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INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited)

As of March 31, 2019    Highland Long/Short Equity Fund

 

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Common Stocks — 120.4%

 
 

Communication Services12.8%

 
  8,000     

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

     9,415,120  
  42,000     

Facebook, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

     7,000,980  
  62,000     

Live Nation Entertainment (a)(b)

     3,939,480  
  8,000     

Netflix, Inc. (a)(b)

     2,852,480  
     

 

 

 
        23,208,060  
     

 

 

 
 

Consumer Discretionary12.1%

 
  20,000     

Alibaba Group Holding ADR (a)(b)

     3,649,000  
  4,000     

Amazon.com, Inc. (b)

     7,123,000  
  6,000     

AutoZone (a)(b)

     6,144,720  
  20,000     

Expedia Group

     2,380,000  
  57,000     

Penske Automotive Group (a)

     2,545,050  
     

 

 

 
        21,841,770  
     

 

 

 
 

Energy4.5%

 
  57,000     

Continental Resources, Inc. (a)(b)

     2,551,890  
  50,000     

Devon Energy, Inc.

     1,578,000  
  17,500     

EOG Resources

     1,665,650  
  15,000     

Pioneer Natural Resources (a)

     2,284,200  
     

 

 

 
        8,079,740  
     

 

 

 
 

Financial10.4%

 
  13,500     

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (a)

     1,729,350  
  107,000     

CIT Group, Inc. (a)

     5,132,790  
  10,000     

Diamond Hill Investment Group (a)

     1,400,000  
  90,000     

E*TRADE Financial Corp. (a)

     4,178,700  
  67,000     

US Bancorp (a)

     3,228,730  
  75,000     

Western Alliance Bancorp (a)(b)

     3,078,000  
     

 

 

 
        18,747,570  
     

 

 

 
 

Financials2.4%

 
  105,000     

Morgan Stanley (a)

     4,431,000  
     

 

 

 
 

Healthcare10.3%

 
  15,000     

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (b)

     4,585,200  
  59,000     

CryoLife, Inc. (b)

     1,721,030  
  5,000     

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)(b)

     2,852,900  
  35,000     

LHC Group, Inc. (a)(b)

     3,880,100  
  100,000     

Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)

     3,470,000  
  194,000     

Surgery Partners, Inc. (a)(b)

     2,188,320  
     

 

 

 
        18,697,550  
     

 

 

 
 

Industrials9.8%

 
  20,000     

Deere & Co.

     3,196,800  
  20,000     

IHS Markit (b)

     1,087,600  
  88,000     

JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)(b)

     1,439,680  
  1     

Pendrell Corp. (b)

     153,500  
  18,000     

Roper Technologies, Inc. (a)

     6,155,460  
  22,000     

United Rentals (a)(b)

     2,513,500  
  30,500     

Waste Management, Inc. (a)

     3,169,255  
     

 

 

 
        17,715,795  
     

 

 

 
 

Information Technology51.2%

 
  34,000     

Automatic Data Processing (a)

     5,431,160  
  150,000     

Avaya Holdings Corp. (a)(b)

     2,524,500  
  25,000     

Broadcom, Inc. (a)

     7,517,750  
  138,000     

CDK Global, Inc. (a)

     8,117,160  
  60,000     

Ciena Corp. (b)

     2,240,400  
  200,000     

Cloudera, Inc. (b)

     2,188,000  
  50,000     

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (a)(b)

     2,739,000  
  26,000     

EPAM Systems (a)(b)

     4,397,380  

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Common Stocks (continued)

 
 

Information Technology (continued)

 
  35,000      Fortinet, Inc. (a)(b)      2,938,950  
  100,000      GDS Holdings ADR (b)      3,569,000  
  55,000      Intel Corp. (a)      2,953,500  
  50,000      Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (b)      2,827,000  
  180,000      Marvell Technology Group (a)      3,580,200  
  45,000      Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. (a)(b)      5,326,200  
  55,000      Micron Technology (b)      2,273,150  
  42,000      Microsoft Corp.      4,953,480  
  25,000      Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)(b)      6,072,000  
  193,000      Sage Group      1,763,439  
  30,000      salesforce.com, Inc. (a)(b)      4,751,100  
  18,000      Shopify, Class A (a)(b)      3,719,160  
  60,000      Super Micro Computer (b)      1,267,650  
  15,000      Twilio, Inc., Class A (b)      1,937,700  
  61,000      Visa, Inc., Class A (a)      9,527,590  
     

 

 

 
        92,615,469  
     

 

 

 
 

Pharmaceuticals2.7%

 
  55,000      Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)      2,612,500  
  95,000      Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (b)      2,321,800  
     

 

 

 
        4,934,300  
     

 

 

 
 

Real Estate2.5%

 
  23,000     

SBA Communications, Class A, REIT(b)

     4,592,180  
     

 

 

 
 

Telecommunication Services1.7%

 
  200,000      Intelsat (b)      3,132,000  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $195,349,752)

     217,995,434  
     

 

 

 
 

Registered Investment Company — 3.8%

 
  374,333     

Highland Merger Arbitrage Fund, Class Z (c)

     6,891,464  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Registered Investment Company
(Cost $7,507,823)

     6,891,464  
     

 

 

 

Contracts

             
 

Purchased Put Options(b) — 0.8%

 
  

Total Purchased Put Options
(Cost $2,089,789)

     1,493,798  
     

 

 

 
 

Purchased Call Options(b) — 0.1%

 
  

Total Purchased Call Options
(Cost $146,786)

     142,450  
     

 

 

 
 


INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited)(continued)

As of March 31, 2019    Highland Long/Short Equity Fund

 

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Cash Equivalents — 0.3%

 
 

Money Market Fund(d) — 0.3%

 
  466,415     

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class 2.390%

     466,415  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Cash Equivalents
(Cost $466,415)

     466,415  
  

 

 

 
 

Total Investments - 125.4%
(Cost $205,560,565)

     226,989,561  
  

 

 

 
 

Securities Sold Short — (30.2)%

 
 

Exchange-Traded Funds — (5.4)%

 
  (28,000)     

ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF

     (1,018,360
  (30,000)     

Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF

     (2,250,900
  (42,000)     

SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF

     (2,156,280
  (50,000)     

SPDR S&P Retail ETF

     (2,250,500
  (19,000)     

VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF

     (2,020,270
     

 

 

 
  

Total Exchange-Traded Funds
(Proceeds $9,388,241)

     (9,696,310
     

 

 

 
 

Common Stocks — (24.8)%

 
 

Communication Services(0.9)%

 
  (50,000)     

Twitter (e)

     (1,644,000
     

 

 

 
 

Consumer Discretionary(3.5)%

 
  (7,000)     

Domino’s Pizza

     (1,806,700
  (40,000)     

eBay, Inc.

     (1,485,600
  (11,000)     

Tesla, Inc. (e)

     (3,078,460
     

 

 

 
        (6,370,760
     

 

 

 
 

Financials(2.2)%

 
  (60,000)     

People’s United Financial, Inc.

     (986,400
  (40,000)     

Principal Financial Group

     (2,007,600
  (15,000)     

State Street

     (987,150
     

 

 

 
        (3,981,150
     

 

 

 
 

Industrials(5.1)%

 
  (31,000)     

Fastenal

     (1,993,610
  (36,000)     

JB Hunt Transport Services

     (3,646,440
  (42,000)     

Sensata Technologies Holding (e)

     (1,890,840
  (30,000)     

XPO Logistics, Inc. (e)

     (1,612,200
     

 

 

 
        (9,143,090
     

 

 

 
 

Information Technology(12.2)%

 
  (8,000)     

Adobe, Inc. (e)

     (2,131,920
  (20,000)     

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (e)

     (1,434,200
  (5,000)     

Apple, Inc.

     (949,750
  (16,000)     

Check Point Software Technologies (e)

     (2,023,840
  (30,000)     

Citrix Systems, Inc.

     (2,989,800
  (10,000)     

F5 Networks (e)

     (1,569,300
  (4,000)     

NVIDIA Corp.

     (718,240
  (60,000)     

Oracle

     (3,222,600
  (28,000)     

Paychex, Inc.

     (2,245,600
  (25,000)     

TE Connectivity

     (2,018,750
  (10,000)     

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     (1,060,700

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Information Technology (continued)

 
  (25,000)     

Zscaler (e)

     (1,773,250
     

 

 

 
        (22,137,950
     

 

 

 
 

Telecommunication Services(0.9)%

 
  (45,000)     

Zillow Group, Class A (e)

     (1,539,000
     

 

 

 
  

Total Common Stocks
(Proceeds $43,435,018)

     (44,815,950
     

 

 

 
  

Total Securities Sold Short- (30.2)%
(Proceeds $52,823,259)

     (54,512,260
     

 

 

 
 

Other Assets & Liabilities, Net - 5.2%

     9,400,921  
  

 

 

 
 

Net Assets - 100.0%

     181,022,996  
  

 

 

 

 

(a)

All or part of this security is pledged as collateral for short sales. The market value of the securities pledged as collateral was $119,587,513.

(b)

Non-income producing security.

(c)

Affiliated issuer. Assets with a total aggregate market value of $6,891,464, or 3.8% of net assets, were affiliated with the Fund as of March 31, 2019.

(d)

Rate shown is 7 day effective yield.

(e)

No dividend payable on security sold short.

 


INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited)(continued)

As of March 31, 2019    Highland Long/Short Equity Fund

 

Purchased options contracts outstanding as of March 31, 2019 were as follows:

 

Description

  Exercise price     Counterparty     Expiration Date     Number of
Contracts
    Notional Value     Premium     Value  

PURCHASED PUT OPTIONS:

             

Alphabet

  $ 1,145.00       Jefferies       May 2019       50       5,884,450     $ 103,064     $ 136,900  

AutoZone

    937.50       Jefferies       April 2019       50       5,120,600       30,726       5,875  

US Bancorp

    48.00       Jefferies       April 2019       800       3,855,200       53,501       81,600  

SPDR S&P Biotech ETF

    87.00       Jefferies       April 2019       850       7,695,900       177,983       79,050  

Automatic Data Processing

    150.00       Jefferies       May 2019       170       2,715,580       72,509       27,710  

CIT Group

    48.00       Jefferies       April 2019       1,070       5,132,790       119,620       96,835  

Visa

    149.00       Jefferies       April 2019       610       9,527,590       65,690       44,530  

Amazon.com

    1,715.00       Jefferies       April 2019       20       3,561,500       42,619       29,600  

Deere

    155.00       Jefferies       April 2019       100       1,598,400       42,400       17,000  

salesforce.com

    155.00       Jefferies       April 2019       200       3,167,400       49,308       45,600  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

    264.00       Jefferies       April 2019       1,000       28,248,000       12,157       1,000  

VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF

    104.00       Jefferies       May 2019       300       3,189,900       78,602       80,100  

Fortinet

    80.00       Jefferies       April 2019       200       1,679,400       29,258       17,000  

Bio-Rad Laboratories

    300.00       Jefferies       April 2019       200       6,113,600       51,582       71,000  

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

    147.00       Jefferies       April 2019       1,250       19,136,250       231,038       85,000  

Alibaba Group Holding

    175.00       Jefferies       April 2019       180       3,284,100       35,704       27,720  

Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1

    176.00       Jefferies       May 2019       570       10,240,620       181,062       163,020  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

    275.00       Jefferies       May 2019       750       21,186,000       270,916       201,000  

Microsoft

    113.00       Jefferies       April 2019       300       3,538,200       24,617       18,000  

Morgan Stanley

    42.00       Jefferies       April 2019       310       1,308,200       15,620       31,620  

Roper Technologies

    320.00       Jefferies       April 2019       125       4,274,625       30,923       9,688  

United Rentals

    112.00       Jefferies       April 2019       200       2,285,000       70,718       82,000  

Palo Alto Networks

    230.00       Jefferies       April 2019       125       3,036,000       35,697       24,000  

Shopify

    190.00       Jefferies       April 2019       125       2,582,750       52,661       27,750  

Intel

    52.00       Jefferies       April 2019       800       4,296,000       35,031       31,200  

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund

    89.00       Jefferies       April 2019       1,250       11,468,750       110,361       45,000  

CDK Global

    55.00       Jefferies       April 2019       800       4,705,600       66,422       14,000  
           

 

 

   

 

 

 
            $ 2,089,789     $ 1,493,798  
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

Description

  Exercise price     Counterparty     Expiration Date     Number of
Contracts
    Notional Value     Premium     Value  

PURCHASED CALL OPTIONS:

             

Deere

  $ 175.00       Jefferies       April 2019       100       1,598,400     $ 34,549     $ 1,700  

CDK Global

    60.00       Jefferies       May 2019       400       2,352,800       68,478       60,000  

Automatic Data Processing

    160.00       Jefferies       May 2019       170       2,715,580       43,759       80,750  
           

 

 

   

 

 

 
            $ 146,786     $ 142,450  
           

 

 

   

 

 

 
Written options contracts outstanding as of March 31, 2019 were as follows:

 

Description

  Exercise price     Counterparty     Expiration Date     Number of
Contracts
    Notional Value     Premium     Value  

WRITTEN PUT OPTIONS:

             

US Bancorp

  $ 44.00       Jefferies       April 2019       (800     (3,855,200   $ (11,139   $ (13,200

VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF

    93.00       Jefferies       May 2019       (300     (3,189,900     (18,428     (16,200

United Rentals

    105.00       Jefferies       April 2019       (200     (2,285,000     (30,497     (28,000
           

 

 

   

 

 

 
            $ (60,064   $ (57,400
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

Description

  Exercise price     Counterparty     Expiration Date     Number of
Contracts
    Notional Value     Premium     Value  

WRITTEN CALL OPTIONS:

             

Shopify

  $ 230.00       Jefferies       April 2019       (125     (2,582,750   $ (12,964   $ (8,750

Microsoft

    125.00       Jefferies       May 2019       (150     (1,769,100     (17,978     (17,250

Visa

    165.00       Jefferies       June 2019       (250     (3,904,750     (45,777     (54,500

Fortinet

    95.00       Jefferies       May 2019       (150     (1,259,550     (22,306     (15,750


INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited)(concluded)

As of March 31, 2019    Highland Long/Short Equity Fund

 

Description

  Exercise price     Counterparty     Expiration Date     Number of
Contracts
    Notional Value     Premium     Value  

Roper Technologies

    350.00       Jefferies       May 2019       (90     (3,077,730     (30,484     (59,400

CDK Global

    55.00       Jefferies       May 2019       (400     (2,352,800     (92,973     (190,000

Intel

    60.00       Jefferies       May 2019       (500     (2,685,000     (16,355     (11,500

VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF

    112.00       Jefferies       May 2019       (150     (1,594,950     (29,206     (21,300

Bio-Rad Laboratories

    350.00       Jefferies       May 2019       (100     (3,056,800     (39,418     (19,750

Amazon.com

    1,890.00       Jefferies       April 2019       (20     (3,561,500     (22,295     (11,700

Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1

    180.00       Jefferies       May 2019       (250     (4,491,500     (115,695     (112,750

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

    282.00       Jefferies       May 2019       (200     (5,649,600     (104,641     (123,800

Automatic Data Processing

    155.00       Jefferies       May 2019       (170     (2,715,580     (76,890     (129,200

AutoZone

    1,060.00       Jefferies       April 2019       (25     (2,560,300     (6,804     (14,675

Palo Alto Networks

    262.50       Jefferies       April 2019       (125     (3,036,000     (12,464     (7,500
           

 

 

   

 

 

 
            $ (646,250   $ (797,825
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Fund had the following swap contracts, for which $440,000 was pledged as collateral, open at March 31, 2019:

Swap contracts outstanding as of March 31, 2019 were as follows:

 

Underlying Instrument

  Financing
Rate
  Payment
Frequency
  Counterparty   Expiration
Date
  Currency   Notional
Amount
($)
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
($)
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
($)
    Market
Value
($)
 

LONG EQUITY TRS

 

SSFT

  1.57   Quarterly   Morgan Stanley   August 17, 2020   USD     (59,377     —         (59,377     (59,377

UMOL

  1.47   Quarterly   Morgan Stanley   May 17, 2019   USD     (28,154     —         (28,154     (28,154

UTML

  1.48   Quarterly   Morgan Stanley   May 17, 2019   USD     (45,848     —         (45,848     (45,848
                 

 

 

 

Total Long Equity Index TRS

                  (133,379
               

 

 

 

Total Total Return Swaps

                  (133,379