N-CSR 1 d672915dncsr.htm GENERAL ELECTRIC RSP U.S. EQUITY FUND General Electric RSP U.S. Equity Fund
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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: 811-01494

 

 

GENERAL ELECTRIC RSP U.S. EQUITY FUND

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

1600 Summer Street, Stamford, Connecticut 06905

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Joshua A. Weinberg, Esq.

Managing Director and Managing Counsel

c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 800-242-0134

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: December 31, 2018

 

 

 


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Annual Report

December 31, 2018

 

GE RSP Funds

U.S. Equity Fund

Income Fund

 

 

 

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of a Fund’s annual and semi- annual shareholder reports will no longer be 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 or bank). Instead, the reports will be made available on a Fund’s website (www.ssga.com/geam), and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted, and provided with a website link to access the report.

Beginning on January 1, 2019, you may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held in your account, if you invest through your financial intermediary or all funds held with the fund complex if you invest directly with a Fund.

 

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Annual Report

December 31, 2018

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       Page  
Notes to Performance        1  
Manager Reviews and Schedules of Investments        2  
Financial Statements     

Financial Highlights

       32  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

       34  

Statements of Operations

       35  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

       36  
Notes to Financial Statements        37  
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm        45  
Tax Information        46  
Advisory Agreement Renewal        47  
Additional Information        50  
Investment Team        53  


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GE RSP Funds

Notes to Performance — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

The information provided on the performance pages relates to the GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund and GE RSP Income Fund (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”).

Total returns take into account changes in share price and assume reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions, if any. Total returns shown are net of Fund expenses.

The performance data quoted represents past performance; past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. Periods less than one year are not annualized. Please call toll-free (800) 242-0134 or visit the Funds’ website at http://www.ssga.com/geam for the most recent month-end performance data.

An investment in a Fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any other government agency. An investment in a Fund is subject to risk, including possible loss of principal invested.

The S&P® 500 Index is an unmanaged, market capitalization-weighted index of stocks of 500 large U.S. companies, which is widely used as a measure of large-cap stock market performance.

The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged market value-weighted index of taxable investment grade debt issues, including government, corporate, asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, with maturities of one year or more. This index is designed to represent the performance of the U.S. investment-grade first rate bond market.

The results shown for the foregoing indices assume the reinvestment of net dividends or interest and do not reflect fees, expenses, or taxes. As such, index returns do not reflect the actual cost of investing in the instruments that comprise an index.

The views expressed in this document reflect our judgment as of the publication date and are subject to change at any time without notice.

 

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GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund

Management Discussion of Fund Performance — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

The GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide long-term growth of capital. The Fund’s benchmark is the S&P 500 Index (the “Index”).

For the 12-month period ended December 31, 2018 (the “Reporting Period”), the total return for the Fund was -3.05% and the Index was -4.38%. The Fund and Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other income. The Fund’s performance reflects the expenses of managing the Fund, including brokerage and advisory expenses. The Index is unmanaged and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses of any kind, which would have a negative impact on returns.

The Fund’s preference for companies with sustainable earnings growth, positive sector allocation and positive stock selection were primary drivers of Fund performance during the Reporting Period relative to the Index. In a year where growth outperformed value, the Fund’s growth tilt contributed to its outperformance against the Index. In terms of sector positioning, the Fund benefited both from overweighting the outperforming technology sector and underweighting the consumer staples and industrials sectors, which lagged. Positive stock selection was concentrated in the financials and information technology sectors, with a modest drag from energy-sector and health care holdings trimming outperformance. In late-year volatility, the Fund’s quality bias contributed to down market protection against a falling Index in the fourth quarter.    

The Fund did not invest in derivatives during the Reporting Period.

On an individual security level, the top positive contributors to the Fund’s performance on an absolute basis during the Reporting Period were Visa Inc., Boston Scientific Corp. and CME Group. The top negative contributors to the Fund’s performance on an absolute basis during the Reporting Period were Applied Materials Inc., United Rentals Inc. and Schlumberger Limited.

The views expressed above reflect those of the Fund’s portfolio manager only through the Reporting Period, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Adviser as a whole. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and the Adviser disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any fund.

 

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GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund

Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

As a shareholder of the Fund you incur ongoing costs. Ongoing costs include portfolio management fees, professional fees, administrative fees and other Fund expenses. The following example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided an example and calculated the expenses paid by investors in shares of the Fund during the period. The information in the following table is based on an investment of $1,000, which is invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six-month period ended December 31, 2018.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given under the heading “Expenses paid during the period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholders reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs, such as sales charges or redemption fees, if any. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

July 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018

 

    Actual
Fund Return
    Hypothetical
5% Return
(2.5% for
the period)
 

Account value at the beginning of the period

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00  

Account value at the end of the period

  $ 938.60     $ 1,024.50  

Expenses paid during the period*

  $ 0.68     $ 0.71  

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.14% (for the period July 1, 2018-December 31, 2018), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

 

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GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund

Performance Summary — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

Top Ten Largest Holdings

as of December 31, 2018 (as a % of Fair Value) (a)

 

Microsoft Corp.

    4.74

Amazon.com Inc.

    3.75

Visa Inc., Class A

    3.49

Apple Inc.

    3.26

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    3.23

Alphabet Inc., Class A

    2.87

PepsiCo Inc.

    2.59

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

    2.33

Gilead Sciences Inc.

    1.99

Mondelez International Inc., Class A

    1.96

Sector Allocation

Portfolio Composition as a % of Fair Value of $4,514,611 (in thousands) as of December 31, 2018 (a)

 

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Average Annual Total Return for the periods ended December 31, 2018

(Inception date: 01/01/80)

 

    One Year     Five Year     Ten Year     Ending Value
of a $10,000
Investment
 

GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund

    -3.05     7.38     12.47   $ 32,385  

S&P 500® Index

    -4.38     8.50     13.12   $ 34,304  
 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

The securities information regarding holdings, allocations and other characteristics is presented to illustrate examples of securities that the Fund has bought and the diversity of areas in which the Fund may invest as of a particular date. It may not be representative of the Fund’s current or future investments and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell a particular security.

 

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Performance Summary, continued — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

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See Notes to Performance beginning on page 1 for further information.

Past performance does not predict future performance. The performance shown in the graphs and tables does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares and does not reflect the fees or charges that would be associated with variable contracts through which shares of the Fund are offered.

 

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Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2018

 

     Number
of Shares
       Fair
Value
$
 
       
Common Stock - 96.0%†

 

Aerospace & Defense - 1.4%

 

General Dynamics Corp.

     84,539          13,290,376  

Hexcel Corp.

     213,753          12,256,597  

Raytheon Co.

     155,290          23,813,722  

The Boeing Co.

     51,014          16,452,015  
       

 

 

 
       65,812,710  
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.5%

 

FedEx Corp.

     52,241          8,428,041  

United Parcel Service Inc., Class B

     143,125          13,958,981  
       

 

 

 
       22,387,022  
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.3%

 

Alaska Air Group Inc.

     136,272          8,292,151  

JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)

     287,814          4,622,293  
       

 

 

 
       12,914,444  
       

 

 

 

Application Software - 1.8%

 

Adobe Inc. (a)

     76,721          17,357,359  

Intuit Inc.

     55,471          10,919,466  

salesforce.com Inc. (a)

     417,649          57,205,384  
       

 

 

 
       85,482,209  
       

 

 

 

Auto Parts & Equipment - 0.3%

 

Aptiv PLC

     206,746          12,729,351  
       

 

 

 

Automotive Retail - 0.5%

 

AutoZone Inc. (a)

     25,379          21,276,231  
       

 

 

 

Biotechnology - 4.2%

 

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (a)

     166,487          16,209,174  

Biogen Inc. (a)

     203,735          61,307,936  

Gilead Sciences Inc.

     1,436,665          89,863,396  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (a)

     192,086          31,830,571  
       

 

 

 
       199,211,077  
       

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.3%

 

Allegion PLC

     179,629          14,318,228  
       

 

 

 

Cable & Satellite - 2.0%

 

Charter Communications Inc., Class A (a)

     215,908          61,527,303  

Comcast Corp., Class A

     996,463          33,929,565  
       

 

 

 
       95,456,868  
       

 

 

 

Communications Equipment - 0.7%

 

Cisco Systems Inc.

     753,355          32,642,872  
       

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.1%

 

Vulcan Materials Co.

     32,333          3,194,500  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.3%

 

American Express Co.

     173,591          16,546,694  
       

 

 

 
     Number
of Shares
       Fair
Value
$
 

Data Processing & Outsourced Services - 3.9%

 

Mastercard Inc., Class A

     142,775          26,934,504  

Visa Inc., Class A

     1,192,745          157,370,775  
       

 

 

 
       184,305,279  
       

 

 

 

Diversified Banks - 4.1%

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     1,494,178          145,861,656  

U.S. Bancorp

     218,701          9,994,636  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     843,313          38,859,863  
       

 

 

 
       194,716,155  
       

 

 

 

Diversified Chemicals - 0.6%

 

DowDuPont Inc.

     507,322          27,131,581  
       

 

 

 

Electric Utilities - 1.5%

 

American Electric Power Company Inc.

     177,513          13,267,321  

Duke Energy Corp.

     50,910          4,393,533  

Edison International

     93,197          5,290,794  

Exelon Corp.

     412,927          18,623,008  

NextEra Energy Inc.

     162,753          28,289,726  
       

 

 

 
       69,864,382  
       

 

 

 

Electrical Components & Equipment - 0.4%

 

Emerson Electric Co.

     355,729          21,254,808  
       

 

 

 

Electronic Components - 1.3%

 

Corning Inc.

     2,089,201          63,114,762  
       

 

 

 

Environmental & Facilities Services - 0.2%

 

Republic Services Inc.

     123,572          8,908,306  
       

 

 

 

Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals - 0.1%

 

The Mosaic Co.

     242,792          7,091,954  
       

 

 

 

Financial Exchanges & Data - 2.9%

 

CME Group Inc.

     336,799          63,358,628  

MSCI Inc.

     105,414          15,541,186  

S&P Global Inc.

     348,464          59,217,972  
       

 

 

 
       138,117,786  
       

 

 

 

Footwear - 0.7%

 

NIKE Inc., Class B

     446,289          33,087,866  
       

 

 

 

General Merchandise Stores - 0.4%

 

Dollar Tree Inc. (a)

     186,583          16,852,177  
       

 

 

 

Gold - 0.1%

 

Newmont Mining Corp.

     123,456          4,277,750  
       

 

 

 

Healthcare Distributors - 0.2%

 

Henry Schein Inc. (a)

     107,152          8,413,575  
       

 

 

 
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments, continued — December 31, 2018

 

     Number
of Shares
       Fair
Value
$
 
       

Healthcare Equipment - 1.9%

 

Becton Dickinson and Co.

     80,881          18,224,107  

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)

     1,161,561          41,049,566  

Medtronic PLC

     309,070          28,113,007  
       

 

 

 
       87,386,680  
       

 

 

 

Healthcare Services - 1.1%

 

Cigna Corp.

     131,654          25,003,728  

DaVita Inc. (a)

     273,197          14,058,717  

Quest Diagnostics Inc.

     164,784          13,721,564  
       

 

 

 
       52,784,009  
       

 

 

 

Healthcare Supplies - 0.4%

 

The Cooper Companies Inc.

     69,421          17,667,645  
       

 

 

 

Home Improvement Retail - 0.5%

 

The Home Depot Inc.

     149,591          25,702,726  
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines - 0.3%

 

Marriott International Inc., Class A

     118,833          12,900,511  
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 1.0%

 

The Procter & Gamble Co.

     509,386          46,822,761  
       

 

 

 

Hypermarkets & Super Centers - 0.3%

 

Walmart Inc.

     166,144          15,476,314  
       

 

 

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.1%

 

NRG Energy Inc.

     95,306          3,774,118  
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.2%

 

Honeywell International Inc.

     246,128          32,518,431  

Roper Technologies Inc.

     82,369          21,952,986  
       

 

 

 
       54,471,417  
       

 

 

 

Industrial Gases - 0.5%

 

Air Products & Chemicals Inc.

     112,737          18,043,557  

Linde PLC

     40,157          6,266,098  
       

 

 

 
       24,309,655  
       

 

 

 

Industrial Machinery - 2.6%

 

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

     666,974          60,848,038  

Xylem Inc.

     917,906          61,242,688  
       

 

 

 
       122,090,726  
       

 

 

 

Insurance Brokers - 0.3%

 

Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.

     182,698          14,570,166  
       

 

 

 

Integrated Oil & Gas - 2.5%

 

Chevron Corp.

     666,512          72,509,840  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     634,346          43,256,054  
       

 

 

 
       115,765,894  
       

 

 

 
     Number
of Shares
       Fair
Value
$
 

Integrated Telecommunication Services - 0.7%

 

AT&T Inc.

     347,587          9,920,133  

Verizon Communications Inc.

     446,665          25,111,506  
       

 

 

 
       35,031,639  
       

 

 

 

Interactive Home Entertainment - 0.3%

 

Activision Blizzard Inc.

     180,731          8,416,643  

Electronic Arts Inc. (a)

     91,671          7,233,758  
       

 

 

 
       15,650,401  
       

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services - 5.7%

 

Alphabet Inc., Class A (a)

     124,007          129,582,355  

Alphabet Inc., Class C (a)

     66,255          68,614,340  

Facebook Inc., Class A (a)

     531,979          69,737,127  
       

 

 

 
       267,933,822  
       

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 4.4%

 

Amazon.com Inc. (a)

     112,591          169,108,304  

Booking Holdings Inc. (a)

     20,954          36,091,589  
       

 

 

 
       205,199,893  
       

 

 

 

Investment Banking & Brokerage - 1.0%

 

The Charles Schwab Corp.

     1,148,710          47,705,926  
       

 

 

 

IT Consulting & Other Services - 0.6%

 

Accenture PLC, Class A

     99,360          14,010,754  

International Business Machines Corp.

     141,551          16,090,102  
       

 

 

 
       30,100,856  
       

 

 

 

Life & Health Insurance - 0.3%

 

Prudential Financial Inc.

     156,604          12,771,056  
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.8%

 

IQVIA Holdings Inc. (a)

     199,661          23,194,618  

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

     25,582          5,724,996  

Waters Corp. (a)

     46,340          8,742,041  
       

 

 

 
       37,661,655  
       

 

 

 

Managed Healthcare - 2.7%

 

Humana Inc.

     82,491          23,632,022  

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

     421,434          104,987,638  
       

 

 

 
       128,619,660  
       

 

 

 

Movies & Entertainment - 2.3%

 

Netflix Inc. (a)

     88,325          23,641,069  

The Walt Disney Co.

     788,415          86,449,705  
       

 

 

 
       110,090,774  
       

 

 

 

Multi-Line Insurance - 0.3%

 

American International Group Inc.

     150,290          5,922,929  

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.

     172,652          7,674,381  
       

 

 

 
       13,597,310  
       

 

 

 
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments, continued — December 31, 2018

 

     Number
of Shares
       Fair
Value
$
 
       

Multi-Sector Holdings - 1.3%

 

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class B (a)

     296,548          60,549,171  
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 1.1%

 

Dominion Energy Inc.

     139,253          9,951,019  

Sempra Energy

     376,847          40,771,077  
       

 

 

 
       50,722,096  
       

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services - 0.9%

 

Schlumberger Ltd.

     1,208,586          43,605,783  
       

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production - 1.6%

 

Concho Resources Inc. (a)

     108,263          11,128,354  

ConocoPhillips

     264,457          16,488,894  

Diamondback Energy Inc.

     419,001          38,841,393  

EOG Resources Inc.

     90,341          7,878,638  
       

 

 

 
       74,337,279  
       

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing - 0.3%

 

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     203,902          12,032,257  
       

 

 

 

Packaged Foods & Meats - 2.1%

 

Mondelez International Inc., Class A

     2,212,506          88,566,615  

The Kraft Heinz Co.

     250,307          10,773,213  
       

 

 

 
       99,339,828  
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 4.7%

 

Allergan PLC

     528,030          70,576,490  

Elanco Animal Health Inc. (a)

     339,283          10,697,593  

Johnson & Johnson

     429,149          55,381,679  

Merck & Company Inc.

     240,252          18,357,655  

Mylan N.V. (a)

     1,025,088          28,087,411  

Pfizer Inc.

     823,812          35,959,394  
       

 

 

 
       219,060,222  
       

 

 

 

Property & Casualty Insurance - 0.4%

 

Chubb Ltd.

     153,798          19,867,626  
       

 

 

 

Railroads - 0.5%

 

Union Pacific Corp.

     180,778          24,988,943  
       

 

 

 

Regional Banks - 1.6%

 

First Republic Bank

     893,347          77,631,854  
       

 

 

 

Restaurants - 1.1%

 

McDonald’s Corp.

     279,772          49,679,114  
       

 

 

 

Semiconductor Equipment - 1.6%

 

Applied Materials Inc.

     2,251,249          73,705,892  
       

 

 

 
     Number
of Shares
       Fair
Value
$
 

Semiconductors - 2.8%

 

Broadcom Inc.

     330,013          83,915,706  

Intel Corp.

     577,679          27,110,475  

NVIDIA Corp.

     138,805          18,530,468  
       

 

 

 
       129,556,649  
       

 

 

 

Soft Drinks - 2.5%

 

PepsiCo Inc.

     1,058,092          116,898,004  
       

 

 

 

Specialized REITs - 0.8%

 

American Tower Corp.

     240,187          37,995,182  
       

 

 

 

Specialty Chemicals - 0.8%

 

Albemarle Corp.

     311,544          24,010,696  

PPG Industries Inc.

     119,596          12,226,299  
       

 

 

 
       36,236,995  
       

 

 

 

Specialty Stores - 0.3%

 

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. (a)

     50,362          12,330,632  
       

 

 

 

Steel - 0.0%*

 

Steel Dynamics Inc.

     66,898          2,009,616  
       

 

 

 

Systems Software - 5.8%

 

Microsoft Corp.

     2,109,197          214,231,139  

Oracle Corp.

     649,398          29,320,320  

Proofpoint Inc. (a)

     104,118          8,726,130  

Red Hat Inc. (a)

     30,347          5,330,147  

ServiceNow Inc. (a)

     81,348          14,484,011  
       

 

 

 
       272,091,747  
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 3.1%

 

Apple Inc.

     933,087          147,185,143  
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 0.5%

 

Philip Morris International Inc.

     357,858          23,890,600  
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.4%

 

United Rentals Inc. (a)

     624,365          64,016,143  
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.2%

 

T-Mobile US Inc. (a)

     152,268          9,685,768  
       

 

 

 
Total Common Stock
(Cost $3,945,237,346)

 

       4,514,610,745  
       

 

 

 
Total Investments
(Cost $3,945,237,346)

 

       4,514,610,745  
Other Assets and Liabilities, net - 4.0%

 

       185,663,240  
       

 

 

 
NET ASSETS - 100.0%

 

       4,700,273,985  
       

 

 

 
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments, continued — December 31, 2018

 

The following table presents the Fund’s investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2018:

 

Fund    Investments    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund   

Investments in Securities

           
  

Common Stock

   $ 4,514,610,745      $                     —      $                     —      $ 4,514,610,745  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 4,514,610,745      $      $      $ 4,514,610,745  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Affiliate Table

 

      Number
of Shares
Held at
12/31/17
     Value At
12/31/17
     Cost of
Purchases
     Proceeds
from
Shares Sold
     Number
of Shares
Held at
12/31/18
     Value at
12/31/18
     Dividend
Income
 

State Street Corporation (Time Deposit)

     172,823,564      $ 172,823,564      $ 18,007,908,066      $ 18,180,731,630             $      $ 192,259  

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Management Discussion of Fund Performance — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

The GE RSP Income Fund (the “Fund”) seeks a high interest rate of return over the long term consistent with the preservation of capital. The Fund’s benchmark is the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (the “Index”).

For the 12-month period ended December 31, 2018 (the “Reporting Period”), the total return for the Fund was -0.75% and the Index was 0.01%. The Fund and Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other income. The Fund’s performance reflects the expenses of managing the Fund, including brokerage and advisory expenses. The Index is unmanaged and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses of any kind, which would have a negative impact on returns.

The primary drivers of Fund underperformance relative to the Index were the Fund’s over-weights to both high yield and investment grade corporates. The Fund’s underweight to mortgage backed securities offset some underperformance versus the Index.

We expected the credit and economics cycles to continue, which they have. However, trade tensions between the U.S. & China, BREXIT, equity and commodity volatility weighed heavily on the credit markets causing high yield and investment grade corporate spreads to widen 183bps (108bps in December alone) and 47bps, respectively, negatively impacting the Fund’s performance.

The Fund had a large underweight in our mortgage backed securities position anticipating volatility in that asset class as the Federal Reserve would begin reducing its balance sheet exposure. Mortgage spreads did widen in the fourth quarter and we pared our position still maintaining an underweight. This activity provided positive excess returns.

The Fund used treasury futures, interest rate swaps and other derivatives in order to actively manage duration during the Reporting Period. The Fund’s use of these derivatives contributed to fund liquidity and key rate exposure management versus utilizing cash instruments only.

The views expressed above reflect those of the Fund’s portfolio manager only through the Reporting Period, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Adviser as a whole. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and the Adviser disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any fund.

 

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GE RSP Income Fund

Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

As a shareholder of the Fund you incur ongoing costs. Ongoing costs include portfolio management fees, professional fees, administrative fees and other Fund expenses. The following example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided an example and calculated the expenses paid by investors in shares of the Fund during the period. The information in the following table is based on an investment of $1,000, which is invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six-month period ended December 31, 2018.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given under the heading “Expenses paid during the period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholders reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs, such as sales charges or redemption fees, if any. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

July 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018

 

    Actual
Fund Return
    Hypothetical
5% Return
(2.5% for
the period)
 

Account value at the beginning of the period

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,000.00  

Account value at the end of the period

  $ 1,012.70     $ 1,024.30  

Expenses paid during the period*

  $ 0.91     $ 0.92  

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.18%** (for the period July 1, 2018-December 31, 2018), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

**

May differ from expense ratio disclosed in the financial highlights, which is calculated based on the entire fiscal year’s data.

 

 

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GE RSP Income Fund

Performance Summary — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

Quality Ratings

as of December 31, 2018 as a % of Fair Value (a)

 

Moody’s / S&P /Rating*

  Percentage of
Fair Value
 

Aaa / AAA

    4.74

Aa / AA

    51.95

A / A

    9.07

Baa / BBB

    23.69

Ba / BB and lower

    10.18

NR / Other

    0.37

Sector Allocation

Portfolio Composition as a % of Fair Value of $1,955,483 (in thousands) on December 31, 2018 (a)

 

LOGO

Average Annual Total Return for the periods ended December 31, 2018

Investment Class Shares (Inception date: 01/03/80)

 

    One Year     Five Year     Ten Year     Ending Value
of a $10,000
Investment
 

GE RSP Income Fund

    -0.75     2.55     4.11   $ 14,960  

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

    0.01     2.52     3.48   $ 14,075  
 

 

 

 

(a)

The securities information regarding holdings, allocations and other characteristics is presented to illustrate examples of securities that the Fund has bought and the diversity of areas in which the Fund may invest as of a particular date. It may not be representative of the Fund’s current or future investments and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell a particular security.

 

*

Moody’s Investors Services, Inc. (“Moody’s”) and S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) are nationally recognized statistical rating organizations. The quality ratings represent the lower of Moody’s or S&P credit ratings. When a rating from only one of the rating agencies is available, that rating is used. Securities not rated by Moody’s or S&P are categorized as not rated. Credit quality measures a bond issuer’s ability to repay interest and principal in a timely manner. Credit quality ratings assigned by a rating agency are subject to change periodically and are not absolute standards of quality. In formulating investment decisions for the Fund, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. develops its own analysis of the credit quality and risks associated with individual debt instruments, rather than relying exclusively on rating agency ratings.

 

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GE RSP Income Fund

Performance Summary, continued — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

LOGO

 

 

 

See Notes to Performance beginning on page 1 for further information.

Past performance does not predict future performance. The performance shown in the graphs and tables does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares and does not reflect the fees or charges that would be associated with variable contracts through which shares of the Fund are offered.

 

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GE RSP Income Fund

Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2018

 

    

Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 
     
Bonds and Notes - 98.1%†

 

  

U.S. Treasuries - 26.7%

 

  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

 

  

2.25% 08/15/46

     14,668,000        12,534,109  

2.75% 11/15/42

     6,308,000        6,030,683  

3.13% 05/15/48

     9,535,300        9,716,543  

3.75% 11/15/43

     2,856,000        3,225,167  

4.50% 02/15/36

     16,141,800        19,897,133  

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

  

1.38% 12/15/19 (e)

     83,874,600        82,880,914  

1.50% 11/30/19 - 08/15/20 (e)

     111,363,500        110,023,916  

2.25% 03/31/20 (e)

     83,482,300        83,148,178  

2.75% 11/15/23

     91,483,100        92,498,172  

2.88% 11/30/25 - 08/15/28

     110,449,600        112,345,748  
     

 

 

 
        532,300,563  
     

 

 

 

Agency Mortgage Backed - 20.0%

 

  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

 

  

4.05% 09/25/28 (h)

     9,122,000        9,606,966  

4.50% 06/01/33 - 02/01/35

     82,114        85,926  

5.00% 07/01/35

     727,293        773,604  

5.50% 05/01/20 - 04/01/39

     1,372,797        1,476,806  

6.00% 07/01/19 - 11/01/37

     2,651,409        2,910,577  

6.50% 07/01/29

     17,641        18,503  

7.00% 01/01/27 - 08/01/36

     592,354        654,513  

7.50% 01/01/28 - 09/01/33

     37,814        40,198  

8.00% 11/01/30

     3,288        3,578  

8.50% 04/01/30

     7,348        8,984  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc.

 

  

3.50% 08/01/45

     943,927        946,923  

4.00% 05/01/19 - 12/01/41

     13,222,409        13,609,332  

4.50% 05/01/19 - 02/01/40

     6,801,732        7,118,669  

5.00% 07/01/20 - 05/01/39

     2,399,430        2,550,044  

5.50% 06/01/20 - 01/01/39

     7,609,515        8,192,607  

6.00% 09/01/19 - 05/01/41

     12,586,844        13,886,555  

6.50% 05/01/21 - 08/01/36

     534,589        576,334  

7.00% 10/01/32 - 02/01/34

     44,028        46,528  

7.50% 11/01/22 - 12/01/33

     270,228        294,766  

8.00% 06/01/24 - 10/01/31

     105,919        113,670  

8.50% 04/01/30

     19,897        23,299  

9.00% 06/01/21 - 12/01/22

     15,687        16,457  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. 1.60% + 12 month USD LIBOR

 

3.97% 04/01/37 (h)

     17,132        17,530  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. TBA

 

  

2.50% TBA (c)

     41,948,000        40,977,994  

3.00% TBA (c)

     69,057,291        67,534,580  

3.50% TBA (c)

     41,397,000        41,384,001  

4.00% TBA (c)

     49,846,000        50,812,514  

4.50% TBA (c)

     14,087,000        14,582,862  

Government National Mortgage Assoc.

 

  

4.00% 01/20/41 - 04/20/43

     13,794,178        14,253,890  

4.50% 08/15/33 - 03/20/41

     5,652,553        5,915,881  
    

Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 

5.00% 08/15/33

     282,348        294,849  

6.00% 04/15/27 - 09/15/36

     799,703        885,288  

6.50% 04/15/19 - 09/15/36

     674,246        725,966  

7.00% 03/15/26 - 10/15/36

     377,594        413,855  

7.50% 11/15/22 - 11/15/31

     137,826        145,217  

8.00% 12/15/29 - 05/15/30

     1,264        1,368  

9.00% 10/15/19 - 12/15/21

     10,077        10,366  

Government National Mortgage Assoc. 1.50% + 1 year CMT

 

3.13% 11/20/21 - 10/20/25 (h)

     6,136        6,216  

3.38% 01/20/24 - 03/20/24 (h)

     1,895        1,916  

3.63% 05/20/21 - 04/20/24 (h)

     1,475        1,490  

3.75% 08/20/23 - 09/20/24 (h)

     2,561        2,584  

Government National Mortgage Assoc. TBA

 

  

3.00% TBA (c)

     19,886,000        19,577,807  

3.50% TBA (c)

     78,509,000        79,050,712  
     

 

 

 
        399,551,725  
     

 

 

 

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations - 0.8%

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

 

  

0.08% 09/25/43 (h)(g)(e)

     5,876,815        15,151  

3.86% 11/25/28 (h)

     3,888,000        4,037,187  

4.06% 10/25/28 (h)

     6,631,000        6,985,473  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMIC

 

  

3.50% 11/15/24 - 11/15/30 (g)(e)

     2,530,513        192,041  

5.50% 06/15/33 (g)(e)

     252,255        49,703  

7.50% 07/15/27 (g)(e)

     10,866        2,145  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMIC 6.60% - 1 month USD LIBOR

 

4.14% 08/15/25 (h)(g)(e)

     976,421        50,342  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. STRIPS

 

  

1.47% 08/01/27 (d)(f)(e)

     7,097        6,237  

8.00% 02/01/23 - 07/01/24 (g)(e)

     21,774        3,043  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. REMIC

 

  

0.51% 12/25/22 (d)(f)(e)

     5,438        5,329  

1.10% 12/25/42 (h)(g)(e)

     833,166        60,700  

5.00% 02/25/40 - 09/25/40 (g)(e)

     1,114,680        129,653  

8.00% 05/25/22 (g)(e)

     17        188  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. REMIC 6.00% - 1 month USD LIBOR

 

3.49% 07/25/38 (h)(g)(e)

     330,531        43,133  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. REMIC 6.20% - 1 month USD LIBOR

 

3.69% 06/25/48 (h)(g)(e)

     17,568,906        2,875,832  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. STRIPS

 

  

1.87% 12/25/34 (d)(f)(e)

     235,890        197,007  

4.50% 08/25/35 - 01/25/36 (g)(e)

     593,087        73,622  

5.00% 03/25/38 - 05/25/38 (g)(e)

     327,576        70,049  

5.50% 12/25/33 (g)(e)

     90,426        19,883  

6.00% 01/25/35 (g)(e)

     343,002        79,671  

7.50% 11/25/23 (g)(e)

     73,018        8,841  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments, continued — December 31, 2018

 

    

Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 
     

8.00% 08/25/23 - 07/25/24 (g)(e)

     44,163        6,270  

8.50% 07/25/22 (g)(e)

     11,058        944  

9.00% 05/25/22 (g)(e)

     9,047        701  

Government National Mortgage Assoc. REMIC

 

  

4.50% 05/20/38 - 08/16/39 (g)(e)

     715,116        50,015  

5.00% 09/20/38 (g)(e)

     183,303        5,481  

Government National Mortgage Assoc. REMIC 6.80% - 1 month USD LIBOR

 

4.34% 01/16/40 (h)(g)(e)

     1,907,519        318,317  
     

 

 

 
        15,286,958  
     

 

 

 

Asset Backed - 2.8%

 

  

American Express Credit Account Master Trust 2017-6

 

2.04% 05/15/23 (e)

     13,794,124        13,588,902  

American Express Credit Account Master Trust 2018-1

 

2.67% 10/17/22 (e)

     5,407,000        5,387,144  

American Express Credit Account Master Trust 2018-8

 

3.18% 04/15/24 (e)

     11,065,000        11,145,912  

BA Credit Card Trust 2018-A1

 

2.70% 07/17/23 (e)

     4,744,000        4,724,472  

BMW Floorplan Master Owner Trust 2018-1

 

3.15% 05/15/23 (e)

     2,965,000        2,969,283  

Chase Funding Trust 2004-1

 

4.99% 11/25/33 (i)(e)

     691,232        691,232  

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust 2016-A1

 

1.75% 11/19/21 (e)

     16,512,000        16,340,337  

Irwin Home Equity Loan Trust 2006-2 0.30% + 1 month USD LIBOR

 

2.81% 02/25/36 (h)(e)

     46,657        45,370  

Securitized Term Auto Receivables Trust 2018-1A

 

  

3.30% 11/25/22 (e)

     1,400,000        1,400,822  
     

 

 

 
        56,293,474  
     

 

 

 

Corporate Notes - 43.2%

 

  

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance Inc.

 

  

4.25% 05/15/24 (b)

     790,000        725,481  

21st Century Fox America Inc.

 

  

3.38% 11/15/26 (e)

     206,000        203,192  

4.50% 02/15/21 (e)

     716,000        734,480  

4.75% 11/15/46 (e)

     136,000        145,187  

6.65% 11/15/37 (e)

     922,000        1,185,969  

Abbott Laboratories

 

  

2.90% 11/30/21 (e)

     2,763,000        2,736,945  

3.75% 11/30/26 (e)

     703,000        694,747  

4.90% 11/30/46 (e)

     855,000        898,810  

AbbVie Inc.

 

  

3.20% 05/14/26 (e)

     1,106,000        1,024,421  

4.45% 05/14/46 (e)

     878,000        771,744  

4.70% 05/14/45 (e)

     335,000        306,254  

4.88% 11/14/48

     319,000        297,707  

Acadia Healthcare Company Inc.

 

  

6.50% 03/01/24 (e)

     1,995,000        1,920,467  
    

Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 

Activision Blizzard Inc.

 

  

2.30% 09/15/21 (e)

     4,113,000        4,002,977  

AES Corp.

 

  

4.88% 05/15/23 (e)

     2,065,000        2,019,405  

Aetna Inc.

 

  

3.50% 11/15/24 (e)

     992,000        957,875  

Aflac Inc.

 

  

4.00% 10/15/46 (e)

     280,000        257,272  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.

 

  

4.70% 07/01/30 (e)

     527,000        533,651  

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

 

  

3.40% 12/06/27 (e)

     545,000        504,534  

4.00% 12/06/37 (e)

     450,000        403,907  

4.20% 12/06/47 (e)

     339,000        301,052  

4.40% 12/06/57 (e)

     231,000        207,112  

4.50% 11/28/34 (e)

     949,000        920,748  

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.

 

  

2.70% 07/26/22 (e)(b)

     1,631,000        1,576,786  

4.50% 07/26/47 (e)(b)

     391,000        355,759  

Allergan Finance LLC

 

  

3.25% 10/01/22 (e)

     1,217,000        1,185,431  

4.63% 10/01/42 (e)

     167,000        153,121  

Allergan Funding SCS

 

  

3.00% 03/12/20 (e)

     2,070,000        2,061,989  

3.45% 03/15/22 (e)

     927,000        912,390  

Allergan Sales LLC

 

  

5.00% 12/15/21 (e)(b)

     2,662,000        2,740,210  

Altria Group Inc.

 

  

2.95% 05/02/23 (e)

     769,000        731,165  

3.88% 09/16/46 (e)

     16,000        12,200  

4.50% 05/02/43 (e)

     425,000        353,672  

Amazon.com Inc.

 

  

2.80% 08/22/24 (e)

     635,000        617,157  

3.15% 08/22/27 (e)

     600,000        578,838  

3.88% 08/22/37 (e)

     453,000        440,647  

4.05% 08/22/47 (e)

     455,000        445,909  

4.25% 08/22/57 (e)

     556,000        548,622  

Ameren Corp.

 

  

3.65% 02/15/26 (e)

     649,000        638,434  

America Movil SAB de C.V.

 

  

3.13% 07/16/22 (e)

     1,469,000        1,439,796  

5.00% 03/30/20 (e)

     2,443,000        2,485,557  

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc.

 

  

6.25% 04/01/25 (e)

     1,389,000        1,263,684  

American Campus Communities Operating Partnership LP

 

3.35% 10/01/20 (e)

     1,288,000        1,283,440  

4.13% 07/01/24 (e)

     561,000        562,655  

American Express Co.

 

  

3.00% 10/30/24

     1,615,000        1,545,151  

American International Group Inc.

 

  

4.50% 07/16/44 (e)

     1,148,000        1,020,469  

6.40% 12/15/20 (e)

     716,000        755,573  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 
     

American International Group Inc. (5.75% fixed rate until 04/01/28; 2.87% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

5.75% 04/01/48 (h)(e)

     655,000        573,184  

American Tower Corp. (REIT)

 

  

3.38% 10/15/26 (e)

     365,000        340,063  

3.40% 02/15/19 (e)

     3,356,000        3,354,154  

American Water Capital Corp.

 

  

2.95% 09/01/27 (e)

     1,033,000        973,530  

Amgen Inc.

 

  

2.20% 05/22/19 (e)

     2,918,000        2,907,378  

2.65% 05/11/22 (e)

     1,737,000        1,698,161  

3.20% 11/02/27 (e)

     800,000        751,960  

4.56% 06/15/48 (e)

     805,000        772,140  

AMN Healthcare Inc.

 

  

5.13% 10/01/24 (e)(b)

     2,374,000        2,273,912  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

 

  

4.85% 03/15/21 (e)

     117,000        119,484  

6.20% 03/15/40 (e)

     356,000        371,885  

Andeavor Logistics LP/Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp.

 

5.20% 12/01/47 (e)

     398,000        357,854  

5.25% 01/15/25 (e)

     6,756,000        6,747,352  

5.50% 10/15/19 (e)

     2,646,000        2,670,264  

6.25% 10/15/22 (e)

     1,810,000        1,845,005  

Anheuser-Busch Companies LLC/Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.

 

4.70% 02/01/36 (b)

     477,000        440,109  

4.90% 02/01/46 (b)

     1,045,000        966,918  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc.

 

  

2.65% 02/01/21 (e)

     461,000        453,131  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.

 

  

2.50% 07/15/22 (e)

     2,083,000        1,988,244  

4.00% 04/13/28 (e)

     416,000        397,941  

4.38% 04/15/38 (e)

     1,737,000        1,554,546  

4.60% 04/15/48 (e)

     471,000        421,488  

4.75% 04/15/58 (e)

     490,000        426,124  

Anthem Inc.

 

  

3.30% 01/15/23 (e)

     865,000        851,108  

ANZ New Zealand International Ltd.

 

  

3.45% 01/21/28 (e)(b)

     1,128,000        1,082,214  

Apache Corp.

 

  

4.38% 10/15/28

     441,000        411,638  

5.10% 09/01/40 (e)

     504,000        455,218  

Apple Inc.

 

  

2.50% 02/09/22 (e)

     837,000        825,131  

2.85% 05/11/24 (e)

     1,121,000        1,092,751  

3.35% 02/09/27 (e)

     621,000        606,618  

3.45% 02/09/45 (e)

     1,339,000        1,186,314  

3.85% 08/04/46 (e)

     1,587,000        1,492,812  

4.25% 02/09/47 (e)

     155,000        155,133  

4.65% 02/23/46 (e)

     206,000        217,804  

Applied Materials Inc.

 

  

4.35% 04/01/47 (e)

     625,000        611,288  
    

Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 

Aptiv PLC

 

  

4.40% 10/01/46 (e)

     642,000        568,690  

Aramark Services Inc.

 

  

5.00% 02/01/28 (e)(b)

     1,236,000        1,155,944  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

 

  

2.50% 08/11/26 (e)

     750,000        684,563  

Arconic Inc.

 

  

5.13% 10/01/24 (e)

     1,593,000        1,533,963  

6.15% 08/15/20 (e)

     715,000        729,472  

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA Inc.

 

4.25% 09/15/22 (e)(b)

     1,350,000        1,278,437  

Ascension Health

 

  

4.85% 11/15/53 (e)

     649,000        702,958  

Ashland LLC

 

  

4.75% 08/15/22

     790,000        776,523  

AstraZeneca PLC

 

  

2.38% 11/16/20 (e)

     534,000        525,039  

3.38% 11/16/25 (e)

     832,000        805,817  

3.50% 08/17/23

     883,000        874,576  

4.00% 01/17/29

     588,000        584,049  

4.38% 08/17/48

     639,000        606,187  

AT&T Inc.

 

  

3.00% 06/30/22 (e)

     794,000        775,015  

3.80% 03/15/22 (e)

     1,895,000        1,903,016  

4.10% 02/15/28

     1,359,000        1,306,529  

4.45% 04/01/24 (e)

     818,000        829,984  

4.50% 05/15/35 (e)

     1,138,000        1,031,551  

4.55% 03/09/49

     614,000        528,949  

4.75% 05/15/46 (e)

     364,000        323,560  

4.80% 06/15/44 (e)

     766,000        687,094  

5.00% 03/01/21

     1,372,000        1,418,744  

5.15% 11/15/46

     198,000        184,358  

5.25% 03/01/37 (e)

     767,000        752,028  

5.45% 03/01/47 (e)

     1,332,000        1,298,820  

Athene Holding Ltd.

 

  

4.13% 01/12/28 (e)

     943,000        856,150  

Avangrid Inc.

 

  

3.15% 12/01/24 (e)

     1,705,000        1,644,558  

Baidu Inc.

 

  

2.88% 07/06/22 (e)

     911,000        886,804  

Bank of America Corp.

 

  

2.65% 04/01/19 (e)

     2,328,000        2,325,253  

3.25% 10/21/27 (e)

     517,000        478,597  

3.95% 04/21/25 (e)

     1,010,000        978,821  

4.25% 10/22/26 (e)

     1,743,000        1,695,556  

Bank of America Corp. (2.37% fixed rate until 07/21/20; 0.66% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

2.37% 07/21/21 (h)(e)

     1,570,000        1,543,341  

Bank of America Corp. (3.12% fixed rate until 01/20/22; 1.16% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

3.12% 01/20/23 (h)(e)

     919,000        903,028  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 
     

Bank of America Corp. (3.37% fixed rate until 01/23/25; 0.81% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

3.37% 01/23/26 (h)(e)

     1,942,000        1,856,338  

Bank of America Corp. (3.42% fixed rate until 12/20/27; 1.04% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

3.42% 12/20/28 (h)(e)

     1,281,000        1,192,970  

Bank of America Corp. (3.95% fixed rate until 01/23/48; 1.19% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

3.95% 01/23/49 (h)(e)

     1,180,000        1,050,353  

Bank of America Corp. (4.24% fixed rate until 04/24/37; 1.81% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

4.24% 04/24/38 (h)(e)

     1,339,000        1,269,506  

Bank of America Corp. (4.27% fixed rate until 07/23/28; 1.31% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

4.27% 07/23/29 (h)(e)

     534,000        531,223  

Bank of America Corp. (4.44% fixed rate until 01/20/47; 1.99% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

4.44% 01/20/48 (h)(e)

     255,000        246,310  

Bank of Montreal (4.34% fixed rate until 10/05/23; 1.28% + USD 5 year Swap Rate thereafter)

 

4.34% 10/05/28 (h)

     2,053,000        2,043,905  

Barclays PLC

 

  

4.38% 01/12/26 (e)

     911,000        870,160  

4.84% 05/09/28 (e)

     478,000        437,924  

Barclays PLC (4.97% fixed rate until 05/16/28; 1.90% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

4.97% 05/16/29 (h)(e)

     709,000        682,015  

Barrick North America Finance LLC

 

  

5.70% 05/30/41 (e)

     180,000        190,019  

BAT Capital Corp.

 

  

2.30% 08/14/20

     3,768,000        3,679,301  

2.76% 08/15/22

     1,160,000        1,095,028  

3.56% 08/15/27

     2,072,000        1,836,496  

4.39% 08/15/37

     394,000        323,789  

4.54% 08/15/47

     542,000        433,725  

Bausch Health Companies Inc.

 

  

7.00% 03/15/24 (e)(b)

     3,583,000        3,629,292  

Baxalta Inc.

 

  

2.88% 06/23/20 (e)

     404,000        399,596  

Bayer US Finance II LLC

 

  

3.50% 06/25/21 (e)(b)

     3,724,000        3,702,587  

3.88% 12/15/23 (e)(b)

     1,139,000        1,117,894  

4.70% 07/15/64 (e)(b)

     268,000        222,721  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

 

  

2.89% 06/06/22 (e)

     1,241,000        1,201,437  

3.70% 06/06/27 (e)

     1,286,000        1,217,996  

3.73% 12/15/24 (e)

     60,000        58,015  

4.67% 06/06/47 (e)

     116,000        109,155  

4.69% 12/15/44 (e)

     174,000        163,741  

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.

 

  

2.40% 02/01/20 (e)

     1,791,000        1,779,054  

3.25% 04/15/28 (e)

     637,000        606,322  
    

Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 

3.80% 07/15/48 (e)

     482,000        431,082  

6.13% 04/01/36 (e)

     490,000        584,418  

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

 

  

4.50% 02/11/43 (e)

     271,000        281,450  

Berry Global Inc.

 

  

5.13% 07/15/23 (e)

     2,045,000        2,024,979  

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd.

 

  

5.00% 09/30/43 (e)

     284,000        310,250  

Biogen Inc.

 

  

2.90% 09/15/20 (e)

     516,000        512,703  

BNP Paribas S.A.

 

  

5.00% 01/15/21 (e)

     675,000        697,214  

BNP Paribas S.A. (5.13% fixed rate until 11/15/27; 2.84% + USD 5 year Swap Rate thereafter)

 

5.13% 12/31/99 (h)(e)(b)

     600,000        519,960  

Boston Scientific Corp.

 

  

4.00% 03/01/28 (e)

     1,006,000        978,868  

BP Capital Markets America Inc.

 

  

3.02% 01/16/27

     3,166,000        2,971,924  

3.22% 11/28/23

     788,000        777,543  

Brighthouse Financial Inc.

 

  

3.70% 06/22/27 (e)

     120,000        101,377  

4.70% 06/22/47 (e)

     71,000        52,748  

Brixmor Operating Partnership LP

 

  

3.90% 03/15/27 (e)

     395,000        374,413  

Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd.

 

  

2.20% 01/15/21 (e)

     650,000        635,226  

2.65% 01/15/23 (e)

     309,000        286,384  

3.13% 01/15/25 (e)

     360,000        323,057  

3.88% 01/15/27 (e)

     135,000        121,046  

Brown-Forman Corp.

 

  

4.00% 04/15/38 (e)

     273,000        267,049  

Buckeye Partners LP

 

  

5.60% 10/15/44 (e)

     179,000        154,194  

Bunge Limited Finance Corp.

 

  

3.75% 09/25/27 (e)

     462,000        410,736  

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC

 

  

3.75% 04/01/24

     1,983,000        2,033,348  

4.15% 12/15/48 (e)

     971,000        947,725  

C&W Senior Financing DAC

 

  

7.50% 10/15/26 (b)

     500,000        483,120  

Campbell Soup Co.

 

  

3.30% 03/15/21 (e)

     2,085,000        2,073,366  

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

 

  

3.85% 06/01/27 (e)

     277,000        262,072  

4.95% 06/01/47 (e)

     234,000        225,152  

Capital One Financial Corp.

 

  

3.75% 07/28/26 (e)

     438,000        400,332  

4.20% 10/29/25 (e)

     551,000        529,687  

Cardinal Health Inc.

 

  

2.62% 06/15/22 (e)

     616,000        594,138  

3.08% 06/15/24 (e)

     479,000        452,463  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 
     

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

 

  

2.55% 11/29/22 (e)

     1,510,000        1,466,104  

Caterpillar Inc.

 

  

3.80% 08/15/42 (e)

     351,000        327,013  

Catholic Health Initiatives

 

  

4.35% 11/01/42 (e)

     1,029,000        912,919  

CBL & Associates LP

 

  

4.60% 10/15/24 (e)

     2,771,000        2,042,116  

CBS Corp.

 

  

2.50% 02/15/23 (e)

     925,000        870,749  

2.90% 01/15/27 (e)

     480,000        424,334  

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.

 

  

5.00% 02/01/28 (e)(b)

     2,374,000        2,183,866  

Celgene Corp.

 

  

3.45% 11/15/27 (e)

     75,000        68,278  

4.35% 11/15/47 (e)

     103,000        87,221  

4.55% 02/20/48 (e)

     951,000        826,505  

5.00% 08/15/45 (e)

     255,000        235,434  

Cenovus Energy Inc.

 

  

4.25% 04/15/27 (e)

     517,000        470,775  

4.45% 09/15/42 (e)

     287,000        220,295  

5.40% 06/15/47 (e)

     163,000        140,478  

CenterPoint Energy Inc.

 

  

2.50% 09/01/22 (e)

     2,469,000        2,359,648  

3.60% 11/01/21

     1,097,000        1,096,210  

CenturyLink Inc.

 

  

5.63% 04/01/25

     790,000        696,085  

5.80% 03/15/22 (e)

     1,127,000        1,082,360  

CF Industries Inc.

 

  

7.13% 05/01/20 (e)

     1,426,000        1,467,226  

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital

 

3.58% 07/23/20 (e)

     970,000        968,778  

4.91% 07/23/25 (e)

     379,000        376,199  

5.38% 05/01/47 (e)

     582,000        523,381  

5.75% 04/01/48 (e)

     405,000        378,922  

6.38% 10/23/35 (e)

     155,000        158,754  

6.48% 10/23/45 (e)

     335,000        340,333  

Chevron Corp.

 

  

2.42% 11/17/20 (e)

     716,000        709,449  

3.19% 06/24/23 (e)

     726,000        724,780  

Church & Dwight Company Inc.

 

  

2.45% 08/01/22 (e)

     583,000        562,892  

Cigna Corp.

 

  

4.13% 11/15/25 (b)

     1,469,000        1,465,871  

4.38% 10/15/28 (b)

     588,000        590,781  

4.80% 08/15/38 (b)

     441,000        433,798  

4.90% 12/15/48 (b)

     478,000        467,408  

Cigna Corp.

 

  

3.20% 09/17/20 (b)

     1,895,000        1,887,799  

3.40% 09/17/21 (b)

     948,000        946,066  

3.75% 07/15/23 (b)

     881,000        878,842  
    

Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 

Cigna Holding Co.

 

  

3.25% 04/15/25 (e)

     744,000        707,894  

3.88% 10/15/47 (e)

     589,000        493,770  

Cimarex Energy Co.

 

  

3.90% 05/15/27 (e)

     146,000        136,068  

Cinemark USA Inc.

 

  

4.88% 06/01/23 (e)

     1,452,000        1,393,920  

Cisco Systems Inc.

 

  

5.90% 02/15/39 (e)

     576,000        711,734  

Citibank NA

 

  

2.85% 02/12/21 (e)

     2,278,000        2,258,068  

3.05% 05/01/20

     2,362,000        2,356,945  

Citigroup Inc.

 

  

2.70% 10/27/22 (e)

     1,102,000        1,062,008  

2.75% 04/25/22

     3,658,000        3,551,991  

2.90% 12/08/21 (e)

     1,570,000        1,541,834  

4.40% 06/10/25 (e)

     1,009,000        991,322  

4.45% 09/29/27 (e)

     1,354,000        1,305,148  

4.65% 07/30/45 - 07/23/48 (e)

     1,733,000        1,693,590  

4.75% 05/18/46 (e)

     603,000        559,132  

Citigroup Inc. (2.88% fixed rate until 07/24/22; 0.95% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

2.88% 07/24/23 (h)(e)

     357,000        345,137  

Citigroup Inc. (3.88% fixed rate until 01/24/38; 1.17% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

3.88% 01/24/39 (h)(e)

     444,000        396,994  

Citigroup Inc. (4.28% fixed rate until 04/24/47; 1.84% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

4.28% 04/24/48 (h)(e)

     481,000        448,754  

CME Group Inc.

 

  

3.75% 06/15/28 (e)

     640,000        648,275  

CMS Energy Corp.

 

  

4.88% 03/01/44 (e)

     1,517,000        1,595,884  

CNA Financial Corp.

 

  

3.45% 08/15/27 (e)

     507,000        471,566  

5.88% 08/15/20 (e)

     2,390,000        2,478,526  

CNH Industrial Capital LLC

 

  

3.38% 07/15/19 (e)

     1,072,000        1,069,106  

4.38% 11/06/20 (e)

     847,000        851,692  

4.88% 04/01/21 (e)

     1,054,000        1,062,717  

CNH Industrial N.V.

 

  

4.50% 08/15/23 (e)

     1,491,000        1,500,826  

CNOOC Nexen Finance 2014 ULC

 

  

4.25% 04/30/24

     2,095,000        2,130,175  

Columbia Pipeline Group Inc.

 

  

3.30% 06/01/20 (e)

     883,000        880,166  

Comcast Corp.

 

  

3.38% 08/15/25 (e)

     415,000        404,376  

3.97% 11/01/47 (e)

     2,150,000        1,930,464  

4.15% 10/15/28

     2,496,000        2,533,490  

4.20% 08/15/34 (e)

     732,000        706,805  

4.25% 10/15/30

     891,000        900,658  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 
     

4.60% 08/15/45 (e)

     523,000        516,232  

4.70% 10/15/48

     535,000        541,361  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

 

  

4.32% 01/10/48 (e)(b)

     301,000        262,340  

Conagra Brands Inc.

 

  

3.80% 10/22/21

     2,010,000        2,010,040  

4.30% 05/01/24

     2,103,000        2,092,149  

5.30% 11/01/38

     503,000        476,396  

5.40% 11/01/48

     839,000        773,659  

Conagra Brands Inc. 0.75% + 3 month USD LIBOR

 

3.22% 10/22/20 (h)

     1,435,000        1,427,638  

Concho Resources Inc.

 

  

3.75% 10/01/27 (e)

     253,000        238,458  

4.30% 08/15/28 (e)

     1,226,000        1,199,445  

4.88% 10/01/47 (e)

     368,000        351,146  

ConocoPhillips Co.

 

  

4.30% 11/15/44

     954,000        940,911  

Consolidated Edison Company of New York Inc.

 

  

2.90% 12/01/26 (e)

     1,365,000        1,282,445  

3.88% 06/15/47 (e)

     569,000        521,517  

Constellation Brands Inc.

 

  

2.70% 05/09/22 (e)

     1,240,000        1,197,356  

4.50% 05/09/47 (e)

     243,000        217,721  

Continental Resources Inc.

 

  

4.50% 04/15/23 (e)

     830,000        814,770  

Corning Inc.

 

  

4.38% 11/15/57 (e)

     536,000        449,843  

Corporation Andina de Fomento

 

  

2.20% 07/18/20

     1,710,000        1,683,991  

4.38% 06/15/22

     4,065,000        4,213,698  

Crane Co.

 

  

4.20% 03/15/48 (e)

     383,000        354,631  

Credit Suisse Group AG

 

  

4.28% 01/09/28 (e)(b)

     846,000        815,493  

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd.

 

  

3.13% 12/10/20 (e)

     1,407,000        1,394,450  

3.80% 06/09/23 (e)

     937,000        920,275  

CRH America Finance Inc.

 

  

3.40% 05/09/27 (e)(b)

     739,000        677,286  

CSX Corp.

 

  

4.50% 08/01/54 (e)

     623,000        589,900  

CVS Health Corp.

 

  

2.25% 08/12/19 (e)

     1,864,000        1,853,916  

3.13% 03/09/20 (e)

     5,590,000        5,579,044  

3.35% 03/09/21 (e)

     3,654,000        3,642,965  

3.70% 03/09/23 (e)

     1,128,000        1,116,923  

3.88% 07/20/25 (e)

     502,000        489,555  

4.10% 03/25/25 (e)

     1,300,000        1,286,727  

4.30% 03/25/28 (e)

     476,000        465,842  

4.78% 03/25/38 (e)

     624,000        599,733  

5.00% 12/01/24 (e)

     1,227,000        1,277,687  

5.05% 03/25/48 (e)

     693,000        676,112  
    

Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 

5.13% 07/20/45 (e)

     255,000        248,653  

D.R. Horton Inc.

 

  

2.55% 12/01/20 (e)

     1,751,000        1,706,350  

Dana Financing Luxembourg Sarl

 

  

6.50% 06/01/26 (e)(b)

     1,945,000        1,867,978  

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp.

 

  

3.48% 06/01/19 (b)(e)

     2,931,000        2,924,024  

5.45% 06/15/23 (b)(e)

     799,000        814,189  

6.02% 06/15/26 (b)(e)

     392,000        393,858  

8.10% 07/15/36 (b)(e)

     133,000        143,883  

8.35% 07/15/46 (b)(e)

     307,000        332,595  

Deutsche Bank AG

 

  

2.70% 07/13/20 (e)

     1,407,000        1,364,635  

3.30% 11/16/22 (e)

     1,183,000        1,096,333  

3.70% 05/30/24 (e)

     485,000        440,123  

Deutsche Bank AG (4.88% fixed rate until 12/01/27; 2.55% + USD 5 year Mid-Market Swap Rate thereafter)

 

4.88% 12/01/32 (h)(e)

     2,096,000        1,642,321  

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV

 

  

2.49% 09/19/23 (e)(b)

     758,000        715,643  

Devon Energy Corp.

 

  

4.00% 07/15/21 (e)

     2,282,000        2,286,998  

5.00% 06/15/45 (e)

     365,000        322,817  

Dexia Credit Local S.A.

 

  

2.25% 01/30/19 (b)

     6,894,000        6,892,070  

Diageo Investment Corp.

 

  

2.88% 05/11/22 (e)

     1,323,000        1,307,958  

Diamondback Energy Inc.

 

  

4.75% 11/01/24 (b)

     1,970,000        1,901,621  

Discover Bank

 

  

3.10% 06/04/20 (e)

     2,108,000        2,093,118  

Discovery Communications LLC

 

  

2.20% 09/20/19 (e)

     1,609,000        1,594,664  

3.95% 03/20/28 (e)

     919,000        851,775  

5.00% 09/20/37 (e)

     366,000        338,052  

5.20% 09/20/47 (e)

     201,000        185,129  

DISH DBS Corp.

 

  

5.88% 07/15/22 (e)

     1,188,000        1,088,160  

Dollar Tree Inc.

 

  

3.70% 05/15/23 (e)

     1,128,000        1,105,496  

4.00% 05/15/25 (e)

     1,063,000        1,021,692  

Dominion Energy Inc.

 

  

2.58% 07/01/20 (e)

     1,098,000        1,081,486  

DowDuPont Inc.

 

  

3.77% 11/15/20

     3,657,000        3,690,754  

5.32% 11/15/38

     794,000        818,765  

5.42% 11/15/48

     794,000        826,880  

DTE Energy Co.

 

  

2.85% 10/01/26 (e)

     611,000        562,303  

3.85% 12/01/23 (e)

     666,000        669,397  

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

 

  

3.95% 03/15/48 (e)

     641,000        613,193  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 
     

Duke Energy Corp.

 

  

1.80% 09/01/21

     1,553,000        1,484,093  

3.55% 09/15/21

     942,000        944,543  

3.75% 09/01/46 (e)

     441,000        383,339  

Duke Energy Progress LLC

 

  

4.15% 12/01/44 (e)

     613,000        597,939  

Duke Realty LP

 

  

3.25% 06/30/26 (e)

     713,000        677,414  

3.38% 12/15/27 (e)

     519,000        492,578  

Duquesne Light Holdings Inc.

 

  

3.62% 08/01/27 (e)(b)

     1,453,000        1,367,505  

Eastman Chemical Co.

 

  

3.50% 12/01/21

     1,140,000        1,145,426  

3.60% 08/15/22 (e)

     445,000        444,617  

4.50% 01/15/21

     2,022,000        2,050,793  

Eaton Corp.

 

  

3.10% 09/15/27 (e)

     791,000        746,301  

Ecolab Inc.

 

  

3.25% 12/01/27 (e)

     463,000        444,962  

3.95% 12/01/47 (e)

     411,000        385,945  

Ecopetrol S.A.

 

  

5.88% 05/28/45

     905,000        854,094  

Edison International

 

  

4.13% 03/15/28 (e)

     839,000        795,573  

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co. 0.53% + 3 month USD LIBOR

 

3.07% 05/01/20 (h)(e)

     1,509,000        1,510,418  

Electricite de France S.A.

 

  

2.15% 01/22/19 (b)

     3,444,000        3,441,624  

5.00% 09/21/48 (b)

     500,000        443,715  

Eli Lilly & Co.

 

  

3.70% 03/01/45 (e)

     157,000        147,739  

EMC Corp.

 

  

2.65% 06/01/20 (e)

     3,569,000        3,427,382  

Emera US Finance LP

 

  

4.75% 06/15/46 (e)

     223,000        214,383  

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

 

  

5.50% 09/15/40 (e)

     146,000        150,005  

Encana Corp.

 

  

3.90% 11/15/21 (e)

     1,379,000        1,378,628  

Endo Dac/Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finco Inc.

 

  

5.88% 10/15/24 (e)(b)

     1,075,000        1,012,435  

Enel Finance International N.V.

 

  

3.63% 05/25/27 (e)(b)

     1,011,000        888,234  

Energy Transfer LP

 

  

4.25% 03/15/23

     910,000        877,586  

5.88% 01/15/24 (e)

     8,695,000        8,860,901  

7.50% 10/15/20

     1,590,000        1,661,550  

Energy Transfer Operating LP

 

  

4.95% 06/15/28 (e)

     422,000        413,961  

Energy Transfer Operating LP

 

  

5.80% 06/15/38 (e)

     658,000        637,003  

6.13% 12/15/45 (e)

     289,000        280,212  
    

Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 

6.50% 02/01/42 (e)

     842,000        849,081  

Energy Transfer Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp.

 

4.50% 11/01/23 (e)

     631,000        629,441  

EnLink Midstream Partners LP

 

  

4.15% 06/01/25 (e)

     1,584,000        1,425,648  

Entergy Louisiana LLC

 

  

3.05% 06/01/31 (e)

     791,000        713,703  

4.00% 03/15/33 (e)

     434,000        437,298  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

 

  

4.25% 02/15/48 (e)

     1,581,000        1,414,505  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC (5.25% fixed rate until 08/16/27; 3.03% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

5.25% 08/16/77 (h)(e)

     482,000        401,728  

EOG Resources Inc.

 

  

4.10% 02/01/21 (e)

     1,825,000        1,849,473  

4.15% 01/15/26 (e)

     1,330,000        1,356,507  

EPR Properties

 

  

4.95% 04/15/28 (e)

     720,000        712,793  

EQM Midstream Partners LP

 

  

4.75% 07/15/23 (e)

     294,000        292,457  

5.50% 07/15/28 (e)

     294,000        288,764  

EQT Corp.

 

  

3.90% 10/01/27 (e)

     503,000        434,974  

ERP Operating LP

 

  

4.50% 07/01/44 (e)

     356,000        358,232  

Exelon Corp.

 

  

3.50% 06/01/22 (e)

     958,000        936,148  

4.45% 04/15/46 (e)

     1,032,000        982,897  

Express Scripts Holding Co.

 

  

3.40% 03/01/27 (e)

     789,000        732,066  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

 

  

2.22% 03/01/21 (e)

     876,000        864,901  

FedEx Corp.

 

  

4.10% 02/01/45 (e)

     1,313,000        1,127,985  

FirstEnergy Corp.

 

  

3.90% 07/15/27 (e)

     375,000        363,255  

4.85% 07/15/47 (e)

     503,000        501,164  

Florida Power & Light Co.

 

  

4.13% 02/01/42 (e)

     608,000        611,745  

Ford Motor Co.

 

  

4.35% 12/08/26 (e)

     828,000        738,949  

Ford Motor Credit Company LLC

 

  

3.10% 05/04/23

     1,844,000        1,669,613  

3.22% 01/09/22 (e)

     354,000        332,066  

3.34% 03/18/21

     849,000        821,713  

3.34% 03/28/22 (e)

     1,106,000        1,043,810  

3.81% 01/09/24

     945,000        866,045  

Frontier Communications Corp.

 

  

7.13% 03/15/19 (e)

     1,745,000        1,689,003  

General Dynamics Corp.

 

  

2.13% 08/15/26 (e)

     1,224,000        1,104,427  

2.88% 05/11/20 (e)

     1,925,000        1,926,328  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 
     

3.00% 05/11/21 (e)

     2,696,000        2,698,723  

3.50% 05/15/25 (e)

     1,171,000        1,172,932  

General Mills Inc.

 

  

3.20% 04/16/21 (e)

     1,825,000        1,814,853  

3.70% 10/17/23 (e)

     1,063,000        1,058,078  

4.55% 04/17/38 (e)

     478,000        437,499  

4.70% 04/17/48 (e)

     432,000        393,185  

General Motors Co.

 

  

5.20% 04/01/45 (e)

     157,000        130,181  

5.40% 04/01/48

     397,000        348,173  

General Motors Financial Company Inc.

 

  

2.35% 10/04/19 (e)

     1,934,000        1,912,784  

3.15% 01/15/20 (e)

     1,797,000        1,785,517  

3.20% 07/13/20 (e)

     1,009,000        998,648  

3.45% 01/14/22

     2,283,000        2,209,419  

3.55% 04/09/21 (e)

     2,606,000        2,573,633  

5.25% 03/01/26 (e)

     794,000        779,335  

Georgia-Pacific LLC

 

  

3.60% 03/01/25 (e)(b)

     418,000        417,904  

Gilead Sciences Inc.

 

  

2.55% 09/01/20 (e)

     675,000        669,452  

2.95% 03/01/27 (e)

     214,000        198,941  

3.50% 02/01/25 (e)

     567,000        553,880  

3.65% 03/01/26 (e)

     568,000        557,475  

4.15% 03/01/47 (e)

     851,000        781,371  

4.80% 04/01/44 (e)

     359,000        358,429  

GlaxoSmithKline Capital Inc.

 

  

3.38% 05/15/23 (e)

     1,242,000        1,248,210  

3.63% 05/15/25 (e)

     1,171,000        1,177,686  

GlaxoSmithKline Capital PLC

 

  

3.13% 05/14/21 (e)

     1,348,000        1,349,752  

Glencore Finance Canada Ltd.

 

  

4.95% 11/15/21 (e)(b)

     773,000        792,402  

Glencore Funding LLC

 

  

2.50% 01/15/19 (e)(b)

     3,663,000        3,661,864  

Gray Escrow Inc.

 

  

7.00% 05/15/27 (b)

     792,000        771,060  

Grupo Televisa SAB

 

  

5.00% 05/13/45 (e)

     382,000        333,902  

H&E Equipment Services Inc.

 

  

5.63% 09/01/25 (e)

     2,965,000        2,716,889  

Halliburton Co.

 

  

3.80% 11/15/25 (e)

     733,000        710,753  

5.00% 11/15/45 (e)

     477,000        468,085  

HCA Inc.

 

  

4.75% 05/01/23 (e)

     4,352,000        4,285,937  

5.88% 02/15/26

     808,000        810,860  

HD Supply Inc.

 

  

5.38% 10/15/26 (b)

     790,000        766,300  

Hess Corp.

 

  

5.60% 02/15/41 (e)

     233,000        205,077  

5.80% 04/01/47 (e)

     146,000        131,223  
    

Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

 

  

6.35% 10/15/45 (e)

     257,000        240,498  

Highwoods Realty LP

 

  

4.13% 03/15/28 (e)

     651,000        638,794  

Hilcorp Energy I LP/Hilcorp Finance Co.

 

  

5.75% 10/01/25 (b)

     2,392,000        2,131,439  

6.25% 11/01/28 (b)

     640,000        562,720  

HSBC Holdings PLC

 

  

4.25% 03/14/24 (e)

     625,000        623,956  

HSBC Holdings PLC (3.95% fixed rate until 05/18/23; 0.99% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

3.95% 05/18/24 (h)(e)

     953,000        947,463  

HSBC Holdings PLC (4.29% fixed rate until 09/12/25; 1.35% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

4.29% 09/12/26 (h)

     1,513,000        1,486,538  

HSBC Holdings PLC (4.58% fixed rate until 06/19/28; 1.53% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

4.58% 06/19/29 (h)(e)

     433,000        429,281  

HSBC Holdings PLC (6.00% fixed rate until 05/22/27; 3.75% + USD 5 year Mid-Market Swap Rate thereafter)

 

6.00% 12/31/99 (h)(e)

     1,018,000        928,477  

HSBC Holdings PLC (6.50% fixed rate until 03/23/28; 3.61% + USD 5 year Mid-Market Swap Rate thereafter)

 

6.50% 12/31/99 (h)(e)

     1,302,000        1,193,023  

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp.

 

  

6.63% 08/01/26

     790,000        725,757  

Hyundai Capital America

 

  

3.10% 04/05/22 (e)(b)

     762,000        744,482  

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.

 

6.00% 08/01/20 (e)

     2,142,000        2,138,637  

ING Bank N.V.

 

  

2.70% 08/17/20 (e)(b)

     1,400,000        1,384,740  

Ingersoll-Rand Luxembourg Finance S.A.

 

  

3.55% 11/01/24 (e)

     958,000        948,880  

Intel Corp.

 

  

2.60% 05/19/26 (e)

     1,329,000        1,247,825  

2.88% 05/11/24 (e)

     748,000        729,524  

International Business Machines Corp.

 

  

3.30% 01/27/27 (e)

     835,000        802,602  

International Paper Co.

 

  

4.40% 08/15/47 (e)

     793,000        671,980  

Interstate Power & Light Co.

 

  

3.40% 08/15/25 (e)

     2,782,000        2,695,925  

Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.

 

  

3.88% 07/14/27 (e)

     698,000        598,514  

j2 Cloud Services LLC/j2 Global Co-Obligor Inc.

 

  

6.00% 07/15/25 (e)(b)

     1,274,000        1,247,985  

Jabil Inc.

 

  

3.95% 01/12/28 (e)

     999,000        886,892  

JBS USA LUX S.A./JBS USA Finance Inc.

 

  

6.75% 02/15/28 (e)(b)

     1,582,000        1,545,408  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 
     

Jefferies Group LLC

 

  

5.13% 01/20/23 (e)

     685,000        703,303  

6.50% 01/20/43 (e)

     580,000        567,356  

Johnson & Johnson

 

  

3.63% 03/03/37 (e)

     551,000        529,660  

Johnson Controls International PLC

 

  

4.50% 02/15/47 (e)

     339,000        312,307  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

  

2.30% 08/15/21 (e)

     1,407,000        1,370,221  

2.55% 10/29/20 (e)

     1,589,000        1,570,488  

3.13% 01/23/25

     1,348,000        1,284,994  

3.30% 04/01/26 (e)

     732,000        696,535  

3.63% 12/01/27 (e)

     517,000        482,196  

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.51% fixed rate until 01/23/28; 0.95% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

3.51% 01/23/29 (h)(e)

     606,000        571,143  

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.88% fixed rate until 07/24/37; 1.36% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

3.88% 07/24/38 (h)(e)

     1,526,000        1,381,289  

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.90% fixed rate until 01/23/48; 1.22% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

3.90% 01/23/49 (h)(e)

     330,000        289,813  

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.01% fixed rate until 04/23/28; 1.12% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

4.01% 04/23/29 (h)(e)

     770,000        755,432  

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.03% fixed rate until 07/24/47; 1.46% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

4.03% 07/24/48 (h)(e)

     616,000        552,293  

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.63% fixed rate until 11/01/22; 2.58% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

4.63% 12/31/99 (h)(e)

     951,000        813,999  

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (6.10% fixed rate until 10/01/24; 3.33% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

6.10% 10/29/49 (h)(e)

     2,079,000        2,063,657  

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.47% + 3 month USD LIBOR

 

5.99% 12/29/49 (h)(e)

     924,000        912,496  

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

 

  

3.55% 05/25/21 (e)(b)

     5,772,000        5,764,150  

4.06% 05/25/23 (e)(b)

     1,240,000        1,236,268  

4.50% 11/15/45

     478,000        419,966  

4.60% 05/25/28 (e)(b)

     1,170,000        1,166,034  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

 

  

3.95% 11/01/28

     1,983,000        2,039,476  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

 

  

3.50% 03/01/21 (e)

     2,693,000        2,683,978  

4.70% 11/01/42

     199,000        176,417  

5.30% 09/15/20 (e)

     921,000        946,687  

6.38% 03/01/41 (e)

     340,000        362,267  

Kinder Morgan Inc.

 

  

3.05% 12/01/19 (e)

     537,000        533,859  

4.30% 03/01/28 (e)

     672,000        658,311  

5.05% 02/15/46 (e)

     340,000        316,115  
    

Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 

5.55% 06/01/45 (e)

     398,000        396,515  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.

 

  

4.38% 06/01/46 (e)

     661,000        546,911  

Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau

 

  

2.00% 10/04/22

     1,948,000        1,903,332  

L Brands Inc.

 

  

5.25% 02/01/28 (e)

     2,372,000        2,027,443  

L3 Technologies Inc.

 

  

3.85% 12/15/26

     1,010,000        976,832  

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc.

 

  

4.63% 11/01/24 (e)(b)

     2,391,000        2,330,484  

Lee Enterprises Inc.

 

  

9.50% 03/15/22 (e)(b)

     1,525,000        1,553,167  

Lennar Corp.

 

  

4.75% 05/30/25 - 11/29/27 (e)

     3,676,000        3,383,910  

Lincoln National Corp.

 

  

3.63% 12/12/26 (e)

     471,000        453,992  

3.80% 03/01/28 (e)

     676,000        651,231  

4.35% 03/01/48 (e)

     595,000        540,855  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

 

  

3.75% 01/11/27 (e)

     574,000        525,486  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (2.91% fixed rate until 11/07/22; 0.81% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

2.91% 11/07/23 (h)(e)

     982,000        928,589  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

 

  

3.55% 01/15/26 (e)

     726,000        719,531  

3.80% 03/01/45 (e)

     308,000        282,097  

Lowe’s Companies Inc.

 

  

3.70% 04/15/46 (e)

     403,000        329,070  

LYB International Finance BV

 

  

4.88% 03/15/44 (e)

     257,000        233,824  

LYB International Finance II BV

 

  

3.50% 03/02/27 (e)

     288,000        262,941  

Macy’s Retail Holdings Inc.

 

  

4.30% 02/15/43 (e)

     203,000        149,909  

Marathon Oil Corp.

     

2.70% 06/01/20 (e)

     2,105,000        2,070,520  

3.85% 06/01/25 (e)

     394,000        369,414  

Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.

 

  

3.50% 03/10/25 (e)

     806,000        788,123  

Masco Corp.

 

  

3.50% 11/15/27 (e)

     372,000        342,489  

McDonald’s Corp.

 

  

3.70% 01/30/26 (e)

     379,000        372,307  

3.80% 04/01/28

     1,030,000        1,009,688  

4.88% 12/09/45 (e)

     330,000        332,620  

McKesson Corp.

 

  

3.65% 11/30/20

     4,572,000        4,590,699  

Medtronic Inc.

 

  

2.50% 03/15/20 (e)

     2,028,000        2,019,259  

4.63% 03/15/45 (e)

     855,000        898,998  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 
     

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

 

  

4.13% 07/01/52 (e)

     884,000        877,034  

Merck & Company Inc.

 

  

2.75% 02/10/25 (e)

     1,463,000        1,415,657  

MetLife Inc.

 

  

4.05% 03/01/45 (e)

     210,000        193,956  

4.72% 12/15/44 (e)

     603,000        615,386  

MGM Resorts International

 

  

4.63% 09/01/26 (e)

     1,303,000        1,171,058  

Microsoft Corp.

 

  

2.40% 08/08/26 (e)

     913,000        851,646  

3.45% 08/08/36 (e)

     474,000        450,054  

3.50% 02/12/35

     625,000        600,181  

3.70% 08/08/46 (e)

     1,959,000        1,880,797  

4.00% 02/12/55 (e)

     792,000        779,922  

4.10% 02/06/37 (e)

     242,000        248,619  

4.50% 02/06/57 (e)

     283,000        304,635  

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.

 

  

2.63% 04/12/21 (e)(b)

     3,788,000        3,720,195  

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. (3.92% fixed rate until 09/11/23; 1.00% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

3.92% 09/11/24 (h)

     1,513,000        1,529,371  

Molina Healthcare Inc.

 

  

4.88% 06/15/25 (e)(b)

     1,807,000        1,650,405  

Molson Coors Brewing Co.

 

  

2.10% 07/15/21 (e)

     1,168,000        1,125,275  

4.20% 07/15/46 (e)

     357,000        296,667  

Morgan Stanley

 

  

2.45% 02/01/19 (e)

     4,972,000        4,969,116  

2.63% 11/17/21 (e)

     1,619,000        1,578,930  

2.65% 01/27/20 (e)

     1,510,000        1,499,385  

2.75% 05/19/22 (e)

     3,678,000        3,574,869  

3.63% 01/20/27 (e)

     862,000        819,581  

3.70% 10/23/24 (e)

     785,000        772,746  

3.95% 04/23/27 (e)

     2,075,000        1,954,028  

4.10% 05/22/23 (e)

     1,902,000        1,906,299  

4.38% 01/22/47 (e)

     786,000        744,460  

Morgan Stanley (3.97% fixed rate until 07/22/37; 1.46% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

3.97% 07/22/38 (h)(e)

     509,000        464,127  

MPLX LP

 

  

3.38% 03/15/23 (e)

     615,000        597,350  

4.50% 04/15/38 (e)

     582,000        511,118  

4.70% 04/15/48 (e)

     523,000        451,673  

5.50% 02/15/49

     991,000        960,467  

MUFG Bank Ltd.

 

  

2.30% 03/10/19 (e)(b)

     3,669,000        3,663,900  

MUFG Bank Ltd.

 

  

2.30% 03/05/20 (e)(b)

     1,948,000        1,927,585  

Murphy Oil Corp.

 

  

5.75% 08/15/25 (e)

     5,261,000        4,933,029  

Mylan Inc.

 

  

4.55% 04/15/28 (e)(b)

     278,000        259,171  

5.20% 04/15/48 (e)(b)

     491,000        417,978  

Mylan N.V.

 

  

3.15% 06/15/21 (e)

     711,000        696,880  

3.95% 06/15/26 (e)

     411,000        370,882  
    

Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 

National Retail Properties Inc.

 

  

4.00% 11/15/25 (e)

     862,000        853,992  

Navient Corp.

 

  

6.75% 06/15/26 (e)

     1,455,000        1,207,766  

8.00% 03/25/20 (e)

     1,270,000        1,291,641  

Newell Brands Inc.

 

  

3.85% 04/01/23 (e)

     315,000        310,892  

4.20% 04/01/26 (e)

     285,000        277,080  

Newfield Exploration Co.

 

  

5.38% 01/01/26 (e)

     2,373,000        2,348,843  

5.75% 01/30/22

     2,383,000        2,418,745  

Newmark Group Inc.

 

  

6.13% 11/15/23 (b)

     600,000        576,240  

Newmont Mining Corp.

 

  

4.88% 03/15/42 (e)

     637,000        602,271  

Nexen Energy ULC

 

  

6.40% 05/15/37

     540,000        661,176  

NGPL PipeCo LLC

 

  

4.88% 08/15/27 (e)(b)

     2,206,000        2,093,009  

Noble Energy Inc.

 

  

3.90% 11/15/24 (e)

     578,000        557,591  

5.05% 11/15/44 (e)

     210,000        182,864  

Nordstrom Inc.

 

  

5.00% 01/15/44 (e)

     46,000        39,542  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

 

  

3.95% 10/01/42

     694,000        635,413  

Northern States Power Co.

 

  

2.20% 08/15/20 (e)

     2,941,000        2,900,591  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

 

  

2.08% 10/15/20 (e)

     614,000        602,432  

2.55% 10/15/22 (e)

     560,000        542,354  

3.25% 01/15/28 (e)

     691,000        645,608  

3.85% 04/15/45 (e)

     173,000        152,669  

4.03% 10/15/47 (e)

     588,000        534,298  

Novartis Capital Corp.

 

  

3.00% 11/20/25 (e)

     123,000        119,225  

Nucor Corp.

 

  

3.95% 05/01/28 (e)

     1,120,000        1,108,587  

4.13% 09/15/22 (e)

     634,000        652,678  

Nutrien Ltd.

 

  

4.00% 12/15/26 (e)

     442,000        427,666  

4.90% 06/01/43 (e)

     634,000        608,069  

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC

 

  

4.13% 06/01/21 (b)

     2,369,000        2,344,552  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

 

  

4.10% 02/15/47 (e)

     432,000        406,387  

4.20% 03/15/48 (e)

     463,000        442,142  

Olin Corp.

 

  

5.00% 02/01/30 (e)

     2,373,000        2,075,663  

Omnicom Group Inc./Omnicom Capital Inc.

 

  

3.63% 05/01/22 (e)

     941,000        928,362  

Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC

 

  

3.80% 09/30/47 (e)

     253,000        238,417  

Oracle Corp.

 

  

2.40% 09/15/23 (e)

     539,000        517,424  

3.25% 11/15/27 (e)

     872,000        841,000  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 
     

3.80% 11/15/37 (e)

     348,000        325,119  

4.00% 07/15/46 - 11/15/47 (e)

     1,405,000        1,309,099  

4.13% 05/15/45 (e)

     316,000        299,552  

Oshkosh Corp.

 

  

5.38% 03/01/25 (e)

     917,000        922,053  

Owens Corning

 

  

4.40% 01/30/48 (e)

     477,000        365,234  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.

 

  

6.38% 08/15/25 (e)(b)

     1,300,000        1,288,573  

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

 

  

3.40% 08/15/24 (e)

     4,159,000        3,623,612  

PacifiCorp

 

  

6.25% 10/15/37 (e)

     1,563,000        1,941,606  

Packaging Corporation of America

 

  

3.40% 12/15/27 (e)

     366,000        342,195  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

 

  

3.25% 03/01/27 (e)

     1,501,000        1,437,973  

Party City Holdings Inc.

 

  

6.63% 08/01/26 (e)(b)

     1,835,000        1,668,822  

Penske Automotive Group Inc.

 

  

5.38% 12/01/24 (e)

     1,993,000        1,866,225  

PepsiCo Inc.

 

  

3.45% 10/06/46 (e)

     365,000        326,660  

Perrigo Finance Unlimited Co.

 

  

3.50% 03/15/21 (e)

     768,000        754,844  

3.90% 12/15/24 (e)

     1,009,000        967,752  

Petroleos Mexicanos

 

  

4.50% 01/23/26

     844,000        730,414  

5.35% 02/12/28

     434,000        379,728  

5.38% 03/13/22

     1,678,000        1,650,279  

5.63% 01/23/46

     544,000        412,129  

6.35% 02/12/48

     471,000        376,263  

6.38% 01/23/45

     735,000        594,314  

6.50% 03/13/27

     1,170,000        1,102,503  

6.75% 09/21/47

     1,179,000        976,967  

Pfizer Inc.

 

  

3.00% 12/15/26 (e)

     435,000        419,862  

3.20% 09/15/23

     882,000        884,267  

3.60% 09/15/28

     1,470,000        1,475,454  

4.13% 12/15/46 (e)

     426,000        427,589  

4.40% 05/15/44 (e)

     252,000        262,229  

Philip Morris International Inc.

 

  

4.13% 03/04/43 (e)

     788,000        700,091  

Phillips 66

 

  

3.90% 03/15/28 (e)

     1,066,000        1,025,727  

Phillips 66 Partners LP

 

  

3.75% 03/01/28 (e)

     480,000        443,386  

4.68% 02/15/45 (e)

     571,000        507,984  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

 

  

5.88% 09/30/27 (e)(b)

     2,769,000        2,524,276  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

 

  

3.95% 07/15/22

     1,505,000        1,508,642  

Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp.

 

4.70% 06/15/44 (e)

     337,000        281,146  

5.75% 01/15/20 (e)

     1,282,000        1,307,666  
    

Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 

PNC Bank NA

 

  

2.40% 10/18/19 (e)

     1,179,000        1,171,891  

PPL Capital Funding Inc.

 

  

3.10% 05/15/26 (e)

     1,117,000        1,047,310  

Precision Castparts Corp.

 

  

4.38% 06/15/45 (e)

     840,000        839,177  

Prudential Financial Inc. (5.70% fixed rate until 09/15/28; 2.67% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

5.70% 09/15/48 (h)

     1,274,000        1,172,551  

Public Service Company of Colorado

 

  

3.70% 06/15/28 (e)

     1,377,000        1,390,949  

Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

 

  

2.38% 05/15/23 (e)

     2,055,000        1,985,294  

PulteGroup Inc.

 

  

5.50% 03/01/26 (e)

     1,700,000        1,640,500  

QUALCOMM Inc.

 

  

2.90% 05/20/24 (e)

     76,000        72,336  

3.00% 05/20/22 (e)

     457,000        450,209  

3.25% 05/20/27 (e)

     90,000        83,734  

4.30% 05/20/47 (e)

     190,000        169,129  

Quicken Loans Inc.

 

  

5.25% 01/15/28 (b)

     1,580,000        1,418,003  

Range Resources Corp.

 

  

5.00% 08/15/22 (e)

     2,374,000        2,125,490  

Realty Income Corp.

 

  

3.00% 01/15/27 (e)

     349,000        323,973  

Republic Services Inc.

 

  

3.38% 11/15/27 (e)

     354,000        339,458  

Reynolds American Inc.

 

  

4.45% 06/12/25 (e)

     67,000        64,443  

Rio Tinto Finance USA PLC

 

  

4.13% 08/21/42 (e)

     415,000        399,965  

Roche Holdings Inc.

 

  

2.25% 09/30/19 (e)(b)

     1,195,000        1,186,862  

Rockwell Collins Inc.

 

  

3.50% 03/15/27 (e)

     1,002,000        943,133  

Rogers Communications Inc.

 

  

5.00% 03/15/44 (e)

     289,000        300,323  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (4.52% fixed rate until 06/25/23; 1.55% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

4.52% 06/25/24 (h)(e)

     953,000        933,778  

RPM International Inc.

 

  

3.75% 03/15/27 (e)

     657,000        625,057  

Ryder System Inc.

 

  

2.45% 09/03/19 (e)

     3,608,000        3,587,182  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC

 

  

4.20% 03/15/28 (e)

     641,000        609,892  

5.00% 03/15/27 (e)

     377,000        379,473  

salesforce.com Inc.

 

  

3.25% 04/11/23 (e)

     1,128,000        1,132,501  

3.70% 04/11/28 (e)

     1,490,000        1,496,541  

Santander Holdings USA Inc.

 

  

2.65% 04/17/20 (e)

     2,848,000        2,811,688  

3.70% 03/28/22 (e)

     2,492,000        2,447,244  

4.40% 07/13/27 (e)

     631,000        595,651  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 
     

Santander UK Group Holdings PLC

 

  

4.75% 09/15/25 (e)(b)

     1,205,000        1,136,014  

Schlumberger Holdings Corp.

 

  

3.00% 12/21/20 (e)(b)

     1,044,000        1,035,220  

3.63% 12/21/22 (b)

     3,259,000        3,244,106  

4.00% 12/21/25 (e)(b)

     1,516,000        1,494,821  

Sempra Energy

 

  

3.80% 02/01/38 (e)

     423,000        364,131  

4.00% 02/01/48 (e)

     459,000        387,410  

Shell International Finance BV

 

  

2.38% 08/21/22

     1,599,000        1,553,540  

3.75% 09/12/46 (e)

     319,000        295,544  

4.13% 05/11/35 (e)

     450,000        448,097  

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC

 

2.40% 09/23/21 (e)

     1,118,000        1,080,223  

2.88% 09/23/23 (e)

     904,000        854,208  

3.20% 09/23/26 (e)

     350,000        319,039  

Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij N.V.

 

  

2.00% 09/15/23 (b)

     2,355,000        2,206,776  

3.40% 03/16/27 (e)(b)

     916,000        893,127  

Simon Property Group LP

 

  

3.38% 06/15/27 (e)

     845,000        810,178  

Sinclair Television Group Inc.

 

  

5.38% 04/01/21 (e)

     1,980,000        1,973,545  

Sirius XM Radio Inc.

 

  

5.00% 08/01/27 (b)

     790,000        721,507  

SM Energy Co.

 

  

5.63% 06/01/25

     808,000        702,960  

Smithfield Foods Inc.

 

  

2.70% 01/31/20 (e)(b)

     650,000        641,901  

4.25% 02/01/27 (e)(b)

     770,000        703,603  

South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.

 

  

4.10% 06/15/46 (e)

     438,000        415,623  

Southern California Edison Co.

 

  

2.40% 02/01/22 (e)

     1,240,000        1,194,418  

Southern Company Gas Capital Corp.

 

  

4.40% 05/30/47

     166,000        154,551  

Southern Copper Corp.

 

  

5.88% 04/23/45 (e)

     525,000        533,757  

Southwestern Electric Power Co.

 

  

2.75% 10/01/26 (e)

     1,003,000        923,643  

Spectra Energy Partners LP

 

  

3.38% 10/15/26 (e)

     265,000        248,281  

4.50% 03/15/45 (e)

     168,000        153,663  

Sprint Corp.

 

  

7.63% 02/15/25 (e)

     2,824,000        2,850,630  

Standard Industries Inc.

 

  

5.38% 11/15/24 (e)(b)

     4,068,000        3,830,063  

Starbucks Corp.

 

  

4.00% 11/15/28 (e)

     757,000        748,802  

Steel Dynamics Inc.

 

  

5.13% 10/01/21

     790,000        794,511  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.

 

  

2.78% 07/12/22

     2,056,000        2,002,770  
    

Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 

Suncor Energy Inc.

 

  

4.00% 11/15/47 (e)

     252,000        223,446  

Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP

 

  

5.30% 04/01/44

     709,000        625,983  

Syngenta Finance N.V.

 

  

3.70% 04/24/20 (e)(b)

     1,865,000        1,865,783  

3.93% 04/23/21 (e)(b)

     2,625,000        2,584,391  

4.44% 04/24/23 (e)(b)

     1,063,000        1,022,447  

5.18% 04/24/28 (e)(b)

     663,000        610,968  

Sysco Corp.

 

  

3.25% 07/15/27 (e)

     756,000        707,336  

T-Mobile USA Inc.

 

  

4.50% 02/01/26 (e)

     2,951,000        2,725,691  

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.

 

  

3.80% 11/26/20 (b)

     1,529,000        1,540,039  

4.00% 11/26/21 (b)

     3,160,000        3,199,658  

Tampa Electric Co.

 

  

4.35% 05/15/44 (e)

     1,148,000        1,140,217  

Target Corp.

 

  

2.50% 04/15/26 (e)

     791,000        738,193  

Teck Resources Ltd.

 

  

5.40% 02/01/43 (e)

     2,199,000        1,911,569  

6.00% 08/15/40

     1,186,000        1,094,263  

Telecom Italia S.p.A.

 

  

5.30% 05/30/24 (e)

     3,912,000        3,709,945  

Telefonica Emisiones SA

 

  

4.10% 03/08/27 (e)

     965,000        932,296  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

 

  

4.63% 07/15/24

     825,000        768,479  

4.75% 06/01/20 (e)

     2,622,000        2,619,981  

6.00% 10/01/20 (e)

     2,630,000        2,651,803  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV

 

  

1.70% 07/19/19 (e)

     4,645,000        4,569,890  

2.20% 07/21/21 (e)

     715,000        656,156  

2.80% 07/21/23 (e)

     3,958,000        3,407,165  

Texas Instruments Inc.

 

  

4.15% 05/15/48 (e)

     509,000        508,165  

The Allstate Corp.

 

  

4.20% 12/15/46 (e)

     378,000        367,272  

The Allstate Corp. (5.75% fixed rate until 08/15/23; 2.94% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

5.75% 08/15/53 (h)(e)

     1,608,000        1,558,393  

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (2.66% fixed rate until 05/16/22; 0.63% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

2.66% 05/16/23 (h)(e)

     893,000        870,479  

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (4.63% fixed rate until 09/20/26; 3.13% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

4.63% 12/29/49 (h)(e)

     1,558,000        1,396,872  

The Bank of Nova Scotia (4.65% fixed rate until 10/12/22; 2.65% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

4.65% 12/31/99 (h)(e)

     1,454,000        1,286,819  

The Boeing Co.

 

  

3.25% 03/01/28 (e)

     943,000        923,612  

3.55% 03/01/38 (e)

     1,204,000        1,123,019  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 
     

The Chemours Co.

 

  

5.38% 05/15/27

     790,000        711,774  

The Dow Chemical Co.

 

  

4.25% 10/01/34 (e)

     731,000        662,118  

5.55% 11/30/48 (b)

     793,000        806,132  

The George Washington University

 

  

4.13% 09/15/48

     905,000        904,692  

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

 

  

3.85% 01/26/27 (e)

     1,069,000        1,007,297  

4.25% 10/21/25 (e)

     1,227,000        1,172,914  

4.80% 07/08/44 (e)

     944,000        898,480  

5.15% 05/22/45 (e)

     413,000        389,166  

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (2.91% fixed rate until 06/05/22; 1.05% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

2.91% 06/05/23 (h)(e)

     1,692,000        1,617,687  

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (3.81% fixed rate until 04/23/28; 1.16% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

3.81% 04/23/29 (h)(e)

     606,000        564,404  

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (4.02% fixed rate until 10/31/37; 1.37% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

4.02% 10/31/38 (h)(e)

     632,000        555,263  

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (4.22% fixed rate until 05/01/28; 1.30% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

4.22% 05/01/29 (h)(e)

     850,000        818,933  

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. 2.13% + 3 month USD LIBOR

 

4.74% 02/12/47 (h)(e)(b)

     1,075,000        860,065  

The Home Depot Inc.

 

  

3.35% 09/15/25 (e)

     433,000        427,765  

3.50% 09/15/56 (e)

     607,000        509,844  

3.90% 12/06/28

     1,191,000        1,218,417  

3.90% 06/15/47 (e)

     657,000        621,522  

4.50% 12/06/48

     991,000        1,023,753  

The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc.

 

  

3.75% 10/01/21

     1,893,000        1,904,737  

The Korea Development Bank

 

  

3.38% 09/16/25

     920,000        905,188  

The Kroger Co.

 

  

2.95% 11/01/21 (e)

     1,942,000        1,910,559  

4.65% 01/15/48 (e)

     414,000        373,353  

The Mosaic Co.

 

  

5.63% 11/15/43 (e)

     169,000        170,715  

The Sherwin-Williams Co.

 

  

2.25% 05/15/20 (e)

     1,318,000        1,297,347  

2.75% 06/01/22 (e)

     493,000        476,519  

3.45% 06/01/27 (e)

     15,000        13,964  

4.50% 06/01/47 (e)

     153,000        137,954  

The Southern Co.

 

  

1.85% 07/01/19 (e)

     4,873,000        4,836,989  

3.25% 07/01/26 (e)

     460,000        430,160  

4.40% 07/01/46 (e)

     154,000        141,916  

The Toronto-Dominion Bank (3.63% fixed rate until 09/15/26; 2.21% + USD 5 year Swap Rate thereafter)

 

3.63% 09/15/31 (h)(e)

     1,653,000        1,561,027  

The Walt Disney Co.

 

  

4.13% 06/01/44 (e)

     354,000        350,364  
    

Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 

The Williams Companies Inc.

 

  

3.75% 06/15/27 (e)

     305,000        286,761  

3.90% 01/15/25 (e)

     507,000        492,038  

4.85% 03/01/48 (e)

     547,000        497,059  

4.90% 01/15/45 (e)

     261,000        236,628  

5.40% 03/04/44 (e)

     181,000        173,443  

Time Warner Cable LLC

 

  

4.50% 09/15/42 (e)

     157,000        124,785  

6.55% 05/01/37 (e)

     488,000        493,324  

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.

 

  

4.25% 05/15/28

     1,785,000        1,766,722  

4.88% 01/15/26

     316,000        326,874  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company LLC

 

  

4.00% 03/15/28

     803,000        775,738  

Tyco Electronics Group S.A.

 

  

2.35% 08/01/19 (e)

     2,716,000        2,701,985  

3.13% 08/15/27 (e)

     847,000        786,414  

Tyson Foods Inc.

 

  

2.65% 08/15/19 (e)

     526,000        523,281  

4.55% 06/02/47 (e)

     201,000        176,782  

U.S. Bancorp

 

  

3.15% 04/27/27

     1,228,000        1,178,696  

U.S. Bancorp (5.13% fixed rate until 01/15/21; 3.49% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

5.13% 12/29/49 (h)(e)

     2,552,000        2,532,452  

UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG (2.86% fixed rate until 08/15/22; 0.95% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

2.86% 08/15/23 (h)(b)

     2,210,000        2,120,362  

Union Pacific Corp.

 

  

3.20% 06/08/21 (e)

     1,906,000        1,912,919  

3.50% 06/08/23 (e)

     1,381,000        1,384,604  

3.60% 09/15/37 (e)

     228,000        203,953  

4.10% 09/15/67 (e)

     414,000        348,079  

United Rentals North America Inc.

 

  

4.88% 01/15/28

     808,000        709,295  

United Technologies Corp.

 

  

3.65% 08/16/23

     1,470,000        1,464,443  

3.75% 11/01/46

     595,000        508,969  

3.95% 08/16/25

     588,000        583,943  

4.13% 11/16/28

     236,000        233,845  

4.15% 05/15/45 (e)

     672,000        601,306  

4.45% 11/16/38

     531,000        512,282  

4.50% 06/01/42 (e)

     468,000        444,778  

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

 

  

4.45% 12/15/48

     790,000        813,732  

4.75% 07/15/45 (e)

     749,000        792,097  

Vale Overseas Ltd.

 

  

4.38% 01/11/22 (e)

     106,000        107,943  

6.25% 08/10/26 (e)

     541,000        585,903  

6.88% 11/10/39 (e)

     393,000        454,037  

Vale S.A.

 

  

5.63% 09/11/42 (e)

     235,000        237,399  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 
     

Valero Energy Partners LP

 

  

4.38% 12/15/26

     1,528,000        1,501,413  

Ventas Realty LP

 

  

3.25% 10/15/26 (e)

     869,000        808,283  

Verizon Communications Inc.

 

  

3.38% 02/15/25 (e)

     874,000        847,806  

4.33% 09/21/28

     1,049,000        1,052,839  

4.40% 11/01/34 (e)

     728,000        702,680  

4.67% 03/15/55 (e)

     562,000        517,349  

4.86% 08/21/46 (e)

     2,922,000        2,875,073  

5.01% 04/15/49 (e)

     379,000        377,613  

5.25% 03/16/37 (e)

     543,000        568,488  

Viacom Inc.

 

  

3.45% 10/04/26 (e)

     516,000        477,238  

4.38% 03/15/43

     623,000        503,446  

5.25% 04/01/44 (e)

     179,000        161,000  

Virgin Media Finance PLC

 

  

5.75% 01/15/25 (e)(b)

     2,126,000        2,000,077  

Virginia Electric & Power Co.

 

  

4.00% 11/15/46 (e)

     1,102,000        1,043,803  

Visa Inc.

 

  

3.15% 12/14/25 (e)

     443,000        435,115  

4.30% 12/14/45 (e)

     475,000        491,891  

Vodafone Group PLC

 

  

4.38% 05/30/28 (e)

     1,297,000        1,257,234  

5.25% 05/30/48 (e)

     391,000        366,371  

Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC

 

  

4.00% 11/12/21 (b)

     2,739,000        2,735,658  

Vornado Realty LP

 

  

3.50% 01/15/25 (e)

     567,000        545,930  

Vulcan Materials Co.

 

  

3.90% 04/01/27 (e)

     385,000        365,261  

Wabtec Corp.

 

  

3.45% 11/15/26 (e)

     249,000        222,300  

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

 

  

4.65% 06/01/46 (e)

     257,000        232,007  

Walmart Inc.

 

  

3.63% 12/15/47 (e)

     505,000        467,403  

3.70% 06/26/28 (e)

     1,227,000        1,244,522  

3.95% 06/28/38 (e)

     490,000        486,908  

4.05% 06/29/48 (e)

     532,000        528,558  

Warner Media LLC

 

  

5.35% 12/15/43 (e)

     755,000        724,347  

WEC Energy Group Inc.

 

  

3.55% 06/15/25 (e)

     861,000        836,969  

WellCare Health Plans Inc.

 

  

5.25% 04/01/25 (e)

     1,667,000        1,604,804  

Wells Fargo & Co.

 

  

2.63% 07/22/22 (e)

     2,768,000        2,669,542  

3.90% 05/01/45 (e)

     49,000        44,971  

4.75% 12/07/46 (e)

     1,969,000        1,900,321  

Wells Fargo & Co. (5.88% fixed rate until 06/15/25; 3.99% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

5.88% 12/29/49 (h)(e)

     1,173,000        1,160,472  
    

Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 

Wells Fargo & Co. (5.90% fixed rate until 06/15/24; 3.11% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

 

5.90% 12/29/49 (h)(e)

     1,260,000        1,199,646  

Wells Fargo & Co. 3.77% + 3 month USD LIBOR

 

  

6.56% 03/29/49 (h)(e)

     1,704,000        1,694,015  

Wells Fargo Bank NA

 

  

2.60% 01/15/21 (e)

     8,927,000        8,810,949  

Western Gas Partners LP

 

  

4.00% 07/01/22 (e)

     2,242,000        2,212,226  

5.38% 06/01/21 (e)

     415,000        427,545  

Westlake Chemical Corp.

 

  

3.60% 08/15/26 (e)

     536,000        492,788  

4.38% 11/15/47 (e)

     153,000        127,004  

5.00% 08/15/46 (e)

     278,000        254,081  

Willis North America Inc.

 

  

3.60% 05/15/24 (e)

     900,000        876,501  

WPP Finance 2010

 

  

3.75% 09/19/24 (e)

     556,000        518,325  

WRKCo Inc.

 

  

3.00% 09/15/24 (e)(b)

     691,000        649,588  

Xilinx Inc.

 

  

2.95% 06/01/24 (e)

     602,000        574,760  

XPO Logistics Inc.

 

  

6.50% 06/15/22 (e)(b)

     923,000        914,019  

Yamana Gold Inc.

 

  

4.63% 12/15/27 (e)

     923,000        853,295  

Zoetis Inc.

 

  

3.00% 09/12/27 (e)

     375,000        346,290  

3.90% 08/20/28

     881,000        870,569  
     

 

 

 
        859,937,672  
     

 

 

 

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations - 3.0%

 

BANK 2018-BNK11

 

  

4.36% 03/15/61 (h)(e)

     1,248,000        1,264,233  

BXP Trust 2017-GM

 

  

3.38% 06/13/39 (e)

     6,314,000        6,174,182  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2016-P5

 

  

2.94% 10/10/49 (e)

     3,484,742        3,330,441  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2016-P6

 

  

3.72% 12/10/49 (h)(e)

     4,760,458        4,797,061  

4.03% 12/10/49 (h)(e)

     2,942,926        2,962,339  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2018-C5

 

  

4.51% 06/10/51 (e)

     2,218,000        2,266,771  

COMM 2013-LC13 Mortgage Trust

 

  

4.56% 08/10/46 (h)(e)(b)

     1,375,000        1,420,722  

COMM 2014-CR14 Mortgage Trust

 

  

4.53% 02/10/47 (h)(e)

     1,940,000        2,005,037  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-GCJ9

 

  

1.96% 11/10/45 (h)(g)(e)

     5,721,218        362,885  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2016-GS3

 

  

2.85% 10/10/49 (e)

     2,912,000        2,762,115  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-GS5

 

  

3.67% 03/10/50 (e)

     3,557,532        3,553,748  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 
     

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-GS8

 

  

3.47% 11/10/50 (e)

     7,000,045        6,884,495  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2018-GS9

 

  

4.14% 03/10/51 (h)(e)

     2,609,000        2,646,474  

Impac CMB Trust 2004-5 0.72% + 1 month USD LIBOR

 

3.23% 10/25/34 (h)(e)

     582,704        566,182  

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. 2012-LC9

 

1.53% 12/15/47 (h)(g)(e)

     6,261,226        278,126  

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-C12

 

4.03% 07/15/45 (h)(e)

     1,010,000        1,022,966  

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2004-C8

 

  

0.32% 12/15/39 (h)(g)(e)(b)

     625,746        593  

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-C6

 

  

6.11% 07/15/40 (e)(b)

     98,790        99,336  

6.11% 07/15/40 (h)(e)

     44,740        44,988  

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust 2015-C21

 

0.94% 03/15/48 (h)(g)(e)

     30,472,536        1,337,143  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2006-IQ11

 

  

6.25% 10/15/42 (h)(e)

     2,300,000        2,346,573  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2006-T21

 

  

5.24% 10/12/52 (h)(e)

     205,215        206,992  

UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2018-C12

 

  

4.79% 08/15/51 (h)(e)

     1,869,000        1,928,596  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C26

 

1.23% 02/15/48 (h)(g)(e)

     24,537,133        1,405,129  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2018-AUS

 

4.06% 07/17/36 (h)(e)(b)

     3,109,000        3,157,874  

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C17

 

  

4.26% 12/15/46 (e)

     1,880,000        1,918,918  

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC14

 

  

4.35% 03/15/47 (h)(e)

     4,333,000        4,408,626  
     

 

 

 
        59,152,545  
     

 

 

 

Sovereign Bonds - 0.8%

 

  

Government of Chile

 

  

3.63% 10/30/42

     150,000        137,439  

3.86% 06/21/47

     860,000        803,025  

Government of Colombia

 

  

2.63% 03/15/23

     711,000        671,518  

3.88% 04/25/27

     1,185,000        1,133,879  

5.00% 06/15/45

     1,271,000        1,211,924  

Government of Indonesia

 

  

3.50% 01/11/28

     578,000        534,956  

4.35% 01/11/48

     232,000        211,744  

Government of Mexico

 

  

3.60% 01/30/25

     1,402,000        1,341,195  

4.00% 10/02/23

     620,000        617,433  

4.60% 02/10/48

     972,000        863,340  

4.75% 03/08/44

     2,068,000        1,877,227  

Government of Oman

 

4.13% 01/17/23 (b)

     1,561,000        1,432,389  
    

Principal
Amount ($)

or Number

of Shares

    

Fair
Value

$

 

Government of Panama

 

4.00% 09/22/24

     1,263,000        1,272,662  

4.50% 05/15/47

     530,000        515,722  

Government of Peru

 

5.63% 11/18/50

     884,000        1,037,242  

Government of Philippines

 

3.95% 01/20/40

     835,000        815,470  

Government of Uruguay

 

5.10% 06/18/50

     884,133        868,997  
     

 

 

 
        15,346,162  
     

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds and Notes - 0.8%

 

  

American Municipal Power Inc.

 

6.27% 02/15/50 (e)

     1,080,000        1,340,280  

Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District

 

5.00% 05/01/47

     3,595,000        4,067,419  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority

 

6.88% 12/15/39 (e)

     880,000        891,951  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

 

4.46% 10/01/62 (e)

     4,095,000        4,166,294  

State of California

 

4.60% 04/01/38

     1,840,000        1,897,684  

5.70% 11/01/21 (e)

     2,075,000        2,231,766  

State of Illinois

 

5.10% 06/01/33 (e)

     745,000        710,305  

The University of Texas System

 

3.35% 08/15/47 (e)

     1,025,000        928,107  
     

 

 

 
        16,233,806  
     

 

 

 

FNMA (TBA) - 0.0%*

 

  

Lehman

 

5.50% TBA (j)(k)(e)

     1,140,372        28,395  
     

 

 

 
Total Bonds and Notes
(Cost $1,969,528,290)
        1,954,131,300  
     

 

 

 
Domestic Equity - 0.1%

 

  

Preferred Stock - 0.1%

 

  

Wells Fargo & Co. 3.09% + 3 month USD LIBOR
(Cost $1,375,850) (h)(e)

     55,034        1,352,185  
     

 

 

 
Total Investments in Securities
(Cost $1,970,904,140)

 

     1,955,483,485  
     

 

 

 
Total Investments
(Cost $1,970,904,140)
        1,955,483,485  
Other Assets and Liabilities, net - 1.8%

 

     36,685,968  
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS - 100.0%         1,992,169,453  
     

 

 

 
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments, continued — December 31, 2018

 

 

Other Information:

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps - Sell Protection

 

Reference
Entity
    Counterparty     Notional
Amount
(000s omitted)
    Contract
Annual
Fixed Rate/
Payment
Frequency
    Termination
Date
    Market
Value
    Unamortized
Upfront
Payments
Received
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Markit CDX North America High Yield Index

 

    Intercontinental Exchange     $ 22,433      
5.00%/
Quarterly

 
    12/20/23     $ 455,413     $ 1,233,213     $ (777,800
                   

 

 

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

 

Counterparty   Notional
Amount
(000s
omitted)
  Fund Pays/
Receives
Fixed
Rate/
Payment
Frequency
    Floating Rate     Contract
Annual
Fixed
Rate
    Termination
Date
    Market
Value
    Unamortized
Upfront
Payments
Received
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 

CME Group, Inc.

  $95,585    
Receives/
Quarterly

 
   
3 Month U.S. Dollar
LIBOR
 
 
    3.05%       11/19/21     $ (1,231,470   $     $ (1,231,470

CME Group, Inc.

  95,608    
Receives/
Quarterly

 
   
3 Month U.S. Dollar
LIBOR
 
 
    3.06%       11/19/21       (1,243,690           (1,243,690
               

 

 

 
                $ (2,475,160
               

 

 

 

The Fund had the following long futures contracts open at December 31, 2018:

 

Description    Expiration
date
     Number
of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation
 

Ultra Long-Term U.S. Treasury Bond Futures

     March 2019        487      $ 75,118,911      $ 78,239,594      $ 3,120,683  

2 Yr. U.S. Treasury Notes Futures

     March 2019        1,797        379,042,540        381,525,562        2,483,022  

5 Yr. U.S. Treasury Notes Futures

     March 2019        685        77,510,246        78,560,938        1,050,692  

10 Yr. U.S. Treasury Notes Futures

     March 2019        1,039        124,129,691        126,774,234        2,644,543  
              

 

 

 
               $ 9,298,940  
              

 

 

 

The Fund had the following short futures contracts open at December 31, 2018:

 

Description    Expiration
date
     Number
of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
     Value      Unrealized
Depreciation
 

U.S. Long Bond Futures

     March 2019        147      $ (20,464,827    $ (21,462,000    $ (997,173

10 Yr. U.S. Treasury Ultra Futures

     March 2019        559        (70,658,636      (72,713,672      (2,055,036
              

 

 

 
   $ (3,052,209
              

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments, continued — December 31, 2018

 

During the period ended December 31, 2018, average notional values related to derivative contracts were as follows:

 

    

Purchased

Put

Options

 

Purchased

Call

Options

   

Written

Put

Options

   

Written

Call

Options

   

Long

Futures

Contracts

   

Short

Futures

Contracts

   

Credit

Default

Swap

Contracts

   

Interest

Rate

Swap

Contracts

 

Average Notional Value

  $—   $ 267,383     $     $ 126,055     $ 677,847,743     $ 215,132,620     $ 40,444,417     $ 201,111,666  

The following table presents the Fund’s investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2018:

 

Fund    Investments    Level 1     Level 2     Level 3      Total  
GE RSP Income Fund   

Investments in Securities

         
  

U.S. Treasuries

   $     $ 532,300,563     $      $ 532,300,563  
  

Agency Mortgage Backed

           399,551,725              399,551,725  
  

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

           15,286,958              15,286,958  
  

Asset Backed

           56,293,474              56,293,474  
  

Corporate Notes

           859,937,672              859,937,672  
  

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

           59,152,545              59,152,545  
  

Sovereign Bonds

           15,346,162              15,346,162  
  

Municipal Bonds and Notes

           16,233,806              16,233,806  
  

FNMA (TBA)

                 28,395        28,395  
  

Preferred Stock

     1,352,185                    1,352,185  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 1,352,185     $ 1,954,102,905     $ 28,395      $ 1,955,483,485  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

Other Financial Instruments

         
  

Credit Default Swap Contracts — Unrealized Depreciation

   $     $ (777,800   $      $ (777,800
  

Interest Rate Swap Contracts — Unrealized Depreciation

           (2,475,160            (2,475,160
  

Long Futures Contracts — Unrealized Appreciation

     9,298,940                    9,298,940  
  

Short Futures Contracts — Unrealized Depreciation

     (3,052,209                  (3,052,209
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

Total Other Financial Instruments

   $ 6,246,731     $ (3,252,960   $      $ 2,993,771  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Affiliate Table

     Number
of Shares
Held at
12/31/17
    Value At
12/31/17
    Cost of
Purchases
    Proceeds
from
Shares Sold
    Number
of Shares
Held at
12/31/18
    Value at
12/31/18
    Dividend
Income
 

State Street Corporation (Time Deposit)

    82,636,353     $ 82,636,353     $ 14,541,016,515     $ 14,623,652,868           $         —     $ 155,203  

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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GE RSP Funds

Notes to Schedules of Investments — December 31, 2018

 

The views expressed in this document reflect our judgment as of the publication date and are subject to change at any time without notice. The securities cited may not be representative of the Funds’ future investments and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell a particular security. See the Funds’ Supplemental Information Documents and Consolidated Profile for complete descriptions of investment objectives, policies, risks and permissible investments.

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, these securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2018, these securities amounted to $149,763,485 or 9.02% of the net assets of the GE RSP Income Fund. These securities have been determined to be liquid using procedures established by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

(c)

Settlement is on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis with final maturity to be announced (“TBA”) in the future.

(d)

Coupon amount represents effective yield.

(e)

At December 31, 2018, all or a portion of this security was pledged to cover collateral requirements for current or potential holdings of futures, TBAs and/or swap contracts.

(f)

Principal only security. These securities represent the right to receive the monthly principal payments on an underlying pool of mortgages. No payments of interest on the pool are passed through to the “principal only” holder.

(g)

Interest only security. These securities represent the right to receive the monthly interest payments on an underlying pool of mortgages. Payments of principal on the pool reduce the value of the “interest only” holding.

(h)

Variable Rate Security—Interest rate shown is rate in effect at December 31, 2018. For securities based on a published reference rate and spread, the reference rate and spread are indicated in the description above.

(i)

Step coupon bond.

(j)

Security is in default.

(k)

Security is fair valued by the Oversight Committee, in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Security value is determined based on level 3 inputs.

Percentages are based on net assets as of December 31, 2018.

*

Less than 0.05%

Abbreviations:

CMT - Constant Maturity Treasury

LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

REMIC - Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit

STRIPS - Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Security

TBA - To Be Announced

 

 

 

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GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data based on a share outstanding throughout the fiscal years indicated

 

     12/31/18     12/31/17      12/31/16      12/31/15*     12/31/14*  

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 52.45     $ 49.27      $ 47.59      $ 54.31     $ 54.73  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income/(loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income

    0.77 (a)       0.76 (a)        0.92        0.92       0.93  

Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments

    (2.41     9.35        3.92        (1.94     6.40  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total income/(loss) from investment operations

    (1.64     10.11        4.84        (1.02     7.33  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

    0.81       0.81        0.91        0.92       0.92  

Net realized gains

    3.95       6.12        2.25        4.78       6.83  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    4.76       6.93        3.16        5.70       7.75  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 46.05     $ 52.45      $ 49.27      $ 47.59     $ 54.31  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

    (3.05 )%      20.50      10.13      (2.05 )%      13.27

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

  $ 4,700,274     $ 5,435,513      $ 4,914,567      $ 4,941,537     $ 5,445,144  

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Gross expenses

    0.14     0.14      0.16      0.16     0.14

Net investment income

    1.41     1.39      1.79      1.62     1.58

Portfolio turnover rate

    40     77      38      37     41

 

(a)   Per share values have been calculated using the average share method.
(b)   Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price, reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
*   Beginning with year ended December 31, 2016, the Funds were audited by BBD, LLP. The previous years were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm.

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

Selected data based on a share outstanding throughout the fiscal years indicated

 

     12/31/18     12/31/17      12/31/16      12/31/15*      12/31/14*  

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 11.55     $ 11.38      $ 11.36      $ 11.67      $ 11.33  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income/(loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income

    0.32 (a)       0.29 (a)        0.31        0.33        0.30  

Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments

    (0.40     0.16        0.09        (0.29      0.35  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total income/(loss) from investment operations

    (0.08     0.45        0.40        0.04        0.65  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

    0.33       0.28        0.29        0.33        0.31  

Net realized gains

                 0.09        0.02        0.00 (b)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

    0.33       0.28        0.38        0.35        0.31  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 11.14     $ 11.55      $ 11.38      $ 11.36      $ 11.67  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

    (0.75 )%      3.99      3.50      0.34      5.83

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

  $ 1,992,169     $ 2,329,674      $ 2,427,975      $ 2,471,886      $ 2,613,303  

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Gross expenses

    0.17     0.16      0.21      0.18      0.11

Net investment income

    2.86     2.55      2.66      2.79      2.68

Portfolio turnover rate

    223     297      242      271      319

 

(a)   Per share values have been calculated using the average share method.
(b)   Rounds to less than $0.005.
(c)   Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price, reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
*   Beginning with year ended December 31, 2016, the Funds were audited by BBD, LLP. The previous years were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm.

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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GE RSP Funds

Statements of Assets and Liabilities — December 31, 2018

 

      GE RSP
U.S. Equity Fund
     GE RSP
Income Fund
 

Assets

     

Investments in securities, at fair value (cost $3,945,237,346 and $1,970,904,140, respectively)

   $ 4,514,610,745      $ 1,955,483,485  

Cash, interest-bearing

     182,579,577        344,018,423  

Cash collateral on deposit with broker for swap contracts

            1,883,195  

Receivable for investments sold

            156,992,345  

Income receivables

     5,836,198        12,919,400  

Receivable for accumulated variation margin on futures contracts

            6,254,991  

Receivable for accumulated variation margin on swap contracts

            492,801  

Other Receivable

            274,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     4,703,026,520        2,478,318,640  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

     

Distribution payable to shareholders

            183,866  

Net collateral amount owed to broker for futures contracts outstanding

            5,474,958  

Net collateral amount owed to brokers for pending investment trades

            2,848,000  

Payable for investments purchased

            473,698,087  

Payable for fund shares redeemed

     2,014,202        961,746  

Payable for accumulated variation margin on swap contracts

            2,552,179  

Payable to the Adviser

     496,106        219,351  

Payable for custody, fund accounting and sub-administration fees

     26,487        14,839  

Accrued other expenses

     215,740        196,161  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     2,752,535        486,149,187  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     

Net Assets

   $ 4,700,273,985      $ 1,992,169,453  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of:

     

Capital paid in

   $ 4,150,621,082      $ 2,066,620,521  

Total accumulated earnings (loss)

   $ 549,652,903      $ (74,451,068
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 4,700,273,985      $ 1,992,169,453  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     

Shares outstanding ($25.00 and $10.00 par value, respectively; unlimited shares authorized)

     102,065,970        178,902,451  

Net asset value per share

   $ 46.05      $ 11.14  

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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GE RSP Funds

Statements of Operations — For the year ended December 31, 2018

 

     

GE RSP

U.S. Equity Fund

    

GE RSP

Income Fund

 

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Dividend

   $ 83,030,397      $ 83,460  

Interest

     216,945        64,475,727  

Income from affiliated investments

     192,259        155,203  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total income

     83,439,601        64,714,390  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Advisory and administration fees

     6,446,638        2,768,812  

Transfer agent fees

     411,062        391,488  

Custody, fund accounting and sub-administration fees

     328,803        283,046  

Professional fees

     45,774        55,023  

Other expenses

     332,899        200,921  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Expenses

     7,565,176        3,699,290  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

   $ 75,874,425      $ 61,015,100  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments

 

Realized gain (loss) on:

 

Unaffiliated investments

   $ 363,000,975      $ (44,328,533

Futures

            (7,919,335

Written options

            1,256,781  

Swap contracts

            2,993,730  

Foreign currency transactions

     (7,631       

Increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

 

Unaffiliated investments

     (564,798,619      (35,844,978

Futures

            5,892,435  

Swap contracts

            (2,579,777
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     (201,805,275      (80,529,677
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

   $ (125,930,850    $ (19,514,577
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund      GE RSP Income Fund  
     

Year Ended

December 31,
2018

    

Year Ended

December 31,
2017

    

Year Ended

December 31,
2018

    

Year Ended

December 31,
2017

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income

   $ 75,874,425      $ 73,331,708      $ 61,015,100      $ 61,250,219  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures, swap contracts, options contracts, and foreign currency related transactions

     362,993,344        589,564,812        (47,997,357      3,404,533  

Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments, futures and swap contracts

     (564,798,619      312,351,199        (32,532,320      28,374,489  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from operations

     (125,930,850      975,247,719        (19,514,577      93,029,241  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders:

 

Distributions to shareholders

     (443,121,714      (639,820,599      (62,721,395      (58,342,653
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations and distributions

     (569,052,564      335,427,120        (82,235,972      34,686,588  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Share transactions:

 

Proceeds from sale of shares

     34,257,404        63,469,221        26,902,668        49,857,089  

Value of distributions reinvested

     419,958,737        606,140,697        60,440,705        56,333,920  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (620,402,579      (484,090,590      (342,612,172      (239,178,639
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from share transactions

     (166,186,438      185,519,328        (255,268,799      (132,987,630
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (735,239,002      520,946,448        (337,504,771      (98,301,042

Net Assets

 

Beginning of year

     5,435,512,987        4,914,566,539        2,329,674,224        2,427,975,266  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 4,700,273,985      $ 5,435,512,987      $ 1,992,169,453      $ 2,329,674,224  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Changes in Fund Shares

 

Shares sold

     629,193        1,164,531        2,387,909        4,329,637  

Issued for distributions reinvested

     9,185,449        11,534,548        5,407,714        4,887,562  

Shares redeemed

     (11,381,645      (8,812,363      (30,637,415      (20,768,695
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in fund shares

     (1,567,003      3,886,716        (22,841,792      (11,551,496
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31, 2017, the source of distributions paid to shareholders was (See Note 10 in the Notes to Financial Statements):

 

Net investment income

   $ (74,706,277       $ (58,342,653

Net realized gains

     (565,114,322          
  

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (639,820,599         (58,342,653
  

 

 

       

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income as of December 31, 2017:

   $         $ 1,465,427  

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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1.   Organization of the Funds

The GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund and GE RSP Income Fund (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as open-end management investment companies. The Funds are two of the investment options offered under the GE Retirement Savings Plan (the “RSP” or the “Plan”). The Plan, through a trust, owns 70% of the GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund and 75% of the GE RSP Income Fund. The Funds operate as Employees’ Securities Companies (as defined in the 1940 Act) and as such are exempt from certain provisions of the 1940 Act.

 

2.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements:

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.

Security Valuation  Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value each day that the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date should the reporting period end on a day that the NYSE is not open. Fair value is generally defined as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. By its nature, a fair value price is a good faith estimate of the valuation in a current sale and may not reflect an actual market price. The investments of each Fund are valued pursuant to the policy and procedures developed by the Oversight Committee (the “Committee”) and approved by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”). The Committee provides oversight of the valuation of investments for the Funds. The Board has responsibility for overseeing the determination of the fair value of investments.

Valuation techniques used to value each Fund’s investments by major category are as follows:

 

   

Equity investments (including preferred stocks) traded on a recognized securities exchange for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last sale price or official closing price, as applicable, on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last published sale price or at fair value.

 

   

Government and municipal fixed income securities are generally valued using quotations from independent pricing services or brokers. Certain government inflation-indexed securities may require a calculated fair valuation as the cumulative inflation is contained within the price provided by the pricing service or broker. For these securities, the inflation component of the price is “cleaned” from the pricing service or broker price utilizing the published inflation factors in order to ensure proper accrual of income.

 

   

Debt obligations (including short term investments and convertible debt securities) are valued using quotations from independent pricing services or brokers or are generally valued at the last reported evaluated prices.

 

   

Exchange-traded futures contracts are valued at the closing settlement price on the primary market on which they are traded most extensively. Exchange-traded futures contracts traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last reported sale price obtained from independent pricing services or brokers or at fair value.

 

   

Swap agreements are valued daily based upon prices supplied by Board approved pricing vendors or through brokers. Depending on the product and terms of the transaction, the value of agreements is determined using a series of techniques including valuation models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, yields, curves, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments. In the event SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “SSGA FM”) is unable to obtain an independent, third–party valuation the agreements will be fair valued.

 

   

Options on futures are priced at their last sale price on the principal market on which they are traded on the valuation date. If there were no sales on that day, options on futures are valued at either the last reported sale or official closing price on their primary exchange determined in accordance with the valuation policy and procedures approved by the Board.

 

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In the event prices or quotations are not readily available or that the application of these valuation methods results in a price for an investment that is deemed to be not representative of the fair value of such investment, fair value will be determined in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with the valuation policy and procedures approved by the Board.

The Funds value their assets and liabilities at fair value using a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels that prioritize the inputs to valuation techniques giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable. The categorization of a value determined for an investment within the hierarchy is based upon the pricing transparency of the investment and is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in it.

The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

 

   

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for an identical asset or liability;

 

   

Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not considered to be active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as exchange rates, financing terms, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs; and

 

   

Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, including the Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments.

The value of each Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of December 31, 2018 is disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition  Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date for financial reporting purposes. Realized gains and losses from the sale or disposition of investments and foreign exchange transactions, if any, are determined using the identified cost method.

Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recognized on the ex-dividend date, net of any foreign taxes withheld at source, if any.

Interest income is recorded daily on an accrual basis. All premiums and discounts are amortized/accreted for financial reporting purposes.

Non-cash dividends received in the form of stock are recorded as dividend income at fair value.

Expenses  Certain expenses, which are directly identifiable to a specific Fund, are applied to the Fund that incurs such expenses. Other expenses which cannot be attributed to a specific Fund are allocated in such a manner as deemed equitable, taking into consideration the nature and type of expense and the relative net assets of the Fund.

Distributions  The GE RSP Income Fund declares investment income dividends daily and pays them monthly. The GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund declares and pays dividends from investment income annually.

Net realized capital gains, if any, are distributed annually, unless additional distributions are required for compliance with applicable tax regulations. The amount and character of income and capital gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with applicable tax regulations which may differ from net investment income and realized gains recognized for U.S. GAAP purposes.

 

3.   Securities and Other Investments

Delayed Delivery Transactions and When-Issued Securities  During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, the GE RSP Income Fund transacted in securities on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis. Payment and delivery may take place after the customary settlement period for that security. The price of the underlying securities and the date when the securities will be delivered and paid for are fixed at the time the transaction is negotiated. The securities purchased on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis are identified as such in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments. The Fund may receive

 

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compensation for interest forgone in the purchase of a delayed delivery or when-issued security. With respect to such purchase commitments, the Fund identifies securities as segregated in its records with a value at least equal to the amount of the commitment. Losses may arise due to changes in the value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract’s terms, or if the issuer does not issue the securities due to political, economic or other factors.

To-Be-Announced Transactions  The GE RSP Income Fund may seek to obtain exposure to U.S. agency mortgage pass-through securities through the use of “to-be-announced” or “TBA transactions.” “TBA” refers to a commonly used mechanism for the forward settlement of U.S. agency mortgage pass-through securities. In a TBA transaction, the buyer and seller decide on general trade parameters, such as agency, settlement date, coupon, and price.

The GE RSP Income Fund may use TBA transactions to “roll over” such agreements prior to the settlement date. This type of TBA transaction is sometimes known as a “TBA roll.” In a TBA roll, the Fund generally will sell the obligation to purchase the pools stipulated in the TBA agreement prior to the settlement date and will enter into a new TBA agreement for future delivery of pools of mortgage pass-through securities. The Fund may also enter into TBA agreements and settle such transactions on the stipulated settlement date by accepting actual receipt or delivery of the pools of mortgage pass-through securities.

Default by or bankruptcy of a counterparty to a TBA transaction would expose the Fund to possible loss because of adverse market action, expenses or delays in connection with the purchase or sale of the pools of mortgage pass-through securities specified in the TBA transaction. To minimize this risk, the Fund will enter into TBA transactions only with established counterparties. The Fund’s use of “TBA rolls” may impact portfolio turnover, transaction costs and capital gain distributions to shareholders.

 

4.   Derivative Financial Instruments

Futures Contracts  The GE RSP Income Fund may enter into futures contracts to meet the Fund’s objectives. A futures contract is a standardized, exchange-traded agreement to buy or sell a financial instrument at a set price on a future date. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit with the broker, cash or securities in an amount equal to the minimum initial margin requirements of the clearing house. Subsequent payments are made or received by the Fund equal to the daily change in the contract value and are recorded as variation margin receivable or payable with a corresponding offset to unrealized gains or losses. The Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed.

Losses may arise if the value of a futures contract decreases due to unfavorable changes in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument during the term of the contract or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract. The use of futures contracts also involves the risk that the movements in the price of the futures contracts do not correlate the movement of the assets underlying such contracts.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 the GE RSP Income Fund entered into futures contracts in order to manage exposure to interest rates.

Options on Futures Contracts  The GE RSP Income Fund may purchase and write options, including options on futures contracts, subject to certain limitations. Writing puts and buying calls tend to increase a Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument while buying puts and writing calls tend to decrease a Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument. A Fund will not enter into a transaction involving options for speculative purposes. The Fund’s risks in using these contracts include changes in the value of the underlying instruments, non-performance of the counterparties under the contracts’ terms and changes in the liquidity of the secondary market for the contracts.

When the Fund writes an option, the amount of the premium received is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current fair value of the option written. Premiums received from writing options that expire unexercised are treated by the Fund on the expiration date as realized gain from investments. 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, or if the premium is less than the amount paid for the closing purchase, as a realized loss. When an option is exercised, the proceeds from the sale of the underlying instrument or the cost basis of the securities purchased is adjusted by the original premium received or paid. In return for a premium paid, call and put options on futures contracts give the holder the right, but not the obligation, to purchase or sell, respectively, a position in a particular futures contract at a specified exercise price.

 

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For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, the GE RSP Income Fund purchased and wrote options in order to manage exposure to interest rates.

Credit Default Swaps  During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, the GE RSP Income Fund engaged in credit default swaps to manage credit risk. When a Fund is the buyer in a credit default swap contract, a Fund is entitled to receive the par (or other agreed upon) value (full notional value) of a referenced debt obligation (or basket of debt obligations) from the counterparty (or central clearing party (“CCP”) in the case of a centrally cleared swap) to the contract if a credit event by a third party, such as a U.S. or foreign corporate issuer or sovereign issuer, on the debt obligation occurs. In return, a Fund pays the counterparty a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract provided that no credit event has occurred. If no credit event occurs, a Fund loses its investment and recovers nothing. However, if a credit event occurs, a Fund receives full notional value for a referenced debt obligation that may have little or no value. When a Fund is the seller of a credit default swap, it receives a fixed rate of income throughout the term of the contract, provided there is no credit event. If a credit event occurs, a Fund is obligated to pay the notional amount of the swap and in certain instances take delivery of securities of the reference entity upon the occurrence of a credit event, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement. Credit events are contract specific but may include bankruptcy, failure to pay, restructuring, obligation acceleration and repudiation/moratorium. If a Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, the maximum potential amount of future payments that a Fund could be required to make would be an amount equal to the notional amount of the agreement. This potential amount would be partially offset by any recovery value of the respective referenced obligation, or net amount received from the settlement of a buy protection credit default swap agreement entered into by a Fund for the same referenced obligation.

As the seller, a Fund may create economic leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, a Fund is subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap. The interest fee paid or received on the swap, which is based on a specified interest rate on a fixed notional amount, is accrued daily as a component of unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and is recorded as realized gain upon receipt or realized loss upon payment. A Fund also records an increase or decrease to unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in an amount equal to the daily valuation. For centrally cleared swaps, the daily change in valuation is recorded as a receivable or payable for variation margin and settled in cash with the CCP daily. All upfront payments, if any, are amortized over the life of the swap as realized gains or losses. Those upfront payments that are paid or received, typically for non-centrally cleared swaps, are recorded as other assets or other liabilities, respectively, net of amortization. For financial reporting purposes, unamortized upfront payments, if any, are netted with unrealized appreciation or depreciation on swaps to determine the market value of swaps. A Fund segregates assets in the form of cash or liquid securities in an amount equal to the notional amount of the credit default swaps of which it is the seller. A Fund segregates assets in the form of cash or liquid securities in an amount equal to any unrealized depreciation of the credit default swaps of which it is the buyer, marked to market on a daily basis. Credit default swaps involve greater risks than if a Fund had invested in the referenced debt obligation directly. If a Fund is a buyer of a credit default swap and no credit event occurs, a Fund will not earn any return on its investment. If a Fund is a seller of a credit default swap, a Fund’s risk of loss may be the entire notional amount of the swap. Swaps may also subject a Fund to the risk that the counterparty to the transaction may not fulfill its obligation. In the case of centrally cleared swaps, counterparty risk is minimal due to protections provided by the CCP.

Interest Rate Swaps  Interest rate swaps involve the exchange by a Fund with another party of their respective commitments to pay or receive interest, such as an exchange of fixed rate payments for floating rate payments.

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, the GE RSP Income Fund entered into interest rate swaps in order to manage exposure to interest rates.

 

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The following tables summarize the value of the Fund’s derivative instruments as of December 31, 2018 and the related location in the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities and Statements of Operations, presented by primary underlying risk exposure:

Asset Derivatives

 

     

Interest

Rate

Contracts

Risk

    

Foreign

Exchange

Contracts

Risk

    

Credit

Contracts

Risk

    

Equity

Contracts

Risk

    

Commodity

Contracts

Risk

     Total  

GE RSP Income Fund

                 

Futures Contracts

   $ 6,254,991      $      $      $      $      $ 6,254,991  

Swap Contracts

                   492,801                      492,801  

Liability Derivatives

 

     

Interest

Rate

Contracts

Risk

   

Foreign

Exchange

Contracts

Risk

    

Credit

Contracts

Risk

    

Equity

Contracts

Risk

    

Commodity

Contracts

Risk

     Total  

GE RSP Income Fund

                

Swap Contracts

   $ (2,552,179   $      $      $      $      $ (2,552,179

Realized Gain (Loss)

 

     

Interest

Rate

Contracts

Risk

   

Foreign

Exchange

Contracts

Risk

    

Credit

Contracts

Risk

   

Equity

Contracts

Risk

    

Commodity

Contracts

Risk

     Total  

GE RSP Income Fund

               

Futures Contracts

   $ (7,919,335   $      $     $      $      $ (7,919,335

Swap Contracts

     3,140,820              (147,090                   2,993,730  

Purchased Option Contracts(a)

     (2,786,963                                (2,786,963

Written Option Contracts

     1,256,781                                  1,256,781  

 

  (a)

Purchased options are included in net realized gain (loss) from investments.

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

     

Interest

Rate

Contracts

Risk

   

Foreign

Exchange

Contracts

Risk

    

Credit

Contracts

Risk

   

Equity

Contracts

Risk

    

Commodity

Contracts

Risk

     Total  

GE RSP Income Fund

               

Futures Contracts

   $ 5,892,435     $      $     $      $      $ 5,892,435  

Swap Contracts

     (1,951,910            (627,867                   (2,579,777

 

5.   Fees and Transactions with Affiliates

Advisory Fee  SSGA FM, a registered investment adviser, was retained by the Board to act as investment adviser and administrator of each Fund. SSGA FM’s compensation for investment advisory and administrative services (“Management Fee”) is paid monthly based on the average daily net assets of each Fund. The Management Fee is stated in the following schedule:

 

Fund   

Average Daily

Net Assets of Fund

   Management Fee  

GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund

   All Assets      0.12

GE RSP Income Fund

   All Assets      0.13

 

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Custody, Fund Accounting and Sub-Administration Fees  State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”) serves as the custodian, fund accountant and sub-administrator to the Funds. Amounts paid by the Funds to State Street for performing such services are included custody, fund accounting and sub-administration fees on the Statements of Operations.

 

6.   Investment Transactions

Purchases and sales of investments (excluding in-kind transactions, short term investments and derivative contracts) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 were as follows:

 

     U.S. Government
Securities
     Non-U.S. Government
Securities
 
Fund    Purchases      Sales      Purchases      Sales  

GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund

   $      $      $ 2,089,394,963      $ 2,616,854,962  

GE RSP Income Fund

     3,616,046,415        3,872,752,122        723,748,146        707,531,327  

 

7.   Income Taxes

The Funds have qualified and intend to continue to qualify as regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes to the extent it distributes its taxable income, including any net realized capital gains, for each fiscal year. Therefore, no provision for federal income tax is required.

The Funds file federal and various state and local tax returns as required. No income tax returns are currently under examination. Generally, the federal returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years from date of filing, while the state returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon jurisdiction. SSGA FM has analyzed each Fund’s tax positions taken on tax returns for all open years and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that would require recognition of a tax liability.

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on ex-dividend date. Income dividends and gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax rules and regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. Certain capital accounts in the financial statements have been adjusted for permanent book- tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net asset values or results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in the future. These book-tax differences are primarily due to differing treatments for bond basis adjustments, swap contracts, futures contracts, foreign currency gains and losses, distribution re-designations, return of capital adjustments, and wash sale loss deferrals.

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 was as follows:

 

Fund    Exempt
Income
     Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Return of
Capital
     Total  

GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund

   $      $ 76,725,374      $ 366,396,340      $      $ 443,121,714  

GE RSP Income Fund

            62,721,395                      62,721,395  

The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended December 31, 2017 was as follows:

 

Fund    Exempt
Income
     Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Return of
Capital
     Total  

GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund

   $      $ 189,794,874      $ 450,025,725      $      $ 639,820,599  

GE RSP Income Fund

            58,342,653                      58,342,653  

At December 31, 2018, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

     Undistributed
Ordinary Income
    Capital Loss
Carryforwards
    Undistributed
Long Term Gain
    Net Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
    Total  

GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund

  $ 530,630     $     $     $ 549,122,273     $ 549,652,903  

GE RSP Income Fund

          (50,687,800           (23,763,268     (74,451,068

 

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As of December 31, 2018, the Funds had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains through the indicated expiration dates as follows:

 

Fund   

Non-Expiring

Short Term

    

Non-Expiring

Long Term

 

GE RSP Income Fund

   $ 14,869,646      $ 35,818,154  

As of December 31, 2018, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation of investments and other financial instruments based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

      Tax
Cost
     Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund

   $ 3,965,488,472      $ 823,133,360      $ 274,011,087      $ 549,122,273  

GE RSP Income Fund

     1,978,081,681        17,829,591        37,434,016        (19,604,425

 

8.   Risks

Concentration Risk  As a result of the Funds’ ability to invest a large percentage of their assets in obligations of issuers within the same country, state, region, currency or economic sector, an adverse economic, business or political development may affect the value of the Funds’ investments more than if the Funds were more broadly diversified.

Interest Rate Risk  Is the risk that fixed income securities will decline in value because of changes in interest rates. Bond prices generally rise when interest rates decline and generally decline when interest rates rise. Although governmental financial regulators, including the U.S. Federal Reserve, have taken steps to maintain historically low interest rates, the U.S. Federal Reserve has recently begun to raise interest rates and may continue to do so. Thus, the Funds currently faces a heightened level of interest rate risk.

Market and Credit Risk  In the normal course of business, the Funds trade financial instruments and enter into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the general economic conditions and fluctuations of the market (market risk). Additionally, the Funds may also be exposed to credit risk in the event that an issuer or guarantor fails to perform or that an institution or entity with which the Funds have unsettled or open transactions defaults.

 

9.   Line of Credit

The Funds and other affiliated funds (each, a “Participant” and collectively, the “Participants”) participate in a $500 million revolving credit facility provided by a syndication of banks under which the Participants may borrow to fund shareholder redemptions. This agreement expires October 10, 2019 unless extended or renewed.

The Participants are charged an annual commitment fee which is calculated based on the unused portion of the shared credit line. Commitment fees are allocated among each of the Participants based on relative net assets. Commitment fees are ordinary fund operation expenses. A Participant incurs and pays the interest expense related to its borrowing. Interest is calculated at a rate per annum equal to the sum of 1% plus the greater of the New York Fed Bank Rate and 1-month LIBOR rate.

The Funds had no outstanding loans as of December 31, 2018.

 

10.   New and Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its Final Rule on Disclosure Update and Simplification (the “Final Rule”) which is intended to simplify an issuer’s disclosure compliance efforts by removing redundant or outdated disclosure requirements without significantly altering the mix of information provided to investors. The Funds have adopted the Final Rule for the current period with the most notable impacts being that the Funds are no longer required to present components of distributable earnings on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities or the sources of distributions to shareholders and the amount of undistributed net investment income on the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

In March 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2017-08, Receivables — Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20): Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt

 

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Securities. The amendments in the ASU shorten the amortization period for certain callable debt securities, held at a premium, to be amortized to the earliest call date. The ASU does not require an accounting change for securities held at a discount; which continues to be amortized to maturity. The ASU is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, of applying this provision.

 

11.   Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date on which the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

LOGO

To the Board of Trustees and the Shareholders of

GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund and GE RSP Income Fund

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund and GE RSP Income Fund (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”), including the schedules of investments, as of December 31, 2018, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the years in the three-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Funds as of December 31, 2018, and the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended and their financial highlights for each of the years in the three-year period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The financial highlights for each of the years presented through December 31, 2015 were audited by other auditors, whose report dated February 22, 2016 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial highlights.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ 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 Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities law 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 audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of their internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risk 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 December 31, 2018 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.

 

LOGO

BBD, LLP

We have served as the auditor of one or more of the Funds in General Electric RSP Funds since 2016.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

February 25, 2019

 

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Tax Information — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

For federal income tax purposes, the following information is furnished with respect to the distributions paid from the Funds during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.

Dividends Received Deduction

The GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund reports the maximum amount allowable of its net taxable income as eligible for the corporate dividends received deduction.

Qualified Dividend Income

A portion of dividends distributed by the GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 is considered qualified dividend income and are eligible for reduced tax rates. These lower rates range from 5% to 20% depending on the individual’s tax bracket. The GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund reports the maximum amount allowable of its net taxable income as qualified dividend income as provided in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.

Long Term Capital Gain Distributions

Long term capital gains dividends were paid from the GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund during the year ended December 31, 2018 in the amount of $366,396,340.

 

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Advisory Agreement Renewal (Unaudited)

 

 

Disclosure for the Boards of Trustees’ Consideration of the Renewal of the Investment Advisory and Administration Agreement with SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

At meetings of the Board of Trustees (each, a “Board” and together, the “Boards”) held on May 15, 2018 and June 7, 2018 (the “Board Meetings”), the members of the Board of each Fund considered and unanimously approved the continuance for an additional year of the investment advisory and administration agreement (the “Investment Advisory and Administration Agreement”) with SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSGA FM” or the “Adviser”) on behalf of each Fund.

In considering whether to approve the continuance for an additional year of the Investment Advisory and Administration Agreement, the Board members considered and discussed a substantial amount of information and analysis provided by the Adviser. The Board members also considered detailed information regarding performance and expenses of other investment companies, including those with similar investment strategies and sizes, which was prepared by an independent third party provider, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”). The Board members reviewed the fees charged by the Adviser for other mutual funds and investment products other than mutual funds that employ similar investment strategies as the Funds. The Board members had the opportunity to ask questions and request additional information in connection with its considerations.

Before approving the continuance of the Investment Advisory and Administration Agreement, the Board members reviewed the information provided with management of the Adviser. The Board members also reviewed a memorandum prepared by legal counsel discussing the legal standards for the consideration of the proposed continuance. The Board members discussed the proposed continuance of the Investment Advisory and Administration Agreement in detail during private sessions in advance of, and at, the Board Meetings at which no representatives of the Adviser were present. The Board members requested, and received and considered, additional information from the Adviser following the May 15, 2018 Board Meeting and prior to the June 7, 2018 Board Meeting.

In advance of the Board Meetings, and in response to their detailed requests, the Board members received from the Adviser written responses to their inquiries, which included substantial exhibits and other materials related to the Adviser’s business and the services it provides to each Fund. The Board members took into account their experience as Board members.

During the Board Meetings, the Board members had an opportunity to discuss this information with SSGA FM representatives, including senior executives, representatives from the legal, compliance and finance departments, and investment personnel. The Board members posed questions to these representatives and engaged in significant discussions.

In reaching their determinations relating to the continuance of the Investment Advisory and Administration Agreement, the Boards considered those factors they deemed relevant, including the factors discussed below. In their deliberations, the Boards did not identify any single factor that was dispositive and each Board member may have attributed different weights to the various factors. The Board members evaluated the information provided to them, as well as the presentations and discussions that occurred at the Board Meetings, for each Fund on a Fund-by-Fund basis, and their determinations were made separately in respect of each Fund.

The material factors and conclusions that formed the basis for each Board’s determinations to approve the continuance of the Investment Advisory and Administration Agreement on behalf of each Fund are as discussed below.

The Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided.

The Board members reviewed the services provided by the Adviser. In connection with their consideration of the Adviser’s services, the Board members considered the Adviser’s management capabilities and investment process with respect to the types of investments held by each Fund, including the education, experience and number of investment professionals and other personnel who provide portfolio management, investment research, and similar services to each Fund. The Board members evaluated, where relevant, the abilities and experience of such investment personnel in analyzing particular markets, industries and specific issuers of securities in these markets and industries, as well as sector, credit quality and interest rate exposure (all as applicable). The Board members also considered the substantial expertise of the Adviser in developing and applying proprietary quantitative models for managing the Funds and the extensive experience and resources committed by the Adviser to the evaluation of the Funds’ portfolios. The Board members considered the extensive experience and resources committed by the Adviser to risk management, including with respect to investment risk, liquidity risk, operational risk, counterparty risk and model risk. The Board members also considered the significant risks assumed by the Adviser in connection with the services provided to the Funds, including operational, enterprise, regulatory, litigation and compliance risks. The Board members also took into account the compensation paid to recruit and retain investment personnel, and the time and attention devoted to the Funds by senior management.

 

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The Board members had previously reviewed the compliance programs of SSGA FM and various affiliated service providers (“Affiliated Service Providers”). Among other things, the Board members considered compliance and reporting matters relating to personal trading by investment personnel, selective disclosure of portfolio holdings, late trading, frequent trading, portfolio valuation, business continuity, the allocation of investment opportunities and the voting of proxies.

In light of the foregoing and other relevant information, the Board members concluded that the services provided by the Adviser continue to be satisfactory.

Investment Performance.

The Board members considered the investment performance of each of the Funds for various periods. The Board members reviewed detailed comparisons of the performance of the Funds with the relevant securities indices and peer and category groupings of mutual funds prepared by Broadridge with respect to various periods. The Board members also engaged in detailed discussions with SSGA FM management about its investment processes and performance results. These discussions focused on each Fund’s investment objective, the number and experience of portfolio management and supporting research personnel, each Fund’s investment style and approach employed, the likely market cycles for each Fund’s investment style and, in some instances, relative underperformance of the GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund in certain periods and plans to seek to improve relative performance and the competitive performance of the GE RSP Income Fund for the 3 year and 5 year periods. The Board members discussed SSGA FM’s investment approach with respect to each of the Funds and the reasons for the GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund’s relative underperformance in certain periods.

Taking these factors into consideration, the Board members concluded that each Fund’s performance, or the Adviser’s explanation for relative underperformance and plans for improvement, as applicable, was acceptable overall.

Cost of the Services Provided And Profits Realized From The Relationships with the Funds.

The Board members considered the management fees paid to the Adviser by the Funds. The Board members reviewed the level of profits realized by the Adviser and the Affiliated Service Providers in providing investment advisory and other services to the Funds. Information also was presented regarding the financial condition of the Adviser for various past periods. The Board members also considered the Adviser’s statements concerning its significant investment in supporting registered investment companies. The Board members also considered the various risks borne by SSGA FM and the Affiliated Service Providers in connection with their various roles in servicing the Funds, including enterprise, litigation, business, operational and entrepreneurial risk.

The Board members concluded that the profitability of the Adviser and the profitability range of each of the Affiliated Service Providers with respect to its services to each of the Funds, were reasonable in relation to the services provided.

The Extent to Which Economies of Scale Would Be Realized as the Funds Grow and Whether Fee Levels Would Reflect Such Economies of Scale.

The Boards considered the extent to which the Adviser and the Affiliated Service Providers, on the one hand, and the Funds, on the other hand, can expect to realize benefits from economies of scale as the assets of the Funds increase. The Boards acknowledged the difficulty in accurately measuring the benefits resulting from the economies of scale with respect to the management of the Funds. The Boards concluded that, in light of, among other considerations, the current size of each of the Funds, the level of profitability of the Adviser and the Affiliated Service Providers with respect to the Funds, and/or the comparative management fees and expense ratios of the Funds, it does not appear that the Adviser or the Affiliated Service Providers has realized benefits from economies of scale in managing the assets of the Funds to such an extent that previously agreed management fees should be reduced or that breakpoints in such fees should be implemented for the Funds at this time.

Comparison of Services to be Rendered and Fees to be Paid.

The Boards discussed the services provided to the Funds by the Adviser and the fees charged to the Funds for those services. As part of its review, each Board considered each Fund’s management fee and total expense ratio, including the portion attributable to administrative services provided by SSGA FM, as compared to the expense ratios of a group of comparable mutual funds selected by Broadridge, and the related Broadridge analysis for the Funds. The Boards also considered the comparability of the fees charged and the services provided to the Funds by the Adviser to the fees charged and services provided to other clients of the Adviser.

 

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Among other information, the Board members considered that each Fund’s expense ratios and advisory fee were the lowest or among the lowest in the applicable Broadridge peer group ranges. The Boards also considered the Funds’ comparatively lower historical fee structure overall relative to advisers of other comparable industry peer group funds and noted that the Funds have generally benefitted from not having a high management fee rate since their inception.

In light of the foregoing, the Boards determined that the management fees, considered in relation to the services provided to the Funds, supported the Boards’ approval of the continuance of the Investment Advisory and Administration Agreement.

Fall-Out Benefits.

The Boards considered actual and potential financial benefits that the Adviser may derive from its relationships with the Funds, including the custody, fund accounting and sub-administration services being provided to the Funds by an affiliate of the Adviser and, to the extent applicable, soft dollar commission benefits generated through Fund portfolio transactions. The Boards noted, however, that each Fund benefits from the vast array of resources available through SSGA FM, and that each Fund represents only a small portion of the assets managed by SSGA FM.

Conclusion.

No single factor was determinative to the Boards’ decision. Based on their discussion and such other matters as were deemed relevant, the Board members approved the continuance of the Investment Advisory and Administration Agreement for the Funds.

 

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Additional Information — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

           
Name,
Address
and Age
  Position(s) Held
with Fund
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 years
  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by Trustee
    Other Directorships
Held by Trustee/Officer

INTERESTED TRUSTEES

Matthew Zakrzewski

c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

1600 Summer St.

Stamford, CT 06905

 

YOB: 1960

  Chairman of the Board of Trustees  

Term: Indefinite

Served: Since
2013

  Managing Director, Benefit Plans since July 2016; Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GEAM from August 2013 to June 2016; formerly, Chief Financial Officer for GE Ventures from 2012 to 2013 and Chief Financial Officer for GE Risk, Insurance and Corporate Financing from 2006 to 2012.     2     GE Asset Management Limited; GE Investment Distributors, Inc. (“GEID”); GE Pension Trust Limited; Common Investment Fund.
 

Scott Silberstein

c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

1600 Summer St.

Stamford, CT 06905

 

YOB: 1964

  Trustee  

Term: Indefinite

Served: Since July 2016

  Executive Counsel, GE since 2016; Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel of GEAM from 1995 – 2016.     2     GEAM; GE Asset Management Limited; GE International Management Incorporated; GE International Management II Incorporated; GEID.
 

Gregory Bouleris

c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

1600 Summer St.

Stamford, CT 06905

 

YOB: 1966

  Trustee  

Term: Indefinite

Served: Since July 2016

  Investment Oversight Leader, GE since 2016; Multi-Manager Programs Leader from 2015 – 2016; Senior Vice-President Product Management 2008 – 2015.     2     GEID.
 

Vaidheesh Krishnamurti

c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

1600 Summer St.

Stamford, CT 06905

 

YOB: 1966

  Trustee  

Term: Indefinite

Served: Since July 2016

  Chief Financial Officer of Benefit Plans since May 2016; Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis at GEAM from December 2014 to May 2016; Manager, Investment Performance at GEAM from May 2012 to December 2014; Operational Controller/Senior Analyst at GEAM from June 2008 to May 2012.     2      
 

Pamela Westmoreland

c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

1600 Summer St.

Stamford, CT 06905

 

YOB: 1958

  Trustee  

Term: Indefinite

Served: Since July 2016

  Senior Vice President and Risk and Asset Allocation Leader at GEAM from 2016 to present; Head of Fixed Income Credit Research at GEAM from 2013 to 2016; Fixed Income Strategist from 2012 to 2013; Team Leader, Fixed Income Research from 2007 to 2012.     2      

 

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Name,
Address
and Age
  Position(s) Held
with Fund
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 years
  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by Officer
    Other Directorships
Held by Officer

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Ellen M. Needham

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1967

  President   Term: Indefinite Served: Since September 2018   President and Director, SSGA FM (2001 – present)*; Senior Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors (1992 – present)*; Director, State Street Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC (May 2017 – present).*     N/A     N/A
 

Arthur A. Jensen

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

1600 Summer Street

Stamford, CT 06905

 

YOB: 1966

  Treasurer   Term: Indefinite Served: Since June 2011   Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (July 2016 – present); Deputy Treasurer of Elfun Funds (July 2016 – present); Treasurer of State Street Institutional Funds, State Street Variable Insurance Series Funds, Inc. and GE Retirement Savings Plan Funds (June 2011 – present); Treasurer of Elfun Funds (June 2011– July 2016); Mutual Funds Controller of GE Asset Management Incorporated (April 2011 – July 2016).     N/A     N/A
 

Brian Harris

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1973

  Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer   Term: Indefinite Served: Since December 2016   Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2013 – Present); Senior Vice President and Global Head of Investment Compliance, BofA Global Capital Management (September 2010 – May 2013).     N/A     N/A
 

Bruce S. Rosenberg SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1961

  Assistant Treasurer  

Term: Indefinite

Served: Since March 2017

  Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (July 2015 – present); Director, Credit Suisse (April 2008 – July 2015).     N/A     N/A
             

Ann M. Carpenter SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1966

  Assistant Treasurer  

Term: Indefinite

Served: Since March 2017

  Chief Operating Officer, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (April 2005 – present)*; Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors. (2005 – present).*     N/A     N/A

 

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Name,
Address
and Age
  Position(s) Held
with Fund
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 years
  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by Officer
    Other Directorships
Held by Officer

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS (continued)

Chad C. Hallett SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1969

  Assistant Treasurer  

Term: Indefinite

Served: Since March 2017

  Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (November 2014 – present); Vice President, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2001 – November 2014).*     N/A     N/A
 

Darlene Anderson-Vasquez SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1968

  Assistant Treasurer  

Term: Indefinite

Served: Since March 2017

  Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (May 2016 – present); Senior Vice President, John Hancock Investments (September 2007 – May 2016).     N/A     N/A
 

Daniel G. Plourde

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1980

  Assistant Treasurer  

Term: Indefinite

Served: Since June 2017

  Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (May 2015 – present); Officer, State Street Bank and Trust Company (March 2009 – May 2015).     N/A     N/A
 

Jesse D. Hallee

State Street Bank and Trust Company

100 Summer Street, Floor 7

Mail Stop SUM0703

Boston, MA 02111

 

YOB: 1976

  Secretary  

Term: Indefinite

Served: Since March 2017

  Vice President and Managing Counsel, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2013 – present); Vice President and Counsel, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (2007 – 2013).     N/A     N/A

 

*

Served in various capacities and/or with various affiliated entities during noted time period.

 

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Investment Team

 

 

Investment Adviser

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

Board of Trustees

Matthew Zakrzewski, Chairman

Scott Silberstein

Gregory Bouleris

Pamela Westmoreland

Vaidheesh Krishnamurti

Portfolio Managers

GE RSP U.S. Equity Fund

David B. Carlson

Paul Nestro

Christopher Sierakowski

GE RSP Income Fund

Matthew Nest

Mark H. Johnson

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

BBD, LLP

Custodian

State Street Bank & Trust Company

Shareholder Servicing Agent

Address all inquiries inside the Plan to:

GE Retirement Savings Plan Service Center

c/o Fidelity Investments

P.O. Box 770003

Cincinnati, OH 45277-0065

Address all inquiries outside the Plan to:

GE RSP Mutual Funds

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC

P.O. Box 701

Milwaukee, WI 53201-0701

 

 

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Shareholder Services

 

 

INSIDE THE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

Shares or units held inside the Plan have been credited to your account as a result of contributions and investment earnings. For a statement summarizing your account balance in the Plan, please refer to your GE RSP Retirement Savings Statement, which is provided quarterly and is available online at any time or upon request. You may obtain additional information and process transactions on investments held inside the Plan by calling:

GE Retirement Savings Plan Service Center:  1-877-55-GERSP (1-877-554-3777)

or visit OneHR.ge.com > Retirement (or RSP) > My GE RSP

OUTSIDE THE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

If shares of the GE RSP U.S. Equity and the GE RSP Income Funds have been distributed to you from the Plan, information on these investments may be obtained by calling:

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.:  1-800-242-0134

or visit www.ssga.com/geam

 

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1600 Summer Street

Stamford, CT 06905

Or at:

PO Box 7900

Stamford, CT 06904-7900

www.ssga.com/geam

 

 

Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures and Record

The Funds have adopted the proxy voting policies of SSGA FM. A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds have adopted to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-242-0134, (ii) on the Funds’ website at http://www.ssga.com/geam, and (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies, if any, during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available by August 31 of each year without charge (1) by calling 1-800-242-0134 (toll free), and (2) on the website of the SEC at www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedule

The Funds file their complete schedules of investments with the SEC for the first, second and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. For the fourth quarter, the complete schedules of investments are available in the Funds’ annual financial statements. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-242-013, (ii) on the Funds’ website at http://www.ssga.com/geam, and (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.


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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

As of the end of the period covered by this report, General Electric RSP U.S. Equity Fund (the “Registrant” or the “Fund”) has adopted a code of ethics, as defined in Item 2(b) of Form N-CSR, 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 (the “Code”). That Code comprises 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 the Registrant files with, or submits to, the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and in other public communications made by the Registrant; (3) compliance with applicable laws and governmental rules and regulations; (4) the prompt internal reporting to an appropriate person or persons identified in the Code of violations of the Code; and (5) accountability for adherence to the Code. The Registrant has not made any amendments to the Code that relates to any element of the code of ethics definition set forth in Item 2(b) of Form N-CSR during the covered period. The Registrant has not granted any waivers from any provisions of the Code during the covered period. A copy of the Code is filed as Exhibit 13(a)(1) to this Form N-CSR.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has determined that the Fund has the following “audit committee financial experts” as defined in Item 3(b) of Form N-CSR serving on its audit committee (the “Audit Committee”): Mr. Matthew Zakrzewski and Mr. Vaidheesh Krishnamurti. Each of the “audit committee financial experts” are deemed to be “interested persons” of the Registrant as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (15 U.S.C. 80a-2(a)(19)).

An “audit committee financial expert” is not an “expert” for any purpose, including for purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as a result of being designated as an “audit committee financial expert.” Further, the designation of a person as an “audit committee financial expert” does not mean that the person has any greater duties, obligations, or liability than those imposed on the person without the “audit committee financial expert” designation. Similarly, the designation of a person as an “audit committee financial expert” does not affect the duties, obligations, or liability of any other member of the Audit Committee or the Board.


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Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

  (a)

Audit Fees

 

      

For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the aggregate audit fees billed for professional services rendered BBD, LLP (“BBD”), the Registrant’s principal accountant, for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements, or services that are normally provided by BBD in connection with the Registrant’s statutory and regulatory filings and engagements were $19,000 and $23,000, respectively.

 

  (b)

Audit-Related Fees

 

      

For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, there were no fees for assurance and related services by BBD reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Fund’s financial statements that were not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item.

 

  (c)

Tax Fees

 

      

For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, there were no fees for professional services rendered by BBD for tax compliance, tax advice or tax planning.

 

  (d)

All Other Fees

 

      

For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, there were no fees billed for professional services rendered by BBD for products and services provided by BBD to the Fund, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c). The fees billed for Security Counts under Rule 17f-2, which were previously reported under paragraph (d) this Item, are now reported under paragraph (a) of this Item.

 

  (e)(1)

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

 

      

The Audit Committee of the General Electric RSP Funds (the “Funds”) Board of Trustees is responsible for, among other things, the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of the Funds’ Auditor. As part of this responsibility and to ensure that the Auditor’s independence is not impaired, the Audit Committee (1) pre-approves the audit and non-audit services provided to the Funds by the Auditor, and (2) all non-audit services provided to the Funds’ investment adviser and Covered Affiliates (as defined in the Audit Committee Charter) that provide ongoing services to the Funds if the services directly impact the Funds’ operations or financial reporting, in accordance with the Audit Committee Charter. The following excerpt from the Audit Committee Charter sets forth the pre-approval policies and procedures:

 

      

Pre-Approval of Audit Related Services and Permissible Non-Audit Services. The Audit Committee shall pre-approve both audit (including audit, review, and attest) services and permissible non-audit services provided to the Fund and, if the nature of the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund, permissible non-audit services provided to any Covered Affiliate.


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The Audit Committee may determine to delegate the authority to grant pre-approvals to one or more Audit Committee members, each acting on behalf of the Audit Committee. In this event, the member of the Audit Committee so delegated shall report each delegated pre-approval to the Audit Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting. The Audit Committee may also adopt and follow, in lieu of explicit pre-approval described above, written policies and procedures detailed as to the particular service, designed to safeguard the continued independence of the Auditor, consistent with the requirements of the 1940 Act and SEC regulations thereunder.

 

      

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the pre-approval requirement concerning permissible non-audit services provided to the Fund or any Covered Affiliate is waived if: (1) the aggregate amount of all such non-audit services provided constitutes no more than five percent (5%) of the total amount of revenues paid to the Auditor by the Fund and the Covered Affiliates during the fiscal year in which the services are provided that would have to be pre-approved by the Audit Committee, (2) the non-audit services were not recognized as non-audit services at the time of the engagement, and (3) such non-audit services are promptly brought to the attention of the Audit Committee and approved by the Audit Committee or one or more designated members of the Audit Committee prior to the completion of the audit.

 

  (e)(2)

Percentages of Services

 

      

None of the services described in paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item were performed in reliance on paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X during the period of time for which such rule was effective.

 

  (f)

Not applicable.

 

  (g)

Total Fees Paid By Adviser and Certain Affiliates

 

      

For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the aggregate non-audit fees billed by BBD for services rendered to the Fund and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSGA FM” or the “Adviser”) and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Adviser that provided ongoing services to the Funds were $0 and $0, respectively.

 

  (h)

BBD notified the Fund’s Audit Committee of all non-audit services that were rendered by BBD to the Adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with BBD that provides services to the Fund, which services were not required to be pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, allowing the Fund’s Audit Committee to consider whether such services were compatible with maintaining BBD’s independence.


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Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable to the Registrant.

Item 6. Investments.

(a) Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

(b) Not applicable to the Registrant.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to the Registrant.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to the Registrant.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable to the Registrant.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the 1940 Act) are effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(b) There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the Registrant’s last fiscal quarter of the period covered by this Form N-CSR filing that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


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

(a) Not applicable to the Registrant.

(b) Not applicable to the Registrant.

Item 13. Exhibits.

 

(a)(1)   Code of Ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is attached hereto.
(a)(2)   Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer of the Registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act are attached hereto.
(a)(3)   Not applicable to the Registrant.
(a)(4)   Not applicable.
(b)   Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer of the Registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.


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SIGNATURES

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: GENERAL ELECTRIC RSP U.S. EQUITY FUND

 

By:  

/s/ Ellen M. Needham

  Ellen M. Needham
  President
Date:   March 6, 2019

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:  

/s/ Ellen M. Needham

  Ellen M. Needham
  President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date:   March 6, 2019

 

By:  

/s/ Arthur A. Jensen

  Arthur A. Jensen
  Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Date:   March 6, 2019