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Schedule of investments (unaudited)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  
CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES - 62.1%          
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 14.2%          

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 3.6%

         

Cogent Communications Group Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     5.375     3/1/22        740,000     $ 760,350 (a) 

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, Senior Notes

     5.500     8/1/23        325,000       290,063  

Telecom Italia Finance SA, Senior Notes

     7.750     1/24/33        220,000 EUR      320,065  

Telecom Italia SpA, Senior Notes

     5.303     5/30/24        1,090,000       1,099,537 (a) 

Turk Telekomunikasyon AS, Senior Notes

     6.875     2/28/25        750,000       720,316 (a) 

UPCB Finance IV Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

     5.375     1/15/25        1,450,000       1,475,375 (a) 

Windstream Services LLC/Windstream Finance Corp., Secured Notes

     10.500     6/30/24        1,065,000       790,762 *(a)(b) 
         

 

 

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

       5,456,468  
         

 

 

 

Entertainment - 0.1%

         

Netflix Inc., Senior Notes

     5.875     11/15/28        190,000       201,162 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services - 0.2%

         

Match Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.000     12/15/27        250,000       253,125 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Media - 7.6%

         

Altice France SA, Senior Secured Notes

     7.375     5/1/26        2,640,000       2,593,800 (a) 

Altice Luxembourg SA, Senior Notes

     7.750     5/15/22        2,780,000       2,790,425 (a) 

American Media LLC, Secured Notes

     10.500     12/31/26        110,000       108,350 (a) 

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., Senior Notes

     5.125     5/1/27        700,000       706,125 (a) 

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., Senior Notes

     5.000     2/1/28        540,000       533,871 (a) 

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

     5.875     11/15/24        1,030,000       869,063  

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

     7.750     7/1/26        3,030,000       2,643,675  

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, Senior Secured Notes

     5.500     1/15/25        504,000 GBP      673,666 (c) 

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, Senior Secured Notes

     5.250     1/15/26        500,000       505,000 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Media

            11,423,975  
         

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 2.7%

         

CSC Holdings LLC, Senior Notes

     6.625     10/15/25        900,000       956,250 (a) 

CSC Holdings LLC, Senior Notes

     6.500     2/1/29        570,000       608,119 (a) 

Millicom International Cellular SA, Senior Notes

     5.125     1/15/28        220,000       211,475 (a) 

Sprint Capital Corp., Senior Notes

     6.875     11/15/28        1,640,000       1,580,550  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  

Wireless Telecommunication Services - (continued)

         

Sprint Corp., Senior Notes

     7.875     9/15/23        480,000     $ 504,000  

Sprint Corp., Senior Notes

     7.125     6/15/24        230,000       234,025  
         

 

 

 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

       4,094,419  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES

            21,429,149  
         

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 7.4%          

Auto Components - 1.2%

         

Adient Global Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

     4.875     8/15/26        610,000       449,875 (a) 

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc., Senior Notes

     6.500     4/1/27        820,000       796,671  

JB Poindexter & Co. Inc., Senior Notes

     7.125     4/15/26        530,000       534,150 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Auto Components

            1,780,696  
         

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.7%

         

Carriage Services Inc., Senior Notes

     6.625     6/1/26        330,000       339,075 (a) 

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC/Prime Finance Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     5.250     4/15/24        140,000       140,350 (a) 

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC/Prime Finance Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     5.750     4/15/26        470,000       471,274 (a) 

Weight Watchers International Inc., Senior Notes

     8.625     12/1/25        190,000       171,475 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Diversified Consumer Services

            1,122,174  
         

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.2%

         

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     4.250     5/15/24        180,000       178,650 (a) 

Carrols Restaurant Group Inc., Secured Notes

     8.000     5/1/22        470,000       481,398  

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC/Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     4.875     4/1/27        330,000       334,950  

Marston’s Issuer PLC, Secured Bonds (5.641% to 7/15/19 then 3 mo. GBP LIBOR + 2.550%)

     5.641     7/15/35        603,000 GBP      643,224 (c)(d) 

Pinnacle Bidco PLC, Senior Secured Notes

     6.375     2/15/25        110,000 GBP      147,747 (a) 

Saga PLC, Senior Notes

     3.375     5/12/24        630,000 GBP      739,795 (c) 

VOC Escrow Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

     5.000     2/15/28        870,000       850,425 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

            3,376,189  
         

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.4%

         

Lennar Corp., Senior Notes

     4.750     11/29/27        560,000       562,362  
         

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 2.1%

         

Hertz Corp., Senior Notes

     5.875     10/15/20        490,000       490,490  

Masaria Investments SAU, Senior Secured Notes

     5.000     9/15/24        130,000 EUR      146,548 (a) 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  

Specialty Retail - (continued)

         

Masaria Investments SAU, Senior Secured Notes (3 mo. EURIBOR + 5.250%, 5.250% Floor)

     5.250     9/15/24        360,000 EUR    $ 402,465 (a)(d) 

Maxeda DIY Holding BV, Senior Secured Notes

     6.125     7/15/22        479,000 EUR      527,281 (c) 

Maxeda DIY Holding BV, Senior Secured Notes

     6.125     7/15/22        260,000 EUR      286,207 (a) 

Party City Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

     6.625     8/1/26        860,000       857,850 (a) 

ServiceMaster Co. LLC, Senior Notes

     5.125     11/15/24        438,000       440,737 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Specialty Retail

            3,151,578  
         

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.8%

         

CBR Fashion Finance BV, Senior Secured Notes

     5.125     10/1/22        300,000 EUR      320,241 (c) 

Hanesbrands Inc., Senior Notes

     4.875     5/15/26        880,000       872,608 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

            1,192,849  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

            11,185,848  
         

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 0.8%          

Food Products - 0.6%

         

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., Senior Notes

     5.750     3/15/25        120,000       121,800 (a) 

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., Senior Notes

     5.875     9/30/27        830,000       838,300 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Food Products

            960,100  
         

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.2%

         

Spectrum Brands Inc., Senior Notes

     5.750     7/15/25        290,000       293,625  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

            1,253,725  
         

 

 

 
ENERGY - 12.0%          

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 12.0%

         

Berry Petroleum Co. Escrow

     —         —          630,000       0 *(e)(f)(g) 

Berry Petroleum Co. Escrow

     —         —          120,000       0 *(e)(f)(g) 

Blue Racer Midstream LLC/Blue Racer Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     6.625     7/15/26        305,000       312,625 (a) 

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     8.000     6/15/27        1,365,000       1,351,350  

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

     4.125     1/16/25        670,000       678,382  

Lukoil International Finance BV, Senior Notes

     4.750     11/2/26        960,000       977,040 (a) 

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. Escrow

     —         —          810,000       0 *(e)(f)(g) 

MEG Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     6.375     1/30/23        370,000       343,637 (a) 

MEG Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     7.000     3/31/24        975,000       914,062 (a) 

NGL Energy Partners LP/NGL Energy Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     7.500     11/1/23        370,000       384,652  

Oasis Petroleum Inc., Senior Notes

     6.250     5/1/26        230,000       219,650 (a) 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - (continued)

          

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

     7.375     1/17/27        870,000      $ 959,044  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

     5.999     1/27/28        710,000        720,295  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

     5.750     2/1/29        3,240,000        3,217,320  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

     6.900     3/19/49        340,000        337,076  

Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes

     4.875     5/15/25        1,050,000        979,125  

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, Senior Notes

     7.500     7/15/38        90,000        101,448 (a) 

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     5.875     4/15/26        950,000        1,008,900 (a) 

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     5.375     2/1/27        115,000        118,163  

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     6.500     7/15/27        70,000        75,688 (a) 

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     5.000     1/15/28        230,000        227,413  

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     6.875     1/15/29        90,000        97,988 (a) 

Transportadora de Gas del Peru SA, Senior Notes

     4.250     4/30/28        1,250,000        1,275,000 (a) 

Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA, Senior Notes

     6.750     5/2/25        1,490,000        1,409,540 (a) 

Ultrapar International SA, Senior Notes

     5.250     10/6/26        480,000        484,800 (a) 

Whiting Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     6.625     1/15/26        560,000        551,600  

YPF SA, Senior Notes

     8.500     7/28/25        700,000        689,500 (a) 

YPF SA, Senior Notes

     6.950     7/21/27        890,000        793,657 (a) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

             18,227,955  
          

 

 

 
FINANCIALS - 9.0%           

Banks - 7.5%

          

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

     7.625     11/21/22        540,000        587,566  

Barclays PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (8.000% to 6/15/24 then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 5.672%)

     8.000     6/15/24        380,000        389,025 (d)(h) 

BBVA Bancomer SA, Subordinated Notes (5.125% to 1/17/28 then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 2.650%)

     5.125     1/18/33        1,320,000        1,218,690 (a)(d) 

CIT Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.250     3/7/25        240,000        255,972  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  

Banks - (continued)

         

Citigroup Inc., Junior Subordinated Notes (5.950% to 5/15/25 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.905%)

     5.950     5/15/25        570,000     $ 581,939 (d)(h) 

Citigroup Inc., Junior Subordinated Notes (6.300% to 5/15/24 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.423%)

     6.300     5/15/24        520,000       529,404 (d)(h) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.500% to 3/23/28 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 3.606%)

     6.500     3/23/28        400,000       396,374 (d)(h) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Notes

     5.017     6/26/24        700,000       677,041 (a) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Notes

     5.710     1/15/26        2,520,000       2,462,382 (a) 

Itau Unibanco Holding SA, Subordinated Notes

     5.650     3/19/22        400,000       418,004 (c) 

NatWest Markets NV, Subordinated Notes

     7.750     5/15/23        160,000       177,001  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (8.625% to 8/15/21 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 7.598%)

     8.625     8/15/21        210,000       224,175 (d)(h) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

     6.000     12/19/23        920,000       982,600  

Santander UK Group Holdings PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.375% to 6/24/22 then GBP 5 year Swap Rate + 5.543%)

     7.375     6/24/22        310,000 GBP      416,705 (c)(d)(h) 

TC Ziraat Bankasi AS, Senior Notes

     5.125     5/3/22        550,000       500,468 (a) 

TC Ziraat Bankasi AS, Senior Notes

     5.125     9/29/23        460,000       401,380 (a) 

UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.000% to 1/31/24 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 4.344%)

     7.000     1/31/24        590,000       599,213 (a)(d)(h) 

UniCredit SpA, Subordinated Notes (7.296% to 4/2/29 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 4.914%)

     7.296     4/2/34        500,000       504,766 (a)(d) 
         

 

 

 

Total Banks

            11,322,705  
         

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.1%

         

Navient Corp., Senior Notes

     6.750     6/15/26        210,000       201,600  
         

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 1.2%

         

ASP AMC Merger Sub Inc., Senior Notes

     8.000     5/15/25        160,000       72,800 (a) 

DAE Funding LLC, Senior Notes

     5.750     11/15/23        720,000       741,600 (a) 

Garfunkelux Holdco 3 SA, Senior Secured Notes

     7.500     8/1/22        450,000 EUR      465,723 (c) 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  

Diversified Financial Services - (continued)

         

Jerrold Finco PLC, Senior Secured Notes

     6.125     1/15/24        220,000 GBP    $ 288,770 (a) 

LHC3 PLC, Senior Secured Notes (4.125% Cash or 4.875% PIK)

     4.125     8/15/24        220,000 EUR      250,795 (a)(i) 
         

 

 

 

Total Diversified Financial Services

            1,819,688  
         

 

 

 

Insurance - 0.2%

         

Galaxy Bidco Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

     6.375     11/15/20        280,000 GBP      363,227 (c) 
         

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

            13,707,220  
         

 

 

 
HEALTH CARE - 6.7%

 

    

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.2%

         

IDH Finance PLC, Senior Secured Notes

     6.250     8/15/22        280,000 GBP      312,627 (c) 
         

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.8%

         

Air Medical Group Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

     6.375     5/15/23        100,000       84,500 (a) 

BioScrip Inc., First Lien Notes (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.000%)

     8.224     6/30/22        459,000       479,655 (d)(f)(j) 

Centene Corp., Senior Notes

     5.375     6/1/26        800,000       837,000 (a) 

CHS/Community Health Systems Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     8.000     3/15/26        410,000       394,625 (a) 

DaVita Inc., Senior Notes

     5.000     5/1/25        470,000       452,140  

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

     5.875     5/1/23        10,000       10,687  

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

     5.875     2/15/26        270,000       292,275  

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

     5.625     9/1/28        290,000       307,400  

HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     5.000     3/15/24        530,000       562,519  

Magellan Health Inc., Senior Notes

     4.900     9/22/24        950,000       906,300  
         

 

 

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

            4,327,101  
         

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 3.7%

         

Bausch Health Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     6.125     4/15/25        2,280,000       2,262,900 (a) 

Nidda BondCo GmbH, Senior Notes

     5.000     9/30/25        280,000 EUR      300,339 (c) 

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

     2.200     7/21/21        1,100,000       1,049,128  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

     2.800     7/21/23        2,200,000       1,964,004  
         

 

 

 

Total Pharmaceuticals

            5,576,371  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

            10,216,099  
         

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS - 3.4%

 

    

Airlines - 0.0%

         

Continental Airlines 2000-1 Class B Pass-Through Trust, Secured Bonds

     8.388     11/1/20        30       33  
         

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  

Building Products - 0.8%

         

Cemex SAB de CV

     5.700     1/11/25        350,000     $ 359,450 (c) 

Standard Industries Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     1/15/28        890,000       852,175 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Building Products

            1,211,625  
         

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 1.3%

         

GFL Environmental Inc., Senior Notes

     5.375     3/1/23        350,000       332,500 (a) 

United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes

     6.500     12/15/26        150,000       158,250  

United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes

     5.500     5/15/27        140,000       141,750  

United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes

     4.875     1/15/28        1,320,000       1,287,264  
         

 

 

 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

            1,919,764  
         

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 0.2%

         

Hercule Debtco Sarl, Senior Secured Notes (6.750% Cash or 7.500% PIK)

     6.750     6/30/24        260,000 EUR      274,010 (a)(i) 
         

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.1%

         

General Electric Co., Junior Subordinated Notes (5.000% to 1/21/21 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.330%)

     5.000     1/21/21        130,000       121,612 (d)(h) 
         

 

 

 

Marine - 0.2%

         

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corp./Navios Acquisition Finance U.S. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     8.125     11/15/21        440,000       349,800 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.6%

         

Beacon Roofing Supply Inc., Senior Notes

     4.875     11/1/25        930,000       882,337 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure - 0.2%

         

Neovia Logistics Services LLC/SPL Logistics Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     8.875     8/1/20        340,000       324,700 (a) 
         

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

            5,083,881  
         

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 1.1%

 

    

Internet Software & Services - 0.2%

         

IPD 3 BV, Senior Secured Notes

     4.500     7/15/22        260,000 EUR      301,343 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.3%

         

Amkor Technology Inc., Senior Notes

     6.625     9/15/27        410,000       416,919 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Software - 0.2%

         

j2 Cloud Services LLC/j2 Global Co-Obligor Inc., Senior Notes

     6.000     7/15/25        230,000       239,775 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.4%

         

Western Digital Corp., Senior Notes

     4.750     2/15/26        720,000       689,400  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

            1,647,437  
         

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  
MATERIALS - 6.0%

 

    

Chemicals - 0.3%

         

Monitchem HoldCo 2 SA, Secured Notes

     6.875     6/15/22        350,000 EUR    $ 356,836 (c) 
         

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 2.4%

         

ARD Securities Finance SARL, Senior Secured Notes (8.750% PIK)

     8.750     1/31/23        1,057,562       1,004,684 (a)(i) 

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA Inc., Senior Notes

     6.000     2/15/25        1,380,000       1,383,450 (a) 

Greif Inc., Senior Notes

     6.500     3/1/27        500,000       512,500 (a) 

Pactiv LLC, Senior Notes

     7.950     12/15/25        720,000       720,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Containers & Packaging

            3,620,634  
         

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 2.8%

         

Alcoa Nederland Holding BV, Senior Notes

     6.750     9/30/24        370,000       393,125 (a) 

Alcoa Nederland Holding BV, Senior Notes

     7.000     9/30/26        250,000       270,780 (a) 

Alcoa Nederland Holding BV, Senior Notes

     6.125     5/15/28        450,000       464,625 (a) 

First Quantum Minerals Ltd., Senior Notes

     7.000     2/15/21        402,000       409,537 (a) 

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

     6.875     2/15/23        610,000       648,887  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

     3.875     3/15/23        690,000       681,796  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

     4.550     11/14/24        395,000       390,063  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

     5.400     11/14/34        750,000       686,250  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

     5.450     3/15/43        360,000       316,804  

Midwest Vanadium Pty Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

     13.250     2/15/18        391,562       1,468 *(a)(k) 
         

 

 

 

Total Metals & Mining

            4,263,335  
         

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.5%

         

Mercer International Inc., Senior Notes

     7.375     1/15/25        750,000       789,375 (a) 
         

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

            9,030,180  
         

 

 

 
REAL ESTATE - 0.6%

 

    

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.4%

         

CoreCivic Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     10/15/27        630,000       538,259  
         

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.2%

         

Tesco Property Finance 6 PLC, Senior Secured Notes

     5.411     7/13/44        240,812 GBP      367,247 (c) 
         

 

 

 

TOTAL REAL ESTATE

            905,506  
         

 

 

 
UTILITIES - 0.9%

 

    

Electric Utilities - 0.3%

         

Pampa Energia SA, Senior Notes

     7.500     1/24/27        480,000       425,424 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.3%

         

Suburban Propane Partners LP/Suburban Energy Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     5.875     3/1/27        550,000       523,875  
         

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.3%

 

      

Minejesa Capital BV, Senior Secured Notes

     4.625     8/10/30        420,000     $ 408,598 (a) 
         

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

            1,357,897  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES

(Cost - $92,960,169)

            94,044,897  
         

 

 

 
SOVEREIGN BONDS - 24.2%          

Argentina - 4.2%

         

Argentina POM Politica Monetaria, Bonds (Argentina Central Bank 7 Day Repo Reference Rate)

     67.546     6/21/20        24,650,000 ARS      628,004 (d) 

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     7.500     4/22/26        710,000       604,299  

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     6.875     1/26/27        890,000       722,791  

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     5.875     1/11/28        3,080,000       2,371,985  

Autonomous City of Buenos Aires Argentina, Senior Notes

     7.500     6/1/27        600,000       534,360 (a) 

Provincia de Buenos Aires, Senior Notes

     9.125     3/16/24        890,000       740,925 (a) 

Provincia de Buenos Aires, Senior Notes

     7.875     6/15/27        1,100,000       805,750 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Argentina

            6,408,114  
         

 

 

 

Brazil - 4.0%

         

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Serie F, Notes

     10.000     1/1/21        987,000 BRL      263,115  

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Serie F, Notes

     10.000     1/1/23        2,675,000 BRL      721,550  

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Serie F, Notes

     10.000     1/1/27        1,226,000 BRL      331,946  

Brazilian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     4.250     1/7/25        4,380,000       4,464,359  

Brazilian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     4.625     1/13/28        300,000       302,928  
         

 

 

 

Total Brazil

            6,083,898  
         

 

 

 

Colombia - 0.7%

         

Colombia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     4.000     2/26/24        1,000,000       1,032,260  
         

 

 

 

Costa Rica - 0.2%

         

Costa Rica Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     7.000     4/4/44        350,000       334,863 (a) 
         

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Croatia - 0.3%

          

Croatia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     6.625     7/14/20        360,000      $ 376,732 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Dominican Republic - 0.6%

          

Dominican Republic International Bond, Senior Notes

     5.500     1/27/25        200,000        206,252 (a) 

Dominican Republic International Bond, Senior Notes

     6.850     1/27/45        600,000        644,250 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Dominican Republic

             850,502  
          

 

 

 

Ecuador - 1.3%

          

Ecuador Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     10.750     3/28/22        250,000        280,313 (a) 

Ecuador Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     8.750     6/2/23        650,000        683,312 (c) 

Ecuador Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     7.950     6/20/24        980,000        978,775 (c) 
          

 

 

 

Total Ecuador

             1,942,400  
          

 

 

 

Egypt - 0.6%

          

Egypt Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     6.125     1/31/22        240,000        243,321 (c) 

Egypt Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     5.577     2/21/23        400,000        397,928 (a) 

Egypt Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     7.600     3/1/29        270,000        277,821 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Egypt

             919,070  
          

 

 

 

El Salvador - 0.2%

          

El Salvador Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     6.375     1/18/27        300,000        295,128 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Ghana - 0.5%

          

Ghana Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     10.750     10/14/30        290,000        353,849 (a) 

Ghana Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     8.125     3/26/32        430,000        429,054 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Ghana

             782,903  
          

 

 

 

Guatemala - 0.4%

          

Guatemala Government Bond, Senior Notes

     4.375     6/5/27        620,000        597,246 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Honduras - 0.5%

          

Honduras Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     6.250     1/19/27        700,000        742,875 (a) 
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  

Indonesia - 2.9%

         

Indonesia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     4.125     1/15/25        1,500,000     $ 1,541,026 (a) 

Indonesia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     3.850     7/18/27        1,500,000       1,501,602 (a) 

Indonesia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     3.500     1/11/28        650,000       633,490  

Indonesia Treasury Bond, Senior Notes

     7.000     5/15/22        10,499,000,000 IDR      739,472  
         

 

 

 

Total Indonesia

            4,415,590  
         

 

 

 

Ivory Coast - 0.2%

         

Ivory Coast Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     6.125     6/15/33        200,000       184,698 (a) 

Ivory Coast Government International Bond, Senior Notes, Step Bond

     5.750     12/31/32        181,000       171,985 (c) 
         

 

 

 

Total Ivory Coast

            356,683  
         

 

 

 

Mexico - 0.2%

         

Mexican Bonos, Bonds

     6.500     6/9/22        7,540,000 MXN      374,478  
         

 

 

 

Nigeria - 0.3%

         

Nigeria Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     6.500     11/28/27        260,000       257,606 (c) 

Nigeria Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     7.875     2/16/32        200,000       208,361 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Nigeria

            465,967  
         

 

 

 

Paraguay - 0.5%

         

Paraguay Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     5.000     4/15/26        350,000       369,663 (a) 

Paraguay Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     5.400     3/30/50        370,000       388,731 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Paraguay

            758,394  
         

 

 

 

Russia - 1.0%

         

Russian Federal Bond - OFZ

     8.150     2/3/27        34,070,000 RUB      522,278  

Russian Federal Bond - OFZ

     7.050     1/19/28        68,933,000 RUB      980,574  
         

 

 

 

Total Russia

            1,502,852  
         

 

 

 

Senegal - 0.2%

         

Senegal Government International Bond

     6.250     5/23/33        250,000       240,689 (a) 
         

 

 

 

South Africa - 0.1%

         

Republic of South Africa Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     4.875     4/14/26        200,000       198,615  
         

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  

Sri Lanka - 0.7%

         

Sri Lanka Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     6.250     10/4/20        750,000     $ 763,003 (c) 

Sri Lanka Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     6.250     7/27/21        240,000       243,581 (c) 
         

 

 

 

Total Sri Lanka

            1,006,584  
         

 

 

 

Turkey - 2.5%

         

Turkey Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     4.250     4/14/26        3,570,000       3,007,525  

Turkey Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     4.875     10/9/26        900,000       778,849  
         

 

 

 

Total Turkey

            3,786,374  
         

 

 

 

Ukraine - 1.4%

         

Ukraine Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     7.750     9/1/20        900,000       899,504 (a) 

Ukraine Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     7.750     9/1/24        250,000       241,428 (a) 

Ukraine Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     7.750     9/1/26        400,000       376,930 (a) 

Ukraine Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     7.375     9/25/32        600,000       536,244 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Ukraine

            2,054,106  
         

 

 

 

Uruguay - 0.5%

         

Uruguay Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     8.500     3/15/28        30,280,000 UYU      791,284 (c) 
         

 

 

 

Venezuela - 0.2%

         

Venezuela Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     7.750     10/13/19        1,074,000       312,803 *(b)(c) 
         

 

 

 

TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS

(Cost - $39,345,957)

            36,630,410  
         

 

 

 
SENIOR LOANS - 5.2%          
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 1.6%          

Media - 1.6%

         

Charter Communications Operating LLC, Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

     4.500     4/30/25        2,168,510       2,156,701 (d)(l)(m) 

Lamar Media Corp., Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

     4.250     3/14/25        316,800       316,401 (d)(l)(m) 
         

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES

            2,473,102  
         

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 2.5%           

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.8%

          

Aramark Services Inc., Term Loan B3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

     4.249     3/11/25        626,556      $ 622,636 (d)(l)(m) 

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC, Term Loan B2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

     4.236     10/25/23        568,352        567,185 (d)(l)(m) 
          

 

 

 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

             1,189,821  
          

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 1.7%

          

PetSmart Inc., Term Loan B2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.000%)

     5.490     3/11/22        2,806,087        2,523,725 (d)(l)(m) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

             3,713,546  
          

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS - 0.4%           

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.4%

          

Avolon TLB Borrower 1 (US) LLC, Term Loan B3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

     4.488     1/15/25        588,320        584,543 (d)(l)(m) 
          

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 0.6%           

Containers & Packaging - 0.6%

          

Reynolds Group Holdings Inc., Incremental U.S. Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

     5.249     2/6/23        983,662        973,387 (d)(l)(m) 
          

 

 

 
UTILITIES - 0.1%           

Electric Utilities - 0.1%

          

Panda Temple Power LLC, Second Lien Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR +8.000% PIK)

     10.482     2/7/23        166,362        166,084 (d)(i)(l)(m) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL SENIOR LOANS

(Cost - $8,013,515)

             7,910,662  
          

 

 

 
U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS - 3.2%           

U.S. Government Obligations - 3.2%

          

U.S. Treasury Notes

     1.750     3/31/22        1,000,000        986,016  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     1.625     8/15/22        500,000        490,186  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     1.875     8/31/22        650,000        642,395  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     2.500     3/31/23        900,000        909,211  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     1.625     5/31/23        600,000        585,445  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     2.625     6/30/23        800,000        812,594  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     2.125     2/29/24        480,000        477,244  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS

(Cost - $4,848,074)

 

 

     4,903,091  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

 

SECURITY

 

     SHARES        VALUE  
COMMON STOCKS - 0.9%           
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.0%           

Media - 0.0%

          

New Cotai LLC/New Cotai Capital Corp., Class B Shares

          2      $ 44,067 *(e)(f) 
          

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.0%           

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.0%

          

Bossier Casino Venture Holdco Inc.

          26,303        5,489 *(e)(f) 
          

 

 

 
ENERGY - 0.7%           

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.2%

          

Hercules Offshore Inc. (Escrow)

          17,554        13,865 *(e)(f) 

KCAD Holdings I Ltd.

          75,024,286        235,426 *(e)(f) 
          

 

 

 

Total Energy Equipment & Services

             249,291  
          

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 0.5%

          

Berry Petroleum Corp.

          51,110        589,810

Montage Resources Corp.

          12,088        181,799

MWO Holdings LLC

          211        16,118 *(e)(f) 
          

 

 

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

             787,727  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

             1,037,018  
          

 

 

 
UTILITIES - 0.2%           

Electric Utilities - 0.2%

          

Panda Temple Power LLC

          11,090        238,435 *(f) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost - $3,541,187)

             1,325,009  
          

 

 

 
     RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
        
CONVERTIBLE BONDS & NOTES - 0.7%           
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.7%           

Interactive Media & Services - 0.2%

          

Twitter Inc., Senior Notes

     1.000     9/15/21        210,000        198,127  

Twitter Inc., Senior Notes

     0.250     6/15/24        130,000        120,624  
          

 

 

 

Total Interactive Media & Services

             318,751  
          

 

 

 

Media - 0.5%

          

DISH Network Corp., Senior Notes

     2.375     3/15/24        280,000        232,014  

DISH Network Corp., Senior Notes

     3.375     8/15/26        570,000        485,640  
          

 

 

 

Total Media

             717,654  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CONVERTIBLE BONDS & NOTES

(Cost - $1,123,830)

             1,036,405  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  
NON-U.S. TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES - 0.1%

 

      

Argentina - 0.1%

         

Bonos de la Nacion Argentina con Ajuste por CER, Bonds
(Cost - $144,709)

     4.000     3/6/20        5,928,679 ARS    $ 131,594  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

(Cost - $149,977,441)

 

 

       145,982,068  
         

 

 

 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 2.0%          
SOVEREIGN BONDS - 0.2%          

Argentina Treasury Bill
(Cost - $305,304)

     (66.322 )%      5/31/19        9,760,000 ARS      269,973 (n) 
         

 

 

 
                  SHARES        
MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 1.8%          

Western Asset Government Cash Management Portfolio LLC
(Cost - $2,728,039)

     2.440        2,728,039       2,728,039 (o) 
         

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

(Cost - $3,033,343)

            2,998,012  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 98.4%

(Cost - $153,010,784)

            148,980,080  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 1.6%

            2,407,101  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

          $ 151,387,181  
         

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

 

Face amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted.

 

*

Non-income producing security.

 

(a)

Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees.

 

(b)

The coupon payment on these securities is currently in default as of March 31, 2019.

 

(c)

Security is exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. Regulation S applies to securities offerings that are made outside of the United States and do not involve direct selling efforts in the United States. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees.

 

(d)

Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is as of the most recent information available. Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description above.

 

(e)

Security is valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (Note 1).

 

(f)

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 1).

 

(g)

Value is less than $1.

 

(h)

Security has no maturity date. The date shown represents the next call date.

 

(i)

Payment-in-kind security for which the issuer has the option at each interest payment date of making interest payments in cash or additional debt securities.

 

(j)

Restricted security (Note 3).

 

(k)

The maturity principal is currently in default as of March 31, 2019.

 

(l)

Senior loans may be considered restricted in that the Portfolio ordinarily is contractually obligated to receive approval from the agent bank and/or borrower prior to the disposition of a senior loan.

 

(m)

Interest rates disclosed represent the effective rates on senior loans.

 

(n)

Rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

 

(o)

In this instance, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, an “Affiliated Company” represents Portfolio ownership of at least 5% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer, or a company which is under common ownership or control. At March 31, 2019, the total market value of investments in Affiliated Companies was $2,728,039 and the cost was $2,728,039 (Note 2).

Abbreviations used in this schedule:

 

ARS    — Argentine Peso
BRL    — Brazilian Real
CER    — Coeficente de Establilzacion de Referencia
EUR    — Euro
EURIBOR    — Euro Interbank Offered Rate
GBP    — British Pound
ICE    — Intercontinental Exchange
IDR    — Indonesian Rupiah
LIBOR    — London Interbank Offered Rate
MXN    — Mexican Peso
PIK    — Payment-In-Kind
RUB    — Russian Ruble
USD    — United States Dollar
UYU    — Uruguayan Peso

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

At March 31, 2019, the Portfolio had the following open futures contracts:

 

     Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
     Market
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
 
Contracts to Sell:               

Euro Currency Futures

     27        6/19      $ 3,855,702      $ 3,809,869      $ 45,833  

At March 31, 2019, the Portfolio had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Currency
Purchased
     Currency
Sold
    

Counterparty

   Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
EUR      110,000        USD        126,714      Barclays Bank PLC      4/17/19      $ (3,127
EUR      180,000        USD        204,094      Barclays Bank PLC      4/17/19        (1,862
EUR      200,000        USD        227,533      Barclays Bank PLC      4/17/19        (2,832
GBP      14,645        USD        18,818      Barclays Bank PLC      4/17/19        275  
USD      169,845        EUR        150,000      Barclays Bank PLC      4/17/19        1,319  
USD      131,848        GBP        100,000      Barclays Bank PLC      4/17/19        1,481  
USD      264,937        GBP        200,000      Barclays Bank PLC      4/17/19        4,203  
USD      395,058        GBP        300,000      Barclays Bank PLC      4/17/19        3,957  
USD      462,997        GBP        350,000      Barclays Bank PLC      4/17/19        6,712  
USD      88,570        EUR        76,302      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        2,844  
USD      2,915,025        GBP        2,271,188      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        (45,854
                 

 

 

 
Total                   $ (32,884
                 

 

 

 

Abbreviations used in this table:

 

EUR    — Euro
GBP    — British Pound
USD    — United States Dollar

This Schedule of Investments is unaudited and is intended to provide information about the Portfolio’s investments as of the date of the schedule. Other information regarding the Portfolio is available in the Portfolio’s most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

Western Asset Variable Global High Yield Bond Portfolio (the “Portfolio”) is a separate diversified investment series of Legg Mason Partners Variable Income Trust (the “Trust”). The Trust, a Maryland statutory trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company.

Shares of the Portfolio may only be purchased or redeemed through variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies offered by the separate accounts of participating insurance companies or through eligible pension or other qualified plans.

The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Portfolio and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).

(a) Investment valuation. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Investments in open-end funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share of each fund on the day of valuation. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. When the Portfolio holds securities or other assets that are denominated in a foreign currency, the Portfolio will normally use the currency exchange rates as of 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the manager to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the manager using quotations from one or more broker/dealers or at the transaction price if the security has recently been purchased and no value has yet been obtained from a pricing service or pricing broker. When reliable prices are not readily available, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Portfolio calculates its net asset value, the Portfolio values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Portfolio’s Board of Trustees.

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

The Board of Trustees is responsible for the valuation process and has delegated the supervision of the daily valuation process to the Legg Mason North Atlantic Fund Valuation Committee (the “Valuation Committee”). The Valuation Committee, pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Portfolio’s pricing policies, and reporting to the Board of Trustees. When determining the reliability of third party pricing information for investments owned by the Portfolio, the Valuation Committee, among other things, conducts due diligence reviews of pricing vendors, monitors the daily change in prices and reviews transactions among market participants.

The Valuation Committee will consider pricing methodologies it deems relevant and appropriate when making fair value determinations. Examples of possible methodologies include, but are not limited to, multiple of earnings; discount from market of a similar freely traded security; discounted cash-flow analysis; book value or a multiple thereof; risk premium/yield analysis; yield to maturity; and/or fundamental investment analysis. The Valuation Committee will also consider factors it deems relevant and appropriate in light of the facts and circumstances. Examples of possible factors include, but are not limited to, the type of security; the issuer’s financial statements; the purchase price of the security; the discount from market value of unrestricted securities of the same class at the time of purchase; analysts’ research and observations from financial institutions; information regarding any transactions or offers with respect to the security; the existence of merger proposals or tender offers affecting the security; the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable companies; and the existence of a shelf registration for restricted securities.

For each portfolio security that has been fair valued pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, the fair value price is compared against the last available and next available market quotations. The Valuation Committee reviews the results of such back testing monthly and fair valuation occurrences are reported to the Board of Trustees quarterly.

The Portfolio uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.

GAAP establishes a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

   

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

   

Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

   

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Portfolio’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value:

 

ASSETS

 

DESCRIPTION

   QUOTED PRICES
(LEVEL 1)
     OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE INPUTS
(LEVEL 2)
     SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS
(LEVEL 3)
    TOTAL  

Long-Term Investments†:

          

Corporate Bonds & Notes:

          

Energy

     —        $ 18,227,955      $ 0   $ 18,227,955  

Health Care

     —          9,736,444        479,655       10,216,099  

Other Corporate Bonds & Notes

     —          65,600,843        —         65,600,843  

Sovereign Bonds

     —          36,630,410        —         36,630,410  

Senior Loans

     —          7,910,662        —         7,910,662  

U.S. Government & Agency Obligations

     —          4,903,091        —         4,903,091  

Common Stocks:

          

Communication Services

     —          —          44,067       44,067  

Consumer Discretionary

     —          —          5,489       5,489  

Energy

   $ 771,609        —          265,409       1,037,018  

Utilities

     —          —          238,435       238,435  

Convertible Bonds & Notes

     —          1,036,405        —         1,036,405  

Non-U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities

     —          131,594        —         131,594  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments

     771,609        144,177,404        1,033,055       145,982,068  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments†:

          

Sovereign Bonds

     —          269,973        —         269,973  

Money Market Funds

     —          2,728,039        —         2,728,039  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments

     —          2,998,012        —         2,998,012  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 771,609      $ 147,175,416      $ 1,033,055     $ 148,980,080  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:

          

Futures Contracts

   $ 45,833        —          —       $ 45,833  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

     —        $ 20,791        —         20,791  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Other Financial Instruments

   $ 45,833      $ 20,791        —       $ 66,624  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 817,442      $ 147,196,207      $ 1,033,055     $ 149,046,704  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

LIABILITIES

 

DESCRIPTION

   QUOTED PRICES
(LEVEL 1)
     OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE INPUTS
(LEVEL 2)
     SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS
(LEVEL 3)
     TOTAL  

Other Financial Instruments:

           

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

     —        $ 53,675        —        $ 53,675  

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

*

Amount represents less than $1.

2. Transactions with affiliated companies

As defined by the 1940 Act, an affiliated company is one in which the Portfolio owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control. The Portfolio may invest in Western Asset Government Cash Management Portfolio, LLC (“Cash Management Portfolio”), an affiliated private money market fund managed by Western Asset Management Company, LLC, the Portfolio’s subadviser. Cash Management Portfolio is available as a cash management vehicle for certain proprietary investment companies affiliated with Legg Mason, Inc. While Cash Management Portfolio is not a registered money market fund, it conducts all of its investment activities in accordance with the requirements of Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. Based on the Portfolio’s relative ownership, the following companies were considered affiliated companies for all or some portion of the period ended March 31, 2019. The following transactions were effected in shares of such companies for the period ended March 31, 2019.

 

     Affiliate
Value at
December 31,
2018
     Purchased      Sold      Realized
Gain
(Loss)
     Interest
Income
     Net Increase
(Decrease) in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Affiliate
Value at
March 31,
2019
 
     Cost      Shares      Cost      Shares  
Western Asset Government Cash Management Portfolio LLC    $ 700,862      $ 11,408,037        11,408,037      $ 9,380,860        9,380,860        —        $ 7,250        —        $ 2,728,039  

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

3. Restricted securities

The following Portfolio investment is restricted as to resale.

 

Security

   Face
Amount
     Acquisition
Date
     Cost      Value
at 3/31/2019
     Value Per
Unit
     Percent of
Net Assets
 

BioScrip Inc., First Lien Notes, 8.224%, due 6/30/22

   $ 459,000        6/17      $ 455,800      $ 479,655      $ 104.50        0.32

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  
CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES - 34.6%           
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 3.2%           

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 1.0%

          

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

     3.400     5/15/25        40,000      $ 39,619  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

     4.350     6/15/45        360,000        330,891  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

     4.500     3/9/48        50,000        46,996  

Telecom Italia SpA, Senior Notes

     5.303     5/30/24        200,000        201,750 (a) 

Telefonica Emisiones SA, Senior Notes

     4.103     3/8/27        200,000        203,049  

UPCB Finance IV Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

     5.375     1/15/25        200,000        203,500 (a) 

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     3.500     11/1/24        40,000        40,980  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     3.376     2/15/25        59,000        59,750  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     2.625     8/15/26        150,000        143,189  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     4.329     9/21/28        154,000        163,006  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     3.875     2/8/29        50,000        51,244  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     4.500     8/10/33        80,000        84,677  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     5.250     3/16/37        260,000        292,868  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     4.862     8/21/46        70,000        74,690  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     5.500     3/16/47        10,000        11,720  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     4.522     9/15/48        170,000        174,736  
          

 

 

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

        2,122,665  
          

 

 

 

Entertainment - 0.0%

          

Netflix Inc., Senior Notes

     5.375     2/1/21        30,000        31,228  

Viacom Inc., Senior Notes

     4.250     9/1/23        40,000        41,606  

Walt Disney Co., Senior Notes

     6.650     11/15/37        50,000        69,042 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Entertainment

             141,876  
          

 

 

 

Media - 1.9%

          

Altice France SA, Senior Secured Notes

     7.375     5/1/26        300,000        294,750 (a) 

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., Senior Notes

     5.375     5/1/25        70,000        72,450 (a) 

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., Senior Notes

     5.125     5/1/27        220,000        221,925 (a) 

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., Senior Notes

     5.000     2/1/28        20,000        19,773 (a) 

Charter Communications Operating LLC/ Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     3.579     7/23/20        110,000        110,820  

Charter Communications Operating LLC/ Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     4.908     7/23/25        160,000        168,974  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Media - (continued)

          

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     4.200     3/15/28        120,000      $ 119,186  

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     5.050     3/30/29        220,000        232,019  

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     5.375     4/1/38        180,000        181,230  

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     6.834     10/23/55        30,000        34,013  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

     3.375     8/15/25        30,000        30,420  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

     3.950     10/15/25        160,000        167,482  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

     3.150     3/1/26        40,000        39,835  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

     4.150     10/15/28        480,000        505,666  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

     4.250     10/15/30        150,000        159,501  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

     3.900     3/1/38        80,000        78,728  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

     4.700     10/15/48        30,000        32,571  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

     3.999     11/1/49        165,000        160,792  

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

     7.875     9/1/19        70,000        71,050  

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

     5.875     11/15/24        100,000        84,375  

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

     7.750     7/1/26        20,000        17,450  

Fox Corp., Senior Notes

     4.030     1/25/24        80,000        82,981 (a) 

Fox Corp., Senior Notes

     4.709     1/25/29        130,000        139,509 (a) 

Fox Corp., Senior Notes

     5.476     1/25/39        30,000        33,229 (a) 

Myriad International Holdings BV, Senior Notes

     4.850     7/6/27        290,000        298,525 (a) 

NBCUniversal Media LLC, Senior Notes

     5.950     4/1/41        20,000        24,628  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     6.550     5/1/37        200,000        221,248  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     7.300     7/1/38        10,000        11,665  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     5.875     11/15/40        90,000        92,403  

Univision Communications Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     5.125     2/15/25        100,000        93,625 (a) 

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, Senior Secured Notes

     5.250     1/15/26        200,000        202,000 (a) 

Warner Media LLC, Senior Notes

     6.250     3/29/41        60,000        70,004  
          

 

 

 

Total Media

             4,072,827  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.3%

          

Sprint Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     7.000     3/1/20        120,000      $ 123,450 (a) 

Sprint Corp., Senior Notes

     7.250     9/15/21        90,000        94,725  

Sprint Corp., Senior Notes

     7.625     2/15/25        40,000        40,900  

Vodafone Group PLC, Senior Notes

     4.375     5/30/28        290,000        295,039  

Vodafone Group PLC, Senior Notes

     5.250     5/30/48        100,000        99,292  
          

 

 

 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

        653,406  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES

             6,990,774  
          

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 1.5%           

Auto Components - 0.1%

          

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc., Senior Notes

     6.625     10/15/22        33,000        33,866  

ZF North America Capital Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     4/29/25        160,000        155,548 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Auto Components

             189,414  
          

 

 

 

Automobiles - 0.6%

          

BMW US Capital LLC, Senior Notes

     1.850     9/15/21        20,000        19,543 (a) 

Ford Motor Co., Senior Notes

     4.750     1/15/43        50,000        39,273  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

     3.200     1/15/21        200,000        197,206  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes

     2.450     11/6/20        50,000        49,482  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes

     4.375     9/25/21        990,000        1,011,467  
          

 

 

 

Total Automobiles

             1,316,971  
          

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.4%

          

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     4.250     5/15/24        40,000        39,700 (a) 

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II Inc., Senior Notes

     5.375     11/1/23        130,000        137,337  

Hilton Domestic Operating Co. Inc., Senior Notes

     5.125     5/1/26        30,000        30,578 (a) 

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC/Hilton World-wide Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     4.625     4/1/25        10,000        10,125  

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC/Hilton World-wide Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     4.875     4/1/27        30,000        30,450  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

     3.700     1/30/26        230,000        237,650  

NCL Corp. Ltd., Senior Notes

     4.750     12/15/21        129,000        130,774 (a) 

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

     5.125     8/8/25        200,000        208,738  

VOC Escrow Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

     5.000     2/15/28        80,000        78,200 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

             903,552  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Household Durables - 0.2%

          

Lennar Corp., Senior Notes

     4.500     4/30/24        50,000      $ 50,875  

Lennar Corp., Senior Notes

     5.250     6/1/26        10,000        10,325  

Lennar Corp., Senior Notes

     5.000     6/15/27        20,000        20,125  

Lennar Corp., Senior Notes

     4.750     11/29/27        50,000        50,211  

Newell Brands Inc., Senior Notes

     3.850     4/1/23        70,000        69,259  

Newell Brands Inc., Senior Notes

     4.200     4/1/26        60,000        57,322  

Toll Brothers Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     4.375     4/15/23        40,000        40,250  

William Lyon Homes Inc., Senior Notes

     7.000     8/15/22        20,000        20,100  
          

 

 

 

Total Household Durables

             318,467  
          

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 0.2%

          

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

     3.150     8/22/27        130,000        130,997  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

     3.875     8/22/37        60,000        62,452  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

     4.950     12/5/44        120,000        143,301  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

     4.050     8/22/47        90,000        95,437  
          

 

 

 

Total Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

             432,187  
          

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.0%

          

Hanesbrands Inc., Senior Notes

     4.625     5/15/24        10,000        10,077 (a) 

Hanesbrands Inc., Senior Notes

     4.875     5/15/26        50,000        49,580 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

             59,657  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

             3,220,248  
          

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 2.2%           

Beverages - 0.9%

          

Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC/Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

     3.650     2/1/26        260,000        261,010 (a) 

Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC/Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

     4.900     2/1/46        290,000        291,723 (a) 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Senior Notes

     2.650     2/1/21        74,000        73,801  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Senior Notes

     3.300     2/1/23        120,000        121,785  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

     2.500     7/15/22        160,000        158,586  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

     3.500     1/12/24        10,000        10,180  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

     4.150     1/23/25        120,000        125,118  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Beverages - (continued)

          

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

     4.000     4/13/28        80,000      $ 81,423  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     1/23/29        480,000        511,844  

Constellation Brands Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     11/15/24        90,000        96,225  

Cott Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

     5.500     4/1/25        60,000        60,750 (a) 

Pernod Ricard SA, Senior Notes

     5.500     1/15/42        150,000        170,565 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Beverages

             1,963,010  
          

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.1%

          

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., Senior Notes

     3.450     6/1/26        80,000        78,369  

Walmart Inc., Senior Notes

     3.700     6/26/28        220,000        231,933  
          

 

 

 

Total Food & Staples Retailing

             310,302  
          

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.3%

          

Danone SA, Senior Notes

     2.589     11/2/23        420,000        411,244 (a) 

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

     3.950     7/15/25        20,000        20,173  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

     5.000     7/15/35        50,000        49,352  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

     5.200     7/15/45        40,000        38,665  

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

     4.875     11/1/26        70,000        71,312 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Food Products

             590,746  
          

 

 

 

Tobacco - 0.9%

          

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

     9.250     8/6/19        120,000        122,677  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

     3.490     2/14/22        50,000        50,808  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

     2.850     8/9/22        130,000        129,752  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

     3.800     2/14/24        80,000        81,469  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

     4.400     2/14/26        60,000        61,727  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

     4.800     2/14/29        160,000        165,097  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.375     1/31/44        30,000        29,984  

BAT Capital Corp., Senior Notes

     3.557     8/15/27        480,000        454,931  

BAT Capital Corp., Senior Notes

     4.540     8/15/47        180,000        157,976  

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

     1.875     11/1/19        190,000        189,122  

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

     2.900     11/15/21        30,000        30,173  

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

     2.500     8/22/22        190,000        188,395  

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

     2.500     11/2/22        140,000        138,843  

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

     4.500     3/20/42        10,000        9,879  

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

     3.250     6/12/20        12,000        12,019  

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

     5.850     8/15/45        80,000        82,246  
          

 

 

 

Total Tobacco

             1,905,098  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

             4,769,156  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  
ENERGY - 4.8%           

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.1%

          

Halliburton Co., Senior Notes

     3.800     11/15/25        110,000      $ 112,527  

Halliburton Co., Senior Notes

     4.850     11/15/35        20,000        20,996  

Halliburton Co., Senior Notes

     5.000     11/15/45        10,000        10,648  
          

 

 

 

Total Energy Equipment & Services

             144,171  
          

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 4.7%

          

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     4.850     3/15/21        32,000        33,184  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     5.550     3/15/26        20,000        21,801  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     6.450     9/15/36        190,000        218,882  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     6.200     3/15/40        70,000        78,698  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     6.600     3/15/46        30,000        36,519  

Antero Resources Corp., Senior Notes

     5.375     11/1/21        70,000        70,525  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

     4.375     10/15/28        180,000        181,505  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

     5.100     9/1/40        170,000        167,453  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

     4.250     1/15/44        90,000        79,898  

Blue Racer Midstream LLC/Blue Racer Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     6.125     11/15/22        50,000        51,000 (a) 

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

     3.216     11/28/23        190,000        192,355  

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

     3.410     2/11/26        230,000        234,343  

BP Capital Markets PLC, Senior Notes

     3.535     11/4/24        40,000        41,209  

BP Capital Markets PLC, Senior Notes

     3.506     3/17/25        190,000        193,954  

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     5.125     6/30/27        40,000        42,050  

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     6.625     8/15/20        10,000        10,312  

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     6.125     2/15/21        30,000        31,050  

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     5.375     6/15/21        70,000        70,000  

Chevron Corp., Senior Notes

     2.954     5/16/26        160,000        161,309  

Cimarex Energy Co., Senior Notes

     4.375     6/1/24        10,000        10,393  

Cimarex Energy Co., Senior Notes

     3.900     5/15/27        80,000        79,828  

CNOOC Finance 2015 USA LLC, Senior Notes

     3.500     5/5/25        490,000        496,175  

Concho Resources Inc., Senior Notes

     4.375     1/15/25        30,000        30,850  

Concho Resources Inc., Senior Notes

     3.750     10/1/27        20,000        19,856  

Concho Resources Inc., Senior Notes

     4.300     8/15/28        120,000        123,896  

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

     3.800     6/1/24        50,000        50,383  

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

     4.375     1/15/28        70,000        71,996  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     3.250     5/15/22        60,000        60,597  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     5.850     12/15/25        160,000        181,700  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - (continued)

          

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     5.600     7/15/41        10,000      $ 11,037  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     5.000     6/15/45        180,000        188,789  

Diamondback Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     5.375     5/31/25        40,000        41,850  

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

     5.875     5/28/45        180,000        187,200  

Energy Transfer Operating LP, Senior Notes

     4.500     4/15/24        200,000        208,645  

Energy Transfer Operating LP, Senior Notes

     4.950     6/15/28        30,000        31,494  

Energy Transfer Operating LP, Senior Notes

     5.250     4/15/29        60,000        64,397  

Energy Transfer Operating LP, Senior Notes

     6.250     4/15/49        10,000        11,217  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

     4.150     10/16/28        170,000        178,808  

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

     4.150     1/15/26        30,000        31,788  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

     3.043     3/1/26        90,000        91,397  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

     4.114     3/1/46        40,000        43,366  

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC, Senior Notes

     5.375     4/24/30        200,000        210,180 (a) 

Kerr-McGee Corp., Senior Notes

     6.950     7/1/24        220,000        252,981  

Kerr-McGee Corp., Senior Notes

     7.875     9/15/31        70,000        88,816  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

     3.500     3/1/21        40,000        40,379  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

     3.500     9/1/23        70,000        70,943  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

     4.250     9/1/24        10,000        10,440  

Kinder Morgan Inc., Senior Notes

     4.300     3/1/28        30,000        31,018  

Kinder Morgan Inc., Senior Notes

     7.750     1/15/32        60,000        78,372  

Kinder Morgan Inc., Senior Notes

     5.300     12/1/34        70,000        75,929  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

     4.000     3/15/28        210,000        208,897  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

     4.800     2/15/29        10,000        10,536  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

     4.500     4/15/38        120,000        114,161  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

     4.700     4/15/48        210,000        200,942  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

     5.500     2/15/49        80,000        85,454  

Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     4.150     12/15/21        150,000        153,676  

Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     3.850     1/15/28        100,000        98,600  

Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     4.950     8/15/47        50,000        49,460  

Oasis Petroleum Inc., Senior Notes

     6.875     1/15/23        125,000        125,312  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     3.400     4/15/26        90,000        91,957  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     3.000     2/15/27        60,000        59,735  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     4.625     6/15/45        70,000        76,656  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     4.400     4/15/46        40,000        42,441  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     4.100     2/15/47        110,000        112,752  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - (continued)

          

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     4.200     3/15/48        50,000      $ 52,294  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

     5.299     1/27/25        644,000        654,954  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

     7.375     1/17/27        430,000        474,010  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

     5.750     2/1/29        170,000        168,810  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

     6.900     3/19/49        30,000        29,742  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

     6.850     6/5/2115        90,000        87,385  

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

     6.875     8/4/26        250,000        261,200  

Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes

     5.000     3/15/23        150,000        147,562  

Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes

     4.875     5/15/25        40,000        37,300  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     5.750     5/15/24        110,000        121,285  

Schlumberger Holdings Corp., Senior Notes

     3.000     12/21/20        50,000        50,229 (a) 

Schlumberger Holdings Corp., Senior Notes

     4.000     12/21/25        30,000        30,957 (a) 

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

     2.875     5/10/26        240,000        239,236  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

     4.550     8/12/43        10,000        11,173  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

     4.375     5/11/45        160,000        175,021  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

     4.000     5/10/46        130,000        135,368  

Southern Natural Gas Co. LLC, Senior Notes

     8.000     3/1/32        50,000        68,123  

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     4.250     11/15/23        30,000        29,962  

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     5.875     4/15/26        30,000        31,860 (a) 

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     5.375     2/1/27        10,000        10,275  

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     6.500     7/15/27        40,000        43,250 (a) 

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     6.875     1/15/29        50,000        54,437 (a) 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, Senior Notes

     7.850     2/1/26        130,000        162,661  

Whiting Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     5.750     3/15/21        50,000        50,825  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     5.250     3/15/20        50,000        51,076  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     7.875     9/1/21        110,000        121,616  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     3.700     1/15/23        50,000        50,929  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     7.500     1/15/31        30,000        37,711  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - (continued)

          

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     7.750     6/15/31        240,000      $ 305,838  

WPX Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     6.000     1/15/22        10,000        10,425  

WPX Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     8.250     8/1/23        70,000        79,100  
          

 

 

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

             10,205,960  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

             10,350,131  
          

 

 

 
FINANCIALS - 14.4%           

Banks - 10.7%

          

Banco Santander SA, Senior Notes

     3.848     4/12/23        200,000        201,819  

Banco Santander SA, Senior Notes

     4.379     4/12/28        400,000        404,840  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

     3.300     1/11/23        90,000        91,194  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

     3.500     4/19/26        150,000        151,418  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (3.004% to 12/20/22 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.790%)

     3.004     12/20/23        393,000        391,619 (b) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (3.419% to 12/20/27 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.040%)

     3.419     12/20/28        1,061,000        1,038,427 (b) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (3.550% to 3/5/23 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.780%)

     3.550     3/5/24        190,000        193,039 (b) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (3.593% to 7/21/27 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.370%)

     3.593     7/21/28        130,000        129,730 (b) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (3.946% to 1/23/48 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.190%)

     3.946     1/23/49        420,000        410,946 (b) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (3.974% to 2/7/29 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.210%)

     3.974     2/7/30        110,000        112,212 (b) 

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

     4.000     1/22/25        130,000        132,654  

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

     4.450     3/3/26        40,000        41,725  

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

     4.250     10/22/26        260,000        267,358  

Bank of Montreal, Subordinated Notes (3.803% to 12/15/27 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 1.432%)

     3.803     12/15/32        30,000        29,038 (b) 

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

     7.625     11/21/22        1,010,000        1,098,966  

BNP Paribas SA, Senior Notes

     4.400     8/14/28        410,000        422,225 (a) 

BNP Paribas SA, Senior Notes (4.705% to 1/10/24 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.235%)

     4.705     1/10/25        360,000        373,578 (a)(b) 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Banks - (continued)

          

BNP Paribas SA, Senior Notes (5.198% to 1/10/29 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.567%)

     5.198     1/10/30        400,000      $ 432,195 (a)(b) 

BNP Paribas SA, Subordinated Notes

     4.625     3/13/27        200,000        204,778 (a) 

CIT Group Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     2/16/24        80,000        83,100  

CIT Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.250     3/7/25        60,000        63,993  

Citigroup Inc., Junior Subordinated Notes (5.950% to 5/15/25 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.905%)

     5.950     5/15/25        70,000        71,466 (b)(c) 

Citigroup Inc., Junior Subordinated Notes (6.300% to 5/15/24 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.423%)

     6.300     5/15/24        50,000        50,904 (b)(c) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

     8.125     7/15/39        37,000        55,686  

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

     4.650     7/30/45        145,000        154,430  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

     3.500     5/15/23        20,000        20,290  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

     4.400     6/10/25        10,000        10,362  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

     4.300     11/20/26        80,000        81,382  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

     4.450     9/29/27        700,000        719,864  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

     4.125     7/25/28        170,000        170,880  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

     5.300     5/6/44        13,000        14,344  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

     4.750     5/18/46        70,000        72,641  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Senior Notes

     3.900     7/12/47        40,000        40,181 (a) 

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, Junior Subordinated Notes (11.000% to 6/30/19 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 10.868%)

     11.000     6/30/19        455,000        465,237 (a)(b)(c) 

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, Senior Notes

     4.625     12/1/23        390,000        407,618  

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, Senior Notes

     4.375     8/4/25        250,000        257,938  

Credit Agricole SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (8.375% to 10/13/19 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.982%)

     8.375     10/13/19        680,000        700,400 (a)(b)(c) 

Credit Agricole SA, Subordinated Notes (4.000% to 1/10/28 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 1.644%)

     4.000     1/10/33        250,000        241,448 (a)(b) 

Danske Bank AS, Senior Notes

     5.000     1/12/22        200,000        205,198 (a) 

Fifth Third Bancorp, Senior Notes

     3.650     1/25/24        100,000        102,467  

HSBC Holdings PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.250% to 3/23/23 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 3.453%)

     6.250     3/23/23        200,000        199,867 (b)(c) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.375% to 9/17/24 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 3.705%)

     6.375     9/17/24        250,000        251,709 (b)(c) 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Banks - (continued)

          

HSBC Holdings PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.500% to 3/23/28 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 3.606%)

     6.500     3/23/28        200,000      $ 198,187 (b)(c) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes

     3.400     3/8/21        280,000        282,572  

HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes

     4.300     3/8/26        270,000        280,418  

HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes

     3.900     5/25/26        420,000        425,648  

HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes (4.583%to 6/19/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.535%)

     4.583     6/19/29        400,000        420,804 (b) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes

     3.125     7/14/22        200,000        194,837 (a) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes

     3.375     1/12/23        200,000        195,335 (a) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Notes

     5.017     6/26/24        1,070,000        1,034,906 (a) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes

     4.250     10/15/20        350,000        358,041  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes

     2.550     3/1/21        40,000        39,883  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (3.509% to 1/23/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.945%)

     3.509     1/23/29        400,000        397,620 (b) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (4.023% to 12/5/23 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.000%)

     4.023     12/5/24        320,000        332,246 (b) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (4.203% to 7/23/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.260%)

     4.203     7/23/29        140,000        146,168 (b) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (4.452% to 12/5/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.330%)

     4.452     12/5/29        60,000        63,916 (b) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

     3.875     9/10/24        60,000        61,548  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

     4.125     12/15/26        140,000        144,646  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

     4.250     10/1/27        50,000        51,975  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

     4.950     6/1/45        170,000        188,393  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Senior Notes

     4.375     3/22/28        200,000        204,984  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Senior Notes (3.574% to 11/7/27 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.205%)

     3.574     11/7/28        200,000        192,226 (b) 

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

     4.500     11/4/24        210,000        213,520  

NatWest Markets NV, Subordinated Notes

     7.750     5/15/23        100,000        110,626  

Nordea Bank Abp, Subordinated Notes

     4.875     5/13/21        530,000        543,965 (a) 

Royal Bank of Canada, Senior Notes

     2.150     10/26/20        100,000        99,361  

Royal Bank of Canada, Senior Notes

     3.200     4/30/21        110,000        111,270  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Banks - (continued)

          

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Senior Notes (4.519% to 6/25/23 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.550%)

     4.519     6/25/24        200,000      $ 204,614 (b) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

     6.000     12/19/23        130,000        138,846  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

     5.125     5/28/24        630,000        647,024  

Santander Holdings USA Inc., Senior Notes

     4.500     7/17/25        70,000        72,204  

Santander UK PLC, Senior Notes

     2.375     3/16/20        60,000        59,812  

Standard Chartered PLC, Subordinated Notes

     5.700     3/26/44        340,000        369,787 (a) 

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., Senior Notes

     2.058     7/14/21        290,000        285,097  

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Senior Notes

     3.350     5/24/21        250,000        252,923  

Toronto-Dominion Bank, Senior Notes

     3.250     6/11/21        130,000        131,544  

UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.000% to 1/31/24 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 4.344%)

     7.000     1/31/24        350,000        355,465 (a)(b)(c) 

UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG, Senior Notes

     3.491     5/23/23        300,000        301,566 (a) 

UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG, Senior Notes

     4.253     3/23/28        300,000        312,244 (a) 

UniCredit SpA, Senior Notes

     6.572     1/14/22        430,000        450,159 (a) 

US Bank NA, Senior Notes

     3.150     4/26/21        250,000        252,436  

Wachovia Capital Trust III Ltd. Gtd., Junior Subordinated Bonds (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.930% or 5.570%)

     5.570     4/29/19        320,000        316,328 (b)(c) 

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes

     3.750     1/24/24        60,000        61,779  

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes

     3.000     10/23/26        190,000        185,445  

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes

     4.150     1/24/29        210,000        219,719  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

     4.100     6/3/26        50,000        51,165  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

     4.300     7/22/27        560,000        583,544  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

     4.650     11/4/44        320,000        329,187  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

     4.900     11/17/45        300,000        319,940  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

     4.400     6/14/46        40,000        39,929  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

     4.750     12/7/46        270,000        283,742  

Westpac Banking Corp., Senior Notes

     2.300     5/26/20        20,000        19,919  

Westpac Banking Corp., Senior Notes

     2.600     11/23/20        110,000        109,856  
          

 

 

 

Total Banks

             23,216,535  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Capital Markets - 1.6%

          

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd., Senior Notes

     4.550     4/17/26        250,000      $ 261,355  

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd., Senior Notes

     4.875     5/15/45        330,000        358,460  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     2.600     4/23/20        50,000        49,868  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.250     7/27/21        300,000        315,257  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     3.200     2/23/23        100,000        100,221  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     3.850     7/8/24        40,000        40,799  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     3.500     1/23/25        190,000        189,674  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     3.500     11/16/26        100,000        98,760  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     6.250     2/1/41        100,000        123,518  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     10/21/45        170,000        181,065  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (3.691% to 6/5/27 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.510%)

     3.691     6/5/28        280,000        277,569 (b) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (3.814% to 4/23/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.158%)

     3.814     4/23/29        140,000        138,818 (b) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (4.223% to 5/1/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.301%)

     4.223     5/1/29        260,000        265,949 (b) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

     4.250     10/21/25        200,000        204,915  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

     6.750     10/1/37        190,000        231,900  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

     5.150     5/22/45        250,000        264,780  

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes (3.772% to 1/24/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.140%)

     3.772     1/24/29        380,000        381,709 (b) 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes (4.431% to 1/23/29 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.628%)

     4.431     1/23/30        110,000        115,952 (b) 
          

 

 

 

Total Capital Markets

             3,600,569  
          

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.1%

          

American Express Credit Corp., Senior Notes

     2.375     5/26/20        110,000        109,664  

Navient Corp., Senior Notes

     8.000     3/25/20        60,000        62,550  
          

 

 

 

Total Consumer Finance

             172,214  
          

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 1.5%

          

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, Senior Notes

     4.500     5/15/21        220,000        224,839  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  

Diversified Financial Services - (continued)

         

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, Senior Notes

     5.000     10/1/21        150,000     $ 155,703  

DAE Funding LLC, Senior Notes

     5.750     11/15/23        70,000       72,100 (a) 

GE Capital International Funding Co. Unlimited Co., Senior Notes

     2.342     11/15/20        202,000       199,573  

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     6.250     5/15/19        40,000       40,147  

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     8.250     12/15/20        90,000       97,239  

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     8.625     1/15/22        90,000       102,261  

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     5.875     8/15/22        30,000       32,361  

Magnolia Finance X Ltd., 2015-3GNA A1 (3 mo. GBP LIBOR + 2.483%)

     3.408     3/12/20        1,185,094 GBP      1,504,937 (a)(b)(d)(e) 

Magnolia Finance X Ltd., 2015-3GNA A2 (3 mo. GBP LIBOR + 3.750%)

     4.675     3/12/20        356,491 GBP      452,705 (a)(b)(d)(e) 

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

     5.250     8/15/22        90,000       92,466 (a) 

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

     4.500     3/15/23        10,000       9,975 (a) 

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

     5.500     2/15/24        50,000       52,033 (a) 

Syngenta Finance NV, Senior Notes

     3.933     4/23/21        200,000       201,005 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Diversified Financial Services

            3,237,344  
         

 

 

 

Insurance - 0.5%

         

American International Group Inc., Senior Notes

     3.750     7/10/25        130,000       130,210  

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     4.250     1/15/49        190,000       199,162  

Chubb INA Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

     2.300     11/3/20        40,000       39,816  

Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II, Senior Secured Notes

     2.500     1/15/20        40,000       39,830 (a) 

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America, Subordinated Notes

     6.850     12/16/39        8,000       11,011 (a) 

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America, Subordinated Notes

     4.900     9/15/44        530,000       593,148 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Insurance

            1,013,177  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

            31,239,839  
         

 

 

 
HEALTH CARE - 3.2%          

Biotechnology - 0.3%

         

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

     3.600     5/14/25        90,000       90,285  

Amgen Inc., Senior Notes

     2.125     5/1/20        20,000       19,927  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Biotechnology - (continued)

          

Amgen Inc., Senior Notes

     4.663     6/15/51        29,000      $ 29,213  

Celgene Corp., Senior Notes

     2.250     8/15/21        100,000        98,459  

Celgene Corp., Senior Notes

     5.000     8/15/45        110,000        115,603  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

     2.550     9/1/20        30,000        29,971  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

     3.500     2/1/25        50,000        51,075  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

     3.650     3/1/26        100,000        102,053  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     3/1/46        100,000        104,820  
          

 

 

 

Total Biotechnology

             641,406  
          

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.3%

          

Abbott Laboratories, Senior Notes

     3.750     11/30/26        56,000        58,264  

Abbott Laboratories, Senior Notes

     4.750     11/30/36        80,000        89,674  

Abbott Laboratories, Senior Notes

     4.900     11/30/46        80,000        92,638  

Becton Dickinson and Co., Senior Notes

     3.363     6/6/24        200,000        200,117  

Becton Dickinson and Co., Senior Notes

     3.734     12/15/24        31,000        31,492  

Becton Dickinson and Co., Senior Notes

     4.685     12/15/44        10,000        10,335  

Medtronic Inc., Senior Notes

     3.500     3/15/25        210,000        216,747  
          

 

 

 

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

             699,267  
          

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.1%

          

Aetna Inc., Senior Notes

     2.800     6/15/23        30,000        29,478  

Anthem Inc., Senior Notes

     2.950     12/1/22        160,000        159,954  

Anthem Inc., Senior Notes

     3.350     12/1/24        50,000        50,377  

Anthem Inc., Senior Notes

     3.650     12/1/27        170,000        169,991  

Cardinal Health Inc., Senior Notes

     2.616     6/15/22        60,000        59,224  

Cardinal Health Inc., Senior Notes

     3.079     6/15/24        70,000        68,367  

Centene Corp., Senior Notes

     5.625     2/15/21        40,000        40,650  

Centene Corp., Senior Notes

     4.750     5/15/22        70,000        71,487  

Centene Corp., Senior Notes

     6.125     2/15/24        70,000        73,433  

Centene Corp., Senior Notes

     5.375     6/1/26        40,000        41,850 (a) 

Cigna Corp., Senior Notes

     3.400     9/17/21        90,000        90,956 (a) 

Cigna Corp., Senior Notes

     3.750     7/15/23        230,000        235,952 (a) 

Cigna Corp., Senior Notes

     4.125     11/15/25        70,000        72,514 (a) 

Cigna Corp., Senior Notes

     4.375     10/15/28        160,000        166,115 (a) 

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

     3.350     3/9/21        80,000        80,640  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

     2.750     12/1/22        60,000        59,204  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

     3.700     3/9/23        350,000        355,825  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

     4.100     3/25/25        130,000        133,584  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

     3.875     7/20/25        160,000        162,068  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

     4.300     3/25/28        870,000        882,326  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

     5.125     7/20/45        150,000        152,673  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Health Care Providers & Services - (continued)

          

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

     5.375     9/1/26        80,000      $ 84,500  

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

     5.625     9/1/28        100,000        106,000  

HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     5.250     4/15/25        30,000        32,255  

HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     5.250     6/15/26        30,000        32,190  

HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     4.500     2/15/27        40,000        41,143  

HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     5.500     6/15/47        70,000        74,529  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

     3.950     3/15/27        390,000        394,415  

Jaguar Holding Co. II/Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC, Senior Notes

     6.375     8/1/23        70,000        71,487 (a) 

Medtronic Global Holdings SCA, Senior Notes

     3.350     4/1/27        170,000        173,126  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

     2.700     7/15/20        100,000        100,226  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

     2.875     12/15/21        60,000        60,352  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

     3.750     7/15/25        100,000        104,479  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

     3.875     12/15/28        40,000        41,922  
          

 

 

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

             4,473,292  
          

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 0.5%

          

Allergan Funding SCS, Senior Notes

     3.800     3/15/25        240,000        243,352  

Allergan Funding SCS, Senior Notes

     4.550     3/15/35        60,000        58,854  

Allergan Funding SCS, Senior Notes

     4.750     3/15/45        20,000        19,906  

Bausch Health Americas Inc., Senior Notes

     8.500     1/31/27        10,000        10,625 (a) 

Bausch Health Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     5.625     12/1/21        32,000        32,010 (a) 

Bausch Health Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     6.125     4/15/25        150,000        148,875 (a) 

Bausch Health Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     9.000     12/15/25        70,000        76,303 (a) 

Eli Lilly & Co., Senior Notes

     3.100     5/15/27        30,000        30,141  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. BV, Senior Notes

     3.650     11/10/21        20,000        19,609  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance IV BV, Senior Notes

     3.650     11/10/21        50,000        49,023  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

     1.700     7/19/19        50,000        49,894  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

     2.200     7/21/21        410,000        391,039  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

     2.800     7/21/23        40,000        35,709  

Wyeth LLC, Senior Notes

     5.950     4/1/37        10,000        12,738  
          

 

 

 

Total Pharmaceuticals

             1,178,078  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

             6,992,043  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  
INDUSTRIALS - 1.9%           

Aerospace & Defense - 0.5%

          

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

     4.875     2/15/20        160,000      $ 162,948  

Lockheed Martin Corp., Senior Notes

     3.100     1/15/23        10,000        10,116  

Lockheed Martin Corp., Senior Notes

     3.550     1/15/26        110,000        113,631  

Lockheed Martin Corp., Senior Notes

     4.500     5/15/36        30,000        32,581  

Northrop Grumman Corp., Senior Notes

     2.930     1/15/25        150,000        148,027  

Northrop Grumman Corp., Senior Notes

     3.250     1/15/28        280,000        275,596  

United Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

     3.950     8/16/25        150,000        155,928  

United Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

     4.125     11/16/28        100,000        103,984  

United Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

     4.500     6/1/42        30,000        31,062  
          

 

 

 

Total Aerospace & Defense

             1,033,873  
          

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.1%

          

United Parcel Service Inc., Senior Notes

     2.500     4/1/23        50,000        49,898  

United Parcel Service Inc., Senior Notes

     3.050     11/15/27        30,000        30,003  

XPO Logistics Inc., Senior Notes

     6.500     6/15/22        30,000        30,675 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Air Freight & Logistics

             110,576  
          

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.1%

          

Delta Air Lines Pass-Through Trust

     6.875     5/7/19        14,035        14,079 (a) 

Delta Air Lines Pass-Through Trust

     6.821     8/10/22        29,938        32,778  

United Airlines Pass Through Trust

     5.375     8/15/21        23,479        24,164  

United Airlines Pass Through Trust

     4.625     9/3/22        47,078        47,852  

United Airlines Pass-Through Trust

     4.750     4/11/22        61,168        62,208  
          

 

 

 

Total Airlines

             181,081  
          

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.3%

          

Cintas Corp. No 2, Senior Notes

     2.900     4/1/22        180,000        180,740  

Cintas Corp. No 2, Senior Notes

     3.700     4/1/27        240,000        246,639  

United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes

     5.750     11/15/24        120,000        123,750  

United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes

     6.500     12/15/26        30,000        31,650  

United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes

     4.875     1/15/28        20,000        19,504  

Waste Management Inc., Senior Notes

     3.500     5/15/24        20,000        20,503  
          

 

 

 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

             622,786  
          

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.1%

          

Eaton Corp., Senior Notes

     2.750     11/2/22        270,000        269,137  

Eaton Corp., Senior Notes

     4.150     11/2/42        30,000        30,097  
          

 

 

 

Total Electrical Equipment

             299,234  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.4%

          

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

     5.500     1/8/20        10,000      $ 10,219  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

     4.650     10/17/21        22,000        22,810  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

     6.750     3/15/32        60,000        69,348  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

     5.875     1/14/38        30,000        31,956  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

     6.875     1/10/39        551,000        652,517  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

     4.500     3/11/44        170,000        155,560  

General Electric Co., Subordinated Notes

     5.300     2/11/21        20,000        20,707  
          

 

 

 

Total Industrial Conglomerates

             963,117  
          

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.0%

          

Allison Transmission Inc., Senior Notes

     5.000     10/1/24        10,000        10,013 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.3%

          

Union Pacific Corp., Senior Notes

     3.750     7/15/25        70,000        72,850  

Union Pacific Corp., Senior Notes

     3.950     9/10/28        240,000        251,822  

Union Pacific Corp., Senior Notes

     4.500     9/10/48        220,000        233,848  
          

 

 

 

Total Road & Rail

             558,520  
          

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.0%

          

Beacon Roofing Supply Inc., Senior Notes

     4.875     11/1/25        40,000        37,950 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure - 0.1%

          

DP World PLC, Senior Notes

     5.625     9/25/48        220,000        229,520 (a) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

             4,046,670  
          

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 1.3%           

Communications Equipment - 0.0%

          

Harris Corp., Senior Notes

     5.054     4/27/45        30,000        33,134  
          

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.3%

          

First Data Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     5.375     8/15/23        180,000        184,275 (a) 

Visa Inc., Senior Notes

     3.150     12/14/25        210,000        213,383  

Visa Inc., Senior Notes

     4.300     12/14/45        130,000        143,650  
          

 

 

 

Total IT Services

             541,308  
          

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.1%

          

Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

     3.125     1/15/25        90,000        86,315  

Intel Corp., Senior Notes

     3.700     7/29/25        40,000        41,965  
          

 

 

 

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

             128,280  
          

 

 

 

Software - 0.7%

          

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

     1.550     8/8/21        150,000        146,474  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

     2.400     2/6/22        210,000        209,794  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

     2.875     2/6/24        200,000        202,317  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

     2.700     2/12/25        70,000        70,081  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

     2.400     8/8/26        300,000        291,129  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Software - (continued)

          

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

     3.300     2/6/27        370,000      $ 380,194  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

     3.450     8/8/36        10,000        10,112  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

     3.750     2/12/45        110,000        112,972  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

     3.950     8/8/56        50,000        52,225  

salesforce.com Inc., Senior Notes

     3.250     4/11/23        110,000        112,769  

salesforce.com Inc., Senior Notes

     3.700     4/11/28        30,000        31,430  
          

 

 

 

Total Software

             1,619,497  
          

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.2%

          

Apple Inc., Senior Notes

     2.000     11/13/20        110,000        109,247  

Apple Inc., Senior Notes

     1.550     8/4/21        80,000        78,363  

Apple Inc., Senior Notes

     2.450     8/4/26        200,000        193,408  

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp., Senior Notes

     7.125     6/15/24        70,000        74,226 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

             455,244  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

             2,777,463  
          

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 1.3%           

Containers & Packaging - 0.1%

          

Berry Global Inc., Secured Notes

     4.500     2/15/26        20,000        19,054 (a) 

Pactiv LLC, Senior Notes

     8.375     4/15/27        250,000        256,250  

Reynolds Group Issuer Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC/Reynolds Group Issuer (Luxembourg) SA, Senior Secured Notes

     5.125     7/15/23        10,000        10,175 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Containers & Packaging

             285,479  
          

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 1.1%

          

Alcoa Nederland Holding BV, Senior Notes

     6.750     9/30/24        200,000        212,500 (a) 

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

     3.625     9/11/24        300,000        297,453 (a) 

ArcelorMittal, Senior Notes

     6.125     6/1/25        90,000        99,676  

Barrick North America Finance LLC, Senior Notes

     5.700     5/30/41        230,000        263,214  

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd., Senior Notes

     5.000     9/30/43        170,000        199,900  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

     4.000     11/14/21        140,000        141,225  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

     3.550     3/1/22        30,000        29,737  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

     4.550     11/14/24        10,000        9,875  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

     5.450     3/15/43        20,000        17,600  

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

     2.875     4/16/20        30,000        29,891 (a) 

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

     3.000     10/27/22        80,000        78,910 (a) 

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

     4.125     5/30/23        60,000        61,148 (a) 

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

     4.125     3/12/24        10,000        10,108 (a) 

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

     4.625     4/29/24        130,000        134,411 (a) 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Metals & Mining - (continued)

          

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

     4.000     3/27/27        90,000      $ 87,421 (a) 

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

     3.875     10/27/27        90,000        86,519 (a) 

Midwest Vanadium Pty Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

     13.250     2/15/18        298,333        1,119 *(a)(f) 

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

     5.250     11/8/42        390,000        407,144  

Teck Resources Ltd., Senior Notes

     6.000     8/15/40        10,000        10,363  

Vale Overseas Ltd., Senior Notes

     6.875     11/21/36        149,000        171,201  
          

 

 

 

Total Metals & Mining

             2,349,415  
          

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.1%

          

Resolute Forest Products Inc., Senior Notes

     5.875     5/15/23        150,000        149,250  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

             2,784,144  
          

 

 

 
REAL ESTATE - 0.1%           

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.1%

          

WEA Finance LLC/Westfield UK & Europe Finance PLC, Senior Notes

     3.750     9/17/24        330,000        337,156 (a) 
          

 

 

 
UTILITIES - 0.7%           

Electric Utilities - 0.7%

          

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co., Senior Notes

     6.125     4/1/36        147,000        184,849  

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

     5.300     2/15/40        160,000        193,356  

FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes

     4.250     3/15/23        320,000        333,992  

FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes

     3.900     7/15/27        200,000        203,101  

FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes

     7.375     11/15/31        340,000        450,125  

FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes

     4.850     7/15/47        150,000        161,085  

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Senior Notes

     3.500     10/1/20        60,000        55,500 *(g) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

             1,582,008  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES
(Cost - $74,052,873)

             75,089,632  
          

 

 

 
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 30.6%           

FHLMC - 10.0%

          

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

     4.000     4/1/49        2,750,000        2,830,942 (h) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

     4.500     4/1/49        1,000,000        1,043,759 (h) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

     5.000     4/1/49        300,000        317,719 (h) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

     4.500     6/1/38        1,594,399        1,688,364  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

     5.000     6/1/41-1/1/49        1,713,833        1,823,026  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

     3.500     3/1/43-4/1/49        5,283,699        5,375,097  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

FHLMC - (continued)

          

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

     4.000     6/1/43        4,372,270      $ 4,531,095  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

     3.000     10/1/46-5/1/47        4,042,976        4,035,835  
          

 

 

 

Total FHLMC

             21,645,837  
          

 

 

 

FNMA - 11.7%

          

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

     3.820     1/1/29        490,000        524,387  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

     3.830     1/1/29        490,000        524,296  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

     3.500     4/1/34-4/1/49        6,800,000        6,903,762 (h) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

     4.000     10/1/40- 6/1/57        2,299,156        2,395,708  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

     3.500     1/1/44-3/1/57        3,398,508        3,451,247  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

     3.000     7/1/46-9/1/47        6,926,138        6,910,566  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

     4.500     5/1/47-9/1/57        2,111,049        2,218,034  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

     5.000     10/1/48- 11/1/48        1,326,532        1,403,821  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

     5.000     4/1/49        300,000        317,208 (h) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

     3.000     5/1/49        800,000        795,724 (h) 
          

 

 

 

Total FNMA

             25,444,753  
          

 

 

 

GNMA - 8.9%

          

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

     3.000     9/15/42-11/15/42        295,558        297,846  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

     3.500     3/20/45-11/20/47        2,513,251        2,570,178  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

     4.000     10/20/45-12/20/47        2,317,688        2,401,794  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

     3.000     1/20/47-4/20/48        1,489,143        1,497,426  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

     4.500     6/20/48-1/20/49        2,469,369        2,569,520  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

GNMA - (continued)

          

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

     5.000     11/20/48-1/20/49        2,087,475      $ 2,189,205  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

     3.000     4/20/49        400,000        401,750 (h) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

     3.500     4/20/49        3,700,000        3,780,287 (h) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

     4.000     4/20/49        2,600,000        2,684,652 (h) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

     4.500     4/20/49        940,000        976,443 (h) 
          

 

 

 

Total GNMA

             19,369,101  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost - $66,474,699)

             66,459,691  
          

 

 

 
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS(i) - 11.0%

 

       

BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2014-FL1 E

     4.328     12/15/31        260,000        255,091 (a)(b) 

Banc of America Funding Trust, 2015-R4 6A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.140%)

     2.630     8/27/36        142,271        142,215 (a)(b) 

Banc of America Funding Trust, 2015-R4 6A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.140%)

     2.630     8/27/36        780,000        765,732 (a)(b) 

Bank, 2017-BNK5 A5

     3.390     6/15/60        640,000        649,761  

Bank, 2017-BNK7 A5

     3.435     9/15/60        190,000        194,496  

Bank, 2017-BNK7 XA, IO

     0.814     9/15/60        3,257,560        165,463 (b) 

BCAP LLC Trust, 2011-RR5 11A4 (1 mo. USD
LIBOR + 0.150%)

     2.640     5/28/36        1,025,025        1,018,670 (a)(b) 

BCAP LLC Trust, 2015-RR6 1A2

     3.500     5/26/37        360,000        361,916 (a)(b) 

BX Commercial Mortgage Trust (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.050%)

     4.534     11/15/35        278,041        279,257 (a)(b) 

Chevy Chase Funding LLC Mortgage-Backed Certificates,
2004-2A B1

     2.966     5/25/35        200,469        157,597 (a)(b) 

Chevy Chase Funding LLC Mortgage-Backed Certificates,
2004-3A A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.250%)

     2.736     8/25/35        691,914        687,906 (a)(b) 

Chevy Chase Funding LLC Mortgage-Backed Certificates,
2004-3A A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.300%)

     2.786     8/25/35        754,979        754,005 (a)(b) 

Cold Storage Trust, 2017-ICE3 B (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.250%)

     3.734     4/15/36        200,000        200,261 (a)(b) 

Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2017-CHOP G (1 mo. USD
LIBOR + 5.620%)

     8.104     7/15/32        800,000        787,533 (a)(b) 

CSMC Trust, 2018-J1 A2

     3.500     2/25/48        1,932,017        1,893,331 (a)(b) 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS(i) - (continued)

 

       

CSMC Trust, 2018-PLUM A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.231%)

     5.715     8/15/20        200,000      $ 200,253 (a)(b) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, KF57 A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.540%)

     3.030     12/25/28        60,000        60,142 (b) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 3281 AI, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.430%)

     3.946     2/15/37        2,936,211        455,744 (b) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) STRIPS, 328 S4, IO

     1.681     2/15/38        60,563        3,799 (b) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2016-DNA1 M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.900%)

     5.386     7/25/28        815,753        830,167 (b) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2017-DNA2 M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.450%)

     5.936     10/25/29        460,000        497,686 (b) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)-STACR, 2017-HRP1 B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.600%)

     7.086     12/25/42        670,000        716,926 (b) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) - CAS, 2018-C05 1B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.250%)

     6.736     1/25/31        200,000        203,086 (a)(b) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) - CAS, 2016-C04 1M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.250%)

     6.736     1/25/29        480,000        528,529 (a)(b) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2019-M1 A2

     3.555     9/25/28        360,000        377,300 (b) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2006-115 EI, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.640%)

     4.155     12/25/36        2,518,017        457,327 (b) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2015-55 IO, IO

     1.465     8/25/55        508,301        25,945 (b) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2016-60 QS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.100%)

     3.615     9/25/46        874,802        128,487 (b) 

Flagstar Mortgage Trust, 2018-2 A4

     3.500     4/25/48        501,357        498,831 (a)(b) 

GE Capital Commercial Mortgage Corp., 2007-C1 AJ

     5.439     12/10/49        3,570,000        861,882 (b) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2012-034 SA, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.050%)

     3.562     3/20/42        787,077        112,930 (b) 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS(i) - (continued)

 

       

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2012-43 SN, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. LIBOR + 6.600%)

     4.118     4/16/42        441,300      $ 89,742 (b) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2013-101 IO

     0.562     10/16/54        5,904,664        172,669 (b) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2014-186 IO, IO

     0.756     8/16/54        2,629,553        122,812 (b) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2016-135 SB, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.100%)

     3.618     10/16/46        411,554        81,854 (b) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2016-84 IG, IO, PAC

     4.500     11/16/45        2,177,139        450,329  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2018-108 A

     3.250     5/16/59        89,500        89,445 (b) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2018-118 AC

     3.200     5/16/49        148,736        148,066  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2018-123 AH

     3.250     9/16/52        39,746        39,639  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2018-99 A

     3.200     1/16/52        29,715        29,683  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2015-167 OI, IO

     4.000     4/16/45        298,048        57,217  

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, 2018-SRP5 A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.300%)

     3.784     9/15/31        530,000        522,871 (a)(b) 

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, 2018-SRP5 B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

     4.984     9/15/31        530,000        522,822 (a)(b) 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-LDPX AJFX

     5.438     1/15/49        1,210,000        260,654 (a) 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-FL7 D (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%)

     6.234     5/15/28        195,089        192,898 (a)(b) 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2016-JP2 A4

     2.822     8/15/49        200,000        196,462  

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, 2018-3 A1

     3.500     9/25/48        1,020,824        1,030,763 (a)(b) 

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, 2018-4 A1

     3.500     10/25/48        387,130        386,147 (a)(b) 

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, 2018-5 A1

     3.500     10/25/48        1,317,958        1,314,611 (a)(b) 

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, 2007-IQ13 AJ

     5.438     3/15/44        5,403        5,439  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, 2007-IQ16 AJ

     6.113     12/12/49        197,390        151,129 (b) 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS(i) - (continued)

 

      

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, 2017-ASHF A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.850%)

     3.334     11/15/34        300,000     $ 299,135 (a)(b) 

Morgan Stanley Resecuritization Trust, 2015-R3 7A1 (Federal Reserve U.S. 12 mo. Cumulative Avg 1 Year CMT + 0.770%)

     3.102     4/26/47        319,353       315,011 (a)(b) 

Morgan Stanley Resecuritization Trust, 2015-R3 7A2 (Federal Reserve U.S. 12 mo. Cumulative Avg 1 Year CMT + 0.770%)

     3.102     4/26/47        730,000       713,532 (a)(b) 

Morgan Stanley Resecuritization Trust, 2015-R3 9A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.260%)

     3.010     4/26/47        209,066       209,608 (a)(b) 

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, 2016-4A A1

     3.750     11/25/56        929,422       941,337 (a)(b) 

Nomura Resecuritization Trust, 2015-5R 4A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.140%)

     3.594     7/26/37        255,372       256,487 (a)(b) 

Towd Point Mortgage Funding PLC, 2016-V1A A1 (3 mo. GBP LIBOR + 1.200%)

     2.059     2/20/54        617,878 GBP      807,621 (a)(b) 

Waterfall Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-SBC5 A

     4.104     9/14/22        101,541       102,941 (a)(b) 

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2017-RB1, XA

     1.278     3/15/50        2,204,414       178,225 (b) 
         

 

 

 

TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS
(Cost - $25,956,311)

 

    23,961,417  
         

 

 

 
U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS - 9.8%          

U.S. Government Agencies - 0.0%

         

Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB)

     2.125     2/11/20        100,000       99,729  
         

 

 

 

U.S. Government Obligations - 9.8%

         

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     3.750     11/15/43        6,770,000       7,938,089  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     2.500     2/15/45        100,000       94,377  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     2.875     8/15/45        1,850,000       1,875,112  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     3.000     5/15/47        3,800,000       3,939,012  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     2.750     8/15/47        1,490,000       1,469,105  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     2.750     11/15/47        2,620,000       2,582,849  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     3.000     2/15/48        1,230,000       1,272,906  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     3.125     5/15/48        1,460,000       1,548,456  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     3.000     8/15/48        400,000       414,148  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     2.500     2/15/22        10,000       10,074  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     2.625     2/15/29        80,000       81,480  
         

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Obligations

            21,225,608  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost - $20,760,541)

 

    21,325,337  
         

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  
SOVEREIGN BONDS - 7.6%          

Argentina - 0.6%

         

Argentina POM Politica Monetaria, Bonds (Argentina Central Bank 7 Day Repo Reference Rate)

     67.546     6/21/20        750,000 ARS    $ 19,108 (b) 

Argentine Bonos del Tesoro

     18.200     10/3/21        9,410,000 ARS      154,029  

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     5.625     1/26/22        350,000       302,575  

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     7.500     4/22/26        460,000       391,517  

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     3.750     12/31/38        530,000       308,063 (b) 

Provincia de Buenos Aires, Senior Notes

     6.500     2/15/23        160,000       130,800 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Argentina

            1,306,092  
         

 

 

 

Brazil - 1.3%

         

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Serie F, Notes

     10.000     1/1/21        2,228,000 BRL      593,943  

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Serie F, Notes

     10.000     1/1/23        5,048,000 BRL      1,361,639  

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Serie F, Notes

     10.000     1/1/27        276,000 BRL      74,728  

Brazilian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     4.625     1/13/28        200,000       201,952  

Brazilian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     5.000     1/27/45        710,000       656,129  
         

 

 

 

Total Brazil

            2,888,391  
         

 

 

 

China - 0.6%

         

China Government Bond, Senior Notes

     3.390     5/21/25        1,500,000 CNY      227,009 (j) 

China Government Bond, Senior Notes

     3.310     11/30/25        7,500,000 CNY      1,127,845 (j) 
         

 

 

 

Total China

            1,354,854  
         

 

 

 

Colombia - 0.1%

         

Colombia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     5.625     2/26/44        240,000       271,128  
         

 

 

 

Ecuador - 0.1%

         

Ecuador Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     7.875     1/23/28        200,000       190,950 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Egypt - 0.1%

         

Egypt Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     5.577     2/21/23        200,000       198,964 (a) 
         

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  

Indonesia - 0.4%

         

Indonesia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     3.750     4/25/22        390,000     $ 395,646 (j) 

Indonesia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     3.500     1/11/28        260,000       253,396  

Indonesia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     4.350     1/11/48        300,000       296,125  
         

 

 

 

Total Indonesia

            945,167  
         

 

 

 

Kenya - 0.1%

         

Kenya Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     6.875     6/24/24        200,000       205,802 (j) 
         

 

 

 

Kuwait - 0.3%

         

Kuwait International Government Bond, Senior Notes

     3.500     3/20/27        670,000       685,778 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Mexico - 2.2%

         

Mexican Bonos, Bonds

     10.000     12/5/24        2,000,000 MXN      113,216  

Mexican Bonos, Bonds

     8.000     11/7/47        37,020,000 MXN      1,812,009  

Mexican Bonos, Senior Notes

     7.750     11/13/42        55,940,000 MXN      2,679,379  

Mexico Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     4.600     2/10/48        230,000       223,313  
         

 

 

 

Total Mexico

            4,827,917  
         

 

 

 

Nigeria - 0.1%

         

Nigeria Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     6.500     11/28/27        200,000       198,158 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Peru - 0.1%

         

Peruvian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     6.550     3/14/37        20,000       27,025  

Peruvian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     5.625     11/18/50        120,000       154,260  
         

 

 

 

Total Peru

            181,285  
         

 

 

 

Poland - 0.2%

         

Republic of Poland Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     4.000     1/22/24        320,000       335,174  
         

 

 

 

Qatar - 0.3%

         

Qatar Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     4.000     3/14/29        200,000       206,436 (a) 

Qatar Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     4.817     3/14/49        330,000       347,831 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Qatar

            554,267  
         

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  

Russia - 1.0%

         

Russian Federal Bond - OFZ

     7.000     1/25/23        12,270,000 RUB    $ 181,886  

Russian Federal Bond - OFZ

     7.000     8/16/23        53,550,000 RUB      791,082  

Russian Federal Bond - OFZ

     8.150     2/3/27        7,520,000 RUB      115,278  

Russian Federal Bond - OFZ

     7.050     1/19/28        67,452,000 RUB      959,506  
         

 

 

 

Total Russia

            2,047,752  
         

 

 

 

United Arab Emirates - 0.1%

         

Abu Dhabi Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     2.500     10/11/22        260,000       257,881 (a) 
         

 

 

 

TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS
(Cost - $17,909,649)

            16,449,560  
         

 

 

 
SENIOR LOANS - 2.4%          
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.4%          

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.0%

         

Level 3 Financing Inc., 2024 Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%)

     4.736     2/22/24        120,000       118,800 (b)(k)(l) 
         

 

 

 

Media - 0.4%

         

Charter Communications Operating LLC, Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

     4.500     4/30/25        64,886       64,532 (b)(k)(l) 

Numericable U.S. LLC, USD Term Loan B12 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.688%)

     6.171     1/31/26        141,603       133,956 (b)(k)(l) 

Univision Communications Inc., 2017 Replacement Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

     5.249     3/15/24        290,588       274,503 (b)(k)(l) 

UPC Financing Partnership, Term Loan Facility AR
(1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

     4.984     1/15/26        94,582       94,351 (b)(k)(l) 

Ziggo Secured Finance Partnership, Term Loan E (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

     4.984     4/15/25        230,000       224,394 (b)(k)(l) 
         

 

 

 

Total Media

            791,736  
         

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.0%

         

Sprint Communications Inc., Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

     5.000     2/2/24        5,909       5,743 (b)(k)(l) 
         

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES

            916,279  
         

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.9%          

Auto Components - 0.1%

         

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc., Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%)

     4.740     4/6/24        47,063       46,073 (b)(k)(l) 

Panther BF Aggregator 2 LP, USD Term Loan

     —         3/18/26        210,000       207,895 (e)(m) 
         

 

 

 

Total Auto Components

            253,968  
         

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.0%

         

Atlantic Aviation FBO Inc., Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%)

     6.250     12/6/25        29,925       30,186 (b)(e)(k)(l) 
         

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.1%

          

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC, Term Loan B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR +2.750%)

     5.243-5.249     5/2/22        105,402      $ 104,498 (b)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.5%

          

1011778 BC Unlimited Liability Co., Term Loan B3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%)

     4.749     2/16/24        86,430        85,080 (b)(k)(l) 

Alterra Mountain Company, Initial Term Loan

     —         7/31/24        120,000        119,575 (m) 

Caesars Resort Collection LLC, Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

     5.249     12/23/24        308,454        305,425 (b)(k)(l) 

Golden Nugget Inc., Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

     5.234-5.249     10/4/23        100,547        99,667 (b)(k)(l) 

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC, Term Loan B2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

     4.236     10/25/23        138,276        137,992 (b)(k)(l) 

Scientific Games International Inc., Initial Term Loan B5

     5.249-5.329     8/14/24        175,947        171,391 (b)(k)(l) 

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc., Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

     4.249     5/30/25        248,750        245,990 (b)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

             1,165,120  
          

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 0.2%

          

Academy Ltd., Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.000%)

     6.489-6.490     7/1/22        259,233        187,458 (b)(k)(l) 

Michaels Stores Inc., 2018 New Replacement Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

     4.991-4.999     1/30/23        116,480        114,223 (b)(k)(l) 

Party City Holdings Inc., 2018 Replacement Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

     5.000     8/19/22        33,044        32,850 (b)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

Total Specialty Retail

             334,531  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

             1,888,303  
          

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 0.1%           

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.1%

          

Albertson’s LLC, 2018 Term Loan B7 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.000%)

     5.499     11/17/25        121,726        120,395 (b)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.0%

          

Post Holdings Inc., Term Loan A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

     4.490     5/24/24        70,138        69,700 (b)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

             190,095  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  
FINANCIALS - 0.2%           

Capital Markets - 0.1%

          

Edelman Financial Center LLC, First Lien Initial Term Loan B

     —         7/21/25        79,800      $ 79,451 (m) 

First Eagle Holdings Inc., Initial Term Loan (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

     5.351     12/2/24        39,900        39,800 (b)(e)(k)(l)(m) 

Focus Financial Partners LLC, Term Loan B2

     —         7/3/24        9,975        9,946 (m) 

LPL Holdings Inc., Term Loan B

     —         9/23/24        20,000        19,874 (e)(m) 

RPI Finance Trust, Initial Term Loan B6 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

     4.499     3/27/23        96,257        95,786 (b)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

Total Capital Markets

             244,857  
          

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 0.0%

          

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, Term Loan B3

     —         11/27/23        50,000        49,156 (m) 
          

 

 

 

Insurance - 0.1%

          

Asurion LLC, New Term Loan B7 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.000%)

     5.499     11/3/24        59,850        59,541 (b)(k)(l)(m) 

Asurion LLC, Term Loan B4

     —         8/4/22        109,685        109,274 (m) 
          

 

 

 

Total Insurance

             168,815  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

             462,828  
          

 

 

 
HEALTH CARE - 0.3%           

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.0%

          

Envision Healthcare Corp., Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%)

     6.249     10/10/25        39,900        37,398 (b)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 0.2%

          

Jaguar Holding Co. II, 2018 Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

     4.999     8/18/22        129,500        128,314 (b)(k)(l) 

LifePoint Health Inc., First Lien Term Loan B (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.500%)

     6.982     11/16/25        99,750        98,940 (b)(k)(l) 

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, Initial Term Loan (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

     5.351     6/7/23        140,634        136,291 (b)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

             363,545  
          

 

 

 

Health Care Technology - 0.1%

          

AthenaHealth Inc., First Lien Term Loan B (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.500%)

     7.197     2/11/26        110,000        108,533 (b)(k)(l) 

Change Healthcare Holdings LLC, Closing Date Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

     5.249     3/1/24        72,340        71,436 (b)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

Total Health Care Technology

             179,969  
          

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 0.0%

          

Bausch Health Cos. Inc., Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.000%)

     5.481     6/2/25        72,947        72,505 (b)(k)(l) 

Catalent Pharma Solutions Inc., Dollar Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%)

     4.749     5/20/24        37,464        37,354 (b)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

Total Pharmaceuticals

             109,859  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

             690,771  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  
INDUSTRIALS - 0.1%           

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.0%

          

XPO Logistics Inc., Refinancing Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

     4.499     2/24/25        47,719      $ 46,932 (b)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.0%

          

Quikrete Holdings Inc., Initial First Lien Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

     5.249     11/15/23        10,931        10,658 (b)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.0%

          

ServiceMaster Co. LLC, Term Loan C (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

     4.993     11/8/23        7,081        7,072 (b)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.0%

          

Trans Union LLC, 2017 Replacement Term Loan B3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

     4.499     4/10/23        81,406        80,788 (b)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.1%

          

Beacon Roofing Supply Inc., Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%)

     4.749     1/2/25        89,268        87,046 (b)(k)(l) 

BrightView Landscapes LLC, Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

     5.000     8/15/25        59,550        59,325 (b)(e)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

             146,371  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

             291,821  
          

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.2%           

IT Services - 0.1%

          

First Data Corp., 2022 New Dollar Term Loan D (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

     4.486     7/8/22        10,000        9,986 (b)(k)(l) 

First Data Corp., 2024 New Dollar Term Loan A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

     4.486     4/26/24        81,876        81,723 (b)(k)(l) 

McAfee LLC, Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%)

     6.249     9/30/24        49,875        49,806 (b)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

Total IT Services

             141,515  
          

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.0%

          

ON Semiconductor Corp., 2018 New Replacement Term Loan B3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

     4.249     3/31/23        40,911        40,553 (b)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

Software - 0.1%

          

Dell International LLC, Refinancing Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

     4.500     9/7/23        137,177        135,771 (b)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.0%

          

Western Digital Corp., New Term Loan B4 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

     4.249     4/29/23        42,451        41,389 (b)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

             359,228  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  
MATERIALS - 0.1%           

Construction Materials - 0.0%

          

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co. Inc., Term Loan B2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

     4.499     10/31/23        55,961      $ 54,557 (b)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 0.1%

          

Berry Global Inc., Term Loan Q (2 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

     4.610     10/3/22        115,172        114,646 (b)(k)(l) 

Reynolds Group Holdings Inc., Incremental U.S. Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

     5.249     2/6/23        122,831        121,548 (b)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

Total Containers & Packaging

             236,194  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

             290,751  
          

 

 

 
REAL ESTATE - 0.1%           

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.1%

          

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP, Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

     4.499     3/21/25        149,440        147,447 (b)(k)(l) 

VICI Properties 1 LLC, Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

     4.491     12/20/24        14,545        14,333 (b)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

Total Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

             161,780  
          

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.0%

          

CityCenter Holdings LLC, Refinancing Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%)

     4.749     4/18/24        26,594        26,106 (b)(k)(l) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL REAL ESTATE

             187,886  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL SENIOR LOANS
(Cost - $5,425,122)

             5,277,962  
          

 

 

 
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 1.7%           

Community Funding CLO, 2015-1A A

     5.750     11/1/27        246,159        257,794 (a) 

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust, 2018-4 A

     4.060     11/15/30        280,000        292,415  

SBA Small Business Investment Cos, 2018-10B 1

     3.548     9/11/28        180,732        186,959  

SBA Small Business Investment Cos., 2019-10A 1

     3.113     3/10/29        300,000        304,593  

SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust, 2006-A A5 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.290%)

     2.901     6/15/39        1,027,584        999,649 (b) 

SMB Private Education Loan Trust, 2015-C R

     0.000     9/18/46        1,092        1,198,927 (a) 

Sofi Consumer Loan Program LLC, 2017-1 A

     3.280     1/26/26        216,479        217,276 (a) 

Upstart Securitization Trust, 2017-2 A

     2.508     3/20/25        117,128        117,056 (a) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost - $3,768,152)

             3,574,669  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

U.S. TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTED

SECURITIES - 1.1%

          

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

     1.375     2/15/44        475,218      $ 525,303  

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

     0.750     2/15/45        940,649        904,429  

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

     1.000     2/15/49        840,252        862,277  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES
(Cost - $2,158,266)

 

        2,292,009  
          

 

 

 
                 

SHARES

        
PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.4%           
FINANCIALS - 0.4%           

Banks - 0.1%

          

GMAC Capital Trust I (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.785%)

     8.469        9,199        239,542 (b) 
          

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 0.3%

          

Citigroup Capital XIII (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.370%)

     9.121        19,800        541,530 (b) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost - $695,604)

             781,072  
          

 

 

 
COMMON STOCKS - 0.2%           
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.0%           

Media - 0.0%

          

New Cotai LLC/New Cotai Capital Corp., Class B Shares

          1        22,033 *(d)(e) 
          

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.0%           

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.0%

          

Bossier Casino Venture Holdco Inc.

          22,038        4,599 *(d)(e) 
          

 

 

 
ENERGY - 0.2%           

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.2%

          

KCAD Holdings I Ltd.

          108,106,087        339,237 *(d)(e) 
          

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 0.0%

          

MWO Holdings LLC

          146        11,153 *(d)(e) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

             350,390  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost - $1,030,181)

             377,022  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

    EXPIRATION
DATE
    CONTRACTS     NOTIONAL
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  
PURCHASED OPTIONS - 0.1%          
EXCHANGE-TRADED PURCHASED OPTIONS - 0.0%

 

       

Eurodollar Futures, Call @ $97.38

      12/16/19       26       26,000     $ 15,925  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $125.00

 

    4/5/19       5       5,000       547  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $124.75

 

    4/26/19       14       14,000       4,594  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put @ $122.50

 

    4/26/19       20       20,000       938  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put @ $123.00

 

    4/26/19       16       16,000       1,750  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put @ $124.25

 

    4/26/19       22       22,000       12,031  

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call @ $146.00

 

    4/26/19       7       7,000       26,359  

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call @ $159.00

 

    4/26/19       8       8,000       625  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL EXCHANGE-TRADED PURCHASED OPTIONS

 

        62,769  
         

 

 

 
    COUNTERPARTY                          
OTC PURCHASED OPTIONS - 0.1%          

U.S. Dollar/Australian Dollar, Put @ $0.74

    Citibank N.A.       4/2/19       2,160,000       2,160,000       0 (n) 

U.S. Dollar/Euro, Call @ $1.14

    Citibank N.A.       11/4/19       4,803,874       4,803,874       88,780  

U.S. Dollar/Euro, Put @ $1.16

   
Goldman Sachs
Group Inc.
 
 
    6/21/19       2,150,000       2,150,000       6,118  

U.S. Dollar/Mexican Peso, Put @ 19.00MXN

    Citibank N.A.       4/11/19       2,910,000       2,910,000       3,306  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL OTC PURCHASED OPTIONS

 

          98,204  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS
(Cost - $210,061)

 

          160,973  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $218,441,459)

 

      215,749,344  
         

 

 

 
          RATE     MATURITY
DATE
    FACE
AMOUNT†
       
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 6.3%

 

       
COMMERCIAL PAPER - 3.0%

 

       

Banco Santander SA

 

    2.701     5/1/19       1,750,000       1,746,043 (o) 

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking

 

    2.668     5/30/19       820,000       816,458 (o)(p) 

Mizuho Bank Ltd.

      2.662     6/13/19       2,190,000       2,178,368 (o)(p) 

Standard Chartered Bank

      2.713     7/24/19       1,750,000       1,735,303 (o)(p) 
         

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMERCIAL PAPER
(Cost - $6,477,006)

            6,476,172  
         

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

    RATE           SHARES     VALUE  
MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 3.3%          

Western Asset Government Cash Management Portfolio LLC
(Cost - $7,205,371)

      2.440       7,205,371       7,205,371 (q) 
         

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $13,682,377)

            13,681,543  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 105.8%
(Cost - $232,123,836)

            229,430,887  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (5.8)%

            (12,498,706
         

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

          $ 216,932,181  
         

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

Face amount/notional amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted.

 

*

Non-income producing security.

 

(a)

Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees.

 

(b)

Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is as of the most recent information available. Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description above.

 

(c)

Security has no maturity date. The date shown represents the next call date.

 

(d)

Security is valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (Note 1).

 

(e)

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 1).

 

(f)

The maturity principal is currently in default as of March 31, 2019.

 

(g)

The coupon payment on these securities is currently in default as of March 31, 2019.

 

(h)

This security is traded on a to-be-announced (“TBA”) basis. At March 31, 2019, the Portfolio held TBA securities with a total cost of $19,908,112.

 

(i)

Collateralized mortgage obligations are secured by an underlying pool of mortgages or mortgage pass-through certificates that are structured to direct payments on underlying collateral to different series or classes of the obligations. The interest rate may change positively or inversely in relation to one or more interest rates, financial indices or other financial indicators and may be subject to an upper and/or lower limit.

 

(j)

Security is exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. Regulation S applies to securities offerings that are made outside of the United States and do not involve direct selling efforts in the United States. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees.

 

(k)

Interest rates disclosed represent the effective rates on senior loans. Ranges in interest rates are attributable to multiple contracts under the same loan.

 

(l)

Senior loans may be considered restricted in that the Portfolio ordinarily is contractually obligated to receive approval from the agent bank and/or borrower prior to the disposition of a senior loan.

 

(m)

All or a portion of this loan is unfunded as of March 31, 2019. The interest rate for fully unfunded term loans is to be determined.

 

(n)

Value is less than $1.

 

(o)

Rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

 

(p)

Commercial paper exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees.

 

(q)

In this instance, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, an “Affiliated Company” represents Portfolio ownership of at least 5% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer, or a company which is under common ownership or control. At March 31, 2019, the total market value of investments in Affiliated Companies was $7,205,371 and the cost was $7,205,371 (Note 2).

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

Abbreviations used in this schedule:

 

ACES   — Alternative Credit Enhancement Securities
ARS   — Argentine Peso
BRL   — Brazilian Real
CAS   — Connecticut Avenue Securities
CLO   — Collateral Loan Obligation
CMT   — Constant Maturity Treasury
CNY   — Chinese Yuan Renminbi
GBP   — British Pound
ICE   — Intercontinental Exchange
IO   — Interest Only
JSC   — Joint Stock Company
LIBOR   — London Interbank Offered Rate
MXN   — Mexican Peso
PAC   — Planned Amortization Class
REMIC   — Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit
RUB   — Russian Ruble
STRIPS   — Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal Securities
USD   — United States Dollar

SCHEDULE OF WRITTEN OPTIONS

EXCHANGE-TRADED WRITTEN OPTIONS

 

SECURITY

   EXPIRATION
DATE
     STRIKE
PRICE
     CONTRACTS      NOTIONAL
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Euro-Bund Futures, Call

     4/26/19      $ 168.50        9        9,000      $ 392  

Euro-Bund Futures, Put

     4/26/19        164.50        9        9,000        89  

Eurodollar Futures, Call

     12/16/19        97.63        52        52,000        16,900  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call

     4/26/19        115.25        40        40,000        27,500  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call

     4/26/19        116.25        28        28,000        5,469  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call

     4/26/19        116.50        28        28,000        3,937  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call

     5/24/19        115.50        13        13,000        8,430  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Put

     4/26/19        115.00        42        42,000        2,625  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Put

     4/26/19        115.50        7        7,000        1,367  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Put

     5/24/19        114.00        13        13,000        406  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call

     4/5/19        125.25        28        28,000        2,188  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call

     4/5/19        125.50        20        20,000        1,250  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call

     4/26/19        122.50        30        30,000        52,969  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call

     4/26/19        123.00        24        24,000        31,875  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call

     4/26/19        123.50        19        19,000        17,812  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call

     4/26/19        125.75        28        28,000        3,500  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call

     5/24/19        124.00        40        40,000        33,750  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put

     4/5/19        123.50        34        34,000        2,125  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put

     4/5/19        124.25        14        14,000        4,812  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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SCHEDULE OF WRITTEN OPTIONS (continued)

 

SECURITY

   EXPIRATION
DATE
     STRIKE
PRICE
    CONTRACTS      NOTIONAL
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put

     4/26/19      $ 121.00       10        10,000      $ 0 (a) 

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put

     4/26/19        123.50       37        37,000        8,094  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put

     4/26/19        123.75       14        14,000        4,375  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put

     5/24/19        120.50       10        10,000        313  

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call

     4/26/19        147.00       6        6,000        17,250  

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call

     4/26/19        148.00       6        6,000        12,562  

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Put

     4/26/19        146.50       3        3,000        469  
                

 

 

 
TOTAL EXCHANGE-TRADED WRITTEN OPTIONS
(Premiums received - $113,468)

 

        $ 259,497  
                

 

 

 
OTC WRITTEN OPTIONS

 

    

COUNTERPARTY

                                 
Interest rate swaption with Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Call    Goldman Sachs Group Inc.      4/1/19      $ 3.10       3,210,000        3,210,000      $ 0 (a) 
Interest rate swaption with Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Put    Goldman Sachs Group Inc.      4/1/19        2.80       3,210,000        3,210,000        33,636  
U.S. Dollar/Mexican Peso, Call    Citibank N.A.      4/11/19        20.00 MXN      2,910,000        2,910,000        4,102  
                

 

 

 
TOTAL OTC WRITTEN OPTIONS
(Premiums received - $42,987)
              $ 37,738  
                

 

 

 
TOTAL WRITTEN OPTIONS
(Premiums received - $156,455)
              $ 297,235  
                

 

 

 

 

Notional amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted.

(a)

Value is less than $1.

Abbreviation used in this schedule:

 

MXN    — Mexican Peso

At March 31, 2019, the Portfolio had the following open futures contracts:

 

     NUMBER OF
CONTRACTS
     EXPIRATION
DATE
     NOTIONAL
AMOUNT
     MARKET
VALUE
     UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION
(DEPRECIATION)
 
Contracts to Buy:               

90-Day Eurodollar

     367        12/19      $ 88,988,874      $ 89,520,475      $ 531,601  

90-Day Eurodollar

     93        6/20        22,638,692        22,732,687        93,995  

90-Day Eurodollar

     16        3/21        3,897,429        3,915,200        17,771  

Euro

     2        6/19        283,378        282,213        (1,165

Euro-BTP

     30        6/19        4,252,617        4,356,989        104,372  

Mexican Peso

     10        6/19        253,850        254,250        400  

U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes

     132        6/19        28,026,716        28,128,375        101,659  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes

     121        6/19        15,053,522        15,030,469        (23,053

U.S. Treasury Ultra Long-Term Bonds

     191        6/19        30,942,797        32,088,000        1,145,203  
              

 

 

 
                 1,970,783  
              

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2019

 

     Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
     Market
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Contracts to Sell:               

Euro-Bund

     160        6/19      $ 29,212,118      $ 29,854,703      $ (642,585

Euro-Buxl

     7        6/19        1,431,747        1,504,962        (73,215

Japanese 10-Year Bonds

     5        6/19        6,890,697        6,915,095        (24,398

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes

     78        6/19        9,002,738        9,034,594        (31,856

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds

     60        6/19        8,728,474        8,979,375        (250,901

U.S. Treasury Ultra 10-Year Note Futures

     50        6/19        6,489,738        6,639,063        (149,325
              

 

 

 
                 (1,172,280
              

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts

 

   $ 798,503  
              

 

 

 

At March 31, 2019, the Portfolio had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Currency
Purchased
     Currency
Sold
    

Counterparty

   Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
CAD      500,000      USD      380,754      Barclays Bank PLC      4/1/19      $ (6,572
USD      380,778      CAD      500,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co.      4/1/19        6,596  
USD      150,928      MXN      2,925,017      Citibank N.A.      4/15/19        635  
USD      1,905,160      MXN      36,950,000      Citibank N.A.      4/15/19        6,601  
INR      103,040,000      USD      1,452,505      Barclays Bank PLC      4/16/19        30,816  
BRL      5,152,400      USD      1,388,937      Barclays Bank PLC      4/17/19        (74,599
CAD      9,949,101      USD      7,495,970      Barclays Bank PLC      4/17/19        (47,477
CNY      17,564,000      USD      2,616,416      Barclays Bank PLC      4/17/19        (2,902
TWD      479,800      USD      15,656      Barclays Bank PLC      4/17/19        (71
USD      2,053,932      AUD      2,869,682      Barclays Bank PLC      4/17/19        15,554  
USD      1,541,603      BRL      6,040,000      Barclays Bank PLC      4/17/19        846  
USD      1,400,999      CNH      9,644,198      Barclays Bank PLC      4/17/19        (33,482
USD      2,547,058      CNY      17,564,000      Barclays Bank PLC      4/17/19        (66,456
ZAR      6,640,000      USD      473,947      Barclays Bank PLC      4/17/19        (14,778
AUD      3,246,116      USD      2,330,190      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        (24,425
BRL      100,000      USD      26,678      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        (1,169
BRL      1,870,000      USD      498,876      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        (21,853
BRL      4,260,000      USD      1,136,476      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        (49,783
CAD      2,911,849      USD      2,179,627      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        357  
EUR      70,000      USD      79,360      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        (714
EUR      200,000      USD      228,612      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        (3,910
EUR      365,297      USD      424,028      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        (13,614
IDR      52,560,495,000      USD      3,609,800      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        72,615  
JPY      290,092,387      USD      2,700,443      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        (78,731

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Currency
Purchased
     Currency
Sold
    

Counterparty

   Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
MXN      3,000,000        USD        155,768      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19      $ (1,670
MXN      3,000,000        USD        156,020      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        (1,922
MXN      5,000,000        USD        261,862      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        (5,033
MXN      73,315,112        USD        3,778,682      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        (12,781
RUB      60,986,431        USD        898,908      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        27,715  
USD      2,521,290        BRL        9,770,000      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        29,039  
USD      29,885        COP        95,707,000      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        (101
USD      80,626        EUR        70,000      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        1,980  
USD      113,766        EUR        100,000      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        1,415  
USD      168,678        EUR        150,000      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        151  
USD      203,086        EUR        180,000      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        855  
USD      226,247        EUR        200,000      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        1,545  
USD      283,803        EUR        250,000      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        2,926  
USD      1,784,198        GBP        1,390,125      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        (28,066
USD      3,627        JPY        400,000      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        12  
USD      2,752,314        JPY        295,691,238      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        80,002  
USD      1,016,647        MXN        19,695,000      Citibank N.A.      4/17/19        4,995  
BRL      1,870,000        USD        499,212      JPMorgan Chase & Co.      4/17/19        (22,190
BRL      8,290,000        USD        2,211,315      JPMorgan Chase & Co.      4/17/19        (96,600
CNH      9,644,198        USD        1,431,952      JPMorgan Chase & Co.      4/17/19        2,529  
PHP      101,355,000        USD        1,915,611      JPMorgan Chase & Co.      4/17/19        10,512  
USD      1,919,239        PHP        101,355,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co.      4/17/19        (6,884
USD      15,542        TWD        479,800      JPMorgan Chase & Co.      4/17/19        (43
BRL      6,040,000        USD        1,531,013      Barclays Bank PLC      7/17/19        (1,257
USD      2,612,252        CNY        17,564,000      Barclays Bank PLC      7/17/19        (577
BRL      9,770,000        USD        2,504,358      Citibank N.A.      7/17/19        (29,901
TWD      479,800        USD        15,602      JPMorgan Chase & Co.      7/17/19        72  
USD      1,431,145        CNH        9,644,198      JPMorgan Chase & Co.      7/17/19        (2,785
USD      1,901,238        PHP        101,355,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co.      7/17/19        (11,858
ARS      6,850,000        USD        139,327      JPMorgan Chase & Co.      9/23/19        (13,151
                 

 

 

 

Total

                 $ (377,587
                 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Abbreviations used in this table:

 

ARS    — Argentine Peso
AUD    — Australian Dollar
BRL    — Brazilian Real
CAD    — Canadian Dollar
CNH    — Chinese Offshore Yuan
CNY    — Chinese Yuan Renminbi
COP    — Colombian Peso
EUR    — Euro
GBP    — British Pound
IDR    — Indonesian Rupiah
INR    — Indian Rupee
JPY    — Japanese Yen
MXN    — Mexican Peso
PHP    — Philippine Peso
RUB    — Russian Ruble
TWD    — Taiwan Dollar
USD    — United States Dollar
ZAR    — South African Rand

At March 31, 2019, the Portfolio had the following open swap contracts:

 

CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAPS  
      NOTIONAL
AMOUNT*
    TERMINATION
DATE
   

PAYMENTS
MADE BY
THE PORTFOLIO†

 

PAYMENTS

RECEIVED BY

THE PORTFOLIO†

  UPFRONT
PREMIUMS PAID
(RECEIVED)
    UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION
(DEPRECIATION)
 
    130,770,000 MXN      4/5/21     28-Day TIIE - Banxico every 28 days   7.351% every 28 days   $ (1,106   $ (82,529)  
    2,210,000 GBP      10/26/21     1.271% semi-annually   6-Month GBP LIBOR semi-annually     1,073       (18,411
    10,883,000 GBP      10/30/21     1.385% annually   3-Month GBP LIBOR annually     (3,911     (59,010
    4,100,000       12/18/21     3-Month LIBOR quarterly   2.851% semi-annually     25,305       29,705  
    146,200,000 MXN      4/6/22     28-Day TIIE - Banxico every 28 days   7.330% every 28 days     (2,704     (106,033
    10,901,000       6/19/24     3-Month LIBOR quarterly   Daily Federal Funds Effective Rate + 0.254% quarterly     —         2,530  
    2,852,000       12/31/25     2.25% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR quarterly     3,915       7,996  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAPS  
      NOTIONAL
AMOUNT*
    TERMINATION
DATE
   

PAYMENTS
MADE BY
THE PORTFOLIO†

 

PAYMENTS

RECEIVED BY

THE PORTFOLIO†

  UPFRONT
PREMIUMS PAID
(RECEIVED)
    UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION
(DEPRECIATION)
 
    7,777,000       12/31/25     2.250% annually   Daily Federal Funds Effective Rate annually   $ (46,982   $ (46,735
    12,249,000       1/31/26     2.500% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR quarterly     (164,848     29,828  
    3,930,000       2/15/36     3-Month LIBOR quarterly   3.000% semi annually     2,222       233,801  
    2,961,000       2/15/44     3.330% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR quarterly     (139     (398,804
    2,516,000       5/15/44     2.875% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR quarterly     10,942       (135,092
    2,960,000       5/15/44     3.000% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR quarterly     2,294       (218,762
    2,601,000       8/15/44     2.750% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR quarterly     (2,697     (63,467
    213,300 EUR      8/23/47     1.498% annually   6-Month EURIBOR semi-annually     (271     (26,791
         

 

 

   

 

 

 
  Total             $ (176,907   $ (851,774
         

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

OTC INTEREST RATE SWAPS

 

SWAP COUNTERPARTY

  NOTIONAL
AMOUNT*
    TERMINATION
DATE
   

PAYMENTS

MADE BY
THE PORTFOLIO†

 

PAYMENTS

RECEIVED BY
THE PORTFOLIO†

  UPFRONT
PREMIUMS PAID
(RECEIVED)
    UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION
 

Citibank N.A.

    16,865,000 BRL      1/2/20     BRL-CDI**   8.410%**     —       $ 110,715  

Citibank N.A.

    3,400,000 BRL      1/2/20     BRL-CDI**   8.410%**   $ 414       21,930  

Citibank N.A.

    5,900,000 BRL      1/2/20     BRL-CDI**   8.410%**     2,706       37,788  

Citibank N.A.

    3,800,000 BRL      1/2/20     BRL-CDI**   8.410%**     1,085       24,893  

Citibank N.A.

    1,785,000 BRL      1/2/20     BRL-CDI**   8.410%**     967       11,236  
         

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

          $ 5,172     $ 206,562  
         

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CREDIT INDICES - SELL PROTECTION1

 

REFERENCE ENTITY

   NOTIONAL
AMOUNT2
     TERMINATION
DATE
     PERIODIC
PAYMENTS
RECEIVED BY
THE PORTFOLIO†
     MARKET
VALUE3
     UPFRONT
PREMIUMS PAID
(RECEIVED)
     UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION
 

Markit CDX.NA.HY.32 Index

   $ 2,870,000        6/20/24        5.000% quarterly      $ 190,755      $ 174,805      $ 15,950  

Markit CDX.NA.IG.32 Index

     25,180,000        6/20/24        1.000% quarterly        447,121        405,119        42,002  
  

 

 

          

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 28,050,000            $ 637,876      $ 579,924      $ 57,952  
  

 

 

          

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

1

If the Portfolio is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Portfolio will either (i) pay to the buyer of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) pay a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index.

 

2

The maximum potential amount the Portfolio could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection or receive as a buyer of credit protection if a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement.

 

3

The quoted market prices and resulting values for credit default swap agreements on asset-backed securities and credit indices serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood of an expected loss (or profit) for the credit derivative had the notional amount of the swap agreement been closed/sold as of the period end. Decreasing market values (sell protection) or increasing market values (buy protection) when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.

 

Percentage shown is an annual percentage rate.

 

*

Notional amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted.

 

**

One time payment made at termination date.

 

Abbreviations used in this table:
BRL    — Brazilian Real
EUR    — Euro
EURIBOR    — Euro Interbank Offered Rate
GBP    — British Pound
LIBOR    — London Interbank Offered Rate
MXN    — Mexican Peso
TIIE    — Equilibrium Interbanking Interest Rate (Tasa de Intere’s Interbancaria de Equilibrio)

This Schedule of Investments is unaudited and is intended to provide information about the Portfolio’s investments as of the date of the schedule. Other information regarding the Portfolio is available in the Portfolio’s most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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1. Organization and significant accounting policies

Western Asset Core Plus VIT Portfolio (the “Portfolio”) is a separate diversified investment series of Legg Mason Partners Variable Income Trust (the “Trust”). The Trust, a Maryland statutory trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company.

Shares of the Portfolio may only be purchased or redeemed through variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies offered by the separate accounts of participating insurance companies or through eligible pension or other qualified plans.

The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Portfolio and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).

(a) Investment valuation. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Investments in open-end funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share of each fund on the day of valuation. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. When the Portfolio holds securities or other assets that are denominated in a foreign currency, the Portfolio will normally use the currency exchange rates as of 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the manager to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the manager using quotations from one or more broker/dealers or at the transaction price if the security has recently been purchased and no value has yet been obtained from a pricing service or pricing broker. When reliable prices are not readily available, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Portfolio calculates its net asset value, the Portfolio values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Portfolio’s Board of Trustees.

The Board of Trustees is responsible for the valuation process and has delegated the supervision of the daily valuation process to the Legg Mason North Atlantic Fund Valuation Committee (the “Valuation Committee”). The Valuation Committee, pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Portfolio’s pricing policies, and reporting to the Board of Trustees. When determining the reliability of third party pricing information for investments owned by the Portfolio, the Valuation Committee, among other things, conducts due diligence reviews of pricing vendors, monitors the daily change in prices and reviews transactions among market participants.

 

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The Valuation Committee will consider pricing methodologies it deems relevant and appropriate when making fair value determinations. Examples of possible methodologies include, but are not limited to, multiple of earnings; discount from market of a similar freely traded security; discounted cash-flow analysis; book value or a multiple thereof; risk premium/yield analysis; yield to maturity; and/or fundamental investment analysis. The Valuation Committee will also consider factors it deems relevant and appropriate in light of the facts and circumstances. Examples of possible factors include, but are not limited to, the type of security; the issuer’s financial statements; the purchase price of the security; the discount from market value of unrestricted securities of the same class at the time of purchase; analysts’ research and observations from financial institutions; information regarding any transactions or offers with respect to the security; the existence of merger proposals or tender offers affecting the security; the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable companies; and the existence of a shelf registration for restricted securities.

For each portfolio security that has been fair valued pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, the fair value price is compared against the last available and next available market quotations. The Valuation Committee reviews the results of such back testing monthly and fair valuation occurrences are reported to the Board of Trustees quarterly.

The Portfolio uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.

GAAP establishes a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

   

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

   

Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

   

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

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The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Portfolio’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value:

 

ASSETS

 

DESCRIPTION

   QUOTED PRICES
(LEVEL 1)
     OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE
INPUTS (LEVEL 2)
     SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS
(LEVEL 3)
     TOTAL  

Long-Term Investments†:

           

Corporate Bonds & Notes:

           

Financials

     —        $ 29,282,197      $ 1,957,642      $ 31,239,839  

Other Corporate Bonds & Notes

     —          43,849,793        —          43,849,793  

Mortgage-Backed Securities

     —          66,459,691        —          66,459,691  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     —          23,961,417        —          23,961,417  

U.S. Government & Agency Obligations

     —          21,325,337        —          21,325,337  

Sovereign Bonds

     —          16,449,560        —          16,449,560  

Senior Loans:

           

Consumer Discretionary

     —          1,650,222        238,081        1,888,303  

Financials

     —          403,154        59,674        462,828  

Industrials

     —          232,496        59,325        291,821  

Other Senior Loans

     —          2,635,010        —          2,635,010  

Asset-Backed Securities

     —          3,574,669        —          3,574,669  

U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities

     —          2,292,009        —          2,292,009  

Preferred Stocks

   $ 781,072        —          —          781,072  

Common Stocks:

           

Communication Services

     —          —          22,033        22,033  

Consumer Discretionary

     —          —          4,599        4,599  

Energy

     —          —          350,390        350,390  

Purchased Options:

           

Exchange-Traded Purchased Options

     62,769        —          —          62,769  

OTC Purchased Options

     —          98,204        —          98,204  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments

     843,841        212,213,759        2,691,744        215,749,344  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments†:

           

Commercial Paper

     —          6,476,172        —          6,476,172  

Money Market Funds

     —          7,205,371        —          7,205,371  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments

     —          13,681,543        —          13,681,543  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 843,841      $ 225,895,302      $ 2,691,744      $ 229,430,887  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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ASSETS

 

DESCRIPTION

   QUOTED PRICES
(LEVEL 1)
     OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE INPUTS

(LEVEL 2)
     SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS

(LEVEL 3)
     TOTAL  

Other Financial Instruments:

           

Futures Contracts

   $ 1,995,001        —          —        $ 1,995,001  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

     —        $ 297,768        —          297,768  

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

     —          303,860        —          303,860  

OTC Interest Rate Swaps‡

     —          211,734        —          211,734  

Centrally Cleared Credit

           

Default Swaps on Credit

           

Indices - Sell Protection

     —          57,952        —          57,952  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Other Financial Instruments

   $ 1,995,001      $ 871,314        —        $ 2,866,315  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,838,842      $ 226,766,616      $ 2,691,744      $ 232,297,202  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

DESCRIPTION

   QUOTED PRICES
(LEVEL 1)
     OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE INPUTS
(LEVEL 2)
     SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS

(LEVEL 3)
     TOTAL  

Other Financial Instruments:

           

Written Options:

           

Exchange-Traded Written Options

   $ 259,497        —          —        $ 259,497  

OTC Written Options

     —        $ 37,738        —          37,738  

Futures Contracts

     1,196,498        —          —          1,196,498  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

     —          675,355        —          675,355  

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

     —          1,155,634        —          1,155,634  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,455,995      $ 1,868,727        —        $ 3,324,722  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

Value includes any premium paid or received with respect to swap contracts.

 

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The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value:

 

Investments in Securities

   Balance
as of
December 31,
2018
     Accrued
premiums/
discounts
    Realized
gain
(loss)1
    Change in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)2
    Purchases  

Corporate Bonds & Notes:

           

Consumer Discretionary

   $ 389,605        —         —         —         —    

Financials

     1,920,803      $ 1,310     $ (6,257   $ 41,786       —    

Industrials

     33,363        (235     —         —         —    

Mortgage-Backed Securities

     1,001,668        —         —         —         —    

Senior Loans:

           

Consumer Discretionary

     29,813        9       (75     434     $ 207,900  

Financials

     —          —         (100     (201     59,975  

Industrials

     57,163        4       (149     2,307       —    

Preferred Stocks:

           

Industrials

     6,774        —         (648,189     641,415       —    

Common Stocks:

           

Communication Services

     17,650        —         —         4,383       —    

Consumer Discretionary

     277,238        —         233,242       (228,563     0

Energy

     243,130        —         —         107,260       —    

Industrials

     20        —         (144,455     144,435       —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 3,977,227      $ 1,088     $ (565,983   $ 713,256     $ 267,875  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Investments in Securities (cont’d)

   Sales     Transfers
into
Level 33
     Transfers
out of
Level 34
    Balance
as of
March 31,
2019
     Net change
in unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
for
investments
in securities
still held at
March 31,
20192
 

Corporate Bonds & Notes:

            

Consumer Discretionary

   $ (389,605     —          —         —          —    

Financials

     —         —          —       $ 1,957,642      $ 41,786  

Industrials

     —         —        $ (33,128     —          —    

 

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Investments in Securities (cont’d)

   Sales     Transfers
into
Level 33
     Transfers
out of
Level 34
    Balance
as of
March 31,
2019
    Net change
in unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
for
investments
in securities
still held at
March 31,
20192
 

Mortgage-Backed Securities

     —         —        $ (1,001,668     —         —    

Senior Loans:

           

Consumer Discretionary

     —         —          —       $ 238,081     $ 434  

Financials

     —         —          —         59,674 (201)   

Industrials

     —         —          —         59,325       2,307  

Preferred Stocks:

           

Industrials

     —         —          —         —         —    

Common Stocks:

           

Communication Services

     —         —          —         22,033       4,383  

Consumer Discretionary

   $ (277,318     —          —         4,599       4,599  

Energy

     —         —          —         350,390       107,260  

Industrials

     —         —          —         —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ (666,923     —        $ (1,034,796   $ 2,691,744     $ 160,568  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

*

Amount represents less than $1.

 

1 

This amount is included in net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions in the accompanying Statement of Operations.

 

2 

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) includes net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) resulting from changes in investment values during the reporting period and the reversal of previously recorded unrealized appreciation (depreciation) when gains or losses are realized.

 

3 

Transferred into Level 3 as a result of the unavailability of a quoted price in an active market for an identical investment or the unavailability of other significant observable inputs.

 

4 

Transferred out of Level 3 as a result of the availability of a quoted price in an active market for an identical investment or the availability of other significant observable inputs.

 

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2. Transactions with affiliated companies

As defined by the 1940 Act, an affiliated company is one in which the Portfolio owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control. The Portfolio may invest in Western Asset Government Cash Management Portfolio, LLC (“Cash Management Portfolio”), an affiliated private money market fund managed by Western Asset Management Company, LLC, the Portfolio’s subadviser. Cash Management Portfolio is available as a cash management vehicle for certain proprietary investment companies affiliated with Legg Mason, Inc. While Cash Management Portfolio is not a registered money market fund, it conducts all of its investment activities in accordance with the requirements of Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. Based on the Portfolio’s relative ownership, the following companies were considered affiliated companies for all or some portion of the period ended March 31, 2019. The following transactions were effected in shares of such companies for the period ended March 31, 2019.

 

     Affiliate
Value at
December 31,

2018
     Purchased      Sold      Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Interest
Income
     Net Increase
(Decrease) in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Affiliate
Value at
March 31,
2019
 
     Cost      Shares      Cost      Shares  
Western Asset Government Cash Management Portfolio LLC    $ 10,338,307      $ 19,367,064        19,367,064      $ 22,500,000        22,500,000        —        $ 33,261        —        $ 7,205,371  

 

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