N-CSRS 1 d380453dncsrs.htm SENIOR DEBT PORTFOLIO Senior Debt Portfolio

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act File Number: 811-08876

 

 

Senior Debt Portfolio

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Maureen A. Gemma

Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(Name and Address of Agent for Services)

 

 

(617) 482-8260

(Registrant’s Telephone Number)

October 31

Date of Fiscal Year End

April 30, 2017

Date of Reporting Period

 

 

 


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited)

 

 

Senior Floating-Rate Loans — 112.6%(1)  
     
Borrower/Tranche Description         

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Aerospace and Defense — 1.9%

 

IAP Worldwide Services, Inc.

     

Revolving Loan, 1.38%, Maturing July 18, 2018(2)

      944     $ 933,943  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.00%, Maturing July 18, 2019(3)

      1,270       1,015,966  

Silver II US Holdings, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing December 13, 2019

      37,740       37,630,323  

TransDigm, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.12%, Maturing February 28, 2020

      33,299       33,407,260  

Term Loan, 4.14%, Maturing June 4, 2021

      15,754       15,800,456  

Term Loan, 3.99%, Maturing June 9, 2023

      36,239       36,228,179  

Wesco Aircraft Hardware Corp.

     

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing October 4, 2021

      13,163       13,167,989  
                         
  $ 138,184,116  
                         

Automotive — 3.2%

 

Allison Transmission, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 2.99%, Maturing September 23, 2022

      1,117     $ 1,129,642  

American Axle and Manufacturing, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.24%, Maturing April 6, 2024

      32,450       32,356,706  

CS Intermediate Holdco 2, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.90%, Maturing October 26, 2023

      4,103       4,117,086  

Dayco Products, LLC

     

Term Loan, 5.30%, Maturing December 12, 2019

      14,292       14,345,634  

FCA US, LLC

     

Term Loan, 2.99%, Maturing December 31, 2018

      35,244       35,475,208  

Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation

     

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing April 15, 2021

      51,550       51,555,733  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (The)

     

Term Loan - Second Lien, 2.99%, Maturing April 30, 2019

      15,325       15,510,172  

Horizon Global Corporation

     

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing June 29, 2021

      7,248       7,293,196  

Lumileds Holding B.V.

     

Term Loan, Maturing February 27, 2024(4)

      12,050       12,200,625  

Sage Automotive Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing October 27, 2022

      13,416       13,449,916  

TI Group Automotive Systems, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing June 30, 2022

      23,917       24,096,348  

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing June 30, 2022

    EUR       6,846       7,522,323  

Tower Automotive Holdings USA, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing March 7, 2024

      17,661       17,646,193  

Visteon Corporation

     

Term Loan, 3.35%, Maturing March 24, 2024

      2,500       2,517,188  
                         
  $ 239,215,970  
                         
Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Beverage and Tobacco — 0.3%

 

Arctic Glacier U.S.A., Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing March 20, 2024

      4,825     $ 4,897,375  

Flavors Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 6.90%, Maturing April 3, 2020

      7,673       6,675,728  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 11.15%, Maturing October 3, 2021(3)

      2,000       1,250,000  

Jacobs Douwe Egberts International B.V.

     

Term Loan, Maturing July 2, 2022(4)

  EUR     4,500       4,901,849  

Term Loan, Maturing July 2, 2022(4)

      7,275       7,275,000  
                     
  $ 24,999,952  
                     

Brokerage / Securities Dealers / Investment Houses — 0.6%

 

Aretec Group, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 8.00%, Maturing November 23, 2020

      8,639     $ 8,725,734  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 6.50%, (2.00% Cash, 4.50% PIK), Maturing May 23, 2021

      24,423       23,323,649  

Resolute Investment Managers, Inc.

     

Term Loan - Second Lien, 9.92%, Maturing March 3, 2023

      3,800       3,819,000  

Salient Partners L.P.

     

Term Loan, 9.66%, Maturing May 19, 2021

      6,310       6,057,990  

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.

     

Term Loan, Maturing February 28, 2024(4)

      4,450       4,513,969  
                     
  $ 46,440,342  
                     

Building and Development — 3.2%

 

American Bath Group, LLC

     

Term Loan, 6.40%, Maturing September 30, 2023

      4,975     $ 5,021,641  

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing October 31, 2023

      29,300       29,522,797  

Auction.com, LLC

     

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing May 12, 2019

      8,600       8,685,495  

Capital Automotive L.P.

     

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing March 24, 2024

      7,857       7,931,890  

CPG International, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.90%, Maturing September 30, 2020

      19,890       20,057,577  

DTZ U.S. Borrower, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.34%, Maturing November 4, 2021

      38,996       39,256,997  

Headwaters, Incorporated

     

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing March 24, 2022

      15,092       15,144,528  

Henry Company, LLC

     

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing October 5, 2023

      8,204       8,322,376  

PCF GmbH

     

Term Loan, Maturing March 30, 2024(4)

  EUR     7,300       7,950,894  

Ply Gem Industries, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing February 1, 2021

      7,392       7,437,133  
 

 

  18   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Building and Development (continued)

 

Quikrete Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.24%, Maturing November 15, 2023

      36,651     $ 36,963,758  

RE/MAX International, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.90%, Maturing December 15, 2023

      15,854       15,922,880  

Realogy Corporation

     

Term Loan, 2.98%, Maturing July 20, 2021

      2,944       2,940,070  

Term Loan, 3.24%, Maturing July 20, 2022

      15,139       15,267,483  

Summit Materials Companies I, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing July 17, 2022

      5,281       5,340,348  

WireCo WorldGroup, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 6.50%, Maturing September 30, 2023

      5,376       5,437,590  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 10.00%, Maturing September 30, 2024

      9,850       9,917,719  
                     
  $ 241,121,176  
                     

Business Equipment and Services — 9.4%

 

Acosta Holdco, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing September 26, 2021

      15,279     $ 14,257,251  

AlixPartners, LLP

     

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing July 28, 2022

      19,950       20,093,401  

Altisource Solutions S.a.r.l.

     

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing December 9, 2020

      10,240       9,126,378  

Brickman Group Ltd., LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.14%, Maturing December 18, 2020

      2,487       2,500,003  

Camelot UK Holdco Limited

     

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing October 3, 2023

      18,671       18,775,522  

Cast and Crew Payroll, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.65%, Maturing August 12, 2022

      16,096       16,155,921  

CCC Information Services, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.04%, Maturing March 29, 2024

      11,750       11,722,458  

Ceridian, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing September 15, 2020

      5,511       5,502,968  

Change Healthcare Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing March 1, 2024

      63,100       63,353,536  

Corporate Capital Trust, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.44%, Maturing May 20, 2019

      17,338       17,544,047  

CPM Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing April 11, 2022

      6,036       6,136,197  

Crossmark Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.65%, Maturing December 20, 2019

      15,311       11,559,862  

DigitalGlobe, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing January 15, 2024

      6,733       6,769,598  

Education Management, LLC

     

Revolving Loan, 2.07%, Maturing March 31, 2019(3)

      5,858       4,159,290  

Term Loan, 5.66%, Maturing July 2, 2020(3)

      3,491       2,478,472  

Term Loan, 8.66%, Maturing July 2, 2020(3)

      6,636       0  
Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Business Equipment and Services (continued)

 

EIG Investors Corp.

     

Term Loan, 6.53%, Maturing November 9, 2019

      48,460     $ 48,811,356  

Term Loan, 6.04%, Maturing February 9, 2023

      2,077       2,094,736  

Extreme Reach, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 7.28%, Maturing February 7, 2020

      8,588       8,696,852  

First Data Corporation

     

Term Loan, 2.99%, Maturing June 2, 2020

      21,281       21,355,448  

Term Loan, 3.99%, Maturing July 10, 2022

      36,866       37,104,290  

Term Loan, 3.49%, Maturing April 26, 2024

      7,494       7,506,805  

Garda World Security Corporation

     

Term Loan, 4.01%, Maturing November 6, 2020

      2,251       2,261,291  

Term Loan, 4.01%, Maturing November 6, 2020

      12,649       12,706,391  

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing November 6, 2020

  CAD     10,731       7,851,364  

Term Loan, 4.01%, Maturing November 7, 2020

      7,980       7,998,290  

Gartner, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 2.99%, Maturing March 20, 2022

      2,000       2,008,750  

Term Loan, 2.99%, Maturing April 5, 2024

      2,000       2,013,750  

Global Payments, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.49%, Maturing April 22, 2023

      2,518       2,529,821  

Term Loan, Maturing April 22, 2023(4)

      5,500       5,534,375  

IG Investment Holdings, LLC

     

Term Loan, 6.15%, Maturing October 29, 2021

      22,434       22,630,188  

Information Resources, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing January 18, 2024

      17,825       18,042,251  

ION Trading Finance Limited

     

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing August 11, 2023

  EUR     8,229       9,064,910  

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing August 11, 2023

      11,297       11,307,624  

J.D. Power and Associates

     

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing September 7, 2023

      5,547       5,588,728  

KAR Auction Services, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.19%, Maturing March 11, 2021

      14,891       15,006,208  

Term Loan, Maturing March 9, 2023(4)

      2,500       2,531,625  

Kronos Incorporated

     

Term Loan, 5.03%, Maturing November 1, 2023

      52,946       53,195,730  

MCS AMS Sub-Holdings, LLC

     

Term Loan, 7.65%, Maturing October 15, 2019

      14,626       14,479,579  

Monitronics International, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 6.65%, Maturing September 30, 2022

      19,306       19,626,124  

PGX Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing September 29, 2020

      14,057       14,105,134  

Prime Security Services Borrower, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing May 2, 2022

      16,429       16,615,490  

ServiceMaster Company

     

Term Loan, 3.48%, Maturing November 8, 2023

      23,042       23,248,570  
 

 

  19   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Business Equipment and Services (continued)

 

Spin Holdco, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.27%, Maturing November 14, 2019

      31,495     $ 31,564,019  

Tempo Acquisition, LLC

     

Term Loan, Maturing March 15, 2024(4)

      8,275       8,295,687  

TNS, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing February 14, 2020

      2,979       3,007,813  

Trans Union, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.49%, Maturing April 9, 2023

      20,664       20,872,759  

Travelport Finance (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l.

     

Term Loan, 4.29%, Maturing September 2, 2021

      18,741       18,904,526  

TriNet HR Corporation

     

Term Loan, 3.28%, Maturing July 7, 2019

      536       536,539  

Vestcom Parent Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing December 19, 2023

      12,406       12,514,459  

WASH Multifamily Laundry Systems, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing May 14, 2022

      4,505       4,527,809  
                     
  $ 704,274,195  
                     

Cable and Satellite Television — 4.8%

 

Altice US Finance I Corporation

     

Term Loan, 3.91%, Maturing June 21, 2025

      3,500     $ 3,501,460  

Atlantic Broadband Finance, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.49%, Maturing November 30, 2019

      4,044       4,062,027  

Charter Communications Operating, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.00%, Maturing July 1, 2020

      15,841       15,924,153  

Term Loan, 3.00%, Maturing January 3, 2021

      6,341       6,374,373  

Term Loan, 3.00%, Maturing January 15, 2022

      2,942       2,957,244  

Term Loan, 3.24%, Maturing January 15, 2024

      19,899       20,023,369  

CSC Holdings, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.24%, Maturing July 15, 2025

      41,991       42,020,144  

MCC Iowa, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.45%, Maturing January 29, 2021

      5,993       6,039,418  

Mediacom Illinois, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.20%, Maturing February 15, 2024

      4,746       4,777,991  

Numericable Group SA

     

Term Loan, Maturing June 20, 2025(4)

  EUR     9,175       9,998,782  

Term Loan, 3.94%, Maturing June 21, 2025

      17,025       16,984,208  

Numericable U.S., LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.42%, Maturing January 14, 2025

      3,980       3,987,462  

Radiate Holdco, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.99%, Maturing February 1, 2024

      5,525       5,553,614  

Telenet International Finance S.a.r.l.

     

Term Loan, 3.25%, Maturing January 31, 2025

  EUR     2,500       2,723,930  

Term Loan, 3.97%, Maturing January 31, 2025

      25,200       25,349,638  
Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Cable and Satellite Television (continued)

 

Term Loan, Maturing March 31, 2025(4)

      22,175     $ 22,260,928  

Term Loan, Maturing March 31, 2026(4)

  EUR     3,500       3,828,039  

UPC Financing Partnership

     

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing April 15, 2025

      27,425       27,558,697  

Virgin Media Bristol, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing January 31, 2025

      66,006       66,327,893  

Virgin Media Investment Holdings Limited

     

Term Loan, 3.76%, Maturing January 31, 2026

  GBP     12,525       16,316,995  

Ziggo Secured Finance B.V.

     

Term Loan, 3.00%, Maturing April 15, 2025

  EUR     18,425       20,126,805  

Ziggo Secured Finance Partnership

     

Term Loan, 3.49%, Maturing April 15, 2025

      35,150       35,206,486  
                     
  $ 361,903,656  
                     

Chemicals and Plastics — 6.3%

 

A. Schulman, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.24%, Maturing June 1, 2022

      9,642     $ 9,671,604  

Allnex (Luxembourg) & Cy S.C.A.

     

Term Loan, 4.41%, Maturing September 13, 2023

      2,262       2,267,707  

Allnex USA, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.41%, Maturing September 13, 2023

      1,704       1,708,469  

Alpha 3 B.V.

     

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing January 31, 2024

      5,525       5,564,714  

Aruba Investments, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.65%, Maturing February 2, 2022

      10,159       10,199,065  

Axalta Coating Systems Dutch Holding B.V.

     

Term Loan, 3.00%, Maturing February 1, 2023

  EUR     10,000       11,009,799  

Axalta Coating Systems US Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.65%, Maturing February 1, 2023

      30,974       31,322,500  

Chemours Company (The)

     

Term Loan, 3.00%, Maturing May 12, 2022

  EUR     6,050       6,633,515  

Term Loan, 3.49%, Maturing May 12, 2022

      2,958       2,977,872  

Emerald Performance Materials, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing August 1, 2021

      3,787       3,819,236  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.75%, Maturing August 1, 2022

      5,325       5,333,877  

Ferro Corporation

     

Term Loan, 2.75%, Maturing February 14, 2024

  EUR     3,000       3,280,154  

Term Loan, 3.54%, Maturing February 14, 2024

      3,525       3,555,844  

Flint Group GmbH

     

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing September 7, 2021

  EUR     1,250       1,373,256  

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing September 7, 2021

      1,926       1,926,115  

Flint Group US, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing September 7, 2021

      3,000       3,000,000  

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing September 7, 2021

      11,651       11,651,416  
 

 

  20   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Chemicals and Plastics (continued)

 

Gemini HDPE, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.17%, Maturing August 7, 2021

      14,114     $ 14,250,404  

Huntsman International, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.99%, Maturing April 19, 2019

      1,421       1,428,462  

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing October 1, 2021

      6,119       6,186,140  

Term Loan, 3.99%, Maturing April 1, 2023

      13,955       14,129,311  

Ineos Finance PLC

     

Term Loan, 3.25%, Maturing March 31, 2022

  EUR     12,675       13,907,478  

Term Loan, 3.25%, Maturing April 1, 2024

  EUR     38,952       42,658,876  

Ineos US Finance, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing March 31, 2022

      12,668       12,770,848  

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing April 1, 2024

      13,990       14,092,680  

Kraton Polymers, LLC

     

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing January 6, 2022

      22,393       22,689,146  

Kronos Worldwide, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing February 18, 2020

      8,885       8,925,414  

MacDermid Funding, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing June 7, 2020

  EUR     3,980       4,364,833  

MacDermid, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing June 7, 2020

      2,527       2,549,772  

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing June 7, 2023

  EUR     5,240       5,733,924  

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing June 7, 2023

      30,812       31,027,425  

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.30%, Maturing February 14, 2024

      16,184       16,376,652  

Orion Engineered Carbons GmbH

     

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing July 25, 2021

      5,170       5,194,399  

OXEA Finance & Cy S.C.A.

     

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing January 15, 2020

  EUR     1,930       2,081,325  

OXEA Finance, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.40%, Maturing January 15, 2020

      6,252       6,074,447  

PKC Holding Corporation

     

Term Loan, Maturing March 29, 2024(4)

      8,250       8,291,250  

PQ Corporation

     

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing November 4, 2022

      10,584       10,712,885  

Proampac PG Borrower, LLC

     

Term Loan, 5.06%, Maturing November 18, 2023

      1,700       1,721,462  

Solenis International L.P.

     

Term Loan, 4.30%, Maturing July 31, 2021

      8,512       8,550,830  

Sonneborn Refined Products B.V.

     

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing December 10, 2020

      577       580,050  

Sonneborn, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing December 10, 2020

      3,272       3,286,952  

Trinseo Materials Operating S.C.A.

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing November 5, 2021

      17,680       17,871,603  
Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Chemicals and Plastics (continued)

 

Tronox Pigments (Netherlands) B.V.

     

Term Loan, 4.65%, Maturing March 19, 2020

      33,968     $ 34,188,869  

Univar, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing July 1, 2022

      27,071       27,179,747  

Versum Materials, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.65%, Maturing September 29, 2023

      4,378       4,437,287  

Zep, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing June 26, 2022

      16,946       17,115,272  
                     
  $ 473,672,886  
                     

Clothing / Textiles — 0.3%

 

Ascena Retail Group, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing August 21, 2022

      15,574     $ 14,113,576  

Samsonite International S.A.

     

Term Loan, 3.24%, Maturing August 1, 2023

      9,868       9,954,565  
                     
  $ 24,068,141  
                     

Conglomerates — 0.3%

 

Bestway UK Holdco Limited

     

Term Loan, 4.76%, Maturing October 6, 2021

  GBP     1,103     $ 1,438,601  

Spectrum Brands, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.12%, Maturing June 23, 2022

      10,374       10,450,207  

Term Loan, 4.41%, Maturing June 23, 2022

  CAD     9,321       6,862,763  
                     
  $ 18,751,571  
                     

Containers and Glass Products — 2.7%

 

Anchor Glass Container Corporation

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing December 7, 2023

      4,314     $ 4,352,476  

Berry Plastics Group, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.51%, Maturing October 1, 2022

      19,213       19,364,230  

Term Loan, 3.52%, Maturing January 19, 2024

      7,500       7,558,005  

BWAY Holding Company

     

Term Loan, 4.23%, Maturing April 3, 2024

      11,625       11,589,706  

Constantia Flexibles Group GmbH

     

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing April 30, 2022

      3,980       4,004,875  

Flex Acquisition Company, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.40%, Maturing December 29, 2023

      32,450       32,685,262  

Horizon Holdings III SAS

     

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing December 22, 2022

  EUR     14,475       15,882,181  

Libbey Glass, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.99%, Maturing April 9, 2021

      7,114       6,900,840  

Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing September 30, 2020

      2,285       2,292,975  
 

 

  21   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Containers and Glass Products (continued)

 

Pelican Products, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.40%, Maturing April 10, 2020

      7,056     $ 7,056,323  

Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.99%, Maturing February 5, 2023

      59,605       59,968,374  

SIG Combibloc US Acquisition, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing March 13, 2022

      31,031       31,246,976  
                     
  $ 202,902,223  
                     

Cosmetics / Toiletries — 0.3%

 

KIK Custom Products, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.65%, Maturing August 26, 2022

      22,549     $ 22,827,044  

Prestige Brands, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing January 26, 2024

      2,793       2,820,076  
                     
  $ 25,647,120  
                     

Drugs — 4.5%

 

Albany Molecular Research, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.91%, Maturing July 16, 2021

      18,082     $ 18,206,304  

Alkermes, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing September 25, 2021

      11,311       11,424,437  

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.78%, Maturing August 13, 2021

      10,158       10,182,958  

Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.65%, Maturing November 1, 2019

      27,914       28,064,966  

Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 6.15%, Maturing July 5, 2023

      25,248       25,752,545  

Endo Luxembourg Finance Company I S.a.r.l.

     

Term Loan, Maturing April 5, 2024(4)

      45,400       45,690,832  

Horizon Pharma, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing March 15, 2024

      22,328       22,495,171  

Jaguar Holding Company II

     

Term Loan, 4.33%, Maturing August 18, 2022

      59,411       59,812,494  

Mallinckrodt International Finance S.A.

     

Term Loan, 3.90%, Maturing September 24, 2024

      27,823       27,855,848  

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.74%, Maturing April 1, 2022

      83,994       84,527,730  
                     
  $ 334,013,285  
                     

Ecological Services and Equipment — 1.1%

 

Advanced Disposal Services, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.70%, Maturing November 10, 2023

      35,214     $ 35,553,314  

Casella Waste Systems, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing October 17, 2023

      4,888       4,912,189  
Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Ecological Services and Equipment (continued)

 

EnergySolutions, LLC

     

Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing May 29, 2020

      18,276     $ 18,527,053  

GFL Environmental, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing September 27, 2023

  CAD     9,726       7,134,012  

Term Loan, 3.90%, Maturing September 29, 2023

      18,345       18,433,254  
                     
  $ 84,559,822  
                     

Electronics / Electrical — 11.0%

 

Answers Finance, LLC

     

Term Loan, 8.00%, Maturing April 15, 2021

      2,843     $ 2,835,704  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 11.90%, Maturing September 15, 2021

      3,327       3,318,367  

Applied Systems, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.40%, Maturing January 25, 2021

      25,883       26,090,992  

Aptean, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 6.04%, Maturing December 20, 2022

      13,790       14,019,838  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 10.54%, Maturing December 14, 2023

      4,700       4,711,750  

Avast Software B.V.

     

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing September 30, 2023

  EUR     5,200       5,709,203  

Term Loan, 4.40%, Maturing September 30, 2023

      22,266       22,502,408  

Campaign Monitor Finance Pty. Limited

     

Term Loan, 6.40%, Maturing March 18, 2021

      7,135       6,691,704  

CommScope, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.49%, Maturing December 29, 2022

      8,250       8,315,211  

CPI International, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing April 7, 2021

      10,641       10,700,677  

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation

     

Term Loan, 4.74%, Maturing July 5, 2021

      13,465       13,624,884  

Electrical Components International, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.90%, Maturing May 28, 2021

      6,011       6,060,281  

Electro Rent Corporation

     

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing January 19, 2024

      11,097       11,212,787  

Entegris, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.24%, Maturing April 30, 2021

      2,327       2,347,221  

Excelitas Technologies Corp.

     

Term Loan, 6.15%, Maturing October 31, 2020

      8,319       8,322,451  

Eze Castle Software, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing April 6, 2020

      23,684       23,861,733  

Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing February 3, 2018

  EUR     12,500       13,548,165  

Term Loan, 3.49%, Maturing February 15, 2024

      48,050       48,266,225  

Hyland Software, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.24%, Maturing July 1, 2022

      30,677       30,880,512  
 

 

  22   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Electronics / Electrical (continued)

 

Infoblox, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.99%, Maturing November 1, 2023

      17,400     $ 17,617,500  

Infor (US), Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing February 1, 2022

  EUR     10,806       11,863,352  

Term Loan, 3.90%, Maturing February 1, 2022

      69,447       69,453,412  

Informatica Corporation

     

Term Loan, 4.65%, Maturing August 5, 2022

      38,851       38,774,335  

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation

     

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing March 10, 2021

      10,394       10,394,104  

M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.99%, Maturing May 7, 2021

      9,274       9,413,146  

MA FinanceCo., LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.67%, Maturing November 20, 2021

      34,751       34,924,483  

Term Loan, Maturing April 18, 2024(4)

      4,637       4,659,951  

Magic Newco, LLC

     

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing December 12, 2018

      41,562       41,775,654  

MaxLinear, Inc.

     

Term Loan, Maturing April 5, 2024(4)

      12,963       12,986,805  

MH Sub I, LLC

     

Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing July 8, 2021(2)

      2,038       2,059,892  

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing July 8, 2021

      3,727       3,766,789  

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing July 8, 2021

      13,105       13,236,376  

Microsemi Corporation

     

Term Loan, 3.24%, Maturing January 15, 2023

      887       891,976  

MTS Systems Corporation

     

Term Loan, 5.24%, Maturing July 5, 2023

      9,403       9,525,926  

Ramundsen Holdings, LLC

     

Term Loan, 5.40%, Maturing February 1, 2024

      14,000       14,175,000  

Renaissance Learning, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.90%, Maturing April 9, 2021

      17,956       18,079,717  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.15%, Maturing April 11, 2022

      2,450       2,448,978  

Rocket Software, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.40%, Maturing October 14, 2023

      14,178       14,333,452  

Sensata Technologies B.V.

     

Term Loan, 3.24%, Maturing October 14, 2021

      806       813,152  

SGS Cayman L.P.

     

Term Loan, 6.15%, Maturing April 23, 2021

      828       803,161  

SkillSoft Corporation

     

Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing April 28, 2021

      36,388       34,182,199  

SS&C Technologies, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.24%, Maturing July 8, 2022

      1,226       1,235,709  

Term Loan, 3.24%, Maturing July 8, 2022

      14,760       14,879,925  

SurveyMonkey, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.66%, Maturing April 13, 2024

      12,900       12,964,500  
Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Electronics / Electrical (continued)

 

Sutherland Global Services, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 6.15%, Maturing April 23, 2021

      3,557     $ 3,450,338  

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.08%, Maturing January 19, 2024

      7,750       7,317,294  

Syncsort Incorporated

     

Term Loan, 6.40%, Maturing December 9, 2022

      11,047       11,085,293  

Uber Technologies

     

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing July 13, 2023

      46,673       46,736,844  

VeriFone, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.00%, Maturing July 8, 2019

      4,889       4,866,084  

Veritas US, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 6.77%, Maturing January 27, 2023

      15,721       15,664,161  

VF Holding Corp.

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing June 30, 2023

      29,149       29,297,578  

Wall Street Systems Delaware, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing August 26, 2023

  EUR     1,883       2,061,184  

Term Loan, 4.54%, Maturing August 26, 2023

      11,898       11,954,069  

Western Digital Corporation

     

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing April 29, 2023

      16,193       16,342,864  

Zebra Technologies Corporation

     

Term Loan, 3.60%, Maturing October 27, 2021

      17,250       17,438,969  
                     
  $ 824,494,285  
                     

Equipment Leasing — 0.9%

 

Avolon TLB Borrower 1 (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l.

     

Term Loan, 3.24%, Maturing September 20, 2020

      2,250     $ 2,277,322  

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing March 20, 2022

      54,150       55,030,100  

Flying Fortress, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.40%, Maturing April 30, 2020

      11,500       11,607,812  
                     
  $ 68,915,234  
                     

Financial Intermediaries — 4.2%

 

AerCap Holdings N.V.

     

Term Loan, 3.40%, Maturing October 6, 2023

      24,125     $ 24,376,310  

Americold Realty Operating Partnership L.P.

     

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing December 1, 2022

      5,563       5,632,065  

Armor Holding II, LLC

     

Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing June 26, 2020

      18,042       18,094,154  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 10.25%, Maturing December 26, 2020

      4,650       4,667,438  

Citco Funding, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.99%, Maturing March 31, 2022

      28,048       28,232,324  

Clipper Acquisitions Corp.

     

Term Loan, 3.31%, Maturing February 6, 2020

      12,605       12,723,546  
 

 

  23   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Financial Intermediaries (continued)

 

Coinstar, LLC

     

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing September 27, 2023

      8,234     $ 8,254,209  

Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing September 30, 2023

      6,352       6,422,467  

Freedom Mortgage Corporation

     

Term Loan, 6.86%, Maturing February 26, 2022

      25,825       26,260,797  

Geo Group, Inc. (The)

     

Term Loan, 3.20%, Maturing March 22, 2024

      4,375       4,382,293  

Guggenheim Partners, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing July 21, 2023

      45,278       45,720,921  

Harbourvest Partners, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.66%, Maturing February 4, 2021

      5,037       5,062,160  

LPL Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.77%, Maturing March 10, 2024

      12,150       12,225,938  

MIP Delaware, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing March 9, 2020

      2,376       2,386,415  

NXT Capital, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing November 22, 2022

      22,730       23,099,299  

Ocwen Financial Corporation

     

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing December 5, 2020

      5,505       5,395,206  

Quality Care Properties, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing October 31, 2022

      25,162       25,680,903  

Sesac Holdco II, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.26%, Maturing February 23, 2024

      7,225       7,236,293  

Walker & Dunlop, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing December 11, 2020

      9,319       9,411,707  

Walter Investment Management Corp.

     

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing December 18, 2020

      39,864       36,027,320  
                     
  $ 311,291,765  
                     

Food Products — 3.0%

 

AdvancePierre Foods, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing June 2, 2023

      22,078     $ 22,184,009  

Blue Buffalo Company, Ltd.

     

Term Loan, 3.78%, Maturing August 8, 2019

      3,912       3,956,497  

Del Monte Foods, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.31%, Maturing February 18, 2021

      12,654       10,661,079  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.31%, Maturing August 18, 2021

      6,263       4,239,268  

Dole Food Company, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.09%, Maturing April 6, 2024

      15,850       15,932,087  

High Liner Foods Incorporated

     

Term Loan, 4.31%, Maturing April 24, 2021

      8,713       8,734,867  

HLF Financing S.a.r.l.

     

Term Loan, 6.49%, Maturing February 13, 2023

      13,950       13,938,380  
Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Food Products (continued)

 

JBS USA, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.48%, Maturing October 30, 2022

      57,925     $ 58,205,589  

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 2.50%, Maturing March 3, 2021

      3,701       3,701,095  

Meldrew Participations B.V.

     

Term Loan, 8.50%, (5.00% Cash, 3.50% PIK), Maturing October 31, 2019

  EUR     6,913       5,870,242  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (0.00% Cash, 4.50% PIK), Maturing December 19, 2022(5)

  EUR     4,460       303,667  

Nature’s Bounty Co. (The)

     

Term Loan, 4.65%, Maturing May 5, 2023

      33,091       33,277,288  

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing May 5, 2023

  GBP     2,481       3,239,865  

Nomad Foods Europe Midco Limited

     

Term Loan, Maturing April 18, 2024(4)

  EUR     3,425       3,760,698  

Term Loan, Maturing April 18, 2024(4)

      8,175       8,217,575  

Oak Tea, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.69%, Maturing July 2, 2022

      11,010       11,083,140  

Pinnacle Foods Finance, LLC

     

Term Loan, 2.98%, Maturing February 2, 2024

      11,795       11,883,019  

R&R Ice Cream PLC

     

Term Loan, 3.00%, Maturing September 29, 2023

  EUR     5,500       6,052,462  
                     
  $ 225,240,827  
                     

Food Service — 2.9%

 

1011778 B.C. Unlimited Liability Company

     

Term Loan, 3.31%, Maturing February 16, 2024

      82,672     $ 82,817,998  

Centerplate, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.81%, Maturing November 26, 2019

      10,659       10,659,110  

Landry’s, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.73%, Maturing October 4, 2023

      20,816       20,865,053  

Manitowoc Foodservice, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing March 3, 2023

      7,336       7,425,833  

NPC International, Inc.

     

Term Loan, Maturing March 17, 2024(4)

      12,525       12,661,999  

P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.53%, Maturing July 2, 2019

      4,299       4,240,282  

Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.90%, Maturing May 14, 2020

      1,997       2,011,751  

TKC Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing February 1, 2023

      9,075       9,170,006  

US Foods, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing June 27, 2023

      6,494       6,558,675  

Weight Watchers International, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.34%, Maturing April 2, 2020

      43,790       41,616,504  
 

 

  24   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Food Service (continued)

 

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 2.99%, Maturing June 16, 2023

      16,289     $ 16,397,976  
                     
  $ 214,425,187  
                     

Food / Drug Retailers — 1.8%

 

Albertsons, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.99%, Maturing August 22, 2021

      17,675     $ 17,755,006  

Term Loan, 4.40%, Maturing December 22, 2022

      10,691       10,748,317  

Term Loan, 4.30%, Maturing June 22, 2023

      41,679       41,910,400  

General Nutrition Centers, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing March 4, 2019

      8,496       7,844,304  

Rite Aid Corporation

     

Term Loan - Second Lien, 5.75%, Maturing August 21, 2020

      33,665       33,837,132  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 4.88%, Maturing June 21, 2021

      6,000       6,026,250  

Supervalu, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing March 21, 2019

      15,862       16,003,447  
                     
  $ 134,124,856  
                     

Forest Products — 0.1%

 

Expera Specialty Solutions, LLC

     

Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing November 3, 2023

      8,480     $ 8,527,330  
                     
  $ 8,527,330  
                     

Health Care — 11.3%

 

Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.98%, Maturing February 11, 2022

      2,053     $ 2,065,580  

ADMI Corp.

     

Term Loan, 4.87%, Maturing April 30, 2022

      17,380       17,520,967  

Akorn, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing April 16, 2021

      5,160       5,230,976  

Alere, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.99%, Maturing June 18, 2020

      986       986,486  

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing June 18, 2022

      27,966       28,062,075  

Alliance Healthcare Services, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.35%, Maturing June 3, 2019

      13,124       13,131,887  

Ardent Legacy Acquisitions, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 6.65%, Maturing August 4, 2021

      7,128       7,168,292  

Auris Luxembourg III S.a.r.l.

     

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing January 17, 2022

      15,869       16,012,494  

Beaver-Visitec International, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 6.15%, Maturing August 21, 2023

      5,721       5,721,250  
Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Health Care (continued)

 

BioClinica, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.37%, Maturing October 20, 2023

      4,838     $ 4,880,206  

CareCore National, LLC

     

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing March 5, 2021

      28,427       28,640,283  

CeramTec Acquisition Corporation

     

Term Loan, 3.80%, Maturing August 30, 2020

      1,059       1,070,418  

CHG Healthcare Services, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.92%, Maturing June 7, 2023

      25,139       25,431,323  

Community Health Systems, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.80%, Maturing December 31, 2019

      15,806       15,765,320  

Term Loan, 4.05%, Maturing January 27, 2021

      29,908       29,752,662  

Concentra, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.06%, Maturing June 1, 2022

      10,783       10,856,966  

Convatec, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.49%, Maturing October 31, 2023

      4,300       4,364,500  

CPI Holdco, LLC

     

Term Loan, 5.15%, Maturing March 21, 2024

      6,075       6,120,563  

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing June 24, 2021

      9,758       9,881,025  

DJO Finance, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing April 21, 2020

      19,650       19,228,350  

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing June 8, 2020

      5,739       5,615,799  

Envision Healthcare Corporation

     

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing December 1, 2023

      60,648       61,316,098  

Faenza Acquisition GmbH

     

Term Loan, 3.80%, Maturing August 30, 2020

      2,769       2,800,153  

Term Loan, 3.80%, Maturing August 30, 2020

      9,071       9,173,368  

Genoa, a QoL Healthcare Company, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.90%, Maturing October 28, 2023

      16,886       16,996,136  

Greatbatch Ltd.

     

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing October 27, 2022

      14,778       14,885,364  

Grifols Worldwide Operations USA, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.20%, Maturing January 31, 2025

      36,925       37,086,621  

HCA, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.24%, Maturing February 15, 2024

      1,500       1,516,071  

Iasis Healthcare, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing May 3, 2018

      24,329       24,415,326  

Indivior Finance S.a.r.l.

     

Term Loan, 7.04%, Maturing December 19, 2019

      8,942       9,008,676  

inVentiv Health, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.80%, Maturing November 9, 2023

      30,025       30,242,910  

Kindred Healthcare, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.69%, Maturing April 9, 2021

      39,086       39,190,284  

Kinetic Concepts, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.40%, Maturing February 2, 2024

      27,675       27,758,606  
 

 

  25   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Health Care (continued)

 

KUEHG Corp.

     

Term Loan, 4.92%, Maturing August 13, 2022

      19,869     $ 20,017,688  

Medical Depot Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 6.65%, Maturing January 3, 2023

      7,702       7,492,080  

MMM Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 10.25%, Maturing June 30, 2019

      5,484       5,374,509  

MPH Acquisition Holdings, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.90%, Maturing June 7, 2023

      42,975       43,583,525  

MSO of Puerto Rico, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 10.25%, Maturing December 12, 2017

      4,104       4,021,550  

National Mentor Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.40%, Maturing January 31, 2021

      7,271       7,305,457  

National Surgical Hospitals, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing June 1, 2022

      4,868       4,870,874  

New Millennium Holdco, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 7.50%, Maturing December 21, 2020

      2,439       1,321,306  

Onex Carestream Finance L.P.

     

Term Loan, 5.15%, Maturing June 7, 2019

      10,491       10,428,527  

Opal Acquisition, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.15%, Maturing November 27, 2020

      22,626       21,409,676  

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing June 30, 2021

      27,799       27,699,247  

Patheon Holdings I B.V.

     

Term Loan, 4.41%, Maturing April 30, 2024

      27,675       27,782,241  

Press Ganey Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing October 21, 2023

      12,777       12,805,081  

Quintiles IMS Incorporated

     

Term Loan, 3.15%, Maturing March 7, 2024

      17,191       17,369,850  

RadNet, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.31%, Maturing June 30, 2023

      13,259       13,375,054  

Select Medical Corporation

     

Term Loan, 4.65%, Maturing March 6, 2024

      13,925       14,078,635  

Sterigenics-Nordion Holdings, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing May 15, 2022

      5,010       4,990,839  

Team Health Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing February 6, 2024

      36,050       35,901,294  

Tecomet, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.90%, Maturing December 5, 2021

      20,321       20,378,165  

Term Loan, Maturing April 13, 2024(4)

      7,500       7,542,188  

Vedici Groupe

     

Term Loan, Maturing October 31, 2022(4)

  EUR     8,000       8,771,590  
                     
  $ 848,416,411  
                     
Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Home Furnishings — 0.6%

 

Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.54%, Maturing November 8, 2023

      46,109     $ 46,316,930  
                     
  $ 46,316,930  
                     

Industrial Equipment — 5.4%

 

Apex Tool Group, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing January 31, 2020

      29,518     $ 29,075,100  

Blount International, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing April 12, 2023

      1,933       1,954,979  

Coherent Holding GmbH

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing November 7, 2023

  EUR     8,409       9,217,698  

Columbus McKinnon Corporation

     

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing January 31, 2024

      9,719       9,816,292  

Delachaux S.A.

     

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing October 28, 2021

  EUR     4,377       4,792,073  

Term Loan, 4.65%, Maturing October 28, 2021

      10,815       10,787,563  

Doosan Infracore International, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing May 28, 2021

      16,317       16,531,576  

EWT Holdings III Corp.

     

Term Loan, 4.90%, Maturing January 15, 2021

      11,827       11,915,765  

Term Loan, 5.65%, Maturing January 15, 2021

      4,391       4,429,068  

Filtration Group Corporation

     

Term Loan, 4.30%, Maturing November 21, 2020

      18,984       19,162,353  

Gardner Denver, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.56%, Maturing July 30, 2020

      40,723       40,767,540  

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing July 30, 2020

  EUR     3,209       3,527,296  

Gates Global, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing April 1, 2024

  EUR     8,075       8,841,905  

Term Loan, 4.41%, Maturing April 1, 2024

      34,057       34,277,587  

Generac Power Systems, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.90%, Maturing May 31, 2023

      19,588       19,746,983  

Harsco Corporation

     

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing November 2, 2023

      5,889       6,017,439  

Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing June 30, 2021

      27,032       27,228,221  

Milacron, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.99%, Maturing September 28, 2023

      30,162       30,350,590  

Paladin Brands Holding, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 7.25%, Maturing August 16, 2019

      16,293       15,560,067  

Paternoster Holding IV GmbH

     

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing March 31, 2022

  EUR     13,075       14,413,206  

Rexnord, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.89%, Maturing August 21, 2023

      51,596       51,868,392  

Signode Industrial Group US, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.81%, Maturing May 1, 2021

      5,878       5,936,453  
 

 

  26   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Industrial Equipment (continued)

 

STS Operating, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.77%, Maturing February 12, 2021

      5,362     $ 5,287,937  

Tank Holding Corp.

     

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing March 16, 2022

      9,348       9,363,271  

Terex Corporation

     

Term Loan, 3.54%, Maturing January 31, 2024

      10,144       10,205,477  

Unifrax Corporation

     

Term Loan, 4.90%, Maturing April 4, 2024

      5,050       5,073,144  
                     
  $ 406,147,975  
                     

Insurance — 3.3%

 

Alliant Holdings I, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.42%, Maturing August 12, 2022

      20,567     $ 20,692,076  

AmWINS Group, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing January 25, 2024

      28,947       28,986,069  

AssuredPartners, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing October 21, 2022

      16,286       16,430,174  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 10.00%, Maturing October 20, 2023

      1,225       1,247,969  

Asurion, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.24%, Maturing July 8, 2020

      2,659       2,682,666  

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing August 4, 2022

      35,332       35,618,998  

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing November 3, 2023

      15,059       15,146,055  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.50%, Maturing March 3, 2021

      12,675       12,899,449  

Cunningham Lindsey U.S., Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.03%, Maturing December 10, 2019

      11,700       10,559,593  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 9.32%, Maturing June 10, 2020(3)

      6,266       5,067,241  

Hub International Limited

     

Term Loan, 4.03%, Maturing October 2, 2020

      28,225       28,441,685  

NFP Corp.

     

Term Loan, 4.65%, Maturing January 8, 2024

      20,380       20,578,653  

USI, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing December 27, 2019

      45,274       45,372,912  
                     
  $ 243,723,540  
                     

Leisure Goods / Activities / Movies — 3.6%

 

AMC Entertainment, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing December 15, 2022

      656     $ 660,465  

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing December 15, 2023

      3,965       3,998,270  

Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing October 19, 2023

      28,859       29,174,154  

Bombardier Recreational Products, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.04%, Maturing June 30, 2023

      32,064       32,281,460  
Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Leisure Goods / Activities / Movies (continued)

 

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing November 7, 2023

      7,303     $ 7,372,583  

CDS U.S. Intermediate Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.15%, Maturing July 8, 2022

      18,338       18,539,450  

Cedar Fair L.P.

     

Term Loan, Maturing April 13, 2024(4)

      2,488       2,508,946  

Cinemark USA, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.24%, Maturing May 9, 2022

      2,440       2,467,968  

Delta 2 (LUX) S.a.r.l.

     

Term Loan, 4.57%, Maturing February 1, 2024

      9,000       9,022,500  

Emerald Expositions Holding, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.90%, Maturing June 17, 2020

      13,795       13,898,654  

Kasima, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.64%, Maturing May 17, 2021

      331       333,778  

Lindblad Expeditions, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.82%, Maturing May 8, 2021

      640       645,629  

Term Loan, 5.82%, Maturing May 8, 2021

      4,960       5,003,623  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing October 31, 2023

      16,766       16,899,357  

Match Group, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.28%, Maturing November 16, 2022

      4,911       4,979,031  

National CineMedia, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing November 26, 2019

      1,232       1,242,676  

Nord Anglia Education Finance, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.55%, Maturing March 31, 2021

      18,939       18,986,358  

Regal Cinemas Corporation

     

Term Loan, 3.49%, Maturing April 1, 2022

      5,347       5,411,885  

Sabre GLBL, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing February 22, 2024

      11,441       11,562,813  

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing March 31, 2024

      19,220       19,231,968  

Sonifi Solutions, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing March 28, 2018(3)

      911       364,448  

SRAM, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.54%, Maturing March 15, 2024

      16,272       16,353,155  

Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.92%, Maturing September 19, 2019

      5,212       4,951,176  

Travel Leaders Group, LLC

     

Term Loan, 6.24%, Maturing January 25, 2024

      13,000       13,170,625  

UFC Holdings, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing August 18, 2023

      10,249       10,321,705  

WMG Acquisition Corp.

     

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing November 1, 2023

      18,377       18,473,532  
                     
  $ 267,856,209  
                     
 

 

  27   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Lodging and Casinos — 4.3%

 

Affinity Gaming, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.52%, Maturing July 1, 2023

      11,756     $ 11,845,764  

Amaya Holdings B.V.

     

Term Loan, 4.65%, Maturing August 1, 2021

      39,986       40,092,526  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.15%, Maturing August 1, 2022

      5,550       5,591,210  

Boyd Gaming Corporation

     

Term Loan, 3.45%, Maturing September 15, 2023

      16,102       16,198,511  

Caesars Entertainment Operating Company

     

Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing March 1, 2022(6)

      6,346       7,425,068  

Term Loan, Maturing March 31, 2024(4)

      5,025       4,997,780  

Caesars Growth Properties Holdings, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing May 8, 2021

      5,850       5,871,937  

CityCenter Holdings, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.49%, Maturing April 18, 2024

      25,950       26,021,362  

Eldorado Resorts, LLC

     

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing March 13, 2024

      14,100       14,117,625  

ESH Hospitality, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.49%, Maturing August 30, 2023

      37,166       37,382,113  

Four Seasons Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing November 30, 2023

      6,933       7,021,758  

Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited

     

Term Loan, 4.80%, Maturing February 22, 2023

      5,875       5,961,292  

Golden Nugget, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing November 21, 2019

      1,145       1,163,021  

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing November 21, 2019

      2,672       2,713,716  

Hilton Worldwide Finance, LLC

     

Term Loan, 2.99%, Maturing October 25, 2023

      39,540       39,910,802  

La Quinta Intermediate Holdings, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.91%, Maturing April 14, 2021

      12,534       12,647,744  

Las Vegas Sands, LLC

     

Term Loan, 2.99%, Maturing March 29, 2024

      3,990       3,998,104  

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership L.P.

     

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing April 23, 2021

      22,565       22,613,927  

Term Loan, 3.49%, Maturing April 25, 2023

      23,785       23,888,871  

Parkdean Resorts Holdco Limited

     

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing February 17, 2024

  GBP     2,925       3,843,932  

Playa Resorts Holding B.V.

     

Term Loan, Maturing April 5, 2024(4)

      18,825       18,901,486  

Tropicana Entertainment, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.04%, Maturing November 27, 2020

      7,655       7,722,151  
                     
  $ 319,930,700  
                     
Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Nonferrous Metals / Minerals — 1.0%

 

Dynacast International, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.40%, Maturing January 28, 2022

      17,999     $ 18,043,591  

Fairmount Santrol, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.65%, Maturing September 5, 2019

      18,587       18,308,204  

Global Brass & Copper, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing July 18, 2023

      11,069       11,228,497  

Murray Energy Corporation

     

Term Loan, 8.40%, Maturing April 16, 2020

      17,165       16,530,779  

New Day Aluminum, LLC

     

Term Loan, 10.00%, (4.00% Cash, 6.00% PIK), Maturing October 28, 2020(3)

      190       0  

Noranda Aluminum Acquisition Corporation

     

Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing February 28, 2019(3)(6)

      3,252       535,280  

Oxbow Carbon, LLC

     

Term Loan, 6.25%, Maturing July 19, 2019

      928       930,344  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.00%, Maturing January 17, 2020

      10,550       10,615,938  

United Central Industrial Supply Company, LLC

     

Term Loan - Second Lien, 15.00%, (0.00% Cash, 15.00% PIK), Maturing April 9, 2019(3)

      1,434       550,639  
                     
  $ 76,743,272  
                     

Oil and Gas — 2.7%

 

Ameriforge Group, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing December 19, 2019

      34,350     $ 22,155,734  

Bronco Midstream Funding, LLC

     

Term Loan, 5.06%, Maturing August 15, 2020

      17,539       17,713,924  

CITGO Holding, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 9.65%, Maturing May 12, 2018

      8,567       8,684,622  

CITGO Petroleum Corporation

     

Term Loan, 4.65%, Maturing July 29, 2021

      11,003       11,090,182  

Crestwood Holdings, LLC

     

Term Loan, 9.04%, Maturing June 19, 2019

      7,769       7,740,040  

Energy Transfer Equity L.P.

     

Term Loan, 3.73%, Maturing February 2, 2024

      5,600       5,615,999  

Fieldwood Energy, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.88%, Maturing October 1, 2018

      12,537       12,271,039  

Term Loan, 8.00%, Maturing August 31, 2020

      14,225       13,976,063  

Term Loan, 8.38%, Maturing September 30, 2020

      3,998       3,638,153  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.38%, Maturing September 30, 2020

      5,552       4,413,864  

Floatel International Ltd.

     

Term Loan, 6.15%, Maturing June 27, 2020

      3,847       3,212,343  

MEG Energy Corp.

     

Term Loan, 4.63%, Maturing December 31, 2023

      42,720       42,836,582  
 

 

  28   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Oil and Gas (continued)

 

Paragon Offshore Finance Company

     

Term Loan, 5.75%, Maturing July 18, 2021

      9,112     $ 3,582,219  

Seadrill Partners Finco, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing February 21, 2021

      25,496       17,209,539  

Sheridan Investment Partners II L.P.

     

Term Loan, 4.56%, Maturing December 16, 2020

      337       279,417  

Term Loan, 4.56%, Maturing December 16, 2020

      904       749,216  

Term Loan, 4.56%, Maturing December 16, 2020

      6,499       5,385,892  

Sheridan Production Partners I, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.60%, Maturing October 1, 2019

      897       776,413  

Term Loan, 4.60%, Maturing October 1, 2019

      1,468       1,271,129  

Term Loan, 4.60%, Maturing October 1, 2019

      11,079       9,592,833  

Southcross Holdings Borrower L.P.

     

Term Loan, 9.00%, (3.50% Cash, 5.50% PIK), Maturing April 13, 2023

      536       482,018  

Ultra Resources, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing March 23, 2024

      11,075       10,988,482  
                     
  $ 203,665,703  
                     

Publishing — 1.9%

 

682534 N.B., Inc.

     

Term Loan, 12.00%, (8.00% Cash, 4.00% PIK), Maturing October 1, 2020

      1,057     $ 547,221  

Ascend Learning, LLC

     

Term Loan, 5.52%, Maturing July 31, 2019

      16,528       16,634,349  

Getty Images, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing October 18, 2019

      41,706       37,031,780  

Harland Clarke Holdings Corp.

     

Term Loan, 7.15%, Maturing December 31, 2021

      5,062       5,103,843  

Term Loan, 6.65%, Maturing February 9, 2022

      8,821       8,850,915  

LSC Communications, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing September 30, 2022

      8,284       8,408,750  

Merrill Communications, LLC

     

Term Loan, 6.42%, Maturing June 1, 2022

      5,081       5,093,372  

Nielsen Finance, LLC

     

Term Loan, 2.99%, Maturing October 4, 2023

      25,753       25,892,160  

ProQuest, LLC

     

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing October 24, 2021

      12,289       12,421,845  

Springer Science+Business Media Deutschland GmbH

     

Term Loan, 6.30%, Maturing August 14, 2020

      12,965       13,008,342  

Tweddle Group, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 7.17%, Maturing October 24, 2022

      8,073       8,133,358  
                     
  $ 141,125,935  
                     
Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Radio and Television — 3.2%

 

ALM Media Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.65%, Maturing July 31, 2020

      5,849     $ 5,556,780  

AP NMT Acquisition B.V.

     

Term Loan, 6.90%, Maturing August 13, 2021

      5,961       5,301,471  

CBS Radio, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing October 17, 2023

      13,278       13,424,213  

Term Loan, Maturing March 2, 2024(4)

      4,200       4,234,125  

Cumulus Media Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing December 23, 2020

      40,287       31,612,675  

Entercom Radio, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.55%, Maturing November 1, 2023

      17,531       17,662,586  

Entravision Communications Corporation

     

Term Loan, 3.65%, Maturing May 31, 2020

      12,570       12,625,077  

Gray Television, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.48%, Maturing February 7, 2024

      2,369       2,393,345  

Hubbard Radio, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing May 27, 2022

      5,537       5,565,143  

iHeartCommunications, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 7.74%, Maturing January 30, 2019

      14,994       12,876,250  

Term Loan, 8.49%, Maturing July 30, 2019

      2,571       2,207,900  

Mission Broadcasting, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.99%, Maturing January 17, 2024

      2,593       2,613,200  

Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.99%, Maturing January 17, 2024

      26,687       26,899,336  

Raycom TV Broadcasting, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.99%, Maturing August 4, 2021

      6,590       6,581,327  

Sinclair Television Group, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.25%, Maturing January 3, 2024

      17,581       17,644,967  

Univision Communications, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing March 15, 2024

      74,357       73,928,777  
                     
  $ 241,127,172  
                     

Retailers (Except Food and Drug) — 3.4%

 

Bass Pro Group, LLC

     

Term Loan, 5.90%, Maturing June 9, 2018

      3,225     $ 3,257,250  

Term Loan, 6.15%, Maturing December 16, 2023

      9,550       9,320,208  

BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.75%, Maturing February 3, 2024

      8,100       8,074,688  

CDW, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.15%, Maturing August 17, 2023

      18,000       18,138,476  

Coinamatic Canada, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing May 14, 2022

      789       792,953  

David’s Bridal, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.25%, Maturing October 11, 2019

      17,027       14,530,014  
 

 

  29   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Retailers (Except Food and Drug) (continued)

 

Evergreen Acqco 1 L.P.

     

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing July 9, 2019

      16,215     $ 14,856,712  

Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.24%, Maturing August 19, 2023

      18,303       18,298,164  

J. Crew Group, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.08%, Maturing March 5, 2021

      23,293       15,548,007  

Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. (The)

     

Term Loan, 4.53%, Maturing June 18, 2021

      9,800       9,432,791  

Michaels Stores, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing January 30, 2023

      13,494       13,497,272  

Neiman Marcus Group Ltd., LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing October 25, 2020

      20,031       16,032,563  

Party City Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.17%, Maturing August 19, 2022

      22,893       22,899,541  

PetSmart, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.02%, Maturing March 11, 2022

      38,999       36,000,684  

PFS Holding Corporation

     

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing January 31, 2021

      11,569       11,380,778  

Pier 1 Imports (U.S.), Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.50%, Maturing April 30, 2021

      6,183       5,981,785  

Rent-A-Center, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.99%, Maturing March 19, 2021

      963       948,041  

Toys ‘R’ Us Property Company I, LLC

     

Term Loan, 6.00%, Maturing August 21, 2019

      22,293       21,457,491  

Vivid Seats Ltd.

     

Term Loan, 6.75%, Maturing October 7, 2022

      9,450       9,520,875  

Wilton Brands, LLC

     

Term Loan, 8.50%, Maturing August 30, 2018

      1,415       1,389,290  
                     
  $ 251,357,583  
                     

Steel — 1.0%

 

Atkore International, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing December 22, 2023

      13,296     $ 13,415,460  

FMG Resources (August 2006) Pty. Ltd.

     

Term Loan, 3.75%, Maturing June 30, 2019

      14,173       14,278,007  

Neenah Foundry Company

     

Term Loan, 7.75%, Maturing April 26, 2019

      10,460       10,381,569  

Zekelman Industries, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.91%, Maturing June 14, 2021

      36,296       36,772,642  
                     
  $ 74,847,678  
                     

Surface Transport — 0.6%

 

Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.15%, Maturing March 15, 2022

      9,786     $ 9,811,227  
Borrower/Tranche Description       

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Surface Transport (continued)

 

Hertz Corporation (The)

     

Term Loan, 3.74%, Maturing June 30, 2023

      7,543     $ 7,561,269  

Kenan Advantage Group, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing July 31, 2022

      978       979,909  

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing July 31, 2022

      3,217       3,222,293  

PODS, LLC

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing February 2, 2022

      2,967       2,990,126  

Stena International S.a.r.l.

     

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing March 3, 2021

      20,473       18,962,894  
                     
  $ 43,527,718  
                     

Technology — 0.4%

 

Seattle Spinco, Inc.

     

Term Loan, Maturing April 30, 2024(4)

      31,313     $ 31,469,799  
                     
  $ 31,469,799  
                     

Telecommunications — 4.5%

 

Arris Group, Inc.

     

Term Loan, Maturing April 19, 2024(4)

      575     $ 579,125  

Ciena Corporation

     

Term Loan, 3.49%, Maturing January 28, 2022

      6,703       6,757,698  

Colorado Buyer, Inc.

 

Term Loan, Maturing March 28, 2024(4)

      7,875       7,941,898  

Consolidated Communications, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.00%, Maturing October 4, 2023

      12,218       12,321,590  

Term Loan, Maturing October 5, 2023(4)

      5,175       5,214,459  

eircom Finco S.a.r.l.

     

Term Loan, 3.25%, Maturing March 14, 2024

  EUR     16,875       18,414,487  

Global Eagle Entertainment, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 7.32%, Maturing January 6, 2023

      11,775       10,921,313  

Hargray Communications Group, Inc.

     

Term Loan, Maturing March 22, 2024(4)

      3,500       3,522,603  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A.

     

Term Loan, 3.89%, Maturing June 30, 2019

      63,059       62,414,917  

IPC Corp.

     

Term Loan, 5.67%, Maturing August 6, 2021

      16,894       15,943,740  

Level 3 Financing, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.24%, Maturing February 22, 2024

      23,800       23,907,100  

LSF9 Atlantis Holdings, LLC

     

Term Loan, Maturing April 21, 2023(4)

      9,550       9,550,000  

Onvoy, LLC

     

Term Loan, 5.65%, Maturing February 10, 2024

      15,625       15,657,547  

SBA Senior Finance II, LLC

     

Term Loan, 3.25%, Maturing March 24, 2021

      9,464       9,519,652  

Term Loan, 3.25%, Maturing June 10, 2022

      1,958       1,965,304  
 

 

  30   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description         

Principal

Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Telecommunications (continued)

 

Sprint Communications, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 3.50%, Maturing February 2, 2024

      54,525     $ 54,632,905  

Syniverse Holdings, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing April 23, 2019

      18,900       17,399,708  

Term Loan, 4.17%, Maturing April 23, 2019

      11,867       10,924,630  

Telesat Canada

     

Term Loan, 4.15%, Maturing November 17, 2023

      41,755       42,155,617  

U.S. Telepacific Corporation

     

Term Loan, Maturing April 17, 2023(4)

      3,000       3,003,750  
                         
  $ 332,748,043  
                         

Utilities — 2.6%

 

Calpine Construction Finance Company L.P.

     

Term Loan, 3.24%, Maturing May 3, 2020

      818     $ 821,193  

Term Loan, 3.49%, Maturing January 31, 2022

      7,902       7,905,764  

Calpine Corporation

     

Term Loan, 2.75%, Maturing November 30, 2017

      6,764       6,772,091  

Term Loan, 2.75%, Maturing December 26, 2019

      3,925       3,934,463  

Term Loan, 3.90%, Maturing January 15, 2024

      37,242       37,416,343  

Dayton Power & Light Company (The)

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing August 24, 2022

      4,065       4,104,615  

Dynegy, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 4.25%, Maturing February 7, 2024

      20,800       20,819,573  

Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co., LLC

     

DIP Loan, 4.30%, Maturing June 30, 2017

      7,900       7,952,669  

Granite Acquisition, Inc.

     

Term Loan, 5.15%, Maturing December 19, 2021

      1,045       1,055,317  

Term Loan, 5.15%, Maturing December 19, 2021

      23,208       23,444,835  

Helix Gen Funding, LLC

     

Term Loan, Maturing February 23, 2024(4)

      8,425       8,532,419  

Invenergy Thermal Operating I, LLC

     

Term Loan, 6.65%, Maturing October 19, 2022

      1,688       1,637,287  

Lightstone Generation, LLC

     

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing January 30, 2024

      1,861       1,873,829  

Term Loan, 5.50%, Maturing January 30, 2024

      30,164       30,373,591  

Lonestar Generation, LLC

     

Term Loan, 5.30%, Maturing February 22, 2021

      8,911       7,930,690  

Longview Power, LLC

     

Term Loan, 7.00%, Maturing April 13, 2021

      10,488       8,678,975  

Talen Energy Supply, LLC

     

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing April 15, 2024

      6,850       6,815,750  

TPF II Power, LLC

     

Term Loan, 5.00%, Maturing October 2, 2023

      13,770       13,872,956  
                         
      $ 193,942,360  
                         

Total Senior Floating-Rate Loans
(identified cost $8,503,870,509)

      $ 8,429,720,967  
                         
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 3.7%      
     
Security         

Principal
Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Automotive — 0.1%

                       

Federal-Mogul Holdings, LLC

     

4.545%, 4/15/24(7)(8)

    EUR       6,000     $ 6,527,302  
                         
  $ 6,527,302  
                         

Cable and Satellite Television — 0.0%(9)

 

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC

     

5.50%, 1/15/25(7)

      1,825     $ 1,879,750  
                         
  $ 1,879,750  
                         

Chemicals and Plastics — 0.3%

 

Hexion, Inc.

     

6.625%, 4/15/20

      24,250     $ 23,037,500  

PQ Corp.

     

6.75%, 11/15/22(7)

      3,000       3,262,470  
                         
  $ 26,299,970  
                         

Containers and Glass Products — 0.4%

 

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer, LLC

     

5.75%, 10/15/20

      20,375     $ 21,011,719  

4.658%, 7/15/21(7)(8)

      6,975       7,149,375  
                         
  $ 28,161,094  
                         

Drugs — 0.3%

 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.

     

6.50%, 3/15/22(7)

      9,841     $ 10,099,326  

7.00%, 3/15/24(7)

      12,794       13,081,865  
                         
  $ 23,181,191  
                         

Electronics / Electrical — 0.1%

 

Western Digital Corp.

     

7.375%, 4/1/23(7)

      10,400     $ 11,414,000  
                         
      $ 11,414,000  
                         

Entertainment — 0.1%

 

Vougeot Bidco PLC

     

7.875%, 7/15/20(7)

    GBP       3,500     $ 4,699,262  

Vue International Bidco PLC

     

4.918%, 7/15/20(7)(8)

    EUR       2,875       3,152,547  
                         
  $ 7,851,809  
                         
 

 

  31   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security       

Principal
Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Equipment Leasing — 0.0%(9)

 

International Lease Finance Corp.

     

7.125%, 9/1/18(7)

      750     $ 800,882  
                     
  $ 800,882  
                     

Food Products — 0.3%

 

Iceland Bondco PLC

     

4.586%, 7/15/20(7)(8)

  GBP     12,425     $ 16,173,475  

6.25%, 7/15/21(7)

  GBP     3,925       5,290,130  
                     
  $ 21,463,605  
                     

Health Care — 1.0%

 

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.

     

5.125%, 8/1/21

      11,650     $ 11,591,750  

6.25%, 3/31/23

      13,375       13,659,219  

HCA, Inc.

     

4.75%, 5/1/23

      4,650       4,894,125  

RegionalCare Hospital Partners Holdings, Inc.

     

8.25%, 5/1/23(7)

      21,975       23,488,528  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

     

6.00%, 10/1/20

      12,500       13,187,500  

4.375%, 10/1/21

      6,225       6,248,344  
                     
  $ 73,069,466  
                     

Insurance — 0.1%

 

Galaxy Bidco, Ltd.

     

5.358%, 11/15/19(7)(8)

  GBP     6,500     $ 8,460,889  
                     
  $ 8,460,889  
                     

Leisure Goods / Activities / Movies — 0.1%

 

National CineMedia, LLC

     

6.00%, 4/15/22

      4,200     $ 4,336,500  
                     
  $ 4,336,500  
                     

Lodging and Casinos — 0.2%

 

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc.

     

8.50%, 2/15/20(6)

      5,459     $ 6,687,184  

9.00%, 2/15/20(6)

      2,459       3,015,217  

9.00%, 2/15/20(6)

      6,246       7,658,652  
                     
  $ 17,361,053  
                     
Security         

Principal
Amount*

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Media — 0.1%

 

Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG/Unitymedia NRW GmbH

     

5.50%, 1/15/23(7)

      4,000     $ 4,180,000  
                         
  $ 4,180,000  
                         

Oil and Gas — 0.1%

                       

CITGO Petroleum Corp.

     

6.25%, 8/15/22(7)

      6,700     $ 6,850,750  
                         
  $ 6,850,750  
                         

Radio and Television — 0.1%

 

iHeartCommunications, Inc.

     

9.00%, 12/15/19

      1,709     $ 1,416,334  

Univision Communications, Inc.

     

6.75%, 9/15/22(7)

      3,075       3,232,593  
                         
  $ 4,648,927  
                         

Retailers (Except Food and Drug) — 0.1%

 

B&M European Value Retail S.A.

     

4.125%, 2/1/22(7)

    GBP       750     $ 1,016,644  

Fresh Market, Inc. (The)

     

9.75%, 5/1/23(7)

      8,600       7,170,250  
                         
  $ 8,186,894  
                         

Telecommunications — 0.1%

 

Wind Acquisition Finance S.A.

     

4.921%, 4/30/19(7)(8)

    EUR       4,825     $ 5,337,295  

6.50%, 4/30/20(7)

      3,150       3,263,400  
                         
  $ 8,600,695  
                         

Utilities — 0.2%

 

Calpine Corp.

     

6.00%, 1/15/22(7)

      2,000     $ 2,097,500  

5.875%, 1/15/24(7)

      5,000       5,275,000  

5.25%, 6/1/26(7)

      7,675       7,761,344  
                         
  $ 15,133,844  
                         

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes
(identified cost $276,842,842)

      $ 278,408,621  
                         
 

 

  32   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Asset-Backed Securities — 0.8%  
     
Security         

Principal
Amount

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

ALM Loan Funding, Ltd.

     

Series 2013-7R2A, Class DR, 8.608%, 10/15/27(7)(8)

    $ 2,000     $ 2,039,863  

Series 2013-7RA, Class DR, 8.298%, 10/15/28(7)(8)

      3,000       3,053,753  

Series 2015-16A, Class D, 6.508%, 7/15/27(7)(8)

      3,000       2,947,665  

Apidos CLO XIV

     

Series 2013-14A, Class D, 4.658%, 4/15/25(7)(8)

      3,000       2,999,139  

Series 2013-14A, Class E, 5.558%, 4/15/25(7)(8)

      1,500       1,443,804  

Apidos CLO XVII

     

Series 2014-17A, Class C, 4.458%, 4/17/26(7)(8)

      1,500       1,495,309  

Series 2014-17A, Class D, 5.908%, 4/17/26(7)(8)

      1,500       1,450,612  

Apidos CLO XXI

     

Series 2015-21A, Class D, 6.708%, 7/18/27(7)(8)

      1,500       1,481,547  

Ares XXVIII CLO, Ltd.

     

Series 2013-3A, Class E, 6.058%, 10/17/24(7)(8)

      2,000       1,988,754  

Avery Point II CLO, Ltd.

     

Series 2013-2A, Class E,
5.408%, 7/17/25(7)(8)

      1,670       1,592,764  

Babson CLO, Ltd.

     

Series 2013-IA, Class D,
4.656%, 4/20/25(7)(8)

      2,475       2,478,668  

Series 2013-IA, Class E,
5.556%, 4/20/25(7)(8)

      1,500       1,446,704  

Birchwood Park CLO, Ltd.

     

Series 2014-1A, Class E1, 6.258%, 7/15/26(7)(8)

      2,175       2,155,917  

Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO, Ltd.

     

Series 2013-3A, Class C, 4.558%, 7/15/25(7)(8)

      2,000       1,999,120  

Series 2013-3A, Class D, 5.758%, 7/15/25(7)(8)

      1,600       1,583,902  

Series 2016-4A, Class D, 8.056%, 10/20/27(7)(8)

      1,500       1,536,082  

Cole Park CLO, Ltd.

     

Series 2015-1A, Class E, 7.256%, 10/20/28(7)(8)

      2,000       2,004,032  

Jay Park CLO, Ltd.

     

Series 2016-1A, Class D, 8.156%, 10/20/27(7)(8)

      2,000       2,022,141  

Madison Park Funding XII, Ltd.

     

Series 2014-12A, Class D, 4.658%, 7/20/26(7)(8)

      1,750       1,750,810  

Series 2014-12A, Class E, 6.258%, 7/20/26(7)(8)

      1,750       1,722,031  

Neuberger Berman CLO XVIII, Ltd.

     

Series 2014-18A, Class DR, 8.786%, 11/14/27(7)(8)

      2,000       2,027,151  

Oak Hill Credit Partners VII, Ltd.

     

Series 2012-7A, Class ER, 8.552%, 11/20/27(7)(8)

      3,000       3,061,811  

Oak Hill Credit Partners VIII, Ltd.

     

Series 2013-8A, Class D, 4.656%, 4/20/25(7)(8)

      2,900       2,894,301  

Octagon Investment Partners XVI, Ltd.

     

Series 2013-1A, Class E, 5.658%, 7/17/25(7)(8)

      1,800       1,736,869  

Palmer Square CLO, Ltd.

     

Series 2013-2A, Class DR, 7.258%, 10/17/27(7)(8)

      2,450       2,426,718  

Series 2014-1A, Class DR, 8.058%, 1/17/27(7)(8)

      1,900       1,902,455  
Security         

Principal
Amount

(000’s omitted)

    Value  

Voya CLO, Ltd.

     

Series 2015-3A, Class D2, 6.606%, 10/20/27(7)(8)

    $ 2,900     $ 2,850,683  
                         

Total Asset-Backed Securities
(identified cost $54,280,339)

      $ 56,092,605  
                         
Common Stocks — 0.5%  
     
Security          Shares     Value  

Aerospace and Defense — 0.1%

                       

IAP Global Services, LLC(3)(10)(11)

      168     $ 2,674,712  
                         
  $ 2,674,712  
                         

Automotive — 0.0%(9)

 

Dayco Products, LLC(3)(10)(11)

      48,926     $ 1,541,169  
                         
  $ 1,541,169  
                         

Business Equipment and Services — 0.1%

 

Education Management Corp.(3)(10)(11)

      41,829,101     $ 0  

RCS Capital Corp.(3)(10)(11)

      435,169       5,983,574  
                         
  $ 5,983,574  
                         

Electronics / Electrical — 0.1%

 

Answers Corp.(10)(11)

      642,963     $ 8,840,741  
                         
  $ 8,840,741  
                         

Health Care — 0.0%(9)

 

New Millennium Holdco, Inc.(10)(11)

      319,499     $ 455,286  
                         
  $ 455,286  
                         

Lodging and Casinos — 0.0%(9)

 

Tropicana Entertainment, Inc.(10)(11)

      40,751     $ 1,420,172  
                         
  $ 1,420,172  
                         

Nonferrous Metals / Minerals — 0.0%

 

ASP United/GHX Holding, LLC(3)(10)(11)

      1,769     $ 0  
                         
  $ 0  
                         

Oil and Gas — 0.1%

 

Samson Resources II, LLC, Class A(10)(11)

      387,972     $ 6,401,538  

Southcross Holdings Group, LLC(3)(10)(11)

      573       0  

Southcross Holdings L.P., Class A(10)(11)

      573       307,988  
                         
  $ 6,709,526  
                         
 

 

  33   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

Security          Shares     Value  

Publishing — 0.1%

 

ION Media Networks, Inc.(3)(10)

      13,247     $ 5,944,591  

MediaNews Group, Inc.(3)(10)(11)

      66,239       2,370,028  

Nelson Education, Ltd.(3)(10)(11)

      169,215       0  
                         
      $ 8,314,619  
                         

Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $23,846,152)

      $ 35,939,799  
                         
Convertible Preferred Stocks — 0.0%  
     
Security          Shares     Value  

Business Equipment and Services — 0.0%

                       

Education Management Corp.,
Series A-1, 7.50% (3)(10)(11)

      46,544     $ 0  
                         

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks
(identified cost $3,284,920)

      $ 0  
                         
Short-Term Investments — 1.5%  
     
Description          Units     Value  

Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC, 1.07%(12)

      114,354,636     $ 114,388,942  
                         

Total Short-Term Investments
(identified cost $114,387,524)

      $ 114,388,942  
                         

Total Investments — 119.1%
(identified cost $8,976,512,286)

 

  $ 8,914,550,934  
                         

Less Unfunded Loan Commitments — (0.1)%

 

  $ (8,745,772
                         

Net Investments — 119.0%
(identified cost $8,967,766,514)

 

  $ 8,905,805,162  
                         

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (19.0)%

 

  $ (1,419,773,935
                         

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 7,486,031,227  
                         

The percentage shown for each investment category in the Portfolio of Investments is based on net assets.

 

  * In U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.

 

  (1) 

Senior floating-rate loans (Senior Loans) often require prepayments from excess cash flows or permit the borrowers to repay at their election. The degree to which borrowers repay, whether as a contractual requirement or at their election, cannot be predicted with accuracy. As a result, the actual remaining maturity May be substantially less than the stated maturities shown. However, Senior Loans will typically have an expected average life of approximately two to four years. The stated interest rate represents the weighted average interest rate of all contracts within the

  senior loan facility and includes commitment fees on unfunded loan commitments, if any. Senior Loans typically have rates of interest which are redetermined either daily, monthly, quarterly or semi-annually by reference to a base lending rate, plus a premium. These base lending rates are primarily the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and secondarily, the prime rate offered by one or more major United States banks (the “Prime Rate”) and the certificate of deposit (“CD”) rate or other base lending rates used by commercial lenders.

 

  (2) 

Unfunded or partially unfunded loan commitments. See Note 1F for description.

 

  (3) 

For fair value measurement disclosure purposes, security is categorized as Level 3 (see Note 9).

 

  (4) 

This Senior Loan will settle after April 30, 2017, at which time the interest rate will be determined.

 

  (5) 

Includes Staunton Luxco S.C.A. ordinary shares and Staunton Topco, Ltd. ordinary shares that trade with the loan.

 

  (6) 

Currently the issuer is in default with respect to interest and/or principal payments. For a variable rate security, interest rate has been adjusted to reflect non-accrual status.

 

  (7) 

Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities May be sold in certain transactions in reliance on an exemption from registration (normally to qualified institutional buyers). At April 30, 2017, the aggregate value of these securities is $217,757,182 or 2.9% of the Portfolio’s net assets.

 

  (8) 

Variable rate security. The stated interest rate represents the rate in effect at April 30, 2017.

 

  (9) 

Amount is less than 0.05%.

 

(10) 

Security was acquired in connection with a restructuring of a Senior Loan and May be subject to restrictions on resale.

 

(11) 

Non-income producing security.

 

(12) 

Affiliated investment company, available to Eaton Vance portfolios and funds, which invests in high quality, U.S. dollar denominated money market instruments. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of April 30, 2017.

 

 

  34   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) — continued

 

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts  
Currency Purchased     Currency Sold      Counterparty    Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
(Depreciation)
 
USD     22,494,198     CAD     29,444,095      HSBC Bank USA, N.A.      5/31/17      $ 915,343      $  
USD     6,503,016     EUR     6,000,000      HSBC Bank USA, N.A.      5/31/17               (41,543
USD     70,315,754     EUR     66,146,849      State Street Bank and Trust Company      5/31/17               (1,834,571
USD     13,779,659     EUR     12,875,000      State Street Bank and Trust Company      5/31/17               (263,873
USD     3,720,149     EUR     3,425,000      State Street Bank and Trust Company      5/31/17               (15,703
USD     1,356,227     EUR     1,250,000      State Street Bank and Trust Company      5/31/17               (7,223
USD     2,823,411     GBP     2,252,907      HSBC Bank USA, N.A.      5/31/17               (96,758
USD     5,156,802     GBP     4,030,000      State Street Bank and Trust Company      5/31/17               (66,796
USD     28,908,066     EUR     27,000,000      Goldman Sachs International      6/30/17               (590,201
USD     74,422,467     EUR     68,821,944      HSBC Bank USA, N.A.      6/30/17               (767,460
USD     24,429,201     GBP     19,595,092      Goldman Sachs International      6/30/17               (992,999
USD     100,769,478     EUR     92,085,788      Goldman Sachs International      7/31/17        2,575         
USD     21,631,832     GBP     16,793,597      State Street Bank and Trust Company      7/31/17               (174,984
                                       $ 917,918      $ (4,852,111

Abbreviations:

 

DIP     Debtor In Possession
PIK     Payment In Kind

Currency Abbreviations:

 

CAD     Canadian Dollar
EUR     Euro
GBP     British Pound Sterling
USD     United States Dollar

 

  35   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)

 

 

Assets   April 30, 2017  

Unaffiliated investments, at value (identified cost, $8,853,378,990)

  $ 8,791,416,220  

Affiliated investment, at value (identified cost, $114,387,524)

    114,388,942  

Cash

    34,268,279  

Restricted cash*

    6,240,000  

Foreign currency, at value (identified cost, $44,838,516)

    44,847,797  

Interest receivable

    25,363,949  

Dividends receivable from affiliated investment

    60,745  

Receivable for investments sold

    5,001,804  

Receivable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts

    917,918  

Prepaid upfront fees on notes payable

    1,736,060  

Prepaid expenses

    197,133  

Total assets

  $ 9,024,438,847  
Liabilities  

Notes payable

  $ 975,000,000  

Payable for investments purchased

    553,439,054  

Payable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts

    4,852,111  

Payable to affiliates:

 

Investment adviser fee

    2,828,982  

Trustees’ fees

    8,458  

Accrued expenses

    2,279,015  

Total liabilities

  $ 1,538,407,620  

Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)

       

Net Assets applicable to investors’ interest in Portfolio

  $ 7,486,031,227  
Sources of Net Assets  

Investors’ capital

  $ 7,553,144,166  

Net unrealized depreciation

    (67,112,939

Total

  $ 7,486,031,227  

 

* Represents restricted cash on deposit at the custodian for open derivative contracts.

 

  36   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Statement of Operations (Unaudited)

 

 

Investment Income  

Six Months Ended

April 30, 2017

 

Interest and other income

  $ 173,870,134  

Dividends

    1,806,816  

Dividends from affiliated investment

    428,735  

Total investment income

  $ 176,105,685  
Expenses  

Investment adviser fee

  $ 15,103,573  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    53,542  

Custodian fee

    716,391  

Legal and accounting services

    330,809  

Interest expense and fees

    9,042,855  

Miscellaneous

    146,003  

Total expenses

  $ 25,393,173  

Net investment income

  $ 150,712,512  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)  

Net realized gain (loss) —

 

Investment transactions

  $ (17,779,443

Investment transactions — affiliated investment

    16,286  

Foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions

    7,210,328  

Net realized loss

  $ (10,552,829

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) —

 

Investments

  $ 108,935,993  

Investments — affiliated investment

    (5,340

Foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contracts

    (9,835,669

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

  $ 99,094,984  

Net realized and unrealized gain

  $ 88,542,155  

Net increase in net assets from operations

  $ 239,254,667  

 

  37   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets  

Six Months Ended

April 30, 2017

(Unaudited)

   

Year Ended

October 31, 2016

 

From operations —

   

Net investment income

  $ 150,712,512     $ 267,371,374  

Net realized loss from investment, foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions

    (10,552,829     (114,501,111

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments, foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contracts

    99,094,984       215,303,495  

Net increase in net assets from operations

  $ 239,254,667     $ 368,173,758  

Capital transactions —

   

Contributions

  $ 2,002,920,381     $ 743,046,528  

Withdrawals

    (81,781,671     (1,125,614,046

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital transactions

  $ 1,921,138,710     $ (382,567,518

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

  $ 2,160,393,377     $ (14,393,760
Net Assets  

At beginning of period

  $ 5,325,637,850     $ 5,340,031,610  

At end of period

  $ 7,486,031,227     $ 5,325,637,850  

 

  38   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Statement of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

 

 

Cash Flows From Operating Activities  

Six Months Ended

April 30, 2017

 

Net increase in net assets from operations

  $ 239,254,667  

Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets from operations to net cash used in operating activities:

 

Investments purchased

    (3,992,006,227

Investments sold and principal repayments

    1,841,165,878  

Increase in short-term investments, net

    (25,203,974

Net amortization/accretion of premium (discount)

    (3,372,062

Amortization of prepaid upfront fees on notes payable

    994,595  

Increase in restricted cash

    (2,747,690

Increase in interest and dividends receivable

    (613,057

Increase in dividends receivable from affiliated investment

    (60,745

Decrease in receivable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts

    4,456,609  

Increase in prepaid expenses

    (30,161

Decrease in payable for cash collateral due to brokers

    (3,492,310

Increase in payable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts

    4,315,411  

Increase in payable to affiliate for investment adviser fee

    630,072  

Increase in payable to affiliate for Trustees’ fees

    2,791  

Decrease in accrued expenses

    (254,499

Increase in unfunded loan commitments

    1,813,842  

Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation from investments

    (108,930,653

Net realized loss from investments

    17,763,157  

Net cash used in operating activities

  $ (2,026,314,356
Cash Flows From Financing Activities  

Proceeds from capital contributions

  $ 2,002,920,381  

Payments for capital withdrawals

    (81,781,671

Proceeds from notes payable

    475,000,000  

Repayments of notes payable

    (350,000,000

Payment of prepaid upfront fees on notes payable

    (2,000,000

Net cash provided by financing activities

  $ 2,044,138,710  

Net increase in cash*

  $ 17,824,354  

Cash at beginning of period(1)

  $ 61,291,722  

Cash at end of period(1)

  $ 79,116,076  
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:  

Cash paid for interest and fees on borrowings

  $ 10,078,209  

 

* Includes net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on foreign currency of $(13,275).

 

(1) 

Balance includes foreign currency, at value.

 

  39   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Financial Highlights

 

 

    Six Months Ended
April 30, 2017
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended October 31,  
Ratios/Supplemental Data     2016     2015     2014     2013     2012  

Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets):

                                               

Expenses excluding interest and fees(1)

    0.51 %(2)      0.58     0.58     0.55     0.52     0.61

Interest and fee expense

    0.28 %(2)      0.44     0.34     0.27     0.22     0.34

Total expenses(1)

    0.79 %(2)      1.02     0.92     0.82     0.74     0.95

Net investment income

    4.66 %(2)      5.52     5.09     4.80     4.97     5.73

Portfolio Turnover

    24 %(3)      38     27     38     29     37

Total Return

    3.87 %(3)      8.32     0.72     2.84     6.25     9.94

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

  $ 7,486,031     $ 5,325,638     $ 5,340,032     $ 6,497,751     $ 7,113,677     $ 3,241,781  

 

(1) 

Excludes the effect of custody fee credits, if any, of less than 0.005%. Effective September 1, 2015, custody fee credits, which were earned on cash deposit balances, were discontinued by the custodian.

 

(2) 

Annualized.

 

(3) 

Not annualized.

 

  40   See Notes to Financial Statements.


Senior Debt Portfolio

April 30, 2017

 

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

 

1  Significant Accounting Policies

Senior Debt Portfolio (the Portfolio) is a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company. The Portfolio’s investment objective is to provide a high level of current income. The Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue interests in the Portfolio. At April 30, 2017, Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Advantage Fund, Eaton Vance Short Duration Strategic Income Fund and Eaton Vance Short Duration Real Return Fund held an interest of 97.4%, 2.1% and 0.5% respectively, in the Portfolio.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies of the Portfolio. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). The Portfolio is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946.

A  Investment Valuation — The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or fair value of investments.

Senior Floating-Rate Loans. Interests in senior floating-rate loans (Senior Loans) for which reliable market quotations are readily available are valued generally at the average mean of bid and ask quotations obtained from a third party pricing service. Other Senior Loans are valued at fair value by the investment adviser under procedures approved by the Trustees. In fair valuing a Senior Loan, the investment adviser utilizes one or more of the valuation techniques described in (i) through (iii) below to assess the likelihood that the borrower will make a full repayment of the loan underlying such Senior Loan relative to yields on other Senior Loans issued by companies of comparable credit quality. If the investment adviser believes that there is a reasonable likelihood of full repayment, the investment adviser will determine fair value using a matrix pricing approach that considers the yield on the Senior Loan. If the investment adviser believes there is not a reasonable likelihood of full repayment, the investment adviser will determine fair value using analyses that include, but are not limited to: (i) a comparison of the value of the borrower’s outstanding equity and debt to that of comparable public companies; (ii) a discounted cash flow analysis; or (iii) when the investment adviser believes it is likely that a borrower will be liquidated or sold, an analysis of the terms of such liquidation or sale. In certain cases, the investment adviser will use a combination of analytical methods to determine fair value, such as when only a portion of a borrower’s assets are likely to be sold. In conducting its assessment and analyses for purposes of determining fair value of a Senior Loan, the investment adviser will use its discretion and judgment in considering and appraising relevant factors. Fair value determinations are made by the portfolio managers of the Portfolio based on information available to such managers. The portfolio managers of other funds managed by the investment adviser that invest in Senior Loans may not possess the same information about a Senior Loan borrower as the portfolio managers of the Portfolio. At times, the fair value of a Senior Loan determined by the portfolio managers of other funds managed by the investment adviser that invest in Senior Loans may vary from the fair value of the same Senior Loan determined by the portfolio managers of the Portfolio. The fair value of each Senior Loan is periodically reviewed and approved by the investment adviser’s Valuation Committee and by the Trustees based upon procedures approved by the Trustees. Junior Loans (i.e., subordinated loans and second lien loans) are valued in the same manner as Senior Loans.

Debt Obligations. Debt obligations are generally valued on the basis of valuations provided by third party pricing services, as derived from such services’ pricing models. Inputs to the models may include, but are not limited to, reported trades, executable bid and asked prices, broker/dealer quotations, prices or yields of securities with similar characteristics, interest rates, anticipated prepayments, benchmark curves or information pertaining to the issuer, as well as industry and economic events. The pricing services may use a matrix approach, which considers information regarding securities with similar characteristics to determine the valuation for a security. Short-term obligations purchased with a remaining maturity of sixty days or less for which a valuation from a third party pricing service is not readily available may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

Equity Securities. Equity securities listed on a U.S. securities exchange generally are valued at the last sale or closing price on the day of valuation or, if no sales took place on such date, at the mean between the closing bid and asked prices therefore on the exchange where such securities are principally traded. Equity securities listed on the NASDAQ Global or Global Select Market generally are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. Unlisted or listed securities for which closing sales prices or closing quotations are not available are valued at the mean between the latest available bid and asked prices.

Derivatives. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are generally valued at the mean of the average bid and average asked prices that are reported by currency dealers to a third party pricing service at the valuation time. Such third party pricing service valuations are supplied for specific settlement periods and the Portfolio’s forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at an interpolated rate between the closest preceding and subsequent settlement period reported by the third party pricing service.

Foreign Securities and Currencies. Foreign securities and currencies are valued in U.S. dollars, based on foreign currency exchange rate quotations supplied by a third party pricing service. The pricing service uses a proprietary model to determine the exchange rate. Inputs to the model include reported trades and implied bid/ask spreads.

Affiliated Fund. The Portfolio may invest in Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC (Cash Reserves Fund), an affiliated investment company managed by Eaton Vance Management (EVM). While Cash Reserves Fund is not a registered money market mutual fund, it conducts all of its investment activities in accordance with the requirements of Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. Investments in Cash Reserves Fund are valued at the closing net asset value per unit on the valuation day. Cash Reserves Fund generally values its investment securities based on available market quotations provided by a third party pricing service.

Fair Valuation. Investments for which valuations or market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees of the Portfolio in a manner that fairly reflects the security’s value, or the amount that the Portfolio might reasonably expect to receive for the security upon its current sale in the ordinary course. Each such determination is based on a consideration of relevant factors, which are likely to vary from one pricing context to another. These factors may include, but are not limited to, the type of security, the existence of any contractual restrictions on the security’s disposition, the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or

 

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of comparable companies or entities, quotations or relevant information obtained from broker/dealers or other market participants, information obtained from the issuer, analysts, and/or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), an analysis of the company’s or entity’s financial condition, and an evaluation of the forces that influence the issuer and the market(s) in which the security is purchased and sold.

B  Investment Transactions — Investment transactions for financial statement purposes are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

C  Income — Interest income is recorded on the basis of interest accrued, adjusted for amortization of premium or accretion of discount. Fees associated with loan amendments are recognized immediately. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date for dividends received in cash and/or securities.

D  Federal Taxes — The Portfolio has elected to be treated as a partnership for federal tax purposes. No provision is made by the Portfolio for federal or state taxes on any taxable income of the Portfolio because each investor in the Portfolio is ultimately responsible for the payment of any taxes on its share of taxable income. Since at least one of the Portfolio’s investors is a regulated investment company that invests all or substantially all of its assets in the Portfolio, the Portfolio normally must satisfy the applicable source of income and diversification requirements (under the Internal Revenue Code) in order for its investors to satisfy them. The Portfolio will allocate, at least annually among its investors, each investor’s distributive share of the Portfolio’s net investment income, net realized capital gains and any other items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit.

As of April 30, 2017, the Portfolio had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. The Portfolio files a U.S. federal income tax return annually after its fiscal year-end, which is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years from the date of filing.

E  Foreign Currency Translation — Investment valuations, other assets, and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are translated each business day into U.S. dollars based upon current exchange rates. Purchases and sales of foreign investment securities and income and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars based upon currency exchange rates in effect on the respective dates of such transactions. Recognized gains or losses on investment transactions attributable to changes in foreign currency exchange rates are recorded for financial statement purposes as net realized gains and losses on investments. That portion of unrealized gains and losses on investments that results from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates is not separately disclosed.

F  Unfunded Loan Commitments — The Portfolio may enter into certain credit agreements all or a portion of which may be unfunded. The Portfolio is obligated to fund these commitments at the borrower’s discretion. These commitments are disclosed in the accompanying Portfolio of Investments. At April 30, 2017, the Portfolio had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover these commitments.

G  Use of Estimates — The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expense during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

H  Indemnifications — Under the Portfolio’s organizational documents, its officers and Trustees may be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses arising out of the performance of their duties to the Portfolio. Under Massachusetts law, if certain conditions prevail, interestholders in the Portfolio could be deemed to have personal liability for the obligations of the Portfolio. However, the Portfolio’s Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of liability on the part of Portfolio interestholders and the By-laws provide that the Portfolio shall assume the defense on behalf of any Portfolio interestholder. Moreover, the By-laws also provide for indemnification out of Portfolio property of any interestholder held personally liable solely by reason of being or having been an interestholder for all loss or expense arising from such liability. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Portfolio enters into agreements with service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. The Portfolio’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Portfolio that have not yet occurred.

I  Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts — The Portfolio may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts for the purchase or sale of a specific foreign currency at a fixed price on a future date. The forward foreign currency exchange contracts are adjusted by the daily exchange rate of the underlying currency and any gains or losses are recorded as unrealized until such time as the contracts have been closed. Risks may arise upon entering these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar.

J  Statement of Cash Flows — The cash amount shown in the Statement of Cash Flows of the Portfolio is the amount included in the Portfolio’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities and represents the unrestricted cash on hand at its custodian and does not include any short-term investments.

K  Interim Financial Statements — The interim financial statements relating to April 30, 2017 and for the six months then ended have not been audited by an independent registered public accounting firm, but in the opinion of the Portfolio’s management, reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the financial statements.

 

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2  Investment Adviser Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates

The investment adviser fee is earned by Boston Management and Research (BMR), a subsidiary of EVM, as compensation for investment advisory services rendered to the Portfolio. Pursuant to the investment advisory agreement and subsequent fee reduction agreement between the Portfolio and BMR, the fee is computed at an annual rate of 0.50% of the Portfolio’s average daily gross assets up to and including $1 billion, 0.45% over $1 billion up to and including $2 billion, 0.40% over $2 billion up to and including $7 billion, 0.3875% over $7 billion up to and including $10 billion and 0.375% over $10 billion, and is payable monthly. The fee reduction cannot be terminated without the consent of the Trustees and shareholders. For the six months ended April 30, 2017, the Portfolio’s investment adviser fee totaled $15,103,573 or 0.47% (annualized) of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets. The Portfolio invests its cash in Cash Reserves Fund. EVM does not currently receive a fee for advisory services provided to Cash Reserves Fund.

Trustees and officers of the Portfolio who are members of EVM’s or BMR’s organizations receive remuneration for their services to the Portfolio out of the investment adviser fee. Trustees of the Portfolio who are not affiliated with the investment adviser may elect to defer receipt of all or a percentage of their annual fees in accordance with the terms of the Trustees Deferred Compensation Plan. For the six months ended April 30, 2017, no significant amounts have been deferred. Certain officers and Trustees of the Portfolio are officers of the above organizations.

3  Purchases and Sales of Investments

Purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term obligations and including maturities, paydowns and principal repayments on Senior Loans, aggregated $4,156,260,365 and $1,829,979,163, respectively, for the six months ended April 30, 2017. Included in purchases are the cost of securities purchased by the Portfolio from investment companies or accounts advised by EVM or its affiliates of $433,178,829. Such transactions were executed in accordance with affiliated transaction procedures approved by the Portfolio’s Trustees.

4  Federal Income Tax Basis of Investments

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments of the Portfolio at April 30, 2017, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

Aggregate cost

  $ 8,968,702,334  

Gross unrealized appreciation

  $ 79,157,578  

Gross unrealized depreciation

    (142,054,750

Net unrealized depreciation

  $ (62,897,172

5  Financial Instruments

The Portfolio may trade in financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of its investing activities. These financial instruments may include forward foreign currency exchange contracts and may involve, to a varying degree, elements of risk in excess of the amounts recognized for financial statement purposes. The notional or contractual amounts of these instruments represent the investment the Portfolio has in particular classes of financial instruments and do not necessarily represent the amounts potentially subject to risk. The measurement of the risks associated with these instruments is meaningful only when all related and offsetting transactions are considered. A summary of obligations under these financial instruments at April 30, 2017 is included in the Portfolio of Investments. At April 30, 2017, the Portfolio had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under these contracts.

The Portfolio is subject to foreign exchange risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective. Because the Portfolio holds foreign currency denominated investments, the value of these investments and related receivables and payables may change due to future changes in foreign currency exchange rates. To hedge against this risk, the Portfolio enters into forward foreign currency exchange contracts.

The Portfolio enters into forward foreign currency exchange contracts that may contain provisions whereby the counterparty may terminate the contract under certain conditions, including but not limited to a decline in the Portfolio’s net assets below a certain level over a certain period of time, which would trigger a payment by the Portfolio for those derivatives in a liability position. At April 30, 2017, the fair value of derivatives with credit-related contingent features in a net liability position was $4,852,111. The aggregate fair value of assets pledged as collateral by the Portfolio for such liability was $6,240,000 at April 30, 2017.

The over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives in which the Portfolio invests are subject to the risk that the counterparty to the contract fails to perform its obligations under the contract. To mitigate this risk, the Portfolio has entered into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with substantially all its derivative counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Portfolio and a counterparty that governs certain OTC derivatives and typically contains, among other things, set-off provisions in

 

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the event of a default and/or termination event as defined under the relevant ISDA Master Agreement. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Portfolio may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy or insolvency. Certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties to OTC derivatives to terminate derivative contracts prior to maturity in the event the Portfolio’s net assets decline by a stated percentage or the Portfolio fails to meet the terms of its ISDA Master Agreements, which would cause the counterparty to accelerate payment by the Portfolio of any net liability owed to it.

The collateral requirements for derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement are governed by a Credit Support Annex to the ISDA Master Agreement. Collateral requirements are determined at the close of business each day and are typically based on changes in market values for each transaction under an ISDA Master Agreement and netted into one amount for such agreement. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty is subject to a minimum transfer threshold amount before a transfer is required, which may vary by counterparty. Collateral pledged for the benefit of the Portfolio and/or counterparty is held in segregated accounts by the Portfolio’s custodian and cannot be sold, re-pledged, assigned or otherwise used while pledged. The portion of such collateral representing cash, if any, is reflected as restricted cash and, in the case of cash pledged by a counterparty for the benefit of the Portfolio, a corresponding liability on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities pledged by the Portfolio as collateral, if any, are identified as such in the Portfolio of Investments.

The fair value of open derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) and whose primary underlying risk exposure is foreign exchange risk at April 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    Fair Value  
Derivative   Asset Derivative(1)      Liability Derivative(2)  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

  $ 917,918      $ (4,852,111

 

(1) 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities location: Receivable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts; Net unrealized depreciation.

 

(2) 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities location: Payable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts; Net unrealized depreciation.

The Portfolio’s derivative assets and liabilities at fair value by type, which are reported gross in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, are presented in the table above. The following tables present the Portfolio’s derivative assets and liabilities by counterparty, net of amounts available for offset under a master netting agreement and net of the related collateral received by the Portfolio for such assets and pledged by the Portfolio for such liabilities as of April 30, 2017.

 

Counterparty  

Derivative

Assets Subject to
Master Netting
Agreement

     Derivatives
Available
for Offset
     Non-cash
Collateral
Received
(a)
     Cash
Collateral
Received
(a)
     Net Amount
of  Derivative
Assets
(b)
 

Goldman Sachs International

  $ 2,575      $ (2,575    $      $      $  

HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

    915,343        (905,761                    9,582  
    $ 917,918      $ (908,336    $      $      $ 9,582  
             
Counterparty   Derivative
Liabilities Subject to
Master Netting
Agreement
     Derivatives
Available
for Offset
     Non-cash
Collateral
Pledged
(a)
     Cash
Collateral
Pledged
(a)
     Net Amount
of Derivative
Liabilities
(c)
 

Goldman Sachs International

  $ (1,583,200    $ 2,575      $         —      $ 1,580,625      $  

HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

    (905,761      905,761                       

State Street Bank and Trust Company

    (2,363,150                    2,363,150         
    $ (4,852,111    $ 908,336      $         —      $ 3,943,775      $  

 

(a) 

In some instances, the actual collateral received and/or pledged may be more than the amount shown due to overcollateralization.

 

(b) 

Net amount represents the net amount due from the counterparty in the event of default.

 

(c) 

Net amount represents the net amount payable to the counterparty in the event of default.

 

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The effect of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) on the Statement of Operations and whose primary underlying risk exposure is foreign exchange risk for the six months ended April 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

Derivative   Realized Gain (Loss)
on Derivatives Recognized
in Income
(1)
     Change in Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation) on
Derivatives Recognized in Income
(2)
 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

  $ 5,564,505      $ (8,772,020

 

(1) 

Statement of Operations location: Net realized gain (loss) – Foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions.

 

(2) 

Statement of Operations location: Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) – Foreign currency and forward foreign currency exchange contracts.

The average notional amount of forward foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding (based on the absolute value of notional amounts of currency purchased and currency sold) during the six months ended April 30, 2017, which is indicative of the volume of this derivative type, was approximately $293,685,000.

6  Revolving Credit Agreement

The Portfolio has entered into a Revolving Credit Agreement, as amended (the Agreement) with conduit lenders and direct bank lenders that allows it to borrow up to $2.0 billion and to invest the borrowings in accordance with its investment practices. Borrowings under the Agreement are secured by the assets of the Portfolio. Interest is charged based on the conduits’ commercial paper issuance rate or, for the portion of borrowings from direct bank lenders, one-month LIBOR or prime rate and is payable monthly. Under the terms of the Agreement, in effect through March 12, 2018, the Portfolio also pays an annual fee equal to 0.67% on its outstanding borrowings to administer the facility and a liquidity fee of 0.15% (0.25% if the outstanding loan amount is less than or equal to 60% of the total facility size) per annum on the amount of the facility. Program and liquidity fees for the six months ended April 30, 2017 totaled $4,672,368 and are included in interest expense in the Statement of Operations. In connection with the renewal of the Agreement on March 13, 2017, the Portfolio paid an upfront fee of $2,000,000, which is being amortized to interest expense through March 12, 2018. The unamortized balance at April 30, 2017 is $1,736,060 and is included in prepaid upfront fees on notes payable on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. At April 30, 2017, the Portfolio had borrowings outstanding under the Agreement of $975,000,000 at an interest rate of 1.04%. The carrying amount of the borrowings at April 30, 2017 approximated its fair value. If measured at fair value, borrowings under the Agreement would have been considered as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy (see Note 9) at April 30, 2017. For the six months ended April 30, 2017, the average borrowings under the Agreement and the average annual interest rate (excluding fees) were $753,176,796 and 0.88%, respectively.

7  Risks Associated with Foreign Investments

Investing in securities issued by companies whose principal business activities are outside the United States may involve significant risks not present in domestic investments. For example, there is generally less publicly available information about foreign companies, particularly those not subject to the disclosure and reporting requirements of the U.S. securities laws. Certain foreign issuers are generally not bound by uniform accounting, auditing, and financial reporting requirements and standards of practice comparable to those applicable to domestic issuers. Investments in foreign securities also involve the risk of possible adverse changes in investment or exchange control regulations, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, limitation on the removal of funds or other assets of the Portfolio, political or financial instability or diplomatic and other developments which could affect such investments. Foreign securities markets, while growing in volume and sophistication, are generally not as developed as those in the United States, and securities of some foreign issuers (particularly those located in developing countries) may be less liquid and more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. companies. In general, there is less overall governmental supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets, broker/dealers and issuers than in the United States.

8  Credit Risk

The Portfolio invests primarily in below investment grade floating-rate loans, which are considered speculative because of the credit risk of their issuers. Changes in economic conditions or other circumstances are more likely to reduce the capacity of issuers of these securities to make principal and interest payments. Such companies are more likely to default on their payments of interest and principal owed than issuers of investment grade bonds. An economic downturn generally leads to a higher non-payment rate, and a loan or other debt obligation may lose significant value before a default occurs. Lower rated investments also may be subject to greater price volatility than higher rated investments. Moreover, the specific collateral used to secure a loan may decline in value or become illiquid, which would adversely affect the loan’s value.

 

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9  Fair Value Measurements

Under generally accepted accounting principles for fair value measurements, a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the assumptions, referred to as inputs, is used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

 

 

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

 

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

 

 

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

In cases where the inputs used to measure fair value fall in different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level disclosed is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

At April 30, 2017, the hierarchy of inputs used in valuing the Portfolio’s investments and open derivative instruments, which are carried at value, were as follows:

 

Asset Description   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3*      Total  

Senior Floating-Rate Loans (Less Unfunded Loan Commitments)

  $      $ 8,405,553,859      $ 15,421,336      $ 8,420,975,195  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

           278,408,621               278,408,621  

Asset-Backed Securities

           56,092,605               56,092,605  

Common Stocks

    1,420,172        16,005,553        18,514,074        35,939,799  

Convertible Preferred Stocks

                  0        0  

Short-Term Investments

           114,388,942               114,388,942  

Total Investments

  $ 1,420,172      $ 8,870,449,580      $ 33,935,410      $ 8,905,805,162  

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

  $      $ 917,918      $      $ 917,918  

Total

  $ 1,420,172      $ 8,871,367,498      $ 33,935,410      $ 8,906,723,080  

Liability Description

                                  

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

  $      $ (4,852,111    $      $ (4,852,111

Total

  $      $ (4,852,111    $      $ (4,852,111

 

* None of the unobservable inputs for Level 3 assets, individually or collectively, had a material impact on the Portfolio.

Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets were not significant and accordingly, a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for the six months ended April 30, 2017 is not presented. At April 30, 2017, there were no investments transferred between Level 1 and Level 2 during the six months then ended.

10  Legal Proceedings

In May 2015, the Portfolio was served with an amended complaint filed in an adversary proceeding in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The adversary proceeding was filed by the Motors Liquidation Company Avoidance Action Trust (“AAT”) against the former holders of a $1.5 billion term loan issued by General Motors Corp. (“GM”) in 2006 (the “Term Loan Lenders”) who received a full repayment of the term loan pursuant to a court order in the GM bankruptcy proceeding. The court order was made with the understanding that the term loan was fully secured at the time of GM’s bankruptcy filing in June 2009. The AAT is seeking (1) a determination from the Bankruptcy Court that the security interest held by the Term Loan Lenders was not perfected at the time GM filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection and thus the Term Loan Lenders should have been treated in the same manner as GM’s unsecured creditors, (2) disgorgement of any interest payments made to the Term Loan Lenders within ninety days of GM’s filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection, and (3) disgorgement of the $1.5 billion term loan repayment that was made to the Term Loan Lenders. The value of the payment received under the term loan agreement by the Portfolio is approximately $6,405,000 (equal to 0.09% of net assets at April 30, 2017). The Portfolio cannot predict the outcome of these proceedings or the effect, if any, on the Portfolio’s net asset value. The attorneys’ fees and costs related to these actions are expensed by the Portfolio as incurred.

 

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April 30, 2017

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval

 

 

Overview of the Contract Review Process

The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), provides, in substance, that each investment advisory agreement between a fund and its investment adviser will continue in effect from year to year only if its continuation is approved at least annually by the fund’s board of trustees, including by a vote of a majority of the trustees who are not “interested persons” of the fund (“Independent Trustees”), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of considering such approval.

At a meeting of the Boards of Trustees (each a “Board”) of the registered investment companies advised by either Eaton Vance Management or its affiliate, Boston Management and Research, (the “Eaton Vance Funds”) held on April 25, 2017, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of existing investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements for the Eaton Vance Funds for an additional one-year period. In voting its approval, the Board relied upon the affirmative recommendation of its Contract Review Committee, which is a committee comprised exclusively of Independent Trustees. Prior to making its recommendation, the Contract Review Committee reviewed information furnished by each adviser to the Eaton Vance Funds (including information specifically requested by the Board) for a series of meetings of the Contract Review Committee held between February and April 2017. The Contract Review Committee also considered information received at prior meetings of the Board and its committees, as relevant to its annual evaluation of the investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements.

The information that the Board considered included, among other things, the following (for funds that invest through one or more underlying portfolio(s), references to “each fund” in this section may include information that was considered at the portfolio-level):

Information about Fees, Performance and Expenses

 

 

A report from an independent data provider comparing the advisory and related fees paid by each fund with fees paid by comparable funds as identified by the independent data provider (“comparable funds”);

 

 

A report from an independent data provider comparing each fund’s total expense ratio and its components to comparable funds;

 

 

A report from an independent data provider comparing the investment performance of each fund (including, where relevant, yield data, Sharpe ratios and information ratios) to the investment performance of comparable funds over various time periods;

 

 

Data regarding investment performance in comparison to benchmark indices, as well as customized groups of peer funds and blended indices identified by the adviser in consultation with the Board;

 

 

For each fund, comparative information concerning the fees charged and the services provided by each adviser in managing other accounts (including mutual funds, other collective investment funds and institutional accounts) using investment strategies and techniques similar to those used in managing such fund;

 

 

Profitability analyses for each adviser with respect to each fund;

Information about Portfolio Management and Trading

 

 

Descriptions of the investment management services provided to each fund, including the investment strategies and processes it employs;

 

 

The procedures and processes used to determine the fair value of fund assets and actions taken to monitor and test the effectiveness of such procedures and processes;

 

 

Information about each adviser’s policies and practices with respect to trading, including each adviser’s processes for monitoring best execution of portfolio transactions;

 

 

Information about the allocation of brokerage transactions and the benefits received by each adviser as a result of brokerage allocation, including information concerning the acquisition of research through client commission arrangements and policies with respect to “soft dollars”;

 

 

Data relating to portfolio turnover rates of each fund;

Information about each Adviser

 

 

Reports detailing the financial results and condition of each adviser;

 

 

Descriptions of the qualifications, education and experience of the individual investment professionals whose responsibilities include portfolio management and investment research for the funds, and information relating to their compensation and responsibilities with respect to managing other mutual funds and investment accounts;

 

 

The Code of Ethics of each adviser and its affiliates, together with information relating to compliance with and the administration of such codes;

 

 

Policies and procedures relating to proxy voting and the handling of corporate actions and class actions;

 

 

Information concerning the resources devoted to compliance efforts undertaken by each adviser and its affiliates (including descriptions of various compliance programs) and their record of compliance;

 

 

Information concerning the business continuity and disaster recovery plans of each adviser and its affiliates;

 

 

A description of Eaton Vance Management’s procedures for overseeing third party advisers and sub-advisers, including with respect to regulatory and compliance issues, investment management and other matters;

 

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Eaton Vance

Floating-Rate Advantage Fund

April 30, 2017

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

Other Relevant Information

 

 

Information concerning the nature, cost and character of the administrative and other non-investment advisory services provided by Eaton Vance Management and its affiliates;

 

 

Information concerning management of the relationship with the custodian, subcustodians and fund accountants by each adviser or the funds’ administrator; and

 

 

The terms of each investment advisory agreement.

Over the course of the twelve-month period ended April 30, 2017, with respect to one or more funds, the Board met ten times and the Contract Review Committee, the Audit Committee, the Governance Committee, the Portfolio Management Committee and the Compliance Reports and Regulatory Matters Committee, each of which is a Committee comprised solely of Independent Trustees, met seven, thirteen, six, eight and ten times, respectively. At such meetings, the Trustees participated in investment and performance reviews with the portfolio managers and other investment professionals of each investment adviser relating to each fund, and considered various investment and trading strategies used in pursuing each fund’s investment objective, such as the use of derivative instruments, as well as risk management techniques. The Board and its Committees also evaluated issues pertaining to industry and regulatory developments, compliance procedures, fund governance and other issues with respect to the funds, and received and participated in reports and presentations provided by Eaton Vance Management and other fund advisers with respect to such matters. In addition to the formal meetings of the Board and its Committees, the Independent Trustees hold regular teleconferences in between meetings to discuss, among other topics, matters relating to the continuation of investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements.

For funds that invest through one or more underlying portfolios, the Board considered similar information about the portfolio(s) when considering the approval of investment advisory agreements. In addition, in cases where the fund’s investment adviser has engaged a sub-adviser, the Board considered similar information about the sub-adviser when considering the approval of any sub-advisory agreement.

The Contract Review Committee was assisted throughout the contract review process by Goodwin Procter LLP, independent legal counsel for the Independent Trustees. The members of the Contract Review Committee relied upon the advice of such counsel and their own business judgment in determining the material factors to be considered in evaluating each investment advisory and sub-advisory agreement and the weight to be given to each such factor. The conclusions reached with respect to each investment advisory and sub-advisory agreement were based on a comprehensive evaluation of all the information provided and not any single factor. Moreover, each member of the Contract Review Committee may have placed varying emphasis on particular factors in reaching conclusions with respect to each investment advisory and sub-advisory agreement. In evaluating each investment advisory and sub-advisory agreement, including the specific fee structures and other terms of the agreements, the Contract Review Committee was informed by multiple years of analysis and discussion among the Independent Trustees and the Eaton Vance Funds’ advisers and sub-advisers.

Results of the Process

Based on its consideration of the foregoing, and such other information as it deemed relevant, including the factors and conclusions described below, the Contract Review Committee concluded that the continuation of the investment advisory agreement of Senior Debt Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), the portfolio in which Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Advantage Fund (the “Fund”) invests, with Boston Management and Research (the “Adviser”), including its fee structure, is in the interests of shareholders and, therefore, the Contract Review Committee recommended to the Board approval of the agreement. The Board accepted the recommendation of the Contract Review Committee based on the material factors considered and conclusions reached by the Contract Review Committee with respect to the agreement. Accordingly, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of the investment advisory agreement for the Portfolio.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

In considering whether to approve the investment advisory agreement of the Portfolio, the Board evaluated the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Portfolio by the Adviser.

The Board considered the Adviser’s management capabilities and investment process with respect to the types of investments held by the Portfolio, including the education, experience and number of its investment professionals and other personnel who provide portfolio management, investment research, and similar services to the Portfolio. In particular, the Board considered the abilities and experience of the Adviser’s investment professionals in analyzing special considerations relevant to investing in senior floating rate loans. The Board considered the Adviser’s large group of bank loan investment professionals and other personnel who provide services to the Portfolio, including portfolio managers and analysts. The Board also took into account the resources dedicated to portfolio management and other services, as well as the compensation methods of the Adviser and other factors, such as the reputation and resources of the Adviser to recruit and retain highly qualified research, advisory and supervisory investment professionals. In addition, the Board considered the time and attention devoted to the Eaton Vance Funds, including the Portfolio, by senior management, as well as the infrastructure, operational capabilities and support staff in place to assist in the portfolio management and operations of the Portfolio, including the provision of administrative services. The Board also considered the business-related and other risks to which the Adviser or its affiliates may be subject in managing the Portfolio.

 

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Eaton Vance

Floating-Rate Advantage Fund

April 30, 2017

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

The Board considered the compliance programs of the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof. Among other matters, the Board considered compliance and reporting matters relating to personal trading by investment professionals, selective disclosure of portfolio holdings, late trading, frequent trading, portfolio valuation, business continuity and the allocation of investment opportunities. The Board also considered the responses of the Adviser and its affiliates to requests in recent years from regulatory authorities such as the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

The Board was aware that on April 24, 2017 a former employee of the Adviser agreed to plead guilty to fraud charges arising from the individual’s prior activities as an equity options trader for certain Eaton Vance Funds. The Board was informed that the Adviser became aware of the matter on April 18, 2017, at which time management contacted federal authorities, alerted the Board and began an internal investigation. The Adviser represented to the Board that, based on information available as of April 25, 2017, management had no reason to believe that any other employee of the Adviser or its affiliates was involved in any wrongful activities or that any fund had been materially harmed. The Adviser agreed to keep the Board fully apprised as additional information is learned, and assured the Board that any fund harmed by the former employee’s wrongful activities will be made whole, as determined in consultation with the Board. The Board concluded that the Adviser’s actions in response to these events are appropriate and consistent with the Adviser’s commitment to protect and provide quality services to the Eaton Vance Funds.

The Board considered shareholder and other administrative services provided or managed by Eaton Vance Management and its affiliates, including transfer agency and accounting services. The Board evaluated the benefits to shareholders of investing in a fund that is a part of a large fund complex offering exposure to a variety of asset classes and investment disciplines, as well as the ability, in many cases, to exchange an investment among different funds without incurring additional sales charges.

After consideration of the foregoing factors, among others, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by the Adviser, taken as a whole, are appropriate and consistent with the terms of the investment advisory agreement.

Fund Performance

The Board compared the Fund’s investment performance to that of comparable funds and appropriate benchmark indices, as well as a customized peer group of similarly managed funds. The Board’s review included comparative performance data for the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended September 30, 2016 for the Fund. The Board concluded that the performance of the Fund was satisfactory.

Management Fees and Expenses

The Board considered contractual fee rates payable by the Portfolio and by the Fund for advisory and administrative services (referred to collectively as “management fees”). As part of its review, the Board considered the Fund’s management fees and total expense ratio for the one year period ended September 30, 2016, as compared to those of comparable funds, before and after giving effect to any undertaking to waive fees or reimburse expenses. The Board also received and considered information about the services offered and the fee rates charged by the Adviser to other types of clients with investment objectives and strategies that are substantially similar to and/or managed in a similar investment style as the Portfolio. In this regard, the Board received information about the differences in the nature and scope of services the Adviser provides to the Portfolio as compared to other types of clients and the material differences in compliance, reporting and other legal burdens and risks to the Adviser as between the Portfolio and other types of clients. The Board also considered certain Fund specific factors that had an impact on Fund expense ratios relative to comparable funds, as identified by management in response to inquiries from the Contract Review Committee.

After considering the foregoing information, and in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser, the Board concluded that the management fees charged for advisory and related services are reasonable.

Profitability and Other “Fall-Out” Benefits

The Board considered the level of profits realized by the Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof in providing investment advisory and administrative services to the Fund, to the Portfolio and to all Eaton Vance Funds as a group. The Board considered the level of profits realized without regard to marketing support or other payments by the Adviser and its affiliates to third parties in respect of distribution services. The Board also considered other direct or indirect fall-out benefits received by the Adviser and its affiliates in connection with their relationships with the Fund and the Portfolio, including the benefits of research services that may be available to the Adviser as a result of securities transactions effected for the Portfolio and other investment advisory clients.

The Board concluded that, in light of the foregoing factors and the nature, extent and quality of the services rendered, the profits realized by the Adviser and its affiliates are deemed not to be excessive.

Economies of Scale

In reviewing management fees and profitability, the Board also considered the extent to which the Adviser and its affiliates, on the one hand, and the Fund and the Portfolio, on the other hand, can expect to realize benefits from economies of scale as the assets of the Fund and the Portfolio increase. The Board acknowledged the difficulty in accurately measuring the benefits resulting from economies of scale, if any, with respect to the management of any

 

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Eaton Vance

Floating-Rate Advantage Fund

April 30, 2017

 

Board of Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued

 

 

specific fund or group of funds. The Board reviewed data summarizing the increases and decreases in the assets of the Fund and of all Eaton Vance Funds as a group over various time periods, and evaluated the extent to which the total expense ratio of the Fund and the profitability of the Adviser and its affiliates may have been affected by such increases or decreases. Based upon the foregoing, the Board concluded that the Fund currently shares in any benefits from economies of scale. The Board also concluded that, assuming reasonably foreseeable increases in the assets of the Fund and the Portfolio, the structure of the advisory fee, which includes breakpoints at several asset levels, will allow the Fund and the Portfolio to continue to benefit from any economies of scale in the future.

 

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Eaton Vance

Floating-Rate Advantage Fund

April 30, 2017

 

Officers and Trustees

 

 

Officers of Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Advantage Fund

 

 

Payson F. Swaffield

President

Maureen A. Gemma

Vice President, Secretary and

Chief Legal Officer

James F. Kirchner

Treasurer

Paul M. O’Neil

Chief Compliance Officer

 

 

Officers of Senior Debt Portfolio

 

 

Payson F. Swaffield

President

Maureen A. Gemma

Vice President, Secretary and

Chief Legal Officer

James F. Kirchner

Treasurer

Paul M. O’Neil

Chief Compliance Officer

 

 

Trustees of Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Advantage Fund and Senior Debt Portfolio

 

 

William H. Park

Chairperson

Scott E. Eston

Thomas E. Faust Jr.*

Mark R. Fetting**

Cynthia E. Frost

George J. Gorman

Valerie A. Mosley

Helen Frame Peters

Susan J. Sutherland

Harriett Tee Taggart

Ralph F. Verni

Scott E. Wennerholm**

 

 

* Interested Trustee

 

** Messrs. Fetting and Wennerholm began serving as Trustees effective September 1, 2016.

 

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Eaton Vance Funds

 

IMPORTANT NOTICES

 

 

Privacy. The Eaton Vance organization is committed to ensuring your financial privacy. Each of the financial institutions identified below has in effect the following policy (“Privacy Policy”) with respect to nonpublic personal information about its customers:

 

 

Only such information received from you, through application forms or otherwise, and information about your Eaton Vance fund transactions will be collected. This may include information such as name, address, social security number, tax status, account balances and transactions.

 

 

None of such information about you (or former customers) will be disclosed to anyone, except as permitted by law (which includes disclosure to employees necessary to service your account). In the normal course of servicing a customer’s account, Eaton Vance may share information with unaffiliated third parties that perform various required services such as transfer agents, custodians and broker-dealers.

 

 

Policies and procedures (including physical, electronic and procedural safeguards) are in place that are designed to protect the confidentiality of such information.

 

 

We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy at any time upon proper notification to you. Customers may want to review our Privacy Policy periodically for changes by accessing the link on our homepage: www.eatonvance.com.

Our pledge of privacy applies to the following entities within the Eaton Vance organization: the Eaton Vance Family of Funds, Eaton Vance Management, Eaton Vance Investment Counsel, Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc., Eaton Vance Trust Company, Eaton Vance Management (International) Limited, Eaton Vance Management’s Real Estate Investment Group and Boston Management and Research. In addition, our Privacy Policy applies only to those Eaton Vance customers who are individuals and who have a direct relationship with us. If a customer’s account (i.e., fund shares) is held in the name of a third-party financial advisor/broker-dealer, it is likely that only such advisor’s privacy policies apply to the customer. This notice supersedes all previously issued privacy disclosures. For more information about Eaton Vance’s Privacy Policy, please call 1-800-262-1122.

Delivery of Shareholder Documents.  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) permits funds to deliver only one copy of shareholder documents, including prospectuses, proxy statements and shareholder reports, to fund investors with multiple accounts at the same residential or post office box address. This practice is often called “householding” and it helps eliminate duplicate mailings to shareholders. Eaton Vance, or your financial advisor, may household the mailing of your documents indefinitely unless you instruct Eaton Vance, or your financial advisor, otherwise. If you would prefer that your Eaton Vance documents not be householded, please contact Eaton Vance at 1-800-262-1122, or contact your financial advisor. Your instructions that householding not apply to delivery of your Eaton Vance documents will typically be effective within 30 days of receipt by Eaton Vance or your financial advisor. Separate statements will be generated for each separate account and will be householded as described above.

Portfolio Holdings.  Each Eaton Vance Fund and its underlying Portfolio(s) (if applicable) will file a schedule of portfolio holdings on Form N-Q with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year. The Form N-Q will be available on the Eaton Vance website at www.eatonvance.com, by calling Eaton Vance at 1-800-262-1122 or in the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Form N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s public reference room in Washington, D.C. (call 1-800-732-0330 for information on the operation of the public reference room).

Proxy Voting.  From time to time, funds are required to vote proxies related to the securities held by the funds. The Eaton Vance Funds or their underlying Portfolios (if applicable) vote proxies according to a set of policies and procedures approved by the Funds’ and Portfolios’ Boards. You may obtain a description of these policies and procedures and information on how the Funds or Portfolios voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-262-1122 and by accessing the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

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Investment Adviser of Senior Debt Portfolio

Boston Management and Research

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

Administrator of Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Advantage Fund

Eaton Vance Management

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

Principal Underwriter*

Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc.

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

(617) 482-8260

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

Transfer Agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

Attn: Eaton Vance Funds

P.O. Box 9653

Providence, RI 02940-9653

(800) 262-1122

Fund Offices

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

 
* FINRA BrokerCheck.  Investors may check the background of their Investment Professional by contacting the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). FINRA BrokerCheck is a free tool to help investors check the professional background of current and former FINRA-registered securities firms and brokers. FINRA BrokerCheck is available by calling 1-800-289-9999 and at www.FINRA.org. The FINRA BrokerCheck brochure describing this program is available to investors at www.FINRA.org.


LOGO

 

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Item 2. Code of Ethics

Not required in this filing.    

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert

Not required in this filing.    

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Rule 2-01(c)(1)(ii)(A) of Regulation S-X (the “Loan Rule”) prohibits an accounting firm, such as the Trust’s principal accountant, Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”), from having certain financial relationships with their audit clients and affiliated entities. Specifically, the Loan Rule provides, in relevant part, that an accounting firm generally would not be independent if it or a “covered person” of the accounting firm (within the meaning of applicable SEC rules relating to auditor independence) receives a loan from a lender that is a “record or beneficial owner of more than ten percent of the audit client’s equity securities.” Based on information provided to the Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees (the “Audit Committee”) of the Eaton Vance family of funds by D&T, certain relationships between D&T and its affiliates (“Deloitte Entities”) and one or more lenders who are record owners of shares of one or more funds within the Eaton Vance family of funds (the “Funds”) implicate the Loan Rule, calling into question D&T’s independence with respect to the Funds. The Funds are providing this disclosure to explain the facts and circumstances as well as D&T’s conclusions concerning D&T’s objectivity and impartiality with respect to the audits of the Funds notwithstanding the existence of one or more breaches of the Loan Rule.

On June 20, 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) issued no-action relief to another mutual fund complex (see Fidelity Management & Research Company et al., No-Action Letter (June 20, 2016) (the “No-Action Letter”)) related to an auditor independence issue arising under the Loan Rule. In the No-Action Letter, the SEC indicated that it would not recommend enforcement action against the fund group if the auditor is not in compliance with the Loan Rule provided that: (1) the auditor has complied with PCAOB Rule 3526(b)(1) and 3526(b)(2); (2) the auditor’s non-compliance under the Loan Rule is with respect to certain lending relationships; and (3) notwithstanding such non-compliance, the auditor has concluded that it is objective and impartial with respect to the issues encompassed within its engagement as auditor of the funds. The SEC has indicated that the no-action relief will expire 18 months from its issuance.

Based on information provided by D&T to the Audit Committee, the requirements of the No-Action Letter appear to be met with respect to D&T’s lending relationships described above. Among other things, D&T has advised the Audit Committee of its conclusion that the consequences of the breach of the Loan Rule have been satisfactorily addressed, that D&T’s objectivity and impartiality in the planning and conduct of the audits of the Fund’s financial statements has not been compromised and that, notwithstanding the breach, D&T is in a position to continue as the auditor for the Funds and D&T does not believe any actions need to be taken with respect to previously issued reports by D&T. D&T has advised the Audit Committee that these conclusions were based in part on its consideration of the No-Action Letter and other relevant information communicated to the Audit Committee.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

Not applicable.

Item 6. Schedule of Investments

Please see schedule of investments contained in the Report to Stockholders included under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Not applicable.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Not applicable.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers

Not applicable.


Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

No material changes.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures

(a) It is the conclusion of the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer that the effectiveness of the registrant’s current disclosure controls and procedures (such disclosure controls and procedures having been evaluated within 90 days of the date of this filing) provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant has been recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant has been accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer in order to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) There have been no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Exhibits

 

(a)(1)    Registrant’s Code of Ethics – Not applicable (please see Item 2).
(a)(2)(i)    Treasurer’s Section 302 certification.
(a)(2)(ii)    President’s Section 302 certification.
(b)    Combined Section 906 certification.


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.

Senior Debt Portfolio

 

By:  

/s/ Payson F. Swaffield

  Payson F. Swaffield
  President
Date:   June 26, 2017

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/ James F. Kirchner

  James F. Kirchner
  Treasurer
Date:   June 26, 2017
By:  

/s/ Payson F. Swaffield

  Payson F. Swaffield
  President
Date:   June 26, 2017