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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-22542

 

 

SSGA ACTIVE TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111

(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

 

 

Christopher A. Madden, Esq.

State Street Bank and Trust Company

One Lincoln Street/SUM0703

Boston, Massachusetts 02111

(Name and address of agent for service)

Copy to:

W. John McGuire, Esq.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 664-7037

Date of fiscal year end: June 30

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2016

 

 

 


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Item 1. Reports to Shareholders.


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Annual Report

30 June 2016

 

SSGA Active Trust

 

 

 

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The information contained in this report is intended for the general information of shareholders of the Trust. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current Trust prospectus which contains important information concerning the Trust. You may obtain a current prospectus and SAI from the Distributor by calling 1-866-787-2257 or visiting www.spdrs.com Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.


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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance & Performance Summary

 

SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF (RLY)

    1   

SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF (INKM)

    4   

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF (GAL)

    7   

SPDR Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan ETF (SRLN)

    10   

SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF (ULST)

    13   

SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF (TOTL)

    16   

SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF (SYE)

    19   

SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF (SYG)

    22   

SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF (SYV)

    25   

SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF (RORO)

    28   

Financial Statements

    32   

Financial Highlights

    40   

Notes to Financial Statements

    50   

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    57   

Other Information

    58   

The information contained in this report is intended for the general information of shareholders of the Trust. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current Trust prospectus which contains important information concerning the Trust. You may obtain a current prospectus and SAI from the Distributor by calling 1-866-787-2257 or visiting www.spdrs.com Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.


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SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF —

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE (UNAUDITED)

 

The SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF (the “Fund”) invests substantially all of its assets in the SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), which seeks to achieve real return consisting of capital appreciation and current income. As a result, the Fund invests indirectly through the Portfolio.

For the 12-month period ended June 30, 2016 (the “Reporting Period”), the total return for the Fund was –4.22%, and the total return for the Barclays U.S. Government Inflation-Linked Bond Index (the “Index”) was 4.59%. The Fund and Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other income. The Fund’s performance reflects the expenses of managing the Fund, including brokerage and advisory expenses. The Index is unmanaged and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses of any kind, which would have a negative impact on returns.

The Fund underperformed the Index during the Reporting Period. Much of the Reporting Period was characterized by deteriorating expectations for global growth and benign inflation expectations. Further impeding inflation sensitive assets was the persistent weakness in oil prices due to elevated supply and lackluster demand in the crude oil market. These dynamics imposed downward pressure on inflation expectations as measured by five year breakeven interest rates over much of the reporting period. Realized inflation prints supported these expectations as inflation trended lower and in fact decreased on a year over year basis in September 2015, as measured by the U.S. Consumer Price Index for All Items Not Seasonally Adjusted. Weak input prices manifested in broad weakness across earnings expectations for resource equities. In fact, the reported earnings for the U.S. energy sector within the S&P 500 Index contracted over 70% for both Q3 and Q4 of 2015. The second half of the Reporting Period picked up where the first half left off as growth expectations languished and Brent crude oil prices dropped below $30 a barrel in January. However, momentum began to shift in mid-February as global central banks implemented further monetary accommodation in efforts to support growth and stabilize prices. Speculation for a coordinated production freeze further aided in stabilizing oil prices. The International Energy Agency offered a tailwind for oil prices after publishing a report suggesting that crude oil prices may have bottomed, helping support the “reflation” trade that characterized much of the remainder of the first half of calendar year 2016. Real assets broadly were supported by improved inflation expectations, realized inflation, and rising commodity prices associated with the reflation trade. Despite a rocky start, real assets enjoyed a favorable first half of 2016 as commodities, Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”), and resource equities offered double digit returns.

Top contributors to overall portfolio performance during the Reporting Period were U.S. REITs, U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS), and international REITs. Global securitized real estate companies offered favorable returns benefitting from attractive yields, a low interest rate environment, rising property values, and improved demand for apartments, commercial and industrial space. U.S. TIPS performed well over the Reporting Period as real yields progressed lower during the first half of 2016, finishing the period slightly above 0.0%. Wavering global growth and expectations for the U.S. Federal Reserve to pause in raising administered interest rates favored defensive fixed income assets. Despite a strong second half of the fiscal period, the primary negative contributors to portfolio performance were broad commodities and resource equities. Deteriorations in the global growth outlook and unfavorable supply and demand balances for many commodities, including oil, placed significant downward pressure on broad commodities during Q3 and Q4 of 2015. One of many knock-on effects of falling commodity prices was weaker earnings expectations for commodity sensitive companies within resource equities. Resource equities fell over 20% in the first quarter of the Reporting Period driven by negative impacts of low commodity prices to corporate bottom lines.

The views expressed above reflect those of the Fund’s portfolio manager only through the Reporting Period, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Adviser as a whole. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and the Adviser disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any fund.

 

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SPDR SSGA MULTI-ASSET REAL RETURN ETF — PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

 

The following performance chart of the Fund’s total return at net asset value, the total return based on market price and its benchmark index is provided for comparative purposes only and represents the periods noted. The Fund’s per share net asset value (“NAV”) is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The market price used to calculate the market return is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until one day after the Fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (4/25/12, 4/26/12, respectively), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns. NAV and market returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV. Market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included market returns would be lower.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not reflect deductions for fees or expenses. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions.

Performance quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be higher or lower than that quoted. Visit www.spdrs.com for most recent month-end performance. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of Fund shares. The total expense ratio for SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF as stated in the Fees and Expenses table of the prospectus dated October 31, 2015 (as supplemented June 10, 2016) is 0.70%.

PERFORMANCE AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                                                         
          CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN          AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN       
          NET ASSET
VALUE
   

MARKET
PRICE

VALUE

   

PRIMARY
BENCHMARK:

 

BARCLAYS US
GOVERNMENT
INFLATION-
LINKED BOND
INDEX

   

SECONDARY
BENCHMARK:

 

DBIQ OPTIMUM
YIELD DIVERSIFIED
COMMODITY
YIELD INDEX
EXCESS RETURN

         NET ASSET
VALUE
   

MARKET
PRICE

VALUE

   

PRIMARY
BENCHMARK:

 

BARCLAYS US
GOVERNMENT
INFLATION-
LINKED BOND
INDEX

   

SECONDARY
BENCHMARK:

 

DBIQ OPTIMUM
YIELD DIVERSIFIED
COMMODITY
YIELD INDEX
EXCESS RETURN

      
    ONE YEAR     –4.22%        –4.22%        4.59%        –14.41%            –4.22%        –4.22%        4.59%        –14.41%       
    THREE YEAR     –7.13%        –7.19%        7.69%        –36.54%            –2.44%        –2.46%        2.50%        –14.06%       
    SINCE INCEPTION (1)     –11.83%        –11.85%        3.81%        –42.63%            –2.96%        –2.97%        0.90%        –12.44%       
                                                                
  (1) For the period April 25, 2012 to June 30, 2016.

 

Barclays U.S. Government Inflation-linked Bond Index

The Barclays U.S. Government Inflation-linked Bond Index includes publicly issued, U.S. Treasury inflation protected securities that have at least 1 year remaining to maturity on index rebalancing date, with an issue size equal to or in excess of $500 million. Bonds must be capital-indexed and linked to an eligible inflation index.

 

DBIQ Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Index Excess Return

The DBIQ Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Index Excess Return employs a rule based approach when it rolls from one futures contract to another for each commodity in the index. DBLCI Diversified Index represents 14 commodities drawn from the Energy, Precious Metals, Industrial Metals and Agriculture sectors.

 

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SPDR SSGA MULTI-ASSET REAL RETURN ETF — PERFORMANCE SUMMARY (CONTINUED)

 

COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT (BASED ON NET ASSET VALUE)

 

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Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

Index returns are unmanaged and do not reflect the deduction of any fees or expenses. Index returns reflect all items of income, gain and loss and the reinvestment of dividends and other income.

Line graph is based on cumulative total return.

 

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SPDR SSGA INCOME ALLOCATION ETF — MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE (UNAUDITED)

 

The SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF (the “Fund”) invests substantially all of its assets in the SSGA Income Allocation Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), which seeks to provide total return by focusing on investments in income and yield-generating assets. As a result, the Fund invests indirectly through the Portfolio.

For the 12-month period ended June 30, 2016 (the “Reporting Period”), the total return for the Fund was 3.77%, and the total return for the MSCI World Index (the “Index”) was –2.78%. The Fund and Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other income. The Fund’s performance reflects the expenses of managing the Fund, including brokerage and advisory expenses. The Index is unmanaged and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses of any kind, which would have a negative impact on returns.

The Fund outperformed the Index during the Reporting Period. A diversified blend of interest rate sensitive assets aided the Fund’s performance as interest rates marched steadily lower while performance across equity markets was mixed. The period was characterized by several significant equity market corrections, which appeared to emanate out of concerns related to growth and policy measures in China and also anticipation around the U.K. vote to leave the European Union. A surprise devaluation of the renminbi in August 2015 led to a cascade of selling across global equity markets and caused the CBOE volatility index (VIX) to spike to over 50 late in that month. This hurt the equity holdings of the Fund, particularly in international markets. However, the deterioration was short-lived and markets rebounded through the end of 2015. At the turn of the calendar year, Chinese policymakers again created angst in global markets with further currency devaluation and erratic steps to manage market volatility. Again, equity markets experienced sharp losses, including the income oriented equities held in the Fund. However, interest rates moved sharply lower which benefited the longer duration bond and securitized real estate exposures held within the Fund. By mid-February of 2016 oil prices began to rebound and that served as a catalyst for growth-oriented assets to perform well, including the oil-sensitive high yield bond market which represents a core holding in the Fund. The last notable instance of volatility impacting the Fund was found in the wake of the United Kingdom vote to leave the European Union. While this policy event caused a rapid and violent sell-off in equity markets in the immediate aftermath of the vote, the weakness was short-lived and most markets and assets recovered by the end of June, with income-oriented equities generally faring better than broad markets to finish the Reporting Period.

On an individual security level, the top positive contributors to the Fund’s performance were the SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF (RWR), the SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (SDY) and the SPDR Barclays Long Term Treasury ETF (TLO). The SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF benefited from its hybrid characteristics as it was supported during some of the turbulent market episodes by its interest rate sensitivity, and the asset class was also able to catch some of the equity market tailwind during recoveries. Similarly, the SPDR S&P Dividend ETF performed well over the period as investors sought the relative safety of higher quality dividend payers. The SPDR Barclays Long Term Treasury ETF was the most direct beneficiary of lower interest rates as longer term government bond yields declined by more than 80 basis points during the Reporting Period (30 Year U.S. Treasury yield). The top negative contributors to the Fund’s performance were the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ), the WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund (HEDJ) and the SPDR STOXX Europe 50 ETF (FEU). The WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund delivered negative results as the policy efforts from the Bank of Japan seemed to become less effective and the Japanese yen strengthened, which hurt Japanese equities. It was a similar phenomenon for European equities, where intervention from the European Central Bank was met with mixed market responses and European equities were also dented by the turmoil caused by the “Brexit” vote. These headwinds impacted both the WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund and the SPDR STOXX Europe 50 ETF.

The views expressed above reflect those of the Fund’s portfolio manager only through the Reporting Period, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Adviser as a whole. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and the Adviser disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any fund.

 

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SPDR SSGA INCOME ALLOCATION ETF — PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

 

The following performance chart of the Fund’s total return at net asset value, the total return based on market price and its benchmark index is provided for comparative purposes only and represents the periods noted. The Fund’s per share net asset value (“NAV”) is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The market price used to calculate the market return is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until one day after the Fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (4/25/12, 4/26/12, respectively), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns. NAV and market returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV. Market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included market returns would be lower.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not reflect deductions for fees or expenses. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions.

Performance quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be higher or lower than that quoted. Visit www.spdrs.com for most recent month-end performance. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of Fund shares. The total expense ratio for SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF as stated in the Fees and Expenses table of the prospectus dated October 31, 2015 (as supplemented June 10, 2016) is 0.70%.

PERFORMANCE AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                                                         
          CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN          AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN       
         

NET ASSET

VALUE

    MARKET
VALUE
   

PRIMARY
BENCHMARK:

 

MSCI WORLD
INDEX

   

SECONDARY
BENCHMARK:

 

BARCLAYS US
LONG
GOVERNMENT/
CREDIT BOND
INDEX

         NET ASSET
VALUE
    MARKET
VALUE
   

PRIMARY
BENCHMARK:

 

MSCI WORLD
INDEX

   

SECONDARY
BENCHMARK:

 

BARCLAYS US
LONG
GOVERNMENT/
CREDIT BOND
INDEX

      
    ONE YEAR     3.77%        3.83%        –2.78%        15.72%            3.77%        3.83%        –2.78%        15.72%       
    THREE YEAR     15.98%        16.01%        22.33%        30.67%            5.07%        5.07%        6.95%        9.32%       
    SINCE INCEPTION (1)     21.92%        21.94%        40.28%        30.35%            4.85%        4.86%        8.43%        6.54%       
                                                                
  (1) For the period April 25, 2012 to June 30, 2016.

 

MSCI World Index

The MSCI World Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets.

 

Barclays US Long Government/Credit Bond Index

The Barclays Long Government/Credit Index measures the investment return of all medium and larger public issues of U.S. Treasury, agency, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds with maturities longer than 10 years.

 

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SPDR SSGA INCOME ALLOCATION ETF — PERFORMANCE SUMMARY (CONTINUED)

 

COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT (BASED ON NET ASSET VALUE)

 

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Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

Index returns are unmanaged and do not reflect the deduction of any fees or expenses. Index returns reflect all items of income, gain and loss and the reinvestment of dividends and other income.

Line graph is based on cumulative total return.

 

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SPDR SSGA GLOBAL ALLOCATION ETF — MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE (UNAUDITED)

 

The SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF (the “Fund”) invests substantially all of its assets in the SSGA Global Allocation Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), which seeks to provide capital appreciation. As a result, the Fund invests indirectly through the Portfolio.

For the 12-month period ended June 30, 2016 (the “Reporting Period”), the total return for the Fund was –0.63%, and the total return for the MSCI ACWI IMI Index (the “Index”) was –3.87%. The Fund and Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other income. The Fund’s performance reflects the expenses of managing the Fund, including brokerage and advisory expenses. The Index is unmanaged and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses of any kind, which would have a negative impact on returns.

The Fund outperformed the Index during the Reporting Period. A diversified blend of interest rate sensitive assets aided the Fund’s performance as interest rates marched steadily lower while performance across equity markets was mixed. The Reporting Period was characterized by several significant equity market corrections, which appeared to emanate out of concerns related to growth and policy measures in China and also anticipation around the U.K. vote to leave the European Union. A surprise devaluation of the renminbi in August 2015 led to a cascade of selling across global equity markets and caused the CBOE volatility index (VIX) to spike to over 50 late in that month. This hurt the equity holdings of the Fund, particularly in international markets. However, the deterioration was short-lived and markets rebounded through the end of 2015. At the turn of the calendar year, Chinese policymakers again created angst in global markets with further currency devaluation and erratic steps to manage market volatility. Again, equity markets experienced sharp losses. However, interest rates moved sharply lower which benefited the longer duration bond and securitized real estate exposures held within the Fund. By mid-February of 2016 oil prices began to rebound, serving as a catalyst for growth-oriented assets to perform well, including the oil-sensitive high yield bond market which represents a core holding in the Fund. The last notable instance of volatility impacting the Fund was found in the wake of the United Kingdom vote to leave the European Union. While this policy event caused a rapid and violent sell-off in equity markets in the immediate aftermath of the vote, the weakness was short-lived and most markets and assets recovered by the end of June.

On an individual security level, the top positive contributors to the Fund’s performance were the SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF (RWR), the SPDR Barclays Long Term Treasury ETF (TLO) and the SPDR S&P 500 Growth ETF (SPYG). The SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF benefited from its hybrid characteristics as it was supported during some of the turbulent market episodes by its interest rate sensitivity, and the asset class was also able to catch some of the equity market tailwind during recoveries. The SPDR Barclays Long Term Treasury ETF was the most direct beneficiary of lower interest rates as longer term government bond yields declined by more than 80 basis points during the Reporting Period (30 Year U.S. Treasury yield). The SPDR S&P 500 Growth ETF benefited from rebound in the growth assets that commenced mid-February 2016. The top negative contributors to the Fund’s performance were the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund (DXJ), the WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund (HEDJ) and the SPDR S&P World ex-US ETF (GWL). The WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity Fund delivered negative results as the policy efforts from the Bank of Japan seemed to become less effective and the Japanese yen strengthened, which hurt Japanese equities. It was a similar phenomenon for European equities, where intervention from the European Central Bank was met with mixed market responses and European equities were also dented by the turmoil caused by the “Brexit” vote. These headwinds impacted broader SPDR S&P World ex-US ETF.

The views expressed above reflect those of the Fund’s portfolio manager only through the Reporting Period, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Adviser as a whole. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and the Adviser disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any fund.

 

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SPDR SSGA GLOBAL ALLOCATION ETF — PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

 

The following performance chart of the Fund’s total return at net asset value, the total return based on market price and its benchmark index is provided for comparative purposes only and represents the periods noted. The Fund’s per share net asset value (“NAV”) is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The market price used to calculate the market return is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until one day after the Fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (4/25/12, 4/26/12, respectively), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns. NAV and market returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV. Market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included market returns would be lower.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not reflect deductions for fees or expenses. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions.

Performance quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be higher or lower than that quoted. Visit www.spdrs.com for most recent month-end performance. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of Fund shares. The total expense ratio for SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF as stated in the Fees and Expenses table of the prospectus dated October 31, 2015 (as supplemented June 10, 2016) is 0.35%.

PERFORMANCE AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                                                         
          CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN          AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN       
          NET ASSET
VALUE
    MARKET
VALUE
   

PRIMARY
BENCHMARK:

 

MSCI ACWI
IMI INDEX

   

SECONDARY
BENCHMARK:

 

BARCLAYS US
AGGREGATE
INDEX

         NET ASSET
VALUE
    MARKET
VALUE
   

PRIMARY
BENCHMARK:

 

MSCI ACWI
IMI INDEX

   

SECONDARY
BENCHMARK:

 

BARCLAYS US
AGGREGATE
INDEX

      
    ONE YEAR     –0.63%        –0.68%        –3.87%        6.00%            –0.63%        –0.68%        –3.87%        6.00%       
    THREE YEAR     16.84%        16.90%        19.54%        12.69%            5.32%        5.34%        6.13%        4.06%       
    SINCE INCEPTION (1)     26.07%        26.13%        34.60%        13.24%            5.69%        5.71%        7.37%        3.02%       
                                                                
  (1) For the period April 25, 2012 to June 30, 2016.

 

MSCI ACWI IMI Index

The MSCI ACWI IMI Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the combined equity market performance of developed and emerging markets.

 

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index

The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index provides a measure of the performance of the U.S. dollar denominated investment grade bond market.

 

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SPDR SSGA GLOBAL ALLOCATION ETF — PERFORMANCE SUMMARY (CONTINUED)

 

COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT (BASED ON NET ASSET VALUE)

 

LOGO

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

Index returns are unmanaged and do not reflect the deduction of any fees or expenses. Index returns reflect all items of income, gain and loss and the reinvestment of dividends and other income.

Line graph is based on cumulative total return.

 

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SPDR BLACKSTONE / GSO SENIOR LOAN ETF — MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE (UNAUDITED)

 

The SPDR Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan ETF (the “Fund”) invests substantially all of its assets in the Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan Portfolio (the “Portfolio”). The investment objective of the Portfolio is to provide current income consistent with the preservation of capital. As a result, the Fund invests indirectly through the Portfolio.

For the 12-month period ended June 30, 2016 (the “Reporting Period”), the total return for the Fund was –1.15%, and the total return for the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Leveraged Loan Index (the “Index”) was –0.10%. The Fund and Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other income. The Fund’s performance reflects the expenses of managing the Fund, including brokerage and advisory expenses. The Index is unmanaged and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses of any kind, which would have a negative impact on returns.

The Fund underperformed the Index during the Reporting Period primarily due to credit selection, including certain high beta, distressed and stressed loans within the Index that significantly outperformed over the period related to a series of highly idiosyncratic events.

On an issuer level, the top positive contributors to the Fund’s performance were an underweight to Energy Future Holdings (“TXU”), Seadrill Operating and iHeart Communications. TXU experienced a 42% decline over the Reporting Period as the energy commodity complex, particularly natural gas and crude, experienced unprecedented declines, exacerbating a lengthy and complex reorganization plan post-bankruptcy filing. Seadrill also suffered significantly over the Reporting Period as lower crude prices weighed heavily on viability concerns surrounding higher cost deep-sea drilling. Finally, iHeart Communications was plagued by weak segment performance, high cash burn due to interest cost, and elevated leverage during a particularly weak market with little tolerance for earnings softness. The top negative contributors to the Fund’s performance were an overweight to Avaya, and an underweight to both Fortescue Metals Group (“FMG”) and Weight Watchers International (“WTW”). Avaya suffered from a combination of unexpected softness in business performance and sizable near-term maturities that needed to be addressed in an unforgiving and risk-averse environment, as the macro landscape soured dramatically in the latter half of 2015. While the Fund initially benefitted from its underweight of FMG as iron ore prices fell nearly 63% in the second half of 2015, a combination of Chinese policy-driven demand, rebound in high beta names, and the unexpected announcement of opportunistic loan repayments by the issuer caused FMG to outperform significantly over the second half of the Reporting Period. WTW rose +30% over the course of a few days in October 2015 on the news that Oprah Winfrey would be contributing an equity stake as well as endorsing the brand across her properties, hurting the Fund given its underweight, which had been based on fundamental business model concerns.

The views expressed above reflect those of the Fund’s portfolio managers only through the Reporting Period, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Sub-Adviser as a whole. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and the Sub-Adviser disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any fund.

 

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SPDR BLACKSTONE / GSO SENIOR LOAN ETF — PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

 

The following performance chart of the Fund’s total return at net asset value, the total return based on market price and its benchmark index is provided for comparative purposes only and represents the periods noted. The Fund’s per share net asset value (“NAV”) is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The market price used to calculate the market return is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until one day after the Fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (4/3/13, 4/4/13, respectively), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns. NAV and market returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV. Market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included market returns would be lower.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not reflect deductions for fees or expenses. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions.

Performance quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be higher or lower than that quoted. Visit www.spdrs.com for most recent month-end performance. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of Fund shares. The total expense ratio for SPDR Blackstone/GSO Senior Loan ETF as stated in the Fees and Expenses table of the prospectus dated October 31, 2015 (as supplemented June 10, 2016) is 0.70%.

PERFORMANCE AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                                                         
          CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN          AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN       
          NET ASSET
VALUE
    MARKET
VALUE
   

PRIMARY
BENCHMARK:

 

MARKIT IBOXX
USD LIQUID
LEVERAGED
LOAN
INDEX

   

SECONDARY
BENCHMARK:

 

S&P/LSTA U.S.
LEVERAGED
LOAN 100
INDEX

         NET ASSET
VALUE
    MARKET
VALUE
   

PRIMARY
BENCHMARK:

 

MARKIT IBOXX
USD LIQUID
LEVERAGED
LOAN
INDEX

   

SECONDARY
BENCHMARK:

 

S&P/LSTA U.S.
LEVERAGED
LOAN 100
INDEX

      
    ONE YEAR     –1.15%        –1.03%        –0.10%        0.69%            –1.15%        –1.03%        –0.10%        0.69%       
    THREE YEAR     5.02%        4.99%        5.94%        6.59%            1.65%        1.64%        1.94%        2.15%       
    SINCE INCEPTION (1)     4.51%        4.64%        5.52%        6.35%            1.37%        1.41%        1.67%        1.92%       
                                                                
  (1) For the period April 3, 2013 to June 30, 2016.

 

Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Leveraged Loan Index

The Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Leveraged Loan Index is comprised of about 100 of the most liquid, tradable leveraged loans, as identified by Markit’s Loans Liquidity service.

 

S&P/LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 Index

The S&P/LSTA U.S. Leveraged Loan 100 Index is designed to reflect the largest facilities in the leveraged loan market. It mirrors the market-weighted performance of the largest institutional leveraged loans based upon market weightings, spreads, and interest payments.

 

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SPDR BLACKSTONE / GSO SENIOR LOAN ETF — PERFORMANCE SUMMARY (CONTINUED)

 

COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT (BASED ON NET ASSET VALUE)

 

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Index returns are unmanaged and do not reflect the deduction of any fees or expenses. Index returns reflect all items of income, gain and loss and the reinvestment of dividends and other income.

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SPDR SSGA ULTRA SHORT TERM BOND ETF —

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE (UNAUDITED)

 

The SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF (the “Fund”) invests substantially all of its assets in the SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), which seeks to provide current income consistent with preservation of capital and daily liquidity through short duration high quality investments. As a result, the Fund invests indirectly through the Portfolio.

For the 12-month period ended June 30, 2016 (the “Reporting Period”), the total return for the Fund was 0.65%, and the total return for the Barclays US Treasury Bellwether 3 Month Index (the “Index”) was 0.21%. The Fund and Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other income. The Fund’s performance reflects the expenses of managing the Fund, including brokerage and advisory expenses. The Index is unmanaged and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses of any kind, which would have a negative impact on returns.

The Fund outperformed the Index during the Reporting Period. The Portfolio maintained duration within a range of 0.25-0.35 years for the Reporting Period. As of the end of the Reporting Period, the Portfolio’s asset allocation consisted of corporate bonds (58.4%), Asset Backed Securities (30.0%), U.S. Government obligations (11.2%) and Cash (.4%). Approximately 67% of Portfolio assets had floating rate coupons while the remaining 33% were fixed rate. The Portfolio’s use of floating rate bonds allowed for substantial exposure to corporate bonds and ABS without adding significant interest rate risk. The Portfolio’s yield advantage due to its exposure to corporate bonds and asset backed securities was the primary reason for the Portfolio’s outperformance versus its benchmark during the period. Credit spreads on the Portfolio’s corporate and asset backed holdings generally widened during the first half of the period as investors became somewhat uneasy as the Federal Open Market Committee’s first rate hike in many years approached. While the Federal Reserve did eventually achieve “lift off” with their 0.25% rate hike in December of 2015, this would prove to be the only move during the period. Questions around weaker global growth, primarily in China, and falling commodity prices early in 2016 prevented the Federal Reserve from hiking rates further. Commodity and equity prices recovered beginning around mid-February as new stimulus measures were introduced by the Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank. This also served to narrow credit spreads although spreads did finish slightly wider year on year. Markets remained somewhat calm into the spring as investors contemplated the prospects for further Federal Reserve hikes in 2016. Weaker employment data in the spring with continued subdued inflation readings allowed the FOMC to put a more dovish spin on their rhetoric during this period. The Reporting Period ended with quite a bit of volatility in asset prices as the UK voted to break free from the European Union. Prospects for further rate hikes from the FOMC were reduced even further after this event.

The Portfolio continued to focus on assets within the 1- 5 year maturity range while keeping the overall Portfolio weighted average life inside of 1.5 years. The Portfolio benefitted from a move higher in Libor levels after the Federal Reserve rate hike occurred in December. Libor moved from approximately 0.32% before the hike to a range of 0.62%-0.68% beginning in 2016. This move higher positively impacted the portfolio’s yield given its high allocation to floating rate coupons benchmarked to Libor rates.

The views expressed above reflect those of the Fund’s portfolio manager only through the Reporting Period, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Adviser as a whole. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and the Adviser disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any fund.

 

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SPDR SSGA ULTRA SHORT TERM BOND ETF —

PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

 

The following performance chart of the Fund’s total return at net asset value, the total return based on market price and its benchmark index is provided for comparative purposes only and represents the periods noted. The Fund’s per share net asset value (“NAV”) is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The market price used to calculate the market return is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until one day after the Fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (10/9/13, 10/10/13, respectively), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns. NAV and market returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV. Market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included market returns would be lower.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not reflect deductions for fees or expenses. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions.

Performance quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be higher or lower than that quoted. Visit www.spdrs.com for most recent month-end performance. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of Fund shares. The total expense ratio for SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF as stated in the Fees and Expenses table of the prospectus dated October 31, 2015 (as supplemented June 10, 2016) is 0.20%.

PERFORMANCE AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                                                  
            CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN           AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN       
            NET ASSET
VALUE
     MARKET
VALUE
     BARCLAYS US
TREASURY
BELLWETHER
3 MONTH
INDEX
          NET ASSET
VALUE
     MARKET
VALUE
     BARCLAYS US
TREASURY
BELLWETHER
3 MONTH
INDEX
      
     ONE YEAR      0.65%         0.62%         0.21%             0.65%         0.62%         0.21%       
     SINCE INCEPTION (1)      1.32%         1.30%         0.30%             0.48%         0.48%         0.11%       
                                                           
  (1) For the period October 9, 2013 to June 30, 2016.

 

Barclays US Treasury Bellwether 3 Month

The Barclays US Treasury Bellwether 3 month is a benchmark tracking the performance and attributes of the on-the-run U.S. Treasury that reflects the most recently issued three month security.

 

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SPDR SSGA ULTRA SHORT TERM BOND ETF —

PERFORMANCE SUMMARY (CONTINUED)

 

COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT (BASED ON NET ASSET VALUE)

 

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Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

Index returns are unmanaged and do not reflect the deduction of any fees or expenses. Index returns reflect all items of income, gain and loss and the reinvestment of dividends and other income.

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SPDR DOUBLELINE TOTAL RETURN TACTICAL ETF — MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE (UNAUDITED)

 

The SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF (the “Fund”) invests substantially all of its assets in the State Street DoubleLine Total Return Tactical Portfolio (the “Portfolio”) which seeks to maximize total return. As a result, the Fund invests indirectly through the Portfolio.

For the 12-month period ended June 30, 2016 (the “Reporting Period”), the total return for the Fund was 4.03%, and the total return for the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (the “Index”) was 6.00%. The Fund and Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other income. The Fund’s performance reflects the expenses of managing the Fund, including brokerage and advisory expenses. The Index is unmanaged and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses of any kind, which would have a negative impact on returns.

The Fund underperformed the Index during the Reporting Period. With a meaningful decline in U.S. interest rates over the trailing 12-month period, the Portfolio’s shorter duration relative to the Index was the main reason for its underperformance. The increase in volatility for sectors affected by declines in commodity prices, record low yields on sovereign bonds around the world and uncertain global growth prospects additionally detracted from returns relative to the Index.

On a sector level, the top positive contributors to the Fund’s performance were agency mortgage-backed securities, which contributed stable cash flows and were less influenced by volatility in credit, and non-agency mortgage-backed securities contributed relatively strong risk-adjusted yields and continue to benefit from supply/demand imbalance due to lower issuance. The top negative contributors to the Fund’s performance were high yield securities and bank loans, which due to declines in commodity prices, particularly in oil-related industries, experienced decreased valuations. Exposure to each was reduced over the Reporting Period. Commercial mortgage-backed securities also negatively contributed to the Fund’s performance due to wider spreads over the Reporting Period, reflecting low investor demand earlier in the Period.

The views expressed above reflect those of the Fund’s portfolio manager only through the Reporting Period, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Adviser as a whole. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and the Adviser disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any fund.

 

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SPDR DOUBLELINE TOTAL RETURN TACTICAL ETF — PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

 

The following performance chart of the Fund’s total return at net asset value, the total return based on market price and its benchmark index is provided for comparative purposes only and represents the periods noted. The Fund’s per share net asset value (“NAV”) is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The market price used to calculate the market return is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until one day after the Fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (2/23/15, 2/24/15, respectively), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns. NAV and market returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV. Market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included market returns would be lower.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not reflect deductions for fees or expenses. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions.

Performance quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be higher or lower than that quoted. Visit www.spdrs.com for most recent month-end performance. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of Fund shares. The total expense ratio for SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF as stated in the Fees and Expenses table of the prospectus dated October 31, 2015 (as supplemented June 10, 2016) is 0.65%.

PERFORMANCE AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                                                  
            CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN           AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN       
            NET ASSET
VALUE
     MARKET
VALUE
    

PRIMARY
BENCHMARK:

 

BARCLAYS US
AGGREGATE

          NET ASSET
VALUE
     MARKET
VALUE
    

PRIMARY
BENCHMARK:

 

BARCLAYS US
AGGREGATE
(USD) (TOT)
(STD)

      
     ONE YEAR      4.03%         4.06%         6.00%             4.03%         4.06%         6.00%       
     SINCE INCEPTION (1)      3.68%         3.79%         5.04%             2.71%         2.79%         3.71%       
                                                           
  (1) For the period February 23, 2015 to June 30, 2016.

 

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index provides a measure of the performance of the U.S. dollar denominated investment grade bond market, which includes investment grade (must be Baa3/BBB- or higher using the middle rating of Moody’s Investor Service, Inc., Standard & Poor’s, and Fitch Inc.) government bonds, investment grade corporate bonds, mortgage pass through securities, commercial mortgage backed securities and asset backed securities that are publicly for sale in the United States.

 

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SPDR DOUBLELINE TOTAL RETURN TACTICAL ETF —

PERFORMANCE SUMMARY (CONTINUED)

 

COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT (BASED ON NET ASSET VALUE)

 

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Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

Index returns are unmanaged and do not reflect the deduction of any fees or expenses. Index returns reflect all items of income, gain and loss and the reinvestment of dividends and other income.

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SPDR MFS SYSTEMATIC CORE EQUITY ETF — MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE (UNAUDITED)

 

The SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF (the “Fund”) invests substantially all of its assets in the MFS Systematic Core Equity Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), which seeks to achieve capital appreciation. As a result, the Fund invests indirectly through the Portfolio.

For the 12-month period ended June 30, 2016 (the “Reporting Period”), the total return for the Fund was 2.21%, and the total return for the S&P 500 Index (the “Index”) was 3.99%. The Fund and Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other income. The Fund’s performance reflects the expenses of managing the Fund, including brokerage and advisory expenses. The Index is unmanaged and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses of any kind, which would have a negative impact on returns.

The Fund underperformed the Index during the Reporting Period. Sluggish global growth weighed on both developed and emerging market (“EM”) economies during the Reporting Period as EM economies proved to be particularly lackluster. The U.S. Federal Reserve began its long-anticipated monetary tightening cycle in the middle of the period, but the tightening cycle has proved to be more gradual than initially anticipated. Globally, central bank policy remained highly accommodative, which forced many government, and even some corporate, bond yields into negative territory. At the very end of the period, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, beginning a multi-year process of negotiation in order to achieve “Brexit.”

During the second half of the Reporting Period, U.S. earnings headwinds expanded beyond the energy, materials and industrial sectors, to include most sectors of the market. The sharp rise in the U.S. dollar also weighed on earnings early in the period, though dollar strength ebbed somewhat late in the period. U.S. consumer spending held up well during the second half of the period amid a modest increase in real wages and falling gasoline prices. Demand for autos reached near-record territory before receding modestly late in the period. Global trade was dampened particularly by falling demand in emerging markets. Weaker Chinese growth, which drove the decline in commodity prices, weighed on EM economies and asset prices. China responded with a variety of monetary and fiscal measures to stimulate its economy, which showed signs of stabilization at the end of the period, though concerns over high debt levels persist. Structural factors like floating exchange rates and fiscal buffers partially offset the cyclical headwinds to emerging markets.

On an individual security level, the top positive contributors to the Fund’s performance were Amazon.Com Inc., Northrop Grumman Corp and Owens Corning. Strong stock selection in the retailing sector benefited relative performance. Within this sector, the Fund’s overweight position in internet retailer Amazon.Com Inc. supported strong relative returns.

Within the industrial goods & services sector, an overweight position in global security company Northrop Grumman further aided relative returns. Within the autos & housing sector, owning residential and commercial building materials manufacturer Owens Corning benefited relative results. The top negative contributors to the Fund’s performance were MetLife Inc., Lyondellbasell Industries NV, and Anthem, Inc. Within the financial services sector, overweight positions in insurance companies MetLife further hurt relative performance.

Within the basic materials sector, overweighting polypropylene manufacturer Lyondellbasell Industries (Netherlands) weighed on relative results. The Fund’s overweight positions in medical insurance plan provider Anthem also hurt relative returns.

The views expressed above reflect those of the Fund’s portfolio manager only through the Reporting Period, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Adviser as a whole. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and the Adviser disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any fund.

 

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SPDR MFS SYSTEMATIC CORE EQUITY ETF —

PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

 

The following performance chart of the Fund’s total return at net asset value, the total return based on market price and its benchmark index is provided for comparative purposes only and represents the periods noted. The Fund’s per share net asset value (“NAV”) is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The market price used to calculate the market return is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until one day after the Fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (1/8/14, 1/9/14, respectively), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns. NAV and market returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV. Market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included market returns would be lower.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not reflect deductions for fees or expenses. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions.

Performance quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be higher or lower than that quoted. Visit www.spdrs.com for most recent month-end performance. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of Fund shares. The total expense ratio for SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF as stated in the Fees and Expenses table of the prospectus dated October 31, 2015 (as supplemented June 10, 2016) is 0.60%.

PERFORMANCE AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                                                  
            CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN           AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN       
            NET ASSET
VALUE
     MARKET
VALUE
     S&P 500
INDEX
          NET ASSET
VALUE
     MARKET
VALUE
     S&P 500
INDEX
      
     ONE YEAR      2.21%         2.44%         3.99%             2.21%         2.44%         3.99%       
     SINCE INCEPTION (1)      25.28%         25.23%         20.33%             9.52%         9.50%         7.76%       
                                                           
  (1) For the period January 8, 2014 to June 30, 2016.

 

S&P 500 Index

The S&P 500 Index is composed of five hundred (500) selected stocks, all of which are listed on national stock exchanges and spans over 25 separate industry groups.

 

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PERFORMANCE SUMMARY (CONTINUED)

 

COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT (BASED ON NET ASSET VALUE)

 

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Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

Index returns are unmanaged and do not reflect the deduction of any fees or expenses. Index returns reflect all items of income, gain and loss and the reinvestment of dividends and other income.

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SPDR MFS SYSTEMATIC GROWTH EQUITY ETF — MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE (UNAUDITED)

 

The SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF (the “Fund”) invests substantially all of its assets in the MFS Systematic Growth Equity Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), which seeks to achieve capital appreciation. As a result, the Fund invests indirectly through the Portfolio.

For the 12-month period ended June 30, 2016 (the “Reporting Period”), the total return for the Fund was 3.96%, and the total return for the Russell 1000 Growth Index (the “Index”) was 3.02%. The Fund and Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other income. The Fund’s performance reflects the expenses of managing the Fund, including brokerage and advisory expenses. The Index is unmanaged and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses of any kind, which would have a negative impact on returns.

The Fund outperformed the Index during the Reporting Period. Sluggish global growth weighed on both developed and emerging market (“EM”) economies during the Reporting Period as EM economies proved to be particularly lackluster. Globally, central bank policy remained highly accommodative, which forced many government, and even some corporate, bond yields into negative territory. The U.S. Federal Reserve indicated that its monetary policy tightening cycle would be more gradual than earlier anticipated. At the very end of the period, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, beginning a multi-year process of negotiation in order to achieve “Brexit.”

US earnings headwinds expanded beyond the energy, materials and industrial sectors, to include most sectors of the market. The sharp rise in the U.S. dollar also weighed on earnings early in the Reporting Period, though dollar strength ebbed somewhat late in the period. U.S. consumer spending held up well during the period amid a modest increase in real wages and falling gasoline prices. Global trade was dampened particularly by falling demand in emerging markets. Weaker Chinese growth, which contributed to the decline in commodity prices, weighed on EM economies and asset prices. China responded with a variety of monetary and fiscal measures to stimulate its economy, which showed signs of stabilization at the end of the Period, though concerns over high debt levels persist. Structural factors such as floating exchange rates and fiscal buffers partially offset the cyclical headwinds to emerging markets.

On an individual security level, the top positive contributors to the Fund’s performance were Tyson Foods Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Verisign Inc. Stock selection and overweighting the consumer staples sector positively impacted performance relative to the Russell 1000® Growth Index. The Fund’s overweight position in food producer Tyson Foods benefited relative returns. Stock selection in the consumer discretionary sector also contributed to relative performance. Most notably, an overweight position in strong-performing internet retailer Amazon.com boosted relative results. The Fund’s overweight position in shares of domain registry services firm VeriSign bolstered relative returns over the reporting period. The top negative contributors to the Fund’s performance were Lyondellbasell Industries NV, Gilead Sciences Inc., and Marathon Petroleum Corp. Stock selection in the materials sector was a primary detractor from relative performance. The Fund’s overweight position in polypropylene manufacturer Lyondellbasell Industries (Netherlands) detracted from relative performance. The Fund’s overweight position in biotech firm Gilead Sciences was a notable detractors for relative performance as their shares underperformed the Index over the Reporting Period. An overweight position in the energy sector was also an area of relative weakness as an overweight position in independent petroleum products company Marathon Petroleum(h) hurt relative performance.

The views expressed above reflect those of the Fund’s portfolio manager only through the Reporting Period, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Adviser as a whole. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and the Adviser disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any fund.

 

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PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

 

The following performance chart of the Fund’s total return at net asset value, the total return based on market price and its benchmark index is provided for comparative purposes only and represents the periods noted. The Fund’s per share net asset value (“NAV”) is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The market price used to calculate the market return is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until one day after the Fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (1/8/14, 1/9/14, respectively), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns. NAV and market returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV. Market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included market returns would be lower.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not reflect deductions for fees or expenses. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions.

Performance quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be higher or lower than that quoted. Visit www.spdrs.com for most recent month-end performance. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of Fund shares. The total expense ratio for SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF as stated in the Fees and Expenses table of the prospectus dated October 31, 2015 (as supplemented June 10, 2016) is 0.60%.

PERFORMANCE AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                                                  
            CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN           AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN       
            NET ASSET
VALUE
     MARKET
VALUE
    

PRIMARY
BENCHMARK:

 

RUSSELL 1000
GROWTH
INDEX

          NET ASSET
VALUE
     MARKET
VALUE
    

PRIMARY
BENCHMARK:

 

RUSSELL 1000
GROWTH
INDEX

      
     ONE YEAR      3.96%         3.70%         3.02%             3.96%         3.70%         3.02%       
     SINCE INCEPTION (1)      31.57%         31.53%         21.91%             11.71%         11.69%         8.33%       
                                                           
  (1) For the period January 8, 2014 to June 30, 2016.

 

Russell 1000 Growth Index

The Russell 1000 Growth Index measures the performance of the large-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000 Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.

 

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PERFORMANCE SUMMARY (CONTINUED)

 

COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT (BASED ON NET ASSET VALUE)

 

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Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

Index returns are unmanaged and do not reflect the deduction of any fees or expenses. Index returns reflect all items of income, gain and loss and the reinvestment of dividends and other income.

Line graph is based on cumulative total return.

 

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SPDR MFS SYSTEMATIC VALUE EQUITY ETF — MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE (UNAUDITED)

 

The SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF (the “Fund”) invests substantially all of its assets in the MFS Systematic Value Equity Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), which seeks to achieve capital appreciation. As a result, the Fund invests indirectly through the Portfolio.

For the 12-month period ended June 30, 2016 (the “Reporting Period”), the total return for the Fund was –2.47%, and the total return for the Russell 1000 Value Index (the “Index”) was 2.86%. The Fund and Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other income. The Fund’s performance reflects the expenses of managing the Fund, including brokerage and advisory expenses. The Index is unmanaged and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses of any kind, which would have a negative impact on returns.

The Fund underperformed the Index during the Reporting Period. Sluggish global growth weighed on both developed and emerging market (“EM”) economies during the Reporting Period as EM economies proved to be particularly lackluster. The U.S. Federal Reserve began its long-anticipated monetary tightening cycle in the middle of the Reporting Period, but the tightening cycle has proved to be more gradual than initially anticipated. Globally, central bank policy remained highly accommodative, which forced many government, and even some corporate, bond yields into negative territory. At the very end of the Reporting Period, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, beginning a multi-year process of negotiation in order to achieve “Brexit.”

During the second half of the Reporting Period, U.S. earnings headwinds expanded beyond the energy, materials and industrial sectors, to include most sectors of the market. The sharp rise in the U.S. dollar also weighed on earnings early in the Reporting Period, though dollar strength ebbed somewhat late in the period. U.S. consumer spending held up well during the second half of the Reporting Period amid a modest increase in real wages and falling gasoline prices. Demand for autos reached near-record territory before receding modestly late in the Reporting Period. Global trade was dampened particularly by falling demand in emerging markets. Weaker Chinese growth, which drove the decline in commodity prices, weighed on EM economies and asset prices. China responded with a variety of monetary and fiscal measures to stimulate its economy, which showed signs of stabilization at the end of the Reporting Period, though concerns over high debt levels persist. Structural factors like floating exchange rates and fiscal buffers partially offset the cyclical headwinds to emerging markets.

On an individual security level, the top positive contributors to the Fund’s performance were Northrop Grumman Corp, Tyson Food Inc. and Exelon Corp. The Fund’s overweight position in global security company Northrop Grumman aided relative returns. Stock selection in the consumer staples sector also helped relative results led by an overweight position in food company Tyson Foods. An individual stock that contributed to relative performance included an overweight position in utility services providers Exelon. The top negative contributors to the Fund’s performance were Lyondellbasell Industries NV, MetLife Inc., and Wpx Energy Inc. Stock selection in the basic materials sector further dampened relative returns led by an overweight position in polypropylene manufacturer Lyondellbasell Industries (Netherlands). Stock selection in the financial services sector detracted from performance relative to the Index. Within the financial services sector, overweight positions in insurance company MetLife dampened relative results. Stock selection in the energy sector also held back relative performance. Here, an overweight position in independent oil producer WPX Energy hindered relative performance as the stock lagged the benchmark during the Reporting Period.

The views expressed above reflect those of the Fund’s portfolio manager only through the Reporting Period, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Adviser as a whole. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and the Adviser disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any fund.

 

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SPDR MFS SYSTEMATIC VALUE EQUITY ETF —

PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

 

The following performance chart of the Fund’s total return at net asset value, the total return based on market price and its benchmark index is provided for comparative purposes only and represents the periods noted. The Fund’s per share net asset value (“NAV”) is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The market price used to calculate the market return is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until one day after the Fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (1/8/14, 1/9/14, respectively), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns. NAV and market returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV. Market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included market returns would be lower.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not reflect deductions for fees or expenses. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions.

Performance quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be higher or lower than that quoted. Visit www.spdrs.com for most recent month-end performance. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of Fund shares. The total expense ratio for SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF as stated in the Fees and Expenses table of the prospectus dated October 31, 2015 (as supplemented June 10, 2016) is 0.60%.

PERFORMANCE AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                                                  
            CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN           AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN       
            NET ASSET
VALUE
     MARKET
VALUE
    

PRIMARY
BENCHMARK:

 

RUSSELL 1000
VALUE INDEX

          NET ASSET
VALUE
     MARKET
VALUE
    

PRIMARY
BENCHMARK:

 

RUSSELL 1000
VALUE INDEX

      
     ONE YEAR      –2.47%         –2.58%         2.86%             –2.47%         –2.58%         2.86%       
     SINCE INCEPTION (1)      17.36%         17.21%         16.29%             6.67%         6.62%         6.29%       
                                                           
  (1) For the period January 8, 2014 to June 30, 2016.

 

Russell 1000 Value Index

The Russell 1000 Value Index measures the performance of the large-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000 Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower expected growth values.

 

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PERFORMANCE SUMMARY (CONTINUED)

 

COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT (BASED ON NET ASSET VALUE)

 

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Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

Index returns are unmanaged and do not reflect the deduction of any fees or expenses. Index returns reflect all items of income, gain and loss and the reinvestment of dividends and other income.

Line graph is based on cumulative total return.

 

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SPDR SSGA RISK AWARE ETF —

MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE (UNAUDITED)

 

The SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF (the “Fund”) normally invests substantially all of its assets in the SSGA Risk Aware Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), which seeks to provide competitive returns compared to the broad U.S. equity market and capital appreciation. As a result, this Fund invests indirectly through the Portfolio.

For the 12-month period ended June 30, 2016 (the “Reporting Period”), the total return for the Fund was 1.29%, and the total return for the Russell 3000 Index (the “Index”) was 2.14%. The Fund and Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other income. The Fund’s performance reflects the expenses of managing the Fund, including brokerage and advisory expenses. The Index is unmanaged and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses of any kind, which would have a negative impact on returns.

In the early part of the Reporting Period (Q3 2015), the market environment was largely one of fear as China devalued its currency, oil continued its one year slide, and the Federal Reserve displayed concern around the current state of the economy. As a result, the Portfolio established a “risk off” profile with over-weights in defensive sectors such as consumer staples and utilities, and underweights in the cyclical sectors such as energy and technology. From a sector allocation standpoint, this was the correct decision given the volatility in the market, particularly in August. However, the model underperformed as it was challenged in several of its stock selection decisions, specifically within the pro-cyclical sectors of the market.

The Portfolio’s risk signal continued to take a risk-off stance throughout the remainder of the year and into early 2016. This was a good decision on the whole, and the Portfolio outperformed the Index from July through January by 2.54%. However, the “safe” posture was a liability in October and the Portfolio underperformed the Index by 3.78% as the markets rallied on the back of new accommodative policy commitments from global central banks. But, the Portfolio had an exceptional December and January which offset this. During these two months, fear once again returned and the markets began to struggle as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates, oil continued to sell off, and U.S. economic data releases indicated weaker economic growth than expected. In January alone, the Index declined 5.64% while the Portfolio declined only 0.03%, due to its defensive posture.

The middle part of February was a turning point for the markets as sentiment sharply improved. In March, the ISM Manufacturing Index, a measure of U.S. manufacturing activity, returned to expansionary readings after hitting a post-crisis low in December, while in China the Purchasing Managers Index also returned to expansionary readings after seven months of decline. Improvements in global manufacturing data, active and verbal support from central banks, and a significant rebound in the energy sector all provided the foundation for a “relief rally.” Unfortunately, during this time period (February through April), factor signals continued to suggest that a defensive posture was still warranted, and the Portfolio remained defensive with substantial underweights in the energy and technology sectors. This lead to underperformance during these months as the Portfolio missed the start of the “risk-on” rally and the commodity led global reflation trade drove markets higher.

Although the market had rebounded during this period and began to perform well, there was still a general theme of uncertainty and an unbalanced picture of global economic growth. The investment model struggled to get a footing and it wasn’t until May that the Portfolio started to take a more “risk-on” stance and added positions in the technology, financials, and materials sectors. By June, the model was firmly “risk-on” and further weight was added to these sectors along with materials, putting the portfolio in a more pro-cyclical stance. This resulted in slight outperformance for June and the final month of the Reporting Period.

In summary, the significant swings among market leadership, uncertainty over global economic growth, and the market’s sharp reaction to central bank rhetoric created a very challenging environment for the model. It correctly identified the appropriate market regime only half of the time and this ultimately lead to the majority of the underperformance during the Reporting Period.

 

 

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(UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

The views expressed above reflect those of the Fund’s portfolio manager only through the Reporting Period, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Adviser as a whole. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and the Adviser disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any fund.

 

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PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

 

The following performance chart of the Fund’s total return at net asset value, the total return based on market price and its benchmark index is provided for comparative purposes only and represents the periods noted. The Fund’s per share net asset value (“NAV”) is the value of one share of the Fund and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Fund and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Fund. The market price used to calculate the market return is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the exchange on which the shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until one day after the Fund’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (9/9/14, 9/10/14, respectively), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns. NAV and market returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV. Market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included market returns would be lower.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not reflect deductions for fees or expenses. In comparison, the Fund’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions.

Performance quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be higher or lower than that quoted. Visit www.spdrs.com for most recent month-end performance. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of Fund shares. The total expense ratio for SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF as stated in the Fees and Expenses table of the prospectus dated October 31, 2015 (as supplemented June 10, 2016) is 0.50%.

PERFORMANCE AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                                            
            CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN    AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN     
            NET ASSET
VALUE
     MARKET
VALUE
    

PRIMARY
BENCHMARK:

 

RUSSELL
3000
INDEX

          NET ASSET
VALUE
   MARKET
VALUE
  

PRIMARY
BENCHMARK:

 

RUSSELL
3000
INDEX

    
     ONE YEAR      1.29%         1.40%         2.14%           1.29%    1.40%    2.14%    
     SINCE INCEPTION (1)      0.29%         0.31%         8.08%           0.16%    0.17%    4.39%    
                                                        
  (1) For the period September 9, 2014 to June 30, 2016.

 

Russell 3000 Index

The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. companies representing approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market. The Russell 3000 Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive, unbiased, and stable barometer of the broad market and is completely reconstituted annually to ensure new and growing equities are reflected.

 

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COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT (BASED ON NET ASSET VALUE)

 

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Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

Index returns are unmanaged and do not reflect the deduction of any fees or expenses. Index returns reflect all items of income, gain and loss and the reinvestment of dividends and other income.

Line graph is based on cumulative total return.

 

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SSGA ACTIVE TRUST

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

         
SPDR SSGA
Multi-Asset Real
Return ETF
    SPDR SSGA
Income Allocation
ETF
    SPDR SSGA
Global Allocation
ETF
 

ASSETS

      

Investment in corresponding Portfolio, at value (Note 1)

   $ 80,824,140      $ 105,495,646      $ 179,711,957   

Receivable for fund shares sold

                   6,670,720   

Receivable from Adviser (Note 3)

                   25,399   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     80,824,140        105,495,646        186,408,076   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

      

Advisory fee payable (Note 3)

     1,869        13,507          

Distribution payable

     380,757        876,752        1,295,599   

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     118                 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     382,744        890,259        1,295,599   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 80,441,396      $ 104,605,387      $ 185,112,477   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

      

Paid-in Capital

   $ 117,467,947      $ 110,648,692      $ 192,717,569   

Undistributed (distribution in excess of) net investment income (loss)

     (380,758     (359,964     (542,324

Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments

     (25,483,490     (8,468,965     (10,065,415

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

      

Investments

     (11,162,303     2,785,624        3,002,647   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 80,441,396      $ 104,605,387      $ 185,112,477   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

      

Net asset value per share

   $ 24.38      $ 31.23      $ 33.35   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares outstanding (unlimited amount authorized, no par value)

     3,300,000        3,350,000        5,550,000   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements and financial statements of the Master Portfolios.

 

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SPDR Blackstone/
GSO Senior
Loan ETF
    SPDR SSGA
Ultra Short Term
Bond ETF
    SPDR DoubleLine
Total Return
Tactical ETF
    SPDR MFS
Systematic Core
Equity ETF
    SPDR MFS
Systematic
Growth Equity
ETF
    SPDR MFS
Systematic Value
Equity ETF
    SPDR SSGA
Risk Aware
ETF
 
           
$ 802,488,187      $ 24,038,757      $ 2,636,071,936      $ 5,835,902      $ 12,166,684      $ 2,612,598      $ 1,960,576   
                22,430,353                               
                                              

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  802,488,187        24,038,757        2,658,502,289        5,835,902        12,166,684        2,612,598        1,960,576   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
           
  260,413               551,192        1,430        2,978        640        399   
                       25,922        29,733        12,678        6,049   
                                              

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  260,413               551,192        27,352        32,711        13,318        6,448   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 802,227,774      $ 24,038,757      $ 2,657,951,097      $ 5,808,550      $ 12,133,973      $ 2,599,280      $ 1,954,128   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
           
$ 851,759,731      $ 24,314,985      $ 2,632,000,224      $ 5,843,651      $ 11,872,715      $ 2,508,243      $ 2,080,969   
  1,917,933               3,974,284        (25,922     (29,733     (12,678     (2,251
  (50,239,803     (271,992     (4,472,937     (1,064     (141,908     45,174        (200,303
           
  (1,210,087     (4,236     26,449,526        (8,115     432,899        58,541        75,713   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 802,227,774      $ 24,038,757      $ 2,657,951,097      $ 5,808,550      $ 12,133,973      $ 2,599,280      $ 1,954,128   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
           
$ 46.64      $ 40.06      $ 49.87      $ 58.09      $ 60.67      $ 51.99      $ 39.08   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  17,200,000        600,000        53,300,000        100,000        200,000        50,000        50,000   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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SSGA ACTIVE TRUST

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the Year Ended June 30, 2016

 

 

 

       SPDR SSGA
Multi-Asset Real
Return ETF
     SPDR SSGA
Income Allocation
ETF
     SPDR SSGA
Global Allocation
ETF
    SPDR Blackstone/
GSO Senior
Loan ETF
 

INCOME AND EXPENSES ALLOCATED FROM PORTFOLIO

            

Interest income allocated from the Portfolio (Note 2)

     $       $       $      $ 36,218,906   

Dividend income allocated from the Portfolio (Note 2)

       1,469,959         3,680,605         4,336,247        139,199   

Expenses allocated from Portfolio (Note 2)

       (190,330      (216,263      (349,264     (2,262,684
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS) ALLOCATED FROM PORTFOLIO

       1,279,629         3,464,342         3,986,983        34,095,421   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

            

Advisory fee (Note 3)

       66,537         176,146                2,995,864   

Trustees’ fees (Note 4)

       2,016         1,964         2,931        12,446   

Miscellaneous expenses

       7         8         12        18,229   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL EXPENSES

       68,560         178,118         2,943        3,026,539   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses waived/reimbursed by the Adviser (Note 3)

                       (253,395       
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET EXPENSES

       68,560         178,118         (250,452     3,026,539   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

       1,211,069         3,286,224         4,237,435        31,068,882   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

            

Net realized gain (loss) on:

            

Investment transactions allocated from Portfolio

       (16,476,507      (4,798,745      (10,860,741     (46,702,938

Capital gain distributions allocated from Portfolio

       51,217         1,017,290         2,071,017          

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

            

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) allocated from Portfolio

       6,755,515         3,854,231         1,852,621        7,786,190   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

       (9,669,775      72,776         (6,937,103     (38,916,748
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS

     $ (8,458,706    $ 3,359,000       $ (2,699,668   $ (7,847,866
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements and financial statements of the Master Portfolios.

 

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SPDR SSGA
Ultra Short Term
Bond ETF
    

SPDR DoubleLine
Total Return
    Tactical  ETF    

    

SPDR MFS
Systematic Core
    Equity ETF     

    

SPDR MFS
Systematic
Growth Equity
          ETF         

    

SPDR MFS
Systematic Value
      Equity  ETF      

     SPDR SSGA
Risk Aware
ETF
 
              

$

283,171

  

   $ 62,549,981       $       $       $       $   

 

3,498

  

     648,464         114,840         177,422         65,996         38,325   
  (64,956      (5,144,755      (14,599      (32,223      (8,241      (4,913

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

221,713

  

     58,053,690         100,241         145,199         57,755         33,412   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
          5,996,790         14,427         31,865         8,018         4,722   
  716         23,546         222         313         197         182   
  182         14,264         1         1                   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  898         6,034,600         14,650         32,179         8,215         4,904   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  

     (1,727,412                                

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  898         4,307,188         14,650         32,179         8,215         4,904   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  220,815         53,746,502         85,591         113,020         49,540         28,508   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
              

 

(268,823

     (3,169,758      351,022         378,142         109,849         (69,214

 

  

                                       
              

 

5,478

  

     33,117,148         (346,244      53,265         (243,554      64,841   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(263,345

     29,947,390         4,778         431,407         (133,705      (4,373

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

$

(42,530

   $ 83,693,892       $ 90,369       $ 544,427       $ (84,165    $ 24,135   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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SSGA ACTIVE TRUST

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

 

 

     SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF      SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF  
     Year Ended
6/30/16
    Year Ended
6/30/15
     Year Ended
6/30/16
    Year Ended
6/30/15
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

         

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 1,211,069      $ 2,482,687       $ 3,286,224      $ 3,489,553   

Net realized gain (loss)

     (16,425,290     (4,432,134      (3,781,455     544,893   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     6,755,515        (23,442,391      3,854,231        (6,319,996
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     (8,458,706     (25,391,838      3,359,000        (2,285,550
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net equalization credits and charges (Note 2)

     23,691        42,131         (86,567     56,314   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

         

Net investment income

     (1,284,505     (2,527,694      (3,629,570     (3,780,064

Net realized gains

                             

Return of Capital

                             
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

     (1,284,505     (2,527,694      (3,629,570     (3,780,064
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS:

         

Proceeds from sale of shares sold

     26,711,193        66,337,576         3,064,239        34,191,856   

Cost of shares redeemed

     (77,421,277     (61,103,706      (18,208,088     (11,141,269

Net income equalization (Note 2)

     (23,691     (42,131      86,567        (56,314

Other capital (Note 5)

                             
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions

     (50,733,775     5,191,739         (15,057,282     22,994,273   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets during the period

     (60,453,295     (22,685,662      (15,414,419     16,984,973   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets at beginning of period

     140,894,691        163,580,353         120,019,806        103,034,833   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AT END OF PERIOD

   $ 80,441,396      $ 140,894,691       $ 104,605,387      $ 120,019,806   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (distribution in excess of) net investment income (loss)

   $ (380,758   $ (455,607    $ (359,964   $ (554,739
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST:

         

Shares sold

     1,200,000        2,400,000         100,000        1,050,000   

Shares redeemed

     (3,351,111     (2,250,000      (601,111     (350,000
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (2,151,111     150,000         (501,111     700,000   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements and financial statements of the Master Portfolios.

 

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SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF      SPDR Blackstone/GSO Senior Loan ETF      SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF  
Year Ended
6/30/16
     Year Ended
6/30/15
     Year Ended
6/30/16
     Year Ended
6/30/15
     Year Ended
6/30/16
     Year Ended
6/30/15
 
              
$ 4,237,435       $ 3,228,950       $ 31,068,882       $ 24,960,615       $ 220,815       $ 53,459   
  (8,789,724      2,763,760         (46,702,938      (750,611      (268,823      (4,836

 

1,852,621

  

     (5,265,486      7,786,190         (10,613,251      5,478         (20,193

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(2,699,668

     727,224         (7,847,866      13,596,753         (42,530      28,430   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

90,933

  

     172,315         291,518         126,497         60,118         166   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  (5,119,774      (3,503,154      (31,186,434      (24,171,917      (223,429      (53,333
  (382,777      (713,037                              (715
                                  (46,943        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (5,502,551      (4,216,191      (31,186,434      (24,171,917      (270,372      (54,048

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  106,134,741         72,106,656         239,115,391         123,474,946         195,789,866         6,012,275   
  (56,475,220      (22,551,382      (70,050,396      (51,558,641      (187,553,580      (4,007,078
  (90,933      (172,315      (291,518      (126,497      (60,118      (166
                  386,597         194,062         97,270         3,607   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

49,568,588

  

     49,382,959         169,160,074         71,983,870         8,273,438         2,008,638   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

41,457,302

  

     46,066,307         130,417,292         61,535,203         8,020,654         1,983,186   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  143,655,175         97,588,868         671,810,482         610,275,279         16,018,103         14,034,917   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 185,112,477       $ 143,655,175       $ 802,227,774       $ 671,810,482       $ 24,038,757       $ 16,018,103   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

$

(542,324

   $ (554,214    $ 1,917,933       $ 2,035,485       $       $ 2,775   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  3,150,000         2,050,000         5,050,000         2,500,000         4,900,000         150,000   
  (1,751,111      (650,000      (1,500,000      (1,050,000      (4,700,000      (100,000

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  1,398,889         1,400,000         3,550,000         1,450,000         200,000         50,000   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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SSGA ACTIVE TRUST

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS (continued)

 

 

 

    SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF     SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF  
    Year Ended
6/30/16
    For the Period
2/23/15* -
6/30/15*
    Year Ended
6/30/16
    Year Ended
6/30/15
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

       

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 53,746,502      $ 4,503,266      $ 85,591      $ 43,561   

Net realized gain (loss)

    (3,169,758     (1,029,738     351,022        313,374   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

    33,117,148        (6,667,622     (346,244     48,736   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    83,693,892        (3,194,094     90,369        405,671   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net equalization credits and charges (Note 2)

    2,569,641        840,772        16,445        (2,028
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

       

Net investment income

    (51,231,117     (3,317,808     (102,966     (43,961

Net realized gains

                  (63,234     (72,014
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (51,231,117     (3,317,808     (166,200     (115,975
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS:

       

Proceeds from sale of shares sold

    1,878,119,722        752,576,239        5,860,887          

Cost of shares redeemed

                  (2,902,795     (2,723,021

Net income equalization (Note 2)

    (2,569,641     (840,772     (16,445     2,028   

Other capital (Note 5)

    925,486        378,777                 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions

    1,876,475,567        752,114,244        2,941,647        (2,720,993
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets during the period

    1,911,507,983        746,443,114        2,882,261        (2,433,325
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets at beginning of period

    746,443,114               2,926,289        5,359,614   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AT END OF PERIOD

  $ 2,657,951,097      $ 746,443,114      $ 5,808,550      $ 2,926,289   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (distribution in excess of) net investment income (loss)

  $ 3,974,284      $ 645,258      $ (25,922   $ 310   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST:

       

Shares sold

    38,200,000        15,100,000        100,000          

Shares redeemed

                  (50,000     (50,000
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

    38,200,000        15,100,000        50,000        (50,000
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Inception date.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements and financial statements of the Master Portfolios.

 

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SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF

     SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF      SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF  
Year Ended
6/30/16
     Year Ended
6/30/15
     Year Ended
6/30/16
     Year Ended
6/30/15
     Year Ended
6/30/16
     For the Period
9/9/14* -
6/30/15
 
              
$ 113,020       $ 41,334       $ 49,540       $ 40,833       $ 28,508       $ 21,825   
  378,142         451,772         109,849         294,126         (69,214      (232,419

 

53,265

  

     35,700         (243,554      41,437         64,841         10,872   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

544,427

  

     528,806         (84,165      376,396         24,135         (199,722

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

1,422

  

     30                 (1,662              (437

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  (115,383      (42,194      (50,382      (42,508      (29,724      (22,860
  (183,280      (94,899      (161,371      (45,876                

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (298,663      (137,093      (211,753      (88,384      (29,724      (22,860

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  8,964,863         3,023,489                                 4,000,000   
  (3,100,803      (2,746,928              (2,659,898              (1,817,701
  (1,422      (30              1,662                 437   
                                            

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

5,862,638

  

     276,531                 (2,658,236              2,182,736   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

6,109,824

  

     668,274         (295,918      (2,371,886      (5,589      1,959,717   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  6,024,149         5,355,875         2,895,198         5,267,084         1,959,717           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 12,133,973       $ 6,024,149       $ 2,599,280       $ 2,895,198       $ 1,954,128       $ 1,959,717   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

$

(29,733

   $ 107       $ (12,678    $ (996    $ (2,251    $ (1,035

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  150,000         50,000                                 100,000   
  (50,000      (50,000              (50,000              (50,000

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  100,000                         (50,000              50,000   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period (a)

 

 

 

    SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF  
    Year Ended
6/30/16
    Year Ended
6/30/15
    Year Ended
6/30/14
    Year Ended
6/30/13
    For the Period
4/25/12* -
6/30/12
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 25.85      $ 30.86      $ 27.68      $ 28.77      $ 30.00   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

         

Net investment income (loss) (b)

    0.30        0.43        0.57        0.86        0.20   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

    (1.43     (5.02     3.22        (1.33     (1.22
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    (1.13     (4.59     3.79        (0.47     (1.02
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net equalization credits and charges (b)

    0.01        0.01        0.01        0.03        (0.01
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

         

Net investment income

    (0.35     (0.43     (0.62     (0.65     (0.20
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 24.38      $ 25.85      $ 30.86      $ 27.68      $ 28.77   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return (d)

    (4.22 )%      (14.84 )%      13.85     (1.67 )%      (3.44 )% 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

         

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

  $ 80,441      $ 140,895      $ 163,580      $ 120,434      $ 5,786   

Ratios to average net assets:

         

Total expenses

    0.28     0.23     0.24     0.25     0.27 %(e) 

Net investment income (loss)

    1.29     1.53     1.97     2.86     3.77 %(e) 

Portfolio turnover rate (f)

    25     33     40     31     10

 

 * Commencement of operations.
(a) The per share amounts and percentages include the Fund’s proportionate share of income and expenses of their respective Portfolio.
(b) Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares outstanding, which more appropriately presents the per share data for the year.
(c) Amounts shown in this caption for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period because of the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values for the Fund.
(d) Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares at net asset value on the first day and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each period reported. Distributions are assumed, for the purpose of this calculation, to be reinvested at net asset value per share on the respective payment dates of each distribution. Total return for periods of less than one year is not annualized. Broker commission charges are not included in this calculation.
(e) Annualized.
(f) Portfolio turnover rate is from the Fund’s respective Portfolio.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements and financial statements of the Master Portfolios.

 

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Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period (a)

 

 

 

    SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF  
    Year Ended
6/30/16
    Year Ended
6/30/15
    Year Ended
6/30/14
    Year Ended
6/30/13
    For the Period
4/25/12* -
6/30/12
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 31.16      $ 32.70      $ 29.90      $ 29.85      $ 30.00   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

         

Net investment income (loss) (b)

    0.93        0.97        1.16        1.41        0.44   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

    0.22        (1.51     2.86        (0.25     (0.29
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    1.15        (0.54     4.02        1.16        0.15   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net equalization credits and charges (b)

    (0.02     0.02        (0.03     0.12        0.11   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

         

Net investment income

    (1.06     (1.02     (1.19     (1.23     (0.41
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 31.23      $ 31.16      $ 32.70      $ 29.90      $ 29.85   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return (d)

    3.77     (1.59 )%      13.57     4.22     0.87

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

         

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

  $ 104,605      $ 120,020      $ 103,035      $ 171,977      $ 8,989   

Ratios to average net assets:

         

Total expenses

    0.37     0.35     0.36     0.35     0.36 %(e) 

Net investment income (loss)

    3.07     3.00     3.73     4.50     8.24 %(e) 

Portfolio turnover rate (f)

    54     64     63     80     15

 

 * Commencement of operations.
(a) The per share amounts and percentages include the Fund’s proportionate share of income and expenses of their respective Portfolio.
(b) Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares outstanding, which more appropriately presents the per share data for the year.
(c) Amounts shown in this caption for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period because of the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values for the Fund.
(d) Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares at net asset value on the first day and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each period reported. Distributions are assumed, for the purpose of this calculation, to be reinvested at net asset value per share on the respective payment dates of each distribution. Total return for periods of less than one year is not annualized. Broker commission charges are not included in this calculation.
(e) Annualized.
(f) Portfolio turnover rate is from the Fund’s respective Portfolio.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements and financial statements of the Master Portfolios.

 

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Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period (a)

 

 

 

    SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF  
    Year Ended
6/30/16
    Year Ended
6/30/15
    Year Ended
6/30/14
    Year Ended
6/30/13
    For the Period
4/25/12* -
6/30/12
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 34.61      $ 35.47      $ 31.18      $ 29.19      $ 30.00   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

         

Net investment income (loss) (b)

    0.81        0.92        0.98        1.03        0.24   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

    (1.09     (0.73     4.20        1.77        (0.77
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    (0.28     0.19        5.18        2.80        (0.53
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net equalization credits and charges (b)

    0.02        0.05        0.02        0.09        (0.02
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

         

Net investment income

    (0.94     (0.91     (0.91     (0.90     (0.26

Net realized gains

    (0.06     (0.19                     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (1.00     (1.10     (0.91     (0.90     (0.26
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 33.35      $ 34.61      $ 35.47      $ 31.18      $ 29.19   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return (d)

    (0.63 )%      0.66     16.81     9.91     (1.82 )% 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

         

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

  $ 185,112      $ 143,655      $ 97,589      $ 51,484      $ 4,411   

Ratios to average net assets:

         

Total expenses

    0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20 %(f) 

Net expenses

    0.06     0.05     0.05     0.04     0.05 %(f) 

Net investment income (loss)

    2.45     2.60     2.91     3.23     4.48 %(f) 

Portfolio turnover rate (g)

    86     98     89     123     25

 

 * Commencement of operations.
(a) The per share amounts and percentages include the Fund’s proportionate share of income and expenses of their respective Portfolio.
(b) Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares outstanding, which more appropriately presents the per share data for the year.
(c) Amounts shown in this caption for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period because of the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values for the Fund.
(d) Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares at net asset value on the first day and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each period reported. Distributions are assumed, for the purpose of this calculation, to be reinvested at net asset value per share on the respective payment dates of each distribution. Total return for periods of less than one year is not annualized. Broker commission charges are not included in this calculation.
(e) Annualized.
(f) Annualized.
(g) Portfolio turnover rate is from the Fund’s respective Portfolio.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements and financial statements of the Master Portfolios.

 

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Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period (a)

 

 

 

    SPDR Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan ETF  
    Year Ended
6/30/16
    Year Ended
6/30/15
    Year Ended
6/30/14
    For the Period
4/3/13* -
6/30/13
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 49.22      $ 50.02      $ 49.65      $ 50.00   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

       

Net investment income (loss) (b)

    1.95        2.01        1.54        0.24   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

    (2.58     (0.88     0.24        (0.65
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    (0.63     1.13        1.78        (0.41
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net equalization credits and charges (b)

    0.02        0.01        0.03        0.06   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other capital

    0.02        0.02        0.04        0.10   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

       

Net investment income

    (1.99     (1.96     (1.48     (0.10
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 46.64      $ 49.22      $ 50.02      $ 49.65   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return (d)

    (1.15 )%      2.38     3.77     (0.48 )% 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

       

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

  $ 802,228      $ 671,810      $ 610,275      $ 332,654   

Ratios to average net assets:

       

Total expenses

    0.71     0.71     0.85     0.90 %(e) 

Net investment income (loss)

    4.15     4.09     3.09     1.97 %(e) 

Portfolio turnover rate (g)

    88     65     77     4

 

 * Commencement of operations.
(a) The per share amounts and percentages include the Fund’s proportionate share of income and expenses of their respective Portfolio.
(b) Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares outstanding, which more appropriately presents the per share data for the year.
(c) Amounts shown in this caption for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period because of the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values for the Fund.
(d) Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares at net asset value on the first day and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each period reported. Distributions are assumed, for the purpose of this calculation, to be reinvested at net asset value per share on the respective payment dates of each distribution. Total return for periods of less than one year is not annualized. Broker commission charges are not included in this calculation.
(e) Annualized.
(f) Annualized.
(g) Portfolio turnover rate is from the Fund’s respective Portfolio.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements and financial statements of the Master Portfolios.

 

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Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period (a)

 

 

 

    SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF  
    Year Ended
6/30/16
    Year Ended
6/30/15
    For the Period
10/9/13* -
6/30/14
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 40.05      $ 40.10      $ 40.00   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

     

Net investment income (loss) (b)

    0.27        0.13        0.10   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

    (0.21     (0.05     0.03   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.06        0.08        0.13   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net equalization credits and charges (b)

    0.07        0.00 (d)      0.00 (d) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other capital

    0.12        0.01        0.05   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

     

Net investment income

    (0.18     (0.14     (0.08

Return of capital

    (0.06              
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (0.24     (0.14     (0.08
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 40.06      $ 40.05      $ 40.10   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return (e)

    0.65     0.20     0.46

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

     

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

  $ 24,039      $ 16,018      $ 14,035   

Ratios to average net assets:

     

Total expenses

    0.20     0.20     0.20 %(f) 

Net investment income (loss)

    0.69     0.33     0.34 %(f) 

Portfolio turnover rate (g)

    407     79     39

 

 * Commencement of operations.
(a) The per share amounts and percentages include the Fund’s proportionate share of income and expenses of their respective Portfolio.
(b) Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares outstanding, which more appropriately presents the per share data for the year.
(c) Amounts shown in this caption for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period because of the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values for the Fund.
(d) Amount is less than $0.005 per share.
(e) Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares at net asset value on the first day and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each period reported. Distributions are assumed, for the purpose of this calculation, to be reinvested at net asset value per share on the respective payment dates of each distribution. Total return for periods of less than one year is not annualized. Broker commission charges are not included in this calculation.
(f) Annualized.
(g) Portfolio turnover rate is from the Fund’s respective Portfolio.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements and financial statements of the Master Portfolios.

 

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Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period (a)

 

 

 

    SPDR DoubleLine Total
Return Tactical ETF
 
    Year Ended
6/30/16
    For the Period
2/23/15* -
6/30/15
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 49.43      $ 50.00   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

   

Net investment income (loss) (b)

    1.54        0.55   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

    0.34        (0.88
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    1.88        (0.33
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net equalization credits and charges (b)

    0.07        0.10   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other capital

    0.03        0.05   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

   

Net investment income

    (1.54     (0.39
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 49.87      $ 49.43   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return (d)

    4.03     (0.34 )% 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

   

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

  $ 2,657,951      $ 746,443   

Ratios to average net assets:

   

Total expenses

    0.65     0.65 %(e) 

Net expenses

    0.55     0.56 %(e) 

Net investment income (loss)

    3.14     3.18 %(e) 

Portfolio turnover rate (f)

    38     14

 

 * Commencement of operations.
(a) The per share amounts and percentages include the Fund’s proportionate share of income and expenses of their respective Portfolio.
(b) Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares outstanding, which more appropriately presents the per share data for the year.
(c) Amounts shown in this caption for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period because of the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values for the Fund.
(d) Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares at net asset value on the first day and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each period reported. Distributions are assumed, for the purpose of this calculation, to be reinvested at net asset value per share on the respective payment dates of each distribution. Total return for periods of less than one year is not annualized. Broker commission charges are not included in this calculation.
(e) Annualized.
(f) Portfolio turnover rate is from the Fund’s respective Portfolio.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements and financial statements of the Master Portfolios.

 

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Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period (a)

 

 

 

     SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF  
     Year Ended
6/30/16
    Year Ended
6/30/15
    For the Period
1/8/14* -
6/30/14
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 58.53      $ 53.60      $ 50.00   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

      

Net investment income (loss) (b)

     1.02        0.81        0.31   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

     (0.00 )(d)      6.48        3.59   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     1.02        7.29        3.90   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net equalization credits and charges (b)

     0.20        (0.04       
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

      

Net investment income

     (1.03     (0.88     (0.30

Net realized gains

     (0.63     (1.44       
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (1.66     (2.32     (0.30
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 58.09      $ 58.53      $ 53.60   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return (e)

     2.21     13.70     7.81

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

      

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

   $ 5,809      $ 2,926      $ 5,360   

Ratios to average net assets:

      

Total expenses

     0.61     0.60     0.60 %(f) 

Net investment income (loss)

     1.78     1.42     1.25 %(f) 

Portfolio turnover rate (g)

     39     54     27

 

 * Commencement of operations.
(a) The per share amounts and percentages include the Fund’s proportionate share of income and expenses of their respective Portfolio.
(b) Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares outstanding, which more appropriately presents the per share data for the year.
(c) Amounts shown in this caption for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period because of the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values for the Fund.
(d) Amount is less than $0.005 per share.
(e) Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares at net asset value on the first day and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each period reported. Distributions are assumed, for the purpose of this calculation, to be reinvested at net asset value per share on the respective payment dates of each distribution. Total return for periods of less than one year is not annualized. Broker commission charges are not included in this calculation.
(f) Annualized.
(g) Portfolio turnover rate is from the Fund’s respective Portfolio.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements and financial statements of the Master Portfolios.

 

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Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period (a)

 

 

 

    SPDR MFS Systematic Growth
Equity ETF
 
    Year Ended
6/30/16
    Year Ended
6/30/15
    For the Period
1/8/14* -
6/30/14
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 60.24      $ 53.56      $ 50.00   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

     

Net investment income (loss) (b)

    0.63        0.66        0.28   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

    1.62        8.60        3.55   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    2.25        9.26        3.83   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net equalization credits and charges (b)

    0.01        0.00 (d)        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

     

Net investment income

    (0.61     (0.68     (0.27

Net realized gains

    (1.22     (1.90       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (1.83     (2.58     (0.27
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 60.67      $ 60.24      $ 53.56   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return (e)

    3.96     17.53     7.68

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

     

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

  $ 12,134      $ 6,024      $ 5,356   

Ratios to average net assets:

     

Total expenses

    0.61     0.60     0.60 %(f) 

Net investment income (loss)

    1.06     1.14     1.16 %(f) 

Portfolio turnover rate (g)

    56     67     20

 

 * Commencement of operations.
(a) The per share amounts and percentages include the Fund’s proportionate share of income and expenses of their respective Portfolio.
(b) Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares outstanding, which more appropriately presents the per share data for the year.
(c) Amounts shown in this caption for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period because of the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values for the Fund.
(d) Amount is less than $0.005 per share.
(e) Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares at net asset value on the first day and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each period reported. Distributions are assumed, for the purpose of this calculation, to be reinvested at net asset value per share on the respective payment dates of each distribution. Total return for periods of less than one year is not annualized. Broker commission charges are not included in this calculation.
(f) Annualized.
(g) Portfolio turnover rate is from the Fund’s respective Portfolio.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements and financial statements of the Master Portfolios.

 

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Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period (a)

 

 

 

    SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF  
    Year Ended
6/30/16
    Year Ended
6/30/15
    For the Period
1/8/14* -
6/30/14
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 57.90      $ 52.67      $ 50.00   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

     

Net investment income (loss) (b)

    0.99        0.75        0.34   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

    (2.66     6.28        2.67   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    (1.67     7.03        3.01   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net equalization credits and charges (b)

           (0.03       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

     

Net investment income

    (1.01     (0.85     (0.34

Net realized gains

    (3.23     (0.92       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (4.24     (1.77     (0.34
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 51.99      $ 57.90      $ 52.67   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return (d)

    (2.47 )%      13.47     6.04

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

     

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

  $ 2,599      $ 2,895      $ 5,267   

Ratios to average net assets:

     

Total expenses

    0.62     0.60     0.60 %(e) 

Net investment income (loss)

    1.85     1.36     1.43 %(e) 

Portfolio turnover rate (f)

    64     61     23

 

 * Commencement of operations.
(a) The per share amounts and percentages include the Fund’s proportionate share of income and expenses of their respective Portfolio.
(b) Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares outstanding, which more appropriately presents the per share data for the year.
(c) Amounts shown in this caption for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period because of the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values for the Fund.
(d) Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares at net asset value on the first day and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each period reported. Distributions are assumed, for the purpose of this calculation, to be reinvested at net asset value per share on the respective payment dates of each distribution. Total return for periods of less than one year is not annualized. Broker commission charges are not included in this calculation.
(e) Annualized.
(f) Portfolio turnover rate is from the Fund’s respective Portfolio.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements and financial statements of the Master Portfolios.

 

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Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period (a)

 

 

 

    SPDR SSGA Risk
Aware ETF
 
    Year Ended
6/30/16
    For the Period
9/9/14* -
6/30/15
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 39.19      $ 40.00   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

   

Net investment income (loss) (b)

    0.57        0.38   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (c)

    (0.09     (0.77
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.48        (0.39
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net equalization credits and charges (b)

           (0.01
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

   

Net investment income

    (0.59     (0.41
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 39.08      $ 39.19   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return (d)

    1.29     (0.99 )% 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

   

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

  $ 1,954      $ 1,960   

Ratios to average net assets:

   

Total expenses

    0.52     0.50 %(e) 

Net investment income (loss)

    1.51     1.21 %(e) 

Portfolio turnover rate (f)

    76     122

 

 * Commencement of operations.
(a) The per share amounts and percentages include the Fund’s proportionate share of income and expenses of their respective Portfolio.
(b) Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares outstanding, which more appropriately presents the per share data for the year.
(c) Amounts shown in this caption for a share outstanding may not accord with the change in aggregate gains and losses in securities for the fiscal period because of the timing of sales and repurchases of Fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values for the Fund.
(d) Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares at net asset value on the first day and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each period reported. Distributions are assumed, for the purpose of this calculation, to be reinvested at net asset value per share on the respective payment dates of each distribution. Total return for periods of less than one year is not annualized. Broker commission charges are not included in this calculation.
(e) Annualized.
(f) Portfolio turnover rate is from the Fund’s respective Portfolio.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements and financial statements of the Master Portfolios.

 

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June 30, 2016

 

 

 

1. Organization

SSGA Active Trust (the “Trust”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), is an open-end management investment company that was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on March 30, 2011.

As of June 30, 2016, the Trust consists of fourteen (14) series, each of which represents a separate series of beneficial interest in the Trust (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). The financial statements herein relate to the following Funds:

 

SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF

SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF

SPDR Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan ETF

SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF

SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF

SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF

SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF

SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF

SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF

 

Each fund is classified as a diversified investment company under the 1940 Act, with the exception of SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF, SPDR Doubleline Total Return Tactical ETF and SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF, which are each a non-diversified investment company.

Each Fund is part of a master-feeder structure and each Fund invests substantially all of its assets in its respective master portfolio as shown below (each a “Portfolio” and collectively, the “Portfolios”). Each Portfolio is a separate series of SSGA Master Trust (“Master Trust”). The performance of each Fund is directly affected by the performance of its respective Portfolio. The financial statements of the Portfolios, including their Schedules of Investments, are attached to this report and should be read in conjunction with the Funds’ financial statements.

 

Fund Name

  

Portfolio Name

   Fund Ownership
Interest in Portfolio
at 6/30/16

SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF

   SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio    99.98%

SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF

   SSGA Income Allocation Portfolio    99.99%

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF

   SSGA Global Allocation Portfolio    99.99%

SPDR Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan ETF

   Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan Portfolio    99.99%

SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF

   SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond Portfolio    99.99%

SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF

   State Street DoubleLine Total Return Tactical Portfolio    99.99%

SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF

   SSGA MFS Systematic Core Equity Portfolio    99.98%

SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF

   SSGA MFS Systematic Growth Equity Portfolio    99.99%

SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF

   SSGA MFS Systematic Value Equity Portfolio    99.95%

SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF

   State Street Risk Aware Portfolio    99.95%

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this could involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements:

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.

 

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June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Security Valuation

Each Fund records its investments in its respective Portfolio at fair value (net asset value) each business day. The valuation policy of the Portfolios is discussed in Note 2 of the Portfolios’ Notes to Financial Statements, which are attached to this report.

The Portfolios’ investments are valued at fair value each day that the Portfolio’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date should the reporting period end on a day that each Portfolio’s listing exchange is not open. Fair value is generally defined as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. By its nature, a fair value price is a good faith estimate of the valuation in a current sale and may not reflect an actual market price. The investments of the Portfolios are valued pursuant to policy and procedures developed by the Oversight Committee (the “Committee”) and approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”). The Committee provides oversight of the valuation of investments for the Portfolios. The Board has responsibility for determining the fair value of investments. The summary of the inputs used for each Portfolio, as of June 30, 2016, in valuing each Portfolio’s securities carried at fair value are discussed in Note 2 of the Portfolios’ Notes to Financial Statements, which are attached to this report.

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition

Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date for financial reporting purposes. Realized gains and losses from security transactions consist of the Fund’s pro-rata share of its Portfolio’s realized gains and losses. Net investment income consists of the Fund’s pro-rata share of the net investment income of its Portfolio less expenses of the Fund.

Expenses

Certain expenses, which are directly identifiable to a specific fund, are applied to that fund within the Trust. Other expenses which cannot be attributed to a specific fund are allocated in such a manner as deemed equitable, taking into consideration the nature and type of expense and relative net assets of the Funds within the Trust.

The Fund is allocated a pro-rata share of the expense of the Portfolio. Class specific expenses are borne by each class.

Equalization

The Funds in the Trust follow the accounting practice known as “Equalization” by which a portion of the proceeds from sales and costs of reacquiring Fund shares, equivalent on a per share basis to the amount of distributable net investment income on the date of the transaction, is credited or charged to undistributed net investment income. As a result, undistributed net investment income per share is unaffected by sales or reacquisition of Fund shares. Amounts related to Equalization can be found on the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

The following Funds utilized equalization during the period ended June 30, 2016:

 

SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF

SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF

SPDR Blackstone/GSO Senior Loan ETF

SPDR Ultra Short Term Bond ETF

SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF

SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF

SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF

 

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Distributions

The following Funds declare and distribute from net investment income, if any, to its shareholders:

 

Name   Frequency
SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF   Quarterly
SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF   Quarterly
SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF   Quarterly
SPDR Blackstone/GSO Senior Loan ETF   Monthly
SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF   Monthly
SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF   Quarterly
SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF   Quarterly
SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF   Quarterly
SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF   Quarterly
SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF   Quarterly

Net realized capital gains, if any, are distributed annually, unless additional distributions are required for compliance with applicable tax regulations. The amount and character of income and capital gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with applicable tax regulations which may differ from net investment income and realized gains recognized for U.S. GAAP purposes.

 

3. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates

Advisory Fee

Each Fund has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “SSGA FM”). As compensation for services rendered, facilities furnished, and expenses borne by the Adviser, each Fund pays the Adviser a fee accrued daily and paid monthly, based on a percentage of each Fund’s average daily net assets as shown in the following table:

 

     Annual Rate*  

SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF

     0.70

SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF

     0.70   

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF

     0.35   

SPDR Blackstone/GSO Senior Loan ETF

     0.70   

SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF

     0.20   

SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF

     0.65 ** 

SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF

     0.60   

SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF

     0.60   

SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF

     0.60   

SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF

     0.50   

 

* The Advisory fee is reduced by the proportional amount of the advisory fee, as well as for SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF, SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF and SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF acquired fund fees and expenses of each Fund’s respective Portfolio. For the year ended June 30, 2016, the net annualized advisory fee was 0.07%, 0.16%, (0.15)%, 0.40%, 0.00%, 0.25%, 0.30%, 0.30%, 0.30% and 0.25% for the SPDR SSGA Multi- Asset Real Return ETF, SPDR SSGA Income Allocation, ETF, SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF, SPDR Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan ETF, SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF, SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF, SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF, SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF, SPDR MFS Systemic Value Equity ETF and SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF, respectively. For the SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF and the SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF, the reduction resulted in a fee reimbursement which is identified on the Statement of Operations.
** The Adviser has contractually agreed to limit its management fee to the extent necessary to limit annual operating expenses to 0.55% until October 31, 2016 for the SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF.

 

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The Adviser pays all operating expenses of each Fund other than management fee, distribution fee pursuant to each Fund’s Distribution and Service Plan, if any, brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, the fees and expenses of the Independent Trustees (including any Trustees’ counsel fees), litigation expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses and other expenses that are non-recurring in the ordinary course of business.

Administrator and Sub-Administrator Fees

SSGA FM serves as administrator and State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as custodian, sub-administrator and transfer agent. State Street receives fees for its services as custodian, sub-administrator and transfer agent from the Adviser.

Distribution Fees

State Street Global Markets, LLC (“SSGM” or the “Distributor”), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as the distributor of the Trust. Pursuant to a Distribution and Service Plan adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, each Fund is authorized to pay an amount of up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets for certain distribution-related activities. However, the Board has determined that no such payments will be made through at least October 31, 2016, and therefore no such payments have been made.

Other Transactions with Affiliates

The Fund may invest in affiliated entities, included securities issued by State Street, affiliated funds, or entities deemed to be affiliates as a result of the Fund owning more than five percent of the entity’s voting securities or outstanding shares. Amounts relating to these transactions during the period ended June 30, 2016 are disclosed in the Schedule of Investments.

From time to time, the Funds may have a concentration of one or more accounts constituting a significant percentage of shares outstanding. Investment activities by holders of such accounts could have material impacts on the Funds. As of June 30, 2016, based on management’s evaluation of the shareholder account base, the Funds had accounts representing controlling ownership of more than 10% of the Fund’s total outstanding shares. The number of such accounts, based on accounts that represent more than 10% of the aggregate shares, and the aggregate percentage of net assets represented by such holdings were as follows:

 

Fund

   Number of 10%
Affiliated Account
Holdings
     Percentage of
Affiliated
Ownership
 

SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF

     1         83.08

 

4. Trustees’ Fees

The fees and expenses of the Trust’s trustees, who are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Trustees”), are paid directly by the Funds. The Independent Trustees are reimbursed for travel and other out-of-pocket expenses in connection with meeting attendance and industry seminars.

 

5. Shareholder Transactions

Each Fund issues and redeems its shares, at net asset value by each fund, only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”). Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of each Fund are not redeemable. Transactions in capital shares for each Fund are disclosed in detail in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets. The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund may consists of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash, except for certain funds that invest in TBAs or mortgage backed securities. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to the Trust and/or Custodian, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. An additional variable fee may be charged for certain transactions. Such variable charges, if any, are included in “Other Capital” on the Statements of Changes on Net Assets.

 

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6. Income Tax Information

The Funds have qualified and intend to continue to qualify as regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes to the extent they distribute their taxable income, including any net realized capital gains, for each fiscal year. Therefore, no provision for federal income tax is required.

The Funds file federal and various state and local tax returns as required. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The federal returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years from date of filing, while the state returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon jurisdiction. SSGA FM has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on tax returns for all open years and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that would require recognition of a tax liability.

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on ex-dividend date. Income dividends and gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax rules and regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. Certain capital accounts in the financial statements have been adjusted for permanent book- tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net asset values or results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in the future. These book-tax differences are primarily due to differing treatments for character of distributions, nontaxable dividend adjustments to income, in-kind transactions, REITs, amortization and accretion of premium and discount for financial statement purposes, return of capital and wash sale loss deferrals. In addition, certain Funds claimed a portion of the payments made to redeeming shareholders as a distribution for income tax purposes.

The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended June 30, 2016, was as follows:

 

     Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Tax Return
of Capital
     Total  

SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF

   $ 1,284,505       $       $       $ 1,284,505   

SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF

     3,629,570                         3,629,570   

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF

     5,192,207         310,344                 5,502,551   

SPDR Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan ETF

     31,186,434                         31,186,434   

SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF

     223,429                 46,943         270,372   

SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF

     51,231,117                         51,231,117   

SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF

     140,151         26,049                 166,200   

SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF

     181,192         117,471                 298,663   

SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF

     140,433         71,320                 211,753   

SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF

     29,724                         29,724   

The tax character of distributions paid during the year ended June 30, 2015 was as follows:

 

     Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Tax Return
of Capital
     Total  

SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF

   $ 2,527,694       $       $       $ 2,527,694   

SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF

     3,780,064                         3,780,064   

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF

     3,658,288         557,903                 4,216,191   

SPDR Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan ETF

     24,171,917                         24,171,917   

SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF

     54,048                         54,048   

SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF

     3,317,808                         3,317,808   

SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF

     115,975                         115,975   

SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF

     137,093                         137,093   

SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF

     88,384                         88,384   

SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF

     22,860                         22,860   

 

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As of June 30, 2016, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

    Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
    Capital
Loss
Carryforwards
    Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Net
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses)
    Qualified
Late-Year
Losses*
    Total  

SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF

  $      $ (28,506,952   $       $ (8,138,841   $      $ (36,645,793

SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF

    516,788        (8,239,578             2,556,237               (5,166,553

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF

    753,275        (10,047,324             2,984,556               (6,309,493

SPDR Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan ETF

    1,917,933        (49,549,779             (1,900,111            (49,531,957

SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF

           (271,022             (5,206            (276,228

SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF

    3,979,474        (4,283,721             26,255,120               25,950,872   

SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF

                          (9,179            (9,179

SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF

                          430,339        (139,348     290,991   

SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF

                  46,420         57,295               103,715   

SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF

    3,797        (200,254             75,664               (120,793

 

* The Funds have elected to defer certain qualified late-year losses and recognize such losses in the next taxable year.

As of June 30, 2016, the following Funds had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains as follows:

 

     Non-Expiring
Short Term
     Non-Expiring
Long Term
     Total  

SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF

   $ 11,117,589       $ 17,389,363       $ 28,506,952   

SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF

     6,747,761         1,491,817         8,239,578   

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF

     9,678,617         368,707         10,047,324   

SPDR Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan ETF

     18,369,640         31,180,139         49,549,779   

SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF

     257,060         13,962         271,022   

SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF

     4,255,893         27,828         4,283,721   

SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF

     200,254                 200,254   

 

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As of June 30, 2016, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation of investments based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

     Tax
Cost
     Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF

   $ 88,962,981       $       $ (8,138,841   $ (8,138,841

SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF

     102,939,409         2,556,237                2,556,237   

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF

     176,727,401         2,984,556                2,984,556   

SPDR Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan ETF

     804,388,297                 1,900,111        (1,900,111

SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF

     24,035,491                 5,206        (5,206

SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF

     2,609,816,816         26,255,120                26,255,120   

SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF

     5,828,851                 9,179        (9,179

SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF

     11,736,345         430,339                430,339   

SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF

     2,555,303         57,295                57,295   

SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF

     1,884,912         75,664                75,664   

 

7. Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date on which the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements other than below.

On May 26, 2016, the Board unanimously voted to close and liquidate the SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF Fund. After the close of business on August 24, 2016, the Fund stopped accepting creation orders. Trading in the Fund halted prior to market open on August 25, 2016. Proceeds of the liquidation will be sent to shareholders on August 31, 2016.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of

SSGA Active Trust

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF, SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF, SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF, SPDR Blackstone/GSO Senior Loan ETF, SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF, SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF, SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF, SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF, SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF and SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF (collectively, the “Funds”) (ten of the funds constituting SSGA Active Trust) as of June 30, 2016, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, and the statements of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ 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. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and 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 each of the above mentioned Funds of SSGA Active Trust at June 30, 2016, the results of their operations for the year then ended, and the changes in their net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

LOGO

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August 26, 2016

 

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Expense Example

As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur two types of costs (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads), if applicable, on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, or other distributions and (2) ongoing costs, including advisory fees and to the extent applicable, distribution (12b-1) and/or service fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is 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. It is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period from January 1, 2016 to June 30, 2016.

The table below illustrates your Fund’s cost in two ways:

 

  Based on actual fund return — This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The “Ending Account Value” shown is derived from each Fund’s actual return, and the third column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the Fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for the Fund under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period”.

 

  Based on hypothetical 5% return — This section is intended to help you compare your Fund’s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the Fund had a yearly return of 5% before expenses, but that the expense ratio is unchanged. In this case, because the return used is not the Fund’s actual return, the results do not apply to your investment. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on a 5% return. You can assess your Fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales load charges (loads). Therefore, the hypothetical 5% return 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 transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

      Actual      Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return
before expenses)
 
     Annualized
Expense Ratio
    Ending Account
Value
     Expenses Paid
During Period (a)
     Ending Account
Value
     Expenses Paid
During Period (a)
 

SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF

     0.28   $ 1,104.60       $ 1.47       $ 1,023.50       $ 1.41   

SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF

     0.39        1,000.00         1.94         1,022.90         1.96   

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF

     0.07        1,028.00         0.35         1,024.50         0.35   

SPDR Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan ETF

     0.70        1,026.40         3.53         1,021.40         3.52   

SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF

     0.20        1,007.30         1.00         1,023.90         1.01   

SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF

     0.55        1,039.30         2.79         1,022.10         2.77   

SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF

     0.61        1,011.40         3.05         1,021.80         3.07   

SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF

     0.61        1,014.40         3.06         1,021.80         3.07   

SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF

     0.63        999.30         3.13         1,021.70         3.17   

SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF

     0.54        1,059.80         2.77         1,022.20         2.72   

 

(a) Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio multiplied by the average account value of the period, multiplied by 182, then divided by 366.

 

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Tax Information

For federal income tax purposes, the following information is furnished with respect to the distributions of the Trust for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2016.

Percentage of distributions which qualify for the corporate dividends received deduction:

 

     Percentage  

SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF

     15.89

SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF

     6.98   

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF

     5.85   

SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF

     88.43   

SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF

     75.59   

SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF

     60.88   

SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF

     100.00   

Qualified Dividend Income

A portion of dividends distributed by the Funds during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016, are considered qualified dividend income, and are eligible for reduced tax rates. These lower rates range from 5% to 20% depending on the individual’s tax bracket. These amounts are noted below:

 

     Amount  

SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF

   $ 950,371   

SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF

     972,516   

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF

     1,066,329   

SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF

     101,523   

SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF

     163,429   

SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF

     58,074   

SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF

     29,724   

Qualified Interest Income

The Fund designated a portion of dividends distributed during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016, as qualified interest income. These amounts are noted below:

 

     Amount  

SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF

   $ 74,604   

SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF

     1,586,769   

SPDR Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan ETF

     17,625,223   

SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF

     219,091   

SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF

     51,231,117   

Long term capital gain dividends were paid from the following Funds during the year ended June 30, 2016:

 

     Amount  

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF

   $ 310,344   

SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF

     38,356   

SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF

     117,471   

SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF

     71,320   

 

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The Funds designate the following amount of ordinary income distributions paid during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016 for qualified short term capital gains:

 

     Amount  

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF

   $ 72,431   

SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF

     30,218   

SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF

     38,332   

The amount of foreign source income earned on the following Funds during the year ended June 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

     Amount  

SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF

   $ 542,466   

SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF

     345,106   

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF

     737,135   

Foreign Tax Credit

The Trust has made an election under Internal Revenue Code Section 853 to pass through foreign taxes paid by a Fund to its shareholders. For the year ended June 30, 2016, the total amount of foreign taxes that will be passed through are:

 

     Amount  

SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF

   $ 62,342   

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF

     113,246   

SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF

     47,555   

Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures and Records

A description of the Trust’s proxy voting policies and procedures that are used by the Funds’ investment adviser to vote proxies relating to the Funds’ portfolio of securities are available (i) without charge, upon request by calling 1-866-787-2257 (toll free) or (ii) on the website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, at www.sec.gov.

Information regarding how the investment adviser voted for the prior 12-months period ended June 30 is available by August 31 of each year by calling the same number and on the SEC’s website, at www.sec.gov, and on the Funds’ website at www.spdrs.com.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedule

The Funds file a complete schedule of investments with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. The information on the Form N-Q is available upon request, without charge, by calling 1-866-787-2257 (toll free) and on the Funds’ website at www.spdrs.com.

Approval of Advisory Agreements

At in-person meetings held prior to June 30, 2016, the Board of Trustees of the Trusts (the “Board”) evaluated proposals (1) to continue the separate Investment Advisory Agreements (the “Agreements”) between each Trust and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “SSGA FM”) with respect to the operational series of SSGA Active Trust (the “Current ETFs”) and SSGA Master Trust (together with the Current ETFs, the “Current Funds”), and (2) to approve the separate Agreements between the Adviser and (a) the SSGA Active Trust with respect to the SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF and SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF (the “New ETFs” and, together with the Current ETFs, the “ETFs”), and the State Street Disciplined Global Equity Portfolio (together with the New ETFs, the “New Funds”) each a new series of the SSGA Active Trust, (with the Current Funds and New Funds collectively being referred to hereafter as the “Funds”), each of which commenced operations during the period covered

 

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by this Annual Report. The Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Independent Trustees”), also met separately with their independent legal counsel to consider the Agreements.

In evaluating the Agreements, the Board drew on materials provided to them by SSGA FM, the Trust’s investment adviser and administrator, and other materials provided by State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Trusts’ sub-administrator, transfer agent and custodian (“State Street”). In deciding whether to approve the Agreements, the Board considered various factors, including the (i) nature, extent and quality of services provided by, or expected to be provided by, the Adviser with respect to the Funds under the Agreements, (ii) investment performance of the Current Funds, (iii) profits realized by the Adviser and its affiliates from its relationship with the Trusts, (iv) fees charged to comparable funds, (v) other benefits to the Adviser, and (vi) extent to which economies of scale would be shared as the Funds grow.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of services provided by, or expected to be provided by, the Adviser. In doing so, the Trustees relied on their prior experience in overseeing the management of the Trusts and materials provided prior to and at the meeting. The Board reviewed the Agreements and the Adviser’s responsibilities for managing investment operations of each of the Funds in accordance with each Fund’s investment objectives and policies, and applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Board appreciated the relatively unique nature of the ETFs as exchange-traded funds in a master-feeder structure, as appropriate, and the experience and expertise of the Adviser with exchange-traded funds. The Board considered the background and experience of the Adviser’s senior management, including those individuals responsible for portfolio management, oversight of sub-advisers and regulatory compliance of the Funds. The Board also considered the portfolio management resources, structures and practices of the Adviser, including those associated with monitoring and securing each Fund’s compliance with its investment objectives and policies and with applicable laws and regulations. The Board also considered information about the Adviser’s best execution procedures and overall investment management business, noting that the Adviser serves a wide range of clients across a broad spectrum of asset classes. The Board looked at the Adviser’s general knowledge of the investment business and that of its affiliates which make up State Street Global Advisors, through which the Adviser shares all of its senior personnel. The Board considered that the Adviser and its affiliates constitute one of the world’s largest investment management enterprises for exchange-traded funds. The Board also considered the Adviser’s experience in active management, managing exchange-traded funds in master-feeder structures and overseeing third-party sub-advisers, as applicable.

Investment Performance

The Board then reviewed the Current Funds’ performance. The Board compared each Current Fund’s investment performance to the performance of an appropriate benchmark and group of comparable funds. Among other information, the Board considered the following performance information in its evaluation of the Funds:

SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund underperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-, 2- and 3-year periods; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period and underperformed its benchmark index for the 3-year period.

SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-, 2- and 3-year periods; and (b) underperformed its benchmark index for the 1- and 3-year period.

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-, 2- and 3-year periods; and (b) underperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period and outperformed its benchmark index for the 3-year period.

SPDR Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund underperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1- and 2-year periods; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund underperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1- and 2-year periods; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

 

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SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group since inception; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index since inception.

SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-year period; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-year period; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-year period; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund underperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-year period; and (b) underperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

On the basis of the foregoing and other relevant information, the Board concluded that the performance of each Current Fund is satisfactory.

Profits Realized by Adviser

The Board considered the profitability of the advisory arrangement with the Current Funds to the Adviser, including data on the Current Funds’ historical profitability to the Adviser. The Independent Trustees, through their counsel, had the opportunity to discuss, with representatives of the Adviser and State Street, methodologies used in computing costs that formed the bases of profitability calculations and determined that these methodologies were reasonable.

Fees Charged to Comparable Funds

The Board evaluated each Fund’s unitary fee through review of comparative information with respect to fees paid by similar funds — i.e., exchange-traded funds that are actively managed, as applicable. The Board reviewed the universe of similar exchange-traded funds for each ETF based upon data independently obtained from Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (formerly Lipper Analytical Services) and related comparative information for similar exchange-traded funds. The Board also reviewed the fee structure, as applicable, of each Fund in connection with the master-feeder structure, the historical expense ratios of each Current Fund and the estimated expense ratios for each New Fund. In doing so, the Board used a fund by fund analysis of the data.

Other Benefits

The Board also considered whether the Adviser or its affiliates benefited in other ways from its relationship with the Trusts, noting that the Adviser does not maintain soft-dollar arrangements in connection with the Trusts’ brokerage transactions.

Economies of Scale

The Board reviewed information regarding economies of scale or other efficiencies that may result as each Fund’s assets grow in size. The Board noted that the Agreements did not provide for breakpoints in each Fund’s advisory fee rates as assets of a Fund increase. However, the Board further noted the Adviser’s assertion that future economies of scale (among several factors) had been taken into consideration for the Funds by fixing relatively low advisory fees, effectively sharing the benefits of lower fees with the Funds from inception. The Adviser also asserted that one of the benefits of the unitary fee was to provide an unvarying expense structure, which could be lost or diluted with the addition of breakpoints. The Board noted that it intends to continue to monitor fees as the Funds grow in size and assess whether fee breakpoints may be warranted.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees voting separately, approved the Agreements for each Fund after weighing the foregoing factors, none of which was dispositive in itself and may have been weighed differently by each Trustee. The Board’s conclusions with respect to each Agreement were as follows: (a) the nature and extent of the services provided, or expected to be provided, by the Adviser with respect to the Funds were appropriate; (b) the performance of each Current Fund had been satisfactory; (c) the Adviser’s unitary fee for each Fund, considered in relation to services provided or expected to be provided, and in relation to fees charged to comparable funds, was fair and reasonable; (d) profitability of the Trusts’ relationship with the Adviser was not excessive; (e) any additional potential benefits to the Adviser or its affiliates were not of a magnitude to materially affect the Board’s conclusions;

 

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and (f) fees paid to the Adviser shared the economies of scale with respect to the Current Funds by way of the relatively low fee structure of the Trusts.

Approval of GSO / Blackstone Debt Funds Management LLC Sub-Advisory Agreements

At an in-person meeting held prior to June 30, 2016, the Board also evaluated proposals to continue the separate Sub-Advisory Agreements (the “GSO / Blackstone Sub-Advisory Agreements”) between the Adviser and GSO / Blackstone Debt Funds Management LLC (“GSO / Blackstone”) with respect to the SPDR Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan ETF, a series of the SSGA Active Trust, and Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan Portfolio, a series of the SSGA Master Trust, each sub-advised by GSO / Blackstone (the “GSO / Blackstone Funds”). The Independent Trustees also met separately with their independent legal counsel to consider the GSO / Blackstone Sub-Advisory Agreements.

In evaluating the GSO / Blackstone Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board drew on materials provided to them by GSO / Blackstone and the Adviser. In deciding whether to approve the GSO / Blackstone Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board considered various factors, including the (i) nature, extent and quality of services provided by GSO / Blackstone with respect to the GSO / Blackstone Funds under the GSO / Blackstone Sub-Advisory Agreements and (ii) investment performance of the GSO / Blackstone Funds. The Board was apprised of the portion of the current advisory fee that the Adviser would pay to GSO / Blackstone under the GSO / Blackstone Sub-Advisory Agreements and also considered that such fees would be paid directly by the Adviser and would not result in increased fees payable by the GSO / Blackstone Funds.

The Board considered the background and experience of GSO / Blackstone’s senior management and, in particular, GSO / Blackstone’s experience in investing in senior loan securities. The Board reviewed the GSO / Blackstone Funds’ performance, noting that that the performance of the GSO / Blackstone Funds was satisfactory. The Board also considered the unitary fee paid to the Adviser by each GSO / Blackstone Fund and GSO / Blackstone’s fees paid by the Adviser.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees voting separately, approved the GSO / Blackstone Sub-Advisory Agreements for each GSO / Blackstone Fund after weighing the foregoing factors, none of which was dispositive in itself and may have been weighed differently by each Trustee. The Board’s conclusions with respect to each GSO / Blackstone Sub-Advisory Agreement were as follows: (a) the nature and extent of the services provided by GSO / Blackstone with respect to the GSO / Blackstone Funds were appropriate; (b) the performance of the GSO / Blackstone Funds had been satisfactory; (c) GSO / Blackstone’s fees for the GSO / Blackstone Funds and the unitary fee, considered in relation to the services provided, were fair and reasonable; (d) any additional potential benefits to GSO / Blackstone were not of a magnitude to materially affect the Board’s conclusions; and (e) fees paid to GSO / Blackstone adequately shared the economies of scale with each applicable GSO / Blackstone Fund by way of the relatively low fee structure of the Trusts.

Approval of Massachusetts Financial Services Company Sub-Advisory Agreements

At an in-person meeting held prior to June 30, 2016, the Board also evaluated proposals to continue the separate Sub-Advisory Agreements (the “MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements”) between the Adviser and Massachusetts Financial Services Company (“MFS”) with respect to the SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF, SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF and SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF, each a series of the SSGA Active Trust, and SSGA MFS Systematic Core Equity Portfolio, SSGA Systematic Growth Equity Portfolio and SSGA MFS Systematic Value Equity Portfolio, each a series of the SSGA Master Trust, each sub-advised by MFS (the “MFS Funds”). The Independent Trustees also met separately with their independent legal counsel to consider the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements.

In evaluating the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board drew on materials provided to them by MFS and the Adviser. In deciding whether to approve the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board considered various factors, including the (i) nature, extent and quality of services provided by MFS with respect to the MFS Funds under the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements and (ii) investment performance of the MFS Funds. The Board was apprised of the portion of the current advisory fee that the Adviser would pay to MFS under the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements and also considered that such fees would be paid directly by the Adviser and would not result in increased fees payable by the MFS Funds.

 

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The Board considered the background and experience of MFS’s senior management and, in particular, MFS’s experience in investing in equity securities. The Board reviewed the MFS Funds’ performance, noting that that the performance of the MFS Funds was satisfactory. The Board also considered the unitary fee paid to the Adviser by each MFS Fund and MFS’s fees paid by the Adviser.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees voting separately, approved the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements for each MFS Fund after weighing the foregoing factors, none of which was dispositive in itself and may have been weighed differently by each Trustee. The Board’s conclusions with respect to each MFS Sub-Advisory Agreement were as follows: (a) the nature and extent of the services provided by MFS with respect to the MFS Funds were appropriate; (b) the performance of the MFS Funds had been satisfactory; (c) MFS’s fees for the MFS Funds and the unitary fee, considered in relation to the services provided, were fair and reasonable; (d) any additional potential benefits to MFS were not of a magnitude to materially affect the Board’s conclusions; and (e) fees paid to MFS adequately shared the economies of scale with each applicable MFS Fund by way of the relatively low fee structure of the Trusts.

Approval of DoubleLine Capital LP Sub-Advisory Agreements

At in-person meetings held prior to June 30, 2016, the Board also considered proposals to continue the separate Sub-Advisory Agreements (the “DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements”) between the Adviser and DoubleLine Capital LP (“DoubleLine”) with respect to the SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF, a series of the SSGA Active Trust, and State Street DoubleLine Total Return Tactical Portfolio, a series of the SSGA Master Trust (together, the “Current DoubleLine Funds”), and to approve the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements between the Adviser and DoubleLine with respect to the SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF and SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF, each a series of SSGA Active Trust (together with the Current DoubleLine Funds, the “DoubleLine Funds”), under which each of the DoubleLine Funds would be sub-advised by DoubleLine. The Independent Trustees also met separately with their independent legal counsel to consider the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements.

In evaluating the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board drew on materials provided to them by DoubleLine and the Adviser. In deciding whether to approve the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board considered various factors, including the (i) nature, extent and quality of services provided, or expected to be provided, by DoubleLine with respect to the DoubleLine Funds under the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements; and (ii) investment performance of the Current DoubleLine Funds. The Board was apprised of the portion of the advisory fee that the Adviser would pay to DoubleLine under the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements and also considered that such fees would be paid directly by the Adviser and would not result in increased fees payable by the DoubleLine Funds.

The Board considered the background and experience of DoubleLine’s senior management and, in particular, DoubleLine’s experience in investing in fixed income securities. The Board reviewed the Current DoubleLine Funds’ performance, noting that that the performance of the Current DoubleLine Funds was satisfactory. The Board also considered the unitary fee paid, or to be paid, to the Adviser by each DoubleLine Fund and DoubleLine’s fees paid by the Adviser.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees voting separately, approved the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements for the DoubleLine Funds after weighing the foregoing factors, none of which was dispositive in itself and may have been weighed differently by each Trustee. The Board’s conclusions with respect to each of the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements were as follows: (a) the nature and extent of the services provided, or expected to be provided, by DoubleLine with respect to the DoubleLine Funds were adequate and appropriate; (b) the performance of the Current DoubleLine Funds had been satisfactory; (c) DoubleLine’s fees for the DoubleLine Funds and the unitary fee, considered in relation to the services provided, or expected to be provided, were fair and reasonable; (d) any additional potential benefits to DoubleLine were not of a magnitude to materially affect the Board’s conclusions; and (e) fees paid, or expected to be paid, to DoubleLine were expected to share economies of scale with each applicable DoubleLine Fund by way of the relatively low fee structure of the Trusts.

 

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OTHER INFORMATION (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

TRUSTEES

 

Name, Address

and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)

with Funds

  

Term of

Office and

Length of

Time Served

  

Principal

Occupation(s)

During Past

5 Years

   Number of
Portfolios
In Fund
Complex
Overseen
By Trustee
    

Other

Directorships

Held By Trustee

During The
Past 5 Years

Independent Trustees

              

FRANK NESVET
c/o SSGA Active Trust
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900
1943

   Independent Trustee, Chairman, Trustee Committee Chair   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

September 2000

   Chief Executive Officer, Libra Group, Inc. (a financial services consulting company) (1998-present).      218       SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee).

DAVID M. KELLY
c/o SSGA Active Trust
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900
1938

   Independent Trustee, Audit Committee Chair   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since September 2000

   Retired.      218       Chicago Stock Exchange (Former Director, retired); Penson Worldwide Inc. (Former Director, retired); SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee).

BONNY EUGENIA BOATMAN
c/o SSGA Active Trust
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900
1950

   Independent Trustee   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since April 2010

   Retired.      218       SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee).

DWIGHT D. CHURCHILL
c/o SSGA Active Trust
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900
1953

   Independent Trustee   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since April 2010

   Self-employed consultant since 2010; CEO and President, CFA Institute (June 2014-January 2015).      218      

SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee); Affiliated

Managers Group, Inc. (Director).

CARL G. VERBONCOEUR
c/o SSGA Active Trust
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900
1952

   Independent Trustee    Term: Unlimited Served: since April 2010    Self-employed consultant since 2009.      218       The Motley Fool Funds Trust (Trustee); SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee).

 

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OTHER INFORMATION (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Name, Address

and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)

with Funds

  

Term of

Office and

Length of

Time Served

  

Principal

Occupation(s)

During Past

5 Years

   Number of
Portfolios
In Fund
Complex
Overseen
By Trustee
    

Other

Directorships

Held By Trustee

During The
Past 5 Years

Interested Trustee

              

JAMES E. ROSS*
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1965

   Interested Trustee    Term: Unlimited Served as Trustee: since April 2010    Chairman and Director, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2005-present); Senior Managing Director and Principal, State Street Global Advisors (2006-present); President, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2005-2012).      299       SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee); Select Sector SPDR Trust (Trustee); State Street Master Funds (Trustee); and State Street Institutional Investment Trust (Trustee).

 

* Mr. Ross is an Interested Trustee because of his employment with the Adviser and ownership interest in an affiliate of the Adviser. Mr. Ross previously served as an Interested Trustee from November 2005 to December 2009.

OFFICERS

 

Name, Address

and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)

with Funds

  

Term of

Office and

Length of

Time Served

  

Principal

Occupation(s)

During The

Past 5 Years

ELLEN M. NEEDHAM
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1967

   President   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

October 2012

   President and Director, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2001-present)*; Senior Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors (1992-present).*

ANN M. CARPENTER
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1966

  

Vice President;

Deputy Treasurer

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

August 2012;

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2016

   Chief Operating Officer, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2005-Present)*; Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors (2005-present).*

MICHAEL P. RILEY
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1969

   Vice President   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2005

   Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (February 2015-present); Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2008-February 2015); Principal, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2005-2008).

 

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OTHER INFORMATION (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Name, Address

and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)

with Funds

  

Term of

Office and

Length of

Time Served

  

Principal

Occupation(s)

During The

Past 5 Years

JOSHUA A. WEINBERG
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1978

   Chief Legal Officer   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since February 2015

   Vice President and Managing Counsel, State Street Global Advisors (2011-present); Clerk, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2013-present); Associate, Financial Services Group, Dechert LLP (2006-2011).

CHRISTOPHER A. MADDEN
State Street Bank and Trust Company
One Hundred Huntington Avenue,
CPH0326
Boston, MA 02116
1967

   Secretary   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

August 2013

   Vice President and Senior Counsel, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2013-present); Counsel, Atlantic Fund Services (2009-2013); Vice President.*

PATRICIA A. MORISETTE
State Street Bank and Trust Company
One Hundred Huntington Avenue,
CPH0326
Boston, MA 02116
1973

   Assistant Secretary   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2015

   Vice President and Counsel, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2014-present); Assistant Vice President and Counsel, John Hancock Financial Services (2011-2013); Independent legal consultant (2009-2011); Associate, Bingham McCutchen LLP (2003-2009).*,**

BRUCE S. ROSENBERG
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1961

   Treasurer    Term: Unlimited Served: since February 2016    Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (July 2015-present; Director, Credit Suisse (April 2008-July 2015)).

CHAD C. HALLETT
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1969

  

Deputy

Treasurer

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2016

   Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (November 2014-present); Vice President, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2001-November 2014).*

SUJATA UPRETI
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1974

   Assistant Treasurer    Term: Unlimited Served: since February 2016    Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (May 2015-present; Assistant Director, Cambridge Associates, LLC (July 2014-January 2015); Vice President, Bank of New York Mellon (July 2012-August 2013); Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (September 2003-July 2012)).

DANIEL FOLEY
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1972

   Assistant Treasurer    Term: Unlimited Served: since February 2016    Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (April 2007-present).*

BRIAN HARRIS
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1973

  

Chief Compliance

Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

November 2013

   Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (June 2013-present)*; Senior Vice President and Global Head of Investment Compliance, BofA Global Capital Management (2010-2013); Director of Compliance, AARP Financial Inc. (2008-2010).

 

* Served in various capacities and/or with various affiliated entities during noted time period.
** Served in various capacities and/or with unaffiliated mutual funds or closed-end funds for which State Street Bank and Trust Company or its affiliates act as a provider of services during the noted time period.

Statement of Additional information (SAI) includes additional information about Fund directors and is available, without charge, upon request and by calling 1-866-787-2257.

 

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SSGA Active Trust

 

Trustees

Bonny E. Boatman

Dwight D. Churchill

David M. Kelly

Frank Nesvet, Chairman

James E. Ross

Carl G. Verboncoeur

Officers

Ellen M. Needham, President

Bruce Rosenberg, Treasurer

Ann Carpenter, Vice President and Deputy Treasurer

Michael P. Riley, Vice President

Chad C. Hallett, Deputy Treasurer

Sujata Upreti, Assistant Treasurer

Daniel Foley, Assistant Treasurer

Christopher A. Madden, Secretary

Patricia A. Morisette, Assistant Secretary

Brian Harris, Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer

Joshua A. Weinberg, Chief Legal Officer

Investment Manager and Administrator

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

Distributor

State Street Global Markets, LLC

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

Custodian, Sub-Administrator and Transfer Agent

State Street Bank and Trust Company

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

Legal Counsel

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Ernst & Young LLP

200 Clarendon Street

Boston, MA 02116

 

Fund Shares are distributed by State Street Global Markets, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of State Street Corporation. State Street Global Markets, LLC; member FINRA, SIPC.

The information contained in this report is intended for the general information of shareholders of the Trust. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current Trust prospectus which contains important information concerning the Trust. You may obtain a current prospectus and SAI from the Distributor by calling 1-866-787-2257 or visiting www.spdrs.com Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.


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SSGA Master Trust

Annual Report June 30, 2016

 

The information contained in this report is intended for the general information of shareholders of the Trust. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current Trust prospectus which contains important information concerning the Trust. You may obtain a current prospectus and SAI from the Distributor by calling 1-866-787-2257 or visiting www.spdrs.com Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.


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Portfolio Summary

 

SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio

    1   

SSGA Income Allocation Portfolio

    2   

SSGA Global Allocation Portfolio

    3   

Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan Portfolio

    4   

SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond Portfolio

    5   

State Street DoubleLine Total Return Tactical Portfolio

    6   

SSGA MFS Systematic Core Equity Portfolio

    7   

SSGA MFS Systematic Growth Equity Portfolio

    8   

SSGA MFS Systematic Value Equity Portfolio

    9   

State Street Risk Aware Portfolio

    10   

Schedules of Investments

 

SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio

    11   

SSGA Income Allocation Portfolio

    14   

SSGA Global Allocation Portfolio

    17   

Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan Portfolio

    20   

SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond Portfolio

    30   

State Street DoubleLine Total Return Tactical Portfolio

    34   

SSGA MFS Systematic Core Equity Portfolio

    52   

SSGA MFS Systematic Growth Equity Portfolio

    56   

SSGA MFS Systematic Value Equity Portfolio

    59   

State Street Risk Aware Portfolio

    63   

Financial Statements

    68   

Financial Highlights

    76   

Notes to Financial Statements

    86   

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    92   

Other Information

    93   

The information contained in this report is intended for the general information of shareholders of the Trust. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current Trust prospectus which contains important information concerning the Trust. You may obtain a current prospectus and SAI from the Distributor by calling 1-866-787-2257 or visiting www.spdrs.com Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.


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SSGA MULTI-ASSET REAL RETURN PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO SUMMARY (UNAUDITED)

 

TOP FIVE HOLDINGS AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                      
      DESCRIPTION   SPDR BARCLAYS
TIPS ETF
  POWERSHARES DB
COMMODITY INDEX
TRACKING FUND
  SPDR S&P GLOBAL
NATURAL RESOURCES ETF
  SPDR DOW JONES
REIT ETF
  SPDR DOW JONES
INTERNATIONAL
REAL ESTATE ETF
    
     MARKET VALUE   $17,857,167   12,724,935   12,590,755   12,074,780   7,764,670    
     % OF NET ASSETS   22.1   15.7   15.6   14.9   9.6    
                                     

(The five largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will continue to remain invested in any particular fund.)

ASSET ALLOCATION AS OF JUNE 30, 2016*

 

           PERCENT OF
NET ASSETS
      
 

Commodities

     17.7  
 

Inflation Linked

     29.1     
 

Natural Resources

     26.1     
 

Real Estate

     24.5     
 

Short-Term Investment

     2.6     
   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

     (0.0 )**     
   

TOTAL

     100.0    

 

 

  *   The Portfolio’s asset allocation is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time.
  **   Amount shown represents less than 0.05% of net assets.

 

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SSGA INCOME ALLOCATION PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO SUMMARY (UNAUDITED)

 

TOP FIVE HOLDINGS AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                      
      DESCRIPTION   SPDR BARCLAYS
HIGH YIELD
BOND ETF
  SPDR S&P
DIVIDEND ETF
  SPDR BARCLAYS
LONG TERM
CORPORATE BOND ETF
  SPDR DOW JONES
REIT ETF
  SPDR BARCLAYS
LONG TERM
TREASURY ETF
    
     MARKET VALUE   $12,554,762   11,560,064   10,699,180   9,840,687   9,787,608    
     % OF NET ASSETS   11.9   11.0   10.1   9.3   9.3    
                                     

(The five largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will continue to remain invested in any particular fund.)

ASSET ALLOCATION AS OF JUNE 30, 2016*

 

           PERCENT OF
NET ASSETS
      
 

Domestic Equity

     20.7  
 

Domestic Fixed Income

     43.1     
 

Inflation Linked

     4.9     
 

International Equity

     11.1     
 

Real Estate

     15.1     
 

Short-Term Investment

     4.5     
   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

     0.6       
   

TOTAL

     100.0    

 

 

  * The Portfolio’s asset allocation is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time.

 

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SSGA GLOBAL ALLOCATION PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO SUMMARY (UNAUDITED)

 

TOP FIVE HOLDINGS AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                      
      DESCRIPTION   SPDR S&P
WORLD EX-US ETF
  SPDR S&P 500
GROWTH ETF
  SPDR DOW JONES
REIT ETF
  SPDR BARCLAYS
HIGH YIELD
BOND ETF
  POWERSHARES
DB GOLD FUND
    
     MARKET VALUE   $23,693,696   16,563,367   15,625,524   14,954,409   14,488,240    
     % OF NET ASSETS   13.2   9.2   8.7   8.3   8.1    
                                     

(The five largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will continue to remain invested in any particular fund.)

ASSET ALLOCATION AS OF JUNE 30, 2016*

 

           PERCENT OF
NET ASSETS
      
 

Commodities

     8.1  
 

Domestic Equity

     19.5     
 

Domestic Fixed Income

     26.3     
 

Inflation Linked

     5.2     
 

International Equity

     18.4     
 

Real Estate

     14.7     
 

Short-Term Investment

     11.2     
   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

     (3.4    
   

TOTAL

     100.0    

 

 

  * The Portfolio’s asset allocation is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time.

 

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BLACKSTONE / GSO SENIOR LOAN PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO SUMMARY (UNAUDITED)

 

TOP FIVE HOLDINGS AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                      
      DESCRIPTION   AVAGO
TECHNOLOGIES
CAYMAN, LTD.
SENIOR SECURED
TERM LOAN B1
4.25% 02/01/2023
  SCIENTIFIC GAMES
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
SENIOR SECURED
TERM LOAN B2
6.00% 10/01/2021
  ON SEMICONDUCTOR
CORP. SENIOR
SECURED TERM LOAN B
5.25% 03/31/2023
  PETSMART, INC.
SENIOR
SECURED TERM
LOAN B1
4.25% 03/11/2022
  SERVICEMASTER
CO. SENIOR
SECURED TERM
LOAN B
4.25% 07/01/2021
    
     MARKET VALUE   $16,190,858   13,638,239   11,993,373   11,558,779   11,558,581    
     % OF NET ASSETS   2.0   1.7   1.5   1.5   1.4    
                                     

(The five largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will continue to remain invested in any particular fund.)

INDUSTRY BREAKDOWN AS OF JUNE 30, 2016*

 

          

PERCENT OF

NET ASSETS

      
 

Software

     10.2  
 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     7.7     
 

Media

     5.8     
 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     4.4     
 

Commercial Services & Supplies

     4.1     
 

Pharmaceuticals

     3.9     
 

Health Care Providers & Services

     3.6     
 

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     3.5     
 

Insurance

     3.2     
 

Specialty Retail

     3.1     
 

Food & Staples Retailing

     2.6     
 

IT Services

     2.5     
 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     2.1     
 

Aerospace & Defense

     2.0     
 

Internet Software & Services

     2.0     
 

Diversified Consumer Services

     1.8     
 

Professional Services

     1.8     
 

Containers & Packaging

     1.7     
 

Chemicals

     1.6     
 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     1.6     
 

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     1.6     
 

Diversified Financial Services

     1.5     
 

Health Care Services

     1.5     
 

Automobiles

     1.4     
 

Health Care Technology

     1.4     
 

Food Products

     1.3     
 

Airlines

     1.1     
 

Household Durables

     1.1     
 

Road & Rail

     1.1    
 

Telecommunications

     1.1     
 

Distributors

     1.0     
 

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     0.9     
 

Capital Markets

     0.8     
 

Entertainment

     0.8     
 

Packaging & Containers

     0.7     
 

Personal Products

     0.7     
 

Multiline Retail

     0.6     
 

Real Estate Management & Development

     0.6     
 

Trading Companies & Distributors

     0.6     
 

Biotechnology

     0.5     
 

Machinery

     0.5     
 

Building Products

     0.4     
 

Electric Utilities

     0.4     
 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     0.4     
 

Leisure Time

     0.4     
 

Household Products

     0.3     
 

Retail

     0.3     
 

Communications Equipment

     0.2     
 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

     0.2     
 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     0.2     
 

Computers & Peripherals

     0.1     
 

Health Care Products

     0.1     
 

Internet

     0.1     
 

Food Service

     0.0 **   
 

Mining

     0.0 **   
 

Short-Term Investment

     8.6     
   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

     (1.7    
   

TOTAL

     100.0    

 

  *   The Portfolio’s industry breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time.
  **   Amount shown represents less than 0.05% of net assets.

 

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SSGA ULTRA SHORT TERM BOND PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO SUMMARY (UNAUDITED)

 

TOP FIVE HOLDINGS AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                      
      DESCRIPTION   TREASURY NOTES
0.63% 05/31/2017
  BA CREDIT
CARD TRUST
SERIES 2016-A1, CLASS A
0.84%  10/15/2021
  TREASURY BILL
10/06/2016
  HYUNDAI AUTO
RECEIVABLES TRUST
SERIES 2013-B,
CLASS  A4
1.01% 02/15/2019
  TOYOTA MOTOR
CREDIT CORP.
SERIES 2547
0.95% 01/12/2018
    
     MARKET VALUE   $1,100,988   1,000,000   999,310   905,456   749,062    
     % OF NET ASSETS   4.6   4.2   4.2   3.8   3.1    
                                     

(The five largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will continue to remain invested in any particular fund.)

INDUSTRY BREAKDOWN AS OF JUNE 30, 2016*

 

     INDUSTRY   

PERCENT OF

NET ASSETS

      
 

Banks

     25.5  
 

Credit Card

     14.7     
 

Automobile

     11.6     
 

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     11.3     
 

Oil & Gas

     6.6     
 

Auto Manufacturers

     6.4     
 

Asset-Backed — Other

     3.7     
 

Beverages

     3.1     
 

Machinery, Construction & Mining

     2.5     
 

Machinery-Diversified

     2.5     
 

Software

     2.1     
 

Retail

     1.7     
 

Telecommunications

     1.7     
 

IT Services

     1.5     
 

Aerospace & Defense

     1.0     
 

Health Care Products

     1.0     
 

Pharmaceuticals

     1.0     
 

Internet

     0.7     
 

Semiconductors

     0.6     
 

Transportation

     0.4     
 

Short-Term Investment

     2.0     
   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

     (1.6    
   

TOTAL

     100.0    

 

 

  * The Portfolio’s industry breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time.

 

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STATE STREET DOUBLELINE TOTAL RETURN TACTICAL PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO SUMMARY (UNAUDITED)

 

TOP FIVE HOLDINGS AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                      
      DESCRIPTION   TREASURY NOTES
1.38% 04/30/2020
  TREASURY NOTES
2.00% 02/15/2025
  FEDERAL NATIONAL
MORTGAGE
ASSOCIATION
3.00% 07/01/2046
  FEDERAL HOME
LOAN MORTGAGE
CORP. SERIES 4364,
CLASS ZX,
CMO, REMIC
4.00% 07/15/2044
  TREASURY NOTES
1.75% 03/31/2022
    
     MARKET VALUE   $69,694,811   62,959,568   50,305,679   42,120,741   41,847,436    
     % OF NET ASSETS   2.7   2.4   1.9   1.6   1.6    
                                     

(The five largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will continue to remain invested in any particular fund.)

INDUSTRY BREAKDOWN AS OF JUNE 30, 2016*

 

           PERCENT OF
NET ASSETS
      
 

U.S. Government Agency Obligations

     41.3  
 

Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities

     17.3     
 

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     8.8     
 

Banks

     3.9     
 

Asset-Backed Securities

     1.5     
 

Electric

     1.4     
 

Oil & Gas

     1.2     
 

Media

     1.0     
 

Telecommunications

     1.0     
 

Diversified Financial Services

     0.8     
 

Food

     0.7     
 

Health Care Services

     0.5     
 

Mining

     0.5     
 

Pharmaceuticals

     0.5     
 

Chemicals

     0.4     
 

Gas

     0.4     
 

Health Care Providers & Services

     0.4     
 

Investment Company Security

     0.4     
 

Pipelines

     0.4     
 

Real Estate Investment Trusts

     0.4     
 

Software

     0.4     
 

Aerospace & Defense

     0.3     
 

Commercial Services

     0.3     
 

Commercial Services & Supplies

     0.3     
 

Engineering & Construction

     0.3     
 

Food Products

     0.3     
 

Foreign Government Obligations

     0.3     
 

Forest Products & Paper

     0.3     
 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     0.3     
 

IT Services

     0.3     
 

Retail

     0.3     
 

Containers & Packaging

     0.2     
 

Insurance

     0.2     
 

Internet

     0.2     
 

Packaging & Containers

     0.2    
 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     0.2     
 

Advertising

     0.1     
 

Agriculture

     0.1     
 

Airlines

     0.1     
 

Auto Manufacturers

     0.1     
 

Auto Parts & Equipment

     0.1     
 

Beverages

     0.1     
 

Construction Materials

     0.1     
 

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     0.1     
 

Electric Utilities

     0.1     
 

Electronics

     0.1     
 

Entertainment

     0.1     
 

Environmental Control

     0.1     
 

Food & Staples Retailing

     0.1     
 

Holding Companies-Divers

     0.1     
 

Household Durables

     0.1     
 

Household Products

     0.1     
 

Internet Software & Services

     0.1     
 

Leisure Time

     0.1     
 

Machinery, Construction & Mining

     0.1     
 

Multiline Retail

     0.1     
 

Personal Products

     0.1     
 

Road & Rail

     0.1     
 

Specialty Retail

     0.1     
 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.1     
 

Trading Companies & Distributors

     0.1     
 

Transportation

     0.1     
 

Short-Term Investment

     13.4     
   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

     (3.2    
   

TOTAL

     100.0    

 

  * The Portfolio’s industry breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time.

 

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SSGA MFS SYSTEMATIC CORE EQUITY PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO SUMMARY (UNAUDITED)

 

TOP FIVE HOLDINGS AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                      
      DESCRIPTION   AMAZON.COM, INC.   JPMORGAN
CHASE & CO.
  VERIZON
COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
  JOHNSON &
JOHNSON
  EXELON CORP.     
     MARKET VALUE   $287,679   238,680   215,933   213,003   193,071    
     % OF NET ASSETS   4.9   4.1   3.7   3.6   3.3    
                                     

(The five largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will continue to remain invested in any particular fund.)

INDUSTRY BREAKDOWN AS OF JUNE 30, 2016*

 

     INDUSTRY    PERCENT OF
NET ASSETS
      
 

Pharmaceuticals

     8.4  
 

Internet & Catalog Retail

     7.4     
 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     6.4     
 

Banks

     6.2     
 

Insurance

     5.9     
 

Software

     5.6     
 

Food Products

     5.4     
 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     5.3     
 

Biotechnology

     4.7     
 

Specialty Retail

     4.5     
 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     4.2     
 

Tobacco

     4.2     
 

Health Care Providers & Services

     4.1     
 

Aerospace & Defense

     4.0     
 

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     3.7     
 

Electric Utilities

     3.3     
 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     2.8     
 

Chemicals

     2.7     
 

Media

     2.2     
 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

     2.0     
 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     1.8     
 

Consumer Finance

     1.1     
 

Food & Staples Retailing

     1.1     
 

Household Products

     1.0     
 

Multiline Retail

     0.7     
 

Short-Term Investment

     1.2     
   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

     0.1       
   

TOTAL

     100.0    

 

 

  * The Portfolio’s industry breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time.

 

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SSGA MFS SYSTEMATIC GROWTH EQUITY PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO SUMMARY (UNAUDITED)

 

TOP FIVE HOLDINGS AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                      
      DESCRIPTION   AMAZON.COM, INC.   COMCAST CORP.
CLASS A
  GILEAD SCIENCES,
INC.
  ELECTRONIC
ARTS, INC.
  PRICELINE
GROUP, INC.
    
     MARKET VALUE   $775,732   492,315   459,978   457,818   448,179    
     % OF NET ASSETS   6.4   4.1   3.8   3.8   3.7    
                                     

(The five largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Portfolio will continue to remain invested in any particular fund.)

INDUSTRY BREAKDOWN AS OF JUNE 30, 2016*

 

     INDUSTRY    PERCENT OF
NET ASSETS
      
 

Internet & Catalog Retail

     10.1  
 

Software

     9.3     
 

IT Services

     6.9     
 

Health Care Providers & Services

     6.8     
 

Biotechnology

     5.9     
 

Pharmaceuticals

     5.5     
 

Media

     5.3     
 

Tobacco

     4.5     
 

Food & Staples Retailing

     4.3     
 

Internet Software & Services

     4.1     
 

Specialty Retail

     3.8     
 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     3.6     
 

Food Products

     3.3     
 

Aerospace & Defense

     3.2     
 

Chemicals

     2.8     
 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     2.7     
 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     2.7     
 

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     2.6     
 

Beverages

     2.2     
 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     2.2     
 

Auto Components

     1.9     
 

Insurance

     1.9     
 

Trading Companies & Distributors

     1.5     
 

Banks

     0.9     
 

Road & Rail

     0.6     
 

Short-Term Investment

     1.4     
   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

     0.0 **     
   

TOTAL

     100.0    

 

 

  *   The Portfolio’s industry breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time.
  **   Amount shown represents less than 0.05% of net assets.

 

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SSGA MFS SYSTEMATIC VALUE EQUITY PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO SUMMARY (UNAUDITED)

 

TOP FIVE HOLDINGS AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                      
      DESCRIPTION   JPMORGAN
CHASE & CO.
  WELLS FARGO & CO.   EXELON CORP.   NORTHROP
GRUMMAN CORP.
  MICHAEL KORS
HOLDINGS, LTD.
    
     MARKET VALUE   $132,296   105,972   101,590   100,248   90,054    
     % OF NET ASSETS   5.1   4.1   3.9   3.8   3.4    
                                     

(The five largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Portfolio will continue to remain invested in any particular fund.)

INDUSTRY BREAKDOWN AS OF JUNE 30, 2016*

 

     INDUSTRY   

PERCENT OF

NET ASSETS

      
 

Banks

     11.8  
 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     11.0     
 

Insurance

     7.3     
 

Electric Utilities

     7.2     
 

Pharmaceuticals

     6.2     
 

Food Products

     4.9     
 

Software

     4.4     
 

Health Care Providers & Services

     3.9     
 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     3.9     
 

Aerospace & Defense

     3.8     
 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     3.4     
 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     3.4     
 

Tobacco

     2.7     
 

Chemicals

     2.6     
 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

     2.4     
 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     2.4     
 

Specialty Retail

     2.0     
 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     2.0     
 

Automobiles

     1.8     
 

Communications Equipment

     1.8     
 

Consumer Finance

     1.7     
 

Industrial Conglomerates

     1.6     
 

Biotechnology

     1.4     
 

Internet & Catalog Retail

     1.4     
 

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     1.2     
 

Auto Components

     1.0     
 

Energy Equipment & Services

     0.9     
 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     0.6     
 

Short-Term Investment

     1.2     
   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

     0.1       
   

TOTAL

     100.0    

 

 

  * The Portfolio’s industry breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time.

 

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SSGA RISK AWARE PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO SUMMARY (UNAUDITED)

 

TOP FIVE HOLDINGS AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                      
      DESCRIPTION   FLAGSTAR BANCORP, INC.   MCDONALD’S CORP.   PROCTER &
GAMBLE CO.
  VERIZON
COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
  AT&T, INC.     
     MARKET VALUE   $98,690   97,114   95,846   86,496   83,179    
     % OF NET ASSETS   5.0   5.0   4.9   4.4   4.2    
                                     

(The five largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Portfolio will continue to remain invested in any particular fund.)

INDUSTRY BREAKDOWN AS OF JUNE 30, 2016*

 

     INDUSTRY    PERCENT OF
NET ASSETS
      
 

Pharmaceuticals

     9.1  
 

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     8.7     
 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     7.9     
 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

     6.1     
 

Household Products

     4.9     
 

Beverages

     4.6     
 

Diversified Financial Services

     4.3     
 

Software

     3.9     
 

Food Products

     3.7     
 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     3.7     
 

Biotechnology

     3.6     
 

Communications Equipment

     3.1     
 

Machinery

     3.0     
 

Chemicals

     2.5     
 

Household Durables

     2.5     
 

Internet & Catalog Retail

     2.2     
 

Energy Equipment & Services

     2.1     
 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     2.1     
 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     2.0     
 

IT Services

     1.8     
 

Metals & Mining

     1.8     
 

Building Products

     1.5     
 

Insurance

     1.4     
 

Capital Markets

     1.3     
 

Multiline Retail

     1.2     
 

Multi-Utilities

     1.0    
 

Professional Services

     1.0     
 

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.9     
 

Commercial Services & Supplies

     0.9     
 

Electric Utilities

     0.9     
 

Trading Companies & Distributors

     0.9     
 

Banks

     0.7     
 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     0.7     
 

Real Estate Management & Development

     0.7     
 

Media

     0.5     
 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     0.5     
 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     0.4     
 

Auto Components

     0.3     
 

Construction & Engineering

     0.2     
 

Electrical Equipment

     0.2     
 

Road & Rail

     0.2     
 

Paper & Forest Products

     0.1     
 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.1     
 

Marine

     0.0 **   
 

Short-Term Investment

     0.7     
   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

     0.1       
   

TOTAL

     100.0    

 

  *   The Portfolio’s industry breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time.
  **   Amount shown represents less than 0.05% of net assets.

 

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SSGA MULTI-ASSET REAL RETURN PORTFOLIO

 

SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF is a feeder fund that invests substantially all of its investable assets in a master fund, the SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio. The schedule of investments for the SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio follows.

 

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SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Security Description

 

Shares

   

Value

 

MUTUAL FUNDS AND EXCHANGE TRADED PRODUCTS — 97.4%

   

COMMODITIES — 17.7%

   

PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund (a) (b)

    828,986      $ 12,724,935   

PowerShares DB Gold Fund (a) (b)

    36,964        1,595,736   

PowerShares DB Oil Fund (a) (b)

    485        4,442   
   

 

 

 
      14,325,113   
   

 

 

 

INFLATION LINKED — 29.1%

  

SPDR Barclays TIPS ETF (c)

    307,088        17,857,167   

SPDR Citi International Government Inflation-Protected Bond ETF (c)

    103,106        5,661,550   
   

 

 

 
      23,518,717   
   

 

 

 

NATURAL RESOURCES — 26.1%

  

PowerShares Global Agriculture Portfolio (b)

    98,726        2,268,724   

SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF (c)

    339,282        12,590,755   

SPDR S&P International Energy Sector ETF (c)

    96,628        1,697,744   

SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF (c)

    19,438        473,704   

The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (c)

    59,348        4,049,909   
   

 

 

 
      21,080,836   
   

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE — 24.5%

  

SPDR Dow Jones International Real Estate ETF (c)

    187,281        7,764,670   

SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF (c)

    121,440        12,074,780   
   

 

 

 
      19,839,450   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS AND EXCHANGE TRADED PRODUCTS
(Cost $89,926,416)

      78,764,116   
   

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 2.6%

  

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class 0.47% (d) (e)
(Cost $2,073,242)

    2,073,242      2,073,242   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0%
(Cost $91,999,658)

      80,837,358   

LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS — (0.0)% (f)

      (12,334
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 80,825,024   
   

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Qualified Publicly Traded Partnerships
(c) Affiliated fund managed by SSGA Funds Management, Inc. Amounts related to these transactions during the year ended June 30, 2016 are shown in the Affiliate Table below.
(d) The Fund invested in certain money market funds managed by SSGA Funds Management, Inc. Amounts related to these transactions during the year ended June 30, 2016 are shown in the Affiliate Table below.
(e) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at June 30, 2016.
(f) Amount shown represents less than 0.05% of net assets.

REIT Real Estate Investment Trust

 

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments accordingly to the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2016.

 

Description

   Level 1 —
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2 —
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 —
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total  

ASSETS:

           

INVESTMENTS:

           

Mutual Funds and Exchange Traded Products

           

Commodities

   $ 14,325,113       $       $       $ 14,325,113   

Inflation Linked

     23,518,717                         23,518,717   

Natural Resources

     21,080,836                         21,080,836   

Real Estate

     19,839,450                         19,839,450   

Short-Term Investment

     2,073,242                         2,073,242   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

   $ 80,837,358       $       $       $ 80,837,358   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Affiliate Table

 

    Number of
Shares Held
at 6/30/15
    Value At
6/30/15
    Shares     Number of
Shares Held
at 6/30/16
    Value at
6/30/16
    Dividend
Income
    Realized
Gain (Loss)
 
        Purchased     Sold          

SPDR Barclays TIPS ETF

    400,523      $ 22,321,147        220,506        313,941        307,088      $ 17,857,167      $ 75,180      $ (247,531

SPDR Citi International Government Inflation-Protected Bond ETF

    119,100        6,539,781        79,263        95,257        103,106        5,661,551        4,397        (217,916

SPDR Dow Jones International Real Estate ETF

    286,691        12,000,886        97,652        197,062        187,281        7,764,670        208,087        (136,365

SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF

    158,157        13,345,286        81,777        118,494        121,440        12,074,780        373,168        1,003,846   

SPDR S&P Global Natural Resources ETF

    938,966        39,483,520        234,553        834,237        339,282        12,590,755        511,827        (10,975,293

SPDR S&P International Energy Sector ETF

    144,816        2,802,190        40,615        88,803        96,628        1,697,744        77,216        (327,928

SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF

    25,451        619,223        17,790        23,803        19,438        473,704        9,578        (123,044

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class

    6,724,192        6,724,192        19,736,386        24,387,336        2,073,243        2,073,243        14,192          

The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund

    88,920        6,683,227        36,377        65,949        59,348        4,049,909        120,286        (770,914

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SSGA INCOME ALLOCATION PORTFOLIO

 

SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF is a feeder fund that invests substantially all of its investable assets in a master fund, the SSGA Income Allocation Portfolio. The schedule of investments for the SSGA Income Allocation Portfolio follows.

 

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SSGA Income Allocation Portfolio

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Security Description

 

Shares

   

Value

 

MUTUAL FUNDS AND EXCHANGE TRADED PRODUCTS — 94.9%

   

DOMESTIC EQUITY — 20.7%

   

SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (a)

    137,751      $ 11,560,064   

SPDR Wells Fargo Preferred Stock ETF (a)

    108,700        5,002,374   

The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (a)

    13,128        1,024,640   

The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (a)

    38,571        2,127,191   

The Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (a)

    37,083        2,075,165   
   

 

 

 
      21,789,434   
   

 

 

 

DOMESTIC FIXED INCOME — 43.1%

  

SPDR Barclays Convertible Securities ETF (a)

    118,404        5,190,831   

SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (a)

    351,674        12,554,762   

SPDR Barclays Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF (a)

    208,399        7,271,041   

SPDR Barclays Long Term Corporate Bond ETF (a)

    253,475        10,699,180   

SPDR Barclays Long Term Treasury ETF (a)

    122,621        9,787,608   
   

 

 

 
      45,503,422   
   

 

 

 

INFLATION LINKED — 4.9%

  

SPDR Barclays TIPS ETF (a)

    88,421        5,141,681   
   

 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL EQUITY — 11.1%

  

SPDR MSCI Emerging Markets Quality Mix ETF (a)

    21,370        1,065,722   

SPDR S&P Global Infrastructure ETF (a)

    66,584        3,108,141   

SPDR S&P International Dividend ETF (a)

    61,571        2,167,299   

SPDR STOXX Europe 50 ETF (a)

    112,268        3,352,323   

WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund

    39,699        2,005,990   
   

 

 

 
      11,699,475   
   

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE — 15.1%

   

SPDR Dow Jones International Real Estate ETF (a)

    147,841      6,129,488   

SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF (a)

    98,971        9,840,687   
   

 

 

 
      15,970,175   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS AND EXCHANGE TRADED PRODUCTS
(Cost $97,318,450)

      100,104,187   
   

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 4.5%

  

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class 0.47% (b) (c)
(Cost $4,781,480)

    4,781,480        4,781,480   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.4%
(Cost $102,099,930)

      104,885,667   

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES — 0.6%

      611,203   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 105,496,870   
   

 

 

 

 

(a) Affiliated fund managed by SSGA Funds Management, Inc. Amounts related to these transactions during the year ended June 30, 2016 are shown in the Affiliate Table below.
(b) The Fund invested in certain money market funds managed by SSGA Funds Management, Inc. Amounts related to these transactions during the year ended June 30, 2016 are shown in the Affiliate Table below.
(c) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at June 30, 2016.

REIT Real Estate Investment Trust

 

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments accordingly to the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2016.

 

Description

   Level 1 —
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2 —
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 —
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total  

ASSETS:

           

INVESTMENTS:

           

Mutual Funds and Exchange Traded Products

           

Domestic Equity

   $ 21,789,434       $       $       $ 21,789,434   

Domestic Fixed Income

     45,503,422                         45,503,422   

Inflation Linked

     5,141,681                         5,141,681   

International Equity

     11,699,475                         11,699,475   

Real Estate

     15,970,175                         15,970,175   

Short-Term Investment

     4,781,480                         4,781,480   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

   $ 104,885,667       $       $       $ 104,885,667   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SSGA Income Allocation Portfolio

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Affiliate Table

 

    Number of
Shares Held
at 6/30/15
    Value At
6/30/15
    Shares     Number of
Shares Held
at 6/30/16
    Value at
6/30/16
    Dividend
Income
    Realized
Gain (Loss)
 
        Purchased     Sold          

SPDR Barclays Convertible Securities ETF

    126,174      $ 6,002,097        19,497        27,267        118,404      $ 5,190,831      $ 270,497      $ 98,229   

SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF

    521,165        20,028,371        58,329        227,820        351,674        12,554,762        976,437        (907,692

SPDR Barclays Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF

    72,189        2,449,373        160,299        24,089        208,399        7,271,041        125,976        (3,080

SPDR Barclays Long Term Corporate Bond ETF

    444,142        17,006,197        26,681        217,348        253,475        10,699,180        562,153        (629,981

SPDR Barclays Long Term Treasury ETF

    125,248        8,556,943        74,510        77,137        122,621        9,787,608        237,532        (92,000

SPDR Barclays TIPS ETF

    33,157        1,847,840        72,742        17,478        88,421        5,141,681        20,005        (10,963

SPDR Dow Jones International Real Estate ETF

    116,337        4,869,867        96,658        65,154        147,841        6,129,488        132,820        (26,474

SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF

    98,588        8,318,855        68,054        67,671        98,971        9,840,687        297,878        377,937   

SPDR MSCI Emerging Markets Quality Mix ETF

                  21,370               21,370        1,065,722        9,588          

SPDR S&P Dividend ETF

    63,111        4,809,689        117,120        42,480        137,751        11,560,064        193,406        304,919   

SPDR S&P Global Infrastructure ETF

    76,611        3,573,137        53,319        63,346        66,584        3,108,141        61,837        (132,961

SPDR S&P International Dividend ETF

    85,886        3,561,693        17,389        41,704        61,571        2,167,299        103,771        (404,201

SPDR STOXX Europe 50 ETF

    136,012        4,729,137        25,488        49,232        112,268        3,352,323        149,671        (169,142

SPDR Wells Fargo Preferred Stock ETF

    138,428        6,006,391        6,671        36,399        108,700        5,002,374        285,069        (10,379

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class

    2,787,882        2,787,882        9,790,344        7,796,746        4,781,480        4,781,480        14,282          

The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund

    32,130        2,457,303        3,658        22,660        13,128        1,024,640        29,192        66,472   

The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund

                  39,146        575        38,571        2,127,191        22,770        1,002   

The Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund

                  79,633        42,550        37,083        2,075,165        11,391        35,119   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SSGA GLOBAL ALLOCATION PORTFOLIO

 

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF is a feeder fund that invests substantially all of its investable assets in a master fund, the SSGA Global Allocation Portfolio. The schedule of investments for the SSGA Global Allocation Portfolio follows.

 

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SSGA Global Allocation Portfolio

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Security Description

 

Shares

   

Value

 

MUTUAL FUNDS AND EXCHANGE TRADED PRODUCTS — 92.2%

   

COMMODITIES — 8.1%

   

PowerShares DB Gold Fund (a)

    335,609      $ 14,488,240   
   

 

 

 

DOMESTIC EQUITY — 19.5%

   

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (b)

    35,139        7,362,675   

SPDR S&P 500 Growth ETF (b)

    164,140        16,563,367   

The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (b)

    46,932        3,663,043   

The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (b)

    69,248        3,819,027   

The Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (b)

    65,280        3,653,069   
   

 

 

 
      35,061,181   
   

 

 

 

DOMESTIC FIXED INCOME — 26.3%

  

SPDR Barclays Aggregate Bond ETF (b)

    222,017        13,190,030   

SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (b)

    418,891        14,954,409   

SPDR Barclays Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF (b)

    216,183        7,542,625   

SPDR Barclays Intermediate Term Treasury ETF (b)

    30,530        1,882,174   

SPDR Barclays Long Term Treasury ETF (b)

    121,549        9,702,041   
   

 

 

 
      47,271,279   
   

 

 

 

INFLATION LINKED — 5.2%

   

SPDR Barclays TIPS ETF (b)

    161,908        9,414,950   
   

 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL EQUITY — 18.4%

  

SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF (b)

    181,960        5,288,486   

SPDR S&P World ex-US ETF (b)

    950,409        23,693,696   

WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund

    81,758        4,131,232   
   

 

 

 
      33,113,414   
   

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE — 14.7%

   

SPDR Dow Jones International Real Estate ETF (b)

    259,646      10,764,923   

SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF (b)

    157,151        15,625,524   
   

 

 

 
      26,390,447   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS AND EXCHANGE TRADED PRODUCTS
(Cost $162,736,708)

      165,739,511   
   

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 11.2%

  

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class 0.47% (c) (d)
(Cost $20,031,452)

    20,031,452        20,031,452   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 103.4%
(Cost $182,768,160)

      185,770,963   

LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS — (3.4)%

      (6,057,750
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 179,713,213   
   

 

 

 

 

(a) Qualified Publicly Traded Partnerships
(b) Affiliated fund managed by SSGA Funds Management, Inc. Amounts related to these transactions during the year ended June 30, 2016 are shown in the Affiliate Table below.
(c) The Fund invested in certain money market funds managed by SSGA Funds Management, Inc. Amounts related to these transactions during the year ended June 30, 2016 are shown in the Affiliate Table below.
(d) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at June 30, 2016.

REIT Real Estate Investment Trust

 

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments accordingly to the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2016.

 

Description

   Level 1 —
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2 —
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 —
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total  

ASSETS:

           

INVESTMENTS:

           

Mutual Funds and Exchange Traded Products

           

Commodities

   $ 14,488,240       $       $       $ 14,488,240   

Domestic Equity

     35,061,181                         35,061,181   

Domestic Fixed Income

     47,271,279                         47,271,279   

Inflation Linked

     9,414,950                         9,414,950   

International Equity

     33,113,414                         33,113,414   

Real Estate

     26,390,447                         26,390,447   

Short-Term Investment

     20,031,452                         20,031,452   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

   $ 185,770,963       $       $       $ 185,770,963   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SSGA Global Allocation Portfolio

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Affiliate Table

 

    Number of
Shares Held
at 6/30/15
    Value At
6/30/15
    Shares     Number of
Shares Held
at 6/30/16
    Value at
6/30/16
    Dividend
Income
    Realized
Gain (Loss)
 
        Purchased     Sold          

SPDR Barclays Aggregate Bond ETF

    50,686      $ 2,909,377        233,576        62,245        222,017      $ 13,190,030      $ 193,454      $ 18,118   

SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF

    599,493        23,038,516        399,442        580,044        418,891        14,954,409        1,116,742        (1,777,427

SPDR Barclays Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF

    41,866        1,420,513        203,393        29,076        216,183        7,542,625        81,973        3,216   

SPDR Barclays Intermediate Term Treasury ETF

                  42,068        11,538        30,530        1,882,174        16,406        6,455   

SPDR Barclays Long Term Corporate Bond ETF

    302,860        11,596,509        108,114        410,974                      264,036        (852,322

SPDR Barclays Long Term Treasury ETF

    65,248        4,457,743        260,261        203,960        121,549        9,702,041        250,791        87,766   

SPDR Barclays TIPS ETF

    52,369        2,918,525        168,253        58,714        161,908        9,414,950        35,773        9,682   

SPDR Dow Jones International Real Estate ETF

    68,930        2,885,410        345,656        154,940        259,646        10,764,923        169,909        (3,632

SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF

    117,788        9,938,950        190,823        151,460        157,151        15,625,524        415,852        434,763   

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

    63,090        12,987,076        60,540        88,491        35,139        7,362,675        196,547        (19,630

SPDR S&P 500 Growth ETF

                  179,160        15,020        164,140        16,563,367        87,735        96,183   

SPDR S&P Emerging Markets ETF

    22,137        1,426,508        6,143        28,280                             (350,845

SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF

    143,131        4,368,358        121,507        82,678        181,960        5,288,486        161,729        (150,530

SPDR S&P World ex-US ETF

    785,051        22,075,634        683,195        517,837        950,409        23,693,696        758,154        (959,181

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class

    15,054,957        15,054,957        32,741,824        27,765,329        20,031,452        20,031,452        75,844          

The Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund

    38,328        2,931,325        31,704        23,100        46,932        3,663,043        56,381        (8,198

The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund

                  77,280        8,032        69,248        3,819,027        39,059        16,404   

The Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund

                  146,236        146,236                      15,785        (243,353

The Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund

    39,379        2,929,404        27,402        66,781                      29,857        91,874   

The Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund

                  139,714        74,434        65,280        3,653,069        21,232        32,395   

The Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund

    68,939        2,854,075        193,470        262,409                      36,666        (72,420

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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BLACKSTONE / GSO SENIOR LOAN PORTFOLIO

 

SPDR Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan ETF is a feeder fund that invests substantially all of its investable assets in a master fund, the Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan Portfolio. The schedule of investments for the Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan Portfolio follows.

 

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Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan Portfolio

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

SENIOR FLOATING RATE LOANS (a) — 86.6%

  

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE — 2.0%

  

 

Atlantic Aviation FBO, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
3.25%, 6/1/2020

  $ 3,333,002      $ 3,333,002   

TransDigm, Inc.:

 

Senior Secured Term Loan C,
3.75%, 2/28/2020

    2,979,421        2,958,938   

Senior Secured Term Loan D,
3.75%, 6/4/2021

    4,937,028        4,888,990   

Senior Secured Term Loan E,
3.75%, 5/14/2022

    1,884,401        1,859,226   

WP CPP Holdings LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B3,
4.50%, 12/28/2019

    2,799,407        2,713,087   
   

 

 

 
    15,753,243   
   

 

 

 

AIRLINES — 1.1%

   

American Airlines, Inc.:

 

Senior Secured Term Loan,
3.25%, 6/27/2020

    1,975,000        1,953,403   

Senior Secured Term Loan B,
3.50%, 10/10/2021

    3,712,500        3,688,369   

US Airways Group, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B1,
3.50%, 5/23/2019

    3,188,780        3,182,402   
   

 

 

 
    8,824,174   
   

 

 

 

AUTOMOBILES — 1.4%

   

Chrysler Group LLC:

 

Senior Secured Term Loan B,
3.25%, 12/31/2018

      5,904,966        5,899,415   

Senior Secured Term Loan B,
3.50%, 5/24/2017

    2,037,421        2,038,908   

Doosan Infracore International, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
1.00%, 5/28/2021

    1,541,143        1,544,996   

TI Group Automotive Systems LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan,
4.50%, 6/30/2022

    1,678,334        1,648,963   
   

 

 

 
    11,132,282   
   

 

 

 

BIOTECHNOLOGY — 0.5%

  

 

Grifols Worldwide Operations USA, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
3.46%, 2/27/2021

    3,969,543        3,970,555   
   

 

 

 

BUILDING PRODUCTS — 0.4%

  

 

Stardust Finance Holdings, Inc.
Senior Secured Senior Lien Term Loan,
6.50%, 3/13/2022

    3,246,753        3,176,396   
   

 

 

 

CAPITAL MARKETS — 0.8%

  

 

Blue Coat Systems, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
4.50%, 5/20/2022

    4,817,040        4,817,040   

Hamilton Lane Advisors LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.25%, 7/9/2022

    1,346,878        1,346,878   
   

 

 

 
    6,163,918   
   

 

 

 

CHEMICALS — 1.6%

  

 

Avantor Performance Materials Holdings, Inc.
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 6/21/2022

  4,009,434      3,986,881   

Axalta Coating Systems US Holdings, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
3.75%, 2/1/2020

    4,831,719        4,833,603   

Ineos US Finance LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan,
3.75%, 5/4/2018

    3,998,764        3,988,767   
   

 

 

 
    12,809,251   
   

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES — 4.1%

  

ADS Waste Holdings, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B2, 3.75%, 10/9/2019

    5,259,660        5,185,709   

Allied Security Holdings LLC
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.25%, 2/12/2021

    312,926        312,144   

Asurion LLC:

 

Senior Secured 2nd Lien Term Loan, 8.50%, 3/3/2021

    2,000,000        1,934,000   

Senior Secured Term Loan B1, 5.00%, 5/24/2019

    1,886,130        1,879,849   

Senior Secured Term Loan B4, 5.00%, 8/4/2022

    8,447,966        8,348,702   

KAR Auction Services, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B3, 4.25%, 3/9/2023

    1,930,868        1,939,711   

Lineage Logistics Holdings LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan,
4.50%, 4/7/2021

    4,431,687        4,221,182   

Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc. Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.25%, 9/30/2020

    1,550,964        1,539,331   

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC
Senior Secured Incremental Term Loan B1, 4.75%, 5/2/2022

    7,475,410        7,501,873   
   

 

 

 
    32,862,501   
   

 

 

 

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT — 0.2%

  

 

CommScope, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B5, 3.75%, 12/29/2022

    1,395,006        1,397,844   
   

 

 

 

COMPUTERS & PERIPHERALS — 0.1%

  

 

Western Digital Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
5.50%, 4/29/2023

    1,000,000        1,005,470   
   

 

 

 

CONTAINERS & PACKAGING — 1.7%

  

 

Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc.
Senior Secured Incremental Term Loan, 4.00%, 12/17/2019

    1,989,687        1,989,687   

Berry Plastics Holding Corp.:

 

Senior Secured Term Loan D,
3.50%, 2/8/2020

    2,904,925        2,889,412   

Senior Secured Term Loan G,
3.50%, 1/6/2021

    1,105,503        1,097,643   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

Hilex Poly Co. LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
6.00%, 12/5/2021

  $ 2,789,224      $ 2,800,381   

Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc. Senior Secured Dollar Term Loan,
4.50%, 12/1/2018

    2,400,190        2,403,670   

Tekni-Plex, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.50%, 6/1/2022

    2,213,665        2,180,460   
   

 

 

 
    13,361,253   
   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTORS — 1.0%

  

 

ABC Supply Co., Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
3.50%, 4/16/2020

    2,000,000        1,998,750   

American Tire Distributors Holdings, Inc. Senior Secured Term Loan,
5.25%, 9/1/2021

    6,329,131        6,131,378   
   

 

 

 
    8,130,128   
   

 

 

 

DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES — 1.8%

  

Nord Anglia Education Finance LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan,
5.00%, 3/31/2021

    2,795,009        2,786,289   

ServiceMaster Co.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.25%, 7/1/2021

    11,532,172        11,558,581   
   

 

 

 
    14,344,870   
   

 

 

 

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES — 1.4%

  

AlixPartners LLP
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.50%, 7/28/2022

    1,768,812        1,769,254   

CeraTec Services GmbH:

 

Senior Secured Term Loan B1,
4.25%, 8/30/2020

    1,356,254        1,358,513   

Senior Secured Term Loan B3,
4.25%, 8/30/2020

    413,900        414,589   

Tech Finance & Co. S.C.A
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
5.00%, 7/11/2020

    7,991,531        7,929,117   
   

 

 

 
    11,471,473   
   

 

 

 

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 3.5%

  

Fairpoint Communications, Inc. Senior Secured Refi Term Loan,
7.50%, 2/14/2019

    290,250        290,280   

Level 3 Financing, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B2,
3.50%, 5/31/2022

    11,500,000        11,475,563   

Telesat LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B2,
3.50%, 3/28/2019

    3,969,231        3,956,827   

Virgin Media Investment Holdings, Ltd. Senior Secured Term Loan F,
3.65%, 6/30/2023

    1,550,101        1,514,611   

Windstream Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan B6,
5.75%, 3/29/2021

    11,221,875        11,197,355   
   

 

 

 
    28,434,636   
   

 

 

 

ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 0.4%

  

Astoria Energy LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
5.00%, 12/24/2021

  684,646      651,557   

PowerTeam Services LLC
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.25%, 5/6/2020

    2,867,009        2,856,258   
   

 

 

 
    3,507,815   
   

 

 

 

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS & COMPONENTS — 2.1%

   

CDW LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan,
3.25%, 4/29/2020

    6,014,050        6,017,388   

TTM Technologies, Inc.
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 5/31/2021

    7,724,500        7,666,566   

Zebra Technologies Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.00%, 10/27/2021

    3,054,117        3,057,935   
   

 

 

 
    16,741,889   
   

 

 

 

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING — 2.6%

  

Albertsons LLC:

 

Senior Secured 2016 Term Loan B6, 4.75%, 6/22/2023

    3,642,616        3,642,160   

Senior Secured Term Loan B4,
4.50%, 8/25/2021

    6,940,156        6,943,280   

Supervalu, Inc.
Senior Secured Refi Term Loan B, 5.50%, 3/21/2019

    2,195,807        2,196,147   

US Foods, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
1.00%, 6/27/2023

    7,867,403        7,848,561   
   

 

 

 
    20,630,148   
   

 

 

 

FOOD PRODUCTS — 1.3%

  

AdvancePierre Foods, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
4.75%, 6/2/2023

    3,708,609        3,703,973   

Candy Intermediate Holdings, Inc. Senior Secured Term Loan,
5.50%, 6/15/2023

    1,578,947        1,579,934   

Dole Food Co., Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.50%, 11/1/2018

    4,657,172        4,647,718   

Hostess Brands LLC
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 8/3/2022

    723,627        724,170   
   

 

 

 
    10,655,795   
   

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES — 0.4%

  

Convatec, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
4.25%, 6/15/2020

    2,960,307        2,956,606   
   

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 3.6%

  

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B2,
4.50%, 2/16/2023

    1,155,437        1,146,529   

Air Medical Group Holdings, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.25%, 4/28/2022

    3,478,672        3,403,654   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

CeramTec Acquisition Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan B2,
4.25%, 8/30/2020

  $ 147,177      $ 147,422   

CHG Healthcare Services, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.75%, 6/7/2023

    3,167,864        3,172,822   

Community Health Systems, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan G,
3.75%, 12/31/2019

    5,181,865        5,048,121   

Envision Healthcare Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan B2,
4.50%, 10/28/2022

    3,586,914        3,590,052   

FHC Health Systems, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
5.00%, 12/23/2021

    534,257        514,666   

MedImpact OpCo Holdings, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
5.75%, 10/27/2022

    974,684        977,120   

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
5.00%, 6/7/2023

    4,662,005        4,680,653   

National Mentor Holdings, Inc. Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.25%, 1/31/2021

    2,698,889        2,678,647   

NVA Holdings, Inc.
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.75%, 8/14/2021

    1,509,680        1,505,906   

U.S. Renal Care, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
5.25%, 12/31/2022

    1,904,306        1,904,316   
   

 

 

 
    28,769,908   
   

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGY — 1.4%

  

CT Technologies Intermediate Holdings, Inc.
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.25%, 12/1/2021

    4,693,954        4,623,545   

IMS Health, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan, 3.50%, 3/17/2021

    6,385,019        6,349,103   
   

 

 

 
    10,972,648   
   

 

 

 

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE — 7.7%

  

Aristocrat Leisure, Ltd.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
1.00%, 10/20/2021

    2,000,000        2,007,330   

Burger King 1011778 B.C. Unlimited Liability Co.
Senior Secured Term Loan B2,
3.75%, 12/10/2021

    5,959,588        5,959,588   

CEC Entertainment, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.00%, 2/14/2021

    8,792,467        8,557,972   

Delta 2 (LUX) S.A.R.L.:

 

Senior Secured 2nd Lien Term Loan,
7.75%, 7/31/2022

    1,320,000        1,258,950   

Senior Secured Term Loan B3,
4.75%, 7/30/2021

    7,018,093        6,769,161   

La Quinta Intermediate Holdings LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
3.75%, 4/14/2021

  7,466,143      7,316,820   

Las Vegas Sands LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
3.25%, 12/19/2020

    4,107,856        4,110,711   

Scientific Games International, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B2,
6.00%, 10/1/2021

    13,809,127        13,638,239   

Travelport Finance (Luxembourg) S.A.R.L.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
5.75%, 9/2/2021

    9,937,114        9,896,769   

Yum! Brands Inc.
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan B, 3.19%, 6/16/2023

    2,465,331        2,471,495   
   

 

 

 
    61,987,035   
   

 

 

 

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES — 1.1%

  

Serta Simmons Holdings LLC Senior Secured Term Loan,
4.25%, 10/1/2019

    5,109,704        5,111,824   

Spin Holdco, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 4.25%, 11/14/2019

    3,832,340        3,766,864   
   

 

 

 
    8,878,688   
   

 

 

 

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS — 0.3%

  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
3.25%, 6/30/2022

    1,582,680        1,579,713   

Samsonite International SA
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.00%, 5/12/2023

    883,978        889,392   
   

 

 

 
    2,469,105   
   

 

 

 

INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS & ENERGY TRADERS — 0.2%

   

Calpine Construction Finance Company L.P. Senior Secured Original Term Loan B2,
3.25%, 1/31/2022

    1,959,715        1,919,296   

INSURANCE — 3.2%

  

Alliant Holdings I, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.50%, 8/12/2022

    2,344,737        2,315,428   

Hub International, Ltd.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.00%, 10/2/2020

    8,963,265        8,826,933   

National Financial Partners Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 4.50%, 7/1/2020

    7,545,151        7,488,562   

Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.:

 

Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 3.75%, 3/1/2021

    3,972,056        3,892,614   

Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.25%, 3/1/2021

    1,000,000        1,002,500   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

Senior Secured 2nd Lien Term Loan, 6.75%, 2/28/2022

  $ 2,000,000      $ 1,925,000   
   

 

 

 
    25,451,037   
   

 

 

 

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES — 2.0%

  

Abacus Innovations Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
1.00%, 1/26/2023

    2,487,047        2,488,079   

Go Daddy Operating Company LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.25%, 5/13/2021

    1,345,817        1,347,742   

Inmar, Inc.
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.25%, 1/27/2021

    3,118,182        3,085,051   

Sabre, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.00%, 2/19/2019

    5,332,974        5,339,640   

TCH-2 Holding LLC
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.50%, 5/6/2021

    3,980,217        3,955,341   
   

 

 

 
    16,215,853   
   

 

 

 

IT SERVICES — 2.5%

  

First Data Corp.:

 

Senior Secured Extended Term Loan, 4.45%, 3/24/2021

    8,870,404        8,855,635   

Senior Secured Term Loan,
4.20%, 7/8/2022

    8,666,284        8,606,703   

Global Payments, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
3.96%, 4/22/2023

    1,540,656        1,552,981   

TNS, Inc.
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 2/14/2020

    1,311,090        1,312,729   
   

 

 

 
    20,328,048   
   

 

 

 

LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES — 0.9%

  

Jaguar Holding Company II
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.25%, 8/18/2022

    7,052,632        6,995,329   
   

 

 

 

MACHINERY — 0.5%

  

Allison Transmission, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B3,
3.50%, 8/23/2019

    3,876,844        3,880,314   
   

 

 

 

MEDIA — 5.0%

  

Acosta Holdco, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
4.25%, 9/26/2021

    5,312,008        5,119,447   

Charter Communications Operating LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan
I, 3.50%, 1/24/2023

    1,672,183        1,676,104   

Gray Television, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
1.00%, 6/13/2021

    1,000,000        1,001,665   

McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
5.00%, 5/4/2022

    1,142,857        1,143,143   

Neptune Finco Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
5.00%, 10/9/2022

  9,849,315      9,883,788   

Numericable Group SA
Senior Secured Term Loan B5,
4.56%, 7/31/2022

    1,772,909        1,752,077   

Numericable U.S. LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B7,
5.00%, 1/15/2024

    3,149,171        3,132,119   

Penton Media, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
4.75%, 10/3/2019

    1,326,908        1,325,256   

Sinclair Television Group, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B1,
3.50%, 7/30/2021

    746,231        746,231   

Telenet International Finance S.A.R.L. Senior Secured Term Loan AD,
4.25%, 6/30/2024

    1,351,351        1,343,750   

Univision Communications, Inc.:

 

Senior Secured Term Loan C3,
4.00%, 3/1/2020

    1,959,820        1,950,433   

Senior Secured Term Loan C4,
4.00%, 3/1/2020

    2,910,830        2,898,867   

UPC Financing Partnership
Senior Secured Term Loan AH,
3.34%, 6/30/2021

    4,000,000        3,911,660   

WMG Acquisition Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
3.75%, 7/1/2020

    1,989,770        1,971,653   

Ziggo B.V.:

 

Senior Secured Term Loan B1,
3.65%, 1/15/2022

    739,574        723,396   

Senior Secured Term Loan B2A, 3.60%, 1/15/2022

    38,298        37,460   

Senior Secured Term Loan B2A, 3.65%, 1/15/2022

    438,298        428,710   

Senior Secured Term Loan B3,
3.60%, 1/15/2022

    783,830        766,683   
   

 

 

 
    39,812,442   
   

 

 

 

MULTILINE RETAIL — 0.6%

  

Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan B3,
4.25%, 8/13/2021

    1,000,000        1,000,205   

Dollar Tree, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B1,
3.50%, 7/6/2022

    1,562,008        1,564,609   

Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
4.25%, 10/25/2020

    2,414,014        2,174,532   
   

 

 

 
    4,739,346   
   

 

 

 

PERSONAL PRODUCTS — 0.7%

  

Revlon Consumer Products Corp.
Senior Secured Acquisition Term Loan, 4.00%, 10/8/2019

    5,653,335        5,667,496   
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

PHARMACEUTICALS — 3.9%

  

Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan,
4.50%, 11/1/2019

  $ 2,234,343      $ 2,224,099   

Capsugel Holdings US, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.00%, 7/31/2021

    2,992,500        2,986,276   

Concordia Healthcare Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
5.25%, 10/21/2021

    6,302,199        6,064,291   

Horizon Pharma, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.50%, 5/7/2021

    664,987        651,688   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International
Senior Secured Term Loan B F1, 5.00%, 4/1/2022

    11,361,638        11,082,312   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.
Senior Secured Series E Term Loan B, 4.75%, 8/5/2020

    8,253,262        8,028,237   
   

 

 

 
    31,036,903   
   

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES — 1.8%

  

Advantage Sales & Marketing, Inc.
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.25%, 7/23/2021

    6,351,421        6,209,848   

Information Resources, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.75%, 9/30/2020

    1,994,885        1,996,760   

TransUnion LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B2, 3.50%, 4/9/2021

    6,460,097        6,392,492   
   

 

 

 
    14,599,100   
   

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITS) — 0.2%

  

Communications Sales & Leasing, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
5.00%, 10/24/2022

    1,994,962        1,976,259   
   

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT — 0.6%

  

Americold Realty Operating Partnership, L.P.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
1.00%, 12/1/2022

    1,188,119        1,195,544   

Realogy Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
3.75%, 3/5/2020

    3,920,108        3,920,598   
   

 

 

 
    5,116,142   
   

 

 

 

ROAD & RAIL — 1.1%

   

Hertz Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
1.00%, 6/30/2023

    8,602,151        8,607,527   
   

 

 

 

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT — 4.4%

  

Avago Technologies Cayman, Ltd. Senior Secured Term Loan B1,
4.25%, 2/1/2023

    16,151,690        16,190,858   

Microsemi Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
3.75%, 1/15/2023

    3,634,634        3,633,126   

NXP B.V.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
3.75%, 12/7/2020

  3,567,454      3,579,440   

ON Semiconductor Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
5.25%, 3/31/2023

    11,925,043        11,993,373   
   

 

 

 
    35,396,797   
   

 

 

 

SOFTWARE — 9.6%

  

Applied Systems, Inc.
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan,
4.00%, 1/25/2021

    1,562,424        1,552,010   

Aspect Software, Inc.
Senior Secured Exit Term Loan,
10.50%, 5/25/2020

    7,312,770        7,038,541   

BMC Software Finance, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
5.00%, 9/10/2020

    12,439,747        11,071,375   

CCC Information Services, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
4.00%, 12/20/2019

    4,894,377        4,872,964   

Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
5.25%, 6/7/2023

    4,610,778        4,564,671   

Compuware Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan B2,
6.25%, 12/15/2021

    6,433,508        5,979,141   

Epicor Software Corp.
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan,
4.75%, 6/1/2022

    5,668,235        5,579,669   

Hyland Software, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
4.75%, 7/1/2022

    1,990,354        1,982,890   

Infor (US), Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B5,
1.00%, 6/3/2020

    2,992,186        2,925,804   

Informatica Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
4.50%, 8/5/2022

    5,969,320        5,824,355   

Kronos, Inc.:

 

Senior Secured 2nd Lien Term Loan,
9.75%, 4/30/2020

    6,094,695        6,150,583   

Senior Secured Initial Incremental Term Loan, 4.50%, 10/30/2019

    4,948,085        4,943,137   

MA FinanceCo. LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
5.25%, 11/19/2021

    4,344,525        4,347,240   

Mitchell International, Inc.
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan,
4.50%, 10/13/2020

    2,757,660        2,722,500   

Solera Holdings, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
5.75%, 3/3/2023

    481,919        482,370   

Sophia L.P.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.75%, 9/30/2022

    3,493,156        3,458,225   

Vertafore, Inc.
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 1.00%, 6/9/2023

    3,738,318        3,730,150   
   

 

 

 
    77,225,625   
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

SPECIALTY RETAIL — 3.1%

  

 

Men’s Wearhouse, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.50%, 6/18/2021

  $ 1,891,779      $ 1,825,567   

Michaels Stores, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
3.75%, 1/28/2020

    4,927,173        4,919,462   

Petco Animal Supplies, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B2,
4.89%, 1/26/2023

    6,484,736        6,461,002   

PetSmart, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B1,
4.25%, 3/11/2022

    11,592,049        11,558,779   
   

 

 

 
    24,764,810   
   

 

 

 

TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE & PERIPHERALS — 1.6%

   

Dell, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
1.00%, 5/24/2023

    10,948,546        10,924,569   

Diebold, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
5.25%, 11/6/2023

    1,676,296        1,673,496   
   

 

 

 
    12,598,065   
   

 

 

 

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS — 0.6%

  

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.00%, 10/1/2022

    1,760,099        1,762,668   

McJunkin Red Man Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
5.00%, 11/8/2019

    1,984,904        1,920,395   

Univar, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
4.25%, 7/1/2022

    1,437,746        1,419,774   
   

 

 

 
    5,102,837   
   

 

 

 

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 1.6%

  

LTS Buyer LLC
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.00%, 4/13/2020

    4,966,726        4,931,040   

SBA Senior Finance II LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B1,
3.25%, 3/24/2021

    5,964,506        5,915,209   

T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
3.50%, 11/9/2022

    2,216,517        2,226,568   
   

 

 

 
    13,072,817   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SENIOR FLOATING RATE LOANS
(Cost $695,908,938)

      694,913,674   
   

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 6.5%

  

 

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES — 0.1%

  

Fly Leasing, Ltd.
6.38%, 10/15/2021

    500,000        485,000   
   

 

 

 

ENTERTAINMENT — 0.8%

  

 

Cedar Fair L.P./Canada’s Wonderland Co./Magnum Management Corp.
5.25%, 3/15/2021

    2,000,000        2,075,000   

Scientific Games Corp.
8.13%, 9/15/2018

  1,037,000      1,015,938   

Scientific Games International, Inc. 7.00%, 1/1/2022 (b)

    3,400,000        3,425,500   
   

 

 

 
    6,516,438   
   

 

 

 

FOOD SERVICE — 0.0% (c)

  

 

Aramark Services, Inc.
5.75%, 3/15/2020

    229,000        235,023   
   

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS — 0.1%

  

 

Kinetic Concepts, Inc./KCI USA, Inc.
7.88%, 2/15/2021 (b)

    830,000        880,298   
   

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE SERVICES — 1.5%

  

 

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.
5.13%, 8/1/2021

    2,000,000        1,985,000   

HCA, Inc.
5.25%, 4/15/2025

    1,000,000        1,045,000   

Tenet Healthcare Corp.:

 

4.15%, 6/15/2020

    3,000,000        2,962,500   

6.75%, 2/1/2020

    2,000,000        1,970,000   

6.75%, 6/15/2023

    2,000,000        1,912,600   

8.13%, 4/1/2022

    2,000,000        2,044,600   
   

 

 

 
    11,919,700   
   

 

 

 

INTERNET — 0.1%

  

 

Blue Coat Holdings, Inc.
8.38%, 6/1/2023 (b)

    1,000,000        1,130,000   
   

 

 

 

LEISURE TIME — 0.4%

  

 

Sabre GLBL, Inc.
5.38%, 4/15/2023 (b)

    2,950,000        3,016,375   
   

 

 

 

MEDIA — 0.8%

  

 

Altice Financing SA
7.50%, 5/15/2026 (b)

    490,000        478,975   

Altice US Finance I Corp.
5.50%, 5/15/2026 (b)

    610,000        607,438   

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.
5.75%, 2/15/2026 (b)

    2,000,000        2,055,000   

Cequel Communications Holdings I LLC/Cequel Capital Corp.
6.38%, 9/15/2020 (b)

    1,000,000        1,014,900   

McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings LLC/McGraw-Hill Global Education Finance
7.88%, 5/15/2024 (b)

    360,000        372,600   

Numericable-SFR SA
6.00%, 5/15/2022 (b)

    2,000,000        1,941,200   
   

 

 

 
      6,470,113   
   

 

 

 

MINING — 0.0% (c)

  

 

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.
5.88%, 5/15/2024 (b)

    220,000        226,050   
   

 

 

 

PACKAGING & CONTAINERS — 0.7%

  

 

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc.
7.25%, 5/15/2024 (b)

    1,320,000        1,344,816   

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC/Reynolds Group Issuer Lu:

   

4.13%, 7/15/2021 (b)

    2,000,000        2,005,000   

5.13%, 7/15/2023 (b)

    450,000        455,625   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

5.75%, 10/15/2020

  $ 1,000,000      $ 1,032,500   

7.00%, 7/15/2024 (b)

    550,000        565,125   
   

 

 

 
      5,403,066   
   

 

 

 

RETAIL — 0.3%

  

 

CEC Entertainment, Inc.
8.00%, 2/15/2022

    440,000        425,700   

Serta Simmons Bedding LLC
8.13%, 10/1/2020 (b)

    2,000,000        2,060,000   
   

 

 

 
      2,485,700   
   

 

 

 

SOFTWARE — 0.6%

  

 

First Data Corp.
5.00%, 1/15/2024 (b)

    2,000,000        2,000,000   

Infor US, Inc.
6.50%, 5/15/2022

    3,000,000        2,851,800   
   

 

 

 
      4,851,800   
   

 

 

 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS — 1.1%

  

 

Altice Luxembourg SA
7.75%, 5/15/2022 (b)

    2,000,000        2,021,250   

T-Mobile USA, Inc.:

   

6.50%, 1/15/2026

    2,000,000        2,110,000   

6.63%, 4/1/2023

    2,000,000        2,118,800   

6.73%, 4/28/2022

    2,000,000        2,103,200   
   

 

 

 
      8,353,250   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES
(Cost $52,187,645)

      51,972,813   
   

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 8.6%

  

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class 0.47% (d) (e)
(Cost $68,870,496)

    68,870,496      68,870,496   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 101.7%

  

(Cost $816,967,079)

      815,756,983   
   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS — (1.7)%

      (13,267,735
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 802,489,248   
   

 

 

 

 

(a) The rate shown represents the rate at June 30, 2016.
(b) Securities purchased pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities, which represent 3.2% of net assets as of June 30, 2016, are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
(c) Amount is less than 0.05% of net assets.
(d) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at June 30, 2016.
(e) The Fund invested in certain money market funds managed by SSGA Funds Management, Inc. Amounts related to these transactions during the year ended June 30, 2016 are shown in the Affiliate Table below.

 

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments accordingly to the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2016.

 

Description

   Level 1 —
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2 —
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 —
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total  

ASSETS:

           

INVESTMENTS:

           

Senior Floating Rate Loans

           

Aerospace & Defense

   $       $ 15,753,243       $       $ 15,753,243   

Airlines

             8,824,174                 8,824,174   

Automobiles

             11,132,282                 11,132,282   

Biotechnology

             3,970,555                 3,970,555   

Building Products

             3,176,396                 3,176,396   

Capital Markets

             6,163,918                 6,163,918   

Chemicals

             12,809,251                 12,809,251   

Commercial Services & Supplies

             32,862,501                 32,862,501   

Communications Equipment

             1,397,844                 1,397,844   

Computers & Peripherals

             1,005,470                 1,005,470   

Containers & Packaging

             13,361,253                 13,361,253   

Distributors

             8,130,128                 8,130,128   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Description

   Level 1 —
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2 —
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 —
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total  

Diversified Consumer Services

   $       $ 14,344,870       $       $ 14,344,870   

Diversified Financial Services

             11,471,473                 11,471,473   

Diversified Telecommunication Services

             28,434,636                 28,434,636   

Electric Utilities

             3,507,815                 3,507,815   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

             16,741,889                 16,741,889   

Food & Staples Retailing

             20,630,148                 20,630,148   

Food Products

             10,655,795                 10,655,795   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

             2,956,606                 2,956,606   

Health Care Providers & Services

             28,769,908                 28,769,908   

Health Care Technology

             10,972,648                 10,972,648   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

             61,987,035                 61,987,035   

Household Durables

             8,878,688                 8,878,688   

Household Products

             2,469,105                 2,469,105   

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

             1,919,296                 1,919,296   

Insurance

             25,451,037                 25,451,037   

Internet Software & Services

             16,215,853                 16,215,853   

IT Services

             20,328,048                 20,328,048   

Life Sciences Tools & Services

             6,995,329                 6,995,329   

Machinery

             3,880,314                 3,880,314   

Media

             39,812,442                 39,812,442   

Multiline Retail

             4,739,346                 4,739,346   

Personal Products

             5,667,496                 5,667,496   

Pharmaceuticals

             31,036,903                 31,036,903   

Professional Services

             14,599,100                 14,599,100   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

             1,976,259                 1,976,259   

Real Estate Management & Development

             5,116,142                 5,116,142   

Road & Rail

             8,607,527                 8,607,527   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

             35,396,797                 35,396,797   

Software

             77,225,625                 77,225,625   

Specialty Retail

             24,764,810                 24,764,810   

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

             12,598,065                 12,598,065   

Trading Companies & Distributors

             5,102,837                 5,102,837   

Wireless Telecommunication Services

             13,072,817                 13,072,817   

Corporate Bonds & Notes

           

Diversified Financial Services

             485,000                 485,000   

Entertainment

             6,516,438                 6,516,438   

Food Service

             235,023                 235,023   

Health Care Products

             880,298                 880,298   

Health Care Services

             11,919,700                 11,919,700   

Internet

             1,130,000                 1,130,000   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Description

   Level 1 —
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2 —
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 —
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total  

Leisure Time

   $       $ 3,016,375       $       $ 3,016,375   

Media

             6,470,113                 6,470,113   

Mining

             226,050                 226,050   

Packaging & Containers

             5,403,066                 5,403,066   

Retail

             2,485,700                 2,485,700   

Software

             4,851,800                 4,851,800   

Telecommunications

             8,353,250                 8,353,250   

Short-Term Investment

     68,870,496                         68,870,496   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

   $ 68,870,496       $ 746,886,487       $       $ 815,756,983   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Affiliate Table

 

    Number of
Shares Held
at 6/30/15
    Value At
6/30/15
    Shares     Number of
Shares Held
at 6/30/16
    Value at
6/30/16
    Dividend
Income
    Realized
Gain (Loss)
 
        Purchased     Sold          

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class

    11,996,420      $ 11,996,420        542,017,209        485,143,133        68,870,496      $ 68,870,496      $ 139,199      $   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SSGA ULTRA SHORT TERM BOND PORTFOLIO

 

SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF is a feeder fund that invests substantially all of its investable assets in a master fund, the SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond Portfolio. The schedule of investments for the SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond Portfolio follows.

 

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Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 30.0%

  

 

ASSET-BACKED — OTHER — 3.7%

   

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A:

 

Series 2013-5, Class A1,
1.50%, 9/15/2018

  $ 210,000      $ 210,206   

Series 2013-5, Class A2,
0.91%, 9/15/2018 (a)

    230,000        230,066   

Series 2014-1, Class A2,
0.84%, 2/15/2019 (a)

    200,000        199,917   

Mercedes-Benz Master Owner Trust
Series 2015-AA, Class A,
0.76%, 4/15/2019 (a) (b)

    250,000        250,000   
   

 

 

 
    890,189   
   

 

 

 

AUTOMOBILE — 11.6%

   

BMW Vehicle Lease Trust
Series 2015-1, Class A2B,
0.77%, 2/21/2017 (a)

    103,211        103,208   

Drive Auto Receivables Trust
Series 2015-DA, Class A2B,
1.31%, 6/15/2018 (a) (b)

    64,174        64,177   

Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust
Series 2014-B, Class A4,
1.10%, 11/15/2017

    250,000        249,991   

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust
Series 2014-1, Class A3,
1.10%, 9/15/2019

    238,359        238,458   

Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust
Series 2013-B, Class A4,
1.01%, 2/15/2019

    905,143        905,456   

Mercedes-Benz Auto Receivables Trust
Series 2014-1, Class A3,
0.87%, 10/15/2018

    354,189        354,048   

Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust
Series 2016-A, Class A2B,
0.79%, 2/15/2019 (a)

    250,000        250,306   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust
Series 2014-5, Class A3,
1.15%, 1/15/2019

    195,761        195,820   

Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust
Series 2015-A, Class A3,
1.12%, 2/15/2019

    425,000        425,942   

World Omni Auto Receivables Trust
Series 2014-B, Class A2A,
0.60%, 1/16/2018

    478        478   
   

 

 

 
    2,787,884   
   

 

 

 

CREDIT CARD — 14.7%

   

American Express Credit Account Master Trust
Series 2014-3, Class A,
1.49%, 4/15/2020

    230,000        231,770   

American Express Credit Account Secured Note Trust
Series 2012-4, Class A,
0.68%, 5/15/2020 (a)

    250,000        250,125   

BA Credit Card Trust
Series 2016-A1, Class A,
0.84%, 10/15/2021 (a)

    1,000,000        1,000,000   

Barclays Dryrock Issuance Trust
Series 2014-2, Class A,
0.78%, 3/16/2020 (a)

  100,000      99,983   

Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust
Series 2012-2A, Class A2,
0.92%, 6/15/2020 (a) (b)

    250,000        249,710   

Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust
Series 2015-A6, Class A6,
0.81%, 6/15/2020 (a)

    250,000        250,318   

Chase Issuance Trust:

 

Series 2007-A3, Class A3,
5.23%, 4/15/2019

    500,000        513,350   

Series 2013-A3, Class A3,
0.72%, 4/15/2020 (a)

    150,000        149,783   

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust:

 

Series 2013-A12, Class A12,
0.86%, 11/7/2018 (a)

    200,000        200,047   

Series 2013-A2, Class A2,
0.73%, 5/26/2020 (a)

    420,000        420,087   

Golden Credit Card Trust Series 2014-1A, Class A, 0.89%, 3/15/2019 (a) (b)

    175,000        174,761   
   

 

 

 
    3,539,934   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES

  

 

(Cost $7,216,142)

      7,218,007   
   

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 58.3%

  

 

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE — 1.0%

   

Boeing Co.
0.76%, 10/30/2017 (a)

    250,000        249,947   
   

 

 

 

AUTO MANUFACTURERS — 6.4%

   

American Honda Finance Corp.:

 

Series MTN, 0.81%, 9/2/2016 (a)

    100,000        100,035   

Series MTN, 0.97%, 12/11/2017 (a)

    187,000        186,854   

Daimler Finance North America LLC:

 

0.99%, 3/2/2017 (a) (b)

    350,000        349,661   

1.35%, 8/3/2017 (a) (b)

    150,000        150,099   

Toyota Motor Credit Corp.
Series 2547, 0.95%, 1/12/2018 (a)

    750,000        749,062   
   

 

 

 
    1,535,711   
   

 

 

 

BANKS — 25.5%

   

Bank of America NA:

 

1.05%, 5/8/2017 (a)

    150,000        150,113   

1.13%, 6/5/2017 (a)

    300,000        300,288   

Bank of Nova Scotia
2.55%, 1/12/2017

    400,000        403,180   

Branch Banking & Trust Co.
1.05%, 12/1/2016

    500,000        500,435   

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
1.15%, 7/18/2016 (a)

    100,000        100,034   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia
1.06%, 3/12/2018 (a) (b)

    200,000        199,200   

Fifth Third Bank
1.15%, 11/18/2016

    200,000        200,129   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.:

 

1.66%, 10/23/2019 (a)

    500,000        496,950   

Series 1, 1.84%, 4/30/2018 (a)

    100,000        100,450   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.:

 

1.78%, 6/7/2021 (a)

    250,000        249,385   

Series 1, 1.26%, 1/28/2019 (a)

    350,000        349,303   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

Morgan Stanley:

 

1.49%, 1/24/2019 (a)

  $ 305,000      $ 304,680   

Series GMTN, 1.92%, 4/25/2018 (a)

    100,000        100,839   

National Australia Bank, Ltd.
0.91%, 6/30/2017 (a) (b)

    250,000        249,537   

Nederlandse Waterschapsbank NV
0.83%, 10/18/2016 (a) (b)

    200,000        200,054   

Royal Bank of Canada:

 

Series GMTN, 0.90%, 6/16/2017 (a)

    120,000        119,771   

Series GMTN, 1.18%, 3/15/2019 (a)

    250,000        248,630   

Toronto-Dominion Bank:

 

1.09%, 7/2/2019 (a)

    500,000        495,790   

Series MTN, 1.48%, 1/22/2019 (a)

    100,000        100,468   

US Bank NA:

 

0.94%, 1/26/2018 (a)

    100,000        99,749   

1.11%, 10/28/2019 (a)

    400,000        398,728   

Series MTN, 1.22%, 1/29/2018 (a)

    100,000        100,233   

Wells Fargo & Co.:

 

1.06%, 9/14/2018 (a)

    300,000        298,401   

1.27%, 4/23/2018 (a)

    100,000        100,068   

Wells Fargo Bank NA
1.38%, 1/22/2018 (a)

    250,000        251,002   
   

 

 

 
    6,117,417   
   

 

 

 

BEVERAGES — 3.1%

   

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc.
1.04%, 2/1/2019 (a)

    500,000        498,409   

PepsiCo, Inc.
0.88%, 7/17/2017 (a)

    250,000        250,495   
   

 

 

 
    748,904   
   

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS — 1.0%

   

Medtronic, Inc.
0.76%, 2/27/2017 (a)

    250,000        249,896   
   

 

 

 

INTERNET — 0.7%

   

eBay, Inc.
1.12%, 8/1/2019 (a)

    160,000        157,227   
   

 

 

 

IT SERVICES — 1.5%

   

Apple, Inc.
0.70%, 5/5/2017 (a)

    150,000        150,060   

International Business Machines Corp.
0.82%, 2/6/2018 (a)

    205,000        204,844   
   

 

 

 
    354,904   
   

 

 

 

MACHINERY, CONSTRUCTION & MINING — 2.5%

  

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.:

 

Series GMTN, 0.83%, 6/9/2017 (a)

    200,000        199,994   

Series MTN, 1.00%, 3/3/2017

    400,000        400,288   
   

 

 

 
    600,282   
   

 

 

 

MACHINERY-DIVERSIFIED — 2.5%

   

John Deere Capital Corp.:

 

1.20%, 1/8/2019 (a)

    200,000        200,931   

Series MTN, 0.87%, 12/15/2017 (a)

    200,000        199,790   

Series MTN, 1.85%, 9/15/2016

    200,000        200,460   
   

 

 

 
    601,181   
   

 

 

 

OIL & GAS — 6.6%

   

BP Capital Markets PLC
1.14%, 5/10/2018 (a)

    500,000        497,816   

Chevron Corp.:

 

0.99%, 11/9/2017 (a)

  250,000      249,970   

1.14%, 11/16/2018 (a)

    250,000        248,954   

ConocoPhillips Co.
0.96%, 5/15/2018 (a)

    100,000        98,863   

Shell International Finance B.V.
0.95%, 5/10/2017 (a)

    250,000        250,255   

Statoil ASA
0.83%, 11/9/2017 (a)

    250,000        248,913   
   

 

 

 
    1,594,771   
   

 

 

 

PHARMACEUTICALS — 1.0%

   

Pfizer, Inc.
0.95%, 6/15/2018 (a)

    250,000        250,045   
   

 

 

 

RETAIL — 1.7%

   

Home Depot, Inc.
1.02%, 9/15/2017 (a)

    150,000        150,404   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.
1.08%, 9/10/2019 (a)

    250,000        250,407   
   

 

 

 
    400,811   
   

 

 

 

SEMICONDUCTORS — 0.6%

   

QUALCOMM, Inc.
0.91%, 5/18/2018 (a)

    150,000        149,540   
   

 

 

 

SOFTWARE — 2.1%

   

Oracle Corp.
1.14%, 10/8/2019 (a)

    500,000        501,180   
   

 

 

 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS — 1.7%

   

Cisco Systems, Inc.:

 

0.96%, 6/15/2018 (a)

    150,000        149,931   

1.25%, 2/21/2018 (a)

    250,000        251,495   
   

 

 

 
    401,426   
   

 

 

 

TRANSPORTATION — 0.4%

   

Canadian National Railway Co.
0.80%, 11/14/2017 (a)

    100,000        100,038   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES

  

 

(Cost $14,023,761)

      14,013,280   
   

 

 

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 11.3%

  

 

Treasury Bill
Zero Coupon, 10/6/2016

    1,000,000        999,310   

Treasury Notes:

 

0.63%, 5/31/2017

    1,100,000        1,100,988   

0.63%, 9/30/2017

    300,000        300,281   

0.88%, 3/31/2018

    300,000        301,500   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $2,697,690)

      2,702,079   
   

 

 

 
   

Shares

       

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 2.0%

  

 

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class 0.47% (c) (d)
(Cost $483,761)

    483,761        483,761   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 101.6%
(Cost $24,421,354)

      24,417,127   

LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF
OTHER ASSETS — (1.6)%

      (377,360
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 24,039,767   
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond Portfolio

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

 

(a) Variable Rate Security — Interest rate shown is rate in effect at June 30, 2016.
(b) Securities purchased pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities, which represent 7.9% of net assets as of June 30, 2016, are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
(c) The Fund invested in certain money market funds managed by SSGA Funds Management, Inc. Amounts related to these transactions during the year ended June 30, 2016 are shown in the Affiliate Table below.
(d) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at June 30, 2016.

 

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments accordingly to the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2016.

 

Description

   Level 1 —
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2 —
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 —
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total  

ASSETS:

           

INVESTMENTS:

           

Asset-Backed Securities

           

Asset-Backed — Other

   $       $ 890,189       $       $ 890,189   

Automobile

             2,787,884                 2,787,884   

Credit Card

             3,539,934                 3,539,934   

Corporate Bonds & Notes

           

Aerospace & Defense

             249,947                 249,947   

Auto Manufacturers

             1,535,711                 1,535,711   

Banks

             6,117,417                 6,117,417   

Beverages

             748,904                 748,904   

Health Care Products

             249,896                 249,896   

Internet

             157,227                 157,227   

IT Services

             354,904                 354,904   

Machinery, Construction & Mining

             600,282                 600,282   

Machinery-Diversified

             601,181                 601,181   

Oil & Gas

             1,594,771                 1,594,771   

Pharmaceuticals

             250,045                 250,045   

Retail

             400,811                 400,811   

Semiconductors

             149,540                 149,540   

Software

             501,180                 501,180   

Telecommunications

             401,426                 401,426   

Transportation

             100,038                 100,038   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

             2,702,079                 2,702,079   

Short-Term Investment

     483,761                         483,761   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

   $ 483,761       $ 23,933,366       $       $ 24,417,127   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Affiliate Table

 

    Number of
Shares Held
at 6/30/15
    Value At
6/30/15
    Shares     Number of
Shares Held
at 6/30/16
    Value at
6/30/16
    Dividend
Income
    Realized
Gain (Loss)
 
        Purchased     Sold          

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class

    487,918      $ 487,918        171,008,642        171,012,799        483,761      $ 483,761      $ 3,498      $   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATE STREET DOUBLELINE TOTAL RETURN TACTICAL PORTFOLIO

 

SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF is a feeder fund that invests substantially all of its investable assets in a master fund, the State Street DoubleLine Total Return Tactical Portfolio. The schedule of investments for the State Street DoubleLine Total Return Tactical Portfolio follows.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 1.5%

  

AVANT Loans Funding Trust
Series 2016-B, Class A,
3.92%, 8/15/2019 (a)

  $        674,290      $ 677,096   

Octagon Investment Partners, Ltd.:

 

Series 2012-1AR, Class AR,
1.57%, 5/5/2023 (a) (b)

    2,006,488        2,000,462   

Series 2016-1A, Class B,
2.81%, 7/15/2027 (a) (b)

    2,500,000        2,487,500   

OneMain Financial Issuance Trust Series 2015-1A, Class A,
3.19%, 3/18/2026 (a)

    24,000,000        24,247,166   

TCI-Flatiron CLO, Ltd.
Series 2016-1A, Class B,
2.86%, 7/17/2028 (a) (b)

    2,500,000        2,487,500   

Venture CLO, Ltd. Series 2015-20A, Class A, 2.12%, 4/15/2027 (a) (b)

    2,500,000        2,477,153   

Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust
Series 2016-2A, Class B,
2.30%, 11/15/2019 (a)

    2,500,000        2,509,571   

Wind River CLO, Ltd.
Series 2016-1A, Class B,
3.08%, 7/15/2028 (a) (b)

    2,500,000        2,492,475   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES

  

 

(Cost $39,069,353)

      39,378,923   
   

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 16.6%

  

 

AUSTRALIA — 0.1%

  

Westpac Banking Corp.
2.60%, 11/23/2020

    2,570,000        2,647,129   
   

 

 

 

BARBADOS — 0.0% (c)

  

Columbus International, Inc.
7.38%, 3/30/2021

    1,000,000        1,056,000   
   

 

 

 

BELGIUM — 0.1%

  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc. 2.65%, 2/1/2021

    2,530,000        2,622,006   
   

 

 

 

BERMUDA — 0.0% (c)

  

Aircastle, Ltd.
5.00%, 4/1/2023

    465,000        471,394   
   

 

 

 

BRAZIL — 0.5%

  

Banco do Brasil SA
9.00%, 6/29/2049 (b)

    200,000        155,000   

CIMPOR Financial Operations B.V. 5.75%, 7/17/2024

    700,000        516,250   

Cosan Overseas, Ltd.
8.25%, 11/29/2049

    4,564,000        4,312,980   

Eldorado Intl. Finance GmbH
8.63%, 6/16/2021 (a)

    500,000        483,925   

ESAL GmbH
6.25%, 2/5/2023

    200,000        197,500   

Globo Comunicacao e Participacoes SA
5.31%, 5/11/2022 (d)

    700,000        707,000   

GTL Trade Finance, Inc.
5.89%, 4/29/2024

    250,000        220,425   

JBS Investments GmbH
7.75%, 10/28/2020

    400,000        419,500   

JBS USA LLC/JBS USA Finance, Inc.
7.25%, 6/1/2021 (a)

         974,000      1,008,090   

Marfrig Holdings Europe B.V.:

 

6.88%, 6/24/2019

    1,300,000        1,303,900   

8.00%, 6/8/2023 (a)

    1,500,000        1,530,750   

Marfrig Overseas, Ltd.
9.50%, 5/4/2020

    250,000        257,120   

Minerva Luxembourg SA
8.75%, 12/29/2049 (b)

    1,650,000        1,658,250   
   

 

 

 
    12,770,690   
   

 

 

 

CANADA — 0.3%

  

Lundin Mining Corp.
7.50%, 11/1/2020 (a)

    875,000        887,578   

Open Text Corp.
5.88%, 6/1/2026 (a)

    590,000        594,425   

Royal Bank of Canada
Series MTN,
2.35%, 10/30/2020

    2,750,000        2,815,608   

Toronto-Dominion Bank
Series MTN,
2.13%, 4/7/2021

    2,725,000        2,767,133   
   

 

 

 
    7,064,744   
   

 

 

 

CAYMAN ISLANDS — 0.0% (c)

  

Interoceanica IV Finance, Ltd. Zero Coupon, 11/30/2018

    566,478        543,819   
   

 

 

 

CHILE — 1.1%

  

Banco de Credito e Inversiones
4.00%, 2/11/2023

    1,500,000        1,578,323   

Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion SA:

 

4.75%, 1/11/2022

    1,500,000        1,599,375   

5.00%, 1/21/2021

    260,000        280,800   

Colbun SA
6.00%, 1/21/2020

    1,500,000        1,659,891   

CorpGroup Banking SA
6.75%, 3/15/2023

    2,750,000        2,564,375   

Empresa Electrica Angamos SA 4.88%, 5/25/2029

    4,000,000        3,929,512   

Empresa Electrica Guacolda SA 4.56%, 4/30/2025 (a)

    900,000        836,414   

GNL Quintero SA
4.63%, 7/31/2029

    3,200,000        3,264,000   

Guanay Finance, Ltd.
6.00%, 12/15/2020

    4,340,306        4,307,754   

Inversiones CMPC SA
4.50%, 4/25/2022

    1,580,000        1,655,320   

Itau CorpBanca
3.88%, 9/22/2019

    1,300,000        1,362,153   

Latam Airlines Group SA:

 

7.25%, 6/9/2020 (a)

    800,000        775,000   

7.25%, 6/9/2020

    700,000        678,125   

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA:

 

4.38%, 1/28/2025

    2,000,000        1,940,000   

5.50%, 4/21/2020

    850,000        894,625   

Tanner Servicios Financieros SA 4.38%, 3/13/2018

    1,100,000        1,102,750   

VTR Finance B.V.
6.88%, 1/15/2024

    1,200,000        1,196,376   
   

 

 

 
    29,624,793   
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

CHINA — 0.2%

  

CNOOC Finance 2015 Australia Pty, Ltd. 2.63%, 5/5/2020

  $ 1,500,000      $ 1,513,679   

CNPC General Capital, Ltd.
2.75%, 5/14/2019

    500,000        509,477   

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2015, Ltd.:

 

2.50%, 4/28/2020 (a)

    500,000        505,393   

2.50%, 4/28/2020

    500,000        505,394   

Tencent Holdings, Ltd.
2.88%, 2/11/2020

    2,000,000        2,051,806   
   

 

 

 
    5,085,749   
   

 

 

 

COLOMBIA — 1.6%

  

Avianca Holdings SA/Avianca Leasing LLC/Grupo Taca Holdings, Ltd.
8.38%, 5/10/2020

    1,500,000        1,215,150   

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Colombia SA
4.88%, 4/21/2025

    2,900,000        2,871,000   

Banco Davivienda SA
5.88%, 7/9/2022

    1,600,000        1,636,000   

Banco de Bogota SA:

 

5.38%, 2/19/2023

    600,000        606,000   

6.25%, 5/12/2026

    600,000        610,500   

6.25%, 5/12/2026 (a)

    3,200,000        3,256,000   

Banco GNB Sudameris SA:

 

3.88%, 5/2/2018

    2,600,000        2,554,500   

7.50%, 7/30/2022

    400,000        417,000   

Bancolombia SA:

 

5.95%, 6/3/2021

    1,000,000        1,092,500   

6.13%, 7/26/2020

    3,000,000        3,210,000   

Ecopetrol SA:

 

5.88%, 5/28/2045

    500,000        432,500   

7.38%, 9/18/2043

    2,000,000        1,997,500   

Empresa de Energia de Bogota SA ESP
6.13%, 11/10/2021

    3,000,000        3,123,750   

Empresas Publicas de Medellin ESP 7.63%, 7/29/2019

    600,000        690,000   

Grupo Aval, Ltd.
4.75%, 9/26/2022

    4,500,000        4,398,750   

GrupoSura Finance SA:

 

5.50%, 4/29/2026 (a)

    1,400,000        1,459,500   

5.70%, 5/18/2021

    2,000,000        2,142,000   

Oleoducto Central SA
4.00%, 5/7/2021

    1,200,000        1,172,400   

Pacific Exploration and Production Corp.
7.25%, 12/12/2021

    400,000        74,000   

SUAM Finance B.V.
4.88%, 4/17/2024

    5,330,000        5,529,875   

Transportadora de Gas Internacional SA ESP:

 

5.70%, 3/20/2022

    3,000,000        3,127,500   

5.70%, 3/20/2022 (a)

    200,000        208,500   
   

 

 

 
    41,824,925   
   

 

 

 

COSTA RICA — 0.1%

  

Banco Nacional de Costa Rica:

 

4.88%, 11/1/2018

  700,000      714,000   

5.88%, 4/25/2021 (a)

    3,000,000        3,095,100   
   

 

 

 
    3,809,100   
   

 

 

 

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC — 0.2%

  

Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI SA 9.75%, 11/13/2019

    400,000        426,000   

AES Andres B.V./Dominican Power Partners/Empresa Generadora de Electricidad It
7.95%, 5/11/2026 (a)

    2,200,000        2,288,000   

Banco de Reservas de la Republica Dominicana:

 

7.00%, 2/1/2023 (a)

    1,200,000        1,188,000   

7.00%, 2/1/2023

    1,300,000        1,287,000   
   

 

 

 
    5,189,000   
   

 

 

 

GUATEMALA — 0.3%

  

Agromercantil Senior Trust
6.25%, 4/10/2019

    1,714,000        1,773,133   

Cementos Progreso Trust
7.13%, 11/6/2023

    1,100,000        1,166,000   

Central American Bottling Corp. 6.75%, 2/9/2022

    500,000        518,750   

Comcel Trust via Comunicaciones Celulares SA 6.88%, 2/6/2024

    4,000,000        3,900,000   

Industrial Senior Trust
5.50%, 11/1/2022

    1,900,000        1,862,000   
   

 

 

 
    9,219,883   
   

 

 

 

HONG KONG — 0.1%

  

Hutchison Whampoa International 12 II, Ltd. 3.25%, 11/8/2022

    1,500,000        1,581,566   

Hutchison Whampoa International 12, Ltd. 6.00%, 5/29/2049 (b)

    2,000,000        2,060,000   
   

 

 

 
    3,641,566   
   

 

 

 

INDIA — 0.8%

  

Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone, Ltd. 3.50%, 7/29/2020

    4,000,000        3,978,516   

Bharat Petroleum Corp., Ltd.:

 

4.00%, 5/8/2025

    500,000        507,263   

4.63%, 10/25/2022

    600,000        647,280   

Bharti Airtel, Ltd.
4.38%, 6/10/2025

    3,700,000        3,877,704   

Export-Import Bank of India
3.13%, 7/20/2021

    700,000        710,166   

ONGC Videsh, Ltd.:

 

3.25%, 7/15/2019

    500,000        513,850   

3.75%, 5/7/2023

    3,800,000        3,880,225   

4.63%, 7/15/2024

    1,000,000        1,067,316   

Reliance Holding USA, Inc.
4.50%, 10/19/2020

    250,000        270,614   

Reliance Industries, Ltd.
5.88%, 1/1/1900

    3,500,000        3,556,700   

Vedanta Resources PLC:

 

6.00%, 1/31/2019

    500,000        426,875   

8.25%, 6/7/2021

    500,000        411,250   
   

 

 

 
    19,847,759   
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

ISRAEL — 0.4%

  

Delek & Avner Tamar Bond, Ltd.:

 

4.44%, 12/30/2020 (a)

  $ 3,000,000      $ 3,112,500   

5.41%, 12/30/2025 (a)

    2,000,000        2,070,000   

Israel Electric Corp., Ltd.:

 

5.63%, 6/21/2018

    3,800,000        4,024,200   

Series 6, 5.00%, 11/12/2024 (a)

    700,000        747,250   
   

 

 

 
    9,953,950   
   

 

 

 

JAMAICA — 0.1%

  

Digicel Group, Ltd.:

 

7.13%, 4/1/2022

    3,300,000        2,437,875   

8.25%, 9/30/2020

    1,700,000        1,419,500   
   

 

 

 
    3,857,375   
   

 

 

 

MALAYSIA — 0.2%

  

Axiata SPV2 Bhd Series 2,
3.47%, 11/19/2020

    1,900,000        1,980,005   

Petronas Global Sukuk, Ltd.
2.71%, 3/18/2020

    4,200,000        4,247,473   
   

 

 

 
    6,227,478   
   

 

 

 

MEXICO — 1.5%

  

Banco Mercantil del Norte SA
6.86%, 10/13/2021 (b)

    650,000        648,375   

Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior SNC:

 

4.38%, 10/14/2025 (a)

    1,200,000        1,252,320   

4.38%, 10/14/2025

    2,700,000        2,817,720   

Banco Santander Mexico SA
5.95%, 1/30/2024 (b)

    4,250,000        4,462,500   

Banco Santander Mexico SA Institucion de Banca Multiple Grupo Financiero Santand
4.13%, 11/9/2022

    1,400,000        1,438,500   

BBVA Bancomer SA:

 

5.35%, 11/12/2029 (b)

    980,000        967,750   

6.01%, 5/17/2022

    2,350,000        2,338,250   

6.50%, 3/10/2021

    2,496,000        2,739,360   

Comision Federal de Electricidad:

 

4.88%, 5/26/2021

    1,750,000        1,865,937   

4.88%, 1/15/2024

    2,000,000        2,092,500   

6.13%, 6/16/2045

    1,200,000        1,270,500   

Credito Real SAB de CV SOFOM ER
7.50%, 3/13/2019

    200,000        206,000   

Fermaca Enterprises S de RL de CV 6.38%, 3/30/2038

    2,610,657        2,597,604   

Grupo Elektra SAB de CV
7.25%, 8/6/2018

    900,000        888,750   

Grupo Idesa SA de CV
7.88%, 12/18/2020

    2,000,000        2,035,000   

Grupo Posadas SAB de CV
7.88%, 6/30/2022 (a)

    400,000        406,000   

Mexico Generadora de Energia S de RL 5.50%, 12/6/2032

    4,852,038        4,657,956   

Petroleos Mexicanos:

 

5.50%, 1/21/2021

    1,500,000        1,589,940   

6.38%, 1/23/2045

    2,000,000        2,007,762   

6.63%, 9/29/2049

    600,000        592,500   

Sixsigma Networks Mexico SA de CV 8.25%, 11/7/2021

  600,000      597,000   

TV Azteca SAB de CV:

 

7.50%, 5/25/2018

    600,000        400,500   

7.63%, 9/18/2020

    600,000        375,000   

Unifin Financiera SAB de CV
6.25%, 7/22/2019

    400,000        392,400   
   

 

 

 
    38,640,124   
   

 

 

 

NETHERLANDS — 0.2%

  

Ajecorp B.V.
6.50%, 5/14/2022

    150,000        60,375   

Mylan NV
3.15%, 6/15/2021 (a)

    1,360,000        1,380,609   

NXP B.V./NXP Funding LLC
4.13%, 6/1/2021 (a)

    900,000        918,000   

Shell International Finance B.V. 1.38%, 5/10/2019

    2,510,000        2,515,595   
   

 

 

 
    4,874,579   
   

 

 

 

NEW ZEALAND — 0.1%

  

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC/Reynolds Group Issuer Lu 5.13%, 7/15/2023 (a)

    1,335,000        1,351,688   
   

 

 

 

PANAMA — 0.5%

  

Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen SA:

 

5.63%, 5/18/2036 (a)

    1,700,000        1,700,000   

5.75%, 10/9/2023

    2,600,000        2,717,000   

ENA Norte Trust
4.95%, 4/25/2028

    2,770,209        2,818,687   

Global Bank Corp.:

 

4.75%, 10/5/2017

    1,000,000        1,014,000   

5.13%, 10/30/2019

    4,300,000        4,439,750   

5.13%, 10/30/2019 (a)

    200,000        206,500   
   

 

 

 
    12,895,937   
   

 

 

 

PARAGUAY — 0.2%

  

Banco Continental SAECA
8.88%, 10/15/2017

    2,000,000        2,030,000   

Banco Regional SAECA
8.13%, 1/24/2019

    550,000        576,813   

Telefonica Celular del Paraguay SA 6.75%, 12/13/2022

    1,500,000        1,507,500   
   

 

 

 
    4,114,313   
   

 

 

 

PERU — 0.8%

  

Abengoa Transmision Sur SA:

 

6.88%, 4/30/2043 (a)

    1,000,000        1,040,000   

6.88%, 4/30/2043

    2,200,000        2,288,000   

Banco Internacional del Peru SAA 6.63%, 3/19/2029 (b)

    2,000,000        2,122,500   

BBVA Banco Continental SA
5.25%, 9/22/2029 (b)

    225,000        232,987   

Cia Minera Ares SAC
7.75%, 1/23/2021

    1,000,000        1,038,750   

Corp. Azucarera del Peru SA
6.38%, 8/2/2022

    300,000        276,900   

Corp. Financiera de Desarrollo SA:

 

4.75%, 2/8/2022

    800,000        848,000   

5.25%, 7/15/2029 (b)

    500,000        512,500   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

Inkia Energy, Ltd.:

 

8.38%, 4/4/2021 (a)

  $ 200,000      $ 210,000   

8.38%, 4/4/2021

    500,000        525,000   

Intercorp Peru, Ltd.
5.88%, 2/12/2025

    600,000        598,500   

Lima Metro Line 2 Finance, Ltd. 5.88%, 7/5/2034

    1,000,000        1,048,500   

Minsur SA
6.25%, 2/7/2024

    2,000,000        2,030,000   

Peru Enhanced Pass-Through Finance, Ltd.
Zero Coupon, 6/2/2025

    1,600,000        1,251,824   

Southern Copper Corp.
5.88%, 4/23/2045

    4,000,000        3,765,000   

Union Andina de Cementos SAA 5.88%, 10/30/2021

    3,000,000        3,040,500   

Volcan Cia Minera SAA
5.38%, 2/2/2022

    1,800,000        1,611,000   
   

 

 

 
    22,439,961   
   

 

 

 

QATAR — 0.0% (c)

  

Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co., Ltd. II
5.30%, 9/30/2020

    428,940        458,254   
   

 

 

 

SINGAPORE — 0.6%

   

DBS Bank, Ltd. VRN,
3.63%, 9/21/2022 (b)

    4,000,000        4,088,964   

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd. 4.00%, 10/15/2024 (b)

    4,500,000        4,708,413   

United Overseas Bank, Ltd.:

 

3.50%, 9/16/2026 (b)

    1,200,000        1,223,046   

3.75%, 9/19/2024 (b)

    4,500,000        4,657,500   
   

 

 

 
    14,677,923   
   

 

 

 

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO — 0.2%

  

National Gas Co. of Trinidad & Tobango, Ltd.
6.05%, 1/15/2036

    3,900,000        4,036,500   
   

 

 

 

UNITED STATES — 6.4%

  

21st Century Fox America, Inc. 3.00%, 9/15/2022

    2,713,000        2,811,843   

AbbVie, Inc.
3.20%, 11/6/2022

    2,300,000        2,373,675   

Actavis Funding SCS
3.85%, 6/15/2024

    2,375,000        2,480,671   

Activision Blizzard, Inc.
5.63%, 9/15/2021 (a)

    1,318,000        1,374,015   

Air Medical Merger Sub Corp.
6.38%, 5/15/2023 (a)

    725,000        691,016   

Amazon.com, Inc.:

 

2.60%, 12/5/2019

    1,825,000        1,905,140   

3.80%, 12/5/2024

    485,000        543,013   

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
6.63%, 10/15/2022

    1,415,000        1,508,673   

American Express Credit Corp.
Series MTN,
1.80%, 7/31/2018

    2,350,000        2,372,083   

Anthem, Inc. 3.30%, 1/15/2023

    2,530,000        2,613,613   

Apache Corp.
4.75%, 4/15/2043

    670,000        678,532   

Apple, Inc.
4.38%, 5/13/2045

  2,280,000      2,456,192   

AT&T, Inc.:

 

3.40%, 5/15/2025

    1,990,000        2,029,680   

4.13%, 2/17/2026

    600,000        643,936   

Bank of America Corp.
2.00%, 1/11/2018

    2,933,000        2,952,770   

BB&T Corp.:

 

2.05%, 5/10/2021

    1,595,000        1,612,060   

Series MTN,
2.45%, 1/15/2020

    930,000        956,635   

Berry Plastics Corp.
5.50%, 5/15/2022

    1,325,000        1,358,125   

Boston Properties L.P.
3.65%, 2/1/2026

    2,225,000        2,361,746   

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.40%, 9/1/2024

    2,476,000        2,686,238   

Caterpillar, Inc.
3.40%, 5/15/2024

    2,408,000        2,591,478   

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.:

 

5.13%, 5/1/2023 (a)

    250,000        251,250   

5.25%, 9/30/2022

    1,350,000        1,382,130   

Centene Corp.:

 

4.75%, 5/15/2022

    325,000        331,500   

5.63%, 2/15/2021 (a)

    900,000        936,540   

Cequel Communications Holdings I LLC/Cequel Capital Corp.
6.38%, 9/15/2020 (a)

    1,355,000        1,375,189   

Chevron Corp.:

 

1.56%, 5/16/2019

    905,000        910,231   

1.79%, 11/16/2018

    496,000        501,993   

Cisco Systems, Inc.
2.95%, 2/28/2026

    2,320,000        2,471,808   

Citigroup, Inc.
3.40%, 5/1/2026

    2,735,000        2,796,012   

Comcast Corp.
4.40%, 8/15/2035

    2,078,000        2,333,761   

CommScope, Inc.
5.00%, 6/15/2021 (a)

    1,010,000        1,029,796   

CSC Holdings LLC
6.75%, 11/15/2021

    607,000        619,140   

Dollar Tree, Inc.
5.75%, 3/1/2023 (a)

    1,295,000        1,375,937   

Duke Energy Corp.
3.75%, 4/15/2024

    2,610,000        2,807,919   

Eli Lilly & Co.
3.70%, 3/1/2045

    2,585,000        2,732,011   

Energy Transfer Partners L.P.:

 

4.75%, 1/15/2026

    1,975,000        2,032,714   

5.20%, 2/1/2022

    1,075,000        1,112,625   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC 3.75%, 2/15/2025

    1,895,000        1,964,770   

Equinix, Inc.
5.38%, 4/1/2023

    1,565,000        1,611,950   

ESH Hospitality, Inc.
5.25%, 5/1/2025 (a)

    1,405,000        1,368,189   

First Data Corp.
5.75%, 1/15/2024 (a)

    1,350,000        1,328,906   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.:

 

3.88%, 3/15/2023

  $ 800,000      $ 698,000   

4.00%, 11/14/2021

    700,000        630,630   

5.45%, 3/15/2043

    300,000        240,750   

Frontier Communications Corp. 10.50%, 9/15/2022

    845,000        895,700   

Gates Global LLC/Gates Global Co.
6.00%, 7/15/2022 (a)

    866,000        764,245   

General Motors Financial Co., Inc.:

 

3.20%, 7/13/2020

    970,000        980,254   

4.20%, 3/1/2021

    1,295,000        1,351,462   

Georgia-Pacific LLC
3.60%, 3/1/2025 (a)

    2,388,000        2,554,133   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
2.88%, 2/25/2021

    2,575,000        2,640,517   

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
5.13%, 11/15/2023

    1,270,000        1,311,275   

HCA, Inc.
4.25%, 10/15/2019

    1,585,000        1,653,353   

HD Supply, Inc.
7.50%, 7/15/2020

    845,000        882,941   

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. 3.60%, 10/15/2020 (a)

    2,665,000        2,775,353   

Home Depot, Inc.:

 

3.00%, 4/1/2026

    1,677,000        1,781,884   

3.35%, 9/15/2025

    836,000        913,453   

Iron Mountain, Inc.
4.38%, 6/1/2021 (a)

    940,000        946,486   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
2.25%, 1/23/2020

    2,355,000        2,387,790   

Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
8.00%, 1/15/2020

    1,440,000        1,438,200   

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.
2.80%, 7/2/2020 (a)

    2,490,000        2,583,371   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings 3.60%, 2/1/2025

    2,500,000        2,592,263   

Lam Research Corp.:

 

2.80%, 6/15/2021

    112,000        114,906   

3.45%, 6/15/2023

    337,000        347,361   

Level 3 Communications, Inc.
5.75%, 12/1/2022

    1,346,000        1,362,825   

Levi Strauss & Co.
5.00%, 5/1/2025

    895,000        897,238   

LifePoint Health, Inc.
5.38%, 5/1/2024 (a)

    1,015,000        1,020,075   

Memorial Production Partners L.P./Memorial Production Finance Corp.
6.88%, 8/1/2022

    1,495,000        747,500   

MetLife, Inc.
3.60%, 4/10/2024

    2,675,000        2,811,219   

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership L.P./MGP Escrow Co-Issuer, Inc. 5.63%, 5/1/2024 (a)

    170,000        179,350   

Morgan Stanley:

 

2.50%, 4/21/2021

    1,015,000        1,024,402   

2.65%, 1/27/2020

    1,750,000        1,785,070   

MPLX L.P.
5.50%, 2/15/2023 (a)

    1,195,000        1,200,975   

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 2.30%, 11/1/2020

  2,310,000      2,374,738   

NCL Corp., Ltd.
5.25%, 11/15/2019 (a)

    1,330,000        1,343,300   

NRG Energy, Inc.
6.25%, 7/15/2022

    625,000        607,813   

Oracle Corp.:

 

2.25%, 10/8/2019

    2,250,000        2,317,807   

2.38%, 1/15/2019

    380,000        391,564   

Outfront Media Capital LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp.
5.25%, 2/15/2022

    1,570,000        1,593,550   

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC/Prime Finance, Inc.
9.25%, 5/15/2023 (a)

    865,000        916,900   

Quintiles Transnational Corp.
4.88%, 5/15/2023 (a)

    1,565,000        1,593,366   

Regal Entertainment Group
5.75%, 3/15/2022

    1,430,000        1,465,750   

Revlon Consumer Products Corp. 5.75%, 2/15/2021

    715,000        693,550   

Reynolds American, Inc.
4.00%, 6/12/2022

    2,490,000        2,703,088   

Sabre GLBL, Inc.
5.25%, 11/15/2023 (a)

    1,155,000        1,179,544   

Sally Holdings LLC/Sally Capital, Inc.
5.75%, 6/1/2022

    1,299,000        1,350,960   

SBA Communications Corp.
5.63%, 10/1/2019

    1,305,000        1,349,044   

Scientific Games International, Inc. 7.00%, 1/1/2022 (a)

    1,335,000        1,345,012   

Select Medical Corp.
6.38%, 6/1/2021

    1,515,000        1,440,197   

Signode Industrial Group Lux SA/Signode Industrial Group US, Inc.
6.38%, 5/1/2022 (a)

    630,000        601,650   

Simon Property Group L.P.
5.65%, 2/1/2020

    1,590,000        1,797,408   

Sinclair Television Group, Inc.
5.63%, 8/1/2024 (a)

    1,340,000        1,372,662   

Sirius XM Radio, Inc.
5.38%, 7/15/2026 (a)

    500,000        495,000   

Southern Co. 2.45%, 9/1/2018

    2,505,000        2,562,987   

Spectrum Brands, Inc.
6.63%, 11/15/2022

    862,000        913,720   

Station Casinos LLC
7.50%, 3/1/2021

    1,265,000        1,339,382   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
3.30%, 2/15/2022

    2,310,000        2,392,197   

TIAA Asset Management Finance Co. LLC
4.13%, 11/1/2024 (a)

    2,275,000        2,389,876   

Time Warner, Inc.
4.88%, 3/15/2020

    1,680,000        1,860,202   

TransDigm, Inc.
6.00%, 7/15/2022

    1,450,000        1,457,540   

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
6.00%, 2/15/2024 (a)

    275,000        291,500   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

Tribune Media Co.
5.88%, 7/15/2022

  $ 1,190,000      $ 1,184,050   

Tyson Foods, Inc.
3.95%, 8/15/2024

    2,430,000        2,621,881   

United Technologies Corp.
3.10%, 6/1/2022

    2,730,000        2,899,118   

Universal Health Services, Inc.
4.75%, 8/1/2022 (a)

    1,175,000        1,195,116   

Verizon Communications, Inc.
3.50%, 11/1/2024

    2,425,000        2,575,128   

Viking Cruises, Ltd.
8.50%, 10/15/2022 (a)

    1,095,000        933,487   

Waste Management, Inc.
3.13%, 3/1/2025

    1,955,000        2,048,087   

Wells Fargo & Co.:

 

3.00%, 4/22/2026

    1,410,000        1,433,485   

Series MTN,

3.55%, 9/29/2025

    1,450,000        1,541,118   
   

 

 

 
    168,360,263   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES

 

 

(Cost $428,494,467)

      437,306,902   
   

 

 

 

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS — 0.3%

  

COSTA RICA — 0.1%

  

Banco de Costa Rica
5.25%, 8/12/2018

    850,000        868,062   

Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
6.95%, 11/10/2021

    1,200,000        1,242,000   
   

 

 

 
    2,110,062   
   

 

 

 

MEXICO — 0.1%

  

Mexico Government International Bond
5.63%, 1/15/2017

    2,236,000        2,290,782   
   

 

 

 

PANAMA — 0.1%

  

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA:

 

3.25%, 5/7/2020 (a)

    1,500,000        1,507,500   

3.25%, 5/7/2020

    2,800,000        2,814,000   
   

 

 

 
    4,321,500   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $8,694,139)

      8,722,344   
   

 

 

 

SENIOR FLOATING RATE LOANS — 4.0%

  

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE — 0.1%

  

BE Aerospace, Inc. Senior Secured Term Loan B,
3.75%, 12/16/2021

    1,204,357        1,209,928   

TransDigm, Inc.:

 

Senior Secured Delayed Draw Term Loan F,
3.75%, 6/9/2023

    304,105        300,240   

Senior Secured Term Loan F, 3.75%, 6/9/2023

    337,895        333,600   
   

 

 

 
    1,843,768   
   

 

 

 

AUTO COMPONENTS — 0.0% (c)

  

Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan C,
4.75%, 4/15/2021

  330,761      308,124   
   

 

 

 

BEVERAGES — 0.0% (c)

  

Maple Holdings Acquisition Corp. Senior Secured Term Loan B, 5.25%, 3/3/2023

    575,000        576,437   
   

 

 

 

BUILDING PRODUCTS — 0.0% (c)

  

Jeld-Wen, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
4.75%, 7/1/2022

    1,177,521        1,176,785   
   

 

 

 

CAPITAL MARKETS — 0.0% (c)

  

Guggenheim Partners LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan,
4.25%, 7/22/2020

    1,005,872        1,005,716   
   

 

 

 

CHEMICALS — 0.2%

  

Avantor Performance Materials Holdings, Inc.
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.00%, 6/21/2022

    1,200,000        1,193,250   

Huntsman International, LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 4.25%, 4/1/2023

    1,172,200        1,174,761   

Klockner-Pentaplast of America, Inc. Senior Secured Term Loan,
5.00%, 4/28/2020

    829,289        832,055   

PolyOne Corporation
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 3.50%, 11/11/2022

    1,099,482        1,099,482   

PQ Corporation
Senior Secured Term Loan,
5.75%, 11/4/2022

    1,180,000        1,182,289   
   

 

 

 
    5,481,837   
   

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES — 0.3%

  

Allied Security Holdings LLC
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.25%, 2/12/2021

    1,151,262        1,148,384   

Asurion LLC:

 

Senior Secured Term Loan B1, 5.00%, 5/24/2019

    716,654        714,267   

Senior Secured Term Loan B4, 5.00%, 8/4/2022

    641,901        634,359   

Dealer Tire, LLC Senior Secured Term Loan B,
5.50%, 12/22/2021

    1,196,193        1,202,174   

KAR Auction Services, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B3, 4.25%, 3/9/2023

    1,180,130        1,185,535   

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.75%, 7/1/2021

    1,115,397        1,118,325   

USAGM HoldCo LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan,
4.75%, 7/28/2022

    1,218,875        1,179,262   
   

 

 

 
    7,182,306   
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING — 0.0%(c)

  

Summit Materials Cos., I LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 4.00%, 7/17/2022

  $ 1,180,836      $ 1,176,408   
   

 

 

 

CONTAINERS & PACKAGING — 0.2%

  

Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc. Senior Secured Incremental Term Loan,
4.00%, 12/17/2019

    1,177,139        1,177,139   

Berry Plastics Holding Corporation Senior Secured Term Loan H,
3.75%, 10/3/2022

    1,159,838        1,152,508   

KP Germany Erste GmbH Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 4/28/2020

    354,397        355,579   

Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc.
Senior Secured Dollar Term Loan,
4.50%, 12/1/2018

    1,209,671        1,211,425   
   

 

 

 
    3,896,651   
   

 

 

 

DIVERSIFIED CONSUMER SERVICES — 0.0% (c)

  

Nord Anglia Education Finance LLC Senior Secured Term Loan,
5.00%, 3/31/2021

    1,188,032        1,184,325   
   

 

 

 

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES — 0.1%

  

AlixPartners LLP
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.50%, 7/28/2022

    1,207,396        1,207,697   
   

 

 

 

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 0.1%

  

Level 3 Financing, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B2,
3.50%, 5/31/2022

    1,160,000        1,157,535   

Virgin Media Investment Holdings, Ltd.
Senior Secured Term Loan F,
3.65%, 6/30/2023

    1,155,000        1,128,556   
   

 

 

 
    2,286,091   
   

 

 

 

ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 0.1%

  

EFS Cogen Holdings I LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 1.00%, 6/22/2023

    946,000        949,548   

Southeast PowerGen LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.50%, 12/2/2021

    850,030        822,404   
   

 

 

 
    1,771,952   
   

 

 

 

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING — 0.1%

  

Albertsons LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B4,
4.50%, 8/25/2021

    1,212,831        1,213,377   
   

 

 

 

FOOD PRODUCTS — 0.3%

  

AdvancePierre Foods, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
4.75%, 6/2/2023

    1,214,000        1,212,482   

B&G Foods, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
3.75%, 11/2/2022

    1,202,015        1,206,522   

Candy Intermediate Holdings, Inc. Senior Secured Term Loan,
5.50%, 6/15/2023

    1,221,000        1,221,763   

CSM Bakery Solutions LLC
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.00%, 7/3/2020

  1,209,833      1,196,525   

Hostess Brands LLC
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 8/3/2022

    1,177,171        1,178,054   

Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC
Senior Secured Incremental Term Loan I, 3.75%, 1/13/2023

    1,164,586        1,171,784   
   

 

 

 
    7,187,130   
   

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES — 0.0% (c)

  

National Vision, Inc.
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.00%, 3/12/2021

    1,184,362        1,153,273   
   

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 0.4%

  

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B2, 4.50%, 2/16/2023

    1,199,549        1,190,301   

American Renal Holdings, Inc.
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.75%, 9/20/2019

    1,207,290        1,206,161   

CHG Healthcare Services, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 4.75%, 6/7/2023

    1,218,015        1,219,921   

Envision Healthcare Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan B2, 4.50%, 10/28/2022

    1,164,487        1,165,506   

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC Senior Secured Term Loan B, 5.00%, 6/7/2023

    1,210,000        1,214,840   

Surgery Center Holdings, Inc.
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.25%, 11/3/2020

    1,186,820        1,183,853   

U.S. Renal Care, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 5.25%, 12/31/2022

    1,195,075        1,195,081   

Vizient, Inc.
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.25%, 2/13/2023

    1,177,500        1,187,803   
   

 

 

 
    9,563,466   
   

 

 

 

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE — 0.3%

  

Burger King 1011778 B.C. Unlimited Liability Co.
Senior Secured Term Loan B2, 3.75%, 12/10/2021

    1,201,157        1,201,157   

Eldorado Resorts LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.25%, 7/23/2022

    1,200,999        1,205,503   

Four Seasons Holdings, Inc.
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.25%, 6/27/2020

    1,151,303        1,144,591   

LTF Merger Sub, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.25%, 6/10/2022

    1,199,523        1,172,533   

MGM Growth Prop. Operating Partnership L.P.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.00%, 4/25/2023

    1,146,128        1,150,070   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

Scientific Games International, Inc. Senior Secured Term Loan B2,
6.00%, 10/1/2021

  $ 1,169,412      $ 1,154,940   

Travelport Finance (Luxembourg) S.A.R.L.
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 5.75%, 9/2/2021

    20,000        19,919   

Yum! Brands Inc.
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan B, 3.19%, 6/16/2023

    1,210,000        1,213,025   
   

 

 

 
    8,261,738   
   

 

 

 

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES — 0.1%

  

Serta Simmons Holdings LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan,
4.25%, 10/1/2019

    1,185,000        1,185,492   

Spin Holdco, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.25%, 11/14/2019

    1,205,747        1,185,147   
   

 

 

 
    2,370,639   
   

 

 

 

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS — 0.1%

  

KIK Custom Products, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 6.00%, 8/26/2022

    1,132,283        1,118,736   

Samsonite International SA
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 4.00%, 5/12/2023

    1,306,000        1,313,999   
   

 

 

 
    2,432,735   
   

 

 

 

INSURANCE — 0.0% (c)

  

York Risk Services Holding Corp. Senior Secured Term Loan B, 4.75%, 10/1/2021

    1,022,762        905,145   
   

 

 

 

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES — 0.1%

  

Match Group Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B1, 5.50%, 11/16/2022

    1,206,250        1,214,796   
   

 

 

 

IT SERVICES — 0.1%

  

First Data Corp.
Senior Secured Extended Term Loan, 4.45%, 3/24/2021

    1,157,611        1,155,684   

Global Payments, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
3.96%, 4/22/2023

    1,208,000        1,217,664   
   

 

 

 
    2,373,348   
   

 

 

 

LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES — 0.0% (c)

  

Jaguar Holding Company II
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 4.25%, 8/18/2022

    1,156,636        1,147,238   
   

 

 

 

MACHINERY — 0.0% (c)

  

Filtration Group Corp.
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.25%, 11/21/2020

    1,162,858        1,158,131   
   

 

 

 

MEDIA — 0.4%

  

Charter Communications Operating LLC Senior Secured Term Loan I,
3.50%, 1/24/2023

    1,207,063        1,209,893   

Emerald Expositions Holding, Inc. Senior Secured Term Loan B, 4.75%, 6/17/2020

  1,061,291      1,059,635   

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B1, 3.50%, 8/16/2020

    1,172,274        1,174,472   

McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
5.00%, 5/4/2022

    857,000        857,214   

MGOC, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.00%, 7/31/2020

    1,181,508        1,182,247   

Neptune Finco Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 5.00%, 10/9/2022

    1,165,000        1,169,078   

Tribune Media Co.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
3.75%, 12/27/2020

    1,209,359        1,208,603   

Univision Communications, Inc. Senior Secured Term Loan C3, 4.00%, 3/1/2020

    1,185,814        1,180,134   

Yankee Cable Acquisition LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 4.25%, 3/1/2020

    494,044        494,352   
   

 

 

 
    9,535,628   
   

 

 

 

MULTILINE RETAIL — 0.1%

  

Dollar Tree, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B1, 3.50%, 7/6/2022

    1,205,936        1,207,943   
   

 

 

 

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 0.0% (c)

  

Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
4.00%, 12/2/2019

    356,000        344,939   
   

 

 

 

PERSONAL PRODUCTS — 0.1%

  

Galleria Co.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
3.75%, 1/26/2023

    1,180,000        1,180,732   

NBTY, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
5.00%, 5/5/2023

    1,151,000        1,144,013   
   

 

 

 
    2,324,745   
   

 

 

 

PHARMACEUTICALS — 0.0% (c)

  

Endo Luxembourg Finance Company I S.A.R.L. Senior Secured Term Loan B, 3.75%, 9/26/2022

    1,214,325        1,197,324   
   

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES — 0.0% (c)

  

TransUnion LLC Senior Secured Term Loan B2, 3.50%, 4/9/2021

    1,160,998        1,148,848   
   

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITS) — 0.0% (c)

  

Capital Automotive L.P. Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.00%, 4/10/2019

    1,198,627        1,202,199   
   

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT — 0.0% (c)

  

Americold Realty Operating Partnership, L.P. Senior Secured Term Loan B, 1.00%, 12/1/2022

    249,000        250,556   
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

ROAD & RAIL — 0.1%

  

Hertz Corp. Senior Secured Term Loan B, 1.00%, 6/30/2023

  $ 1,210,000      $ 1,210,756   

PODS LLC Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, 2/2/2022

    1,200,680        1,194,677   
   

 

 

 
    2,405,433   
   

 

 

 

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR
EQUIPMENT — 0.2%

   

Avago Technologies Cayman, Ltd. Senior Secured Term Loan B1, 4.25%, 2/1/2023

    1,207,113        1,210,040   

Microsemi Corp. Senior Secured Term Loan B, 3.75%, 1/15/2023

    967,894        967,492   

NXP B.V.
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 3.75%, 12/7/2020

    1,203,254        1,207,297   

ON Semiconductor Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 5.25%, 3/31/2023

    1,180,000        1,186,761   
   

 

 

 
    4,571,590   
   

 

 

 

SOFTWARE — 0.2%

  

Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc. Senior Secured Term Loan B, 1.00%, 6/7/2023

    844,000        835,560   

Cision US Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
7.00%, 6/16/2023

    1,000,000        955,940   

Mitchell International, Inc.
Senior Secured 2nd Lien Term Loan, 8.50%, 10/11/2021

    280,000        260,634   

SolarWinds Holdings, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
6.50%, 2/3/2023

    1,180,000        1,177,787   

Sophia L.P.
Senior Secured Term Loan B,
4.75%, 9/30/2022

    1,182,358        1,170,535   

Vertafore, Inc.
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 1.00%, 6/9/2023

    1,204,000        1,201,369   
   

 

 

 
    5,601,825   
   

 

 

 

SPECIALTY RETAIL — 0.1%

  

Michaels Stores, Inc.
Senior Secured Incremental Term Loan B2, 4.00%, 1/28/2020

    1,185,728        1,187,768   

Party City Holdings, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 4.25%, 8/19/2022

    1,177,547        1,171,659   
   

 

 

 
    2,359,427   
   

 

 

 

TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE &
PERIPHERALS — 0.1%

   

Dell, Inc.:

 

Senior Secured Term Loan B, 1.00%, 5/24/2023

    1,212,000        1,209,346   

Senior Secured Term Loan B2, 4.00%, 4/29/2020

    1,132,688        1,130,740   
   

 

 

 
    2,340,086   
   

 

 

 

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS — 0.1%

  

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 4.00%, 10/1/2022

  1,140,194      1,141,859   

Solenis International LP
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.25%, 7/31/2021

    494,716        490,389   

Univar, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan,
4.25%, 7/1/2022

    1,192,558        1,177,651   
   

 

 

 
    2,809,899   
   

 

 

 

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 0.0% (c)

  

T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 3.50%, 11/9/2022

    1,149,412        1,154,625   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SENIOR FLOATING RATE LOANS

  

 

(Cost $106,588,901)

      106,534,180   
   

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES — 17.0%

  

A10 Securitization LLC:

 

Series 2016-1, Class 2A3, CMO, 3.00%, 12/20/2030 (a) (b)

    4,486,800        4,591,608   

Series 2016-1, Class A1,
2.42%, 3/15/2035 (a)

    2,487,000        2,508,486   

Ajax Mortgage Loan Trust
Series 2015-B, Class A,
3.88%, 7/25/2060 (a) (d)

    7,461,391        7,385,831   

ALM, Ltd.
Series 2012-7A, Class A1,
2.05%, 10/19/2024 (a) (b)

    2,500,000        2,471,973   

Alternative Loan Trust:

 

Series 2005-79CB, Class A4, 5.50%, 1/25/2036

    12,601,472        10,369,783   

Series 2006-24CB, Class A9, 6.00%, 6/25/2036

    6,138,369        4,838,718   

Series 2007-11T1, Class A21, 6.00%, 5/25/2037

    2,460,598        1,890,013   

Series 2007-14T2, Class A1, CMO, 6.00%, 7/25/2037

    27,813,671        17,993,159   

Apidos CLO
Series 2013-16A,
Class B, ABS,
3.43%, 1/19/2025 (a) (b)

    1,250,000        1,231,258   

Atrium
Series 5A, Class A4,
1.03%, 7/20/2020 (a) (b)

    1,000,000        960,979   

AVANT Loans Funding Trust
Series 2015-A, Class A,
4.00%, 8/16/2021 (a)

    1,521,074        1,526,783   

BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust
Series 2015-200P, Class XA, IO,
0.50%, 4/14/2033 (a) (b)

    30,000,000        925,500   

BAMLL Re-REMIC Trust
Series 2011-07C1, Class A3B,
5.38%, 12/15/2016 (a)

    550,000        551,305   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust:

 

Series 2005-7, Class 2CB1,
6.00%, 8/25/2035

  $ 13,844,752      $ 13,183,040   

Series 2005-9, Class 1CB2, CMO,
5.50%, 10/25/2035

    8,176,827        7,351,336   

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust:

 

Series 2006-6, Class AM,
5.39%, 10/10/2045

    500,000        504,086   

Series 2015-UBS7, Class C,
4.51%, 9/15/2048 (b)

    945,000        930,487   

Banc of America Funding Trust:

 

Series 2005-5, Class 2A1,
5.50%, 9/25/2035

    1,930,513        2,005,653   

Series 2006-8T2, Class A4,
5.83%, 10/25/2036 (d)

    6,568,140        5,334,085   

Series 2007-5, Class CA1,
6.00%, 7/25/2037

    9,030,454        6,822,297   

Series 2010-R5, Class 1A3,
6.00%, 10/26/2037 (a)

    5,838,321        5,050,286   

BBCMS Trust
Series 2015-STP, Class D,
4.43%, 9/10/2028 (a) (b)

    1,750,000        1,759,343   

BCAP LLC Trust
Series 2012-RR1, Class 3A4,
5.81%, 10/26/2035 (a) (b)

    6,908,673        6,139,984   

Bear Stearns ALTA Trust
Series 2006-1, Class 21A2,
2.84%, 2/25/2036 (b)

    5,075,299        3,521,730   

BlueMountain CLO, Ltd.:

 

Series 2012-1A, Class A,
1.95%, 7/20/2023 (a) (b)

    2,500,000        2,478,520   

Series 2012-2A, Class A1,
2.06%, 11/20/2024 (a) (b)

    2,500,000        2,501,917   

Series 2013-4A, Class A,
2.13%, 4/15/2025 (a) (b)

    2,500,000        2,494,082   

Series 2015-1A, Class A2,
2.88%, 4/13/2027 (a) (b)

    1,800,000        1,765,768   

Series 2015-2A, Class D,
4.18%, 7/18/2027 (a) (b)

    750,000        696,656   

Series 2015-3A, Class A1,
2.11%, 10/20/2027 (a) (b)

    2,500,000        2,476,240   

Series 2015-3A, Class B,
3.73%, 10/20/2027 (a) (b)

    2,500,000        2,479,887   

Series 2015-3A, Class C,
4.18%, 10/20/2027 (a) (b)

    2,500,000        2,335,425   

BXHTL Mortgage Trust
Series 2015-JWRZ, Class A,
1.67%, 5/15/2029 (a) (b)

    1,500,000        1,494,934   

Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO, Ltd.
Series 2012-4A, Class A,
2.02%, 1/20/2025 (a) (b)

    2,500,000        2,496,240   

CD Mortgage Trust:

 

Series 2007-CD4, Class AMFX, 5.37%, 12/11/2049 (b)

    2,542,000        2,585,668   

Series 2007-CD5, Class AJA,
6.33%, 11/15/2044 (b)

    800,000        821,766   

CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust:

 

Series 2016-C3, Class XA, IO,
1.26%, 1/10/2048 (b)

  25,084,671      1,940,370   

Series 2016-C4, Class XA, IO,
1.94%, 5/10/2058 (b)

    19,947,176        2,490,704   

CGGS Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2016-RNDB, Class AFL,
2.09%, 2/15/2033 (a) (b)

    2,289,000        2,312,069   

CHL Mortgage PassThrough Trust:

 

Series 2005-HYB8, Class 4A1,
2.75%, 12/20/2035 (b)

    15,498,998        12,075,341   

Series 2005-J2, Class 3A14,
5.50%, 8/25/2035

    1,982,903        1,752,075   

Series 2007-12, Class A9, CMO,
5.75%, 8/25/2037

    6,819,098        5,908,145   

Series 2007-HY1, Class 1A1,
3.03%, 4/25/2037 (b)

    2,443,715        2,141,820   

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust:

 

Series 2007-C6, Class AMFX,
5.90%, 12/10/2049 (a) (b)

    750,000        755,624   

Series 2015-GC27, Class D,
4.58%, 2/10/2048 (a) (b)

    943,700        719,504   

Series 2015-GC31, Class C,
4.20%, 6/10/2048 (b)

    1,500,000        1,469,797   

Series 2015-GC33, Class C,
4.72%, 9/10/2058 (b)

    1,500,000        1,501,565   

Series 2015-GC35, Class C,
4.65%, 11/10/2048

    1,435,000        1,419,447   

Series 2016-GC36, Class XA, IO,
1.51%, 2/10/2049 (b)

    22,173,108        2,060,826   

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust:

 

Series 2007-AR5, Class 1A2A,
3.00%, 4/25/2037 (b)

    4,597,646        4,162,563   

Series 2009-7, Class 3A2,
6.00%, 7/25/2036 (a)

    6,129,910        3,956,020   

CitiMortgage Alternative Loan Trust:

 

Series 2006-A7, Class 1A8, CMO,
5.75%, 12/25/2036

    7,184,013        6,169,833   

Series 2007-A1, Class 1A7,
6.00%, 1/25/2037

    12,103,429        10,257,062   

COBALT CMBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2006-C1, Class AM, 5.25%, 8/15/2048

    2,180,000        2,181,271   

Colony Mortgage Capital, Ltd.
Series 2015-FL3, Class A,
2.41%, 9/5/2032 (a) (b)

    1,320,876        1,316,248   

COMM Mortgage Trust:

 

Series 2015-CR22, Class D,
4.26%, 3/10/2048 (a) (b)

    1,500,000        1,197,709   

Series 2015-CR22, Class XA, IO,
1.16%, 3/10/2048 (b)

    10,904,651        650,057   

Series 2015-CR23, Class D,
4.40%, 5/10/2048 (b)

    900,000        662,970   

Series 2015-CR26, Class B,
4.65%, 10/10/2048 (b)

    1,600,000        1,720,070   

Series 2015-CR26, Class XA, IO,
1.21%, 10/10/2048 (b)

    22,805,488        1,591,390   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

Series 2015-DC1, Class D,
4.50%, 2/10/2048 (a) (b)

  $ 750,000      $ 556,667   

Series 2015-DC1, Class XA, IO,
1.33%, 2/10/2048 (b)

    9,181,372        621,720   

Series 2015-LC19, Class D,
2.87%, 2/10/2048 (a)

    1,200,000        873,618   

Series 2015-LC21, Class C,
4.46%, 7/10/2048 (b)

    968,000        881,360   

Series 2016-CR28, Class C,
4.80%, 2/10/2049 (b)

    2,235,000        2,204,786   

Series 2016-DC2, Class C,
4.80%, 2/10/2049 (b)

    1,329,000        1,294,947   

Series 2016-DC2, Class XA, IO,
1.14%, 2/10/2049 (b)

    19,984,525        1,469,174   

Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2007-GG11, Class AJ,
6.24%, 12/10/2049 (b)

    3,000,000        3,013,728   

Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2007-MF1, Class A,
6.28%, 11/12/2043 (a) (b)

    857,908        878,199   

Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust:

 

Series 2007-C4, Class A1AM,
6.14%, 9/15/2039 (b)

    1,500,000        1,517,314   

Series 2007-C5, Class A4,
5.70%, 9/15/2040 (b)

    1,648,080        1,684,454   

CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust:

 

Series 2015-C2, Class AS,
3.85%, 6/15/2057

    900,000        967,923   

Series 2015-C4, Class XA, IO,
1.11%, 11/15/2048 (b)

    36,516,893        2,246,994   

CSMC MortgageBacked Trust:

 

Series 2006-7, Class 7A7,
6.00%, 8/25/2036

    4,219,467        3,828,602   

Series 2006-8, Class 4A1,
6.50%, 10/25/2021

    7,977,153        6,658,725   

CSMC Trust:

 

Series 2015-RPL1, Class A1, 3.63%, 2/25/2057 (a) (d)

    4,415,991        4,359,073   

Series 2015-SAND, Class D, 3.29%, 8/15/2030 (a) (b)

    1,550,000        1,491,973   

Galaxy CLO, Ltd.
Series 2013-15A, Class A,
1.88%, 4/15/2025 (a) (b)

    2,500,000        2,473,055   

GE Commercial Mortgage Corp. Trust Series 2007-C1, Class AM,
5.61%, 12/10/2049 (b)

    2,109,000        2,040,187   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II Series 2013-GC10, Class XA, IO, 1.75%, 2/10/2046 (b)

    15,492,826        1,217,620   

GS Mortgage Securities Trust:

 

Series 2014-GC20, Class XA, IO,
1.34%, 4/10/2047 (b)

    54,568,850        3,338,921   

Series 2014-GC24, Class XA, IO,
1.01%, 9/10/2047 (b)

    32,489,343        1,623,603   

Series 2015-GC32, Class B,
4.55%, 7/10/2048 (b)

    1,500,000        1,579,445   

Series 2015-GC32, Class XA, IO,
1.04%, 7/10/2048 (b)

  26,734,505      1,434,884   

Series 2015-GC34, Class XA, IO,
1.53%, 10/10/2048 (b)

    17,431,110        1,563,721   

Series 2015-GS1, Class XA, IO,
0.99%, 11/10/2048 (b)

    27,157,590        1,627,687   

Series 2016-ICE2, Class A,
2.37%, 2/15/2033 (a) (b)

    2,225,000        2,240,222   

GSAA Home Equity Trust
Series 2007-10, Class A2A,
6.50%, 11/25/2037

    3,434,895        2,454,077   

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust
Series 2007-3F, Class 2A1,
5.75%, 5/25/2037

    7,727,486        7,416,949   

IndyMac INDX Mortgage Loan Trust
Series 2006-R1, Class A3,
2.94%, 12/25/2035 (b)

    7,652,029        6,246,132   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust:

 

Series 2006-LDP9, Class AM, 5.37%, 5/15/2047

    1,465,000        1,460,529   

Series 2007-C1, Class AM,
6.19%, 2/15/2051 (b)

    2,108,000        2,141,336   

Series 2007-CB20, Class AJ,
6.28%, 2/12/2051 (b)

    1,500,000        1,492,755   

Series 2007-LD11, Class AM,
5.93%, 6/15/2049 (b)

    2,180,000        2,180,307   

Series 2007-LD12, Class AM,
6.20%, 2/15/2051 (b)

    800,000        821,318   

Series 2008-C2, Class A4,
6.07%, 2/12/2051

    1,907,890        1,979,024   

Series 2012-C8, Class B,
3.98%, 10/15/2045 (a) (b)

    1,775,000        1,887,220   

Series 2015-CSMO, Class C,
2.69%, 1/15/2032 (a) (b)

    1,500,000        1,488,707   

Series 2015-JP1, Class XA,
1.31%, 1/15/2049 (b)

    23,251,191        1,568,437   

JP Morgan Mortgage Trust:

 

Series 2006-A3, Class 1A1,
2.83%, 5/25/2036 (b)

    12,724,912        11,587,233   

Series 2007-S3, Class 1A35,
6.00%, 8/25/2037

    16,925,070        14,644,263   

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust:

 

Series 2014-C25, Class XA, IO,
1.15%, 11/15/2047 (b)

    6,443,862        370,725   

Series 2014-C26, Class C,
4.57%, 1/15/2048 (b)

    1,500,000        1,479,255   

Series 2015-C27, Class XA, IO,
1.52%, 2/15/2048 (b)

    7,901,087        593,033   

Series 2015-C28, Class XA, IO,
1.34%, 10/15/2048 (b)

    11,925,133        791,983   

Series 2015-C30, Class XA, IO,
0.86%, 7/15/2048 (b)

    31,004,113        1,222,895   

Series 2015-C32, Class C,
4.82%, 11/15/2048 (b)

    1,300,000        1,212,803   

Series 2015-C33, Class C,
4.77%, 12/15/2048 (b)

    1,739,000        1,699,514   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

Series 2016-C1, Class C,
4.91%, 3/15/2049 (b)

  $ 2,180,000      $ 2,178,683   

JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust
Series 2016-C2, Class XA, IO,
1.87%, 6/15/2049 (b)

    22,119,643        2,471,689   

LB Commercial Mortgage Trust:

 

Series 2007-C3, Class AMB,
5.19%, 7/15/2044

    1,084,000        1,114,119   

Series 2007-C3, Class AMFL,
6.12%, 7/15/2044 (a) (b)

    990,000        1,023,088   

LBUBS Commercial Mortgage Trust:

 

Series 2007-C1, Class AJ,
5.48%, 2/15/2040

    3,000,000        3,016,465   

Series 2007-C2, Class AM,
5.49%, 2/15/2040 (b)

    1,110,000        1,125,897   

Series 2007-C7, Class AJ,
6.45%, 9/15/2045 (b)

    1,615,000        1,615,523   

LCM L.P. Series 16A, Class A, 2.13%, 7/15/2026 (a) (b)

    2,500,000        2,494,590   

Limerock CLO
Series 2007-1A, Class B,
1.27%, 4/24/2023 (a) (b)

    500,000        473,346   

Madison Park Funding, Ltd.:

 

Series 2014-14A, Class D,
4.23%, 7/20/2026 (a) (b)

    1,250,000        1,152,716   

Series 2015-16A, Class B,
3.63%, 4/20/2026 (a) (b)

    2,500,000        2,486,025   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust
Series 2006-AF2, Class AF2,
6.25%, 10/25/2036

    3,665,080        3,013,753   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust:

 

Series 2006-C1, Class AJ,
5.74%, 5/12/2039 (b)

    1,294,044        1,286,425   

Series 2007-C1, Class AM,
6.02%, 6/12/2050 (b)

    2,180,000        2,142,491   

ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2007-7, Class A4,
5.81%, 6/12/2050 (b)

    2,174,637        2,238,273   

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust:

 

Series 2013-C12, Class XA, IO,
1.11%, 10/15/2046 (b)

    19,230,162        732,135   

Series 2013-C7, Class XA, IO,
1.76%, 2/15/2046 (b)

    18,403,525        1,231,941   

Series 2015-C20, Class A4,
3.25%, 2/15/2048

    355,000        374,584   

Series 2015-C20, Class C,
4.61%, 2/15/2048 (b)

    500,000        479,366   

Series 2015-C25, Class C,
4.68%, 10/15/2048 (b)

    1,700,000        1,676,441   

Series 2015-C27, Class C,
4.69%, 12/15/2047 (b)

    1,219,000        1,188,883   

Series 2015-C27, Class D,
3.24%, 12/15/2047 (a) (b)

    1,750,000        1,113,711   

Series 2016-C28, Class XA, IO,
1.45%, 1/15/2049 (b)

  24,276,871      2,112,520   

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust:

 

Series 2007-IQ14, Class A4,
5.69%, 4/15/2049 (b)

    1,616,210        1,646,560   

Series 2015-UBS8, Class XA, IO,
1.14%, 12/15/2048 (b)

    26,297,314        1,804,493   

Series 2015-XLF1, Class D,
3.44%, 8/14/2031 (a) (b)

    750,000        742,282   

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust
Series 2005-3AR, Class 2A1,
2.88%, 7/25/2035 (b)

    9,690,037        8,093,151   

OZLM, Ltd.
Series 2014-6A, Class A2A,
2.78%, 4/17/2026 (a) (b)

    2,500,000        2,444,625   

Race Point CLO, Ltd.
Series 2012-7A, Class A,
2.05%, 11/8/2024 (a) (b)

    2,500,000        2,490,245   

RALI Trust
Series 2004-QS7, Class A4,
5.50%, 5/25/2034

    2,066,954        2,098,098   

Residential Asset Securitization Trust
Series 2005-A13, Class 1A7,
5.50%, 10/25/2035

    3,538,199        3,231,362   

Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust:

 

Series 2005-21, Class 1A,
3.01%, 11/25/2035 (b)

    3,125,623        2,467,639   

Series 2006-8, Class 4A3,
4.83%, 9/25/2036 (b)

    2,368,261        2,059,652   

Structured Asset Securities Corp.
Mortgage Loan Trust
Series 2006-BC4, Class A4,
0.62%, 12/25/2036 (b)

    3,665,301        3,134,471   

Towd Point Mortgage Trust
Series 2015-1, Class AE,
3.00%, 10/25/2053 (a)

    3,128,589        3,148,721   

Venture CLO, Ltd.
Series 2014-17A, Class B2,
2.73%, 7/15/2026 (a) (b)

    2,500,000        2,423,823   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust:

 

Series 2006-C24, Class AJ,
5.66%, 3/15/2045 (b)

    183,577        183,364   

Series 2006-C28, Class AJ,
5.63%, 10/15/2048 (b)

    1,500,000        1,496,917   

Series 2007-C33, Class AJ,
6.15%, 2/15/2051 (b)

    1,600,000        1,586,773   

Series 2007-C33, Class AM,
6.15%, 2/15/2051 (b)

    1,550,000        1,596,086   

Series 2007-C34, Class A3,
5.68%, 5/15/2046

    707,202        728,245   

Washington Mutual Mortgage PassThrough Certificates WMALT Trust:

 

Series 2005-8, Class 2CB1,
5.50%, 10/25/2035

    3,464,707        3,393,413   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

Series 2006-5, Class 3A2,
6.00%, 7/25/2036 (d)

  $ 3,643,929      $ 1,650,774   

Waterfall Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2015-SBC5, Class A,
4.10%, 9/14/2022 (a) (b)

    14,940,052        14,361,245   

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust:

 

Series 2014-LC16, Class D,
3.94%, 8/15/2050 (a)

    920,000        721,803   

Series 2015-C26, Class D,
3.59%, 2/15/2048 (a)

    900,000        623,846   

Series 2015-C26,
Class XA, IO,
1.54%, 2/15/2048 (b)

    9,317,601        748,054   

Series 2015-C27, Class C,
3.89%, 2/15/2048

    750,000        692,547   

Series 2015-C28, Class C,
4.27%, 5/15/2048 (b)

    1,500,000        1,408,853   

Series 2015-LC20, Class XA, IO,
1.55%, 4/15/2050 (b)

    7,932,647        640,903   

Series 2015-NXS1, Class XA, IO,
1.34%, 5/15/2048 (b)

    9,910,559        710,704   

Series 2015-NXS2, Class XA, IO,
0.94%, 7/15/2058 (b)

    29,816,585        1,443,379   

Series 2015-NXS3, Class C,
4.64%, 9/15/2057 (b)

    1,600,000        1,533,992   

Series 2015-P2, Class A4,
3.81%, 12/15/2048

    1,568,000        1,724,635   

Series 2015-P2, Class XA, IO,
1.17%, 12/15/2048 (b)

    22,148,517        1,524,257   

Series 2016-C32, Class C,
4.88%, 1/15/2059 (b)

    1,581,000        1,600,970   

Series 2016-C33, Class XA, IO,
1.98%, 3/15/2059 (b)

    15,623,084        1,862,873   

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust
Series 2007-AR4, Class A1, CMO, 2.86%, 8/25/2037 (b)

    11,788,117        10,667,377   

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust:

 

Series 2014-C19, Class XA, IO,
1.42%, 3/15/2047 (b)

    10,571,945        663,979   

Series 2014-C21, Class XA, IO,
1.32%, 8/15/2047 (b)

    19,620,166        1,272,395   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost $461,856,407)

      448,679,573   
   

 

 

 

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 0.3%

  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2007-C6, Class AM,
5.90%, 12/10/2049 (b)

    800,000        802,850   

COMM Mortgage Trust
Series 2013-CR12, Class XA, IO,
1.54%, 10/10/2046 (b)

    33,994,841        2,258,345   

Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2007-GG11, Class AM,
5.87%, 12/10/2049 (b)

    225,000        232,752   

Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2008-C1, Class AM,
6.27%, 2/15/2041 (a) (b)

  1,700,000      1,774,356   

GS Mortgage Securities Trust
Series 2007-GG10, Class A4,
5.99%, 8/10/2045 (b)

    1,524,694        1,562,181   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2007-C30, Class AM,
5.38%, 12/15/2043

    1,750,000        1,780,244   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (Cost $8,654,310)

      8,410,728   
   

 

 

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS — 41.3%

  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.:

 

3.00%, 6/15/2044

    13,969,663        14,428,305   

3.00%, 1/1/2045

    3,849,294        3,991,354   

3.00%, 2/1/2045

    2,674,770        2,773,484   

3.00%, 3/1/2045

    2,750,684        2,852,199   

3.00%, 4/1/2045

    18,568,636        19,253,919   

3.00%, 5/1/2045

    9,350,640        9,695,729   

3.00%, 7/1/2045

    4,744,546        4,919,646   

3.00%, 8/1/2045

    24,773,344        25,687,614   

3.00%, 10/1/2045

    15,997,292        16,587,679   

3.00%, 12/1/2045

    30,995,409        32,139,307   

3.00%, 12/1/2045

    38,811,792        40,244,157   

3.00%, 1/1/2046

    21,484,456        22,277,348   

3.50%, 2/1/2045

    5,287,805        5,576,803   

3.50%, 4/1/2045

    9,176,785        9,678,330   

3.50%, 4/1/2045

    7,345,857        7,747,336   

3.50%, 4/1/2045

    24,969,567        26,334,246   

3.50%, 6/1/2045

    16,664,933        17,575,733   

3.50%, 10/1/2045

    19,533,406        20,600,979   

3.50%, 2/1/2046

    24,499,196        25,848,908   

4.50%, 6/1/2044

    3,530,299        3,849,288   

IO, 5.56%, 5/15/2041 (b)

    21,231,885        3,876,335   

Series 3822, Class ZG,
4.00%, 2/15/2041

    3,391,430        3,901,976   

Series 3889, Class VZ,
4.00%, 7/15/2041

    18,392,161        19,908,130   

Series 3935, Class SJ, IO,
6.21%, 5/15/2041 (b)

    5,078,147        717,874   

Series 4165, Class ZT,
3.00%, 2/15/2043

    14,800,496        14,756,653   

Series 4215, Class KC,
2.25%, 3/15/2038

    26,196,777        26,765,171   

Series 4364, Class ZX, CMO, REMIC, 4.00%, 7/15/2044

    36,749,493        42,120,741   

Series 4434, Class LZ,
3.00%, 2/15/2045

    3,122,276        3,125,029   

Series 4444, Class CZ,
3.00%, 2/15/2045

    11,448,347        11,348,808   

Series 4447, Class A,
3.00%, 6/15/2041

    2,908,701        3,046,827   

Series 4447, Class Z,
3.00%, 3/15/2045

    3,778,680        3,908,320   

Series 4471, Class BA,
3.00%, 12/15/2041

    9,194,949        9,660,208   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

Series 4471, Class GA,
3.00%, 2/15/2044

  $ 13,315,498      $ 13,863,027   

Series 4474, Class ZX, CMO, REMIC, 4.00%, 4/15/2045

    10,806,938        12,339,264   

Series 4481, Class B,
3.00%, 12/15/2042

    9,266,554        9,601,412   

Series 4483, Class CA,
3.00%, 6/15/2044

    17,740,676        18,677,379   

Series 4491, Class B,
3.00%, 8/15/2040

    18,686,648        19,345,237   

Series 4492, Class GZ,
3.50%, 7/15/2045

    7,845,955        8,375,280   

Series 4499, Class AB,
3.00%, 6/15/2042

    18,661,115        19,326,655   

Series 4503, Class AB, CMO, REMIC, 3.00%, 11/15/2040

    12,820,637        13,254,278   

Series 4504, Class CA,
3.00%, 4/15/2044

    20,250,999        21,332,471   

Series 4511, Class QA,
3.00%, 1/15/2041

    18,810,939        19,527,577   

Series 4511, Class QC,
3.00%, 12/15/2040

    14,037,505        14,600,946   

Series 4543, Class HG,
2.70%, 4/15/2044

    23,854,059        24,488,611   

Series 4582, Class HA,
3.00%, 9/15/2045

    19,826,371        20,736,732   

Series K053, Class A2,
3.00%, 12/25/2025

    2,232,000        2,395,405   

Federal National Mortgage Association:

 

3.00%, 11/1/2030

    26,582,689        27,884,166   

3.00%, 10/1/2034

    5,900,991        6,187,026   

3.00%, 4/1/2035

    4,555,628        4,777,604   

3.00%, 4/1/2035

    5,258,115        5,514,320   

3.00%, 5/1/2035

    2,628,572        2,756,650   

3.00%, 5/1/2035

    2,704,897        2,836,694   

3.00%, 6/1/2036

    19,922,397        20,899,993   

3.00%, 4/1/2040

    21,634,876        22,457,116   

3.00%, 1/1/2045

    3,415,964        3,503,448   

3.00%, 2/1/2045

    3,674,575        3,770,112   

3.00%, 3/1/2045

    3,707,270        3,848,166   

3.00%, 4/1/2045

    16,206,739        16,628,336   

3.00%, 7/1/2045

    14,503,197        14,886,001   

3.00%, 7/1/2046

    49,000,000        50,305,679   

3.50%, 9/1/2034

    4,379,772        4,659,777   

3.50%, 12/1/2034

    3,888,926        4,137,551   

3.50%, 2/1/2035

    2,495,667        2,656,222   

3.50%, 1/1/2045

    17,071,203        18,009,142   

3.50%, 2/1/2045

    8,224,635        8,679,803   

3.50%, 6/1/2045

    17,261,609        18,216,904   

4.50%, 3/1/2044

    1,909,002        2,083,058   

4.50%, 3/1/2044

    3,111,469        3,395,162   

4.50%, 6/1/2044

    2,819,892        3,077,000   

4.50%, 7/1/2044

    2,974,540        3,245,748   

4.50%, 2/1/2045

    3,302,748        3,603,881   

Series 2010-109, Class N,
3.00%, 10/25/2040

    5,316,566        5,559,982   

Series 2011-51, Class CI,
CMO, IO, REMIC,
5.55%, 6/25/2041 (b)

    15,663,879        2,488,271   

Series 2012-127, Class PA,
2.75%, 11/25/2042

  5,831,783      5,985,059   

Series 2012-151, Class SB,
5.32%, 1/25/2043 (b)

    1,546,036        1,503,984   

Series 2013-114, Class HZ, CMO, REMIC, 3.00%, 11/25/2038

    15,459,130        15,645,989   

Series 2013-30, Class PS,
5.32%, 4/25/2043 (b)

    1,718,187        1,699,775   

Series 2014-21, Class GZ,
3.00%, 4/25/2044

    5,908,411        5,847,186   

Series 2014-39, Class ZA, CMO, REMIC, 3.00%, 7/25/2044

    8,494,056        8,583,083   

Series 2015-42, Class CA,
3.00%, 3/25/2044

    10,631,836        11,132,501   

Series 2015-9, Class HA,
3.00%, 1/25/2045

    19,666,256        20,645,040   

Series 2015-95, Class AP, CMO, REMIC, 3.00%, 8/25/2042

    28,103,105        29,247,589   

Series 2016-21, Class BZ, CMO, REMIC, 3.00%, 4/25/2046

    4,363,802        4,384,127   

Series 2016-32, Class LA, CMO, REMIC, 3.00%, 10/25/2044

    19,782,679        20,781,275   

Series 2016-M3, Class A2,
2.70%, 2/25/2026

    2,150,000        2,248,234   

Government National Mortgage Association:

   

Series 2013-169, Class SE, IO, 5.61%, 11/16/2043 (b)

    5,132,328        769,005   

Series 2013-34, Class PL,
3.00%, 3/20/2042

    17,510,032        18,136,758   

Series 2014-43, Class PS, IO, 5.73%, 7/20/2042 (b)

    15,050,376        1,970,365   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $1,064,071,732)

      1,087,710,492   
   

 

 

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 8.8%

  

 

Treasury Bond
3.13%, 2/15/2043

    27,200,000        32,003,247   

Treasury Notes:

   

0.88%, 6/15/2017

    24,200,000        24,285,911   

1.38%, 4/30/2020

    68,400,000        69,694,811   

1.75%, 3/31/2022

    40,500,000        41,847,436   

2.00%, 2/15/2025

    60,200,000        62,959,568   

TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS

  

 

(Cost $223,655,281)

      230,790,973   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 13.4%

  

 

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class 0.47% (e) (f)
(Cost $351,792,987)

    351,792,987        351,792,987   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 103.2%
(Cost $2,692,877,577)

      2,719,327,102   

LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF
OTHER ASSETS — (3.2)%

      (83,254,125
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 2,636,072,977   
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

 

(a) Securities purchased pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities, which represent 8.7% of net assets as of June 30, 2016, are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
(b) Variable Rate Security — Interest rate shown is rate in effect at June 30, 2016.
(c) Amount is less than 0.05% of net assets.
(d) Step-up bond — Coupon rate increases in increments to maturity. Rate shown as of June 30, 2016. Maturity date shown is the final maturity.
(e) The Fund invested in certain money market funds managed by SSGA Funds Management, Inc. Amounts related to these transactions during the year ended June 30, 2016 are shown in the Affiliate Table below.
(f) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at June 30, 2016.

CMO Collateralized Mortgage Obligation

IO Interest Only

MTN Medium Term Note

REMIC Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit

 

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments accordingly to the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2016.

 

Description

   Level 1 —
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2 —
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 —
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total  

ASSETS:

           

INVESTMENTS:

           

Asset-Backed Securities

   $       $ 39,378,923       $       $ 39,378,923   

Corporate Bonds & Notes

           

Australia

             2,647,129                 2,647,129   

Barbados

             1,056,000                 1,056,000   

Belgium

             2,622,006                 2,622,006   

Bermuda

             471,394                 471,394   

Brazil

             12,770,690                 12,770,690   

Canada

             7,064,744                 7,064,744   

Cayman Islands

             543,819                 543,819   

Chile

             29,624,793                 29,624,793   

China

             5,085,749                 5,085,749   

Colombia

             41,824,925                 41,824,925   

Costa Rica

             3,809,100                 3,809,100   

Dominican Republic

             5,189,000                 5,189,000   

Guatemala

             9,219,883                 9,219,883   

Hong Kong

             3,641,566                 3,641,566   

India

             19,847,759                 19,847,759   

Israel

             9,953,950                 9,953,950   

Jamaica

             3,857,375                 3,857,375   

Malaysia

             6,227,478                 6,227,478   

Mexico

             38,640,124                 38,640,124   

Netherlands

             4,874,579                 4,874,579   

New Zealand

             1,351,688                 1,351,688   

Panama

             12,895,937                 12,895,937   

Paraguay

             4,114,313                 4,114,313   

Peru

             22,439,961                 22,439,961   

Qatar

             458,254                 458,254   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Description

   Level 1 —
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2 —
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 —
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total  

Singapore

   $       $ 14,677,923       $       $ 14,677,923   

Trinidad And Tobago

             4,036,500                 4,036,500   

United States

             168,360,263                 168,360,263   

Foreign Government Obligations

           

Costa Rica

             2,110,062                 2,110,062   

Mexico

             2,290,782                 2,290,782   

Panama

             4,321,500                 4,321,500   

Senior Floating Rate Loans

           

Aerospace & Defense

             1,843,768                 1,843,768   

Auto Components

             308,124                 308,124   

Beverages

             576,437                 576,437   

Building Products

             1,176,785                 1,176,785   

Capital Markets

             1,005,716                 1,005,716   

Chemicals

             5,481,837                 5,481,837   

Commercial Services & Supplies

             7,182,306                 7,182,306   

Construction & Engineering

             1,176,408                 1,176,408   

Containers & Packaging

             3,896,651                 3,896,651   

Diversified Consumer Services

             1,184,325                 1,184,325   

Diversified Financial Services

             1,207,697                 1,207,697   

Diversified Telecommunication Services

             2,286,091                 2,286,091   

Electric Utilities

             1,771,952                 1,771,952   

Food & Staples Retailing

             1,213,377                 1,213,377   

Food Products

             7,187,130                 7,187,130   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

             1,153,273                 1,153,273   

Health Care Providers & Services

             9,563,466                 9,563,466   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

             8,261,738                 8,261,738   

Household Durables

             2,370,639                 2,370,639   

Household Products

             2,432,735                 2,432,735   

Insurance

             905,145                 905,145   

Internet Software & Services

             1,214,796                 1,214,796   

IT Services

             2,373,348                 2,373,348   

Life Sciences Tools & Services

             1,147,238                 1,147,238   

Machinery

             1,158,131                 1,158,131   

Media

             9,535,628                 9,535,628   

Multiline Retail

             1,207,943                 1,207,943   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

             344,939                 344,939   

Personal Products

             2,324,745                 2,324,745   

Pharmaceuticals

             1,197,324                 1,197,324   

Professional Services

             1,148,848                 1,148,848   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

             1,202,199                 1,202,199   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Description

   Level 1 —
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2 —
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 —
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total  

Real Estate Management & Development

   $       $ 250,556       $       $ 250,556   

Road & Rail

             2,405,433                 2,405,433   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

             4,571,590                 4,571,590   

Software

             5,601,825                 5,601,825   

Specialty Retail

             2,359,427                 2,359,427   

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

             2,340,086                 2,340,086   

Trading Companies & Distributors

             2,809,899                 2,809,899   

Wireless Telecommunication Services

             1,154,625                 1,154,625   

Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities

             448,679,573                 448,679,573   

Mortgage-Backed Securities

             8,410,728                 8,410,728   

U.S. Government Agency Obligations

             1,087,710,492                 1,087,710,492   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

             230,790,973                 230,790,973   

Short-Term Investment

     351,792,987                         351,792,987   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

   $ 351,792,987       $ 2,367,534,115       $       $ 2,719,327,102   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Affiliate Table

 

    Number of
Shares Held
at 6/30/15
    Value At
6/30/15
    Shares     Number of
Shares Held
at 6/30/16
    Value at
6/30/16
    Dividend
Income
    Realized
Gain (Loss)
 
        Purchased     Sold          

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class

    152,859,462      $ 152,859,462        1,649,219,723        1,450,286,198        351,792,987      $ 351,792,987      $ 648,464      $   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SSGA MFS SYSTEMATIC CORE EQUITY PORTFOLIO

 

SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF is a feeder fund that invests substantially all of its investable assets in a master fund, the SSGA MFS Systematic Core Equity Portfolio. The schedule of investments for the SSGA MFS Systematic Core Equity Portfolio follows.

 

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Security Description

 

Shares

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS — 98.7%

   

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE — 4.0%

   

General Dynamics Corp.

    340      $ 47,342   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    845        187,826   
   

 

 

 
      235,168   
   

 

 

 

BANKS — 6.2%

   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    3,841        238,680   

Wells Fargo & Co.

    2,555        120,928   
   

 

 

 
      359,608   
   

 

 

 

BIOTECHNOLOGY — 4.7%

   

Amgen, Inc.

    615        93,572   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    2,199        183,441   
   

 

 

 
      277,013   
   

 

 

 

CHEMICALS — 2.7%

   

LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A

    2,082        154,942   
   

 

 

 

CONSUMER FINANCE — 1.1%

   

Discover Financial Services

    1,212        64,951   
   

 

 

 

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 3.7%

  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    3,867        215,933   
   

 

 

 

ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 3.3%

   

Exelon Corp.

    5,310        193,071   
   

 

 

 

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING — 1.1%

  

Kroger Co.

    1,699        62,506   
   

 

 

 

FOOD PRODUCTS — 5.4%

   

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    2,725        116,875   

Mondelez International, Inc. Class A

    930        42,324   

Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A

    2,354        157,224   
   

 

 

 
      316,423   
   

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 4.1%

  

Aetna, Inc.

    616        75,232   

Anthem, Inc.

    751        98,637   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    471        66,505   
   

 

 

 
      240,374   
   

 

 

 

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE — 4.2%

  

Carnival Corp.

    1,149        50,786   

McDonald’s Corp.

    491        59,087   

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.

    2,028        136,180   
   

 

 

 
      246,053   
   

 

 

 

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS — 1.0%

   

Procter & Gamble Co.

    697        59,015   
   

 

 

 

INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS &
ENERGY TRADERS — 2.0%

   

AES Corp.

    9,280        115,814   
   

 

 

 

INSURANCE — 5.9%

   

MetLife, Inc.

    4,108        163,622   

Security Description

    Shares        Value   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    2,539        181,132   
   

 

 

 
      344,754   
   

 

 

 

INTERNET & CATALOG RETAIL — 7.4%

  

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

    402        287,679   

Priceline Group, Inc. (a)

    118        147,313   
   

 

 

 
      434,992   
   

 

 

 

MEDIA — 2.2%

   

Charter Communications, Inc. Class A (a)

    289      66,077   

Comcast Corp. Class A

    946        61,670   
   

 

 

 
      127,747   
   

 

 

 

MULTILINE RETAIL — 0.7%

   

Target Corp.

    605        42,241   
   

 

 

 

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 5.3%

  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    1,674        156,921   

Valero Energy Corp.

    3,011        153,561   
   

 

 

 
      310,482   
   

 

 

 

PHARMACEUTICALS — 8.4%

   

Eli Lilly & Co.

    1,605        126,394   

Johnson & Johnson

    1,756        213,003   

Merck & Co., Inc.

    2,597        149,613   
   

 

 

 
      489,010   
   

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITS) — 2.8%

  

Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT

    1,743        161,297   
   

 

 

 

SOFTWARE — 5.6%

   

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    2,698        106,922   

Oracle Corp.

    2,387        97,700   

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

    3,208        121,647   
   

 

 

 
      326,269   
   

 

 

 

SPECIALTY RETAIL — 4.5%

   

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    5,169        158,171   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

    386        104,645   
   

 

 

 
      262,816   
   

 

 

 

TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE &
PERIPHERALS — 6.4%

   

Apple, Inc.

    1,925        184,030   

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    7,724        141,118   

HP, Inc.

    3,817        47,903   
   

 

 

 
      373,051   
   

 

 

 

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS — 1.8%

  

Michael Kors Holdings, Ltd. (a)

    2,145        106,135   
   

 

 

 

TOBACCO — 4.2%

   

Altria Group, Inc.

    1,205        83,097   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    1,567        159,395   
   

 

 

 
      242,492   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $5,769,415)

      5,762,157   
   

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 1.2%

   

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class 0.47% (b) (c)
(Cost $70,177)

    70,177        70,177   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.9% (Cost $5,839,592)

      5,832,334   

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES — 0.1%

      4,829   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 5,837,163   
   

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) The Fund invested in certain money market funds managed by SSGA Funds Management, Inc. Amounts related to these transactions during the year ended June 30, 2016 are shown in the Affiliate Table below.
(c) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at June 30, 2016.

 

REIT Real Estate Investment Trust

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments accordingly to the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2016.

 

Description

   Level 1 —
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2 —
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 —
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total  

ASSETS:

           

INVESTMENTS:

           

Common Stocks

           

Aerospace & Defense

   $ 235,168       $       $       $ 235,168   

Banks

     359,608                         359,608   

Biotechnology

     277,013                         277,013   

Chemicals

     154,942                         154,942   

Consumer Finance

     64,951                         64,951   

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     215,933                         215,933   

Electric Utilities

     193,071                         193,071   

Food & Staples Retailing

     62,506                         62,506   

Food Products

     316,423                         316,423   

Health Care Providers & Services

     240,374                         240,374   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     246,053                         246,053   

Household Products

     59,015                         59,015   

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

     115,814                         115,814   

Insurance

     344,754                         344,754   

Internet & Catalog Retail

     434,992                         434,992   

Media

     127,747                         127,747   

Multiline Retail

     42,241                         42,241   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     310,482                         310,482   

Pharmaceuticals

     489,010                         489,010   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     161,297                         161,297   

Software

     326,269                         326,269   

Specialty Retail

     262,816                         262,816   

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     373,051                         373,051   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     106,135                         106,135   

Tobacco

     242,492                         242,492   

Short-Term Investment

     70,177                         70,177   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

   $ 5,832,334       $       $       $ 5,832,334   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Affiliate Table

 

     Number of
Shares Held

at 6/30/15
     Value At
6/30/15
     Shares      Number of
Shares Held

at 6/30/16
     Value at
6/30/16
     Dividend
Income
     Realized
Gain (Loss)
 
           Purchased      Sold              

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class

     26,105       $ 26,105         203,801         159,729         70,177       $ 70,177       $ 144       $   

 

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SSGA MFS SYSTEMATIC GROWTH EQUITY PORTFOLIO

 

SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF is a feeder fund that invests substantially all of its investable assets in a master fund, the SSGA MFS Systematic Growth Equity Portfolio. The schedule of investments for the SSGA MFS Systematic Growth Equity Portfolio follows.

 

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June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Security Description

 

Shares

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS — 98.6%

   

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE — 3.2%

   

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    586      $ 98,466   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    1,293        287,408   
   

 

 

 
      385,874   
   

 

 

 

AUTO COMPONENTS — 1.9%

   

Lear Corp.

    2,295        233,539   
   

 

 

 

BANKS — 0.9%

   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    1,712        106,384   
   

 

 

 

BEVERAGES — 2.2%

   

Coca-Cola Co.

    5,863        265,770   
   

 

 

 

BIOTECHNOLOGY — 5.9%

   

Amgen, Inc.

    1,691        257,286   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    5,514        459,978   
   

 

 

 
      717,264   
   

 

 

 

CHEMICALS — 2.8%

   

LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A

    4,657        346,574   
   

 

 

 

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 2.6%

  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    5,772        322,308   
   

 

 

 

FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING — 4.3%

  

CVS Health Corp.

    1,755        168,024   

Kroger Co.

    9,704        357,010   
   

 

 

 
      525,034   
   

 

 

 

FOOD PRODUCTS — 3.3%

   

Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A

    6,077        405,883   
   

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 6.8%

  

Anthem, Inc.

    2,450        321,783   

HCA Holdings, Inc. (a)

    1,159        89,255   

McKesson Corp.

    1,810        337,837   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    517        73,000   
   

 

 

 
      821,875   
   

 

 

 

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE — 2.7%

  

 

Carnival Corp.

    3,139        138,744   

McDonald’s Corp.

    621        74,731   

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Ltd. (a)

    2,985        118,922   
   

 

 

 
      332,397   
   

 

 

 

INSURANCE — 1.9%

   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    3,230        230,428   
   

 

 

 

INTERNET & CATALOG RETAIL — 10.1%

  

 

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

    1,084        775,732   

Priceline Group, Inc. (a)

    359        448,179   
   

 

 

 
      1,223,911   
   

 

 

 

INTERNET SOFTWARE & SERVICES — 4.1%

  

 

Alphabet, Inc. Class A (a)

    109        76,685   

Facebook, Inc. Class A (a)

    667        76,225   

VeriSign, Inc. (a)

    3,958        342,208   
   

 

 

 
      495,118   
   

 

 

 

IT SERVICES — 6.9%

   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A (a)

    1,580        90,439   

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

    1,490        162,008   

Global Payments, Inc.

    5,189        370,391   

International Business Machines Corp.

    1,411      214,161   
   

 

 

 
      836,999   
   

 

 

 

MEDIA — 5.3%

   

Charter Communications, Inc. Class A (a)

    654        149,530   

Comcast Corp. Class A

    7,552        492,315   
   

 

 

 
      641,845   
   

 

 

 

PHARMACEUTICALS — 5.5%

   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    2,789        205,131   

Eli Lilly & Co.

    1,794        141,277   

Johnson & Johnson

    1,779        215,793   

Merck & Co., Inc.

    1,873        107,904   
   

 

 

 
      670,105   
   

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITS) — 2.7%

  

Extra Space Storage, Inc. REIT

    1,325        122,616   

Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT

    938        203,452   
   

 

 

 
      326,068   
   

 

 

 

ROAD & RAIL — 0.6%

   

Union Pacific Corp.

    886        77,304   
   

 

 

 

SOFTWARE — 9.3%

   

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

    6,043        457,818   

Oracle Corp.

    7,209        295,064   

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

    9,936        376,773   
   

 

 

 
      1,129,655   
   

 

 

 

SPECIALTY RETAIL — 3.8%

   

AutoZone, Inc. (a)

    189        150,036   

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    8,237        252,052   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

    140        37,954   

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)

    952        26,180   
   

 

 

 
      466,222   
   

 

 

 

TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE &
PERIPHERALS — 2.2%

   

Apple, Inc.

    2,810        268,636   
   

 

 

 

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS — 3.6%

  

Michael Kors Holdings, Ltd. (a)

    8,750        432,950   
   

 

 

 

TOBACCO — 4.5%

  

Altria Group, Inc.

    4,948        341,214   

Security Description

    Shares        Value   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    2,063        209,848   
   

 

 

 
      551,062   
   

 

 

 

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS — 1.5%

  

United Rentals, Inc. (a)

    2,654        178,083   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $11,558,334)

      11,991,288   
   

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 1.4%

  

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class 0.47% (b) (c)
(Cost $175,794)

    175,794        175,794   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0%
(Cost $11,734,128)

      12,167,082   

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES — 0.0%

      927   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 12,168,009   
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) The Fund invested in certain money market funds managed by SSGA Funds Management, Inc. Amounts related to these transactions during the year ended June 30, 2016 are shown in the Affiliate Table below.
(c) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at June 30, 2016.

 

REIT Real Estate Investment Trust

 

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments accordingly to the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2016.

 

Description

   Level 1 —
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2 —
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 —
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total  

ASSETS:

           

INVESTMENTS:

           

Common Stocks

           

Aerospace & Defense

   $ 385,874       $       $       $ 385,874   

Auto Components

     233,539                         233,539   

Banks

     106,384                         106,384   

Beverages

     265,770                         265,770   

Biotechnology

     717,264                         717,264   

Chemicals

     346,574                         346,574   

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     322,308                         322,308   

Food & Staples Retailing

     525,034                         525,034   

Food Products

     405,883                         405,883   

Health Care Providers & Services

     821,875                         821,875   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     332,397                         332,397   

Insurance

     230,428                         230,428   

Internet & Catalog Retail

     1,223,911                         1,223,911   

Internet Software & Services

     495,118                         495,118   

IT Services

     836,999                         836,999   

Media

     641,845                         641,845   

Pharmaceuticals

     670,105                         670,105   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     326,068                         326,068   

Road & Rail

     77,304                         77,304   

Software

     1,129,655                         1,129,655   

Specialty Retail

     466,222                         466,222   

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     268,636                         268,636   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     432,950                         432,950   

Tobacco

     551,062                         551,062   

Trading Companies & Distributors

     178,083                         178,083   

Short-Term Investment

     175,794                         175,794   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

   $ 12,167,082       $       $       $ 12,167,082   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Affiliate Table

 

     Number of
Shares Held
at 6/30/15
     Value At
6/30/15
     Shares      Number of
Shares Held
at 6/30/16
     Value at
6/30/16
     Dividend
Income
     Realized
Gain (Loss)
 
           Purchased      Sold              

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class

     63,671       $ 63,671         498,592         386,469         175,794       $ 175,794       $ 351       $   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SSGA MFS SYSTEMATIC VALUE EQUITY PORTFOLIO

 

SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF is a feeder fund that invests substantially all of its investable assets in a master fund, the SSGA MFS Systematic Value Equity Portfolio. The schedule of investments for the SSGA MFS Systematic Value Equity Portfolio follows.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Security Description

 

Shares

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS — 98.7%

  

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE — 3.8%

  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    451      $ 100,248   
   

 

 

 

AUTO COMPONENTS — 1.0%

   

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

    1,004        25,763   
   

 

 

 

AUTOMOBILES — 1.8%

   

General Motors Co.

    1,640        46,412   
   

 

 

 

BANKS — 11.8%

   

Citigroup, Inc.

    1,631        69,138   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    2,129        132,296   

Wells Fargo & Co.

    2,239        105,972   
   

 

 

 
    307,406   
   

 

 

 

BIOTECHNOLOGY — 1.4%

  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    452        37,706   
   

 

 

 

CHEMICALS — 2.6%

   

LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A

    896        66,680   
   

 

 

 

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT — 1.8%

  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    1,678        48,142   
   

 

 

 

CONSUMER FINANCE — 1.7%

  

Discover Financial Services

    831        44,533   
   

 

 

 

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 1.2%

  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    556        31,047   
   

 

 

 

ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 7.2%

  

Exelon Corp.

    2,794        101,590   

PG&E Corp.

    854        54,587   

PPL Corp.

    837        31,597   
   

 

 

 
    187,774   
   

 

 

 

ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES — 0.9%

  

Schlumberger, Ltd.

    290        22,933   
   

 

 

 

FOOD PRODUCTS — 4.9%

  

Bunge, Ltd.

    670        39,631   

Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A

    1,331        88,897   
   

 

 

 
    128,528   
   

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES — 0.6%

  

Abbott Laboratories

    407        15,999   
   

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 3.9%

  

Anthem, Inc.

    167        21,934   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    309        24,105   

HCA Holdings, Inc. (a)

    460        35,425   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    151        21,321   
   

 

 

 
    102,785   
   

 

 

 

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE — 3.4%

  

Carnival Corp.

    1,593        70,411   

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.

    266        17,862   
   

 

 

 
    88,273   
   

 

 

 

INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS & ENERGY TRADERS — 2.4%

   

AES Corp.

    5,123        63,935   
   

 

 

 

INDUSTRIAL CONGLOMERATES — 1.6%

  

Danaher Corp.

    424        42,824   
   

 

 

 

INSURANCE — 7.3%

  

MetLife, Inc.

    1,638        65,242   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    1,027        73,266   

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    192      22,856   

Validus Holdings, Ltd.

    629        30,563   
   

 

 

 
    191,927   
   

 

 

 

INTERNET & CATALOG RETAIL — 1.4%

  

Priceline Group, Inc. (a)

    30        37,452   
   

 

 

 

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 11.0%

  

Chevron Corp.

    160        16,773   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    543        50,901   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    861        32,683   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    544        41,105   

Rice Energy, Inc. (a)

    2,280        50,251   

Valero Energy Corp.

    1,363        69,513   

WPX Energy, Inc. (a)

    2,736        25,472   
   

 

 

 
    286,698   
   

 

 

 

PHARMACEUTICALS — 6.2%

  

Johnson & Johnson

    629        76,298   

Merck & Co., Inc.

    1,469        84,629   
   

 

 

 
    160,927   
   

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITS) — 3.9%

  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. REIT

    411        74,140   

STORE Capital Corp.

    950        27,978   
   

 

 

 
    102,118   
   

 

 

 

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT — 2.4%

   

Intel Corp.

    1,876        61,533   
   

 

 

 

SOFTWARE — 4.4%

  

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    1,709        67,727   

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

    1,240        47,021   
   

 

 

 
    114,748   
   

 

 

 

SPECIALTY RETAIL — 2.0%

  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    1,669        51,071   
   

 

 

 

TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE & PERIPHERALS — 2.0%

   

HP, Inc.

    1,809        22,703   

NetApp, Inc.

    1,151        28,303   
   

 

 

 
      51,006   
   

 

 

 

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS — 3.4%

  

Michael Kors Holdings, Ltd. (a)

    1,820        90,054   
   

 

 

 

TOBACCO — 2.7%

  

Altria Group, Inc.

    1,020        70,339   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $2,518,842)

      2,578,861   
   

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 1.2%

  

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class 0.47% (b) (c)
(Cost $31,318)

    31,318        31,318   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.9%

  

 

(Cost $2,550,160)

      2,610,179   

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES — 0.1%

      3,620   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 2,613,799   
   

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

(b) The Fund invested in certain money market funds managed by SSGA Funds Management, Inc. Amounts related to these transactions during the year ended June 30, 2016 are shown in the Affiliate Table below.
(c) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at June 30, 2016.

REIT Real Estate Investment Trust

 

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments accordingly to the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2016.

 

Description

   Level 1 —
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2 —
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 —
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total  

ASSETS:

           

INVESTMENTS:

           

Common Stocks

           

Aerospace & Defense

   $ 100,248       $       $       $ 100,248   

Auto Components

     25,763                         25,763   

Automobiles

     46,412                         46,412   

Banks

     307,406                         307,406   

Biotechnology

     37,706                         37,706   

Chemicals

     66,680                         66,680   

Communications Equipment

     48,142                         48,142   

Consumer Finance

     44,533                         44,533   

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     31,047                         31,047   

Electric Utilities

     187,774                         187,774   

Energy Equipment & Services

     22,933                         22,933   

Food Products

     128,528                         128,528   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     15,999                         15,999   

Health Care Providers & Services

     102,785                         102,785   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     88,273                         88,273   

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

     63,935                         63,935   

Industrial Conglomerates

     42,824                         42,824   

Insurance

     191,927                         191,927   

Internet & Catalog Retail

     37,452                         37,452   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     286,698                         286,698   

Pharmaceuticals

     160,927                         160,927   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     102,118                         102,118   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     61,533                         61,533   

Software

     114,748                         114,748   

Specialty Retail

     51,071                         51,071   

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     51,006                         51,006   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     90,054                         90,054   

Tobacco

     70,339                         70,339   

Short-Term Investment

     31,318                         31,318   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

   $ 2,610,179       $       $       $ 2,610,179   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Affiliate Table

 

     Number of
Shares Held
at 6/30/15
     Value At
6/30/15
     Shares      Number of
Shares Held
at 6/30/16
     Value at
6/30/16
     Dividend
Income
     Realized
Gain (Loss)
 
           Purchased      Sold              

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class

     27,610       $ 27,610         140,522         136,814         31,318       $ 31,318       $ 66       $   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATE STREET RISK AWARE PORTFOLIO

 

SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF is a feeder fund that invests substantially all of its investable assets in a master fund, the State Street Risk Aware Portfolio. The schedule of investments for the State Street Risk Aware Portfolio follows.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

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Security Description

 

Shares

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS — 99.2%

  

AIR FREIGHT & LOGISTICS — 0.9%

  

Park-Ohio Holdings Corp.

    594      $ 16,798   
   

 

 

 

AUTO COMPONENTS — 0.3%

   

Stoneridge, Inc. (a)

    296        4,422   

Tenneco, Inc. (a)

    44        2,051   
   

 

 

 
      6,473   
   

 

 

 

BANKS — 0.7%

  

First Connecticut Bancorp, Inc.

    144        2,385   

People’s United Financial, Inc.

    759        11,127   
   

 

 

 
      13,512   
   

 

 

 

BEVERAGES — 4.6%

  

Coca-Cola Co.

    1,011        45,829   

PepsiCo, Inc.

    413        43,753   
   

 

 

 
      89,582   
   

 

 

 

BIOTECHNOLOGY — 3.6%

  

Amgen, Inc.

    409        62,229   

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    734        3,905   

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    189        1,746   

Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

    415        2,785   
   

 

 

 
      70,665   
   

 

 

 

BUILDING PRODUCTS — 1.5%

  

Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)

    963        10,834   

USG Corp. (a)

    663        17,874   
   

 

 

 
      28,708   
   

 

 

 

CAPITAL MARKETS — 1.3%

  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    31        4,606   

Pzena Investment Management, Inc. Class A

    2,750        20,928   
   

 

 

 
      25,534   
   

 

 

 

CHEMICALS — 2.5%

  

Ferro Corp. (a)

    2,445        32,714   

Huntsman Corp.

    260        3,497   

Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. (a)

    347        9,692   

Kronos Worldwide, Inc.

    354        1,858   

LSB Industries, Inc. (a)

    134        1,619   
   

 

 

 
      49,380   
   

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL SERVICES & SUPPLIES — 0.9%

  

ACCO Brands Corp. (a)

    1,721        17,778   
   

 

 

 

COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT — 3.1%

  

Aerohive Networks, Inc. (a)

    2,845        18,834   

Sonus Networks, Inc. (a)

    174        1,512   

Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. (a)

    1,069        41,328   
   

 

 

 
      61,674   
   

 

 

 

CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING — 0.2%

  

Tutor Perini Corp. (a)

    179        4,215   
   

 

 

 

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES — 4.3%

  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B (a)

    573        82,965   

Moody’s Corp.

    10        937   

S&P Global, Inc.

    13        1,394   
   

 

 

 
      85,296   
   

 

 

 

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 8.7%

  

AT&T, Inc.

    1,925        83,179   

Globalstar, Inc. (a)

    1,390        1,682   

Security Description

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    1,549      86,496   
   

 

 

 
      171,357   
   

 

 

 

ELECTRIC UTILITIES — 0.9%

  

PG&E Corp.

    271        17,322   
   

 

 

 

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT — 0.2%

   

FuelCell Energy, Inc. (a)

    510        3,172   
   

 

 

 

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS & COMPONENTS — 2.0%

   

Control4 Corp. (a)

    204        1,665   

InvenSense, Inc. (a)

    4,313        26,439   

VeriFone Systems, Inc. (a)

    614        11,383   
   

 

 

 
      39,487   
   

 

 

 

ENERGY EQUIPMENT & SERVICES — 2.1%

  

Atwood Oceanics, Inc.

    399        4,995   

Bristow Group, Inc.

    172        1,963   

Fairmount Santrol Holdings, Inc. (a)

    385        2,968   

Geospace Technologies Corp. (a)

    64        1,048   

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a)

    336        2,271   

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (a)

    415        3,461   

Seadrill, Ltd. (a)

    1,791        5,803   

Tidewater, Inc.

    164        723   

Unit Corp. (a)

    137        2,132   

US Silica Holdings, Inc.

    466        16,063   
   

 

 

 
      41,427   
   

 

 

 

FOOD PRODUCTS — 3.7%

  

General Mills, Inc.

    1,010        72,033   
   

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES — 2.1%

  

Cooper Cos., Inc.

    236        40,491   
   

 

 

 

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE — 7.9%

  

Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (a)

    2,929        44,506   

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. (a)

    362        6,632   

McDonald’s Corp.

    807        97,114   

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Ltd. (a)

    153        6,096   
   

 

 

 
      154,348   
   

 

 

 

HOUSEHOLD DURABLES — 2.5%

  

Green Brick Partners, Inc. (a)

    4,296        31,232   

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Class A (a)

    5,059        8,499   

KB Home

    622        9,461   
   

 

 

 
      49,192   
   

 

 

 

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS — 4.9%

  

Procter & Gamble Co.

    1,132        95,846   
   

 

 

 

INSURANCE — 1.4%

   

Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings AG

    640        22,489   

American International Group, Inc.

    94        4,972   
   

 

 

 
      27,461   
   

 

 

 

INTERNET & CATALOG RETAIL — 2.2%

  

Expedia, Inc.

    71        7,548   

FTD Cos., Inc. (a)

    895        22,339   

Netflix, Inc. (a)

    144        13,173   
   

 

 

 
      43,060   
   

 

 

 

IT SERVICES — 1.8%

  

Visa, Inc. Class A

    476        35,305   
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Security Description

 

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Value

 

MACHINERY — 3.0%

   

Chart Industries, Inc. (a)

    606      $ 14,623   

ExOne Co. (a)

    606        6,406   

Manitowoc Co., Inc.

    5,134        27,980   

Oshkosh Corp.

    106        5,057   

Titan International, Inc.

    656        4,067   
   

 

 

 
      58,133   
   

 

 

 

MARINE — 0.0% (b)

  

Scorpio Bulkers, Inc. (a)

    263        734   
   

 

 

 

MEDIA — 0.5%

   

Charter Communications, Inc. Class A (a)

    8        1,829   

Eros International PLC (a)

    459        7,468   
   

 

 

 
      9,297   
   

 

 

 

METALS & MINING — 1.8%

  

AK Steel Holding Corp. (a)

    1,602        7,465   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    415        4,623   

Newmont Mining Corp.

    430        16,822   

Olympic Steel, Inc.

    137        3,742   

Stillwater Mining Co. (a)

    92        1,091   

United States Steel Corp.

    50        843   
   

 

 

 
      34,586   
   

 

 

 

MULTI-UTILITIES — 1.0%

  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    246        5,904   

Dominion Resources, Inc.

    171        13,326   
   

 

 

 
      19,230   
   

 

 

 

MULTILINE RETAIL — 1.2%

  

Dollar General Corp.

    239        22,466   

Sears Holdings Corp. (a)

    106        1,443   
   

 

 

 
      23,909   
   

 

 

 

OIL, GAS & CONSUMABLE FUELS — 3.7%

  

Cheniere Energy, Inc. (a)

    267        10,026   

Chesapeake Energy Corp. (a)

    1,014        4,340   

Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. (a)

    73        2,005   

Denbury Resources, Inc.

    1,433        5,144   

EP Energy Corp. Class A (a)

    827        4,284   

Jones Energy, Inc. Class A (a)

    312        1,285   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    1,452        27,181   

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. (a)

    301        2,811   

Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (a)

    713        3,886   

SemGroup Corp. Class A

    50        1,628   

SM Energy Co.

    33        891   

Teekay Corp.

    137        977   

W&T Offshore, Inc. (a)

    2,065        4,791   

Whiting Petroleum Corp. (a)

    431        3,991   
   

 

 

 
      73,240   
   

 

 

 

PAPER & FOREST PRODUCTS — 0.1%

  

Clearwater Paper Corp. (a)

    43        2,811   
   

 

 

 

PHARMACEUTICALS — 9.1%

   

ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    118        6,587   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    528        38,834   

Johnson & Johnson

    442        53,615   

Merck & Co., Inc.

    982        56,573   

Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (a)

    1,033        23,439   
   

 

 

 
      179,048   
   

 

 

 

Security Description

 

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Value

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES — 1.0%

  

Advisory Board Co. (a)

    156      5,521   

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (a)

    176        14,270   
   

 

 

 
      19,791   
   

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS (REITS) — 0.7%

  

American Tower Corp. REIT

    80        9,089   

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    478        5,291   
   

 

 

 
      14,380   
   

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT — 0.7%

  

Forestar Group, Inc. (a)

    1,233        14,660   
   

 

 

 

ROAD & RAIL — 0.2%

   

YRC Worldwide, Inc. (a)

    389        3,423   
   

 

 

 

SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR
EQUIPMENT — 0.4%

   

SunPower Corp. (a)

    558        8,643   
   

 

 

 

SOFTWARE — 3.9%

   

Barracuda Networks, Inc. (a)

    871        13,187   

Glu Mobile, Inc. (a)

    2,543        5,594   

Interactive Intelligence Group, Inc. (a)

    36        1,476   

VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (a)

    3,461        56,726   
   

 

 

 
      76,983   
   

 

 

 

TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE & PERIPHERALS — 0.1%

   

3D Systems Corp. (a)

    160        2,190   
   

 

 

 

TEXTILES, APPAREL & LUXURY GOODS — 0.5%

  

Sequential Brands Group, Inc. (a)

    1,205        9,616   
   

 

 

 

THRIFTS & MORTGAGE FINANCE — 6.1%

  

Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. (a)

    4,043        98,690   

Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc. (a)

    455        7,134   

MGIC Investment Corp. (a)

    1,604        9,544   

Radian Group, Inc.

    389        4,053   
   

 

 

 
      119,421   
   

 

 

 

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS — 0.9%

  

CAI International, Inc. (a)

    102        765   

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.

    436        8,297   

United Rentals, Inc. (a)

    117        7,851   
   

 

 

 
      16,913   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $1,871,351)

      1,947,124   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 0.7%

   

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class 0.47% (c) (d)
(Cost $13,432)

    13,432        13,432   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.9%
(Cost $1,884,783)

      1,960,556   

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES — 0.1%

      1,021   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 1,961,577   
   

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Amount is less than 0.05% of net assets.
(c) The Fund invested in certain money market funds managed by SSGA Funds Management, Inc. Amounts related to these

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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June 30, 2016

 

 

 

  transactions during the year ended June 30, 2016 are shown in the Affiliate Table below.
(d) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at June 30, 2016.

REIT Real Estate Investment Trust

 

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments accordingly to the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2016.

 

Description

   Level 1 —
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2 —
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 —
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total  

ASSETS:

           

INVESTMENTS:

           

Common Stocks

           

Air Freight & Logistics

   $ 16,798       $       $       $ 16,798   

Auto Components

     6,473                         6,473   

Banks

     13,512                         13,512   

Beverages

     89,582                         89,582   

Biotechnology

     70,665                         70,665   

Building Products

     28,708                         28,708   

Capital Markets

     25,534                         25,534   

Chemicals

     49,380                         49,380   

Commercial Services & Supplies

     17,778                         17,778   

Communications Equipment

     61,674                         61,674   

Construction & Engineering

     4,215                         4,215   

Diversified Financial Services

     85,296                         85,296   

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     171,357                         171,357   

Electric Utilities

     17,322                         17,322   

Electrical Equipment

     3,172                         3,172   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     39,487                         39,487   

Energy Equipment & Services

     41,427                         41,427   

Food Products

     72,033                         72,033   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     40,491                         40,491   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     154,348                         154,348   

Household Durables

     49,192                         49,192   

Household Products

     95,846                         95,846   

Insurance

     27,461                         27,461   

Internet & Catalog Retail

     43,060                         43,060   

IT Services

     35,305                         35,305   

Machinery

     58,133                         58,133   

Marine

     734                         734   

Media

     9,297                         9,297   

Metals & Mining

     34,586                         34,586   

Multi-Utilities

     19,230                         19,230   

Multiline Retail

     23,909                         23,909   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     73,240                         73,240   

Paper & Forest Products

     2,811                         2,811   

Pharmaceuticals

     179,048                         179,048   

Professional Services

     19,791                         19,791   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Description

   Level 1 —
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2 —
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 —
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total  

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

   $ 14,380       $       $       $ 14,380   

Real Estate Management & Development

     14,660                         14,660   

Road & Rail

     3,423                         3,423   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     8,643                         8,643   

Software

     76,983                         76,983   

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     2,190                         2,190   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     9,616                         9,616   

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

     119,421                         119,421   

Trading Companies & Distributors

     16,913                         16,913   

Short-Term Investment

     13,432                         13,432   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

   $ 1,960,556       $       $       $ 1,960,556   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Affiliate Table

 

     Number of
Shares Held
at 6/30/15
     Value At
6/30/15
     Shares      Number of
Shares Held
at 6/30/16
     Value at
6/30/16
     Dividend
Income
     Realized
Gain (Loss)
 
           Purchased      Sold              

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class

     9,120       $ 9,120         91,072         86,760         13,432       $ 13,432       $ 18       $   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SSGA MASTER TRUST

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

     SSGA Multi-Asset
Real Return
Portfolio
    SSGA Income
Allocation
Portfolio
    SSGA Global
Allocation
Portfolio
    Blackstone/
GSO Senior

Loan Portfolio
 

ASSETS

        

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (Note 2)

   $ 16,593,837      $ 2,005,990      $ 18,619,472      $ 746,886,487   

Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (Note 2)

     64,243,521        102,879,677        167,151,491        68,870,496   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

     80,837,358        104,885,667        185,770,963        815,756,983   

Receivable for capital contributions

                            

Cash

            999,978               6,136,808   

Receivable for investments sold

            612,628        4,233,951        36,473,797   

Dividends receivable — unaffiliated issuers (Note 2)

                            

Interest receivable — unaffiliated issuers (Note 2)

                          2,938,682   

Dividends receivable — affiliated issuers (Note 2)

     795        15,605        48,119        18,164   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     80,838,153        106,513,878        190,053,033        861,324,434   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

        

Payable for capital withdrawals

                   1,667,491          

Payable for investments purchased

            999,978        8,642,277        58,639,566   

Advisory fee payable (Note 4)

     12,999        17,019        30,037        195,557   

Trustees’ fees and expenses payable (Note 5)

     119                        

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     11        11        15        63   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     13,129        1,017,008        10,339,820        58,835,186   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 80,825,024      $ 105,496,870      $ 179,713,213      $ 802,489,248   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

COST OF INVESTMENTS:

        

Investments in unaffiliated issuers

   $ 23,913,491      $ 2,424,948      $ 18,822,438      $ 748,096,583   

Investments in affiliated issuers

     68,086,167        99,674,982        163,945,722        68,870,496   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total cost of investments

   $ 91,999,658      $ 102,099,930      $ 182,768,160      $ 816,967,079   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SSGA Ultra
Short Term
Bond Portfolio
    State Street
DoubleLine
Total Return

Tactical Portfolio
    SSGA MFS
Systematic
Core Equity
Portfolio
    SSGA MFS
Systematic
Growth Equity
Portfolio
    SSGA MFS
Systematic
Value Equity
Portfolio
    State Street
Risk Aware
Portfolio
 
         
$ 23,933,366      $ 2,367,534,115      $ 5,762,157      $ 11,991,288      $ 2,578,861      $ 1,947,124   
  483,761        351,792,987        70,177        175,794        31,318        13,432   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  24,417,127        2,719,327,102        5,832,334        12,167,082        2,610,179        1,960,556   
         9,963,422                               
  580        3,227,686                             58   
         16,501,207               983,475                 
                6,236        12,184        4,250        1,357   
  33,520        11,828,914                               
  592        87,573        24        64        11        5   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  24,451,819        2,760,935,904        5,838,594        13,162,805        2,614,440        1,961,976   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
         
                                       
  408,242        124,243,447               991,816                 
  3,809        619,381        1,431        2,979        641        399   
                                       
  1        99               1                 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  412,052        124,862,927        1,431        994,796        641        399   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 24,039,767      $ 2,636,072,977      $ 5,837,163      $ 12,168,009      $ 2,613,799      $ 1,961,577   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
         
$ 23,937,593      $ 2,341,084,590      $ 5,769,415      $ 11,558,334      $ 2,518,842      $ 1,871,351   
  483,761        351,792,987        70,177        175,794        31,318        13,432   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 24,421,354      $ 2,692,877,577      $ 5,839,592      $ 11,734,128      $ 2,550,160      $ 1,884,783   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the Year Ended June 30, 2016

 

 

 

       SSGA Multi-Asset
Real Return
Portfolio
     SSGA Income
Allocation
Portfolio
     SSGA Global
Allocation
Portfolio
    Blackstone/
GSO Senior

Loan Portfolio
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

  

Interest income

     $       $       $      $ 36,218,956   

Dividend income — unaffiliated issuers (Note 2)

       76,043         127,058         387,931          

Dividend income — affiliated issuers (Note 2)

       1,393,931         3,553,587         3,948,347        139,199   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

       1,469,974         3,680,645         4,336,278        36,358,155   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

            

Advisory fee (Note 3)

       188,316         214,271         346,326        2,250,290   

Trustees’ fees and expenses (Note 4)

       2,027         1,995         2,941        12,398   

Miscellaneous expenses

       8         8         12        18,229   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL EXPENSES

       190,351         216,274         349,279        2,280,917   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET EXPENSES

       190,351         216,274         349,279        2,280,917   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

       1,279,623         3,464,371         3,986,999        34,077,238   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

            

Net realized gain (loss) on:

            

Investment transactions — unaffiliated issuers

       (4,630,292      (2,049,022      (7,220,134     (46,703,017

Investment transactions — affiliated issuers

       (11,846,362      (2,749,776      (3,640,682       

Capital gain distributions — unaffiliated issuers

       51,217         1,017,301         2,071,030          
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

       (16,425,437      (3,781,497      (8,789,786     (46,703,017
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

            

Investment transactions — unaffiliated issuers

       (217,859      (542,000      (278,285     7,786,198   

Investment transactions — affiliated issuers

       6,973,471         4,396,282         2,130,931          
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

       6,755,612         3,854,282         1,852,646        7,786,198   
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

       (9,669,825      72,785         (6,937,140     (38,916,819
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS

     $ (8,390,202    $ 3,537,156       $ (2,950,141   $ (4,839,581
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SSGA Ultra
Short Term

Bond Portfolio
    State Street
DoubleLine
Total Return
Tactical Portfolio
    SSGA MFS
Systematic
Core Equity
Portfolio
    SSGA MFS
Systematic
Growth Equity
Portfolio
    SSGA MFS
Systematic
Value Equity
Portfolio
    State Street
Risk Aware
Portfolio
 
         
$ 283,180      $ 62,550,019      $      $      $      $   
                114,724        177,093        65,960        38,325   
  3,498        648,464        144        351        66        18   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  286,678        63,198,483        114,868        177,444        66,026        38,343   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
         
  64,247        5,121,226        14,379        31,913        8,048        4,729   
  712        23,533        223        314        196        184   
  182        13,423               1                 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  65,141        5,158,182        14,602        32,228        8,244        4,913   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  65,141        5,158,182        14,602        32,228        8,244        4,913   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  221,537        58,040,301        100,266        145,216        57,782        33,430   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
         
         
  (268,835     (3,169,628     351,176        378,209        109,895        (69,249
                                       

 

  

                                  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (268,835     (3,169,628     351,176        378,209        109,895        (69,249

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
         
  5,488        33,117,161        (346,393     53,236        (243,654     64,874   
                                       

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

5,488

  

    33,117,161        (346,393     53,236        (243,654     64,874   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (263,347  

 

29,947,533

  

    4,783        431,445        (133,759     (4,375

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

$

(41,810

  $ 87,987,834      $ 105,049      $ 576,661      $ (75,977   $ 29,055   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

 

 

     SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio     SSGA Income Allocation Portfolio  
     Year Ended
6/30/16
    Year Ended
6/30/15
    Year Ended
6/30/16
    Year Ended
6/30/15
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

        

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 1,279,623      $ 2,533,608      $ 3,464,371      $ 3,664,590   

Net realized gain (loss)

     (16,425,437     (4,432,160     (3,781,497     544,895   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     6,755,612        (23,442,541     3,854,282        (6,320,056
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     (8,390,202     (25,341,093     3,537,156        (2,110,571
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS:

        

Contributions

     26,711,193        66,337,576        3,064,239        34,191,856   

Withdrawals

     (79,491,499     (63,635,938     (22,253,312     (14,962,876
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital transactions

     (52,780,306     2,701,638        (19,189,073     19,228,980   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets during the period

     (61,170,508     (22,639,455     (15,651,917     17,118,409   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets at beginning of period

     141,995,532        164,634,987        121,148,787        104,030,378   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AT END OF PERIOD

   $ 80,825,024      $ 141,995,532      $ 105,496,870      $ 121,148,787   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Amounts have been adjusted from prior year annual report to reflect appropriate presentation.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SSGA Global Allocation Portfolio      Blackstone/GSO Senior Loan Portfolio      SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond Portfolio  
Year Ended
6/30/16
     Year Ended
6/30/15
     Year Ended
6/30/16
     Year Ended
6/30/15*
     Year Ended
6/30/16
     Year Ended
6/30/15*
 
              
$ 3,986,999       $ 3,038,349       $ 34,077,238       $ 27,436,035       $ 221,537       $ 53,847   
  (8,789,786      2,763,789         (46,703,017      (750,613      (268,835      (4,837

 

1,852,646

  

     (5,265,539      7,786,198         (10,613,268      5,488         (20,194

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (2,950,141   

 

536,599

  

     (4,839,581      16,072,154         (41,810      28,816   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  99,464,019         72,106,656         239,502,612         123,669,008         195,887,137         6,015,883   
  (61,576,069      (26,359,458      (104,437,485      (77,954,422      (187,824,678      (4,061,512

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

37,887,950

  

     45,747,198         135,065,127         45,714,586         8,062,459         1,954,371   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

34,937,809

  

     46,283,797         130,225,546         61,786,740         8,020,649         1,983,187   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  144,775,404         98,491,607         672,263,702         610,476,962         16,019,118         14,035,931   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 179,713,213       $ 144,775,404       $ 802,489,248       $ 672,263,702       $ 24,039,767       $ 16,019,118   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS (continued)

 

 

 

     State Street DoubleLine Total Return
Tactical Portfolio
    SSGA MFS Systematic Core
Equity Portfolio
 
     Year Ended
6/30/16
    For the Period
2/23/15* -
6/30/15**
    Year Ended
6/30/16
    Year Ended
6/30/15
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

        

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 58,040,301      $ 4,868,673      $ 100,266      $ 52,825   

Net realized gain (loss)

     (3,169,628     (1,029,740     351,176        313,500   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     33,117,161        (6,667,636     (346,393     48,740   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     87,987,834        (2,828,703     105,049        415,065   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS:

        

Contributions

     1,856,614,856        749,522,765        5,860,886          

Withdrawals

     (55,223,775            (3,069,067     (2,852,753
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital transactions

     1,801,391,081        749,522,765        2,791,819        (2,852,753
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets during the period

     1,889,378,915        746,694,062        2,896,868        (2,437,688
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets at beginning of period

     746,694,062               2,940,295        5,377,983   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AT END OF PERIOD

   $ 2,636,072,977      $ 746,694,062      $ 5,837,163      $ 2,940,295   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Inception date.
** Amounts have been adjusted from prior year annual report to reflect appropriate presentation.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SSGA MFS Systematic Growth
Equity Portfolio
     SSGA MFS Systematic Value
Equity Portfolio
     State Street Risk Aware Portfolio  
Year Ended
6/30/16
     Year Ended
6/30/15
     Year Ended
6/30/16
     Year Ended
6/30/15
     Year Ended
6/30/16
     For the Period
9/9/14* -
6/30/15
 
              
$ 145,216       $ 52,332       $ 57,782       $ 49,890       $ 33,430       $ 26,381   
  378,209         451,931         109,895         294,237         (69,249      (232,469

 

53,236

  

     35,715         (243,654      41,453         64,874         10,899   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

576,661

  

     539,978         (75,977      385,580         29,055         (195,189

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
              
  8,964,864         3,023,489                                 4,000,000   
  (3,418,489      (2,891,074      (219,833      (2,762,295      (34,512      (1,837,777

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

5,546,375

  

     132,415         (219,833      (2,762,295      (34,512      2,162,223   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

6,123,036

  

     672,393         (295,810      (2,376,715      (5,457      1,967,034   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  6,044,973         5,372,580         2,909,609         5,286,324         1,967,034           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 12,168,009       $ 6,044,973       $ 2,613,799       $ 2,909,609       $ 1,961,577       $ 1,967,034   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The following table includes selected supplemental data and ratios to average net assets:

 

 

 

     SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio†  
     Year Ended
6/30/16
    Year Ended
6/30/15
    Year Ended
6/30/14
    Year Ended
6/30/13
    For the Period
4/25/12* -
6/30/12
 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

          

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

   $ 80,825      $ 141,996      $ 164,635      $ 121,584      $ 5,827   

Ratios to average net assets:

          

Total expenses

     0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20 %(b) 

Net investment income (loss)

     1.36     1.56     2.01     2.91     3.84 %(b) 

Portfolio turnover rate

     25     33     40     31     10 %(a) 

Total return

     (3.94 )%      (14.80 )%      13.93     (1.63 )%      (3.42 )%(a) 

 

 † The Portfolio invests in other underlying funds and indirectly bears its proportionate share of fees and expenses incurred by such funds. The ratios presented do not reflect the indirect expenses of the underlying funds in which the Portfolio invests.
 * Commencement of operations.
(a) Not annualized.
(b) Annualized.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The following table includes selected supplemental data and ratios to average net assets:

 

 

 

     SSGA Income Allocation Portfolio†  
     Year Ended
6/30/16
    Year Ended
6/30/15
    Year Ended
6/30/14
    Year Ended
6/30/13
    For the Period
4/25/12* -
6/30/12
 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

          

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

   $ 105,497      $ 121,149      $ 104,030      $ 174,255      $ 9,114   

Ratios to average net assets:

          

Total expenses

     0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20 %(b) 

Net investment income (loss)

     3.23     3.15     3.89     4.65     8.39 %(b) 

Portfolio turnover rate

     54     64     63     80     15 %(a) 

Total return

     3.95     (1.42 )%      13.84     4.39     0.92 %(a) 

 

 † The Portfolio invests in other underlying funds and indirectly bears its proportionate share of fees and expenses incurred by such funds. The ratios presented do not reflect the indirect expenses of the underlying funds in which the Portfolio invests.
 * Commencement of operations.
(a) Not annualized.
(b) Annualized.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The following table includes selected supplemental data and ratios to average net assets:

 

 

 

     SSGA Global Allocation Portfolio†  
     Year Ended
6/30/16
    Year Ended
6/30/15
    Year Ended
6/30/14
    Year Ended
6/30/13
    For the Period
4/25/12* -
6/30/12
 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

          

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

   $ 179,713      $ 144,775      $ 98,492      $ 51,936      $ 4,451   

Ratios to average net assets:

          

Total expenses

     0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20 %(b) 

Net investment income (loss)

     2.30     2.45     2.76     3.07     4.34 %(b) 

Portfolio turnover rate

     86     98     89     123     25 %(a) 

Total return

     (0.80 )%      0.49     16.80     9.92     (1.82 )%(a) 

 

 † The Portfolio invests in other underlying funds and indirectly bears its proportionate share of fees and expenses incurred by such funds. The ratios presented do not reflect the indirect expenses of the underlying funds in which the Portfolio invests.
 * Commencement of operations.
(a) Not annualized.
(b) Annualized.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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The following table includes selected supplemental data and ratios to average net assets:

 

 

 

     Blackstone/GSO Senior Loan Portfolio  
     Year Ended
6/30/16
    Year Ended
6/30/15
    Year Ended
6/30/14
    For the Period
4/3/13* -
6/30/13
 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

        

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

   $ 802,489      $ 672,264      $ 610,477      $ 332,792   

Ratios to average net assets:

        

Total expenses

     0.30     0.31     0.30     0.30 %(b) 

Net investment income (loss)

     4.54     4.49     3.63     2.57 %(b) 

Portfolio turnover rate

     88     65     77     4 %(a) 

Total return

     (0.20 )%      2.98     4.00     (0.31 )%(a) 

 

 * Commencement of operations.
(a) Not annualized.
(b) Annualized.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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     SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond Portfolio  
     Year Ended
6/30/16
    Year Ended
6/30/15
    For the Period
10/9/13* -
6/30/14
 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

      

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

   $ 24,040      $ 16,019      $ 14,036   

Ratios to average net assets:

      

Total expenses

     0.20     0.20     0.20 %(b) 

Net investment income (loss)

     0.69     0.33     0.34 %(b) 

Portfolio turnover rate

     407     79     39 %(a) 

Total return

     0.65     0.21     0.47 %(a) 

 

 * Commencement of operations.
(a) Not annualized.
(b) Annualized.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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     State Street DoubleLine Total Return
Tactical Portfolio
 
     Year Ended
6/30/16
    For the Period
2/23/15* -
6/30/15
 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

    

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

   $ 2,636,073      $ 746,694   

Ratios to average net assets:

    

Total expenses

     0.30     0.30 %(b) 

Net investment income (loss)

     3.38     3.46 %(b) 

Portfolio turnover rate

     38     14 %(a) 

Total return

     4.32     (0.36 )%(a) 

 

 * Commencement of operations.
(a) Not annualized.
(b) Annualized.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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     SSGA MFS Systematic Core Equity Portfolio  
     Year Ended
6/30/16
    Year Ended
6/30/15
    For thePeriod
1/8/14* -
6/30/14
 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

      

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

   $ 5,837      $ 2,940      $ 5,378   

Ratios to average net assets:

      

Total expenses

     0.30     0.30     0.30 %(b) 

Net investment income (loss)

     2.08     1.72     1.55 %(b) 

Portfolio turnover rate

     39     54     27 %(a) 

Total return

     2.53     14.00     7.92 %(a) 

 

 * Commencement of operations.
(a) Not annualized.
(b) Annualized.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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     SSGA MFS Systematic Growth Equity Portfolio  
     Year Ended
6/30/16
    Year Ended
6/30/15
    For thePeriod
1/8/14* -
6/30/14
 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

      

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

   $ 12,168      $ 6,045      $ 5,373   

Ratios to average net assets:

      

Total expenses

     0.30     0.30     0.30 %(b) 

Net investment income (loss)

     1.37     1.44     1.46 %(b) 

Portfolio turnover rate

     56     67     20 %(a) 

Total return

     4.24     17.85     7.85 %(a) 

 

 * Commencement of operations.
(a) Not annualized.
(b) Annualized.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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     SSGA MFS Systematic Value Equity Portfolio  
     Year Ended
6/30/16
    Year Ended
6/30/15
    For thePeriod
1/8/14* -
6/30/14
 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

      

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

   $ 2,614      $ 2,910      $ 5,286   

Ratios to average net assets:

      

Total expenses

     0.31     0.30     0.30 %(b) 

Net investment income (loss)

     2.15     1.67     1.73 %(b) 

Portfolio turnover rate

     64     61     23 %(a) 

Total return

     (2.13 )%      13.79     6.20 %(a) 

 

 * Commencement of operations.
(a) Not annualized.
(b) Annualized.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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The following table includes selected supplemental data and ratios to average net assets:

 

 

 

     State Street Risk Aware Portfolio  
     Year Ended
6/30/16
    For thePeriod
9/9/14* -

6/30/15
 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

    

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

   $ 1,962      $ 1,967   

Ratios to average net assets:

    

Total expenses

     0.26     0.25 %(b) 

Net investment income (loss)

     1.77     1.46 %(b) 

Portfolio turnover rate

     76     122 %(a) 

Total return

     1.57     (0.46 )%(a) 

 

 * Commencement of operations.
(a) Not annualized.
(b) Annualized.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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June 30, 2016

 

 

 

1. Organization

SSGA Master Trust (the “Trust”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“190 Act”), is an open-end management investment company that was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on March 30, 2011.

As of June 30, 2016, the Trust consists of ten (10) series, each of which represents a separate series of beneficial interest in the Trust (each, a “Portfolio” and collectively, the “Portfolios”). The financial statements herein relate to the following Funds:

 

SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio

SSGA Income Allocation Portfolio

SSGA Global Allocation Portfolio

Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan Portfolio

SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond Portfolio

State Street DoubleLine Total Return Tactical Portfolio

SSGA MFS Systematic Core Equity Portfolio

SSGA MFS Systematic Growth Equity Portfolio

SSGA MFS Systematic Value Equity Portfolio

State Street Risk Aware Portfolio

 

Each portfolio is classified as a diversified investment company under the 1940 Act, with the exception of SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond Portfolio, State Street Doubleline Total Return Tactical Portfolio and State Street Risk Aware Portfolio, which are each a non-diversified investment company.

Each portfolio serves as a master fund in a master feeder structure.

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this could involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements:

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Portfolio is an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.

Security Valuation

Each Portfolio’s investments are valued at fair value each day that the Portfolio’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date should the reporting period end on a day that the Fund’s listing exchange is not open. Fair value is generally defined as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. By its nature, a fair value price is a good faith estimate of the valuation in a current sale and may not reflect an actual market price. The investments of each Portfolio are valued pursuant to the policy and procedures developed by the Oversight Committee (the “Committee”) and approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”). The Committee provides oversight of the valuation of investments for the Portfolios. The Board has responsibility for determining the fair value of investments.

Valuation techniques used to value each Portfolio’s investments by major category are as follows:

 

  Equity investments (including preferred stocks and registered investment companies that are exchange-traded funds) traded on a recognized securities exchange for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last sale price or official closing price, as applicable, on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last published sale price or at fair value.

 

  Investments in registered investment companies (including money market funds) or other unitized pooled investment vehicles that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that day’s published net asset value per share or unit.

 

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  Debt obligations (both governmental and non-governmental) that are short term in nature (with a maturity of sixty days or less at purchase) valued using the amortized cost method as long as the amortized cost value of a particular portfolio instrument is reasonably determined to approximate the fair value of that investment established using market-based and issuer-specific factors or at a price obtained from an independent pricing service.

 

  Debt obligations (both governmental and non-governmental) purchased with greater than sixty days to maturity valued at last reported evaluated bid prices obtained from independent pricing services or brokers. In determining the value of a fixed income investment, pricing services may use certain information with respect to transactions in such investments, quotations from dealers, pricing matrixes, market transactions in comparable investments, various relationships observed in the market between investments, and calculated yield measures.

 

  Senior loans or other loans are valued at evaluated bid prices supplied by an independent pricing service, if available. Senior loans and other loans in which the Committee determines that there are no reliable valuations available from pricing services or brokers will be initially valued at cost and adjusted for amortization of principal until remeasurement is warranted due to a credit or economic event or other factors affecting the loan.

In the event prices or quotations are not readily available or that the application of these valuation methods results in a price for an investment that is deemed to be not representative of the fair value of such investment, fair value will be determined in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with the valuation policy and procedures approved by the Board.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a Portfolio’s net asset value and the prices used by the Portfolios’ underlying benchmarks. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Portfolios’ investments.

The Portfolios value their assets and liabilities at fair value using a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels that prioritize the inputs to valuation techniques giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable. The categorization of a value determined for an investment within the hierarchy is based upon the pricing transparency of the investment and is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in it.

The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

 

  Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

  Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the assets or liabilities either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not considered to be active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as exchange rates, financing terms, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs; and

 

  Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, including the Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments.

The value of each Portfolio’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2016, is disclosed in each Portfolio’s respective Schedule of Investments.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the fair value hierarchy. Transfers between different levels of the fair value hierarchy are recognized at the end of the reporting period.

The Funds had no material transfers between levels for the period ended June 30, 2016.

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition

Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date for financial reporting purposes. Realized gains and losses from the sale or disposition of investments and foreign exchange transactions, if any, are determined using the identified cost method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recognized daily on the ex-dividend date, net of any foreign taxes withheld at source, if any. Interest income is recorded daily on an accrual basis. All premium and

 

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discounts are amortized/accreted for financial reporting purposes. Paydown gains and losses are recorded as an adjustment to interest income. Non-cash dividends received in the form of stock are recorded as dividend income at fair value. Distributions received by the Portfolios may include a return of capital that is estimated by management. Such amounts are recorded as a reduction of the cost of investments or reclassified to capital gains.

Certain Portfolios invest in Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). REITs determine the tax character of their distributions annually and may characterize a portion of their distributions as a return of capital or capital gain. The Portfolios’ policy is to record all REIT distributions initially as dividend income and re-designate the prior calendar year’s to return of capital or capital gains distributions at year end based on information provided by the REIT and/or SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “SSGA FM”) estimates of such re-designations for which actual information has not yet been reported.

All of the net investment income and realized and unrealized gains and losses from the security transactions of the Portfolio are allocated pro rata among the partners in the Portfolio on a daily basis based on each partner’s daily ownership percentage.

Expenses

Certain expenses, which are directly identifiable to a specific Portfolio, are applied to that Portfolio within the Trust. Other expenses which cannot be attributed to a specific Portfolio are allocated in such a manner as deemed equitable, taking into consideration the nature and type of expense and the relative net assets of the Portfolios within the Trust.

Foreign Currency Translation

The accounting records of the Portfolios are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currencies as well as investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated to U.S. dollars using exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the respective dates of the transactions.

The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.

 

3. Securities and Other Investments

Loan Agreements

The Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan Portfolio and State Street DoubleLine Total Return Tactical Portfolio invest in Senior Loans. Senior Loans consist generally of obligations of companies and other entities (collectively, “borrowers”) incurred for the purpose of reorganizing the assets and liabilities of a borrower; acquiring another company; taking over control of a company (leveraged buyout); temporary refinancing; or financing internal growth or other general business purposes. Senior Loans are often obligations of borrowers who have incurred a significant percentage of debt compared to their total assets and thus are highly leveraged. The Portfolios do not treat the banks originating or acting as agents for the lenders, or granting or acting as intermediary in participation interests, in loans held by the Portfolios as the issuers of such loans.

 

4. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates

Advisory Fee

Each Portfolio has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with SSGA FM. For its advisory services to the Portfolios, facilities furnished, and expenses borne by the Adviser, each Portfolio pays the Adviser a fee accrued daily and paid monthly, based on a percentage of each Portfolio’s average daily net assets as shown in the following table:

 

     Annual Rate  

SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio

     0.20

SSGA Income Allocation Portfolio

     0.20   

 

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     Annual Rate  

SSGA Global Allocation Portfolio

     0.20 %  

Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan Portfolio

     0.30   

SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond Portfolio

     0.20   

State Street DoubleLine Total Return Tactical Portfolio

     0.30   

SSGA MFS Systematic Core Equity Portfolio

     0.30   

SSGA MFS Systematic Growth Equity Portfolio

     0.30   

SSGA MFS Systematic Value Equity Portfolio

     0.30   

State Street Risk Aware Portfolio

     0.25   

The Adviser pays all expenses of each Portfolio other than management fee, brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, fees and expenses of the Independent Trustees (including and Trustees’ counsel fees), litigation expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses and other extraordinary expenses.

GSO / Blackstone Debt Funds Management LLC receives fees for its services as the sub-adviser to the Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan Portfolio from the Adviser.

Massachusetts Financial Services Company (“MFS”) receives fees for its services as the sub-adviser to the SSGA MFS Systematic Core Equity Portfolio, SSGA MFS Systematic Growth Equity Portfolio and SSGA MFS Systematic Value Equity Portfolio from the Adviser.

DoubleLine Capital LP receives fees for its services as the sub-adviser to the State Street DoubleLine Total Return Portfolio from the Adviser.

Administrator and Sub-Administrator Fees

SSGA FM serves as administrator and State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as custodian, sub-administrator and transfer agent. State Street receives fees for its services as custodian, sub-administrator and transfer agent from the Adviser.

Other Transactions with Affiliates

The Fund may invest in affiliated entities, included securities issued by State Street, affiliated funds, or entities deemed to be affiliates as a result of the Fund owning more than five percent of the entity’s voting securities or outstanding shares. Amounts relating to these transactions during the period ended June 30, 2016 are disclosed in the Schedules of Investments.

Due to custodian

In certain circumstances, funds may have cash overdraft with the custodian. The Due to custodian if any, reflects cash overdrawn with SSB as custodian who is an affiliate of the funds.

 

5. Trustees’ Fees

The fees and expenses of the Trust’s trustees, who are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Trustees”), are paid directly by the Portfolios. The Independent Trustees are reimbursed for travel and other out-of-pocket expenses in connection with meeting attendance and industry seminars.

 

6. Investment Transactions

Purchases and sales of investments (excluding in-kind transactions, short term investments and derivative contracts) for the year ended June 30, 2016, were as follows:

 

     U.S. Government Obligations      Other Securities  
     Purchases      Sales      Purchases      Sales  

SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio

   $       $       $ 22,768,409       $ 22,486,396   

SSGA Income Allocation Portfolio

                     56,093,323         58,750,553   

 

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     U.S. Government Obligations      Other Securities  
     Purchases      Sales      Purchases      Sales  

SSGA Global Allocation Portfolio

   $       $       $ 128,689,321       $ 126,408,223   

Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan Portfolio

                     764,413,237         629,806,468   

SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond Portfolio

     7,608,073         8,181,986         161,117,320         154,907,878   

State Street DoubleLine Total Return Tactical Portfolio

     755,147,305         196,241,641         3,174,123,407         1,851,693,512   

SSGA MFS Systematic Core Equity Portfolio

                     1,887,886         1,977,770   

SSGA MFS Systematic Growth Equity Portfolio

                     5,884,211         6,118,543   

SSGA MFS Systematic Value Equity Portfolio

                     1,710,807         1,854,012   

State Street Risk Aware Portfolio

                     1,445,989         1,447,749   

For the year ended June 30, 2016, the following Portfolios had in-kind contributions, redemptions and net realized gains/losses in the amounts as follows:

 

     Contributions      Redemptions      Realized
Gain/(Loss)
 

SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio

   $ 23,407,106       $ 69,524,043       $ (6,995,502

SSGA Income Allocation Portfolio

     2,957,156         17,386,235         422,737   

SSGA Global Allocation Portfolio

     90,870,924         47,767,242         593,025   

SSGA MFS Systematic Core Equity Portfolio

     5,816,924         2,881,127         349,502   

SSGA MFS Systematic Growth Equity Portfolio

     8,897,210         3,077,146         501,402   

 

7. Income Tax Information

The Portfolios are not required to pay federal income taxes on their net investment income and net capital gains because they are treated as partnerships for federal income tax purposes. All interest, gains and losses of the Portfolios are deemed to have been “passed through” to the Portfolios’ partners in proportion to their holdings in the respective Portfolio, regardless of whether such items have been distributed by the Portfolios. Each partner is responsible for its tax liability based on its distributive share; therefore, no provision has been made for federal income taxes.

The Portfolios file federal and various state and local tax returns as required. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The federal returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years from date of filing, while the state returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon jurisdiction. SSGA FM has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on tax returns for all open years and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that would require recognition of a tax liability.

At June 30, 2016, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation of investments based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

      Tax
Cost
     Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio

   $ 91,999,658       $ 1,858,766       $ 13,021,066       $ (11,162,300

SSGA Income Allocation Portfolio

     102,099,930         5,918,172         3,132,435         2,785,737   

SSGA Global Allocation Portfolio

     182,768,160         6,729,453         3,726,650         3,002,803   

Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan Portfolio

     816,967,079         3,459,696         4,669,792         (1,210,096

SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond Portfolio

     24,421,354         17,733         21,960         (4,227

State Street DoubleLine Total Return Tactical Portfolio

     2,692,877,577         46,613,521         20,163,996         26,449,525   

SSGA MFS Systematic Core Equity Portfolio

     5,839,592         357,310         364,568         (7,258

SSGA MFS Systematic Growth Equity Portfolio

     11,734,128         929,484         496,530         432,954   

SSGA MFS Systematic Value Equity Portfolio

     2,550,160         227,465         167,446         60,019   

State Street Risk Aware Portfolio

     1,884,783         159,033         83,260         75,773   

 

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8. Line of Credit

Certain Portfolios and other affiliated funds (each a “Participant” and, collectively, the “Participants”) participate in a $360 million revolving credit facility provided by a syndication of banks under which the Participants may borrow to fund shareholder redemptions. Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan Portfolio has exclusive access to $100 million of the total credit facility. The agreement expires in October 2016 unless extended or renewed. Prior to October 14, 2015, the participants could borrow up to $300 million at any time outstanding, subject to asset coverage and other limitations as specified in the agreements. The following Funds participate in the credit facility:

Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan Portfolio

SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond Portfolio

SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical Portfolio

The Participants are charged an annual commitment fee which is calculated based on the unused portion of the shared credit line. Commitment fees are allocated among each of the Participants based on relative net assets. Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan Portfolio pays the commitment fee for its exclusive portion of the credit line. Commitment fees are ordinary fund operating expenses. A Participant incurs and pays the interest expense related to its borrowing. Interest is calculated at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the New York Fed Bank Rate plus 1%. Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan Portfolio may borrow up to a maximum of 25 percent of its assets or a lower amount as set forth in the Portfolio’s prospectus. No Portfolios had outstanding loans during the six months ended June 30, 2016.

 

9. Risks

Concentration Risk

As a result of the Portfolios’ ability to invest a large percentage of their assets in obligations of issuers within the same country, state, region, currency or economic sector, an adverse economic, business or political development may affect the value of the Portfolios’ investments more than if the Portfolios were more broadly diversified.

Foreign and Emerging Markets Risks

Investing in foreign markets involve risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in the U.S. Foreign securities may be subject to risk of loss because of government regulation, economic, political and social instability in the countries in which the Portfolios’ invests. Foreign markets may be less liquid than investments in the U.S. and may be subject to the risks of currency fluctuations. To the extent that a Portfolio invests in securities of issuers located in emerging markets, these risks may be even more pronounced.

Market and Credit Risk

In the normal course of business, the Portfolios trade financial instruments and enter into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the general economic conditions and fluctuations of the market (market risk). Additionally, a Portfolio may also be exposed to credit risk in the event that an issuer or guarantor fails to perform or that an institution or entity with which the Portfolio has unsettled or open transactions defaults.

 

10. Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Portfolios through the date on which the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements other than below.

On May 26, 2016, the Board unanimously voted to close and liquidate the State Street Risk Aware Portfolio effective August 24, 2016.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

 

To the Owners of Beneficial Interest and Board of Trustees of

SSGA Master Trust

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of SSGA Master Trust (comprising, respectively, the SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio, SSGA Income Allocation Portfolio, SSGA Global Allocation Portfolio, Blackstone/GSO Senior Loan Portfolio, SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond Portfolio, State Street DoubleLine Total Return Tactical Portfolio, SSGA MFS Systematic Core Equity Portfolio, SSGA MFS Systematic Growth Equity Portfolio, SSGA MFS Systematic Value Equity Portfolio and State Street Risk Aware Portfolio) (collectively, the “Portfolios”), as of June 30, 2016, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, and the statements of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Portfolios’ 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. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Portfolios’ internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Portfolios’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of June 30, 2016 by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and others or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers or others were not received. 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 each of the respective Portfolios constituting SSGA Master Trust at June 30, 2016, the results of their operations for the year then ended, and the changes in their net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures and Records

A description of the Trust’s proxy voting policies and procedures that are used by the Portfolios’ investment adviser to vote proxies relating to the Portfolios’ portfolio of securities are available (i) without charge, upon request by calling 1-866-787-2257 (toll free) or (ii) on the website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, at www.sec.gov.

Information regarding how the investment adviser voted for the prior 12-months period ended June 30 is available by August 31 of each year by calling the same number and on the SEC’s website, at www.sec.gov, and on the Portfolios’ website at www.spdrs.com.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedule

The Portfolios file a complete schedule of investments with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Portfolios’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. The information on the Form N-Q is available upon request, without charge, by calling 1-866-787-2257 (toll free) and on the Funds’ website at www.spdrs.com.

Approval of Advisory Agreements

At in-person meetings held prior to June 30, 2016, the Board of Trustees of the Trusts (the “Board”) evaluated proposals (1) to continue the separate Investment Advisory Agreements (the “Agreements”) between each Trust and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “SSGA FM”) with respect to the operational series of SSGA Active Trust (the “Current ETFs”) and SSGA Master Trust (together with the Current ETFs, the “Current Funds”), and (2) to approve the separate Agreements between the Adviser and (a) the SSGA Active Trust with respect to the SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF and SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF (the “New ETFs” and, together with the Current ETFs, the “ETFs”), and the State Street Disciplined Global Equity Portfolio (together with the New ETFs, the “New Funds”) each a new series of the SSGA Active Trust, (with the Current Funds and New Funds collectively being referred to hereafter as the “Funds”), each of which commenced operations during the period covered by this Annual Report. The Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Independent Trustees”), also met separately with their independent legal counsel to consider the Agreements.

In evaluating the Agreements, the Board drew on materials provided to them by SSGA FM, the Trust’s investment adviser and administrator, and other materials provided by State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Trusts’ sub-administrator, transfer agent and custodian (“State Street”). In deciding whether to approve the Agreements, the Board considered various factors, including the (i) nature, extent and quality of services provided by, or expected to be provided by, the Adviser with respect to the Funds under the Agreements, (ii) investment performance of the Current Funds, (iii) profits realized by the Adviser and its affiliates from its relationship with the Trusts, (iv) fees charged to comparable funds, (v) other benefits to the Adviser, and (vi) extent to which economies of scale would be shared as the Funds grow.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of services provided by, or expected to be provided by, the Adviser. In doing so, the Trustees relied on their prior experience in overseeing the management of the Trusts and materials provided prior to and at the meeting. The Board reviewed the Agreements and the Adviser’s responsibilities for managing investment operations of each of the Funds in accordance with each Fund’s investment objectives and policies, and applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Board appreciated the relatively unique nature of the ETFs as exchange-traded funds in a master-feeder structure, as appropriate, and the experience and expertise of the Adviser with exchange-traded funds. The Board considered the background and experience of the Adviser’s senior management, including those individuals responsible for portfolio management, oversight of sub-advisers and regulatory compliance of the Funds. The Board also considered the portfolio management resources, structures and practices of the Adviser, including those associated with monitoring and securing each Fund’s compliance with its investment objectives and policies and with applicable laws and regulations. The Board also considered information about the Adviser’s best execution procedures and overall investment management business, noting that the Adviser

 

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serves a wide range of clients across a broad spectrum of asset classes. The Board looked at the Adviser’s general knowledge of the investment business and that of its affiliates which make up State Street Global Advisors, through which the Adviser shares all of its senior personnel. The Board considered that the Adviser and its affiliates constitute one of the world’s largest investment management enterprises for exchange-traded funds. The Board also considered the Adviser’s experience in active management, managing exchange-traded funds in master-feeder structures and overseeing third-party sub-advisers, as applicable.

Investment Performance

The Board then reviewed the Current Funds’ performance. The Board compared each Current Fund’s investment performance to the performance of an appropriate benchmark and group of comparable funds. Among other information, the Board considered the following performance information in its evaluation of the Funds:

SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund underperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-, 2- and 3-year periods; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period and underperformed its benchmark index for the 3-year period.

SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-, 2- and 3-year periods; and (b) underperformed its benchmark index for the 1- and 3-year period.

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-, 2- and 3-year periods; and (b) underperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period and outperformed its benchmark index for the 3-year period.

SPDR Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund underperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1- and 2-year periods; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund underperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1- and 2-year periods; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group since inception; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index since inception.

SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-year period; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-year period; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-year period; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund underperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-year period; and (b) underperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

On the basis of the foregoing and other relevant information, the Board concluded that the performance of each Current Fund is satisfactory.

Profits Realized by Adviser

The Board considered the profitability of the advisory arrangement with the Current Funds to the Adviser, including data on the Current Funds’ historical profitability to the Adviser. The Independent Trustees, through their counsel, had the opportunity to discuss, with representatives of the Adviser and State Street, methodologies used in computing costs that formed the bases of profitability calculations and determined that these methodologies were reasonable.

Fees Charged to Comparable Funds

The Board evaluated each Fund’s unitary fee through review of comparative information with respect to fees paid by similar funds — i.e., exchange-traded funds that are actively managed, as applicable. The Board reviewed the universe of similar exchange-traded funds for each ETF based upon data independently obtained from Broadridge Financial

 

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Solutions, Inc. (formerly Lipper Analytical Services) and related comparative information for similar exchange-traded funds. The Board also reviewed the fee structure, as applicable, of each Fund in connection with the master-feeder structure, the historical expense ratios of each Current Fund and the estimated expense ratios for each New Fund. In doing so, the Board used a fund by fund analysis of the data.

Other Benefits

The Board also considered whether the Adviser or its affiliates benefited in other ways from its relationship with the Trusts, noting that the Adviser does not maintain soft-dollar arrangements in connection with the Trusts’ brokerage transactions.

Economies of Scale

The Board reviewed information regarding economies of scale or other efficiencies that may result as each Fund’s assets grow in size. The Board noted that the Agreements did not provide for breakpoints in each Fund’s advisory fee rates as assets of a Fund increase. However, the Board further noted the Adviser’s assertion that future economies of scale (among several factors) had been taken into consideration for the Funds by fixing relatively low advisory fees, effectively sharing the benefits of lower fees with the Funds from inception. The Adviser also asserted that one of the benefits of the unitary fee was to provide an unvarying expense structure, which could be lost or diluted with the addition of breakpoints. The Board noted that it intends to continue to monitor fees as the Funds grow in size and assess whether fee breakpoints may be warranted.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees voting separately, approved the Agreements for each Fund after weighing the foregoing factors, none of which was dispositive in itself and may have been weighed differently by each Trustee. The Board’s conclusions with respect to each Agreement were as follows: (a) the nature and extent of the services provided, or expected to be provided, by the Adviser with respect to the Funds were appropriate; (b) the performance of each Current Fund had been satisfactory; (c) the Adviser’s unitary fee for each Fund, considered in relation to services provided or expected to be provided, and in relation to fees charged to comparable funds, was fair and reasonable; (d) profitability of the Trusts’ relationship with the Adviser was not excessive; (e) any additional potential benefits to the Adviser or its affiliates were not of a magnitude to materially affect the Board’s conclusions; and (f) fees paid to the Adviser shared the economies of scale with respect to the Current Funds by way of the relatively low fee structure of the Trusts.

Approval of GSO / Blackstone Debt Funds Management LLC Sub-Advisory Agreements

At an in-person meeting held prior to June 30, 2016, the Board also evaluated proposals to continue the separate Sub-Advisory Agreements (the “GSO / Blackstone Sub-Advisory Agreements”) between the Adviser and GSO / Blackstone Debt Funds Management LLC (“GSO / Blackstone”) with respect to the SPDR Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan ETF, a series of the SSGA Active Trust, and Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan Portfolio, a series of the SSGA Master Trust, each sub-advised by GSO / Blackstone (the “GSO / Blackstone Funds”). The Independent Trustees also met separately with their independent legal counsel to consider the GSO / Blackstone Sub-Advisory Agreements.

In evaluating the GSO / Blackstone Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board drew on materials provided to them by GSO / Blackstone and the Adviser. In deciding whether to approve the GSO / Blackstone Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board considered various factors, including the (i) nature, extent and quality of services provided by GSO / Blackstone with respect to the GSO / Blackstone Funds under the GSO / Blackstone Sub-Advisory Agreements and (ii) investment performance of the GSO / Blackstone Funds. The Board was apprised of the portion of the current advisory fee that the Adviser would pay to GSO / Blackstone under the GSO / Blackstone Sub-Advisory Agreements and also considered that such fees would be paid directly by the Adviser and would not result in increased fees payable by the GSO / Blackstone Funds.

The Board considered the background and experience of GSO / Blackstone’s senior management and, in particular, GSO / Blackstone’s experience in investing in senior loan securities. The Board reviewed the GSO / Blackstone Funds’ performance, noting that that the performance of the GSO / Blackstone Funds was satisfactory. The Board also considered the unitary fee paid to the Adviser by each GSO / Blackstone Fund and GSO / Blackstone’s fees paid by the Adviser.

 

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The Board, including the Independent Trustees voting separately, approved the GSO / Blackstone Sub-Advisory Agreements for each GSO / Blackstone Fund after weighing the foregoing factors, none of which was dispositive in itself and may have been weighed differently by each Trustee. The Board’s conclusions with respect to each GSO / Blackstone Sub-Advisory Agreement were as follows: (a) the nature and extent of the services provided by GSO / Blackstone with respect to the GSO / Blackstone Funds were appropriate; (b) the performance of the GSO / Blackstone Funds had been satisfactory; (c) GSO / Blackstone’s fees for the GSO / Blackstone Funds and the unitary fee, considered in relation to the services provided, were fair and reasonable; (d) any additional potential benefits to GSO / Blackstone were not of a magnitude to materially affect the Board’s conclusions; and (e) fees paid to GSO / Blackstone adequately shared the economies of scale with each applicable GSO / Blackstone Fund by way of the relatively low fee structure of the Trusts.

Approval of Massachusetts Financial Services Company Sub-Advisory Agreements

At an in-person meeting held prior to June 30, 2016, the Board also evaluated proposals to continue the separate Sub-Advisory Agreements (the “MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements”) between the Adviser and Massachusetts Financial Services Company (“MFS”) with respect to the SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF, SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF and SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF, each a series of the SSGA Active Trust, and SSGA MFS Systematic Core Equity Portfolio, SSGA Systematic Growth Equity Portfolio and SSGA MFS Systematic Value Equity Portfolio, each a series of the SSGA Master Trust, each sub-advised by MFS (the “MFS Funds”). The Independent Trustees also met separately with their independent legal counsel to consider the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements.

In evaluating the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board drew on materials provided to them by MFS and the Adviser. In deciding whether to approve the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board considered various factors, including the (i) nature, extent and quality of services provided by MFS with respect to the MFS Funds under the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements and (ii) investment performance of the MFS Funds. The Board was apprised of the portion of the current advisory fee that the Adviser would pay to MFS under the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements and also considered that such fees would be paid directly by the Adviser and would not result in increased fees payable by the MFS Funds.

The Board considered the background and experience of MFS’s senior management and, in particular, MFS’s experience in investing in equity securities. The Board reviewed the MFS Funds’ performance, noting that that the performance of the MFS Funds was satisfactory. The Board also considered the unitary fee paid to the Adviser by each MFS Fund and MFS’s fees paid by the Adviser.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees voting separately, approved the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements for each MFS Fund after weighing the foregoing factors, none of which was dispositive in itself and may have been weighed differently by each Trustee. The Board’s conclusions with respect to each MFS Sub-Advisory Agreement were as follows: (a) the nature and extent of the services provided by MFS with respect to the MFS Funds were appropriate; (b) the performance of the MFS Funds had been satisfactory; (c) MFS’s fees for the MFS Funds and the unitary fee, considered in relation to the services provided, were fair and reasonable; (d) any additional potential benefits to MFS were not of a magnitude to materially affect the Board’s conclusions; and (e) fees paid to MFS adequately shared the economies of scale with each applicable MFS Fund by way of the relatively low fee structure of the Trusts.

Approval of DoubleLine Capital LP Sub-Advisory Agreements

At in-person meetings held prior to June 30, 2016, the Board also considered proposals to continue the separate Sub-Advisory Agreements (the “DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements”) between the Adviser and DoubleLine Capital LP (“DoubleLine”) with respect to the SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF, a series of the SSGA Active Trust, and State Street DoubleLine Total Return Tactical Portfolio, a series of the SSGA Master Trust (together, the “Current DoubleLine Funds”), and to approve the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements between the Adviser and DoubleLine with respect to the SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF and SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF, each a series of SSGA Active Trust (together with the Current DoubleLine Funds, the “DoubleLine Funds”), under which each of the DoubleLine Funds would be sub-advised by DoubleLine. The Independent Trustees also met separately with their independent legal counsel to consider the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements.

 

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In evaluating the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board drew on materials provided to them by DoubleLine and the Adviser. In deciding whether to approve the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board considered various factors, including the (i) nature, extent and quality of services provided, or expected to be provided, by DoubleLine with respect to the DoubleLine Funds under the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements; and (ii) investment performance of the Current DoubleLine Funds. The Board was apprised of the portion of the advisory fee that the Adviser would pay to DoubleLine under the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements and also considered that such fees would be paid directly by the Adviser and would not result in increased fees payable by the DoubleLine Funds.

The Board considered the background and experience of DoubleLine’s senior management and, in particular, DoubleLine’s experience in investing in fixed income securities. The Board reviewed the Current DoubleLine Funds’ performance, noting that that the performance of the Current DoubleLine Funds was satisfactory. The Board also considered the unitary fee paid, or to be paid, to the Adviser by each DoubleLine Fund and DoubleLine’s fees paid by the Adviser.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees voting separately, approved the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements for the DoubleLine Funds after weighing the foregoing factors, none of which was dispositive in itself and may have been weighed differently by each Trustee. The Board’s conclusions with respect to each of the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements were as follows: (a) the nature and extent of the services provided, or expected to be provided, by DoubleLine with respect to the DoubleLine Funds were adequate and appropriate; (b) the performance of the Current DoubleLine Funds had been satisfactory; (c) DoubleLine’s fees for the DoubleLine Funds and the unitary fee, considered in relation to the services provided, or expected to be provided, were fair and reasonable; (d) any additional potential benefits to DoubleLine were not of a magnitude to materially affect the Board’s conclusions; and (e) fees paid, or expected to be paid, to DoubleLine were expected to share economies of scale with each applicable DoubleLine Fund by way of the relatively low fee structure of the Trusts.

 

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TRUSTEES

 

Name, Address

and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)

with Funds

  

Term of

Office and

Length of

Time Served

  

Principal

Occupation(s)

During Past

5 Years

   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by Trustee
    

Other

Directorships

Held by Trustee

During the

Past 5 Years

Independent Trustees

              

FRANK NESVET

c/o SSGA Master Trust

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111-2900

1943

  

Independent

Trustee,

Chairman,

Trustee

Committee

Chair

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

September 2000

  

Chief Executive

Officer, Libra Group,

Inc. (a financial

services consulting

company) (1998-present).

     218      

SPDR Index Shares

Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Active Trust (Trustee).

DAVID M. KELLY

c/o SSGA Master Trust

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111-2900

1938

  

Independent

Trustee,

Audit

Committee

Chair

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

September 2000

   Retired.      218      

Chicago Stock

Exchange (Former

Director, retired);

Penson Worldwide Inc.

(Former Director,

retired); SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee);

SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Active Trust (Trustee).

BONNY EUGENIA BOATMAN

c/o SSGA Master Trust

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111-2900

1950

  

Independent

Trustee

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

April 2010

   Retired.      218      

SPDR Index

Shares Funds

(Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Active Trust (Trustee).

DWIGHT D. CHURCHILL

c/o SSGA Master Trust

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111-2900

1953

  

Independent

Trustee

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

April 2010

  

Self-employed

consultant since 2010;

CEO and President,

CFA Institute (June

2014-January 2015).

     218      

SPDR Index Shares

Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Active Trust (Trustee); Affiliated

Managers Group, Inc. (Director).

CARL G. VERBONCOEUR

c/o SSGA Master Trust

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111-2900

1952

  

Independent

Trustee

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

April 2010

  

Self-employed

consultant since 2009.

     218      

The Motley Fool Funds Trust (Trustee); SPDR

Index Shares Funds

(Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Active Trust (Trustee).

 

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Name, Address

and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)

with Funds

  

Term of

Office and

Length of

Time Served

  

Principal

Occupation(s)

During Past

5 Years

   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by Trustee
    

Other

Directorships

Held by Trustee

During the

Past 5 Years

Interested Trustee

              

JAMES E. ROSS*

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1965

  

Interested

Trustee

  

Term: Unlimited

Served as Trustee: since

April 2010

  

Chairman and

Director, SSGA

Funds Management,

Inc. (2005-present);

Senior Managing

Director and

Principal, State Street

Global Advisors

(2006-present);

President, SSGA

Funds Management,

Inc. (2005-2012).

     299      

SPDR Index

Shares Funds

(Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Active Trust (Trustee); Select Sector SPDR Trust (Trustee); State Street Master Funds (Trustee);

and State Street

Institutional

Investment Trust

(Trustee).

 

* Mr. Ross is an Interested Trustee because of his employment with the Adviser and ownership interest in an affiliate of the Adviser. Mr. Ross previously served as an Interested Trustee from November 2005 to December 2009.

OFFICERS

 

Name, Address

and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)

with Funds

  

Term of

Office and

Length of

Time Served

  

Principal

Occupation(s)

During the

Past 5 Years

ELLEN M. NEEDHAM

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1967

   President   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

October 2012

   President and Director, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2001-present)*; Senior Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors (1992-present).*

ANN M. CARPENTER

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1966

  

Vice President;

Deputy Treasurer

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

August 2012;

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2016

   Chief Operating Officer, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2005-Present)*; Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors (2005-present).*

MICHAEL P. RILEY

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1969

   Vice President   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2005

   Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (February 2015-present); Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2008-February 2015); Principal, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2005-2008).

JOSHUA A. WEINBERG

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1978

   Chief Legal Officer   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since February 2015

   Vice President and Managing Counsel, State Street Global Advisors (2011-present); Clerk, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2013-present); Associate, Financial Services Group, Dechert LLP (2006-2011).

 

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Name, Address

and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)

with Funds

  

Term of

Office and

Length of

Time Served

  

Principal

Occupation(s)

During the

Past 5 Years

CHRISTOPHER A. MADDEN

State Street Bank and Trust Company

One Hundred Huntington Avenue,

CPH0326

Boston, MA 02116

1967

   Secretary   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

August 2013

   Vice President and Senior Counsel, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2013-present); Counsel, Atlantic Fund Services (2009-2013); Vice President.*

PATRICIA A. MORISETTE

State Street Bank and Trust Company

One Hundred Huntington Avenue,

CPH0326

Boston, MA 02116

1973

   Assistant Secretary   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2015

   Vice President and Counsel, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2014-present); Assistant Vice President and Counsel, John Hancock Financial Services (2011-2013); Independent legal consultant (2009-2011); Associate, Bingham McCutchen LLP (2003-2009).*,**

BRUCE S. ROSENBERG

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1961

   Treasurer    Term: Unlimited Served: since February 2016    Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (July 2015-present; Director, Credit Suisse (April 2008-July 2015)).

CHAD C. HALLETT

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1969

   Deputy Treasurer   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2016

   Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (November 2014-present); Vice President, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2001-November 2014).*

SUJATA UPRETI

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1974

   Assistant Treasurer    Term: Unlimited Served: since February 2016    Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (May 2015-present; Assistant Director, Cambridge Associates, LLC (July 2014-January 2015); Vice President, Bank of New York Mellon (July 2012-August 2013); Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (September 2003-July 2012)).

DANIEL FOLEY

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1972

   Assistant Treasurer    Term: Unlimited Served: since February 2016    Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (April 2007-present).*

BRIAN HARRIS

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1973

  

Chief Compliance

Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

November 2013

   Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (June 2013-present)*; Senior Vice President and Global Head of Investment Compliance, BofA Global Capital Management (2010-2013); Director of Compliance, AARP Financial Inc. (2008-2010).

 

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Trustees

Bonny E. Boatman

Dwight D. Churchill

David M. Kelly

Frank Nesvet, Chairman

James E. Ross

Carl G. Verboncoeur

Officers

Ellen M. Needham, President

Bruce Rosenberg, Treasurer

Ann Carpenter, Vice President and Deputy Treasurer

Michael P. Riley, Vice President

 

Chad C. Hallett, Deputy Treasurer

Sujata Upreti, Assistant Treasurer

 

Daniel Foley, Assistant Treasurer

Christopher A. Madden, Secretary

Patricia A. Morisette, Assistant Secretary

Brian Harris, Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer

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State Street Financial Center

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Annual Report

30 June 2016

 

SSGA Active Trust

SPDR DoubleLine® Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF (STOT)

 

 

 

 

LOGO

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SSGA Active Trust

SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF

Annual Report

June 30, 2016

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Portfolio Summary

    1   

Schedule of Investments

    2   

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

    8   

Statement of Operations

    9   

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

    10   

Financial Highlights

    11   

Notes to Financial Statements

    12   

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    17   

Other Information

    18   

 

 

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LOGO

SPDR DOUBLELINE SHORT DURATION TOTAL RETURN TACTICAL ETF — PORTFOLIO SUMMARY (UNAUDITED)

 

The fund had less than six months of operations at reporting period end and therefore does not have performance history to provide in this report.

TOP FIVE HOLDINGS AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                      
      DESCRIPTION   FEDERAL NATIONAL
MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION
3.00% 06/01/2036
  TREASURY NOTES
1.00% 09/15/2017
  TREASURY NOTES
0.88% 07/15/2017
  TREASURY NOTES
1.00% 12/31/2017
  TREASURY NOTES
0.88% 11/30/2017
    
     MARKET VALUE   $3,131,238   1,960,589   1,776,673   1,710,914   1,657,161    
     % OF NET ASSETS   6.2   3.9   3.5   3.4   3.3    
                                     

(The five largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will continue to remain invested in any particular security.)

 

     PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION*    JUNE 30, 2016       
 

Corporate Bonds & Notes

     27.2  
 

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     21.5     
 

Mortgage-Backed Securities

     36.2     
 

Asset-Backed Securities

     8.1     
 

Senior Floating Rate Loans

     3.8     
 

Short-Term Investment

     1.3     
 

Foreign Government Obligations

     1.2     
   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

     0.7       
   

TOTAL

     100.0    

 

 

  *   The Fund’s portfolio composition is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time.

 

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SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 27.2%

  

ADVERTISING — 0.2%

  

Outfront Media Capital LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp.
5.25%, 2/15/2022

  $ 100,000      $ 101,500   
   

 

 

 

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE — 0.2%

  

United Technologies Corp.
6.13%, 2/1/2019

    100,000        112,285   
   

 

 

 

AGRICULTURE — 0.7%

  

Philip Morris International, Inc.
5.65%, 5/16/2018

    200,000        217,262   

Reynolds American, Inc.
3.25%, 6/12/2020

    140,000        147,783   
   

 

 

 
      365,045   
   

 

 

 

AUTO MANUFACTURERS — 0.6%

  

Kia Motors Corp. 2.63%, 4/21/2021 (a)

    200,000        206,551   

Toyota Motor Credit Corp. Series MTN,
1.70%, 2/19/2019

    75,000        75,861   
   

 

 

 
      282,412   
   

 

 

 

AUTO PARTS & EQUIPMENT — 0.1%

  

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
6.63%, 10/15/2022

    65,000        69,303   
   

 

 

 

BANKS — 6.6%

  

Agromercantil Senior Trust
6.25%, 4/10/2019

    200,000        206,900   

Banco Mercantil del Norte SA
6.86%, 10/13/2021

    200,000        199,500   

Banco Nacional de Costa Rica
4.88%, 11/1/2018

    200,000        204,000   

Banco Santander Mexico SA
5.95%, 1/30/2024 (b)

    200,000        210,000   

Bancolombia SA 6.13%, 7/26/2020

    200,000        214,000   

Bank of America Corp.
2.00%, 1/11/2018

    150,000        151,011   

BB&T Corp. 2.25%, 2/1/2019

    115,000        117,438   

BBVA Bancomer SA 6.01%, 5/17/2022

    200,000        199,000   

Citigroup, Inc. 2.05%, 12/7/2018

    150,000        151,240   

Global Bank Corp. 5.13%, 10/30/2019

    200,000        206,500   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
2.90%, 7/19/2018

    115,000        117,834   

Itau CorpBanca 3.88%, 9/22/2019

    200,000        209,562   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
2.25%, 1/23/2020

    115,000        116,601   

Morgan Stanley Series GMTN,
2.45%, 2/1/2019

    145,000        147,717   

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd.
4.00%, 10/15/2024 (b)

    200,000        209,263   

PNC Funding Corp. 4.38%, 8/11/2020

    65,000        71,481   

Royal Bank of Canada
2.00%, 12/10/2018

    130,000        132,080   

Toronto-Dominion Bank Series GMTN,
1.75%, 7/23/2018

    125,000        126,365   

United Overseas Bank, Ltd.
3.75%, 9/19/2024

    200,000        207,000   

Wells Fargo & Co. 1.50%, 1/16/2018

    115,000        115,540   
   

 

 

 
      3,313,032   
   

 

 

 

BEVERAGES — 0.7%

  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc.
1.90%, 2/1/2019

  130,000      132,157   

Molson Coors Brewing Co.
1.45%, 7/15/2019

    50,000        50,154   

PepsiCo, Inc. 2.15%, 10/14/2020

    180,000        184,637   
   

 

 

 
      366,948   
   

 

 

 

BIOTECHNOLOGY — 0.5%

  

Celgene Corp. 2.13%, 8/15/2018

    230,000        232,885   
   

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL SERVICES — 0.4%

  

Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone, Ltd. 3.50%, 7/29/2020

    200,000        198,926   

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC/Prime Finance, Inc.
9.25%, 5/15/2023 (a)

    25,000        26,500   
   

 

 

 
      225,426   
   

 

 

 

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES — 0.8%

  

American Express Credit Corp. Series GMTN, 2.25%, 8/15/2019

    230,000        234,638   

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 2.30%, 11/15/2019

    115,000        118,484   

Tanner Servicios Financieros SA
4.38%, 3/13/2018

    50,000        50,125   
   

 

 

 
      403,247   
   

 

 

 

ELECTRIC — 1.2%

  

Duke Energy Corp. 1.63%, 8/15/2017

    115,000        115,617   

Israel Electric Corp., Ltd.
5.63%, 6/21/2018

    200,000        211,800   

NRG Energy, Inc. 6.25%, 7/15/2022

    45,000        43,763   

Southern Co. 2.45%, 9/1/2018

    230,000        235,324   
   

 

 

 
      606,504   
   

 

 

 

ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION — 0.3%

  

Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen SA
5.75%, 10/9/2023

    130,000        135,850   
   

 

 

 

ENTERTAINMENT — 0.1%

  

Scientific Games International, Inc.
7.00%, 1/1/2022 (a)

    65,000        65,488   
   

 

 

 

FOOD — 0.9%

  

General Mills, Inc. 2.20%, 10/21/2019

    230,000        235,132   

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.
2.00%, 7/2/2018 (a)

    115,000        116,514   

Kroger Co. 6.15%, 1/15/2020

    100,000        114,979   
   

 

 

 
      466,625   
   

 

 

 

FOREST PRODUCTS & PAPER — 0.4%

  

Inversiones CMPC SA/Cayman Islands Branch 4.75%, 1/19/2018

    200,000        207,109   
   

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS — 0.1%

  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
2.15%, 12/14/2018

    75,000        75,642   
   

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE SERVICES — 1.0%

  

Aetna, Inc. 1.90%, 6/7/2019

    70,000        70,992   

Anthem, Inc. 2.30%, 7/15/2018

    230,000        232,930   

Centene Corp.:

   

4.75%, 5/15/2022

    10,000        10,200   

5.63%, 2/15/2021 (a)

    20,000        20,812   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

HCA, Inc. 4.25%, 10/15/2019

  $ 100,000      $ 104,313   

Select Medical Corp. 6.38%, 6/1/2021

    45,000        42,778   
   

 

 

 
      482,025   
   

 

 

 

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS(c) — 0.0%

  

Revlon Consumer Products Corp.
5.75%, 2/15/2021

    15,000        14,550   
   

 

 

 

HOUSEWARES — 0.2%

  

Newell Brands, Inc. 2.60%, 3/29/2019

    100,000        102,469   
   

 

 

 

INSURANCE — 0.2%

  

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.
1.70%, 3/15/2019

    120,000        121,961   
   

 

 

 

INTERNET — 0.2%

  

Amazon.com, Inc. 2.60%, 12/5/2019

    110,000        114,830   
   

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANY SECURITY — 0.4%

  

GrupoSura Finance SA
5.70%, 5/18/2021

    200,000        214,200   
   

 

 

 

IT SERVICES — 0.8%

  

Apple, Inc. 1.70%, 2/22/2019

    125,000        126,996   

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.
2.85%, 10/5/2018 (a)

    275,000        281,293   
   

 

 

 
      408,289   
   

 

 

 

LEISURE TIME — 0.3%

  

NCL Corp., Ltd. 5.25%, 11/15/2019 (a)

    65,000        65,650   

Sabre GLBL, Inc.
5.25%, 11/15/2023 (a)

    60,000        61,275   
   

 

 

 
      126,925   
   

 

 

 

LODGING — 0.1%

  

Station Casinos LLC 7.50%, 3/1/2021

    45,000        47,646   
   

 

 

 

MACHINERY, CONSTRUCTION & MINING — 0.2%

  

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. Series GMTN, 1.70%, 6/16/2018

    115,000        116,352   
   

 

 

 

MEDIA — 0.8%

  

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 5.25%, 9/30/2022

    65,000        66,547   

Cequel Communications Holdings I LLC/Cequel Capital Corp.
6.38%, 9/15/2020 (a)

    30,000        30,447   

Comcast Corp. 5.88%, 2/15/2018

    200,000        215,338   

Sinclair Television Group, Inc.
5.63%, 8/1/2024 (a)

    65,000        66,585   
   

 

 

 
      378,917   
   

 

 

 

OIL & GAS — 1.9%

  

BP Capital Markets PLC
1.68%, 5/3/2019

    30,000        30,200   

Chevron Corp. 1.56%, 5/16/2019

    75,000        75,433   

Delek & Avner Tamar Bond, Ltd.
4.44%, 12/30/2020 (a)

    200,000        207,500   

ONGC Videsh, Ltd. 3.25%, 7/15/2019

    200,000        205,540   

Petroleos Mexicanos 5.50%, 1/21/2021

    150,000        158,994   

Petronas Global Sukuk, Ltd.
2.71%, 3/18/2020

    200,000        202,261   

Shell International Finance B.V.
1.38%, 5/10/2019

    75,000        75,167   
   

 

 

 
      955,095   
   

 

 

 

PACKAGING & CONTAINERS — 0.2%

  

Berry Plastics Corp. 5.50%, 5/15/2022

  65,000      66,625   

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC/Reynolds Group Issuer Lu 5.13%, 7/15/2023 (a)

    30,000        30,375   
   

 

 

 
      97,000   
   

 

 

 

PHARMACEUTICALS — 1.3%

  

AbbVie, Inc. 1.80%, 5/14/2018

    230,000        231,386   

Cardinal Health, Inc. 1.95%, 6/15/2018

    100,000        100,976   

McKesson Corp. 1.29%, 3/10/2017

    125,000        125,237   

Mylan NV 2.50%, 6/7/2019 (a)

    75,000        76,052   

Quintiles Transnational Corp.
4.88%, 5/15/2023 (a)

    100,000        101,812   
   

 

 

 
      635,463   
   

 

 

 

PIPELINES — 1.1%

  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P.
6.00%, 2/1/2017

    110,000        112,556   

Oleoducto Central SA 4.00%, 5/7/2021

    200,000        195,400   

Transportadora de Gas Internacional SA ESP 5.70%, 3/20/2022

    200,000        208,500   

Williams Partners L.P. / ACMP Finance Corp. 4.88%, 3/15/2024

    20,000        19,100   
   

 

 

 
      535,556   
   

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS — 0.7%

  

Boston Properties L.P.
5.88%, 10/15/2019

    100,000        112,003   

Equinix, Inc. 5.38%, 4/1/2023

    100,000        103,000   

Simon Property Group L.P.
2.20%, 2/1/2019

    115,000        117,358   
   

 

 

 
      332,361   
   

 

 

 

RETAIL — 1.0%

  

CVS Health Corp. 1.90%, 7/20/2018

    220,000        223,015   

Dollar Tree, Inc. 5.75%, 3/1/2023 (a)

    65,000        69,063   

Home Depot, Inc. 2.00%, 6/15/2019

    150,000        154,086   

Sally Holdings LLC/Sally Capital, Inc.
5.75%, 6/1/2022

    65,000        67,600   
   

 

 

 
      513,764   
   

 

 

 

SOFTWARE — 0.7%

  

Activision Blizzard, Inc.
5.63%, 9/15/2021 (a)

    65,000        67,763   

First Data Corp. 5.75%, 1/15/2024 (a)

    25,000        24,609   

Oracle Corp. 2.25%, 10/8/2019

    230,000        236,931   
   

 

 

 
      329,303   
   

 

 

 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS — 2.3%

  

AT&T, Inc. 2.30%, 3/11/2019

    115,000        117,496   

Axiata SPV2 Bhd Series 2,
3.47%, 11/19/2020

    200,000        208,422   

British Telecommunications PLC
5.95%, 1/15/2018

    200,000        213,990   

Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.65%, 6/15/2018

    115,000        116,597   

Digicel, Ltd. 7.00%, 2/15/2020

    200,000        185,000   

Level 3 Communications, Inc.
5.75%, 12/1/2022

    65,000        65,812   

Orange SA 2.75%, 2/6/2019

    115,000        118,335   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

Verizon Communications, Inc.
2.63%, 2/21/2020

  $ 145,000      $ 149,894   
   

 

 

 
      1,175,546   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES
(Cost $13,681,451)

      13,731,553   
   

 

 

 

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS — 1.2%

  

Banco de Costa Rica 5.25%, 8/12/2018

    200,000        204,250   

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA 3.25%, 5/7/2020

    200,000        201,000   

Fondo MIVIVIENDA SA
3.38%, 4/2/2019

    200,000        205,980   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $608,087)

      611,230   
   

 

 

 

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 21.5%

  

Treasury Notes:

   

0.63%, 5/31/2017

    1,300,000        1,301,365   

0.75%, 1/31/2018

    1,000,000        1,002,830   

0.88%, 7/15/2017

    1,770,000        1,776,673   

0.88%, 11/30/2017

    1,650,000        1,657,161   

1.00%, 9/15/2017

    1,950,000        1,960,589   

1.00%, 12/31/2017

    1,700,000        1,710,914   

1.63%, 6/30/2020

    1,380,000        1,419,233   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $10,794,259)

      10,828,765   
   

 

 

 

SENIOR FLOATING RATE LOANS — 3.8%

  

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE — 0.1%

  

TransDigm, Inc.:

   

Senior Secured Delayed Draw Term Loan F, 3.75%, 6/9/2023

    20,368        20,109   

Senior Secured Term Loan F,
3.75%, 6/9/2023

    22,632        22,344   
   

 

 

 
      42,453   
   

 

 

 

CONTAINERS & PACKAGING — 0.2%

  

Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc.
Senior Secured Dollar Term Loan, 4.50%, 12/1/2018

    100,000        100,145   
   

 

 

 

DIVERSIFIED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 0.4%

  

Level 3 Financing, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B2, 3.50%, 5/31/2022

    100,000        99,787   

Virgin Media Investment Holdings, Ltd.
Senior Secured Term Loan F, 3.65%, 6/30/2023

    100,000        97,711   
   

 

 

 
      197,498   
   

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES — 0.1%

  

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC Senior Secured Term Loan B, 5.00%, 6/7/2023

    49,000        49,196   
   

 

 

 

HOTELS, RESTAURANTS & LEISURE — 0.6%

  

Burger King 1011778 B.C. Unlimited Liability Co.
Senior Secured Term Loan B2, 3.75%, 12/10/2021

    99,746        99,746   

MGM Growth Prop. Operating Partnership L.P.
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 4.00%, 4/25/2023

  99,750      100,093   

Scientific Games International, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B2, 6.00%, 10/1/2021

    69,747        68,884   

Yum! Brands Inc.
Senior Secured 1st Lien Term Loan B, 3.19%, 6/16/2023

    37,000        37,093   
   

 

 

 
      305,816   
   

 

 

 

LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES — 0.2%

  

Jaguar Holding Company II Senior Secured Term Loan B, 4.25%, 8/18/2022

    99,748        98,938   
   

 

 

 

MEDIA — 0.5%

  

Charter Communications Operating LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan I, 3.50%, 1/24/2023

    99,750        99,984   

McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 5.00%, 5/4/2022

    64,000        64,016   

Tribune Media Co.
Senior Secured Term Loan, 3.75%, 12/27/2020

    99,748        99,686   
   

 

 

 
      263,686   
   

 

 

 

MULTILINE RETAIL — 0.2%

  

Dollar Tree, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B1, 3.50%, 7/6/2022

    100,000        100,166   
   

 

 

 

PERSONAL PRODUCTS — 0.2%

  

NBTY, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 5.00%, 5/5/2023

    100,000        99,393   
   

 

 

 

PHARMACEUTICALS — 0.2%

  

Endo Luxembourg Finance Company I S.A.R.L.
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 3.75%, 9/26/2022

    99,749        98,353   
   

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES — 0.2%

  

TransUnion LLC
Senior Secured Term Loan B2, 3.50%, 4/9/2021

    99,745        98,701   
   

 

 

 

ROAD & RAIL — 0.1%

  

Hertz Corp.
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 1.00%, 6/30/2023

    50,000        50,031   
   

 

 

 

TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE, STORAGE & PERIPHERALS — 0.4%

   

Dell, Inc.:

   

Senior Secured Term Loan B, 1.00%, 5/24/2023

    96,000        95,790   

Senior Secured Term Loan B2, 4.00%, 4/29/2020

    100,000        99,828   
   

 

 

 
      195,618   
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

TRADING COMPANIES & DISTRIBUTORS — 0.2%

  

Univar, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan, 4.25%, 7/1/2022

  $ 99,749      $ 98,502   
   

 

 

 

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 0.2%

  

T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Senior Secured Term Loan B, 3.50%, 11/9/2022

    99,749        100,202   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL SENIOR FLOATING RATE LOANS
(Cost $1,904,926)

      1,898,698   
   

 

 

 

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 8.1%

  

ASSET-BACKED - OTHER — 6.1%

  

AVANT Loans Funding Trust
Series 2016-B, Class A, 3.92%, 8/15/2019 (a)

    224,763        225,699   

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust
Series 2006-2, Class M1, ABS, 0.87%, 7/25/2036

    897,784        886,792   

CAM Mortgage Trust
Series 2016-1, Class A, ABS, 4.00%, 1/15/2056 (a)

    947,653        945,446   

Springleaf Funding Trust
Series 2015-AA, Class A, ABS, 3.16%, 11/15/2024 (a)

    1,000,000        1,005,915   
   

 

 

 
      3,063,852   
   

 

 

 

ASSET-BACKED - STUDENT LOAN — 2.0%

  

Commonbond Student Loan Trust 2016-A
Series 2016-A, Class A1, ABS, 3.32%, 5/25/2040 (a)

    985,458        997,319   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost $4,043,166)

      4,061,171   
   

 

 

 

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 36.2%

  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust:

   

Series 2007-C6, Class AM, 5.90%, 12/10/2049 (b)

    36,000        36,128   

Series 2014-GC19, Class XA, IO, 1.46%, 3/10/2047 (b)

    1,809,668        118,072   

Series 2015-GC27, Class C, 4.58%, 2/10/2048 (b)

    125,000        118,915   

Series 2016-GC37, Class XA, IO, 1.98%, 4/10/2049 (b)

    999,075        132,409   

COMM Mortgage Trust:

   

Series 2013-CR12, Class XA, IO, 1.54%, 10/10/2046 (b)

    1,782,293        118,401   

Series 2014-UBS3, Class XA, IO, 1.50%, 6/10/2047 (b)

    1,747,007        118,814   

Commercial Mortgage Loan Trust
Series 2008-LS1, Class A4B, 6.30%, 12/10/2049 (b)

    82,942        85,548   

Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2007-GG11, Class AM, 5.87%, 12/10/2049 (b)

    125,000        129,307   

Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2008-C1, Class AM, 6.27%, 2/15/2041 (a) (b)

    150,000        156,561   

CSMC
Series Series 2010-RR1, Class 1B, VRN, 5.69%, 4/16/2049 (a) (b)

  125,000      126,387   

Fannie Mae Pool 3.50%, 8/1/2045

    966,886        1,020,395   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.:

   

3.00%, 3/1/2046

    1,481,119        1,536,129   

3.00%, 4/1/2046

    1,491,343        1,546,733   

Series 4582, Class HA, 3.00%, 9/15/2045

    991,319        1,036,836   

Series K722, Class X1, IO, 1.31%, 3/25/2023 (b)

    506,000        35,493   

Federal National Mortgage Association:

   

3.00%, 6/1/2036

    2,984,774        3,131,238   

3.00%, 5/1/2046

    1,490,111        1,547,118   

3.50%, 7/1/2042

    756,369        800,453   

3.50%, 6/1/2045

    968,667        1,022,275   

3.50%, 3/1/2046

    993,202        1,048,617   

GS Mortgage Securities Trust
Series 2007-GG10, Class A4, 5.99%, 8/10/2045 (b)

    130,838        134,054   

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust
Series 2014-C22, Class XA, IO, 1.12%, 9/15/2047 (b)

    2,138,147        120,503   

LB Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2007-C3, Class AM, 6.12%, 7/15/2044 (b)

    125,000        128,971   

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2007-C7, Class A3, 5.87%, 9/15/2045 (b)

    34,975        36,515   

Mill City Mortgage Trust
Series 2015-2, Class A1, 3.00%, 9/25/2057 (a) (b)

    279,659        282,552   

ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust:

   

Series 2007-5, Class A4, 5.38%, 8/12/2048

    139,784        141,268   

Series 2007-5, Class AM, 5.42%, 8/12/2048

    125,000        127,171   

Series 2007-9, Class A4, 5.70%, 9/12/2049

    34,162        35,109   

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust
Series 2014-C15, Class XA, IO, 1.34%, 4/15/2047 (b)

    2,060,902        121,492   

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust:

   

5.41%, 3/15/2044

    125,000        127,398   

Series 2007-IQ16, Class AM, 6.26%, 12/12/2049 (b)

    61,000        63,225   

Velocity Commercial Capital Loan Trust
Series 2016-1, Class AFX, 3.53%, 4/25/2046 (a) (b)

    481,314        488,534   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2007-C30, Class AM, 5.38%, 12/15/2043

    125,000        127,160   

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities:

   

Series 2006-6, Class 1A17, 5.75%, 5/25/2036

    825,952        824,099   

Series 2007-10, Class 1A5,
6.00%, 7/25/2037

    1,523,809        1,520,777   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2013-C18, Class XA, IO,
1.09%, 12/15/2046 (b)

  $ 2,760,823      $ 119,872   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost $18,149,122)

      18,264,529   
   

 

 

 
   

Shares

       

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 1.3%

  

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class 0.47% (d) (e) (Cost $673,680)

    673,680        673,680   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.3%
(Cost $49,854,691)

      50,069,626   

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES — 0.7%

      334,091   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 50,403,717   
   

 

 

 

 

(a) Securities purchased pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities, which represent 11.4% of net assets as of June 30, 2016, are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
(b) Variable Rate Security — Interest rate shown is rate in effect at June 30, 2016.
(c) Amount is less than 0.05% of net assets.
(d) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at June 30, 2016.
(e) The Fund invested in certain money market funds managed by SSGA Funds Management, Inc. Amounts related to these transactions during the year ended June 30, 2016 are shown in the Affiliate Table below.
IO Interest Only

 

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments accordingly to the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2016.

 

Description

   Level 1 —
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2 —
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 —
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total  

ASSETS:

           

INVESTMENTS:

           

Corporate Bonds & Notes

           

Advertising

   $       $ 101,500       $       $ 101,500   

Aerospace & Defense

             112,285                 112,285   

Agriculture

             365,045                 365,045   

Auto Manufacturers

             282,412                 282,412   

Auto Parts & Equipment

             69,303                 69,303   

Banks

             3,313,032                 3,313,032   

Beverages

             366,948                 366,948   

Biotechnology

             232,885                 232,885   

Commercial Services

             225,426                 225,426   

Diversified Financial Services

             403,247                 403,247   

Electric

             606,504                 606,504   

Engineering & Construction

             135,850                 135,850   

Entertainment

             65,488                 65,488   

Food

             466,625                 466,625   

Forest Products & Paper

             207,109                 207,109   

Health Care Products

             75,642                 75,642   

Health Care Services

             482,025                 482,025   

Household Products

             14,550                 14,550   

Housewares

             102,469                 102,469   

Insurance

             121,961                 121,961   

Internet

             114,830                 114,830   

Investment Company Security

             214,200                 214,200   

IT Services

             408,289                 408,289   

Leisure Time

             126,925                 126,925   

Lodging

             47,646                 47,646   

Machinery, Construction & Mining

             116,352                 116,352   

Media

             378,917                 378,917   

Oil & Gas

             955,095                 955,095   

Packaging & Containers

             97,000                 97,000   

Pharmaceuticals

             635,463                 635,463   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Description

   Level 1 —
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2 —
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 —
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total  

Pipelines

   $       $ 535,556       $       $ 535,556   

Real Estate Investment Trusts

             332,361                 332,361   

Retail

             513,764                 513,764   

Software

             329,303                 329,303   

Telecommunications

             1,175,546                 1,175,546   

Foreign Government Obligations

             611,230                 611,230   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

             10,828,765                 10,828,765   

Senior Floating Rate Loans

             1,898,698                 1,898,698   

Asset-Backed Securities

             4,061,171                 4,061,171   

Mortgage-Backed Securities

             18,264,529                 18,264,529   

Short-Term Investment

     673,680                         673,680   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

   $ 673,680       $ 49,395,946       $       $ 50,069,626   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Affiliate Table

 

     Number of
Shares Held
at 4/14/2016*
     Value At
4/14/2016*
     Shares Purchased      Shares Sold      Number of
Shares Held
at 6/30/16
     Value at
6/30/16
     Dividend
Income
     Realized
Gain (Loss)
 

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class

           $         42,737,300         42,063,620         673,680       $ 673,680       $ 5,971       $   

 

* commencement of operations

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

ASSETS

  

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (Note 2)

   $ 49,395,946   

Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (Note 2)

     673,680   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     50,069,626   

Cash

     7,127   

Receivable for investments sold

     427,929   

Interest receivable — unaffiliated issuers (Note 2)

     233,230   

Dividends receivable — affiliated issuers (Note 2)

     201   

Receivable from Adviser (Note 4)

     2,134   
  

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     50,740,247   
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

  

Payable for investments purchased

     315,758   

Advisory fee payable (Note 4)

     20,578   

Trustees’ fees and expenses payable (Note 5)

     194   
  

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     336,530   
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 50,403,717   
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

  

Paid-in Capital (Note 7)

   $ 50,100,000   

Undistributed (distribution in excess of) net investment income (loss)

     93,148   

Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments

     (4,366

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

  

Investments

     214,935   
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 50,403,717   
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

  

Net asset value per share

   $ 50.40   
  

 

 

 

Shares outstanding (unlimited amount authorized, $0.01 par value)

     1,000,000   
  

 

 

 

COST OF INVESTMENTS:

  

Investments in unaffiliated issuers

   $ 49,181,011   

Investments in affiliated issuers

     673,680   
  

 

 

 

Total cost of investments

   $ 49,854,691   
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

For the Period Ended June 30, 2016(a)

 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

  

Interest income — unaffiliated issuers (Note 2)

   $ 262,194   

Dividend income — affiliated issuers (Note 2)

     5,971   
  

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

     268,165   
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES

  

Advisory fee (Note 4)

     53,418   

Trustees’ fees and expenses (Note 5)

     198   

Miscellaneous expenses

     1   
  

 

 

 

TOTAL EXPENSES

     53,617   
  

 

 

 

Expenses waived/reimbursed by the Adviser (Note 4)

     (5,539
  

 

 

 

NET EXPENSES

     48,078   
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

     220,087   
  

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

  

Net realized gain (loss) on:

  

Investment transactions — unaffiliated issuers

     (15,198
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     (15,198
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

  

Investment transactions — unaffiliated issuers

     214,935   
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     214,935   
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

     199,737   
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 419,824   
  

 

 

 

 

(a) For the period April 13, 2016 (inception date) through June 30, 2016.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

 

 

     For the Period
4/13/16* -
6/30/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

  

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 220,087   

Net realized gain (loss)

     (15,198

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     214,935   
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     419,824   
  

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

  

Net investment income

     (116,107
  

 

 

 

FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS:

  

Proceeds from sale of shares sold

     50,000,000   

Other capital (Note 7)

     100,000   
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions

     50,100,000   
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets during the period

     50,403,717   
  

 

 

 

Net assets at beginning of period

       
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AT END OF PERIOD

   $ 50,403,717   
  

 

 

 

Undistributed (distribution in excess of) net investment income (loss)

   $ 93,148   
  

 

 

 

SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST:

  

Shares sold

     1,000,000   
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     1,000,000   
  

 

 

 

 

* Inception date.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

    For the Period
4/14/16* -
6/30/16
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 50.00   
 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (loss) (a)

    0.22   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.20   
 

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.42   
 

 

 

 

Other capital (a)

    0.10   
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

 

Net investment income

    (0.12
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 50.40   
 

 

 

 

Total return (b)

    1.04

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

 

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

  $ 50,404   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Total expenses

    0.50 %(c) 

Net expenses

    0.45 %(c) 

Net investment income (loss)

    2.06 %(c) 

Portfolio turnover rate (d)

    25 %(e) 

 

 * Commencement of operations.
(a) Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares outstanding, which more appropriately presents the per share data for the period.
(b) Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares at net asset value on the first day and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each period reported. Distributions are assumed, for the purpose of this calculation, to be reinvested at net asset value per share on the respective payment dates of each distribution. Total return for periods of less than one year is not annualized. Broker commission charges are not included in this calculation.
(c) Annualized.
(d) Portfolio turnover rate excludes transactions involving securities received or delivered from in-kind processing of creations or redemptions.
(e) Not annualized.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

1. Organization

SSGA Active Trust (the “Trust”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), is an open-end management investment company that was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on March 30, 2011.

As of June 30, 2016, the Trust consists of fourteen (14) series, each of which represents a separate series of beneficial interest in the Trust (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). The Declaration of Trust permits the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) to authorize the issuance of an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest at no par value. The financial statements herein relate to the SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF (the “Fund”).

The Fund is classified as a diversified investment company under the 1940 Act.

The Fund was formed on April 13, 2016 and commenced operations on April 14, 2016.

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this could involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements:

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund is an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.

Security Valuation

The Fund’s investments are valued at fair value each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date should the reporting period end on a day that the Fund’s listing exchange is not open. Fair value is generally defined as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. By its nature, a fair value price is a good faith estimate of the valuation in a current sale and may not reflect an actual market price. The investments of the Fund are valued pursuant to the policy and procedures developed by the Oversight Committee (the “Committee”) and approved by the Board. The Committee provides oversight of the valuation of investments for the Fund. The Board has responsibility for determining the fair value of investments.

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund’s investments by major category are as follows:

 

  Investments in registered investment companies (including money market funds) or other unitized pooled investment vehicles that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that day’s published net asset value per share or unit.

 

  Debt obligations (both governmental and non-governmental) that are short term in nature (with a maturity of sixty days or less at purchase) are valued using the amortized cost method as long as the amortized cost value of a particular portfolio instrument is reasonably determined to approximate the fair value of that investment established using market-based and issuer-specific factors or at a price obtained from an independent pricing service.

 

  Debt obligations (both governmental and non-governmental) purchased with greater than sixty days to maturity and are valued at last reported evaluated bid prices obtained from independent pricing services or brokers. In determining the value of a fixed income investment, pricing services may use certain information with respect to transactions in such investments, quotations from dealers, pricing matrixes, market transactions in comparable investments, various relationships observed in the market between investments, and calculated yield measures.

 

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  Senior loans or other loans are valued at evaluated bid prices supplied by an independent pricing service, if available. Senior loans and other loans in which the Committee determines that there are no reliable valuations available from pricing services or brokers will be initially valued at cost and adjusted for amortization of principal until remeasurement is warranted due to a credit or economic event or other factors affecting the loan.

In the event prices or quotations are not readily available or that the application of these valuation methods results in a price for an investment that is deemed to be not representative of the fair value of such investment, fair value will be determined in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with the valuation policy and procedures approved by the Board.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a Fund’s net asset value and the prices used by the Fund’s underlying benchmarks. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments.

The Fund values its assets and liabilities at fair value using a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels that prioritize the inputs to valuation techniques giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable. The categorization of a value determined for an investment within the hierarchy is based upon the pricing transparency of the investment and is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in it.

The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

 

  Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

  Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the assets or liabilities either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not considered to be active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as exchange rates, financing terms, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs; and

 

  Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, including the Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments.

The value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2016, is disclosed in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the fair value hierarchy. Transfers between different levels of the fair value hierarchy are recognized at the end of the reporting period.

The Fund had no material transfers between levels for the period ended June 30, 2016.

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition

Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date for financial reporting purposes. Realized gains and losses from the sale or disposition of investments and foreign exchange transactions, if any, are determined using the identified cost method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recognized daily on the ex-dividend date, net of any foreign taxes withheld at source, if any. Interest income is recorded daily on an accrual basis. All premiums and discounts are amortized/accreted for financial reporting purposes. Paydown gains and losses are recorded as an adjustment to interest income.

Expenses

Certain expenses, which are directly identifiable to a specific Fund, are applied to that Fund within the Trust. Other expenses which cannot be attributed to a specific Fund are allocated in such a manner as deemed equitable, taking into consideration the nature and type of expense and the relative net assets of the Funds within the Trust.

 

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Distributions

Distributions from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid monthly. Net realized capital gains, if any, are distributed annually, unless additional distributions are required for compliance with applicable tax regulations. The amount and character of income and capital gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with applicable tax regulations which may differ from net investment income and realized gains recognized for U.S. GAAP purposes.

 

3. Securities and Other Investments

Loan Agreements

The Fund invests in Senior Loans. Senior Loans consist generally of obligations of companies and other entities (collectively, “borrowers”) incurred for the purpose of reorganizing the assets and liabilities of a borrower; acquiring another company; taking over control of a company (leveraged buyout); temporary refinancing; or financing internal growth or other general business purposes. Senior Loans are often obligations of borrowers who have incurred a significant percentage of debt compared to their total assets and thus are highly leveraged. The Fund does not treat the banks originating or acting as agents for the lenders, or granting or acting as intermediary in participation interests, in loans held by the Fund as the issuers of such loans.

 

4. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates

Advisory Fee

The Fund has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “SSGA FM”). For its advisory services to the Fund, facilities furnished, and expenses borne by the Adviser, the Fund pays the Adviser a fee accrued daily and paid monthly, at the rate of 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

SSGA FM has contractually agreed to waive its advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses, until October 31, 2017, so that the net annual fund operating expenses of the Fund will be limited to 0.45% of the Fund’s average daily net assets before application of any extraordinary expenses or acquired fund fees and expenses. The contractual fee waiver and/or reimbursement does not provide for the recoupment by the Adviser of any fees the Adviser previously waived. The Adviser may continue the waiver and/or reimbursement from year to year, but there is no guarantee that the Adviser will do so and after October 31, 2017, the waiver and/or reimbursement may be cancelled or modified at any time. This waiver and/or reimbursement may not be terminated during the relevant period except with the approval of the Board.

The Adviser pays all expenses of the Fund other than the management fee, distribution fee pursuant to the Fund’s Distribution and Service Plan, if any, brokerage, taxes, interest, fees and expenses of the Independent Trustees (including any Trustee’s counsel fees), litigation expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses and other extraordinary expenses.

DoubleLine Capital LP receives fees for its services as the sub-advisor to the Fund from the Adviser.

SSGA FM serves as administrator and State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as custodian, sub-administrator and transfer agent. State Street receives fees for its services as custodian, sub-administrator and transfer agent from the Adviser.

Distribution Fees

State Street Global Markets, LLC (“SSGM” or the “Distributor”), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as the Distributor of the Trust. Pursuant to a Distribution and Service Plan adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Fund is authorized to pay an amount of up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets for certain distribution-related activities. However, the Board has determined that no such payments will be made through at least April 12, 2017, and therefore no such payments have been made.

Other Transactions with Affiliates

The Fund may invest in affiliated entities, included securities issued by State Street, affiliated funds, or entities deemed to be affiliates as a result of the Fund owning more than five percent of the entity’s voting securities or outstanding shares. Amounts relating to these transactions during the period ended June 30, 2016 are disclosed in the Schedule of Investments.

 

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5. Trustees’ Fees

The fees and expenses of the Trust’s trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Trustees”), are paid directly by the Fund. The Independent Trustees are reimbursed for travel and other out-of-pocket expenses in connection with meeting attendance and industry seminars.

 

6. Investment Transactions

Purchases and sales of investments (excluding short term investments) for the period ended June 30, 2016, were as follows:

 

     U.S. Government Obligations      Other Securities  
     Purchases      Sales      Purchases      Sales  

SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF

   $       $       $ 61,140,049       $ 12,153,964   

 

7. Shareholder Transactions

The Fund issues and redeems its shares, at net asset value, only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”). Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of the Fund are not redeemable. Transactions in capital shares for the Fund are disclosed in detail in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets.

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund may consist of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash, except for certain funds that invest in TBAs or mortgage backed securities. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to the Trust and/or Custodian, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. An additional variable fee may be charged for certain transactions. Such variable charges, if any, are included in “Other Capital” on the Statement of Changes on Net Assets.

 

8. Income Tax Information

The Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes to the extent it distributes its taxable income, including any net realized capital gains, for each fiscal year. Therefore, no provision for federal income tax is required.

The Fund files federal and various state and local tax returns as required. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The federal returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years from date of filing, while the state returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon jurisdiction. SSGA FM has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on tax returns and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that would require recognition of a tax liability.

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on ex-dividend date. Income dividends and gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax rules and regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. Certain capital accounts in the financial statements have been adjusted for permanent book- tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net asset values or results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in the future. These book-tax differences are primarily due to differing treatments for pay-down gains and losses and wash sale loss deferrals.

The tax character of distributions paid during the period ended June 30, 2016, was as follows:

 

     Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Tax Return
of Capital
     Total  

SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF

   $ 116,107       $       $       $ 116,107   

 

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As of June 30, 2016, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

     Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
     Capital Loss
Carryforwards
    Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Net Unrealized
Gains
(Losses)
     Qualified
Late-Year
Losses
     Total  

SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF

   $ 93,148       $ (3,417   $       $ 213,986       $       $ 303,717   

As of June 30, 2016, the Fund had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains through the indicated expiration dates as follows:

 

     Expiring
2017
     Expiring
2018
     Expiring
2019
     Expiring
2020
     Non-Expiring
Short Term*
     Non-Expiring
Long Term
     Total  

SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF

   $       $       $       $       $ 3,417       $       $ 3,417   

 

* Must be utilized prior to losses subject to expiration

As of June 30, 2016, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

     Tax Cost      Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF

   $ 49,855,640       $ 278,590       $ 64,604       $ 213,986   

 

9. Risks

Concentration of Risk

As a result of the Fund’s ability to invest a large percentage of its assets in obligations of issuers within the same country, state, region, currency or economic sector, an adverse economic, business or political development may affect the value of the Fund’s investments more than if the Fund were more broadly diversified.

Foreign and Emerging Markets Risks

Investing in foreign markets involve risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in the U.S. Foreign securities may be subject to risk of loss because of government regulation, economic, political and social instability in the countries in which the Fund invests. Foreign markets may be less liquid than investments in the U.S. and may be subject to the risks of currency fluctuations. To the extent that the Fund invests in securities of issuers located in emerging markets, these risks may be even more pronounced.

Market and Credit Risk

In the normal course of business, the Fund trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the general economic conditions and fluctuations of the market (market risk). Additionally, the Fund may also be exposed to credit risk in the event that an issuer or guarantor fails to perform or that an institution or entity with which the Fund has unsettled or open transactions defaults.

 

10. Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date on which the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of

SSGA Active Trust

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF (the “Fund”) (one of the portfolios constituting SSGA Active Trust) as of June 30, 2016, and the related statement of operations, statement of changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for the periods indicated therein. 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 audit.

We conducted our audit 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. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of June 30, 2016, by correspondence with the custodian and others or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from others were not received. We believe that our audit provides 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 SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF (one of the portfolios constituting SSGA Active Trust) at June 30, 2016, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the periods indicated therein, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

LOGO

Boston, Massachusetts

August 26, 2016

 

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Expense Example

As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur two types of costs (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads), if applicable, on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, or other distributions and (2) ongoing costs, including advisory fees and to the extent applicable, distribution (12b-1) and/or service fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is 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. It is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period from January 1, 2016 to June 30, 2016.

The table below illustrates your Fund’s cost in two ways:

 

  Based on actual fund return — This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The “Ending Account Value” shown is derived from each Fund’s actual return, and the third column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the Fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for the Fund under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period”.

 

  Based on hypothetical 5% return — This section is intended to help you compare your Fund’s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the Fund had a yearly return of 5% before expenses, but that the expense ratio is unchanged. In this case, because the return used is not the Fund’s actual return, the results do not apply to your investment. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on a 5% return. You can assess your Fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales load charges (loads). Therefore, the hypothetical 5% return 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 transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

            Actual      Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return
before expenses)
 
      Annualized
Expense Ratio
    Ending Account
Value
     Expenses Paid
During Period(a)
     Ending Account
Value
     Expenses Paid
During Period(b)
 

SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF

     0.45   $ 1,010.40       $ 0.96       $ 1,022.60       $ 2.26   

 

(a) Actual period is from commencement of operations 4/14/2016.
(b) Hypothetical expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio multiplied by the average account value of the period, multiplied by 182, then divided by 366.

Tax Information

Qualified Interest Income

The Fund designated a portion of dividends distributed during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016, as qualified interest income. These amounts are noted below:

 

     Amount  

SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF

   $ 116,107   

Premium/Discount Information

Information regarding how often the Shares of each Fund traded on the Exchange at a price above (i.e. at a premium) or below (i.e. at a discount) the net asset value of the Fund during the past calendar year can be found at http://www.spdrs.com.

 

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Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures and Records

A description of the Trust’s proxy voting policies and procedures that are used by the Fund’s investment adviser to vote proxies relating to the Fund’s portfolio of securities are available (i) without charge, upon request by calling 1-866-787-2257 (toll free) or (ii) on the website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, at www.sec.gov.

Information regarding how the investment adviser voted for the prior 12-months period ended June 30 is available by August 31 of each year by calling the same number and on the SEC’s website, at www.sec.gov, and on the Fund’s website at www.spdrs.com.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedule

The Fund files a complete schedule of investments with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. The information on the Form N-Q is available upon request, without charge, by calling 1-866-787-2257 (toll free) and on the Funds’ website at www.spdrs.com.

Approval of Advisory Agreements

At in-person meetings held prior to June 30, 2016, the Board of Trustees of the Trusts (the “Board”) evaluated proposals (1) to continue the separate Investment Advisory Agreements (the “Agreements”) between each Trust and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “SSGA FM”) with respect to the operational series of SSGA Active Trust (the “Current ETFs”) and SSGA Master Trust (together with the Current ETFs, the “Current Funds”), and (2) to approve the separate Agreements between the Adviser and (a) the SSGA Active Trust with respect to the SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF and SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF (the “New ETFs” and, together with the Current ETFs, the “ETFs”), and the State Street Disciplined Global Equity Portfolio (together with the New ETFs, the “New Funds”) each a new series of the SSGA Active Trust, (with the Current Funds and New Funds collectively being referred to hereafter as the “Funds”), each of which commenced operations during the period covered by this Annual Report. The Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Independent Trustees”), also met separately with their independent legal counsel to consider the Agreements.

In evaluating the Agreements, the Board drew on materials provided to them by SSGA FM, the Trust’s investment adviser and administrator, and other materials provided by State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Trusts’ sub-administrator, transfer agent and custodian (“State Street”). In deciding whether to approve the Agreements, the Board considered various factors, including the (i) nature, extent and quality of services provided by, or expected to be provided by, the Adviser with respect to the Funds under the Agreements, (ii) investment performance of the Current Funds, (iii) profits realized by the Adviser and its affiliates from its relationship with the Trusts, (iv) fees charged to comparable funds, (v) other benefits to the Adviser, and (vi) extent to which economies of scale would be shared as the Funds grow.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of services provided by, or expected to be provided by, the Adviser. In doing so, the Trustees relied on their prior experience in overseeing the management of the Trusts and materials provided prior to and at the meeting. The Board reviewed the Agreements and the Adviser’s responsibilities for managing investment operations of each of the Funds in accordance with each Fund’s investment objectives and policies, and applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Board appreciated the relatively unique nature of the ETFs as exchange-traded funds in a master-feeder structure, as appropriate, and the experience and expertise of the Adviser with exchange-traded funds. The Board considered the background and experience of the Adviser’s senior management, including those individuals responsible for portfolio management, oversight of sub-advisers and regulatory compliance of the Funds. The Board also considered the portfolio management resources, structures and practices of the Adviser, including those associated with monitoring and securing each Fund’s compliance with its investment objectives and policies and with applicable laws and regulations. The Board also considered information about the Adviser’s best execution procedures and overall investment management business, noting that the Adviser

 

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serves a wide range of clients across a broad spectrum of asset classes. The Board looked at the Adviser’s general knowledge of the investment business and that of its affiliates which make up State Street Global Advisors, through which the Adviser shares all of its senior personnel. The Board considered that the Adviser and its affiliates constitute one of the world’s largest investment management enterprises for exchange-traded funds. The Board also considered the Adviser’s experience in active management, managing exchange-traded funds in master-feeder structures and overseeing third-party sub-advisers, as applicable.

Investment Performance

The Board then reviewed the Current Funds’ performance. The Board compared each Current Fund’s investment performance to the performance of an appropriate benchmark and group of comparable funds. Among other information, the Board considered the following performance information in its evaluation of the Funds:

SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund underperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-, 2- and 3-year periods; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period and underperformed its benchmark index for the 3-year period.

SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-, 2- and 3-year periods; and (b) underperformed its benchmark index for the 1- and 3-year period.

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-, 2- and 3-year periods; and (b) underperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period and outperformed its benchmark index for the 3-year period.

SPDR Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund underperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1- and 2-year periods; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund underperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1- and 2-year periods; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group since inception; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index since inception.

SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-year period; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-year period; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-year period; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund underperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-year period; and (b) underperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

On the basis of the foregoing and other relevant information, the Board concluded that the performance of each Current Fund is satisfactory.

Profits Realized by Adviser

The Board considered the profitability of the advisory arrangement with the Current Funds to the Adviser, including data on the Current Funds’ historical profitability to the Adviser. The Independent Trustees, through their counsel, had the opportunity to discuss, with representatives of the Adviser and State Street, methodologies used in computing costs that formed the bases of profitability calculations and determined that these methodologies were reasonable.

Fees Charged to Comparable Funds

The Board evaluated each Fund’s unitary fee through review of comparative information with respect to fees paid by similar funds — i.e., exchange-traded funds that are actively managed, as applicable. The Board reviewed the universe of similar exchange-traded funds for each ETF based upon data independently obtained from Broadridge Financial

 

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Solutions, Inc. (formerly Lipper Analytical Services) and related comparative information for similar exchange-traded funds. The Board also reviewed the fee structure, as applicable, of each Fund in connection with the master-feeder structure, the historical expense ratios of each Current Fund and the estimated expense ratios for each New Fund. In doing so, the Board used a fund by fund analysis of the data.

Other Benefits

The Board also considered whether the Adviser or its affiliates benefited in other ways from its relationship with the Trusts, noting that the Adviser does not maintain soft-dollar arrangements in connection with the Trusts’ brokerage transactions.

Economies of Scale

The Board reviewed information regarding economies of scale or other efficiencies that may result as each Fund’s assets grow in size. The Board noted that the Agreements did not provide for breakpoints in each Fund’s advisory fee rates as assets of a Fund increase. However, the Board further noted the Adviser’s assertion that future economies of scale (among several factors) had been taken into consideration for the Funds by fixing relatively low advisory fees, effectively sharing the benefits of lower fees with the Funds from inception. The Adviser also asserted that one of the benefits of the unitary fee was to provide an unvarying expense structure, which could be lost or diluted with the addition of breakpoints. The Board noted that it intends to continue to monitor fees as the Funds grow in size and assess whether fee breakpoints may be warranted.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees voting separately, approved the Agreements for each Fund after weighing the foregoing factors, none of which was dispositive in itself and may have been weighed differently by each Trustee. The Board’s conclusions with respect to each Agreement were as follows: (a) the nature and extent of the services provided, or expected to be provided, by the Adviser with respect to the Funds were appropriate; (b) the performance of each Current Fund had been satisfactory; (c) the Adviser’s unitary fee for each Fund, considered in relation to services provided or expected to be provided, and in relation to fees charged to comparable funds, was fair and reasonable; (d) profitability of the Trusts’ relationship with the Adviser was not excessive; (e) any additional potential benefits to the Adviser or its affiliates were not of a magnitude to materially affect the Board’s conclusions; and (f) fees paid to the Adviser shared the economies of scale with respect to the Current Funds by way of the relatively low fee structure of the Trusts.

Approval of Massachusetts Financial Services Company Sub-Advisory Agreements

At an in-person meeting held prior to June 30, 2016, the Board also evaluated proposals to continue the separate Sub-Advisory Agreements (the “MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements”) between the Adviser and Massachusetts Financial Services Company (“MFS”) with respect to the SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF, SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF and SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF, each a series of the SSGA Active Trust, and SSGA MFS Systematic Core Equity Portfolio, SSGA Systematic Growth Equity Portfolio and SSGA MFS Systematic Value Equity Portfolio, each a series of the SSGA Master Trust, each sub-advised by MFS (the “MFS Funds”). The Independent Trustees also met separately with their independent legal counsel to consider the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements.

In evaluating the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board drew on materials provided to them by MFS and the Adviser. In deciding whether to approve the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board considered various factors, including the (i) nature, extent and quality of services provided by MFS with respect to the MFS Funds under the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements and (ii) investment performance of the MFS Funds. The Board was apprised of the portion of the current advisory fee that the Adviser would pay to MFS under the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements and also considered that such fees would be paid directly by the Adviser and would not result in increased fees payable by the MFS Funds.

The Board considered the background and experience of MFS’s senior management and, in particular, MFS’s experience in investing in equity securities. The Board reviewed the MFS Funds’ performance, noting that that the performance of the MFS Funds was satisfactory. The Board also considered the unitary fee paid to the Adviser by each MFS Fund and MFS’s fees paid by the Adviser.

 

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OTHER INFORMATION (continued)

June 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

The Board, including the Independent Trustees voting separately, approved the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements for each MFS Fund after weighing the foregoing factors, none of which was dispositive in itself and may have been weighed differently by each Trustee. The Board’s conclusions with respect to each MFS Sub-Advisory Agreement were as follows: (a) the nature and extent of the services provided by MFS with respect to the MFS Funds were appropriate; (b) the performance of the MFS Funds had been satisfactory; (c) MFS’s fees for the MFS Funds and the unitary fee, considered in relation to the services provided, were fair and reasonable; (d) any additional potential benefits to MFS were not of a magnitude to materially affect the Board’s conclusions; and (e) fees paid to MFS adequately shared the economies of scale with each applicable MFS Fund by way of the relatively low fee structure of the Trusts.

Approval of DoubleLine Capital LP Sub-Advisory Agreements

At in-person meetings held prior to June 30, 2016, the Board also considered proposals to continue the separate Sub-Advisory Agreements (the “DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements”) between the Adviser and DoubleLine Capital LP (“DoubleLine”) with respect to the SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF, a series of the SSGA Active Trust, and State Street DoubleLine Total Return Tactical Portfolio, a series of the SSGA Master Trust (together, the “Current DoubleLine Funds”), and to approve the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements between the Adviser and DoubleLine with respect to the SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF and SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF, each a series of SSGA Active Trust (together with the Current DoubleLine Funds, the “DoubleLine Funds”), under which each of the DoubleLine Funds would be sub-advised by DoubleLine. The Independent Trustees also met separately with their independent legal counsel to consider the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements.

In evaluating the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board drew on materials provided to them by DoubleLine and the Adviser. In deciding whether to approve the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board considered various factors, including the (i) nature, extent and quality of services provided, or expected to be provided, by DoubleLine with respect to the DoubleLine Funds under the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements; and (ii) investment performance of the Current DoubleLine Funds. The Board was apprised of the portion of the advisory fee that the Adviser would pay to DoubleLine under the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements and also considered that such fees would be paid directly by the Adviser and would not result in increased fees payable by the DoubleLine Funds.

The Board considered the background and experience of DoubleLine’s senior management and, in particular, DoubleLine’s experience in investing in fixed income securities. The Board reviewed the Current DoubleLine Funds’ performance, noting that that the performance of the Current DoubleLine Funds was satisfactory. The Board also considered the unitary fee paid, or to be paid, to the Adviser by each DoubleLine Fund and DoubleLine’s fees paid by the Adviser.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees voting separately, approved the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements for the DoubleLine Funds after weighing the foregoing factors, none of which was dispositive in itself and may have been weighed differently by each Trustee. The Board’s conclusions with respect to each of the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements were as follows: (a) the nature and extent of the services provided, or expected to be provided, by DoubleLine with respect to the DoubleLine Funds were adequate and appropriate; (b) the performance of the Current DoubleLine Funds had been satisfactory; (c) DoubleLine’s fees for the DoubleLine Funds and the unitary fee, considered in relation to the services provided, or expected to be provided, were fair and reasonable; (d) any additional potential benefits to DoubleLine were not of a magnitude to materially affect the Board’s conclusions; and (e) fees paid, or expected to be paid, to DoubleLine were expected to share economies of scale with each applicable DoubleLine Fund by way of the relatively low fee structure of the Trusts.

 

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SSGA Active Trust

SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ABOUT FUND TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

June 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)
with Funds

  

Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served

  

Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past
5 Years

   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by Trustee
    

Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee
During the
Past 5 Years

Independent Trustees

FRANK NESVET

c/o SSGA Active Trust

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111-2900

1943

   Independent Trustee, Chairman, Trustee Committee Chair   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

September 2000

  

Chief Executive

Officer, Libra Group,

Inc. (a financial

services consulting

company) (1998- present).

     218      

SPDR Index Shares

Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee).

DAVID M. KELLY

c/o SSGA Active Trust

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111-2900

1938

  

Independent

Trustee,

Audit

Committee

Chair

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

September 2000

   Retired.      218      

Chicago Stock Exchange (Former Director, retired);

Penson Worldwide Inc. (Former Director, retired); SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee).

BONNY EUGENIA BOATMAN

c/o SSGA Active Trust

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111-2900

1950

  

Independent

Trustee

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

April 2010

   Retired.      218       SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee).

DWIGHT D. CHURCHILL

c/o SSGA Active Trust

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111-2900

1953

  

Independent

Trustee

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

April 2010

  

Self-employed

consultant since 
2010;

CEO and President,

CFA Institute (June

2014-January 2015).

     218      

SPDR Index Shares

Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee); Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (Director).

CARL G. VERBONCOEUR

c/o SSGA Active Trust

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111-2900

1952

  

Independent

Trustee

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

April 2010

  

Self-employed

consultant since 2009.

     218      

The Motley Fool Funds Trust (Trustee); SPDR Index Shares Funds

(Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee).

 

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SSGA Active Trust

SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ABOUT FUND TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (continued)

June 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)
with Funds

  

Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served

  

Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past
5 Years

   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by Trustee
    

Other
Directorships
Held by Trustee
During the
Past 5 Years

Interested Trustee

              

JAMES E. ROSS*

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1965

   Interested Trustee   

Term: Unlimited

Served as Trustee:

since April 2010

   Chairman and Director, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2005-present); Senior Managing Director and Principal, State Street Global Advisors (2006-present); President, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2005-2012).      299       SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee); Select Sector SPDR Trust (Trustee); State Street Master Funds (Trustee); and State Street Institutional Investment Trust (Trustee).

 

* Mr. Ross is an Interested Trustee because of his employment with the Adviser and ownership interest in an affiliate of the Adviser. Mr. Ross previously served as an Interested Trustee from November 2005 to December 2009.

 

Name, Address

and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)

with Funds

  

Term of

Office and

Length of

Time Served

  

Principal

Occupation(s)

During the

Past 5 Years

Officers

        

ELLEN M. NEEDHAM

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1967

   President   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

October 2012

   President and Director, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2001-present)*; Senior Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors (1992-present).*

ANN M. CARPENTER

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1966

  

Vice President;

 

Deputy Treasurer

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

August 2012;

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2016

   Chief Operating Officer, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2005-Present)*; Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors (2005-present).*

MICHAEL P. RILEY

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1969

   Vice President   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2005

   Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (February 2015-present); Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2008-February 2015); Principal, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2005-2008).

JOSHUA A. WEINBERG

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1978

   Chief Legal
Officer
  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since February 2015

   Vice President and Managing Counsel, State Street Global Advisors (2011-present); Clerk, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2013-present); Associate, Financial Services Group, Dechert LLP (2006-2011).

 

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SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ABOUT FUND TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (continued)

June 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Name, Address

and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)

with Funds

  

Term of

Office and

Length of

Time Served

  

Principal

Occupation(s)

During the

Past 5 Years

CHRISTOPHER A. MADDEN

State Street Bank and Trust Company

One Hundred Huntington Avenue,

CPH0326

Boston, MA 02116

1967

   Secretary   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

August 2013

   Vice President and Senior Counsel, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2013-present); Counsel, Atlantic Fund Services (2009-2013); Vice President.*

PATRICIA A. MORISETTE

State Street Bank and Trust Company

One Hundred Huntington Avenue,

CPH0326

Boston, MA 02116

1973

   Assistant
Secretary
  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2015

   Vice President and Counsel, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2014-present); Assistant Vice President and Counsel, John Hancock Financial Services (2011-2013); Independent legal consultant (2009-2011); Associate, Bingham McCutchen LLP (2003-2009).*,**

BRUCE S. ROSENBERG

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1961

   Treasurer    Term: Unlimited Served: since February 2016    Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (July 2015-present; Director, Credit Suisse (April 2008-July 2015)).

CHAD C. HALLETT

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1969

   Deputy Treasurer   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2016

   Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (November 2014-present); Vice President, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2001-November 2014).*

SUJATA UPRETI

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1974

   Assistant
Treasurer
   Term: Unlimited Served: since February 2016    Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (May 2015-present; Assistant Director, Cambridge Associates, LLC (July 2014-January 2015); Vice President, Bank of New York Mellon (July 2012-August 2013); Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (September 2003- July 2012)).

DANIEL FOLEY

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1972

   Assistant Treasurer    Term: Unlimited Served: since February 2016    Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (April 2007-present).*

BRIAN HARRIS

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1973

  

Chief Compliance

Officer and
Anti-Money Laundering Officer

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

November 2013

   Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (June 2013-present)*; Senior Vice President and Global Head of Investment Compliance, BofA Global Capital Management (2010-2013); Director of Compliance, AARP Financial Inc. (2008-2010).

 

* Served in various capacities and/or with various affiliated entities during noted time period.
** Served in various capacities and/or with unaffiliated mutual funds or closed-end funds for which State Street Bank and Trust Company or its affiliates act as a provider of services during the noted time period.

Statement of Additional information (SAI) includes additional information about Fund directors and is available, without charge, upon request and by calling 1-866-787-2257.

 

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SSGA Active Trust

 

Trustees

Bonny E. Boatman

Dwight D. Churchill

David M. Kelly

Frank Nesvet, Chairman

James E. Ross

Carl G. Verboncoeur

Officers

Ellen M. Needham, President

Bruce Rosenberg, Treasurer

Ann Carpenter, Vice President and Deputy Treasurer

Michael P. Riley, Vice President

Chad C. Hallett, Deputy Treasurer

Sujata Upreti, Assistant Treasurer

Daniel Foley, Assistant Treasurer

Christopher A. Madden, Secretary

Patricia A. Morisette, Assistant Secretary

Brian Harris, Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer

Joshua A. Weinberg, Chief Legal Officer

Investment Manager and Administrator

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

Distributor

State Street Global Markets, LLC

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

Custodian, Sub-Administrator and Transfer Agent

State Street Bank and Trust Company

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

Legal Counsel

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Ernst & Young LLP

200 Clarendon Street

Boston, MA 02116

 

Fund Shares are distributed by State Street Global Markets, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of State Street Corporation. State Street Global Markets, LLC; member FINRA, SIPC.

The information contained in this report is intended for the general information of shareholders of the Trust. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current Trust prospectus which contains important information concerning the Trust. You may obtain a current prospectus and SAI from the Distributor by calling 1-866-787-2257 or visiting www.spdrs.com Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.

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30 June 2016

 

SSGA Active Trust

SPDR DoubleLine® Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF (EMTL)

 

 

 

 

LOGO

The information contained in this report is intended for the general information of shareholders of the Trust. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current Trust prospectus which contains important information concerning the Trust. You may obtain a current prospectus and SAI from the Distributor by calling 1-866-787-2257 or visiting www.spdrs.com. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.


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SSGA Active Trust

SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF

Annual Report

June 30, 2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Portfolio Summary

    1   

Schedule of Investments

    2   

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

    5   

Statement of Operations

    6   

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

    7   

Financial Highlights

    8   

Notes to Financial Statements

    9   

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    14   

Other Information

    15   

 

 

The information contained in this report is intended for the general information of shareholders of the Trust. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current Trust prospectus which contains important information concerning the Trust. You may obtain a current prospectus and SAI from the Distributor by calling 1-866-787-2257 or visiting www.spdrs.com. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.


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SPDR DOUBLELINE EMERGING MARKETS FIXED INCOME ETF — PORTFOLIO SUMMARY (UNAUDITED)

 

The fund had less than six months of operations at reporting period end and therefore does not have performance history to provide in this report.

TOP FIVE HOLDINGS AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                      
      DESCRIPTION   DELEK & AVNER
TAMAR BOND, LTD.
4.44% 12/30/2020
  ONGC VIDESH, LTD.
3.75% 05/07/2023
  RELIANCE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
5.88% 02/05/2018
  PETRONAS GLOBAL
SUKUK, LTD.
2.71% 03/18/2020
  GRUPO AVAL, LTD.
4.75% 09/26/2022
    
     MARKET VALUE   $933,750   919,001   914,580   910,172   879,750    
     % OF NET ASSETS   2.4   2.4   2.4   2.4   2.3    
                                     

(The five largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will continue to remain invested in any particular security.)

 

     PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION*    JUNE 30, 2016       
 

Corporate Bonds & Notes

     95.3  
 

Foreign Government Obligations

     3.3     
 

Short-Term Investment

     0.4     
   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

     1.0       
   

TOTAL

     100.0    

 

  * The Fund’s portfolio composition is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time.

 

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SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 95.3%

  

BRAZIL — 4.7%

  

Cosan Overseas, Ltd.
8.25%, 8/5/2016

  $ 850,000      $ 803,250   

Marfrig Holdings Europe B.V.
8.00%, 6/8/2023 (a)

    200,000        204,100   

Minerva Luxembourg SA
8.75%, 4/3/2019 (b)

    800,000        804,000   
   

 

 

 
    1,811,350   
   

 

 

 

CHILE — 7.3%

   

Banco de Credito e Inversiones
4.00%, 2/11/2023

    600,000        631,329   

Empresa Electrica Angamos SA
4.88%, 5/25/2029

    800,000        785,903   

Guanay Finance, Ltd.
6.00%, 12/15/2020

    456,874        453,448   

SACI Falabella
3.75%, 4/30/2023

    600,000        616,016   

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA 5.50%, 4/21/2020

    164,000        172,610   

Tanner Servicios Financieros SA
4.38%, 3/13/2018

    168,000        168,420   
   

 

 

 
    2,827,726   
   

 

 

 

CHINA — 4.2%

   

CNOOC Finance 2015 Australia Pty, Ltd. 2.63%, 5/5/2020

    800,000        807,296   

Tencent Holdings, Ltd.
2.88%, 2/11/2020

    800,000        820,722   
   

 

 

 
    1,628,018   
   

 

 

 

COLOMBIA — 17.1%

   

Avianca Holdings SA/Avianca Leasing LLC/Grupo Taca Holdings, Ltd.
8.38%, 5/10/2020

    300,000        243,030   

Banco Davivienda SA
5.88%, 7/9/2022

    300,000        306,750   

Banco de Bogota SA
5.38%, 2/19/2023

    300,000        303,000   

Banco GNB Sudameris SA
3.88%, 5/2/2018

    300,000        294,750   

Bancolombia SA
6.13%, 7/26/2020

    300,000        321,000   

Ecopetrol SA
5.88%, 5/28/2045

    800,000        692,000   

Empresa de Energia de Bogota SA ESP
6.13%, 11/10/2021

    400,000        416,500   

Grupo Aval, Ltd.
4.75%, 9/26/2022

    900,000        879,750   

GrupoSura Finance SA
5.50%, 4/29/2026 (a)

    600,000        625,500   

Oleoducto Central SA
4.00%, 5/7/2021

    900,000        879,300   

SUAM Finance B.V.
4.88%, 4/17/2024

    800,000        830,000   

Transportadora de Gas Internacional SA ESP 5.70%, 3/20/2022

    800,000        834,000   
   

 

 

 
    6,625,580   
   

 

 

 

COSTA RICA — 1.3%

   

Banco Nacional de Costa Rica
5.88%, 4/25/2021 (a)

  500,000      515,850   
   

 

 

 

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC — 1.1%

   

AES Andres B.V./Dominican Power Partners/Empresa Generadora de Electricidad It 7.95%, 5/11/2026 (a)

    400,000        416,000   
   

 

 

 

GUATEMALA — 0.8%

   

Comcel Trust via Comunicaciones Celulares SA 6.88%, 2/6/2024

    300,000        292,500   
   

 

 

 

HONG KONG — 2.2%

   

Hutchison Whampoa International 12 II, Ltd. 3.25%, 11/8/2022

    800,000        843,502   
   

 

 

 

INDIA — 10.7%

   

Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone, Ltd. 3.50%, 7/29/2020

    500,000        497,314   

Bharat Petroleum Corp., Ltd.
4.63%, 10/25/2022

    500,000        539,400   

Bharti Airtel, Ltd.
4.38%, 6/10/2025

    800,000        838,422   

ONGC Videsh, Ltd.
3.75%, 5/7/2023

    900,000        919,001   

Reliance Industries, Ltd.
5.88%, 2/5/2018

    900,000        914,580   

Vedanta Resources PLC
8.25%, 6/7/2021

    500,000        411,250   
   

 

 

 
    4,119,967   
   

 

 

 

ISRAEL — 4.6%

   

Delek & Avner Tamar Bond, Ltd.
4.44%, 12/30/2020 (a)

    900,000        933,750   

Israel Electric Corp., Ltd.
5.63%, 6/21/2018

    800,000        847,200   
   

 

 

 
    1,780,950   
   

 

 

 

JAMAICA — 1.5%

   

Digicel Group, Ltd.
7.13%, 4/1/2022

    800,000        591,000   
   

 

 

 

MALAYSIA — 4.0%

   

Axiata SPV2 Bhd
Series 2, 3.47%, 11/19/2020

    600,000        625,265   

Petronas Global Sukuk, Ltd.
2.71%, 3/18/2020

    900,000        910,172   
   

 

 

 
    1,535,437   
   

 

 

 

MEXICO — 16.2%

   

Banco Mercantil del Norte SA
6.86%, 10/13/2021 (b)

    700,000        698,250   

Banco Santander Mexico SA
5.95%, 1/30/2024 (b)

    800,000        840,000   

BBVA Bancomer SA
6.01%, 5/17/2022

    400,000        398,000   

Comision Federal de Electricidad
6.13%, 6/16/2045

    300,000        317,625   

Fermaca Enterprises S de RL de CV
6.38%, 3/30/2038

    241,727        240,519   
   

Grupo Idesa SA de CV
7.88%, 12/18/2020

    200,000        203,500   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Security Description

 

Principal
Amount

   

Value

 

Grupo Posadas SAB de CV
7.88%, 6/30/2022

  $ 500,000      $ 507,500   

Mexico Generadora de Energia S de RL
5.50%, 12/6/2032

    880,027        844,825   

Petroleos Mexicanos
6.38%, 1/23/2045

    800,000        803,105   

Southern Copper Corp.
5.25%, 11/8/2042

    900,000        798,750   

Unifin Financiera SAB de CV
6.25%, 7/22/2019

    600,000        588,600   
   

 

 

 
    6,240,674   
   

 

 

 

PANAMA — 4.5%

   

Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen SA 5.75%, 10/9/2023

    800,000        836,000   

ENA Norte Trust
4.95%, 4/25/2028

    83,946        85,415   

Global Bank Corp.
5.13%, 10/30/2019

    800,000        826,000   
   

 

 

 
    1,747,415   
   

 

 

 

PERU — 9.2%

   

Abengoa Transmision Sur SA
6.88%, 4/30/2043

    800,000        832,000   

Banco Internacional del Peru SAA
6.63%, 3/19/2029

    300,000        318,375   

Corp. Financiera de Desarrollo SA
4.75%, 2/8/2022

    300,000        318,000   

Lima Metro Line 2 Finance, Ltd.
5.88%, 7/5/2034

    500,000        524,250   

Minsur SA
6.25%, 2/7/2024

    500,000        507,500   

Peru Enhanced Pass-Through Finance, Ltd. Zero Coupon, 6/2/2025

    850,000        665,031   

Volcan Cia Minera SAA
5.38%, 2/2/2022

    450,000        402,750   
   

 

 

 
      3,567,906   
   

 

 

 

SINGAPORE — 4.0%

   

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd.
4.00%, 10/15/2024 (b)

    600,000        627,788   

United Overseas Bank, Ltd.:

   

3.50%, 9/16/2026 (b)

    300,000        305,762   

3.75%, 9/19/2024 (b)

    600,000        621,000   
   

 

 

 
      1,554,550   
   

 

 

 

UNITED STATES — 1.9%

   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
4.00%, 11/14/2021

    800,000        720,720   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES
(Cost $36,014,892)

      36,819,145   
   

 

 

 

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS — 3.3%

  

COSTA RICA — 2.1%

   

Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
6.95%, 11/10/2021

  800,000      828,000   
   

 

 

 

PANAMA — 0.8%

   

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA 3.25%, 5/7/2020

    300,000        301,500   
   

 

 

 

PERU — 0.4%

   

Fondo MIVIVIENDA SA Series REGS, 3.50%, 1/31/2023

    150,000        149,625   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $1,265,735)

      1,279,125   
   

 

 

 
   

Shares

       

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 0.4%

  

 

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class 0.47% (c) (d) (Cost $141,281)

    141,281        141,281   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.0%
(Cost $37,421,908)

      38,239,551   

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES — 1.0%

      399,461   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 38,639,012   
   

 

 

 

 

(a) Securities purchased pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities, which represent 7.0% of net assets as of June 30, 2016, are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
(b) Variable Rate Security — Interest rate shown is rate in effect at June 30, 2016.
(c) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at June 30, 2016.
(d) The Fund invested in certain money market funds managed by SSGA Funds Management, Inc. Amounts related to these transactions during the year ended June 30, 2016 are shown in the Affiliate Table below.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the value of the Fund’s investments accordingly to the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2016.

 

Description

   Level 1 —
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2 —
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 —
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total  

ASSETS:

           

INVESTMENTS:

           

Corporate Bonds & Notes

           

Brazil

   $       $ 1,811,350       $       $ 1,811,350   

Chile

             2,827,726                 2,827,726   

China

             1,628,018                 1,628,018   

Colombia

             6,625,580                 6,625,580   

Costa Rica

             515,850                 515,850   

Dominican Republic

             416,000                 416,000   

Guatemala

             292,500                 292,500   

Hong Kong

             843,502                 843,502   

India

             4,119,967                 4,119,967   

Israel

             1,780,950                 1,780,950   

Jamaica

             591,000                 591,000   

Malaysia

             1,535,437                 1,535,437   

Mexico

             6,240,674                 6,240,674   

Panama

             1,747,415                 1,747,415   

Peru

             3,567,906                 3,567,906   

Singapore

             1,554,550                 1,554,550   

United States

             720,720                 720,720   

Foreign Government Obligations

           

Costa Rica

             828,000                 828,000   

Panama

             301,500                 301,500   

Peru

             149,625                 149,625   

Short-Term Investment

     141,281                         141,281   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

   $ 141,281       $ 38,098,270       $       $ 38,239,551   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Affiliate Table

 

     Number of
Shares Held
at 4/14/2016*
     Value At
4/14/2016*
     Shares Purchased      Shares Sold      Number of
Shares Held
at 6/30/16
     Value at
6/30/16
     Dividend
Income
     Realized
Gain (Loss)
 

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class

           $         38,923,328         38,782,047         141,281       $ 141,281       $ 1,441       $

 

 

  

 

 

* Commencement of operations.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

ASSETS

  

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (Note 2)

   $ 38,098,270   

Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (Note 2)

     141,281   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     38,239,551   

Cash

     11,756   

Interest receivable — unaffiliated issuers (Note 2)

     408,106   

Dividends receivable — affiliated issuers (Note 2)

     52   

Receivable from Adviser (Note 3)

     3,205   
  

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     38,662,670   
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

  

Advisory fee payable (Note 3)

     23,463   

Trustees’ fees and expenses payable (Note 4)

     195   
  

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     23,658   
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 38,639,012   
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

  

Paid-in Capital (Note 6)

   $ 37,612,500   

Undistributed (distribution in excess of) net investment income (loss)

     146,699   

Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments

     62,170   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

  

Investments

     817,643   
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 38,639,012   
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

  

Net asset value per share

   $ 51.52   
  

 

 

 

Shares outstanding (unlimited amount authorized, no par value)

     750,000   
  

 

 

 

COST OF INVESTMENTS:

  

Investments in unaffiliated issuers

   $ 37,280,627   

Investments in affiliated issuers

     141,281   
  

 

 

 

Total cost of investments

   $ 37,421,908   
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

For the Period Ended June 30, 2016 (a)

 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

  

Interest income — unaffiliated issuers (Note 2)

   $ 386,599   

Dividend income — affiliated issuers (Note 2)

     1,441   
  

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

     388,040   
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES

  

Advisory fee (Note 3)

     60,612   

Trustees’ fees and expenses (Note 4)

     198   
  

 

 

 

TOTAL EXPENSES

     60,810   
  

 

 

 

Expenses waived/reimbursed by the Adviser (Note 3)

     (8,280
  

 

 

 

NET EXPENSES

     52,530   
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

     335,510   
  

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

  

Net realized gain (loss) on:

  

Investment transactions — unaffiliated issuers

     62,170   
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     62,170   
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

  

Investment transactions — unaffiliated issuers

     817,643   
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     817,643   
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

     879,813   
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 1,215,323   
  

 

 

 

 

(a) For the period April 13, 2016 (inception date) through June 30, 2016.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

 

 

     For the Period
4/13/16* -
6/30/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

  

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 335,510   

Net realized gain (loss)

     62,170   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     817,643   
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     1,215,323   
  

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

  

Net investment income

     (188,811
  

 

 

 

FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS:

  

Proceeds from sale of shares sold

     37,500,000   

Other capital (Note 6)

     112,500   
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions

     37,612,500   
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets during the period

     38,639,012   
  

 

 

 

Net assets at beginning of period

       
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AT END OF PERIOD

   $ 38,639,012   
  

 

 

 

Undistributed (distribution in excess of) net investment income (loss)

   $ 146,699   
  

 

 

 

SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST:

  

Shares sold

     750,000   
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     750,000   
  

 

 

 

 

* Inception date.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

     For the Period
4/14/16* -
6/30/16
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 50.00   
  

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

  

Net investment income (loss) (a)

     0.45   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     1.17   
  

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     1.62   
  

 

 

 

Other capital (a)

     0.15   
  

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

  

Net investment income

     (0.25
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 51.52   
  

 

 

 

Total return (b)

     3.55

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

  

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

   $ 38,639   

Ratios to average net assets:

  

Total expenses

     0.75 %(c) 

Net expenses

     0.65 %(c) 

Net investment income (loss)

     4.15 %(c) 

Portfolio turnover rate (d)

     12 %(e) 

 

* Commencement of operations.
(a) Per share numbers have been calculated using average shares outstanding, which more appropriately presents the per share data for the period.
(b) Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares at net asset value on the first day and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each period reported. Distributions are assumed, for the purpose of this calculation, to be reinvested at net asset value per share on the respective payment dates of each distribution. Total return for periods of less than one year is not annualized. Broker commission charges are not included in this calculation.
(c) Annualized.
(d) Portfolio turnover rate excludes transactions involving securities received or delivered from in-kind processing of creations or redemptions.
(e) Not annualized.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

1. Organization

SSGA Active Trust (the “Trust”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), is an open-end management investment company that was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on March 30, 2011.

As of June 30, 2016, the Trust consists of fourteen (14) series, each of which represents a separate series of beneficial interest in the Trust (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). The Declaration of Trust permits the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) to authorize the issuance of an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest at no par value. The financial statements herein relate to the SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF (the “Fund”).

The Fund is classified as a diversified investment company under the 1940 Act.

The Fund was formed on April 13, 2016 and commenced operations on April 14, 2016.

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this could involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements:

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund is an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.

Security Valuation

The Fund’s investments are valued at fair value each day that the Fund’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date should the reporting period end on a day that the Fund’s listing exchange is not open. Fair value is generally defined as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. By its nature, a fair value price is a good faith estimate of the valuation in a current sale and may not reflect an actual market price. The investments of the Fund are valued pursuant to the policy and procedures developed by the Oversight Committee (the “Committee”) and approved by the Board. The Committee provides oversight of the valuation of investments for the Fund. The Board has responsibility for determining the fair value of investments.

Valuation techniques used to value the Fund’s investments by major category are as follows:

 

  Investments in registered investment companies (including money market funds) or other unitized pooled investment vehicles that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that day’s published net asset value per share or unit.

 

  Debt obligations (both governmental and non-governmental) that are short term in nature (with a maturity of sixty days or less at purchase) are valued using the amortized cost method as long as the amortized cost value of a particular portfolio instrument is reasonably determined to approximate the fair value of that investment established using market-based and issuer-specific factors or at a price obtained from an independent pricing service.

 

  Debt obligations (both governmental and non-governmental) purchased with greater than sixty days to maturity are valued at last reported evaluated bid prices obtained from independent pricing services or brokers. In determining the value of a fixed income investment, pricing services may use certain information with respect to transactions in such investments, quotations from dealers, pricing matrixes, market transactions in comparable investments, various relationships observed in the market between investments, and calculated yield measures.

 

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June 30, 2016

 

 

 

In the event prices or quotations are not readily available or that the application of these valuation methods results in a price for an investment that is deemed to be not representative of the fair value of such investment, fair value will be determined in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with the valuation policy and procedures approved by the Board.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a Fund’s net asset value and the prices used by the Fund’s underlying benchmarks. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments.

The Fund values its assets and liabilities at fair value using a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels that prioritize the inputs to valuation techniques giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable. The categorization of a value determined for an investment within the hierarchy is based upon the pricing transparency of the investment and is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in it.

The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

 

  Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

  Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the assets or liabilities either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not considered to be active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as exchange rates, financing terms, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs; and

 

  Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, including the Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments.

The value of the Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2016, is disclosed in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the fair value hierarchy. Transfers between different levels of the fair value hierarchy are recognized at the end of the reporting period.

The Fund had no material transfers between levels for the period ended June 30, 2016.

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition

Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date for financial reporting purposes. Realized gains and losses from the sale or disposition of investments and foreign exchange transactions, if any, are determined using the identified cost method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recognized daily on the ex-dividend date, net of any foreign taxes withheld at source, if any. Interest income is recorded daily on an accrual basis. All premiums and discounts are amortized/accreted for financial reporting purposes.

Expenses

Certain expenses, which are directly identifiable to a specific Fund, are applied to that Fund within the Trust. Other expenses which cannot be attributed to a specific Fund are allocated in such a manner as deemed equitable, taking into consideration the nature and type of expense and the relative net assets of the Funds within the Trust.

Distributions

Distributions from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid monthly. Net realized capital gains, if any, are distributed annually, unless additional distributions are required for compliance with applicable tax regulations. The amount and character of income and capital gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with applicable tax regulations which may differ from net investment income and realized gains recognized for U.S. GAAP purposes.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

 

3. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates

Advisory Fee

The Fund has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “SSGA FM”). For its advisory services to the Fund, facilities furnished, and expenses borne by the Adviser, the Fund pays the Adviser a fee accrued daily and paid monthly, at the rate of 0.75% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

SSGA FM has contractually agreed to waive its advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses, until October 31, 2017, so that the net annual fund operating expenses of the Fund will be limited to 0.65% of the Fund’s average daily net assets before application of any extraordinary expenses or acquired fund fees and expenses. The contractual fee waiver and/or reimbursement does not provide for the recoupment by the Adviser of any fees the Adviser previously waived. The Adviser may continue the waiver and/or reimbursement from year to year, but there is no guarantee that the Adviser will do so and after October 31, 2017, the waiver and/or reimbursement may be cancelled or modified at any time. This waiver and/or reimbursement may not be terminated during the relevant period except with the approval of the Board.

The Adviser pays all expenses of the Fund other than the management fee, distribution fee pursuant to the Fund’s Distribution and Service Plan, if any, brokerage, taxes, interest, fees and expenses of the Independent Trustees (including any Trustee’s counsel fees), litigation expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses and other extraordinary expenses.

DoubleLine Capital LP receives fees for its services as the sub-advisor to the Fund from the Adviser.

SSGA FM serves as administrator and State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as custodian, sub-administrator and transfer agent. State Street receives fees for its services as custodian, sub-administrator and transfer agent from the Adviser.

Distribution Fees

State Street Global Markets, LLC (“SSGM” or the “Distributor”), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as the Distributor of the Trust. Pursuant to a Distribution and Service Plan adopted in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Fund is authorized to pay an amount of up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets for certain distribution-related activities. However, the Board has determined that no such payments will be made through at least April 12, 2017, and therefore no such payments have been made.

Other Transactions with Affiliates

The Fund may invest in affiliated entities, included securities issued by State Street, affiliated funds, or entities deemed to be affiliates as a result of the Fund owning more than five percent of the entity’s voting securities or outstanding shares. Amounts relating to these transactions during the period ended June 30, 2016 are disclosed in the Schedule of Investments.

In certain circumstances, the Fund may have cash overdraft with the custodian. The Due to custodian if any, reflects cash overdrawn with SSB as custodian who is an affiliate of the Fund.

 

4. Trustees’ Fees

The fees and expenses of the Trust’s trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Trustees”), are paid directly by the Fund. The Independent Trustees are reimbursed for travel and other out-of-pocket expenses in connection with meeting attendance and industry seminars.

 

5. Investment Transactions

Purchases and sales of investments (excluding short term investments) for the period ended June 30, 2016, were as follows:

 

     U.S. Government Obligations      Other Securities  
     Purchases      Sales      Purchases      Sales  

SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF

   $       $       $ 41,664,970       $ 4,414,688   

 

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June 30, 2016

 

 

 

 

6. Shareholder Transactions

The Fund issues and redeems its shares, at net asset value, only in aggregations of a specified number of shares or multiples thereof (“Creation Units”). Except when aggregated in Creation Units, shares of the Fund are not redeemable. Transactions in capital shares for the Fund are disclosed in detail in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets.

The consideration for the purchase of Creation Units of a fund may consist of the in-kind deposit of a designated portfolio of securities and a specified amount of cash, except for certain funds that invest in TBAs or mortgage backed securities. Investors purchasing and redeeming Creation Units may pay a purchase transaction fee and a redemption transaction fee directly to the Trust and/or Custodian, to offset transfer and other transaction costs associated with the issuance and redemption of Creation Units, including Creation Units for cash. An additional variable fee may be charged for certain transactions. Such variable charges, if any, are included in “Other Capital” on the Statement of Changes on Net Assets.

 

7. Income Tax Information

The Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes to the extent it distributes its taxable income, including any net realized capital gains, for each fiscal year. Therefore, no provision for federal income tax is required.

The Fund files federal and various state and local tax returns as required. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The federal returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years from date of filing, while the state returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon jurisdiction. SSGA FM has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on tax returns and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that would require recognition of a tax liability.

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on ex-dividend date. Income dividends and gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax rules and regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles.

The tax character of distributions paid during the period ended June 30, 2016, was as follows:

 

     Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Tax Return
of Capital
     Total  

SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF

   $ 188,811       $       $       $ 188,811   

As of June 30, 2016, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

     Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
     Capital
Loss
Carryforwards
     Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Net
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses)
     Qualified
Late-Year
Losses
     Total  

SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF

   $ 208,869       $       $       $ 817,643       $       $ 1,026,512   

As of June 30, 2016, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

     Tax
Cost
     Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF

   $ 37,421,908       $ 895,033       $ 77,390       $ 817,643   

 

8. Risks

Concentration of Risk

As a result of the Fund’s ability to invest a large percentage of its assets in obligations of issuers within the same country, state, region, currency or economic sector, an adverse economic, business or political development may affect the value of the Fund’s investments more than if the Fund were more broadly diversified.

 

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Foreign and Emerging Markets Risks

Investing in foreign markets involve risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in the U.S. Foreign securities may be subject to risk of loss because of government regulation, economic, political and social instability in the countries in which the Fund invests. Foreign markets may be less liquid than investments in the U.S. and may be subject to the risks of currency fluctuations. To the extent that the Fund invests in securities of issuers located in emerging markets, these risks may be even more pronounced.

Market and Credit Risk

In the normal course of business, the Fund trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the general economic conditions and fluctuations of the market (market risk). Additionally, the Fund may also be exposed to credit risk in the event that an issuer or guarantor fails to perform or that an institution or entity with which the Fund has unsettled or open transactions defaults.

 

9. Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Fund through the date on which the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of

SSGA Active Trust

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF (the “Fund”) (one of the portfolios constituting SSGA Active Trust) as of June 30, 2016, and the related statement of operations, statement of changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for the periods indicated therein. 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 audit.

We conducted our audit 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. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of June 30, 2016, by correspondence with the custodian and others or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from others were not received. We believe that our audit provides 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 SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF (one of the portfolios constituting SSGA Active Trust) at June 30, 2016, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the periods indicated therein, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

LOGO

Boston, Massachusetts

August 26, 2016

 

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Expense Example

As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur two types of costs (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads), if applicable, on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, or other distributions and (2) ongoing costs, including advisory fees and to the extent applicable, distribution (12b-1) and/or service fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is 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. It is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period from January 1, 2016 to June 30, 2016.

The table below illustrates your Fund’s cost in two ways:

 

  Based on actual fund return — This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The “Ending Account Value” shown is derived from each Fund’s actual return, and the third column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the Fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for the Fund under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period”.

 

  Based on hypothetical 5% return — This section is intended to help you compare your Fund’s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the Fund had a yearly return of 5% before expenses, but that the expense ratio is unchanged. In this case, because the return used is not the Fund’s actual return, the results do not apply to your investment. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on a 5% return. You can assess your Fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales load charges (loads). Therefore, the hypothetical 5% return 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 transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

       Actual      Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return
before expenses)
 
      Annualized
Expense Ratio
    Ending Account
Value
     Expenses Paid
During Period (a)
     Ending Account
Value
     Expenses Paid
During Period (b)
 

SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF

     0.65   $ 1,035.50       $ 1.41       $ 1,021.60       $ 3.27   

 

(a) Actual period is from commencement of operations 4/14/2016.
(b) Hypothetical expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio multiplied by the average account value of the period, multiplied by 182, then divided by 366.

 

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Tax Information

Qualified Interest Income

The Fund designated a portion of dividends distributed during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016, as qualified interest income. These amounts are noted below:

 

     Amount  

SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF

   $ 22,433   

Premium/Discount Information

Information regarding how often the Shares of each Fund traded on the Exchange at a price above (i.e. at a premium) or below (i.e. at a discount) the net asset value of the Fund during the past calendar year can be found at http://www.spdrs.com.

Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures and Records

A description of the Trust’s proxy voting policies and procedures that are used by the Fund’s investment adviser to vote proxies relating to the Fund’s portfolio of securities are available (i) without charge, upon request by calling 1-866-787-2257 (toll free) or (ii) on the website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, at www.sec.gov.

Information regarding how the investment adviser voted for the prior 12-months period ended June 30 is available by August 31 of each year by calling the same number and on the SEC’s website, at www.sec.gov, and on the Fund’s’ website at www.spdrs.com.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedule

The Fund files a complete schedule of investments with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Form N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. The information on the Form N-Q is available upon request, without charge, by calling 1-866-787-2257 (toll free) and on the Funds’ website at www.spdrs.com.

Approval of Advisory Agreements

At in-person meetings held prior to June 30, 2016, the Board of Trustees of the Trusts (the “Board”) evaluated proposals (1) to continue the separate Investment Advisory Agreements (the “Agreements”) between each Trust and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “SSGA FM”) with respect to the operational series of SSGA Active Trust (the “Current ETFs”) and SSGA Master Trust (together with the Current ETFs, the “Current Funds”), and (2) to approve the separate Agreements between the Adviser and (a) the SSGA Active Trust with respect to the SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF and SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF (the “New ETFs” and, together with the Current ETFs, the “ETFs”), and the State Street Disciplined Global Equity Portfolio (together with the New ETFs, the “New Funds”) each a new series of the SSGA Active Trust, (with the Current Funds and New Funds collectively being referred to hereafter as the “Funds”), each of which commenced operations during the period covered by this Annual Report. The Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Independent Trustees”), also met separately with their independent legal counsel to consider the Agreements.

In evaluating the Agreements, the Board drew on materials provided to them by SSGA FM, the Trust’s investment adviser and administrator, and other materials provided by State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Trusts’ sub-administrator, transfer agent and custodian (“State Street”). In deciding whether to approve the Agreements, the Board considered various factors, including the (i) nature, extent and quality of services provided by, or expected to be provided by, the Adviser with respect to the Funds under the Agreements, (ii) investment performance of the Current Funds, (iii) profits realized by the Adviser and its affiliates from its relationship with the Trusts, (iv) fees charged to comparable funds, (v) other benefits to the Adviser, and (vi) extent to which economies of scale would be shared as the Funds grow.

 

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Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of services provided by, or expected to be provided by, the Adviser. In doing so, the Trustees relied on their prior experience in overseeing the management of the Trusts and materials provided prior to and at the meeting. The Board reviewed the Agreements and the Adviser’s responsibilities for managing investment operations of each of the Funds in accordance with each Fund’s investment objectives and policies, and applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Board appreciated the relatively unique nature of the ETFs as exchange-traded funds in a master-feeder structure, as appropriate, and the experience and expertise of the Adviser with exchange-traded funds. The Board considered the background and experience of the Adviser’s senior management, including those individuals responsible for portfolio management, oversight of sub-advisers and regulatory compliance of the Funds. The Board also considered the portfolio management resources, structures and practices of the Adviser, including those associated with monitoring and securing each Fund’s compliance with its investment objectives and policies and with applicable laws and regulations. The Board also considered information about the Adviser’s best execution procedures and overall investment management business, noting that the Adviser serves a wide range of clients across a broad spectrum of asset classes. The Board looked at the Adviser’s general knowledge of the investment business and that of its affiliates which make up State Street Global Advisors, through which the Adviser shares all of its senior personnel. The Board considered that the Adviser and its affiliates constitute one of the world’s largest investment management enterprises for exchange-traded funds. The Board also considered the Adviser’s experience in active management, managing exchange-traded funds in master-feeder structures and overseeing third-party sub-advisers, as applicable.

Investment Performance

The Board then reviewed the Current Funds’ performance. The Board compared each Current Fund’s investment performance to the performance of an appropriate benchmark and group of comparable funds. Among other information, the Board considered the following performance information in its evaluation of the Funds:

SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund underperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-, 2- and 3-year periods; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period and underperformed its benchmark index for the 3-year period.

SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-, 2- and 3-year periods; and (b) underperformed its benchmark index for the 1- and 3-year period.

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-, 2- and 3-year periods; and (b) underperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period and outperformed its benchmark index for the 3-year period.

SPDR Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund underperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1- and 2-year periods; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund underperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1- and 2-year periods; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group since inception; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index since inception.

SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-year period; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-year period; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-year period; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund underperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-year period; and (b) underperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

 

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On the basis of the foregoing and other relevant information, the Board concluded that the performance of each Current Fund is satisfactory.

Profits Realized by Adviser

The Board considered the profitability of the advisory arrangement with the Current Funds to the Adviser, including data on the Current Funds’ historical profitability to the Adviser. The Independent Trustees, through their counsel, had the opportunity to discuss, with representatives of the Adviser and State Street, methodologies used in computing costs that formed the bases of profitability calculations and determined that these methodologies were reasonable.

Fees Charged to Comparable Funds

The Board evaluated each Fund’s unitary fee through review of comparative information with respect to fees paid by similar funds — i.e., exchange-traded funds that are actively managed, as applicable. The Board reviewed the universe of similar exchange-traded funds for each ETF based upon data independently obtained from Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (formerly Lipper Analytical Services) and related comparative information for similar exchange-traded funds. The Board also reviewed the fee structure, as applicable, of each Fund in connection with the master-feeder structure, the historical expense ratios of each Current Fund and the estimated expense ratios for each New Fund. In doing so, the Board used a fund by fund analysis of the data.

Other Benefits

The Board also considered whether the Adviser or its affiliates benefited in other ways from its relationship with the Trusts, noting that the Adviser does not maintain soft-dollar arrangements in connection with the Trusts’ brokerage transactions.

Economies of Scale

The Board reviewed information regarding economies of scale or other efficiencies that may result as each Fund’s assets grow in size. The Board noted that the Agreements did not provide for breakpoints in each Fund’s advisory fee rates as assets of a Fund increase. However, the Board further noted the Adviser’s assertion that future economies of scale (among several factors) had been taken into consideration for the Funds by fixing relatively low advisory fees, effectively sharing the benefits of lower fees with the Funds from inception. The Adviser also asserted that one of the benefits of the unitary fee was to provide an unvarying expense structure, which could be lost or diluted with the addition of breakpoints. The Board noted that it intends to continue to monitor fees as the Funds grow in size and assess whether fee breakpoints may be warranted.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees voting separately, approved the Agreements for each Fund after weighing the foregoing factors, none of which was dispositive in itself and may have been weighed differently by each Trustee. The Board’s conclusions with respect to each Agreement were as follows: (a) the nature and extent of the services provided, or expected to be provided, by the Adviser with respect to the Funds were appropriate; (b) the performance of each Current Fund had been satisfactory; (c) the Adviser’s unitary fee for each Fund, considered in relation to services provided or expected to be provided, and in relation to fees charged to comparable funds, was fair and reasonable; (d) profitability of the Trusts’ relationship with the Adviser was not excessive; (e) any additional potential benefits to the Adviser or its affiliates were not of a magnitude to materially affect the Board’s conclusions; and (f) fees paid to the Adviser shared the economies of scale with respect to the Current Funds by way of the relatively low fee structure of the Trusts.

Approval of Massachusetts Financial Services Company Sub-Advisory Agreements

At an in-person meeting held prior to June 30, 2016, the Board also evaluated proposals to continue the separate Sub-Advisory Agreements (the “MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements”) between the Adviser and Massachusetts Financial Services Company (“MFS”) with respect to the SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF, SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF and SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF, each a series of the SSGA Active Trust, and SSGA MFS Systematic Core Equity Portfolio, SSGA Systematic Growth Equity Portfolio and SSGA MFS Systematic Value Equity Portfolio, each a series of the SSGA Master Trust, each sub-advised by MFS (the “MFS Funds”). The

 

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Independent Trustees also met separately with their independent legal counsel to consider the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements.

In evaluating the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board drew on materials provided to them by MFS and the Adviser. In deciding whether to approve the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board considered various factors, including the (i) nature, extent and quality of services provided by MFS with respect to the MFS Funds under the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements and (ii) investment performance of the MFS Funds. The Board was apprised of the portion of the current advisory fee that the Adviser would pay to MFS under the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements and also considered that such fees would be paid directly by the Adviser and would not result in increased fees payable by the MFS Funds.

The Board considered the background and experience of MFS’s senior management and, in particular, MFS’s experience in investing in equity securities. The Board reviewed the MFS Funds’ performance, noting that that the performance of the MFS Funds was satisfactory. The Board also considered the unitary fee paid to the Adviser by each MFS Fund and MFS’s fees paid by the Adviser.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees voting separately, approved the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements for each MFS Fund after weighing the foregoing factors, none of which was dispositive in itself and may have been weighed differently by each Trustee. The Board’s conclusions with respect to each MFS Sub-Advisory Agreement were as follows: (a) the nature and extent of the services provided by MFS with respect to the MFS Funds were appropriate; (b) the performance of the MFS Funds had been satisfactory; (c) MFS’s fees for the MFS Funds and the unitary fee, considered in relation to the services provided, were fair and reasonable; (d) any additional potential benefits to MFS were not of a magnitude to materially affect the Board’s conclusions; and (e) fees paid to MFS adequately shared the economies of scale with each applicable MFS Fund by way of the relatively low fee structure of the Trusts.

Approval of DoubleLine Capital LP Sub-Advisory Agreements

At in-person meetings held prior to June 30, 2016, the Board also considered proposals to continue the separate Sub-Advisory Agreements (the “DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements”) between the Adviser and DoubleLine Capital LP (“DoubleLine”) with respect to the SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF, a series of the SSGA Active Trust, and State Street DoubleLine Total Return Tactical Portfolio, a series of the SSGA Master Trust (together, the “Current DoubleLine Funds”), and to approve the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements between the Adviser and DoubleLine with respect to the SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF and SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF, each a series of SSGA Active Trust (together with the Current DoubleLine Funds, the “DoubleLine Funds”), under which each of the DoubleLine Funds would be sub-advised by DoubleLine. The Independent Trustees also met separately with their independent legal counsel to consider the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements.

In evaluating the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board drew on materials provided to them by DoubleLine and the Adviser. In deciding whether to approve the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board considered various factors, including the (i) nature, extent and quality of services provided, or expected to be provided, by DoubleLine with respect to the DoubleLine Funds under the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements; and (ii) investment performance of the Current DoubleLine Funds. The Board was apprised of the portion of the advisory fee that the Adviser would pay to DoubleLine under the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements and also considered that such fees would be paid directly by the Adviser and would not result in increased fees payable by the DoubleLine Funds.

The Board considered the background and experience of DoubleLine’s senior management and, in particular, DoubleLine’s experience in investing in fixed income securities. The Board reviewed the Current DoubleLine Funds’ performance, noting that that the performance of the Current DoubleLine Funds was satisfactory. The Board also considered the unitary fee paid, or to be paid, to the Adviser by each DoubleLine Fund and DoubleLine’s fees paid by the Adviser.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees voting separately, approved the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements for the DoubleLine Funds after weighing the foregoing factors, none of which was dispositive in itself and may have been weighed differently by each Trustee. The Board’s conclusions with respect to each of the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements were as follows: (a) the nature and extent of the services provided, or expected to be provided, by

 

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DoubleLine with respect to the DoubleLine Funds were adequate and appropriate; (b) the performance of the Current DoubleLine Funds had been satisfactory; (c) DoubleLine’s fees for the DoubleLine Funds and the unitary fee, considered in relation to the services provided, or expected to be provided, were fair and reasonable; (d) any additional potential benefits to DoubleLine were not of a magnitude to materially affect the Board’s conclusions; and (e) fees paid, or expected to be paid, to DoubleLine were expected to share economies of scale with each applicable DoubleLine Fund by way of the relatively low fee structure of the Trusts.

 

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DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ABOUT FUND TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

June 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Name, Address

and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)

with Funds

  

Term of
Office and
Length of

Time Served

  

Principal

Occupation(s)

During Past

5 Years

   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by Trustee
    

Other

Directorships

Held by Trustee
During the
Past 5 Years

Independent Trustees

              

FRANK NESVET
c/o SSGA Active Trust
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900
1943

  

Independent

Trustee,

Chairman,

Trustee

Committee

Chair

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

September 2000

   Chief Executive Officer, Libra Group, Inc. (a financial services consulting company) (1998-present).      218       SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee).

DAVID M. KELLY
c/o SSGA Active Trust
State Street Financial Center One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900
1938

  

Independent

Trustee,

Audit

Committee

Chair

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

September 2000

   Retired.      218      

Chicago Stock Exchange (Former Director, retired); Penson Worldwide Inc.

(Former Director, retired); SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee);

SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee).

BONNY EUGENIA BOATMAN c/o SSGA Active Trust
State Street Financial Center One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900
1950

  

Independent

Trustee

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

April 2010

   Retired.      218       SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee).

DWIGHT D. CHURCHILL
c/o SSGA Active Trust
State Street Financial Center One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900
1953

  

Independent

Trustee

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

April 2010

   Self-employed consultant since 2010; CEO and President, CFA Institute (June 2014-January 2015).      218      

SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee); Affiliated

Managers Group, Inc. (Director).

CARL G. VERBONCOEUR
c/o SSGA Active Trust
State Street Financial Center One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900
1952

  

Independent

Trustee

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

April 2010

  

Self-employed

consultant since 2009.

     218       The Motley Fool Funds Trust (Trustee); SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee).

 

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DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ABOUT FUND TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (continued)

June 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Name, Address

and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)

with Funds

  

Term of
Office and
Length of

Time Served

  

Principal

Occupation(s)

During Past

5 Years

   Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by Trustee
    

Other

Directorships

Held by Trustee
During the
Past 5 Years

Interested Trustee

              

JAMES E. ROSS* SSGA Funds Management, Inc. State Street Financial Center One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1965

  

Interested

Trustee

  

Term: Unlimited

Served as Trustee: since

April 2010

  

Chairman and Director, SSGA

Funds Management, Inc. (2005-present); Senior Managing

Director and Principal, State Street Global Advisors (2006-present); President, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2005-2012).

     299       SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee); Select Sector SPDR Trust (Trustee); State Street Master Funds (Trustee); and State Street Institutional Investment Trust (Trustee).

 

* Mr. Ross is an Interested Trustee because of his employment with the Adviser and ownership interest in an affiliate of the Adviser. Mr. Ross previously served as an Interested Trustee from November 2005 to December 2009.

 

Name, Address

and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)

with Funds

  

Term of

Office and

Length of

Time Served

  

Principal

Occupation(s)

During The

Past 5 Years

Officers

        

ELLEN M. NEEDHAM
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1967

   President   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

October 2012

   President and Director, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2001-present)*; Senior Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors (1992-present).*

ANN M. CARPENTER
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1966

  

Vice

President;

Deputy

Treasurer

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

August 2012;

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2016

   Chief Operating Officer, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2005-Present)*; Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors (2005-present).*

MICHAEL P. RILEY
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1969

  

Vice

President

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2005

   Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (February 2015-present); Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2008-February 2015); Principal, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2005-2008).

 

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SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ABOUT FUND TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS (continued)

June 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Name, Address

and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)

with Funds

  

Term of

Office and

Length of

Time Served

  

Principal

Occupation(s)

During The

Past 5 Years

JOSHUA A. WEINBERG
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1978

  

Chief Legal

Officer

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since February 2015

   Vice President and Managing Counsel, State Street Global Advisors (2011-present); Clerk, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2013-present); Associate, Financial Services Group, Dechert LLP (2006-2011).

CHRISTOPHER A. MADDEN
State Street Bank and Trust Company One Hundred Huntington Avenue, CPH0326 Boston, MA 02116
1967

   Secretary   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

August 2013

   Vice President and Senior Counsel, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2013-present); Counsel, Atlantic Fund Services (2009-2013); Vice President.*

PATRICIA A. MORISETTE
State Street Bank and Trust Company
One Hundred Huntington Avenue, CPH0326 Boston, MA 02116
1973

   Assistant Secretary   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2015

   Vice President and Counsel, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2014-present); Assistant Vice President and Counsel, John Hancock Financial Services (2011-2013); Independent legal consultant (2009-2011); Associate, Bingham McCutchen LLP (2003-2009).*,**

BRUCE S. ROSENBERG
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1961

   Treasurer    Term: Unlimited Served: since February 2016    Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (July 2015-present; Director, Credit Suisse (April 2008-July 2015)).

CHAD C. HALLETT
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1969

  

Deputy

Treasurer

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2016

   Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (November 2014-present); Vice President, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2001-November 2014).*

SUJATA UPRETI
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1974

  

Assistant

Treasurer

   Term: Unlimited Served: since February 2016    Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (May 2015-present; Assistant Director, Cambridge Associates, LLC (July 2014-January 2015); Vice President, Bank of New York Mellon (July 2012-August 2013); Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (September 2003-July 2012)).

DANIEL FOLEY
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1972

  

Assistant

Treasurer

   Term: Unlimited Served: since February 2016    Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (April 2007-present).*

BRIAN HARRIS
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1973

  

Chief Compliance

Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

November 2013

   Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (June 2013-present)*; Senior Vice President and Global Head of Investment Compliance, BofA Global Capital Management (2010-2013); Director of Compliance, AARP Financial Inc. (2008-2010).

 

* Served in various capacities and/or with various affiliated entities during noted time period.
** Served in various capacities and/or with unaffiliated mutual funds or closed-end funds for which State Street Bank and Trust Company or its affiliates act as a provider of services during the noted time period.

Statement of Additional information (SAI) includes additional information about Fund directors and is available, without charge, upon request and by calling 1-866-787-2257.

 

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Trustees

Bonny E. Boatman

Dwight D. Churchill

David M. Kelly

Frank Nesvet, Chairman

James E. Ross

Carl G. Verboncoeur

Officers

Ellen M. Needham, President

Bruce Rosenberg, Treasurer

Ann Carpenter, Vice President and Deputy Treasurer

Michael P. Riley, Vice President

Chad C. Hallett, Deputy Treasurer

Sujata Upreti, Assistant Treasurer

Daniel Foley, Assistant Treasurer

Christopher A. Madden, Secretary

Patricia A. Morisette, Assistant Secretary

Brian Harris, Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer

Joshua A. Weinberg, Chief Legal Officer

Investment Manager and Administrator

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

Distributor

State Street Global Markets, LLC

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

Custodian, Sub-Administrator and Transfer Agent

State Street Bank and Trust Company

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

Legal Counsel

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Ernst & Young LLP

200 Clarendon Street

Boston, MA 02116

 

Fund Shares are distributed by State Street Global Markets, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of State Street Corporation. State Street Global Markets, LLC; member FINRA, SIPC.

The information contained in this report is intended for the general information of shareholders of the Trust. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current Trust prospectus which contains important information concerning the Trust. You may obtain a current prospectus and SAI from the Distributor by calling 1-866-787-2257 or visiting www.spdrs.com Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.

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Annual Report

30 June 2016

 

SSGA Active Trust

State Street Clarion Global Infrastructure & MLP Portfolio

 

 

 

LOGO

The information contained in this report is intended for the general information of shareholders of the Portfolio and shareholders of any fund or any private client invested in the Portfolio. Generally, shares of the Portfolio may be purchased only by or on behalf of other registered investment companies or private clients for which the Adviser or an affiliate serves as investment adviser (or in a similar capacity). This report is not authorized for distribution (i) to prospective investors in any fund invested in the Portfolio unless preceded or accompanied by a current offering document for such fund or (ii) to prospective eligible investors in the Portfolio unless preceded or accompanied by a current offering document of the Portfolio. Eligible investors in the Portfolio may obtain a current prospectus and SAI from the Distributor by calling 1-866-787-2257. Please read the offering document carefully before investing in the Portfolio.


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Management Discussion of Portfolio Performance & Performance Summary

    1   

Portfolio Summary

    4   

Schedule of Investments

    5   

Financial Statements

    7   

Financial Highlights

    10   

Notes to Financial Statements

    11   

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    17   

Other Information

    18   

 

 

 

The information contained in this report is intended for the general information of shareholders of the Portfolio and shareholders of any fund or any private client invested in the Portfolio. Generally, shares of the Portfolio may be purchased only by or on behalf of other registered investment companies or private clients for which the Adviser or an affiliate serves as investment adviser (or in a similar capacity). This report is not authorized for distribution (i) to prospective investors in any fund invested in the Portfolio unless preceded or accompanied by a current offering document for such fund or (ii) to prospective eligible investors in the Portfolio unless preceded or accompanied by a current offering document of the Portfolio. Eligible investors in the Portfolio may obtain a current prospectus and SAI from the Distributor by calling 1-866-787-2257. Please read the offering document carefully before investing in the Portfolio.


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LOGO

STATE STREET CLARION GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE & MLP PORTFOLIO —
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION OF PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE (UNAUDITED)

 

The State Street Clarion Global Infrastructure & MLP Portfolio (the “Portfolio”) seeks to provide long-term total return. The Portfolio’s benchmark is the MSCI ACWI IMI Index (the “Index”).

For the 12-month period ended June 30, 2016 (the “Reporting Period”), the total return for the Portfolio was 9.75%, and the total return for the Index was -3.87%. The Portfolio’s secondary benchmark, the State Street Clarion Global Infrastructure & MLP Composite Index (the “Secondary Index”), yielded a return of 5.59% for the Reporting Period. The returns of the Portfolio and both the Index and the Secondary Index reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other income. The Portfolio’s performance reflects the expenses of managing the Portfolio, including brokerage and advisory expenses. Both the Index and the Secondary Index are unmanaged and their returns do not reflect fees and expenses of any kind, which would have a negative impact on returns.

The Portfolio outperformed both the Index and Secondary Index during the Reporting Period. Global listed infrastructure saw positive returns helped by an environment of declining interest rates leading investors to seek safety and yield in more stable equities. Master Limited Partnership (“MLP”) securities were not as fortunate as they declined alongside falling commodity prices during the Reporting Period. By geography, the Portfolio’s absolute performance benefited from every region except Emerging Markets. Americas were the main driver of the positive performance. Investments in American utilities were the best contributor, followed by the tower sector. Their performance more than offset the negative returns of MLPs and renewable energy equities. MLPs showed a strong correlation with oil prices and regained some of their losses after oil bottomed in February. Asia was the next best region with all sectors seeing positive gains. Transportation and utilities led the way as the yield-seeking trade was a global theme, especially in 2016. The Portfolio’s attribution benefitted from Continental Europe where the two best performing sectors, transportation and utilities, were also the Portfolio’s biggest allocations in the region. The U.K. showed great resilience despite the uncertainty due to the “Brexit” vote. While renewable energy investments saw slight losses, U.K. utilities reinforced the safety trade and saw positive returns in U.S. dollar terms, even after the British pound depreciated following the Brexit Referendum.

On an individual security level, the top positive contributors to the Portfolio’s performance were Crown Castle International Corp., NextEra Energy Inc., and Transurban Group Ltd. Crown Castle International, a U.S. listed tower company, beat and raised guidance in the first quarter due to M&A and lower than expected carrier non-renewals. Transurban Group is an Australian toll road company. Positive traffic growth, completed and potential acquisitions, and U.S. organic growth helped drive its strong performance. NextEra Energy is a U.S. integrated utility. The Florida based utility benefited as being one of the premier U.S. utilities with a strong presence in renewable energy and one of the best growth stories in a sector that continued to be bid up during the period. The top detractors from the Portfolio’s performance were Williams Companies, TerraForm Power Inc., and Summit Midstream Partners LP. Williams Companies is an energy infrastructure company operating in the U.S. The Energy Transfer Equity acquisition drama that led to a termination of the deal damaged Williams Companies in an already sold off market with decreasing commodity prices. TerraForm Power is a renewable energy infrastructure company that suffered from the lack of corporate governance of its parent, SunEdison, who was greatly over leveraged before declaring bankruptcy. Summit Midstream is a gathering and processing MLP that suffered from worse than expected volumes due to timing of well completions.

The Portfolio did not invest in derivatives during the Reporting Period.

The views expressed above reflect those of the Portfolio’s portfolio manager only through the Reporting Period, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Adviser as a whole. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and the Adviser disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any fund.

 

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STATE STREET CLARION GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE & MLP PORTFOLIO
PERFORMANCE SUMMARY (UNAUDITED)

 

The following performance chart of the Portfolio’s total return at net asset value, the total return based on market price and its benchmark index is provided for comparative purposes only and represents the periods noted. The Portfolio’s per share net asset value (“NAV”) is the value of one share of the Portfolio and is calculated by dividing the value of total assets less total liabilities by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV return is based on the NAV of the Portfolio and the market return is based on the market price per share of the Portfolio. The market price used to calculate the market return is determined by using the midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the exchange on which the shares of the Portfolio are listed for trading, as of the time that the Portfolio’s NAV is calculated. Since shares of the Portfolio did not trade in the secondary market until the day after the Portfolio’s inception, for the period from inception to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Portfolio (1/20/15, 1/21/15, respectively), the NAV of the Portfolio is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns. NAV and market returns assume that dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Portfolio at NAV. Market returns do not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market transactions. If brokerage commissions were included market returns would be lower.

An index is a statistical measure of a specified financial market or sector. An index does not actually hold a portfolio of securities and therefore does not reflect deductions for fees or expenses. In comparison, the Portfolio’s performance is negatively impacted by these deductions.

Performance quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be higher or lower than that quoted. The returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption or sale of Fund shares. The total expense ratio for State Street Clarion Global Infrastructure & MLP Portfolio as stated in the Fees and Expenses table of the prospectus dated October 31, 2015 is 0.30%.

PERFORMANCE AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                                              
           CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN          AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN       
           NET ASSET
VALUE
    PRIMARY
BENCHMARK:
MSCI ACWI
IMI Index
    

SECONDARY
BENCHMARK:

State Street

Clarion Global
Infrastructure & MLP
Composite Index

         NET ASSET
VALUE
    PRIMARY
BENCHMARK:
MSCI ACWI
IMI Index
    

SECONDARY
BENCHMARK:

State Street

Clarion Global
Infrastructure & MLP
Composite Index

      
     ONE YEAR     9.75%        –3.87%         5.59%            9.75%        –3.87%         5.59%       
     SINCE INCEPTION (1)     64.46%        32.39%         42.66%            12.16%        6.69%         8.55%       
                                                       
  (1) For the period March 1, 2012 to June 30, 2016

MSCI ACWI IMI INDEX

The MSCI ACWI IMI Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the combined equity market performance of developed and emerging markets. The Index covers approximately 99% of the global equity investment opportunity set.

STATE STREET CLARION GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE & MLP COMPOSITE INDEX

The State Street Clarion Global Infrastructure & MLP Composite Index is a blended benchmark consisting of 85% FTSE Global Core Infrastructure 50/50 Index and 15% Alerian MLP Index. Prior to 3/2/2015, the blended benchmark consisted of 85% UBS Global 50/50 Infrastructure & Utilities Index and 15% Alerian MLP Index.

 

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LOGO

STATE STREET CLARION GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE & MLP PORTFOLIO
PERFORMANCE SUMMARY (CONTINUED) (UNAUDITED)

 

 

LOGO

Past Performance is not indicative of future results.

Index Returns are unmanaged and do not reflect the deduction of any fees or expenses. Index returns reflect all items of income, gain and loss and the reinvestment of dividends and other income.

Line graph is based on cumulative total return.

 

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STATE STREET CLARION GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE & MLP PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIO SUMMARY (UNAUDITED)

 

TOP FIVE HOLDINGS AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                      
      DESCRIPTION   CROWN CASTLE
INTERNATIONAL CORP. REIT
  AMERICAN TOWER
CORP. REIT
  VINCI SA   ENBRIDGE,
INC.
  NEXTERA ENERGY,
INC.
    
     MARKET VALUE   $804,847   681,660   662,491   640,561   562,024    
     % OF NET ASSETS   4.7   4.0   3.8   3.7   3.3    
                                     

(The five largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Portfolio will continue to remain invested in any particular

security.)

INDUSTRY BREAKDOWN AS OF JUNE 30, 2016*

 

           % OF
NET ASSETS
      
 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     27.4  
 

Electric Utilities

     20.8     
 

Multi-Utilities

     11.6     
 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     8.7     
 

Transportation Infrastructure

     7.9     
 

Road & Rail

     6.6     
 

Construction & Engineering

     6.2     
 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

     3.3     
 

Gas Utilities

     1.4     
 

Communications Equipment

     1.0     
 

Water Utilities

     0.9     
 

Short-Term Investment

     4.6     
   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

     (0.4    
   

TOTAL

     100.0    

 

 

  * The Portfolio’s industry breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Security Description

 

Shares

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS — 95.8%

   

AUSTRALIA — 3.7%

   

DUET Group (a)

    93,124      $ 174,383   

Transurban Group Stapled Security (a)

    51,741        465,269   
   

 

 

 
      639,652   
   

 

 

 

CANADA — 8.2%

   

Canadian Pacific Railway, Ltd.

    2,600        332,993   

Enbridge, Inc.

    15,200        640,561   

Pembina Pipeline Corp.

    9,600        290,210   

Veresen, Inc.

    18,600        156,826   
   

 

 

 
      1,420,590   
   

 

 

 

FRANCE — 5.5%

   

Aeroports de Paris (a)

    1,312        143,912   

Groupe Eurotunnel SE (a)

    13,776        145,669   

Vinci SA (a)

    9,378        662,491   
   

 

 

 
      952,072   
   

 

 

 

HONG KONG — 1.3%

   

CLP Holdings, Ltd. (a)

    21,000        214,523   
   

 

 

 

ITALY — 1.4%

   

Ei Towers SpA (a) (b)

    3,418        173,629   

Snam SpA (a)

    10,515        62,931   
   

 

 

 
      236,560   
   

 

 

 

JAPAN — 4.6%

   

Central Japan Railway Co. (a)

    1,500        268,551   

East Japan Railway Co. (a)

    3,600        335,819   

Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. (a)

    23,200        189,697   
   

 

 

 
      794,067   
   

 

 

 

SOUTH KOREA — 1.0%

   

Korea Electric Power Corp. (a)

    3,230        169,549   
   

 

 

 

SPAIN — 7.2%

   

Abertis Infraestructuras SA (a)

    24,584        363,685   

Enagas SA (a)

    5,769        176,435   

Ferrovial SA (a)

    20,844        408,524   

Red Electrica Corp. SA (a)

    3,248        290,534   
   

 

 

 
      1,239,178   
   

 

 

 

SWITZERLAND — 1.4%

   

Flughafen Zuerich AG (a)

    1,370        243,023   
   

 

 

 

UNITED KINGDOM — 3.4%

   

National Grid PLC (a)

    24,662        364,175   

Renewables Infrastructure Group, Ltd.

    56,821        73,870   

United Utilities Group PLC (a)

    10,464        145,639   
   

 

 

 
      583,684   
   

 

 

 

UNITED STATES — 58.1%

   

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    4,100        287,369   

American Tower Corp. REIT

    6,000        681,660   

Avangrid, Inc.

    1,500        69,090   

Boardwalk Pipeline Partners L.P. (c)

    8,600        150,070   

Crown Castle International Corp. REIT

    7,935        804,847   

Delek Logistics Partners L.P.

    2,900        77,459   

Dominion Resources, Inc.

    3,368        262,468   

DTE Energy Co.

    5,484        543,574   

Edison International

    4,009        311,379   

Enbridge Energy Partners L.P.

    6,100        141,520   

Energy Transfer Partners L.P. (c)

    6,729        256,173   

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (c)

    17,400        509,124   

Eversource Energy

    4,862      291,234   

Exelon Corp.

    2,398        87,191   

ITC Holdings Corp.

    3,700        173,234   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    20,900        391,248   

Magellan Midstream Partners L.P. (c)

    4,100        311,600   

MPLX L.P.

    8,700        292,581   

NextEra Energy Partners L.P.

    4,031        122,462   

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    4,310        562,024   

NiSource, Inc.

    4,519        119,844   

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    2,500        212,825   

NRG Yield, Inc. Class A

    16,600        252,652   

Pattern Energy Group, Inc.

    5,500        126,335   

PG&E Corp.

    7,900        504,968   

Sempra Energy

    4,805        547,866   

Shell Midstream Partners L.P. (c)

    3,886        131,308   

Tallgrass Energy Partners L.P.

    6,000        276,120   

Targa Resources Corp.

    8,900        375,046   

Tesoro Logistics L.P. (c)

    1,800        89,154   

Valero Energy Partners L.P. (c)

    3,700        173,937   

Westar Energy, Inc.

    2,200        123,398   

Williams Cos., Inc.

    13,500        292,005   

Williams Partners L.P. (c)

    5,200        180,128   

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    6,400        286,592   
   

 

 

 
      10,018,485   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $14,254,061)

      16,511,383   
   

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 4.6%

  

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class 0.47% (d) (e)
(Cost $789,440)

    789,440        789,440   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.4%
(Cost $15,043,501)

      17,300,823   

LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER
ASSETS — (0.4)%

      (62,764
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 17,238,059   
   

 

 

 

 

(a) Security is fair valued at year end by applying factors provided by independent third party in accordance with Portfolio’s valuation policy and procedures. The independent fair value service takes into account multiple factors including, but not limited to, movements in the U.S. securities markets, certain depositary receipts, futures contracts and foreign currency exchange rates that have occurred subsequent to the close of foreign securities exchanges. The use of the independent fair value service or alternative fair valuation methods would result in the investments being classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.Total market value of such securities represents 4,998,438 and 29.0% of net assets of the Portfolio at June 30, 2016.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) Master Limited Partnership. Total market value of such securities represents $1,801,494 or 10.5% of net assets
(d) The Portfolio may invest in certain money market funds managed by SSGA Funds Management, Inc. Amounts related to these transactions during the year ended June 30, 2016 are shown in the Affiliate Table below.
(e) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at June 30, 2016.

REIT    Real Estate Investment Trust

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the value of the Portfolio’s investments accordingly to the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2016.

 

Description

   Level 1 —
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2 —
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 —
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total  

ASSETS:

           

INVESTMENTS:

           

Common Stocks

           

Australia

   $       $ 639,652       $       $ 639,652   

Canada

     1,420,590                         1,420,590   

France

             952,072                 952,072   

Hong Kong

             214,523                 214,523   

Italy

             236,560                 236,560   

Japan

             794,067                 794,067   

South Korea

             169,549                 169,549   

Spain

             1,239,178                 1,239,178   

Switzerland

             243,023                 243,023   

United Kingdom

     73,870         509,814                 583,684   

United States

     10,018,485                         10,018,485   

Short-Term Investment

     789,440                         789,440   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

   $ 12,302,385       $ 4,998,438       $       $ 17,300,823   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Affiliate Table

 

     Number of
Shares Held
at 6/30/15
     Value at
6/30/15
     Shares Purchased      Shares Sold      Number of
Shares Held
at 6/30/16
     Value at
6/30/16
     Dividend
Income
     Realized
Gain (Loss)
 

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class

     284,165       $ 284,165         7,459,882         6,954,607         789,440       $ 789,440       $ 523       $   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

ASSETS

  

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (Note 2)

   $ 16,511,383   

Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (Note 2)

     789,440   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     17,300,823   

Foreign currency, at value

     16,669   

Receivable for investments sold

     127,410   

Dividends receivable — unaffiliated issuers (Note 2)

     62,098   

Dividend receivable — affiliated issuers (Note 2)

     56   

Receivable from Adviser (Note 3)

     4,134   

Receivable for foreign taxes recoverable

     13,771   
  

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     17,524,961   
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

  

Payable for investments purchased

     279,018   

Payable for fund shares repurchased

     3,750   

Advisory fee payable (Note 3)

     4,134   
  

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     286,902   
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 17,238,059   
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

  

Paid-in Capital

   $ 16,648,027   

Undistributed (distribution in excess of) net investment income (loss)

       

Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments, foreign currency transactions, and futures contracts

     (1,665,724

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

  

Investments

     2,257,322   

Foreign currency transactions

     (1,566
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 17,238,059   
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

  

Net asset value per share

   $ 10.29   
  

 

 

 

Shares outstanding

     1,675,757   
  

 

 

 

COST OF INVESTMENTS:

  

Investments in unaffiliated issuers

   $ 14,254,061   

Investments in affiliated issuers

     789,440   
  

 

 

 

Total cost of investments

   $ 15,043,501   
  

 

 

 

Foreign currency, at cost

   $ 16,538   
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

For the Year Ended June 30, 2016

 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

  

Dividend income — unaffiliated issuers (Note 2)

   $ 448,506   

Dividend income — affiliated issuers (Note 2)

     523   

Dividend income from master limited partnership and related companies

     134,028   

Return of capital from master limited partnerships and related companies

     (138,518

Foreign taxes withheld

     (22,812
  

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

     421,727   
  

 

 

 

EXPENSES

  

Advisory fee (Note 3)

     46,227   

Trustees’ fees and expenses (Note 4)

     422   

Miscellaneous expenses

     1,667   
  

 

 

 

TOTAL EXPENSES

     48,316   
  

 

 

 

Expenses waived/reimbursed by the Adviser (Note 3)

     (46,227
  

 

 

 

NET EXPENSES

     2,089   
  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

     419,638   
  

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

  

Net realized gain (loss) on:

  

Investment transactions — unaffiliated issuers

     (1,638,134

Foreign currency transactions

     (2,226
  

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

     (1,640,360
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

  

Investment transactions — unaffiliated issuers

     2,734,296   

Foreign currency transactions

     (1,611
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     2,732,685   
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

     1,092,325   
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 1,511,963   
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

 

 

     Year Ended
6/30/16
    For the Period
1/20/15* -
6/30/15
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 419,638      $ 213,493   

Net realized gain (loss)

     (1,640,360     415,237   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     2,732,685        (476,929
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     1,511,963        151,801   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

    

Net investment income

     (480,070     (180,817

Net realized gains

     (413,049       

Return of capital

     (39,003       
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

     (932,122     (180,817
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS:

    

In-kind transfer from CBRE Clarion Global Listed Infrastructure Fund, LP (Note 1)

            11,569,962   

Contribution from SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (Note 1)

            4,000,100   

Proceeds from sale of shares sold

     321,021        348,304   

Reinvestment of distributions

     932,122        180,817   

Cost of shares redeemed

     (505,870     (159,222
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions

     747,273        15,939,961   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets during the period

     1,327,114        15,910,945   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets at beginning of period

     15,910,945          
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AT END OF PERIOD

   $ 17,238,059      $ 15,910,945   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Undistributed (distribution in excess of) net investment income (loss)

   $      $ 26,377   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST:

    

In-kind transfer from CBRE Clarion Global Listed Infrastructure Fund, LP (Note 1)

            1,176,596   

Shares sold

     33,009        414,875   

Reinvestment of distributions

     103,757        17,385   

Shares redeemed

     (54,490     (15,375
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     82,276        1,593,481   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Inception date.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

     Year Ended
6/30/16
    For the Period
1/21/15* -
6/30/15
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 9.99      $ 10.00   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

    

Net investment income (loss) (a)

     0.26        0.14   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.62        (0.04
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.88        0.10   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

    

Net investment income

     (0.30     (0.11

Net realized gains

     (0.26       

Return of capital

     (0.02       
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (0.58     (0.11
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 10.29      $ 9.99   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return (b)

     9.75     1.00

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

    

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

   $ 17,238      $ 15,911   

Ratios to average net assets:

    

Total expenses

     0.31     0.30 %(c) 

Net expenses

     0.01     0.00 %(c)(d) 

Net investment income (loss)

     2.72     2.97 %(c) 

Portfolio turnover rate

     103     37 %(e) 

 

 * Commencement of operations.
(a) Net investment income per share is calculated using the average shares method.
(b) Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares at net asset value on the first day and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each period reported. Distributions are assumed, for the purpose of this calculation, to be reinvested at net asset value per share on the respective payment dates of each distribution. Total return for periods of less than one year is not annualized. Broker commission charges are not included in this calculation.
(c) Annualized.
(d) Amount shown represents less than 0.005%.
(e) Not annualized.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

1. Organization

SSGA Active Trust (the “Trust”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), is an open-end management investment company that was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on March 30, 2011.

As of June 30, 2016, the Trust offered fourteen (14) funds, each of which represents a separate series of beneficial interest in the Trust (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). The financial statements herein relate to the State Street Clarion Global Infrastructure & MLP Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), a separate nondiversified series of the Trust. The Portfolio operates as the master portfolio in a master feeder structure.

The Portfolio commenced operations on January 21, 2015, after it acquired the net assets of the CBRE Clarion Global Listed Infrastructure Fund, LP (the “Partnership”), via the Feeder Fund. The acquisition of net assets of the Partnership was accomplished by an in-kind transfer of all of the Partnership’s net assets amounting to $11,569,962 and a cash transfer of $196,000 by the Partnership in exchange for 1,176,596 shares of the Feeder Fund (the “transaction”). The Partnership elected to make a deemed sale election related to the transaction, pursuant to the subscription agreement. SSGA FM contributed initial capital of $4,000,100 to the Feeder Fund in exchange for the Feeder Fund’s shares. Immediately prior to the acquisition, the Portfolio did not have any assets or liabilities nor operations or investment activities.

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this could involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements:

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Portfolio is an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.

Security Valuation

The Portfolio’s investments are valued at fair value each day that the Portfolio’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date should the reporting period end on a day that the Portfolio’s listing exchange is not open. Fair value is generally defined as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. By its nature, a fair value price is a good faith estimate of the valuation in a current sale and may not reflect an actual market price. The investments of the Portfolio are valued pursuant to the policy and procedures developed by the Oversight Committee (the “Committee”) and approved by the Board. The Committee provides oversight of the valuation of investments for the Portfolio. The Board has responsibility for determining the fair value of investments. Valuation techniques used to value the Portfolio’s investments by major category are as follows:

 

  Equity investments (including preferred stocks and registered investment companies that are exchange-traded funds) traded on a recognized securities exchange for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last sale price or official closing price, as applicable, on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last published sale price or at fair value.

 

  Investments in registered investment companies (including money market funds) or other unitized pooled investment vehicles that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that day’s published net asset value per share or unit.

 

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June 30, 2016

 

 

 

In the event prices or quotations are not readily available or that the application of these valuation methods results in a price for an investment that is deemed to be not representative of the fair value of such investment, fair value will be determined in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with the valuation policy and procedures approved by the Board.

A “significant event” is an event that the Trustee believes, with a reasonably high degree of certainty, has caused the closing market prices of a Portfolio’s securities to no longer reflect their value at the time of the Portfolio net asset value calculation. Fair value may be determined using an independent fair value service under valuation procedures approved by the Trustee. The independent fair value service takes into account multiple factors including, but not limited to, movements in the U.S. securities markets, certain depositary receipts, futures contracts and foreign currency exchange rates that have occurred subsequent to the close of foreign securities exchanges. The use of the independent fair value service or alternative fair valuation methods would result in the investments being classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. At June 30, 2016, the independent fair value service was used for certain foreign securities in the Portfolio’s, and these securities were classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Portfolio’s investments. These inputs are categorized into a hierarchy consisting of three broad levels for financial reporting purposes.

The Portfolio values its assets and liabilities at fair value using a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable. The categorization of a value determined for an investment within the hierarchy is based upon the pricing transparency of the investment and is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in it.

The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

 

  Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

  Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the assets or liabilities either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not considered to be active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as exchange rates, financing terms, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs; and

 

  Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, including the Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments.

The value of the Portfolio’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2016, is disclosed in the Schedule of Investments.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the fair value hierarchy. Transfers between different levels of the fair value hierarchy are recognized at the end of the reporting period.

The Portfolio had transfers from Level 1 to Level 2 during the year ended June 30, 2016 in the amount of $3,117,437. At June 30, 2016 these investments applied factor prices provided by an independent third party in accordance with the Portfolio’s valuation policy and procedures. At June 30, 2015 these investments were valued at exchange closing prices in accordance with the Portfolio’s valuation policy.

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition

Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date for financial reporting purposes. Realized gains and losses from the sale or disposition of investments and foreign exchange transactions, if any, are determined using the identified cost method. Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recognized daily on the ex-dividend date, net of any foreign taxes withheld at source, if any. Non-cash dividends received in the form of stock are recorded as dividend income at fair value. Such amounts are recorded as a reduction of the cost of investments or reclassified to capital gains.

 

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June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Distributions received from the Portfolio’s investments in master limited partnerships or limited liability companies that have economic characteristics substantially similar to master limited partnerships (collectively, “MLPs”) generally are comprised of ordinary income and return of capital from the MLPs. The Portfolio records distributions from MLPs as dividend income and redesignates between income and return of capital at year end. Such estimates are based on information provided by each MLP and other industry sources. These estimates may subsequently be revised based on actual allocations received from MLPs after their tax reporting periods are concluded, as the actual character of these distributions is not known until after the fiscal year end of the Portfolio. For the period ended June 30, 2016, the Portfolio estimated the allocation of investment income and return of capital for the distributions received from MLPs within the Statement of Operations. For this period, the Portfolio has estimated approximately 0.04% as income and approximately 99.6% as return of capital.

Expenses

Certain expenses, which are directly identifiable to a specific Portfolio, are applied to that Portfolio within the Trust. Other expenses which cannot be attributed directly to a specific Portfolio are allocated in such a manner as deemed equitable, taking into consideration the nature and type of expense and the relative net assets of the Portfolio within the Trust.

Foreign Currency Translation

The accounting records of the Portfolio are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currencies as well as investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated to U.S. dollars using exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the respective dates of the transactions.

The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.

Foreign Taxes

The Portfolio may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, realized and unrealized capital gains on investments or certain foreign currency transactions. Foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “SSGA FM”) understanding of the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which the Portfolio invests. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by the Portfolio and are reflected in the Statement of Operations, if applicable. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of June 30, 2016, if any, are disclosed in the Portfolio’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Distributions

Distributions from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid quarterly. Net realized capital gains, if any, are distributed annually, unless additional distributions are required for compliance with applicable tax regulations. The Portfolio currently intends to pay distributions out of its distributable cash flow, which generally consists of cash and paid-in-kind distributions from MLPs or their affiliates, dividends from common stocks and income from other investments held by the Portfolio less current or accrued operating expenses of the Portfolio, including taxes on Portfolio taxable income. The amount and character of income and capital gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with applicable tax regulations which may differ from net investment income and realized gains recognized for U.S. GAAP purposes.

 

3. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates

Advisory Fee

The Trust on behalf of the Portfolio has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with SSGA FM. For its advisory services to the Portfolio, the Adviser is paid a management fee by the Portfolio at an annual rate of 0.30% of

 

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its average daily net assets. The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive the entire amount of this fee until the later of April 30, 2017 or such time as the shares of the Portfolio cease to be the only investment security held by the State Street Clarion Global Infrastructure & MLP Fund series of State Street Institutional Investment Trust. The waiver may be terminated only by the Portfolio’s Board of Trustees.

The Adviser pays all operating expenses of the Portfolio other than management fee, distribution fee pursuant to the Portfolio’s Distribution and Service Plan, if any, brokerage, taxes, interest, fees and expenses of the Independent Trustees (including any Trustees’ counsel fees), litigation expenses, and other extraordinary expenses.

Administrator and Sub-Administrator Fees

SSGA FM serves as administrator and State Street, an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as custodian, sub-administrator and transfer agent. State Street receives fees for its services as custodian, sub-administrator and transfer agent from the Adviser.

Other Transactions with Affiliates

The Funds may invest in affiliated entities, included securities issued by State Street, affiliated funds, or entities deemed to be affiliates as a result of the Funds owning more than five percent of the entity’s voting securities or outstanding shares. Amounts relating to these transactions during the period ended June 30, 2016 are disclosed in the Schedule of Investments.

 

4. Trustees’ Fees

The fees and expenses of the Trust’s trustees, who are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Trustees”), are paid directly by the Funds. The Independent Trustees are reimbursed for travel and other out-of-pocket expenses in connection with meeting attendance and industry seminars.

 

5. Investment Transactions

Purchases and sales of investments (excluding short term investments) for the year ended June 30, 2016 aggregated to $15,881,867 and $16,019,327, respectively.

 

6. Income Tax Information

The Portfolio has qualified and intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Portfolio will not be subject to federal income taxes to the extent it distributes its taxable income, including any net realized capital gains, for each fiscal year. Therefore, no provision for federal income tax is required.

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on ex-dividend date. Income dividends and gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax rules and regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. Certain capital accounts in the financial statements have been adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net asset values or results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in the future. These book-tax differences are primarily due to differing treatments for character of distributions, nontaxable dividend adjustments to income, foreign currencies, distributions from MLPs and wash sale loss deferrals.

The Portfolio files federal and various state and local tax returns as required. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The federal returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years from date of filing, while the state returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon jurisdiction. SSGA FM has analyzed the Portfolio’s tax positions taken on tax returns for all open years and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that would require recognition of a tax liability.

As a limited partner in the MLPs, the Portfolio reports its allocable share of the MLP’s taxable income in computing its own taxable income. The distributions paid by the MLPs generally do not constitute income for tax purposes. Each MLP may allocate losses to the Portfolio which are generally not deductible in computing the Portfolio’s taxable income until such time as that particular MLP either generates income to offset those losses or the Portfolio disposes of units in that

 

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June 30, 2016

 

 

 

MLP. This may result in the Portfolio’s taxable income being substantially different than its book income in any given year. As a result, the Portfolio may have insufficient taxable income to support its distributions paid resulting in a return of capital to shareholders. A return of capital distribution is generally not treated as taxable income to shareholders and instead reduces a shareholder’s basis in their shares of the Portfolio.

Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax may be imposed on interest, dividends and realized and unrealized capital gains at various rates.

The tax character of distributions paid during the period ended June 30, 2016 was as follows:

 

Ordinary Income

 

Long-Term Capital Gain

 

Tax Return of Capital

 

Total

$893,119   $—   $39,003   $932,122

The tax character of distributions paid during the period ended June 30, 2015 was as follows:

 

Ordinary Income

 

Long-Term Capital Gain

 

Tax Return of Capital

 

Total

$180,817   $—   $—   $180,817

As of June 30, 2016, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Undistributed
Ordinary Income

 

Capital Loss
Carryforwards

 

Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital  Gain

 

Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Qualified
Late-Year
Losses*

 

Total

$—   $(1,284,055)   $—   $1,874,085   $—   $590,030

 

* The Portfolio has elected to defer certain qualified late year losses and recognize such losses in the next taxable year.

As of June 30, 2016, the Portfolio had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains through the indicated expiration dates as follows:

 

Non-Expiring Short Term

 

Non-Expiring Long  Term

$1,222,696

  $61,359

As of June 30, 2016, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

Tax Cost

 

Gross

Unrealized

Appreciation

 

Gross

Unrealized

Depreciation

 

Net Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

$15,425,172   $2,005,676   $130,025   $1,875,651

 

7. Risks

Concentration Risk

As a result of the Portfolio’s ability to invest a large percentage of its assets in obligations of issuers within the same country, state, region, currency or economic sector, an adverse economic, business or political development may affect the value of the Portfolio’s investments more than if the Portfolio were more broadly diversified.

Foreign and Emerging Markets Risks

Investing in foreign markets involve risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in the U.S. Foreign securities may be subject to risk of loss because of government regulation, economic, political and social instability in the countries in which the Portfolio invests. Foreign markets may be less liquid than investments in the U.S. and may be subject to the risks of currency fluctuations. To the extent that a Portfolio invests in securities of issuers located in emerging markets, these risks may be even more pronounced.

 

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Market and Credit Risk

In the normal course of business, the Portfolio trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the general economic conditions and fluctuations of the market (market risk). Additionally, the Portfolio may also be exposed to credit risk in the event that an issuer or guarantor fails to perform or that an institution or entity with which the Portfolio has unsettled or open transactions defaults.

 

8. Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Portfolio through the date on which the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of

SSGA Active Trust

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of State Street Clarion Global Infrastructure & MLP Portfolio (the “Portfolio”) (one of the portfolios constituting SSGA Active Trust) as of June 30, 2016, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended and the statement of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Portfolio’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audit.

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. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Portfolio’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Portfolio’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of June 30, 2016, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and others or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers or others were not received. 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 State Street Clarion Global Infrastructure & MLP Portfolio (one of the portfolios constituting SSGA Active Trust) at June 30, 2016, the results of its operations for the year then ended and the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

LOGO

Boston, Massachusetts

August 26, 2016

 

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OTHER INFORMATION

June 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Tax Information

Dividend Received Deduction

For federal income tax purposes, the following information is furnished with respect to the distributions of the Portfolio for its fiscal period ended June 30, 2016. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the percentage of distributions that qualify for the corporate dividends received deduction for the fiscal period ended June 30, 2016 is 25.41%.

Qualified Dividend Income

A portion of dividends distributed by the Portfolio during the fiscal period ended June 30, 2016, are considered qualified dividend income, and are eligible for reduced tax rates. These lower rates range from 5% to 20% depending on the individual’s tax bracket. These amounts were $404,463 for the fiscal period ended June 30, 2016.

Expense Example

As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur two types of costs (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads), if applicable, on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, or other distributions and (2) ongoing costs, including advisory fees and to the extent applicable, distribution (12b-1) and or service fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is 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. It is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period from January 1, 2016 to June 30, 2016.

The table below illustrates your Fund’s cost in two ways:

Based on actual fund return — This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The “Ending Account Value” shown is derived from each Fund’s actual return, and the third column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the Fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for the Fund under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period”.

Based on hypothetical 5% return — This section is intended to help you compare your Fund’s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the Fund had a yearly return of 5% before expenses, but that the expense ratio is unchanged. In this case, because the return used is not the Fund’s actual return, the results do not apply to your investment. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on a 5% return. You can assess your Fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales load charges (loads). Therefore, the hypothetical 5% return 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 transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

            Actual     Hypothetical
(assuming a 5%
return
before expenses)
 
     Annualized
Expense Ratio
    Ending
Account
Value
     Expenses Paid
During
Period
    Ending
Account
Value
     Expenses Paid
During
Period(a)
 

State Street Clarion Global Infrastructure & MLP Portfolio

     0.03   $ 1,165.00       $ 0.16 (a)    $ 1,024.70       $ 0.15   

 

(a) Hypothetical expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio multiplied by the average account value of the period, multiplied by 182, then divided by 366.

 

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OTHER INFORMATION (continued)

June 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures and Records

A description of the Trust’s proxy voting policies and procedures that are used by the Funds’ investment adviser to vote proxies relating to the Funds’ portfolio of securities are available (i) without charge, upon request by calling 1-866-787-2257 (toll free) or (ii) on the website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, at www.sec.gov.

Information regarding how the investment adviser voted for the prior 12-months period ended June 30 is available by August 31 of each year by calling the same number and on the SEC’s website, at www.sec.gov, and on the Funds’ website at www.spdrs.com.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedule

The Portfolios file a complete schedule of investments with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. The information on the Form N-Q is available upon request, without charge, by calling 1-866-787-2257 (toll free) and on the Funds’ website at www.spdrs.com.

 

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OTHER INFORMATION (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

TRUSTEES

 

Name, Address

and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)

with Funds

  

Term of

Office and

Length of

Time Served

  

Principal

Occupation(s)

During Past

5 Years

   Number of
Portfolios
In Fund
Complex
Overseen
By Trustee
    

Other

Directorships

Held By Trustee

During The
Past 5 Years

Independent Trustees

              

FRANK NESVET
c/o SSGA Active Trust
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900
1943

   Independent Trustee, Chairman, Trustee Committee Chair   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

September 2000

   Chief Executive Officer, Libra Group, Inc. (a financial services consulting company) (1998-present).      218       SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee).

DAVID M. KELLY
c/o SSGA Active Trust
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900
1938

   Independent Trustee, Audit Committee Chair   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since September 2000

   Retired.      218       Chicago Stock Exchange (Former Director, retired); Penson Worldwide Inc. (Former Director, retired); SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee).

BONNY EUGENIA BOATMAN
c/o SSGA Active Trust
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900
1950

   Independent Trustee   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since April 2010

   Retired.      218       SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee).

DWIGHT D. CHURCHILL
c/o SSGA Active Trust
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900
1953

   Independent Trustee   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since April 2010

   Self-employed consultant since 2010; CEO and President, CFA Institute (June 2014-January 2015).      218      

SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee); Affiliated

Managers Group, Inc. (Director).

CARL G. VERBONCOEUR
c/o SSGA Active Trust
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900
1952

   Independent Trustee    Term: Unlimited Served: since April 2010    Self-employed consultant since 2009.      218       The Motley Fool Funds Trust (Trustee); SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee).

 

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OTHER INFORMATION (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Name, Address

and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)

with Funds

  

Term of

Office and

Length of

Time Served

  

Principal

Occupation(s)

During Past

5 Years

   Number of
Portfolios
In Fund
Complex
Overseen
By Trustee
    

Other

Directorships

Held By Trustee

During The
Past 5 Years

Interested Trustee

              

JAMES E. ROSS*
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1965

   Interested Trustee    Term: Unlimited Served as Trustee: since April 2010    Chairman and Director, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2005-present); Senior Managing Director and Principal, State Street Global Advisors (2006-present); President, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2005-2012).      299       SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee); Select Sector SPDR Trust (Trustee); State Street Master Funds (Trustee); and State Street Institutional Investment Trust (Trustee).

 

* Mr. Ross is an Interested Trustee because of his employment with the Adviser and ownership interest in an affiliate of the Adviser. Mr. Ross previously served as an Interested Trustee from November 2005 to December 2009.

OFFICERS

 

Name, Address

and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)

with Funds

  

Term of

Office and

Length of

Time Served

  

Principal

Occupation(s)

During The

Past 5 Years

ELLEN M. NEEDHAM
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1967

   President   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

October 2012

   President and Director, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2001-present)*; Senior Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors (1992-present).*

ANN M. CARPENTER
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1966

  

Vice President;

Deputy Treasurer

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

August 2012;

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2016

   Chief Operating Officer, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2005-Present)*; Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors (2005-present).*

MICHAEL P. RILEY
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1969

   Vice President   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2005

   Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (February 2015-present); Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2008-February 2015); Principal, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2005-2008).

 

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OTHER INFORMATION (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Name, Address

and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)

with Funds

  

Term of

Office and

Length of

Time Served

  

Principal

Occupation(s)

During The

Past 5 Years

JOSHUA A. WEINBERG
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1978

   Chief Legal Officer   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since February 2015

   Vice President and Managing Counsel, State Street Global Advisors (2011-present); Clerk, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2013-present); Associate, Financial Services Group, Dechert LLP (2006-2011).

CHRISTOPHER A. MADDEN
State Street Bank and Trust Company
One Hundred Huntington Avenue,
CPH0326
Boston, MA 02116
1967

   Secretary   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

August 2013

   Vice President and Senior Counsel, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2013-present); Counsel, Atlantic Fund Services (2009-2013); Vice President.*

PATRICIA A. MORISETTE
State Street Bank and Trust Company
One Hundred Huntington Avenue,
CPH0326
Boston, MA 02116
1973

   Assistant Secretary   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2015

   Vice President and Counsel, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2014-present); Assistant Vice President and Counsel, John Hancock Financial Services (2011-2013); Independent legal consultant (2009-2011); Associate, Bingham McCutchen LLP (2003-2009).*,**

BRUCE S. ROSENBERG
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1961

   Treasurer    Term: Unlimited Served: since February 2016    Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (July 2015-present; Director, Credit Suisse (April 2008-July 2015)).

CHAD C. HALLETT
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1969

  

Deputy

Treasurer

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2016

   Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (November 2014-present); Vice President, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2001-November 2014).*

SUJATA UPRETI
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1974

   Assistant Treasurer    Term: Unlimited Served: since February 2016    Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (May 2015-present; Assistant Director, Cambridge Associates, LLC (July 2014-January 2015); Vice President, Bank of New York Mellon (July 2012-August 2013); Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (September 2003-July 2012)).

DANIEL FOLEY
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1972

   Assistant Treasurer    Term: Unlimited Served: since February 2016    Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (April 2007-present).*

BRIAN HARRIS
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
State Street Financial Center
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
1973

  

Chief Compliance

Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

November 2013

   Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (June 2013-present)*; Senior Vice President and Global Head of Investment Compliance, BofA Global Capital Management (2010-2013); Director of Compliance, AARP Financial Inc. (2008-2010).

 

* Served in various capacities and/or with various affiliated entities during noted time period.
** Served in various capacities and/or with unaffiliated mutual funds or closed-end funds for which State Street Bank and Trust Company or its affiliates act as a provider of services during the noted time period.

Statement of Additional information (SAI) includes additional information about Fund directors and is available, without charge, upon request and by calling 1-866-787-2257.

 

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Trustees

Bonny E. Boatman

Dwight D. Churchill

David M. Kelly

Frank Nesvet, Chairman

James E. Ross

Carl G. Verboncoeur

Officers

Ellen M. Needham, President

Bruce Rosenburg, Treasurer

Ann Carpenter, Vice President and Deputy Treasurer

Michael P. Riley, Vice President

Chad C. Hallett, Deputy Treasurer

Sujata Upreti, Assistant Treasurer

Daniel Foley, Assistant Treasurer

Christopher A. Madden, Secretary

Patricia A. Morisette, Assistant Secretary

Brian Harris, Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer

Joshua A. Weinberg, Chief Legal Officer

Investment Manager and Administrator

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

Distributor

State Street Global Markets, LLC

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

Custodian, Sub-Administrator and Transfer Agent

State Street Bank and Trust Company

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

Legal Counsel

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20006

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Ernst & Young LLP

200 Clarendon Street

Boston, MA 02116

 

 

Distributor: State Street Global Markets, LLC, member FINRA, SIPC, a wholly owned subsidiary of State Street Corporation. References to State Street may include State Street Corporation and its affiliates. The SSGA Funds pay State Street Bank and Trust Company for its services as custodian, transfer agent and shareholder servicing agent and pays SSGA Funds Management, Inc. for investment advisory services.

Before investing, consider the funds’ investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. To obtain a prospectus or summary prospectus which contains this and other information, call 1-800-997-7327 or visit www.SSGAfunds.com. Read it carefully.

Fund Shares are distributed by State Street Global Markets, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of State Street Corporation. State Street Global Markets, LLC; member FINRA, SIPC.

The information contained in this report is intended for the general information of shareholders of the Portfolio and shareholders of any fund or any private client invested in the Portfolio. Generally, shares of the Portfolio may be purchased only by or on behalf of other registered investment companies or private clients for which the Adviser or an affiliate serves as investment adviser (or in a similar capacity). This report is not authorized for distribution (i) to prospective investors in any fund invested in the Portfolio unless preceded or accompanied by a current offering document for such fund or (ii) to prospective eligible investors in the Portfolio unless preceded or accompanied by a current offering document of the Portfolio. Eligible investors in the Portfolio may obtain a current prospectus and SAI from the Distributor by calling 1-866-787-2257. Please read the offering document carefully before investing in the Portfolio.

 

Not FDIC Insured — No Bank Guarantee — May Lose Value     

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SSGA Active Trust

State Street Disciplined Global Equity Portfolio

 

 

 

LOGO

The information contained in this report is intended for the general information of shareholders of the Portfolio and shareholders of any fund or private client invested in the Portfolio. Generally, shares of the Portfolio may be purchased only by or on behalf of other registered investment companies or private clients for which the Adviser or an affiliate serves as investment adviser (or in a similar capacity). This report is not authorized for distribution (i) to prospective investors in any fund invested in the Portfolio unless preceded or accompanied by a current offering document for such fund or (ii) to prospective eligible investors in the Portfolio unless preceded or accompanied by a current offering document of the Portfolio. Eligible investors in the Portfolio may obtain a current prospectus and SAI from the Distributor by calling 1-800-997-7327. Please read the offering document carefully before investing in the Portfolio.


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STATE STREET DISCIPLINED GLOBAL EQUITY PORTFOLIO

ANNUAL REPORT

JUNE 30, 2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Portfolio Summary

    1   

Schedule of Investments

    2   

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

    5   

Statement of Operations

    6   

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

    7   

Financial Highlights

    8   

Notes to Financial Statements

    9   

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    14   

Other Information

    15   

 

 

The information contained in this report is intended for the general information of shareholders of the Portfolio and shareholders of any fund or private client invested in the Portfolio. Generally, shares of the Portfolio may be purchased only by or on behalf of other registered investment companies or private clients for which the Adviser or an affiliate serves as investment adviser (or in a similar capacity). This report is not authorized for distribution (i) to prospective investors in any fund invested in the Portfolio unless preceded or accompanied by a current offering document for such fund or (ii) to prospective eligible investors in the Portfolio unless preceded or accompanied by a current offering document of the Portfolio. Eligible investors in the Portfolio may obtain a current prospectus and SAI from the Distributor by calling 1-800-997-7327. Please read the offering document carefully before investing in the Portfolio.


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SSGA ACTIVE TRUST

STATE STREET DISCIPLINED GLOBAL EQUITY PORTFOLIO

PORTFOLIO SUMMARY (UNAUDITED)

 

TOP FIVE HOLDINGS AS OF JUNE 30, 2016

 

                                      
      DESCRIPTION   DTE Energy Co.   Waste Management, Inc.   Quest Diagnostics, Inc.   Henry Schein, Inc.   Johnson & Johnson     
     MARKET VALUE   $48,767   47,250   47,218   47,029   46,822    
     % OF NET ASSETS   1.5   1.5   1.5   1.4   1.4    
                                     

(The five largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Portfolio will continue to remain invested in any particular security.)

INDUSTRY BREAKDOWN AS OF JUNE 30, 2016*

 

     INDUSTRY    PERCENT OF
NET ASSETS
        
 

Health Care Providers & Services

     10.2  
 

Electric Utilities

     9.4     
 

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     6.9     
 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     6.1     
 

Multi-Utilities

     5.8     
 

Food & Staples Retailing

     5.3     
 

Household Products

     5.0     
 

Insurance

     5.0     
 

Pharmaceuticals

     4.4     
 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

     3.6     
 

Commercial Services & Supplies

     2.6     
 

Food Products

     2.3     
 

Media

     2.2     
 

Specialty Retail

     2.2     
 

Airlines

     2.1     
 

Software

     2.1     
 

Tobacco

     2.1     
 

Beverages

     1.7     
 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     1.7     
 

Metals & Mining

     1.6     
 

Aerospace & Defense

     1.3     
     INDUSTRY    PERCENT OF
NET ASSETS
        
 

Auto Components

     1.2    
 

Containers & Packaging

     1.2     
 

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     1.2     
 

Internet Software & Services

     1.1     
 

Road & Rail

     1.1     
 

Communications Equipment

     1.0     
 

Consumer Finance

     1.0     
 

Industrial Conglomerates

     1.0     
 

Multiline Retail

     1.0     
 

Electrical Equipment

     0.8     
 

Household Durables

     0.8     
 

Banks

     0.6     
 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     0.6     
 

Automobiles

     0.5     
 

Construction & Engineering

     0.4     
 

IT Services

     0.4     
 

Real Estate Management & Development

     0.4     
 

Short-Term Investment

     1.1     
   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities

     1.0           
   

TOTAL

     100.0        

 

  *   The Portfolio’s industry breakdown is expressed as a percentage of net assets and may change over time.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Security Description

 

Shares

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS — 97.9%

   

AUSTRALIA — 1.3%

   

Qantas Airways, Ltd. (a)

    3,476      $ 7,352   

Telstra Corp., Ltd. (a)

    8,632        36,021   
   

 

 

 
      43,373   
   

 

 

 

BELGIUM — 0.8%

   

Delhaize Group (a)

    234        24,745   
   

 

 

 

CANADA — 3.9%

   

BCE, Inc.

    761        35,826   

Metro, Inc.

    603        20,899   

Shaw Communications, Inc. Class B

    1,757        33,552   

TELUS Corp.

    1,156        37,029   
   

 

 

 
      127,306   
   

 

 

 

DENMARK — 1.2%

   

Novo Nordisk A/S Class B (a)

    247        13,312   

Vestas Wind Systems A/S (a)

    370        25,168   
   

 

 

 
      38,480   
   

 

 

 

FRANCE — 1.5%

   

Peugeot SA (a)(b)

    1,271        15,251   

Sanofi (a)

    393        32,687   
   

 

 

 
      47,938   
   

 

 

 

GERMANY — 2.8%

   

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA (a)

    236        17,359   

METRO AG (a)

    1,269        39,072   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (a)

    79        13,262   

RWE AG (a)(b)

    1,473        23,483   
   

 

 

 
      93,176   
   

 

 

 

HONG KONG — 4.5%

   

CK Hutchison Holdings, Ltd. (a)

    1,500        16,501   

CLP Holdings, Ltd. (a)

    4,000        40,913   

Hang Seng Bank, Ltd. (a)

    1,100        18,883   

Jardine Matheson Holdings, Ltd. (a)

    300        17,539   

Link REIT (a)

    4,000        27,354   

Power Assets Holdings, Ltd. (a)

    3,000        27,584   
   

 

 

 
      148,774   
   

 

 

 

ISRAEL — 0.2%

   

Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. (b)

    100        7,968   
   

 

 

 

ITALY — 1.2%

   

Enel SpA (a)

    8,786        39,047   
   

 

 

 

JAPAN — 8.4%

   

Astellas Pharma, Inc. (a)

    2,200        34,728   

Bridgestone Corp. (a)

    500        16,174   

Canon, Inc. (a)

    1,200        34,486   

Central Japan Railway Co. (a)

    200        35,807   

Hoya Corp. (a)

    400        14,380   

Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. (a)

    2,100        35,652   

Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (a)

    5,000        12,050   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (a)

    900        42,483   

Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. (a)

    2,100        26,044   

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (a)

    1,600      $ 21,562   
   

 

 

 
      273,366   
   

 

 

 

NETHERLANDS — 1.3%

   

Koninklijke Ahold NV (a)

    1,851      40,919   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (a)

    7        193   
   

 

 

 
      41,112   

NEW ZEALAND — 1.1%

   

Spark New Zealand, Ltd. (a)

    14,782        37,476   
   

 

 

 

NORWAY — 0.5%

   

Norsk Hydro ASA (a)

    4,543        16,633   
   

 

 

 

SINGAPORE — 1.2%

   

Ascendas REIT (a)

    6,500        12,040   

Singapore Airlines, Ltd. (a)

    1,900        15,101   

UOL Group, Ltd. (a)

    2,900        11,832   
   

 

 

 
      38,973   
   

 

 

 

SPAIN — 0.4%

   

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (a)

    535        14,690   
   

 

 

 

SWEDEN — 1.1%

   

Swedish Match AB (a)

    994        34,640   
   

 

 

 

SWITZERLAND — 3.3%

   

Sonova Holding AG (a)

    246        32,727   

Swiss Re AG (a)

    422        36,945   

Swisscom AG (a)

    78        38,842   
   

 

 

 
      108,514   
   

 

 

 

UNITED KINGDOM — 1.0%

   

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC (a)

    6,744        31,309   
   

 

 

 

UNITED STATES — 62.2%

   

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    875        38,815   

Ally Financial, Inc. (b)

    1,825        31,153   

Altria Group, Inc.

    458        31,584   

Ameren Corp.

    768        41,149   

American Capital Agency Corp.

    1,953        38,708   

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    520        36,447   

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    3,380        37,417   

Anthem, Inc.

    235        30,865   

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    859        36,842   

Avery Dennison Corp.

    452        33,787   

Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd.

    669        36,795   

Ball Corp.

    100        7,219   

Baxter International, Inc.

    832        37,623   

C.R. Bard, Inc.

    196        46,091   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    391        30,502   

Chubb, Ltd.

    341        44,572   

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

    258        26,546   

Cintas Corp.

    366        35,916   

Citrix Systems, Inc. (b)

    446        35,720   

Clorox Co.

    315        43,593   

Computer Sciences Corp.

    229        11,370   

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    458        36,841   

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc. (b)

    565        43,686   

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    481        17,523   

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

    648        40,202   

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

    186        17,973   

DTE Energy Co.

    492        48,767   

eBay, Inc. (b)

    1,592        37,269   

Edison International

    520        40,388   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

Security Description

 

Shares

   

Value

 

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

    323      $ 16,631   

Entergy Corp.

    494        40,187   

Exelon Corp.

    554        20,143   

Express Scripts Holding Co. (b)

    534        40,477   

F5 Networks, Inc. (b)

    296        33,697   

Foot Locker, Inc.

    581        31,874   

HCA Holdings, Inc. (b)

    522        40,199   

Henry Schein, Inc. (b)

    266        47,029   

Hologic, Inc. (b)

    824        28,510   

Johnson & Johnson

    386        46,822   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    249        34,232   

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

    282        41,367   

McKesson Corp.

    123        22,958   

NetApp, Inc.

    984        24,197   

Newmont Mining Corp.

    568        22,220   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (b)

    144        39,038   

Pfizer, Inc.

    501        17,640   

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    493        39,963   

PPL Corp.

    719        27,142   

Procter & Gamble Co.

    498        42,166   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    846        39,432   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    580        47,218   

Southwest Airlines Co.

    809        31,721   

Synopsys, Inc. (b)

    458        24,769   

Target Corp.

    485        33,863   

Thomson Reuters Corp.

    980        39,443   

Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A

    599        40,007   

Universal Health Services, Inc. Class B

    141        18,908   

Valero Energy Corp.

    364        18,564   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

    574        41,913   

Waste Management, Inc.

    713        47,250   
   

 

 

 
      2,034,943   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $2,995,692)

      3,202,463   
   

 

 

 

RIGHTS — 0.0% (c)

   

SPAIN — 0.0% (c)

   

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (expiring 7/18/16) (b) (Cost $420)

    535      376   
   

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 1.1%

   

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class 0.47% (d)(e) (Cost $34,046)

    34,046        34,046   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.0%
(Cost $3,030,158)

      3,236,885   

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES — 1.0%

      33,440   
   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

    $ 3,270,325   
   

 

 

 

 

(a) Security is fair valued at year end by applying factors provided by independent third party in accordance with Portfolio’s valuation policy and procedures. The independent fair value service takes into account multiple factors including, but not limited to, movements in the U.S. securities markets, certain depositary receipts, futures contracts and foreign currency exchange rates that have occurred subsequent to the close of foreign securities exchanges. The use of the independent fair value service or alternative fair valuation methods would result in the investments being classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. Total market value of such securities represent $1,032,246 and 31.6% of net assets of the Fund at June 30, 2016.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) Amount is less than 0.05% of net assets.
(d) The Portfolio invested in certain money market funds managed by SSGA Funds Management, Inc. Amounts related to these transactions during the year ended June 30, 2016 are shown in the Affiliate Table below.
(e) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at June 30, 2016.

REIT Real Estate Investment Trust

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

The following table summarizes the value of the Portfolio’s investments accordingly to the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2016.

 

Description

   Level 1 —
Quoted
Prices
       Level 2 —
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
       Level 3 —
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
       Total  

ASSETS:

                 

INVESTMENTS:

                 

Common Stocks

                 

Australia

   $         $ 43,373         $         $ 43,373   

Belgium

               24,745                     24,745   

Canada

     127,306                               127,306   

Denmark

               38,480                     38,480   

France

               47,938                     47,938   

Germany

               93,176                     93,176   

Hong Kong

               148,774                     148,774   

Israel

     7,968                               7,968   

Italy

               39,047                     39,047   

Japan

               273,366                     273,366   

Netherlands

               41,112                     41,112   

New Zealand

               37,476                     37,476   

Norway

               16,633                     16,633   

Singapore

               38,973                     38,973   

Spain

               14,690                     14,690   

Sweden

               34,640                     34,640   

Switzerland

               108,514                     108,514   

United Kingdom

               31,309                     31,309   

United States

     2,034,943                               2,034,943   

Rights

                 

Spain

     376                               376   

Short-Term Investment

     34,046                               34,046   
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

     $2,204,639         $ 1,032,246           $—         $ 3,236,885   
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Affiliate Table

 

     Number of
Shares
Held at

2/19/16*
     Value At
2/19/16*
     Shares
Purchased
     Shares
Sold
     Number of
Shares
Held at
6/30/16
     Value at
6/30/16
     Dividend
Income
     Realized
Gain

(Loss)
 

State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund, Premier Class

           $         3,131,221         3,097,175         34,046       $ 34,046       $ 147       $   

 

  * Commencement of operations.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

ASSETS

  

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (Note 2)

   $ 3,202,839   

Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (Note 2)

     34,046   
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     3,236,885   

Foreign currency, at value

     15,950   

Receivable for investments sold

     19,067   

Dividends receivable — unaffiliated issuers (Note 2)

     7,180   

Dividends receivable — affiliated issuers (Note 2)

     9   

Receivable from Adviser (Note 3)

     692   

Receivable for foreign taxes recoverable

     1,886   
  

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     3,281,669   
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

  

Payable for investments purchased

     7,594   

Payable for fund shares repurchased

     3,750   
  

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     11,344   
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 3,270,325   
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

  

Paid-in Capital

   $ 3,002,103   

Undistributed (distribution in excess of) net investment income (loss)

     46,475   

Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments

     15,463   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

  

Investments

     206,727   

Foreign currency transactions

     (443
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 3,270,325   
  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

  

Net asset value per shares

   $ 10.89   
  

 

 

 

Shares outstanding (unlimited amount authorized, no par value)

     300,200   
  

 

 

 

COST OF INVESTMENTS:

  

Investments in unaffiliated issuers

   $ 2,996,112   

Investments in affiliated issuers

     34,046   
  

 

 

 

Total cost of investments

   $ 3,030,158   
  

 

 

 

Foreign currency, at cost

   $ 16,084   
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

For the Period Ended June 30, 2016 (a)

 

 

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

    

Dividend income — unaffiliated issuers (Note 2)

     $ 48,918   

Dividend income — affiliated issuers (Note 2)

       147   

Foreign taxes withheld

       (3,389
    

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

       45,676   
    

 

 

 

EXPENSES

    

Advisory fee (Note 3)

       2,300   

Trustees’ fees and expenses (Note 4)

       163   

Miscellaneous expenses

       600   
    

 

 

 

TOTAL EXPENSES

       3,063   
    

 

 

 

Expenses waived/reimbursed by the Adviser (Note 3)

       (3,063
    

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

       45,676   
    

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

    

Net realized gain (loss) on:

    

Investment transactions — unaffiliated issuers

       15,463   

Foreign currency transactions

       799   
    

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss)

       16,262   
    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

    

Investment transactions — unaffiliated issuers

       206,727   

Foreign currency transactions

       (443
    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

       206,284   
    

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

       222,546   
    

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS

     $ 268,222   
    

 

 

 

 

(a) For the period February 18, 2016 (inception date) through June 30, 2016.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

 

 

     For the Period
2/18/16* -
6/30/16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS:

  

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 45,676   

Net realized gain (loss)

     16,262   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     206,284   
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     268,222   
  

 

 

 

FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS:

  

Proceeds from shares sold

     3,036,146   

Cost of shares redeemed

     (34,043
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from beneficial interest transactions

     3,002,103   
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets during the period

     3,270,325   
  

 

 

 

Net assets at beginning of period

       
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS AT END OF PERIOD

   $ 3,270,325   
  

 

 

 

Undistributed(distribution in excess of) net investment income (loss)

   $ 46,475   
  

 

 

 

SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST:

  

Shares sold

     303,384   

Shares redeemed

     (3,184
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     300,200   
  

 

 

 

 

* Inception date.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period

 

 

 

     For the Period
2/19/16* -
6/30/16
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 10.00   
  

 

 

 

Income (loss) from investment operations:

  

Net investment income (loss) (a)

     0.15   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.74   
  

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

     0.89   
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 10.89   
  

 

 

 

Total return (b)

     8.90 %(c) 

Ratios and Supplemental Data:

  

Net assets, end of period (in 000s)

   $ 3,270   

Ratios to average net assets:

  

Total expenses

     0.27 %(d) 

Net expenses

     0.00 %(d) 

Net investment income (loss)

     4.00 %(d) 

Portfolio turnover rate

     21 %(c) 

 

 * Commencement of operations.
(a) Net investment income per share is calculated using the average shares method.
(b) Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of shares at net asset value on the first day and a sale at net asset value on the last day of each period reported. Distributions are assumed, for the purpose of this calculation, to be reinvested at net asset value per share on the respective payment dates of each distribution. Total return for periods of less than one year is not annualized. Broker commission charges are not included in this calculation.
(c) Not annualized.
(d) Annualized.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

June 30, 2016

 

 

 

1. Organization

SSGA Active Trust (the “Trust”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), is an open-end management investment company that was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on March 30, 2011.

As of June 30, 2016, the Trust consists of fourteen (14) series and corresponding classes, each of which have the same rights and privileges, including voting rights, each of which represets a separate series of beneficial interest in the Trust. The Declaration of Trust permits the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) to authorize the issuance of an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest with no par value. The financial statements herein relate only to:

 

Fund   Inception Date  

Commencement of

Operations

 

Diversification

Classification

State Street Disciplined Global Equity Portfolio   February 18, 2016   February 19, 2016   Diversified

The Portfolio serves as a master fund in a master feeder structure.

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this could involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred.

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements:

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Portfolio is an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.

Security Valuation

The Portfolio’s investments are valued at fair value each day that the Portfolio’s listing exchange is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date should the reporting period end on a day that the Portfolio’s listing exchange is not open. Fair value is generally defined as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. By its nature, a fair value price is a good faith estimate of the valuation in a current sale and may not reflect an actual market price. The investments of the Portfolio are valued pursuant to the policy and procedures developed by the Oversight Committee (the “Committee”) and approved by the Board. The Committee provides oversight of the valuation of investments for the Portfolio. The Board has responsibility for determining the fair value of investments.

Valuation techniques used to value the Portfolio’s investments by major category are as follows:

 

  Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last sale price or official closing price, as applicable, on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last published sale price or at fair value.

 

  Rights and warrants are valued at the last reported sale price obtained from independent pricing services or brokers on the valuation date. If no prices are obtained from pricing services or brokers, valuation will be based upon the intrinsic value, pursuant to the valuation policy and procedures approved by the Board.

 

  Investments in registered investment companies (including money market funds) or other unitized pooled investment vehicles that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that day’s published net asset value per share or unit.

 

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June 30, 2016

 

 

 

In the event prices or quotations are not readily available or that the application of these valuation methods results in a price for an investment that is deemed to be not representative of the fair value of such investment, fair value will be determined in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with the valuation policy and procedures approved by the Board.

A “significant event” is an event that the Trustee believes, with a reasonably high degree of certainty, has caused the closing market prices of a Fund’s portfolio securities to no longer reflect their value at the time of the Fund’s net asset value calculation. Fair value may be determined using an independent fair value service under valuation procedures approved by the Trustee. The independent fair value service takes into account multiple factors including, but not limited to, movements in the U.S. securities markets, certain depositary receipts, futures contracts and foreign currency exchange rates that have occurred subsequent to the close of foreign securities exchanges. The use of the independent fair value service or alternative fair valuation methods would result in the investments being classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. At June 30,2016, the independent fair value service was used for certain foreign securities in the Fund’s portfolio, and these securities were classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Fair value pricing could result in a difference between the prices used to calculate a Portfolio’s net asset value and the prices used by the Portfolio’s underlying benchmark. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Portfolio’s investments.

The Portfolio values its assets and liabilities at fair value using a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels that prioritize the inputs to valuation techniques giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable. The categorization of a value determined for an investment within the hierarchy is based upon the pricing transparency of the investment and is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in it.

The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

 

  Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

  Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the assets or liabilities either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not considered to be active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as exchange rates, financing terms, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs; and

 

  Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, including the Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments.

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. Transfers between different levels of the fair value hierarchy are recognized at the end of the reporting period. The Portfolio had no transfers between levels for the period ended June 30, 2016.

The value of the Portfolio’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2016, is disclosed in the Portfolio’s Schedule of Investments.

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition

Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date for financial reporting purposes. Realized gains and losses from the sale or disposition of investments and foreign exchange transactions, if any, are determined using the identified cost method.

Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recognized daily on the ex-dividend date, net of any foreign taxes withheld at source, if any.

The Portfolio invests in Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). REITs determine the tax character of their distributions annually and may characterize a portion of their distributions as a return of capital or capital gain. The Portfolio’s policy is to record all REIT distributions initially as dividend income and re-designate to return of capital or capital gains

 

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distributions at year end based on information provided by the REIT and/or SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “SSGA FM”) estimates of such re-designations for which actual information has not yet been reported.

Expenses

Certain expenses, which are directly identifiable to a specific Portfolio, are applied to that Portfolio within the Trust. Other expenses which cannot be attributed to a specific Portfolio are allocated in such a manner as deemed equitable, taking into consideration the nature and type of expense and the relative net assets of the Portfolio within the Trust.

Foreign Currency Translation

The accounting records of the Portfolio are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currencies as well as investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated to U.S. dollars using exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the respective dates of the transactions.

The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.

Distributions

Distributions from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid annually. Net realized capital gains, if any, are distributed annually, unless additional distributions are required for compliance with applicable tax regulations. The amount and character of income and capital gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with applicable tax regulations which may differ from net investment income and realized gains recognized for U.S. GAAP purposes.

 

3. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates

Advisory Fee

The Portfolio has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with SSGA FM. For its advisory services, the Portfolio pays the Adviser a fee accrued daily and paid monthly, at a rate of 0.25% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets.

The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive the entire amount of this fee until the later of April 30, 2017 or such time as the shares of the Portfolio cease to be the only investment security held by the Fund. The waiver may be terminated only by the Portfolio’s Board. The Adviser pays all expenses of the Portfolio other than the management fee, distribution fees pursuant to the Distribution and Service Plan, if any, brokerage, taxes, interest, fees and expenses of the Independent Trustees (including any Trustee’s counsel fees), litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses.

Administrator and Sub-Administrator Fees

SSGA FM serves as administrator and State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as custodian, sub-administrator and transfer agent. State Street receives fees for its services as custodian, sub-administrator and transfer agent from the Adviser.

Other Transactions with Affiliates

The Portfolio may invest in affiliated entities, included securities issued by State Street, affiliated funds, or entities deemed to be affiliates as a result of the Portfolio owning more than five percent of the entity’s voting securities or outstanding shares. Amounts relating to these transactions during the period ended June 30, 2016 are disclosed in the applicable Schedules of Investments.

 

4. Trustees’ Fees

The fees and expenses of the Trust’s trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Trustees”) are paid directly by the Portfolio. The Independent Trustees are reimbursed for travel and other out-of-pocket expenses in connection with meeting attendance and industry seminars.

 

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5. Investment Transactions

Purchases and sales of investments (excluding short term investments) for the period ended June 30, 2016, were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  

State Street Disciplined Global Equity Portfolio

   $ 3,670,313       $ 666,949   

 

6. Income Tax Information

The Portfolio intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Portfolio will not be subject to federal income taxes to the extent it distributes its taxable income, including any net realized capital gains, for each fiscal year. Therefore, no provision for federal income tax is required.

The Portfolio files federal and various state and local tax returns as required. No income tax returns are currently under examination. The federal returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years from date of filing, while the state returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon jurisdiction. SSGA FM has analyzed the Portfolio’s tax positions taken on tax returns and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that would require recognition of a tax liability.

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on ex-dividend date. Income dividends and gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax rules and regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. Certain capital accounts in the financial statements have been adjusted for permanent book- tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net asset values or results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in the future. These book-tax differences are primarily due to differing treatments for foreign currencies gains and losses and passive foreign investment companies.

As of June 30, 2016, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

    Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
    Capital Loss
Carryforwards
    Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
    Net
Unrealized
Gains
(Losses)
    Qualified
Late-Year
Losses
    Total  

State Street Disciplined Global Equity Portfolio

  $ 62,761      $      $      $ 205,461      $      $ 268,222   

As of June 30, 2016, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation of investments based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

     Tax
Cost
     Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

State Street Disciplined Global Equity Portfolio

   $ 3,030,981       $ 264,892       $ 58,988       $ 205,904   

 

7. Risks

Concentration Risk

As a result of the Portfolio’s ability to invest a large percentage of its assets in obligations of issuers within the same country, state, region, currency or economic sector, an adverse economic, business or political development may affect the value of the Portfolio’s investments more than if the Portfolio were more broadly diversified.

Foreign and Emerging Markets Risks

Investing in foreign markets involve risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in the U.S. Foreign securities may be subject to risk of loss because of government regulation, economic, political and social instability in the countries in which the Portfolio invests. Foreign markets may be less liquid than investments in the U.S. and may be

 

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subject to the risks of currency fluctuations. To the extent that the Portfolio invests in securities of issuers located in emerging markets, these risks may be even more pronounced.

Market and Credit Risk

In the normal course of business, the Portfolio trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the general economic conditions and fluctuations of the market (market risk). Additionally, the Portfolio may also be exposed to credit risk in the event that an issuer or guarantor fails to perform or that an institution or entity with which the Portfolio has unsettled or open transactions defaults.

 

8. Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Portfolio through the date on which the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of

SSGA Active Trust

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of State Street Disciplined Global Equity Portfolio (the “Portfolio”) (one of the portfolios constituting SSGA Active Trust) as of June 30, 2016, and the related statement of operations, statement of changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for the periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Portfolio’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audit.

We conducted our audit 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. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Portfolio’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Portfolio’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of June 30, 2016, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and others or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers or others were not received. We believe that our audit provides 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 State Street Disciplined Global Equity Portfolio (one of the portfolios constituting SSGA Active Trust) at June 30, 2016, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the periods indicated therein in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

LOGO

Boston, Massachusetts

August 26, 2016

 

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Tax Information

Qualified Dividend Income

A portion of the dividends distributed by the Fund during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016, are considered qualified dividend income, and are eligible for reduced tax rates. These lower rates range from 5% to 20% depending on the individual’s tax bracket. This amount is noted below:

 

     Amount  

State Street Disciplined Global Equity Portfolio

   $ 39,926   

Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures and Records

A description of the Trust’s proxy voting policies and procedures that are used by the Portfolio’s investment adviser to vote proxies relating to the Portfolio’s portfolio of securities are available (i) without charge, upon request by calling 1-866-787-2257 (toll free) or (ii) on the website of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, at www.sec.gov.

Information regarding how the investment adviser voted for the prior 12-months period ended June 30 is available by August 31 of each year by calling the same number and on the SEC’s website, at www.sec.gov, and on the Portfolio’s website at www.spdrs.com.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedule

The Portfolio files a complete schedule of investments with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Portfolio’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. The information on the Form N-Q is available upon request, without charge, by calling 1-866-787-2257 (toll free) and on the Fund’s website at www.spdrs.com.

Approval of Advisory Agreements

At in-person meetings held prior to June 30, 2016, the Board of Trustees of the Trusts (the “Board”) evaluated proposals (1) to continue the separate Investment Advisory Agreements (the “Agreements”) between each Trust and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “SSGA FM”) with respect to the operational series of SSGA Active Trust (the “Current ETFs”) and SSGA Master Trust (together with the Current ETFs, the “Current Funds”), and (2) to approve the separate Agreements between the Adviser and (a) the SSGA Active Trust with respect to the SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF and SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF (the “New ETFs” and, together with the Current ETFs, the “ETFs”), and the State Street Disciplined Global Equity Portfolio (together with the New ETFs, the “New Funds”) each a new series of the SSGA Active Trust, (with the Current Funds and New Funds collectively being referred to hereafter as the “Funds”), each of which commenced operations during the period covered by this Annual Report. The Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Independent Trustees”), also met separately with their independent legal counsel to consider the Agreements.

In evaluating the Agreements, the Board drew on materials provided to them by SSGA FM, the Trust’s investment adviser and administrator, and other materials provided by State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Trusts’ sub-administrator, transfer agent and custodian (“State Street”). In deciding whether to approve the Agreements, the Board considered various factors, including the (i) nature, extent and quality of services provided by, or expected to be provided by, the Adviser with respect to the Funds under the Agreements, (ii) investment performance of the Current Funds, (iii) profits realized by the Adviser and its affiliates from its relationship with the Trusts, (iv) fees charged to comparable funds, (v) other benefits to the Adviser, and (vi) extent to which economies of scale would be shared as the Funds grow.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services

The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of services provided by, or expected to be provided by, the Adviser. In doing so, the Trustees relied on their prior experience in overseeing the management of the Trusts and materials

 

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provided prior to and at the meeting. The Board reviewed the Agreements and the Adviser’s responsibilities for managing investment operations of each of the Funds in accordance with each Fund’s investment objectives and policies, and applicable legal and regulatory requirements. The Board appreciated the relatively unique nature of the ETFs as exchange-traded funds in a master-feeder structure, as appropriate, and the experience and expertise of the Adviser with exchange-traded funds. The Board considered the background and experience of the Adviser’s senior management, including those individuals responsible for portfolio management, oversight of sub-advisers and regulatory compliance of the Funds. The Board also considered the portfolio management resources, structures and practices of the Adviser, including those associated with monitoring and securing each Fund’s compliance with its investment objectives and policies and with applicable laws and regulations. The Board also considered information about the Adviser’s best execution procedures and overall investment management business, noting that the Adviser serves a wide range of clients across a broad spectrum of asset classes. The Board looked at the Adviser’s general knowledge of the investment business and that of its affiliates which make up State Street Global Advisors, through which the Adviser shares all of its senior personnel. The Board considered that the Adviser and its affiliates constitute one of the world’s largest investment management enterprises for exchange-traded funds. The Board also considered the Adviser’s experience in active management, managing exchange-traded funds in master-feeder structures and overseeing third-party sub-advisers, as applicable.

Investment Performance

The Board then reviewed the Current Funds’ performance. The Board compared each Current Fund’s investment performance to the performance of an appropriate benchmark and group of comparable funds. Among other information, the Board considered the following performance information in its evaluation of the Funds:

SPDR SSGA Multi-Asset Real Return ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund underperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-, 2- and 3-year periods; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period and underperformed its benchmark index for the 3-year period.

SPDR SSGA Income Allocation ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-, 2- and 3-year periods; and (b) underperformed its benchmark index for the 1- and 3-year period.

SPDR SSGA Global Allocation ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-, 2- and 3-year periods; and (b) underperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period and outperformed its benchmark index for the 3-year period.

SPDR Blackstone / GSO Senior Loan ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund underperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1- and 2-year periods; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR SSGA Ultra Short Term Bond ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund underperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1- and 2-year periods; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group since inception; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index since inception.

SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-year period; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-year period; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund outperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-year period; and (b) outperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

SPDR SSGA Risk Aware ETF. The Board considered that: (a) the Fund underperformed the median of its Performance Group for the 1-year period; and (b) underperformed its benchmark index for the 1-year period.

On the basis of the foregoing and other relevant information, the Board concluded that the performance of each Current Fund is satisfactory.

 

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Profits Realized by Adviser

The Board considered the profitability of the advisory arrangement with the Current Funds to the Adviser, including data on the Current Funds’ historical profitability to the Adviser. The Independent Trustees, through their counsel, had the opportunity to discuss, with representatives of the Adviser and State Street, methodologies used in computing costs that formed the bases of profitability calculations and determined that these methodologies were reasonable.

Fees Charged to Comparable Funds

The Board evaluated each Fund’s unitary fee through review of comparative information with respect to fees paid by similar funds — i.e., exchange-traded funds that are actively managed, as applicable. The Board reviewed the universe of similar exchange-traded funds for each ETF based upon data independently obtained from Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (formerly Lipper Analytical Services) and related comparative information for similar exchange-traded funds. The Board also reviewed the fee structure, as applicable, of each Fund in connection with the master-feeder structure, the historical expense ratios of each Current Fund and the estimated expense ratios for each New Fund. In doing so, the Board used a fund by fund analysis of the data.

Other Benefits

The Board also considered whether the Adviser or its affiliates benefited in other ways from its relationship with the Trusts, noting that the Adviser does not maintain soft-dollar arrangements in connection with the Trusts’ brokerage transactions.

Economies of Scale

The Board reviewed information regarding economies of scale or other efficiencies that may result as each Fund’s assets grow in size. The Board noted that the Agreements did not provide for breakpoints in each Fund’s advisory fee rates as assets of a Fund increase. However, the Board further noted the Adviser’s assertion that future economies of scale (among several factors) had been taken into consideration for the Funds by fixing relatively low advisory fees, effectively sharing the benefits of lower fees with the Funds from inception. The Adviser also asserted that one of the benefits of the unitary fee was to provide an unvarying expense structure, which could be lost or diluted with the addition of breakpoints. The Board noted that it intends to continue to monitor fees as the Funds grow in size and assess whether fee breakpoints may be warranted.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees voting separately, approved the Agreements for each Fund after weighing the foregoing factors, none of which was dispositive in itself and may have been weighed differently by each Trustee. The Board’s conclusions with respect to each Agreement were as follows: (a) the nature and extent of the services provided, or expected to be provided, by the Adviser with respect to the Funds were appropriate; (b) the performance of each Current Fund had been satisfactory; (c) the Adviser’s unitary fee for each Fund, considered in relation to services provided or expected to be provided, and in relation to fees charged to comparable funds, was fair and reasonable; (d) profitability of the Trusts’ relationship with the Adviser was not excessive; (e) any additional potential benefits to the Adviser or its affiliates were not of a magnitude to materially affect the Board’s conclusions; and (f) fees paid to the Adviser shared the economies of scale with respect to the Current Funds by way of the relatively low fee structure of the Trusts.

Approval of Massachusetts Financial Services Company Sub-Advisory Agreements

At an in-person meeting held prior to June 30, 2016, the Board also evaluated proposals to continue the separate Sub-Advisory Agreements (the “MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements”) between the Adviser and Massachusetts Financial Services Company (“MFS”) with respect to the SPDR MFS Systematic Core Equity ETF, SPDR MFS Systematic Growth Equity ETF and SPDR MFS Systematic Value Equity ETF, each a series of the SSGA Active Trust, and SSGA MFS Systematic Core Equity Portfolio, SSGA Systematic Growth Equity Portfolio and SSGA MFS Systematic Value Equity Portfolio, each a series of the SSGA Master Trust, each sub-advised by MFS (the “MFS Funds”). The Independent Trustees also met separately with their independent legal counsel to consider the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements.

In evaluating the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board drew on materials provided to them by MFS and the Adviser. In deciding whether to approve the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board considered various factors,

 

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including the (i) nature, extent and quality of services provided by MFS with respect to the MFS Funds under the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements and (ii) investment performance of the MFS Funds. The Board was apprised of the portion of the current advisory fee that the Adviser would pay to MFS under the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements and also considered that such fees would be paid directly by the Adviser and would not result in increased fees payable by the MFS Funds.

The Board considered the background and experience of MFS’s senior management and, in particular, MFS’s experience in investing in equity securities. The Board reviewed the MFS Funds’ performance, noting that that the performance of the MFS Funds was satisfactory. The Board also considered the unitary fee paid to the Adviser by each MFS Fund and MFS’s fees paid by the Adviser.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees voting separately, approved the MFS Sub-Advisory Agreements for each MFS Fund after weighing the foregoing factors, none of which was dispositive in itself and may have been weighed differently by each Trustee. The Board’s conclusions with respect to each MFS Sub-Advisory Agreement were as follows: (a) the nature and extent of the services provided by MFS with respect to the MFS Funds were appropriate; (b) the performance of the MFS Funds had been satisfactory; (c) MFS’s fees for the MFS Funds and the unitary fee, considered in relation to the services provided, were fair and reasonable; (d) any additional potential benefits to MFS were not of a magnitude to materially affect the Board’s conclusions; and (e) fees paid to MFS adequately shared the economies of scale with each applicable MFS Fund by way of the relatively low fee structure of the Trusts.

Approval of DoubleLine Capital LP Sub-Advisory Agreements

At in-person meetings held prior to June 30, 2016, the Board also considered proposals to continue the separate Sub-Advisory Agreements (the “DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements”) between the Adviser and DoubleLine Capital LP (“DoubleLine”) with respect to the SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF, a series of the SSGA Active Trust, and State Street DoubleLine Total Return Tactical Portfolio, a series of the SSGA Master Trust (together, the “Current DoubleLine Funds”), and to approve the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements between the Adviser and DoubleLine with respect to the SPDR DoubleLine Short Duration Total Return Tactical ETF and SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF, each a series of SSGA Active Trust (together with the Current DoubleLine Funds, the “DoubleLine Funds”), under which each of the DoubleLine Funds would be sub-advised by DoubleLine. The Independent Trustees also met separately with their independent legal counsel to consider the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements.

In evaluating the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board drew on materials provided to them by DoubleLine and the Adviser. In deciding whether to approve the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board considered various factors, including the (i) nature, extent and quality of services provided, or expected to be provided, by DoubleLine with respect to the DoubleLine Funds under the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements; and (ii) investment performance of the Current DoubleLine Funds. The Board was apprised of the portion of the advisory fee that the Adviser would pay to DoubleLine under the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements and also considered that such fees would be paid directly by the Adviser and would not result in increased fees payable by the DoubleLine Funds.

The Board considered the background and experience of DoubleLine’s senior management and, in particular, DoubleLine’s experience in investing in fixed income securities. The Board reviewed the Current DoubleLine Funds’ performance, noting that that the performance of the Current DoubleLine Funds was satisfactory. The Board also considered the unitary fee paid, or to be paid, to the Adviser by each DoubleLine Fund and DoubleLine’s fees paid by the Adviser.

The Board, including the Independent Trustees voting separately, approved the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements for the DoubleLine Funds after weighing the foregoing factors, none of which was dispositive in itself and may have been weighed differently by each Trustee. The Board’s conclusions with respect to each of the DoubleLine Sub-Advisory Agreements were as follows: (a) the nature and extent of the services provided, or expected to be provided, by DoubleLine with respect to the DoubleLine Funds were adequate and appropriate; (b) the performance of the Current DoubleLine Funds had been satisfactory; (c) DoubleLine’s fees for the DoubleLine Funds and the unitary fee, considered in relation to the services provided, or expected to be provided, were fair and reasonable; (d) any additional potential benefits to DoubleLine were not of a magnitude to materially affect the Board’s conclusions; and (e) fees paid, or expected to be paid, to DoubleLine were expected to share economies of scale with each applicable DoubleLine Fund by way of the relatively low fee structure of the Trusts.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)
with Funds

  

Term of
Office and
Length of

Time Served

  

Principal
Occupation(s)

During Past
5 Years

   Number of

Portfolios
in Fund
Complex

Overseen
by Trustee
    

Other
Directorships

Held by Trustee

During the
Past 5 Years

Trustees

              

Independent Trustees

FRANK NESVET

c/o SSGA Active Trust

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111-2900

1943

   Independent Trustee, Chairman, Trustee Committee Chair    Term: Unlimited Served: since September 2000   

Chief Executive Officer, Libra Group, Inc. (a financial

services consulting

company) (1998-present).

     218       SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee).

DAVID M. KELLY

c/o SSGA Active Trust

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111-2900

1938

   Independent Trustee, Audit Committee Chair    Term: Unlimited Served: since September 2000    Retired.      218       Chicago Stock Exchange (Former Director, retired); Penson Worldwide Inc. (Former Director, retired); SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee).

BONNY EUGENIA BOATMAN

c/o SSGA Active Trust

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111-2900

1950

   Independent Trustee    Term: Unlimited Served: since April 2010    Retired.      218       SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee).

DWIGHT D. CHURCHILL

c/o SSGA Active Trust

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111-2900

1953

   Independent Trustee    Term: Unlimited Served: since April 2010    Self-employed consultant since 2010; CEO and President, CFA Institute (June 2014-January 2015).      218       SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee); Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (Director).

CARL G. VERBONCOEUR

c/o SSGA Active Trust

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111-2900

1952

   Independent Trustee   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

April 2010

  

Self-employed

consultant since 2009.

     218       The Motley Fool Funds Trust (Trustee); SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee).

 

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Name, Address
and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)
with Funds

  

Term of
Office and
Length of

Time Served

  

Principal
Occupation(s)

During Past
5 Years

   Number of

Portfolios
in Fund
Complex

Overseen
by Trustee
    

Other
Directorships

Held by Trustee

During the
Past 5 Years

Interested Trustee

JAMES E. ROSS*

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1965

   Interested Trustee   

Term: Unlimited

Served as Trustee:

since April 2010

   Chairman and Director, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2005-present); Senior Managing Director and Principal, State Street Global Advisors (2006-present); President, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2005-2012).      299       SPDR Index Shares Funds (Trustee); SPDR Series Trust (Trustee); SSGA Master Trust (Trustee); Select Sector SPDR Trust (Trustee); State Street Master Funds (Trustee); and State Street Institutional Investment Trust (Trustee).

 

* Mr. Ross is an Interested Trustee because of his employment with the Adviser and ownership interest in an affiliate of the Adviser. Mr. Ross previously served as an Interested Trustee from November 2005 to December 2009.

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)
with Funds

  

Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served

  

Principal
Occupation(s)
During the Past
5 Years

Officers

     

ELLEN M. NEEDHAM

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1967

   President   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

October 2012

   President and Director, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2001-present)*; Senior Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors (1992-present).*

ANN M. CARPENTER

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1966

  

Vice President;

Deputy Treasurer

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

August 2012;

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2016

   Chief Operating Officer, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2005-Present)*; Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors (2005-present).*

MICHAEL P. RILEY

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1969

   Vice President   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2005

   Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (February 2015-present); Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2008-February 2015); Principal, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2005-2008).

JOSHUA A. WEINBERG

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1978

   Chief Legal Officer   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since February 2015

   Vice President and Managing Counsel, State Street Global Advisors (2011-present); Clerk, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2013-present); Associate, Financial Services Group, Dechert LLP (2006-2011).

 

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STATE STREET DISCIPLINED GLOBAL EQUITY PORTFOLIO

OTHER INFORMATION (continued)

June 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Name, Address
and Year of Birth

  

Position(s)
with Funds

  

Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served

  

Principal
Occupation(s)
During the Past
5 Years

CHRISTOPHER A. MADDEN

State Street Bank and Trust Company

One Hundred Huntington Avenue,

CPH0326

Boston, MA 02116

1967

   Secretary   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

August 2013

   Vice President and Senior Counsel, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2013-present); Counsel, Atlantic Fund Services (2009-2013); Vice President.*

PATRICIA A. MORISETTE

State Street Bank and Trust Company

One Hundred Huntington Avenue,

CPH0326

Boston, MA 02116

1973

   Assistant Secretary   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2015

   Vice President and Counsel, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2014-present); Assistant Vice President and Counsel, John Hancock Financial Services (2011-2013); Independent legal consultant (2009-2011); Associate, Bingham McCutchen LLP (2003-2009).*,**

BRUCE S. ROSENBERG

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1961

   Treasurer    Term: Unlimited Served: since February 2016    Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (July 2015-present; Director, Credit Suisse (April 2008-July 2015)).

CHAD C. HALLETT

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1969

   Deputy Treasurer   

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

February 2016

   Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (November 2014-present); Vice President, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2001-November 2014).*

SUJATA UPRETI

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1974

   Assistant Treasurer    Term: Unlimited Served: since February 2016    Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (May 2015-present; Assistant Director, Cambridge Associates, LLC (July 2014-January 2015); Vice President, Bank of New York Mellon (July 2012-August 2013); Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (September 2003-July 2012)).

DANIEL FOLEY

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1972

   Assistant Treasurer    Term: Unlimited Served: since February 2016    Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (April 2007-present).*

BRIAN HARRIS

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

1973

  

Chief Compliance

Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer

  

Term: Unlimited

Served: since

November 2013

   Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (June 2013-present)*; Senior Vice President and Global Head of Investment Compliance, BofA Global Capital Management (2010-2013); Director of Compliance, AARP Financial Inc. (2008-2010).

 

* Served in various capacities and/or with various affiliated entities during noted time period.
** Served in various capacities and/or with unaffiliated mutual funds or closed-end funds for which State Street Bank and Trust Company or its affiliates act as a provider of services during the noted time period.

Statement of Additional information (SAI) includes additional information about Fund directors and is available, without charge, upon request and by calling 1-866-787-2257.

 

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SSGA Active Trust

 

Trustees

Bonny E. Boatman

Dwight D. Churchill

David M. Kelly

Frank Nesvet, Chairman

James E. Ross

Carl G. Verboncoeur

Officers

Ellen M. Needham, President

Bruce Rosenberg, Treasurer

Ann Carpenter, Vice President and Deputy Treasurer

Michael P. Riley, Vice President

Chad C. Hallett, Deputy Treasurer

Sujata Upreti, Assistant Treasurer

Daniel Foley, Assistant Treasurer

Christopher A. Madden, Secretary

Patricia A. Morisette, Assistant Secretary

Brian Harris, Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer

Joshua A. Weinberg, Chief Legal Officer

Investment Manager and Administrator

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

State Street Financial Center

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

Distributor

State Street Global Markets, LLC

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

Custodian, Sub-Administrator and Transfer Agent

State Street Bank and Trust Company

One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

Legal Counsel

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Ernst & Young LLP

200 Clarendon Street

Boston, MA 02116

 

 

Fund Shares are distributed by State Street Global Markets, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of State Street Corporation. State Street Global Markets, LLC; member FINRA, SIPC.

The information contained in this report is intended for the general information of shareholders of the Portfolio and shareholders of any fund or private client invested in the Portfolio. Generally, shares of the Portfolio may be purchased only by or on behalf of other registered investment companies or private clients for which the Adviser or an affiliate serves as investment adviser (or in a similar capacity). This report is not authorized for distribution (i) to prospective investors in any fund invested in the Portfolio unless preceded or accompanied by a current offering document for such fund or (ii) to prospective eligible investors in the Portfolio unless preceded or accompanied by a current offering document of the Portfolio. Eligible investors in the Portfolio may obtain a current prospectus and SAI from the Distributor by calling 1-800-997-7327. Please read the offering document carefully before investing in the Portfolio.

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

As of the end of the period covered by this report, 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, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party (the “Code of Ethics”). During the period covered by this report, no substantive amendments were made to the Code of Ethics. During the period covered by this report, the registrant did not grant any waivers, including any implicit waivers, from any provision of the Code of Ethics.

The Code of Ethics is attached hereto as Exhibit 12(a)(1).

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

(a)(1) The Board of Trustees of the registrant has determined that the registrant has five Board members serving on the Audit Committee that possess the attributes identified in Instructions 2(b) of Item 3 to Form N-CSR to qualify as an “audit committee financial expert.”

(2) Bonny Boatman, Dwight Churchill, David M. Kelly, Frank Nesvet and Carl Verboncoeur are the registrant’s audit committee financial experts. The Board also determined that each of the foregoing persons are not “interested person(s)” of the registrant as that term is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

(a) Audit Fees.

For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2015, the aggregate audit fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant were $160,882 and $113,203, respectively. Audit fees include the performance of the annual audits and routine regulatory filings (one for each SEC registrant).

(b) Audit-Related Fees.

For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2015, the principal accountant did not bill the registrant any fees for assurances and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item.

(c) Tax Fees.

For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2015, the aggregate tax fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant were $124,389 and $96,657, respectively. Tax fees represent services related to the review of year-end distribution requirements, as well as the review and signing as preparer of all federal, state and excise income tax returns for the series of the registrant.

(d) All Other Fees.

There were no other fees billed by the principal accountant for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2015.


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(e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures.

The registrant’s Audit Committee Charter states the following with respect to pre-approval procedures:

Before the independent auditors are engaged by the Trust to render audit or non-audit services, either:

 

  a. The Audit Committee shall pre-approve all auditing services and permissible non-audit services (e.g., tax services) provided to the Trust. The Audit Committee may delegate to one or more of its members the authority to grant pre-approvals. Any decision of any member to whom authority is delegated under this section shall be presented to the full Audit Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting;

or

 

  b. The engagement to render the auditing service or permissible non-audit service is entered into pursuant to pre-approval policies and procedures established by the Audit Committee. Any such policies and procedures must (1) be detailed as to the particular service and (2) not involve any delegation of the Audit Committee’s responsibilities to the investment adviser. The Audit Committee must be informed of each service entered into pursuant to the policies and procedures. A copy of any such policies and procedures shall be attached as an exhibit to the Audit Committee Charter.

 

  c. De Minimis Exceptions to Pre-Approval Requirements. Pre-Approval for a service provided to the Trust other than audit, review or attest services is not required if: (1) the aggregate amount of all such non-audit services provided to the Trust constitutes not more than 5 percent of the total amount of revenues paid by the Trust to the independent auditors during the fiscal year in which the non-audit services are provided; (2) such services were not recognized by the Trust at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and (3) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Audit Committee and are approved by the Audit Committee or by one or more members of the Audit Committee to whom authority to grant such approvals has been delegated by the Audit Committee prior to the completion of the audit.

 

  d. Pre-Approval of Non-Audit Services Provided to the investment adviser and Certain Control Persons. The Audit Committee shall pre-approve any non-audit services proposed to be provided by the independent auditors to (a) the investment adviser and (b) any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Trust, if the independent auditors’ engagement with the investment adviser or any such control persons relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Trust. It shall be the responsibility of the independent auditors to notify the Audit Committee of any non-audit services that need to be pre-approved.

 

  e. Application of De Minimis Exception: The De Minimis exception set forth above applies to pre-approvals under this Section as well, except that the “total amount of revenues” calculation is based on the total amount of revenues paid to the independent auditors by the Trust and any other entity that has its services approved under this Section (i.e., the investment adviser or any control person).


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(e)(2) Percentage of Services.

One hundred percent of the services described in each of paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item were approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) Not applicable.

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed for by the registrant’s accountant for services rendered to the registrant, and rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser were as follows:

 

     FY 2016
(in millions)
     FY 2015
(in millions)
 

Non audit services billed to:

     

Registrant:

     See Item 4(c)         See Item 4(c)   

Investment Adviser:

     —           —     

Other entities in the Investment Company Complex (1)(2):

     

Audit Related Fees

   $ 15.5       $ 16.0   

Tax Fees

     7.5         6.0   

All Other Fees

     2.7         0.8   

 

(1) Information is for the calendar years 2015 and 2014, respectively.
(2) Services under the caption Audit-Related Fees consisted principally of reports on the processing of transactions by servicing organizations, audits of employee benefit plan, non-statutory audits and due diligence procedures. Services under the caption Tax Fees consisted principally of expatriate, compliance and corporate tax advisory services. Services under the caption All Other Fees consisted of advisory services related to certain regulatory initiatives.

(h) The registrant’s principal accountant notified the registrant’s Audit Committee of all non-audit services that were rendered by the principal accountant to the Adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Adviser that provides services to the registrant, which services were not required to be pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, allowing the registrant’s Audit Committee to consider whether such services were compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

Item 5. Audit Committees of Listed Registrants.

The registrant has an audit committee which was established by the Board of Trustees of the Trust in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The members of the registrant’s audit committee are Bonny Boatman, Dwight Churchill, David M. Kelly, Frank Nesvet and Carl Verboncoeur.


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Item 6. Investments.

(a) A Schedule of Investments for each series of the registrant is included as a part of the reports to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

(b) Not applicable to the registrant.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to the registrant.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to the registrant.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable to the registrant.

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

The registrant has not adopted any material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a) Within 90 days of the filing date of this Form N-CSR, Ellen M. Needham, the registrant’s President and Principal Executive Officer, and Bruce S. Rosenberg, the registrant’s Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer, reviewed the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and evaluated their effectiveness. Based on their review, Ms. Needham and Mr. Rosenberg determined that the disclosure controls and procedures adequately ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in its periodic reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods required by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

(b) In the registrant’s second fiscal quarter covered by this form N-CSR filing, there were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal controls or in other factors that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, its controls over financial reporting subsequent to the date of their evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

Item 12. Exhibits.

(a)(1) Code of Ethics referred to in Item 2.

(a)(2) Separate certifications required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant are attached.


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(a)(3) Not applicable to the registrant.

(b) A single certification required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code for the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant is attached.


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

SSGA Active Trust
By:  

/s/ Ellen M. Needham

  Ellen M. Needham
  President and Principal Executive Officer
Date:   September 8, 2016

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, 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/ Ellen M. Needham

  Ellen M. Needham
  President and Principal Executive Officer
Date:   September 8, 2016
By:  

/s/ Bruce S. Rosenberg

  Bruce S. Rosenberg
  Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer
Date:   September 8, 2016