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Calamos Growth and Income Portfolio

 SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS MARCH 31, 2023 (UNAUDITED)

 

   PRINCIPAL   

AMOUNT

          VALUE
 

CONVERTIBLE BONDS (14.5%)

  
 

Communication Services (1.3%)

  
 

Liberty Media Corp.*

  
  31,000    

0.500%, 12/01/50

   $ 30,571  
  90,000    

2.250%, 08/15/27

     96,958  
  70,000    

3.750%, 03/15/28

     70,977  
  170,000    

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.

     166,197  
    

 

 

 

       364,703  
    

 

 

 

  Consumer Discretionary (2.7%)   
  55,000    

DISH Network Corp.

     28,357  
  235,000    

Ford Motor Company^

     235,085  
  95,000    

Marriott Vacations Worldwide

  
 

Corp.

     92,258  
  7,000    

Tesla, Inc.

     70,148  
  115,000    

Vail Resorts, Inc.^

     103,215  
  200,000    

Wynn Macau, Ltd.*

     217,536  
    

 

 

 

       746,599  
    

 

 

 

  Energy (0.6%)   
  18,000    

EQT Corp.

     39,667  
  70,000    

Nabors Industries, Inc.*

     61,088  
  65,000    

Northern Oil And Gas, Inc.*

     69,697  
    

 

 

 

       170,452  
    

 

 

 

  Financials (0.6%)   
  50,000    

Ares Capital Corp.

     50,054  
  110,000    

Morgan Stanley Finance, LLC

     114,323  
    

 

 

 

       164,377  
    

 

 

 

  Health Care (1.8%)   
  85,000    

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     84,910  
  165,000    

Dexcom, Inc.^

     177,121  
  52,000    

Envista Holdings Corp.

     103,853  
  95,000    

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.

     87,745  
  55,000    

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.*

     50,116  
    

 

 

 

       503,745  
    

 

 

 

  Industrials (1.5%)   
  55,000    

Axon Enterprise, Inc.*

     64,725  
  170,000    

John Bean Technologies Corp.

     155,827  
  170,000    

Middleby Corp.^

     211,524  
    

 

 

 

       432,076  
    

 

 

 

  Information Technology (4.6%)   
  41,000    

Akamai Technologies, Inc.

     37,825  
  47,000    

Bill.com Holdings, Inc.

     42,975  
  166,000    

CyberArk Software, Ltd.

     186,164  
  28,000    

Datadog, Inc.^

     30,216  
 

Enphase Energy, Inc.

  
  100,000    

0.000%, 03/01/26

     103,169  
  65,000    

0.000%, 03/01/28

     67,389  
  150,000    

Microchip Technology, Inc.^

     168,000  
  30,000    

Nova, Ltd.

     43,660  
  275,000    

ON Semiconductor Corp.*

     287,370  
  70,000    

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

     141,282  
  47,000    

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.^

     70,581  
  60,000    

Tyler Technologies, Inc.

     57,473  
  55,000    

Wolfspeed, Inc.*

     48,861  
    

 

 

 

       1,284,965  
    

 

 

 

 

   PRINCIPAL   

AMOUNT

          VALUE
  Materials (0.1%)   
  33,000    

MP Materials Corp.*

   $ 31,005  
    

 

 

 

       31,005  
    

 

 

 

  Real Estate (0.8%)   
  100,000    

ANLLIAN Capital, Ltd.

     132,628  
  115,000    

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

     97,438  
    

 

 

 

       230,066  
    

 

 

 

  Utilities (0.5%)   
  135,000    

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.*

     135,439  
    

 

 

 

       135,439  
    

 

 

 

  TOTAL CONVERTIBLE BONDS
(Cost $3,964,455)
     4,063,427  
    

 

 

 

 

  NUMBER OF  
SHARES
          VALUE
 

COMMON STOCKS (72.9%)

  
 

Communication Services (6.0%)

  
  9,195    

Alphabet, Inc. - Class A#

     953,797  
  3,690    

Comcast Corp. - Class A

     139,888  
  1,440    

Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A#

     305,194  
  375    

Netflix, Inc.#

     129,555  
  1,615    

Walt Disney Company#

     161,710  
    

 

 

 

       1,690,144  
    

 

 

 

  Consumer Discretionary (7.7%)   
  6,900    

Amazon.com, Inc.#

     712,701  
  45    

Booking Holdings, Inc.#

     119,358  
  560    

Home Depot, Inc.

     165,267  
  2,880    

Las Vegas Sands Corp.#

     165,456  
  410    

Lowe’s Companies, Inc.

     81,988  
  560    

McDonald’s Corp.

     156,582  
  1,340    

NIKE, Inc. - Class B

     164,338  
  1,185    

Starbucks Corp.

     123,394  
  1,225    

Tesla, Inc.#

     254,138  
  655    

TJX Cos., Inc.

     51,326  
  270    

Ulta Beauty, Inc.#

     147,331  
    

 

 

 

       2,141,879  
    

 

 

 

  Consumer Staples (6.8%)   
  4,990    

Coca-Cola Company

     309,530  
  325    

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     161,483  
  410    

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. - Class A

     101,049  
  2,930    

Mondelez International, Inc. -

  
 

Class A

     204,279  
  1,460    

Monster Beverage Corp.#

     78,855  
  1,240    

PepsiCo, Inc.

     226,052  
  2,050    

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     199,362  
  1,910    

Procter & Gamble Company

     283,998  
  1,875    

Sysco Corp.

     144,806  
  1,340    

Walmart, Inc.

     197,583  
    

 

 

 

       1,906,997  
    

 

 

 

  Energy (4.1%)   
  1,335    

Chevron Corp.

     217,819  
  1,005    

ConocoPhillips

     99,706  
  3,480    

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     381,617  
  730    

Hess Corp.

     96,608  
  1,115    

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     150,335  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments

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Calamos Growth and Income Portfolio

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS MARCH 31, 2023 (UNAUDITED)

 

   NUMBER OF   
SHARES
             VALUE      

305

 

Pioneer Natural Resources

 
 

Company

  $ 62,293   

2,950

 

Schlumberger, Ltd.

    144,845   
   

 

 

 

      1,153,223   
   

 

 

 

  Financials (6.7%)  

485

 

American Express Company

    80,001   

1,350

 

American International Group, Inc.

    67,986   

583

 

Assurant, Inc.

    70,001   

6,695

 

Bank of America Corp.

    191,477   

125

 

BlackRock, Inc.

    83,640   

1,020

 

Chubb, Ltd.

    198,063   

775

 

Citigroup, Inc.

    36,340   

1,140

 

Discover Financial Services

    112,678   

270

 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    88,320   

4,520

 

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    50,624   

2,085

 

JPMorgan Chase & Company

    271,696   

1,170

 

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    194,863   

3,105

 

Morgan Stanley

    272,619   

4,100

 

Wells Fargo & Company

    153,258   
   

 

 

 

      1,871,566   
   

 

 

 

  Health Care (10.2%)  

1,740

 

Abbott Laboratories

    176,193   

1,370

 

AbbVie, Inc.

    218,337   

1,210

 

Alcon, Inc.

    85,353   

1,835

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

    127,184   

830

 

Danaher Corp.

    209,193   

230

 

Elevance Health, Inc.

    105,756   

480

 

Eli Lilly & Company

    164,842   

1,470

 

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    121,966   

105

 

Humana, Inc.

    50,973   

2,465

 

Johnson & Johnson

    382,075   

1,195

 

Medtronic, PLC

    96,341   

2,170

 

Merck & Company, Inc.

    230,866   

2,495

 

Pfizer, Inc.

    101,796   

230

 

Stryker Corp.

    65,658   

230

 

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.~

    132,565   

1,030

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    486,768   

655

 

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

    84,626   
   

 

 

 

      2,840,492   
   

 

 

 

  Industrials (5.0%)  

8,415

 

CSX Corp.

    251,945   

1,455

 

Honeywell International, Inc.

    278,080   

775

 

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    135,981   

305

 

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    140,825   

585

 

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    196,624   

3,415

 

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

    334,431   

1,510

 

Southwest Airlines Company

    49,135   
   

 

 

 

      1,387,021   
   

 

 

 

  Information Technology (22.1%)  

765

 

Accenture, PLC - Class A

    218,645   

225

 

Adobe, Inc.#

    86,708   

11,585

 

Apple, Inc.~

    1,910,366   

527

 

Broadcom, Inc.

    338,091   

2,510

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    131,210   

100

 

Intuit, Inc.

    44,583   

165

 

Lam Research Corp.

    87,470   

885

 

Mastercard, Inc. - Class A

    321,618   

1,005

 

Micron Technology, Inc.

    60,642   

5,570

 

Microsoft Corp.~

    1,605,831   

2,000

 

NVIDIA Corp.

    555,540   

805

 

Oracle Corp.

    74,801   
   NUMBER OF   
SHARES
               VALUE      
  1,130    

PayPal Holdings, Inc.#

  $ 85,812   
  565    

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    72,083   
  590    

salesforce, Inc.#

    117,870   
  2,130    

Visa, Inc. - Class A

    480,230   
   

 

 

 

      6,191,500   
   

 

 

 

  Materials (2.7%)  
  3,750    

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    153,412   
  5,875   GBP   

Glencore, PLC

    33,806   
  865    

Linde, PLC

    307,456   
  865    

PPG Industries, Inc.

    115,547   
  250    

ServiceNow, Inc.#

    116,180   
  230    

Vulcan Materials Company

    39,459   
   

 

 

 

      765,860   
   

 

 

 

  Real Estate (0.7%)  
  680    

American Tower Corp.

    138,951   
  1,540    

Invitation Homes, Inc.

    48,094   
   

 

 

 

      187,045   
   

 

 

 

  Utilities (0.9%)  
  2,270    

DTE Energy Company

    248,656   
   

 

 

 

      248,656   
   

 

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $11,384,272)

    20,384,383   
   

 

 

 

 

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS (5.5%)

 
     Communication Services (1.2%)  
  300    

T-Mobile Exchangeable Trust*
5.250%, 06/01/23

    346,992   
   

 

 

 

      346,992   
   

 

 

 

     Consumer Discretionary (0.7%)  
  1,495    

Aptiv, PLC
5.500%, 06/15/23

    183,496   
   

 

 

 

      183,496   
   

 

 

 

     Financials (0.6%)  
  1,180    

AMG Capital Trust II^
5.150%, 10/15/37

    59,010   
  1,905    

KKR & Company, Inc.
6.000%, 09/15/23

    120,872   
   

 

 

 

      179,882   
   

 

 

 

     Health Care (0.5%)  
  1,125    

Boston Scientific Corp.
5.500%, 06/01/23

    136,170   
   

 

 

 

      136,170   
   

 

 

 

     Industrials (0.1%)  
  678    

Chart Industries, Inc.
6.750%, 12/15/25

    36,266   
   

 

 

 

      36,266   
   

 

 

 

     Utilities (2.4%)  
  1,700    

AES Corp.^
6.875%, 02/15/24

    152,167   
  5,820    

American Electric Power Company, Inc.^
6.125%, 08/15/23

    293,037   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

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Calamos Growth and Income Portfolio

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS MARCH 31, 2023 (UNAUDITED)

 

   NUMBER OF   
SHARES
               VALUE      
  875    

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (Warner Media, LLC, Charter Communications Time, Inc.)*** 3.369%, 09/15/29

  $ 34,231  
  1,210    

NextEra Energy, Inc.

6.219%, 09/01/23

    59,096  
  2,600    

6.926%, 09/01/25

    120,510  
   

 

 

 

      659,041  
   

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CONVERTIBLE

PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $1,512,894)

    1,541,847  
   

 

 

 

 

   PRINCIPAL   

AMOUNT

                VALUE      
 

U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY SECURITIES (2.1%)

 
  Other (2.1%)   
 

U.S. Treasury Note

  
  295,000    

2.250%, 03/31/24

     288,207  
  300,000    

4.375%, 10/31/24

     300,387  
    

 

 

 

       588,594  
    

 

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT

AND AGENCY SECURITIES

(Cost $593,628)

     588,594  
    

 

 

 

 

NUMBER OF
CONTRACTS/
   NOTIONAL   
AMOUNT
               VALUE      
 

PURCHASED OPTIONS (0.2%)

 
  Financials (0.0%)  
  27    

Charles Schwab Corp.

 
  141,426    

Call, 05/19/23, Strike $60.00

    3,159  
   

 

 

 

      3,159  
   

 

 

 

  Other (0.2%)  
  160    

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

 
  1,216,000    

Call, 06/16/23, Strike $72.00

    24,320  
 

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets

 
  200      
  770,800    

Call, 06/16/23, Strike $42.00

    8,100  
  70      
  269,780    

Call, 06/16/23, Strike $40.00

    7,875  
  13    

S&P 500 Index

 
  534,209    

Put, 07/21/23, Strike $400.00

    14,398  
      54,693  
   

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS

(Cost $119,748)

    57,852  
   

 

 

 

NUMBER OF
  SHARES/  

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

         VALUE
 
INVESTMENT OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED
(4.6%)
 
 
  1,287,270    

Lending Government Money

Market Portfolio, 4.855%***†

(Cost $1,287,270)

  $ 1,287,270  
   

 

 

 

 

    TOTAL INVESTMENTS (99.8%)
(Cost $18,862,267)

    27,923,373  
   

 

 

 

 

OTHER ASSETS, LESS LIABILITIES (0.2%)

    51,060  
   

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS (100.0%)

  $     27,974,433  
   

 

 

 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

*  

Securities issued and sold pursuant to a Rule 144A

 

transaction are exempted from the registration requirement

 

of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities

 

may only be sold to qualified institutional buyers (“QIBs”),

 

such as the Fund. Any resale of these securities must

 

generally be effected through a sale that is registered under

 

the Act or otherwise exempted from such registration

 

requirements.

^  

Security, or portion of security, is on loan.

#  

Non-income producing security.

~  

Security, or portion of security, is segregated as collateral (or

 

collateral for potential future transactions) for written options.

 

The aggregate value of such securities is $181,770.

§  

Securities exchangeable or convertible into securities of one

 

or more entities that are different than the issuer. Each entity

 

is identified in the parenthetical.

**  

Step coupon security. Coupon changes periodically based

 

upon a predetermined schedule. The rate shown is the rate

 

in effect at March 31, 2023.

***  

The rate disclosed is the 7 day net yield as of March 31,

 

2023.

 

Represents investment of cash collateral received from

 

securities on loan as of March 31, 2023.

FOREIGN CURRENCY ABBREVIATIONS

GBP    British Pound Sterling

Note: Value for securities denominated in foreign currencies is shown in U.S. dollars. The date on options represents the expiration date of the option contract. The option contract may be exercised at any date on or before the date shown.

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

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Note 1 – Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Organization. CALAMOS ADVISORS TRUST (the “Trust”), a Massachusetts business trust organized February 17, 1999, consists of a single series, Calamos Growth and Income Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), which commenced operations on May 19, 1999.

The Trust currently offers the Portfolio’s shares to certain life insurance companies for allocation to certain separate accounts established for the purpose of funding qualified and non-qualified variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. The Portfolio seeks high long-term total return through growth and current income.

The Portfolio invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of convertible instruments (including synthetic convertible instruments), equity and fixed-income securities of U.S. companies without regard to market capitalization. In pursuing its investment objective, the Portfolio attempts to utilize these different types of securities to strike, in the investment adviser’s opinion, the appropriate balance between risk and return in terms of growth and income.

Significant Accounting Policies. The Schedule of Investments has been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) and the Portfolio is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Portfolio:

Portfolio Valuation. The Trust’s Board of Trustees, including a majority of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust, have designated Calamos Advisors LLC (“Calamos Advisors”) to perfom fair valuation determinations related to all Fund investments under the oversight of the Board. As “valuation designee” the Calamos Advisors has adopted procedures to guide the determination of the NAV on any day on which the Fund’s NAVs are dertermined. The valuation of the Portfolio’s investments is in accordance with these procedures.

Portfolio securities that are traded on U.S. securities exchanges, except option securities, are valued at the official closing price, which is the last current reported sales price on its principal exchange at the time the Portfolio determines its net asset value (“NAV”). Securities traded in the over-the-counter market and quoted on The NASDAQ Stock Market are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price, as determined by NASDAQ, or lacking a NASDAQ Official Closing Price, the last current reported sale price on NASDAQ at the time a Portfolio determines its NAV. When a last sale or closing price is not available, equity securities, other than option securities, that are traded on a U.S. securities exchange and other equity securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued at the mean between the most recent bid and asked quotations on its principal exchange in accordance with guidelines adopted by the board of trustees. Each option security traded on a U.S. securities exchange is valued at the mid-point of the consolidated bid/ask quote for the option security, also in accordance with guidelines adopted by the board of trustees. Each over-the-counter option that is not traded through the Options Clearing Corporation is valued either by an independent pricing agent approved by the board of trustees or based on a quotation provided by the counterparty to such option under the ultimate supervision of the board of trustees.

Fixed income securities, certain convertible preferred securities, and non-exchange traded derivatives are normally valued by independent pricing services or by dealers or brokers who make markets in such securities. Valuations of such fixed income securities, certain convertible preferred securities, and non-exchange traded derivatives consider yield or price of equivalent securities of comparable quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other market data and do not rely exclusively upon exchange or over-the-counter prices.

Trading on European and Far Eastern exchanges and over-the-counter markets is typically completed at various times before the close of business on each day on which the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open. Each security trading on these exchanges or in over-the-counter markets may be valued utilizing a systematic fair valuation model provided by an independent pricing service approved by the board of trustees. The valuation of each security that meets certain criteria in relation to the valuation model is systematically adjusted to reflect the impact of movement in the U.S. market after the foreign markets close. Securities that do not meet the criteria, or that are principally traded in other foreign markets, are valued as of the last reported sale price at the time the Portfolio determines its NAV, or when reliable market prices or quotations are not readily available, at the mean between the most recent bid and asked quotations as of the close of the appropriate exchange or other designated time. Trading of foreign securities may not take place on every NYSE business day. In addition, trading may take place in various foreign markets on Saturdays or on other days when the NYSE is not open and on which the Portfolio’s NAV is not calculated.

If the pricing committee determines that the valuation of a security in accordance with the methods described above is not reflective of a fair value for such security, the security is valued at a fair value by the pricing committee.

The Portfolio also may use fair value pricing, pursuant to guidelines adopted by Calmaos Advisors, if trading in the security is halted or if the value of a security it holds is materially affected by events occurring before the Portfolio’s pricing time but after the close of the primary market or exchange on which the security is listed. Those procedures may utilize valuations furnished by pricing services approved by Calamos Advisors, which may be based on market transactions for comparable securities and various relationships between securities that are generally recognized by institutional traders, a computerized matrix system, or appraisals derived from information concerning the securities or similar securities received from recognized dealers in those securities.

When fair value pricing of securities is employed, the prices of securities used by a Portfolio to calculate its NAV may differ from market quotations or official closing prices. In light of the judgment involved in fair valuations, there can be no assurance that a fair value assigned to a particular security is accurate.

Foreign Currency Translation. Values of investments and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using a rate quoted by a major bank or dealer in the particular currency market, as reported by a recognized quotation dissemination service.

Option Transactions. For hedging and investment purposes, the Portfolio may purchase or write (sell) put and call options. One of the risks associated with purchasing an option is that the Portfolio pays a premium whether or not the option is exercised. Additionally, the Portfolio bears the risk of loss of premium and change in value should the counterparty not perform under the contract. The Portfolio as writer of an option bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option.

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts. The Portfolio may engage in portfolio hedging with respect to changes in currency exchange rates by entering into forward foreign currency contracts to purchase or sell currencies. A forward foreign currency contract is a commitment to purchase or sell a foreign currency at a future date at a negotiated forward rate. Risks associated with such contracts include, among other things, movement in the value of the foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar and the ability of the counterparty to perform. The net unrealized gain, if any, represents the credit risk to the Portfolio on a forward foreign currency contract. The contracts are valued daily at forward foreign exchange rates.


Note 2 – Investments

The cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes at March 31, 2023 was as follows*:

 

Cost basis of investments

                                                                                               $18,862,267  

Gross unrealized appreciation

        9,688,608  

Gross unrealized depreciation

              (627,502)  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

              $9,061,106  

* Because tax adjustments are calculated annually, the above table does not reflect tax adjustments. For the previous fiscal year’s federal income tax information, please refer to the Notes to Financial Statements section in the Portfolio’s most recent semi-annual or annual report.