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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: 811-03752

 

 

THE MANAGERS FUNDS

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

800 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut 06854

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Managers Investment Group LLC

800 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut 06854

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (203) 299-3500

Date of fiscal year end: DECEMBER 31

Date of reporting period: JANUARY 1, 2013 – December 31, 2013

(Annual Shareholder Report)

 

 

 


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ANNUAL REPORT

Managers Funds

December 31, 2013

Managers Special Equity Fund

 

Service Class: MGSEX    Institutional Class: MSEIX
(formerly Managers Class)   

 

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Managers Special Equity Fund

 

Annual Report—December 31, 2013

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     Page  

LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS

     2   

ABOUT YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES

     3   

PORTFOLIO MANAGER’S COMMENTS, FUND SNAPSHOTS, AND SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

     4   

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

     13   

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     14   

Balance sheet, net asset value (NAV) per share computations and cumulative undistributed amounts

  

Statement of Operations

     15   

Detail of sources of income, expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) during the year

  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     16   

Detail of changes in assets for the past two years

  

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

     17   

Historical net asset values per share, distributions, total returns, income and expense ratios, turnover ratios and net assets

  

NOTES TO FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

     18   

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     19   

Accounting and distribution policies, details of agreements and transactions with Fund management and affiliates, and descriptions of certain investment risks

  

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

     25   

TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

     26   

Nothing contained herein is to be considered an offer, sale or solicitation of an offer to buy shares of any series of the Managers Family of Funds. Such offering is made only by Prospectus, which includes details as to offering price and other material information.

 


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Letter to Shareholders

Dear Shareholder:

Thank you for your investment in The Managers Funds. Our foremost goal at Managers Investment Group (“MIG”) is to provide investment products and solutions that help our shareholders and clients successfully reach their investment goals and objectives. We do this by offering a broad selection of Funds managed by a collection of Affiliated Managers Group’s (“AMG”) Affiliate investment boutiques, along with a complementary series of open-architecture mutual funds.

The past year has been an exciting one for us at MIG. We were pleased to welcome the Brandywine Funds into the Managers Fund Family several months ago. We are excited to begin this new chapter in the 27-year history of the Brandywine Funds, while maintaining shareholders’ access to the same investment process that has guided the Brandywine Funds since their inception using the research-driven investment approach of Friess Associates.

We announced effective November 1, 2013, that the GW&K Small Cap Equity Fund would be closed to new investors with certain limited exceptions. The team at GW&K manages a total of $2.5 billion (as of December 31, 2013) in small-capitalization equities and closing the Fund to new investors allows the team to continue to execute on the investment process that has been effective for more than a decade. We also announced effective December 31, 2013, that Yacktman Fund and Yacktman Focused Fund will be closed to new investors with certain limited exceptions. The team at Yacktman Asset Management manages over $30 billion in U.S. equities and closing these Funds to new investors allows the team to continue to execute on the investment process that has been effective for more than two decades. We will continue to make decisions such as these that we believe are in the best interest of our shareholders.

Risky assets did well in 2013, with U.S. equity markets surpassing all-time highs. Ongoing global monetary easing, a low-yield environment, and healthy U.S. economic growth are supporting investor appetite for risk assets. Despite improving investor sentiment, risks remain, including uncertainty surrounding the Fed’s eventual exit from its ultra-accommodative monetary policy, ongoing fiscal headwinds in the U.S. and slower growth in Emerging Markets. Nevertheless, we are cautiously optimistic about the prospects for the upcoming year and we are confident that our Funds are well positioned to weather an uncertain economic environment.

We thank you for your continued confidence and investment in The Managers Funds. You can rest assured that under all market conditions our team is focused on delivering excellent investment management services for your benefit.

Respectfully,

 

LOGO

Keitha Kinne

President

The Managers Funds

 

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About Your Fund’s Expenses

 

 

As a shareholder of a Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments; redemption fees; and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This 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. The example is based on $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period as indicated below.

Actual Expenses

The first line of the following table provides information about the actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. 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 in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the following table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annual rate of return of 5% 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 by comparing this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

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

Six Months Ended December 31, 2013

  Expense
Ratio
for the
Period
    Beginning
Account
Value
7/01/13
    Ending
Account
Value
12/31/13
    Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period*
 

Managers Special Equity Fund

       

Service Class**

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    1.36   $ 1,000      $ 1,227      $ 7.63   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1.36   $ 1,000      $ 1,018      $ 6.92   

Institutional Class

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    1.11   $ 1,000      $ 1,224      $ 6.22   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1.11   $ 1,000      $ 1,020      $ 5.65   

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184), then divided by 365.
** Effective April 1, 2013, all Managers Class shares were renamed Service Class shares.
 

 

 

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Managers Special Equity Fund

Portfolio Manager’s Comments

 

The Managers Special Equity Fund’s (the “Fund”) investment objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation through a diversified portfolio of equity securities of small- and medium-sized companies.

THE PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

The Fund employs multiple subadvisors who specialize in distinct investment approaches. This “intelligence diversification” not only serves to manage risk, but also helps us tap the markets’ full potential by focusing different analytical insights on each prospective investment. Fund management strives to achieve its performance and diversification objectives while ensuring that the Fund operates within the framework of its investment objective and principal investment strategies.

Federated MDTA, LLC

Federated MDTA, LLC (“MDT”) utilizes a quantitative process to score stocks based on earnings estimate momentum, long-term growth rates, share buyback and issuance, cash earnings-to-price ratios, tangible book-to-price ratios and earnings risk. A decision-tree approach provides an intuitive, non-linear way to score companies. Stocks are grouped into clusters determined by analyzing different combinations of factor scores and returns, with each cluster containing companies with a different pattern of fundamental characteristics. Optimization is then used to build a portfolio that maximizes the stock selection score, while adhering to diversification constraints and trading costs. A position is sold or trimmed if the quantitative model identifies a more attractive opportunity (net of trading costs) or if a holding exceeds the maximum company weight of 1.3%. The Portfolio typically holds between 100 and 110 stocks, with no position exceeding 1.3% of the Portfolio. Industry weights are limited to +/- 13.5% of the benchmark weight, while sector weights are limited to +/- 22.5% of the benchmark weight.

Lord, Abbett & Co., LLC

The team at Lord, Abbett & Co., LLC (“Lord Abbett”), led by Tom O’Halloran, focuses its stock selection effort on companies that have revenue growth of at least 15% and are experiencing year-to-year operating margin improvement and earnings growth driven by top-line growth, rather than being driven by one-time events or simple cost cutting measures. The focus is also on identifying companies with higher-quality balance sheets (often captured by finding companies with manageable debt-to-total-capital ratios) and that are already profitable. Once this process is completed, the focus for the team is on forecasting both revenue and earnings growth over the next several years. To achieve this goal and to find companies that will be growing considerably faster than their industry average, members of the team spend an extensive amount of time understanding the competitive advantages of a firm, the industry dynamics within which they operate and the strength of management. A position is sold or trimmed if there is a fundamental change in the business, a more attractive alternative is found, or if a holding reaches a 5% weight in the overall Portfolio. The portion of the Fund managed by Lord Abbett typically holds between 100 and 150 stocks with no individual holding exceeding 5%. Lord Abbett has established a risk constraint that prevents any individual industry from being greater than 25% of the total weight of its portion of the Fund.

Ranger Investment Management, LLC

The team at Ranger Investment Management, L.P. (“Ranger”), led by Conrad Doenges, starts with a universe of stocks with market capitalization between $100M and $2B, from which they establish a list of approximately 250 to 300 companies on which they conduct detailed research. Each Ranger sector manager builds detailed earnings and cash-flow models for the companies they follow, and also qualitatively gauge, through a stock scoring model, their conviction level in each stock. Companies in the Fund’s portfolio managed by Ranger will typically have a high degree of recurring revenue, steady and/or accelerating sales and earnings growth, solid balance sheets, strong free-cash flows, conservative accounting practices and a seasoned management team. The Portfolio typically contains 35 and 60 stocks, with individual position sizes capped at 5%. Sector exposures are also limited to a maximum of 30%. A stock may be reduced or sold if material changes occur in the company’s earnings estimates, the company’s valuations exceed historical levels, a pre-determined price target is achieved, the stock reaches the maximum position size of 5%, capitalization limit of $5 billion or it can be replaced with a better risk/reward opportunity.

Smith Asset Management Group, L.P.

Smith Asset Management Group, L.P.’s (“Smith Group”) investment process is based on a combination of a well-conceived quantitative screening process coupled with experienced, intelligent fundamental and qualitative analysis. The team is focused on predicting which attractively valued companies will report a succession of positive earnings surprises. The process begins by seeking companies with attractive risk profiles and valuations, as well as dramatically improving business fundamentals. To manage risk, Smith screens for companies with good corporate governance, strong financial quality, attractive valuation and moderate portfolio beta. To identify high-earnings-growth companies, Smith screens for rising earnings expectations, improving earnings quality, a high percentage of positive earnings surprise and high earnings growth rate. The Fund’s portfolio managed by Smith will typically hold 100 to 120 stocks, with no individual position greater than 3.0%. Sector weightings are limited to no more than two times the weighting in the Russell 2000® Index. Stocks are sold from the Portfolio if a negative earnings surprise is predicted by the process or management guidance, a negative earnings surprise is actually reported, the stock’s valuation level is too high or a buyout announcement is made.

THE YEAR IN REVIEW

For the year ended December 31, 2013, the Managers Special Equity Fund Service Class returned 45.06% and the Institutional Class returned 44.88%, both outperforming the 43.30% return of the Russell 2000® Growth Index.

 

 

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Managers Special Equity Fund

Portfolio Manager’s Comments (continued)

 

 

U.S. equity markets posted robust returns for the year with S&P 500® Index recording its best year since 1997. Domestic markets overcame fears of the Federal Reserve’s taper of asset purchases, U.S. government partial shutdown, weak Emerging Market growth, and another European bailout in Cyprus. The year started with a resolution to the fiscal cliff and improving U.S. economics, which contributed to early market gains. Despite ongoing U.S. deficit discussions and another European bank crisis in Cyprus, equities marched higher during the first quarter.

Improving employment, recovering housing demand and healthy consumption boosted the S&P 500® Index during the spring. Accommodative monetary policy in the U.S., Europe and Japan benefitted developed market equities globally throughout 2013; however, the Federal Reserve’s hint of tapering asset purchases and Syria conflict concerns contributed to brief volatility during the summer. In the fourth quarter, equities rallied after the Fed surprisingly did not reduce its asset purchase programs, the partial U.S. government shutdown was resolved, and the debt ceiling was raised. Near the end of the year, the S&P 500® Index reached new highs due to stronger U.S. GDP, improved employment, and ongoing global monetary support from the U.S., Europe and Japan.

For the full calendar year, U.S. small-cap stocks lead both mid-cap and large-cap equities as represented by the Russell 2000®, Russell Mid-Cap® and Russell 1000® Indices, respectively. Within the small-cap universe, the Russell 2000® Growth Index outpaced the Russell 2000® Value Index. All sectors within the Russell 2000® Index produced strong double digit returns lead by the health care, consumer staples, consumer discretionary and information technology. The lower growth oriented utilities, materials, telecommunication services and energy sectors generated weaker results.

The Fund delivered strong absolute and relative performance as it outperformed the benchmark Russell 2000® Growth Index. The outperformance was primarily driven by relative strength within the Fund’s stock selection, which was particularly strong in the financials, consumer staples and health sectors. Weak stock selection in the energy, consumer discretionary and materials sectors detracted from relative performance. Additionally, the Fund’s overweight in the materials sector, which is primarily a residual of the stock selection process for each subadvisor, also contributed to outperformance. The Fund’s overweight to the financials sector and cash position detracted from relative performance.

At the subadvisor level, two subadvisors outperformed the benchmark (Russell 2000® Growth Index) led by significant outperformance from Lord, Abbett and Company, LLC (“Lord Abbett”), and a positive contribution from Federated MDT LLC (“MDT”). Smith Asset Management Group, L.P. (“Smith”) performed in-line with the benchmark, while Ranger Investment Management, L.P. (“Ranger”) underperformed the benchmark. Lord Abbett’s aggressive growth style benefitted from robust stock selection in the high-growth information technology and health care sectors, partially offset by weak stock selection in the consumer staples sector. MDT’s and Smith’s quantitative processes produced strong stock selection within consumer staples and industrials, partially offset by weak stock selection in information technology and materials. Ranger’s underperformance was primarily driven by weak stock selection in the information technology, health care and consumer discretionary sectors, partially offset by strong stock selection in the financials sector.

LOOKING FORWARD

The team at Managers continues to spend considerable time evaluating the Fund and reaffirming our confidence in the subadvisors within the Fund. This past year was our fourth calendar year with our existing group of subadvisors, all of whom maintain a growth bias. The Fund outperformed its benchmark this year and has now outperformed three of last four calendar years. We continue to believe that the changes we made to the Fund subadvisor lineup in 2009 will to be beneficial to shareholders long term.

Heading into 2014, the Fund has its largest exposures to more cyclically geared sectors as a healing economy provides this area of the market sufficient opportunities. Entering the year, the Fund’s greatest exposure is in information technology sector with nearly 23% of the Fund, albeit a slight underweight to the benchmark. The consumer discretionary sector is the Fund’s third largest absolute weighting and second largest overweight. Subadvisors are finding many opportunities in the health care sector with approximately 19% of the Portfolio, but the Fund is underweight to the benchmark. The portfolio managers are cautiously optimistic about forward-looking prospects for small-cap equities. The portfolio managers believe that each of their respective investment processes, focused on finding companies with solid growth prospects, have the potential to perform well if investors focus on company fundamentals and less so on uncertainties related to Federal Reserve policy or other macro risks.

This commentary reflects the viewpoints of Federated MDTA, LLC., Lord, Abbett & Co., LLC, Ranger Investment Management, L.P. and Smith Asset Management Group, L.P. as of December 31, 2013 and is not intended as a forecast or guarantee of future results.

Cumulative Total Return Performance

Managers Special Equity Fund’s cumulative total return is based on the daily change in net asset value (NAV), and assumes that all distributions were reinvested. This chart compares a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in Managers Special Equity Fund – Institutional Class on December 31, 2003, to a $10,000 investment made in the Russell 2000® Growth Index for the same time period. Performance for periods longer than one year is annualized. The graphs and tables do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on a Fund distribution or redemption of shares. The listed returns for the Fund are net of expenses and the returns for the index exclude expenses. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

 

 

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Managers Special Equity Fund

Portfolio Manager’s Comments (continued)

 

Cumulative Total Return Performance (continued)

 

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The table below shows the average annual total returns for Managers Special Equity Fund and the Russell 2000® Growth Index for the same time periods ended December 31, 2013.

 

    Average Annual Total Returns1  
    One     Five     Ten     Since     Inception  
    Year     Years     Years     Inception     Date  

Managers Special Equity Fund - 2,3

         

Service Class4

    45.06     23.57     7.99     11.93     06/01/84   

Institutional Class

    44.88     23.80     —          8.44     05/03/04   

Russell 2000® Growth Index

    43.30     22.58     9.41     8.55     06/01/84  

The performance data shown represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For performance information through the most recent month end, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our Web site at www.managersinvest.com. Current net asset values per share for the Fund is available on the Fund’s Web site at www.managersinvest.com.

 

Investors should carefully consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. For this and other information, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our Web site at www.managersinvest.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money. Funds are distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.

  Date reflects inception date of the Fund, not the index.
1  Total return equals income yield plus share price change and assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns are net of fees and may reflect offsets of Fund expenses as described in the Prospectus. No adjustment has been made for taxes payable by shareholders on their reinvested dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. The listed returns on the Fund are net of expenses and based on the published NAV as of December 31, 2013. All returns are in U.S. dollars($).
2  From time to time, the Fund’s advisor has waived its fees and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns.
3  The Fund is subject to risks associated with investments in small-capitalization companies, such as erratic earnings patterns, competitive conditions, limited earnings history, and a reliance on one or a limited number of products.
4  As of April 1, 2013 the Fund’s Managers Class shares were renamed Service Class shares.
5  The Russell 2000® Growth Index measures the performance of the Russell 2,000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. Unlike the fund, the index is unmanaged, is not available for investment and does not incur expenses.

The Russell 2000® Growth Index is a trademark of Russell Investments. Russell® is a trademark of Russell Investments.

Not FDIC insured, nor bank guaranteed. May lose value.

 

 

 

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Managers Special Equity Fund

Fund Snapshots

December 31, 2013

 

Portfolio Breakdown (unaudited)

 

Sector

   Managers
Special
Equity
Fund**
    Russell
2000®
Growth
Index
 

Information Technology

     23.7     24.6

Health Care

     19.0     21.3

Consumer Discretionary

     18.2     16.7

Industrials

     14.4     15.4

Financials

     11.1     7.3

Energy

     4.4     3.8

Consumer Staples

     4.5     4.8

Materials

     1.8     5.1

Telecommunication Services

     0.2     0.9

Utilities

     0.0     0.1

Other Assets and Liabilities

     2.7     0.0
 
** As a percentage of net assets.

Top Ten Holdings (unaudited)

 

Security Name

   % of
Net Assets
 

MAXIMUS, Inc.*

     1.6

EnerSys, Inc.

     1.5   

Centene Corp.

     1.3   

PrivateBancorp, Inc.*

     1.2   

Deckers Outdoor Corp.

     1.2   

Medidata Solutions, Inc.*

     1.2   

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.*

     1.1   

The Advisory Board Co.*

     1.1   

PAREXEL International Corp.*

     1.0   

Sonic Corp.

     1.0   

Top Ten as a Group

     12.2
  

 

 

 
 
* Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2013

Because a fund’s strategy may result in multiple investments in particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across more sectors. For additional information on these and other risk considerations, please see the Fund’s prospectus.

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

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Managers Special Equity Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

December 31, 2013

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Common Stocks - 97.3%

     

Consumer Discretionary - 18.2%

     

ANN, Inc.*

     12,291       $ 449,359   

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.*

     43,957         2,362,249   

Brown Shoe Co., Inc.

     19,900         559,986   

Brunswick Corp.

     21,348         983,289   

The Buckle, Inc.1

     8,180         429,941   

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.*

     4,513         664,314   

Cabela’s, Inc.*

     1,110         73,993   

Capella Education Co.

     10,365         688,651   

The Cheesecake Factory, Inc.

     8,915         430,327   

The Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc.*

     5,817         331,394   

Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.*

     10,857         391,069   

Columbia Sportswear Co.

     2,373         186,874   

The Container Store Group, Inc.*,1

     8,257         384,859   

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

     12,267         1,350,228   

Crocs, Inc.*

     31,402         499,920   

Dana Holding Corp.

     16,451         322,769   

Deckers Outdoor Corp.*

     38,081         3,216,321   

DeVry Education Group, Inc.

     9,346         331,783   

DineEquity, Inc.

     5,400         451,170   

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

     11,006         766,567   

Dorman Products, Inc.*

     15,299         857,815   

DSW, Inc., Class A

     7,511         320,945   

Express, Inc.*

     89,103         1,663,553   

Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.*

     11,378         594,387   

Genesco, Inc.*

     6,682         488,187   

G-III Apparel Group, Ltd.*

     14,503         1,070,176   

GNC Holdings, Inc., Class A

     8,125         474,906   

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

     23,124         1,642,266   

Hibbett Sports, Inc.*,1

     12,086         812,300   

HomeAway, Inc.*

     12,775         522,242   

iRobot Corp.*

     32,776         1,139,621   

ITT Educational Services, Inc.*,1

     31,600         1,061,128   

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.*

     95,860         1,849,139   

LifeLock, Inc.*

     63,799         1,046,942   

Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A

     11,652         808,882   

Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc.*

     9,418         969,018   

Meritage Homes Corp.*

     13,064         626,941   

Multimedia Games Holding Co., Inc.*

     16,300         511,168   

Nutrisystem, Inc.

     16,500         271,260   

Overstock.com, Inc.*,1

     18,600         572,694   

Papa John’s International, Inc.

     11,520         523,008   

PetMed Express, Inc.

     31,370         521,683   
     Shares      Value  

Pier 1 Imports, Inc.

     66,548       $ 1,535,928   

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.*

     25,300         1,860,562   

Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc.*

     18,952         1,275,470   

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.*

     6,807         205,776   

Select Comfort Corp.*

     8,523         179,750   

Shutterfly, Inc.*

     3,436         174,995   

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A

     18,850         673,510   

Sonic Corp.*

     123,903         2,501,601   

Steven Madden, Ltd.*

     55,744         2,039,673   

Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.1

     16,772         1,225,866   

Tenneco, Inc.*

     14,396         814,382   

Tower International, Inc.*

     4,200         89,880   

Tumi Holdings, Inc.*

     13,500         304,425   

Tupperware Brands Corp.

     8,639         816,645   

Valassis Communications, Inc.

     15,840         542,520   

Total Consumer Discretionary

        47,464,307   

Consumer Staples - 4.5%

     

Annie’s, Inc.*

     27,627         1,189,066   

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

     8,357         587,079   

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated

     1,815         132,840   

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.*

     14,202         1,289,258   

Inter Parfums, Inc.

     49,830         1,784,412   

Medifast, Inc.*

     13,572         354,636   

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A

     7,422         1,025,869   

Omega Protein Corp.*

     33,700         414,173   

PriceSmart, Inc.

     7,617         880,068   

SUPERVALU, Inc.*

     61,400         447,606   

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.*

     23,056         1,589,020   

United Natural Foods, Inc.*

     11,975         902,796   

USANA Health Sciences, Inc.*,1

     10,509         794,270   

WhiteWave Foods Co., Class A*

     14,117         323,844   

Total Consumer Staples

        11,714,937   

Energy - 4.4%

     

Abraxas Petroleum Corp.*

     75,000         246,000   

C&J Energy Services, Inc.*,1

     13,461         310,949   

CARBO Ceramics, Inc.1

     5,557         647,557   

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.*

     11,900         532,763   

Energy XXI Bermuda, Ltd.

     14,720         398,323   

Frank’s International NV

     12,343         333,261   

GasLog, Ltd.1

     49,979         854,141   

Gulfport Energy Corp.*

     25,190         1,590,749   

Matador Resources Co.*

     69,650         1,298,276   

Pacific Drilling SA*

     103,512         1,186,248   

PDC Energy, Inc.*

     28,470         1,515,173   
 

 

 

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

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Energy - 4.4% (continued)

     

Renewable Energy Group, Inc.*

     29,000       $ 332,340   

RigNet, Inc.*

     8,931         428,063   

Stone Energy Corp.*

     18,764         649,047   

W&T Offshore, Inc.

     11,159         178,544   

Western Refining, Inc.1

     22,644         960,332   

Total Energy

        11,461,766   

Financials - 11.1%

     

Amtrust Financial Services, Inc.1

     13,481         440,694   

Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A

     10,273         669,697   

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.

     36,611         2,071,816   

Cash America International, Inc.

     8,077         309,349   

Credit Acceptance Corp.*

     2,361         306,906   

E*TRADE Financial Corp.*

     46,679         916,776   

Employers Holdings, Inc.

     18,600         588,690   

Evercore Partners, Inc., Class A

     35,256         2,107,604   

Financial Engines, Inc.

     22,806         1,584,561   

HCI Group, Inc.1

     2,200         117,700   

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.*

     63,281         1,463,690   

Home BancShares, Inc.

     44,290         1,654,232   

Iberiabank Corp.

     33,720         2,119,302   

Infinity Property & Casualty Corp.

     2,500         179,375   

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

     27,010         1,806,159   

The Navigators Group, Inc.*

     1,500         94,740   

Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc.*

     15,603         824,463   

PrivateBancorp, Inc.

     111,743         3,232,725   

Signature Bank*

     4,569         490,802   

Springleaf Holdings, Inc.*

     29,361         742,246   

Stifel Financial Corp.*

     14,420         691,006   

SVB Financial Group*

     19,729         2,068,783   

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.*

     36,683         2,281,683   

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.*

     500         100,025   

Western Alliance Bancorp*

     21,143         504,472   

WisdomTree Investments, Inc.*

     50,824         900,093   

World Acceptance Corp.*,1

     5,680         497,170   

Total Financials

        28,764,759   

Health Care - 19.0%

     

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1

     14,593         364,679   

Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     10,457         742,029   

Air Methods Corp.*

     37,160         2,167,543   

Akorn, Inc.*

     97,050         2,390,342   

Align Technology, Inc.*

     33,021         1,887,150   

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     4,668         300,292   

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     7,490         181,782   
     Shares      Value  

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.*

     42,140       $ 619,458   

Anika Therapeutics, Inc.*

     18,400         702,144   

athenahealth, Inc.*

     4,893         658,109   

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     40,700         309,320   

Cantel Medical Corp.

     37,326         1,265,725   

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.*

     14,893         360,560   

Centene Corp.*

     57,901         3,413,264   

Cepheid, Inc.*

     16,241         758,780   

Chemed Corp.1

     13,644         1,045,403   

Clovis Oncology, Inc.*

     5,750         346,553   

CryoLife, Inc.

     14,085         156,203   

Cyberonics, Inc.*

     13,396         877,572   

Cytokinetics, Inc.*,1

     29,000         188,500   

DexCom, Inc.*

     19,222         680,651   

Endologix, Inc.*

     35,034         610,993   

Fluidigm Corp.*

     19,131         733,100   

Foundation Medicine, Inc.*,1

     8,030         191,275   

Genomic Health, Inc.*

     11,935         349,337   

Gentiva Health Services, Inc.*

     42,300         524,943   

HealthSouth Corp.

     28,386         945,822   

ICON PLC*

     38,960         1,574,374   

ImmunoGen, Inc.*,1

     9,200         134,964   

Impax Laboratories, Inc.*

     31,344         787,988   

Incyte Corp., Ltd.*

     17,808         901,619   

Insulet Corp.*

     9,287         344,548   

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.*

     12,002         572,615   

Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     3,400         232,152   

Invacare Corp.

     4,665         108,275   

IPC The Hospitalist Co., Inc.*

     11,743         697,417   

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     31,375         1,249,980   

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC*

     5,501         696,207   

Lannett Co., Inc.*

     28,712         950,367   

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class B*

     2,900         152,540   

Medidata Solutions, Inc.*

     52,002         3,149,761   

MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc.*

     5,628         960,080   

Neogen Corp.*

     23,167         1,058,732   

NuVasive, Inc.*

     6,400         206,912   

OncoGenex Pharmaceutical, Inc.*

     22,700         189,318   

Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc.*

     35,660         200,766   

Owens & Minor, Inc.

     9,279         339,240   

PAREXEL International Corp.*

     59,932         2,707,728   

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.*

     52,600         1,883,080   

The Providence Service Corp.*

     16,600         426,952   

Puma Biotechnology, Inc.*

     5,601         579,872   

Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1

     13,944         759,251   
 

 

 

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

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Health Care - 19.0% (continued)

     

Seattle Genetics, Inc.*

     3,496       $ 139,455   

STERIS Corp.

     5,620         270,041   

Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     29,900         141,726   

Synageva BioPharma Corp.*

     7,395         478,604   

Team Health Holdings, Inc.*

     26,239         1,195,186   

TG Therapeutics, Inc.*,1

     27,400         106,860   

Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     28,100         131,227   

Triple-S Management Corp., Class B*

     14,100         274,104   

US Physical Therapy, Inc.

     9,400         331,444   

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*,1

     15,400         191,114   

VCA Antech, Inc.*

     10,200         319,872   

Verastem, Inc.*,1

     17,400         198,360   

WellCare Health Plans, Inc.*

     12,479         878,771   

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

     13,895         681,689   

Zeltiq Aesthetics, Inc.*

     24,100         455,731   

Total Health Care

        49,430,451   

Industrials - 14.4%

     

Acuity Brands, Inc.

     8,068         881,994   

The Advisory Board Co.*

     43,340         2,759,458   

Air Lease Corp.

     30,631         952,011   

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

     12,423         911,476   

Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

     12,179         416,765   

American Science & Engineering, Inc.

     6,535         469,932   

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

     11,616         570,229   

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.*

     36,390         1,465,789   

Chart Industries, Inc.*

     14,660         1,402,082   

CIRCOR International, Inc.

     7,800         630,084   

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

     21,400         414,946   

The Corporate Executive Board Co.

     6,831         528,924   

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

     4,800         298,704   

Deluxe Corp.

     30,800         1,607,452   

DXP Enterprises, Inc.*

     3,867         445,478   

EnerSys, Inc.

     55,655         3,900,858   

Exponent, Inc.

     4,800         371,712   

Franklin Electric Co., Inc.

     7,613         339,844   

Generac Holdings, Inc.

     43,384         2,457,270   

Healthcare Services Group, Inc.

     99,360         2,818,843   

Hexcel Corp.*

     11,455         511,924   

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.

     4,964         462,446   

ITT Corp.

     16,071         697,803   

JetBlue Airways Corp.*

     91,189         779,666   

Knoll, Inc.

     13,108         240,007   

Matson, Inc.

     33,190         866,591   

Meritor, Inc.*

     8,550         89,176   
     Shares      Value  

The Middleby Corp.*

     307       $ 73,671   

On Assignment, Inc.*

     16,185         565,180   

Proto Labs, Inc.*

     4,331         308,281   

RBC Bearings, Inc.*

     6,661         471,266   

Rexnord Corp.*

     29,076         785,343   

RPX Corp.*

     31,040         524,576   

Spirit Airlines, Inc.*

     17,566         797,672   

Swift Transportation Co.*,1

     59,227         1,315,432   

TAL International Group, Inc.*,1

     6,865         393,708   

Taser International, Inc.*

     26,140         415,103   

Trex Co., Inc.*

     9,355         744,003   

Triumph Group, Inc.

     13,650         1,038,356   

United Stationers, Inc.

     12,071         553,938   

US Ecology, Inc.

     7,200         267,768   

WageWorks, Inc.*

     12,987         771,947   

Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc.*

     48,590         1,065,093   

Total Industrials

        37,382,801   

Information Technology - 23.7%

     

Acxiom Corp.*

     13,403         495,643   

Anixter International, Inc.

     10,465         940,176   

Applied Micro Circuits Corp.*

     125,192         1,675,069   

Aruba Networks, Inc.*

     111,340         1,992,986   

Aspen Technology, Inc.*

     24,337         1,017,286   

CACI International, Inc., Class A*

     9,104         666,595   

Cardtronics, Inc.*

     13,700         595,265   

Ceva, Inc.*

     60,940         927,507   

Chegg, Inc.*,1

     14,300         121,693   

Ciena Corp.*

     41,667         997,091   

Cirrus Logic, Inc.*,1

     16,579         338,709   

Cognex Corp.

     21,443         818,694   

CommVault Systems, Inc.*

     12,207         914,060   

comScore, Inc.*

     10,200         291,822   

Concur Technologies, Inc.*,1

     1,689         174,271   

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.*

     2,771         147,805   

CoStar Group, Inc.*

     8,472         1,563,762   

Cray, Inc.*

     2,600         71,396   

CSG Systems International, Inc.

     12,700         373,380   

Daktronics, Inc.

     35,100         550,368   

Dealertrack Technologies, Inc.*

     7,684         369,447   

Electronics For Imaging, Inc.*

     18,276         707,829   

Ellie Mae, Inc.*

     60,190         1,617,305   

Envestnet, Inc.*

     39,671         1,598,741   

EPAM Systems, Inc.*

     16,119         563,198   

Euronet Worldwide, Inc.*

     24,987         1,195,628   

EVERTEC, Inc.

     16,383         404,005   
 

 

 

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

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Information Technology - 23.7% (continued)

     

FARO Technologies, Inc.*

     12,154       $ 708,578   

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.

     18,006         897,419   

iGATE Corp.*

     34,789         1,397,126   

Imperva, Inc.*

     33,730         1,623,425   

Inphi Corp.*

     60,671         782,656   

InvenSense, Inc.*,1

     113,681         2,362,291   

IPG Photonics Corp.*,1

     13,424         1,041,837   

Luxoft Holding, Inc.*

     7,200         273,456   

Manhattan Associates, Inc.*

     7,664         900,366   

MAXIMUS, Inc.

     92,710         4,078,313   

NetSuite, Inc.*

     687         70,775   

Nimble Storage, Inc.*

     700         31,710   

OpenTable, Inc.*

     26,419         2,096,876   

Pandora Media, Inc.*

     20,034         532,904   

Pegasystems, Inc.

     13,094         643,963   

Plantronics, Inc.

     2,823         131,128   

Plexus Corp.*

     15,100         653,679   

Power Integrations, Inc.

     11,938         666,379   

Procera Networks, Inc.*

     54,770         822,645   

Progress Software Corp.*

     5,234         135,194   

PTC, Inc.*

     3,238         114,593   

QLIK Technologies, Inc.*

     43,850         1,167,725   

RealPage, Inc.*

     23,362         546,204   

Rocket Fuel, Inc.*,1

     3,632         223,332   

Shutterstock, Inc.*

     9,402         786,289   

Silver Spring Networks, Inc.*

     26,057         547,197   

Splunk, Inc.*

     6,934         476,158   

SPS Commerce, Inc.*

     24,890         1,625,317   

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.*

     10,270         454,550   

Stratasys, Ltd.*

     4,122         555,233   

SunEdison, Inc.*

     41,834         545,934   

SunPower Corp.*,1

     40,050         1,193,890   

Synaptics, Inc.*,1

     33,429         1,731,957   

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.*

     51,640         1,604,455   

Syntel, Inc.*

     6,155         559,797   

TiVo, Inc.*

     40,600         532,672   

Trulia, Inc.*,1

     10,940         385,854   

Tyler Technologies, Inc.*

     5,313         542,617   

Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.*,1

     22,596         1,038,512   

The Ultimate Software Group, Inc.*

     3,302         505,932   

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.*

     38,200         383,146   

Unisys Corp.*

     24,235         813,569   

ValueClick, Inc.*

     15,963         373,055   

VistaPrint NV*

     11,429         649,739   
     Shares      Value  

Web.com Group, Inc.*

     23,645       $ 751,675   

WebMD Health Corp.*

     26,413         1,043,314   

Xoom Corp.*

     18,299         500,844   

Yelp, Inc.*

     9,938         685,225   

Zillow, Inc., Class A*,1

     6,210         507,543   

Total Information Technology

        61,826,779   

Materials - 1.8%

     

American Vanguard Corp.

     22,118         537,246   

Eagle Materials, Inc.

     4,409         341,389   

Ferro Corp.*

     33,100         424,673   

Flotek Industries, Inc.*

     16,907         339,323   

Globe Specialty Metals, Inc.

     5,100         91,851   

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

     10,110         607,308   

Olin Corp.

     24,036         693,439   

PH Glatfelter Co.

     8,600         237,704   

Quaker Chemical Corp.

     2,300         177,261   

Stepan Co.

     1,521         99,823   

US Silica Holdings, Inc.1

     19,619         669,204   

Worthington Industries, Inc.

     11,013         463,427   

Total Materials

        4,682,648   

Telecommunication Services - 0.2%

     

Inteliquent, Inc.

     49,400         564,148   

Total Common Stocks
(cost $187,151,243)

        253,292,596   
     Principal
Amount
        

Short-Term Investments - 8.8%

     

Repurchase Agreements - 6.0%2

     

Cantor Fitzgerald Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/13, due 01/02/14, 0.010%, total to be received $3,746,687 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 10.500%, 01/15/14 - 05/01/51, totaling $3,821,619)

   $ 3,746,685         3,746,685   

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., dated 12/31/13, due 01/02/14, 0.020%, total to be received $3,746,689 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 2.080% - 11.000%, 12/15/15 - 08/15/53, totaling $3,821,619)

     3,746,685         3,746,685   

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/13, due 01/02/14, 0.030%, total to be received $3,746,691 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 8.000%, 01/24/14 - 02/01/47, totaling $3,821,620)

     3,746,685         3,746,685   
 

 

 

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

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Repurchase Agreements - 6.0% (continued)2

     

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., dated 12/31/13, due 01/02/14, 0.010%, total to be received $3,746,687 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.364% - 7.000%, 06/01/17 - 09/01/44, totaling $3,821,619)

   $ 3,746,685       $ 3,746,685   

RBC Capital Markets LLC, dated 12/31/13, due 01/02/14, 0.001%, total to be received $788,765 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 2.500%, 01/23/14 - 08/15/23, totaling $804,541)

     788,765         788,765   

Total Repurchase Agreements

        15,775,505   
     Shares      Value  

Other Investment Companies - 2.8%3

     

Dreyfus Institutional Cash Advantage Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.06%

     7,210,455       $ 7,210,455   

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $22,985,960)

        22,985,960   

Total Investments - 106.1%
(cost $210,137,203)

        276,278,556   

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (6.1)%

        (15,901,677

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 260,376,879   
 

 

 

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

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Notes to Schedule of Portfolio Investments

 

The following footnotes and abbreviations should be read in conjunction with the Schedule of Portfolio Investments previously presented in this report.

Based on the approximate cost of investments of $212,371,603 for Federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2013, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and/or depreciation were $66,387,610 and $2,480,657, respectively, resulting in net unrealized appreciation of investments of $63,906,953.

 

* Non-income producing security.
1  Some or all of these shares, amounting to a market value of $15,519,285, or 6.0% of net assets, were out on loan to various brokers.
2  Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these short-term investments.
3  Yield shown represents the December 31, 2013, seven-day average yield, which refers to the sum of the previous seven days’ dividends paid, expressed as an annual percentage.

The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s net assets by the fair value hierarchy levels as of December 31, 2013: (See Note 1(a) in the Notes to Financial Statements.)

 

     Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical

Investments
Level 1
     Significant
Other Observable
Inputs
Level 2
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Level 3
     Total  

Special Equity Fund

           

Investments in Securities

           

Common Stocks

   $ 253,292,596         —           —         $ 253,292,596   

Short-Term Investments

           

Repurchase Agreements

     —         $ 15,775,505         —           15,775,505   

Other Investment Companies

     7,210,455         —           —           7,210,455   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 260,503,051       $ 15,775,505         —         $ 276,278,556   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

All common stocks held in the Fund are level 1 securities. For a detailed breakout of the common stocks by major industry classification, please refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments.

As of December 31, 2013, the Fund had no transfers between levels from the beginning of the reporting period.

 

 

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

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2013

 

 

Assets:

  

Investments at value* (including securities on loan valued at $15,519,285)

   $ 276,278,556   

Receivable for investments sold

     1,141,382   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     188,481   

Dividends, interest and other receivables

     141,345   

Receivable from affiliate

     30,602   

Prepaid expenses

     10,257   

Total assets

     277,790,623   

Liabilities:

  

Payable upon return of securities loaned

     15,775,505   

Payable for investments purchased

     917,159   

Payable for fund shares repurchased

     357,456   

Accrued expenses:

  

Investment management and advisory fees

     194,540   

Administrative fees

     54,039   

Shareholder servicing fees - Service Class

     49,871   

Trustee fees & expenses

     319   

Other

     64,855   

Total liabilities

     17,413,744   

Net Assets

   $ 260,376,879   

Net Assets Represent:

  

Paid-in capital

   $ 366,343,394   

Accumulated net realized loss from investments

     (172,107,868

Net unrealized appreciation of investments

     66,141,353   

Net Assets

   $ 260,376,879   

Service Class:1

  

Net Assets

   $ 240,161,734   

Shares outstanding

     2,752,748   

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 87.24   

Institutional Class:

  

Net Assets

   $ 20,215,145   

Shares outstanding

     227,466   

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 88.87   

*  Investments at cost

   $ 210,137,203   

 

1  Effective April 1, 2013, all Managers Class shares were renamed Service Class shares.

 

 

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

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Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2013

 

 

Investment Income:

  

Dividend income

   $ 1,158,898 1 

Securities lending income

     345,532   

Interest income

     117   

Foreign withholding tax

     (62

Total investment income

     1,504,485   

Expenses:

  

Investment management and advisory fees

     2,056,860   

Administrative fees

     571,350   

Shareholder servicing fees - Service Class

     525,485   

Custodian

     82,974   

Transfer agent

     46,557   

Extraordinary expense

     42,161   

Registration fees

     36,738   

Reports to shareholders

     32,127   

Professional fees

     27,137   

Trustees fees and expenses

     7,426   

Miscellaneous

     5,550   

Total expenses before offsets

     3,434,365   

Expense reimbursements

     (329,832

Expense reductions

     (22,212

Net expenses

     3,082,321   

Net investment loss

     (1,577,836

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

  

Net realized gain on investments

     38,493,547   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     46,619,827   

Net realized and unrealized gain

     85,113,374   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 83,535,538   

 

1  Includes non-recurring dividends of $228,870.

 

 

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

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

     2013     2012  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations:

    

Net investment loss

   $ (1,577,836   $ (882,960

Net realized gain on investments

     38,493,547        30,311,197   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     46,619,827        (4,258,379

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     83,535,538        25,169,858   

Capital Share Transactions:

    

Service Class:1

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     21,176,797 2      13,657,712   

Cost of shares repurchased

     (41,893,771     (96,985,080

Net decrease from Service Class transactions

     (20,716,974     (83,327,368

Institutional Class:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     3,684,537        4,033,024   

Cost of shares repurchased

     (6,675,707     (3,145,437

Net increase (decrease) from Institutional Class transactions

     (2,991,170     887,587   

Net decrease from capital share transactions

     (23,708,144     (82,439,781

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     59,827,394        (57,269,923

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of year

     200,549,485        257,819,408   

End of year

   $ 260,376,879      $ 200,549,485   

End of year undistributed net investment loss

     —        $ (37,506
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

    

Service Class:1

    

Sale of shares

     268,811        228,746   

Shares repurchased

     (577,866     (1,640,865

Net decrease in shares

     (309,055     (1,412,119

Institutional Class:

    

Sale of shares

     47,944        67,753   

Shares repurchased

     (87,967     (52,036

Net increase (decrease) in shares

     (40,023     15,717   

 

1  Effective April 1, 2013, all Managers Class shares were renamed Service Class shares.
2  Includes a contribution of capital by the Investment Manager. (See Note 2 in the Notes to the Financial Statements.)

 

 

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

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Managers Special Equity Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each year

 

 

     For the year ended December 31,  

Service Class

   2013     2012     2011     2010     2009  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 60.14      $ 54.51      $ 52.71      $ 39.60      $ 30.28   

Income from Investment Operations:

          

Net investment loss1

     (0.52 )4      (0.24 )5      (0.50     (0.41     (0.34

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments1

     27.62        5.87        2.30        13.52        9.66   

Total from investment operations

     27.10        5.63        1.80        13.11        9.32   

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 87.24      $ 60.14      $ 54.51      $ 52.71      $ 39.60   

Total Return2

     45.06 %10      10.35 %6      3.41 %6      33.11     30.78

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (with offsets/reductions)

     1.37 %7      1.35 %8      1.37 %9      1.48     1.58

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (with offsets)

     1.38 %7      1.36 %8      1.38     1.50     1.61

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets (without offsets/reductions)3

     1.52 %7      1.55 %8      1.54     1.55     1.61

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets2

     (0.71 )%7      (0.40 )%8      (0.89 )%      (0.95 )%      (1.08 )% 

Portfolio turnover

     129     107     126     138     186

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

   $ 240,162      $ 184,142      $ 243,858      $ 278,701      $ 221,159   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     For the year ended December 31,  

Institutional Class

   2013     2012     2011     2010     2009  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 61.34      $ 55.45      $ 53.43      $ 40.04      $ 30.56   

Income from Investment Operations:

          

Net investment loss1

     (0.34 )4      (0.05 )5      (0.29     (0.30     (0.26

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments1

     27.87        5.94        2.31        13.69        9.74   

Total from investment operations

     27.53        5.89        2.02        13.39        9.48   

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 88.87      $ 61.34      $ 55.45      $ 53.43      $ 40.04   

Total Return2

     44.88     10.62     3.78     33.44 %6      31.02 %6 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (with offsets/reductions)

     1.12 %7      1.10 %8      1.12 %9      1.23     1.33

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (with offsets)

     1.13 %7      1.11 %8      1.13     1.25     1.36

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets (without offsets/reductions)3

     1.27 %7      1.30 %8      1.29     1.30     1.36

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets2

     (0.46 )%7      (0.08 )%8      (0.53 )%      (0.70 )%      (0.83 )% 

Portfolio turnover

     129     107     126     138     186

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

   $ 20,215      $ 16,407      $ 13,961      $ 4,786      $ 8,028   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Highlights

 

The following footnotes should be read in conjunction with the Financial Highlights of the Fund previously presented in this report.

 

1  Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares.
2  Total returns and net investment income would have been lower had certain expenses not been offset.
3  Excludes the impact of expense reimbursements or fee waivers and expense reductions such as brokerage credits, but includes expense repayments and non-reimbursable expenses, if any, such as interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses.
4  Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment loss per share would have been $(0.59) and $(0.41) for the Service Class and Institutional Class, respectively.
5  Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment loss per share would have been $(0.45) and $(0.27) for the Service Class and Institutional Class, respectively.
6  The Total Return is based on the Financial Statement Net Asset Values as shown above.
7  Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.018% and 0.018% of average net assets for the Service Class and Institutional Class, respectively.
8  Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.003% and 0.004% of average net assets for the Service Class and Institutional Class, respectively.
9  Effective July 1, 2011, as described in the current prospectus, the Fund’s expense cap was reduced to 1.11% from 1.14%. For the period April 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011, the Fund’s expense cap was 1.14%. From January 1, 2011 through March 31, 2011, the Fund’s expense cap was 1.19%. The expense ratio shown reflects the weighted average expense ratio for the full year ended December 31, 2011.
10  The total return would have been 44.56% had the capital contribution of $851,162 not been included. (See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.)

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2013

 

 

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Managers Funds (the “Trust”) is an open-end management investment company, organized as a Massachusetts business trust, and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Currently, the Trust consists of a number of different Funds, each having distinct investment management objectives, strategies, risks and policies. Included in this report is the Managers Special Equity Fund (“Special Equity” or the “Fund”).

Effective April 1, 2013, Managers Class shares were renamed Service Class shares. The Fund offers both Service Class shares and Institutional Class shares. Each class represents an interest in the same assets of the Fund. Although all share classes generally have identical voting rights, each share class votes separately when required by law. Different share classes may pay different distribution amounts to the extent the net asset value per share and/ or the expenses of such share classes differ. Each share class has its own expense structure. Please refer to a current prospectus for additional information on each share class.

The Fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences could be material. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements:

 

a. Valuation of Investments

Equity securities traded on a domestic securities exchange are valued at the last quoted sale price, or, lacking any sales, at the last quoted bid price. Equity securities primarily traded on an international securities exchange and equity securities traded on NASDAQ or in a U.S. or non-U.S. over-the-counter market are valued at the market’s official closing price, or, if there are no trades on the applicable date, at the last quoted bid price. In addition, if the applicable market does not offer an official closing price or if the official closing price is not representative of the overall market, equity securities primarily traded on an international securities exchange and equity securities traded in a non-U.S. over-the-counter market are valued at the last quoted sales price. The Fund’s investments are generally valued based on independent market quotations or prices or, if none, “evaluative” or other market based valuations provided by third-party pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees of the Fund (the “Board”).

Short-term debt obligations (debt obligations with maturities of one year or less at the time of issuance) that have 60 days or less remaining until maturity will be valued at amortized cost. Investments in other open-end regulated investment companies are valued at their end of day net asset value per share.

Under certain circumstances, the value of certain Fund investments (including derivatives) may be based on an evaluation of fair value, pursuant to procedures established by and under the general

supervision of the Board. The Pricing Committee is the committee formed by the Board to make fair value determinations for such investments. The Fund may use the fair value of a portfolio investment to calculate its net asset value (“NAV”) in the event that the market quotation, price or market based valuation for the portfolio investment is not deemed to be readily available or otherwise not determinable pursuant to the Board’s valuation procedures, if Managers Investment Group LLC (the “Investment Manager”) believes the quotation, price or market based valuation to be unreliable, or in certain other circumstances. When determining the fair value of an investment, the Pricing Committee seeks to determine the price that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive from a current sale of that investment in an arms-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon consideration of all available facts and information, including, but not limited to (i) attributes specific to the investment; (ii) fundamental analytical data and press releases relating to the investment and its issuer; and (iii) the value of other comparable securities or relevant financial instruments, including derivative securities, traded on other markets or among dealers. The values assigned to fair value investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized in the future, since such amounts depend on future developments inherent in long-term investments. Because of the inherent uncertainty of valuation, those estimated values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed, and the differences could be material. The Board will be presented with a quarterly report showing as of the most recent quarter end, all outstanding securities fair valued by the Pricing Committee, including a comparison with the prior quarter end and the percentage of the Fund that the security represents at each quarter end.

Portfolio investments that trade primarily on foreign markets are priced based upon the market quotation of such securities as of the close of their respective principal markets. Under certain circumstances, on behalf of a fund that invests primarily in international securities, the Investment Manager or applicable subadvisor may adjust such prices based on its determination of the impact of events occurring subsequent to the close of such markets but prior to the time as of which the Fund calculates its NAV. The Board has also adopted a policy that securities held in a fund that invests primarily in international securities and certain foreign debt obligations held by a fund, in each case, that can be fair valued by the applicable fair value pricing service are fair valued on each business day without regard to a “trigger” (e.g., without regard to invoking fair value based upon a change in a U.S. equity securities index exceeding a pre-determined level). The Fund may invest in securities that may be thinly traded. The Board has adopted procedures to adjust prices of securities that are judged to be stale so that they reflect fair value. An investment valued on the basis of its fair value may be valued at a price higher or lower than available market quotations.

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that 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. U.S. GAAP also establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the

 

 

 

 

 

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transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Fund. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation.

The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below:

Level 1 – inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies)

Level 2 – other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing, broker-quoted securities, fair valued securities with observable inputs)

Level 3 – inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., fair valued securities with unobservable inputs)

Changes in inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments may result in a transfer in or out of levels within the fair value hierarchy. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.

 

b. Security Transactions

Security transactions are accounted for as of trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

 

c. Investment Income and Expenses

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividend and interest income on foreign securities is recorded gross of any withholding tax. Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, is accrued as earned. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are reported at the fair market value of the securities received. Other income and expenses are recorded on an accrual basis. Expenses that cannot be directly attributed to a Fund are apportioned among the Funds in the Trust and in some cases other affiliated funds based upon their relative average net assets or number of shareholders. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund and certain Fund level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund.

The Fund had certain portfolio trades directed to various brokers, under a brokerage recapture program, which paid a portion of the Fund’s expenses. For the year ended December 31, 2013, the amount by which the Fund’s expenses were reduced and the impact on the expense ratio, if any, was: $22,212 or 0.01%.

The Fund has a “balance credit” arrangement with The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNYM”), the Fund’s custodian, whereby the Fund is credited with an interest factor equal to 0.75% below the effective 90-day T-Bill rate for account balances left uninvested overnight. If the T-Bill rate falls below 0.75%, no credits will be earned. These credits serve to reduce custody expenses that would otherwise be charged to the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2013, the Fund’s custodian expense was not reduced.

Overdraft fees are computed at 1% above the effective Federal Funds rate on the day of the overdraft. Prior to January 1, 2013, the rate was 2% above the effective Federal Funds rate. For the year ended December 31, 2013, overdraft fees for the Fund equaled $7.

The Trust recently held a shareholder meeting at which shareholders were asked to approve a new Declaration of Trust for the Trust, among other proposals. The costs associated with this proxy were treated as “extraordinary expenses,” and, therefore, are excluded from the expense limitation agreement described in Note 2.

 

d. Dividends and Distributions

Fund distributions resulting from either net investment income or realized net capital gains, if any, will normally be declared and paid at least annually in December, as described in the Fund’s prospectus. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined in accordance with Federal income tax regulations, which may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial statement purposes (U.S. GAAP). Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense and gain or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. The most common differences are primarily due to differing treatments for losses deferred due to excise tax regulations and wash sales. Permanent book and tax basis differences, if any, relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications to paid-in-capital.

As of December 31, 2013, the components of distributable earnings (excluding unrealized appreciation/depreciation) on a tax basis consisted of:

 

Capital loss carryforward

   $ 169,873,468   

Undistributed ordinary income

     —     

Undistributed short-term capital gains

     —     

Undistributed long-term capital gains

     —     

 

e. Federal Taxes

The Fund intends to comply with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and, to distribute substantially all of its taxable income and gains to its shareholders and to meet certain diversification and income

 

 

 

 

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requirements with respect to investment companies. Therefore, no provision for Federal income or excise tax is included in the accompanying financial statements.

Additionally, based on the Fund’s understanding of the tax rules and rates related to income, gains and transactions for the foreign jurisdictions in which it invests, the Fund will provide for foreign taxes, and where appropriate, deferred foreign taxes.

Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns as of December 31, 2013 and for all open tax years (generally, the three prior taxable years), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. Additionally, the Fund is not aware of any tax position for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.

Net capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after the enactment of the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, (post-enactment capital losses) may be carried forward for an unlimited time period. Such losses will be required to be utilized prior to any loss carryovers incurred in pre-enactment taxable years, which generally expire eight years following the close of the taxable year in which they were incurred. As a result of this ordering rule, pre-enactment capital loss carryovers may be more likely to expire unused. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward retain their tax character as either short-term or long-term capital losses, unlike pre-enactment losses which are considered all short-term.

 

f. Capital Loss Carryovers and Deferrals

As of December 31, 2013, the Fund had accumulated net realized capital loss carryovers from security transactions for Federal income tax purposes as shown in the following chart. These amounts may be used to offset future realized capital gains, if any, through the expiration date listed or in the case of post-enactment losses, for an unlimited time period.

 

    Capital Loss
Carryover Amounts
    Expires
    Short-Term     Long-Term     December 31,

(Pre-Enactment)

  $ 169,873,468        —        2017
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total

  $ 169,873,468        —       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

For the year ended December 31, 2013, the Fund utilized capital loss carryovers in the amount of $35,616,923.

 

g. Capital Stock

The Trust’s Declaration of Trust authorizes for each series the issuance of an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, without par value. The Fund records sales and repurchases of its capital stock on the trade date. The cost of securities contributed to the Fund in connection with the issuance of shares is based on the valuation of those securities in accordance with the Fund’s policy on investment valuation.

At December 31, 2013, certain unaffiliated shareholders of record, specifically omnibus accounts, individually or collectively held greater than 10% of the net assets of the Fund as follows: two

collectively own 51%. Transactions by these shareholders may have a material impact on the Fund.

 

h. Repurchase Agreements

The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements provided that the value of the underlying collateral, including accrued interest, will equal or exceed the value of the repurchase agreement during the term of the agreement. The underlying collateral for all repurchase agreements is held in safekeeping by the Fund’s custodian or at the Federal Reserve Bank. If the seller defaults and the value of the collateral declines, or if bankruptcy proceedings commence with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Fund may be delayed or limited. At December 31, 2013, the market value of repurchase agreements outstanding was $15,775,505.

 

2. Agreements and Transactions with Affiliates

The Trust has entered into an investment advisory agreement under which the Investment Manager, a subsidiary of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (“AMG”), serves as investment manager to the Fund and is responsible for the Fund’s overall administration and operations. The Investment Manager selects one or more subadvisors for the Fund (subject to Board approval) and monitors the subadvisor’s investment performance, security holdings and investment strategies. The Fund’s investment portfolio is managed by one or more portfolio managers who serves pursuant to a subadvisory agreement with the Investment Manager.

Investment management fees are paid directly by the Fund to the Investment Manager based on average net assets. For the year ended December 31, 2013, the Fund paid an investment management fee at the annual rate, of 0.90% of the average daily net assets of the Fund.

The Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through at least May 1, 2014, to waive management fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in order to limit total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of taxes, interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), shareholder servicing fees, brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) to 1.11% of the Fund’s average daily net assets subject to later reimbursement by the Fund in certain circumstances.

The Fund is obligated to repay the Investment Manager such amounts waived, paid or reimbursed in future years provided that the repayment occurs within thirty-six (36) months after the waiver or reimbursement and that such repayment would not cause the Fund’s total annual operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements in any such future year to exceed the Fund’s contractual expense limitation amount. For the year ended December 31, 2013, the Fund’s components of reimbursement available are detailed in the following chart:

 

 

 

 

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Reimbursement Available - 12/31/12

   $ 994,147   

Additional Reimbursements

     329,832   

Repayments

     —     

Expired Reimbursements

     (108,681
  

 

 

 

Reimbursement Available - 12/31/13

   $ 1,215,298   
  

 

 

 

The Fund has entered into an Administration and Shareholder Servicing Agreement under which the Investment Manager serves as the Fund’s administrator (the “Administrator”) and is responsible for all aspects of managing the Fund’s operations, including administration and shareholder services to the Fund, its shareholders, and certain institutions, such as bank trust departments, broker-dealers and registered investment advisers, that advise or act as an intermediary with the Fund’s shareholders. The Fund pays a fee to the Administrator at the rate of 0.25% per annum of the Fund’s average daily net assets for this service.

The aggregate annual retainer paid to each Independent Trustee of the Board is $105,000, plus $6,000 or $2,500 for each regular or special meeting attended, respectively. The Independent Chairman of the Trusts receives an additional payment of $25,000 per year. The Chairman of the Audit Committee receives an additional payment of $10,000 per year. The Trustees’ fees and expenses are allocated among all of the funds in the Trusts for which the Investment Manager serves as the advisor (the “Managers Funds”) based on the relative net assets of such Funds. The “Trustees fees and expenses” shown in the financial statements represents each Fund’s allocated portion of the total fees and expenses paid by the Managers Funds.

Prior to January 1, 2013, the annual retainer paid to each Independent Trustee of the Board was $80,000, plus $5,000 or $2,500 for each regular or special meeting attended, respectively. The Independent Chairman of the Trust formerly received an additional payment of $20,000 per year. The Chairman of the Audit Committee formerly received an additional payment of $8,000 per year.

The Fund is distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor” or “MDI”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Investment Manager. MDI serves as the distributor and underwriter for the Fund and is a registered broker-dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). Shares of the Fund will be continuously offered and will be sold directly to prospective purchasers and through brokers, dealers or other financial intermediaries who have executed selling agreements with MDI. Subject to the compensation arrangement discussed below, generally MDI bears all or a portion of the expenses of providing services pursuant to the distribution agreement, including the payment of the expenses relating to the distribution of prospectuses for sales purposes and any advertising or sales literature. Certain Trustees and Officers of the Fund are Officers and/or Directors of the Investment Manager, AMG and/or the Distributor.

For the Service Class shares, the Board has approved reimbursement payments to the Investment Manager for shareholder servicing expenses incurred (“shareholder servicing fees”). Shareholder servicing fees include payments to third parties such as

a bank, broker-dealer, trust company or other financial intermediaries who provide shareholder recordkeeping, account servicing and other services. The Service Class shares may reimburse the Investment Manager for the actual amount incurred up to a maximum annual rate of the Class’s average daily net assets as shown in the table below.

The impact on the annualized expense ratio for the year ended December 31, 2013, was as follows:

 

    Maximum
Amount
Allowed
    Actual
Amount
Incurred
 

Service Class

    0.25     0.25

During the period, the Service Class of the Managers Special Equity Fund recorded a capital contribution by the Investment Manager of $851,162. The contribution represented a payment in connection with the reallocation of certain shareholder servicing expenses for which the Class had reimbursed the Investment Manager in prior periods, plus interest.

The Securities and Exchange Commission granted an exemptive order that permits the Fund to lend and borrow money for certain temporary purposes directly to and from other eligible Managers Funds. Participation in this interfund lending program is voluntary for both borrowing and lending Funds, and an interfund loan is only made if it benefits each participating fund. The Investment Manager administers the program according to procedures approved by the Board, and the Board monitors the operation of the program. An interfund loan must comply with certain conditions set out in the exemptive order, which are designed to assure fairness and protect all participating Funds. The Fund lent varying amounts not exceeding $2,064,237, for four days receiving interest of $116. The interest amount is included in the Statement of Operations as interest income. At December 31, 2013, the Fund had no loans outstanding.

For the year ended December 31, 2013, the Fund executed the following transactions at the closing price of the security and with no commissions under Rule 17a-7 procedures approved by the Board:

January 15, 2013 – bought 900 shares of Maximus, Inc. at $67.19 from Lord Abbett Research Fund, Small-Cap Value Series.

January 17, 2013 – bought 1,100 shares of Chemtura Corp at $23.75 from Lord Abbett Securities Trust – Value Opportunities Fund.

March 1, 2013 – bought 800 shares of Energy XXI Bermuda at $29.11 from Lord Abbett Small Cap Blend.

March 4, 2013 – bought 400 shares of Chart Industries at $79.03 from Lord Abbett Bond Debenture Fund.

March 7, 2013 – sold 4,790 shares of Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. at $29.79 to Lord Abbett Series Fund – Fundamental Equity Portfolio.

March 11, 2013 – sold 2,148 shares of Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. at $30.41 to Lord Abbett Series Fund – Fundamental Equity Portfolio.

 

 

 

 

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June 26, 2013 – bought 300 shares of Shutterstock, Inc. at $49.75 from Lord Abbett Micro Cap Growth Fund.

July 8, 2013 – bought 600 shares of K12, Inc. at $29.11 from Lord Abbett Small Cap Blend.

July 31, 2013 – bought 70 shares of Xoom Corp. at $33.59 from Lord Abbett Micro Cap Growth Fund.

September 18, 2013 – bought 200 shares of Xoom Corp. at $31.25 from Lord Abbett Micro Cap Growth Fund.

 

3. Purchases and Sales of Securities

Purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term securities and U.S. Government obligations) for the year ended December 31, 2013, were $286,042,278 and $311,967,596, respectively. There were no purchases or sales of U.S. Government obligations for the Fund.

 

4. Portfolio Securities Loaned

The Fund participates in a securities lending program offered by BNYM (the “Program”), providing for the lending of securities to qualified brokers. Securities lending income include earnings of such temporary cash investments, plus or minus any rebate to a borrower. These earnings (after any rebate) are then divided between BNYM, as a fee for its services under the program, and the Fund, according to agreed-upon rates. Collateral on all securities loaned is accepted in cash and is maintained at a minimum level of 102% (105% in the case of certain foreign securities) of the market value,

plus interest, if applicable, of investments on loan. It is the Fund’s policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Fund if and to the extent that the market value of the securities loaned were to increase and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower fails to return the securities. Under the terms of the Program, the Fund is indemnified for such losses by BNYM. Cash collateral is held in a separate account managed by BNYM, who is authorized to exclusively enter into overnight government repurchase agreements. BNYM bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of cash collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested.

 

5. Commitments and Contingencies

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its trustees and officers are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties, which provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure to the Fund under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. However based on experience, the Fund has had no prior claims or losses and expects the risk of loss to be remote.

 

 

6. Master Netting Agreements

The Fund may enter into master netting agreements with its counterparties for the securities lending program and repurchase agreements, which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset financial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to master netting agreements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The following table is a summary of the Fund’s open securities lending, repurchase agreements and derivatives which are subject to a master netting agreement as of December 31, 2013:

 

     Gross Amounts of
Recognized Assets
     Gross Amounts
Offset in the
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
     Net Amounts of
Assets Presented in

the Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
     Gross Amount Not Offset in the
Statement of Assets and
Liabilities
     Net Amount  
            Financial
Instruments
     Cash Collateral
Received
    

Securities lending

   $ 15,519,285         —         $ 15,519,285         —         $ 15,519,285         —     

Repurchase agreements

     15,775,505         —           15,775,505       $ 15,775,505         —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 31,294,790         —         $ 31,294,790       $ 15,775,505       $ 15,519,285         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

7. Subsequent Events

On January 21, 2014, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc., a global asset management company, announced that the Fund’s Investment Manager and Administrator, Managers Investment Group LLC, will be rebranded as AMG Funds LLC. The rebranding is expected to become effective during the second quarter of 2014 once the appropriate regulatory filings have taken place.

The Fund has determined that no other material events or transactions occurred through the issuance of the Fund’s financial statements, which require additional disclosure in or adjustment of the Fund’s financial statements.

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

Tax Information (unaudited)

Managers Special Equity Fund hereby designates the maximum amount allowable of its net taxable income as qualified dividends as provided in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation act of 2003. The 2013 Form 1099-DIV you receive for the Fund will show the tax status of all distributions paid to you during the year.

Pursuant to section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, Managers Special Equity Fund hereby designates $0, as a capital gain distribution with respect to the taxable fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, or if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gains of such year.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of The Managers Funds and the Shareholders of Managers Special Equity Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of portfolio investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Managers Special Equity Fund (the “Fund”) at December 31, 2013, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2013 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers and the application of alternative auditing procedures where securities purchased had not been received, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 28, 2014

 

 

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Trustees and Officers

 

The Trustees and Officers of the Trust, their business addresses, principal occupations for the past five years and dates of birth are listed below. The Trustees provide broad supervision over the affairs of the Trust and the Funds. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the Funds’ activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the Funds, and review the Funds’ performance. Unless otherwise noted, the address of each Trustee or Officer is the address of the Trust: 800 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut 06854.

There is no stated term of office for Trustees. Trustees serve until their resignation, retirement or removal in accordance with the Trust’s organizational documents and policies adopted by the Board from time to time. The Chairman of the Trustees, President, Treasurer and Secretary of the Trust are elected by the Trustees annually. Other officers hold office at the pleasure of the Trustees.

 

Independent Trustees

The following Trustees are not “interested persons” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act:

 

Name, Date of Birth,
Number of Funds Overseen
in Fund Complex*

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5
Years and Other Directorships Held by
Trustee

Bruce B. Bingham,

12/1/48

•   Trustee since 2012

•   Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Partner, Hamilton Partners (real estate development firm) (1987-Present).

William E. Chapman, II,

9/23/41

•   Independent Chairman

•   Trustee since 2000

•   Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   President and Owner, Longboat Retirement Planning Solutions (1998-Present); Hewitt Associates, LLC (part time) (provider of Retirement and Investment Education Seminars) (2002-2009); Trustee Emeritus of Bowdoin College (2013-Present); Trustee of Bowdoin College (2002-2013); Director of Harding, Loevner Funds, Inc. (6 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Trust (5 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Variable Trust (1 portfolio); Trustee of Aston Funds (23 portfolios).

Edward J. Kaier, 9/23/45

•   Trustee since 2000

•   Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Attorney at Law and Partner, Teeters Harvey Marrone & Kaier LLP (2007-Present); Attorney at Law and Partner, Hepburn Willcox Hamilton & Putnam, LLP (1977-2007); Trustee of Third Avenue Trust (5 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Variable Trust (1 portfolio); Trustee of Aston Funds (23 portfolios).

Kurt A. Keilhacker,

10/5/63

•   Trustee since 2013

•   Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Managing Member, TechFund Capital (1997-Present); Managing Member, TechFund Europe (2000-Present); Trustee, Gordon College (2001-Present); Board Member, 6wind SA, (2002-Present); Managing Member, Clapham Partners I, LLC (2013-Present).

Steven J. Paggioli, 4/3/50

•   Trustee since 2000

•   Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Independent Consultant (2002-Present); Formerly Executive Vice President and Director, The Wadsworth Group (1986-2001); Executive Vice President, Secretary and Director, Investment Company Administration, LLC (1990-2001); Vice President, Secretary and Director, First Fund Distributors, Inc. (1991-2001); Trustee, Professionally Managed Portfolios (45 portfolios); Advisory Board Member, Sustainable Growth Advisors, LP; Independent Director, Chase Investment Counsel (2008 – Present); Trustee of Aston Funds (23 portfolios).

Richard F. Powers III,

2/2/46

•   Trustee since 2013

•   Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Adjunct Professor, Boston College (2011-Present); Director of Ameriprise Financial Inc. (2005-2009); President and CEO of Van Kampen Investments Inc. (1998-2003).

Eric Rakowski, 6/5/58

•   Trustee since 2000

•   Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Professor, University of California at Berkeley School of Law (1990-Present); Director of Harding, Loevner Funds, Inc. (6 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Trust (5 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Variable Trust (1 portfolio); Trustee of Aston Funds (23 portfolios).

Victoria L. Sassine,

8/11/65

•   Trustee since 2013

•   Oversees 39 Fundsin Fund Complex

   Lecturer, Babson College (2007 – Present)

Name, Date of Birth,
Number of Funds Overseen
in Fund Complex*

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5
Years and Other Directorships Held by
Trustee

Thomas R. Schneeweis,

5/10/47

•   Trustee since 2000

•   Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts (2013 - Present); Partner, S Capital Management, LLC (2007-Present); President, TRS Associates (1982-Present); Director, CISDM at the University of Massachusetts, (1996-2013); President, Alternative Investment Analytics, LLC, (formerly Schneeweis Partners, LLC) (2001-2013); Professor of Finance, University of Massachusetts (1977-2013); Partner, White Bear Partners, LLC (2007-2010); Partner, Northampton Capital Management, LLC (2004-2010); Trustee of Aston Funds (23 portfolios).

 

* The Fund Complex consists of Managers AMG Funds, The Managers Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II.

Interested Trustees

Each Trustee in the following table is an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Ms. Carsman is an interested person of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act by virtue of her position with, and interest in securities of, AMG, and her former position as Chief Legal Officer of the Trust.

 

Name, Date of Birth,
Number of Funds Overseen
in Fund Complex*

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5
Years and Other Directorships Held by
Trustee

Christine C. Carsman,

4/2/52

•   Trustee since 2011

•   Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2011-Present); Senior Vice President and Chief Regulatory Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2007-2011); Vice President and Chief Regulatory Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2004-2007); Secretary and Chief Legal Officer, Managers AMG Funds, The Managers Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2004-2011); Senior Counsel, Vice President and Director of Operational Risk Management and Compliance, Wellington Management Company, LLP (1995-2004).
Officers

Name, Date of Birth,
Position(s) Held with Fund
and Length of Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5
Years

Keitha L. Kinne,

5/16/58

•   President since 2012

•   Chief Operating Officer since 2007

   Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer, Managers Investment Group LLC (2007-Present); Chief Investment Officer, Managers Investment Group LLC (2008-Present); President, Managers Distributors, Inc. (2012-Present); Chief Operating Officer, Managers AMG Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2007-Present); Managing Director, Legg Mason & Co., LLC (2006-2007); Managing Director, Citigroup Asset Management (2004-2006).

Lewis Collins,

2/22/66

•   Secretary since 2011

•   Chief Legal Officer since 2011

   Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2010-Present); Vice President and Senior Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2006-2010); Senior Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2002-2006); Attorney, Ropes & Gray LLP (1998-2002).
 

 

 

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Trustees and Officers

 

Name, Date of Birth,
Position(s) Held with Fund
and Length of Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5
Years

Donald S. Rumery,

5/29/58

•  Chief Financial Officer since 2007

•  Treasurer since 1995

   Senior Vice President, Managers Investment Group LLC (2005-Present); Treasurer, Managers AMG Funds (1999-Present); Treasurer, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2000-Present); Chief Financial Officer, Managers AMG Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2007-Present); Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, Managers Distributors, Inc. (2000-2012); Vice President, The Managers Funds LLC, (1994-2004).

John J. Ferencz, 3/9/62

•  Chief Compliance Officer since 2010

   Vice President, Legal and Compliance, Managers Investment Group LLC (2010-Present); Senior Compliance Analyst, Mutual Funds and Regulatory, GE Asset Management Incorporated (2005-2010).

Name, Date of Birth,
Position(s) Held with Fund
and Length of Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5
Years

Michael S. Ponder,

9/12/73

•  Assistant Secretary since 2011

   Senior Vice President and Counsel, Managers Investment Group LLC (2011-Present); Attorney, DeNovo Legal (2009-2010); Vice President, Credit Suisse (2007-2009); Associate, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (2006-2007).

Matthew B. Wallace,

11/24/80

•  Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer since 2012

   Assistant Vice President, Legal and Compliance, Managers Investment Group LLC (2014-Present); Senior Associate, Legal and Compliance, Managers Investment Group LLC (2012-Present); Associate, Legal and Compliance, Managers Investment Group LLC (2010-2012); Compliance Specialist, Calamos Advisors LLC (2007-2010).
 

 

 

 

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Proxy Results

 

A special meeting of shareholders of The Managers Funds was held on July 2, 2013. With respect to the proposals to amend certain “fundamental” investment restrictions of the Fund and the proposals to amend and restate the declaration of trust for Managers Special Equity Fund; the proposals did not pass. The proposals and results of the votes are summarized below.

 

     All Funds in Trust  
The Managers Funds    For      Withheld  
Election of Directors    (rounded to the nearest share)  

Bruce Bingham

     65,917,039         1,383,823   

William E. Chapman, II

     65,845,907         1,383,823   

Edward J. Kaier

     65,890,088         1,410,774   

Steven J. Paggioli

     65,893,710         1,407,152   

Erik Rakowski

     65,933,611         1,367,251   

Thomas R. Schneeweis

     65,859,260         1,441,603   

Christine C. Carsman

     65,864,037         1,436,825   

Kurt Keilhacker

     65,831,496         1,469,366   

Richard F. Powers III

     65,677,238         1,623,624   

Victoria Sassine

     65,719,903         1,580,960   

 

     Managers Special Equity Fund  
     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  
To amend “fundamental” restrictions of the Funds with respect to:    (rounded to the nearest share)  

Issuance of Senior Securities

     600,126         79,789         35,868         519,824   

Borrowing

     590,635         88,986         36,162         519,824   

Lending

     592,435         87,200         36,149         519,824   

The Underwriting of Securities

     596,972         81,074         37,738         519,824   

Purchasing and Selling Commodities

     601,233         77,963         36,588         519,824   

Purchasing and Selling Real Estate

     601,570         78,453         35,761         519,824   

Diversification of Investments

     614,034         65,036         36,714         519,824   

Concentrating Investments in a Particular Industry

     595,340         81,743         38,700         519,824   

Transactions with Interested of Affiliated Persons

     579,546         99,318         36,920         519,824   
     Managers Special Equity Fund  
     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  
To amend and restate the Agreement and Declaration of the Trust relating to:    (rounded to the nearest share)  

Declaration of Trust Amendment Procedures

     602,031         71,560         42,193         519,824   

Merger, Consolidation, Sale of Assets and Termination of Trust, Series or Classes

     588,267         85,966         41,561         519,824   

Other Changes

     585,816         85,314         44,508         519,824   

 

 

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Proxy Results (continued)

 

 

     All Funds in Trust  
     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  
To amend and restate the Agreement and Declaration of the Trust
relating to:
   (rounded to the nearest share)  

Declaration of Trust Amendment Procedures

     44,576,200         1,298,370         1,144,841         20,281,451   

Merger, Consolidation, Sale of Assets and Termination of Trust, Series or Classes

     43,853,835         2,022,968         1,142,608         20,281,451   

Other Changes

     43,838,090         2,045,006         1,136,168         20,281,451   

 

 

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Investment Manager and Administrator

Managers Investment Group LLC

800 Connecticut Avenue

Norwalk, CT 06854

(800) 835-3879

Distributor

Managers Distributors, Inc.

800 Connecticut Avenue

Norwalk, CT 06854

(800) 835-3879

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

2 Hanson Place

Brooklyn, NY 11217

Legal Counsel

Ropes & Gray LLP

Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02199-3600

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

Attn: Managers

P.O. Box 9769

Providence, RI 02940

(800) 548-4539

For ManagersChoice Only

Managers

c/o BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

P.O. Box 9847

Providence, RI 02940-8047

(800) 358-7668

 

 

 

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MANAGERS FUNDS

 

EQUITY FUNDS

 

BALANCED FUNDS

BRANDYWINE

BRANDYWINE BLUE

BRANDYWINE ADVISORS MIDCAP GROWTH

Friess Associates, LLC

 

CADENCE CAPITAL APPRECIATION

CADENCE MID-CAP

CADENCE EMERGING COMPANIES

Cadence Capital Management, LLC

 

ESSEX SMALL/MICRO CAP GROWTH

Essex Investment Management Co., LLC

 

FQ TAX-MANAGED U.S. EQUITY

FQ U.S. EQUITY

First Quadrant, L.P.

 

FRONTIER SMALL CAP GROWTH

Frontier Capital Management Company, LLC

 

GW&K SMALL CAP EQUITY

Gannett Welsh & Kotler, LLC

 

MICRO-CAP

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

WEDGE Capital Management L.L.P.

Next Century Growth Investors LLC

RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc.

 

REAL ESTATE SECURITIES

CenterSquare Investment Management, Inc.

 

RENAISSANCE LARGE CAP GROWTH

Renaissance Group LLC

 

SKYLINE SPECIAL EQUITIES PORTFOLIO

Skyline Asset Management, L.P.

 

SPECIAL EQUITY

Ranger Investment Management, L.P.

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

Smith Asset Management Group, L.P. Federated MDTA LLC

 

SYSTEMATIC VALUE

SYSTEMATIC MID CAP VALUE

Systematic Financial Management, L.P.

 

TIMESSQUARE INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP

TIMESSQUARE MID CAP GROWTH

TIMESSQUARE SMALL CAP GROWTH

TSCM GROWTH EQUITY

TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

 

TRILOGY GLOBAL EQUITY

TRILOGY EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY

TRILOGY INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP

Trilogy Global Advisors, L.P.

 

YACKTMAN

YACKTMAN FOCUSED

Yacktman Asset Management LP

 

CHICAGO EQUITY PARTNERS BALANCED

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

 

ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

 

FQ GLOBAL ALTERNATIVES

FQ GLOBAL ESSENTIALS

First Quadrant, L.P.

 

INCOME FUNDS

 

BOND (MANAGERS)

GLOBAL INCOME OPPORTUNITY

Loomis, Sayles & Co., L.P.

 

BOND (MANAGERS PIMCO)

Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC

 

GW&K FIXED INCOME

GW&K MUNICIPAL BOND

GW&K MUNICIPAL ENHANCED YIELD

Gannett Welsh & Kotler, LLC

 

HIGH YIELD

J.P. Morgan Investment Management LLC

 

INTERMEDIATE DURATION GOVERNMENT

SHORT DURATION GOVERNMENT

Amundi Smith Breeden LLC

 

  

This report is prepared for the Fund’s shareholders. It is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus. To receive a free copy of the prospectus or Statement of Additional Information, which includes additional information about Fund Trustees, please contact us by calling 800.835.3879. Distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.

 

Current net asset value per share for the Fund is available on the Fund’s Web site at www.managersinvest.com.

 

A description of the policies and procedures each Fund uses to vote its proxies is available: (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800.835.3879, or (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Web site at www. sec.gov. For information regarding each Fund’s proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, call 800.835.3879 or visit the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov.

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov. A Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 800.SEC.0330. To review a complete list of the Fund’s portfolio holdings, or to view the most recent quarterly holdings report, semiannual report, or annual report, please visit www.managersinvest.com.

 

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ANNUAL REPORT

Managers Funds

December 31, 2013

Managers Bond Fund

 

Service Class: MGFIX    Institutional Class: MGBIX   

 

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Annual Report—December 31, 2013

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LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS

     2   

ABOUT YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES

     3   

PORTFOLIO MANAGER’S COMMENTS, FUND SNAPSHOTS, AND SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

     4   

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

     16   

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     19   

Balance sheet, net asset value (NAV) per share computations and cumulative undistributed amounts

  

Statement of Operations

     20   

Detail of sources of income, expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) during the year

  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     21   

Detail of changes in assets for the past two years

  

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

     22   

Historical net asset values per share, distributions, total returns, income and expense ratios, turnover ratios and net assets

  

NOTES TO FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

     23   

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     24   

Accounting and distribution policies, details of agreements and transactions with Fund management and affiliates, and descriptions of certain investment risks

  

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

     30   

TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

     31   

Nothing contained herein is to be considered an offer, sale or solicitation of an offer to buy shares of any series of the Managers Family of Funds. Such offering is made only by Prospectus, which includes details as to offering price and other material information.

 


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Letter to Shareholders

Dear Shareholder:

Thank you for your investment in The Managers Funds. Our foremost goal at Managers Investment Group (“MIG”) is to provide investment products and solutions that help our shareholders and clients successfully reach their investment goals and objectives. We do this by offering a broad selection of Funds managed by a collection of Affiliated Managers Group’s (“AMG”) Affiliate investment boutiques, along with a complementary series of open-architecture mutual funds.

The past year has been an exciting one for us at MIG. We were pleased to welcome the Brandywine Funds into the Managers Fund Family several months ago. We are excited to begin this new chapter in the 27-year history of the Brandywine Funds, while maintaining shareholders’ access to the same investment process that has guided the Brandywine Funds since their inception using the research-driven investment approach of Friess Associates.

We announced effective November 1, 2013, that the GW&K Small Cap Equity Fund would be closed to new investors with certain limited exceptions. The team at GW&K manages a total of $2.5 billion (as of December 31, 2013) in small-capitalization equities and closing the Fund to new investors allows the team to continue to execute on the investment process that has been effective for more than a decade. We also announced effective December 31, 2013, that Yacktman Fund and Yacktman Focused Fund will be closed to new investors with certain limited exceptions. The team at Yacktman Asset Management manages over $30 billion in U.S. equities and closing these Funds to new investors allows the team to continue to execute on the investment process that has been effective for more than two decades. We will continue to make decisions such as these that we believe are in the best interest of our shareholders.

Risky assets did well in 2013, with U.S. equity markets surpassing all-time highs. Ongoing global monetary easing, a low-yield environment, and healthy U.S. economic growth are supporting investor appetite for risk assets. Despite improving investor sentiment, risks remain, including uncertainty surrounding the Fed’s eventual exit from its ultra-accommodative monetary policy, ongoing fiscal headwinds in the U.S. and slower growth in Emerging Markets. Nevertheless, we are cautiously optimistic about the prospects for the upcoming year and we are confident that our Funds are well positioned to weather an uncertain economic environment.

We thank you for your continued confidence and investment in The Managers Funds. You can rest assured that under all market conditions our team is focused on delivering excellent investment management services for your benefit.

 

Respectfully,
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President

The Managers Funds

 

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About Your Fund’s Expenses

 

As a shareholder of a Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments; redemption fees; and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This 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. The example is based on $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period as indicated below.

Actual Expenses

The first line of the following table provides information about the actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. 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 in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the following table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annual rate of return of 5% 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 by comparing this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

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

Six Months Ended December 31, 2013

  Expense
Ratio for
the Period
    Beginning
Account

Value
07/01/13
    Ending
Account

Value
12/31/13
    Expenses
Paid

During
the
Period*
 

Managers Bond Fund

       

Service Class**

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.99   $ 1,000      $ 1,025      $ 5.05   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.99   $ 1,000      $ 1,020      $ 5.04   

Institutional Class***

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.89   $ 1,000      $ 1,025      $ 4.54   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.89   $ 1,000      $ 1,021      $ 4.53   

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in period (184), then divided by 365.
** Formerly shares of the Fund’s sole class, which were reclassified and redesignated as Service Class shares on April 1, 2013.
*** Commenced operations April 1, 2013.
 

 

 

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Managers Bond Fund

Portfolio Manager’s Comments

 

The Year in Review

The Managers Bond Fund Service Class returned 1.06% for the year ended December 31, 2013, beating the Barclay’s U.S. Government/ Credit Index, which returned (2.35)%.

During the year, the Fund delivered solid relative performance versus the benchmark. At the beginning of 2013, the Fund solidly outperformed the benchmark with strong performance due to exposure to investment grade corporates and out-of-benchmark allocations, with high yield, convertible securities and select credits within our non-U.S. Dollar denominated holdings providing the bulk of excess returns. In the first three months of 2013, despite appreciation of the U.S. Dollar, individual currencies rallied on the stream of good news from the United States.

The second quarter was the only quarter the Fund underperformed during the year. During that time, credit markets struggled as details concerning the potential tapering of the U.S. Fed’s asset purchasing program prompted investor fears of interest rates rising sooner rather than later. Macroeconomic indicators, led by those pertaining to the domestic housing market, were largely positive, underscoring the potential for upside risks associated with the U.S. recovery. Concurrently, slower growth in China spurred turbulence in the emerging markets and commodity currencies. The majority of the Fund’s dour showing during this time was due to the Fund’s exposure to investment grade financials and non-U.S. Dollar denominated issues.

The Fund did, however, generate positive returns in the third quarter with strong showings in July and September being tempered by resurgent volatility in the credit markets throughout August. Outperformance was generally due to holdings of convertible securities and non-USD denominated debt in the Portfolio. Strong showings by individual convertible names allowed the sector to contribute positively to returns during time.

The Fund also put forth positive returns in the fourth quarter with a strong showing in October and modestly positive contributions in December being tempered by resurgent volatility in the credit markets throughout November. The U.S. Fed announced in their December meeting that the pace of purchases made as part of their quantitative easing program would be slowed beginning in January of 2014. U.S. macroeconomic indicators, specifically those pertaining to the housing market, were largely positive during the final quarter, bolstering sections of the credit markets in the bookend months as it appeared that the domestic recovery continued to progress. Strong showings by individual convertible names allowed the sector to contribute positively to returns towards the end of the year. A considerable rally in the stock market during much of the fourth quarter, specifically in the latter half of December, also served to buoy equity sensitive issues. High Yield produced positive returns during this time as investors continued to parse through higher beta assets in their search for yield.

LOOKING FORWARD

After months of anxiety among investors, the Federal Reserve (the Fed) took a first step toward exiting its third quantitative easing (QE) program. However, the Fed has made it clear that the federal funds target rate will remain at zero long after tapering is complete. This forward guidance has become the tool of choice, a policy shift that will be reinforced by incoming Fed Chair, Janet Yellen. Investors have now had months to prepare for a reduction in QE, and when tapering was announced in December (earlier than many had expected), markets barely took notice. Importantly, the U.S. economy appears to be approaching “escape velocity.” So, a gradual

removal of excessive monetary stimulus ought to be welcome news, and the fourth quarter’s well-behaved bond market supports that case. Government bonds suffered minor losses as yields rose incrementally, while corporate credit performed well. In fact, both U.S. and European credit spreads tightened to levels not seen since 2007. Even emerging market sovereign credit had a relatively decent fourth quarter, but the asset class was still negative for the year and a notable outlier among the credit sectors.

In 2013, the end of household deleveraging was a significant turning point for the U.S. economy. Aggregate household liabilities rose for the first time since 2009, and there are early signs that consumer spending is making a comeback. As equity prices and home values rebounded, it was only a matter of time before household net worth was restored and the wealth effect kicked in, causing consumers to borrow and spend. And with most of the fiscal drag from the sequester behind us, the U.S. now appears to be poised for stronger growth, more than at any other time since the Great Recession.

Japan has continued to pull itself out of deflation, but “Abenomics” appears, at least initially, to be incrementally successful. However, wage growth and labor market reforms will need to materialize before Japan can achieve its escape velocity. In Europe, multiple signs of a sustainable (albeit muted) recovery have been emerging. Ireland successfully exited its sovereign bailout program, unemployment rates in the peripheral economies have stopped rising or have begun to fall, and industrial activity seems to be picking up across the region on the back of solid export growth. Improving global growth, low inflation and still highly accommodative monetary policy created a positive environment for global credit, especially high yield and equity-linked assets, in 2013.

Overall, we expect fixed income returns to be lackluster in 2014. There is not much juice left to squeeze from corporate credit markets where spreads are currently razor thin. However, high yield and floating-rate products, such as bank loans, are likely to repeat 2013’s strong performance. As a consequence of the U.S. leading a global economic acceleration in 2013, U.S. Treasurys were the worst performing developed government bond market for the year. We expect government bonds will be flat in 2014, if not slightly negative, and non-U.S. government bonds, especially those in peripheral Europe, should outperform U.S. Treasurys. Emerging market (EM) sovereigns could make a comeback in 2014. The discount of EM sovereigns to corporate credit is presently at a four-year high. But, investors will need to be selective in this space, since many developing countries have experienced deteriorating fundamentals as a result of sliding commodity prices.

We believe the key risk going into 2014 is the “upside” growth scenario. Should the economy gallop ahead too quickly and inflation move higher, the markets will test the Fed’s forward guidance, and we could see a repeat of last summer’s bond market rout. Otherwise, in an environment of stronger global growth and dovish central bank policy, risk assets should perform well.

This commentary reflects the viewpoints of the portfolio manager, Loomis, Sayles & Company, as of December 31, 2013 and is not intended as a forecast or guarantee of future results.

 

 

 

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Managers Bond Fund

Portfolio Manager’s Comments (continued)

 

 

Cumulative Total Return Performance

Managers Bond Fund’s cumulative total return is based on the daily change in net asset value (NAV), and assumes that all distributions were reinvested. This chart compares a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in the Managers Bond Fund Service Class on December 31, 2003, to a $10,000 investment made in the Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index for the same time period. Performance for periods longer than one year is annualized. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on a Fund distribution or redemption of shares. The listed returns for the Fund are net expenses and the returns for the index exclude expenses. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

 

LOGO

The table below shows the average annual total returns for the Managers Bond Fund and the Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index for the same time periods ended December 31, 2013.

 

    Average Annual Total Returns1  
    One
Year
    Five
Years
    Ten
Years
    Since
Inception
    Inception
Date
 

Managers Bond Fund2,3,4,5

         

Service Class6

    1.06     11.71     6.10     8.81     6/1/1984   

Institutional Class7

    —          —          —          (0.48 )%      4/1/2013   

Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index8

    (2.35 )%      4.40     4.52     7.92     6/1/1984  

The performance data shown represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For performance information through the most recent month end, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our Web site at www.managersinvest.com. Current net asset value per share for the Fund is available on the Fund’s Web site at www.managersinvest.com.

 

Investors should carefully consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. For this and other information, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our Web site at www.managersinvest.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money. Funds are distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.

 

  Date reflects inception date of the Fund, not the index.
1  Total return equals income yield plus share price change and assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns are net of fees and may reflect offsets of Fund expenses as described in the Prospectus. No adjustment has been made for taxes payable by shareholders on their reinvested dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. The listed returns on the Fund are net of expenses and based on the published NAV as of December 31, 2013. All returns are in U.S. dollars($).
2  From time to time, the Fund’s advisor has waived fees and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns.
3  The Fund is subject to the risks associated with investments in debt securities, such as default risk and fluctuations in the perception of the debtor’s ability to pay its creditors. Changing interest rates may adversely affect the value of an investment. An increase in interest rates typically causes the value of bonds and other fixed income securities to fall.
4  Investments in international securities are subject to certain risks of overseas investing including currency fluctuations and changes in political and economic conditions, which could result in significant market fluctuations. These risks are magnified in emerging markets.
5  High yield bonds (also known as “junk bonds”) are subject to additional risks such as the risk of default.
6  Formerly shares of the Fund’s sole class, which were reclassified and redesignated as Service Class shares on April 1, 2013.
7  Commenced operations April 1, 2013.
8  The Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index is an index of investment-grade government and corporate bonds with a maturity rate of more than one year. Unlike the Fund, the Barclays U.S. Government/ Credit Bond Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur expenses.

Not FDIC insured, nor bank guaranteed. May lose value.

 

 

 
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Managers Bond Fund

Fund Snapshots

December 31, 2013

 

Portfolio Breakdown (unaudited)

 

Category

   Managers
Bond Fund**
 

Corporate Bonds and Notes

     62.4

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

     20.8

Foreign Government and Agency Obligations

     5.0

Asset-Backed Securities

     2.4

Municipal Bonds

     1.3

Common Stocks

     1.2

Mortgage-Backed Securities

     0.8

Preferred Stocks

     0.6

Other Assets and Liabilities

     5.5

 

** As a percentage of net assets.

Rating

   Managers
Bond Fund***
 

U.S. Treasury & Agency

     22.4

Aaa

     4.0

Aa

     2.9

A

     20.3

Baa

     38.2

Ba & lower

     9.7

Not Rated

     2.5

 

*** As a percentage of market value of fixed income securities.

Chart does not include equity securities.

 

 

Top Ten Holdings (unaudited)

 

Security Name

   % of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.250%, 05/31/14*

     9.8

U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.250%, 02/28/14*

     3.9   

U.S. Treasury Bonds, 2.875%, 05/15/43*

     2.3   

U.S. Treasury Bonds, 2.750%, 11/15/42*

     2.0   

Southwestern Electric Power Co., 6.450%, 01/15/19*

     2.0   

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 6.110%, 01/29/37*

     1.8   

EQT Corp., 6.500%, 04/01/18*

     1.8   

Springleaf Finance Corp., 7.750%, 10/01/21

     1.5   

Citigroup, Inc., 6.250%, 06/29/17

     1.4   

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., L.P., 7.000%, 06/15/18

     1.3   
  

 

 

 

Top Ten as a Group

     27.8
  

 

 

 

 

* Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2013
 

 

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

 

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Managers Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

December 31, 2013

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Asset-Backed Securities - 2.4%

     

Chase Issuance Trust, Series 2007-B1, Class B-1, 0.417%, 04/15/19 (01/15/14)1

   $ 17,040,000       $ 16,834,583   

FAN Engine Securitization, Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class 1A, 4.625%, 10/15/43 (a)2

     12,632,000         12,442,520   

Marriott Vacation Club Owner Trust, Series 2009-2A, Class A, 4.809%, 07/20/31 (a)

     4,394,382         4,521,212   

Sierra Receivables Funding Co., LLC, Series 2010-2A, Class A, 3.840%, 11/20/25 (a)

     4,713,545         4,760,365   

Trinity Rail Leasing, L.P.,

     

Series 2009-1A, Class A, 6.657%, 11/16/39 (a)

     4,176,084         4,741,271   

Series 2012-1A, Class A1, 2.266%, 01/15/43 (a)

     3,356,331         3,296,951   

Trip Rail Master Funding LLC, Series 2011-1A, Class A1A, 4.370%, 07/15/41 (a)

     7,683,326         8,069,889   

World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust, Series 2010-A, 6.750%, 04/15/19

     1,000,000         1,074,546   

Total Asset-Backed Securities (cost $53,175,366)

        55,741,337   
     Shares         

Common Stocks - 1.2%

     

PPG Industries, Inc. (Materials) (cost $10,696,329)

     145,736         27,640,290   
     Principal Amount         

Corporate Bonds and Notes - 62.4%

     

Financials - 28.4%

     

Ally Financial, Inc., 8.000%, 11/01/31

   $ 1,267,000         1,515,649   

Alta Wind Holdings LLC, 7.000%, 06/30/35 (a)

     7,402,698         7,831,240   

American International Group, Inc.,

     

8.175%, 05/15/583

     10,530,000         12,741,300   

MTN, 5.450%, 05/18/17

     485,000         542,094   

MTN, Series G, 5.850%, 01/16/18

     1,940,000         2,225,277   

Bank of America Corp.,

     

7.625%, 06/01/19

     2,906,000         3,604,390   

MTN, 5.000%, 05/13/21

     2,475,000         2,704,613   

Camden Property Trust, 5.700%, 05/15/17

     5,205,000         5,786,425   

Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P.,

     

6.375%, 06/26/15 (a), (b)

     5,025,000         5,188,312   

7.875%, 10/15/19 (a)2

     3,145,000         3,302,250   

Citigroup, Inc.,

     

5.500%, 10/15/14

     8,298,000         8,606,254   

6.125%, 08/25/36

     10,760,000         11,471,989   

6.250%, 06/29/17

   NZ D37,108,000         31,207,341   

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA/Netherlands,

     

3.375%, 01/19/17

     1,930,000         2,032,078   

3.875%, 02/08/22

     11,250,000         11,311,324   

Crown Castle Towers LLC, 6.113%, 01/15/20 (a)

     13,725,000         15,390,268   

Duke Realty, L.P.,

     

5.950%, 02/15/17

     2,210,000         2,459,237   

6.500%, 01/15/18

     5,000,000         5,713,985   

Equifax, Inc., 7.000%, 07/01/37

     4,421,000         5,038,114   

 

 

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

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Managers Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Financials - 28.4% (continued)

     

Equity One, Inc., 6.000%, 09/15/17

   $ 5,915,000       $ 6,622,884   

Export-Import Bank of Korea, 8.300%, 03/15/14 (a)

   IDR  1,400,000,000         112,736   

First Industrial, L.P., 5.950%, 05/15/17

     15,000,000         16,287,945   

General Electric Capital Corp.,

     

6.500%, 09/28/15

   NZD  15,265,000         12,986,517   

GMTN, 4.250%, 01/17/18

   NZD 5,010,000         3,985,178   

GMTN, 5.500%, 02/01/174

   NZD 6,250,000         5,245,400   

GMTN, 6.750%, 09/26/16

   NZD 6,390,000         5,474,842   

GMTN, 7.625%, 12/10/14

   NZD 9,365,000         7,948,270   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.,

     

3.375%, 02/01/18

   CAD 1,700,000         1,616,028   

6.750%, 10/01/37

     14,590,000         16,232,032   

Highwoods Realty, L.P.,

     

5.850%, 03/15/17

     3,680,000         4,052,401   

7.500%, 04/15/18

     2,405,000         2,806,676   

ICICI Bank, Ltd., 6.375%, 04/30/22 (a)3

     900,000         861,750   

iStar Financial, Inc.,

     

5.850%, 03/15/17

     325,000         348,156   

5.875%, 03/15/16

     1,340,000         1,435,475   

6.050%, 04/15/15

     250,000         262,813   

Jefferies Group LLC, 5.125%, 01/20/23

     8,800,000         8,900,901   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.,

     

4.250%, 11/02/18

   NZD 7,360,000         5,705,324   

7.700%, 06/01/16 (a)

   IDR 19,000,000,000         1,498,377   

EMTN, 1.049%, 05/30/173

   GBP 1,500,000         2,390,790   

Lloyds Bank PLC, 6.500%, 09/14/20 (a)

     17,940,000         20,393,116   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., 5.875%, 08/01/33

     8,295,000         8,824,362   

MBIA Insurance Corp., 11.504%, 01/15/33 (01/15/14) (a)1

     525,000         396,375   

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.,

     

6.050%, 05/16/16

     900,000         990,202   

6.110%, 01/29/37

     38,050,000         41,035,822   

EMTN, 4.625%, 09/14/184

   EUR 1,750,000         2,606,583   

MTN, Series C, 6.050%, 06/01/34

     22,100,000         23,038,698   

Morgan Stanley,

     

0.724%, 10/15/15 (01/15/14)1

     300,000         299,367   

2.125%, 04/25/184

     13,225,000         13,110,934   

3.450%, 11/02/15

     2,360,000         2,456,538   

3.750%, 02/25/23

     13,790,000         13,418,566   

5.750%, 01/25/21

     175,000         197,971   

GMTN, 5.500%, 01/26/20

     500,000         561,286   

GMTN, 5.500%, 07/24/20

     15,210,000         17,010,879   

GMTN, 8.000%, 05/09/17

   AUD 8,100,000         7,942,057   

MTN, 0.696%, 10/18/16 (01/21/14)1

     2,000,000         1,983,528   

MTN, 4.100%, 05/22/23

     12,910,000         12,493,665   

 

 

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

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Managers Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Financials - 28.4% (continued)

     

Morgan Stanley,

     

MTN, 5.625%, 09/23/19

   $ 7,500,000       $ 8,525,145   

MTN, 6.250%, 08/09/26

     11,000,000         12,713,833   

MTN, 6.625%, 04/01/18

     3,095,000         3,621,441   

Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co., 6.800%, 06/15/36 (a)

     13,925,000         15,669,789   

National City Bank of Indiana, 4.250%, 07/01/18

     6,310,000         6,689,445   

National City Corp., 6.875%, 05/15/19

     1,905,000         2,257,303   

National Life Insurance Co., 1.050%, 09/15/39 (a)

     5,000,000         6,594,605   

Newfield Exploration Co., 5.625%, 07/01/24

     6,320,000         6,288,400   

Old Republic International Corp., 3.750%, 03/15/185

     15,805,000         19,657,469   

The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., 7.625%, 06/15/40 (a)

     8,885,000         11,142,305   

ProLogis, L.P.,

     

5.625%, 11/15/15

     345,000         366,851   

5.750%, 04/01/16

     280,000         307,045   

Realty Income Corp.,

     

5.750%, 01/15/21

     1,435,000         1,586,929   

6.750%, 08/15/19

     6,240,000         7,305,162   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 6.125%, 12/15/22

     4,650,000         4,752,305   

Santander Financial Issuances, Ltd., 7.250%, 11/01/15

     500,000         538,170   

Santander Issuances SAU,

     

5.911%, 06/20/16 (a)

     1,100,000         1,165,688   

6.500%, 08/11/19 (a)3,4

     900,000         924,562   

Santander US Debt SAU, 3.724%, 01/20/15 (a)

     2,700,000         2,753,803   

Simon Property Group, L.P., 5.750%, 12/01/15

     445,000         482,006   

Sirius International Group, Ltd., 6.375%, 03/20/17 (a)

     4,555,000         4,937,082   

SLM Corp.,

     

5.000%, 04/15/15

     50,000         52,312   

5.500%, 01/25/23

     18,070,000         17,069,139   

8.450%, 06/15/18

     13,965,000         16,269,225   

MTN, 4.875%, 06/17/19

     2,040,000         2,032,764   

MTN, 5.500%, 01/15/19

     1,695,000         1,758,990   

Societe Generale SA, 5.200%, 04/15/21 (a)

     7,000,000         7,694,792   

Springleaf Finance Corp.,

     

7.750%, 10/01/21

     31,730,000         34,268,400   

8.250%, 10/01/23

     12,695,000         13,742,338   

MTN, 5.400%, 12/01/15

     5,000,000         5,200,000   

MTN, Series J, 6.900%, 12/15/17

     12,890,000         14,088,770   

WEA Finance LLC/WT Finance Australia Pty., Ltd., 6.750%, 09/02/19 (a)

     8,325,000         9,898,467   

Total Financials

        650,561,119   

Industrials - 26.8%

     

Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc.,

     

6.450%, 03/15/29

     4,335,000         3,836,475   

6.500%, 01/15/284

     305,000         266,875   

America Movil SAB de CV, Series 12, 6.450%, 12/05/22

   MXN 1,693,000         11,949,106   

 

 

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

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Managers Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Industrials - 26.8% (continued)

     

American Airlines 2013-1 Class A Pass Through Trust, 4.000%, 07/15/25 (a)

   $ 2,400,000       $ 2,322,000   

APL, Ltd., 8.000%, 01/15/242

     250,000         235,000   

ArcelorMittal,

     

6.000%, 03/01/21 (b)4

     150,000         159,000   

6.125%, 06/01/18

     4,580,000         5,026,550   

6.750%, 02/25/22 (b)4

     1,600,000         1,740,000   

7.250%, 03/01/41 (b)4

     11,065,000         10,567,075   

7.500%, 10/15/39 (b)

     6,604,000         6,488,430   

CenturyLink, Inc.,

     

Series P, 7.600%, 09/15/39

     9,335,000         8,308,150   

Series S, 6.450%, 06/15/214

     13,395,000         13,930,800   

Chesapeake Energy Corp.,

     

2.500%, 05/15/374,5

     3,800,000         3,857,000   

2.750%, 11/15/355

     1,560,000         1,631,175   

6.625%, 08/15/20

     55,000         61,463   

6.875%, 11/15/20

     85,000         96,050   

Choice Hotels International, Inc., 5.700%, 08/28/20

     11,900,000         12,524,750   

Continental Airlines, Inc.,

     

1999-1 Class B Pass Through Trust, Series 991B, 6.795%, 08/02/18

     14,108         14,989   

2000-1 Class A-1 Pass Through Trust, Series 00A1, 8.048%, 11/01/20

     79,548         90,979   

2007-1 Class A Pass Through Trust, Series 071A, 5.983%, 04/19/224

     15,595,469         17,038,050   

2007-1 Class B Pass Through Trust, Series 071B, 6.903%, 04/19/22

     5,167,292         5,431,857   

Corning, Inc.,

     

6.850%, 03/01/29

     9,142,000         10,537,700   

7.250%, 08/15/36

     1,185,000         1,365,261   

Cummins, Inc.,

     

5.650%, 03/01/98

     10,045,000         9,629,961   

6.750%, 02/15/27

     2,853,000         3,327,154   

Darden Restaurants, Inc., 6.000%, 08/15/35

     2,635,000         2,366,330   

Delta Air Lines, Inc.,

     

2007-1 Class B Pass Through Trust, Series 071B, 8.021%, 08/10/22

     9,353,414         10,522,591   

2010-1 Class A Pass Through Trust, Series 1A, 6.200%, 07/02/18

     3,924,401         4,375,708   

Dillard’s, Inc., 7.000%, 12/01/28

     225,000         229,500   

DP World, Ltd., 6.850%, 07/02/37 (a)

     28,350,000         27,853,875   

Embarq Corp., 7.995%, 06/01/36

     5,830,000         5,902,525   

Energy Transfer Partners, L.P., 6.125%, 02/15/17

     700,000         778,586   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 4.050%, 02/15/22

     8,450,000         8,563,171   

EQT Corp., 6.500%, 04/01/18

     35,420,000         40,013,230   

ERAC USA Finance LLC,

     

6.375%, 10/15/17 (a)

     4,910,000         5,681,768   

6.700%, 06/01/34 (a)

     1,250,000         1,387,512   

7.000%, 10/15/37 (a)

     19,033,000         22,524,090   

Foot Locker, Inc., 8.500%, 01/15/22

     570,000         656,212   

Ford Motor Co., 6.375%, 02/01/29

     1,990,000         2,189,406   

 

 

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

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Industrials - 26.8% (continued)

     

Georgia-Pacific LLC, 5.400%, 11/01/20 (a)

   $ 5,175,000       $ 5,782,033   

HCA, Inc., 7.500%, 11/06/33

     75,000         75,000   

Intel Corp.,

     

2.950%, 12/15/354,5

     8,030,000         8,993,600   

3.250%, 08/01/395

     15,000,000         20,390,625   

Intuit, Inc., 5.750%, 03/15/17

     3,560,000         3,980,386   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.,

     

4.150%, 03/01/22

     5,620,000         5,579,114   

5.300%, 09/15/20

     8,100,000         8,935,272   

5.800%, 03/01/21

     4,320,000         4,798,155   

5.950%, 02/15/18

     26,590,000         30,216,743   

Marks & Spencer PLC, 7.125%, 12/01/37 (a)4

     4,725,000         4,912,044   

Masco Corp.,

     

5.850%, 03/15/17

     8,150,000         8,944,625   

6.500%, 08/15/32

     955,000         938,287   

7.125%, 03/15/20

     8,815,000         10,062,402   

7.750%, 08/01/29

     1,070,000         1,175,002   

The Mead Corp., 7.550%, 03/01/472

     970,000         982,336   

Methanex Corp.,

     

5.250%, 03/01/22

     350,000         370,543   

6.000%, 08/15/15

     3,825,000         4,096,040   

Micron Technology, Inc., 2.375%, 05/01/325

     20,000         46,262   

Missouri Pacific Railroad Co., 5.000%, 01/01/452

     825,000         688,875   

New Albertsons, Inc.,

     

6.625%, 06/01/28

     1,015,000         730,800   

7.450%, 08/01/29

     3,195,000         2,619,900   

7.750%, 06/15/26

     915,000         741,150   

NGPL PipeCo LLC, 7.119%, 12/15/17 (a)4

     16,260,000         14,715,300   

Northwest Airlines, 2007-1 Class B Pass Through Trust, Series 41091, 8.028%, 11/01/17

     4,397,257         4,760,031   

Owens & Minor, Inc., 6.350%, 04/15/16

     1,355,000         1,478,407   

Owens Corning,

     

6.500%, 12/01/16

     925,000         1,026,462   

7.000%, 12/01/36

     9,175,000         9,883,521   

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., L.P.,

     

6.200%, 11/01/17

     5,520,000         6,298,596   

7.000%, 06/15/18

     26,505,000         30,667,584   

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P./PAA Finance Corp.,

     

6.125%, 01/15/17

     1,770,000         1,990,174   

6.500%, 05/01/18

     8,975,000         10,424,068   

Portugal Telecom International Finance, B.V., EMTN, 4.500%, 06/16/25

   EUR 500,000         660,338   

 

 

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

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Managers Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Industrials - 26.8% (continued)

     

PulteGroup, Inc.,

     

6.000%, 02/15/35

   $ 11,585,000       $ 9,818,288   

6.375%, 05/15/33

     5,135,000         4,647,175   

Qwest Capital Funding, Inc.,

     

6.500%, 11/15/18

     620,000         672,700   

6.875%, 07/15/28

     1,190,000         1,091,825   

7.625%, 08/03/21

     2,135,000         2,241,750   

Qwest Corp.,

     

6.875%, 09/15/33

     7,209,000         6,920,640   

7.200%, 11/10/26

     435,000         438,262   

7.250%, 09/15/25

     1,185,000         1,261,984   

7.250%, 10/15/35

     2,165,000         2,096,887   

Reliance Holdings USA, Inc., 5.400%, 02/14/22 (a)

     3,250,000         3,286,861   

Reynolds American, Inc., 6.750%, 06/15/17

     8,170,000         9,351,880   

Rowan Cos., Inc., 7.875%, 08/01/19

     4,710,000         5,656,880   

RR Donnelley & Sons Co., 8.250%, 03/15/19

     2,230,000         2,553,350   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 7.700%, 10/01/27 (a)

     3,080,000         3,715,456   

Telecom Italia Capital SA,

     

6.000%, 09/30/34

     5,965,000         5,167,181   

6.375%, 11/15/33

     4,865,000         4,402,825   

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 4.570%, 04/27/23

     900,000         887,478   

Telekom Malaysia Bhd, 7.875%, 08/01/25 (a)

     250,000         308,700   

Texas Eastern Transmission, L.P., 6.000%, 09/15/17 (a)

     3,000,000         3,404,436   

The Toro Co., 6.625%, 05/01/372

     6,810,000         6,914,901   

Transocean, Inc., 7.375%, 04/15/18

     500,000         579,947   

UAL, Series 2007-1, 6.636%, 07/02/22

     13,350,071         14,151,075   

United States Steel Corp.,

     

6.650%, 06/01/37

     3,595,000         3,091,700   

7.000%, 02/01/184

     7,310,000         7,949,625   

US Airways, 2011-1 Class A Pass Through Trust, Series 2011 A, 7.125%, 10/22/23

     3,374,661         3,804,931   

Vale Overseas Ltd., 6.875%, 11/21/36

     3,665,000         3,785,040   

Verizon New England, Inc., 7.875%, 11/15/29

     2,390,000         2,805,064   

Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc., 6.000%, 12/01/28

     530,000         521,985   

Virgin Australia 2013-1A Trust, 5.000%, 10/23/23 (a)

     1,660,000         1,713,950   

Weyerhaeuser Co.,

     

6.875%, 12/15/33

     12,890,000         15,203,175   

7.375%, 10/01/19

     3,915,000         4,746,503   

7.375%, 03/15/32

     1,930,000         2,361,654   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp., 6.000%, 12/01/16

     6,430,000         7,093,274   

Total Industrials

        613,091,411   

Utilities - 7.2%

     

Abu Dhabi National Energy Co., 7.250%, 08/01/18 (a)

     21,130,000         25,039,050   

Bruce Mansfield Unit, 6.850%, 06/01/34

     9,409,763         9,854,374   

DCP Midstream LLC, 6.450%, 11/03/36 (a)

     870,000         886,135   

 

 

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

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Managers Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Utilities - 7.2% (continued)

     

EDP Finance, B.V., 4.900%, 10/01/19 (a)

   $ 600,000       $ 610,500   

Endesa SA/Cayman Islands, 7.875%, 02/01/27

     2,900,000         3,412,152   

Enel Finance International N.V.,

     

5.125%, 10/07/19 (a)

     3,700,000         3,950,305   

6.000%, 10/07/39 (a)

     18,382,000         17,630,820   

EMTN, 5.750%, 09/14/40

   GBP 210,000         323,461   

Iberdrola Finance Ireland, Ltd., 3.800%, 09/11/14 (a)

     975,000         994,570   

ITC Holdings Corp., 5.875%, 09/30/16 (a)

     2,410,000         2,667,084   

Mackinaw Power LLC, 6.296%, 10/31/23 (a)2

     6,430,341         6,781,714   

Nisource Finance Corp.,

     

6.125%, 03/01/22

     2,020,000         2,239,699   

6.400%, 03/15/18

     25,890,000         29,794,704   

6.800%, 01/15/19

     11,625,000         13,529,082   

Southwestern Electric Power Co., 6.450%, 01/15/19

     39,195,000         45,002,169   

Tenaga Nasional Bhd, 7.500%, 11/01/25 (a)

     2,000,000         2,379,726   

Total Utilities

        165,095,545   

Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (cost $1,280,287,205)

        1,428,748,075   

Foreign Government and Agency Obligations - 5.0%

     

Alberta Notes, Province of, 5.930%, 09/16/16

   CAD 66,159         66,476   

Autonomous Community of Madrid Spain, Bonds, 4.300%, 09/15/26

   EUR 6,710,000         8,624,044   

Brazil Bonds, Republic of, Bonds, 10.250%, 01/10/28

   BRL 5,750,000         2,358,006   

Brazilian Government International Bond, 8.500%, 01/05/24

   BRL 6,650,000         2,466,356   

Canadian Government Notes,

     

2.500%, 06/01/15

   CAD 14,775,000         14,192,763   

2.750%, 09/01/16

   CAD 385,000         376,697   

3.000%, 12/01/15

   CAD 15,225,000         14,840,308   

Series N, 1.000%, 08/01/16

   CAD 5,965,000         5,585,958   

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, Series GMTN, 9.000%, 04/28/14

   BRL 2,000,000         845,608   

European Investment Bank, Bonds, 5.371%, 03/10/216

   AUD 5,000,000         2,987,906   

Iceland Government International Bonds, Notes, 5.875%, 05/11/22 (a)

     5,800,000         5,916,000   

Inter-American Development Bank, Bonds, 6.000%, 12/15/17

   NZD 4,215,000         3,594,583   

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development Notes, GDIF, 1.430%, 03/05/14

   SGD 5,800,000         4,599,647   

Manitoba Bonds, Province of, 6.375%, 09/01/15

   NZD 5,450,000         4,633,587   

Mexican Bonos, Bonds, Series M, 8.000%, 12/07/23

   MXN 55,000,000         4,685,310   

New South Wales Treasury Corp., Notes, Series 18, 6.000%, 02/01/18

   AUD 19,850,000         19,402,504   

Norway Government Bond,

     

Series 471, 5.000%, 05/15/15

   NOK 36,490,000         6,302,621   

Series 472, 4.250%, 05/19/17

   NOK 13,230,000         2,351,072   

Queensland Treasury Corp. Bonds, 7.125%, 09/18/17 (a)

   NZD 7,500,000         6,661,791   

Singapore Government Bond, 1.375%, 10/01/14

   SGD 4,400,000         3,512,796   

Total Foreign Government and Agency Obligations (cost $112,876,011)

        114,004,033   

Mortgage-Backed Securities - 0.8%

     

Community Program Loan Trust, Series 87-A, Class A5, 4.500%, 04/01/29

     2,211,283         2,232,571   

 

 

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

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Managers Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Mortgage-Backed Securities - 0.8% (continued)

     

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, Series 2007-C5, Class A4, 5.695%, 09/15/403

   $ 1,704,000       $ 1,881,858   

Extended Stay America Trust 2013-ESH, Series 2013-ESH7, Class C7, 3.920%, 12/05/31 (a)

     13,500,000         13,081,973   

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2007-LD11, Class A4, 5.806%, 06/15/493

     80,000         88,985   

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-C3, Class D, 5.548%, 03/15/44 (a)3

     875,000         857,362   

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (cost $17,438,164)

        18,142,749   

Municipal Bonds - 1.3%

     

Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, Series 2007 A-2, 5.875%, 06/01/47

     3,975,000         2,945,555   

Chicago Illinois O’Hare International Airport Revenue Bond, Series 2008-A, 4.500%, 01/01/38 (AGM Insured)7

     315,000         291,476   

Illinois State General Obligation, Series 2003, 5.100%, 06/01/33

     2,880,000         2,675,347   

Illinois State General Obligation, 5.520%, 04/01/38

     7,300,000         6,569,927   

Michigan Tobacco Settlement Finance Authority, Series 2006 A, 7.390%, 06/01/34

     2,845,000         2,222,030   

Virginia Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Series 2007 A-1, 6.706%, 06/01/46

     21,010,000         14,180,489   

Total Municipal Bonds (cost $37,089,228)

        28,884,824   
     Shares         

Preferred Stocks - 0.6%

     

Financials - 0.4%

     

Bank of America Corp., 6.375%

     20,000         465,000   

Bank of America Corp., Series L, 7.250%5

     7,808         8,284,288   

SLM Corp., 6.000%

     41,250         766,838   

Total Financials

        9,516,126   

Industrials - 0.2%

     

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., 6.250%

     37,854         3,906,533   

Utilities - 0.0%#

     

Entergy New Orleans, Inc., 4.750%

     482         43,380   

Entergy New Orleans, Inc., 5.600%

     100         9,625   

Wisconsin Electric Power Co., 3.600%

     3,946         322,783   

Total Utilities

        375,788   

Total Preferred Stocks (cost $12,475,519)

        13,798,447   
     Principal Amount         

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations - 20.8%

     

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation - 0.0%#

     

FHLMC Gold, 5.000%, 12/01/31

   $ 47,831       $ 51,557   

Federal National Mortgage Association - 0.2%

     

FNMA,

     

3.000%, 07/01/27

     3,770,848         3,852,770   

6.000%, 07/01/29

     3,527         3,962   

Total Federal National Mortgage Association

        3,856,732   

U.S. Treasury Obligations - 20.6%

     

U.S. Treasury Bonds,

     

2.750%, 11/15/42

     57,390,000         45,373,969   

2.875%, 05/15/43

     64,290,000         52,105,052   

 

 

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

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Managers Bond Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

U.S. Treasury Obligations - 20.6% (continued)

     

U.S. Treasury Notes,

     

0.250%, 02/28/14 to 10/31/14

   $ 345,140,000       $ 345,318,800   

0.375%, 11/15/15

     30,140,000         30,157,662   

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations

        472,955,483   

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (cost $489,731,949)

        476,863,772   

Short-Term Investments - 5.6%

     

Repurchase Agreements - 1.2%8

     

Citigroup Global Markets Inc., dated 12/31/13, due 01/02/14, 0.020%, total to be received $6,637,207 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 2.080% - 11.000%, 12/15/15 - 08/15/53, totaling $6,769,944)

     6,637,200         6,637,200   

Daiwa Capital Markets America, dated 12/31/13, due 01/02/14, 0.030%, total to be received $6,637,211 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 6.500%, 04/30/15 - 03/01/48, totaling $6,769,944)

     6,637,200         6,637,200   

Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., dated 12/31/13, due 01/02/14, 0.030%, total to be received $6,637,211 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 8.000%, 01/24/14 - 02/01/47, totaling $6,769,946)

     6,637,200         6,637,200   

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., dated 12/31/13, due 01/02/14, 0.010%, total to be received $6,637,204 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.364% - 7.000%, 06/01/17 - 09/01/44, totaling $6,769,944)

     6,637,200         6,637,200   

RBC Capital Markets LLC, dated 12/31/13, due 01/02/14, 0.001%, total to be received $1,397,149 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000% - 2.500%, 01/23/14 - 08/15/23, totaling $1,425,093)

     1,397,149         1,397,149   

Total Repurchase Agreements

        27,945,949   
     Shares         

Other Investment Companies - 4.4%9

     

Dreyfus Institutional Cash Advantage Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.06%

     101,318,754         101,318,754   

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $129,264,703)

        129,264,703   

Total Investments - 100.1% (cost $2,143,034,474)

        2,293,088,230   

Other Assets, less Liabilities - (0.1)%

        (2,201,802

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 2,290,886,428   

 

 

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

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Notes to Schedule of Portfolio Investments

 

The following footnotes and abbreviations should be read in conjunction with the Schedule of Portfolio Investments previously presented in this report.

Based on the approximate cost of investments of $2,143,034,474 for Federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2013, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $188,535,713 and $38,481,957, respectively, resulting in net unrealized appreciation of investments of $150,053,756.

 

Principal amount stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated.
# Rounds to less than 0.1%.
(a) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified buyers. At December 31, 2013, the value of these securities amounted to $338,652,780, or 14.8% of net assets.
(b) Step Bond: A debt instrument with either deferred interest payments or an interest rate that resets at specific times during its term.
1  Floating Rate Security. The rate listed is as of December 31, 2013. Date in parentheses represents the security’s next coupon rate reset.
2  Illiquid Security. A security not readily convertible into cash such as a stock, bond or commodity that is not actively traded and would be difficult to sell in a timely sale. The Fund may not invest more than 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities. All illiquid securities are valued by an independent pricing agent. Illiquid securities market value at December 31, 2013, amounted to $31,347,596 or 1.4% of net assets.
3  Variable Rate Security. The rate listed is as of December 31, 2013, and is periodically reset subject to terms and conditions set forth in the debenture.
4  Some or all of these securities, amounting to a market value of $27,441,607, or approximately 1.2% of net assets, were out on loan to various brokers.
5  Convertible Security. A corporate bond or preferred stock, usually a junior debenture, that can be converted, at the option of the holder, for a specific number of shares of the company’s preferred stock or common stock. Convertible Bonds and Convertible Preferred Stocks at December 31, 2013, amounted to $54,576,131, or 2.4% of net assets, and $8,284,288, or 0.4% of net assets, respectively.
6  Represents yield to maturity at December 31, 2013.
7  Securities in the portfolio backed by insurance of financial institutions and financial guaranty assurance agencies amounted to $291,476, or 0.01% of net assets.
8  Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in these short-term investments.
9  Yield shown represents the December 31, 2013, seven-day average yield, which refers to the sum of the previous seven days’ dividends paid, expressed asan annual percentage.

 

 

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

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Notes to Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

Country

   Managers Bond Fund*  

Australia

     1.2

Brazil

     0.4

Canada

     1.9

Cayman Islands

     0.2

France

     0.3

India

     0.0 %# 

Ireland

     0.6

Luxembourg

     1.6

Malaysia

     0.1

Mexico

     0.7

Netherlands

     1.6

New Zealand

     0.0 %# 

Norway

     0.4

Singapore

     0.2

South Korea

     0.2

Spain

     0.3

United Kingdom

     1.3

United States

     86.4

Other

     2.6
  

 

 

 
     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

#  Rounds to less than 0.1%.
* As a percentage of net assets as of December 31, 2013.

 

 

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

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Notes to Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s net assets by the fair value hierarchy levels as of December 31, 2013: (See Note 1(a) in the Notes to the Financial Statements.)

 

     Quoted Prices in Active
Markets for Identical
Investments

Level 1
     Significant Other
Observable Inputs

Level 2
     Significant Unobservable Inputs
Level 3
     Total  

Managers Bond Fund

           

Investments in Securities

           

Asset-Backed Securities

     —         $ 55,741,337         —         $ 55,741,337   

Common Stocks

   $ 27,640,290         —           —           27,640,290   

Corporate Bonds and Notes††

     —           1,428,748,075         —           1,428,748,075   

Foreign Government and Agency Obligations

     —           114,004,033         —           114,004,033   

Mortgage-Backed Securities

     —           18,142,749         —           18,142,749   

Municipal Bonds

     —           28,884,824         —           28,884,824   

Preferred Stocks

     13,798,447         —           —           13,798,447   

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations††

     —           476,863,772         —           476,863,772   

Short-Term Investments

           

Repurchase Agreements

     —           27,945,949         —           27,945,949   

Other Investment Companies

     101,318,754         —           —           101,318,754   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 142,757,491       $ 2,150,330,739         —         $ 2,293,088,230   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  All common stocks and preferred stocks held in the Fund are level 1 securities. For a detailed breakout of the common stocks and preferred stocks by major industry classification, please refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments.
  All corporate bonds and notes; U.S. government and agency obligations; held in the Fund are level 2 securities. For a detailed breakout of the corporate bonds and notes; U.S. government and agency obligations; by major industry or agency classification, please refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments.

As of December 31, 2013, the Fund had no transfers between levels from the beginning of the reporting period.

Investment Abbreviations and Definitions:

 

AGM:    Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.
EMTN:    European Medium-Term Note
FHLMC:    Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
FNMA:    Federal National Mortgage Association
GDIF:    Global Debt Issuance Facility
GMTN:    Global Medium-Term Note
MTN:    Medium-Term Note

Currency abbreviations have been used throughout the portfolio to indicate amounts shown in currencies other than the U.S. dollar (USD):

 

AUD:    Australian Dollar
BRL:    Brazilian Real
CAD:    Canadian Dollar
EUR:    Euro
GBP:    Great Britain Pound
IDR:    Indonesian Rupiah
MXN:    Mexican Peso
NOK:    Norwegian Krone
NZD:    New Zealand Dollar
SGD:    Singapore Dollar

 

 

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

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2013

 

 

Assets:

  

Investments at value* (including securities on loan valued at $27,441,607)

   $ 2,293,088,230   

Cash

     165,553   

Foreign currency**

     949,854   

Dividends, interest and other receivables

     23,835,092   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     7,186,669   

Receivable from affiliate

     23,620   

Prepaid expenses

     65,830   

Total assets

     2,325,314,848   

Liabilities:

  

Payable upon return of securities loaned

     27,945,949   

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     4,386,271   

Accrued expenses:

  

Investment advisory and management fees

     1,210,698   

Administrative fees

     484,279   

Shareholder servicing fee - Service Class

     130,925   

Trustees fees and expenses

     4,189   

Other

     266,109   

Total liabilities

     34,428,420   

Net Assets

   $ 2,290,886,428   

Net Assets Represent:

  

Paid-in capital

   $ 2,138,307,913   

Undistributed net investment income

     326,451   

Accumulated net realized gain from investments and foreign currency transactions

     2,237,276   

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and foreign currency translations

     150,014,788   

Net Assets

   $ 2,290,886,428   

Service Class:1

  

Net Assets

   $ 1,545,765,487   

Shares outstanding

     56,557,122   

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 27.33   

Institutional Class:2

  

Net Assets

   $ 745,120,941   

Shares outstanding

     27,267,022   

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 27.33   

*       Investments at cost

   $ 2,143,034,474   

**     Foreign currency at cost

   $ 948,292   

 

1  Formerly shares of the Fund’s sole class, which were reclassified and redesignated as Service Class shares on April 1, 2013.
2  Commenced operations on April 1, 2013.

 

 

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

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Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2013

 

 

Investment Income:

  

Interest income

   $ 100,296,100   

Dividend income

     1,072,724   

Securities lending income

     279,547   

Foreign withholding tax

     (18,185

Total investment income

     101,630,186   

Expenses:

  

Investment advisory and management fees

     14,573,652   

Administrative fees

     5,829,448   

Shareholder servicing fees - Service Class

     1,231,451   

Transfer agent

     817,423   

Extraordinary expense

     485,136   

Reports to shareholders

     327,026   

Custodian

     202,322   

Professional fees

     131,130   

Registration fees

     156,660   

Trustees fees and expenses

     83,347   

Miscellaneous

     52,857   

Total expenses before offsets

     23,890,452   

Expense reimbursements

     (829,563

Fee waivers

     (4,636

Net expenses

     23,056,253   

Net investment income

     78,573,933   

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

  

Net realized gain on investments

     20,449,756   

Net realized loss on foreign currency transactions

     (3,076,699

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     (72,824,991

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency translations

     (26,493

Net realized and unrealized loss

     (55,478,427

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 23,095,506   

 

 

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

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

     2013     2012  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 78,573,933      $ 86,698,623   

Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions

     17,373,057        51,030,131   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments and foreign currency translations

     (72,851,484     120,216,266   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     23,095,506        257,945,020   

Distributions to Shareholders:

    

From net investment income

    

Service Class

     (57,133,989     (93,830,463

Institutional Class

     (18,552,415     —     

Total distributions to shareholders

     (75,686,404     (93,830,463

Capital Share Transactions:

    

Service Class:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     494,693,079        661,018,738   

Reinvestment of dividends

     50,648,938        84,754,560   

Cost of shares repurchased

     (1,348,387,809     (657,366,515

Net increase (decrease) from Service Class transactions

     (803,045,792     88,406,783   

Institutional Class:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     947,291,885        —     

Reinvestment of dividends

     18,543,520        —     

Cost of shares repurchased

     (193,324,495     —     

Net increase from Institutional Class transactions

     772,510,910        —     

Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     (30,534,882     88,406,783   

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (83,125,780     252,521,340   

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of year

     2,374,012,208        2,121,490,868   

End of year

   $ 2,290,886,428      $ 2,374,012,208   

End of year undistributed net investment income

   $ 326,451      $ 513,641   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

    

Service Class:

    

Sale of shares

     17,831,667        24,384,005   

Reinvested shares

     1,831,337        3,120,139   

Shares repurchased

     (48,103,046     (24,211,309

Net increase (decrease) - Service Class

     (28,440,042     3,292,835   

Institutional Class:

    

Sale of shares

     33,655,642        —     

Reinvested shares

     675,403        —     

Shares repurchased

     (7,064,023     —     

Net increase - Institutional Class

     27,267,022        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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

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Managers Bond Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

     For the year ended December 31,  

Service Class Shares

   2013     2012     2011     2010     2009  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

   $ 27.93      $ 25.97      $ 25.61      $ 24.29      $ 19.65   

Income from Investment Operations:

          

Net investment income1

     0.92        1.03        1.14        1.16        1.30   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments1

     (0.63     2.04        0.39        1.34        4.62   

Total from investment operations

     0.29        3.07        1.53        2.50        5.92   

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

     (0.89     (1.11     (1.17     (1.18     (1.28

Net Asset Value, End of Year

   $ 27.33      $ 27.93      $ 25.97      $ 25.61      $ 24.29   

Total Return2

     1.06     12.04     6.06     10.47 %4      31.12 %4 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (with offsets/reductions)

     1.01 %5      0.99 %6      0.99     0.99     0.99

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (with offsets)

     1.01 %5      0.99 %6      0.99     0.99     0.99

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets (without offsets/reductions)3

     1.05 %5      1.05 %6      1.05     1.06     1.10

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     3.33 %5      3.79 %6      4.36     4.59     5.93

Portfolio turnover

     19     26     17     17     23

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

   $ 1,545,765      $ 2,374,012      $ 2,121,491      $ 1,986,376      $ 2,193,702   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Institutional Class Shares

   For the period
from April 1, 2013
to December 31, 2013
 

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

   $ 28.19   

Income from Investment Operations:

  

Net investment income1

     0.73   

Net realized and unrealized loss on investments1

     (0.88

Total from investment operations

     (0.15

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

  

Net investment income

     (0.71

Net Asset Value, End of Period

   $ 27.33   

Total Return2

     (0.48 )%7 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (with offsets/reductions)

     0.91 %5,8 

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (with offsets)

     0.91 %5,8 

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets (without offsets/reductions)3

     0.95 %5,8 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     3.53 %5,8 

Portfolio turnover

     19

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

   $ 745,121   
  

 

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Highlights

 

The following footnotes should be read in conjunction with the Financial Highlights previously presented in this report.

 

  Formerly shares of the Fund’s sole class, which were reclassified and redesignated as Service Class shares on April 1, 2013.
  Commenced operations on April 1, 2013.
1  Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares.
2  Total returns and net investment income would have been lower had certain expenses not been offset.
3  Excludes the impact of expense reimbursements or fee waivers and expense reductions such as brokerage credits, but includes expense repayments and non-reimbursable expenses, if any, such as interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses.
4  The Total Return is based on the Financial Statement Net Asset Values as shown above.
5  Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.023% and 0.015% of average net assets for the Service Class and Institutional Class, respectively.
6  Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.004% of average net assets.
7  Not annualized.
8  Annualized.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2013

 

 

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Managers Funds (the “Trust”) is an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Currently, the Trust consists of a number of different Funds, each having distinct investment management objectives, strategies, risks, and policies. Included in this report is the Managers Bond Fund (the “Fund”).

The Fund offers two classes of shares: Service Class (formerly shares of the Fund’s sole class, which were reclassified and redesignated as Service Class shares on April 1, 2013) and Institutional Class (which commenced operations on April 1, 2013). Each class represents an interest in the same assets of the Fund. Although all share classes generally have identical voting rights, each share class votes separately when required by law. Different share classes may pay different distribution amounts to the extent the net asset value per share and/or the expenses of such share classes differ. Each share class has its own expense structure. Please refer to a current prospectus for additional information on each share class.

The Fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences may be material. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements:

 

a. Valuation of Investments

Equity securities traded on a domestic securities exchange are valued at the last quoted sale price, or, lacking any sales, at the last quoted bid price. Equity securities primarily traded on an international securities exchange and equity securities traded on NASDAQ or in a U.S. or non-U.S. over-the-counter market are valued at the market’s official closing price, or, if there are no trades on the applicable date, at the last quoted bid price. In addition, if the applicable market does not offer an official closing price or if the official closing price is not representative of the overall market, equity securities primarily traded on an international securities exchange and equity securities traded in a non-U.S. over-the-counter market are valued at the last quoted sales price. The Fund’s investments are generally valued based on independent market quotations or prices or, if none, “evaluative” or other market based valuations provided by third-party pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees of the Fund (the “Board”).

Fixed-income securities are valued based on valuations furnished by independent pricing services that utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Debt obligations (other than short term debt obligations that have 60 days or less remaining until maturity) will be valued using the evaluated bid price or the mean price provided by an authorized

pricing service. Short term debt obligations (debt obligations with maturities of one year or less at the time of issuance) that have 60 days or less remaining until maturity will be valued at amortized cost. Investments in other open-end regulated investment companies are valued at their end of day net asset value per share. Investments in certain mortgage-backed and stripped mortgage-backed securities, preferred stocks, convertible securities, derivatives and other debt securities not traded on an organized securities market are valued on the basis of valuations provided by dealers or by a pricing service which uses information with respect to transactions in such securities and various relationships between such securities and yield to maturity in determining value.

Under certain circumstances, the value of certain Fund investments (including derivatives) may be based on an evaluation of fair value, pursuant to procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. The Pricing Committee is the committee formed by the Board to make fair value determinations for such investments. The Fund may use the fair value of a portfolio investment to calculate its net asset value (“NAV”) in the event that the market quotation, price or market based valuation for the portfolio investment is not deemed to be readily available or otherwise not determinable pursuant to the Board’s valuation procedures, if Managers Investment Group LLC (the “Investment Manager”) believes the quotation, price or market based valuation to be unreliable, or in certain other circumstances. When determining the fair value of an investment, the Pricing Committee seeks to determine the price that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive from a current sale of that investment in an arms-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon consideration of all available facts and information, including, but not limited to (i) attributes specific to the investment; (ii) fundamental analytical data and press releases relating to the investment and its issuer; and (iii) the value of other comparable securities or relevant financial instruments, including derivative securities, traded on other markets or among dealers.

The values assigned to fair value investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized in the future, since such amounts depend on future developments inherent in long-term investments. Because of the inherent uncertainty of valuation, those estimated values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed, and the differences could be material. Board will be presented with a quarterly report showing as of the most recent quarter end, all outstanding securities fair valued by the Pricing Committee, including a comparison with the prior quarter end and the percentage of the Fund that the security represents at each quarter end.

Portfolio investments that trade primarily on foreign markets are priced based upon the market quotation of such securities as of the close of their respective principal markets. Under certain circumstances, on behalf of a fund that invests primarily in international securities, the Investment Manager or applicable subadvisor may adjust such prices based on its determination of the impact of events occurring subsequent to the close of such markets but prior to the time as of which the Fund calculates its NAV. The Board has also adopted a policy that securities held in a fund that

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

invests primarily in international securities and certain foreign debt obligations held by a fund, in each case, that can be fair valued by the applicable fair value pricing service are fair valued on each business day without regard to a “trigger” (e.g., without regard to invoking fair value based upon a change in a U.S. equity securities index exceeding a pre-determined level). The Fund may invest in securities that may be thinly traded. The Board has adopted procedures to adjust prices of securities that are judged to be stale so that they reflect fair value. An investment valued on the basis of its fair value may be valued at a price higher or lower than available market quotations.

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that 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. U.S. GAAP also establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Fund. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation.

The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below:

Level 1 – inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies)

Level 2 – other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing, broker-quoted securities, fair valued securities with observable inputs)

Level 3 – inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., fair valued securities with unobservable inputs)

Changes in inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments may result in a transfer in or out of levels within the fair value hierarchy. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.

 

b. Security Transactions

Security transactions are accounted for as of trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

c. Investment Income and Expenses

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividend and interest income on foreign securities is recorded gross of any withholding tax. Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, is accrued as earned. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are reported at the fair market value of the securities received. Other income and expenses are recorded on an accrual basis. Expenses that cannot be directly attributed to a Fund are apportioned among the Funds in the Trust and in some cases other affiliated funds based upon their relative average net assets or number of shareholders. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, the common expenses of the Fund and certain Fund level expense reductions, if any, are allocated on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund.

The Fund has a “balance credit” agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNYM”), the Fund’s custodian, whereby the Fund is credited with an interest factor equal to 0.75% below the effective

90-day T-Bill rate for account balances left uninvested overnight. If the T-Bill rate falls below 0.75%, no credits will be earned. These credits serve to reduce custody expenses that would otherwise be charged to the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2013, the Fund’s custodian expense was not reduced.

Overdraft fees are computed at 1% above the effective Federal Funds rate on the day of the overdraft. Prior to January 1, 2013, the rate was 2% above the effective Federal Funds rate. For the year ended December 31, 2013, overdraft fees for the Fund equaled $117.

The Trust recently held a shareholder meeting at which shareholders were asked to approve a new Declaration of Trust for the Trust, among other proposals. The costs associated with this proxy statement are being treated as “extraordinary expenses,” and, therefore, are excluded from the expense limitation agreement described in Note 2.

 

d. Dividends and Distributions

Fund distributions resulting from either net investment income or realized net capital gains, if any, will normally be declared and paid at least annually in December, as described in the Fund’s prospectus. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined in accordance with Federal income tax regulations, which may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial statement purposes (U.S. GAAP). Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense and gain or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. The most common differences are due to differing treatments for losses deferred due to wash sales, foreign currency and market discount transactions. Permanent book and tax basis differences, if any, relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications to paid-in capital.

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were as follows:

 

Distributions paid from:    2013      2012  

Ordinary income

   $ 75,686,404       $ 93,830,463   

Short-term capital gains

     —           —     

Long-term capital gains

     —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Totals

   $ 75,686,404       $ 93,830,463   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2013, the components of distributable earnings (excluding unrealized appreciation/depreciation) on a tax basis consisted of:

 

Capital loss carryforward

     —     

Undistributed ordinary income

   $ 326,451   

Undistributed short-term capital gains

     —     

Undistributed long-term capital gains

     2,237,268   

Post-October loss deferral

     —     

 

e. Federal Taxes

The Fund intends to comply with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income and gains to its shareholders and to meet certain diversification and income requirements with respect to investment companies. Therefore, no provision for Federal income or excise tax is included in the accompanying financial statements.

Additionally, based on the Fund’s understanding of the tax rules and rates related to income, gains and transactions for the foreign jurisdictions in which it invests, the Fund will provide for foreign taxes, and where appropriate, deferred foreign taxes.

Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns as of December 31, 2013 and for all open tax years (generally, the three prior taxable years), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. Additionally, the Fund is not aware of any tax position for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.

Net capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after the enactment of the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, post-enactment capital losses may be carried forward for an unlimited time period. Such losses will be required to be utilized prior to any loss carryovers incurred in pre-enactment taxable years, which generally expire eight years following the close of the taxable year in which they were incurred. As a result of this ordering rule, pre-enactment capital loss carryovers may be more likely to expire unused. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward retain their tax character as either short-term or long-term capital losses, unlike pre-enactment losses which are considered all short-term.

 

f. Capital Loss Carryovers and Deferrals

As of December 31, 2013, the Fund had no accumulated net realized capital loss carryovers from securities transactions for Federal income tax purposes. Should the Fund incur net capital

losses for the year ended December 31, 2014, such amounts may be used to offset future realized capital gains, for an unlimited time period.

For the year ended December 31, 2013, the Fund utilized capital loss carryovers in the amount of $18,212,480.

 

g. Capital Stock

The Trust’s Declaration of Trust authorizes for each series the issuance of an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, without par value. The Fund records sales and repurchases of its capital stock on the trade date. The cost of securities contributed to the Fund in connection with the issuance of shares is based on the valuation of those securities in accordance with the Fund’s policy on investment valuation.

At December 31, 2013, certain unaffiliated shareholders of record, specifically omnibus accounts, individually or collectively held greater than 10% of the net assets of the Fund as follows: two collectively own 59%. Transactions by these shareholders may have a material impact on the Fund.

 

h. Repurchase Agreements

The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements provided that the value of the underlying collateral, including accrued interest, will equal or exceed the value of the repurchase agreement during the term of the agreement. The underlying collateral for all repurchase agreements is held in safekeeping by the Fund’s custodian or at the Federal Reserve Bank. If the seller defaults and the value of the collateral declines, or if bankruptcy proceedings commence with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Fund may be delayed or limited. At December 31, 2013, the market value of repurchase agreements outstanding was $27,945,949.

 

i. Foreign Currency Translation

The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. The value of investments, assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars based upon current foreign exchange rates. Purchases and sales of foreign investments, income and expenses are converted into U.S. dollars based on currency exchange rates prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions represent: (1) foreign exchange gains and losses from the sale and holdings of foreign currencies; (2) gains and losses between trade date and settlement date on investment securities transactions and forward foreign currency exchange contracts; and (3) gains and losses from the difference between amounts of interest and dividends recorded and the amounts actually received.

The Fund does not isolate the net realized and unrealized gain or loss resulting from changes in exchange rates from the fluctuations in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

 

j. Foreign Securities

The Fund invests in securities of foreign entities and in instruments denominated in foreign currencies which involve risks not typically associated with investments in domestic securities. Non-domestic

 

 

 

 

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securities carry special risks, such as exposure to currency fluctuations, less developed or less efficient trading markets, political instability, a lack of company information, differing auditing and legal standards, and, potentially, less liquidity.

Realized gains in certain countries may be subject to foreign taxes at the Fund level, at rates ranging from approximately 10% to 15%. The Fund would pay such foreign taxes at the appropriate rate for each jurisdiction.

 

2. Agreements and Transactions with Affiliates

The Trust has entered into an investment advisory agreement under which the Investment Manager, a subsidiary of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (“AMG”), serves as investment manager to the Fund and is responsible for the Fund’s overall administration and operations. The Investment Manager selects one or more subadvisors for the Fund (subject to Board approval) and monitors each subadvisor’s investment performance, security holdings and investment strategies. The Fund’s investment portfolio is managed by one or more portfolio managers who serves pursuant to a subadvisory agreement with the Investment Manager.

Investment management fees are paid directly by the Fund to the Investment Manager based on average daily net assets. For the year ended December 31, 2013, the Fund paid an investment management fee at the annual rate of 0.625% of the average daily net assets of the Fund.

Effective April 1, 2013, the Investment Manager has contractually agreed, through at least May 1, 2014, to waive management fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in order to limit total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of taxes, interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), shareholder servicing fees, brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) to 0.89% of the Fund’s average daily net assets subject to later reimbursement by the Fund in certain circumstances.

Prior to April 1, 2013, the Investment Manager agreed to waive management fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in order to limit total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of taxes, interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), brokerage commissions and other transactions costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) to 0.99% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

The Fund is obligated to repay the Investment Manager such amounts waived, paid or reimbursed in future years provided that the repayment occurs within thirty-six (36) months after the waiver or reimbursement and that such repayment would not cause the Fund’s total annual operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements in any such future year to exceed the Fund’s expense contractual expense limitation amount. For the year ended December 31, 2013, the Fund’s components of reimbursement available are detailed in the following chart:

Reimbursement Available - 12/31/12

   $ 4,145,544   

Additional Reimbursements

     829,563   

Repayments

     —     

Expired Reimbursements

     (1,627,692
  

 

 

 

Reimbursement Available - 12/31/13

   $ 3,347,415   
  

 

 

 

The Investment Manager has agreed to waive a portion of its management fee in consideration of shareholder servicing fees that it has received from JPMorgan Distribution Services, Inc., with respect to short-term cash investments the Fund may have made in JPMorgan Liquid Assets Money Market Fund, Capital Shares. For the year ended December 31, 2013, the management fee was reduced by $4,636.

The Fund has entered into an Administration and Shareholder Servicing Agreement under which the Investment Manager serves as the Fund’s administrator (the “Administrator”) and is responsible for all aspects of managing the Fund’s operations, including administration and shareholder services to the Fund, its shareholders, and certain institutions, such as bank trust departments, broker-dealers and registered investment advisers, that advise or act as an intermediary with the Fund’s shareholders. The Fund pays a fee to the Administrator at the rate of 0.25% per annum of the Fund’s average daily net assets for this service.

The aggregate annual retainer paid to each Independent Trustee of the Board is $105,000, plus $6,000 or $2,500 for each regular or special meeting attended, respectively. The Independent Chairman of the Trusts receives an additional payment of $25,000 per year. The Chairman of the Audit Committee receives an additional payment of $10,000 per year. The Trustees’ fees and expenses are allocated among all of the funds in the Trusts for which the Investment Manager serves as the advisor (the “Managers Funds”) based on the relative net assets of such Funds. The “Trustees fees and expenses” shown in the financial statements represents each Fund’s allocated portion of the total fees and expenses paid by the Managers Funds.

Prior to January 1, 2013, the annual retainer paid to each Independent Trustee of the Board was $80,000, plus $5,000 or $2,500 for each regular or special meeting attended, respectively. The Independent Chairman of the Trust formerly received an additional payment of $20,000 per year. The Chairman of the Audit Committee received an additional payment of $8,000 per year.

The Fund is distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor” or “MDI”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Investment Manager. MDI serves as the distributor and underwriter for the Fund and is a registered broker-dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). Shares of the Fund will be continuously offered and will be sold directly to prospective purchasers and through brokers, dealers or other financial intermediaries who have executed selling agreements with MDI. Subject to the compensation arrangement discussed below, generally MDI bears all or a portion of the expenses of providing services pursuant to the distribution agreement, including the payment of the expenses relating to the distribution of prospectuses for sales purposes and any advertising or sales literature. Certain

 

 

 

 

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Trustees and Officers of the Fund are Officers and/or Directors of the Investment Manager, AMG and/or the Distributor.

For the Service Class shares, the Board has approved reimbursement payments to the Investment Manager for shareholder servicing expenses incurred (“shareholder servicing fees”). Shareholder servicing fees include payments to third parties such as a bank, broker-dealer, trust company or other financial intermediaries who provide shareholder recordkeeping, account servicing and other services. The Service Class shares may reimburse the Investment Manager for the actual amount incurred up to a maximum annual rate of the Class’s average daily net asset value as shown in the table below.

The impact on the annualized expense ratio for the year ended December 31, 2013, was as follows:

 

     Maximum Amount
Allowed
    Actual Amount
Incurred
 

Service Class

     0.10     0.10

The Securities and Exchange Commission granted an exemptive order that permits the Fund to lend and borrow money for certain temporary purposes directly to and from other eligible Managers Funds. Participation in this interfund lending program is voluntary for both borrowing and lending funds, and an interfund loan is only made if it benefits each participating fund. The Investment Manager administers the program according to procedures approved by the Board, and the Board monitors the operation of the program. An interfund loan must comply with certain conditions set out in the exemptive order, which are designed to assure fairness and protect all participating funds. For the year ended December 31, 2013, the Fund lent varying amounts not exceeding $3,938,937, for two days earning interest of $95. The interest amount is included in the Statement of Operations as interest income. At December 31, 2013, the Fund had no loans outstanding.

 

3. Purchases and Sales of Securities

Purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term securities and U.S. Government obligations) for the year ended December 31, 2013, were $308,807,299 and $340,081,390, respectively. Purchases and sales of U.S. Government obligations for the year ended December 31, 2013, were $110,560,117 and $131,073,935, respectively.

 

4. Portfolio Securities Loaned

The Fund participates in a securities lending program offered by BNYM (the “Program”), providing for the lending of securities to qualified brokers. Securities lending income include earnings of such temporary cash investments, plus or minus any rebate to a borrower. These earnings (after any rebate) are then divided between BNYM, as a fee for its services under the program, and the Fund, according to agreed-upon rates. Collateral on all securities loaned is accepted in cash and is maintained at a minimum level of 102% (105% in the case of certain foreign securities) of the market value, plus interest, if applicable, of investments on loan. It is the Fund’s policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the

valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Fund if and to the extent that the market value of the securities loaned were to increase and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower fails to return the securities. Under the terms of the Program, the Fund is indemnified for such losses by BNYM. Cash collateral is held in a separate account managed by BNYM, who is authorized to exclusively enter into overnight government repurchase agreements. BNYM bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the cash collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested.

 

5. Commitments and Contingencies

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its trustees and officers are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties, which provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure to the Fund under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Fund had no prior claims or losses and expects the risks of loss to be remote.

 

6. Risks Associated with High Yield Securities

Investing in high yield securities involves greater risks and considerations not typically associated with U.S. Government and other high quality/investment grade securities. High Yield securities are generally below investment grade securities and do not have an established retail secondary market. Economic downturns may disrupt the high yield market and impair the issuer’s ability to repay principal and interest. Also, an increase in interest rates would likely have an adverse impact on the value of such obligations and could cause the securities to become less liquid.

 

7. Forward Commitments

Certain transactions, such as futures and forward transactions, dollar roll agreements, or purchases of when-issued or delayed delivery securities may have a similar effect on the Fund net asset value as if the Fund had created a degree of leverage in its portfolio. However, if the Fund enters into such a transaction, the Fund will establish a segregated account with its custodian in which it will maintain cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid securities equal in value to its obligations in respect to such transaction. Securities and other assets held in the segregated account may not be sold while the transaction is outstanding, unless other suitable assets are substituted.

 

8. Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Fund invested in forward foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign securities and to hedge against foreign currency exchange rate risk on its non-U.S. dollar denominated investment securities. As of December 31, 2013, the Fund held no open forward foreign currency contracts.

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date. The market value of the contract will fluctuate with changes in currency exchange rates. The contract is marked-to-market daily, and the change in market value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. Gain or loss on the purchase or sale of contracts having the same settlement date, amount and counterparty is realized on the

date of offset, otherwise gain or loss is realized on the settlement date. Risks may arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from unanticipated movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar.

 

 

9. Master Netting Agreements

The Fund may enter into master netting agreements with its counterparties for the securities lending program and repurchase agreements, which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset financial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to master netting agreements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The following table is a summary of the Fund’s open securities lending and repurchase agreements which are subject to a master netting agreement as of December 31, 2013:

 

     Gross Amounts of
Recognized Assets
     Gross Amounts
Offset in the
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
     Net Amounts of
Assets Presented in
the Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
     Gross Amount Not Offset in the
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
     Net Amount  
              Financial
Instruments
     Cash Collateral
Received
    

Securities lending

   $ 27,441,607         —         $ 27,441,607         —         $ 27,441,607         —     

Repurchase agreements

     27,945,949         —           27,945,949       $ 27,945,949         —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 55,387,556         —         $ 55,387,556       $ 27,945,949       $ 27,441,607         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

10. Subsequent Events

On January 21, 2014, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc., a global asset management company, announced that the Fund’s Investment Manager and Administrator, Managers Investment Group LLC, will be rebranded as AMG Funds LLC. The rebranding is expected to become effective during the second quarter of 2014 once the appropriate regulatory filings have taken place.

The Fund has determined that no other material events or transactions occurred through the issuance date of the Fund’s financial statements, which require additional disclosure in or adjustment of the Fund’s financial statements.

 

 

Tax Information (unaudited)

Managers Bond Fund hereby designates the maximum amount allowable of its net taxable income as qualified dividends as provided in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. The 2013 Form 1099-DIV you receive for the Fund will show the tax status of all distributions paid to you during the year.

 

     2013     2012  

Ordinary Income - QDI

     1.76     1.42

Ordinary Income - DRD

     1.76     1.42

Pursuant to section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, Managers Bond Fund hereby designates $2,237,268, as a capital gain distribution with respect to the taxable year ended December 31, 2013, or if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gains of such year.

 

 

 

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of The Managers Funds and the Shareholders of Managers Bond Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of portfolio investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Managers Bond Fund (the “Fund”) at December 31, 2013, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2013 by correspondence with the custodian, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 28, 2014

 

 

 

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Trustees and Officers

 

The Trustees and Officers of the Trust, their business addresses, principal occupations for the past five years and dates of birth are listed below. The Trustees provide broad supervision over the affairs of the Trust and the Funds. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the Funds’ activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the Funds, and review the Funds’ performance. Unless otherwise noted, the address of each Trustee or Officer is the address of the Trust: 800 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut 06854.

There is no stated term of office for Trustees. Trustees serve until their resignation, retirement or removal in accordance with the Trust’s organizational documents and policies adopted by the Board from time to time. The Chairman of the Trustees, President, Treasurer and Secretary of the Trust are elected by the Trustees annually. Other officers hold office at the pleasure of the Trustees.

 

Independent Trustees

The following Trustees are not “interested persons” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act:

 

Name, Date of Birth,
Number of Funds Overseen
in Fund Complex*

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5
Years and Other Directorships Held by
Trustee

Bruce B. Bingham,

12/1/48

•  Trustee since 2012

•  Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Partner, Hamilton Partners (real estate development firm) (1987-Present).
  
  
  

William E. Chapman, II,

9/23/41

•  Independent Chairman

•  Trustee since 1999

•  Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   President and Owner, Longboat Retirement Planning Solutions (1998-Present); Hewitt Associates, LLC (part time) (provider of Retirement and Investment Education Seminars) (2002-2009); Trustee Emeritus of Bowdoin College (2013-Present); Trustee of Bowdoin College (2002-2013); Director of Harding, Loevner Funds, Inc. (6 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Trust (5 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Variable Trust (1 portfolio); Trustee of Aston Funds (23 portfolios).
  
  
  
  
  

Edward J. Kaier,

9/23/45

•  Trustee since 1999

•  Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Attorney at Law and Partner, Teeters Harvey Marrone & Kaier LLP (2007-Present); Attorney at Law and Partner, Hepburn Willcox Hamilton & Putnam, LLP (1977-2007); Trustee of Third Avenue Trust (5 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Variable Trust (1 portfolio); Trustee of Aston Funds (23 portfolios).

Kurt A. Keilhacker,

10/5/63

•  Trustee since 2013

•  Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Managing Member, TechFund Capital (1997-Present); Managing Member, TechFund Europe (2000-Present); Trustee, Gordon College (2001-Present); Board Member, 6wind SA, (2002-Present); Managing Member, Clapham Partners I, LLC (2013-Present).

Steven J. Paggioli,

4/3/50

•  Trustee since 1993

•  Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Independent Consultant (2002-Present); Formerly Executive Vice President and Director, The Wadsworth Group (1986-2001); Executive Vice President, Secretary and Director, Investment Company Administration, LLC (1990-2001); Vice President, Secretary and Director, First Fund Distributors, Inc. (1991-2001); Trustee, Professionally Managed Portfolios (45 portfolios); Advisory Board Member, Sustainable Growth Advisors, LP; Independent Director, Chase Investment Counsel (2008 – Present); Trustee of Aston Funds (23 portfolios).

Richard F. Powers III,

2/2/46

•  Trustee since 2013

•  Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Adjunct Professor, Boston College (2011-Present); Director of Ameriprise Financial Inc. (2005-2009); President and CEO of Van Kampen Investments Inc. (1998-2003).

Eric Rakowski,

6/5/58

•  Trustee since 1999

•  Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Professor, University of California at Berkeley School of Law (1990-Present); Director of Harding, Loevner Funds, Inc. (6 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Trust (5 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Variable Trust (1 portfolio); Trustee of Aston Funds (23 portfolios).

Vitoria L. Sassinc,

8/11/65

•  Trustee since 2013

•  Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Lecturer, Babson College (2007 – Present)

Name, Date of Birth,
Number of Funds Overseen
in Fund Complex*

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5
Years and Other Directorships Held by
Trustee

Thomas R. Schneeweis,

5/10/47

•  Trustee since 1987

•  Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts (2013 - Present); Partner, S Capital Management, LLC (2007-Present); President, TRS Associates (1982-Present); Director, CISDM at the University of Massachusetts, (1996-2013); President, Alternative Investment Analytics, LLC, (formerly Schneeweis Partners, LLC) (2001-2013); Professor of Finance, University of Massachusetts (1977-2013); Partner, White Bear Partners, LLC (2007-2010); Partner, Northampton Capital Management, LLC (2004-2010); Trustee of Aston Funds (23 portfolios).

 

* The Fund Complex consists of Managers AMG Funds, The Managers Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II.

Interested Trustees

Each Trustee in the following table is an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Ms. Carsman is an interested person of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act by virtue of her position with, and interest in securities of, AMG, and her former position as Chief Legal Officer of the Trust.

 

Name, Date of Birth,
Number of Funds Overseen
in Fund Complex*

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5
Years and Other Directorships Held by
Trustee

Christine C. Carsman,

4/2/52

•  Trustee since 2011

•  Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2011-Present); Senior Vice President and Chief Regulatory Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2007-2011); Vice President and Chief Regulatory Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2004-2007); Secretary and Chief Legal Officer, Managers AMG Funds, The Managers Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2004-2011); Senior Counsel, Vice President and Director of Operational Risk Management and Compliance, Wellington Management Company, LLP (1995-2004).

Officers

 

Name, Date of Birth,
Position(s) Held with Fund
and Length of Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5
Years

Keitha L. Kinne,

5/16/58

•  President since 2012

•  Chief Operating Officer since 2007

   Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer, Managers Investment Group LLC (2007-Present); Chief Investment Officer, Managers Investment Group LLC (2008-Present); President, Managers Distributors, Inc. (2012-Present); Chief Operating Officer, Managers AMG Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2007-Present); Managing Director, Legg Mason & Co., LLC (2006-2007); Managing Director, Citigroup Asset Management (2004-2006).

Lewis Collins,

2/26/66

•  Secretary since 2011

•  Chief Legal Officer since 2011

   Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2010-Present); Vice President and Senior Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2006-2010); Senior Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2002-2006); Attorney, Ropes & Gray LLP (1998-2002).
 

 

 

 

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Trustees and Officers

 

 

Name, Date of Birth,
Position(s) Held with Fund
and Length of Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5
Years

Donald S. Rumery,

5/29/58

•  Chief Financial Officer since 2007

•  Treasurer since 1995

   Senior Vice President, Managers Investment Group LLC (2005-Present); Treasurer, Managers AMG Funds (1999-Present); Treasurer, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2000-Present); Chief Financial Officer, Managers AMG Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2007-Present); Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, Managers Distributors, Inc. (2000-2012); Vice President, The Managers Funds LLC, (1994-2004).

John J. Ferencz,

3/9/62

•  Chief Compliance Officer since 2010

   Vice President, Legal and Compliance, Managers Investment Group LLC (2010-Present); Senior Compliance Analyst, Mutual Funds and Regulatory, GE Asset Management Incorporated (2005-2010).

Name, Date of Birth,
Position(s) Held with Fund
and Length of Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5
Years

Michael S. Ponder,

9/12/73

•  Assistant Secretary since 2011

   Senior Vice President and Counsel, Managers Investment Group LLC (2011-Present); Attorney, DeNovo Legal (2009-2010); Vice President, Credit Suisse (2007-2009); Associate, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (2006-2007).

Matthew B. Wallace,

11/24/80

•  Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer since 2012

   Assistant Vice President, Legal and Compliance, Managers Investment Group LLC (2014-Present); Senior Associate, Legal and Compliance, Managers Investment Group LLC (2012-Present); Associate, Legal and Compliance, Managers Investment Group LLC (2010-2012); Compliance Specialist, Calamos Advisors LLC (2007-2010).
 

 

 

 

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PROXY RESULTS

 

A special meeting of shareholders of The Managers Funds was held on July 2, 2013. With respect to the proposals to amend and restate the declaration of trust, the proposals did not pass. The proposals and results of the votes are summarized below.

 

     All Funds in Trust  
The Managers Funds    For      Withheld  
Election of Directors    (rounded to the nearest share)  

Bruce Bingham

     65,917,039         1,383,823   

William E. Chapman, II

     65,845,907         1,383,823   

Edward J. Kaier

     65,890,088         1,410,774   

Steven J. Paggioli

     65,893,710         1,407,152   

Erik Rakowski

     65,933,611         1,367,251   

Thomas R. Schneeweis

     65,859,260         1,441,603   

Christine C. Carsman

     65,864,037         1,436,825   

Kurt Keilhacker

     65,831,496         1,469,366   

Richard F. Powers III

     65,677,238         1,623,624   

Victoria Sassine

     65,719,903         1,580,960   

 

     Managers Bond Fund  
     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  
To amend certain “fundamental” restrictions of the Funds with respect to:    (rounded to the nearest share)  

Issuance of Senior Securities

     39,320,098         1,078,172         733,185         16,350,219   

Borrowing

     39,134,966         1,242,612         753,878         16,350,219   

Lending

     39,112,017         1,267,829         751,610         16,350,219   

The Underwriting of Securities

     39,180,449         1,197,660         753,346         16,350,219   

Purchasing and Selling Commodities

     39,195,778         1,212,402         723,276         16,350,219   

Purchasing and Selling Real Estate

     39,220,436         1,177,991         733,030         16,350,219   

Diversification of Investments

     39,437,120         874,463         719,874         16,350,219   

Concentrating Investments in a Particular Industry

     39,151,411         1,245,160         734,886         16,350,219   

Transaction with Interested of Affiliated Persons

     38,970,507         1,366,051         794,900         16,350,219   

 

     Managers Bond Fund  
     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  
To amend and restate the Agreement and Declaration of the Trust relating
to:
   (rounded to the nearest share)  

Declaration of Trust Amendment Procedures

     39,769,757         1,037,022         855,847         16,103,000   

Merger, Consolidation, Sale of Assets and Termination of Trust, Series or Classes

     39,121,470         1,687,655         853,502         16,103,000   

Other Changes

     39,127,239         1,711,019         824,367         16,103,000   

 

 

 

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PROXY RESULTS (continued)

 

 

     All Funds in Trust  
     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  
To amend and restate the Agreement and Declaration of the Trust
relating to:
   (rounded to the nearest share)  

Declaration of Trust Amendment Procedures

     44,576,200         1,298,370         1,144,841         20,281,451   

Merger, Consolidation, Sale of Assets and Termination of Trust, Series or Classes

     43,853,835         2,022,968         1,142,608         20,281,451   

Other Changes

     43,838,090         2,045,006         1,136,168         20,281,451   

 

 

 

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Investment Manager and Administrator

Managers Investment Group LLC

800 Connecticut Avenue

Norwalk, CT 06854

(800) 835-3879

Distributor

Managers Distributors, Inc.

800 Connecticut Avenue

Norwalk, CT 06854

(800) 835-3879

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

2 Hanson Place

Brooklyn, NY 11217

Legal Counsel

Ropes & Gray LLP

Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02199-3600

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

Attn: Managers

P.O. Box 9769

Providence, RI 02940

(800) 548-4539

For ManagersChoice™ Only

Managers

c/o BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

P.O. Box 9847

Providence, RI 02940-8047

(800) 358-7668

 

 

 

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MANAGERS FUNDS

 

EQUITY FUNDS

 

BALANCED FUNDS

 

BRANDYWINE

BRANDYWINE BLUE

BRANDYWINE ADVISORS MIDCAP GROWTH

Friess Associates, LLC

 

CADENCE CAPTIAL APPRECIATION

CADENCE MID-CAP

CADENCE EMERGING COMPANIES

Cadence Capital Management, LLC

 

ESSEX SMALL/MICRO CAP GROWTH

Essex Investment Management Co., LLC

 

FQ TAX-MANAGED U.S. EQUITY

FQ U.S. EQUITY

First Quadrant, L.P.

 

FRONTIER SMALL CAP GROWTH

Frontier Capital Management Company, LLC

 

GW&K SMALL CAP EQUITY

Gannett Welsh & Kotler, LLC

 

MICRO-CAP

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

WEDGE Capital Management L.L.P.

Next Century Growth Investors LLC

RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc.

 

REAL ESTATE SECURITIES

CenterSquare Investment Management, Inc.

 

 

RENAISSANCE LARGE CAP GROWTH

Renaissance Group LLC

 

SKYLINE SPECIAL EQUITIES PORTFOLIO

Skyline Asset Management, L.P.

 

SPECIAL EQUITY

Ranger Investment Management, L.P.

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

Smith Asset Management Group, L.P.

Federated MDTA LLC

 

SYSTEMATIC VALUE

SYSTEMATIC MID CAP VALUE

Systematic Financial Management, L.P.

 

TIMESQUARE INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP

TIMESSQUARE MID CAP GROWTH

TIMESSQUARE SMALL CAP GROWTH

TSCM GROWTH EQUITY

TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

 

TRILOGY GLOBAL EQUITY

TRILOGY EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY

TRILOGY INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP

Trilogy Global Advisors, L.P.

 

YACKTMAN FUND

YACKTMAN FOCUSED FUND

Yacktman Asset Management LP

 

 

CHICAGO EQUITY PARTNERS BALANCED

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

 

ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

 

FQ GLOBAL ALTERNATIVES

FQ GLOBAL ESSENTIALS

First Quadrant, L.P.

 

INCOME FUNDS

 

BOND (MANAGERS)

GLOBAL INCOME OPPORTUNITY

Loomis, Sayles & Co., L.P.

 

BOND (MANAGERS PIMCO)

Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC

 

GW&K FIXED INCOME FUND

GW&K MUNICIPAL BOND

GW&K MUNICIPAL ENHANCED YIELD

Gannett Welsh & Kotler, LLC

 

HIGH YIELD

J.P. Morgan Investment Management LLC

 

INTERMEDIATE DURATION GOVERNMENT

SHORT DURATION GOVERNMENT

Amundi Smith Breeden LLC

 

 

This report is prepared for the Fund’s shareholders. It is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus. To receive a free copy of the prospectus or Statement of Additional Information, which includes additional information about Fund Trustees, please contact us by calling 800.835.3879. Distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.

  

Current net asset value per share for the Fund is available on the Fund’s Web site at www.managersinvest.com.

  

A description of the policies and procedures the Fund uses to vote its proxies is available: (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800.835.3879, or (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Web site at www. sec.gov. For information regarding each Fund’s proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, call 800.835.3879 or visit the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov.

  

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov. A Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 800.SEC.0330. To review a complete list of the Fund’s portfolio holdings, or to view the most recent quarterly holdings report, semiannual report, or annual report, please visit www.managersinvest.com.

 

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ANNUAL REPORT

Managers Funds

December 31, 2013

Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund: MGGBX

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Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund

 

Annual Report—December 31, 2013

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     Page  

LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS

     2   

ABOUT YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES

     3   

PORTFOLIO MANAGER’S COMMENTS, FUND SNAPSHOTS, AND SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

     4   

NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

     13   

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

  

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     18   

Balance sheet, net asset value (NAV) per share computation and cumulative undistributed amounts

  

Statement of Operations

     19   

Detail of sources of income, expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) during the year

  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     20   

Detail of changes in assets for the past two years

  

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

     21   

Historical net asset values per share, distributions, total returns, income and expense ratios, turnover ratios and net assets

  

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     22   

Accounting and distribution policies, details of agreements and transactions with Fund management and affiliates, and descriptions of certain investment risks

  

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

     29   

TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

     30   

Nothing contained herein is to be considered an offer, sale or solicitation of an offer to buy shares of any series of the Managers Family of Funds. Such offering is made only by Prospectus, which includes details as to offering price and other material information.

 


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Letter to Shareholders

Dear Shareholder:

Thank you for your investment in The Managers Funds. Our foremost goal at Managers Investment Group (“MIG”) is to provide investment products and solutions that help our shareholders and clients successfully reach their investment goals and objectives. We do this by offering a broad selection of Funds managed by a collection of Affiliated Managers Group’s (“AMG”) Affiliate investment boutiques, along with a complementary series of open-architecture mutual funds.

The past year has been an exciting one for us at MIG. We were pleased to welcome the Brandywine Funds into the Managers Fund Family several months ago. We are excited to begin this new chapter in the 27-year history of the Brandywine Funds, while maintaining shareholders’ access to the same investment process that has guided the Brandywine Funds since their inception using the research-driven investment approach of Friess Associates.

We announced effective November 1, 2013, that the GW&K Small Cap Equity Fund would be closed to new investors with certain limited exceptions. The team at GW&K manages a total of $2.5 billion (as of December 31, 2013) in small-capitalization equities and closing the Fund to new investors allows the team to continue to execute on the investment process that has been effective for more than a decade. We also announced effective December 31, 2013, that Yacktman Fund and Yacktman Focused Fund will be closed to new investors with certain limited exceptions. The team at Yacktman Asset Management manages over $30 billion in U.S. equities and closing these Funds to new investors allows the team to continue to execute on the investment process that has been effective for more than two decades. We will continue to make decisions such as these that we believe are in the best interest of our shareholders.

Risky assets did well in 2013, with U.S. equity markets surpassing all-time highs. Ongoing global monetary easing, a low-yield environment, and healthy U.S. economic growth are supporting investor appetite for risk assets. Despite improving investor sentiment, risks remain, including uncertainty surrounding the Fed’s eventual exit from its ultra-accommodative monetary policy, ongoing fiscal headwinds in the U.S. and slower growth in Emerging Markets. Nevertheless, we are cautiously optimistic about the prospects for the upcoming year and we are confident that our Funds are well positioned to weather an uncertain economic environment.

We thank you for your continued confidence and investment in The Managers Funds. You can rest assured that under all market conditions our team is focused on delivering excellent investment management services for your benefit.

 

Respectfully,
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Keitha Kinne
President
Managers Investment Group LLC

 

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About Your Fund’s Expenses

 

 

As a shareholder of a Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments; redemption fees; and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This 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. The example is based on $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period as indicated below.

Actual Expenses

The first line of the following table provides information about the actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. 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 in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the following table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annual rate of return of 5% 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 by comparing this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

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

Six Months Ended December 31, 2013

  Expense
Ratio
for the
Period
    Beginning
Account
Value
7/01/13
    Ending
Account
Value
12/31/13
    Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period*
 

Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund

       

Based on Actual Fund Return

    0.89   $ 1,000      $ 1,019      $ 4.53   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    0.89   $ 1,000      $ 1,021      $ 4.53   

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent half-year (184), then divided by 365.
 

 

 

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Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund

Portfolio Manager’s Comments

 

THE YEAR IN REVIEW

Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund returned (1.40)% during the year ended December 31, 2013, outperforming the (2.60)% return for the Barclay’s Global Aggregate Bond Index.

Although the Fund had negative absolute returns for the year, it outperformed its benchmark during 2013. At the beginning of the year, security selection was a strong source of excess return. Issue selection across the U.S. and European corporate sector proved quite positive, along with select sovereign names. Investment grade credit spreads were largely mixed during the first three months of the year while high yield credit spreads tightened. As a result, off-benchmark positioning in high yield bonds proved favorable and aided absolute and relative performance. Our picks in Mexican sovereign bonds were particularly additive to excess return then as well while sector allocation was another contributor to relative performance thanks in part to our overweight position in corporate bonds.

In the second quarter, however, there was a reversal of many of these trends. Security selection detracted from relative performance with preferences in the industrial sector having a slightly negative impact on returns. Additionally, an underweight to securities issued in the strong performing European periphery and overweight to emerging markets sovereign issuers, combined to weigh on excess returns. During the Spring months, Fed comments, along with tightening of liquidity in China, weighed heavily on emerging market assets while concerns about Europe’s many unresolved issues was of little impact on performance in the European periphery. Sector allocation also negatively impacted performance during this time.

The September Federal Open Market Committee meeting took investors by surprise. Markets across the globe expected some form of Quantitative Easing (“QE”) tapering, which was not the outcome. Policy rates did not change, nor did the parameters surrounding forward guidance. Within the Fund during this time, security selection continued to have a negative impact on performance, with issue preferences in Brazilian and U.S. government bonds coupled with overweight to select U.S. corporates serving as the main detractor to performance. Sector allocation also continued to have a negative impact on relative performance during this time.

Towards the end of 2013, markets were heavily influenced by central bank intervention. Nowhere was this more true than in the U.S. where the Fed announced that it would begin to taper its bond buying in 2014. This decision was made following better employment trends and solid stock market performance. Markets handled the Fed’s plans fairly well and the 10-year Treasury benchmark rate ended the year near 3.0%. During this time, security selection within the Fund bounced back and was a strong source of excess return mainly due to issue selection in the Industrial sector and Government related bonds. Sector allocation also turned around from prior quarters and had a positive impact on performance as the Fund’s overweight to corporate sectors and underweight to selection government and government sectors were positive.

LOOKING FORWARD

As noted above, we are beginning the year with 10-year U.S. treasury yields near 3.0%. This is the bottom end of our fair value range of 3.0%-3.5%, so we are somewhat less worried about duration risk than we have been in quite some time. We do not think that 10-year yields need to reach the 3.6% level that they reached in 2011 to be fair value, as forward expectations for both real and nominal U.S. GDP growth have fallen.

The case for U.S. growth to finally exceed 2.5% is reasonably strong, given recently solid payroll employment growth and prospects for much less fiscal drag than the economy suffered last year. Unemployment rates should continue dropping, but we see no immediate risk of more hawkish Federal Reserve forward guidance. The beginning of the exit from QE was announced in December, and was well tolerated by the markets. Most significantly, the bond yield back-up was not accompanied by revised Fed Funds forwards. The first hike is still expected sometime in 2015.

Global PMI’s are mostly trending higher as well, in line with revived Euro Zone and U.K. economic indicators. We are retaining our modest Euro underweight, despite it not having worked in 2013. The bull case for the Euro is the structural current account surplus for the region, falling inflation, and a declining monetary base as LTRO’s are paid back and not renewed. The bear case is the growth and yield differentials with the U.S. The yield differential is largest at longer maturities which historically have had less effect on forex markets, but these are expected to gradually work their way down the maturity curve as 201 draws nearer.

Just as we have become more relaxed about duration risk, we are getting less relaxed about credit risk. Investment grade spreads are starting the year at 112 basis points, the tightest since 2007. Companies are expected to be increasingly “shareholder friendly.” The trick is to buy bonds after deals, not before they are announced. As this is not entirely possible in credit mandates, we are emphasizing issuer diversification. Emerging market dollar pay credit, particularly in BBBs, still looks like good value with minimal M&A event risk.

In sum, we are beginning the year with some continuities in our strategy, notably an overweight bias to the U.S. Dollar, but also with differences, notably greater credit concerns and less duration anxiety.

This commentary reflects the viewpoints of the portfolio manager, Loomis, Sayles & Company, as of December 31, 2013 and is not intended as a forecast or guarantee of future results.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund

Portfolio Manager’s Comments (continued)

 

 

Cumulative Total Return Performance

Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund’s cumulative total return is based on the daily change in net asset value (NAV), and assumes that all distributions were reinvested. This graph compares a hypothetical $10,000 investment made in Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund on December 31, 2003, to a $10,000 investment made in the Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index for the same time period. Performance for periods longer than one year is annualized. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on a Fund distribution or redemption of shares. The listed returns for the Fund are net of expenses and the returns for the index exclude expenses. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

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The table below shows the average annual total returns for the Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund and the Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index for the same time periods ended December 31, 2013.

 

Average Annual Total Returns1    One
Year
    Five
Years
    Ten
Years
 

Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund 2,3,4,5,6,7

     (1.40 )%      8.50     4.98

Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index8

     (2.60 )%      3.91     4.46

The performance data shown represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For performance information through the most recent month end, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our Web site at www.managersinvest.com. Current net asset values per share for each Fund are available on the Fund’s Web site at www.managersinvest.com

 

 

Investors should carefully consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses before investing. For this and other information, please call (800) 835-3879 or visit our Web site at www.managersinvest.com for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before investing or sending money. Funds are distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.

1  Total return equals income yield plus share price change and assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns are net of fees and may reflect offsets of Fund expenses as described in the Prospectus. No adjustment has been made for taxes payable by shareholders on their reinvested dividends and capital gain distributions. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. The listed returns on the Fund are net of expenses and based on the published NAV as of December 31, 2013. All returns are in U.S. dollars($).
2  From time to time the Fund’s advisor has waived it’s fees and/or absorbed Fund expenses, which has resulted in higher returns.
3  The Fund is subject to the risks associated with investments in debt securities, such as default risk and fluctuations in the perception of the debtor’s ability to pay its creditors.
4  Changing interest rates may adversely affect the value of an investment. An increase in interest rates typically causes the value of bonds and other fixed income securities to fall.
5  Investments in foreign securities are subject to additional risks such as changing market conditions, economic and political instability, and currency exchange rate fluctuations.
6  The Fund may invest in below investment grade debt securities and unrated securities of similar credit quality (commonly known as “junk bond” or “high yield securities”) which may be subject to greater levels of interest rate, credit and liquidity risk.
7  The Fund is subject to currency risk resulting from fluctuations in exchange rates that may affect the total loss or gain on a non-U.S. Dollar security when converted back to U.S. Dollars.
8  The Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed income markets. The three major components of this index are the U.S. Aggregate, the Pan-European Aggregate, and the Asian-Pacific Aggregate Indices. The Index also includes Eurodollar and Euro-Yen corporate bonds, Canadian government, agency and corporate securities, and USD investment-grade 144A securities. Unlike the Fund, the Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index is unmanaged, is not available for investment, and does not incur fees.

Not FDIC insured, nor bank guaranteed. May lose value.

 

 

 

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Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund

Fund Snapshots

December 31, 2013

 

Portfolio Breakdown (unaudited)

Category

   Managers Global
Income Opportunity Fund**
 

Corporate Bonds and Notes

     42.0

Foreign Government and Agency Obligations

     40.1

U.S. Government Obligations

     11.1

Asset-Backed Securities

     1.1

Preferred Stocks

     1.0

Mortgage-Backed Securities

     0.7

Other Assets and Liabilities

     4.0

 

** As a percentage of net assets.

Rating

   Managers Global
Income  Opportunity
Fund
 

U.S. Treasury & Agency

     11.1

Aaa

     12.1

Aa

     14.9

A

     18.7

Baa

     29.6

Ba & lower

     10.3

Not Rated

     3.3

 

As a percentage of market value of fixed income securities. Chart does not include equity securities.
 

 

Top Ten Holdings (unaudited)

 

Security Name

   %of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.250%, 02/15/2015*

     4.9

U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.625%, 04/30/2018*

     4.2   

European Financial Stability Facility, Notes, 1.625%, 07/17/2020

     2.9   

Norway Government, Bonds, Series 473, 4.500%, 05/22/2019*

     2.2   

Canadian Government, Notes, 3.000%, 12/01/2015*

     1.7   

Spain Government, Bonds, 4.300%, 10/31/2019

     1.4   

Mexican Fixed Rate, Bonds, Series M, 6.500%, 06/09/2022*

     1.3   

Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro, Bonds, 4.500%, 08/01/2018*

     1.3   

Mexican Fixed Rate, Notes, Series M 10, 8.500%, 12/13/2018

     1.3   

Mexican Fixed Rate, Notes, Series M 10, 7.775%, 12/14/2017*

     1.3   
  

 

 

 

Top Ten as a Group

     22.5
  

 

 

 

 

* Top Ten Holding at June 30, 2013
 

 

Any sectors, industries, or securities discussed should not be perceived as investment recommendations. Mention of a specific security should not be considered a recommendation to buy or solicitation to sell that security. Specific securities mentioned in this report may have been sold from the Fund’s portfolio of investments by the time you receive this report.

 

 

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Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

December 31, 2013

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Asset-Backed Securities - 1.1%

     

Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust, Series 2004-B7, Class B7, 0.715%, 08/17/17 (01/17/14)1

   EUR  100,000       $ 137,272   

Hyundai Capital Auto Funding VIII, Ltd., Series 2010-8A, Class A, 1.165%, 09/20/16 (01/21/14) (a)1

     73,676         73,175   

MBNA Credit Card Master Note Trust, Series 2005-B3, Class B3, 0.525%, 03/19/18 (01/17/14)1

   EUR  100,000         136,389   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2011-S2A, Class D, 3.350%, 06/15/17 (a)

     230         231   

Trinity Rail Leasing, L.P., Series 2010-1A, Class A, 5.194%, 10/16/40 (a)

     88,542         90,684   

World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust, Series 2010-A, Class A, 3.960%, 04/15/19

     95,000         99,260   

Total Asset-Backed Securities (cost $501,909)

        537,011   

Corporate Bonds and Notes - 42.0%

     

Financials - 17.3%

     

Aviva PLC, EMTN, 6.125%, 07/05/432

   EUR  100,000         152,393   

AXA SA, 7.125%, 12/15/20

   GBP  50,000         96,814   

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA, 3.750%, 04/04/17 (a)

     150,000         153,000   

Banco Santander Chile, 6.500%, 09/22/20 (a)

   CLP  200,000,000         381,007   

Banco Votorantim SA, 6.250%, 05/16/16 (a)

   BRL  300,000         140,981   

Bank of America Corp.,

     

5.700%, 01/24/22

     140,000         158,460   

EMTN, 4.625%, 08/07/17

   EUR 100,000         151,893   

Bank of Nova Scotia, 1.375%, 12/18/17

     345,000         338,563   

BBVA Bancomer SA, 6.750%, 09/30/22 (a)

     150,000         159,750   

BNP Paribas SA, Series BKNT, 5.000%, 01/15/21

     75,000         82,274   

BNZ International Funding, Ltd., GMTN, 4.000%, 03/08/17

   EUR 100,000         148,911   

Braskem Finance, Ltd., 5.750%, 04/15/21 (a)

     200,000         196,000   

Caixa Economica Federal, 4.500%, 10/03/18 (a)

     225,000         223,538   

Citigroup, Inc., 3.375%, 03/01/23

     85,000         80,794   

Crown Castle Towers LLC, 6.113%, 01/15/20 (a)

     100,000         112,133   

Export-Import Bank of Korea,

     

4.000%, 11/26/15 (a)

   PHP 5,000,000         116,985   

EMTN, 3.000%, 05/22/18 (a)

   NOK 1,000,000         162,010   

General Electric Capital Corp., Series A, 7.125%, 12/29/492,3

     200,000         223,500   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 3.375%, 02/01/18

   CAD 200,000         190,121   

GTB Finance B.V., 6.000%, 11/08/18 (a)

     200,000         197,000   

HSBC Bank PLC, 4.125%, 08/12/20 (a)

     100,000         105,809   

Hutchison Whampoa International 11, Ltd., 3.500%, 01/13/17 (a)

     200,000         208,734   

Hyundai Capital Services, Inc., 3.500%, 09/13/17 (a)

     200,000         206,753   

Industrial Bank of Korea, 2.375%, 07/17/17 (a)

     200,000         200,803   

iStar Financial, Inc., 3.875%, 07/01/16

     210,000         214,725   

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.400%, 07/22/20

     75,000         80,622   

Lloyds Bank PLC, 6.500%, 09/14/20 (a)

     100,000         113,674   

Macquarie Bank, Ltd., 5.000%, 02/22/17 (a)

     300,000         325,332   

Morgan Stanley,

     

3.750%, 02/25/23

     100,000         97,307   

GMTN, 5.750%, 02/14/17

   GBP 50,000         91,088   

MTN, 7.250%, 05/26/15

   AUD 200,000         187,101   

 

 

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

 

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Financials - 17.3% (continued)

     

National Australia Bank, Ltd., GMTN, 4.750%, 07/15/16

   EUR 100,000       $ 150,686   

Petrobras Global Finance BV,

     

3.000%, 01/15/19

     175,000         163,771   

4.375%, 05/20/23

     505,000         449,900   

Sirius International Group, Ltd., 6.375%, 03/20/17 (a)

     140,000         151,743   

State Bank of India/London, 3.250%, 04/18/18 (a)

     400,000         387,220   

Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A.S., 4.000%, 09/13/17 (a)

     200,000         196,500   

Turkiye Is Bankasi, 3.875%, 11/07/17 (a)

     200,000         192,240   

VTB Bank OJSC Via VTB Capital, S.A., 6.000%, 04/12/17 (a)

     200,000         212,500   

Wells Fargo & Co.,

     

1.500%, 01/16/18

     350,000         347,739   

4.625%, 11/02/35

   GBP 50,000         84,084   

Westpac Banking Corp., 2.450%, 11/28/16 (a)

     200,000         207,460   

Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi A.S., 5.250%, 12/03/18 (a)

     200,000         193,760   

Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi Via Unicredit Luxembourg SA, 5.188%, 10/13/15 (a)4

     200,000         202,500   

Zurich Finance USA, Inc., EMTN, 4.500%, 06/15/252

   EUR 100,000         143,379   

Total Financials

        8,381,557   

Industrials - 22.7%

     

Air Canada, 7.625%, 10/01/19 (a)

   CAD 225,000         221,876   

America Movil SAB de CV, Series 12, 6.450%, 12/05/22

   MXN 40,000         282,318   

AngloGold Ashanti Holdings PLC, 5.125%, 08/01/22

     155,000         133,688   

Arcelik A.S., 5.000%, 04/03/23 (a)

     200,000         172,600   

Asciano Finance, Ltd., 4.625%, 09/23/20 (a)

     30,000         30,031   

AT&T, Inc., 5.550%, 08/15/41

     235,000         238,492   

Avnet, Inc., 5.875%, 06/15/20

     60,000         64,379   

Baidu, Inc., 3.250%, 08/06/18

     300,000         303,239   

Bell Aliant Regional Communications LP, 5.410%, 09/26/16

   CAD  160,000         162,520   

Bharti Airtel International Netherlands BV, 5.125%, 03/11/23 (a)

     205,000         188,272   

BRF, S.A.,

     

3.950%, 05/22/23 (a)

     400,000         346,000   

7.750%, 05/22/18 (a)

   BRL 300,000         105,288   

British Telecommunications PLC, 5.750%, 12/07/28

   GBP 100,000         183,241   

Cielo, S.A. / Cielo USA, Inc., 3.750%, 11/16/22 (a)

     260,000         231,400   

CNOOC Finance 2013, Ltd., 3.000%, 05/09/23

     250,000         223,296   

Colombia Telecomunicaciones, S.A. ESP, 5.375%, 09/27/22 (a)

     200,000         187,000   

Continental Resources, Inc., 4.500%, 04/15/23

     175,000         177,406   

Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile, 4.500%, 08/13/23 (a)

     200,000         199,131   

CSN Resources, S.A., 6.500%, 07/21/20 (a)4

     100,000         101,125   

Dubai Electricity & Water Authority, 6.375%, 10/21/16 (a)

     200,000         220,800   

Ecopetrol, S.A., 5.875%, 09/18/23

     245,000         258,475   

Eileme 2 AB, 11.625%, 01/31/20

     200,000         239,746   

Fibria Overseas Finance, Ltd., 6.750%, 03/03/21 (a)

     150,000         163,500   

Gajah Tunggal Tbk PT, 7.750%, 02/06/18 (a)4

     200,000         196,000   

General Motors Co., 3.500%, 10/02/18 (a)

     330,000         337,425   

 

 

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

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Industrials - 22.7% (continued)

     

Georgia-Pacific LLC, 3.734%, 07/15/23 (a)

   $ 15,000       $ 14,437   

Gerdau Trade, Inc., 5.750%, 01/30/21 (a)

     200,000         204,000   

HCA, Inc.,

     

4.750%, 05/01/23

     115,000         108,100   

7.690%, 06/15/25

     15,000         15,675   

MTN, 7.580%, 09/15/25

     10,000         10,375   

Hyatt Hotels Corp., 5.375%, 08/15/21

     90,000         96,313   

INEOS Group Holdings, S.A., 6.125%, 08/15/18 (a)4

     200,000         201,000   

International Paper Co., 6.000%, 11/15/41

     35,000         38,008   

Korea National Oil Corp., 3.125%, 04/03/17 (a)

     200,000         205,983   

Lotte Shopping Co., Ltd., 3.375%, 05/09/17 (a)

     200,000         204,769   

Methanex Corp.,

     

3.250%, 12/15/19

     241,000         239,191   

5.250%, 03/01/22

     95,000         100,576   

Millicom International Cellular, S.A., 4.750%, 05/22/20 (a)

     200,000         192,000   

Myriad International Holdings BV, 6.000%, 07/18/20 (a)

     200,000         214,000   

Nabors Industries, Inc.,

     

4.625%, 09/15/21

     60,000         60,070   

5.000%, 09/15/20

     15,000         15,608   

Noble Group, Ltd., 6.750%, 01/29/20 (a)

     200,000         210,000   

Odebrecht Drilling VIII/IX, Ltd., 6.350%, 06/30/21 (a)4

     92,500         94,813   

Odebrecht Offshore Drilling Finance, Ltd., 6.750%, 10/01/22 (a)

     196,920         201,548   

Oi SA, 9.750%, 09/15/16 (a)

   BRL  600,000         228,886   

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp.,

     

5.125%, 03/28/23 (a)

     200,000         183,500   

5.375%, 01/26/19 (a)

     200,000         201,500   

Parkson Retail Group, Ltd., 4.500%, 05/03/18

     200,000         185,000   

Peabody Energy Corp., 6.250%, 11/15/21

     225,000         227,250   

Pertamina Persero PT, 4.300%, 05/20/23 (a)

     425,000         369,750   

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., EMTN, 8.350%, 03/06/17

     75,000         85,875   

Reliance Holdings USA, Inc., 5.400%, 02/14/22 (a)

     250,000         252,836   

Rowan Cos, Inc., 5.000%, 09/01/17

     60,000         65,026   

SoftBank Corp., 4.500%, 04/15/20 (a)

     400,000         390,000   

Telecom Italia Capital SA,

     

6.375%, 11/15/33

     45,000         40,725   

7.200%, 07/18/36

     20,000         19,250   

Telefonica Emisiones, S.A.U., 5.134%, 04/27/20

     75,000         79,677   

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. BV, 2.950%, 12/18/22

     345,000         312,353   

Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA, 7.875%, 05/14/17 (a)

     235,000         226,188   

Vale, S.A., 5.625%, 09/11/42

     250,000         226,946   

Vedanta Resources PLC, 6.000%, 01/31/19 (a)

     200,000         193,500   

Verizon Communications, Inc., 2.500%, 09/15/16

     270,000         279,190   

Total Industrials

        10,961,166   

 

 

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

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Utilities - 2.0%

     

CEZ A.S., 4.250%, 04/03/22 (a)

   $ 200,000       $ 199,789   

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, EMTN, 2.750%, 10/24/24

   EUR 50,000         67,055   

Emgesa SA ESP, 8.750%, 01/25/21 (a)

   COP 320,000,000         174,972   

Empresas Publicas de Medellin ESP, 8.375%, 02/01/21 (a)

   COP 390,000,000         209,246   

Listrindo Capital, B.V., 6.950%, 02/21/19 (a)

     200,000         208,500   

Petroleos Mexicanos, 3.500%, 07/18/18

     105,000         107,756   

Total Utilities

        967,318   

Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (cost $20,452,498)

        20,310,041   

Foreign Government and Agency Obligations - 40.1%

     

Autonomous Community of Madrid Spain, Bonds, 4.300%, 09/15/26

   EUR  180,000         231,345   

Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social, Notes, 5.750%, 09/26/23 (a)

     200,000         197,750   

Brazil Letras do Tesouro Nacional, Notes, 12.170%, 07/01/165

   BRL  1,400,000         445,645   

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Serie F, Notes, 10.000%, 01/01/19

   BRL  500,000         191,323   

Brazilian Government International, Bonds, 10.250%, 01/10/28

   BRL  500,000         205,044   

Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonds, Series 05, 4.000%, 01/04/37

   EUR  85,000         141,436   

Canadian Government,

     

Bonds, 4.000%, 06/01/16

   CAD  260,000         261,261   

Notes, 1.250%, 09/01/18

   CAD  650,000         592,695   

Notes, 3.000%, 12/01/15

   CAD  855,000         833,397   

Central American Bank for Economic Integration, Notes, 3.875%, 02/09/17 (a)

     280,000         287,981   

Corp. Andina de Fomento, Notes, 4.375%, 06/15/22

     280,000         277,251   

Costa Rica Government International, Bonds, 4.375%, 04/30/25 (a)

     200,000         176,500   

Croatia Government International, Bonds, 6.000%, 01/26/24 (a)

     200,000         198,500   

European Financial Stability Facility, Notes, 1.625%, 07/17/20

   EUR  1,020,000         1,392,094   

Finland Government, Notes, 1.500%, 04/15/23 (a)

   EUR  320,000         416,968   

Iceland Government International, Notes, 5.875%, 05/11/22 (a)

     300,000         306,000   

Inter-American Development Bank, Notes, 9.842%, 08/20/155

   IDR  750,000,000         52,380   

Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro,

     

Bonds, 4.500%, 08/01/18

   EUR  420,000         626,291   

Bonds, 4.750%, 08/01/23 (a)

   EUR  325,000         477,454   

Bonds, 5.000%, 03/01/22

   EUR  125,000         187,945   

Korea Treasury,

     

Notes, Series 1603, 4.000%, 03/10/16

   KRW  446,630,000         433,650   

Notes, Series 1709, 2.750%, 09/10/17

   KRW  600,000,000         562,302   

Malaysia Government,

     

Bonds, Series 1/06, 4.262%, 09/15/16

   MYR  375,000         117,149   

Notes, Series 0210, 4.012%, 09/15/17

   MYR  1,000,000         309,048   

Mexican Fixed Rate,

     

Bonds, Series M, 6.500%, 06/10/21

   MXN  5,350,000         420,397   

Bonds, Series M, 6.500%, 06/09/22

   MXN  8,160,000         631,798   

Bonds, Series M, 8.000%, 12/07/23

   MXN  2,800,000         238,525   

Notes, Series M 10, 7.750%, 12/14/17

   MXN  7,390,000         620,439   

Notes, Series M 10, 8.500%, 12/13/18

   MXN  7,200,000         623,429   

 

 

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

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Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

     Principal Amount      Value  

Foreign Government and Agency Obligations - 40.1% (continued)

     

New South Wales Treasury Corp.,

     

Bonds, Series 22, 6.000%, 03/01/22

   AUD  300,000       $ 296,002   

Notes, Series 18, 6.000%, 02/01/18

   AUD  430,000         420,306   

New Zealand Government,

     

Bonds, Series 319, 3.000%, 09/20/30

   NZD  295,000         242,861   

Notes, 5.000%, 03/15/19

   NZD  520,000         442,861   

Norway Government,

     

Bonds, Series 473, 4.500%, 05/22/19

   NOK  5,745,000         1,048,351   

Bonds, Series 475, 2.000%, 05/24/23

   NOK  733,000         111,093   

Poland Government, Notes, EMTN, 3.000%, 09/23/14

   CHF  65,000         74,294   

Province of Quebec Canada, Notes, 5.000%, 03/01/16

     270,000         294,651   

Romania Government, Bonds, 5.850%, 04/26/23

   RON  610,000         195,423   

Singapore Government,

     

Bonds, 3.250%, 09/01/20

   SGD  470,000         397,322   

Notes, 2.250%, 06/01/21

   SGD  330,000         260,148   

Notes, 2.500%, 06/01/19

   SGD  200,000         164,789   

South Africa Government, Bonds, Series 2023, 7.750%, 02/28/23

   ZAR  2,500,000         236,106   

Spain Government,

     

Bonds, 4.200%, 01/31/37

   EUR  185,000         229,942   

Bonds, 4.300%, 10/31/19

   EUR  455,000         665,975   

Bonds, 4.400%, 10/31/23 (a)

   EUR  170,000         238,103   

Bonds, 5.850%, 01/31/22

   EUR  300,000         468,386   

Sweden Government,

     

Bonds, Series 1047, 5.000%, 12/01/20

   SEK  1,800,000         330,958   

Bonds, Series 1049, 4.500%, 08/12/15

   SEK  2,030,000         333,880   

U.K. Gilt,

     

Bonds, 4.000%, 03/07/22

   GBP  145,000         262,461   

Bonds, 4.250%, 03/07/36

   GBP  120,000         218,070   

Bonds, 4.750%, 03/07/20

   GBP  90,000         169,939   

Bonds, 5.000%, 03/07/25

   GBP  110,000         213,131   

Notes, 1.750%, 01/22/17

   GBP  220,000         370,143   

Uruguay Government International, Bonds, 4.375%, 12/15/28

   UYU  4,744,258         225,959   

Total Foreign Government and Agency Obligations (cost $19,328,897)

        19,367,151   

Mortgage-Backed Securities - 0.7%

     

Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp., Series 2007-GG11, Class A4, 5.736%, 12/10/49

     75,000         83,757   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, Series 2007-GG10, Class A4, 5.804%, 08/10/452

     91,000         99,924   

Morgan Stanley Capital I, Inc., Series 2007-IQ14, Class A4, 5.692%, 04/15/492

     50,000         55,374   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-C30, Class A5, 5.342%, 12/15/43

     75,000         82,478   

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (cost $308,654)

        321,533   

 

 

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

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Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

     Shares      Value  

Preferred Stocks - 1.0%

     

Dominion Resources, Inc. (Utilities), Series A, 6.125%

     1,920       $ 103,910   

Dominion Resources, Inc. (Utilities), Series B, 6.000%

     2,430         131,730   

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (Financials), Series Q, 5.375%

     12,000         241,320   

Total Preferred Stocks (cost $466,591)

        476,960   
     Principal
Amount
        

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations - 11.1%

     

U.S. Treasury Notes,

     

0.125%, 12/31/14

   $ 110,000         109,966   

0.250%, 02/15/15

     2,390,000         2,391,680   

0.625%, 04/30/18

     2,110,000         2,034,831   

1.375%, 06/30/18

     200,000         198,484   

1.500%, 07/31/166

     165,000         168,764   

1.500%, 12/31/18

     245,000         242,244   

1.625%, 11/15/22

     235,000         212,124   

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (cost $5,444,765)

        5,358,093   

Short-Term Investments - 1.7%

     

Repurchase Agreements - 1.0%7

     

JP Morgan Securities LLC, dated 12/31/13, due 01/02/14, 0.001%, total to be received $487,076 (collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.125% - 9.875%, 01/31/14 - 02/15/43, totaling $496,827)

     487,076         487,076   
     Shares         

Other Investment Companies - 0.7%8

     

Dreyfus Institutional Cash Advantage Fund, Institutional Class Shares, 0.06%

     318,615         318,615   

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $805,691)

        805,691   

Total Investments - 97.7% (cost $47,309,005)

        47,176,480   

Other Assets, less Liabilities - 2.3%

        1,118,358   

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 48,294,838   

 

 

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

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Notes to Schedule of Portfolio Investments

 

The following footnotes and abbreviations should be read in conjunction with the Schedule of Portfolio Investments previously presented in this report.

Based on the approximate cost of investments of $47,302,250 for Federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2013, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $1,154,742 and $1,280,512, respectively, resulting in net unrealized depreciation of investments of $125,770.

 

Principal amount stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated.
(a) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified buyers. At December 31, 2013, the value of these securities amounted to $14,492,443, or 30.0% of net assets.
1  Floating Rate Security. The rate listed is as of December 31, 2013. Date in parentheses represents the security’s next coupon rate reset.
2  Variable Rate Security. The rate listed is as of December 31, 2013, and is periodically reset subject to terms and conditions set forth in the debenture.
3  Perpetuity Bond. The date shown is the final call date.
4  Some or all of these securities, amounting to a market value of $466,513, or 1.0% of net assets, were out on loan to various brokers.
5  Represents yield to maturity at December 31, 2013.
6  Some or all of this security, amounting to a market value of $25,570, or 0.05% of net assets, is held with brokers as collateral for futures contracts.
7  Collateral received from brokers for securities lending was invested in this short-term investment.
8  Yield shown represents the December 31, 2013, seven-day average yield, which refers to the sum of the previous seven days’ dividends paid, expressed as an annual percentage.

 

 

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

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Notes to Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

Country

   Global Income
Opportunity
Fund*
 

Australia

     3.2

Bermuda

     0.4

Brazil

     5.0

Canada

     7.1

Cayman Islands

     3.0

Chile

     1.2

Colombia

     2.1

Finland

     0.9

France

     0.4

Germany

     0.3

India

     0.8

Italy

     2.7

Japan

     0.8

Luxembourg

     1.8

Malaysia

     0.9

Mexico

     6.9

Netherlands

     3.1

New Zealand

     1.5

Norway

     2.5

Philippines

     0.2

Poland

     0.2

Singapore

     1.9

South Africa

     0.5

South Korea

     4.3

Spain

     3.5

Supranational

     2.9

Sweden

     2.0

Turkey

     1.6

United Kingdom

     5.1

Uruguay

     0.5

United States

     24.8

Other

     7.9
  

 

 

 
     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

* As a percentage of net assets as of December 31, 2013.

 

 

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

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Notes to Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

The following tables summarize the inputs used to value the Fund’s net assets by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of December 31, 2013. (See Note 1(a) in the Notes to the Financial Statements.)

 

     Quoted
Prices in
Active
Markets for
Identical
Investments
Level 1
    Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
Level 2
    Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Level 3
     Total  

Global Income Opportunity Fund

         

Investments in Securities

         

Asset-Backed Securities

     —        $ 537,011        —         $ 537,011   

Corporate Bonds and Notes

     —          20,310,041        —           20,310,041   

Foreign Government and Agency Obligations

     —          19,367,151        —           19,367,151   

Mortgage-Backed Securities

     —          321,533        —           321,533   

Preferred Stocks

   $ 476,960        —          —           476,960   

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

     —          5,358,093        —           5,358,093   

Short-Term Investments

         

Repurchase Agreements

     —          487,076        —           487,076   

Other Investment Companies

     318,615        —          —           318,615   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 795,575      $ 46,380,905        —         $ 47,176,480   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial Derivative Instruments-Assets††

         

Foreign Exchange Contracts

     —        $ 77,152        —         $ 77,152   

Interest Rate Contracts

   $ 14,829        —          —           14,829   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
     14,829        77,152        —           91,981   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial Derivative Instruments-Liabilities††

         

Foreign Exchange Contracts

     —          (110,518     —           (110,518

Interest Rate Contracts

     (4,410     —          —           (4,410
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (4,410     (110,518     —           (114,928
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Financial Derivative Instruments

   $ 10,419      $ (33,366     —         $ (22,947
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

All corporate bonds and notes; U.S. government and agency obligations; held in the Fund are level 2 securities. For a detailed breakout of the corporate bonds and notes; U.S. government and agency obligations; by major industry or agency classification, please refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments.
†† Derivative instruments, such as futures and forwards contracts, are not reflected in the Schedule of Portfolio Investments and are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation of the instrument.

As of December 31, 2013, the Fund had no transfers between levels from the beginning of the reporting period.

The following schedule shows the fair value of derivative instruments at December 31, 2013:

 

     Asset Derivatives      Liability Derivatives  

Derivatives not accounted for as
hedging instruments

  

Statement of Assets and
Liabilities Location

   Fair
Value
    

Statement of Assets and
Liabilities Location

   Fair Value  

Interest rate contracts

  

Receivable for variation margin1

   $ 47      

Payable for variation margin1

     —     

Foreign exchange contracts

  

Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency contracts

     77,152      

Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency contracts

   $ (110,518
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Totals

      $ 77,199          $ (110,518
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

1  Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The variation margin is included in the open futures cumulative appreciation/ (depreciation) of $10,419 as reported in the Notes to Schedule of Portfolio Investments.

 

 

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

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Notes to Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)

 

 

For the year ended December 31, 2013, the effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations and the amount of realized gain/(loss) and unrealized gain/(loss) on derivatives recognized in income is as follows:

 

     Realized Gain (Loss)     Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss)  

Derivatives not accounted for as
hedging instruments

  

Statement of Operations Location

   Realized
Gain/(Loss)
   

Statement of Operations Location

   Change In
Unrealized
Gain/
(Loss)
 

Interest rate contracts

  

Net realized gain on futures contracts

   $ (13,224  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts

   $ 12,844   

Foreign exchange contracts

  

Net realized loss on foreign currency transactions

     (91,605  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency translations

     (30,501
     

 

 

      

 

 

 

Totals

      $ (104,829      $ (17,657
     

 

 

      

 

 

 

At December 31, 2013, the Fund had futures contracts as follows:

(See Note 9 in the Notes to the Financial Statements.)

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
   Position    Expiration
Date
   Unrealized
Gain/
(Loss)
 

10-Year U.S. Treasury Note

   3    Short    03/31/14    $ 7,026   

5-Year U.S. Treasury Note

   5    Short    04/03/14      7,803   

U.S. Treasury Long Bond

   2    Long    03/31/14      (4,410
           

 

 

 

Totals

            $ 10,419   
           

 

 

 

At December 31, 2013, the Fund had forward foreign currency contracts (in U.S. dollars) as follows: (See Note 8 in the Notes to Financial Statements.)

 

Foreign Currency

   Position    Settlement
Date
   Counterparty    Receivable
Amount
     Payable
Amount
     Unrealized
Gain/
(Loss)
 

British Pound

   Long    03/11/14    CS    $ 479,992       $ 473,947       $ 6,045   

Euro

   Long    03/19/14    BRC      1,606,801         1,611,560         (4,759

Euro

   Long    03/12/14    DUB      227,811         224,220         3,591   

Japanese Yen

   Long    03/19/14    CS      4,293,794         4,385,518         (91,724

Malaysian Ringgit

   Long    03/20/14    JPM      258,269         261,901         (3,632

Norwegian Krone

   Long    03/12/14    DUB      226,927         224,556         2,371   

Philippine Peso

   Long    03/17/14    BRC      879,676         883,552         (3,876

Australian Dollar

   Short    02/28/14    CS      899,875         871,707         28,168   

Brazilian Real

   Short    01/07/14    CS      448,889         427,318         21,571   

Brazilian Real

   Short    01/07/14    CS      94,189         89,695         4,494   

British Pound

   Short    03/27/14    BRC      277,719         281,340         (3,621

Canadian Dollar

   Short    03/05/14    CS      1,729,935         1,720,076         9,859   

Euro

   Short    03/12/14    DUB      224,556         223,871         685   

New Zealand Dollar

   Short    03/19/14    BRC      240,207         240,406         (199

 

 

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

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Foreign Currency

   Position    Settlement
Date
   Counterparty    Receivable
Amount
     Payable
Amount
     Unrealized
Gain/
(Loss)
 

Norwegian Krone

   Short    03/12/14    DUB    $ 224,220       $ 226,927       $ (2,707

Swiss Franc

   Short    03/19/14    UBS      67,669         67,301         368   
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Totals

            $ 12,180,529       $ 12,213,895       $ (33,366
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investments Definitions and Abbreviations:

 

EMTN:    European Medium-Term Notes
GMTN:    Global Multi-Currency Notes
MTN:    Medium-Term Note

Counterparty Abbreviations:

 

BRC:    Barclays Bank PLC
CS:    Credit Suisse
DUB    Deutsche Bank
JPM:    JPMorgan Chase & Co.
UBS:    UBS Warburg LLC

Currency abbreviations have been used throughout the portfolio to indicate amounts shown in currencies other than the U.S. dollar (USD):

 

AUD:    Australian Dollar
BRL:    Brazilian Real
CAD:    Canadian Dollar
CHF:    Swiss Franc
CLP:    Chilean Peso
COP:    Colombian Peso
EUR:    Euro
GBP:    British Pound
IDR:    Indonesian Rupiah
KRW:    South Korean Won
MXN:    Mexican Peso
MYR:    Malaysia Ringgit
NOK:    Norwegian Krone
NZD:    New Zealand Dollar
PHP:    Philippine Peso
RON:    Romanian Lei
SEK:    Swedish Krona
SGD:    Singapore Dollar
UYU:    Uruguayan Peso
ZAR:    South African Rand

 

 

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

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2013

 

 

Assets:

  

Investments at value* (including securities on loan valued at $466,513)

   $ 47,176,480   

Foreign currency**

     1,247,247   

Dividends, interest and other receivables

     517,500   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     178,458   

Unrealized appreciation on foreign currency contracts

     77,152   

Receivable from affiliate

     21,492   

Prepaid expenses

     6,625   

Receivable for variation margin

     47   

Total assets

     49,225,001   

Liabilities:

  

Payable upon return of securities loaned

     487,076   

Payable for investments purchased

     242,257   

Unrealized depreciation on foreign currency contracts

     110,518   

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     28,001   

Accrued expenses:

  

Investment advisory and management fees

     28,606   

Administrative fees

     8,173   

Trustee fees and expenses

     76   

Other

     25,456   

Total liabilities

     930,163   

Net Assets

   $ 48,294,838   

Net Assets Represent:

  

Paid-in capital

   $ 51,448,859   

Undistributed net investment loss

     (203,167

Accumulated net realized loss from investments, futures contracts and foreign currency transactions

     (2,797,009

Net unrealized depreciation of investments, futures contracts and foreign currency translations

     (153,845

Net Assets

   $ 48,294,838   

Shares outstanding

     2,452,708   

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 19.69   

*       Investments at cost

   $ 47,309,005   

**     Foreign currency at cost

   $ 1,246,572   

 

 

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

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Statement of Operations

For the year ended December 31, 2013

 

 

Investment Income:

  

Interest income

   $ 1,459,257   

Dividend income

     9,311   

Securities lending income

     4,911   

Foreign withholding tax

     (26,506

Total investment income

     1,446,973   

Expenses:

  

Investment advisory and management fees

     298,283   

Administrative fees

     85,224   

Reports to shareholders

     36,403   

Custodian

     33,886   

Professional fees

     27,307   

Registration fees

     19,239   

Transfer agent

     13,784   

Extraordinary expense

     8,523   

Trustees fees and expenses

     1,579   

Miscellaneous

     1,471   

Total expenses before offsets

     525,699   

Expense reimbursements

     (118,216

Fee waivers

     (19,527

Net expenses

     387,956   

Net investment income

     1,059,017   

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

  

Net realized gain on investments

     461,859   

Net realized gain on foreign currency transactions

     54,581   

Net realized loss on futures contracts

     (13,224

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     (2,139,041

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency translations

     (32,458

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts

     12,844   

Net realized and unrealized loss

     (1,655,439

Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations

   $ (596,422

 

 

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

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

For the year ended December 31,

 

 

     2013     2012  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 1,059,017      $ 815,568   

Net realized gain on investments, futures contracts and foreign currency transactions

     503,216        640,406   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, futures contracts and foreign currency translations

     (2,158,655     1,567,840   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     (596,422     3,023,814   

Distributions to Shareholders:

    

From net investment income

     (1,387,124     (1,300,592

Capital Share Transactions:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     26,486,251        15,136,995   

Reinvestment of dividends and distributions

     1,339,350        1,201,915   

Cost of shares repurchased

     (12,495,570     (7,721,668

Net increase from capital share transactions

     15,330,031        8,617,242   

Total increase in net assets

     13,346,485        10,340,464   

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of year

     34,948,353        24,607,889   

End of year

   $ 48,294,838      $ 34,948,353   

End of year undistributed net investment income (loss)

   $ (203,167   $ 75,701   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

    

Sale of shares

     1,302,194        746,561   

Reinvested shares from dividends and distributions

     68,126        58,601   

Shares repurchased

     (617,654     (380,121

Net increase in shares

     752,666        425,041   

 

 

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

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Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund

Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each year

 

 

     For the year ended December 31,  
     2013     2012     2011     2010     2009  

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year

     $20.56        $19.30        $19.33        $18.82        $16.93   

Income from Investment Operations:

          

Net investment income1

     0.51        0.53        0.53        0.50        0.89   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments1

     (0.80     1.52        0.12        0.87        3.22   

Total from investment operations

     (0.29     2.05        0.65        1.37        4.11   

Less Distributions to Shareholders from:

          

Net investment income

     (0.58     (0.79     (0.68     (0.86     (2.22

Net Asset Value, End of Year

     $19.69        $20.56        $19.30        $19.33        $18.82   

Total Return2

     (1.40 )%      10.63     3.39     7.27     24.27 %4 

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (with offsets/reductions)

     0.91 %5      1.05 %6      1.10     1.10     1.10

Ratio of expenses to average net assets (with offsets)

     0.91 %5      1.05 %6      1.10     1.10     1.10

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets (without offsets/reductions)3

     1.23 %5      1.36 %6      1.39     1.43     1.32

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets2

     2.49 %5      2.63 %6      2.63     2.57     4.82

Portfolio turnover

     40     59     91     131     102

Net assets at end of year (000’s omitted)

   $ 48,295      $ 34,948      $ 24,608      $ 25,722      $ 26,146   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Financial Highlights

 

The following footnotes should be read in conjunction with the Financial Highlights of the Fund previously presented in this report.

 

1  Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares.
2  Total returns and net investment income would have been lower had certain expenses not been offset.
3  Excludes the impact of expense reimbursements or fee waivers and expense reductions such as brokerage credits, but includes non-reimbursable expenses, if any, such as interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses.
4  The Total Return is based on the Financial Statement Net Asset Values as shown above.
5  Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.020% of average net assets.
6  Includes non-routine extraordinary expenses amounting to 0.004% of average net assets.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2013

 

 

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Managers Funds (the “Trust”) is an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust, and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Currently, the Trust consists of a number of different Funds, each having distinct investment management objectives, strategies, risks and policies. Included in this report is the Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund (the “Fund”). The Fund will deduct a 1.00% redemption fee from the proceeds of any redemption (including a redemption by exchange) of shares if the redemption occurs within 60 days of the purchase of those shares. For the year ended December 31, 2013, the Fund had redemption fees amounting to $4,488.

The Fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences may be material. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements:

 

a. Valuation of Investments

Equity securities traded on a domestic securities exchange are valued at the last quoted sale price, or, lacking any sales, at the last quoted bid price. Equity securities primarily traded on an international securities exchange and equity securities traded on NASDAQ or in a U.S. or non-U.S. over-the-counter market are valued at the market’s official closing price, or, if there are no trades on the applicable date, at the last quoted bid price. In addition, if the applicable market does not offer an official closing price or if the official closing price is not representative of the overall market, equity securities primarily traded on an international securities exchange and equity securities traded in a non-U.S. over-the-counter market are valued at the last quoted sales price. The Fund’s investments are generally valued based on independent market quotations or prices or, if none, “evaluative” or other market based valuations provided by third-party pricing services approved by the Board of Trustees of the Fund (the “Board”).

Fixed-income securities are valued based on valuations furnished by independent pricing services that utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. Futures contracts for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the settlement price as of the close of the futures exchange. Debt obligations (other than short term debt obligations that have 60 days or less remaining until maturity) will be valued using the evaluated bid price or the mean price provided by an authorized pricing service. Short term debt obligations (debt obligations with maturities of one year or less at the time of issuance) that have 60 days or less remaining until maturity will be valued at amortized cost. Investments in other open-end regulated investment companies are valued at their end of day net asset value per share. Investments in certain mortgage-backed and

stripped mortgage-backed securities, preferred stocks, convertible securities, derivatives and other debt securities not traded on an organized securities market are valued on the basis of valuations provided by dealers or by a pricing service which uses information with respect to transactions in such securities and various relationships between such securities and yield to maturity in determining value.

Under certain circumstances, the value of certain Fund investments (including derivatives) may be based on an evaluation of fair value, pursuant to procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. The Pricing Committee is the committee formed by the Board to make fair value determinations for such investments. The Fund may use the fair value of a portfolio investment to calculate its net asset value (“NAV”) in the event that the market quotation, price or market based valuation for the portfolio investment is not deemed to be readily available or otherwise not determinable pursuant to the Board’s valuation procedures, if Managers Investment Group LLC (the “Investment Manager”) believes the quotation, price or market based valuation to be unreliable, or in certain other circumstances. When determining the fair value of an investment, the Pricing Committee seeks to determine the price that the Fund might reasonably expect to receive from a current sale of that investment in an arms-length transaction. Fair value determinations shall be based upon consideration of all available facts and information, including, but not limited to (i) attributes specific to the investment; (ii) fundamental analytical data and press releases relating to the investment and its issuer; and (iii) the value of other comparable securities or relevant financial instruments, including derivative securities, traded on other markets or among dealers. The values assigned to fair value investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized in the future, since such amounts depend on future developments inherent in long-term investments. Because of the inherent uncertainty of valuation, those estimated values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed, and the differences could be material. The Board will be presented with a quarterly report showing as of the most recent quarter end, all outstanding securities fair valued by the Pricing Committee, including a comparison with the prior quarter end and the percentage of the Fund that the security represents at each quarter end.

Portfolio investments that trade primarily on foreign markets are priced based upon the market quotation of such securities as of the close of their respective principal markets. Under certain circumstances, on behalf of a fund that invests primarily in international securities, the Investment Manager or applicable subadvisor may adjust such prices based on its determination of the impact of events occurring subsequent to the close of such markets but prior to the time as of which the Fund calculates its NAV. The Board has also adopted a policy that securities held in a fund that invests primarily in international securities and certain foreign debt obligations held by a fund, in each case, that can be fair valued by the applicable fair value pricing service are fair valued on each business day without regard to a “trigger” (e.g., without regard to invoking fair value based upon a change in a U.S. equity securities index exceeding a pre-determined level). The Fund may invest in

 

 

 

 

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securities that may be thinly traded. The Board has adopted procedures to adjust prices of securities that are judged to be stale so that they reflect fair value. An investment valued on the basis of its fair value may be valued at a price higher or lower than available market quotations.

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that 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. U.S. GAAP also establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Fund. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation.

The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below:

Level 1 – inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, options contracts)

Level 2 – other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing, broker-quoted securities, fair valued securities with observable inputs)

Level 3 – inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., fair valued securities with unobservable inputs)

Changes in inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments may result in a transfer in or out of levels within the fair value hierarchy. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.

 

b. Security Transactions

Security transactions are accounted for as of trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

 

c. Investment Income and Expenses

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividend and interest income on foreign securities is recorded gross of any withholding tax. Interest income, which includes amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, is accrued as

earned. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are reported at the fair market value of the securities received. Other income and expenses are recorded on an accrual basis. Expenses that cannot be directly attributed to a Fund are apportioned among the Funds in the Trust and in some cases other affiliated funds based upon their relative average net assets or number of shareholders.

This Fund has a “balance credit” arrangement with The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNYM”), the Fund’s custodian, whereby the Fund is credited with an interest factor equal to 0.75% below the effective 90-day T-Bill rate for account balances left uninvested overnight. If the T-Bill rate falls below 0.75%, no credits will be earned. These credits serve to reduce custody expenses that would otherwise be charged to the Fund. For the year ended December 31, 2013, the Fund’s custodian expense was not reduced.

Overdraft fees are computed at 1% above the effective Federal Funds rate on the day of the overdraft. Prior to January 1, 2013, the rate was 2% above the effective Federal Funds rate. For the year ended December 31, 2013, overdraft fees for the Fund equaled $102.

The Trust recently held a shareholder meeting at which shareholders were asked to approve a new Declaration of Trust for the Trust, among other proposals. The costs associated with this proxy were treated as “extraordinary expenses,” and, therefore, are excluded from the expense limitation agreement described in Note 2.

 

d. Dividends and Distributions

Fund distributions resulting from either net investment income or realized net capital gains, if any, will normally be declared and paid at least annually in December, as described in the Fund’s prospectus. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined in accordance with Federal income tax regulations, which may differ from net investment income and net realized capital gains for financial statement purposes (U.S. GAAP). Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense and gain or loss are recognized in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes; these differences will reverse at some time in the future. The most common differences are primarily due to differing treatments for losses deferred due to excise tax regulations, wash sales, foreign currency, futures and market discount transactions. Permanent book and tax basis differences, if any, relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications to paid-in capital.

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were as follows:

 

Distributions paid from:

     2013         2012   

Ordinary income

   $ 1,387,124       $ 1,300,592   

Short-term capital gains

     —           —     

Long-term capital gains

     —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,387,124       $ 1,300,592   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

As of December 31, 2013, the components of distributable earnings (excluding unrealized appreciation/depreciation) on a tax basis consisted of:

 

Capital loss carryforward

   $ 2,779,829   

Undistributed ordinary income

     —     

Undistributed short-term capital gains

     —     

Undistributed long-term capital gains

     —     

Post-October loss deferral

     242,540   

 

e. Federal Taxes

The Fund intends to comply with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and, to distribute substantially all of its taxable income and gains to its shareholders and to meet certain diversification and income requirements with respect to investment companies. Therefore, no provision for Federal income or excise tax is included in the accompanying financial statements.

Additionally, based on the Fund’s understanding of the tax rules and rates related to income, gains and transactions for the foreign jurisdictions in which it invests, the Fund will provide for foreign taxes, and where appropriate, deferred foreign taxes.

Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns as of December 31, 2013 and for all open tax years (generally, the three prior taxable years), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. Additionally, the Fund is not aware of any tax position for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.

Net capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after the enactment of the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (post-enactment capital losses) may be carried forward for an unlimited time period. Such losses will be required to be utilized prior to any loss carryovers incurred in pre-enactment taxable years, which generally expire eight years following the close of the taxable year in which they were incurred. As a result of this ordering rule, pre-enactment capital loss carryovers may be more likely to expire unused. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward retain their tax character as either short-term or long-term capital losses, unlike pre-enactment losses which are considered all short-term.

 

f. Capital Loss Carryovers and Deferrals

As of December 31, 2013, the Fund had accumulated net realized capital loss carryovers from security transactions for Federal income tax purposes as shown in the following chart. These amounts may be used to offset future realized capital gains, if any, through the expiration dates listed, or in the case of post-enactment losses, for an unlimited time period.

     Capital Loss Carryover
Amounts
     Expires  
     Short-Term      Long-Term      December 31,  

(Pre-Enactment)

   $ 1,746,317         —           2017   

(Pre-Enactment)

     1,033,512         —           2018   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total

   $ 2,779,829         —        
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

For the year ended December 31, 2013, the Fund utilized capital loss carryovers in the amount of $481,359.

 

g. Capital Stock

The Trust’s Declaration of Trust authorizes for each series the issuance of an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, without par value. The Fund records sales and repurchases of its capital stock on the trade date. The cost of securities contributed to the Fund in connection with the issuance of shares is based on the valuation of those securities in accordance with the Fund’s policy on investment valuation.

At December 31, 2013, certain unaffiliated shareholders of record, specifically omnibus accounts, individually or collectively held greater than 10% of the net assets of the Fund as follows: three collectively own 77%. Transactions by these shareholders may have a material impact on the Fund.

 

h. Repurchase Agreements

The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements provided that the value of the underlying collateral, including accrued interest, will equal or exceed the value of the repurchase agreement during the term of the agreement. The underlying collateral for all repurchase agreements is held in safekeeping by the Fund’s custodian or at the Federal Reserve Bank. If the seller defaults and the value of the collateral declines, or if bankruptcy proceedings commence with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Fund may be delayed or limited. At December 31, 2013, the market value of repurchase agreements outstanding was $487,076.

 

i. Foreign Currency Translation

The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. The values of investments, assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars based upon current foreign exchange rates. Purchases and sales of foreign investments, income and expenses are converted into U.S. dollars based on currency exchange rates prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions represent: (1) foreign exchange gains and losses from the sale and holdings of foreign currencies; (2) gains and losses between trade date and settlement date on investment securities transactions and forward foreign currency exchange contracts; and (3) gains and losses from the difference between amounts of interest and dividends recorded and the amounts actually received.

The Fund does not isolate the net realized and unrealized gain or loss resulting from changes in exchange rates from the fluctuations in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

 

j. Foreign Securities

The Fund invests in securities of foreign entities and in instruments denominated in foreign currencies which involve risks not typically associated with investments in domestic securities. Non-domestic securities carry special risks, such as exposure to currency fluctuations, less developed or less efficient trading markets, political instability, a lack of company information, differing auditing and legal standards, and, potentially, less liquidity.

Realized gains in certain countries may be subject to foreign taxes at the Fund level, at rates ranging from approximately 10% to 15%. The Fund would pay such foreign taxes at the appropriate rate for each jurisdiction.

 

2. Agreements and Transactions with Affiliates

The Trust has entered into an investment advisory agreement under which the Investment Manager, a subsidiary of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (“AMG”), serves as investment manager to the Fund and is responsible for the Fund’s overall administration and operations. The Investment Manager selects one or more subadvisors for the Fund (subject to Board approval) and monitors each subadvisor’s investment performance, security holdings and investment strategies. The Fund’s investment portfolio is managed by one or more portfolio managers who serves pursuant to a subadvisory agreement with the Investment Manager.

Investment management fees are paid directly by the Fund to the Investment Manager based on average daily net assets. For the year ended December 31, 2013, the Fund paid an investment management fee at the annual rate of 0.70% of the average daily net assets of the Fund.

Effective July 1, 2013, the Investment Manager has contractually agreed through at least May 1, 2015, to waive management fees and/ or reimburse Fund expenses in order to limit total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of taxes, interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), brokerage commissions and other transaction costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) to 0.89% of Fund’s average daily net assets subject to later reimbursement by the Fund in certain circumstances.

Prior to July 1, 2013, the Investment Manager agreed to waive management fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in order to limit total annual Fund operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements (exclusive of taxes, interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), brokerage commissions and other transactions costs, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) to 0.99% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

For the period January 1, 2013, through June 30, 2013, the Investment Manager voluntarily agreed to retroactively waive additional expenses to limit the Fund’s total operating expenses to 0.89% of average daily net assets. For the year ended December 31, 2013, the amount waived is $19,527 or 0.05%.

The Fund is obligated to repay the Investment Manager such amounts waived, paid or reimbursed in future years provided that the repayment occurs within thirty-six (36) months after the waiver

or reimbursement and that such repayment would not cause the Fund’s total annual operating expenses after fee waiver and expense reimbursements in any such future year to exceed the Fund’s contractual expense limitation amount. For the year ended December 31, 2013, the Fund’s components of reimbursement available are detailed in the following chart:

 

Reimbursement Available - 12/31/12

   $  257,760   

Additional Reimbursements

     118,216   

Repayments

     —     

Expired Reimbursements

     (84,847
  

 

 

 

Reimbursement Available - 12/31/13

   $ 291,129   
  

 

 

 

The Fund has entered into an Administration and Shareholder Servicing Agreement under which the Investment Manager serves as the Fund’s administrator (the “Administrator”) and is responsible for all aspects of managing the Fund’s operations, including administration and shareholder services to the Fund, its shareholders, and certain institutions, such as bank trust departments, broker-dealers and registered investment advisers, that advise or act as an intermediary with the Fund’s shareholders. The Fund pays a fee to the Administrator at the rate of 0.20% per annum of the Fund’s average daily net assets for this service.

The aggregate annual retainer paid to each Independent Trustee of the Board is $105,000, plus $6,000 or $2,500 for each regular or special meeting attended, respectively. The Independent Chairman of the Trusts receives an additional payment of $25,000 per year. The Chairman of the Audit Committee receives an additional payment of $10,000 per year. The Trustees’ fees and expenses are allocated among all of the funds in the Trusts for which the Investment Manager serves as the advisor (the “Managers Funds”) based on the relative net assets of such Funds. The “Trustees fees and expenses” shown in the financial statements represents each Fund’s allocated portion of the total fees and expenses paid by the Managers Funds.

Prior to January 1, 2013, the aggregate annual retainer paid to each Independent Trustee of the Board was $80,000, plus $5,000 or $2,500 for each regular or special meeting attended, respectively. The Independent Chairman of the Trust formerly received an additional payment of $20,000 per year. The Chairman of the Audit Committee formerly received an additional payment of $8,000 per year.

The Fund is distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor” or “MDI”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Investment Manager. MDI serves as the distributor and underwriter for the Fund and is a registered broker-dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). Shares of the Fund will be continuously offered and will be sold directly to prospective purchasers and through brokers, dealers or other financial intermediaries who have executed selling agreements with MDI. Subject to the compensation arrangement discussed below, generally MDI bears all or a portion of the expenses of providing services pursuant to the distribution agreement, including the payment of the expenses relating to the distribution of prospectuses for sales purposes and any advertising or sales literature. Certain

 

 

 

 

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Trustees and Officers of the Fund are Officers and/or Directors of the Investment Manager, AMG and/or the Distributor.

The Securities and Exchange Commission granted an exemptive order that permits the Fund to lend and borrow money for certain temporary purposes directly to and from other eligible Managers Funds. Participation in this interfund lending program is voluntary for both borrowing and lending funds, and an interfund loan is only made if it benefits each participating fund. The Investment Manager administers the program according to procedures approved by the Board, and the Board monitors the operation of the program. An interfund loan must comply with certain conditions set out in the exemptive order, which are designed to assure fairness and protect all participating Funds. For the year ended December 31, 2013, the Fund neither borrowed from nor lent to other Managers Funds.

 

3. Purchases and Sales of Securities

Purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term securities and U.S. Government obligations) for the year ended December 31, 2013, were $24,524,812 and $11,638,493, respectively. Purchases and sales of U.S. Government obligations for the year ended December 31, 2013, were $6,109,745 and $4,403,782, respectively.

 

4. Portfolio Securities Loaned

The Fund participates in a securities lending program offered by BNYM (the “Program”), providing for the lending of securities to qualified brokers. Securities lending income include earnings of such temporary cash investments, plus or minus any rebate to a borrower. These earnings (after any rebate) are then divided between BNYM, as a fee for its services under the program, and the Fund, according to agreed-upon rates. Collateral on all securities loaned is accepted in cash and is maintained at a minimum level of 102% (105% in the case of certain foreign securities) of the market value, plus interest, if applicable, of investments on loan. It is the Fund’s policy to obtain additional collateral from or return excess collateral to the borrower by the end of the next business day, following the valuation date of the securities loaned. Therefore, the value of the collateral held may be temporarily less than the value of the securities on loan. Lending securities entails a risk of loss to the Fund if and to the extent that the market value of the securities loaned were to increase and the borrower did not increase the collateral accordingly, and the borrower fails to return the securities. Under the terms of the Program, the Fund is indemnified for such losses by BNYM. Cash collateral is held in a separate account managed by BNYM, who is authorized to exclusively enter into overnight government repurchase agreements. BNYM bears the risk of any deficiency in the amount of the cash collateral available for return to the borrower due to any loss on the collateral invested.

 

5. Commitments and Contingencies

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its trustees and officers are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties, which provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure to the Fund under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have

not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Fund has had no prior claims or losses and expects the risk of loss to be remote.

 

6. Forward Commitments

Certain transactions, such as futures and forward transactions, dollar roll agreements, or purchases of when-issued or delayed delivery securities may have a similar effect on the Fund’s net asset value as if the Fund had created a degree of leverage in its portfolio. However, if the Fund enters into such a transaction, the Fund will establish a segregated account with its custodian in which it will maintain cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid securities equal in value to its obligations in respect to such transaction. Securities and other assets held in the segregated account may not be sold while the transaction is outstanding, unless other suitable assets are substituted.

 

7. Derivative Instruments

The following disclosures contain information on how and why the Fund uses derivative instruments, the credit risk and how derivative instruments affect the Fund’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows. The location and fair value amounts of these instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and the realized and changes in unrealized gains and losses on the Statement of Operations, each categorized by type of derivative contract, are included in a table in the Notes to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments. For the year ended December 31, 2013, the average quarterly balances of derivative financial instruments outstanding were as follows:

 

Financial futures contracts:

  

Average number of contracts purchased

     2   

Average number of contracts sold

     8   

Average notional value of contracts purchased

   $ 275,800   

Average notional value of contracts sold

   $ 994,334   

Foreign currency exchange contracts:

  

Average US dollar amounts purchased/sold

   $ 7,203,543   

 

8. Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Fund invested in forward foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign securities and to hedge against foreign currency exchange rate risk on its non-U.S. dollar denominated investment securities.

A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between a fund and another party to buy or sell a currency at a set price at a future date. The market value of the contract will fluctuate with changes in currency exchange rates. The contract is marked-to-market daily, and the change in market value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. Gain or loss on the purchase or sale of contracts having the same settlement date, amount and counterparty is realized on the date of offset, otherwise gain or loss is realized on the settlement date. Risks may arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from unanticipated movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar.

 

 

 

 

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9. Futures Contracts

The Fund entered into futures contracts to achieve a desired level of investment, whether to accommodate portfolio turnover or cash flows from capital shares transactions. There are certain risks associated with futures contracts. Prices may not move as expected or the Fund may not be able to close out the contract when it desires to do so, resulting in losses.

On entering into a futures contract, either cash or securities in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract value (initial margin) must be deposited with the futures broker. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received each day. The variation margin payments equal the daily changes in the contract value and are recorded as unrealized gains or losses. For OTC futures, daily variation margin is not required. The Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed or expires equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Futures are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The aggregate principal amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the financial statements. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized gains (losses) on futures contracts.

 

10. Master Netting Agreements

The Fund may enter into master netting agreements with its counterparties for the securities lending program and repurchase agreements, which provide the right, in the event of default (including bankruptcy or insolvency) for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset financial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to master netting agreements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The following tables are a summary of the Fund’s open securities lending, repurchase agreements and derivatives which are subject to a master netting agreement as of December 31, 2013:

 

     Gross Amounts of
   Recognized Assets   
     Gross Amounts
Offset in the
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
     Net Amounts of
Assets Presented in
the Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
     Gross Amount Not Offset in the
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
        
            Financial
Instruments
     Cash Collateral
Received
     Net Amount  

Securities lending

   $ 466,513         —         $ 466,513         —         $ 466,513         —     

Repurchase agreements

     487,076         —           487,076       $ 487,076         —           —     

Foreign currency contracts

     77,152         —           77,152         72,844         —         $ 4,308   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,030,741         —         $ 1,030,741       $ 559,920       $ 466,513       $   4,308   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     Gross Amounts of
Recognized Liabilities
     Gross Amounts
Offset in the
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
     Net Amounts of
Assets Presented in
the Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
     Gross Amount Not Offset in the
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
        
            Financial
Instruments
     Cash Collateral
Pledged
     Net Amount  

Foreign currency contracts

   $ 110,518         —         $ 110,518       $ 72,844         —         $ 37,674   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $    110,518         —         $    110,518       $   72,844                   —         $ 37,674   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

11. Subsequent Events

On January 21, 2014, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc., a global asset management company, announced that the Fund’s Investment Manager and Administrator, Managers Investment Group LLC, will be rebranded as AMG Funds LLC. The rebranding is expected to become effective during the second quarter of 2014 once the appropriate regulatory filings have taken place.

The Fund has determined that no other material events or transactions occurred through the issuance of the Fund’s financial statements, which require additional disclosure in or adjustment of the Fund’s financial statements.

 

 

 

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Tax Information (unaudited)

Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund hereby designates the maximum amount allowable of its net taxable income as qualified dividends as provided in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation act of 2003. The 2013 Form 1099-DIV you receive for the Fund will show the tax status of all distributions paid to you during the year.

Pursuant to section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund hereby designates $0, as a capital gain distribution with respect to the taxable year ended December 31, 2013, or if subsequently determined to be different, the net capital gains of such fiscal year.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of The Managers Funds and the Shareholders of Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of portfolio investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund (the “Fund”) at December 31, 2013, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2013 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers and the application of alternative auditing procedures where securities purchased had not been received, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

February 28, 2014

 

 

 

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Trustees and Officers

 

The Trustees and Officers of the Trust, their business addresses, principal occupations for the past five years and dates of birth are listed below. The Trustees provide broad supervision over the affairs of the Trust and the Funds. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the Fund’s activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the Fund, and review the Fund’s performance. Unless otherwise noted, the address of each Trustee or Officer is the address of the Trust: 800 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut 06854.

There is no stated term of office for Trustees. Trustees serve until their resignation, retirement or removal in accordance with the Trust’s organizational documents and policies adopted by the Board from time to time. The Chairman of the Trustees, President, Treasurer and Secretary of the Trust are elected by the Trustees annually. Other officers hold office at the pleasure of the Trustees.

 

Independent Trustees

The following Trustees are not “interested persons” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act:

 

Name, Date of Birth, Number

of Funds Overseen in Fund

Complex*

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5
Years and Other Directorships Held by
Trustee

Bruce B. Bingham,

12/1/48

 

•   Trustee since 2012

 

•   Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Partner, Hamilton Partners (real estate development firm) (1987-Present).

William E. Chapman, II,

9/23/41

 

•   Independent Chairman

 

•   Trustee since 2000

 

•   Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   President and Owner, Longboat Retirement Planning Solutions (1998-Present); Hewitt Associates, LLC (part time) (provider of Retirement and Investment Education Seminars) (2002-2009); Trustee Emeritus of Bowdoin College (2013-Present); Trustee of Bowdoin College (2002-2013); Director of Harding, Loevner Funds, Inc. (6 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Trust (5 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Variable Trust (1 portfolio); Trustee of Aston Funds (23 portfolios).

Edward J. Kaier,

9/23/45

 

•   Trustee since 2000

 

•   Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Attorney at Law and Partner, Teeters Harvey Marrone & Kaier LLP (2007-Present); Attorney at Law and Partner, Hepburn Willcox Hamilton & Putnam, LLP (1977-2007); Trustee of Third Avenue Trust (5 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Variable Trust (1 portfolio); Trustee of Aston Funds (23 portfolios).

Kurt A. Keilhacker,

10/5/63

 

•   Trustee since 2013

 

•   Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Managing Member, TechFund Capital (1997-Present); Managing Member, TechFund Europe (2000-Present); Trustee, Gordon College (2001-Present); Board Member, 6wind SA, (2002-Present); Managing Member, Clapham Partners I, LLC (2013-Present).

Steven J. Paggioli,

4/3/50

 

•   Trustee since 2000

 

•   Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Independent Consultant (2002-Present); Formerly Executive Vice President and Director, The Wadsworth Group (1986-2001); Executive Vice President, Secretary and Director, Investment Company Administration, LLC (1990-2001); Vice President, Secretary and Director, First Fund Distributors, Inc. (1991-2001); Trustee, Professionally Managed Portfolios (45 portfolios); Advisory Board Member, Sustainable Growth Advisors, LP; Independent Director, Chase Investment Counsel (2008 – Present); Trustee of Aston Funds (23 portfolios).

Richard F. Powers III,

2/2/46

 

•   Trustee since 2013

 

•   Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Adjunct Professor, Boston College (2011-Present); Director of Ameriprise Financial Inc. (2005-2009); President and CEO of Van Kampen Investments Inc. (1998-2003).

Eric Rakowski,

6/5/58

 

•   Trustee since 2000

 

•   Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Professor, University of California at Berkeley School of Law (1990-Present); Director of Harding, Loevner Funds, Inc. (6 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Trust (5 portfolios); Trustee of Third Avenue Variable Trust (1 portfolio); Trustee of Aston Funds (23 portfolios).

Victoria L. Sassine,

8/11/65

 

•   Trustee since 2013

 

•   Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Lecturer, Babson College (2007 – Present)

Name, Date of Birth, Number

of Funds Overseen in Fund

Complex*

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5
Years and Other Directorships Held by
Trustee

Thomas R. Schneeweis,

5/10/47

 

•   Trustee since 2000

 

•   Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts (2013 - Present); Partner, S Capital Management, LLC (2007-Present); President, TRS Associates (1982-Present); Director, CISDM at the University of Massachusetts, (1996-2013); President, Alternative Investment Analytics, LLC, (formerly Schneeweis Partners, LLC) (2001-2013); Professor of Finance, University of Massachusetts (1977-2013); Partner, White Bear Partners, LLC (2007-2010); Partner, Northampton Capital Management, LLC (2004-2010); Trustee of Aston Funds (23 portfolios).

 

* The Fund Complex consists of Managers AMG Funds, The Managers Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II.

Interested Trustees

Each Trustee in the following table is an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Ms. Carsman is an interested person of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act by virtue of her position with, and interest in securities of, AMG, and her former position as Chief Legal Officer of the Trust.

 

Name, Date of Birth, Number

of Funds Overseen in Fund

Complex*

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5
Years and Other Directorships Held by
Trustee

Christine C. Carsman,

4/2/52

 

•   Trustee since 2011

 

•   Oversees 39 Funds in Fund Complex

   Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2011-Present); Senior Vice President and Chief Regulatory Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2007-2011); Vice President and Chief Regulatory Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2004-2007); Secretary and Chief Legal Officer, Managers AMG Funds, The Managers Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2004-2011); Senior Counsel, Vice President and Director of Operational Risk Management and Compliance, Wellington Management Company, LLP (1995-2004).

Officers

 

Name, Date of Birth,

Position(s) Held with Fund

and Length of Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5
Years

Keitha L. Kinne,

5/16/58

 

•   President since 2012

 

•   Chief Operating Officer since 2007

   Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer, Managers Investment Group LLC (2007-Present); Chief Investment Officer, Managers Investment Group LLC (2008-Present); President, Managers Distributors, Inc. (2012-Present); Chief Operating Officer, Managers AMG Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2007-Present); Managing Director, Legg Mason & Co., LLC (2006-2007); Managing Director, Citigroup Asset Management (2004-2006).

Lewis Collins,

2/22/66

 

•   Secretary since 2011

 

•   Chief Legal Officer since 2011

   Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2010-Present); Vice President and Senior Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2006-2010); Senior Counsel, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (2002-2006); Attorney, Ropes & Gray LLP (1998-2002).
 

 

 

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Trustees and Officers

 

 

Name, Date of Birth,

Position(s) Held with Fund

and Length of Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5
Years

Donald S. Rumery,

5/29/58

 

•   Chief Financial Officer since 2007

 

•   Treasurer since 1995

   Senior Vice President, Managers Investment Group LLC (2005-Present); Treasurer, Managers AMG Funds (1999-Present); Treasurer, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2000-Present); Chief Financial Officer, Managers AMG Funds, Managers Trust I and Managers Trust II (2007-Present); Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, Managers Distributors, Inc. (2000-2012); Vice President, The Managers Funds LLC, (1994-2004).

John J. Ferencz,

3/9/62

 

•   Chief Compliance Officer since 2010

   Vice President, Legal and Compliance, Managers Investment Group LLC (2010-Present); Senior Compliance Analyst, Mutual Funds and Regulatory, GE Asset Management Incorporated (2005-2010).

Name, Date of Birth,

Position(s) Held with Fund

and Length of Time Served

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5
Years

Michael S. Ponder,

9/12/73

 

•   Assistant Secretary since 2011

   Senior Vice President and Counsel, Managers Investment Group LLC (2011-Present); Attorney, DeNovo Legal (2009-2010); Vice President, Credit Suisse (2007-2009); Associate, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (2006-2007).

Matthew B. Wallace,

11/24/80

 

•   Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer since 2012

   Assistant Vice President, Legal and Compliance, Managers Investment Group LLC (2014-Present); Senior Associate, Legal and Compliance, Managers Investment Group LLC (2012-Present); Associate, Legal and Compliance, Managers Investment Group LLC (2010-2012); Compliance Specialist, Calamos Advisors LLC (2007-2010).
 

 

 

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Proxy Results

 

A special meeting of shareholders of The Managers Funds was held on July 2, 2013. With respect to the proposals to amend certain “fundamental” investment restrictions of the Fund and the proposals to amend and restate the declaration of trust for Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund; the proposals did not pass. The proposals and results of the votes are summarized below.

 

     All Funds in Trust  
The Managers Funds    For      Withheld  
Election of Directors    (rounded to the nearest share)  

Bruce Bingham

     65,917,039         1,383,823   

William E. Chapman, II

     65,845,907         1,383,823   

Edward J. Kaier

     65,890,088         1,410,774   

Steven J. Paggioli

     65,893,710         1,407,152   

Erik Rakowski

     65,933,611         1,367,251   

Thomas R. Schneeweis

     65,859,260         1,441,603   

Christine C. Carsman

     65,864,037         1,436,825   

Kurt Keilhacker

     65,831,496         1,469,366   

Richard F. Powers III

     65,677,238         1,623,624   

Victoria Sassine

     65,719,903         1,580,960   

 

     Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund  
     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  
To amend “fundamental” restrictions of the Funds with respect to:    (rounded to the nearest share)  

Issuance of Senior Securities

     613,748         27,689         47,168       $ 566,884   

Borrowing

     612,123         28,428         47,168         566,884   

Lending

     615,237         27,436         45,931         566,884   

The Underwriting of Securities

     615,689         24,358         48,547         566,884   

Purchasing and Selling Commodities

     610,000         30,765         47,839         566,884   

Purchasing and Selling Real Estate

     612,036         32,584         43,985         566,884   

Diversification of Investments

     614,717         26,985         46,902         566,884   

Concentrating Investments in a Particular Industry

     609,914         30,311         48,379         566,884   

Transactions with Interested of Affiliated Persons

     599,717         40,250         48,638         566,884   

 

     Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund  
     For      Against      Abstain      Broker Non-Votes  
To amend and restate the Agreement and Declaration of the Trust relating to:    (rounded to the nearest share)  

Declaration of Trust Amendment Procedures

     608,114         26,993         53,497         566,884   

Merger, Consolidation, Sale of Assets and Termination of Trust, Series or Classes

     598,867         39,051         50,686         566,884   

Other Changes

     588,635         42,217         57,752         566,884   

 

 

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Proxy Results (continued)

 

 

    All Funds in Trust  
    For     Against     Abstain     Broker Non-Votes  
To amend and restate the Agreement and Declaration of the Trust relating to:   (rounded to the nearest share)  

Declaration of Trust Amendment Procedures

    44,576,200        1,298,370        1,144,841        20,281,451   

Merger, Consolidation, Sale of Assets and Termination of Trust, Series or Classes

    43,853,835        2,022,968        1,142,608        20,281,451   

Other Changes

    43,838,090        2,045,006        1,136,168        20,281,451   

 

 

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Investment Manager and Administrator

Managers Investment Group LLC

800 Connecticut Avenue

Norwalk, CT 06854

(800) 835-3879

Distributor

Managers Distributors, Inc.

800 Connecticut Avenue

Norwalk, CT 08654

(800) 835-3879

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

2 Hanson Place

Brooklyn, NY 11217

Legal Counsel

Ropes & Gray LLP

Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02199-3600

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

Attn: Managers

P.O. Box 9769

Providence, RI 02940

(800) 548-4539

For ManagersChoice Only

Managers

c/o BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

P.O. Box 9847

Providence, RI 02940-8047

(800) 358-7668

 

 

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MANAGERS FUNDS

 

EQUITY FUNDS

  

BALANCED FUNDS

 

BRANDYWINE

BRANDYWINE BLUE

BRANDYWINE ADVISORS MIDCAP GROWTH

Friess Associates, LLC

 

CADENCE CAPITAL APPRECIATION

CADENCE MID-CAP

CADENCE EMERGING COMPANIES

Cadence Capital Management, LLC

 

ESSEX SMALL/MICRO CAP GROWTH

Essex Investment Management Co., LLC

 

FQ TAX-MANAGED U.S. EQUITY

FQ U.S. EQUITY

First Quadrant, L.P.

 

FRONTIER SMALL CAP GROWTH

Frontier Capital Management Company, LLC

 

GW&K SMALL CAP EQUITY

Gannett Welsh & Kotler, LLC

 

MICRO-CAP

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

WEDGE Capital Management L.L.P.

Next Century Growth Investors LLC

RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc.

 

REAL ESTATE SECURITIES

CenterSquare Investment Management, Inc.

  

 

RENAISSANCE LARGE CAP GROWTH

Renaissance Group LLC

 

SKYLINE SPECIAL EQUITIES

PORTFOLIO

Skyline Asset Management, L.P.

 

SPECIAL EQUITY

Ranger Investment Management, L.P.

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC

Smith Asset Management Group, L.P.

Federated MDTA LLC

 

SYSTEMATIC VALUE

SYSTEMATIC MID CAP VALUE

Systematic Financial Management, L.P.

 

TIMESSQUARE INTERNATIONAL

SMALL CAP

TIMESSQUARE MID CAP GROWTH

TIMESSQUARE SMALL CAP GROWTH

TSCM GROWTH EQUITY

TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC

 

TRILOGY GLOBAL EQUITY

TRILOGY EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY

TRILOGY INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP

Trilogy Global Advisors, L.P.

 

YACKTMAN

YACKTMAN FOCUSED

Yacktman Asset Management LP

  

 

CHICAGO EQUITY PARTNERS BALANCED

Chicago Equity Partners, LLC

 

ALTERNATIVE FUNDS

 

FQ GLOBAL ALTERNATIVES

FQ GLOBAL ESSENTIALS

First Quadrant, L.P.

 

INCOME FUNDS

 

BOND (MANAGERS)

GLOBAL INCOME OPPORTUNITY

Loomis, Sayles & Co., L.P.

 

BOND (MANAGERS PIMCO)

Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC

 

GW&K FIXED INCOME

GW&K MUNICIPAL BOND

GW&K MUNICIPAL ENHANCED YIELD

Gannett Welsh & Kotler, LLC

 

HIGH YIELD

J.P. Morgan Investment Management LLC

 

INTERMEDIATE DURATION GOVERNMENT

SHORT DURATION GOVERNMENT

Amundi Smith Breeden LLC

 

This report is prepared for the Fund’s shareholders. It is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus. To receive a free copy of the prospectus or Statement of Additional Information, which includes additional information about Fund Trustees, please contact us by calling 800.835.3879. Distributed by Managers Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.

  

Current net asset value per share for the Fund is available on the Fund’s Web site at www.managersinvest.com.

  

A description of the policies and procedures the Fund uses to vote its proxies is available: (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800.835.3879, or (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Web site at www. sec.gov. For information regarding the Fund’s proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, call 800.835.3879 or visit the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov.

  

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. A Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 800.SEC.0330. To review a complete list of the Fund’s portfolio holdings, or to view the most recent quarterly holdings report, semiannual report, or annual report, please visit www.managersinvest.com.

  

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Item 2. CODE OF ETHICS

Registrant has adopted a Code of Ethics. See attached Exhibit (a)(1).

 

Item 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

Registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that independent Trustee Mr. Steven J. Paggioli qualifies as the Audit Committee Financial Expert. Mr. Paggioli is “independent” as such term is defined in Form N-CSR.

 

Item 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

 

(a) Audit Fees

The aggregate fees billed by the Funds’ independent registered public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”), to the Funds for the Funds’ two most recent fiscal years for professional services rendered for audits of annual financial statements, or services that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements (“Audit Fees”) were as follows:

 

     Fiscal 2013      Fiscal 2012  

Managers Bond Fund

   $ 46,170       $ 63,116   

Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund

   $ 27,170       $ 28,697   

Managers Special Equity Fund

   $ 24,814       $ 27,878   

 

(b) Audit-Related Fees

There were no fees billed by PwC to the Funds in its two recent fiscal years for services rendered for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Fund’s financial statements, but are not reported as Audit Fees (“Audit-Related Fees”).

For the Funds’ two most recent fiscal years, there were no Audit-Related Fees billed by PwC for engagements related directly to the operations and financial reporting of one or more Funds by a Fund Service Provider. A Fund Service Provider is (a) any investment adviser to the Fund (not including any Subadvisor whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) or (b) any entity that provides ongoing services to the Fund and is controlling, controlled by or under common control with a Fund investment adviser described in (a).


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(c) Tax Fees

The aggregate fees billed by PwC to the Funds for the two most recent fiscal years for professional services rendered for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning (“Tax Fees”) were as follows:

 

     Fiscal 2013      Fiscal 2012  

Managers Bond Fund

     8,830         9,000   

Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund

     8,830         9,000   

Managers Special Equity Fund

     6,885         7,000   

For the Funds’ two most recent fiscal years, Tax Fees billed by PwC for engagements by Fund Service Providers that related directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds were $0 for fiscal 2013 and $0 for fiscal 2012, respectively.

The services for which Tax Fees were charged comprise all services performed by professional staff in PwC’s tax division except those services related to the audit. Typically, this category would include fees for tax compliance, tax planning, and tax advice. Tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning services include preparation of original and amended tax returns, claims for refund and tax payment-planning services, assistance with tax audits and appeals, tax advice related to mergers and acquisitions and requests for rulings or technical advice from taxing authorities.

 

(d) All Other Fees

There were no other fees billed by PwC to the Funds for all other non-audit services (“Other Fees”) during the Funds’ two most recent fiscal years. During the same period, there were no Other Fees billed by PwC for engagements by Fund Service Providers that related directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds.

(e) (1) According to policies adopted by the Audit Committee, services provided by PwC to the Funds must be pre-approved by the Audit Committee. On an annual basis, the Audit Committee reviews and pre-approves various types of services that PwC may perform for the Funds without specific approval of each engagement, subject to specified budget limitations. As contemplated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related SEC rules, the Audit Committee also pre-approves non-audit services provided by PwC to any Fund Service Provider for any engagement that relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds. Any engagement that is not already pre-approved or that will exceed a pre-approved budget must be submitted to the Audit Committee for pre-approval. The Chairman of the Audit Committee is authorized on behalf of the Board of Trustees and the Audit Committee to approve the engagement of PwC to perform non-audit services subject to certain conditions, including notification to the Audit Committee of such pre-approval not later than the next meeting of the Audit Committee following the date of such pre-approval.

(e) (2) None.

(f) Not applicable.


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(g) The aggregate fees billed by PwC in 2013 and 2012 for non-audit services rendered to the Funds and Fund Service Providers were $90,545 and $91,000, respectively. For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2013, this amount reflects the amounts disclosed above in Item 4(b),(c),(d), plus $66,000 in fees billed to the Fund Service Providers for non-audit services that did not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds. For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012, this amount reflects the amounts disclosed above in Item 4(b),(c),(d), plus $66,000 in fees billed to the Fund Service Providers for non-audit services that did not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds.

(h) The Trust’s Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services by registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm to the registrant’s investment advisor, and any entity controlling, controlled, or under common control with the investment advisor that provided ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved by the Committee (because such services did not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the registrant) was compatible with maintaining the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm.

 

Item 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

Item 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS

Not applicable.

 

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

Not applicable.

 

Item 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

(a) The Registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-CSR is


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recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-CSR is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting during the Registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to affect, the internal control over financial reporting.


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Item 12. EXHIBITS

 

(a) (1)   Any Code of Ethics or amendments hereto. Filed herewith.
(a) (2)   Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 - Filed herewith.
(a) (3)   Not applicable.
(b)   Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 - Filed herewith.


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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.

 

THE MANAGERS FUNDS
By:  

/s/ Keitha L. Kinne

  Keitha L. Kinne, President
Date:  

March 7, 2014

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/ Keitha L. Kinne

  Keitha L. Kinne, President
Date:  

March 7, 2014

By:  

/s/ Donald S. Rumery

  Donald S. Rumery, Chief Financial Officer
Date:  

March 7, 2014