N-Q 1 a18-8222_1nq.htm QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-07762

 

First Eagle Funds

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York

 

 10105

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 (Zip code)

 

Suzan J. Afifi

First Eagle Funds

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10105

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(212) 632-2700

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

October 31

 

 

Date of reporting period:

January 31, 2018

 

 



 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments. — The schedule of investments for the three-month period ended January 31, 2018, is filed herewith.

 



 

First Eagle Global Fund
Consolidated Schedule of Investments
January 31, 2018 (unaudited)

 

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value ($)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMON STOCKS — 72.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Africa — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Randgold Resources Ltd., ADR

 

413,501

 

41,829,761

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Australia — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

 

22,277,117

 

407,410,446

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belgium — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

 

2,788,865

 

328,539,551

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Cielo SA

 

36,388,540

 

307,006,891

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada — 3.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.

 

5,969,324

 

282,402,409

 

Barrick Gold Corp.

 

20,378,638

 

293,044,814

 

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

 

2,388,401

 

81,535,738

 

Cenovus Energy, Inc.

 

15,294,201

 

146,059,620

 

Franco-Nevada Corp.

 

2,615,497

 

199,989,832

 

Goldcorp, Inc.

 

14,579,998

 

208,785,571

 

Imperial Oil Ltd.

 

7,367,147

 

231,615,914

 

Nutrien Ltd.*

 

10,696,414

 

559,850,309

 

Suncor Energy, Inc.

 

3,011,620

 

109,103,892

 

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.

 

9,143,708

 

197,412,656

 

 

 

 

 

2,309,800,755

 

Denmark — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

ISS A/S

 

2,987,524

 

116,563,343

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

France — 5.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Bouygues SA

 

5,688,713

 

316,169,858

 

Carrefour SA

 

6,693,115

 

159,613,378

 

Cie de Saint-Gobain

 

7,208,725

 

418,717,030

 

Danone SA

 

8,040,001

 

691,974,469

 

Emin Leydier SA‡(a)(b)(c)(d)

 

12,000,000

 

57,657,582

 

Legrand SA

 

1,401,821

 

116,628,442

 

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

 

404,478

 

126,703,194

 

Neopost SA

 

152,262

 

4,533,968

 

NSC Groupe(b)

 

64,717

 

6,026,204

 

Rexel SA

 

11,789,132

 

212,375,969

 

Robertet SA

 

157,260

 

81,222,399

 

Robertet SA CI (non-voting)‡(a)

 

42,252

 

15,275,761

 

Sabeton SA(b)

 

385,000

 

11,471,922

 

Sanofi

 

4,886,047

 

431,201,604

 

Sodexo SA

 

2,173,169

 

278,561,239

 

TOTAL SA

 

1,495,313

 

86,698,148

 

Wendel SA

 

851,019

 

158,678,567

 

 

 

 

 

3,173,509,734

 

Germany — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

HeidelbergCement AG

 

5,883,039

 

638,639,614

 

Hornbach Baumarkt AG

 

29,871

 

1,145,968

 

Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA(b)

 

1,181,422

 

107,516,035

 

Linde AG*

 

938,751

 

229,138,539

 

 

 

 

 

976,440,156

 

Hong Kong — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

 

4,704,600

 

44,767,107

 

Guoco Group Ltd.

 

12,693,580

 

180,823,542

 

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

 

125,232,969

 

330,087,733

 

Hysan Development Co. Ltd.

 

23,163,348

 

129,398,389

 

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.

 

6,516,471

 

413,637,532

 

Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd.

 

520,800

 

20,727,840

 

 

 

 

 

1,119,442,143

 

Ireland — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

CRH plc

 

4,704,407

 

174,746,020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israel — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Israel Chemicals Ltd.

 

12,448,757

 

52,398,981

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italy — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Italmobiliare SpA

 

1,889,410

 

57,706,606

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japan — 12.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

 

15,895,900

 

209,050,296

 

Chofu Seisakusho Co. Ltd.(b)

 

3,379,770

 

78,969,602

 

FANUC Corp.

 

4,251,100

 

1,153,826,958

 

Hirose Electric Co. Ltd.(b)

 

2,442,300

 

367,733,834

 

Hoya Corp.

 

8,345,640

 

428,657,267

 

KDDI Corp.

 

31,838,200

 

807,999,468

 

Keyence Corp.

 

1,008,100

 

616,057,412

 

Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd.

 

30,826,080

 

592,932,185

 

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

 

9,086,420

 

310,383,225

 

Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd.

 

2,006,030

 

148,839,841

 

NTT DOCOMO, Inc.

 

14,218,200

 

353,285,565

 

Secom Co. Ltd.

 

9,186,430

 

704,088,101

 

Shimano, Inc.

 

1,892,590

 

271,280,809

 

SMC Corp.

 

698,556

 

344,272,042

 

Sompo Holdings, Inc.

 

17,037,000

 

684,105,102

 

T Hasegawa Co. Ltd.(b)

 

3,061,300

 

63,622,152

 

 

 

 

 

7,135,103,859

 

Mexico — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Fresnillo plc

 

18,230,274

 

349,029,672

 

Industrias Penoles SAB de CV

 

6,401,020

 

148,351,443

 

 

 

 

 

497,381,115

 

Norway — 0.0%(e)

 

 

 

 

 

Orkla ASA

 

2,000,066

 

20,813,084

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russia — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Gazprom PJSC, ADR

 

15,687,012

 

78,980,372

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Korea — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.

 

529,740

 

122,780,026

 

Kia Motors Corp.

 

8,374,796

 

271,544,460

 

KT&G Corp.

 

3,768,416

 

375,835,842

 

Lotte Confectionery Co. Ltd.*

 

153,688

 

25,186,496

 

Lotte Corp.*

 

913,277

 

59,679,784

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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Investments

 

Shares

 

Value ($)

 

Namyang Dairy Products Co. Ltd.*(b)

 

39,989

 

26,176,252

 

 

 

 

 

881,202,860

 

Sweden — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Investor AB, Class A

 

5,939,940

 

284,948,032

 

Investor AB, Class B

 

3,394,798

 

166,010,194

 

 

 

 

 

450,958,226

 

Switzerland — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Cie Financiere Richemont SA (Registered)

 

550,340

 

52,786,456

 

Nestle SA (Registered)

 

5,963,365

 

515,127,200

 

Pargesa Holding SA

 

4,327,670

 

394,520,292

 

 

 

 

 

962,433,948

 

Thailand — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Bangkok Bank PCL, NVDR

 

51,812,900

 

342,062,327

 

Bangkok Bank PCL

 

36,500

 

258,717

 

 

 

 

 

342,321,044

 

United Kingdom — 3.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Berkeley Group Holdings plc

 

6,719,082

 

378,324,299

 

British American Tobacco plc

 

4,778,582

 

326,600,289

 

Diageo plc

 

8,034,220

 

289,170,677

 

GlaxoSmithKline plc

 

13,462,721

 

250,596,275

 

Liberty Global plc, Class C*

 

6,626,353

 

236,958,383

 

Lloyds Banking Group plc

 

267,984,000

 

264,768,126

 

TechnipFMC plc

 

15,536,847

 

504,326,054

 

 

 

 

 

2,250,744,103

 

United States — 35.9%

 

 

 

 

 

3M Co.

 

2,815,173

 

705,200,837

 

Alleghany Corp.*

 

418,350

 

262,598,295

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class A*

 

134,718

 

159,266,314

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class C*

 

163,012

 

190,714,259

 

American Express Co.

 

8,849,838

 

879,673,897

 

Analog Devices, Inc.

 

2,275,357

 

209,059,801

 

Anthem, Inc.

 

1,884,793

 

467,145,945

 

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

 

1,027,905

 

127,079,895

 

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

 

13,360,022

 

757,513,247

 

BB&T Corp.

 

10,500,485

 

579,521,767

 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class A*

 

1,088

 

351,832,054

 

Brown & Brown, Inc.

 

4,889,353

 

256,593,245

 

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

 

4,158,442

 

380,331,105

 

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

 

1,900,903

 

146,179,441

 

Cintas Corp.

 

1,821,671

 

306,860,480

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

 

3,258,980

 

241,946,675

 

Comcast Corp., Class A

 

22,106,304

 

940,181,109

 

ConocoPhillips

 

7,399,959

 

435,191,589

 

Cummins, Inc.

 

1,378,153

 

259,092,764

 

Deere & Co.

 

3,176,107

 

528,567,727

 

Devon Energy Corp.

 

3,449,156

 

142,691,584

 

Exxon Mobil Corp.

 

8,310,372

 

725,495,476

 

Flowserve Corp.(b)

 

8,414,508

 

381,345,503

 

H&R Block, Inc.

 

3,992,318

 

105,956,120

 

JG Boswell Co.

 

2,485

 

1,749,440

 

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

 

1,133,715

 

191,597,835

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

15,024,912

 

1,427,516,889

 

Mills Music Trust(b)

 

31,592

 

758,208

 

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

 

17,895,308

 

656,399,897

 

Newmont Mining Corp.

 

1,798,802

 

72,869,469

 

NOW, Inc.*(b)

 

5,851,664

 

68,991,119

 

Omnicom Group, Inc.

 

10,111,773

 

775,067,401

 

Oracle Corp.

 

27,002,083

 

1,393,037,462

 

Orbital ATK, Inc.(b)

 

3,694,106

 

487,252,581

 

Praxair, Inc.

 

1,061,412

 

171,407,424

 

Royal Gold, Inc.

 

1,260,596

 

112,193,044

 

San Juan Basin Royalty Trust(b)

 

3,908,035

 

38,259,663

 

Schlumberger Ltd.

 

12,656,668

 

931,277,631

 

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)

 

1,614,331

 

145,725,659

 

Synchrony Financial

 

11,102,151

 

440,533,352

 

Teradata Corp.*(b)

 

12,190,179

 

493,702,249

 

Texas Instruments, Inc.

 

2,158,760

 

236,751,209

 

Tiffany & Co.

 

2,478,615

 

264,344,290

 

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

 

332,055

 

49,781,686

 

UGI Corp.

 

4,874,044

 

223,084,994

 

Union Pacific Corp.

 

4,056,411

 

541,530,868

 

US Bancorp

 

7,819,459

 

446,803,887

 

Varex Imaging Corp.*

 

1,256,253

 

53,353,065

 

Varian Medical Systems, Inc.*

 

3,140,634

 

400,430,835

 

Visa, Inc., Class A

 

1,265,285

 

157,186,356

 

Vista Outdoor, Inc.*(b)

 

3,252,457

 

49,274,724

 

Weyerhaeuser Co., REIT

 

23,709,923

 

890,070,509

 

Willis Towers Watson plc

 

2,058,297

 

330,294,920

 

WR Berkley Corp.

 

4,386,051

 

320,094,002

 

Xilinx, Inc.

 

6,088,374

 

444,573,069

 

 

 

 

 

21,355,952,866

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $26,691,238,622)

 

 

 

43,041,285,864

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ounces

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMODITIES — 7.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold bullion*

(Cost $3,289,770,460)

 

3,110,306

 

4,185,818,924

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal 
Amount ($)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indonesia — 0.0%(e)

 

 

 

 

 

Indonesia Treasury Bond

 

 

 

 

 

8.25%, 7/15/2021

IDR

 

345,617,000,000

 

27,993,596

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Malaysia — 0.0%(e)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Malaysia Government Bond

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.66%, 10/15/2020

MYR

 

54,021,000

 

13,944,466

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexico — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexican Bonos

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.75%, 6/14/2018

MXN

 

2,559,090,000

 

135,951,764

 

5.00%, 12/11/2019

MXN

 

764,192,000

 

39,260,419

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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Investments

 

Principal 
Amount ($)

 

Value ($)

 

6.50%, 6/10/2021

MXN

 

1,813,760,000

 

94,513,251

 

 

 

 

 

 

269,725,434

 

Poland — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poland Government Bond

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.25%, 7/25/2019

PLN

 

306,347,000

 

93,805,147

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Singapore — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Singapore Government Bond

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.50%, 4/1/2018

SGD

 

154,398,000

 

117,581,645

 

3.25%, 9/1/2020

SGD

 

119,604,000

 

94,822,503

 

 

 

 

 

212,404,148

 

Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Venezuela Government Bond

 

 

 

 

 

Zero Coupon, 4/15/2020‡(a)(f)

 

53,230

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES

(Cost $639,369,026)

 

 

 

617,872,791

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

 

 

 

 

1.13%, 1/15/2019(g) 
(Cost $113,268,956)

 

114,023,000

 

113,158,920

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

France — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Emin Leydier SA

 

 

 

 

 

(EURIBOR 6 Month + 8.00%), 7.73%, 11/30/2020‡(a)(d)(f)

 

15,000,000

 

18,623,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States — 0.0%(e)

 

 

 

 

 

Bausch & Lomb, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

7.13%, 8/1/2028

 

5,467,000

 

5,337,159

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(COST $21,933,583)

 

 

 

23,960,409

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 19.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL PAPER — 19.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Alphabet, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.40%, 2/1/2018(h)

 

33,092,000

 

33,090,750

 

American Express Credit Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.51%, 3/2/2018(h)

 

25,516,000

 

25,477,938

 

1.56%, 3/7/2018(h)

 

46,113,000

 

46,032,213

 

American Honda Finance Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.29%, 2/12/2018(h)

 

30,016,000

 

30,001,642

 

1.31%, 2/15/2018(h)

 

54,817,000

 

54,783,881

 

1.57%, 3/26/2018(h)

 

54,656,000

 

54,528,105

 

1.59%, 4/4/2018(h)

 

50,396,000

 

50,256,920

 

1.69%, 5/4/2018(h)

 

40,458,000

 

40,285,548

 

Apple, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.25%, 2/2/2018(h)(i)

 

75,000,000

 

74,994,313

 

1.25%, 2/13/2018(h)(i)

 

55,591,000

 

55,562,494

 

1.27%, 2/16/2018(h)(i)

 

72,551,000

 

72,504,728

 

1.34%, 2/27/2018(h)(i)

 

22,551,000

 

22,525,867

 

1.31%, 3/9/2018(h)(i)

 

89,217,000

 

89,078,357

 

1.31%, 3/13/2018(h)(i)

 

50,000,000

 

49,913,558

 

1.34%, 3/23/2018(h)(i)

 

86,454,000

 

86,265,999

 

1.34%, 4/3/2018(h)(i)

 

25,000,000

 

24,933,048

 

1.63%, 4/16/2018(h)(i)

 

75,432,000

 

75,182,918

 

1.62%, 5/7/2018(h)(i)

 

100,000,000

 

99,562,667

 

Chevron Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.25%, 2/16/2018(h)

 

66,434,000

 

66,391,157

 

1.57%, 4/9/2018(h)

 

61,844,000

 

61,669,359

 

1.50%, 4/13/2018(h)

 

69,662,000

 

69,453,293

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.27%, 2/9/2018(h)

 

77,703,000

 

77,675,804

 

1.30%, 3/1/2018(h)

 

151,247,000

 

151,064,852

 

1.35%, 3/8/2018(h)

 

60,050,000

 

59,959,324

 

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

 

 

 

 

 

1.27%, 2/1/2018(h)

 

50,000,000

 

49,998,083

 

1.27%, 2/2/2018(h)

 

50,000,000

 

49,996,153

 

1.26%, 2/9/2018(h)

 

52,001,000

 

51,982,540

 

1.32%, 2/13/2018(h)

 

24,800,000

 

24,787,104

 

1.28%, 2/21/2018(h)

 

130,931,000

 

130,818,115

 

1.28%, 2/22/2018(h)

 

26,011,000

 

25,987,427

 

1.34%, 3/2/2018(h)

 

85,320,000

 

85,211,928

 

1.43%, 3/15/2018(h)

 

92,239,000

 

92,069,111

 

1.37%, 3/21/2018(h)

 

66,300,000

 

66,159,945

 

1.37%, 3/22/2018(h)

 

75,000,000

 

74,838,230

 

1.46%, 4/25/2018(h)

 

48,600,000

 

48,415,612

 

1.62%, 5/1/2018(h)

 

61,238,000

 

60,986,924

 

1.63%, 5/3/2018(h)

 

96,240,000

 

95,834,926

 

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.

 

 

 

 

 

1.67%, 2/26/2018(h)

 

26,571,000

 

26,536,247

 

1.69%, 3/5/2018(h)

 

13,241,000

 

13,218,679

 

1.87%, 4/2/2018(h)

 

21,050,000

 

20,982,159

 

Engie SA

 

 

 

 

 

1.32%, 2/2/2018(h)

 

37,307,000

 

37,304,036

 

1.60%, 4/6/2018(h)

 

34,839,000

 

34,736,467

 

1.56%, 4/10/2018(h)

 

47,844,000

 

47,693,336

 

1.63%, 4/18/2018(h)

 

82,093,000

 

81,799,769

 

1.65%, 5/2/2018(h)

 

33,092,000

 

32,948,792

 

Eni Finance USA, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.65%, 2/1/2018(h)

 

20,009,000

 

20,009,000

 

Entergy Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.65%, 2/1/2018(h)

 

15,965,000

 

15,964,176

 

Erste Abwicklungsanstalt

 

 

 

 

 

1.40%, 2/6/2018(h)(i)

 

13,876,000

 

13,872,656

 

Essilor International SA

 

 

 

 

 

1.34%, 2/15/2018(h)

 

36,574,000

 

36,551,446

 

1.58%, 3/7/2018(h)

 

20,195,000

 

20,164,528

 

1.62%, 4/19/2018(h)

 

15,118,000

 

15,063,691

 

Export Development Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.28%, 2/1/2018(h)

 

59,520,000

 

59,517,751

 

1.27%, 3/5/2018(h)

 

39,868,000

 

39,812,999

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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Investments

 

Principal 
Amount ($)

 

Value ($)

 

1.27%, 3/6/2018(h)

 

38,586,000

 

38,531,081

 

1.27%, 3/19/2018(h)

 

111,439,000

 

111,216,692

 

1.28%, 3/21/2018(h)

 

52,236,000

 

52,127,076

 

1.36%, 4/2/2018(h)

 

106,876,000

 

106,594,940

 

1.66%, 4/10/2018(h)

 

79,356,000

 

79,117,053

 

1.66%, 5/18/2018(h)

 

52,101,000

 

51,841,307

 

Exxon Mobil Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.42%, 2/16/2018(h)

 

50,000,000

 

49,967,755

 

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC

 

 

 

 

 

1.66%, 3/13/2018(h)

 

50,000,000

 

49,902,454

 

1.66%, 3/14/2018(h)

 

50,000,000

 

49,899,900

 

1.68%, 3/19/2018(h)

 

36,437,000

 

36,354,656

 

1.77%, 4/3/2018(h)

 

55,503,000

 

55,333,139

 

1.77%, 4/5/2018(h)

 

38,552,000

 

38,429,662

 

1.74%, 4/13/2018(h)

 

80,221,000

 

79,929,958

 

1.78%, 4/16/2018(h)

 

43,539,000

 

43,373,461

 

1.78%, 4/19/2018(h)

 

87,078,000

 

86,731,604

 

1.78%, 4/20/2018(h)

 

87,078,000

 

86,726,398

 

Government of Quebec

 

 

 

 

 

1.23%, 2/13/2018(h)

 

24,232,000

 

24,219,574

 

1.21%, 2/27/2018(h)

 

35,204,000

 

35,164,765

 

1.21%, 2/28/2018(h)

 

35,204,000

 

35,163,175

 

Henkel Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.57%, 2/20/2018(h)

 

55,866,000

 

55,819,445

 

1.51%, 3/12/2018(h)

 

75,040,000

 

74,909,680

 

1.65%, 4/4/2018(h)

 

49,256,000

 

49,116,532

 

1.65%, 4/5/2018(h)

 

19,276,000

 

19,220,451

 

Hitachi America Capital Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

1.65%, 2/1/2018(h)

 

35,647,000

 

35,645,354

 

IBM Credit LLC

 

 

 

 

 

1.58%, 2/26/2018(h)

 

15,224,000

 

15,207,496

 

1.63%, 3/14/2018(h)

 

33,118,000

 

33,058,498

 

John Deere Capital Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.65%, 4/3/2018(h)

 

82,825,000

 

82,600,337

 

Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau

 

 

 

 

 

1.44%, 3/13/2018(h)

 

105,043,000

 

104,852,066

 

1.64%, 4/12/2018(h)

 

78,930,000

 

78,664,120

 

1.63%, 4/23/2018(h)

 

95,956,000

 

95,578,317

 

1.70%, 5/8/2018(h)

 

70,045,000

 

69,715,851

 

Kroger Co. (The)

 

 

 

 

 

1.60%, 2/1/2018(h)

 

17,229,000

 

17,229,000

 

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.37%, 2/12/2018(h)

 

36,002,000

 

35,984,179

 

1.34%, 2/15/2018(h)

 

30,016,000

 

29,997,240

 

1.67%, 4/11/2018(h)

 

52,663,000

 

52,494,756

 

MetLife Short Term Funding LLC

 

 

 

 

 

1.29%, 2/9/2018(h)

 

34,779,000

 

34,766,366

 

1.50%, 3/9/2018(h)

 

64,841,000

 

64,737,038

 

1.48%, 3/12/2018(h)

 

74,600,000

 

74,469,616

 

1.54%, 3/14/2018(h)

 

51,724,000

 

51,628,535

 

1.57%, 4/6/2018(h)

 

30,922,000

 

30,830,883

 

1.62%, 4/17/2018(h)

 

111,006,000

 

110,612,533

 

1.64%, 5/1/2018(h)

 

82,938,000

 

82,577,220

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.48%, 2/2/2018(h)

 

38,552,000

 

38,549,077

 

1.32%, 2/6/2018(h)

 

54,392,000

 

54,379,445

 

1.22%, 2/7/2018(h)

 

100,000,000

 

99,972,972

 

1.29%, 2/8/2018(h)

 

83,022,000

 

82,996,263

 

1.31%, 2/13/2018(h)

 

75,000,000

 

74,961,542

 

1.34%, 2/14/2018(h)

 

77,703,000

 

77,659,939

 

1.44%, 2/20/2018(h)

 

50,137,000

 

50,096,528

 

Mitsubishi International Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.54%, 3/7/2018(h)

 

45,151,000

 

45,081,292

 

1.55%, 3/8/2018(h)

 

30,922,000

 

30,872,772

 

1.58%, 3/16/2018(h)

 

75,921,000

 

75,770,584

 

1.58%, 3/21/2018(h)

 

28,953,000

 

28,888,370

 

Mitsui & Co. USA, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.63%, 2/20/2018(h)

 

33,092,000

 

33,059,827

 

Nestle Capital Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.27%, 2/7/2018(h)

 

83,022,000

 

83,000,368

 

1.25%, 2/12/2018(h)

 

29,315,000

 

29,301,662

 

1.43%, 3/5/2018(h)

 

50,000,000

 

49,934,687

 

1.31%, 3/12/2018(h)

 

89,217,000

 

89,074,550

 

1.36%, 3/14/2018(h)

 

50,000,000

 

49,916,000

 

1.50%, 4/5/2018(h)

 

66,183,000

 

66,008,629

 

NRW Bank

 

 

 

 

 

1.40%, 2/14/2018(h)

 

69,557,000

 

69,515,966

 

1.51%, 4/5/2018(h)

 

68,504,000

 

68,302,568

 

1.57%, 4/9/2018(h)

 

54,671,000

 

54,498,750

 

1.58%, 4/12/2018(h)

 

63,079,000

 

62,870,247

 

1.66%, 4/13/2018(h)

 

138,229,000

 

137,763,998

 

1.66%, 4/18/2018(h)

 

82,825,000

 

82,524,016

 

1.66%, 4/19/2018(h)

 

84,568,000

 

84,255,958

 

1.66%, 4/20/2018(h)

 

82,816,000

 

82,505,778

 

Ontario Teachers’ Finance Trust

 

 

 

 

 

1.87%, 7/25/2018(h)(i)

 

72,918,000

 

72,245,230

 

1.85%, 7/27/2018(h)(i)

 

69,662,000

 

69,010,213

 

Pfizer, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.30%, 2/12/2018(h)

 

100,000,000

 

99,952,833

 

1.27%, 2/16/2018(h)

 

49,825,000

 

49,793,223

 

1.29%, 2/21/2018(h)

 

60,032,000

 

59,980,943

 

1.33%, 3/1/2018(h)

 

24,000,000

 

23,971,096

 

1.34%, 3/2/2018(h)

 

100,000,000

 

99,875,000

 

1.31%, 3/5/2018(h)

 

127,152,000

 

126,976,584

 

1.33%, 3/9/2018(h)

 

80,063,000

 

79,938,582

 

1.49%, 3/12/2018(h)

 

75,000,000

 

74,873,583

 

1.55%, 3/15/2018(h)

 

83,533,000

 

83,381,142

 

Philip Morris International, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.63%, 3/20/2018(h)

 

75,432,000

 

75,272,889

 

Praxair, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.48%, 3/7/2018(h)

 

52,946,000

 

52,866,110

 

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

 

 

 

 

 

1.22%, 2/5/2018(h)

 

79,789,000

 

79,773,707

 

1.22%, 2/6/2018(h)

 

50,000,000

 

49,988,459

 

1.23%, 2/7/2018(h)

 

125,000,000

 

124,966,215

 

1.22%, 2/8/2018(h)

 

79,789,000

 

79,764,265

 

1.30%, 2/14/2018(h)

 

42,167,000

 

42,143,632

 

1.57%, 4/16/2018(h)

 

82,825,000

 

82,551,505

 

Province of Quebec Canada

 

 

 

 

 

1.39%, 2/20/2018(h)

 

124,238,000

 

124,137,713

 

1.48%, 3/8/2018(h)

 

23,038,000

 

23,003,213

 

1.50%, 3/20/2018(h)

 

35,274,000

 

35,202,041

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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Investments

 

Principal 
Amount ($)

 

Value ($)

 

1.44%, 3/21/2018(h)

 

28,133,000

 

28,074,336

 

PSP Capital, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.23%, 2/1/2018(h)(i)

 

29,495,000

 

29,493,846

 

1.23%, 2/2/2018(h)(i)

 

44,152,000

 

44,148,539

 

1.30%, 2/6/2018(h)(i)

 

62,267,000

 

62,252,201

 

1.31%, 2/9/2018(h)(i)

 

68,822,000

 

68,797,259

 

1.49%, 3/8/2018(h)(i)

 

38,962,000

 

38,902,232

 

1.40%, 3/19/2018(h)(i)

 

38,702,000

 

38,623,177

 

1.61%, 3/22/2018(h)(i)

 

36,798,000

 

36,717,913

 

1.67%, 4/16/2018(h)(i)

 

82,825,000

 

82,543,740

 

1.64%, 5/2/2018(h)(i)

 

25,949,000

 

25,839,263

 

QUALCOMM, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.24%, 2/1/2018(h)

 

52,806,000

 

52,803,905

 

1.27%, 2/5/2018(h)

 

49,808,000

 

49,798,018

 

1.29%, 2/13/2018(h)

 

30,830,000

 

30,813,601

 

1.29%, 2/14/2018(h)

 

30,830,000

 

30,812,304

 

1.31%, 2/21/2018(h)

 

51,359,000

 

51,313,941

 

1.55%, 3/1/2018(h)

 

25,000,000

 

24,969,067

 

1.34%, 3/7/2018(h)

 

23,236,000

 

23,200,939

 

Rockwell Autom, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.46%, 3/7/2018(h)

 

44,608,000

 

44,529,850

 

1.46%, 3/8/2018(h)

 

44,608,000

 

44,527,527

 

Sanofi

 

 

 

 

 

1.57%, 3/14/2018(h)

 

47,978,000

 

47,892,919

 

1.57%, 3/16/2018(h)

 

47,978,000

 

47,888,692

 

1.63%, 3/23/2018(h)

 

38,552,000

 

38,468,166

 

1.63%, 3/28/2018(h)

 

41,047,000

 

40,948,478

 

Schlumberger Holdings Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.49%, 2/6/2018(h)

 

44,473,000

 

44,460,429

 

1.55%, 2/13/2018(h)

 

36,539,000

 

36,516,266

 

1.61%, 3/1/2018(h)

 

53,530,000

 

53,452,985

 

1.80%, 4/11/2018(h)

 

50,348,000

 

50,163,265

 

Time Warner, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.60%, 2/12/2018(h)

 

18,923,000

 

18,912,081

 

Total Capital Canada Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

1.30%, 2/5/2018(h)

 

122,132,000

 

122,107,828

 

1.45%, 3/6/2018(h)

 

243,581,000

 

243,218,213

 

1.67%, 3/16/2018(h)

 

8,781,000

 

8,763,903

 

1.66%, 4/9/2018(h)

 

10,266,000

 

10,234,217

 

1.66%, 4/10/2018(h)

 

15,161,000

 

15,113,315

 

1.72%, 4/17/2018(h)

 

103,520,000

 

103,157,876

 

1.72%, 4/20/2018(h)

 

38,386,000

 

38,245,831

 

Unilever Capital Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.46%, 2/12/2018(h)

 

39,892,000

 

39,872,918

 

1.50%, 2/23/2018(h)

 

39,214,000

 

39,176,745

 

1.52%, 3/15/2018(h)

 

76,080,000

 

75,939,874

 

1.52%, 3/16/2018(h)

 

76,080,000

 

75,936,521

 

1.55%, 3/20/2018(h)

 

72,875,000

 

72,724,391

 

1.63%, 4/3/2018(h)

 

75,432,000

 

75,227,391

 

1.63%, 4/4/2018(h)

 

75,432,000

 

75,223,827

 

1.62%, 4/11/2018(h)

 

30,020,000

 

29,927,013

 

1.64%, 4/12/2018(h)

 

27,830,000

 

27,742,400

 

1.65%, 4/17/2018(h)

 

53,598,000

 

53,416,166

 

1.65%, 4/18/2018(h)

 

77,319,000

 

77,052,744

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.71%, 3/19/2018(h)

 

30,235,000

 

30,162,763

 

VW Credit, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

2.02%, 5/1/2018(h)

 

67,062,000

 

66,728,367

 

Walt Disney Co. (The)

 

 

 

 

 

1.21%, 2/8/2018(h)

 

82,431,000

 

82,405,081

 

1.64%, 3/27/2018(h)

 

50,467,000

 

50,346,566

 

1.64%, 4/6/2018(h)

 

123,140,000

 

122,788,264

 

1.64%, 4/10/2018(h)

 

77,105,000

 

76,869,875

 

1.64%, 4/26/2018(h)

 

41,408,000

 

41,248,832

 

1.64%, 4/27/2018(h)

 

41,408,000

 

41,246,663

 

1.64%, 4/30/2018(h)

 

30,235,000

 

30,112,563

 

1.66%, 5/15/2018(h)

 

43,539,000

 

43,326,810

 

TOTAL COMMERCIAL PAPER
(Cost $11,522,778,848)

 

 

 

11,521,408,590

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANY — 0.0%(e)

 

 

 

 

 

JP Morgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Agency Shares 1.13% (j)(Cost $39,349)

 

39,349

 

39,349

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

(Cost $11,522,818,197)

 

 

 

11,521,447,939

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.2%
(Cost $42,278,398,844)

 

 

 

59,503,544,847

 

Liabilities Less Other Assets — (0.2)%

 

 

 

(79,181,221

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

59,424,363,626

 

 


*

Non-income producing security.

Value determined using significant unobservable inputs.

(a)

Security fair valued as of January 31, 2018 in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Total value of all such securities at January 31, 2018 amounted to $91,556,593, which represents approximately 0.15% of net assets of the Fund.

(b)

Affiliated company as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

(c)

Held through Financiere Rouge, LLC, wholly owned subsidiary and disregarded entity for U.S. tax purposes.

(d)

Represents a security that is subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale.

(e)

Represents less than 0.05% of net assets.

(f)

Variable or floating rate security, linked to the referenced benchmark. The interest rate shown was the current rate as of January 31, 2018.

(g)

All or a portion of this security is pledged with the custodian for current or potential holdings of forward foreign currency exchange contracts.

(h)

The rate shown was the current yield as of January 31, 2018.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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(i)

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A or section 4(2), of the Securities Act of 1933. Under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, such securities have been determined to be liquid by the investment adviser and may be resold, normally to qualified institutional buyers in transactions exempt from registration. Total market value of all such securities at January 31, 2018 amounts to $1,232,970,218, which represents approximately 2.07% of net assets of the Fund.

(j)

Represents 7-day effective yield as of January 31, 2018.

 

Restricted Securities

 

Acquisition 
Date

 

Cost

 

Carrying Value
Per
Share/Principal

 

Emin Leydier SA 7.73% due 11/30/2020

 

07/03/09

 

$

17,023,220

 

$

1.24

 

Emin Leydier SA

 

07/03/09

 

1,149,902

 

4.80

 

 

As of January 31, 2018, the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments based on the aggregate cost of investment securities and derivative instruments, if applicable, for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 

Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

18,426,164,076

 

Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation

 

(1,281,385,706

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

17,144,778,370

 

Federal income tax cost

 

$

42,278,398,844

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts outstanding as of January 31, 2018:

 

Currency Purchased

 

Currency Sold

 

Counterparty

 

Settlement 
Date

 

Unrealized 
Appreciation 
(Depreciation)

 

USD

346,384,710

 

JPY

37,401,755,000

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank

 

2/14/2018

 

$

3,570,808

 

Total unrealized appreciation

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,570,808

 

USD

240,030,193

 

EUR

203,724,000

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank

 

2/14/2018

 

(13,088,016

)

USD

44,662,811

 

GBP

33,934,000

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank

 

2/14/2018

 

(3,539,107

)

USD

78,712,098

 

EUR

65,928,000

 

UBS AG

 

3/14/2018

 

(3,347,163

)

USD

63,872,296

 

GBP

47,558,000

 

UBS AG

 

3/14/2018

 

(3,752,720

)

USD

315,599,041

 

JPY

35,205,862,000

 

UBS AG

 

3/14/2018

 

(7,580,563

)

USD

170,991,824

 

EUR

145,494,000

 

HSBC Bank plc

 

4/18/2018

 

(10,551,221

)

USD

82,276,835

 

GBP

60,673,000

 

HSBC Bank plc

 

4/18/2018

 

(4,123,486

)

USD

220,836,037

 

JPY

24,869,119,000

 

HSBC Bank plc

 

4/18/2018

 

(7,970,079

)

USD

194,581,542

 

EUR

163,193,000

 

Bank of New York Mellon

 

5/16/2018

 

(9,439,133

)

USD

33,820,757

 

GBP

24,132,000

 

Bank of New York Mellon

 

5/16/2018

 

(581,833

)

USD

317,954,452

 

JPY

34,883,733,000

 

Bank of New York Mellon

 

5/16/2018

 

(3,573,869

)

USD

443,519,763

 

EUR

365,592,000

 

Goldman Sachs

 

6/13/2018

 

(14,481,333

)

USD

276,269,340

 

JPY

30,123,872,000

 

Goldman Sachs

 

6/13/2018

 

(1,909,918

)

Total unrealized depreciation

 

 

 

 

 

 

(83,938,441

)

Net unrealized depreciation

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(80,367,633

)

 

Abbreviations

 

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

EUR

Euro

EURIBOR

Euro Interbank Offered Rate

GBP

British Pound

IDR

Indonesian Rupiah

JPY

Japanese Yen

MXN

Mexican Peso

MYR

Malaysian Ringgit

NVDR

Non-Voting Depositary Receipt

PJSC

Public Joint Stock Company

PLN

Polish Zloty

REIT

Real Estate Investment Trust

SGD

Singapore Dollar

USD

United States Dollar

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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Affiliated Securities

 

Security 
Description

 

Shares at
January 
31, 2018

 

Market Value
October 31,
2017

 

Purchases 
at Cost

 

Proceeds 
from Sales

 

Net Realized
Gain (Loss)

 

Change in 
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)

 

Market Value
January 31,
2018

 

Dividend/
Interest
Income

 

Capital 
Gain 
Distributions

 

Berkeley Group Holdings plc*

 

6,719,082

 

$

366,860,523

 

$

 

$

(37,763,694

)

$

21,607,308

 

$

27,620,162

 

$

378,324,299

 

$

 

$

 

Chofu Seisakusho Co. Ltd.

 

3,379,770

 

83,273,333

 

 

(767,364

)

67,246

 

(3,603,613

)

78,969,602

 

432,004

 

 

Emin Leydier SA

 

12,000,000

 

53,816,069

 

 

 

 

3,841,513

 

57,657,582

 

 

 

Flowserve Corp.

 

8,414,508

 

370,827,368

 

 

 

 

10,518,135

 

381,345,503

 

1,598,757

 

 

Hirose Electric Co. Ltd.

 

2,442,300

 

367,409,683

 

 

 

 

324,151

 

367,733,834

 

 

 

Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA

 

1,181,422

 

101,162,948

 

 

 

 

6,353,087

 

107,516,035

 

 

 

Mills Music Trust

 

31,592

 

770,845

 

 

 

 

(12,637

)

758,208

 

25,801

 

 

Namyang Dairy Products Co. Ltd.

 

39,989

 

23,439,818

 

 

 

 

2,736,434

 

26,176,252

 

 

 

NOW, Inc.

 

5,851,664

 

73,262,833

 

 

 

 

(4,271,714

)

68,991,119

 

 

 

NSC Groupe

 

64,717

 

5,740,670

 

 

 

 

285,534

 

6,026,204

 

 

 

Orbital ATK, Inc.

 

3,694,106

 

491,057,511

 

 

 

 

(3,804,930

)

487,252,581

 

1,182,114

 

 

Sabeton SA

 

385,000

 

11,077,141

 

 

 

 

394,781

 

11,471,922

 

 

 

San Juan Basin Royalty Trust

 

3,908,035

 

29,427,504

 

 

 

 

8,832,159

 

38,259,663

 

829,336

 

 

T Hasegawa Co. Ltd.

 

3,061,300

 

67,686,317

 

 

(5,664,046

)

1,399,654

 

200,227

 

63,622,152

 

80,633

 

 

Teradata Corp.

 

12,190,179

 

407,761,488

 

 

 

 

85,940,761

 

493,702,249

 

 

 

Vista Outdoor, Inc.

 

3,252,457

 

68,008,876

 

 

 

 

(18,734,152

)

49,274,724

 

 

 

Total

 

66,616,121

 

$

2,521,582,927

 

$

 

$

(44,195,104

)

$

23,074,208

 

$

116,619,898

 

$

2,617,081,929

 

$

4,148,645

 

$

 

 


*Represents an unaffiliated issuer as of January 31, 2018.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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Industry Diversification for Portfolio Holdings

 

Percent of Net 
Assets

 

Aerospace & Defense

 

0.8

%

Air Freight & Logistics

 

0.6

 

Auto Components

 

0.2

 

Automobiles

 

0.5

 

Banks

 

2.8

 

Beverages

 

0.5

 

Building Products

 

0.7

 

Capital Markets

 

1.6

 

Chemicals

 

2.1

 

Commercial Services & Supplies

 

1.9

 

Commodities

 

7.1

 

Construction & Engineering

 

0.5

 

Construction Materials

 

1.3

 

Consumer Finance

 

2.2

 

Containers & Packaging

 

0.2

 

Diversified Consumer Services

 

0.2

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

2.9

 

Electrical Equipment

 

0.2

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

 

1.6

 

Energy Equipment & Services

 

3.6

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

 

1.5

 

Food & Staples Retailing

 

0.3

 

Food Products

 

2.4

 

Foreign Government Securities

 

1.0

 

Gas Utilities

 

0.4

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

 

1.5

 

Health Care Providers & Services

 

0.8

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

0.5

 

Household Durables

 

0.7

 

Household Products

 

0.4

 

Industrial Conglomerates

 

2.1

 

Insurance

 

4.0

 

Internet Software & Services

 

0.6

 

IT Services

 

2.1

 

Leisure Products

 

0.6

 

Machinery

 

4.4

 

Media

 

3.3

 

Metals & Mining

 

3.9

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

3.4

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

1.5

 

Real Estate Management & Development

 

1.9

 

Road & Rail

 

0.9

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

 

1.6

 

Software

 

4.7

 

Specialty Retail

 

0.6

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

 

0.0

*

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

 

0.3

 

Tobacco

 

1.2

 

Trading Companies & Distributors

 

0.5

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations

 

0.2

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

2.0

 

Short-Term Investments

 

19.4

 

Total Investments

 

100.2

%

 


*Less than 0.05%

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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First Eagle Overseas Fund
Consolidated Schedule of Investments
January 31, 2018 (unaudited)

 

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value ($)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMON STOCKS — 71.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Africa — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Randgold Resources Ltd., ADR

 

118,663

 

12,003,949

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Australia — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

 

7,061,240

 

129,138,027

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belgium — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

 

907,727

 

106,933,904

 

Sofina SA

 

98,473

 

17,165,185

 

 

 

 

 

124,099,089

 

Brazil — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Cielo SA

 

17,529,180

 

147,892,140

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada — 6.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.

 

1,977,932

 

93,573,872

 

Barrick Gold Corp.

 

4,694,846

 

67,511,886

 

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

 

1,096,974

 

37,448,730

 

Cenovus Energy, Inc.

 

9,854,984

 

94,115,097

 

Franco-Nevada Corp.

 

882,841

 

67,505,037

 

Goldcorp, Inc.

 

7,294,482

 

104,456,982

 

Imperial Oil Ltd.

 

6,403,124

 

201,307,972

 

Nutrien Ltd.*

 

7,058,038

 

369,417,709

 

Suncor Energy, Inc.

 

1,889,614

 

68,456,260

 

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.

 

2,972,376

 

64,173,598

 

 

 

 

 

1,167,967,143

 

Chile — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Cia Cervecerias Unidas SA, ADR

 

5,109,630

 

150,069,833

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denmark — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

ISS A/S

 

2,725,157

 

106,326,647

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

France — 9.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Bouygues SA

 

2,770,374

 

153,973,096

 

Carrefour SA

 

3,237,822

 

77,213,630

 

Cie de Saint-Gobain

 

3,533,820

 

205,261,071

 

Danone SA

 

4,221,140

 

363,298,601

 

Emin Leydier SA‡(a)(b)(c)(d)

 

11,593,581

 

55,704,821

 

Laurent-Perrier(b)

 

558,938

 

66,619,149

 

Legrand SA

 

648,834

 

53,981,570

 

Legris Industries SA‡(a)(b)(d)

 

905,366

 

37,565,990

 

Neopost SA

 

71,800

 

2,138,018

 

Rexel SA

 

7,346,731

 

132,348,091

 

Robertet SA(b)

 

196,831

 

101,660,219

 

Robertet SA CI (non-voting)‡(a)

 

51,500

 

18,619,277

 

Sabeton SA

 

100,000

 

2,979,720

 

Sanofi

 

2,435,615

 

214,946,990

 

Sodexo SA

 

1,256,822

 

161,102,010

 

TOTAL SA

 

1,701,890

 

98,675,468

 

Wendel SA

 

493,657

 

92,045,871

 

 

 

 

 

1,838,133,592

 

Germany — 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG

 

1,449,647

 

40,481,480

 

HeidelbergCement AG

 

2,786,826

 

302,526,888

 

Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA

 

385,305

 

35,064,918

 

Linde AG*

 

434,377

 

106,026,530

 

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG

 

17,203,082

 

86,959,369

 

 

 

 

 

571,059,185

 

Greece — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

JUMBO SA

 

5,088,499

 

100,576,604

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hong Kong — 4.8%

 

 

 

 

 

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

 

2,426,200

 

23,086,756

 

Great Eagle Holdings Ltd.

 

22,777,700

 

119,527,856

 

Guoco Group Ltd.

 

7,806,340

 

111,203,463

 

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

 

78,545,392

 

207,029,112

 

Hopewell Holdings Ltd.

 

22,865,604

 

92,291,604

 

Hysan Development Co. Ltd.

 

17,500,405

 

97,763,252

 

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.

 

3,526,800

 

223,866,085

 

Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd.

 

233,600

 

9,297,280

 

Swire Properties Ltd.

 

5,454,119

 

19,094,365

 

 

 

 

 

903,159,773

 

Ireland — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

CRH plc

 

2,108,597

 

78,324,204

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israel — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Israel Chemicals Ltd.

 

7,510,515

 

31,613,062

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italy — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Italmobiliare SpA

 

575,830

 

17,587,075

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japan — 21.2%

 

 

 

 

 

As One Corp.(b)

 

1,299,640

 

83,778,179

 

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

 

7,104,800

 

93,436,707

 

Chofu Seisakusho Co. Ltd.(b)

 

1,860,700

 

43,475,958

 

Daiichikosho Co. Ltd.

 

2,715,380

 

148,325,891

 

FANUC Corp.

 

2,072,940

 

562,634,154

 

Hirose Electric Co. Ltd.

 

1,086,600

 

163,607,904

 

Hoya Corp.

 

4,065,130

 

208,797,350

 

Kansai Paint Co. Ltd.

 

3,559,930

 

88,054,490

 

KDDI Corp.

 

16,995,400

 

431,314,401

 

Keyence Corp.

 

478,700

 

292,537,132

 

Maezawa Kasei Industries Co. Ltd.(b)

 

930,900

 

10,362,641

 

Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd.

 

16,844,350

 

323,996,994

 

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

 

4,625,500

 

158,002,558

 

Nagaileben Co. Ltd.

 

1,687,224

 

43,323,841

 

Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd.

 

1,056,530

 

78,390,531

 

NTT DOCOMO, Inc.

 

7,627,300

 

189,518,715

 

Secom Co. Ltd.

 

4,481,900

 

343,512,383

 

Shimano, Inc.

 

835,470

 

119,754,927

 

SK Kaken Co. Ltd.

 

437,806

 

50,011,803

 

SMC Corp.

 

332,490

 

163,862,326

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

10



 

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value ($)

 

Sompo Holdings, Inc.

 

8,193,900

 

329,018,536

 

T Hasegawa Co. Ltd.

 

1,943,011

 

40,381,061

 

 

 

 

 

3,966,098,482

 

Mexico — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Fresnillo plc

 

5,813,900

 

111,310,648

 

Industrias Penoles SAB de CV

 

2,246,692

 

52,069,826

 

 

 

 

 

163,380,474

 

Netherlands — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

HAL Trust

 

571,392

 

108,398,113

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Norway — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Orkla ASA

 

13,188,419

 

137,241,308

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poland — 0.0%(e)

 

 

 

 

 

Pfleiderer Group SA

 

480,931

 

5,577,845

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russia — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Gazprom PJSC, ADR

 

8,419,603

 

42,390,697

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Singapore — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

ComfortDelGro Corp. Ltd.

 

32,779,415

 

52,413,480

 

Haw Par Corp. Ltd.(b)

 

25,512,113

 

234,739,445

 

 

 

 

 

287,152,925

 

South Korea — 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Fursys, Inc.*(b)

 

872,463

 

28,269,157

 

Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.

 

257,958

 

59,787,990

 

Kia Motors Corp.

 

4,780,370

 

154,998,759

 

KT&G Corp.

 

1,881,935

 

187,691,228

 

Lotte Confectionery Co. Ltd.*

 

104,605

 

17,142,740

 

Lotte Corp.*

 

621,610

 

40,620,262

 

Namyang Dairy Products Co. Ltd.*

 

22,950

 

15,022,756

 

Namyang Dairy Products Co. Ltd. (Preference)*

 

27,183

 

5,613,009

 

NongShim Co. Ltd.

 

203,663

 

61,712,129

 

 

 

 

 

570,858,030

 

Sweden — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Investor AB, Class A

 

3,013,030

 

144,539,670

 

Investor AB, Class B

 

2,096,088

 

102,501,526

 

 

 

 

 

247,041,196

 

Switzerland — 3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Cie Financiere Richemont SA (Registered)

 

252,160

 

24,186,199

 

Nestle SA (Registered)

 

4,178,516

 

360,948,432

 

Pargesa Holding SA

 

2,413,791

 

220,046,707

 

 

 

 

 

605,181,338

 

Taiwan — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Taiwan Secom Co. Ltd.

 

8,545,694

 

26,415,313

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thailand — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Bangkok Bank PCL, NVDR

 

24,226,759

 

159,942,052

 

Bangkok Bank PCL

 

15,000

 

106,322

 

Thai Beverage PCL

 

52,214,985

 

36,619,749

 

 

 

 

 

196,668,123

 

Turkey — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

AG Anadolu Grubu Holding A/S

 

5,893,909

 

46,648,121

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Kingdom — 7.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Berkeley Group Holdings plc

 

3,051,776

 

171,833,149

 

British American Tobacco plc

 

2,996,795

 

204,821,036

 

Diageo plc

 

5,378,305

 

193,577,982

 

GlaxoSmithKline plc

 

8,720,208

 

162,318,720

 

Hiscox Ltd.

 

5,881,403

 

118,125,241

 

Liberty Global plc, Class C*

 

3,160,082

 

113,004,532

 

Lloyds Banking Group plc

 

128,468,590

 

126,926,936

 

TechnipFMC plc

 

11,366,709

 

368,963,374

 

 

 

 

 

1,459,570,970

 

United States — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Newmont Mining Corp.

 

579,673

 

23,482,553

 

Royal Gold, Inc.

 

551,449

 

49,078,961

 

Willis Towers Watson plc

 

841,188

 

134,985,439

 

 

 

 

 

207,546,953

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $8,914,699,784)

 

 

 

13,448,120,211

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ounces

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMODITIES — 7.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold bullion*

(Cost $943,895,802)

 

1,003,583

 

1,350,611,714

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal 
Amount ($)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indonesia — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Indonesia Treasury Bond

 

 

 

 

 

8.25%, 7/15/2021

IDR

 

152,606,000,000

 

12,360,476

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Malaysia — 0.0%(e)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Malaysia Government Bond

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.66%, 10/15/2020

MYR

 

25,956,000

 

6,700,034

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexico — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexican Bonos

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.75%, 6/14/2018

MXN

 

1,249,660,000

 

66,388,240

 

5.00%, 12/11/2019

MXN

 

480,074,000

 

24,663,836

 

6.50%, 6/10/2021

MXN

 

1,025,590,000

 

53,442,487

 

 

 

 

 

 

144,494,563

 

Poland — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poland Government Bond

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.25%, 7/25/2019

PLN

 

157,760,000

 

48,306,986

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Singapore — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Singapore Government Bond

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.50%, 4/1/2018

SGD

 

88,530,000

 

67,419,935

 

3.25%, 9/1/2020

SGD

 

53,521,000

 

42,431,651

 

 

 

 

 

 

109,851,586

 

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
(Cost $331,139,010)

 

 

 

 

321,713,645

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

11



 

Investments

 

Principal 
Amount ($)

 

Value ($)

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

 

 

 

 

1.13%, 1/15/2019(f) 

(Cost $35,739,081)

 

35,977,000

 

35,704,362

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

France — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Emin Leydier SA

 

 

 

 

 

(EURIBOR 6 Month + 8.00%), 7.73%, 11/30/2020‡(a)(d)(g) (Cost $11,299,687)

 

10,000,000

 

12,415,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 19.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL PAPER — 19.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Alphabet, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.40%, 2/1/2018(h)

 

16,908,000

 

16,907,361

 

American Express Credit Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.51%, 3/2/2018(h)

 

3,084,000

 

3,079,400

 

1.56%, 3/7/2018(h)

 

20,397,000

 

20,361,265

 

American Honda Finance Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.29%, 2/12/2018(h)

 

19,984,000

 

19,974,441

 

1.31%, 2/15/2018(h)

 

75,183,000

 

75,137,577

 

1.57%, 3/26/2018(h)

 

20,344,000

 

20,296,395

 

1.59%, 4/4/2018(h)

 

31,094,000

 

31,008,188

 

1.69%, 5/4/2018(h)

 

4,542,000

 

4,522,640

 

Apple, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.25%, 2/13/2018(h)(i)

 

19,409,000

 

19,399,048

 

1.27%, 2/16/2018(h)(i)

 

2,449,000

 

2,447,438

 

1.34%, 2/27/2018(h)(i)

 

4,191,000

 

4,186,329

 

1.31%, 3/9/2018(h)(i)

 

10,783,000

 

10,766,243

 

1.34%, 3/23/2018(h)(i)

 

13,546,000

 

13,516,543

 

1.63%, 4/16/2018(h)(i)

 

24,568,000

 

24,486,875

 

Chevron Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.25%, 2/16/2018(h)

 

33,566,000

 

33,544,354

 

1.57%, 4/9/2018(h)

 

38,156,000

 

38,048,252

 

1.50%, 4/13/2018(h)

 

10,338,000

 

10,307,027

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.27%, 2/9/2018(h)

 

14,722,000

 

14,716,847

 

1.29%, 3/1/2018(h)

 

23,753,000

 

23,724,394

 

1.35%, 3/8/2018(h)

 

27,196,000

 

27,154,934

 

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

 

 

 

 

 

1.26%, 2/9/2018(h)

 

26,274,000

 

26,264,673

 

1.28%, 2/21/2018(h)

 

29,069,000

 

29,043,938

 

1.28%, 2/22/2018(h)

 

6,589,000

 

6,583,028

 

1.33%, 3/2/2018(h)

 

44,680,000

 

44,623,405

 

1.43%, 3/15/2018(h)

 

15,143,000

 

15,115,109

 

1.62%, 5/1/2018(h)

 

16,762,000

 

16,693,276

 

1.63%, 5/3/2018(h)

 

19,960,000

 

19,875,988

 

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.

 

 

 

 

 

1.67%, 2/26/2018(h)

 

33,429,000

 

33,385,277

 

1.69%, 3/5/2018(h)

 

16,659,000

 

16,630,917

 

Engie SA

 

 

 

 

 

1.32%, 2/2/2018(h)

 

13,693,000

 

13,691,912

 

1.60%, 4/6/2018(h)

 

8,161,000

 

8,136,982

 

1.56%, 4/10/2018(h)

 

12,856,000

 

12,815,515

 

1.63%, 4/18/2018(h)

 

17,907,000

 

17,843,037

 

1.65%, 5/2/2018(h)

 

16,908,000

 

16,834,830

 

Eni Finance USA, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.65%, 2/1/2018(h)

 

19,704,000

 

19,704,000

 

Entergy Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.65%, 2/1/2018(h)

 

15,722,000

 

15,721,189

 

Erste Abwicklungsanstalt

 

 

 

 

 

1.40%, 2/6/2018(h)(i)

 

31,848,000

 

31,840,325

 

Essilor International SA

 

 

 

 

 

1.34%, 2/15/2018(h)

 

13,426,000

 

13,417,721

 

1.58%, 3/7/2018(h)

 

4,405,000

 

4,398,353

 

1.62%, 4/19/2018(h)

 

13,211,000

 

13,163,542

 

Export Development Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.28%, 2/1/2018(h)

 

36,493,000

 

36,491,621

 

1.27%, 3/2/2018(h)

 

50,000,000

 

49,937,500

 

1.27%, 3/5/2018(h)

 

9,832,000

 

9,818,436

 

1.27%, 3/6/2018(h)

 

15,814,000

 

15,791,492

 

1.27%, 3/19/2018(h)

 

54,161,000

 

54,052,955

 

1.28%, 3/21/2018(h)

 

23,664,000

 

23,614,655

 

1.34%, 4/2/2018(h)

 

45,424,000

 

45,304,545

 

1.66%, 4/10/2018(h)

 

15,644,000

 

15,596,895

 

1.66%, 5/18/2018(h)

 

5,849,000

 

5,819,846

 

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC

 

 

 

 

 

1.68%, 3/19/2018(h)

 

13,563,000

 

13,532,349

 

1.77%, 4/3/2018(h)

 

19,497,000

 

19,437,331

 

1.77%, 4/5/2018(h)

 

11,448,000

 

11,411,672

 

1.74%, 4/13/2018(h)

 

19,779,000

 

19,707,242

 

1.78%, 4/16/2018(h)

 

6,461,000

 

6,436,435

 

1.78%, 4/19/2018(h)

 

12,922,000

 

12,870,596

 

1.78%, 4/20/2018(h)

 

12,922,000

 

12,869,824

 

Government of Quebec

 

 

 

 

 

1.23%, 2/13/2018(h)

 

15,068,000

 

15,060,273

 

1.21%, 2/27/2018(h)

 

14,796,000

 

14,779,510

 

1.21%, 2/28/2018(h)

 

14,796,000

 

14,778,842

 

Henkel Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.57%, 2/20/2018(h)

 

14,834,000

 

14,821,638

 

1.51%, 3/12/2018(h)

 

15,560,000

 

15,532,978

 

1.65%, 4/4/2018(h)

 

10,744,000

 

10,713,578

 

1.65%, 4/5/2018(h)

 

5,724,000

 

5,707,505

 

Hitachi America Capital Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

1.65%, 2/1/2018(h)

 

35,104,000

 

35,102,379

 

IBM Credit LLC

 

 

 

 

 

1.58%, 2/26/2018(h)

 

2,876,000

 

2,872,882

 

1.63%, 3/14/2018(h)

 

11,882,000

 

11,860,652

 

John Deere Capital Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.65%, 4/3/2018(h)

 

17,175,000

 

17,128,413

 

Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau

 

 

 

 

 

1.44%, 3/13/2018(h)

 

40,658,000

 

40,584,097

 

1.64%, 4/12/2018(h)

 

61,070,000

 

60,864,282

 

1.63%, 4/23/2018(h)

 

54,044,000

 

53,831,283

 

1.70%, 5/8/2018(h)

 

61,210,000

 

60,922,367

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

12



 

Investments

 

Principal 
Amount ($)

 

Value ($)

 

Kroger Co. (The)

 

 

 

 

 

1.60%, 2/1/2018(h)

 

16,967,000

 

16,967,000

 

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.37%, 2/12/2018(h)

 

13,998,000

 

13,991,071

 

1.34%, 2/15/2018(h)

 

19,984,000

 

19,971,510

 

1.67%, 4/11/2018(h)

 

12,337,000

 

12,297,587

 

MetLife Short Term Funding LLC

 

 

 

 

 

1.29%, 2/9/2018(h)

 

15,221,000

 

15,215,471

 

1.50%, 3/9/2018(h)

 

10,159,000

 

10,142,712

 

1.54%, 3/14/2018(h)

 

24,834,000

 

24,788,165

 

1.57%, 4/6/2018(h)

 

19,078,000

 

19,021,784

 

1.62%, 4/17/2018(h)

 

38,994,000

 

38,855,783

 

1.64%, 5/1/2018(h)

 

7,062,000

 

7,031,280

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.48%, 2/2/2018(h)

 

11,448,000

 

11,447,132

 

1.32%, 2/6/2018(h)

 

10,305,000

 

10,302,621

 

1.29%, 2/8/2018(h)

 

16,978,000

 

16,972,737

 

1.34%, 2/14/2018(h)

 

14,722,000

 

14,713,841

 

1.44%, 2/20/2018(h)

 

15,763,000

 

15,750,276

 

Mitsubishi International Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.54%, 3/7/2018(h)

 

9,849,000

 

9,833,794

 

1.55%, 3/8/2018(h)

 

19,078,000

 

19,047,628

 

1.58%, 3/16/2018(h)

 

19,779,000

 

19,739,814

 

1.58%, 3/21/2018(h)

 

15,347,000

 

15,312,742

 

Mitsui & Co. USA, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.63%, 2/20/2018(h)

 

16,908,000

 

16,891,562

 

Nestle Capital Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.27%, 2/7/2018(h)

 

16,978,000

 

16,973,576

 

1.25%, 2/12/2018(h)

 

10,235,000

 

10,230,343

 

1.31%, 3/12/2018(h)

 

10,783,000

 

10,765,783

 

1.50%, 4/5/2018(h)

 

33,817,000

 

33,727,904

 

NRW Bank

 

 

 

 

 

1.40%, 2/14/2018(h)

 

30,443,000

 

30,425,040

 

1.51%, 4/5/2018(h)

 

27,196,000

 

27,116,032

 

1.57%, 4/9/2018(h)

 

20,329,000

 

20,264,950

 

1.58%, 4/12/2018(h)

 

36,921,000

 

36,798,814

 

1.66%, 4/13/2018(h)

 

11,771,000

 

11,731,402

 

1.66%, 4/18/2018(h)

 

17,175,000

 

17,112,587

 

1.66%, 4/19/2018(h)

 

65,432,000

 

65,190,567

 

1.66%, 4/20/2018(h)

 

17,184,000

 

17,119,630

 

Ontario Teachers’ Finance Trust

 

 

 

 

 

1.52%, 5/17/2018(h)(i)

 

48,300,000

 

48,048,561

 

1.53%, 6/7/2018(h)(i)

 

21,232,000

 

21,095,903

 

1.87%, 7/25/2018(h)(i)

 

17,082,000

 

16,924,395

 

1.85%, 7/27/2018(h)(i)

 

10,338,000

 

10,241,273

 

Pfizer, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.27%, 2/16/2018(h)

 

25,175,000

 

25,158,944

 

1.29%, 2/21/2018(h)

 

39,968,000

 

39,934,007

 

1.31%, 3/5/2018(h)

 

47,848,000

 

47,781,990

 

1.33%, 3/9/2018(h)

 

29,937,000

 

29,890,478

 

1.55%, 3/15/2018(h)

 

16,467,000

 

16,437,064

 

Philip Morris International, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.63%, 3/20/2018(h)

 

24,568,000

 

24,516,178

 

Praxair, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.48%, 3/7/2018(h)

 

27,054,000

 

27,013,178

 

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

 

 

 

 

 

1.22%, 2/5/2018(h)

 

20,211,000

 

20,207,126

 

1.22%, 2/8/2018(h)

 

20,211,000

 

20,204,735

 

1.30%, 2/14/2018(h)

 

7,833,000

 

7,828,659

 

1.57%, 4/16/2018(h)

 

17,175,000

 

17,118,287

 

Province of Quebec Canada

 

 

 

 

 

1.39%, 2/20/2018(h)

 

25,762,000

 

25,741,205

 

1.48%, 3/8/2018(h)

 

1,962,000

 

1,959,037

 

1.50%, 3/20/2018(h)

 

30,825,000

 

30,762,117

 

1.44%, 3/21/2018(h)

 

21,767,000

 

21,721,611

 

PSP Capital, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.23%, 2/1/2018(h)(i)

 

10,405,000

 

10,404,593

 

1.23%, 2/2/2018(h)(i)

 

35,848,000

 

35,845,190

 

1.30%, 2/6/2018(h)(i)

 

12,733,000

 

12,729,974

 

1.31%, 2/9/2018(h)(i)

 

31,178,000

 

31,166,792

 

1.49%, 3/8/2018(h)(i)

 

14,488,000

 

14,465,775

 

1.40%, 3/19/2018(h)(i)

 

15,048,000

 

15,017,352

 

1.61%, 3/22/2018(h)(i)

 

13,202,000

 

13,173,267

 

1.67%, 4/16/2018(h)(i)

 

17,175,000

 

17,116,677

 

1.64%, 5/2/2018(h)(i)

 

3,851,000

 

3,834,714

 

QUALCOMM, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.24%, 2/1/2018(h)

 

22,194,000

 

22,193,120

 

1.27%, 2/5/2018(h)

 

9,436,000

 

9,434,109

 

1.29%, 2/13/2018(h)

 

19,170,000

 

19,159,803

 

1.29%, 2/14/2018(h)

 

19,170,000

 

19,158,996

 

1.31%, 2/21/2018(h)

 

9,541,000

 

9,532,629

 

1.34%, 3/7/2018(h)

 

9,832,000

 

9,817,165

 

Rockwell Autom, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.46%, 3/7/2018(h)

 

5,392,000

 

5,382,553

 

1.46%, 3/8/2018(h)

 

5,392,000

 

5,382,273

 

Sanofi

 

 

 

 

 

1.57%, 3/14/2018(h)

 

27,022,000

 

26,974,081

 

1.57%, 3/16/2018(h)

 

27,022,000

 

26,971,700

 

1.63%, 3/23/2018(h)

 

11,448,000

 

11,423,105

 

1.63%, 3/28/2018(h)

 

8,953,000

 

8,931,511

 

Schlumberger Holdings Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.49%, 2/6/2018(h)

 

15,527,000

 

15,522,611

 

1.55%, 2/13/2018(h)

 

18,461,000

 

18,449,514

 

1.61%, 3/1/2018(h)

 

6,470,000

 

6,460,691

 

1.80%, 4/11/2018(h)

 

5,652,000

 

5,631,262

 

Time Warner, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.60%, 2/12/2018(h)

 

9,086,000

 

9,080,757

 

Total Capital Canada Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

1.30%, 2/5/2018(h)

 

44,738,000

 

44,729,145

 

1.46%, 3/6/2018(h)

 

64,119,000

 

64,023,502

 

1.67%, 3/16/2018(h)

 

3,269,000

 

3,262,635

 

1.66%, 4/9/2018(h)

 

6,334,000

 

6,314,391

 

1.66%, 4/10/2018(h)

 

8,539,000

 

8,512,143

 

1.72%, 4/17/2018(h)

 

21,480,000

 

21,404,861

 

1.72%, 4/20/2018(h)

 

19,614,000

 

19,542,378

 

Unilever Capital Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.46%, 2/12/2018(h)

 

31,508,000

 

31,492,929

 

1.50%, 2/23/2018(h)

 

20,786,000

 

20,766,253

 

1.52%, 3/15/2018(h)

 

23,920,000

 

23,875,943

 

1.52%, 3/16/2018(h)

 

23,920,000

 

23,874,890

 

1.55%, 3/20/2018(h)

 

27,125,000

 

27,068,942

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

13



 

Investments

 

Principal 
Amount ($)

 

Value ($)

 

1.63%, 4/3/2018(h)

 

24,568,000

 

24,501,359

 

1.63%, 4/4/2018(h)

 

24,568,000

 

24,500,198

 

1.62%, 4/11/2018(h)

 

19,980,000

 

19,918,112

 

1.64%, 4/12/2018(h)

 

17,170,000

 

17,115,955

 

1.65%, 4/17/2018(h)

 

19,497,000

 

19,430,855

 

1.65%, 4/18/2018(h)

 

27,945,000

 

27,848,768

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.71%, 3/19/2018(h)

 

26,422,000

 

26,358,872

 

VW Credit, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

2.02%, 5/1/2018(h)

 

8,074,000

 

8,033,832

 

Walt Disney Co. (The)

 

 

 

 

 

1.21%, 2/8/2018(h)

 

17,569,000

 

17,563,476

 

1.64%, 3/27/2018(h)

 

9,533,000

 

9,510,251

 

1.64%, 4/6/2018(h)

 

26,860,000

 

26,783,277

 

1.64%, 4/10/2018(h)

 

22,895,000

 

22,825,184

 

1.64%, 4/26/2018(h)

 

8,592,000

 

8,558,973

 

1.64%, 4/27/2018(h)

 

8,592,000

 

8,558,523

 

1.64%, 4/30/2018(h)

 

26,422,000

 

26,315,004

 

1.66%, 5/15/2018(h)

 

6,461,000

 

6,429,512

 

TOTAL COMMERCIAL PAPER

(Cost $3,567,814,281)

 

 

 

3,567,338,904

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANY — 0.0%(e)

 

 

 

 

 

JP Morgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Agency Shares 1.13% (j)(Cost $38,961)

 

38,961

 

38,961

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

(Cost $3,567,853,242)

 

 

 

3,567,377,865

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.1%
(Cost $13,804,626,606)

 

 

 

18,735,943,297

 

Liabilities Less Other Assets — (0.1)%

 

 

 

(20,842,400

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

18,715,100,897

 

 


*

Non-income producing security.

Value determined using significant unobservable inputs.

(a)

Security fair valued as of January 31, 2018 in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Total value of all such securities at January 31, 2018 amounted to $124,305,588, which represents approximately 0.66% of net assets of the Fund.

(b)

Affiliated company as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

(c)

Held through Financiere Bleue, LLC, wholly owned subsidiary and disregarded entity for U.S. tax purposes.

(d)

Represents a security that is subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale.

(e)

Represents less than 0.05% of net assets.

(f)

All or a portion of this security is pledged with the custodian for current or potential holdings of forward foreign currency exchange contracts.

(g)

Variable or floating rate security, linked to the referenced benchmark. The interest rate shown is the rate in effect as of January 31, 2018.

(h)

The rate shown was the current yield as of January 31, 2018.

(i)

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A or section 4(2), of the Securities Act of 1933. Under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, such securities have been determined to be liquid by the investment adviser and may be resold, normally to qualified institutional buyers in transactions exempt from registration. Total market value of all such securities at January 31, 2018 amounts to $356,707,267, which represents approximately 1.91% of net assets of the Fund.

(j)

Represents 7-day effective yield as of January 31, 2018.

 

As of January 31, 2018, the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments based on the aggregate cost of investment securities and derivative instruments, if applicable, for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 

Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

5,339,086,961

 

Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation

 

(453,834,611

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

4,885,252,350

 

Federal income tax cost

 

$

13,804,626,606

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

14



 

Restricted Securities

 

Acquisition Date

 

Cost

 

Carrying Value
Per
Share/Principal

 

Emin Leydier SA 7.73% due 11/30/2020

 

07/30/09

 

$

11,299,687

 

$

1.24

 

Emin Leydier SA

 

07/14/09

 

9,839,157

 

4.80

 

Legris Industries SA

 

04/30/04

 

23,433,066

 

41.49

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts outstanding as of January 31, 2018:

 

Currency Purchased

 

Currency Sold

 

Counterparty

 

Settlement 
Date

 

Unrealized 
Appreciation 
(Depreciation)

 

USD

185,441,411

 

JPY

20,023,500,000

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank

 

2/14/2018

 

$

1,911,677

 

Total unrealized appreciation

 

 

 

 

 

1,911,677

 

USD

130,620,740

 

EUR

110,678,000

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank

 

2/14/2018

 

(6,891,861

)

USD

25,488,890

 

GBP

19,366,000

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank

 

2/14/2018

 

(2,019,754

)

USD

41,310,480

 

EUR

34,601,000

 

UBS AG

 

3/14/2018

 

(1,756,692

)

USD

27,698,857

 

GBP

20,624,000

 

UBS AG

 

3/14/2018

 

(1,627,405

)

USD

163,923,865

 

JPY

18,286,117,000

 

UBS AG

 

3/14/2018

 

(3,937,386

)

USD

109,603,815

 

EUR

93,260,000

 

HSBC Bank plc

 

4/18/2018

 

(6,763,213

)

USD

34,536,391

 

GBP

25,468,000

 

HSBC Bank plc

 

4/18/2018

 

(1,730,868

)

USD

127,248,687

 

JPY

14,329,920,000

 

HSBC Bank plc

 

4/18/2018

 

(4,592,467

)

USD

129,750,439

 

EUR

108,820,000

 

Bank of New York Mellon

 

5/16/2018

 

(6,294,182

)

USD

16,484,325

 

GBP

11,762,000

 

Bank of New York Mellon

 

5/16/2018

 

(283,587

)

USD

180,808,469

 

JPY

19,840,935,000

 

Bank of New York Mellon

 

5/16/2018

 

(2,068,246

)

USD

270,733,736

 

EUR

223,165,000

 

Goldman Sachs

 

6/13/2018

 

(8,839,708

)

USD

159,977,182

 

JPY

17,450,606,000

 

Goldman Sachs

 

6/13/2018

 

(1,170,649

)

Total unrealized depreciation

 

 

 

 

 

(47,976,018

)

Net unrealized depreciation

 

 

 

$

(46,064,341

)

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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Abbreviations

 

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

EUR

Euro

EURIBOR

Euro Interbank Offered Rate

GBP

British Pound

IDR

Indonesian Rupiah

JPY

Japanese Yen

MXN

Mexican Peso

MYR

Malaysian Ringgit

NVDR

Non-Voting Depositary Receipt

PJSC

Public Joint Stock Company

PLN

Polish Zloty

Preference

A special type of equity investment that shares in the earnings of the company, has limited voting rights, and may have a dividend preference.  Preference shares may also have liquidation preference.

SGD

Singapore Dollar

USD

United States Dollar

 

Affiliated Securities

 

Security 
Description

 

Shares at 
January 
31, 2018

 

Market 
Value 
October 31, 
2017

 

Purchases 
at Cost

 

Proceeds 
from Sales

 

Net Realized 
Gain (Loss)

 

Change in 
Unrealized 
Appreciation/ 
(Depreciation)

 

Market Value
January 31,
2018

 

Dividend/
Interest 
Income

 

Capital 
Gain 
Distributions

 

As One Corp.

 

1,299,640

 

$

71,451,190

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

12,326,989

 

$

83,778,179

 

$

 

$

 

Chofu Seisakusho Co. Ltd.

 

1,860,700

 

45,665,265

 

 

(242,783

)

18,382

 

(1,964,906

)

43,475,958

 

237,828

 

 

Emin Leydier SA

 

11,593,581

 

51,993,413

 

 

 

 

3,711,408

 

55,704,821

 

 

 

Fursys, Inc.

 

872,463

 

26,243,587

 

 

 

 

2,025,570

 

28,269,157

 

 

 

Haw Par Corp. Ltd.

 

25,512,113

 

228,338,184

 

 

 

 

6,401,261

 

234,739,445

 

 

 

Laurent-Perrier

 

558,938

 

52,418,364

 

 

 

 

14,200,785

 

66,619,149

 

 

 

Legris Industries SA

 

905,366

 

34,348,829

 

 

 

 

3,217,161

 

37,565,990

 

 

 

Maezawa Kasei Industries Co. Ltd.

 

930,900

 

12,682,521

 

 

(2,339,773

)

(686,413

)

706,306

 

10,362,641

 

 

 

Robertet SA

 

196,831

 

108,188,782

 

 

(18,076,730

)

12,854,681

 

(1,306,514

)

101,660,219

 

 

 

Total

 

43,730,532

 

$

631,330,135

 

$

 

$

(20,659,286

)

$

12,186,650

 

$

39,318,060

 

$

662,175,559

 

$

237,828

 

$

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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Industry Diversification for Portfolio Holdings

 

Percent of Net 
Assets

 

Auto Components

 

0.3

%

Automobiles

 

0.8

 

Banks

 

1.6

 

Beverages

 

2.4

 

Building Products

 

1.2

 

Capital Markets

 

0.6

 

Chemicals

 

4.4

 

Commercial Services & Supplies

 

2.7

 

Commodities

 

7.2

 

Construction & Engineering

 

0.8

 

Construction Materials

 

2.0

 

Containers & Packaging

 

0.4

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

4.3

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

0.5

 

Electrical Equipment

 

0.3

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

 

2.5

 

Energy Equipment & Services

 

2.0

 

Food & Staples Retailing

 

0.4

 

Food Products

 

5.5

 

Foreign Government Securities

 

1.7

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

 

1.3

 

Health Care Providers & Services

 

0.5

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

0.9

 

Household Durables

 

1.1

 

Industrial Conglomerates

 

2.3

 

Insurance

 

3.9

 

IT Services

 

0.8

 

Leisure Products

 

0.6

 

Machinery

 

4.1

 

Media

 

1.4

 

Metals & Mining

 

4.1

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

2.9

 

Paper & Forest Products

 

0.0

*

Pharmaceuticals

 

3.8

 

Real Estate Management & Development

 

4.1

 

Road & Rail

 

0.3

 

Specialty Retail

 

0.7

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

 

0.0

*

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

 

0.1

 

Tobacco

 

2.1

 

Trading Companies & Distributors

 

0.7

 

Transportation Infrastructure

 

0.2

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations

 

0.2

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

3.3

 

Short-Term Investments

 

19.1

 

Total Investments

 

100.1

%

 


*Less than 0.05%

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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First Eagle U.S. Value Fund

Consolidated Schedule of Investments

January 31, 2018 (unaudited)

 

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value ($)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMON STOCKS — 73.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Orbital ATK, Inc.

 

211,151

 

27,850,817

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

 

240,725

 

22,016,708

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks — 3.6%

 

 

 

 

 

BB&T Corp.

 

779,608

 

43,026,566

 

US Bancorp

 

583,595

 

33,346,618

 

 

 

 

 

76,373,184

 

Capital Markets — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

 

728,362

 

41,298,125

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemicals — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Nutrien Ltd. (Canada)*

 

468,667

 

24,530,031

 

Praxair, Inc.

 

79,413

 

12,824,405

 

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)

 

88,434

 

7,982,937

 

 

 

 

 

45,337,373

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Cintas Corp.

 

99,050

 

16,684,972

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Finance — 3.6%

 

 

 

 

 

American Express Co.

 

509,838

 

50,677,897

 

Synchrony Financial

 

652,277

 

25,882,352

 

 

 

 

 

76,560,249

 

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

H&R Block, Inc.

 

359,081

 

9,530,010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class A*

 

78

 

25,223,254

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 5.7%

 

 

 

 

 

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

 

1,145,097

 

42,002,158

 

Schlumberger Ltd.

 

697,928

 

51,353,542

 

SEACOR Holdings, Inc.*

 

96,554

 

4,497,485

 

SEACOR Marine Holdings, Inc.*

 

97,076

 

1,452,257

 

TechnipFMC plc (United Kingdom)

 

710,652

 

23,067,764

 

 

 

 

 

122,373,206

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Weyerhaeuser Co.

 

1,773,946

 

66,593,933

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gas Utilities — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

UGI Corp.

 

394,669

 

18,064,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Varex Imaging Corp.*

 

93,178

 

3,957,270

 

Varian Medical Systems, Inc.*

 

232,945

 

29,700,487

 

 

 

 

 

33,657,757

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Anthem, Inc.

 

109,314

 

27,093,475

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Household Products — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

 

290,726

 

21,583,498

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

3M Co.

 

155,288

 

38,899,644

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance — 6.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Alleghany Corp.*

 

92,464

 

58,039,653

 

Brown & Brown, Inc.

 

364,877

 

19,148,745

 

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

 

141,824

 

10,906,266

 

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

 

20,331

 

3,048,023

 

Willis Towers Watson plc

 

161,294

 

25,882,848

 

WR Berkley Corp.

 

324,471

 

23,679,894

 

 

 

 

 

140,705,429

 

Internet Software & Services — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class A*

 

10,198

 

12,056,280

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class C*

 

12,065

 

14,115,326

 

 

 

 

 

26,171,606

 

IT Services — 3.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

 

78,406

 

9,693,334

 

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

 

62,464

 

10,556,416

 

Teradata Corp.*

 

1,158,000

 

46,899,000

 

Visa, Inc., Class A

 

70,652

 

8,777,098

 

 

 

 

 

75,925,848

 

Leisure Products — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Vista Outdoor, Inc.*

 

382,831

 

5,799,890

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Machinery — 4.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Cummins, Inc.

 

103,917

 

19,536,396

 

Deere & Co.

 

188,587

 

31,384,648

 

Flowserve Corp.

 

817,802

 

37,062,787

 

 

 

 

 

87,983,831

 

Media — 5.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Comcast Corp., Class A

 

1,363,769

 

58,001,096

 

Omnicom Group, Inc.

 

787,030

 

60,325,849

 

 

 

 

 

118,326,945

 

Metals & Mining — 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. (Canada)

 

205,280

 

9,711,580

 

Franco-Nevada Corp. (Canada)

 

155,814

 

11,914,070

 

Goldcorp, Inc. (Canada)

 

740,683

 

10,606,581

 

Newcrest Mining Ltd. (Australia)

 

1,024,323

 

18,711,805

 

Newmont Mining Corp.

 

55,767

 

2,259,121

 

Randgold Resources Ltd., ADR (Africa)

 

21,756

 

2,200,837

 

Royal Gold, Inc.

 

121,921

 

10,850,969

 

Tahoe Resources, Inc.

 

325,000

 

1,434,756

 

 

 

 

 

67,689,719

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (Canada)

 

142,767

 

4,873,810

 

ConocoPhillips

 

483,346

 

28,425,578

 

Devon Energy Corp.

 

223,963

 

9,265,349

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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Investments

 

Shares

 

Value ($)

 

Exxon Mobil Corp.

 

302,336

 

26,393,933

 

Imperial Oil Ltd. (Canada)

 

167,389

 

5,262,547

 

San Juan Basin Royalty Trust

 

595,832

 

5,833,195

 

Suncor Energy, Inc. (Canada)

 

152,263

 

5,516,130

 

 

 

 

 

85,570,542

 

Road & Rail — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Union Pacific Corp.

 

312,435

 

41,710,073

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Analog Devices, Inc.

 

127,503

 

11,714,976

 

Texas Instruments, Inc.

 

117,378

 

12,872,845

 

Xilinx, Inc.

 

453,225

 

33,094,489

 

 

 

 

 

57,682,310

 

Software — 8.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

823,002

 

78,193,420

 

Oracle Corp.

 

1,884,262

 

97,209,077

 

 

 

 

 

175,402,497

 

Specialty Retail — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Tiffany & Co.

 

186,599

 

19,900,783

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

NOW, Inc.*

 

191,125

 

2,253,364

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $898,052,004)

 

 

 

1,574,263,042

 

 

 

 

Ounces

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMODITIES — 9.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold bullion* (Cost $186,047,980)

 

156,194

 

210,204,657

 

 

 

 

Principal
Amount ($)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Wachovia Capital Trust III

 

 

 

 

 

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 0.93%, 5.57% Floor), 5.57%, 3/5/2018(a)(b)

 

12,404,000

 

12,462,919

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.0%(c)

 

 

 

 

 

Bausch & Lomb, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

7.13%, 8/1/2028

 

600,000

 

585,750

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

CITGO Petroleum Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

6.25%, 8/15/2022(d)

 

6,542,000

 

6,570,621

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Software — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Veritas US, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

7.50%, 2/1/2023(d)

 

4,945,000

 

5,130,438

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $24,063,937)

 

 

 

24,749,728

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 16.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL PAPER — 5.4%

 

 

 

 

 

American Express Credit Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.56%, 3/7/2018(e)

 

8,490,000

 

8,475,126

 

Apple, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.34%, 2/27/2018(e)(d)

 

9,008,000

 

8,997,961

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.27%, 2/9/2018(e)

 

7,575,000

 

7,572,349

 

1.35%, 3/8/2018(e)

 

12,754,000

 

12,734,741

 

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

 

 

 

 

 

1.43%, 3/15/2018(e)

 

3,318,000

 

3,311,889

 

Eni Finance USA, Inc. (Italy)

 

 

 

 

 

1.65%, 2/1/2018(e)

 

6,165,000

 

6,165,000

 

Entergy Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.65%, 2/1/2018(e)

 

4,920,000

 

4,919,746

 

Essilor International SA

 

 

 

 

 

1.62%, 4/19/2018(e)

 

1,671,000

 

1,664,997

 

Hitachi America Capital Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

1.65%, 2/1/2018(e)

 

10,984,000

 

10,983,493

 

Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau (Germany)

 

 

 

 

 

1.70%, 5/8/2018(e)

 

7,745,000

 

7,708,605

 

Kroger Co. (The)

 

 

 

 

 

1.60%, 2/1/2018(e)

 

5,309,000

 

5,309,000

 

MetLife Short Term Funding LLC

 

 

 

 

 

1.54%, 3/14/2018(e)

 

5,442,000

 

5,431,956

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.32%, 2/6/2018(e)

 

5,303,000

 

5,301,776

 

1.34%, 2/14/2018(e)

 

7,575,000

 

7,570,802

 

Province of Quebec Canada (Canada)

 

 

 

 

 

1.50%, 3/20/2018(e)

 

3,901,000

 

3,893,042

 

QUALCOMM, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.27%, 2/5/2018(e)

 

4,856,000

 

4,855,027

 

1.34%, 3/7/2018(e)

 

3,082,000

 

3,077,349

 

Time Warner, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.60%, 2/12/2018(e)

 

1,991,000

 

1,989,851

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.71%, 3/19/2018(e)

 

3,343,000

 

3,335,013

 

Walt Disney Co. (The)

 

 

 

 

 

1.64%, 4/30/2018(e)

 

3,343,000

 

3,329,463

 

TOTAL COMMERCIAL PAPER
(Cost $116,640,878)

 

 

 

116,627,186

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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Investments

 

Principal
Amount ($)

 

Value ($)

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 0.0%(c)

 

 

 

 

 

JP Morgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Agency Shares, 1.13% (f)
(Cost $34,766)

 

34,766

 

34,766

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 10.7%

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bills

 

 

 

 

 

1.08%, 2/15/2018(e)

 

70,000,000

 

69,967,408

 

1.10%, 2/22/2018(e)

 

40,000,000

 

39,972,041

 

1.35%, 3/22/2018(e)

 

30,000,000

 

29,945,854

 

1.34%, 3/29/2018(e)

 

60,000,000

 

59,877,005

 

1.29%, 4/5/2018(e)

 

30,000,000

 

29,930,194

 

TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $229,697,668)

 

 

 

229,692,502

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $346,373,312)

 

 

 

346,354,454

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.2%
(Cost $1,454,537,233)

 

 

 

2,155,571,881

 

Liabilities Less Other Assets — (0.2%)

 

 

 

(3,719,302

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

2,151,852,579

 

 


*

Non-income producing security.

(a)

Perpetual security. The rate reflected was the rate in effect on January 31, 2018. The maturity date reflects the next call date.

(b)

Variable or floating rate security, linked to the referenced benchmark. The interest rate shown is the rate in effect as of January 31, 2018.

(c)

Represents less than 0.05% of net assets.

(d)

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A or section 4(2), of the Securities Act of 1933. Under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, such securities have been determined to be liquid by the investment adviser and may be resold, normally to qualified institutional buyers in transactions exempt from registration. Total market value of all such securities at January 31, 2018 amounts to $20,699,020, which represents approximately 0.96% of net assets of the Fund.

(e)

The rate shown was the current yield as of January 31, 2018.

(f)

Represents 7-day effective yield as of January 31, 2018.

 

Abbreviations

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

ICE

Intercontinental Exchange

LIBOR

London Interbank Offered Rate

USD

United States Dollar

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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As of January 31, 2018, the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments based on the aggregate cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 

Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

754,353,633

 

Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation

 

(53,318,985

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

701,034,648

 

Federal income tax cost

 

$

1,454,537,233

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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Industry Diversification for Portfolio Holdings

 

Percent of Net
Assets

 

Aerospace & Defense

 

1.3

%

Air Freight & Logistics

 

1.0

 

Banks

 

4.2

 

Capital Markets

 

1.9

 

Chemicals

 

2.1

 

Commercial Services & Supplies

 

0.8

 

Commodity

 

9.8

 

Consumer Finance

 

3.6

 

Diversified Consumer Services

 

0.4

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

1.2

 

Energy Equipment & Services

 

5.7

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

 

3.1

 

Gas Utilities

 

0.8

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

 

1.6

 

Health Care Providers & Services

 

1.3

 

Household Products

 

1.0

 

Industrial Conglomerates

 

1.8

 

Insurance

 

6.5

 

Internet Software & Services

 

1.2

 

IT Services

 

3.5

 

Leisure Products

 

0.3

 

Machinery

 

4.1

 

Media

 

5.5

 

Metals & Mining

 

3.1

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

4.3

 

Road & Rail

 

1.9

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

 

2.7

 

Software

 

8.4

 

Specialty Retail

 

0.9

 

Trading Companies & Distributors

 

0.1

 

Short-Term Investments

 

16.1

 

Total Investments

 

100.2

%

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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First Eagle Gold Fund
Consolidated Schedule of Investments
January 31, 2018 (unaudited)

 

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value ($)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMON STOCKS — 74.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Africa — 4.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Randgold Resources Ltd., ADR

 

545,974

 

55,230,730

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Australia — 6.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

 

4,233,004

 

77,326,337

 

OceanaGold Corp.

 

700,000

 

1,929,268

 

 

 

 

 

79,255,605

 

Canada — 38.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.

 

1,142,787

 

54,064,045

 

Alamos Gold, Inc., Class A

 

2,964,338

 

17,761,928

 

B2Gold Corp.*

 

7,700,300

 

23,288,712

 

Barrick Gold Corp.

 

2,949,275

 

42,410,574

 

Detour Gold Corp.*

 

3,833,849

 

40,956,728

 

Dundee Precious Metals, Inc.*

 

5,093,970

 

12,175,831

 

Eldorado Gold Corp.

 

7,718,257

 

9,977,259

 

Franco-Nevada Corp.

 

679,943

 

51,990,764

 

Goldcorp, Inc.

 

3,715,245

 

53,202,308

 

Guyana Goldfields, Inc.*

 

1,852,133

 

7,122,430

 

MAG Silver Corp.*

 

1,999,467

 

21,457,695

 

MAG Silver Corp.* (a)(b)

 

400,000

 

3,863,415

 

Mandalay Resources Corp.

 

12,678,371

 

2,834,595

 

New Gold, Inc.*

 

10,007,331

 

30,266,074

 

Novagold Resources, Inc.*

 

4,515,161

 

16,796,399

 

Orla Mining Ltd.*

 

2,310,100

 

3,080,133

 

Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd.

 

3,436,997

 

38,617,316

 

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.

 

1,901,271

 

41,048,441

 

 

 

 

 

470,914,647

 

Mexico — 8.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Fresnillo plc

 

3,473,953

 

66,292,693

 

Industrias Penoles SAB de CV

 

1,756,596

 

40,711,254

 

 

 

 

 

107,003,947

 

South Africa — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., ADR

 

1,840,964

 

20,766,074

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States — 14.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Newmont Mining Corp.

 

1,623,421

 

65,764,785

 

Royal Gold, Inc.

 

843,251

 

75,049,339

 

Tahoe Resources, Inc.

 

6,835,667

 

30,176,969

 

 

 

 

 

170,991,093

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $851,839,468)

 

 

 

904,162,096

 

 

 

 

Ounces

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMODITIES — 22.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold bullion*

 

164,482

 

221,358,263

 

Silver bullion*

 

3,149,994

 

54,616,493

 

TOTAL COMMODITIES
(Cost $175,067,252)

 

 

 

275,974,756

 

 

 

 

Number of
Warrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WARRANTS — 0.0%(c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada — 0.0%(c)

 

 

 

 

 

Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd., expiring 2/26/2019*
(Cost $81,620)

 

59,602

 

50,395

 

 

 

 

Principal
Amount ($)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL PAPER — 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Eni Finance USA, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.65%, 2/1/2018(d)

 

8,601,000

 

8,601,000

 

Entergy Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.65%, 2/1/2018(d)

 

6,863,000

 

6,862,646

 

Hitachi America Capital Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

1.65%, 2/1/2018(d)

 

15,323,000

 

15,322,293

 

Kroger Co. (The)

 

 

 

 

 

1.60%, 2/1/2018(d)

 

7,407,000

 

7,407,000

 

TOTAL COMMERCIAL PAPER
(Cost $38,194,000)

 

 

 

38,192,939

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANY — 0.0%(c)

 

 

 

 

 

JP Morgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Agency Shares 1.13% (e)
(Cost $36,680)

 

36,680

 

36,680

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $38,230,680)

 

 

 

38,229,619

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments — 100.1%
(Cost $1,065,219,020)

 

 

 

1,218,416,866

 

Liabilities Less Other Assets — (0.1)%

 

 

 

(1,222,557

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

1,217,194,309

 

 


*

Non-income producing security.

(a)

Security fair valued as of January 31, 2018 in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Total value of all such securities at January 31, 2018 amounted to $3,863,415, which represents approximately 0.32% of net assets of the Fund.

(b)

Represents a security that is subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale.

(c)

Represents less than 0.05% of net assets.

(d)

The rate shown was the current yield as of January 31, 2018.

(e)

Represents 7-day effective yield as of January 31, 2018.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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Abbreviations

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

 

As of January 31, 2018, the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments based on the aggregate cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 

Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

 388,044,575

 

Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation

 

(234,846,729

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

 153,197,846

 

Federal income tax cost

 

$

 1,065,219,020

 

 

Restricted Securities

 

Acquisition Date

 

Cost

 

Carrying Value
Per
Share/Principal

 

MAG Silver Corp

 

11/20/17

 

$

4,186,775

 

$

9.66

 

 

Industry Diversification for Portfolio Holdings

 

Percent of Net
Assets

 

Commodities

 

22.7

%

Metals & Mining

 

74.3

 

Short-Term Investments

 

3.1

 

Total Investments

 

100.1

%

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund
Schedule of Investments
January 31, 2018 (unaudited)

 

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value ($)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMON STOCKS — 54.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Austria — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Mayr Melnhof Karton AG

 

49,204

 

7,721,678

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belgium — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

 

148,632

 

17,509,449

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Cielo SA

 

885,074

 

7,467,291

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada — 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.

 

159,945

 

7,566,829

 

Franco-Nevada Corp.

 

49,135

 

3,757,030

 

Goldcorp, Inc.

 

644,005

 

9,222,152

 

Nutrien Ltd.*

 

286,195

 

14,979,446

 

Suncor Energy, Inc.

 

79,657

 

2,885,785

 

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.

 

190,683

 

4,116,846

 

 

 

 

 

42,528,088

 

Chile — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Cia Cervecerias Unidas SA, ADR

 

373,175

 

10,960,150

 

Quinenco SA

 

200,388

 

653,854

 

 

 

 

 

11,614,004

 

Denmark — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

ISS A/S

 

201,839

 

7,875,093

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

France — 5.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Bouygues SA

 

140,537

 

7,810,829

 

Carrefour SA

 

161,824

 

3,859,081

 

Cie de Saint-Gobain

 

168,390

 

9,780,892

 

Danone SA

 

225,059

 

19,370,033

 

Legrand SA

 

43,918

 

3,653,881

 

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

 

4,980

 

1,559,991

 

Neopost SA

 

3,739

 

111,338

 

Rexel SA

 

519,216

 

9,353,445

 

Sanofi

 

173,888

 

15,345,899

 

Sodexo SA

 

27,900

 

3,576,279

 

Thermador Groupe

 

18,996

 

3,030,606

 

TOTAL SA

 

36,678

 

2,126,588

 

 

 

 

 

79,578,862

 

Germany — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG

 

95,685

 

2,672,009

 

HeidelbergCement AG

 

145,035

 

15,744,430

 

Linde AG*

 

21,487

 

5,244,735

 

SMT Scharf AG*

 

53,550

 

972,623

 

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG

 

1,362,236

 

6,885,928

 

 

 

 

 

31,519,725

 

Hong Kong — 4.8%

 

 

 

 

 

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

 

277,800

 

2,643,435

 

Great Eagle Holdings Ltd.

 

1,749,774

 

9,182,083

 

Guoco Group Ltd.

 

67,700

 

964,405

 

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

 

4,629,534

 

12,202,477

 

Hopewell Holdings Ltd.

 

1,643,140

 

6,632,146

 

Hysan Development Co. Ltd.

 

1,193,083

 

6,664,970

 

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.

 

339,800

 

21,569,041

 

Mandarin Oriental International Ltd.

 

4,571,900

 

9,875,304

 

Swire Properties Ltd.

 

442,645

 

1,549,659

 

 

 

 

 

71,283,520

 

Ireland — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

CRH plc

 

77,242

 

2,869,168

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israel — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Israel Chemicals Ltd.

 

318,065

 

1,338,791

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japan — 4.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

 

370,200

 

4,868,578

 

FANUC Corp.

 

40,300

 

10,938,163

 

Hoya Corp.

 

145,800

 

7,488,728

 

KDDI Corp.

 

747,500

 

18,970,281

 

Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd.

 

137,600

 

2,646,703

 

NTT DOCOMO, Inc.

 

376,800

 

9,362,507

 

Secom Co. Ltd.

 

132,300

 

10,140,050

 

Sompo Holdings, Inc.

 

163,900

 

6,581,254

 

Weathernews, Inc.

 

16,000

 

496,695

 

 

 

 

 

71,492,959

 

Mexico — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Fresnillo plc

 

291,865

 

5,587,933

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Netherlands — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

HAL Trust

 

39,656

 

7,523,094

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Zealand — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

SKY Network Television Ltd.

 

1,633,505

 

3,503,091

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Norway — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Orkla ASA

 

993,802

 

10,341,701

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russia — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Gazprom PJSC, ADR

 

687,492

 

3,461,359

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Singapore — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

ComfortDelGro Corp. Ltd.

 

3,305,600

 

5,285,573

 

Frasers Commercial Trust, REIT

 

6,603,000

 

7,348,971

 

Overseas Education Ltd.

 

8,325,700

 

2,506,976

 

 

 

 

 

15,141,520

 

South Korea — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Kia Motors Corp.

 

174,377

 

5,654,001

 

KT&G Corp.

 

122,872

 

12,254,407

 

 

 

 

 

17,908,408

 

Sweden — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Investor AB, Class A

 

210,953

 

10,119,739

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Switzerland — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Cie Financiere Richemont SA (Registered)

 

13,550

 

1,299,663

 

Nestle SA (Registered)

 

340,076

 

29,376,434

 

 

 

 

 

30,676,097

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

25



 

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value ($)

 

Thailand — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Bangkok Bank PCL, NVDR

 

1,213,600

 

8,012,036

 

Thai Beverage PCL

 

1,762,000

 

1,235,737

 

 

 

 

 

9,247,773

 

United Kingdom — 5.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Berkeley Group Holdings plc

 

254,543

 

14,332,286

 

British American Tobacco plc

 

263,998

 

18,043,391

 

Diageo plc

 

238,505

 

8,584,362

 

Domino’s Pizza Group plc

 

172,986

 

829,439

 

GlaxoSmithKline plc

 

812,871

 

15,130,853

 

Hiscox Ltd.

 

475,905

 

9,558,330

 

Lloyds Banking Group plc

 

6,593,678

 

6,514,552

 

Victrex plc

 

55,225

 

2,003,677

 

 

 

 

 

74,996,890

 

United States — 18.5%

 

 

 

 

 

3M Co.

 

47,526

 

11,905,263

 

American Express Co.

 

40,067

 

3,982,660

 

Analog Devices, Inc.

 

29,648

 

2,724,058

 

Anthem, Inc.

 

48,573

 

12,038,818

 

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

 

23,240

 

2,873,161

 

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

 

63,500

 

3,600,450

 

BB&T Corp.

 

243,499

 

13,438,710

 

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

 

100,369

 

9,179,749

 

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

 

43,369

 

3,335,076

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

 

67,186

 

4,987,889

 

ConocoPhillips

 

172,243

 

10,129,611

 

Deere & Co.

 

77,044

 

12,821,663

 

Exxon Mobil Corp.

 

184,967

 

16,147,619

 

Flowserve Corp.

 

111,960

 

5,074,027

 

H&R Block, Inc.

 

100,083

 

2,656,203

 

Microsoft Corp.

 

322,000

 

30,593,220

 

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

 

181,871

 

6,671,028

 

Omnicom Group, Inc.

 

175,959

 

13,487,257

 

Oracle Corp.

 

255,663

 

13,189,654

 

Praxair, Inc.

 

27,686

 

4,471,012

 

Royal Gold, Inc.

 

38,328

 

3,411,192

 

San Juan Basin Royalty Trust

 

356,080

 

3,486,023

 

Schlumberger Ltd.

 

228,518

 

16,814,354

 

Synchrony Financial

 

119,394

 

4,737,554

 

Texas Instruments, Inc.

 

53,785

 

5,898,601

 

Tiffany & Co.

 

60,610

 

6,464,057

 

UGI Corp.

 

127,584

 

5,839,520

 

Union Pacific Corp.

 

72,028

 

9,615,738

 

US Bancorp

 

29,088

 

1,662,088

 

Weyerhaeuser Co., REIT

 

604,889

 

22,707,533

 

Willis Towers Watson plc

 

17,879

 

2,869,043

 

Xilinx, Inc.

 

144,989

 

10,587,097

 

 

 

 

 

277,399,928

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $651,222,082)

 

 

 

818,706,161

 

 

 

 

Principal
Amount ($)

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS — 28.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Australia — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Ausdrill Finance Pty. Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

6.88%, 11/1/2019‡(a)

 

2,795,000

 

2,822,950

 

Nufarm Australia Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

6.38%, 10/15/2019‡(a)

 

8,933,000

 

9,066,995

 

 

 

 

 

11,889,945

 

Canada — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Methanex Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

3.25%, 12/15/2019

 

7,800,000

 

7,788,614

 

New Gold, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

6.25%, 11/15/2022(a)

 

2,476,000

 

2,537,900

 

Open Text Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

5.63%, 1/15/2023(a)

 

7,627,000

 

7,946,190

 

 

 

 

 

18,272,704

 

France — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Electricite de France SA

 

 

 

 

 

2.15%, 1/22/2019(a)

 

514,000

 

513,024

 

SFR Group SA

 

 

 

 

 

6.00%, 5/15/2022(a)

 

10,468,000

 

10,216,245

 

 

 

 

 

10,729,269

 

Germany — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Fresenius Medical Care US Finance II, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.63%, 7/31/2019(a)

 

9,929,000

 

10,331,125

 

Fresenius Medical Care US Finance, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.75%, 2/15/2021(a)

 

2,494,000

 

2,674,067

 

IHO Verwaltungs GmbH

 

 

 

 

 

4.12%, 9/15/2021(a)(b)

 

1,950,000

 

1,974,375

 

4.50%, 9/15/2023(a)(b)

 

3,455,216

 

3,515,682

 

 

 

 

 

18,495,249

 

Netherlands — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

NXP BV

 

 

 

 

 

3.75%, 6/1/2018(a)

 

8,500,000

 

8,534,000

 

4.63%, 6/1/2023(a)

 

4,847,000

 

5,054,452

 

 

 

 

 

13,588,452

 

United Kingdom — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Inmarsat Finance plc

 

 

 

 

 

4.88%, 5/15/2022(a)

 

1,645,000

 

1,632,662

 

6.50%, 10/1/2024(a)

 

3,780,000

 

3,836,700

 

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc

 

 

 

 

 

4.13%, 12/15/2018(a)

 

4,480,000

 

4,513,824

 

5.63%, 2/1/2023(a)

 

2,457,000

 

2,516,902

 

Lloyds Banking Group plc

 

 

 

 

 

3.00%, 1/11/2022

 

1,250,000

 

1,241,892

 

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 0.81%), 2.91%, 11/7/2023(c)

 

2,090,000

 

2,039,007

 

 

 

 

 

15,780,987

 

United States — 22.3%

 

 

 

 

 

AbbVie, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

2.00%, 11/6/2018

 

12,623,000

 

12,611,956

 

ACCO Brands Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

5.25%, 12/15/2024(a)

 

9,392,000

 

9,591,580

 

Aircastle Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

4.63%, 12/15/2018

 

891,000

 

903,251

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Investments

 

Principal
Amount ($)

 

Value ($)

 

6.25%, 12/1/2019

 

4,859,000

 

5,095,876

 

7.63%, 4/15/2020

 

2,525,000

 

2,739,625

 

5.50%, 2/15/2022

 

4,919,000

 

5,222,306

 

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

6.25%, 3/15/2021

 

2,281,000

 

2,326,620

 

6.63%, 10/15/2022

 

2,892,000

 

2,996,835

 

American Express Co.

 

 

 

 

 

1.55%, 5/22/2018

 

3,618,000

 

3,612,942

 

American Express Credit Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.70%, 10/30/2019

 

4,038,000

 

3,986,394

 

Andeavor

 

 

 

 

 

4.75%, 12/15/2023

 

3,219,000

 

3,433,797

 

5.13%, 12/15/2026

 

1,609,000

 

1,748,605

 

Andeavor Logistics LP

 

 

 

 

 

3.50%, 12/1/2022

 

111,000

 

110,960

 

Aramark Services, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.13%, 1/15/2024

 

5,970,000

 

6,178,950

 

5.00%, 4/1/2025(a)

 

1,343,000

 

1,384,969

 

4.75%, 6/1/2026

 

1,076,000

 

1,082,725

 

5.00%, 2/1/2028(a)

 

194,000

 

197,880

 

AT&T, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 2/1/2018

 

10,687,000

 

10,687,000

 

Berry Global, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 5/15/2022

 

1,145,000

 

1,182,316

 

BI-LO LLC

 

 

 

 

 

9.25%, 2/15/2019(a)

 

10,918,000

 

10,767,877

 

Block Financial LLC

 

 

 

 

 

4.13%, 10/1/2020

 

2,474,000

 

2,530,232

 

Centene Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

4.75%, 1/15/2025

 

2,941,000

 

2,988,791

 

Charter Communications Operating LLC

 

 

 

 

 

4.46%, 7/23/2022

 

2,306,000

 

2,385,283

 

4.91%, 7/23/2025

 

3,845,000

 

4,020,105

 

CITGO Petroleum Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

6.25%, 8/15/2022(a)

 

13,847,000

 

13,907,581

 

Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC

 

 

 

 

 

12.00%, 11/1/2021

 

7,707,000

 

8,478,471

 

CNH Industrial Capital LLC

 

 

 

 

 

3.88%, 10/15/2021

 

3,225,000

 

3,292,080

 

DCP Midstream Operating LP

 

 

 

 

 

5.35%, 3/15/2020(a)

 

8,902,000

 

9,258,080

 

4.75%, 9/30/2021(a)

 

2,859,000

 

2,974,218

 

6.45%, 11/3/2036(a)

 

1,545,000

 

1,703,362

 

Dell International LLC

 

 

 

 

 

3.48%, 6/1/2019(a)

 

1,610,000

 

1,624,232

 

4.42%, 6/15/2021(a)

 

4,220,000

 

4,376,134

 

6.02%, 6/15/2026(a)

 

3,103,000

 

3,393,440

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

7.88%, 8/15/2025

 

1,619,000

 

1,716,140

 

Dollar Tree, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.75%, 3/1/2023

 

10,945,000

 

11,437,525

 

EW Scripps Co. (The)

 

 

 

 

 

5.13%, 5/15/2025(a)

 

3,493,000

 

3,449,338

 

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

2.38%, 3/15/2018

 

11,957,000

 

11,953,413

 

GameStop Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 10/1/2019(a)

 

13,340,000

 

13,540,100

 

GLP Capital LP

 

 

 

 

 

4.38%, 11/1/2018

 

74,000

 

74,185

 

Harland Clarke Holdings Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

6.88%, 3/1/2020(a)

 

2,746,000

 

2,794,055

 

HCA, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

3.75%, 3/15/2019

 

1,938,000

 

1,959,861

 

6.50%, 2/15/2020

 

2,154,000

 

2,296,702

 

Hologic, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

4.38%, 10/15/2025(a)

 

406,000

 

406,000

 

John Deere Capital Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.75%, 8/10/2018

 

8,067,000

 

8,059,960

 

KFC Holding Co.

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 6/1/2024(a)

 

600,000

 

607,500

 

KLX, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.88%, 12/1/2022(a)

 

3,408,000

 

3,548,580

 

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

4.63%, 11/1/2024(a)

 

4,015,000

 

4,075,225

 

4.88%, 11/1/2026(a)

 

803,000

 

819,060

 

Lennar Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

4.13%, 12/1/2018

 

1,815,000

 

1,833,150

 

LifePoint Health, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.88%, 12/1/2023

 

1,890,000

 

1,892,362

 

Lockheed Martin Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.85%, 11/23/2018

 

12,000,000

 

11,969,685

 

Meredith Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

6.88%, 2/1/2026(a)

 

475,000

 

486,281

 

NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.97%, 4/15/2019(a)

 

2,500,000

 

2,489,578

 

Philip Morris International, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.65%, 5/16/2018

 

14,094,000

 

14,251,569

 

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

5.75%, 3/15/2025(a)

 

1,033,000

 

1,043,330

 

5.88%, 9/30/2027(a)

 

1,836,000

 

1,840,590

 

Plantronics, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 5/31/2023(a)

 

8,542,000

 

8,840,970

 

Post Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 3/1/2025(a)

 

1,076,000

 

1,108,280

 

Quintiles IMS, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

4.88%, 5/15/2023(a)

 

6,321,000

 

6,542,235

 

Spectrum Brands, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.75%, 7/15/2025

 

1,520,000

 

1,599,800

 

Sprint Capital Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

6.90%, 5/1/2019

 

3,774,000

 

3,934,395

 

Symantec Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

3.95%, 6/15/2022

 

2,040,000

 

2,055,343

 

Synchrony Financial

 

 

 

 

 

2.60%, 1/15/2019

 

3,617,000

 

3,624,849

 

Targa Resources Partners LP

 

 

 

 

 

4.13%, 11/15/2019

 

4,787,000

 

4,798,967

 

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.88%, 4/15/2023(a)

 

2,616,000

 

2,792,580

 

Teleflex, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.25%, 6/15/2024

 

1,428,000

 

1,477,980

 

4.63%, 11/15/2027

 

824,000

 

820,910

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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Investments

 

Principal
Amount ($)

 

Value ($)

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.95%, 10/15/2020

 

2,092,000

 

2,059,327

 

USG Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

4.88%, 6/1/2027(a)

 

850,000

 

871,250

 

Valvoline, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

4.38%, 8/15/2025

 

979,000

 

975,329

 

Veritas US, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

7.50%, 2/1/2023(a)

 

1,710,000

 

1,774,125

 

Vista Outdoor, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.88%, 10/1/2023

 

562,000

 

543,735

 

Vulcan Materials Co.

 

 

 

 

 

4.50%, 4/1/2025

 

10,940,000

 

11,496,027

 

Wachovia Capital Trust III

 

 

 

 

 

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 0.93%, 5.57% Floor), 5.57%, 3/5/2018(c)(d)

 

6,773,000

 

6,805,172

 

WESCO Distribution, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.38%, 12/15/2021

 

4,695,000

 

4,824,112

 

5.38%, 6/15/2024

 

2,693,000

 

2,773,790

 

Western Digital Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

7.38%, 4/1/2023(a)

 

6,868,000

 

7,477,535

 

10.50%, 4/1/2024

 

4,356,000

 

5,092,164

 

4.75%, 2/15/2026(e)

 

1,852,000

 

1,875,150

 

 

 

 

 

333,502,687

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(COST $412,275,757)

 

 

 

422,259,293

 

 

 

 

Ounces

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMODITY — 3.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold bullion* (Cost $50,870,820)

 

40,872

 

55,005,621

 

 

 

 

Principal
Amount ($)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

 

 

 

 

1.63%, 6/30/2019

 

9,640,000

 

9,582,763

 

1.63%, 6/30/2020

 

9,650,000

 

9,514,297

 

1.13%, 6/30/2021

 

9,770,000

 

9,371,567

 

2.13%, 6/30/2022

 

9,588,000

 

9,443,805

 

TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $38,639,886)

 

 

 

37,912,432

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOAN ASSIGNMENTS — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Caelus Energy Alaska 03 LLC, Second Lien Term Loan

 

 

 

 

 

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 7.50%), 9.10%, 4/15/2020‡(c)

 

6,778,000

 

5,964,640

 

OSG Bulk Ships, Inc., First Lien Term Loan B

 

 

 

 

 

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.25%), 5.65%, 8/5/2019‡(c)

 

6,112,305

 

5,913,655

 

Osum Productions Corp., Term Loan

 

 

 

 

 

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 5.50%), 7.19%, 7/31/2020‡(c)

 

5,972,086

 

5,046,412

 

Zebra Technologies Corp., Term Loan B

 

 

 

 

 

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 2.00%), 3.75%, 10/27/2021(c)

 

10,326,457

 

10,389,346

 

TOTAL LOAN ASSIGNMENTS
(COST $29,051,241)

 

 

 

27,314,053

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexico — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Mexican Bonos

 

 

 

 

 

4.75%, 6/14/2018

MXN

 

129,730,000

 

6,891,912

 

6.50%, 6/10/2021

MXN

 

103,280,000

 

5,381,819

 

 

 

 

 

12,273,731

 

Poland — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Poland Government Bond

 

 

 

 

 

3.25%, 7/25/2019

PLN

 

7,185,000

 

2,200,087

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Singapore — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Singapore Government Bond

 

 

 

 

 

3.25%, 9/1/2020

SGD

 

1,568,000

 

1,243,116

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
(Cost $17,223,717)

 

 

 

15,716,934

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CLOSED END FUNDS — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Kingdom — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Caledonia Investments plc (Cost $6,917,625)

 

196,518

 

7,812,730

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

General American Investors Co., Inc., Series B 5.95%(d)

 

4,712

 

123,407

 

MetLife, Inc., Series A(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 1.00%, 4.00% Floor), 4.00%(c)(d)

 

67,936

 

1,633,861

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(COST $1,760,123)

 

 

 

1,757,268

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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Investments

 

Principal
Amount ($)

 

Value ($)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 7.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL PAPER — 5.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Eni Finance USA, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.65%, 2/1/2018(f)

 

16,676,000

 

16,676,000

 

Entergy Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.65%, 2/1/2018(f)

 

13,306,000

 

13,305,313

 

Hitachi America Capital Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

1.65%, 2/1/2018(f)

 

29,709,000

 

29,707,629

 

Kroger Co. (The)

 

 

 

 

 

1.60%, 2/1/2018(f)

 

14,359,000

 

14,359,000

 

TOTAL COMMERCIAL PAPER
(Cost $74,050,000)

 

 

 

74,047,942

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bills

 

 

 

 

 

1.09%, 2/15/2018(f)(g)

 

15,000,000

 

14,993,016

 

1.35%, 3/22/2018(f)

 

15,000,000

 

14,972,927

 

TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $29,966,080)

 

 

 

29,965,943

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 0.0%(h)

 

 

 

 

 

JP Morgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Agency Shares, 1.13%(i) (Cost $4,880)

 

4,880

 

4,880

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $104,020,960)

 

 

 

104,018,765

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments — 99.5%
(Cost $1,311,982,211)

 

 

 

1,490,503,257

 

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.5%

 

 

 

5,328,175

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

1,495,831,432

 

 


*

Non-income producing security.

Value determined using significant unobservable inputs.

(a)

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A or section 4(2), of the Securities Act of 1933. Under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, such securities have been determined to be liquid by the investment adviser and may be resold, normally to qualified institutional buyers in transactions exempt from registration. Total market value of all such securities at January 31, 2018 amounts to $201,373,058, which represents approximately 13.46% of net assets of the Fund.

(b)

Payment in-kind security.

(c)

Variable or floating rate security, linked to the referenced benchmark. The interest rate shown is the rate in effect as of January 31, 2018.

(d)

Perpetual security. The rate reflected was the rate in effect on January 31, 2018. The maturity date reflects the next call date.

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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(e)

When issued security. Total market value of all such securities amounts to $1,875,150, which represents approximately 0.13% of net assets of the fund.

(f)

The rate shown was the current yield as of January 31, 2018.

(g)

All or a portion of this security is pledged with the custodian for current or potential holdings of forward foreign currency exchange contracts.

(h)

Represents less than 0.05% of net assets.

(i)

Represents 7-day effective yield as of January 31, 2018.

 

As of January 31, 2018, the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments based on the aggregate cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 

Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

 213,165,588

 

Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation

 

(37,069,685

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

 176,095,903

 

Federal income tax cost of investments

 

$

 1,311,982,211

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts outstanding as of January 31, 2018:

 

Currency Purchased

 

Currency Sold

 

Counterparty

 

Settlement
Date

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

USD

 

3,235,998

 

JPY

 

349,415,000

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank

 

2/14/2018

 

$

33,359

 

Total unrealized appreciation

 

 

 

 

 

33,359

 

USD

 

7,909,131

 

EUR

 

6,715,000

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank

 

2/14/2018

 

(433,964

)

USD

 

2,375,681

 

GBP

 

1,805,000

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank

 

2/14/2018

 

(188,250

)

USD

 

4,250,320

 

EUR

 

3,560,000

 

UBS AG

 

3/14/2018

 

(180,741

)

USD

 

2,402,699

 

GBP

 

1,789,000

 

UBS AG

 

3/14/2018

 

(141,167

)

USD

 

2,462,320

 

JPY

 

274,678,000

 

UBS AG

 

3/14/2018

 

(59,144

)

USD

 

6,958,655

 

EUR

 

5,921,000

 

HSBC Bank plc

 

4/18/2018

 

(429,390

)

USD

 

4,237,719

 

GBP

 

3,125,000

 

HSBC Bank plc

 

4/18/2018

 

(212,383

)

USD

 

2,068,074

 

JPY

 

232,893,000

 

HSBC Bank plc

 

4/18/2018

 

(74,638

)

USD

 

7,528,435

 

EUR

 

6,314,000

 

Bank of New York Mellon

 

5/16/2018

 

(365,204

)

USD

 

1,486,981

 

GBP

 

1,061,000

 

Bank of New York Mellon

 

5/16/2018

 

(25,581

)

USD

 

3,360,668

 

JPY

 

369,227,000

 

Bank of New York Mellon

 

5/16/2018

 

(42,549

)

USD

 

8,297,980

 

EUR

 

6,840,000

 

Goldman Sachs

 

6/13/2018

 

(270,937

)

USD

 

3,453,506

 

JPY

 

377,720,000

 

Goldman Sachs

 

6/13/2018

 

(34,554

)

Total unrealized depreciation

 

 

 

 

 

(2,458,502

)

Net unrealized depreciation

 

 

 

 

 

$

(2,425,143

)

 

Abbreviations

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

EUR

Euro

GBP

British Pound

ICE

Intercontinental Exchange

JPY

Japanese Yen

LIBOR

London Interbank Offered Rate

MXN

Mexican Peso

NVDR

Non-Voting Depositary Receipt

PJSC

Public Joint Stock Company

PLN

Polish Zloty

REIT

Real Estate Investment Trust

SGD

Singapore Dollar

USD

United States Dollar

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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Industry Diversification for Portfolio Holdings

 

Percent of
Net Assets

 

Aerospace & Defense

 

1.0

%

Air Freight & Logistics

 

0.6

 

Auto Components

 

0.7

 

Automobiles

 

0.9

 

Banks

 

2.6

 

Beverages

 

1.4

 

Biotechnology

 

0.9

 

Building Products

 

0.8

 

Capital Markets

 

0.3

 

Chemicals

 

3.0

 

Closed End Funds

 

0.5

 

Commercial Services & Supplies

 

2.6

 

Commodity

 

3.7

 

Communications Equipment

 

0.6

 

Construction & Engineering

 

0.5

 

Construction Materials

 

2.0

 

Consumer Finance

 

1.9

 

Containers & Packaging

 

0.6

 

Diversified Consumer Services

 

0.4

 

Diversified Financial Services

 

2.6

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

2.2

 

Electric Utilities

 

0.0

*

Electrical Equipment

 

0.3

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

 

0.7

 

Energy Equipment & Services

 

1.7

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

 

2.0

 

Food & Staples Retailing

 

1.0

 

Food Products

 

4.6

 

Foreign Government Securities

 

1.0

 

Gas Utilities

 

0.4

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

 

0.7

 

Health Care Providers & Services

 

2.4

 

Health Care Technology

 

0.4

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

1.0

 

Household Durables

 

1.3

 

Household Products

 

0.4

 

Industrial Conglomerates

 

2.7

 

Insurance

 

1.6

 

IT Services

 

0.7

 

Leisure Products

 

0.0

*

Machinery

 

2.2

 

Marine

 

0.4

 

Media

 

1.9

 

Metals & Mining

 

3.4

 

Multiline Retail

 

0.8

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

6.3

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

2.3

 

Professional Services

 

0.0

*

Real Estate Management & Development

 

2.4

 

Road & Rail

 

0.9

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

 

2.2

 

Software

 

3.7

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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Industry Diversification for Portfolio Holdings (continued)

 

Percent of
Net Assets

 

Specialty Retail

 

1.3

%

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

 

1.6

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

 

0.2

 

Tobacco

 

3.0

 

Trading Companies & Distributors

 

2.2

 

Transportation Infrastructure

 

0.2

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations

 

2.5

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

2.3

 

Short-Term Investments

 

7.0

 

Total Investments

 

99.5

%

 


* Less than 0.05%

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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First Eagle High Yield Fund
Schedule of Investments
January 31, 2018 (unaudited)

 

Investments

 

Principal
Amount ($)

 

Value ($)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS — 78.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Australia — 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Ausdrill Finance Pty. Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

6.88%, 11/1/2019‡(a)

 

4,114,000

 

4,155,140

 

Nufarm Australia Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

6.38%, 10/15/2019‡(a)

 

8,149,000

 

8,271,235

 

 

 

 

 

12,426,375

 

Brazil — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

JBS USA LUX SA

 

 

 

 

 

8.25%, 2/1/2020(a)

 

3,794,000

 

3,809,859

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada — 5.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Clearwater Seafoods, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

6.88%, 5/1/2025(a)

 

1,876,000

 

1,913,520

 

Jupiter Resources, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

8.50%, 10/1/2022(a)

 

8,240,000

 

5,026,400

 

Kinross Gold Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

4.50%, 7/15/2027(a)

 

1,868,000

 

1,886,680

 

Mercer International, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 1/15/2026(a)

 

924,000

 

935,550

 

New Gold, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

6.25%, 11/15/2022(a)

 

5,338,000

 

5,471,450

 

Open Text Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

5.63%, 1/15/2023(a)

 

6,500,000

 

6,772,025

 

Precision Drilling Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

7.75%, 12/15/2023

 

2,068,000

 

2,217,930

 

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.38%, 1/15/2025(a)

 

942,000

 

967,905

 

 

 

 

 

25,191,460

 

France — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

SFR Group SA

 

 

 

 

 

6.00%, 5/15/2022(a)

 

5,769,000

 

5,630,256

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Germany — 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Fresenius Medical Care US Finance II, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

6.50%, 9/15/2018(a)

 

4,778,000

 

4,896,482

 

5.63%, 7/31/2019(a)

 

3,790,000

 

3,943,495

 

IHO Verwaltungs GmbH

 

 

 

 

 

4.12%, 9/15/2021(a)(b)

 

800,000

 

810,000

 

4.50%, 9/15/2023(a)(b)

 

1,609,174

 

1,637,335

 

 

 

 

 

11,287,312

 

Netherlands — 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

NXP BV

 

 

 

 

 

3.75%, 6/1/2018(a)

 

4,668,000

 

4,686,672

 

4.63%, 6/1/2023(a)

 

4,513,000

 

4,706,156

 

 

 

 

 

9,392,828

 

South Korea — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

6.63%, 7/15/2021

 

2,202,000

 

2,136,491

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Kingdom — 4.2%

 

 

 

 

 

CNH Industrial NV

 

 

 

 

 

4.50%, 8/15/2023

 

1,880,000

 

1,957,550

 

EnQuest plc

 

 

 

 

 

7.00%, 4/15/2022(b)(c)

 

6,665,659

 

5,832,452

 

Inmarsat Finance plc

 

 

 

 

 

4.88%, 5/15/2022(a)

 

3,593,000

 

3,566,053

 

6.50%, 10/1/2024(a)

 

948,000

 

962,220

 

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc

 

 

 

 

 

5.63%, 2/1/2023(a)

 

790,000

 

809,260

 

Virgin Media Secured Finance plc

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 1/15/2025(a)

 

4,685,000

 

4,777,294

 

 

 

 

 

17,904,829

 

United States — 58.3%

 

 

 

 

 

ACCO Brands Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

5.25%, 12/15/2024(a)

 

4,362,000

 

4,454,692

 

AECOM

 

 

 

 

 

5.13%, 3/15/2027

 

188,000

 

188,235

 

Aircastle Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

4.63%, 12/15/2018

 

6,732,000

 

6,824,565

 

7.63%, 4/15/2020

 

4,515,000

 

4,898,775

 

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

6.25%, 3/15/2021

 

2,909,000

 

2,967,180

 

6.63%, 10/15/2022

 

3,278,000

 

3,396,827

 

AMN Healthcare, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.13%, 10/1/2024(a)

 

6,161,000

 

6,286,068

 

Andeavor

 

 

 

 

 

4.75%, 12/15/2023

 

1,494,000

 

1,593,692

 

5.13%, 12/15/2026

 

747,000

 

811,813

 

Antero Resources Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

5.38%, 11/1/2021

 

2,259,000

 

2,312,651

 

5.63%, 6/1/2023

 

4,082,000

 

4,224,870

 

5.00%, 3/1/2025

 

942,000

 

960,840

 

Aramark Services, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.13%, 1/15/2024

 

3,003,000

 

3,108,105

 

5.00%, 4/1/2025(a)

 

584,000

 

602,250

 

4.75%, 6/1/2026

 

1,556,000

 

1,565,725

 

5.00%, 2/1/2028(a)

 

57,000

 

58,140

 

B&G Foods, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.25%, 4/1/2025

 

4,669,000

 

4,674,836

 

Berry Global, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 5/15/2022

 

332,000

 

342,820

 

BI-LO LLC

 

 

 

 

 

8.63%, 9/15/2018(a)(b)

 

17,604,250

 

7,305,764

 

9.25%, 2/15/2019(a)

 

7,388,000

 

7,286,415

 

California Resources Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

8.00%, 12/15/2022(a)

 

4,684,000

 

3,934,560

 

Centene Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

5.63%, 2/15/2021

 

2,258,000

 

2,321,518

 

4.75%, 5/15/2022

 

3,271,000

 

3,401,840

 

CenturyLink, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

Series S, 6.45%, 6/15/2021

 

3,984,000

 

4,048,501

 

Series W, 6.75%, 12/1/2023

 

2,968,000

 

2,887,270

 

Charter Communications Operating LLC

 

 

 

 

 

4.91%, 7/23/2025

 

465,000

 

486,176

 

Chemours Co. (The)

 

 

 

 

 

6.63%, 5/15/2023

 

2,848,000

 

3,001,080

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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Investments

 

Principal
Amount ($)

 

Value ($)

 

CITGO Petroleum Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

6.25%, 8/15/2022(a)

 

6,799,000

 

6,828,746

 

Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC

 

 

 

 

 

12.00%, 11/1/2021

 

7,629,000

 

8,392,663

 

CNH Industrial Capital LLC

 

 

 

 

 

3.88%, 10/15/2021

 

1,559,000

 

1,591,427

 

Cornerstone Chemical Co.

 

 

 

 

 

6.75%, 8/15/2024(a)

 

1,400,000

 

1,403,500

 

Crown Americas LLC

 

 

 

 

 

4.50%, 1/15/2023

 

3,692,000

 

3,775,070

 

4.75%, 2/1/2026(a)

 

1,844,000

 

1,853,220

 

DCP Midstream Operating LP

 

 

 

 

 

4.75%, 9/30/2021(a)

 

6,386,000

 

6,643,356

 

Dell International LLC

 

 

 

 

 

3.48%, 6/1/2019(a)

 

835,000

 

842,381

 

4.42%, 6/15/2021(a)

 

3,670,000

 

3,805,785

 

7.13%, 6/15/2024(a)

 

4,740,000

 

5,181,413

 

6.02%, 6/15/2026(a)

 

2,787,000

 

3,047,862

 

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

7.88%, 8/15/2025

 

982,000

 

1,040,920

 

Dollar Tree, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.75%, 3/1/2023

 

4,533,000

 

4,736,985

 

EW Scripps Co. (The)

 

 

 

 

 

5.13%, 5/15/2025(a)

 

1,489,000

 

1,470,388

 

FirstCash, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.38%, 6/1/2024(a)

 

937,000

 

981,507

 

Frontier Communications Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

7.13%, 3/15/2019

 

2,894,000

 

2,919,323

 

8.50%, 4/15/2020

 

2,137,000

 

2,086,246

 

GameStop Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 10/1/2019(a)

 

7,251,000

 

7,359,765

 

6.75%, 3/15/2021(a)

 

200,000

 

207,250

 

Genesis Energy LP

 

 

 

 

 

6.00%, 5/15/2023

 

3,244,000

 

3,288,605

 

6.50%, 10/1/2025

 

1,421,000

 

1,445,867

 

Harland Clarke Holdings Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

6.88%, 3/1/2020(a)

 

4,364,000

 

4,440,370

 

HCA, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

3.75%, 3/15/2019

 

8,500,000

 

8,595,880

 

KFC Holding Co.

 

 

 

 

 

5.00%, 6/1/2024(a)

 

3,845,000

 

3,893,062

 

5.25%, 6/1/2026(a)

 

600,000

 

612,000

 

KLX, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.88%, 12/1/2022(a)

 

2,310,000

 

2,405,287

 

Koppers, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

6.00%, 2/15/2025(a)

 

471,000

 

496,905

 

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

4.63%, 11/1/2024(a)

 

1,939,000

 

1,968,085

 

4.88%, 11/1/2026(a)

 

388,000

 

395,760

 

Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. (The)

 

 

 

 

 

7.00%, 7/1/2022

 

2,871,000

 

2,849,467

 

Meredith Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

6.88%, 2/1/2026(a)

 

138,000

 

141,277

 

MGIC Investment Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

5.75%, 8/15/2023

 

470,000

 

505,250

 

NGL Energy Partners LP

 

 

 

 

 

7.50%, 11/1/2023

 

4,736,000

 

4,937,280

 

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

5.75%, 3/15/2025(a)

 

358,000

 

361,580

 

5.88%, 9/30/2027(a)

 

638,000

 

639,595

 

Plantronics, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 5/31/2023(a)

 

3,674,000

 

3,802,590

 

Post Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 3/1/2025(a)

 

430,000

 

442,900

 

Quintiles IMS, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

4.88%, 5/15/2023(a)

 

2,467,000

 

2,553,345

 

5.00%, 10/15/2026(a)

 

800,000

 

815,000

 

Radian Group, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

4.50%, 10/1/2024

 

233,000

 

233,000

 

Shea Homes LP

 

 

 

 

 

5.88%, 4/1/2023(a)

 

5,130,000

 

5,283,900

 

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 2/1/2022

 

4,720,000

 

4,814,400

 

Spectrum Brands, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.75%, 7/15/2025

 

2,968,000

 

3,123,820

 

Sprint Capital Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

6.90%, 5/1/2019

 

6,349,000

 

6,618,833

 

Sprint Communications, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

7.00%, 8/15/2020

 

2,000,000

 

2,110,844

 

Symantec Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

3.95%, 6/15/2022

 

918,000

 

924,905

 

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.88%, 4/15/2023(a)

 

3,228,000

 

3,445,890

 

Teleflex, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.25%, 6/15/2024

 

472,000

 

488,520

 

4.63%, 11/15/2027

 

264,000

 

263,010

 

Tennant Co.

 

 

 

 

 

5.63%, 5/1/2025(a)

 

235,000

 

244,694

 

Ultra Resources, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

7.13%, 4/15/2025(a)

 

5,868,000

 

5,853,330

 

USG Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

4.88%, 6/1/2027(a)

 

360,000

 

369,000

 

Valvoline, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.50%, 7/15/2024

 

233,000

 

245,232

 

4.38%, 8/15/2025

 

362,000

 

360,643

 

Veritas US, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

7.50%, 2/1/2023(a)

 

1,275,000

 

1,322,813

 

Vista Outdoor, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.88%, 10/1/2023

 

293,000

 

283,478

 

Wachovia Capital Trust III

 

 

 

 

 

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 0.93%, 5.57% Floor), 5.57%, 3/5/2018(d)(e)

 

2,073,000

 

2,082,847

 

Weight Watchers International, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

8.63%, 12/1/2025(a)

 

2,774,000

 

2,968,180

 

WESCO Distribution, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5.38%, 12/15/2021

 

4,523,000

 

4,647,383

 

5.38%, 6/15/2024

 

1,377,000

 

1,418,310

 

Western Digital Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

7.38%, 4/1/2023(a)

 

3,386,000

 

3,686,508

 

10.50%, 4/1/2024

 

5,142,000

 

6,010,998

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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Investments

 

Principal
Amount ($)

 

Value ($)

 

4.75%, 2/15/2026(f)

 

531,000

 

537,637

 

 

 

 

 

250,041,295

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(COST $338,302,376)

 

 

 

337,820,705

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOAN ASSIGNMENTS — 7.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States — 7.6%

 

 

 

 

 

BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc., Second Lien Term Loan

 

 

 

 

 

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 7.50%), 8.95%, 2/3/2025(e)

 

3,764,000

 

3,772,017

 

Cactus Wellhead LLC, Tranche B Term Loan

 

 

 

 

 

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 6.00%), 7.69%, 7/31/2020‡(e)

 

5,906,997

 

5,926,668

 

Caelus Energy Alaska O3 LLC, Second Lien Term Loan

 

 

 

 

 

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 7.50%), 9.10%, 4/15/2020‡(e)

 

10,782,000

 

9,488,160

 

Columbus Mckinnon Corp., Term Loan

 

 

 

 

 

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.00%), 4.69%, 1/31/2024‡(e)

 

413,276

 

417,409

 

OSG Bulk Ships, Inc., First Lien Term Loan B

 

 

 

 

 

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.25%), 5.65%, 8/5/2019‡(e)

 

3,964,579

 

3,835,730

 

Osum Productions Corp., Term Loan

 

 

 

 

 

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 5.50%), 7.19%, 7/31/2020‡(e)

 

6,196,682

 

5,236,196

 

Zebra Technologies Corp., Term Loan B

 

 

 

 

 

(ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 2.00%), 3.75%, 10/27/2021(e)

 

3,876,682

 

3,900,291

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL LOAN ASSIGNMENTS
(COST $33,775,721)

 

 

 

32,576,471

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexico — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Mexican Bonos

 

 

 

 

 

4.75%, 6/14/2018 (Cost $2,882,587)

MXN

 

57,560,000

 

3,057,877

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments — 11.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL PAPER — 11.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Eni Finance USA, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1.65%, 2/1/2018(g)

 

11,421,000

 

11,421,000

 

Entergy Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

1.65%, 2/1/2018(g)

 

9,113,000

 

9,112,530

 

Hitachi America Capital Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

1.65%, 2/1/2018(g)

 

20,347,000

 

20,346,060

 

Kroger Co. (The)

 

 

 

 

 

1.60%, 2/1/2018(g)

 

9,834,000

 

9,834,000

 

TOTAL COMMERCIAL PAPER
(Cost $50,715,000)

 

 

 

50,713,590

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments — 98.9%
(Cost $425,675,684)

 

 

 

424,168,643

 

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 1.1%

 

 

 

4,796,584

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

428,965,227

 

 


Value determined using significant unobservable inputs.

(a)

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A or section 4(2), of the Securities Act of 1933. Under procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, such securities have been determined to be liquid by the investment adviser and may be resold, normally to qualified institutional buyers in transactions exempt from registration. Total market value of all such securities at January 31, 2018 amounts to $191,330,120, which represents approximately 44.60% of net assets of the Fund.

(b)

Payment in-kind security.

(c)

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Regulation S under 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 and as such may have restrictions on resale. At January 31, 2018, the value of these securities amounted to $5,832,452 or 1.36% of net assets of the Fund.

(d)

Perpetual security. The rate reflected was the rate in effect on January 31, 2018. The maturity date reflects the next call date.

(e)

Variable or floating rate security, linked to the referenced benchmark. The interest rate shown is the rate in effect as of January 31, 2018.

(f)

When issued security. Total market value of all such securities amounts to $537,637, which represents approximately 0.13% of net assets of the fund.

(g)

The rate shown was the current yield as of January 31, 2018.

 

Abbreviations

ICE

Intercontinental Exchange

LIBOR

London Interbank Offered Rate

MXN

Mexican Peso

USD

United States Dollar

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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As of January 31, 2018, the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments based on the aggregate cost of investment for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 

Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

14,307,357

 

Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation

 

(15,814,398

)

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

(1,507,041

)

Federal income tax cost of investments

 

$

425,675,684

 

 

Industry Diversification for Portfolio Holdings

 

Percent of Net
Assets

 

Aerospace & Defense

 

0.6

%

Auto Components

 

2.1

 

Automobiles

 

0.2

 

Banks

 

0.5

 

Building Products

 

0.1

 

Chemicals

 

3.1

 

Commercial Services & Supplies

 

3.4

 

Communications Equipment

 

0.9

 

Construction & Engineering

 

0.0

*

Consumer Finance

 

0.2

 

Containers & Packaging

 

2.5

 

Diversified Consumer Services

 

0.7

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

6.7

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

 

0.9

 

Energy Equipment & Services

 

2.1

 

Food & Staples Retailing

 

4.3

 

Food Products

 

3.4

 

Foreign Government Securities

 

0.7

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

 

0.2

 

Health Care Providers & Services

 

5.3

 

Health Care Technology

 

0.8

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

1.1

 

Household Durables

 

2.0

 

Household Products

 

0.7

 

Leisure Products

 

0.1

 

Machinery

 

1.1

 

Marine

 

0.9

 

Media

 

0.4

 

Metals & Mining

 

2.7

 

Multiline Retail

 

1.1

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

18.1

 

Paper & Forest Products

 

0.2

 

Professional Services

 

1.5

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

 

2.7

 

Software

 

2.1

 

Specialty Retail

 

2.5

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

 

5.4

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

 

0.2

 

Trading Companies & Distributors

 

4.1

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

1.5

 

Short-Term Investments

 

11.8

 

Total Investments

 

98.9

%

 


*Less than 0.05%

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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First Eagle Fund of America

Schedule of Investments

January 31, 2018 (unaudited)

 

Investments

 

Shares

 

Value ($)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMON STOCKS — 97.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense — 8.4%

 

 

 

 

 

General Dynamics Corp.(a)

 

493,190

 

109,724,911

 

KLX, Inc.*(a)

 

1,119,280

 

79,088,325

 

 

 

 

 

188,813,236

 

Auto Components — 5.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Adient plc(a)

 

775,243

 

50,235,747

 

Visteon Corp.*(a)

 

631,315

 

82,121,455

 

 

 

 

 

132,357,202

 

Biotechnology — 5.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*(a)

 

601,505

 

35,951,954

 

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.*(a)

 

3,850,981

 

71,936,325

 

Intrexon Corp.*

 

1,102,004

 

14,326,052

 

 

 

 

 

122,214,331

 

Building Products — 3.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.*(a)

 

1,102,533

 

69,128,819

 

Owens Corning(a)

 

164,300

 

15,274,971

 

 

 

 

 

84,403,790

 

Capital Markets — 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

 

328,150

 

24,230,596

 

S&P Global, Inc.(a)

 

188,445

 

34,127,389

 

 

 

 

 

58,357,985

 

Chemicals — 13.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.(a)

 

339,345

 

57,135,518

 

Albemarle Corp.(a)

 

493,915

 

55,115,975

 

Chemours Co. (The)(a)

 

470,510

 

24,287,726

 

GCP Applied Technologies, Inc.*

 

1,285,041

 

42,920,369

 

Huntsman Corp.(a)

 

1,370,174

 

47,366,915

 

Olin Corp.(a)

 

1,762,353

 

65,700,520

 

 

 

 

 

292,527,023

 

Construction Materials — 5.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

 

519,735

 

118,587,935

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging — 10.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Ball Corp.(a)

 

1,134,878

 

43,443,130

 

International Paper Co.(a)

 

1,168,935

 

73,479,254

 

Packaging Corp. of America(a)

 

1,018,060

 

127,898,878

 

 

 

 

 

244,821,262

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Flex Ltd.*(a)

 

2,355,776

 

42,427,526

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

 

56,307

 

6,819,341

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food Products — 5.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Post Holdings, Inc.*(a)

 

546,253

 

41,334,965

 

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A(a)

 

987,056

 

75,124,832

 

 

 

 

 

116,459,797

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Molina Healthcare, Inc.*(a)

 

393,251

 

35,927,411

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 7.8%

 

 

 

 

 

La Quinta Holdings, Inc.*

 

3,619,837

 

72,143,351

 

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.(a)

 

821,513

 

101,974,409

 

 

 

 

 

174,117,760

 

Internet Software & Services — 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

eBay, Inc.*(a)

 

1,560,969

 

63,344,122

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Machinery — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Pentair plc (United Kingdom)(a)

 

798,944

 

57,124,496

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Metals & Mining — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Allegheny Technologies, Inc.*(a)

 

2,230,848

 

60,143,662

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Innoviva, Inc.*(a)

 

1,288,150

 

18,794,108

 

Medicines Co. (The)*

 

465,863

 

15,434,041

 

TherapeuticsMD, Inc.*

 

1,747,336

 

10,274,336

 

 

 

 

 

44,502,485

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Versum Materials, Inc.(a)

 

915,515

 

33,690,952

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Software — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

BlackBerry Ltd. (Canada)*(a)

 

4,828,801

 

61,132,621

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 8.0%

 

 

 

 

 

HP, Inc.(a)

 

4,128,320

 

96,272,422

 

Seagate Technology plc

 

188,400

 

10,399,680

 

Western Digital Corp.(a)

 

823,528

 

73,277,522

 

 

 

 

 

179,949,624

 

Trading Companies & Distributors — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Univar, Inc.*(a)

 

1,457,652

 

43,525,489

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

T-Mobile US, Inc.*(a)

 

500,646

 

32,592,054

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $1,554,561,446)

 

 

 

2,193,840,104

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No. of
Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPTIONS PURCHASED — 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Call Options — 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Exchange Traded Airlines — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 01/18/2019 at USD 40

Notional Amount: USD 11,354,000

 

2,000

 

3,750,000

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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Investments

 

No. of
Contracts

 

Value ($)

 

Capital Markets — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 01/18/2019 at USD 50

Notional Amount: USD 29,536,000

 

4,000

 

10,140,000

 

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 01/18/2019 at USD 55

Notional Amount: USD 3,692,000

 

500

 

1,032,500

 

 

 

 

 

11,172,500

 

Chemicals — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Albemarle Corp. 01/18/2019 at USD 80

Notional Amount: USD 16,738,500

 

1,500

 

5,265,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Ball Corp. 01/18/2019 at USD 32.5

Notional Amount: USD 2,040,324

 

533

 

386,425

 

International Paper Co. 01/18/2019 at USD 50

Notional Amount: USD 18,858,000

 

3,000

 

4,267,500

 

 

 

 

 

4,653,925

 

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Casey’s General Stores, Inc. 08/17/2018 at USD 80

Notional Amount: USD 20,164,815

 

1,665

 

7,151,175

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Post Holdings, Inc. 01/18/2019 at USD 50

Notional Amount: USD 3,783,500

 

500

 

1,387,500

 

Tyson Foods, Inc. 01/17/2020 at USD 60

Notional Amount: USD 1,902,750

 

250

 

524,500

 

 

 

 

 

1,912,000

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

La Quinta Holdings, Inc. 03/16/2018 at USD 10

Notional Amount: USD 2,989,500

 

1,500

 

1,657,500

 

La Quinta Holdings, Inc. 03/16/2018 at USD 12.5

Notional Amount: USD 1,993,000

 

1,000

 

855,000

 

La Quinta Holdings, Inc. 06/15/2018 at USD 10

Notional Amount: USD 2,989,500

 

1,500

 

1,605,000

 

 

 

 

 

4,117,500

 

Professional Services — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Equifax, Inc. 01/17/2020 at USD 80

Notional Amount: USD 31,232,500

 

2,500

 

12,512,500

 

TOTAL CALL OPTIONS

 

 

 

50,534,600

 

TOTAL OPTIONS PURCHASED
(Cost $44,561,637)

 

 

 

50,534,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

JP Morgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Agency Shares, 1.13%(b)

(Cost $28,199,400)

 

28,199,400

 

28,199,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments — 101.3%
(Cost $1,627,322,483)

 

 

 

2,272,574,104

 

Liabilities Less Other Assets — (1.3%)

 

 

 

(29,240,509

)

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

2,243,333,595

 

 


*

Non-income producing security.

(a)

All or a portion of the security pledged as collateral for call options written.

(b)

Represents 7-day effective yield as of January 31, 2018.

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

38



 

As of January 31, 2018, the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments based on the aggregate cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was as follows:

 

Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

674,751,611

 

Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation

 

(33,298,132

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

641,453,479

 

Federal income tax cost of investments

 

$

1,597,376,955

 

 

Written Call Options Contracts as of January 31, 2018:

 

Description

 

Counterparty

 

Number of
Contracts

 

Notional Amount

 

Exercise Price

 

Expiration
Date

 

Value

 

Adient plc

 

Exchange Traded

 

1,204

 

USD

(6,283,676

)

USD

75.00

 

4/20/2018

 

$

(67,424

)

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

414

 

USD

(6,970,518

)

USD

160.00

 

3/16/2018

 

(380,880

)

Albemarle Corp.

 

Exchange Traded

 

215

 

USD

(2,399,185

)

USD

120.00

 

3/16/2018

 

(46,225

)

Albemarle Corp.

 

Exchange Traded

 

1,424

 

USD

(15,890,416

)

USD

125.00

 

6/15/2018

 

(555,360

)

Allegheny Technologies, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

5,611

 

USD

(15,127,256

)

USD

25.00

 

4/20/2018

 

(1,851,630

)

Allegheny Technologies, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

1,573

 

USD

(4,240,808

)

USD

27.50

 

4/20/2018

 

(298,870

)

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

234

 

USD

(1,467,180

)

USD

60.00

 

3/16/2018

 

(87,750

)

Ball Corp.

 

Exchange Traded

 

87

 

USD

(333,036

)

USD

40.00

 

2/16/2018

 

(3,045

)

BlackBerry Ltd.

 

Exchange Traded

 

4,120

 

USD

(4,202,400

)

USD

12.00

 

3/16/2018

 

(412,000

)

BlackBerry Ltd.

 

Exchange Traded

 

2,000

 

USD

(2,040,000

)

USD

12.50

 

2/16/2018

 

(104,000

)

BlackBerry Ltd.

 

Exchange Traded

 

7,989

 

USD

(8,148,780

)

USD

12.50

 

6/15/2018

 

(1,150,416

)

BlackBerry Ltd.

 

Exchange Traded

 

2,000

 

USD

(2,040,000

)

USD

14.00

 

3/16/2018

 

(56,000

)

Chemours Co. (The)

 

Exchange Traded

 

440

 

USD

(2,271,280

)

USD

52.50

 

2/16/2018

 

(83,600

)

Chemours Co. (The)

 

Exchange Traded

 

431

 

USD

(2,224,822

)

USD

54.00

 

3/2/2018

 

(68,960

)

Chemours Co. (The)

 

Exchange Traded

 

648

 

USD

(3,344,976

)

USD

55.00

 

3/2/2018

 

(81,000

)

Chemours Co. (The)

 

Exchange Traded

 

422

 

USD

(2,178,364

)

USD

55.00

 

3/16/2018

 

(70,052

)

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

188

 

USD

(1,123,676

)

USD

55.00

 

3/16/2018

 

(132,540

)

eBay, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

798

 

USD

(3,238,284

)

USD

40.00

 

3/2/2018

 

(161,196

)

eBay, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

2,366

 

USD

(9,601,228

)

USD

41.00

 

3/2/2018

 

(317,044

)

Flex Ltd.

 

Exchange Traded

 

6,486

 

USD

(11,681,286

)

USD

18.00

 

2/16/2018

 

(265,926

)

Flex Ltd.

 

Exchange Traded

 

311

 

USD

(560,111

)

USD

18.00

 

3/16/2018

 

(19,282

)

Flex Ltd.

 

Exchange Traded

 

1,500

 

USD

(2,701,500

)

USD

19.00

 

3/2/2018

 

(23,250

)

Flex Ltd.

 

Exchange Traded

 

1,500

 

USD

(2,701,500

)

USD

19.00

 

3/16/2018

 

(36,000

)

Flex Ltd.

 

Exchange Traded

 

1,000

 

USD

(1,801,000

)

USD

19.00

 

4/20/2018

 

(40,000

)

General Dynamics Corp.

 

Exchange Traded

 

250

 

USD

(5,562,000

)

USD

210.00

 

5/18/2018

 

(475,000

)

General Dynamics Corp.

 

Exchange Traded

 

2,825

 

USD

(62,850,600

)

USD

215.00

 

5/18/2018

 

(4,350,500

)

General Dynamics Corp.

 

Exchange Traded

 

668

 

USD

(14,861,664

)

USD

225.00

 

5/18/2018

 

(601,200

)

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

2,500

 

USD

(4,670,000

)

USD

19.00

 

3/16/2018

 

(218,750

)

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

5,351

 

USD

(9,995,668

)

USD

19.00

 

6/15/2018

 

(936,425

)

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

5,500

 

USD

(10,274,000

)

USD

20.00

 

3/16/2018

 

(302,500

)

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

1,000

 

USD

(1,868,000

)

USD

20.00

 

6/15/2018

 

(145,000

)

HP, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

1,195

 

USD

(2,786,740

)

USD

21.00

 

3/16/2018

 

(312,493

)

HP, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

1,224

 

USD

(2,854,368

)

USD

21.00

 

5/18/2018

 

(340,272

)

Huntsman Corp.

 

Exchange Traded

 

2,965

 

USD

(10,250,005

)

USD

34.00

 

2/16/2018

 

(240,165

)

Huntsman Corp.

 

Exchange Traded

 

703

 

USD

(2,430,271

)

USD

34.00

 

3/16/2018

 

(119,510

)

Huntsman Corp.

 

Exchange Traded

 

667

 

USD

(2,305,819

)

USD

35.00

 

3/16/2018

 

(76,705

)

Innoviva, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

801

 

USD

(1,168,659

)

USD

15.00

 

3/16/2018

 

(88,110

)

Innoviva, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

1,577

 

USD

(2,300,843

)

USD

15.00

 

6/15/2018

 

(212,895

)

International Paper Co.

 

Exchange Traded

 

713

 

USD

(4,481,918

)

USD

62.50

 

4/20/2018

 

(181,815

)

KLX, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

587

 

USD

(4,147,742

)

USD

70.00

 

8/17/2018

 

(413,835

)

KLX, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

1,629

 

USD

(11,510,514

)

USD

70.00

 

11/16/2018

 

(1,417,230

)

Molina Healthcare, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

436

 

USD

(3,983,296

)

USD

75.00

 

2/16/2018

 

(747,740

)

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

39



 

Description

 

Counterparty

 

Number of
Contracts

 

Notional Amount

 

Exercise Price

 

Expiration
Date

 

Value

 

Molina Healthcare, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

1,660

 

USD

(15,165,760

)

USD

75.00

 

3/16/2018

 

$

(2,888,400

)

Molina Healthcare, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

719

 

USD

(6,568,784

)

USD

80.00

 

3/16/2018

 

(941,890

)

Molina Healthcare, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

537

 

USD

(4,906,032

)

USD

85.00

 

2/16/2018

 

(459,135

)

Molina Healthcare, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

432

 

USD

(3,946,752

)

USD

90.00

 

6/15/2018

 

(419,040

)

Olin Corp.

 

Exchange Traded

 

1,174

 

USD

(4,376,672

)

USD

34.00

 

2/16/2018

 

(399,160

)

Owens Corning

 

Exchange Traded

 

1,643

 

USD

(15,274,971

)

USD

80.00

 

2/16/2018

 

(2,176,975

)

Packaging Corp. of America

 

Exchange Traded

 

2,000

 

USD

(25,126,000

)

USD

120.00

 

4/20/2018

 

(1,460,000

)

Pentair plc

 

Exchange Traded

 

871

 

USD

(6,227,650

)

USD

70.00

 

2/16/2018

 

(187,265

)

Pentair plc

 

Exchange Traded

 

321

 

USD

(1,848,639

)

USD

70.00

 

3/16/2018

 

(118,770

)

Pentair plc

 

Exchange Traded

 

872

 

USD

(5,021,848

)

USD

75.00

 

5/18/2018

 

(163,064

)

Post Holdings, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

477

 

USD

(3,609,459

)

USD

80.00

 

2/16/2018

 

(38,160

)

S&P Global, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

447

 

USD

(8,095,170

)

USD

160.00

 

2/16/2018

 

(967,755

)

S&P Global, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

133

 

USD

(2,408,630

)

USD

170.00

 

5/18/2018

 

(207,480

)

S&P Global, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

379

 

USD

(6,863,690

)

USD

180.00

 

5/18/2018

 

(342,995

)

T-Mobile US, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

1,792

 

USD

(11,665,920

)

USD

65.00

 

2/16/2018

 

(327,936

)

T-Mobile US, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

352

 

USD

(2,291,520

)

USD

66.00

 

2/23/2018

 

(51,040

)

T-Mobile US, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

355

 

USD

(2,311,050

)

USD

66.00

 

3/2/2018

 

(59,285

)

Tyson Foods, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

1,126

 

USD

(8,569,986

)

USD

80.00

 

2/16/2018

 

(133,994

)

Tyson Foods, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

3,164

 

USD

(24,081,204

)

USD

80.00

 

4/20/2018

 

(680,260

)

Tyson Foods, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

500

 

USD

(3,805,500

)

USD

82.50

 

4/20/2018

 

(70,000

)

Univar, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

533

 

USD

(1,591,538

)

USD

30.00

 

3/16/2018

 

(69,290

)

Versum Materials, Inc.

 

Exchange Traded

 

4,887

 

USD

(17,984,160

)

USD

37.50

 

3/16/2018

 

(562,005

)

Visteon Corp.

 

Exchange Traded

 

493

 

USD

(6,412,944

)

USD

125.00

 

3/16/2018

 

(428,910

)

Visteon Corp.

 

Exchange Traded

 

168

 

USD

(2,185,344

)

USD

135.00

 

3/16/2018

 

(57,960

)

Western Digital Corp.

 

Exchange Traded

 

361

 

USD

(3,212,178

)

USD

85.00

 

4/20/2018

 

(267,140

)

Western Digital Corp.

 

Exchange Traded

 

147

 

USD

(1,308,006

)

USD

87.50

 

4/20/2018

 

(86,730

)

Western Digital Corp.

 

Exchange Traded

 

48

 

USD

(427,104

)

USD

90.00

 

3/16/2018

 

(16,176

)

Western Digital Corp.

 

Exchange Traded

 

228

 

USD

(2,028,744

)

USD

90.00

 

4/20/2018

 

(106,020

)

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

 

Exchange Traded

 

250

 

USD

(3,103,250

)

USD

120.00

 

5/18/2018

 

(222,500

)

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

 

Exchange Traded

 

3,777

 

USD

(46,883,901

)

USD

125.00

 

5/18/2018

 

(2,341,740

)

Total Written Options Contracts (Premiums Received ($29,945,528))

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(33,743,670

)

 

Abbreviations

 

USD

United States Dollar

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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Industry Diversification for Portfolio Holdings

 

Percent of
Net Assets

 

Aerospace & Defense

 

8.4

%

Airlines

 

0.2

 

Auto Components

 

5.9

 

Biotechnology

 

5.5

 

Building Products

 

3.8

 

Capital Markets

 

3.1

 

Chemicals

 

13.2

 

Construction Materials

 

5.3

 

Containers & Packaging

 

11.1

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

 

1.9

 

Food & Staples Retailing

 

0.6

 

Food Products

 

5.3

 

Health Care Providers & Services

 

1.6

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

8.0

 

Internet Software & Services

 

2.8

 

Machinery

 

2.5

 

Metals & Mining

 

2.7

 

Pharmaceuticals

 

2.0

 

Professional Services

 

0.5

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

 

1.5

 

Software

 

2.7

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

 

8.0

 

Trading Companies & Distributors

 

1.9

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

1.5

 

Short-Term Investments

 

1.3

 

Total Investments

 

101.3

%

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

(Continued)

 

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FIRST EAGLE FUNDS

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (unaudited)

 

First Eagle Funds (the “Trust”), is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”). The Trust consists of seven separate portfolios, First Eagle Global Fund, First Eagle Overseas Fund, First Eagle U.S. Value Fund, First Eagle Gold Fund, First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund, First Eagle High Yield Fund and First Eagle Fund of America (each individually a “Fund” or collectively the “Funds”). All the Funds are diversified mutual funds except for First Eagle Gold Fund and First Eagle Fund of America, which are non-diversified. The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust. The First Eagle Global Fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing in a range of asset classes from markets in the United States and throughout the world. The First Eagle Overseas Fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in equities issued by non-U.S. corporations. The First Eagle U.S. Value Fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in domestic equity and debt securities. The First Eagle Gold Fund seeks to provide investors the opportunity to participate in the investment characteristics of gold (and to a limited extent other precious metals) for a portion of their overall investment portfolio. The First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund seeks current income generation and long-term growth of capital. The First Eagle High Yield Fund seeks to provide investors with a high level of current income. The First Eagle Fund of America seeks capital appreciation by investing primarily in domestic stocks and, to a lesser extent, in debt and foreign equity securities.

 

The Funds offer seven share classes, Class A shares, Class C shares, Class I shares, Class R3 shares, Class R4 shares, Class R5 shares and Class R6 shares. Additionally, First Eagle Fund of America also offers Class Y shares. Class R3 shares, Class R4 shares and Class R5 shares (which collectively launched on March 1, 2017 together with Class R6 shares) are not currently funded, but are available for investment.

 

Effective at the close of business on Friday, May 9, 2014, the First Eagle Overseas Fund is closed to new investors, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, Class Y on First Eagle Fund of America is closed to new investors, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additional information can be found in the Funds’ prospectus.

 

First Eagle Investment Management, LLC (the “Adviser”), a subsidiary of First Eagle Holdings, Inc. (“First Eagle Holdings”), manages the Funds. Investment funds managed by The Blackstone Group, LP and Corsair Capital LLC and certain co-investors own a controlling interest in First Eagle Holdings and the Adviser through BCP CC Holdings L.P.

 

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies that are adhered to by the Funds. The Funds are investment companies and, accordingly, follow the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946—Investment Companies, which is part of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).

 

a)  Investments in Subsidiaries — The First Eagle Global Fund (the “Global Fund”), First Eagle Overseas Fund (the “Overseas Fund”), First Eagle U.S. Value Fund (the “U.S. Value Fund”), and First Eagle Gold Fund (the “Gold Fund”) may invest in certain precious metals through their investment in the First Eagle Global Cayman Fund, Ltd., First Eagle Overseas Cayman Fund, Ltd., First Eagle U.S. Value Cayman Fund, Ltd., and First Eagle Gold Cayman Fund, Ltd., respectively, each a wholly owned subsidiary (each referred to herein as a “Subsidiary” or collectively “the Subsidiaries”). Each Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in shares of its respective Subsidiary. Each Subsidiary has the ability to invest in commodities and securities consistent with the investment objective of its respective Fund. Substantially all of each Subsidiary’s assets represent physical gold bullion, and First Eagle Gold Cayman Fund, Ltd. also holds physical silver. Trading in bullion directly by the Funds presents the risk of tax consequences (e.g., a change in the Funds’ tax status subjecting the Funds to be taxed at the Fund level on all of their income if the Funds’ “non-qualifying income” exceeds 10% of the Funds’ gross income in any taxable year). Trading in bullion by the Subsidiaries generally does not present the same tax risks.

 

The First Eagle Global Cayman Fund, Ltd., established on October 18, 2013, is an exempted company under the laws of the Cayman Islands. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Global Fund and the First Eagle Global Cayman Fund, Ltd. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. As of January 31, 2018, the First Eagle Global Cayman Fund, Ltd. has $3,776,216,963 in net assets, representing 6.35% of the Global Fund’s net assets.

 

The First Eagle Overseas Cayman Fund, Ltd., established on October 18, 2013, is an exempted company under the laws of the Cayman Islands. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Overseas Fund and the First Eagle Overseas Cayman Fund, Ltd. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. As of January 31, 2018, the First Eagle Overseas Cayman Fund, Ltd. has $1,082,283,129 in net assets, representing 5.78% of the Overseas Fund’s net assets.

 

The First Eagle U.S. Value Cayman Fund, Ltd., established on January 24, 2012, is an exempted company under the laws of the Cayman Islands. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the U.S. Value Fund and the First Eagle U.S. Value Cayman Fund, Ltd. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. As of January 31, 2018, the First Eagle U.S. Value Cayman Fund, Ltd. has $210,230,815 in net assets, representing 9.77% of the U.S. Value Fund’s net assets.

 

The First Eagle Gold Cayman Fund, Ltd., established on May 28, 2010, is an exempted company under the laws of the Cayman Islands. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Gold Fund and the First Eagle Gold Cayman Fund, Ltd.

 

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All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. As of January 31, 2018, the First Eagle Gold Cayman Fund, Ltd. has $275,973,112 in net assets, representing 22.67% of the Gold Fund’s net assets.

 

b)  Investment valuation — Each Fund computes its net asset value once daily as of the close of trading on each day the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open for trading. The net asset value per share is computed by dividing the total current value of the assets of a Fund, less its liabilities, by the total number of shares outstanding at the time of such computation.

 

A portfolio security (including an option), other than a bond, which is traded on a U.S. national securities exchange or a securities exchange abroad is generally valued at the price of the official closing price (last sales price if an official closing price is not available) on the primary trading exchange as of the close of business. If there are no round lot sales on such date, such portfolio investment will be valued at the mean between the closing bid and asked prices (and if there is only a bid or only an asked price on such date, valuation will be at such bid or asked price for long or short positions, respectively). Securities, other than bonds, traded in the over-the-counter market are valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices prior to the time of valuation (and if there is only a bid or only an asked price on such date, valuation will be at such bid or asked price for long or short positions, respectively), except if such unlisted security is traded on the NASDAQ, in which case, it is valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price. Such prices are provided by approved pricing vendors or other independent pricing sources.

 

All bonds, whether listed on an exchange or traded in the over-counter-market, for which market quotations are readily available, are generally priced at the evaluated bid price. Broker-Dealers or pricing services use multiple valuation techniques to determine value. In instances where sufficient market activity exists, dealers or pricing services may utilize a market-based approach through which quotes from market makers are used to determine fair value. In instances where sufficient market activity may not exist or is limited, the dealers or pricing services also utilize proprietary valuation models which may consider market transactions in comparable securities and the various relationships between securities in determining value and/or market characteristics such as benchmark yield curves, option-adjusted spreads, credit spreads, estimated default rates, coupon-rates, anticipated timing of principal repayments, underlying collateral, and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows, which are then discounted to calculate the fair values. Short-term investments, maturing in sixty days or less, are valued at evaluated bid prices.

 

Commodities (such as physical metals) are valued at the indicative mean of the best-bid/best-offer immediately prior to the time trading on the NYSE closes (normally 4:00 pm Eastern Time), as provided by an independent pricing source.

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the current cost of covering or offsetting such contracts by reference to forward currency rates at the time the NYSE closes (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time), as provided by an independent pricing source.

 

The exchange rates as of the NYSE close (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) are used to convert foreign security prices into U.S. dollars.

 

Any security that is listed or traded on more than one exchange (or traded in multiple markets) is valued at the official close on the primary exchange or market on which they are traded. In the absence of such a quotation, a security may be valued at the last quoted sales price on the most active exchange or market as determined by the independent pricing agent. The Funds use pricing services to identify the market prices of publicly traded securities in their portfolios. When market prices are determined to be “stale” as a result of limited market activity for a particular holding, or in other circumstances when market prices are unavailable, such as for private placements, or determined to be unreliable for a particular holding, such holdings may be “fair valued” in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (“Board”). The values assigned to a Fund’s holdings therefore may differ on occasion from reported market values.

 

Certain Funds with non-U.S. holdings have adopted procedures under which movements in the prices for U.S. securities (beyond specified thresholds) occurring after the close of a foreign market may require fair valuation of securities traded in that foreign market. The determination of whether a particular foreign investment should be fair valued will be based on review of a number of factors, including developments in foreign markets and security-specific events. The values assigned to a Fund’s foreign holdings therefore may differ on occasion from reported market values. The Board and the Adviser believe relying on the procedures as just described will result in prices that are more reflective of the actual market value of portfolio securities held by the Funds than relying solely on reported market values.

 

The Funds adopted provisions surrounding fair value measurements and disclosures that define fair value, establish a framework for measuring fair value in GAAP and expand disclosures about fair value measurements. This applies to fair value measurements that are already required or permitted by other accounting standards and is intended to increase consistency of those measurements and applies broadly to securities and other types of assets and liabilities.

 

The Funds disclose the fair value of their investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs or assumptions to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. These inputs are used in determining the value of the Funds’ investments and are summarized in the following fair value hierarchy:

 

Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.

 

Level 2 — Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

 

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Level 3 — Other significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumption in determining the fair value of investments).

 

The significant unobservable inputs that may be used in determining valuations for investments identified within Level 3 are market comparables and the enterprise value of a company. Indications of value and quotations may be observable at any given time, but are currently treated by the Funds as unobservable. Significant changes in any of the unobservable inputs may significantly impact the fair value measurement. The impact is based on the relationship between each unobservable input and the fair value measurement.

 

Significant increases (decreases) in enterprise multiples may increase (decrease) the fair value measurement. Significant increases (decreases) in the discount for marketability, probability of insolvency and probability of default may decrease (increase) the fair value measurement.

 

Fair valuation of securities, other financial investments or other assets (collectively, “securities”) held by the Funds shall be determined in good faith under the supervision and responsibility of the Board. The Board has created a Board Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the execution of the valuation and liquidity procedures for the Funds.

 

It is the policy of the Funds to recognize significant transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 and to value those transfers as of the beginning of the period.

 

The following is a summary of the Funds’ inputs used to value the Funds’ investments as of January 31, 2018:

 

First Eagle Global Fund

 

Description

 

Level 1

 

Level 2(a)

 

Level 3‡

 

Total

 

Assets:†

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

$

26,098,059,180

 

$

16,870,293,341

 

$

72,933,343

 

$

43,041,285,864

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

5,337,159

 

18,623,250

 

23,960,409

 

Commodity *

 

4,185,818,924

 

 

 

4,185,818,924

 

Foreign Government Securities

 

 

617,872,791

 

^

617,872,791

 

Short-Term Investments

 

39,349

 

11,521,408,590

 

 

11,521,447,939

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations

 

 

113,158,920

 

 

113,158,920

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts**

 

 

3,570,808

 

 

3,570,808

 

Total

 

$

30,283,917,453

 

$

29,131,641,609

 

$

91,556,593

 

$

59,507,115,655

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts**

 

$

 

$

(83,938,441

)

$

 

$

(83,938,441

)

Total

 

$

 

$

(83,938,441

)

$

 

$

(83,938,441

)

 


(a) Transfers into/out of Level 2 represent value as of the beginning of the period. Common stocks valued at $366,860,523 were transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 during the three-month period ended January 31, 2018. At October 31, 2017, these securities were valued using quoted market prices in active markets; at January 31, 2018, these securities were valued based on fair value adjustment factors. Common stocks valued at $214,007,223 were transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 during the three-month period ended January 31, 2018. At October 31, 2017, these securities were valued based on fair value adjustment factors; at January 31, 2018, these securities were valued using quoted market prices in active markets.

† See Consolidated Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

‡ Value determined using significant unobservable inputs.

* Represents gold bullion.

** Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts are valued at net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the investment.

^ Fair value represents zero.

 

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Fair Value Level 3 activity for the three-month period ended January 31, 2018 was as follows:

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Corporate
Bonds

 

Foreign Government
Securities

 

Total Value

 

Beginning Balance —market value

 

$

67,646,852

 

$

24,461,850

 

$

^

$

92,108,702

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales(2)

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer In — Level 3

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer Out — Level 3

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued Amortization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized Gains (Losses)

 

 

(3,611,955

)

 

(3,611,955

)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

5,286,491

 

(2,226,645

)

 

3,059,846

 

Ending Balance — market value

 

$

72,933,343

 

$

18,623,250

 

$

^

$

91,556,593

 

Change in unrealized gains or (losses) relating to assets still held at reporting date

 

$

5,286,491

 

$

(2,226,645

)

$

 

$

3,059,846

 

 


^ Fair value represents zero.

(1) Purchases include all purchases of securities and securities received in corporate actions.

(2) Sales include all sales of securities, maturities, paydowns and securities tendered in corporate actions.

 

Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements

 

 

 

Fair Value at January 31, 2018

 

Valuation Technique(s)

 

Unobservable Input

 

Range (Weighted Average)

 

 

$

15,275,761

 

Comparable Security

 

Market Discount

 

30% (30%)

 

 

$

57,657,582

 

Market Comparable Companies

 

Enterprise Value Multiple

 

0.93x - 14.84x (5.90x)

Common Stocks

 

$

72,933,343

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Government Securities

 

$

^

Discounted Cash Flow

 

Estimated Recoverability

 

0% (0%)

Corporate Bonds

 

$

18,623,250

 

Market Comparable Companies

 

Enterprise Value Multiple

 

0.93x - 14.84x (5.90x)

Total

 

$

91,556,593

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


^ Fair value represents zero.

 

The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Fund’s investments are listed above. Generally, a change in the assumptions used in any input in isolation may be accompanied by a change in another input. Significant changes in any of the unobservable inputs may significantly impact the fair value measurement. The impact is based on the relationship between each unobservable input and the fair value measurement. Significant increases (decreases) in enterprise multiples may increase (decrease) the fair value measurement. Significant increases (decreases) in market discount may decrease (increase) the fair value measurement. Significant increases (decreases) in estimated recoverability may increase (decrease) the fair value measurement.

 

First Eagle Overseas Fund

 

Description

 

Level 1

 

Level 2(a)

 

Level 3‡

 

Total

 

Assets:†

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

$

3,592,753,893

 

$

9,743,476,230

 

$

111,890,088

 

$

13,448,120,211

 

Corporate Bond

 

 

 

12,415,500

 

12,415,500

 

Commodity *

 

1,350,611,714

 

 

 

1,350,611,714

 

Foreign Government Securities

 

 

321,713,645

 

 

321,713,645

 

Short-Term Investments

 

38,961

 

3,567,338,904

 

 

3,567,377,865

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations

 

 

35,704,362

 

 

35,704,362

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts**

 

 

1,911,677

 

 

1,911,677

 

Total

 

$

4,943,404,568

 

$

13,670,144,818

 

$

124,305,588

 

$

18,737,854,974

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts**

 

$

 

$

(47,976,018

)

$

 

$

(47,976,018

)

Total

 

$

 

$

(47,976,018

)

$

 

$

(47,976,018

)

 


(a) Transfers into/out of Level 2 represent value as of the beginning of the period. Common stocks valued at $270,780,372 were transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 during the three-month period ended January 31, 2018. At October 31, 2017, these securities were valued using quoted market prices in active markets; at January 31, 2018, these securities were valued based on fair value adjustment factors. Common stocks valued at $160,917,623 were transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 during the three-month period ended January 31, 2018. At October 31, 2017, these securities were valued based on fair value adjustment factors; at January 31, 2018, these securities were valued using quoted market prices in active markets.

† See Consolidated Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

‡ Value determined using significant unobservable inputs.

* Represents gold bullion.

** Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts are valued at net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the investment.

 

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Fair Value Level 3 activity for the three-month period ended January 31, 2018 was as follows:

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Corporate
Bonds

 

Total
Value

 

Beginning Balance —market value

 

$

103,200,268

 

$

16,307,900

 

$

119,508,168

 

Purchases(1)

 

 

 

 

Sales(2)

 

 

 

 

Transfer In — Level 3

 

 

 

 

Transfer Out — Level 3

 

 

 

 

Accrued Amortization

 

 

 

 

Realized Gains (Losses)

 

 

(2,405,413

)

(2,405,413

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

8,689,820

 

(1,486,987

)

7,202,833

 

Ending Balance — market value

 

$

111,890,088

 

$

12,415,500

 

$

124,305,588

 

Change in unrealized gains or (losses) relating to assets still held at reporting date

 

$

8,689,820

 

$

(1,486,987

)

$

7,202,833

 

 


(1) Purchases include all purchases of securities and securities received in corporate actions.

(2) Sales include all sales of securities, maturities, paydowns and securities tendered in corporate actions.

 

Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements

 

 

 

Fair Value at January 31, 2018

 

Valuation Technique(s)

 

Unobservable Input

 

Range (Weighted Average)

 

 

$

18,619,277

 

Comparable Security

 

Market Discount

 

30% (30%)

 

 

 

 

Price of Recent Transaction

 

Recent Transaction

 

30.85€ (30.85€)

 

 

$

37,565,990

 

Market Comparable Companies

 

Enterprise Value Multiple

 

0.82x - 8.42x (2.79x)

 

 

$

55,704,821

 

Market Comparable Companies

 

Enterprise Value Multiple

 

0.93x - 14.84x (5.90x)

Common Stocks

 

$

111,890,088

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

$

12,415,500

 

Market Comparable Companies

 

Enterprise Value Multiple

 

0.93x - 14.84x (5.90x)

Total

 

$

124,305,588

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Fund’s investments are listed above. Generally, a change in the assumptions used in any input in isolation may be accompanied by a change in another input. Significant changes in any of the unobservable inputs may significantly impact the fair value measurement. The impact is based on the relationship between each unobservable input and the fair value measurement. Significant increases (decreases) in enterprise multiples may increase (decrease) the fair value measurement. Significant increases (decreases) in market discount may decrease (increase) the fair value measurement. Significant increases (decreases) in recent transaction may increase (decrease) the fair value measurement.

 

First Eagle U.S. Value Fund

 

Description

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Assets:†

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

$

1,574,263,042

 

$

 

$

 

$

1,574,263,042

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

24,749,728

 

 

24,749,728

 

Commodity *

 

210,204,657

 

 

 

210,204,657

 

Short-Term Investments

 

34,766

 

346,319,688

 

 

346,354,454

 

Total

 

$

1,784,502,465

 

$

371,069,416

 

$

 

$

2,155,571,881

 

 


† See Consolidated Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

* Represents gold bullion.

 

For the three-month period ended January 31, 2018, there was no security transfer activity from Level 1 to Level 2 and no security transfer activity from Level 2 to Level 1.

 

First Eagle Gold Fund

 

Description

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Assets:†

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

$

900,298,681

 

$

3,863,415

 

$

 

$

904,162,096

 

Commodities *

 

275,974,756

 

 

 

275,974,756

 

Short-Term Investments

 

36,680

 

38,192,939

 

 

38,229,619

 

Warrant

 

50,395

 

 

 

50,395

 

Total

 

$

1,176,360,512

 

$

42,056,354

 

$

 

$

1,218,416,866

 

 


† See Consolidated Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

* Represents gold and silver bullion.

 

For the three-month period ended January 31, 2018, there was no security transfer activity from Level 1 to Level 2 and no security transfer activity from Level 2 to Level 1.

 

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Fair Value Level 3 activity for the three-month period ended January 31, 2018 was as follows:

 

 

 

Convertible
Bond

 

Beginning Balance —market value

 

$

15,000,000

 

Purchases(1)

 

 

Sales(2)

 

(15,000,000

)

Transfer In — Level 3

 

 

Transfer Out — Level 3

 

 

Accrued Amortization

 

 

Realized Gains (Losses)

 

 

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

 

Ending Balance — market value

 

$

 

Change in unrealized gains or (losses) relating to assets still held at reporting date

 

$

 

 


(1) Purchases include all purchases of securities and securities received in corporate actions.

(2) Sales include all sales of securities, maturities, paydowns and securities tendered in corporate actions.

 

First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

 

Description

 

Level 1

 

Level 2(a)

 

Level 3‡

 

Total

 

Assets:†

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

$

415,930,402

 

$

402,775,759

 

$

 

$

818,706,161

 

Corporate Bonds

 

 

410,369,348

 

11,889,945

(b)

422,259,293

 

Closed End Fund

 

7,812,730

 

 

 

7,812,730

 

Commodity *

 

55,005,621

 

 

 

55,005,621

 

Foreign Government Securities

 

 

15,716,934

 

 

15,716,934

 

Loan Assignments

 

 

10,389,346

 

16,924,707

(b)

27,314,053

 

Preferred Stocks

 

1,757,268

 

 

 

1,757,268

 

Short-Term Investments

 

4,880

 

104,013,885

 

 

104,018,765

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations

 

 

37,912,432

 

 

37,912,432

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts**

 

 

33,359

 

 

33,359

 

Total

 

$

480,510,901

 

$

981,211,063

 

$

28,814,652

 

$

1,490,536,616

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Description

 

Level 1

 

Level 2(a)

 

Level 3‡

 

Total

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts**

 

$

 

$

(2,458,502

)

$

 

$

(2,458,502

)

Total

 

$

 

$

(2,458,502

)

$

 

$

(2,458,502

)

 


(a) Transfers into/out of Level 2 represent value as of the beginning of the period. Common stocks valued at $13,715,497 were transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 during the three-month period ended January 31, 2018. At October 31, 2017, these securities were valued using quoted market prices in active markets; at January 31, 2018, these securities were valued based on fair value adjustment factors. Common stocks valued at $30,203,169 were transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 during the three-month period ended January 31, 2018. At October 31, 2017, these securities were valued based on fair value adjustment factors; at January 31, 2018, these securities were valued using quoted market prices in active markets.

(b) These investments are valued by brokers and pricing services. The inputs for these investments are not readily available or cannot be reasonably estimated and are generally those inputs described in Note 1 (b).

† See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

‡ Value determined using significant unobservable inputs.

* Represents gold bullion.

** Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts are valued at net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the investment.

 

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Fair Value Level 3 activity for the three-month period ended January 31, 2018 was as follows:

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

Loan Assignments

 

Total Value

 

Beginning Balance —market value

 

$

2,840,419

 

$

16,763,123

 

$

19,603,542

 

Purchases(1)

 

 

 

 

Sales(2)

 

(5,100,000

)

(15,432

)

(5,115,432

)

Transfer In — Level 3

 

14,176,828

(3)

 

14,176,828

 

Transfer Out — Level 3

 

 

 

 

Accrued Amortization

 

(15,075

)

13,379

 

(1,696

)

Realized Gains (Losses)

 

51,546

 

187

 

51,733

 

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

(63,773

)

163,450

 

99,677

 

Ending Balance — market value

 

$

11,889,945

 

$

16,924,707

 

$

28,814,652

 

Change in unrealized gains or (losses) relating to assets still held at reporting date

 

$

(63,773

)

$

163,450

 

$

99,677

 

 


(1) Purchases include all purchases of securities and securities received in corporate actions.

(2) Sales include all sales of securities, maturities, paydowns and securities tendered in corporate actions.

(3) At October 31, 2017, this security was valued using brokers and pricing services; at January 31, 2018, this security was valued using other significant unobservable inputs.

 

First Eagle High Yield Fund

 

Description

 

Level 1

 

Level 2(a)

 

Level 3‡

 

Total

 

Assets:†

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

$

 

$

325,394,330

 

$

12,426,375

(b)

$

337,820,705

 

Foreign Government Security

 

 

3,057,877

 

 

3,057,877

 

Loan Assignments

 

 

7,672,308

 

24,904,163

(b)

32,576,471

 

Short-Term Investments

 

 

50,713,590

 

 

50,713,590

 

Total

 

$

 

$

386,838,105

 

$

37,330,538

 

$

424,168,643

 

 


(a) Transfers into/out of Level 2 represent value as of the beginning of the period. There was no security transfer activity from Level 1 to Level 2 and no security transfer activity from Level 2 to Level 1 as of the three-month period ended January 31, 2018.

(b) These investments are valued by brokers and pricing services. The inputs for these investments are not readily available or cannot be reasonably estimated and are generally those inputs described in Note 1 (b).

† See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

‡ Value determined using significant unobservable inputs.

 

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Fair Value Level 3 activity for the three-month period ended January 31, 2018 was as follows:

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Corporate Bonds

 

Loan Assignments

 

Total Value

 

Beginning Balance —market value

 

$

2,603,164

 

$

9,726,191

 

$

23,239,667

 

$

35,569,022

 

Purchases(1)

 

 

 

 

 

Sales(2)

 

(1,333,116

)

 

(4,353,341

)

(5,686,457

)

Transfer In — Level 3

 

 

8,291,608

(3)

5,811,219

(3)

14,102,827

 

Transfer Out — Level 3

 

 

(5,545,339

)(4)

 

(5,545,339

)

Accrued Amortization

 

 

18,840

 

(67,573

)

(48,733

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized Gains (Losses)

 

(3,604,000

)

 

(2,870,298

)

(6,474,298

)

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

2,333,952

 

(64,925

)

3,144,489

 

5,413,516

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ending Balance — market value

 

$

 

$

12,426,375

 

$

24,904,163

 

$

37,330,538

 

Change in unrealized gains or (losses) relating to assets still held at reporting date

 

$

 

$

(64,925

)

$

3,144,489

 

$

3,079,564

 

 


(1) Purchases include all purchases of securities and securities received in corporate actions.

(2) Sales include all sales of securities, maturities, paydowns and securities tendered in corporate actions.

(3) At October 31, 2017, this security was valued using brokers and pricing services; at January 31, 2018, this security was valued using other significant unobservable inputs.

(4) At October 31, 2017, this security was valued using other significant unobservable inputs; at January 31, 2018, this security was valued using brokers and pricing services.

 

First Eagle Fund of America

 

Description

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Assets:†

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

$

2,193,840,104

 

$

 

$

 

$

2,193,840,104

 

Options Purchased

 

50,534,600

 

 

 

50,534,600

 

Short-Term Investments

 

28,199,400

 

 

 

28,199,400

 

Total

 

$

2,272,574,104

 

$

 

$

 

$

2,272,574,104

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Written Options (Sold Short)

 

(33,743,670

)

 

 

(33,743,670

)

Total

 

$

(33,743,670

)

$

 

$

 

$

(33,743,670

)

 


† See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

For the three-month period ended January 31, 2018, there was no security transfer activity from Level 1 to Level 2 and no security transfer activity from Level 2 to Level 1.

 

c) Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts — In connection with portfolio purchases and sales of securities denominated in foreign currencies, each Fund may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts. The First Eagle Global Fund, First Eagle Overseas Fund, First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund and First Eagle High Yield Fund enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts primarily to manage and/or gain exposure to certain foreign currencies. The Funds’ currency transactions include portfolio hedging on portfolio positions. Portfolio hedging is the use of a forward foreign currency exchange contract (or other cash management position) with respect to one or more portfolio security positions denominated or quoted in a particular currency. Currency exchange transactions involve currencies of different countries that the Funds invest in and serve as hedges against possible variations in the exchange rates between these currencies and the U.S. dollar. Each Fund may engage in portfolio hedging with respect to the currency of a particular country in amounts approximating actual or anticipated positions in securities denominated in that currency. Hedging can reduce exposure to currency exchange movements, but cannot eliminate that exposure. It is possible to lose money under a hedge.

 

Funds investing in forward foreign currency exchange contracts are exposed to risk if the value of the currency changes unfavorably, if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or if the Fund is unable to enter into a closing position. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after each Fund’s portfolio. For the three-month period ended January 31, 2018, the average monthly outstanding currency purchased or sold in U.S. dollars for forward

 

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foreign currency exchange contracts totaled $2,294,653,033, $1,297,437,436, and $53,851,336 for First Eagle Global Fund, First Eagle Overseas Fund and First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund, respectively.

 

The Funds adopted provisions surrounding disclosures of derivative instruments and hedging activities which require qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about currency-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements.

 

In order to better define its contractual rights and to secure rights that may help the Fund mitigate its counterparty risk, the Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with its derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and forward foreign currency exchange contracts and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instrument’s payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. With respect to certain counterparties, in accordance with the terms of the ISDA Master Agreement, the Funds may be required to post or receive collateral in the form of cash or debt securities issued by the U.S. Government or related agencies. Daily movement of cash collateral is subject to minimum threshold amounts. Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of a Fund, if any, is reported separately on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Fund, if any, is noted in the Schedules of Investments. Collateral received by the Funds is held in a segregated account at the Funds’ custodian bank. These amounts are not reflected on the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities and are disclosed in the table below. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out netting) including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. Note, however, that bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

 

At January 31, 2018, the Funds had the following forward foreign currency exchange contracts grouped into appropriate risk categories illustrated below:

 

First Eagle Global Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain or (Loss)
Derivative Recognized
in Income

 

Risk Type

 

Asset Derivative
Fair Value

 

Liability Derivative
Fair Value

 

Net realized gains
(losses)

 

Change in
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Foreign currency

 

$

3,570,808

 

$

83,938,441

 

$

(5,239,973

)

$

(110,253,307

)

 

First Eagle Overseas Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain or (Loss)
Derivative Recognized
in Income

 

Risk Type

 

Asset Derivative
Fair Value

 

Liability Derivative
Fair Value

 

Net realized gains
(losses)

 

Change in
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Foreign currency

 

$

1,911,677

 

$

47,976,018

 

$

(3,125,790

)

$

(61,776,180

)

 

First Eagle Gold Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain or (Loss)
Derivative Recognized
in Income

 

Risk Type

 

Asset Derivative
Fair Value

 

Liability Derivative
Fair Value

 

Net realized gains
(losses)

 

Change in
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Foreign currency

 

$

 

$

 

$

(20,453

)

$

 

 

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First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain or (Loss)
Derivative Recognized
in Income

 

Risk Type

 

Asset Derivative
Fair Value

 

Liability Derivative
Fair Value

 

Net realized gains
(losses)

 

Change in
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Foreign currency

 

$

33,359

 

$

2,458,502

 

$

(455,168

)

$

(2,642,943

)

 

The following tables present each Fund’s gross derivative assets and liabilities by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under netting arrangements and any related collateral received or pledged by each Fund as of January 31, 2018:

 

First Eagle Global Fund

 

Counterparty

 

Gross Amounts
of Assets
Presented in
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities

 

Derivatives
Available for
Offset

 

Collateral
Received

 

Net Amount
(Not Less
Than $0)

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank

 

$

3,570,808

 

$

(3,570,808

)

$

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counterparty

 

Gross Amounts
of Liabilities
Presented in
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities

 

Derivatives
Available for
Offset

 

Collateral
Pledged

 

Net Amount
(Not Less
Than $0)

 

Bank of New York Mellon

 

$

13,594,835

 

$

 

$

 

$

13,594,835

 

Goldman Sachs

 

16,391,251

 

 

(16,391,251

)

 

HSBC Bank plc

 

22,644,786

 

 

 

22,644,786

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank

 

16,627,123

 

(3,570,808

)

 

13,056,315

 

UBS AG

 

14,680,446

 

 

 

14,680,446

 

 

 

$

83,938,441

 

$

(3,570,808

)

$

(16,391,251

)

$

63,976,382

 

 

First Eagle Overseas Fund

 

Counterparty

 

Gross Amounts
of Assets
Presented in
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities

 

Derivatives
Available for
Offset

 

Collateral
Received

 

Net Amount
(Not Less
Than $0)

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank

 

$

1,911,677

 

$

(1,911,677

)

$

 

$

 

 

Counterparty

 

Gross Amounts
of Liabilities
Presented in
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities

 

Derivatives
Available for
Offset

 

Collateral
Pledged

 

Net Amount
(Not Less
Than $0)

 

Bank of New York Mellon

 

$

8,646,015

 

$

 

$

 

$

8,646,015

 

Goldman Sachs

 

10,010,357

 

 

(10,010,357

)

 

HSBC Bank plc

 

13,086,548

 

 

 

13,086,548

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank

 

8,911,615

 

(1,911,677

)

 

6,999,938

 

UBS AG

 

7,321,483

 

 

 

7,321,483

 

 

 

$

47,976,018

 

$

(1,911,677

)

$

(10,010,357

)

$

36,053,984

 

 

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First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund

 

Counterparty

 

Gross Amounts
of Assets
Presented in
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities

 

Derivatives
Available for
Offset

 

Collateral
Received

 

Net Amount
(Not Less
Than $0)

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank

 

$

33,359

 

$

(33,359

)

$

 

$

 

 

Counterparty

 

Gross Amounts
of Liabilities
Presented in
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities

 

Derivatives
Available for
Offset

 

Collateral
Pledged

 

Net Amount
(Not Less
Than $0)

 

Bank of New York Mellon

 

$

433,334

 

$

 

$

 

$

433,334

 

Goldman Sachs

 

305,491

 

 

(305,491

)

 

HSBC Bank plc

 

716,411

 

 

 

716,411

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank

 

622,214

 

(33,359

)

 

588,855

 

UBS AG

 

381,052

 

 

 

381,052

 

 

 

$

2,458,502

 

$

(33,359

)

$

(305,491

)

$

2,119,652

 

 

d) Options — In order to seek to produce incremental earnings or protect against declines in the value of portfolio securities, First Eagle Global Fund, First Eagle U.S. Value Fund, First Eagle Global Income Builder Fund and First Eagle Fund of America may write covered call options on portfolio securities. The Funds may also use options for speculative purposes, although they generally do not employ options for this purpose.

 

Options contracts are valued daily based upon the official closing price on the relevant exchange on which the option is traded. If there is no official closing price, the mean between the last bid and asked prices may be used. When an option is exercised, the proceeds on the sale of a written call option are adjusted by the amount of premium received or paid. When a written option expires, the Funds will realize a gain equal to the amount of the premium received. When the Funds enter into a closing purchase transaction, the Funds will realize a gain (or loss, if the cost of the closing purchase transaction exceeds the premium received when the option was written) without regard to any unrealized gain or loss on the underlying security and the liability related to such option is eliminated.

 

The Funds may be required to segregate or earmark assets to cover its obligations under option contracts. In general, a call option is covered if the Funds hold, on a share-for-share basis, either the underlying shares or a call on the same security as the call written where the exercise price of the call held is equal to or less than the exercise price of the call written (or greater than the exercise price of the call written if the difference is maintained by the Funds in cash, Treasury bills or other high grade short-term obligations earmarked with its custodian). One reason for writing options is to attempt to realize, through the receipt of premiums, a greater return than would be realized on the securities alone. Another reason for writing options is to hedge against a moderate decline in the value of securities owned by the Funds in the case of a call option. If an increase occurs in the underlying security or stock index sufficient to result in the exercise of a call written by the Funds, it may be required to deliver securities or cash and may thereby forego some or all of the gain that otherwise may have been realized on the securities underlying the call option. This “opportunity cost” may be partially or wholly offset by the premium received for the covered call written by the Funds. The risk in writing a covered call option is that the Funds give up the opportunity for profit if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised. The Funds also have the additional risk of not being able to enter into a closing transaction if a liquid secondary market does not exist.

 

The Funds may also write over-the-counter options where the completion of the obligation is dependent upon the credit standing of the counterparty.

 

As of January 31, 2018 for First Eagle Fund of America, portfolio securities valued at $530,077,372 were earmarked to cover collateral requirements for written options.

 

For the three-month period ended January 31, 2018 for First Eagle Fund of America, the average monthly outstanding contract amount for written options and purchased options totaled 132,074 and 14,953 respectively.

 

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At January 31, 2018, the First Eagle Fund of America had the following options grouped into appropriate risk categories illustrated below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain or (Loss)
Derivative Recognized
in Income

 

Risk Type

 

Asset Derivative
Fair Value

 

Liability Derivative
Fair Value

 

Net realized gains
(losses)

 

Change in
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Equity — Written options

 

$

 

$

33,743,670

 

$

(4,207,577

)

$

15,268,028

 

Equity — Purchased options

 

50,534,600

 

 

(1,057,407

)

1,551,844

 

 

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Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

 

a)     The registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act) were effective as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report (the “Evaluation Date”), based on their evaluation of the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the Evaluation Date.

 

b)     There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

(a) Certifications of the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a))are attached hereto.

 



 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

First Eagle Funds

 

By

/s/ Mehdi Mahmud

 

Mehdi Mahmud, President

 

 

 

Date: March 28, 2018

 

 

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

 

By

/s/ Mehdi Mahmud

 

 

Mehdi Mahmud, Principal Executive Officer

 

Date: March 28, 2018

 

 

 

/s/ Joseph T. Malone

 

 

Joseph T. Malone, Principal Financial Officer

 

Date: March 28, 2018