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III | |
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1 | |
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9 | |
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10 | |
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12 | |
|
22 | |
|
23 | |
|
24 | |
|
25 | |
|
27 | |
|
29 | |
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46 | |
|
47 | |
|
53 | |
|
59 | |
|
60 | |
|
61 | |
|
80 | |
|
82 |

|
Performance
Snapshot
as of October 31, 2025
| |
|
Price
Per Share |
12-Month
Total
Return** |
|
$9.15
(NAV) |
10.67
%† |
|
$8.48
(Market Price) |
12.83
%‡ |
|
Net
Asset Value | |
|
Average
annual total returns1
|
|
|
Twelve
Months Ended 10/31/25 |
10.67
% |
|
Five
Years Ended 10/31/25 |
2.17 |
|
Ten
Years Ended 10/31/25 |
3.39 |
|
Cumulative
total returns1
|
|
|
10/31/15
through 10/31/25 |
39.62
% |
|
Market
Price | |
|
Average
annual total returns2
|
|
|
Twelve
Months Ended 10/31/25 |
12.83
% |
|
Five
Years Ended 10/31/25 |
5.72 |
|
Ten
Years Ended 10/31/25 |
5.65 |
|
Cumulative
total returns2
|
|
|
10/31/15
through 10/31/25 |
73.29
% |
1 |
Assumes
the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if
any, at net asset value. |
|
2 |
Assumes
the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if
any, in additional shares in
accordance
with the Fund’s Dividend Reinvestment
Plan. |
|
Security |
|
Rate |
Maturity
Date |
Face
Amount† |
Value |
|
Corporate
Bonds & Notes — 84.6% | |||||
|
Communication
Services — 10.1% | |||||
|
Diversified
Telecommunication Services — 1.5% | |||||
|
Level
3 Financing Inc., Secured Notes |
4.500% |
4/1/30 |
2,500,000
|
$2,321,875
(a)(b) | |
|
Interactive
Media & Services — 4.5% | |||||
|
ANGI
Group LLC, Senior Notes |
3.875% |
8/15/28 |
2,200,000
|
2,024,861
(a)(b) | |
|
GrubHub
Holdings Inc., Senior Secured
Notes
(6.000% Cash and 7.000% PIK) |
13.000% |
7/31/30 |
5,785,000
|
4,932,233
(a)(c) | |
|
Total
Interactive Media & Services |
6,957,094 | ||||
|
Media
— 4.1% | |||||
|
Cable
One Inc., Senior Notes |
4.000% |
11/15/30 |
1,500,000
|
1,186,928
(a)(b) | |
|
Colombia
Telecomunicaciones SA ESP,
Senior
Notes |
4.950% |
7/17/30 |
775,000
|
697,299
(a)(b) | |
|
DISH
Network Corp., Senior Secured Notes |
11.750% |
11/15/27 |
1,000,000
|
1,053,408
(a)(b) | |
|
Getty
Images Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
10.500% |
11/15/30 |
1,280,000
|
1,291,776
(a)(b) | |
|
Univision
Communications Inc., Senior
Secured
Notes |
4.500% |
5/1/29 |
1,000,000
|
940,769
(a)(b) | |
|
Univision
Communications Inc., Senior
Secured
Notes |
8.500% |
7/31/31 |
1,000,000
|
1,023,905
(a)(b) | |
|
Total
Media |
6,194,085 | ||||
|
| |||||
|
Total
Communication Services |
15,473,054 | ||||
|
Consumer
Discretionary — 8.8% | |||||
|
Automobiles
— 0.9% | |||||
|
Aston
Martin Capital Holdings Ltd., Senior
Secured
Notes |
10.000% |
3/31/29 |
1,500,000
|
1,335,585
(a) | |
|
Hotels,
Restaurants & Leisure — 4.8% | |||||
|
Affinity
Interactive, Senior Secured Notes |
6.875% |
12/15/27 |
3,000,000
|
1,507,635
(a) | |
|
Full
House Resorts Inc., Senior Secured
Notes |
8.250% |
2/15/28 |
1,000,000
|
888,630
(a)(b) | |
|
GPS
Hospitality Holding Co. LLC/GPS
Finco
Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
7.000% |
8/15/28 |
1,225,000
|
682,416
(a) | |
|
Grupo
Posadas SAB de CV, Senior Secured
Notes,
Step bond (7.000% to 12/15/25
then
8.000%) |
7.000% |
12/30/27 |
3,000,000
|
2,997,000
(c)(d) | |
|
Resorts
World Las Vegas LLC/RWLV
Capital
Inc., Senior Notes |
4.625% |
4/16/29 |
1,500,000
|
1,355,053
(a)(b) | |
|
Total
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure |
7,430,734 | ||||
|
Household
Durables — 1.8% | |||||
|
Dream
Finders Homes Inc., Senior Notes |
6.875% |
9/15/30 |
2,750,000
|
2,738,876
(a)(b) | |
|
Specialty
Retail — 0.8% | |||||
|
Michaels
Cos. Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
5.250% |
5/1/28 |
1,400,000
|
1,314,294
(a)(b) | |
|
Security |
|
Rate |
Maturity
Date |
Face
Amount† |
Value |
|
| |||||
|
Textiles,
Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5% | |||||
|
Saks
Global Enterprises LLC, Second Out
Senior
Secured Notes |
11.000% |
12/15/29 |
1,760,000
|
$774,400
(a) | |
|
Saks
Global Enterprises LLC, Third Out
Senior
Secured Notes |
11.000% |
12/15/29 |
66,000
|
15,345
(a)(b) | |
|
Total
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods |
789,745 | ||||
|
| |||||
|
Total
Consumer Discretionary |
13,609,234 | ||||
|
Consumer
Staples — 1.6% | |||||
|
Food
Products — 1.6% | |||||
|
Minerva
Luxembourg SA, Senior Notes |
4.375% |
3/18/31 |
2,630,000
|
2,427,341
(a)(b) | |
|
| |||||
|
Energy
— 23.3% | |||||
|
Energy
Equipment & Services — 1.9% | |||||
|
Constellation
Oil Services Holding SA,
Senior
Secured Notes |
9.375% |
11/7/29 |
1,000,000
|
1,030,000
(a)(b) | |
|
Transocean
International Ltd., Senior
Notes |
8.500% |
5/15/31 |
2,000,000
|
1,987,289
(a)(b) | |
|
Total
Energy Equipment & Services |
3,017,289 | ||||
|
Oil,
Gas & Consumable Fuels — 21.4% | |||||
|
Diamondback
Energy Inc., Senior Notes |
6.250% |
3/15/53 |
2,500,000
|
2,562,341
(b) | |
|
Energean
Israel Finance Ltd., Senior
Secured
Notes |
5.375% |
3/30/28 |
2,500,000
|
2,464,062
(a)(d) | |
|
Genesis
Energy LP/Genesis Energy Finance
Corp.,
Senior Notes |
7.750% |
2/1/28 |
2,000,000
|
2,013,756
(b) | |
|
Geopark
Ltd., Senior Notes |
8.750% |
1/31/30 |
1,980,000
|
1,871,536
(a)(b) | |
|
Leviathan
Bond Ltd., Senior Secured Notes |
6.500% |
6/30/27 |
4,000,000
|
4,026,300
(a)(d) | |
|
NFE
Financing LLC, Senior Secured Notes |
12.000% |
11/15/29 |
5,517,986
|
1,350,216
(a) | |
|
PBF
Holding Co. LLC/PBF Finance Corp.,
Senior
Notes |
7.875% |
9/15/30 |
1,960,000
|
1,970,553
(a)(b) | |
|
Petroleos
del Peru SA, Senior Notes |
5.625% |
6/19/47 |
2,900,000
|
2,091,059
(a)(b) | |
|
Saturn
Oil & Gas Inc., Senior Secured
Notes |
9.625% |
6/15/29 |
2,644,000
|
2,677,452
(a)(b) | |
|
SierraCol
Energy Andina LLC, Senior Notes |
6.000% |
6/15/28 |
1,420,000
|
1,394,263
(a)(b) | |
|
Teine
Energy Ltd., Senior Notes |
6.875% |
4/15/29 |
4,000,000
|
3,993,615
(a)(b) | |
|
Venture
Global LNG Inc., Junior
Subordinated
Notes (9.000% to 9/30/29
then
5 year Treasury Constant Maturity
Rate
+ 5.440%) |
9.000% |
9/30/29 |
1,500,000
|
1,403,439
(a)(b)(e)(f) | |
|
Yinson
Bergenia Production BV, Senior
Secured
Notes |
8.498% |
1/31/45 |
2,535,000
|
2,663,800
(a)(b) | |
|
Security |
|
Rate |
Maturity
Date |
Face
Amount† |
Value |
|
| |||||
|
Oil,
Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued | |||||
|
YPF
SA, Senior Notes |
8.250% |
1/17/34 |
2,340,000
|
$2,361,425
(a) | |
|
Total
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels |
32,843,817 | ||||
|
| |||||
|
Total
Energy |
35,861,106 | ||||
|
Financials
— 19.4% | |||||
|
Banks
— 6.6% | |||||
|
Bank
of America Corp., Subordinated
Notes |
7.750% |
5/14/38 |
5,305,000
|
6,510,345
(b) | |
|
Citigroup
Inc., Junior Subordinated Notes
(3.875%
to 2/18/26 then 5 year Treasury
Constant
Maturity Rate + 3.417%) |
3.875% |
2/18/26 |
2,720,000
|
2,706,370
(b)(e)(f) | |
|
Texas
Capital Bancshares Inc.,
Subordinated
Notes (4.000% to 5/6/26
then
5 year Treasury Constant Maturity
Rate
+ 3.150%) |
4.000% |
5/6/31 |
1,000,000
|
983,860
(b)(f) | |
|
Total
Banks |
10,200,575 | ||||
|
Capital
Markets — 5.1% | |||||
|
BW
Real Estate Inc., Senior Notes (9.500%
to
3/30/30 then 5 year Treasury Constant
Maturity
Rate + 5.402%) |
9.500% |
3/30/30 |
1,920,000
|
1,980,242
(a)(b)(e)(f) | |
|
Goldman
Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated
Notes |
6.750% |
10/1/37 |
3,500,000
|
3,926,355
(b) | |
|
Jefferies
Finance LLC/JFIN Co-Issuer
Corp.,
Senior Secured Notes |
6.625% |
10/15/31 |
2,000,000
|
1,972,236
(a)(b) | |
|
Total
Capital Markets |
7,878,833 | ||||
|
Consumer
Finance — 4.2% | |||||
|
Ally
Financial Inc., Junior Subordinated
Notes
(4.700% to 5/15/26 then 5 year
Treasury
Constant Maturity Rate + 3.868%) |
4.700% |
5/15/26 |
3,150,000
|
3,089,506
(b)(e)(f) | |
|
PRA
Group Inc., Senior Notes |
5.000% |
10/1/29 |
3,700,000
|
3,369,036
(a)(b) | |
|
Total
Consumer Finance |
6,458,542 | ||||
|
Financial
Services — 3.5% | |||||
|
Azorra
Finance Ltd., Senior Notes |
7.750% |
4/15/30 |
2,000,000
|
2,110,104
(a)(b) | |
|
Freedom
Mortgage Corp., Senior Notes |
6.625% |
1/15/27 |
2,500,000
|
2,507,275
(a)(b) | |
|
SGUS
LLC, Senior Secured Notes |
11.000% |
12/15/29 |
814,000
|
706,153
(a)(b) | |
|
Total
Financial Services |
5,323,532 | ||||
|
| |||||
|
Total
Financials |
29,861,482 | ||||
|
Health
Care — 1.6% | |||||
|
Health
Care Providers & Services — 1.6% | |||||
|
Prime
Healthcare Services Inc., Senior
Secured
Notes |
9.375% |
9/1/29 |
2,290,000
|
2,411,129
(a)(b) | |
|
Security |
|
Rate |
Maturity
Date |
Face
Amount† |
Value |
|
| |||||
|
Industrials
— 9.6% | |||||
|
Aerospace
& Defense — 1.7% | |||||
|
Boeing
Co., Senior Notes |
5.805% |
5/1/50 |
2,620,000
|
$2,604,629
(b) | |
|
Commercial
Services & Supplies — 1.7% | |||||
|
Deluxe
Corp., Senior Secured Notes |
8.125% |
9/15/29 |
2,500,000
|
2,622,170
(a)(b) | |
|
Construction
& Engineering — 1.4% | |||||
|
ATP
Tower Holdings LLC/Andean Tower
Partners
Colombia SAS/Andean Telecom
Partners
Peru S.R.L., Senior Secured Notes |
4.050% |
4/27/26 |
300,000
|
295,748
(a)(b) | |
|
Brand
Industrial Services Inc., Senior
Secured
Notes |
10.375% |
8/1/30 |
2,000,000
|
1,926,849
(a)(b) | |
|
Total
Construction & Engineering |
2,222,597 | ||||
|
Industrial
Conglomerates — 1.5% | |||||
|
Icahn
Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises
Finance
Corp., Senior Secured Notes |
9.750% |
1/15/29 |
2,230,000
|
2,240,704
(b) | |
|
Passenger
Airlines — 1.5% | |||||
|
JetBlue
Pass-Through Trust, 2019-1 B |
8.000% |
5/15/29 |
2,216,931
|
2,251,413
(b) | |
|
Professional
Services — 1.8% | |||||
|
Concentrix
Corp., Senior Notes |
6.850% |
8/2/33 |
2,700,000
|
2,754,979
(b) | |
|
| |||||
|
Total
Industrials |
14,696,492 | ||||
|
Information
Technology — 4.0% | |||||
|
Communications
Equipment — 0.7% | |||||
|
Connect
Finco SARL/Connect US Finco LLC,
Senior
Secured Notes |
9.000% |
9/15/29 |
1,000,000
|
1,060,164
(a)(b) | |
|
IT
Services — 1.1% | |||||
|
Sabre
GLBL Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
8.625% |
6/1/27 |
585,000
|
588,535
(a) | |
|
Sabre
GLBL Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
10.750% |
11/15/29 |
1,256,000
|
1,197,910
(a)(b) | |
|
Total
IT Services |
1,786,445 | ||||
|
Software
— 2.2% | |||||
|
Central
Parent Inc./CDK Global Inc., Senior
Secured
Notes |
7.250% |
6/15/29 |
2,000,000
|
1,650,343
(a)(b) | |
|
Central
Parent LLC/CDK Global II LLC/CDK
Financing
Co. Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
8.000% |
6/15/29 |
2,000,000
|
1,677,062
(a)(b) | |
|
Total
Software |
3,327,405 | ||||
|
| |||||
|
Total
Information Technology |
6,174,014 | ||||
|
Materials
— 6.2% | |||||
|
Chemicals
— 3.3% | |||||
|
Cerdia
Finanz GmbH, Senior Secured Notes |
9.375% |
10/3/31 |
3,000,000
|
3,140,440
(a)(b) | |
|
Chemours
Co., Senior Notes |
5.750% |
11/15/28 |
2,000,000
|
1,918,157
(a)(b) | |
|
Total
Chemicals |
5,058,597 | ||||
|
Security |
|
Rate |
Maturity
Date |
Face
Amount† |
Value |
|
| |||||
|
Metals
& Mining — 2.9% | |||||
|
CSN
Resources SA, Senior Notes |
8.875% |
12/5/30 |
1,270,000
|
$1,204,119
(a)(b) | |
|
First
Quantum Minerals Ltd., Senior Notes |
8.625% |
6/1/31 |
1,200,000
|
1,258,255
(a) | |
|
First
Quantum Minerals Ltd., Senior Notes |
7.250% |
2/15/34 |
2,000,000
|
2,078,592
(a) | |
|
Total
Metals & Mining |
4,540,966 | ||||
|
| |||||
|
Total
Materials |
9,599,563 | ||||
|
Total
Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost — $132,641,549) |
130,113,415 | ||||
|
Sovereign
Bonds — 29.3% | |||||
|
Argentina
— 1.4% | |||||
|
Argentine
Republic Government
International
Bond, Senior Notes, Step
bond
(0.750% to 7/9/27 then 1.750%) |
0.750% |
7/9/30 |
2,720,000
|
2,230,400
| |
|
Brazil
— 9.5% | |||||
|
Brazil
Notas do Tesouro Nacional Serie F,
Notes |
10.000% |
1/1/31 |
70,715,000
BRL |
11,558,033
| |
|
Brazil
Notas do Tesouro Nacional Serie F,
Notes |
10.000% |
1/1/35 |
20,350,000
BRL |
3,095,622
| |
|
Total
Brazil |
14,653,655 | ||||
|
Colombia
— 1.6% | |||||
|
Colombia
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
8.000% |
4/20/33 |
2,200,000
|
2,423,740
| |
|
El
Salvador — 1.0% | |||||
|
El
Salvador Government International
Bond,
Senior Notes |
7.125% |
1/20/50 |
1,640,000
|
1,481,647
(a) | |
|
Mexico
— 12.5% | |||||
|
Mexican
Bonos, Bonds |
8.000% |
11/7/47 |
170,400,000
MXN |
8,004,542
| |
|
Mexican
Bonos, Bonds |
8.000% |
7/31/53 |
146,000,000
MXN |
6,801,522
| |
|
Mexican
Bonos, Senior Notes |
7.750% |
11/13/42 |
94,100,000
MXN |
4,372,661
| |
|
Total
Mexico |
19,178,725 | ||||
|
Uruguay
— 3.3% | |||||
|
Uruguay
Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
8.000% |
10/29/35 |
202,290,000
UYU |
5,112,561
| |
|
| |||||
|
Total
Sovereign Bonds (Cost — $46,983,243) |
45,080,728 | ||||
|
Collateralized
Mortgage Obligations(g)
— 21.5% | |||||
|
Banc
of America Merrill Lynch Commercial
Mortgage
Trust, 2017-BNK3 XA, IO |
0.994% |
2/15/50 |
36,904,799
|
273,084
(f) | |
|
BANK,
2017-BNK4 XA, IO |
1.325% |
5/15/50 |
3,678,440
|
52,301
(f) | |
|
BX
Trust, 2024-VLT4 B (1 mo. Term SOFR +
1.941%) |
5.973% |
6/15/41 |
4,480,000
|
4,485,731
(a)(f) | |
|
Security |
|
Rate |
Maturity
Date |
Face
Amount† |
Value |
|
Collateralized
Mortgage Obligations(g)
— continued | |||||
|
Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
(FHLMC)
Multifamily Structured Credit Risk
Trust,
2025-MN10 M2 (30 Day Average
SOFR
+ 2.850%) |
7.158% |
2/25/45 |
1,210,000
|
$1,212,922
(a)(f) | |
|
Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
(FHLMC)
REMIC, 5071 IB, IO |
4.500% |
10/25/48 |
13,061,719
|
3,005,061
| |
|
Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
(FHLMC)
REMIC, Structured Agency Credit
Risk
Trust, 2022-DNA4 M2 (30 Day
Average
SOFR + 5.250%) |
9.433% |
5/25/42 |
2,360,000
|
2,507,697
(a)(b)(f) | |
|
Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
(FHLMC)
REMIC, Structured Agency Credit
Risk
Trust, 2022-HQA3 M1B (30 Day
Average
SOFR + 3.550%) |
7.733% |
8/25/42 |
500,000
|
523,163
(a)(b)(f) | |
|
Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
(FHLMC)
REMIC, Structured Agency Credit
Risk
Trust, 2023-HQA1 M1A (30 Day
Average
SOFR + 2.000%) |
6.183% |
5/25/43 |
705,293
|
711,619
(a)(f) | |
|
Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
(FHLMC)
Structured Agency Credit Risk
Trust,
2019-DNA2 M2 (30 Day Average
SOFR
+ 2.564%) |
6.747% |
3/25/49 |
510,376
|
517,531
(a)(f) | |
|
Federal
National Mortgage Association
(FNMA)
— CAS, 2022-R04 1B1 (30 Day
Average
SOFR + 5.250%) |
9.433% |
3/25/42 |
1,950,000
|
2,057,565
(a)(b)(f) | |
|
Government
National Mortgage
Association
(GNMA), 2020-86 GI, IO |
4.000% |
6/20/50 |
13,315,700
|
2,915,880
| |
|
Government
National Mortgage
Association
(GNMA), 2021-201 BI, IO |
3.000% |
11/20/51 |
25,777,065
|
4,390,007
| |
|
Government
National Mortgage
Association
(GNMA), 2022-63 IO, IO, PAC |
4.000% |
4/20/52 |
12,252,196
|
1,918,769
| |
|
Multifamily
CAS Trust, 2023-01 M10 (30
Day
Average SOFR + 6.500%) |
10.683% |
11/25/53 |
5,000,000
|
5,655,543
(a)(f) | |
|
Wells
Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust,
2021-C61
D |
2.500% |
11/15/54 |
2,500,000
|
1,837,594
(a) | |
|
Western
Alliance Bank, 2022-CL4 M1 (30
Day
Average SOFR + 2.250%) |
6.433% |
10/25/52 |
968,872
|
981,202
(a)(f) | |
|
| |||||
|
Total
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost —
$33,612,437) |
33,045,669 | ||||
|
Security |
|
Rate |
Maturity
Date |
Face
Amount† |
Value |
|
| |||||
|
Mortgage-Backed
Securities — 14.2% | |||||
|
GNMA
— 14.2% | |||||
|
Government
National Mortgage
Association
(GNMA) II
(Cost
— $21,677,700) |
6.000% |
10/20/53-
4/20/55 |
21,415,546 |
$21,854,165
(b) | |
|
| |||||
|
Convertible
Bonds & Notes — 3.1% | |||||
|
Communication
Services — 3.1% | |||||
|
Media
— 3.1% | |||||
|
Cable
One Inc., Senior Notes |
1.125% |
3/15/28 |
2,000,000
|
1,690,000
| |
|
EchoStar
Corp., Senior Secured Notes
(3.875%
Cash or 3.875% PIK) |
3.875% |
11/30/30 |
1,256,367
|
3,023,132
(c) | |
|
| |||||
|
Total
Convertible Bonds & Notes (Cost — $3,065,378) |
4,713,132 | ||||
|
Senior
Loans — 2.4% | |||||
|
Communication
Services — 1.9% | |||||
|
Wireless
Telecommunication Services — 1.9% | |||||
|
Gogo
Intermediate Holdings LLC, Initial
Term
Loan (1 mo. Term SOFR + 3.864%)
|
7.829% |
4/30/28 |
3,000,000
|
2,951,790
(f)(h)(i) | |
|
| |||||
|
Information
Technology — 0.5% | |||||
|
Technology
Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.5% | |||||
|
Sandisk
Corp., Term Loan B (3 mo. Term
SOFR
+ 3.000%)
|
6.857% |
2/20/32 |
700,000
|
702,191
(f)(h)(i) | |
|
| |||||
|
Total
Senior Loans (Cost — $3,575,419) |
3,653,981 | ||||
|
Total
Investments before Short-Term Investments (Cost —
$241,555,726) |
238,461,090 | ||||
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Short-Term
Investments — 8.1% | |||||
|
Money
Market Funds — 4.9% | |||||
|
Western
Asset Premier Institutional U.S.
Treasury
Reserves, Premium Shares
(Cost
— $7,485,304) |
3.896% |
|
7,485,304
|
7,485,304
(j)(k) | |
|
|
|
|
|
Face
Amount† |
|
|
Sovereign
Bonds — 3.2% | |||||
|
Egypt
Treasury Bills |
26.953% |
1/6/26 |
137,900,000
EGP |
2,794,018
(l) | |
|
Egypt
Treasury Bills |
27.140% |
1/13/26 |
91,225,000
EGP |
1,839,338
(l) | |
|
Security |
|
Rate |
|
Face
Amount† |
Value |
|
Sovereign
Bonds — continued | |||||
|
Egypt
Treasury Bills |
27.369% |
1/27/26 |
15,725,000
EGP |
$314,015
(l) | |
|
| |||||
|
Total
Sovereign Bonds (Cost — $4,793,073) |
4,947,371 | ||||
|
| |||||
|
Total
Short-Term Investments (Cost — $12,278,377) |
12,432,675 | ||||
|
Total
Investments — 163.2% (Cost — $253,834,103) |
250,893,765 | ||||
|
Mandatory
Redeemable Preferred Stock, at Liquidation Value —
(16.3)% |
(25,000,000
) | ||||
|
Other
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (46.9)% |
(72,182,224
) | ||||
|
Total
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders —
100.0% |
$153,711,541 | ||||
† |
Face
amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise
noted. |
(a) |
Security
is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.
This security may be resold in
transactions
that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional
buyers. This security has been
deemed
liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of
Directors.
|
(b) |
All
or a portion of this security is pledged as collateral pursuant to the
loan agreement (Note
5). |
(c) |
Payment-in-kind
security for which the issuer has the option at each interest payment date
of making interest
payments
in cash or additional securities.
|
(d) |
Security
is exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of
1933. Regulation S applies to
securities
offerings that are made outside of the United States and do not involve
direct selling efforts in the
United
States. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines
approved by the Board of Directors. |
(e) |
Security
has no maturity date. The date shown represents the next call
date. |
(f) |
Variable
rate security. Interest rate disclosed is as of the most recent
information available. Certain variable rate
securities
are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined
by the issuer or agent and
are
based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a
reference rate and spread in their
description
above. |
(g) |
Collateralized
mortgage obligations are secured by an underlying pool of mortgages or
mortgage pass-through
certificates
that are structured to direct payments on underlying collateral to
different series or classes of the
obligations.
The interest rate may change positively or inversely in relation to one or
more interest rates, financial
indices
or other financial indicators and may be subject to an upper and/or lower
limit. |
(h) |
Interest
rates disclosed represent the effective rates on senior loans. Ranges in
interest rates are attributable to
multiple
contracts under the same loan. |
(i) |
Senior
loans may be considered restricted in that the Fund ordinarily is
contractually obligated to receive approval
from
the agent bank and/or borrower prior to the disposition of a senior
loan.
|
(j) |
Rate
shown is one-day yield as of the end of the reporting period.
|
(k) |
In
this instance, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, an
“Affiliated
Company”
represents Fund
ownership
of at least 5% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer, or a
company which is under common
ownership
or control with the Fund. At October 31, 2025, the total market value of
investments in Affiliated
Companies
was $7,485,304 and the cost was $7,485,304 (Note
9). |
|
(l) |
Rate
shown represents
yield-to-maturity. |
|
Abbreviation(s)
used in this schedule: | ||
|
BRL |
— |
Brazilian
Real |
|
CAS |
— |
Connecticut
Avenue Securities |
|
EGP |
— |
Egyptian
Pound |
|
IO |
— |
Interest
Only |
|
MXN |
— |
Mexican
Peso |
|
PAC |
— |
Planned
Amortization Class |
|
PIK |
— |
Payment-In-Kind |
|
REMIC |
— |
Real
Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit |
|
SOFR |
— |
Secured
Overnight Financing Rate |
|
UYU |
— |
Uruguayan
Peso |
|
|
Number
of
Contracts |
Expiration
Date |
Notional
Amount |
Market
Value |
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) |
|
Contracts
to Buy: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.
Treasury 5-Year Notes |
243 |
12/25 |
$26,562,602 |
$26,538,258 |
$(24,344
) |
|
U.S.
Treasury 10-Year Notes |
232 |
12/25 |
26,011,452 |
26,139,876 |
128,424 |
|
United
Kingdom Long Gilt
Bonds |
65 |
12/25 |
7,715,952 |
7,994,259 |
278,307 |
|
Net
unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts |
$382,387 | ||||
|
Currency
Purchased |
Currency
Sold |
Counterparty |
Settlement
Date |
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) | ||
|
EUR |
3,720,000 |
USD |
4,306,838 |
JPMorgan
Chase & Co. |
11/5/25 |
$(17,601
) |
|
USD |
12,551,383 |
EUR |
10,810,000 |
JPMorgan
Chase & Co. |
11/5/25 |
87,230 |
|
EUR |
7,090,000 |
USD |
8,151,735 |
UBS
Securities LLC |
11/5/25 |
23,182 |
|
KRW |
10,300,000,000 |
USD |
7,466,203 |
Citibank
N.A. |
11/12/25 |
(232,646
) |
|
JPY |
1,480,000,000 |
USD |
10,117,479 |
Citibank
N.A. |
1/16/26 |
(439,246
) |
|
USD |
4,480,336 |
BRL |
24,550,000 |
HSBC
Securities Inc. |
1/28/26 |
12,021 |
|
USD |
4,328,808 |
EUR |
3,720,000 |
JPMorgan
Chase & Co. |
2/6/26 |
17,955 |
|
USD |
9,065,326 |
MXN |
168,800,000 |
Citibank
N.A. |
2/13/26 |
79,235 |
|
Net
unrealized depreciation on open forward foreign currency
contracts |
$(469,870
) | |||||
|
Abbreviation(s)
used in this table: | ||
|
BRL |
— |
Brazilian
Real |
|
EUR |
— |
Euro |
|
JPY |
— |
Japanese
Yen |
|
KRW |
— |
South
Korean Won |
|
MXN |
— |
Mexican
Peso |
|
USD |
— |
United
States Dollar |
|
Summary
of Investments by Country#
(unaudited)
| |
|
United
States |
60.7
% |
|
Mexico |
8.8 |
|
Brazil |
8.8 |
|
Canada |
2.7 |
|
Israel |
2.6 |
|
Colombia |
2.6 |
|
Uruguay |
2.0 |
|
Argentina |
1.8 |
|
Zambia |
1.3 |
|
Germany |
1.3 |
|
Peru |
0.8 |
|
El
Salvador |
0.6 |
|
Jersey |
0.5 |
|
United
Kingdom |
0.4 |
|
Chile |
0.1 |
|
Short-Term
Investments |
5.0 |
|
|
100.0
% |
|
# |
As
a percentage of total investments. Please note that the Fund holdings are
as of October 31, 2025, and are
subject
to change.
|
|
Assets: |
|
|
Investments
in unaffiliated securities, at value (Cost —
$246,348,799) |
$243,408,461 |
|
Investments
in affiliated securities, at value (Cost —
$7,485,304) |
7,485,304 |
|
Foreign
currency, at value (Cost — $733,137) |
738,599 |
|
Cash |
43,549 |
|
Interest
receivable |
4,429,566 |
|
Deposits
with brokers for open futures contracts |
658,306 |
|
Foreign
currency collateral for open futures contracts, at value (Cost —
$291,350) |
286,931 |
|
Deposits
with brokers for OTC derivatives |
260,000 |
|
Unrealized
appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts |
219,623 |
|
Dividends
receivable from affiliated investments |
35,207 |
|
Deposits
with brokers |
206 |
|
Prepaid
expenses |
18,885 |
|
Total
Assets |
257,584,637 |
|
Liabilities: |
|
|
Loan
payable (Note
5) |
76,000,000 |
|
Mandatory
Redeemable Preferred Stock ($10 liquidation value per share; 2,500,000
shares
issued
and outstanding) (net of deferred offering costs of $67,868) (Note
6) |
24,932,132 |
|
Distributions
payable to Common Shareholders |
1,343,347 |
|
Unrealized
depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts |
689,493 |
|
Interest
and commitment fees payable |
313,353 |
|
Distributions
payable to Mandatory Redeemable Preferred
Stockholders |
193,116 |
|
Investment
management fee payable |
140,840 |
|
Foreign
withholding tax payable |
35,670 |
|
Payable
to brokers — net variation margin on open futures
contracts |
15,789 |
|
Directors’
fees payable |
1,816 |
|
Accrued
expenses |
207,540 |
|
Total
Liabilities |
103,873,096 |
|
Total
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders |
$153,711,541 |
|
Net
Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders: |
|
|
Common
stock par value ($0.001 par value; 16,791,836 shares issued and
outstanding;
97,500,000
common shares authorized) |
$16,792 |
|
Paid-in
capital in excess of par value |
238,149,411 |
|
Total
distributable earnings (loss)
|
(84,454,662
) |
|
Total
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders |
$153,711,541 |
|
Common
Shares Outstanding |
16,791,836 |
|
Net
Asset Value Per Common Share |
$9.15 |
|
Investment
Income: |
|
|
Interest |
$21,437,919 |
|
Dividends
from affiliated investments |
228,942 |
|
Less:
Foreign taxes withheld |
(236,930
) |
|
Total
Investment Income |
21,429,931 |
|
Expenses: |
|
|
Interest
expense
(Note
5)
|
3,787,267 |
|
Investment
management fee (Note
2) |
2,172,167 |
|
Distributions
to Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Stockholders (Notes
1 and 6) |
1,055,807 |
|
Legal
fees |
92,586 |
|
Fund
accounting fees |
85,855 |
|
Amortization
of preferred stock offering costs (Note
6) |
65,267 |
|
Audit
and tax fees |
63,686 |
|
Directors’
fees |
56,052 |
|
Shareholder
reports |
40,521 |
|
Transfer
agent fees |
35,032 |
|
Custody
fees |
31,686 |
|
Rating
agency fees |
30,126 |
|
Commitment
fees (Note
5) |
13,003 |
|
Stock
exchange listing fees |
12,494 |
|
Insurance |
1,626 |
|
Miscellaneous
expenses |
33,544 |
|
Total
Expenses |
7,576,719 |
|
Less:
Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements (Note
2) |
(517,612
) |
|
Net
Expenses |
7,059,107 |
|
Net
Investment Income |
14,370,824 |
|
Realized
and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Futures Contracts, Swap
Contracts, Forward
Foreign
Currency Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions
(Notes
1, 3 and 4): | |
|
Net
Realized Gain (Loss) From: |
|
|
Investment
transactions in unaffiliated securities |
1,288,612 |
|
Futures
contracts |
(923,895
) |
|
Swap
contracts |
29,620 |
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts |
(2,042,203
) |
|
Foreign
currency transactions |
(17,033
) |
|
Net
Realized Loss
|
(1,664,899
) |
|
Change
in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) From: |
|
|
Investments
in unaffiliated securities |
1,489,685 |
|
Futures
contracts |
1,832,821 |
|
Swap
contracts |
(13,485
) |
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts |
(590,987
) |
|
Foreign
currencies |
48,543 |
|
Change
in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
|
2,766,577 |
|
Net
Gain on Investments, Futures Contracts, Swap Contracts, Forward Foreign
Currency
Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions
|
1,101,678 |
|
Increase
in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders From
Operations |
$15,472,502 |
|
For
the Years Ended October 31, |
2025 |
2024 |
|
Operations: |
|
|
|
Net
investment income
|
$14,370,824 |
$14,025,383 |
|
Net
realized loss
|
(1,664,899
) |
(5,792,186
) |
|
Change
in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
2,766,577 |
21,471,729 |
|
Increase
in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders
From
Operations |
15,472,502 |
29,704,926 |
|
Distributions
to Common Shareholders From (Note
1): |
|
|
|
Total
distributable earnings |
(13,844,287
) |
(9,653,905
) |
|
Return
of capital |
(2,275,876
) |
(6,466,258
) |
|
Decrease
in Net Assets From Distributions to Common
Shareholders |
(16,120,163
) |
(16,120,163
) |
|
Increase
(Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common
Shareholders |
(647,661
) |
13,584,763 |
|
Net
Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders: |
|
|
|
Beginning
of year |
154,359,202 |
140,774,439 |
|
End
of year |
$153,711,541 |
$154,359,202 |
|
Increase
(Decrease) in Cash: |
|
|
Cash
Flows from Operating Activities: |
|
|
Net
increase in net assets applicable to common shareholders resulting from
operations |
$15,472,502 |
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net increase in net assets resulting from operations to net
cash
provided
(used) by operating activities: |
|
|
Purchases
of portfolio securities |
(189,685,058
) |
|
Sales
of portfolio securities |
210,962,642 |
|
Net
purchases, sales and maturities of short-term
investments |
(8,367,217
) |
|
Net
amortization of premium (accretion of discount) |
(2,300,958
) |
|
Increase
in interest receivable |
(297,531
) |
|
Increase
in prepaid expenses |
(13,288
) |
|
Increase
in dividends receivable from affiliated investments |
(16,899
) |
|
Decrease
in receivable for open OTC swap contracts |
1,896 |
|
Decrease
in net premiums received for OTC swap contracts |
(21,577
) |
|
Decrease
in payable for securities purchased |
(3,344,826
) |
|
Amortization
of preferred stock offering costs |
65,267 |
|
Decrease
in investment management fee payable |
(6,892
) |
|
Decrease
in Directors’ fees payable |
(1,450
) |
|
Increase
in interest and commitment fees payable |
14,481 |
|
Decrease
in distributions payable to Mandatory Redeemable Preferred
Stockholders |
(184,782
) |
|
Decrease
in payable to brokers — net variation margin on open futures
contracts |
(78,055
) |
|
Increase
in foreign withholding tax payable |
35,670 |
|
Increase
in accrued expenses |
17,137 |
|
Net
realized gain on investments |
(1,288,612
) |
|
Change
in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, OTC swap
contracts
and
forward foreign currency contracts |
(885,213
) |
|
Net
Cash Provided in Operating Activities* |
20,077,237 |
|
Cash
Flows from Financing Activities: |
|
|
Distributions
paid on common stock (net of distributions payable) |
(16,120,163
) |
|
Proceeds
from loan facility borrowings |
25,000,000 |
|
Repayment
of loan facility borrowings |
(10,000,000
) |
|
Redemption
of Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Stock |
(25,000,000
) |
|
Net
Cash Used by Financing Activities |
(26,120,163
) |
|
Net
Decrease in Cash and Restricted Cash |
(6,042,926
) |
|
Cash
and restricted cash at beginning of year |
8,030,517 |
|
Cash
and restricted cash at end of year |
$1,987,591 |
|
* |
Included
in operating expenses is $3,785,789 paid for interest and commitment fees
on borrowings and $1,240,589
paid
for distributions to Mandatory Redeemable Preferred
Stockholders. |
|
|
October
31, 2025 |
|
Cash |
$782,148 |
|
Restricted
cash |
1,205,443 |
|
Total
cash and restricted cash shown in the Statement of Cash
Flows |
$1,987,591 |
|
For
a common share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended
October 31: | |||||
|
|
20251
|
20241
|
20231
|
20221
|
20211
|
|
Net
asset value, beginning of year |
$9.19 |
$8.38 |
$8.95 |
$13.16 |
$13.35 |
|
Income
(loss) from operations: | |||||
|
Net
investment income |
0.86 |
0.84 |
0.81 |
0.79 |
0.75 |
|
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
0.06 |
0.93 |
(0.38
) |
(3.93
) |
(0.00
)2 |
|
Total
income (loss) from operations |
0.92 |
1.77 |
0.43 |
(3.14) |
0.75 |
|
Less
distributions to common shareholders
from: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income |
(0.82
) |
(0.57
) |
(0.11
) |
(0.99
) |
(0.67
) |
|
Return
of capital |
(0.14
) |
(0.39
) |
(0.89
) |
(0.08
) |
(0.27
) |
|
Total
distributions to common
shareholders
|
(0.96
) |
(0.96
) |
(1.00
) |
(1.07
) |
(0.94
) |
|
Net
asset value, end of year |
$9.15 |
$9.19 |
$8.38 |
$8.95 |
$13.16 |
|
Market
price, end of year |
$8.48 |
$8.42 |
$7.03 |
$7.83 |
$12.23 |
|
Total
return, based on NAV3,4
|
10.67
% |
21.50
% |
4.40
% |
(24.82
)% |
5.46
% |
|
Total
return, based on Market Price5
|
12.83
% |
34.18
% |
1.71
% |
(28.37
)% |
19.70
% |
|
Net
assets applicable to common
shareholders,
end of year (millions) |
$154 |
$154 |
$141 |
$150 |
$221 |
|
Ratios
to average net assets: | |||||
|
Gross
expenses |
4.96
% |
5.42
% |
5.29
% |
3.47
% |
2.81
% |
|
Net
expenses6,7
|
4.62 |
5.08 |
5.00 |
3.27 |
2.66 |
|
Net
investment income |
9.41 |
8.92 |
8.83 |
7.19 |
5.40 |
|
Portfolio
turnover rate |
78
% |
59
% |
51
% |
32
% |
49
% |
|
Supplemental
data: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loan
Outstanding, End of Year (000s) |
$76,000 |
$61,000 |
$61,000 |
$61,000 |
$60,000 |
|
Asset
Coverage Ratio for Loan Outstanding8
|
335
% |
435
% |
413
% |
428
% |
568
% |
|
Asset
Coverage, per $1,000 Principal Amount of
Loan
Outstanding8
|
$3,351 |
$4,350 |
$4,127 |
$4,282 |
$5,682 |
|
Weighted
Average Loan (000s) |
$74,247 |
$61,000 |
$61,000 |
$66,255 |
$60,000 |
|
Weighted
Average Interest Rate on Loan
|
5.03
% |
5.96
% |
5.48
% |
1.78
% |
0.79
% |
|
Mandatory
Redeemable Preferred Stock at
Liquidation
Value, End of Year (000s) |
$25,000 |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
$60,000 |
|
Asset
Coverage Ratio for Mandatory Redeemable
Preferred
Stock9
|
252
% |
239
% |
227
% |
235
% |
284
% |
|
Asset
Coverage, per $10 and/or $100,000
Liquidation
Value per Share of Mandatory
Redeemable
Preferred Stock9
|
$25 |
$24 |
$23 |
$24 |
$284,115 |
1 |
Per
share amounts have been calculated using the average shares
method. |
2 |
Amount
represents less than $0.005 or greater than $(0.005) per
share. |
3 |
The
total return calculation assumes that distributions are reinvested
at NAV. Past performance is no guarantee of
future
results.
|
4 |
Performance
figures may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or
expense
reimbursements.
In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or
expense
reimbursements,
the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee
of future results.
|
5 |
The
total return calculation assumes that distributions are reinvested in
accordance with the Fund’s dividend
reinvestment
plan. Past performance is no guarantee of future
results. |
6 |
Reflects
fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. |
7 |
The
manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent
sufficient to offset the net management
fee
payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market
fund. |
8 |
Represents
value of net assets plus the loan outstanding and mandatory redeemable
preferred stock at the end of
the
period divided by the loan outstanding at the end of the
period. |
|
9 |
Represents
value of net assets plus the loan outstanding and mandatory redeemable
preferred stock at the end of
the
period divided by the loan and mandatory redeemable preferred stock
outstanding at the end of the
period. |
|
ASSETS | ||||
|
Description |
Quoted
Prices
(Level
1) |
Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level
2) |
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level
3) |
Total |
|
Long-Term
Investments†: |
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate
Bonds & Notes |
— |
$130,113,415 |
— |
$130,113,415 |
|
Sovereign
Bonds |
— |
45,080,728 |
— |
45,080,728 |
|
Collateralized
Mortgage
Obligations |
— |
33,045,669 |
— |
33,045,669 |
|
Mortgage-Backed
Securities |
— |
21,854,165 |
— |
21,854,165 |
|
Convertible
Bonds & Notes |
— |
4,713,132 |
— |
4,713,132 |
|
Senior
Loans |
— |
3,653,981 |
— |
3,653,981 |
|
Total
Long-Term Investments |
— |
238,461,090 |
— |
238,461,090 |
|
Short-Term
Investments†: |
|
|
|
|
|
Money
Market Funds |
$7,485,304 |
— |
— |
7,485,304 |
|
Sovereign
Bonds |
— |
4,947,371 |
— |
4,947,371 |
|
Total
Short-Term Investments |
7,485,304 |
4,947,371 |
— |
12,432,675 |
|
Total
Investments |
$7,485,304 |
$243,408,461 |
— |
$250,893,765 |
|
Other
Financial Instruments: |
|
|
|
|
|
Futures
Contracts†† |
$406,731 |
— |
— |
$406,731 |
|
Forward
Foreign Currency
Contracts†† |
— |
$219,623 |
— |
219,623 |
|
Total
Other Financial
Instruments |
$406,731 |
$219,623 |
— |
$626,354 |
|
Total |
$7,892,035 |
$243,628,084 |
— |
$251,520,119 |
|
LIABILITIES
| ||||
|
Description |
Quoted
Prices
(Level
1) |
Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level
2) |
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level
3) |
Total |
|
Other
Financial Instruments: |
|
|
|
|
|
Futures
Contracts†† |
$24,344 |
— |
— |
$24,344 |
|
Forward
Foreign Currency
Contracts†† |
— |
$689,493 |
— |
689,493 |
|
Total |
$24,344 |
$689,493 |
— |
$713,837 |
|
† |
See
Schedule of Investments for additional
detailed categorizations. |
|
†† |
Reflects
the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
the instruments. |
|
|
Total
Distributable
Earnings
(Loss) |
Paid-in
Capital |
|
(a) |
$65,266 |
$(65,266) |
|
|
Investments |
U.S.
Government &
Agency
Obligations |
|
Purchases |
$144,397,104 |
$45,287,954 |
|
Sales |
165,216,517 |
45,746,125 |
|
|
Cost |
Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation |
Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation |
Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) |
|
Securities |
$253,926,897 |
$8,429,144 |
$(11,462,276) |
$(3,033,132) |
|
Futures
contracts |
— |
406,731 |
(24,344) |
382,387 |
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts |
— |
219,623 |
(689,493) |
(469,870) |
|
ASSET
DERIVATIVES1
| |||
|
|
Interest
Rate
Risk |
Foreign
Exchange
Risk |
Total |
|
Futures
contracts2
|
$406,731 |
— |
$406,731 |
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts |
— |
$219,623 |
219,623 |
|
Total |
$406,731 |
$219,623 |
$626,354 |
|
LIABILITY
DERIVATIVES1
| |||
|
|
Interest
Rate
Risk |
Foreign
Exchange
Risk |
Total |
|
Futures
contracts2
|
$24,344 |
— |
$24,344 |
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts |
— |
$689,493 |
689,493 |
|
Total |
$24,344 |
$689,493 |
$713,837 |
|
1 |
Generally,
the balance sheet location for asset derivatives is receivables/net
unrealized appreciation and for
liability
derivatives is payables/net unrealized
depreciation. |
|
2 |
Includes
cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as
reported in the Schedule of
Investments.
Only net variation margin is reported within the receivables and/or
payables on the Statement of
Assets
and Liabilities. |
|
AMOUNT
OF NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON DERIVATIVES
RECOGNIZED | ||||
|
|
Interest
Rate
Risk |
Foreign
Exchange
Risk |
Credit
Risk |
Total |
|
Futures
contracts |
$(923,895
) |
— |
— |
$(923,895
) |
|
Swap
contracts |
— |
— |
$29,620 |
29,620 |
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts |
— |
$(2,042,203
) |
— |
(2,042,203
) |
|
Total |
$(923,895
) |
$(2,042,203
) |
$29,620 |
$(2,936,478
) |
|
CHANGE
IN NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON DERIVATIVES
RECOGNIZED | ||||
|
|
Interest
Rate
Risk |
Foreign
Exchange
Risk |
Credit
Risk |
Total |
|
Futures
contracts |
$1,832,821 |
— |
— |
$1,832,821 |
|
Swap
contracts |
— |
— |
$(13,485
) |
(13,485
) |
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts |
— |
$(590,987
) |
— |
(590,987
) |
|
Total |
$1,832,821 |
$(590,987
) |
$(13,485
) |
$1,228,349 |
|
|
Average
Market
Value* |
|
Futures
contracts (to buy) |
$59,942,838 |
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts (to buy) |
32,926,355 |
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts (to sell) |
38,679,169 |
|
|
Average
Notional
Balance** |
|
Credit
default swap contracts (sell protection)† |
$1,000,000 |
|
* |
Based
on the average of the market values at each month-end during the
period. |
|
** |
Based
on the average of the notional amounts at each month-end during the
period. |
|
† |
At
October 31, 2025, there were no open positions held in this
derivative. |
|
Counterparty |
Gross
Assets
Subject
to
Master
Agreements1
|
Gross
Liabilities
Subject
to
Master
Agreements1
|
Net
Assets
(Liabilities)
Subject
to
Master
Agreements |
Collateral
Pledged
(Received)2,3
|
Net
Amount4,5
|
|
Citibank
N.A. |
$79,235 |
$(671,892) |
$(592,657) |
$260,000 |
$(332,657) |
|
HSBC
Securities Inc. |
12,021 |
— |
12,021 |
— |
12,021 |
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co. |
105,185 |
(17,601) |
87,584 |
— |
87,584 |
|
UBS
Securities LLC |
23,182 |
— |
23,182 |
— |
23,182 |
|
Total |
$219,623 |
$(689,493) |
$(469,870) |
$260,000 |
$(209,870) |
|
1 |
Absent
an event of default or early termination, derivative assets and
liabilities are presented gross and not
offset
in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
|
2 |
Gross
amounts are not offset in the Statement of Assets and
Liabilities. |
|
3 |
In
some instances, the actual collateral received and/or pledged may be more
than the amount shown here due
to
overcollateralization. |
|
4 |
Net
amount may also include forward foreign currency exchange contracts that
are not required to be
collateralized. |
|
5 |
Represents
the net amount receivable (payable) from (to) the counterparty in the
event of default. |
|
Series |
Term
Redemption
Date |
Rate |
Shares |
Liquidation
Preference
Per
Share |
Aggregate
Liquidation
Value |
Estimated
Fair
Value |
|
Series
E |
12/30/2026 |
3.71% |
2,500,000 |
$10 |
$25,000,000 |
$24,651,372 |
|
Record
Date |
Payable
Date |
Amount |
|
10/24/2025 |
11/3/2025 |
$0.0800 |
|
11/20/2025 |
12/1/2025 |
$0.0800 |
|
12/23/2025 |
12/31/2025 |
$0.0800 |
|
1/23/2026 |
1/30/2026 |
$0.0800 |
|
2/20/2026 |
2/27/2026 |
$0.0800 |
|
|
Affiliate
Value
at
October 31, 2024 |
Purchased |
Sold | ||
|
Cost |
Shares |
Proceeds |
Shares | ||
|
Western
Asset
Premier
Institutional
U.S.
Treasury
Reserves,
Premium
Shares |
— |
$161,067,778 |
161,067,778 |
$153,582,474 |
153,582,474 |
|
(cont’d) |
Realized
Gain
(Loss) |
Dividend
Income |
Net
Increase
(Decrease)
in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) |
Affiliate
Value
at
October
31,
2025 |
|
Western
Asset Premier
Institutional
U.S.
Treasury
Reserves,
Premium
Shares |
— |
$228,942 |
— |
$7,485,304 |
|
|
2025 |
2024 |
|
Distributions
paid from: |
|
|
|
Ordinary
income: |
|
|
|
Common
shareholders |
$13,844,287 |
$9,653,905 |
|
Mandatory
redeemable preferred shares |
1,055,807 |
1,819,975 |
|
Total
taxable distributions |
$14,900,094 |
$11,473,880 |
|
Return
of capital: |
|
|
|
Common
shareholders |
$2,275,876 |
$6,466,258 |
|
Total
distributions paid |
$17,175,970 |
$17,940,138 |
|
Deferred
capital losses* |
$(79,183,721) |
|
Other
book/tax temporary differences(a)
|
(2,157,588) |
|
Unrealized
appreciation (depreciation)(b)
|
(3,113,353) |
|
Total
distributable earnings (loss) — net |
$(84,454,662) |
|
* |
These
capital losses have been deferred in the current year as either short-term
or long-term losses. The losses
will
be deemed to occur on the first day of the next taxable year in the same
character as they were originally
deferred
and will be available to offset future taxable capital
gains. |
|
(a) |
Other
book/tax temporary differences are attributable due to dividends payable,
the tax deferral of losses on
straddles
and the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains (losses) on
futures contracts. |
|
(b) |
The
difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) is attributable to the tax
deferral
of losses on wash sales and other book/tax basis
adjustments. |
|
Independent
Directors† | |
|
Robert
D. Agdern
| |
|
Year
of birth
|
1950 |
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Director
and Member of Nominating, Audit, Compensation and
Pricing
and Valuation Committees, and Compliance Liaison,
Class
III
|
|
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2015
|
|
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years
|
Member
of the Advisory Committee of the Dispute Resolution
Research
Center at the Kellogg Graduate School of Business,
Northwestern
University (2002 to 2016); formerly, Deputy
General
Counsel responsible for western hemisphere matters
for
BP PLC (1999 to 2001); Associate General Counsel at Amoco
Corporation
responsible for corporate, chemical, and refining
and
marketing matters and special assignments (1993 to 1998)
(Amoco
merged with British Petroleum in 1998 forming BP
PLC) |
|
Number
of portfolios in fund complex2
overseen by Director
(including
the Fund) |
21 |
|
Other
board memberships held by Director during the past five
years
|
None |
|
Carol
L. Colman
| |
|
Year
of birth
|
1946
|
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Director
and Member of Nominating, Audit and Compensation
Committees,
and Chair of Pricing and Valuation Committee,
Class
I
|
|
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2011
|
|
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years
|
President,
Colman Consulting Company (consulting)
|
|
Number
of portfolios in fund complex2
overseen by Director
(including
the Fund) |
21 |
|
Other
board memberships held by Director during the past five
years
|
None |
|
Independent
Directors† (cont’d) | |
|
Anthony
Grillo
| |
|
Year
of birth
|
1955
|
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Director
and Member of Nominating, Audit, Compensation and
Pricing
and Valuation Committees, Class I
|
|
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2024
|
|
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years
|
Retired;
Founder, Managing Director and Partner of American
Securities
Opportunity Funds (private equity and credit firm)
(2006
to 2018); formerly, Senior Managing Director of Evercore
Partners
Inc. (investment banking) (2001 to 2004); Senior
Managing
Director of Joseph Littlejohn & Levy, Inc. (private
equity
firm) (1999 to 2001); Senior Managing Director of The
Blackstone
Group L.P. (private equity and credit firm) (1991 to
1999)
|
|
Number
of portfolios in fund complex2
overseen by Director
(including
the Fund) |
21
|
|
Other
board memberships held by Director during the past five
years
|
Director
of Littelfuse, Inc. (electronics manufacturing) (since
1991);
formerly, Director of Oaktree Acquisition Corp. II (2020
to
2022); Director of Oaktree Acquisition Corp. (2019 to
2021) |
|
Eileen
A. Kamerick
| |
|
Year
of birth
|
1958
|
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Chair
(since November 15, 2024) and Member of Nominating,
Compensation,
Pricing and Valuation and Audit Committees,
Class
III
|
|
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2013
|
|
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years
|
Chief
Executive Officer, The Governance Partners, LLC
(consulting
firm) (since 2015); National Association of Corporate
Directors
Board Leadership Fellow (since 2016, with Directorship
Certification
since 2019) and NACD 2022 Directorship 100
honoree;
Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center
(since
2021); Adjunct Professor, The University of Chicago Law
School
(since 2018); Adjunct Professor, University of Iowa
College
of Law (since 2007); formerly, Chief Financial Officer,
Press
Ganey Associates (health care informatics company) (2012
to
2014); Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer,
Houlihan
Lokey (international investment bank) and President,
Houlihan
Lokey Foundation (2010 to 2012) |
|
Number
of portfolios in fund complex2
overseen by Director
(including
the Fund) |
21 |
|
Other
board memberships held by Director during the past five
years
|
Director,
VALIC Company I (since October 2022); Director of ACV
Auctions
Inc. (since 2021); Director of Associated Banc-Corp
(financial
services company) (since 2007); formerly, Director of
Hochschild
Mining plc (precious metals company) (2016
to
2023); formerly Trustee of AIG Funds and Anchor Series Trust
(2018
to 2021) |
|
Independent
Directors† (cont’d) | |
|
Nisha
Kumar
| |
|
Year
of birth
|
1970
|
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Director
and Member of Nominating, Compensation and Pricing
and
Valuation Committees, and Chair of Audit Committee,
Class
II
|
|
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2019
|
|
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years
|
Formerly,
Managing Director and the Chief Financial Officer and
Chief
Compliance Officer of Greenbriar Equity Group, LP (2011
to
2021); formerly, Chief Financial Officer and Chief
Administrative
Officer of Rent the Runway, Inc. (2011); Executive
Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of AOL LLC, a
subsidiary
of Time Warner Inc. (2007 to 2009); Member of the
Council
on Foreign Relations
|
|
Number
of portfolios in fund complex2
overseen by Director
(including
the Fund) |
21 |
|
Other
board memberships held by Director during the past five
years
|
Director
of Stonepeak-Plus Infrastructure Fund LP (since 2025);
Director
of Birkenstock Holding plc (since 2023); Director of The
India
Fund, Inc. (since 2016); formerly, Director of Aberdeen
Income
Credit Strategies Fund (2017 to 2018); and Director of
The
Asia Tigers Fund, Inc. (2016 to 2018)
|
|
Peter
Mason
| |
|
Year
of birth
|
1959
|
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Director
and Member of Audit, Nominating and Pricing and
Valuation
Committees, and Chair of Compensation Committee,
Class
III
|
|
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2024
|
|
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years
|
Arbitrator
and Mediator (self-employed) (since 2021); formerly,
Global
General Counsel of UNICEF (intergovernmental
organization)
(1998 to 2021)
|
|
Number
of portfolios in fund complex2
overseen by Director
(including
the Fund) |
21 |
|
Other
board memberships held by Director during the past five
years
|
Chairman
of University of Sydney USA Foundation (since 2020);
Director
of the Radio Workshop US, Inc. (since 2023)
|
|
Independent
Directors† (cont’d) | |
|
Hillary
A. Sale
| |
|
Year
of birth
|
1961 |
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Director
and Member of Audit, Compensation and Pricing and
Valuation
Committees, and Chair of Nominating Committee,
Class
II
|
|
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2024
|
|
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years
|
Agnes
Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Leadership and
Corporate
Governance, Georgetown Law; and Professor of
Management,
McDonough School of Business (since 2018);
formerly,
Associate Dean for Strategy, Georgetown Law (2020
to
2023); National Association of Corporate Directors Board
Faculty
Member (since 2021); formerly, a Member of the Board
of
Governors of FINRA (2016 to 2022)
|
|
Number
of portfolios in fund complex2
overseen by Director
(including
the Fund) |
21 |
|
Other
board memberships held by Director during the past five
years
|
Director
of CBOE U.S. Securities Exchanges, CBOE Futures
Exchange,
and CBOE SEF, Director (since 2022); Advisory Board
Member
of Foundation Press (academic book publisher)
(since
2019); Chair of DirectWomen Board Institute (since 2019);
formerly,
Member of DirectWomen Board (nonprofit) (2007
to
2022)
|
|
Interested
Director and Officer | |
|
Jane
Trust, CFA3
| |
|
Year
of birth |
1962 |
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Director,
President and Chief Executive Officer, Class II |
|
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2015 |
|
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years |
Senior
Vice President, Fund Board Management, Franklin
Templeton
(since 2020); Officer and/or Trustee/Director of 118
funds
associated with FTFA or its affiliates (since 2015); Trustee
of
Putnam Family of Funds consisting of 105 portfolios; President
and
Chief Executive Officer of FTFA (since 2015); formerly, Senior
Managing
Director (2018 to 2020) and Managing Director (2016
to
2018) of Legg Mason & Co., LLC (“Legg Mason & Co.”); and
Senior
Vice President of FTFA (2015) |
|
Number
of portfolios in fund complex2
overseen by Director
(including
the Fund) |
Trustee/Director
of Franklin Templeton funds consisting of 118
portfolios;
Trustee of Putnam Family of Funds consisting of 105
portfolios |
|
Other
board memberships held by Director during the past five
years
|
None |
|
Additional
Officers | |
|
Fred
Jensen |
|
|
Franklin
Templeton
One
Madison Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10010 |
|
|
Year
of birth |
1963 |
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Chief
Compliance Officer |
|
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2020 |
|
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years |
Director
- Global Compliance of Franklin Templeton (since 2020);
Managing
Director of Legg Mason & Co. (2006 to 2020); Director
of
Compliance, Legg Mason Office of the Chief Compliance
Officer
(2006 to 2020); formerly, Chief Compliance Officer of
Legg
Mason Global Asset Allocation (prior to 2014); Chief
Compliance
Officer of Legg Mason Private Portfolio Group (prior
to
2013); formerly, Chief Compliance Officer of The Reserve
Funds
(investment adviser, funds and broker-dealer) (2004) and
Ambac
Financial Group (investment adviser, funds and broker-
dealer)
(2000 to 2003) |
|
Marc
A. De Oliveira |
|
|
Franklin
Templeton
100
First Stamford Place, 6th Floor, Stamford, CT 06902 |
|
|
Year
of birth |
1971 |
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Secretary
and Chief Legal Officer |
|
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2023 |
|
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years |
Associate
General Counsel of Franklin Templeton (since 2020);
Secretary
and Chief Legal Officer (since 2020) and Assistant
Secretary
of certain funds in the Franklin Templeton fund
complex
(since 2006); formerly, Managing Director (2016
to
2020) and Associate General Counsel of Legg Mason & Co.
(2005
to 2020) |
|
Thomas
C. Mandia |
|
|
Franklin
Templeton
100
First Stamford Place, 6th Floor, Stamford, CT 06902 |
|
|
Year
of birth |
1962 |
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Senior
Vice President |
|
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2022 |
|
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years |
Senior
Associate General Counsel to Franklin Templeton
(since
2020); Senior Vice President (since 2020) and Assistant
Secretary
of certain funds in the Franklin Templeton fund
complex
(since 2006); Secretary of FTFA (since 2006); Secretary
of
LMAS (since 2002) and LMFAM (formerly registered
investment
advisers) (since 2013); formerly, Managing Director
and
Deputy General Counsel of Legg Mason & Co. (2005
to
2020) |
|
Additional
Officers (cont’d) | |
|
Christopher
Berarducci |
|
|
Franklin
Templeton
One
Madison Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10010 |
|
|
Year
of birth |
1974 |
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Treasurer
and Principal Financial Officer |
|
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2019 |
|
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years |
Vice
President, Fund Administration and Reporting, Franklin
Templeton
(since 2020); Treasurer (since 2010) and Principal
Financial
Officer (since 2019) of certain funds associated with
Legg
Mason & Co. or its affiliates; formerly, Managing
Director
(2020), Director (2015 to 2020), and Vice President (2011
to
2015) of Legg Mason & Co. |
|
Jeanne
M. Kelly |
|
|
Franklin
Templeton
One
Madison Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10010 |
|
|
Year
of birth |
1951 |
|
Position(s)
held with Fund1
|
Senior
Vice President |
|
Term
of office1
and year service began |
Since
2011 |
|
Principal
occupation(s) during the past five years |
U.S.
Fund Board Team Manager, Franklin Templeton (since 2020);
Senior
Vice President of certain funds associated with Legg
Mason
& Co. or its affiliates (since 2007); Senior Vice President
of
FTFA (since 2006); President and Chief Executive Officer of
LMAS
and LMFAM (since 2015); formerly, Managing Director of
Legg
Mason & Co. (2005 to 2020); and Senior Vice President of
LMFAM
(2013 to 2015) |
|
|
Pursuant
to: |
Amount
Reported |
|
Qualified
Net Interest Income (QII) |
§871(k)(1)(C) |
$7,917,827 |
|
Section
163(j) Interest Earned |
§163(j) |
$21,319,803 |
|
Interest
Earned from Federal Obligations |
Note
(1) |
$229,074 |