portfolio
Turnover(b)
 

Victory Global Energy Transition Fund

 

Class A

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

22.62

     

83.01

%

   

1.48

%

   

(0.21

)%

   

1.58

%

 

$

78,317

     

79

%

 

2020

 

$

12.36

     

27.35

%

   

1.48

%

   

(0.15

)%

   

1.79

%

 

$

36,803

     

46

%

 

2019

 

$

9.71

     

(24.49

)%

   

1.48

%

   

%(d)

   

1.69

%

 

$

32,630

     

24

%

 

2018

 

$

12.86

     

(45.81

)%

   

1.48

%

   

(0.65

)%

   

1.54

%

 

$

64,001

     

26

%

 

2017

 

$

23.73

     

1.02

%

   

1.48

%

   

(0.93

)%

   

1.55

%

 

$

262,455

     

57

%(e)

 

Class C

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

19.98

     

81.64

%

   

2.28

%

   

(1.02

)%

   

2.41

%

 

$

3,240

     

79

%

 

2020

 

$

11.00

     

26.29

%

   

2.28

%

   

(0.92

)%

   

3.32

%

 

$

2,385

     

46

%

 

2019

 

$

8.71

     

(25.11

)%

   

2.28

%

   

(0.81

)%

   

2.75

%

 

$

2,949

     

24

%

 

2018

 

$

11.63

     

(46.26

)%

   

2.28

%

   

(1.42

)%

   

2.38

%

 

$

6,939

     

26

%

 

2017

 

$

21.63

     

0.23

%

   

2.28

%

   

(1.72

)%

   

2.35

%

 

$

20,428

     

57

%(e)

 

Class R

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

21.19

     

82.36

%

   

1.86

%

   

(0.70

)%

   

1.89

%

 

$

1,026

     

79

%

 

2020

 

$

11.62

     

26.86

%

   

1.86

%

   

(0.51

)%

   

5.74

%

 

$

680

     

46

%

 

2019

 

$

9.16

     

(24.79

)%

   

1.86

%

   

(0.37

)%

   

4.31

%

 

$

621

     

24

%

 

2018

 

$

12.18

     

(46.01

)%

   

1.86

%

   

(0.99

)%

   

2.50

%

 

$

920

     

26

%

 

2017

 

$

22.56

     

0.62

%

   

1.86

%

   

(1.31

)%

   

2.20

%

 

$

2,442

     

57

%(e)

 

Class Y

 

Year Ended December 31:

 

2021

 

$

23.64

     

83.62

%

   

1.15

%

   

0.10

%

   

1.21

%

 

$

210,586

     

79

%

 

2020

 

$

12.88

     

27.73

%

   

1.15

%

   

0.18

%

   

1.28

%

 

$

119,237

     

46

%

 

2019

 

$

10.11

     

(24.25

)%

   

1.15

%

   

0.27

%

   

1.26

%

 

$

114,972

     

24

%

 

2018

 

$

13.38

     

(45.63

)%

   

1.15

%

   

(0.29

)%

   

1.20

%

 

$

393,581

     

26

%

 

2017

 

$

24.60

     

1.36

%

   

1.15

%

   

(0.58

)%

   

1.19

%

 

$

1,126,533

     

57

%(e)

 

See notes to financial statements.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

1. Organization:

Victory Portfolios (the "Trust") is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and the Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end investment company. The Trust is comprised of 41 funds and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares, which are units of beneficial interest with a par value of $0.001 per share.

The accompanying financial statements are those of the following five Funds (collectively, the "Funds" and individually, a "Fund"). Each Fund, with the exception of RS Investors Fund and Global Energy Transition Fund (formerly, Global Natural Resources Fund), is classified as diversified under the 1940 Act.

Funds (Legal Name)

 

Funds (Short Name)

  Investment Share
Classes Offered
 

Victory RS Partners Fund

 

RS Partners Fund

  A, R, Y, and
   Member Class
 

Victory RS Value Fund

 

RS Value Fund

 

A, C, R, and Y

 

Victory RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

 

RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

 

A, C, R, and Y

 

Victory RS Investors Fund

 

RS Investors Fund

 

A, C, R, and Y

 
Victory Global Energy Transition Fund
(Formerly Victory Global Natural
Resources Fund)
 

Global Energy Transition Fund

 

A, C, R, and Y

 

Each class of shares of a Fund has substantially identical rights and privileges except with respect to sales charges, fees paid under distribution plans, expenses allocable exclusively to each class of shares, voting rights on matters solely affecting a single class of shares, and the exchange privilege of each class of shares.

Under the Trust's organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with their vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Funds' maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund. However, based on experience, the Funds expect that risk of loss to be remote.

2. Significant Accounting Policies:

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies are in conformity with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"). The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses for the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Funds follow the specialized accounting and reporting requirements under GAAP that are applicable to investment companies under Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946.

Investment Valuation:

The Funds record investments at fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

The valuation techniques described below maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs in determining fair value. The inputs used for valuing the Funds' investments are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

• Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

• Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities or interest rates applicable to those securities, etc.)

 


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• Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds' own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The inputs or methodologies used for valuation techniques are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with entering into those investments.

Victory Capital Management Inc. ("VCM" or the "Adviser") has established the Pricing and Liquidity Committee (the "Committee"), and subject to the Trust's Board of Trustees' (the "Board") oversight, the Committee administers and oversees the Funds' valuation policies and procedures, which are approved by the Board.

Portfolio securities listed or traded on securities exchanges, including exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), and Private Investments in Public Equities, are valued at the closing price on the exchange or system where the security is principally traded, if available, or at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price. If there have been no sales for that day on the exchange or system, then a security is valued at the last available bid quotation on the exchange or system where the security is principally traded. In each of these situations, valuations are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at net asset value ("NAV"). These valuations are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

In the event that price quotations or valuations are not readily available, investments are valued at fair value in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision and responsibility of the Board. These valuations are typically categorized as Level 2 or Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy, based on the observability of inputs used to determine the fair value. The effect of fair value pricing is that securities may not be priced on the basis of quotations from the primary market in which they are traded and the actual price realized from the sale of a security may differ materially from the fair value price. Valuing these securities at fair value is intended to cause a Fund's NAV to be more reliable than it otherwise would be.

A summary of the valuations as of December 31, 2021, is included in the table below while the breakdown, by category, of investments is disclosed on the Schedules of Portfolio Investments:

   

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

RS Partners Fund

 

Common Stocks

 

$

367,530,963

   

$

   

$

   

$

367,530,963

   

Preferred Stocks

   

     

     

587,369

     

587,369

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

7,877,089

     

     

     

7,877,089

   

Total

 

$

375,408,052

   

$

   

$

587,369

   

$

375,995,421

   

RS Value Fund

 

Common Stocks

 

$

327,480,369

   

$

   

$

   

$

327,480,369

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

8,606,536

     

     

     

8,606,536

   

Total

 

$

336,086,905

   

$

   

$

   

$

336,086,905

   

RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

 

Common Stocks

 

$

510,892,765

   

$

   

$

   

$

510,892,765

   

Total

 

$

510,892,765

   

$

   

$

   

$

510,892,765

   

RS Investors Fund

 

Common Stocks

 

$

30,579,607

   

$

   

$

   

$

30,579,607

   

Total

 

$

30,579,607

   

$

   

$

   

$

30,579,607

   

Global Energy Transition Fund

 

Common Stocks

 

$

267,090,505

   

$

1,728,089

   

$

804,270

   

$

269,622,864

   

Preferred Stocks

   

     

     

1,797,237

     

1,797,237

   

Convertible Corporate Bonds

   

     

     

5,629,890

     

5,629,890

   

Collateral for Securities Loaned

   

4,168,394

     

     

     

4,168,394

   

Total

 

$

271,258,899

   

$

1,728,089

   

$

8,231,397

   

$

281,218,385

   
 


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For the year ended December 31, 2021, there were no transfers in or out of Level 3.

As of December 31, 2021, there were no significant Level 3 holdings for RS Partners Fund, RS Value Fund, and RS Large Cap Alpha Fund.

The following is a reconciliation of assets in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value (amounts in thousands):  

Global Energy Transition Fund

 

Balance as of December 31, 2020

 

$

   

Accrued discount (premium)

   

   

Realized Gain (Loss)

   

   

Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation

   

   

Purchases

   

8,231

   

Sales Proceeds

   

   

Transfers into Level 3

   

   

Transfers out of Level 3

   

   

Balance as of December 31, 2021

 

$

8,231

   

Global Energy Transition Fund

QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT LEVEL 3 FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

 
Assets   Fair Value at
December 31, 2021
($ in 000's)
  Valuation
Technique(s)
  Significant
Unobservable
Input(s)
 

Input Value

 

Equity Securities:

 

Common Stocks

 

$

804

   

Last Transaction Price

 

Transaction Price(a)

 

$

0.83

   

Preferred Stocks

 

$

1,797

   

Last Transaction Price

 

Transaction Price(a)

 

$

49.03

   

Bonds:

 

Convertible Securities

 

$

5,630

   

Last Transaction Price

 

Transaction Price(a)

 

$

1,000.00

   

(a)  Represents amounts used when the reporting entity has determined that market participants would use such multiples when pricing the security.

Significant increases (decreases) to transaction price would result in a significantly higher (lower) fair value measurements.

Real Estate Investment Trusts ("REITs"):

The Funds may invest in REITs, which report information on the source of their distributions annually. REITs are pooled investment vehicles that invest primarily in income-producing real estate or real-estate related loans or interests (such as mortgages). Certain distributions received from REITs during the year are recorded as realized gains or return of capital as estimated by the Funds or when such information becomes known.

Investment Companies:

Open-End Funds:

The Funds may invest in portfolios of open-end investment companies. These investment companies value securities in their portfolios for which market quotations are readily available at their market values (generally the last reported sale price) and all other securities and assets at their fair value by the methods established by the board of directors of the underlying funds.

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies ("SPAC"):

The Funds may invest in stock, warrants and other securities of special purpose acquisition companies ("SPACs"). A SPAC typically is a publicly traded company that raises funds through an initial public offering ("IPO") for the purpose of acquiring or merging with another company to be identified subsequent to the SPAC's IPO. If a Fund purchases shares of a SPAC in an IPO it generally will bear a sales commission, which may be significant. The securities of a SPAC are often issued in "units" that include one share of common stock and one right or warrant (or partial right or warrant) conveying

 


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December 31, 2021
 

the right to purchase additional shares or partial shares. Unless and until a transaction is completed, a SPAC generally invests its assets (less a portion retained to cover expenses) in U.S. government securities, money market funds and similar investments whose returns or yields may be significantly lower than those of the Fund's other investments. If an acquisition or merger that meets the requirements for the SPAC is not completed within a pre-established period of time, the invested funds are returned to the SPAC's shareholders, less certain permitted expenses, and any rights or warrants issued by the SPAC will expire worthless.

Private Investments in Public Equities:

The Funds may acquire common stock or a security convertible into common stock, such as a warrant or convertible preferred stock, directly from an issuer seeking to raise capital in a private placement pursuant to Regulation D under the 1933 Act. These transactions are commonly referred to as a private placement in a publicly-held company, or "PIPE." The issuer's common stock is usually publicly traded on a U.S. securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market, but the securities acquired will be subject to restrictions on resale imposed by U.S. securities laws absent an effective registration statement. In recognition of the illiquid nature of the securities being acquired, the purchase price paid in a PIPE transaction (or the conversion price of the convertible securities being acquired) will typically be fixed at a discount to the prevailing market price of the issuer's common stock at the time of the transaction. As part of a PIPE transaction, the issuer usually will be contractually obligated to seek to register, within an agreed upon period of time for public resale under the U.S. securities laws, the common stock or the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the convertible securities. PIPE transactions typically involve the purchase of securities directly from a publicly traded company or its affiliates in a private placement transaction, including through a SPAC, typically at a discount to the market price of the issuer's securities. If the issuer fails to so register the shares within that period, the buyer may be entitled to additional consideration from the issuer (e.g. warrants to acquire additional shares of common stock), but the buyer may not be able to sell its shares unless and until the registration process is successfully completed. Thus PIPE transactions present certain risks not associated with open market purchases of equities.

Investment Transactions and Related Income:

Changes in holdings of investments are accounted for no later than one business day following the trade date. For financial reporting purposes, however, investment transactions are accounted for on trade date or the last business day of the reporting period. Interest income is determined on the basis of coupon interest accrued using the effective interest method which adjusts, where applicable, the amortization of premiums or accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Gains or losses realized on sales of securities are recorded on the identified cost basis.

Withholding taxes on interest, dividends, and gains as a result of certain investments in ADRs by the Funds have been provided for in accordance with each investment's applicable country's tax rules and rates.

Securities Lending:

The Funds, through a Securities Lending Agreement with Citibank, N.A. ("Citibank"), may lend their securities to qualified financial institutions, such as certain broker-dealers and banks, to earn additional income, net of income retained by Citibank. Borrowers are required to initially secure their loans for collateral in the amount of at least 102% of the value of U.S. securities loaned or at least 105% of the value of non-U.S. securities loaned, marked-to-market daily. Any collateral shortfalls associated with increases in the valuation of the securities loaned are generally cured the next business day. The collateral can be received in the form of cash collateral and/or non-cash collateral. Non-cash collateral can include U.S. Government Securities and other securities as permitted by Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") guidelines. The cash collateral is invested in short-term instruments or cash equivalents, primarily open-end investment companies, as noted on the Funds' Schedules of Portfolio Investments. The Funds effectively do not have control of the non-cash collateral and therefore it is not disclosed on the Funds' Schedules of Portfolio Investments. Collateral requirements are determined daily based on the value of the Funds' securities on loan as of the end of the prior business day. During

 


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December 31, 2021
 

the time portfolio securities are on loan, the borrower will pay the Funds any dividends or interest paid on such securities plus any fee negotiated between the parties to the lending agreement. The Funds also earn a return from the collateral. The Funds pay Citibank various fees in connection with the investment of cash collateral and fees based on the investment income received from securities lending activities. Securities lending income (net of these fees) is disclosed on the Statements of Operations. Loans are terminable upon demand and the borrower must return the loaned securities within the lesser of one standard settlement period or five business days. Although risk is mitigated by the collateral, a Fund could experience a delay in recovering its securities and possible loss of income or value if the borrower fails to return them. In addition, there is a risk that the value of the short-term investments will be less than the amount of cash collateral required to be returned to the borrower.

The Funds' agreement with Citibank does not include master netting provisions. Non-cash collateral received by the Funds may not be sold or repledged, except to satisfy borrower default.

The following table is a summary of the Funds' securities lending transactions as of December 31, 2021.

    Value of
Securities on Loan
 

Non-Cash Collateral

 

Cash Collateral

 

RS Partners Fund

 

$

7,757,416

   

$

   

$

7,877,089

   

RS Value Fund

   

8,438,631

     

     

8,606,536

   

Global Energy Transition Fund

   

4,057,601

     

     

4,168,394

   

Foreign Currency Translations:

The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities of a Fund denominated in a foreign currency are translated into U.S. dollars at current exchange rates. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates on the date of the transactions. The Funds do not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are disclosed as Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investment securities and foreign currency translations on the Statements of Operations. Any realized gains or losses from these fluctuations are disclosed as Net realized gains (losses) from investment securities and foreign currency transactions on the Statements of Operations.

Federal Income Taxes:

It is each Fund's policy to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined in applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code, and to make distributions of net investment income and net realized gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial statements. The Funds have a tax year end of December 31.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Funds did not incur any income tax, interest, or penalties, and has recorded no liability for net unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions.

Management of the Funds has reviewed tax positions taken in tax years that remain subject to examination by all major tax jurisdictions, including federal (i.e., the last four tax years, which includes the current fiscal tax year end). Management believes that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken.

Allocations:

Expenses directly attributable to a Fund are charged to that Fund, while expenses that are attributable to more than one fund in the Trust, or jointly with an affiliated trust, are allocated among the respective funds in the Trust and/or an affiliated trust based upon net assets or another appropriate basis.

Income, expenses (other than class-specific expenses such as transfer agent fees, state registration fees, 12b-1 fees, and printing fees), and realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments are

 


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December 31, 2021
 

allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets on the date income is earned or expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are incurred.

3. Purchases and Sales:

Purchases and sales of securities (excluding securities maturing less than one year from acquisition) for the year ended December 31, 2021, were as follows:

    Excluding
U.S. Government Securities
 
   

Purchases

 

Sales

 

RS Partners Fund

 

$

232,077,728

   

$

283,502,815

   

RS Value Fund

   

222,781,077

     

279,334,428

   

RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

   

260,193,081

     

323,460,383

   

RS Investors Funds

   

20,003,197

     

23,987,688

   
Global Energy Transition Fund    

188,279,882

     

189,920,431

   

4. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates and Related Parties:

Investment Advisory Fees:

Investment advisory services are provided to the Funds by the Adviser, which is a New York corporation registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. The Adviser is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., a publicly traded Delaware corporation, and a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Victory Capital Operating, LLC.

VCM has entered into a Sub-Advisory Agreement with SailingStone Capital Partners LLC ("SailingStone"). SailingStone is responsible for providing day-to-day investment advisory services to the Global Energy Transition Fund, subject to the oversight of the Board. Sub-investment advisory fees paid by VCM to SailingStone do not represent a separate or additional expense to the Funds.

Under the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Adviser is entitled to receive fees based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of each Fund. The rates at which the Adviser is paid by each Fund are included in the table below.

   

Flat Rate

 

RS Partners Fund

   

1.00

%

 

RS Value Fund

   

0.85

%

 

RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

   

0.50

%

 

RS Investors Fund

   

1.00

%

 

Global Energy Transition Fund

   

1.00

%

 

Amounts incurred and paid to VCM for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Investment advisory fees.

Administration and Servicing Fees:

VCM also serves as the Funds' administrator and fund accountant. Under the Administration and Fund Accounting Agreement, VCM is entitled to receive fees based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of the Trust, Victory Variable Insurance Funds and Victory Portfolios II. The tiered rates at which VCM is paid by the Funds are shown in the table below:

  Net Assets  
  Up to $15 billion  

$15 billion – $30 billion

 

Over $30 billion

 
     0.08 %, plus     0.05 %, plus     0.04 %  

Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Administration fees.

 


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December 31, 2021
 

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. ("Citi"), an affiliate of Citibank, acts as sub-administrator and sub-fund accountant to the Funds pursuant to the Sub-Administration and Sub-Fund Accounting Services Agreement between VCM and Citi. VCM pays Citi a fee for providing these services. The Trust reimburses VCM and Citi for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services and certain other expenses specifically allocated to the Funds. Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Sub-Administration fees.

The Funds (as part of the Trust) have entered into an agreement with the Adviser to provide compliance services, pursuant to which the Adviser furnishes its compliance personnel, including the services of the Chief Compliance Officer ("CCO"), and other resources reasonably necessary to provide the Trust with compliance oversight services related to the design, administration, and oversight of a compliance program for the Trust in accordance with Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act. The CCO is an employee of the Adviser, which pays the compensation of the CCO and support staff. The funds in the Trust, Victory Variable Insurance Funds, Victory Portfolios II, and USAA Mutual Funds (collectively, the "Victory Funds Complex") in the aggregate, compensate the Adviser for these services. Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Compliance fees.

Transfer Agency Fees:

FIS Investor Services, LLC ("FIS") serves as the Funds' transfer agent. Under the Transfer Agent Agreement, the Trust pays FIS a fee for its services and reimburses FIS for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services. Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Transfer agent fees.

Victory Capital Transfer Agency, Inc., an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as sub-transfer agent for the Member Class. Victory Capital Transfer Agency, Inc. receives no fee or other compensation for these services.

Distributor/Underwriting Services:

Victory Capital Services, Inc. (the "Distributor"), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as Distributor for the continuous offering of the shares of the Funds pursuant to a Distribution Agreement between the Distributor and the Trust.

Pursuant to the Distribution and Service Plans adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Distributor may receive a monthly distribution and service fee up to the annual rate shown in the table below:

   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

RS Partners Fund

   

0.25

%

   

N/A

     

0.50

%

 

RS Value Fund

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.50

%

 

RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.50

%

 

RS Investors Fund

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.50

%

 

Global Energy Transition Fund

   

0.25

%

   

1.00

%

   

0.50

%

 

The distribution and service fees paid to the Distributor may be used by the Distributor to pay for activities primarily intended to result in the sale of Class A, Class C, and Class R. Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as 12b-1 fees.

In addition, the Distributor is entitled to receive commissions on sale of the Class A. For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Distributor received $20,172 from commissions earned on the sale of Class A.

Other Fees:

Citibank serves as the Funds' custodian. The Funds pay Citibank a fee for providing these services. Amounts incurred for the year ended December 31, 2021, are reflected on the Statements of Operations as Custodian fees.

Sidley Austin LLP provides legal services to the Trust.

The Adviser has entered into expense limitation agreements with certain Funds. Under the terms of the agreements, the Adviser has agreed to waive fees or reimburse certain expenses to the extent that

 


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ordinary operating expenses incurred by certain classes of a Fund in any fiscal year exceed the expense limit for such classes of the Fund. Such excess amounts will be the liability of the Adviser. Acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, other expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with GAAP, and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of a Fund's business are excluded from the expense limits. As of December 31, 2021, the expense limits (excluding voluntary waivers) are as follows:

   

In effect until April 30, 2022

 
   

Class A

 

Class C

 

Class R

 

Class Y

 

Member Class

 

RS Partners Fund

   

1.45

%

   

N/A

     

1.81

%

   

1.12

%

   

1.25

%

 

RS Value Fund

   

1.30

%

   

2.07

%

   

1.69

%

   

1.06

%

   

N/A

   

RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

   

0.89

%

   

1.69

%

   

1.26

%

   

0.68

%

   

N/A

   

RS Investors Fund

   

1.33

%

   

2.07

%

   

1.95

%

   

1.05

%

   

N/A

   

Global Energy Transition Fund

   

1.48

%

   

2.28

%

   

1.86

%

   

1.15

%

   

N/A

   

Under the terms of the expense limitation agreements, amended May 1, 2021, the Funds have agreed to repay fees and expenses that were waived or reimbursed by the Adviser for a period of up to three years (thirty six (36) months) after the waiver or reimbursement took place, subject to the lesser of any operating expense limits in effect at the time of: (a) the original waiver or expense reimbursement; or (b) the recoupment, after giving effect to the recoupment amount. Prior to May 1, 2021, the Funds were permitted to recoup fees waived and expenses reimbursed for up to three years after the fiscal year in which the waiver or reimbursement took place, subject to the limitations above. This change did not have any effect on the amounts previously reported for recoupment.

As of December 31, 2021, the following amounts are available to be repaid to the Adviser. The Funds have not recorded any amounts available to be repaid as a liability due to an assessment that repayments are not probable at December 31, 2021.

    Expires
2022
  Expires
2023
  Expires
2024
 

Total

 

RS Partners Fund

 

$

344,191

   

$

316,786

   

$

229,651

   

$

890,628

   

RS Value Fund

   

154,554

     

199,071

     

70,218

     

423,843

   

RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

   

327,684

     

314,607

     

211,774

     

854,065

   

RS Investors Fund

   

162,310

     

146,600

     

90,433

     

399,343

   

Global Energy Transition Fund

   

429,505

     

234,015

     

186,151

     

849,671

   

The Adviser may voluntarily waive or reimburse additional fees to assist the Funds in maintaining competitive expense ratios. Voluntary waivers and reimbursements applicable to the Funds are not available to be recouped at a future time. There were no voluntary waivers or reimbursements for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Certain officers and/or interested trustees of the Funds are also officers and/or employees of the Adviser, administrator, fund accountant, sub-administrator, sub-fund accountant, custodian, legal counsel, and Distributor.

5. Risks:

The Funds may be subject to other risks in addition to these identified risks.

Equity Risk — An investment in the Funds' shares represents an indirect investment in the securities owned by the Funds, some of which will be traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter markets. The value of the securities in which the Funds invest, like other market investments, may move up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. The value of the securities in which the Funds invest may affect the value of the Funds' shares. An investment in the Funds' shares at any point in time may be worth less than the original investment, even after taking into account the reinvestment of the Funds' distributions.

Private Investments in Public Equities Risk — The risks associated with PIPE transactions that a Fund invests is that the issuer may be unable to register the shares for public resale in a timely manner or

 


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at all, in which case the shares may be sold only in a privately negotiated transaction, typically at a price less than that paid, assuming a suitable buyer can be found. Disposing of the securities may involve time-consuming negotiation and legal expenses, and selling them promptly at an acceptable price may be difficult or impossible. Even if the shares are registered for public resale, the market for the issuer's securities may nevertheless be "thin" or illiquid, making the sale of securities at desired prices or in desired quantities difficult or impossible. While private placements may offer attractive opportunities not otherwise available in the open market, the securities purchased are usually "restricted securities" or are "not readily marketable." Restricted securities cannot be sold without being registered under the 1933 Act, unless they are sold pursuant to an exemption from registration (such as Rules 144 or 144A under the 1933 Act). Securities that are not readily marketable are subject to other legal or contractual restrictions on resale.

Special Purpose Acquisition Company Risk — An investment in a SPAC is subject to a variety of risks, including that (1) a portion of the monies raised by the SPAC for the purpose of effecting an acquisition or merger may be expended prior to the transaction for payment of taxes and other expenses; (2) the Fund generally will not receive significant income from its investments in SPACs (both prior to and after any acquisition or merger) and, therefore, the Fund's investments in SPACs will not significantly contribute to the Fund's distributions to shareholders; (3) an attractive acquisition or merger target may not be identified at all or a proposed merger or acquisition may be unable to obtain the requisite approval, if any, of SPAC shareholders and/or antitrust and securities regulators; (4) the warrants or other rights with respect to the SPAC held by the Fund may expire worthless or may be redeemed by the SPAC at an unfavorable price; (5) the Fund may be subject to opportunity costs to the extent that alternative investments would have produced higher returns; (6) an acquisition or merger once effected may prove unsuccessful and an investment in the SPAC may lose value; (7) while a SPAC is seeking a transaction target, its stock may be thinly traded and/or illiquid and there can be no assurance that a market will develop, leaving the Fund unable to sell its interest in a SPAC or to sell its interest only at a price below what the Fund believes is the SPAC interest's intrinsic value, (8) an investment in a SPAC may be diluted by additional later offerings of interests in the SPAC or by other investors exercising existing rights to purchase shares of the SPAC; and (9) the values of investments in SPACs may be highly volatile and may depreciate significantly over time. The proceeds of a SPAC IPO that are placed in trust are subject to risks, including the risk of insolvency of the custodian of the funds, fraud by the trustee, interest rate risk and credit and liquidity risk relating to the securities and money market funds in which the proceeds are invested.

Sector Risk — To the extent the Funds focus in one or more sectors, market or economic factors impacting those sectors could have a significant effect on the value of the Funds' investments and could make the Funds' performance more volatile. For example, the values of companies in the Information Technology sector are particularly vulnerable to economic downturns, short product cycles and aggressive pricing, market competition and changes in government regulation.

Concentration Risk — The Global Energy Transition Fund (herein, the "Fund") may concentrate its investments in a particular industry, as the term "concentration is used in the 1940 Act. Concentrating investments in the Natural Resources sector increases the risk of loss because the stocks of many or all of the companies in the sector may decline in value due to developments adversely affecting the sector. In addition, investors may buy or sell substantial amounts of the Fund's shares in response to factors affecting or expected to affect the natural resources sector, resulting in extreme inflows and outflows of cash into and out of the Fund. Such inflows or outflows might affect management of the Fund adversely to the extent they cause the Fund's cash position or cash requirements to exceed normal levels.

Natural Resources Investment Risk — Investment in companies in natural resources industries (including those in the energy sector) can be significantly affected by (often rapid) changes in supply of, or demand for, various natural resources. They may also be affected by changes in energy prices, international political and economic developments, environmental incidents, energy conservation, the success of exploration projects, changes in commodity prices, and tax and other government regulations. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically reduced the demand for various natural resources and has drastically increased the price volatility of natural resources and companies within the natural resources industry. An extended period of reduced (or negative) prices may significantly lengthen the

 


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time that companies within the natural resources industries would need to recover after a stabilization of prices. Investments in interests in gas or mineral exploration or development programs, including pipelines, may be held through master limited partnerships, which are generally subject to many of the risks that apply to partnerships and may also be subject to certain tax risks.

6. Borrowing and Interfund Lending:

Line of Credit:

The Victory Funds Complex participates in a short-term demand note "Line of Credit" agreement with Citibank. The Line of Credit agreement with Citibank was renewed on June 28, 2021, with a termination date of June 27, 2022. Under the agreement with Citibank, the Victory Funds Complex may borrow up to $600 million, of which $300 million is committed and $300 million is uncommitted. $40 million of the Line of Credit is reserved for use by the Victory Floating Rate Fund, another series of the Victory Funds Complex, with Victory Floating Rate Fund paying the related commitment fees for that amount. The purpose of the Line of Credit is to meet temporary or emergency cash needs. For the year ended December 31, 2021, Citibank received an annual commitment fee of 0.15% on $300 million for providing the Line of Credit. Each fund in the Victory Funds Complex pays a pro-rata portion of the commitment fees plus any interest (one-month London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") plus one percent, with LIBOR to be replaced by a different benchmark rate in accordance with the terms of the agreement) on amounts borrowed. Prior to June 28, 2021, the Victory Funds Complex paid an annual commitment fee of 0.15% and an upfront fee of 0.10%. Each fund in the Victory Funds Complex paid a pro-rata portion of the upfront fee. Interest charged to each fund during the period, if applicable, is reflected on the Statements of Operations under Line of credit fees.

The Funds had no borrowings under the Line of Credit agreement during the year ended December 31, 2021.

Interfund Lending:

The Trust and Adviser rely on an exemptive order granted by the SEC in March 2017 (the "Order"), permitting the establishment and operation of an Interfund Lending Facility (the "Facility"). The Facility allows each Fund to directly lend and borrow money to or from any other fund in the Victory Funds Complex that is permitted to participate in the Facility, relying upon the Order at rates beneficial to both the borrowing and lending funds. Advances under the Facility are allowed for temporary or emergency purposes, including the meeting of redemption requests that otherwise might require the untimely disposition of securities, and are subject to each Fund's borrowing restrictions. The interfund loan rate is determined, as specified in the Order, by averaging the current repurchase agreement rate and the current bank loan rate. As a Borrower, interest charged to each Fund, if any, during the period, is reflected on the Statements of Operations under Interfund lending fees. As a Lender, interest earned by each Fund, if any, during the period, is reflected on the Statements of Operations under Interfund lending.

The average borrowing or lending for the days outstanding and average interest rate for the Funds that utilized this Facility during the year ended December 31, 2021, were as follows:

    Borrower
or
Lender
  Amount
Outstanding
at
December 31,
2021
  Average
Borrowing*
  Days
Borrowing
Outstanding
  Average
Interest
Rate
  Maximum
Borrowing
During
the Period
 
Global Energy
Transition Fund
 

Borrower

 

$

   

$

6,334,000

     

3

     

0.58

%

 

$

6,334,000

   

*  For the year ended December 31, 2021, based on the number of days borrowings were outstanding.

 


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7. Federal Income Tax Information:

Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid as noted in the table below. Distributable net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed at least annually from each Fund.

   

Declared

 

Paid

 

RS Partners Fund

 

Annually

 

Annually

 

RS Value Fund

 

Annually

 

Annually

 

RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

 

Annually

 

Annually

 

RS Investors Fund

 

Annually

 

Annually

 

Global Energy Transition Fund

 

Annually

 

Annually

 

The amounts of dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized gains (collectively, distributions to shareholders) are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. To the extent these "book/tax" differences are permanent in nature (e.g., net operating loss and distribution reclassification), such amounts are reclassified within the components of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences (e.g., wash sales) do not require reclassification. To the extent dividends and distributions exceed net investment income and net realized gains for tax purposes, they are reported as distributions of capital. Net investment losses incurred by the Funds may be reclassified as an offset to capital on the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

As of December 31, 2021, on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, as a result of permanent book-to-tax differences, reclassification adjustments were as follows:

 

  Total
Accumulated
Earnings/(Loss)
 

Capital

 

RS Partners Fund

 

$

(9,706,847

)

 

$

9,706,847

   
RS Value Fund    

(4,124,475

)

   

4,124,475

   
RS Large Cap Alpha Fund    

(3,482,070

)

   

3,482,070

   

RS Investors Fund

   

(357,640

)

   

357,640

   
Global Energy Transition Fund    

5,906

     

(5,906

)

 

The tax character of distributions paid during the tax years ended as noted below, were as follows (total distributions paid may differ from the Statements of Changes in Net Assets because, for tax purposes, dividends are recognized when actually paid).

   

Year Ended December 31, 2021

 
   

Distributions Paid From:

     

 

  Ordinary
Income
  Net
Long-Term
Capital Gains
  Total
Distributions
Paid
 

RS Partners Fund

 

$

21,530,003

   

$

31,220,827

   

$

52,750,830

   

RS Value Fund

   

10,573,513

     

31,396,048

     

41,969,561

   

RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

   

27,811,743

     

31,911,297

     

59,723,040

   

RS Investors Fund

   

1,283,871

     

3,071,334

     

4,355,205

   

Global Energy Transition Fund

   

86,748

     

     

86,748

   
   

Year Ended December 31, 2020

 
   

Distributions Paid From:

     
    Ordinary
Income
  Net
Long-Term
Capital Gains
  Total
Distributions
Paid
 

RS Partners Fund

 

$

11

   

$

4,980,318

   

$

4,980,329

   

RS Value Fund

   

5

     

5,814,174

     

5,814,179

   

RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

   

1,415,308

     

16,338,738

     

17,754,046

   

RS Investors Fund

   

     

86,177

     

86,177

   
Global Energy Transition Fund    

325,268

     

     

325,268

   
 


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As of December 31, 2021, the components of accumulated earnings/(loss) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

  Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
  Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
  Accumulated
Earnings
  Accumulated
Capital and
Other Losses
  Qualified
Late
Year
Losses*
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)**
  Total
Accumulated
Earnings
(Loss)
 
RS Partners
Fund
 

$

   

$

8,390,677

   

$

8,390,677

   

$

   

$

   

$

87,186,500

   

$

95,577,177

   
RS Value
Fund
   

1,674,095

     

8,969,328

     

10,643,423

     

     

     

64,847,209

     

75,490,632

   
RS Large
Cap Alpha
Fund
   

8,766,492

     

16,449,490

     

25,215,982

     

     

     

117,260,210

     

142,476,192

   
RS Investors
Fund
   

31,223

     

81,649

     

112,872

     

     

     

5,685,538

     

5,798,410

   
Global Energy
Transition
Fund
   

     

     

     

(1,823,189,805

)

   

(6,381

)

   

29,403,255

     

(1,793,792,931

)

 

*  Qualified late-year losses are comprised of post-October capital losses incurred after October 31and certain late-year ordinary losses. Late-year ordinary losses represent ordinary losses incurred after December 31 and specified losses incurred after October 31. These losses are deemed to arise on the first day of the Fund's next taxable year.

**  The difference between the book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to tax deferral of losses on wash sales and partnership basis adjustments.

At December 31, 2021, the Funds had net capital loss carryforwards as shown in the table below, which are not subject to expiration. It is unlikely that the Board will authorize a distribution of capital gains realized in the future until the capital loss carryforwards have been used.

 

  Short Term
Amount
  Long Term
Amount
 

Total

 

Global Energy Transition Fund

 

$

   

$

1,823,189,805

   

$

1,823,189,805

   

During the tax year ended December 31, 2021, the following Funds utilized capital loss carryforwards:

RS Partners Fund

 

$

9,264,242

   
RS Value Fund    

11,866,659

   
RS Large Cap Alpha Fund    

574,294

   
RS Investors Fund    

2,106,442

   
Global Energy Transition Fund    

5,099,724

   

As of December 31, 2021, the cost basis for federal income tax purposes, gross unrealized appreciation, gross unrealized depreciation, and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for investments were as follows:

 

  Cost of
Investments
for Federal
Tax Purposes
  Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
  Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
  Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

RS Partners Fund

 

$

288,808,921

   

$

96,427,241

   

$

(9,240,741

)

 

$

87,186,500

   
RS Value Fund    

271,239,696

     

69,656,045

     

(4,808,836

)

   

64,847,209

   
RS Large Cap Alpha Fund    

393,632,555

     

123,711,490

     

(6,451,280

)

   

117,260,210

   

RS Investors Fund

   

24,894,069

     

6,357,977

     

(672,439

)

   

5,685,538

   
Global Energy Transition Fund    

251,816,606

     

107,047,219

     

(77,645,440

)

   

29,401,779

   
 


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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of Victory Portfolios

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of portfolio investments, of Victory RS Partners Fund, Victory RS Value Fund, Victory RS Large Cap Alpha Fund, Victory RS Investors Fund, and Victory Global Energy Transition Fund (formerly Victory Global Natural Resources Fund) (the "Funds"), each a series of Victory Portfolios, as of December 31, 2021, the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period then ended (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of December 31, 2021, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The Funds' financial highlights for the years ended December 31, 2018 and prior, were audited by other auditors whose report dated February 26, 2019, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial highlights.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds' financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2021, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the investment companies advised by Victory Capital Management, Inc. since 2015.

COHEN & COMPANY, LTD.
Cleveland, Ohio
February 23, 2022

 


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December 31, 2021
 

  (Unaudited)

Trustee and Officer Information

Board of Trustees:

Overall responsibility for management of the Trust rests with the Board. The Trust is managed by the Board in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware. There are currently nine Trustees, eight of whom are not "interested persons" of the Trust within the meaning of that term under the 1940 Act ("Independent Trustees") and one of whom is an "interested person" of the Trust within the meaning of that term under the 1940 Act ("Interested Trustee"). The Trustees, in turn, elect the officers of the Trust to actively supervise its day-to-day operations.

The following tables list the Trustees, their date of birth, their position with the Trust, their commencement of service, their principal occupations during the past five years, and any directorships of other investment companies or companies whose securities are registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or who file reports under that Act. Each Trustee oversees 41 portfolios in the Trust, eight portfolios in Victory Variable Insurance Funds, and 25 portfolios in Victory Portfolios II, each a registered investment company that, together with the Trust, comprise the Victory Funds Complex. David C. Brown is a Trustee of USAA Mutual Funds and oversees 46 portfolios of the USAA Mutual Funds Trust. Each Trustee's address is c/o Victory Portfolios, 4900 Tiedeman Road, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, Ohio 44144. Each Trustee has an indefinite term.

Name and Date of Birth

  Position
Held with
the Trust
  Date
Commenced
Service
  Principal Occupation
During Past 5 Years
  Other
Directorships
Held During
Past 5 Years
 

Independent Trustees.

 
David Brooks Adcock,
Born October 1951
 

Trustee

 

May 2005

 

Consultant (since 2006).

 

Chair and Trustee, Turner Funds (December 2016-December 2017).

 
Nigel D. T. Andrews,
Born April 1947
 

Trustee

 

August 2002

 

Retired.

 

Director, TCG BDC II, Inc. (since 2017); Director, TCG BDC I, Inc. (formerly Carlyle GMS Finance, Inc.) (since 2012); Trustee, Carlyle Secured Lending III (since 2021).

 
E. Lee Beard,*
Born August 1951
 

Trustee

 

May 2005

 

Retired (since 2015)

 

None.

 
Dennis M. Bushe,
Born January 1944
 

Trustee

 

July 2016

 

Retired.

 

None.

 
 


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  (Unaudited)

Name and Date of Birth

  Position
Held with
the Trust
  Date
Commenced
Service
  Principal Occupation
During Past 5 Years
  Other
Directorships
Held During
Past 5 Years
 
John L. Kelly,
Born April 1953
 

Vice Chair and Trustee

 

February 2015

 

Partner, McCarvill Capital Partners (September 2016- September 2017).

 

Director, Caledonia Mining Corporation (since May 2012).

 
David L. Meyer,*
Born April 1957
 

Trustee

 

December 2008

 

Retired.

 

None.

 
Gloria S. Nelund,
Born May 1961
 

Trustee

 

July 2016

 

Chair, CEO and Co-Founder of TriLinc Global, LLC, an investment firm.

 

TriLinc Global Impact Fund, LLC (since 2012).

 
Leigh A. Wilson,
Born December 1944
 

Chair and Trustee

 

November 1994

 

Private Investor.

 

Chair (since 2013), Caledonia Mining Corporation.

 

Interested Trustee.

 
David C. Brown,**
Born May 1972
 

Trustee

 

May 2008

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (since 2013), the Adviser; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (since 2013), Victory Capital Holdings, Inc.; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (since 2019), Victory Capital Transfer Agency, Inc.

 

Trustee, USAA Mutual Funds Trust; Board Member, Victory Capital Services, Inc.

 

*  The Board has designated Ms. Beard and Mr. Meyer as its Audit Committee Financial Experts.

**  Mr. Brown is an "Interested Person" by reason of his relationship with the Adviser.

The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees of the Trust and is available, without charge, by calling 800-539-3863.

 


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Officers:

The officers of the Trust, their date of birth, their commencement of service, and their principal occupations during the past five years, are detailed in the following table. Each officer serves until the earlier of his or her resignation, removal, retirement, death, or the election of a successor. The mailing address of each officer of the Trust is 4900 Tiedeman Road, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, Ohio 44144. The officers of the Trust receive no compensation directly from the Trust for performing the duties of their offices.

Name and Date of Birth

  Position with
the Trust
  Date
Commenced
Service
 

Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years

 
Christopher K. Dyer,
Born February 1962
 

President

 

February 2006*

 

Director of Mutual Fund Administration, the Adviser; Chief Operating Officer, Victory Capital Services, Inc. (since 2020); Vice President, Victory Capital Transfer Agency, Inc. (since 2019).

 
Scott A. Stahorsky,
Born July 1969
 

Vice President

 

December 2014

 

Manager, Fund Administration, the Adviser.

 
Erin G. Wagner,
Born February 1974
 

Secretary

 

December 2014

 

Associate General Counsel, the Adviser (since 2013).

 
Allan Shaer,
Born March 1965
 

Treasurer

 

May 2017

 

Senior Vice President, Financial Administration, Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (since 2016); Vice President, Mutual Fund Administration, JP Morgan Chase (2011-2016).

 
Christopher A. Ponte,
Born March 1984
 

Assistant Treasurer

 

December 2017

 

Manager, Fund Administration, the Adviser (since 2017); Senior Analyst, Fund Administration, the Adviser (prior to 2017); Chief Financial Officer, Victory Capital Services, Inc. (since 2018).

 
Colin Kinney,
Born October 1973
 

Chief Compliance Officer

 

July 2017

 

Chief Compliance Officer (since 2013) and Chief Risk Officer (2009-2017), the Adviser.

 
Sean Fox,
Born September 1976
  Deputy Chief Compliance
Officer
 

July 2021

 

Sr. Compliance Officer, the Adviser (2019-2021); Compliance Officer, the Adviser (2015-2019).

 
Chuck Booth,
Born April 1960
 

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer and Identity Theft Officer

 

May 2015

 

Director, Regulatory Administration and CCO Support Services, Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc.

 
Jay G. Baris,
Born January 1954
 

Assistant Secretary

 

December 1997

 

Partner, Sidley Austin LLP (since April 2020); Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP (January 2018-April 2020); Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP (2011-January 2018).

 

*  On December 3, 2014, Mr. Dyer resigned as Secretary of the Trust and accepted the position of President.

 


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Proxy Voting and Portfolio Holdings Information

Proxy Voting:

Information regarding the policies and procedures each Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, by calling 800-539-3863. The information is also included in the Funds' Statement of Additional Information, which is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Information relating to how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent 12 months ended June 30 is available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Availability of Schedules of Portfolio Investments:

The Trust files a complete list of Schedules of Portfolio Investments with the SEC for the first and third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Expense Examples

As a shareholder of the Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchases; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from July 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021.

The Actual Expense figures in the table below provide information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled "Actual Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

The Hypothetical Expense figures in the table below provide information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the hypothetical expenses in the table are useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

    Beginning
Account
Value
7/1/21
  Actual
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Hypothetical
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Actual
Expenses Paid
During Period
7/1/21-12/31/21*
  Hypothetical
Expenses Paid
During Period
7/1/21-12/31/21*
  Annualized
Expense Ratio
During Period
7/1/21-12/31/21
 

RS Partners Fund

 

Class A

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,033.70

   

$

1,017.90

   

$

7.43

   

$

7.38

     

1.45

%

 

Class R

   

1,000.00

     

1,031.80

     

1,016.08

     

9.27

     

9.20

     

1.81

%

 

Class Y

   

1,000.00

     

1,035.50

     

1,019.56

     

5.75

     

5.70

     

1.12

%

 

Member Class

   

1,000.00

     

1,034.90

     

1,018.90

     

6.41

     

6.36

     

1.25

%

 

RS Value Fund

 

Class A

   

1,000.00

     

1,071.30

     

1,018.65

     

6.79

     

6.61

     

1.30

%

 

Class C

   

1,000.00

     

1,066.60

     

1,014.77

     

10.78

     

10.51

     

2.07

%

 

Class R

   

1,000.00

     

1,069.10

     

1,016.69

     

8.81

     

8.59

     

1.69

%

 

Class Y

   

1,000.00

     

1,072.10

     

1,019.86

     

5.54

     

5.40

     

1.06

%

 
 


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    Beginning
Account
Value
7/1/21
  Actual
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Hypothetical
Ending
Account
Value
12/31/21
  Actual
Expenses Paid
During Period
7/1/21-12/31/21*
  Hypothetical
Expenses Paid
During Period
7/1/21-12/31/21*
  Annualized
Expense Ratio
During Period
7/1/21-12/31/21
 

RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

 

Class A

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,053.10

   

$

1,020.72

   

$

4.61

   

$

4.53

     

0.89

%

 

Class C

   

1,000.00

     

1,049.00

     

1,016.69

     

8.73

     

8.59

     

1.69

%

 

Class R

   

1,000.00

     

1,051.20

     

1,018.85

     

6.51

     

6.41

     

1.26

%

 

Class Y

   

1,000.00

     

1,054.30

     

1,021.78

     

3.52

     

3.47

     

0.68

%

 

RS Investors Fund

 

Class A

   

1,000.00

     

1,066.40

     

1,018.50

     

6.93

     

6.77

     

1.33

%

 

Class C

   

1,000.00

     

1,062.30

     

1,014.77

     

10.76

     

10.51

     

2.07

%

 

Class R

   

1,000.00

     

1,063.50

     

1,015.38

     

10.14

     

9.91

     

1.95

%

 

Class Y

   

1,000.00

     

1,067.90

     

1,019.91

     

5.47

     

5.35

     

1.05

%

 

Global Energy Transition Fund

 

Class A

   

1,000.00

     

1,105.60

     

1,017.74

     

7.85

     

7.53

     

1.48

%

 

Class C

   

1,000.00

     

1,100.80

     

1,013.71

     

12.07

     

11.57

     

2.28

%

 

Class R

   

1,000.00

     

1,103.10

     

1,015.83

     

9.86

     

9.45

     

1.86

%

 

Class Y

   

1,000.00

     

1,107.70

     

1,019.41

     

6.11

     

5.85

     

1.15

%

 

*  Expenses are equal to the average account value multiplied by the Fund's annualized expense ratio multiplied by 184/365 (the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year).

 


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Additional Federal Income Tax Information

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the following Funds paid qualified dividend income for the purposes of reduced individual federal income tax rates of:

 

 

Percent

 

RS Partners Fund

   

18

%

 
RS Value Fund    

30

%

 

RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

   

40

%

 

RS Investors Fund

   

31

%

 

Global Energy Transition Fund

   

100

%

 

Dividends qualified for corporate dividends received deductions of:

 

 

Percent

 

RS Partners Fund

   

16

%

 

RS Value Fund

   

28

%

 

RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

   

36

%

 

RS Investors Fund

   

30

%

 

Global Energy Transition Fund

   

100

%

 

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the following Funds designated short-term capital gain distributions:

 

 

Amount

 

RS Partners Fund

 

$

23,718,479

   
RS Value Fund    

9,996,921

   
RS Large Cap Alpha Fund    

23,626,563

   

RS Investors Fund

   

1,349,946

   

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the following Funds designated long-term capital gain distributions:

 

 

Amount

 

RS Partners Fund

 

$

37,702,000

   
RS Value Fund    

34,649,902

   
RS Large Cap Alpha Fund    

34,167,241

   

RS Investors Fund

   

3,326,346

   

The following Funds intend to elect to pass through to shareholders the income tax credit for taxes paid to foreign countries. Foreign source income and foreign tax expense per outstanding share on December 31, 2021, were as follows:

 

  Foreign
Source
Income
  Foreign
Tax
Expense
 

Global Energy Transition Fund

 

$

0.19

   

$

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Considerations of the Board in Continuing the Investment Advisory Agreements

The Board approved the advisory agreement with the Adviser, on behalf of each of the Funds (the "Advisory Agreement"), and the sub-advisory agreement between SailingStone Capital Partners LLC (the "Sub-Adviser") and the Adviser, on behalf of the Global Energy Transition Fund (the "Sub-Advisory Agreement" and together with the Advisory Agreement, the "Agreements"), at a meeting, which was called for that purpose, on November 30, 2021. The Board also considered information relating to the Funds and the Agreements provided throughout the year and, more specifically, at the meetings on October 19, 2021 and November 30, 2021. In considering whether to approve the Agreement, the Board requested, and the Adviser and Sub-Adviser provided, information that the Board believed to be reasonably necessary to reach its conclusions.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees, evaluated this information along with other information obtained throughout the year and was advised by legal counsel to the Funds and independent legal counsel to the Independent Trustees. In addition, the Independent Trustees considered a past review of their overall process for conducting the annual review of the Funds' advisory arrangements by a consultant retained through their counsel.

The Board took into consideration regular reports from the Adviser and Sub-Adviser throughout the COVID-19 pandemic public health crisis concerning how the ongoing pandemic has affected market volatility, investment risk, liquidity and valuation of portfolio securities, and the implementation and effectiveness of business continuity plans. These reports also had confirmed that the pandemic had no material impact on the Adviser's (or the Sub-Adviser's) operations.

The Board considered each Fund's advisory fee, expense ratio and investment performance as significant factors in determining whether the Agreements should be continued. The Board reviewed numbers factors with respect to each Fund, including the services to be provided by the Sub-Adviser. In considering whether the compensation paid to the Adviser was fair and reasonable, the Board also evaluated, among other things, the following factors:

•  The requirements of the Funds for the services provided by the Adviser;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the services provided and expected to be provided;

•  The performance of the Funds as compared to comparable funds;

•  The fees payable for the services and whether the fee arrangements provided for economies of scale that would benefit Fund shareholders as the Funds grow (acknowledging that economies of scale can be complex to assess and typically are not directly measurable);

•  Whether the fee would be sufficient to enable the Adviser to attract and retain experienced personnel and continue to provide quality services to the Funds;

•  The fees paid by other clients of the Adviser whose accounts are managed in a similar investment style and any differences in the services provided to the other clients compared to those provided to the Funds;

•  The total expenses of each Fund;

•  Management's commitment to operating the Funds at competitive expense levels;

•  The profitability of the Adviser (as reflected by comparing fees earned against an estimate of the Adviser's costs) with respect to the Adviser's relationship with the Funds;

•  Research and other service benefits received by the Adviser obtained through payment of client commissions for securities transactions;

•  Other benefits received by the Adviser, and its affiliates, including revenues paid to the Adviser, or its affiliates, by the Funds for administration and fund accounting services, and distribution;

•  The capabilities and financial condition of the Adviser;

•  Current economic and industry trends; and

•  The historical relationship between each Fund and the Adviser.

 


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For Funds with total net expense ratios that ranked within the fourth quartile (most expensive) in relation to their peers as evaluated by a consultant, the Board also considered a memorandum that it requested the Adviser to prepare. The Adviser reviewed additional relevant circumstances, which included, among other things, specialized strategies, small or decreasing assets, or rapid or recent changes in peer expense ratios.

In considering whether the compensation paid to the Sub-Adviser was fair and reasonable, the Board also evaluated, among other things, the following factors:

•  The requirements of the Fund for the services provided by the Sub-Adviser;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the services provided and expected to be provided;

•  The fees payable for the services;

•  Representations by the Adviser that the sub-advisory fee for the Fund is within the range of fees agreed to in the market for similar services;

•  Whether the fee would be sufficient to enable the Sub-Adviser to attract and retain experienced personnel and continue to provide quality services to the Fund;

•  Management's commitment to operating the Fund at competitive expense levels;

•  Research and other service benefits received by the Sub-Adviser obtained through payment of client commissions for securities transactions;

•  Other benefits received by the Sub-Adviser as a result of its sub-advisory relationship with the Fund;

•  The capabilities and financial condition of the Sub-Adviser;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the oversight and compliance services provided by the Adviser;

•  The historical relationship between the Fund and the Sub-Adviser; and

•  Current economic and industry trends.

The Board reviewed each Fund's current management fee, comprised of the advisory fee plus the administrative services fee paid to the Adviser, in the context of the Adviser's profitability with respect to each Fund individually. The Board retained a consultant to provide comparative information about fees and performance. The Board met with the consultant to review its inputs and methodologies, among other things. The Board compared each Fund's gross management fee and total operating expense ratio on a net and gross basis with the median gross management fee and median expense ratio of a universe of comparable mutual funds compiled by the consultant, and a peer group of funds with similar investment strategies selected by that consultant from the universe of comparable funds. The Board reviewed the factors and methodology used by the consultant in the selection of each Fund's peer group, including the consultant's selection of a broad universe of funds, the more specific universe of comparable funds, and peer groups of funds with comparable investment strategies and asset levels, among other factors. The Board also reviewed any changes to the consultant's methodology as compared to the prior year, including those resulting from the Adviser's input, if any. With respect to certain Funds, the Board also reviewed fees and other information related to the Adviser's management of similarly managed institutional or private accounts, and the differences in the services provided to the other accounts. The Board noted that none of the advisory fee arrangements for the Funds included breakpoints, which would be a structure that results in reduced fees as a fund grows. The Board also considered the Adviser's commitment to limit expenses as discussed in more detail below.

The Board also reviewed the compliance and administrative services provided to the Funds by the Adviser and its affiliates, including the Adviser's oversight of the Funds' day-to-day operations and oversight of Fund accounting, assistance in meeting legal and regulatory requirements, and other services necessary for the operation of the Funds and the Trust.

With respect to the Global Energy Transition Fund, the Board also considered information concerning the fee paid to the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreement. The Board considered the relative roles and responsibilities of the Adviser and Sub-Adviser with respect to the Fund and noted that, among other things: (1) the sub-advisory fees for the Fund are paid by the Adviser and, therefore, are not a direct expense of the Fund; and (2) the Adviser supervises the Sub-Adviser. The Board also considered the Adviser's representation

 


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that the fees to be paid to the Sub-Adviser are within the range of sub-advisory fees paid to other sub-advisers for similar services. The Board reviewed fees and other information related to the Sub-Adviser's management of similarly managed institutional or private accounts, and the differences in the services provided to the other accounts. The Board recognized that because the sub-advisory fees are paid by the Adviser, any arrangement by the Sub-Adviser to either increase or reduce its fee would have no direct impact on the Fund or its shareholders.

The Board found that the gross annual management fee paid by each Fund was within the range of management fees paid by each Fund's respective peer group. The Board also found that each Fund's Class A net annual expense ratio, taking into account any shareholder servicing or distribution fees, was reasonable as compared with each Fund's respective peer group. The Board considered the Adviser's contractual agreement with each Fund to waive its fees and reimburse expenses of certain classes for a specified period of time, as described in the Fund's prospectus.

The Board reviewed each Fund's performance over one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods (as applicable) against the performance of the Fund's selected peer group and benchmark index. The Board recognized that the performance of the Fund and the peer group funds are net of expenses, while the performance of the benchmark index reflects gross returns.

The Board reviewed various other specific factors with respect to each Fund, as described below. In their deliberations, the Trustees did not rank the importance of any particular information or factor considered and each Trustee may have attributed different weights to various factors.

RS Partners Fund

The Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed the benchmark index for the one- and ten-year periods, outperformed the benchmark index for the three- and five-year periods, underperformed the peer group median for the one-year period, and outperformed the peer group median for the three-, five- and ten-year periods.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual funds; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

RS Value Fund

The Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed the benchmark index for all of the periods reviewed, underperformed the peer group median for the one- and ten-year periods, and outperformed the peer group median for the three- and five-year periods.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual funds; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

RS Large Cap Alpha Fund

The Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund underperformed the benchmark index for one-, three- and ten-year periods, outperformed the benchmark index for the five-year period, and underperformed the peer group median for all periods reviewed. The Board brought the Fund's underperformance to management's attention and discussed with the Adviser any steps that had been or could be taken to enhance performance in the future.

 


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Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual fund; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

RS Investors Fund

The Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund outperformed the benchmark index for the one-year period, underperformed the benchmark index for the three-, five- and ten-year periods, outperformed the peer group median for the one- and ten-year periods, and underperformed the peer group median for the three- and five-year periods.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual fund; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

Global Energy Transition Fund

The Board noted that effective May 1, 2021, the Fund changed its principal investment strategy and name. The Board compared the Fund's Class A performance for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended June 30, 2021, to that of the median performance of the Fund's peer group and benchmark index for the same periods and considered the fact that the Fund outperformed the benchmark index for the one-year period, underperformed the benchmark index for the three-, five- and ten-year periods, outperformed the peer group median for the one-year period and unperformed the peer group median for the three-, five- and ten-year periods. The Board noted its numerous discussions with the Adviser and Sub-Adviser throughout the year, and in prior years, about, among other things, the Fund's investment strategy, the Adviser's and Sub-Adviser's implementation of the strategy, and related market conditions, together with relevant fee and expense considerations. The Board also discussed the steps taken by the Adviser and Sub-Adviser to enhance performance in the future, and the Board's continued monitoring of the Fund's performance.

Having considered, among other things: (1) the Fund's management fee compared to comparable mutual funds; (2) the Fund's total expense ratio compared to comparable mutual funds; (3) that the Adviser's willingness to limit the expenses of certain classes for a period of time would provide stability to the Fund's expenses for those share classes during that period; and (4) the Fund's performance during the periods reviewed, the Board concluded that the Agreement continued to be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders.

Conclusion

Based on its review of the information requested and provided, and following extended discussions, the Board determined that the Agreement, on behalf of the Funds discussed above, was consistent with the best interests of each Fund and its shareholders, and the Board unanimously approved the Agreement, on behalf of each Fund, for an additional annual period on the basis of the foregoing review and discussions and the following considerations, among others:

•  The fairness and reasonableness of the investment advisory fee payable to the Adviser under the Agreement in light of the investment advisory services provided, the costs of these services, the profitability of the Adviser's relationship with the Fund and the comparability of the fee paid to the fees paid by other investment companies;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the investment advisory services provided by the Adviser;

•  The Adviser's entrepreneurial commitment to the management of the Funds and the creation of a broad-based family of funds, which could entail a substantial commitment of the Adviser's resources to the successful operation of the Funds;

 


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•  The Adviser's representations regarding its staffing and capabilities to manage the Funds, including the retention of personnel with relevant portfolio management experience;

•  The Adviser's efforts to enhance investment results by, among other things, developing quality portfolio management teams; and

•  The overall high quality of the personnel, operations, financial condition, investment management capabilities, methodologies and performance of the Adviser.

Based on its review of the information requested and provided, and following extended discussions, the Board concluded, among other things, that the Sub-Advisory Agreement, with respect to the Global Energy Transition Fund, was consistent with the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders and unanimously approved the Sub-Advisory Agreement (including the fees to be charged for services thereunder), on the basis of the foregoing review and discussions and the following considerations, among others:

•  The fairness and reasonableness of the investment advisory fee payable to the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreement in light of the investment advisory services provided, the costs of these services and the estimated profitability of the Sub-Adviser's relationship with the Fund;

•  The nature, quality and extent of the investment advisory services provided by the portfolio management team of the Sub-Adviser, which have resulted in the Fund achieving its stated investment objective;

•  The Sub-Adviser's representations regarding its staffing and capabilities to manage the Fund; and

•  The overall high quality of the personnel, operations, financial condition, investment management capabilities, methodologies and performance of the Sub-Adviser.

 


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VPRSVF-AR (12/21)


 

 

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

 

(a)The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. This code of ethics in included as an Exhibit.
(b)During the period covered by the report, with respect to the registrant’s code of ethics that applies to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions; there have been no amendments to, nor any waivers granted from, a provision that relates to any element of the code of ethics definition enumerated in paragraph (b) of this Item 2.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

(a)(1) The registrant’s board of directors has determined that the registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee. 

(a)(2) The audit committee financial experts are David L. Meyer and E. Lee Beard, who are “independent” for purposes of this Item 3 of Form N-CSR.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

   2021   2020 
(a) Audit Fees (1)  $284,000   $297,500 
(b) Audit-Related Fees (2)   0    0 
(c) Tax Fees (3)   83,250    87,750 
(d) All Other Fees (4)   0    3,327 

 

(1) Audit fees include amounts related to the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements and services normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings. Audit fees billed were for professional services provided by Cohen & Company, Ltd. for audit compliance, audit advice and audit planning.

 

(2) Represents the fee for assurance and related services by Cohen & Company, Ltd. reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant’s financial statements that was not reported under (a) of this item.

 

(3) Represents the aggregate tax fee billed for professional services rendered by Cohen & Company, Ltd. for tax compliance, tax advice, international tax fee transactions and tax planning. Such tax services included the review of income and excise tax returns for the Registrant.

 

(4) For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, there were no fees billed for professional services rendered by The Funds’ independent registered public accounting firm to the Registrant, other than the services reported in (a) through (c) of this item. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, fees represent the consent related to Member Class Registration Statements as of June 10, 2020, and Review and Consent of the Registration Statements for six portfolios as of August 21, 2020.

 

Tax fees for 2021 and 2020 are for recurring tax fees for the preparation of the federal and state tax returns and procedures performed relating to the Registrant’s analysis of complex securities.

 

(e)(1) The Registrant’s Audit Committee must pre-approve non-audit services to be provided by the principal accountant and the fees charged with these services. The Committee may delegate authority to one or more Committee members to pre-approve these services, subject to subsequent review and approval by the Committee.

 

(e)(2) There were no services performed under Rule 2.01 (c)(7)(i)(C).

 

(f) Not applicable.

 

(g)

 

2021   $0 
2020   $0 

 

(h) The Registrant’s Audit Committee has evaluated the non-audit services that the principal accountant provided to the Registrant’s investment adviser (and the adviser’s relevant affiliated), which services the Committee did not pre-approve, and has concluded that the provision of those services was compatible with maintaining the accountant’s independence.

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Investments.

 

(a)         Not applicable. 

(b)         Not applicable.

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that these disclosure controls and procedures are adequately designed and are operating effectively to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms.

 

(b)There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

(a)(1) Not applicable. 

(a)(2) Not applicable. 

(a)(3) Not applicable.

(a)(4) Not applicable.   

(b)Not applicable.

 

Item 13. Exhibits.

 

(a)(1) The code of ethics that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2 is attached hereto. 

(a)(2) Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) are attached hereto. 

(a)(3) Not applicable. 

(b)Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) are furnished herewith.

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant) Victory Portfolios

 

   
By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Allan Shaer
Allan Shaer, Principal Financial Officer  
 
Date__February 24, 2022_________________  

 

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

 

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Christopher K. Dyer  
  Christopher K. Dyer, Principal Executive Officer  

 

Date_Feburuary 24, 2022__________________    

 

     
By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Allan Shaer  
  Allan Shaer, Principal Financial Officer  

 

Date_February 24, 2022________________________