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Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2023 (UNAUDITED)

 

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

           VALUE

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS (16.3%)

 

 

  

Airlines (0.3%)

  
  199,333     

Air Canada Pass Through Trust

Series 2015-2, Class B*

5.000%, 06/15/25

   $   197,864  
  1,125,641     

Alaska Airlines Pass Through

Trust Series 2020-1, Class A*

4.800%, 02/15/29

     1,089,958  
  606,886     

Alaska Airlines Pass Through

Trust Series 2020-1, Class B*

8.000%, 02/15/27

     612,421  
  1,299,480     

American Airlines Pass Through

Trust Series 2021-1, Class B

3.950%, 01/11/32

     1,146,622  
  

American Airlines, Inc. /

AAdvantage Loyalty IP, Ltd.*

  
  810,333     

5.500%, 04/20/26

     799,062  
  295,000     

5.750%, 04/20/29

     286,182  
  1,238,044     

British Airways Pass Through

Trust Series 2021-1, Class B*

3.900%, 03/15/33

     1,111,132  
  1,281,692     

JetBlue Pass Through Trust

Series 2020-1, Class B

7.750%, 05/15/30

     1,292,202  
  1,570,000     

Spirit Loyalty Cayman, Ltd. / Spirit

IP Cayman, Ltd.*

8.000%, 09/20/25

     1,589,010  
           
        8,124,453  
           
  

Communication Services (1.7%)

 

  700,000     

Altice France Holding, SA*

10.500%, 05/15/27

     297,311  
  1,400,000     

Altice France, SA*

5.500%, 10/15/29

     995,568  
  1,415,000     

APi Group DE, Inc.*

4.750%, 10/15/29

     1,261,076  
  1,124,000     

Arrow Bidco, LLC*

9.500%, 03/15/24

     1,127,069  
  1,270,000     

Ashtead Capital, Inc.*

2.450%, 08/12/31

     1,006,297  
  

Audacy Capital Corp.*

  
  1,479,000     

6.750%, 03/31/29

     32,316  
  538,000     

6.500%, 05/01/27

     12,939  
  890,000     

Cincinnati Bell Telephone

Company, LLC

6.300%, 12/01/28

     731,162  
  1,815,000     

Consolidated Communications, Inc.*

6.500%, 10/01/28

     1,418,731  
  

CSC Holdings, LLC*

  
  1,940,000     

5.500%, 04/15/27

      1,665,956  
  1,800,000     

5.375%, 02/01/28

     1,504,566  
  1,800,000     

4.625%, 12/01/30

     909,936  
  1,395,000     

4.500%, 11/15/31

     1,002,252  
  1,250,000     

5.750%, 01/15/30

     648,887  
  

Diamond Sports Group, LLC / Diamond
Sports Finance Company*@

  
  825,000     

6.625%, 08/15/27

     24,379  
  656,000     

5.375%, 08/15/26

     20,913  
  1,633,000     

Directv Financing, LLC / Directv
Financing Co-Obligor, Inc.*

5.875%, 08/15/27

     1,475,562  

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

           VALUE
  810,000     

Embarq Corp.

7.995%, 06/01/36

   $ 460,493  
  1,210,000     

Frontier California, Inc.

6.750%, 05/15/27

       1,117,992  
  

Frontier Communications

Holdings, LLC*

  
  749,000     

5.000%, 05/01/28

     635,429  
  298,000     

8.750%, 05/15/30

     287,475  
  1,333,000     

Frontier Florida, LLC@

6.860%, 02/01/28

     1,251,047  
  1,785,000     

Frontier North, Inc.@

6.730%, 02/15/28

     1,613,729  
  

Go Daddy Operating Company,

LLC / GD Finance Company, Inc.*

  
  1,030,000     

3.500%, 03/01/29

     887,788  
  301,000     

5.250%, 12/01/27

     289,571  
  

iHeartCommunications, Inc.

  
  450,000     

8.375%, 05/01/27

     308,250  
  450,000     

5.250%, 08/15/27*

     355,063  
  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings, SA@&

  
  900,000     

0.000%, 07/15/25*

     1  
  585,000     

0.000%, 08/01/23

     1  
  1,480,000     

LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC*

6.750%, 10/15/27

     1,390,593  
  875,638     

Ligado Networks, LLC*

15.500%, 11/01/23

PIK rate

     304,258  
  

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

  
  900,000     

7.600%, 09/15/39

     330,831  
  600,000     

4.000%, 02/15/27*

     394,800  
  596,000     

Match Group Holdings II, LLC*^

3.625%, 10/01/31

     491,801  
  1,102,000     

Paramount Global‡

6.375%, 03/30/62

5 year CMT + 4.00%

     910,362  
  419,000     

Qwest Corp.

7.250%, 09/15/25

     409,221  
  235,000     

Rogers Communications, Inc.*‡

5.250%, 03/15/82

5 year CMT + 3.59%

     217,041  
  

Scripps Escrow II, Inc.*

  
  591,000     

3.875%, 01/15/29

     491,747  
  295,000     

5.375%, 01/15/31

     224,808  
  985,000     

Scripps Escrow, Inc.*

5.875%, 07/15/27

     824,258  
  

Sirius XM Radio, Inc.*

  
  1,500,000     

5.500%, 07/01/29

     1,372,500  
  1,185,000     

4.000%, 07/15/28

     1,032,325  
  585,000     

3.125%, 09/01/26

     527,711  
  298,000     

3.875%, 09/01/31

     233,608  
  1,084,000     

Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc.*

9.750%, 03/01/26

     751,678  
  3,045,000     

Sprint, LLC

7.125%, 06/15/24

     3,074,323  
  1,045,000     

Stagwell Global, LLC*

5.625%, 08/15/29

     890,476  
  1,350,000     

TEGNA, Inc.

4.625%, 03/15/28

     1,217,106  
  880,000     

Telecom Italia Capital, SA

6.000%, 09/30/34

     712,545  
  1,196,000     

Telesat Canada / Telesat, LLC*

4.875%, 06/01/27

     718,270  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments
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Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2023 (UNAUDITED)

 

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

           VALUE
  480,000     

Time Warner Cable, LLC

7.300%, 07/01/38

   $ 489,994  
  1,955,000     

United States Cellular Corp.^

6.700%, 12/15/33

     1,692,287  
  450,000     

Univision Communications, Inc.*

8.000%, 08/15/28

     453,834  
  125,000     

Vodafone Group, PLC‡

7.000%, 04/04/79

U.S. 5 yr Swap + 4.87%

     128,180  
           
         40,626,316  
           
  

Consumer Discretionary (3.3%)

  
  1,435,000     

Abercrombie & Fitch Management Company*^

8.750%, 07/15/25

     1,458,161  
  1,505,000     

Adient Global Holdings Company*

8.250%, 04/15/31

     1,547,637  
  943,000     

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.

6.875%, 07/01/28

     898,358  
  

Ashton Woods USA, LLC / Ashton

Woods Finance Company*

  
  1,043,000     

4.625%, 08/01/29

     904,302  
  856,000     

6.625%, 01/15/28

     825,946  
  1,487,000     

At Home Group, Inc.*

4.875%, 07/15/28

     864,750  
  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

  
  1,577,000     

6.694%, 01/15/27

     1,584,648  
  1,475,000     

6.875%, 11/01/35

     1,369,877  
  800,000     

Benteler International AG*

10.500%, 05/15/28

     818,408  
  

Caesars Entertainment Corp.*^

  
  728,000     

4.625%, 10/15/29

     641,514  
  605,000     

8.125%, 07/01/27

     621,837  
  

Carnival Corp.*

  
  601,000     

4.000%, 08/01/28

     534,914  
  596,000     

7.625%, 03/01/26

     588,753  
  582,000     

10.500%, 02/01/26

     613,678  
  1,385,000     

Carriage Services, Inc.*

4.250%, 05/15/29

     1,202,097  
  900,000     

Carvana Company*

4.875%, 09/01/29

     559,013  
  

CCO Holdings, LLC / CCO

Holdings Capital Corp.*

  
  3,900,000     

5.125%, 05/01/27

     3,662,607  
  1,370,000     

6.375%, 09/01/29

     1,310,967  
  1,300,000     

4.750%, 03/01/30

     1,127,191  
  1,198,000     

4.250%, 02/01/31

     984,924  
  620,000     

5.000%, 02/01/28

     573,847  
  600,000     

4.500%, 08/15/30

     508,152  
  596,000     

4.750%, 02/01/32

     494,179  
  596,000     

CDI Escrow Issuer, Inc.*

5.750%, 04/01/30

     554,316  
  900,000     

Cedar Fair, LP^

5.250%, 07/15/29

     809,019  
  600,000     

Churchill Downs, Inc.*

6.750%, 05/01/31

     587,214  
  

Dana, Inc.

  
  985,000     

4.250%, 09/01/30

     846,135  
  896,000     

4.500%, 02/15/32^

     752,756  
  

DISH DBS Corp.

  
  1,495,000     

5.250%, 12/01/26*

     1,227,649  
  926,000     

7.750%, 07/01/26

     600,381  
  739,000     

7.375%, 07/01/28

     416,729  
  590,000     

5.125%, 06/01/29

     298,605  

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

           VALUE
  1,200,000     

DISH Network Corp.*

11.750%, 11/15/27

   $ 1,208,544  
  1,675,000     

Empire Resorts, Inc.*

7.750%, 11/01/26

     1,359,949  
  1,308,000     

Everi Holdings, Inc.*

5.000%, 07/15/29

     1,161,269  
  1,240,000     

Ford Motor Company^

6.100%, 08/19/32

     1,200,655  
 

2,300,000

 
  

Ford Motor Credit Company, LLC 7.350%, 11/04/27

      2,366,194  
  1,885,000     

4.000%, 11/13/30

     1,626,661  
  1,555,000     

7.200%, 06/10/30

     1,599,535  
  1,450,000     

5.113%, 05/03/29

     1,354,358  
  1,000,000     

2.900%, 02/16/28

     862,000  
  525,000     

7.350%, 03/06/30

     544,063  
  300,000     

4.950%, 05/28/27

     285,486  

 

447,000

 

  

Gap, Inc.*
3.875%, 10/01/31

     320,043  
  60,000     

3.625%, 10/01/29

     44,758  
 
  
185,000

 
  

General Motors Financial Company, Inc.‡

5.700%, 09/30/30^

5 year CMT + 5.00%

     166,794  
  155,000     

6.500%, 09/30/28

3 mo. LIBOR + 3.44%

     139,207  
  

goeasy, Ltd.*

  
  2,050,000     

5.375%, 12/01/24

     2,001,025  
  1,111,000     

4.375%, 05/01/26

     1,018,365  
  511,000     

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.*

4.000%, 08/15/28

     452,312  
  1,280,000     

Guitar Center, Inc.*

8.500%, 01/15/26

     1,179,187  
  

International Game Technology, PLC*

  
  1,500,000     

6.250%, 01/15/27

     1,502,580  
  400,000     

4.125%, 04/15/26

     381,092  
  745,000     

Kohl’s Corp.

5.550%, 07/17/45

     485,554  
  1,200,000     

LCM Investments Holdings II, LLC*

8.250%, 08/01/31

     1,219,956  
  1,175,000     

Liberty Interactive, LLC

8.250%, 02/01/30

     440,625  
  

Life Time, Inc.*

  
  1,159,000     

8.000%, 04/15/26

     1,161,121  
  600,000     

5.750%, 01/15/26

     589,092  
  450,000     

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc.*

9.000%, 05/15/28

     465,017  
  767,000     

Lindblad Expeditions, LLC*

6.750%, 02/15/27

     743,484  
  780,000     

M/I Homes, Inc.

3.950%, 02/15/30

     681,603  
  

Macy’s Retail Holdings, LLC

  
  1,992,000     

6.700%, 07/15/34*

     1,658,938  
  600,000     

4.300%, 02/15/43

     377,664  
  1,375,000     

Mclaren Finance, PLC*

7.500%, 08/01/26

     1,228,356  
  1,518,000     

Midwest Gaming Borrower, LLC /

Midwest Gaming Finance Corp.*

4.875%, 05/01/29

     1,351,642  
  869,000     

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority*

8.000%, 02/01/26

     796,856  
  

Newell Brands, Inc.^

  
  300,000     

6.375%, 09/15/27

     295,146  
  148,000     

6.625%, 09/15/29

     148,352  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments
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Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2023 (UNAUDITED)

 

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

           VALUE
  

Nordstrom, Inc.

  
  600,000     

5.000%, 01/15/44

   $ 409,458  
  551,000     

4.250%, 08/01/31

     435,351  
  1,370,000     

Penn Entertainment, Inc.*^

4.125%, 07/01/29

     1,133,250  
  

PetSmart, Inc. / PetSmart Finance Corp.*

  
  750,000     

7.750%, 02/15/29

     732,907  
  375,000     

4.750%, 02/15/28

     344,550  
  1,670,000     

Premier Entertainment Sub, LLC /

Premier Entertainment Finance Corp.*

5.625%, 09/01/29

     1,278,151  
  3,380,000     

Rite Aid Corp.*

8.000%, 11/15/26

     1,693,617  
  600,000     

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.*

7.250%, 01/15/30

     608,784  
  1,670,000     

Simmons Foods, Inc. / Simmons

Prepared Foods, Inc. / Simmons

Pet Food, Inc. / Simmons Feed*

4.625%, 03/01/29

     1,393,264  
  2,400,000     

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.*

7.250%, 05/15/31

     2,298,504  
  1,348,000     

Sonic Automotive, Inc.*^

4.625%, 11/15/29

     1,156,395  
  837,000     

Speedway Motorsports, LLC /

Speedway Funding II, Inc.*

4.875%, 11/01/27

     784,143  
  2,430,000     

Station Casinos, LLC*

4.500%, 02/15/28

     2,207,169  
  707,000     

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc.*

5.750%, 01/15/28

     690,675  
  300,000     

Viking Cruises, Ltd.*

9.125%, 07/15/31

     308,442  
  1,355,000     

Vista Outdoor, Inc.*

4.500%, 03/15/29

     1,153,742  
  600,000     

Windsor Holdings III, LLC*

8.500%, 06/15/30

     603,816  
 

1,200,000

 
  

ZF North America Capital, Inc.*

7.125%, 04/14/30

     1,235,904  
  400,000     

6.875%, 04/14/28

     406,624  
           
         81,080,793  
           
   Consumer Staples (0.6%)   
  1,335,000     

1375209 B.C., Ltd.*

9.000%, 01/30/28

     1,340,434  
  1,358,000     

Central Garden & Pet Company*

4.125%, 04/30/31

     1,138,411  
  1,349,000     

Edgewell Personal Care

Company*

4.125%, 04/01/29

     1,181,292  
  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.*

  
  1,641,000     

4.375%, 03/31/29^

     1,428,113  
  298,000     

6.500%, 12/31/27

     291,280  
  

JBS USA LUX, SA / JBS USA

Food Company / JBS USA

Finance, Inc.*

  
  1,770,000     

5.500%, 01/15/30

     1,713,555  
  740,000     

5.125%, 02/01/28

     719,872  
  440,000     

5.750%, 04/01/33

     422,668  
  125,000     

Land O’ Lakes, Inc.*

7.000%, 09/18/28

     103,444  
  751,000     

New Albertsons, LP

7.750%, 06/15/26

     778,111  

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

         VALUE
  1,192,000    

Performance Food Group, Inc.*

4.250%, 08/01/29

  $ 1,058,925  
 

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

 
  950,000    

5.875%, 09/30/27*

    939,142  
  900,000    

4.250%, 04/15/31

    777,852  
  505,000    

Post Holdings, Inc.*

5.750%, 03/01/27

    495,400  
  1,124,000    

Prestige Brands, Inc.*

3.750%, 04/01/31

    947,633  
  715,000    

United Natural Foods, Inc.*

6.750%, 10/15/28

    596,746  
  1,857,000    

Vector Group, Ltd.*

5.750%, 02/01/29

    1,619,843  
         
       15,552,721  
         
  Energy (1.8%)  
  1,198,000    

Antero Resources Corp.*

5.375%, 03/01/30

    1,117,638  
  1,187,000    

Apache Corp.

5.100%, 09/01/40

    1,009,247  
 

Buckeye Partners, LP

 
  900,000    

3.950%, 12/01/26

    829,845  
  600,000    

5.850%, 11/15/43

    464,634  
  1,670,000    

Callon Petroleum Company*^

7.500%, 06/15/30

    1,623,758  
  591,000    

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

4.625%, 10/15/28

    556,840  
  892,000    

Chesapeake Energy Corp.*

6.750%, 04/15/29

    888,833  
  330,000    

Civitas Resources, Inc.*

8.750%, 07/01/31

    341,738  
 

Continental Resources, Inc.*

 
  900,000    

2.875%, 04/01/32

    700,443  
  610,000    

5.750%, 01/15/31

    591,151  
  921,000    

DT Midstream, Inc.*

4.125%, 06/15/29

    817,655  
 

Earthstone Energy Holdings, LLC*

 
  1,176,000    

8.000%, 04/15/27

    1,171,155  
  450,000    

9.875%, 07/15/31

    465,597  
 

Enbridge, Inc.‡

 
  901,000    

7.375%, 01/15/83

5 year CMT + 3.71%

    893,738  
  310,000    

5.750%, 07/15/80

5 year CMT + 5.31%

    284,028  
 

Energy Transfer, LP‡

 
  1,735,000    

8.651%, 11/01/66

3 mo. SOFR + 3.28%

    1,392,025  
  1,015,000    

6.500%, 11/15/26

5 year CMT + 5.69%

    926,431  
 

EnLink Midstream Partners, LP

 
  1,775,000    

9.618%, 08/31/23‡

3 mo. LIBOR + 4.11%

    1,536,049  
  1,285,000    

4.850%, 07/15/26

    1,249,881  
  745,000    

Enlink Midstream, LLC*

6.500%, 09/01/30

    751,489  
 

Enterprise Products Operating, LLC‡

 
  80,000    

5.250%, 08/16/77

3 mo. SOFR + 3.29%

    71,145  
  75,000    

8.304%, 08/16/77

3 mo. LIBOR + 2.99%

    74,961  
  1,370,000    

EQM Midstream Partners, LP*

7.500%, 06/01/27

    1,393,934  
 

Genesis Energy, LP / Genesis

Energy Finance Corp.

 
  1,173,000    

6.250%, 05/15/26^

    1,126,467  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments
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Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2023 (UNAUDITED)

 

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

         VALUE
  300,000    

8.875%, 04/15/30

  $ 299,643  
 

Gulfport Energy Corp.

 
  1,190,000    

8.000%, 05/17/26*

     1,206,220  
  1,000,000    

6.375%, 05/15/25&

    1  
  305,622    

8.000%, 05/17/26

    309,788  
  1,670,000    

Hilcorp Energy I, LP / Hilcorp Finance Company*

6.000%, 04/15/30

    1,544,650  
  894,000    

Howard Midstream Energy Partners, LLC*

6.750%, 01/15/27

    867,207  
  1,162,000    

Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating, LLC / Magnolia Oil & Gas Finance Corp.*

6.000%, 08/01/26

    1,139,550  
 

Moss Creek Resources Holdings, Inc.*

 
  600,000    

10.500%, 05/15/27

    586,650  
  540,000    

7.500%, 01/15/26

    506,050  
  900,000    

Nabors Industries, Inc.*

7.375%, 05/15/27

    881,298  
  900,000    

Nabors Industries, Ltd.*

7.500%, 01/15/28

    829,512  
 

New Fortress Energy, Inc.*

 
  1,191,000    

6.750%, 09/15/25

    1,134,928  
  589,000    

6.500%, 09/30/26

    541,073  
  1,270,000    

Parkland Corp.*~

5.875%, 07/15/27

    1,236,091  
  1,196,000    

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

5.150%, 11/15/29

    1,109,792  
  1,390,000    

Plains All American Pipeline, LP‡

9.431%, 08/31/23

3 mo. LIBOR + 4.11%

    1,262,829  
  1,070,000    

Rockcliff Energy II, LLC*

5.500%, 10/15/29

    984,282  
 

Southwestern Energy Company

 
  600,000    

5.375%, 02/01/29

    567,594  
  593,000    

4.750%, 02/01/32

    528,820  
  298,000    

Sunoco, LP / Sunoco Finance Corp.

4.500%, 04/30/30

    265,324  
  1,502,000    

Transocean, Inc.*

8.750%, 02/15/30

    1,559,827  
 

Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC*

 
  750,000    

6.250%, 01/15/30

    734,078  
  300,000    

4.125%, 08/15/31

    254,901  
  300,000    

3.875%, 08/15/29

    260,352  
 

Venture Global LNG, Inc.*

 
  1,505,000    

8.375%, 06/01/31

    1,528,508  
  900,000    

8.125%, 06/01/28

    915,219  
 

Vital Energy, Inc.

 
  685,000    

7.750%, 07/31/29*

    588,456  
  604,000    

9.500%, 01/15/25^

    603,565  
  1,200,000    

VOC Escrow, Ltd.*

5.000%, 02/15/28

    1,116,384  
  1,205,000    

Weatherford International, Ltd.*

8.625%, 04/30/30

    1,235,908  
         
      44,877,182  
         
  Financials (3.2%)  
  1,883,000    

Acrisure, LLC / Acrisure Finance, Inc.*

7.000%, 11/15/25

    1,823,441  

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

         VALUE
  1,789,000    

Aethon United BR, LP / Aethon United Finance Corp.*

8.250%, 02/15/26

  $ 1,785,601  
  1,892,000    

AG Issuer, LLC*

6.250%, 03/01/28

    1,830,510  
  195,000    

Aircastle, Ltd.*‡

5.250%, 06/15/26

5 year CMT + 4.41%

    149,196  
  2,100,000    

Alliant Holdings Intermediate, LLC / Alliant Holdings Co-Issuer*

6.750%, 10/15/27

    2,000,061  
  140,000    

Allstate Corp.‡

5.750%, 08/15/53

3 mo. LIBOR + 2.94%

    139,045  
 

Ally Financial, Inc.

 
  1,782,000    

4.700%, 05/15/26‡

5 year CMT + 3.87%

    1,359,648  
  850,000    

4.700%, 05/15/28‡

7 year CMT + 3.48%

    600,057  
  489,000    

8.000%, 11/01/31

    519,347  
  250,000    

American International Group, Inc.‡

5.750%, 04/01/48

3 mo. LIBOR + 2.87%

    242,220  
  2,365,000    

AmWINS Group, Inc.*

4.875%, 06/30/29

     2,170,313  
  460,000    

Ares Finance Company III, LLC*‡

4.125%, 06/30/51

5 year CMT + 3.24%

    346,477  
  1,307,000    

Aviation Capital Group, LLC*

3.500%, 11/01/27

    1,178,901  
  490,000    

Avolon Holdings Funding, Ltd.*

5.500%, 01/15/26

    476,393  
  350,000    

AXIS Specialty Finance, LLC‡

4.900%, 01/15/40

5 year CMT + 3.19%

    281,796  
 

Bank of America Corp.‡

 
  439,000    

6.125%, 04/27/27^

5 year CMT + 3.23%

    431,906  
  145,000    

5.125%, 06/20/24

3 mo. SOFR + 3.55%3 mo. LIBOR + 3.03%3 mo. LIBOR + 3.03%

    142,828  
  135,000    

6.250%, 09/05/24

3 mo. SOFR + 3.97%

    134,075  
  135,000    

6.100%, 03/17/25

3 mo. SOFR + 4.16%

    134,522  
  145,000    

Bank of Montreal‡

4.800%, 08/25/24

5 year CMT + 2.98%

    129,782  
  763,000    

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.‡

4.700%, 09/20/25

5 year CMT + 4.36%

    748,228  
  240,000    

Bank of Nova Scotia‡

3.625%, 10/27/81

5 year CMT + 2.61%

    173,974  
 

BP Capital Markets, PLC‡

 
  280,000    

4.875%, 03/22/30

5 year CMT + 4.40%

    260,728  
  145,000    

4.375%, 06/22/25

5 year CMT + 4.04%

    139,797  
  2,379,000    

BroadStreet Partners, Inc.*

5.875%, 04/15/29

    2,126,279  
 

Brookfield Property REIT, Inc. /

BPR Cumulus, LLC / BPR

Nimbus, LLC / GGSI Sellco, LLC*

 
  1,135,000    

4.500%, 04/01/27

    982,717  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments
4


Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2023 (UNAUDITED)

 

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

         VALUE
  747,000    

5.750%, 05/15/26

  $ 701,567  
  1,200,000    

Burford Capital Global Financial, LLC*

6.875%, 04/15/30

    1,098,648  
  458,000    

Capital One Financial Corp.^‡

3.950%, 09/01/26

5 year CMT + 3.16%

    363,876  
  1,040,000    

Castlelake Aviation Finance DAC*^

5.000%, 04/15/27

    960,679  
 

Charles Schwab Corp.‡

 
  325,000    

4.000%, 06/01/26

5 year CMT + 3.17%

    291,385  
  285,000    

5.375%, 06/01/25

5 year CMT + 4.97%

    279,482  
  147,000    

4.000%, 12/01/30

10 year CMT + 3.08%

    116,827  
 

Citigroup, Inc.‡

 
  546,000    

4.150%, 11/15/26

5 year CMT + 3.00%

    459,683  
  509,000    

3.875%, 02/18/26

5 year CMT + 3.42%

    443,380  
  150,000    

4.000%, 12/10/25

5 year CMT + 3.60%

    134,760  
  450,000    

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.‡

4.000%, 10/06/26

5 year CMT + 3.22%

    348,309  
  145,000    

Corebridge Financial, Inc.

6.875%, 12/15/52

    141,252  
 

Credit Acceptance Corp.

 
  1,500,000    

6.625%, 03/15/26^

     1,471,875  
  1,092,000    

5.125%, 12/31/24*

    1,070,924  
 

Discover Financial Services‡

 
  245,000    

6.125%, 06/23/25

5 year CMT + 5.78%

    236,486  
  210,000    

5.500%, 10/30/27

3 mo. SOFR + 3.34%

    163,254  
  1,533,000    

Enact Holdings, Inc.*

6.500%, 08/15/25

    1,518,375  
  265,000    

Enstar Finance, LLC‡

5.500%, 01/15/42

5 year CMT + 4.01%

    205,924  
  605,000    

Fifth Third Bancorp‡

4.500%, 09/30/25

5 year CMT + 4.22%

    554,398  
  1,718,000    

Global Net Lease, Inc. / Global Net Lease Operating Partnership, LP*

3.750%, 12/15/27

    1,373,060  
 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.‡

 
  500,000    

4.400%, 02/10/25

5 year CMT + 2.85%

    434,410  
  153,000    

4.125%, 11/10/26

5 year CMT + 2.95%

    131,170  
  1,891,000    

Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC*

5.750%, 12/01/25

    1,866,663  
 

HUB International, Ltd.*

 
  1,785,000    

5.625%, 12/01/29

    1,597,861  
  1,277,000    

7.000%, 05/01/26

    1,275,710  
 

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.‡

 
  350,000    

4.450%, 10/15/27

7 year CMT + 4.05%

    300,097  
  210,000    

5.625%, 07/15/30^

10 year CMT + 4.95%

    193,299  

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

         VALUE
  892,000    

Icahn Enterprises, LP / Icahn

Enterprises Finance Corp.

4.375%, 02/01/29

  $ 724,349  
  1,913,000    

ILFC E-Capital Trust II*‡

7.314%, 12/21/65

3 mo. LIBOR + 1.80%

    1,386,925  
 

Iron Mountain, Inc.*

 
  2,470,000    

5.250%, 03/15/28

    2,324,468  
  300,000    

7.000%, 02/15/29

    301,419  
  3,000,000    

Jefferies Finance, LLC / JFIN Co-Issuer Corp.*

5.000%, 08/15/28

     2,564,310  
 

JPMorgan Chase & Company‡

 
  1,100,000    

3.650%, 06/01/26^

5 year CMT + 2.85%

    985,072  
  135,000    

6.125%, 04/30/24

3 mo. SOFR + 3.59%

    134,474  
  180,000    

KeyCorp‡

5.000%, 09/15/26

3 mo. SOFR + 3.87%

    145,681  
 

Ladder Capital Finance Holdings,

LLLP / Ladder Capital Finance Corp.*

 
  2,306,000    

5.250%, 10/01/25

    2,211,223  
  596,000    

4.750%, 06/15/29

    502,803  
  1,680,000    

LD Holdings Group, LLC*

6.125%, 04/01/28

    1,104,634  
 

Level 3 Financing, Inc.*

 
  1,607,000    

3.400%, 03/01/27

    1,419,945  
  1,250,000    

4.250%, 07/01/28

    886,650  
  600,000    

4.625%, 09/15/27

    456,828  
  420,000    

Liberty Mutual Group, Inc.*‡

4.125%, 12/15/51

5 year CMT + 3.32%

    337,386  
  892,000    

LPL Holdings, Inc.*

4.000%, 03/15/29

    800,347  
 

M&T Bank Corp.‡

 
  145,000    

6.450%, 02/15/24

3 mo. LIBOR + 3.61

    140,409  
  85,000    

5.125%, 11/01/26

3 mo. LIBOR + 3.52

    71,981  
  80,000    

5.000%, 08/01/24

5 year CMT + 3.17

    70,647  
  280,000    

Markel Corp.‡

6.000%, 06/01/25

5 year CMT + 5.66%

    273,283  
 

MetLife, Inc.

 
  2,990,000    

6.400%, 12/15/66

    3,011,079  
  225,000    

3.850%, 09/15/25‡

5 year CMT + 3.58%

    211,516  
  1,615,000    

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc.*

5.500%, 08/15/28

    1,466,000  
  120,000    

Nationwide Financial Services, Inc.

6.750%, 05/15/87

    115,618  
 

Navient Corp.

 
  1,305,000    

5.000%, 03/15/27

    1,182,630  
  655,000    

4.875%, 03/15/28

    572,929  
  1,370,000    

Necessity Retail REIT, Inc. /

American Finance Operating

Partner, LP*

4.500%, 09/30/28

    1,075,354  
  155,000    

Northern Trust Corp.‡

4.600%, 10/01/26

3 mo. LIBOR + 3.20

    138,835  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments
5


Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2023 (UNAUDITED)

 

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

         VALUE
 

OneMain Finance Corp.

 
  820,000    

3.875%, 09/15/28

  $ 676,311  
  599,000    

7.125%, 03/15/26^

    593,729  
  592,000    

Park Intermediate Holdings, LLC /

PK Domestic Property, LLC / PK

Finance Co-Issuer*

5.875%, 10/01/28

    549,110  
  442,000    

PartnerRe Finance B, LLC‡

4.500%, 10/01/50

5 year CMT + 3.82%

    373,897  
  1,871,000    

PHH Mortgage Corp.*

7.875%, 03/15/26

    1,696,417  
 

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.‡

 
  440,000    

6.000%, 05/15/27

5 year CMT + 3.00%

    408,311  
  315,000    

3.400%, 09/15/26

5 year CMT + 2.60%

    242,040  
  140,000    

6.200%, 09/15/27

5 year CMT + 3.24%

    134,723  
  280,000    

QBE Insurance Group, Ltd.*‡

5.875%, 05/12/25

5 year CMT + 5.51%

    269,998  
  1,355,000    

RHP Hotel Properties, LP / RHP

Finance Corp.*

4.500%, 02/15/29

    1,208,687  
 

Rocket Mortgage, LLC / Rocket

Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc.*

 
  560,000    

3.875%, 03/01/31

    461,950  
  555,000    

3.625%, 03/01/29

    473,171  
  275,000    

2.875%, 10/15/26

    245,537  
  503,000    

State Street Corp.^‡

5.625%, 12/15/23

3 mo. SOFR + 2.80%

    489,872  
  1,225,000    

StoneX Group, Inc.*

8.625%, 06/15/25

     1,242,003  
 

Truist Financial Corp.‡

 
  295,000    

4.800%, 09/01/24

5 year CMT + 3.00%

    263,706  
  285,000    

4.950%, 09/01/25^

5 year CMT + 4.61%

    269,684  
  108,000    

5.100%, 03/01/30

10 year CMT + 4.35

    96,604  
  250,000    

U.S. Bancorp^‡

5.300%, 04/15/27

3 mo. SOFR + 3.18%

    219,638  
 

United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC*

 
  1,383,000    

5.500%, 04/15/29

    1,217,330  
  600,000    

5.750%, 06/15/27

    561,846  
 

Uniti Group, LP / Uniti Group

Finance, Inc. / CSL Capital, LLC*

 
  600,000    

10.500%, 02/15/28

    596,850  
  600,000    

6.500%, 02/15/29

    418,368  
  1,340,000    

VZ Secured Financing, BV*

5.000%, 01/15/32

    1,090,572  
 

Wells Fargo & Company‡

 
  620,000    

3.900%, 03/15/26

5 year CMT + 3.45%

    556,940  
  147,000    

7.625%, 09/15/28

5 year CMT + 3.61

    151,254  
  1,255,000    

XHR, LP*

6.375%, 08/15/25

    1,238,698  
         
      78,405,237  
         

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

         VALUE
 

 

Health Care (1.1%)

 
 

Bausch Health Companies, Inc.*

 
  2,370,000    

11.000%, 09/30/28

  $ 1,757,829  
  469,000    

14.000%, 10/15/30

    299,367  
  447,000    

6.125%, 02/01/27

    295,244  
 

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.*

 
  2,392,000    

6.125%, 04/01/30

    1,511,696  
  1,325,000    

8.000%, 03/15/26

    1,303,164  
  663,000    

6.875%, 04/15/29

    441,717  
  149,000    

5.250%, 05/15/30

    119,312  
 

DaVita, Inc.*

 
  2,381,000    

4.625%, 06/01/30

    2,034,898  
  1,395,000    

3.750%, 02/15/31

    1,116,418  
 

Embecta Corp.*

 
  894,000    

5.000%, 02/15/30

    738,453  
  298,000    

6.750%, 02/15/30

    263,101  
 

Encompass Health Corp.

 
  600,000    

4.750%, 02/01/30

    546,882  
  600,000    

4.500%, 02/01/28

    558,186  
  1,369,000    

HCA, Inc.

7.500%, 11/06/33

    1,511,677  
  350,000    

Jazz Securities DAC*

4.375%, 01/15/29

    311,780  
  488,014    

Mallinckrodt International Finance,

SA / Mallinckrodt CB, LLC*

10.000%, 06/15/29

    81,147  
 

Medline Borrower, LP*

 
  1,484,000    

5.250%, 10/01/29^

    1,318,920  
  1,480,000    

3.875%, 04/01/29

    1,298,034  
 

Organon & Company / Organon

Foreign Debt Co-Issuer, BV*

 
  2,200,000    

5.125%, 04/30/31

    1,867,338  
  500,000    

4.125%, 04/30/28

    448,475  
  1,251,000    

Team Health Holdings, Inc.*

6.375%, 02/01/25

    648,556  
 

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

 
  2,710,000    

6.250%, 02/01/27

    2,661,735  
  1,575,000    

6.875%, 11/15/31

    1,578,748  
 

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance

Netherlands III, BV

 
  1,520,000    

5.125%, 05/09/29^

    1,397,807  
  1,100,000    

4.750%, 05/09/27

    1,025,277  
  535,000    

3.150%, 10/01/26

    484,384  
  250,000    

7.875%, 09/15/29

    260,685  
  200,000    

8.125%, 09/15/31

    212,074  
         
       26,092,904  
         
 

Industrials (2.3%)

 
  1,355,000    

ACCO Brands Corp.*

4.250%, 03/15/29

    1,164,893  
  1,170,000    

AerCap Holdings, NV‡

5.875%, 10/10/79

5 year CMT + 4.54%

    1,134,315  
 

Air Lease Corp.‡

 
  1,520,000    

4.125%, 12/15/26

5 year CMT + 3.15%

    1,104,067  
  320,000    

4.650%, 06/15/26

5 year CMT + 4.08%

    285,760  
 

Albertsons Companies, Inc. /

Safeway, Inc. / New Albertsons,

LP / Albertsons, LLC*

 
  1,925,000    

4.625%, 01/15/27

    1,827,595  
  1,191,000    

3.500%, 03/15/29

    1,037,301  
  900,000    

5.875%, 02/15/28

    881,172  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments
6


Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2023 (UNAUDITED)

 

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

         VALUE
  1,370,000    

Allegiant Travel Company*

7.250%, 08/15/27

  $  1,356,642  
  295,000    

American Airlines Group, Inc.*^

3.750%, 03/01/25

    281,834  
  670,000    

Arcosa, Inc.*

4.375%, 04/15/29

    607,429  
  3,100,000    

ARD Finance, SA*

6.500%, 06/30/27

7.250% PIK rate

    2,524,888  
  937,000    

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.*

4.125%, 05/15/29

    829,161  
  1,191,000    

BWX Technologies, Inc.*

4.125%, 04/15/29

    1,081,785  
 

Cascades, Inc. / Cascades USA, Inc.*

 
  600,000    

5.375%, 01/15/28

    567,546  
  600,000    

5.125%, 01/15/26

    578,874  
  297,000    

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

7.375%, 01/15/26

    308,607  
  295,000    

Delta Air Lines, Inc. / SkyMiles IP, Ltd.*

4.750%, 10/20/28

    285,855  
  1,565,000    

Deluxe Corp.*

8.000%, 06/01/29

    1,315,289  
  894,000    

Eco Material Technologies, Inc.*

7.875%, 01/31/27

    863,372  
  300,000    

Emerald Debt Merger Sub, LLC*

6.625%, 12/15/30

    298,713  
  575,000    

EnerSys*

4.375%, 12/15/27

    534,267  
  733,000    

Graham Packaging Company, Inc.*

7.125%, 08/15/28

    645,399  
 

Graphic Packaging International, LLC*

 
  750,000    

4.750%, 07/15/27

    723,240  
  551,000    

3.500%, 03/01/29

    482,296  
  1,303,000    

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.*^

5.250%, 06/01/29

    1,109,752  
  2,775,000    

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.*

3.875%, 12/15/28

    2,439,142  
  1,792,000    

Hawaiian Brand Intellectual Property, Ltd. / HawaiianMiles Loyalty, Ltd.*

5.750%, 01/20/26

    1,693,548  
  1,500,000    

Herc Holdings, Inc.*

5.500%, 07/15/27

    1,442,550  
  1,385,000    

IEA Energy Services, LLC*

6.625%, 08/15/29

    1,355,583  
  1,309,000    

JELD-WEN, Inc.*^

4.625%, 12/15/25

    1,288,972  
  1,940,000    

Ken Garff Automotive, LLC*

4.875%, 09/15/28

    1,710,323  
  1,200,000    

Knife River Holding Company*

7.750%, 05/01/31

    1,229,112  
  598,000    

MasTec, Inc.*

4.500%, 08/15/28

    556,367  
  722,000    

Moog, Inc.*

4.250%, 12/15/27

    669,763  
  1,472,000    

Newfold Digital Holdings Group, Inc.*

6.000%, 02/15/29

    1,087,572  
  1,140,000    

Novelis Corp.*

4.750%, 01/30/30

    1,026,034  
  450,000    

OI European Group, BV*

4.750%, 02/15/30

    408,411  

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

         VALUE
  1,375,000    

Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer, Inc. / Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer, LLC*

4.000%, 10/15/27

  $ 1,240,085  
  1,783,000    

Patrick Industries, Inc.*

4.750%, 05/01/29

    1,551,745  
  600,000    

QVC, Inc.

5.450%, 08/15/34

    304,146  
 

Sealed Air Corp.*

 
  933,000    

6.125%, 02/01/28

    932,104  
  298,000    

5.000%, 04/15/29

    278,547  
  650,000    

Sensata Technologies, BV*

4.000%, 04/15/29

    576,173  
  593,000    

Sensata Technologies, Inc.*

3.750%, 02/15/31

    501,797  
 

Sinclair Television Group, Inc.*

 
  891,000    

4.125%, 12/01/30

    581,075  
  600,000    

5.500%, 03/01/30

    316,578  
  1,165,000    

Standard Industries, Inc.*

5.000%, 02/15/27

    1,117,305  
  100,000    

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.‡

4.000%, 03/15/60

5 year CMT + 2.66%

    76,539  
  957,000    

Stericycle, Inc.*

3.875%, 01/15/29

    846,438  
  879,000    

STL Holding Company, LLC*

7.500%, 02/15/26

    819,307  
  1,200,000    

TransDigm UK Holdings, PLC

6.875%, 05/15/26

    1,195,584  
 

TransDigm, Inc.

 
  1,539,000    

6.250%, 03/15/26*

    1,533,537  
  900,000    

6.750%, 08/15/28*

    905,553  
  875,000    

7.500%, 03/15/27

    874,851  
  890,000    

Tronox, Inc.*

4.625%, 03/15/29

    738,567  
  484,035    

United Airlines Pass Through Trust Series 2019-2, Class B

3.500%, 11/01/29

    436,285  
  1,191,000    

Vertiv Group Corp.*

4.125%, 11/15/28

    1,070,423  
  1,251,000    

Wabash National Corp.*

4.500%, 10/15/28

    1,056,057  
  1,050,000    

Waste Pro USA, Inc.*

5.500%, 02/15/26

    994,917  
  283,000    

WESCO Distribution, Inc.*

7.250%, 06/15/28

    289,288  
 

Williams Scotsman International, Inc.*

 
  1,256,000    

6.125%, 06/15/25

    1,252,194  
  298,000    

4.625%, 08/15/28

    275,331  
         
       56,501,855  
         
 

Information Technology (0.7%)

 
  596,000    

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.*

4.000%, 07/01/29

    539,303  
  692,000    

Coherent Corp.*^

5.000%, 12/15/29

    623,706  
  1,201,000    

CommScope Technologies, LLC*^

6.000%, 06/15/25

    1,091,193  
  1,100,000    

CommScope, Inc.*

4.750%, 09/01/29

    847,682  
  733,000    

Dell International, LLC / EMC Corp.

6.020%, 06/15/26

    743,350  
  596,000    

Dun & Bradstreet Corp.*^

5.000%, 12/15/29

    528,724  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments
7


Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2023 (UNAUDITED)

 

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

         VALUE
  586,000    

Fair Isaac Corp.*

4.000%, 06/15/28

  $ 538,622  
  1,315,000    

KBR, Inc.*

4.750%, 09/30/28

     1,205,000  
 

MPH Acquisition Holdings, LLC*

 
  1,300,000    

5.750%, 11/01/28^

    996,671  
  595,000    

5.500%, 09/01/28

    519,399  
  589,000    

NCR Corp.*

5.125%, 04/15/29

    527,715  
  886,000    

ON Semiconductor Corp.*

3.875%, 09/01/28

    803,540  
 

Open Text Corp.*

 
  855,000    

3.875%, 02/15/28

    762,403  
  600,000    

6.900%, 12/01/27

    613,944  
  447,000    

3.875%, 12/01/29

    378,430  
  447,000    

Open Text Holdings, Inc.*

4.125%, 12/01/31

    371,564  
  590,000    

Playtika Holding Corp.*

4.250%, 03/15/29

    521,265  
  1,645,000    

TTM Technologies, Inc.*

4.000%, 03/01/29

    1,403,728  
 

Twilio, Inc.

 
  830,000    

3.625%, 03/15/29

    714,215  
  298,000    

3.875%, 03/15/31^

    252,504  
  1,475,000    

Viavi Solutions, Inc.*

3.750%, 10/01/29

    1,271,937  
  1,355,000    

ZoomInfo Technologies, LLC / ZoomInfo Finance Corp.*

3.875%, 02/01/29

    1,166,628  
         
      16,421,523  
         
 

Materials (0.7%)

 
  623,000    

ArcelorMittal, SA^

7.000%, 10/15/39

    646,381  
  600,000    

ATI, Inc.

5.875%, 12/01/27

    586,242  
  295,000    

Carpenter Technology Corp.

7.625%, 03/15/30

    301,463  
  895,000    

Chemours Company*

4.625%, 11/15/29

    758,566  
  1,880,000    

Clearwater Paper Corp.*

4.750%, 08/15/28

    1,666,601  
  900,000    

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.*

6.750%, 04/15/30

    877,797  
 

Commercial Metals Company

 
  596,000    

4.125%, 01/15/30

    536,459  
  298,000    

4.375%, 03/15/32

    260,479  
  1,375,000    

Constellium, SE*^

3.750%, 04/15/29

    1,197,199  
  886,000    

HB Fuller Company

4.250%, 10/15/28

    795,832  
  600,000    

INEOS Finance, PLC*

6.750%, 05/15/28

    572,610  
  900,000    

JW Aluminum Continuous Cast Company*

10.250%, 06/01/26

    892,098  
 

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.*

 
  1,350,000    

4.625%, 03/01/28

    1,214,001  
  149,000    

4.500%, 06/01/31

    122,283  
  297,000    

LSF11 A5 HoldCo, LLC*

6.625%, 10/15/29

    249,697  
  1,566,000    

Mercer International, Inc.

5.125%, 02/01/29

    1,285,608  
  1,175,000    

OCI, NV*

6.700%, 03/16/33

    1,163,602  

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

         VALUE
 

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.*

 
  900,000    

7.250%, 05/15/31

  $ 915,867  
  887,000    

6.625%, 05/13/27

    884,774  
  1,328,000    

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

4.125%, 02/01/28

    1,217,165  
  589,000    

Trinseo Materials Operating SCA / Trinseo Materials Finance, Inc.*

5.125%, 04/01/29

    346,709  
      16,491,433  
 

Other (0.1%)

 
 

Gen Digital, Inc.*

 
  625,000    

7.125%, 09/30/30^

    630,475  
  625,000    

6.750%, 09/30/27

    627,756  
      1,258,231  
 

Real Estate (0.2%)

 
  953,000    

EPR Properties

3.750%, 08/15/29

    784,719  
 

Forestar Group, Inc.*

 
  862,000    

5.000%, 03/01/28

    803,031  
  630,000    

3.850%, 05/15/26

    587,128  
  1,341,000    

MIWD Holdco II, LLC / MIWD
Finance Corp.*

5.500%, 02/01/30

    1,141,339  
  550,000    

Service Properties Trust

5.250%, 02/15/26

    502,661  
         
       3,818,878  
         
 

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (0.1%)

 

 

Fertitta Entertainment, LLC / Fertitta Entertainment Finance Company, Inc.*

 
  1,195,000    

6.750%, 01/15/30

    1,027,844  
  596,000    

4.625%, 01/15/29

    522,942  
         
      1,550,786  
         
 

Utilities (0.2%)

 
  340,000    

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.‡

4.750%, 01/18/82

5 year CMT + 3.25%

    274,713  
  85,000    

American Electric Power Company, Inc.‡

3.875%, 02/15/62

5 year CMT + 2.68

    69,117  
  140,000    

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.‡

6.125%, 09/01/23

3 mo. LIBOR + 3.27%

    137,606  
  235,000    

CMS Energy Corp.‡

4.750%, 06/01/50

5 year CMT + 4.12%

    207,284  
 

Dominion Energy, Inc.‡

 
  250,000    

4.650%, 12/15/24

5 year CMT + 2.99%

    229,208  
  133,000    

4.350%, 01/15/27

5 year CMT + 3.20%

    114,376  
 

Duke Energy Corp.‡

 
  330,000    

4.875%, 09/16/24

5 year CMT + 3.39%

    321,090  
  132,000    

3.250%, 01/15/82

5 year CMT + 2.32%

    98,479  
  220,000    

Emera, Inc.‡

6.750%, 06/15/76

3 mo. LIBOR + 5.44

    214,548  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments
8


Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2023 (UNAUDITED)

 

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

           VALUE
  288,000     

National Rural Utilities

Cooperative Finance Corp.
7.125%, 09/15/53

   $ 290,013  
  150,000     

5.250%, 04/20/46‡

3 mo. LIBOR + 3.63%

     141,236  
  320,000     

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc.‡

3.800%, 03/15/82

5 year CMT + 2.55%

     272,352  
  591,000     

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.‡

8.203%, 03/30/67

3 mo. LIBOR + 2.67%

Sempra‡

     535,671  
  220,000     

4.875%, 10/15/25

5 year CMT + 4.55%

     208,850  
  85,000     

4.125%, 04/01/52

5 year CMT + 2.87%

     69,798  
 

362,000

 
  

Southern Company‡

4.000%, 01/15/51

5 year CMT + 3.73%

     339,299  
  95,000     

3.750%, 09/15/51

5 year CMT + 2.92%

     82,434  
  1,500,000     

TerraForm Power Operating, LLC*

5.000%, 01/31/28

     1,396,140  
 

625,000

 
  

Vistra Corp.*‡

7.000%, 12/15/26

5 year CMT + 5.74%

     563,487  
  340,000     

8.000%, 10/15/26

5 year CMT + 6.93%

     324,112  
  80,000     

WEC Energy Group, Inc.‡

7.433%, 05/15/67

3 mo. LIBOR + 2.11%

     68,547  
           
        5,958,360  
           
  

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS

(Cost $430,647,212)

      396,760,672  
           
           
 

CONVERTIBLE BONDS (19.7%)

 
  

Communication Services (1.6%)

  
  903,000     

Cable One, Inc. 03/15/26

     743,585  
 

8,895,000

 
  

Liberty Media Corp.*
2.250%, 08/15/27

     9,391,341  
  7,025,000     

3.750%, 03/15/28

     7,654,791  
  2,680,000     

0.500%, 12/01/50

     2,926,962  
  17,095,000     

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.

2.000%, 02/15/25

     17,841,368  
           
        38,558,047  
           
  

Consumer Discretionary (4.1%)

  
  16,415,000     

Airbnb, Inc. 03/15/26

     14,773,664  
  9,550,000     

Booking Holdings, Inc.

0.750%, 05/01/25

     15,435,187  
  13,435,000     

DISH Network Corp.

3.375%, 08/15/26

     7,565,383  
  5,895,000     

0.000%, 12/15/25

     3,600,077  
  2,379,000     

2.375%, 03/15/24

     2,193,224  
  14,650,000     

Ford Motor Company

0.000%, 03/15/26

     14,998,523  
  7,670,000     

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. 01/15/26

     7,269,243  
  2,705,000     

Rivian Automotive, Inc.*

4.625%, 03/15/29

     4,355,077  
  1,400,000     

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.*

6.000%, 08/15/25

     3,216,122  

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

          VALUE
  400,000    

Tesla, Inc.

2.000%, 05/15/24

   $ 5,186,064  
  9,760,000    

Vail Resorts, Inc. 01/01/26

     8,659,072  
  11,140,000    

Wynn Macau, Ltd.*

4.500%, 03/07/29

     12,339,221  
          
       99,590,857  
          
 

Energy (0.7%)

  
  1,365,000    

EQT Corp.

1.750%, 05/01/26

     3,940,154  
  7,245,000    

Nabors Industries, Inc.*

1.750%, 06/15/29

     6,326,914  
  6,615,000    

Northern Oil And Gas, Inc.*

3.625%, 04/15/29

     8,079,892  
          
       18,346,960  
          
 

Financials (0.9%)

  
  3,000,000    

Ares Capital Corp.

4.625%, 03/01/24

     3,063,930  
  4,500,000 EUR   

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA
06/10/24

     5,544,945  
  11,275,000    

Morgan Stanley Finance, LLC

1.000%, 11/23/27

     12,642,658  
          
       21,251,533  
          
 

Health Care (2.0%)

  
  8,820,000    

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

1.000%, 09/15/27

     8,612,201  
  13,555,000    

Dexcom, Inc.

0.250%, 11/15/25

     14,272,466  
  3,673,000    

Envista Holdings Corp.

2.375%, 06/01/25

     6,239,288  
  3,975,000    

Integer Holdings Corp.*

2.125%, 02/15/28

     4,869,812  
  7,755,000    

Jazz Investments I, Ltd.

2.000%, 06/15/26

     8,059,539  
  7,755,000    

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.

0.750%, 08/01/25

     7,162,363  
          
        49,215,669  
          
 

Industrials (2.5%)

  
  4,215,000    

Axon Enterprise, Inc.*

0.500%, 12/15/27

     4,354,769  
  5,315,000    

Granite Construction, Inc.*

3.750%, 05/15/28

     5,843,098  
  13,520,000    

John Bean Technologies Corp.

0.250%, 05/15/26

     12,963,922  
  13,805,000    

Middleby Corp.

1.000%, 09/01/25

     17,409,210  
  5,470,000    

Southwest Airlines Company^

1.250%, 05/01/25

     6,037,130  
  14,800,000    

Uber Technologies, Inc. 12/15/25

     14,176,476  
          
       60,784,605  
          
 

Information Technology (4.8%)

  
  4,230,000    

Akamai Technologies, Inc.

0.375%, 09/01/27

     4,169,553  
  7,838,000    

BILL Holdings, Inc.
0.001%, 04/01/27

     6,471,837  
  3,535,000    

0.000%, 12/01/25

     3,802,317  
  17,000,000    

CyberArk Software, Ltd.

0.000%, 11/15/24

     19,972,110  
 

Enphase Energy, Inc.

  
  12,325,000    

0.000%, 03/01/28

     11,186,293  
  7,055,000    

0.000%, 03/01/26

     6,499,137  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments
9


Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2023 (UNAUDITED)

 

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

           VALUE
  13,000,000     

Microchip Technology, Inc.

0.125%, 11/15/24

   $ 15,050,620  
  17,315,000     

ON Semiconductor Corp.*

0.500%, 03/01/29

     21,213,818  
  7,255,000     

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

0.375%, 06/01/25

     18,296,820  
  5,850,000     

Tyler Technologies, Inc.

0.250%, 03/15/26

     5,880,186  
  5,670,000     

Wolfspeed, Inc.*

1.875%, 12/01/29

     4,916,627  
           
         117,459,318  
           
  

Materials (0.3%)

  
  5,800,000     

Glencore Funding, LLC

0.000%, 03/27/25

     6,236,566  
           
  

Other (0.0%)

  
  590,000     

Multiplan Corp.*

6.000%, 10/15/27

     402,539  
           
  

Real Estate (1.3%)

  
  5,400,000EUR     

ANLLIAN Capital, Ltd.

0.000%, 02/05/25

     6,383,846  
  15,115,000     

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

1.750%, 12/15/26

     13,200,534  
  12,285,000     

Welltower OP, LLC*

2.750%, 05/15/28

     12,552,322  
           
        32,136,702  
           
  

Utilities (1.5%)

  
  16,655,000     

CMS Energy Corp.*

3.375%, 05/01/28

     16,607,866  
  20,355,000     

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.*

2.875%, 03/15/28

     19,663,948  
           
        36,271,814  
           
  

TOTAL CONVERTIBLE BONDS

(Cost $486,369,900)

     480,254,610  
     

 

 

 

 

BANK LOANS (5.6%) ¡

 
  

Airlines (0.1%)

  
  940,500     

American Airlines, Inc.‡

10.338%, 04/20/28

3 mo. SOFR + 4.75%

     975,374  
  976,000     

Mileage Plus Holdings, LLC‡

10.764%, 06/21/27

3 mo. LIBOR + 5.25%

     1,019,310  
           
        1,994,684  
           
  

Communication Services (0.8%)

  
  2,000,000     

APi Group DE, Inc.!

0.000%, 01/03/29

     2,006,790  
  3,300,000     

Charter Communications Operating LLC!

0.000%, 02/01/27

     3,281,042  
  1,512,000     

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.‡

9.131%, 08/21/26

3 mo. SOFR + 3.50%

     1,468,530  
  3,938     

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.‡

8.933%, 08/21/26

1 mo. SOFR + 3.50%

     3,824  

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

           VALUE
  869,717     

CMG Media Corp.‡

8.842%, 12/17/26

3 mo. SOFR + 3.50%

   $ 792,064  
  1,602,797     

DIRECTV Financing, LLC‡

10.433%, 08/02/27

1 mo. SOFR + 5.00%

     1,595,288  
  1,755,000     

Entercom Media Corp.‡

8.131%, 11/18/24

3 mo. SOFR + 2.50%

     966,505  
  2,000,000     

Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC!

0.000%, 11/09/29

     2,005,290  
  2,000,000     

Match Group, Inc.!

0.000%, 02/13/27

     1,995,000  
  2,000,000     

Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.!

0.000%, 09/18/26

     2,002,340  
  330,644     

Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.‡

7.933%, 09/18/26

1 mo. SOFR + 2.50%

     331,031  
  600,000     

Telesat Canada‡

8.183%, 12/07/26

1 mo. SOFR + 2.75%

     369,054  
  598,950     

Univision Communications, Inc.‡

9.492%, 06/24/29

3 mo. SOFR + 4.25%

     599,513  
  2,000,000     

Virgin Media Bristol, LLC!

0.000%, 01/31/28

     1,950,880  
           
         19,367,151  
           
  

Consumer Discretionary (1.0%)

  
  2,000,000     

Adient US LLC!

0.000%, 04/10/28

     2,005,210  
  2,000,000     

Aramark Services, Inc.!

0.000%, 06/22/30

     2,000,000  
  1,197,000     

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.‡

8.555%, 02/06/30

1 mo. SOFR + 3.25%

     1,199,244  
  1,197,000     

Hanesbrands, Inc.‡

9.055%, 03/08/30

1 mo. SOFR + 3.75%

     1,198,125  
  2,200,000     

KFC Holding Company‡

7.094%, 03/15/28

1 mo. SOFR + 1.75%

     2,197,250  
  722,390     

Life Time Fitness, Inc.‡

10.050%, 01/15/26

3 mo. SOFR + 4.75%

     726,305  
  2,000,000     

Murphy USA, Inc.!

0.000%, 01/31/28

     2,010,000  
  605,880     

PENN Entertainment, Inc.

8.169%, 05/03/29

1 mo. SOFR + 2.75%

     605,880  
  2,000,000     

Penn National Gaming, Inc!

0.000%, 05/03/29

     2,000,000  
  1,989,132     

Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc.‡

8.754%, 03/03/28

3 mo. SOFR + 3.25%

     1,985,214  
  2,956,235     

PetSmart, Inc.‡

9.169%, 02/11/28

1 mo. SOFR + 3.75%

     2,958,866  
  1,105,000     

SkyMiles IP, Ltd.‡

9.076%, 10/20/27

3 mo. SOFR + 3.75%

     1,150,393  
  2,000,000     

Station Casinos, LLC!

0.000%, 02/08/27

     1,995,770  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments
10


Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2023 (UNAUDITED)

 

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

           VALUE
  751,249     

TKC Holdings, Inc.‡

10.933%, 05/15/28

1 mo. LIBOR + 5.50%

   $ 707,973  
  300,000     

Windsor Holdings III, LLC!

0.000%, 06/21/30

     299,501  
  1,975,050     

WW International, Inc.‡

8.933%, 04/13/28

1 mo. SOFR + 3.50%

     1,491,983  
     

 

 

 

         24,531,714  
     
  

Consumer Staples (0.0%)

  
  565,000     

United Natural Foods, Inc.!

0.000%, 10/22/25

     566,565  
     

 

 

 

  

Energy (0.1%)

  
  1,197,000     

Par Petroleum, LLC‡

9.614%, 02/28/30

3 mo. SOFR + 4.25%

     1,192,014  
     

 

 

 

  

Financials (0.7%)

  
  1,221,930     

Alliant Holdings Intermediate, LLC‡

8.722%, 11/05/27

1 mo. SOFR + 3.50%

     1,221,038  
  915,000     

Amynta Agency Borrower, Inc.‡

10.419%, 02/28/28

1 mo. SOFR + 5.00%

     903,640  
  1,176,068     

AssuredPartners, Inc.‡

8.819%, 02/12/27

1 mo. SOFR + 3.50%

     1,171,658  
  2,200,000     

Avolon TLB Borrower 1 (US), LLC!

0.000%, 06/22/28

     2,203,201  
  900,000     

Avolon TLB Borrower 1 (US), LLC‡

7.755%, 06/22/28

1 mo. SOFR + 2.50%

     901,309  
  2,000,000     

Castlelake Aviation Ltd.!

0.000%, 10/22/26

     2,002,000  
  597,000     

Castlelake Aviation, Ltd.‡

8.004%, 10/22/27

3 mo. SOFR + 2.75%

     597,427  
  1,218,875     

Hub International, Ltd.‡

9.073%, 11/10/29

3 mo. SOFR + 4.00%

     1,222,806  
  2,163,903     

Jazz Financing Lux Sarl‡

8.933%, 05/05/28

1 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%

     2,164,055  
  2,000,000     

Jazz Financing Lux Sarl!

0.000%, 05/05/28

     2,000,140  
  1,633,500     

VFH Parent, LLC‡

8.405%, 01/13/29

1 mo. SOFR + 3.00%

     1,628,191  
     

 

 

 

        16,015,465  
     

 

 

 

  

Health Care (0.9%)

  
  2,079,766     

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC‡

8.933%, 05/04/25

1 mo. SOFR + 3.50%

     1,983,577  
  1,724,243     

Avantor Funding, Inc.‡

7.669%, 11/08/27

1 mo. SOFR + 2.25%

     1,726,838  
  285,000     

Bausch Health Companies, Inc.‡

10.605%, 02/01/27

1 mo. SOFR + 5.25%

     233,441  

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

           VALUE
  2,200,000     

DaVita, Inc.!

0.000%, 08/12/26

   $ 2,177,824  
  2,000,000     

Elanco Animal Health, Inc.!

0.000%, 08/01/27

     1,972,980  
  2,000,000     

Horizon Therapeutics USA, Inc.!

0.000%, 03/15/28

     1,999,580  
  703,513     

ICON Luxembourg S.A.R.L.‡

7.754%, 07/03/28

3 mo. SOFR + 2.25%

     704,990  
  1,601,104     

ICON Luxembourg Sarl!

0.000%, 07/03/28

     1,604,466  
  2,000,000     

IQVIA, Inc.!

0.000%, 06/11/25

     2,003,300  
  1,118,060     

Mallinckrodt International Finance, SA‡

10.619%, 09/30/27

1 mo. SOFR + 5.25%

     849,553  
  2,000,000     

Organon & Company‡

8.257%, 06/02/28

1 mo. SOFR + 3.00%

     1,997,130  
  1,261,176     

Padagis, LLC‡

10.280%, 07/06/28

3 mo. SOFR + 4.75%

     1,221,241  
  2,000,000     

Perrigo Investments, LLC!

0.000%, 04/20/29

     1,992,500  
  398,996     

PRA Health Sciences, Inc.!

0.000%, 07/03/28

     399,834  
  175,281     

PRA Health Sciences, Inc.

7.754%, 07/03/28

3 mo. SOFR + 2.25%

     175,649  
  2,895,183     

Team Health Holdings, Inc.‡

10.569%, 03/02/27

1 mo. SOFR + 5.25%

     2,001,802  
     

 

 

 

         23,044,705  
     

 

 

 

  

Industrials (1.0%)

  
  588,000     

ACProducts, Inc.‡

9.754%, 05/17/28

3 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%

     507,591  
  737,550     

Air Canada‡

8.839%, 08/11/28

3 mo. LIBOR + 3.50%

     738,866  
  2,000,000     

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.!

0.000%, 05/19/28

     2,002,190  
  2,200,000     

Berry Global, Inc.!

0.000%, 07/01/26

     2,200,946  
  2,618,863     

ChampionX Corp.‡

8.495%, 06/07/29

1 mo. SOFR + 3.25%

     2,630,320  
  855,000     

ChampionX Corp.!

0.000%, 06/07/29

     858,741  
  2,000,000     

Emrld Borrower, LP!

0.000%, 05/31/30

     2,003,760  
  758,248     

Emrld Borrower, LP‡

8.264%, 05/31/30

3 mo. SOFR + 3.00%

     759,674  
  2,000,000     

H.B. Fuller Company!

0.000%, 02/15/30

     2,008,550  
  2,000,000     

Jeld-Wen, Inc.!

0.000%, 07/28/28

     1,994,850  
  2,000,000     

Scientific Games International, Inc.!

0.000%, 04/14/29

     1,999,840  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments
11


Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2023 (UNAUDITED)

 

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

           VALUE
  1,386,000     

Scientific Games International, Inc.‡

8.302%, 04/14/29

1 mo. SOFR + 3.00%

   $ 1,385,889  
  646,750     

Summit Materials, LLC‡

8.492%, 12/14/27

6 mo. SOFR + 3.00%

     651,196  
  2,000,000     

TransDigm, Inc.!

0.000%, 08/24/28

     2,004,220  
  1,800,000     

United Airlines, Inc.!

0.000%, 04/21/28

     1,805,625  
  1,167,015     

United Airlines, Inc.‡

9.292%, 04/21/28

3 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%

     1,170,662  
     

 

 

 

         24,722,920  
     

 

 

 

   Information Technology (0.2%)   
  1,180,171     

Banff Merger Sub, Inc.‡

9.183%, 10/02/25

1 mo. SOFR + 3.75%

     1,178,702  
  990,690     

Camelot U.S. Acquisition LLC‡

8.433%, 10/30/26

1 mo. SOFR + 3.00%

     991,002  
  391,650     

Camelot U.S. Acquisition LLC‡

8.433%, 10/30/26

1 mo. SOFR + 3.00%

     391,834  
  3,099,982     

II-VI, Inc.‡

8.183%, 07/02/29

1 mo. SOFR + 2.75%

     3,103,082  
     

 

 

 

        5,664,620  
     

 

 

 

   Information Technology (0.2%)   
  298,500     

CDK Global, Inc.‡

9.492%, 07/06/29

3 mo. SOFR + 4.25%

     298,981  
  1,167,097     

Dun & Bradstreet Corp.‡

8.291%, 02/06/26

1 mo. SOFR + 3.00%

     1,167,277  
  2,000,000     

Open Text Corp.!

0.000%, 01/31/30

     2,005,630  
  1,202,317     

SS&C Technologies, Inc.!

0.000%, 03/22/29

     1,202,870  
  797,783     

SS&C Technologies, Inc.!

0.000%, 03/22/29

     798,150  
     

 

 

 

        5,472,908  
     

 

 

 

   Materials (0.4%)   
  550,963     

American Axle and Manufacturing, Inc.‡

8.777%, 12/13/29

1 mo. SOFR + 3.50%

     551,195  
  237,037     

American Axle and Manufacturing, Inc.‡

8.436%, 12/13/29

6 mo. SOFR + 3.50%

     237,137  
  2,200,000     

Axalta Coating Systems U.S. Holdings, Inc.!

0.000%, 12/20/29

     2,208,591  
  1,715,000     

Chemours Company!

0.000%, 04/03/25

     1,714,288  
  1,200,000     

Ineos US Finance, LLC‡

8.805%, 02/18/30

1 mo. SOFR + 3.50%

     1,189,128  
  1,478,161     

Innophos, Inc.‡

8.683%, 02/05/27

1 mo. SOFR + 3.25%

     1,480,474  

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

           VALUE
  610,000     

LSF11 A5 Holdco, LLC‡

9.669%, 10/15/28

1 mo. SOFR + 4.25%

   $ 608,856  
  592,500     

LSF11 A5 HoldCo, LLC‡

8.933%, 10/15/28

1 mo. SOFR + 3.50%

     587,810  
  598,473     

Trinseo Materials Operating SCA!

0.000%, 05/03/28

     477,241  
  1,175,627     

WR Grace & Company‡

9.313%, 09/22/28

3 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%

     1,175,480  
     

 

 

 

         10,230,200  
     

 

 

 

  

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (0.2%)

 

  1,075,000     

AP Core Holdings II, LLC‡

10.933%, 09/01/27

1 mo. SOFR + 5.50%

     1,042,530  
  589,050     

Clydesdale Acquisition Holdings, Inc.‡

9.594%, 04/13/29

1 mo. SOFR + 4.18%

     584,476  
  296,250     

Fertitta Entertainment, LLC‡

9.319%, 01/27/29

1 mo. SOFR + 4.00%

     293,573  
  1,265,438     

Oscar AcquisitionCo, LLC‡

9.842%, 04/29/29

3 mo. SOFR + 4.50%

     1,250,948  
  1,191,000     

Patagonia Holdco, LLC‡

10.789%, 08/01/29

3 mo. SOFR + 5.75%

     1,029,227  
     

 

 

 

        4,200,754  
     

 

 

 

  

TOTAL BANK LOANS

(Cost $139,469,595)

     137,003,700  
     

 

 

 

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY SECURITIES (2.7%)

 
  

Other (2.7%)

  
  

United States Treasury Note ^

  
  30,400,000     

2.500%, 05/31/24

     29,685,719  
  36,945,000     

2.250%, 03/31/24

     36,199,606  
     

 

 

 

  

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY SECURITIES

(Cost $67,296,246)

     65,885,325  
     

 

 

 

NUMBER OF

SHARES

           VALUE
 

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS (2.5%)

 
  

Energy (0.0%)

  
  28     

Gulfport Energy Corp.

10.000%, 08/31/23

15.000% PIK rate

     206,500  
     

 

 

 

  

Financials (0.7%)

  
  80,250     

AMG Capital Trust II

5.150%, 10/15/37

     3,992,919  
  1,450     

Bank OZK

4.625%, 11/15/26

     23,011  
  191,800     

KKR & Company, Inc.

6.000%, 09/15/23

     13,399,148  
     

 

 

 

        17,415,078  
     

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments
12


Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2023 (UNAUDITED)

 

NUMBER OF

SHARES

          VALUE  
  Industrials (0.1%)   
  46,187    

Chart Industries, Inc.

6.750%, 12/15/25

   $ 3,334,240  
    

 

 

 
  Utilities (1.7%)   
  246,010    

AES Corp.

6.875%, 02/15/24

     21,055,996  
  84,885    

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (Warner Media, LLC, Charter Communications Time, Inc.)#§**

3.369%, 09/15/29

     3,296,764  
 

NextEra Energy, Inc.

  
  262,050    

6.926%, 09/01/25

     11,983,546  
  94,060    

6.219%, 09/01/23

     4,655,970  
    

 

 

 
       40,992,276  
    

 

 

 
 

TOTAL CONVERTIBLE
PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $63,040,361)

     61,948,094  
    

 

 

 
 

COMMON STOCKS (93.3%)

 
 

Communication Services (9.5%)

  
  661,840    

Alphabet, Inc. - Class A^#

     87,839,405  
  199,700    

Alphabet, Inc. - Class C^#

     26,582,067  
  25,095    

Altice USA, Inc. - Class A#

     85,072  
  264,885    

AT&T, Inc.

     3,846,130  
  411,425    

Comcast Corp. - Class A

     18,621,096  
  8,434    

Cumulus Media, Inc. - Class A#

     53,472  
  2    

Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.^#

     36  
  146,450    

Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A~#

     46,658,970  
  32,360    

Netflix, Inc.#

     14,205,069  
  205,085 EUR   

Orange, SA

     2,318,247  
  135,860    

T-Mobile U.S., Inc.#

     18,717,432  
  149,335    

Walt Disney Company#

     13,274,388  
    

 

 

 
        232,201,384  
    

 

 

 
 

Consumer Discretionary (10.5%)

  
  688,315    

Amazon.com, Inc.^#

     92,013,949  
  137,124    

Aptiv, PLC#

     15,013,707  
  59,260    

Carnival Corp.#

     1,116,458  
  243,463    

General Motors Company

     9,341,675  
  52,240    

Home Depot, Inc.

     17,439,802  
  294,980    

Las Vegas Sands Corp.#

     17,642,754  
  41,620    

Lowe’s Companies, Inc.

     9,750,317  
  4,380 EUR   

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, SE

     4,068,002  
  62,500    

McDonald’s Corp.

     18,325,000  
  162,800    

NIKE, Inc. - Class B

     17,971,492  
  107,325    

Starbucks Corp.µ

     10,901,000  
  132,450    

Tesla, Inc.#

     35,421,103  
  71,950    

TJX Companies, Inc.µ

     6,225,834  
    

 

 

 
       255,231,093  
    

 

 

 
 

Consumer Staples (6.8%)

  
  58,750    

Altria Group, Inc.

     2,668,425  
  459,960    

Coca-Cola Company^

     28,485,323  
  31,575    

Costco Wholesale Corp.µ

     17,703,155  
  47,280    

Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. - Class A

     8,510,400  
  113,665    

Mondelez International, Inc. - Class A

     8,425,986  
  149,110    

Monster Beverage Corp.#

     8,572,334  
  102,796    

PepsiCo, Inc.^

     19,270,138  

NUMBER OF

SHARES

           VALUE  
  179,035     

Philip Morris International, Inc.^

   $ 17,853,370  
  203,745     

Procter & Gamble Company~

     31,845,344  
  52,650     

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.^µ

     1,577,921  
  130,790     

Walmart, Inc.µ

     20,908,089  
     

 

 

 
        165,820,485  
     

 

 

 
  

Energy (5.0%)

  
  475,000     

BP, PLC (ADR)

     17,717,500  
  11,045     

Chaparral Energy, Inc. - Class A&#

     469,413  
  3,550     

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

     299,407  
  128,625     

Chevron Corp.^µ

     21,050,768  
  64,470     

ConocoPhillips^

     7,589,408  
  82,935     

Energy Transfer, LP

     1,102,206  
  49,155     

Enterprise Products Partners, LP

     1,303,099  
  7,920     

EP Energy Corp.&#

     55,440  
  317,920     

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     34,093,741  
  56,105     

Hess Corp.

     8,512,812  
  15,860     

Magellan Midstream Partners, LP

     1,051,042  
  80,370     

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     10,690,817  
  24,975     

Pioneer Natural Resources Company

     5,636,108  
  219,710     

Schlumberger, NV

     12,817,881  
     

 

 

 
        122,389,642  
     

 

 

 
  

Financials (11.5%)

  
  35,430     

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

     4,912,015  
  59,230     

American Express Company^

     10,002,763  
  346,890     

American International Group, Inc.^

     20,910,529  
  29,983     

Assurant, Inc.

     4,033,013  
  663,370     

Bank of America Corp.^~

     21,227,840  
  71,870     

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.^

     3,260,023  
  10,715     

BlackRock, Inc.µ

     7,916,778  
  76,155     

Chubb, Ltd.

     15,566,844  
  231,670     

Citigroup, Inc.

     11,041,392  
  55,815     

Discover Financial Services

     5,891,273  
  27,300     

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.^

     9,715,251  
  212,020     

JPMorgan Chase & Company^

     33,490,679  
  85,415     

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

     16,093,894  
  72,315     

Mastercard, Inc. - Class A^

     28,512,358  
  247,340     

Morgan Stanley^

     22,646,451  
  157,631     

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.^

     3,269,267  
  178,525     

Visa, Inc. - Class A^

     42,440,748  
  411,130     

Wells Fargo & Company^µ

     18,977,761  
     

 

 

 
         279,908,879  
     

 

 

 
  

Health Care (12.8%)

  
  82,820     

Abbott Laboratories~

     9,220,351  
  118,475     

AbbVie, Inc.

     17,721,490  
  124,060     

Alcon, Inc.

     10,535,175  
  267,298     

Boston Scientific Corp.^#µ

     13,859,401  
  107,005     

Bristol-Myers Squibb Companyµ

     6,654,641  
  26,965     

Danaher Corp.

     6,877,693  
  35,495     

Dexcom, Inc.#

     4,421,257  
  23,435     

Elevance Health, Inc.µ

     11,052,649  
  74,890     

Eli Lilly & Company^

     34,041,249  
  34,856     

GE Healthcare, Inc.

     2,718,768  
  150,220     

Gilead Sciences, Inc.^

     11,437,751  
  10,885     

Humana, Inc.

     4,972,595  
  251,335     

Johnson & Johnson

     42,106,153  
  17,140     

Mallinckrodt, PLC^#

     27,767  
  22,490     

McKesson Corp.

     9,049,976  
  204,155     

Medtronic, PLC

     17,916,643  
  219,485     

Merck & Company, Inc.

     23,408,075  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments
13


Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2023 (UNAUDITED)

 

NUMBER OF

SHARES

           VALUE  
  314,685     

Pfizer, Inc.

   $ 11,347,541  
  20,295     

Stryker Corp.µ

     5,751,806  
  30,260     

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.~µ

     16,602,452  
  72,460     

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.^~µ

     36,691,570  
  112,720     

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.^µ

     15,572,268  
     

 

 

 
         311,987,271  
     

 

 

 
   Industrials (5.8%)   
  777,890     

CSX Corp.µ

     25,919,295  
  104,568     

General Electric Company^

     11,945,848  
  104,790     

Honeywell International, Inc.

     20,342,883  
  79,505     

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

     16,214,250  
  28,435     

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     12,653,575  
  59,495     

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

     24,393,545  
  272,540     

RTX Corp.µ

     23,964,442  
  152,510     

Southwest Airlines Companyµ

     5,209,741  
     

 

 

 
        140,643,579  
     

 

 

 
   Information Technology (27.3%)   
  56,335     

Accenture, PLC - Class A

     17,821,577  
  21,770     

Adobe, Inc.^#

     11,890,121  
  69,245     

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.^#

     7,921,628  
  1,106,065     

Apple, Inc.^~

     217,286,469  
  79,440     

Applied Materials, Inc.

     12,042,310  
  54,444     

Broadcom, Inc.

     48,926,101  
  247,515     

Cisco Systems, Inc.^µ

     12,880,681  
  58,910     

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.^

     3,556,986  
  10,330     

Intuit, Inc.

     5,285,861  
  16,960     

Lam Research Corp.

     12,185,590  
  95,780     

Micron Technology, Inc.^

     6,837,734  
  574,150     

Microsoft Corp.^~

     192,868,468  
  1,520,000     

Nokia Oyj (ADR)^

     5,988,800  
  161,290     

NVIDIA Corp.

     75,369,204  
  81,370     

Oracle Corp.

     9,539,005  
  59,985     

Salesforce, Inc.#

     13,497,225  
  21,845     

ServiceNow, Inc.#

     12,735,635  
     

 

 

 
        666,633,395  
     

 

 

 
   Materials (2.6%)   
  255,945     

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

     11,427,944  
  63,970     

Linde, PLC

     24,991,160  
  126,910     

PPG Industries, Inc.

     18,262,349  
  36,605     

Vulcan Materials Companyµ

     8,071,403  
     

 

 

 
        62,752,856  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate (0.7%)   
  70,930     

American Tower Corp.

     13,498,688  
  119,195     

Invitation Homes, Inc.

     4,231,423  
  1,951     

Necessity Retail REIT, Inc.

7.500%, 03/26/24

     40,210  
     

 

 

 
        17,770,321  
     

 

 

 
   Special Purpose Acquisition Company (0.0%)

 

  14,052     

Intelsat Emergence, SA&#

     323,196  
     

 

 

 
   Utilities (0.8%)

 

  176,574     

DTE Energy Companyµ

     20,182,408  
     

 

 

 
  

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $1,490,839,339)

     2,275,844,509  
     

 

 

 

NUMBER OF

SHARES

           VALUE  
 

WARRANTS (0.0%) #

 
   Energy (0.0%)   
  57,470     

Mcdermott International, Ltd.&

06/30/27, Strike $15.98

   $ 6  
  51,723     

Mcdermott International, Ltd.

06/30/27, Strike $12.33

     5  
  16,676     

Tidewater, Inc.

11/14/42, Strike $0.01

     1  
     

 

 

 
  

TOTAL WARRANTS

(Cost $369,524)

     12  
     

 

 

 
 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND (0.0%)

 
   Other (0.0%)   
  5,525     

iShares Preferred & Income
Securities ETF^

(Cost $209,453)

     172,490  
     

 

 

 
 

PREFERRED STOCKS (0.3%)

 
   Communication Services (0.0%)   
  8,482     

AT&T, Inc.

4.750%, 02/18/25

     156,748  
  3,485     

AT&T, Inc.

5.350%, 11/01/66

     77,332  
  14,625     

Qwest Corp.

6.500%, 09/01/56

     211,770  
  5,000     

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.

6.000%, 09/30/26

     69,600  
  8,175     

United States Cellular Corp.

5.500%, 03/01/70

     117,965  
  5,625     

United States Cellular Corp.

5.500%, 06/01/70

     81,000  
     

 

 

 
        714,415  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Discretionary (0.1%)   
  2,835     

Ford Motor Company

6.200%, 06/01/59

     70,847  
  2,764     

Ford Motor Company

6.500%, 08/15/62

     66,585  
  8,177     

Guitar Center, Inc.&

     1,042,567  
  605     

Qurate Retail, Inc.^

8.000%, 03/15/31

     21,659  
     

 

 

 
        1,201,658  
     

 

 

 
   Energy (0.1%)   
  12,420     

Energy Transfer, LP‡

7.625%, 08/30/23

3 mo. LIBOR + 4.74%

     311,991  
  52,665     

NuStar Energy, LP‡

11.151%, 08/30/23

3 mo. LIBOR + 5.64%

     1,278,706  
  20,834     

NuStar Energy, LP‡

12.274%, 08/30/23

3 mo. LIBOR + 6.77%

     532,517  
  55,760     

NuStar Logistics, LP‡

12.304%, 01/15/43

3 mo. LIBOR + 6.73%

     1,464,815  
     

 

 

 
         3,588,029  
     

 

 

 
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments
14


Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2023 (UNAUDITED)

 

NUMBER OF

SHARES

           VALUE  
  

 

Financials (0.1%)

  
  3,400     

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

4.750%, 09/30/60

   $ 62,900  
  6,000     

Allstate Corp.

7.375%, 07/15/28

     161,040  
  5,970     

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.‡

6.950%, 08/30/23

3 mo. LIBOR + 4.99%

     151,877  
  1,350     

Capital One Financial Corp.

4.800%, 06/01/25

     25,204  
  10,725     

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

5.125%, 11/25/60

     174,281  
  1,732     

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

4.450%, 12/15/25

     32,492  
  1,201     

First Citizens BancShares, Inc.

5.625%, 01/04/27

     24,885  
  4,592     

KeyCorp‡

6.200%, 12/15/27

5 year CMT + 3.13%

     98,682  
  2,125     

Morgan Stanley

6.500%, 10/15/27

     55,356  
  7,932     

Prospect Capital Corp.

5.350%, 07/01/26

     131,275  
  11,100     

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.‡

7.125%, 10/15/52

5 year CMT + 3.46%

     285,714  
  6,214     

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

4.600%, 12/15/25

     108,621  
           
     1,312,327  
           
  

Industrials (0.0%)

  
  4,980     

WESCO International, Inc.‡

10.625%, 06/22/25

5 year CMT + 10.33%

     135,058  
           
  

Real Estate (0.0%)

  
  8,773     

Brookfield Property Partners, LP

5.750%, 03/31/25

     118,655  
  5,000     

Brookfield Property Partners, LP

6.375%, 09/30/24

     73,100  
  3,625     

Global Net Lease, Inc.

6.875%, 11/26/24

     74,167  
  3,000     

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.µ

6.000%, 08/30/23

     68,400  
           
     334,322  
           
  

Utilities (0.0%)

  
  6,000     

Brookfield Renewable Partners, LP

5.250%, 03/31/25

     123,960  
  5,100     

DTE Energy Company

5.250%, 12/01/77

     122,094  
           
     246,054  
           
  

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $7,960,264)

     7,531,863  
     

 

 

 

PRINCIPAL

  AMOUNT  

           VALUE  

 

 

 

ASSET BACKED SECURITY (0.0%)

 

 

   Other (0.0%)   
  955,000     

SVC ABS, LLC Series 2023-1A,
Class C*

6.700%, 02/20/53

(Cost $874,585)

   $ 860,286  
     

 

 

 
 

RIGHTS (0.0%) #

 
   Communication Services (0.0%)   
  3     

Intelsat Jackson Holdings, SA
12/05/25

      
  3     

Intelsat Jackson Holdings, SA
12/05/25

      
     

 

 

 
  

TOTAL RIGHTS

(Cost $—)

      
     

 

 

 
NUMBER OF
CONTRACTS/
NOTIONAL
AMOUNT
           VALUE  
 

PURCHASED OPTIONS (0.1%) #

 
   Financials (0.0%)   
 

920

6,975,440

 

 

  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.

Call, 09/15/23, Strike $75.00

     476,100  
     

 

 

 
   Other (0.1%)   
 

5,800

24,331,000

 

 

  

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

Call, 12/15/23, Strike $41.00

     1,664,600  
 

325

149,141,200

 

 

  

S&P 500 Index

Put, 09/15/23, Strike $4,400.00

     747,500  
     

 

 

 
     2,412,100  
     

 

 

 
  

TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS

(Cost $2,830,633)

     2,888,200  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS (140.5%)


(Cost $2,689,907,112)

     3,429,149,761  
     

 

 

 
 

MANDATORY REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SHARES,
AT LIQUIDATION VALUE (-13.3%)

     (323,500,000
     

 

 

 
 

LIABILITIES, LESS OTHER ASSETS (-27.2%)

     (664,836,991
     

 

 

 
 

NET ASSETS (100.0%)

   $ 2,440,812,770  
     

 

 

 

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.

@

In default status and considered non-income producing.

&

Illiquid security.

^

Security, or portion of security, is on loan.

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments
15


Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2023 (UNAUDITED)

 

Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at July 31, 2023.

~

Security, or portion of security, is segregated as collateral (or potential collateral for future transactions) for written options. The aggregate value of such securities is $13,209,007.

¡

Bank loans generally are subject to mandatory and/or optional prepayment. As a result, the actual remaining maturity of bank loans may be substantially less than the stated maturities shown.

!

This position represents an unsettled loan commitment at period end. Certain details associated with this purchase are not known prior to the settlement date, including coupon rate, which will be adjusted on settlement date.

#

Non-income producing security.

§

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 July 31, 2023.

µ

Security, or portion of security, is held in a segregated account as collateral for note payable aggregating a total value of $250,214,629.

FOREIGN CURRENCY ABBREVIATION

EUR    European Monetary Unit

Note: Value for securities denominated in foreign currencies is shown in U.S. dollars. The principal amount for such securities is shown in the respective foreign currency. 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
16


Notes to Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

Note 1 – Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Organization. Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (the “Fund”, or “Trust”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on December 31, 2003 and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund commenced operations on March 26, 2004.

The Fund’s investment strategy is to provide total return through a combination of capital appreciation and current income. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest primarily in common and preferred stocks, convertible securities and income-producing securities such as investment grade and below investment grade (high yield/high risk) debt securities. The Fund, under normal circumstances, will invest at least 50% of its managed assets in equity securities (including securities that are convertible into equity securities). The Fund may invest up to 35% of its managed assets in securities of foreign issuers, including debt and equity securities of corporate issuers and debt securities of government issuers in developed and emerging markets. The Fund may invest up to 15% of its managed assets in securities of foreign issuers in emerging markets. “Managed assets” means the Fund’s total assets (including any assets attributable to any leverage that may be outstanding) minus total liabilities (other than debt representing financial leverage).

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 Fund 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 Fund:

Fund 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”, or the “Advisor”) to perform 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 determined. The valuation of the Fund’s investments is in accordance with these procedures.

Fund 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 Fund 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 the Fund 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, bank loans, 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, bank loans, 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 Fund 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 Fund’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 Fund also may use fair value pricing, pursuant to guidelines adopted by Calamos 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 Fund’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 the Fund to calculate its NAV may differ from market quotations or official closing prices. There can be no assurance that the Fund could purchase or sell a portfolio security at the price used to calculate the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”).

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 Fund may purchase or write (sell) put and call options. One of the risks associated with purchasing an option is that the Fund pays a premium whether or not the option is exercised. Additionally, the Fund bears the risk of loss of


premium and change in value should the counterparty not perform under the contract. The Fund as writer of an option bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option.

Note 2 – Investments

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

 

Cost basis of investments

   $ 2,689,907,112   
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

     957,612,981   

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (218,370,332)   
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   $ 739,242,649   
  

 

 

 

* 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 Fund’s most recent semi-annual or annual report.

Note 3 – Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares

The Fund has MRPS issued with an aggregate liquidation preference of $323,500,000, divided into four series with different mandatory redemption dates and dividend rates.

The table below summarizes the key terms of each series of the MRPS at July 31, 2023.

 

 Series    Term
Redemption Date
   Dividend Rate   Shares (000’s)    Liquidation Preference Per Share    Aggregate Liquidation Preference

 Series B

   9/06/24    4.00%   3,220    $25    $80,500,000

 Series C

   9/06/27    4.24%   3,240    $25    $81,000,000

 Series D

   8/24/26    2.45%   2,480    $25    $62,000,000

 Series F

   5/24/27    3.66%   4,000    $25    $100,000,000
             

 

              $323,500,000
             

 

On September 6, 2022, $80,500,000 of Series A MRPS were redeemed at $25.01 per share.

The MRPS are not listed on any exchange or automated quotation system. The MRPS are considered debt of the issuer; therefore, the liquidation preference, which approximates fair value of the MRPS, is recorded as a liability in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities net of deferred offering costs. The MRPS are categorized as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy.

During the period ended July 31, 2023, all MRPS were rated `AA-’ by Kroll Bond Rating Agency LLC (“KBRA”). If the ratings of the MRPS are downgraded, the Fund’s dividend expense may increase, as described below.

Holders of MRPS are entitled to receive monthly cumulative cash dividends payable on the first business day of each month. The MRPS currently are rated “AA-” by Kroll. If on the first day of a monthly dividend period the MRPS of any class are rated lower than “A” by Kroll, the dividend rate for such period shall be increased by 0.5%, 2.0% or 4.0% according to an agreed upon schedule. The MRPS’ dividend rate is also subject to increase during periods when the Fund has not made timely payments to MRPS holders and/or the MRPS do not have a current credit rating, subject to various terms and conditions. Dividends accrued and paid to the shareholders of MRPS are included in “Interest expense and amortization of offering costs on Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares” within the Statement of Operations.

With regard to the Series B and C MRPS, so long as any MRPS are outstanding, the Fund will not declare, pay or set apart for payment any dividend or other distribution (other than non-cash distributions) with respect to Fund shares ranking junior to or on parity with the MRPS, unless (1) the Fund has satisfied the MRPS Overcollateralization Test (as defined below) on at least one “valuation date” in the preceding 65 calendar days, (2) immediately after such transaction the Fund would satisfy the MRPS Asset Coverage Test (as defined below), (3) full cumulative dividends on the MRPS due on or prior to the date of the transaction have been declared and paid to the holders of MRPS and (4) the Fund has redeemed the full number of MRPS required to be redeemed by any provision for mandatory redemption or deposited sufficient monies with the Fund’s paying agent for that purpose, subject to certain grace periods and exceptions.

MRPS Asset Coverage Test: Asset coverage with respect to all outstanding senior securities and preferred shares, including the MRPS, determined in accordance with Section 18(h) of the 1940 Act, on the basis of values calculated as of a time within 48 hours (not including Sundays or holidays) next preceding the time of determination, must be greater than or equal to 225%.

MRPS Overcollateralization Test: So long as Fitch or any other NSRSO, such as Kroll, is then rating any class of the outstanding MRPS pursuant to the request of the Fund, satisfaction of only those overcollateralization ratios applicable to closed-end fund issuers with the same rating(s) as the Fund’s MRPS’ then-current rating(s) issued by Fitch or such other NSRSO, such as Kroll, by application of the applicable rating agency guidelines.

With regard to Series D and F MRPS, for so long as any MRPS are Outstanding, the Fund will not declare, pay or set apart for payment any dividend or other distribution (other than a dividend or distribution paid in shares of, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase, Common Shares or other shares of beneficial interest, if any, ranking junior to the MRPS as to dividends or upon liquidation (collectively “non-cash distributions”) with respect to Common Shares or any other shares of the Series or Fund ranking junior to or on a parity with the MRPS as to dividends or upon liquidation, or call for redemption, redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any Common Shares or any other such junior shares (except by conversion into or exchange for shares of the Fund ranking junior to the MRPS as to dividends and upon liquidation) or any such parity shares (except by conversion into or exchange for shares of the Fund ranking junior to or on a parity with the MRPS as to dividends and upon liquidation), unless (1) immediately after such transaction the Fund would satisfy the MRPS Asset Coverage Test, (2) full cumulative dividends on the MRPS due on or prior to the date of the transaction have been declared and paid to the Holders of MRPS, and (3) the Fund has redeemed the full number of MRPS required to be redeemed by any provision for mandatory redemption contained in Section 3(a) or deposited sufficient monies with the Paying Agent for that purpose (without regard to the provisions of the Special Proviso); provided that the Fund may make any distributions reasonably necessary for the Fund to continue to qualify as a “regulated investment company” under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and to avoid excise tax under Section 4982


of the Internal Revenue Code (“Tax Required Payments”). For the avoidance of doubt, any such Tax Required Payments would only be paid to holders of Common Shares after full cumulative dividends due on or prior to the date of the applicable distribution and any mandatory redemptions occurring on or prior to the date of the applicable distribution have been paid to the holders of MRPS.

Except as otherwise required pursuant to the Fund’s governing documents or applicable law, the holders of the MRPS have one vote per share and vote together with the holders of common stock of the Fund as a single class except on matters affecting only the holders of MRPS or the holders of common stock. Pursuant to the 1940 Act, holders of the MRPS have the right to elect at least two trustees of the Fund, voting separately as a class. Except during any time when the Fund has failed to make a dividend or redemption payment in respect of MRPS outstanding, the holders of MRPS have agreed to vote in accordance with the recommendation of the board of trustees on any matter submitted to them for their vote or to the vote of shareholders of the Fund generally.