UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-22294
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
One Madison Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10010
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Marc A. De Oliveira
Franklin Templeton
100 First Stamford Place
Stamford, CT 06902
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-888-777-0102
Date of fiscal year end: November 30
Date of reporting period:
| ITEM 1. | REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS. |
(a) The Report to Shareholders is filed herewith


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Performance
Snapshot as of May 31, 2026 (unaudited)
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Price
Per Share |
6-Month
Total
Return** |
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$17.41
(NAV) |
0.67
%†
|
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$16.16
(Market Price) |
0.52
%‡
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Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
|
Corporate
Bonds & Notes — 93.9% | |||||
|
Communication
Services — 10.3% | |||||
|
Diversified
Telecommunication Services — 4.4% | |||||
|
AT&T
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.375%
|
8/15/35
|
550,000
|
$556,967
| |
|
AT&T
Inc., Senior Notes |
4.800%
|
6/15/44
|
170,000
|
147,986
| |
|
AT&T
Inc., Senior Notes |
3.550%
|
9/15/55
|
380,000
|
248,635
| |
|
AT&T
Inc., Senior Notes |
6.050%
|
8/15/56
|
50,000
|
49,444
| |
|
British
Telecommunications PLC, Senior Notes |
9.625%
|
12/15/30
|
910,000
|
1,083,302
| |
|
Comcast
Corp., Senior Notes |
6.400%
|
5/15/38
|
1,470,000
|
1,534,903
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|
Verizon
Communications Inc., Junior
Subordinated
Notes (6.050% to 5/14/33 then 5
year
Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 1.813%) |
6.050%
|
5/14/58
|
170,000
|
172,279
(a)
| |
|
Verizon
Communications Inc., Junior
Subordinated
Notes (6.200% to 5/14/36 then 5
year
Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 2.042%) |
6.200%
|
5/14/56
|
180,000
|
182,806
(a)
| |
|
Verizon
Communications Inc., Senior Notes |
5.500%
|
3/16/47
|
680,000
|
652,665
| |
|
Total
Diversified Telecommunication Services |
4,628,987
| ||||
|
Entertainment
— 0.3% | |||||
|
Discovery
Global Holdings Inc., Senior Notes |
5.141%
|
3/15/52
|
98,000
|
67,008
| |
|
Flutter
Treasury DAC, Senior Secured Notes |
5.875%
|
6/4/31
|
200,000
|
197,836
(b)
| |
|
Total
Entertainment |
264,844
| ||||
|
Interactive
Media & Services — 2.6% | |||||
|
Alphabet
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.350%
|
11/15/45
|
80,000
|
78,165
| |
|
Alphabet
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.500%
|
2/15/46
|
110,000
|
109,021
| |
|
Alphabet
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.250%
|
5/15/55
|
220,000
|
207,590
| |
|
Alphabet
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.450%
|
11/15/55
|
80,000
|
77,314
| |
|
Alphabet
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.750%
|
2/15/66
|
100,000
|
99,305
| |
|
Meta
Platforms Inc., Senior Notes |
4.875%
|
11/15/35
|
110,000
|
107,518
| |
|
Meta
Platforms Inc., Senior Notes |
5.250%
|
5/15/36
|
260,000
|
259,880
| |
|
Meta
Platforms Inc., Senior Notes |
5.500%
|
11/15/45
|
160,000
|
150,275
| |
|
Meta
Platforms Inc., Senior Notes |
6.200%
|
5/15/46
|
410,000
|
414,766
| |
|
Meta
Platforms Inc., Senior Notes |
5.400%
|
8/15/54
|
510,000
|
456,873
| |
|
Meta
Platforms Inc., Senior Notes |
5.625%
|
11/15/55
|
140,000
|
129,181
| |
|
Meta
Platforms Inc., Senior Notes |
6.300%
|
5/15/56
|
130,000
|
131,259
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|
Meta
Platforms Inc., Senior Notes |
5.750%
|
11/15/65
|
280,000
|
256,814
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Meta
Platforms Inc., Senior Notes |
6.450%
|
5/15/66
|
280,000
|
282,405
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Total
Interactive Media & Services |
2,760,366
| ||||
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Media
— 2.5% | |||||
|
CCO
Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.,
Senior
Notes |
4.500%
|
5/1/32
|
540,000
|
474,216
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|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
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Media
— continued | |||||
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Charter
Communications Operating LLC/Charter
Communications
Operating Capital Corp., Senior
Secured
Notes |
6.384%
|
10/23/35
|
70,000
|
$70,497
| |
|
Charter
Communications Operating LLC/Charter
Communications
Operating Capital Corp., Senior
Secured
Notes |
6.484%
|
10/23/45
|
420,000
|
388,524
| |
|
Charter
Communications Operating LLC/Charter
Communications
Operating Capital Corp., Senior
Secured
Notes |
5.750%
|
4/1/48
|
110,000
|
92,618
| |
|
Charter
Communications Operating LLC/Charter
Communications
Operating Capital Corp., Senior
Secured
Notes |
3.900%
|
6/1/52
|
100,000
|
63,584
| |
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DISH
DBS Corp., Senior Secured Notes |
5.750%
|
12/1/28
|
250,000
|
245,540
(b)
| |
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Fox
Corp., Senior Notes |
5.476%
|
1/25/39
|
480,000
|
472,452
| |
|
Paramount
Global, Senior Notes |
5.250%
|
4/1/44
|
80,000
|
53,859
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Time
Warner Cable Enterprises LLC, Senior
Secured
Notes |
8.375%
|
7/15/33
|
220,000
|
247,337
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Time
Warner Cable LLC, Senior Secured Notes |
6.550%
|
5/1/37
|
370,000
|
369,794
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Time
Warner Cable LLC, Senior Secured Notes |
6.750%
|
6/15/39
|
20,000
|
19,873
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Versant
Media Group Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
7.250%
|
1/30/31
|
60,000
|
62,372
(b)
| |
|
Total
Media |
2,560,666
| ||||
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Wireless
Telecommunication Services — 0.5% | |||||
|
T-Mobile
USA Inc., Senior Notes |
5.000%
|
2/15/36
|
130,000
|
128,200
| |
|
T-Mobile
USA Inc., Senior Notes |
5.875%
|
11/15/55
|
180,000
|
177,224
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T-Mobile
USA Inc., Senior Notes |
5.850%
|
2/15/56
|
200,000
|
196,196
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Total
Wireless Telecommunication Services |
501,620
| ||||
|
| |||||
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Total
Communication Services |
10,716,483
| ||||
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Consumer
Discretionary — 6.3% | |||||
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Automobile
Components — 0.3% | |||||
|
ZF
North America Capital Inc., Senior Notes |
6.750%
|
4/23/30
|
210,000
|
209,197
(b)
| |
|
ZF
North America Capital Inc., Senior Notes |
7.500%
|
3/24/31
|
150,000
|
151,616
(b)
| |
|
Total
Automobile Components |
360,813
| ||||
|
Automobiles
— 1.4% | |||||
|
General
Motors Co., Senior Notes |
6.600%
|
4/1/36
|
170,000
|
182,956
| |
|
General
Motors Co., Senior Notes |
6.750%
|
4/1/46
|
340,000
|
360,291
| |
|
Hyundai
Capital America, Senior Notes |
5.250%
|
1/8/27
|
300,000
|
301,668
(b)
| |
|
Volkswagen
Group of America Finance LLC,
Senior
Notes |
5.250%
|
3/22/29
|
560,000
|
565,955
(b)
| |
|
Total
Automobiles |
1,410,870
| ||||
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
|
| |||||
|
Broadline
Retail — 1.0% | |||||
|
Amazon.com
Inc., Senior Notes |
4.875%
|
3/13/36
|
140,000
|
$138,370
| |
|
Amazon.com
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.650%
|
3/13/46
|
150,000
|
149,888
| |
|
Amazon.com
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.800%
|
3/13/56
|
110,000
|
110,182
| |
|
Amazon.com
Inc., Senior Notes |
4.250%
|
8/22/57
|
280,000
|
220,285
| |
|
Amazon.com
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.550%
|
11/20/65
|
230,000
|
218,274
| |
|
Amazon.com
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.950%
|
3/13/66
|
180,000
|
181,489
| |
|
Total
Broadline Retail |
1,018,488
| ||||
|
Hotels,
Restaurants & Leisure — 2.9% | |||||
|
Airbnb
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.250%
|
3/16/36
|
160,000
|
160,189
| |
|
Brightstar
Lottery PLC, Senior Secured Notes |
5.250%
|
1/15/29
|
410,000
|
407,912
(b)
| |
|
Carnival
Corp. Ltd., Senior Notes |
5.750%
|
3/15/30
|
420,000
|
424,538
(b)
| |
|
Carnival
Corp. Ltd., Senior Secured Notes |
7.875%
|
6/1/27
|
130,000
|
134,236
| |
|
Full
House Resorts Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
8.250%
|
2/15/28
|
440,000
|
431,200
(b)
| |
|
GLP
Capital LP/GLP Financing II Inc., Senior Notes |
5.625%
|
3/1/36
|
170,000
|
167,019
| |
|
Melco
Resorts Finance Ltd., Senior Notes |
7.625%
|
4/17/32
|
280,000
|
288,635
(b)
| |
|
Melco
Resorts Finance Ltd., Senior Notes |
6.500%
|
9/24/33
|
200,000
|
197,636
(b)
| |
|
Royal
Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Senior Notes |
3.700%
|
3/15/28
|
630,000
|
620,601
| |
|
Royal
Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Senior Notes |
5.375%
|
1/15/36
|
100,000
|
99,511
| |
|
Royal
Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Senior Notes |
5.250%
|
2/27/38
|
50,000
|
48,447
| |
|
Total
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure |
2,979,924
| ||||
|
Household
Durables — 0.3% | |||||
|
PulteGroup
Inc., Senior Notes |
4.900%
|
3/1/36
|
70,000
|
68,080
| |
|
Sekisui
House US Inc., Senior Notes |
6.000%
|
1/15/43
|
310,000
|
283,501
| |
|
Total
Household Durables |
351,581
| ||||
|
Specialty
Retail — 0.4% | |||||
|
Michaels
Cos. Inc., Secured Notes |
11.000%
|
3/15/34
|
170,000
|
160,881
(b)
| |
|
Michaels
Cos. Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
8.500%
|
3/15/33
|
210,000
|
205,209
(b)
| |
|
Petco
Health & Wellness Co. Inc., Senior Secured
Notes
|
8.250%
|
2/1/31
|
50,000
|
50,122
(b)
| |
|
Total
Specialty Retail |
416,212
| ||||
|
| |||||
|
Total
Consumer Discretionary |
6,537,888
| ||||
|
Consumer
Staples — 2.7% | |||||
|
Consumer
Staples Distribution & Retail — 0.2% | |||||
|
Kroger
Co., Senior Notes |
5.500%
|
9/15/54
|
190,000
|
178,670
| |
|
Food
Products — 1.1% | |||||
|
J
M Smucker Co., Senior Notes |
6.200%
|
11/15/33
|
210,000
|
224,001
| |
|
JBS
NV/JBS USA Foods Group Holdings Inc./JBS
USA
Food Co. Holdings, Senior Notes |
5.950%
|
4/20/35
|
260,000
|
268,305
| |
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
|
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Food
Products — continued | |||||
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JBS
NV/JBS USA Foods Group Holdings Inc./JBS
USA
Food Co. Holdings, Senior Notes |
5.625%
|
3/10/37
|
80,000
|
$79,810
(b)
| |
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JBS
NV/JBS USA Foods Group Holdings Inc./JBS
USA
Food Co. Holdings, Senior Notes |
6.375%
|
2/25/55
|
110,000
|
109,925
| |
|
JBS
NV/JBS USA Foods Group Holdings Inc./JBS
USA
Food Co. Holdings, Senior Notes |
6.400%
|
5/10/57
|
140,000
|
139,220
(b)
| |
|
Kraft
Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes |
5.000%
|
6/4/42
|
90,000
|
80,559
| |
|
Mars
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.200%
|
3/1/35
|
70,000
|
70,495
(b)
| |
|
Mars
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.650%
|
5/1/45
|
150,000
|
148,822
(b)
| |
|
Mars
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.700%
|
5/1/55
|
20,000
|
19,743
(b)
| |
|
Total
Food Products |
1,140,880
| ||||
|
Tobacco
— 1.4% | |||||
|
Altria
Group Inc., Senior Notes |
3.875%
|
9/16/46
|
320,000
|
238,607
| |
|
BAT
Capital Corp., Senior Notes |
6.250%
|
8/15/55
|
100,000
|
102,921
| |
|
Philip
Morris International Inc., Senior Notes |
4.250%
|
11/10/44
|
610,000
|
512,403
| |
|
Reynolds
American Inc., Senior Notes |
8.125%
|
5/1/40
|
280,000
|
327,059
| |
|
Reynolds
American Inc., Senior Notes |
7.000%
|
8/4/41
|
300,000
|
328,528
| |
|
Total
Tobacco |
1,509,518
| ||||
|
| |||||
|
Total
Consumer Staples |
2,829,068
| ||||
|
Energy
— 11.5% | |||||
|
Energy
Equipment & Services — 0.5% | |||||
|
Baker
Hughes Holdings LLC/Baker Hughes
Co-Obligor
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.000%
|
6/15/36
|
290,000
|
285,744
| |
|
Baker
Hughes Holdings LLC/Baker Hughes
Co-Obligor
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.850%
|
6/15/56
|
260,000
|
259,376
| |
|
Total
Energy Equipment & Services |
545,120
| ||||
|
Oil,
Gas & Consumable Fuels — 11.0% | |||||
|
Antero
Midstream Partners LP/Antero Midstream
Finance
Corp., Senior Notes |
6.625%
|
2/1/32
|
250,000
|
255,198
(b)
| |
|
APA
Corp., Senior Notes |
5.250%
|
2/1/42
|
68,000
|
59,322
| |
|
Australian
Metcoal Financing Pty Ltd., Senior
Secured
Notes |
6.250%
|
10/22/31
|
200,000
|
203,505
(b)
| |
|
Australian
Metcoal Financing Pty Ltd., Senior
Secured
Notes |
6.750%
|
4/22/34
|
200,000
|
205,758
(b)
| |
|
BP
Capital Markets PLC, Senior Notes (6.125% to
6/18/35
then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity
Rate
+ 1.924%) |
6.125%
|
3/18/35
|
100,000
|
102,205
(a)(c)
| |
|
Cheniere
Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes |
5.550%
|
10/30/35
|
180,000
|
183,711
| |
|
Columbia
Pipelines Operating Co. LLC, Senior
Notes
|
6.036%
|
11/15/33
|
250,000
|
264,163
(b)
| |
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
|
| |||||
|
Oil,
Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued | |||||
|
ConocoPhillips,
Senior Notes |
6.500%
|
2/1/39
|
880,000
|
$975,967
| |
|
Devon
Energy Corp., Senior Notes |
5.600%
|
7/15/41
|
20,000
|
19,785
| |
|
Devon
Energy Corp., Senior Notes |
5.000%
|
6/15/45
|
80,000
|
72,043
| |
|
Devon
Energy Corp., Senior Notes |
5.750%
|
9/15/54
|
190,000
|
183,998
| |
|
Ecopetrol
SA, Senior Notes |
8.375%
|
1/19/36
|
220,000
|
225,606
| |
|
Energy
Transfer LP, Junior Subordinated Notes
(6.750%
to 2/15/36 then 5 year Treasury Constant
Maturity
Rate + 2.475%) |
6.750%
|
2/15/56
|
170,000
|
173,314
(a)
| |
|
Energy
Transfer LP, Junior Subordinated Notes
(7.125%
to 5/15/30 then 5 year Treasury Constant
Maturity
Rate + 5.306%) |
7.125%
|
5/15/30
|
460,000
|
475,224
(a)(c)
| |
|
Energy
Transfer LP, Senior Notes |
8.250%
|
11/15/29
|
240,000
|
266,187
| |
|
Energy
Transfer LP, Senior Notes |
6.625%
|
10/15/36
|
20,000
|
21,723
| |
|
Energy
Transfer LP, Senior Notes |
5.800%
|
6/15/38
|
60,000
|
61,287
| |
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes |
5.550%
|
2/16/55
|
560,000
|
543,059
| |
|
Enterprise
Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes
(5.375%
to 2/15/28 then 3 mo. Term SOFR +
2.832%)
|
5.375%
|
2/15/78
|
400,000
|
399,451
(a)
| |
|
Expand
Energy Corp., Senior Notes |
5.700%
|
1/15/35
|
50,000
|
51,075
| |
|
Granite
Ridge Resources Inc., Senior Notes |
8.875%
|
11/5/29
|
330,000
|
323,335
(b)
| |
|
Greensaif
Pipelines Bidco Sarl, Senior Secured
Notes
|
6.103%
|
8/23/42
|
540,000
|
552,974
(b)
| |
|
Gulfstream
Natural Gas System LLC, Senior
Notes
|
5.600%
|
7/23/35
|
360,000
|
367,599
(b)
| |
|
Hess
Midstream Operations LP, Senior Notes |
5.125%
|
6/15/28
|
200,000
|
199,768
(b)
| |
|
Kinder
Morgan Inc., Senior Notes |
7.800%
|
8/1/31
|
530,000
|
604,304
| |
|
Occidental
Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes |
7.875%
|
9/15/31
|
500,000
|
569,654
| |
|
ONEOK
Inc., Senior Notes |
6.050%
|
9/1/33
|
300,000
|
315,896
| |
|
Petrobras
Global Finance BV, Senior Notes |
7.375%
|
1/17/27
|
530,000
|
539,491
| |
|
Petrobras
Global Finance BV, Senior Notes |
5.500%
|
6/10/51
|
160,000
|
131,165
| |
|
Saudi
Arabian Oil Co., Senior Notes |
6.375%
|
6/2/55
|
200,000
|
203,969
(b)
| |
|
Southern
Natural Gas Co. LLC, Senior Notes |
8.000%
|
3/1/32
|
1,000,000
|
1,147,385
| |
|
Sunoco
LP, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.875% to
9/18/30
then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity
Rate
+ 4.230%) |
7.875%
|
9/18/30
|
210,000
|
219,500
(a)(b)(c)
| |
|
Sunoco
LP, Senior Notes |
5.625%
|
3/15/31
|
420,000
|
420,708
(b)
| |
|
Targa
Resources Corp., Senior Notes |
5.500%
|
2/15/35
|
270,000
|
274,546
| |
|
Targa
Resources Corp., Senior Notes |
4.950%
|
4/15/52
|
150,000
|
129,236
| |
|
Transcontinental
Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, Senior
Notes
|
5.400%
|
8/15/41
|
10,000
|
9,727
| |
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
|
| |||||
|
Oil,
Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued | |||||
|
Venture
Global Calcasieu Pass LLC, Senior
Secured
Notes |
6.000%
|
5/1/36
|
140,000
|
$141,642
(b)
| |
|
Venture
Global Plaquemines LNG LLC, Senior
Secured
Notes |
6.750%
|
1/15/36
|
70,000
|
74,283
(b)
| |
|
Viper
Energy Partners LLC, Senior Notes |
5.700%
|
8/1/35
|
160,000
|
163,686
| |
|
Western
Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes |
5.450%
|
4/1/44
|
50,000
|
45,892
| |
|
Williams
Cos. Inc., Senior Notes |
7.750%
|
6/15/31
|
62,000
|
70,153
| |
|
Williams
Cos. Inc., Senior Notes |
8.750%
|
3/15/32
|
148,000
|
176,203
| |
|
Total
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels |
11,423,697
| ||||
|
| |||||
|
Total
Energy |
11,968,817
| ||||
|
Financials
— 35.9% | |||||
|
Banks
— 15.2% | |||||
|
Banco
Mercantil del Norte SA, Junior
Subordinated
Notes (8.375% to 10/14/30 then 10
year
Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 7.760%) |
8.375%
|
10/14/30
|
200,000
|
208,506
(a)(b)(c)
| |
|
Banco
Mercantil del Norte SA, Junior
Subordinated
Notes (8.750% to 5/20/35 then 10
year
Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 4.299%) |
8.750%
|
5/20/35
|
200,000
|
211,131
(a)(b)(c)
| |
|
Banco
Santander SA, Junior Subordinated Notes
(7.250%
to 6/3/36 then 5 year Treasury Constant
Maturity
Rate + 2.837%) |
7.250%
|
12/3/35
|
400,000
|
402,987
(a)(c)(d)
| |
|
Bank
of America Corp., Senior Notes |
5.875%
|
2/7/42
|
790,000
|
818,980
| |
|
Bank
of America Corp., Senior Notes (5.045% to
2/6/36
then SOFR + 1.130%) |
5.045%
|
2/6/37
|
310,000
|
305,719
(a)
| |
|
Bank
of America Corp., Senior Notes (5.511% to
1/24/35
then SOFR + 1.310%) |
5.511%
|
1/24/36
|
390,000
|
399,672
(a)
| |
|
Bank
of America Corp., Subordinated Notes |
7.750%
|
5/14/38
|
400,000
|
477,801
| |
|
Bank
of America Corp., Subordinated Notes
(5.489%
to 4/23/36 then SOFR + 1.572%) |
5.489%
|
4/23/37
|
450,000
|
448,104
(a)
| |
|
Bank
of America Corp., Subordinated Notes
(5.518%
to 10/25/34 then SOFR + 1.738%) |
5.518%
|
10/25/35
|
520,000
|
524,151
(a)
| |
|
Bank
of Nova Scotia, Junior Subordinated Notes
(8.000%
to 1/27/29 then 5 year Treasury Constant
Maturity
Rate + 4.017%) |
8.000%
|
1/27/84
|
350,000
|
370,374
(a)
| |
|
Barclays
PLC, Senior Notes (5.785% to 2/25/35
then
SOFR + 1.590%) |
5.785%
|
2/25/36
|
200,000
|
204,146
(a)
| |
|
BNP
Paribas SA, Junior Subordinated Notes
(6.875%
to 12/15/33 then 5 year Treasury
Constant
Maturity Rate + 2.853%) |
6.875%
|
12/15/33
|
360,000
|
357,889
(a)(b)(c)
| |
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
|
| |||||
|
Banks
— continued | |||||
|
BNP
Paribas SA, Junior Subordinated Notes
(8.500%
to 8/14/28 then 5 year Treasury Constant
Maturity
Rate + 4.354%) |
8.500%
|
8/14/28
|
290,000
|
$306,390
(a)(b)(c)
| |
|
BNP
Paribas SA, Senior Notes (5.786% to
1/13/32
then SOFR + 1.620%) |
5.786%
|
1/13/33
|
210,000
|
217,250
(a)(b)
| |
|
BPCE
SA, Senior Notes (5.773% to 6/2/36 then
SOFR
+ 1.627%) |
5.773%
|
6/2/37
|
350,000
|
352,099
(a)(b)(d)
| |
|
BPCE
SA, Senior Notes (6.714% to 10/19/28 then
SOFR
+ 2.270%) |
6.714%
|
10/19/29
|
280,000
|
292,506
(a)(b)
| |
|
Citigroup
Inc., Junior Subordinated Notes
(6.625%
to 2/15/31 then 5 year Treasury Constant
Maturity
Rate + 3.001%) |
6.625%
|
2/15/31
|
190,000
|
193,032
(a)(c)
| |
|
Citigroup
Inc., Senior Notes |
8.125%
|
7/15/39
|
442,000
|
553,110
| |
|
Citigroup
Inc., Subordinated Notes |
6.675%
|
9/13/43
|
370,000
|
403,368
| |
|
Citigroup
Inc., Subordinated Notes (6.174% to
5/25/33
then SOFR + 2.661%) |
6.174%
|
5/25/34
|
220,000
|
230,330
(a)
| |
|
Cooperatieve
Rabobank UA, Senior Notes |
5.750%
|
12/1/43
|
250,000
|
247,276
| |
|
Credit
Agricole SA, Senior Notes (6.316% to
10/3/28
then SOFR + 1.860%) |
6.316%
|
10/3/29
|
450,000
|
466,357
(a)(b)
| |
|
HSBC
Holdings PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes
(6.750%
to 5/18/33 then 5 year Treasury Constant
Maturity
Rate + 2.513%) |
6.750%
|
11/18/32
|
350,000
|
351,704
(a)(c)
| |
|
HSBC
Holdings PLC, Senior Notes (6.254% to
3/9/33
then SOFR + 2.390%) |
6.254%
|
3/9/34
|
610,000
|
649,445
(a)
| |
|
Huntington
Bancshares Inc., Subordinated Notes
(5.605%
to 1/28/36 then 5 year Treasury Constant
Maturity
Rate + 1.350%) |
5.605%
|
1/28/41
|
300,000
|
293,968
(a)
| |
|
Intesa
Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes (7.778% to
6/20/53
then 1 year Treasury Constant Maturity
Rate
+ 3.900%) |
7.778%
|
6/20/54
|
340,000
|
402,466
(a)(b)
| |
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co., Junior Subordinated
Notes
(6.100% to 7/1/31 then 5 year Treasury
Constant
Maturity Rate + 2.080%) |
6.100%
|
7/1/31
|
180,000
|
181,526
(a)(c)
| |
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co., Junior Subordinated
Notes
(6.500% to 4/1/30 then 5 year Treasury
Constant
Maturity Rate + 2.152%) |
6.500%
|
4/1/30
|
100,000
|
102,565
(a)(c)
| |
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co., Senior Notes |
6.400%
|
5/15/38
|
880,000
|
973,059
| |
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co., Senior Notes (4.898% to
1/22/36
then SOFR + 1.070%) |
4.898%
|
1/22/37
|
210,000
|
204,717
(a)
| |
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co., Senior Notes (5.294% to
7/22/34
then SOFR + 1.460%) |
5.294%
|
7/22/35
|
280,000
|
282,907
(a)
| |
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
|
| |||||
|
Banks
— continued | |||||
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co., Senior Notes (5.534% to
11/29/44
then SOFR + 1.550%) |
5.534%
|
11/29/45
|
260,000
|
$258,860
(a)
| |
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes |
5.625%
|
8/16/43
|
450,000
|
453,216
| |
|
Lloyds
Banking Group PLC, Junior Subordinated
Notes
(8.000% to 3/27/30 then 5 year Treasury
Constant
Maturity Rate + 3.913%) |
8.000%
|
9/27/29
|
410,000
|
437,613
(a)(c)
| |
|
PNC
Financial Services Group Inc., Subordinated
Notes
(5.423% to 1/25/36 then 5 year Treasury
Constant
Maturity Rate + 1.170%) |
5.423%
|
1/25/41
|
410,000
|
403,103
(a)
| |
|
Toronto-Dominion
Bank, Junior Subordinated
Notes
(7.250% to 7/31/29 then 5 year Treasury
Constant
Maturity Rate + 2.977%) |
7.250%
|
7/31/84
|
200,000
|
208,470
(a)
| |
|
Truist
Financial Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes
(6.250%
to 6/15/31 then 5 year Treasury Constant
Maturity
Rate + 2.129%) |
6.250%
|
6/15/31
|
290,000
|
289,991
(a)(c)
| |
|
Truist
Financial Corp., Senior Notes (5.867% to
6/8/33
then SOFR + 2.361%) |
5.867%
|
6/8/34
|
150,000
|
156,439
(a)
| |
|
Truist
Financial Corp., Senior Notes (7.161% to
10/30/28
then SOFR + 2.446%) |
7.161%
|
10/30/29
|
210,000
|
222,172
(a)
| |
|
US
Bancorp, Senior Notes (5.033% to 1/26/36
then
SOFR + 1.101%) |
5.033%
|
1/26/37
|
530,000
|
522,336
(a)
| |
|
US
Bancorp, Senior Notes (5.836% to 6/10/33
then
SOFR + 2.260%) |
5.836%
|
6/12/34
|
280,000
|
292,292
(a)
| |
|
Wells
Fargo & Co., Junior Subordinated Notes
(6.125%
to 6/15/31 then 5 year Treasury Constant
Maturity
Rate + 2.340%) |
6.125%
|
6/15/31
|
280,000
|
282,428
(a)(c)
| |
|
Wells
Fargo & Co., Senior Notes (4.960% to
1/23/36
then SOFR + 1.100%) |
4.960%
|
1/23/37
|
240,000
|
234,474
(a)
| |
|
Wells
Fargo & Co., Senior Notes (5.557% to
7/25/33
then SOFR + 1.990%) |
5.557%
|
7/25/34
|
420,000
|
432,193
(a)
| |
|
Wells
Fargo & Co., Senior Notes (5.605% to
4/23/35
then SOFR + 1.740%) |
5.605%
|
4/23/36
|
190,000
|
194,991
(a)
| |
|
Total
Banks |
15,822,113
| ||||
|
Capital
Markets — 9.8% | |||||
|
Ares
Management Corp., Senior Notes |
5.600%
|
10/11/54
|
150,000
|
137,243
| |
|
Bank
of New York Mellon Corp., Junior
Subordinated
Notes (5.950% to 12/20/30 then 5
year
Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 2.271%) |
5.950%
|
12/20/30
|
100,000
|
101,211
(a)(c)
| |
|
Charles
Schwab Corp., Junior Subordinated
Notes
(6.100% to 6/1/31 then 5 year Treasury
Constant
Maturity Rate + 2.250%) |
6.100%
|
6/1/31
|
80,000
|
80,136
(a)(c)
| |
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
|
| |||||
|
Capital
Markets — continued | |||||
|
Charles
Schwab Corp., Senior Notes (5.493% to
5/21/36
then SOFR + 1.280%) |
5.493%
|
5/21/37
|
300,000
|
$304,363
(a)
| |
|
Charles
Schwab Corp., Senior Notes (6.136% to
8/24/33
then SOFR + 2.010%) |
6.136%
|
8/24/34
|
680,000
|
724,394
(a)
| |
|
CI
Financial Corp., Senior Notes |
7.500%
|
5/30/29
|
530,000
|
556,453
(b)
| |
|
CME
Group Inc., Senior Notes |
5.300%
|
9/15/43
|
440,000
|
437,228
| |
|
Credit
Suisse AG AT1 Claim |
—
|
—
|
2,390,000
|
0
*(e)(f)(g)
| |
|
Goldman
Sachs Group Inc., Junior Subordinated
Notes
(6.850% to 2/10/30 then 5 year Treasury
Constant
Maturity Rate + 2.461%) |
6.850%
|
2/10/30
|
210,000
|
215,515
(a)(c)
| |
|
Goldman
Sachs Group Inc., Junior Subordinated
Notes
(7.500% to 2/10/29 then 5 year Treasury
Constant
Maturity Rate + 3.156%) |
7.500%
|
2/10/29
|
150,000
|
157,938
(a)(c)
| |
|
Goldman
Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes |
6.250%
|
2/1/41
|
1,500,000
|
1,596,781
| |
|
Goldman
Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (5.065%
to
1/21/36 then SOFR + 1.190%) |
5.065%
|
1/21/37
|
640,000
|
626,324
(a)
| |
|
Goldman
Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (5.425%
to
6/3/36 then SOFR + 1.310%) |
5.425%
|
6/3/37
|
450,000
|
452,552
(a)(d)
| |
|
Goldman
Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (5.536%
to
1/28/35 then SOFR + 1.380%) |
5.536%
|
1/28/36
|
290,000
|
295,161
(a)
| |
|
Goldman
Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes |
5.150%
|
5/22/45
|
70,000
|
64,016
| |
|
Goldman
Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes
(5.387%
to 2/2/36 then 5 year Treasury Constant
Maturity
Rate + 1.180%) |
5.387%
|
2/2/41
|
420,000
|
409,752
(a)
| |
|
Intercontinental
Exchange Inc., Senior Notes |
4.950%
|
6/15/52
|
230,000
|
207,871
| |
|
Intercontinental
Exchange Inc., Senior Notes |
5.200%
|
6/15/62
|
240,000
|
218,979
| |
|
KKR
Group Finance Co. III LLC, Senior Notes |
5.125%
|
6/1/44
|
300,000
|
270,765
(b)
| |
|
Morgan
Stanley, Senior Notes |
6.375%
|
7/24/42
|
80,000
|
87,217
| |
|
Morgan
Stanley, Senior Notes (2.802% to
1/25/51
then SOFR + 1.430%) |
2.802%
|
1/25/52
|
320,000
|
199,957
(a)
| |
|
Morgan
Stanley, Senior Notes (5.073% to
1/30/36
then SOFR + 1.184%) |
5.073%
|
1/30/37
|
630,000
|
617,149
(a)
| |
|
Morgan
Stanley, Senior Notes (5.296% to
4/10/36
then SOFR + 1.410%) |
5.296%
|
4/10/37
|
90,000
|
89,791
(a)
| |
|
Morgan
Stanley, Senior Notes (5.664% to
4/17/35
then SOFR + 1.757%) |
5.664%
|
4/17/36
|
180,000
|
185,314
(a)
| |
|
Morgan
Stanley, Subordinated Notes (5.314% to
1/18/36
then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity
Rate
+ 1.170%) |
5.314%
|
1/18/41
|
400,000
|
390,857
(a)
| |
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
|
| |||||
|
Capital
Markets — continued | |||||
|
Morgan
Stanley, Subordinated Notes (5.948% to
1/19/33
then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity
Rate
+ 2.430%) |
5.948%
|
1/19/38
|
80,000
|
$82,801
(a)
| |
|
Raymond
James Financial Inc., Senior Notes |
5.650%
|
9/11/55
|
70,000
|
67,881
| |
|
State
Street Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes
(6.700%
to 3/15/29 then 5 year Treasury Constant
Maturity
Rate + 2.613%) |
6.700%
|
3/15/29
|
380,000
|
390,970
(a)(c)
| |
|
UBS
Group AG, Junior Subordinated Notes
(7.000%
to 7/8/36 then USD 5 year SOFR ICE
Swap
Rate + 3.321%) |
7.000%
|
1/8/36
|
420,000
|
424,105
(a)(b)(c)
| |
|
UBS
Group AG, Junior Subordinated Notes
(9.250%
to 11/13/33 then 5 year Treasury
Constant
Maturity Rate + 4.758%) |
9.250%
|
11/13/33
|
440,000
|
508,465
(a)(b)(c)
| |
|
UBS
Group AG, Senior Notes (6.301% to 9/22/33
then
1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate +
2.000%)
|
6.301%
|
9/22/34
|
350,000
|
373,399
(a)(b)
| |
|
Total
Capital Markets |
10,274,588
| ||||
|
Consumer
Finance — 1.0% | |||||
|
American
Express Co., Junior Subordinated Notes
(3.550%
to 9/15/26 then 5 year Treasury Constant
Maturity
Rate + 2.854%) |
3.550%
|
9/15/26
|
110,000
|
109,427
(a)(c)
| |
|
Capital
One Financial Corp., Senior Notes
(5.817%
to 2/1/33 then SOFR + 2.600%) |
5.817%
|
2/1/34
|
140,000
|
144,091
(a)
| |
|
FirstCash
Inc., Senior Notes |
4.625%
|
9/1/28
|
160,000
|
157,809
(b)
| |
|
Midcap
Financial Issuer Trust, Junior
Subordinated
Notes (3 mo. Term SOFR + 3.750%) |
7.423%
|
1/15/56
|
240,000
|
237,990
(a)(b)
| |
|
Midcap
Financial Issuer Trust, Senior Notes |
5.370%
|
4/15/29
|
450,000
|
447,921
(b)
| |
|
Total
Consumer Finance |
1,097,238
| ||||
|
Financial
Services — 2.7% | |||||
|
Berkshire
Hathaway Energy Co., Senior Notes |
6.125%
|
4/1/36
|
590,000
|
631,600
| |
|
Carlyle
Finance LLC, Senior Notes |
5.650%
|
9/15/48
|
170,000
|
162,563
(b)
| |
|
Citadel
Securities Global Holdings LLC, Senior
Secured
Notes |
5.125%
|
1/27/32
|
260,000
|
256,578
(b)
| |
|
Horseshoe
Funding Trust II, Senior Notes |
6.887%
|
11/15/55
|
150,000
|
155,068
(b)
| |
|
ILFC
E-Capital Trust I, Ltd. GTD |
6.380%
|
12/21/65
|
600,000
|
515,677
(a)(b)
| |
|
ILFC
E-Capital Trust II, Ltd. GTD |
6.630%
|
12/21/65
|
100,000
|
87,841
(a)(b)
| |
|
Jane
Street Group/JSG Finance Inc., Senior
Secured
Notes |
6.125%
|
11/1/32
|
520,000
|
521,595
(b)
| |
|
LPL
Holdings Inc., Senior Notes |
4.000%
|
3/15/29
|
200,000
|
195,097
(b)
| |
|
LPL
Holdings Inc., Senior Notes |
5.650%
|
3/15/35
|
270,000
|
268,732
| |
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
|
| |||||
|
Financial
Services — continued | |||||
|
LPL
Holdings Inc., Senior Notes |
5.750%
|
6/15/35
|
40,000
|
$40,209
| |
|
Total
Financial Services |
2,834,960
| ||||
|
Insurance
— 6.5% | |||||
|
Allianz
SE, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.500% to
4/30/35
then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity
Rate
+ 2.233%) |
6.500%
|
10/30/34
|
200,000
|
201,086
(a)(b)(c)
| |
|
Allianz
SE, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.550% to
4/30/34
then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity
Rate
+ 2.317%) |
6.550%
|
10/30/33
|
400,000
|
406,388
(a)(b)(c)
| |
|
Allianz
SE, Subordinated Notes (5.600% to
9/3/34
then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity
Rate
+ 2.771%) |
5.600%
|
9/3/54
|
200,000
|
198,940
(a)(b)
| |
|
Asurion
LLC/Asurion Co-Issuer Inc., Secured
Notes
|
8.375%
|
2/1/34
|
50,000
|
48,905
(b)
| |
|
Asurion
LLC/Asurion Co-Issuer Inc., Senior
Secured
Notes |
8.000%
|
12/31/32
|
140,000
|
146,086
(b)
| |
|
Global
Atlantic Fin Co., Senior Notes |
6.750%
|
3/15/54
|
500,000
|
487,204
(b)
| |
|
Global
Atlantic Fin Co., Senior Notes (7.250% to
3/1/31
then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity
Rate
+ 3.550%) |
7.250%
|
3/1/56
|
330,000
|
328,288
(a)(b)
| |
|
Liberty
Mutual Insurance Co., Subordinated Notes |
7.875%
|
10/15/26
|
500,000
|
505,359
(b)
| |
|
MetLife
Inc., Junior Subordinated Notes |
9.250%
|
4/8/38
|
159,000
|
186,431
(b)
| |
|
MetLife
Inc., Subordinated Notes (5.850% to
3/15/36
then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity
Rate
+ 1.817%) |
5.850%
|
3/15/56
|
300,000
|
297,590
(a)
| |
|
MetLife
Inc., Subordinated Notes (6.350% to
3/15/35
then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity
Rate
+ 2.078%) |
6.350%
|
3/15/55
|
240,000
|
246,952
(a)
| |
|
Nationwide
Mutual Insurance Co., Subordinated
Notes
|
9.375%
|
8/15/39
|
320,000
|
414,366
(b)
| |
|
Nippon
Life Insurance Co., Subordinated Notes
(6.500%
to 4/30/35 then 5 year Treasury Constant
Maturity
Rate + 3.189%) |
6.500%
|
4/30/55
|
200,000
|
210,852
(a)(b)
| |
|
Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
Subordinated
Notes |
6.170%
|
5/29/55
|
190,000
|
197,208
(b)
| |
|
Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
Subordinated
Notes |
6.050%
|
6/30/56
|
410,000
|
419,070
(b)
| |
|
Pacific
Life Insurance Co., Subordinated Notes |
5.950%
|
9/15/55
|
210,000
|
208,109
(b)
| |
|
Prudential
Financial Inc., Junior Subordinated
Notes
(6.750% to 3/1/33 then 5 year Treasury
Constant
Maturity Rate + 2.848%) |
6.750%
|
3/1/53
|
270,000
|
285,756
(a)
| |
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
|
| |||||
|
Insurance
— continued | |||||
|
Reinsurance
Group of America Inc., Subordinated
Notes
(6.375% to 9/15/36 then 5 year Treasury
Constant
Maturity Rate + 2.344%) |
6.375%
|
9/15/56
|
100,000
|
$98,704
(a)
| |
|
Symetra
Life Insurance Co., Subordinated Notes |
6.550%
|
10/1/55
|
180,000
|
184,962
(b)
| |
|
Teachers
Insurance & Annuity Association of
America,
Subordinated Notes |
6.850%
|
12/16/39
|
650,000
|
728,193
(b)
| |
|
Travelers
Cos. Inc., Senior Notes |
6.250%
|
6/15/37
|
240,000
|
262,471
| |
|
Travelers
Cos. Inc., Senior Notes |
5.700%
|
7/24/55
|
230,000
|
232,628
| |
|
Wynnton
Funding Trust II, Senior Notes |
5.991%
|
8/15/55
|
480,000
|
479,570
(b)
| |
|
Total
Insurance |
6,775,118
| ||||
|
Mortgage
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.7% | |||||
|
Blackstone
Holdings Finance Co. LLC, Senior
Notes
|
6.200%
|
4/22/33
|
410,000
|
435,736
(b)
| |
|
Ladder
Capital Finance Holdings LLLP/Ladder
Capital
Finance Corp., Senior Notes |
4.750%
|
6/15/29
|
140,000
|
137,233
(b)
| |
|
Ladder
Capital Finance Holdings LLLP/Ladder
Capital
Finance Corp., Senior Notes |
5.500%
|
8/1/30
|
100,000
|
101,262
| |
|
Ladder
Capital Finance Holdings LLLP/Ladder
Capital
Finance Corp., Senior Notes |
7.000%
|
7/15/31
|
20,000
|
20,730
(b)
| |
|
Total
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) |
694,961
| ||||
|
| |||||
|
Total
Financials |
37,498,978
| ||||
|
Health
Care — 5.9% | |||||
|
Biotechnology
— 1.2% | |||||
|
Amgen
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.250%
|
3/2/33
|
680,000
|
694,788
| |
|
Amgen
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.650%
|
3/2/53
|
270,000
|
262,666
| |
|
Amgen
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.750%
|
3/2/63
|
90,000
|
87,426
| |
|
BioMarin
Pharmaceutical Inc., Senior Notes |
5.500%
|
2/15/34
|
200,000
|
197,688
(b)
| |
|
Gilead
Sciences Inc., Senior Notes |
5.650%
|
12/1/41
|
60,000
|
61,341
| |
|
Total
Biotechnology |
1,303,909
| ||||
|
Health
Care Providers & Services — 2.8% | |||||
|
CommonSpirit
Health, Secured Notes |
5.662%
|
9/1/55
|
120,000
|
115,743
| |
|
CommonSpirit
Health, Senior Secured Notes |
5.318%
|
12/1/34
|
250,000
|
250,434
| |
|
CVS
Health Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes
(7.000%
to 3/10/30 then 5 year Treasury Constant
Maturity
Rate + 2.886%) |
7.000%
|
3/10/55
|
140,000
|
145,972
(a)
| |
|
CVS
Health Corp., Senior Notes |
6.200%
|
9/15/55
|
420,000
|
426,678
| |
|
HCA
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.125%
|
6/15/39
|
100,000
|
94,934
| |
|
HCA
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.500%
|
6/15/47
|
210,000
|
194,864
| |
|
HCA
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.250%
|
6/15/49
|
310,000
|
276,941
| |
|
HCA
Inc., Senior Notes |
6.200%
|
3/1/55
|
320,000
|
321,689
| |
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
|
| |||||
|
Health
Care Providers & Services — continued | |||||
|
Medline
Borrower LP/Medline Co-Issuer Inc.,
Senior
Secured Notes |
5.000%
|
6/15/31
|
280,000
|
$279,859
(b)
| |
|
Orlando
Health Obligated Group, Senior Notes |
5.475%
|
10/1/35
|
170,000
|
174,868
| |
|
TEAM
Services Holding Inc., Senior Secured
Notes
|
9.000%
|
2/15/33
|
120,000
|
121,003
(b)
| |
|
UnitedHealth
Group Inc., Senior Notes |
5.500%
|
7/15/44
|
180,000
|
176,460
| |
|
UnitedHealth
Group Inc., Senior Notes |
5.625%
|
7/15/54
|
230,000
|
223,481
| |
|
UnitedHealth
Group Inc., Senior Notes |
5.950%
|
6/15/55
|
70,000
|
71,805
| |
|
Total
Health Care Providers & Services |
2,874,731
| ||||
|
Pharmaceuticals
— 1.9% | |||||
|
Bausch
Health Cos. Inc., Senior Notes |
5.000%
|
1/30/28
|
130,000
|
109,631
(b)
| |
|
Merck
& Co. Inc., Senior Notes |
5.750%
|
5/22/46
|
300,000
|
305,753
| |
|
Merck
& Co. Inc., Senior Notes |
5.850%
|
5/22/56
|
130,000
|
133,492
| |
|
Pfizer
Inc., Senior Notes |
7.200%
|
3/15/39
|
330,000
|
386,169
| |
|
Teva
Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV,
Senior
Notes |
8.125%
|
9/15/31
|
320,000
|
361,140
| |
|
Wyeth
LLC, Senior Notes |
5.950%
|
4/1/37
|
650,000
|
691,921
| |
|
Total
Pharmaceuticals |
1,988,106
| ||||
|
| |||||
|
Total
Health Care |
6,166,746
| ||||
|
Industrials
— 6.5% | |||||
|
Aerospace
& Defense — 2.1% | |||||
|
Boeing
Co., Senior Notes |
6.528%
|
5/1/34
|
720,000
|
786,236
| |
|
Boeing
Co., Senior Notes |
5.705%
|
5/1/40
|
190,000
|
193,794
| |
|
General
Electric Co., Senior Notes |
6.875%
|
1/10/39
|
143,000
|
165,823
| |
|
HEICO
Corp., Senior Notes |
5.350%
|
8/1/33
|
280,000
|
285,479
| |
|
Hexcel
Corp., Senior Notes |
5.875%
|
2/26/35
|
230,000
|
238,007
| |
|
Honeywell
Aerospace Inc., Senior Notes |
5.622%
|
3/16/46
|
80,000
|
79,863
(b)
| |
|
Honeywell
Aerospace Inc., Senior Notes |
5.732%
|
3/16/56
|
240,000
|
240,263
(b)
| |
|
L3Harris
Technologies Inc., Senior Notes |
5.400%
|
7/31/33
|
170,000
|
174,580
| |
|
Total
Aerospace & Defense |
2,164,045
| ||||
|
Air
Freight & Logistics — 0.6% | |||||
|
United
Parcel Service Inc., Senior Notes |
6.200%
|
1/15/38
|
410,000
|
446,172
| |
|
United
Parcel Service Inc., Senior Notes |
5.950%
|
5/14/55
|
150,000
|
153,788
| |
|
Total
Air Freight & Logistics |
599,960
| ||||
|
Building
Products — 0.3% | |||||
|
Quikrete
Holdings Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
6.375%
|
3/1/32
|
290,000
|
295,489
(b)
| |
|
Commercial
Services & Supplies — 0.1% | |||||
|
Rollins
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.250%
|
2/24/35
|
90,000
|
89,940
| |
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
|
| |||||
|
Electrical
Equipment — 0.1% | |||||
|
GE
Vernova Inc., Senior Notes |
5.500%
|
2/4/56
|
70,000
|
$67,920
| |
|
Ground
Transportation — 0.1% | |||||
|
Fedex
Freight Holding Co. Inc., Senior Notes |
4.950%
|
3/15/33
|
60,000
|
58,884
(b)
| |
|
Fedex
Freight Holding Co. Inc., Senior Notes |
5.250%
|
3/15/36
|
110,000
|
107,352
(b)
| |
|
Total
Ground Transportation |
166,236
| ||||
|
Machinery
— 0.3% | |||||
|
Kennametal
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.800%
|
5/28/36
|
90,000
|
91,238
| |
|
Otis
Worldwide Corp., Senior Notes |
5.125%
|
11/19/31
|
190,000
|
193,771
| |
|
Total
Machinery |
285,009
| ||||
|
Passenger
Airlines — 1.5% | |||||
|
American
Airlines Pass-Through Trust |
5.650%
|
11/11/34
|
90,000
|
89,216
| |
|
American
Airlines Pass-Through Trust |
5.750%
|
5/10/35
|
300,000
|
298,818
| |
|
American
Airlines Pass-Through Trust |
4.900%
|
5/11/38
|
120,000
|
116,627
| |
|
American
Airlines Pass-Through Trust |
5.250%
|
11/10/38
|
140,000
|
139,764
| |
|
Southwest
Airlines Co., Senior Notes |
5.125%
|
6/15/27
|
170,000
|
171,081
| |
|
Southwest
Airlines Co., Senior Notes |
5.250%
|
11/15/35
|
320,000
|
310,271
| |
|
United
Airlines Holdings Inc., Senior Notes |
5.375%
|
3/1/31
|
120,000
|
118,832
| |
|
United
Airlines Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
4.625%
|
4/15/29
|
370,000
|
365,166
(b)
| |
|
Total
Passenger Airlines |
1,609,775
| ||||
|
Trading
Companies & Distributors — 1.4% | |||||
|
Aircastle
Ltd./Aircastle Ireland DAC, Senior Notes |
5.750%
|
10/1/31
|
250,000
|
256,392
(b)
| |
|
Sumisho
Air Lease Corp., Senior Notes |
5.850%
|
12/15/27
|
480,000
|
488,881
| |
|
Sumisho
Air Lease Corp., Senior Notes |
4.625%
|
10/1/28
|
500,000
|
498,804
| |
|
United
Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes |
5.250%
|
1/15/30
|
250,000
|
250,197
| |
|
Total
Trading Companies & Distributors |
1,494,274
| ||||
|
| |||||
|
Total
Industrials |
6,772,648
| ||||
|
Information
Technology — 3.9% | |||||
|
Electronic
Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.1% | |||||
|
Amphenol
Corp., Senior Notes |
5.300%
|
11/15/55
|
90,000
|
85,243
| |
|
IT
Services — 0.2% | |||||
|
HUT
8 DC LLC, Senior Secured Notes |
6.192%
|
11/15/42
|
260,000
|
263,201
(b)
| |
|
Semiconductors
& Semiconductor Equipment — 1.7% | |||||
|
Broadcom
Inc., Senior Notes |
4.926%
|
5/15/37
|
239,000
|
232,326
(b)
| |
|
Broadcom
Inc., Senior Notes |
4.900%
|
2/15/38
|
160,000
|
154,446
| |
|
Broadcom
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.700%
|
1/15/56
|
40,000
|
39,941
| |
|
Foundry
JV Holdco LLC, Senior Secured Notes |
5.900%
|
1/25/33
|
200,000
|
208,140
(b)
| |
|
Foundry
JV Holdco LLC, Senior Secured Notes |
6.250%
|
1/25/35
|
350,000
|
370,475
(b)
| |
|
Foundry
JV Holdco LLC, Senior Secured Notes |
6.100%
|
1/25/36
|
200,000
|
210,396
(b)
| |
|
Intel
Corp., Senior Notes |
5.700%
|
2/10/53
|
50,000
|
47,551
| |
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
|
| |||||
|
Semiconductors
& Semiconductor Equipment — continued | |||||
|
Intel
Corp., Senior Notes |
6.125%
|
5/15/56
|
150,000
|
$151,205
| |
|
Intel
Corp., Senior Notes |
4.950%
|
3/25/60
|
100,000
|
83,617
| |
|
Micron
Technology Inc., Senior Notes |
5.800%
|
1/15/35
|
160,000
|
168,216
| |
|
Micron
Technology Inc., Senior Notes |
6.050%
|
11/1/35
|
120,000
|
126,840
| |
|
Total
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment |
1,793,153
| ||||
|
Software
— 1.8% | |||||
|
Autodesk
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.300%
|
6/15/35
|
80,000
|
80,097
| |
|
Oracle
Corp., Senior Notes |
4.950%
|
2/4/31
|
30,000
|
29,507
| |
|
Oracle
Corp., Senior Notes |
5.350%
|
5/4/33
|
70,000
|
68,923
| |
|
Oracle
Corp., Senior Notes |
5.200%
|
9/26/35
|
30,000
|
28,583
| |
|
Oracle
Corp., Senior Notes |
5.875%
|
9/26/45
|
270,000
|
241,630
| |
|
Oracle
Corp., Senior Notes |
6.000%
|
8/3/55
|
530,000
|
465,042
| |
|
Oracle
Corp., Senior Notes |
5.950%
|
9/26/55
|
280,000
|
245,052
| |
|
Oracle
Corp., Senior Notes |
6.850%
|
2/4/66
|
130,000
|
124,624
| |
|
ServiceNow
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.050%
|
5/15/33
|
70,000
|
70,355
| |
|
ServiceNow
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.400%
|
5/15/36
|
70,000
|
70,553
| |
|
ServiceNow
Inc., Senior Notes |
6.300%
|
5/15/56
|
90,000
|
92,998
| |
|
Synopsys
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.000%
|
4/1/32
|
100,000
|
100,646
| |
|
Synopsys
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.150%
|
4/1/35
|
170,000
|
169,845
| |
|
Synopsys
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.700%
|
4/1/55
|
100,000
|
97,560
| |
|
Total
Software |
1,885,415
| ||||
|
Technology
Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.1% | |||||
|
Hewlett
Packard Enterprise Co., Senior Notes |
5.600%
|
10/15/54
|
90,000
|
83,065
| |
|
| |||||
|
Total
Information Technology |
4,110,077
| ||||
|
Materials
— 2.6% | |||||
|
Chemicals
— 0.4% | |||||
|
Celanese
US Holdings LLC, Senior Notes |
7.000%
|
2/15/31
|
60,000
|
62,238
| |
|
OCP
SA, Senior Notes |
6.750%
|
5/2/34
|
390,000
|
410,408
(b)
| |
|
Total
Chemicals |
472,646
| ||||
|
Construction
Materials — 0.3% | |||||
|
Amrize
Finance US LLC, Senior Notes |
5.400%
|
4/7/35
|
170,000
|
172,786
| |
|
CRH
America Finance Inc., Senior Notes |
5.600%
|
2/9/56
|
120,000
|
117,142
| |
|
Total
Construction Materials |
289,928
| ||||
|
Metals
& Mining — 1.6% | |||||
|
ArcelorMittal
SA, Senior Notes |
6.550%
|
11/29/27
|
140,000
|
143,975
| |
|
Capstone
Copper Corp., Senior Notes |
6.750%
|
3/31/33
|
30,000
|
30,613
(b)
| |
|
First
Quantum Minerals Ltd., Senior Notes |
7.250%
|
2/15/34
|
260,000
|
267,196
(b)
| |
|
First
Quantum Minerals Ltd., Senior Notes |
6.375%
|
2/15/36
|
300,000
|
296,845
(b)
| |
|
Freeport-McMoRan
Inc., Senior Notes |
5.450%
|
3/15/43
|
410,000
|
398,702
| |
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
|
| |||||
|
Metals
& Mining — continued | |||||
|
Glencore
Funding LLC, Senior Notes |
5.508%
|
4/1/36
|
400,000
|
$404,227
(b)
| |
|
Glencore
Funding LLC, Senior Notes |
6.141%
|
4/1/55
|
120,000
|
123,779
(b)
| |
|
WS
Escrow LLC, Senior Secured Notes |
7.750%
|
6/1/33
|
30,000
|
30,623
(b)(d)
| |
|
Total
Metals & Mining |
1,695,960
| ||||
|
Paper
& Forest Products — 0.3% | |||||
|
Georgia-Pacific
LLC, Senior Notes |
4.950%
|
6/30/32
|
80,000
|
80,649
(b)
| |
|
Georgia-Pacific
LLC, Senior Notes |
4.900%
|
5/15/33
|
210,000
|
209,091
(b)
| |
|
Total
Paper & Forest Products |
289,740
| ||||
|
| |||||
|
Total
Materials |
2,748,274
| ||||
|
Real
Estate — 1.3% | |||||
|
Diversified
REITs — 0.2% | |||||
|
VICI
Properties LP, Senior Notes |
5.750%
|
4/1/34
|
170,000
|
173,589
| |
|
Industrial
REITs — 0.2% | |||||
|
Prologis
LP, Senior Notes |
5.250%
|
3/15/54
|
200,000
|
189,103
| |
|
Real
Estate Management & Development — 0.1% | |||||
|
Five
Point Operating Co. LP, Senior Notes |
8.000%
|
10/1/30
|
110,000
|
112,875
(b)
| |
|
Specialized
REITs — 0.8% | |||||
|
Meridian
Arc Holdco LLC, Senior Secured Notes |
6.250%
|
4/30/31
|
160,000
|
160,909
(b)
| |
|
Millrose
Properties Inc., Senior Notes |
6.375%
|
8/1/30
|
370,000
|
375,463
(b)
| |
|
QTS
Fayetteville I DC1-2 LLC/QTS TRS
Fayetteville
I DC1-2 LLC, Senior Secured Notes |
5.700%
|
4/15/36
|
310,000
|
301,865
(b)
| |
|
Total
Specialized REITs |
838,237
| ||||
|
| |||||
|
Total
Real Estate |
1,313,804
| ||||
|
Utilities
— 7.0% | |||||
|
Electric
Utilities — 6.1% | |||||
|
Alliant
Energy Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes
(5.750%
to 4/1/31 then 5 year Treasury Constant
Maturity
Rate + 2.077%) |
5.750%
|
4/1/56
|
90,000
|
89,041
(a)
| |
|
Baltimore
Gas and Electric Co., Senior Notes |
5.450%
|
6/1/35
|
310,000
|
316,417
| |
|
Comision
Federal de Electricidad, Senior Notes |
6.045%
|
1/28/34
|
200,000
|
196,450
(b)
| |
|
Comision
Federal de Electricidad, Senior Notes |
6.450%
|
1/24/35
|
450,000
|
450,782
(b)
| |
|
Commonwealth
Edison Co., First Mortgage Bonds |
6.450%
|
1/15/38
|
350,000
|
385,538
| |
|
Constellation
Energy Generation LLC, Senior
Notes
|
5.300%
|
6/1/36
|
130,000
|
129,514
| |
|
Constellation
Energy Generation LLC, Senior
Notes
|
5.875%
|
1/15/66
|
190,000
|
185,289
| |
|
Dominion
Energy South Carolina Inc., First
Mortgage
Bonds |
5.300%
|
1/15/35
|
200,000
|
204,332
| |
|
DTE
Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds |
5.550%
|
3/1/56
|
120,000
|
117,092
| |
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
|
| |||||
|
Electric
Utilities — continued | |||||
|
Edison
International, Senior Notes |
5.000%
|
5/5/28
|
140,000
|
$140,313
| |
|
Entergy
Texas Inc., First Mortgage Bonds |
5.250%
|
4/15/35
|
240,000
|
241,777
| |
|
Florida
Power & Light Co., First Mortgage Bonds |
5.125%
|
6/1/36
|
100,000
|
100,478
(d)
| |
|
Florida
Power & Light Co., First Mortgage Bonds |
5.750%
|
6/1/56
|
80,000
|
80,363
(d)
| |
|
Georgia
Power Co., Senior Notes |
5.200%
|
3/15/35
|
310,000
|
314,569
| |
|
Interstate
Power and Light Co., Senior Notes |
5.450%
|
9/30/54
|
90,000
|
85,182
| |
|
Jersey
Central Power & Light Co., Senior Notes |
5.100%
|
1/15/35
|
80,000
|
79,931
| |
|
NRG
Energy Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
4.955%
|
4/30/31
|
100,000
|
98,991
(b)
| |
|
NRG
Energy Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
5.407%
|
10/15/35
|
160,000
|
157,210
(b)
| |
|
Ohio
Edison Co., Senior Notes |
5.500%
|
1/15/33
|
140,000
|
144,040
(b)
| |
|
Oncor
Electric Delivery Co. LLC, Senior Secured
Notes
|
5.350%
|
4/1/35
|
90,000
|
92,091
| |
|
Pacific
Gas and Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds |
5.700%
|
3/1/35
|
110,000
|
111,506
| |
|
Pacific
Gas and Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds |
4.950%
|
7/1/50
|
110,000
|
92,318
| |
|
Pacific
Gas and Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds |
6.750%
|
1/15/53
|
220,000
|
231,444
| |
|
Pacific
Gas and Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds |
6.000%
|
5/1/56
|
70,000
|
67,308
| |
|
PacifiCorp,
Junior Subordinated Notes (7.125% to
8/15/31
then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity
Rate
+ 3.292%) |
7.125%
|
8/15/56
|
350,000
|
352,076
(a)
| |
|
PG&E
Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes (6.850%
to
9/15/31 then 5 year Treasury Constant
Maturity
Rate + 3.225%) |
6.850%
|
9/15/56
|
230,000
|
229,344
(a)
| |
|
Public
Service Co. of Colorado, First Mortgage
Bonds
|
5.150%
|
9/15/35
|
310,000
|
309,612
| |
|
Southern
California Edison Co., First Mortgage
Bonds
|
4.125%
|
3/1/48
|
280,000
|
210,829
| |
|
Southern
California Edison Co., First Mortgage
Bonds
|
6.200%
|
9/15/55
|
80,000
|
79,215
| |
|
Trans-Allegheny
Interstate Line Co., Senior Notes |
5.000%
|
1/15/31
|
110,000
|
111,106
(b)
| |
|
Virginia
Electric & Power Co., Senior Notes |
8.875%
|
11/15/38
|
290,000
|
381,540
| |
|
Vistra
Operations Co. LLC, Senior Notes |
5.700%
|
12/30/34
|
290,000
|
293,592
(b)
| |
|
Vistra
Operations Co. LLC, Senior Notes |
5.350%
|
1/31/36
|
210,000
|
205,526
(b)
| |
|
Vistra
Operations Co. LLC, Senior Notes |
5.550%
|
4/30/36
|
140,000
|
139,482
(b)
| |
|
Total
Electric Utilities |
6,424,298
| ||||
|
Gas
Utilities — 0.4% | |||||
|
Southern
California Gas Co., First Mortgage
Bonds
|
6.000%
|
6/15/55
|
190,000
|
193,614
| |
|
Southern
Co. Gas Capital Corp., Senior Notes
(6.050%
to 9/15/31 then 5 year Treasury Constant
Maturity
Rate + 1.822%) |
6.050%
|
9/15/56
|
90,000
|
90,460
(a)
| |
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
|
| |||||
|
Gas
Utilities — continued | |||||
|
Spire
Inc., Junior Subordinated Notes (6.250% to
6/1/31
then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity
Rate
+ 2.556%) |
6.250%
|
6/1/56
|
110,000
|
$109,996
(a)
| |
|
Total
Gas Utilities |
394,070
| ||||
|
Independent
Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.3% | |||||
|
AES
Andes SA, Senior Notes |
6.250%
|
3/14/32
|
200,000
|
205,606
(b)
| |
|
AES
Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes (6.950% to
7/15/30
then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity
Rate
+ 2.890%) |
6.950%
|
7/15/55
|
100,000
|
98,651
(a)
| |
|
Total
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers |
304,257
| ||||
|
Multi-Utilities
— 0.2% | |||||
|
Ameren
Illinois Co., First Mortgage Bonds |
5.625%
|
3/1/55
|
90,000
|
88,453
| |
|
PECO
Energy Co., First Mortgage Bonds |
5.250%
|
9/15/54
|
140,000
|
130,401
| |
|
Total
Multi-Utilities |
218,854
| ||||
|
| |||||
|
Total
Utilities |
7,341,479
| ||||
|
Total
Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost — $96,593,903) |
98,004,262
| ||||
|
Sovereign
Bonds — 3.8% | |||||
|
Angola
— 0.2% | |||||
|
Angolan
Government International Bond, Senior
Notes
|
9.875%
|
3/31/37
|
200,000
|
210,285
(b)
| |
|
Argentina
— 0.2% | |||||
|
Argentine
Republic Government International
Bond,
Senior Notes |
1.000%
|
7/9/29
|
8,013
|
7,256
| |
|
Argentine
Republic Government International
Bond,
Senior Notes, Step bond (4.125% to 7/9/27
then
4.750%) |
4.125%
|
7/9/35
|
182,200
|
140,658
| |
|
Provincia
de Buenos Aires, Senior Notes |
6.625%
|
9/1/37
|
135,086
|
109,049
(b)
| |
|
Total
Argentina |
256,963
| ||||
|
Brazil
— 0.3% | |||||
|
Brazilian
Government International Bond, Senior
Notes
|
6.125%
|
3/15/34
|
310,000
|
313,875
| |
|
Ecuador
— 0.2% | |||||
|
Ecuador
Government International Bond, Senior
Notes
|
8.750%
|
1/29/34
|
200,000
|
203,200
(b)
| |
|
Ivory
Coast — 0.6% | |||||
|
Ivory
Coast Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
7.625%
|
1/30/33
|
250,000
|
267,725
(b)
| |
|
Ivory
Coast Government International Bond,
Senior
Notes |
6.750%
|
2/25/41
|
320,000
|
307,488
(b)
| |
|
Total
Ivory Coast |
575,213
| ||||
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
|
| |||||
|
Mexico
— 1.6% | |||||
|
Eagle
Funding Luxco Sarl, Senior Notes |
5.500%
|
8/17/30
|
350,000
|
$352,443
(b)
| |
|
Mexican
Bonos, Senior Notes |
8.500%
|
11/18/38
|
4,490,000
MXN
|
242,070
| |
|
Mexico
Government International Bond, Senior
Notes
|
5.850%
|
7/2/32
|
340,000
|
341,938
| |
|
Mexico
Government International Bond, Senior
Notes
|
5.375%
|
3/22/33
|
230,000
|
225,515
| |
|
Mexico
Government International Bond, Senior
Notes
|
6.625%
|
1/29/38
|
210,000
|
214,935
| |
|
Mexico
Government International Bond, Senior
Notes
|
6.400%
|
5/7/54
|
280,000
|
262,822
| |
|
Total
Mexico |
1,639,723
| ||||
|
Paraguay
— 0.2% | |||||
|
Paraguay
Government International Bond, Senior
Notes
|
6.650%
|
3/4/55
|
200,000
|
212,100
(b)
| |
|
Peru
— 0.1% | |||||
|
Fondo
MIVIVIENDA SA, Senior Notes |
5.400%
|
3/31/31
|
150,000
|
150,609
(b)
| |
|
South
Africa — 0.4% | |||||
|
Republic
of South Africa Government
International
Bond, Senior Notes |
6.125%
|
12/11/37
|
200,000
|
196,370
(b)
| |
|
Republic
of South Africa Government
International
Bond, Senior Notes |
7.250%
|
12/11/55
|
200,000
|
197,462
(b)
| |
|
Total
South Africa |
393,832
| ||||
|
| |||||
|
Total
Sovereign Bonds (Cost — $3,843,963) |
3,955,800
| ||||
|
Senior
Loans — 1.3% | |||||
|
Communication
Services — 0.5% | |||||
|
Entertainment
— 0.2% | |||||
|
Discovery
Global Holdings Inc., Term Loan B
|
—
|
6/30/33
|
250,000
|
250,743
(h)
| |
|
Media
— 0.3% | |||||
|
Mission
Broadcasting Inc., Term Loan B4 (1 mo.
Term
SOFR + 2.614%)
|
6.264%
|
6/2/28
|
251,010
|
251,716
(a)(h)(i)(j)
| |
|
| |||||
|
Total
Communication Services |
502,459
| ||||
|
Consumer
Discretionary — 0.3% | |||||
|
Hotels,
Restaurants & Leisure — 0.2% | |||||
|
Catawba
Nation Gaming Authority, Initial Term
Loan
B |
—
|
3/29/32
|
130,000
|
130,772
(h)
| |
|
Specialty
Retail — 0.1% | |||||
|
Petco
Health & Wellness Co. Inc., 2026 Term Loan
(3
mo. Term SOFR + 4.250%)
|
7.950%
|
2/3/31
|
130,000
|
126,987
(a)(i)(j)
| |
|
| |||||
|
Total
Consumer Discretionary |
257,759
| ||||
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
Value
|
|
| |||||
|
Materials
— 0.1% | |||||
|
Metals
& Mining — 0.1% | |||||
|
Worthington
Steel Inc., Term Loan B
|
—
|
6/1/33
|
90,000
|
$89,775
(h)
| |
|
| |||||
|
Utilities
— 0.4% | |||||
|
Electric
Utilities — 0.4% | |||||
|
NRG
Energy Inc., Term Loan |
5.370-
5.419%
|
4/16/31
|
362,600
|
363,657
(a)(i)(j)
| |
|
Talen
Energy Supply LLC, 2025 Incremental Term
Loan
B (1 mo. Term SOFR + 2.000%) |
5.620%
|
11/25/32
|
89,775
|
89,208
(a)(i)(j)
| |
|
| |||||
|
Total
Utilities |
452,865
| ||||
|
Total
Senior Loans (Cost — $1,299,877) |
1,302,858
| ||||
|
Municipal
Bonds — 0.6% | |||||
|
Illinois
— 0.4% | |||||
|
Illinois
State, GO, Taxable, Build America Bonds,
Series
2010-3 |
6.725%
|
4/1/35
|
366,923
|
387,704
| |
|
New
York — 0.2% | |||||
|
New
York State Dormitory Authority Revenue,
New
York University, Series B |
5.832%
|
7/1/55
|
230,000
|
236,801
| |
|
| |||||
|
Total
Municipal Bonds (Cost — $626,429) |
624,505
| ||||
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Preferred
Stocks — 0.4% | |||||
|
Financials
— 0.4% | |||||
|
Banks
— 0.2% | |||||
|
Citigroup
Inc.
|
6.250%
|
|
8,325
|
208,042
| |
|
Insurance
— 0.2% | |||||
|
Delphi
Financial Group Inc. (3 mo. Term SOFR +
3.452%)
|
7.103%
|
|
9,325
|
231,493
(a)
| |
|
| |||||
|
Total
Preferred Stocks (Cost — $441,157) |
439,535
| ||||
|
|
|
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount†
|
|
|
U.S.
Government & Agency Obligations — 0.1% | |||||
|
U.S.
Government Obligations — 0.1% | |||||
|
U.S.
Treasury Notes (Cost — $129,228) |
4.375%
|
5/15/36
|
130,000
|
129,340
| |
|
Total
Investments before Short-Term Investments (Cost — $102,934,557) |
104,456,300
| ||||
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|
Short-Term
Investments — 0.4% | |||||
|
Western
Asset Premier Institutional Government
Reserves,
Premium Shares (Cost — $425,309)
|
3.568%
|
|
425,309
|
$425,309
(k)(l)
| |
|
Total
Investments — 100.5% (Cost — $103,359,866) |
104,881,609
| ||||
|
Liabilities
in Excess of Other Assets — (0.5)% |
(518,761
) | ||||
|
Total
Net Assets — 100.0% |
$104,362,848
| ||||
|
†
|
Face
amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted. |
|
*
|
Non-income
producing security. |
|
(a)
|
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. |
|
(b)
|
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. |
|
(c)
|
Security
has no maturity date. The date shown represents the next call date. |
|
(d)
|
Securities
traded on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis. |
|
(e)
|
Security
is fair valued in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Directors (Note
1). |
|
(f)
|
Security
is valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note
1). |
|
(g)
|
Value
is less than $1. |
|
(h)
|
All
or a portion of this loan has not settled as of May 31, 2026. Interest rates are not effective until settlement
date.
Interest rates shown, if any, are for the settled portion of the loan. |
|
(i)
|
Interest
rates disclosed represent the effective rates on senior loans. Ranges in interest rates are attributable to
multiple
contracts under the same loan. |
|
(j)
|
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.
|
|
(k)
|
Rate
shown is one-day yield as of the end of the reporting period.
|
|
(l)
|
In
this instance, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940
Act”),
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 May 31, 2026, the total market value of
investments
in Affiliated Companies was $425,309 and the cost was $425,309 (Note
8). |
|
Abbreviation(s)
used in this schedule: | ||
|
DAC
|
—
|
Designated
Activity Company |
|
GO
|
—
|
General
Obligation |
|
GTD
|
—
|
Guaranteed
|
|
ICE
|
—
|
Intercontinental
Exchange |
|
MXN
|
—
|
Mexican
Peso |
|
SOFR
|
—
|
Secured
Overnight Financing Rate |
|
USD
|
—
|
United
States Dollar |
|
|
Number
of
Contracts
|
Expiration
Date
|
Notional
Amount
|
Market
Value
|
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
|
|
Contracts
to Buy: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.
Treasury 2-Year Notes |
1
|
9/26
|
$206,540
|
$206,562
|
$22
|
|
U.S.
Treasury 5-Year Notes |
34
|
9/26
|
3,634,124
|
3,645,172
|
11,048
|
|
U.S.
Treasury Long-Term Bonds |
13
|
9/26
|
1,442,895
|
1,458,844
|
15,949
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27,019
|
|
Contracts
to Sell: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.
Treasury 10-Year Notes |
35
|
9/26
|
3,814,951
|
3,843,985
|
(29,034
) |
|
U.S.
Treasury Ultra 10-Year
Notes
|
88
|
9/26
|
9,732,557
|
9,862,875
|
(130,318
) |
|
U.S.
Treasury Ultra Long-Term
Bonds
|
6
|
9/26
|
676,960
|
686,437
|
(9,477
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(168,829
) |
|
Net
unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts |
$(141,810
) | ||||
|
Currency
Purchased
|
Currency
Sold
|
Counterparty
|
Settlement
Date
|
Unrealized
Appreciation
| ||
|
JPY
|
16,001,269
|
USD
|
100,840
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co. |
7/16/26
|
$25
|
|
Abbreviation(s)
used in this table: | ||
|
JPY
|
—
|
Japanese
Yen |
|
USD
|
—
|
United
States Dollar |
|
Assets:
|
|
|
Investments
in unaffiliated securities, at value (Cost — $102,934,557) |
$104,456,300
|
|
Investments
in affiliated securities, at value (Cost — $425,309) |
425,309
|
|
Foreign
currency, at value (Cost — $21,114) |
22,296
|
|
Cash
|
128
|
|
Interest
receivable |
1,481,506
|
|
Receivable
for securities sold
|
400,771
|
|
Deposits
with brokers for open futures contracts |
318,402
|
|
Dividends
receivable from affiliated investments |
616
|
|
Unrealized
appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts |
25
|
|
Prepaid
expenses |
6,981
|
|
Total
Assets |
107,112,334
|
|
Liabilities:
|
|
|
Payable
for securities purchased |
2,525,909
|
|
Investment
management fee payable |
48,515
|
|
Payable
to brokers — net variation margin on open futures contracts |
1,204
|
|
Accrued
expenses |
173,858
|
|
Total
Liabilities |
2,749,486
|
|
Total
Net Assets |
$104,362,848
|
|
Net
Assets: |
|
|
Par
value ($0.001 par value; 5,993,650 shares issued and outstanding; 100,000,000 shares
authorized)
|
$5,994
|
|
Paid-in
capital in excess of par value |
118,351,997
|
|
Total
distributable earnings (loss)
|
(13,995,143
) |
|
Total
Net Assets |
$104,362,848
|
|
Shares
Outstanding |
5,993,650
|
|
Net
Asset Value |
$17.41
|
|
Investment
Income: |
|
|
Interest
|
$3,067,853
|
|
Dividends
from unaffiliated investments |
12,039
|
|
Dividends
from affiliated investments |
4,501
|
|
Total
Investment Income |
3,084,393
|
|
Expenses:
|
|
|
Investment
management fee (Note
2) |
340,384
|
|
Transfer
agent fees |
44,305
|
|
Fund
accounting fees |
29,824
|
|
Audit
and tax fees |
28,911
|
|
Legal
fees |
25,894
|
|
Directors’
fees |
15,907
|
|
Stock
exchange listing fees |
6,240
|
|
Shareholder
reports |
3,922
|
|
Insurance
|
541
|
|
Custody
fees |
258
|
|
Miscellaneous
expenses |
5,512
|
|
Total
Expenses |
501,698
|
|
Less:
Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements (Note
2) |
(52,505
) |
|
Net
Expenses |
449,193
|
|
Net
Investment Income |
2,635,200
|
|
Realized
and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Futures Contracts, Forward Foreign Currency
Contracts
and Foreign Currency Transactions (Notes
1, 3 and 4): | |
|
Net
Realized Gain (Loss) From: |
|
|
Investment
transactions in unaffiliated securities |
(497,662
) |
|
Futures
contracts |
366,167
|
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts |
(7,643
) |
|
Foreign
currency transactions |
215
|
|
Net
Realized Loss
|
(138,923
) |
|
Change
in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) From: |
|
|
Investments
in unaffiliated securities |
(1,702,385
) |
|
Futures
contracts |
(75,413
) |
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts |
3,986
|
|
Foreign
currencies |
1,111
|
|
Change
in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
|
(1,772,701
) |
|
Net
Loss on Investments, Futures Contracts, Forward Foreign Currency Contracts and
Foreign
Currency Transactions
|
(1,911,624
) |
|
Increase
in Net Assets From Operations |
$723,576
|
|
For
the Six Months Ended May 31, 2026 (unaudited)
and
the Year Ended November 30, 2025 |
2026
|
2025
|
|
Operations:
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income
|
$2,635,200
|
$5,127,679
|
|
Net
realized loss
|
(138,923
) |
(1,958,629
) |
|
Change
in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
(1,772,701
) |
2,829,438
|
|
Increase
in Net Assets From Operations |
723,576
|
5,998,488
|
|
Distributions
to Shareholders From (Note
1): |
|
|
|
Total
distributable earnings |
(2,553,295
) |
(5,106,590
) |
|
Decrease
in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders |
(2,553,295
) |
(5,106,590
) |
|
Increase
(Decrease) in Net Assets |
(1,829,719
) |
891,898
|
|
Net
Assets: |
|
|
|
Beginning
of period |
106,192,567
|
105,300,669
|
|
End
of period |
$104,362,848
|
$106,192,567
|
|
For
a share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended November 30,
unless
otherwise noted: | ||||||
|
|
20261,2
|
20251
|
20241
|
20231
|
20221
|
20211
|
|
Net
asset value, beginning of period |
$17.72
|
$17.57
|
$17.07
|
$17.23
|
$21.47
|
$22.09
|
|
Income
(loss) from operations: | ||||||
|
Net
investment income |
0.44
|
0.86
|
0.84
|
0.83
|
0.78
|
0.76
|
|
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(0.32
) |
0.14
|
0.50
|
(0.19
) |
(4.22
) |
(0.58
) |
|
Total
income (loss) from operations |
0.12
|
1.00
|
1.34
|
0.64
|
(3.44)
|
0.18
|
|
Less
distributions from: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
investment income |
(0.43
)3
|
(0.85
) |
(0.83
) |
(0.80
) |
(0.80
) |
(0.80
) |
|
Return
of capital |
—
|
—
|
(0.01
) |
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Total
distributions |
(0.43
) |
(0.85
) |
(0.84
) |
(0.80
) |
(0.80
) |
(0.80
) |
|
Dilutive
impact of tender offer |
—
|
—
|
(0.00
)4,5
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|
Net
asset value, end of period |
$17.41
|
$17.72
|
$17.57
|
$17.07
|
$17.23
|
$21.47
|
|
Market
price, end of period |
$16.16
|
$16.50
|
$16.75
|
$16.35
|
$16.47
|
$22.03
|
|
Total
return, based on NAV6,7
|
0.67
% |
5.93
%8
|
8.01
%9
|
3.84
% |
(16.20
)% |
0.83
% |
|
Total
return, based on Market Price10
|
0.52
% |
3.70
% |
7.57
% |
4.23
% |
(21.82
)% |
6.70
% |
|
Net
assets, end of period (millions) |
$104
|
$106
|
$105
|
$185
|
$187
|
$233
|
|
Ratios
to average net assets: | ||||||
|
Gross
expenses |
0.96
%11
|
1.03
%8
|
0.91
%9
|
0.79
% |
0.80
% |
0.79
% |
|
Net
expenses12,13
|
0.86
11
|
0.93
8
|
0.84
9
|
0.74
|
0.78
|
0.79
|
|
Net
investment income |
5.03
11
|
4.92
8
|
4.75
9
|
4.83
|
4.16
|
3.49
|
|
Portfolio
turnover rate |
61
% |
83
% |
37
% |
13
% |
18
% |
19
% |
|
1
|
Per
share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method. |
|
2
|
For
the six months ended May 31, 2026 (unaudited). |
|
3
|
The
actual source of the Fund’s current fiscal year distributions may be from net investment income, return of
capital
or a combination of both. Shareholders will be informed of the tax characteristics of the distributions after
the
close of the fiscal year. |
|
4
|
Amount
represents less than $0.005 or greater than $(0.005) per share. |
|
5
|
The
tender offer was completed at a price of $18.15 for 4,854,372 shares and $88,106,852 for the year
ended November
30, 2024. |
|
6
|
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. Total returns for periods of less
than
one year are not annualized. |
|
7
|
The
total return calculation assumes that distributions are reinvested at NAV. Past performance is no guarantee of
future
results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. |
|
8
|
Ratios
and total return for the period ended November 30, 2025, include certain non-recurring fees incurred by
the Fund
during the period. Without these items, the gross and net expense ratios and the net investment income
ratio would
have been 0.94%, 0.84% and 5.01%, respectively, and total return based on NAV would have been
5.99%.
|
|
9
|
Ratios
and total return for the year ended November 30, 2024, include certain non-recurring fees incurred by
the Fund
during the period. Without these items, the gross and net expense ratios and the net investment income
ratio would
have been 0.82%, 0.75% and 4.84%, respectively, and total return based on NAV would have been
8.19%.
|
|
10
|
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. Total returns for periods of less than one
year
are not annualized. |
|
11
|
Annualized.
|
|
12
|
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. |
|
13
|
Reflects
fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. |
|
ASSETS
| ||||
|
Description
|
Quoted
Prices
(Level
1) |
Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level
2) |
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level
3) |
Total
|
|
Long-Term
Investments†: |
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate
Bonds & Notes: |
|
|
|
|
|
Financials
|
—
|
$37,498,978
|
$0
* |
$37,498,978
|
|
Other
Corporate Bonds &
Notes
|
—
|
60,505,284
|
—
|
60,505,284
|
|
Sovereign
Bonds |
—
|
3,955,800
|
—
|
3,955,800
|
|
Senior
Loans |
—
|
1,302,858
|
—
|
1,302,858
|
|
Municipal
Bonds |
—
|
624,505
|
—
|
624,505
|
|
Preferred
Stocks: |
|
|
|
|
|
Financials
|
$208,042
|
231,493
|
—
|
439,535
|
|
U.S.
Government & Agency
Obligations
|
—
|
129,340
|
—
|
129,340
|
|
Total
Long-Term Investments |
208,042
|
104,248,258
|
0
* |
104,456,300
|
|
Short-Term
Investments† |
425,309
|
—
|
—
|
425,309
|
|
Total
Investments |
$633,351
|
$104,248,258
|
$0
* |
$104,881,609
|
|
Other
Financial Instruments: |
|
|
|
|
|
Futures
Contracts†† |
$27,019
|
—
|
—
|
$27,019
|
|
Forward
Foreign Currency
Contracts††
|
—
|
$25
|
—
|
25
|
|
Total
Other Financial
Instruments
|
$27,019
|
$25
|
—
|
$27,044
|
|
Total
|
$660,370
|
$104,248,283
|
$0
* |
$104,908,653
|
|
LIABILITIES
| ||||
|
Description
|
Quoted
Prices
(Level
1) |
Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level
2) |
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level
3) |
Total
|
|
Other
Financial Instruments: |
|
|
|
|
|
Futures
Contracts†† |
$168,829
|
—
|
—
|
$168,829
|
|
†
|
See
Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations. |
|
*
|
Amount
represents less than $1. |
|
††
|
Reflects
the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of the instruments. |
|
|
Investments
|
U.S.
Government &
Agency
Obligations |
|
Purchases
|
$47,315,714
|
$17,910,151
|
|
Sales
|
44,466,872
|
19,034,639
|
|
|
Cost
|
Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
|
Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
|
Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
|
|
Securities
|
$105,658,396
|
$2,780,378
|
$(3,557,165)
|
$(776,787)
|
|
Futures
contracts |
—
|
27,019
|
(168,829)
|
(141,810)
|
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts |
—
|
25
|
—
|
25
|
|
ASSET
DERIVATIVES1 |
|||
|
|
Interest
Rate
Risk |
Foreign
Exchange
Risk |
Total
|
|
Futures
contracts2
|
$27,019
|
—
|
$27,019
|
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts |
—
|
$25
|
25
|
|
Total
|
$27,019
|
$25
|
$27,044
|
|
LIABILITY
DERIVATIVES1 |
|
|
|
Interest
Rate
Risk |
|
Futures
contracts2
|
$168,829
|
|
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 |
Total
|
|
Futures
contracts |
$366,167
|
—
|
$366,167
|
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts |
—
|
$(7,643
) |
(7,643
) |
|
Total
|
$366,167
|
$(7,643
) |
$358,524
|
|
CHANGE
IN NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED | |||
|
|
Interest
Rate
Risk |
Foreign
Exchange
Risk |
Total
|
|
Futures
contracts |
$(75,413
) |
—
|
$(75,413
) |
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts |
—
|
$3,986
|
3,986
|
|
Total
|
$(75,413
) |
$3,986
|
$(71,427
) |
|
|
Average
Market
Value*
|
|
Futures
contracts (to buy) |
$6,171,401
|
|
Futures
contracts (to sell) |
13,207,916
|
|
Forward
foreign currency contracts (to buy) |
102,425
|
|
*
|
Based
on the average of the market values at each month-end during the period. |
|
Counterparty
|
Gross
Assets
Subject
to
Master
Agreements1
|
Gross
Liabilities
Subject
to
Master
Agreements
|
Net
Assets
(Liabilities)
Subject
to
Master
Agreements
|
Collateral
Pledged
(Received)
|
Net
Amount2,3
|
|
JPMorgan
Chase & Co. |
$25
|
—
|
$25
|
—
|
$25
|
|
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
|
Net
amount may also include forward foreign currency exchange contracts that are not required to be
collateralized.
|
|
3
|
Represents
the net amount receivable (payable) from (to) the counterparty in the event of default. |
|
Record
Date |
Payable
Date |
Amount
|
|
6/23/2026
|
6/30/2026
|
$0.0710
|
|
7/24/2026
|
7/31/2026
|
$0.0710
|
|
8/24/2026
|
8/31/2026
|
$0.0710
|
|
|
Affiliate
Value at
November 30, 2025
|
Purchased
|
Sold
| ||
|
Cost
|
Shares
|
Proceeds
|
Shares
| ||
|
Western
Asset
Premier
Institutional
Government
Reserves,
Premium
Shares
|
$313,387
|
$10,454,766
|
10,454,766
|
$10,342,844
|
10,342,844
|
|
(cont’d)
|
Realized
Gain (Loss)
|
Dividend
Income
|
Net Increase
(Decrease)
in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
|
Affiliate
Value at
May 31,
2026
|
|
Western
Asset Premier
Institutional
Government
Reserves,
Premium
Shares |
—
|
$4,501
|
—
|
$425,309
|
|
Nominees
|
FOR
|
WITHHELD
|
ABSTAIN
|
|
Nisha
Kumar |
4,351,003
|
336,115
|
37,404
|
|
Hillary
A. Sale |
4,400,973
|
286,145
|
37,404
|
|
Jane
Trust, CFA |
4,399,461
|
279,943
|
45,118
|
|
FOR
|
AGAINST
|
ABSTAIN
|
BROKER
NON-VOTES |
|
4,439,023
|
246,671
|
38,828
|
N/A
|
(b) Not applicable
| ITEM 2. | CODE OF ETHICS. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 3. | AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 4. | PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 5. | AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 6. | SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS. |
| (a) | Please see schedule of investments contained in the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights included under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR. |
| (b) | Not applicable. |
| ITEM 7. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR OPEN-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 8. | CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS FOR OPEN-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 9. | PROXY DISCLOSURES FOR OPEN-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 10. | REMUNERATION PAID TO DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AND OTHERS OF OPEN-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 11. | STATEMENT REGARDING BASIS FOR APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY CONTRACT. |
The information is disclosed as part of the Financial Statements included in Item 1 of this Form N-CSR, as applicable.
| ITEM 12. | DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 13. | PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 14. | PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 15. | SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS. |
There have been no changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees that would require disclosure herein.
| ITEM 16. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. |
| (a) | The Registrants acknowledge the Staff’s comment. In future filings on Form N-CSR, the certifications required by Rule 30a-2 and Item 19(a)(3) will include the designations “principal executive officer” and “principal financial officer” in the signature blocks, reflecting the capacity in which each signatory executes the certification, in conformity with the language of the Rule and Form N-CSR. The Registrants may also include each signatory’s actual title with respect to the Funds alongside the required designation. |
| (b) | There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected or are likely to materially affect the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
| ITEM 17. | DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 18. | RECOVERY OF ERRONEOUSLY AWARDED COMPENSATION. |
| (a) | Not applicable. |
| (b) | Not applicable. |
| ITEM 19. | EXHIBITS. |
(a) (1) Not applicable.
Exhibit 99.CODE ETH
(a) (3) Certifications pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attached hereto.
Exhibit 99.CERT
(b) Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attached hereto.
Exhibit 99.906CERT
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, there unto duly authorized.
Western Asset Investment Grade Opportunity Trust Inc.
| By: | /s/ Jane Trust | |
| Jane Trust | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Date: | July 30, 2026 |
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/ Jane Trust | |
| Jane Trust | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Date: | July 30, 2026 | |
| By: | /s/ Christopher Berarducci | |
| Christopher Berarducci | ||
| Principal Financial Officer | ||
| Date: | July 30, 2026 |