UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-CSR
CERTIFIED
SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act File Number: 811-08876
Senior Debt Portfolio
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Two
International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Deidre E. Walsh
Two
International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110
(Name and Address of Agent for Services)
(617) 482-8260
(Registrants Telephone Number)
October 31
Date of
Fiscal Year End
October 31, 2023
Date of Reporting Period
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders
Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
| Asset-Backed
Securities — 4.9% |
| Security
|
Principal
Amount (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Alinea
CLO, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2018-1A, Class D, 8.777%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.362%), 7/20/31(1)(2) |
$
|
2,500
|
$ 2,403,450
|
| Series
2018-1A, Class E, 11.677%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.262%), 7/20/31(1)(2) |
|
3,000
|
2,621,361
|
| AMMC
CLO 15, Ltd., Series 2014-15A, Class ERR, 12.566%, (3 mo. SOFR + 7.172%), 1/15/32(1)(2) |
|
5,000
|
4,394,235
|
| AMMC
CLO XII, Ltd., Series 2013-12A, Class ER, 11.807%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.442%), 11/10/30(1)(2) |
|
3,525
|
3,009,589
|
| Apidos
CLO XX, Series 2015-20A, Class DR, 11.356%, (3 mo. SOFR + 5.962%), 7/16/31(1)(2) |
|
2,375
|
2,135,332
|
| Ares
Loan Funding II, Ltd., Series 2022-ALF2A, Class ER, 13.656%, (3 mo. SOFR + 8.24%), 10/20/36(1)(2) |
|
1,675
|
1,642,003
|
| Ares
LVlll CLO, Ltd., Series 2020-58A, Class ER, 12.094%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.70%), 1/15/35(1)(2) |
|
3,000
|
2,733,831
|
| Ares
XLIX CLO, Ltd., Series 2018-49A, Class D, 8.674%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.262%), 7/22/30(1)(2) |
|
2,500
|
2,395,640
|
| Ares
XXXIIR CLO, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2014-32RA, Class C, 8.526%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.162%), 5/15/30(1)(2) |
|
5,000
|
4,754,640
|
| Series
2014-32RA, Class D, 11.476%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.111%), 5/15/30(1)(2) |
|
1,000
|
856,831
|
| Ares
XXXVR CLO, Ltd., Series 2015-35RA, Class E, 11.356%, (3 mo. SOFR + 5.962%), 7/15/30(1)(2) |
|
4,000
|
3,552,104
|
| Babson
CLO, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2015-1A, Class DR, 8.277%, (3 mo. SOFR + 2.862%), 1/20/31(1)(2) |
|
2,500
|
2,362,727
|
| Series
2018-1A, Class C, 8.256%, (3 mo. SOFR + 2.862%), 4/15/31(1)(2) |
|
3,500
|
3,276,546
|
| Bain
Capital Credit CLO, Ltd., Series 2018-1A, Class D, 8.374%, (3 mo. SOFR + 2.962%), 4/23/31(1)(2) |
|
5,000
|
4,651,770
|
| Battalion
CLO XXII, Ltd., Series 2021-22A, Class E, 12.627%, (3 mo. SOFR + 7.212%), 1/20/35(1)(2) |
|
1,750
|
1,482,668
|
| Battalion
CLO XXIII, Ltd., Series 2022-23A, Class D, 9.344%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.95%), 5/19/36(1)(2) |
|
3,500
|
3,230,965
|
| Benefit
Street Partners CLO V-B, Ltd., Series 2018-5BA, Class D, 11.627%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.212%), 4/20/31(1)(2) |
|
3,500
|
3,250,653
|
| Benefit
Street Partners CLO VIII, Ltd., Series 2015-8A, Class DR, 11.277%, (3 mo. SOFR + 5.862%), 1/20/31(1)(2) |
|
5,401
|
4,544,758
|
| Benefit
Street Partners CLO XIV, Ltd., Series 2018-14A, Class D, 8.277%, (3 mo. SOFR + 2.862%), 4/20/31(1)(2) |
|
1,500
|
1,419,594
|
| Benefit
Street Partners CLO XVI, Ltd., Series 2018-16A, Class E, 12.364%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.962%), 1/17/32(1)(2) |
|
2,250
|
2,108,072 |
| Security
|
Principal
Amount (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Benefit
Street Partners CLO XVII, Ltd., Series 2019-17A, Class ER, 12.006%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.612%), 7/15/32(1)(2) |
$
|
1,750
|
$ 1,677,869
|
| Benefit
Street Partners CLO XXII, Ltd., Series 2020-22A, Class ER, 12.346%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.93%), 4/20/35(1)(2) |
|
1,000
|
930,082
|
| Benefit
Street Partners CLO XXV, Ltd., Series 2021-25A, Class E, 12.506%, (3 mo. SOFR + 7.112%), 1/15/35(1)(2) |
|
3,000
|
2,845,206
|
| Betony
CLO 2, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2018-1A, Class C, 8.552%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.162%), 4/30/31(1)(2) |
|
2,500
|
2,387,102
|
| Series
2018-1A, Class D, 11.302%, (3 mo. SOFR + 5.912%), 4/30/31(1)(2) |
|
2,525
|
2,222,104
|
| BlueMountain
CLO XXIV, Ltd., Series 2019-24A, Class ER, 12.517%, (3 mo. SOFR + 7.102%), 4/20/34(1)(2) |
|
1,250
|
1,100,115
|
| BlueMountain
CLO XXVI, Ltd., Series 2019-26A, Class ER, 12.807%, (3 mo. SOFR + 7.392%), 10/20/34(1)(2) |
|
3,000
|
2,781,324
|
| BlueMountain
CLO XXX, Ltd., Series 2020-30A, Class ER, 12.094%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.70%), 4/15/35(1)(2) |
|
2,000
|
1,779,092
|
| BlueMountain
CLO XXXIII, Ltd., Series 2021-33A, Class E, 12.471%, (3 mo. SOFR + 7.092%), 11/20/34(1)(2) |
|
2,500
|
2,322,227
|
| BlueMountain
CLO XXXV, Ltd., Series 2022-35A, Class E, 13.162%, (3 mo. SOFR + 7.75%), 7/22/35(1)(2) |
|
2,000
|
1,884,938
|
| BlueMountain
CLO, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2015-3A, Class CR, 8.277%, (3 mo. SOFR + 2.862%), 4/20/31(1)(2) |
|
5,000
|
4,652,830
|
| Series
2015-3A, Class DR, 11.077%, (3 mo. SOFR + 5.662%), 4/20/31(1)(2) |
|
3,000
|
2,510,772
|
| Series
2016-3A, Class DR, 8.726%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.362%), 11/15/30(1)(2) |
|
1,500
|
1,375,377
|
| Series
2016-3A, Class ER, 11.576%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.212%), 11/15/30(1)(2) |
|
1,500
|
1,224,608
|
| Series
2018-1A, Class D, 8.702%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.312%), 7/30/30(1)(2) |
|
2,500
|
2,266,957
|
| Series
2018-1A, Class E, 11.602%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.212%), 7/30/30(1)(2) |
|
2,000
|
1,534,322
|
| Bryant
Park Funding, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2023-20A, Class D, 11.449%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.09%), 7/15/36(1)(2) |
|
5,250
|
5,116,156
|
| Series
2023-21A, Class D, 10.935%, (3 mo. SOFR + 5.45%), 10/18/36(1)(2) |
|
4,475
|
4,445,599
|
| Canyon
Capital CLO, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2012-1RA, Class E, 11.356%, (3 mo. SOFR + 5.962%), 7/15/30(1)(2) |
|
4,875
|
4,244,814
|
| Series
2016-1A, Class ER, 11.406%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.012%), 7/15/31(1)(2) |
|
4,000
|
3,392,436 |
23
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Portfolio of
Investments — continued
| Security
|
Principal
Amount (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Canyon
Capital CLO, Ltd.: (continued) |
|
|
|
| Series
2016-2A, Class ER, 11.656%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.262%), 10/15/31(1)(2) |
$
|
4,500
|
$ 3,826,125
|
| Series
2018-1A, Class D, 8.556%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.162%), 7/15/31(1)(2) |
|
3,000
|
2,848,887
|
| Series
2018-1A, Class E, 11.406%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.012%), 7/15/31(1)(2) |
|
2,750
|
2,345,882
|
| Series
2019-2A, Class ER, 12.406%, (3 mo. SOFR + 7.011%), 10/15/34(1)(2) |
|
1,500
|
1,360,722
|
| Carlyle
CLO C17, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
C17A, Class CR, 8.452%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.062%), 4/30/31(1)(2) |
|
5,000
|
4,680,700
|
| Series
C17A, Class DR, 11.652%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.262%), 4/30/31(1)(2) |
|
3,500
|
2,841,314
|
| Carlyle
Global Market Strategies CLO, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2012-3A, Class CR2, 9.156%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.762%), 1/14/32(1)(2) |
|
2,500
|
2,408,155
|
| Series
2012-3A, Class DR2, 12.156%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.761%), 1/14/32(1)(2) |
|
1,500
|
1,251,521
|
| Series
2014-3RA, Class C, 8.599%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.212%), 7/27/31(1)(2) |
|
1,000
|
924,119
|
| Series
2014-3RA, Class D, 11.049%, (3 mo. SOFR + 5.662%), 7/27/31(1)(2) |
|
2,150
|
1,877,116
|
| Series
2014-4RA, Class C, 8.556%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.162%), 7/15/30(1)(2) |
|
2,750
|
2,542,001
|
| Series
2014-4RA, Class D, 11.306%, (3 mo. SOFR + 5.912%), 7/15/30(1)(2) |
|
1,500
|
1,206,492
|
| Carlyle
US CLO, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2019-4A, Class DR, 11.994%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.60%), 4/15/35(1)(2) |
|
3,000
|
2,658,969
|
| Series
2022-6A, Class DR, 10.13%, (3 mo. SOFR + 4.75%), 10/25/36(1)(2) |
|
2,800
|
2,809,523
|
| CarVal
CLO IV, Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class E, 12.277%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.862%), 7/20/34(1)(2) |
|
1,000
|
975,659
|
| CIFC
Funding, Ltd., Series 2022-4A, Class D, 8.944%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.55%), 7/16/35(1)(2) |
|
1,750
|
1,725,726
|
| Crown
City CLO I, Series 2020-1A, Class DR, 12.677%, (3 mo. SOFR + 7.262%), 7/20/34(1)(2) |
|
250
|
223,087
|
| Dryden
CLO, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2018-55A, Class D, 8.506%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.112%), 4/15/31(1)(2) |
|
1,500
|
1,399,137
|
| Series
2018-55A, Class E, 11.056%, (3 mo. SOFR + 5.662%), 4/15/31(1)(2) |
|
2,000
|
1,749,672
|
| Series
2022-112A, Class E, 13.145%, (3 mo. SOFR + 7.78%), 8/15/34(1)(2) |
|
2,000
|
1,973,216
|
| Dryden
Senior Loan Fund: |
|
|
|
| Series
2015-41A, Class DR, 8.256%, (3 mo. SOFR + 2.862%), 4/15/31(1)(2) |
|
7,000
|
6,498,611
|
| Series
2015-41A, Class ER, 10.956%, (3 mo. SOFR + 5.562%), 4/15/31(1)(2) |
|
1,268
|
989,947
|
| Series
2016-42A, Class DR, 8.586%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.192%), 7/15/30(1)(2) |
|
2,500
|
2,348,357
|
| Series
2016-42A, Class ER, 11.206%, (3 mo. SOFR + 5.812%), 7/15/30(1)(2) |
|
3,500
|
2,953,135 |
| Security
|
Principal
Amount (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Elmwood
CLO 14, Ltd., Series 2022-1A, Class E, 11.766%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.35%), 4/20/35(1)(2) |
$
|
1,950
|
$ 1,875,321
|
| Elmwood
CLO 17, Ltd., Series 2022-4A, Class E, 12.553%, (3 mo. SOFR + 7.15%), 7/17/35(1)(2) |
|
2,000
|
1,981,362
|
| Empower
CLO, Ltd., Series 2023-2A, Class D, 10.74%, (3 mo. SOFR + 5.40%), 7/15/36(1)(2) |
|
2,000
|
1,995,574
|
| Galaxy
XXV CLO, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2015-19A, Class D1R, 12.19%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.792%), 7/24/30(1)(2) |
|
2,000
|
1,769,058
|
| Series
2018-25A, Class D, 8.74%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.362%), 10/25/31(1)(2) |
|
2,500
|
2,438,492
|
| Series
2018-25A, Class E, 11.59%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.211%), 10/25/31(1)(2) |
|
3,500
|
3,098,378
|
| Golub
Capital Partners CLO 37B, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2018-37A, Class D, 8.977%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.562%), 7/20/30(1)(2) |
|
4,000
|
3,709,444
|
| Series
2018-37A, Class E, 11.427%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.012%), 7/20/30(1)(2) |
|
4,750
|
4,695,978
|
| Golub
Capital Partners CLO 53B, Ltd., Series 2021-53A, Class E, 12.377%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.962%), 7/20/34(1)(2) |
|
1,250
|
1,141,728
|
| Golub
Capital Partners CLO 58B, Ltd., Series 2021-58A, Class E, 12.45%, (3 mo. SOFR + 7.072%), 1/25/35(1)(2) |
|
2,500
|
2,306,540
|
| Golub
Capital Partners CLO, Ltd., Series 2020-48A, Class D, 9.464%, (3 mo. SOFR + 4.062%), 4/17/33(1)(2) |
|
2,000
|
1,881,668
|
| Halseypoint
CLO 5, Ltd., Series 2021-5A, Class E, 12.592%, (3 mo. SOFR + 7.202%), 1/30/35(1)(2) |
|
2,000
|
1,821,042
|
| Harriman
Park CLO, Ltd., Series 2020-1A, Class ER, 12.077%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.662%), 4/20/34(1)(2) |
|
1,000
|
929,261
|
| ICG
US CLO, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2018-2A, Class D, 8.774%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.362%), 7/22/31(1)(2) |
|
2,000
|
1,844,714
|
| Series
2018-2A, Class E, 11.424%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.012%), 7/22/31(1)(2) |
|
3,000
|
2,468,892
|
| Madison
Park Funding LIX, Ltd., Series 2021-59A, Class E, 12.257%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.862%), 1/18/34(1)(2) |
|
1,550
|
1,447,717
|
| Madison
Park Funding XXXVI, Ltd., Series 2019-36A, Class ER, 12.444%, (3 mo. SOFR + 7.05%), 4/15/35(1)(2) |
|
2,500
|
2,464,607
|
| Marble
Point CLO XXIV, Ltd., Series 2022-1A, Class D1, 9.656%, (3 mo. SOFR + 4.24%), 4/20/35(1)(2) |
|
2,000
|
1,948,968
|
| Neuberger
Berman CLO XVIII, Ltd., Series 2014-18A, Class DR2, 11.594%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.182%), 10/21/30(1)(2) |
|
2,000
|
1,857,866
|
| Neuberger
Berman CLO XXII, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2016-22A, Class DR, 8.764%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.362%), 10/17/30(1)(2) |
|
2,500
|
2,405,505
|
| Series
2016-22A, Class ER, 11.724%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.322%), 10/17/30(1)(2) |
|
3,000
|
2,729,217 |
24
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Portfolio of
Investments — continued
| Security
|
Principal
Amount (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Neuberger
Berman Loan Advisers CLO 28, Ltd., Series 2018-28A, Class E, 11.277%, (3 mo. SOFR + 5.862%), 4/20/30(1)(2) |
$
|
1,950
|
$ 1,712,176
|
| Neuberger
Berman Loan Advisers CLO 48, Ltd., Series 2022-48A, Class E, 11.878%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.50%), 4/25/36(1)(2) |
|
2,600
|
2,473,812
|
| OCP
CLO, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2022-24A, Class D, 9.216%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.80%), 7/20/35(1)(2) |
|
500
|
472,812
|
| Series
2022-24A, Class E, 12.836%, (3 mo. SOFR + 7.42%), 7/20/35(1)(2) |
|
1,000
|
966,488
|
| Palmer
Square CLO, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2013-2A, Class DRR, 11.514%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.111%), 10/17/31(1)(2) |
|
1,425
|
1,334,976
|
| Series
2015-1A, Class DR4, 12.141%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.762%), 5/21/34(1)(2) |
|
2,000
|
1,847,830
|
| Series
2018-1A, Class D, 10.807%, (3 mo. SOFR + 5.412%), 4/18/31(1)(2) |
|
2,000
|
1,881,298
|
| Series
2018-2A, Class D, 11.256%, (3 mo. SOFR + 5.862%), 7/16/31(1)(2) |
|
2,000
|
1,928,870
|
| Series
2021-2A, Class E, 12.006%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.612%), 7/15/34(1)(2) |
|
1,000
|
962,846
|
| Series
2022-1A, Class E, 11.766%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.35%), 4/20/35(1)(2) |
|
5,500
|
5,306,378
|
| RAD
CLO 5, Ltd., Series 2019-5A, Class E, 12.36%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.962%), 7/24/32(1)(2) |
|
1,250
|
1,169,161
|
| RAD
CLO 11, Ltd., Series 2021-11A, Class E, 11.906%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.512%), 4/15/34(1)(2) |
|
750
|
711,525
|
| RAD
CLO 14, Ltd., Series 2021-14A, Class E, 12.156%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.762%), 1/15/35(1)(2) |
|
1,050
|
983,733
|
| Regatta
XIII Funding, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2018-2A, Class C, 8.756%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.362%), 7/15/31(1)(2) |
|
2,500
|
2,432,925
|
| Series
2018-2A, Class D, 11.606%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.212%), 7/15/31(1)(2) |
|
5,000
|
4,067,035
|
| Regatta
XIV Funding, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2018-3A, Class D, 8.84%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.462%), 10/25/31(1)(2) |
|
2,500
|
2,442,735
|
| Series
2018-3A, Class E, 11.59%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.211%), 10/25/31(1)(2) |
|
2,000
|
1,801,678
|
| Regatta
XV Funding, Ltd., Series 2018-4A, Class D, 12.14%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.762%), 10/25/31(1)(2) |
|
2,875
|
2,543,044
|
| Symphony
CLO, Ltd., Series 2022-37A, Class D1, 10.846%, (3 mo. SOFR + 5.43%), 10/20/34(1)(2) |
|
2,500
|
2,518,007
|
| Upland
CLO, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2016-1A, Class CR, 8.577%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.162%), 4/20/31(1)(2) |
|
4,500
|
4,239,504
|
| Series
2016-1A, Class DR, 11.577%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.162%), 4/20/31(1)(2) |
|
2,125
|
1,920,182
|
| Vibrant
CLO IX, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2018-9A, Class C, 8.877%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.462%), 7/20/31(1)(2) |
|
2,500
|
2,231,463 |
| Security
|
Principal
Amount (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Vibrant
CLO IX, Ltd.: (continued) |
|
|
|
| Series
2018-9A, Class D, 11.927%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.512%), 7/20/31(1)(2) |
$
|
3,500
|
$
2,432,773 |
| Vibrant
CLO X, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2018-10A, Class C, 8.927%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.512%), 10/20/31(1)(2) |
|
5,000
|
4,605,920
|
| Series
2018-10A, Class D, 11.867%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.452%), 10/20/31(1)(2) |
|
5,000
|
3,719,755
|
| Voya
CLO, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2014-1A, Class DR2, 11.657%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.262%), 4/18/31(1)(2) |
|
3,250
|
2,613,543
|
| Series
2015-3A, Class CR, 8.827%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.412%), 10/20/31(1)(2) |
|
2,500
|
2,177,888
|
| Series
2015-3A, Class DR, 11.877%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.462%), 10/20/31(1)(2) |
|
5,500
|
4,405,318
|
| Series
2016-3A, Class CR, 8.907%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.512%), 10/18/31(1)(2) |
|
2,000
|
1,813,576
|
| Series
2016-3A, Class DR, 11.737%, (3 mo. SOFR + 6.342%), 10/18/31(1)(2) |
|
2,375
|
1,880,140
|
| Webster
Park CLO, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2015-1A, Class CR, 8.577%, (3 mo. SOFR + 3.162%), 7/20/30(1)(2) |
|
2,000
|
1,925,990
|
| Series
2015-1A, Class DR, 11.177%, (3 mo. SOFR + 5.762%), 7/20/30(1)(2) |
|
2,500
|
2,130,353
|
| Wellfleet
CLO, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Series
2021-3A, Class E, 12.756%, (3 mo. SOFR + 7.362%), 1/15/35(1)(2) |
|
1,050
|
884,497
|
| Series
2022-1A, Class D, 9.534%, (3 mo. SOFR + 4.14%), 4/15/34(1)(2) |
|
1,000
|
945,569
|
| Series
2022-1A, Class E, 13.254%, (3 mo. SOFR + 7.86%), 4/15/34(1)(2) |
|
2,300
|
2,130,223
|
| Series
2022-2A, Class E, 13.955%, (3 mo. SOFR + 8.56%), 10/18/35(1)(2) |
|
1,000
|
990,339
|
Total
Asset-Backed Securities (identified cost $315,618,680) |
|
|
$ 287,354,466
|
| Security
|
Shares
|
Value
|
| Aerospace
and Defense — 0.0% |
| IAP
Global Services, LLC(3)(4)(5) |
|
168
|
$
0 |
| |
|
|
$ 0
|
| Chemicals
— 0.0% |
| Flint
Campfire Topco, Ltd., Class A(3)(4)(5) |
|
4,095,976
|
$
0 |
| |
|
|
$ 0
|
| Commercial
Services & Supplies — 0.1% |
| Monitronics
International, Inc.(4)(5) |
|
199,603
|
$
4,191,663 |
25
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Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Portfolio of
Investments — continued
| Security
|
Shares
|
Value
|
| Commercial
Services & Supplies (continued) |
| Phoenix
Services International, LLC(4)(5) |
|
291,132
|
$
2,765,754 |
| Phoenix
Services International, LLC(4)(5) |
|
26,562
|
252,339
|
| |
|
|
$ 7,209,756
|
| Containers
and Glass Products — 0.0%(6) |
| LG
Newco Holdco, Inc.(4)(5) |
|
342,076
|
$
1,966,937 |
| |
|
|
$ 1,966,937
|
| Electronics/Electrical
— 0.0%(6) |
| Skillsoft
Corp.(4)(5) |
|
50,519
|
$
949,757 |
| |
|
|
$ 949,757
|
| Entertainment
— 0.1% |
| New
Cineworld, Ltd.(4)(5) |
|
113,548
|
$
2,427,088 |
| |
|
|
$ 2,427,088
|
| Health
Care — 0.0% |
| Akorn
Holding Company, LLC(3)(4)(5) |
|
792,089
|
$
0 |
| |
|
|
$ 0
|
| Household
Durables — 0.3% |
| Serta
Simmons Bedding, Inc.(4)(5) |
|
1,401,999
|
$
19,627,986 |
| Serta
SSB Equipment Co.(3)(4)(5) |
|
1,401,999
|
0
|
| |
|
|
$ 19,627,986
|
| Investment
Companies — 0.0%(6) |
| Aegletes
B.V.(4)(5) |
|
138,671
|
$
334,544 |
| Jubilee
Topco, Ltd., Class A(3)(4) |
|
2,563,805
|
0
|
| |
|
|
$ 334,544
|
| Nonferrous
Metals/Minerals — 0.1% |
| ACNR
Holdings, Inc., Class A(4)(5) |
|
30,298
|
$
2,590,479 |
| |
|
|
$ 2,590,479
|
| Oil
and Gas — 0.0%(6) |
| AFG
Holdings, Inc.(3)(4)(5) |
|
281,241
|
$
556,857 |
| McDermott
International, Ltd.(4)(5) |
|
1,382,889
|
373,380
|
| |
|
|
$ 930,237
|
| Pharmaceuticals
— 0.0%(6) |
| Covis
Midco 1 S.a.r.l., Class A(4)(5) |
|
8,349
|
$
4,258 |
| Covis
Midco 1 S.a.r.l., Class B(4)(5) |
|
8,349
|
4,258
|
| Covis
Midco 1 S.a.r.l., Class C(4)(5) |
|
8,349
|
4,258 |
| Security
|
Shares
|
Value
|
| Pharmaceuticals
(continued) |
| Covis
Midco 1 S.a.r.l., Class D(4)(5) |
|
8,349
|
$
4,258 |
| Covis
Midco 1 S.a.r.l., Class E(4)(5) |
|
8,349
|
4,258
|
| |
|
|
$ 21,290
|
| Retailers
(Except Food and Drug) — 0.0%(6) |
| Phillips
Pet Holding Corp.(3)(4)(5) |
|
2,960
|
$
117,617 |
| |
|
|
$ 117,617
|
| Telecommunications
— 0.0% |
| Global
Eagle Entertainment(3)(4)(5) |
|
390,679
|
$
0 |
| |
|
|
$ 0
|
| Utilities
— 0.1% |
| Longview
Intermediate Holdings, LLC, Class A(4)(5) |
|
359,046
|
$
2,897,502 |
| |
|
|
$ 2,897,502
|
Total
Common Stocks (identified cost $79,555,952) |
|
|
$ 39,073,193
|
| Security
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Aerospace
and Defense — 0.4% |
| TransDigm,
Inc.: |
|
|
|
| 6.25%,
3/15/26(1) |
|
1,500
|
$
1,466,857 |
| 6.75%,
8/15/28(1) |
|
3,825
|
3,718,792
|
| 6.875%,
12/15/30(1) |
|
19,500
|
18,847,335
|
| |
|
|
$ 24,032,984
|
| Air
Transport — 0.6% |
| American
Airlines, Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| 5.50%,
4/20/26(1) |
|
16,083
|
$
15,656,057 |
| 5.75%,
4/20/29(1) |
|
14,475
|
13,071,356
|
| United
Airlines, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| 4.375%,
4/15/26(1) |
|
5,050
|
4,689,478
|
| 4.625%,
4/15/29(1) |
|
5,050
|
4,270,296
|
| |
|
|
$ 37,687,187
|
| Automotive
— 0.2% |
| Adient
Global Holdings, Ltd., 7.00%, 4/15/28(1) |
|
2,650
|
$
2,611,297 |
26
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Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Portfolio of
Investments — continued
| Security
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Automotive
(continued) |
| Clarios
Global, L.P., 6.75%, 5/15/25(1) |
|
2,183
|
$
2,167,769 |
| Clarios
Global, L.P./Clarios US Finance Co., 6.25%, 5/15/26(1) |
|
4,478
|
4,382,269
|
| |
|
|
$ 9,161,335
|
| Building
and Development — 0.1% |
| Cushman
& Wakefield U.S. Borrower, LLC, 6.75%, 5/15/28(1) |
|
7,493
|
$
6,839,978 |
| Winnebago
Industries, Inc., 6.25%, 7/15/28(1) |
|
1,100
|
1,035,557
|
| |
|
|
$ 7,875,535
|
| Business
Equipment and Services — 1.0% |
| Allied
Universal Holdco, LLC/Allied Universal Finance Corp., 6.625%, 7/15/26(1) |
|
2,475
|
$
2,319,879 |
| Allied
Universal Holdco, LLC/Allied Universal Finance Corp./Atlas Luxco 4 S.a.r.l.: |
|
|
|
| 4.625%,
6/1/28(1) |
|
20,725
|
16,908,433
|
| 4.625%,
6/1/28(1) |
|
27,575
|
22,582,678
|
| Prime
Security Services Borrower, LLC/Prime Finance, Inc., 5.75%, 4/15/26(1) |
|
17,950
|
17,431,027
|
| |
|
|
$ 59,242,017
|
| Chemicals
— 0.5% |
| Cheever
Escrow Issuer, LLC, 7.125%, 10/1/27(1) |
|
1,075
|
$
990,825 |
| INEOS
Finance PLC, 3.375%, 3/31/26(1) |
EUR
|
2,000
|
2,005,100
|
| INEOS
Quattro Finance 2 PLC, 3.375%, 1/15/26(1) |
|
5,464
|
5,223,966
|
| Olympus
Water US Holding Corp.: |
|
|
|
| 4.25%,
10/1/28(1) |
|
10,050
|
8,029,649
|
| 9.75%,
11/15/28(1) |
|
11,400
|
11,148,641
|
| |
|
|
$ 27,398,181
|
| Commercial
Services — 0.3% |
| Neptune
Bidco U.S., Inc., 9.29%, 4/15/29(1) |
|
21,600
|
$
19,083,354 |
| |
|
|
$ 19,083,354
|
| Containers
& Packaging — 0.2% |
| Pactiv
Evergreen Group Issuer, Inc./Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer, LLC: |
|
|
|
| 4.00%,
10/15/27(1) |
|
6,325
|
$
5,525,828 |
| 4.375%,
10/15/28(1) |
|
10,100
|
8,603,411
|
| |
|
|
$ 14,129,239
|
| Diversified
Financial Services — 0.3% |
| AG
Issuer, LLC, 6.25%, 3/1/28(1) |
|
11,581
|
$
10,681,362 |
| Security
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Diversified
Financial Services (continued) |
| AG
TTMT Escrow Issuer, LLC, 8.625%, 9/30/27(1) |
|
3,350
|
$
3,368,827 |
| Aretec
Escrow Issuer 2, Inc., 10.00%, 8/15/30(1)(7) |
|
5,375
|
5,442,188
|
| |
|
|
$ 19,492,377
|
| Diversified
Telecommunication Services — 1.0% |
| Altice
France S.A.: |
|
|
|
| 5.125%,
1/15/29(1) |
|
1,600
|
$
1,105,958 |
| 5.125%,
7/15/29(1) |
|
55,000
|
37,694,052
|
| 5.50%,
10/15/29(1) |
|
6,455
|
4,445,207
|
| Level
3 Financing, Inc., 3.875%, 11/15/29(1) |
|
11,175
|
9,968,071
|
| Virgin
Media Secured Finance PLC, 4.50%, 8/15/30(1) |
|
7,625
|
6,296,649
|
| |
|
|
$ 59,509,937
|
| Drugs
— 0.1% |
| Jazz
Securities DAC, 4.375%, 1/15/29(1) |
|
10,050
|
$
8,748,862 |
| |
|
|
$ 8,748,862
|
| Ecological
Services and Equipment — 0.1% |
| GFL
Environmental, Inc., 4.25%, 6/1/25(1) |
|
6,025
|
$
5,798,269 |
| |
|
|
$ 5,798,269
|
| Electronics/Electrical
— 0.4% |
| GoTo
Group, Inc., 5.50%, 9/1/27(1) |
|
12,010
|
$
6,276,551 |
| Imola
Merger Corp., 4.75%, 5/15/29(1) |
|
20,200
|
17,627,694
|
| |
|
|
$ 23,904,245
|
| Entertainment
— 0.1% |
| Live
Nation Entertainment, Inc., 3.75%, 1/15/28(1) |
|
2,412
|
$
2,114,118 |
| Six
Flags Theme Parks, Inc., 7.00%, 7/1/25(1) |
|
1,208
|
1,200,812
|
| |
|
|
$ 3,314,930
|
| Health
Care — 0.7% |
| Medline
Borrower, L.P., 3.875%, 4/1/29(1) |
|
25,150
|
$
21,259,312 |
| Tenet
Healthcare Corp., 4.25%, 6/1/29 |
|
25,375
|
21,742,876
|
| |
|
|
$ 43,002,188
|
| Hotels,
Restaurants & Leisure — 0.6% |
| Carnival
Corp., 4.00%, 8/1/28(1) |
|
37,975
|
$
33,062,736 |
| SeaWorld
Parks & Entertainment, Inc., 8.75%, 5/1/25(1) |
|
2,425
|
2,460,126
|
| |
|
|
$ 35,522,862
|
27
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Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Portfolio of
Investments — continued
| Security
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Household
Products — 0.3% |
| Kronos
Acquisition Holdings, Inc./KIK Custom Products, Inc., 5.00%, 12/31/26(1) |
|
16,969
|
$
15,366,534 |
| |
|
|
$ 15,366,534
|
| Insurance
— 0.4% |
| Alliant
Holdings Intermediate, LLC/Alliant Holdings Co., 4.25%, 10/15/27(1) |
|
700
|
$
616,144 |
| NFP
Corp.: |
|
|
|
| 4.875%,
8/15/28(1) |
|
7,025
|
6,158,031
|
| 7.50%,
10/1/30(1) |
|
3,350
|
3,176,167
|
| 8.50%,
10/1/31(1) |
|
10,725
|
10,555,187
|
| |
|
|
$ 20,505,529
|
| Internet
Software & Services — 0.3% |
| Central
Parent, Inc./CDK Global, Inc., 7.25%, 6/15/29(1) |
|
15,225
|
$
14,642,308 |
| |
|
|
$ 14,642,308
|
| Leisure
Goods/Activities/Movies — 0.4% |
| Lindblad
Expeditions, LLC, 6.75%, 2/15/27(1) |
|
3,475
|
$
3,169,825 |
| NCL
Corp., Ltd., 5.875%, 2/15/27(1) |
|
22,375
|
20,617,983
|
| |
|
|
$ 23,787,808
|
| Machinery
— 0.3% |
| Madison
IAQ, LLC, 4.125%, 6/30/28(1) |
|
12,300
|
$
10,286,928 |
| TK
Elevator U.S. Newco, Inc., 5.25%, 7/15/27(1) |
|
4,950
|
4,511,713
|
| |
|
|
$ 14,798,641
|
| Media
— 0.4% |
| iHeartCommunications,
Inc.: |
|
|
|
| 4.75%,
1/15/28(1) |
|
2,975
|
$
2,107,986 |
| 5.25%,
8/15/27(1) |
|
2,500
|
1,834,505
|
| 6.375%,
5/1/26 |
|
1,159
|
946,222
|
| 8.375%,
5/1/27 |
|
2,101
|
1,290,215
|
| Univision
Communications, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| 4.50%,
5/1/29(1) |
|
10,075
|
8,019,739
|
| 7.375%,
6/30/30(1) |
|
10,000
|
8,814,934
|
| |
|
|
$ 23,013,601
|
| Oil,
Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.2% |
| CITGO
Petroleum Corporation, 7.00%, 6/15/25(1) |
|
12,175
|
$
11,975,879 |
| |
|
|
$ 11,975,879
|
| Security
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Professional
Services — 0.1% |
| CoreLogic,
Inc., 4.50%, 5/1/28(1) |
|
6,000
|
$
4,761,360 |
| |
|
|
$ 4,761,360
|
| Real
Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.1% |
| Park
Intermediate Holdings, LLC/PK Domestic Property, LLC/PK Finance Co-Issuer, 5.875%, 10/1/28(1) |
|
7,925
|
$
7,145,576 |
| |
|
|
$ 7,145,576
|
| Retail
— 0.1% |
| Fertitta
Entertainment, LLC/Fertitta Entertainment Finance Co., Inc., 4.625%, 1/15/29(1) |
|
6,790
|
$
5,713,208 |
| |
|
|
$ 5,713,208
|
| Retailers
(Except Food and Drug) — 0.0%(6) |
| PetSmart,
Inc./PetSmart Finance Corp., 4.75%, 2/15/28(1) |
|
1,575
|
$
1,395,385 |
| |
|
|
$ 1,395,385
|
| Software
— 0.3% |
| Boxer
Parent Co., Inc., 7.125%, 10/2/25(1) |
|
4,850
|
$
4,789,375 |
| Cloud
Software Group, Inc., 9.00%, 9/30/29(1) |
|
12,100
|
10,315,311
|
| Veritas
US, Inc./Veritas Bermuda, Ltd., 7.50%, 9/1/25(1) |
|
4,000
|
3,277,710
|
| |
|
|
$ 18,382,396
|
| Technology
— 0.3% |
| Clarivate
Science Holdings Corp., 3.875%, 7/1/28(1) |
|
12,575
|
$
10,812,462 |
| NCR
Atleos Escrow Corp., 9.50%, 4/1/29(1) |
|
8,700
|
8,537,223
|
| |
|
|
$ 19,349,685
|
| Telecommunications
— 0.4% |
| LCPR
Senior Secured Financing DAC, 5.125%, 7/15/29(1) |
|
17,200
|
$
13,416,354 |
| VMED
O2 UK Financing I PLC, 4.25%, 1/31/31(1) |
|
10,575
|
8,328,044
|
| |
|
|
$ 21,744,398
|
| Trading
Companies & Distributors — 0.0%(6) |
| American
Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc., 4.00%, 1/15/28(1) |
|
875
|
$
786,373 |
| |
|
|
$ 786,373
|
28
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Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Portfolio of
Investments — continued
| Security
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Wireless
Telecommunication Services — 0.1% |
| Digicel
International Finance, Ltd./Digicel International Holdings, Ltd., 8.75%, 5/25/24(1) |
|
7,250
|
$
6,659,342 |
| |
|
|
$ 6,659,342
|
Total
Corporate Bonds (identified cost $693,166,182) |
|
|
$ 607,931,525
|
| Exchange-Traded
Funds — 0.3% |
| Security
|
Shares
|
Value
|
| SPDR
Blackstone Senior Loan ETF |
|
384,000
|
$
15,955,200 |
Total
Exchange-Traded Funds (identified cost $17,625,066) |
|
|
$ 15,955,200
|
| Security
|
Shares
|
Value
|
| Nonferrous
Metals/Minerals — 0.1% |
| ACNR
Holdings, Inc., 15.00% (PIK)(4)(5) |
|
14,309
|
$
7,359,595 |
Total
Preferred Stocks (identified cost $0) |
|
|
$ 7,359,595
|
| Senior
Floating-Rate Loans — 108.6%(8) |
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Aerospace
and Defense — 2.7% |
| Aernnova
Aerospace S.A.U.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 6.783%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.00%), 2/26/27 |
EUR
|
4,179
|
$ 4,272,127
|
| Term
Loan, 6.934%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.00%), 2/26/27 |
EUR
|
1,071
|
1,095,417
|
| AI
Convoy (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l., Term Loan, 7.722%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.50%), 1/18/27 |
EUR
|
4,300
|
4,428,979
|
| Dynasty
Acquisition Co., Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 9.324%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 8/24/28 |
|
37,242
|
36,875,857
|
| Term
Loan, 9.324%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 8/24/28 |
|
15,961
|
15,803,939
|
| IAP
Worldwide Services, Inc., Term Loan - Second Lien, 12.152%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.50%), 7/18/23(3) |
|
1,184
|
904,120
|
| TransDigm,
Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.64%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 2/22/27 |
|
29,446
|
29,458,251
|
| Term
Loan, 8.64%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 8/24/28 |
|
34,729
|
34,722,348 |
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Aerospace
and Defense (continued) |
| WP
CPP Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 9.29%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 4/30/25 |
|
35,212
|
$
33,944,111 |
| |
|
|
$ 161,505,149
|
| Airlines
— 0.6% |
| American
Airlines, Inc., Term Loan, 10.427%, (SOFR + 4.75%), 4/20/28 |
|
32,400
|
$
32,900,742 |
| |
|
|
$ 32,900,742
|
| Apparel
& Luxury Goods — 0.1% |
| Hanesbrands,
Inc., Term Loan, 9.074%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 3/8/30 |
|
5,448
|
$
5,386,339 |
| |
|
|
$ 5,386,339
|
| Auto
Components — 2.3% |
| Adient
US, LLC, Term Loan, 8.689%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 4/10/28 |
|
7,981
|
$
7,990,709 |
| Autokiniton
US Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 9.939%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 4/6/28 |
|
22,289
|
21,889,252
|
| Clarios
Global, L.P., Term Loan, 7.118%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 3.25%), 4/30/26 |
EUR
|
21,261
|
22,432,920
|
| DexKo
Global, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.972%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 4.00%), 10/4/28 |
EUR
|
3,604
|
3,603,801
|
| Term
Loan, 7.972%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 4.00%), 10/4/28 |
EUR
|
8,046
|
8,045,089
|
| Term
Loan, 9.402%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 10/4/28 |
|
14,258
|
13,685,336
|
| Garrett
LX I S.a.r.l., Term Loan, 8.895%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 4/30/28 |
|
6,272
|
6,230,185
|
| Garrett
Motion, Inc., Term Loan, 9.883%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 4/30/28 |
|
9,429
|
9,452,143
|
| LSF12
Badger Bidco, LLC, Term Loan, 11.324%, (SOFR + 6.00%), 8/30/30 |
|
4,000
|
3,995,000
|
| LTI
Holdings, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.939%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 9/6/25 |
|
8,073
|
7,715,307
|
| Term
Loan, 10.189%, (SOFR + 4.75%), 7/24/26 |
|
8,607
|
8,255,196
|
| RealTruck
Group, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 9.189%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 1/31/28 |
|
13,910
|
13,291,923
|
| Term
Loan, 10.406%, (SOFR + 5.00%), 1/31/28 |
|
8,950
|
8,583,605
|
| |
|
|
$ 135,170,466
|
| Automobiles
— 1.0% |
| Bombardier
Recreational Products, Inc., Term Loan, 7.424%, (SOFR + 2.00%), 5/24/27 |
|
35,185
|
$
34,921,139 |
| MajorDrive
Holdings IV, LLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 9.652%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 6/1/28 |
|
20,362
|
19,835,689 |
29
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Portfolio of
Investments — continued
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Automobiles
(continued) |
| MajorDrive
Holdings IV, LLC: (continued) |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 11.04%, (SOFR + 5.50%), 6/1/29 |
|
1,496
|
$
1,483,111 |
| |
|
|
$ 56,239,939
|
| Beverages
— 0.6% |
| Arterra
Wines Canada, Inc., Term Loan, 9.152%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 11/24/27 |
|
3,404
|
$
3,222,564 |
| City
Brewing Company, LLC, Term Loan, 9.164%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 4/5/28 |
|
8,700
|
6,451,156
|
| Triton
Water Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 8.902%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 3/31/28 |
|
25,515
|
24,247,685
|
| |
|
|
$ 33,921,405
|
| Biotechnology
— 0.5% |
| Alkermes,
Inc., Term Loan, 7.949%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 3/12/26 |
|
12,702
|
$
12,606,930 |
| Alltech,
Inc., Term Loan, 9.439%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 10/13/28 |
|
6,842
|
6,696,628
|
| Grifols
Worldwide Operations USA, Inc., Term Loan, 7.424%, (SOFR + 2.00%), 11/15/27 |
|
9,268
|
9,027,382
|
| |
|
|
$ 28,330,940
|
| Building
Products — 1.0% |
| Cornerstone
Building Brands, Inc., Term Loan, 8.685%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 4/12/28 |
|
17,967
|
$
17,132,640 |
| CPG
International, Inc., Term Loan, 7.924%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 4/28/29 |
|
14,801
|
14,798,650
|
| LHS
Borrower, LLC, Term Loan, 10.174%, (SOFR + 4.75%), 2/16/29 |
|
6,697
|
5,876,506
|
| MI
Windows and Doors, LLC, Term Loan, 8.924%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 12/18/27 |
|
6,351
|
6,358,445
|
| Standard
Industries, Inc., Term Loan, 7.953%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 9/22/28 |
|
13,029
|
13,063,965
|
| |
|
|
$ 57,230,206
|
| Capital
Markets — 6.0% |
| Advisor
Group, Inc., Term Loan, 9.824%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 8/17/28 |
|
31,480
|
$
31,397,521 |
| AllSpring
Buyer, LLC, Term Loan, 8.949%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 11/1/28 |
|
8,230
|
8,026,346
|
| Aretec
Group, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 9.674%, (SOFR + 4.25%), 10/1/25 |
|
25,515
|
25,529,243
|
| Term
Loan, 9.924%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 8/9/30 |
|
10,898
|
10,611,623
|
| Brookfield
Property REIT, Inc., Term Loan, 7.924%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 8/27/25 |
|
5,186
|
5,138,419
|
| CeramTec
AcquiCo GmbH, Term Loan, 7.283%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.50%), 3/16/29 |
EUR
|
14,461
|
14,957,464 |
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Capital
Markets (continued) |
| Citadel
Securities, L.P., Term Loan, 7.939%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 7/29/30 |
|
9,682
|
$
9,667,338 |
| Citco
Funding, LLC, Term Loan, 4/27/28(9) |
|
10,425
|
10,444,547
|
| Clipper
Acquisitions Corp., Term Loan, 7.192%, (SOFR + 1.75%), 3/3/28 |
|
7,795
|
7,762,829
|
| Edelman
Financial Center, LLC, Term Loan, 8.939%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 4/7/28 |
|
22,283
|
21,937,845
|
| EIG
Management Company, LLC, Term Loan, 9.177%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 2/22/25 |
|
2,670
|
2,669,625
|
| FinCo
I, LLC, Term Loan, 8.383%, (SOFR + 3.00%), 6/27/29 |
|
16,284
|
16,292,330
|
| Focus
Financial Partners, LLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.824%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 6/30/28 |
|
10,831
|
10,745,152
|
| Term
Loan, 8.574%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 6/30/28 |
|
27,453
|
27,380,762
|
| Term
Loan, 8.824%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 6/30/28 |
|
8,475
|
8,466,169
|
| Franklin
Square Holdings, L.P., Term Loan, 7.674%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 8/1/25 |
|
6,484
|
6,491,817
|
| Guggenheim
Partners, LLC, Term Loan, 8.64%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 12/12/29 |
|
32,353
|
32,366,485
|
| HighTower
Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 9.38%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 4/21/28 |
|
9,264
|
9,107,225
|
| Hudson
River Trading, LLC, Term Loan, 8.439%, (SOFR + 3.00%), 3/20/28 |
|
29,737
|
29,353,712
|
| LPL
Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 7.165%, (SOFR + 1.75%), 11/12/26 |
|
19,154
|
19,197,645
|
| Mariner
Wealth Advisors, LLC, Term Loan, 8.901%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 8/18/28 |
|
15,069
|
14,842,532
|
| Victory
Capital Holdings, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.772%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 7/1/26 |
|
18,707
|
18,697,902
|
| Term
Loan, 7.772%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 12/29/28 |
|
8,636
|
8,603,913
|
| |
|
|
$ 349,688,444
|
| Chemicals
— 6.0% |
| Axalta
Coating Systems U.S. Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 7.89%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 12/20/29 |
|
21,207
|
$
21,268,762 |
| CPC
Acquisition Corp., Term Loan, 9.402%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 12/29/27 |
|
17,474
|
13,831,823
|
| Flint
Group Midco Limited, Term Loan, 10.674%, (SOFR + 5.00%), 9.924% cash, 0.75% PIK, 12/31/26 |
|
5,770
|
5,366,411
|
| Flint
Group Packaging INKS North America Holdings, LLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 9.002%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 5.00%), 8.252% cash, 0.75% PIK, 12/31/26 |
EUR
|
1,283
|
1,262,388
|
| Term
Loan, 11.002%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 7.00%), 4.102% cash, 6.90% PIK, 12/31/27 |
EUR
|
623
|
482,565
|
| Term
Loan - Second Lien, 11.002%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 7.00%), 4.102% cash, 6.90% PIK, 12/31/27 |
EUR
|
830
|
158,868 |
30
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Portfolio of
Investments — continued
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Chemicals
(continued) |
| Flint
Group Topco Limited: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 12.674%, (SOFR + 7.00%), 5.774% cash, 6.90% PIK, 12/31/27 |
|
2,814
|
$ 2,061,038
|
| Term
Loan - Second Lien, 12.674%, (SOFR + 7.00%), 5.774% cash, 6.90% PIK, 12/31/27 |
|
3,752
|
678,526
|
| Gemini
HDPE, LLC, Term Loan, 8.645%, (SOFR + 3.00%), 12/31/27 |
|
5,681
|
5,671,942
|
| GEON
Performance Solutions, LLC, Term Loan, 10.402%, (SOFR + 4.75%), 8/18/28 |
|
7,620
|
7,467,817
|
| Groupe
Solmax, Inc., Term Loan, 10.303%, (SOFR + 4.75%), 5/29/28(10) |
|
19,874
|
18,616,633
|
| INEOS
Enterprises Holdings II Limited, Term Loan, 7.783%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 4.00%), 7/7/30 |
EUR
|
2,290
|
2,388,564
|
| INEOS
Enterprises Holdings US Finco, LLC, Term Loan, 9.273%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 7/8/30 |
|
14,000
|
13,708,338
|
| INEOS
Finance PLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 6.618%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 2.75%), 11/8/28 |
EUR
|
9,675
|
9,830,829
|
| Term
Loan, 7.868%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 4.00%), 11/8/27 |
EUR
|
7,846
|
8,201,887
|
| INEOS
Quattro Holdings UK, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 6.622%, (1 week EURIBOR + 2.75%), 1/29/26 |
EUR
|
26,250
|
27,423,777
|
| Term
Loan, 7.872%, (1 week EURIBOR + 4.00%), 3/14/30 |
EUR
|
4,075
|
4,177,016
|
| Term
Loan, 9.174%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 3/14/30 |
|
6,110
|
6,006,587
|
| INEOS
Styrolution US Holding, LLC, Term Loan, 8.189%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 1/29/26 |
|
12,578
|
12,379,268
|
| INEOS
US Finance, LLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.825%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 11/8/28 |
|
6,768
|
6,623,744
|
| Term
Loan, 8.924%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 2/18/30 |
|
11,122
|
10,937,920
|
| Term
Loan, 9.174%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 11/8/27 |
|
3,422
|
3,385,364
|
| Kraton
Corporation, Term Loan, 8.921%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 3/15/29 |
|
6,132
|
5,848,037
|
| Kraton
Polymers Holdings B.V., Term Loan, 7.217%, (EURIBOR + 3.25%), 3/15/29(10) |
EUR
|
4,650
|
4,739,759
|
| Lonza
Group AG: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.897%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.93%), 7/3/28 |
EUR
|
9,600
|
8,778,846
|
| Term
Loan, 9.415%, (SOFR + 3.93%), 7/3/28 |
|
14,720
|
12,504,105
|
| Messer
Industries GmbH: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 6.368%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 2.50%), 3/2/26 |
EUR
|
1,622
|
1,717,302
|
| Term
Loan, 8.152%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 3/2/26 |
|
7,900
|
7,902,468
|
| Momentive
Performance Materials, Inc., Term Loan, 9.824%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 3/29/28 |
|
16,122
|
15,396,143
|
| Olympus
Water US Holding Corporation: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 9.402%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 11/9/28 |
|
4,438
|
4,336,305
|
| Term
Loan, 9.99%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 11/9/28 |
|
5,861
|
5,767,957 |
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Chemicals
(continued) |
| Orion
Engineered Carbons GmbH: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 6.372%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.40%), 9/24/28 |
EUR
|
1,250
|
$
1,325,932 |
| Term
Loan, 7.64%, (SOFR + 2.15%), 9/24/28 |
|
4,851
|
4,790,363
|
| PQ
Corporation, Term Loan, 7.983%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 6/9/28 |
|
25,204
|
25,085,595
|
| Rohm
Holding GmbH: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.472%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 4.50%), 7/31/26 |
EUR
|
1,000
|
950,968
|
| Term
Loan, 10.881%, (SOFR + 5.00%), 7/31/26 |
|
17,350
|
16,034,260
|
| Term
Loan, 7/31/26(9) |
EUR
|
13,700
|
13,028,257
|
| SCUR-Alpha
1503 GmbH, Term Loan, 10.883%, (SOFR + 5.50%), 3/29/30 |
|
6,866
|
6,333,464
|
| Tronox
Finance, LLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.116%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 3/10/28(10) |
|
12,836
|
12,611,521
|
| Term
Loan, 8.64%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 4/4/29 |
|
3,915
|
3,863,171
|
| Term
Loan, 8.824%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 8/16/28 |
|
6,425
|
6,344,688
|
| W.R.
Grace & Co.-Conn., Term Loan, 9.402%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 9/22/28 |
|
12,969
|
12,767,894
|
| |
|
|
$ 352,057,102
|
| Commercial
Services & Supplies — 2.0% |
| Asplundh
Tree Expert, LLC, Term Loan, 7.174%, (SOFR + 1.75%), 9/7/27 |
|
10,137
|
$
10,154,715 |
| Belfor
Holdings, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 9.439%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 4/6/26 |
|
2,261
|
2,261,479
|
| Term
Loan, 9.574%, (SOFR + 4.25%), 4/6/26 |
|
4,550
|
4,558,673
|
| Term
Loan, 10/25/30(9) |
|
8,425
|
8,425,000
|
| EnergySolutions,
LLC, Term Loan, 9.382%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 9/20/30 |
|
17,247
|
17,171,895
|
| Foundever
Group, Term Loan, 7.62%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 3.75%), 8/28/28 |
EUR
|
7,075
|
7,203,461
|
| GFL
Environmental, Inc., Term Loan, 7.912%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 5/31/27 |
|
4,322
|
4,330,513
|
| Harsco
Corporation, Term Loan, 7.689%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 3/10/28 |
|
1,301
|
1,271,273
|
| JFL-Tiger
Acquisition Co., Inc., Term Loan, 10.403%, (SOFR + 5.00%), 10/17/30 |
|
9,375
|
9,269,531
|
| LABL,
Inc., Term Loan, 10.424%, (SOFR + 5.00%), 10/29/28 |
|
9,358
|
8,841,846
|
| Monitronics
International, Inc., Term Loan, 13.145%, (SOFR + 7.50%), 6/30/28 |
|
11,001
|
11,125,052
|
| Phoenix
Services International, LLC, Term Loan, 11.427%, (SOFR + 6.10%), 6/30/28 |
|
3,500
|
3,264,012
|
| SITEL
Worldwide Corporation, Term Loan, 9.189%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 8/28/28 |
|
13,409
|
12,952,447 |
31
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Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Portfolio of
Investments — continued
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Commercial
Services & Supplies (continued) |
| Tempo
Acquisition, LLC, Term Loan, 8.074%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 8/31/28 |
|
4,199
|
$
4,200,072 |
| TMF
Group Holding B.V., Term Loan, 10.414%, (SOFR + 5.00%), 5/3/28 |
|
5,175
|
5,178,235
|
| TruGreen
Limited Partnership, Term Loan, 9.424%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 11/2/27 |
|
9,333
|
8,778,041
|
| |
|
|
$ 118,986,245
|
| Communications
Equipment — 0.1% |
| CommScope,
Inc., Term Loan, 8.689%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 4/6/26 |
|
4,484
|
$
3,883,445 |
| Digi
International, Inc., Term Loan, 10.439%, (SOFR + 5.00%), 11/1/28 |
|
4,547
|
4,549,057
|
| |
|
|
$ 8,432,502
|
| Construction
Materials — 0.3% |
| Quikrete
Holdings, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.064%, (SOFR + 2.63%), 2/1/27 |
|
4,742
|
$
4,740,346 |
| Term
Loan, 8.189%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 3/19/29 |
|
11,303
|
11,311,166
|
| |
|
|
$ 16,051,512
|
| Consumer
Staples Distribution & Retail — 0.5% |
| Cardenas
Markets, Inc., Term Loan, 12.24%, (SOFR + 6.75%), 8/1/29 |
|
5,373
|
$
5,373,536 |
| Peer
Holding III B.V.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.722%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.75%), 9/29/28 |
EUR
|
7,550
|
7,973,263
|
| Term
Loan, 10/19/30(9) |
|
14,625
|
14,570,156
|
| |
|
|
$ 27,916,955
|
| Containers
& Packaging — 2.0% |
| Berlin
Packaging, LLC, Term Loan, 9.189%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 3/11/28(10) |
|
9,681
|
$
9,474,244 |
| Clydesdale
Acquisition Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 9.599%, (SOFR + 4.18%), 4/13/29 |
|
22,679
|
21,978,496
|
| Kouti
B.V.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.458%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.68%), 8/31/28 |
EUR
|
32,750
|
33,431,620
|
| Term
Loan, 8.533%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 4.75%), 8/31/28 |
EUR
|
2,000
|
2,099,007
|
| Pregis
TopCo Corporation: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 9.074%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 7/31/26 |
|
2,334
|
2,314,312
|
| Term
Loan, 9.189%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 7/31/26 |
|
1,617
|
1,608,915
|
| Pretium
Packaging, LLC, Term Loan - Second Lien, 9.995%, (SOFR + 4.60%), 10/2/28 |
|
7,242
|
5,522,031
|
| Pretium
PKG Holdings, Inc., Term Loan - Second Lien, 12.20%, (SOFR + 6.75%), 10/1/29(10) |
|
7,100
|
3,150,625 |
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Containers
& Packaging (continued) |
| Proampac
PG Borrower, LLC, Term Loan, 10.585%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 9/15/28 |
|
15,000
|
$
14,843,745 |
| Trident
TPI Holdings, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 9.652%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 9/15/28 |
|
6,496
|
6,425,228
|
| Term
Loan, 9.89%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 9/15/28 |
|
17,532
|
17,488,562
|
| |
|
|
$ 118,336,785
|
| Distributors
— 0.1% |
| Phillips
Feed Service, Inc., Term Loan, 12.427%, (SOFR + 7.00%), 11/13/24(3) |
|
538
|
$
430,363 |
| Winterfell
Financing S.a.r.l., Term Loan, 8.765%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 5.00%), 5/4/28 |
EUR
|
2,500
|
2,595,652
|
| |
|
|
$ 3,026,015
|
| Diversified
Consumer Services — 1.0% |
| Ascend
Learning, LLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.924%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 12/11/28 |
|
12,471
|
$
11,641,244 |
| Term
Loan - Second Lien, 11.174%, (SOFR + 5.75%), 12/10/29 |
|
5,243
|
4,473,864
|
| Belron
Finance US, LLC, Term Loan, 8.057%, (SOFR + 2.43%), 4/13/28 |
|
8,507
|
8,516,445
|
| FrontDoor,
Inc., Term Loan, 7.689%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 6/17/28 |
|
953
|
950,382
|
| KUEHG
Corp., Term Loan, 10.39%, (SOFR + 5.00%), 6/12/30 |
|
18,250
|
18,258,139
|
| Sotheby's,
Term Loan, 10.156%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 1/15/27 |
|
10,422
|
10,122,566
|
| Spring
Education Group, Inc., Term Loan, 9.914%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 10/4/30 |
|
4,725
|
4,679,720
|
| |
|
|
$ 58,642,360
|
| Diversified
Financial Services — 0.1% |
| Concorde
Midco, Ltd., Term Loan, 7.892%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 4.00%), 3/1/28 |
EUR
|
7,480
|
$
7,799,172 |
| |
|
|
$ 7,799,172
|
| Diversified
Telecommunication Services — 1.0% |
| CenturyLink,
Inc., Term Loan, 7.689%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 3/15/27 |
|
28,655
|
$
21,603,167 |
| GEE
Holdings 2, LLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 13.50%, (SOFR + 8.25%), 3/24/25 |
|
9,869
|
8,980,646
|
| Term
Loan - Second Lien, 13.75%, (SOFR + 8.25%), 7.00% cash, 6.75% PIK, 3/23/26 |
|
7,607
|
4,564,183
|
| Level
3 Financing, Inc., Term Loan, 7.189%, (SOFR + 1.75%), 3/1/27 |
|
11,500
|
10,816,532
|
| Telenet
Financing USD, LLC, Term Loan, 7.449%, (SOFR + 2.00%), 4/30/28 |
|
5,075
|
4,941,781 |
32
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Portfolio of
Investments — continued
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Diversified
Telecommunication Services (continued) |
| Virgin
Media Bristol, LLC, Term Loan, 7.949%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 1/31/28 |
|
4,843
|
$
4,714,101 |
| Virgin
Media SFA Finance Limited, Term Loan, 6.372%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 2.50%), 1/31/29 |
EUR
|
1,125
|
1,149,975
|
| |
|
|
$ 56,770,385
|
| Electronic
Equipment, Instruments & Components — 1.3% |
| Creation
Technologies, Inc., Term Loan, 11.176%, (SOFR + 5.50%), 10/5/28 |
|
15,513
|
$
14,699,003 |
| II-VI
Incorporated, Term Loan, 8.189%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 7/2/29 |
|
1,474
|
1,472,919
|
| Ingram
Micro, Inc., Term Loan, 8.653%, (SOFR + 3.00%), 6/30/28 |
|
4,481
|
4,481,233
|
| Minimax
Viking GmbH, Term Loan, 7.133%, (EURIBOR + 3.25%), 7/31/28(10) |
EUR
|
3,984
|
4,215,437
|
| Mirion
Technologies, Inc., Term Loan, 8.402%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 10/20/28 |
|
2,350
|
2,346,099
|
| MX
Holdings US, Inc., Term Loan, 7/31/28(9) |
|
3,350
|
3,343,719
|
| Robertshaw
US Holding Corp.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 13.49%, (SOFR + 8.00%), 8.490% cash, 5.00% PIK, 2/28/27 |
|
4,853
|
4,901,278
|
| Term
Loan - Second Lien, 12.49%, (SOFR + 7.00%), 2/28/27 |
|
20,495
|
17,317,867
|
| TTM
Technologies, Inc., Term Loan, 8.065%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 5/30/30 |
|
6,983
|
6,986,864
|
| Verifone
Systems, Inc., Term Loan, 9.653%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 8/20/25 |
|
20,407
|
19,013,339
|
| |
|
|
$ 78,777,758
|
| Energy
Equipment & Services — 0.5% |
| Ameriforge
Group, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 16.731%, (SOFR + 13.00%), 12/29/23(3)(11) |
|
2,245
|
$
1,791,244 |
| Term
Loan, 18.456%, (SOFR + 13.00%), 12/29/23(3)(10) |
|
17,625
|
14,061,537
|
| GIP
Pilot Acquisition Partners L.P., Term Loan, 8.388%, (SOFR + 3.00%), 10/4/30 |
|
6,250
|
6,250,000
|
| Lealand
Finance Company B.V.: |
|
|
|
| Letter
of Credit, 3.638%, 6/28/24(11) |
|
10,000
|
7,450,000
|
| Term
Loan, 12.439%, (SOFR + 7.00%), 9.439% cash, 3.00% PIK, 6/30/25 |
|
3,435
|
1,914,859
|
| |
|
|
$ 31,467,640
|
| Engineering
& Construction — 1.2% |
| Aegion
Corporation, Term Loan, 10.395%, (SOFR + 4.75%), 5/17/28 |
|
17,680
|
$
17,581,008 |
| American
Residential Services, LLC, Term Loan, 9.152%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 10/15/27 |
|
8,445
|
8,434,845 |
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Engineering
& Construction (continued) |
| APi
Group DE, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.689%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 10/1/26 |
|
11,043
|
$
11,059,970 |
| Term
Loan, 7.939%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 1/3/29 |
|
5,176
|
5,186,926
|
| Centuri
Group, Inc., Term Loan, 7.939%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 8/27/28 |
|
9,144
|
9,137,183
|
| Northstar
Group Services, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 10.939%, (SOFR + 5.50%), 11/12/26 |
|
12,962
|
12,962,369
|
| Term
Loan, 10.949%, (SOFR + 5.50%), 11/12/26 |
|
1,963
|
1,957,594
|
| USIC
Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 8.939%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 5/12/28 |
|
6,177
|
5,974,312
|
| |
|
|
$ 72,294,207
|
| Entertainment
— 1.3% |
| City
Football Group Limited, Term Loan, 8.453%, (SOFR + 3.00%), 7/21/28 |
|
12,001
|
$
11,910,884 |
| Crown
Finance US, Inc., Term Loan, 7.381%, (SOFR + 1.50%), 7/31/28 |
|
2,461
|
2,517,188
|
| Delta
2 (LUX) S.a.r.l., Term Loan, 7.574%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 1/15/30 |
|
2,500
|
2,493,750
|
| EP
Purchaser, LLC, Term Loan, 9.152%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 11/6/28 |
|
997
|
973,467
|
| Playtika
Holding Corp., Term Loan, 8.189%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 3/13/28 |
|
27,261
|
26,490,582
|
| Renaissance
Holding Corp.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 10.074%, (SOFR + 4.75%), 4/5/30 |
|
13,750
|
13,580,985
|
| Term
Loan - Second Lien, 12.424%, (SOFR + 7.00%), 5/29/26 |
|
143
|
142,251
|
| UFC
Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 8.399%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 4/29/26 |
|
14,700
|
14,704,284
|
| Vue
International Bidco PLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 12.13%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 8.00%), 6/30/27 |
EUR
|
384
|
397,980
|
| Term
Loan, 12.63%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 8.50%), 6.13% cash, 6.50% PIK, 12/31/27 |
EUR
|
2,682
|
1,266,375
|
| |
|
|
$ 74,477,746
|
| Equity
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.2% |
| Iron
Mountain, Inc., Term Loan, 7.189%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.75%), 1/2/26 |
|
8,954
|
$
8,945,476 |
| |
|
|
$ 8,945,476
|
| Financial
Services — 1.2% |
| Ditech
Holding Corporation, Term Loan, 0.00%, 3/28/24(12) |
|
15,063
|
$
1,656,959 |
| GTCR
W Merger Sub, LLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 9/20/30(9) |
|
38,850
|
38,614,142
|
| Term
Loan, 9/20/30(9) |
EUR
|
1,000
|
1,056,778 |
33
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Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Portfolio of
Investments — continued
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Financial
Services (continued) |
| NCR
Atleos, LLC, Term Loan, 10.176%, (SOFR + 4.75%), 3/27/29 |
|
17,400
|
$
16,707,619 |
| Walker
& Dunlop, Inc., Term Loan, 7.674%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 12/16/28 |
|
13,976
|
13,952,764
|
| |
|
|
$ 71,988,262
|
| Food
Products — 1.5% |
| 8th
Avenue Food & Provisions, Inc., Term Loan, 10.189%, (SOFR + 4.75%), 10/1/25 |
|
7,252
|
$
6,868,246 |
| Badger
Buyer Corp., Term Loan, 8.939%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 9/30/24 |
|
9,493
|
8,128,089
|
| CHG
PPC Parent, LLC, Term Loan, 8.439%, (SOFR + 3.00%), 12/8/28 |
|
6,230
|
6,167,415
|
| Del
Monte Foods, Inc., Term Loan, 9.682%, (SOFR + 4.25%), 5/16/29 |
|
6,559
|
6,363,627
|
| Froneri
International, Ltd.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 6.097%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 2.13%), 1/29/27 |
EUR
|
1,500
|
1,544,637
|
| Term
Loan, 7.674%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 1/29/27 |
|
8,706
|
8,658,385
|
| Monogram
Food Solutions, LLC, Term Loan, 9.439%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 8/28/28 |
|
1,770
|
1,725,344
|
| Nomad
Foods US, LLC, Term Loan, 8.469%, (SOFR + 3.00%), 11/13/29 |
|
14,174
|
14,188,228
|
| Sovos
Brands Intermediate, Inc., Term Loan, 9.145%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 6/8/28 |
|
9,191
|
9,211,337
|
| United
Petfood Group B.V., Term Loan, 6.852%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 2.75%), 4/23/28 |
EUR
|
9,025
|
9,326,540
|
| Valeo
F1 Company Limited (Ireland): |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.136%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 4.00%), 9/29/28 |
EUR
|
9,450
|
9,002,713
|
| Term
Loan, 10.186%, (SONIA + 5.00%), 6/28/28 |
GBP
|
5,500
|
5,755,760
|
| |
|
|
$ 86,940,321
|
| Gas
Utilities — 0.4% |
| CQP
Holdco, L.P., Term Loan, 8.99%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 6/5/28 |
|
24,456
|
$
24,463,147 |
| |
|
|
$ 24,463,147
|
| Health
Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.5% |
| Artivion,
Inc., Term Loan, 8.939%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 6/1/27 |
|
6,506
|
$
6,313,523 |
| Bayou
Intermediate II, LLC, Term Loan, 10.128%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 8/2/28 |
|
9,093
|
8,729,125
|
| Gloves
Buyer, Inc., Term Loan, 9.439%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 12/29/27 |
|
18,261
|
17,621,459
|
| ICU
Medical, Inc., Term Loan, 8.04%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 1/8/29 |
|
7,979
|
7,962,711 |
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Health
Care Equipment & Supplies (continued) |
| Journey
Personal Care Corp., Term Loan, 9.981%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), 3/1/28 |
|
28,647
|
$
27,545,920 |
| Medline
Borrower, L.P.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.368%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 3.50%), 10/23/28 |
EUR
|
1,000
|
1,049,172
|
| Term
Loan, 8.689%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 10/23/28 |
|
19,227
|
19,117,396
|
| |
|
|
$ 88,339,306
|
| Health
Care Providers & Services — 5.8% |
| AEA
International Holdings (Lux) S.a.r.l., Term Loan, 9.402%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 9/7/28 |
|
14,860
|
$
14,822,854 |
| BW
NHHC Holdco, Inc., Term Loan - Second Lien, 13.39%, (SOFR + 8.00%), 1/15/26 |
|
19,042
|
16,281,321
|
| Cano
Health, LLC, Term Loan, 9.533%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 11/23/27(10) |
|
7,609
|
4,489,209
|
| CCRR
Parent, Inc., Term Loan, 9.189%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 3/6/28 |
|
5,235
|
4,986,479
|
| Cerba
Healthcare S.A.S.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.583%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 3.70%), 6/30/28 |
EUR
|
20,800
|
20,475,749
|
| Term
Loan, 7.883%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 4.00%), 2/16/29 |
EUR
|
8,600
|
8,584,012
|
| CHG
Healthcare Services, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.689%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 9/29/28 |
|
7,863
|
7,787,950
|
| Term
Loan, 9.145%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 9/29/28 |
|
5,275
|
5,234,340
|
| Covis
Finco S.a.r.l.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 9.90%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 2/18/27 |
|
4,368
|
4,193,458
|
| Term
Loan, 12.04%, (SOFR + 6.50%), 2/18/27 |
|
10,270
|
7,394,694
|
| Dedalus
Finance GmbH, Term Loan, 7.712%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 3.75%), 7/17/27 |
EUR
|
14,150
|
14,290,349
|
| Elsan
S.A.S., Term Loan, 7.39%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 3.35%), 6/16/28 |
EUR
|
4,150
|
4,259,110
|
| Ensemble
RCM, LLC, Term Loan, 9.233%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 8/3/26 |
|
8,401
|
8,407,777
|
| Envision
Healthcare Corporation: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 0.00%, 3/31/27(12) |
|
6,718
|
7,994,599
|
| Term
Loan - Second Lien, 0.00%, 3/31/27(12) |
|
47,025
|
8,229,435
|
| IVC
Acquisition, Ltd., Term Loan, 7.687%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 4.00%), 2/13/26 |
EUR
|
20,825
|
21,832,944
|
| Medical
Solutions Holdings, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.773%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 11/1/28 |
|
15,174
|
14,181,313
|
| Term
Loan - Second Lien, 12.523%, (SOFR + 7.00%), 11/1/29 |
|
9,500
|
8,478,750
|
| Mehilainen
Yhtiot Oy, Term Loan, 7.497%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.53%), 8/8/25 |
EUR
|
6,475
|
6,847,986
|
| Midwest
Physician Administrative Services, LLC, Term Loan, 8.902%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 3/12/28 |
|
10,030
|
9,425,688 |
34
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Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Portfolio of
Investments — continued
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Health
Care Providers & Services (continued) |
| National
Mentor Holdings, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 9.187%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 3/2/28(10) |
|
15,735
|
$
13,781,060 |
| Term
Loan, 9.24%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 3/2/28 |
|
438
|
383,336
|
| Term
Loan - Second Lien, 12.74%, (SOFR + 7.25%), 3/2/29 |
|
6,475
|
4,516,313
|
| Phoenix
Guarantor, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.689%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 3/5/26 |
|
24,054
|
23,846,845
|
| Term
Loan, 8.939%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 3/5/26 |
|
4,434
|
4,395,794
|
| Radiology
Partners, Inc., Term Loan, 10.179%, (SOFR + 4.25%), 7/9/25 |
|
17,020
|
12,754,055
|
| Ramsay
Generale de Sante S.A., Term Loan, 6.952%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.95%), 4/22/27 |
EUR
|
7,400
|
7,826,027
|
| Select
Medical Corporation, Term Loan, 8.324%, (SOFR + 3.00%), 3/6/27 |
|
56,317
|
56,237,577
|
| Sound
Inpatient Physicians, Term Loan, 8.645%, (SOFR + 3.00%), 6/27/25 |
|
2,566
|
856,061
|
| Synlab
Bondco PLC, Term Loan, 6.392%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 2.50%), 7/1/27 |
EUR
|
2,600
|
2,724,408
|
| TTF
Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 9.439%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 3/31/28 |
|
5,644
|
5,651,378
|
| U.S.
Anesthesia Partners, Inc., Term Loan, 9.679%, (SOFR + 4.25%), 10/1/28 |
|
9,419
|
8,215,082
|
| |
|
|
$ 339,385,953
|
| Health
Care Technology — 1.7% |
| Certara,
L.P., Term Loan, 9.184%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 8/15/26 |
|
9,283
|
$
9,294,499 |
| eResearchTechnology,
Inc., Term Loan, 9.939%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 2/4/27 |
|
9,562
|
9,257,424
|
| Imprivata,
Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 9.189%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 12/1/27 |
|
15,197
|
15,158,512
|
| Term
Loan, 9.574%, (SOFR + 4.25%), 12/1/27 |
|
3,580
|
3,581,180
|
| MedAssets
Software Intermediate Holdings, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 9.439%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 12/18/28 |
|
17,533
|
13,916,819
|
| Term
Loan - Second Lien, 12.189%, (SOFR + 6.75%), 12/17/29 |
|
9,625
|
5,849,594
|
| Navicure,
Inc., Term Loan, 9.439%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 10/22/26 |
|
10,028
|
10,036,341
|
| PointClickCare
Technologies, Inc., Term Loan, 8.76%, (SOFR + 3.00%), 12/29/27 |
|
4,288
|
4,282,650
|
| Symplr
Software, Inc., Term Loan, 9.983%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 12/22/27 |
|
11,445
|
10,064,454
|
| Verscend
Holding Corp., Term Loan, 9.439%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 8/27/25 |
|
21,362
|
21,377,130
|
| |
|
|
$ 102,818,603
|
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Hotels,
Restaurants & Leisure — 5.2% |
| 1011778
B.C. Unlimited Liability Company, Term Loan, 7.574%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 9/20/30 |
|
45,515
|
$
45,252,796 |
| Bally's
Corporation, Term Loan, 8.927%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 10/2/28 |
|
3,834
|
3,588,037
|
| Carnival
Corporation: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.618%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 3.75%), 6/30/25 |
EUR
|
9,546
|
10,116,261
|
| Term
Loan, 8.689%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 10/18/28 |
|
39,988
|
39,321,274
|
| ClubCorp
Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 8.19%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), 9/18/26 |
|
22,314
|
21,876,990
|
| Fertitta
Entertainment, LLC, Term Loan, 9.324%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 1/27/29 |
|
29,627
|
29,022,275
|
| Great
Canadian Gaming Corporation, Term Loan, 9.658%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 11/1/26 |
|
9,643
|
9,647,105
|
| GVC
Holdings (Gibraltar) Limited, Term Loan, 7.722%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.75%), 6/30/28 |
EUR
|
21,325
|
22,549,886
|
| Ontario
Gaming GTA L.P., Term Loan, 9.64%, (SOFR + 4.25%), 8/1/30 |
|
12,025
|
12,030,363
|
| Oravel
Stays Singapore Pte., Ltd., Term Loan, 13.908%, (SOFR + 8.25%), 6/23/26 |
|
5,914
|
5,233,780
|
| Playa
Resorts Holding B.V., Term Loan, 9.585%, (SOFR + 4.25%), 1/5/29 |
|
39,680
|
39,605,144
|
| Scientific
Games Holdings, L.P., Term Loan, 7.964%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 4.00%), 4/4/29 |
EUR
|
1,000
|
1,045,139
|
| Scientific
Games International, Inc., Term Loan, 8.435%, (SOFR + 3.00%), 4/14/29 |
|
7,885
|
7,886,525
|
| SeaWorld
Parks & Entertainment, Inc., Term Loan, 8.439%, (SOFR + 3.00%), 8/25/28 |
|
13,295
|
13,289,695
|
| Stars
Group Holdings B.V. (The): |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 6.358%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.50%), 7/21/26 |
EUR
|
12,305
|
13,034,257
|
| Term
Loan, 7.902%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 7/21/26 |
|
32,829
|
32,847,479
|
| |
|
|
$ 306,347,006
|
| Household
Durables — 1.2% |
| ACProducts,
Inc., Term Loan, 9.902%, (SOFR + 4.25%), 5/17/28 |
|
20,377
|
$
16,250,630 |
| Libbey
Glass, Inc., Term Loan, 11.939%, (SOFR + 6.50%), 11/22/27 |
|
19,909
|
18,963,452
|
| Serta
Simmons Bedding, LLC, Term Loan, 12.90%, (SOFR + 7.50%), 6/29/28 |
|
20,679
|
20,480,448
|
| Solis
IV B.V., Term Loan, 8.891%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 2/26/29 |
|
17,967
|
17,001,560
|
| |
|
|
$ 72,696,090
|
| Household
Products — 0.5% |
| Energizer
Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 7.703%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 12/22/27 |
|
7,185
|
$
7,181,370 |
35
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Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Portfolio of
Investments — continued
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Household
Products (continued) |
| Kronos
Acquisition Holdings, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 9.402%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 12/22/26 |
|
9,807
|
$
9,628,496 |
| Term
Loan, 11.567%, (SOFR + 6.00%), 12/22/26 |
|
5,649
|
5,649,375
|
| Nobel
Bidco B.V., Term Loan, 7.27%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 3.50%), 9/1/28 |
EUR
|
9,050
|
8,831,020
|
| |
|
|
$ 31,290,261
|
| Independent
Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.3% |
| Calpine
Construction Finance Company L.P., Term Loan, 7.574%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 7/31/30 |
|
10,519
|
$
10,445,606 |
| Calpine
Corporation: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.439%, (SOFR + 2.00%), 4/5/26 |
|
3,174
|
3,174,829
|
| Term
Loan, 7.939%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 12/16/27 |
|
3,693
|
3,693,777
|
| |
|
|
$ 17,314,212
|
| Industrial
Conglomerates — 0.5% |
| Ammeraal
Beltech Holding B.V., Term Loan, 8.972%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 5.00%), 12/30/28 |
EUR
|
10,775
|
$
11,375,378 |
| Rain
Carbon GmbH, Term Loan, 8.787%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 5.00%), 10/31/28 |
EUR
|
15,875
|
16,713,131
|
| |
|
|
$ 28,088,509
|
| Insurance
— 2.2% |
| Alliant
Holdings Intermediate, LLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.835%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 11/5/27 |
|
2,873
|
$
2,867,134 |
| Term
Loan, 8.939%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), 11/5/27 |
|
13,967
|
13,939,991
|
| AmWINS
Group, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.689%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 2/19/28 |
|
11,302
|
11,221,190
|
| Term
Loan, 8.189%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 2/19/28 |
|
15,419
|
15,405,171
|
| AssuredPartners,
Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.824%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 2/12/27 |
|
5,294
|
5,254,005
|
| Term
Loan, 2/12/27(9) |
|
13,000
|
12,909,273
|
| Financiere
CEP S.A.S., Term Loan, 7.722%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.75%), 6/18/27 |
EUR
|
5,242
|
5,463,733
|
| HUB
International Limited, Term Loan, 9.662%, (SOFR + 4.25%), 6/20/30 |
|
17,758
|
17,773,218
|
| NFP
Corp., Term Loan, 8.689%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 2/16/27 |
|
27,630
|
27,150,532
|
| Ryan
Specialty Group, LLC, Term Loan, 8.424%, (SOFR + 3.00%), 9/1/27 |
|
9,814
|
9,823,534
|
| USI,
Inc., Term Loan, 9/27/30(9) |
|
9,050
|
9,017,945
|
| |
|
|
$ 130,825,726
|
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Interactive
Media & Services — 0.7% |
| Adevinta
ASA: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 6.472%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.50%), 6/26/28 |
EUR
|
6,799
|
$
7,198,200 |
| Term
Loan, 8.322%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 6/26/28 |
|
3,626
|
3,631,613
|
| Buzz
Finco, LLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.174%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 1/29/27 |
|
2,734
|
2,735,571
|
| Term
Loan, 8.674%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 1/29/27 |
|
549
|
549,527
|
| Foundational
Education Group, Inc., Term Loan, 9.895%, (SOFR + 4.25%), 8/31/28 |
|
3,558
|
3,326,786
|
| Getty
Images, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 9.00%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 5.00%), 2/19/26 |
EUR
|
2,224
|
2,348,783
|
| Term
Loan, 9.99%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 2/19/26 |
|
15,075
|
15,127,062
|
| Match
Group, Inc., Term Loan, 7.298%, (SOFR + 1.75%), 2/13/27 |
|
7,625
|
7,603,558
|
| |
|
|
$ 42,521,100
|
| IT
Services — 5.8% |
| Asurion,
LLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.689%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 12/23/26 |
|
5,407
|
$
5,233,905 |
| Term
Loan, 8.689%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 7/31/27 |
|
11,456
|
10,955,039
|
| Term
Loan, 9.424%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 8/19/28 |
|
21,544
|
20,604,725
|
| Term
Loan, 9.674%, (SOFR + 4.25%), 8/19/28 |
|
7,338
|
7,022,057
|
| Term
Loan - Second Lien, 10.689%, (SOFR + 5.25%), 1/31/28 |
|
18,610
|
16,244,985
|
| Term
Loan - Second Lien, 10.689%, (SOFR + 5.25%), 1/20/29 |
|
4,375
|
3,758,742
|
| Cyxtera
DC Holdings, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| DIP
Loan, 13.951%, (SOFR + 8.50%), 12/7/23 |
|
16,383
|
16,495,163
|
| Term
Loan, 0.00%, 5/1/24(12) |
|
45,767
|
26,773,588
|
| Term
Loan, 0.00%, 5/1/24(12) |
|
13,280
|
7,801,825
|
| Endure
Digital, Inc., Term Loan, 9.422%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 2/10/28 |
|
33,744
|
31,408,700
|
| Gainwell
Acquisition Corp., Term Loan, 9.49%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 10/1/27 |
|
51,267
|
49,131,005
|
| Go
Daddy Operating Company, LLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.439%, (SOFR + 2.00%), 8/10/27 |
|
9,796
|
9,800,022
|
| Term
Loan, 7.824%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 11/9/29 |
|
52,470
|
52,576,405
|
| Informatica,
LLC, Term Loan, 8.189%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 10/27/28 |
|
34,327
|
34,300,440
|
| NAB
Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 8.54%, (SOFR + 3.00%), 11/23/28 |
|
13,797
|
13,729,526
|
| Rackspace
Technology Global, Inc., Term Loan, 8.206%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 2/15/28 |
|
13,485
|
6,078,423
|
| Sedgwick
Claims Management Services, Inc., Term Loan, 9.074%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 2/24/28 |
|
9,975
|
9,953,402 |
36
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Portfolio of
Investments — continued
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| IT
Services (continued) |
| team.blue
Finco S.a.r.l., Term Loan, 7.105%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 3.20%), 3/30/28 |
EUR
|
12,375
|
$
12,598,881 |
| WEX,
Inc., Term Loan, 7.689%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 3/31/28 |
|
4,339
|
4,341,761
|
| |
|
|
$ 338,808,594
|
| Leisure
Products — 0.9% |
| Accell
Group N.V., Term Loan, 8.653%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 4.90%), 6/14/29 |
EUR
|
3,500
|
$
3,207,258 |
| Amer
Sports Oyj, Term Loan, 7.948%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 4.00%), 3/30/26 |
EUR
|
20,475
|
21,515,659
|
| Fender
Musical Instruments Corporation, Term Loan, 9.439%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 12/1/28 |
|
4,268
|
4,126,158
|
| Hayward
Industries, Inc., Term Loan, 8.189%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 5/30/28 |
|
12,281
|
12,096,343
|
| Recess
Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 9.383%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 3/29/27 |
|
7,800
|
7,785,375
|
| SRAM,
LLC, Term Loan, 8.189%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 5/18/28 |
|
2,074
|
2,068,679
|
| |
|
|
$ 50,799,472
|
| Life
Sciences Tools & Services — 2.9% |
| Avantor
Funding, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 6.368%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 2.50%), 6/12/28 |
EUR
|
21,310
|
$
22,446,124 |
| Term
Loan, 7.674%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 11/8/27 |
|
5,966
|
5,970,559
|
| Cambrex
Corporation, Term Loan, 8.924%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 12/4/26 |
|
5,938
|
5,894,310
|
| Catalent
Pharma Solutions, Inc., Term Loan, 7.453%, (SOFR + 2.00%), 2/22/28 |
|
782
|
762,211
|
| Curia
Global, Inc., Term Loan, 9.233%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 8/30/26(10) |
|
19,418
|
15,636,722
|
| ICON
Luxembourg S.a.r.l., Term Loan, 7.902%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 7/3/28 |
|
53,065
|
53,146,632
|
| IQVIA,
Inc., Term Loan, 7.402%, (SOFR + 1.75%), 1/17/25 |
|
13,620
|
13,667,314
|
| LGC
Group Holdings, Ltd., Term Loan, 7.118%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 3.25%), 4/21/27 |
EUR
|
4,025
|
4,174,439
|
| Loire
Finco Luxembourg S.a.r.l., Term Loan, 8.924%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 4/21/27 |
|
3,485
|
3,401,906
|
| PRA
Health Sciences, Inc., Term Loan, 7.902%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 7/3/28 |
|
13,221
|
13,241,728
|
| Sotera
Health Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 8.395%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 12/11/26 |
|
11,625
|
11,578,500
|
| Star
Parent, Inc., Term Loan, 9.386%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%), 9/27/30 |
|
18,475
|
17,680,187
|
| |
|
|
$ 167,600,632
|
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Machinery
— 6.3% |
| AI
Aqua Merger Sub, Inc., Term Loan, 9.082%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 7/31/28 |
|
19,610
|
$ 19,250,949
|
| Albion
Financing 3 S.a.r.l.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 10.883%, (SOFR + 5.50%), 8/17/26 |
|
4,254
|
4,250,967
|
| Term
Loan, 10.924%, (SOFR + 5.25%), 8/17/26 |
|
19,994
|
19,993,875
|
| Ali
Group North America Corporation, Term Loan, 7.439%, (SOFR + 2.00%), 7/30/29 |
|
16,370
|
16,373,849
|
| American
Trailer World Corp., Term Loan, 9.174%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 3/3/28 |
|
16,117
|
15,162,955
|
| Apex
Tool Group, LLC, Term Loan, 10.689%, (SOFR + 5.25%), 2/8/29 |
|
23,517
|
20,062,537
|
| Barnes
Group, Inc., Term Loan, 8.424%, (SOFR + 3.00%), 9/3/30 |
|
14,800
|
14,702,882
|
| Clark
Equipment Company, Term Loan, 7.99%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 4/20/29 |
|
12,403
|
12,431,054
|
| Conair
Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 9.189%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 5/17/28 |
|
26,044
|
24,204,178
|
| CPM
Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 9.827%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 9/28/28 |
|
7,000
|
7,006,566
|
| Delachaux
Group S.A., Term Loan, 9.88%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 4/16/26 |
|
4,130
|
4,130,000
|
| Delachaux
Group SA, Term Loan, 4/16/29(9) |
EUR
|
8,400
|
8,772,978
|
| EMRLD
Borrower, L.P., Term Loan, 8.38%, (SOFR + 3.00%), 5/31/30 |
|
14,790
|
14,781,123
|
| Engineered
Machinery Holdings, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.722%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.75%), 5/21/28 |
EUR
|
11,883
|
12,407,858
|
| Term
Loan, 9.152%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 5/19/28 |
|
22,583
|
22,388,868
|
| Term
Loan - Second Lien, 11.652%, (SOFR + 6.00%), 5/21/29 |
|
2,000
|
1,960,000
|
| Filtration
Group Corporation, Term Loan, 8.939%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 10/21/28 |
|
3,218
|
3,197,922
|
| Gates
Global, LLC, Term Loan, 7.924%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 3/31/27 |
|
18,374
|
18,365,381
|
| Icebox
Holdco III, Inc., Term Loan, 9.402%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 12/22/28 |
|
12,621
|
12,378,944
|
| INNIO
Group Holding GmbH, Term Loan, 6.871%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 3.00%), 10/31/25 |
EUR
|
6,125
|
6,444,409
|
| Madison
IAQ, LLC, Term Loan, 8.703%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 6/21/28 |
|
23,025
|
22,235,916
|
| Pro
Mach Group, Inc., Term Loan, 9.439%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 8/31/28 |
|
4,773
|
4,766,186
|
| Roper
Industrial Products Investment Company, LLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.972%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 5.25%), 11/22/29 |
EUR
|
995
|
1,050,836
|
| Term
Loan, 9.89%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 11/22/29 |
|
11,275
|
11,266,019
|
| SPX
Flow, Inc., Term Loan, 9.924%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 4/5/29 |
|
19,620
|
19,476,372 |
37
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Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Portfolio of
Investments — continued
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Machinery
(continued) |
| Titan
Acquisition Limited, Term Loan, 8.731%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%), 3/28/25 |
|
29,880
|
$
29,460,479 |
| TK
Elevator Topco GmbH, Term Loan, 7.597%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 3.63%), 7/30/27 |
EUR
|
12,100
|
12,600,969
|
| Vertical
US Newco, Inc., Term Loan, 9.381%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 7/30/27 |
|
6
|
6,138
|
| Zephyr
German BidCo GmbH, Term Loan, 7.833%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.85%), 3/10/28 |
EUR
|
13,675
|
13,665,653
|
| |
|
|
$ 372,795,863
|
| Media
— 1.7% |
| CSC
Holdings, LLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.699%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), 7/17/25 |
|
24,723
|
$
24,045,725 |
| Term
Loan, 7.699%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), 1/15/26 |
|
5,592
|
5,391,043
|
| Hubbard
Radio, LLC, Term Loan, 9.69%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), 3/28/25 |
|
7,610
|
6,443,074
|
| iHeartCommunications,
Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.439%, (SOFR + 3.00%), 5/1/26 |
|
1,127
|
964,957
|
| Term
Loan, 8.689%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 5/1/26 |
|
3,165
|
2,718,891
|
| Mission
Broadcasting, Inc., Term Loan, 7.939%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 6/2/28 |
|
4,008
|
4,014,639
|
| Nexstar
Broadcasting, Inc., Term Loan, 7.939%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 9/18/26 |
|
1,167
|
1,168,113
|
| Recorded
Books, Inc., Term Loan, 9.324%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 8/29/25 |
|
11,351
|
11,347,501
|
| Sinclair
Television Group, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.939%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 9/30/26 |
|
5,305
|
4,479,575
|
| Term
Loan, 8.439%, (SOFR + 3.00%), 4/1/28 |
|
25,186
|
18,185,893
|
| Univision
Communications, Inc., Term Loan, 8.689%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 3/15/26 |
|
23,194
|
23,057,713
|
| |
|
|
$ 101,817,124
|
| Metals/Mining
— 1.5% |
| Arsenal
AIC Parent, LLC, Term Loan, 9.879%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 8/18/30 |
|
18,425
|
$
18,413,484 |
| Dynacast
International, LLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 10.017%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 7/22/25 |
|
16,367
|
15,343,726
|
| Term
Loan, 14.517%, (SOFR + 9.00%), 10/22/25 |
|
2,926
|
2,209,012
|
| PMHC
II, Inc., Term Loan, 9.807%, (SOFR + 4.25%), 4/23/29 |
|
20,550
|
18,747,407
|
| WireCo
WorldGroup, Inc., Term Loan, 9.699%, (SOFR + 4.25%), 11/13/28 |
|
6,458
|
6,433,987
|
| Zekelman
Industries, Inc., Term Loan, 7.449%, (SOFR + 2.00%), 1/24/27 |
|
26,813
|
26,790,361
|
| |
|
|
$ 87,937,977
|
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Oil,
Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.4% |
| Freeport
LNG Investments, LLP, Term Loan, 9.177%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 12/21/28 |
|
9,279
|
$
9,132,811 |
| GIP
II Blue Holding, L.P., Term Loan, 9.939%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 9/29/28 |
|
17,292
|
17,337,555
|
| ITT
Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 10/5/30(9) |
|
10,850
|
10,704,198
|
| Matador
Bidco S.a.r.l., Term Loan, 9.924%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 10/15/26 |
|
30,332
|
30,402,592
|
| Oxbow
Carbon, LLC, Term Loan, 9.457%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 5/10/30(10) |
|
7,506
|
7,501,496
|
| QuarterNorth
Energy Holding, Inc., Term Loan - Second Lien, 13.439%, (SOFR + 8.00%), 8/27/26 |
|
7,607
|
7,602,609
|
| |
|
|
$ 82,681,261
|
| Personal
Products — 0.2% |
| HLF
Financing S.a.r.l., Term Loan, 7.939%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 8/18/25 |
|
13,794
|
$
13,683,744 |
| |
|
|
$ 13,683,744
|
| Pharmaceuticals
— 2.2% |
| Aenova
Holding GmbH, Term Loan, 8.487%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 4.50%), 3/6/26 |
EUR
|
4,075
|
$
4,293,791 |
| AI
Sirona (Luxembourg) Acquisition S.a.r.l., Term Loan, 8.868%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 5.00%), 9/30/28 |
EUR
|
12,550
|
13,288,454
|
| Bausch
Health Companies, Inc., Term Loan, 10.689%, (SOFR + 5.25%), 2/1/27 |
|
18,433
|
14,463,005
|
| Ceva
Sante Animale: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 11/1/30(9) |
EUR
|
13,200
|
13,910,749
|
| Term
Loan, 11/1/30(9) |
|
5,375
|
5,381,719
|
| Elanco
Animal Health Incorporated, Term Loan, 7.165%, (SOFR + 1.75%), 8/1/27 |
|
7,960
|
7,785,446
|
| Jazz
Financing Lux S.a.r.l., Term Loan, 8.939%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 5/5/28 |
|
8,317
|
8,326,220
|
| Mallinckrodt
International Finance S.A.: |
|
|
|
| DIP
Loan, 13.439%, (SOFR + 8.00%), 8/28/24 |
|
1,788
|
1,861,122
|
| DIP
Loan, 13.451%, (SOFR + 8.00%), 8/28/24 |
|
3,379
|
3,527,311
|
| Term
Loan, 12.703%, (SOFR + 7.25%), 9/30/27 |
|
38,268
|
29,143,242
|
| Term
Loan, 12.953%, (SOFR + 7.50%), 9/30/27 |
|
12,161
|
9,295,692
|
| PharmaZell
GmbH, Term Loan, 7.972%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 4.00%), 5/12/27 |
EUR
|
1,950
|
1,992,112
|
| Recipharm
AB, Term Loan, 6.737%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.95%), 2/17/28 |
EUR
|
15,275
|
15,449,603
|
| |
|
|
$ 128,718,466
|
38
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Portfolio of
Investments — continued
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Professional
Services — 2.7% |
| APFS
Staffing Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 9.324%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 12/29/28 |
|
3,940
|
$
3,875,975 |
| Apleona
Holding GmbH, Term Loan, 6.898%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.95%), 4/28/28 |
EUR
|
10,525
|
10,872,014
|
| ASGN
Incorporated, Term Loan, 7.574%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 8/30/30 |
|
4,875
|
4,898,614
|
| CoreLogic,
Inc., Term Loan, 8.939%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 6/2/28 |
|
17,334
|
15,817,118
|
| Corporation
Service Company, Term Loan, 8.674%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 11/2/29 |
|
4,991
|
4,997,762
|
| Deerfield
Dakota Holding, LLC, Term Loan, 9.14%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 4/9/27 |
|
10,728
|
10,382,005
|
| EAB
Global, Inc., Term Loan, 8.939%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 8/16/28 |
|
15,695
|
15,454,120
|
| Employbridge
Holding Company, Term Loan, 10.407%, (SOFR + 4.75%), 7/19/28 |
|
23,801
|
20,759,006
|
| First
Advantage Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 8.189%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 1/31/27 |
|
3,606
|
3,611,349
|
| Genuine
Financial Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 9.40%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 9/27/30 |
|
5,175
|
5,128,104
|
| Neptune
Bidco US, Inc., Term Loan, 10.507%, (SOFR + 5.00%), 4/11/29 |
|
9,129
|
8,032,206
|
| Rockwood
Service Corporation, Term Loan, 9.439%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 1/23/27 |
|
11,302
|
11,326,302
|
| Trans
Union, LLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.174%, (SOFR + 1.75%), 11/16/26 |
|
2,471
|
2,469,157
|
| Term
Loan, 7.689%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 12/1/28 |
|
34,098
|
34,089,508
|
| Vaco
Holdings, LLC, Term Loan, 10.393%, (SOFR + 5.00%), 1/21/29 |
|
5,453
|
5,173,719
|
| |
|
|
$ 156,886,959
|
| Real
Estate Management & Development — 1.0% |
| Cushman
& Wakefield U.S. Borrower, LLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.189%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 8/21/25 |
|
921
|
$
920,898 |
| Term
Loan, 8.674%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 1/31/30 |
|
10,634
|
10,182,019
|
| Term
Loan, 9.324%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 1/31/30 |
|
8,009
|
7,648,986
|
| Greystar
Real Estate Partners, LLC, Term Loan, 9.147%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 8/21/30 |
|
8,350
|
8,350,000
|
| Homeserve
USA Holding Corp., Term Loan, 8.416%, (SOFR + 3.00%), 10/21/30 |
|
12,075
|
12,044,812
|
| RE/MAX
International, Inc., Term Loan, 7.939%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 7/21/28 |
|
17,888
|
17,266,633
|
| |
|
|
$ 56,413,348
|
| Road
& Rail — 2.7% |
| Avis
Budget Car Rental, LLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.189%, (SOFR + 1.75%), 8/6/27 |
|
33,771
|
$
33,637,570 |
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Road
& Rail (continued) |
| Avis
Budget Car Rental, LLC: (continued) |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.924%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 3/16/29 |
|
4,104
|
$
4,112,375 |
| Grab
Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 9.939%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 1/29/26 |
|
17,194
|
17,264,084
|
| Hertz
Corporation (The): |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.691%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 6/30/28 |
|
16,492
|
16,381,677
|
| Term
Loan, 8.691%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 6/30/28 |
|
3,180
|
3,158,379
|
| Kenan
Advantage Group, Inc., Term Loan, 9.477%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 3/24/26 |
|
16,820
|
16,795,688
|
| Uber
Technologies, Inc., Term Loan, 8.159%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 3/3/30 |
|
68,388
|
68,439,682
|
| |
|
|
$ 159,789,455
|
| Semiconductors
& Semiconductor Equipment — 1.2% |
| Altar
Bidco, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.142%, (SOFR + 3.10%), 2/1/29(10) |
|
20,811
|
$
20,653,470 |
| Term
Loan - Second Lien, 10.493%, (SOFR + 5.60%), 2/1/30 |
|
7,300
|
7,099,250
|
| Bright
Bidco B.V., Term Loan, 14.378%, (SOFR + 9.00%), 6.378% cash, 8.00% PIK, 10/31/27 |
|
4,376
|
1,712,251
|
| Entegris,
Inc., Term Loan, 7.89%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 7/6/29 |
|
1,261
|
1,263,364
|
| MaxLinear,
Inc., Term Loan, 7.689%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 6/23/28 |
|
3,250
|
3,201,250
|
| MKS
Instruments, Inc., Term Loan, 7.819%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 8/17/29 |
|
33,342
|
33,141,895
|
| Synaptics
Incorporated, Term Loan, 7.914%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 12/2/28 |
|
3,173
|
3,159,998
|
| Ultra
Clean Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 9.191%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 8/27/25 |
|
2,848
|
2,855,431
|
| |
|
|
$ 73,086,909
|
| Software
— 16.4% |
| Applied
Systems, Inc., Term Loan, 9.89%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 9/18/26 |
|
67,781
|
$
68,011,446 |
| Aptean,
Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 9.674%, (SOFR + 4.25%), 4/23/26 |
|
22,344
|
22,326,156
|
| Term
Loan - Second Lien, 12.424%, (SOFR + 7.00%), 4/23/27 |
|
6,500
|
6,069,375
|
| Astra
Acquisition Corp.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 10.902%, (SOFR + 5.25%), 10/25/28 |
|
14,219
|
9,753,192
|
| Term
Loan - Second Lien, 14.527%, (SOFR + 8.88%), 10/25/29 |
|
21,995
|
11,547,224
|
| Banff
Merger Sub, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.868%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 4.00%), 10/2/25 |
EUR
|
5,922
|
6,257,553
|
| Term
Loan, 9.189%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 10/2/25 |
|
14,998
|
15,001,149 |
39
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Portfolio of
Investments — continued
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Software
(continued) |
| Banff
Merger Sub, Inc.: (continued) |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan - Second Lien, 10.939%, (SOFR + 5.50%), 2/27/26 |
|
9,470
|
$ 9,432,518
|
| Cegid
Group SAS, Term Loan, 7/10/28(9) |
EUR
|
7,850
|
8,255,902
|
| Central
Parent, Inc., Term Loan, 9.406%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 7/6/29 |
|
33,487
|
33,348,158
|
| CentralSquare
Technologies, LLC, Term Loan, 9.29%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 8/29/25 |
|
23,577
|
22,306,639
|
| Cloud
Software Group, Inc., Term Loan, 9.99%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 9/29/28(10) |
|
22,472
|
21,348,286
|
| Cloudera,
Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 9.174%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 10/8/28 |
|
22,685
|
21,881,374
|
| Term
Loan - Second Lien, 11.424%, (SOFR + 6.00%), 10/8/29 |
|
4,450
|
4,013,344
|
| Constant
Contact, Inc., Term Loan, 9.687%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 2/10/28 |
|
12,979
|
12,067,507
|
| Cornerstone
OnDemand, Inc., Term Loan, 9.189%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 10/16/28 |
|
16,991
|
16,083,272
|
| Delta
TopCo, Inc., Term Loan, 9.069%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 12/1/27 |
|
14,035
|
13,838,071
|
| E2open,
LLC, Term Loan, 8.939%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 2/4/28 |
|
20,063
|
19,825,208
|
| ECI
Macola Max Holding, LLC, Term Loan, 9.402%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 11/9/27 |
|
26,794
|
26,697,268
|
| Epicor
Software Corporation: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.689%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 7/30/27 |
|
69,746
|
69,488,218
|
| Term
Loan, 9.074%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 7/30/27 |
|
10,900
|
10,931,337
|
| Fiserv
Investment Solutions, Inc., Term Loan, 9.383%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 2/18/27 |
|
12,035
|
11,309,136
|
| Gen
Digital, Inc., Term Loan, 7.424%, (SOFR + 2.00%), 9/12/29 |
|
3,652
|
3,624,166
|
| GoTo
Group, Inc., Term Loan, 10.283%, (SOFR + 4.75%), 8/31/27 |
|
28,349
|
17,948,603
|
| IGT
Holding IV AB: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.122%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.15%), 3/31/28 |
EUR
|
6,205
|
6,406,403
|
| Term
Loan, 8.962%, (SOFR + 3.40%), 3/31/28 |
|
1,657
|
1,649,758
|
| Imperva,
Inc., Term Loan, 9.627%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 1/12/26 |
|
4,899
|
4,908,098
|
| iSolved,
Inc., Term Loan, 9.484%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 10/14/30 |
|
6,550
|
6,562,281
|
| Ivanti
Software, Inc., Term Loan, 9.907%, (SOFR + 4.25%), 12/1/27 |
|
10,275
|
9,159,946
|
| Magenta
Buyer, LLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 10.645%, (SOFR + 5.00%), 7/27/28 |
|
22,176
|
15,523,291
|
| Term
Loan - Second Lien, 13.895%, (SOFR + 8.25%), 7/27/29 |
|
7,475
|
3,236,675 |
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Software
(continued) |
| Marcel
LUX IV S.a.r.l.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.455%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.50%), 3/16/26 |
EUR
|
9,150
|
$ 9,675,567
|
| Term
Loan, 8.689%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 3/15/26 |
|
15,965
|
15,965,033
|
| Term
Loan, 9.436%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 12/31/27 |
|
3,254
|
3,254,231
|
| Maverick
Bidco, Inc., Term Loan, 9.283%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 5/18/28 |
|
11,914
|
11,663,223
|
| McAfee,
LLC, Term Loan, 9.165%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 3/1/29 |
|
24,476
|
23,440,877
|
| Mosel
Bidco SE: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.691%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 4.75%), 9/16/30 |
EUR
|
1,825
|
1,918,987
|
| Term
Loan, 10.164%, (SOFR + 4.75%), 9/16/30 |
|
3,275
|
3,270,906
|
| N-Able
International Holdings II, LLC, Term Loan, 8.434%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 7/19/28 |
|
1,632
|
1,629,494
|
| Open
Text Corporation, Term Loan, 8.174%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 1/31/30 |
|
28,443
|
28,473,452
|
| Polaris
Newco, LLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.868%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 4.00%), 6/2/28 |
EUR
|
9,163
|
9,143,949
|
| Term
Loan, 9.439%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 6/2/28 |
|
7,770
|
7,355,519
|
| Project
Alpha Intermediate Holding, Inc., Term Loan, 10/28/30(9) |
|
5,500
|
5,350,713
|
| Proofpoint,
Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.689%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 8/31/28 |
|
39,330
|
38,729,406
|
| Term
Loan - Second Lien, 11.689%, (SOFR + 6.25%), 8/31/29 |
|
2,070
|
2,081,321
|
| Quartz
Acquireco, LLC, Term Loan, 8.824%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 6/28/30 |
|
10,625
|
10,625,000
|
| Quest
Software US Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 9.783%, (SOFR + 4.25%), 2/1/29 |
|
25,210
|
20,068,835
|
| RealPage,
Inc., Term Loan, 8.439%, (SOFR + 3.00%), 4/24/28 |
|
10,981
|
10,739,861
|
| Red
Planet Borrower, LLC, Term Loan, 9.174%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 10/2/28 |
|
16,613
|
15,557,804
|
| Redstone
Holdco 2, L.P., Term Loan, 10.189%, (SOFR + 4.75%), 4/27/28 |
|
12,915
|
10,380,338
|
| Sabre
GLBL, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.939%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 12/17/27 |
|
8,392
|
7,185,831
|
| Term
Loan, 8.939%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 12/17/27 |
|
5,371
|
4,598,562
|
| Term
Loan, 9.674%, (SOFR + 4.25%), 6/30/28 |
|
7,345
|
6,291,941
|
| Term
Loan, 10.424%, (SOFR + 5.00%), 6/30/28 |
|
1,000
|
858,333
|
| Skillsoft
Corporation, Term Loan, 10.699%, (SOFR + 5.25%), 7/14/28 |
|
14,915
|
13,688,972
|
| SolarWinds
Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 9.074%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 2/5/27 |
|
26,616
|
26,641,216
|
| Sophia,
L.P., Term Loan, 8.924%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 10/7/27 |
|
32,861
|
32,475,124 |
40
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Portfolio of
Investments — continued
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Software
(continued) |
| SS&C
European Holdings S.a.r.l., Term Loan, 7.189%, (SOFR + 1.75%), 4/16/25 |
|
4,995
|
$
4,999,276 |
| SS&C
Technologies, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.189%, (SOFR + 1.75%), 4/16/25 |
|
5,290
|
5,294,273
|
| Term
Loan, 7.189%, (SOFR + 1.75%), 4/16/25 |
|
4,745
|
4,748,421
|
| Term
Loan, 7.674%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 3/22/29 |
|
2,978
|
2,979,123
|
| Term
Loan, 7.674%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 3/22/29 |
|
4,718
|
4,719,194
|
| Turing
Midco, LLC, Term Loan, 7.939%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 3/24/28 |
|
726
|
724,553
|
| Ultimate
Software Group, Inc. (The): |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.764%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 5/4/26 |
|
54,101
|
53,888,185
|
| Term
Loan, 9.233%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 5/4/26 |
|
782
|
781,231
|
| Veritas
US, Inc., Term Loan, 10.439%, (SOFR + 5.11%), 9/1/25 |
|
20,007
|
16,987,401
|
| Vision
Solutions, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 9.64%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 4/24/28 |
|
39,257
|
37,514,755
|
| Term
Loan - Second Lien, 12.791%, (SOFR + 7.25%), 4/23/29 |
|
1,500
|
1,332,187
|
| VS
Buyer, LLC, Term Loan, 8.674%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 2/28/27 |
|
1,812
|
1,801,117
|
| |
|
|
$ 965,645,765
|
| Specialty
Retail — 2.6% |
| Belron
Luxembourg S.a.r.l., Term Loan, 6.147%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.43%), 4/13/28 |
EUR
|
3,925
|
$
4,151,561 |
| Boels
Topholding B.V., Term Loan, 7.049%, (EURIBOR + 3.25%), 2/6/27(10) |
EUR
|
7,586
|
8,028,637
|
| Etraveli
Holding AB, Term Loan, 7.972%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 4.00%), 8/2/24 |
EUR
|
9,472
|
10,009,840
|
| Great
Outdoors Group, LLC, Term Loan, 9.402%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 3/6/28 |
|
35,275
|
35,065,436
|
| Harbor
Freight Tools USA, Inc., Term Loan, 8.189%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 10/19/27 |
|
25,349
|
25,065,068
|
| Hoya
Midco, LLC, Term Loan, 8.633%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 2/3/29 |
|
4,845
|
4,846,963
|
| Les
Schwab Tire Centers, Term Loan, 8.692%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 11/2/27 |
|
28,684
|
28,624,423
|
| LIDS
Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 11.06%, (SOFR + 5.50%), 12/14/26 |
|
5,527
|
5,347,705
|
| Mattress
Firm, Inc., Term Loan, 9.95%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), 9/25/28 |
|
17,449
|
17,268,984
|
| PetSmart,
Inc., Term Loan, 9.174%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 2/11/28 |
|
15,390
|
15,237,590
|
| |
|
|
$ 153,646,207
|
| Borrower/Description
|
Principal
Amount* (000's omitted) |
Value
|
| Trading
Companies & Distributors — 3.5% |
| Avolon
TLB Borrower 1 (US), LLC: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 7.689%, (SOFR + 2.25%), 12/1/27 |
|
17,796
|
$
17,819,649 |
| Term
Loan, 7.839%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 6/22/28 |
|
23,366
|
23,395,368
|
| Core
& Main, L.P., Term Loan, 7.967%, (SOFR + 2.50%), 7/27/28(10) |
|
9,545
|
9,548,978
|
| DXP
Enterprises, Inc., Term Loan, 10.291%, (SOFR + 4.75%), 10/11/30 |
|
9,150
|
9,104,250
|
| Electro
Rent Corporation, Term Loan, 11.002%, (SOFR + 5.50%), 11/1/24 |
|
21,917
|
20,602,422
|
| Hillman
Group, Inc. (The), Term Loan, 8.189%, (SOFR + 2.75%), 7/14/28 |
|
1,078
|
1,076,957
|
| Park
River Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 8.907%, (SOFR + 3.25%), 12/28/27 |
|
3,726
|
3,531,593
|
| Patagonia
Bidco Limited, Term Loan, 10.181%, (SONIA + 5.25%), 11/1/28 |
GBP
|
20,050
|
20,424,904
|
| PEARLS
(Netherlands) Bidco B.V., Term Loan, 7.448%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.50%), 2/26/29 |
EUR
|
6,000
|
6,199,143
|
| Spin
Holdco, Inc., Term Loan, 9.664%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 3/4/28 |
|
51,147
|
43,966,470
|
| SRS
Distribution, Inc.: |
|
|
|
| Term
Loan, 8.825%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 6/2/28 |
|
5,355
|
5,246,194
|
| Term
Loan, 8.939%, (SOFR + 3.50%), 6/2/28 |
|
16,294
|
15,953,575
|
| White
Cap Buyer, LLC, Term Loan, 9.074%, (SOFR + 3.75%), 10/19/27 |
|
16,349
|
16,260,597
|
| Windsor
Holdings III, LLC, Term Loan, 9.815%, (SOFR + 4.50%), 8/1/30 |
|
13,900
|
13,874,563
|
| |
|
|
$ 207,004,663
|
| Wireless
Telecommunication Services — 0.5% |
| CCI
Buyer, Inc., Term Loan, 9.39%, (SOFR + 4.00%), 12/17/27 |
|
9,871
|
$
9,678,967 |
| Digicel
International Finance Limited, Term Loan, 8.902%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), 5/28/24 |
|
18,919
|
17,421,048
|
| |
|
|
$ 27,100,015
|
Total
Senior Floating-Rate Loans (identified cost $6,735,136,792) |
|
|
$ 6,381,790,440
|
41
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Portfolio of
Investments — continued
| Short-Term
Investments — 1.4% |
| Security
|
Shares
|
Value
|
| Morgan
Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio, Institutional Class, 5.25%(13) |
|
83,572,578
|
$
83,572,578 |
Total
Short-Term Investments (identified cost $83,572,578) |
|
|
$ 83,572,578
|
Total
Investments — 126.3% (identified cost $7,924,675,250) |
|
|
$ 7,423,036,997
|
| Less
Unfunded Loan Commitments — (0.2)% |
|
|
$
(10,209,831) |
Net
Investments — 126.1% (identified cost $7,914,465,419) |
|
|
$ 7,412,827,166
|
| Other
Assets, Less Liabilities — (26.1)% |
|
|
$
(1,537,361,779) |
| Net
Assets — 100.0% |
|
|
$ 5,875,465,387
|
| The
percentage shown for each investment category in the Portfolio of Investments is based on net assets. |
| *
|
In
U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. |
|
(1) |
Security
exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be sold in certain transactions in reliance on an exemption from registration (normally to qualified institutional buyers). At October 31,
2023, the aggregate value of these securities is $871,306,678 or 14.8% of the Portfolio's net assets. |
|
(2) |
Variable
rate security. The stated interest rate represents the rate in effect at October 31, 2023. |
|
(3) |
For fair
value measurement disclosure purposes, security is categorized as Level 3 (see Note 8). |
|
(4) |
Non-income
producing security. |
|
(5) |
Security
was acquired in connection with a restructuring of a Senior Loan and may be subject to restrictions on resale. |
|
(6) |
Amount is
less than 0.05%. |
|
(7) |
When-issued
security. |
|
(8) |
Senior
floating-rate loans (Senior Loans) often require prepayments from excess cash flows or permit the borrowers to repay at their election. The degree to which borrowers repay, whether as a contractual requirement or at their election, cannot be
predicted with accuracy. As a result, the actual remaining maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturities shown. However, Senior Loans will typically have an expected average life of approximately two to four years. Senior Loans
typically have rates of interest which are redetermined periodically by reference to a base lending rate, plus a spread. These base lending rates are primarily the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) (or the London Interbank
Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) for those loans whose rates reset prior to the discontinuance of LIBOR on June 30, 2023) and secondarily, the prime rate offered by one or more major United States banks (the “Prime Rate”). Base lending
rates may be subject to a floor, or minimum rate. Rates for SOFR are generally 1 or 3-month tenors and may also be subject to a credit spread adjustment. Senior Loans are generally subject to contractual restrictions that must be satisfied before
they can be bought or sold. |
|
(9) |
This
Senior Loan will settle after October 31, 2023, at which time the interest rate will be determined. |
|
(10) |
The stated
interest rate represents the weighted average interest rate at October 31, 2023 of contracts within the senior loan facility. Interest rates on contracts are primarily redetermined either monthly or quarterly by reference to the indicated base
lending rate and spread and the reset period. |
|
(11) |
Unfunded
or partially unfunded loan commitments. The stated interest rate reflects the weighted average of the reference rate and spread for the funded portion, if any, and the commitment fees on the portion of the loan that is unfunded. At October 31,
2023, the total value of unfunded loan commitments is $7,617,406. See Note 1F for description. |
|
(12) |
Issuer
is in default with respect to interest and/or principal payments or has declared bankruptcy. For a variable rate security, interest rate has been adjusted to reflect non-accrual status. |
|
(13) |
May
be deemed to be an affiliated investment company. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of October 31, 2023. |
| Forward
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (OTC) |
| Currency
Purchased |
Currency
Sold |
Counterparty
|
Settlement
Date |
Unrealized
Appreciation |
Unrealized
(Depreciation) |
| USD
|
315,263,746
|
EUR
|
297,407,318
|
Standard
Chartered Bank |
11/2/23
|
$
576,977 |
$
— |
| EUR
|
20,000,000
|
USD
|
21,486,354
|
Citibank,
N.A. |
11/30/23
|
—
|
(300,653)
|
| EUR
|
40,000,000
|
USD
|
42,327,580
|
Standard
Chartered Bank |
11/30/23
|
43,822
|
—
|
| GBP
|
2,357,648
|
USD
|
2,857,894
|
Bank
of America, N.A. |
11/30/23
|
8,173
|
—
|
| GBP
|
3,000,000
|
USD
|
3,745,067
|
Standard
Chartered Bank |
11/30/23
|
—
|
(98,127)
|
| USD
|
116,064,697
|
EUR
|
106,243,836
|
Bank
of America, N.A. |
11/30/23
|
3,522,189
|
—
|
| USD
|
62,855,595
|
EUR
|
57,560,153
|
Bank
of America, N.A. |
11/30/23
|
1,882,985
|
—
|
| USD
|
72,465,865
|
EUR
|
66,379,854
|
State
Street Bank and Trust Company |
11/30/23
|
2,150,676
|
—
|
| USD
|
2,232,524
|
EUR
|
2,045,193
|
The
Toronto-Dominion Bank |
11/30/23
|
66,081
|
—
|
| USD
|
41,739,674
|
GBP
|
33,074,976
|
State
Street Bank and Trust Company |
11/30/23
|
1,532,194
|
—
|
42
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Portfolio of
Investments — continued
| Forward
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (OTC) (continued) |
| Currency
Purchased |
Currency
Sold |
Counterparty
|
Settlement
Date |
Unrealized
Appreciation |
Unrealized
(Depreciation) |
| USD
|
314,756,312
|
EUR
|
297,407,318
|
Standard
Chartered Bank |
12/4/23
|
$
— |
$
(333,443) |
| EUR
|
17,000,000
|
USD
|
18,051,246
|
Standard
Chartered Bank |
12/29/23
|
—
|
(13,840)
|
| GBP
|
6,000,000
|
USD
|
7,317,447
|
State
Street Bank and Trust Company |
12/29/23
|
—
|
(21,207)
|
| USD
|
7,102,868
|
EUR
|
6,729,574
|
Australia
and New Zealand Banking Group Limited |
12/29/23
|
—
|
(37,372)
|
| USD
|
32,690,461
|
EUR
|
31,000,000
|
Australia
and New Zealand Banking Group Limited |
12/29/23
|
—
|
(201,279)
|
| USD
|
32,704,566
|
EUR
|
31,000,000
|
Goldman
Sachs International |
12/29/23
|
—
|
(187,174)
|
| USD
|
32,690,188
|
EUR
|
31,000,000
|
State
Street Bank and Trust Company |
12/29/23
|
—
|
(201,552)
|
| USD
|
34,097,643
|
EUR
|
32,342,549
|
State
Street Bank and Trust Company |
12/29/23
|
—
|
(218,574)
|
| USD
|
34,095,356
|
EUR
|
32,342,549
|
State
Street Bank and Trust Company |
12/29/23
|
—
|
(220,860)
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
$9,783,097
|
$(1,834,081)
|
| Abbreviations:
|
| DIP
|
– Debtor
In Possession |
| EURIBOR
|
– Euro
Interbank Offered Rate |
| LIBOR
|
– London
Interbank Offered Rate |
| OTC
|
– Over-the-counter
|
| PIK
|
– Payment
In Kind |
| SOFR
|
– Secured
Overnight Financing Rate |
| SONIA
|
– Sterling
Overnight Interbank Average |
| Currency
Abbreviations: |
| EUR
|
– Euro
|
| GBP
|
– British
Pound Sterling |
| USD
|
– United
States Dollar |
43
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Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Statement of Assets
and Liabilities
| |
October
31, 2023 |
| Assets
|
|
| Unaffiliated
investments, at value (identified cost $7,830,892,841) |
$
7,329,254,588 |
| Affiliated
investments, at value (identified cost $83,572,578) |
83,572,578
|
| Cash
|
26,564,056
|
| Deposits
for derivatives collateral — forward foreign currency exchange contracts |
1,720,000
|
| Foreign
currency, at value (identified cost $27,293,161) |
27,317,109
|
| Interest
receivable |
48,121,291
|
| Dividends
receivable from affiliated investments |
397,657
|
| Receivable
for investments sold |
67,432,178
|
| Receivable
for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts |
9,783,097
|
| Prepaid
upfront fees on notes payable |
1,307,380
|
| Trustees'
deferred compensation plan |
273,147
|
| Prepaid
expenses |
91,621
|
| Total
assets |
$7,595,834,702
|
| Liabilities
|
|
| Notes
payable |
$
1,525,000,000 |
| Payable
for investments purchased |
178,250,208
|
| Payable
for when-issued securities |
5,375,000
|
| Payable
for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts |
1,834,081
|
| Payable
to affiliates: |
|
| Investment
adviser fee |
2,634,200
|
| Trustees'
fees |
9,042
|
| Trustees'
deferred compensation plan |
273,147
|
| Accrued
expenses |
6,993,637
|
| Total
liabilities |
$1,720,369,315
|
| Net
Assets applicable to investors' interest in Portfolio |
$5,875,465,387
|
44
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
| |
Year
Ended |
| |
October
31, 2023 |
| Investment
Income |
|
| Dividend
income |
$
4,384,967 |
| Dividend
income from affiliated investments |
5,747,653
|
| Interest
and other income |
711,315,184
|
| Total
investment income |
$
721,447,804 |
| Expenses
|
|
| Investment
adviser fee |
$
33,952,435 |
| Trustees’
fees and expenses |
108,500
|
| Custodian
fee |
1,308,498
|
| Legal
and accounting services |
410,206
|
| Interest
expense and fees |
114,477,456
|
| Miscellaneous
|
425,800
|
| Total
expenses |
$
150,682,895 |
| Deduct:
|
|
| Waiver
and/or reimbursement of expenses by affiliates |
$
187,525 |
| Total
expense reductions |
$
187,525 |
| Net
expenses |
$
150,495,370 |
| Net
investment income |
$
570,952,434 |
| Realized
and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
|
| Net
realized gain (loss): |
|
| Investment
transactions |
$
(256,805,482) |
| Foreign
currency transactions |
2,530,617
|
| Forward
foreign currency exchange contracts |
(67,585,880)
|
| Net
realized loss |
$(321,860,745)
|
| Change
in unrealized appreciation (depreciation): |
|
| Investments
|
$
484,673,959 |
| Foreign
currency |
464,567
|
| Forward
foreign currency exchange contracts |
11,505,499
|
| Net
change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
$
496,644,025 |
| Net
realized and unrealized gain |
$
174,783,280 |
| Net
increase in net assets from operations |
$
745,735,714 |
45
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Statements of
Changes in Net Assets
| |
Year
Ended October 31, |
| |
2023
|
2022
|
| Increase
(Decrease) in Net Assets |
|
|
| From
operations: |
|
|
| Net
investment income |
$
570,952,434 |
$
454,111,028 |
| Net
realized gain (loss) |
(321,860,745)
|
61,185,798
|
| Net
change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
496,644,025
|
(933,652,683)
|
| Net
increase (decrease) in net assets from operations |
$
745,735,714 |
$
(418,355,857) |
| Capital
transactions: |
|
|
| Contributions
|
$
365,123,130 |
$
2,156,822,498 |
| Withdrawals
|
(2,604,898,648)
|
(2,792,514,701)
|
| Net
decrease in net assets from capital transactions |
$(2,239,775,518)
|
$
(635,692,203) |
| Net
decrease in net assets |
$(1,494,039,804)
|
$(1,054,048,060)
|
| Net
Assets |
|
|
| At
beginning of year |
$
7,369,505,191 |
$
8,423,553,251 |
| At
end of year |
$
5,875,465,387 |
$
7,369,505,191 |
46
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
| |
Year
Ended |
| |
October
31, 2023 |
| Cash
Flows From Operating Activities |
|
| Net
increase in net assets from operations |
$
745,735,714 |
| Adjustments
to reconcile net increase in net assets from operations to net cash provided by operating activities: |
|
| Investments
purchased |
(1,225,778,411)
|
| Investments
sold and principal repayments |
3,503,558,761
|
| Decrease
in short-term investments, net |
2,637,385
|
| Net
amortization/accretion of premium (discount) |
(18,858,014)
|
| Amortization
of prepaid upfront fees on notes payable |
3,951,049
|
| Increase
in interest receivable |
(2,070,002)
|
| Increase
in dividends receivable from affiliated investments |
(102,095)
|
| Increase
in Trustees’ deferred compensation plan |
(273,147)
|
| Decrease
in payable to affiliate for investment adviser fee |
(708,469)
|
| Increase
in payable to affiliate for Trustees' deferred compensation plan |
273,147
|
| Decrease
in accrued expenses |
(122,395)
|
| Decrease
in unfunded loan commitments |
(7,313,422)
|
| Net
change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation from investments |
(484,673,959)
|
| Net
change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation from forward foreign currency exchange contracts |
(11,505,499)
|
| Net
realized loss from investments |
256,805,482
|
| Net
cash provided by operating activities |
$
2,761,556,125 |
| Cash
Flows From Financing Activities |
|
| Proceeds
from capital contributions |
$
365,123,130 |
| Payments
for capital withdrawals |
(2,604,898,648)
|
| Proceeds
from notes payable |
375,000,000
|
| Repayments
of notes payable |
(925,000,000)
|
| Payment
of prepaid upfront fees on notes payable |
(3,787,500)
|
| Net
cash used in financing activities |
$(2,793,563,018)
|
| Net
decrease in cash and restricted cash* |
$
(32,006,893) |
| Cash
and restricted cash at beginning of year (including foreign currency) |
$
87,608,058 |
| Cash
and restricted cash at end of year (including foreign currency) |
$
55,601,165 |
| Supplemental
disclosure of cash flow information: |
|
| Cash
paid for interest and fees on borrowings |
$
114,591,036 |
| *
|
Includes
net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation on foreign currency of $(26,993). |
The following table provides a reconciliation of cash and
restricted cash reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities that sum to the total of such amounts shown on the Statement of Cash Flows.
| |
|
| |
October
31, 2023 |
| Cash
|
$
26,564,056 |
| Deposits
for derivatives collateral — forward foreign currency exchange contracts |
1,720,000
|
| Foreign
currency |
27,317,109
|
| Total
cash and restricted cash as shown on the Statement of Cash Flows |
$55,601,165
|
47
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Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
| |
Year
Ended October 31, |
| |
2023
|
2022
|
2021
|
2020
|
2019
|
| Ratios/Supplemental
Data |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ratios
(as a percentage of average daily net assets): |
|
|
|
|
|
| Expenses
excluding interest and fees |
0.56%
|
0.52%
|
0.53%
|
0.56%
|
0.55%
|
| Interest
and fee expense |
1.81%
|
0.47%
|
0.32%
|
0.60%
|
0.88%
|
| Total
expenses |
2.37%
(1) |
0.99%
(1) |
0.85%
|
1.16%
|
1.43%
|
| Net
investment income |
9.01%
|
5.16%
|
4.19%
|
4.86%
|
5.63%
|
| Portfolio
Turnover |
18%
|
27%
|
28%
|
30%
|
17%
|
| Total
Return |
12.42%
|
(4.22)%
|
9.75%
|
0.39%
|
2.04%
|
| Net
assets, end of year (000’s omitted) |
$5,875,465
|
$7,369,505
|
$8,423,553
|
$5,449,434
|
$7,343,453
|
|
(1) |
Includes
a reduction by the investment adviser of a portion of its adviser fee due to the Portfolio’s investment in the Liquidity Fund (equal to less than 0.005% of average daily net assets for the years ended October 31, 2023 and 2022).
|
Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Notes to Financial
Statements
1 Significant Accounting Policies
Senior Debt Portfolio (the Portfolio) is a Massachusetts
business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company. The Portfolio’s investment objective is to provide a high level of current income. The Declaration of
Trust permits the Trustees to issue interests in the Portfolio. At October 31, 2023, Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Advantage Fund, Eaton Vance Short Duration Strategic Income Fund and Eaton Vance Short Duration Inflation-Protected Income Fund held an
interest of 96.2%, 1.8% and 2.0%, respectively, in the Portfolio.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies
of the Portfolio. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). The Portfolio is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial
Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946.
A Investment
Valuation—The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or fair value of
investments.
Senior Floating-Rate Loans. Interests in senior floating-rate loans (Senior Loans) are valued generally at the average mean of bid and ask quotations obtained from a third party pricing service. Senior Loans, for which a valuation is not available
or deemed unreliable, are fair valued by the investment adviser utilizing one or more of the valuation techniques described below to assess the likelihood that the borrower will make a full repayment of the loan underlying such Senior Loan. If the
investment adviser believes that there is a reasonable likelihood of full repayment, the investment adviser will determine fair value using a matrix pricing approach that considers the yield on the Senior Loan relative to yields on other Senior
Loans issued by companies of comparable credit quality. If the investment adviser believes there is not a reasonable likelihood of full repayment, the investment adviser will determine fair value using analyses that include, but are not limited to:
(i) a comparison of the value of the borrower’s outstanding equity and debt to that of comparable public companies; (ii) a discounted cash flow analysis; or (iii) when the investment adviser believes it is likely that a borrower will be
liquidated or sold, an analysis of the terms of such liquidation or sale. In certain cases, the investment adviser will use a combination of analytical methods to determine fair value, such as when only a portion of a borrower’s assets are
likely to be sold. In conducting its assessment and analyses for purposes of determining fair value of a Senior Loan, the investment adviser will use its discretion and judgment in considering and appraising relevant factors. Junior Loans (i.e.,
subordinated loans and second lien loans) are valued in the same manner as Senior Loans.
Debt Obligations. Debt
obligations are generally valued on the basis of valuations provided by third party pricing services, as derived from such services’ pricing models. Inputs to the models may include, but are not limited to, reported trades, executable bid and
ask prices, broker/dealer quotations, prices or yields of securities with similar characteristics, interest rates, anticipated prepayments, benchmark curves or information pertaining to the issuer, as well as industry and economic events. The
pricing services may use a matrix approach, which considers information regarding securities with similar characteristics to determine the valuation for a security. Short-term debt obligations purchased with a remaining maturity of sixty days or
less for which a valuation from a third party pricing service is not readily available may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.
Equity Securities. Equity
securities listed on a U.S. securities exchange generally are valued at the last sale or closing price on the day of valuation or, if no sales took place on such date, at the mean between the closing bid and ask prices on the exchange where such
securities are principally traded. Equity securities listed on the NASDAQ National Market System are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. Unlisted or listed securities for which closing sales prices or closing quotations are not available
are valued at the mean between the latest available bid and ask prices or, in the case of preferred equity securities that are not listed or traded in the over-the-counter market, by a third party pricing service that uses various techniques that
consider factors including, but not limited to, prices or yields of securities with similar characteristics, benchmark yields, broker/dealer quotes, quotes of underlying common stock, issuer spreads, as well as industry and economic
events.
Derivatives. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are generally valued at the mean of the average bid and average ask prices that are reported by currency dealers to a third party pricing service at the valuation time. Such
third party pricing service valuations are supplied for specific settlement periods and the Portfolio’s forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at an interpolated rate between the closest preceding and subsequent settlement
period reported by the third party pricing service.
Foreign Securities and Currencies. Foreign securities and currencies are valued in U.S. dollars, based on foreign currency exchange rate quotations supplied by a third party pricing service. The pricing service uses a proprietary model to determine the
exchange rate. Inputs to the model include reported trades and implied bid/ask spreads.
Other. Investments in
management investment companies (including money market funds) that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the net asset value as of the close of each business day.
Fair Valuation. In
connection with Rule 2a-5 of the 1940 Act, the Trustees have designated the Portfolio’s investment adviser as its valuation designee. Investments for which valuations or market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable are
valued by the investment adviser, as valuation designee, at fair value using methods that most fairly reflect the security’s “fair value”, which is the amount that the Portfolio might reasonably expect to receive for the security
upon its current sale in the ordinary course. Each such determination is based on a consideration of relevant factors, which are likely to vary from one pricing context to another. These factors may include, but are not limited to, the type of
security, the existence of any contractual restrictions on the security’s disposition, the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or of comparable companies or entities,
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Statements — continued
quotations or
relevant information obtained from broker/dealers or other market participants, information obtained from the issuer, analysts, and/or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), an analysis of the company’s or
entity’s financial statements, and an evaluation of the forces that influence the issuer and the market(s) in which the security is purchased and sold.
B Investment Transactions—Investment transactions for financial statement purposes are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized
gains and losses on investments sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.
C Income—Interest income is recorded on the basis of interest accrued, adjusted for amortization of premium or accretion of discount. Fees associated
with loan amendments are recognized immediately. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date for dividends received in cash and/or securities. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the
Portfolio’s understanding of the applicable countries’ tax rules and rates. Distributions from investment companies are recorded as dividend income, capital gains or return of capital based on the nature of the distribution.
D Federal
Taxes—The Portfolio has elected to be treated as a partnership for federal tax purposes. No provision
is made by the Portfolio for federal or state taxes on any taxable income of the Portfolio because each investor in the Portfolio is ultimately responsible for the payment of any taxes on its share of taxable income. Since at least one of the
Portfolio's investors is a regulated investment company that invests all or substantially all of its assets in the Portfolio, the Portfolio normally must satisfy the applicable source of income and diversification requirements (under the Internal
Revenue Code) in order for its investors to satisfy them. The Portfolio will allocate, at least annually among its investors, each investor's distributive share of the Portfolio's net investment income, net realized capital gains and losses and any
other items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit.
As of October 31, 2023, the Portfolio had no uncertain tax
positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. The Portfolio files a U.S. federal income tax return annually after its fiscal year-end, which is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for
a period of three years from the date of filing.
E Foreign Currency Translation—Investment valuations, other assets, and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are
translated each business day into U.S. dollars based upon current exchange rates. Purchases and sales of foreign investment securities and income and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars based upon currency
exchange rates in effect on the respective dates of such transactions. Recognized gains or losses on investment transactions attributable to changes in foreign currency exchange rates are recorded for financial statement purposes as net realized
gains and losses on investments. That portion of unrealized gains and losses on investments that results from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates is not separately disclosed.
F Unfunded Loan Commitments—The Portfolio may enter into certain loan agreements all or a portion of which may be unfunded. The
Portfolio is obligated to fund these commitments at the borrower's discretion. These commitments are disclosed in the accompanying Portfolio of Investments. At October 31, 2023, the Portfolio had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover these
commitments.
G Use of Estimates—The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expense during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
H Indemnifications—Under the Portfolio’s organizational documents, its officers and Trustees may be indemnified against
certain liabilities and expenses arising out of the performance of their duties to the Portfolio. Under Massachusetts law, if certain conditions prevail, interestholders in the Portfolio could be deemed to have personal liability for the obligations
of the Portfolio. However, the Portfolio’s Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of liability on the part of Portfolio interestholders. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Portfolio enters into agreements with
service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. The Portfolio’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Portfolio that have not yet
occurred.
I Forward Foreign Currency
Exchange Contracts—The Portfolio may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts for the
purchase or sale of a specific foreign currency at a fixed price on a future date. The forward foreign currency exchange contracts are adjusted by the daily exchange rate of the underlying currency and any gains or losses are recorded as unrealized
until such time as the contracts have been closed. Risks may arise upon entering these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to
the U.S. dollar.
J When-Issued
Securities and Delayed Delivery Transactions—The Portfolio may purchase securities on a delayed
delivery or when-issued basis. Payment and delivery may take place after the customary settlement period for that security. At the time the transaction is negotiated, the price of the security that will be delivered is fixed. The Portfolio maintains
cash and/or security positions for these commitments such that sufficient liquid assets will be available to make payments upon settlement. Securities purchased on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis are marked-to-market daily and begin earning
interest on settlement date. Such security purchases are subject to the risk that when delivered they will be worth less than the agreed upon payment price. Losses may also arise if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.
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Statements — continued
2 Investment Adviser Fee and Other Transactions
with Affiliates
The investment adviser fee is earned by
Boston Management and Research (BMR), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, as compensation for investment advisory services rendered to the Portfolio. The fee is computed at an annual rate as a percentage of average daily gross
assets as follows and is payable monthly:
| Average
Daily Gross Assets |
Annual
Fee Rate |
| Up
to and including $1 billion |
0.5000%
|
| In
excess of $1 billion up to and including $2 billion |
0.4500%
|
| In
excess of $2 billion up to and including $7 billion |
0.4000%
|
| In
excess of $7 billion up to and including $10 billion |
0.3875%
|
| In
excess of $10 billion up to and including $15 billion |
0.3750%
|
| In
excess of $15 billion |
0.3625%
|
Gross assets are calculated by
deducting all liabilities of the Portfolio except the principal amount of any indebtedness for money borrowed. For the year ended October 31, 2023, the Portfolio’s investment adviser fee amounted to $33,952,435 or 0.54% of the
Portfolio's average daily net assets. The Portfolio may invest in a money market fund, the Institutional Class of the Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio (the “Liquidity Fund”), an open-end management
investment company managed by Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. The investment adviser fee paid by the Portfolio is reduced by an amount equal to its pro rata share of the advisory and
administration fees paid by the Portfolio due to its investment in the Liquidity Fund. For the year ended October 31, 2023, the investment adviser fee paid was reduced by $187,525 relating to the Portfolio's investment in the Liquidity Fund.
Trustees and officers of the Portfolio who are members of
BMR’s organization receive remuneration for their services to the Portfolio out of the investment adviser fee. Trustees of the Portfolio who are not affiliated with the investment adviser may elect to defer receipt of all or a percentage of
their annual fees in accordance with the terms of the Trustees Deferred Compensation Plan. Certain officers and Trustees of the Portfolio are officers of the above organization.
3 Purchases and Sales of Investments
Purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term
obligations and including maturities, paydowns and principal repayments on Senior Loans, aggregated $1,391,620,740 and $3,439,247,956, respectively, for the year ended October 31, 2023.
4 Federal Income Tax Basis of Investments
The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
investments, including open derivative contracts, of the Portfolio at October 31, 2023, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:
| Aggregate
cost |
$7,855,187,552
|
| Gross
unrealized appreciation |
$
33,109,887 |
| Gross
unrealized depreciation |
(475,470,273)
|
| Net
unrealized depreciation |
$
(442,360,386) |
5 Financial Instruments
The Portfolio may trade in financial instruments with
off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of its investing activities. These financial instruments may include forward foreign currency exchange contracts and may involve, to a varying degree, elements of risk in excess of the amounts recognized
for financial statement purposes. The notional or contractual amounts of these instruments represent the investment the Portfolio has in particular classes of financial instruments and do not necessarily represent the amounts potentially subject to
risk. The measurement of the risks associated with these instruments is meaningful only when all related and offsetting transactions are considered. A summary of obligations under these financial instruments at October 31, 2023 is included in the
Portfolio of Investments. At October 31, 2023, the Portfolio had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under these contracts.
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Statements — continued
The
Portfolio is subject to foreign exchange risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective. Because the Portfolio holds foreign currency denominated investments, the value of these investments and related receivables and payables may
change due to future changes in foreign currency exchange rates. To hedge against this risk, the Portfolio enters into forward foreign currency exchange contracts.
The Portfolio enters into forward foreign currency exchange
contracts that may contain provisions whereby the counterparty may terminate the contract under certain conditions, including but not limited to a decline in the Portfolio's net assets below a certain level over a certain period of time, which would
trigger a payment by the Portfolio for those derivatives in a liability position. At October 31, 2023, the fair value of derivatives with credit related contingent features in a net liability position was $1,834,081. The aggregate fair value of
assets pledged as collateral by the Portfolio for such liability was $1,720,000 at October 31, 2023.
The over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives in which the Portfolio
invests are subject to the risk that the counterparty to the contract fails to perform its obligations under the contract. To mitigate this risk, the Portfolio has entered into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master
Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with substantially all its derivative counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Portfolio and a counterparty that governs certain OTC
derivatives and typically contains, among other things, set-off provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event as defined under the relevant ISDA Master Agreement. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Portfolio may, under certain
circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically
permit a single net payment in the event of default including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of
offset in bankruptcy or insolvency. Certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties to OTC derivatives to terminate derivative contracts prior to maturity in the event the Portfolio’s net assets decline by a stated percentage or the
Portfolio fails to meet the terms of its ISDA Master Agreements, which would cause the counterparty to accelerate payment by the Portfolio of any net liability owed to it.
The collateral requirements for derivatives traded under an
ISDA Master Agreement are governed by a Credit Support Annex to the ISDA Master Agreement. Collateral requirements are determined at the close of business each day and are typically based on changes in market values for each transaction under an
ISDA Master Agreement and netted into one amount for such agreement. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty is subject to a minimum transfer threshold amount before a transfer is required, which may vary by counterparty.
Collateral pledged for the benefit of the Portfolio and/or counterparty is held in segregated accounts by the Portfolio’s custodian and cannot be sold, re-pledged, assigned or otherwise used while pledged. The portion of such collateral
representing cash, if any, is reflected as deposits for derivatives collateral and, in the case of cash pledged by a counterparty for the benefit of the Portfolio, a corresponding liability on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities
pledged by the Portfolio as collateral, if any, are identified as such in the Portfolio of Investments.
The fair value of open derivative instruments (not considered
to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) and whose primary underlying risk exposure is foreign exchange risk at October 31, 2023 was as follows:
| |
Fair
Value |
| Derivative
|
Asset
Derivative(1) |
Liability
Derivative(2) |
| Forward
foreign currency exchange contracts |
$9,783,097
|
$(1,834,081)
|
|
(1) |
Statement
of Assets and Liabilities location: Receivable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts. |
|
(2) |
Statement
of Assets and Liabilities location: Payable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts. |
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Notes to Financial
Statements — continued
The
Portfolio's derivative assets and liabilities at fair value by type, which are reported gross in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, are presented in the table above.The following tables present the Portfolio’s derivative assets and
liabilities by counterparty, net of amounts available for offset under a master netting agreement and net of the related collateral received by the Portfolio for such assets and pledged by the Portfolio for such liabilities as of October 31,
2023.
| Counterparty
|
Derivative
Assets Subject to Master Netting Agreement |
Derivatives
Available for Offset |
Non-cash
Collateral Received(a) |
Cash
Collateral Received(a) |
Net
Amount of Derivative Assets(b) |
| Bank
of America, N.A. |
$
5,413,347 |
$
— |
$
(5,133,962) |
$
— |
$
279,385 |
| Standard
Chartered Bank |
620,799
|
(445,410)
|
—
|
—
|
175,389
|
| State
Street Bank and Trust Company |
3,682,870
|
(662,193)
|
(1,523,875)
|
—
|
1,496,802
|
| The
Toronto-Dominion Bank |
66,081
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
66,081
|
| |
$9,783,097
|
$(1,107,603)
|
$(6,657,837)
|
$
— |
$2,017,657
|
| Counterparty
|
Derivative
Liabilities Subject to Master Netting Agreement |
Derivatives
Available for Offset |
Non-cash
Collateral Pledged(a) |
Cash
Collateral Pledged(a) |
Net
Amount of Derivative Liabilities(c) |
| Australia
and New Zealand Banking Group Limited |
$
(238,651) |
$
— |
$
— |
$
238,651 |
$
— |
| Citibank,
N.A. |
(300,653)
|
—
|
—
|
300,653
|
—
|
| Goldman
Sachs International |
(187,174)
|
—
|
—
|
187,174
|
—
|
| Standard
Chartered Bank |
(445,410)
|
445,410
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
| State
Street Bank and Trust Company |
(662,193)
|
662,193
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
| |
$(1,834,081)
|
$1,107,603
|
$ —
|
$726,478
|
$ —
|
|
(a) |
In some
instances, the total collateral received and/or pledged may be more than the amount shown due to overcollateralization. |
|
(b) |
Net
amount represents the net amount due from the counterparty in the event of default. |
|
(c) |
Net
amount represents the net amount payable to the counterparty in the event of default. |
The effect of derivative instruments (not considered to be
hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) on the Statement of Operations and whose primary underlying risk is foreign exchange risk for the year ended October 31, 2023 was as follows:
| Derivative
|
Realized
Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income(1) |
Change
in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income(2) |
| Forward
foreign currency exchange contracts |
$(67,585,880)
|
$11,505,499
|
|
(1) |
Statement
of Operations location: Net realized gain (loss): Forward foreign currency exchange contracts. |
|
(2) |
Statement
of Operations location: Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation): Forward foreign currency exchange contracts. |
The average notional amount of forward foreign currency
exchange contracts (based on the absolute value of notional amounts of currency purchased and currency sold) outstanding during the year ended October 31, 2023, which is indicative of the volume of this derivative type, was approximately
$1,353,880,000.
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Portfolio
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Notes to Financial
Statements — continued
6 Revolving Credit and Security
Agreement
The Portfolio has entered into a
Revolving Credit and Security Agreement, as amended (the “Loan Facility”), with The Bank of Nova Scotia as direct lender and agent and certain other banks as direct lenders that allows it to borrow up to $2.525 billion ($2.825 billion
prior to March 6, 2023) and to invest the borrowings in accordance with its investment practices. Borrowings under the Loan Facility are secured by the assets of the Portfolio and the Loan Facility is in effect through March 4, 2024. The Portfolio
pays (1) an upfront fee equal to 0.15% of the total commitment amount under the Loan Facility, (2) a drawn fee equal to 0.90% per annum on outstanding borrowings (or, during periods prior to March 6, 2023, Term SOFR plus 0.11448% credit spread
adjustment plus 4.40% on the outstanding borrowings funded by secondary lenders and a drawn fee equal to 0.90% per annum on outstanding borrowings funded by conduit lenders), and (3) a liquidity fee equal to 0.15% or 0.25% per annum of the undrawn
amount under the Loan Facility depending on the amount borrowed by the Portfolio thereunder.
Prior to December 7, 2022, the lenders under the Loan Facility
were certain conduits that issued commercial paper and were sponsored by Citibank, N.A. (“Citi”), with certain banks serving as direct lenders and Citi serving as secondary lender and agent for the conduit lenders. The Bank of Nova
Scotia became lead agent on December 7, 2022 and, effective March 6, 2023, Citi and the conduit lenders exited the Loan Facility and the facility size decreased from $2.825 billion to $2.525 billion.
Drawn and liquidity fees for the year ended October 31, 2023
totaled $18,048,519 and are included in interest expense and fees on the Statement of Operations. In connection with the renewal of the Loan Facility on March 6, 2023, the Portfolio paid upfront fees of $3,787,500. These upfront fees are being
amortized to interest expense through March 4, 2024. The unamortized balance at October 31, 2023 is approximately $1,307,000 and is included in prepaid upfront fees on notes payable on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. At October 31, 2023,
the Portfolio had borrowings outstanding under the Loan Facility of $1,525,000,000 at an annual interest rate of 5.45%. Based on the short-term nature of borrowings under the Loan Facility and the variable interest rate, the carrying amount of the
borrowings at October 31, 2023 approximated its fair value. If measured at fair value, borrowings under the Loan Facility would have been considered as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy (see Note 8) at October 31, 2023. For the year ended October
31, 2023, the average borrowings under the Loan Facility and the average annual interest rate (excluding fees) were $1,805,068,493 and 5.09%, respectively.
7 Affiliated Investments
At October 31, 2023, the value of the Portfolio's investment in
funds that may be deemed to be affiliated was $83,572,578, which represents 1.4% of the Portfolio's net assets. Transactions in such investments by the Portfolio for the year ended October 31, 2023 were as follows:
| Name
|
Value,
beginning of period |
Purchases
|
Sales
proceeds |
Net
realized gain (loss) |
Change
in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) |
Value,
end of period |
Dividend
income |
Shares,
end of period |
| Short-Term
Investments |
| Liquidity
Fund |
$86,209,963
|
$2,721,664,974
|
$(2,724,302,359)
|
$ —
|
$ —
|
$83,572,578
|
$5,747,653
|
83,572,578
|
8 Fair Value
Measurements
Under generally accepted accounting
principles for fair value measurements, a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the assumptions, referred to as inputs, is used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad levels
listed below.
| •
|
Level 1 – quoted prices
in active markets for identical investments |
| •
|
Level 2 – other
significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
| •
|
Level 3
– significant unobservable inputs (including a fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
In cases where the inputs used to measure fair value fall in
different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level disclosed is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not
necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
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Portfolio
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Notes to Financial
Statements — continued
At
October 31, 2023, the hierarchy of inputs used in valuing the Portfolio's investments and open derivative instruments, which are carried at fair value, were as follows:
| Asset
Description |
Level
1 |
Level
2 |
Level
3* |
Total
|
| Asset-Backed
Securities |
$
— |
$
287,354,466 |
$
— |
$
287,354,466 |
| Common
Stocks |
949,757
|
37,448,962
|
674,474
|
39,073,193
|
| Corporate
Bonds |
—
|
607,931,525
|
—
|
607,931,525
|
| Exchange-Traded
Funds |
15,955,200
|
—
|
—
|
15,955,200
|
| Preferred
Stocks |
—
|
7,359,595
|
—
|
7,359,595
|
| Senior
Floating-Rate Loans (Less Unfunded Loan Commitments) |
—
|
6,354,393,345
|
17,187,264
|
6,371,580,609
|
| Short-Term
Investments |
83,572,578
|
—
|
—
|
83,572,578
|
| Total
Investments |
$
100,477,535 |
$
7,294,487,893 |
$
17,861,738 |
$
7,412,827,166 |
| Forward
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts |
$
— |
$
9,783,097 |
$
— |
$
9,783,097 |
| Total
|
$
100,477,535 |
$
7,304,270,990 |
$
17,861,738 |
$
7,422,610,263 |
| Liability
Description |
|
|
|
|
| Forward
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts |
$
— |
$
(1,834,081) |
$
— |
$
(1,834,081) |
| Total
|
$ —
|
$
(1,834,081) |
$ —
|
$
(1,834,081) |
| *
|
None
of the unobservable inputs for Level 3 assets, individually or collectively, had a material impact on the Portfolio. |
Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the period
in relation to net assets were not significant and accordingly, a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for the year ended October 31, 2023 is not presented.
9 Risks and Uncertainties
Risks Associated with Foreign Investments
Foreign investments can be adversely affected by political,
economic and market developments abroad, including the imposition of economic and other sanctions by the United States or another country. There may be less publicly available information about foreign issuers because they may not be subject to
reporting practices, requirements or regulations comparable to those to which United States companies are subject. Foreign markets may be smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major markets in the United States. Trading in foreign markets
typically involves higher expense than trading in the United States. The Portfolio may have difficulties enforcing its legal or contractual rights in a foreign country. Securities that trade or are denominated in currencies other than the U.S.
dollar may be adversely affected by fluctuations in currency exchange rates.
Credit Risk
The Portfolio invests primarily in below investment grade
floating-rate loans, which are considered speculative because of the credit risk of their issuers. Changes in economic conditions or other circumstances are more likely to reduce the capacity of issuers of these securities to make principal and
interest payments. Such companies are more likely to default on their payments of interest and principal owed than issuers of investment grade bonds. An economic downturn generally leads to a higher non-payment rate, and a loan or other debt
obligation may lose significant value before a default occurs. Lower rated investments also may be subject to greater price volatility than higher rated investments. Moreover, the specific collateral used to secure a loan may decline in value or
become illiquid, which would adversely affect the loan’s value.
Senior Debt
Portfolio
October 31, 2023
Report of
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the
Trustees and Investors of Senior Debt Portfolio:
Opinion
on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights
We
have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Senior Debt Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), including the portfolio of investments, as of October 31, 2023, the related statements of operations and cash flows for the
year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial
statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Portfolio as of October 31, 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets
for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements and financial highlights are the
responsibility of the Portfolio’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Portfolio’s financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Portfolio in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in
accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to
error or fraud. The Portfolio is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial
reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Portfolio’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks
of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial
statements and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities and senior loans owned as of October 31, 2023, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and agent banks; when replies were not received from brokers and
agent banks, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
December 19, 2023
We have served as the auditor of one
or more Eaton Vance investment companies since 1959.
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Advantage Fund
October 31, 2023
Board of
Trustees’ Contract Approval
Overview of the Contract Review Process
The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940
Act”), provides, in substance, that the investment advisory agreement between a fund and its investment adviser will continue in effect from year-to-year only if its continuation is approved on an annual basis by a vote of the fund’s
board of trustees, including a majority of the trustees who are not “interested persons” of the fund (“independent trustees”), cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of considering such approval.
At a meeting held on June 8, 2023, the Boards of
Trustees/Directors (collectively, the “Board”) that oversee the registered investment companies advised by Eaton Vance Management or its affiliate, Boston Management and Research (the “Eaton Vance Funds”), including a
majority of the independent trustees (the “Independent Trustees”), voted to approve the continuation of existing investment advisory agreements and sub-advisory
agreements1 for each of the Eaton Vance Funds for an additional one-year period. The Board relied upon the affirmative recommendation of its Contract Review Committee, which is
a committee exclusively comprised of Independent Trustees. Prior to making its recommendation, the Contract Review Committee reviewed information furnished by the adviser and sub-adviser to each of the Eaton Vance Funds (including information
specifically requested by the Board) for a series of formal meetings held between April and June 2023, as well as certain additional information provided in response to specific requests from the Independent Trustees as members of the Contract
Review Committee. Members of the Contract Review Committee also considered information received at prior meetings of the Board and its committees, to the extent such information was relevant to the Contract Review Committee’s annual evaluation
of the investment advisory agreements and sub-advisory agreements.
In connection with its evaluation of the investment advisory
agreements and sub-advisory agreements, the Board considered various information relating to the Eaton Vance Funds. This included information applicable to all or groups of Eaton Vance Funds, which is referenced immediately below, and information
applicable to the particular Eaton Vance Fund covered by this report (each “Eaton Vance Fund” is referred to below as a “fund”). (For funds that invest through one or more underlying portfolios, references to “each
fund” in this section may include information that was considered at the portfolio-level.)
Information about Fees, Performance and Expenses
• A report from an independent
data provider comparing advisory and other fees paid by each fund to such fees paid by comparable funds, as identified by the independent data provider (“comparable funds”);
• A report from an independent
data provider comparing each fund’s total expense ratio (and its components) to those of comparable funds;
• A report from an independent
data provider comparing the investment performance of each fund (including, as relevant, total return data, income data, Sharpe ratios and information ratios) to the investment performance of comparable funds and, as applicable, benchmark indices,
over various time periods;
• In certain instances, data
regarding investment performance relative to customized groups of peer funds and blended indices identified by the adviser in consultation with the Portfolio Management Committee of the Board (a committee exclusively comprised of Independent
Trustees);
• Comparative
information concerning the fees charged and services provided by the adviser and sub-adviser to each fund in managing other accounts (which may include other mutual funds, collective investment funds and institutional accounts) using investment
strategies and techniques similar to those used in managing such fund(s), if any;
• Profitability analyses with
respect to the adviser and sub-adviser to each of the funds;
Information about Portfolio Management and Trading
• Descriptions of the investment
management services provided to each fund, as well as each of the funds’ investment strategies and policies;
• The procedures and processes
used to determine the value of fund assets, including, when necessary, the determination of “fair value” and actions taken to monitor and test the effectiveness of such procedures and processes;
• Information about the policies
and practices of each fund’s adviser and sub-adviser with respect to trading, including their processes for seeking best execution of portfolio transactions;
• Information about the
allocation of brokerage transactions and the benefits, if any, received by the adviser and sub-adviser to each fund as a result of brokerage allocation, including, as applicable, information concerning the acquisition of research through client
commission arrangements and policies with respect to “soft dollars”;
• Data relating to the portfolio
turnover rate of each fund and related information regarding active management in the context of particular strategies;
Information about each Adviser and Sub-adviser
• Reports detailing the
financial results and condition of the adviser and sub-adviser to each fund;
• Information regarding the
individual investment professionals whose responsibilities include portfolio management and investment research for the funds, and, for portfolio managers and certain other investment professionals, information relating to their responsibilities
with respect to managing other mutual funds and investment accounts, as applicable;
1 Not all Eaton Vance Funds have entered into a sub-advisory agreement with a sub-adviser. Accordingly, references to
“sub-adviser” or “sub-advisory agreement” in this “Overview” section may not be applicable to the particular Eaton Vance Fund covered by this report.
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Advantage Fund
October 31, 2023
Board of
Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued
• Information regarding the
adviser’s and its parent company’s (Morgan Stanley’s) efforts to retain and attract talented investment professionals, including in the context of a competitive marketplace for talent, as well as the ongoing unique environment
presented by hybrid, remote and other alternative work arrangements;
• Information regarding the
adviser’s compensation methodology for its investment professionals and the incentives and accountability it creates, along with investment professionals’ investments in the fund(s) they manage;
• The Code of Ethics of the
adviser and its affiliates and the sub-adviser of each fund, together with information relating to compliance with, and the administration of, such codes;
• Policies and procedures
relating to proxy voting, including regular reporting with respect to fund proxy voting activities;
• Information regarding the
handling of corporate actions and class actions, as well as information regarding litigation and other regulatory matters;
• Information concerning the
resources devoted to compliance efforts undertaken by the adviser and its affiliates and the sub-adviser of each fund, if any, including descriptions of their various compliance programs and their record of compliance;
• Information concerning the
business continuity and disaster recovery plans of the adviser and its affiliates and the sub-adviser of each fund, if any;
• A description of Eaton Vance
Management’s and Boston Management and Research’s oversight of sub-advisers, including with respect to regulatory and compliance issues, investment management and other matters;
Other Relevant Information
• Information regarding
ongoing initiatives to further integrate and harmonize, where applicable, the investment management and other departments of the adviser and its affiliates with the overall investment management infrastructure of Morgan Stanley, in light of Morgan
Stanley’s acquisition of Eaton Vance Corp. on March 1, 2021;
• Information concerning the
nature, cost and character of the administrative and other non-investment advisory services provided by Eaton Vance Management and its affiliates;
• Information concerning
oversight of the relationship with the custodian, subcustodians, fund accountants, and other third-party service providers by the adviser and/or administrator to each of the funds;
• Information concerning efforts
to implement policies and procedures with respect to various recently adopted regulations applicable to the funds, including Rule 12d1-4 (the Fund-of-Funds Rule), Rule 18f-4 (the Derivatives Rule) and Rule 2a-5 (the Fair Valuation Rule);
• For an Eaton Vance Fund
structured as an exchange-listed closed-end fund, information concerning the benefits of the closed-end fund structure, as well as, where relevant, the closed-end fund’s market prices (including as compared to the closed-end fund’s net
asset value (NAV)), trading volume data, continued use of auction preferred shares (where applicable), distribution rates and other relevant matters;
• The risks which the adviser
and/or its affiliates incur in connection with the management and operation of the funds, including, among others, litigation, regulatory, entrepreneurial, and other business risks (and the associated costs of such risks); and
• The terms of each investment
advisory agreement and sub-advisory agreement.
During the
various meetings of the Board and its committees over the course of the year leading up to the June 8, 2023 meeting, the Board received information from portfolio managers and other investment professionals of the advisers and sub-advisers of the
funds regarding investment and performance matters, and considered various investment and trading strategies used in pursuing the funds’ investment objectives. The Board also received information regarding risk management techniques employed
in connection with the management of the funds. The Board and its committees evaluated issues pertaining to industry and regulatory developments, compliance procedures, fund governance and other issues with respect to the funds, and received and
participated in reports and presentations provided by Eaton Vance Management, Boston Management and Research and fund sub-advisers, with respect to such matters. In addition to the formal meetings of the Board and its committees, the Independent
Trustees held regular teleconferences to discuss, among other topics, matters relating to the continuation of investment advisory agreements and sub-advisory agreements.
The Contract Review Committee was advised throughout the
contract review process by Goodwin Procter LLP, independent legal counsel for the Independent Trustees. The members of the Contract Review Committee, with the advice of such counsel, exercised their own business judgment in determining the material
factors to be considered in evaluating each investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory agreement and the weight to be given to each such factor. The conclusions reached with respect to each investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory
agreement were based on a comprehensive evaluation of all the information provided and not any single factor. Moreover, each member of the Contract Review Committee may have placed varying emphasis on particular factors in reaching conclusions with
respect to each investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory agreement. In evaluating each investment advisory agreement and sub-advisory agreement, including the fee structures and other terms contained in such agreements, the members of the
Contract Review Committee were also informed by multiple years of analysis and discussion with the adviser and sub-adviser to each of the Eaton Vance Funds.
Results of the Contract Review Process
Based on its consideration of the foregoing, and such other
information it deemed relevant, including the factors and conclusions described below, the Contract Review Committee concluded that the continuation of the investment advisory agreement between Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Advantage Fund (the
“Fund”) and Eaton Vance Management (“EVM”), as well as the investment advisory agreement between Senior Debt Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), the portfolio in which the Fund invests, and Boston Management and Research
(“BMR”) (EVM, with respect to the Fund, and BMR, with respect to the
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Advantage Fund
October 31, 2023
Board of
Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued
Portfolio, are each
referred to herein as the “Adviser”), including their respective fee structures, are in the interests of shareholders and, therefore, recommended to the Board approval of each agreement. Based on the recommendation of the Contract Review
Committee, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve continuation of the investment advisory agreements for the Fund and the Portfolio (together, the “investment advisory agreements”).
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services
In considering whether to approve the investment advisory
agreements for the Fund and the Portfolio, the Board evaluated the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund and to the Portfolio by the applicable Adviser.
The Board considered each Adviser’s management
capabilities and investment processes in light of the types of investments held by the Fund and the Portfolio, including the education, experience and number of investment professionals and other personnel who provide portfolio management,
investment research, and similar services to the Portfolio, including recent changes to such personnel. In particular, the Board considered the abilities and experience of each Adviser’s investment professionals in analyzing special
considerations relevant to investing in senior floating rate loans. The Board considered each Adviser’s large group of bank loan investment professionals and other personnel who provide services to the Fund and to the Portfolio, including
portfolio managers and analysts. The Board also took into account the resources dedicated to portfolio management and other services, the compensation methods of each Adviser and other factors, including the reputation and resources of the Adviser
to recruit and retain highly qualified research, advisory and supervisory investment professionals. In addition, the Board considered the time and attention devoted to the Eaton Vance Funds, including the Fund and the Portfolio, by senior
management, as well as the infrastructure, operational capabilities and support staff in place to assist in the portfolio management and operations of the Fund and the Portfolio, including the provision of administrative services. The Board also
considered the business-related and other risks to which each Adviser or its affiliates may be subject in managing the Fund and the Portfolio.
The Board noted that, under the terms of the investment
advisory agreement of the Fund, EVM may invest assets of the Fund directly in securities, for which it would receive a fee, or in the Portfolio, for which it receives no separate fee but for which BMR receives an advisory fee from the
Portfolio.
The Board considered the compliance programs
of each Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof. The Board considered compliance and reporting matters regarding, among other things, personal trading by investment professionals, disclosure of portfolio holdings, late trading, frequent trading,
portfolio valuation, business continuity and the allocation of investment opportunities. The Board also considered the responses of each Adviser and its affiliates to requests in recent years from regulatory authorities, such as the Securities and
Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
The Board considered other administrative services provided or
overseen by EVM and its affiliates, including transfer agency and accounting services. The Board evaluated the benefits to shareholders of investing in a fund that is a part of a large fund complex offering exposure to a variety of asset classes and
investment disciplines, as well as the ability, in many cases, to exchange an investment among different funds without incurring additional sales charges.
After consideration of the foregoing factors, among others, the
Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided by each Adviser, taken as a whole, are appropriate and consistent with the terms of the applicable investment advisory agreement.
Fund Performance
The Board compared the Fund’s investment performance to
that of comparable funds identified by an independent data provider (the peer group), as well as an appropriate benchmark index. The Board’s review included comparative performance data with respect to the Fund for the one-, three-, five- and
ten-year periods ended December 31, 2022. In this regard, the Board noted that the performance of the Fund was consistent with the median performance of the Fund’s peer group for the three-year period. The Board also noted that the performance
of the Fund was lower than its benchmark index for the three-year period. The Board concluded that the performance of the Fund was satisfactory.
Management Fees and Expenses
The Board considered contractual fee rates payable by the
Portfolio and by the Fund for advisory and administrative services (referred to collectively as “management fees”). As part of its review, the Board considered the Fund’s management fees and total expense ratio for the one-year
period ended December 31, 2022, as compared to those of comparable funds, before and after giving effect to any undertaking to waive fees or reimburse expenses. The Board also considered certain factors identified by management in response to
inquiries from the Contract Review Committee regarding the Fund’s total expense ratio relative to comparable funds.
After considering the foregoing information, and in light of
the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by each Adviser, the Board concluded that the management fees charged for advisory and related services are reasonable.
Profitability and “Fall-Out” Benefits
The Board considered the level of profits realized by each
Adviser and relevant affiliates thereof in providing investment advisory and administrative services to the Fund, to the Portfolio and to all Eaton Vance Funds as a group. The Board considered the level of profits realized without regard to
marketing support or other payments by each Adviser and its affiliates to third parties in respect of distribution or other services.
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Advantage Fund
October 31, 2023
Board of
Trustees’ Contract Approval — continued
The
Board concluded that, in light of the foregoing factors and the nature, extent and quality of the services rendered, the profits realized by each Adviser and its affiliates are deemed not to be excessive.
The Board also considered direct or indirect fall-out benefits
received by each Adviser and its affiliates in connection with their respective relationships with the Fund and the Portfolio, including the benefits of research services that may be available to each Adviser as a result of securities transactions
effected for the Fund and the Portfolio and other investment advisory clients.
Economies of Scale
In reviewing management fees and profitability, the Board also
considered the extent to which the applicable Adviser and its affiliates, on the one hand, and the Fund and the Portfolio, on the other hand, can expect to realize benefits from economies of scale as the assets of the Fund and the Portfolio
increase. The Board acknowledged the difficulty in accurately measuring the benefits resulting from economies of scale, if any, with respect to the management of any specific fund or group of funds. The Board reviewed data summarizing the increases
and decreases in the assets of the Fund and of all Eaton Vance Funds as a group over various time periods, and evaluated the extent to which the total expense ratio of the Fund and the profitability of each Adviser and its affiliates may have been
affected by such increases or decreases. Based upon the foregoing, the Board concluded that the Fund currently shares in the benefits from economies of scale, if any, when they are realized by the Adviser. The Board also concluded that the structure
of the advisory fees, which include breakpoints at several asset levels will allow the Fund and the Portfolio to continue to benefit from any economies of scale in the future.
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Advantage Fund
October 31, 2023
Liquidity Risk
Management Program
The Fund has implemented a written liquidity risk
management program (Program) and related procedures to manage its liquidity in accordance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (Liquidity Rule). The Liquidity Rule defines “liquidity risk” as the risk that
a fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the fund without significant dilution of the remaining investors’ interests in the fund. The Fund’s Board of Trustees/Directors has designated the investment adviser to serve
as the administrator of the Program and the related procedures. The administrator has established a Liquidity Risk Management Oversight Committee (Committee) to perform the functions necessary to administer the Program. As part of the Program, the
administrator is responsible for identifying illiquid investments and categorizing the relative liquidity of the Fund’s investments in accordance with the Liquidity Rule. Under the Program, the administrator assesses, manages, and
periodically reviews the Fund’s liquidity risk, and is responsible for making certain reports to the Fund’s Board of Trustees/Directors and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding the liquidity of the Fund’s
investments, and to notify the Board of Trustees/Directors and the SEC of certain liquidity events specified in the Liquidity Rule. The liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio investments is determined based on a number of factors including, but not
limited to, relevant market, trading and investment-specific considerations under the Program.
At a meeting of the Fund’s Board of Trustees/Directors on
June 7, 2023, the Committee provided a written report to the Fund’s Board of Trustees/
Directors pertaining to the operation, adequacy, and effectiveness of implementation of the Program, as well as the operation of the highly liquid
investment minimum (if applicable) for the period January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 (Review Period). The Program operated effectively during the Review Period, supporting the administrator’s ability to assess, manage and monitor Fund
liquidity risk, including during periods of market volatility and net redemptions. During the Review Period, the Fund met redemption requests on a timely basis.
There can be no assurance that the Program will achieve its
objectives in the future. Please refer to the Fund’s prospectus for more information regarding the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk and other principal risks to which an investment in the Fund may be subject.
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Advantage Fund
October 31, 2023
Management and
Organization
Fund
Management. The Trustees of Eaton Vance Mutual Funds Trust (the Trust) and Senior Debt Portfolio (the Portfolio) are responsible for the overall management and supervision of the Trust's and the Portfolio's affairs.
The Board members and officers of the Trust and the Portfolio are listed below. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the last five years. Board members hold indefinite terms of
office. Each Trustee holds office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, subject to a prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. Under the terms of the Fund's and the Portfolio's current Trustee retirement
policy, an Independent Trustee must retire and resign as a Trustee on the earlier of: (i) the first day of July following his or her 74th birthday; or (ii), with limited exception, December 31st of the 20th year in which he or she has served as a
Trustee. However, if such retirement and resignation would cause the Fund and the Portfolio to be out of compliance with Section 16 of the 1940 Act or any other regulations or guidance of the SEC, then such retirement and resignation will not become
effective until such time as action has been taken for the Fund and the Portfolio to be in compliance therewith. The “noninterested Trustees” consist of those Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust and the
Portfolio, as that term is defined under the 1940 Act. The business address of each Board member and officer is Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110. As used below, “BMR” refers to Boston Management and Research,
“EV” refers to EV LLC, “EVM” refers to Eaton Vance Management, "MSIM" refers to Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and “EVD” refers to Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. EV is the trustee of each of EVM and
BMR. Each of EVM, BMR, EVD and EV are indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries of Morgan Stanley. Each officer affiliated with EVM may hold a position with other EVM affiliates that is comparable to his or her position with EVM listed below. Each Trustee
oversees 127 funds in the Eaton Vance fund complex (including both funds and portfolios in a hub and spoke structure).
| Name
and Year of Birth |
Trust/Portfolio
Position(s) |
Length
of Service |
Principal
Occupation(s) and Other Directorships During Past Five Years and Other Relevant Experience |
| Interested Trustee
|
Anchal
Pachnanda(1) 1980 |
Trustee
|
Since
2023 |
Co-Head of
Strategy of MSIM (since 2019). Formerly, Head of Strategy of MSIM (2017-2019). Ms. Pachnanda is an interested person because of her position with MSIM, which is an affiliate of the Trust. Other
Directorships. None. |
| Noninterested Trustees
|
Alan
C. Bowser 1962 |
Trustee
|
Since
2022 |
Private investor.
Formerly, Chief Diversity Officer, Partner and a member of the Operating Committee, and formerly served as Senior Advisor on Diversity and Inclusion for the firm’s chief executive officer, Co-Head of the Americas Region, and Senior Client
Advisor of Bridgewater Associates, an asset management firm (2011- 2023). Other Directorships. Independent Director of Stout Risius Ross (a middle market professional services advisory firm) (since 2021).
|
Mark
R. Fetting 1954 |
Trustee
|
Since
2016 |
Private investor.
Formerly held various positions at Legg Mason, Inc. (investment management firm) (2000-2012), including President, Chief Executive Officer, Director and Chairman (2008-2012), Senior Executive Vice President (2004-2008) and Executive Vice President
(2001-2004). Formerly, President of Legg Mason family of funds (2001-2008). Formerly, Division President and Senior Officer of Prudential Financial Group, Inc. and related companies (investment management firm) (1991-2000). Other Directorships. None. |
Cynthia
E. Frost 1961 |
Trustee
|
Since
2014 |
Private investor.
Formerly, Chief Investment Officer of Brown University (university endowment) (2000-2012). Formerly, Portfolio Strategist for Duke Management Company (university endowment manager) (1995-2000). Formerly, Managing Director, Cambridge Associates
(investment consulting company) (1989-1995). Formerly, Consultant, Bain and Company (management consulting firm) (1987-1989). Formerly, Senior Equity Analyst, BA Investment Management Company (1983-1985). Other
Directorships. None. |
George
J. Gorman 1952 |
Chairperson
of the Board and Trustee |
Since
2021 (Chairperson) and 2014 (Trustee) |
Principal
at George J. Gorman LLC (consulting firm). Formerly, Senior Partner at Ernst & Young LLP (a registered public accounting firm) (1974-2009). Other Directorships. None. |
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Floating-Rate Advantage Fund
October 31, 2023
Management and
Organization — continued
| Name
and Year of Birth |
Trust/Portfolio
Position(s) |
Length
of Service |
Principal
Occupation(s) and Other Directorships During Past Five Years and Other Relevant Experience |
| Noninterested Trustees
(continued) |
Valerie
A. Mosley 1960 |
Trustee
|
Since
2014 |
Chairwoman
and Chief Executive Officer of Valmo Ventures (a consulting and investment firm). Founder of Upward Wealth, Inc., dba BrightUp, a fintech platform. Formerly, Partner and Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Investment Strategist at
Wellington Management Company, LLP (investment management firm) (1992-2012). Formerly, Chief Investment Officer, PG Corbin Asset Management (1990-1992). Formerly worked in institutional corporate bond sales at Kidder Peabody (1986-1990). Other Directorships. Director of DraftKings, Inc. (digital sports entertainment and gaming company) (since September 2020). Director of Envestnet, Inc. (provider of intelligent systems for wealth management and
financial wellness) (since 2018). Formerly, Director of Dynex Capital, Inc. (mortgage REIT) (2013-2020) and Director of Groupon, Inc. (e-commerce provider) (2020-2022). |
Keith
Quinton 1958 |
Trustee
|
Since
2018 |
Private investor,
researcher and lecturer. Formerly, Independent Investment Committee Member at New Hampshire Retirement System (2017-2021). Formerly, Portfolio Manager and Senior Quantitative Analyst at Fidelity Investments (investment management firm)
(2001-2014). Other Directorships. Formerly, Director (2016-2021) and Chairman (2019-2021) of New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank. |
Marcus
L. Smith 1966 |
Trustee
|
Since
2018 |
Private investor
and independent corporate director. Formerly, Chief Investment Officer, Canada (2012-2017), Chief Investment Officer, Asia (2010-2012), Director of Asian Research (2004-2010) and portfolio manager (2001-2017) at MFS Investment Management
(investment management firm). Other Directorships. Director of First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (an industrial REIT) (since 2021). Director of MSCI Inc. (global provider of investment decision support
tools) (since 2017). Formerly, Director of DCT Industrial Trust Inc. (logistics real estate company) (2017-2018). |
Susan
J. Sutherland 1957 |
Trustee
|
Since
2015 |
Private investor.
Director of Ascot Group Limited and certain of its subsidiaries (insurance and reinsurance) (since 2017). Formerly, Director of Hagerty Holding Corp. (insurance) (2015-2018) and Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. (insurance and reinsurance) (2013-2015).
Formerly, Associate, Counsel and Partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (law firm) (1982-2013). Other Directorships. Formerly, Director of Kairos Acquisition Corp. (insurance/InsurTech
acquisition company) (2021-2023). |
Scott
E. Wennerholm 1959 |
Trustee
|
Since
2016 |
Private investor.
Formerly, Trustee at Wheelock College (postsecondary institution) (2012-2018). Formerly, Consultant at GF Parish Group (executive recruiting firm) (2016-2017). Formerly, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President at BNY Mellon Asset
Management (investment management firm) (2005-2011). Formerly, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Natixis Global Asset Management (investment management firm) (1997-2004). Formerly, Vice President at Fidelity Investments
Institutional Services (investment management firm) (1994-1997). Other Directorships. None. |
Nancy
A. Wiser 1967 |
Trustee
|
Since
2022 |
Formerly,
Executive Vice President and the Global Head of Operations at Wells Fargo Asset Management (2011-2021). Other Directorships. None. |
| Name
and Year of Birth |
Trust/Portfolio
Position(s) |
Length
of Service |
Principal
Occupation(s) During Past Five Years |
| Principal
Officers who are not Trustees |
Kenneth
A. Topping 1966 |
President
|
Since
2023 |
Vice
President and Chief Administrative Officer of EVM and BMR and Chief Operating Officer for Public Markets at MSIM. Also Vice President of Calvert Research and Management (“CRM”) since 2021. Formerly, Chief Operating Officer for Goldman
Sachs Asset Management ‘Classic’ (2009-2020). |
Deidre
E. Walsh 1971 |
Vice
President and Chief Legal Officer |
Since
2009 |
Vice
President of EVM and BMR. Also Vice President of CRM. |
James
F. Kirchner 1967 |
Treasurer
|
Since
2007 |
Vice
President of EVM and BMR. Also Vice President of CRM. |
Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Advantage Fund
October 31, 2023
Management and
Organization — continued
| Name
and Year of Birth |
Trust/Portfolio
Position(s) |
Length
of Service |
Principal
Occupation(s) During Past Five Years |
| Principal
Officers who are not Trustees (continued) |
Nicholas
S. Di Lorenzo 1987 |
Secretary
|
Since
2022 |
Formerly,
associate (2012-2021) and counsel (2022) at Dechert LLP. |
Richard
F. Froio 1968 |
Chief
Compliance Officer |
Since
2017 |
Vice
President of EVM and BMR since 2017. Formerly, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer (Adviser/Funds) and Chief Compliance Officer (Distribution) at PIMCO (2012-2017) and Managing Director at BlackRock/Barclays Global Investors (2009-2012).
|
(1) Ms. Pachnanda began serving as Trustee effective April 1, 2023.
The SAI for the Fund includes additional information about the
Trustees and officers of the Fund and the Portfolio and can be obtained without charge on Eaton Vance’s website at www.eatonvance.com or by calling 1-800-262-1122.
| Privacy
Notice |
April 2021
|
| FACTS
|
WHAT
DOES EATON VANCE DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION? |
| Why?
|
Financial
companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read
this notice carefully to understand what we do. |
| |
|
| What?
|
The
types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:■ Social Security number and income ■ investment
experience and risk tolerance ■ checking account number and wire transfer instructions |
| |
|
| How?
|
All
financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information; the reasons Eaton Vance
chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. |
Reasons
we can share your personal information |
Does
Eaton Vance share? |
Can
you limit this sharing? |
| For
our everyday business purposes — such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit bureaus |
Yes
|
No
|
| For
our marketing purposes — to offer our products and services to you |
Yes
|
No
|
| For
joint marketing with other financial companies |
No
|
We
don’t share |
| For
our investment management affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your transactions, experiences, and creditworthiness |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| For
our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your transactions and experiences |
Yes
|
No
|
| For
our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness |
No
|
We
don’t share |
| For
our investment management affiliates to market to you |
Yes
|
Yes
|
| For
our affiliates to market to you |
No
|
We
don’t share |
| For
nonaffiliates to market to you |
No
|
We
don’t share |
To
limit our sharing |
Call
toll-free 1-800-262-1122 or email: EVPrivacy@eatonvance.comPlease note:If you are a new customer,
we can begin sharing your information 30 days from the date we sent this notice. When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. However, you can contact
us at any time to limit our sharing. |
| Questions?
|
Call
toll-free 1-800-262-1122 or email: EVPrivacy@eatonvance.com |
| Privacy
Notice — continued |
April 2021
|
| Who
we are |
| Who
is providing this notice? |
Eaton
Vance Management, Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc., Eaton Vance Trust Company, Eaton Vance Management (International) Limited, Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd., Eaton Vance Global Advisors Limited, Eaton Vance Management’s Real Estate
Investment Group, Boston Management and Research, Calvert Research and Management, Eaton Vance and Calvert Fund Families and our investment advisory affiliates (“Eaton Vance”) (see Investment Management Affiliates definition below)
|
| What
we do |
How
does Eaton Vance protect my personal information? |
To
protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings. We have policies governing the proper handling of
customer information by personnel and requiring third parties that provide support to adhere to appropriate security standards with respect to such information. |
How
does Eaton Vance collect my personal information? |
We
collect your personal information, for example, when you■ open an account or make deposits or withdrawals from your account ■ buy securities from us or make a wire transfer
■ give us your contact informationWe also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies. |
| Why
can’t I limit all sharing? |
Federal
law gives you the right to limit only■ sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness ■ affiliates from using your information
to market to you ■ sharing for nonaffiliates to market to youState laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. See below for more on your rights under state law.
|
| Definitions
|
Investment
Management Affiliates |
Eaton
Vance Investment Management Affiliates include registered investment advisers, registered broker- dealers, and registered and unregistered funds. Investment Management Affiliates does not include entities associated with Morgan Stanley Wealth
Management, such as Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. |
| Affiliates
|
Companies
related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.■ Our affiliates include companies with a Morgan Stanley name and financial
companies such as Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. |
| Nonaffiliates
|
Companies
not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.■ Eaton Vance does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to
you. |
| Joint
marketing |
A
formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.■ Eaton Vance doesn’t jointly market.
|
| Other
important information |
| Vermont:
Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about Vermont residents with Nonaffiliates unless you provide us with your written consent to share such
information.California: Except as permitted by law, we will not share personal information we collect about California residents with Nonaffiliates and we will limit sharing
such personal information with our Affiliates to comply with California privacy laws that apply to us. |
Delivery of Shareholder Documents. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) permits funds to deliver only one copy of shareholder documents, including prospectuses, proxy statements and
shareholder reports, to fund investors with multiple accounts at the same residential or post office box address. This practice is often called “householding” and it helps eliminate duplicate mailings to shareholders. Eaton Vance, or your financial intermediary, may household the mailing of your documents indefinitely unless you instruct Eaton Vance, or your financial intermediary, otherwise. If you would prefer that your Eaton Vance documents not be householded, please contact Eaton Vance at 1-800-262-1122, or contact your financial intermediary. Your instructions that householding not apply
to delivery of your Eaton Vance documents will typically be effective within 30 days of receipt by Eaton Vance or your financial intermediary.
Portfolio
Holdings. Each Eaton Vance Fund and its underlying Portfolio(s) (if applicable) files a schedule of portfolio holdings on Part F to Form N-PORT with the
SEC. Certain information filed on Form N-PORT may be viewed on the Eaton Vance website at www.eatonvance.com, by calling Eaton Vance at 1-800-262-1122 or in the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Proxy
Voting. From time to time, funds are required to vote proxies related to the securities held by the funds. The Eaton Vance Funds or their underlying
Portfolios (if applicable) vote proxies according to a set of policies and procedures approved by the Funds’ and Portfolios’ Boards. You may obtain a description of these policies and procedures and information on how the Funds or
Portfolios voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-262-1122 and by accessing the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Tailored Shareholder Reports. Effective January 24, 2023, the SEC adopted rule and form amendments to require open-end mutual funds and ETFs to transmit concise and visually engaging
streamlined annual and semiannual reports to shareholders that highlight key information. Other information, including financial statements, will no longer appear in a streamlined shareholder report but must be available online, delivered free of
charge upon request, and filed on a semiannual basis on Form N-CSR. The rule and form amendments have a compliance date of July 24, 2024. At this time, management is evaluating the impact of these amendments on the shareholder reports for the Eaton
Vance Funds.
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Investment Adviser of Senior Debt Portfolio
Boston Management and Research
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
Investment Adviser and Administrator of Eaton Vance
Floating-Rate Advantage Fund
Eaton Vance
Management
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
Principal Underwriter*
Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc.
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
(617) 482-8260
Custodian
State Street Bank and Trust Company
One Congress Street, Suite 1
Boston, MA 02114-2016
Transfer Agent
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
Attn: Eaton Vance Funds
P.O. Box 534439
Pittsburgh, PA 15253-4439
(800) 262-1122
Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
Deloitte & Touche
LLP
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA 02116-5022
Fund Offices
Two International Place
Boston, MA 02110
* FINRA BrokerCheck. Investors may check the background of their Investment Professional by contacting the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). FINRA BrokerCheck is a free tool to help investors check the
professional background of current and former FINRA-registered securities firms and brokers. FINRA BrokerCheck is available by calling 1-800-289-9999 and at www.FINRA.org. The FINRA BrokerCheck brochure describing this program is available to
investors at www.FINRA.org.
Item 2. Code of Ethics
The registrant (sometimes referred to as the Fund) has adopted a code of ethics applicable to its Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial
Officer and Principal Accounting Officer. The registrant undertakes to provide a copy of such code of ethics to any person upon request, without charge, by calling 1-800-262-1122. The registrant has not amended the code of ethics as described in Form N-CSR during the period covered by this report. The registrant has not
granted any waiver, including an implicit waiver, from a provision of the code of ethics as described in Form N-CSR during the period covered by this report.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert
The
registrants Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated George J. Gorman and Scott E. Wennerholm, each an independent trustee, as audit committee financial experts. Mr. Gorman is a certified public accountant who is the
Principal at George J. Gorman LLC (a consulting firm). Previously, Mr. Gorman served in various capacities at Ernst & Young LLP (a registered public accounting firm), including as Senior Partner. Mr. Gorman also has experience
serving as an independent trustee and audit committee financial expert of other mutual fund complexes. Mr. Wennerholm is a private investor. Previously, Mr. Wennerholm served as a Trustee at Wheelock College (postsecondary institution), as
a Consultant at GF Parish Group (executive recruiting firm), Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President at BNY Mellon Asset Management (investment management firm), Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Natixis Global
Asset Management (investment management firm), and Vice President at Fidelity Investments Institutional Services (investment management firm).
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
(a)-(d)
The following table presents the aggregate fees billed
to the registrant for the registrants fiscal years ended October 31, 2022 and October 31, 2023 by the registrants principal accountant, Deloitte & Touche LLP (D&T), for professional services rendered
for the audit of the registrants annual financial statements and fees billed for other services rendered by D&T during such periods.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Fiscal Years Ended |
|
10/31/22 |
|
|
10/31/23 |
|
| Audit Fees |
|
$ |
124,400 |
|
|
$ |
124,400 |
|
| Audit-Related Fees(1) |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
| Tax Fees(2) |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
| All Other Fees(3) |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
|
$ |
124,400 |
|
|
$ |
124,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| (1) |
Audit-related fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably
related to the performance of the audit of the registrants financial statements and are not reported under the category of audit fees and specifically include fees for the performance of certain agreed-upon procedures relating to the
registrants revolving credit |
agreement.
| (2) |
Tax fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant
relating to tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning and specifically include fees for tax return preparation and other tax related compliance/planning matters. |
| (3) |
All other fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for products and services provided by the registrants
principal accountant other than audit, audit-related, and tax services. |
(e)(1) The registrants audit committee has adopted
policies and procedures relating to the pre-approval of services provided by the registrants principal accountant (the Pre-Approval Policies). The Pre-Approval Policies establish a framework intended to assist the audit committee in the proper discharge of its pre-approval responsibilities. As a general matter, the Pre-Approval Policies (i) specify certain types of audit, audit-related, tax, and other services determined to be pre-approved by the audit committee; and
(ii) delineate specific procedures governing the mechanics of the pre-approval process, including the approval and monitoring of audit and non-audit service fees.
Unless a service is specifically pre-approved under the Pre-Approval Policies, it must be separately pre-approved by the audit
committee.
The Pre-Approval Policies and the types of audit and non-audit
services pre-approved therein must be reviewed and ratified by the registrants audit committee at least annually. The registrants audit committee maintains full responsibility for the appointment,
compensation, and oversight of the work of the registrants principal accountant.
(e)(2) No services described in paragraphs (b)-(d) above were approved by the registrants audit committee
pursuant to the de minimis exception set forth in Rule 2-01 (c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.
(f) Not applicable.
(g) The following table presents
(i) the aggregate non-audit fees (i.e., fees for audit-related, tax, and other services) billed to the registrant by D&T for the registrants fiscal years ended October 31, 2022 and
October 31, 2023; and (ii) the aggregate non-audit fees (i.e., fees for audit-related, tax, and other services) billed to the Eaton Vance organization by D&T for the same time periods.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Fiscal Years Ended |
|
10/31/22 |
|
|
10/31/23 |
|
| Registrant |
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
| Eaton Vance(1) |
|
$ |
52,836 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
| (1) |
Certain subsidiaries of Morgan Stanley provide ongoing services to the registrant. |
(h) The registrants audit committee has considered whether the provision by the registrants principal accountant of
non-audit services to the registrants investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not
pre-approved pursuant to Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountants
independence.
(i) Not applicable.
(j) Not applicable.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants
Not applicable.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments
Please see schedule of investments contained in the Report to Stockholders included under Item 1 of this Form
N-CSR.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for
Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities
by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers
Not applicable.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
No material changes.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures
(a) It is the conclusion of the registrants principal executive officer and principal financial officer that the effectiveness of the registrants
current disclosure controls and procedures (such disclosure controls and procedures having been evaluated within 90 days of the date of this filing) provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant has
been recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the Commissions rules and forms and that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant has been accumulated and communicated to the
registrants principal executive officer and principal financial officer in order to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(b) There
have been no changes in the registrants internal controls over financial reporting during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over
financial reporting.
Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management
Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 13.
Exhibits
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Senior Debt Portfolio
|
|
|
| By: |
|
/s/ Kenneth A. Topping |
|
|
Kenneth A. Topping |
|
|
President |
Date: December 22, 2023
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following
persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
|
|
|
| By: |
|
/s/ James F. Kirchner |
|
|
James F. Kirchner |
|
|
Treasurer |
Date: December 22, 2023
|
|
|
| By: |
|
/s/ Kenneth A. Topping |
|
|
Kenneth A. Topping |
|
|
President |
Date: December 22, 2023
Senior Debt Portfolio
FORM N-CSR
Exhibit 13(a)(2)(i)
CERTIFICATION
I, James F. Kirchner, certify that:
1. I have
reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Senior Debt Portfolio;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of
1940) for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures
to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report
is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting
to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions
about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period
covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting.
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| Date: December 22, 2023 |
|
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|
|
/s/ James F. Kirchner |
|
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|
|
James F. Kirchner |
|
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|
|
|
Treasurer |
Senior Debt Portfolio
FORM N-CSR
Exhibit 13(a)(2)(ii)
CERTIFICATION
I, Kenneth A. Topping, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this
report on Form N-CSR of Senior Debt Portfolio;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of
1940) for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures
to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report
is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting
to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions
about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period
covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting.
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| Date: December 22, 2023 |
|
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/s/ Kenneth A. Topping |
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Kenneth A. Topping |
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President |
Form N-CSR Item 13(b) Exhibit
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18
U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
The undersigned hereby certify in their capacity as Treasurer and President, respectively, of Senior Debt Portfolio (the
Portfolio), that:
| (a) |
The Annual Report of the Portfolio on Form N-CSR for the period
ended October 31, 2023 (the Report) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and |
| (b) |
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and
the results of operations of the Portfolio for such period. |
A signed original of this written statement required by section
906 has been provided to the Portfolio and will be retained by the Portfolio and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
Senior Debt Portfolio
Date: December 22, 2023
|
| /s/ James F. Kirchner |
| James F. Kirchner |
| Treasurer |
Date: December 22, 2023
|
| /s/ Kenneth A. Topping |
| Kenneth A. Topping |
| President |