N-CSR 1 d56905dncsr.htm OPPENHEIMER MASTER LOAN FUND, LLC Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC

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 811-22137

Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

6803 South Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Arthur S. Gabinet

OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.

225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 768-3200

Date of fiscal year end: September 30

Date of reporting period: 9/30/2015


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.


   

Annual Report

 

   9/30/2015   
   

 

  
   

 

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Oppenheimer

Master Loan

Fund, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

  


Table of Contents

 

 

     

Fund Performance Discussion

     4      

Top Holdings and Allocations

     7      

Fund Expenses

     8      

Statement of Investments

     10      

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     29      

Statement of Operations

     30      

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     31      

Financial Highlights

     32      

Notes to Financial Statements

     33      

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     46      

Board Approval of the Fund’s Investment Advisory and Sub-Advisory Agreements

     47      

Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures; Updates to Statement of Investments

     50      

Directors and Officers

     51      
     

 

 

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS: Margaret Hui, CFA1 and Joseph Welsh, CFA

 

 

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS AT 9/30/15

 

 

    

Oppenheimer Master Loan

Fund, LLC

  

    J.P. Morgan Leveraged    

Loan Index

       Credit Suisse    
    Leveraged Loan    
    Index     

1-Year

   0.90 %    2.18 %    1.23 %

 

5-Year

   5.62        5.01        4.85    

 

Since Inception (10/31/07)

   4.93        4.70        4.15    

 

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Returns do not consider capital gains or income taxes on an individual’s investment. Fund returns include changes in share price and reinvested distributions.

The Fund’s performance is compared to the performance of the J.P. Morgan Leveraged Loan Index and the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index. The J.P. Morgan Leveraged Loan Index tracks the performance of U.S. dollar denominated senior floating rate bank loans. The Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index tracks the performance of U.S. dollar denominated senior

1. On August 10, 2015, it was announced that Margaret Hui will be retiring from OppenheimerFunds. Effective October 28, 2015, David Lukkes, CFA, will take her place as co-portfolio manager of the Fund.

 

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floating rate bank loans. The indices are unmanaged and cannot be purchased directly by investors. While index comparisons may be useful to provide a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, it must be noted that the Fund’s investments are not limited to the investments comprising the indices. Index performance includes reinvestment of income, but does not reflect transaction costs, fees, expenses or taxes. Index performance is shown for illustrative purposes only as a benchmark for the Fund’s performance, and does not predict or depict performance of the Fund. The Fund’s performance reflects the effects of the Fund’s business and operating expenses.

The Fund’s investment strategy and focus can change over time. The mention of specific fund holdings does not constitute a recommendation by OppenheimerFunds, Inc. or its affiliates.

Shares of Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC are issued solely in private placement transactions that do not involve any “public offering” within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Investments in the Fund may only be made by certain “accredited investors” within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act, including other investment companies. This report does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any interests in the Fund.

Shares of Oppenheimer funds are not deposits or obligations of any bank, are not guaranteed by any bank, are not insured by the FDIC or any other agency, and involve investment risks, including the possible loss of the principal amount invested.

 

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Fund Performance Discussion

 

The Fund produced a total return of 0.90% during the 12-month reporting period ended September 30, 2015, lagging the J.P. Morgan Leveraged Loan Index (the “Index”), which returned 2.18%. Senior floating-rate bank loans produced moderately positive total returns over the reporting period in a recovering U.S. economy characterized by improving business fundamentals. The Fund lagged the Index, in part due to weakness among energy companies that struggled with plummeting commodity prices.

 

MARKET OVERVIEW

 

In 2014, growth in the U.S. continued at a higher pace than any other developed economy and employment gains remained positive. Growth in the rest of the world was subdued, however, with major developed economies like the Eurozone and Japan continuing to disappoint due to weak aggregate demand. The biggest surprise of the reporting period and possibly all of 2014 was the precipitous fall in the price of commodities such as crude oil, iron ore, and coal. Weak demand amid tepid global

growth, combined with increasing supplies, was responsible for the drop. The U.S. energy revolution has kept supply high and OPEC’s decision to continue strong production has continued to put pressure on oil prices.

The start of 2015 was marked by cooling U.S. growth after the positive results in 2014. The dollar continued to strengthen significantly during this time against most of the U.S.’s major trading partners, which

 

 

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acted as a drag on growth. Businesses, especially U.S. firms with revenues dependent on exporting goods and services, cited this as a headwind. The Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) appeared to remain on track to raise U.S. rates during 2015, but made it clear that it will remain flexible on the timing and extent of rate hikes.

Valuations in most major risk asset classes hit their peaks in mid-2015 which left them incrementally more vulnerable to profit taking as negative macroeconomic catalysts emerged. Uncertainty around the global economic impact and extent of China’s ongoing economic slowdown led the way; this continued to put more downward pressure on commodity prices. The timing of when the Fed would raise interest rates added further uncertainty into the market. Looking ahead, an objective look at the global economy reveals persistent strength in many U.S. economic indicators coupled with continued, albeit modest, global growth impulses and an accommodative worldwide monetary policy backdrop.

Senior loans, as measured by the J.P. Morgan Leveraged Loan Index, recorded a third-quarter return of -0.76%. Slow global growth, falling commodity prices and uncertainty over Fed action contributed to increased market volatility and a “risk-off” sentiment. While senior loan prices saw some decline during this time, it was muted in comparison to a number of other asset classes. For the same period, the S&P 500 Index and the J.P. Morgan Domestic High

Yield Index returned -6.44% and -4.89%, respectively.

FUND REVIEW

The Fund’s relative performance was hurt mainly by underperformance in the energy industry. The Fund fared better after we reduced the allocation to the energy sector in the beginning of 2015. However, these adjustments were not enough to completely erase the impact of previous declines in this industry. The Fund also received generally disappointing results for the reporting period overall from the gaming-and-leisure industry, where returns were dampened by high-profile bankruptcies. In other areas, company-specific problems undermined relative results in the health care and consumer products sectors.

On a more positive note, the Fund achieved above-average results in the services sector, where an emphasis on higher yielding loans buoyed total returns in the recovering economy. Underweight exposure to metals-and-mining companies enabled the Fund to avoid the full brunt of weakness stemming from lower commodity prices. The Fund’s positions in most of the benchmark’s other industries produced results that were roughly in line with market averages.

STRATEGY & OUTLOOK

The team’s credit analysts have identified attractively valued opportunities in the automotive, broadcasting and services sectors which have resulted in moderate sector overweights relative to the Index. On

 

 

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the other hand, we believe that issuers within the metals/mining and energy sectors may continue to experience volatility due to global growth concerns; we are underweight those sectors as well as the consumer products and cable/satellite sectors where issuer-level valuations appear to be less compelling.

Looking ahead, we believe that senior loans remain well-positioned in both a range-bound interest rate environment as well as one where interest rates begin to rise. With the J.P. Morgan Leveraged Loan Index spread roughly 530 basis points over LIBOR (London inter-bank lending rate) at period end, we believe senior loan spreads (and yields) offer attractive value as they reside above their historical average and even further above their historically tightest

levels. In addition to the attractive income potential that senior loans offer, continued support from collateralized loan obligation (CLO) formations may lead to spread tightening and potential price appreciation.

As the U.S. economy continues to expand at a modest rate and corporate issuers carry manageable levels of debt, we believe that the likelihood of wide-spread credit deterioration is quite low. Metals/mining and energy are sectors that may continue to experience turbulence due to their exposure to commodity prices. However, those sectors make up only 2% and 4% respectively of the Index and thus we believe the default scenario for the broader market is expected to remain relatively benign for the foreseeable future.

 

 

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Top Holdings and Allocations

 

TOP TEN CORPORATE LOAN

INDUSTRIES

 

     

Media

    10.7%   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

    10.0      

Commercial Services & Supplies

    9.0      

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

    6.6      

Internet Software & Services

    5.7      

Industrial Conglomerates

    5.1      

Diversified Telecommunication Services

    4.9      

Chemicals

    3.5      

Distributors

    3.1      

Diversified Consumer Services

    3.0      

Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of September 30, 2015, and are based on net assets.

  CREDIT RATING BREAKDOWN

 

 

NRSRO 

ONLY 

TOTAL 

 

 

AAA

    3.1%     

BBB

    1.8        

BB

    28.6        

B

    61.1        

CCC

    2.3        

D

    1.3        

Unrated

    1.8        

Total

    100.0%   

The percentages above are based on the market value of the Fund’s securities as of September 30, 2015, and are subject to change. Except for securities labeled “Unrated,” and except for certain securities issued or guaranteed by a foreign sovereign, all securities have been rated by at least one Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (“NRSRO”), such as Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”). For securities rated only by an NRSRO other than S&P, OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (the “Sub-Adviser”) converts that rating to the equivalent S&P rating. If two or more NRSROs have assigned a rating to a security, the highest S&P equivalent rating is used. Unrated securities issued or guaranteed by a foreign sovereign are assigned a credit rating equal to the highest NRSRO rating assigned to that foreign sovereign. For securities not rated by an NRSRO, the Sub-Adviser uses its own credit analysis to assign ratings in categories similar to those of S&P. The use of similar categories is not an indication that the Sub-Adviser’s credit analysis process is consistent or comparable with any NRSRO’s process were that NRSRO to rate the same security. Fund assets invested in Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund are assigned that fund’s S&P rating, which is currently AAA. For the purposes of this table, “investment-grade” securities are securities rated within the NRSROs’ four highest rating categories (AAA, AA, A and BBB). Unrated securities do not necessarily indicate low credit quality, and may or may not be the equivalent of investment-grade. Please consult the Fund’s prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for further information.

 

 

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Fund Expenses

 

Fund Expenses. As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and/or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service fees; and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000.00 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire 6-month period ended September 30, 2015.

Actual Expenses. The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expense that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600.00 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.60), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During 6 Months Ended September 30, 2015” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes. The second section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio, and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as front-end or contingent deferred sales charges (loads). Therefore, the “hypothetical” section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

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Actual    Beginning
Account
Value
April 1, 2015
  

Ending

Account

Value
September 30, 2015

  

Expenses

Paid During

6 Months Ended
September 30, 2015      

      $   1,000.00     $      997.30     $          1.70
Hypothetical               
(5% return before expenses)               
           1,000.00          1,023.36                 1.73

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period). Those annualized expense ratios, excluding indirect expenses from affiliated funds, based on the 6-month period ended September 30, 2015 are as follows:

 

Expense Ratio
0.34%      

 

The expense ratio reflects voluntary and/or contractual waivers and/or reimbursements of expenses by the Fund’s Manager. Some of these undertakings may be modified or terminated at any time, as indicated in the Fund’s prospectus. The “Financial Highlights” table in the Fund’s financial statements, included in this report, also shows the gross expense ratio, without such waivers or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses, if applicable.

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS September 30, 2015

 

     Principal
Amount
    Value  

 

 

Corporate Loans—96.5%

    

 

 
Consumer Discretionary—30.5%     

 

 

Auto Components—1.2%

 

  

Affinia Group, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B2, 4.75%, 4/25/201    $       3,585,871        $         3,598,199     

 

 
Cooper Standard, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 3/26/211      1,291,730         1,285,932     

 

 
FleetPride, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.25%, 11/19/191      4,664,337         4,512,746     

 

 
Remy International, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 3/5/201      466,010         466,301     

 

 

Tower Automotive Holdings USA LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 4/23/201

     3,229,800         3,201,540     

 

 

Transtar Holding Co., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.75%, 10/9/181

     2,780,237         2,696,830     
    

 

 

 
      

 

15,761,548  

 

  

 

 

 
Automobiles—0.7%     

 

 
Chrysler LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B1, 5.333%, 8/3/491,2      7,906,399         791     

 

 
Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche C, 4.75%, 4/15/211      9,144,895         8,726,216     
    

 

 

 
      

 

8,727,007  

 

  

 

 

 
Distributors—3.1%     

 

 
Ascena Retail Group, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.25%, 7/29/221      7,125,000         6,881,560     

 

 
Bass Pro Group LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 6/5/201      3,422,800         3,412,816     

 

 
BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 9/26/191      5,169,063         5,149,973     

 

 
Capital Automotive LP, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 4/10/191      828,454         829,563     

 

 
Capital Automotive LP, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 4/30/201      7,268,328         7,341,011     

 

 
Gymboree Corp. (The), Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 2/23/181      2,329,488         1,547,654     

 

 
Leslie’s Poolmart, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 10/16/191      1,554,913         1,523,815     

 

 
PetSmart, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 3/11/221      6,100,233         6,096,695     

 

 
Staples, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.50%, 4/24/211      6,840,000         6,823,311     
    

 

 

 
      

 

39,606,398  

 

  

 

 

 
Diversified Consumer Services—3.0%     

 

 
4L Technologies, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.50%-6.75%, 5/8/201      1,830,312         1,757,100     

 

 
Affinion Group, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 6.75%, 4/30/181      2,751,167         2,598,133     

 

 
Interactive Data Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.75%, 4/23/211      10,954,140         10,945,924     

 

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     Principal
Amount
    Value  

 

 
Diversified Consumer Services (Continued)     

 

 
IQOR US, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 6.00%, 4/1/211    $       3,907,716        $         3,173,169     

 

 
IQOR US, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 9.75%, 4/1/221      1,100,036         869,028     

 

 
Koosharem LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Exit Term Loan, 7.50%, 5/15/201      3,481,489         3,429,267     

 

 
Laureate Education, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.00%, 6/15/181      6,369,487         5,684,767     

 

 

Nord Anglia Education Finance, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.00%, 3/31/211

     5,484,701         5,409,287     

 

 
ServiceMaster Co. LLC (The), Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 7/1/211      4,592,611         4,601,631     
    

 

 

 
      

 

38,468,306  

 

  

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—6.6%     

 

 
Amaya Gaming, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 7/29/211      5,591,721         5,544,101     

 

 

American Casino & Entertainment Properties, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 7/7/221

     1,197,000         1,199,993     

 

 
Bowlmor AMF, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 7.25%, 9/20/211      2,727,165         2,728,869     

 

 

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc., Extended Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B5, 6.00%, 3/1/171,6

     1,788,615         1,658,195     

 

 
Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan:     
Tranche B4, 10.50%, 10/31/161,6      802,296         756,966     
Tranche B6, 7.00%, 3/1/171,6      3,764,067         3,526,125     
Tranche B7, 9.75%, 1/29/181,6      4,557,500         4,155,870     

 

 

Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 7.00%, 10/11/201

     10,980,792         10,267,040     

 

 
Caesars Growth Properties Holdings LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.25%, 5/10/211      5,067,203         4,459,138     

 

 
CEC Entertainment, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 2/14/211      3,227,843         3,144,458     

 

 
Cinemark USA, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 3.19%-3.20%, 5/6/221      338,261         339,830     

 

 
Corner Investment Propco LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 11.00%, 11/2/191      3,545,488         3,492,306     

 

 
Del Monte Foods Co., Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.25%-5.50%, 2/18/211      3,758,166         3,570,258     

 

 
Eldorado Resorts, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 7/25/221      2,553,600         2,565,303     

 

 
Equinox Holdings, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.00%, 1/31/201      1,541,928         1,545,782     

 

 
Golden Nugget, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.50%, 11/21/191      1,934,085         1,946,414     

 

 

Golden Nugget, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Delayed Draw, Tranche B, 5.50%, 11/21/191

     2,392,455         2,407,707     

 

 
Jacobs Entertainment, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.25%, 10/29/181      3,323,815         3,290,577     

 

 

La Quinta Intermediate Holdings LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 4/14/211

     1,538,063         1,525,087     

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Principal
Amount
    Value  

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (Continued)     

 

 
Landry’s, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 4/24/181    $       2,653,281        $         2,657,428     

 

 
Peninsula Gaming LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 11/20/171      3,074,896         3,078,340     

 

 
Pinnacle Operating Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.75%, 11/15/181      5,239,202         5,232,711     

 

 
Regal Cinemas Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.75%, 4/1/221      673,125         675,046     

 

 
Revel Entertainment, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Exit Term Loan, 14.50%, 5/20/181,2,3      3,430,706         17,157     

 

 
Scientific Games International, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan:     
Tranche B1, 6.00%, 10/18/201      1,366,921         1,352,911     
Tranche B2, 6.00%, 10/1/211      3,614,831         3,577,328     

 

 

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B3, 4.00%, 5/14/201

     1,342,877         1,329,014     

 

 
US Foods, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 3/31/191      3,492,225         3,494,393     

 

 

Weight Watchers International, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B2, 4.00%, 4/2/201

     7,205,053         3,917,748     
    

 

 

 
      

 

83,456,095  

 

  

 

 

 
Household Durables—0.9%     

 

 
SRAM LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.00%- 5.25%, 4/10/201      4,283,453         4,171,013     

 

 
Sun Products Corp. (The), Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.50%, 3/23/201      4,980,490         4,706,563     

 

 
Wilton Brands LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 7.25%, 8/30/181      2,020,693         1,977,753     
    

 

 

 
      

 

10,855,329  

 

  

 

 

 
Internet & Catalog Retail—0.3%     

 

 
Camping World, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.25%, 2/20/201      3,236,598         3,242,666     

 

 
Leisure Products—1.3%     

 

 
Boyd Gaming Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 8/14/201      1,891,273         1,893,507     

 

 
Hilton Worldwide, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.50%, 10/26/201      1,570,279         1,570,934     

 

 

Intrawest Operations Group LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.75%, 12/9/201

     3,156,075         3,162,980     

 

 
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B2, 3.75%, 8/13/201      1,476,557         1,477,744     

 

 
Playa Resorts Holding BV, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 8/9/191      2,264,780         2,259,118     

 

 
Station Casinos LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 3/2/201      6,706,263         6,702,668     
    

 

 

 
       17,066,951     

 

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     Principal
Amount
    Value  

 

 
Media—10.7%     

 

 
Alpha Media Group, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.05%, 7/15/161,2,3    $       2,641,924        $                   264     

 

 
Altice Financing SA, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Delayed Draw, 5.50%, 7/2/191      8,276,687         8,333,589     

 

 
Ancestry.com, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.00%, 8/29/221      865,000         861,756     

 

 
Catalina Marketing, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 4/1/211      4,963,816         4,244,063     

 

 
Catalina Marketing, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 7.75%, 4/11/221      2,200,072         1,479,548     

 

 
CCO Safari III LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche I, 3.75%, 1/23/231      5,635,000         5,609,028     

 

 
Cinram International, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 0.432%, 8/3/491,2,3      482,232         1,220     

 

 

Clear Channel Communications, Inc., Extended Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche D, 6.948%, 1/30/191

     13,598,671         11,320,894     

 

 

Clear Channel Communications, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche E, 7.671%, 7/30/191

     701,532         588,410     

 

 

Cumulus Media Holdings, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 12/18/201

     815,727         711,722     

 

 

Deluxe Entertainment Services, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 6.50%, 2/26/201

     5,923,910         5,668,442     

 

 
Endemol, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.75%, 8/11/211      2,727,165         2,660,690     

 

 
Formula One, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.75%, 7/30/211      6,399,025         6,327,036     

 

 
Getty Images, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.75%, 10/18/191      2,561,425         1,678,801     

 

 
Gray Television, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 3.75%, 6/10/211      2,348,000         2,345,309     

 

 

Harland Clarke Holdings Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B4, 6.00%, 8/4/191

     2,951,743         2,944,346     

 

 
Hoyts Group, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 5/29/201      506,017         504,752     

 

 
IMG Worldwide, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.25%, 5/6/211      4,397,434         4,387,540     

 

 
Internet Brands, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.75%, 6/30/211      2,753,408         2,737,347     

 

 

ION Media Networks, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.75%, 12/18/201

     6,057,995         6,050,423     

 

 

Legendary Pictures, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 7.00%, 4/22/201

     4,480,000         4,480,000     

 

 

Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 1/7/221

     3,129,094         3,056,083     

 

 
Media General, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 7/30/201      4,355,295         4,330,118     

 

 
Mergermarket USA, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 2/4/211      3,287,074         3,221,332     

 

 
Merrill Communications LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.25%, 6/1/221      4,135,122         4,114,446     

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Principal
Amount
    Value  

 

 
Media (Continued)     

 

 
NEP/NCP Holdco, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 1/22/201    $       7,318,862       $         7,181,634     

 

 
Numericable US LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 7/29/221      1,985,000         1,960,896     

 

 
Penton Business Media, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 10/3/191      2,713,684         2,703,507     

 

 

Project Sunshine IV Pty Ltd., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 8.00%, 9/23/191

     761,767         764,624     

 

 

Salem Communications Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 3/13/201

     1,051,147         1,046,767     

 

 
SuperMedia, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 11.60%, 12/30/161      2,212,623         1,204,496     

 

 
Technicolor, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.00%, 7/11/201      6,907,294         6,895,794     

 

 
Tribune Co., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.75%, 12/27/201      5,207,595         5,192,951     

 

 
TWCC Holding Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 7.00%, 6/26/201      2,988,436         2,812,865     

 

 
Univision Communications, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan:     
Tranche C2, 4.00%, 3/1/201      33,026         32,819     
Tranche C4, 4.00%, 3/1/201      6,962,991         6,911,736     

 

 
WaveDivision Holdings LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.00%, 10/12/191      4,912,424         4,910,857     

 

 

Yankee Cable Acquisition LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 3/1/201

     5,422,900         5,423,713     

 

 
YP LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 8.00%, 6/4/181      1,574,144         1,562,338     
    

 

 

 
      

 

136,262,156  

 

  

 

 

 
Multiline Retail—1.4%     

 

 
J.C. Penney Corp., Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 5/22/181      6,622,948         6,593,973     

 

 
J.C. Penney Corp., Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 6/14/191      1,979,540         1,976,535     

 

 
Neiman Marcus, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, 4.25%, 10/25/201      9,555,869         9,373,983     
    

 

 

 
      

 

17,944,491  

 

  

 

 

 
Specialty Retail—1.3%     

 

 

Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B3, 4.25%, 8/13/211

     6,397,537         6,413,486     

 

 

Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.75%, 7/26/191

     5,902,062         5,932,800     

 

 
Key Safety Systems, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.75%, 8/30/211      2,697,032         2,636,349     

 

 
National Vision, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 3/5/211       2,256,367         2,183,035     
    

 

 

 
       17,165,670     

 

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     Principal
Amount
    Value  

 

 
Consumer Staples—3.2%     

 

 
Beverages—0.7%     

 

 

Burger King, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B2, 3.75%, 12/10/211

     $      5,617,246          $        5,614,718     

 

 

Hostess Brands LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 8/3/221

     3,670,000         3,679,725     
    

 

 

 
      

 

9,294,443  

 

  

 

 

 
Food & Staples Retailing—1.2%     

 

 
Albertsons Holdings LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan:     
Tranche B2, 5.375%, 3/21/191      5,424,444         5,432,456     
Tranche B4, 5.50%, 8/25/211      5,423,197         5,434,906     

 

 

New Albertsons, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.75%, 6/25/211

     3,914,574         3,914,085     

 

 

Rite Aid Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, Tranche 1, 5.75%, 8/21/201

     772,798         782,458     
    

 

 

 
      

 

15,563,905  

 

  

 

 

 
Food Products—1.3%     

 

 

AdvancePierre Foods, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.75%, 7/10/171

     2,290,852         2,295,490     

 

 

CSM Bakery Supplies, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.00%, 7/3/201

     3,900,225         3,870,485     

 

 

CSM Bakery Supplies, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 8.75%, 7/5/211

     610,104         573,498     

 

 

Dole Food Co., Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%-5.75%, 11/1/181

     3,004,435         3,000,680     

 

 

JBS USA LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.75%, 9/18/201

     3,623,648         3,620,818     

 

 

Performance Food Group, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 6.25%, 11/14/191

     2,502,642         2,508,899     
    

 

 

 
      

 

15,869,870  

 

  

 

 

 
Energy—2.6%     

 

 
Energy Equipment & Services—2.4%     

 

 

American Energy-Marcellus LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.25%, 8/4/201

     4,986,331         2,850,521     

 

 

Ameriforge Group, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 12/19/191

     1,678,235         1,166,373     

 

 

Drillships Financing Holding, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B1, 6.00%, 3/31/211

     1,124,592         666,321     

 

 

ExGen Texas Power LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.75%, 9/20/211

     3,865,449         3,266,305     

 

 

Fieldwood Energy LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.875%, 9/25/181

     1,604,648         1,377,992     

 

 

Harvey Gulf International Marine LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.50%, 6/18/201

     75,000         49,406     

 

 

HGIM, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.50%, 6/18/201

     696,539         458,845     

 

 

NFR Energy LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 8.75%, 12/31/181,2

     2,514,368         471,444     

 

 

Offshore Group Investment Ltd., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan:

Tranche B, 5.00%, 10/25/171

     1,954,730         675,604     

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

    

Principal

Amount

    Value  

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services (Continued)

    

 

 
Offshore Group Investment Ltd., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan: (Continued)   
Tranche B, 5.75%, 3/28/191    $ 1,528,533          $        487,857     

 

 
Pacific Drilling SA, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 6/3/181      753,074         451,217     

 

 
ProPetro Services, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 7.25%, 9/30/191      3,344,479         2,257,523     

 

 
Quicksilver Resources, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 7.00%, 6/21/191,2            10,094,576         4,492,086     

 

 
Samson Investment Co., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 9/25/181      225,000         33,188     

 

 
Seadrill Operating LP, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 2/12/211      4,542,127         2,788,866     

 

 
Templar Energy LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 8.50%, 11/25/201      6,349,506         2,904,899     

 

 
TPF II Power LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.50%, 10/4/211      6,422,103         6,429,463     
    

 

 

 
      

 

30,827,910  

 

  

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—0.2%

    

 

 

Southcross Energy Partners LP, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.25%, 7/29/211

 

    

 

2,377,961 

 

  

 

   

 

2,181,780  

 

  

 

 

 

Financials—2.7%

    

 

 

Commercial Banks—1.2%

    

 

 
Acrisure LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.25%, 5/13/221      2,556,654         2,481,488     

 

 
Acrisure LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Delayed Draw, 2.125%-5.25%, 5/13/221      808,166         793,013     

 

 
Alliant Holdings I LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 8/12/221      3,591,000         3,582,023     

 

 
HUB International Ltd., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 10/2/201      5,728,293         5,611,339     

 

 
Hyperion Insurance Group Ltd., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.50%, 4/9/221      2,621,367         2,632,290     
    

 

 

 
      

 

15,100,153  

 

  

 

 

 

Consumer Finance—0.2%

    

 

 
PGX Holdings, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.25%, 9/29/201      1,735,176         1,741,350     

 

 
PGX Holdings, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 10.00%, 9/29/211      974,953         979,828     
    

 

 

 
      

 

2,721,178  

 

  

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services—0.6%     

 

 
Altisource Solutions Sarl, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 12/9/201      877,514         780,988     

 

 

Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 7/22/201

     2,250,893         2,254,645     

 

 
RCS Capital, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 7.50%, 4/29/191      4,377,843         4,158,951     
    

 

 

 
       7,194,584     

 

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     Principal
Amount
    Value  

 

 
Insurance—0.7%     

 

 

Aqgen Liberty Management I, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.50%, 7/1/191

     $      4,366,496          $        4,322,831     

 

 

National Financial Partners Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 7/1/201

     5,207,178         5,135,579     
    

 

 

 
      

 

9,458,410  

 

  

 

 

 
Health Care—11.5%     

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies—10.0%     

 

 

21st Century Oncology, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 6.50%, 4/30/221

     8,259,300         7,908,280     

 

 

Accellent, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 3/12/211

     2,576,811         2,574,879     

 

 

Air Medical Group Holdings, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 4/28/221

     4,466,354         4,415,063     

 

 

Akorn, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 4/16/211

     7,408,188         7,395,838     

 

 

Alvogen Pharma US, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 4/1/221

     3,623,221         3,616,428     

 

 

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.00%, 8/17/211

     720,000         715,500     

 

 

Ardent Legacy Acquisitions, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 6.50%, 8/4/211

     1,440,000         1,443,600     

 

 

CareCore National LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.50%, 3/5/211

     4,508,393         4,350,600     

 

 

Carestream Health, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.00%, 6/7/191

     11,276,670         10,862,253     

 

 

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan:

Tranche G, 3.75%, 12/31/191

     799,610         800,110     
Tranche H, 4.00%, 1/27/211      2,468,553         2,473,695     

 

 

Connolly Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 5/14/211

     4,119,144         4,117,858     

 

 

ConvaTec, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 6/15/201

     2,932,650         2,932,650     

 

 

CT Technologies Intermediate Holdings, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.25%, 11/18/211

     7,384,937         7,397,248     

 

 

DJO Finance LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 6/8/201

     3,710,000         3,700,725     

 

 

Drumm Investors LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.75%, 5/4/181

     4,378,764         4,417,078     

 

 

Endo Luxembourg Finance I Co. Sarl, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.75%, 6/24/221

     900,000         898,805     

 

 

eResearchTechnology, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.50%, 5/8/221

     1,924,663         1,924,662     

 

 

HCR ManorCare, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 4/6/181

     2,341,249         2,222,724     

 

 

IASIS Healthcare LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B2, 4.50%, 5/3/181

     7,460,114         7,477,212     

 

 

Indivior Finance Sarl, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 7.00%, 12/19/191

     3,954,872         3,801,621     

 

 

inVentiv Health, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B4, 7.75%, 5/15/181

     2,655,730         2,656,837     

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Principal
Amount
    Value  

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (Continued)     

 

 

LHP Operations Co. LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 9.00%, 7/3/181

     $      1,048,991          $        1,028,011     

 

 

LifeCare Holdings LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Exit Term Loan, Tranche A, 6.50%, 11/30/181

     2,020,159         2,013,846     

 

 

Medpace, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.75%, 3/31/211

     1,266,254         1,263,088     

 

 

National Mentor, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 1/31/211

     4,900,024         4,892,370     

 

 

National Surgical Hospitals, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 6/1/221

     688,275         689,342     

 

 

New Trident Holdcorp, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 6.50%, 7/31/191

     1,368,417         1,327,364     

 

 

Opal Acquisition, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.00%, 11/27/201

     6,931,502         6,811,933     

 

 

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.75%, 6/30/211

     2,254,612         2,228,779     

 

 

P2 Lower Acquisition LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.50%, 10/22/201

     1,529,248         1,537,850     

 

 

Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 8/18/221

     5,745,600         5,709,092     

 

 

PRA Holdings, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 9/24/201

     4,422,428         4,429,535     

 

 

Sage Products Holdings III LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.25%, 12/13/191

     728,434         728,662     

 

 

Sterigenics-Nordion Holdings LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 5/15/221

     2,115,000         2,112,356     

 

 

US Renal Care, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B2, 4.25%, 7/3/191

     4,164,876         4,162,273     
    

 

 

 
      

 

127,038,167  

 

  

 

 

 
Health Care Providers & Services—1.1%     

 

 

American Renal Holdings, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Delayed Draw, Tranche B, 4.50%, 8/20/191

     1,901,658         1,895,320     

 

 

Genesis Healthcare Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 10.00%, 12/4/171

     2,684,125         2,745,637     

 

 

Millennium Laboratories LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.25%, 4/14/211

     9,543,772         3,030,148     

 

 

Steward Health Care System LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.75%, 4/10/201

     1,820,858         1,819,148     

 

 

Surgery Center Holdings LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.25%, 11/3/201

     4,780,003         4,785,978     
    

 

 

 
      

 

14,276,231  

 

  

 

 

 
Health Care Technology—0.0%     

 

 

Vitera Healthcare Solutions LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 11/4/201

     249,761         248,044     

 

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     Principal
Amount
    Value  

 

 
Life Sciences Tools & Services—0.4%     

 

 

JLL/Delta Dutch Newco BV, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 3/11/211

 

    

 

$      4,377,092 

 

  

 

   

 

 $        4,321,284  

 

  

 

 

 
Industrials—22.9%     

 

 
Aerospace & Defense—1.2%     

 

 
AM General LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 10.25%, 3/22/181      1,336,736         1,129,542     

 

 
Doncasters Group Ltd., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 4/9/201      4,389,788         4,384,301     

 

 
Landmark Aviation Canadian, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.75%, 10/25/191      209,421         208,897     

 

 
LM US Member LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.75%, 10/25/191      5,276,714         5,263,522     

 

 
Sequa Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.25%, 6/19/171      2,277,797         1,937,836     

 

 
TurboCombustor Technology, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.50%, 12/2/201      2,802,918         2,732,845     
    

 

 

 
      

 

15,656,943  

 

  

 

 

 
Commercial Services & Supplies—9.0%     

 

 
Access CIG LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.00%- 7.25%, 10/18/211      1,825,763         1,830,327     

 

 
Allied Security Holdings LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 2/12/211      2,147,375         2,135,296     

 

 
Allied Security Holdings LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 8.00%, 8/12/211      204,528         202,568     

 

 
Ascend Learning LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.50%-6.75%, 7/26/191      10,856,827         10,888,577     

 

 
Asurion LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan:     
Tranche B, 5.00%, 8/4/221      9,190,866         8,734,200     
Tranche B1, 5.00%, 5/24/191      5,458,837         5,221,020     

 

 
Asurion LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 8.50%, 3/3/211      230,000         208,897     

 

 
Audio Visual Services Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 1/22/211      4,390,758         4,379,781     

 

 
Ceridan HCM Holding, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Exit Term Loan, Tranche B2, 4.50%, 5/9/171      2,759,299         2,623,633     

 

 
CEVA Group plc, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.50%, 3/19/211      845,483         759,392     

 

 
CEVA Group plc, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Letter of Credit 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.50%, 3/14/211      1,684,671         1,512,695     

 

 
EWT Holdings III Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.75%, 1/15/211      2,824,574         2,810,451     

 

 
Expert Global Solutions, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 8.50%, 4/3/181      868,866         869,952     

 

 
First Advantage, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 6.25%, 6/30/221      2,842,589         2,846,143     

 

 
Garda World Security Co., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 11/6/201      2,316,076         2,283,507     

 

 
Garda World Security Co., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Delayed Draw, 4.00%-4.055%, 11/6/201      240,357         236,977     

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Principal
Amount
    Value  

 

 
Commercial Services & Supplies (Continued)     

 

 
GCA Services Group, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.25%-5.50%, 11/1/191      $      2,070,878          $        2,066,349     

 

 
IG Investments Holdings LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 6.00%, 10/31/211      5,728,679         5,721,518     

 

 
Information Resources, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.75%, 9/30/201      1,010,092         1,013,349     

 

 
Inmar, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 1/27/211      1,916,975         1,889,019     

 

 
Knowledge Universe, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 8/12/221      3,610,000         3,555,850     

 

 
Leighton Services, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.50%, 5/23/221      2,415,000         2,421,038     

 

 
Livingston International, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B1, 5.00%, 4/18/191      1,265,041         1,230,253     

 

 
Livingston International, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 9.00%, 4/17/201      551,135         498,777     

 

 
Novitex Acquisition LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 7.50%, 7/1/201      2,037,626         1,935,745     

 

 
Ozburn-Hessey Holding Co. LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 6.75%, 5/23/191      3,121,941         3,116,088     

 

 
Packers Holdings LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.00%, 12/2/211      665,164         667,242     

 

 
Protection One, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 7/1/211      7,155,000         7,164,838     

 

 
Sabre, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 2/19/191      11,035,143         11,037,438     

 

 
Sabre, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Incremental 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B2, 4.00%, 2/19/191      1,404,164         1,406,504     

 

 
Ship Midco Ltd., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche C, 4.75%, 11/29/191      4,122,824         4,138,235     

 

 
SourceHOV LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 7.75%, 10/31/191      2,993,454         2,726,536     

 

 
TransFirst, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.75%, 11/12/211      11,110,979         11,122,090     

 

 
TransFirst, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 9.00%, 11/11/221      593,680         587,496     

 

 
Universal Services, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.75%, 7/28/221      4,395,090         4,349,768     

 

 
Universal Services, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Delayed Draw, 1.875%-6.00%, 7/28/221      309,910         306,714     
    

 

 

 
      

 

114,498,263  

 

  

 

 

 
Electrical Equipment—1.8%     

 

 
Applied Systems, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 1/25/211      2,897,080         2,892,425     

 

 

First Data Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan:

Tranche B, 4.187%, 3/24/211

     5,178,056         5,182,660     
Tranche C1, 3.687%, 3/23/181      3,246,386         3,223,307     

 

 
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan: Tranche B4, 4.25%, 2/28/201      6,379,018         6,378,501     

 

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     Principal
Amount
    Value  

 

 
Electrical Equipment (Continued)     

 

 
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan: (Continued)   
Tranche B5, 5.00%, 1/15/211      $      4,620,151          $        4,629,442     

 

 
Internap Network Services Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 11/22/191      1,371,417         1,369,703     
    

 

 

 
      

 

23,676,038  

 

  

 

 

 
Industrial Conglomerates—5.1%     

 

 

Apex Tool Group LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 1/31/201

     5,182,608         5,070,860     

 

 

Boyd Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.25%, 4/15/221

     2,214,450         2,198,765     

 

 

Calpine Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B5, 3.50%, 5/27/221

     1,905,225         1,880,219     

 

 

CPI Acquisition, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 6.75%, 8/17/221

     3,150,000         3,118,500     

 

 

CST Brands, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 9/30/211

     3,431,835         3,428,619     

 

 

Dayco Products LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.25%, 12/12/191

     3,060,491         3,066,230     

 

 

Doosan Bobcat, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 5/28/211

     5,691,604         5,710,522     

 

 

Excelitas Technologies Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 11/2/201

     5,780,339         5,614,155     

 

 

Filtration Group, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 11/20/201

     3,251,213         3,257,309     

 

 

Gates Global LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.25%, 7/5/211

     5,809,668         5,528,265     

 

 

Hillman Group, Inc. (The), Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 6/30/211

     3,813,589         3,811,206     

 

 

Milacron LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 9/28/201

     4,289,401         4,321,571     

 

 

Sensus USA, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 5/9/171

     3,787,851         3,778,382     

 

 

TransDigm, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche E, 3.50%, 5/14/221

     3,085,245         3,047,645     

 

 

US Farathane LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 6.75%, 12/23/211

     4,524,877         4,553,103     

 

 

Wencor Group, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 6/25/211

     2,168,838         2,129,528     

 

 

WP CPP Holdings LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 12/28/191

     4,071,533         4,045,069     
    

 

 

 
      

 

64,559,948  

 

  

 

 

 
Machinery—1.3%     

 

 

BWAY, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.50%, 8/14/201

     7,503,586         7,487,176     

 

 

International Equipment Solutions LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.75%-7.75%, 8/16/191

     1,657,477         1,624,327     

 

 

Pelican Products, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.25%, 4/8/201

     1,497,828         1,490,339     

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Principal
Amount
    Value  

 

 
Machinery (Continued)     

 

 
RBS Global, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 8/21/201      $      6,340,860         $        6,300,095     
    

 

 

 
      

 

16,901,937  

 

  

 

 

 
Marine—0.3%     

 

 
Commercial Barge Line Co., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 7.50%, 9/22/191     

 

3,744,132 

 

  

 

   

 

3,716,051  

 

  

 

 

 
Road & Rail—1.5%     

 

 
Wabash National Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 3/18/221      1,283,090         1,286,298     

 

 
Western Express, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 8.532%, 2/23/221      12,017,200         11,923,466     

 

 
YRC Worldwide, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 8.25%, 2/13/191      6,128,811         5,914,302     
    

 

 

 
      

 

19,124,066  

 

  

 

 

 
Trading Companies & Distributors—1.0%     

 

 
iStar Financial, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche A2, 7.00%, 3/19/171      1,607,121         1,647,299     

 

 
Ocwen Financial Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 2/15/181      772,198         772,440     

 

 
Orchard Acquisition Co. LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 9.00%, 2/8/191      4,422,466         3,847,546     

 

 
Walter Investment Management Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.75%, 12/11/201      6,421,187         5,977,052     
    

 

 

 
      

 

12,244,337  

 

  

 

 

 
Transportation Infrastructure—1.7%     

 

 
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The), Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.75%, 4/30/191      995,272         998,836     

 

 
Metaldyne, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.75%, 10/20/211      2,887,180         2,884,344     

 

 
Navistar, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 6.50%, 8/7/201      7,600,000         7,429,000     

 

 
Schaeffler, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 5/15/201      3,875,000         3,884,083     

 

 
TI Group Automotive Systems LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 6/24/221      6,205,000         6,101,581     
    

 

 

 
      

 

21,297,844  

 

  

 

 

 
Information Technology—8.0%     

 

 
Communications Equipment—0.2%     

 

 
Birch Communications, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 7.75%, 7/17/201     

 

3,031,021 

 

  

 

   

 

3,034,810  

 

  

 

 

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments, & Components—0.6%     

 

 
Aricent Technologies, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.50%, 4/14/211      2,465,762         2,452,664     

 

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     Principal
Amount
    Value  

 

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments, & Components (Continued)     

 

 
Kronos, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 10/30/191      $      4,718,928         $        4,715,980     
    

 

 

 
      

 

7,168,644  

 

  

 

 

 
Internet Software & Services—5.7%     

 

 
Active Network, Inc. (The), Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.50%, 11/13/201      3,386,076         3,359,624     

 

 
Avaya, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B7, 6.25%, 4/30/201      10,293,666         8,029,059     

 

 
Blue Coat Systems, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 5/20/221      3,440,000         3,420,650     

 

 
CommScope, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 12/29/221      1,340,000         1,339,791     

 

 
Compuware Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B2, 6.25%, 12/15/211      5,163,656         4,950,655     

 

 
Dell International LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B2, 4.00%, 4/29/201      8,001,510         7,988,492     

 

 
Deltek, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 6/25/221      5,935,125         5,941,309     

 

 
Epicor Software Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.75%, 6/1/221      2,748,113         2,738,299     

 

 
First Data Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.047%, 7/8/221      1,000,000         995,375     

 

 
Informatica Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 8/5/221      5,079,590         5,047,314     

 

 
Linxens France SA, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 7/31/221      1,450,000         1,451,813     

 

 
Micro Focus US, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.25%, 11/19/211      6,301,999         6,310,532     

 

 
Mitchell International, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 10/12/201      3,709,773         3,705,521     

 

 
Riverbed Technology, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 6.00%, 4/25/221      5,761,944         5,780,981     

 

 
TIBCO Software, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 6.50%, 12/4/201      7,358,224         7,344,427     

 

 
TTM Technologies, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 6.00%, 5/31/211      3,055,000         2,856,425     

 

 
Zebra Technologies Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.75%, 10/27/211      1,404,372         1,415,335     
    

 

 

 
      

 

72,675,602  

 

  

 

 

 
IT Services—0.2%     

 

 
Vetafore, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.25%, 10/3/191     

 

2,173,158 

 

  

 

   

 

2,173,838  

 

  

 

 

 
Office Electronics—0.4%     

 

 
BMC Software, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.00%, 9/10/201      5,352,390         4,882,592     

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Principal
Amount
    Value  

 

 
Software—0.9%     

 

 
Aptean, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.25%, 2/21/201      $      1,784,647         $        1,762,339     

 

 
Blackboard, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B3, 4.75%, 10/4/181      3,389,841         3,377,147     

 

 
Infor US, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B5, 3.75%, 6/3/201      1,706,003         1,658,021     

 

 
RP Crown Parent LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 6.00%, 12/21/181      5,253,841         4,764,577     
    

 

 

 
      

 

11,562,084  

 

  

 

 

 
Materials—7.3%     

 

 
Chemicals—3.5%     

 

 
Allnex Luxembourg & CY SCA, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan:     
Tranche B1, 4.50%, 10/4/191      962,638         963,841     
Tranche B2, 4.50%, 10/4/191      499,466         500,091     

 

 
American Pacific Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 7.00%, 2/26/191      1,597,987         1,600,651     

 

 
CeramTec Acquisition Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B2, 4.25%, 8/28/201      387,650         388,135     

 

 
CeramTec Service GmbH, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan:     
Tranche B1, 4.25%, 8/28/201      3,770,985         3,775,699     
Tranche B3, 4.25%, 8/28/201      1,141,327         1,142,754     

 

 
Cyanco Intermediate Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.50%, 5/1/201      4,065,635         3,943,666     

 

 
Emerald Performance Materials LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 7/23/211      2,379,406         2,376,431     

 

 
Ineos US Finance LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 3/31/221      947,383         920,383     

 

 
Nusil Technology LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.25%, 4/7/171      1,265,560         1,260,286     

 

 
OCI Beaumont LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B3, 5.50%, 8/20/191      2,060,893         2,091,806     

 

 
PQ Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 8/7/171      2,058,128         2,054,913     

 

 
Road Infrastructure Investment, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.25%, 3/31/211      3,440,993         3,376,475     

 

 
Royal Holdings, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 6/20/221      2,438,888         2,432,790     

 

 
Solenis International LP, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.25%, 8/2/211      2,727,165         2,693,075     

 

 
Styrolution Group GmbH, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B1, 6.50%, 11/7/191      6,050,706         6,106,173     

 

 
Tronox Pigments BV, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.25%, 3/19/201      1,947,111         1,705,074     

 

 
Univar, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan:     
Tranche B, 4.25%, 6/18/221      225,000         221,871     
Tranche B, 4.25%, 7/1/221      7,575,000         7,469,662     
    

 

 

 
      

 

45,023,776  

 

  

 

 

 
Construction Materials—1.8%     

 

 
Atkore, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 4/9/211      2,615,301         2,504,151     

 

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     Principal
Amount
    Value  

 

 
Construction Materials (Continued)     

 

 
Continental Building Products LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 8/28/201    $       4,208,237       $         4,195,962     

 

 
CPG International, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.75%, 9/30/201      2,382,843         2,364,971     

 

 
GYP Holdings, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.75%, 3/27/211      2,464,682         2,412,307     

 

 
HD Supply, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 3.75%, 8/13/211      4,690,000         4,675,344     

 

 
Quikrete Holdings, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 9/28/201      2,811,884         2,807,666     

 

 
Quikrete Holdings, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 7.00%, 3/26/211      3,208,184         3,224,225     
    

 

 

 
      

 

22,184,626  

 

  

 

 

 
Containers & Packaging—1.4%     

 

 

Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Delayed Draw, Tranche B, 4.00%, 12/17/191

     2,626,545         2,620,635     

 

 
Consolidated Container Holdings LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.00%, 7/3/191      3,158,861         2,975,252     

 

 
Exopack/Coveris, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.50%, 5/8/191      3,178,360         3,184,319     

 

 
KIK Custom Products, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 6.00%, 8/26/221      3,245,000         3,182,803     

 

 
Kloeckner Pentaplast of America, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 4/22/201      1,382,472         1,388,513     

 

 
Kloeckner Pentaplast of America, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 4/28/201      3,233,567         3,247,694     

 

 
Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B1, 4.50%, 12/1/181      720,000         721,350     
    

 

 

 
      

 

17,320,566  

 

  

 

 

 
Metals & Mining—0.3%     

 

 
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.50%, 5/22/201      1,441,314         670,985     

 

 
Novelis, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 6/2/221      2,787,530         2,756,460     
    

 

 

 
      

 

3,427,445  

 

  

 

 

 
Paper & Forest Products—0.3%     

 

 
Signode Industrial Group US, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.75%, 4/30/211     

 

4,318,508 

 

  

 

   

 

4,275,996  

 

  

 

 

 
Telecommunication Services—4.9%     

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services—4.9%     

 

 
Cincinnati Bell, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 9/10/201      2,293,448         2,283,128     

 

 

Communications Sales & Leasing, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.00%, 10/14/221

     9,283,148         8,714,555     

 

 
FairPoint Communications, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 7.50%, 2/14/191      1,644,648         1,654,721     

 

 
Global Tel*Link Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 5/22/201      5,870,751         5,773,255     

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

 

     Principal
Amount
    Value  

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services (Continued)     

 

 
IPC Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.50%, 8/6/211      $      3,343,170         $        3,301,381     

 

 
IPC Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 10.50%, 2/4/221      1,968,972         1,860,679     

 

 
Level 3 Financing, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan:     
Tranche BI, 4.00%, 1/15/201      8,707,848         8,698,052     
Tranche BII, 3.50%, 5/31/221      3,520,000         3,500,932     

 

 
LTS Buyer LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 4.00%, 4/13/201      9,499,778         9,349,367     

 

 
Securus Technologies Holdings, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B2, 4.75%, 4/30/201      3,777,663         3,673,778     

 

 
Securus Technologies Holdings, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 2nd Lien Term Loan, 9.00%, 4/30/211      1,057,322         960,400     

 

 
US TelePacific Corp., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 11/25/201      3,137,737         3,136,758     

 

 
XO Communications, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.25%, 3/22/211      2,522,179         2,511,821     

 

 
Zayo Group LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 3.75%, 5/6/211      6,722,815         6,692,562     
    

 

 

 
      

 

62,111,389  

 

  

 

 

 
Wireless Telecommunication Services—0.0%     

 

 
NTELOS, Inc., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.75%, 11/9/191     

 

509,378 

 

  

 

   

 

510,015  

 

  

 

 

 
Utilities—2.9%     

 

 
Electric Utilities—2.3%     

 

 
Alinta Energy Finance Pty Ltd., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 6.375%, 8/13/191      7,741,733         7,750,202     

 

 

Alinta Energy Finance Pty Ltd., Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Delayed Draw, Tranche B, 6.375%, 8/13/181

     514,516         515,079     

 

 
Atlantic Power LP, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.75%, 2/20/211      3,851,335         3,844,114     

 

 

Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co. LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Debtor in Possession, 4.25%, 6/20/161

     1,049,194         1,047,445     

 

 

Green Energy Partners/Stonewall LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B1, 6.50%, 11/15/211

     642,458         652,496     

 

 
InterGen NV, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.50%, 6/15/201      3,669,446         3,426,345     

 

 
LA Frontera Generation LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 9/30/201      739,939         654,846     

 

 
Moxie Patriot LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B1, 6.75%, 12/19/201      6,346,006         6,155,626     

 

 
Sandy Creek Energy Associates LP, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 5.00%, 11/9/201      1,779,417         1,580,345     

 

 
Wheelabrator, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan:     
Tranche B, 5.00%, 12/17/211      2,715,491         2,665,708     
Tranche C, 5.00%, 12/17/211      120,385         118,178     
    

 

 

 
       28,410,384     

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

 

 
Gas Utilities—0.6%      

 

 
Panda Temple Power II LLC, Sr. Sec. Credit Facilities 1st Lien Term Loan, Tranche B, 7.25%, 4/3/191      $      8,308,675          $          7,893,241     
     

 

 

 
Total Corporate Loans (Cost $1,277,286,916)        

 

1,226,983,011  

 

  

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds and Notes—0.1%

     

 

 
Erickson Air-Crane, Inc., 6% Sub. Nts., 11/2/20      868,095          427,005     

 

 
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 3.837% Sr. Sec. Nts., 6/15/201,4      1,650,000          1,641,750     
     

 

 

 
Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $2,451,099)        

 

2,068,755  

 

  

 

     Shares         

 

 

Preferred Stock—0.0%

     

 

 
Alpha Media Group, Inc., Preferred5 (Cost $–)     

 

105 

 

  

 

    

 

—   

 

  

 

 

 

Common Stocks—1.0%

     

 

 
Alpha Media Group, Inc.5      784          —      

 

 
Cinram International Income Fund5      16,132,097          —      

 

 
Everyware Global, Inc.5      106,918          855,344     

 

 
ION Media Networks, Inc.5      6,081          2,006,730     

 

 
Mach Gen LLC5      34,118          1,887,868     

 

 
Media General, Inc.5      546,336          7,643,241     

 

 
Precision Partners5      43          4,236     

 

 
Revel Entertainment, Inc.5      87,478          —      
     

 

 

 
Total Common Stocks (Cost $17,432,796)        

 

12,397,419  

 

  

 

 

 

Investment Company—3.1%

     

 

 

Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E, 0.18%7,8

(Cost $39,153,521)

 

    

 

39,153,521 

 

  

 

    

 

39,153,521  

 

  

 

 

 
Total Investments, at Value (Cost $1,336,324,332)      100.7%         1,280,602,706     

 

 
Net Other Assets (Liabilities)      (0.7)           (8,766,664)    
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0%         $   1,271,836,042     
  

 

 

 

Footnotes to Statement of Investments

1. Represents the current interest rate for a variable or increasing rate security.

2. This security is not accruing income because the issuer has missed an interest payment on it and/or is not anticipated to make future interest and or principal payments. The rate shown is the contractual interest rate. See Note 4 of the accompanying Notes.

3. Interest or dividend is paid-in-kind, when applicable.

4. Represents securities sold under Rule 144A, which are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities have been determined to be liquid under guidelines established by the Board of Directors. These securities amount to $1,641,750 or 0.13% of the Fund’s net assets at period end.

5. Non-income producing security.

6. Subject to a forbearance agreement. Rate shown is the contractual interest rate. See Note 4 of the accompanying Notes.

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS Continued

Footnotes to Statement of Investments (Continued)

 

7. Is or was an affiliate, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, at or during the reporting period, by virtue of the Fund owning at least 5% of the voting securities of the issuer or as a result of the Fund and the issuer having the same investment adviser. Transactions during the reporting period in which the issuer was an affiliate are as follows:

 

     Shares                    Shares  
     September 30,      Gross      Gross      September 30,  
     2014      Additions      Reductions      2015  

 

 
Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E      23,690,812           583,571,493         568,108,784             39,153,521     
                  

 

Value  

    

 

Income

 

 

 
Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund, Cl. E          $   39,153,521           $ 62,876     

8. Rate shown is the 7-day yield at period end.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES September 30, 2015

 

 

 

Assets

  
Investments, at value—see accompanying statement of investments:   
Unaffiliated companies (cost $1,297,170,811)     $ 1,241,449,185       
Affiliated companies (cost $39,153,521)      39,153,521       
  

 

 

 
     1,280,602,706       

 

 
Cash      11,872,122       

 

 
Receivables and other assets:   
Investments sold      8,978,558       
Interest, dividends and principal paydowns      4,200,840       
Shares of beneficial interest sold      114,679       
Other      33,042       
  

 

 

 

Total assets

 

     1,305,801,947       

 

 

Liabilities

  
Payables and other liabilities:   
Investments purchased      33,370,404       
Shares of beneficial interest redeemed      312,083       
Directors’ compensation      28,838       
Shareholder communications      3,624       
Other      250,956       
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

     33,965,905       

 

 
Net Assets—applicable to 86,862,381 shares of beneficial interest outstanding     $     1,271,836,042      
  

 

 

 
  

 

 
Net asset Value, Redemption Price and Offering Price Per Share      $14.64       

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS For the Year Ended September 30, 2015

 

 

 

Investment Income

  
Interest     $ 70,528,805         

 

 
Dividends:   
Unaffiliated companies      318,888         
Affiliated companies      62,876         

 

 
Other income      420,390         
  

 

 

 

Total investment income

 

     71,330,959         

 

 

Expenses

  
Management fees      3,965,336         

 

 
Transfer and shareholder servicing agent fees      35,029         

 

 
Shareholder communications      13,268         

 

 
Custodian fees and expenses      327,734         

 

 
Directors’ compensation      36,854         

 

 
Other      197,628         
  

 

 

 
Total expenses      4,575,849         
Less waivers and reimbursements of expenses      (46,532)        
  

 

 

 
Net expenses      4,529,317         

 

 
Net Investment Income      66,801,642         

 

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

  
Net realized loss on unaffiliated companies      (23,939,963)        

 

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:   
Investments      (31,581,280)        
Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies      (97,280)        
Unfunded loan commitments      (17,072)        
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

 

         (31,695,632)        

 

 
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations     $ 11,166,047         
  

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

    Year Ended
September 30, 2015
    Year Ended
September 30, 2014
 

 

 

Operations

   
Net investment income    $ 66,801,642         $ 72,070,515     

 

 
Net realized gain (loss)     (23,939,963)         6,390,999     

 

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation     (31,695,632)         (23,742,620)    
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

 

    11,166,047          54,718,894     

 

 

Beneficial Interest Transactions

   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from beneficial interest transactions:    
Proceeds from contributions     144,513,932          880,891,938     
Payments for withdrawals     (384,916,932)         (248,507,154)    
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
   

 

(240,403,000) 

 

  

 

    632,384,784     

 

 

Net Assets

   
Total increase (decrease)     (229,236,953)         687,103,678     

 

 
Beginning of period     1,501,072,995          813,969,317     
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

End of period

 

 

 $

 

    1,271,836,042

 

  

   $   1,501,072,995    
 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

     Year Ended
September 30,
2015   
     Year Ended
September 30,
2014   
     Year Ended
September 30,
2013   
     Year Ended
September 28,
20121 
     Year Ended 
September 30, 
2011    
 

 

 

Per Share Operating Data

              
Net asset value, beginning of period     $ 14.51          $ 13.84          $ 12.88          $ 11.56          $ 11.14        

 

 
Income (loss) from investment operations:               
Net investment income2      0.74            0.74            0.90            0.86            0.93        
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)      (0.61)           (0.07)           0.06            0.46            (0.51)       
  

 

 

 
Total from investment operations      0.13            0.67            0.96            1.32            0.42        

 

 
Net asset value, end of period     $ 14.64          $ 14.51          $ 13.84          $ 12.88          $ 11.56        
  

 

 

 

 

 

Total Return, at Net Asset Value3

     0.90%         4.84%         7.45%         11.42%         3.77%     

 

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

              
Net assets, end of period (in thousands)     $ 1,271,836       $ 1,501,073       $ 813,969       $ 2,112,342       $ 1,942,049     

 

 
Average net assets (in thousands)     $   1,321,015       $   1,398,916       $   1,492,179       $   2,045,550       $   2,048,386     

 

 
Ratios to average net assets:4               
Net investment income      5.06%         5.15%         6.78%         6.98%         7.91%     
Total expenses5      0.35%         0.34%         0.36%         0.33%         0.34%     

Expenses after payments, waivers and/or reimbursements and reduction to custodian expenses

     0.35%         0.33%         0.36%         0.33%         0.34%     

 

 
Portfolio turnover rate      57 %         73 %         105 %         60 %         67 %     

1. September 28, 2012 represents the last business day of the Fund’s reporting period.

2. Per share amounts calculated based on the average shares outstanding during the period.

3. Assumes an initial investment on the business day before the first day of the fiscal period, with all dividends and distributions reinvested in additional shares on the reinvestment date, and redemption at the net asset value calculated on the last business day of the fiscal period. Sales charges are not reflected in the total returns. Total returns are not annualized for periods less than one full year. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The returns do not include adjustments in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles required at the period end for financial reporting purposes.

4. Annualized for periods less than one full year.

5. Total expenses including indirect expenses from affiliated fund fees and expenses were as follows:

   
Year Ended September 30, 2015     0.35  
Year Ended September 30, 2014     0.35  
Year Ended September 30, 2013     0.36  
Year Ended September 28, 2012     0.33  
Year Ended September 30, 2011     0.34  

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statement.

 

32        OPPENHEIMER MASTER LOAN FUND, LLC


NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS September 30, 2015

 

 

1. Organization

Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC (the “Fund”) is organized as a Delaware limited liability company and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), as amended, as a diversified open-end, management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek income. The Fund’s investment adviser is OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Manager”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”). The Manager has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI. At period end, approximately 78.9% of the shares of the Fund were owned by the Manager, other funds advised or sub-advised by the Manager or an affiliate of the Manager.

Shares of the Fund are issued solely in private placement transactions that do not involve any “public offering” within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Investments in the Fund may only be made by certain “accredited investors” within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act, including other investment companies. The Fund currently offers one class of shares.

For federal income tax purposes, the Fund qualifies as a partnership, and each investor in the Fund is treated as the owner of its proportionate share of the net assets, income, expenses, and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Fund. Accordingly, as a “pass-through” entity, the Fund pays no dividends or capital gain distributions.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed in the Fund’s preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”).

 

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Security Valuation. All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value, as described in Note 3.

Reporting Period End Date. The last day of the Fund’s reporting period is the last day the New York Stock Exchange was open for trading during the period. The Fund’s financial statements have been presented through that date to maintain consistency with the Fund’s net asset value calculations used for shareholder transactions.

Foreign Currency Translation. The Fund’s accounting records are maintained in U.S. dollars. The values of securities denominated in foreign currencies and amounts related to the purchase and sale of foreign securities and foreign investment income are translated into U.S. dollars as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”), normally 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the Exchange is open for trading. Foreign exchange rates may be valued primarily using a reliable bank, dealer or service authorized by the Board of Directors.

Reported net realized gains and losses from foreign currency transactions arise from sales of portfolio securities, sales and maturities of short-term securities, sales of foreign currencies, exchange rate fluctuations between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, 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

 

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2. Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

 

or paid. Net unrealized appreciation and depreciation on the translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies arise from changes in the values of assets and liabilities, including investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

The effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on investments is separately identified from the fluctuations arising from changes in market values of securities held and reported with all other foreign currency gains and losses in the Fund’s Statement of Operations.

Investment Income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or upon ex-dividend notification in the case of certain foreign dividends where the ex-dividend date may have passed. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Discount and premium, which are included in interest income on the Statement of Operations, are amortized or accreted daily.

Custodian Fees. “Custodian fees and expenses” in the Statement of Operations may include interest expense incurred by the Fund on any cash overdrafts of its custodian account during the period. Such cash overdrafts may result from the effects of failed trades in portfolio securities and from cash outflows resulting from unanticipated shareholder redemption activity. The Fund pays interest to its custodian on such cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by positive cash balances maintained by the Fund, at a rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%. The “Reduction to custodian expenses” line item, if applicable, represents earnings on cash balances maintained by the Fund during the period. Such interest expense and other custodian fees may be paid with these earnings.

Security Transactions. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

Indemnifications. The Fund’s organizational documents provide current and former Directors and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the Fund. In the normal course of business, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

Federal Taxes. The Fund, as an entity, will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax. The Fund will be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a partnership, and not as an association taxable as a corporation. Therefore, a tax provision is not required. Each shareholder is required for U.S. federal income tax purposes to take into account, in its taxable year with which (or within which a taxable year of the Fund ends), its distributive

 

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share of all items of Fund income, gains, losses, and deductions for such taxable year of the Fund. A shareholder must take such items into account even if the Fund does not distribute cash or other property to such shareholder during its taxable year.

Although the Fund is treated as a partnership for Federal tax purposes, it is intended that the Fund’s assets, income and distributions will be managed in such a way that investment in the Fund would not cause an investor that is a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code (“RIC”) to fail that qualification.

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

 

3. Securities Valuation

The Fund calculates the net asset value of its shares as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”), normally 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the Exchange is open for trading.

The Fund’s Board has adopted procedures for the valuation of the Fund’s securities and has delegated the day-to-day responsibility for valuation determinations under those procedures to the Manager. The Manager has established a Valuation Committee which is responsible for determining a “fair valuation” for any security for which market quotations are not “readily available.” The Valuation Committee’s fair valuation determinations are subject to review, approval and ratification by the Fund’s Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting covering the calendar quarter in which the fair valuation was determined.

Valuation Methods and Inputs

Securities are valued using unadjusted quoted market prices, when available, as supplied primarily by third party pricing services or dealers.

The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or the fair value of the types of securities described below:

Securities traded on a registered U.S. securities exchange (including exchange-traded derivatives other than futures and futures options) are valued based on the last sale price of the security reported on the principal exchange on which it is traded, prior to the time when the Fund’s assets are valued. In the absence of a sale, the security is valued at the mean between the bid and asked price on the principal exchange or, if not available from the principal exchange, obtained from two dealers. If bid and asked prices are not available from either the exchange or two dealers, the security is valued by using one of the following methodologies (listed in order of priority): (1) using a bid from the principal exchange, (2) the mean between the bid and asked price as provided by a single dealer, or (3) a bid from a single dealer. A security of a foreign issuer traded on a foreign exchange, but not listed on a registered U.S. securities exchange, is valued based on the last sale price on the principal

 

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3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

 

exchange on which the security is traded, as identified by the third party pricing service used by the Manager, prior to the time when the Fund’s assets are valued. If the last sale price is unavailable, the security is valued at the most recent official closing price on the principal exchange on which it is traded. If the last sales price or official closing price for a foreign security is not available, the security is valued at the mean between the bid and asked price per the exchange or, if not available from the exchange, obtained from two dealers. If bid and asked prices are not available from either the exchange or two dealers, the security is valued by using one of the following methodologies (listed in order of priority): (1) using a bid from the exchange, (2) the mean between the bid and asked price as provided by a single dealer, or (3) a bid from a single dealer.

Shares of a registered investment company that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that investment company’s net asset value per share.

Corporate and government debt securities (of U.S. or foreign issuers) and municipal debt securities, event-linked bonds, loans, mortgage-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, and asset-backed securities are valued at the mean between the “bid” and “asked” prices utilizing evaluated prices obtained from third party pricing services or broker-dealers who may use matrix pricing methods to determine the evaluated prices.

Short-term money market type debt securities with a remaining maturity of sixty days or less are valued at cost adjusted by the amortization of discount or premium to maturity (amortized cost), which approximates market value. Short-term debt securities with a remaining maturity in excess of sixty days are valued at the mean between the “bid” and “asked” prices utilizing evaluated prices obtained from third party pricing services or broker-dealers.

A description of the standard inputs that may generally be considered by the third party pricing vendors in determining their evaluated prices is provided below.

Security Type   Standard inputs generally considered by third-party pricing vendors

 

Corporate debt, government debt, municipal, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities   Reported trade data, broker-dealer price quotations, benchmark yields, issuer spreads on comparable securities, the credit quality, yield, maturity, and other appropriate factors.

 

Loans   Information obtained from market participants regarding reported trade data and broker-dealer price quotations.

 

Event-linked bonds   Information obtained from market participants regarding reported trade data and broker-dealer price quotations.

If a market value or price cannot be determined for a security using the methodologies described above, or if, in the “good faith” opinion of the Manager, the market value or price obtained does not constitute a “readily available market quotation,” or a significant event has occurred that would materially affect the value of the security, the security is fair valued either (i) by a standardized fair valuation methodology applicable to the security type or the significant event as previously approved by the Valuation Committee and the Fund’s Board or (ii) as determined in good faith by the Manager’s Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee considers all relevant facts that are reasonably available, through either public information or information available to the Manager, when determining the fair value of a security. Fair value determinations by the Manager are subject to review, approval and

 

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3. Securities Valuation (Continued)

 

ratification by the Fund’s Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting covering the calendar quarter in which the fair valuation was determined. Those fair valuation standardized methodologies include, but are not limited to, valuing securities at the last sale price or initially at cost and subsequently adjusting the value based on: changes in company specific fundamentals, changes in an appropriate securities index, or changes in the value of similar securities which may be further adjusted for any discounts related to security-specific resale restrictions. When possible, such methodologies use observable market inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices of similar securities, observable interest rates, currency rates and yield curves. The methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities nor can it be assured that the Fund can obtain the fair value assigned to a security if it were to sell the security.

To assess the continuing appropriateness of security valuations, the Manager, or its third party service provider who is subject to oversight by the Manager, regularly compares prior day prices, prices on comparable securities, and sale prices to the current day prices and challenges those prices exceeding certain tolerance levels with the third party pricing service or broker source. For those securities valued by fair valuations, whether through a standardized fair valuation methodology or a fair valuation determination, the Valuation Committee reviews and affirms the reasonableness of the valuations based on such methodologies and fair valuation determinations on a regular basis after considering all relevant information that is reasonably available.

Classifications

Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Various data inputs are used in determining the value of each of the Fund’s investments as of the reporting period end. These data inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

1) Level 1-unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (including securities actively traded on a securities exchange)

2) Level 2-inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as unadjusted quoted prices for similar assets and market corroborated inputs such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)

3) Level 3-significant unobservable inputs (including the Manager’s own judgments about assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability).

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

The table below categorizes amounts that are included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities at period end based on valuation input level:

 

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     Level 1—
Unadjusted
        Quoted Prices
    

Level 2—

Other Significant
  Observable Inputs

     Level 3—
Significant
        Unobservable
Inputs
     Value    

 

 

Assets Table

           

Investments, at Value:

           

Corporate Loans

    $ —         $ 1,214,401,112        $ 12,581,899       $ 1,226,983,011      

Corporate Bonds and Notes

     —           2,068,755          —          2,068,755      

Preferred Stock

     —           —           —          —       

Common Stocks

     7,643,241          2,743,212          2,010,966         12,397,419      

Investment Company

     39,153,521          —           —          39,153,521      
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

    $ 46,796,762        $ 1,219,213,079        $ 14,592,865       $   1,280,602,706      
  

 

 

 

Forward currency exchange contracts and futures contracts, if any, are reported at their unrealized appreciation/depreciation at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract’s value from trade date. All additional assets and liabilities included in the above table are reported at their market value at measurement date.

The table below shows the transfers between Level 2 and Level 3. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and transfers out as of the beginning of the reporting period.

         Transfers into
Level 2*
       Transfers out of
Level 2**
            Transfers into
Level 3**
       Transfers out of
Level 3*
 

 

 

Assets Table

           

Investments, at Value:

           

Corporate Loans

    $ 797,184           $ (9,088,753)         $ 9,088,753           $ (797,184)      
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

    $ 797,184           $ (9,088,753)         $ 9,088,753           $ (797,184)      
  

 

 

 

* Transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 due to the availability of market data for this security.

** Transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 because of the lack of observable market data.

The following is a reconciliation of assets in which significant unobservable inputs (level 3) were used in determining fair value:

     Value as of
September 30,
2014
       Realized gain
(loss)
     Change in
unrealized
  appreciation/
depreciation
     Accretion/
  (amortization)
of premium/
discounta
 

 

 

Assets Table

           

Investments, at Value:

           

Corporate Loans

    $ 860,959         $ 74,962         $ (1,739,252)        $ 14,847      

Corporate Bonds and Notes

     797,184           —            —            —      

Common Stocks

     1,918,312           —            92,654           —      
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

    $ 3,576,455         $ 74,962         $ (1,646,598)        $ 14,847     
  

 

 

 

a. Included in net investment income.

 

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    Purchases     Sales      Transfers into
Level 3
      Transfers out
of Level 3
    Value as of
September 30,
2015
 

 

 

Assets Table

         

Investments, at Value:

         

Corporate Loans

   $      4,390,400        $         (108,770)      $ 9,088,753        $ —        $ 12,581,899     

Corporate Bonds and Notes

    —           —          —           (797,184)        —      

Common Stocks

    —           —          —           —          2,010,966     
 

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $ 4,390,400        $ (108,770)      $ 9,088,753        $ (797,184)      $ 14,592,865     
 

 

 

 

The total change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation included in the Statement of Operations attributable to Level 3 investments still held at period end:

     Change in unrealized
appreciation/depreciation
 

 

 

Assets Table

  

Investments, at Value:

  

Corporate Loans

     $ (1,739,252)         

Corporate Bonds and Notes

     —           

Common Stocks

     92,654          
  

 

 

 

Total

     $ (1,646,598)         
  

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the valuation techniques and significant unobservable inputs used in determining fair value measurements for those investments classified as Level 3 at period end:

     Value as of   
September 30,   
2015   
     Valuation
Technique
       Unobservable    
input
   Range of
Unobservable
Inputs
       Unobservable    
    Input Used    
 

 

 

Assets Table

              

Investments, at Value:

              

Corporate Loans

     $  4,480,000          Broker quote    N/A    N/A      N/A    (a)       

Corporate Loans

     8,100,844          Pricing service    N/A    N/A      N/A    (a)       

Corporate Loans

     1,055          Estimated
recovery

proceeds

   Nominal value    N/A     

 

0.01% of    

par (b)    

  

  

Common Stocks

     4,236          Discount to
estimated
distribution
   Discount rate    N/A      25% (c)       
         Estimated final
distribution
   N/A     
 
$129.86/    
share    
  
  

Common Stocks

     2,006,730          Market
Comparable
Companies
   LTM EBITDA    N/A      $195.8 M (d)       
         Enterprise

Value to

EBITDA

Multiple

   6 - 8 x      6x       
  

 

 

             

Total

         $ 14,592,865                  
  

 

 

             

 

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a) Securities classified as Level 3 whose unadjusted values were provided by a pricing service or broker-dealer for which such inputs are unobservable. The Manager periodically reviews pricing vendor and broker methodologies and inputs to confirm they are determined using unobservable inputs and have been appropriately classified. Such securities’ fair valuations could change significantly based on changes in unobservable inputs used by the pricing service or broker.

(b) The Fund fair values certain corporate loans using a nominal value to reflect the low probability of future recovery. The Manager monitors such investments for additional market information or the occurrence of a significant event which would warrant a re-evaluation of the security’s fair valuation. A significant increase (decrease) in the future distribution amount will result in a significant increase (decrease) to the fair value of the investment.

(c) The Fund fair values certain common stocks at the estimated final distribution less a discount for uncertainty regarding timing of final distribution. A significant increase (decrease) in the future distribution amount, or a significant decrease (increase) to the discount rate, will result in a significant increase (decrease) to the fair value of the investment.

(d) The Fund fair values certain common stocks using a market comparable companies approach. This model incorporates the total debt outstanding and calculates enterprise value as a multiple of Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) for the last twelve months. This model is reviewed and updated based on receipt of quarterly financial statements. A significant increase (decrease) to the EBITDA, or a significant increase (decrease) to the multiple used, will result in a significant increase (decrease) to the fair value of the investment.

 

 

4. Investments and Risks

Investments in Affiliated Funds. The Fund is permitted to invest in other mutual funds advised by the Manager (“Affiliated Funds”). Affiliated Funds are open-end management investment companies registered under the 1940 Act, as amended. The Manager is the investment adviser of, and the Sub-Adviser provides investment and related advisory services to, the Affiliated Funds. When applicable, the Fund’s investments in Affiliated Funds are included in the Statement of Investments. Shares of Affiliated Funds are valued at their net asset value per share. As a shareholder, the Fund is subject to its proportional share of the Affiliated Funds’ expenses, including their management fee. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in the Affiliated Funds.

Each of the Affiliated Funds in which the Fund invests has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the Fund’s investments and therefore the value of the Fund’s shares. To the extent that the Fund invests more of its assets in one Affiliated Fund than in another, the Fund will have greater exposure to the risks of that Affiliated Fund.

Investment in Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund. The Fund is permitted to invest daily available cash balances in a money market Affiliated Fund. The Fund may invest the available cash in Class E shares of Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund (“IMMF”) to seek current income while preserving liquidity or for defensive purposes. IMMF is regulated as a money market fund under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Loans. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in loans made to U.S. and foreign borrowers that are corporations, partnerships or other business entities. The Fund will do so directly as an original lender or by assignment or indirectly through participation agreements or certain derivative instruments. While many of these loans will be collateralized, the Fund can also invest in uncollateralized loans. Loans are often issued in connection with recapitalizations, acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and refinancing of borrowers. The loans often pay interest at rates that float above (or are

 

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4. Investments and Risks (Continued)

 

adjusted periodically based on) a benchmark that reflects current interest rates although the Fund can also invest in loans with fixed interest rates.

At period end, securities with an aggregate market value of $1,226,983,011, representing 96.5% of the Fund’s net assets were comprised of loans.

Securities on a When-Issued or Delayed Delivery Basis. The Fund purchases and sells interests in Senior Loans and other portfolio securities on a “when issued” basis, and may purchase or sell securities on a “delayed delivery” basis. “When-issued” or “delayed delivery” refers to securities whose terms and indenture are available and for which a market exists, but which are not available for immediate delivery. Delivery and payment for securities that have been purchased by the Fund on a when-issued basis normally takes place within six months and possibly as long as two years or more after the trade date. During this period, such securities do not earn interest, are subject to market fluctuation and may increase or decrease in value prior to their delivery. The purchase of securities on a when-issued basis may increase the volatility of the Fund’s net asset value to the extent the Fund executes such transactions while remaining substantially fully invested. When the Fund engages in when-issued or delayed delivery transactions, it relies on the buyer or seller, as the case may be, to complete the transaction. Their failure to do so may cause the Fund to lose the opportunity to obtain or dispose of the security at a price and yield it considers advantageous. The Fund may also sell securities that it purchased on a when-issued basis or forward commitment prior to settlement of the original purchase.

Equity Security Risk. Stocks and other equity securities fluctuate in price. The value of the Fund’s portfolio may be affected by changes in the equity markets generally. Equity markets may experience significant short-term volatility and may fall sharply at times. Different markets may behave differently from each other and U.S. equity markets may move in the opposite direction from one or more foreign stock markets. Adverse events in any part of the equity or fixed-income markets may have unexpected negative effects on other market segments.

The prices of individual equity securities generally do not all move in the same direction at the same time and a variety of factors can affect the price of a particular company’s securities. These factors may include, but are not limited to, poor earnings reports, a loss of customers, litigation against the company, general unfavorable performance of the company’s sector or industry, or changes in government regulations affecting the company or its industry.

Credit Risk. Loans and debt securities are subject to credit risk. Credit risk relates to the ability of the borrower under a loan or issuer of a debt to meet interest or principal payments or both as they become due. The Fund may acquire securities that have missed an interest payment, and is not obligated to dispose of securities whose issuers subsequently miss an interest payment. Information concerning securities not accruing income at period end is as follows:

 

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Cost

     $17,375,785   

Market Value

     $4,982,962   

Market Value as % of Net Assets

     0.39%   

The Fund has entered into forbearance agreements with certain obligors under which the Fund has agreed to temporarily forego receipt of the original principal or coupon interest rates. At period end, securities with an aggregate market value of $10,097,156, representing 0.79% of the Fund’s net assets, were subject to these forbearance agreements.

 

 

5. Market Risk Factors

The Fund’s investments in securities and/or financial derivatives may expose the fund to various market risk factors:

Commodity Risk. Commodity risk relates to the change in value of commodities or commodity indexes as they relate to increases or decreases in the commodities market. Commodities are physical assets that have tangible properties. Examples of these types of assets are crude oil, heating oil, metals, livestock, and agricultural products.

Credit Risk. Credit risk relates to the ability of the issuer of debt to meet interest and principal payments, or both, as they come due. In general, lower-grade, higher-yield debt securities are subject to credit risk to a greater extent than lower-yield, higher-quality securities.

Equity Risk. Equity risk relates to the change in value of equity securities as they relate to increases or decreases in the general market.

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk. Foreign exchange rate risk relates to the change in the U.S. dollar value of a security held that is denominated in a foreign currency. The U.S. dollar value of a foreign currency denominated security will decrease as the dollar appreciates against the currency, while the U.S. dollar value will increase as the dollar depreciates against the currency.

Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk refers to the fluctuations in value of fixed-income securities resulting from the inverse relationship between price and yield. For example, an increase in general interest rates will tend to reduce the market value of already issued fixed-income investments, and a decline in general interest rates will tend to increase their value. In addition, debt securities with longer maturities, which tend to have higher yields, are subject to potentially greater fluctuations in value from changes in interest rates than obligations with shorter maturities.

Volatility Risk. Volatility risk refers to the magnitude of the movement, but not the direction of the movement, in a financial instrument’s price over a defined time period. Large increases or decreases in a financial instrument’s price over a relative time period typically indicate greater volatility risk, while small increases or decreases in its price typically indicate lower volatility risk.

 

 

6. Shares of Beneficial Interest

The Fund has authorized an unlimited number of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

 

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6. Shares of Beneficial Interest (Continued)

 

     Year Ended September 30, 2015      Year Ended September 30, 2014      
     Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount      

 

 

Contributions

     9,833,323      $     144,513,932          61,782,616      $     880,891,938        

Withdrawals

       (26,396,281     (384,916,932)         (17,162,494     (248,507,154)       
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (16,562,958   $ (240,403,000)             44,620,122      $ 632,384,784        
  

 

 

 

 

 

7. Purchases and Sales of Securities

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, other than short-term obligations and investments in IMMF, for the reporting period were as follows:

     Purchases      Sales  

 

 

Investment securities

   $ 729,063,433                       $ 816,985,848   

 

 

8. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Management Fees. Under the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Manager a management fee based on the daily net assets of the Fund at an annual rate of 0.30%.

Sub-Adviser Fees. The Manager has retained the Sub-Adviser to provide the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Manager pays the Sub-Adviser an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the investment management fee collected by the Manager from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any investment management fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Adviser is paid by the Manager, not by the Fund.

Transfer Agent Fees. OFI Global (the “Transfer Agent”) serves as the transfer and shareholder servicing agent for the Fund. The Fund pays the Transfer Agent a fee based on annual net assets. Fees incurred with respect to these services are detailed in the Statement of Operations and Financial Highlights, respectively.

Sub-Transfer Agent Fees. The Transfer Agent has retained Shareholder Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of OFI (the “Sub-Transfer Agent”), to provide the day-to-day transfer agent and shareholder servicing of the Fund. Under the Sub-Transfer Agency Agreement, the Transfer Agent pays the Sub-Transfer Agent an annual fee in monthly installments, equal to a percentage of the transfer agent fee collected by the Transfer Agent from the Fund, which shall be calculated after any applicable fee waivers. The fee paid to the Sub-Transfer Agent is paid by the Transfer Agent, not by the Fund.

Directors’ Compensation. The Fund’s Board of Directors (“Board”) has adopted a compensation deferral plan for Independent Directors that enables Directors to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the Directors under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of the Fund or in other Oppenheimer funds selected by the Directors. The Fund purchases shares of the

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Continued

 

 

8. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)

 

funds selected for deferral by the Directors in amounts equal to his or her deemed investment, resulting in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets are included as a component of “Other” within the asset section of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of Directors’ fees under the plan will not affect the net assets of the Fund and will not materially affect the Fund’s assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the compensation deferral plan.

Waivers and Reimbursements of Expenses. The Manager will waive fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in an amount equal to the indirect management fees incurred through the Fund’s investment in IMMF. During the reporting period, the Manager waived fees and/or reimbursed the Fund $46,532 for IMMF management fees.

Waivers and/or reimbursements may be modified or terminated as set forth according to the terms in the prospectus.

 

 

9. Borrowings and Other Financing

Loan Commitments. Pursuant to the terms of certain credit agreements, the Fund has unfunded loan commitments of $813,945 at period end. The Fund generally will maintain with its custodian, liquid investments having an aggregate value at least equal to the par value of unfunded loan commitments. At period end, these commitments have a market value of $813,945 and have been included as Corporate Loans in the Statement of Investments.

 

 

10. Pending Litigation

In 2009, several putative class action lawsuits were filed and later consolidated before the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI”), OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (“OFDI”), and Oppenheimer Rochester California Municipal Fund, a fund advised by OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. and distributed by the Distributor (the “California Fund”), in connection with the California Fund’s investment performance. The plaintiffs asserted claims against OFI, OFDI and certain present and former trustees and officers of the California Fund under the federal securities laws, alleging, among other things, that the disclosure documents of the California Fund contained misrepresentations and omissions and the investment policies of the California Fund were not followed. Plaintiffs in the suit filed an amended complaint and defendants filed a motion to dismiss. In 2011, the court issued an order which granted in part and denied in part the defendants’ motion to dismiss. In 2012, plaintiffs filed a motion, which defendants opposed, to certify a class and appoint class representatives and class counsel. In March 2015, the court granted plaintiffs’ motion for class certification. In May 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit vacated the class certification order and remanded the matter to the district court for further proceedings. In July 2015, the district court held an evidentiary hearing on plaintiffs’ motion for class certification.

OFI and OFDI believe the suit is without merit; that it is premature to render any opinion as to the likelihood of an outcome unfavorable to them in the suit; and that no estimate can yet be made as to the amount or range of any potential loss. Furthermore, OFI believes that the

 

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10. Pending Litigation (Continued)

 

suit should not impair the ability of OFI or OFDI to perform their respective duties to the Fund and that the outcome of the suit should not have any material effect on the operations of any of the Oppenheimer funds.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

The Board of Directors and Shareholders of Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC, including the statement of investments, as of September 30, 2015, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2015, by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC as of September 30, 2015, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

KPMG LLP

Denver, Colorado

November 25, 2015

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND

SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement with OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. (“OFI Global” or the “Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI” or the “Sub-Adviser”) (“OFI Global” and “OFI” together the “Managers”) and OFI Global has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with OFI whereby OFI provides investment sub-advisory services to the Fund (collectively, the “Agreements”). Each year, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of the independent Trustees, is required to determine whether to approve the terms of the Agreements and the renewal thereof. The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, requires that the Board request and evaluate, and that the Managers provide, such information as may be reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the Agreements. The Board employs an independent consultant to prepare a report that provides information, including comparative information that the Board requests for that purpose. In addition to in-person meetings focused on this evaluation, the Board receives information throughout the year regarding Fund services, fees, expenses and performance.

The Adviser, Sub-Adviser and the independent consultant provided information to the Board on the following factors: (i) the nature, quality and extent of the Managers’ services, (ii) the comparative investment performance of the Fund and the Managers, (iii) the fees and expenses of the Fund, including comparative fee and expense information, (iv) the profitability of the Managers and their affiliates, including an analysis of the cost of providing services, (v) whether economies of scale are realized as the Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale for Fund investors and (vi) other benefits to the Managers from their relationship with the Fund. The Board was aware that there are alternatives to retaining the Managers.

Outlined below is a summary of the principal information considered by the Board as well as the Board’s conclusions.

Nature, Quality and Extent of Services. The Board considered information about the nature, quality and extent of the services provided to the Fund and information regarding the Managers’ key personnel who provide such services. The Managers’ duties include providing the Fund with the services of the portfolio managers and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team, who provide research, analysis and other advisory services in regard to the Fund’s investments; and securities trading services. OFI Global is responsible for oversight of third-party service providers; monitoring compliance with applicable Fund policies and procedures and adherence to the Fund’s investment restrictions; risk management; and oversight of the Sub-Adviser. OFI Global is also responsible for providing certain administrative services to the Fund as well. Those services include providing and supervising all administrative and clerical personnel who are necessary in order to provide effective corporate administration for the Fund; compiling and maintaining records with respect to the Fund’s operations; preparing and filing reports required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; preparing periodic reports regarding the operations of the Fund for its shareholders; preparing proxy materials for shareholder meetings; and preparing the registration statements required by federal and state securities laws for the sale of the Fund’s shares. OFI Global also provides the Fund with office space, facilities and equipment.

The Board also considered the quality of the services provided and the quality of the Managers’ resources that are available to the Fund. The Board took account of the fact that

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE FUND’S INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND

SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS Unaudited / Continued

 

the Sub-Adviser has had over fifty years of experience as an investment adviser and that its assets under management rank it among the top mutual fund managers in the United States. The Board evaluated the Managers’ advisory, administrative, accounting, legal, compliance services and risk management, and information the Board has received regarding the experience and professional qualifications of the Managers’ key personnel and the size and functions of its staff. In its evaluation of the quality of the portfolio management services provided, the Board considered the experience of Joseph Welsh and Margaret Hui, the portfolio managers for the Fund, and the Sub-Adviser’s investment team and analysts. The Board members also considered the totality of their experiences with the Managers as directors or trustees of the Fund and other funds advised by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the quality of services provided by affiliates of the Managers, which the Board members have become knowledgeable about through their experiences with the Managers and in connection with the renewal of the Fund’s service agreements. The Board concluded, in light of the Managers’ experience, reputation, personnel, operations and resources that the Fund benefits from the services provided under the Agreements.

Investment Performance of the Managers and the Fund. Throughout the year, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser provided information on the investment performance of the Fund, the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, including comparative performance information. The Board also reviewed information, prepared by the Adviser, the Sub-Adviser and the independent consultant, comparing the Fund’s historical performance to its benchmark and to the performance of other retail bank loan funds. The Board considered that the Fund outperformed its performance category median for the one-, three- and five-year periods. The Board also considered that the Fund performed in the first quintile of its performance category for the three- and five-year periods and in the third quintile of its performance category for the one-year period.

Fees and Expenses of the Fund. The Board reviewed the fees paid to the Adviser and the other expenses borne by the Fund. The Board noted that the Adviser, not the Fund, pays the Sub-Adviser’s fee under the sub-advisory agreement. The independent consultant provided comparative data in regard to the fees and expenses of the Fund and other retail front-end load bank loan funds with comparable asset levels and distribution features. The Board considered that the Fund’s contractual management fees as well as its total expenses were well below its respective peer group median and category median. Within the total asset range of $1 billion to $2 billion, the Fund’s effective management fee rate was lower than its peer group median and category median.

Economies of Scale and Profits Realized by the Managers. The Board considered information regarding the Managers’ costs in serving as the Fund’s investment adviser and sub-adviser, including the costs associated with the personnel and systems necessary to manage the Fund, and information regarding the Managers’ profitability from their relationship with the Fund. The Board reviewed whether the Managers may realize economies of scale in managing and supporting the Fund and whether those economies of scale benefit the Fund’s shareholders at the current level of Fund assets in relation to its management fee.

Other Benefits to the Managers. In addition to considering the profits realized by the Managers, the Board considered information that was provided regarding the direct and

 

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indirect benefits the Managers receive as a result of their relationship with the Fund, including compensation paid to the Managers’ affiliates.

Conclusions. These factors were also considered by the independent Trustees meeting separately from the full Board, assisted by experienced counsel to the Fund and to the independent Trustees. Fund counsel and the independent Trustees’ counsel are independent of the Managers within the meaning and intent of the Securities and Exchange Commission Rules.

Based on its review of the information it received and its evaluations described above, the Board, including a majority of the independent Trustees, decided to continue the Agreements through August 31, 2016. In arriving at its decision, the Board did not identify any factor or factors as being more important than others, but considered all of the above information, and considered the terms and conditions of the Agreements, including the management fees, in light of all the surrounding circumstances.

 

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PORTFOLIO PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES;

UPDATES TO STATEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS Unaudited

 

 

The Fund has adopted Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures under which the Fund votes proxies relating to securities (“portfolio proxies”) held by the Fund. A description of the Fund’s Portfolio Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), (ii) on the Fund’s website at www.oppenheimerfunds.com, and (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the Fund is required to file Form N-PX, with its complete proxy voting record for the 12 months ended June 30th, no later than August 31st of each year. The Fund’s voting record is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund toll-free at 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677), and (ii) in the Form N-PX filing on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first quarter and the third quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q filings are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Those forms may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

Householding—Delivery of Shareholder Documents

This is to inform you about OppenheimerFunds’ “householding” policy. If more than one member of your household maintains an account in a particular fund, OppenheimerFunds will mail only one copy of the fund’s prospectus (or, if available, the fund’s summary prospectus), annual and semiannual report and privacy policy. The consolidation of these mailings, called householding, benefits your fund through reduced mailing expense, and benefits you by reducing the volume of mail you receive from OppenheimerFunds. Householding does not affect the delivery of your account statements.

Please note that we will continue to household these mailings for as long as you remain an OppenheimerFunds shareholder, unless you request otherwise. If you prefer to receive multiple copies of these materials, please call us at 1.800.CALL-OPP (225-5677). You may also notify us in writing or via email. We will begin sending you individual copies of the prospectus (or, if available, the summary prospectus), reports and privacy policy within 30 days of receiving your request to stop householding.

 

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  DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS Unaudited

 

 

 

 

 

Name, Position(s) Held with

the Fund, Length of Service,

Year of Birth

   Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years; Other Trusteeships/Directorships Held; Number of Portfolios in the Fund Complex Currently Overseen

INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS

   The address of each Director in the chart below is 6803 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924. Each Director serves for an indefinite term, or until his or her resignation, retirement, death or removal.

Sam Freedman,

Chairman of the Board of Directors

(since 2013) and Director (since

2007)

Year of Birth: 1940

   Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (since September 1984). Mr. Freedman held several positions with the Sub-Adviser and with subsidiary or affiliated companies of the Sub-Adviser (until October 1994). Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Freedman has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 1996, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards’ deliberations.

Jon S. Fossel,

Director (since 2007)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Chairman of the Board of Jack Creek Preserve Foundation (non-profit organization) (since 2005); Chairman of the Board (2006-December 2011) and Director (June 2002-December 2011) of UNUMProvident (insurance company); Director of Northwestern Energy Corp. (public utility corporation) (November 2004-December 2009); Director of P.R. Pharmaceuticals (October 1999-October 2003); Director of Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (non-profit organization) (February 1998-February 2003 and February 2005-February 2007); Chairman and Director (until October 1996) and President and Chief Executive Officer (until October 1995) of the Sub-Adviser; President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the following: Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (“OAC”) (parent holding company of the Sub-Adviser), Shareholders Services, Inc. and Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. (until October 1995). Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Fossel has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 1990, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards’ deliberations.

Richard F. Grabish,

Director (since 2008)

Year of Birth: 1948

   Formerly Senior Vice President and Assistant Director of Sales and Marketing (March 1997-December 2007), Director (March 1987-December 2007) and Manager of Private Client Services (June 1985-June 2005) of A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. (broker/dealer and investment firm); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (March 2001-December 2007); President and Vice Chairman of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (April 1987-March 2001); President of A.G. Edwards Trust Company, FSB (investment adviser) (June 2005-December 2007). Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Grabish has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2001, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards’ deliberations.

Beverly L. Hamilton,

Director (since 2007)

Year of Birth: 1946

   Trustee of Monterey Institute for International Studies (educational organization) (since February 2000); Board Member of Middlebury College (educational organization) (December 2005-June 2011); Chairman (since

 

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  DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

 

Beverly L. Hamilton,

Continued

   2010) of American Funds’ Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Inc. (mutual fund); Director of The California Endowment (philanthropic organization) (April 2002-April 2008); Director (February 2002-2005) and Chairman of Trustees (2006-2007) of the Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula; Director (October 1991-2005); Vice Chairman (2006-2009) of American Funds’ Emerging Markets Growth Fund, Inc. (mutual fund); President of ARCO Investment Management Company (February 1991-April 2000); Member of the investment committees of The Rockefeller Foundation (2001-2006) and The University of Michigan (since 2000); Advisor at Credit Suisse First Boston’s Sprout venture capital unit (venture capital fund) (1994-January 2005); Trustee of MassMutual Institutional Funds (investment company) (1996-June 2004); Trustee of MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (April 1989-June 2004); Member of the investment committee of Hartford Hospital (2000-2003); and Advisor to Unilever (Holland) pension fund (2000-2003). Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Hamilton has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2002, during which time she has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards’ deliberations.

Victoria J. Herget,

Director (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1951

   Board Chair (2008-Present) and Director (2004-Present), United Educators (insurance company); Trustee (since 2000) and Chair (since 2010), Newberry Library (independent research library); Trustee, Mather LifeWays (senior living organization) (since 2001); Independent Director of the First American Funds (mutual fund family) (2003-2011); former Managing Director (1993-2001), Principal (1985-1993), Vice President (1978-1985) and Assistant Vice President (1973-1978) of Zurich Scudder Investments (investment adviser) (and its predecessor firms); Trustee (1992-2007), Chair of the Board of Trustees (1999-2007), Investment Committee Chair (1994-1999) and Investment Committee member (2007-2010) of Wellesley College; Trustee, BoardSource (non-profit organization) (2006-2009) and Chicago City Day School (K-8 School) (1994-2005). Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Herget has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, during which time she has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards’ deliberations.

Robert J. Malone,

Director (since 2007)

Year of Birth: 1944

   Chairman of the Board (since 2012) and Director (since August 2005) of Jones International University (educational organization) (since August 2005); Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Steele Street Bank Trust (commercial banking) (since August 2003); Trustee of the Gallagher Family Foundation (non-profit organization) (since 2000); Board of Directors of Opera Colorado Foundation (non-profit organization) (2008-2012); Director of Colorado UpLIFT (charitable organization) (1986-2010); Director of Jones Knowledge, Inc. (2006-2010); Former Chairman of U.S. Bank-Colorado (subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp and formerly Colorado National Bank) (July 1996- April 1999); Director of Commercial Assets, Inc. (real estate investment trust) (1993-2000); Director of U.S. Exploration, Inc. (oil and gas exploration) (1997- February 2004); Chairman of the Board (1991-1994) and Trustee (1985- 1994) of Regis University; and Chairman of the Board (1990-1991 and Trustee (1984-1999) of Young Presidents Organization. Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Malone has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2002, during which time he has become

 

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Robert J. Malone,

Continued

   familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards’ deliberations.

F. William Marshall, Jr.,

Director (since 2007)

Year of Birth: 1942

   Trustee Emeritus of Worcester Polytech Institute (WPI) (private university) (since 2009); Trustee of MassMutual Select Funds (formerly MassMutual Institutional Funds) (investment company) (since 1996), MML Series Investment Fund (investment company) (since 1996) and Mass Mutual Premier Funds (investment company) (since January 2012); President and Treasurer of the SIS Funds (private charitable fund) (January 1999-March 2011); Former Trustee of WPI (1985-2008); Former Chairman of the Board (2004-2006) and Former Chairman of the Investment Committee of WPI (1994-2008); Chairman of SIS Family Bank, F.S.B. (formerly SIS Bank) (commercial bank) (January 1999-July 1999); Executive Vice President of Peoples Heritage Financial Group, Inc. (commercial bank) (January 1999-July 1999); and Former President and Chief Executive Officer of SIS Bancorp. (1993-1999). Oversees 42 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Marshall has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2000, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards’ deliberations.

Karen L. Stuckey,

Director (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1953

   Partner (1990-2012) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (professional services firm) (held various positions 1975-1990); Trustee (1992-2006) and member of Executive, Nominating and Audit Committees and Chair of Finance Committee of Lehigh University; and member, Women’s Investment Management Forum (professional organization) since inception. Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Ms. Stuckey has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, during which time she has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards’ deliberations.

James D. Vaughn,

Director (since 2012)

Year of Birth: 1945

   Retired; former managing partner (1994-2001) of Denver office of Deloitte & Touche LLP, (held various positions 1969-1993); Trustee and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Schroder Funds (2003-2012); Board member and Chairman of Audit Committee of AMG National Trust Bank (since 2005); Trustee and Investment Committee member, University of South Dakota Foundation (since 1996); Board member, Audit Committee Member and past Board Chair, Junior Achievement (since 1993); former Board member, Mile High United Way, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, Economic Club of Colorado and Metro Denver Network. Oversees 38 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex. Mr. Vaughn has served on the Boards of certain Oppenheimer funds since 2012, during which time he has become familiar with the Fund’s (and other Oppenheimer funds’) financial, accounting, regulatory and investment matters and has contributed to the Boards’ deliberations.

 

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  DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS Unaudited / Continued

 

 

 

 

 

INTERESTED DIRECTOR

  

Mr. Steinmetz is an “Interested Director” because he is affiliated with the Manager and the Sub-Adviser by virtue of his positions as Chairman of the Sub-Adviser and officer and director of the Manager. Both as a Director and as an officer, Mr. Steinmetz serves for an indefinite term, or until his resignation, retirement, death or removal. Mr. Steinmetz’s address is 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008.

 

Arthur P. Steinmetz,

Director (since 2015), President

and Principal Executive Officer

(since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1958

   Chairman of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2015); CEO and Chairman of the Manager (since July 2014), President of the Manager (since May 2013), a Director of the Manager (since January 2013), Director of the Sub-Adviser (since July 2014), President, Management Director and CEO of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corp. (the Sub-Adviser’s parent holding company) (since July 2014), and President and Director of OFI SteelPath, Inc. (since January 2013). Chief Investment Officer of the OppenheimerFunds advisory entities from (January 2013-December 2013); Executive Vice President of the Manager (January 2013-May 2013); Chief Investment Officer of the Sub-Adviser (October 2010-December 2012); Chief Investment Officer, Fixed-Income, of the Sub-Adviser (April 2009-October 2010); Executive Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 2009-December 2012); Director of Fixed Income of the Sub-Adviser (January 2009-April 2009); and a Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (March 1993-September 2009). An officer of 91 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

 

 

OTHER OFFICERS OF THE

FUND

  

The addresses of the Officers in the chart below are as follows: for Messrs. Gabinet, Mss. Sexton and Picciotto, 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10281-1008, for Messrs. Welsh, Wixted and Ms. Hui, 6803 S. Tucson Way, Centennial, Colorado 80112-3924. Each Officer serves for an indefinite term or until his or her resignation, retirement, death or removal.

 

Margaret Hui,

Vice President (since 2007)

Year of Birth: 1958

  

Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since February 2005); Senior Portfolio Manager of the Sub-Adviser (since January 2005); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 1999-January 2005). Ms. Hui is a portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

Joseph Welsh,

Vice President (since 2007)

Year of Birth: 1964

  

Head of High Yield Corporate Debt Team (since April 2009), Senior Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (since May 2009). Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (December 2000-April 2009). A portfolio manager and officer of other portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

Arthur S. Gabinet,

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

(since 2011)

Year of Birth: 1958

   Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of the Manager (since January 2013); General Counsel OFI SteelPath, Inc. (since January 2013); Executive Vice President (May 2010-December 2012) and General Counsel (since January 2011) of the Sub-Adviser; General Counsel of the Distributor (since January 2011); General Counsel of Centennial Asset Management Corporation (January 2011-December 2012); Executive Vice President (January 2011-December 2012) and General Counsel of HarbourView Asset Management Corporation (since January 2011); Assistant Secretary (since January 2011) and Director (since January 2011) of OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds plc; Director of Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (January 2011-December 2012) and General Counsel (since January 2011); Executive Vice President (January 2011-December 2011) and General Counsel of Shareholder Financial Services, Inc. and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since January 2011); Executive Vice President (January 2011-

 

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Arthur S. Gabinet,

Continued

  

December 2012) and General Counsel of OFI Private Investments Inc. (since January 2011); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (January 2011-December 2011); Executive Vice President (January 2011-December 2012) and General Counsel of OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (since January 2011); General Counsel, Asset Management of the Sub-Adviser (May 2010-December 2010); Principal, The Vanguard Group (November 2005-April 2010); District Administrator, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (January 2003-October 2005). An officer of 91 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

Jennifer Sexton,

Vice President and Chief Business

Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1969

  

Senior Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (since June 2014); Vice President of OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (April 2006-June 2014); Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (January 1998-March 2006); Assistant Vice President of the Sub-Adviser (October 1991-December 1998). An officer of 91 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

Mary Ann Picciotto,

Chief Compliance Officer and

Chief Anti-Money Laundering

Officer (since 2014)

Year of Birth: 1973

  

Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager (since March 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of the Sub-Adviser, OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Global Trust Company, OFI Global Institutional, Inc., Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc., OFI Private Investments, Inc., Harborview Asset Management Corporation, Trinity Investment Management Corporation, and Shareholder Services, Inc. (since March 2014); Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and certain of its various affiliated entities; Chief Compliance Officer of various Morgan Stanley Funds (May 2010-January 2014); Chief Compliance Officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (April 2007-January 2014). An officer of 91 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

 

Brian W. Wixted,

Treasurer and Principal Financial &

Accounting Officer (since 2007)

Year of Birth: 1959

   Senior Vice President of the Manager (since January 2013); Treasurer of the Sub-Adviser, HarbourView Asset Management Corporation, Shareholder Financial Services, Inc., Shareholder Services, Inc., and Oppenheimer Real Asset Management, Inc. (March 1999-June 2008), OFI Private Investments, Inc. (March 2000-June 2008), OppenheimerFunds International Ltd. and OppenheimerFunds plc (since May 2000), OFI Institutional Asset Management, Inc. (November 2000-June 2008), and OppenheimerFunds Legacy Program (charitable trust program established by the Sub-Adviser) (June 2003-December 2011); Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of OFI Trust Company (since May 2000); Assistant Treasurer of Oppenheimer Acquisition Corporation (March 1999-June 2008). An officer of 91 portfolios in the OppenheimerFunds complex.

The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the Fund’s Directors and Officers and is available without charge upon request, by calling 1.800.CALL OPP (225.5677).

 

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OPPENHEIMER MASTER LOAN FUND, LLC

 

Manager   

OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.

 

Sub-Adviser   

OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

 

Distributor   

OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

 

Transfer and Shareholder

Servicing Agent

  

OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.

 

Sub-Transfer Agent   

Shareholder Services, Inc.

DBA OppenheimerFunds Services

 

Independent Registered

Public Accounting Firm

  

KPMG LLP

 

Counsel    Ropes & Gray LLP

 

 

 

 

 

© 2015 OppenheimerFunds, Inc. All rights reserved.

 

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Oppenheimer funds are distributed by OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc.

225 Liberty Street, New York, NY 10281-1008

© 2015 OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. All rights reserved.

 

RA1241.001.0915     November 23, 2015


Item 2. Code of Ethics.

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Board of Directors of the registrant has determined that F. William Marshall, Jr., the Chairman of the Board’s Audit Committee, is the audit committee financial expert and that Mr. Marshall is “independent” for purposes of this Item 3.


Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

(a) Audit Fees

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed $51,900 in fiscal 2015 and $39,600 in fiscal 2014.

 

(b) Audit-Related Fees

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed no such fees in fiscal 2015 and no such fees in fiscal 2014.

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed $185,479 in fiscal 2015 and $1,042,959 in fiscal 2014 to the registrant’s investment adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant.

Such services include: Internal control reviews, GIPS attestation procedures, system conversion testing, and corporate restructuring.

 

(c) Tax Fees

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed no such fees in fiscal 2015 and no such fees in fiscal 2014.

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed $628,126 in fiscal 2015 and $467,462 in fiscal 2014 to the registrant’s investment adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant.

Such services include: tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice. Tax compliance generally involves preparation of original and amended tax returns, claims for a refund and tax payment-planning services. Tax planning and tax advice includes assistance with tax audits and appeals, tax advice related to mergers and acquisitions and requests for rulings or technical advice from taxing authorities.

 

(d) All Other Fees

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed no such fees in fiscal 2015 and no such fees in fiscal 2014.

The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed no such fees in fiscal 2015 and no such fees in fiscal 2014 to the registrant’s investment adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant.


Such fees would include the cost to the principal accountant of attending audit committee meetings and consultations regarding the registrant’s retirement plan with respect to its Directors.

 

(e) (1) During its regularly scheduled periodic meetings, the registrant’s audit committee will pre-approve all audit, audit-related, tax and other services to be provided by the principal accountants of the registrant.

The audit committee has delegated pre-approval authority to its Chairman for any subsequent new engagements that arise between regularly scheduled meeting dates provided that any fees such pre-approved are presented to the audit committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

Under applicable laws, pre-approval of non-audit services may be waived provided that: 1) the aggregate amount of all such services provided constitutes no more than five percent of the total amount of fees paid by the registrant to its principal accountant during the fiscal year in which services are provided 2) such services were not recognized by the registrant at the time of engagement as non-audit services and 3) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the audit committee of the registrant and approved prior to the completion of the audit.

(2) 0%

 

(f) Not applicable as less than 50%.

 

(g) The principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements billed $813,605 in fiscal 2015 and $1,510,421 in fiscal 2014 to the registrant and the registrant’s investment adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant related to non-audit fees. Those billings did not include any prohibited non-audit services as defined by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

(h) The registrant’s audit committee of the board of Directors has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence. No such services were rendered.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

Not applicable.


Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

a) Not applicable. The complete schedule of investments is included in Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

b) 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 Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

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

The Fund’s Governance Committee Provisions with Respect to Nominations of Directors/Trustees to the Respective Boards

None

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

Based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c)) as of 9/30/2015, the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer found the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures to provide reasonable assurances that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in the reports that it files under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (a) is accumulated and communicated to registrant’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, and (b) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

There have been no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s 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. Exhibits.

 

(a) (1) Exhibit attached hereto.

(2) Exhibits attached hereto.

(3) Not applicable.

 

(b) Exhibit attached hereto.


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.

Oppenheimer Master Loan Fund, LLC

 

By:  

/s/ Arthur P. Steinmetz

  Arthur P. Steinmetz
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   11/17/2015

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/ Arthur P. Steinmetz

  Arthur P. Steinmetz
  Principal Executive Officer
Date:   11/17/2015
By:  

/s/ Brian W. Wixted

  Brian W. Wixted
  Principal Financial Officer
Date:   11/17/2015