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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

811-23330

 

 

 

BNY Mellon Alcentra Global Multi-Strategy Credit Fund, Inc.

 

 

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

c/o BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc.

240 Greenwich Street

New York, New York  10286

 

 

(Address of principal executive offices)        (Zip code)

 

 

 

 

 

Bennett A. MacDougall, Esq.

240 Greenwich Street

New York, New York  10286

 

 

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 

(212) 922-6400

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

 

03/31

 

Date of reporting period:

09/30/2020

 

 

             

 

 

 

 


 
 

FORM N-CSR

Item 1.           Reports to Stockholders.

 

 


 

BNY Mellon Alcentra Global Multi-Strategy Credit Fund, Inc.

 

SEMIANNUAL REPORT

September 30, 2020

 

 

 

BNY Mellon Alcentra Global Multi-Strategy Credit Fund, Inc.

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Our Pledge to You

THE FUND IS COMMITTED TO YOUR PRIVACY. On this page, you will find the fund’s policies and practices for collecting, disclosing, and safeguarding “nonpublic personal information,” which may include financial or other customer information. These policies apply to individuals who purchase fund shares for personal, family, or household purposes, or have done so in the past. This notification replaces all previous statements of the fund’s consumer privacy policy, and may be amended at any time. We’ll keep you informed of changes as required by law.

YOUR ACCOUNT IS PROVIDED IN A SECURE ENVIRONMENT. The fund maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard nonpublic personal information. The fund’s agents and service providers have limited access to customer information based on their role in servicing your account.

THE FUND COLLECTS INFORMATION IN ORDER TO SERVICE AND ADMINISTER YOUR ACCOUNT. The fund collects a variety of nonpublic personal information, which may include:

 Information we receive from you, such as your name, address, and social security number.

 Information about your transactions with us, such as the purchase or sale of fund shares.

 Information we receive from agents and service providers, such as proxy voting information.

THE FUND DOES NOT SHARE NONPUBLIC PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH ANYONE, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY LAW.

Thank you for this opportunity to serve you.

 

The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period covered and do not necessarily represent the views of BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. or any other person in the BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any fund in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds.

 

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BNY Mellon Alcentra Global Multi-Strategy Credit Fund, Inc.

 

The Fund

A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT OF BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC.

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to present this semiannual report for BNY Mellon Alcentra Global Multi-Strategy Credit Fund, Inc., covering the six-month period from April 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020. For information about how the fund performed during the reporting period, as well as general market perspectives, we provide a Discussion of Fund Performance on the pages that follow.

Emergency reductions in the federal funds rate in March 2020, combined with a rapid response by Congress, helped equity markets begin to recover early in the reporting period. Progress in containing the COVID-19 virus, as well as the easing of lockdowns in various states, also supported stocks, which generally posted strong returns. Other central banks and governments also enacted emergency stimulus measures to support their economies, and global equity valuations began to rebound, trending upward for the next few months. But uncertainties about the length of economic shutdowns, the U.S. presidential election, the timing of additional fiscal stimulus and the possibility of a second viral wave contributed to market volatility late in the period.

Actions by the U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) and by Congress were also critical in restoring calm to fixed-income markets. When COVID-19 first emerged, a flight to quality ensued, causing Treasury rates to plummet and credit spreads to widen; policy measures by the Fed, including relaunching certain asset purchase programs developed during the 2008-09 global financial crisis, helped markets begin to recover. Combined with a resurgence of economic activity and the Fed’s commitment to a “lower-for-longer” rate policy, these steps enabled some market segments to post year-to-date gains.

We believe that while the near-term outlook for the U.S. has improved, challenges remain. Much will depend on the progress in containing the COVID-19 virus and on the ongoing policy responses of the Fed and the government, which we are confident will support continued economic growth. As always, we will monitor relevant data for signs of change. We encourage you to discuss the risks and opportunities in today’s investment environment with your financial advisor.

Thank you for your continued confidence and support.

Sincerely,

Renee LaRoche-Morris
President
BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc.
October 15, 2020

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DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE (Unaudited)

For the period from April 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020, as provided by Chris Barris, Kevin Cronk, Hiram Hamilton, Leland Hart and Suhail A. Shaikh, Portfolio Managers

Market and Fund Performance Overview

For the six-month period ended September 30, 2020, BNY Mellon Alcentra Global Multi-Strategy Credit Fund, Inc. produced a total return of 40.50% on a net-asset-value basis. Over the same time period, the fund paid aggregate dividends of $3.75 per share.1 In comparison, the ICE BofA Merrill Lynch Global High Yield Index (the “Index”), the fund’s benchmark, posted a total return of 16.97% for the same period.2

Global high-yield fixed-income instruments produced positive returns over the reporting period, supported by central bank asset purchases and a low interest rate environment. The fund outperformed the Index, due in part to its position in structured credit, particularly collateralized loan obligations (CLOs).

The Fund’s Investment Approach

The fund seeks to provide total return consisting of high current income and capital appreciation. The fund normally will invest at least 80% of its managed assets in credit instruments and other investments with similar economic characteristics, including: first and second lien, senior secured loans, as well as investments in participations and assignments of such loans; senior unsecured, mezzanine and other collateralized and uncollateralized subordinated loans; unitranche loans; corporate debt obligations other than loans; and structured products, including collateralized bond, loan and other debt obligations, structured notes and credit-linked notes. The fund’s assets will be allocated to certain credit strategies, focusing on (i) senior secured loans; (ii) direct lending and subordinated loans; (iii) special situations; (iv) structured credit; and (v) corporate debt. The fund expects to invest a substantial portion of its managed assets, and may invest without limit, in credit instruments that, at the time of investment, are rated below investment grade, or, if unrated, determined to be of comparable quality by Alcentra.

Central Bank Policy and COVID-19 Drive Markets

Fixed-income instruments generally posted positive returns over the six-months. The period brought a recovery in many risk asset prices, which were subject to severe drawdown prior to the start of the period, as COVID-19 spread throughout the globe, leading to widespread economic shutdowns. Concerns about corporate earnings, consumer spending and the general economic health of the globe led to dramatic spread widening and a large depression in asset prices. In April 2020, there was a partial recovery in riskier bonds. The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) pledged to help bolster asset prices by creating liquidity in the market and purchasing many types of corporate and asset-backed securities. Spreads began to tighten again, as stimulus efforts, asset purchases and business reopenings began to support economies and security valuations. However, Treasury yields remained very low through the end of the six-months. In September 2020, increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases and concerns over the health of company earnings led to a pullback in the corporate debt markets.

Despite the general recovery seen over the period, large swaths of the economy remained constrained by COVID-19, such as leisure, travel and entertainment, keeping downward

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DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE (Unaudited) (continued)

pressure on securities issued by companies in these industries. In addition, the recovery was not uniform across all asset types. Some structured credit securities, such as collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), began their price recovery in May 2020, which was later than corporate debt, leading to a lag in their recovery. While the asset class did rebound significantly during the summer, as of period end prices had not yet caught up to their pre-drawdown levels.

CLO Holdings Bolster Results

The best performing asset class over the six-month period was structured credit, specifically CLOs. Prior to the start of the period, CLOs experienced an historic drawdown in price. Although the CLO price recovery lagged the rebound of the broader market, these assets appreciated significantly starting in May 2020. This recovery in valuation worked to boost fund returns. High-yield holdings also benefited performance. The fund aggressively took advantage of “fallen angels” early in the period, which produced positive results. A “fallen angels” is a security that has been downgraded from investment-grade to high-yield. The fund also shifted some of its bank loan allocation into high-yield securities, which also bolstered performance during the high-yield rally that lasted through August 2020.

European and U.S. bank loans also provided a moderate tailwind to performance, although they were the poorest performing asset class during the six-month period. Floating-rate bank loans are often seen as a hedge against rising rates. However, in an environment where many central banks remain supportive of a “lower for longer” rate policy, demand for these instruments can be less supported.

Positioned for a Changing Landscape

We believe the current environment yields a variety of questions about the best way to move forward. There seem to be several ongoing issues that have the potential to affect market activity, and we are watching them closely. First, there are the upcoming elections. Next, there is the choppy progress of economic reopenings. Lastly, the possibility of a COVID-19 vaccine and its effects on peoples’ lives, the economy and the markets. With so many potentially large inflection points ahead, we think it is best to remain focused on what we can control.

We remain focused on credits issued by companies we think can continue to generate attractive cash flow while maintaining reasonable debt levels. We continue to favor the packaging industry and have been increasing exposure to health care companies based on the expectation that future political election outcomes may reinforce positive valuations of these securities. We also view the financials sector positively at this time. The fund remains focused on providing a competitive level of high current income and has been weighted towards B rated and select CCC rated debt. To the extent that we can continue to find attractive opportunities within BB rated CLOs, bank loans and European high-yield credit, we may continue to invest in those areas of the market as well. We maintain a positive view of structured credit on the basis that it provides attractive yields for our investors, and we believe the underlying assets are fundamentally sound, despite the lag in price recovery to pre-COVID levels. Structured credit is currently one of our largest allocations in the fund, and we plan to maintain our allocation. We have continued to reduce our global bank loan exposure in favor of increasing our global high-yield credit holdings. On the other hand, we remain cautious about COVID-19-sensitive sectors (for example, retail, transportation and

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gaming), as we believe the economic story of the pandemic still has several innings yet to play.

October 15, 2020

1 Total return includes reinvestment of dividends and any capital gains paid, based upon net asset value per share. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Share price, yield and investment return fluctuate such that upon redemption, fund shares may be worth more or less than their original cost.

2 Source: FactSet — The ICE BofA Merrill Lynch Global High Yield Index is a measure of the global high-yield debt market. The Index represents the union of the U.S. high-yield, the pan-European high-yield and emerging-markets, hard currency, high-yield indices. Investors cannot invest directly in any index.

Bonds are subject generally to interest-rate, credit, liquidity and market risks, to varying degrees. Generally, all other factors being equal, bond prices are inversely related to interest-rate changes, and rate increases can cause price declines. High-yield bonds are subject to increased credit risk and are considered speculative in terms of the issuer’s perceived ability to continue making interest payments on a timely basis and to repay principal upon maturity. The use of leverage may magnify the fund’s gains or losses. For derivatives with a leveraging component, adverse changes in the value or level of the underlying asset can result in a loss that is much greater than the original investment in the derivative.

Collateralized Loan Obligations (“CLOs”) and other types of Collateralized debt obligations (“CDOs”) are typically privately offered and sold, and thus are not registered under the securities laws. As a result, investments in CLOs and other types of CDOs may be characterized by the fund as illiquid securities. In addition to the general risks associated with credit instruments, CLOs and other types of CDOs carry additional risks, including, but not limited to: (i) the possibility that distributions from collateral securities will not be adequate to make interest or other payments; (ii) the quality of the collateral may decline in value or default; (iii) the possibility that the CLO or CDO is subordinate to other classes; and (iv) the complex structure of the security may not be fully understood at the time of investment and may produce disputes with the issuer or unexpected investment results.The Senior Secured Loans in which the fund will invest typically will be below investment grade quality. Although, in contrast to other below investment grade instruments, Senior Secured Loans hold senior positions in the capital structure of a business entity, are secured with specific collateral and have a claim on the assets and/or stock of the borrower that is senior to that held by unsecured creditors, subordinated debt holders and stockholders of the borrower, the risks associated with Senior Secured Loans are similar to the risks of below investment grade instruments. Although the Senior Secured Loans in which the fund will invest will be secured by collateral, there can be no assurance that such collateral can be readily liquidated or that the liquidation of such collateral would satisfy the borrower’s obligation in the event of non-payment of scheduled interest or principal. Additionally, if a borrower under a Senior Secured Loan default, becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy, the fund may recover only a fraction of what is owed on the Senior Secured Loan or nothing at all. In general, the secondary trading market for Senior Secured Loans is not fully developed. Illiquidity and adverse market conditions may mean that the fund may not be able to sell certain Senior Secured Loans quickly or at a fair price.Subordinated Loans generally are subject to similar risks as those associated with investments in Senior Secured Loans, except that such loans are subordinated in payment and/or lower in lien priority to first lien holders. Subordinated Loans are subject to the additional risk that the cash flow of the borrower and collateral securing the loan or debt, if any, may be insufficient to meet scheduled payments after giving effect to the senior unsecured or senior secured obligations of the borrower. This risk is generally higher for subordinated unsecured loans or debt, which are not backed by a security interest in any specific collateral. Subordinated Loans generally have greater price volatility than Senior Secured Loans and may be less liquid.

Recent market risks include pandemic risks related to COVID-19. The effects of COVID-19 have contributed to increased volatility in global markets and will likely affect certain countries, companies, industries and market sectors more dramatically than others. To the extent the fund may overweight its investments in certain countries, companies, industries or market sectors, such positions will increase the fund’s exposure to risk of loss from adverse developments affecting those countries, companies, industries or sectors.

The fund may, but is not required to, use derivative instruments. A small investment in derivatives could have a potentially large impact on the fund’s performance. The use of derivatives involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in the underlying assets.

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
September 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

                   
 

Description

Coupon
Rate (%)

 

Maturity
Date

 

Principal
Amount ($)

a,b

Value ($)

 

Bonds and Notes - 96.1%

         

Advertising - .4%

         

Clear Channel International, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

6.63

 

8/1/2025

 

200,000

c

205,190

 

Terrier Media Buyer, Gtd. Notes

 

8.88

 

12/15/2027

 

716,000

c

722,712

 
 

927,902

 

Aerospace & Defense - .6%

         

TransDigm, Gtd. Notes

 

5.50

 

11/15/2027

 

70,000

 

67,407

 

TransDigm, Gtd. Notes

 

6.50

 

5/15/2025

 

735,000

 

734,081

 

TransDigm, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

8.00

 

12/15/2025

 

750,000

c

816,375

 
 

1,617,863

 

Airlines - .2%

         

American Airlines, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

11.75

 

7/15/2025

 

445,000

c

430,202

 

Automobiles & Components - 2.0%

         

American Axle & Manufacturing, Gtd. Notes

 

6.88

 

7/1/2028

 

525,000

 

510,258

 

Clarios Global, Gtd. Notes

 

8.50

 

5/15/2027

 

1,025,000

c

1,065,129

 

Clarios Global, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

6.75

 

5/15/2025

 

108,000

c

113,840

 

Dealer Tire, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

8.00

 

2/1/2028

 

860,000

c

879,350

 

Ford Motor, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

5.29

 

12/8/2046

 

175,000

 

164,500

 

Ford Motor, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

8.50

 

4/21/2023

 

260,000

 

283,815

 

Ford Motor, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

9.00

 

4/22/2025

 

390,000

 

447,640

 

Ford Motor Credit, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

5.11

 

5/3/2029

 

400,000

 

411,500

 

Ford Motor Credit, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

5.58

 

3/18/2024

 

380,000

 

395,803

 

Samvardhana Motherson Automotive Systems Group, Sr. Scd. Notes

EUR

1.80

 

7/6/2024

 

650,000

c

696,293

 
 

4,968,128

 

Building Materials - .7%

         

Cornerstone Building Brands, Gtd. Notes

 

6.13

 

1/15/2029

 

75,000

c

75,984

 

Cornerstone Building Brands, Gtd. Notes

 

8.00

 

4/15/2026

 

1,064,000

c

1,119,860

 

Griffon, Gtd. Notes

 

5.75

 

3/1/2028

 

500,000

 

523,115

 

US Concrete, Gtd. Notes

 

5.13

 

3/1/2029

 

111,000

c

111,624

 
 

1,830,583

 

Chemicals - 2.0%

         

Consolidated Energy Finance, Gtd. Notes

 

6.50

 

5/15/2026

 

445,000

c

391,320

 

Consolidated Energy Finance, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

6.88

 

6/15/2025

 

540,000

c

493,082

 

CVR Partners, Scd. Notes

 

9.25

 

6/15/2023

 

430,000

c

397,705

 

Fire BC, Sr. Scd. Notes, 3 Month EURIBOR +4.75% @ Floor

EUR

4.75

 

9/30/2024

 

230,000

c,d

240,675

 

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Description

Coupon
Rate (%)

 

Maturity
Date

 

Principal
Amount ($)

a,b

Value ($)

 

Bonds and Notes - 96.1% (continued)

         

Chemicals - 2.0% (continued)

         

Innophos Holdings, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

9.38

 

2/15/2028

 

745,000

c

794,822

 

Kraton Polymers, Gtd. Notes

 

7.00

 

4/15/2025

 

570,000

c

582,469

 

Methanex, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

5.13

 

10/15/2027

 

300,000

 

298,875

 

Tronox, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

6.50

 

5/1/2025

 

377,000

c

392,787

 

Venator Finance, Gtd. Notes

 

5.75

 

7/15/2025

 

585,000

c

507,853

 

Venator Finance, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

9.50

 

7/1/2025

 

865,000

c

921,225

 
 

5,020,813

 

Collateralized Loan Obligations Debt - 45.3%

         

Adagio CLO VIII, Ser. 8A, Cl. E, 3 Month EURIBOR +6.03% @ Floor

EUR

6.03

 

4/15/2032

 

3,000,000

c,d

3,240,306

 

Armada Euro CLO III, Ser. 3A, Cl. E, 3 Month EURIBOR +5.60% @ Floor

EUR

5.60

 

7/15/2031

 

3,300,000

c,d

3,607,012

 

Barings CLO, Ser. 2019-4A, CI. E, 3 Month LIBOR +7.39%

 

7.67

 

1/15/2033

 

3,000,000

c,d

2,992,245

 

Barings Euro CLO, Ser. 2018-3A, Cl. E, 3 Month EURIBOR +5.79% @ Floor

EUR

5.79

 

7/27/2031

 

2,150,000

c,d

2,190,684

 

Barings Euro CLO, Ser. 2019-1A, CI. E, 3 Month EURIBOR +6.55% @ Floor

EUR

6.55

 

10/21/2032

 

1,500,000

c,d

1,648,955

 

Battalion CLO, Ser. 2017-11A, CI. E, 3 Month LIBOR +5.98%

 

6.24

 

10/24/2029

 

2,700,000

c,d

2,505,127

 

Blackrock European CLO VIII, Ser. 8A, Cl. E, 3 Month EURIBOR +5.75% @ Floor

EUR

5.75

 

7/20/2032

 

2,000,000

c,d

2,170,205

 

BlueMountain CLO, Ser. 2016-2A, CI. DR, 3 Month LIBOR +7.79%

 

8.04

 

8/20/2032

 

2,250,000

c,d

2,049,907

 

Cairn CLO VI, Ser. 2016-6A, CL. FR, 3 Month EURIBOR +8.25% @ Floor

EUR

8.25

 

7/25/2029

 

2,700,000

c,d

2,919,457

 

Carlyle Euro CLO, Ser. 2019-1A, CI. D, 3 Month EURIBOR +6.12% @ Floor

EUR

6.12

 

3/15/2032

 

4,200,000

c,d

4,646,073

 

Carlyle Global Market Strategies Euro CLO, Ser. 2014-2A, Cl. DRR, 3 Month EURIBOR +5.70% @ Floor

EUR

5.70

 

11/17/2031

 

2,034,000

c,d

2,085,378

 

Carlyle Global Market Strategies Euro CLO, Ser. 2015-1A, CI. ER, 3 Month EURIBOR +8.03% @ Floor

EUR

8.03

 

1/16/2033

 

1,000,000

c,d

919,147

 

Carlyle Global Market Strategies Euro CLO, Ser. 2016-2A, CI. DR, 3 Month EURIBOR +6.15% @ Floor

EUR

6.15

 

1/18/2030

 

4,800,000

c,d

5,207,846

 

Contego CLO VII, Ser. 7A, Cl. F, 3 Month EURIBOR +8.76% @ Floor

EUR

8.76

 

5/14/2032

 

3,500,000

c,d

3,923,432

 

Crosthwaite Park CLO, Ser. 1A, Cl. D, 3 Month EURIBOR +6.20% @ Floor

EUR

6.20

 

3/15/2032

 

1,000,000

c,d

1,138,187

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

                   
 

Description

Coupon
Rate (%)

 

Maturity
Date

 

Principal
Amount ($)

a,b

Value ($)

 

Bonds and Notes - 96.1% (continued)

         

Collateralized Loan Obligations Debt - 45.3% (continued)

         

Crown Point 8 CLO, Ser. 2019-8A, Cl. E, 3 Month LIBOR +7.10%

 

7.37

 

10/20/2032

 

3,000,000

c,d

2,915,145

 

CVC Cordatus Loan Fund CLO XIV, Ser. 14A, Cl. E, 3 Month EURIBOR +5.90% @ Floor

EUR

5.90

 

5/22/2032

 

3,000,000

c,d

3,380,015

 

Dryden 66 EURO CLO, Ser. 2018-66A, CI. E, 3 Month EURIBOR +5.41% @ Floor

EUR

5.41

 

1/18/2032

 

2,000,000

c,d

2,127,253

 

Elevation CLO, Ser. 2013-1A, Cl. D1R2, 3 Month LIBOR +7.65%

 

7.93

 

8/15/2032

 

2,500,000

c,d

2,409,400

 

Jamestown CLO XIV, Ser. 2019-14A, CI. D, 3 Month LIBOR +7.04%

 

7.31

 

10/20/2032

 

3,000,000

c,d

2,921,244

 

KKR CLO, Ser. 17, Cl. E, 3 Month LIBOR +6.20%

 

6.48

 

4/15/2029

 

3,000,000

c,d

2,606,370

 

KKR CLO, Ser. 27A, Cl. E, 3 Month LIBOR +6.90%

 

7.18

 

10/15/2032

 

3,000,000

c,d

2,830,293

 

KVK CLO, Ser. 2016-1A, CI. E, 3 Month LIBOR +7.90%

 

8.18

 

1/15/2029

 

4,000,000

c,d

3,524,150

 

Madison Park Funding XXX CLO, Ser. 2018-30A, Cl. D, 3 Month LIBOR +2.50%

 

2.78

 

4/15/2029

 

1,150,000

c,d

1,060,274

 

Marathon CLO 14, Ser. 2019-2A, Cl. C2, 3 Month LIBOR +5.97%

 

6.24

 

1/20/2033

 

1,000,000

c,d

990,355

 

Marble Point CLO XV, Ser. 2019-1A, Cl. E, 3 Month LIBOR +6.83%

 

7.09

 

7/23/2032

 

3,000,000

c,d

2,822,217

 

MidOcean Credit CLO X, Ser. 2019-10A, CI. E, 3 Month LIBOR +7.44%

 

7.70

 

10/23/2032

 

4,000,000

c,d

3,808,248

 

Northwoods Capital CLO 20, Ser. 2019-20A, CI. E, 3 Month LIBOR +7.85%

 

8.09

 

1/25/2030

 

3,000,000

c,d

2,917,436

 

Ocean Trails CLO VI, Ser. 2016-6A, CI. ER, 3 Month LIBOR +7.45%

 

7.73

 

7/15/2028

 

1,500,000

c,d

1,219,264

 

Octagon Investment Partners CLO 20-R, Ser. 2019-4A, Cl. E, 3 Month LIBOR +6.80%

 

7.06

 

5/12/2031

 

4,000,000

c,d

3,611,511

 

Purple Finance CLO 2, Ser. 2A, Cl. E, 3 Month EURIBOR +6.40% @ Floor

EUR

6.40

 

4/20/2032

 

2,600,000

c,d

2,763,422

 

Purple Finance CLO 2, Ser. 2A, Cl. F, 3 Month EURIBOR +8.84% @ Floor

EUR

8.84

 

4/20/2032

 

2,300,000

c,d

2,406,140

 

RRE 2 Loan Management CLO, Ser. 2A, Cl. E, 3 Month EURIBOR +5.80% @ Floor

EUR

5.80

 

1/15/2032

 

2,000,000

c,d

2,240,355

 

Sound Point CLO XXIII, Ser. 2019-2A, Cl. E, 3 Month LIBOR +6.71%

 

6.99

 

4/15/2032

 

4,750,000

c,d

4,310,093

 

8

 

                   
 

Description

Coupon
Rate (%)

 

Maturity
Date

 

Principal
Amount ($)

a,b

Value ($)

 

Bonds and Notes - 96.1% (continued)

         

Collateralized Loan Obligations Debt - 45.3% (continued)

         

THL Credit Wind River CLO, Ser. 2019-3A, Cl. E, 3 Month LIBOR +6.55%

 

6.83

 

4/15/2031

 

3,000,000

c,d

2,764,710

 

Toro European CLO 3, Ser. 3A, CI. E, 3 Month EURIBOR +5.60% @ Floor

EUR

5.60

 

4/15/2030

 

3,000,000

c,d

3,252,554

 

Toro European CLO 6, Ser. 6A, Cl. E, 3 Month EURIBOR +6.49% @ Floor

EUR

6.49

 

1/12/2032

 

1,385,000

c,d

1,545,999

 

Toro European CLO 6, Ser. 6A, Cl. F, 3 Month EURIBOR +8.49% @ Floor

EUR

8.49

 

1/12/2032

 

2,745,000

c,d

2,788,066

 

Trimaran CAVU CLO, Ser. 2019-1A, CI. E, 3 Month LIBOR +7.04%

 

7.31

 

7/20/2032

 

2,100,000

c,d

1,958,164

 

Trimaran CAVU CLO, Ser. 2019-2A, Cl. D, 3 Month LIBOR +6.95%

 

7.22

 

11/26/2032

 

1,750,000

c,d

1,639,419

 

Voya Euro CLO II, Ser. 2A, Cl. E, 3 Month EURIBOR +5.90% @ Floor

EUR

5.90

 

7/15/2032

 

3,200,000

c,d

3,617,535

 

Wellfleet X CLO, Ser. 2019-XA, CI. D, 3 Month LIBOR +7.03%

 

7.30

 

4/20/2032

 

4,000,000

c,d

3,580,853

 

York 1 CLO, Ser. 2014-1A, Cl. DRR, 3 Month LIBOR +3.01%

 

3.27

 

10/22/2029

 

860,000

c,d

805,323

 
 

114,059,769

 

Collateralized Loan Obligations Equity - 5.1%

         

Blackrock European CLO IV, Ser. 4A, CI. SUB

EUR

12.74

 

7/15/2030

 

5,822,000

c,e

3,864,146

 

Blackrock European CLO VIII, Ser. 8A, Cl. SUB

EUR

13.59

 

7/20/2032

 

1,425,000

c,e

1,138,610

 

BlueMountain Fuji CLO III, Ser. 3A, CI. SUB

EUR

13.81

 

1/15/2031

 

3,000,000

c,e

1,987,408

 

KVK CLO, Ser. 2016-1A, CI. SUB

 

0.00

 

1/15/2029

 

10,000,000

c,e

3,073,920

 

Madison Park Funding X CLO, Ser. 2012-10A, Cl. SUB

 

6.87

 

1/20/2029

 

5,000,000

c,e

2,056,745

 

Providus CLO II, Ser. 2A, Cl. SUB

EUR

6.92

 

7/15/2031

 

1,000,000

c,e

703,470

 
 

12,824,299

 

Commercial & Professional Services - 5.1%

         

Allied Universal Holdco, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

6.63

 

7/15/2026

 

185,000

c

197,256

 

APX Group, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

6.75

 

2/15/2027

 

550,000

c

571,571

 

La Financiere Atalian, Gtd. Bonds

EUR

5.13

 

5/15/2025

 

2,900,000

 

2,898,590

 

La Financiere Atalian, Gtd. Notes

GBP

6.63

 

5/15/2025

 

4,000,000

 

4,400,093

 

MPH Acquisition Holdings, Gtd. Notes

 

7.13

 

6/1/2024

 

1,065,000

c

1,095,619

 

Nielsen Finance, Gtd. Notes

 

5.88

 

10/1/2030

 

290,000

c

300,694

 

Prime Security Services Borrower, Scd. Notes

 

6.25

 

1/15/2028

 

525,000

c

532,303

 

9

 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

                   
 

Description

Coupon
Rate (%)

 

Maturity
Date

 

Principal
Amount ($)

a,b

Value ($)

 

Bonds and Notes - 96.1% (continued)

         

Commercial & Professional Services - 5.1% (continued)

         

Verisure Holding, Sr. Scd. Bonds, 3 Month EURIBOR +5.00% at Floor

EUR

5.00

 

4/15/2025

 

145,000

c,d

172,665

 

Verisure Midholding, Gtd. Bonds

EUR

5.75

 

12/1/2023

 

630,000

c

740,802

 

Verscend Escrow, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

9.75

 

8/15/2026

 

1,230,000

c

1,340,442

 

WW International, Gtd. Notes

 

8.63

 

12/1/2025

 

575,000

c

601,594

 
 

12,851,629

 

Consumer Discretionary - 2.5%

         

Allen Media, Gtd. Notes

 

10.50

 

2/15/2028

 

736,000

c

711,966

 

Ashton Woods USA, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

6.63

 

1/15/2028

 

435,000

c

438,263

 

Banijay Group, Sr. Unscd. Notes

EUR

6.50

 

3/1/2026

 

1,305,000

c

1,489,960

 

Boyd Gaming, Gtd. Notes

 

6.38

 

4/1/2026

 

70,000

 

72,981

 

Boyd Gaming, Gtd. Notes

 

8.63

 

6/1/2025

 

92,000

c

100,973

 

Caesars Entertainment, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

6.25

 

7/1/2025

 

110,000

c

114,813

 

Caesars Entertainment, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

8.13

 

7/1/2027

 

280,000

c

297,165

 

Core & Main Holdings, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

8.63

 

9/15/2024

 

905,000

c

914,521

 

H&E Equipment Services, Gtd. Notes

 

5.63

 

9/1/2025

 

85,000

 

88,719

 

International Game Technology, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

5.25

 

1/15/2029

 

200,000

c

202,571

 

Lions Gate Capital Holdings, Gtd. Notes

 

6.38

 

2/1/2024

 

785,000

c

779,595

 

Scientific Games International, Gtd. Notes

 

8.25

 

3/15/2026

 

565,000

c

592,241

 

Scientific Games International, Gtd. Notes

 

8.63

 

7/1/2025

 

135,000

c

141,122

 

Scientific Games International, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

5.00

 

10/15/2025

 

185,000

c

186,503

 

Taylor Morrison Communities, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

5.13

 

8/1/2030

 

32,000

c

34,300

 
 

6,165,693

 

Diversified Financials - 2.9%

         

Cabot Financial Luxembourg, Sr. Scd. Notes

GBP

7.50

 

10/1/2023

 

1,280,000

 

1,672,979

 

Compass Group Diversified Holdings, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

8.00

 

5/1/2026

 

275,000

c

289,729

 

FS Energy & Power Fund, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

7.50

 

8/15/2023

 

1,050,000

c

958,235

 

Garfunkelux Holdco 3, Sr. Scd. Notes

GBP

8.50

 

11/1/2022

 

1,400,000

 

1,672,819

 

Icahn Enterprises, Gtd. Notes

 

6.25

 

5/15/2026

 

635,000

 

663,473

 

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Gtd. Notes

 

5.50

 

8/15/2028

 

560,000

c

560,350

 

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Gtd. Notes

 

6.00

 

1/15/2027

 

465,000

c

474,802

 

10

 

                   
 

Description

Coupon
Rate (%)

 

Maturity
Date

 

Principal
Amount ($)

a,b

Value ($)

 

Bonds and Notes - 96.1% (continued)

         

Diversified Financials - 2.9% (continued)

         

Navient, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

5.50

 

1/25/2023

 

135,000

 

136,658

 

Navient, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

7.25

 

9/25/2023

 

925,000

 

959,109

 
 

7,388,154

 

Electronic Components - .3%

         

Wesco Distribution, Gtd. Notes

 

7.13

 

6/15/2025

 

260,000

c

283,563

 

Wesco Distribution, Gtd. Notes

 

7.25

 

6/15/2028

 

465,000

c

510,142

 
 

793,705

 

Energy - 6.4%

         

Antero Midstream Partners, Gtd. Notes

 

5.75

 

1/15/2028

 

320,000

c

263,968

 

Antero Midstream Partners, Gtd. Notes

 

5.75

 

3/1/2027

 

545,000

c

452,350

 

Apache, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

4.25

 

1/15/2030

 

190,000

 

171,594

 

Apache, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

4.38

 

10/15/2028

 

244,000

 

223,718

 

Apache, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

4.88

 

11/15/2027

 

90,000

 

85,219

 

Apache, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

5.10

 

9/1/2040

 

346,000

 

311,668

 

Apache, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

5.35

 

7/1/2049

 

80,000

 

70,914

 

Blue Racer Midstream, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

6.63

 

7/15/2026

 

960,000

c

848,218

 

CGG, Scd. Bonds, 3 Month LIBOR +4.00%

 

5.00

 

2/21/2024

 

2,175,675

 

2,164,797

 

Continental Resources, Gtd. Notes

 

4.50

 

4/15/2023

 

420,000

 

401,201

 

Crestwood Midstream Partners, Gtd. Notes

 

5.63

 

5/1/2027

 

125,000

c

111,971

 

Crestwood Midstream Partners, Gtd. Notes

 

5.75

 

4/1/2025

 

675,000

 

615,937

 

Crestwood Midstream Partners, Gtd. Notes

 

6.25

 

4/1/2023

 

295,000

 

289,163

 

CrownRock, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

5.63

 

10/15/2025

 

830,000

c

784,350

 

CVR Energy, Gtd. Bonds

 

5.75

 

2/15/2028

 

415,000

c

353,788

 

DCP Midstream Operating, Gtd. Notes

 

5.63

 

7/15/2027

 

295,000

 

302,080

 

Endeavor Energy Resources, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

6.63

 

7/15/2025

 

75,000

c

77,180

 

EnLink Midstream Partners, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

4.15

 

6/1/2025

 

255,000

 

220,200

 

Enviva Partners, Gtd. Notes

 

6.50

 

1/15/2026

 

425,000

c

448,641

 

EQM Midstream Partners, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

5.50

 

7/15/2028

 

170,000

 

171,561

 

EQM Midstream Partners, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

6.00

 

7/1/2025

 

165,000

c

170,363

 

EQM Midstream Partners, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

6.50

 

7/1/2027

 

205,000

c

217,594

 

EQT, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

3.90

 

10/1/2027

 

115,000

 

105,009

 

EQT, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

7.88

 

2/1/2025

 

310,000

 

344,052

 

11

 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

                   
 

Description

Coupon
Rate (%)

 

Maturity
Date

 

Principal
Amount ($)

a,b

Value ($)

 

Bonds and Notes - 96.1% (continued)

         

Energy - 6.4% (continued)

         

Genesis Energy, Gtd. Notes

 

6.25

 

5/15/2026

 

750,000

 

627,202

 

Genesis Energy, Gtd. Notes

 

6.50

 

10/1/2025

 

523,000

 

449,453

 

Genesis Energy, Gtd. Notes

 

7.75

 

2/1/2028

 

210,000

 

182,656

 

Laredo Petroleum, Gtd. Notes

 

9.50

 

1/15/2025

 

205,000

 

122,356

 

Laredo Petroleum, Gtd. Notes

 

10.13

 

1/15/2028

 

20,000

 

11,848

 

Matador Resources, Gtd. Notes

 

5.88

 

9/15/2026

 

670,000

 

561,343

 

Occidental Petroleum, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

6.38

 

9/1/2028

 

167,000

 

154,905

 

Occidental Petroleum, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

6.45

 

9/15/2036

 

210,000

 

178,898

 

Occidental Petroleum, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

6.95

 

7/1/2024

 

305,000

 

296,341

 

Occidental Petroleum, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

7.50

 

5/1/2031

 

430,000

 

409,575

 

Occidental Petroleum, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

8.50

 

7/15/2027

 

155,000

 

156,486

 

Occidental Petroleum, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

8.88

 

7/15/2030

 

740,000

 

763,587

 

PBF Holding, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

9.25

 

5/15/2025

 

517,000

c

530,672

 

PDC Energy, Gtd. Notes

 

5.75

 

5/15/2026

 

280,000

 

261,800

 

Precision Drilling, Gtd. Notes

 

7.13

 

1/15/2026

 

390,000

c

252,229

 

Southwestern Energy, Gtd. Notes

 

7.50

 

4/1/2026

 

590,000

 

578,200

 

Southwestern Energy, Gtd. Notes

 

8.38

 

9/15/2028

 

155,000

 

152,595

 

USA Compression Partners, Gtd. Notes

 

6.88

 

9/1/2027

 

930,000

 

923,778

 

Western Midstream Operating, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

4.50

 

3/1/2028

 

250,000

 

236,250

 

WPX Energy, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

5.75

 

6/1/2026

 

130,000

 

134,794

 
 

16,190,504

 

Environmental Control - .7%

         

Covanta Holding, Gtd. Notes

 

5.00

 

9/1/2030

 

275,000

 

277,901

 

Covanta Holding, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

6.00

 

1/1/2027

 

455,000

 

474,820

 

GFL Environmental, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

8.50

 

5/1/2027

 

472,000

c

513,005

 

Harsco, Gtd. Notes

 

5.75

 

7/31/2027

 

540,000

c

548,437

 
 

1,814,163

 

Forest Products & Paper - .5%

         

Fabric BC, Sr. Scd. Notes, 3 Month EURIBOR +4.13% @ Floor

EUR

4.13

 

11/30/2024

 

600,000

d

686,991

 

Mercer International, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

5.50

 

1/15/2026

 

390,000

 

375,131

 

Mercer International, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

7.38

 

1/15/2025

 

85,000

 

86,222

 
 

1,148,344

 

Health Care - 4.0%

         

Bausch Health, Gtd. Notes

 

6.25

 

2/15/2029

 

350,000

c

360,500

 

12

 

                   
 

Description

Coupon
Rate (%)

 

Maturity
Date

 

Principal
Amount ($)

a,b

Value ($)

 

Bonds and Notes - 96.1% (continued)

         

Health Care - 4.0% (continued)

         

Bausch Health, Gtd. Notes

 

7.25

 

5/30/2029

 

1,165,000

c

1,255,794

 

Community Health Systems, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

6.63

 

2/15/2025

 

613,000

c

594,487

 

Constantin Investissement 3, Scd. Bonds

EUR

5.38

 

4/15/2025

 

660,000

c

779,621

 

LifePoint Health, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

6.75

 

4/15/2025

 

170,000

c

179,350

 

Nidda BondCo, Sr. Unscd. Bonds

EUR

7.25

 

9/30/2025

 

775,000

 

929,820

 

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

7.25

 

2/1/2028

 

635,000

c

661,591

 

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

7.38

 

6/1/2025

 

350,000

c

355,906

 

Polaris Intermediate, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

8.50

 

12/1/2022

 

735,000

c

748,781

 

Select Medical, Gtd. Notes

 

6.25

 

8/15/2026

 

400,000

c

416,616

 

Surgery Center Holdings, Gtd. Notes

 

6.75

 

7/1/2025

 

205,000

c

204,958

 

Surgery Center Holdings, Gtd. Notes

 

10.00

 

4/15/2027

 

330,000

c

352,069

 

Synlab Bondco, Sr. Scd. Notes, 3 Month EURIBOR +4.75% @ Floor

EUR

4.75

 

7/1/2025

 

480,000

c,d

570,919

 

Synlab Unsecured Bondco, Gtd. Bonds

EUR

8.25

 

7/1/2023

 

430,000

c

518,711

 

Tenet Healthcare, Gtd. Notes

 

6.13

 

10/1/2028

 

435,000

c

424,397

 

Tenet Healthcare, Scd. Notes

 

6.25

 

2/1/2027

 

305,000

c

315,250

 

Tenet Healthcare, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

7.50

 

4/1/2025

 

40,000

c

43,157

 

West Street Merger Sub, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

6.38

 

9/1/2025

 

1,200,000

c

1,226,748

 
 

9,938,675

 

Industrial - 1.9%

         

ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Gtd. Notes

 

6.50

 

6/15/2023

 

335,000

c

339,571

 

Bombardier, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

6.13

 

1/15/2023

 

255,000

c

218,280

 

Brand Industrial Services, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

8.50

 

7/15/2025

 

950,000

c

900,125

 

Gates Global, Gtd. Notes

 

6.25

 

1/15/2026

 

815,000

c

838,774

 

General Electric, Jr. Sub. Debs., Ser. D

 

5.00

 

1/21/2021

 

995,000

f

794,387

 

Husky III Holding, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

13.00

 

2/15/2025

 

445,000

c

461,966

 

Titan Acquisition, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

7.75

 

4/15/2026

 

1,205,000

c

1,201,987

 
 

4,755,090

 

Information Technology - .6%

         

Ascend Learning, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

6.88

 

8/1/2025

 

630,000

c

643,454

 

Boxer Parent, Sr. Scd. Notes

EUR

6.50

 

10/2/2025

 

180,000

c

218,520

 

Change Healthcare Holdings, Gtd. Notes

 

5.75

 

3/1/2025

 

265,000

c

268,644

 

The Dun & Bradstreet, Gtd. Notes

 

10.25

 

2/15/2027

 

342,000

c

388,107

 
 

1,518,725

 

13

 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

                   
 

Description

Coupon
Rate (%)

 

Maturity
Date

 

Principal
Amount ($)

a,b

Value ($)

 

Bonds and Notes - 96.1% (continued)

         

Insurance - 1.4%

         

AmWINS Group, Gtd. Notes

 

7.75

 

7/1/2026

 

940,000

c

1,009,146

 

GTCR AP Finance, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

8.00

 

5/15/2027

 

1,045,000

c

1,110,966

 

HUB International, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

7.00

 

5/1/2026

 

795,000

c

824,618

 

USI, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

6.88

 

5/1/2025

 

615,000

c

624,603

 
 

3,569,333

 

Materials - 3.0%

         

ARD Finance, Sr. Scd. Notes

EUR

5.00

 

6/30/2027

 

1,025,000

c

1,176,765

 

ARD Finance, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

6.50

 

6/30/2027

 

1,185,000

c

1,180,319

 

Ardagh Packaging Finance, Gtd. Notes

GBP

4.75

 

7/15/2027

 

325,000

 

422,392

 

Ardagh Packaging Finance, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

5.25

 

8/15/2027

 

370,000

c

377,400

 

Flex Acquisition, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

7.88

 

7/15/2026

 

145,000

c

146,813

 

Graham Packaging, Gtd. Notes

 

7.13

 

8/15/2028

 

345,000

c

359,878

 

LABL Escrow Issuer, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

6.75

 

7/15/2026

 

310,000

c

327,631

 

LABL Escrow Issuer, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

10.50

 

7/15/2027

 

660,000

c

703,098

 

Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

8.50

 

4/15/2024

 

210,000

c

218,400

 

Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

7.25

 

4/15/2025

 

1,490,000

c

1,404,325

 

Trivium Packaging Finance, Gtd. Notes

 

8.50

 

8/15/2027

 

1,135,000

c

1,225,800

 
 

7,542,821

 

Media - 2.0%

         

Altice Finco, Scd. Notes

EUR

4.75

 

1/15/2028

 

970,000

c

1,034,922

 

Diamond Sports Group, Gtd. Notes

 

6.63

 

8/15/2027

 

1,150,000

c

599,437

 

DISH DBS, Gtd. Notes

 

7.38

 

7/1/2028

 

370,000

 

381,563

 

iHeartCommunications, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

4.75

 

1/15/2028

 

280,000

c

264,359

 

Meredith, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

6.50

 

7/1/2025

 

211,000

c

217,989

 

Nexstar Broadcasting, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

4.75

 

11/1/2028

 

490,000

c

501,025

 

Radiate Holdco, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

6.50

 

9/15/2028

 

239,000

c

245,665

 

Scripps Escrow, Gtd. Notes

 

5.88

 

7/15/2027

 

210,000

c

202,913

 

Summer Bidco, Sr. Unscd. Bonds

EUR

9.75

 

11/15/2025

 

178,287

c

211,521

 

Summer BidCo, Sr. Unscd. Bonds

EUR

9.75

 

11/15/2025

 

328,580

c

389,828

 

TEGNA, Gtd. Notes

 

4.75

 

3/15/2026

 

186,000

c

190,408

 

Virgin Media Vendor Financing Notes III, Gtd. Bonds

GBP

4.88

 

7/15/2028

 

220,000

 

287,234

 

Ziggo, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

5.50

 

1/15/2027

 

400,000

c

419,738

 
 

4,946,602

 

Metals & Mining - 1.0%

         

Arconic, Scd. Notes

 

6.13

 

2/15/2028

 

790,000

c

813,206

 

14

 

                   
 

Description

Coupon
Rate (%)

 

Maturity
Date

 

Principal
Amount ($)

a,b

Value ($)

 

Bonds and Notes - 96.1% (continued)

         

Metals & Mining - 1.0% (continued)

         

First Quantum Minerals, Gtd. Notes

 

7.25

 

4/1/2023

 

415,000

c

415,114

 

Hudbay Minerals, Gtd. Notes

 

6.13

 

4/1/2029

 

133,000

c

132,169

 

Hudbay Minerals, Gtd. Notes

 

7.63

 

1/15/2025

 

815,000

c

830,844

 

Kaiser Aluminum, Gtd. Notes

 

6.50

 

5/1/2025

 

225,000

c

232,631

 
 

2,423,964

 

Real Estate - .4%

         

Iron Mountain, Gtd. Notes

 

5.25

 

7/15/2030

 

220,000

c

229,763

 

Ladder Capital Finance Holdings, Gtd. Notes

 

5.25

 

10/1/2025

 

890,000

c

826,031

 
 

1,055,794

 

Retailing - 2.6%

         

Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

6.25

 

4/15/2025

 

175,000

c

184,516

 

Macy's, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

8.38

 

6/15/2025

 

530,000

c

548,746

 

PetSmart, Gtd. Notes

 

7.13

 

3/15/2023

 

395,000

c

398,950

 

Shop Direct Funding, Sr. Scd. Notes

GBP

7.75

 

11/15/2022

 

4,000,000

 

4,954,944

 

Staples, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

7.50

 

4/15/2026

 

585,000

c

540,031

 
 

6,627,187

 

Technology Hardware & Equipment - .9%

         

Banff Merger Sub, Sr. Unscd. Notes

EUR

8.38

 

9/1/2026

 

515,000

c

615,888

 

Banff Merger Sub, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

9.75

 

9/1/2026

 

410,000

c

433,985

 

Everi Payments, Gtd. Notes

 

7.50

 

12/15/2025

 

255,000

c

250,829

 

Tempo Acquisition, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

6.75

 

6/1/2025

 

855,000

c

874,225

 
 

2,174,927

 

Telecommunication Services - 3.0%

         

Altice France Holding, Gtd. Notes

 

6.00

 

2/15/2028

 

210,000

c

200,685

 

Altice France Holding, Sr. Scd. Notes

EUR

8.00

 

5/15/2027

 

570,000

c

710,733

 

Altice France Holding, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

10.50

 

5/15/2027

 

340,000

c

378,463

 

CenturyLink, Sr. Unscd. Debs., Ser. G

 

6.88

 

1/15/2028

 

1,140,000

 

1,283,936

 

Cincinnati Bell, Gtd. Notes

 

7.00

 

7/15/2024

 

100,000

c

103,251

 

Cincinnati Bell, Gtd. Notes

 

8.00

 

10/15/2025

 

650,000

c

688,187

 

CommScope, Gtd. Notes

 

7.13

 

7/1/2028

 

175,000

c

180,044

 

CommScope, Gtd. Notes

 

8.25

 

3/1/2027

 

1,280,000

c

1,332,806

 

Connect Finco, Sr. Scd. Notes

 

6.75

 

10/1/2026

 

985,000

c

989,629

 

Intrado, Gtd. Notes

 

8.50

 

10/15/2025

 

800,000

c

697,776

 

Lorca Telecom Bondco, Gtd. Bonds

EUR

4.00

 

9/18/2027

 

185,000

c

216,903

 

Telecom Italia Capital, Gtd. Notes

 

6.00

 

9/30/2034

 

510,000

 

593,482

 

ViaSat, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

5.63

 

9/15/2025

 

218,000

c

213,913

 
 

7,589,808

 

Utilities - .6%

         

Pike, Sr. Unscd. Notes

 

5.50

 

9/1/2028

 

505,000

c

509,704

 

15

 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

                   
 

Description

Coupon
Rate (%)

 

Maturity
Date

 

Principal
Amount ($)

a,b

Value ($)

 

Bonds and Notes - 96.1% (continued)

         

Utilities - .6% (continued)

         

Viridian Group FinanceCo, Sr. Scd. Notes

GBP

4.75

 

9/15/2024

 

730,000

 

932,604

 
 

1,442,308

 

Total Bonds and Notes
(cost $238,344,823)

 

241,616,985

 
                 

Floating Rate Loan Interests - 35.1%

         

Advertising - .5%

         

ABG Intermediate Holdings 2, First Lien Incremental Amendment No. 5 Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +5.25%

 

6.25

 

9/29/2024

 

52,000

d

51,740

 

ABG Intermediate Holdings 2, First Lien Initial Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +3.50%

 

3.72

 

9/29/2024

 

520,623

d

510,999

 

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Term Loan B, 3 Month LIBOR +3.50%

 

3.76

 

8/21/2026

 

742,500

d

678,600

 

Terrier Media Buyer, Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.25%

 

4.40

 

12/17/2026

 

107,729

d

105,362

 
 

1,346,701

 

Airlines - .0%

         

JetBlue Airways, Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +5.25%

 

6.25

 

6/17/2024

 

82,904

d

82,437

 

Automobiles & Components - .1%

         

CTOS, Term Loan B, 1 Month LIBOR +4.25%

 

4.40

 

4/18/2025

 

196,095

d

194,746

 

Building Materials - 1.1%

         

BME Group Holding, Facility Term loan B, 3 Month EURIBOR +4.50% @ Floor

EUR

4.50

 

11/1/2026

 

1,000,000

d

1,158,891

 

Cornerstone Building, Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +3.75%

 

3.90

 

4/12/2025

 

243,738

d

240,273

 

Forterra Finance, Replacement Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +3.00%

 

4.00

 

10/25/2023

 

210,589

d

208,923

 

LSF10 XL Bidco SCA, Facility B3 Term Loan, 3 Month EURIBOR +4.00% @ Floor

EUR

4.00

 

10/31/2026

 

1,000,000

d

1,122,410

 
 

2,730,497

 

Chemicals - 2.1%

         

ColourOZ Investment 1, Second Lien Initial Euro Term Loan, 3 Month EURIBOR +4.25%

EUR

5.25

 

9/7/2022

 

117,760

d

107,002

 

ColourOZ Investment 1 GmbH, New First Lien Initial Term Loan, 3 Month EURIBOR +4.25%

EUR

5.00

 

9/7/2021

 

149,206

d

161,030

 

16

 

                   
 

Description

Coupon
Rate (%)

 

Maturity Date

 

Principal Amount ($)

a,b

Value ($)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests - 35.1% (continued)

         

Chemicals - 2.1% (continued)

         

ColourOZ Investment 2, First Lien Initial Term Loan B-2, 4 Month LIBOR +4.25%

 

5.25

 

9/7/2021

 

1,693,756

d

1,544,502

 

ColourOZ Investment 2, First Lien Initial Term Loan C, 3 Month LIBOR +4.25%

 

5.25

 

9/7/2021

 

279,998

d

255,324

 

ColourOZ Investment 2, Second Lien Initial B-2 Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +7.25%

 

8.25

 

9/7/2022

 

2,004,737

d

1,553,671

 

Flint Group Gmbh, First Lien B-8 Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +3.00%

 

4.00

 

9/7/2021

 

492,576

d

449,170

 

Flint Group GmbH, First Lien Euro B-5 Term Loan, 3 Month EURIBOR +4.25%

EUR

5.00

 

9/7/2021

 

845,619

d

912,626

 

Polar US Borrower, Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.75%

 

4.90

 

10/16/2025

 

428,752

d

413,745

 
 

5,397,070

 

Commercial & Professional Services - 4.1%

         

APX Group, Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +5.00% and 3 Month PRIME +4.00%

 

6.20

 

12/31/2025

 

280,064

d

275,892

 

Axiom Global, Initial Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +4.75%

 

5.05

 

10/1/2026

 

4,962,500

d

4,795,016

 

Boels Topholding, Facility Term Loan B, 1 Month EURIBOR +4.00% @ Floor

EUR

4.00

 

2/5/2027

 

1,000,000

d

1,143,690

 

Cast & Crew Payroll, First Lien Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +3.75%

 

3.90

 

2/7/2026

 

68,314

d

65,564

 

Employbridge, Refinancing Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +4.50%

 

5.50

 

4/18/2025

 

81,524

d

75,945

 

Galileo Global Education, Second Lien Term Loan, 3 Month EURIBOR +6.00% @ Floor

EUR

6.00

 

11/12/2027

 

1,000,000

d

1,141,673

 

Memora Servicios Funerarios, Uncommitted Facility Term Loan, 3 Month EURIBOR +3.50% @ Floor

EUR

3.50

 

9/29/2024

 

429,694

d

473,693

 

Pi Lux Finco, Second Lien Facility 1 Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +7.25%

 

8.25

 

1/1/2026

 

115,000

d

104,506

 

Pompas Funebres Mediterraneas, Facility B4 Term loan, 3 Month EURIBOR +3.50% @ Floor

EUR

3.50

 

9/29/2024

 

203,505

d

224,343

 

Sabre GLBL, 2018 Other Term B Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +2.00%

 

2.15

 

2/22/2024

 

69,916

d

65,671

 

17

 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

                   
 

Description

Coupon
Rate (%)

 

Maturity Date

 

Principal Amount ($)

a,b

Value ($)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests - 35.1% (continued)

         

Commercial & Professional Services - 4.1% (continued)

         

Sapphire Bidco, Second Lien Facility Term Loan, 6 Month EURIBOR +6.88% @ Floor

EUR

6.88

 

6/8/2026

 

241,379

d

248,691

 

Taurus Bidco, Facility B2 Term Loan, 3 Month EURIBOR +3.50% @ Floor

EUR

3.50

 

9/29/2024

 

256,832

d

283,131

 

Taurus Midco, Facility B1 Term Loan, 3 Month EURIBOR +3.50% @ Floor

EUR

3.50

 

9/29/2024

 

109,969

d

121,230

 

Team Health Holdings, Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +2.75%

 

3.75

 

2/6/2024

 

180,262

d

151,996

 

Verscend Holding, Term Loan B, 1 Month LIBOR +4.50%

 

4.65

 

8/27/2025

 

493,700

d

490,430

 

Weight Watchers International, Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.75%

 

5.50

 

11/29/2024

 

757,331

d

757,331

 
 

10,418,802

 

Consumer Discretionary - 1.0%

         

Allen Media, Initial Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +5.50%

 

5.72

 

2/10/2027

 

232,112

d

225,693

 

Caesars Resort Collection, Term Loan B-1, 1-3 Month LIBOR +4.50%

 

4.71

 

7/20/2025

 

276,000

d

267,912

 

Dealer Tire, Term Loan B-1, 1 Month LIBOR +4.25%

 

4.40

 

2/5/2027

 

740,644

d

725,831

 

Freshworld Holding IV, Facility B Term Loan, 6 Month EURIBOR +3.75% @ Floor

EUR

3.75

 

10/2/2026

 

1,000,000

d

1,154,570

 

Scientific Games International, Initial Term Loan B-5, 1-3 Month LIBOR +2.75%

 

3.25

 

8/14/2024

 

109,821

d

103,613

 
 

2,477,619

 

Consumer Staples - .1%

         

KIK Custom Products, Term Loan B-3, 1 Month LIBOR +4.00%

 

5.00

 

5/15/2023

 

332,606

d

331,356

 

Diversified Financials - .2%

         

Blackhawk Network Holdings, First Lien Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +3.00%

 

3.15

 

6/15/2025

 

189,515

d

179,358

 

Fiserv Investment Solutions, Initial Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +4.75%

 

5.02

 

2/18/2027

 

279,300

d

278,195

 
 

457,553

 

Electronic Components - .5%

         

1A Smart Start, Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.75%

 

5.75

 

8/19/2027

 

99,462

d

99,731

 

18

 

                   
 

Description

Coupon
Rate (%)

 

Maturity Date

 

Principal Amount ($)

a,b

Value ($)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests - 35.1% (continued)

         

Electronic Components - .5% (continued)

         

Idemia Identity & Securities, Facility B Term Loan, 3 Month EURIBOR +3.75% @ Floor

EUR

3.75

 

1/10/2024

 

1,000,000

d

1,124,526

 
 

1,224,257

 

Energy - .7%

         

BCP Renaissance Parent, Initial Term Loan, 2 Month LIBOR +3.50%

 

4.50

 

11/1/2024

 

258,109

d

240,445

 

Brazos Delaware II, Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.00%

 

4.16

 

5/29/2025

 

740,465

d

565,663

 

GIP III Stetson I, Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.25%

 

4.39

 

7/18/2025

 

207,919

d

139,663

 

Traverse Midstream Partners, Advance Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.00%

 

5.00

 

9/27/2024

 

93,558

d

86,600

 

WaterBridge Midstream Operating, Initial Term Loan, 6 Month LIBOR +5.75%

 

6.75

 

6/21/2026

 

742,500

d

622,642

 
 

1,655,013

 

Environmental Control - .1%

         

EnergySolutions, Initial Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +3.75%

 

4.75

 

5/11/2025

 

223,489

d

214,549

 

Food Products - 1.6%

         

CJ Foods, Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +6.00%

 

7.00

 

3/5/2027

 

2,493,734

d

2,443,860

 

Froneri US, Second Lien Facility USD Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +5.75%

 

5.90

 

1/31/2028

 

408,632

d

407,610

 

Labeyrie Fine Foods, Facility B Term Loan, 3 Month EURIBOR +4.25% @ Floor

EUR

4.25

 

5/23/2023

 

1,000,000

d

1,129,656

 

Shearer's Foods, First Lien Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +4.00%

 

4.75

 

9/23/2027

 

25,080

d

24,955

 
 

4,006,081

 

Food Service - .1%

         

TKC Holdings, First Lien Initial Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +3.75%

 

4.75

 

2/1/2023

 

223,244

d

210,199

 

Forest Products & Paper - .0%

         

Neenah, Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +4.00%

 

5.00

 

6/30/2027

 

43,633

d

43,633

 

Health Care - 3.7%

         

Air Methods, Initial Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +3.50%

 

4.50

 

4/21/2024

 

306,829

d

270,201

 

Albany Molecular Research, First Lien Initial Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +3.25%

 

4.25

 

8/31/2024

 

480,051

d

474,751

 

19

 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

                   
 

Description

Coupon
Rate (%)

 

Maturity Date

 

Principal Amount ($)

a,b

Value ($)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests - 35.1% (continued)

         

Health Care - 3.7% (continued)

         

Alphabet Holding, First Lien Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +3.50%

 

3.65

 

9/28/2024

 

740,458

d

722,080

 

Alphabet Holding, Second Lien Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +7.75%

 

7.90

 

8/15/2025

 

85,000

d

82,450

 

Auris Luxembourg III, Facility Term Loan B-2, 1 Month LIBOR +3.75%

 

3.90

 

2/21/2026

 

514,696

d

477,810

 

Bio Lam LCD SELAS, First Lien Term Loan B, 3 Month EURIBOR +4.75% @ Floor

EUR

4.75

 

4/25/2026

 

1,000,000

d

1,155,602

 

CPI Holdco, First Lien Closing Date Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.25%

 

4.40

 

11/4/2026

 

192,751

d

192,149

 

Da Vinci Purchaser, First Lien Initial Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +4.00%

 

5.24

 

1/8/2027

 

279,163

d

276,605

 

Dentalcorp Health Service, Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +3.75%

 

4.75

 

6/6/2025

 

308,778

d

292,567

 

Femur Buyer, First Lien Initial Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +4.50%

 

4.72

 

3/5/2026

 

406,189

d

369,971

 

Global Medical Response, 2018 Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +3.25%

 

4.25

 

4/28/2022

 

494,924

d

494,461

 

Global Medical Response, Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.75%

 

5.75

 

9/24/2025

 

180,000

d

176,288

 

Hera, Facility B Term Loan, 3 Month EURIBOR +3.50% @ Floor

EUR

3.50

 

9/20/2024

 

2,000,000

d

2,215,438

 

MED ParentCo, First Lien Delayed Draw Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.25%

 

4.32

 

8/31/2026

 

148,990

d,g

142,232

 

MED ParentCo, First Lien Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.25%

 

4.40

 

8/31/2026

 

594,141

d

567,190

 

MED ParentCo, First Lien Second Amendment Additional Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +6.25%

 

7.25

 

8/31/2026

 

52,000

d

51,740

 

Milano Acquisition, Term Loan B, 1 Month LIBOR +4.00%

 

4.75

 

8/17/2027

 

218,917

d

217,138

 

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Refinancing Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +3.25%

 

3.41

 

6/30/2025

 

317,042

d

304,202

 

Pathway Vet Alliance, First Lien Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +4.00% @ Floor

 

4.00

 

3/31/2027

 

10,825

d,g

10,681

 

20

 

                   
 

Description

Coupon
Rate (%)

 

Maturity Date

 

Principal Amount ($)

a,b

Value ($)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests - 35.1% (continued)

         

Health Care - 3.7% (continued)

         

Pathway Vet Alliance, First Lien Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.00%

 

4.15

 

3/31/2027

 

132,535

d

130,762

 

PetVet Care Centers, 2020 First Lien Incremental Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.25%

 

5.25

 

2/14/2025

 

107,571

d,g

107,706

 

Surgery Center Holdings, 2020 Incremental Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +8.00%

 

9.00

 

8/31/2024

 

89,550

d

90,949

 

Surgery Center Holdings, Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +3.25%

 

4.25

 

8/31/2024

 

314,342

d

297,184

 

US Anesthesia Partners, First Lien Initial Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +3.00%

 

4.00

 

6/23/2024

 

299,673

d

284,208

 
 

9,404,365

 

Industrial - 2.6%

         

Brand Industrial Services, Initial Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +4.25%

 

5.25

 

6/21/2024

 

221,119

d

206,556

 

Landry's Finance Acquisition, 2020 Buy Back Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +12.00%

 

13.00

 

10/4/2023

 

201,409

d

233,634

 

Landry's Finance Acquisition, 2020 Initial Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +12.00%

 

13.00

 

10/4/2023

 

16,448

d

18,751

 

Pro Mach Group, First Lien Third Amendment Delayed Draw Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +3.50% @ Floor

 

3.50

 

3/7/2025

 

56,716

d,g

56,716

 

Pro Mach Group, First Lien Third Amendment Incremental Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +3.50%

 

4.50

 

3/7/2025

 

56,503

d

55,373

 

Qualtek USA, Tranche Term Loan B, 3 Month LIBOR +6.25%

 

7.25

 

7/18/2025

 

5,043,408

d

4,631,538

 

Titan Acquisition, Initial Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +3.00%

 

3.36

 

3/28/2025

 

739,656

d

701,094

 

VAC Germany Holding GmbH, Term Loan B, 3 Month LIBOR +4.00%

 

5.00

 

3/8/2025

 

267,259

d,h

189,086

 

Ventia Deco, 2019 Refinancing Term Loan B, 3 Month LIBOR +4.00%

 

5.00

 

5/21/2026

 

124,152

d

123,065

 

Yak Access, First Lien Initial Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +5.00%

 

5.22

 

7/11/2025

 

471,338

d

405,350

 
 

6,621,163

 

21

 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

                   
 

Description

Coupon
Rate (%)

 

Maturity Date

 

Principal Amount ($)

a,b

Value ($)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests - 35.1% (continued)

         

Information Technology - 3.1%

         

AI Avocado, Facility Term Loan B-3, 1 Month EURIBOR +4.50% @ Floor

EUR

4.50

 

9/30/2023

 

1,000,000

d

1,157,208

 

Avaloq Group, Facility B Term Loan, 3 Month EURIBOR +3.50% @ Floor

EUR

3.50

 

6/15/2024

 

1,000,000

d

1,159,406

 

Boxer Parent, Initial Dollar Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.25%

 

4.40

 

10/2/2025

 

740,578

d

720,801

 

DCert Buyer, First Lien Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.00%

 

4.15

 

10/16/2026

 

333,224

d

329,840

 

Finastra USA, First Lien Dollar Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +3.50%

 

4.50

 

6/13/2024

 

641,149

d

601,238

 

Mitchell International, First Lien Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +3.25%

 

3.40

 

12/1/2024

 

267,259

d

256,309

 

Navicure, Term Loan B, 1 Month LIBOR +4.00%

 

4.75

 

10/23/2026

 

56,180

d

55,829

 

Quest Software US Holdings, First Lien Initial Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +4.25%

 

4.51

 

5/18/2025

 

742,443

d

729,142

 

SkillSoft, Second Out Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +6.50%

 

6.50

 

4/27/2025

 

1,788,094

d

1,770,213

 

SkillSoft, Senior Secured Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +7.50%

 

8.50

 

12/27/2024

 

571,983

d

577,703

 

Sophia, Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +3.75%

 

4.50

 

10/6/2027

 

31,293

d

31,137

 

TIBCO Software, Term Loan B-3, 1 Month LIBOR +3.75%

 

3.90

 

7/3/2026

 

257,515

d

252,043

 

Ultimate Software Group, 2020 Incremental Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +4.00%

 

4.75

 

5/3/2026

 

70,881

d

70,811

 

Ultimate Software Group, Second Lien Initial Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +6.75%

 

7.50

 

5/3/2027

 

10,045

d

10,262

 
 

7,721,942

 

Insurance - 3.1%

         

AssuredPartners, 2020 June Incremental Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.50%

 

5.50

 

2/13/2027

 

59,986

d

59,986

 

Asurion, Second Lien Replacement Term Loan B-2, 1 Month LIBOR +6.50%

 

6.65

 

8/4/2025

 

956,284

d

959,770

 

Hestia Holding, Facility B Term Loan, 3 Month EURIBOR +4.75% @ Floor

EUR

4.75

 

5/27/2027

 

1,000,000

d

1,171,195

 

22

 

                   
 

Description

Coupon
Rate (%)

 

Maturity Date

 

Principal Amount ($)

a,b

Value ($)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests - 35.1% (continued)

         

Insurance - 3.1% (continued)

         

Mayfield Agency Borrower, First Lien Term Loan B, 1 Month LIBOR +4.50%

 

4.65

 

2/28/2025

 

690,913

d

639,526

 

Sedgwick CMS, 2019 New Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.00%

 

4.15

 

9/3/2026

 

987,500

d

975,773

 

Sedgwick CMS, 2020 Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.25%

 

5.25

 

9/3/2026

 

14,352

d

14,281

 

Selectquote, Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +6.00%

 

7.00

 

11/5/2024

 

3,823,529

h

3,861,765

 
 

7,682,296

 

Internet Software & Services - 2.5%

         

Infinitas Learning, Facility B4 Term Loan, 6 Month EURIBOR +4.25% @ Floor

EUR

4.25

 

5/3/2024

 

2,000,000

d

2,273,580

 

ION Trading Finance, Initial Dollar Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +4.00%

 

5.00

 

11/21/2024

 

107,718

d

106,162

 

ION Trading Finance, Initial Euro Term Loan, 3 Month EURIBOR +3.25%

EUR

4.25

 

11/21/2024

 

1,975,285

d

2,277,467

 

Trader, Senior Secured First Lien Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +3.00%

 

4.00

 

9/28/2023

 

170,000

d

166,388

 

Web.com Group, First Lien Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +3.75%

 

3.90

 

10/11/2025

 

750,000

d

727,969

 

WeddingWire, First Lien Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.50%

 

4.65

 

12/21/2025

 

740,578

d

710,955

 
 

6,262,521

 

Materials - 3.1%

         

Ball Metalpack Finco, First Lien Initial Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +4.50%

 

4.76

 

7/31/2025

 

691,162

d

667,662

 

Canister International, Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.75%

 

4.90

 

12/20/2026

 

159,792

d

159,792

 

Fort Dearborn Holding, First Lien Initial Term Loan, 1-3 Month LIBOR +4.00%

 

5.15

 

10/19/2023

 

174,547

d

170,183

 

Graham Packaging, Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +3.75%

 

4.50

 

8/4/2027

 

89,505

d

89,157

 

IFCO Management Gmbh, First Lien Term Loan, 3 Month EURIBOR +3.50% @ Floor

EUR

3.50

 

5/31/2026

 

1,000,000

d

1,164,882

 

Klockner Pentaplast of America, Euro Term Loan, 6 Month EURIBOR +4.75% @ Floor

EUR

4.75

 

6/30/2022

 

1,000,000

d

1,120,833

 

23

 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

                   
 

Description

Coupon
Rate (%)

 

Maturity Date

 

Principal Amount ($)

a,b

Value ($)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests - 35.1% (continued)

         

Materials - 3.1% (continued)

         

LABL, Initial Euro Term Loan, 1 Month EURIBOR +5.00% @ Floor

EUR

5.00

 

7/2/2026

 

2,000,000

d

2,311,931

 

Mauser Packaging Solutions, Initial Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +3.25%

 

3.52

 

4/3/2024

 

112,007

d

105,543

 

Plaze, Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +3.50%

 

3.65

 

8/3/2026

 

744,375

d

727,627

 

Tecostar Holdings, 2017 First Lien Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +3.50%

 

4.68

 

5/1/2024

 

492,978

d

483,274

 

Tosca Services, New First Lien Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.25%

 

5.25

 

8/18/2027

 

159,327

d

159,577

 

TricorBraun, First Lien Closing Date Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +3.75%

 

4.75

 

11/30/2023

 

729,121

d

722,741

 
 

7,883,202

 

Media - 1.8%

         

Banijay Group US Holding, Facility USD Term Loan B, 1 Month LIBOR +3.75%

 

3.91

 

3/1/2025

 

203,313

d

199,755

 

Gamma Infrastructure III, Facility B Term Loan, 6 Month EURIBOR +3.50% @ Floor

EUR

3.50

 

1/9/2025

 

1,000,000

d

1,135,811

 

iHeartCommunications, Second Amendment Incremental Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.00%

 

4.75

 

5/1/2026

 

89,775

d

86,707

 

Meredith, Tranche Term Loan B-3, 3 Month LIBOR +4.25%

 

5.25

 

1/31/2025

 

215,027

d

212,519

 

NEP Europe Finco, Initial Euro Term Loan, 3 Month EURIBOR +3.50% @ Floor

EUR

3.50

 

10/20/2025

 

1,974,874

d

2,041,930

 

NEP Group, First Lien Initial Dollar Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +3.25%

 

3.40

 

10/20/2025

 

144,266

d

124,970

 

Univision Communications, 2017 Replacement Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +2.75%

 

3.75

 

3/15/2024

 

70,000

d

67,588

 

WideOpenWest Finance, Refinancing Term Loan B, 1 Month LIBOR +3.25%

 

4.25

 

8/19/2023

 

740,458

d

731,376

 
 

4,600,656

 

Retailing - 1.4%

         

Bass Pro Group, Initial Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +5.00%

 

5.75

 

9/25/2024

 

459,238

d

456,083

 

BBD Bidco, Facility B1 Term Loan, 3 Month GBPLIBOR +4.75%

GBP

4.84

 

11/7/2026

 

1,000,000

d

1,235,110

 

24

 

                   
 

Description

Coupon
Rate (%)

 

Maturity Date

 

Principal Amount ($)

a,b

Value ($)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests - 35.1% (continued)

         

Retailing - 1.4% (continued)

         

EG Finco, Term Loan B, 3 Month GBPLIBOR +4.75%

GBP

4.81

 

2/5/2025

 

994,898

d

1,219,848

 

Leslie's Poolmart, Tranche Term Loan B-2, 1 Month LIBOR +3.50%

 

3.65

 

8/16/2023

 

174,105

d

171,113

 

Staples, 2019 Refinancing New Term Loan B-1, 3 Month LIBOR +5.00%

 

5.25

 

4/12/2026

 

130,000

d

121,265

 

Talbots, First Lien Initial Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +7.00%

 

7.22

 

11/28/2022

 

284,003

d

227,676

 
 

3,431,095

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - .4%

         

Natel Engineering, Initial Term Loan, 6 Month LIBOR +5.00%

 

6.00

 

4/30/2026

 

730,655

d

642,976

 

Ultra Clean Holdings, Term Loan B, 1 Month LIBOR +4.50%

 

4.65

 

8/27/2025

 

243,854

d

243,854

 
 

886,830

 

Technology Hardware & Equipment - .5%

         

Access CIG, First Lien Term Loan B, 1 Month LIBOR +3.75%

 

3.91

 

2/27/2025

 

173,665

d

170,328

 

Everi Payments, Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +10.50%

 

11.50

 

5/9/2024

 

284,491

d

291,604

 

Perforce Software, Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +3.75%

 

3.90

 

7/1/2026

 

297,006

d

292,319

 

Redstone Buyer, Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +5.00%

 

6.00

 

9/1/2027

 

171,565

d

171,137

 

Sandvine, First Lien Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.50%

 

4.65

 

11/2/2025

 

165,791

d

159,159

 

VeriFone Systems, First Lien Initial Term Loan, 3 Month LIBOR +4.00%

 

4.25

 

8/20/2025

 

203,673

d

183,114

 
 

1,267,661

 

Telecommunication Services - .2%

         

Connect Finco, Initial Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.50%

 

5.50

 

12/12/2026

 

159,200

d

154,723

 

MTN Infrastructure TopCo, 2020 Incremental Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +4.00%

 

5.00

 

11/17/2024

 

35,519

d

35,519

 

West, Initial Term Loan B, 1 Month LIBOR +4.00%

 

5.00

 

10/10/2024

 

478,248

d

436,016

 
 

626,258

 

Utilities - .5%

         

EFS Cogen Holdings I, Term B Advance Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +3.50%

 

4.50

 

9/24/2027

 

283,248

d

282,752

 

25

 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

                   
 

Description

Coupon
Rate (%)

 

Maturity Date

 

Principal Amount ($)

a,b

Value ($)

 

Floating Rate Loan Interests - 35.1% (continued)

         

Utilities - .5% (continued)

         

Helix Gen Funding, Term Loan, 1 Month LIBOR +3.75%

 

4.75

 

6/3/2024

 

926,512

d

919,624

 
 

1,202,376

 

Total Floating Rate Loan Interests
(cost $87,801,476)

 

88,380,878

 
         

Shares

b

   

Common Stocks - 1.1%

         

Information Technology - 1.1%

         

SkillSoft, Cl. A
(cost $2,285,965)

         

16,747

h,i

2,763,255

 
 

1-Day
Yield (%)

             

Investment Companies - 1.1%

         

Registered Investment Companies - 1.1%

         

Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund
(cost $2,747,797)

 

0.10

     

2,747,797

j

2,747,797

 

Total Investments (cost $331,180,061)

 

133.4%

335,508,915

 

Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables

 

(33.4%)

(83,969,929)

 

Net Assets

 

100.0%

251,538,986

 


EURIBOR—Euro Interbank Offered Rate

LIBOR—London Interbank Offered Rate

PRIME—Prime Lending Rate

EUR—Euro

GBP—British Pound

a Amount stated in U.S. Dollars unless otherwise noted above.

b Security, or portion thereof, has been pledged as collateral for the fund’s Revolving Credit and Security Agreement.

c Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2020, these securities were valued at $201,053,963 or 79.93% of net assets.

d Variable rate security—rate shown is the interest rate in effect at period end.

e Collateralized Loan Obligations equity positions are entitled to recurring distributions which are generally equal to the remaining cash flow of payments made by underlying securities less contractual payments to debt holders and fund expenses. The effective yield is estimated based upon the current projection of the amount and timing of these recurring distributions in addition to the estimated amount of terminal principal payment. The estimated yield and investment cost may ultimately not be realized.

f Security is a perpetual bond with no specified maturity date, Maturity date shown is next reset date of the bond.

g Investment, or portion of investment, represents an unfunded floating note loan interest outstanding.

h The fund held Level 3 securities at September 30, 2020, these securities were valued at $6,814,106 or 2.71% of net assets.

i Non-income producing security.

j Investment in affiliated issuer. The investment objective of this investment company is publicly available and can be found within the investment company’s prospectus.

26

 

   

Portfolio Summary (Unaudited)

Value (%)

Collateralized Loan Obligations

50.4

Consumer, Non-cyclical

18.7

Industrial

14.7

Communications

10.5

Consumer, Cyclical

9.8

Financial

8.0

Energy

7.1

Technology

6.5

Basic Materials

5.6

Investment Companies

1.1

Utilities

1.0

 

133.4

 Based on net assets.

See notes to financial statements.

27

 

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATED ISSUERS (Unaudited)

             

Investment Companies

Value
3/31/20 ($)

Purchases ($)

Sales ($)

Value
9/30/20 ($)

Net
Assets (%)

Dividends/
Distributions ($)

Registered Investment Companies;

Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund

18,176,517

94,822,739

(110,251,459)

2,747,797

1.1

8,186

 Includes reinvested dividends/distributions.

See notes to financial statements.

28

 

STATEMENT OF FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS September 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

           

Counterparty/ Purchased
Currency

Purchased Currency
Amounts

Currency
Sold

Sold
Currency
Amounts

Settlement Date

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)($)

Goldman Sachs

     

United States Dollar

5,489,377

British Pound

4,310,000

10/30/2020

(72,936)

Euro

1,900,000

United States Dollar

2,218,205

10/13/2020

10,048

United States Dollar

100,497,108

Euro

88,700,000

10/13/2020

(3,527,143)

United States Dollar

11,477,350

British Pound

9,100,000

10/13/2020

(265,586)

United States Dollar

12,051,556

Euro

10,360,000

10/30/2020

(102,796)

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

   

10,048

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

   

(3,968,461)

See notes to financial statements.

29

 

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
September 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Assets ($):

 

 

 

 

Investments in securities—See Statement of Investments

 

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

328,432,264

 

332,761,118

 

Affiliated issuers

 

2,747,797

 

2,747,797

 

Cash denominated in foreign currency

 

 

2,018,608

 

2,022,064

 

Dividends and interest receivable

 

4,084,699

 

Receivable for investment securities sold

 

4,026,403

 

Cash collateral held by broker—Note 4

 

3,590,000

 

Prepaid expenses on loan fees—Note 2

 

449,998

 

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign
currency exchange contracts—Note 4

 

10,048

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

 

 

89,412

 

 

 

 

 

 

349,781,539

 

Liabilities ($):

 

 

 

 

Due to BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. and affiliates—Note 3(b)

 

1,089,196

 

Cash overdraft due to Custodian

 

 

 

 

311,163

 

Loan payable—Note 2

 

88,000,000

 

Payable for investment securities purchased

 

4,786,457

 

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign
currency exchange contracts—Note 4

 

3,968,461

 

Directors’ fees and expenses payable

 

6,030

 

Interest and loan fees payable—Note 2

 

5,760

 

Other accrued expenses

 

 

 

 

75,486

 

 

 

 

 

 

98,242,553

 

Net Assets ($)

 

 

251,538,986

 

Composition of Net Assets ($):

 

 

 

 

Paid-in capital

 

 

 

 

265,300,100

 

Total distributable earnings (loss)

 

 

 

 

(13,761,114)

 

Net Assets ($)

 

 

251,538,986

 

         

Shares Outstanding

 

 

(100 million shares of $.001 par value Common Stock authorized)

2,653,001

 

Net Asset Value Per Share ($)

 

94.81

 

 

 

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

 

 

 

30

 

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Six Months Ended September 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment Income ($):

 

 

 

 

Income:

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

 

11,578,085

 

Dividends from affiliated issuers

 

 

8,027

 

Total Income

 

 

11,586,112

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

Management fee—Note 3(a)

 

 

2,097,322

 

Interest expense and loan fees—Note 2

 

 

897,242

 

Professional fees

 

 

144,502

 

Directors’ fees and expenses—Note 3(c)

 

 

23,635

 

Custodian fees—Note 3(b)

 

 

23,153

 

Shareholder servicing costs

 

 

8,676

 

Shareholders’ reports

 

 

6,957

 

Chief Compliance Officer fees—Note 3(b)

 

 

4,062

 

Registration fees

 

 

780

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

102,766

 

Total Expenses

 

 

3,309,095

 

Investment Income—Net

 

 

8,277,017

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments—Note 4 ($):

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

(8,902,667)

 

Net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts

336,903

 

Capital gain distributions from affiliated issuers

159

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

 

 

(8,565,605)

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
and foreign currency transactions

80,944,882

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on
forward foreign currency exchange contracts

(5,553,478)

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

 

75,391,404

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments

 

 

66,825,799

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

 

75,102,816

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See notes to financial statements.

         

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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
Six Months Ended September 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities ($):

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of portfolio securities

 

(103,631,814)

 

 

 

Proceeds from sales of portfolio securities

86,963,401

 

 

 

Net purchase (sales) of short-term securities

15,428,720

 

 

 

Dividends and interest received

 

11,430,835

 

 

 

Interest and loan fees paid

 

(1,501,755)

 

 

 

Paid to BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc.

 

(1,978,823)

 

 

 

Operating expenses paid

 

(370,943)

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) from forward foreign currency

 

 

 

 

 

 

exchange contracts transactions

 

336,903

 

 

 

Net Cash Provided (or Used) in Operating Activities

 

 

 

6,676,524

 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities ($):

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends paid to Shareholders

 

(15,254,756)

 

 

 

Increase in Cash Overdraft due to Custodian

 

311,163

 

 

 

Net Cash Provided (or Used) in Financing Activities

 

(14,943,593)

 

Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash

 

(20,102)

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in cash

 

(8,287,171)

 

Cash and cash denominated in foreign currency at beginning of period

 

13,899,235

 

Cash and cash denominated in foreign currency at end of period

 

5,612,064

 

Reconciliation of Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

 

 

Resulting from Operations to Net Cash Provided

 

 

 

 

by Operating Activities ($):

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting From Operations

 

75,102,816

 

Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets

 

 

 

 

resulting from operations to net cash

 

 

 

 

provided (or Used) in operating activities ($):

 

 

 

Increase in investments in securities at cost

 

7,074,234

 

Increase in dividends and interest receivable

 

(155,277)

 

Decrease in receivable for investment securities sold

 

2,856,271

 

Decrease in prepaid expenses

 

49,041

 

Increase in Due to BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. and affiliates

 

118,499

 

Decrease in payable for investment securities purchased

 

(2,699,060)

 

Increase in interest and loan fees payable

 

(248,802)

 

Increase in prepaid expenses on loan fees

 

(355,711)

 

Increase in Directors' fees and expenses payable

 

2,204

 

Decrease in other accrued expenses

 

(107,657)

 

Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation on investments

 

(75,391,404)

 

Net amortization of premiums on investments

 

431,370

 

Net Cash Provided (or Used) in Operating Activities

 

6,676,524

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

†  Includes deposits held as collateral by broker.

See notes to financial statements.

         

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

                   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended
September 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Year Ended
March 31, 2020a

 

Operations ($):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment income—net

 

 

8,277,017

 

 

 

8,736,563

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

 

(8,565,605)

 

 

 

(2,971,215)

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) on investments

 

75,391,404

 

 

 

(75,063,395)

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
Resulting from Operations

75,102,816

 

 

 

(69,298,047)

 

Distributions ($):

 

Distributions to shareholders

 

 

(9,948,754)

 

 

 

(9,617,129)

 

Capital Stock Transactions ($):

 

Net proceeds from shares sold

 

 

-

 

 

 

265,200,100

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
from Capital Stock Transactions

-

 

 

 

265,200,100

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

65,154,062

 

 

 

186,284,924

 

Net Assets ($):

 

Beginning of Period

 

 

186,384,924

 

 

 

100,000

 

End of Period

 

 

251,538,986

 

 

 

186,384,924

 

Capital Share Transactions (Shares):

 

Intial Shares

 

 

 -

 

 

 

1,000

 

Shares sold

 

 

-

 

 

 

2,652,001

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding

-

 

 

 

2,653,001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From August 30, 2019 (commencement of operations) to March 31, 2020.

 

See notes to financial statements.

               

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The following table describes the performance for the fiscal periods indicated. All information (except portfolio turnover rate) reflects financial results for a single fund share. Total return shows how much your investment in the fund would have increased (or decreased) during each period, assuming you had reinvested all dividends and distributions. These figures have been derived from the fund’s financial statements.

           
       

Six Months Ended

 
       

September 30, 2020

Year Ended

       

(Unaudited)

March 31, 2020a

Per Share Data ($):

         

Net asset value,
beginning of period

     

70.25

100.00

Investment Operations:

         

Investment income—netb

     

3.12

3.29

Net realized and unrealized
gain (loss) on investments

     

25.19

(29.41)

Total from Investment Operations

     

28.31

(26.12)

Distributions:

         

Dividends from investment income—net

     

(3.75)

(3.63)

Net asset value, end of period

     

94.81

70.25

Total Return (%)c

     

40.50

(26.60)

Ratios/Supplemental Data (%)

         

Ratio of total expenses
to average net assetsd

     

2.84

2.56

Ratio of interest expense and loan fees
to average net assetsd

     

.77

.84

Ratio of net investment income
to average net assetsd

     

7.11

5.67

Portfolio Turnover Ratec

     

28.20

34.44

Net Assets, end of period ($ x 1,000)

     

251,539

186,385

Average borrowings outstanding ($ x 1,000)

     

88,000

35,321

Weighted average number of fund

       

shares outstanding ($ x 1,000)

     

2,653

2,653

Average amount of debt per share ($)

     

33.17

13.31


a
 From August 31, 2019 (commencement of operations) to March 31, 2020.

b Based on average shares outstanding.

c Not annualized.

d Annualized.

See notes to financial statements.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies:

BNY Mellon Alcentra Global Multi-Strategy Credit Fund, Inc. (the “fund”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”) is a non-diversified closed-end management investment company that has a limited term of approximately six years. The fund’s investment objective is to seek to provide total return consisting of high current income and capital appreciation. The fund will terminate at the close of business on August 30, 2025, the sixth anniversary of the closing date of the fund’s initial public offering (the “Termination Date”), although the fund’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) may choose to commence the liquidation and termination of the fund prior to the Termination Date. The Board may also, in its sole discretion and without shareholder approval, extend the Termination Date by up to one year to a date on or before August 30, 2026, the seventh anniversary of the fund’s initial public offering, which date shall then become the Termination Date. BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. (the “Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (“BNY Mellon”), serves as the fund’s investment adviser. Alcentra NY, LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of BNY Mellon and affiliate of the Adviser, serves as the fund’s sub-investment adviser.

The fund determines its net asset value quarterly for purposes of compliance with the Act, although it also calculates and publishes a daily net asset value. Shareholders are not able to transact in the fund’s shares on a daily basis and, as a result, should consider the daily net asset value provided by the fund for informational purposes only. Shareholders should not rely on third-party information that uses the published daily net asset value to calculate the fund’s performance. The fund’s performance, based on its quarterly net asset value, will be provided in the fund’s reports to shareholders.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) is the exclusive reference of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the FASB ASC Topic 946 Financial Services-Investment Companies. The fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

The fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. The fund does not anticipate recognizing any loss related to these arrangements.

(a) Portfolio valuation: The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price). GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques used to measure fair value. This hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).

Additionally, GAAP provides guidance on determining whether the volume and activity in a market has decreased significantly and whether such a decrease in activity results in transactions that are not orderly. GAAP requires enhanced disclosures around valuation inputs and techniques used during annual and interim periods.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s investments relating to fair value measurements. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

Level 1—unadjusted 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 the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. Valuation techniques used to value the fund’s investments are as follows:

Registered investment companies that are not traded on an exchange are valued at their net asset value and are generally categorized within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Investments in debt securities and floating rate loan interests, excluding short-term investments (other than U.S. Treasury Bills), and forward foreign currency exchange contracts (“forward contracts”) are valued each

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business day by one or more independent pricing services (each, a “Service”) approved by the Board. Investments for which quoted bid prices are readily available and are representative of the bid side of the market in the judgment of a Service are valued at the mean between the quoted bid prices (as obtained by the Service from dealers in such securities) and asked prices (as calculated by a Service based upon its evaluation of the market for such securities). Securities are valued as determined by a Service, based on methods which include consideration of the following: yields or prices of securities of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type; indications as to values from dealers; and general market conditions. These securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Each Service and independent valuation firm is engaged under the general oversight of the Board.

When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to accurately reflect fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the fund calculates its net asset value, the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board. Certain factors may be considered when fair valuing investments such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold, and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers. Certain of the fund’s investments will be fair valued by the Board in accordance with valuation procedures approved by the Board. Those portfolio valuations will be based on unobservable inputs and certain assumptions about how market participants would price the instrument. The fund expects that inputs into the determination of fair value of those investments will require significant management judgment or estimation. Because valuations may fluctuate over short periods of time and may be based on estimates, fair value determinations may differ materially from the value received in an actual transaction. Additionally, valuations of private securities and private companies are inherently uncertain. The fund’s net asset value could be adversely affected if the fund’s determinations regarding the fair value of those investments were materially higher or lower than the values that it ultimately realize upon the disposal of such investments. These securities are either categorized within Level 2 or 3 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the relevant inputs used.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

For securities where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and such securities are generally categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Investments denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange.

Forward contracts are valued at the forward rate and are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of September 30, 2020 in valuing the fund’s investments:

         
 

Level 1– Unadjusted Quoted
Prices

Level 2–
Other
Significant Observable
Inputs

Level 3–Significant Unobservable Inputs

Total

Assets ($)

       

Investments in Securities:

 

 

 

 

Collateralized Loan Obligations

-

126,884,068

-

126,884,068

Corporate Bonds

-

114,732,917

-

114,732,917

Equity Securities – Common Stocks

-

-

2,763,255

2,763,255

Floating Rate Loan Interests

-

84,330,027

4,050,851

88,380,878

Investment Companies

2,747,797

-

-

2,747,797

Other Financial Instruments:

   

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts††

-

10,048

-

10,048

Liabilities ($)

       

Other Financial Instruments:

   

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts††

-

(3,968,461)

-

(3,968,461)


 See Statement of Investments for additional detailed categorizations, if any.

†† Amount shown represents unrealized appreciation (depreciation) at period end, but only variation margin on exchanged traded and centrally cleared derivatives, if any, are reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:

     
   

Floating Rate Loan
Interests & Equity
Securities – Common
Stocks ($)

Balanced as of 3/31/2020

 

10,736,449

Realized gain (loss)

 

(80,744)

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

1,371,602

Purchases/Issuances

 

98,282

Sales/Dispositions

 

(2,348,561)

Transfers into Level 3

 

2,763,255

Transfers out of Level 3

 

(5,726,177)

Balanced as of 9/30/2020††

 

6,814,106

The amount of total gains (losses) for the period included in earnings attributable to the change in unrealized gains (losses) relating to investments still held at 9/30/2020

 

3,172,192


 Transfers into or out of Level 3 represent the value at the date of transfer. The transfer into Level 3 for the current period was due to the lack of observable inputs. The transfer out of Levvel 3 for the current period was due to additional observable inputs.

†† Securities deemed as Level 3 due to the lack of observable inputs by management assessment.

(b) Foreign currency transactions: The fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized on securities transactions between trade and settlement date, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments resulting from changes in exchange rates. Foreign currency gains and losses on foreign currency transactions are also included with net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

(c) Securities transactions and investment income: Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions are recorded on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date and interest income, including, where applicable, accretion of discount and amortization of premium on investments, is recognized on the accrual

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

basis. Interest income from investments in collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) equity is recorded based upon an effective yield to maturity utilizing assumed cash flows. The Adviser monitors the expected cash flows from its CLOs equity investments and effective yield is determined and adjusted as needed.

(d) Affiliated issuers: Investments in other investment companies advised by the Adviser are considered “affiliated” under the Act.

(e) Risk: Certain events particular to the industries in which the fund’s investments conduct their operations, as well as general economic, political and public health conditions, may have a significant negative impact on the investee’s operations and profitability. In addition, turbulence in financial markets and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and/or fixed income markets may negatively affect many issuers, which could adversely affect the fund. Global economies and financial markets are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions and events in one country, region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. These risks may be magnified if certain events or developments adversely interrupt the global supply chain; in these and other circumstances, such risks might affect companies worldwide. Recent examples include pandemic risks related to COVID-19 and aggressive measures taken world-wide in response by governments, including closing borders, restricting international and domestic travel, and the imposition of prolonged quarantines of large populations, and by businesses, including changes to operations and reducing staff. To the extent the fund may overweight its investments in certain countries, companies, industries or market sectors, such positions will increase the fund’s exposure to risk of loss from adverse developments affecting those countries, companies, industries or sectors.

The use of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) is expected to be phased out by the end of 2021. LIBOR is currently used as a reference rate for certain financial instruments invested in by the fund, many of which are set to mature after the expected phase out of LIBOR. We are currently evaluating the impact of the LIBOR transition and continue to monitor the efforts of various parties, including government agencies, seeking to identify an alternative rate to replace LIBOR.

The fund invests primarily in debt securities. Failure of an issuer of the debt securities to make timely interest or principal payments, or a decline or the perception of a decline in the credit quality of a debt security, can cause the debt security’s price to fall, potentially lowering the fund’s share price. High yield (“junk”) bonds involve greater credit risk, including the risk of default, than investment grade bonds, and are considered

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predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s continuing ability to make principal and interest payments. In addition, the value of debt securities may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular issuer, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates or adverse investor sentiment. Such values may also decline because of factors that affect a particular industry.

The fund invests in floating rate loan interests. The floating rate loans in which the fund invests typically are below investment grade securities, and inherently speculative. In the event of the bankruptcy of a borrower, the fund could experience delays or limitations imposed by insolvency laws with respect to its ability to realize the benefits of any collateral securing the borrower’s loan.

The fund invests in CLOs. CLOs and other structured credit investments are generally backed by an asset or a pool of assets (typically senior secured loans, certain subordinated loans and other credit-related assets in the case of CLOs) which serve as collateral. The cash flows from CLOs and structured credit investments are split into two or more portions, called tranches, varying in risk and yield. The fund and other investors in CLOs and structured finance securities ultimately bear the credit risk of the underlying collateral. If there are defaults or the relevant collateral otherwise underperforms, scheduled payments to senior tranches of such securities take precedence over those of mezzanine tranches, and scheduled payments to mezzanine tranches take precedence over those to subordinated/equity tranches. The fund may invest in any tranche, including the equity tranche. The riskiest portion is the “equity” tranche, which is subordinate to the other tranches in the event of defaults. Senior tranches typically have higher ratings and lower yields than its underlying securities, and may be rated investment grade. The ratings reflect both the credit quality of underlying collateral as well as how much protection a given tranche is afforded by tranches that are subordinate to it.

CLOs and other structured finance securities may present risks similar to those of the other types of debt obligations and, in fact, such risks may be of greater significance in the case of CLOs and other structured finance securities. In addition to the general risks associated with investing in debt securities, CLO securities carry additional risks, including, but not limited to: (1) the possibility that distributions from collateral assets will not be adequate to make interest or other payments; (2) the quality of the collateral may decline in value or default; (3) the possibility that the class of CLOs held by the fund is subordinate to other senior classes; and (4) the complex structure of the security may not be fully understood at the time of

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

investment and may produce disputes with the issuer or unexpected investment results. Additionally, changes in the collateral held by a CLOs may cause payments on the instruments the fund holds to be reduced, either temporarily or permanently. Structured investments, particularly the subordinated interests in which the fund invests, are less liquid than many other types of securities and may be more volatile than the assets underlying the CLOs the fund may target. In addition, CLOs and other structured credit investments may be subject to prepayment risk.

The fund may invest in directly-originated loans as part of its Direct Lending Strategy. As part of this strategy, the fund may originate direct loans to companies where the fund would benefit from a first lien senior priority ranking in the company’s capital structure. The fund also may engage in unitranche lending, in which a senior loan tranche and a mezzanine loan tranche of an issuer are blended into a single first ranking tranche of debt. These loans are typically arranged so that they pay a floating rate of interest made up of a base rate, such as LIBOR, plus an additional margin to compensate for credit risk (such margin may be paid fully in cash or may incorporate a “payment-in-kind” or “PIK” component which is not paid in cash, but which accrues and is added to the outstanding principal amount to be paid on the contractual maturity date). As part of this strategy, in certain circumstances, the fund may take an equity position in a company it lends to. The fund also may invest in second lien, senior unsecured, mezzanine and other collateralized and uncollateralized subordinated loans (“Subordinated Loans”). Subordinated Loans sit below the senior secured debt in a company’s capital structure, but have priority over the company’s bonds and equity securities. The fund, from time to time, also may seek to participate in the upside gain of a business through the exercise of warrants or other equity securities acquired in connection with its investment in a Subordinated Loan.

(f) Dividends and distributions to shareholders: Dividends and distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividends from investment income-net are normally declared and paid quarterly. To permit the fund to maintain a more stable quarterly distribution, the fund may from time to time distribute less than the entire amount of income earned in a particular period. Any such undistributed income would be available to supplement future distributions. As a result, the distributions paid by the fund for any particular quarterly period may be more or less than the amount of income actually earned by the fund during that period. Dividends from net realized capital gains, if any, are normally declared and paid annually, but the fund may make distributions on a more frequent basis to comply with the distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). To the extent that net realized

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capital gains can be offset by capital loss carryovers, it is the policy of the fund not to distribute such gains. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

On August 31, 2020, the Board declared a cash dividend of $1.75 per share from undistributed investment income-net, payable on September 29, 2020 to Shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 15, 2020. The ex-dividend date was September 14, 2020.

(g) Federal income taxes: It is the policy of the fund to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company, if such qualification is in the best interests of its shareholders, by complying with the applicable provisions of the Code, and to make distributions of taxable income and net realized capital gain sufficient to relieve it from substantially all federal income and excise taxes.

As of and during the period ended September 30, 2020, the fund did not have any liabilities for any uncertain tax positions. The fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. During the period ended September 30, 2020, the fund did not incur any interest or penalties.

The tax year ended March 31, 2020 remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.

The fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses for an unlimited period. Furthermore, capital loss carryovers retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses.

The fund has an unused capital loss carryover of $4,579,422 available for federal income tax purposes to be applied against future net realized capital gains, if any, realized subsequent to March 31, 2020. These short-term capital losses can be carried forward for an unlimited period.

The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020 was as follows: ordinary income $9,617,129. The tax character of current year distributions will be determined at the end of the current fiscal year.

(h) Share repurchases: Beginning in October 2020 and ending upon the adoption by the Board of a plan of liquidation, the fund intends, but is not obligated, to conduct quarterly tender offers for up to 2.5% of its shares of common stock then outstanding in the sole discretion of the Board. Each tender offer would be made, and shareholders would be notified, in accordance with the requirements of the Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. When the fund conducts a tender offer,

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

shareholders should read carefully the tender offer documents once they are filed with the SEC and become available, as they will contain important information about the offer. See Note 5.

NOTE 2—Borrowings:

The fund has a $132,000,000 Revolving Credit and Security Agreement (the “Agreement”). Effective September 15, 2020, the fund entered into an amendment to the Agreement, which, among other things, extended the schedule maturity date of the Agreement to September 6, 2022 (or the prior business day, as necessary). Under the terms of the Agreement, the fund may borrow “Advances” (including Eurodollar Rate Advances). The interest to be paid by the fund on such Advances is determined with reference to the principal amount of each Advance (and/or Eurodollar Rate Advance) outstanding from time to time. The fund also pays additional fees pursuant to the Agreement. During the period ended September 30, 2020, total fees pursuant to the Agreement amounted to $897,242 inclusive of $722,754 of interest expenses and $174,488 of loan fees.

The average amount of borrowings outstanding under the Agreement during the period ended September 30, 2020 was $88,000,000, with a related weighted average annualized interest rate of 1.64%. The fund’s borrowings under the Agreement are secured by its portfolio holdings.

NOTE 3—Investment Management Fee, Sub-Investment Advisory Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

(a) Pursuant to an Investment Management Agreement with the Adviser, the management fee is computed at the annual rate of 1.25% of the value of the fund’s “Managed Assets” determined as of the last day of each quarter, and is payable quarterly in arrears. “Managed Assets” of the fund means the total assets of the fund, including any assets attributable to leverage (i.e., any loans from certain financial institutions and/or the issuance of debt securities (collectively, “Borrowings”), preferred stock or other similar preference securities (“Preferred Shares”), or the use of derivative instruments that have the economic effect of leverage), minus the fund’s accrued liabilities, other than any liabilities or obligations attributable to leverage obtained through (i) indebtedness of any type (including, without limitation, Borrowings), (ii) the issuance of Preferred Shares, and/or (iii) any other means, all as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Pursuant to a sub-investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, the Adviser pays the Sub-Adviser a fee at the annual rate

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of .625% of the value of the fund’s Managed Assets determined as of the last day of each quarter, and payable quarterly in arrears.

(b) The fund compensates The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of the Adviser, under a custody agreement for providing custodial services for the fund. These fees are determined based on net assets and transaction activity. During the period ended September 30, 2020, the fund was charged $23,153 pursuant to the custody agreement.

The fund has an arrangement with the custodian whereby the fund will receive interest income or overdraft fees when cash balances are maintained. These fees, if any, are included in interest income in the Statement of Operations.

During the period ended September 30, 2020, the fund was charged $4,062 for services performed by the Chief Compliance Officer and his staff. These fees are included in Chief Compliance Officer fees in the Statement of Operations.

The components of “Due to BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. and affiliates” in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities consist of: management fees of $1,073,150, custodian fees of $14,000 and Chief Compliance Officer fees of $2,046.

(c) Each Board member also serves as a Board member of other funds in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds complex. Annual retainer fees and attendance fees are allocated to each fund based on net assets.

NOTE 4—Securities Transactions:

The aggregate amount of purchases and sales (including paydowns) of investment securities, excluding short-term securities and forward contracts, during the period ended September 30, 2020, amounted to $102,493,943 and $85,578,767, respectively.

Floating Rate Loan Interests: Floating rate instruments are loans and other securities with interest rates that adjust or “float” periodically. Floating rate loans are made by banks and other financial institutions to their corporate clients. The rates of interest on the loans adjust periodically by reference to a base lending rate, such as the LIBOR plus a premium or credit spread. Floating rate loans reset on periodic set dates, typically 30 to 90 days, but not to exceed one year. The fund may invest in multiple series or tranches of a loan. A different series or tranche may have varying terms and carry different associated risks.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

The fund may enter into certain credit agreements all or a portion of which may be unfunded. The fund is obligated to fund these commitments at the borrower’s discretion. The commitments are disclosed in the accompanying Statement of Investments. At September 30, 2020, the fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover these commitments.

Derivatives: A derivative is a financial instrument whose performance is derived from the performance of another asset. The fund enters into International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreements or similar agreements (collectively, “Master Agreements”) with its over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivative contract counterparties in order to, among other things, reduce its credit risk to counterparties. Master Agreements include provisions for general obligations, representations, collateral and events of default or termination. Under a Master Agreement, the fund may offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment in the event of default or termination.

Each type of derivative instrument that was held by the fund during the period ended September 30, 2020 is discussed below.

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts: The fund enters into forward contracts in order to hedge its exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates on its foreign portfolio holdings, to settle foreign currency transactions or as a part of its investment strategy. When executing forward contracts, the fund is obligated to buy or sell a foreign currency at a specified rate on a certain date in the future. With respect to sales of forward contracts, the fund incurs a loss if the value of the contract increases between the date the forward contract is opened and the date the forward contract is closed. The fund realizes a gain if the value of the contract decreases between those dates. With respect to purchases of forward contracts, the fund incurs a loss if the value of the contract decreases between the date the forward contract is opened and the date the forward contract is closed. The fund realizes a gain if the value of the contract increases between those dates. Any realized or unrealized gains or losses which occurred during the period are reflected in the Statement of Operations. The fund is exposed to foreign currency risk as a result of changes in value of underlying financial instruments. The fund is also exposed to credit risk associated with counterparty nonperformance on these forward contracts, which is generally limited to the unrealized gain on each open contract. This risk may be mitigated by Master Agreements, if any, between the fund and the counterparty and the posting of collateral, if any, by the counterparty to the fund to cover the fund’s exposure to the

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counterparty. Forward Contracts open at September 30, 2020 are set forth in the Statement of Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts.

The provisions of ASC Topic 210 “Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities” require disclosure on the offsetting of financial assets and liabilities. These disclosures are required for certain investments, including derivative financial instruments subject to Master Agreements which are eligible for offsetting in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and require the fund to disclose both gross and net information with respect to such investments. For financial reporting purposes, the fund does not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to Master Agreements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

At September 30, 2020, derivative assets and liabilities (by type) on a gross basis are as follows:

           

Derivative Financial Instruments:

 

Assets ($)

 

Liabilities ($)

 

Forward contracts

 

10,048

 

(3,968,461)

 

Total gross amount of derivative

 

 

 

 

 

assets and liabilities in the

 

 

 

 

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

10,048

 

(3,968,461)

 

Derivatives not subject to

 

 

 

 

 

Master Agreements

 

-

 

-

 

Total gross amount of assets

 

 

 

 

 

and liabilities subject to

 

 

 

 

 

Master Agreements

 

10,048

 

(3,968,461)

 

The following tables present derivative assets and liabilities net of amounts available for offsetting under Master Agreements and net of related collateral received or pledged, if any, as of September 30, 2020:

             

 

 

 

Financial

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

and Derivatives

 

 

 

 

Gross Amount of

 

Available

Collateral

 

Net Amount of

Counterparty

Assets ($)

1

for Offset ($)

Received ($)

2

Assets ($)

Goldman Sachs

10,048

 

(10,048)

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

and Derivatives

 

 

 

 

Gross Amount of

 

Available

Collateral

 

Net Amount of

Counterparty

Liabilities ($)

1

for Offset ($)

Pledged ($)

2

Liabilities ($)

Goldman Sachs

(3,968,461)

 

10,048

3,200,000

 

(758,413)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Absent a default event or early termination, OTC derivative assets and liabilities are presented at gross amounts and are not offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)

The following summarizes the average market value of derivatives outstanding during the period ended September 30, 2020:

     

 

 

Average Market Value ($)

Forward contracts

 

133,009,023

 

 

 

At September 30, 2020, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments inclusive of derivative contracts was $370,441, consisting of $11,780,758 gross unrealized appreciation and $11,410,317 gross unrealized depreciation.

At September 30, 2020, the cost of investments inclusive of derivative contracts for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).

NOTE 5—Subsequent Event:

On October 14, 2020, the fund commenced its initial quarterly tender offer for up to 2.5% of the fund’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock. The tender offer, which expired at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on November 12, 2020, was oversubscribed. Therefore, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the tender offer, the fund will purchase shares from all tendering shareholders on a pro rata basis, after disregarding fractions, based on the number of shares properly tendered (and not timely withdrawn) by or on behalf of each shareholder (“Pro-Ration Factor”). The final results of the tender offer are provided in the table below.

       

Number of
Shares Tendered

Number of Tendered
Shares to Be Purchased

Pro- Ration Factor

Purchase Price*

205,585

66,325

0.32269

$94.81

* 100% of the fund’s net asset value per share as of September 30, 2020.

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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
BNY Mellon Alcentra Global Multi-Strategy Credit Fund, Inc.

240 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10286

       

Directors

 

Officers (continued)

 

Joseph S. DiMartino, Chairman

 

Assistant Treasurers (continued)

 

Francine J. Bovich

 

Robert Svagna

 

Andrew J. Donohue

 

Robert Salviolo

 

Kenneth A. Himmel

 

Chief Compliance Officer

 

Stephen J. Lockwood

 

Joseph W. Connolly

 

Roslyn M. Watson

     

Benaree Pratt Wiley

 

Portfolio Managers

 
   

Chris Barris

 

Officers

 

Kevin Cronk

 

President

 

Leland Hart

 

Renee-Laroche-Morris

 

Hiram Hamilton

 

Chief Legal Officer

 

Suhail Shaikh

 

Bennett A. MacDougall

     

Vice President and Secretary

 

Adviser

 

James Bitetto

 

BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc.

 

Vice Presidents and Assistant Secretaries

 

Sub-Investment Adviser

 

Sonalee Cross

 

Alcentra NY, LLC

 

Deirdre Cunnane

 

Custodian

 

Sarah S. Kelleher

 

The Bank of New York Mellon

 

Jeff Prusnofsky

 

Counsel

 

Peter M. Sullivan

 

Proskauer Rose LLP

 

Amanda Quinn

 

Transfer Agent,

 

Natalya Zelensky

 

Dividend Disbursing Agent

 

Vice President

 

Computershare Inc.

 

David DiPetrillo

 

Initial SEC Effective Date

 

Treasurer

 

8/28/2019

 

James Windels

     

Assistant Treasurers

     

Gavin C. Reilly

     

Robert S. Robol

     
       
 
 

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For More Information

BNY Mellon Alcentra Global Multi-Strategy Credit Fund, Inc.
240 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10286

Adviser
BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc.
240 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10286

Sub-Adviser
Alcentra NY, LLC
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166

Custodian
The Bank of New York Mellon
240 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10286

Transfer Agent &
Registrar
Computershare Inc.
480 Washington Boulevard
Jersey City, NJ 07310

Dividend Disbursing Agent
Computershare Inc.
P.O. Box 30170
College Station, TX 77842

   

Ticker Symbol:

XALCX

For more information about the fund visit https://im.bnymellon.com/us/en/intermediary/products/specialty-products/alcentra-closed-end-fund.jsp. Here you will find the fund’s daily and most recently available quarterly net asset values, press releases, quarterly fact sheets and portfolio manager commentary, distribution information, the fund’s Top 10 portfolio holdings and other information about the fund. The information posted on the fund’s website is subject to change without notice.

The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Forms N-PORT will be available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

A description of the policies and procedures that the fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information regarding how the fund voted these proxies for the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 will be available at www.bnymellonim.com/us and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-373-9387.

   


0816SA0920

 


 

Item 2.           Code of Ethics.

                        Not applicable.

Item 3.           Audit Committee Financial Expert.

                        Not applicable.

Item 4.           Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

                        Not applicable.

Item 5.           Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

                        Not applicable.

Item 6.           Investments.

(a)                   Not applicable.

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 Companies and Affiliated Purchasers.

                        Not applicable. 

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

                        There have been no material changes to the procedures applicable to Item 10.

Item 11.        Controls and Procedures.

(a)           The Registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-CSR is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant's management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b)           There were no changes to the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12.        Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

The fund did not participate in a securities lending program during this period. 


 
 
 
 

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.

BNY Mellon Alcentra Global Multi-Strategy Credit Fund, Inc.

 

By:         /s/ Renee LaRoche-Morris

                Renee LaRoche-Morris

                President (Principal Executive Officer)

 

Date:      November 23, 2020

 

 

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/ Renee LaRoche-Morris

                Renee LaRoche-Morris

                President (Principal Executive Officer)

 

Date:      November 23, 2020

 

 

By:         /s/ James Windels

                James Windels

                Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)

 

Date:      November 23, 2020

 

 

 


 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX

(a)(2)      Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.  (EX-99.CERT)

(b)           Certification of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.  (EX-99.906CERT)