N-CSR 1 f23852d1.htm MFS MULTIMARKET INCOME TRUST NCSR MFS Multimarket Income Trust NCSR

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: October 31, 2022

ITEM 1. REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.

Item 1(a):


Annual Report
October 31, 2022
MFS®  Multimarket
Income Trust
MMT-ANN
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 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 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.
MFS® Multimarket
Income Trust
New York Stock Exchange Symbol: MMT
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NOT FDIC INSURED  •  MAY LOSE VALUE  •  NO BANK GUARANTEE
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR AND CEO
Dear Shareholders:
Global markets have recently been buffeted by a series of crosscurrents, including rising inflation, tighter financial conditions, and evolving geopolitical tensions. Consequently, at a time when global growth faces multiple headwinds, central banks have been presented with the challenge of reining in rising prices without tipping economies into recession. The U.S. Federal Reserve has made it clear that rates must move higher and tighter policy must be sustained to restore price stability and that this will likely bring some pain to households and businesses. Against that backdrop, richly valued, interest rate–sensitive growth equities have been hit particularly hard by rising interest rates. Volatility in fixed income and currency markets has picked up, with fiscal policy missteps in the United Kingdom leading to a crisis of market confidence that ultimately resulted in the ouster of Prime Minister Liz Truss. That episode could forewarn other governments to avoid policy overreach.
There are, however, encouraging signs for the markets. China has modestly relaxed its zero-COVID policy, and cases globally, while numerous, appear to be causing fewer serious illnesses. Meanwhile, unemployment is low and global supply chain bottlenecks are easing, though lingering coronavirus restrictions in China and disruptions stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could hamper these advances. Additionally, easier Chinese monetary and regulatory policies and the record pace of corporate stock buybacks are supportive elements, albeit in an otherwise turbulent investment environment.
It is important to have a deep understanding of company fundamentals during times of market transition, and we have built our unique global research platform to do just that.
At MFS®, we put our clients’ assets to work responsibly by carefully navigating increasingly complex global capital markets. Our investment team is guided by a commitment to long-term fundamental investing. Our global investment platform — combining collective expertise, long-term discipline, and thoughtful risk management — seeks to uncover what we believe are the best, most durable investment ideas in markets around the world, enabling us to potentially create value for investors.
Respectfully,
Michael W. Roberge
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
MFS Investment Management
December 15, 2022
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 (v)
Portfolio structure reflecting equivalent exposure of derivative positions (i)
 
Fixed income sectors (i)
High Yield Corporates 66.3%
Emerging Markets Bonds 29.3%
Investment Grade Corporates 25.8%
Collateralized Loan Obligations 2.2%
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 1.9%
Asset-Backed Securities 0.7%
Municipal Bonds 0.4%
Non-U.S. Government Bonds (15.8)%
U.S. Treasury Securities (27.8)%
Portfolio facts
Average Duration (d) 5.6
Average Effective Maturity (m) 8.0 yrs.
 
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Composition including fixed income credit quality (a)(i)
AAA 3.1%
AA 7.0%
A 7.6%
BBB 27.8%
BB 44.6%
B 28.0%
CCC 8.5%
C (o) 0.0%
D 0.1%
U.S. Government 4.3%
Not Rated (48.0)%
Non-Fixed Income 1.2%
Cash & Cash Equivalents
(Less Liabilities) (b) 		(32.2)%
Other (q) 48.0%
(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. If none of the 3 rating agencies above assign a rating, but the security is rated by DBRS Morningstar, then the DBRS Morningstar rating is assigned. If none of the 4 rating agencies listed above rate the security, but the security is rated by the Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA), then the KBRA rating 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. Not Rated includes fixed income securities and fixed income derivatives that have not been rated by any rating agency.
Non-Fixed Income includes equity securities (including convertible bonds and equity derivatives), ETFs, 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.
(b) Cash & Cash Equivalents (Less Liabilities) includes any cash, investments in money market funds, short-term securities, and other assets less liabilities. Liabilities include the value of outstanding borrowings made by the fund for leverage transactions. Cash & Cash Equivalents (Less Liabilities) is negative due to these borrowings. Please see the Statement of Assets and Liabilities for additional information related to the fund’s cash position and other assets and liabilities. Please see Note 6 in the Notes to Financial Statements for more information on the fund's outstanding borrowings.
(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. The Average Duration calculation reflects the impact of the equivalent exposure of derivative positions, if any.
(f) The fund invests a portion of its assets in Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) to gain fixed income exposure. Percentages include the direct exposure from investing in ETFs and not the indirect exposure to the underlying holdings.
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(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%.
(p) For purposes of the presentation of Portfolio structure at value, Other includes equivalent exposure from currency derivatives and may be negative.
(q) For purposes of this presentation, Other includes equivalent exposure from currency derivatives and/or any offsets to derivative positions and may be negative.
(v) For purposes of this presentation, market value of fixed income and/or equity derivatives, if any, is included in Cash & Cash Equivalents.
Where the fund holds convertible bonds, they are treated as part of the equity portion of the portfolio.
Percentages are based on net assets as of October 31, 2022.
The portfolio is actively managed and current holdings may be different.
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Management Review
Summary of Results
For the twelve months ended October 31, 2022, shares of the MFS Multimarket Income Trust (fund) provided a total return of -15.74%, at net asset value, and a total return of -28.43%, at market value. This compares with a return of -11.76% for the fund’s benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High-Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index. Over the same period, the fund's other benchmark, the MFS Multimarket Income Trust Blended Index (Blended Index), generated a return of -16.20%. The Blended Index reflects the blended returns of various fixed income market indices, with percentage allocations to each index designed to resemble the fixed income allocations of the fund. The market indices and related percentage allocations used to compile the Blended Index are set forth in the Performance Summary.
The performance commentary below is based on the net asset value performance of the fund, which reflects the performance of the underlying pool of assets held by the fund. The total return at market value represents the return earned by owners of the shares of the fund, which are traded publicly on the exchange.
Market Environment
During the reporting period, markets continued to grapple with the strongest global inflationary pressures in decades along with signs of slowing economic growth. Intermittent coronavirus flareups, particularly in China, where home-grown vaccines have proved less effective than elsewhere, kept supply chains stretched for a considerable period. At the same time, the reopening of the economy in the parts of the world where the virus has been better contained has led to a shift in consumption patterns in favor of services, straining already tight labor markets in most developed economies, while reducing demand for manufactured goods, primarily from Asia. As a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, geopolitical considerations, such as sanctions and trade bans, have resulted in additional supply chain tumult and volatile global energy prices. Taken together, these factors have contributed to market volatility.
The ripple effects from the Russian invasion further complicated the mission central banks must undertake to rein in surging inflation. Energy shocks have historically resulted in global growth slowdowns, if not pullbacks, so policymakers will find themselves in the difficult position of trying to restrain inflation without tipping economies into recession. Despite the challenging macroeconomic and geopolitical environment, policymakers remained focused on corralling inflation, although investors appeared to have expected varying degrees of action from the central banks. The Fed was expected to be the most hawkish developed market central bank and the European Central Bank less so, given the growth-depleting effects on Europe's economy stemming from the invasion, while the Bank of Japan remained on the monetary sidelines, leading to a dramatic weakening of the yen.
Against an environment of still-tight labor markets, tighter global financial conditions and volatile materials prices, investor anxiety appeared to have increased over the potential that corporate profit margins may be past peak for this cycle. That said, tentative signs that supply chain bottlenecks (particularly semiconductors) may be easing, low levels of unemployment across developed markets and somewhat easier prices for non-energy raw materials were supportive factors for the macroeconomic backdrop.
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Factors Affecting Performance
Relative to the Blended Index, bond selection within both the industrials and government-related sovereign sectors, mainly within “B” and “CCC”-rated(r) bonds, detracted from the fund’s relative performance.
Conversely, yield curve(y) positioning, particularly the fund’s lesser exposure to shifts in the short end of the yield curve, contributed to relative performance. The fund’s lesser-than-benchmark exposure to the government-related sovereign sector, along with its greater exposure to the industrials sector was another source of relative strength.
The fund employs leverage and, to the extent that investments are purchased through the use of leverage, the fund’s net asset value may increase or decrease at a greater rate than a comparable unleveraged fund. During the reporting period, the use of leverage weakened relative returns.
The fund has a managed distribution policy, the primary purpose of which is to provide shareholders with a constant, but not guaranteed, fixed rate of distribution each month. This policy had no material impact on the fund's investment strategies during its most recent fiscal year. The level of distributions paid by the fund pursuant to its managed distribution policy may cause the fund's net asset value (NAV) per share to decline more so than if the policy were not in place, including if distributions are in excess of fund returns. However, the adviser believes the policy may benefit the fund’s market price and premium/discount to the fund’s NAV. For the twelve months ended October 31, 2022, the tax character of dividends paid pursuant to the managed distribution policy includes an ordinary income distribution of $23,699,603 and a tax return of capital distribution of $2,886,930. See “Managed Distribution Policy Disclosure” in the inside cover page of this Annual Report for additional details regarding the policy and related implications for the fund and shareholders.
Respectfully,
Portfolio Manager(s)
Robert Spector, Ward Brown, David Cole, Pilar Gomez-Bravo, Andy Li, Henry Peabody, Matt Ryan, and Michael Skatrud
(r) Securities rated “BBB”, “Baa”, or higher are considered investment grade; securities rated “BB”, “Ba”, or below are considered non-investment grade. Ratings are assigned to underlying securities utilizing ratings from Moody's, Fitch, and Standard & Poor's 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. If none of the 3 rating agencies above assign a rating, but the security is rated by DBRS Morningstar, then the DBRS Morningstar rating is assigned. If none
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of the 4 rating agencies listed above rate the security, but the security is rated by the Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA), then the KBRA rating is assigned. Ratings are shown in the S&P and Fitch scale (e.g., AAA). For securities that are not rated by any of the rating agencies, the security is considered Not Rated.
(y) A yield curve graphically depicts the yields of different maturity bonds of the same credit quality and type; a normal yield curve is upward sloping, with short-term rates lower than long-term rates.
The views expressed in this report are those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period of the report as stated on the cover and do not necessarily reflect the views of MFS or any other person in the MFS organization. These views are subject to change at any time based on market or other conditions, and MFS disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied upon as investment advice or an indication of trading intent on behalf of any MFS portfolio. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities, and may not be representative of any MFS portfolio’s current or future investments.
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Performance Summary THROUGH 10/31/22
The following chart illustrates the fund’s historical performance in comparison to its benchmark(s). Performance results reflect the percentage change in net asset value and market value, including reinvestment of fund distributions. Benchmarks are unmanaged and may not be invested in directly. Benchmark returns do not reflect commissions or expenses. (See Notes to Performance Summary.)
Performance data shown represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value fluctuate so your shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than the original cost; current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. The performance shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes, if any, that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the sale of fund shares.
Growth of a Hypothetical $10,000 Investment
Average Annual Total Returns through 10/31/22
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Market Value (r) 3/12/87 (28.43)% 1.48% 3.24%
Net Asset Value (r) 3/12/87 (15.74)% 1.70% 3.69%
Comparative benchmark(s)
       
Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High-Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index (f) (11.76)% 2.00% 4.11%
MFS Multimarket Income Trust Blended Index (f)(w) (16.20)% 0.12% 2.35%
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Index (f) (21.76)% (1.86)% 0.15%
Bloomberg U.S. Government/Mortgage Index (f) (14.38)% (0.74)% 0.41%
JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global (f) (22.21)% (2.33)% 0.88%
    
(f) Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
(r) Includes reinvestment of all distributions. Market value references New York Stock Exchange Price.
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(w) The MFS Multimarket Income Trust Blended Index (a custom index) was comprised of the following at the beginning and at the end of the reporting period:
    
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Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High-Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index 50%
JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global 20%
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Index 20%
Bloomberg U.S. Government/Mortgage Index 10%
Benchmark Definition(s)
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Index(a) – a subset of the Global Aggregate Index, and contains investment grade credit securities from the U.S. Aggregate, Pan-European Aggregate, Asian-Pacific Aggregate, Eurodollar, 144A, and Euro-Yen indices. Credit securities are publicly issued corporate and specified foreign debentures and secured notes that meet the specified maturity, liquidity and quality requirements.
Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High-Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index(a) – a component of the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High-Yield Bond Index, which measures performance of non-investment grade, fixed rate debt. The index limits the maximum exposure to any one issuer to 2%.
Bloomberg U.S. Government/Mortgage Index(a) – measures debt issued by the U.S. Government, and its agencies, as well as mortgage-backed pass-through securities of Ginnie Mae (GNMA), Fannie Mae (FNMA), and Freddie Mac (FHLMC).
JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global – measures the performance of U.S. dollar-denominated debt instruments issued by emerging market sovereign and quasi-sovereign entities: Brady bonds, loans, Eurobonds.
It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
(a) Source: Bloomberg Index Services Limited. BLOOMBERG® is a trademark and service mark of Bloomberg Finance L.P. and its affiliates (collectively “Bloomberg”). Bloomberg or Bloomberg's licensors own all proprietary rights in the Bloomberg Indices. Bloomberg neither approves or endorses this material, or guarantees the accuracy or completeness of any information herein, or makes any warranty, express or implied, as to the results to be obtained therefrom and, to the maximum extent allowed by law, neither shall have any liability or responsibility for injury or damages arising in connection therewith.
Notes to Performance Summary
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.
Net asset values and performance results based on net asset value per share do not include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and may differ from amounts reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities or the Financial Highlights.
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From time to time the fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements, without which performance would be lower.
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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Investment Objective, Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks
Investment Objective
The fund’s investment objective is to seek high current income, but may also consider capital appreciation. The fund’s objective may be changed without shareholder approval.
Principal Investment Strategies
The fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in fixed income securities. This policy may not be changed without shareholder approval.
MFS (Massachusetts Financial Services Company, the fund's investment adviser) considers debt instruments of all types to be fixed income securities.
MFS normally invests the fund’s assets in corporate bonds of U.S. and/or foreign issuers, U.S. Government securities, foreign government securities, mortgage-backed securities and other securitized instruments of U.S. and foreign issuers, and/or debt instruments of issuers located in emerging market countries. MFS allocates the fund’s assets across these categories with a view toward broad diversification across and within these categories. MFS may also invest the fund’s assets in equity securities.
MFS may invest up to 100% of the fund’s assets in below investment grade quality debt instruments.
MFS normally invests the fund's assets across different industries, sectors, countries, and regions, but MFS may invest a significant percentage of the fund’s assets in issuers in a single industry, sector, country, or region.
The fund seeks to make a monthly distribution at an annual fixed rate of 8.00% of the fund’s average monthly net asset value.
While MFS may use derivatives for any investment purpose, to the extent MFS uses derivatives, MFS expects to use derivatives primarily to increase or decrease exposure to a particular market, segment of the market, or security, to increase or decrease interest rate or currency exposure, or as alternatives to direct investments.
MFS uses an active bottom-up investment approach to buying and selling investments for the fund. Investments are selected primarily based on fundamental analysis of individual issuers and/or instruments in light of the issuer’s financial condition and market, economic, political, and regulatory conditions. Factors considered for debt instruments may include the instrument’s credit quality, collateral characteristics, and indenture provisions, and the issuer’s management ability, capital structure, leverage, and ability to meet its current obligations. Factors considered for equity securities may include analysis of an issuer’s earnings, cash flows, competitive position, and management ability. MFS may also consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in its fundamental investment analysis where MFS believes such factors could materially impact the economic value of an issuer or instrument. ESG factors considered may include, but are not limited to, climate change, resource depletion, an issuer's governance structure and practices, data protection and privacy issues, and
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diversity and labor practices. Quantitative screening tools that systematically evaluate the structure of a debt instrument and its features or the valuation, price and earnings momentum, earnings quality, and other factors of the issuer of an equity security may also be considered.
The fund may use leverage by borrowing up to 33 1/3% of the fund’s assets, including borrowings for investment purposes, and investing the proceeds pursuant to its investment strategies. If approved by the fund’s Board of Trustees, the fund may use leverage by other methods.
MFS may engage in active and frequent trading in pursuing the fund's principal investment strategies.
In response to market, economic, political, or other conditions, MFS may depart from the fund’s principal investment strategies by temporarily investing for defensive purposes.
Principal Investment Types
The principal investment types in which the fund may invest are:
Debt Instruments: Debt instruments represent obligations of corporations, governments, and other entities to repay money borrowed, or other instruments believed to have debt-like characteristics. The issuer or borrower usually pays a fixed, variable, or floating rate of interest, and must repay the amount borrowed, usually at the maturity of the instrument. Debt instruments generally trade in the over-the-counter market and can be less liquid than other types of investments, particularly during adverse market and economic conditions. During certain market conditions, debt instruments in some or many segments of the debt market can trade at a negative interest rate (i.e., the price to purchase the debt instrument is more than the present value of expected interest payments and principal due at the maturity of the instrument). Some debt instruments, such as zero coupon bonds or payment-in-kind bonds, do not pay current interest. Other debt instruments, such as certain mortgage-backed securities and other securitized instruments, make periodic payments of interest and/or principal. Some debt instruments are partially or fully secured by collateral supporting the payment of interest and principal.
Corporate Bonds: Corporate bonds are debt instruments issued by corporations or similar entities.
U.S. Government Securities: U.S. Government securities are securities issued or guaranteed as to the payment of principal and interest by the U.S. Treasury, by an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. Government, or by a U.S. Government-sponsored entity. Certain U.S. Government securities are not supported as to the payment of principal and interest by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury or the ability to borrow from the U.S. Treasury. Some U.S. Government securities are supported as to the payment of principal and interest only by the credit of the entity issuing or guaranteeing the security. U.S. Government securities include mortgage-backed securities and other types of securitized instruments guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury, by an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. Government, or by a U.S. Government-sponsored entity.
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Foreign Government Securities: Foreign government securities are debt instruments issued, guaranteed, or supported, as to the payment of principal and interest, by foreign governments, foreign government agencies, foreign semi-governmental entities or supranational entities, or debt instruments issued by entities organized and operated for the purpose of restructuring outstanding foreign government securities. Foreign government securities may not be supported as to the payment of principal and interest by the full faith and credit of the foreign government.
Securitized Instruments: Securitized instruments are debt instruments that generally provide payments of principal and interest based on the terms of the instrument and cash flows generated by the underlying assets. Underlying assets include residential and commercial mortgages, debt instruments, loans, leases, and receivables. Securitized instruments are issued by trusts or other special purpose entities that hold the underlying assets. Certain securitized instruments offer multiple classes that differ in terms of their priority to receive principal and/or interest payments under the terms of the instrument. Securitized instruments include mortgage-backed securities, collateralized debt obligations, and other asset-backed securities. Certain mortgage-backed securities are issued on a delayed delivery or forward commitment basis where payment and delivery take place at a future date.
Equity Securities: Equity securities represent an ownership interest, or the right to acquire an ownership interest, in a company or other issuer. Different types of equity securities provide different voting and dividend rights and priorities in the event of bankruptcy of the issuer. Equity securities include common stocks, preferred stocks, securities convertible into stocks, equity interests in real estate investment trusts (REITs), and depositary receipts for such securities.
Derivatives: Derivatives are financial contracts whose value is based on the value of one or more underlying indicators or the difference between underlying indicators. Underlying indicators may include a security or other financial instrument, asset, currency, interest rate, credit rating, commodity, volatility measure, or index. Derivatives often involve a counterparty to the transaction. Derivatives include futures, forward contracts, options, swaps, and certain complex structured securities.
Principal Risks
The share price of the fund will change daily based on changes in market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, public health, and other conditions. As with any mutual fund, the fund may not achieve its objective and/or you could lose money on your investment in the fund. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency. The significance of any specific risk to an investment in the fund will vary over time depending on the composition of the fund's portfolio, market conditions, and other factors. You should read all of the risk information below carefully, because any one or more of these risks may result in losses to the fund.
The principal risks of investing in the fund are:
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Investment Selection Risk: MFS' investment analysis and its selection of investments may not produce the intended results and/or can lead to an investment focus that results in the fund underperforming other funds with similar investment strategies and/or underperforming the markets in which the fund invests. In addition, MFS or the fund's other service providers may experience disruptions or operating errors that could negatively impact the fund.
Debt Market Risk: Debt markets can be volatile and can decline significantly in response to changes in, or investor perceptions of, issuer, market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, public health, and other conditions. These conditions can affect a single instrument, issuer, or borrower, a particular type of instrument, issuer, or borrower, a segment of the debt markets, or debt markets generally. Certain changes or events, such as political, social, or economic developments, including increasing and negative interest rates or the U.S. government's inability at times to agree on a long-term budget and deficit reduction plan (which has in the past resulted and may in the future result in a government shutdown); market closures and/or trading halts; government or regulatory actions, including the imposition of tariffs or other protectionist actions and changes in fiscal, monetary, or tax policies; natural disasters; outbreaks of pandemic and epidemic diseases; terrorist attacks; war; and other geopolitical changes or events can have a dramatic adverse effect on debt markets and may lead to periods of high volatility and reduced liquidity in a debt market or a segment of a debt market.
Interest Rate Risk: The price of a debt instrument typically changes in response to interest rate changes. Interest rates can change in response to the supply and demand for credit, government and/or central bank monetary policy and action, inflation rates, and other factors. In general, the price of a debt instrument falls when interest rates rise and rises when interest rates fall. The current period of historically low interest rates may heighten the risks associated with rising interest rates because there may be a greater likelihood of interest rates increasing and interest rates may increase rapidly. Interest rate risk is generally greater for fixed-rate instruments than floating-rate instruments and for instruments with longer maturities or durations, or that do not pay current interest. In addition, short-term and long-term interest rates, and interest rates in different countries, do not necessarily move in the same direction or by the same amount. An instrument’s reaction to interest rate changes depends on the timing of its interest and principal payments and the current interest rate for each of those time periods. The price of an instrument trading at a negative interest rate responds to interest rate changes like other debt instruments; however, an instrument purchased at a negative interest rate is expected to produce a negative return if held to maturity. Changes in government and/or central bank monetary policy may affect the level of interest rates. Fluctuations in the market price of fixed-rate instruments held by the fund may not affect interest income derived from those instruments, but may nonetheless affect the fund's share price, especially if an instrument has a longer maturity or duration and is therefore more sensitive to changes in interest rates.
Credit Risk: The price of a debt instrument depends, in part, on the issuer's or borrower's credit quality or ability to pay principal and interest when due. The price of a debt instrument is likely to fall if an issuer or borrower defaults on its obligation to pay principal or interest, if the instrument's credit rating is downgraded by a credit rating agency, or based on other changes in, or perceptions of, the financial condition of the issuer or borrower. For certain types of instruments, including derivatives, the
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price of the instrument depends in part on the credit quality of the counterparty to the transaction. For other types of debt instruments, including securitized instruments, the price of the debt instrument also depends on the credit quality and adequacy of the underlying assets or collateral as well as whether there is a security interest in the underlying assets or collateral. Enforcing rights, if any, against the underlying assets or collateral may be difficult.
Below investment grade quality debt instruments can involve a substantially greater risk of default or can already be in default, and their values can decline significantly over short periods of time. Below investment grade quality debt instruments are regarded as having predominantly speculative characteristics with respect to capacity to pay interest and principal. Below investment grade quality debt instruments tend to be more sensitive to adverse news about the issuer, or the market or economy in general, than higher quality debt instruments. The market for below investment grade quality debt instruments can be less liquid, especially during periods of recession or general market decline.
Foreign Risk: Investments in securities of foreign issuers, securities of companies with significant foreign exposure, and foreign currencies can involve additional risks relating to market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, public health, and other conditions. Political, social, diplomatic, and economic developments, U.S. and foreign government action, or the threat thereof, such as the imposition of currency or capital blockages, controls, or tariffs, economic and trade sanctions or embargoes, security trading suspensions, entering or exiting trade or other intergovernmental agreements, or the expropriation or nationalization of assets in a particular country, can cause dramatic declines in certain or all securities with exposure to that country and other countries. In the event of nationalization, expropriation, confiscation or other government action, intervention, or restriction, the fund could lose its entire investment in a particular foreign issuer or country. Economies and financial markets are interconnected, which increases the likelihood that conditions in one country or region can adversely impact issuers in different countries and regions. Less stringent regulatory, accounting, auditing, and disclosure requirements for issuers and markets are more common in certain foreign countries. Enforcing legal rights can be difficult, costly, and slow in certain foreign countries and with respect to certain types of investments, and can be particularly difficult against foreign governments. Changes in currency exchange rates can significantly impact the financial condition of a company or other issuer with exposure to multiple countries as well as affect the U.S. dollar value of foreign currency investments and investments denominated in foreign currencies. Additional risks of foreign investments include trading, settlement, custodial, and other operational risks, and withholding and other taxes. These factors can make foreign investments, especially those tied economically to emerging markets, more volatile and less liquid than U.S. investments. In addition, foreign markets can react differently to market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, public health, and other conditions than the U.S. market.
Emerging Markets Risk: Investments tied economically to emerging markets, especially frontier markets (emerging markets that are early in their development), can involve additional and greater risks than the risks associated with investments in developed markets. Emerging markets typically have less developed economies and markets, greater custody and operational risk, less developed legal, regulatory, and accounting systems, less trading volume, less stringent investor protection and
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disclosure standards, less reliable settlement practices, greater government involvement in the economy, and greater risk of new or inconsistent government treatment of or restrictions on issuers and instruments than developed countries. Financial and other disclosures by emerging market issuers may be considerably less reliable than disclosures made by issuers in developed markets. In addition, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, which regulates auditors of U.S. public companies, is unable to inspect audit work papers in certain emerging market countries. Emerging markets can also be subject to greater political, social, geopolitical, and economic instability and more susceptible to environmental problems. In addition, many emerging market countries with less established health care systems have experienced outbreaks of pandemics or contagious diseases from time to time. These factors can make emerging market investments more volatile and less liquid than investments in developed markets.
Currency Risk: Changes in currency exchange rates can significantly impact the financial condition of a company or other issuer with exposure to multiple countries. In addition, a decline in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar reduces the value of the foreign currency and investments denominated in that currency. In addition, the use of foreign exchange contracts to reduce foreign currency exposure can eliminate some or all of the benefit of an increase in the value of a foreign currency versus the U.S. dollar. The value of foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar fluctuates in response to, among other factors, interest rate changes, intervention (or failure to intervene) by the U.S. or foreign governments, central banks, or supranational entities such as the International Monetary Fund, the imposition of currency controls, and other political or regulatory conditions in the U.S. or abroad. Foreign currency values can decrease significantly both in the short term and over the long term in response to these and other conditions.
Focus Risk: Issuers in a single industry, sector, country, or region can react similarly to market, currency, political, economic, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, public health, and other conditions. These conditions include business environment changes; economic factors such as fiscal, monetary, and tax policies; inflation and unemployment rates; and government and regulatory changes. The fund's performance will be affected by the conditions in the industries, sectors, countries, and regions to which the fund is exposed.
Prepayment/Extension Risk: Many types of debt instruments, including mortgage-backed securities, securitized instruments, certain corporate bonds, and municipal housing bonds, and certain derivatives, are subject to the risk of prepayment and/or extension. Prepayment occurs when unscheduled payments of principal are made or the instrument is called or redeemed prior to an instrument’s maturity. When interest rates decline, the instrument is called, or for other reasons, these debt instruments may be repaid more quickly than expected. As a result, the holder of the debt instrument may not be able to reinvest the proceeds at the same interest rate or on the same terms, reducing the potential for gain. When interest rates increase or for other reasons, these debt instruments may be repaid more slowly than expected, increasing the potential for loss. In addition, prepayment rates are difficult to predict and the potential impact of prepayment on the price of a debt instrument depends on the terms of the instrument.
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Equity Market Risk: Equity markets can be volatile and can decline significantly in response to changes in, or investor perceptions of, issuer, market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, public health, and other conditions. These conditions can affect a single issuer or type of security, issuers within a broad market sector, industry or geographic region, or the equity markets in general. Different parts of the market and different types of securities can react differently to these conditions. For example, the stocks of growth companies can react differently from the stocks of value companies, and the stocks of large cap companies can react differently from the stocks of small cap companies. Certain changes or events, such as political, social, or economic developments, including increasing or negative interest rates or the U.S. government's inability at times to agree on a long-term budget and deficit reduction plan (which has in the past resulted and may in the future result in a government shutdown); market closures and/or trading halts; government or regulatory actions, including the imposition of tariffs or other protectionist actions and changes in fiscal, monetary, or tax policies; natural disasters; outbreaks of pandemic and epidemic diseases; terrorist attacks; war; and other geopolitical changes or events, can have a dramatic adverse effect on equity markets and may lead to periods of high volatility in an equity market or a segment of an equity market.
Company Risk: Changes in the financial condition of a company or other issuer, changes in specific market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, public health, and other conditions that affect a particular type of investment or issuer, and changes in general market, economic, political, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, public health, and other conditions can adversely affect the prices of investments. The value of an investment held by the fund may decline due to factors directly related to the issuer, such as competitive pressures, cybersecurity incidents, financial leverage, historical and/or prospective earnings, management performance, labor and supply shortages, investor perceptions, and other factors. The prices of securities of smaller, less well-known issuers can be more volatile than the prices of securities of larger issuers or the market in general.
Managed Distribution Plan Risk: The fund may not be able to maintain a monthly distribution at an annual fixed rate of up to 8.00% of the fund’s average monthly net asset value due to many factors, including but not limited to, changes in market returns, fluctuations in market interest rates, and other factors. If income from the fund’s investments is less than the amount needed to make a monthly distribution, the fund may distribute a return of capital to pay the distribution. In certain cases, the fund may sell portfolio investments at less opportune times in order to pay such distribution. Distributions that are treated as tax return of capital will have the effect of reducing the fund’s assets and could increase the fund’s expense ratio. If a portion of the fund’s distributions represents returns of capital over extended periods, the fund’s assets may be reduced over time to levels where the fund is no longer viable and might be liquidated. Please see “Managed Distribution Policy Disclosure” in this report for additional information regarding the plan.
Market Discount/Premium Risk: The market price of shares of the fund will be based on factors such as the supply and demand for shares in the market and general market, economic, industry, political or regulatory conditions. Whether shareholders will realize gains or losses upon the sale of shares of the fund will depend on the market price of
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shares at the time of the sale, not on the fund’s net asset value. The market price may be lower or higher than the fund’s net asset value. Shares of closed-end funds frequently trade at a discount to their net asset value.
Leveraging Risk: If the fund utilizes investment leverage, there can be no assurance that such a leveraging strategy will be successful during any period in which it is employed. The use of leverage is a speculative investment technique that results in greater volatility in the fund’s net asset value. To the extent that investments are purchased with the proceeds from the borrowings from a bank, the issuance of preferred shares, or the creation of tender option bonds, the fund’s net asset value will increase or decrease at a greater rate than a comparable unleveraged fund. If the investment income or gains earned from the investments purchased with the proceeds from the borrowings from a bank, the issuance of preferred shares, or the creation of tender option bonds, fails to cover the expenses of leveraging, the fund’s net asset value is likely to decrease more quickly than if the fund was not leveraged. In addition, the fund’s distributions could be reduced. The fund is currently required under the 1940 Act to maintain asset coverage of at least 200% on outstanding preferred shares and at least 300% on outstanding indebtedness; however, the fund may be required to abide by asset coverage or other requirements that are more stringent than those imposed by the 1940 Act. The fund may be required to sell a portion of its investments at a time when it may be disadvantageous to do so in order to redeem preferred shares or to reduce outstanding indebtedness to comply with asset coverage or other restrictions including those imposed by the 1940 Act, any applicable loan agreement, any applicable offering documents for preferred shares issued by the fund, and the rating agencies that rate the preferred shares. The fund may be prohibited from declaring and paying common share dividends and distributions if the fund fails to satisfy the 1940 Act’s asset coverage requirements or other agreed upon asset coverage requirements. In these situations, the fund may choose to repurchase or redeem any outstanding leverage to the extent necessary in order to maintain compliance with such asset coverage requirements. The expenses of leveraging are paid by the holders of common shares. Borrowings from a bank or preferred shares may have a stated maturity. If this leverage is not extended prior to maturity or replaced with the same or a different form of leverage, distributions to common shareholders may be decreased.
Certain transactions and investment strategies can result in leverage. Because movements in a fund’s share price generally correlate over time with the fund’s net asset value, the market price of a leveraged fund will also tend to be more volatile than that of a comparable unleveraged fund. The costs of an offering of preferred shares and/or borrowing program would be borne by shareholders.
Under the terms of any loan agreement or of a purchase agreement between the fund and the investor in the preferred shares, as the case may be, the fund may be required to, among other things, limit its ability to pay dividends and distributions on common shares in certain circumstances, incur additional debts, engage in certain transactions, and pledge some or all of its assets at an inopportune time. Such agreements could limit the fund’s ability to pursue its investment strategies. The terms of any loan agreement or purchase agreement could be more or less restrictive than those described.
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Under guidelines generally required by a rating agency providing a rating for any preferred shares, the fund may be required to, among other things, maintain certain asset coverage requirements, restrict certain investments and practices, and adopt certain redemption requirements relating to preferred shares. Such guidelines or the terms of a purchase agreement between a fund and the investor in the preferred shares could limit the fund’s ability to pursue its investment strategies. The guidelines imposed with respect to preferred shares by a rating agency or an investor in the preferred shares could be more or less restrictive than those described.
Derivatives Risk: Derivatives can be highly volatile and involve risks in addition to, and potentially greater than, the risks of the underlying indicator(s). Gains or losses from derivatives can be substantially greater than the derivatives’ original cost and can sometimes be unlimited. Derivatives can involve leverage. Derivatives can be complex instruments and can involve analysis and processing that differs from that required for other investment types used by the fund. If the value of a derivative does not change as expected relative to the value of the market or other indicator to which the derivative is intended to provide exposure, the derivative may not have the effect intended. Derivatives can also reduce the opportunity for gains or result in losses by offsetting positive returns in other investments. Derivatives can be less liquid than other types of investments.
Counterparty and Third Party Risk: Transactions involving a counterparty other than the issuer of the instrument, including clearing organizations, or a third party responsible for servicing the instrument or effecting the transaction, are subject to the credit risk of the counterparty or third party, and to the counterparty’s or third party’s ability or willingness to perform in accordance with the terms of the transaction. If a counterparty or third party fails to meet its contractual obligations, goes bankrupt, or otherwise experiences a business interruption, the fund could miss investment opportunities, lose value on its investments, or otherwise hold investments it would prefer to sell, resulting in losses for the fund.
Liquidity Risk: Certain investments and types of investments are subject to restrictions on resale, may trade in the over-the-counter market, or may not have an active trading market due to adverse market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, public health, and other conditions, including investors trying to sell large quantities of a particular investment or type of investment, or lack of market makers or other buyers for a particular investment or type of investment. At times, all or a significant portion of a market may not have an active trading market. Without an active trading market, it may be difficult to value, and it may not be possible to sell, these investments and the fund could miss other investment opportunities and hold investments it would prefer to sell, resulting in losses for the fund. In addition, the fund may have to sell certain of these investments at prices or times that are not advantageous in order to meet redemptions or other cash needs, which could result in dilution of remaining investors' interests in the fund. The prices of illiquid securities may be more volatile than more liquid investments.
Anti-Takeover Provisions Risk: The fund’s declaration of trust includes provisions that could limit the ability of other persons or entities to acquire control of the fund, to convert the fund to an open-end fund, or to change the composition of the fund’s Board of Trustees. These provisions could reduce the opportunities for shareholders to sell their shares at a premium over the then-current market price.
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Defensive Investing Risk: When MFS invests defensively, different factors could affect the fund’s performance and the fund may not achieve its investment objective. In addition, the defensive strategy may not work as intended.
Frequent Trading Risk: Frequent trading increases transaction costs, which may reduce the Fund's return. Frequent trading can also result in the realization of a higher percentage of short-term capital gains and a lower percentage of long-term capital gains as compared to a fund that trades less frequently. Because short-term capital gains are distributed as ordinary income, this would generally increase your tax liability unless you hold your shares through a tax-advantaged or tax-exempt vehicle.
Investment Restrictions
The Fund has adopted the following policies which cannot be changed without the approval of the holders of a majority of its shares as defined currently in the 1940 Act to be the lesser of (i) 67% or more of the voting securities present at a meeting at which holders of voting securities representing more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities are present or represented by proxy, or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities (“Majority Shareholder Vote”). Except for fundamental investment restriction (1), these investment restrictions are adhered to at the time of purchase or utilization of assets; a subsequent change in circumstances will not be considered to result in a violation of policy.
The Fund may not:
(1) borrow money except to the extent not prohibited by the 1940 Act and exemptive orders granted under such Act.
(2) underwrite securities issued by other persons, except that all or any portion of the assets of the Fund may be invested in one or more investment companies, to the extent not prohibited by the 1940 Act and exemptive orders granted under such Act, and except insofar as the Fund may technically be deemed an underwriter under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in selling a portfolio security.
(3) issue any senior securities except to the extent not prohibited by the 1940 Act and exemptive orders granted under such Act. For purposes of this restriction, collateral arrangements with respect to any type of swap, option, Forward Contracts and Futures Contracts and collateral arrangements with respect to initial and variation margin are not deemed to be the issuance of a senior security.
(4) make loans except to the extent not prohibited by the 1940 Act and exemptive orders granted under such Act.
(5) purchase or sell real estate (excluding securities secured by real estate or interests therein and securities of companies, such as real estate investment trusts, which deal in real estate or interests therein), interests in oil, gas or mineral leases, commodities or commodity contacts (excluding currencies and any type of option, Futures Contracts and Forward Contracts) in the ordinary course of its business. The Fund reserves the freedom of action to hold and to sell real estate, mineral leases, commodities or commodity contracts (including currencies and any type of option, Futures Contracts and Forward Contracts) acquired as a result of the ownership of securities.
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(6) purchase any securities of an issuer in a particular industry if as a result 25% or more of its total assets (taken at market value at the time of purchase) would be invested in securities of issuers whose principal business activities are in the same industry, except that the Fund may invest up to 40% of the value of its assets in each of the electric utility and telephone industries.
For purposes of investment restriction (5), investments in certain types of derivative instruments whose value is related to commodities or commodity contracts, including swaps and structured notes, are not considered commodities or commodity contracts.
For purposes of fundamental investment restriction (6), investments in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or its agencies or instrumentalities and tax-exempt obligations issued or guaranteed by a U.S. territory or possession, a state or local government, or a political subdivision of any of the foregoing, are not considered an investment in any particular industry.
For purposes of fundamental investment restriction (6), investments in other investment companies are not considered an investment in any particular industry and portfolio securities held by an underlying fund in which the Fund may invest are not considered to be securities purchased by the Fund.
For purposes of fundamental investment restriction (6), MFS uses a customized set of industry groups for classifying securities based on classifications developed by third party providers.
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Effects of Leverage
The following table is furnished in response to requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). It is designed to, among other things, illustrate the effects of leverage through the use of senior securities, as that term is defined under Section 18 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), on fund total return, assuming investment portfolio total returns (consisting of income and changes in the value of investments held in a fund’s portfolio) of –10%, –5%, 0%, 5% and 10%. The table below assumes the fund’s continued use of line of credit borrowings (“leverage”), as applicable, as of October 31, 2022, as a percentage of total assets (including assets attributable to such leverage), the estimated annual effective interest expense rate payable by the fund on such line of credit borrowings (based on market conditions as of October 31, 2022), and the annual return that the fund’s portfolio would need to experience (net of expenses) in order to cover such costs. The information below does not reflect the fund’s possible use of certain other forms of economic leverage through the use of other instruments or transactions not considered to be senior securities under the 1940 Act, if any.
The assumed investment portfolio returns in the table below are hypothetical figures and are not necessarily indicative of the investment portfolio returns experienced or expected to be experienced by the fund. Your actual returns may be greater or less than those appearing below. In addition, actual borrowing expenses associated with line of credit borrowings used by the fund may vary frequently and may be significantly higher or lower than the rate used for the example below.
Line of Credit Borrowings as a Percentage of Total Assets (Including Assets Attributable to Leverage) 26.19%
Estimated Annual Effective Rate of Interest Expense on Line of Credit Borrowings 4.24%
Annual Return Fund Portfolio Must Experience (net of expenses) to Cover Estimated Annual Effective Interest Expense on Line of Credit Borrowings 1.11%
Assumed Return on Portfolio (Net of Expenses) -10.00% -5.00% 0.00% 5.00% 10.00%
Corresponding Return to Shareholder -15.05% -8.28% -1.50% 5.27% 12.04%
The table reflects hypothetical performance of the fund’s portfolio and not the actual performance of the fund’s shares, the value of which is determined by market forces and other factors.
Should the fund elect to add additional leverage to its portfolio, any benefits of such additional leverage cannot be fully achieved until the proceeds resulting from the use of such leverage have been received by the fund and invested in accordance with the fund’s investment objectives and policies. The fund’s willingness to use additional leverage, and the extent to which leverage is used at any time, will depend on many factors.
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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 2018; Portfolio Manager of Man GLG from 2014 to 2018.
Henry Peabody Investment Grade Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager 2019 Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2019; Portfolio Manager and Analyst at Eaton Vance Management from 2014 to 2019.
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.
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Dividend Reinvestment And Cash Purchase Plan
The fund offers a Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan (the “Plan”) that allows common shareholders to reinvest either all of the distributions paid by the fund or only the long-term capital gains. Generally, purchases are made at the market price unless that price exceeds the net asset value (the shares are trading at a premium). If the shares are trading at a premium, the fund will issue shares at a price of either the net asset value or 95% of the market price, whichever is greater. You can also buy shares on a quarterly basis in any amount $100 and over. Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the Transfer Agent for the fund) (the “Plan Agent”) will purchase shares under the Plan on the 15th of January, April, July, and October or shortly thereafter. You may obtain a copy of the Plan by contacting the Plan Agent at 1-800-637-2304 any business day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time or by visiting the Plan Agent's Web site at www.computershare.com/investor.
If shares are registered in your own name, new shareholders will automatically participate in the Plan, unless you have indicated that you do not wish to participate. If your shares are in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee, you can ask the firm or nominee to participate in the Plan on your behalf. If the nominee does not offer the Plan, you may wish to request that your shares be re-registered in your own name so that you can participate. There is no service charge to reinvest distributions, nor are there brokerage charges for shares issued directly by the fund. However, when shares are bought on the New York Stock Exchange or otherwise on the open market, each participant pays a pro rata share of the transaction expenses, including commissions. The tax status of dividends and capital gain distributions does not change whether received in cash or reinvested in additional shares – the automatic reinvestment of distributions does not relieve you of any income tax that may be payable (or required to be withheld) on the distributions.
If your shares are held directly with the Plan Agent, you may withdraw from the Plan at any time by contacting the Plan Agent. Please have available the name of the fund and your account number. For certain types of registrations, such as corporate accounts, instructions must be submitted in writing. Please call for additional details. When you withdraw from the Plan, you can receive the value of the reinvested shares in one of three ways: your full shares will be held in your account, the Plan Agent will sell your shares and send the proceeds to you, or you may transfer your full shares to your investment professional who can hold or sell them. Additionally, the Plan Agent will sell your fractional shares and send the proceeds to you.
If you have any questions, contact the Plan Agent by calling 1-800-637-2304, visit the Plan Agent’s Web site at www.computershare.com/investor, or by writing to the Plan Agent at P.O. Box 43078, Providence, RI 02940-3078.
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Portfolio of Investments
10/31/22
The Portfolio of Investments is a complete list of all securities owned by your fund. It is categorized by broad-based asset classes.
Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – 129.4%
Aerospace & Defense – 1.7%
Bombardier, Inc., 7.5%, 3/15/2025 (n)   $ 314,000 $308,623
Bombardier, Inc., 7.125%, 6/15/2026 (n)     402,000 380,520
F-Brasile S.p.A./F-Brasile U.S. LLC, 7.375%, 8/15/2026 (n)     805,000 635,950
Moog, Inc., 4.25%, 12/15/2027 (n)     920,000 823,271
Raytheon Technologies Corp., 2.82%, 9/01/2051      620,000 379,053
TransDigm, Inc., 6.25%, 3/15/2026 (n)     815,000 803,924
TransDigm, Inc., 6.375%, 6/15/2026      570,000 550,050
TransDigm, Inc., 5.5%, 11/15/2027      535,000 488,027
TransDigm, Inc., 4.625%, 1/15/2029      493,000 419,804
        $4,789,222
Airlines – 0.2%
EasyJet Finco B.V., 1.875%, 3/03/2028    EUR 690,000 $540,945
Alcoholic Beverages – 0.0%
Pernod Ricard S.A., 3.75%, 11/02/2032    EUR 100,000 $98,731
Apparel Manufacturers – 0.1%
Tapestry, Inc., 3.05%, 3/15/2032    $ 424,000 $311,953
Asset-Backed & Securitized – 4.8%
3650R Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2021-PF1, “XA”, 1.031%, 11/15/2054 (i)   $ 3,740,418 $223,079
AA Bond Co. Ltd., 3.25%, 7/31/2028    GBP 460,000 389,663
ACRES 2021-FL2 Issuer Ltd., “B”, FLR, 5.662% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 2.25%), 1/15/2037 (n)   $ 387,000 365,747
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., CLO, 2021-FL1, “C”, FLR, 5.412% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 2%), 12/15/2035 (n)     100,000 93,757
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., CLO, 2021-FL2, “C”, FLR, 5.362% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 1.95%), 5/15/2036 (n)     471,500 433,537
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., CLO, 2022-FL1, “D”, FLR, 5.791% (SOFR - 30 day + 3%), 1/15/2037 (n)     600,000 565,367
AREIT 2022-CRE6 Trust, “D”, FLR, 5.743% (SOFR - 30 day + 2.85%), 12/17/2024 (n)     126,000 115,856
Bayview Financial Revolving Mortgage Loan Trust, FLR, 5.232% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 1.6%), 12/28/2040 (n)     461,774 554,286
BBCMS Mortgage Trust, 2020-C7, “XA”, 1.624%, 4/15/2053 (i)     991,288 73,006
BBCMS Mortgage Trust, 2021-C10, “XA”, 1.299%, 7/15/2054 (i)     992,804 72,585
BBCMS Mortgage Trust, 2021-C9, “XA”, 1.628%, 2/15/2054 (i)     6,583,197 601,776
Benchmark 2021-B23 Mortgage Trust, “XA”, 1.272%, 2/15/2054 (i)     4,044,347 275,971
Benchmark 2021-B24 Mortgage Trust, “XA”, 1.152%, 3/15/2054 (i)     2,043,797 126,929
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Asset-Backed & Securitized – continued
Benchmark 2021-B26 Mortgage Trust, “XA”, 0.886%, 6/15/2054 (i)   $ 7,103,662 $352,620
Benchmark 2021-B27 Mortgage Trust, “XA”, 1.267%, 7/15/2054 (i)     7,135,915 508,115
Benchmark 2022-B36 Mortgage Trust, “XA”, 0.638%, 7/15/2055 (i)     8,711,547 425,266
BSPRT 2021-FL7 Issuer Ltd., “C”, FLR, 5.712% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 2.3%), 12/15/2038 (n)     100,000 91,685
Business Jet Securities LLC, 2020-1A, “A”, 2.981%, 11/15/2035 (n)     262,019 239,005
Business Jet Securities LLC, 2021-1A, “B”, 2.918%, 4/15/2036 (n)     76,086 61,547
Capital Automotive, 2020-1A, “A4”, REIT, 3.19%, 2/15/2050 (n)     144,449 134,172
Capital Automotive, 2020-1A, “B1”, REIT, 4.17%, 2/15/2050 (n)     437,500 399,614
CF Hippolyta Issuer LLC, 2020-1, “B1”, 2.28%, 7/15/2060 (n)     91,436 78,455
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2021-BN32, “XA”, 0.78%, 4/15/2054 (i)     3,621,003 158,897
Crest Ltd., CDO, 7%, (0.001% cash or 7% PIK) 1/28/2040 (a)(p)     3,614,624 36
HarbourView CLO VII Ltd., 7RA, “B”, FLR, 5.894% (LIBOR - 3mo. + 1.7%), 7/18/2031 (n)     2,500,000 2,322,138
Lehman Brothers Commercial Conduit Mortgage Trust, 0.815%, 2/18/2030 (i)     11,991 0
LoanCore 2021-CRE5 Ltd., “AS”, FLR, 5.162% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 1.75%), 7/15/2036 (n)     938,000 868,643
LoanCore 2021-CRE5 Ltd., “B”, FLR, 5.412% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 2%), 7/15/2036 (n)     464,500 428,610
MF1 2021-FL5 Ltd., “C”, FLR, 5.19% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 1.7%), 7/15/2036 (n)     401,500 372,460
MF1 2021-FL5 Ltd., “D”, FLR, 5.99% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 2.5%), 7/15/2036 (n)     745,000 693,104
MF1 2021-FL6 Ltd., “B”, FLR, 5.093% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 1.65%), 7/16/2036 (n)     1,000,000 940,296
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, 2021-L5, “XA”, 1.296%, 5/15/2054 (i)     1,823,304 129,252
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, 2021-L6, “XA”, 1.23%, 6/15/2054 (i)     2,774,966 177,964
PFP III 2021-7 Ltd., “B”, FLR, 4.812% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 1.4%), 4/14/2038 (n)     163,992 150,516
PFP III 2021-7 Ltd., “C”, FLR, 5.062% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 1.65%), 4/14/2038 (n)     199,990 184,727
Securitized Term Auto Receivable Trust, 2019-CRTA, “C”, 2.849%, 3/25/2026 (n)     101,589 100,860
TPG Real Estate Finance, 2021-FL4, “B”, FLR, 5.262% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 1.85%), 3/15/2038 (n)     340,000 319,095
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2021-C59, “XA”, 1.539%, 4/15/2054 (i)     2,317,169 195,425
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2021-C60, “XA”, 1.548%, 8/15/2054 (i)     1,986,005 176,858
        $13,400,919
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Automotive – 2.4%
Clarios Global LP/Clarios U.S. Finance Cois, 8.5%, 5/15/2027 (n)   $ 1,005,000 $984,900
Dana, Inc., 5.375%, 11/15/2027      538,000 486,890
Dana, Inc., 4.25%, 9/01/2030      325,000 260,312
Dornoch Debt Merger Sub, Inc., 6.625%, 10/15/2029 (n)     510,000 347,250
Ford Motor Co., 5.113%, 5/03/2029      880,000 786,720
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 4.134%, 8/04/2025      1,405,000 1,306,369
Hyundai Capital America, 2%, 6/15/2028 (n)     325,000 252,876
Hyundai Capital America, 6.375%, 4/08/2030 (n)     479,000 466,772
IAA Spinco, Inc., 5.5%, 6/15/2027 (n)     805,000 753,317
Real Hero Merger Sub 2, Inc., 6.25%, 2/01/2029 (n)     570,000 408,648
Stellantis N.V., 2.75%, 4/01/2032    EUR 330,000 268,685
Volkswagen International Finance N.V., 4.375% to 3/28/2031, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 9yr. + 3.36%) to 3/28/2032, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 9yr. + 3.61%) to 3/28/2051, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 9yr. + 4.11%) to 3/28/2168      400,000 321,083
Wheel Pros, Inc., 6.5%, 5/15/2029 (n)   $ 329,000 154,858
        $6,798,680
Broadcasting – 2.2%
Advantage Sales & Marketing, Inc., 6.5%, 11/15/2028 (n)   $ 509,000 $432,986
Discovery, Inc., 4.125%, 5/15/2029      219,000 184,956
Gray Escrow II, Inc., 5.375%, 11/15/2031 (n)     1,145,000 918,863
iHeartCommunications, Inc., 8.375%, 5/01/2027      597,000 536,281
Magallanes, Inc., 4.279%, 3/15/2032 (n)     591,000 477,379
Prosus N.V., 1.539%, 8/03/2028    EUR 150,000 109,871
Prosus N.V., 2.085%, 1/19/2030      300,000 207,800
Prosus N.V., 3.68%, 1/21/2030 (n)   $ 481,000 353,981
Prosus N.V., 3.061%, 7/13/2031 (n)     325,000 218,285
Prosus N.V., 3.832%, 2/08/2051 (n)     290,000 153,085
Scripps Escrow II, Inc., 5.875%, 7/15/2027 (n)     655,000 593,397
Summer (BC) Bidco B LLC, 5.5%, 10/31/2026 (n)     765,000 608,796
Summer (BC) Holdco S.à r.l., “A”, 9.25%, 10/31/2027    EUR 207,242 158,899
Univision Communications, Inc., 4.5%, 5/01/2029 (n)   $ 497,000 418,414
WMG Acquisition Corp., 3.875%, 7/15/2030 (n)     1,127,000 963,117
        $6,336,110
Brokerage & Asset Managers – 2.1%
AG TTMT Escrow Issuer LLC, 8.625%, 9/30/2027 (n)   $ 677,000 $679,539
Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 4.5%, 5/13/2032      208,000 192,597
Aretec Escrow Issuer, Inc., 7.5%, 4/01/2029 (n)     630,000 516,600
Banco BTG Pactual S.A. (Cayman Islands Branch), 4.5%, 1/10/2025 (n)     894,000 853,095
Low Income Investment Fund, 3.386%, 7/01/2026      185,000 174,917
Low Income Investment Fund, 3.711%, 7/01/2029      490,000 454,653
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Brokerage & Asset Managers – continued
LPL Holdings, Inc., 4.625%, 11/15/2027 (n)   $ 1,105,000 $1,017,673
LPL Holdings, Inc., 4%, 3/15/2029 (n)     696,000 607,462
LPL Holdings, Inc., 4.375%, 5/15/2031 (n)     445,000 387,579
NFP Corp., 4.875%, 8/15/2028 (n)     545,000 470,177
NFP Corp., 6.875%, 8/15/2028 (n)     769,000 653,408
        $6,007,700
Building – 3.0%
ABC Supply Co., Inc., 4%, 1/15/2028 (n)   $ 1,405,000 $1,239,758
Foundation Building Materials LLC, 6%, 3/01/2029 (n)     460,000 317,793
GYP Holding III Corp., 4.625%, 5/01/2029 (n)     1,020,000 805,521
Holcim Sterling Finance (Netherlands) B.V., 2.25%, 4/04/2034    GBP 380,000 287,317
Imerys S.A., 1%, 7/15/2031    EUR 400,000 244,933
Interface, Inc., 5.5%, 12/01/2028 (n)   $ 980,000 773,280
MIWD Holdco II LLC/MIWD Finance Co., 5.5%, 2/01/2030 (n)     490,000 377,952
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc., 9.75%, 7/15/2028 (n)     566,000 485,805
Patrick Industries, Inc., 7.5%, 10/15/2027 (n)     770,000 705,452
SRM Escrow Issuer LLC, 6%, 11/01/2028 (n)     545,000 457,800
SRS Distribution, Inc., 6.125%, 7/01/2029 (n)     680,000 552,950
Standard Industries, Inc., 4.75%, 1/15/2028 (n)     501,000 439,001
Standard Industries, Inc., 4.375%, 7/15/2030 (n)     925,000 747,909
Standard Industries, Inc., 3.375%, 1/15/2031 (n)     165,000 123,453
Vulcan Materials Co., 3.5%, 6/01/2030      550,000 467,464
White Cap Buyer LLC, 6.875%, 10/15/2028 (n)     615,000 521,212
        $8,547,600
Business Services – 1.9%
Entegris Escrow Corp., 5.95%, 6/15/2030 (n)   $ 291,000 $265,538
Equinix, Inc., REIT, 1%, 3/15/2033    EUR 435,000 298,873
Euronet Worldwide, Inc., 1.375%, 5/22/2026      420,000 357,011
Fiserv, Inc., 4.4%, 7/01/2049    $ 299,000 224,807
HealthEquity, Inc., 4.5%, 10/01/2029 (n)     620,000 541,725
Iron Mountain, Inc., 4.875%, 9/15/2027 (n)     525,000 485,505
Iron Mountain, Inc., 5.25%, 3/15/2028 (n)     455,000 418,600
Mastercard, Inc., 3.85%, 3/26/2050      270,000 211,823
Switch Ltd., 3.75%, 9/15/2028 (n)     621,000 627,210
Tencent Holdings Ltd., 3.8%, 2/11/2025      700,000 669,061
Verscend Escrow Corp., 9.75%, 8/15/2026 (n)     620,000 621,885
Visa, Inc., 4.15%, 12/14/2035      465,000 418,856
Visa, Inc., 3.65%, 9/15/2047      220,000 167,378
        $5,308,272
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Cable TV – 5.7%
Cable One, Inc., 4%, 11/15/2030 (n)   $ 670,000 $545,313
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.125%, 5/01/2027 (n)     450,000 416,916
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.75%, 3/01/2030 (n)     1,876,000 1,576,590
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.5%, 8/15/2030 (n)     1,150,000 933,294
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.25%, 2/01/2031 (n)     900,000 711,000
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.25%, 1/15/2034 (n)     295,000 216,825
Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., 6.384%, 10/23/2035      347,000 316,938
Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., 4.8%, 3/01/2050      271,000 191,794
Comcast Corp., 3.75%, 4/01/2040      201,000 154,800
CSC Holdings LLC, 5.375%, 2/01/2028 (n)     200,000 184,500
CSC Holdings LLC, 5.75%, 1/15/2030 (n)     1,300,000 994,500
CSC Holdings LLC, 4.125%, 12/01/2030 (n)     730,000 574,342
DISH DBS Corp., 7.75%, 7/01/2026      425,000 358,611
DISH DBS Corp., 5.25%, 12/01/2026 (n)     590,000 512,562
DISH DBS Corp., 5.125%, 6/01/2029      465,000 312,316
LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC, 6.75%, 10/15/2027 (n)     716,000 667,670
LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC, 5.125%, 7/15/2029 (n)     220,000 185,350
SES S.A., 3.5%, 1/14/2029    EUR 290,000 255,231
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc., 3.875%, 9/01/2031 (n)   $ 760,000 608,000
Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 4%, 7/15/2028 (n)     595,000 511,508
Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 5.5%, 7/01/2029 (n)     1,400,000 1,291,220
Telenet Finance Luxembourg S.A., 5.5%, 3/01/2028 (n)     1,200,000 1,043,520
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 4.5%, 9/15/2042      210,000 143,394
Videotron Ltd., 5.125%, 4/15/2027 (n)     466,000 439,787
Videotron Ltd., 3.625%, 6/15/2029 (n)     284,000 239,151
Virgin Media Finance PLC, 5%, 7/15/2030 (n)     1,015,000 813,409
Virgin Media Vendor Financing Notes IV DAC, 5%, 7/15/2028 (n)     1,220,000 1,038,709
Ziggo Bond Finance B.V., 5.125%, 2/28/2030 (n)     1,220,000 966,752
        $16,204,002
Chemicals – 2.2%
Alpek SAB de C.V., 3.25%, 2/25/2031 (n)   $ 400,000 $305,899
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd., 4.75%, 6/15/2027 (n)     562,000 512,107
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd., 3.375%, 2/15/2029 (n)     1,160,000 953,375
Consolidated Energy Finance S.A., 5.625%, 10/15/2028 (n)     536,000 450,074
Element Solutions, Inc., 3.875%, 9/01/2028 (n)     919,000 781,150
Herens Holdco S.à r.l., 4.75%, 5/15/2028 (n)     605,000 495,639
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Chemicals – continued
Ingevity Corp., 3.875%, 11/01/2028 (n)   $ 861,000 $726,784
LSF11 A5 HoldCo LLC, 6.625%, 10/15/2029 (n)     485,000 382,301
S.P.C.M. S.A., 3.375%, 3/15/2030 (n)     709,000 565,428
Sasol Financing (USA) LLC, 4.375%, 9/18/2026      558,000 488,250
Sasol Financing (USA) LLC, 5.5%, 3/18/2031      600,000 449,382
        $6,110,389
Computer Software – 1.1%
Camelot Finance S.A., 4.5%, 11/01/2026 (n)   $ 420,000 $392,389
Clarivate Science Holdings Corp., 3.875%, 7/01/2028 (n)     210,000 180,092
Clarivate Science Holdings Corp., 4.875%, 7/01/2029 (n)     785,000 654,494
Dun & Bradstreet Corp., 5%, 12/15/2029 (n)     630,000 534,398
Microsoft Corp., 2.525%, 6/01/2050      529,000 331,856
Microsoft Corp., 2.675%, 6/01/2060      61,000 36,952
Microsoft Corp., 3.041%, 3/17/2062      293,000 190,941
PTC, Inc., 3.625%, 2/15/2025 (n)     475,000 452,689
VeriSign, Inc., 4.75%, 7/15/2027      405,000 388,295
        $3,162,106
Computer Software - Systems – 1.4%
Apple, Inc., 4.5%, 2/23/2036    $ 263,000 $251,545
Fair Isaac Corp., 5.25%, 5/15/2026 (n)     1,455,000 1,440,013
Fair Isaac Corp., 4%, 6/15/2028 (n)     56,000 50,671
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc., 5.5%, 9/30/2027 (n)     1,075,000 999,526
Viavi Solutions, Inc., 3.75%, 10/01/2029 (n)     835,000 697,133
Virtusa Corp., 7.125%, 12/15/2028 (n)     530,000 380,181
        $3,819,069
Conglomerates – 2.1%
BWX Technologies, Inc., 4.125%, 6/30/2028 (n)   $ 490,000 $428,750
BWX Technologies, Inc., 4.125%, 4/15/2029 (n)     1,287,000 1,112,740
Gates Global LLC, 6.25%, 1/15/2026 (n)     805,000 772,800
Griffon Corp., 5.75%, 3/01/2028      739,000 676,939
Grupo KUO S.A.B. de C.V., 5.75%, 7/07/2027 (n)     558,000 479,880
Madison IAQ LLC, 5.875%, 6/30/2029 (n)     863,000 591,155
Stevens Holding Co., Inc., 6.125%, 10/01/2026 (n)     490,000 490,637
TriMas Corp., 4.125%, 4/15/2029 (n)     1,543,000 1,325,267
        $5,878,168
Construction – 1.0%
Empire Communities Corp., 7%, 12/15/2025 (n)   $ 555,000 $478,422
Mattamy Group Corp., 5.25%, 12/15/2027 (n)     240,000 205,068
Mattamy Group Corp., 4.625%, 3/01/2030 (n)     645,000 502,937
Meritage Homes Corp., 3.875%, 4/15/2029 (n)     615,000 494,275
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Construction – continued
Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc., 5.75%, 1/15/2028 (n)   $ 765,000 $701,180
Weekley Homes LLC/Weekley Finance Corp., 4.875%, 9/15/2028 (n)     534,000 430,115
        $2,811,997
Consumer Products – 1.5%
Energizer Gamma Acquisition B.V., 3.5%, 6/30/2029    EUR 220,000 $158,206
Energizer Holdings, Inc., 4.375%, 3/31/2029 (n)   $ 225,000 180,133
GSK Consumer Healthcare Capital US LLC, 2.125%, 3/29/2034    EUR 340,000 267,191
JAB Holdings B.V., 2.25%, 12/19/2039      600,000 354,406
Mattel, Inc., 3.375%, 4/01/2026 (n)   $ 570,000 519,906
Mattel, Inc., 5.875%, 12/15/2027 (n)     342,000 331,870
Mattel, Inc., 5.45%, 11/01/2041      220,000 170,961
Newell Brands, Inc., 6.375%, 9/15/2027      392,000 383,082
Newell Brands, Inc., 6.625%, 9/15/2029      279,000 272,722
Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc., 5.125%, 1/15/2028 (n)     655,000 608,672
Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc., 3.75%, 4/01/2031 (n)     250,000 200,503
Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services PLC, 3%, 6/26/2027 (n)     396,000 358,451
SWF Escrow Issuer Corp., 6.5%, 10/01/2029 (n)     585,000 336,375
        $4,142,478
Consumer Services – 2.9%
Allied Universal Holdco LLC, 6.625%, 7/15/2026 (n)   $ 228,000 $217,749
Allied Universal Holdco LLC, 9.75%, 7/15/2027 (n)     665,000 578,158
Allied Universal Holdco LLC, 6%, 6/01/2029 (n)     400,000 277,719
ANGI Group LLC, 3.875%, 8/15/2028 (n)     887,000 649,754
Arches Buyer, Inc., 6.125%, 12/01/2028 (n)     725,000 558,993
GoDaddy, Inc., 3.5%, 3/01/2029 (n)     1,302,000 1,079,788
GW B-CR Security Corp., 9.5%, 11/01/2027 (n)     516,000 465,690
Match Group Holdings II LLC, 5%, 12/15/2027 (n)     645,000 575,511
Match Group Holdings II LLC, 4.625%, 6/01/2028 (n)     965,000 857,528
Match Group Holdings II LLC, 4.125%, 8/01/2030 (n)     270,000 220,591
Match Group Holdings II LLC, 3.625%, 10/01/2031 (n)     55,000 41,924
Realogy Group LLC/Realogy Co-Issuer Corp., 5.75%, 1/15/2029 (n)     570,000 409,687
Realogy Group LLC/Realogy Co-Issuer Corp., 5.25%, 4/15/2030 (n)     420,000 291,236
Toll Road Investors Partnership II LP, Capital Appreciation, NPFG, 0%, 2/15/2027 (n)     753,000 551,323
TriNet Group, Inc., 3.5%, 3/01/2029 (n)     1,097,000 909,139
WASH Multi-Family Acquisition, Inc., 5.75%, 4/15/2026 (n)     484,000 451,315
        $8,136,105
Containers – 2.1%
ARD Finance S.A., 6.5% (6.5% cash or 7.25% PIK), 6/30/2027 (n)(p)   $ 670,000 $480,725
Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance USA LLC, 3.25%, 9/01/2028 (n)     375,000 307,464
Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance USA LLC, 4%, 9/01/2029 (n)     865,000 656,180
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Containers – continued
Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh MP Holdings USA, Inc., 5.25%, 8/15/2027 (n)   $ 940,000 $660,350
Ball Corp., 3.125%, 9/15/2031      595,000 455,592
Can-Pack S.A./Eastern PA Land Investment Holding LLC, 3.875%, 11/15/2029 (n)     1,176,000 933,450
Crown Americas LLC, 5.25%, 4/01/2030 (n)     580,000 530,635
Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. V, 4.25%, 9/30/2026      1,025,000 946,895
Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. VI, 4.75%, 2/01/2026      420,000 401,986
Trivium Packaging Finance B.V., 8.5%, 8/15/2027 (n)     640,000 601,735
        $5,975,012
Electrical Equipment – 0.5%
CommScope Technologies LLC, 5%, 3/15/2027 (n)   $ 798,000 $646,069
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, 1.125%, 2/08/2027    EUR 510,000 417,115
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, 1%, 5/26/2029      680,000 472,768
        $1,535,952
Electronics – 1.5%
Broadcom, Inc., 4.15%, 11/15/2030    $ 86,000 $73,966
Broadcom, Inc., 3.469%, 4/15/2034 (n)     197,000 147,456
Broadcom, Inc., 3.137%, 11/15/2035 (n)     363,000 251,804
Broadcom, Inc., 3.187%, 11/15/2036 (n)     10,000 6,821
Broadcom, Inc., 4.926%, 5/15/2037 (n)     114,000 93,994
Entegris, Inc., 4.375%, 4/15/2028 (n)     315,000 277,058
Entegris, Inc., 3.625%, 5/01/2029 (n)     487,000 397,319
NXP B.V./NXP Funding LLC/NXP USA, Inc., 3.4%, 5/01/2030      173,000 143,591
Sensata Technologies B.V., 5.625%, 11/01/2024 (n)     670,000 664,760
Sensata Technologies B.V., 5%, 10/01/2025 (n)     805,000 779,966
Sensata Technologies B.V., 5.875%, 9/01/2030 (n)     390,000 370,500
Sensata Technologies, Inc., 4.375%, 2/15/2030 (n)     625,000 537,631
Synaptics, Inc., 4%, 6/15/2029 (n)     725,000 598,862
        $4,343,728
Emerging Market Quasi-Sovereign – 8.1%
Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline, 3.65%, 11/02/2029    $ 1,100,000 $993,179
Banco de Reservas de la Republica Dominicana, 7%, 2/01/2023 (n)     946,000 944,108
Ceske Drahy A.S. (Czech Republic), 5.625%, 10/12/2027    EUR 540,000 526,077
CEZ A.S. (Czech Republic), 2.462%, 4/06/2027      370,000 329,589
China Construction Bank Corp., Hong Kong Branch, 4.25% to 2/27/2024, FLR (CMT - 5yr. + 1.88%) to 2/27/2029    $ 964,000 945,652
Emirates Development Bank PJSC, 1.639%, 6/15/2026      800,000 706,200
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Bonds – continued
Emerging Market Quasi-Sovereign – continued
Empresa Nacional del Petroleo (Republic of Chile), 3.75%, 8/05/2026 (n)   $ 423,000 $375,426
Empresa Nacional del Petroleo (Republic of Chile), 3.75%, 8/05/2026      806,000 715,350
EQUATE Petrochemical B.V. (State of Kuwait), 4.25%, 11/03/2026      1,034,000 957,484
Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. (Republic of South Africa), 6.35%, 8/10/2028 (n)     1,052,000 943,560
Export-Import Bank of India, 3.375%, 8/05/2026      1,366,000 1,240,558
First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC, 0.125%, 2/16/2026    EUR 435,000 377,064
Huarong Finance 2017 Co. Ltd. (People's Republic of China), 4.95%, 11/07/2047    $ 380,000 191,867
Indian Railway Finance Corp., 2.8%, 2/10/2031 (n)     700,000 522,895
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Macau, 2.875% to 9/12/2024, FLR (CMT - 5yr. + 1.65%) to 9/12/2029      700,000 662,844
Ipoteka Bank (Republic of Uzbekistan), 5.5%, 11/19/2025      1,000,000 857,200
Korea Development Bank, 4.25%, 9/08/2032      771,000 694,770
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. Ltd., 4.25%, 7/27/2027 (n)     379,000 355,782
MDGH - GMTN RSC Ltd. (United Arab Emirates), 2.5%, 11/07/2024      508,000 480,676
MDGH - GMTN RSC Ltd. (United Arab Emirates), 2.875%, 11/07/2029 (n)     1,091,000 937,998
MDGH - GMTN RSC Ltd. (United Arab Emirates), 2.5%, 6/03/2031      660,000 523,050
MDGH - GMTN RSC Ltd. (United Arab Emirates), 1%, 3/10/2034    EUR 410,000 279,171
NAK Naftogaz Ukraine via Standard Bank London Holdings PLC, 7.625%, 11/08/2026 (a)(n)   $ 869,000 122,909
Office Cherifien des Phosphates S.A. (Kingdom of Morocco), 6.875%, 4/25/2044 (n)     373,000 293,691
Office Cherifien des Phosphates S.A. (Kingdom of Morocco), 5.125%, 6/23/2051 (n)     600,000 367,236
Ooredoo International Finance Ltd. (State of Qatar), 2.625%, 4/08/2031      370,000 304,417
Petroleos Mexicanos, 6.49%, 1/23/2027      904,000 787,384
Petroleos Mexicanos, 6.7%, 2/16/2032      907,000 685,919
Petroleos Mexicanos, 6.75%, 9/21/2047      1,593,000 959,433
PT Pertamina (Persero) (Republic of Indonesia), 3.65%, 7/30/2029      376,000 320,948
PT Pertamina (Persero) (Republic of Indonesia), 6.5%, 11/07/2048 (n)     900,000 807,750
Qatar Petroleum, 2.25%, 7/12/2031      544,000 436,560
Qatar Petroleum, 3.125%, 7/12/2041      355,000 251,624
QNB Finance Ltd. (State of Qatar), 2.75%, 2/12/2027      547,000 489,346
Southern Gas Corridor CJSC (Republic of Azerbaijan), 6.875%, 3/24/2026      1,367,000 1,343,105
State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic, 6.95%, 3/18/2030      1,152,000 1,118,684
        $22,849,506
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Emerging Market Sovereign – 10.6%
Arab Republic of Egypt, 6.588%, 2/21/2028    $ 1,087,000 $779,262
Arab Republic of Egypt, 7.903%, 2/21/2048      1,120,000 632,003
Dominican Republic, 5.5%, 2/22/2029 (n)     747,000 652,231
Dominican Republic, 5.875%, 1/30/2060 (n)     2,234,000 1,467,198
Federal Republic of Nigeria, 8.747%, 1/21/2031 (n)     920,000 647,708
Federative Republic of Brazil, 10%, 1/01/2025    BRL 15,500,000 2,901,595
Hellenic Republic (Republic of Greece), 1.75%, 6/18/2032 (n)   EUR 3,171,000 2,446,811
Kingdom of Morocco, 1.375%, 3/30/2026      758,000 660,296
Kingdom of Morocco, 3%, 12/15/2032 (n)   $ 448,000 323,120
Oriental Republic of Uruguay, 8.25%, 5/21/2031    UYU 42,100,000 857,945
Republic of Angola, 8.25%, 5/09/2028    $ 491,000 412,931
Republic of Angola, 9.375%, 5/08/2048      400,000 303,520
Republic of Argentina, 1.5%, 7/09/2035      1,047,289 207,858
Republic of Benin, 6.875%, 1/19/2052    EUR 800,000 493,508
Republic of Bulgaria , 4.625%, 9/23/2034      560,000 509,146
Republic of Chile, 3.1%, 1/22/2061    $ 672,000 375,699
Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, 5.25%, 3/22/2030    EUR 1,150,000 867,049
Republic of Ghana, 8.125%, 3/26/2032 (n)   $ 593,000 170,760
Republic of Guatemala, 6.125%, 6/01/2050 (n)     1,592,000 1,366,066
Republic of Hungary, 5.5%, 6/16/2034 (n)     970,000 834,006
Republic of Indonesia, 4.65%, 9/20/2032      1,159,000 1,071,659
Republic of Kenya, 8%, 5/22/2032 (n)     776,000 540,290
Republic of Paraguay, 5.6%, 3/13/2048      1,049,000 817,458
Republic of Philippines, 3.556%, 9/29/2032      327,000 279,676
Republic of Romania, 2.124%, 7/16/2031 (n)   EUR 1,200,000 794,648
Republic of Serbia, 2.05%, 9/23/2036 (n)     800,000 434,039
Republic of Sri Lanka, 6.125%, 6/03/2025 (a)   $ 668,000 160,162
Republic of Turkey, 4.75%, 1/26/2026      521,000 455,969
State of Qatar, 4%, 3/14/2029 (n)     533,000 505,604
State of Qatar, 4.817%, 3/14/2049 (n)     1,404,000 1,249,627
State of Qatar, 4.4%, 4/16/2050      203,000 170,520
Sultanate of Oman, 6%, 8/01/2029      750,000 711,873
Sultanate of Oman, 7%, 1/25/2051      600,000 511,169
United Mexican States, 7.5%, 6/03/2027    MXN 58,900,000 2,719,933
United Mexican States, 2.659%, 5/24/2031    $ 1,021,000 790,398
United Mexican States, 4.75%, 4/27/2032      736,000 665,795
United Mexican States, 4.875%, 5/19/2033      645,000 567,484
United Mexican States, 3.771%, 5/24/2061      753,000 437,031
        $29,792,047
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Energy - Independent – 3.1%
Antero Resources Corp., 7.625%, 2/01/2029 (n)   $ 515,000 $525,300
CNX Resources Corp., 6%, 1/15/2029 (n)     589,000 549,826
CNX Resources Corp., 7.375%, 1/15/2031 (n)     112,000 111,179
Colgate Energy Partners III LLC, 7.75%, 2/15/2026 (n)     115,000 114,392
Colgate Energy Partners III LLC, 5.875%, 7/01/2029 (n)     564,000 525,795
Comstock Resources, Inc., 6.75%, 3/01/2029 (n)     760,000 727,700
CrownRock LP/CrownRock Finance, Inc., “F”, 5%, 5/01/2029 (n)     620,000 563,224
Encino Acquisition Partners Holdings LLC, 8.5%, 5/01/2028 (n)     440,000 412,231
Energean Israel Finance Ltd., 4.875%, 3/30/2026      846,000 759,285
Leviathan Bond Ltd., 6.125%, 6/30/2025 (n)     1,270,000 1,205,639
Medco Bell Pte. Ltd., 6.375%, 1/30/2027 (n)     498,000 398,377
Moss Creek Resources Holdings, Inc., 7.5%, 1/15/2026 (n)     395,000 363,400
SM Energy Co., 6.5%, 7/15/2028      400,000 388,000
Southwestern Energy Co., 5.7%, 1/23/2025      44,800 44,027
Southwestern Energy Co., 8.375%, 9/15/2028      310,000 320,660
Southwestern Energy Co., 5.375%, 3/15/2030      515,000 476,375
Tengizchevroil Finance Co. International Ltd., 4%, 8/15/2026 (n)     422,000 343,525
Tengizchevroil Finance Co. International Ltd., 4%, 8/15/2026      1,025,000 834,391
        $8,663,326
Energy - Integrated – 0.6%
BP Capital Markets PLC, 3.625% to 6/22/2029, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.12%) to 6/22/2034, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.37%) to 6/22/2049, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 5.12%) to 6/22/2170    EUR 250,000 $211,327
Cenovus Energy, Inc., 2.65%, 1/15/2032    $ 428,000 330,119
Eni S.p.A., 4.25%, 5/09/2029 (n)     379,000 339,740
Galp Energia SGPS S.A., 2%, 1/15/2026    EUR 700,000 641,773
MOL PLC, 1.5%, 10/08/2027      190,000 151,164
        $1,674,123
Engineering - Construction – 0.1%
Bouygues S.A., 4.625%, 6/07/2032    EUR 200,000 $202,394
Entertainment – 1.6%
Carnival Corp. PLC, 7.625%, 3/01/2026 (n)   $ 1,204,000 $905,348
Carnival Corp. PLC, 5.75%, 3/01/2027 (n)     545,000 377,677
Life Time, Inc., 5.75%, 1/15/2026 (n)     645,000 599,850
Life Time, Inc., 8%, 4/15/2026 (n)     170,000 148,215
Motion Bondco DAC, 6.625%, 11/15/2027 (n)     650,000 543,777
NCL Corp. Ltd., 5.875%, 3/15/2026 (n)     530,000 433,937
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 4.25%, 7/01/2026 (n)     280,000 222,614
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 5.375%, 7/15/2027 (n)     275,000 213,762
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 5.5%, 4/01/2028 (n)     760,000 585,200
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Bonds – continued
Entertainment – continued
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, 5.25%, 8/15/2029 (n)   $ 490,000 $421,470
        $4,451,850
Financial Institutions – 4.2%
Adler Group S.A., 2.25%, 4/27/2027    EUR 200,000 $83,013
Adler Group S.A., 2.25%, 1/14/2029      400,000 164,445
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, 3.65%, 7/21/2027    $ 1,230,000 1,069,585
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, 3.3%, 1/30/2032      182,000 136,600
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, 3.85%, 10/29/2041      150,000 99,698
Atrium European Real Estate Ltd., 3.625% to 11/04/2026, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.625%) to 11/04/2031, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.625%) to 5/04/2170    EUR 250,000 113,649
Avation Capital S.A., 8.25% (8.25% cash or 9% PIK), 10/31/2026 (n)(p)   $ 406,405 324,769
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., 5.25%, 5/15/2024 (n)     640,000 619,433
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., 4.375%, 5/01/2026 (n)     363,000 319,109
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., 2.528%, 11/18/2027 (n)     309,000 235,878
Credit Acceptance Corp., 5.125%, 12/31/2024 (n)     655,000 609,072
Crédit Logement S.A., 1.081%, 2/15/2034    EUR 600,000 454,081
CTP N.V., 0.942%, 1/20/2026      360,000 283,310
CTP N.V., 1.5%, 9/27/2031      550,000 285,852
EXOR N.V., 0.875%, 1/19/2031      275,000 202,757
Global Aircraft Leasing Co. Ltd., 6.5% (6.5% cash or 7.25% PIK), 9/15/2024 (n)(p)   $ 1,775,623 1,425,680
Grand City Properties S.A., 2.5% to 10/24/2023, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 2.432%) to 10/24/2028, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 2.682%) to 10/24/2043, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.432%) to 10/24/2069    EUR 500,000 360,820
Howard Hughes Corp., 4.125%, 2/01/2029 (n)   $ 925,000 722,914
Logicor Financing S.à r.l., 1.625%, 1/17/2030    EUR 400,000 270,321
Logicor Financing S.à r.l., 0.875%, 1/14/2031      175,000 102,047
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc., 6%, 1/15/2027 (n)   $ 920,000 818,800
OneMain Finance Corp., 6.875%, 3/15/2025      380,000 368,600
OneMain Finance Corp., 7.125%, 3/15/2026      615,000 592,245
P3 Group S.à r.l., 0.875%, 1/26/2026    EUR 500,000 387,557
Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 3.625%, 3/01/2029 (n)   $ 870,000 674,250
Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB, 1.75%, 1/14/2025    EUR 610,000 481,763
SLM Corp., 3.125%, 11/02/2026    $ 45,000 39,468
VGP N.V., 1.5%, 4/08/2029    EUR 500,000 293,268
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Bonds – continued
Financial Institutions – continued
Vonovia SE, REIT, 1.625%, 9/01/2051    EUR 400,000 $179,471
        $11,718,455
Food & Beverages – 3.6%
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 4.375%, 4/15/2038    $ 209,000 $178,466
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 5.55%, 1/23/2049      331,000 311,726
Bacardi Ltd., 5.15%, 5/15/2038 (n)     425,000 356,205
BellRing Brands, Inc., 7%, 3/15/2030 (n)     845,000 797,934
Central America Bottling Co., 5.25%, 4/27/2029 (n)     691,000 607,826
Constellation Brands, Inc., 3.15%, 8/01/2029      638,000 545,800
Constellation Brands, Inc., 2.25%, 8/01/2031      393,000 300,936
JBS USA Lux S.A./JBS USA Food Co./JBS USA Finance, Inc., 3%, 2/02/2029 (n)     270,000 218,744
JBS USA Lux S.A./JBS USA Food Co./JBS USA Finance, Inc., 3.625%, 1/15/2032 (n)     1,000,000 775,000
Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 3.875%, 5/15/2027      505,000 473,161
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc., 4.125%, 1/31/2030 (n)     1,075,000 938,443
Performance Food Group Co., 5.5%, 10/15/2027 (n)     860,000 812,889
Post Holdings, Inc., 5.625%, 1/15/2028 (n)     824,000 770,358
Post Holdings, Inc., 4.625%, 4/15/2030 (n)     1,010,000 852,253
Primo Water Holding, Inc., 4.375%, 4/30/2029 (n)     927,000 776,705
PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk, 3.398%, 6/09/2031      760,000 558,554
U.S. Foods Holding Corp., 4.75%, 2/15/2029 (n)     845,000 748,881
        $10,023,881
Gaming & Lodging – 4.6%
Boyd Gaming Corp., 4.75%, 12/01/2027    $ 410,000 $377,741
Boyd Gaming Corp., 4.75%, 6/15/2031 (n)     280,000 236,527
Caesars Entertainment, Inc., 4.625%, 10/15/2029 (n)     535,000 428,000
Caesars Resort Collection LLC/CRC Finco, Inc., 8.125%, 7/01/2027 (n)     610,000 593,225
CCM Merger, Inc., 6.375%, 5/01/2026 (n)     484,000 441,477
Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc., 3.75%, 5/01/2029 (n)     990,000 843,386
Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc., 3.625%, 2/15/2032 (n)     903,000 719,014
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC, 3.375%, 10/08/2028    GBP 350,000 330,914
International Game Technology PLC, 4.125%, 4/15/2026 (n)   $ 1,040,000 965,120
International Game Technology PLC, 6.25%, 1/15/2027 (n)     230,000 227,875
Marriott International, Inc., 2.85%, 4/15/2031      282,000 219,414
Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc., 4.5%, 6/15/2029 (n)     360,000 301,401
MGM China Holdings Ltd., 5.375%, 5/15/2024 (n)     405,000 348,502
MGM China Holdings Ltd., 4.75%, 2/01/2027 (n)     245,000 183,789
Sands China Ltd., 4.3%, 1/08/2026      200,000 163,604
Sands China Ltd., 4.875%, 6/18/2030      495,000 352,564
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Bonds – continued
Gaming & Lodging – continued
Scientific Games Holdings LP/Scientific Games US Finco, Inc., 6.625%, 3/01/2030 (n)   $ 584,000 $501,878
VICI Properties LP / VICI Note Co., Inc., 4.625%, 6/15/2025 (n)     675,000 632,615
VICI Properties LP / VICI Note Co., Inc., 4.25%, 12/01/2026 (n)     645,000 587,511
VICI Properties LP / VICI Note Co., Inc., 5.75%, 2/01/2027 (n)     275,000 259,798
VICI Properties LP / VICI Note Co., Inc., 3.875%, 2/15/2029 (n)     388,000 326,711
VICI Properties LP / VICI Note Co., Inc., 4.125%, 8/15/2030 (n)     165,000 136,297
VICI Properties LP, REIT, 3.75%, 2/15/2027 (n)     770,000 674,605
VICI Properties LP, REIT, 4.95%, 2/15/2030      716,000 647,122
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc., 4.375%, 8/15/2028 (n)     803,000 706,897
Wynn Macau Ltd., 4.875%, 10/01/2024 (n)     400,000 311,568
Wynn Macau Ltd., 5.5%, 1/15/2026 (n)     395,000 273,784
Wynn Macau Ltd., 5.625%, 8/26/2028 (n)     774,000 472,140
Wynn Resorts Finance LLC/Wynn Resorts Capital Corp., 5.125%, 10/01/2029 (n)     800,000 636,372
        $12,899,851
Industrial – 1.5%
Albion Financing 1 S.à r.l., 6.125%, 10/15/2026 (n)   $ 210,000 $179,296
Albion Financing 2 S.à r.l., 8.75%, 4/15/2027 (n)     640,000 537,600
APi Escrow Corp., 4.75%, 10/15/2029 (n)     955,000 805,149
CPI Property Group S.A., 3.75% to 7/27/2028, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.338%) to 7/27/2033, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.588%) to 7/27/2048, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 5.338%) to 1/27/2170    EUR 420,000 224,135
Dar Al-Arkan Sukuk Co. Ltd., 6.875%, 2/26/2027    $ 1,000,000 920,000
Investor AB, 2.75%, 6/10/2032    EUR 115,000 104,055
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, 2.396%, 10/01/2050    $ 966,000 559,694
Williams Scotsman International, Inc., 4.625%, 8/15/2028 (n)     900,000 812,835
        $4,142,764
Insurance – 0.8%
AIA Group Ltd., 0.88% to 9/09/2028, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 1.1%) to 9/09/2033    EUR 460,000 $345,301
Allianz SE, 3.2% to 4/30/2028, FLR (CMT - 5yr. + 2.165%) to 4/30/2171 (n)   $ 200,000 135,060
Allianz SE, 3.5% to 4/30/2026, FLR (CMT - 5yr. + 2.973%) to 4/30/2171 (n)     400,000 315,800
Argentum Netherlands B.V., 5.125%, 6/01/2048      290,000 252,329
Argentum Zurich Insurance, 2.75% to 2/19/2029, FLR (EURIBOR - 3mo. + 3.2%) to 2/19/2049    EUR 420,000 350,448
Aviva PLC, 4% to 6/03/2035, FLR (GBP Government Yield - 5yr. + 4.7%) to 6/03/2055    GBP 392,000 324,218
Corebridge Financial, Inc., 4.35%, 4/05/2042 (n)   $ 109,000 81,708
Credit Agricole Assurances S.A., 2%, 7/17/2030    EUR 100,000 76,091
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Bonds – continued
Insurance – continued
NN Group N.V., 4.625%, 1/13/2048    EUR 380,000 $343,975
        $2,224,930
Insurance - Health – 0.5%
Centene Corp., 3%, 10/15/2030    $ 720,000 $579,600
UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 5.3%, 2/15/2030      416,000 415,932
UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 4.625%, 7/15/2035      509,000 467,416
        $1,462,948
Insurance - Property & Casualty – 1.3%
Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC, 6.75%, 10/15/2027 (n)   $ 460,000 $419,750
Aon Corp./Aon Global Holdings PLC, 2.6%, 12/02/2031      107,000 82,741
AssuredPartners, Inc., 5.625%, 1/15/2029 (n)     530,000 435,925
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., 0.5%, 1/15/2041    EUR 390,000 207,273
GTCR (AP) Finance, Inc., 8%, 5/15/2027 (n)   $ 325,000 309,622
Hiscox Ltd., 6%, 9/22/2027    GBP 350,000 392,429
Hub International Ltd., 5.625%, 12/01/2029 (n)   $ 1,039,000 890,932
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., 2.25%, 11/15/2030      316,000 247,591
QBE Insurance Group Ltd., 2.5% to 9/13/2028, FLR (GBP Government Yield - 5yr. + 2.061%) to 9/13/2038    GBP 335,000 285,030
Ryan Specialty Group, 4.375%, 2/01/2030 (n)   $ 359,000 306,945
        $3,578,238
International Market Quasi-Sovereign – 0.6%
Airport Authority Hong Kong, 3.25%, 1/12/2052 (n)   $ 376,000 $246,725
Caixa Geral de Depositos S.A. (Republic of Portugal), 5.75%, 10/31/2028    EUR 200,000 198,187
Electricite de France S.A., 2.625% to 6/01/2028, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 2.86%) to 6/01/2033, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.11%) to 6/01/2048, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.86%) to 12/29/2049      400,000 260,811
Electricite de France S.A., 2.875% to 3/15/2027, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.373%) to 3/15/2031, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.623%) to 3/15/2047, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.373%) to 3/15/2070      400,000 295,007
Islandsbanki, 0.75%, 3/25/2025      340,000 295,692
Ontario Teachers' Cadillac Fairview Properties, 2.5%, 10/15/2031 (n)   $ 425,000 321,112
RTE Reseau de Transport d'Electricite, 0.75%, 1/12/2034    EUR 200,000 140,873
        $1,758,407
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
International Market Sovereign – 1.7%
Commonwealth of Australia, 3.75%, 4/21/2037    AUD 6,385,000 $3,978,561
Government of Bermuda, 2.375%, 8/20/2030 (n)   $ 239,000 188,523
Government of Bermuda, 5%, 7/15/2032 (n)     731,000 677,298
        $4,844,382
Local Authorities – 1.1%
Province of Alberta, 4.5%, 12/01/2040    CAD 410,000 $303,551
Province of British Columbia, 2.95%, 6/18/2050      315,000 179,989
Province of Ontario, 1.9%, 12/02/2051      6,293,000 2,769,502
        $3,253,042
Machinery & Tools – 0.5%
CNH Industrial Capital LLC, 1.875%, 1/15/2026    $ 255,000 $224,500
Sarens Finance Co. N.V., 5.75%, 2/21/2027    EUR 531,000 388,848
Terex Corp., 5%, 5/15/2029 (n)   $ 965,000 860,828
        $1,474,176
Major Banks – 4.0%
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., 2.57% to 11/25/2030, FLR (CMT - 5yr. + 1.7%) to 11/25/2035 (n)   $ 563,000 $392,099
Banco de Sabadell S.A., 5% to 11/19/2027, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 5.171%) to 2/19/2170    EUR 200,000 145,273
Bank of America Corp., 0.694% to 3/22/2030, FLR (EURIBOR - 3mo. + 0.79%) to 3/22/2031      230,000 172,844
Bank of America Corp., 2.687% to 4/22/2031, FLR (SOFR - 1 day + 1.32%) to 4/22/2032    $ 1,055,000 815,360
Bank of Ireland Group Public Ltd. Co., 7.594% to 6/12/2027, FLR (GBP Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.7%) to 12/06/2032    GBP 270,000 296,928
Barclays PLC, 8% to 9/15/2029, FLR (CMT - 5yr. + 5.431%) to 12/15/2171    $ 440,000 394,176
BNP Paribas S.A., 4.625% to 1/12/2027, FLR (CMT - 5yr. + 3.196%) to 1/12/2027 (n)     580,000 443,988
BPER Banca S.p.A., 8.625% to 1/20/2028, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 6.206%) to 1/20/2033    EUR 300,000 295,734
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 2.688%, 3/11/2031 (n)   $ 688,000 498,136
Credit Suisse AG (London), 2.125%, 5/31/2024    EUR 380,000 355,057
Deutsche Bank AG, 3.729% to 1/14/2031, FLR (SOFR - 1 day + 2.757%) to 1/14/2032    $ 287,000 202,168
Deutsche Bank AG (New York), 3.742%, 1/07/2033      303,000 206,276
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2.383% to 7/21/2031, FLR (SOFR - 1 day + 1.248%) to 7/21/2032      506,000 376,542
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 3.436% to 2/24/2042, FLR (SOFR - 1 day + 1.632%) to 2/24/2043      399,000 271,638
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Major Banks – continued
HSBC Holdings PLC, 2.099% to 6/04/2025, FLR (SOFR - 1 day + 1.929%) to 6/04/2026    $ 298,000 $262,111
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 1.953% to 2/04/2031, FLR (SOFR - 1 day + 1.065%) to 2/04/2032      333,000 243,919
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.26%, 2/22/2048      300,000 232,579
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 3.109% to 4/22/2050, FLR (SOFR + 2.44%) to 4/22/2051      1,922,000 1,199,775
Morgan Stanley, 1.593% to 5/04/2026, FLR (SOFR - 1 day + 0.879%) to 5/04/2027      902,000 771,891
Morgan Stanley, 3.622% to 4/01/2030, FLR (SOFR - 1 day + 3.12%) to 4/01/2031      316,000 268,686
NatWest Group PLC, 5.125% to 11/12/2027, FLR (GBP Government Yield - 5yr. + 4.985%) to 12/31/2068    GBP 530,000 476,366
Standard Chartered PLC, 0.8% to 11/17/2028, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 1yr. + 0.85%) to 11/17/2029    EUR 300,000 230,063
Toronto Dominion Bank, 4.108%, 6/08/2027    $ 719,000 673,449
UBS Group AG, 2.746% to 2/11/2032, FLR (CMT - 1yr. + 1.1%) to 2/11/2033 (n)     749,000 538,948
Unicaja Banco S.A., 1% to 12/01/2025, FLR (EUR ICE Swap Rate - 1yr. + 1.15%) to 12/01/2026    EUR 400,000 345,275
UniCredit S.p.A., 2.569% to 9/22/2025, FLR (CMT - 1yr. + 2.3%) to 9/22/2026 (n)   $ 530,000 454,481
UniCredit S.p.A., 0.925% to 1/28/2027, FLR (EURIBOR - 3mo. + 0.85%) to 1/18/2028    EUR 410,000 341,018
Wells Fargo & Co., 3.35% to 3/02/2032, FLR (SOFR - 1 day + 1.5%) to 3/02/2033    $ 508,000 409,523
        $11,314,303
Medical & Health Technology & Services – 5.1%
180 Medical, Inc., 3.875%, 10/15/2029 (n)   $ 765,000 $646,425
Alcon, Inc., 3.8%, 9/23/2049 (n)     200,000 137,644
Avantor Funding, Inc., 4.625%, 7/15/2028 (n)     1,004,000 907,325
Becton, Dickinson and Co., 4.298%, 8/22/2032      166,000 150,181
Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., 2.375%, 3/01/2028    EUR 225,000 185,850
Catalent, Inc., 3.125%, 2/15/2029 (n)   $ 1,579,000 1,292,096
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., 3.75%, 3/15/2029 (n)     1,734,000 1,499,910
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 8%, 12/15/2027 (n)     450,000 364,333
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 6.125%, 4/01/2030 (n)     1,155,000 473,550
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 5.25%, 5/15/2030 (n)     355,000 245,837
DaVita, Inc., 4.625%, 6/01/2030 (n)     515,000 401,507
Encompass Health Corp., 5.75%, 9/15/2025      265,000 262,587
Encompass Health Corp., 4.75%, 2/01/2030      760,000 647,900
HCA, Inc., 5.25%, 6/15/2026      471,000 456,460
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Medical & Health Technology & Services – continued
HCA, Inc., 5.125%, 6/15/2039    $ 287,000 $237,705
IQVIA Holdings, Inc., 5%, 10/15/2026 (n)     835,000 795,989
IQVIA Holdings, Inc., 5%, 5/15/2027 (n)     965,000 919,529
Legacy LifePoint Health LLC, 4.375%, 2/15/2027 (n)     255,000 201,062
New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured & Crippled, 2.667%, 10/01/2050      318,000 180,629
ProMedica Toledo Hospital, “B”, AGM, 6.015%, 11/15/2048      205,000 179,397
Regional Care/LifePoint Health, Inc., 9.75%, 12/01/2026 (n)     545,000 434,528
Syneos Health, Inc., 3.625%, 1/15/2029 (n)     990,000 819,904
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 6.125%, 10/01/2028 (n)     1,265,000 1,094,857
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 4.375%, 1/15/2030 (n)     222,000 186,258
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 6.125%, 6/15/2030 (n)     300,000 276,942
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Finance I) Co., 2%, 10/18/2051    EUR 330,000 206,077
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., 1.75%, 10/15/2028    $ 519,000 430,799
U.S. Acute Care Solutions LLC, 6.375%, 3/01/2026 (n)     530,000 480,535
U.S. Renal Care, Inc., 10.625%, 7/15/2027 (n)     490,000 194,533
        $14,310,349
Medical Equipment – 0.5%
Garden SpinCo Corp., 8.625%, 7/20/2030 (n)   $ 445,000 $457,707
Teleflex, Inc., 4.625%, 11/15/2027      995,000 937,638
        $1,395,345
Metals & Mining – 3.2%
Anglo American Capital PLC, 5.625%, 4/01/2030 (n)   $ 371,000 $350,128
Anglo American Capital PLC, 4.75%, 9/21/2032    EUR 200,000 188,608
Baffinland Iron Mines Corp./Baffinland Iron Mines LP, 8.75%, 7/15/2026 (n)   $ 656,000 595,945
Coeur Mining, Inc., 5.125%, 2/15/2029 (n)     730,000 562,146
Compass Minerals International, Inc., 6.75%, 12/01/2027 (n)     690,000 649,101
Eldorado Gold Corp., 6.25%, 9/01/2029 (n)     465,000 376,115
Ero Copper Corp., 6.5%, 2/15/2030 (n)     330,000 248,325
First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 6.875%, 10/15/2027      600,000 557,897
FMG Resources Ltd., 4.375%, 4/01/2031 (n)     1,055,000 838,514
Glencore Capital Finance DAC, 1.125%, 3/10/2028    EUR 550,000 441,886
Glencore Funding LLC, 2.85%, 4/27/2031 (n)   $ 465,000 359,959
GrafTech Finance, Inc., 4.625%, 12/15/2028 (n)     691,000 559,710
Kaiser Aluminum Corp., 4.625%, 3/01/2028 (n)     1,297,000 1,134,616
Kaiser Aluminum Corp., 4.5%, 6/01/2031 (n)     430,000 337,335
Novelis Corp., 3.25%, 11/15/2026 (n)     496,000 434,118
Novelis Corp., 4.75%, 1/30/2030 (n)     775,000 658,397
Novelis Corp., 3.875%, 8/15/2031 (n)     358,000 277,346
Petra Diamonds US$ Treasury PLC, 10.5% PIK to 12/31/2022, 10.5% PIK/9.75% Cash to 6/30/2023, 9.75% Cash to 3/08/2026 (n)(p)     341,942 341,942
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Metals & Mining – continued
TMS International Corp., 6.25%, 4/15/2029 (n)   $ 175,000 $122,732
        $9,034,820
Midstream – 5.0%
AI Candelaria Spain SLU, 7.5%, 12/15/2028 (n)   $ 457,000 $385,023
Cheniere Energy Partners LP, 4.5%, 10/01/2029      505,000 445,890
Cheniere Energy Partners LP, 4%, 3/01/2031      990,000 834,654
DT Midstream, Inc., 4.125%, 6/15/2029 (n)     733,000 633,678
DT Midstream, Inc., 4.375%, 6/15/2031 (n)     908,000 764,990
Enbridge, Inc., 5.375%, 9/27/2077    CAD 570,000 380,593
EnLink Midstream LLC, 6.5%, 9/01/2030 (n)   $ 795,000 781,087
EQM Midstream Partners LP, 6%, 7/01/2025 (n)     65,000 62,953
EQM Midstream Partners LP, 6.5%, 7/01/2027 (n)     60,000 58,500
EQM Midstream Partners LP, 5.5%, 7/15/2028      1,492,000 1,332,550
EQM Midstream Partners LP, 4.5%, 1/15/2029 (n)     555,000 471,750
Galaxy Pipeline Assets Bidco Ltd., 2.16%, 3/31/2034 (n)     487,296 396,756
GNL Quintero S.A., 4.634%, 7/31/2029 (n)     436,508 404,861
Kinetik Holdings, Inc., 5.875%, 6/15/2030 (n)     790,000 741,157
Peru LNG, 5.375%, 3/22/2030      1,047,000 823,256
Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp., 3.55%, 12/15/2029      744,000 619,964
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5%, 3/15/2027      285,000 274,654
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 4.5%, 5/15/2030      507,000 462,429
Tallgrass Energy Partners LP, 5.5%, 1/15/2028 (n)     1,100,000 986,304
Targa Resources Corp., 4.2%, 2/01/2033      48,000 40,071
Targa Resources Corp., 4.95%, 4/15/2052      290,000 217,598
Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Finance Corp., 6.875%, 1/15/2029      945,000 941,632
Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Finance Corp., 4.875%, 2/01/2031      718,000 633,499
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC, 3.875%, 8/15/2029 (n)     860,000 737,450
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC, 4.125%, 8/15/2031 (n)     630,000 537,094
        $13,968,393
Municipals – 0.4%
Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, Education Loan Subordinate Rev., Taxable, “A”, 2.641%, 7/01/2037    $ 565,000 $490,069
Michigan Finance Authority Hospital Rev., Taxable (Trinity Health Credit Group), 3.384%, 12/01/2040      605,000 447,927
Oklahoma Development Finance Authority, Health System Rev., Taxable (OU Medicine Project), “C”, 5.45%, 8/15/2028      209,000 179,728
        $1,117,724
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Natural Gas - Pipeline – 0.2%
APT Pipelines Ltd., 0.75%, 3/15/2029    EUR 340,000 $262,667
APT Pipelines Ltd., 2.5%, 3/15/2036    GBP 390,000 278,745
        $541,412
Network & Telecom – 0.7%
AT&T, Inc., 3.5%, 9/15/2053    $ 348,000 $223,357
Iliad Holding S.A.S., 7%, 10/15/2028 (n)     854,000 772,870
Orange S.A., 3.25%, 1/15/2032    GBP 300,000 296,243
Verizon Communications, Inc., 2.1%, 3/22/2028    $ 273,000 229,425
Verizon Communications, Inc., 2.55%, 3/21/2031      637,000 503,372
        $2,025,267
Oil Services – 0.4%
MV24 Capital B.V., 6.748%, 6/01/2034    $ 888,900 $734,387
Solaris Midstream Holding LLC, 7.625%, 4/01/2026 (n)     430,000 409,575
        $1,143,962
Oils – 1.0%
Neste Oyj, 0.75%, 3/25/2028    EUR 600,000 $500,380
Parkland Corp., 4.625%, 5/01/2030 (n)   $ 1,125,000 935,792
Puma International Financing S.A., 5%, 1/24/2026      1,338,000 1,187,475
Thaioil Treasury Center Co. Ltd., 5.375%, 11/20/2048 (n)     359,000 247,821
        $2,871,468
Other Banks & Diversified Financials – 2.7%
Alpha Bank, 4.25%, 2/13/2030    EUR 490,000 $392,217
Arion Banki HF, 4.875%, 12/21/2024      560,000 536,362
Bangkok Bank (Hong Kong), 4.05%, 3/19/2024 (n)   $ 1,046,000 1,027,256
Bank Hapoalim B.M., 3.255% to 1/21/2027, FLR (CMT - 5yr. + 2.155%) to 1/21/2032 (n)     343,000 280,403
Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M., 5.125%, 7/27/2027 (n)     1,244,000 1,205,352
Bank of Cyprus PCL, 2.5% to 6/24/2026, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 2.785%) to 6/24/2027    EUR 550,000 427,808
Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel S.A., 1.125%, 11/19/2031      300,000 211,605
Belfius Bank S.A., 3.625% to 4/16/2025, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 2.938%) to  4/16/2068      400,000 289,372
BPCE S.A., 2.277% to 1/20/2031, FLR (SOFR - 1 day + 1.312%) to 1/20/2032 (n)   $ 500,000 352,790
Caixabank S.A., 3.625% to 3/14/2029, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.857%) to 12/14/2170    EUR 400,000 267,816
Commerzbank AG, 4.625% to 3/21/2027, FLR (EURIBOR - 3mo. + 2.2%) to 3/21/2027      300,000 285,197
Deutsche Bank AG, 3.25% to 5/24/2027, FLR (EURIBOR - 3mo. + 1.93%) to 5/24/2028      100,000 88,509
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Other Banks & Diversified Financials – continued
Deutsche Bank AG, 4% to 6/24/2027, FLR (EUR ICE Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.3%) to 6/24/2032    EUR 300,000 $259,504
Deutsche Bank AG, 4.5% to 4/30/2027, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.552%) to 4/30/2170      600,000 449,160
Groupe BPCE S.A., 4.5%, 3/15/2025 (n)   $ 278,000 260,952
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., 2.625%, 3/11/2036    GBP 570,000 399,982
Macquarie Group Ltd., 4.08%, 5/31/2029      470,000 467,117
Virgin Money UK PLC, 5.125% to 12/11/2025, FLR (GBP Government Yield - 5yr. + 5.25%) to 12/11/2030      275,000 286,051
        $7,487,453
Personal Computers & Peripherals – 0.3%
NCR Corp., 5%, 10/01/2028 (n)   $ 695,000 $584,008
NCR Corp., 5.125%, 4/15/2029 (n)     290,000 243,386
        $827,394
Pharmaceuticals – 1.1%
13752090 BC Ltd., 9%, 1/30/2028 (n)   $ 252,000 $243,810
Bausch Health Co., Inc., 11%, 9/30/2028 (n)     447,000 344,190
Bausch Health Co., Inc., 14%, 10/15/2030 (n)     89,000 50,953
Jazz Securities DAC, 4.375%, 1/15/2029 (n)     1,185,000 1,051,687
Organon Finance 1 LLC, 4.125%, 4/30/2028 (n)     780,000 687,040
Organon Finance 1 LLC, 5.125%, 4/30/2031 (n)     715,000 607,228
        $2,984,908
Pollution Control – 0.7%
GFL Environmental, Inc., 4.25%, 6/01/2025 (n)   $ 255,000 $243,464
GFL Environmental, Inc., 4%, 8/01/2028 (n)     635,000 549,529
GFL Environmental, Inc., 4.75%, 6/15/2029 (n)     235,000 204,821
GFL Environmental, Inc., 4.375%, 8/15/2029 (n)     285,000 241,386
Stericycle, Inc., 3.875%, 1/15/2029 (n)     747,000 648,837
Waste Connections, Inc., 4.2%, 1/15/2033      204,000 184,483
        $2,072,520
Precious Metals & Minerals – 0.3%
IAMGOLD Corp., 5.75%, 10/15/2028 (n)   $ 580,000 $388,600
Taseko Mines Ltd., 7%, 2/15/2026 (n)     500,000 416,040
        $804,640
Printing & Publishing – 0.4%
Cimpress N.V., 7%, 6/15/2026 (n)   $ 920,000 $549,700
Informa PLC, 3.125%, 7/05/2026    GBP 192,000 195,456
Informa PLC, 1.25%, 4/22/2028    EUR 420,000 336,780
        $1,081,936
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Railroad & Shipping – 0.4%
Canadian Pacific Railway Co., 2.45%, 12/02/2031    $ 404,000 $320,507
Wabtec Transportation Netherlands B.V., 1.25%, 12/03/2027    EUR 1,006,000 813,044
        $1,133,551
Real Estate - Healthcare – 0.1%
MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Financial Co., REIT, 5%, 10/15/2027    $ 331,000 $283,263
Real Estate - Office – 0.2%
Corporate Office Property LP, REIT, 2.25%, 3/15/2026    $ 298,000 $258,237
Corporate Office Property LP, REIT, 2%, 1/15/2029      197,000 146,940
Corporate Office Property LP, REIT, 2.75%, 4/15/2031      393,000 283,967
        $689,144
Real Estate - Other – 0.7%
EPR Properties, REIT, 3.6%, 11/15/2031    $ 333,000 $224,808
Lexington Realty Trust Co., 2.7%, 9/15/2030      506,000 387,237
SEGRO Capital S.a.r.l. , 0.5%, 9/22/2031    EUR 340,000 218,372
W.P. Carey, Inc., REIT, 2.4%, 2/01/2031    $ 756,000 567,700
XHR LP, REIT, 4.875%, 6/01/2029 (n)     665,000 573,695
        $1,971,812
Real Estate - Retail – 0.4%
Brixmor Operating Partnership LP, REIT, 4.05%, 7/01/2030    $ 329,000 $272,920
Hammerson Ireland Finance DAC, 1.75%, 6/03/2027    EUR 252,000 177,465
Regency Centers Corp., 3.7%, 6/15/2030    $ 152,000 128,331
STORE Capital Corp., REIT, 2.75%, 11/18/2030      316,000 246,684
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE, REIT, 2.125% to 10/25/2023, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 1.675%) to 10/25/2028, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 1.925%) to 10/25/2043, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 2.675%) to 10/25/2070    EUR 400,000 341,934
        $1,167,334
Restaurants – 0.2%
Fertitta Entertainment LLC, 6.75%, 1/15/2030 (n)   $ 635,000 $498,475
Retailers – 1.0%
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., 4.5%, 3/01/2028    $ 65,000 $56,352
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., 4.625%, 11/15/2029 (n)     941,000 773,972
AutoZone, Inc., 4.75%, 8/01/2032      212,000 197,050
Bath & Body Works, Inc., 5.25%, 2/01/2028      1,340,000 1,185,230
Home Depot, Inc., 4.875%, 2/15/2044      248,000 220,928
Victoria's Secret & Co., 4.625%, 7/15/2029 (n)     675,000 536,962
        $2,970,494
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Specialty Chemicals – 0.2%
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc., 1.832%, 10/15/2027 (n)   $ 356,000 $290,283
Univar Solutions USA, Inc., 5.125%, 12/01/2027 (n)     347,000 320,975
        $611,258
Specialty Stores – 0.7%
DICK'S Sporting Goods, 3.15%, 1/15/2032    $ 459,000 $348,400
Group 1 Automotive, Inc., 4%, 8/15/2028 (n)     715,000 588,009
Michael Cos., Inc., 5.25%, 5/01/2028 (n)     390,000 276,955
Michael Cos., Inc., 7.875%, 5/01/2029 (n)     455,000 253,662
Penske Automotive Group Co., 3.75%, 6/15/2029      734,000 602,577
        $2,069,603
Supermarkets – 0.5%
Albertsons Cos. LLC/Safeway, Inc., 4.625%, 1/15/2027 (n)   $ 673,000 $623,676
Albertsons Cos. LLC/Safeway, Inc., 3.5%, 3/15/2029 (n)     560,000 463,400
Iceland Bondco PLC, 4.375%, 5/15/2028    GBP 570,000 449,075
        $1,536,151
Supranational – 0.5%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 4.25%, 6/24/2025    AUD 405,000 $260,003
West African Development Bank, 4.7%, 10/22/2031 (n)   $ 806,000 607,853
West African Development Bank, 2.75%, 1/22/2033    EUR 610,000 419,643
        $1,287,499
Telecommunications - Wireless – 3.1%
Altice France S.A., 6%, 2/15/2028 (n)   $ 1,185,000 $766,305
Crown Castle, Inc., REIT, 3.7%, 6/15/2026      314,000 291,477
Millicom International Cellular S.A., 4.5%, 4/27/2031 (n)     1,025,000 768,411
Rogers Communications, Inc., 3.8%, 3/15/2032 (n)     336,000 286,068
Rogers Communications, Inc., 3.7%, 11/15/2049      339,000 221,477
SBA Communications Corp., 3.875%, 2/15/2027      710,000 639,000
SBA Communications Corp., 3.125%, 2/01/2029      1,075,000 868,847
Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/2028      1,050,000 1,083,579
Sprint Corp., 7.125%, 6/15/2024      245,000 247,683
Sprint Corp., 7.625%, 3/01/2026      1,785,000 1,863,094
Telefonica Celular del Paraguay S.A., 5.875%, 4/15/2027 (n)     900,000 808,058
T-Mobile USA, Inc., 3.875%, 4/15/2030      664,000 587,374
Vodafone Group PLC, 3.375%, 8/08/2049    GBP 440,000 352,577
        $8,783,950
Telephone Services – 0.2%
TELUS Corp., 2.85%, 11/13/2031    CAD 825,000 $492,444
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Tobacco – 0.3%
B.A.T. Capital Corp., 2.125%, 8/15/2025    GBP 450,000 $460,761
Vector Group Ltd., 5.75%, 2/01/2029 (n)   $ 370,000 323,750
        $784,511
Transportation - Services – 0.4%
ERAC USA Finance LLC, 7%, 10/15/2037 (n)   $ 175,000 $178,738
Holding d'Infrastructures de Transport, 1.475%, 1/18/2031    EUR 500,000 372,553
Transurban Finance Co., 1.45%, 5/16/2029      300,000 243,077
Triton International Ltd., 3.15%, 6/15/2031 (n)   $ 395,000 291,273
        $1,085,641
U.S. Treasury Obligations – 4.3%
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 1.75%, 8/15/2041    $ 534,000 $348,519
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 2.375%, 2/15/2042      8,238,000 6,015,027
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 2.375%, 11/15/2049 (f)     8,176,000 5,713,938
        $12,077,484
Utilities - Electric Power – 5.2%
Adani Green Energy (UP) Ltd./Prayatna Developers Private Ltd., 6.25%, 12/10/2024 (n)   $ 1,096,000 $990,784
American Transmission Systems, Inc., 2.65%, 1/15/2032 (n)     86,000 66,771
Bruce Power LP, 2.68%, 12/21/2028    CAD 750,000 482,811
Calpine Corp., 4.5%, 2/15/2028 (n)   $ 913,000 820,506
Calpine Corp., 5.125%, 3/15/2028 (n)     855,000 758,055
Clearway Energy Operating LLC, 4.75%, 3/15/2028 (n)     530,000 489,559
Clearway Energy Operating LLC, 3.75%, 2/15/2031 (n)     1,380,000 1,152,300
Enel Finance International N.V., 2.25%, 7/12/2031 (n)     740,000 502,036
Enel Finance International N.V., 0.875%, 9/28/2034    EUR 340,000 208,543
Enel Finance International N.V., 4.75%, 5/25/2047 (n)   $ 271,000 181,208
Enel S.p.A., 2.25% to 3/10/2027, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 2.679%) to 3/10/2032, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 2.929%) to 3/10/2047, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.679%) to 3/10/2070    EUR 325,000 258,181
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)   $ 500,000 497,287
Enel S.p.A., 1.875% to 9/08/2030, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 2.011%) to 9/08/2035, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 2.261%) to 9/08/2050, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.011%) to 3/08/2170    EUR 315,000 207,001
ENGIE Energía Chile S.A., 4.5%, 1/29/2025 (n)   $ 1,023,000 958,551
Evergy, Inc., 2.9%, 9/15/2029      418,000 345,200
Jersey Central Power & Light Co., 2.75%, 3/01/2032 (n)     186,000 144,730
Listrindo Capital B.V., 4.95%, 9/14/2026      910,000 787,120
Mong Duong Finance Holdings B.V., 5.125%, 5/07/2029      594,000 411,553
National Grid Electricity Transmission PLC, 2%, 4/17/2040    GBP 420,000 279,281
NextEra Energy, Inc., 4.25%, 7/15/2024 (n)   $ 313,000 303,460
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Utilities - Electric Power – continued
NextEra Energy, Inc., 4.25%, 9/15/2024 (n)   $ 107,000 $100,696
NextEra Energy, Inc., 4.5%, 9/15/2027 (n)     735,000 683,550
ReNew Power Private Ltd., 5.875%, 3/05/2027      632,000 565,431
Southern California Edison Co., 3.65%, 2/01/2050      277,000 185,185
Star Energy Geothermal (Wayang Windu) Ltd., 6.75%, 4/24/2033      696,477 616,282
TerraForm Global Operating LLC, 6.125%, 3/01/2026 (n)     565,000 520,032
TerraForm Power Operating LLC, 5%, 1/31/2028 (n)     1,015,000 940,252
TerraForm Power Operating LLC, 4.75%, 1/15/2030 (n)     550,000 494,312
Virginia Electric & Power Co., 3.5%, 3/15/2027      279,000 259,803
Virginia Electric & Power Co., 2.875%, 7/15/2029      348,000 298,848
Xcel Energy, Inc., 4.6%, 6/01/2032      159,000 146,442
        $14,655,770
Utilities - Gas – 0.1%
EP Infrastructure, 1.698%, 7/30/2026    EUR 480,000 $358,161
Total Bonds (Identified Cost, $436,028,188)   $364,711,897
Exchange-Traded Funds – 1.0%
Fixed Income ETFs – 1.0%  
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (Identified Cost, $2,791,943)   27,694 $2,806,787
Common Stocks – 0.2%
Cable TV – 0.1%  
Intelsat Emergence S.A. (a)   7,339 $168,797
Construction – 0.0%  
ICA Tenedora, S.A. de C.V. (u)   127,848 $109,697
Oil Services – 0.1%  
LTRI Holdings LP (a)(u)   520 $213,860
Total Common Stocks (Identified Cost, $805,739)   $492,354
Contingent Value Rights – 0.0%
Cable TV – 0.0%
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A. - Series A, 12/05/2025 (a)     768 $3,360
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A. - Series B, 12/05/2025 (a)     768 3,264
Total Contingent Value Rights (Identified Cost, $0)   $6,624
    
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Issuer Strike
Price 		First
Exercise 		Shares/Par Value ($)
Warrants – 0.0%        
Other Banks & Diversified Financials – 0.0%
Avation Capital S.A. (1 share for 1 warrant, Expiration 10/31/26) (a) (Identified Cost, $0) GBP 1.14 3/16/21 7,000 $1,204
    
         
Investment Companies (h) – 3.8%
Money Market Funds – 3.8%  
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio, 3.02% (v) (Identified Cost, $10,670,096)     10,670,329 $10,670,329
    
Underlying/Expiration Date/Exercise Price Put/Call Counterparty Notional
Amount 		Par Amount/
Number of
Contracts 		 
Purchased Options – 0.0%  
Market Index Securities – 0.0%  
iTraxx Europe Crossover Series 38 Index Credit Default Swap-Fund pays 5%, Fund receives notional amount upon a defined credit event of an index constituent – February 2023 @ EUR 90 Call Merrill Lynch International Bank $ 21,812,578  EUR 22,190,000 $29,161
iTraxx Europe Crossover Series 38 Index Credit Default Swap-Fund pays 5%, Fund receives notional amount upon a defined credit event of an index constituent – November 2022 @ EUR 600 Call BNP Paribas S.A.  6,924,958  EUR 7,120,000 135,859
Total Purchased Options
(Premiums Paid, $104,783) 		  $165,020
    
         
Written Options (see table below) – (0.0)%  
(Premiums Received, $43,095) $(1,710)
Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (34.4)%   (97,038,480)
Net Assets – 100.0% $281,814,025
    
(a) Non-income producing security.      
(f) All or a portion of the security has been segregated as collateral for open futures contracts.      
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(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 $10,670,329 and $368,183,886, 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 $209,542,490, representing 74.4% of net assets.      
(p) Payment-in-kind (PIK) security for which interest income may be received in additional securities and/or cash.      
(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.      
    
The following abbreviations are used in this report and are defined:
AGM Assured Guaranty Municipal
CDO Collateralized Debt Obligation
CLO Collateralized Loan Obligation
CMT Constant Maturity Treasury
ETF Exchange-Traded Fund
EURIBOR Euro Interbank Offered Rate
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
NPFG National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.
PCL Public Company Limited
REIT Real Estate Investment Trust
SOFR Secured Overnight Financing Rate
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
BRL Brazilian Real
CAD Canadian Dollar
CHF Swiss Franc
CLP Chilean Peso
CNH Chinese Yuan Renminbi (Offshore)
CZK Czech Koruna
EUR Euro
GBP British Pound
JPY Japanese Yen
KRW South Korean Won
MXN Mexican Peso
NOK Norwegian Krone
NZD New Zealand Dollar
SEK Swedish Krona
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SGD Singapore Dollar
TWD Taiwan Dollar
UYU Uruguayan Peso
Derivative Contracts at 10/31/22
Written Options
Underlying Put/
Call 		Counterparty Par Amount/
Number of
Contracts 		Notional
Amount 		Exercise
Price 		Expiration
Date 		Value
Liability Derivatives
Market Index Securities      
iTraxx Europe Crossover Series 38 Index Credit Default Swap-Fund pays 5%, Fund receives notional amount upon a defined credit event of an index constituent Put BNP Paribas S.A. EUR (4,720,000) $(4,590,703) EUR 800.00 November – 2022 $(1,710)
    
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts
Currency
Purchased 		Currency
Sold 		Counterparty Settlement
Date 		Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Asset Derivatives
AUD 1,018,554 USD 634,977 State Street Bank Corp. 1/20/2023 $18,297
BRL 4,374,966 USD 832,217 Citibank N.A. 11/03/2022 14,742
BRL 4,374,966 USD 825,465 Merrill Lynch International 11/03/2022 21,494
CAD 1,943,791 USD 1,415,289 Deutsche Bank AG 1/20/2023 13,057
CAD 3,184,585 USD 2,311,960 HSBC Bank 1/20/2023 28,152
CLP 2,622,029,936 USD 2,746,875 Citibank N.A. 11/08/2022 30,625
EUR 10,713 USD 10,622 Deutsche Bank AG 1/20/2023 36
EUR 144,785 USD 142,943 HSBC Bank 1/20/2023 1,095
EUR 650,701 USD 645,998 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 1/20/2023 1,351
EUR 534,418 USD 531,422 State Street Bank Corp. 1/20/2023 244
GBP 5,762,338 USD 6,551,230 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 1/20/2023 75,312
GBP 492,923 USD 554,814 NatWest Markets PLC 1/20/2023 12,035
GBP 87,392 USD 98,089 State Street Bank Corp. 1/20/2023 2,410
JPY 93,757,483 USD 633,777 Deutsche Bank AG 1/20/2023 3,415
KRW 4,089,803,943 USD 2,864,510 Citibank N.A. 11/07/2022 6,478
MXN 14,147,656 USD 694,988 Goldman Sachs International 1/20/2023 9,028
MXN 7,750,744 USD 379,004 HSBC Bank 1/20/2023 6,689
NOK 458,606 USD 43,326 Brown Brothers Harriman 1/20/2023 910
NOK 1,818,118 USD 169,145 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 1/20/2023 6,224
NZD 11,697,299 USD 6,663,589 Citibank N.A. 1/20/2023 145,513
NZD 153,818 USD 89,284 HSBC Bank 1/20/2023 254
NZD 6,419,413 USD 3,630,560 State Street Bank Corp. 1/20/2023 106,237
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Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts - continued
Currency
Purchased 		Currency
Sold 		Counterparty Settlement
Date 		Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Asset Derivatives - continued
SEK 5,123,315 USD 454,892 Citibank N.A. 1/20/2023 $12,234
SGD 8,086,147 USD 5,675,101 State Street Bank Corp. 1/20/2023 40,675
USD 6,187,691 CAD 8,384,842 Citibank N.A. 1/20/2023 26,300
USD 2,806,426 CAD 3,818,328 Goldman Sachs International 1/20/2023 622
USD 497,127 CHF 489,919 State Street Bank Corp. 1/20/2023 3,114
USD 2,968,356 CNH 21,259,068 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 1/20/2023 56,602
USD 99,932 EUR 98,527 Brown Brothers Harriman 1/20/2023 1,913
USD 199,086 EUR 198,416 HSBC Bank 1/20/2023 1,692
USD 996,360 EUR 988,057 State Street Bank Corp. 1/20/2023 13,394
USD 339,438 GBP 292,033 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 1/20/2023 3,608
USD 1,048,914 KRW 1,411,418,943 Barclays Bank PLC 11/07/2022 58,117
USD 2,072,652 KRW 2,678,385,000 Citibank N.A. 11/07/2022 192,462
USD 3,076,571 TWD 94,623,000 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 11/08/2022 138,902
            $1,053,233
Liability Derivatives
AUD 6,701,741 USD 4,363,423 Brown Brothers Harriman 1/20/2023 $(65,101)
CHF 390,729 USD 396,491 NatWest Markets PLC 1/20/2023 (2,497)
CZK 13,689,375 USD 560,198 UBS AG 1/20/2023 (10,091)
EUR 737,017 USD 740,115 Deutsche Bank AG 1/20/2023 (6,895)
EUR 56,167 USD 56,003 HSBC Bank 1/20/2023 (125)
EUR 2,542,002 USD 2,580,651 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 1/20/2023 (51,743)
EUR 293,955 USD 294,302 State Street Bank Corp. 1/20/2023 (1,862)
GBP 2,329,851 USD 2,716,816 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 1/20/2023 (37,545)
NZD 14,502,784 USD 8,458,807 Goldman Sachs International 1/20/2023 (16,607)
USD 3,249,292 AUD 5,141,504 Deutsche Bank AG 1/20/2023 (48,336)
USD 5,654,149 AUD 9,044,387 State Street Bank Corp. 1/20/2023 (146,685)
USD 795,414 BRL 4,374,966 Citibank N.A. 11/03/2022 (51,545)
USD 2,034,461 BRL 11,003,382 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 2/02/2023 (54,802)
USD 809,684 BRL 4,374,966 Merrill Lynch International 2/02/2023 (21,011)
USD 832,217 BRL 4,374,966 Merrill Lynch International 11/03/2022 (14,742)
USD 2,794,060 CAD 3,845,423 Brown Brothers Harriman 1/20/2023 (31,653)
USD 295,201 CAD 401,737 Citibank N.A. 1/20/2023 (6)
USD 2,006,001 CAD 2,758,956 HSBC Bank 1/20/2023 (21,348)
USD 2,696,170 CLP 2,613,936,402 Merrill Lynch International 11/08/2022 (72,757)
USD 1,456,869 CZK 36,581,992 Deutsche Bank AG 1/20/2023 (13,177)
USD 639,291 EUR 644,153 HSBC Bank 1/20/2023 (1,544)
USD 163,857 EUR 167,823 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 1/20/2023 (3,101)
USD 40,169,635 EUR 40,799,614 State Street Bank Corp. 1/20/2023 (419,799)
USD 2,779,036 GBP 2,470,911 Brown Brothers Harriman 1/20/2023 (62,449)
USD 95,226 GBP 85,161 Deutsche Bank AG 1/30/2023 (2,733)
USD 18,179,687 GBP 16,197,155 State Street Bank Corp. 1/20/2023 (446,630)
USD 620,008 JPY 91,720,630 Deutsche Bank AG 1/20/2023 (3,341)
USD 2,871,711 KRW 4,089,803,943 Citibank N.A. 2/02/2023 (7,521)
USD 921,926 MXN 18,841,423 Citibank N.A. 1/20/2023 (15,662)
USD 204,340 NOK 2,163,928 Citibank N.A. 1/20/2023 (4,385)
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Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts - continued
Currency
Purchased 		Currency
Sold 		Counterparty Settlement
Date 		Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Liability Derivatives - continued
USD 13,122,566 NZD 23,115,726 State Street Bank Corp. 1/20/2023 $(333,303)
USD 462,957 SEK 5,158,039 Deutsche Bank AG 1/20/2023 (7,334)
            $(1,976,330)
    
Futures Contracts
Description Long/
Short 		Currency Contracts Notional
Amount 		Expiration
Date 		Value/Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Asset Derivatives
Interest Rate Futures    
Australian Bond 10 yr Short AUD 67 $5,077,714 December – 2022 $49,472
Canadian Treasury Bond 5 yr Short CAD 148 12,153,088 December – 2022 40,958
Euro-Bobl 5 yr Short EUR 226 26,727,636 December – 2022 694,781
Euro-Bund 10 yr Long EUR 49 6,703,853 December – 2022 10,220
Euro-Schatz 2 yr Short EUR 254 26,842,342 December – 2022 332,088
U.S. Treasury Note 10 yr Short USD 317 35,058,219 December – 2022 2,098,974
U.S. Treasury Note 2 yr Short USD 76 15,533,094 December – 2022 151,869
U.S. Treasury Note 5 yr Short USD 335 35,708,906 December – 2022 531,562
U.S. Treasury Ultra Note 10 yr Short USD 127 14,730,016 December – 2022 366,086
            $4,276,010
Liability Derivatives
Interest Rate Futures    
Canadian Treasury Bond 10 yr Long CAD 90 $8,127,647 December – 2022 $(63,376)
Euro-Buxl 30 yr Long EUR 37 5,273,439 December – 2022 (330,219)
Long Gilt 10 yr Short GBP 34 3,982,171 December – 2022 (191,070)
U.S. Treasury Bond Long USD 87 10,483,500 December – 2022 (1,344,103)
            $(1,928,768)
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Uncleared Swap Agreements
Maturity
Date 		Notional
Amount 		Counterparty Cash Flows
to Receive/
Frequency 		Cash Flows
to Pay/
Frequency 		Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) 		  Net Unamortized
Upfront Payments
(Receipts) 		  Value
Liability Derivatives          
Credit Default Swaps          
6/20/27 EUR 400,000 Goldman Sachs International 1.00%/Quarterly 1 $7,274   $(36,670)   $(29,396)
12/20/27 EUR 430,000 Barclays Bank PLC 1.00%/Quarterly 2 6,108   (10,637)   (4,529)
12/20/31 EUR 550,000 Barclays Bank PLC 1.00%/Quarterly 3 (23,338)   5,573   (17,765)
            $(9,956)   $(41,734)   $(51,690)
(1) Fund, as protection seller, to pay notional amount upon a defined credit event by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE, 1.375%, 3/09/26, a BBB+ rated bond. The fund entered into the contract to gain issuer exposure.
(2) Fund, as protection seller, to pay notional amount upon a defined credit event by Airbus SE, 2.375%, 4/02/24, an A rated bond. The fund entered into the contract to gain issuer exposure.
(3) Fund, as protection seller, to pay notional amount upon a defined credit event by Daimler AG, 1.4%, 1/12/24, an A- rated bond. The fund entered into the contract to gain issuer exposure.
The credit ratings presented here are an indicator of the current payment/performance risk of the related swap agreement, the reference obligation for which may be either a single security or, in the case of a credit default swap index, a basket of securities issued by corporate or sovereign issuers. Ratings are assigned to each reference security, including each individual security within a reference basket of 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. If none of the 3 rating agencies above assign a rating, but the security is rated by DBRS Morningstar, then the DBRS Morningstar rating is assigned. If none of the 4 rating agencies listed above rate the security, but the security is rated by the Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA), then the KBRA rating is assigned. Ratings are shown in the S&P and Fitch scale (e.g., AAA). The ratings for a credit default swap index are calculated by MFS as a weighted average of the external credit ratings of the individual securities that compose the index's reference basket of securities.
At October 31, 2022, the fund had liquid securities with an aggregate value of $2,880,043 to cover any collateral or margin obligations for certain derivative contracts.
See Notes to Financial Statements
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Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
At 10/31/22
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, $439,730,653) $368,183,886
Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (identified cost, $10,670,096) 10,670,329
Cash 474,928
Foreign currency, at value (identified cost, $98,044) 94,945
Receivables for  
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts 1,053,233
Net daily variation margin on open futures contracts 220,802
Investments sold 1,353,559
Interest 5,304,324
Other assets 9,908
Total assets $387,365,914
Liabilities  
Payable to custodian $4
Notes payable 100,000,000
Payables for  
Distributions 159,938
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts 1,976,330
Investments purchased 2,715,601
Capital shares reacquired 179,535
Written options (premiums received, $43,095) 1,710
Uncleared swaps, at value (net of unamortized premiums received, $41,734) 51,690
Payable to affiliates  
Investment adviser 23,414
Administrative services fee 568
Transfer agent and dividend disbursing costs 5,456
Payable for independent Trustees' compensation 2,988
Accrued interest expense 153,185
Deferred country tax expense payable 113,374
Accrued expenses and other liabilities 168,096
Total liabilities $105,551,889
Net assets $281,814,025
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Net assets consist of  
Paid-in capital $368,255,672
Total distributable earnings (loss) (86,441,647)
Net assets $281,814,025
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (59,734,983 shares authorized less 186,678 capital shares to be retired) 59,548,305
Net asset value per share (net assets of $281,814,025 / 59,548,305 shares of beneficial interest outstanding) $4.73
See Notes to Financial Statements
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Financial Statements
Statement of Operations
Year ended 10/31/22
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 $19,247,533
Dividends from affiliated issuers 72,605
Dividends 32,061
Other 29,814
Foreign taxes withheld (1,606)
Total investment income $19,380,407
Expenses  
Management fee $2,205,235
Transfer agent and dividend disbursing costs 90,939
Administrative services fee 58,966
Independent Trustees' compensation 12,958
Stock exchange fee 58,638
Custodian fee 46,070
Shareholder communications 162,260
Audit and tax fees 92,148
Legal fees 7,320
Interest expense and fees 1,755,323
Miscellaneous 57,722
Total expenses $4,547,579
Net investment income (loss) $14,832,828
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Realized and unrealized gain (loss)
Realized gain (loss) (identified cost basis)  
Unaffiliated issuers $(21,614,645)
Affiliated issuers 115
Written options 63,279
Futures contracts 13,104,813
Swap agreements (50,018)
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts 9,213,840
Foreign currency 3,111,582
Net realized gain (loss) $3,828,966
Change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation  
Unaffiliated issuers (net of $30,188 decrease in deferred country tax) $(75,775,254)
Affiliated issuers 233
Written options 41,385
Futures contracts 167,994
Swap agreements (9,956)
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts (718,835)
Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies (6,814)
Net unrealized gain (loss) $(76,301,247)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) $(72,472,281)
Change in net assets from operations $(57,639,453)
See Notes to Financial Statements
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Financial Statements
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.
  Year ended
  10/31/22 10/31/21
Change in net assets    
From operations    
Net investment income (loss) $14,832,828 $16,712,969
Net realized gain (loss) 3,828,966 15,976,416
Net unrealized gain (loss) (76,301,247) (6,542,348)
Change in net assets from operations $(57,639,453) $26,147,037
Distributions to shareholders $(23,699,603) $(18,349,942)
Tax return of capital distributions to shareholders $(2,886,930) $(12,050,739)
Change in net assets from fund share transactions $(3,778,163) $1,436,638
Total change in net assets $(88,004,149) $(2,817,006)
Net assets    
At beginning of period 369,818,174 372,635,180
At end of period $281,814,025 $369,818,174
See Notes to Financial Statements
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Financial Statements
Statement of Cash Flows
Year ended 10/31/22
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 $(57,639,453)
Adjustments to reconcile change in net assets from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:  
Purchase of investment securities (249,898,456)
Proceeds from disposition of investment securities 240,930,533
Purchase of short-term investments, net (1,917,503)
Realized gain/loss on investments 21,614,645
Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments 75,805,209
Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on foreign currency contracts 718,835
Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on swaps 9,956
Net amortization/accretion of income 195,599
Decrease in interest receivable 126,168
Decrease in accrued expenses and other liabilities (70,267)
Increase in receivable for net daily variation margin on open futures contracts (23,479)
Increase in other assets (261)
Increase in interest payable 93,123
Net cash provided by operating activities $29,944,649
Cash flows from financing activities:  
Distributions paid in cash $(26,039,962)
Repurchase of shares of beneficial interest (3,985,261)
Increase in payable to custodian 4
Net cash used by financing activities $(30,025,219)
Net decrease in cash and restricted cash $(80,570)
Cash and restricted cash:  
Beginning of period $650,443
End of period (including foreign currency of $94,945) $569,873
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Non-cash financing activities not included herein consist of reinvestment of dividends and distributions of $386,633.
Cash paid during the year ended October 31, 2022 for interest was $1,662,200.
See Notes to Financial Statements
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Financial Statements
Financial Highlights
The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the fund's financial performance for the past 5 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.
  Year ended
  10/31/22 10/31/21 10/31/20 10/31/19 10/31/18
Net asset value, beginning of period $6.12 $6.19 $6.37 $6.06 $6.67
Income (loss) from investment operations
Net investment income (loss) (d) $0.25 $0.28 $0.29 $0.28 $0.25
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (1.21) 0.15 (0.01) 0.50 (0.38)
 Total from investment operations  $(0.96)  $0.43  $0.28  $0.78  $(0.13)
Less distributions declared to shareholders
From net investment income $(0.39) $(0.30) $(0.34) $(0.29) $(0.29)
From tax return of capital (0.05) (0.20) (0.15) (0.21) (0.22)
 Total distributions declared to shareholders  $(0.44)  $(0.50)  $(0.49)  $(0.50)  $(0.51)
 Net increase from repurchase of capital shares  $0.01  $—  $0.03  $0.03  $0.03
 Net asset value, end of period (x)  $4.73  $6.12  $6.19  $6.37  $6.06
 Market value, end of period  $4.32  $6.58  $5.67  $6.01  $5.24
 Total return at market value (%) (28.43) 25.80 2.77 25.05 (7.01)
 Total return at net asset value (%) (j)(s)(x) (15.74) 7.18 5.86 14.60 (0.68)
Ratios (%) (to average net assets)
and Supplemental data:
Expenses 1.40 1.01 1.17 1.56 1.33
Net investment income (loss) 4.57 4.40 4.63 4.54 4.00
Portfolio turnover 56 70 78 65 47
Net assets at end of period (000 omitted)  $281,814  $369,818  $372,635  $407,859  $407,535
Supplemental Ratios (%):
Ratios of expenses to average net assets excluding interest expense and fees 0.86 0.81 0.84 0.84 0.80
Senior Securities:
Total notes payable outstanding (000 omitted) $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000
Asset coverage per $1,000 of indebtedness (k) $3,818 $4,698 $4,726 $5,079 $5,075
    
See Notes to Financial Statements
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(d) Per share data is based on average shares outstanding.
(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.
(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.
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Notes to Financial Statements
(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, environmental, public health, 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, accounting, and auditing systems, greater government involvement in the economy, greater risk of new or inconsistent government treatment of or restrictions on issuers and instruments, and greater political, social, and economic instability than developed markets.
In June 2022, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2022-03, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) – Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions (“ASU 2022-03”), which affects all entities that have investments in equity securities measured at fair value that are subject to contractual sale restrictions. ASU 2022-03 clarifies that a contractual restriction on the sale of an equity security is a characteristic of the reporting entity holding the equity security rather than a characteristic of the asset and, therefore, is not considered in measuring the fair value of the equity security. The fund decided to early adopt ASU 2022-03 effective as of June 30, 2022 as the guidance in ASU 2022-03 was consistent with the fund’s existing practices for fair value measurement.
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
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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 — Subject to its oversight, the fund's Board of Trustees has delegated primary responsibility for determining or causing to be determined the value of the fund’s investments to MFS as the fund's adviser, pursuant to the fund’s valuation policy and procedures which have been adopted by the adviser and approved by the Board. Effective September 8, 2022, and in accordance with Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Board of Trustees designated the adviser as the “valuation designee” of the fund. If the adviser, as valuation designee, determines that reliable market quotations are not readily available for an investment, the investment is valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser in accordance with the adviser’s fair valuation policy and procedures.
Under the fund's valuation policy and procedures, 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. For put options, the position may be valued at the last daily ask quotation if there are no trades reported during the day. 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. Swap agreements are generally valued using valuations provided by a third-party pricing service, which for cleared swaps includes an evaluation of any trading activity at the clearinghouses. Open-end investment companies are generally valued at net asset value per share. 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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Under the fund’s valuation policy and procedures, market quotations are not considered to be readily available for debt instruments, floating rate loans, and many types of derivatives. These investments are generally valued at fair value based on information from third-party pricing services or otherwise determined by the adviser in accordance with the adviser’s fair valuation policy and procedures. 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, spreads and other market data. An investment may also be valued at fair value if the adviser determines that the 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 halt 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. Events that occur after foreign markets close (such as developments in foreign markets and significant movements in the U.S. markets) and prior to the determination of the fund’s net asset value may be deemed to have a material effect on the value of securities traded in foreign markets. Accordingly, the fund’s foreign equity securities may often be valued at fair value. 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 significant unobservable inputs, which may include the adviser's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments. Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures contracts, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, swap agreements, and written options. The following is a summary of the levels used as of October 31, 2022 in valuing the fund's assets and liabilities:
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Financial Instruments Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Equity Securities:        
United States $2,806,787 $— $213,860 $3,020,647
Luxembourg — 175,421 — 175,421
Mexico — — 109,697 109,697
United Kingdom — 1,204 — 1,204
U.S. Treasury Bonds & U.S. Government Agencies & Equivalents — 12,077,484 — 12,077,484
Non - U.S. Sovereign Debt — 60,531,841 — 60,531,841
Municipal Bonds — 1,117,724 — 1,117,724
U.S. Corporate Bonds — 186,594,199 — 186,594,199
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 5,246,095 — 5,246,095
Asset-Backed Securities (including CDOs) — 8,154,824 — 8,154,824
Foreign Bonds — 91,154,750 — 91,154,750
Mutual Funds 10,670,329 — — 10,670,329
Total $13,477,116 $365,053,542 $323,557 $378,854,215
Other Financial Instruments        
Futures Contracts – Assets $4,276,010 $— $— $4,276,010
Futures Contracts – Liabilities (1,928,768) — — (1,928,768)
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts – Assets — 1,053,233 — 1,053,233
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts – Liabilities — (1,976,330) — (1,976,330)
Swap Agreements – Liabilities — (51,690) — (51,690)
Written Options - Liabilities — (1,710) — (1,710)
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 10/31/21 $256,727
Change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation 68,034
Transfers out of level 3 (1,204)
Balance as of 10/31/22 $323,557
The net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation from investments held as level 3 at October 31, 2022 is $68,034. At October 31, 2022, the fund held two level 3 securities.
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
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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.
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, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, and swap agreements. Depending on the type of derivative, a 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 October 31, 2022 as reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:
    Fair Value (a)
Risk Derivative Contracts Asset Derivatives Liability Derivatives
Interest Rate Futures Contracts $4,276,010 $(1,928,768)
Foreign Exchange Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts 1,053,233 (1,976,330)
Credit Purchased Option Contracts 165,020 —
Credit Uncleared Swap Agreements — (51,690)
Credit Written Option Contracts — (1,710)
Total   $5,494,263 $(3,958,498)
(a) The value of purchased options outstanding is included in investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value, within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Values presented in this table for futures contracts correspond to the values reported in the Portfolio of Investments. Only the current day net variation margin for futures contracts is reported separately within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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The following table presents, by major type of derivative contract, the realized gain (loss) on derivatives held by the fund for the year ended October 31, 2022 as reported in the Statement of Operations:
Risk Futures
Contracts 		Swap
Agreements 		Forward Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts 		Unaffiliated Issuers
(Purchased
Options) 		Written
Options
Interest Rate $13,104,813 $— $— $— $—
Foreign Exchange — — 9,213,840 — —
Credit — (50,018) — (100,618) 63,279
Total $13,104,813 $(50,018) $9,213,840 $(100,618) $63,279
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 year ended October 31, 2022 as reported in the Statement of Operations:
Risk Futures
Contracts 		Swap
Agreements 		Forward Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts 		Unaffiliated Issuers
(Purchased
Options) 		Written
Options
Interest Rate $167,994 $— $— $— $—
Foreign Exchange — — (718,835) — —
Credit — (9,956) — 60,237 41,385
Total $167,994 $(9,956) $(718,835) $60,237 $41,385
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 credit
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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 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.
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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.
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.
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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 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.
Swap Agreements — The fund entered into swap agreements which generally involve a periodic exchange of cash payments on a net basis, at specified intervals or upon the occurrence of specified events, between the fund and a counterparty. Certain swap agreements may be entered into as a bilateral contract (“uncleared swaps”) while others are required to be centrally cleared (“cleared swaps”).
Both cleared and uncleared swap agreements are marked to market daily. The value of uncleared swap agreements is reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as “Uncleared swaps, at value” which includes any related interest accruals to be paid or received by the fund. For cleared swaps, payments (variation margin) are made or received by the fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the cleared swap, such that only the current day net receivable or payable for variation margin is reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
For both cleared and uncleared swaps, premiums paid or received at the inception of the agreements are amortized over the term of the agreement as realized gain or loss on swap agreements in the Statement of Operations. The periodic exchange of net cash payments, as well as any liquidation payment received or made upon early termination, are recorded as a realized gain or loss on swap agreements in the Statement of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on swap agreements in the Statement of Operations reflects the aggregate change over the reporting period in the value of swaps net of any unamortized premiums paid or received.
Risks related to swap agreements include the possible lack of a liquid market, unfavorable market and interest rate movements of the underlying instrument and the failure of the counterparty to perform under the terms of the agreements. The fund's maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from/paid to the counterparty over the contract's remaining life, to the extent that the amount is positive. To address counterparty risk, uncleared swap agreements are limited to only highly-rated counterparties. Risk is further reduced by having an ISDA Master Agreement (“ISDA”) between the fund and the counterparty and, where applicable, by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the fund to
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cover the fund’s exposure to the counterparty under such ISDA. The fund's counterparty risk due to cleared swaps is mitigated by the fact that the clearinghouse is the true counterparty to the transaction and the regulatory requirement safeguards in the event of a clearing broker bankruptcy.
The fund entered into credit default swap agreements in order to manage its exposure to the market or certain sectors of the market, to reduce its credit risk exposure to defaults of corporate and sovereign issuers or to create exposure to corporate or sovereign issuers to which it is not otherwise exposed. A credit default swap’s reference obligation may be either a single security or a basket of securities issued by corporate or sovereign issuers. At the inception of the agreement, the protection buyer may make an upfront payment to or receive an upfront payment from the protection seller. Over the term of the agreement, the protection buyer will make a series of periodic payments to the protection seller based on a fixed percentage applied to the agreement’s notional amount in exchange for a promise from the protection seller to make a specific payment should a defined credit event occur with respect to the reference obligation. Although agreement-specific, credit events generally consist of a combination of the following: bankruptcy, failure to pay, restructuring, obligation acceleration, obligation default, or repudiation/moratorium. If a defined credit event occurs, the protection buyer will either (i) receive from the protection seller an amount equal to the agreement’s notional amount and deliver the reference obligation (i.e., physical settlement) or (ii) receive from the protection seller a net settlement of cash equal to the agreement’s notional amount less the recovery value of the reference obligation. Upon determination of the final price for the reference obligation (or upon delivery of the reference obligation in the case of physical settlement), the difference between the recovery value of the reference obligation and the agreement’s notional amount is recorded as realized gain or loss on swap agreements in the Statement of Operations.
Credit default swap agreements are considered to have credit-risk-related contingent features since they trigger payment by the protection seller to the protection buyer upon the occurrence of a defined credit event. The aggregate fair value of credit default swap agreements in a net liability position as of October 31, 2022 is disclosed in the footnotes to the Portfolio of Investments. The maximum amount of future, undiscounted payments that the fund, as protection seller, could be required to make is equal to the swap agreement’s notional amount. The protection seller’s payment obligation would be offset to the extent of the value of the agreement’s deliverable obligation. If a defined credit event had occurred as of October 31, 2022, the swap agreement's credit-risk-related contingent features would have been triggered and, for those swap agreements in a net liability position for which the fund is the protection seller, the fund, in order to settle these swap agreements, would have been required to either (1) pay the swap agreement’s notional value of EUR 1,380,000 less the value of the agreements’ related deliverable obligations as decided through an ISDA auction or (2) pay the notional value of the swap agreements in return for physical receipt of the deliverable obligations. The fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk, either as the protection seller or as the protection buyer, is the fair value of the 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
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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:
  10/31/22
Cash $569,873
Restricted cash —
Restricted cash included in deposits with brokers —
Total cash and restricted cash in the Statement of Cash Flows $569,873
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. 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. In determining the net gain or loss on securities sold, the cost of securities is determined on the identified cost basis. The fund earns certain fees in connection with its floating rate loan purchasing activities. These fees are in addition to interest 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.
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.
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To mitigate the counterparty credit risk on TBA transactions, mortgage dollar rolls, and other types of forward settling mortgage-backed and asset-backed security transactions, the fund whenever possible enters into a Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreement (“MSFTA”) on a bilateral basis with each of the counterparties with whom it undertakes a significant volume of transactions. The MSFTA 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 MSFTA, the non-defaulting party has the right to close out all transactions traded under such agreement and to net amounts owed under each transaction 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 MSFTA 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.
For mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities traded under a MSFTA, the collateral and margining requirements are contract specific. Collateral amounts across all transactions traded under such agreement are netted and an amount is posted from one party to the other to collateralize such obligations. Cash that has been pledged to cover the fund's collateral or margin obligations under a MSFTA, if any, will be reported separately on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as restricted cash. Securities pledged as collateral or margin for the same purpose, if any, are noted in the Portfolio of Investments.
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 employs a managed distribution policy whereby 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. Distributions in any year may include a substantial return of capital component. Please refer to the Financial Highlights for distributions of tax returns of capital made during the prior five years. 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.
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Book/tax differences primarily relate to defaulted bonds, amortization and accretion of debt securities, wash sale loss deferrals, and derivative transactions.
The tax character of distributions declared to shareholders for the last two fiscal years is as follows:
  Year ended
10/31/22 		Year ended
10/31/21
Ordinary income (including any short-term capital gains) $23,699,603 $18,349,942
Tax return of capital (b) 2,886,930 12,050,739
Total distributions $26,586,533 $30,400,681
    
(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 10/31/22  
Cost of investments $456,075,647
Gross appreciation 1,083,323
Gross depreciation (76,934,010)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) $(75,850,687)
Capital loss carryforwards (10,323,878)
Other temporary differences (267,082)
Total distributable earnings (loss) $(86,441,647)
As of October 31, 2022, 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 $(3,110,551)
Long-Term (7,213,327)
Total $(10,323,878)
(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, from net assets and gross income, incurred for the year ended October 31, 2022 was equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.68% of the fund’s average daily net assets.
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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 year ended October 31, 2022, these fees paid to MFSC amounted to $33,017.
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 year ended October 31, 2022 was equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.0181% 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 from MFS for their services to the fund. 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. The DB plan resulted in a pension expense of $4,975 and is included in “Independent Trustees’ compensation” in the Statement of Operations for the year ended October 31, 2022. The liability for deferred retirement benefits payable to those former independent Trustees under the DB plan amounted to $2,976 at October 31, 2022, and is included in “Payable for independent Trustees’ compensation” in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Other — 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 but does incur investment and operating costs.
The fund is permitted to engage in purchase and sale transactions with funds and accounts for which MFS serves as investment adviser or sub-adviser (“cross-trades”) pursuant to a policy adopted by the Board of Trustees. This policy has been designed to ensure that cross-trades conducted by the fund comply with Rule 17a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. During the year ended October 31, 2022, the fund engaged in purchase and sale transactions pursuant to this policy, which amounted to $207,803 and $319,326, respectively. The sales transactions resulted in net realized gains (losses) of $155.
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(4) Portfolio Securities
For the year ended October 31, 2022, purchases and sales of investments, other than purchased options with an expiration date of less than one year from the time of purchase and short-term obligations, were as follows:
  Purchases Sales
U.S. Government securities $27,587,272 $14,892,365
Non-U.S. Government securities 210,686,525 215,141,778
(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 938,371 shares of beneficial interest during the year ended October 31, 2022 at an average price per share of $4.44 and a weighted average discount of 9.10% per share. The fund did not repurchase any shares for the year ended October 31, 2021. Transactions in fund shares were as follows:
  Year ended
10/31/22 		  Year ended
10/31/21
  Shares Amount   Shares Amount
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions 63,638 $386,633   229,540 $1,436,638
Capital shares repurchased (938,371) (4,164,796)   — —
Net change (874,733) $(3,778,163)   229,540 $1,436,638
(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 October 31, 2022, 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, 2023. Borrowings under the agreement can be made for liquidity or leverage purposes. Interest is charged at a rate per annum equal to SOFR plus 0.10% plus an agreed upon spread with the option to choose SOFR periods of 1 or 3 months, or at the option of the borrower an alternate base rate plus an agreed upon spread. The fund incurred interest expense of $1,732,379 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 year ended October 31, 2022, the average loan balance was $100,000,000 at a weighted average annual interest rate of 1.73%. The fund is subject to certain covenants including, but not limited to, requirements with respect to asset coverage, portfolio diversification and liquidity.
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(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 following were 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  $8,752,593  $196,078,760  $194,161,372  $115  $233  $10,670,329
    
Affiliated Issuers Dividend
Income 		Capital Gain
Distributions
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio  $72,605  $—
(8) LIBOR Transition
Certain of the fund's investments, including investments in certain debt instruments and derivatives (if any), as well as borrowings by the fund and certain other contractual arrangements of the fund, may be based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). In 2017, the regulatory authority that oversees financial services firms in the United Kingdom announced plans to transition away from LIBOR by the end of 2021. In March 2021, the administrator of LIBOR announced the extension of the publication of the more commonly used U.S. dollar LIBOR settings to the end of June 2023. Although the full impacts of the transition away from LIBOR are not fully known, the transition may result in, among other things, an increase in volatility or illiquidity of the markets for instruments that currently rely on LIBOR to determine interest rates and this could have an adverse impact on the fund's performance. With respect to the fund's accounting for investments, including investments in certain debt instruments and derivatives, as well as borrowings by the fund and any other contractual arrangements of the fund that undergo reference rate-related modifications as a result of the transition, management will rely upon the relief provided by FASB Codification Topic 848 – Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848). The guidance in Topic 848 permits the fund to account for those modified contracts as a continuation of the existing contracts. Management is still evaluating the impact to the fund of the June 30, 2023 planned discontinuation of the more commonly used U.S. dollar LIBOR settings.
(9) Russia and Ukraine Conflict
The fund invests in securities and/or derivative instruments that are economically tied to Russia and/or Ukraine. Escalation of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine in late February 2022 caused market volatility and disruption in the tradability of Russian securities, including closure of the local securities market, temporary restriction on securities sales by non-residents, and disruptions to clearance and payment systems. To the extent that the fund is unable to sell securities, whether due to market constraints or to the sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States and other countries, those securities are considered illiquid and the value of those securities reflects their illiquid classification. Management continues to monitor these events and to evaluate the related impacts on fund performance.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Shareholders and the Board of Trustees of MFS Multimarket Income Trust
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of MFS Multimarket Income Trust (the “Fund”), including the portfolio of investments, as of October 31, 2022, and the related statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund at October 31, 2022, the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and its financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
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Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2022, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and others; when replies were not received from brokers and others, we performed other auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the auditor of one or more MFS investment companies since 1993.
Boston, Massachusetts
December 15, 2022
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Results of Shareholder Meeting (unaudited)
At the annual meeting of shareholders of MFS Multimarket Income Trust, which was held on October 6, 2022, the following action was taken:
Item 1: To elect the following individuals as Trustees:
    Number of Shares
Nominee   For   Against/Withheld
Maureen R. Goldfarb   42,157,129.156   1,124,823.827
Maryanne L. Roepke   41,076,754.156   2,205,198.827
Laurie J. Thomsen   42,162,299.234   1,119,653.749
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Trustees and Officers — Identification and Background
The Trustees and Officers of the Trust, as of December 1, 2022, are listed below, together with their principal occupations during the past five years. (Their titles may have varied during that period.)  The address of each Trustee and Officer is 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199-7618.
Name, Age   Position(s) Held with Fund   Trustee/Officer Since(h)   Term
Expiring 		  Number
of MFS
Funds
overseen
by the
Trustee 		  Principal
Occupations
During
the Past
Five Years 		  Other
Directorships
During
the Past
Five Years (j)
INTERESTED TRUSTEES                        
Michael W. Roberge (k)
(age 56) 		  Trustee   January 2021   2023   136   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Chairman (since January 2021); Chief Executive Officer (since January 2017); Director; Chairman of the Board (since January 2022); President (until December 2018); Chief Investment Officer (until December 2018)   N/A
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES                        
John P. Kavanaugh
(age 68) 		  Trustee and Chair of Trustees   January 2009   2023   136   Private investor   N/A
Steven E. Buller
(age 71) 		  Trustee   February 2014   2023   136   Private investor   N/A
John A. Caroselli
(age 68) 		  Trustee   March 2017   2024   136   Private investor; JC Global Advisors, LLC (management consulting), President (since 2015)   N/A
Maureen R. Goldfarb
(age 67) 		  Trustee   January 2009   2025   136   Private investor   N/A
Peter D. Jones
(age 67) 		  Trustee   January 2019   2023   136   Private investor   N/A
James W. Kilman, Jr.
(age 61) 		  Trustee   January 2019   2024   136   Burford Capital Limited (finance and investment management), Senior Advisor (since May 3, 2021), Chief Financial Officer (2019 - May 2, 2021); KielStrand Capital LLC (family office), Chief Executive Officer (since 2016)   Alpha-En Corporation, Director (2016-2019)
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Trustees and Officers - continued
Name, Age   Position(s) Held with Fund   Trustee/Officer Since(h)   Term
Expiring 		  Number
of MFS
Funds
overseen
by the
Trustee 		  Principal
Occupations
During
the Past
Five Years 		  Other
Directorships
During
the Past
Five Years (j)
Clarence Otis, Jr.
(age 66) 		  Trustee   March 2017   2024   136   Private investor   VF Corporation, Director; Verizon Communications, Inc., Director; The Travelers Companies, Director
Maryanne L. Roepke
(age 66) 		  Trustee   May 2014   2025   136   Private investor   N/A
Laurie J. Thomsen
(age 65) 		  Trustee   March 2005   2025   136   Private investor   The Travelers Companies, Director; Dycom Industries, Inc., Director
    
Name, Age   Position(s) Held with
Fund 		  Trustee/Officer Since(h)   Term Expiring   Number
of MFS
Funds
overseen
by the
Trustee 		  Principal
Occupations
During
the Past
Five Years
OFFICERS    
Christopher R. Bohane (k)
(age 48) 		  Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk   July 2005   N/A   136   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Senior Vice President and Senior Managing Counsel
Kino Clark (k)
(age 54) 		  Assistant Treasurer   January 2012   N/A   136   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President
John W. Clark, Jr. (k)
(age 55) 		  Assistant Treasurer   April 2017   N/A   136   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President
David L. DiLorenzo (k)
(age 54) 		  President   July 2005   N/A   136   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Senior Vice President
Heidi W. Hardin (k)
(age 55) 		  Secretary and Clerk   April 2017   N/A   136   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Brian E. Langenfeld (k)
(age 49) 		  Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk   June 2006   N/A   136   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President and Managing Counsel
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Name, Age   Position(s) Held with
Fund 		  Trustee/Officer Since(h)   Term Expiring   Number
of MFS
Funds
overseen
by the
Trustee 		  Principal
Occupations
During
the Past
Five Years
Rosa E. Licea-Mailloux (k)
(age 46) 		  Chief Compliance Officer   March 2022   N/A   136   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President (since 2018); Director of Corporate Compliance (2018-2021), Senior Director Compliance (2021-2022), Senior Managing Director of North American Compliance & Chief Compliance Officer (since March 2022); Natixis Investment Managers (investment management), Funds Chief Compliance Officer, Deputy General Counsel & Senior Vice President (until 2018)
Amanda S. Mooradian (k)
(age 43) 		  Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk   September 2018   N/A   136   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Assistant Vice President and Senior Counsel
Susan A. Pereira (k)
(age 52) 		  Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk   July 2005   N/A   136   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President and Managing Counsel
Kasey L. Phillips (k)
(age 51) 		  Assistant Treasurer   September 2012   N/A   136   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President
Matthew A. Stowe (k)
(age 48) 		  Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk   October 2014   N/A   136   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Senior Vice President and Senior Managing Counsel
William B. Wilson (k)
(age 40) 		  Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk   October 2022   N/A   136   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Assistant Vice President and Counsel
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Name, Age   Position(s) Held with
Fund 		  Trustee/Officer Since(h)   Term Expiring   Number
of MFS
Funds
overseen
by the
Trustee 		  Principal
Occupations
During
the Past
Five Years
James O. Yost (k)
(age 62) 		  Treasurer   September 1990   N/A   136   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Senior Vice President
(h) Date first appointed to serve as Trustee/Officer of an MFS Fund. Each Trustee has served continuously since appointment unless indicated otherwise. From January 2012 through December 2016, Messrs. DiLorenzo and Yost served as Treasurer and Deputy Treasurer of the Funds, respectively.
(j) Directorships or trusteeships of companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission (i.e., “public companies”).
(k) “Interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (referred to as the 1940 Act), which is the principal federal law governing investment companies like the fund, as a result of a position with MFS. The address of MFS is 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199-7618.
The Trust holds annual shareholder meetings for the purpose of electing Trustees, and Trustees are elected for fixed terms. The Board of Trustees is currently divided into three classes, each having a term of three years which term expires on the date of the third annual meeting following the election to office of the Trustee’s class. Each year the term of one class expires. Each Trustee and officer will serve until next elected or his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal. Under the terms of the Board's retirement policy, an Independent Trustee shall retire at the end of the calendar year in which he or she reaches the earlier of 75 years of age or 15 years of service on the Board (or, in the case of any Independent Trustee who joined the Board prior to 2015, 20 years of service on the Board).
Messrs. Buller, Kilman and Otis and Ms. Roepke are members of the Trust’s Audit Committee.
Each of the Interested Trustees and certain Officers hold comparable officer positions with certain affiliates of MFS.
Investment Adviser Custodian
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
111 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02199-7618 		State Street Bank and Trust Company
1 Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900
    
Portfolio Manager(s) Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Robert Spector
Ward Brown
David Cole
Pilar Gomez-Bravo
Andy Li
Henry Peabody
Matt Ryan
Michael Skatrud 		Ernst & Young LLP
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116
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Board Review of Investment Advisory Agreement
MFS Multimarket Income Trust
The Investment Company Act of 1940 requires that both the full Board of Trustees and a majority of the non-interested (“independent”) Trustees, voting separately, annually approve the continuation of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement with MFS. The Trustees consider matters bearing on the Fund and its advisory arrangements at their meetings throughout the year, including a review of performance data at each regular meeting. In addition, the independent Trustees met several times over the course of three months beginning in May and ending in July, 2022 (“contract review meetings”) for the specific purpose of considering whether to approve the continuation of the investment advisory agreement for the Fund and the other investment companies that the Board oversees (the “MFS Funds”). The independent Trustees were assisted in their evaluation of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement by independent legal counsel, from whom they received separate legal advice and with whom they met separately from MFS during various contract review meetings. The independent Trustees were also assisted in this process by an independent consultant who was retained by and reported to the independent Trustees.
In connection with their deliberations regarding the continuation of the investment advisory agreement, the Trustees, including the independent Trustees, considered such information and factors as they believed, in light of the legal advice furnished to them and their own business judgment, to be relevant. The investment advisory agreement for the Fund was considered separately, although the Trustees also took into account the common interests of all MFS Funds in their review. As described below, the Trustees considered the nature, quality, and extent of the various investment advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by MFS under the existing investment advisory agreement and other arrangements with the Fund.
In connection with their contract review meetings, the Trustees received and relied upon materials that included, among other items: (i) information provided by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent third party, on the investment performance (based on net asset value) of the Fund for various time periods ended December 31, 2021 and the investment performance (based on net asset value) of a group of funds with substantially similar investment classifications/objectives (the “Broadridge performance universe”), (ii) information provided by Broadridge on the Fund’s advisory fees and other expenses and the advisory fees and other expenses of comparable funds identified by Broadridge as well as all other funds in the same investment classification/category (the “Broadridge expense group and universe”), (iii) information provided by MFS on the advisory fees of portfolios of other clients of MFS, including institutional separate accounts and other clients, (iv) information as to whether and to what extent applicable expense waivers, reimbursements or fee “breakpoints” are observed for the Fund, (v) information regarding MFS’ financial results and financial condition, including MFS’ and certain of its affiliates’ estimated profitability from services performed for the Fund and the MFS Funds as a whole, and compared to MFS’ institutional business, (vi) MFS’ views regarding the outlook for the mutual fund industry and the strategic business plans of MFS, (vii) descriptions of various functions performed by MFS for the Funds, such as compliance monitoring and portfolio trading practices, and (viii) information regarding the overall organization of
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MFS, including information about MFS’ senior management and other personnel providing investment advisory, administrative and other services to the Fund and the other MFS Funds. The comparative performance, fee and expense information prepared and provided by Broadridge was not independently verified and the independent Trustees did not independently verify any information provided to them by MFS.
The Trustees’ conclusion as to the continuation of the investment advisory agreement was based on a comprehensive consideration of all information provided to the Trustees and not the result of any single factor. Some of the factors that figured particularly in the Trustees’ deliberations are described below, although individual Trustees may have evaluated the information presented differently from one another, giving different weights to various factors. It is also important to recognize that the fee arrangements for the Fund and other MFS Funds are the result of years of review and discussion between the independent Trustees and MFS, that certain aspects of such arrangements may receive greater scrutiny in some years than in others, and that the Trustees’ conclusions may be based, in part, on their consideration of these same arrangements during the course of the year and in prior years.
Based on information provided by Broadridge and MFS, the Trustees reviewed the Fund’s total return investment performance as well as the Broadridge performance universe over various time periods. The Trustees placed particular emphasis on the total return performance of the Fund’s common shares in comparison to the performance of funds in its Broadridge performance universe over the five-year period ended December 31, 2021, which the Trustees believed was a long enough period to reflect differing market conditions. The total return performance of the Fund’s common shares ranked 11th out of a total of 31 funds in the Broadridge performance universe for this five-year period (a ranking of first place out of the total number of funds in the performance universe indicating the best performer and a ranking of last place out of the total number of funds in the performance universe indicating the worst performer). The total return performance of the Fund’s common shares ranked 37th out of a total of 38 funds for the one-year period and 14th out of a total of 34 funds for the three-year period ended December 31, 2021. Given the size of the Broadridge performance universe and information previously provided by MFS regarding differences between the Fund and other funds in its Broadridge performance universe, the Trustees also reviewed the Fund’s performance in comparison to a custom benchmark developed by MFS. The Fund outperformed its custom benchmark for each of the one-, three- and five-year periods ended December 31, 2021 (one-year: 1.7% total return for the Fund versus 1.5% total return for the benchmark; three-year: 9.6% total return for the Fund versus 7.2% total return for the benchmark; five-year: 6.9% total return for the Fund versus 5.3% total return for the benchmark). Because of the passage of time, these performance results may differ from the performance results for more recent periods, including those shown elsewhere in this report.
In the course of their deliberations, the Trustees took into account information provided by MFS in connection with the contract review meetings, as well as during investment review meetings conducted with portfolio management personnel during the course of the year regarding the Fund’s performance. After reviewing these and related factors, the Trustees concluded, within the context of their overall conclusions regarding the investment advisory agreement, that they were satisfied with MFS’ responses and efforts relating to investment performance.
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In assessing the reasonableness of the Fund’s advisory fee, the Trustees considered, among other information, the Fund’s advisory fee and the total expense ratio of the Fund’s common shares as a percentage of average daily net assets and the advisory fee and total expense ratios of the Broadridge expense group based on information provided by Broadridge. The Trustees considered that, according to the data provided by Broadridge (which takes into account any fee reductions or expense limitations that were in effect during the Fund’s last fiscal year), the Fund’s effective advisory fee rate and total expense ratio were each lower than the Broadridge expense group median.
The Trustees also considered the advisory fees charged by MFS to any institutional separate accounts advised by MFS (“separate accounts”) and unaffiliated investment companies for which MFS serves as subadviser (“subadvised funds”) that have comparable investment strategies to the Fund, if any. In comparing these fees, the Trustees considered information provided by MFS as to the generally broader scope of services provided by MFS to the Fund, as well as the more extensive regulatory burdens imposed on MFS in managing the Fund, in comparison to separate accounts and subadvised funds.
The Trustees considered that, as a closed-end fund, the Fund is unlikely to experience meaningful asset growth. As a result, the Trustees did not view the potential for realization of economies of scale as the Fund’s assets grow to be a material factor in their deliberations. The Trustees noted that they would consider economies of scale in the future in the event the Fund experiences significant asset growth, such as through an offering of preferred shares (which is not currently contemplated) or a material increase in the market value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.
The Trustees also considered information prepared by MFS relating to MFS’ costs and profits with respect to the Fund, the MFS Funds considered as a group, and other investment companies and accounts advised by MFS, as well as MFS’ methodologies used to determine and allocate its costs to the MFS Funds, the Fund and other accounts and products for purposes of estimating profitability.
After reviewing these and other factors described herein, the Trustees concluded, within the context of their overall conclusions regarding the investment advisory agreement, that the advisory fees charged to the Fund represent reasonable compensation in light of the services being provided by MFS to the Fund.
In addition, the Trustees considered MFS’ resources and related efforts to continue to retain, attract and motivate capable personnel to serve the Fund. The Trustees also considered current and developing conditions in the financial services industry, including the presence of large and well-capitalized companies which are spending, and appear to be prepared to continue to spend, substantial sums to engage personnel and to provide services to competing investment companies. In this regard, the Trustees also considered the financial resources of MFS and its ultimate parent, Sun Life Financial Inc. The Trustees also considered the advantages and possible disadvantages to the Fund of having an adviser that also serves other investment companies as well as other accounts.
The Trustees also considered the nature, quality, cost, and extent of administrative services provided to the Fund by MFS under agreements other than the investment advisory agreement. The Trustees also considered the nature, extent and quality of certain other services MFS performs or arranges for on the Fund’s behalf, which may include securities lending programs, directed expense payment programs, class action
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recovery programs, and MFS’ interaction with third-party service providers, principally custodians and sub-custodians. The Trustees concluded that the various non-advisory services provided by MFS and its affiliates on behalf of the Fund were satisfactory.
The Trustees considered so-called “fall-out benefits” to MFS such as reputational value derived from serving as investment manager to the MFS Funds. The Trustees also considered that MFS discontinued its historic practice of obtaining investment research from portfolio brokerage commissions paid by certain MFS Funds effective January 2018, and directly pays or voluntarily reimburses a Fund, if applicable, for the costs of external research acquired through the use of the Fund’s portfolio brokerage commissions.
Based on their evaluation of factors that they deemed to be material, including those factors described above, the Board of Trustees, including the independent Trustees, concluded that the Fund’s investment advisory agreement with MFS should be continued for an additional one-year period, commencing August 1, 2022.
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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’s 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 as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s Web site 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 scrolling to the “Resources” section and clicking on the “Prospectus and Reports” tab.
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/announcements or at mfs.com/closedendfunds by choosing the fund's name and then scrolling to the “Resources” section and clicking on the “Announcements” tab, if any.
Additional information about the fund (e.g., performance, dividends and the fund’s price history)  is also available at mfs.com/closedendfunds by choosing the fund's name, if any.
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.
Federal Tax Information (unaudited)
The fund will notify shareholders of amounts for use in preparing 2022 income tax forms in January 2023. The following information is provided pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
The fund intends to pass through the maximum amount allowable as Section 163(j) Interest Dividends as defined in Treasury Regulation §1.163(j)-1(b).
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FACTS WHAT DOES MFS DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
    
Why? Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.
    
What? The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:
• Social Security number and account balances
• Account transactions and transaction history
• Checking account information and wire transfer instructions
When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.
    
How? All financial companies need to share customers' personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers' personal information; the reasons MFS chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.
    
Reasons we can share your
personal information 		Does MFS share? Can you limit
this sharing?
For our everyday business purposes –
such as to process your transactions, maintain your
account(s), respond to court orders and legal
investigations, or report to credit bureaus 		Yes No
For our marketing purposes –
to offer our products and services to you 		No We don't share
For joint marketing with other
financial companies 		No We don't share
For our affiliates' everyday business purposes –
information about your transactions and experiences 		No We don't share
For our affiliates' everyday business purposes –
information about your creditworthiness 		No We don't share
For nonaffiliates to market to you No We don't share
    
Questions? Call 800-225-2606 or go to mfs.com.
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Who we are
Who is providing this notice? MFS Funds, MFS Investment Management, MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc., and MFS Heritage Trust Company.
    
What we do
How does MFS
protect my personal
information? 		To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include procedural, electronic, and physical safeguards for the protection of the personal information we collect about you.
How does MFS
collect my personal
information? 		We collect your personal information, for example, when you
• open an account or provide account information
• direct us to buy securities or direct us to sell your securities
• make a wire transfer
We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies.
Why can't I limit all sharing? Federal law gives you the right to limit only
• sharing for affiliates' everyday business purposes – information about your creditworthiness
• affiliates from using your information to market to you
• sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you
State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.
    
Definitions
Affiliates Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
• MFS does not share personal information with affiliates, except for everyday business purposes as described on page one of this notice.
Nonaffiliates Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
• MFS does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you.
Joint marketing A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
• MFS doesn't jointly market.
    
Other important information
If you own an MFS product or receive an MFS service in the name of a third party such as a bank or broker-dealer, their privacy policy may apply to you instead of ours.
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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

Item 1(b):

A copy of the notice transmitted to the Registrant's shareholders in reliance on Rule 30e-3 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended that contains disclosure specified by paragraph (c)(3) of Rule 30e-3 is attached hereto as EX-99.30e-3Notice.

ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

The Registrant has adopted a Code of Ethics (the "Code") pursuant to Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and as defined in Form N-CSR that applies to the Registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer. During the period covered by this report, the Registrant has not amended any provision in the Code that relates to an element of the Code's definition 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.

A copy of the Code is attached hereto as EX-99.COE.

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

Messrs. Steven E. Buller, James Kilman, and Clarence Otis, Jr. and Ms. Maryanne L. Roepke, members of the Audit Committee, have been determined by the Board of Trustees in their reasonable business judgment to meet the definition of "audit committee financial expert" as such term is defined in Form N-CSR. In addition, Messrs. Buller, Kilman, and Otis and Ms. Roepke are "independent" members of the Audit Committee (as such term has been defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission in regulations implementing Section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002). The Securities and Exchange Commission has stated that the designation of a person as an audit committee financial expert pursuant to this Item 3 on the Form N-CSR does not impose on such a person any duties, obligations or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations or liability imposed on such person as a member of the Audit Committee and the Board of Trustees in the absence of such designation or identification.

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Items 4(a) through 4(d) and 4(g):

The Board of Trustees has appointed Ernst & Young LLP ("E&Y") to serve as independent accountants to the Registrant (hereinafter the "Registrant" or the "Fund"). The tables below set forth the audit fees billed to the Fund as well as fees for non-audit services provided to the Fund and/or to the Fund's investment adviser, Massachusetts Financial Services Company ("MFS") and to various entities either controlling, controlled by, or under common control with MFS that provide ongoing services to the Fund ("MFS Related Entities").

For the fiscal years ended October 31, 2022 and 2021, audit fees billed to the Fund by E&Y were as follows:

Fees billed by E&Y:

 

Audit Fees

 

2022

2021

MFS Multimarket Income Trust

64,305

61,052

For the fiscal years ended October 31, 2022 and 2021, fees billed by E&Y for audit-related, tax and other services provided to the Fund and for audit-related, tax and other services provided to MFS and MFS Related Entities were as follows:

Fees billed by E&Y:

 

 

Audit-Related

 

 

 

Tax Fees2

 

 

All Other Fees3

 

 

 

Fees1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022

2021

 

2022

2021

 

2022

 

2021

To MFS Multimarket Income

12,907

12,246

 

255

11,255

 

63

 

1,092

Trust

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fees billed by E&Y:

 

 

Audit-Related

 

 

 

Tax Fees2

 

All Other Fees3

 

 

 

Fees1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022

2021

 

2022

2021

 

2022

 

2021

To MFS and MFS Related

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Entities of MFS Multimarket

662,511

1,663,649

 

0

0

 

111,415

 

110,620

Income Trust*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fees Billed by E&Y:

 

 

Aggregate Fees for Non-audit Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

To MFS Multimarket Income Trust, MFS and MFS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Related Entities#

 

 

917,581

 

 

2,015,561

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*This amount reflects the fees billed to MFS and MFS Related Entities for non-audit services relating directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund (portions of which services also related to the operations and financial reporting of other funds within

 

the MFS Funds complex).

#This amount reflects the aggregate fees billed by E&Y for non-audit services rendered to the Fund and for non-audit services rendered to MFS and the MFS Related Entities.

1 The fees included under "Audit-Related Fees" are fees related to assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of financial statements, but not reported under ''Audit Fees,'' including accounting consultations, agreed-upon procedure reports, attestation reports, comfort letters and internal control reviews.

2 The fees included under "Tax Fees" are fees associated with tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning, including services relating to the filing or amendment of federal, state or local income tax returns, regulated investment company qualification reviews and tax distribution and analysis.

3 The fees included under "All Other Fees" are fees for products and services provided by E&Y other than those reported under "Audit Fees," "Audit-Related Fees" and "Tax Fees," including fees for services related to review of internal controls and review of Rule 38a-1 compliance program.

Item 4(e)(1):

Set forth below are the policies and procedures established by the Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees relating to the pre- approval of audit and non-audit related services:

To the extent required by applicable law, pre-approval by the Audit Committee of the Board is needed for all audit and permissible non-audit services rendered to the Fund and all permissible non-audit services rendered to MFS or MFS Related Entities if the services relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant. Pre-approval is currently on an engagement-by- engagement basis. In the event pre-approval of such services is necessary between regular meetings of the Audit Committee and it is not practical to wait to seek pre-approval at the next regular meeting of the Audit Committee, pre-approval of such services may be referred to the Chair of the Audit Committee for approval; provided that the Chair may not pre-approve any individual engagement for such services exceeding $50,000 or multiple engagements for such services in the aggregate exceeding $100,000 between such regular meetings of the Audit Committee. Any engagement pre-approved by the Chair between regular meetings of the Audit Committee shall be presented for ratification by the entire Audit Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

Item 4(e)(2):

None, or 0%, of the services relating to the Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees paid by the Fund and MFS and MFS Related Entities relating directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant disclosed above were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraphs (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X (which permits audit committee approval after the start of the engagement with respect to services other than audit, review or attest services, if certain conditions are satisfied).

Item 4(f):

Not applicable.

Item 4(h):

The Registrant's Audit Committee has considered whether the provision by a Registrant's independent registered public accounting firm of non-audit services to MFS and MFS Related Entities that were not pre-approved by the Committee (because such services were provided prior to the effectiveness of SEC rules requiring pre-approval or because such services did not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant) was compatible with maintaining the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm as the Registrant's principal auditors.

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

The Registrant has an Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The members of the Audit Committee are Messrs. Steven E. Buller, James Kilman, and Clarence Otis, Jr. and Ms. Maryanne L. Roepke.

ITEM 6. INVESTMENTS

A schedule of investments of the Registrant is included as part of the report to shareholders of the Registrant under Item 1(a) of this Form N-CSR.

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

A copy of the proxy voting policies and procedures are attached hereto as Ex-99.PROXYPOL.

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.

 

Portfolio Manager

Primary Role

Since

Title and Five Year History

Robert Spector

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

2019

Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment area

 

 

 

of MFS since 2018; Portfolio Manager at Man GLG from

 

 

 

2014 to 2018

Henry Peabody

Investment Grade Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager

2019

Employed in the investment area of MFS since July 2019;

 

 

 

Vice President/Portfolio Manager at Eaton Vance

 

 

 

Management from November 2014 to June 2019

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

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 durable investment process. As of December 31, 2021, 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.

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, 10-, 5-, and 3- 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, 2021, 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 Global Aggregate Credit Index

 

 

JP Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global

 

 

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

 

 

Bloomberg U.S. Government/Mortgage Index

 

Ward Brown

JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global

 

David Cole

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

 

Pilar Gomez-Bravo

Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Index

 

 

JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global

 

 

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

 

 

Bloomberg U.S. Government/Mortgage Index

 

Andy Li

Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Index

 

Henry Peabody

Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Index

 

Matt Ryan

JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global

 

Michael Skatrud

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

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.

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, 2022. 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 Li

N

Henry Peabody

N

Matt Ryan

N

Michael Skatrud

N

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, 2022:

 

Registered Investment Companies*

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles

Other Accounts

Name

Number of Accounts

Total

Number of Accounts

Total Assets

Number of

Total Assets

 

 

Assets

 

 

Accounts

 

Robert Spector

7

$3.5 billion

12

$4.2 billion

47

$2.2 billion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ward Brown

7

$9.0 billion

8

$2.5 billion

7

$1.9 billion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Cole

14

$8.2 billion

9

$4.6 billion

8

$690.3 million

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pilar Gomez-Bravo

5

$3.3 billion

8

$2.2 billion

5

$906.1 million

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andy Li

5

$3.3 billion

8

$2.2 billion

5

$906.1 million

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Henry Peabody

12

$20.7 billion

9

$2.6 billion

7

$1.1 billion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matt Ryan

9

$11.8 billion

10

$2.8 billion

8

$2.0 billion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Skatrud

12

$8.1 billion

8

$803.5 million

5

$366.7 million

* Includes the Fund.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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. There is no guarantee that MFS will be successful in identifying or mitigating conflicts of interest.

The management of multiple funds and accounts (including accounts in which MFS or an affiliate has an interest) 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 one or more other accounts advised by MFS or its subsidiaries (including accounts in which MFS or an affiliate has an interest) with similar investment objectives. MFS' trade allocation policies could have a detrimental effect on the Fund 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 advised by 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 accounts 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 over time. 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 availability of a security with respect to the Fund.

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, those that include an investment by the portfolio manager, and/or those in which MFS, its officers and/or employees, and/or its affiliates own or have an interest.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, certain accounts may invest their assets in other accounts advised by MFS or its affiliates, including accounts that are advised by one or more of the same portfolio manager(s), which could result in conflicts of interest relating to asset allocation, timing of purchases and redemptions, and increased profitability for MFS, its affiliates, and/or its personnel, including portfolio managers.

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

MFS Multimarket Income Trust

 

 

 

 

(c) Total Number

(d) Maximum

 

 

 

 

of Shares

Number (or

 

 

(a) Total number of

(b) Average

Purchased as Part

Approximate Dollar

 

Period

Shares Purchased

Price Paid

of Publicly

Value) of Shares that

 

 

 

per Share

Announced Plans

May Yet Be

 

 

 

 

or Programs

Purchased under the

 

 

 

 

 

Plans or Programs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11/01/21-11/30/21

0

N/A

0

6,039,157

 

12/01/21-12/31/21

0

N/A

0

6,039,157

 

1/01/22-1/31/22

0

N/A

0

6,039,157

 

2/01/22-2/28/22

0

N/A

0

6,039,157

 

3/01/22-3/31/22

0

N/A

0

6,039,157

 

4/01/22-4/30/22

0

N/A

0

6,039,157

 

5/01/22-5/31/22

198,589

4.70

198,589

5,840,568

 

6/01/22-6/30/22

226,504

4.47

226,504

5,614,064

 

7/01/22-7/31/22

0

N/A

0

5,614,064

 

8/01/22-8/31/22

0

N/A

0

5,614,064

 

9/01/22-9/30/22

188,885

4.39

188,885

5,425,179

 

10/1/22-10/31/22

324,393

4.28

324,393

5,664,676

 

Total

938,371

4.44

938,371

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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, 2022 plan year is 5,989,069.

 

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.

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a)Based upon their evaluation of the effectiveness 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 report on 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 period covered by the report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 12. DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

During the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022, there were no fees or income related to securities lending activities of the Registrant.

ITEM 13. EXHIBITS.

(a)(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: Attached hereto as EX-99.COE.

(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)Registrant's Rule 30e-3 Notice pursuant to Item 1(b) of Form N-CSR. Attached hereto as EX-99.30e-3Notice.

(d)Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures pursuant to Item 7 of Form N-CSR. Attached hereto as EX-99.PROXYPOL.

(e)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.

 

Notice

A copy of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, as amended, 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.

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)*

/S/ DAVID L. DILORENZO

David L. DiLorenzo, President

Date: December 15, 2022

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

By (Signature and Title)*

/S/ DAVID L. DILORENZO

David L. DiLorenzo, President (Principal Executive Officer)

Date: December 15, 2022

By (Signature and Title)*

/S/ JAMES O. YOST

James O. Yost, Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Accounting Officer)

Date: December 15, 2022

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