Issuer | Shares/Par | Value ($) | ||
Common Stocks – 99.4% | ||||
Energy - Renewables – 1.6% | ||||
EDP Renovaveis S.A. | 2,128,803 | $17,747,449 | ||
Natural Gas - Distribution – 2.2% | ||||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 159,822 | $24,705,285 | ||
Telecom - Infrastructure – 4.9% | ||||
Cellnex Telecom S.A. | 652,318 | $23,156,681 | ||
SBA Communications Corp., REIT | 138,477 | 30,466,325 | ||
$53,623,006 | ||||
Telecom Services – 1.3% | ||||
Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. | 390,935 | $6,350,958 | ||
Rogers Communications, Inc., “B” (l) | 294,842 | 7,873,790 | ||
$14,224,748 | ||||
Utilities - Electric Power – 87.7% | ||||
Alliant Energy Corp. | 426,350 | $27,435,623 | ||
Ameren Corp. | 436,076 | 43,782,030 | ||
American Electric Power Co., Inc. | 376,089 | 41,095,245 | ||
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | 262,753 | 9,519,541 | ||
Constellation Energy | 283,955 | 57,253,847 | ||
Dominion Energy, Inc. | 832,413 | 46,673,397 | ||
DTE Energy Co. | 392,757 | 54,306,510 | ||
Duke Energy Corp. | 100,355 | 12,240,299 | ||
E.ON SE | 587,005 | 8,860,807 | ||
Edison International | 633,327 | 37,315,627 | ||
Enel S.p.A. | 3,707,695 | 30,056,443 | ||
Energias de Portugal S.A. | 3,386,187 | 11,447,601 | ||
Equatorial Energia S.A. | 589,636 | 3,306,496 | ||
Exelon Corp. | 131,219 | 6,046,572 | ||
National Grid PLC | 1,762,587 | 22,963,450 | ||
NextEra Energy, Inc. | 1,686,451 | 119,552,511 | ||
OGE Energy Corp. | 257,496 | 11,834,516 | ||
PG&E Corp. | 4,174,110 | 71,711,210 | ||
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 232,470 | 22,142,768 | ||
Portland General Electric Co. | 384,309 | 17,140,181 | ||
PPL Corp. | 1,138,697 | 41,118,349 | ||
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | 237,137 | 19,516,375 | ||
RWE AG | 1,043,419 | 37,254,770 | ||
Sempra Energy | 643,409 | 45,913,666 | ||
Southern Co. | 494,835 | 45,500,078 | ||
SSE PLC | 1,175,951 | 24,213,401 | ||
Vistra Corp. | 300,753 | 35,320,432 | ||
Xcel Energy, Inc. | 803,505 | 56,880,119 | ||
$960,401,864 | ||||
Utilities - Water – 1.7% | ||||
Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo | 166,600 | $2,977,893 | ||
United Utilities Group PLC | 782,389 | 10,203,346 | ||
Veolia Environnement S.A. | 165,554 | 5,690,306 | ||
$18,871,545 | ||||
Total Common Stocks | $1,089,573,897 |
Issuer | Shares/Par | Value ($) | ||
Mutual Funds (h) – 0.7% | ||||
Money Market Funds – 0.7% | ||||
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio, 4.35% (v) | 7,296,869 | $7,297,599 | ||
Collateral for Securities Loaned – 0.1% | ||||
JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund - Class IM Shares, 4.31% (j) | 859,500 | $859,500 | ||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (0.2)% | (2,113,672) | |||
Net Assets – 100.0% | $1,095,617,324 |
(h) | An affiliated issuer, which may be considered one in which the fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common control. At period end, the aggregate values of the fund's investments in affiliated issuers and in unaffiliated issuers were $7,297,599 and $1,090,433,397, respectively. | |||
(j) | The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. | |||
(l) | A portion of this security is on loan. | |||
(v) | Affiliated issuer that is available only to investment companies managed by MFS. The rate quoted for the MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. |
The following abbreviations are used in this report and are defined: | |
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
Abbreviations indicate amounts shown in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. All amounts are stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. A list of abbreviations is shown below: | |
CAD | Canadian Dollar |
EUR | Euro |
GBP | British Pound |
Derivative Contracts at 3/31/25 | ||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | ||||||
Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Counterparty | Settlement Date | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||
Asset Derivatives | ||||||
CAD | 813,306 | USD | 559,315 | UBS AG | 4/16/2025 | $6,266 |
EUR | 1,119,492 | USD | 1,177,386 | BNP Paribas | 4/16/2025 | 34,024 |
EUR | 462,796 | USD | 488,495 | Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC | 4/16/2025 | 12,300 |
EUR | 6,589,146 | USD | 6,761,670 | UBS AG | 4/16/2025 | 368,490 |
GBP | 2,757,802 | USD | 3,355,202 | Goldman Sachs International | 4/16/2025 | 207,069 |
USD | 169,593 | CAD | 242,065 | Merrill Lynch International | 4/16/2025 | 1,258 |
USD | 8,308,121 | EUR | 7,675,493 | Merrill Lynch International | 4/16/2025 | 2,419 |
$631,826 | ||||||
Liability Derivatives | ||||||
GBP | 791,773 | USD | 1,026,956 | Merrill Lynch International | 4/16/2025 | $(4,218) |
USD | 5,637,197 | CAD | 8,108,315 | BNP Paribas | 4/16/2025 | (1,412) |
USD | 40,131 | CAD | 57,796 | State Street Corp. | 4/16/2025 | (62) |
USD | 12,861,586 | EUR | 12,433,164 | Barclays Bank PLC | 4/16/2025 | (592,424) |
USD | 36,597,839 | EUR | 35,424,772 | Deutsche Bank AG | 4/16/2025 | (1,735,544) |
USD | 12,199,677 | EUR | 11,808,257 | HSBC Bank | 4/16/2025 | (578,117) |
USD | 2,655,661 | EUR | 2,551,122 | Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC | 4/16/2025 | (104,925) |
USD | 24,389,908 | EUR | 23,616,515 | State Street Corp. | 4/16/2025 | (1,165,681) |
USD | 3,304,993 | GBP | 2,650,492 | Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC | 4/16/2025 | (118,665) |
USD | 34,318,048 | GBP | 28,165,678 | State Street Corp. | 4/16/2025 | (2,063,752) |
$(6,364,800) |
Financial Instruments | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
Equity Securities: | ||||
United States | $877,470,506 | $— | $— | $877,470,506 |
United Kingdom | 24,213,401 | 33,166,796 | — | 57,380,197 |
Germany | 46,115,577 | — | — | 46,115,577 |
Italy | 30,056,443 | — | — | 30,056,443 |
Portugal | 17,747,449 | 11,447,601 | — | 29,195,050 |
Spain | 23,156,681 | — | — | 23,156,681 |
Canada | 7,873,790 | — | — | 7,873,790 |
Greece | — | 6,350,958 | — | 6,350,958 |
Brazil | 6,284,389 | — | — | 6,284,389 |
Other Countries | — | 5,690,306 | — | 5,690,306 |
Investment Companies | 8,157,099 | — | — | 8,157,099 |
Total | $1,041,075,335 | $56,655,661 | $— | $1,097,730,996 |
Other Financial Instruments | ||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts – Assets | $— | $631,826 | $— | $631,826 |
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts – Liabilities | — | (6,364,800) | — | (6,364,800) |
Affiliated Issuers | Beginning Value | Purchases | Sales Proceeds | Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation or Depreciation | Ending Value |
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio | $23,322,150 | $33,714,708 | $49,736,090 | $(912) | $(2,257) | $7,297,599 |
Affiliated Issuers | Dividend Income | Capital Gain Distributions |
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio | $192,221 | $— |