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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number 811-21751

 

Lazard World Dividend & Income Fund, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10112
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

Mark R. Anderson, Esq.
Lazard Asset Management LLC
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10112
(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 632-6000

 

Date of fiscal year end: 12/31

 

Date of reporting period: 9/30/2019

 

Lazard World Dividend & Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2019 (unaudited)

 

Description  Shares   Fair
Value
 
Common Stocks  |  98.4%          
Australia  |  1.0%          
Alumina, Ltd.   371,769   $595,166 
Brazil  |  3.1%          
BB Seguridade Participacoes SA   138,602    1,168,541 
CCR SA   155,500    645,585 
         1,814,126 
Canada  |  1.9%          
Alaris Royalty Corp.   39,650    589,280 
Suncor Energy, Inc.   15,990    504,376 
         1,093,656 
China  |  3.3%          
JNBY Design, Ltd.   532,000    766,662 
Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. of China, Ltd., Class H   99,500    1,151,484 
         1,918,146 
France  |  6.1%          
Cie de Saint-Gobain   10,893    427,888 
Engie SA   66,726    1,090,160 
Faurecia SA   7,253    344,826 
Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA   7,324    725,836 
Total SA   19,023    990,336 
         3,579,046 
Germany  |  0.9%          
Vonovia SE   9,768    495,508 
Hong Kong  |  1.9%          
Hang Seng Bank, Ltd.   24,100    521,399 
Sands China, Ltd.   126,800    578,947 
         1,100,346 
Israel  |  1.5%          
Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM   120,140    855,148 
Italy  |  1.8%          
Banca Farmafactoring SpA   199,750    1,041,325 
Japan  |  3.3%          
Amada Holdings Co., Ltd.   50,600    549,245 
Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.   24,100    785,241 
Tokyo Electron, Ltd.   3,100    595,451 
         1,929,937 
Mexico  |  1.3%          
Fibra Uno Administracion SA de CV REIT   253,000    369,744 
Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV, Class O   71,900    386,461 
         756,205 
Description  Shares   Fair
Value
 
Netherlands  |  1.1%          
Royal Dutch Shell PLC, B Shares   22,738   $667,975 
Norway  |  2.0%          
Mowi ASA   51,694    1,192,631 
Portugal  |  0.5%          
Galp Energia SGPS SA   20,881    314,084 
Russia  |  1.5%          
Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS PJ (*)   586,221    854,633 
Singapore  |  5.6%          
BOC Aviation, Ltd.   81,800    756,705 
DBS Group Holdings, Ltd.   76,900    1,386,010 
NetLink NBN Trust   1,786,100    1,150,169 
         3,292,884 
South Africa  |  0.4%          
Standard Bank Group, Ltd.   22,564    260,642 
South Korea  |  2.4%          
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.   11,330    462,263 
Woongjin Coway Co., Ltd.   13,005    920,560 
         1,382,823 
Switzerland  |  1.6%          
ABB, Ltd.   48,015    943,076 
Taiwan  |  2.0%          
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR   13,225    614,698 
Tripod Technology Corp.   161,000    582,827 
         1,197,525 
United Kingdom  |  3.7%          
Cineworld Group PLC   159,812    447,932 
Legal & General Group PLC   117,682    359,324 
Rio Tinto PLC   26,204    1,361,089 
         2,168,345 
United States  |  51.5%          
Accenture PLC, Class A   5,209    1,001,951 
Analog Devices, Inc.   3,018    337,201 
AT&T, Inc.   19,053    720,966 
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A REIT   31,889    1,143,221 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   9,600    486,816 
Brixmor Property Group, Inc. REIT   71,940    1,459,663 
Camden Property Trust REIT   2,850    316,379 
Carter’s, Inc.   6,500    592,865 
Chevron Corp.   5,414    642,100 
Cisco Systems, Inc.   34,730    1,716,009 
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.   17,445    617,030 
Eaton Corp. PLC   33,054    2,748,440 


 

Lazard World Dividend & Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (continued)

September 30, 2019 (unaudited)

 

         
Description  Shares   Fair
Value
 
Exelon Corp.   13,000   $628,030 
Gilead Sciences, Inc.   7,260    460,139 
Intel Corp.   9,430    485,928 
International Game Technology PLC   25,000    355,250 
Johnson & Johnson   8,359    1,081,487 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.   7,977    938,813 
Kimberly-Clark Corp.   4,200    596,610 
Leggett & Platt, Inc.   28,271    1,157,415 
Lowe’s Cos., Inc.   4,550    500,318 
Medtronic PLC   7,973    866,027 
MetLife, Inc.   8,600    405,576 
Microsoft Corp.   10,460    1,454,254 
PacWest Bancorp   20,174    733,123 
Pattern Energy Group, Inc., Class A   21,135    569,166 
Pfizer, Inc.   49,309    1,771,672 
Raytheon Co.   3,380    663,122 
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   5,350    423,987 
Tapestry, Inc.   16,065    418,493 
Texas Instruments, Inc.   4,789    618,930 
The Boeing Co.   2,080    791,378 
The Coca-Cola Co.   19,090    1,039,260 
United Technologies Corp.   5,966    814,478 
Valero Energy Corp.   7,230    616,285 
Verizon Communications, Inc.   15,980    964,553 
         30,136,935 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $55,068,476)
        57,590,162 
          
Description  Principal
Amount
(000) («)
   Fair
Value
 
Foreign Government Obligations  |  13.6%          
Brazil  |  3.0%          
Brazil NTN-B,
6.00%, 05/15/23
   1,150   $1,012,630 
Brazil NTN-F,
10.00%, 01/01/27
   2,656    749,459 
         1,762,089 
Dominican Republic  |  2.9%          
Dominican Republic Bonds:          
15.95%, 06/04/21 (#)   16,500    354,541 
16.95%, 02/04/22 (#)   26,100    588,924 
8.90%, 02/15/23   24,000    462,577 
10.50%, 04/07/23   13,900    281,795 
         1,687,837 
Description  Principal
Amount
(000) («)
   Fair
Value
 
Egypt  |  3.7%          
Egypt Treasury Bills:          
0.00%, 11/05/19   3,475   $210,043 
0.00%, 05/12/20   34,850    1,956,589 
         2,166,632 
Indonesia  |  0.9%          
Indonesia Government Bonds,
8.37%, 09/15/26
   6,853,000    515,212 
Malaysia  |  0.9%          
Malaysia Government Bonds:          
3.65%, 10/31/19   2,156    515,151 
3.62%, 11/30/21   170    40,990 
         556,141 
Russia  |  2.2%          
Russia Government Bonds - OFZ:          
7.95%, 10/07/26   22,440    368,237 
7.05%, 01/19/28   57,800    903,473 
         1,271,710 
Total Foreign Government Obligations
(Cost $8,102,559)
        7,959,621 
           
Description  Shares     Fair
Value
 
Short-Term Investments  |  1.0%          
State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund, Premier Class,
1.95% (7 day yield)
(Cost $603,758)
   603,758   $603,758 
Total Investments  |  113.0%
(Cost $63,774,793) (»)
       $66,153,541 
Liabilities in Excess of Cash and Other Assets  |  (13.0)%        (7,590,655)
Net Assets  |  100.0%       $58,562,886 


 

Lazard World Dividend & Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (continued)

September 30, 2019 (unaudited)

Forward Currency Contracts open at September 30, 2019

Currency
Purchased
  Quantity  Currency
Sold
  Quantity  Counterparty  Settlement
Date
  Unrealized
Appreciation
   Unrealized
Depreciation
 
AUD  576,000  USD  391,957  BNP  10/21/19  $   $2,923 
BRL  146,500  USD  35,627  BNP  05/18/20       850 
BRL  731,224  USD  178,000  CIT  11/08/19       2,456 
CLP  720,564,300  USD  1,010,000  BNP  11/15/19       20,921 
CLP  329,415,400  USD  466,000  CIT  10/18/19       14,088 
CNY  8,795,689  USD  1,237,000  CIT  11/08/19       1,997 
CNY  382,000  USD  53,144  HSB  12/05/19   404     
COP  3,770,850,000  USD  1,093,000  SCB  12/13/19       13,078 
CZK  15,339,000  USD  674,320  CIT  06/08/20       24,444 
CZK  17,042,000  USD  748,981  SCB  06/08/20       26,954 
EUR  257,000  USD  284,816  SCB  10/07/19       4,592 
GHS  3,111,175  USD  576,613  CIT  10/02/19   64     
GHS  3,111,175  USD  557,808  CIT  01/02/20       364 
GHS  4,071,925  USD  737,000  JPM  10/02/19   17,759     
HUF  250,053,000  USD  828,868  CIT  03/27/20       6,402 
IDR  4,544,933,000  USD  323,000  HSB  11/15/19       4,025 
IDR  5,718,570,000  USD  403,000  HSB  11/15/19       1,657 
ILS  1,033,000  USD  294,157  SCB  10/25/19   3,347     
INR  77,430,273  USD  1,121,000  CIT  10/11/19       27,206 
INR  649,674  USD  9,000  CIT  11/08/19   156     
INR  29,244,275  USD  410,000  CIT  02/06/20       2,596 
INR  16,385,995  USD  227,000  HSB  10/11/19   4,472     
KES  30,681,670  USD  293,942  CIT  10/28/19   23     
KZT  230,308,400  USD  581,000  HSB  01/15/20       1,863 
KZT  323,850,500  USD  823,000  SCB  10/30/19   6,259     
MXN  6,624,000  USD  336,674  HSB  10/31/19       2,622 
MXN  7,517,000  USD  388,238  HSB  10/31/19       9,152 
PEN  2,834,948  USD  830,000  HSB  11/07/19   10,037     
PEN  2,159,630  USD  638,000  JPM  10/04/19   2,709     
PHP  28,944,020  USD  550,162  JPM  03/31/20   4,002     
PLN  4,439,000  USD  1,120,515  CIT  10/07/19       13,499 
RUB  16,869,000  USD  253,193  BNP  10/16/19   6,483     
RUB  20,179,110  USD  307,000  CIT  10/16/19   3,631     
RUB  26,595,824  USD  397,000  HSB  10/16/19   12,408     
SGD  1,393,000  USD  1,010,885  SCB  10/18/19       2,863 
THB  24,625,960  USD  809,000  HSB  11/22/19       3,099 
TRY  2,525,000  USD  439,940  BNP  10/24/19   3,624     
TRY  2,416,000  USD  366,460  HSB  07/02/20   28,324     
UGX  1,658,228,000  USD  446,000  CIT  11/18/19       250 
USD  2,082,237  AUD  3,068,000  BNP  10/21/19   10,088     
USD  301,000  BRL  1,238,164  CIT  05/18/20   7,083     
USD  86,072  CZK  1,992,000  CIT  06/08/20   1,676     
USD  318,307  CZK  7,340,000  CIT  06/08/20   7,329     
USD  424,000  CZK  9,787,616  CIT  06/08/20   9,323     
USD  295,771  CZK  6,708,000  SCB  06/08/20   11,570     
USD  380,000  DOP  19,758,290  CIT  11/29/19   2,660     
 

Lazard World Dividend & Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (concluded)

September 30, 2019 (unaudited)

 

Forward Currency Contracts open at September 30, 2019 (concluded)

Currency
Purchased
  Quantity  Currency
Sold
  Quantity  Counterparty  Settlement
Date
  Unrealized
Appreciation
   Unrealized
Depreciation
 
USD  282,781  EUR  257,000  HSB  10/07/19  $2,557   $ 
USD  175,000  GHS  960,750  CIT  10/02/19       3,082 
USD  574,282  GHS  3,111,175  CIT  10/02/19       2,395 
USD  554,000  KZT  216,004,600  SCB  10/30/19   893     
USD  186,974  RUB  12,407,000  BNP  10/16/19       4,016 
USD  475,000  RUB  30,486,688  CIT  10/16/19   5,698     
USD  180,160  RUB  11,428,000  HSB  10/16/19   4,241     
USD  377,428  TRY  2,416,000  SCB  07/02/20       17,355 
USD  702,195  ZAR  10,763,000  CIT  11/08/19       5,057 
USD  52,046  ZAR  800,000  HSB  11/08/19       523 
USD  294,236  ZAR  4,411,000  HSB  11/08/19   4,383     
UYU  8,918,400  USD  240,000  CIT  11/06/19       189 
UYU  19,027,942  USD  547,000  HSB  10/04/19       32,518 
UYU  13,447,544  USD  356,000  HSB  05/29/20       10,412 
ZAR  4,322,000  USD  281,836  HSB  11/08/19   2,169     
ZAR  15,752,000  USD  1,030,110  HSB  11/08/19   4,977     
Total gross unrealized appreciation/depreciation on Forward Currency Contracts  $178,349   $263,448 

 

Currency Abbreviations:

AUD — Australian Dollar
BRL — Brazilian Real
CLP — Chilean Peso
CNY — Chinese Renminbi
COP — Colombian Peso
CZK — Czech Koruna
DOP — Dominican Republic Peso
EUR — Euro
GHS — Ghanaian Cedi
HUF — Hungarian Forint
IDR — Indonesian Rupiah
ILS — Israeli Shekel
INR — Indian Rupee
KES — Kenyan Shilling
KZT — Kazakhstan Tenge
MXN — Mexican New Peso
PEN — Peruvian New Sol
PHP — Philippine Peso
PLN — Polish Zloty
RUB — Russian Ruble
SGD — Singapore Dollar
THB — Thai Baht
TRY — New Turkish Lira
UGX — Ugandan Shilling
USD — United States Dollar
UYU — Uruguayan Peso
ZAR — South African Rand

 

 

Counterparty Abbreviations:

BNP — BNP Paribas SA
CIT — Citibank NA
HSB — HSBC Bank USA NA
JPM — JPMorgan Chase Bank NA
SCB — Standard Chartered Bank


 

Lazard World Dividend & Income Fund, Inc.

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2019 (unaudited)

 

(*) Non-income producing security.
(«) Principal amount denominated in respective country’s currency.
(#) Pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, these securities may only be traded among “qualified institutional buyers.” At September 31, 2019, these securities amounted to 1.6% of net assets.
(») The Fund, at all times, maintains portfolio securities in sufficient amount to cover its obligations related to investments in forward currency contracts.

 

Security Abbreviations:

ADR - American Depositary Receipt
NTN-B - Brazil Sovereign “Nota do Tesouro Nacional” Series B
NTN-F - Brazil Sovereign “Nota do Tesouro Nacional” Series F
REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

 

Portfolio holdings by industry (as a percentage of net assets):

Common Stocks     
Aerospace & Defense   3.9%
Auto Components   0.6 
Banks   9.7 
Beverages   1.8 
Biotechnology   0.8 
Building Products   0.7 
Capital Markets   2.5 
Communications Equipment   2.9 
Diversified Financial Services   1.8 
Diversified Telecommunication Services   4.8 
Electric Utilities   1.1 
Electrical Equipment   6.3 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components   1.0 
Entertainment   0.8 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)   3.7 
Food Products   2.0 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies   1.5 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure   1.6 
Household Durables   3.5 
Household Products   1.0 
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers   1.0 
Insurance   5.3 
IT Services   1.7 
Machinery   0.9 
Metals & Mining   3.3 
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)   1.9 
Multi-Utilities   1.9 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels   7.6 
Pharmaceuticals   5.7 
Real Estate Management & Development   2.2 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment   5.3 
Software   2.5 
Specialty Retail   0.9 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals   0.8 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods   3.0 
Trading Companies & Distributors   1.3 
Transportation Infrastructure   1.1 
Subtotal   98.4 
Foreign Government Obligations   13.6 
Short-Term Investments   1.0 
Total Investments   113.0%

 

Industry classifications may be different than those used for compliance monitoring purposes.

 

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments, refer to notes to the financial statements.

 

Item 2. 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 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 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 Registrant’s most recent 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.

 

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.

 

Lazard World Dividend & Income Fund, Inc.

 

By: /s/ Nathan A. Paul
  Nathan A. Paul
  Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: November 25, 2019

 

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/ Nathan A. Paul
  Nathan A. Paul
  Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: November 25, 2019

 

By: /s/ Christopher Snively
  Christopher Snively
  Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: November 25, 2019