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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 811-04975

MFS MULTIMARKET INCOME TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Christopher R. Bohane

Massachusetts Financial Services Company

111 Huntington Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02199

(Name and address of agents for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 954-5000

Date of fiscal year end: October 31

Date of reporting period: April 30, 2019


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REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.


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Semiannual Report

April 30, 2019

 

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     MFS® Multimarket Income Trust

 

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Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the fund’s annual and semiannual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the complete reports will be made available on the fund’s Web site, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a Web site link to access the report.

If you are already signed up to receive shareholder reports by email, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may sign up to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the fund by email by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you hold your shares directly with the fund, by calling 1-800-637-2304 or by logging into your Investor Center account at www.computershare.com/investor.

Beginning on January 1, 2019, you may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. Contact your financial intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. If you invest directly with the fund, you can call 1-800-637-2304 to let the fund know that you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held in your account if you invest through your financial intermediary or all funds held with the MFS fund complex if you invest directly.

 

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MANAGED DISTRIBUTION POLICY DISCLOSURE

The MFS Multimarket Income Trust’s (the fund) Board of Trustees adopted a managed distribution policy. The fund seeks to pay monthly distributions based on an annual rate of 8.00% of the fund’s average monthly net asset value. The primary purpose of the managed distribution policy is to provide shareholders with a constant, but not guaranteed, fixed minimum rate of distribution each month. You should not draw any conclusions about the fund’s investment performance from the amount of the current distribution or from the terms of the fund’s managed distribution policy. The Board may amend or terminate the managed distribution policy at any time without prior notice to fund shareholders. The amendment or termination of the managed distribution policy could have an adverse effect on the market price of the fund’s shares.

With each distribution, the fund will issue a notice to shareholders and an accompanying press release which will provide detailed information regarding the amount and composition of the distribution and other related information. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in the notice to shareholders are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the fund’s investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes. Please refer to “Tax Matters and Distributions” under Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements for information regarding the tax character of the fund’s distributions.

Under a managed distribution policy the fund may at times distribute more than its net investment income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may result in a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the fund is paid back to you. Any such returns of capital will decrease the fund’s total assets and, therefore, could have the effect of increasing the fund’s expense ratio. In addition, in order to make the level of distributions called for under its managed distribution policy, the fund may have to sell portfolio securities at a less than opportune time. A return of capital does not necessarily reflect the fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with ‘yield’ or ‘income’. The fund’s total return in relation to changes in net asset value is presented in the Financial Highlights.


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MFS® Multimarket Income Trust

New York Stock Exchange Symbol: MMT

 

Letter from the Executive Chairman     1  
Portfolio composition     2  
Portfolio managers’ profiles     4  
Other notes     5  
Portfolio of investments     6  
Statement of assets and liabilities     31  
Statement of operations     32  
Statements of changes in net assets     33  
Statement of cash flows     34  
Financial highlights     35  
Notes to financial statements     37  
Report of independent registered public accounting firm     51  
Proxy voting policies and information     52  
Quarterly portfolio disclosure     52  
Further information     52  
Information about fund contracts and legal claims     52  
Contact information    back cover

 

 

NOT FDIC INSURED MAY LOSE VALUE NO BANK GUARANTEE



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LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

 

Dear Shareholders:

Markets experienced a bout of volatility in late 2018 as a result of higher interest rates, international trade friction, and geopolitical uncertainty surrounding issues such as

Brexit. Those concerns dissipated in the early months of 2019 due to the more dovish posture of the U.S. Federal Reserve and other global central banks, reported progress toward a trade pact between the United States and China, and action against a no deal Brexit by the British Parliament. However, a last-minute breakdown in negotiations between the U.S. and China derailed the market’s momentum and increased concerns over the future pace of global growth. Compounding Brexit uncertainty was the resignation of British Prime Minister Theresa May, potentially ushering in a harder form of Brexit than she had advocated. U.S. equities have continued to outperform their global peers due in

part to fiscal stimulus undertaken in late 2017 and early 2018, which contributed to the continuation of relatively healthy levels of U.S. economic output against a backdrop of slower global growth. Inflation remains largely subdued globally, which is encouraging for asset markets. Rising incomes in many developed and emerging markets are supportive of gains in consumption, though a challenging environment for global trade has hindered manufacturing in most regions.

Since launching the first U.S. open-end mutual fund in 1924, MFS® has been committed to a single purpose: to create value by allocating capital responsibly for clients. Through our powerful global investment platform, we combine collective expertise, thoughtful risk management, and long-term discipline to uncover what we believe are the best investment opportunities in the market.

Respectfully,

 

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Robert J. Manning

Executive Chairman

MFS Investment Management

June 17, 2019

The opinions expressed in this letter are subject to change and may not be relied upon for investment advice. No forecasts can be guaranteed.

 

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PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION

 

Portfolio structure at value

 

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Fixed income sectors (i)  
High Yield Corporates     59.0%  
Investment Grade Corporates     26.7%  
Emerging Markets Bonds     25.1%  
Collateralized Debt Obligations     1.7%  
Mortgage-Backed Securities     0.5%  
Floating Rate Loans     0.4%  
Asset-Backed Securities     0.3%  
Municipal Bonds     0.1%  
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (o)     0.0%  
Non-U.S. Government Bonds     (4.2)%  
U.S. Treasury Securities     (8.4)%  
Portfolio facts (i)

 

Average Duration (d)     5.3  
Average Effective Maturity (m)     7.3 yrs.  

Portfolio structure reflecting equivalent exposure of derivative positions (i)

 

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Composition including fixed income credit quality (a)(i)

 

AAA     1.4%  
AA     2.4%  
A     9.7%  
BBB     27.9%  
BB     39.0%  
B     26.2%  
CCC     6.3%  
CC     0.4%  
C     0.1%  
U.S. Government     8.2%  
Federal Agencies     0.5%  
Not Rated     (20.9)%  
Non-Fixed Income     0.3%  
Cash & Cash Equivalents (Less Liabilities)     (23.2)%  
Other     21.7%  
 

 

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(a)

For all securities other than those specifically described below, ratings are assigned to underlying securities utilizing ratings from Moody’s, Fitch, and Standard & Poor’s rating agencies and applying the following hierarchy: If all three agencies provide a rating, the middle rating (after dropping the highest and lowest ratings) is assigned; if two of the three agencies rate a security, the lower of the two is assigned. Ratings are shown in the S&P and Fitch scale (e.g., AAA). Securities rated BBB or higher are considered investment grade. All ratings are subject to change. U.S. Government includes securities issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Federal Agencies includes rated and unrated U.S. Agency fixed-income securities, U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities, and collateralized mortgage obligations of U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities. Not Rated includes fixed income securities and fixed income derivatives, which have not been rated by any rating agency. Non-Fixed Income includes equity securities (including convertible bonds and equity derivatives) and/or commodity-linked derivatives. The fund may or may not have held all of these instruments on this date. The fund is not rated by these agencies.

(d)

Duration is a measure of how much a bond’s price is likely to fluctuate with general changes in interest rates, e.g., if rates rise 1.00%, a bond with a 5-year duration is likely to lose about 5.00% of its value due to the interest rate move.

(i)

For purposes of this presentation, the components include the value of securities, and reflect the impact of the equivalent exposure of derivative positions, if any. These amounts may be negative from time to time. Equivalent exposure is a calculated amount that translates the derivative position into a reasonable approximation of the amount of the underlying asset that the portfolio would have to hold at a given point in time to have the same price sensitivity that results from the portfolio’s ownership of the derivative contract. When dealing with derivatives, equivalent exposure is a more representative measure of the potential impact of a position on portfolio performance than value. The bond component will include any accrued interest amounts.

(m)

In determining each instrument’s effective maturity for purposes of calculating the fund’s dollar-weighted average effective maturity, MFS uses the instrument’s stated maturity or, if applicable, an earlier date on which MFS believes it is probable that a maturity-shortening device (such as a put, pre-refunding or prepayment) will cause the instrument to be repaid. Such an earlier date can be substantially shorter than the instrument’s stated maturity.

(o)

Less than 0.1%.

Where the fund holds convertible bonds, they are treated as part of the equity portion of the portfolio.

Cash & Cash Equivalents includes any cash, investments in money market funds, short-term securities, and other assets less liabilities. Please see the Statement of Assets and Liabilities for additional information related to the fund’s cash position and other assets and liabilities.

From time to time Cash & Cash Equivalents may be negative due to borrowings for leverage transactions and/or timing of cash receipts and disbursements.

Other includes equivalent exposure from currency derivatives and/or any offsets to derivative positions.

Percentages are based on net assets as of April 30, 2019.

The portfolio is actively managed and current holdings may be different.

 

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PORTFOLIO MANAGERS’ PROFILES

 

Portfolio Manager   Primary Role   Since   Title and Five Year History
Robert Spector   Lead Portfolio
Manager
  2017   Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2011.
Ward Brown   Emerging Markets
Debt Instruments
Portfolio Manager
  2012   Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2005.
David Cole   Below Investment
Grade Debt
Instruments

Portfolio Manager

  2006   Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2004.
Pilar Gomez-Bravo   Debt Instruments

Portfolio Manager

  2013   Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2013.
Andy Li   Investment Grade

Debt Instruments

Portfolio Manager

  2019   Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since November 2018; Portfolio Manager of Man GLG from May 2014 to October 2018; Portfolio Manager of ECM Asset Management from December 2007 to April 2014.
Robert Persons   Investment Grade

Debt Instruments

Portfolio Manager

  2013   Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2000.
Matt Ryan   Emerging Markets

Debt Instruments

Portfolio Manager

  2004   Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 1997.
Michael Skatrud   Below Investment

Grade Debt
Instruments

Portfolio Manager

  2018  

Investment Officer of MFS;

employed in the investment

management area of MFS since 2013.

Note to Shareholders: Effective February 1, 2019, Andy Li became a Portfolio Manager of the Fund.

 

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OTHER NOTES

The fund’s shares may trade at a discount or premium to net asset value. When fund shares trade at a premium, buyers pay more than the net asset value underlying fund shares, and shares purchased at a premium would receive less than the amount paid for them in the event of the fund’s concurrent liquidation.

The fund’s target annual distribution rate is calculated based on an annual rate of 8.00% of the fund’s average monthly net asset value, not a fixed share price, and the fund’s dividend amount will fluctuate with changes in the fund’s average monthly net assets.

In accordance with Section 23(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the fund hereby gives notice that it may from time to time repurchase shares of the fund in the open market at the option of the Board of Trustees and on such terms as the Trustees shall determine.

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

4/30/19 (unaudited)

The Portfolio of Investments is a complete list of all securities owned by your fund. It is categorized by broad-based asset classes.

 

Bonds - 120.9%                 
Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Aerospace - 1.1%                 
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., 3.483%, 12/01/2027    $ 290,000     $ 283,565  
L3 Technologies, Inc., 3.85%, 6/15/2023      600,000       619,993  
Lockheed Martin Corp., 3.55%, 1/15/2026      406,000       416,927  
TransDigm, Inc., 6.5%, 7/15/2024      800,000       810,500  
TransDigm, Inc., 6.5%, 5/15/2025      360,000       363,600  
TransDigm, Inc., 6.25%, 3/15/2026 (n)      1,302,000       1,355,707  
TransDigm, Inc., 6.375%, 6/15/2026      545,000       546,363  
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,396,655  
Apparel Manufacturers - 0.2%                 
Tapestry, Inc., 4.125%, 7/15/2027    $ 673,000     $ 652,152  
Asset-Backed & Securitized - 2.1%                 
Bayview Financial Revolving Mortgage Loan Trust, FLR, 4.079% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 1.6%), 12/28/2040 (z)    $ 1,152,072     $ 1,085,352  
Chesapeake Funding II LLC, 2016-1A, “A2”, FLR, 3.622%
(LIBOR - 1mo. + 1.15%), 3/15/2028 (n)
     193,143       193,365  
Crest Ltd., CDO, 7%, (0.001% cash or 7% PIK) 1/28/2040 (a)(p)      3,209,183       149,227  
HarbourView CLO VII Ltd., 7RA, “B”, FLR, 4.301% (LIBOR - 3mo. + 1.7%), 7/18/2031 (z)      2,500,000       2,463,598  
Lehman Brothers Commercial Conduit Mortgage Trust, 1.118%, 2/18/2030 (i)      68,422       2  
Loomis, Sayles & Co., CLO, 2015-2A, “A1R”, FLR, 3.496% (LIBOR - 3mo. + 0.9%), 4/15/2028 (n)      2,500,000       2,478,850  
Octagon Investment Partners XVII Ltd., 2013-1A, “BR2”, FLR, 3.98% (LIBOR - 3mo. + 1.4%), 1/25/2031 (n)      2,139,000       2,086,192  
    

 

 

 
             $ 8,456,586  
Automotive - 1.8%                 
Allison Transmission, Inc., 5%, 10/01/2024 (n)    $ 1,715,000     $ 1,734,585  
Allison Transmission, Inc., 4.75%, 10/01/2027 (n)      300,000       293,943  
Allison Transmission, Inc., 5.875%, 6/01/2029 (n)      105,000       108,150  
FCA Bank S.p.A., 1%, 2/21/2022    EUR 275,000       313,129  
Ferrari N.V., 1.5%, 3/16/2023      1,100,000       1,261,027  
General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 4.35%, 1/17/2027    $ 195,000       194,910  
IHO Verwaltungs GmbH, 4.75%, (4.75% cash or 5.5% PIK) 9/15/2026 (n)(p)      253,000       245,410  
Lear Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/2025      721,000       747,441  
Lear Corp., 4.25%, 5/15/2029      509,000       505,272  

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

 

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Automotive - continued                 
Panther BR Aggregator 2 LP/Panther Finance Co., Inc., 8.5%, 5/15/2027 (n)    $ 1,085,000     $ 1,121,890  
Volkswagen International Finance N.V., 1.875%, 3/30/2027    EUR 300,000       340,922  
ZF North America Capital, Inc., 4.75%, 4/29/2025 (n)    $ 592,000       600,051  
    

 

 

 
             $ 7,466,730  
Banks & Diversified Financials (Covered Bonds) - 0.2%

 

       
BPER Banca S.p.A., 5.125% to 5/31/2022, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.91%) to 5/31/2027    EUR 800,000     $ 923,027  
Broadcasting - 2.4%                 
Fox Corp., 4.709%, 1/25/2029 (n)    $ 122,000     $ 131,258  
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Formula One, 8.5%, 7/15/2029      1,280,000       1,334,400  
Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Formula One, 8.25%, 2/01/2030      150,000       155,250  
Match Group, Inc., 6.375%, 6/01/2024      1,060,000       1,111,675  
Netflix, Inc., 5.875%, 2/15/2025      1,160,000       1,252,800  
Netflix, Inc., 4.875%, 4/15/2028      280,000       277,550  
Netflix, Inc., 5.875%, 11/15/2028      485,000       511,675  
Netflix, Inc., 4.625%, 5/15/2029 (n)    EUR 305,000       372,366  
Netflix, Inc., 3.875%, 11/15/2029      325,000       372,977  
Netflix, Inc., 3.875%, 11/15/2029 (z)      700,000       803,335  
SES S.A., 5.625% to 1/29/2024, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 5.4%) to 1/29/2029, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 5.65%) to 1/29/2044, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 6.4%) to 12/29/2049      300,000       367,621  
WMG Acquisition Corp., 5%, 8/01/2023 (n)    $ 250,000       255,000  
WMG Acquisition Corp., 4.875%, 11/01/2024 (n)      1,135,000       1,156,281  
WMG Acquisition Corp., 5.5%, 4/15/2026 (n)      195,000       199,388  
WPP Finance, 3.75%, 9/19/2024      352,000       352,288  
WPP Finance, 2.875%, 9/14/2046    GBP 475,000       502,485  
WPP Finance 2016 Co., 1.375%, 3/20/2025    EUR 350,000       402,971  
    

 

 

 
             $ 9,559,320  
Brokerage & Asset Managers - 0.3%                 
E*TRADE Financial Corp., 2.95%, 8/24/2022    $ 285,000     $ 284,747  
Euroclear Investments S.A., 2.625%, 4/11/2048    EUR 300,000       341,527  
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., 2.75%, 12/01/2020    $ 274,000       274,175  
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., 3.75%, 12/01/2025      450,000       468,579  
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,369,028  
Building - 3.9%                 
ABC Supply Co., Inc., 5.75%, 12/15/2023 (n)    $ 1,350,000     $ 1,398,937  
ABC Supply Co., Inc., 5.875%, 5/15/2026 (n)      695,000       715,850  
Beacon Escrow Corp., 4.875%, 11/01/2025 (n)      761,000       732,234  
CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V., 3.125%, 3/19/2026    EUR 650,000       745,298  

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

 

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Building - continued                 
Core & Main LP, 6.125%, 8/15/2025 (n)    $ 880,000     $ 873,400  
CRH America Finance, Inc., 4.5%, 4/04/2048 (n)      451,000       426,680  
Holcim Finance (Luxembourg) S.A., 3% to 7/05/2024, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.074%) to 7/05/2029, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.324%) to 7/05/2044, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.074%) to 4/05/2050    EUR 575,000       643,314  
Imerys S.A., 1.5%, 1/15/2027      400,000       458,169  
James Hardie International Finance Ltd., 4.75%, 1/15/2025 (n)    $ 560,000       555,800  
James Hardie International Finance Ltd., 5%, 1/15/2028 (n)      830,000       808,213  
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., 3.45%, 6/01/2027      225,000       215,669  
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., 3.5%, 12/15/2027      357,000       343,748  
Masco Corp., 4.45%, 4/01/2025      170,000       176,233  
Masco Corp., 4.375%, 4/01/2026      791,000       807,792  
NCI Building Systems, Inc., 8%, 4/15/2026 (n)      550,000       512,875  
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc., 10.125%, 4/01/2022 (n)      935,000       957,674  
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc., 6.25%, 3/15/2026 (n)      861,000       872,839  
PriSo Acquisition Corp., 9%, 5/15/2023 (n)      734,000       735,835  
Sika Capital B.V., 0.875%, 4/29/2027    EUR 100,000       113,314  
Sika Capital B.V., 1.5%, 4/29/2031      100,000       114,723  
Standard Industries, Inc., 5.375%, 11/15/2024 (n)    $ 985,000       1,003,469  
Standard Industries, Inc., 6%, 10/15/2025 (n)      1,030,000       1,075,279  
Summit Materials LLC/Summit Materials Finance Co., 6.125%, 7/15/2023      995,000       1,012,413  
Summit Materials LLC/Summit Materials Finance Co., 5.125%, 6/01/2025 (n)      405,000       402,975  
    

 

 

 
             $ 15,702,733  
Business Services - 3.1%                 
Alliance Data Systems Corp., 5.875%, 11/01/2021 (n)    $ 360,000     $ 367,650  
Ascend Learning LLC, 6.875%, 8/01/2025 (n)      695,000       706,294  
CDK Global, Inc., 4.875%, 6/01/2027      1,300,000       1,313,000  
Cisco Systems, Inc., 2.2%, 2/28/2021      530,000       526,822  
Equinix, Inc., 5.375%, 4/01/2023      1,065,000       1,087,312  
Equinix, Inc., 5.75%, 1/01/2025      490,000       508,375  
Equinix, Inc., 5.875%, 1/15/2026      530,000       559,813  
Equinix, Inc., 2.875%, 2/01/2026    EUR 600,000       692,348  
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., 3.875%, 6/05/2024    $ 180,000       185,787  
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., 5%, 10/15/2025      58,000       63,125  
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., 3%, 8/15/2026      1,004,000       972,665  
Financial & Risk U.S. Holdings, Inc., 8.25%, 11/15/2026 (n)      975,000       988,094  
First Data Corp., 5%, 1/15/2024 (n)      1,760,000       1,804,194  
MSCI, Inc., 4.75%, 8/01/2026 (n)      1,070,000       1,096,536  
Travelport Worldwide Ltd., 6%, 3/15/2026 (n)      590,000       634,250  

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

 

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Business Services - continued                 
Vantiv LLC/Vantiv Issuer Corp., 4.375%, 11/15/2025 (n)    $ 580,000     $ 595,950  
Verscend Escrow Corp., 9.75%, 8/15/2026 (n)      640,000       676,800  
    

 

 

 
             $ 12,779,015  
Cable TV - 6.1%                 
Altice Financing S.A., 6.625%, 2/15/2023 (n)    $ 525,000     $ 538,125  
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.75%, 1/15/2024      1,545,000       1,583,625  
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.375%, 5/01/2025 (n)      1,025,000       1,060,875  
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.75%, 2/15/2026 (n)      2,025,000       2,115,112  
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.875%, 5/01/2027 (n)      840,000       872,550  
Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., 6.384%, 10/23/2035      347,000       392,056  
CSC Holdings LLC, 5.5%, 5/15/2026 (n)      665,000       682,872  
CSC Holdings LLC, 5.5%, 4/15/2027 (n)      2,295,000       2,364,148  
CSC Holdings LLC, 7.5%, 4/01/2028 (n)      450,000       491,063  
DISH DBS Corp., 5.875%, 11/15/2024      755,000       651,188  
Intelsat Connect Finance, 9.5%, 2/15/2023 (n)      440,000       408,100  
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., 5.5%, 8/01/2023      1,190,000       1,076,950  
Shaw Communications, Inc., 5.65%, 10/01/2019    CAD 417,000       315,606  
Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 4.625%, 5/15/2023 (n)    $ 540,000       544,050  
Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 6%, 7/15/2024 (n)      1,215,000       1,254,487  
Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 5.375%, 4/15/2025 (n)      650,000       666,250  
Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 5.375%, 7/15/2026 (n)      388,000       399,155  
Sky PLC, 2.5%, 9/15/2026    EUR 600,000       756,280  
Telenet Finance Luxembourg S.A., 5.5%, 3/01/2028 (n)    $ 1,600,000       1,588,000  
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 4.5%, 9/15/2042      210,000       187,313  
Unitymedia KabelBW GmbH, 6.125%, 1/15/2025 (n)      1,230,000       1,273,050  
Videotron Ltd., 5.375%, 6/15/2024 (n)      215,000       225,750  
Videotron Ltd., 5.125%, 4/15/2027 (n)      1,635,000       1,671,787  
Virgin Media Finance PLC, 5.75%, 1/15/2025 (n)      400,000       408,500  
Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, 5.25%, 1/15/2026 (n)      930,000       946,005  
VTR Finance B.V., 6.875%, 1/15/2024 (n)      770,000       796,950  
Ziggo Bond Finance B.V., 5.875%, 1/15/2025 (n)      1,305,000       1,305,000  
    

 

 

 
             $ 24,574,847  
Chemicals - 2.2%                 
Air Liquide Finance Co., 2.25%, 9/27/2023 (n)    $ 493,000     $ 476,772  
Arkema S.A., 1.5%, 4/20/2027    EUR 300,000       351,165  
Axalta Coating Systems Co., 4.875%, 8/15/2024 (n)    $ 1,290,000       1,295,225  
Consolidated Energy Finance S.A., 6.875%, 6/15/2025 (n)      805,000       829,150  

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Chemicals - continued                 
OCI N.V., 6.625%, 4/15/2023 (n)    $ 1,415,000     $ 1,473,723  
PolyOne Corp., 5.25%, 3/15/2023      965,000       1,001,188  
Sasol Chemicals (USA) LLC, 5.875%, 3/27/2024      472,000       500,874  
Sasol Financing (USA) LLC, 6.5%, 9/27/2028      923,000       1,012,150  
SPCM S.A., 4.875%, 9/15/2025 (n)      1,250,000       1,221,875  
Starfruit Finance Co./Starfruit U.S. Holding Co. LLC, 6.5%, 10/01/2026 (n)    EUR 625,000       719,177  
Starfruit Finance Co./Starfruit U.S. Holding Co. LLC, 6.5%, 10/01/2026      205,000       235,890  
    

 

 

 
             $ 9,117,189  
Computer Software - 1.2%                 
Dell International LLC/EMC Corp., 4.9%, 10/01/2026 (n)    $ 863,000     $ 883,950  
Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp., 5.875%, 6/15/2021 (n)      840,000       855,441  
Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp., 6.02%, 6/15/2026 (n)      600,000       650,081  
Microsoft Corp., 4.1%, 2/06/2037      1,422,000       1,527,141  
SAP S.E., 1.625%, 3/10/2031    EUR 400,000       474,756  
VeriSign, Inc., 4.75%, 7/15/2027    $ 405,000       413,100  
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,804,469  
Computer Software - Systems - 1.6%                 
Apple, Inc., 4.5%, 2/23/2036    $ 1,100,000     $ 1,220,815  
Apple, Inc., 4.25%, 2/09/2047      135,000       142,429  
CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp., 5.5%, 12/01/2024      160,000       169,400  
CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp., 5%, 9/01/2025      445,000       456,681  
Fair Isaac Corp., 5.25%, 5/15/2026 (n)      1,035,000       1,076,400  
JDA Software Group, Inc., 7.375%, 10/15/2024 (n)      720,000       749,700  
Sabre GLBL, Inc., 5.375%, 4/15/2023 (n)      1,555,000       1,589,987  
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc., 5.5%, 9/30/2027 (n)      1,210,000       1,241,006  
    

 

 

 
             $ 6,646,418  
Conglomerates - 2.2%                 
Amsted Industries Co., 5%, 3/15/2022 (n)    $ 755,000     $ 759,719  
BWX Technologies, Inc., 5.375%, 7/15/2026 (n)      1,040,000       1,060,800  
EnerSys, 5%, 4/30/2023 (n)      1,340,000       1,353,400  
Entegris, Inc., 4.625%, 2/10/2026 (n)      1,460,000       1,460,000  
Gates Global LLC, 6%, 7/15/2022 (n)      457,000       457,000  
General Electric Co., 4.5%, 3/11/2044      214,000       198,507  
Roper Technologies, Inc., 4.2%, 9/15/2028      343,000       353,041  
Stevens Holding Co., Inc., 6.125%, 10/01/2026 (n)      1,190,000       1,252,475  
TriMas Corp., 4.875%, 10/15/2025 (n)      1,290,000       1,288,388  
United Technologies Corp., 4.125%, 11/16/2028      458,000       477,778  

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Conglomerates - continued                 
Wabtec Corp., 4.95%, 9/15/2028    $ 364,000     $ 375,066  
    

 

 

 
             $ 9,036,174  
Construction - 0.8%                 
Empresas ICA S.A.B. de C.V., 8.9%, 2/04/2021 (a)(d)    $ 590,000     $ 88,500  
Empresas ICA S.A.B. de C.V., 8.875%, 5/29/2024 (a)(d)(n)      914,000       139,385  
Mattamy Group Corp., 6.5%, 10/01/2025 (n)      1,285,000       1,307,487  
Toll Brothers Finance Corp., 4.875%, 11/15/2025      570,000       581,400  
Toll Brothers Finance Corp., 4.35%, 2/15/2028      1,150,000       1,098,250  
    

 

 

 
             $ 3,215,022  
Consumer Products - 1.0%                 
Coty, Inc., 6.5%, 4/15/2026 (n)    $ 570,000     $ 562,163  
Energizer Holdings, Inc., 6.375%, 7/15/2026 (n)      1,010,000       1,042,509  
Energizer Holdings, Inc., 7.75%, 1/15/2027 (n)      50,000       54,188  
JAB Holdings B.V., 2%, 5/18/2028    EUR 600,000       693,039  
Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services PLC, 3.625%, 9/21/2023 (n)    $ 500,000       513,113  
Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services PLC, 3%, 6/26/2027 (n)      396,000       382,418  
Whirlpool Corp., 4.75%, 2/26/2029      876,000       910,321  
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,157,751  
Consumer Services - 2.5%                 
Bookings Holdings, Inc., 1.8%, 3/03/2027    EUR 550,000     $ 660,015  
Cimpress N.V., 7%, 6/15/2026 (n)    $ 815,000       804,894  
Experian Finance PLC, 4.25%, 2/01/2029 (n)      778,000       804,713  
Frontdoor, Inc., 6.75%, 8/15/2026 (n)      675,000       707,906  
G4S International Finance PLC, 1.5%, 1/09/2023    EUR 450,000       505,040  
IHS Markit Ltd., 3.625%, 5/01/2024    $ 180,000       180,576  
IHS Markit Ltd., 4%, 3/01/2026 (n)      165,000       164,533  
IHS Markit Ltd., 4.25%, 5/01/2029      270,000       269,549  
ManpowerGroup, Inc., 1.75%, 6/22/2026    EUR 450,000       525,807  
Matthews International Corp., 5.25%, 12/01/2025 (n)    $ 1,005,000       981,131  
NVA Holdings, Inc., 6.875%, 4/01/2026 (n)      730,000       735,475  
Priceline Group, Inc., 3.55%, 3/15/2028      238,000       240,347  
Realogy Group LLC, 9.375%, 4/01/2027 (n)      505,000       524,543  
ServiceMaster Co. LLC, 5.125%, 11/15/2024 (n)      1,015,000       1,025,150  
Toll Road Investors Partnership II LP, Capital Appreciation, 0%, 2/15/2027 (n)      1,052,000       700,540  
Visa, Inc., 2.8%, 12/14/2022      542,000       545,737  
Visa, Inc., 4.15%, 12/14/2035      465,000       498,016  
Visa, Inc., 3.65%, 9/15/2047      273,000       268,987  
    

 

 

 
             $ 10,142,959  

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Containers - 3.2%                 
ARD Finance S.A., 6.625%, 9/15/2023    EUR 260,000     $ 295,705  
ARD Finance S.A., 7.125%, 9/15/2023    $ 970,000       971,212  
ARD Securities Finance, 8.75%, (8.75% cash or 8.75% PIK) 1/31/2023 (n)(p)      555,718       535,650  
Ball Corp., 5.25%, 7/01/2025      330,000       349,388  
Berry Global Group, Inc., 5.5%, 5/15/2022      215,000       217,956  
Berry Global Group, Inc., 6%, 10/15/2022      680,000       700,400  
BWAY Holding Co., Inc., 7.25%, 4/15/2025 (n)      585,000       569,644  
Crown American LLC, 4.5%, 1/15/2023      1,147,000       1,171,385  
Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. V, 4.25%, 9/30/2026      590,000       574,513  
Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. VI, 4.75%, 2/01/2026      420,000       426,825  
Flex Acquisition Co., Inc., 6.875%, 1/15/2025 (n)      810,000       755,325  
Multi-Color Corp., 6.125%, 12/01/2022 (n)      1,426,000       1,466,997  
Reynolds Group, 5.75%, 10/15/2020      581,465       583,209  
Reynolds Group, 5.125%, 7/15/2023 (n)      725,000       735,520  
Reynolds Group, 7%, 7/15/2024 (n)      195,000       201,581  
San Miguel Industrias PET S.A., 4.5%, 9/18/2022      839,000       847,810  
Sealed Air Corp., 4.875%, 12/01/2022 (n)      1,110,000       1,146,075  
Silgan Holdings, Inc., 4.75%, 3/15/2025      890,000       881,100  
W/S Packaging Group, Inc., 9%, 4/15/2023 (n)      670,000       725,275  
    

 

 

 
             $ 13,155,570  
Electrical Equipment - 0.5%                 
CommScope Technologies LLC, 6%, 6/15/2025 (n)    $ 545,000     $ 553,529  
CommScope Technologies LLC, 5%, 3/15/2027 (n)      1,570,000       1,467,950  
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,021,479  
Electronics - 1.2%                 
Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd., 3.875%, 1/15/2027    $ 767,000     $ 731,910  
Broadcom, Inc., 4.25%, 4/15/2026 (n)      734,000       725,530  
Qorvo, Inc., 5.5%, 7/15/2026 (n)      1,230,000       1,282,275  
Sensata Technologies B.V., 5.625%, 11/01/2024 (n)      965,000       1,025,312  
Sensata Technologies B.V., 5%, 10/01/2025 (n)      890,000       912,250  
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,677,277  
Emerging Market Quasi-Sovereign - 8.3%                 
Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline, 3.65%, 11/02/2029    $ 1,100,000     $ 1,109,374  
Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen S.A., 6%, 11/18/2048 (n)      1,020,000       1,147,500  
Banco de Reservas de la Republica Dominicana, 7%, 2/01/2023 (n)      946,000       974,380  
CNPC (HK) Overseas Capital Ltd., 4.5%, 4/28/2021 (n)      1,242,000       1,274,363  

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Emerging Market Quasi-Sovereign - continued                 
Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile, 4.375%, 2/05/2049 (n)    $ 1,007,000     $ 1,008,511  
DAE Funding LLC, 5.75%, 11/15/2023 (n)      680,000       712,300  
DAE Funding LLC, 5%, 8/01/2024 (n)      1,315,000       1,351,162  
Empresa Nacional del Petroleo, 3.75%, 8/05/2026 (n)      423,000       420,356  
Empresa Nacional del Petroleo, 3.75%, 8/05/2026      1,306,000       1,297,838  
EQUATE Petrochemical B.V., 4.25%, 11/03/2026      1,034,000       1,053,605  
Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., 6.35%, 8/10/2028 (n)      1,052,000       1,092,834  
Export-Import Bank of India, 3.375%, 8/05/2026      1,366,000       1,316,634  
Gaz Capital S.A., 4.95%, 2/06/2028 (n)      492,000       499,754  
KazMunayGas National Co., 6.375%, 10/24/2048 (n)      984,000       1,089,426  
KazMunayGas National Co., JSC, 5.375%, 4/24/2030 (n)      1,002,000       1,065,984  
Lima Metro Line 2 Finance Ltd., 5.875%, 7/05/2034      1,010,000       1,075,650  
NTPC Ltd., 4.25%, 2/26/2026      1,313,000       1,324,919  
Office Cherifien des Phosphates, 6.875%, 4/25/2044 (n)      373,000       405,880  
Petrobras Global Finance B.V., 5.999%, 1/27/2028      1,330,000       1,361,587  
Petrobras Global Finance B.V., 5.75%, 2/01/2029      1,322,000       1,325,305  
Petrobras Global Finance B.V., 6.9%, 3/19/2049      935,000       933,831  
Petroleos del Peru S.A., 4.75%, 6/19/2032      1,067,000       1,085,673  
Petroleos Mexicanos, 5.35%, 2/12/2028      1,000,000       939,000  
Petroleos Mexicanos, 6.5%, 1/23/2029      1,239,000       1,236,832  
PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Persero), 6.757%, 11/15/2048 (n)      753,000       862,314  
PT Pertamina Persero, 6.5%, 11/07/2048 (n)      1,200,000       1,398,565  
PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara, 2.875%, 10/25/2025 (n)    EUR  500,000       595,488  
Sinopec Capital (2013) Ltd., 3.125%, 4/24/2023 (n)    $ 666,000       661,936  
Southern Gas Corridor CJSC, 6.875%, 3/24/2026      1,367,000       1,541,678  
State Grid Overseas Investment (2014) Ltd., 4.125%, 5/07/2024 (n)      2,263,000       2,358,991  
State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic, 6.95%, 3/18/2030      1,152,000       1,303,580  
    

 

 

 
             $ 33,825,250  
Emerging Market Sovereign - 9.4%                 
Arab Republic of Egypt, 6.588%, 2/21/2028    $ 1,087,000     $ 1,049,259  
Arab Republic of Egypt, 6.375%, 4/11/2031 (n)    EUR  1,011,000       1,116,362  
Arab Republic of Egypt, 7.903%, 2/21/2048    $ 1,120,000       1,080,993  
Dominican Republic, 5.95%, 1/25/2027      997,000       1,050,589  
Dominican Republic, 6.85%, 1/27/2045      1,023,000       1,095,889  
Federal Republic of Nigeria, 8.747%, 1/21/2031 (n)      1,415,000       1,555,142  
Gabonese Republic, 6.95%, 6/16/2025      883,000       859,865  
Government of Mongolia, 8.75%, 3/09/2024      941,000       1,039,066  
Government of Ukraine, 7.75%, 9/01/2023      1,061,000       1,024,077  
Government of Ukraine, 7.75%, 9/01/2024      1,289,000       1,231,021  
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 4.375%, 4/16/2029 (n)      942,000       988,073  

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Emerging Market Sovereign - continued                 
Republic of Angola, 8.25%, 5/09/2028    $ 991,000     $ 1,036,124  
Republic of Argentina, 6.875%, 4/22/2021      1,489,000       1,249,286  
Republic of Argentina, 4.625%, 1/11/2023      1,232,000       908,600  
Republic of Argentina, 7.5%, 4/22/2026      1,184,000       888,000  
Republic of Argentina, 6.875%, 1/26/2027      1,469,000       1,053,273  
Republic of Colombia, 4.5%, 3/15/2029      1,216,000       1,281,676  
Republic of Colombia, 5%, 6/15/2045      1,050,000       1,098,836  
Republic of Colombia, 5.2%, 5/15/2049      1,003,000       1,073,210  
Republic of Cote d’Ivoire, 5.25%, 3/22/2030    EUR 750,000       799,437  
Republic of El Salvador, 7.65%, 6/15/2035    $ 1,029,000       1,065,015  
Republic of Ghana, 8.125%, 3/26/2032 (n)      1,186,000       1,175,326  
Republic of Hungary, 7.625%, 3/29/2041      488,000       733,366  
Republic of Indonesia, 4.125%, 1/15/2025 (n)      339,000       349,356  
Republic of Paraguay, 5.6%, 3/13/2048      1,049,000       1,121,119  
Republic of Romania, 2%, 12/08/2026 (n)    EUR  1,011,000       1,149,841  
Republic of South Africa, 4.875%, 4/14/2026    $ 432,000       427,779  
Republic of South Africa, 5.875%, 6/22/2030      519,000       530,045  
Republic of Sri Lanka, 6.125%, 6/03/2025      668,000       645,508  
Republic of Turkey, 6.25%, 9/26/2022      792,000       772,929  
Republic of Turkey, 7.625%, 4/26/2029      856,000       832,888  
Republic of Turkey, 6.875%, 3/17/2036      1,122,000       1,004,190  
Russian Federation, 4.75%, 5/27/2026      1,000,000       1,038,726  
Russian Federation, 4.25%, 6/23/2027      1,000,000       1,005,850  
State of Qatar, 4%, 3/14/2029 (n)      533,000       554,904  
State of Qatar, 4.817%, 3/14/2049 (n)      1,004,000       1,078,045  
United Mexican States, 3.75%, 1/11/2028      1,450,000       1,423,465  
United Mexican States, 4.5%, 4/22/2029      1,300,000       1,341,600  
United Mexican States, 4.6%, 2/10/2048      397,000       383,899  
    

 

 

 
             $ 38,112,629  
Energy - Independent - 2.1%                 
Afren PLC, 11.5%, 2/01/2016 (a)(d)(z)    $ 326,905     $ 268  
Afren PLC, 10.25%, 4/08/2019 (a)(d)(z)      213,708       175  
Callon Petroleum Co., 6.375%, 7/01/2026      785,000       802,662  
CrownRock LP/CrownRock Finance, Inc., 5.625%, 10/15/2025 (n)      830,000       819,625  
Diamondback Energy, Inc., 5.375%, 5/31/2025      860,000       897,419  
Hunt Oil Co. of Peru LLC, 6.375%, 6/01/2028      998,000       1,090,315  
Jagged Peak Energy LLC, 5.875%, 5/01/2026      530,000       532,650  
Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC/Magnolia Oil & Gas Finance Corp., 6%, 8/01/2026 (n)      1,060,000       1,081,200  
Parsley Energy LLC/Parsley Finance Corp., 5.25%, 8/15/2025 (n)      225,000       226,969  
Parsley Energy LLC/Parsley Finance Corp., 5.625%, 10/15/2027 (n)      935,000       956,037  

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Energy - Independent - continued                 
Sanchez Energy Corp., 6.125%, 1/15/2023    $ 710,000     $ 94,963  
SM Energy Co., 6.75%, 9/15/2026      790,000       756,425  
Tengizchevroil Finance Co. International Ltd., 4%, 8/15/2026 (n)      422,000       420,341  
Tengizchevroil Finance Co. International Ltd., 4%, 8/15/2026      1,025,000       1,020,970  
    

 

 

 
             $ 8,700,019  
Energy - Integrated - 0.1%                 
Eni S.p.A., 4%, 9/12/2023 (n)    $ 329,000     $ 337,258  
Engineering - Construction - 0.2%                 
Vinci S.A., 3.75%, 4/10/2029 (z)    $ 821,000     $ 833,780  
Entertainment - 1.0%                 
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., 5.75%, 6/15/2025    $ 805,000     $ 775,899  
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 4.875%, 11/01/2024 (z)      300,000       305,906  
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 5.625%, 3/15/2026 (n)      1,260,000       1,313,550  
Six Flags Entertainment Corp., 4.875%, 7/31/2024 (n)      1,615,000       1,615,000  
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,010,355  
Financial Institutions - 2.3%                 
AerCap Ireland Capital Ltd., 4.625%, 10/30/2020    $ 150,000     $ 153,367  
AerCap Ireland Capital Ltd., 3.65%, 7/21/2027      650,000       618,250  
Arrow Global Finance PLC, 5.125%, 9/15/2024    GBP 350,000       446,359  
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., 5.125%, 10/01/2023    $ 975,000       1,010,646  
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., 5.25%, 5/15/2024 (n)      640,000       667,808  
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., 3.95%, 7/01/2024 (z)      454,000       451,108  
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., 4.375%, 5/01/2026 (z)      363,000       360,847  
Cabot Financial (Luxembourg) S.A., 7.5%, 10/01/2023    GBP 400,000       529,003  
EXOR N.V., 1.75%, 1/18/2028    EUR 450,000       509,371  
GE Capital International Funding Co., 3.373%, 11/15/2025    $ 1,086,000       1,067,734  
Intertrust Group B.V., 3.375%, 11/15/2025    EUR 450,000       527,433  
Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., 5.5%, 2/15/2024 (n)    $ 1,955,000       2,060,766  
Wand Merger Corp., 8.125%, 7/15/2023 (n)      860,000       866,450  
    

 

 

 
             $ 9,269,142  
Food & Beverages - 3.4%                 
Anheuser-Busch InBev N.V., 1.5%, 4/18/2030    EUR 325,000     $ 368,388  
Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A., 1.65%, 3/28/2031      330,000       375,757  
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 3.3%, 2/01/2023    $ 1,554,000       1,574,952  
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 4.375%, 4/15/2038      209,000       203,642  
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 5.55%, 1/23/2049      331,000       367,634  
Aramark Services, Inc., 4.75%, 6/01/2026      1,045,000       1,060,675  
Constellation Brands, Inc., 4.25%, 5/01/2023      894,000       934,510  
Constellation Brands, Inc., 4.75%, 12/01/2025      313,000       334,562  

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Food & Beverages - continued                 
Cott Holdings, Inc., 5.5%, 4/01/2025 (n)    $ 1,450,000     $ 1,468,125  
JBS USA LLC/JBS USA Finance, Inc., 6.75%, 2/15/2028 (n)      1,515,000       1,602,113  
JBS USA Lux S.A./JBS USA Finance, Inc., 5.875%, 7/15/2024 (n)      685,000       704,694  
Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 4.375%, 6/01/2046      256,000       226,481  
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc., 4.625%, 11/01/2024 (n)      940,000       953,987  
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc., 4.875%, 11/01/2026 (n)      445,000       451,675  
Marfrig Holdings (Europe) B.V., 8%, 6/08/2023 (n)      373,000       387,547  
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., 5.75%, 3/15/2025 (n)      350,000       355,250  
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., 5.875%, 9/30/2027 (n)      990,000       1,022,175  
U.S. Foods Holding Corp., 5.875%, 6/15/2024 (n)      1,260,000       1,288,350  
    

 

 

 
             $ 13,680,517  
Gaming & Lodging - 3.3%                 
CCM Merger, Inc., 6%, 3/15/2022 (n)    $ 760,000     $ 779,950  
GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc., 5.375%, 11/01/2023      530,000       557,300  
GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc., 5.25%, 6/01/2025      760,000       798,714  
GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc., 5.375%, 4/15/2026      350,000       369,621  
GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc., 5.75%, 6/01/2028      640,000       687,232  
Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc., 5.125%, 5/01/2026 (n)      800,000       819,000  
Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC, 4.625%, 4/01/2025      1,355,000       1,371,937  
Marriot Ownership Resorts, Inc., 5.625%, 4/15/2023 (z)      825,000       831,188  
MGM Growth Properties LLC, 4.5%, 9/01/2026      950,000       938,125  
MGM Resorts International, 6.625%, 12/15/2021      465,000       499,154  
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc., REIT, 5%, 4/15/2021      1,030,000       1,031,288  
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc., REIT, 5%, 4/15/2023      685,000       696,988  
Sands China Ltd., 5.4%, 8/08/2028      1,047,000       1,107,845  
Scientific Games Corp., 8.25%, 3/15/2026 (n)      435,000       450,769  
Wyndham Hotels Group, LLC, 5.375%, 4/15/2026 (n)      1,085,000       1,106,700  
Wynn Las Vegas LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp., 5.5%, 3/01/2025 (n)      1,215,000       1,230,188  
    

 

 

 
             $ 13,275,999  
Health Maintenance Organizations - 0.1%                 
Halfmoon Parent, Inc., 4.125%, 11/15/2025 (n)    $ 522,000     $ 539,552  
Industrial - 0.4%                 
Investor AB, 1.5%, 9/12/2030    EUR  400,000     $ 469,475  
KAR Auction Services, Inc., 5.125%, 6/01/2025 (n)    $ 1,330,000       1,330,000  
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,799,475  
Insurance - 0.3%                 
American International Group, Inc., 1.875%, 6/21/2027    EUR 400,000     $ 460,422  
Argentum Zurich Insurance, 3.5%, 10/01/2046      500,000       625,237  
Unum Group, 4%, 3/15/2024    $ 259,000       265,291  
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,350,950  

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Insurance - Health - 0.9%                 
Centene Corp., 6.125%, 2/15/2024    $ 540,000     $ 565,650  
Centene Corp., 5.375%, 6/01/2026 (n)      1,759,000       1,829,764  
UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 4.625%, 7/15/2035      1,009,000       1,100,851  
    

 

 

 
             $ 3,496,265  
Insurance - Property & Casualty - 1.5%                 
AssuredPartners Inc., 7%, 8/15/2025 (n)    $ 950,000     $ 897,750  
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., 2.75%, 3/15/2023      359,000       359,964  
Chubb INA Holdings, Inc., 2.3%, 11/03/2020      144,000       143,277  
Chubb INA Holdings, Inc., 2.875%, 11/03/2022      336,000       338,350  
Chubb INA Holdings, Inc., 1.55%, 3/15/2028    EUR 100,000       116,778  
Chubb INA Holdings, Inc., 2.5%, 3/15/2038      227,000       273,369  
CNA Financial Corp., 5.875%, 8/15/2020    $ 700,000       726,887  
Hiscox Ltd., 6.125%, 11/24/2045    GBP 350,000       506,034  
Hub International Ltd., 7%, 5/01/2026 (n)    $ 1,080,000       1,089,450  
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., 3.5%, 6/03/2024      315,000       322,961  
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., 1.979%, 3/21/2030    EUR 100,000       116,044  
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., 4.35%, 1/30/2047    $ 197,000       200,088  
QBE Capital Funding III Ltd., 7.5% to 5/24/2021, FLR (GBP Swap Rate - 10yr. + 4.003%) to 5/24/2041    GBP 300,000       415,040  
XLIT Ltd., 3.25%, 6/29/2047    EUR 500,000       591,925  
    

 

 

 
             $ 6,097,917  
International Market Quasi-Sovereign - 0.3%                 
Electricite de France, 5.875% to 1/22/2029, FLR (GBP Swap Rate - 15yr. + 3.046%) to 1/22/2049, FLR (GBP Swap Rate - 15yr. + 3.796%) to 12/31/2165    GBP 400,000     $ 538,761  
Islandsbanki, 1.125%, 4/12/2022    EUR 100,000       113,093  
Landsbanki Islands HF, 1.125%, 1/19/2024      550,000       610,235  
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,262,089  
International Market Sovereign - 0.1%                 
Government of Japan, 2.4%, 3/20/2037    JPY 24,900,000     $ 305,343  
Leisure & Toys - 0.1%                 
Ubisoft Entertainment S.A., 1.289%, 1/30/2023    EUR 500,000     $ 564,309  
Local Authorities - 0.2%                 
Province of Alberta, 4.5%, 12/01/2040    CAD 410,000     $ 385,725  
Province of British Columbia, 2.3%, 6/18/2026      595,000       447,172  
    

 

 

 
             $ 832,897  

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Machinery & Tools - 0.3%                 
Ashtead Capital, Inc., 5.625%, 10/01/2024 (n)    $ 865,000     $ 896,356  
CNH Industrial Finance Europe S.A., 1.75%, 3/25/2027    EUR 150,000       170,665  
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,067,021  
Major Banks - 5.7%                 
Bank of America Corp., 2.625%, 4/19/2021    $ 1,661,000     $ 1,657,423  
Bank of America Corp., 3.5%, 4/19/2026      750,000       756,797  
Bank of America Corp., 3.248%, 10/21/2027      1,532,000       1,502,518  
Bank of New York Mellon Corp., 2.95%, 1/29/2023      661,000       663,576  
Bank of New York Mellon Corp., 3.442%, 2/07/2028      647,000       653,953  
Barclays Bank PLC, 6%, 1/14/2021    EUR 500,000       610,132  
Barclays PLC, 7.875%, 12/29/2049    $ 500,000       526,875  
Barclays PLC, 8% to 6/15/2024, FLR (CMT - 5yr. + 5.672%) to 6/15/2059      700,000       738,052  
Credit Suisse Group AG, 1.25% to 7/17/2024, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 1yr. + 0.75%) to 7/17/2025    EUR 500,000       574,035  
Credit Suisse Group AG, 7.25% to 9/12/2025, FLR (Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.332%) to 12/29/2049 (n)    $ 500,000       519,750  
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 3%, 4/26/2022      1,250,000       1,250,860  
HSBC Holdings PLC, 4.375%, 11/23/2026      399,000       410,270  
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 3.25%, 9/23/2022      1,918,000       1,941,361  
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 2.95%, 10/01/2026      1,137,000       1,112,739  
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.26%, 2/22/2048      600,000       615,458  
Morgan Stanley, 2.5%, 4/21/2021      1,250,000       1,243,208  
Morgan Stanley, 3.125%, 7/27/2026      572,000       557,130  
Morgan Stanley, 3.95%, 4/23/2027      988,000       997,655  
Nationwide Building Society, 1.5%, 3/08/2026    EUR 200,000       227,903  
PNC Bank N.A., 2.6%, 7/21/2020    $ 1,067,000       1,066,708  
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 3.875%, 9/12/2023      479,000       483,378  
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 4.269% to 3/22/2024, FLR (LIBOR - 3mo. + 1.762%) to 3/22/2025      423,000       431,247  
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., 3.544%, 1/17/2028      1,027,000       1,043,567  
UBS Group AG, 6.875% to 8/07/2025, FLR (Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.59%) to 12/29/2049      1,190,000       1,229,253  
UBS Group Funding (Jersey) Ltd., 7% to 1/31/2024, FLR (Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.34%) to 7/28/2060 (n)      1,043,000       1,087,296  
UBS Group Funding (Switzerland) AG, 1.5%, 11/30/2024    EUR 500,000       583,978  
Wells Fargo & Co., 4.15%, 1/24/2029    $ 494,000       513,713  
    

 

 

 
             $ 22,998,835  
Medical & Health Technology & Services - 4.1%                 
Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc., 5.625%, 2/15/2023    $ 945,000     $ 954,450  
Avantor, Inc., 9%, 10/01/2025 (n)      860,000       935,250  
Becton, Dickinson and Co., 1.401%, 5/24/2023    EUR 700,000       810,565  

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Medical & Health Technology & Services - continued

 

       
Becton, Dickinson and Co., 3.734%, 12/15/2024    $ 66,000     $ 67,067  
Becton, Dickinson and Co., 4.685%, 12/15/2044      270,000       276,449  
DaVita, Inc., 5%, 5/01/2025      590,000       577,280  
Encompass Health Corp., 5.75%, 9/15/2025      370,000       379,798  
HCA, Inc., 7.5%, 2/15/2022      835,000       918,500  
HCA, Inc., 5.375%, 2/01/2025      2,490,000       2,620,725  
HCA, Inc., 5.875%, 2/15/2026      805,000       867,387  
HCA, Inc., 5.25%, 6/15/2026      471,000       503,050  
HealthSouth Corp., 5.125%, 3/15/2023      1,120,000       1,132,600  
HealthSouth Corp., 5.75%, 11/01/2024      245,000       248,369  
Heartland Dental, LLC, 8.5%, 5/01/2026 (n)      775,000       736,250  
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings, 4.7%, 2/01/2045      364,000       354,364  
MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, 7.125%, 6/01/2024 (z)      575,000       577,990  
Northwell Healthcare, Inc., 4.26%, 11/01/2047      532,000       532,501  
Polaris, 8.5%, (8.5% cash or 8.5% PIK) 12/01/2022 (n)(p)      325,000       323,375  
Quintiles IMS Holdings, Inc., 5%, 10/15/2026 (n)      625,000       638,281  
Regional Care/LifePoint Health, Inc., 9.75%, 12/01/2026 (n)      920,000       960,250  
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., 3%, 4/15/2023      367,000       367,623  
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., 2.95%, 9/19/2026      245,000       237,818  
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., 3.2%, 8/15/2027      938,000       919,271  
West Street Merger Sub, Inc., 6.375%, 9/01/2025 (n)      735,000       711,112  
    

 

 

 
             $ 16,650,325  
Medical Equipment - 0.8%                 
Abbott Laboratories, 4.9%, 11/30/2046    $ 750,000     $ 854,963  
Medtronic Global Holdings S.C.A., 1.125%, 3/07/2027    EUR 100,000       115,423  
Teleflex, Inc., 5.25%, 6/15/2024    $ 1,005,000       1,030,125  
Teleflex, Inc., 4.875%, 6/01/2026      445,000       453,900  
Teleflex, Inc., 4.625%, 11/15/2027      695,000       691,525  
    

 

 

 
             $ 3,145,936  
Metals & Mining - 3.1%                 
Baffinland Iron Mines Corp./Baffinland Iron Mines LP, 8.75%, 7/15/2026 (n)    $ 620,000     $ 625,425  
Big River Steel LLC, 7.25%, 9/01/2025 (n)      685,000       729,196  
Cameco Corp., 5.67%, 9/02/2019    CAD 420,000       316,610  
First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 7.25%, 4/01/2023 (n)    $ 670,000       663,635  
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., 5.4%, 11/14/2034      1,410,000       1,323,637  
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 6.875%, 2/15/2023      1,707,000       1,800,885  
Kaiser Aluminum Corp., 5.875%, 5/15/2024      1,315,000       1,361,025  
Northwest Acquisitions ULC/Dominion Finco, Inc., 7.125%, 11/01/2022 (n)      1,025,000       861,000  
Novelis Corp., 5.875%, 9/30/2026 (n)      1,300,000       1,321,125  

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Metals & Mining - continued                 
Petra Diamonds U.S. Treasury PLC, 7.25%, 5/01/2022 (n)    $ 975,000     $ 948,188  
Steel Dynamics, Inc., 5%, 12/15/2026      695,000       715,850  
SunCoke Energy Partners LP/SunCoke Energy Partners Finance Corp., 7.5%, 6/15/2025 (n)      670,000       675,863  
TMS International Corp., 7.25%, 8/15/2025 (n)      790,000       774,200  
Vale S.A., 3.75%, 1/10/2023    EUR 400,000       484,286  
    

 

 

 
             $ 12,600,925  
Midstream - 4.6%                 
AI Candelaria Spain SLU, 7.5%, 12/15/2028 (n)    $ 1,248,000     $ 1,332,240  
APT Pipelines Ltd., 5%, 3/23/2035 (n)      542,000       555,079  
Blue Racer Midstream LLC/Blue Racer Finance Corp., 6.125%, 11/15/2022 (n)      490,000       494,900  
Blue Racer Midstream LLC/Blue Racer Finance Corp., 6.625%, 7/15/2026 (n)      635,000       648,494  
Cheniere Energy, Inc., 5.875%, 3/31/2025      1,160,000       1,249,900  
DCP Midstream Operating LP, 4.95%, 4/01/2022      410,000       420,250  
DCP Midstream Operating LP, 3.875%, 3/15/2023      770,000       770,000  
DCP Midstream Operating LP, 5.375%, 7/15/2025 (n)      895,000       940,833  
DCP Midstream Operating LP, 5.6%, 4/01/2044      440,000       418,000  
Dominion Gas Holdings LLC, 2.8%, 11/15/2020      415,000       415,466  
Energy Transfer Operating Co., 5.875%, 1/15/2024      1,175,000       1,282,595  
EnLink Midstream Partners LP, 4.4%, 4/01/2024      1,875,000       1,860,937  
MPLX LP, 4.5%, 4/15/2038      371,000       355,817  
ONEOK, Inc., 4.95%, 7/13/2047      928,000       926,262  
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5%, 3/15/2027      500,000       532,491  
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 4.2%, 3/15/2028      400,000       405,165  
Tallgrass Energy LP, 4.75%, 10/01/2023 (n)      660,000       666,956  
Tallgrass Energy Partners LP, 5.5%, 1/15/2028 (n)      1,550,000       1,579,063  
Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Finance Corp., 5.25%, 5/01/2023      665,000       673,313  
Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Finance Corp., 5.125%, 2/01/2025 (n)      625,000       639,063  
Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Finance Corp., 5.375%, 2/01/2027      1,955,000       1,984,325  
Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Finance Corp., 6.875%, 1/15/2029 (n)      511,000       551,880  
    

 

 

 
             $ 18,703,029  
Mortgage-Backed - 0.5%                 
Freddie Mac, 2.673%, 3/25/2026    $ 1,099,000     $ 1,090,363  
Freddie Mac, 3.194%, 7/25/2027      850,000       866,363  
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,956,726  

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Municipals - 0.1%                 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Public Improvement, “C-7”, 6%, 7/01/2027    $ 50,000     $ 51,156  
Oklahoma Development Finance Authority, Health System Rev.     
(OU Medicine Project), “C”, 5.45%, 8/15/2028      209,000       227,683  
    

 

 

 
             $ 278,839  
Natural Gas - Distribution - 0.4%                 
Boston Gas Co., 3.15%, 8/01/2027 (n)    $ 420,000     $ 411,698  
GNL Quintero S.A., 4.634%, 7/31/2029 (n)      1,030,000       1,063,475  
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,475,173  
Natural Gas - Pipeline - 0.3%                 
Peru LNG, 5.375%, 3/22/2030    $ 1,047,000     $ 1,107,726  
Network & Telecom - 0.9%                 
AT&T, Inc., 4.75%, 5/15/2046    $ 1,175,000     $ 1,166,644  
British Telecommunications PLC, 3.125%, 11/21/2031    GBP 400,000       533,233  
Telefónica Celular del Paraguay, 5.875%, 4/15/2027 (n)    $ 900,000       927,000  
Zayo Group LLC/Zayo Capital, Inc., 5.75%, 1/15/2027 (n)      920,000       933,800  
    

 

 

 
             $ 3,560,677  
Oil Services - 0.5%                 
Apergy Corp., 6.375%, 5/01/2026    $ 1,160,000     $ 1,197,700  
Diamond Offshore Drill Co., 5.7%, 10/15/2039      965,000       680,209  
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,877,909  
Oils - 1.1%                 
Neste Oyj, 1.5%, 6/07/2024    EUR 500,000     $ 576,658  
Parkland Fuel Corp., 6%, 4/01/2026 (n)    $ 1,740,000       1,770,450  
PBF Holding Co. LLC/PBF Finance Corp., 7%, 11/15/2023      175,000       180,031  
PBF Holding Co. LLC/PBF Finance Corp., 7.25%, 6/15/2025      745,000       767,350  
Phillips 66, 4.875%, 11/15/2044      606,000       650,850  
Thaioil Treasury Center Co. Ltd., 5.375%, 11/20/2048 (n)      359,000       408,309  
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,353,648  
Other Banks & Diversified Financials - 2.7%                 
ABANCA Corp. Bancaria S.A., 6.125% to 1/18/2024, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 5.93%) to 1/18/2029    EUR 500,000     $ 578,997  
AIB Group PLC, 1.5%, 3/29/2023      550,000       632,536  
Bangkok Bank (Hong Kong), 4.05%, 3/19/2024 (n)    $ 1,046,000       1,079,165  
Belfius Bank S.A., 3.125%, 5/11/2026    EUR 400,000       488,908  
BPCE S.A., 5.25%, 4/16/2029    GBP 400,000       611,985  
Caixa Geral de Depositos, 5.75%, 6/28/2028    EUR 500,000       608,558  
Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., 1.125%, 5/07/2031      200,000       221,394  

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Other Banks & Diversified Financials - continued                 
CYBG PLC, 9.25% to 6/08/2024, FLR (GBP Government Yield - 5yr. + 8.307%) to 6/13/2049    GBP 900,000     $ 1,242,549  
Deutsche Bank AG, 1.875%, 2/28/2020      400,000       520,296  
Groupe BPCE S.A., 4.5%, 3/15/2025 (n)    $ 302,000       308,484  
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., 5.25%, 1/28/2022    GBP 250,000       348,937  
JSC Kazkommertsbank, 5.5%, 12/21/2022    $ 910,653       912,354  
Macquarie Group Ltd., 1.25%, 3/05/2025    EUR 300,000       339,949  
UBS AG, 5.125%, 5/15/2024    $ 981,000       1,026,426  
UniCredit S.p.A., 7.5% to 6/03/2026, FLR (EUR ICE Swap Rate - 5yr. + 7.334%) to 6/03/2026    EUR  1,000,000       1,174,877  
UniCredito Italiano S.p.A., 6.572%, 1/14/2022 (n)    $ 412,000       434,169  
United Overseas Bank Ltd., 3.75% to 4/15/2024, FLR (CMT - 5yr. + 1.5%) to 4/15/2029 (n)      276,000       280,005  
    

 

 

 
             $ 10,809,589  
Pharmaceuticals - 1.1%                 
Bayer Capital Corp. B.V., 1.5%, 6/26/2026    EUR 400,000     $ 461,444  
Eagle Holding Co. II LLC, 7.625%, 5/15/2022 (n)    $ 720,000       723,600  
Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finco, Inc., 5.375%, 1/15/2023 (n)      455,000       377,650  
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., 2.25%, 11/21/2026 (z)    EUR 400,000       488,827  
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., 5.5%, 3/01/2023 (n)    $ 885,000       888,319  
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., 6.125%, 4/15/2025 (n)      1,365,000       1,380,356  
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,320,196  
Pollution Control - 0.1%                 
Republic Services, Inc., 3.95%, 5/15/2028    $ 552,000     $ 576,324  
Printing & Publishing - 0.4%                 
Nielsen Finance LLC, 5%, 4/15/2022 (n)    $ 1,021,000     $ 1,014,241  
TEGNA, Inc., 5.5%, 9/15/2024 (n)      765,000       785,081  
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,799,322  
Real Estate - Apartment - 0.2%                 
Grand City Properties S.A., 3.75% to 2/18/2022, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.888%) to 2/18/2027, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.138%) to 2/18/2042, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.888%) to 12/31/2049    EUR 600,000     $ 708,210  
Real Estate - Healthcare - 0.6%                 
MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Financial Co., REIT, 5.25%, 8/01/2026    $ 980,000     $ 998,375  
MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Financial Co., REIT, 5%, 10/15/2027      1,255,000       1,258,137  
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,256,512  

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Real Estate - Office - 0.1%                 
Merlin Properties SOCIMI S.A., REIT, 1.875%, 11/02/2026    EUR 350,000     $ 401,553  
Real Estate - Other - 0.5%                 
CyrusOne LP/CyrusOne Finance Corp., REIT, 5%, 3/15/2024    $ 1,245,000     $ 1,273,012  
CyrusOne LP/CyrusOne Finance Corp., REIT, 5.375%, 3/15/2027      785,000       812,475  
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,085,487  
Restaurants - 0.5%                 
Golden Nugget, Inc., 6.75%, 10/15/2024 (n)    $ 835,000     $ 853,788  
KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings LLC/Taco Bell of America LLC, 5.25%, 6/01/2026 (n)      1,210,000       1,247,812  
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,101,600  
Retailers - 0.9%                 
AA Bond Co. Ltd., 2.875%, 1/31/2022    GBP 225,000     $ 285,029  
AA Bond Co. Ltd., 2.75%, 7/31/2023      225,000       273,553  
Best Buy Co., Inc., 4.45%, 10/01/2028    $ 585,000       596,618  
DriveTime Automotive Group, Inc./DT Acceptance Corp., 8%, 6/01/2021 (n)      490,000       497,350  
Home Depot, Inc., 2.625%, 6/01/2022      585,000       586,308  
Home Depot, Inc., 3%, 4/01/2026      475,000       477,165  
L Brands, Inc., 5.25%, 2/01/2028      570,000       509,437  
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc., 5.625%, 12/01/2025      500,000       498,750  
    

 

 

 
             $ 3,724,210  
Specialty Chemicals - 0.6%                 
Koppers, Inc., 6%, 2/15/2025 (n)    $ 770,000     $ 745,206  
Univar USA, Inc., 6.75%, 7/15/2023 (n)      1,760,000       1,790,518  
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,535,724  
Specialty Stores - 0.4%                 
Penske Automotive Group Co., 5.375%, 12/01/2024    $ 470,000     $ 475,875  
Penske Automotive Group Co., 5.5%, 5/15/2026      520,000       518,700  
Richemont International S.A., 1.5%, 3/26/2030    EUR 500,000       594,280  
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,588,855  
Supermarkets - 0.3%                 
Eurotorg LLC Via Bonitron DAC, 8.75%, 10/30/2022    $ 1,003,000     $ 1,040,612  
Loblaw Cos. Ltd., 4.86%, 9/12/2023    CAD 421,000       341,649  
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,382,261  
Supranational - 0.2%                 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 2.8%, 1/13/2021    AUD 270,000     $ 193,945  

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Supranational - continued                 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 4.25%, 6/24/2025    $ 405,000     $ 322,480  
International Finance Corp., 3.25%, 7/22/2019      585,000       413,836  
    

 

 

 
             $ 930,261  
Telecommunications - Wireless - 4.0%                 
Altice France S.A., 6.25%, 5/15/2024 (n)    $ 400,000     $ 410,000  
Altice France S.A., 8.125%, 2/01/2027 (n)      650,000       679,250  
Altice Luxembourg S.A., 7.75%, 5/15/2022 (n)      525,000       534,844  
Altice Luxembourg S.A., 7.625%, 2/15/2025 (n)      895,000       843,538  
American Tower Corp., REIT, 3.5%, 1/31/2023      743,000       754,426  
American Tower Corp., REIT, 4%, 6/01/2025      514,000       531,090  
Crown Castle International Corp., 3.7%, 6/15/2026      741,000       742,935  
Digicel Group Ltd., 6.75%, 3/01/2023 (n)      838,000       593,472  
Digicel International Finance Ltd., 8.75%, 5/25/2024 (n)      200,000       200,064  
Millicom International Cellular S.A., 6.625%, 10/15/2026 (n)      1,018,000       1,090,532  
SBA Communications Corp., 4%, 10/01/2022      1,180,000       1,185,900  
SBA Communications Corp., 4.875%, 9/01/2024      645,000       655,086  
SBA Tower Trust, 2.898%, 10/15/2044 (n)      439,000       438,561  
SFR Group S.A., 7.375%, 5/01/2026 (n)      770,000       780,106  
Sprint Corp., 7.875%, 9/15/2023      1,570,000       1,635,469  
Sprint Corp., 7.125%, 6/15/2024      1,565,000       1,568,423  
Sprint Nextel Corp., 6%, 11/15/2022      1,050,000       1,056,562  
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.5%, 1/15/2024      405,000       419,175  
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 5.125%, 4/15/2025      730,000       751,900  
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.5%, 1/15/2026      800,000       855,760  
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 5.375%, 4/15/2027      620,000       651,820  
    

 

 

 
             $ 16,378,913  
Telephone Services - 0.5%                 
Level 3 Financing, Inc., 5.375%, 1/15/2024    $ 390,000     $ 394,875  
Level 3 Financing, Inc., 5.375%, 5/01/2025      1,170,000       1,191,762  
TELUS Corp., 5.05%, 7/23/2020    CAD 425,000       327,720  
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,914,357  
Tobacco - 0.2%                 
Altria Group, Inc., 1.7%, 6/15/2025    EUR 260,000     $ 297,614  
Altria Group, Inc., 3.125%, 6/15/2031      230,000       270,425  
Reynolds American, Inc., 8.125%, 6/23/2019    $ 257,000       258,898  
Reynolds American, Inc., 3.25%, 6/12/2020      69,000       69,255  
    

 

 

 
             $ 896,192  
Transportation - Services - 1.0%                 
Autostrade per l’Italia S.p.A., 6.25%, 6/09/2022    GBP 300,000     $ 430,198  
Heathrow Funding Ltd., 1.875%, 7/12/2032    EUR 300,000       355,378  

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Transportation - Services - continued                 
Heathrow Funding Ltd., 4.625%, 10/31/2046    GBP 200,000     $ 339,966  
Navios South American Logistics, Inc./Navios Logistics Finance     
(U.S.), Inc., 7.25%, 5/01/2022    $ 1,158,000       1,062,465  
Rumo Luxembourg S.à r.l., 5.875%, 1/18/2025      1,212,000       1,227,162  
Syncreon Group BV/Syncre, 8.625%, 11/01/2021 (n)      385,000       192,500  
Transurban Finance Co., 1.75%, 3/29/2028    EUR 500,000       585,084  
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,192,753  
U.S. Treasury Obligations - 8.1%                 
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.5%, 2/15/2039    $ 1,800,000     $ 2,004,820  
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.75%, 11/15/2043      14,000,000       16,077,578  
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2%, 11/15/2026 (f)      15,205,000       14,758,947  
    

 

 

 
             $ 32,841,345  
Utilities - Electric Power - 4.5%                 
Clearway Energy Operating LLC, 5.75%, 10/15/2025 (n)    $ 1,840,000     $ 1,881,400  
Consorcio Transmantaro S.A., 4.7%, 4/16/2034 (n)      200,000       204,250  
Covanta Holding Corp., 5.875%, 3/01/2024      1,175,000       1,208,781  
Covanta Holding Corp., 6%, 1/01/2027      485,000       493,487  
Drax Finco PLC, 6.625%, 11/01/2025 (n)      1,090,000       1,100,900  
Duke Energy Florida LLC, 3.2%, 1/15/2027      589,000       591,068  
EDP Finance B.V., 5.25%, 1/14/2021 (n)      200,000       206,280  
Emera U.S. Finance LP, 2.7%, 6/15/2021      142,000       141,058  
Emera U.S. Finance LP, 3.55%, 6/15/2026      162,000       160,177  
Enel Finance International N.V., 3.5%, 4/06/2028 (n)      730,000       688,127  
Enel S.p.A., 8.75% to 9/24/2023, FLR (Swap Rate - 5yr. + 5.88%) to 9/24/2043, FLR (Swap Rate - 5yr. + 6.63%) to 9/24/2073 (n)      500,000       560,000  
Enel S.p.A., 6.625% to 9/15/2021, FLR (GBP Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.089%) to 9/15/2026, FLR (GBP Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.339%) to 9/15/2041, FLR (GBP Swap Rate - 5yr. + 5.089%) to 9/15/2076    GBP 230,000       325,396  
Engie Energia Chile S.A., 4.5%, 1/29/2025 (n)    $ 1,023,000       1,056,957  
Exelon Corp., 3.497%, 6/01/2022      259,000       262,637  
FirstEnergy Corp., 3.9%, 7/15/2027      115,000       116,580  
Greenko Dutch B.V., 5.25%, 7/24/2024      902,000       879,450  
Iberdrola International B.V., 3.25% to 2/12/2025, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 2.973%) to 2/12/2030, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.223%) to 2/12/2045, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.973%) to 2/12/2068    EUR 500,000     $ 594,617  
innogy Finance B.V., 4.75%, 1/31/2034    GBP 300,000       471,712  
Listrindo Capital B.V., 4.95%, 9/14/2026    $ 910,000       877,240  
LLPL Capital Pte. Ltd., 6.875%, 2/04/2039 (n)      918,000       990,478  
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., 3.55%, 5/01/2027      628,000       635,834  
NextEra Energy Operating Co., 4.25%, 9/15/2024 (n)      1,315,000       1,319,274  
NextEra Energy Operating Co., 4.5%, 9/15/2027 (n)      780,000       766,350  

 

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Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Bonds - continued                 
Utilities - Electric Power - continued                 
PPL Capital Funding, Inc., 5%, 3/15/2044    $ 270,000     $ 289,298  
PPL WEM Holdings PLC, 5.375%, 5/01/2021 (n)      183,000       188,889  
Star Energy Geothermal Pte Ltd., 6.75%, 4/24/2033      822,922       819,328  
TerraForm Global Operating LLC, 6.125%, 3/01/2026 (n)      85,000       85,000  
Transelec S.A., 4.25%, 1/14/2025 (n)      535,000       545,700  
Virginia Electric & Power Co., 3.5%, 3/15/2027      839,000       857,416  
    

 

 

 
             $ 18,317,684  
Total Bonds (Identified Cost, $486,558,763)            $ 490,686,264  
Floating Rate Loans (r) - 0.4%                 
Broadcasting - 0.0%                 
Warner Music Group, Term Loan F, 4.608%, 11/01/2023    $ 137,000     $ 136,315  
Conglomerates - 0.0%                 
Gates Global LLC, Term Loan B2, 5.233%, 3/31/2024    $ 162,177     $ 162,354  
Entertainment - 0.1%                 
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., Term Loan B3, 4.25%, 10/31/2023    $ 209,929     $ 209,601  
Food & Beverages - 0.0%                 
U.S. Foods, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.483%, 6/27/2023    $ 136,299     $ 135,987  
Medical & Health Technology & Services - 0.2%                 
DaVita, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.233%, 6/24/2021    $ 679,666     $ 680,232  
Oil Services - 0.1%                 
Apergy Corp., Term Loan B, 5.028%, 5/09/2025    $ 295,291     $ 294,799  
Total Floating Rate Loans (Identified Cost, $1,600,684)

 

  $ 1,619,288  
Common Stocks - 0.2%                 
Energy - Independent - 0.1%                 
Frontera Energy Corp.      20,290     $ 179,248  
Oil Services - 0.1%                 
LTRI Holdings LP (a)(u)      520     $ 462,498  
Total Common Stocks (Identified Cost, $1,974,727)            $ 641,746  
Convertible Bonds - 0.1%                 
Cable TV - 0.1%                 
DISH Network Corp., 3.375%, 8/15/2026
(Identified Cost, $244,184)
   $ 270,000     $ 247,675  

 

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Warrants - 0.0%                                
Issuer   Strike Price     First Exercise     Shares/Par     Value ($)  
Forest & Paper Products - 0.0%

 

                       
Appvion Holdings Corp. - Tranche A (1 share for 1 warrant) (a)   $ 27.17       8/24/18       332     $ 664  
Appvion Holdings Corp. - Tranche B (1 share for 1 warrant) (a)     31.25       8/24/18       332       249  
Total Warrants (Identified Cost, $0)

 

          $ 913  
Investment Companies (h) - 1.5%

 

               
Money Market Funds - 1.5%                                
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio,
2.48% (v) (Identified Cost, $6,168,147)

 

            6,168,331     $ 6,168,331  
Other Assets, Less Liabilities - (23.1)%

 

                    (93,543,342
Net Assets - 100.0%                           $ 405,820,875  

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(d)

In default.

(f)

All or a portion of the security has been segregated as collateral for open futures contracts.

(h)

An affiliated issuer, which may be considered one in which the fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common control. At period end, the aggregate values of the fund’s investments in affiliated issuers and in unaffiliated issuers were $6,168,331 and $493,195,886, respectively.

(i)

Interest only security for which the fund receives interest on notional principal (Par amount). Par amount shown is the notional principal and does not reflect the cost of the security.

(n)

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be sold in the ordinary course of business in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At period end, the aggregate value of these securities was $200,784,267, representing 49.5% of net assets.

(p)

Payment-in-kind (PIK) security for which interest income may be received in additional securities and/or cash.

(r)

The remaining maturities of floating rate loans may be less than the stated maturities shown as a result of contractual or optional prepayments by the borrower. Such prepayments cannot be predicted with certainty. These loans may be subject to restrictions on resale. The interest rate shown represents the weighted average of the floating interest rates on settled contracts within the loan facility at period end, unless otherwise indicated. The floating interest rates on settled contracts are determined periodically by reference to a base lending rate and a spread.

(u)

The security was valued using significant unobservable inputs and is considered level 3 under the fair value hierarchy. For further information about the fund’s level 3 holdings, please see Note 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

(v)

Affiliated issuer that is available only to investment companies managed by MFS. The rate quoted for the MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

 

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(z)

Restricted securities are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and are subject to legal restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are subsequently registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. The fund holds the following restricted securities:

 

Restricted Securities   Acquisition
Date
  Cost     Value  
Afren PLC, 11.5%, 2/01/2016   1/27/11     $315,788       $268  
Afren PLC, 10.25%, 4/08/2019   3/01/12     209,873       175  
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., 3.95%, 7/01/2024   4/11/19     451,557       451,108  
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., 4.375%, 5/01/2026   4/11/19     361,284       360,847  
Bayview Financial Revolving Mortgage Loan Trust, FLR, 4.079% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 1.6%), 12/28/2040   3/01/06     1,152,072       1,085,352  
HarbourView CLO VII Ltd., 7RA, “B”, FLR, 4.301% (LIBOR - 3mo. + 1.7%), 7/18/2031   5/17/18     2,500,000       2,463,598  
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 4.875%, 11/01/2024   4/10/19-4/12/19     305,992       305,906  
Marriot Ownership Resorts, Inc., 5.625%, 4/15/2023   8/30/18     829,418       831,188  
MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, 7.125%, 6/01/2024   3/20/19-4/02/19     573,121       577,990  
Netflix, Inc., 3.875%, 11/15/2029   4/24/19-4/29/19     786,488       803,335  
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., 2.25%, 11/21/2026   11/15/18     452,746       488,827  
Vinci S.A., 3.75%, 4/10/2029   4/03/19     818,974       833,780  
Total Restricted Securities         $8,202,374  
% of Net assets         2.0%  

The following abbreviations are used in this report and are defined:

 

CDO   Collateralized Debt Obligation
CLO   Collateralized Loan Obligation
CMT   Constant Maturity Treasury
FLR   Floating Rate. Interest rate resets periodically based on the parenthetically disclosed reference rate plus a spread (if any). The period-end rate reported may not be the current rate. All reference rates are USD unless otherwise noted.
ICE   Intercontinental Exchange
LIBOR   London Interbank Offered Rate
REIT   Real Estate Investment Trust

Abbreviations indicate amounts shown in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. All amounts are stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. A list of abbreviations is shown below:

 

AUD   Australian Dollar
CAD   Canadian Dollar
CHF   Swiss Franc
DKK   Danish Krone
EUR   Euro
GBP   British Pound
HKD   Hong Kong Dollar
JPY   Japanese Yen
KRW   South Korean Won
MXN   Mexican Peso
NOK   Norwegian Krone
NZD   New Zealand Dollar

 

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SEK   Swedish Krona
SGD   Singapore Dollar
ZAR   South African Rand

Derivative Contracts at 4/30/19

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Currency

Purchased

   

Currency

Sold

  Counterparty   Settlement
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Asset Derivatives        
EUR     346,295     USD   388,491   Brown Brothers Harriman     7/12/2019       $2,271  
EUR     825,171     USD   929,848   UBS AG     7/12/2019       1,281  
GBP     501,425     USD   655,703   Citibank N.A.     7/12/2019       594  
USD     900,394     AUD   1,259,795   Deutsche Bank AG     7/12/2019       10,789  
USD     185,881     AUD   263,000   NatWest Markets PLC     7/12/2019       164  
USD     258,215     CAD   345,000   Citibank N.A.     7/12/2019       229  
USD     1,217,487     CAD   1,617,261   Deutsche Bank AG     7/12/2019       8,121  
USD     280,818     CHF   278,919   BNP Paribas S.A.     7/12/2019       5,218  
USD     112,987     EUR   99,874   Deutsche Bank AG     7/12/2019       288  
USD     10,276,861     EUR   9,002,755   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     6/17/2019       139,891  
USD     25,868,520     EUR   22,774,957   Merrill Lynch International     7/12/2019       169,098  
USD     226,783     EUR   199,498   NatWest Markets PLC     7/12/2019       1,668  
USD     566,775     GBP   428,658   Citibank N.A.     7/12/2019       5,719  
USD     8,038,486     GBP   6,125,331   Deutsche Bank AG     7/12/2019       21,254  
USD     555,162     GBP   423,907   Merrill Lynch International     7/12/2019       325  
USD     486,192     JPY   53,629,229   HSBC Bank     7/12/2019       1,975  
USD     1,722,706     MXN   32,899,000   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     7/12/2019       6,837  
USD     11,483     NZD   17,000   Deutsche Bank AG     7/12/2019       114  
           

 

 

 
              $375,836  
           

 

 

 
Liability Derivatives        
CHF     98,000     USD   96,877   UBS AG     7/12/2019       $(43
DKK     11,054     USD   1,682   UBS AG     7/12/2019       (10
EUR     970,614     USD   1,102,522   NatWest Markets PLC     7/12/2019       (7,274
GBP     242,000     USD   316,820   NatWest Markets PLC     7/12/2019       (75
HKD     19,818,000     USD   2,531,185   NatWest Markets PLC     7/12/2019       (2,274
KRW     42,694,000     USD   38,025   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     7/10/2019       (1,383
NOK     1,421,290     USD   167,054   Goldman Sachs International     7/12/2019       (1,864
SEK     1,234,000     USD   130,845   NatWest Markets PLC     7/12/2019       (181
SGD     54,000     USD   39,996   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     7/12/2019       (246
ZAR     823,000     USD   58,033   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.     7/12/2019       (977
USD     280,069     EUR   250,000   Citibank N.A.     7/12/2019       (2,033
USD     222,054     EUR   197,362   NatWest Markets PLC     7/12/2019       (651
USD     1,481,281     EUR   1,317,671   UBS AG     7/12/2019       (5,588
USD     123,985     JPY   13,732,000   UBS AG     7/12/2019       (1
           

 

 

 
              $(22,600
           

 

 

 

 

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Futures Contracts

 

Description   Long/
Short
  Currency   Contracts   Notional
Amount
    Expiration
Date
   

Value/

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 
Liability Derivatives            
Interest Rate Futures            
German Euro-Bobl 5 yr   Short   EUR   102     $15,207,625       June - 2019       $(103,194
German Euro-Bund 10 yr   Short   EUR     28     5,191,530     June - 2019     (76,063
U.S. Treasury Bond   Short   USD       5     737,344       June - 2019       (7,831
U.S. Treasury Note 10 yr   Short   USD   458     56,641,719       June - 2019       (471,571
U.S. Treasury Note 5 yr   Short   USD     87     10,060,734       June - 2019       (64,756
           

 

 

 
              $(723,415
           

 

 

 

At April 30, 2019, the fund had liquid securities with an aggregate value of $871,653 to cover any collateral or margin obligations for certain derivative contracts.

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

At 4/30/19 (unaudited)

This statement represents your fund’s balance sheet, which details the assets and liabilities comprising the total value of the fund.

 

Assets         

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (identified cost, $490,378,358)

     $493,195,886  

Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (identified cost, $6,168,147)

     6,168,331  

Cash

     65,545  

Foreign currency, at value (identified cost, $4,744)

     4,759  

Receivables for

  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     375,836  

Investments sold

     2,925,705  

Interest

     6,266,298  

Other assets

     44,699  

Total assets

     $509,047,059  
Liabilities         

Notes payable

     $100,000,000  

Payables for

  

Distributions

     192,172  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     22,600  

Net daily variation margin on open futures contracts

     108,745  

Investments purchased

     2,271,964  

Capital shares reacquired

     97,735  

Payable to affiliates

  

Investment adviser

     15,661  

Transfer agent and dividend disbursing costs

     10,668  

Payable for independent Trustees’ compensation

     15,568  

Accrued interest expense

     249,324  

Deferred country tax expense payable

     105,606  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     136,141  

Total liabilities

     $103,226,184  

Net assets

     $405,820,875  
Net assets consist of         

Paid-in capital

     $434,175,344  

Total distributable earnings (loss)

     (28,354,469

Net assets

     $405,820,875  

Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (64,912,859 shares authorized less 48,189 capital shares to be retired)

     64,864,670  

Net asset value per share (net assets of $405,820,875 / 64,864,670 shares of beneficial interest outstanding)

     $6.26  

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

Six months ended 4/30/19 (unaudited)

This statement describes how much your fund earned in investment income and accrued in expenses. It also describes any gains and/or losses generated by fund operations.

 

Net investment income (loss)         

Income

  

Interest

     $12,455,138  

Dividends from affiliated issuers

     80,784  

Dividends

     7,431  

Other

     300  

Foreign taxes withheld

     (1,707

Total investment income

     $12,541,946  

Expenses

  

Management fee

     $1,377,700  

Transfer agent and dividend disbursing costs

     56,075  

Administrative services fee

     32,520  

Independent Trustees’ compensation

     30,592  

Stock exchange fee

     32,953  

Custodian fee

     21,657  

Shareholder communications

     83,869  

Audit and tax fees

     40,915  

Legal fees

     7,601  

Interest expense and fees

     1,474,810  

Miscellaneous

     31,310  

Total expenses

     $3,190,002  

Net investment income (loss)

     $9,351,944  
Realized and unrealized gain (loss)         

Realized gain (loss) (identified cost basis)

  

Unaffiliated issuers (net of $28,092 country tax)

     $(2,396,347

Affiliated issuers

     (80

Written options

     17,822  

Futures contracts

     (1,707,796

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     1,628,090  

Foreign currency

     (12,559

Net realized gain (loss)

     $(2,470,870

Change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation

  

Unaffiliated issuers (net of $77,514 increase in deferred country tax)

     $22,823,587  

Affiliated issuers

     71  

Futures contracts

     (1,384,112

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     (908,031

Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

     14,107  

Net unrealized gain (loss)

     $20,545,622  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     $18,074,752  

Change in net assets from operations

     $27,426,696  

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

These statements describe the increases and/or decreases in net assets resulting from operations, any distributions, and any shareholder transactions.

 

Change in net assets    Six months ended
4/30/19
(unaudited)
     Year ended
10/31/18
 
From operations                  

Net investment income (loss)

     $9,351,944        $17,497,961  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (2,470,870      3,178,260  

Net unrealized gain (loss)

     20,545,622        (29,049,470

Change in net assets from operations

     $27,426,696        $(8,373,249

Distributions to shareholders

     $(8,924,097      $(20,316,659

Tax return of capital distributions to shareholders

     $—        $(14,918,250

Distributions from other sources

     $(7,167,175      $—  

Change in net assets from fund share transactions

     $(13,049,647      $(20,317,818

Total change in net assets

     $(1,714,223      $(63,925,976
Net assets                  

At beginning of period

     407,535,098        471,461,074  

At end of period

     $405,820,875        $407,535,098  

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

Six months ended 4/30/19 (unaudited)

This statement provides a summary of cash flows from investment activity for the fund.

 

Cash flows from operating activities:         

Change in net assets from operations

     $27,426,696  
Adjustments to reconcile change in net assets from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:         

Purchase of investment securities

     (171,593,371

Proceeds from disposition of investment securities

     189,988,678  

Proceeds from disposition of short-term investments, net

     1,185,100  

Realized gain/loss on investments

     2,368,255  

Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

     (22,901,172

Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on foreign currency contracts

     908,031  

Net amortization/accretion of income

     (16,115

Increase in interest receivable

     (254,891

Increase in accrued expenses and other liabilities

     62,005  

Decrease in receivable for daily variation margin on open futures contracts

     171,585  

Increase in payable for net daily variation margin on open futures contracts

     108,745  

Increase in other assets

     (33,528

Increase in interest payable

     10,559  

Net cash provided by operating activities

     $27,430,577  
Cash flows from financing activities:         

Distributions paid in cash

     (16,092,258

Repurchase of shares of beneficial interest

     (13,106,545

Net cash used by financing activities

     $(29,198,803

Net decrease in cash and restricted cash (a)

     $(1,768,226
Cash and restricted cash:         

Beginning of period (including foreign currency of $799,017)

     $1,838,530  

End of period (including foreign currency of $4,759)

     $70,304  

 

(a)

See Note 2 for more information on presentational changes to the Statement of Cash Flows that were effective with the beginning of the current reporting period.

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

Cash paid during the six months ended April 30, 2019 for interest was $1,464,251.

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the fund’s financial performance for the semiannual period and the past 5 fiscal years. Certain information reflects financial results for a single fund share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the fund share class (assuming reinvestment of all distributions) held for the entire period.

 

   

Six months

ended

4/30/19

    Year ended  
    10/31/18     10/31/17     10/31/16     10/31/15     10/31/14  
    (unaudited)                                

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $6.06       $6.67       $6.73       $6.76       $7.39       $7.50  
Income (loss) from investment operations

 

                       

Net investment income (loss) (d)

    $0.14       $0.25       $0.30 (c)      $0.34       $0.36       $0.39  

Net realized and unrealized
gain (loss)

    0.28       (0.38     0.15       0.15       (0.43     0.04  

Total from investment operations

    $0.42       $(0.13     $0.45       $0.49       $(0.07     $0.43  
Less distributions declared to shareholders

 

                       

From net investment income

    $(0.13     $(0.29     $(0.31     $(0.37     $(0.46     $(0.42

From net realized gain

                            (0.08     (0.13

From tax return of capital

          (0.22     (0.23     (0.16     (0.03      

From other sources

    (0.11                              

Total distributions declared to
shareholders

    $(0.24     $(0.51     $(0.54     $(0.53     $(0.57     $(0.55

Net increase from repurchase of
capital shares

    $0.02       $0.03       $0.03       $0.01       $0.01       $0.01  

Net asset value, end of period (x)

    $6.26       $6.06       $6.67       $6.73       $6.76       $7.39  

Market value, end of period

    $5.69       $5.24       $6.16       $5.97       $5.94       $6.37  

Total return at market value (%)

    13.42 (n)      (7.01     12.50       9.93       2.18       5.09  

Total return at net asset
value (%) (j)(r)(s)(x)

    7.89 (n)      (0.68     8.06 (c)      8.89       0.24       7.13  
Ratios (%) (to average net assets)
and Supplemental data:

 

                               

Expenses before expense reductions (f)

    1.59 (a)      1.33       1.10 (c)      1.10       0.98       0.98  

Expenses after expense reductions (f)

    N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A       0.98  

Net investment income (loss)

    4.67 (a)      4.00       4.45 (c)      5.13       5.05       5.32  

Portfolio turnover

    32 (n)      47       50       36       47       46  

Net assets at end of period
(000 omitted)

    $405,821       $407,535       $471,461       $504,331       $515,095       $570,454  
Supplemental Ratios (%):                                                

Ratios of expenses to average net assets after expense reductions and excluding interest expense and
fees (f)

    0.86 (a)      0.80       0.78 (c)      0.87       0.82       0.83  

 

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Six months

ended

4/30/19

    Year ended  
    10/31/18     10/31/17     10/31/16     10/31/15     10/31/14  
    (unaudited)                                
Senior Securities:

 

                                       

Total notes payable outstanding
(000 omitted)

    $100,000       $100,000       $100,000       $100,000       $100,000       $100,000  

Asset coverage per $1,000 of
indebtedness (k)

    $5,058       $5,075       $5,715       $6,043       $6,151       $6,705  

 

(a)

Annualized.

(c)

Amount reflects a one-time reimbursement of expenses by the custodian (or former custodian) without which net investment income and performance would be lower and expenses would be higher.

(d)

Per share data is based on average shares outstanding.

(f)

Ratios do not reflect reductions from fees paid indirectly, if applicable.

(j)

Total return at net asset value is calculated using the net asset value of the fund, not the publicly traded price and therefore may be different than the total return at market value.

(k)

Calculated by subtracting the fund’s total liabilities (not including notes payable) from the fund’s total assets and dividing this number by the notes payable outstanding and then multiplying by 1,000.

(n)

Not annualized.

(r)

Certain expenses have been reduced without which performance would have been lower.

(s)

From time to time the fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements, without which performance would be lower.

(x)

The net asset values and total returns at net asset value have been calculated on net assets which include adjustments made in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles required at period end for financial reporting purposes.

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

(1) Business and Organization

MFS Multimarket Income Trust (the fund) is organized as a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a diversified closed-end management investment company.

The fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investment Companies.

(2) Significant Accounting Policies

General – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires 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 increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. In the preparation of these financial statements, management has evaluated subsequent events occurring after the date of the fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities through the date that the financial statements were issued. The fund invests in high-yield securities rated below investment grade. Investments in below investment grade quality securities can involve a substantially greater risk of default or can already be in default, and their values can decline significantly. Below investment grade quality securities tend to be more sensitive to adverse news about the issuer, or the market or economy in general, than higher quality debt instruments. The fund invests in foreign securities, including securities of emerging market issuers. Investments in foreign securities are vulnerable to the effects of changes in the relative values of the local currency and the U.S. dollar and to the effects of changes in each country’s market, economic, industrial, political, regulatory, geopolitical, and other conditions. Investments in emerging markets can involve additional and greater risks than the risks associated with investments in developed foreign markets. Emerging markets can have less developed markets, greater custody and operational risk, less developed legal, regulatory, and accounting systems, and greater political, social, and economic instability than developed markets.

In November 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230) – Restricted Cash (“ASU 2016-18”), which is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods within those fiscal years. The fund adopted ASU 2016-18 effective with the beginning of the current reporting period, which resulted in changes to the presentation of restricted cash in the fund’s Statement of Cash Flows and additional disclosures regarding the nature of the restrictions on cash and restricted cash.

In March 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2017-08, Receivables –Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20) – Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities (“ASU 2017-08”). For entities that hold callable debt securities at a premium, ASU 2017-08 requires that the premium be amortized to the earliest call date. ASU 2017-08 will be effective for fiscal years beginning after

 

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December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Management has evaluated the potential impacts of ASU 2017-08 and believes that adoption of ASU 2017-08 will not have a material effect on the fund’s overall financial position or its overall results of operations.

Balance Sheet Offsetting – The fund’s accounting policy with respect to balance sheet offsetting is that, absent an event of default by the counterparty or a termination of the agreement, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master Agreement, or similar agreement, does not result in an offset of reported amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities across transactions between the fund and the applicable counterparty. The fund’s right to setoff may be restricted or prohibited by the bankruptcy or insolvency laws of the particular jurisdiction to which a specific master netting agreement counterparty is subject. Balance sheet offsetting disclosures, to the extent applicable to the fund, have been included in the fund’s Significant Accounting Policies note under the captions for each of the fund’s in-scope financial instruments and transactions.

Investment Valuations – Equity securities, including restricted equity securities, are generally valued at the last sale or official closing price on their primary market or exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. Equity securities, for which there were no sales reported that day, are generally valued at the last quoted daily bid quotation on their primary market or exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. Debt instruments and floating rate loans, including restricted debt instruments, are generally valued at an evaluated or composite bid as provided by a third-party pricing service. Short-term instruments with a maturity at issuance of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Exchange-traded options are generally valued at the last sale or official closing price on their primary exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. Exchange-traded options for which there were no sales reported that day are generally valued at the last daily bid quotation on their primary exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. Options not traded on an exchange are generally valued at a broker/dealer bid quotation. Foreign currency options are generally valued at valuations provided by a third-party pricing service. Futures contracts are generally valued at last posted settlement price on their primary exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. Futures contracts for which there were no trades that day for a particular position are generally valued at the closing bid quotation on their primary exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are generally valued at the mean of bid and asked prices for the time period interpolated from rates provided by a third-party pricing service for proximate time periods. Open-end investment companies are generally valued at net asset value per share. Securities and other assets generally valued on the basis of information from a third-party pricing service may also be valued at a broker/dealer bid quotation. In determining values, third-party pricing services can utilize both transaction data and market information such as yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics, and other market data. The values of foreign securities and other assets and liabilities expressed in foreign currencies are converted to U.S. dollars using the mean of bid and asked prices for rates provided by a third-party pricing service.

 

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The Board of Trustees has delegated primary responsibility for determining or causing to be determined the value of the fund’s investments (including any fair valuation) to the adviser pursuant to valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board. If the adviser determines that reliable market quotations are not readily available, investments are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser in accordance with such procedures under the oversight of the Board of Trustees. Under the fund’s valuation policies and procedures, market quotations are not considered to be readily available for most types of debt instruments and floating rate loans and many types of derivatives. These investments are generally valued at fair value based on information from third-party pricing services. In addition, investments may be valued at fair value if the adviser determines that an investment’s value has been materially affected by events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded (such as foreign exchange or market) and prior to the determination of the fund’s net asset value, or after the halting of trading of a specific security where trading does not resume prior to the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded. The adviser generally relies on third-party pricing services or other information (such as the correlation with price movements of similar securities in the same or other markets; the type, cost and investment characteristics of the security; the business and financial condition of the issuer; and trading and other market data) to assist in determining whether to fair value and at what value to fair value an investment. The value of an investment for purposes of calculating the fund’s net asset value can differ depending on the source and method used to determine value. When fair valuation is used, the value of an investment used to determine the fund’s net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same investment. There can be no assurance that the fund could obtain the fair value assigned to an investment if it were to sell the investment at the same time at which the fund determines its net asset value per share.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s assets or liabilities. These inputs are categorized into three broad levels. In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, an investment’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The fund’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the investment. Level 1 includes unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 includes other significant observable market-based inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speed, and credit risk). Level 3 includes unobservable inputs, which may include the adviser’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments. Other financial instruments are derivative instruments,

 

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such as futures contracts and forward foreign currency exchange contracts. The following is a summary of the levels used as of April 30, 2019 in valuing the fund’s assets or liabilities:

 

Financial Instruments    Level 1     Level 2     Level 3      Total  
Equity Securities      $179,248       $913       $462,498        $642,659  
U.S. Treasury Bonds & U.S. Government Agency & Equivalents            32,841,345              32,841,345  
Non-U.S. Sovereign Debt            74,435,572              74,435,572  
Municipal Bonds            278,839              278,839  
U.S. Corporate Bonds            259,173,079              259,173,079  
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities            1,956,726              1,956,726  
Asset-Backed Securities (including CDOs)            8,456,586              8,456,586  
Foreign Bonds            113,791,792              113,791,792  
Floating Rate Loans            1,619,288              1,619,288  
Mutual Funds      6,168,331                    6,168,331  
Total      $6,347,579       $492,554,140       $462,498        $499,364,217  
Other Financial Instruments                          
Futures Contracts – Liabilities      $(723,415     $—       $—        $(723,415
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts – Assets            375,836              375,836  
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts – Liabilities            (22,600            (22,600

For further information regarding security characteristics, see the Portfolio of Investments.

The following is a reconciliation of level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value. The table presents the activity of level 3 securities held at the beginning and the end of the period.

 

     Equity Securities  
Balance as of 10/31/18      $462,498  

Change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation

     0  
Balance as of 4/30/19      $462,498  

The net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation from investments held as level 3 at April 30, 2019 is $0. At April 30, 2019, the fund held one level 3 security.

Foreign Currency Translation – Purchases and sales of foreign investments, income, and expenses are converted into U.S. dollars based upon currency exchange rates prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions or on the reporting date for foreign denominated receivables and payables. Gains and losses attributable to foreign currency exchange rates on sales of securities are recorded for financial statement purposes as net realized gains and losses on investments. Gains and losses attributable to foreign exchange rate movements on receivables, payables, income and expenses are recorded for financial statement purposes as foreign currency transaction gains and losses. That portion of both realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments that results from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates is not separately disclosed.

 

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Derivatives – The fund uses derivatives primarily to increase or decrease exposure to a particular market or segment of the market, or security, to increase or decrease interest rate or currency exposure, or as alternatives to direct investments. Derivatives are used for hedging or non-hedging purposes. While hedging can reduce or eliminate losses, it can also reduce or eliminate gains. When the fund uses derivatives as an investment to increase market exposure, or for hedging purposes, gains and losses from derivative instruments may be substantially greater than the derivative’s original cost.

The derivative instruments used by the fund during the period were written options, purchased options, futures contracts, and forward foreign currency exchange contracts. Depending on the type of derivative, the fund may exit a derivative position by entering into an offsetting transaction with a counterparty or exchange, negotiating an agreement with the derivative counterparty, or novating the position to a third party. The fund may be unable to promptly close out a futures position in instances where the daily fluctuation in the price for that type of future exceeds the daily limit set by the exchange. The fund’s period end derivatives, as presented in the Portfolio of Investments and the associated Derivative Contract tables, generally are indicative of the volume of its derivative activity during the period.

The following table presents, by major type of derivative contract, the fair value, on a gross basis, of the asset and liability components of derivatives held by the fund at April 30, 2019 as reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

 

        Fair Value (a)  
Risk   Derivative Contracts   Asset Derivatives     Liability Derivatives  
Interest Rate   Interest Rate Futures     $—       $(723,415)  
Foreign Exchange   Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts     375,836       (22,600)  
Total       $375,836       $(746,015)  

 

(a)

Values presented in this table for futures contracts correspond to the values reported in the fund’s Portfolio of Investments. Only the current day net variation margin for futures contracts is separately reported within the fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The following table presents, by major type of derivative contract, the realized gain (loss) on derivatives held by the fund for the six months ended April 30, 2019 as reported in the Statement of Operations:

 

Risk    Futures
Contracts
     Forward
Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
    

Unaffiliated

Issuers
(Purchased
Options)

     Written
Options
 
Interest Rate      $(1,707,796      $—        $(44,083      $17,822  
Foreign Exchange             1,628,090                
Total      $(1,707,796      $1,628,090        $(44,083      $17,822  

 

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The following table presents, by major type of derivative contract, the change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on derivatives held by the fund for the six months ended April 30, 2019 as reported in the Statement of Operations:

 

Risk    Futures
Contracts
    

Forward

Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts

 
Interest Rate      $(1,384,112      $—  
Foreign Exchange             (908,031
Total      $(1,384,112      $(908,031

Derivative counterparty credit risk is managed through formal evaluation of the creditworthiness of all potential counterparties. On certain, but not all, uncleared derivatives, the fund attempts to reduce its exposure to counterparty credit risk whenever possible by entering into an ISDA Master Agreement on a bilateral basis. The ISDA Master Agreement gives each party to the agreement the right to terminate all transactions traded under such agreement if there is a specified deterioration in the credit quality of the other party. Upon an event of default or a termination of the ISDA Master Agreement, the non-defaulting party has the right to close out all transactions traded under such agreement and to net amounts owed under each agreement to one net amount payable by one party to the other. This right to close out and net payments across all transactions traded under the ISDA Master Agreement could result in a reduction of the fund’s credit risk to such counterparty equal to any amounts payable by the fund under the applicable transactions, if any.

Collateral and margin requirements differ by type of derivative. For cleared derivatives (e.g., futures contracts, cleared swaps, and exchange-traded options), margin requirements are set by the clearing broker and the clearing house and collateral, in the form of cash or securities, is posted by the fund directly with the clearing broker. Collateral terms are counterparty agreement specific for uncleared derivatives (e.g., forward foreign currency exchange contracts, uncleared swap agreements, and uncleared options) and collateral, in the form of cash and securities, is held in segregated accounts with the fund’s custodian in connection with these agreements. For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, which contains a collateral support annex, the collateral requirements are netted across all transactions traded under such counterparty-specific agreement and an amount is posted from one party to the other to collateralize such obligations. Cash that has been segregated or delivered to cover the fund’s collateral or margin obligations under derivative contracts, if any, will be reported separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as restricted cash for uncleared derivatives and/or deposits with brokers for cleared derivatives. Securities pledged as collateral or margin for the same purpose, if any, are noted in the Portfolio of Investments. The fund may be required to make payments of interest on uncovered collateral or margin obligations with the broker. Any such payments are included in “Interest expense and fees” in the Statement of Operations.

Written Options – In exchange for a premium, the fund wrote put options on securities for which it anticipated the price would increase. At the time the option was written, the fund believed the premium received exceeded the potential loss that could

 

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result from adverse price changes in the options’ underlying securities. In a written option, the fund as the option writer grants the buyer the right to purchase from, or sell to, the fund a specified number of shares or units of a particular security, currency or index at a specified price within a specified period of time.

The premium received is initially recorded as a liability in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The option is subsequently marked-to-market daily with the difference between the premium received and the market value of the written option being recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. When a written option expires, the fund realizes a gain equal to the amount of the premium received. The difference between the premium received and the amount paid on effecting a closing transaction is considered a realized gain or loss. When a written put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the security purchased by the fund.

At the initiation of the written option contract, for exchange traded options, the fund is required to deposit securities or cash as collateral with the custodian for the benefit of the broker or directly with the clearing broker, based on the type of option. For uncleared options, the fund may post collateral subject to the terms of an ISDA Master Agreement as generally described above if the market value of the options contract moves against it. The fund, as writer of an option, may have no control over whether the underlying securities may be sold (call) or purchased (put) and, as a result, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the securities underlying the written option. Losses from writing options can exceed the premium received and can exceed the potential loss from an ordinary buy and sell transaction. Although the fund’s market risk may be significant, the maximum counterparty credit risk to the fund is equal to the market value of any collateral posted to the broker. For uncleared options, this risk is mitigated in cases where there is an ISDA Master Agreement between the fund and the counterparty providing for netting as described above.

Purchased Options – The fund purchased call and put options for a premium. Purchased call and put options entitle the holder to buy and sell a specified number of shares or units of a particular security, currency or index at a specified price at a specified date or within a specified period of time. Purchasing call options may hedge against an anticipated increase in the dollar cost of securities or currency to be acquired or increase the fund’s exposure to an underlying instrument. Purchasing put options may hedge against an anticipated decline in the value of portfolio securities or currency or decrease the fund’s exposure to an underlying instrument.

The premium paid is initially recorded as an investment in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. That investment is subsequently marked-to-market daily with the difference between the premium paid and the market value of the purchased option being recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. Premiums paid for purchased call and put options which have expired are treated as realized losses on investments in the Statement of Operations. Upon the exercise or closing of a purchased call option, the premium paid is added to the cost of the security or financial instrument purchased. Upon the exercise or closing of a purchased put option, the premium paid is offset against the proceeds on the sale of the underlying security or financial instrument in order to determine the realized gain or loss on investments.

 

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Whether or not the option is exercised, the fund’s maximum risk of loss from purchasing an option is the amount of premium paid. All option contracts involve credit risk if the counterparty to the option contract fails to perform. For uncleared options, this risk is mitigated in cases where there is an ISDA Master Agreement between the fund and the counterparty providing for netting as described above and, where applicable, by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the fund to cover the fund’s exposure to the counterparty under such ISDA Master Agreement.

Futures Contracts – The fund entered into futures contracts which may be used to hedge against or obtain broad market exposure, interest rate exposure, currency exposure, or to manage duration. A futures contract represents a commitment for the future purchase or sale of an asset at a specified price on a specified date.

Upon entering into a futures contract, the fund is required to deposit with the broker, either in cash or securities, an initial margin in an amount equal to a specified percentage of the notional amount of the contract. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by the fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the contract, and are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized gain or loss by the fund until the contract is closed or expires at which point the gain or loss on futures contracts is realized.

The fund bears the risk of interest rates, exchange rates or securities prices moving unexpectedly, in which case, the fund may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the futures contracts and may realize a loss. While futures contracts may present less counterparty risk to the fund since the contracts are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse guarantees payments to the broker, there is still counterparty credit risk due to the insolvency of the broker. The fund’s maximum risk of loss due to counterparty credit risk is equal to the margin posted by the fund to the broker plus any gains or minus any losses on the outstanding futures contracts.

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts – The fund entered into forward foreign currency exchange contracts for the purchase or sale of a specific foreign currency at a fixed price on a future date. These contracts may be used to hedge the fund’s currency risk or for non-hedging purposes. For hedging purposes, the fund may enter into contracts to deliver or receive foreign currency that the fund will receive from or use in its normal investment activities. The fund may also use contracts to hedge against declines in the value of foreign currency denominated securities due to unfavorable exchange rate movements. For non-hedging purposes, the fund may enter into contracts with the intent of changing the relative exposure of the fund’s portfolio of securities to different currencies to take advantage of anticipated exchange rate changes.

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are adjusted by the daily exchange rate of the underlying currency and any unrealized gains or losses are recorded as a receivable or payable for forward foreign currency exchange contracts until the contract settlement date. On contract settlement date, any gain or loss on the contract is recorded as realized gains or losses on forward foreign currency exchange contracts. Risks may arise upon entering into these contracts from unanticipated movements in the value of the contract and from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts. Generally, the fund’s maximum risk due to counterparty credit

 

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risk is the unrealized gain on the contract due to the use of Continuous Linked Settlement, a multicurrency cash settlement system for the centralized settlement of foreign transactions. This risk is mitigated in cases where there is an ISDA Master Agreement between the fund and the counterparty providing for netting as described above and, where applicable, by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the fund to cover the fund’s exposure to the counterparty under such ISDA Master Agreement.

Loans and Other Direct Debt Instruments – The fund invests in loans and loan participations or other receivables. These investments may include standby financing commitments, including revolving credit facilities, which contractually obligate the fund to supply additional cash to the borrower on demand. The fund generally provides this financial support in order to preserve its existing investment or to obtain a more senior secured interest in the assets of the borrower. Loan participations involve a risk of insolvency of the lending bank or other financial intermediary.

Statement of Cash Flows – Information on financial transactions which have been settled through the receipt or disbursement of cash or restricted cash is presented in the Statement of Cash Flows. Cash as presented in the fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities includes cash on hand at the fund’s custodian bank and does not include any short-term investments. Restricted cash is presented in the fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities as restricted cash for uncleared derivatives and/or deposits with brokers for cleared derivatives and represents cash that has been segregated or delivered to cover the fund’s collateral or margin obligations under derivative contracts.

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash and restricted cash reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities with that shown in the Statement of Cash Flows:

 

     4/30/19  
Cash      $70,304  
Restricted cash       
Restricted cash included in deposits with brokers       
Total cash and restricted cash in the Statement of Cash Flows      $70,304  

The beginning of period cash and restricted cash balance in the Statement of Cash Flows is comprised of cash of $1,838,530, restricted cash of $0, and restricted cash included in deposits with brokers of $0.

Indemnifications – Under the fund’s organizational documents, its officers and Trustees may be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the fund enters into agreements with service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. The fund’s maximum exposure under these agreements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the fund that have not yet occurred.

Investment Transactions and Income – Investment transactions are recorded on the trade date. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. All premium and discount is amortized or accreted for financial statement purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The fund earns certain fees in connection with its floating rate loan purchasing activities. These fees are in addition to interest

 

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payments earned and may include amendment fees, commitment fees, facility fees, consent fees, and prepayment fees. Commitment fees are recorded on an accrual basis as income in the accompanying financial statements. Dividends received in cash are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain dividends from foreign securities will be recorded when the fund is informed of the dividend if such information is obtained subsequent to the ex-dividend date. Dividend and interest payments received in additional securities are recorded on the ex-dividend or ex-interest date in an amount equal to the value of the security on such date. Debt obligations may be placed on non-accrual status or set to accrue at a rate of interest less than the contractual coupon when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful. Interest income for those debt obligations may be further reduced by the write-off of the related interest receivables when deemed uncollectible.

The fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received from litigation involving portfolio holdings are reflected in the Statement of Operations in realized gain/loss if the security has been disposed of by the fund or in unrealized gain/loss if the security is still held by the fund. Any other proceeds from litigation not related to portfolio holdings are reflected as other income in the Statement of Operations.

Tax Matters and Distributions – The fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and to distribute all of its taxable income, including realized capital gains. As a result, no provision for federal income tax is required. The fund’s federal tax returns, when filed, will remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a three year period. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal and state tax returns for all open tax years and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability. Foreign taxes, if any, have been accrued by the fund in the accompanying financial statements in accordance with the applicable foreign tax law. Foreign income taxes may be withheld by certain countries in which the fund invests. Additionally, capital gains realized by the fund on securities issued in or by certain foreign countries may be subject to capital gains tax imposed by those countries.

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The fund seeks to pay monthly distributions based on an annual rate of 8.00% of the fund’s average monthly net asset value. As a result, distributions may exceed actual earnings which may result in a tax return of capital or, to the extent the fund has long-term gains and a capital loss carryforward, distributions of current year long-term gains may be recharacterized as ordinary income. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Certain capital accounts in the financial statements are periodically adjusted for permanent differences in order to reflect their tax character. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or net asset value per share. Temporary differences which arise from recognizing certain items of income, expense, gain or loss in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes will reverse at some time in the future.

Book/tax differences primarily relate to defaulted bonds, amortization and accretion of debt securities, straddle loss deferrals, and derivative transactions.

 

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For the six months ended April 30, 2019, the amount of distributions estimated to be a tax return of capital was approximately $7,167,175 which is reported as distributions from other sources in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

The tax character of distributions made during the current period will be determined at fiscal year end. The tax character of distributions declared to shareholders for the last fiscal year is as follows:

 

     Year ended
10/31/18
 
Ordinary income (including any
short-term capital gains)
     $20,316,659  
Tax return of capital (b)      14,918,250  
Total distributions      $35,234,909  

 

(b)

Distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits are reported in the financial statements as a tax return of capital.

The federal tax cost and the tax basis components of distributable earnings were as follows:

 

As of 4/30/19       
Cost of investments      $500,790,077  
Gross appreciation      11,932,363  
Gross depreciation      (13,358,223
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)      $(1,425,860
As of 10/31/18       
Capital loss carryforwards      (13,130,366
Other temporary differences      (263,739
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)      (26,295,788

The aggregate cost above includes prior fiscal year end tax adjustments, if applicable.

As of October 31, 2018, the fund had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized gains. These net capital losses may be carried forward indefinitely and their character is retained as short-term and/or long-term losses. Such losses are characterized as follows:

 

Short-Term      $(3,568,847
Long-Term      (9,561,519
Total      $(13,130,366

(3) Transactions with Affiliates

Investment Adviser – The fund has an investment advisory agreement with MFS to provide overall investment management and related administrative services and facilities to the fund. The management fee is computed daily and paid monthly at an annual rate of 0.34% of the fund’s average daily net assets and 5.40% of gross income. Gross income is calculated based on tax elections that generally include the accretion of discount and exclude the amortization of premium, which may differ from investment income reported in the Statement of Operations. The management fee,

 

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from net assets and gross income, incurred for the six months ended April 30, 2019 was equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.69% of the fund’s average daily net assets.

Transfer Agent – The fund engages Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (“Computershare”) as the sole transfer agent for the fund. MFS Service Center, Inc. (MFSC) monitors and supervises the activities of Computershare for an agreed upon fee approved by the Board of Trustees. For the six months ended April 30, 2019, these fees paid to MFSC amounted to $16,419.

Administrator – MFS provides certain financial, legal, shareholder communications, compliance, and other administrative services to the fund. Under an administrative services agreement, the fund reimburses MFS the costs incurred to provide these services. The fund is charged an annual fixed amount of $17,500 plus a fee based on average daily net assets. The administrative services fee incurred for the six months ended April 30, 2019 was equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.0162% of the fund’s average daily net assets.

Trustees’ and Officers’ Compensation – The fund pays compensation to independent Trustees in the form of a retainer, attendance fees, and additional compensation to Board and Committee chairpersons. The fund does not pay compensation directly to Trustees or officers of the fund who are also officers of the investment adviser, all of whom receive remuneration for their services to the fund from MFS. Certain officers and Trustees of the fund are officers or directors of MFS and MFSC.

Prior to December 31, 2001, the fund had an unfunded defined benefit plan (“DB plan”) for independent Trustees. As of December 31, 2001, the Board took action to terminate the DB plan with respect to then-current and any future independent Trustees, such that the DB plan covers only certain of those former independent Trustees who retired on or before December 31, 2001. Effective January 1, 2002, accrued benefits under the DB plan for then-current independent Trustees who continued were credited to an unfunded retirement deferral plan (the “Retirement Deferral plan”), which was established for and exists solely with respect to these credited amounts, and is not available for other deferrals by these or other independent Trustees. Although the Retirement Deferral plan is unfunded, amounts deferred under the plan are periodically adjusted for investment experience as if they had been invested in shares of the fund. The DB plan resulted in a pension expense of $1,990 and the Retirement Deferral plan, which terminated on December 31, 2018, resulted in a net decrease in expense of $911. Both amounts are included in “Independent Trustees’ compensation” in the Statement of Operations for the six months ended April 30, 2019. The liability for deferred retirement benefits payable to those former independent Trustees under the DB Plan amounted to $12,860 at April 30, 2019, and is included in “Payable for independent Trustees’ compensation” in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Other – This fund and certain other funds managed by MFS (the funds) have entered into a service agreement (the ISO Agreement) which provides for payment of fees solely by the funds to Tarantino LLC in return for the provision of services of an Independent Senior Officer (ISO) for the funds. Frank L. Tarantino serves as the ISO and

 

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is an officer of the funds and the sole member of Tarantino LLC. The funds can terminate the ISO Agreement with Tarantino LLC at any time under the terms of the ISO Agreement. For the six months ended April 30, 2019, the fee paid by the fund under this agreement was $353 and is included in “Miscellaneous” expense in the Statement of Operations. MFS has agreed to bear all expenses associated with office space, other administrative support, and supplies provided to the ISO.

The fund invests in the MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio which is managed by MFS and seeks current income consistent with preservation of capital and liquidity. This money market fund does not pay a management fee to MFS.

(4) Portfolio Securities

For the six months ended April 30, 2019, purchases and sales of investments, other than purchased option transactions and short-term obligations, were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  
U.S. Government securities      $32,954,426        $55,682,677  
Non-U.S. Government securities      $124,401,507        $123,978,484  

(5) Shares of Beneficial Interest

The fund’s Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest. The Trustees have authorized the repurchase by the fund of up to 10% annually of its own shares of beneficial interest. The fund repurchased 2,335,575 shares of beneficial interest during the six months ended April 30, 2019 at an average price per share of $5.59 and a weighted average discount of 8.77% per share. The fund repurchased 3,490,222 shares of beneficial interest during the year ended October 31, 2018 at an average price per share of $5.82 and a weighted average discount of 9.08% per share. Transactions in fund shares were as follows:

 

     Six months ended
4/30/19
     Year ended
10/31/18
 
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  
Capital shares reacquired      (2,335,575      $(13,049,647      (3,490,222      $(20,317,818

(6) Loan Agreement

The fund has a credit agreement with a bank for a revolving secured line of credit that can be drawn upon up to $100,000,000. At April 30, 2019, the fund had outstanding borrowings under this agreement in the amount of $100,000,000, which are secured by a lien on the fund’s assets. The loan’s carrying value in the fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities approximates its fair value. The loan value as of the reporting date is considered level 2 under the fair value hierarchy. The credit agreement matures on August 19, 2019. Borrowings under the agreement can be made for liquidity or leverage purposes. Interest is charged at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus an agreed upon spread with the option to choose LIBOR periods of overnight, 1, 2, 3, or 6 months, or at the option of the borrower an alternate base rate plus an agreed upon spread. The fund incurred interest expense of $1,473,821 during the period, which is included in “Interest expense and fees” in the Statement of Operations. The fund may also be charged a commitment fee based on the average daily unused portion of the line of credit. The fund did not incur a commitment fee during the period. For the six months ended April 30, 2019, the average loan balance was $100,000,000 at a

 

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weighted average annual interest rate of 2.95%. The fund is subject to certain covenants including, but not limited to, requirements with respect to asset coverage, portfolio diversification and liquidity.

(7) Investments in Affiliated Issuers

An affiliated issuer may be considered one in which the fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common control. For the purposes of this report, the fund assumes the following to be affiliated issuers:

 

Affiliated Issuers   Beginning
Value
    Purchases     Sales
Proceeds
    Realized
Gain
(Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation or
Depreciation
    Ending
Value
 
MFS Institutional Money
Market Portfolio
    $7,352,696       $68,150,759       69,335,115       $(80     $71       $6,168,331  
Affiliated Issuers                               Dividend
Income
    Capital Gain
Distributions
 
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio

 

        $80,784       $—  

(8) Legal Proceedings

In May 2015, the Motors Liquidation Company Avoidance Action Trust (hereafter, “AAT”) served upon the fund a complaint in an adversary proceeding in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, captioned Motors Liquidation Company Avoidance Action Trust v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., et al. (No. 09-00504 (REG)). The complaint, which was originally filed in 2009 but not served on the fund until 2015, names as defendants over 500 entities (including the fund) that held an interest in a $1.5 billion General Motors (GM) term loan in 2009, when GM filed for bankruptcy. The AAT alleges that the fund and the other term loan lenders were improperly treated as secured lenders with respect to the term loan shortly before and immediately after GM’s bankruptcy, receiving full principal and interest payments under the loan. The AAT alleges that the fund and other term loan lenders should have been treated as unsecured (or partially unsecured) creditors because the main lien securing the collateral was allegedly not perfected at the time of GM’s bankruptcy due to an erroneous filing in October 2008 that terminated the financing statement perfecting the lien. The AAT seeks to claw back payments made to the fund and the other term loan lenders after, and during the 90 days before, GM’s June 2009 bankruptcy petition. During that time period, the fund received term loan payments of approximately $750,000. The fund cannot predict the outcome of this proceeding. Among other things, it is unclear whether the AAT’s claims will succeed; what the fund would be entitled to as an unsecured (or partially unsecured) creditor, given the existence of other collateral not impacted by the erroneous October 2008 filing; whether third parties responsible for the erroneous October 2008 filing would bear some or all of any liability; and the degree to which the fund may be entitled to indemnification from a third party for any amount required to be disgorged. The fund has and will continue to incur legal expenses associated with the defense of this action and in related claims against third parties.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of MFS Multimarket Income Trust:

We have reviewed the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of MFS Multimarket Income Trust (the Fund), including the portfolio of investments, as of April 30, 2019, and the related statements of operations, changes in net assets, cash flows and financial highlights for the six-month period ended April 30, 2019. These interim financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management.

We conducted our review in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

Based on our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying interim financial statements and financial highlights for them to be in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the statement of changes in net assets for the year ended October 31, 2018 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended October 31, 2018, and in our report dated December 14, 2018, we expressed an unqualified opinion on such statement of changes in net assets and financial highlights.

 

LOGO

Boston, Massachusetts

June 17, 2019

 

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PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND INFORMATION

MFS votes proxies on behalf of the fund pursuant to proxy voting policies and procedures that are available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-225-2606, by visiting mfs.com/proxyvoting, or by visiting the SEC Web site at http://www.sec.gov.

Information regarding how the fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 is available by August 31 of each year without charge by visiting mfs.com/proxyvoting, or by visiting the SEC’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov.

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO DISCLOSURE

The fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q or as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT (for first and third fiscal quarters ending March 31, 2019 or after). The fund’s Form N-Q or Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. A shareholder can obtain the portfolio holdings report for the first and third quarters of the fund’s fiscal year at mfs.com/closedendfunds by choosing the fund’s name and then selecting the “Resources” tab and clicking on “Prospectus and Reports”.

FURTHER INFORMATION

From time to time, MFS may post important information about the fund or the MFS funds on the MFS web site (mfs.com). This information is available at https://www.mfs.com/en-us/what-we-do/announcements.html or at mfs.com/closedendfunds by choosing the fund’s name.

Additional information about the fund (e.g., performance, dividends and the fund’s price history) is also available by clicking on the fund’s name under “Closed-End Funds” in the “Products” section of mfs.com.

INFORMATION ABOUT FUND CONTRACTS AND LEGAL CLAIMS

The fund has entered into contractual arrangements with an investment adviser, administrator, transfer agent, and custodian who each provide services to the fund. Unless expressly stated otherwise, shareholders are not parties to, or intended beneficiaries of these contractual arrangements, and these contractual arrangements are not intended to create any shareholder right to enforce them against the service providers or to seek any remedy under them against the service providers, either directly or on behalf of the fund.

Under the Trust’s By-Laws and Declaration of Trust, any claims asserted against or on behalf of the MFS Funds, including claims against Trustees and Officers, must be brought in state and federal courts located within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 

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LOGO

 

CONTACT US

TRANSFER AGENT, REGISTRAR, AND

DIVIDEND DISBURSING AGENT

CALL

1-800-637-2304

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time

WRITE

Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

P.O. Box 43078

Providence, RI 02940-3078

 

New York Stock Exchange Symbol: MMT


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ITEM 2.

CODE OF ETHICS.

During the period covered by this report, the Registrant has not amended any provision in its Code of Ethics (the “Code”) that relates to an element of the Code’s definitions enumerated in paragraph (b) of Item 2 of this Form N-CSR. During the period covered by this report, the Registrant did not grant a waiver, including an implicit waiver, from any provision of the Code.

 

ITEM 3.

AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

Not applicable for semi-annual reports.

 

ITEM 4.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Not applicable for semi-annual reports.

 

ITEM 5.

AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

Not applicable for semi-annual reports.

 

ITEM 6.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

A schedule of investments for MFS Multimarket Income Trust is included as part of the report to shareholders under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

 

ITEM 7.

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

Not applicable for semi-annual reports.


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ITEM 8.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Information regarding the portfolio manager(s) of the MFS Multimarket Income Trust (the “Fund”) is set forth below. Each portfolio manager is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.

Andy Li became a portfolio manager of the Fund on February 1, 2019.

 

Portfolio

Manager

  

Primary Role

  

Since

  

Title and Five Year History

Robert Spector    Co-Lead Portfolio Manager    2017    Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment area of MFS since 2011
Ward Brown    Emerging Markets Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager    2012    Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment area of MFS since 2005
David Cole    Below Investment Grade Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager    2006    Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment area of MFS since 2004
Pilar Gomez-Bravo    Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager    2013    Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment area of MFS since 2013
Andy Li    Investment Grade Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager    February 2019    Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment area of MFS since 2018; Portfolio Manager at Man GLG from 2014 to 2018; Portfolio Manager at ECM Asset Management prior to 2014
Robert Persons    Investment Grade Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager    2013    Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment area of MFS since 2000
Matt Ryan    Emerging Markets Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager    2004    Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment area of MFS since 1997
Michael Skatrud    Below Investment Grade Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager    2018    Investment Officer of MFS; Employed in the investment area of MFS since May 2013

APPENDIX E - PORTFOLIO MANAGER(S)

Compensation

MFS’ philosophy is to align portfolio manager compensation with the goal to provide shareholders with long-term value through a collaborative investment process. Therefore, MFS uses long-term investment performance as well as contribution to the overall investment process and collaborative culture as key factors in determining portfolio manager compensation. In addition, MFS seeks to maintain total compensation programs that are competitive in the asset management industry in each geographic market where it has employees. MFS uses competitive compensation data to ensure that compensation practices are aligned with its goals of attracting, retaining, and motivating the highest-quality professionals.

MFS reviews portfolio manager compensation annually. In determining portfolio manager compensation, MFS uses quantitative means and qualitative means to help ensure a sustainable investment process. As of December 31, 2018, portfolio manager total cash compensation is a combination of base salary and performance bonus:

Base Salary – Base salary generally represents a smaller percentage of portfolio manager total cash compensation than performance bonus.

Performance Bonus – Generally, the performance bonus represents more than a majority of portfolio manager total cash compensation.

The performance bonus is based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative factors, generally with more weight given to the former and less weight given to the latter.


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The quantitative portion is primarily based on the pre-tax performance of accounts managed by the portfolio manager over a range of fixed-length time periods, intended to provide the ability to assess performance over time periods consistent with a full market cycle and a strategy’s investment horizon. The fixed-length time periods include the portfolio manager’s full tenure on each fund and, when available, ten-, five-, and three-year periods. For portfolio managers who have served for less than three years, shorter-term periods, including the one-year period, will also be considered, as will performance in previous roles, if any, held at the firm. Emphasis is generally placed on longer performance periods when multiple performance periods are available. Performance is evaluated across the full set of strategies and portfolios managed by a given portfolio manager, relative to appropriate peer group universes and/or representative indices (“benchmarks”). As of December 31, 2018, the following benchmarks were used to measure the following portfolio manager’s performance for the Fund:

 

Fund

  

Portfolio Manager

  

Benchmark(s)

MFS Multimarket Income Trust    Robert Spector   

Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Credit Bond Index

JP Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. High-Yield Corporate Bond 2% Issuer Capped Index

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government/Mortgage Bond Index

  

 

Ward Brown

  

 

JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global

  

 

David Cole

  

 

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. High-Yield Corporate Bond 2% Issuer Capped Index

  

 

Pilar Gomez-Bravo

  

 

Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Credit Bond Index

JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. High-Yield Corporate Bond 2% Issuer Capped Index

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government/Mortgage Bond Index

  

 

Andy Li1

  

 

Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Credit Bond Index

  

 

Robert Persons

  

 

Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Credit Bond Index

  

 

Matt Ryan

  

 

JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global

  

 

Michael Skatrud

  

 

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. High-Yield Corporate Bond 2% Issuer Capped Index

 

1 

Information is as of February 1, 2019.

Benchmarks may include versions and components of indices, custom indices, and linked indices that combine performance of different indices for different portions of the time period, where appropriate.

The qualitative portion is based on the results of an annual internal peer review process (where portfolio managers are evaluated by other portfolio managers, analysts, and traders) and management’s assessment of overall portfolio manager contribution to the MFS investment process and the client experience (distinct from fund and other account performance).

The performance bonus is generally a combination of cash and a deferred cash award. A deferred cash award is issued for a cash value and becomes payable over a three-year vesting period if the portfolio manager remains in the continuous employ of MFS or its affiliates. During the vesting period, the value of the unfunded deferred cash award will fluctuate as though the portfolio manager had invested the cash value of the award in an MFS Fund(s) selected by the portfolio manager.

MFS Equity Plan – Portfolio managers also typically benefit from the opportunity to participate in the MFS Equity Plan. Equity interests are awarded by management, on a discretionary basis, taking into account tenure at MFS, contribution to the investment process, and other factors.

Finally, portfolio managers also participate in benefit plans (including a defined contribution plan and health and other insurance plans) and programs available generally to other employees of MFS. The percentage such benefits represent of any portfolio manager’s compensation depends upon the length of the individual’s tenure at MFS and salary level, as well as other factors.


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Ownership of Fund Shares

The following table shows the dollar range of equity securities of the Fund beneficially owned by the Fund’s portfolio manager(s) as of the Fund’s fiscal year ended October 31, 2018. The following dollar ranges apply:

N. None

A. $1 – $10,000

B. $10,001 – $50,000

C. $50,001 – $100,000

D. $100,001 – $500,000

E. $500,001 – $1,000,000

F. Over $1,000,000

 

Name of Portfolio Manager

  

Dollar Range of Equity Securities in Fund

Robert Spector    N
Ward Brown    N
David Cole    N
Pilar Gomez-Bravo    N
Andy Li1    N
Robert Persons    N
Matt Ryan    N
Michael Skatrud    N

 

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Mr. Li became a Portfolio Manager of the Fund on February 1, 2019. Information is as of May 1, 2019.


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Other Accounts

In addition to the Fund, each portfolio manager of the Fund is named as a portfolio manager of certain other accounts managed or sub-advised by MFS or an affiliate. The number and assets of these accounts were as follows as of the Fund’s fiscal year ended October 31, 2018:

 

     Registered Investment
Companies*
     Other Pooled Investment
Vehicles
     Other Accounts  

Name

   Number of
Accounts
     Total
Assets
     Number of
Accounts
     Total Assets      Number of
Accounts
     Total Assets  

Robert Spector

     5      $ 4.2 billion        9      $ 4.5 billion        47      $ 2.3 billion  

Ward Brown

     7      $ 10.6 billion        5      $ 3.0 billion        3      $ 1.2 billion  

David Cole

     12      $ 7.7 billion        4      $ 1.3 billion        1      $ 42.4 million  

Pilar Gomez-Bravo

     5      $ 4.2 billion        4      $ 2.7 billion        3      $ 737.6 million  

Andy Li1

(Became a Portfolio Manager of the Fund on February 1, 2019)

     5      $ 3.9 billion        5      $ 2.7 billion        2      $ 743.7 million  

Robert Persons

     17      $ 28.5 billion        9      $ 3.8 billion        7      $ 973.0 million  

Matt Ryan

     9      $ 11.1 billion        6      $ 3.5 billion        3      $ 1.2 billion  

Michael Skatrud

     11      $ 7.7 billion        5      $ 749.9 million        1      $ 42.4 million  

 

*

Includes the Fund.

1 

Account information is as of May 1, 2019.

Advisory fees are not based upon performance of any of the accounts identified in the table above.

Potential Conflicts of Interest

MFS seeks to identify potential conflicts of interest resulting from a portfolio manager’s management of both the Fund and other accounts, and has adopted policies and procedures designed to address such potential conflicts.

The management of multiple funds and accounts (including proprietary accounts) gives rise to conflicts of interest if the funds and accounts have different objectives and strategies, benchmarks, time horizons and fees as a portfolio manager must allocate his or her time and investment ideas across multiple funds and accounts. In certain instances, there are securities which are suitable for the Fund’s portfolio as well as for accounts of MFS or its subsidiaries with similar investment objectives. MFS’ trade allocation policies may give rise to conflicts of interest if the Fund’s orders do not get fully executed or are delayed in getting executed due to being aggregated with those of other accounts of MFS or its subsidiaries. A portfolio manager may execute transactions for another fund or account that may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investments. Investments selected for funds or accounts other than the Fund may outperform investments selected for the Fund.

When two or more clients are simultaneously engaged in the purchase or sale of the same security, the securities are allocated among clients in a manner believed by MFS to be fair and equitable to each. Allocations may be based on many factors and may not always be pro rata based on assets managed. The allocation methodology could have a detrimental effect on the price or volume of the security as far as the Fund is concerned.

MFS and/or a portfolio manager may have a financial incentive to allocate favorable or limited opportunity investments or structure the timing of investments to favor accounts other than the Fund, for instance, those that pay a higher advisory fee and/or have a performance adjustment and/or include an investment by the portfolio manager.


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ITEM 9.

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

MFS Multimarket Income Trust

 

Period

   (a) Total number
of Shares
Purchased
     (b)
Average
Price
Paid per
Share
     (c) Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs
     (d) Maximum
Number (or
Approximate
Dollar Value) of
Shares that May
Yet Be Purchased
under the Plans
or Programs
 

11/01/18-11/30/18

     320,378        5.30        320,378        6,116,629  

12/01/18-12/31/18

     86,510        5.34        86,510        6,030,119  

1/01/19-1/31/19

     648,826        5.48        648,826        5,381,293  

2/01/19-2/28/19

     271,052        5.68        271,052        5,110,241  

3/01/19-3/31/19

     122,596        5.66        122,596        4,987,645  

4/01/19-4/30/19

     886,213        5.76        886,213        4,101,432  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total

     2,335,575        5.59        2,335,575     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Note: The Board approved procedures to repurchase shares and reviews the results periodically. The notification to shareholders of the program is part of the semi-annual and annual reports sent to shareholders. These annual programs begin on October 1st of each year. The programs conform to the conditions of Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and limit the aggregate number of shares that may be purchased in each annual period (October 1 through the following September 30) to 10% of the Registrant’s outstanding shares as of the first day of the plan year (October 1). The aggregate number of shares available for purchase for the October 1, 2018 plan year is 6,751,470.

 

ITEM 10.

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may send recommendations to the Board for nominees to the Registrant’s Board since the Registrant last provided disclosure as to such procedures in response to the requirements of Item 407 (c)(2)(iv) of Regulation S-K or this Item.


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ITEM 11.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

(a)

Based upon their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this Form N-CSR, the registrant’s principal financial officer and principal executive officer have concluded that those disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that the material information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

 

(b)

There were no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter covered by the report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 12.

DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable for semi-annual reports.

 

ITEM 13.

EXHIBITS.

 

(a)

File the exhibits listed below as part of this form. Letter or number the exhibits in the sequence indicated.

 

  (1)

Any code of ethics, or amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy the Item 2 requirements through filing of an exhibit. Not applicable.

 

  (2)

A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2): Attached hereto as EX-99.302CERT.

 

  (3)

Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 under the Act (17 CFR 270.23c-1) sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons. Not applicable.

 

  (4)

Change in the registrant’s independent public accountant. Not applicable.

 

(b)

If the report is filed under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, provide the certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)), Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-14(b) or 240.15d-14(b)) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350) as an exhibit. A certification furnished pursuant to this paragraph will not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78r), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference: Attached hereto as EX-99.906CERT.

 

(c)

Notices to Trust’s common shareholders in accordance with Investment Company Act Section 19(a) and Rule 19a-1. Attached hereto as EX-99.19a-1.


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Notice

A copy of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Registrant is on file with the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and notice is hereby given that this instrument is executed on behalf of the Registrant by an officer of the Registrant as an officer and not individually and the obligations of or arising out of this instrument are not binding upon any of the Trustees or shareholders individually, but are binding only upon the assets and property of the respective constituent series of the Registrant.


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SIGNATURES

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

Registrant MFS MULTIMARKET INCOME TRUST

 

By (Signature and Title)*    DAVID L. DILORENZO
  David L. DiLorenzo, President

Date: June 17, 2019

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

 

By (Signature and Title)*    DAVID L. DILORENZO
  David L. DiLorenzo, President (Principal Executive Officer)

Date: June 17, 2019

 

By (Signature and Title)*    JAMES O. YOST
  James O. Yost, Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Accounting Officer)

Date: June 17, 2019

 

*

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