N-CSR 1 pio82329.htm PIONEER DIVERSIFIED HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number
 811-22014

Pioneer Diversified High Income Fund, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

60 State Street, Boston, MA 02109
(Address of principal executive offices) (ZIP code)

Terrence J. Cullen, Amundi Asset Management, Inc.,
60 State Street, Boston, MA 02109
(Name and address of agent for service)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (617) 742-7825
Date of fiscal year end:  April 30, 2021

Date of reporting period:  May 1, 2020 through April 30, 2021

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Pioneer Diversified
High Income Fund, Inc.
Annual Report | April 30, 2021
Ticker Symbol: HNW
On April 21, 2021, the Fund redomiciled from a Delaware statutory trust to a Maryland corporation and was renamed Pioneer Diversified High Income Fund, Inc.
Paper copies of the Fund’s shareholder reports are no longer sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from the Fund or from your financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer, bank or insurance company. Instead, the reports are available on the Fund’s website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.
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President’s Letter

Dear Shareholders,
With the first half of 2021 nearly over, we have seen some better news on the COVID-19 pandemic front. In the US, widespread distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines approved for emergency use late last year, and a general decline in both virus cases and related hospitalizations, have had a positive effect on overall market sentiment.
While there may finally be a light visible at the end of the pandemic tunnel, the long-term impact on the global economy from COVID-19, while currently unknown, is likely to be considerable. It is clear that several industries have already felt greater effects than others, and the markets, which do not thrive on uncertainty, have been volatile.
With that said, so far during 2021, we have seen investments typically associated with a higher degree of risk, such as equities and high-yield bonds, outperform investments regarded as less risky, such as government debt. In addition, cyclical stocks, or stocks of companies with greater exposure to the ebbs and flows of the economic cycle, have rallied this year after slumping during the height of the pandemic, as investors have appeared to embrace the potential for a more widespread reopening of the economy in the coming months. Additional fiscal stimulus from the US government in recent months has also helped provide some market momentum.
Despite the strong rebound from the March 2020 lows and positive market performance so far this year, several factors that could lead to increased volatility and weaker performance bear watching. These include: public-health issues such as potential surges in COVID-19 cases, particularly as “variants” of the virus have continued to arise; macroeconomic concerns (inflation, energy prices, sluggish employment figures); and changes to the US government’s fiscal policies, particularly the possibility of higher income tax rates on both individuals and businesses.
After leaving our offices in March of 2020 due to COVID-19, we have re-opened our US locations and have invited our employees to slowly return to the office. I am proud of the careful planning that has taken place. Our business has continued to operate without any disruption and we all look forward to regaining a bit of normalcy after 15 months of remote working.
Since 1928, Amundi US’s investment process has been built on a foundation of fundamental research and active management, principles which have guided our investment decisions for more than 90 years. We believe active management – that is, making active investment decisions – can help mitigate the risks during periods of market volatility.
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At Amundi US, active management begins with our own fundamental, bottom-up research process. Our team of dedicated research analysts and portfolio managers analyzes each security under consideration, communicating directly with the management teams of the companies issuing the securities and working together to identify those securities that best meet our investment criteria for our family of funds. Our risk management approach begins with each and every security, as we strive to carefully understand the potential opportunity, while considering any and all risk factors.
Today, as investors, we have many options. It is our view that active management can serve shareholders well, not only when markets are thriving, but also during periods of market stress.
As you consider your long-term investment goals, we encourage you to work with your financial professional to develop an investment plan that paves the way for you to pursue both your short-term and long-term goals.
We greatly appreciate the trust you have placed in us and look forward to continuing to serve you in the future.
Sincerely,
Lisa M. Jones
Head of the Americas, President and CEO of US
Amundi Asset Management US, Inc.
June 2021
Any information in this shareowner report regarding market or economic trends or the factors influencing the Fund’s historical or future performance are statements of opinion as of the date of this report. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
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Portfolio Management Discussion 4/30/21
Note to Shareholders: On April 21, 2021, Pioneer Diversified High Income Trust redomiciled from a Delaware statutory trust to a Maryland corporation and was renamed Pioneer Diversified High Income Fund, Inc. The redomiciling did not result in any change to the investment adviser, investment objective and strategies, portfolio management team, policies and procedures or the members of the Board overseeing the Fund. Please see Note 10, “Redomiciling,” for more information regarding the redomiciling.
In the following interview, Andrew Feltus, Jonathan Sharkey, Chin Liu, and Lawrence Zeno discuss the factors that affected the performance of Pioneer Diversified High Income Fund, Inc. during the 12-month period ended April 30, 2021. Mr. Feltus, Managing Director, Co-Director of High Yield, and a portfolio manager at Amundi Asset Management US, Inc. (Amundi US), Mr. Sharkey, a senior vice president and a portfolio manager at Amundi US, Mr. Liu, Managing Director, Director of Insurance-Linked Securities (ILS) and Quantitative Research, and a portfolio manager at Amundi US, and Mr. Zeno, a vice president and a portfolio manager at Amundi, are responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.
Q   How did the Fund perform during the 12-month period ended April 30, 2021?
A    Pioneer Diversified High Income Fund, Inc. returned 37.08% at net asset value (NAV) and 49.94% at market price during the 12-month period ended April 30, 2021. During the same 12-month period, the Fund’s composite benchmark returned 18.17% at NAV. The Fund’s composite benchmark is based on equal weights of the ICE Bank of America (ICE BofA) Global High Yield and Crossover Country Corporate and Government (GHY/CCC & G) Index and the Standard & Poor’s/Loan Syndications & Trading Association (S&P/LSTA) Leveraged Loan Index.
Individually, during the 12-month period ended April 30, 2021, the ICE BofA GHY/CCC & G Index returned 20.19%, and the S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index returned 16.10%. Unlike the Fund, the composite benchmark and its component indices do not use leverage. While the use of leverage increases investment opportunity, it also increases investment risk.
During the same 12-month period, the average return at NAV of the 46 closed end funds in Morningstar’s High Yield Bond Closed End Funds category (which may or may not be leveraged) was 27.35%, while the same closed end fund Morningstar category’s average return at market price was 39.33%.
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The shares of the Fund were selling at a 4.6% discount to NAV on April 30, 2021. Comparatively, the shares of the Fund were selling at a 12.8% discount to NAV on April 30, 2020.
As of April 30, 2021, the 30-day SEC yield of the Fund’s shares was 6.00%*.
Q   How would you describe the investment environment in the global fixed-income markets during the 12-month period ended April 30, 2021?
A   March of 2020, just before the onset of the 12-month period, had been a disaster for investors in riskier assets, as attempts by governments around the globe to rein in the spread of the COVID-19 virus accelerated and led to widespread economic shutdowns as well as to falling prices in credit-sensitive debt markets, and to liquidity concerns. Before the end of March, however, the extraordinary support forthcoming from both fiscal and monetary policymakers in the wake of the pandemic was met with enthusiasm by investors and helped markets rebound relatively quickly by the time the 12-month period got underway.
Market participants sought to put money to work at the now much-wider credit spreads, estimating that the compensation available was more than sufficient for taking on increased default risk. As the second quarter of 2020 progressed, initial steps taken towards reopening the economy increased optimism for something resembling a “V-shaped” recovery (a sharp, quick rise). As a result, sentiment for investments in riskier assets rebounded strongly and allowed credit-sensitive areas of the bond market to recover much of their earlier losses, even as rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in multiple US states raised concerns. (Credit spreads are commonly defined as the differences in yield between Treasuries and other types of fixed-income securities with similar maturities.)
The market rally continued strongly through the summer of 2020, pausing temporarily in September as worries about economic growth returned to the forefront and market participants focused on heightened risks revolving around three key areas: stalled negotiations over an additional US fiscal stimulus bill, the ongoing COVID-19 situation, and the November US elections. At the same time, a notable uptick in European COVID-19 cases reignited fears that the US remained at risk for another wave of infections and a corresponding round of renewed or expanded economic lockdowns in response. Finally, investors’ concerns mounted over the potential for a protracted dispute over the presidential election results.
*     The 30-day SEC yield is a standardized formula that is based on the hypothetical annualized earning power (investment income only) of the Fund’s portfolio securities during the period indicated.
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As noted above, the market experienced a small sell-off in September; however, the continued effects of the government’s first two stimulus packages, in addition to decreasing default risk, helped to reverse that minor damage. The finalization of the election results further reduced uncertainty. Then, in December, the US economic outlook received two “shots in the arm,” as a pair of COVID-19 vaccines received emergency-use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and lawmakers in Washington finally reached agreement on a $900 billion fiscal assistance package, the third US-government stimulus effort since the onset of the pandemic. Market participants viewed the rollout of the vaccines as the proverbial “light at the end of the tunnel” for the pandemic, betting that distribution of the vaccines would help alleviate the public-health uncertainty and bring forward the timing of a return to what might be regarded as economic normalcy. The additional stimulus measures from the government were viewed as offering much needed support for many individuals and businesses.
As 2021 got underway, investors elected to focus their attention on those positive developments, along with continued support from central banks around the globe, and looked beyond not only some regional “surges” in COVID-19 cases, but also select data that suggested a slowing in the rate of economic recovery. By late January, remaining political uncertainty had been removed as a new administration and Democrat-controlled House and Senate took office and almost immediately began discussions about even more fiscal stimulus, which resulted in passage of a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package soon after. Meanwhile, increased vaccine distributions and a gradual decline in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations also boosted market sentiment.
In response, riskier assets continued to rally, with positive momentum somewhat offset by higher Treasury yields in the first quarter of 2021.
Among the sectors that performed strongest as the period progressed were those that had been hurt the most by the economic lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, particularly energy, gaming, and airlines. Companies in those industries benefited from a broader reopening of the economy and the corresponding “reopening” trade, as investors began moving back into those segments of the market after generally avoiding them for many months.
Returns for high-yield corporate bonds were well into double digits for the 12-month period, given the rebound in investors’ sentiment towards riskier assets. The recovery in oil prices from historical lows to the $60-per-barrel range also supported the returns of high-yield securities.
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Within the high-yield market, lower-rated issues generally outperformed higher-rated credits. Returns for emerging markets bonds and floating-rate bank loans were also strongly positive over the 12-month period.
Q   How did you position the portfolio during the 12-month period ended April 30, 2021, and which investment decisions affected the Fund’s benchmark-relative performance?
A    In broad terms, the Fund carried leveraged exposure to the high-yield market, which boosted returns as the high-yield segment posted a strong return for the 12-month period. In addition, the portfolio’s holdings favored issuers in the cyclical and consumer-oriented sectors that were more exposed to economic activity. While the Fund’s positioning had a negative impact on relative returns in the immediate wake of the COVID-19 crisis, it benefited performance as riskier assets began rebounding in the second quarter of 2020 and beyond.
During the first half of the 12-month period, we reduced the Fund’s bank-loan exposure from approximately 10% to 5.4% of total invested assets, given lower available yields driven by the decline in the target range of the US Federal Reserve System’s (Fed’s) federal funds rate, which the Fed maintained at 0% to 0.25%. Loans provided strong returns for the 12-month period, and generated positive performance each month except for March of 2021, which saw a very slight loss. The portfolio’s loan holdings outpaced the returns of the broader loan market over the full 12-month period.
Within securitized assets, the portfolio’s holdings have focused primarily on commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), but also include collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) and residential credit-risk-transfer (CRT) securities. The securitized sector generated strong returns over the 12-month period, outperforming most other fixed-income sectors. The Fund’s CMBS allocation is broadly comprised of, in order of magnitude, single asset/single borrower (SA/SB) issues, Freddie Mac-issued non-guaranteed deals, and the traditional conduit deals (diverse, fixed-rate pools). The biggest contributors to the Fund’s positive performance were two residential CRT securities. The CRT sector had been particularly hard hit at the beginning of the pandemic, but rallied significantly over the 12-month period. Rounding out the top five positive performance contributors for the Fund were two CMBS securities and a CLO, which shared similar price paths. A couple of notable performance laggards held in the portfolio were small Freddie Mac interest-only tranches, and an amortizing legacy CMBS tranche that generated slightly negative returns. Over the latter months of the period, we sold some of the Fund’s CLO positions that we
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had purchased in the middle of 2020, and re-deployed the assets into what we felt were investments featuring more attractive risk-adjusted return profiles. We also reduced some of the portfolio’s hotel exposures.
Finally, allocations to insurance-linked securities (ILS) delivered a positive return for the Fund during the 12-month period, although performance for the ILS category overall lagged that of the more credit-sensitive sectors. As would be expected, the occurrence of large-scale disasters, rather than either interest-rate movements or investors’ attitudes toward risk, drove the performance of ILS during the 12-month period. The reinsurance industry has observed steady rate improvement due to high-loss activities over the last few years. In fact, while Winter Storm Uri affected Texas and the southern US during February and caused an estimated $10 billion to $15 billion in losses to the industry, higher premiums more than offset the losses. We have maintained the Fund’s exposure to ILS, as we view the allocation as helping to bolster the income and risk-reward profile of the portfolio over the long-term.
Q   Could you discuss some of the individual portfolio positions that had either a positive or negative effect on the Fund’s benchmark-relative performance during the 12-month period ended April 30, 2021?
A    With regard to individual portfolio holdings within high yield, leading positive contributors to the Fund’s performance for the period included an overweight to the debt of Scientific Games, a provider of gambling and lottery products and services. While the pandemic-related shutdowns weighed heavily on market sentiment with respect to Scientific Games, the company’s bond prices recovered strongly as gaming activity began to resume in May of 2020. Surgery Center Holdings (SCH) was another strong performer for the Fund during the period. The company’s debt had been downgraded in late-March 2020 when the vast majority of elective surgical procedures were put on hold as medical resources were reallocated to help fight the COVID-19 outbreak. However, SCH, an ambulatory (or “day”) surgery center operator, was able to shift some of its centers to deal with COVID-19 patients, and was therefore well positioned to benefit when discretionary surgical procedures were allowed to resume. Portfolio exposure to the longer-maturity debt of property-and-casualty insurer Liberty Mutual also supported the Fund’s performance during the 12-month period. While an investment-grade issuer, Liberty has carried credit ratings below those of its industry peers. While the market’s assumption of a “risk-off” stance as pandemic concerns mounted weighed on the company’s debt in the early part of
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2020, the bond price rebounded on the back of the strong support for the credit markets from government policymakers. More broadly, our investment preference within energy for the midstream pipeline segment as well as minimal portfolio exposure to exploration & production companies that typically have been affected more directly by short-term changes in oil prices aided the Fund’s performance.
On the negative side, security selection results within energy were a modest constraint on the Fund’s relative performance for the period. In particular, exposure to Chesapeake Energy detracted from relative returns, as the shale-based exploration & production company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from its creditors against the backdrop of plummeting demand for oil and gas. Another underperformer for the Fund was the debt of offshore drilling contractor Transocean. Market sentiment with regard to Transocean turned sharply negative during the period, given the general pullback in capital spending across the energy sector as oil prices faltered in the first half of 2020. Outside of energy, individual portfolio positions that detracted from the Fund’s relative performance included Diamond Sports, a regional sports network spun out into Sinclair Broadcasting Group in order to facilitate Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox. Diamond saw the outlook for its debt deteriorate with the absence of sports-related content resulting from COVID-19 containment measures. The company received a boost when professional sports leagues resumed play during the third quarter of 2020, but the owners have pushed for a bond swap in order to reduce Diamond’s debt load, which has acted to suppress investors’ enthusiasm for the extant bonds. (The Fund had no exposure to Sinclair, Disney, or 21st Century Fox as of April 30, 2021.)
With regard to bank loans, individual holdings that contributed positively to the Fund’s returns for the period included energy firm Traverse Midstream, which benefited from the execution of a strong long-term “take or pay” contract. However, the performance of Traverse only partially offset the underperformance of other loan holdings within the energy sector that remained under pressure over the 12-month period, including Summit Midstream and Encino. Outside of energy, Shape Technologies, a provider of ultrahigh-pressure applications used in manufacturing, saw its loan price strengthen over the period on improved operating results, thus benefiting the Fund’s performance.
Q   How did the level of leverage in the Fund change over the 12-month period ended April 30, 2021?
A   The Fund employs leverage through a credit agreement.
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As of April 30, 2021, 31.8% of the Fund’s total managed assets were financed by leverage (or borrowed funds), compared with 30.0% of the Fund’s total managed assets financed by leverage at the start of the 12-month period on May 1, 2020. During the period, the Fund increased the absolute amount of funds borrowed by a total of $16 million, to $61 million as of April 30, 2021. The percentage of the Fund’s managed assets financed by leverage increased during the period due to the increase in the amount of funds borrowed by the Fund.
Q   Did the Fund’s distributions** to shareholders change during the 12-month period ended April 30, 2021?
A   Yes, the Fund’s dividend rose during the period. An increase in the dividend from 9.5 cents per share to 10.25 cents per share was announced on August 4, 2020, and paid on August 31, 2020. A further increase in the Fund’s dividend to 11.00 cents per share was announced on November 5, 2020, and paid on November 30, 2020.
Q   Did the Fund invest in any derivative securities during the 12-month period ended April 30, 2021? If so, did the derivatives have a notable effect on performance?
A    We invested the portfolio in forward foreign currency contracts during the 12-month period in an effort to help manage the risk of the Fund’s exposures to foreign currencies. The contracts had a small positive impact on the Fund’s relative results, given that the euro declined versus the US dollar over the period. The Fund also had some exposure to options contracts, which had a negligible effect on performance.
Q   What is your investment outlook?
A    The Fed has continued to message that it is willing to keep US monetary policy accommodative for an extended period of time. While “an extended period of time” seems to be a purposefully vague duration, public comments from members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) have suggested that they could be thinking the “extended period” equals at least one year. If the FOMC, as suggested, waits for a full year with Core PCE (personal consumption) inflation at more than 2% before tightening monetary policy, rate hikes could be off the table until 2023, in our opinion. That would be consistent with the Fed’s own “dot plot” projections. Market pricing, however, has reflected a somewhat faster pace for rate hikes, due in part to the possibility that the markets
** Distributions are not guaranteed.
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may not “buy” the Fed’s new operating framework. (The Fed’s “dot” plot/projection is a quarterly chart summarizing the outlook for the federal funds rate for each of the FOMC's members.)
Given the likelihood of additional fiscal stimulus through a proposed infrastructure spending package and possibly other initiatives, and a more rapid US economic reopening, we have revised upwards our base-case 2021 US gross domestic product growth forecast. We think the demand-driven economic growth dynamic could be positive for corporate fundamentals and consumer balance sheets. In turn, solid issuer fundamentals and still-elevated investor cash balances (which are earning close to 0% yield) may support the performance of credit-sensitive investments going forward.
In our view, higher US Treasury yields present a risk to broad-market performance, to the extent that tighter financial conditions could start to weigh on economic activity. By our estimates, a 10-year US Treasury yield increase to the 2.25% to 3.00% area would likely become problematic for certain market segments as well as for economic growth. We currently regard the risk of such a move as remote, but we are monitoring conditions closely as strong monthly economic data on the horizon could push Treasury yields higher in the coming months.
We believe the medium-term concern is rising inflation. In 2022, expectations are that inflation could rise due to “base effects” (reflecting the very weak conditions of last summer returning to normal). The issue, we think, is the extent to which inflation increases become sustained. If labor and commodities both continue to be in short supply, we may see accelerations in wages and prices, which the Fed might ultimately feel compelled to address. In the short term, the Fed has signaled a willingness to “let the economy run hot.” This could be good for growth (and for high-yield issuers); however, if the Fed reverses course at some point by raising interest rates to slow growth, that could be a negative for the performance of riskier assets.
All in all, we believe the current backdrop is supportive for high-yield fundamentals. Strong growth and corporate profits have resulted in decreasing default rates. Markets are open, and companies have good access to financing, in both the loan and bond markets.
Our main concern heading into the Fund’s new fiscal year is valuations. High-yield spreads, at period-end, were in the lower quartile of historical ranges, but still appear attractive relative to other “spread assets,” such as investment-grade corporate bonds and government-backed mortgage
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bonds. Our base case is that default losses might be low, but that the level of valuations and rising Treasury yields could constrain total returns, even if high-yield securities continue to outperform other segments of the bond market.
Please refer to the Schedule of Investments on pages 18–47 for a full listing of Fund securities.
All investments are subject to risk, including the possible loss of principal. In the past several years, financial markets have experienced increased volatility and heightened uncertainty. The market prices of securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic, political, or regulatory conditions, recessions, inflation, changes in interest or currency rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues or adverse investor sentiment. These conditions may continue, recur, worsen or spread.
Investments in high-yield or lower-rated securities are subject to greater-than-average risk. The Fund may invest in securities of issuers that are in default or that are in bankruptcy.
Investing in foreign and/or emerging markets securities involves risks relating to interest rates, currency exchange rates, economic, and political conditions.
When interest rates rise, the prices of debt securities held by the Fund will generally fall. Conversely, when interest rates fall the prices of debt securities held by the Fund generally will rise. Investments held by the Fund are subject to possible loss due to the financial failure of the issuers of the underlying securities and the issuers’ inability to meet their debt obligations.
The Fund may invest a significant amount of its total assets in illiquid securities. Illiquid securities may be difficult to dispose of at a price reflective of their value at the times when the Fund believes it is desirable to do so and the market price of illiquid securities is generally more volatile than that of more liquid securities. Illiquid securities also are more difficult to value, and investment of the Fund’s assets in illiquid securities may restrict the Fund’s ability to take advantage of market opportunities.
The Fund is authorized to borrow from banks and issue debt securities, which are forms of leverage. Leverage creates significant risks, including the risk that the Fund’s incremental income or capital appreciation for investments purchased with the proceeds of leverage will not be sufficient to cover the cost of the leverage, which may adversely affect the return for shareholders.
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The Fund is required to maintain certain regulatory and other asset coverage requirements in connection with the use of leverage. In order to maintain required asset coverage levels, the Fund may be required to reduce the amount of leverage employed, alter the composition of the Fund’s investment portfolio or take other actions at what might be inopportune times in the market. Such actions could reduce the net earnings or returns to shareowners over time, which is likely to result in a decrease in the market value of the Fund’s shares.
Certain securities in which the Fund invests, including floating rate loans, once sold, may not settle for an extended period (for example, several weeks or even longer). The Fund will not receive its sale proceeds until that time, which may constrain the Fund’s ability to meet its obligations.
The Fund may invest in insurance-linked securities. The return of principal and the right to additional payments from investments in insurance-linked securities are contingent on the non-occurrence of a predefined “trigger” event that leads to physical or economic loss, such as a hurricane or an aerospace catastrophe.
These risks may increase share price volatility.
Any information in this shareholder report regarding market or economic trends or the factors influencing the Fund’s historical or future performance are statements of opinion as of the date of this report. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
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Portfolio Summary 4/30/21

     
10 Largest Holdings 
 
(As a percentage of total investments)* 
 

1. 
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., 7.697%, 10/15/97 (144A) 
3.69% 
2. 
Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi AS, 9.25%, 4/30/26 (144A) 
1.02 
3. 
Hercules LLC, 6.5%, 6/30/29 
1.00 
4. 
eDreams ODIGEO SA, 5.5%, 9/1/23 (144A) 
0.97 
5. 
MDC Partners, Inc., 7.5%, 5/1/24 (144A) 
0.95 
6. 
Scientific Games International, Inc., 8.25%, 3/15/26 (144A) 
0.89 
7. 
Garda World Security Corp., 9.5%, 11/1/27 (144A) 
0.87 
8. 
BNP Paribas SA, 6.625% (5 Year USD Swap Rate + 415 bps) (144A) 
0.84 
9. 
PowerTeam Services LLC, 9.033%, 12/4/25 (144A) 
0.83 
10. 
Atento Luxco 1 SA, 8.0%, 2/10/26 (144A) 
0.79 
 
*     
Excludes temporary cash investments and all derivative contracts except for options purchased. The Fund is actively managed, and current holdings may be different. The holdings listed should not be considered recommendations to buy or sell any securities.
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Prices and Distributions 4/30/21
       
Market Value per Share^ 
 
 
 
 
 
4/30/21 
4/30/20 
Market Value 
 
$14.95 
$10.99 
Discount 
 
       (4.6)% 
      (12.8)% 

Net Asset Value per Share^ 
 
 
 
 
4/30/21 
4/30/20 
Net Asset Value 
 
$15.67 
$12.60 

Distributions per Share*: 
 
 
 
 
Net 
 
 
 
Investment 
Short-Term 
Long-Term 
 
Income 
Capital Gains 
Capital Gains 
5/1/20 – 4/30/21 
$1.3425 
$ — 
$ — 

Yields 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4/30/21 
4/30/20 
30-Day SEC Yield 
 
6.00% 
13.21% 
 
The data shown above represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results.
^
Net asset value and market value are published in Barron’s on Saturday, The Wall Street Journal on Monday and The New York Times on Monday and Saturday. Net asset value and market value are published daily on the Fund’s website at www.amundi.com/us.
*     
The amount of distributions made to shareowners during the period was in excess of the net investment income earned by the Fund during the period.
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Performance Update 4/30/21
Investment Returns
The mountain chart below shows the change in market value, plus reinvested dividends and distributions, of a $10,000 investment made in shares of Pioneer Diversified High Income Fund, Inc. during the periods shown, compared to that of the composite (50%/50%) ICE BofA Global High Yield & Crossover Country Corporate & Government Index (GHY/CCC & G) Index and S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index benchmark, and the two indices that comprise the composite benchmark.
           
Average Annual Total Returns 
 
 
 
 
(As of April 30, 2021) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
50% ICE BofA 
 
 
 
 
 
Global High 
 
 
 
 
 
Yield/CCC&G 
 
 
 
 
 
Index/50% 
 
ICE BofA 
 
Net Asset 
 
S&P/LSTA 
S&P/LSTA 
Global 
 
Value 
Market 
Leveraged 
Leveraged 
High Yield/ 
Period 
(NAV) 
Price 
Loan Index 
Loan Index 
CCC&G Index 
10 years 
  6.69% 
5.73% 
 4.94% 
 4.24% 
5.59% 
5 years 
  7.70 
8.06 
5.60 
4.98 
6.18 
1 year 
37.08 
49.94 
18.17 
16.10 
20.19 
Call 1-800-710-0935 or visit www.amundi.com/us for the most recent month-end performance results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted.
Performance data shown represents past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and market price will fluctuate, and your shares may trade below NAV due to such factors as interest rate changes and the perceived credit quality of borrowers.
(Please see the following page for additional performance and expense disclosure.)
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Total investment return does not reflect broker sales charges or commissions. All performance is for common shares of the Fund.
Shares of closed-end funds, unlike open-end funds, are not continuously offered. There is a one-time public offering and, once issued, shares of closed-end funds are bought and sold in the open market through a stock exchange and frequently trade at prices lower than their NAV. NAV per share is total assets less total liabilities, which include preferred shares or borrowings, as applicable, divided by the number of common shares outstanding.
When NAV is lower than market price, dividends are assumed to be reinvested at the greater of NAV or 95% of the market price. When NAV is higher, dividends are assumed to be reinvested at prices obtained through open-market purchases under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan.
The performance table and graph do not reflect the deduction of fees and taxes that a shareowner would pay on Fund distributions or the sale of Fund shares. Had these fees and taxes been reflected, performance would have been lower.
The ICE BofA GHY/CCC & G Index is an unmanaged index that tracks the performance of the below-and border-line investment-grade global debt markets denominated in the major developed market currencies. The Index includes sovereign issuers rated BBB1 and lower along with corporate issues rated BB1 and lower. There are no restrictions on issuer country of domicile. The S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index provides broad and comprehensive total return metrics of the U.S. universe of syndicated term loans.
Index returns are calculated monthly, assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike Fund returns, do not reflect any fees, expenses or sales charges. The indices do not use leverage. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
Please refer to the financial highlights for a more current total return ratio.
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Shares 
 
 
Value 
 
 
UNAFFILIATED ISSUERS — 145.6% 
 
   
COMMON STOCKS — 0.7% of Net Assets
 
 
 
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.5% 
 
21,079(a) 
 
FTS International, Inc. 
$ 542,152 
3,884+^(a) 
 
Superior Energy Services, Inc. 
123,317 
 
 
Total Energy Equipment & Services 
$ 665,469 
 
 
Household Durables — 0.0%† 
 
89,094(a) 
 
Desarrolladora Homex SAB de CV 
$ 114 
 
 
Total Household Durables 
$ 114 
 
 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.2% 
 
6(a) 
 
Amplify Energy Corp. 
$ 16 
218,823+^(a) 
 
PetroQuest Energy, Inc. 
93,000 
5,709(a) 
 
Summit Midstream Partners LP 
134,789 
 
 
Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 
$ 227,805 
 
 
Specialty Retail — 0.0%† 
 
42,088+^(a) 
 
Targus Cayman SubCo, Ltd. 
$ 64,395 
 
 
Total Specialty Retail 
$ 64,395 
 
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS 
 
 
 
(Cost $1,010,398) 
$ 957,783 
 
 
PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.8% of Net Assets 
 
 
 
Banks — 0.4% 
 
18,923(b) 
 
GMAC Capital Trust I, 5.983% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 
 
 
 
579 bps), 2/15/40 
$ 485,186 
 
 
Total Banks 
$ 485,186 
 
 
Diversified Financial Services — 0.4% 
 
 500(a)(b)(c)   Compeer Financial ACA, 6.75% (3 Month USD
 
 
 
LIBOR + 458 bps) (144A) 
$ 540,000 
 
 
Total Diversified Financial Services 
$ 540,000 
 
 
Internet — 0.0%† 
 
50,188 
 
MYT Holding LLC, 10.0%, 6/6/29 
$ 50,941 
 
 
Total Internet 
$ 50,941 
 
 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS 
 
 
 
(Cost $981,821) 
$ 1,076,127 

Principal 
 
 
 
Amount 
 
 
 
USD ($) 
 
 
 
   
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES — 1.5%
 
 
 
of Net Assets 
 
1,000,000(d) 
 
AIG CLO, Ltd., Series 2019-2A, Class E, 7.426% (3 Month 
 
 
 
USD LIBOR + 725 bps), 10/25/32 (144A) 
$ 994,911 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Principal 
 
 
 
 
Amount 
 
 
 
 
USD ($) 
 
 
Value 
   
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES — (continued)
   
500,000(d) 
 
Goldentree Loan Management US CLO 2, Ltd., Series 
 
 
 
 
2017-2A, Class E, 4.888% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 
 
 
 
 
470 bps), 11/28/30 (144A) 
$ 462,594 
500,000(d) 
 
Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers CLO 37, Ltd., Series 
 
 
 
 
2020-37A, Class E, 7.238% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 
 
 
 
 
705 bps), 7/20/31 (144A) 
 
501,118 
 
 
TOTAL ASSET BACKED SECURITIES 
 
 
 
 
(Cost $1,977,479) 
$ 1,958,623 
 
 
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 
 
 
 
 
0.5% of Net Assets 
 
 
330,000(d) 
 
Freddie Mac Stacr Trust, Series 2019-HQA1, Class B2, 
 
 
 
 
12.356% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 
 
 
 
 
1,225 bps), 2/25/49 (144A) 
$ 379,410 
250,000(d) 
 
Freddie Mac Stacr Trust, Series 2019-HQA2, Class B2, 
 
 
 
 
11.356% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 
 
 
 
 
1,125 bps), 4/25/49 (144A) 
 
286,211 
23,996 
 
Global Mortgage Securitization, Ltd., Series 2004-A, 
 
 
 
 
Class B1, 5.25%, 11/25/32 (144A) 
 
15,235 
 
 
TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS 
 
 
 
 
(Cost $603,333) 
$ 680,856 
 
 
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 
 
 
 
10.1% of Net Assets 
 
 
1,000,000(b) 
 
Benchmark Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-B18, 
 
 
 
 
Class AGNG, 4.535%, 7/15/53 (144A) 
$ 968,743 
588,625(d) 
 
Capital Funding Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-9, 
 
 
 
 
Class B, 15.9% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 1,490 bps), 
 
 
 
 
11/19/22 (144A) 
 
588,625 
1,000,000(d) 
 
Capital Funding Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-19, 
 
 
 
 
Class B, 16.46% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 1,521 bps), 
 
 
 
 
11/15/23 (144A) 
 
1,000,145 
70,000(d) 
 
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Credit Risk, Series 
 
 
 
 
2021-MN1, Class B1, 7.76% (SOFR30A + 775 bps), 
 
 
 
 
1/25/51 (144A) 
 
77,584 
871,361(b) 
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-KJ24, Class B, 
 
 
 
 
7.6%, 10/25/27 (144A) 
 
752,074 
1,000,000(d) 
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-KS12, Class C, 
 
 
 
 
7.011% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 690 bps), 8/25/29 
 
811,062 
570,115(d) 
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-KF74, Class C, 
 
 
 
 
6.341% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 623 bps), 
 
 
 
 
1/25/27 (144A) 
 
563,024 
1,000,000(d) 
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-KF83, Class C, 
 
 
 
 
9.111% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 900 bps), 
 
 
 
 
7/25/30 (144A) 
 
1,015,196 
1,000,000 
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-KG05, Class C, 
 
 
 
 
0.0%, 1/25/31 (144A) 
 
459,648 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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(continued)
       
Principal 
 
 
 
Amount 
 
 
 
USD ($) 
 
 
Value 
 
 
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED 
 
 
 
SECURITIES — (continued) 
 
12,333,286 
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-KG05, Class X2A, 
 
 
 
0.1%, 1/25/31 (144A) 
$ 93,444 
1,000,000 
 
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-KG05, Class X2B, 
 
 
 
0.1%, 1/25/31 (144A) 
7,139 
8,448,306(b) 
 
FRESB Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-SB79, Class X1, 
 
 
 
1.236%, 7/25/40 
614,773 
750,000(d) 
 
GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, Series 2020-DUNE, 
 
 
 
Class G, 4.115% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 
 
 
 
400 bps), 12/15/36 (144A) 
646,212 
500,000(b) 
 
JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 
 
 
 
Series 2013-LC11, Class D, 4.306%, 4/15/46 
371,919 
117,787 
 
L1C 3/8L1 LLC, Series 2019-1, Class B, 8.5%, 
 
 
 
11/1/22 (144A) 
117,844 
227,684(b) 
 
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2007-T25, 
 
 
 
Class AJ, 5.574%, 11/12/49 
179,016 
750,000(d) 
 
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2019-BPR, 
 
 
 
Class D, 4.115% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 
 
 
 
400 bps), 5/15/36 (144A) 
521,159 
750,000(d) 
 
Multifamily Connecticut Avenue Securities Trust, Series 
 
 
 
2020-1, Class M10, 3.856% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 
 
 
 
375 bps), 3/25/50 (144A) 
781,436 
900,000(b) 
 
Natixis Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 
 
 
 
2019-FAME, Class E, 4.544%, 8/15/36 (144A) 
759,431 
500,000 
 
Palisades Center Trust, Series 2016-PLSD, Class A, 
 
 
 
2.713%, 4/13/33 (144A) 
461,929 
497,171(b) 
 
Velocity Commercial Capital Loan Trust, Series 2020-1, 
 
 
 
Class M6, 5.69%, 2/25/50 (144A) 
495,036 
1,100,000 
 
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 
 
 
 
2015-C28, Class E, 3.0%, 5/15/48 (144A) 
758,657 
1,660,500(b) 
 
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 
 
 
 
2015-C31, Class E, 4.756%, 11/15/48 (144A) 
1,205,881 
 
 
TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES 
 
 
 
(Cost $14,130,579) 
$ 13,249,977 
 
 
CONVERTIBLE CORPORATE BONDS — 2.7% 
 
 
 
of Net Assets 
 
 
 
Airlines — 0.1% 
 
225,000 
 
GOL Equity Finance SA., 3.75%, 7/15/24 (144A) 
$ 190,590 
 
 
Total Airlines 
$ 190,590 
 
 
Banks — 0.0%† 
 
IDR 812,959,000^ 
 
PT Bakrie & Brothers Tbk, 0.0%, 12/22/22 
$ 5,628 
 
 
Total Banks 
$ 5,628 
 
 
Chemicals — 1.5% 
 
1,900,000(e) 
 
Hercules LLC, 6.5%, 6/30/29 
$ 1,907,125 
 
 
Total Chemicals 
$ 1,907,125 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Principal 
 
 
 
Amount 
 
 
 
USD ($) 
 
 
Value 
 
 
Entertainment — 0.3% 
 
345,000(f) 
 
DraftKings, Inc., 3/15/28 (144A) 
$ 329,302 
 
 
Total Entertainment 
$ 329,302 
 
 
Leisure Time — 0.2% 
 
230,000 
 
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., 4.25%, 6/15/23 (144A) 
$ 322,805 
 
 
Total Leisure Time 
$ 322,805 
 
 
Mining — 0.4% 
 
395,000 
 
Ivanhoe Mines, Ltd., 2.5%, 4/15/26 (144A) 
$ 471,551 
 
 
Total Mining 
$ 471,551 
 
 
Pharmaceuticals — 0.1% 
 
300,000 
 
Tricida, Inc., 3.5%, 5/15/27 (144A) 
$ 116,213 
 
 
Total Pharmaceuticals 
$ 116,213 
 
 
REITs — 0.1% 
 
110,000 
 
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc., 1.5%, 2/15/26 
$ 119,130 
 
 
Total REITs 
$ 119,130 
   
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE CORPORATE BONDS
 
 
 
(Cost $2,901,903) 
$ 3,462,344 
 
 
CORPORATE BONDS — 103.0% of Net Assets 
 
 
 
Advertising — 2.0% 
 
200,000 
 
Clear Channel International BV, 6.625%, 8/1/25 (144A) 
$ 209,000 
535,000 
 
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., 7.75%, 
 
 
 
4/15/28 (144A) 
550,815 
1,768,000(g) 
 
MDC Partners, Inc., 7.5%, 5/1/24 (144A) 
1,798,798 
 
 
Total Advertising 
$ 2,558,613 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense — 0.4% 
 
280,000 
 
Howmet Aerospace, Inc., 6.875%, 5/1/25 
$ 324,800 
125,000 
 
Triumph Group, Inc., 8.875%, 6/1/24 (144A) 
139,063 
 
 
Total Aerospace & Defense 
$ 463,863 
 
 
Agriculture — 0.7% 
 
815,000 
 
Kernel Holding SA., 6.5%, 10/17/24 (144A) 
$ 853,712 
 
 
Total Agriculture 
$ 853,712 
 
 
Airlines — 3.8% 
 
480,000 
 
Aerovias de Mexico SA. de CV, 7.0%, 2/5/25 (144A) 
$ 266,405 
155,000 
 
Delta Air Lines, Inc., 7.375%, 1/15/26 
181,996 
500,000 
 
Gol Finance SA., 7.0%, 1/31/25 (144A) 
456,000 
470,000 
 
Gol Finance SA., 8.0%, 6/30/26 (144A) 
465,685 
645,000 
 
Mileage Plus Holdings LLC/Mileage Plus Intellectual 
 
 
 
Property Assets, Ltd., 6.5%, 6/20/27 (144A) 
706,468 
1,915,000 
 
Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi AS, 9.25%, 4/30/26 (144A) 
1,943,725 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments 4/30/21
(continued)
Principal 
 
 
 
Amount 
 
 
 
USD ($) 
 
 
Value 
 
 
 
Airlines — (continued) 
 
EUR 
1,000,000 
 
Transportes Aereos Portugueses SA., 5.625%, 
 
 
 
 
12/2/24 (144A) 
$ 995,327 
 
 
 
Total Airlines 
$ 5,015,606 
 
 
 
Auto Manufacturers — 0.9% 
 
 
1,095,000 
 
JB Poindexter & Co., Inc., 7.125%, 4/15/26 (144A) 
$ 1,156,594 
 
 
 
Total Auto Manufacturers 
$ 1,156,594 
 
 
 
Auto Parts & Equipment — 1.2% 
 
 
840,000 
 
Dealer Tire LLC/DT Issuer LLC, 8.0%, 2/1/28 (144A) 
$ 887,250 
 
555,000 
 
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 9.5%, 5/31/25 
625,763 
 
 
 
Total Auto Parts & Equipment 
$ 1,513,013 
 
 
 
Banks — 7.1% 
 
 
200,000 
 
Access Bank Plc, 10.5%, 10/19/21 (144A) 
$ 205,160 
 
300,000(b) 
 
Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires SAU, 8.25% (5 Year 
 
 
 
 
CMT Index + 716 bps), 7/19/26 (144A) 
270,750 
 
1,135,000(b) 
 
Banco GNB Sudameris SA., 7.5% (5 Year CMT Index + 
 
 
 
 
666 bps), 4/16/31 (144A) 
1,170,753 
 
685,000(b)(c) 
 
Banco Mercantil del Norte SA., 8.375% (5 Year CMT 
 
 
 
 
Index + 776 bps) (144A) 
814,044 
 
650,000(b)(c) 
 
Barclays Plc, 7.75% (5 Year USD Swap Rate + 484 bps) 
715,000 
 
1,453,000(b)(c) 
 
BNP Paribas SA., 6.625% (5 Year USD Swap Rate + 
 
 
 
 
415 bps) (144A) 
1,596,120 
 
397,000 
 
Freedom Mortgage Corp., 8.125%, 11/15/24 (144A) 
410,895 
 
1,165,000 
 
Freedom Mortgage Corp., 8.25%, 4/15/25 (144A) 
1,208,746 
 
350,000(b)(c) 
 
ING Groep NV, 6.5% (5 Year USD Swap Rate + 445 bps) 
390,477 
 
225,000(b)(c) 
 
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., 7.7% (5 Year USD Swap Rate + 
 
 
 
 
546 bps) (144A) 
255,937 
 
250,000(b)(c) 
 
Natwest Group Plc, 8.0% (5 Year USD Swap 
 
 
 
 
Rate + 572 bps) 
294,450 
 
400,000(b)(c) 
 
Natwest Group Plc, 8.625% (5 Year USD Swap 
 
 
 
 
Rate + 760 bps) 
407,880 
 
200,000 
 
Sberbank of Russia Via SB Capital SA., 5.25%, 
 
 
 
 
5/23/23 (144A) 
211,289 
 
460,000(b)(c) 
 
Societe Generale SA., 7.375% (5 Year USD Swap Rate + 
 
 
 
 
624 bps) (144A) 
468,216 
 
540,000 
 
Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO, 6.5%, 1/8/26 (144A) 
540,000 
 
344,000(b) 
 
Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi TAO, 8.0% (5 Year USD Swap 
 
 
 
 
Rate + 585 bps), 11/1/27 (144A) 
344,030 
 
 
 
Total Banks 
$ 9,303,747 
 
 
 
Building Materials — 1.5% 
 
 
273,000 
 
Builders FirstSource, Inc., 6.75%, 6/1/27 (144A) 
$ 293,584 
 
350,000 
 
CP Atlas Buyer, Inc., 7.0%, 12/1/28 (144A) 
362,989 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Principal 
 
 
 
Amount 
 
 
 
USD ($) 
 
 
Value 
 
 
Building Materials — (continued) 
 
199,000 
 
Koppers, Inc., 6.0%, 2/15/25 (144A) 
$ 204,472 
1,001,000 
 
Patrick Industries, Inc., 7.5%, 10/15/27 (144A) 
1,086,746 
 
 
Total Building Materials 
$ 1,947,791 
 
 
Chemicals — 1.7% 
 
21,000 
 
Blue Cube Spinco LLC, 10.0%, 10/15/25 
$ 22,094 
404,000 
 
Hexion, Inc., 7.875%, 7/15/27 (144A) 
434,888 
300,000 
 
LYB Finance Co. BV, 8.1%, 3/15/27 (144A) 
399,738 
280,000 
 
Olin Corp., 9.5%, 6/1/25 (144A) 
351,050 
336,000 
 
Rain CII Carbon LLC/CII Carbon Corp., 7.25%, 
 
 
 
4/1/25 (144A) 
346,507 
600,000 
 
Tronox, Inc., 6.5%, 5/1/25 (144A) 
640,872 
 
 
Total Chemicals 
$ 2,195,149 
 
 
Coal — 0.4% 
 
497,000 
 
SunCoke Energy Partners LP/SunCoke Energy Partners 
 
 
 
Finance Corp., 7.5%, 6/15/25 (144A) 
$ 517,635 
 
 
Total Coal 
$ 517,635 
 
 
Commercial Services — 5.2% 
 
245,000 
 
Allied Universal Holdco LLC/Allied Universal Finance 
 
 
 
Corp., 6.625%, 7/15/26 (144A) 
$ 259,087 
585,000 
 
Allied Universal Holdco LLC/Allied Universal Finance 
 
 
 
Corp., 9.75%, 7/15/27 (144A) 
642,037 
450,000 
 
APX Group, Inc., 6.75%, 2/15/27 (144A) 
483,899 
1,384,000 
 
Atento Luxco 1 SA., 8.0%, 2/10/26 (144A) 
1,502,394 
1,501,000 
 
Garda World Security Corp., 9.5%, 11/1/27 (144A) 
1,654,852 
935,000 
 
Prime Security Services Borrower LLC/Prime Finance, 
 
 
 
Inc., 6.25%, 1/15/28 (144A) 
977,075 
MXN 4,095,000 
 
Red de Carreteras de Occidente SAB de CV, 9.0%, 
 
 
 
6/10/28 (144A) 
213,418 
558,000 
 
Sotheby’s, 7.375%, 10/15/27 (144A) 
601,412 
411,000 
 
Verscend Escrow Corp., 9.75%, 8/15/26 (144A) 
437,719 
 
 
Total Commercial Services 
$ 6,771,893 
 
 
Computers — 0.9% 
 
130,000 
 
Dell International LLC/EMC Corp., 7.125%, 
 
 
 
6/15/24 (144A) 
$ 133,497 
865,000 
 
Diebold Nixdorf, Inc., 8.5%, 4/15/24 
883,381 
80,000 
 
Diebold Nixdorf, Inc., 9.375%, 7/15/25 (144A) 
89,100 
75,000 
 
NCR Corp., 8.125%, 4/15/25 (144A) 
81,750 
 
 
Total Computers 
$ 1,187,728 
 
 
Diversified Financial Services — 9.7% 
 
1,110,000 
 
Alliance Data Systems Corp., 7.0%, 1/15/26 (144A) 
$ 1,193,250 
1,000,000 
 
ASG Finance Designated Activity Co., 7.875%, 
 
 
 
12/3/24 (144A) 
959,687 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 
 
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(continued)
Principal 
 
 
 
Amount 
 
 
 
USD ($) 
 
 
Value 
     
Diversified Financial Services — (continued)
 
 
370,000(h) 
 
Avation Capital SA., 8.25% (9.00% PIK 8.25% cash), 
 
 
 
 
10/31/26 (144A) 
$ 299,700 
 
600,000 
 
Credito Real SAB de CV SOFOM ER, 7.25%, 
 
 
 
 
7/20/23 (144A) 
600,000 
 
1,480,000 
 
Credito Real SAB de CV SOFOM ER, 8.0%, 
 
 
 
 
1/21/28 (144A) 
1,437,450 
 
530,000 
 
Financiera Independencia SAB de CV SOFOM ENR, 
 
 
 
 
8.0%, 7/19/24 (144A) 
464,545 
EUR 
235,000 
 
Garfunkelux Holdco 3 SA., 6.75%, 11/1/25 (144A) 
293,136 
GBP 
400,000 
 
Garfunkelux Holdco 3 SA., 7.75%, 11/1/25 (144A) 
573,125 
 
1,073,814(h) 
 
Global Aircraft Leasing Co., Ltd., 6.5% (7.25% PIK 6.50% 
 
 
 
 
cash), 9/15/24 (144A) 
1,073,814 
GBP 
615,000 
 
Jerrold Finco Plc, 5.25%, 1/15/27 (144A) 
871,641 
 
500,000 
 
Mongolian Mortgage Corp. Hfc LLC, 9.75%, 
 
 
 
 
1/29/22 (144A) 
504,000 
 
455,000 
 
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc., 6.0%, 
 
 
 
 
1/15/27 (144A) 
475,475 
 
75,000 
 
OneMain Finance Corp., 6.625%, 1/15/28 
85,312 
 
215,000 
 
OneMain Finance Corp., 8.875%, 6/1/25 
237,844 
 
615,000 
 
Oxford Finance LLC/Oxford Finance Co-Issuer II, Inc., 
 
 
 
 
6.375%, 12/15/22 (144A) 
623,598 
 
355,000 
 
PHH Mortgage Corp., 7.875%, 3/15/26 (144A) 
362,089 
 
1,174,000 
 
Unifin Financiera SAB de CV, 8.375%, 1/27/28 (144A) 
1,105,931 
 
575,000 
 
United Wholesale Mortgage LLC, 5.5%, 4/15/29 (144A) 
565,099 
 
910,000 
 
VistaJet Malta Finance Plc/XO Management Holding, 
 
 
 
 
Inc., 10.5%, 6/1/24 (144A) 
980,525 
 
 
 
Total Diversified Financial Services 
$ 12,706,221 
 
 
 
Electric — 2.4% 
 
 
400,000 
 
Cemig Geracao e Transmissao SA., 9.25%, 
 
 
 
 
12/5/24 (144A) 
$ 461,400 
 
460,000(b) 
 
Enel S.p.A., 8.75% (5 Year USD Swap Rate + 
 
 
 
 
588 bps), 9/24/73 (144A) 
537,050 
 
420,000 
 
NRG Energy, Inc., 6.625%, 1/15/27 
437,724 
 
320,000 
 
NRG Energy, Inc., 7.25%, 5/15/26 
331,600 
 
154,058 
 
NSG Holdings LLC/NSG Holdings, Inc., 7.75%, 
 
 
 
 
12/15/25 (144A) 
164,072 
 
710,000 
 
Talen Energy Supply LLC, 7.625%, 6/1/28 (144A) 
735,951 
 
550,000 
 
Talen Energy Supply LLC, 10.5%, 1/15/26 (144A) 
505,505 
 
7,000 
 
Vistra Operations Co. LLC, 5.625%, 2/15/27 (144A) 
7,288 
 
 
 
Total Electric 
$ 3,180,590 
     
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.5%
 
 
350,000 
 
WESCO Distribution, Inc., 7.125%, 6/15/25 (144A) 
$ 378,000 
 
245,000 
 
WESCO Distribution, Inc., 7.25%, 6/15/28 (144A) 
271,950 
 
 
 
Total Electrical Components & Equipment 
$ 649,950 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 
 
 
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Principal 
 
 
 
Amount 
 
 
 
USD ($) 
 
 
Value 
 
 
 
Engineering & Construction — 1.6% 
 
 
200,000 
 
Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI SA., 6.75%, 
 
 
 
 
3/30/29 (144A) 
$ 211,293 
 
227,000 
 
Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc., 
 
 
 
 
6.0%, 2/1/26 (144A) 
238,887 
 
1,425,000 
 
PowerTeam Services LLC, 9.033%, 12/4/25 (144A) 
1,579,969 
 
332,094(i) 
 
Stoneway Capital Corp., 10.0%, 3/1/27 (144A) 
97,967 
 
 
 
Total Engineering & Construction 
$ 2,128,116 
 
 
 
Entertainment — 4.1% 
 
 
510,000 
 
Caesars Entertainment, Inc., 8.125%, 7/1/27 (144A) 
$ 566,702 
 
200,000 
 
Cirsa Finance International S.a.r.l., 7.875%, 
 
 
 
 
12/20/23 (144A) 
203,500 
 
205,000 
 
International Game Technology Plc, 4.125%, 
 
 
 
 
4/15/26 (144A) 
211,234 
 
305,000 
 
International Game Technology Plc, 6.25%, 
 
 
 
 
1/15/27 (144A) 
342,649 
 
600,000 
 
Lions Gate Capital Holdings LLC, 5.5%, 4/15/29 (144A) 
601,500 
 
900,000 
 
Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, 8.0%, 2/1/26 (144A) 
913,410 
 
295,000 
 
Scientific Games International, Inc., 7.0%, 5/15/28 (144A) 
317,125 
 
295,000 
 
Scientific Games International, Inc., 7.25%, 
 
 
 
 
11/15/29 (144A) 
324,477 
 
1,574,000 
 
Scientific Games International, Inc., 8.25%, 
 
 
 
 
3/15/26 (144A) 
1,695,985 
 
110,000 
 
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc., 9.5%, 
 
 
 
 
8/1/25 (144A) 
119,440 
 
 
 
Total Entertainment 
$ 5,296,022 
 
 
 
Environmental Control — 1.2% 
 
 
506,000 
 
Covanta Holding Corp., 6.0%, 1/1/27 
$ 528,770 
 
330,000 
 
GFL Environmental, Inc., 8.5%, 5/1/27 (144A) 
361,350 
 
615,000 
 
Tervita Corp., 11.0%, 12/1/25 (144A) 
696,487 
 
 
 
Total Environmental Control 
$ 1,586,607 
 
 
 
Food — 1.0% 
 
 
555,000 
 
Aragvi Finance International DAC, 8.45%, 
 
 
 
 
4/29/26 (144A) 
$ 570,645 
GBP 
380,000 
 
Boparan Finance Plc, 7.625%, 11/30/25 (144A) 
517,369 
 
225,000 
 
United Natural Foods, Inc., 6.75%, 10/15/28 (144A) 
242,438 
 
 
 
Total Food 
$ 1,330,452 
 
 
 
Forest Products & Paper — 0.6% 
 
 
390,000 
 
Eldorado International Finance GmbH, 8.625%, 
 
 
 
 
6/16/21 (144A) 
$ 386,295 
 
379,000 
 
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc., 6.875%, 
 
 
 
 
10/1/26 (144A) 
400,792 
 
 
 
Total Forest Products & Paper 
$ 787,087 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Principal 
 
 
 
Amount 
 
 
 
USD ($) 
 
 
Value 
 
 
 
Healthcare-Products — 0.3% 
 
 
295,000 
 
Varex Imaging Corp., 7.875%, 10/15/27 (144A) 
$ 329,250 
 
 
 
Total Healthcare-Products 
$ 329,250 
 
 
 
Healthcare-Services — 3.9% 
 
 
670,000 
 
Auna SAA, 6.5%, 11/20/25 (144A) 
$ 675,032 
 
280,000 
 
Legacy LifePoint Health LLC, 6.75%, 4/15/25 (144A) 
297,500 
 
555,000 
 
LifePoint Health, Inc., 5.375%, 1/15/29 (144A) 
555,111 
 
550,000 
 
Prime Healthcare Services, Inc., 7.25%, 11/1/25 (144A) 
591,624 
 
357,000 
 
RegionalCare Hospital Partners Holdings, Inc./LifePoint 
 
 
 
 
Health, Inc., 9.75%, 12/1/26 (144A) 
385,560 
 
1,066,000 
 
Surgery Center Holdings, Inc., 10.0%, 4/15/27 (144A) 
1,168,929 
 
200,000 
 
US Acute Care Solutions LLC, 6.375%, 3/1/26 (144A) 
208,800 
 
1,165,000 
 
US Renal Care, Inc., 10.625%, 7/15/27 (144A) 
1,231,987 
 
 
 
Total Healthcare-Services 
$ 5,114,543 
 
 
 
Home Builders — 1.8% 
 
 
885,000 
 
Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 7.25%, 10/15/29 
$ 982,350 
 
350,000 
 
Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc./Brookfield 
 
 
 
 
Residential US Corp., 6.375%, 5/15/25 (144A) 
357,875 
 
390,000 
 
Empire Communities Corp., 7.0%, 12/15/25 (144A) 
417,300 
 
211,000 
 
KB Home, 6.875%, 6/15/27 
248,980 
 
340,000 
 
KB Home, 7.625%, 5/15/23 
369,750 
 
 
 
Total Home Builders 
$ 2,376,255 
 
 
 
Home Furnishings — 0.9% 
 
EUR 
930,000 
 
International Design Group S.p.A., 6.5%, 
 
 
 
 
11/15/25 (144A) 
$ 1,166,138 
 
 
 
Total Home Furnishings 
$ 1,166,138 
 
 
 
Housewares — 0.1% 
 
 
120,000 
 
CD&R Smokey Buyer, Inc., 6.75%, 7/15/25 (144A) 
$ 128,100 
 
 
 
Total Housewares 
$ 128,100 
 
 
 
Insurance — 5.4% 
 
 
4,600,000 
 
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., 7.697%, 10/15/97 (144A) 
$ 7,014,875 
 
 
 
Total Insurance 
$ 7,014,875 
 
 
 
Internet — 1.5% 
 
EUR 
1,580,000 
 
eDreams ODIGEO SA., 5.5%, 9/1/23 (144A) 
$ 1,847,858 
 
95,000 
 
Expedia Group, Inc., 6.25%, 5/1/25 (144A) 
110,475 
 
 
 
Total Internet 
$ 1,958,333 
 
 
 
Iron/Steel — 2.7% 
 
 
870,000 
 
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., 6.75%, 3/15/26 (144A) 
$ 943,950 
 
71,000 
 
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., 9.875%, 10/17/25 (144A) 
83,336 
 
200,000 
 
Metinvest BV, 7.75%, 4/23/23 (144A) 
210,024 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Principal 
 
 
 
Amount 
 
 
 
USD ($) 
 
 
Value 
 
 
 
Iron/Steel — (continued) 
 
1,345,000 
 
Metinvest BV, 7.75%, 10/17/29 (144A) 
$ 1,432,022 
 
870,000 
 
TMS International Corp., 6.25%, 4/15/29 (144A) 
904,800 
 
 
 
Total Iron/Steel 
$ 3,574,132 
 
 
 
Leisure Time — 2.4% 
 
 
100,000 
 
Carnival Corp., 7.625%, 3/1/26 (144A) 
$ 109,500 
EUR 
130,000 
 
Carnival Corp., 7.625%, 3/1/26 (144A) 
173,065 
 
135,000 
 
Carnival Corp., 10.5%, 2/1/26 (144A) 
159,118 
 
615,000 
 
NCL Corp., Ltd., 5.875%, 3/15/26 (144A) 
642,675 
 
170,000 
 
NCL Finance, Ltd., 6.125%, 3/15/28 (144A) 
179,064 
EUR 
195,000 
 
Pinnacle Bidco Plc, 5.5%, 2/15/25 (144A) 
237,794 
 
350,000 
 
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., 5.5%, 4/1/28 (144A) 
367,045 
 
125,000 
 
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., 9.125%, 6/15/23 (144A) 
137,995 
 
298,000 
 
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., 11.5%, 6/1/25 (144A) 
345,215 
 
245,000 
 
Viking Cruises, Ltd., 6.25%, 5/15/25 (144A) 
243,775 
 
530,000 
 
Viking Ocean Cruises Ship VII, Ltd., 5.625%, 
 
 
 
 
2/15/29 (144A) 
538,613 
 
 
 
Total Leisure Time 
$ 3,133,859 
 
 
 
Lodging — 0.6% 
 
 
410,000 
 
Boyd Gaming Corp., 8.625%, 6/1/25 (144A) 
$ 453,952 
 
180,000 
 
Hyatt Hotels Corp., 5.75%, 4/23/30 
212,864 
 
150,000 
 
Marriott International, Inc., 5.75%, 5/1/25 
172,611 
 
 
 
Total Lodging 
$ 839,427 
 
 
 
Machinery-Diversified — 1.0% 
 
 
500,000 
 
Maxim Crane Works Holdings Capital LLC, 10.125%, 
 
 
 
 
8/1/24 (144A) 
$ 520,963 
EUR 
625,000 
 
Sofima Holding S.p.A., 3.75%, 1/15/28 (144A) 
754,479 
 
 
 
Total Machinery-Diversified 
$ 1,275,442 
 
 
 
Media — 1.4% 
 
 
133,000 
 
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., 9.25%, 2/15/24 
$ 138,819 
 
390,000 
 
CSC Holdings LLC, 5.0%, 11/15/31 (144A) 
390,731 
 
784,000 
 
Diamond Sports Group LLC/Diamond Sports Finance 
 
 
 
 
Co., 6.625%, 8/15/27 (144A) 
425,320 
 
225,000 
 
Entercom Media Corp., 6.75%, 3/31/29 (144A) 
231,750 
GBP 
420,000 
 
Virgin Media Vendor Financing Notes III DAC, 4.875%, 
 
 
 
 
7/15/28 (144A) 
594,948 
 
 
 
Total Media 
$ 1,781,568 
 
 
 
Mining — 2.9% 
 
 
445,000 
 
Arconic Corp., 6.125%, 2/15/28 (144A) 
$ 472,813 
 
500,000 
 
First Quantum Minerals, Ltd., 6.875%, 3/1/26 (144A) 
525,000 
 
400,000 
 
First Quantum Minerals, Ltd., 6.875%, 10/15/27 (144A) 
439,380 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Principal 
 
 
 
Amount 
 
 
 
USD ($) 
 
 
Value 
 
 
Mining — (continued) 
 
425,000 
 
First Quantum Minerals, Ltd., 7.25%, 4/1/23 (144A) 
$ 432,969 
405,000 
 
Hudbay Minerals, Inc., 6.125%, 4/1/29 (144A) 
430,642 
483,000 
 
Joseph T Ryerson & Son, Inc., 8.5%, 8/1/28 (144A) 
533,691 
615,000 
 
Novelis Corp., 5.875%, 9/30/26 (144A) 
641,562 
375,000 
 
Vedanta Resources, Ltd., 6.375%, 7/30/22 (144A) 
367,687 
 
 
Total Mining 
$ 3,843,744 
 
 
Multi-National — 0.3% 
 
IDR 4,840,000,000 
 
Inter-American Development Bank, 7.875%, 3/14/23 
$ 351,140 
 
 
Total Multi-National 
$ 351,140 
 
 
Oil & Gas — 9.6% 
 
1,160,000 
 
Aethon United BR LP/Aethon United Finance Corp., 
 
 
 
8.25%, 2/15/26 (144A) 
$ 1,233,161 
1,450,000 
 
Baytex Energy Corp., 8.75%, 4/1/27 (144A) 
1,341,250 
660,000 
 
Cenovus Energy, Inc., 6.75%, 11/15/39 
835,188 
995,000 
 
Colgate Energy Partners III LLC, 7.75%, 2/15/26 (144A) 
992,513 
155,000 
 
Endeavor Energy Resources LP/EER Finance, Inc., 
 
 
 
6.625%, 7/15/25 (144A) 
165,075 
315,000 
 
MEG Energy Corp., 5.875%, 2/1/29 (144A) 
322,875 
350,000 
 
MEG Energy Corp., 6.5%, 1/15/25 (144A) 
361,594 
825,000 
 
MEG Energy Corp., 7.125%, 2/1/27 (144A) 
880,918 
605,000 
 
Murphy Oil Corp., 6.375%, 7/15/28 
614,075 
603,000 
 
Neptune Energy Bondco Plc, 6.625%, 5/15/25 (144A) 
611,442 
955,000 
 
Occidental Petroleum Corp., 4.4%, 4/15/46 
840,400 
626,000 
 
PBF Holding Co. LLC/PBF Finance Corp., 6.0%, 2/15/28 
472,370 
550,000 
 
PBF Holding Co. LLC/PBF Finance Corp., 9.25%, 
 
 
 
5/15/25 (144A) 
576,125 
610,000 
 
Petroleos Mexicanos, 6.875%, 10/16/25 (144A) 
666,852 
735,000 
 
Shelf Drilling Holdings, Ltd., 8.25%, 2/15/25 (144A) 
558,600 
480,000 
 
Shelf Drilling Holdings, Ltd., 8.875%, 11/15/24 (144A) 
493,200 
950,000 
 
Vine Energy Holdings LLC, 6.75%, 4/15/29 (144A) 
951,188 
995,000 
 
YPF SA., 6.95%, 7/21/27 (144A) 
611,925 
ARS 7,750,000 
 
YPF SA., 16.5%, 5/9/22 (144A) 
67,928 
 
 
Total Oil & Gas 
$ 12,596,679 
 
 
Oil & Gas Services — 0.7% 
 
521,000 
 
Archrock Partners LP/Archrock Partners Finance Corp., 
 
 
 
6.875%, 4/1/27 (144A) 
$ 554,214 
370,000 
 
TechnipFMC Plc, 6.5%, 2/1/26 (144A) 
394,943 
 
 
Total Oil & Gas Services 
$ 949,157 
 
 
Packaging & Containers — 0.6% 
 
730,000 
 
Greif, Inc., 6.5%, 3/1/27 (144A) 
$ 771,928 
 
 
Total Packaging & Containers 
$ 771,928 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Principal 
 
 
 
Amount 
 
 
 
USD ($) 
 
 
Value 
 
 
 
Pharmaceuticals — 2.4% 
 
 
366,000 
 
Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 7.0%, 3/15/24 (144A) 
$ 375,150 
 
547,000 
 
Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 7.0%, 1/15/28 (144A) 
595,546 
 
369,000 
 
Endo Dac/Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finco, Inc., 6.0%, 
 
 
 
 
6/30/28 (144A) 
280,440 
 
484,000 
 
Endo Dac/Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finco, Inc., 9.5%, 
 
 
 
 
7/31/27 (144A) 
513,040 
 
465,000 
 
P&L Development LLC/PLD Finance Corp., 7.75%, 
 
 
 
 
11/15/25 (144A) 
494,063 
 
381,000 
 
Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., 7.5%, 4/1/27 (144A) 
401,002 
 
493,000 
 
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, 2.8%, 
 
 
 
 
7/21/23 
488,134 
 
 
 
Total Pharmaceuticals 
$ 3,147,375 
 
 
 
Pipelines — 5.7% 
 
 
230,000 
 
DCP Midstream Operating LP, 5.6%, 4/1/44 
$ 235,912 
 
555,000 
 
Delek Logistics Partners LP/Delek Logistics Finance 
 
 
 
 
Corp., 6.75%, 5/15/25 
564,713 
 
450,000(d) 
 
Energy Transfer LP, 3.193% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 
 
 
 
 
302 bps), 11/1/66 
332,968 
 
915,000(b)(c) 
 
Energy Transfer LP, 7.125% (5 Year CMT Index + 531 bps) 
933,300 
 
420,000 
 
EnLink Midstream Partners LP, 4.15%, 6/1/25 
423,625 
 
118,000 
 
EnLink Midstream Partners LP, 5.05%, 4/1/45 
97,055 
 
145,000 
 
EnLink Midstream Partners LP, 5.45%, 6/1/47 
122,162 
 
344,000 
 
EnLink Midstream Partners LP, 5.6%, 4/1/44 
296,700 
 
365,000 
 
Genesis Energy LP/Genesis Energy Finance Corp., 
 
 
 
 
8.0%, 1/15/27 
376,030 
 
197,000 
 
Global Partners LP/GLP Finance Corp., 7.0%, 8/1/27 
210,603 
 
845,000 
 
Harvest Midstream I LP, 7.5%, 9/1/28 (144A) 
910,488 
 
555,000 
 
NuStar Logistics LP, 6.375%, 10/1/30 
611,194 
 
935,000 
 
PBF Logistics LP/PBF Logistics Finance Corp., 
 
 
 
 
6.875%, 5/15/23 
933,831 
 
1,175,000 
 
Williams Cos., Inc., 5.75%, 6/24/44 
1,453,803 
 
 
 
Total Pipelines 
$ 7,502,384 
 
 
 
Real Estate — 0.2% 
 
EUR 
220,000 
 
Neinor Homes SA., 4.5%, 10/15/26 (144A) 
$ 269,328 
 
 
 
Total Real Estate 
$ 269,328 
 
 
 
REITs — 1.4% 
 
 
386,000 
 
Uniti Group LP/Uniti Fiber Holdings, Inc./CSL Capital 
 
 
 
 
LLC, 7.875%, 2/15/25 (144A) 
$ 415,915 
 
1,404,000 
 
Uniti Group LP/Uniti Group Finance, Inc./CSL Capital 
 
 
 
 
LLC, 6.0%, 4/15/23 (144A) 
1,425,060 
 
10,000 
 
Uniti Group LP/Uniti Group Finance, Inc./CSL Capital 
 
 
 
 
LLC, 6.5%, 2/15/29 (144A) 
9,940 
 
 
 
Total REITs 
$ 1,850,915 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 
 
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Principal 
 
 
 
Amount 
 
 
 
USD ($) 
 
 
Value 
 
 
Retail — 1.7% 
 
575,000 
 
AAG FH LP/AAG FH Finco, Inc., 9.75%, 7/15/24 (144A) 
$ 560,644 
495,000 
 
Golden Nugget, Inc., 6.75%, 10/15/24 (144A) 
501,187 
250,000 
 
L Brands, Inc., 6.625%, 10/1/30 (144A) 
288,115 
418,000 
 
Party City Holdings, Inc., 8.75%, 2/15/26 (144A) 
428,421 
389,000 
 
Staples, Inc., 7.5%, 4/15/26 (144A) 
402,615 
 
 
Total Retail 
$ 2,180,982 
 
 
Telecommunications — 5.9% 
 
695,000 
 
Altice France Holding SA., 6.0%, 2/15/28 (144A) 
$ 690,305 
607,000 
 
Altice France Holding SA., 10.5%, 5/15/27 (144A) 
683,761 
200,000 
 
Altice France SA., 8.125%, 2/1/27 (144A) 
219,000 
300,000 
 
Cincinnati Bell, Inc., 7.0%, 7/15/24 (144A) 
309,750 
325,000 
 
Cincinnati Bell, Inc., 8.0%, 10/15/25 (144A) 
344,500 
96,866 
 
Digicel International Finance, Ltd./Digicel international 
 
 
 
Holdings, Ltd., 8.75%, 5/25/24 (144A) 
101,225 
51,352(h) 
 
Digicel International Finance, Ltd./Digicel international 
 
   
Holdings, Ltd., 13.0% (7.0% PIK 6.0% cash),
 
 
 
12/31/25 (144A) 
51,994 
750,000 
 
Digicel, Ltd., 6.75%, 3/1/23 
706,875 
1,345,000 
 
Kenbourne Invest SA., 6.875%, 11/26/24 (144A) 
1,430,138 
340,000 
 
Sprint Corp., 7.125%, 6/15/24 
392,656 
850,000 
 
Sprint Corp., 7.625%, 3/1/26 
1,042,312 
770,000 
 
Total Play Telecomunicaciones SA., de CV, 7.5%, 
 
 
 
11/12/25 (144A) 
770,000 
875,000 
 
Windstream Escrow LLC/Windstream Escrow Finance 
 
 
 
Corp., 7.75%, 8/15/28 (144A) 
912,188 
 
 
Total Telecommunications 
$ 7,654,704 
 
 
Transportation — 2.4% 
 
655,000 
 
Danaos Corp., 8.5%, 3/1/28 (144A) 
$ 699,216 
700,000 
 
Seaspan Corp., 6.5%, 4/29/26 (144A) 
705,250 
575,000 
 
Watco Cos., LLC/Watco Finance Corp., 6.5%, 
 
 
 
6/15/27 (144A) 
612,375 
965,000 
 
Western Global Airlines LLC, 10.375%, 8/15/25 (144A) 
1,094,069 
 
 
Total Transportation 
$ 3,110,910 
 
 
Trucking & Leasing — 0.3% 
 
325,000 
 
Fortress Transportation & Infrastructure Investors LLC, 
 
 
 
9.75%, 8/1/27 (144A) 
$ 375,375 
 
 
Total Trucking & Leasing 
$ 375,375 
 
 
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS 
 
 
 
(Cost $124,488,805) 
$134,446,932 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Principal 
 
 
 
Amount 
 
 
 
USD ($) 
 
 
Value 
 
 
 
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS — 3.2% 
 
 
 
 
of Net Assets 
 
 
 
 
Angola — 0.4% 
 
 
448,000 
 
Angolan Government International Bond, 8.25%, 
 
 
 
 
5/9/28 (144A) 
$ 459,200 
 
 
 
Total Angola 
$ 459,200 
 
 
 
Argentina — 0.0%† 
 
 
47,200 
 
Province of Salta Argentina, 9.5%, 3/16/22 (144A) 
$ 42,008 
 
 
 
Total Argentina 
$ 42,008 
 
 
 
Bahrain — 0.6% 
 
 
490,000 
 
Bahrain Government International Bond, 5.625%, 
 
 
 
 
9/30/31 (144A) 
$ 493,106 
 
300,000 
 
Bahrain Government International Bond, 7.0%, 
 
 
 
 
10/12/28 (144A) 
336,534 
 
 
 
Total Bahrain 
$ 829,640 
 
 
 
Ghana — 0.6% 
 
 
320,000 
 
Ghana Government International Bond, 7.875%, 
 
 
 
 
2/11/35 (144A) 
$ 314,739 
 
500,000 
 
Ghana Government International Bond, 
 
 
 
 
8.627%, 6/16/49 
485,000 
 
 
 
Total Ghana 
$ 799,739 
 
 
 
Mexico — 0.8% 
 
MXN 
970,000 
 
Mexican Bonos, 7.75%, 11/13/42 
$ 47,657 
MXN 
18,385,500 
 
Mexican Bonos, 8.0%, 12/7/23 
968,696 
 
 
 
Total Mexico 
$ 1,016,353 
 
 
 
Oman — 0.2% 
 
 
235,000 
 
Oman Government International Bond, 6.75%, 
 
 
 
 
10/28/27 (144A) 
$ 263,515 
 
 
 
Total Oman 
$ 263,515 
 
 
 
Ukraine — 0.6% 
 
 
750,000 
 
Ukraine Government International Bond, 8.994%, 
 
 
 
 
2/1/24 (144A) 
$ 824,025 
 
 
 
Total Ukraine 
$ 824,025 
 
 
 
TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS 
 
 
 
 
(Cost $4,155,275) 
$ 4,234,480 
     
INSURANCE-LINKED SECURITIES —
 
 
 
 
15.0% of Net Assets# 
 
 
 
 
Event Linked Bonds — 4.5% 
 
 
 
 
Earthquakes – U.S. — 0.2% 
 
 
250,000(d) 
 
Torrey Pines Re Pte., 1.75% (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill + 
 
 
 
 
525 bps), 6/7/24 (144A) 
$ 249,625 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Principal 
 
 
 
Amount 
 
 
 
USD ($) 
 
 
Value 
 
 
 
Multiperil – Europe — 0.4% 
 
EUR 
500,000(d) 
 
Lion II Re, 3.57% (3 Month EURIBOR + 357 bps), 
 
 
 
 
7/15/21 (144A) 
$ 603,134 
 
 
 
Multiperil – U.S. — 0.9% 
 
 
375,000+(d) 
 
Caelus Re V, 0.508% (1 Month U.S. Treasury Bill + 
 
 
 
 
50 bps), 6/5/24 (144A) 
$ 33 
 
400,000+(d) 
 
Caelus Re V, 0.508% (1 Month U.S. Treasury Bill + 
 
 
 
 
50 bps), 6/5/24 (144A) 
40 
 
250,000(d) 
 
Caelus Re V, 7.248% (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill + 
 
 
 
 
724 bps), 6/9/25 (144A) 
25 
 
250,000(d) 
 
Four Lakes Re, 7.008% (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill + 
 
 
 
 
700 bps), 1/5/24 (144A) 
248,425 
 
250,000(d) 
 
Four Lakes Re, 9.508% (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill + 
 
 
 
 
950 bps), 1/5/24 (144A) 
246,600 
 
250,000(d) 
 
Kilimanjaro Re, 4.94% (3 Month USD LIBOR + 
 
 
 
 
494 bps), 5/6/22 (144A) 
250,750 
 
250,000(d) 
 
Residential Reinsurance 2018 Re, 11.798% (3 Month U.S. 
 
 
 
 
Treasury Bill + 1,179 bps), 12/6/22 (144A) 
247,500 
 
250,000(d) 
 
Residential Reinsurance 2019, 12.378% (3 Month U.S. 
 
 
 
 
Treasury Bill + 1,237 bps), 12/6/23 (144A) 
248,225 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,241,598 
 
 
 
Multiperil – U.S. & Canada — 1.8% 
 
 
250,000(d) 
 
Hypatia., 6.758% (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill + 
 
 
 
 
675 bps), 6/7/23 (144A) 
$ 262,500 
 
750,000(d) 
 
Hypatia., 9.758% (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill + 
 
 
 
 
975 bps), 6/7/23 (144A) 
788,175 
 
250,000(d) 
 
Kilimanjaro III Re., 11.258% (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill + 
 
 
 
 
1,125 bps), 4/21/25 (144A) 
249,875 
 
250,000(d) 
 
Kilimanjaro III Re., 11.258% (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill + 
 
 
 
 
1,125 bps), 4/20/26 (144A) 
249,875 
 
750,000(d) 
 
Mona Lisa Re, 8.008% (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill + 
 
 
 
 
800 bps), 1/9/23 (144A) 
760,050 
 
 
 
 
$ 2,310,475 
 
 
 
Pandemic – U.S. — 0.2% 
 
 
250,000(d) 
 
Vitality Re XI, 1.808% (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill + 
 
 
 
 
180 bps), 1/9/24 (144A) 
$ 243,125 
 
 
 
Windstorm – North Carolina — 0.2% 
 
 
250,000(d) 
 
Cape Lookout Re., 3.258% (1 Month U.S. Treasury Bill + 
 
 
 
 
325 bps), 3/22/24 (144A) 
$ 249,300 
 
 
 
Windstorm – Texas — 0.2% 
 
 
250,000(d) 
 
Alamo Re II, 5.758% (1 Month U.S. Treasury Bill + 
 
 
 
 
575 bps), 6/8/23 (144A) 
$ 260,850 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Principal 
 
 
 
Amount 
 
 
 
USD ($) 
 
 
Value 
 
 
Windstorm – U.S. Regional — 0.6% 
 
250,000(f) 
 
Matterhorn Re, 12/7/21 (144A) 
$ 233,175 
250,000(d) 
 
Matterhorn Re, 6.258% (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill + 
 
 
 
625 bps), 12/7/21 (144A) 
251,200 
250,000(d) 
 
Matterhorn Re, 7.508% (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill + 
 
 
 
750 bps), 12/7/21 (144A) 
249,825 
 
 
 
$ 734,200 
 
 
Total Event Linked Bonds 
$ 5,892,307 
Face 
 
 
 
Amount 
 
 
 
USD ($) 
 
 
 
 
 
Collateralized Reinsurance — 2.6% 
 
 
 
Multiperil – Massachusetts — 0.2% 
 
250,000+(a)(j) 
 
Denning Re, 7/31/24 
$ 250,849 
 
 
Multiperil – U.S. — 0.4% 
 
250,000+(a)(j) 
 
Ballybunion Re, 2/28/22 
$ 261,264 
250,000+(j) 
 
Dingle Re 2019, 2/1/22 
5,132 
250,000+(a)(j) 
 
Port Royal Re 2019, 5/31/21 
262,452 
 
 
 
$ 528,848 
 
 
Multiperil – U.S. Regional — 0.3% 
 
350,000+(a)(j) 
 
Ailsa Re 2019, 6/30/21 
$ 373,053 
 
 
Multiperil – Worldwide — 0.9% 
 
650,000+(a)(j) 
 
Cypress Re 2017, 1/31/22 
$ 65 
462,683+(a)(j) 
 
Dartmouth Re 2018, 1/31/22 
97,672 
100,000+(a)(j) 
 
Dartmouth Re 2021, 1/31/24 
80,558 
389,876+(a)(j) 
 
Gloucester Re 2018, 2/28/22 
68,618 
27,000+(a)(j) 
 
Limestone Re, 3/1/23 (144A) 
37,266 
250,000+(a)(j) 
 
Merion Re 2021-1, 12/31/24 
225,465 
250,000+(a)(j) 
 
Old Head Re 2021, 12/31/24 
210,015 
333,342+(a)(j) 
 
Oyster Bay Re 2018, 1/31/22 
302,541 
700,000+(a)(j) 
 
Resilience Re, 5/1/22 
70 
567,400+(a)(j) 
 
Seminole Re 2018, 1/31/22 
14,019 
250,000+(a)(j) 
 
Walton Health Re 2019, 6/30/21 
210,085 
 
 
 
$ 1,246,374 
 
 
Windstorm – Florida — 0.4% 
 
750,000+(a)(j) 
 
Portrush Re 2017, 6/15/21 
$ 478,575 
 
 
Windstorm – U.S. Regional — 0.4% 
 
250,000+(j) 
 
Liphook Re 2020, 6/30/24 
$ 258,542 
350,000+(a)(j) 
 
Oakmont Re 2020, 4/30/24 
282,639 
 
 
 
$ 541,181 
 
 
Total Collateralized Reinsurance 
$ 3,418,880 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 
 
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Schedule of Investments 4/30/21
(continued)
       
Face 
 
 
 
Amount 
 
 
 
USD ($) 
 
 
Value 
 
 
Reinsurance Sidecars — 7.9% 
 
 
 
Multiperil – U.S. — 0.4% 
 
1,000,000+(a)(j) 
 
Carnoustie Re 2017, 11/30/21 
$ 131,800 
250,000+(a)(j) 
 
Carnoustie Re 2020, 12/31/23 
33,900 
231,715+(a)(j) 
 
Carnoustie Re 2021, 12/31/24 
236,980 
400,000+(a)(j) 
 
Castle Stuart Re 2018, 12/1/21 
12,499 
1,000,000+(a)(k) 
 
Harambee Re 2018, 12/31/21 
3,500 
1,000,000+(k) 
 
Harambee Re 2019, 12/31/22 
8,400 
500,000+(a)(k) 
 
Harambee Re 2020, 12/31/23 
53,100 
 
 
 
$ 480,179 
 
 
Multiperil – U.S. Regional — 0.0%† 
 
250,000+(a)(j) 
 
EC0009 Re, 1/31/22 
$ 19,750 
 
 
Multiperil – Worldwide — 7.5% 
 
3,037+(k) 
 
Alturas Re 2019-2, 3/10/22 
$ 8,066 
24,550+(k) 
 
Alturas Re 2019-3, 9/12/23 
34,125 
60,078+(k) 
 
Alturas Re 2020-2, 3/10/23 
75,326 
225,450+(a)(k) 
 
Alturas Re 2020-3, 9/30/24 
226,126 
439,922+(a)(k) 
 
Alturas Re 2021-2, 12/31/24 
432,839 
500,000+(a)(j) 
 
Bantry Re 2018, 12/31/21 
5,700 
492,000+(a)(j) 
 
Bantry Re 2019, 12/31/22 
16,710 
470,033+(a)(j) 
 
Bantry Re 2020, 12/31/23 
68,719 
500,000+(a)(j) 
 
Bantry Re 2021, 12/31/24 
523,093 
1,579,039+(a)(j) 
 
Berwick Re 2018-1, 12/31/21 
151,717 
1,128,124+(a)(j) 
 
Berwick Re 2019-1, 12/31/22 
134,811 
993,323+(j) 
 
Berwick Re 2020-1, 12/31/23 
99 
1,000,000+(a)(j) 
 
Berwick Re 2021-1, 12/31/24 
1,046,700 
400,000+(k) 
 
Blue Lotus Re 2018, 12/31/21 
12,280 
37,500+(j) 
 
Eden Re II, 3/22/22 (144A) 
29,618 
7,125+(j) 
 
Eden Re II, 3/22/23 (144A) 
41,221 
70,000+(a)(j) 
 
Eden Re II, 3/22/24 (144A) 
84,938 
12,500+(j) 
 
Eden Re II, 3/22/22 (144A) 
10,188 
600,000+(a)(j) 
 
Eden Re II, Series B, 3/21/25 (144A) 
581,160 
2,400,000+(a)(j) 
 
Gleneagles Re 2016, 11/30/21 
74,880 
1,500,000+(a)(j) 
 
Gleneagles Re 2017, 11/30/21 
156,396 
250,000+(a)(j) 
 
Gleneagles Re 2018, 12/31/21 
29,575 
221,708+(j) 
 
Gleneagles Re 2019, 12/31/22 
4,955 
243,580+(a)(j) 
 
Gleneagles Re 2020, 12/31/23 
34,540 
250,000+(a)(j) 
 
Gleneagles Re 2021, 12/31/24 
257,979 
1,059,157+(a)(j) 
 
Gullane Re 2018, 12/31/21 
180,547 
900,000+(a)(j) 
 
Gullane Re 2021, 12/31/24 
929,038 
1,000+(j) 
 
Limestone Re 2018, 3/1/22 
– 
250,000+(k) 
 
Lion Rock Re 2020, 1/31/22 
9,975 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Face 
 
 
 
Amount 
 
 
 
USD ($) 
 
 
Value 
 
 
Multiperil – Worldwide — (continued) 
 
250,000+(a)(k) 
 
Lion Rock Re 2021, 12/31/24 
$ 271,225 
750,000+(a)(k) 
 
Lorenz Re 2018, 7/1/21 
8,025 
498,977+(a)(k) 
 
Lorenz Re 2019, 6/30/22 
23,452 
63,338+(a)(k) 
 
Lorenz Re 2020, 6/30/23 
62,705 
336,662+(a)(k) 
 
Lorenz Re 2020, 6/30/23 
333,295 
500,000+(a)(j) 
 
Merion Re 2018-2, 12/31/21 
82,750 
500,000+(a)(j) 
 
Merion Re 2021-2, 12/31/24 
513,434 
1,000,000+(a)(j) 
 
Pangaea Re 2018-1, 12/31/21 
21,055 
1,000,000+(a)(j) 
 
Pangaea Re 2018-3, 7/1/22 
20,743 
819,247+(a)(j) 
 
Pangaea Re 2019-1, 2/1/23 
17,071 
735,313+(a)(j) 
 
Pangaea Re 2019-3, 7/1/23 
26,450 
810,646+(j) 
 
Pangaea Re 2020-1, 2/1/24 
17,204 
790,000+(a)(j) 
 
Pangaea Re 2020-1, 12/31/24 
812,187 
620,500+(a)(j) 
 
Pangaea Re 2020-3, 7/1/24 
677,872 
250,000+(a)(j) 
 
Phoenix One Re, 1/4/27 
252,650 
200,000+(a)(j) 
 
Sector Re V, 3/1/24 (144A) 
112,665 
25,000+(a)(j) 
 
Sector Re V, 12/1/24 (144A) 
59,367 
225,000+(a)(j) 
 
Sector Re V, 12/1/25 (144A) 
220,441 
1,000,000+(a)(j) 
 
St. Andrews Re 2017-1, 2/1/22 
67,800 
515,671+(j) 
 
Sussex Re 2020-1, 12/31/22 
29,806 
250,000+(a)(j) 
 
Sussex Re 2021-1, 12/31/24 
249,000 
500,000+(a)(k) 
 
Thopas Re 2018, 12/31/21 
3,150 
313,499+(a)(k) 
 
Thopas Re 2019, 12/31/22 
13,104 
300,000+(k) 
 
Thopas Re 2020, 12/31/23 
990 
250,000+(a)(k) 
 
Thopas Re 2021, 12/31/24 
255,475 
500,000+(a)(j) 
 
Versutus Re 2018, 12/31/21 
1,650 
441,274+(j) 
 
Versutus Re 2019-A, 12/31/21 
7,766 
58,727+(j) 
 
Versutus Re 2019-B, 12/31/21 
963 
500,000+(a)(k) 
 
Viribus Re 2018, 12/31/21 
— 
212,306+(a)(k) 
 
Viribus Re 2019, 12/31/22 
8,811 
240,783+(a)(k) 
 
Viribus Re 2020, 12/31/23 
1,517 
216,242+(a)(k) 
 
Viribus Re 2021, 12/31/24 
229,584 
507,289+(a)(j) 
 
Woburn Re 2018, 12/31/21 
37,235 
499,829+(a)(j) 
 
Woburn Re 2019, 12/31/22 
147,799 
 
 
 
$ 9,748,562 
 
 
Total Reinsurance Sidecars 
$ 10,248,491 
 
 
TOTAL INSURANCE-LINKED SECURITIES 
 
 
 
(Cost $21,035,328) 
$ 19,559,678 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments 4/30/21
(continued)
         
Principal 
 
 
 
Amount 
 
 
 
USD ($) 
 
 
Value 
 
 
 
SENIOR SECURED FLOATING RATE LOAN 
 
     
INTERESTS — 8.1% of Net Assets*(d)
 
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense — 0.8% 
 
 
535,000 
 
Grupo Aeromexico, SAB de CV, DIP Tranche 1 Term 
 
 
 
 
Loan, 9.0% (LIBOR + 800 bps), 12/31/21 
$ 539,013 
 
150,538 
 
Grupo Aeromexico, SAB de CV, DIP Tranche 2 Term 
 
 
 
 
Loan, 15.5% (LIBOR + 1,450 bps), 12/31/21 
154,489 
 
323,785 
 
Jazz Acquisition, Inc., First Lien Initial Term Loan, 4.36% 
 
 
 
 
(LIBOR + 425 bps), 6/19/26 
309,450 
 
 
 
Total Aerospace & Defense 
$ 1,002,952 
 
 
 
Airlines — 0.1% 
 
 
175,000 
 
AAdvantage Loyalty IP, Ltd. (American Airlines, Inc.), 
 
 
 
 
Initial Term Loan, 5.5% (LIBOR + 
 
 
 
 
475 bps), 4/20/28 
$ 180,086 
 
 
 
Total Airlines 
$ 180,086 
 
 
 
Automobile — 0.4% 
 
 
500,000 
 
Drive Chassis Holdco LLC, Second Lien Term B Loan, 
 
 
 
 
8.438% (LIBOR + 825 bps), 4/10/26 
$ 506,250 
 
 
 
Total Automobile 
$ 506,250 
 
 
 
Buildings & Real Estate — 0.3% 
 
 
387,493 
 
WireCo WorldGroup, Inc. (WireCo WorldGroup 
 
 
 
 
Finance LP), First Lien Initial Term Loan, 6.0% (LIBOR + 
 
 
 
 
500 bps), 9/29/23 
$ 381,317 
 
 
 
Total Buildings & Real Estate 
$ 381,317 
 
 
 
Computers & Electronics — 0.7% 
 
 
275,435 
 
Natel Engineering Co., Inc., Initial Term Loan, 6.0% 
 
 
 
 
(LIBOR + 500 bps), 4/30/26 
$ 263,040 
 
242,500 
 
Signify Health LLC, Initial Term Loan, 5.5% (LIBOR + 
 
 
 
 
450 bps), 12/23/24 
243,258 
 
401,706 
 
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc., Second Amendment Term B 
 
 
 
 
Loan, 3.863% (LIBOR + 375 bps), 8/27/25 
402,585 
 
 
 
Total Computers & Electronics 
$ 908,883 
 
 
 
Diversified & Conglomerate Manufacturing — 0.1% 
 
 
97,250 
 
Pelican Products, Inc., First Lien Term Loan, 4.5% 
 
 
 
 
(LIBOR + 350 bps), 5/1/25 
$ 96,338 
 
 
 
Total Diversified & Conglomerate Manufacturing 
$ 96,338 
     
Diversified & Conglomerate Service — 1.4%
 
 
238,818 
 
CB Poly Investments LLC, First Lien Closing Date Term 
 
 
 
 
Loan, 5.5% (LIBOR + 450 bps), 8/16/23 
$ 232,002 
 
553,759 
 
DTI Holdco, Inc., Replacement B-1 Term Loan, 5.75% 
 
 
 
 
(LIBOR + 475 bps), 9/29/23 
533,108 
 
670,278 
 
First Brands Group LLC, 2021 First Lien Term Loan, 
 
 
 
 
6.0% (LIBOR + 500 bps), 3/30/27 
680,332 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Principal 
 
 
 
Amount 
 
 
 
USD ($) 
 
 
Value 
 
 
Diversified & Conglomerate Service — (continued) 
 
366,231 
 
Team Health Holdings, Inc., Initial Term Loan, 3.75% 
 
 
 
(LIBOR + 275 bps), 2/6/24 
$ 342,884 
 
 
Total Diversified & Conglomerate Service 
$ 1,788,326 
 
 
Entertainment & Leisure — 1.0% 
 
1,275,000 
 
Enterprise Development Authority, Term B Loan, 5.0% 
 
 
 
(LIBOR + 425 bps), 2/28/28 
$ 1,279,781 
 
 
Total Entertainment & Leisure 
$ 1,279,781 
   
Healthcare, Education & Childcare — 0.7%
 
105,363 
 
KUEHG Corp. (fka KC MergerSub, Inc.) (aka KinderCare), 
 
 
 
Term B-3 Loan, 4.75% (LIBOR + 375 bps), 2/21/25 
$ 104,200 
100,000(l) 
 
Surgery Center Holdings, Inc. First Lien Term 
 
 
 
Loan, 8/31/26 
99,781 
237,600 
 
Surgery Center Holdings, Inc., 2020 Incremental Term 
 
 
 
Loan, 9.0% (LIBOR + 800 bps), 9/3/24 
243,342 
492,500 
 
U.S. Renal Care, Inc., Initial Term Loan, 5.125% (LIBOR + 
 
 
 
500 bps), 6/26/26 
483,651 
 
 
Total Healthcare, Education & Childcare 
$ 930,974 
 
 
Home Furnishings — 0.3% 
 
385,000 
 
Instant Brands Holdings, Inc. Term Loan, 5.75% (LIBOR + 
 
 
 
500 bps), 4/7/28 
$ 384,038 
 
 
Total Home Furnishings 
$ 384,038 
 
 
Insurance — 0.2% 
 
339,036 
 
Confie Seguros Holding II Co., Term B Loan, 5.75% 
 
 
 
(LIBOR + 475 bps), 4/19/22 
$ 338,030 
 
 
Total Insurance 
$ 338,030 
 
 
Leisure & Entertainment — 0.1% 
 
191,703 
 
Fitness International LLC, Term B Loan, 4.25% (LIBOR + 
 
 
 
325 bps), 4/18/25 
$ 183,094 
 
 
Total Leisure & Entertainment 
$ 183,094 
 
 
Machinery — 0.4% 
 
493,749 
 
MHI Holdings LLC, Initial Term Loan, 5.113% (LIBOR + 
 
 
 
500 bps), 9/21/26 
$ 495,909 
 
 
Total Machinery 
$ 495,909 
 
 
Media — 0.0%† 
 
977 
 
CSC Holdings LLC (fka CSC Holdings, Inc. (Cablevision)), 
 
 
 
March 2017 Refinancing Term Loan, 2.365% (LIBOR + 
 
 
 
225 bps), 7/17/25 
$ 969 
615 
 
CSC Holdings LLC (fka CSC Holdings, Inc. (Cablevision)), 
 
 
 
October 2018 Incremental Term Loan, 2.365% (LIBOR + 
 
 
 
225 bps), 1/15/26 
610 
 
 
Total Media 
$ 1,579 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments 4/30/21
(continued)
Principal 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amount 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
USD ($) 
 
 
 
 
 

Value
 
 
Oil & Gas — 0.5% 
 
 
 
 
654,526 
 
Traverse Midstream Partners LLC, Advance Term Loan, 
 
 
 
6.5% (LIBOR + 550 bps), 9/27/24 
 

$ 655,651 
 
 
Total Oil & Gas 
 
 
$ 655,651 
 
 
Retail — 0.3% 
 
 
 
 
 
399,000 
 
Great Outdoors Group LLC, Term Loan B-1, 5.0% 
 
 
 
(LIBOR + 425 bps), 3/6/28 
 

$ 401,344
 
 
Total Retail 
 
 
 
$ 401,344 
 
 
Securities & Trusts — 0.6% 
 
 
 
641,500 
 
Spectacle Gary Holdings LLC, Closing Date Term Loan, 
 
 
 
11.0% (LIBOR + 900 bps), 12/23/25 
 
$ 700,304 
46,500 
 
Spectacle Gary Holdings LLC, Delayed Draw Term Loan, 
 
 
 
11.0% (LIBOR + 900 bps), 12/23/25 
 
 
50,763 
 
 
Total Securities & Trusts 
 
 

$ 751,067 
 
 
Transportation — 0.2% 
 
 
 
 
317,688 
 
Envision Healthcare Corp., Initial Term Loan, 3.863% 
 
 
 
(LIBOR + 375 bps), 10/10/25 
 

$ 269,637 
 
 
Total Transportation 
 
 
$ 269,637 
 
 
TOTAL SENIOR SECURED FLOATING RATE LOAN INTERESTS 
 
 
 
(Cost $10,236,893) 
 
 
$ 10,555,256 
Number of 
 
 
Counter- 
 
Strike 
Expiration
Contracts 
 
Description 
party
Amount 
Price
Date 
 
 
OVER THE COUNTER (OTC) CALL OPTIONS 
 
 
 
PURCHASED — 0.0% 
 
 
 
 
18,332^(m) 
 
Desarrolladora 
Bank of New 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Homex SAB 
York Mellon 
 
 
 
 
 
 
de CV 
Corp. 
MXN — 
MXN —(n) 
10/23/22 
$ — 
18,332^(o) 
 
Desarrolladora 
Bank of New 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Homex SAB 
York Mellon 
 
 
 
 
 
 
de CV 
Corp. 
MXN — 
MXN —(n) 
10/23/22 
— 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ — 
 
 
TOTAL OVER THE COUNTER (OTC) CALL OPTIONS 
 
 
 
PURCHASED 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Premiums paid $0) 
 
 
$ — 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Number of 
 
 
Counter- 
 
Strike 
Expiration
 
 
Contracts 
 
Description 
party
Amount 
Price
Date 

Value
 
 
OVER THE COUNTER (OTC) CURRENCY PUT 
 
 
 
 
OPTIONS PURCHASED — 0.0%† 
 
 
 
358,000 
 
Put EUR 
Bank of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Call USD 
America NA EUR 5,925 
EUR 1.11 
6/4/21 

$ —
1,100,000 
 
Put EUR 
JPMorgan 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Call USD 
Chase 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bank NA 
EUR 7,139 
EUR 1.15 
5/17/21 
 
800,000 
 
Put EUR 
JPMorgan 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Call USD 
Chase 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bank NA 
EUR 11,348 
EUR 1.17 
2/4/22 
 
7,148 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ 7,149 
 
 
TOTAL OVER THE COUNTER (OTC) CURRENCY PUT 
 
 
 
 
OPTIONS PURCHASED 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Premiums paid $24,412) 
 
 
$ 7,149 
 
 
TOTAL OPTIONS PURCHASED 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Premiums paid $24,412) 
 
 
$ 7,149 
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN UNAFFILIATED ISSUERS — 145.6% 
 
 
 
 
(Cost $181,546,226) 
 
 
 
$190,189,205 
 
 
OVER THE COUNTER (OTC) CURRENCY CALL 
 
 
 
 
OPTIONS WRITTEN — (0.0)%† 
 
 
 
 
(358,000) 
 
Call EUR 
Bank of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Put USD 
America NA
EUR 5,925
EUR 1.17 
6/4/21 
$ (11,367) 
(1,100,000) 
 
Call EUR 
JPMorgan 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Put USD 
Chase 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bank NA 
EUR 7,139 
EUR 1.24 
5/17/21 
 
(48) 
(800,000) 
 
Call EUR 
JPMorgan 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Put USD 
Chase 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bank NA 
EUR 11,348 
EUR 1.25 
2/4/22 
 
(8,280) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$ (19,695) 
 
 
TOTAL OVER THE COUNTER (OTC) CURRENCY CALL 
 
 
 
 
OPTIONS WRITTEN 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Premiums received $(24,412)) 
 
 
$ (19,695) 
 
 
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (45.6)% 
 
$ (59,575,237) 
 
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0% 
 
 
 
$130,594,273 
 
bps
Basis Points.
CMT
Constant Maturity Treasury Index.
EURIBOR
Euro Interbank Offered Rate.
FREMF
Freddie Mac Multifamily Fixed-Rate Mortgage Loans.
LIBOR
London Interbank Offered Rate.
REIT
Real Estate Investment Trust.
(144A)
Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be resold normally to qualified institutional buyers in a transaction exempt from registration. At April 30, 2021, the value of these securities amounted to $140,204,866, or 107.4% of net assets.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments 4/30/21
(continued)
†   
Amount rounds to less than 0.1%.
*    
Senior secured floating rate loan interests in which the Fund invests generally pay interest at rates that are periodically redetermined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. These base lending rates are generally (i) the lending rate offered by one or more major European banks, such as LIBOR, (ii) the prime rate offered by one or more major United States banks, (iii) the rate of a certificate of deposit or (iv) other base lending rates used by commercial lenders. The interest rate shown is the rate accruing at April 30, 2021.
+   
Security that used significant unobservable inputs to determine its value.
^    
Security is valued using fair value methods (other than supplied by independent pricing services)
(a)  
Non-income producing security.
(b)  
The interest rate is subject to change periodically. The interest rate and/or reference index and spread shown at April 30, 2021.
(c)  
Security is perpetual in nature and has no stated maturity date.
(d)  
Floating rate note. Coupon rate, reference index and spread shown at April 30, 2021.
(e)  
Security is priced as a unit.
(f)   
Security issued with a zero coupon. Income is recognized through accretion of discount.
(g)  
Debt obligation initially issued at one coupon which converts to a higher coupon at a specific date. The rate shown is the rate at April 30, 2021.
(h)  
Payment-in-kind (PIK) security which may pay interest in the form of additional principal amount.
(i)   
Security is in default.
(j)   
Issued as participation notes.
(k)  
Issued as preference shares.
(l)   
This term loan will settle after April 30, 2021, at which time the interest rate will be determined.
(m) 
Option does not become effective until underlying company’s outstanding common shares reach a market capitalization of MXN 12.5 Billion.
(n)  
Strike price is 1 Mexican Peso (MXN).
(o)  
Option does not become effective until underlying company’s outstanding common shares reach a market capitalization of MXN 15.5 Billion.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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(p)  
Distributions of investments by country of issue, as a percentage of long-term holdings based on country of domicile, is as follows:
       
United States 
   
53.3
%
Bermuda 
   
10.5
 
Canada 
   
6.8
 
Luxembourg 
   
5.1
 
Mexico 
   
4.0
 
United Kingdom 
   
2.6
 
Cayman Islands 
   
2.3
 
Netherlands 
   
1.8
 
Turkey 
   
1.5
 
Ireland 
   
1.4
 
Italy 
   
1.4
 
France 
   
1.2
 
Multinational 
   
1.0
 
Other (individually less than 1%) 
   
7.1
 
 
   
100.0
%
#    
Securities are restricted as to resale.
Restricted Securities 
Acquisition date 
Cost 
Value 
Ailsa Re 2019 
6/4/2019 
$ 350,000 
$ 373,053 
Alamo Re II 
5/29/2020 
250,000 
260,850 
Alturas Re 2019-2 
12/19/2018 
3,037 
8,066 
Alturas Re 2019-3 
6/26/2019 
24,550 
34,125 
Alturas Re 2020-2 
1/1/2020 
60,078 
75,326 
Alturas Re 2020-3 
8/3/2020 
225,450 
226,126 
Alturas Re 2021-2 
2/16/2021 
439,922 
432,839 
Ballybunion Re 
12/31/2019 
250,673 
261,264 
Bantry Re 2018 
2/6/2019 
5,689 
5,700 
Bantry Re 2019 
2/26/2019 
— 
16,710 
Bantry Re 2020 
2/4/2020 
26,121 
68,719 
Bantry Re 2021 
1/11/2021 
500,000 
523,093 
Berwick Re 2018-1 
10/19/2018 
260,379 
151,717 
Berwick Re 2019-1 
12/31/2018 
134,801 
134,811 
Berwick Re 2020-1 
9/24/2020 
— 
99 
Berwick Re 2021-1 
12/28/2020 
1,000,000 
1,046,700 
Blue Lotus Re 2018 
12/20/2017 
— 
12,280 
Caelus Re V 
5/4/2018 
250,000 
25 
Caelus Re V 
4/27/2017 
375,000 
33 
Caelus Re V 
4/27/2017 
400,000 
40 
Cape Lookout Re, Ltd. 
3/9/2021 
250,000 
249,300 
Carnoustie Re 2017 
1/5/2017 
237,757 
131,800 
Carnoustie Re 2020 
7/16/2020 
11,377 
33,900 
Carnoustie Re 2021 
1/25/2021 
231,715 
236,980 
Castle Stuart Re 2018 
12/20/2017 
93,073 
12,499 
Cypress Re 2017 
1/24/2017 
2,185 
65 
Dartmouth Re 2018 
1/18/2018 
188,086 
97,672 
Dartmouth Re 2021 
1/19/2021 
74,895 
80,558 
Denning Re 
11/9/2020 
244,779 
250,849 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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(continued)
       
Restricted Securities 
Acquisition date 
Cost 
Value 
Dingle Re 2019 
3/4/2019 
$ — 
$ 5,132 
EC0009 Re 
1/22/2018 
56,524 
19,750 
Eden Re II 
1/22/2019 
836 
41,221 
Eden Re II 
1/23/2018 
867 
29,618 
Eden Re II 
12/23/2019 
70,000 
84,938 
Eden Re II 
12/15/2017 
747 
10,188 
Eden Re II, Series B 
1/25/2021 
600,000 
581,160 
Four Lakes Re 
11/5/2020 
250,000 
248,425 
Four Lakes Re 
11/5/2020 
250,000 
246,600 
Gleneagles Re 2016 
1/14/2016 
— 
74,880 
Gleneagles Re 2017 
1/13/2017 
223,250 
156,396 
Gleneagles Re 2018 
1/11/2018 
20,068 
29,575 
Gleneagles Re 2019 
12/31/2018 
— 
4,955 
Gleneagles Re 2020 
6/24/2020 
12,113 
34,540 
Gleneagles Re 2021 
1/13/2021 
250,000 
257,979 
Gloucester Re 2018 
1/2/2018 
63,180 
68,618 
Gullane Re 2018 
3/26/2018 
109,370 
180,547 
Gullane Re 2021 
2/23/2021 
900,000 
929,038 
Harambee Re 2018 
12/19/2017 
50,863 
3,500 
Harambee Re 2019 
12/20/2018 
— 
8,400 
Harambee Re 2020 
2/27/2020 
20,432 
53,100 
Hypatia, Ltd. 
4/9/2021 
261,844 
262,500 
Hypatia, Ltd. 
7/10/2020 
782,188 
788,175 
Kilimanjaro III Re, Ltd. 
4/8/2021 
250,000 
249,875 
Kilimanjaro III Re, Ltd. 
4/8/2021 
250,000 
249,875 
Kilimanjaro Re 
6/12/2020 
246,510 
250,750 
Limestone Re 
6/20/2018 
19,960 
37,266 
Limestone Re 2018 
6/20/2018 
1,000 
— 
Lion II Re 
6/21/2017 
557,175 
603,134 
Lion Rock Re 2020 
12/30/2019 
— 
9,975 
Lion Rock Re 2021 
3/1/2021 
250,000 
271,225 
Liphook Re 2020 
7/14/2020 
235,340 
258,542 
Lorenz Re 2018 
6/26/2018 
170,168 
8,025 
Lorenz Re 2019 
6/26/2019 
159,106 
23,452 
Lorenz Re 2020 
8/11/2020 
63,338 
62,705 
Lorenz Re 2020 
8/12/2020 
336,662 
333,295 
Matterhorn Re 
12/20/2019 
250,000 
249,825 
Matterhorn Re 
6/25/2020 
235,011 
233,175 
Matterhorn Re 
1/29/2020 
250,000 
251,200 
Merion Re 2018-2 
12/28/2017 
20,576 
82,750 
Merion Re 2021-1 
1/19/2021 
216,019 
225,465 
Merion Re 2021-2 
12/28/2020 
500,000 
513,434 
Mona Lisa Re 
12/30/2019 
753,728 
760,050 
Oakmont Re 2020 
12/3/2020 
239,355 
282,639 
Old Head Re 2021 
1/22/2021 
189,818 
210,015 
Oyster Bay Re 2018 
1/17/2018 
297,524 
302,541 
Pangaea Re 2018-1 
1/11/2018 
143,007 
21,055 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Restricted Securities 
Acquisition date 
Cost 
Value 
Pangaea Re 2018-3 
5/31/2018 
$ 240,861 
$ 20,743 
Pangaea Re 2019-1 
1/9/2019 
8,601 
17,071 
Pangaea Re 2019-3 
7/25/2019 
22,059 
26,450 
Pangaea Re 2020-1 
1/28/2021 
790,000 
812,187 
Pangaea Re 2020-1 
1/21/2020 
— 
17,204 
Pangaea Re 2020-3 
9/15/2020 
620,500 
677,872 
Phoenix One Re 
12/21/2020 
250,000 
252,650 
Port Royal Re 2019 
5/20/2019 
230,164 
262,452 
Portrush Re 2017 
6/12/2017 
575,239 
478,575 
Residential Reinsurance 2018 Re 
11/15/2018 
250,000 
247,500 
Residential Reinsurance 2019 
11/5/2019 
250,000 
248,225 
Resilience Re 
2/8/2017 
339 
70 
Sector Re V 
12/4/2019 
25,000 
59,367 
Sector Re V 
12/21/2020 
225,000 
220,441 
Sector Re V 
4/23/2019 
200,000 
112,665 
Seminole Re 2018 
1/2/2018 
4,931 
14,019 
St. Andrews Re 2017-1 
1/5/2017 
67,748 
67,800 
Sussex Re 2020-1 
1/21/2020 
— 
29,806 
Sussex Re 2021-1 
1/26/2021 
250,000 
249,000 
Thopas Re 2018 
12/12/2017 
67,882 
3,150 
Thopas Re 2019 
2/13/2019 
11,878 
13,104 
Thopas Re 2020 
12/30/2019 
— 
990 
Thopas Re 2021 
1/22/2021 
250,000 
255,475 
Torrey Pines Re Pte, Ltd. 
3/12/2021 
250,000 
249,625 
Versutus Re 2018 
12/20/2017 
3,173 
1,650 
Versutus Re 2019-A 
1/28/2019 
— 
7,766 
Versutus Re 2019-B 
12/24/2018 
— 
963 
Viribus Re 2018 
12/22/2017 
40,776 
— 
Viribus Re 2019 
3/25/2019 
— 
8,811 
Viribus Re 2020 
3/12/2020 
24,541 
1,517 
Viribus Re 2021 
2/1/2021 
216,242 
229,584 
Vitality Re XI 
1/23/2020 
250,000 
243,125 
Walton Health Re 2019 
7/18/2019 
154,248 
210,085 
Woburn Re 2018 
3/20/2018 
179,525 
37,235 
Woburn Re 2019 
1/30/2019 
130,475 
147,799 
Total Restricted Securities 
 
 
$19,559,678 
% of Net assets 
 
 
15.0% 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments 4/30/21
(continued)
FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS 
 
 

 
In 
 
 
 
 
Unrealized 
Currency 
Exchange 
Currency 
 
 
Settlement 
Appreciation 
Purchased
for
Sold 
Deliver 
Counterparty 
Date 
(Depreciation) 
EUR 
300,000 
USD 
(362,205) 
HSBC Bank USA NA 
5/24/21 
$ (1,371) 
EUR 
490,000 
USD 
(592,150) 
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA 
5/24/21 
(2,788) 
EUR 
1,900,000 
USD 
(2,299,548) 
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 
7/27/21 
(11,122) 
USD 
1,159,710 
EUR 
(950,000) 
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 
5/24/21 
17,069 
USD 
148,218 
EUR 
(125,000) 
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 
6/25/21 
(2,236) 
USD 
243,105 
EUR 
(200,000) 
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 
7/27/21 
2,218 
USD 
854,045 
GBP 
(605,000) 
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 
5/24/21 
18,475 
TOTAL FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS 
 
$ 20,245 
Principal amounts are denominated in U.S. dollars (“USD”) unless otherwise noted.
ARS — Argentine Peso
EUR — Euro
GBP — Great British Pound
IDR — Indonesian Rupiah
MXN — Mexican Peso
Purchases and sales of securities (excluding temporary cash investments) for the year ended April 30, 2021, aggregated $113,765,154 and $99,727,492, respectively.
The Fund is permitted to engage in purchase and sale transactions (“cross trades”) with certain funds and accounts for which Amundi Asset Management US, Inc. (the “Adviser”) serves as the Fund’s investment adviser, as set forth in Rule 17a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, pursuant to procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. Under these procedures, cross trades are effected at current market prices. During the year ended April 30, 2021, the Fund engaged in purchases of $2,224,817 and sales of $1,050,191 pursuant to these procedures, which resulted in a net realized gain/(loss) of $28,150.
At April 30, 2021, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on cost for federal tax purposes of $183,163,932 was as follows:
Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which 
 
there is an excess of value over tax cost 
$15,779,535 
Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which 
 
there is an excess of tax cost over value 
(8,753,712) 
Net unrealized appreciation 
$ 7,025,823 
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels below.
Level 1 – unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.). See Notes to Financial Statements — Note 1A.
Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining fair value of investments). See Notes to Financial Statements — Note 1A.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2021, in valuing the Fund’s investments:
 
Level 1 
Level 2 
Level 3 
Total 
Common Stocks 
 
 
 
 
Energy Equipment & Services 
$ 542,152 
$ — 
$ 123,317 
$ 665,469 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 
134,805 
— 
93,000 
227,805 
Specialty Retail 
— 
— 
64,395 
64,395 
All Other Common Stock 
114 
— 
— 
114 
Preferred Stocks 
 
 
 
 
Diversified Financial Services 
— 
540,000 
— 
540,000 
Internet 
— 
50,941 
— 
50,941 
All Other Preferred Stock 
485,186 
— 
— 
485,186 
Asset Backed Securities 
— 
1,958,623 
— 
1,958,623 
Collateralized Mortgage 
 
 
 
 
Obligations 
— 
680,856 
— 
680,856 
Commercial Mortgage-Backed 
 
 
 
 
Securities 
— 
13,249,977 
— 
13,249,977 
Convertible Corporate Bonds 
— 
3,462,344 
— 
3,462,344 
Corporate Bonds 
— 
134,446,932 
— 
134,446,932 
Foreign Government Bonds 
— 
4,234,480 
— 
4,234,480 
Insurance-Linked Securities 
 
 
 
 
Event Linked Bonds 
 
 
 
 
Multiperil - U.S. 
— 
1,241,525 
73 
1,241,598 
Collateralized Reinsurance 
 
 
 
 
Multiperil – Massachusetts 
— 
— 
250,849 
250,849 
Multiperil - U.S. 
— 
— 
528,848 
528,848 
Multiperil - U.S. Regional 
— 
— 
373,053 
373,053 
Multiperil - Worldwide 
— 
— 
1,246,374 
1,246,374 
Windstorm - Florida 
— 
— 
478,575 
478,575 
Windstorm - U.S. Regional 
— 
— 
541,181 
541,181 
Reinsurance Sidecars 
 
 
 
 
Multiperil - U.S. 
— 
— 
480,179 
480,179 
Multiperil - U.S. Regional 
— 
— 
19,750 
19,750 
Multiperil - Worldwide 
— 
— 
9,748,562 
9,748,562 
All Other Insurance-Linked 
 
 
 
 
Securities 
— 
4,650,709 
— 
4,650,709 
Senior Secured Floating Rate 
 
 
 
 
Loan Interests 
— 
10,555,256 
— 
10,555,256 
Over The Counter (OTC) Call 
 
 
 
 
Option Purchased 
— 
—* 
— 
—* 
Over The Counter (OTC) Currency 
 
 
 
 
Put Option Purchased 
— 
7,149 
— 
7,149 
Total Investments in Securities 
$1,162,257 
$175,078,792 
$13,948,156 
$190,189,205 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Schedule of Investments 4/30/21
(continued)
 
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Other Financial Instruments 
                       
Credit agreement(a) 
 
$
   
$
(61,000,000
)
 
$
   
$
(61,000,000
)
Over The Counter (OTC) Currency 
                               
Call Option Written 
   
     
(19,695
)
   
     
(19,695
)
Net unrealized appreciation 
                               
on forward foreign currency 
                               
exchange contracts 
   
     
20,245
     
     
20,245
 
Total Other Financial Instruments 
 
$
   
$
(60,999,450
)
 
$
   
$
(60,999,450
)
 
*     
Security valued at $0.
(a)     
The Fund may hold liabilities in which the fair value approximates the carrying amount for financial statement purposes.

 
 
 
Change in 
 
 
 
Transfers 
 
 
Balance 
Realized 
unrealized 
 
 
Accrued 
in and out 
Balance 
 
as of 
gain 
appreciation 
 
 
discounts/ 
of Level 3 
as of 
 
4/30/20 
(loss)(1) 
(depreciation)(2) 
 Purchases
Sales 
premiums 
categories* 
4/30/21 
Common Stocks 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Energy 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equipment & 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Services 
$ —  
 $ —  
$ —
$ — 
$ — 
$ — 
$ 123,317 
$ 123,317 
Oil, Gas & 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consumable 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fuels 
22,354 
— 
$(105,823) 
176,469 
— 
— 
— 
93,000 
Specialty 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retail 
50,085 
— 
14,310 
— 
— 
— 
— 
64,395 
Insurance-Linked 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Securities 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Event Linked 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bonds 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Multiperil – 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. 
— 
— 
(82) 
— 
— 
— 
155 
73 
Collateralized 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reinsurance 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Multiperil – 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Massachusetts 
254,969 
— 
(3,744) 
244,780 
(245,156) 
— 
— 
250,849 
Multiperil – U.S. 
762,755 
— 
6,010 
— 
(239,917) 
— 
— 
528,848 
Multiperil – 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. & Canada 
245,733 
— 
(4,958) 
— 
(240,775) 
— 
— 
— 
Multiperil – 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Regional 
629,445 
— 
(19,507) 
— 
(236,885) 
— 
— 
373,053 
Multiperil – 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Worldwide 
2,505,327 
— 
(137,373) 
480,732 
(1,600,532) 
(1,780) 
— 
1,246,374 
Windstorm – 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Florida 
478,575 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
478,575 
Windstorm – 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
North Carolina 
3,646 
— 
(3,646) 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
Windstorm – 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Regional 
294,328 
— 
19,970 
548,761 
(325,556) 
3,678 
— 
541,181 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Change in 
 
 
 
Transfers 
 
 
Balance 
Realized 
unrealized 
 
 
Accrued 
in and out 
Balance 
 
as of 
gain 
appreciation 
 
 
discounts/ 
of Level 3 
as of 
 
4/30/20 
(loss)(1) 
(depreciation)(2) 
 Purchases
Sales 
premiums 
categories* 
4/30/21 
Industry Loss 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Warranties 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Multiperil – U.S.
 $ 236,142  $ —
$ (10,423) 
$ — 
$ (225,719) 
$ — 
$ — 
$ — 
Reinsurance 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sidecars 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Multiperil – U.S. 
957,835 
— 
(50,155) 
481,715 
(909,216) 
— 
— 
480,179 
Multiperil – 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Regional 
41,250 
— 
(11,144) 
— 
(10,356) 
— 
— 
19,750 
Multiperil – 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Worldwide 
10,225,916 
(376,031) 
434,537 
8,904,017 
(9,439,877) 
— 
— 
9,748,562 
Total 
$16,708,360 
 $ (376,031)
$ 127,972 
$10,836,474 
$(13,473,989) 
$ 1,898 
$ 123,472 
$13,948,156 
 
(1) 
Realized gain (loss) on these securities is included in the Realized gain (loss) from investments on the Statement of Operations.
(2)     
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on these securities is included in the Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments on the Statement of Operations.
*     
Transfers are calculated on the beginning of period value. For the year ended April 30, 2021, securities with an aggregate market value of $123,472 transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 as there were no longer observable inputs available to determine their value. There were no other transfers in or out of Level 3.
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of Level 3 investments still held and considered Level 3 at April 30, 2021: $66,364
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities 4/30/21
ASSETS: 
     
Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (cost $181,546,226) 
 
$
190,189,205
 
Foreign currencies, at value (cost $271,130) 
   
269,980
 
Net unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts 
   
20,245
 
Receivables — 
       
Investment securities sold 
   
1,700,959
 
Dividends 
   
400
 
Interest 
   
2,488,313
 
Other assets 
   
52
 
Total assets 
 
$
194,669,154
 
LIABILITIES: 
       
Bank overdraft 
 
$
1,401,978
 
Payables — 
       
Credit agreement 
   
61,000,000
 
Investment securities purchased 
   
1,512,165
 
Directors’ fees 
   
2,115
 
Written options outstanding (net premiums received $(24,412)) 
   
19,695
 
Due to affiliates 
   
11,964
 
Accrued expenses 
   
126,964
 
Total liabilities 
 
$
64,074,881
 
NET ASSETS: 
       
Paid-in capital 
 
$
170,924,771
 
Distributable earnings (loss) 
   
(40,330,498
)
Net assets 
 
$
130,594,273
 
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE: 
       
No par value 
       
Based on $130,594,273/8,332,790 shares 
 
$
15.67
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Statement of Operations 
 
 
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 4/30/21 
 
 

INVESTMENT INCOME: 
           
Interest from unaffiliated issuers 
 
$
11,790,478
       
Dividends from unaffiliated issuers 
   
1,131,832
       
Total investment income 
         
$
12,922,310
 
EXPENSES: 
               
Management fees 
 
$
1,505,336
         
Administrative expense 
   
109,781
         
Transfer agent fees 
   
14,573
         
Shareowner communications expense 
   
11,190
         
Custodian fees 
   
30,883
         
Professional fees 
   
155,969
         
Printing expense 
   
32,946
         
Pricing fees 
   
29,087
         
Directors’ fees 
   
8,632
         
Insurance expense 
   
548
         
Interest expense 
   
560,779
         
Miscellaneous 
   
59,627
         
Total expenses 
         
$
2,519,351
 
Net investment income 
         
$
10,402,959
 
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS:
         
Net realized gain (loss) on: 
               
Investments in unaffiliated issuers 
 
$
(5,002,979
)
       
Written options 
   
51,745
         
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts 
   
(56,199
)
       
Swap contracts 
   
(166,466
)
       
Other assets and liabilities denominated in 
               
foreign currencies 
   
33,695
   
$
(5,140,204
)
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: 
               
Investments in unaffiliated issuers 
 
$
31,391,648
         
Written options 
   
(27,531
)
       
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts 
   
16,961
         
Swap contracts 
   
163,510
         
Unfunded loan commitments 
   
11,383
         
Other assets and liabilities denominated in 
               
foreign currencies 
   
(23,070
)
 
$
31,532,901
 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 
         
$
26,392,697
 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 
         
$
36,795,656
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
 
 
Year
   
Year
 
 
 
Ended
   
Ended
 
 
 
4/30/21
   
4/30/20
 
FROM OPERATIONS: 
           
Net investment income (loss) 
 
$
10,402,959
   
$
9,941,665
 
Net realized gain (loss) on investments 
   
(5,140,204
)
   
(7,235,928
)
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 
               
on investments 
   
31,532,901
     
(22,774,235
)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting 
               
from operations 
 
$
36,795,656
   
$
(20,068,498
)
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREOWNERS: 
               
($1.34 and $1.18 per share, respectively) 
 
$
(11,186,771
)
 
$
(9,799,361
)
Total distributions to shareowners 
 
$
(11,186,771
)
 
$
(9,799,361
)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets 
 
$
25,608,885
   
$
(29,867,859
)
NET ASSETS: 
               
Beginning of year 
 
$
104,985,388
   
$
134,853,247
 
End of year 
 
$
130,594,273
   
$
104,985,388
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Statement of Cash Flows
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 4/30/21
Cash Flows From Operating Activities: 
     
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 
 
$
36,795,656
 
Adjustments to reconcile net decrease in net assets resulting used in operations 
       
to net cash, restricted cash and foreign currencies from operating activities: 
       
Purchases of investment securities 
 
$
(115,826,216
)
Proceeds from disposition and maturity of investment securities 
   
100,333,769
 
Net (accretion) and amortization of discount/premium on investment securities 
   
(583,327
)
Change in unrealized appreciation on investments in unaffiliated issuers 
   
(31,391,648
)
Change in unrealized appreciation on unfunded loan commitments 
   
(11,383
)
Change in unrealized appreciation on swap contracts 
   
(187,210
)
Change in unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts 
   
(16,961
)
Change in unrealized depreciation on other assets and liabilities denominated in 
       
foreign currencies 
   
1,170
 
Change in unrealized depreciation on written options 
   
27,531
 
Net realized loss on investments in unaffiliated issuers 
   
5,002,979
 
Increase in interest receivable 
   
(316,802
)
Increase in dividends receivable 
   
(400
)
Increase in other assets 
   
(1
)
Increase in due to affiliates 
   
3,054
 
Increase in directors’ fees payable 
   
1,542
 
Increase in accrued expenses payable 
   
48,508
 
Proceeds from sale of written options 
   
33,791
 
Realized gains on written options 
   
(51,745
)
Net cash, restricted cash and foreign currencies used in operating activities 
 
$
(6,137,693
)
Cash Flows Used in Financing Activities: 
       
Increase in Bank overdraft 
 
$
1,401,978
 
Payments on borrowings 
   
19,500,000
 
Repayments on borrowings 
   
(3,500,000
)
Distributions to shareowners 
   
(11,186,771
)
Decrease in interest expenses payable 
   
(7,094
)
Net cash, restricted cash and foreign currencies provided by 
       
financing activities 
 
$
6,208,113
 
Effect of Foreign Exchange Fluctuations on Cash: 
       
Effect of foreign exchange fluctuations on cash 
 
$
(1,170
)
Cash, restricted cash and foreign currencies: 
       
Beginning of the year* 
 
$
200,730
 
End of the year* 
 
$
269,980
 
Cash Flow Information: 
       
Cash paid for interest 
 
$
567,873
 
 
*     
The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, restricted cash and foreign currencies reported within Statement of Assets and Liabilities that sum to the total of the same such amounts shown in the Statement of Cash Flows:

 
 
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
 
 
4/30/21
   
4/30/20
 
Cash 
 
$
   
$
195,787
 
Foreign currencies, at value 
   
269,980
     
4,943
 
Total cash, restricted cash and foreign currencies 
               
shown in the Statement of Cash Flows 
 
$
269,980
   
$
200,730
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Financial Highlights
 
 
Year
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
 
 
 
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
 
 
4/30/21
   
4/30/20
   
4/30/19
   
4/30/18
   
4/30/17*
 
Per Share Operating Performance 
                         
 
Net asset value, beginning of period 
 
$
12.60
   
$
16.18
   
$
17.09
   
$
17.68
   
$
16.63
 
Increase (decrease) from investment operations: 
                                       
Net investment income (a) 
 
$
1.25
   
$
1.19
   
$
1.21
   
$
1.23
   
$
1.29
 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 
   
3.16
     
(3.59
)
   
(0.98
)
   
(0.56
)
   
1.20
 
Net increase (decrease) from investment operations 
 
$
4.41
   
$
(2.40
)
 
$
0.23
   
$
0.67
   
$
2.49
 
Distributions to shareowners from: 
                                       
Net investment income and previously undistributed net 
                                       
investment income 
 
$
(1.34
)**
 
$
(1.18
)
 
$
(1.14
)
 
$
(1.26
)**
 
$
(1.44
)**
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value 
 
$
3.07
   
$
(3.58
)
 
$
(0.91
)
 
$
(0.59
)
 
$
1.05
 
Net asset value, end of period 
 
$
15.67
   
$
12.60
   
$
16.18
   
$
17.09
   
$
17.68
 
Market value, end of period 
 
$
14.95
   
$
10.99
   
$
14.39
   
$
15.00
   
$
16.70
 
Total return at net asset value (b) 
   
37.08
%
   
(15.21
)%
   
2.58
%
   
4.58
%
   
16.20
%
Total return at market value (b) 
   
49.94
%
   
(16.84
)%
   
3.95
%
   
(2.82
)%
   
17.01
%
Ratios to average net assets of shareowners: 
                                       
Total expenses plus interest expense (c) 
   
2.06
%
   
2.88
%
   
2.95
%
   
2.54
%
   
2.12
%
Net investment income available to shareowners 
   
8.49
%
   
7.64
%
   
7.37
%
   
7.07
%
   
7.52
%
Portfolio turnover rate 
   
57
%
   
52
%
   
37
%
   
37
%
   
58
%
Net assets, end of period (in thousands) 
 
$
130,594
   
$
104,985
   
$
134,853
   
$
142,372
   
$
147,309
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Year
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
 
 
 
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
 
 
4/30/21
   
4/30/20
   
4/30/19
   
4/30/18
   
4/30/17*
 
Total amount of debt outstanding (in thousands) 
 
$
61,000
   
$
45,000
   
$
61,000
   
$
64,000
   
$
57,000
 
Asset coverage per $1,000 of indebtedness 
 
$
3,141
   
$
3,333
   
$
3,211
   
$
3,225
   
$
3,584
 
 
*     
The Fund was audited by an independent registered public accounting firm other than Ernst & Young LLP.
**     
The amount of distributions made to shareowners during the year were in excess of the net investment income earned by the Fund during the year. The Fund has accumulated undistributed net investment income which is part of the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV’). A portion of the accumulated net investment income was distributed to shareowners during the year.
(a)     
The per common share data presented above is based upon the average common shares outstanding for the periods presented.
(b)     
Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of common shares at the current net asset value or market value on the first day and a sale at the current net asset value or market value on the last day of the periods reported. Dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed for purposes of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. Total investment return does not reflect brokerage commissions. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
(c)     
Includes interest expense of 0.46%, 1.35%, 1.48%, 1.06%, 0.62% and 0.50%, respectively.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements 4/30/21
1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies
Pioneer Diversified High Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) is organized as a Maryland corporation. Prior to April 21, 2021, the Fund was organized as a Delaware statutory trust. On April 21, 2021, the Fund redomiciled to a Maryland corporation through a statutory merger of the predecessor Delaware statutory trust with and into a newly-established Maryland corporation formed for the purpose of effecting the redomiciling. The Fund was originally organized on January 30, 2007. Prior to commencing operations on May 30, 2007, the Fund had no operations other than matters relating to its organization and registration as a diversified, closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The investment objective of the Fund is to seek a high level of current income and the Fund may, as a secondary objective, also seek capital appreciation to the extent that it is consistent with its investment objective.
Amundi Asset Management US, Inc., an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Amundi and Amundi’s wholly owned subsidiary, Amundi USA, Inc., serves as the Fund’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”). Prior to January 1, 2021, the Adviser was named Amundi Pioneer Asset Management, Inc.
In August 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update 2018-13 “Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement” (“ASU 2018-13”) which modifies disclosure requirements for fair value measurements, principally for Level 3 securities and transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy. ASU 2018-13 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. The Fund has adopted ASU 2018-13 for the year ended April 30, 2021. The impact to the Fund’s adoption was limited to changes in the Fund’s disclosures regarding fair value, primarily those disclosures related to transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy and disclosure of the range and weighted average used to develop significant unobservable inputs for Level 3 fair value investments, when applicable.
In March 2020, FASB issued an Accounting Standard Update, ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) — Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting (“ASU 2020-04”), which provides optional, temporary relief with respect to the financial reporting of contracts subject to certain types of modifications due to the planned discontinuation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and other LIBOR-based reference rates at the end of 2021. The temporary relief
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provided by ASU 2020-04 is effective for certain reference rate-related contract modifications that occur during the period from March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. Management is evaluating the impact of ASU 2020-04 on the Fund’s investments, derivatives, debt and other contracts, if applicable, that will undergo reference rate-related modifications as a result of the reference rate reform.
The Fund is an investment company and follows investment company accounting and reporting guidance under U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“U.S. GAAP”). U.S. GAAP requires the management of the Fund to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of income, expenses and gain or loss on investments during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements:
A.  Security Valuation
The net asset value of the Fund is computed once daily, on each day the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open, as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE.
Fixed-income securities are valued by using prices supplied by independent pricing services, which consider such factors as market prices, market events, quotations from one or more brokers, Treasury spreads, yields, maturities and ratings, or may use a pricing matrix or other fair value methods or techniques to provide an estimated value of the security or instrument. A pricing matrix is a means of valuing a debt security on the basis of current market prices for other debt securities, historical trading patterns in the market for fixed-income securities and/or other factors. Non-U.S. debt securities that are listed on an exchange will be valued at the bid price obtained from an independent third party pricing service. When independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices, or when prices or market quotations are considered to be unreliable, the value of that security may be determined using quotations from one or more broker-dealers.
Loan interests are valued in accordance with guidelines established by the Board of Directors at the mean between the last available bid and asked prices from one or more brokers or dealers as obtained from Loan Pricing Corporation, an independent third party pricing service. If price information is not available from Loan Pricing Corporation, or if the price information is deemed to be unreliable, price information will be obtained from an
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alternative pricing service. If no reliable price quotes are available from either the primary or alternative pricing service, broker quotes will be solicited.
Event-linked bonds are valued at the bid price obtained from an independent third party pricing service. Other insurance-linked securities (including reinsurance sidecars, collateralized reinsurance and industry loss warranties) may be valued at the bid price obtained from an independent pricing service, or through a third party using a pricing matrix, insurance industry valuation models, or other fair value methods or techniques to provide an estimated value of the instrument.
Equity securities that have traded on an exchange are valued by using the last sale price on the principal exchange where they are traded. Equity securities that have not traded on the date of valuation, or securities for which sale prices are not available, generally are valued using the mean between the last bid and asked prices or, if both last bid and asked prices are not available, at the last quoted bid price. Last sale and bid and asked prices are provided by independent third party pricing services. In the case of equity securities not traded on an exchange, prices are typically determined by independent third party pricing services using a variety of techniques and methods.
The value of foreign securities is translated into U.S. dollars based on foreign currency exchange rate quotations supplied by a third party pricing source. Trading in non-U.S. equity securities is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of the NYSE. The values of such securities used in computing the net asset value of the Fund’s shares are determined as of such times. The Fund may use a fair value model developed by an independent pricing service to value non-U.S. equity securities.
Options contracts are generally valued at the mean between the last bid and ask prices on the principal exchange where they are traded. Over-the-counter (“OTC”) options and options on swaps (“swaptions”) are valued using prices supplied by independent pricing services, which consider such factors as market prices, market events, quotations from one or more brokers, Treasury spreads, yields, maturities and ratings, or may use a pricing matrix or other fair value methods or techniques to provide an estimated value of the security or instrument.
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued daily using the foreign exchange rate or, for longer term forward contract positions, the spot currency rate and the forward points on a daily basis, in each case provided by a third party pricing service. Contracts whose forward settlement date falls between two quoted days are valued by interpolation.
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Swap contracts, including interest rate swaps, caps and floors (other than centrally cleared swap contracts), are valued at the dealer quotations obtained from reputable International Swap Dealers Association members. Centrally cleared swaps are valued at the daily settlement price provided by the central clearing counterparty.
Securities or loan interests for which independent pricing services or broker-dealers are unable to supply prices or for which market prices and/or quotations are not readily available or are considered to be unreliable are valued by a fair valuation team comprised of certain personnel of the Adviser pursuant to procedures adopted by the Fund’s Board of Directors. The Adviser’s fair valuation team uses fair value methods approved by the Valuation Committee of the Board of Directors. The Adviser’s fair valuation team is responsible for monitoring developments that may impact fair valued securities and for discussing and assessing fair values on an ongoing basis, and at least quarterly, with the Valuation Committee of the Board of Directors.
Inputs used when applying fair value methods to value a security may include credit ratings, the financial condition of the company, current market conditions and comparable securities. The Fund may use fair value methods if it is determined that a significant event has occurred after the close of the exchange or market on which the security trades and prior to the determination of the Fund’s net asset value. Examples of a significant event might include political or economic news, corporate restructurings, natural disasters, terrorist activity or trading halts. Thus, the valuation of the Fund’s securities may differ significantly from exchange prices, and such differences could be material.
At April 30, 2021, six securities were valued using fair value methods (in addition to securities valued using prices supplied by independent pricing services, broker-dealers or using a third party insurance pricing model) representing 0.2% of net assets. The value of these fair valued securities was $286,340.
B.   Investment Income and Transactions
Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except that certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed are recorded as soon as the Fund becomes aware of the ex-dividend data in the exercise of reasonable diligence.
Interest income, including interest on income-bearing cash accounts, is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend and interest income are reported net of unrecoverable foreign taxes withheld at the applicable country rates and net of income accrued on defaulted securities.
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Interest and dividend income payable by delivery of additional shares is reclassified as PIK (payment-in-kind) income upon receipt and is included in interest and dividend income, respectively.
Principal amounts of mortgage-backed securities are adjusted for monthly paydowns. Premiums and discounts related to certain mortgage-backed securities are amortized or accreted in proportion to the monthly paydowns. All discounts/premiums on purchase prices of debt securities are accreted/amortized for financial reporting purposes over the life of the respective securities, and such accretion/amortization is included in interest income.
Security transactions are recorded as of trade date. Gains and losses on sales of investments are calculated on the identified cost method for both financial reporting and federal income tax purposes.
C.   Foreign Currency Translation
The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Amounts denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using current exchange rates.
Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions, if any, represent, among other things, the net realized gains and losses on foreign currency exchange contracts, disposition of foreign currencies and the difference between the amount of income accrued and the U.S. dollars actually received. Further, the effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments are not segregated on the Statement of Operations from the effects of changes in the market prices of those securities, but are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.
D.   Federal Income Taxes
It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all of its net taxable income and net realized capital gains, if any, to its shareowners. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is required. As of April 30, 2021, the Fund did not accrue any interest or penalties with respect to uncertain tax positions, which, if applicable, would be recorded as an income tax expense on the Statement of Operations. Tax returns filed within the prior three years remain subject to examination by federal and state tax authorities.
The amount and character of income and capital gain distributions to shareowners are determined in accordance with federal income tax rules, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. Distributions in excess of net investment
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income or net realized gains are temporary over distributions for financial statement purposes resulting from differences in the recognition or classification of income or distributions for financial statement and tax purposes. Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book/tax differences to reflect tax character, but are not adjusted for temporary differences.
At April 30, 2021, the Fund reclassified $124,169 to decrease distributable earnings and $124,169 to increase paid-in capital to reflect permanent book/tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations.
At April 30, 2021, the Fund was permitted to carry forward indefinitely $3,580,560 of short-term losses and $44,494,399 of long-term losses.
The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended April 30, 2021 and April 30, 2020, were as follows:
 
 
2021
   
2020
 
Distributions paid from: 
           
Ordinary income 
 
$
11,186,771
   
$
9,799,361
 
Total 
 
$
11,186,771
   
$
9,799,361
 
The following shows the components of distributable earnings (losses) on a federal income tax basis at April 30, 2021:
 
 
2021
 
Distributable earnings/(losses): 
     
Undistributed ordinary income 
 
$
720,838
 
Capital loss carryforward 
   
(48,074,959
)
Unrealized appreciation 
   
7,023,623
 
Total 
 
$
(40,330,498
)
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation is primarily attributable to the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains on investments in passive foreign investment companies, the book/tax differences in the accrual of income on securities in default, the difference between book and tax amortization methods and discounts on fixed income securities.
E. Risks
At times, the Fund’s investments may represent industries or industry sectors that are interrelated or have common risks, making the Fund more susceptible to any economic, political, or regulatory developments or other risks affecting those industries and sectors. The Fund’s investments in foreign markets and countries with limited developing markets may subject the Fund to a greater degree of risk than investments in a developed
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market. These risks include disruptive political or economic conditions and the imposition of adverse governmental laws or currency exchange restrictions.
The value of securities held by the Fund may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic, political or regulatory conditions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or adverse investor sentiment. In the past several years, financial markets have experienced increased volatility, depressed valuations, decreased liquidity and heightened uncertainty. These conditions may continue, recur, worsen or spread. A general rise in interest rates could adversely affect the price and liquidity of fixed income securities.
The Fund invests in below investment grade (“high yield”) debt securities, floating rate loans and insurance-linked securities. The Fund may invest in securities and other obligations of any credit quality, including those that are rated below investment grade, or are unrated but are determined by the Adviser to be of equivalent credit quality. Below investment grade securities are commonly referred to as “junk bonds” and are considered speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal. Below investment grade securities, including floating rate loans, involve greater risk of loss, are subject to greater price volatility, and may be less liquid and more difficult to value, especially during periods of economic uncertainty or change, than higher rated debt securities.
Certain securities in which the Fund invests, including floating rate loans, once sold, may not settle for an extended period (for example, several weeks or even longer). The Fund will not receive its sale proceeds until that time, which may constrain the Fund’s ability to meet its obligations. The Fund may invest in securities of issuers that are in default or that are in bankruptcy. The value of collateral, if any, securing a floating rate loan can decline or may be insufficient to meet the issuer’s obligations or may be difficult to liquidate. No active trading market may exist for many floating rate loans, and many loans are subject to restrictions on resale. Any secondary market may be subject to irregular trading activity and extended settlement periods. The Fund’s investments in certain foreign markets or countries with limited developing markets may subject the Fund to a greater degree of risk than in a developed market. These risks include disruptive political or economic conditions and the possible imposition of adverse governmental laws or currency exchange restrictions.
The Fund’s investments, payment obligations and financing terms may be based on floating rates, such as LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate). Plans are underway to phase out the use of LIBOR. The UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) and LIBOR’s administrator, ICE Benchmark
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Administration (“IBA”), have announced that most LIBOR rates will no longer be published after the end of 2021 and a majority of U.S. dollar LIBOR rates will no longer be published after June 30, 2023. It is possible that the FCA may compel the IBA to publish a subset of LIBOR settings after these dates on a “synthetic” basis, but any such publications would be considered non-representative of the underlying markets. Actions by regulators have resulted in the establishment of alternative reference rates to LIBOR in most major currencies. Based on the recommendations of the New York Federal Reserve's Alternative Reference Rate Committee (comprised of major derivative market participants and their regulators), the U.S. Federal Reserve began publishing a Secured Overnight Funding Rate (“SOFR”) that is intended to replace U.S. Dollar LIBOR. Proposals for alternative reference rates for other currencies have also been announced or have already begun publication, such as SONIA in the United Kingdom. Markets are slowly developing in response to these new rates, and transition planning is at a relatively early stage. Neither the effect of the transition process nor its ultimate success is known. The transition process may lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets that currently rely on LIBOR to determine interest rates. The effect of any changes to — or discontinuation of — LIBOR on the portfolio will vary depending on, among other things, provisions in individual contracts and whether, how, and when industry participants develop and adopt new reference rates and alternative reference rates for both legacy and new products and instruments. Because the usefulness of LIBOR as a benchmark may deteriorate during the transition period, these effects could materialize prior to the end of 2021.
The Fund may invest a significant amount of its total assets in illiquid securities. Illiquid securities are securities that the Fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in the current market in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the securities.
With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business, the Fund is susceptible to operational, information security and related risks. While the Fund’s Adviser has established business continuity plans in the event of, and risk management systems to prevent, limit or mitigate, such cyber-attacks, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems including the possibility that certain risks have not been identified. Furthermore, the Fund cannot control the cybersecurity plans and systems put in place by service providers to the Fund such as Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., the Fund’s custodian and accounting agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“AST”), the Fund’s transfer agent. In addition, many beneficial owners of Fund shares hold them
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through accounts at broker-dealers, retirement platforms and other financial market participants over which neither the Fund nor the Adviser exercises control. Each of these may in turn rely on service providers to them, which are also subject to the risk of cyber-attacks. Cybersecurity failures or breaches at the Adviser or the Fund’s service providers or intermediaries have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business operations potentially resulting in financial losses, interference with the Fund’s ability to calculate its net asset value, impediments to trading, the inability of Fund shareowners to effect share purchases or sales or receive distributions, loss of or unauthorized access to private shareowner information and violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, or additional compliance cost. Such costs and losses may not be covered under any insurance. In addition, maintaining vigilance against cyber-attacks may involve substantial costs over time, and system enhancements may themselves be subject to cyber-attacks.
COVID-19
The respiratory illness COVID-19 caused by a novel coronavirus has resulted in a global pandemic and major disruption to economies and markets around the world, including the United States. Financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and severe losses, and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. Liquidity for many instruments has been greatly reduced for periods of time. Some interest rates are very low and in some cases yields are negative. Some sectors of the economy and individual issuers have experienced particularly large losses. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time, and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments. The ultimate economic fallout from the pandemic, and the long-term impact on economies, markets, industries and individual issuers, are not known. Governments and central banks, including the Federal Reserve in the U.S., have taken extraordinary and unprecedented actions to support local and global economies and the financial markets. The impact of these measures, and whether they will be effective to mitigate the economic and market disruption, will not be known for some time.
F.   Restricted Securities
Restricted Securities are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. Restricted securities generally are resold in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. Private placement securities are generally considered to be restricted except for those securities traded between qualified institutional investors under the provisions of Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.
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Disposal of restricted investments may involve negotiations and expenses, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult to achieve. Restricted investments held by the Fund at April 30, 2021 are listed in the Schedule of Investments.
G.   Insurance-Linked Securities (“ILS”)
The Fund invests in ILS. The Fund could lose a portion or all of the principal it has invested in an ILS, and the right to additional interest or dividend payments with respect to the security, upon the occurrence of one or more trigger events, as defined within the terms of an insurance-linked security. Trigger events, generally, are hurricanes, earthquakes, or other natural events of a specific size or magnitude that occur in a designated geographic region during a specified time period, and/or that involve losses or other metrics that exceed a specific amount. There is no way to accurately predict whether a trigger event will occur, and accordingly, ILS carry significant risk. The Fund is entitled to receive principal, and interest and/or dividend payments so long as no trigger event occurs of the description and magnitude specified by the instrument. In addition to the specified trigger events, ILS may expose the Fund to other risks, including but not limited to issuer (credit) default, adverse regulatory or jurisdictional interpretations and adverse tax consequences.
The Fund’s investments in ILS may include event-linked bonds. ILS also may include special purpose vehicles (“SPVs”) or similar instruments structured to comprise a portion of a reinsurer’s catastrophe-oriented business, known as quota share instruments (sometimes referred to as reinsurance sidecars), or to provide reinsurance relating to specific risks to insurance or reinsurance companies through a collateralized instrument, known as collateralized reinsurance. Structured reinsurance investments also may include industry loss warranties (“ILWs”). A traditional ILW takes the form of a bilateral reinsurance contract, but there are also products that take the form of derivatives, collateralized structures, or exchange-traded instruments.
Where the ILS are based on the performance of underlying reinsurance contracts, the Fund has limited transparency into the individual underlying contracts, and therefore must rely upon the risk assessment and sound underwriting practices of the issuer. Accordingly, it may be more difficult for the Adviser to fully evaluate the underlying risk profile of the Fund’s structured reinsurance investments, and therefore the Fund’s assets are placed at greater risk of loss than if the Adviser had more complete information. Structured reinsurance instruments generally will be
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considered illiquid securities by the Fund. These securities may be difficult to purchase, sell or unwind. Illiquid securities also may be difficult to value. If the Fund is forced to sell an illiquid asset, the Fund may be forced to sell at a loss.
H.   Purchased Options
The Fund may purchase put and call options to seek to increase total return. Purchased call and put options entitle the Fund to buy and sell a specified number of shares or units of a particular security, currency or index at a specified price at a specific date or within a specific period of time. Upon the purchase of a call or put option, the premium paid by the Fund is included on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an investment. All premiums are marked-to-market daily, and any unrealized appreciation or depreciation is recorded on the Fund’s Statement of Operations. As the purchaser of an index option, the Fund has the right to receive a cash payment equal to any depreciation in the value of the index below the strike price of the option (in the case of a put) or equal to any appreciation in the value of the index over the strike price of the option (in the case of a call) as of the valuation date of the option. Premiums paid for purchased call and put options which have expired are treated as realized losses on investments on the Statement of Operations. Upon the exercise or closing of a purchased put option, the premium is offset against the proceeds on the sale of the underlying security or financial instrument in order to determine the realized gain or loss on investments. Upon the exercise or closing of a purchased call option, the premium is added to the cost of the security or financial instrument. The risk associated with purchasing options is limited to the premium originally paid.
The average market value of purchased options contracts open during the year ended April 30, 2021, was $22,719. Open purchased options at April 30, 2021, are listed in the Schedule of Investments.
I.   Option Writing
The Fund may write put and covered call options to seek to increase total return. When an option is written, the Fund receives a premium and becomes obligated to purchase or sell the underlying security at a fixed price, upon the exercise of the option. When the Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is recorded as “Written options outstanding” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and is subsequently adjusted to the current value of the option written. Premiums
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received from writing options that expire unexercised are treated by the Fund on the expiration date as realized gains from investments on the Statement of Operations. The difference between the premium and the amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including brokerage commissions, is also treated as a realized gain on the Statement of Operations, or, if the premium is less than the amount paid for the closing purchase transaction, as a realized loss on the Statement of Operations. If a call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security in determining whether the Fund has realized a gain or loss. 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.
The average market value of written options for the year ended April 30, 2021, was $47,990. Open written options contracts at April 30, 2021, are listed in the Schedule of Investments.
J.   Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts
The Fund may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts (“contracts”) for the purchase or sale of a specific foreign currency at a fixed price on a future date. All contracts are marked-to-market daily at the applicable exchange rates, and any resulting unrealized appreciation or depreciation is recorded in the Fund’s financial statements. The Fund records realized gains and losses at the time a contract is offset by entry into a closing transaction or extinguished by delivery of the currency. Risks may arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of the contract and from unanticipated movements in the value of foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar (see Note 5).
During the year ended April 30, 2021, the Fund had entered into various forward foreign currency exchange contracts that obligated the Fund to deliver or take delivery of currencies at specified future maturity dates. Alternatively, prior to the settlement date of a forward foreign currency exchange contract, the Fund may close out such contract by entering into an offsetting contract.
The average market value of forward foreign currency exchange contracts open during the year ended April 30, 2021, was $41,635. Open forward foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding at April 30, 2021, are listed in the Schedule of Investments.
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K.   Credit Default Swap Contracts
A credit default swap is a contract between a buyer of protection and a seller of protection against a pre-defined credit event or an underlying reference obligation, which may be a single security or a basket or index of securities. The Fund may buy or sell credit default swap contracts to seek to increase the Fund’s income, or to attempt to hedge the risk of default on portfolio securities. A credit default swap index is used to hedge risk or take a position on a basket of credit entities or indices.
As a seller of protection, the Fund would be required to pay the notional (or other agreed-upon) value of the referenced debt obligation to the counterparty in the event of a default by a U.S. or foreign corporate issuer of a debt obligation, which would likely result in a loss to the Fund. In return, the Fund would receive from the counterparty a periodic stream of payments during the term of the contract, provided that no event of default occurred. The maximum exposure of loss to the seller would be the notional value of the credit default swaps outstanding. If no default occurs, the Fund would keep the stream of payments and would have no payment obligation. The Fund may also buy credit default swap contracts in order to hedge against the risk of default of debt securities, in which case the Fund would function as the counterparty referenced above.
As a buyer of protection, the Fund makes an upfront or periodic payment to the protection seller in exchange for the right to receive a contingent payment. An upfront payment made by the Fund, as the protection buyer, is recorded within the “Swap contracts, at value” line item on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Periodic payments received or paid by the Fund are recorded as realized gains or losses on the Statement of Operations.
Credit default swap contracts are marked-to-market daily using valuations supplied by independent sources, and the change in value, if any, is recorded within the “Swap contracts, at value” line item on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received or made as a result of a credit event or upon termination of the contract are recognized, net of the appropriate amount of the upfront payment, as realized gains or losses on the Statement of Operations.
Credit default swap contracts involving the sale of protection may involve greater risks than if the Fund had invested in the referenced debt instrument directly. Credit default swap contracts are subject to general market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risk. If the Fund is a protection buyer and no credit event occurs, it will lose its investment. If
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the Fund is a protection seller and a credit event occurs, the value of the referenced debt instrument received by the Fund, together with the periodic payments received, may be less than the amount the Fund pays to the protection buyer, resulting in a loss to the Fund. In addition, obligations under sell protection credit default swaps may be partially offset by net amounts received from settlement of buy protection credit default swaps entered into by the Fund for the same reference obligation with the same counterparty.
Certain swap contracts that are cleared through a central clearinghouse are referred to as centrally cleared swaps. All payments made or received by the Fund are pursuant to a centrally cleared swap contract with the central clearing party rather than the original counterparty. Upon entering into a centrally cleared swap contract, the Fund is required to make an initial margin deposit, either in cash or in securities. The daily change in value on open centrally cleared contracts is recorded as “Variation margin for centrally cleared swap contracts” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Cash received from or paid to the broker related to previous margin movement is held in a segregated account at the broker and is recorded as either “Due from broker for swaps” or “Due to broker for swaps” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The amount of cash deposited with a broker as collateral at April 30, 2021, is recorded as “Swaps collateral” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
The average market value of credit default swap contracts open during the year ended April 30, 2021, was $58,317. There were no open credit default swap contracts at April 30, 2021.
L.   Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plan
All shareowners whose shares are registered in their own names automatically participate in the Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”), under which participants receive all dividends and capital gain distributions (collectively, dividends) in full and fractional shares of the Fund in lieu of cash. Shareowners may elect not to participate in the Plan. Shareowners not participating in the Plan receive all dividends and capital gain distributions in cash. Participation in the Plan is completely voluntary and may be terminated or resumed at any time without penalty by notifying American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the agent for shareowners in administering the Plan (the “Plan Agent”), in writing prior
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to any dividend record date; otherwise such termination or resumption will be effective with respect to any subsequently declared dividend or other distribution.
If a shareowner’s shares are held in the name of a brokerage firm, bank or other nominee, the shareowner can ask the firm or nominee to participate in the Plan on the shareowner’s behalf. If the firm or nominee does not offer the Plan, dividends will be paid in cash to the shareowner of record. A firm or nominee may reinvest a shareowner’s cash dividends in shares of the Fund on terms that differ from the terms of the Plan.
Whenever the Fund declares a dividend on shares payable in cash, participants in the Plan will receive the equivalent in shares acquired by the Plan Agent either (i) through receipt of additional unissued but authorized shares from the Fund or (ii) by purchase of outstanding shares on the New York Stock Exchange or elsewhere. If, on the payment date for any dividend, the net asset value per share is equal to or less than the market price per share plus estimated brokerage trading fees (market premium), the Plan Agent will invest the dividend amount in newly issued shares. The number of newly issued shares to be credited to each account will be determined by dividing the dollar amount of the dividend by the net asset value per share on the date the shares are issued, provided that the maximum discount from the then current market price per share on the date of issuance does not exceed 5%. If, on the payment date for any dividend, the net asset value per share is greater than the market value (market discount), the Plan Agent will invest the dividend amount in shares acquired in open-market purchases. There are no brokerage charges with respect to newly issued shares. However, each participant will pay a pro rata share of brokerage trading fees incurred with respect to the Plan Agent’s open-market purchases. Participating in the Plan does not relieve shareowners from any federal, state or local taxes which may be due on dividends paid in any taxable year. Shareowners holding Plan shares in a brokerage account may be able to transfer the shares to another broker and continue to participate in the Plan.
M.   Statement of Cash Flows
Information on financial transactions which have been settled through the receipt or disbursement of cash or restricted cash is presented in the Statement of Cash Flows. Cash as presented in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities includes cash on hand at the Fund’s custodian bank
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and does not include any short-term investments. As of and for the year ended April 30, 2021, the Fund had no restricted cash presented on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
2.   Management Agreement
The Adviser manages the Fund’s portfolio. Management fees payable under the Fund’s Advisory Agreement with the Adviser are calculated daily and paid monthly at the annual rate of 0.85% of the Fund’s average daily managed assets. “Managed assets” means (a) the total assets of the Fund, including any form of investment leverage, minus (b) all accrued liabilities incurred in the normal course of operations, which shall not include any liabilities or obligations attributable to investment leverage obtained through (i) indebtedness of any type (including, without limitation, borrowing through a credit facility or the issuance of debt securities), (ii) the issuance of preferred stock or other similar preference securities, and/or (iii) any other means. For the year ended April 30, 2021 the net management fee was 0.85% of the Fund’s average daily managed assets, which was equivalent to 1.23% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.
In addition, under the management and administration agreements, certain other services and costs, including accounting, regulatory reporting and insurance premiums, are paid by the Fund as administrative reimbursements. Included in “Due to affiliates” reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities is $11,964 in management fees, administrative costs and certain other reimbursements payable to the Adviser at April 30, 2021.
3.   Compensation of Directors and Officers
The Fund pays an annual fee to its Directors. The Adviser reimburses the Fund for fees paid to the Interested Directors. The Fund does not pay any salary or other compensation to its officers. For the year ended April 30, 2021, the Fund paid $8,632 in Directors’ compensation, which is reflected on the Statement of Operations as Directors’ fees. At April 30, 2021, the Fund had a payable for Directors’ fees on its Statement of Assets and Liabilities of $2,115.
4.   Transfer Agent
AST serves as the transfer agent with respect to the Fund’s shares. The Fund pays AST an annual fee, as is agreed to from time to time by the Fund and AST, for providing such services.
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In addition, the Fund reimbursed the transfer agent for out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the transfer agent related to shareowner communications activities such as proxy and statement mailings, and outgoing phone calls.
5.   Master Netting Agreements
The Fund has entered into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with substantially all its derivative counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs the trading of certain Over the Counter (“OTC”) derivatives and typically contains, among other things, close-out and set-off provisions which apply upon the occurrence of an event of default and/or a termination event as defined under the relevant ISDA Master Agreement. The ISDA Master Agreement may also give a party the right to terminate all transactions traded under such agreement if, among other things, there is deterioration in the credit quality of the other party.
Upon an event of default or a termination of the ISDA Master Agreement, the non-defaulting party has the right to close-out all transactions under such agreement and to net amounts owed under each transaction to determine one net amount payable by one party to the other. The right to close out and net payments across all transactions under the ISDA Master Agreement could result in a reduction of the Fund’s credit risk to its counterparty equal to any amounts payable by the Fund under the applicable transactions, if any. However, the Fund’s right to set-off may be restricted or prohibited by the bankruptcy or insolvency laws of the particular jurisdiction to which each specific ISDA Master Agreement of each counterparty is subject.
The collateral requirements for derivatives transactions under an ISDA Master Agreement are governed by a credit support annex to the ISDA Master Agreement. Collateral requirements are generally determined at the close of business each day and are typically based on changes in market values for each transaction under an ISDA Master Agreement and netted into one amount for such agreement. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty is subject to threshold (a “minimum transfer amount”) before a transfer is required, which may vary by counterparty. Collateral pledged for the benefit of the Fund and/or counterparty is held in segregated accounts by the Fund’s custodian and cannot be sold,
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re-pledged, assigned or otherwise used while pledged. Cash that has been segregated to cover the Fund’s collateral obligations, if any, will be reported separately on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as “Swaps collateral”. Securities pledged by the Fund as collateral, if any, are identified as such in the Schedule of Investments.
Financial instruments subject to an enforceable master netting agreement, such as an ISDA Master Agreement, have been offset on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The following charts show gross assets and liabilities of the Fund as of April 30, 2021.
                               
 
 
Derivative
                         
 
 
Assets
                         
 
 
Subject to
   
Derivatives
   
Non-Cash
   
Cash
   
Net Amount
 
 
 
Master Netting
   
Available
   
Collateral
   
Collateral
   
of Derivative
 
Counterparty 
 
Agreement
   
for Offset
   
Received (a)
    Received (a)    
Assets (b)
 
Bank of 
                             
America NA 
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
 
HSBC Bank. 
   
     
     
     
     
 
JPMorgan Chase 
                                       
Bank NA 
   
7,149
     
(7,149
)
   
     
     
 
State Street 
                                       
Bank & Trust Co. 
   
37,762
     
(13,358
)
   
     
     
24,404
 
Total 
 
$
44,911
   
$
(20,507
)
 
$
   
$
   
$
24,404
 

 
 
Derivative
                                 
 
 
Liabilities
                                 
 
 
Subject to
   
Derivatives
   
Non-Cash
   
Cash
   
Net Amount
 
 
 
Master Netting
   
Available
   
Collateral
   
Collateral
   
of Derivative
 
Counterparty 
 
Agreement
   
for Offset
   
Pledged (a)
   
Pledged (a)
   
Liabilities (c)
 
Bank of 
                                       
America NA 
 
$
11,367
   
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
11,367
 
HSBC Bank 
   
1,371
     
     
     
     
1,371
 
JPMorgan Chase 
                                       
Bank NA 
   
11,116
     
(7,149
)
   
     
     
3,967
 
State Street 
                                       
Bank & Trust Co. 
   
13,358
     
(13,358
)
   
     
     
 
Total 
 
$
37,212
   
$
(20,507
)
 
$
   
$
   
$
16,705
 
(a)  The amount presented here may be less than the total amount of collateral received/pledged as the net amount of derivative assets and liabilities cannot be less than $0.
(b)  Represents the net amount due from the counterparty in the event of default.
(c)  Represents the net amount payable to the counterparty in the event of default.
6.   Additional Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
The Fund’s use of derivatives may enhance or mitigate the Fund’s exposure to the following risks:
Interest rate risk relates to the fluctuations in the value of interest-bearing securities due to changes in the prevailing levels of market interest rates.
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Credit risk relates to the ability of the issuer of a financial instrument to make further principal or interest payments on an obligation or commitment that it has to the Fund.
Foreign exchange rate risk relates to fluctuations in the value of an asset or liability due to changes in currency exchange rates.
Equity risk relates to the fluctuations in the value of financial instruments as a result of changes in market prices (other than those arising from interest rate risk or foreign exchange rate risk), whether caused by factors specific to an individual investment, its issuer, or all factors affecting all instruments traded in a market or market segment.
Commodity risk relates to the risk that the value of a commodity or commodity index will fluctuate based on increases or decreases in the commodities market and factors specific to a particular industry or commodity.
The fair value of open derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) by risk exposure at April 30, 2021, was as follows:
The effect of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) on the Statement of Operations by risk exposure at April 30, 2021, was as follows:
Statement of Assets and Liabilities 
 
 
 
 

 
             
Foreign
             
 
 
Interest
   
Credit
   
Exchange
   
Equity
   
Commodity
 
 
 
Rate Risk
   
Risk
   
Rate Risk
   
Risk
   
Risk
 
Assets: 
                             
Options purchased* 
 
$
   
$
   
$
7,149
   
$
**
 
$
 
 Net unrealized 
                                       
appreciation on 
                                       
forward foreign 
                                       
currency exchange 
                                       
contracts 
   
     
     
20,245
     
     
 
Total Value 
 
$
   
$
   
$
27,394
   
$
**
 
$
 
Liabilities: 
                                       
 Written options 
                                       
  outstanding 
   
   
$
     
19,695
     
     
 
Total Value 
 
$
   
$
   
$
19,695
   
$
**
 
$
 
*    Reflects the market value of purchased option contracts (see Note 1H). These amounts are included in Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value, on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
**   Securities valued at $0.
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The effect of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) on the Statement of Operations by risk exposure at April 30, 2021, was as follows:
Statement of Operations 
 
 
 
 

 
             
Foreign
             
 
 
Interest
   
Credit
   
Exchange
   
Equity
   
Commodity
 
 
 
Rate Risk
   
Risk
   
Rate Risk
   
Risk
   
Risk
 
Net realized 
                             
gain (loss): 
                             
Options purchased* 
 
$
   
$
   
$
(51,745
)
 
$
   
$
 
Written options 
   
     
     
51,745
     
     
 
Forward foreign 
                                       
currency exchange 
                                       
contracts 
   
     
     
(56,199
)
   
     
 
Swap contracts 
   
     
(166,466
)
   
     
     
 
Total Value 
 
$
   
$
(166,466
)
 
$
(56,199
)
 
$
   
$
 
Change in net 
                                       
unrealized 
                                       
appreciation 
                                       
(depreciation) on: 
                                       
Options purchased** 
 
$
   
$
   
$
(52,153
)
 
$
***
 
$
 
Written options 
   
     
     
(27,531
)
   
     
 
Forward foreign 
                                       
currency exchange 
                                       
contracts 
   
     
     
16,961
     
     
 
Swap contracts 
   
     
163,510
     
     
     
 
Total Value 
 
$
   
$
163,510
   
$
(62,723
)
 
$
   
$
 
 
*     
Reflects the net realized gain (loss) on purchased option contracts (see Note 1H). These amounts are included in Net realized gain (loss) on investments in unaffiliated issuers, on the Statement of Operations.
**     
Reflects the change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on purchased option contracts (see Note 1H). These amounts are included in Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments in unaffiliated issuers, on the Statement of Operations.
***     
Securities valued at $0.
7. Fund Shares
Transactions in shares of beneficial interest for the year ended April 30, 2021 and the year ended April 30, 2020 were as follows:
 
4/30/21 
4/30/20 
Shares outstanding at beginning of year 
8,332,790 
8,332,790 
Shares outstanding at end of year 
8,332,790 
8,332,790 
8. Credit Agreement
The Fund has entered into a Revolving Credit Facility (the “Credit Agreement”) with the Bank of Scotia. There is a $68,000,000 borrowing limit.
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At April 30, 2021, the Fund had a borrowing outstanding under the credit agreement totaling $61,000,000. The interest rate charged at April 30, 2021 was 1.00%. During the year ended April 30, 2021, the average daily balance was $54,521,448 at an average interest rate of 1.00%. Interest expense of $560,779 in connection with the credit agreement is included on the Statement of Operations.
The Fund is required to maintain 300% asset coverage with respect to amounts outstanding under the credit agreement. Asset coverage is calculated by subtracting the Fund’s total liabilities not including any bank loans and senior securities, from the Fund’s total assets and dividing such amount by the principal amount of the borrowing outstanding.
The credit agreement has been amended to include an “evergreen” facility. More specifically, the credit agreement renews on a daily basis in perpetuity. The bank may, at any time, deliver to the borrower a termination notice, which becomes effective 179 days after its date of delivery.
9. Unfunded Loan Commitments
The Fund may enter into unfunded loan commitments. Unfunded loan commitments may be partially or wholly unfunded. During the contractual period, the Fund is obliged to provide funding to the borrower upon demand. A fee is earned by the Fund on the unfunded loan commitment and is recorded as interest income on the Statement of Operations. Unfunded loan commitments are fair valued in accordance with the valuation policy described in Footnote 1A and unrealized appreciation or depreciation, if any, is recorded on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
As of April 30, 2021, the Fund had no unfunded loan commitments outstanding.
10. Redomiciling
On April 21, 2021, the Fund, previously organized as a Delaware statutory trust, redomiciled to a Maryland corporation (the “redomiciling”). The redomiciling was effected through a statutory merger of the predecessor Delaware statutory trust (the “Predecessor Entity”) with and into a newly-established Maryland corporation formed for the purpose of effecting the redomiciling (the “Successor Entity”) pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger entered into by and between the Predecessor Entity and the Successor Entity (the “Merger”). Upon effectiveness of the Merger, (i) the Successor Entity became the successor in interest to the Fund (ii) each outstanding share of common stock of the Predecessor Entity was automatically converted into one share of common stock of the Successor Entity, and (iii) the shareholders of the Predecessor Entity became
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stockholders of the Successor Entity. Neither the Fund nor its stockholders realized gain (loss) as a direct result of the Merger. Accordingly, the Merger had no effect on the Fund’s operations.
In connection with the redomiciling, the Fund’s name changed from Pioneer Diversified High Income Trust to Pioneer Diversified High Income Fund, Inc. The Fund's ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange did not change.
The redomiciling did not result in any change to the investment adviser, investment objective and strategies, portfolio management team, policies and procedures or the members of the Board overseeing the Fund.
Following the Fund’s redomiciling, the rights of shareholders are governed by Maryland General Corporation Law and the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Successor Entity. In addition, the Fund is subject to the Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act (the “Control Share Act”) following the redomiciling.
The Control Share Act generally provides that any holder of “control shares” acquired in a “control share acquisition” may not exercise voting rights with respect to the “control shares,” except to the extent approved by a vote of two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Generally, “control shares” are shares that, when aggregated with shares already owned by an acquiring person, would entitle the acquiring person to exercise 10% or more, 33 1/3% or more, or a majority of the total voting power of shares entitled to vote in the election of directors. The Control Share Act provides that a “control share acquisition” does not include the acquisition of shares in a merger, consolidation or share exchange. Therefore, a shareholder of the Fund that acquired shares of the Successor Entity as a result of the Merger will be able to exercise voting rights as to those shares even if the number of such shares acquired by the shareholder in the Merger exceeds one or more of the thresholds of the Control Share Act.
The above description of the Control Share Act is only a high-level summary and does not purport to be complete. Investors should refer to the actual provisions of the Control Share Act and the Fund’s Bylaws for more information, including definitions of key terms, various exclusions and exemptions from the statute's scope, and the procedures by which stockholders may approve the reinstatement of voting rights to holders of “control shares.”
11. Subsequent Events
A monthly dividend was declared on May 4, 2021 from undistributed and accumulated net investment income of $0.1100 per share payable May 28, 2021, to shareowners of record on May 19, 2021.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Pioneer Diversified High Income Fund, Inc.:
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Pioneer Diversified High Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) (formerly known as Pioneer Diversified High Income Trust), including the schedule of investments, as of April 30, 2021, and the related statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the four years in the period then ended and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). The financial highlights for the period ended April 30, 2017 were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm whose report, dated June 19, 2017, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial highlights. In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Pioneer Diversified High Income Fund, Inc. at April 30, 2021, the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and its financial highlights for each of the four years in the period then ended in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial
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reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of April 30, 2021, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the auditor of one or more Amundi Pioneer investment companies since 2017.
Boston, Massachusetts
June 25, 2021
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Additional Information (unaudited)
Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 23(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 that the Fund may purchase, from time to time, its shares in the open market.
The percentages of the Fund’s ordinary income distributions that are exempt from nonresident alien (NRA) tax withholding resulting from qualified interest income was 51.27%.
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Investment Objectives, Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks
CHANGES OCCURRING DURING MOST RECENT FISCAL YEAR
The following information in this annual report is a summary of certain changes during the most recent fiscal year. This information may not reflect all of the changes that have occurred since you purchased shares of the Fund. The following principal risk disclosure has been added with respect to the Fund:
Recent events. The respiratory illness COVID-19 caused by a novel coronavirus has resulted in a global pandemic and major disruption to economies and markets around the world, including the United States. Global financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and severe losses, and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. Liquidity for many instruments has been greatly reduced for periods of time. Some interest rates are very low and in some cases yields are negative. Some sectors of the economy and individual issuers have experienced particularly large losses. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time, and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments. The ultimate economic fallout from the pandemic, and the long-term impact on economies, markets, industries and individual issuers, are not known. Governments and central banks, including the Federal Reserve in the U.S., have taken extraordinary and unprecedented actions to support local and global economies and the financial markets. These actions have resulted in significant expansion of public debt, including in the U.S. The impact of these measures, and whether they will be effective to mitigate the economic and market disruption, may not be known for some time. The consequences of high public debt, including its future impact on the economy and securities markets, likewise may not be known for some time.
LIBOR risk. LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) is used extensively in the U.S. and globally as a “benchmark” or “reference rate” for various commercial and financial contracts, including corporate and municipal bonds, bank loans, asset-backed and mortgage-related securities, and interest rate swaps and other derivatives. In 2017, the head of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) announced a desire to phase out the use of LIBOR by the end of 2021. The FCA and LIBOR’s administrator, ICE Benchmark Administration (“IBA”), have announced that most LIBOR rates will no longer be published after the end of 2021 and a majority of U.S. dollar LIBOR rates will no longer by published after June 30, 2023. It is possible that the FCA may compel the IBA to publish a subset of LIBOR
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settings after these dates on a “synthetic” basis, but any such publications would be considered non-representative of the underlying market. Actions by regulators have resulted in the establishment of alternative reference rates to LIBOR in most major currencies. Based on the recommendations of the New York Federal Reserve's Alternative Reference Rate Committee (comprised of major derivative market participants and their regulators), the U.S. Federal Reserve began publishing a Secured Overnight Funding Rate (“SOFR”) that is intended to replace U.S. Dollar LIBOR. Proposals for alternative reference rates for other currencies have also been announced or have already begun publication, such as SONIA in the United Kingdom. Markets are slowly developing in response to these new rates, and transition planning is at a relatively early stage. Neither the effect of the transition process nor its ultimate success is known. The transition process may lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets that currently rely on LIBOR to determine interest rates. The effect of any changes to —or discontinuation of—LIBOR on the portfolio will vary depending on, among other things, provisions in individual contracts and whether, how, and when industry participants develop and adopt new reference rates and alternative reference rates for both legacy and new products and instruments. Because the usefulness of LIBOR as a benchmark may deteriorate during the transition period, these effects could materialize prior to the end of 2021.
Anti-takeover provisions. The Fund’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws include provisions that could limit the ability of other entities or persons to acquire control of the Fund or convert the Fund to open-end status. The Fund’s Bylaws also contain a provision providing that the Board of Directors has adopted a resolution to opt in the Fund to the provisions of the Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act (“MCSAA”). Such a provision may discourage third parties from seeking to obtain control of the Fund, which could have an adverse impact on the market price of the Fund’s shares. There can be no assurance, however, that such a provision will be sufficient to deter activist investors that seek to cause the Fund to take actions that may not be aligned with the interests of long-term shareholders.
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES
The Fund’s primary investment objective is to provide its common shareholders with a high level of current income. As a secondary investment objective, the Fund seeks capital appreciation to the extent consistent with its primary investment objective. The Fund’s investment objectives are fundamental policies and may not be changed without the approval of a majority of the outstanding voting securities (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund. There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objectives.
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PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its managed assets (net assets plus borrowings or other leverage for investment purposes) in a diversified portfolio of below investment grade (high yield) debt securities, loans and preferred stocks. These securities are rated below investment grade by the national rating agencies that cover the obligations (i.e., Ba and below by Moody’s or BB and below by S&P), or if unrated, are determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. Investment in securities of below investment grade quality, commonly referred to as “junk bonds,” involves substantial risk of loss. “Junk bonds” are considered predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s ability to pay interest and repay principal and are susceptible to default or decline in market value due to adverse economic and business developments.
The Fund will provide written notice to shareholders at least 60 days prior to any change to the requirement that it invest at least 80% of its managed assets in below investment grade (high yield) debt securities, loans and preferred stocks.
The Fund may invest in securities and other obligations of any credit quality, including those that are rated below investment grade or are unrated but determined by the Adviser to be of equivalent credit quality. The Fund does not have a policy of maintaining a specific average credit quality or a dollar-weighted average maturity target or range for its portfolio. The Fund may invest any portion of its assets in securities and other instruments of non-U.S. issuers, including emerging market issuers, and may engage in certain strategic transactions.
The Fund allocates its investments principally among three sectors of the fixed income securities markets: (i) below investment grade debt securities and preferred stocks of U.S. and non-U.S. issuers, including governmental and corporate issuers in emerging markets (“global high income debt securities”), (ii) floating rate loans and (iii) insurance-linked securities (“ILS”). ILS include event-linked bonds (also known as insurance-linked bonds or catastrophe bonds), quota share instruments (also known as “reinsurance sidecars”), collateralized reinsurance investments, industry loss warranties, event-linked swaps, securities of companies in the insurance or reinsurance industries, and other insurance- and reinsurance-related securities. ILS are typically rated below investment grade or unrated.
The Adviser believes that this actively managed, diversified portfolio of asset classes – global high yield debt securities, floating rate loans and ILS – may provide investors with a range of potential benefits across
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various market cycles and under various market conditions. These benefits include, among others, the potential to provide investors with a relatively high level of current income without undue risk as a result of the low correlation among these asset classes, reduced volatility due to limited exposure to interest rate and duration risk, as well as a favorable risk return profile. Specifically, the floating rate feature of both floating rate loans and ILS serves to reduce sensitivity to changes in prevailing interest rates. In addition, the introduction of ILS to the diversified portfolio enhances these benefits by reducing volatility, while providing the potential for above average returns. Moreover, the Fund’s investments in ILS offer investors access to a unique asset class that otherwise may be unavailable to them. The Fund’s investments nevertheless involve significant risks since the Fund invests at least 80% of its managed assets in below investment grade (high yield) debt securities, loans and preferred stocks.
The Adviser is responsible for managing the Fund’s overall investment program, including allocating the Fund’s investments among the different asset classes and managing the Fund’s investments in global high income debt securities, floating rate loans and ILS. The Adviser considers both broad economic and issuer specific factors in selecting a portfolio designed to achieve the Fund’s investment objectives. The Adviser selects individual securities based upon the terms of the securities (such as yields compared to U.S. Treasuries or comparable issues), liquidity and rating, sector and issuer diversification. The Adviser also employs due diligence and fundamental quantitative and qualitative research to assess an issuer’s credit quality, taking into account financial condition and profitability, future capital needs, potential for change in rating, industry outlook, the competitive environment and management ability. The Adviser may sell a portfolio security when it believes the security no longer will contribute to meeting the Fund’s investment objectives. The Adviser makes that determination based on the same criteria it uses to select portfolio securities. In making these portfolio decisions, the Adviser relies on the knowledge, experience and judgment of its staff and the staff of its affiliates who have access to a wide variety of research.
In selecting ILS for investment, the Adviser uses quantitative and qualitative analysis. The Adviser utilizes quantitative analysis in an effort to model portfolio risk and attribution. This modeling process is supported by use of a risk analytic system that is used by the insurance industry. The risk analytic system contains a database of historical and hypothetical catastrophic events and property structures that assists the Adviser in its efforts to model peril exposures at both the security and portfolio level. Among the factors considered in this process are expected loss and the probabilities of loss and maximum loss. The Adviser’s qualitative analysis
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may consider various factors, such as trigger term (measurement of loss event specific to an instrument) or other terms of an instrument, sponsor quality, deal structure, alignment of interest between the Fund and the sponsoring insurance company, and model accuracy. The Adviser’s analysis guides the Adviser in determining the desired allocation of reinsurance-related securities by issuer, peril and geographic exposure. The Adviser may rely on information and analysis obtained from brokers, dealers and ratings organizations, among other sources.
The Fund may use financial leverage on an ongoing basis for investment purposes by borrowing from banks through a revolving credit facility. Leverage creates special risks not associated with unleveraged funds having a similar investment objectives and policies. These include the possibility of higher volatility of both the net asset value of the Fund and the value of assets serving as asset coverage for the borrowing. The fees and expenses attributed to leverage, including any increase in the management fees, will be borne by holders of common shares. The Adviser intends only to leverage the Fund when it believes that the potential total return on additional investments purchased with the proceeds of leverage is likely to exceed the costs incurred in connection with the leverage. The Fund may not be leveraged at all times, and the amount of leverage, if any, may vary depending on a variety of factors, including the Adviser’s outlook for interest rates and credit markets and the costs that the Fund would incur as a result of such leverage. The Fund’s leveraging strategy may not be successful.
Although the Adviser considers ratings when making investment decisions, the Adviser performs its own credit and investment analysis and does not rely primarily on ratings assigned by rating services. In evaluating the attractiveness of a particular obligation, whether rated or unrated, the Adviser generally gives equal weight to the obligation’s yield and the issuer’s creditworthiness and will normally take into consideration, among other things, the issuer’s financial resources and operating history, its sensitivity to economic conditions and trends, the availability of its management, its debt maturity schedules and borrowing requirements, and relative values based on anticipated cash flow, interest and asset coverage and earnings prospects.
Portfolio Contents
Global high yield debt securities. The Fund’s investments in global high yield debt securities may include below investment grade convertible bonds and preferred stocks that are convertible into the equity securities of the issuer. The value of obligations of non-U.S. issuers is affected by changes in foreign tax laws (including withholding tax), government policies (in this
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country or abroad) and relations between nations, and trading, settlement, custodial and other operational risks. In addition, the costs of investing abroad are generally higher than in the United States.
Floating rate instruments. Floating rate instruments pay interest rates that adjust or “float” periodically based on a specified interest rate or other reference and include floating rate loans, repurchase agreements, money market securities and shares of money market and short-term bond funds.
Floating rate loans. Floating rate loans are provided by banks and other financial institutions to large corporate customers in connection with recapitalizations, acquisitions, and refinancings. These loans are generally acquired as a participation interest in, or assignment of, loans originated by a lender or other financial institution. These loans are rated below investment grade. The rates of interest on the loans typically adjust periodically by reference to a base lending rate, such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), a designated U.S. bank’s prime or base rate or the overnight federal funds rate, plus a premium. Some loans reset on set dates, typically every 30 to 90 days, but not to exceed one year. Other loans reset periodically when the underlying rate resets.
Senior loans hold a senior position in the capital structure of the borrower. Having a senior position means that, if the borrower becomes insolvent, senior debtholders, like the Fund, will be paid before subordinated debtholders and stockholders of the borrower. Senior loans typically are secured by specific collateral.
Floating rate loans typically are structured and administered by a financial institution that acts as an agent for the holders of the loan. Loans can be acquired directly through the agent, by assignment from another holder of the loan, or as a participation interest in the loan. When the Fund is a direct investor in a loan, the Fund may have the ability to influence the terms of the loan, although the Fund does not act as the sole negotiator or originator of the loan. Participation interests are fractional interests in a loan issued by a lender or other financial institution. When the Fund invests in a loan participation, the Fund does not have a direct claim against the borrower and must rely upon an intermediate participant to enforce any rights against the borrower.
Insurance-linked securities
Event-linked bonds
The Fund may invest in “event-linked” bonds, which sometimes are referred to as “insurance-linked” or “catastrophe” bonds. Event-linked bonds are floating rate debt obligations for which the return of principal and the
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payment of interest are contingent on the non-occurrence of a pre-defined “trigger” event, such as a hurricane or an earthquake of a specific magnitude. The trigger event’s magnitude may be based on losses to a company or industry, industry indexes or readings of scientific instruments, or may be based on specified actual losses. If a trigger event, as defined within the terms of an event-linked bond occurs, the Fund may lose a portion or all of its accrued interest and/or principal invested in such event-linked bond. The Fund is entitled to receive principal and interest payments so long as no trigger event occurs of the description and magnitude specified by the instrument.
Event-linked bonds may be issued by government agencies, insurance companies, reinsurers, special purpose corporations or other U.S. or non-U.S. entities. Event-linked bonds are typically rated below investment grade or may be unrated. The rating for an event-linked bond primarily reflects the rating agency’s calculated probability that a pre-defined trigger event will occur, which will cause a loss of principal. This rating may also assess the credit risk of the bond’s collateral pool, if any, and the reliability of the model used to calculate the probability of a trigger event.
The Fund’s investments in event-linked bonds may have trigger events related to a broad range of insurance risks, which can be broken down into three major categories: natural risks, weather risks and non-natural events. Investments in event-linked bonds with trigger events related to natural risks will represent the largest portion of the Fund’s event-linked bond investments. The events covered are natural catastrophes, such as hurricanes, other windstorms, earthquakes and fires. Investments in event-linked bonds linked to weather risks provide insurance to companies, or insurers of companies, whose sales depend on the weather and provide a hedge on the impact of weather-related risks. For example, a weather event-linked bond could provide coverage based on the average temperature in a region over a given period. Investments in event-linked bonds linked to non-natural risks could cover a much broader array of insurable risks, such as aerospace and shipping catastrophes.
The Fund may invest in other types of event-linked bonds where the trigger event may be based on company-wide losses (“indemnity triggers”), index-based losses (“index triggers”) or a combination of triggers (“hybrid triggers”).
Indemnity triggers. Indemnity triggers are based on losses of the insurance company or other entity issuing the event-linked bond. The trigger event would be considered to have occurred if a company’s losses on catastrophic insurance claims exceeded a certain aggregate amount of insured claims. If the company’s losses were less than the pre-determined aggregate amount,
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then the trigger event would not be considered to have occurred and the Fund would be entitled to recover its principal plus accrued but unpaid interest. Indemnity triggers require investors and rating agencies to understand the risks of the insurance and reinsurance policies underwritten by the company, which may be difficult to obtain and ascertain, particularly in the case of complex commercial insurance and reinsurance policies. In addition, event-linked bond investors are dependent upon the company’s ability to settle catastrophe claims in a manner that would not be disadvantageous to investors’ interests.
Index triggers. Index triggers follow one of three broad approaches: parametric, industry-loss and modeled-loss, or a combination thereof, which is discussed below as “hybrid triggers.” Index triggers are based on pre-defined formulas, which eliminate the risks relating to a company’s insurance claims-handling practices and potential information barriers. However, index triggers are generally riskier than indemnity triggers, since investors in event-linked bonds that have index triggers are dependent upon the accuracy of the models and reporting services used to calculate the formulas.
- Parametric. Parametric index triggers are based upon the occurrence of a catastrophic event with certain defined physical parameters (e.g., wind speed and location of a hurricane or magnitude and location of an earthquake).
- Industry-loss. Industry loss index triggers are based upon the estimated loss for the insurance industry as a whole from a particular catastrophe. Estimates are derived from a reporting service, such as Property Claim Services.
- Modeled-loss. Modeled-loss index triggers are based upon a catastrophe-modeling firm’s database estimate of an industry loss, or a company’s losses compared to a modeling firm’s industry estimate of losses.
Hybrid triggers. Hybrid triggers involve more than one trigger type in a single transaction or tranche of an event-linked bond. For example, a hybrid trigger could involve the occurrence of both a U.S. hurricane and a Japanese earthquake with a different kind of index trigger for each. Another example of a hybrid trigger involves different trigger types occurring in a particular sequence. For example, after the occurrence of a qualifying U.S. earthquake, a modeled-loss index is used to establish a company’s overall market share, and then applied to the industry loss index associated with the qualifying event to determine any principal reduction. Hybrid triggers may be more complicated and difficult to understand for investors, and involve the applicable risks associated with the types of triggers described above.
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Structured reinsurance investments
ILS include special purpose vehicles (“SPVs”) or similar instruments structured to comprise a portion of a reinsurer’s catastrophe-oriented business, known as quota share instruments (sometimes referred to as reinsurance sidecars), or to provide reinsurance relating to specific risks to insurance or reinsurance companies through a collateralized instrument, known as collateralized reinsurance. Quota share instruments and other structured reinsurance investments generally will be considered illiquid securities by the Fund. The Fund may invest substantially in illiquid securities.
Structured reinsurance investments developed along with event-linked bonds as a mechanism to facilitate risk-transfer from insurance markets to capital markets investors. These instruments are typically more customizable but less liquid investments than event-linked bonds. Like event-linked bonds, an investor in structured reinsurance investments participates in the premiums and losses associated with underlying reinsurance contracts. Where the instruments are based on the performance of underlying reinsurance contracts, the Fund has limited transparency into the underlying insurance policies and therefore must rely upon the risk assessment and sound underwriting practices of the insurer and/or reinsurer. The instruments typically mature in one year.
The Fund invests indirectly in reinsurance contracts, by holding notes or preferred shares issued by a SPV or similar instrument whose performance is tied to an underlying reinsurance transaction, including quota share instruments. Quota share instruments are a form of proportional reinsurance in which an investor participates in the premiums and losses of a reinsurer’s portfolio of catastrophe-oriented policies, according to a pre-defined percentage. For example, under a 10% quota share agreement, the SPV would be entitled to 10% of all premiums associated with a defined portfolio and be responsible for 10% of all related claims. The Fund, as a holder of a quota share issued by an SPV would be entitled to its pro rata share of premiums received by the SPV and would be responsible for its pro rata share of the claims, up to the total amount invested.
Collateralized reinsurance investments, are privately structured securities or derivatives utilized to gain exposure to the reinsurance market. Collateralized reinsurance entails an SPV entering into a reinsurance arrangement that is then collateralized by invested capital and premiums related to the insurance coverage. The collateral is designed to cover in full the potential claims that could arise from the underlying reinsurance contract.
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Structured reinsurance investments may include industry loss warranties (“ILWs”). ILWs are insurance-linked securities used to finance peak, non-recurrent insurance risks, such as hurricanes, tropical storms and earthquakes. ILWs feature an industry loss index trigger, and, in some cases, a dual trigger design that includes a protection buyer indemnity trigger. A traditional ILW takes the form of a bilateral reinsurance contract, but there are also index products that take the form of derivatives, collateralized structures or exchange traded instruments. The common feature among these forms is that the payout trigger is based on an industry loss index or a parametric index. County-weighted industry loss warranties are variations of ILWs that provide reinsurance protection at a county level rather than state-wide or industry-wide losses.
The reinsurance market is highly cyclical, with coverage being written at the beginning of the year and midyear for coverage for the following 12 months. The pricing of reinsurance is also highly cyclical as premiums for reinsurance coverage are driven, in large part, by insurers’ recent loss experience.
Other fixed income securities
The Fund’s fixed-income securities may have fixed or variable principal payments and all types of interest rate and dividend payment and reset terms, including fixed rate, adjustable rate, zero coupon, contingent, deferred, payment in kind and auction rate features. The Fund may invest in fixed-income securities with a broad range of maturities. The Fund’s investments also may include unsecured or subordinated loans, revolving credit facilities, investment grade fixed income securities, convertible securities and money market instruments, such as commercial paper. The Fund also may purchase other floating rate debt securities such as notes, bonds and asset-backed securities (such as securities issued by special purpose funds investing in bank loans).
The Fund may invest in zero coupon bonds, deferred interest bonds and bonds or preferred stocks on which the interest is payable in-kind (PIK bonds). To the extent the Fund invests in such instruments, they will not contribute to the Fund’s primary goal of current income. Zero coupon and deferred interest bonds are debt obligations which are issued at a significant discount from face value. While zero coupon bonds do not require the periodic payment of interest, deferred interest bonds provide for a period of delay before the regular payment of interest begins. PIK bonds are debt obligations that provide that the issuer thereof may, at its option, pay interest on such bonds in cash or in the form of additional debt obligations. Such investments may experience greater volatility in market value due to changes in interest rates. The Fund may be required to accrue income on
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these investments for federal income tax purposes and is required to distribute its net income each year in order to qualify for the favorable federal income tax treatment potentially available to regulated investment companies. The Fund may be required to sell securities to obtain cash needed for income distributions.
The Fund may hold securities that are unrated or in the lowest ratings categories (rated C by Moody’s or D by S&P). Because of the greater number of investment considerations involved in investing in high yield, high risk floating rate loans and bonds, the achievement of the Fund’s objectives depends more on the Adviser’s judgment and analytical abilities than would be the case if invested primarily in securities in the higher ratings categories. The Fund may purchase obligations issued in connection with a restructuring pursuant to Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. While these investments are not a primary focus of the Fund, the Fund does not have a policy limiting such investments to a specific percentage of the Fund’s assets.
Other debt securities in which the Fund may invest include: securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities and custodial receipts therefor; securities issued or guaranteed by a foreign government or any of its political subdivisions, authorities, agencies or instrumentalities or by international or supranational entities; corporate debt securities, including notes, bonds and debentures; certificates of deposit and bankers’ acceptances issued or guaranteed by, or time deposits maintained at, banks (including U.S. or foreign branches of U.S. banks or U.S. or foreign branches of foreign banks) having total assets of more than $1 billion; commercial paper; and mortgage related securities. These securities may be of any maturity. The value of debt securities can be expected to vary inversely with interest rates.
The Fund may invest any portion of its assets in securities and other instruments of non-U.S. issuers, including emerging market issuers, and may engage in hedging transactions.
Preferred securities. The Fund may invest in preferred securities. Preferred securities are equity securities, but they have many characteristics of fixed income securities, such as a fixed dividend payment rate and/or a liquidity preference over the issuer’s common shares. However, because preferred shares are equity securities, they may be more susceptible to risks traditionally associated with equity investments than the Fund’s fixed income securities.
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Fixed rate preferred stocks have fixed dividend rates. They can be perpetual, with no mandatory redemption date, or issued with a fixed mandatory redemption date. Certain issues of preferred stock are convertible into other equity securities. Perpetual preferred stocks provide a fixed dividend throughout the life of the issue, with no mandatory retirement provisions, but may be callable. Sinking fund preferred stocks provide for the redemption of a portion of the issue on a regularly scheduled basis with, in most cases, the entire issue being retired at a future date. The value of fixed rate preferred stocks can be expected to vary inversely with interest rates.
Adjustable rate preferred stocks have a variable dividend rate which is determined periodically, typically quarterly, according to a formula based on a specified premium or discount to the yield on particular U.S. Treasury securities, typically the highest base-rate yield of one of three U.S. Treasury securities: the 90-day Treasury bill; the 10-year Treasury note; and either the 20-year or 30-year Treasury bond or other index. The premium or discount to be added to or subtracted from this base-rate yield is fixed at the time of issuance and cannot be changed without the approval of the holders of the adjustable rate preferred stock. Some adjustable rate preferred stocks have a maximum and a minimum rate and in some cases are convertible into common stock.
Auction rate preferred stocks pay dividends that adjust based on periodic auctions. Such preferred stocks are similar to short-term corporate money market instruments in that an auction rate preferred stockholder has the opportunity to sell the preferred stock at par in an auction, normally conducted at least every 49 days, through which buyers set the dividend rate in a bidding process for the next period. The dividend rate set in the auction depends on market conditions and the credit quality of the particular issuer. Typically, the auction rate preferred stock’s dividend rate is limited to a specified maximum percentage of an external commercial paper index as of the auction date. Further, the terms of the auction rate preferred stocks generally provide that they are redeemable by the issuer at certain times or under certain conditions.
Convertible Securities. The Fund’s investment in fixed income securities may include bonds and preferred stocks that are convertible into the equity securities of the issuer or a related company. Depending on the relationship of the conversion price to the market value of the underlying securities, convertible securities may trade more like equity securities than debt instruments.
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Zero Coupon Securities. The Fund may invest in zero coupon securities. Zero coupon securities are debt instruments that do not pay interest during the life of the security but are issued at a discount from the amount the investor will receive when the issuer repays the amount borrowed (the face value). The discount approximates the total amount of interest that would be paid at an assumed interest rate.
Mortgage- and asset-backed securities. The Fund may invest in mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities. Mortgage-backed securities may be issued by private companies or by agencies of the U.S. government and represent direct or indirect participation in, or are collateralized by and payable from, mortgage loans secured by real property. Asset-backed securities represent participations in, or are secured by and payable from, assets such as installment sales or loan contracts, leases, credit card receivables and other categories of receivables. The Fund’s investments in mortgage related securities may include mortgage derivatives and structured securities.
The fund may invest in credit risk transfer (“CRT”) securities. CRT securities are fixed income securities that transfer the credit risk related to certain types of mortgage-backed securities to the owner of the CRT. If the underlying mortgages default, the principal of the CRT securities owners is used to pay back holders of the mortgage-backed securities. As a result, all or part of the mortgage default or credit risk associated with the underlying mortgage pools is transferred to the fund. Therefore, the fund could lose all or part of its investments in credit risk transfer securities in the event of default by the underlying mortgages.
To the extent the Fund invests significantly in asset-backed and mortgage-related securities, its exposure to prepayment and extension risks may be greater than if it invested in other fixed income securities.
Certain debt instruments may only pay principal at maturity or may only represent the right to receive payments of principal or interest on underlying pools of mortgage or government securities, but not both. The value of these types of instruments may change more drastically than debt securities that pay both principal and interest during periods of changing interest rates. Principal only mortgage-backed securities generally increase in value if interest rates decline, but are also subject to the risk of prepayment. Interest only instruments generally increase in value in a rising interest rate environment when fewer of the underlying mortgages are prepaid. Interest only instruments could lose their entire value in a declining interest rate environment if the underlying mortgages are prepaid.
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The Fund may invest in mortgage derivatives and structured securities. Mortgage derivatives or structured securities typically are not secured by real property. Because these securities have imbedded leverage features, small changes in interest or prepayment rates may cause large and sudden price movements. Mortgage derivatives can also become illiquid and hard to value in declining markets.
Inverse floating rate obligations. The Fund may invest in inverse floating rate obligations (a type of derivative instrument). The interest rate on inverse floating rate obligations will generally decrease as short-term interest rates increase, and increase as short-term rates decrease. Due to their leveraged structure, the sensitivity of the market value of an inverse floating rate obligation to changes in interest rates is generally greater than a comparable long-term bond issued by the same issuer and with similar credit quality, redemption and maturity provisions. Inverse floating rate obligations may be volatile and involve leverage risk.
Second lien loans and other subordinated securities. The Fund may invest in second lien loans and other securities that are subordinated or “junior” to more senior securities of the issuer. The investor in a subordinated security of an issuer is entitled to payment after other holders of debt in that issuer.
Collateralized debt obligations. The Fund may invest in collateralized debt obligations (“CDOs”), which include collateralized bond obligations (“CBOs”), collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) and other similarly structured securities. CDOs have securitized certain financial assets by issuing securities in the form of negotiable paper that are issued by an SPV. These securitized assets are, as a rule, corporate financial assets brought into a pool according to specific diversification rules. The SPV is a company founded solely for the purpose of securitizing these claims and its only asset is the diversified asset pool. On this basis, marketable securities are issued which, due to the diversification of the underlying risk, generally represent a lower level of risk than the original assets. The redemption of the securities issued by the SPV takes place at maturity out of the cash flow generated by the collected claims.
The Fund also may invest in CBOs, which are structured debt securities backed by a diversified pool of high yield, public or private fixed income securities. These may be fixed pools or may be “market value” (or managed) pools of collateral. The CBO issues debt securities that are typically separated into tranches representing different degrees of credit quality. The top tranche of securities has the greatest collateralization and pays the lowest interest rate. Lower CBO tranches have a lesser degree of collateralization quality and pay higher interest rates intended to compensate for the attendant risks. The bottom tranche specifically receives
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the residual interest payments (i.e., money that is left over after the higher tranches have been paid) rather than a fixed interest rate. The return on the lower tranches of a CBO is especially sensitive to the rate of defaults in the collateral pool. Under normal market conditions, the Fund expects to invest in the lower tranches of a CBO.
A CLO is a structured debt security issued by an SPV that was created to reapportion the risk and return characteristics of a pool of assets. The assets, typically floating rate loans, are used as collateral supporting the various debt tranches issued by the SPV. The key feature of the CLO structure is the prioritization of the cash flows from a pool of debt securities among the several classes of securities issued by a CLO.
Credit-linked notes. The Fund may invest in credit-linked notes (“CLNs”) for risk management purposes, including diversification. A CLN is a derivative instrument. It is a synthetic obligation between two or more parties where the payment of principal and/or interest is based on the performance of some obligation (a reference obligation). In addition to credit risk of the reference obligations and interest rate risk, the buyer/seller of the CLN is subject to counterparty risk.
Credit default swaps. The Fund may enter into credit default swap agreements. The “buyer” in a credit default contract is obligated to pay the “seller” a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract provided that no event of default on an underlying reference obligation has occurred. If an event of default occurs, the seller must pay the buyer the “par value” (full notional value) of the reference obligation in exchange for the reference obligation. The Fund may be either the buyer or seller in the transaction. If the Fund is a buyer and no event of default occurs, the Fund loses its investment and recovers nothing. However, if an event of default occurs, the buyer receives full notional value for a reference obligation that may have little or no value. As a seller, the Fund receives income throughout the term of the contract, which typically is between six months and three years, provided that there is no default event.
Credit default swaps involve greater risks than if the Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly. In addition to general market risks, credit default swaps are subject to illiquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risks. The Fund will enter into swap agreements only with counterparties that are rated investment grade quality by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization at the time of entering into such transaction or whose creditworthiness is believed by the Adviser to be equivalent to such rating. If an event of default were to occur, the value of the reference obligation received by the seller, coupled with the periodic payments previously received, may be less than the full notional value it pays to the buyer, resulting in a loss of value to the seller. When the Fund
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acts as a seller of a credit default swap agreement it is exposed to many of the same risks of leverage, since if an event of default occurs the seller must pay the buyer the full notional value of the reference obligation.
Event-linked swaps. The Fund may obtain event-linked exposure by investing in event-linked swaps, which are similar to credit default swaps but typically are contingent, or formulaically related to defined trigger events. Trigger events include hurricanes, earthquakes and weather-related phenomena, including statistics relating to such events. If a trigger event occurs, the Fund may lose the swap’s notional amount. As derivative instruments, event-linked swaps are subject to risks in addition to the risks of investing in event-linked bonds, including counterparty risk and leverage risk.
U.S. government securities. The Fund may invest in U.S. government securities. U.S. government securities are obligations of, or guaranteed by, the U.S. government, its agencies or government-sponsored entities. U.S. government securities include obligations: directly issued by or supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, like Treasury bills, notes and bonds and GNMA certificates; supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the U.S. Treasury, like those of the FHLBs; supported by the discretionary authority of the U.S. government to purchase the agency’s securities like those of the FNMA; or supported only by the credit of the issuer itself, like the Tennessee Valley Authority. U.S. government securities include issues by non-governmental entities (like financial institutions) that carry direct guarantees from U.S. government agencies as part of government initiatives in response to the market crisis or otherwise. U.S. government securities include zero coupon securities that make payments of interest and principal only upon maturity and which therefore tend to be subject to greater volatility than interest-bearing securities with comparable maturities. Although the U.S. government guarantees principal and interest payments on securities issued by the U.S. government and some of its agencies, such as securities issued by GNMA, this guarantee does not apply to losses resulting from declines in the market value of these securities. Some of the U.S. government securities that the Fund may hold are not guaranteed or backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, such as those issued by FNMA and FHLMC.
Money Market Instruments. Money market instruments include short-term U.S. government securities, U.S. dollar-denominated, high quality commercial paper (unsecured promissory notes issued by corporations to finance their short-term credit needs), certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances and repurchase agreements relating to any of the foregoing. U.S. government securities include Treasury notes, bonds and bills, which are direct obligations of the U.S. government backed by the full faith and credit of the United States and securities issued by agencies and
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instrumentalities of the U.S. government, which may be guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury, may be supported by the issuer’s right to borrow from the U.S. Treasury or may be backed only by the credit of the federal agency or instrumentality itself.
Common Stocks. The Fund may acquire an interest in common stocks upon the default of a loan or other security secured by such common stock. The Fund may also acquire warrants or other rights to purchase a borrower’s common stock in connection with the making of a loan. Common stocks are shares of a corporation or other entity that entitle the holder to a pro rata share of the profits, if any, of the corporation without preference over any other shareholder or class of shareholders, including holders of such entity’s preferred stock and other senior equity securities. Common stock usually carries with it the right to vote and frequently an exclusive right to do so. In selecting common stocks for investment, the Fund generally expects to focus primarily on the security’s dividend paying capacity rather than on its potential for capital appreciation.
Other Investment Companies. The Fund may invest in the securities of other investment companies to the extent that such investments are consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives and principal investment strategies and permissible under the 1940 Act. Subject to the limitations on investment in other investment companies, the Fund may invest in “ETFs.”
Derivatives. The Fund may, but is not required to, use futures and options on securities, indices and currencies, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, swaps, credit-linked notes and other derivatives. The Fund also may enter into credit default swaps, which can be used to acquire or to transfer the credit risk of a security or index of securities without buying or selling the security or securities comprising the relevant index. A derivative is a security or instrument whose value is determined by reference to the value or the change in value of one or more securities, currencies, indices or other financial instruments. The Fund may use derivatives for a variety of purposes, including:

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In an attempt to hedge against adverse changes in the market prices of securities, interest rates or currency exchange rates
 • As a substitute for purchasing or selling securities
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To attempt to increase the Fund’s return as a non-hedging strategy that may be considered speculative
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To manage portfolio characteristics (for example, the duration or credit quality of the Fund’s portfolio)
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As a cash flow management technique

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The Fund may choose not to make use of derivatives for a variety of reasons, and any use may be limited by applicable law and regulations.
Repurchase Agreements. In a repurchase agreement, the Fund purchases securities from a broker/dealer or a bank, called the counterparty, upon the agreement of the counterparty to repurchase the securities from the Fund at a later date, and at a specified price, which is typically higher than the purchase price paid by the Fund. The securities purchased serve as the Fund’s collateral for the obligation of the counterparty to repurchase the securities. If the counterparty does not repurchase the securities, the Fund is entitled to sell the securities, but the Fund may not be able to sell them for the price at which they were purchased, thus causing a loss. Additionally, if the counterparty becomes insolvent, there is some risk that the Fund will not have a right to the securities, or the immediate right to sell the securities.
PRINCIPAL RISKS
General. The Fund is a closed-end management investment company designed primarily as a long-term investment and not as a trading tool. The Fund is not a complete investment program and should be considered only as an addition to an investor’s existing portfolio of investments. Because the Fund may invest substantially in high yield debt securities, an investment in the Fund’s shares is speculative in that it involves a high degree of risk. Due to uncertainty inherent in all investments, there can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. Instruments in which the Fund invests may only have limited liquidity, or may be illiquid.
Market price of shares. Common Shares of closed-end funds frequently trade at a price lower than their net asset value. This is commonly referred to as “trading at a discount.” This characteristic of shares of closed-end funds is a risk separate and distinct from the risk that the Fund’s net asset value may decrease. Both long and short-term investors, including investors who sell their shares within a relatively short period after completion of the initial public offering, will be exposed to this risk. The Fund is designed primarily for long-term investors and should not be considered a vehicle for trading purposes. The net asset value of the Fund will be reduced following the offering by the sales load and the amount of offering expenses paid by the Fund.
Whether investors will realize a gain or loss upon the sale of the Fund’s Common Shares will depend upon whether the market value of the shares at the time of sale is above or below the price the investor paid, taking into account transaction costs, for the shares and is not directly dependent upon the Fund’s net asset value. Because the market value of the Fund’s shares
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will be determined by factors such as the relative demand for and supply of the shares in the market, general market conditions and other factors beyond the control of the Fund, the Fund cannot predict whether its Common Shares will trade at, below or above net asset value, or below or above the initial offering price for the shares.
Market risk. The market prices of securities held by the Fund may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic, political, or regulatory conditions, recessions, inflation, changes in interest or currency rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, or adverse investor sentiment. In the past decade, financial markets throughout the world have experienced increased volatility, depressed valuations, decreased liquidity and heightened uncertainty. Governmental and non-governmental issuers have defaulted on, or been forced to restructure, their debts. These conditions may continue, recur, worsen or spread. Events that have contributed to these market conditions include, but are not limited to, major cybersecurity events; geopolitical events (including wars and terror attacks); measures to address budget deficits; downgrading of sovereign debt; changes in oil and commodity prices; dramatic changes in currency exchange rates; global pandemics; and public sentiment. U.S. and non-U.S. governments and central banks have provided significant support to financial markets, including by keeping interest rates at historically low levels. U.S. Federal Reserve or other U.S. or non-U.S. governmental or central bank actions, including interest rate increases or decreases, or contrary actions by different governments, could negatively affect financial markets generally, increase market volatility and reduce the value and liquidity of securities in which the Fund invests. Policy and legislative changes in the U.S. and in other countries are affecting many aspects of financial regulation, and these and other events affecting global markets, such as the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union (or Brexit), may in some instances contribute to decreased liquidity and increased volatility in the financial markets. The impact of these changes on the markets, and the practical implications for market participants, may not be fully known for some time. Economies and financial markets throughout the world are increasingly interconnected. Economic, financial or political events, trading and tariff arrangements, terrorism, natural disasters, infectious illness or public health issues, and other circumstances in one country or region could have profound impacts on global economies or markets. As a result, whether or not the Fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments may be negatively affected. The Fund may experience a substantial or complete loss on any individual security or derivative position.
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Recent events. The respiratory illness COVID-19 caused by a novel coronavirus has resulted in a global pandemic and major disruption to economies and markets around the world, including the United States. Global financial markets have experienced extreme volatility and severe losses, and trading in many instruments has been disrupted. Liquidity for many instruments has been greatly reduced for periods of time. Some interest rates are very low and in some cases yields are negative. Some sectors of the economy and individual issuers have experienced particularly large losses. These circumstances may continue for an extended period of time, and may continue to affect adversely the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments. The ultimate economic fallout from the pandemic, and the long-term impact on economies, markets, industries and individual issuers, are not known. Governments and central banks, including the Federal Reserve in the U.S., have taken extraordinary and unprecedented actions to support local and global economies and the financial markets. These actions have resulted in significant expansion of public debt, including in the U.S. The impact of these measures, and whether they will be effective to mitigate the economic and market disruption, may not be known for some time. The consequences of high public debt, including its future impact on the economy and securities markets, likewise may not be known for some time.
LIBOR risk. LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) is used extensively in the U.S. and globally as a “benchmark” or “reference rate” for various commercial and financial contracts, including corporate and municipal bonds, bank loans, asset-backed and mortgage-related securities, and interest rate swaps and other derivatives. In 2017, the head of the UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) announced a desire to phase out the use of LIBOR by the end of 2021. The FCA and LIBOR’s administrator, ICE Benchmark Administration (“IBA”), have announced that most LIBOR rates will no longer be published after the end of 2021 and a majority of U.S. dollar LIBOR rates will no longer by published after June 30, 2023. It is possible that the FCA may compel the IBA to publish a subset of LIBOR settings after these dates on a “synthetic” basis, but any such publications would be considered non-representative of the underlying market. Actions by regulators have resulted in the establishment of alternative reference rates to LIBOR in most major currencies. Based on the recommendations of the New York Federal Reserve's Alternative Reference Rate Committee (comprised of major derivative market participants and their regulators), the U.S. Federal Reserve began publishing a Secured Overnight Funding Rate (“SOFR”) that is intended to replace U.S. Dollar LIBOR. Proposals for alternative reference rates for other currencies have also been announced or have already begun publication, such as SONIA in the United Kingdom. Markets are slowly developing in response to these new rates, and transition
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planning is at a relatively early stage. Neither the effect of the transition process nor its ultimate success is known. The transition process may lead to increased volatility and illiquidity in markets that currently rely on LIBOR to determine interest rates. The effect of any changes to —or discontinuation of—LIBOR on the portfolio will vary depending on, among other things, provisions in individual contracts and whether, how, and when industry participants develop and adopt new reference rates and alternative reference rates for both legacy and new products and instruments. Because the usefulness of LIBOR as a benchmark may deteriorate during the transition period, these effects could materialize prior to the end of 2021.
High yield or “junk” bond risk. Debt securities that are below investment grade, called “junk bonds,” are speculative, have a higher risk of default or are already in default, tend to be less liquid and are more difficult to value than higher grade securities. Junk bonds tend to be volatile and more susceptible to adverse events and negative sentiments. These risks are more pronounced for securities that are already in default.
Interest rate risk. Interest rates may go up, causing the value of the Fund’s investments to decline (this risk generally will be greater for securities with longer maturities or durations). For example, if interest rates increase by 1%, the value of a Fund’s portfolio with a portfolio duration of ten years would be expected to decrease by 10%, all other things being equal. The maturity of a security may be significantly longer than its effective duration. A security’s maturity and other features may be more relevant than its effective duration in determining the security’s sensitivity to other factors affecting the issuer or markets generally, such as changes in credit quality or in the yield premium that the market may establish for certain types of securities.
Rising interest rates can lead to increased default rates, as issuers of floating rate securities find themselves faced with higher payments. Unlike fixed rate securities, floating rate securities generally will not increase in value if interest rates decline. Changes in interest rates also will affect the amount of interest income the Fund earns on its floating rate investments
Credit risk. If an issuer or guarantor of a security held by the Fund or a counterparty to a financial contract with the Fund defaults on its obligation to pay principal and/or interest, has its credit rating downgraded or is perceived to be less creditworthy, or the credit quality or value of any underlying assets declines, the value of your investment will typically decline.
Prepayment or call risk. Many issuers have a right to prepay their securities. If interest rates fall, an issuer may exercise this right. If this happens, the Fund will not benefit from the rise in market price that
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normally accompanies a decline in interest rates, and will be forced to reinvest prepayment proceeds at a time when yields on securities available in the market are lower than the yield on the prepaid security. The Fund also may lose any premium it paid on the security.
Extension risk. During periods of rising interest rates, the average life of certain types of securities may be extended because of slower than expected principal payments. This may lock in a below market interest rate, increase the security’s duration and reduce the value of the security.
Risk of illiquid investments. Certain securities and derivatives held by the Fund may be impossible or difficult to purchase, sell or unwind. Illiquid securities and derivatives also may be difficult to value. Liquidity risk may be magnified in a rising interest rate environment. If the Fund is forced to sell an illiquid asset or unwind a derivatives position, the Fund may suffer a substantial loss or may not be able to sell at all.
Portfolio selection risk. The adviser’s judgment about the quality, relative yield, relative value or market trends affecting a particular sector or region, market segment, security or about interest rates generally may prove to be incorrect, or there may be imperfections, errors or limitations in the models, tools and information used by the adviser.
Reinvestment risk. Income from the Fund’s portfolio will decline if the Fund invests the proceeds, repayment or sale of loans or other obligations into lower yielding instruments with a lower spread over the base lending rate. A decline in income could affect the common shares’ distribution rate and their overall return.
Risks of investing in floating rate loans. Floating rate loans and similar investments may be illiquid or less liquid than other investments and difficult to value. Market quotations for these securities may be volatile and/or subject to large spreads between bid and ask prices. No active trading market may exist for many floating rate loans, and many loans are subject to restrictions on resale. Any secondary market may be subject to irregular trading activity and extended trade settlement periods. An economic downturn generally leads to a higher non-payment rate, and a loan may lose significant value before a default occurs.
When the Fund invests in a loan participation, the Fund does not have a direct claim against the borrower and must rely upon an intermediate participant to enforce any rights against the borrower. As a result, the Fund is subject to the risk that an intermediate participant between the Fund and the borrower will fail to meet its obligations to the Fund, in addition to the risk that the issuer of the loan will default on its obligations. Also the Fund
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may be regarded as the creditor of the agent lender (rather than the borrower), subjecting the Fund to the creditworthiness of the lender as well as the borrower.
There is less readily available, reliable information about most senior loans than is the case for many other types of securities. Although the features of senior loans, including being secured by collateral and having priority over other obligations of the issuer, reduce some of the risks of investment in below investment grade securities, the loans are subject to significant risks. the Adviser believes, based on its experience, that senior floating rate loans generally have more favorable loss recovery rates than most other types of below investment grade obligations. However, there can be no assurance that the Fund’s actual loss recovery experience will be consistent with the Adviser’s prior experience or that the senior loans in which the Fund invests will achieve any specific loss recovery rate.
Some of the loans in which the Fund may invest may be “covenant lite.” Covenant lite loans contain fewer maintenance covenants, or no maintenance covenants at all, than traditional loans and may not include terms that allow the lender to monitor the financial performance of the borrower and declare a default if certain criteria are breached. This may expose the Fund to greater credit risk associated with the borrower and reduce the Fund’s ability to restructure a problematic loan and mitigate potential loss. As a result the Fund’s exposure to losses on such investments may be increased, especially during a downturn in the credit cycle.
Second lien loans generally are subject to similar risks as those associated with senior loans. Because second lien loans are subordinated or unsecured and thus lower in priority on payment to senior loans, they are subject to the additional risk that the cash flow of the borrower and property securing the loan or debt, if any, may be insufficient to meet scheduled payments after giving effect to the senior secured obligations of the borrower. This risk is generally higher for subordinated unsecured loans or debt, which are not backed by a security interest in any specific collateral. Second lien loans generally have greater price volatility than senior loans and may be less liquid.
Certain floating rate loans and other corporate debt securities involve refinancings, recapitalizations, mergers and acquisitions, and other financings for general corporate purposes. Other loans are incurred in restructuring or “work-out” scenarios, including debtor-in-possession facilities in bankruptcy. Loans in restructuring or similar scenarios may be especially vulnerable to the inherent uncertainties in restructuring processes. In addition, the highly leveraged capital structure of the
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borrowers in any of these transactions, whether acquisition financing or restructuring, may make the loans especially vulnerable to adverse economic or market conditions and the risk of default.
Because affiliates of the Adviser may participate in the primary and secondary market for senior loans, limitations under applicable law may restrict the Fund’s ability to participate in a restructuring of a senior loan or to acquire some senior loans, or affect the timing or price of such acquisition. Loans may not be considered “securities,” and purchasers, such as the Fund, therefore may not be entitled to rely on the anti-fraud protections afforded by federal securities laws.
Collateral risk. The value of collateral, if any, securing a floating rate loan can decline, and may be insufficient to meet the issuer’s obligations or may be difficult to liquidate. In addition, the Fund’s access to collateral may be limited by bankruptcy or other insolvency laws. These laws may be less developed and more cumbersome with respect to the Fund’s non-U.S. floating rate investments. Floating rate loans may not be fully collateralized or may be uncollateralized. Uncollateralized loans involve a greater risk of loss. In the event of a default, the Fund may have difficulty collecting on any collateral and would not have the ability to collect on any collateral for an uncollateralized loan. In addition, the lender’s security interest or their enforcement of their security interest under the loan agreement may be found by a court to be invalid or the collateral may be used to pay other outstanding obligations of the borrower. Further, the Fund’s access to collateral, if any, may be limited by bankruptcy law. To the extent that a loan is collateralized by stock of the borrower or its affiliates, this stock may lose all or substantially all of its value in the event of bankruptcy of the borrower. Loans that are obligations of a holding company are subject to the risk that, in a bankruptcy of a subsidiary operating company, creditors of the subsidiary may recover from the subsidiary’s assets before the lenders to the holding company would receive any amount on account of the holding company’s interest in the subsidiary.
Risk of disadvantaged access to confidential information. The issuer of a floating rate loan may offer to provide material, non-public information about the issuer to investors, such as the Fund. Normally, the Adviser will seek to avoid receiving this type of information about the issuer of a loan either held by, or considered for investment by, the Fund. the Adviser’s decision not to receive the information may place it at a disadvantage, relative to other loan investors, in assessing a loan or the loan’s issuer. For example, in instances where holders of floating rate loans are asked to grant amendments, waivers or consents, the Adviser’s inability to assess the impact of these actions may adversely affect the value of the portfolio. For
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this and other reasons, it is possible that the Adviser’s decision not to receive material, non-public information under normal circumstances could adversely affect the Fund’s investment performance.
Risks of subordinated securities. A holder of securities that are subordinated or “junior” to more senior securities of an issuer is entitled to payment after holders of more senior securities of the issuer. Subordinated securities are more likely to suffer a credit loss than non-subordinated securities of the same issuer, any loss incurred by the subordinated securities is likely to be proportionately greater, and any recovery of interest or principal may take more time. As a result, even a perceived decline in creditworthiness of the issuer is likely to have a greater impact on subordinated securities than more senior securities.
Issuer risk. The value of corporate income-producing securities may decline for a number of reasons which directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer’s goods and services.
U.S. Treasury obligations risk. The market value of direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury may vary due to changes in interest rates. In addition, changes to the financial condition or credit rating of the U.S. government may cause the value of the Fund’s investments in obligations issued by the U.S. Treasury to decline.
U.S. government agency obligations risk. The Fund invests in obligations issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. government. Government-sponsored entities such as FNMA, FHLMC and the FHLBs, although chartered or sponsored by Congress, are not funded by congressional appropriations and the debt and mortgage-backed securities issued by them are neither guaranteed nor issued by the U.S. government. The maximum potential liability of the issuers of some U.S. government obligations may greatly exceed their current resources, including any legal right to support from the U.S. government. Such debt and mortgage-backed securities are subject to the risk of default on the payment of interest and/or principal, similar to debt of private issuers. Although the U.S. government has provided financial support to FNMA and FHLMC in the past, there can be no assurance that it will support these or other government-sponsored entities in the future.
Mortgage-related and asset-backed securities risk. The value of mortgage-related and asset-backed securities will be influenced by factors affecting the assets underlying such securities. As a result, during periods of declining asset value, difficult or frozen credit markets, swings in interest rates, or deteriorating economic conditions, mortgage-related and asset-
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backed securities may decline in value, face valuation difficulties, become more volatile and/or become illiquid. Mortgage-backed securities tend to be more sensitive to changes in interest rate than other types of debt securities. These securities are also subject to prepayment and extension risks. Some of these securities may receive little or no collateral protection from the underlying assets and are thus subject to the risk of default. The risk of such defaults is generally higher in the case of mortgage-backed investments offered by non-governmental issuers and those that include so-called “sub-prime” mortgages. The structure of some of these securities may be complex and there may be less available information than for other types of debt securities. Upon the occurrence of certain triggering events or defaults, the Fund may become the holder of underlying assets at a time when those assets may be difficult to sell or may be sold only at a loss.
Risks of investing in collateralized debt obligations. Investment in a collateralized debt obligation (CDO) is subject to the credit, subordination, interest rate, valuation, prepayment, extension and other risks of the obligations underlying the CDO and the tranche of the CDO in which the Fund invests. CDOs are subject to liquidity risk. Synthetic CDOs are also subject to the risks of investing in derivatives, such as credit default swaps, and leverage risk.
Risks of instruments that allow for balloon payments or negative amortization payments. Certain debt instruments allow for balloon payments or negative amortization payments. Such instruments permit the borrower to avoid paying currently a portion of the interest accruing on the instrument. While these features make the debt instrument more affordable to the borrower in the near term, they increase the risk that the borrower will be unable to make the resulting higher payment or payments that become due at the maturity of the loan.
Risks of investing in event-linked bonds. The Fund could lose a portion or all of the principal it has invested in an “event-linked” bond or other insurance-linked security, and the right to additional interest payments with respect to the security, upon the occurrence of one or more trigger events, as defined within the terms of an insurance-linked security. Trigger events may include natural or other perils of a specific size or magnitude that occur in a designated geographic region during a specified time period, and/or that involve losses or other metrics that exceed a specific amount. Natural perils include disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, windstorms, fires, floods and other weather-related occurrences, as well as mortality or longevity events. Non-natural perils include disasters resulting from human-related activity such as commercial and industrial accidents or business interruptions. There is no way to accurately predict whether a
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trigger event will occur and, accordingly, event-linked bonds and other insurance-linked securities carry significant risk. In addition to the specified trigger events, event-linked bonds and other insurance-linked securities may expose the Fund to other risks, including but not limited to issuer (credit) default, adverse regulatory or jurisdictional interpretations and adverse tax consequences.
Risks of investing in structured reinsurance investments. The Fund may invest in special purpose vehicles (“SPVs”) or similar instruments structured to comprise a portion of a reinsurer’s catastrophe-oriented business, known as quota share instruments (sometimes referred to as reinsurance sidecars), or to provide reinsurance relating to specific risks to insurance or reinsurance companies through a collateralized instrument, known as collateralized reinsurance. Quota shares instruments and other structured reinsurance investments generally will be considered illiquid securities by the Fund. Structured reinsurance investments are typically more customizable but less liquid investments than event-linked bonds. Like event-linked bonds, an investor in structured reinsurance investments participates in the premiums and losses associated with underlying reinsurance contracts. Structured reinsurance investments are subject to the same risks as event-linked bonds. In addition, because quota share instruments represent an interest in a basket of underlying reinsurance contracts, the Fund has limited transparency into the individual underlying contracts and therefore must rely upon the risk assessment and sound underwriting practices of the insurer and/or reinsurer. Structured reinsurance investments may be difficult to value.
ILS market and reinvestment risk. The size of the ILS market may change over time, which may limit the availability of ILS for investment by the Fund. The original issuance of ILS in general, including ILS with desired instrument or risk characteristics, may fluctuate depending on the capital and capacity needs of reinsurers as well as the demand for ILS by institutional investors. The availability of ILS in the secondary market also may be limited by supply and demand dynamics and prevailing economic conditions. To the extent ILS held by the Fund mature, or the Fund must sell securities in connection with share repurchases, the Fund may be required to hold more cash or short-term instruments than it normally would until attractive ILS becomes available. Holding excess cash and/or reinvestment in securities that are lower yielding or less desirable than securities sold may negatively affect performance.
Risks of zero coupon bonds, payment in kind, deferred and contingent payment securities. These securities may be more speculative and may fluctuate more in value than securities which pay income periodically and in
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cash. In addition, although the Fund receives no periodic cash payments on such securities, the Fund is deemed for tax purposes to receive income from such securities, which applicable tax rules require the Fund to distribute to shareholders. Such distributions may be taxable when distributed to shareholders
Risks of non-U.S. investments. Investing in non-U.S. issuers, or in U.S. issuers that have significant exposure to foreign markets, may involve unique risks compared to investing in securities of U.S. issuers. These risks are more pronounced for issuers in emerging markets or to the extent that the Fund invests significantly in one region or country. These risks may include different financial reporting practices and regulatory standards, less liquid trading markets, extreme price volatility, currency risks, changes in economic, political, regulatory and social conditions, terrorism, sustained economic downturns, financial instability, reduction of government or central bank support, inadequate accounting standards, tariffs, tax disputes or other tax burdens, and investment and repatriation restrictions. Lack of information and less market regulation also may affect the value of these securities. Withholding and other non-U.S. taxes may decrease the Fund’s return. Non-U.S. issuers may be located in parts of the world that have historically been prone to natural disasters. Emerging market economies tend to be less diversified than those of more developed countries. They typically have fewer medical and economic resources than more developed countries and thus they may be less able to control or mitigate the effects of a pandemic. Investing in depositary receipts is subject to many of the same risks as investing directly in non-U.S. issuers. Depositary receipts may involve higher expenses and may trade at a discount (or premium) to the underlying security. A number of countries in the European Union (EU) have experienced, and may continue to experience, severe economic and financial difficulties. In addition, the United Kingdom has withdrawn from the EU (commonly known as “Brexit”). Other countries may seek to withdraw from the EU and/or abandon the euro, the common currency of the EU. The range and potential implications of possible political, regulatory, economic, and market outcomes of Brexit cannot be fully known but could be significant, potentially resulting in increased volatility, illiquidity and potentially lower economic growth in the affected markets, which will adversely affect the Fund’s investments. If one or more stockholders of a supranational entity such as the World Bank fail to make necessary additional capital contributions, the entity may be unable to pay interest or repay principal on its debt securities.
Currency risk. The Fund could experience losses based on changes in the exchange rate between non-U.S. currencies and the U.S. dollar or as a result of currency conversion costs. Currency exchange rates can be volatile, and
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are affected by factors such as general economic conditions, the actions of the U.S. and foreign governments or central banks, the imposition of currency controls and speculation.
Risks of convertible securities. The market values of convertible securities tend to decline as interest rates increase and, conversely, to increase as interest rates decline. A downturn in equity markets may cause the price of convertible securities to decrease relative to other fixed income securities.
Preferred stocks risk. Preferred stocks may pay fixed or adjustable rates of return. Preferred stocks are subject to issuer-specific and market risks applicable generally to equity securities. In addition, a company’s preferred stocks generally pay dividends only after the company makes required payments to holders of its bonds and other debt. Thus, the value of preferred stocks will usually react more strongly than bonds and other debt to actual or perceived changes in the company’s financial condition or prospects. The market value of preferred stocks generally decreases when interest rates rise. Preferred stocks of smaller companies may be more vulnerable to adverse developments than preferred stocks of larger companies.
Risks of investment in other funds. Investing in other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and closed-end funds, subjects the Fund to the risks of investing in the underlying securities or assets held by those funds. When investing in another fund, the Fund will bear a pro rata portion of the underlying fund’s expenses, including management fees, in addition to its own expenses. ETFs and closed-end funds are bought and sold based on market prices and can trade at a premium or a discount to the ETF’s or closed-end fund’s net asset value.
Derivatives risk. Using swaps, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, bond and interest rate futures and other derivatives can increase Fund losses and reduce opportunities for gains when market prices, interest rates or the derivative instruments themselves behave in a way not anticipated by the Fund. Using derivatives may increase the volatility of the Fund’s net asset value and may not provide the result intended. Derivatives may have a leveraging effect on the Fund. Some derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the Fund’s initial investment. Derivatives are generally subject to the risks applicable to the assets, rates, indices or other indicators underlying the derivative. Changes in a derivative’s value may not correlate well with the referenced asset or metric. The Fund also may have to sell assets at inopportune times to satisfy its obligations. Derivatives may be difficult to sell, unwind or value, and the counterparty may default on its obligations to the Fund. Use of derivatives may have different tax consequences for the Fund than an
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investment in the underlying security, and such differences may affect the amount, timing and character of income distributed to shareholders. The U.S. government and foreign governments are in the process of adopting and implementing regulations governing derivatives markets, including mandatory clearing of certain derivatives, margin and reporting requirements. The ultimate impact of the regulations remains unclear. Additional regulation of derivatives may make them more costly, limit their availability or utility, otherwise adversely affect their performance or disrupt markets.
Credit default swap risk. Credit default swap contracts, a type of derivative instrument, involve special risks and may result in losses to the Fund. Credit default swaps may in some cases be illiquid, and they increase credit risk since the Fund has exposure to the issuer of the referenced obligation and either the counterparty to the credit default swap or, if it is a cleared transaction, the brokerage firm through which the trade was cleared and the clearing organization that is the counterparty to that trade.
Structured securities risk. Structured securities may behave in ways not anticipated by the Fund, or they may not receive the tax, accounting or regulatory treatment anticipated by the Fund.
Forward foreign currency transactions risk. The Fund may not fully benefit from or may lose money on forward foreign currency transactions if changes in currency rates do not occur as anticipated or do not correspond accurately to changes in the value of the Fund’s holdings, or if the counterparty defaults. Such transactions may also prevent the Fund from realizing profits on favorable movements in exchange rates. Risk of counterparty default is greater for counterparties located in emerging markets.
Leveraging risk. The value of your investment may be more volatile and other risks tend to be compounded if the Fund borrows or uses derivatives or other investments, such as ETFs, that have embedded leverage. Leverage generally magnifies the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of the Fund’s underlying assets and creates a risk of loss of value on a larger pool of assets than the Fund would otherwise have, potentially resulting in the loss of all assets. Engaging in such transactions may cause the Fund to liquidate positions when it may not be advantageous to do so to satisfy its obligations or meet segregation requirements.
The Fund may use financial leverage on an ongoing basis for investment purposes by borrowing from banks through a revolving credit facility. The fees and expenses attributed to leverage, including any increase in the management fees, will be borne by holders of common shares. Since the
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Adviser’s fee is based on a percentage of the Fund’s managed assets, its fee will be higher if the Fund is leveraged, and the Adviser will thus have an incentive to leverage the Fund.
Repurchase agreement risk. In the event that the other party to a repurchase agreement defaults on its obligations, the Fund may encounter delay and incur costs before being able to sell the security. Such a delay may involve loss of interest or a decline in price of the security. In addition, if the Fund is characterized by a court as an unsecured creditor, it would be at risk of losing some or all of the principal and interest involved in the transaction.
Market segment risk. To the extent the Fund emphasizes, from time to time, investments in a market segment, the Fund will be subject to a greater degree to the risks particular to that segment, and may experience greater market fluctuation than a fund without the same focus.
Industries in the financial segment, such as banks, insurance companies and broker-dealers, may be sensitive to changes in interest rates and general economic activity and are generally subject to extensive government regulation.
Valuation risk. The sales price the Fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the Fund’s valuation of the investment, particularly for illiquid securities and securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology. These differences may increase significantly and affect Fund investments more broadly during periods of market volatility. The Fund’s ability to value its investments may also be impacted by technological issues and/or errors by pricing services or other third party service providers.
Cybersecurity risk. Cybersecurity failures by and breaches of the Fund’s adviser, transfer agent, custodian, Fund accounting agent or other service providers may disrupt Fund operations, interfere with the Fund’s ability to calculate its NAV, prevent Fund shareholders from purchasing or redeeming shares or receiving distributions, cause loss of or unauthorized access to private shareholder information, and result in financial losses to the Fund and its shareholders, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, or additional compliance costs.
Cash management risk. The value of the investments held by the Fund for cash management or temporary defensive purposes may be affected by market risks, changing interest rates and by changes in credit ratings of the investments. To the extent that the Fund has any uninvested cash, the Fund would be subject to credit risk with respect to the depository institution
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holding the cash. If the Fund holds cash uninvested, the Fund will not earn income on the cash and the Fund’s yield will go down. During such periods, it may be more difficult for the Fund to achieve its investment objective.
Anti-takeover provisions. The Fund’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws include provisions that could limit the ability of other entities or persons to acquire control of the Fund or convert the Fund to open-end status. The Fund’s Bylaws also contain a provision providing that the Board of Directors has adopted a resolution to opt in the Fund to the provisions of the Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act (“MCSAA”). Such a provision may discourage third parties from seeking to obtain control of the Fund, which could have an adverse impact on the market price of the Fund’s shares. There can be no assurance, however, that such a provision will be sufficient to deter activist investors that seek to cause the Fund to take actions that may not be aligned with the interests of long-term shareholders.
Please note that there are many other factors that could adversely affect your investment and that could prevent the Fund from achieving its goals. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
The following are the Fund’s fundamental investment restrictions. These restrictions, along with the Fund’s investment objectives, may not be changed without the approval of the holders of a majority of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities (which for this purpose and under the 1940 Act means the lesser of (i) 67% of the common shares represented at a meeting at which more than 50% of the outstanding common shares are represented or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding common shares).
The Fund may not:
(1)  Issue senior securities, other than as permitted by the 1940 Act.
(2)  Borrow money, other than as permitted by the 1940 Act.
(3)  Invest in real estate, except the Fund may invest in securities of issuers that invest in real estate or interests therein, securities that are secured by real estate or interests therein, securities of real estate investment trusts, mortgage-backed securities and other securities that represent a similar indirect interest in real estate, and the Fund may acquire real estate or interests therein through exercising rights or remedies with regard to an instrument.
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(4)  Make loans, except that the Fund may (i) lend portfolio securities, (ii) enter into repurchase agreements, (iii) purchase all or a portion of an issue of publicly distributed debt securities, loans, loan participation interests, bank certificates of deposit, acceptances, debentures or other securities, whether or not the purchase is made upon the original issuance of the securities, (iv) participate in a credit facility whereby the Fund may directly lend to and borrow money from other affiliated funds to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act or an exemption therefrom and (v) make loans in any other manner consistent with applicable law, as amended and interpreted or modified from time to time by any regulatory authority having jurisdiction.
(5)  Invest in commodities or commodity contracts, except that the Fund may invest in currency instruments and contracts and financial instruments and contracts that might be deemed to be commodities and commodity contracts.
(6)  Make any investment inconsistent with its classification as a diversified open-end investment company under the 1940 Act. Currently, diversification means that, with respect to 75% of its total assets, the Fund may not purchase securities of an issuer (other than the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities and securities of investment companies), if (a) such purchase would cause more than 5% of the Fund’s total assets, taken at market value, to be invested in the securities of such issuer, or (b) such purchase would at the time result in more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer being held by the Fund.
(7)  Act as an underwriter, except insofar as the Fund technically may be deemed to be an underwriter in connection with the purchase or sale of its portfolio securities.
(8)  Invest 25% or more of the value of its total assets in any one industry, except that (a) the Fund will invest more than 25% of its total assets in securities or other instruments issued or structured by companies in the financial services group of industries, such as banks, broker-dealers and insurance and reinsurance companies, and (b) this limitation does not apply to the purchase of obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities.
All other investment policies of the Fund are considered non-fundamental and may be changed by the Board of Directors without prior approval of the Fund’s outstanding voting shares.
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Effects of Leverage
The following table is furnished in response to requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. It is designed to illustrate the effects of leverage on common share total return, assuming investment portfolio total returns (consisting of income and changes in the value of investments held in the Fund’s portfolio) of -10%, -5%, 0%, 5% and 10%. The table below reflects the Fund’s borrowings under a credit agreement as a percentage of the Fund’s total assets (which includes the amounts of leverage obtained through such borrowings), the annual rate of interest on the borrowings as of April 30, 2021, and the annual return that the Fund’s portfolio must experience (net of expenses) in order to cover such costs. The information below does not reflect the Fund’s use of certain other forms of economic leverage achieved through the use of other instruments or transactions not considered to be senior securities under the 1940 Act, such as covered credit default swaps or other derivative instruments.
The assumed investment portfolio returns in the table below are hypothetical figures and are not necessarily indicative of the investment portfolio returns experienced or expected to be experienced by the Fund. Your actual returns may be greater or less than those appearing below. In addition, actual borrowing expenses associated with borrowings by the Fund may vary frequently and may be significantly higher or lower than the rate used for the example below.
Borrowings under Credit Agreement as a percentage of total managed assets 
 
(including assets attributable to borrowings) 
31.84% 
Annual effective interest rate payable by Fund on borrowings 
1.00% 
Annual return Fund portfolio must experience (net of expenses) to cover interest 
 
rate on borrowings 
0.32% 
Common share total return for (10.00)% assumed portfolio total return 
(15.14)% 
Common share total return for (5.00)% assumed portfolio total return 
(7.80)% 
Common share total return for 0.00% assumed portfolio total return 
(0.47)% 
Common share total return for 5.00% assumed portfolio total return 
6.87% 
Common share total return for 10.00% assumed portfolio total return 
14.20% 
 
Common share total return is composed of two elements - investment income net of the Fund’s expenses, including any interest/dividends on assets resulting from leverage, and gains or losses on the value of the securities the Fund owns. As required by Securities and Exchange Commission rules, the table assumes that the Fund is more likely to suffer capital losses than to enjoy capital appreciation. For example, to assume a total return of 0%, the Fund must assume that the income it receives on its investments is entirely offset by losses in the value of those investments.
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This table reflects hypothetical performance of the Fund’s portfolio and not the performance of the Fund’s common shares, the value of which will be determined by market forces and other factors.
Should the Fund elect to add additional leverage to its portfolio, the potential benefits of leveraging the Fund’s shares cannot be fully achieved until the proceeds resulting from the use of leverage have been received by the Fund and invested in accordance with the Fund’s investment objective and principal investment strategies. The Fund’s willingness to use additional leverage, and the extent to which leverage is used at any time, will depend on many factors, including, among other things, the Adviser’s assessment of the yield curve environment, interest rate trends, market conditions and other factors.
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Directors, Officers and Service Providers

Investment Adviser and Administrator
Amundi Asset Management US, Inc.
Custodian and Sub-Administrator
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Ernst & Young LLP
Legal Counsel
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Transfer Agent
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures of the Fund are available without charge, upon request, by calling our toll free number (1-800-225-6292). Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is publicly available to shareowners at www.amundi.com/us. This information is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s web site at www.sec.gov.
Directors and Officers
The Fund’s Directors and officers are listed below, together with their principal occupations and other directorships they have held during at least the past five years. Directors who are interested persons of the Fund within the meaning of the 1940 Act are referred to as Interested Directors. Directors who are not interested persons of the Fund are referred to as Independent Directors. Each of the Directors serves as a Director or Trustee of each of the 45 U.S. registered investment portfolios for which Amundi US serves as investment adviser (the “Pioneer Funds”). The address for all Directors and all officers of the Fund is 60 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
The Statement of Additional Information of the Fund includes additional information about the Directors and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-225-6292.
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Independent Directors 
 
 
 
Name, Age and Position 
Term of Office and 
 
Other Directorships 
Held With the Fund 
Length of Service 
Principal Occupation 
Held by Director 
Thomas J. Perna (70) 
Class II Director since 
Private investor (2004 – 2008 and 2013 – present); Chairman (2008 – 2013) 
Director, Broadridge Financial 
Chairman of the Board 
2007. Term expires 
and Chief Executive Officer (2008 – 2012), Quadriserv, Inc. (technology 
Solutions, Inc. (investor 
and Director 
in 2021. 
products for securities lending industry); and Senior Executive Vice 
communications and securities 
 
 
President, The Bank of New York (financial and securities services) 
processing provider for financial 
 
 
(1986 – 2004) 
services industry) (2009 – present); 
 
 
 
Director, Quadriserv, Inc. (2005 – 
 
 
 
2013); and Commissioner, New 
 
 
 
Jersey State Civil Service 
 
 
 
Commission (2011 – 2015) 
John E. Baumgardner, 
Class III Director since 
Of Counsel (2019 – present), Partner (1983-2018), Sullivan & 
Chairman, The Lakeville Journal 
Jr. (70) 
2019. Term expires 
Cromwell LLP (law firm). 
Company, LLC, (privately-held 
Director 
in 2022. 
 
community newspaper group) 
 
 
 
(2015-present) 
Diane Durnin (64) 
Class I Director since 
Managing Director - Head of Product Strategy and Development, BNY 
None 
Director 
2020. Term expires 
Mellon Investment Management (investment management firm) (2012-2018); 
 
 
in 2023. 
Vice Chairman – The Dreyfus Corporation (2005 – 2018): Executive Vice 
 
 
 
President Head of Product, BNY Mellon Investment Management (2007-2012); 
 
 
 
Executive Director- Product Strategy, Mellon Asset Management (2005-2007); 
 
 
 
Executive Vice President Head of Products, Marketing and Client Service, 
 
 
 
Dreyfus Corporation (investment management firm) (2000-2005); and 
 
 
 
Senior Vice President Strategic Product and Business Development, Dreyfus 
 
 
 
Corporation (1994-2000) 
 
 
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Independent Directors (continued) 
 
 
Name, Age and Position 
Term of Office and 
 
Other Directorships 
Held With the Fund 
Length of Service 
Principal Occupation 
Held by Director 
Benjamin M. Friedman (76) 
Class I Director since 
William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University 
Trustee, Mellon Institutional Funds 
Director 
2008. Term expires 
(1972 – present) 
Investment Trust and Mellon 
 
in 2023. 
 
Institutional Funds Master Portfolio 
 
 
 
(oversaw 17 portfolios in fund 
 
 
 
complex) (1989 - 2008) 
Craig C. MacKay (58) 
Class II Director since 
Partner, England & Company, LLC (advisory firm) (2012 – present); 
Board Member of Carver Bancorp, 
Director 
2021. Term expires 
Group Head – Leveraged Finance Distribution, Oppenheimer & Company 
Inc. (holding company) and Carver 
 
in 2021. 
(investment bank) (2006 – 2012); Group Head – Private Finance & High 
Federal Savings Bank, NA (2017 – 
 
 
Yield Capital Markets Origination, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey 
present); Advisory Council Member, 
 
 
(investment bank) (2003 – 2006); and Founder and Chief Executive Officer, 
MasterShares ETF (2016 – 2017); 
 
 
HNY Associates, LLC (investment bank) (1996 – 2003) 
Advisory Council Member, The Deal 
 
 
 
(financial market information 
 
 
 
publisher) (2015 – 2016); Board 
 
 
 
Co-Chairman and Chief Executive 
 
 
 
Officer, Danis Transportation 
 
 
 
Company (privately-owned 
 
 
 
commercial carrier) (2000 – 2003); 
 
 
 
Board Member and Chief Financial 
 
 
 
Officer, Customer Access Resources 
 
 
 
(privately-owned teleservices 
 
 
 
company) (1998 – 2000); Board 
 
 
 
Member, Federation of Protestant 
 
 
 
Welfare Agencies (human services 
 
 
 
agency) (1993 – present); and 
 
 
 
Board Treasurer, Harlem Dowling 
 
 
 
Westside Center (foster care 
 
 
 
agency) (1999 – 2018) 
 

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Name, Age and Position 
Term of Office and 
 
Other Directorships 
Held With the Fund 
Length of Service 
Principal Occupation 
Held by Director 
Lorraine H. Monchak (64) 
Class III Director since 
Chief Investment Officer, 1199 SEIU Funds (healthcare workers union 
None 
Director 
2015. Term expires 
pension funds) (2001 – present); Vice President – International Investments 
 
 
in 2022. 
Group, American International Group, Inc. (insurance company) (1993 – 2001); 
 
 
 
Vice President – Corporate Finance and Treasury Group, Citibank, N.A. 
 
 
 
(1980 – 1986 and 1990 – 1993); Vice President – Asset/Liability Management 
 
 
 
Group, Federal Farm Funding Corporation (government-sponsored issuer of 
 
 
 
debt securities) (1988 – 1990); Mortgage Strategies Group, Shearson Lehman 
 
 
 
Hutton, Inc. (investment bank) (1987 – 1988); and Mortgage Strategies Group, 
 
 
 
Drexel Burnham Lambert, Ltd. (investment bank) (1986 – 1987) 
 
Marguerite A. Piret (72) 
Class II Director since 
Chief Financial Officer, American Ag Energy, Inc. (controlled environment 
Director of New America High 
Director 
2007. Term expires 
and agriculture company) (2016 – present); and President and Chief 
Income Fund, Inc. (closed-end 
 
in 2021. 
Executive Officer, Metric Financial Inc. (formerly known as Newbury Piret 
investment company) (2004 – 
 
 
Company) (investment banking firm) (1981 – 2019) 
present); and Member, Board of 
 
 
 
Governors, Investment Company 
 
 
 
Institute (2000 – 2006) 
Fred J. Ricciardi (74) 
Class II Director since 
Private investor (2020 – present); Consultant (investment company 
None 
Director 
2014. Term expires 
services) (2012 – 2020); Executive Vice President, BNY Mellon (financial and 
 
 
in 2021. 
investment company services) (1969 – 2012); Director, BNY International 
 
 
 
Financing Corp. (financial services) (2002 – 2012); Director, Mellon Overseas 
 
 
 
Investment Corp. (financial services) (2009 – 2012); Director, Financial 
 
 
 
Models (technology) (2005-2007); Director, BNY Hamilton Funds, Ireland 
 
 
 
(offshore investment companies) (2004-2007); Chairman/Director, AIB/BNY 
 
 
 
Securities Services, Ltd., Ireland (financial services) (1999-2006); and 
 
 
 
Chairman, BNY Alternative Investment Services, Inc. (financial services) 
 
 
 
(2005-2007) 
 
 
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Interested Directors 
 
 
 
Name, Age and Position 
Term of Office and 
 
Other Directorships 
Held With the Fund 
Length of Service 
Principal Occupation 
Held by Director 
Lisa M. Jones (59)** 
Class III Director since 
Director, CEO and President of Amundi US, Inc. (investment management 
None 
Director, President and 
2014. Term expires 
firm) (since September 2014); Director, CEO and President of Amundi Asset 
 
Chief Executive Officer 
in 2022. 
Management US, Inc. (since September 2014); Director, CEO and President 
 
 
 
of Amundi Distributor US, Inc. (since September 2014); Director, CEO and 
 
 
 
President of Amundi Asset Management US, Inc. (since September 2014); 
 
 
 
Chair, Amundi US, Inc., Amundi Distributor US, Inc. and Amundi Asset 
 
 
 
Management US, Inc. (September 2014 – 2018); Managing Director, Morgan 
 
 
 
Stanley Investment Management (investment management firm) 
 
 
 
(2010 – 2013); Director of Institutional Business, CEO of International, Eaton 
 
 
 
Vance Management (investment management firm) (2005 – 2010); and 
 
 
 
Director of Amundi Holdings US, Inc. (since 2017) 
 
Kenneth J. Taubes (62)** 
Class I Director since 
Director and Executive Vice President (since 2008) and Chief Investment 
None 
Director 
2014. Term expires 
Officer, U.S. (since 2010) of Amundi US, Inc. (investment management firm); 
 
 
in 2023. 
Director and Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, U.S. of 
 
 
 
Amundi US (since 2008); Executive Vice President and Chief Investment 
 
 
 
Officer, U.S. of Amundi Asset Management US, Inc. (since 2009); Portfolio 
 
 
 
Manager of Amundi US (since 1999); and Director of Amundi Holdings US, 
 
 
 
Inc. (since 2017) 
 
** Ms. Jones and Mr. Taubes are Interested Directors because they are officers or directors of the Fund’s investment adviser and certain of its affiliates. 
 

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Fund Officers 
 
 
 
 
Name, Age and Position 
Term of Office and 
 
Other Directorships 
Held With the Fund 
Length of Service 
Principal Occupation 
Held by Officer 
Christopher J. Kelley (56) 
Since 2007. Serves 
Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Amundi US since January 
None 
Secretary and Chief 
at the discretion of 
2008; Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of all of the Pioneer Funds since 
 
Legal Officer 
the Board 
June 2010; Assistant Secretary of all of the Pioneer Funds from September 
 
 
 
2003 to May 2010; and Vice President and Senior Counsel of Amundi US from 
 
 
 
July 2002 to December 2007 
 
Carol B. Hannigan (60) 
Since 2010. Serves 
Fund Governance Director of Amundi US since December 2006 and Assistant 
None 
Assistant Secretary 
at the discretion of 
Secretary of all the Pioneer Funds since June 2010; Manager – Fund 
 
 
the Board 
Governance of Amundi US from December 2003 to November 2006; and 
 
 
 
Senior Paralegal of Amundi US from January 2000 to November 2003 
 
Thomas Reyes (58) 
Since 2010. Serves 
Assistant General Counsel of Amundi US since May 2013 and Assistant 
None 
Assistant Secretary 
at the discretion of 
Secretary of all the Pioneer Funds since June 2010; and Counsel of Amundi 
 
 
the Board 
US from June 2007 to May 2013 
 
Anthony J. Koenig, Jr. (57) 
Since 2021. Serves 
Senior Vice President – Fund Treasury of Amundi US; Treasurer of all of 
None 
Treasurer and Chief Financial 
at the discretion of 
the Pioneer Funds since May 2021; Assistant Treasurer of all of the Pioneer 
 
and Accounting Officer 
the Board 
Funds from January 2021 to May 2021; and Chief of Staff, US Investment 
 
 
 
Management of Amundi US from May 2008 to January 2021 
 
Luis I. Presutti (55) 
Since 2007. Serves 
Director – Fund Treasury of Amundi US since 1999; and Assistant Treasurer 
None 
Assistant Treasurer 
at the discretion of 
of all of the Pioneer Funds since 1999 
 
 
the Board 
 
 
Gary Sullivan (62) 
Since 2007. Serves 
Senior Manager – Fund Treasury of Amundi US since 2012; and Assistant 
None 
Assistant Treasurer 
at the discretion of 
Treasurer of all of the Pioneer Funds since 2002 
 
 
the Board 
 
 
 
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Fund Officers (continued) 
 
 
 
Name, Age and Position 
Term of Office and 
 
Other Directorships 
Held With the Fund 
Length of Service 
Principal Occupation 
Held by Officer 
Antonio Furtado (38) 
Since 2020. Serves 
Fund Oversight Manager – Fund Treasury of Amundi US since 2020; 
None 
Assistant Treasurer 
at the discretion of 
Assistant Treasurer of all of the Pioneer Funds since 2020; and Senior Fund 
 
 
the Board 
Treasury Analyst from 2012 - 2020 
 
John Malone (50) 
Since 2018. Serves 
Managing Director, Chief Compliance Officer of Amundi US Asset 
None 
Chief Compliance Officer 
at the discretion of 
Management; Amundi Asset Management US, Inc.; and the Pioneer Funds 
 
 
the Board 
since September 2018; and Chief Compliance Officer of Amundi Distributor 
 
 
 
US, Inc. since January 2014. 
 
Kelly O’Donnell (50) 
Since 2007. Serves 
Vice President – Amundi Asset Management; and Anti-Money Laundering 
None 
Anti-Money 
at the discretion of 
Officer of all the Pioneer Funds since 2006 
 
Laundering Officer 
the Board 
 
 
 

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ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

(a) Disclose whether, as of the end of the period covered by the report, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party.  If the registrant has not adopted such a code of ethics, explain why it has not done so.

The registrant has adopted, as of the end of the period covered by this report, a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer and controller.

(b) For purposes of this Item, the term “code of ethics” means written standards that are reasonably designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote:

(1) Honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships;

(2) Full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that a registrant files with, or submits to, the Commission and in other public communications made by the registrant;

(3) Compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules, and regulations;

(4) The prompt internal reporting of violations of the code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the code; and

(5) Accountability for adherence to the code.

(c) The registrant must briefly describe the nature of any amendment, during the period covered by the report, to a provision of its code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party, and that relates to any element of the code of ethics definition enumerated in paragraph (b) of this Item. The registrant must file a copy of any such amendment as an exhibit pursuant to Item 10(a), unless the registrant has elected to satisfy paragraph (f) of this Item by posting its code of ethics on its website pursuant to paragraph (f)(2) of this Item, or by undertaking to provide its code of ethics to any person without charge, upon request, pursuant to paragraph (f)(3) of this Item.

The registrant has made no amendments to the code of ethics during the period covered by this report.

(d) If the registrant has, during the period covered by the report, granted a waiver, including an implicit waiver, from a provision of the code of ethics to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party, that relates to one or more of the items set forth in paragraph (b) of this Item, the registrant must briefly describe the nature of the waiver, the name of the person to whom the waiver was granted, and the date of the waiver.

Not applicable.

(e) If the registrant intends to satisfy the disclosure requirement under paragraph (c) or (d) of this Item regarding an amendment to, or a waiver from, a provision of its code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions and that relates to any element of the code of ethics definition enumerated in paragraph (b) of this Item by posting such information on its Internet website, disclose the registrant’s Internet address and such intention.

Not applicable.

(f) The registrant must:

(1) File with the Commission, pursuant to Item 12(a)(1), a copy of its code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, as an exhibit to its annual report on this Form N-CSR (see attachment);

(2) Post the text of such code of ethics on its Internet website and disclose, in its most recent report on this Form N-CSR, its Internet address and the fact that it has posted such code of ethics on its Internet website; or

(3) Undertake in its most recent report on this Form N-CSR to provide to any person without charge, upon request, a copy of such code of ethics and explain the manner in which such request may be made. See Item 10(2)

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

(a) (1)  Disclose that the registrant’s board of directors has determined that the registrant either:

(i)  Has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee; or

(ii) Does not have an audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee.

The registrant’s Board of Directors has determined that the registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert.

      (2) If the registrant provides the disclosure required by paragraph (a)(1)(i) of this Item, it must disclose the name of the audit committee financial expert and whether that person is “independent.” In order to be considered “independent” for purposes of this Item, a member of an audit committee may not, other than in his or her capacity as a member of the audit committee, the board of directors, or any other board committee:

(i)  Accept directly or indirectly any consulting, advisory, or other compensatory fee from the issuer; or

(ii) Be an “interested person” of the investment company as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 80a-2(a)(19)).

Mr. Fred J. Ricciardi, an independent director, is such an audit committee financial expert.

(3) If the registrant provides the disclosure required by paragraph (a)(1) (ii) of this Item, it must explain why it does not have an audit committee financial expert.

Not applicable.


ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

(a) Disclose, under the caption AUDIT FEES, the aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years.

The audit fees for the Fund were $39,270 payable to Ernst & Young LLP for the year ended April, 2021 and $ 38,500 for the year ended April 30, 2020.

(b) Disclose, under the caption AUDIT-RELATED FEES, the aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item. Registrants shall describe the nature of the services comprising the fees disclosed under this category.

There were no audit-related services in 2021 or 2020.

(c) Disclose, under the caption TAX FEES, the aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning. Registrants shall describe the nature of the services comprising the fees disclosed under this category.

The Fund paid aggregate non-audit fees to Ernst & Young LLP for tax services of $10,317 and $10,115 during the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

(d) Disclose, under the caption ALL OTHER FEES, the aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item. Registrants shall describe the nature of the services comprising the fees disclosed under this category.

There were no other fees in 2021 or 2020.

(e) (1) Disclose the audit committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures described in paragraph (c)(7) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

PIONEER FUNDS
APPROVAL OF AUDIT, AUDIT-RELATED, TAX AND OTHER SERVICES
PROVIDED BY THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR

SECTION I - POLICY PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY

The Pioneer Funds recognize the importance of maintaining the independence of their outside auditors. Maintaining independence is a shared responsibility involving Amundi Pioneer Asset Management, Inc, the audit committee and the independent auditors.

The Funds recognize that a Fund’s independent auditors: 1) possess knowledge of the Funds, 2) are able to incorporate certain services into the scope of the audit, thereby avoiding redundant work, cost and disruption of Fund personnel and processes, and 3) have expertise that has value to the Funds. As a result, there are situations where it is desirable to use the Fund’s independent auditors for services in addition to the annual audit and where the potential for conflicts of interests are minimal. Consequently, this policy, which is intended to comply with Rule 210.2-01(C)(7), sets forth guidelines and procedures to be followed by the Funds when retaining the independent audit firm to perform audit, audit-related tax and other services under those circumstances, while also maintaining independence.

Approval of a service in accordance with this policy for a Fund shall also constitute approval for any other Fund whose pre-approval is required pursuant to Rule 210.2-01(c)(7)(ii).

In addition to the procedures set forth in this policy, any non-audit services that may be provided consistently with Rule 210.2-01 may be approved by the Audit Committee itself and any pre-approval that may be waived in accordance with Rule 210.2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) is hereby waived.

Selection of a Fund’s independent auditors and their compensation shall be determined by the Audit Committee and shall not be subject to this policy.




     
SECTION II - POLICY
 
SERVICE CATEGORY 
SERVICE CATEGORY DESCRIPTION 
SPECIFIC PRE-APPROVED SERVICE SUBCATEGORIES
     
I. AUDIT SERVICES 
Services that are directly 
o Accounting research assistance 
 
related to performing the 
o SEC consultation, registration 
 
independent audit of the Funds 
statements, and reporting 
   
o Tax accrual related matters 
   
o Implementation of new accounting standards 
   
o Compliance letters (e.g. rating agency letters) 
   
o Regulatory reviews and assistance 
   
regarding financial matters 
   
o Semi-annual reviews (if requested) 
   
o Comfort letters for closed end offerings 
II. AUDIT-RELATED 
Services which are not 
o AICPA attest and agreed-upon procedures 
SERVICES 
prohibited under Rule 
o Technology control assessments 
 
210.2-01(C)(4) (the “Rule”) 
o Financial reporting control assessments 
 
and are related extensions of 
o Enterprise security architecture 
 
the audit services support the 
assessment 
 
audit, or use the knowledge/expertise 
 
 
gained from the audit procedures as a 
 
 
foundation to complete the project. 
 
 
In most cases, if the Audit-Related 
 
 
Services are not performed by the 
 
 
Audit firm, the scope of the Audit 
 
 
Services would likely increase. 
 
 
The Services are typically well-defined 
 
 
and governed by accounting 
 
 
professional standards (AICPA, 
 
 
SEC, etc.) 
 
   
AUDIT COMMITTEE APPROVAL POLICY 
AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORTING POLICY 
o “One-time” pre-approval 
o A summary of all such 
for the audit period for all 
services and related fees 
pre-approved specific service 
reported at each regularly 
subcategories. Approval of the 
scheduled Audit Committee 
independent auditors as 
meeting. 
auditors for a Fund shall 
 
constitute pre approval for 
 
these services. 
 
 
o “One-time” pre-approval 
o A summary of all such 
for the fund fiscal year within 
services and related fees 
a specified dollar limit 
(including comparison to 
for all pre-approved 
specified dollar limits) 
specific service subcategories 
reported quarterly. 
 
o Specific approval is 
 
needed to exceed the 
 
pre-approved dollar limit for 
 
these services (see general 
 
Audit Committee approval policy 
 
below for details on obtaining 
 
specific approvals) 
 
 
o Specific approval is 
 
needed to use the Fund’s 
 
auditors for Audit-Related 
 
Services not denoted as 
 
“pre-approved”, or 
 
to add a specific service 
 
subcategory as “pre-approved” 
 



SECTION III - POLICY DETAIL, CONTINUED

   
SERVICE CATEGORY 
SERVICE CATEGORY DESCRIPTION 
SPECIFIC PRE-APPROVED SERVICE 
   
SUBCATEGORIES 
III. TAX SERVICES 
Services which are not 
o Tax planning and support 
 
prohibited by the Rule, 
o Tax controversy assistance 
 
if an officer of the Fund 
o Tax compliance, tax returns, excise 
 
determines that using the 
tax returns and support 
 
Fund’s auditor to provide 
o Tax opinions 
 
these services creates 
 
 
significant synergy in 
 
 
the form of efficiency, 
 
 
minimized disruption, or 
 
 
the ability to maintain a 
 
 
desired level of 
 
 
confidentiality. 
 

   
AUDIT COMMITTEE APPROVAL POLICY 
AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORTING POLICY 
o “One-time” pre-approval 
o A summary of 
for the fund fiscal year 
all such services and 
within a specified dollar limit 
related fees 
 
(including comparison 
 
to specified dollar 
 
limits) reported 
 
quarterly. 
 
o Specific approval is 
 
needed to exceed the 
 
pre-approved dollar limits for 
 
these services (see general 
 
Audit Committee approval policy 
 
below for details on obtaining 
 
specific approvals) 
 
 
o Specific approval is 
 
needed to use the Fund’s 
 
auditors for tax services not 
 
denoted as pre-approved, or to 
 
   add a specific service subcategory as 
 
“pre-approved” 
 




SECTION III - POLICY DETAIL, CONTINUED

 
SERVICE CATEGORY 
SERVICE CATEGORY DESCRIPTION 
SPECIFIC PRE-APPROVED SERVICE 
   
SUBCATEGORIES 
IV. OTHER SERVICES 
Services which are not 
o Business Risk Management support 
 
prohibited by the Rule, 
o Other control and regulatory 
A. SYNERGISTIC, 
if an officer of the Fund 
compliance projects 
UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS 
determines that using the 
 
 
Fund’s auditor to provide 
 
 
these services creates 
 
 
significant synergy in 
 
 
the form of efficiency, 
 
 
minimized disruption, 
 
 
the ability to maintain a 
 
 
desired level of 
 
 
confidentiality, or where 
 
 
the Fund’s auditors 
 
 
posses unique or superior 
 
 
qualifications to provide 
 
 
these services, resulting 
 
 
in superior value and 
 
 
results for the Fund. 
 

   
AUDIT COMMITTEE APPROVAL POLICY 
AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORTING POLICY 
o “One-time” pre-approval 
o A summary of 
for the fund fiscal year within 
all such services and 
a specified dollar limit 
related fees 
 
(including comparison 
 
to specified dollar 
 
limits) reported 
 
quarterly. 
o Specific approval is 
 
needed to exceed the 
 
pre-approved dollar limits for 
 
these services (see general 
 
Audit Committee approval policy 
 
below for details on obtaining 
 
specific approvals) 
 
 
o Specific approval is 
 
needed to use the Fund’s 
 
auditors for “Synergistic” or 
 
“Unique Qualifications” Other 
 
Services not denoted as 
 
pre-approved to the left, or to 
 
add a specific service 
 
subcategory as “pre-approved” 
 





SECTION III - POLICY DETAIL, CONTINUED

 
SERVICE CATEGORY 
SERVICE CATEGORY DESCRIPTION 
SPECIFIC PROHIBITED SERVICE 
   
SUBCATEGORIES 
PROHIBITED SERVICES 
Services which result 
1. Bookkeeping or other services 
 
in the auditors losing 
   related to the accounting records or 
 
independence status 
   financial statements of the audit 
 
   under the Rule.
   client*
   
2. Financial information systems design 
   
and implementation* 
   
3. Appraisal or valuation services, 
   
fairness* opinions, or 
   
contribution-in-kind reports 
   
4. Actuarial services (i.e., setting 
   
actuarial reserves versus actuarial 
   
audit work)* 
   
5. Internal audit outsourcing services* 
   
6. Management functions or human 
   
resources 
   
7. Broker or dealer, investment 
   
advisor, or investment banking services 
   
8. Legal services and expert services 
   
unrelated to the audit 
   
9. Any other service that the Public 
   
Company Accounting Oversight Board 
   
determines, by regulation, is 
   
impermissible 

   
AUDIT COMMITTEE APPROVAL POLICY 
AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORTING POLICY 
o These services are not to be 
o A summary of all 
performed with the exception of the(*) 
services and related 
services that may be permitted 
fees reported at each 
if they would not be subject to audit 
regularly scheduled 
procedures at the audit client (as 
Audit Committee meeting 
defined in rule 2-01(f)(4)) level 
will serve as continual 
the firm providing the service. 
confirmation that has 
 
not provided any 
 
restricted services. 




GENERAL AUDIT COMMITTEE APPROVAL POLICY:

o For all projects, the officers of the Funds and the Fund’s auditors will each make an assessment to determine that any proposed projects will not impair independence.

o Potential services will be classified into the four non-restricted service categories and the “Approval of Audit, Audit-Related, Tax and Other Services” Policy above will be applied. Any services outside the specific pre-approved service subcategories set forth above must be specifically approved by the Audit Committee.

o At least quarterly, the Audit Committee shall review a report summarizing the services by service category, including fees, provided by the Audit firm as set forth in the above policy.


(2) Disclose the percentage of services described in each of paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item that were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

Non-Audit Services
Beginning with non-audit service contracts entered into on or after May 6, 2003, the effective date of the new SEC pre-approval rules, the Fund’s audit committee is required to pre-approve services to affiliates defined by SEC rules to the extent that the services are determined to have a direct impact on the operations or financial reporting of the Fund.  For the years ended April 30 2021 and 2020, there were no services provided to an affiliate that required the Fund’s audit committee pre-approval.

(f) If greater than 50 percent, disclose the percentage of hours expended on the principal accountants engagement to audit the registrant’s financial statements for the most recent fiscal year that were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant’s full-time, permanent employees.

N/A

(g) Disclose the aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrants accountant for services rendered to the registrant, and rendered to the registrants investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant for each of the last two fiscal years of the registrant.

The Fund paid aggregate non-audit fees to Ernst & Young LLP for tax services of $10,317 and $ 10,115 during the fiscal years ended April 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

(h) Disclose whether the registrants audit committee of the board of directors has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrants investment adviser (not including any subadviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

The Fund’s audit committee of the Board of Directors has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the Affiliates (as defined) that were not pre- approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.


ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS

(a) If the registrant is a listed issuer as defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.10A-3), state whether or not the registrant has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(58)(A)). If the registrant has such a committee, however designated, identify each committee member. If the entire board of directors is acting as the registrant’s audit committee as specified in Section 3(a)(58)(B) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(58)(B)), so state.

N/A

(b) If applicable, provide the disclosure required by Rule 10A-3(d) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.10A-3(d)) regarding an exemption from the listing standards for audit committees.

N/A

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

File Schedule of Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers as of the close of the reporting period as set forth in 210.1212 of Regulation S-X [17 CFR 210.12-12], unless the schedule is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

Included in Item 1

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

A closed-end management investment company that is filing an annual report on this Form N-CSR must, unless it invests exclusively in non-voting securities, describe the policies and procedures that it uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities, including the procedures that the company uses when a vote presents a conflict between the interests of its shareholders, on the one hand, and those of the company’s investment adviser; principal underwriter; or any affiliated person (as defined in Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-2(a)(3)) and the rules thereunder) of the company, its investment adviser, or its principal underwriter, on the other. Include any policies and procedures of the company’s investment adviser, or any other third party, that the company uses, or that are used on the company’s behalf, to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities.


Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures of
                       Pioneer Investment Management, Inc.

                            VERSION DATED July, 2004

                                    Overview

   Pioneer Investment Management, Inc. (“Pioneer”) is a fiduciary that owes
   each of its client’s duties of care and loyalty with respect to all
   services undertaken on the client’s behalf, including proxy voting. When
   Pioneer has been delegated proxy-voting authority for a client, the duty of
   care requires Pioneer to monitor corporate events and to vote the proxies.
   To satisfy its duty of loyalty, Pioneer must place its client’s interests
   ahead of its own and must cast proxy votes in a manner consistent with the
   best interest of its clients. Pioneer will vote all proxies presented in a
   timely manner.

   The Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures are designed to complement
   Pioneer’s investment policies and procedures regarding its general
   responsibility to monitor the performance and/or corporate events of
   companies that are issuers of securities held in accounts managed by
   Pioneer. Pioneer’s Proxy Voting Policies summarize Pioneer’s position on a
   number of issues solicited by companies held by Pioneer’s clients. The
   policies are guidelines that provide a general indication on how Pioneer
   would vote but do not include all potential voting scenarios.

   Pioneer’s Proxy Voting Procedures detail monitoring of voting, exception
   votes, and review of conflicts of interest and ensure that case-by-case
   votes are handled within the context of the overall guidelines (i.e. best
   interest of client). The overriding goal is that all proxies for US and
   non-US companies that are received promptly will be voted in accordance
   with Pioneer’s policies or specific client instructions. All shares in a
   company held by Pioneer-managed accounts will be voted alike, unless a
   client has given us specific voting instructions on an issue or has not
   delegated authority to us or the Proxy Voting Oversight Group determines
   that the circumstances justify a different approach.

   Pioneer does not delegate the authority to vote proxies relating to its
   clients to any of its affiliates, which include other subsidiaries of
   UniCredito.

   Any questions about these policies and procedures should be directed to the
   Proxy Coordinator.

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                             Proxy Voting Procedures

   Proxy Voting Service
   Pioneer has engaged an independent proxy voting service to assist in the
   voting of proxies. The proxy voting service works with custodians to ensure
   that all proxy materials are received by the custodians and are processed
   in a timely fashion. To the extent applicable, the proxy voting service
   votes all proxies in accordance with the proxy voting policies established
   by Pioneer. The proxy voting service will refer proxy questions to the
   Proxy Coordinator (described below) for instructions under circumstances
   where: (1) the application of the proxy voting guidelines is unclear; (2) a
   particular proxy question is not covered by the guidelines; or (3) the
   guidelines call for specific instructions on a case-by-case basis. The
   proxy voting service is also requested to call to the Proxy Coordinator’s
   attention specific proxy questions that, while governed by a guideline,
   appear to involve unusual or controversial issues. Pioneer reserves the
   right to attend a meeting in person and may do so when it determines that
   the company or the matters to be voted on at the meeting are strategically
   important to its clients.

   Proxy Coordinator
   Pioneer’s Director of Investment Operations (the “Proxy Coordinator”)
   coordinates the voting, procedures and reporting of proxies on behalf of
   Pioneer’s clients. The Proxy Coordinator will deal directly with the proxy
   voting service and, in the case of proxy questions referred by the proxy
   voting service, will solicit voting recommendations and instructions from
   the Director of Portfolio Management US or, to the extent applicable,
   investment sub-advisers. The Proxy Coordinator is responsible for ensuring
   that these questions and referrals are responded to in a timely fashion and
   for transmitting appropriate voting instructions to the proxy voting
   service. The Proxy Coordinator is responsible for verifying with the
   Compliance Department whether Pioneer’s voting power is subject to any
   limitations or guidelines issued by the client (or in the case of an
   employee benefit plan, the plan’s director or other fiduciaries).

   Referral Items
   From time to time, the proxy voting service will refer proxy questions to
   the Proxy Coordinator that are described by Pioneer’s policy as to be voted
   on a case-by-case basis, that are not covered by Pioneer’s guidelines or
   where Pioneer’s guidelines may be unclear with respect to the matter to be
   voted on. Under such certain circumstances, the Proxy Coordinator will seek
   a written voting recommendation from the Director of Portfolio Management
   US. Any such recommendation will include: (i) the manner in which the
   proxies should be voted; (ii) the rationale underlying any such decision;
   and (iii) the disclosure of any contacts or communications made between
   Pioneer and any outside parties concerning the proxy proposal prior to the
   time that the voting instructions are provided. In addition, the Proxy
   Coordinator will ask the Compliance Department to review the question for
   any actual or apparent conflicts of interest as described below under
   “Conflicts of

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   Interest.” The Compliance Department will provide a “Conflicts of Interest
   Report,” applying the criteria set forth below under “Conflicts of
   Interest,” to the Proxy Coordinator summarizing the results of its review.
   In the absence of a conflict of interest, the Proxy Coordinator will vote
   in accordance with the recommendation of the Director of Portfolio
   Management US.

   If the matter presents a conflict of interest for Pioneer, then the Proxy
   Coordinator will refer the matter to the Proxy Voting Oversight Group for a
   decision. In general, when a conflict of interest is present, Pioneer will
   vote according to the recommendation of the Director of Portfolio
   Management US where such recommendation would go against Pioneer’s interest
   or where the conflict is deemed to be immaterial. Pioneer will vote
   according to the recommendation of its proxy voting service when the
   conflict is deemed to be material and the Pioneer’s internal vote
   recommendation would favor Pioneer’s interest, unless a client specifically
   requests Pioneer to do otherwise. When making the final determination as to
   how to vote a proxy, the Proxy Voting Oversight Group will review the
   report from the Director of Portfolio Management US and the Conflicts of
   Interest Report issued by the Compliance Department.

   Conflicts of Interest
   A conflict of interest occurs when Pioneer’s interests interfere, or appear
   to interfere with the interests of Pioneer’s clients. Occasionally, Pioneer
   may have a conflict that can affect how its votes proxies. The conflict may
   be actual or perceived and may exist when the matter to be voted on
   concerns:

       o      An affiliate of Pioneer,  such as another company  belonging to
              the UniCredito  Italiano  S.p.A.  banking group (a “UniCredito
              Affiliate”);

       o      An issuer of a security for which Pioneer acts as a sponsor,
              advisor, manager, custodian, distributor, underwriter, broker, or
              other similar capacity (including those securities specifically
              declared by PGAM to present a conflict of interest for Pioneer);

       o      An issuer of a security for which UniCredito has informed Pioneer
              that a UniCredito Affiliate acts as a sponsor, advisor, manager,
              custodian, distributor, underwriter, broker, or other similar
              capacity; or

       o      A person with whom Pioneer (or any of its affiliates) has an
              existing, material contract or business relationship that was not
              entered into in the ordinary course of Pioneer’s business.

       o      Pioneer will abstain from voting with respect to companies
              directly or indirectly owned by UniCredito Italiano Group, unless
              otherwise directed by a client. In addition, Pioneer will inform
              PGAM Global Compliance and the PGAM Independent Directors before
              exercising such rights.

   Any associate involved in the proxy voting process with knowledge of any
   apparent or actual conflict of interest must disclose such conflict to the
   Proxy Coordinator and the Compliance Department. The Compliance Department
   will review each item referred to Pioneer to determine whether an actual or
   potential conflict of interest with Pioneer exists in connection with the
   proposal(s) to be voted upon. The review will be conducted by comparing the
   apparent parties affected by the proxy proposal being

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   voted upon against the Compliance Department’s internal list of interested
   persons and, for any matches found, evaluating the anticipated magnitude
   and possible probability of any conflict of interest being present. For
   each referral item, the determination regarding the presence or absence of
   any actual or potential conflict of interest will be documented in a
   Conflicts of Interest Report to the Proxy Coordinator.

   Securities Lending
   In conjunction with industry standards Proxies are not available to be
   voted when the shares are out on loan through either Pioneer’s lending
   program or a client’s managed security lending program. However, Pioneer
   will reserve the right to recall lent securities so that they may be voted
   according to the Pioneer’s instructions. If a portfolio manager would like
   to vote a block of previously lent shares, the Proxy Coordinator will work
   with the portfolio manager and Investment Operations to recall the
   security, to the extent possible, to facilitate the vote on the entire
   block of shares.

   Share-Blocking

   “Share-blocking” is a market practice whereby shares are sent to a
   custodian (which may be different than the account custodian) for record
   keeping and voting at the general meeting. The shares are unavailable for
   sale or delivery until the end of the blocking period (typically the day
   after general meeting date).

   Pioneer will vote in those countries with “share-blocking.” In the event a
   manager would like to sell a security with “share-blocking”, the Proxy
   Coordinator will work with the Portfolio Manager and Investment Operations
   Department to recall the shares (as allowable within the market time-frame
   and practices) and/or communicate with executing brokerage firm. A list of
   countries with “share-blocking” is available from the Investment Operations
   Department upon request.

   Record Keeping
   The Proxy Coordinator shall ensure that Pioneer’s proxy voting service:

       o   Retains a copy of the proxy statement received (unless the proxy
           statement is available from the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering,
           Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system);

       o   Retains a record of the vote cast;

       o   Prepares Form N-PX for filing on behalf of each client that is a
           registered investment company; and

       o   Is able to promptly provide Pioneer with a copy of the voting
           record upon its request.

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   The Proxy Coordinator shall ensure that for those votes that may require
   additional documentation (i.e. conflicts of interest, exception votes and
   case-by-case votes) the following records are maintained:

       o    A record memorializing the basis for each referral vote cast;

       o    A copy of any document created by Pioneer that was material in
            making the decision on how to vote the subject proxy; and

       o    A copy of any conflict notice, conflict consent or any other
            written communication (including emails or other electronic
            communications) to or from the client (or in the case of an
            employee benefit plan, the plan’s director or other fiduciaries)
            regarding the subject proxy vote cast by, or the vote
            recommendation of, Pioneer.

       o    Pioneer shall maintain the above records in the client’s file for a
            period not less than ten (10) years.

     Disclosure
     Pioneer shall take reasonable measures to inform its clients of the process
     or procedures clients must follow to obtain information regarding how
     Pioneer voted with respect to assets held in their accounts. In addition,
     Pioneer shall describe to clients its proxy voting policies and procedures
     and will furnish a copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures upon
     request. This information may be provided to clients through Pioneer’s Form
     ADV (Part II) disclosure, by separate notice to the client, or through
     Pioneer’s website.

     Proxy Voting Oversight Group
     The members of the Proxy Voting Oversight Group are Pioneer’s: Director of
     Portfolio Management US, Head of Investment Operations, and Director of
     Compliance. Other members of Pioneer will be invited to attend meetings and
     otherwise participate as necessary. The Head of Investment Operations will
     chair the Proxy Voting Oversight Group.

     The Proxy Voting Oversight Group is responsible for developing, evaluating,
     and changing (when necessary) Pioneer’s Proxy Voting Policies and
     Procedures. The group meets at least annually to evaluate and review these
     policies and procedures and the services of its third-party proxy voting
     service. In addition, the Proxy Voting Oversight Group will meet as
     necessary to vote on referral items and address other business as
     necessary.

     Amendments
     Pioneer may not amend its Proxy Voting Policies And Procedures without the
     prior approval of the Proxy Voting Oversight Group and its corporate
     parent, Pioneer Global Asset Management S.p.A

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   Proxy Voting Policies
   Pioneer’s sole concern in voting proxies is the economic effect of the
   proposal on the value of portfolio holdings, considering both the short-
   and long-term impact. In many instances, Pioneer believes that supporting
   the company’s strategy and voting “for” management’s proposals builds
   portfolio value. In other cases, however, proposals set forth by management
   may have a negative effect on that value, while some shareholder proposals
   may hold the best prospects for enhancing it. Pioneer monitors developments
   in the proxy-voting arena and will revise this policy as needed.

   All proxies that are received promptly will be voted in accordance with the
   specific policies listed below. All shares in a company held by
   Pioneer-managed accounts will be voted alike, unless a client has given us
   specific voting instructions on an issue or has not delegated authority to
   us. Proxy voting issues will be reviewed by Pioneer’s Proxy Voting
   Oversight Group, which consists of the Director of Portfolio Management US,
   the Director of Investment Operations (the Proxy Coordinator), and the
   Director of Compliance.

   Pioneer has established Proxy Voting Procedures for identifying and
   reviewing conflicts of interest that may arise in the voting of proxies.

   Clients may request, at any time, a report on proxy votes for securities
   held in their portfolios and Pioneer is happy to discuss our proxy votes
   with company management. Pioneer retains a proxy voting service to provide
   research on proxy issues and to process proxy votes.

Administrative
   While administrative items appear infrequently in U.S. issuer proxies, they
   are quite common in non-U.S. proxies.

   We will generally support these and similar management proposals:

       o    Corporate name change.

       o    A change of corporate headquarters.

       o    Stock exchange listing.

       o    Establishment of time and place of annual meeting.

       o    Adjournment or postponement of annual meeting.

       o    Acceptance/approval of financial statements.

       o    Approval of dividend payments, dividend reinvestment plans and other
            dividend-related proposals.

       o    Approval of minutes and other formalities.

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       o    Authorization of the transferring of reserves and allocation of
             income.

       o    Amendments to authorized signatories.

       o    Approval of accounting method changes or change in fiscal year-end.

       o    Acceptance of labor agreements.

       o    Appointment of internal auditors.

   Pioneer will vote on a case-by-case basis on other routine business;
   however, Pioneer will oppose any routine business proposal if insufficient
   information is presented in advance to allow Pioneer to judge the merit of
   the proposal. Pioneer has also instructed its proxy voting service to
   inform Pioneer of its analysis of any administrative items inconsistent, in
   its view, with supporting the value of Pioneer portfolio holdings so that
   Pioneer may consider and vote on those items on a case-by-case basis.

Auditors
     We normally vote for proposals to:

       o    Ratify the auditors. We will consider a vote against if we are
            concerned about the auditors’ independence or their past work for
            the company. Specifically, we will oppose the ratification of
            auditors and withhold votes from audit committee members if
            non-audit fees paid by the company to the auditing firm exceed the
            sum of audit fees plus audit-related fees plus permissible tax
            fees according to the disclosure categories proposed by the
            Securities and Exchange Commission.

       o    Restore shareholder rights to ratify the auditors.

     We will normally oppose proposals that require companies to:

       o    Seek bids from other auditors.

       o    Rotate auditing firms, except where the rotation is statutorily
            required or where rotation would demonstrably strengthen financial
            disclosure.

       o    Indemnify auditors.

       o    Prohibit auditors from engaging in non-audit services for the
            company.

     Board of Directors
     On issues related to the board of directors, Pioneer normally supports
     management. We will, however, consider a vote against management in
     instances where corporate performance has been very poor or where the board
     appears to lack independence.

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     General Board Issues
     Pioneer will vote for:

       o    Audit, compensation and nominating committees composed of
            independent directors exclusively.

       o    Indemnification for directors for actions taken in good faith in
            accordance with the business judgment rule. We will vote against
            proposals for broader indemnification.

       o    Changes in board size that appear to have a legitimate business
            purpose and are not primarily for anti-takeover reasons.

       o    Election of an honorary director.

     We will vote against:

       o    Minimum stock ownership by directors.

       o    Term limits for directors. Companies benefit from experienced
            directors, and shareholder control is better achieved through
            annual votes.

       o    Requirements for union or special interest representation on the
            board.

       o    Requirements to provide two candidates for each board seat.

     We will vote on a case-by case basis on these issues:

       o    Separate chairman and CEO positions. We will consider voting with
            shareholders on these issues in cases of poor corporate
            performance.

     Elections of Directors
     In uncontested elections of directors we will vote against:

       o    Individual directors with absenteeism above 25% without valid
            reason. We support proposals that require disclosure of director
            attendance.

       o    Insider directors and affiliated outsiders who sit on the audit,
            compensation, stock option or nominating committees. For the
            purposes of our policy, we accept the definition of affiliated
            directors provided by our proxy voting service.

     We will also vote against:

       o    Directors who have failed to act on a takeover offer where the
            majority of shareholders have tendered their shares.

       o    Directors who appear to lack independence or are associated with
            very poor corporate performance.

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     We will vote on a case-by case basis on these issues:

       o    Re-election of directors who have implemented or renewed a
            dead-hand or modified dead-hand poison pill (a “dead-hand poison
            pill” is a shareholder rights plan that may be altered only by
            incumbent or “dead ” directors. These plans prevent a potential
            acquirer from disabling a poison pill by obtaining control of the
            board through a proxy vote).

       o    Contested election of directors.

       o    Prior to phase-in required by SEC, we would consider supporting
            election of a majority of independent directors in cases of poor
            performance.

       o    Mandatory retirement policies.

       o    Directors who have ignored a shareholder proposal that has been
            approved by shareholders for two consecutive years.

     Takeover-Related Measures
     Pioneer is generally opposed to proposals that may discourage takeover
     attempts. We believe that the potential for a takeover helps ensure that
     corporate performance remains high.

     Pioneer will vote for:

       o    Cumulative voting.

       o    Increase ability for shareholders to call special meetings.

       o    Increase ability for shareholders to act by written consent.

       o    Restrictions on the ability to make greenmail payments.

       o    Submitting rights plans to shareholder vote.

       o    Rescinding shareholder rights plans (“poison pills”).

       o    Opting out of the following state takeover statutes:

     o Control share acquisition statutes, which deny large holders voting
       rights on holdings over a specified threshold.

     o Control share cash-out provisions, which require large holders to
       acquire shares from other holders.

     o Freeze-out provisions, which impose a waiting period on large
       holders before they can attempt to gain control.

     o Stakeholder laws, which permit directors to consider interests of
       non-shareholder constituencies.

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     o Disgorgement provisions, which require acquirers to disgorge profits
       on purchases made before gaining control.

     o Fair price provisions.

     o Authorization of shareholder rights plans.

     o Labor protection provisions.

     o Mandatory classified boards.

     We will vote on a case-by-case basis on the following issues:

       o    Fair price provisions. We will vote against provisions requiring
            supermajority votes to approve takeovers. We will also consider
            voting against proposals that require a supermajority vote to
            repeal or amend the provision. Finally, we will consider the
            mechanism used to determine the fair price; we are generally
            opposed to complicated formulas or requirements to pay a premium.

       o    Opting out of state takeover statutes regarding fair price
            provisions. We will use the criteria used for fair price
            provisions in general to determine our vote on this issue.

       o    Proposals that allow shareholders to nominate directors.

     We will vote against:

       o    Classified boards, except in the case of closed-end mutual funds.

       o    Limiting shareholder ability to remove or appoint directors. We
            will support proposals to restore shareholder authority in this
            area. We will review on a case-by-case basis proposals that
            authorize the board to make interim appointments.

       o    Classes of shares with unequal voting rights.

       o    Supermajority vote requirements.

       o    Severance packages (“golden” and “tin” parachutes). We will support
            proposals to put these packages to shareholder vote.

       o    Reimbursement of dissident proxy solicitation expenses. While we
            ordinarily support measures that encourage takeover bids, we
            believe that management should have full control over corporate
            funds.

       o    Extension of advance notice requirements for shareholder proposals.

       o    Granting board authority normally retained by shareholders (e.g.,
            amend charter, set board size).

       o    Shareholder rights plans (“poison pills”). These plans generally
            allow shareholders to buy additional shares at a below-market
            price in the event of a change in control and may deter some bids.

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     Capital Structure
     Managements need considerable flexibility in determining the company’s
     financial structure, and Pioneer normally supports managements’ proposals
     in this area. We will, however, reject proposals that impose high barriers
     to potential takeovers.

     Pioneer will vote for:

       o    Changes in par value.

       o    Reverse splits, if accompanied by a reduction in number of shares.

       o    Share repurchase programs, if all shareholders may participate on
            equal terms.

       o    Bond issuance.

       o    Increases in “ordinary” preferred stock.

       o    Proposals to have blank-check common stock placements (other than
            shares issued in the normal course of business) submitted for
            shareholder approval.

       o    Cancellation of company treasury shares.

     We will vote on a case-by-case basis on the following issues:

       o    Reverse splits not accompanied by a reduction in number of shares,
            considering the risk of delisting.

       o    Increase in authorized common stock. We will make a determination
            considering, among other factors:

     o Number of shares currently available for issuance;

     o Size of requested increase (we would normally approve increases of up to
       100% of current authorization);

     o Proposed use of the additional shares; and

     o Potential consequences of a failure to increase the number of shares
       outstanding (e.g., delisting or bankruptcy).

       o    Blank-check preferred. We will normally oppose issuance of a new
            class of blank-check preferred, but may approve an increase in a
            class already outstanding if the company has demonstrated that it
            uses this flexibility appropriately.

       o    Proposals to submit private placements to shareholder vote.

       o    Other financing plans.

     We will vote against preemptive rights that we believe limit a company’s
financing flexibility.

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     Compensation
     Pioneer supports compensation plans that link pay to shareholder returns
     and believes that management has the best understanding of the level of
     compensation needed to attract and retain qualified people. At the same
     time, stock-related compensation plans have a significant economic impact
     and a direct effect on the balance sheet. Therefore, while we do not want
     to micromanage a company’s compensation programs, we will place limits on
     the potential dilution these plans may impose.

     Pioneer will vote for:

       o    401(k) benefit plans.

       o    Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), as long as shares
            allocated to ESOPs are less than 5% of outstanding shares. Larger
            blocks of stock in ESOPs can serve as a takeover defense. We will
            support proposals to submit ESOPs to shareholder vote.

       o    Various issues related to the Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act
            of 1993 (OBRA), including:

     o Amendments to performance plans to conform with OBRA;

     o Caps on annual grants or amendments of administrative features;

     o Adding performance goals; and

     o Cash or cash-and-stock bonus plans.

       o    Establish a process to link pay, including stock-option grants, to
            performance, leaving specifics of implementation to the company.

       o    Require that option repricings be submitted to shareholders.

       o    Require the expensing of stock-option awards.

       o    Require reporting of executive retirement benefits (deferred
            compensation, split-dollar life insurance, SERPs, and pension
            benefits).

       o    Employee stock purchase plans where the purchase price is equal to
            at least 85% of the market price, where the offering period is no
            greater than 27 months and where potential dilution (as defined
            below) is no greater than 10%.

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     We will vote on a case-by-case basis on the following issues:

       o    Executive and director stock-related compensation plans. We will
            consider the following factors when reviewing these plans:

       o    The program must be of a reasonable size. We will approve plans
            where the combined employee and director plans together would
            generate less than 15% dilution. We will reject plans with 15% or
            more potential dilution.

            Dilution = (A + B + C) / (A + B + C + D), where

            A = Shares reserved for plan/amendment,

            B = Shares available under continuing plans,

            C = Shares granted but unexercised and

            D = Shares outstanding.

       o    The plan must not:

            o   Explicitly permit unlimited option repricing authority or that
                have repriced in the past without shareholder approval.

            o   Be a self-replenishing “evergreen” plan, plans that grant
                discount options and tax offset payments.

     o We are generally in favor of proposals that increase participation beyond
       executives.

     o We generally support proposals asking companies to adopt rigorous
       vesting provisions for stock option plans such as those that vest
       incrementally over, at least, a three- or four-year period with a pro
       rata portion of the shares becoming exercisable on an annual basis
       following grant date.

     o We generally support proposals asking companies to disclose their
       window period policies for stock transactions. Window period policies
       ensure that employees do not exercise options based on insider
       information contemporaneous with quarterly earnings releases and other
       material corporate announcements.

     o We generally support proposals asking companies to adopt stock holding
       periods for their executives.

       o    All other employee stock purchase plans.

       o    All other compensation-related proposals, including deferred
            compensation plans, employment agreements, loan guarantee programs
            and retirement plans.

       o    All other proposals regarding stock compensation plans, including
            extending the life of a plan, changing vesting restrictions,
            repricing options, lengthening exercise periods or accelerating
            distribution of awards and pyramiding and cashless exercise
            programs.

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     We will vote against:

       o    Pensions for non-employee directors. We believe these retirement
            plans reduce director objectivity.

       o    Elimination of stock option plans.

     We will vote on a case-by case basis on these issues:

       o    Limits on executive and director pay.

       o    Stock in lieu of cash compensation for directors.

     Corporate Governance
     Pioneer will vote for:

       o    Confidential Voting.

       o    Equal access provisions, which allow shareholders to contribute
            their opinion to proxy materials.

       o    Proposals requiring directors to disclose their ownership of shares
            in the company.

     We will vote on a case-by-case basis on the following issues:

       o    Change in the state of incorporation. We will support
            reincorporations supported by valid business reasons. We will
            oppose those that appear to be solely for the purpose of
            strengthening takeover defenses.

       o    Bundled proposals. We will evaluate the overall impact of the
            proposal.

       o    Adopting or amending the charter, bylaws or articles of association.

       o    Shareholder appraisal rights, which allow shareholders to demand
            judicial review of an acquisition price.

     We will vote against:

       o    Shareholder advisory committees. While management should solicit
            shareholder input, we prefer to leave the method of doing so to
            management’s discretion.

       o    Limitations on stock ownership or voting rights.

       o    Reduction in share ownership disclosure guidelines.

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     Mergers and Restructurings
     Pioneer will vote on the following and similar issues on a case-by-case
     basis:

       o    Mergers and acquisitions.

       o    Corporate restructurings, including spin-offs, liquidations, asset
            sales, joint ventures, conversions to holding company and
            conversions to self-managed REIT structure.

       o    Debt restructurings.

       o    Conversion of securities.

       o    Issuance of shares to facilitate a merger.

       o    Private placements, warrants, convertible debentures.

       o    Proposals requiring management to inform shareholders of merger
            opportunities.

     We will normally vote against shareholder proposals requiring that the
     company be put up for sale.

     Mutual Funds
     Many of our portfolios may invest in shares of closed-end mutual funds or
     exchange-traded funds. The non-corporate structure of these investments
     raises several unique proxy voting issues.

     Pioneer will vote for:

       o    Establishment of new classes or series of shares.

       o    Establishment of a master-feeder structure.

     Pioneer will vote on a case-by-case on:

       o    Changes in investment policy. We will normally support changes
            that do not affect the investment objective or overall risk level
            of the fund. We will examine more fundamental changes on a
            case-by-case basis.

       o    Approval of new or amended advisory contracts.

       o    Changes from closed-end to open-end format.

       o    Authorization for, or increase in, preferred shares.

       o    Disposition of assets, termination, liquidation, or mergers.

       o    Classified boards of closed-end mutual funds, but will typically
            support such proposals.

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     Social Issues
     Pioneer will abstain on stockholder proposals calling for greater
     disclosure of corporate activities with regard to social issues. “Social
     Issues” may generally be described as shareholder proposals for a company
     to:

       o    Conduct studies regarding certain issues of public concern and
            interest;

       o    Study the feasibility of the company taking certain actions with
            regard to such issues; or

       o    Take specific action, including ceasing certain behavior and
            adopting company standards and principles, in relation to issues
            of public concern and interest.

     We believe these issues are important and should receive management
     attention.

     Pioneer will vote against proposals calling for substantial changes in the
     company’s business or activities. We will also normally vote against
     proposals with regard to contributions, believing that management should
     control the routine disbursement of funds.


ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

(a) If the registrant is a closed-end management investment company that is filing an annual report on this Form N-CSR, provide the following information:

(1) State the name, title, and length of service of the person or persons employed by or associated with the registrant or an investment adviser of the registrant who are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the registrant’s portfolio (“Portfolio Manager”). Also state each Portfolio Manager’s business experience during the past 5 years.

Additional information about the portfolio managers

Other accounts managed by the portfolio managers
The table below indicates, for the portfolio managers of the fund, information about the accounts other than the fund over which the portfolio manager has day-to-day investment responsibility. All information on the number of accounts and total assets in the table is as of April 30, 2021. For purposes of the table, “Other Pooled Investment Vehicles” may include investment partnerships, undertakings for collective investments in transferable securities (“UCITS”) and other non-U.S. investment funds and group trusts, and “Other Accounts” may include separate accounts for institutions or individuals, insurance company general or separate accounts, pension funds and other similar institutional accounts but generally do not include the portfolio manager’s personal investment accounts or those which the manager may be deemed to own beneficially under the code of ethics. Certain funds and other accounts managed by the portfolio manager may have substantially similar investment strategies.


Name of
Portfolio Manager
Type of Account
Number of
Accounts
Managed
Total Assets
Managed (000’s)
Number of
Accounts
Managed for
which Advisory
Fee is
Performance-
Based
Assets
Managed
 for which
Advisory
Fee is
Performance-
Based (000’s)
Andrew Feltus
Other Registered Investment Companies
8
$6,133,788
N/A
N/A
 
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
23
$9,948,239
N/A
N/A
 
Other Accounts
7
$1,938,245
N/A
N/A
Jonathan Sharkey
Other Registered
Investment Companies
3
$5,097,942
N/A
N/A
 
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
1
$459,262
N/A
N/A
 
Other Accounts
1
$393,999
N/A
N/A
Chin Liu
Other Registered Investment Companies
2
$999,855
N/A
N/A
 
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
1
$2,386
 
N/A
N/A
 
Other Accounts
0
$0
N/A
N/A
Lawrence Zeno
Other Registered Investment Companies
1
$412,468
N/A
N/A
 
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
3
$143,726
N/A
N/A
 
Other Accounts
0
$0
N/A
N/A

Potential conflicts of interest
When a portfolio manager is responsible for the management of more than one account, the potential arises for the portfolio manager to favor one account over another. The principal types of potential conflicts of interest that may arise are discussed below. For the reasons outlined below, Amundi US does not believe that any material conflicts are likely to arise out of a portfolio manager’s responsibility for the management of the fund as well as one or more other accounts. Although Amundi US has adopted procedures that it believes are reasonably designed to detect and prevent violations of the federal securities laws and to mitigate the potential for conflicts of interest to affect its portfolio management decisions, there can be no assurance that all conflicts will be identified or that all procedures will be effective in mitigating the potential for such risks. Generally, the risks of such conflicts of interest are increased to the extent that a portfolio manager has a financial incentive to favor one account over another. Amundi US has structured its compensation arrangements in a manner that is intended to limit such potential for conflicts of interest. See “Compensation of Portfolio Managers” below.

A portfolio manager could favor one account over another in allocating new investment opportunities that have limited supply, such as initial public offerings and private placements. If, for example, an initial public offering that was expected to appreciate in value significantly shortly after the offering was allocated to a single account, that account may be expected to have better investment performance than other accounts that did not receive an allocation of the initial public offering. Generally, investments for which there is limited availability are allocated based upon a range of factors including available cash and consistency with the accounts’ investment objectives and policies. This allocation methodology necessarily involves some subjective elements but is intended over time to treat each client in an equitable and fair manner. Generally, the investment opportunity is allocated among participating accounts on a pro rata basis. Although Amundi US believes that its practices are reasonably designed to treat each client in an equitable and fair manner, there may be instances where a fund may not participate, or may participate to a lesser degree than other clients, in the allocation of an investment opportunity.

A portfolio manager could favor one account over another in the order in which trades for the accounts are placed. If a portfolio manager determines to purchase a security for more than one account in an aggregate amount that may influence the market price of the security, accounts that purchased or sold the security first may receive a more favorable price than accounts that made subsequent transactions. The less liquid the market for the security or the greater the percentage that the proposed aggregate purchases or sales represent of average daily trading volume, the greater the potential for accounts that make subsequent purchases or sales to receive a less favorable price. When a portfolio manager intends to trade the same security on the same day for more than one account, the trades typically are “bunched,” which means that the trades for the individual accounts are aggregated and each account receives the same price. There are some types of accounts as to which bunching may not be possible for contractual reasons (such as directed brokerage arrangements). Circumstances may also arise where the trader believes that bunching the orders may not result in the best possible price. Where those accounts or circumstances are involved, Amundi US will place the order in a manner intended to result in as favorable a price as possible for such client.

A portfolio manager could favor an account if the portfolio manager’s compensation is tied to the performance of that account to a greater degree than other accounts managed by the portfolio manager. If, for example, the portfolio manager receives a bonus based upon the performance of certain accounts relative to a benchmark while other accounts are disregarded for this purpose, the portfolio manager will have a financial incentive to seek to have the accounts that determine the portfolio manager’s bonus achieve the best possible performance to the possible detriment of other accounts. Similarly, if Amundi US receives a performance-based advisory fee, the portfolio manager may favor that account, whether or not the performance of that account directly determines the portfolio manager’s compensation.

A portfolio manager could favor an account if the portfolio manager has a beneficial interest in the account, in order to benefit a large client or to compensate a client that had poor returns. For example, if the portfolio manager held an interest in an investment partnership that was one of the accounts managed by the portfolio manager, the portfolio manager would have an economic incentive to favor the account in which the portfolio manager held an interest.

If the different accounts have materially and potentially conflicting investment objectives or strategies, a conflict of interest could arise. For example, if a portfolio manager purchases a security for one account and sells the same security for another account, such trading pattern may disadvantage either the account that is long or short. In making portfolio manager assignments, Amundi US seeks to avoid such potentially conflicting situations. However, where a portfolio manager is responsible for accounts with differing investment objectives and policies, it is possible that the portfolio manager will conclude that it is in the best interest of one account to sell a portfolio security while another account continues to hold or increase the holding in such security.






Compensation of portfolio managers
Amundi US has adopted a system of compensation for portfolio managers that seeks to align the financial interests of the portfolio managers with those of shareholders of the accounts (including Pioneer funds) the portfolio managers manage, as well as with the financial performance of Amundi US. The compensation program for all Amundi US portfolio managers includes a base salary (determined by the rank and tenure of the employee) and an annual bonus program, as well as customary benefits that are offered generally to all full-time employees. Base compensation is fixed and normally reevaluated on an annual basis. Amundi US seeks to set base compensation at market rates, taking into account the experience and responsibilities of the portfolio manager. The bonus plan is intended to provide a competitive level of annual bonus compensation that is tied to the portfolio manager achieving superior investment performance and align the interests of the investment professional with those of shareholders, as well as with the financial performance of Amundi US. Any bonus under the plan is completely discretionary, with a maximum annual bonus that may be in excess of base salary. The annual bonus is based upon a combination of the following factors:

Quantitative investment performance. The quantitative investment performance calculation is based on pre-tax investment performance of all of the accounts managed by the portfolio manager (which includes the fund and any other accounts managed by the portfolio manager) over a one-year period (20% weighting) and four-year period (80% weighting), measured for periods ending on December 31. The accounts, which include the fund, are ranked against a group of mutual funds with similar investment objectives and investment focus (60%) and a broad-based securities market index measuring the performance of the same type of securities in which the accounts invest (40%), which, in the case of the fund, is the Merrill Lynch Global High Yield and Emerging Markets Index and the CSFB Leveraged Loan Index. As a result of these two benchmarks, the performance of the portfolio manager for compensation purposes is measured against the criteria that are relevant to the portfolio manager’s competitive universe.

Qualitative performance. The qualitative performance component with respect to all of the accounts managed by the portfolio manager includes objectives, such as effectiveness in the areas of teamwork, leadership, communications and marketing, that are mutually established and evaluated by each portfolio manager and management.

Amundi US results and business line results. Amundi US’s financial performance, as well as the investment performance of its investment management group, affect a portfolio manager’s actual bonus by a leverage factor of plus or minus (+/–) a predetermined percentage.

The quantitative and qualitative performance components comprise 80% and 20%, respectively, of the overall bonus calculation (on a pre-adjustment basis). A portion of the annual bonus is deferred for a specified period and may be invested in one or more Pioneer funds.

Certain portfolio managers participate in other programs designed to reward and retain key contributors. Portfolio managers also may participate in a deferred compensation program, whereby deferred amounts are invested in one or more Pioneer funds or collective investment trusts or other unregistered funds with similar investment objectives, strategies and policies.

Share ownership by portfolio managers
The following table indicates as of April 30, 2021 the value, within the indicated range, of shares beneficially owned by the portfolio managers of the fund.


Name of Portfolio Manager
Beneficial Ownership
 of the Fund*
Andrew Feltus
E
Jonathan Sharkey
B
Chin Liu
A
Lawrence Zeno
C




*
Key to Dollar Ranges

A.
None
B.
$1 – $10,000
C.
$10,001 – $50,000
D.
$50,001 – $100,000
E.
$100,001 – $500,000
F.
$500,001 – $1,000,000
G.
Over $1,000,000




The significant investment strategies for Pioneer Diversified High Income Fund, Inc. (a closed-end fund) and certain other similarly managed accounts with investment objectives of a high level of current income, with a potential for capital appreciation as a secondary objective. The fund invests in a unique blend of higher yielding asset classes, including global high yield bonds, leveraged bank loans and event-linked bonds (cat bonds).

Under normal market conditions, the fund invests at least 80% of its managed assets (net assets plus borrowings or other leverage for investment purposes) in diversified portfolio of below investment grade (high yield) debt securities, loans and preferred stocks. The fund allocates its investments principally among three sectors of the fixed income securities markets: (i) below investment grade debt securities and preferred stocks of U.S. and non-U.S. issuers, including governmental and corporate issuers in emerging markets (“global high yield debt securities”), (ii) floating rate loans and (iii) “event-linked” bonds, which sometimes are referred to as “insurance-linked” or “catastrophe” bonds.

PIM believes that this actively managed, diversified portfolio of asset classes – global high yield debt securities, floating rate loans and event-linked bonds – may provide investors with a range of potential benefits across various market cycles and under various market conditions. These benefits include, among others, the potential to provide investors with a relatively high level of current income without undue risk as a result of the low correlation among these asset classes, reduced volatility due to limited exposure to interest rate and duration risk, as well as a favorable risk return profile. Specifically, the floating rate feature of both floating rate loans and event-linked bonds serves to reduce sensitivity to changes in prevailing interest rates. In addition, the introduction of event-linked bonds to the diversified portfolio enhances these benefits by reducing volatility, while providing the potential for above average returns. Moreover, the fund’s investments in event-linked bonds offer investors access to a unique asset class that otherwise may be unavailable to them.

The fund does not have a policy of maintaining a specific average credit quality or a targeted maturity range for its portfolio. The fund may invest any portion of its assets in securities and other instruments of non-U.S. issuers, including emerging market issuers, and may engage in certain strategic transactions.

PIM is responsible for managing the fund’s overall investment program, including allocating the fund’s investments among the different asset classes and managing the fund’s investments in global high income debt securities and floating rate loans. PIM considers both broad economic and issuer specific factors in selecting a portfolio designed to achieve the fund’s investment objectives. PIM selects individual securities based upon the terms of the securities (such as yields compared to U.S. Treasuries or comparable issues), liquidity and rating, sector and issuer diversification. PIM also employs due diligence and fundamental quantitative and qualitative research to assess an issuer’s credit quality, taking into account financial condition and profitability, future capital needs, potential for change in rating, industry outlook, the competitive environment and management ability. PIM may sell a portfolio security when it believes the security no longer will contribute to meeting the fund’s investment objectives. PIM makes that determination based on the same criteria it uses to select portfolio securities. In making these portfolio decisions, PIM relies on the knowledge, experience and judgment of its staff and the staff of its affiliates who have access to a wide variety of research.

The fund may use financial leverage on an ongoing basis for investment purposes by borrowing from banks through a revolving credit facility. Leverage creates special risks not associated with unleveraged funds having a similar investment objectives and policies. These include the possibility of higher volatility of both the net asset value of the fund and the value of assets serving as asset coverage for the preferred shares.

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

(a) If the registrant is a closed-end management investment company, in the following tabular format, provide the information specified in paragraph (b) of this Item with respect to any purchase made by or on behalf of the registrant or any affiliated purchaser, as defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.10b-18(a)(3)), of shares or other units of any class of the registrant’s equity securities that is registered by the registrant pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 781).

During the period covered by this report, there were no purchases made by or on behalf of the registrant or any affiliated purchaser as defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 (the Exchange Act), of shares of the registrants equity securities that are registered by the registrant pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act.


ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

Describe any material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of directors, where those changes were implemented after the registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of Item 407(c)(2)(iv) of Regulation S-R(17 CFR 229.407)(as required by Item 22(b)(15)) of Schedule 14A (17 CFR 240.14a-101), or this Item.

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which the shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of directors since the registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of Item 407(c)(2)(iv) of Regulation S-R of Schedule 14(A) in its definitive proxy statement, or this item.

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) Disclose the conclusions of the registrant’s principal executive and principal financials officers, or persons performing similar functions, regarding the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30(a)-3(b) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

(b) Disclose any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occured during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.




Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

(a) If the registrant is a closed-end management investment company, provide the following dollar amounts of income and compensation related to the securities lending activities of the registrant during its most recent fiscal year:

N/A

(1) Gross income from securities lending activities;

N/A

(2) All fees and/or compensation for each of the following securities lending activities and related services: any share of revenue generated by the securities lending program paid to the securities lending agent(s) (revenue split); fees paid for cash collateral management services (including fees deducted from a pooled cash collateral reinvestment vehicle) that are not included in the revenue split; administrative fees that are not included in the revenue split; fees for indemnification that are not included in the revenue split; rebates paid to borrowers; and any other fees relating to the securities lending program that are not included in the revenue split, including a description of those other fees;

N/A

(3) The aggregate fees/compensation disclosed pursuant to paragraph (2); and

N/A

(4) Net income from securities lending activities (i.e., the dollar amount in paragraph (1) minus the dollar amount in paragraph (3)).

If a fee for a service is included in the revenue split, state that the fee is included in the revenue split.

N/A

(b) If the registrant is a closed-end management investment company, describe the services provided to the registrant by the securities lending agent in the registrants most recent fiscal year.

N/A

ITEM 13. EXHIBITS.

(a) File the exhibits listed below as part of this Form. Letter or number the exhibits in the sequence indicated.








SIGNATURES

[See General Instruction F]


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(Registrant) Pioneer Diversified High Income Fund, Inc.



By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Lisa M. Jones
Lisa M. Jones, President and Chief Executive Officer

Date July 1, 2021


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Lisa M. Jones
Lisa M. Jones, President and Chief Executive Officer

Date July 1, 2021



By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Anthony J. Koenig, Jr.
Anthony J. Koenig, Jr., Treasurer and Chief Financial and Accounting Officer

Date July 1, 2021

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.