NPORT-EX 2 VISA020VIRTUS103122.htm
VIRTUS STONE HARBOR HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
August 31, 2022
($ reported in thousands)
  Par Value   Value
Corporate Bonds and Notes—98.1%
Aerospace & Defense—2.5%    
TransDigm, Inc. 144A
8.000%, 12/15/25(1)
$  2,378   $ 2,436
Airlines—2.9%    
Air Canada 144A
3.875%, 8/15/26(1)
    832      742
United Airlines, Inc. 144A
4.375%, 4/15/26(1)
  1,235    1,126
VistaJet Malta Finance plc 144A
7.875%, 5/1/27(1)
  1,036      956
       2,824
       
 
Automotive—4.2%    
Clarios Global LP      
144A 6.250%, 5/15/26(1)     520      514
144A 8.500%, 5/15/27(1)     789      775
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC      
4.950%, 5/28/27     505      474
4.125%, 8/17/27     688      620
5.113%, 5/3/29   1,935    1,789
       4,172
       
 
Building Products—4.5%    
Griffon Corp.
5.750%, 3/1/28
  1,064      984
LBM Acquisition LLC 144A
6.250%, 1/15/29(1)
  1,289      963
Park River Holdings, Inc.      
144A 5.625%, 2/1/29(1)     705      511
144A 6.750%, 8/1/29(1)     361      270
Specialty Building Products Holdings LLC 144A
6.375%, 9/30/26(1)
  1,132    1,020
White Cap Buyer LLC 144A
6.875%, 10/15/28(1)
    816      715
       4,463
       
 
Chemicals—2.3%    
Diamond BC B.V. 144A
4.625%, 10/1/29(1)
    592      505
Illuminate Buyer LLC 144A
9.000%, 7/1/28(1)
  1,235    1,062
WR Grace Holdings LLC 144A
5.625%, 8/15/29(1)
    871      688
       2,255
       
 
Consumer Products—0.7%    
Kronos Acquisition Holdings, Inc. 144A
7.000%, 12/31/27(1)
    883      728
Containers & Packaging—1.8%    
Graham Packaging Co., Inc. 144A
7.125%, 8/15/28(1)
    871      748
Trivium Packaging Finance B.V. 144A
8.500%, 8/15/27(1)
  1,030      979
       1,727
       
 
  Par Value   Value
       
Drillers & Services—1.8%    
Archrock Partners LP 144A
6.250%, 4/1/28(1)
$    875   $   796
Precision Drilling Corp. 144A
6.875%, 1/15/29(1)
  1,103    1,014
       1,810
       
 
Electric—3.4%    
Calpine Corp. 144A
4.500%, 2/15/28(1)
    940      860
Covanta Holding Corp.
5.000%, 9/1/30
    852      718
NRG Energy, Inc.
5.750%, 1/15/28
    269      253
Vistra Operations Co. LLC      
144A 5.625%, 2/15/27(1)     945      910
144A 5.000%, 7/31/27(1)     599      557
       3,298
       
 
Exploration & Production—10.5%    
Antero Resources Corp.      
144A 7.625%, 2/1/29(1)     757      770
144A 5.375%, 3/1/30(1)     198      186
Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC 144A
5.875%, 6/30/29(1)
  1,062      956
Chesapeake Energy Corp.      
144A 5.500%, 2/1/26(1)   1,004      967
144A 5.875%, 2/1/29(1)     113      108
Chord Energy Corp. 144A
6.375%, 6/1/26(1)
    132      128
CNX Resources Corp.      
144A 7.250%, 3/14/27(1)     611      607
144A 6.000%, 1/15/29(1)     387      364
CrownRock LP 144A
5.000%, 5/1/29(1)
    290      266
Hilcorp Energy I LP      
144A 6.250%, 11/1/28(1)   1,313    1,241
144A 5.750%, 2/1/29(1)     100       91
144A 6.000%, 4/15/30(1)     102       94
Murphy Oil Corp.
5.875%, 12/1/27
    492      478
Occidental Petroleum Corp.      
8.875%, 7/15/30   1,943    2,270
7.500%, 5/1/31     327      368
7.875%, 9/15/31     167      192
SM Energy Co.      
5.625%, 6/1/25     481      468
6.500%, 7/15/28     843      812
      10,366
       
 
Financial & Lease—5.3%    
Acrisure LLC      
144A 7.000%, 11/15/25(1)   1,065    1,004
144A 6.000%, 8/1/29(1)     499      405
Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC      
144A 6.750%, 10/15/27(1)   1,010      917
144A 5.875%, 11/1/29(1)     445      383
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc. 144A
5.750%, 11/15/31(1)
    886      703
See Notes to Schedule of Investments
1

VIRTUS STONE HARBOR HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)
August 31, 2022
($ reported in thousands)
  Par Value   Value
       
Financial & Lease—continued    
OneMain Finance Corp.      
7.125%, 3/15/26 $    904   $   842
3.500%, 1/15/27     580      478
6.625%, 1/15/28     369      337
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. 144A
4.375%, 1/15/27(1)
    173      154
       5,223
       
 
Food, Beverages & Tobacco—2.6%    
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 144A
4.125%, 1/31/30(1)
    630      568
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. 144A
3.500%, 3/1/32(1)
    791      641
Triton Water Holdings, Inc. 144A
6.250%, 4/1/29(1)
  1,579    1,295
       2,504
       
 
Gaming—5.9%    
CDI Escrow Issuer, Inc. 144A
5.750%, 4/1/30(1)
    171      158
Churchill Downs, Inc. 144A
4.750%, 1/15/28(1)
    365      332
International Game Technology plc 144A
5.250%, 1/15/29(1)
    789      738
MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP
5.750%, 2/1/27
    282      282
Penn Entertainment, Inc. 144A
4.125%, 7/1/29(1)
  1,198      968
Raptor Acquisition Corp. 144A
4.875%, 11/1/26(1)
  1,082      975
Scientific Games International, Inc. 144A
7.250%, 11/15/29(1)
  1,281    1,260
VICI Properties LP 144A
4.125%, 8/15/30(1)
    457      402
Wynn Resorts Finance LLC 144A
5.125%, 10/1/29(1)
    856      718
       5,833
       
 
Health Care—5.6%    
AdaptHealth LLC      
144A 4.625%, 8/1/29(1)     896      746
144A 5.125%, 3/1/30(1)     198      169
Bausch Health Cos., Inc.      
144A 6.250%, 2/15/29(1)     752      284
144A 5.250%, 2/15/31(1)     585      225
Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc. 144A
3.500%, 4/1/30(1)
    171      141
Community Health Systems, Inc. 144A
5.250%, 5/15/30(1)
  1,364    1,033
Encompass Health Corp.      
4.500%, 2/1/28     401      351
4.625%, 4/1/31     114       94
Endo Luxembourg Finance Co. I S.a.r.l. 144A
6.125%, 4/1/29(1)(2)
  1,462    1,253
US Acute Care Solutions LLC 144A
6.375%, 3/1/26(1)
  1,397    1,248
       5,544
       
 
  Par Value   Value
       
Home Builders—2.2%    
Ashton Woods USA LLC 144A
4.625%, 4/1/30(1)
$     86   $    68
KB Home      
4.800%, 11/15/29     350      302
7.250%, 7/15/30     523      502
Mattamy Group Corp. 144A
4.625%, 3/1/30(1)
    794      643
Weekley Homes LLC 144A
4.875%, 9/15/28(1)
    756      627
       2,142
       
 
Industrial Other—3.9%    
Madison IAQ LLC      
144A 4.125%, 6/30/28(1)     273      234
144A 5.875%, 6/30/29(1)     978      804
Unifrax Escrow Issuer Corp. 144A
5.250%, 9/30/28(1)
  1,170      939
United Rentals North America, Inc.
3.750%, 1/15/32
    858      714
WESCO Distribution, Inc. 144A
7.250%, 6/15/28(1)
  1,098    1,107
       3,798
       
 
Leisure—3.9%    
Carnival Corp.      
144A 7.625%, 3/1/26(1)   1,140      971
144A 5.750%, 3/1/27(1)      93       72
144A 6.000%, 5/1/29(1)     304      230
NCL Corp., Ltd.      
144A 5.875%, 3/15/26(1)     412      333
144A 7.750%, 2/15/29(1)     368      299
NCL Finance Ltd. 144A
6.125%, 3/15/28(1)
    858      666
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.      
144A 5.500%, 8/31/26(1)     511      408
144A 11.625%, 8/15/27(1)     678      665
144A 5.500%, 4/1/28(1)     241      182
       3,826
       
 
Media Cable—7.9%    
Altice France Holding S.A. 144A
6.000%, 2/15/28(1)
    637      432
Altice France S.A.      
144A 5.125%, 1/15/29(1)     102       80
144A 5.125%, 7/15/29(1)   1,072      814
CCO Holdings LLC      
144A 5.375%, 6/1/29(1)     836      764
144A 4.500%, 8/15/30(1)   1,510    1,270
CSC Holdings LLC      
144A 7.500%, 4/1/28(1)   1,387    1,233
144A 4.125%, 12/1/30(1)   1,652    1,338
DISH DBS Corp.      
7.750%, 7/1/26     122       96
7.375%, 7/1/28     493      323
5.125%, 6/1/29     626      371
144A 5.250%, 12/1/26(1)     617      509
144A 5.750%, 12/1/28(1)     444      341
 
See Notes to Schedule of Investments
2

VIRTUS STONE HARBOR HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)
August 31, 2022
($ reported in thousands)
  Par Value   Value
       
Media Cable—continued    
Telenet Finance Luxembourg Notes S.a.r.l. 144A
5.500%, 3/1/28(1)
$    200   $   182
       7,753
       
 
Media Other—4.2%    
CMG Media Corp. 144A
8.875%, 12/15/27(1)
  1,339    1,151
Gray Escrow II, Inc. 144A
5.375%, 11/15/31(1)
  1,301    1,100
Netflix, Inc.
4.875%, 4/15/28
    986      959
Univision Communications, Inc. 144A
6.625%, 6/1/27(1)
    955      922
       4,132
       
 
Midstream—5.9%    
Antero Midstream Partners LP      
144A 7.875%, 5/15/26(1)     232      236
144A 5.750%, 3/1/27(1)     465      441
144A 5.750%, 1/15/28(1)     557      528
CNX Midstream Partners LP 144A
4.750%, 4/15/30(1)
     43       36
DCP Midstream Operating LP
5.125%, 5/15/29
    648      632
DT Midstream, Inc. 144A
4.375%, 6/15/31(1)
    797      681
Genesis Energy LP      
8.000%, 1/15/27     572      542
7.750%, 2/1/28   1,275    1,182
Hess Midstream Operations LP      
144A 4.250%, 2/15/30(1)     161      138
144A 5.500%, 10/15/30(1)     641      584
Holly Energy Partners LP      
144A 6.375%, 4/15/27(1)     171      166
144A 5.000%, 2/1/28(1)     644      600
       5,766
       
 
Paper & Forest Products—0.7%    
Mercer International, Inc.
5.125%, 2/1/29
    834      728
Refining—0.9%    
Parkland Corp. 144A
4.625%, 5/1/30(1)
    476      409
Sunoco LP
4.500%, 4/30/30
    570      486
         895
       
 
Restaurants—0.6%    
New Red Finance 144A
3.875%, 1/15/28(1)
    684      608
Retail Food & Drug—1.2%    
Albertsons Cos., Inc.      
144A 4.625%, 1/15/27(1)     283      258
144A 5.875%, 2/15/28(1)     514      490
  Par Value   Value
       
Retail Food & Drug—continued    
144A 4.875%, 2/15/30(1) $    533   $   467
       1,215
       
 
Retail Non Food & Drug—3.9%    
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. 144A
4.625%, 11/15/29(1)
     86       74
At Home Group, Inc. 144A
4.875%, 7/15/28(1)
  1,040      762
LCM Investments Holdings II LLC 144A
4.875%, 5/1/29(1)
    886      740
Michaels Cos., Inc. (The)      
144A 5.250%, 5/1/28(1)     344      264
144A 7.875%, 5/1/29(1)     670      445
PetSmart, Inc.      
144A 4.750%, 2/15/28(1)     564      502
144A 7.750%, 2/15/29(1)   1,066    1,005
       3,792
       
 
Satellite—1.5%    
Hughes Satellite Systems Corp.
6.625%, 8/1/26
  1,039      983
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A. Escrow
5.500%, 8/1/23(3)
    464       —
Viasat, Inc. 144A
5.625%, 4/15/27(1)
    521      479
       1,462
       
 
Services Other—3.3%    
ADT Security Corp. (The) 144A
4.125%, 8/1/29(1)
  1,063      913
GFL Environmental, Inc.      
144A 4.000%, 8/1/28(1)     207      175
144A 4.750%, 6/15/29(1)     446      387
144A 4.375%, 8/15/29(1)     449      380
Prime Security Services Borrower LLC 144A
6.250%, 1/15/28(1)
  1,623    1,429
       3,284
       
 
Technology—0.8%    
Ciena Corp. 144A
4.000%, 1/31/30(1)
     86       74
Rackspace Technology Global, Inc. 144A
3.500%, 2/15/28(1)
  1,022      738
         812
       
 
Transport Other—0.7%    
Hertz Corp. (The)      
144A 4.625%, 12/1/26(1)     411      352
144A 5.000%, 12/1/29(1)     430      346
         698
       
 
Wireless—1.7%    
Sprint Corp.
7.125%, 6/15/24
  1,569    1,620
 
See Notes to Schedule of Investments
3

VIRTUS STONE HARBOR HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)
August 31, 2022
($ reported in thousands)
  Par Value   Value
       
Wirelines—0.8%    
Consolidated Communications, Inc. 144A
6.500%, 10/1/28(1)
$    948   $   763
Total Corporate Bonds and Notes
(Identified Cost $108,969)
  96,477
       
 
       
 
Leveraged Loans—0.1%
Health Care—0.1%    
Envision Healthcare Corp. (1 month LIBOR + 3.750%)
6.556%, 10/10/25(4)
    281       73
Total Leveraged Loans
(Identified Cost $268)
      73
       
 
       
 
    
  Shares  
Common Stocks—0.1%
Exploration & Production—0.0%  
Alta Mesa Holdings LP Escrow(3)(5) 400,000     —
Satellite—0.1%  
Intelsat Emergence S.A.(3)(5)   4,338    113
Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $157)
   113
     
 
     
 
Rights—0.0%
Satellite—0.0%  
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A. Series B(3)(5)     454     —
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A. Series A(3)(5)     454     —
        —
     
 
Total Rights
(Identified Cost $—)
    —
     
 
     
 
Total Long-Term Investments—98.3%
(Identified Cost $109,394)
96,663
     
 
     
 
Short-Term Investment—0.0%
Money Market Mutual Fund—0.0%
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 2.111%)(6)   5,914      6
Total Short-Term Investment
(Identified Cost $6)
     6
     
 
     
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS—98.3%
(Identified Cost $109,400)
$96,669
Other assets and liabilities, net—1.7%  1,715
NET ASSETS—100.0% $98,384
Abbreviations:
LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate
LLC Limited Liability Company
LP Limited Partnership
    
Footnote Legend:
(1) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At August 31, 2022, these securities amounted to a value of $75,227 or 76.5% of net assets.
(2) Security in default; no interest payments are being received during the bankruptcy proceedings.
(3) The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs and is reported as a Level 3 security in the Fair Value Hierarchy table located after the Schedule of Investments.
(4) Variable rate security. Rate disclosed is as of August 31, 2022. Information in parenthesis represents benchmark and reference rate for each security. Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions, or, for mortgage-backed securities, are impacted by the individual mortgages which are paying off over time. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their descriptions.
(5) Non-income producing.
(6) Shares of this fund are publicly offered, and its prospectus and annual report are publicly available.
    
Country Weightings
United States 90%
Canada 6
France 2
Netherlands 1
Switzerland 1
Total 100%
% of total investments as of August 31, 2022.
 
See Notes to Schedule of Investments
4

VIRTUS STONE HARBOR HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)
August 31, 2022
($ reported in thousands)
The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments as of August 31, 2022, based on the inputs used to value them (See Security Valuation Note 1 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):
  Total
Value at
August 31, 2022
  Level 1
Quoted Prices
  Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
  Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Assets:              
Debt Securities:              
Corporate Bonds and Notes $96,477   $—   $96,477   $(1)
Leveraged Loans 73     73  
Equity Securities:              
Common Stocks 113       113(1)
Rights       (1)
Money Market Mutual Fund 6   6    
Total Investments $96,669   $6   $96,550   $113
    
(1) Includes internally fair valued securities currently priced at zero ($0).
There were no transfers into or out of Level 3 related to securities held at August 31, 2022.
Some of the Fund’s investments that were categorized as Level 3 may have been valued utilizing third party pricing information without adjustment. If applicable, such valuations are based on unobservable inputs. A significant change in third party information could result in a significantly lower or higher value of Level 3 investments.
Management has determined that the amount of Level 3 securities compared to total net assets is not material; therefore, the roll-forward of Level 3 securities and assumptions are not shown for the period ended August 31, 2022.
See Notes to Schedule of Investments
5

VIRTUS STONE HARBOR HIGH YIELD BOND FUND 
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
August 31, 2022
Note 1. Security Valuation
The Fund utilizes a fair value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers into or out of Level 3 at the end of the reporting period.
    •     Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities (security types generally include listed equities).
    •    Level 2 – prices determined using other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
    •    Level 3 – prices determined using significant unobservable inputs (including the Valuation Committee’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
A description of the valuation techniques applied to the Fund’s major categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis is as follows:
Equity securities are valued at the official closing price (typically last sale) on the exchange on which the securities are primarily traded or, if no closing price is available, at the last bid price and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Illiquid, restricted equity securities and illiquid private placements are internally fair valued by the Valuation Committee, and are generally categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
Certain non-U.S. securities may be fair valued in cases where closing prices are not readily available or are deemed not reflective of readily available market prices. For example, significant events (such as movement in the U.S. securities market, or other regional and local developments) may occur between the time that non-U.S. markets close (where the security is principally traded) and the time that the Fund calculates its net asset value (“NAV”) at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4 p.m. Eastern time) that may impact the value of securities traded in these non-U.S. markets. In such cases, the Fund fair values non-U.S. securities using an independent pricing service which considers the correlation of the trading patterns of the non-U.S. security to the intraday trading in the U.S. markets for investments such as American Depositary Receipts, financial futures, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), and certain indexes, as well as prices for similar securities. Such fair valuations are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Because the frequency of significant events is not predictable, fair valuation of certain non-U.S. common stocks may occur on a frequent basis.
Debt securities, including convertible bonds, and restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated quotations received from independent pricing services or from dealers who make markets in such securities. For most bond types, the pricing service utilizes matrix pricing that considers one or more of the following factors: yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, current cash flows, type, activity of the underlying equities, and current day trade information, as well as dealer supplied prices. These valuations are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Structured debt instruments, such as mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities may also incorporate collateral analysis and utilize cash flow models for valuation and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Pricing services do not provide pricing for all securities and therefore indicative bids from dealers are utilized which are based on pricing models used by market makers in the security and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Debt securities that are internally fair valued by the Valuation Committee are generally categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
Listed derivatives, such as options, that are actively traded are valued at the last posted settlement price from the exchange where they are principally traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Over-the-counter derivative contracts, which include forward currency contracts and equity-linked instruments, do not require material subjectivity as pricing inputs are observed from actively quoted markets and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.
Investments in open-end mutual funds are valued at NAV. Investments in closed-end funds and ETFs are valued as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE each business day. Each is categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s net assets by each major security type is disclosed at the end of the Schedule of Investments for the Fund. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
For additional information about significant accounting policies, refer to the Fund’s most recent semi or annual report.
6