N-CSRS 1 d868402dncsrs.htm BABSON CAPITAL FUNDS TRUST Babson Capital Funds Trust

 

 

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(s) 811-22845

 

 

Babson Capital Funds Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

550 South Tryon Street

Suite 3300

Charlotte, NC 28202

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (704) 805-7200

Janice M. Bishop

Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

c/o Babson Capital Management LLC

Independence Wharf

470 Atlantic Avenue

Boston MA 02210

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

 

Date of fiscal year end: June 30

Date of reporting period: December 31, 2014

 

 

 


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

The Semi-Annual Report to Stockholders is attached hereto.


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BABSON CAPITAL FUNDS TRUST

Semi-Annual Report

December 31, 2014


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Anthony Sciacca

President and Chief Executive Officer

Babson Capital Funds Trust

Babson Capital Funds Trust

Babson Global Floating Rate Fund

Babson Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund

Dear Shareholder,

Global markets experienced renewed volatility in late-2014 as the impact of the precipitous fall in oil prices was felt across a wide range of asset classes. Meanwhile, growth in the world’s major economies diverged throughout the year as the U.S. and U.K. continued to lead the developed market pack, while Europe and Japan remained sluggish and China showed continued signs of slowing.

Looking ahead, we expect this theme of divergence to remain in place throughout 2015. While many market participants expect the U.S. Federal Reserve to finally raise rates this year, such an outcome is far from certain. Domestic growth appears to be supportive of a U.S. rate hike, however, policymakers must consider this within the context of slowing global growth. The implications, both positive and negative, of the fall in energy prices and the strength of the U.S. dollar must also be carefully contemplated. Central bankers in Europe and Japan are in a much different position from those in the U.S. as they continue to rely heavily on quantitative-easing measures in an attempt to buoy their sluggish economies.

The good news is that the corporate sector has largely benefitted from the past several years of historically accommodative monetary policy. Balance sheets generally remain healthy with interest coverage ratios and leverage still in reasonable territory, and default rates low by historical standards. We expect corporate fundamentals to remain relatively healthy as we move through 2015.

While we anticipate that increased global market volatility may stay with us throughout the year, we believe that the current environment is favorable for active credit managers like Babson. In our opinion, the aforementioned changes in global economic conditions, currency values and energy prices will have very different impacts on different countries, asset classes, sectors and individual issuers. At Babson, our investment process is built upon a rigorous, bottom-up fundamental analysis of every company that we invest in. We believe that security selection will be critical in 2015 and that the breadth and depth of our investment teams will enable us to continue to find attractive opportunities for our clients.

As we move into 2015, we remain focused on our clients’ long-term goals and invest with an appreciation of the uncertainty of the world in which we live. On behalf of the entire Babson team, we value the trust you’ve placed in us, and we look forward to helping you achieve your investment objectives.

Sincerely,

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Anthony Sciacca

Cautionary Notice: Certain statements contained in this report maybe “forward looking” statements. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date in which they are made and which reflect management’s current estimates, projections, expectations or beliefs, and which are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. These statements are subject to change at anytime based upon economic, market or other conditions and may not be relied upon as investment advice or an indication of the Trust’s trading intent. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities, and may not be representative of the Trust’s current or future investments. We undertake no obligation to publicly update forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

ALPS Distributors, Inc. is the distributor for the Babson Capital mutual funds. Shares of the funds are offered by Babson Capital Securities LLC, an affiliated broker dealer of Babson Capital Management LLC. ALPS and Babson Capital Management are separate and unaffiliated. This material must be preceded or accompanied by the current fund prospectus. Investors should carefully consider the investment objective, risks, charges and expenses of any mutual fund before investing. This and other important information is contained in the prospectus and summary prospectus.

 

 

 

 

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Babson Global Floating Rate Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report

Investment Objective

The investment objective of the Babson Global Floating Rate Fund (“Global Floating Rate Fund” or the “Fund”) is to seek a high level of current income. Preservation of capital is a secondary goal.

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

 

  n   The Fund reported a net total rate of return for the semi-annual reporting period from June 30, 2014 through December 31, 2014 of -1.67% and underperformed the Credit Suisse Global Loan Benchmark, which returned -0.54%.1

What factors influenced performance of the Fund?

 

  n   During the second half of the year, the Fund’s U.S. holdings in both senior secured loans and, to a lesser extent, high yield bonds were the primary detractors from performance. The Fund’s European holdings, however, positively impacted Fund performance as a result of good credit selection within the senior secured loan asset class. European issuers represented seven out of the top ten contributors to Fund performance for this time period.

 

  n   U.S. senior secured loans and high yield bonds of energy-related issuers faced significant selling pressure. The Fund was negatively impacted by its overweight exposure to this sector relative to the Benchmark. Six of the Fund’s biggest ten contributors to its underperformance were Oil and Gas focused issuers. In our view, the underlying credit fundamentals for many of these issuers imply a higher value than current trading levels. We feel the selling was indiscriminate and has resulted in oversold conditions for certain investments. While it is difficult to predict the price of commodities, we believe that most of these companies have sufficient liquidity and flexibility in their capital expenditure and operating budgets to withstand the volatility in commodity prices for longer than their current prices would suggest.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

 

  n   The number of holdings in the portfolio decreased over the past six months as the Fund experienced a few redemptions in December, presumably due to investors becoming more risk averse to the increased volatility in the high yield market. The Fund moderately trimmed its exposure to high yield bonds to help meet these redemption requests as well as reduce the Fund’s exposure to a more volatile asset class.

 

  n   The Fund remained overweight to European assets relative to the global senior secured loan market. Even with the overweight positioning, the Fund increased its exposure to U.S. assets as prices widened more significantly than Europe which, in our opinion, positions the Fund to capture the best risk-adjusted returns from the market.

Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

 

  n   The Fund finished the semi-annual reporting period, December 31, 2014, with a 78.0% weighting to global senior secured loans. The remainder of the portfolio was invested in global high yield bonds (9.2%), primarily senior secured bonds. A portion of the Fund is invested in floating rate, high yield bonds (5.4%) predominantly issued by European companies, which increases the total floating rate exposure of the portfolio to 83.4%.

 

1.  Total return describes the return to an investor based on the Class Y net expense ratio and includes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Performance results reflect past performance and are no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The net asset value (NAV) will fluctuate with market conditions. All returns 1-year or less are cumulative. The Credit Suisse Global Loan Benchmark is a market capitalization weighted average of the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index and the Credit Suisse Western European Leveraged Loan Index. The Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index is designed to mirror the investable universe of the U.S. dollar-denominated leveraged loan market. The Credit Suisse Western European Leveraged Loan Index is designed to mirror the investable universe of the Western European leveraged loan market, with loans denominated in U.S. and Western European currencies. Indices are unmanaged. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

 

 

 

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  n   From an industry perspective, the Fund remains well-diversified across a number of sectors based on Moody’s Industry Classification, with higher concentrations in non-bank related Finance companies (10.2%), Healthcare, Education and Childcare (8.9%), and Diversified/Conglomerate Service (8.3%) as of December 31, 2014. Over the course of the past 6 months, there have been no significant changes to the industry composition of the portfolio.

 

  n   As of December 31, 2014, the Fund had the following credit quality breakdown excluding cash and accrued income: 16.8% in Ba assets, 62.9% in single-B credits and a small exposure to Caa and below at 7.0%. Approximately 12.7% of the Fund’s assets are not publicly rated, primarily consisting of European issuers that we believe have a credit quality similar to that of other assets in the portfolio. Baa assets accounted for the remaining 0.6% of the portfolio assets. While there were no significant portfolio shifts from a ratings standpoint, the single-B category increased compared to June 30, 2014 as the assets that were not publicly rated decreased.2

 

  n   The Top 5 countries in the portfolio at the end of the semi-annual reporting period are the United States (65.2%), the United Kingdom (16.7%), Germany (5.0%), France (4.4%) and Ireland (2.5%). Overall, the Fund has exposure to thirteen different countries, and we continue to focus on building a well-diversified portfolio of global floating rate securities.

Describe market and portfolio outlook.

 

  n   Looking ahead into 2015, monetary policy will be a key theme capturing the attention of financial markets in the coming months. In Europe, the market will be monitoring the effects of the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing program and in the United States the timing and speed of an eventual increase in rates by the Federal Reserve will be debated and monitored as well.

 

  n   Further, headline events such as signs of stability in pricing levels for oil markets and the effects of prices on energy related companies will be closely watched.

 

  n   For the global loan market, expectations are that in general high yield corporate earnings profiles will remain stable and default levels should remain benign. That backdrop coupled with the global loan market’s high relative yields compared to historical standards and low comparative volatility, in our opinion, should be favorable for the asset class.

 

2.  Ratings shown are the highest rating given by one of the following national rating agencies: S&P or Moody’s. Additional information about ratings can be found at www.moodys.com and www.standardandpoors.com. Credit ratings are subject to change. AAA, AA, A, and BBB are investment grade ratings; BB, B, CCC/CC/C and D are below investment grade ratings. Bonds backed by U.S. Government or agency securities are given an implied rating equal to the rating of such securities. Holdings designated Not Publicly Rated are not rated by these national rating agencies.

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION (% OF ASSETS*)

 

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* The percentages shown above represent a percentage of the assets as of December 31, 2014.

COUNTRY COMPOSITION (% OF ASSETS**)

 

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** Percentage of assets are expressed by market value excluding cash and accrued income, and may vary over time. The percentages shown above represent a percentage of the assets as of December 31, 2014.

 

 

 

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Babson Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report

Investment Objective

The investment objective of the Babson Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund (“Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund” or the “Fund”) is to seek an absolute return, primarily through current income and secondarily through capital appreciation.

Portfolio Management Commentary

How did the Fund perform?

 

  n   The Fund reported a net total rate of return for the semi-annual reporting period from June 30, 2014 through December 31, 2014, of -3.91% and underperformed the 3 Month USD LIBOR + 500 basis points1 Benchmark, which retuned +2.67%.2

What factors influenced performance of the Fund?

 

  n   During the second half of the year, the Fund’s U.S. holdings in both high yield bonds and, to a lesser extent, senior secured loans were the primary detractors from performance. The Fund’s European holdings performed better than its U.S. holdings, although performance from these assets was still negative primarily due to the European high yield bond holdings. European issuers represented six of the top ten contributors to Fund performance for this time period.

 

  n   U.S. high yield bonds and senior secured loans of energy-related issuers faced significant selling pressure. The Fund was negatively impacted by its exposure to this sector. Eight of the Fund’s biggest ten contributors to its underperformance were Oil and Gas focused issuers. In our view, the underlying credit fundamentals for many of these issuers imply a higher value than current trading levels. We feel the selling was indiscriminate and has resulted in oversold conditions for certain investments. While it is difficult to predict the price of commodities, we believe that most of these companies have sufficient liquidity and flexibility in their capital expenditure and operating budgets to withstand the volatility in commodity prices for longer than their current prices would suggest.

 

  n   The Fund’s Collateralized Loan Obligation (“CLO”) holdings and special situation credits had a minor negative impact on performance during the past six months; however, we believe these assets provide attractive current income to the portfolio and should contribute to the Fund’s performance in the future.

Describe recent portfolio activity.

 

  n   The number of holdings in the portfolio has increased moderately as the Fund grew slightly since June 30, 2014. Despite the increased number of holdings, the Fund’s positioning across geographies remained fairly consistent and the Fund continues to maintain significant positions in high conviction credits.

 

  n   The Fund trimmed its exposure to global high yield bonds and increased exposure to global senior secured loans as well as CLOs to shift higher up in the corporate capital structure in order to focus on what we believe to be a more attractive part of the market from a risk-adjusted basis. In addition, global senior secured loans tend to be less volatile than global high yield bonds, so this shift could potentially reduce the Fund’s volatility.

 

  n   The Fund sought to take advantage of selling pressure in the Oil and Gas sector by swapping some lower-rated energy credits for higher-rated energy credits, potentially increasing the credit quality of the portfolio while still maintaining the potential for capital appreciation.

 

1.  A unit that is equal to 1/100th of 1% or 0.01%.

 

2.  Total return describes the return to an investor based on the Class Y net expense ratio and includes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Performance results reflect past performance and are no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The net asset value (NAV) will fluctuate with market conditions. All returns 1-year or less are cumulative. The 3 Month USD LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) is an average interest rate, determined by the British Bankers Association, that banks charge one another for the use of short-term money (3 months) in England’s Eurodollar market. The return shown includes 3 Month USD LIBOR plus 500 bps, or 5% per annum. LIBOR is unmanaged. It is not possible to invest directly in LIBOR. No assurance can be given that the Fund’s performance will exceed that of LIBOR by any given increment, or at all.

 

 

 

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Describe portfolio positioning at period end.

 

  n   The Fund finished the semi-annual reporting period, December 31, 2014, with an allocation of 37.9%, 33.2%, and 16.7% to global high yield bonds, senior secured loans and CLOs, respectively. The remainder of the portfolio was invested in a few opportunistic special situation credits at 1.1% and cash at 11.1%. A significant portion of the portfolio (52.2%) is senior secured in nature, which can potentially mitigate principal loss in the event that default rates increase.

 

  n   From an industry perspective, the Fund remains well-diversified across a number of sectors based on Moody’s Industry Classification, with higher concentrations in CLOs (16.7%), Oil and Gas (7.2%), and Healthcare, Education and Childcare (6.0%) as of December 31, 2014. Over the course of the past six months, the Fund’s top 3 industry exposures have remained the same except for an increase its CLO position and a decrease in exposure to Oil and Gas companies by approximately 4%.

 

  n   As of December 31, 2014, the Fund had the following credit quality breakdown excluding cash and accrued income: 22.6% in Ba assets, 54.9% in single-B credits and a modest exposure to Caa and below at 13.2%. Approximately 9.2% of the Fund’s assets are not publicly rated, primarily consisting of European issuers that we believe have a credit quality similar to that of other assets in the portfolio. Baa and above assets accounted for the remaining 0.1% of the portfolio assets. While there were no significant portfolio shifts from a ratings standpoint, the Ba category increased compared to June 30, 2014 as assets that were not publicly rated decreased.3

 

  n   The Top 5 countries in the portfolio at the end of the semi-annual reporting period are the United States (41.8%), the Cayman Islands (17.9%), the United Kingdom (16.1%), Germany (4.3%) and the Netherlands (4.0%). The Cayman Islands exposure related to the Fund’s CLO holdings is predominantly invested in U.S. senior secured loans. Overall, the Fund has exposure to 17 different countries, and we continue to focus on building a well-diversified portfolio of global high yield securities.

Describe market and portfolio outlook.

 

  n   Looking ahead into 2015, monetary policy will be a key theme capturing the attention of financial markets in the coming months. In Europe, the market will be monitoring the effects of the European Central Bank’s quantitative easing program and in the United States the timing and speed of an eventual increase in rates by the Federal Reserve will be debated and monitored as well.

 

  n   Further, headline events such as signs of stability in pricing levels for oil markets and the effects of prices on energy related companies will be closely watched.

 

  n   For the global loan and high yield bond markets, expectations are that in general high yield corporate earnings profiles will remain stable and default levels should remain benign. That backdrop coupled with elevated yields in global loans and high yield bonds compared to historical standards, in our opinion, should be favorable for the Fund.

 

3.  Ratings shown are the highest rating given by one of the following national rating agencies: S&P or Moody’s. Additional information about ratings can be found at www.moodys.com and www.standardandpoors.com. Credit ratings are subject to change. AAA, AA, A, and BBB are investment grade ratings; BB, B, CCC/CC/C and D are below investment grade ratings. Bonds backed by U.S. Government or agency securities are given an implied rating equal to the rating of such securities. Holdings designated Not Publicly Rated are not rated by these national rating agencies.

 

 

 

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Babson Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report

PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION (% OF ASSETS*)

 

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* The percentages shown above represent a percentage of the assets as of December 31, 2014.

COUNTRY COMPOSITION (% OF ASSETS**)

 

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** Percentage of assets are expressed by market value excluding cash and accrued income, and may vary over time. The percentages shown above represent a percentage of the assets as of December 31, 2014.

 

 

 

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SHAREHOLDER EXPENSES (UNAUDITED)

 

As a shareholder of Babson Global Floating Rate Fund or Babson Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund, you incur ongoing expenses, such as management fees, shareholder service fees, distribution fees and other fund expenses. The following table is intended to help you understand your ongoing expenses (in dollars and cents) of investing in the Funds and to compare these expenses with the ongoing expenses of investing in other funds.

The table is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from July 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the table below provides information about the actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. 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 in the first line for the Fund under the heading entitled “Operating Expenses Incurred” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

Babson Global Floating Rate Fund

 

   EXPENSE
RATIO
  BEGINNING
AMOUNT
  ENDING
VALUE
  AVERAGE
VALUE
  OPERATING
EXPENSE
INCURRED*
 

Class A

Actual

  1.05 $ 1,000.00    $ 982.00    $ 991.00    $ 5.25   

Hypothetical

  1.05   1,000.00      1,019.90      1,009.95      5.35   

Class C

Actual

  1.80   1,000.00      978.30      989.15      8.98   

Hypothetical

  1.80   1,000.00      1,016.10      1,008.05      9.15   

Class I

Actual

  0.75   1,000.00      983.30      991.65      3.75   

Hypothetical

  0.75   1,000.00      1,021.40      1,010.70      3.82   

Class Y

Actual

  0.75   1,000.00      983.30      991.65      3.75   

Hypothetical

  0.75   1,000.00      1,021.40      1,010.70      3.82   

 

 

* For each Class of the Fund, net expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for such class multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365.

 

 

 

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SHAREHOLDER EXPENSES (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

Babson Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund

 

   EXPENSE
RATIO
  BEGINNING
AMOUNT
  ENDING
VALUE
  AVERAGE
VALUE
  OPERATING
EXPENSE
INCURRED*
 

Class A

Actual

  1.20 $ 1,000.00    $ 960.60    $ 980.30    $ 5.93   

Hypothetical

  1.20   1,000.00      1,019.20      1,009.60      6.11   

Class C

Actual

  1.95   1,000.00      956.20      978.10      9.61   

Hypothetical

  1.95   1,000.00      1,015.40      1,007.70      9.91   

Class I

Actual

  0.95   1,000.00      960.90      980.45      4.70   

Hypothetical

  0.95   1,000.00      1,020.40      1,010.20      4.84   

Class Y

Actual

  0.95   1,000.00      960.90      980.45      4.70   

Hypothetical

  0.95   1,000.00      1,020.40      1,010.20      4.84   

 

 

 

 

* For each Class of the Fund, net expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio for such class multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365.

 

 

 

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BABSON CAPITAL FUNDS TRUST

FINANCIAL REPORT

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities 11
Statement of Operations 13
Statements of Changes in Net Assets 14
Selected Financial Highlights 15
Schedule of Investments 23-40
Notes to Financial Statements 41-54

 

 

 

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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

 

December 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

   BABSON GLOBAL
FLOATING RATE FUND
  BABSON GLOBAL
CREDIT INCOME
OPPORTUNITIES FUND
 
Assets
Investments, at fair value (cost $104,588,906 and $74,758,925, respectively) $ 98,265,848    $ 69,887,385   
Foreign currency, at value (cost $785,144 and $545,184, respectively)   774,446      540,055   
Receivable for investments sold   10,928,556      3,301,611   
Receivable for Fund shares sold   93,127      108,496   
Interest receivable   615,197      851,294   
Foreign tax reclaims receivable        494   
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts   427,072      278,608   
Prepaid expenses   35,942      38,385   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

  111,140,188      75,006,328   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased   4,704,335      2,635,264   
Payable for Fund shares repurchased   197,801      42,673   
Investment advisery fee payable (see Note 3)   3,064      5,668   
Distribution fees payable   5,528      5,026   
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts   110,447      21,593   
Unrealized depreciation on unfunded loan commitments   72      36   
Accrued expenses and other liabilities   79,191      54,567   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

  5,100,438      2,764,827   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

$ 106,039,750    $ 72,241,501   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Composition of net assets
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (par value $0.00001 per share), unlimited number of shares authorized $ 111    $ 77   
Additional paid-in capital   112,367,289      78,062,223   
Undistributed net investment loss   (2,307,494   (1,593,320
Accumulated net realized gain   1,972,066      307,478   
Net unrealized depreciation   (5,992,222   (4,534,957
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net assets

$ 106,039,750    $ 72,241,501   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Class A
Net assets applicable to outstanding shares $ 13,380,871    $ 14,018,651   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding   1,403,056      1,490,240   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net asset value per share outstanding $ 9.54    $ 9.41   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Maximum offering price per share outstanding (Net asset value plus sales charge of 3.00% and 3.75%, respectively) $ 9.84    $ 9.78   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (CONTINUED)

 

December 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

   BABSON GLOBAL
FLOATING RATE FUND
  BABSON GLOBAL
CREDIT INCOME
OPPORTUNITIES FUND
 
Class C
Net assets applicable to outstanding shares $ 3,260,926    $ 1,896,231   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding   343,201      201,831   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net asset value per share outstanding $ 9.50    $ 9.40   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Class I
Net assets applicable to outstanding shares $ 32,229,839    $ 25,365,139   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding   3,374,361      2,697,205   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net asset value per share outstanding $ 9.55    $ 9.40   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Class Y
Net assets applicable to outstanding shares $ 57,168,114    $ 30,961,480   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding   5,986,311      3,292,084   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net asset value per share outstanding $ 9.55    $ 9.40   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2014 (Unaudited)

   BABSON GLOBAL
FLOATING RATE FUND
  BABSON GLOBAL
CREDIT INCOME
OPPORTUNITIES FUND
 
Investment Income

Interest income

$ 3,161,016    $ 2,472,189   

Other income

  7,434      122   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment income

  3,168,450      2,472,311   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Operating Expenses

Advisory fees

  374,691      294,648   

12b-1 distribution and servicing plan

Class A

  17,882      19,152   

Class C

  14,652      7,618   

Administrator fees

  85,807      53,870   

Custody fees

  73,718      48,826   

Transfer agent fees

  61,177      55,776   

Professional fees

  52,308      52,308   

Directors’ fees

  43,231      36,886   

Registration fees

  26,143      31,980   

Printing and mailing expenses

  7,561      7,561   

Other operating expenses

  11,565      8,986   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

  768,735      617,611   

Reimbursement of expenses

Class A

  (41,029   (45,995

Class C

  (19,658   (16,988

Class I

  (83,025   (67,375

Class Y

  (155,857   (87,285
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net operating expenses

  469,166      399,968   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

  2,699,284      2,072,343   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments

Net realized loss on investments

  (1,149,053   (1,886,682

Net realized gain on forward foreign currency exchange contracts

  3,393,193      2,360,073   

Net realized loss on foreign currency and translation

  (181,345   (47,365
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized gain

  2,062,795      426,026   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized depreciation on investments

  (7,323,296   (6,276,978

Net change in unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts

  650,794      473,480   

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

  (35,755   86,084   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized depreciation

  (6,708,257   (5,717,414
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized losses on investments

  (4,645,462   (5,291,388
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations

$ (1,946,178 $ (3,219,045
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

(Unaudited)

  BABSON GLOBAL
FLOATING RATE FUND
  BABSON GLOBAL
CREDIT INCOME
OPPORTUNITIES FUND
 
   FOR THE SIX
MONTHS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2014
 

PERIOD FROM
SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

THROUGH

JUNE 30, 2014 (1)

  FOR THE SIX
MONTHS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2014
 

PERIOD FROM
SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

THROUGH

JUNE 30, 2014 (1)

 
Operations

Net investment income

$ 2,699,284    $ 2,203,083    $ 2,072,343    $ 2,096,689   

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

  2,062,795      (139,670   426,026      541,842   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

  (6,708,257   716,035      (5,717,414   1,182,457   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

  (1,946,178   2,779,448      (3,219,045   3,820,988   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Dividends to Common Shareholders

Net investment income

Class A

  (654,235   (140,982   (747,936   (36,805
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class C

  (136,243   (26,146   (82,094   (10,571
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class I

  (1,579,522   (610,026   (1,331,688   (734,939
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class Y

  (2,970,947   (1,014,718   (1,720,410   (790,102
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized gain

Class A

  (11,345        (186,020     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class C

  (2,779        (25,870     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class I

  (27,574        (340,131     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class Y

  (49,009        (416,997     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total dividends to common shareholders

  (5,431,654   (1,791,872   (4,851,146   (1,572,417
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Capital Share Transactions

Net proceeds from sale of shares

  14,043,760      114,172,093      27,620,296      60,160,874   

Net Asset Value of shares issued to shareholders in payment of distributions declared

  5,330,028      1,770,684      4,725,649      1,559,384   

Cost of shares redeemed

  (20,589,217   (2,298,911   (15,864,748   (143,371

Redemption fees

  1,569           5,037        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital stock transactions

  (1,213,860   113,643,866      16,486,234      61,576,887   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

  (8,591,692   114,631,442      8,416,043      63,825,458   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Net Assets

Beginning of period

  114,631,442           63,825,458        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period (includes undistributed net investment income of $2,307,494, $334,169, $1,593,320 and $216,465, respectively)

$ 106,039,750    $ 114,631,442    $ 72,241,501    $ 63,825,458   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Fund commenced operations on September 16, 2013.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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Babson Global Floating Rate Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

  CLASS A  
  

FOR THE SIX

MONTHS ENDED

DECEMBER 31, 2014 (1)

 

PERIOD FROM

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

THROUGH

JUNE 30, 2014 (2)

 
Per Common Share Data

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.20    $ 10.00   

Income from investment operations:

Net investment income (3)

  0.22      0.30   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  (0.40   0.08   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) from investment operations

  (0.18   0.38   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions:

From net investment income

  (0.47   (0.18

From net realized gain

  (0.01     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

  (0.48   (0.18
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Redemption fees

  0.00 (4)    0.00   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, at end of period

$ 9.54    $ 10.20   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment return (5)(6)

  (1.80 )%    3.81
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Supplemental Data and Ratios

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

$ 13,381    $ 12,464   

Ratio of total expenses (before reductions and reimbursements) to average net assets (7)(8)

  1.62   2.27

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (7)

  1.05   1.05

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (7)

  4.45   3.76

Portfolio turnover rate (6)

  30.40   49.51

 

(1)   Unaudited.
(2)   Fund commenced operations on September 16, 2013.
(3)   Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(4)   Amount rounds to less than $.01 per share.
(5)   Total investment return calculation does not consider the effects of sales loads and assumes the reinvestment of dividends at actual prices pursuant to the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan.
(6)   Not annualized.
(7)   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
(8)   The Adviser has agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees and/or expense so that, on an annualized basis, such expenses incurred will not exceed 1.05% as a percentage of average daily net assets.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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Babson Global Floating Rate Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)

 

  CLASS C  
  

FOR THE SIX

MONTHS ENDED

DECEMBER 31, 2014 (1)

 

PERIOD FROM

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

THROUGH
JUNE 30, 2014 (2)

 
Per Common Share Data

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.16    $ 10.00   

Income from investment operations:

Net investment income(3)

  0.19      0.24   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  (0.41   0.07   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) from investment operations

  (0.22   0.31   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions:

From net investment income

  (0.43   (0.15

From net realized gain

  (0.01     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

  (0.44   (0.15
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Redemption fees

  0.00 (4)    0.00   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, at end of period

$ 9.50    $ 10.16   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment return (5)(6)

  (2.17 )%    3.15
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Supplemental Data and Ratios

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

$ 3,261    $ 2,396   

Ratio of total expenses (before reductions and reimbursements) to average net assets (7)(8)

  3.14   4.97

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (7)

  1.80   1.80

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (7)

  3.71   3.07

Portfolio turnover rate (6)

  30.40   49.51

 

(1)   Unaudited.
(2)   Fund commenced operations on September 16, 2013.
(3)   Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(4)   Amount rounds to less than $.01 per share.
(5)   Total investment return calculation does not consider the effects of sales loads and assumes the reinvestment of dividends at actual prices pursuant to the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan.
(6)   Not annualized.
(7)   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
(8)   The Adviser has agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees and/or expense so that, on an annualized basis, such expenses incurred will not exceed 1.80% as a percentage of average daily net assets.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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Babson Global Floating Rate Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)

 

  CLASS I  
  

FOR THE SIX

MONTHS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2014 (1)

 

PERIOD FROM
SEPTEMBER 16, 2013
THROUGH

JUNE 30, 2014 (2)

 
Per Common Share Data

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.21    $ 10.00   

Income from investment operations:

Net investment income (3)

  0.24      0.30   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  (0.41   0.10   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) from investment operations

  (0.17   0.40   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions:

From net investment income

  (0.48   (0.19

From net realized gain

  (0.01     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

  (0.49   (0.19
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Redemption fees

  0.00 (4)    0.00   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, at end of period

$ 9.55    $ 10.21   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment return (5)(6)

  (1.67 )%    4.04
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Supplemental Data and Ratios

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

$ 32,230    $ 32,772   

Ratio of total expenses (before reductions and reimbursements) to average net assets (7)(8)

  1.25   1.52

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (7)

  0.75   0.75

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (7)

  4.75   3.72

Portfolio turnover rate (6)

  30.40   49.51

 

(1)   Unaudited.
(2)   Fund commenced operations on September 16, 2013.
(3)   Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(4)   Amount rounds to less than $.01 per share.
(5)   Total investment return calculation assumes the reinvestment of dividends at actual prices pursuant to the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan.
(6)   Not annualized.
(7)   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
(8)   The Adviser has agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees and/or expense so that, on an annualized basis, such expenses incurred will not exceed .75% as a percentage of average daily net assets.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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Babson Global Floating Rate Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)

 

  CLASS Y  
   FOR THE SIX
MONTHS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2014 (1)
  PERIOD FROM
SEPTEMBER 16, 2013
THROUGH
JUNE 30, 2014 (2)
 
Per Common Share Data

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.21    $ 10.00   

Income from investment operations:

Net investment income (3)

  0.24      0.30   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  (0.41   0.10   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) from investment operations

  (0.17   0.40   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions:

From net investment income

  (0.48   (0.19

From net realized gain

  (0.01     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

  (0.49   (0.19
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Redemption fees

  0.00 (4)    0.00   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, at end of period

$ 9.55    $ 10.21   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment return (5)(6)

  (1.67 )%    4.04
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Supplemental Data and Ratios

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

$ 57,168    $ 66,999   

Ratio of total expenses (before reductions and reimbursements) to average net assets (7)(8)

  1.23   1.53

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (7)

  0.75   0.75

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (7)

  4.74   3.80

Portfolio turnover rate (6)

  30.40   49.51

 

(1)   Unaudited.
(2)   Fund commenced operations on September 16, 2013.
(3)   Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(4)   Amount rounds to less than $.01 per share.
(5)   Total investment return calculation assumes the reinvestment of dividends at actual prices pursuant to the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan.
(6)   Not annualized.
(7)   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
(8)   The Adviser has agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees and/or expense so that, on an annualized basis, such expenses incurred will not exceed .75% as a percentage of average daily net assets.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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Babson Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)

 

  CLASS A  
   FOR THE SIX
MONTHS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2014 (1)
 

PERIOD FROM
SEPTEMBER 16, 2013
THROUGH

JUNE 30, 2014 (2)

 
Per Common Share Data

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.45    $ 10.00   

Income from investment operations:

Net investment income (3)

  0.26      0.40   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  (0.66   0.33   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) from investment operations

  (0.40   0.73   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions:

From net investment income

  (0.51   (0.28

From net realized gain

  (0.13     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

  (0.64   (0.28
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Redemption fees

  0.00 (4)    0.00   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, at end of period

$ 9.41    $ 10.45   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment return (5)(6)

  (3.94 )%    7.30
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Supplemental Data and Ratios

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

$ 14,019    $ 2,591   

Ratio of total expenses (before reductions and reimbursements) to average net assets (7)(8)

  1.80   3.95

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (7)

  1.20   1.20

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (7)

  5.18   4.88

Portfolio turnover rate (6)

  49.16   99.72

 

(1)   Unaudited.
(2)   Fund commenced operations on September 16, 2013.
(3)   Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(4)   Amount rounds to less than $.01 per share.
(5)   Total investment return calculation does not consider the effects of sales loads and assumes the reinvestment of dividends at actual prices pursuant to the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan.
(6)   Not annualized.
(7)   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
(8)   The Adviser has agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees and/or expense so that, on an annualized basis, such expenses incurred will not exceed 1.20% as a percentage of average daily net assets.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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Babson Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)

 

  CLASS C  
   FOR THE SIX MONTHS
ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2014 (1)
  PERIOD FROM
SEPTEMBER 16, 2013
THROUGH
JUNE 30, 2014 (2)
 
Per Common Share Data

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.45    $ 10.00   

Income from investment operations:

Net investment income (3)

  0.23      0.35   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  (0.68   0.32   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) from investment operations

  (0.45   0.67   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions:

From net investment income

  (0.47   (0.22

From net realized gain

  (0.13     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

  (0.60   (0.22
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Redemption fees

  0.00 (4)    0.00   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, at end of period

$ 9.40    $ 10.45   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment return (5)(6)

  (4.38 )%    6.75
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Supplemental Data and Ratios

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

$ 1,896    $ 944   

Ratio of total expenses (before reductions and reimbursements) to average net assets (7)(8)

  4.18   10.50

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (7)

  1.95   1.95

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (7)

  4.49   4.39

Portfolio turnover rate (6)

  49.16   99.72

 

(1)   Unaudited.
(2)   Fund commenced operations on September 16, 2013.
(3)   Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(4)   Amount rounds to less than $.01 per share.
(5)   Total investment return calculation does not consider the effects of sales loads and assumes the reinvestment of dividends at actual prices pursuant to the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan.
(6)   Not annualized.
(7)   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
(8)   The Adviser has agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees and/or expense so that, on an annualized basis, such expenses incurred will not exceed 1.95% as a percentage of average daily net assets.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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Babson Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)

 

  CLASS I  
   FOR THE SIX MONTHS
ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2014 (1)
  PERIOD FROM
SEPTEMBER 16, 2013
THROUGH
JUNE 30, 2014 (2)
 
Per Common Share Data

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.46    $ 10.00   

Income from investment operations:

Net investment income (3)

  0.27      0.41   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  (0.68   0.35   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) from investment operations

  (0.41   0.76   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions:

From net investment income

  (0.52   (0.30

From net realized gain

  (0.13     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

  (0.65   (0.30
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Redemption fees

  0.00 (4)    0.00   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, at end of period

$ 9.40    $ 10.46   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment return (5)(6)

  (3.91 )%    7.59
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Supplemental Data and Ratios

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

$ 25,365    $ 26,406   

Ratio of total expenses (before reductions and reimbursements) to average net assets (7)(8)

  1.46   1.83

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (7)

  0.95   0.95

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (7)

  5.33   5.02

Portfolio turnover rate (6)

  49.16   99.72

 

(1)   Unaudited.
(2)   Fund commenced operations on September 16, 2013.
(3)   Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(4)   Amount rounds to less than $.01 per share.
(5)   Total investment return calculation assumes the reinvestment of dividends at actual prices pursuant to the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan.
(6)   Not annualized.
(7)   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
(8)   The Adviser has agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees and/or expense so that, on an annualized basis, such expenses incurred will not exceed .95% as a percentage of average daily net assets.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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Babson Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (CONTINUED)

 

  CLASS Y  
   FOR THE SIX
MONTHS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2014 (1)
 

PERIOD FROM
SEPTEMBER 16, 2013
THROUGH

JUNE 30, 2014 (2)

 
Per Common Share Data

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.46    $ 10.00   

Income from investment operations:

Net investment income (3)

  0.27      0.41   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

  (0.68   0.35   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) from investment operations

  (0.41   0.76   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less dividends and distributions:

From net investment income

  (0.52   (0.30

From net realized gain

  (0.13     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

  (0.65   (0.30
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Redemption fees

  0.00 (4)    0.00   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, at end of period

$ 9.40    $ 10.46   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investment return (5)(6)

  (3.91 )%    7.59
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Supplemental Data and Ratios

Net assets, end of period (000’s)

$ 30,961    $ 33,885   

Ratio of total expenses (before reductions and reimbursements) to average net assets (7)(8)

  1.44   1.84

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (7)

  0.95   0.95

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (7)

  5.31   5.04

Portfolio turnover rate (6)

  49.16   99.72

 

(1)   Unaudited.
(2)   Fund commenced operations on September 16, 2013.
(3)   Calculated using average shares outstanding.
(4)   Amount rounds to less than $.01 per share.
(5)   Total investment return calculation assumes the reinvestment of dividends at actual prices pursuant to the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan.
(6)   Not annualized.
(7)   Annualized for periods less than one full year.
(8)   The Adviser has agreed to waive and/or reimburse fees and/or expense so that, on an annualized basis, such expenses incurred will not exceed .95% as a percentage of average daily net assets.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

December 31, 2014

   EFFECTIVE
INTEREST RATE ‡
  DUE DATE   PRINCIPAL ‡‡   COST   FAIR VALUE  

Fixed Income — 87.2%*:

  

Bank Loans — 78.0%*§:

  

Aerospace and Defense — 1.1%*:

  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

  3.75   2/28/2020      493,703    $ 491,698    $ 484,179   

TransDigm Group, Inc.

  3.75      6/4/2021      657,279      650,780      644,680   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Aerospace and Defense

  1,150,982      1,142,478      1,128,859   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Automobile — 1.5%*:

  

RAC Finance (Holdings) Ltd.+

  5.01      11/3/2021      500,000      786,892      774,344   

RAC Finance (Holdings) Ltd.+

  8.25      11/3/2022      500,000      790,886      780,275   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Automobile

  1,000,000      1,577,778      1,554,619   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Beverage, Food and Tobacco — 2.2%*:

  

CEC Entertainment Concepts LP

  4.00      2/14/2021      747,391      743,970      724,348   

Del Monte Foods, Inc.

  4.25      2/18/2021      248,125      247,036      225,588   

Deoleo S.A.+

  4.50      5/12/2021      500,000      676,759      560,907   

JBS USA Holdings, Inc.

  3.75      9/18/2020      493,750      494,785      482,023   

Telepizza SA+

  7.00      9/30/2020      250,000      314,743      298,429   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Beverage, Food and Tobacco

  2,239,266      2,477,293      2,291,295   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Broadcasting and Entertainment — 5.8%*:

  

All3Media International+

  5.25      6/30/2021      500,000      833,781      766,512   

All3Media International+

  8.25      6/30/2022      500,000      670,960      596,204   

Charter Communications Operating LLC

  3.00      1/3/2021      494,975      493,896      484,561   

Cumulus Media Holdings, Inc.

  4.25      12/23/2020      352,647      349,624      341,479   

Learfield Communications, Inc.

  4.50      10/9/2020      415,413      414,952      412,297   

Telecommunications Management LLC

  4.75      4/30/2020      41,240      41,240      40,621   

Tyrol Acquisitions 2 SAS+

  3.26      1/29/2016      2,180,613      2,882,912      2,599,362   

Univision Communications, Inc.

  4.00      3/1/2020      988,599      985,893      964,873   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Broadcasting and Entertainment

  5,473,487      6,673,258      6,205,909   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Buildings and Real Estate — 1.7%*:

  

Alison Bidco Sarl+

  5.50      8/29/2021      296,514      293,680      289,842   

DTZ US Borrower LLC

  5.50      11/4/2021      316,915      312,162      315,331   

Jeld-Wen, Inc.

  5.25      10/15/2021      510,033      505,070      504,295   

Quikrete Holdings, Inc.

  4.00      9/28/2020      660,317      657,591      650,082   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Buildings and Real Estate

  1,783,779      1,768,503      1,759,550   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cargo Transport — 1.0%*:

  

Direct ChassisLink, Inc.¤

  8.25      11/12/2019      495,238      489,150      480,381   

Direct ChassisLink, Inc. (Add-On Facility)¤

  8.25      11/12/2019      505,716      505,716      490,544   

Mirror Bidco Corp.

  4.25      12/28/2019      62,549      62,282      61,767   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Cargo Transport

  1,063,503      1,057,148      1,032,692   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Chemicals, Plastics and Rubber — 3.5%*:

  

Chromaflo Technologies Corp.

  4.50      12/2/2019      620,142      621,076      610,839   

Colouroz Investment 1 GmbH+

  4.75      9/7/2021      644,876      638,640      624,724   

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

23


Babson Global Floating Rate Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

December 31, 2014

   EFFECTIVE
INTEREST RATE ‡
  DUE DATE   PRINCIPAL ‡‡   COST   FAIR VALUE  

Bank Loans (Continued)

  

Chemicals, Plastics and Rubber (Continued)

Emerald Performance Materials LLC

  4.50   8/1/2021      116,858    $ 116,306    $ 113,937   

Ferro Corp.

  4.00      7/31/2021      149,506      148,795      146,889   

MacDermid, Inc.

  4.00      6/7/2020      69,098      68,762      67,630   

Styrolution Group GmbH+

  6.50      11/7/2019      600,000      736,170      706,580   

Univar, Inc.

  5.00      6/30/2017      989,709      988,242      955,752   

Vantage Specialties, Inc.

  5.00      2/10/2019      493,678      492,696      483,804   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Chemicals, Plastics and Rubber

  3,683,867      3,810,687      3,710,155   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Containers, Packaging and Glass — 4.6%*:

  

BWAY Holding Co., Inc.

  5.50      8/14/2020      233,410      231,214      232,243   

CD&R Millennium Holdco 6 Sarl+

  4.50      7/31/2021      377,216      377,283      369,358   

Chesapeake Corp.

  5.50      9/30/2020      493,750      787,511      767,497   

Chesapeake Corp.

  4.25      9/30/2020      1,143,993      1,143,574      1,118,253   

Consolidated Container Co. LLC

  7.75      1/3/2020      188,280      184,860      179,337   

Coveris

  5.25      5/8/2019      384,759      383,218      383,078   

Coveris

  5.75      5/8/2019      495,000      680,345      596,231   

Hilex Poly Co. LLC

  6.00      12/5/2021      405,858      401,799      399,518   

Libbey Glass, Inc.

  3.75      4/9/2021      873,077      871,076      858,349   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Containers, Packaging and Glass

  4,595,343      5,060,880      4,903,864   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing — 1.8%*:

  

Applied Systems, Inc.

  4.25      1/25/2021      67,147      67,001      65,931   

Capital Safety North America Holdings, Inc.

  3.75      3/29/2021      346,166      345,774      334,915   

Capital Safety North America Holdings, Inc.

  6.50      3/28/2022      251,661      251,373      237,820   

Information Resources, Inc.

  4.75      9/30/2020      157,444      156,792      156,657   

Quality Home Brands Holdings LLC

  7.75      5/25/2018      261,695      259,657      257,552   

STS Operating, Inc.

  4.75      2/12/2021      314,516      313,702      308,225   

West Corp.

  2.51      7/1/2019      514,474      496,428      502,898   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing

  1,913,103      1,890,727      1,863,998   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diversified/Conglomerate Service — 7.8%*:

Aquilex Holdings LLC

  5.00      12/31/2020      198,141      197,712      193,187   

Atrium Innovations, Inc.+

  4.25      2/13/2021      831,929      830,511      801,772   

Brickman Group Ltd. LLC

  7.50      12/17/2021      82,406      82,042      80,603   

EIG Investors Corp.

  5.00      11/9/2019      595,502      597,684      591,035   

Garda World Security Corp.+

  4.00      11/6/2020      172,618      171,893      168,086   

Go Daddy Operating Company LLC

  4.75      5/13/2021      366,782      365,104      363,496   

Internet Brands, Inc.

  8.50      7/8/2022      400,000      396,229      387,000   

MH Sub I LLC

  5.00      7/8/2021      141,056      139,785      138,705   

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC

  3.75      3/31/2021      810,057      808,216      786,160   

Northgate Information Solutions Ltd.+

  5.26      3/6/2018      502,538      672,798      583,772   

Northgate Information Solutions Ltd.+

  5.26      3/7/2018      505,082      676,145      586,728   

Power Team Services LLC

  8.25      11/6/2020      500,000      495,774      482,500   

RP Crown Parent LLC

  6.00      12/21/2018      550,985      552,905      510,697   

RP Crown Parent LLC

  11.25      12/20/2019      678,571      691,673      570,563   

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

24


Babson Global Floating Rate Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

December 31, 2014

   EFFECTIVE
INTEREST RATE ‡
  DUE DATE   PRINCIPAL ‡‡   COST   FAIR VALUE  

Bank Loans (Continued)

  

Diversified/Conglomerate Service (Continued)

Sabre, Inc.

  4.50   2/19/2019      992,487    $ 987,604    $ 973,878   

SkillSoft Corp.

  5.75      4/28/2021      448,588      446,557      438,356   

Triple Point Technology, Inc.

  5.25      7/10/2020      391,180      360,096      354,996   

Triple Point Technology, Inc.††

  9.25      7/9/2021      182,877      170,216      156,360   

Vogue International, Inc.

  5.25      2/14/2020      144,383      143,137      142,940   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Diversified/Conglomerate Service

  8,495,182      8,786,081      8,310,834   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ecological — 1.8%*:

Biffa Waste Services Ltd.+

  5.26      1/30/2018      1,000,000      1,650,369      1,500,154   

Emerald 3 Ltd.+

  8.00      5/31/2022      390,426      386,754      376,761   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Ecological

  1,390,426      2,037,123      1,876,915   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Electronics — 1.3%*:

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.

  4.25      2/28/2020      990,000      990,000      964,636   

Kronos, Inc.

  4.50      10/30/2019      196,597      195,400      194,739   

Magic Newco LLC+

  5.00      12/12/2018      95,621      95,621      95,143   

Renaissance Learning, Inc.

  4.50      4/9/2021      82,544      82,171      80,412   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Electronics

  1,364,762      1,363,192      1,334,930   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Finance — 8.9%*:

AssuredPartners Capital, Inc.

  4.50      3/31/2021      307,075      305,696      303,236   

AssuredPartners Capital, Inc.

  7.75      4/2/2022      136,522      135,278      131,402   

Confie Seguros Holdings II Co.

  5.75      11/9/2018      536,840      534,739      533,485   

Cunningham Lindsey US, Inc.

  9.25      6/10/2020      748,546      750,226      726,090   

Evertec Group LLC

  3.50      4/17/2020      671,421      660,689      656,871   

First Data Corp.

  3.76      3/24/2017      500,000      500,000      491,875   

First Data Corp.

  3.76      3/23/2018      500,000      497,946      489,690   

GENEX Services, Inc.

  5.25      5/30/2021      184,054      183,209      182,443   

Intertrust Group Holding B.V.+

  8.00      4/16/2022      692,451      871,581      782,489   

Moneygram International, Inc.

  4.25      3/27/2020      804,427      742,952      735,649   

National Financial Partners Corp.

  4.50      7/1/2020      132,529      132,529      130,873   

P2 Newco Acquisition, Inc.

  5.50      10/22/2020      422,493      418,971      415,100   

P2 Newco Acquisition, Inc.

  9.50      10/22/2021      500,000      495,727      480,000   

SAM Finance Lux Sarl+

  5.00      12/17/2020      343,568      554,560      535,710   

Sedgwick, Inc.

  3.75      3/1/2021      496,250      495,155      481,362   

Sedgwick, Inc.

  6.75      2/28/2022      561,418      560,768      526,330   

TransUnion LLC

  4.00      4/9/2021      994,994      990,192      978,825   

VFH Parent LLC

  5.75      11/6/2019      648,799      643,840      640,689   

Wall Street Systems Delaware, Inc.

  4.50      4/30/2021      277,433      275,743      272,578   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Finance

  9,458,820      9,749,801      9,494,697   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Healthcare, Education and Childcare — 8.4%*:

  

Accellent, Inc.

  4.50      3/12/2021      943,847      941,527      921,035   

Aenova Holding GmbH+

  5.00      8/6/2020      600,000      758,698      720,585   

Britax US Holdings, Inc.

  4.50      10/15/2020      435,229      433,418      312,277   

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

25


Babson Global Floating Rate Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

December 31, 2014

   EFFECTIVE
INTEREST RATE ‡
  DUE DATE   PRINCIPAL ‡‡   COST   FAIR VALUE  

Bank Loans (Continued)

  

Healthcare, Education and Childcare (Continued)

CareCore National LLC

  5.50   3/5/2021      683,060    $ 682,589    $ 674,522   

Drumm Investors LLC

  6.75      5/4/2018      874,491      867,383      874,491   

Heartland Dental Care, Inc.

  5.50      12/21/2018      388,065      386,532      386,125   

Kindred Healthcare, Inc.

  4.25      4/9/2021      704,327      698,878      680,260   

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.

  4.75      6/30/2021      551,627      546,510      541,835   

PharMedium Healthcare Corp.

  4.25      1/28/2021      97,352      96,928      94,107   

Phibro Animal Health Corp.

  4.00      4/16/2021      177,715      177,313      175,197   

PRA Holdings, Inc.

  4.50      9/23/2020      709,500      703,671      698,269   

Rodenstock GmbH+

  4.76      5/31/2019      500,000      666,356      577,799   

STHI Holding Corp.

  4.50      8/6/2021      283,053      281,712      280,457   

Synarc-Biocore Holdings LLC

  5.50      3/10/2021      496,250      491,840      471,437   

Synarc-Biocore Holdings LLC

  9.25      3/10/2022      500,000      495,487      436,875   

Tecomet, Inc.

  5.75      12/5/2021      480,685      466,264      461,458   

Tunstall Group Holdings Ltd.+

  5.26      10/16/2020      500,000      791,545      571,671   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Healthcare, Education and Childcare

  8,925,201      9,486,651      8,878,400   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Home and Office Furnishings, Housewares, and Durable Consumer Products — 0.5%*:

  

Leslie’s Poolmart, Inc.

  4.25      10/16/2019      542,718      542,718      527,114   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Hotels, Motels, Inns and Gaming — 0.7%*:

  

Gala Group Ltd.+

  5.26      5/27/2018      500,000      833,266      775,646   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Insurance — 2.3%*:

AmWINS Group LLC

  5.00      9/6/2019      152,146      151,838      150,498   

Asurion LLC

  5.00      5/24/2019      975,471      974,677      961,366   

Hub International Ltd.

  4.25      10/2/2020      987,538      983,466      954,208   

USI, Inc.

  4.25      12/27/2019      238,352      236,236      233,883   

York Risk Services Holding Corp.

  4.75      10/1/2021      193,649      192,235      192,197   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Insurance

  2,547,156      2,538,452      2,492,152   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Leisure, Amusement, Entertainment — 1.2%*:

  

AP NMT Acquisition B.V.+

  7.00      8/6/2021      500,000      604,321      590,910   

Delta 2 (Lux) Sarl+

  4.75      7/30/2021      487,247      484,922      474,662   

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc.

  3.00      5/14/2020      150,162      142,826      141,903   

Town Sports International, Inc.

  4.50      11/16/2020      24,076      23,975      17,064   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Leisure, Amusement, Entertainment

  1,161,485      1,256,044      1,224,539   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Machinery Non-Agriculture, Non-Construction, Non-Electronic — 3.1%*:

  

Doncasters Finance US LLC

  4.50      4/9/2020      992,437      990,233      983,138   

Gardner Denver, Inc.

  4.25      7/30/2020      797,980      783,313      745,113   

Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.+

  4.25      6/30/2021      194,306      193,399      190,096   

Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.+

  7.25      6/30/2022      89,262      88,841      85,469   

Intelligrated, Inc.

  4.75      7/30/2018      365,628      364,287      355,573   

Silver II US Holdings LLC

  4.00      12/13/2019      945,480      940,001      876,640   

TCH-2 Holding LLC

  5.50      5/6/2021      108,705      107,713      107,074   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Machinery Non-Agriculture, Non-Construction, Non-Electronic

  3,493,798      3,467,787      3,343,103   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

26


Babson Global Floating Rate Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

December 31, 2014

   EFFECTIVE
INTEREST RATE ‡
  DUE DATE   PRINCIPAL ‡‡   COST   FAIR VALUE  

Bank Loans (Continued)

  

Mining, Steel, Iron and Non-Precious Metals — 2.0%*:

  

Arch Coal, Inc.

  6.25   5/16/2018      994,909    $ 981,009    $ 821,218   

Boomerang Tube LLC††

  11.00      10/11/2017      249,123      244,796      214,246   

H.C. Starck GmbH+

  3.01      5/30/2016      500,000      679,250      589,143   

Metal Services LLC

  6.00      6/30/2017      105,818      105,818      104,852   

Murray Energy Corp.

  5.25      12/5/2019      394,718      393,023      379,209   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Mining, Steel, Iron and Non-Precious Metals

  2,244,568      2,403,896      2,108,668   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Oil and Gas — 4.7%*:

  

American Energy – Marcellus LLC

  5.25      8/4/2020      182,134      181,284      159,063   

Caelus Energy Alaska O3 LLC

  8.75      4/15/2020      1,000,000      982,301      875,000   

Drillships Financing Holding, Inc.

  6.00      3/31/2021      76,128      76,796      59,332   

Drillships Ocean Ventures, Inc.

  5.50      7/25/2021      254,602      252,202      203,682   

Fieldwood Energy LLC

  8.38      9/30/2020      825,000      818,923      599,156   

Floatel International Ltd.

  6.00      6/27/2020      408,526      404,738      326,821   

Paragon Offshore Finance Co.+

  3.75      7/18/2021      133,315      132,690      106,152   

Sabine Oil & Gas LLC

  8.75      12/31/2018      700,000      710,065      532,000   

Seadrill Partners Finco LLC

  4.00      2/21/2021      937,370      930,433      725,056   

Southcross Holdings Borrower LP

  6.00      8/4/2021      146,696      146,001      129,826   

Templar Energy LLC

  8.50      11/25/2020      1,000,000      971,205      716,000   

TPF II Power LLC

  5.50      10/2/2021      523,685      519,878      523,031   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Oil and Gas

  6,187,456      6,126,516      4,955,119   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Personal and Non-Durable Consumer Products Mfg. Only — 0.3%*:

  

Berlin Packaging LLC

  4.50      10/1/2021      338,635      336,998      336,095   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Personal, Food and Miscellaneous — 0.1%*:

  

Redtop Acquisitions Ltd.+

  8.25      6/3/2021      157,571      155,879      156,389   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Personal Transportation — 0.3%*:

  

Travelport Finance (Luxembourg) Sarl

  6.00      9/2/2021      320,850      317,015      319,746   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Printing and Publishing — 1.6%*:

  

Emap B2B+

  5.16      10/31/2017      556,672      802,770      723,533   

EMI Music Publishing Ltd.

  3.75      6/29/2018      255,065      255,065      250,255   

R.H. Donnelley, Inc.

  9.75      12/31/2016      106,161      77,077      75,685   

Springer Science+Business Media Deutschland GmbH+

  4.75      8/14/2020      493,769      492,446      484,614   

SuperMedia, Inc.

  11.60      12/30/2016      273,400      226,055      217,763   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Printing and Publishing

  1,685,067      1,853,413      1,751,850   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Retail Stores — 4.9%*:

  

Abercrombie & Fitch Management Co.

  4.75      8/7/2021      737,981      730,988      725,990   

Advantage Sales & Marketing, Inc.

  4.25      7/23/2021      298,991      298,284      295,316   

Advantage Sales & Marketing, Inc.

  7.50      7/25/2022      58,808      58,389      58,044   

BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc.

  4.50      9/26/2019      134,979      134,433      132,231   

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

December 31, 2014

   EFFECTIVE
INTEREST RATE ‡
  DUE DATE   PRINCIPAL ‡‡   COST   FAIR VALUE  

Bank Loans (Continued)

  

Retail Stores (Continued)

Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp.

  4.25   8/13/2021      460,523    $ 458,341    $ 453,905   

FleetPride Corp.

  5.25      11/19/2019      988,029      973,936      966,618   

J Crew Group, Inc.

  4.00      3/5/2021      1,433,561      1,409,042      1,347,547   

Smart and Final Stores LLC

  4.75      11/15/2019      232,483      231,998      228,996   

Talbots, Inc. (The)

  4.75      3/19/2020      994,994      982,696      960,169   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Retail Stores

  5,340,349      5,278,107      5,168,816   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Telecommunications — 4.3%*:

  

Altice Financing SA+

  5.50      7/2/2019      262,969      265,268      258,532   

Carros Finance Luxembourg Sarl

  4.50      9/30/2021      292,987      292,275      287,859   

Eircom Finco Sarl+

  4.76      9/30/2019      2,000,000      2,668,050      2,286,995   

ION Trading Technologies Sarl+

  7.25      6/10/2022      842,143      835,650      795,825   

Numericable US LLC+

  4.50      5/21/2020      669,197      663,171      664,895   

Sungard Availability Services Capital, Inc.

  6.00      3/31/2019      235,338      233,930      208,509   

Websense, Inc.

  4.50      6/25/2020      92,739      92,534      90,885   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Telecommunications

  4,395,373      5,050,878      4,593,500   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Utilities — 0.6%*:

  

Bayonne Energy Center LLC

  5.00      8/19/2021      99,774      99,300      98,028   

Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP

  3.00      5/3/2020      494,975      493,889      475,176   

Exgen Renewables I LLC

  5.25      2/8/2021      59,724      59,463      59,724   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Utilities

  654,473      652,652      632,928   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Bank Loans

  82,107,220      87,695,221      82,732,382   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds — 9.2%*:

  

Banking — 0.1%*:

  

Lock AS+

  7.00      8/15/2021      100,000      134,225      125,059   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Beverage, Food and Tobacco — 0.4%*:

  

Albain Bidco Norway AS+

  6.58   11/1/2020      1,000,000      166,715      118,744   

Findus Bondco SA+

  9.13      7/1/2018      100,000      140,130      127,660   

Twinkle Pizza PLC+

  6.63      8/1/2021      100,000      169,730      158,870   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Beverage, Food and Tobacco

  1,200,000      476,575      405,274   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Buildings and Real Estate — 0.3%*:

  

Forestar USA Real Estate Group, Inc.^

  8.50      6/1/2022      110,000      110,000      107,250   

Paroc Group Oy+

  5.33   5/15/2020      100,000      137,565      115,257   

Paroc Group Oy+

  6.25      5/15/2020      100,000      137,565      113,140   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Buildings and Real Estate

  310,000      385,130      335,647   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Chemicals, Plastics and Rubber — 0.5%*:

  

Pinnacle Operating Corp.^

  9.00      11/15/2020      500,000      536,262      515,000   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Containers, Packaging and Glass — 0.5%*:

  

Innovia Group Finance PLC+

  5.08   3/31/2020      500,000      685,078      553,598   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

December 31, 2014

   EFFECTIVE
INTEREST RATE ‡
  DUE DATE   PRINCIPAL ‡‡   COST   FAIR VALUE  

Corporate Bonds (Continued)

  

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing — 0.5%*:

  

Appvion, Inc.^

  9.00   6/1/2020      460,000    $ 468,398    $ 315,100   

Galapagos SA+

  4.83   6/15/2021      200,000      272,630      237,775   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing

  660,000      741,028      552,875   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diversified/Conglomerate Service — 0.5%*:

  

Carlson Travel Holdings, Inc. PIK^

  7.50      8/15/2019      470,000      475,731      473,525   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Finance — 1.3%*:

  

Equiniti Newco 2 PLC+

  6.31   12/15/2018      750,000      1,212,995      1,116,348   

Galaxy Bidco Ltd.+

  5.56   11/15/2019      100,000      160,994      150,794   

Lowell Group Financing PLC+

  5.88      4/1/2019      100,000      166,730      143,781   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Finance

  950,000      1,540,719      1,410,923   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Grocery — 0.1%*:

  

Premier Foods Finance PLC+

  5.56   3/16/2020      100,000      167,370      137,157   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Healthcare, Education and Childcare — 0.5%*:

  

Unilabs Subholding AB+

  7.33   7/15/2018      400,000      550,842      482,520   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Insurance — 0.9%*:

  

Hastings Insurance Group Finance PLC+

  6.55   10/21/2019      150,000      237,891      231,344   

Towergate Finance PLC+

  6.05   2/15/2018      500,000      796,763      679,940   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Insurance

  650,000      1,034,654      911,284   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Leisure, Amusement, Entertainment — 1.3%*:

  

Travelex Financing PLC+

  6.55   8/1/2018      700,000      1,120,781      1,096,476   

Travelex Financing PLC+

  8.00      8/1/2018      100,000      158,440      163,186   

Vougeot Bidco PLC+

  5.33   7/15/2020      100,000      135,279      118,887   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Leisure, Amusement, Entertainment

  900,000      1,414,500      1,378,549   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Oil and Gas — 0.4%*:

  

Niska Gas Storage Canada ULC/Niska Gas Storage Canada Finance Corp.+^

  6.50      4/1/2019      500,000      486,642      376,250   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Personal, Food and Miscellaneous — 1.2%*:

  

Brakes Capital+

  5.08   12/15/2018      100,000      136,645      119,492   

Brakes Capital+

  7.13      12/15/2018      300,000      515,832      461,736   

Financiere Quick SAS+

  4.83   4/15/2019      500,000      688,340      541,497   

TeamSystem Holding SpA+

  7.38      5/15/2020      100,000      132,532      126,269   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Personal, Food and Miscellaneous

  1,000,000      1,473,349      1,248,994   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Retail Stores — 0.5%*:

  

Boing Group Financing PLC+

  6.63      7/15/2019      100,000      136,100      112,053   

Brighthouse Group PLC+

  7.88      5/15/2018      150,000      244,036      224,438   

HSS Financing PLC+

  6.75      8/1/2019      100,000      165,525      160,536   

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

December 31, 2014

   EFFECTIVE
INTEREST RATE ‡
  DUE DATE   PRINCIPAL ‡‡   COST   FAIR VALUE  

Corporate Bonds (Continued)

  

Retail Stores (Continued)

  

Takko Luxembourg 2 S.C.A.+

  9.88   4/15/2019      100,000    $ 132,144      $42,352   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Retail Stores

  450,000      677,805      539,379   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Telecommunications — 0.2%*:

  

Numericable Group SA+

  5.38      5/15/2022      100,000      138,295      124,877   

Numericable Group SA+

  5.63      5/15/2024      100,000      138,165      125,240   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Telecommunications

  200,000      276,460      250,117   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds

  8,890,000      11,056,370      9,696,151   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Fixed Income

  90,997,220      98,751,591      92,428,533   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment — 5.5%*:

  

Bank Deposit — 5.5%*:

  

State Street Bank & Trust Co. Euro Time Deposit

  0.01      1/2/2015      5,837,315      5,837,315      5,837,315   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

  96,834,535      104,588,906      98,265,848   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other assets and liabilities — 7.3%*

  

  7,773,902   
         

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

  

$ 106,039,750   
         

 

 

 

 

PIK – Payment-in-kind

 

The effective interest rates are based on settled commitment amount.
‡‡ Unless otherwise indicated, all principal amounts are denominated in United States Dollars.
* Calculated as a percentage of net assets applicable to common shareholders.
+ Foreign security.

Distributions of investments by country of risk (excluding temporary cash investments) as a percentage of total investments in securities, is as follows:

 

United States   65.2%   
United Kingdom   16.7%   
Germany   5.0%   
France   4.4%   
Ireland   2.5%   
Canada   1.8%   
Spain   1.5%   
Netherlands   1.5%   
Other (Individually less than 1%)   1.4%   
     

 

 

 
Total   100.0%   
     

 

 

 

 

^ Security acquired in a transaction exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
§ Bank loans are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, but contain certain restrictions on resale and cannot be sold publicly. These loans pay interest at rates which adjust periodically. The interest rates shown for bank loans are the current interest rates at December 31, 2014. Bank loans are also subject to mandatory and/or optional prepayment which cannot be predicted. As a result, the remaining maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturity shown.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

December 31, 2014

¤ For fair value measurement disclosure purposes, security is categorized as Level 3.
†† Illiquid security.
# Variable rate security. The interest rate shown is the rate in effect at December 31, 2014.

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at December 31, 2014 is as follows:

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts to Buy

 

EXPIRATION
DATE
COUNTERPARTY LOCAL CURRENCY   VALUE IN USD   IN EXCHANGE
FOR USD
  NET UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION
(DEPRECIATION)
 
01/14/15

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  EUR      3,575,048      4,326,402      4,435,909    $ (109,507
01/14/15

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  GBP      210,903      328,690      329,630      (940
01/14/15

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  GBP      104,406      162,715      162,639      76   
                

 

 

 

Net unrealized depreciation on forward foreign exchange contracts to buy

  

$ (110,371
                

 

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts to Sell

 

EXPIRATION
DATE
COUNTERPARTY LOCAL CURRENCY   VALUE IN USD   IN EXCHANGE
FOR USD
  NET UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION
 
01/14/15

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  EUR      19,678,810      23,814,632      24,233,860    $ 419,227   
01/14/15

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  GBP      7,607,011      11,855,456      11,857,847      2,391   
01/14/15

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  NOK      904,726      121,359      126,737      5,378   
                

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation on forward foreign exchange contracts to sell

  

$ 426,996   
                

 

 

 

Currency Legend

 

EUR

Euro

GBP

British Pound Sterling

NOK

Norwegian Krona

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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Babson Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

December 31, 2014

   EFFECTIVE
INTEREST RATE ‡
  DUE DATE   PRINCIPAL ‡‡   COST   FAIR VALUE  

Fixed Income — 88.9%*:

Asset-Backed Securities — 16.7%*:

CDO/CLO — 16.7%*:

Apidos CLO XII^

  5.13 #%    4/15/2025      500,000    $ 446,309    $ 419,090   

Apidos CLO XV^

  5.73   10/20/2025      500,000      461,375      424,297   

Atlas Senior Loan Fund Ltd.^

  5.46   10/15/2026      800,000      729,263      705,611   

Avery Point CLO Ltd. 2014-1 AE^

  4.83   4/25/2026      500,000      459,947      439,885   

BlueMountain CLO Ltd.^¤

  Zero Coupon      4/30/2026      250,000      238,221      210,000   

Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO 2013-3 Ltd.^

  4.83   7/15/2025      500,000      456,207      443,980   

Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO 2013-4 Ltd.^

  4.73   10/15/2025      500,000      461,691      441,089   

Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO 2013-4 Ltd.^

  5.43   10/15/2025      500,000      453,785      421,098   

Dryden Senior Loan Fund^

  5.58   4/18/2026      500,000      460,104      422,234   

Dryden XXXI Senior Loan Fund^

  4.48   4/18/2026      1,000,000      887,762      853,670   

Eaton Vance CLO 2013-1 Ltd.^

  5.23   11/13/2024      500,000      463,902      445,255   

Flatiron CLO 2013-1 Ltd.^

  5.58   1/17/2026      500,000      459,802      401,476   

GoldenTree Loan Opportunities VII Ltd.^

  5.48   4/25/2025      500,000      465,691      428,363   

ING IM CLO 2013-2 Ltd.^

  5.73   4/25/2025      500,000      465,274      431,496   

ING IM CLO 2013-3 Ltd.^

  4.73   1/18/2026      500,000      451,110      432,698   

LCM XIII LP^

  5.08   1/19/2023      750,000      700,483      674,300   

LCM XV LP^

  4.68   8/25/2024      500,000      465,884      431,224   

LCM XVII LP^

  4.98   10/15/2026      500,000      449,465      438,054   

Newhaven CLO Ltd.+^

  5.40   11/15/2028      500,000      618,843      552,487   

Oak Hill Credit Partners X Ltd.^

  Zero Coupon      7/20/2026      500,000      446,982      390,260   

OHA Credit Partners IX Ltd.^

  5.23   10/20/2025      500,000      467,176      452,088   

Pinnacle Park CLO Ltd.^

  5.18   4/15/2026      500,000      468,815      449,659   

Silver Spring CLO Ltd.^

  5.17   10/15/2026      1,000,000      902,015      879,884   

Tyron Park CLO Ltd.^

  4.63   7/15/2025      500,000      462,411      438,003   

Voya CLO 2014-3 Ltd.^

  5.23   7/25/2026      500,000      455,880      436,646   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total CDO/CLO

  13,800,000      12,798,397      12,062,847   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities

  13,800,000      12,798,397      12,062,847   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Bank Loans — 34.2%*§:

Aerospace and Defense — 0.1%*:

TransDigm Group, Inc.

  3.75      6/4/2021      80,636      80,080      79,090   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Automobile — 1.4%*:

Gates Global, Inc.

  4.25      7/5/2021      249,375      247,052      242,205   

RAC Finance (Holdings) Ltd.+

  8.25      11/3/2022      500,000      790,887      780,275   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Automobile

  749,375      1,037,939      1,022,480   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Beverage, Food and Tobacco — 0.4%*:

Telepizza SA+

  7.00      9/30/2020      250,000      314,163      298,429   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

December 31, 2014

   EFFECTIVE
INTEREST RATE ‡
  DUE DATE   PRINCIPAL ‡‡   COST   FAIR VALUE  

Bank Loans (Continued)

  

Broadcasting and Entertainment — 2.7%*:

All3Media International+

  5.25   6/30/2021      500,000    $ 833,782    $ 766,512   

Media General, Inc.

  4.25      7/31/2020      107,554      106,210      106,244   

Tyrol Acquisitions 2 SAS+

  3.26      1/29/2016      936,380      1,234,976      1,116,194   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Broadcasting and Entertainment

  1,543,934      2,174,968      1,988,950   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Buildings and Real Estate — 1.2%*:

Alison Bidco Sarl+

  5.50      8/29/2021      148,258      146,840      144,922   

DTZ US Borrower LLC

  5.50      11/4/2021      138,995      136,910      138,300   

Jeld-Wen, Inc.

  5.25      10/15/2021      219,515      217,380      217,046   

Paroc Group Holding OY+¤

  10.01      6/18/2022      323,064      434,288      390,924   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Buildings and Real Estate

  829,832      935,418      891,192   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cargo Transport — 1.0%*:

  

Direct ChassisLink, Inc.¤

  8.25      11/12/2019      495,238      489,150      480,381   

Direct ChassisLink, Inc. (Add-On Facility)¤

  8.25      11/12/2019      252,858      252,858      245,272   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Cargo Transport

  

  748,096      742,008      725,653   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Chemicals, Plastics and Rubber — 0.9%*:

  

Emerald Performance Materials LLC

  4.50      8/1/2021      58,429      58,153      56,968   

Styrolution Group GmbH+

  6.50      11/7/2019      500,000      614,194      588,817   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Chemicals, Plastics and Rubber

  558,429      672,347      645,785   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Containers, Packaging and Glass — 2.5%*:

  

CD&R Millennium Holdco 6 Sarl+

  4.50      7/31/2021      155,984      156,169      152,735   

Chesapeake Corp.

  5.50      9/30/2020      493,750      787,511      767,497   

Consolidated Container Co. LLC

  7.75      1/3/2020      94,140      92,430      89,668   

Coveris

  5.75      5/8/2019      495,000      680,345      596,232   

Hilex Poly Co. LLC

  6.00      12/5/2021      192,439      190,515      189,433   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Containers, Packaging and Glass

  1,431,313      1,906,970      1,795,565   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing — 1.5%*:

  

Capital Safety North America Holdings, Inc.

  3.75      3/29/2021      488,443      486,651      472,569   

Capital Safety North America Holdings, Inc.

  6.50      3/28/2022      125,831      125,686      118,910   

Quality Home Brands Holdings LLC

  7.75      5/25/2018      130,848      129,828      128,776   

West Corp.

  2.51      7/1/2019      380,263      366,387      371,707   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing

  1,125,385      1,108,552      1,091,962   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diversified/Conglomerate Service — 2.9%*:

  

Aquilex Holdings LLC

  5.00      12/31/2020      99,071      98,856      96,594   

Atrium Innovations, Inc.+

  4.25      2/13/2021      466,400      464,870      449,493   

Internet Brands, Inc.

  8.50      7/8/2022      150,000      148,586      145,125   

MH Sub I LLC

  5.00      7/8/2021      70,528      69,892      69,352   

Power Team Services LLC

  8.25      11/6/2020      300,000      298,706      289,500   

RP Crown Parent LLC

  6.00      12/21/2018      550,985      552,906      510,697   

RP Crown Parent LLC

  11.25      12/20/2019      178,571      183,496      150,148   

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

33


Babson Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

December 31, 2014

   EFFECTIVE
INTEREST RATE ‡
  DUE DATE   PRINCIPAL ‡‡   COST   FAIR VALUE  

Bank Loans (Continued)

  

Diversified/Conglomerate Service (Continued)

Triple Point Technology, Inc.

  5.25   7/10/2020      391,180    $ 360,096    $ 354,996   

Triple Point Technology, Inc.††

  9.25      7/9/2021      63,830      59,066      54,575   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Diversified/Conglomerate Service

  2,270,565      2,236,474      2,120,480   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ecological — 0.3%*:

  

Emerald 3 Ltd.+

  8.00      5/31/2022      196,488      194,401      189,611   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Finance — 1.6%*:

  

AssuredPartners Capital, Inc.

  7.75      4/2/2022      68,261      67,639      65,701   

Confie Seguros Holdings II Co.

  5.75      11/9/2018      226,109      225,252      224,696   

GENEX Services, Inc.

  5.25      5/30/2021      92,027      91,604      91,222   

Intertrust Group Holding B.V.+

  8.00      4/16/2022      96,225      95,562      94,782   

National Financial Partners Corp.

  4.50      7/1/2020      66,265      66,265      65,436   

P2 Newco Acquisition, Inc.

  9.50      10/22/2021      103,373      102,490      99,238   

Sedgwick, Inc.

  3.75      3/1/2021      296,412      290,234      287,519   

VFH Parent LLC

  5.75      11/6/2019      213,588      212,599      210,919   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Finance

  

  1,162,260      1,151,645      1,139,513   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Healthcare, Education and Childcare — 3.5%*:

  

Aenova Holding GmbH+

  5.00      8/6/2020      600,000      758,698      720,585   

CareCore National LLC

  5.50      3/5/2021      134,508      133,509      132,827   

Kindred Healthcare, Inc.

  4.25      4/9/2021      102,790      102,559      99,277   

PRA Holdings, Inc.

  4.50      9/23/2020      439,302      438,524      432,348   

STHI Holding Corp.

  4.50      8/6/2021      141,527      140,856      140,229   

Synarc-Biocore Holdings LLC

  5.50      3/10/2021      397,874      394,338      377,980   

Synarc-Biocore Holdings LLC

  9.25      3/10/2022      500,000      495,486      436,875   

Tecomet, Inc.

  5.75      12/5/2021      209,856      203,561      201,462   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Healthcare, Education and Childcare

  

  2,525,857      2,667,531      2,541,583   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Leisure, Amusement, Entertainment — 1.4%*:

  

AP NMT Acquisition B.V.+

  7.00      8/6/2021      400,000      483,894      472,728   

AP NMT Acquisition B.V.+

  10.00      8/13/2022      300,000      276,993      286,500   

Delta 2 (Lux) Sarl+

  4.75      7/30/2021      243,623      242,461      237,331   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Leisure, Amusement, Entertainment

  

  943,623      1,003,348      996,559   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Machinery Non-Agriculture, Non-Construction, Non-Electronic — 1.1%*:

  

Doncasters Finance US LLC

  4.50      4/9/2020      248,109      247,558      245,785   

Gardner Denver, Inc.

  4.25      7/30/2020      498,738      489,571      465,696   

TCH-2 Holding LLC

  5.50      5/6/2021      54,352      53,856      53,537   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Machinery Non-Agriculture, Non-Construction, Non-Electronic

  801,199      790,985      765,018   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mining, Steel, Iron and Non-Precious Metals — 1.1%*:

  

Arch Coal, Inc.

  6.25      5/16/2018      746,182      735,755      615,914   

Boomerang Tube LLC††

  11.00      10/11/2017      249,123      244,796      214,245   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Mining, Steel, Iron and Non-Precious Metals

  

  995,305      980,551      830,159   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

34


Babson Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

December 31, 2014

   EFFECTIVE
INTEREST RATE ‡
  DUE DATE   PRINCIPAL ‡‡   COST   FAIR VALUE  

Bank Loans (Continued)

  

Oil and Gas — 2.7%*:

  

American Energy – Marcellus LLC

  8.50   8/4/2021      60,369    $ 59,513    $ 54,935   

Caelus Energy Alaska O3 LLC

  8.75      4/15/2020      500,000      491,130      437,500   

Drillships Ocean Ventures, Inc.

  5.50      7/25/2021      127,301      126,101      101,841   

Fieldwood Energy LLC

  8.38      9/30/2020      324,231      316,215      235,473   

Floatel International Ltd.

  6.00      6/27/2020      204,263      202,369      163,410   

Jonah Energy LLC

  7.50      5/12/2021      173,566      171,195      147,531   

Paragon Offshore Finance Co.+

  3.75      7/18/2021      66,658      66,345      53,076   

Seadrill Partners Finco LLC

  4.00      2/21/2021      129,672      100,820      100,302   

Southcross Holdings Borrower LP

  6.00      8/4/2021      73,348      73,000      64,913   

Templar Energy LLC

  8.50      11/25/2020      800,000      776,713      572,800   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Oil and Gas

  

  2,459,408      2,383,401      1,931,781   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Personal and Non-Durable Consumer Products Mfg. Only — 0.2%*:

  

Berlin Packaging LLC

  4.50      10/1/2021      145,747      145,042      144,654   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Printing and Publishing — 1.4%*:

  

Emap B2B+

  5.16      10/31/2017      556,672      802,494      723,533   

R.H. Donnelley, Inc.

  9.75      12/31/2016      106,162      77,077      75,685   

SuperMedia, Inc.

  11.60      12/30/2016      234,744      194,401      186,973   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Printing and Publishing

  

  897,578      1,073,972      986,191   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Retail Stores — 2.4%*:

  

Advantage Sales & Marketing, Inc.

  4.25      7/23/2021      688,021      681,988      679,565   

Maxeda DIY B.V.+

  15.00      6/30/2018      500,000      663,015      556,623   

Talbots, Inc. (The)

  4.75      3/19/2020      498,744      487,644      481,288   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Retail Stores

  

  1,686,765      1,832,647      1,717,476   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Telecommunications — 3.3%*:

  

Altice Financing SA+

  5.50      7/2/2019      262,968      265,268      258,533   

Eircom Finco Sarl+

  4.76      9/30/2019      1,000,000      1,327,615      1,143,497   

ION Trading Technologies Sarl+

  7.25      6/10/2022      894,762      888,353      845,550   

Sungard Availability Services Capital, Inc.

  6.00      3/31/2019      117,669      117,166      104,255   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Telecommunications

  2,275,399      2,598,402      2,351,835   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Utilities — 0.6%*:

  

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co. LLC

  4.76      10/10/2017      650,000      508,583      419,523   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Bank Loans

  24,327,194      26,539,427      24,673,489   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds — 38.0%*:

Aerospace and Defense — 0.4%*:

  

TransDigm, Inc.

  6.50      7/15/2024      315,000      315,000      316,575   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Automobile — 3.6%*:

  

Allied Specialty Vehicles, Inc.^

  8.50      11/1/2019      1,000,000      1,030,747      1,047,500   

Dana Holding Corp.

  5.50      12/15/2024      251,000      251,000      253,510   

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

35


Babson Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

December 31, 2014

   EFFECTIVE
INTEREST RATE ‡
  DUE DATE   PRINCIPAL ‡‡   COST   FAIR VALUE  

Corporate Bonds (Continued)

  

Automobile (Continued)

International Automotive Components Group SA^

  9.13   6/1/2018      750,000    $ 772,938    $ 781,875   

JB Poindexter & Co., Inc.^

  9.00      4/1/2022      500,000      525,574      540,000   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Automobile

  2,501,000      2,580,259      2,622,885   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Banking — 0.4%*:

  

Lock AS+

  7.00      8/15/2021      250,000      335,562      312,647   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Beverage, Food and Tobacco — 1.0%*:

  

Albain Bidco Norway AS+

  6.75      11/1/2020      200,000      273,998      218,111   

Findus Bondco SA+

  9.13      7/1/2018      200,000      293,491      255,321   

Twinkle Pizza PLC+

  6.63      8/1/2021      150,000      254,595      238,305   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Beverage, Food and Tobacco

  550,000      822,084      711,737   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Broadcasting and Entertainment — 2.4%*:

  

Harron Communications LP/Harron Finance Corp.^

  9.13      4/1/2020      500,000      544,685      545,000   

LIN Television Corp.^

  5.88      11/15/2022      233,000      231,853      230,670   

RCN Telecom Services LLC/RCN Capital Corp.^

  8.50      8/15/2020      775,000      778,150      798,250   

Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG/Unitymedia NRW GmbH+

  6.25      1/15/2029      100,000      133,825      136,736   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Broadcasting and Entertainment

  1,608,000      1,688,513      1,710,656   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Buildings and Real Estate — 1.6%*:

  

Deutsche Raststaetten Gruppe IV GmbH+

  6.75      12/30/2020      100,000      135,605      128,265   

Keystone Financing PLC+

  9.50      10/15/2019      350,000      563,181      534,600   

Paroc Group Oy+

  5.33   5/15/2020      100,000      137,565      115,257   

Paroc Group Oy+

  6.25      5/15/2020      100,000      137,565      113,140   

Roofing Supply Group LLC/Roofing Supply Finance, Inc.^

  10.00      6/1/2020      271,000      292,209      268,805   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Buildings and Real Estate

  921,000      1,266,125      1,160,067   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cargo Transport — 2.1%*:

  

Kenan Advantage Group, Inc. (The)^

  8.38      12/15/2018      1,000,000      1,042,484      1,030,000   

Moto Finance PLC+

  10.25      3/15/2017      300,000      514,382      492,128   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Cargo Transport

  1,300,000      1,556,866      1,522,128   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Chemicals, Plastics and Rubber — 1.6%*:

  

Ciech Group Financing AB+

  9.50      11/30/2019      200,000      293,755      266,840   

Monitchem HoldCo 2 SA+

  6.88      6/15/2022      100,000      136,455      108,067   

Monitchem HoldCo 3 SA+

  5.25      6/15/2021      150,000      183,816      178,785   

Pinnacle Operating Corp.^

  9.00      11/15/2020      600,000      616,816      618,000   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Chemicals, Plastics and Rubber

  1,050,000      1,230,842      1,171,692   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Containers, Packaging and Glass — 1.6%*:

  

Ardagh Finance Holdings SA PIK^

  8.63      6/15/2019      344,468      341,468      339,301   

Innovia Group Finance PLC+

  5.08   3/31/2020      100,000      136,058      110,720   

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

36


Babson Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

December 31, 2014

   EFFECTIVE
INTEREST RATE ‡
  DUE DATE   PRINCIPAL ‡‡   COST   FAIR VALUE  

Corporate Bonds (Continued)

  

Containers, Packaging and Glass (Continued)

Mustang Merger Corp.^

  8.50   8/15/2021      750,000    $ 745,880    $ 712,500   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Containers, Packaging and Glass

  1,194,468      1,223,406      1,162,521   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing — 2.0%*:

  

Appvion, Inc.^

  9.00      6/1/2020      500,000      513,986      342,500   

CTP Transportation Products LLC/CTP Finance, Inc.^

  8.25      12/15/2019      448,000      459,458      472,640   

Galapagos Holding SA+

  7.00      6/15/2022      175,000      230,926      195,347   

Galapagos SA+

  5.38      6/15/2021      175,000      219,083      209,578   

West Corp.^

  5.38      7/15/2022      250,000      237,557      239,375   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing

  1,548,000      1,661,010      1,459,440   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diversified/Conglomerate Service — 1.4%*:

  

ADT Corp. (The)

  5.25      3/15/2020      363,000      363,000      367,538   

Carlson Travel Holdings, Inc. PIK^

  7.50      8/15/2019      665,000      675,202      669,987   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Diversified/Conglomerate Service

  1,028,000      1,038,202      1,037,525   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Finance — 1.9%*:

  

Arrow Global Finance PLC+

  5.34   11/1/2021      100,000      122,953      119,492   

Cabot Financial Luxembourg SA+

  10.38      10/1/2019      100,000      175,227      169,492   

Galaxy Bidco Ltd.+

  6.38      11/15/2020      100,000      161,665      151,886   

Galaxy Finco Ltd.+

  7.88      11/15/2021      100,000      165,474      143,235   

Lowell Group Financing PLC+

  5.88      4/1/2019      100,000      166,730      143,781   

TMF Group Holding BV+

  9.88      12/1/2019      500,000      720,591      621,663   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Finance

  1,000,000      1,512,640      1,349,549   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Grocery — 0.4%*:

  

Premier Foods PLC+

  6.50      3/15/2021      200,000      339,700      267,456   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Healthcare, Education and Childcare — 2.5%*:

  

BioScrip, Inc.^

  8.88      2/15/2021      500,000      517,964      450,000   

HomeVi SAS+

  6.88      8/15/2021      250,000      334,500      316,126   

Priory Group No. 3 PLC+

  8.88      2/15/2019      500,000      807,316      802,679   

Unilabs Subholding AB+

  8.50      7/15/2018      200,000      286,317      245,640   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Healthcare, Education and Childcare

  1,450,000      1,946,097      1,814,445   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Hotels, Motels, Inns and Gaming — 0.4%*:

  

Gala Electric Casinos PLC+

  11.50      6/1/2019      100,000      177,955      162,250   

NH Hoteles SA+

  6.88      11/15/2019      100,000      135,775      130,129   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Hotels, Motels, Inns and Gaming

  200,000      313,730      292,379   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Insurance — 0.5%*:

  

Hastings Insurance Group Finance PLC+

  8.00      10/21/2020      100,000      159,915      160,690   

Towergate Finance PLC+

  8.50      2/15/2018      150,000      250,071      207,021   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Insurance

  250,000      409,986      367,711   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

37


Babson Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

December 31, 2014

   EFFECTIVE
INTEREST RATE ‡
  DUE DATE   PRINCIPAL ‡‡   COST   FAIR VALUE  

Corporate Bonds (Continued)

  

Leisure, Amusement, Entertainment — 1.5%*:

  

Dometic Group AB PIK+

  9.50   6/26/2019      500,000    $ 679,440    $ 579,311   

Vougeot Bidco PLC+

  7.88      7/15/2020      300,000      512,448      483,946   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Leisure, Amusement, Entertainment

  800,000      1,191,888      1,063,257   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Machinery Non-Agriculture, Non-Construction, Non-Electronic — 1.4%*:

  

KraussMaffei Group GmbH+

  8.75      12/15/2020      90,000      130,179      117,867   

Novafives SAS+

  4.50      6/30/2021      100,000      136,335      118,440   

Xerium Technologies, Inc.

  8.88      6/15/2018      720,000      739,748      756,450   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Machinery Non-Agriculture, Non-Construction, Non-Electronic

  910,000      1,006,262      992,757   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mining, Steel, Iron and Non-Precious Metals — 0.6%*:

  

Constellium NV+

  7.00      1/15/2023      250,000      307,213      290,034   

Murray Energy Corp.^

  9.50      12/5/2020      150,000      164,341      150,000   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Mining, Steel, Iron and Non-Precious Metals

  400,000      471,554      440,034   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Oil and Gas — 4.5%*:

  

American Energy — Woodford LLC/AEW Finance Corp.^

  9.00      9/15/2022      268,000      257,292      171,520   

Baytex Energy Corp.+^

  5.63      6/1/2024      350,000      284,680      297,500   

California Resources Corp.^

  6.00      11/15/2024      400,000      400,000      338,000   

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP/Calumet Finance Corp.^

  6.50      4/15/2021      500,000      500,000      445,000   

Global Partners LP/GLP Finance Corp.^

  6.25      7/15/2022      317,000      316,242      307,490   

Jupiter Resources, Inc.+^

  8.50      10/1/2022      750,000      719,325      564,375   

Millennium Offshore Services Superholdings LLC+^

  9.50      2/15/2018      500,000      519,697      497,500   

Niska Gas Storage Canada ULC/Niska Gas Storage Canada Finance Corp.+^

  6.50      4/1/2019      500,000      500,000      376,250   

Seventy Seven Energy, Inc.

  6.50      7/15/2022      440,000      440,000      257,400   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Oil and Gas

  4,025,000      3,937,236      3,255,035   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Personal and Non-Durable Consumer Products Mfg. Only — 0.2%*:

  

Ontex Group NV+

  4.75      11/15/2021      100,000      124,835      127,055   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Personal, Food and Miscellaneous — 1.7%*:

  

Brakes Capital+

  7.13      12/15/2018      500,000      843,233      769,559   

TeamSystem Holding SpA+

  7.38      5/15/2020      350,000      476,625      441,941   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Personal, Food and Miscellaneous

  850,000      1,319,858      1,211,500   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Retail Stores — 2.2%*:

  

Boing Group Financing PLC+

  6.63      7/15/2019      200,000      272,200      224,106   

Brighthouse Group PLC+

  7.88      5/15/2018      150,000      244,036      224,439   

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

December 31, 2014

   EFFECTIVE
INTEREST RATE ‡
  DUE DATE   PRINCIPAL ‡‡   COST   FAIR VALUE  

Corporate Bonds (Continued)

  

Retail Stores (Continued)

HSS Financing PLC+

  6.75   8/1/2019      100,000    $ 165,525      $160,536   

New Look Bondco I PLC+

  8.75      5/14/2018      450,000      729,742      735,562   

Pendragon PLC+

  6.88      5/1/2020      100,000      171,598      160,536   

Takko Luxembourg 2 S.C.A.+

  9.88      4/15/2019      200,000      257,903      84,703   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Retail Stores

  1,200,000      1,841,004      1,589,882   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Telecommunications — 2.1%*:

  

eircom Finance Ltd.+

  9.25      5/15/2020      100,000      148,285      130,534   

Norcell Sweden Holding 3 AB+

  5.25      11/4/2019      3,000,000      401,245      384,512   

Numericable Group SA+

  5.63      5/15/2024      100,000      138,165      125,240   

Numericable Group SA+^

  6.00      5/15/2022      315,000      315,000      316,733   

UPC Holding BV+

  6.75      3/15/2023      200,000      213,250      219,372   

Wind Acquisition Finance SA+

  4.00      7/15/2020      100,000      135,965      118,700   

Wind Acquisition Finance SA+

  4.08   7/15/2020      100,000      135,965      116,117   

Wind Acquisition Finance SA+

  7.00      4/23/2021      100,000      137,975      118,316   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Telecommunications

  4,015,000      1,625,850      1,529,524   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds

  27,665,468      29,758,509      27,488,457   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Fixed Income

  65,792,662      69,096,333      64,224,793   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment — 7.8%*:

Bank Deposit — 7.8%*:

State Street Bank & Trust Co. Euro Time Deposit

  0.01      1/2/2015      5,662,592      5,662,592      5,662,592   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

  71,455,254      74,758,925      69,887,385   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other assets and liabilities — 3.3%*

  2,354,116   
         

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

$ 72,241,501   
         

 

 

 

PIK Payment-in-kind

The effective interest rates are based on settled commitment amount.
‡‡ Unless otherwise indicated, all principal amounts are denominated in United States Dollars.
* Calculated as a percentage of net assets applicable to common shareholders.
+ Foreign security.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

December 31, 2014

Distributions of investments by country of risk (excluding temporary cash investments) as a percentage of total investments in securities, is as follows:

 

United States   41.8%   
Cayman Islands   17.9%   
United Kingdom   16.1%   
Germany   4.3%   
Netherlands   4.0%   
France   3.1%   
Ireland   2.8%   
Canada   2.6%   
Sweden   1.9%   
Italy   1.2%   
Other (Individually less than 1%)   4.3%   
     

 

 

 
Total   100.0%   
     

 

 

 

 

^ Security acquired in a transaction exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.
§ Bank loans are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, but contain certain restrictions on resale and cannot be sold publicly. These loans pay interest at rates which adjust periodically. The interest rates shown for bank loans are the current interest rates at December 31, 2014. Bank loans are also subject to mandatory and/or optional prepayment which cannot be predicted. As a result, the remaining maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturity shown.
¤ For fair value measurement disclosure purposes, security is categorized as Level 3.
†† Illiquid security.
# Variable rate security. The interest rate shown is the rate in effect at December 31, 2014.

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at December 31, 2014 is as follows:

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts to Buy

 

EXPIRATION
DATE
COUNTERPARTY LOCAL CURRENCY   VALUE IN USD  

IN EXCHANGE

FOR USD

 

NET UNREALIZED

APPRECIATION

(DEPRECIATION)

 
01/14/15

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  EUR      828,461      1,002,575      1,024,168    $ (21,593
01/14/15

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  GBP      212,669      331,442      331,288      154   
                

 

 

 

Net unrealized depreciation on forward foreign exchange contracts to buy

  

$ (21,439
                

 

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts to Sell

 

EXPIRATION
DATE
COUNTERPARTY LOCAL CURRENCY   VALUE IN USD  

IN EXCHANGE

FOR USD

 

NET UNREALIZED

APPRECIATION

 
01/14/15

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  CHF      222,916      224,245      228,002    $ 3,757   
01/14/15

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  EUR      12,551,135      15,188,960      15,449,533      260,573   
01/14/15

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  GBP      5,349,958      8,337,860      8,339,542      1,682   
01/14/15

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  SEK      3,006,472      385,677      398,119      12,442   
                

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation on forward foreign exchange contracts to sell

  

$ 278,454   
                

 

 

 

Currency Legend

 

CHF

Swiss Franc

EUR

Euro

GBP

British Pound Sterling

SEK

Swedish Krona

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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Babson Capital Funds Trust 2014 Semi-Annual Report

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

December 31, 2014

1. Organization

Babson Capital Funds Trust (the “Trust”) was organized as a business trust under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on May 3, 2013 and commenced operations on September 16, 2013. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a non-diversified, open-end management investment company. The Trust currently consists of two funds (separately, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”): Babson Global Floating Rate Fund (“Global Floating Rate Fund”) and Babson Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund (“Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund”).

Babson Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”), a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, is a registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and serves as investment adviser to the Funds.

Babson Capital Global Advisors Limited (“Sub-Adviser”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adviser, serves as a sub-adviser with respect to the Funds’ European investments.

The primary investment objective of the Global Floating Rate Fund is to seek a high level of current income. The Fund seeks preservation of capital as a secondary investment objective. The primary investment objective of the Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund is to seek an absolute return, primarily through current income and secondarily through capital appreciation.

There can be no assurance that the Funds will achieve their investment objectives. The Funds will seek to take advantage of inefficiencies between geographies, primarily the North American and European high yield bond, loan and other debt markets. Under normal market conditions, the Global Floating Rate Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in income-producing floating rate debt securities, consisting of floating rate loans, bonds and notes, issued primarily by North American and Western European companies that are, at the time of purchase, rated below investment grade (below Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or below BBB- by either Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of the McGraw-Hill Company, Inc. (“S&P”) or Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”)) or unrated but judged by the Adviser or Sub-Adviser to be of comparable quality. Under normal market conditions, the Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in debt instruments, consisting of loans, bonds and notes, based in U.S. and non-U.S. markets, as well as over-the-counter and exchange-traded derivatives. Investments may

be issued or guaranteed by governments and their agencies, corporations, financial institutions and supranational organizations that the Funds believe have the potential to provide a high total return over time. A significant portion of the Funds’ investments in debt instruments will be denominated in a currency other than the U.S. dollar. Although the investments in non-U.S. dollar denominated assets may be on a currency hedged or unhedged basis, the Funds expect that, under current market conditions, they will seek to hedge substantially all of their exposure to foreign currencies.

Each Fund has four classes of shares: Class A, C, I, and Y, each with different expenses and dividends. A front-end sales charge is normally added to the net asset value (“NAV”) for Class A shares. There is no front-end sales charge in the case of Class C, I, and Y shares. There may be a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) in certain cases as follows: Class A shares purchased without an initial sales charge and redeemed within the first year of purchase (subject to certain exceptions as set forth in each Fund’s prospectus) and Class C shares redeemed within the first year of purchase. All classes of shares have equal voting rights, with the exception of matters that relate solely to one class.

Prior to commencement of operations on September 16, 2013, the Trust had no operations other than those relating to organizational matters and the sale of 10,000 Common Shares on August 20, 2013 to the Adviser, an affiliate of the Trust, for $100,000.

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed consistently by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).

 

  A. Valuation of Investments

The Funds’ investments in fixed income securities are generally valued using the prices provided directly by independent third party services or provided directly from one or more broker dealers or market makers, each in accordance with the valuation policies and procedures approved by the Funds’ Board of Trustees (the “Board”).

The pricing services may use valuation models or matrix pricing, which consider yield or prices with respect to comparable bond quotations from bond dealers or by reference to other securities that are considered comparable

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

December 31, 2014

in such characteristics as credit rating, interest rates and maturity date to determine the current value. The Funds’ investments in bank loans are normally valued at the bid quotation obtained from dealers in loans by an independent pricing service in accordance with the Funds’ valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

The Board has determined that it is in the best interest of the Funds and their shareholders to delegate the Board’s responsibility to a Valuation Committee, made up of officers of the Trust and employees of the Adviser, for: (1) determining whether market quotations are readily available for investments held by the Fund; and (2) determining the fair value of investments held by the Fund for which market quotations are not readily available or are deemed not reliable by the Adviser. In certain cases, authorized pricing service vendors may not provide prices for a security held by the Funds, or the price provided by such pricing service vendor is deemed unreliable by the Adviser. In such cases, the Funds may use market maker quotations provided by an established market maker for that security (i.e., broker quotes) to value the security if the Adviser has experience obtaining quotations from the market maker and the Adviser determines that quotations obtained from the market maker in the past have generally been reliable (or, if the Adviser has no such experience with respect to a market maker, it determines based on other information available to it that quotations to be obtained by it from the market maker are reasonably likely to be reliable). In any such case, the Adviser will review any market quotations so obtained in light of other information in its possession for their general liability.

Bond investments are valued on the basis of last available bid prices or current market quotations provided by dealers or pricing services. Bank loan positions are valued at the bid price from one or more brokers or dealers as obtained from a pricing service. In determining the value of a

particular 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. Asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities are valued by independent pricing services using models that consider estimated cash flows of each tranche of the security, establish a benchmark yield and develop an estimated tranche-specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche.

Bank loans in which the Funds may invest have similar risks to lower-rated fixed income securities. Changes in the financial condition of the borrower or economic conditions or other circumstances may reduce the capacity of the borrower to make principal and interest payments on such instruments and may lead to defaults. Senior secured bank loans are supported by collateral; however, the value of the collateral may be insufficient to cover the amount owed to the Funds. By relying on a third party to administer a loan, the Funds are subject to the risk that the third party will fail to perform its obligations. The loans in which the Funds will invest are largely floating rate instruments; therefore, the interest rate risk generally is lower than for fixed-rate debt obligations. However, from the perspective of the borrower, an increase in interest rates may adversely affect the borrower’s financial condition. Due to the unique and customized nature of loan agreements evidencing loans and the private syndication thereof, loans are not as easily purchased or sold as publicly traded securities. Although the range of investors in loans has broadened in recent years, there can be no assurance that future levels of supply and demand in loan trading will provide the degree of liquidity which currently exists in the market. In addition, the terms of the loans may restrict their transferability without borrower consent. These factors may have an adverse effect on the market price and the Funds’ ability to dispose of particular portfolio investments. A less liquid secondary market also may make it more difficult for the Funds to obtain precise valuations of the high yield loans in its portfolio.

The Funds may invest in collateralized debt obligations (“CDOs”), which include collateralized bond obligations (“CBOs”) and collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”). CBOs and CLOs are types of asset-backed securities. A CDO is an entity that is backed by a diversified pool of debt securities (CBOs) or syndicated bank loans (CLOs). The cash flows of the CDO can be split into multiple segments, called “tranches,” which will vary in risk profile and yield. The riskiest segment is the subordinated or “equity” tranche. This tranche bears the greatest risk of defaults from the underlying assets in the CDO and serves to protect the other, more senior, tranches from default in all but the most severe circumstances. Since it is shielded from defaults by the more junior tranches, a “senior” tranche will typically have higher credit ratings and lower yields than their underlying securities, and often receive investment grade ratings from one or more of the nationally recognized rating agencies. Despite the protection from the more junior tranches, senior tranches can experience substantial losses due to actual defaults, increased sensitivity

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

December 31, 2014

to future defaults and the disappearance of one or more protecting tranches as a result of changes in the credit profile of the underlying pool of assets.

Fair value is defined as the price that the Funds would receive upon selling an investment in a timely transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market of the investment. A three-tier hierarchy is utilized to maximize the use of observable market data and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. For example, market participants would consider the risk inherent in a particular valuation technique used to measure fair value, such as a pricing model, and/or the risk inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in level 3.

The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of December 31, 2014 in valuing the Funds’ investments:

 

 

Global Floating Rate Fund

 

DESCRIPTION LEVEL 1   LEVEL 2   LEVEL 3   TOTAL INVESTMENTS  

Assets:*

Fixed Income:

Bank Loans

$                     –    $ 81,761,457    $ 970,925    $ 82,732,382   

Corporate Bonds

       9,696,151           9,696,151   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total Fixed Income        91,457,608      970,925      92,428,533   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment:

Bank Deposit

       5,837,315           5,837,315   

Derivative Securities:

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

       427,072           427,072   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total Investments $    $ 97,721,995    $ 970,925    $ 98,692,920   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities:*

Derivative Securities:

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

       (110,447        (110,447
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

$    $ 97,611,548    $ 970,925    $ 98,582,473   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  * There were no transfers between levels during the period ended December 31, 2014.

 

 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

December 31, 2014

The following is a reconciliation of investments with unobservable inputs (Level 3) that were used in determining fair value:

 

INVESTMENTS IN

SECURITIES

 

BALANCE AS OF
JULY 1,

2014

    REALIZED
GAIN (LOSS)
   

CHANGE IN

UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION
(DEPRECIATION)

    NET TRANSFERS
IN (OUT) OF
LEVEL 3
   

ACCRUED

PREMIUMS/
DISCOUNTS

    PURCHASES     SALES     BALANCE AS OF
DECEMBER 31,
2014
   

CHANGE IN

UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION
(DEPRECIATION)
FROM
INVESTMENTS HELD
AT DECEMBER  31,
2014

 

Fixed Income

                 

Bank Loans

  $ 497,619      $ 30      $ (30,688   $         –      $ 629      $ 508,257      $ (4,922   $ 970,925      $ (30,688
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total   $ 497,619      $ 30      $ (30,688   $      $ 629      $ 508,257      $ (4,922   $ 970,925      $ (30,688
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund

 

DESCRIPTION LEVEL 1   LEVEL 2   LEVEL 3   TOTAL INVESTMENTS  

Assets:

Fixed Income:

Asset-Backed Securities

$                     –    $ 11,852,847    $ 210,000    $ 12,062,847   

Bank Loans

       23,556,912      1,116,577      24,673,489   

Corporate Bonds

       27,488,457           27,488,457   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total Fixed Income        62,898,216      1,326,577      64,224,793   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investment:

Bank Deposit

       5,662,592           5,662,592   

Derivative Securities:

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

       278,608           278,608   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total Investments $    $ 68,839,416    $ 1,326,577    $ 70,165,993   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

Derivative Securities:

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

       (21,593        (21,593
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

$    $ 68,817,823    $ 1,326,577    $ 70,144,400   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The following is a reconciliation of investments with unobservable inputs (Level 3) that were used in determining fair value:

 

INVESTMENTS IN

SECURITIES

 

BALANCE AS OF
JULY 1,

2014

    REALIZED
GAIN (LOSS)
    CHANGE IN
UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION
(DEPRECIATION)
    NET TRANSFERS
IN (OUT) OF
LEVEL 3
   

ACCRUED

PREMIUMS/
DISCOUNTS

    PURCHASES     SALES     BALANCE AS OF
DECEMBER 31,
2014
    CHANGE IN
UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION
(DEPRECIATION)
FROM
INVESTMENTS HELD
AT DECEMBER 31,
2014
 

Fixed Income

                 

Asset-Backed Securities

  $      $      $ (34,419   $ 243,875      $ 544      $      $      $ 210,000      $ (34,419
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Bank Loans

  $ 497,619      $ 30      $ (69,006   $ 393,033      $ 629      $ 297,924      $ (3,652   $ 1,116,577      $ (69,006
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total   $ 497,619      $ 30      $ (103,425   $ 636,908      $ 1,173      $ 297,924      $ (3,652   $ 1,326,577      $ (103,425
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

December 31, 2014

 

  B. Forward Commitments and When-Issued Delayed Delivery Securities

The Funds may purchase securities on a when-issued basis and may purchase or sell securities on a forward commitment basis. Settlement of such transactions normally occurs within a month or more after the purchase or sale commitment is made. The Funds may purchase securities under such conditions with the intention of actually acquiring them, but may enter into a separate agreement to sell the securities before the settlement date. Since the value of securities purchased may fluctuate prior to settlement, the Funds may be required to pay more at settlement than the security is worth. In addition, the Funds are not entitled to any of the interest earned prior to settlement. When purchasing a security on a delayed delivery basis, the Funds assume the rights and risks of ownership of the security, including the risk of price and yield fluctuations. In the event of default by the counterparty, the Funds’ maximum amount of loss is the unrealized appreciation of unsettled when-issued transactions, which is shown in the Schedule of Investments.

 

  C. Cash and Short-Term Investments

Cash and cash equivalents consist principally of short-term investments that are readily convertible into cash and have original maturities of three months or less. At December 31, 2014, all cash and cash equivalents are held by the custodian.

 

  D. Investment Transactions, Related Investment Income and Expenses

Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis, including the amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts on bonds held using the yield-to-maturity method.

Realized gains and losses on investment transactions and unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments are reported for financial statement and Federal income tax purposes on the identified cost method.

Expenses are recorded on the accrual basis as incurred.

 

  E. Redemption Fees

Redemptions of Fund shares held for 60 days or less may be assessed a 1% short-term trading fee and recorded as paid-in capital.

  F. Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

  G. Federal Income Taxation

The Funds have elected to be taxed as a Regulated Investment Company (“RIC”) under sub-chapter M of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and intend to maintain this qualification and to distribute substantially all of their net taxable income to their shareholders. As of December 31, 2014, the Funds had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. The Funds file a U.S. federal income tax return annually after their fiscal year-end, which is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years from the date of the filings.

 

  H. Dividends and Distributions

The Funds declared and paid dividends monthly from net investment income. To the extent that these distributions exceed net investment income, they may be classified as return of capital. The Funds also pay a distribution at least annually from their net realized capital gains, if any. Dividends and distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. All common shares have equal dividend and other distribution rights. A notice disclosing the source(s) of a distribution will be provided if payment is made from any source other than net investment income. Any such notice would be provided only for informational purposes in order to comply with the requirements of Section 19(a) of the 1940 Act and not for tax reporting purposes. The tax composition of the Funds’ distributions for each calendar year is reported on Internal Revenue Service Form 1099-DIV. Per the Funds’ prospectuses, effective January 1, 2015, each Fund shall declare a dividend daily based on the Adviser’s projections of the Funds’ estimated net investment income and distribute such dividend monthly.

Dividends from net investment income and distributions from realized gains from investment transactions have been determined in accordance with Federal income tax regulations and may differ from net investment income and realized gains recorded by the Funds for financial reporting purposes. These differences, which could be temporary or

 

 

 

 

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permanent in nature may result in reclassification of distributions; however, net investment income, net realized gains and losses, and net assets are not affected.

 

  I. Bank Loans

The Funds may invest in bank loans, which usually take the form of loan participations and assignments. Loan participations and assignments are agreements to make money available to U.S. or foreign corporations, partnerships or other business entities (the “Borrower”) in a specified amount, at a specified rate and within a specified time. A loan is typically originated, negotiated and structured by a U.S. or foreign bank, insurance company or other financial institution (the “Agent”) for a group of loan investors (“Loan Investors”). The Agent typically administers and enforces the loan on behalf of the other Loan Investors in the syndicate and may hold any collateral on behalf of the Loan Investors. Such loan participations and assignments are typically senior, secured and collateralized in nature. The Funds record an investment when the Borrower withdraws money and records interest as earned. These loans pay interest at rates which are periodically reset by reference to a base lending rate plus a spread. These base lending rates are generally the prime rate offered by a designated U.S. bank or London InterBank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”).

The loans in which the Funds invest may be subject to some restrictions on resale. For example, the Funds may be contractually obligated to receive approval from the Agent and/or Borrower prior to the sale of these investments. The Funds generally have no right to enforce compliance with the terms of the loan agreement with the Borrower. As a result, the Funds assume the credit risk of the Borrower, the selling participant and any other persons interpositioned between the Funds and the Borrower (“Intermediate Participants”). In the event that the Borrower, selling participant or Intermediate Participants become insolvent or enter into bankruptcy, the Funds may incur certain costs and delays in realizing payment or may suffer a loss of principal and/or interest.

Unfunded commitments represent the remaining obligation of the Funds to the Borrower. At any point in time, up to the maturity date of the issue, the Borrower may demand the unfunded portion. Until demanded by the Borrower, unfunded commitments are not recognized as an asset on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on unfunded commitments presented on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities represents mark to market of the unfunded portion of the Funds’ bank loans. As of December 31,

2014, the Global Floating Rate Fund had one unfunded loan commitment which amounted to $9,870 of par and had cost and fair value of $9,778 and $9,706, respectively. As of December 31, 2014, the Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund had one unfunded loan commitment which amounted to $4,935 of par and had cost and fair value of $4,889 and $4,853, respectively.

 

  J. Derivative Instruments

The following is a description of the derivative instruments that the Funds utilize as part of their investment strategy, including the primary underlying risk exposures related to the instrument.

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts – The Funds are subject to foreign currency exchange rate risk in the normal course of pursuing their investment objectives. The Funds may use forward foreign currency exchange contracts to hedge against changes in the value of foreign currencies. The Funds may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts obligating the Funds to deliver or receive a currency at a specified future date. Forward contracts are valued daily and unrealized appreciation or depreciation is recorded daily as the difference between the contract exchange rate and the closing forward rate applied to the face amount of the contract. A realized gain or loss is recorded at the time the forward contract expires. Credit risk may arise as a result of the failure of the counterparty to comply with the terms of the contract. The Funds consider the creditworthiness of each counterparty to a contract in evaluating potential credit risk quarterly. The Funds are also subject to credit risk with respect to the counterparties to derivative contracts that are not cleared through a central counterparty but instead are traded over-the-counter between two counterparties. If a counterparty to an over-the-counter derivative becomes bankrupt or otherwise fails to perform its obligations under a derivative contract due to financial difficulties, the Funds may experience significant delays in obtaining any recovery under the derivative contract in a bankruptcy or other reorganization proceeding. The Funds may obtain only a limited recovery or may obtain no recovery in such circumstances. The counterparty risk for cleared derivatives is generally lower than for uncleared over-the-counter derivative transactions since generally a clearing organization becomes substituted for each counterparty to a cleared derivative contract and, in effect, guarantees the parties’ performance under the contract as each party to a trade looks only to the clearing house for performance of financial obligations. However, there can be no assurance

 

 

 

 

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that the clearing house, or its members, will satisfy its obligations to the Funds. In addition, in the event of a bankruptcy of a clearing house, the Funds could experience a loss of the funds deposited with such clearing house as margin and of any profits on its open positions. The counterparty risk to the Funds is limited to the net unrealized gain, if any, on the contract.

The use of forward foreign currency exchange contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the Funds’ investment securities; however, it does establish a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future. The use of forward foreign currency exchange contracts involves the risk that anticipated currency movements will not be accurately predicted. A forward foreign currency exchange contract would limit the risk of loss due to a decline in the value of a particular currency; however, it would also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency increase instead of decrease. These contracts may involve market risk in excess of the amount of receivable or payable reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The Funds may purchase call or put options. When a Fund purchases an option, the premium paid by the Fund is recorded as an asset and is subsequently adjusted to the current fair value of the option purchased. Purchasing call options tends to increase the Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument. Purchasing put options tends to decrease the Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument. Premiums paid for purchasing options that expire are treated as realized losses. Premiums paid for purchasing options that are exercised or closed are added to the amounts paid or offset against the proceeds on the underlying security to determine the realized gain or loss. The risks associated with purchasing put and call options are potential loss of the premium paid and, in the instances of over-the-counter derivatives, the failure of the counterparty to honor its obligation under the contract.

The Funds may enter into swap options (“swaptions”). A swaption is an option to enter into a pre-defined swap agreement by some specified date in the future. The writer of the swaption becomes the counterparty to the swap if the buyer exercises. The interest rate swaption agreement will specify whether the buyer of the swaption will be a fixed-rate receiver or a fixed rate buyer. Depending on the terms of the particular option agreement, a Fund generally will incur a greater degree of risk when the Fund writes a swaption than the Fund will incur when it purchases a swaption. When a Fund purchases a swaption, the Fund’s

risk of loss is limited to the amount of the premium it has paid should it decide to let the swaption expire unexercised.

During the period ended December 31, 2014, the Funds’ direct investment in derivatives consisted of forward foreign currency exchange contracts and purchased options.

The following is a summary of the fair value of derivative instruments held directly by the Funds as of December 31, 2014:

Global Floating Rate Fund

 

ASSET DERIVATIVES STATEMENTS OF ASSETS
AND LIABILITIES
LOCATION
FOREIGN
EXCHANGE
CONTRACTS
RISK
 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts $ 427,072   
   

 

 

 

Total

$ 427,072   
   

 

 

 

 

LIABILITY DERIVATIVES STATEMENTS OF ASSETS
AND LIABILITIES
LOCATION
FOREIGN
EXCHANGE
CONTRACTS
RISK
 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts $ 110,447   
   

 

 

 

Total

$ 110,447   
   

 

 

 

Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund

 

ASSET DERIVATIVES STATEMENTS OF ASSETS
AND LIABILITIES
LOCATION
FOREIGN
EXCHANGE
CONTRACTS
RISK
 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts $ 278,608   
   

 

 

 

Total

$ 278,608   
   

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

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LIABILITY DERIVATIVES STATEMENTS OF ASSETS
AND LIABILITIES
LOCATION
FOREIGN
EXCHANGE
CONTRACTS
RISK
 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts $ 21,593   
   

 

 

 

Total

$ 21,593   
   

 

 

 

Amount of Realized Gain/(Loss) on Derivatives:

Global Floating Rate Fund

 

   FOREIGN
EXCHANGE
CONTRACTS
RISK
 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

$ 3,393,193   
 

 

 

 

Total

$ 3,393,193   
 

 

 

 

Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund

 

   FOREIGN
EXCHANGE
CONTRACTS
RISK
 

INTEREST
RATE

RISK

  TOTAL  

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

$ 2,360,073    $    $ 2,360,073   

Purchased Options

       (68,501   (68,501
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

$ 2,360,073    $ (68,501 $ 2,291,572   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation) on Derivatives:

Global Floating Rate Fund

 

   FOREIGN
EXCHANGE
CONTRACTS
RISK
 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

$ 650,794   
 

 

 

 

Total

$ 650,794   
 

 

 

 

Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund

 

   FOREIGN
EXCHANGE
CONTRACTS
RISK
 

INTEREST
RATE

RISK

  TOTAL  

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

$ 473,480    $    $ 473,480   

Purchased Options

       (10,693   (10,693
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

$ 473,480    $ (10,693 $ 462,787   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Global Floating Rate Fund

 

NUMBER OF CONTRACTS, NOTIONAL AMOUNTS OF
SHARES/UNITS
FOREIGN
EXCHANGE
CONTRACTS
RISK
 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts(1)

  39,199,397   
 

 

 

 

Total

  39,199,397   
 

 

 

 

 

  (1) Volume of derivative activity is based on an average of month-end notional amounts outstanding during the period.

Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund

 

NUMBER OF
CONTRACTS, NOTIONAL
AMOUNTS OF SHARES/
UNITS
FOREIGN
EXCHANGE
CONTRACTS
RISK
 

INTEREST

RATE

RISK

  TOTAL  

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts(1)

  26,998,631           26,998,631   

Purchased Options(1)

       15,857,143      15,857,143   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  26,998,631      15,857,143      42,855,774   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (1) Volume of derivative activity is based on an average of month-end notional amounts outstanding during the period.

 

  K. Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-11 “Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities” (“ASU 2011-11”). These disclosure requirements are intended to help better assess the effect or potential effect of offsetting

 

 

 

 

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arrangements on a fund’s financial position. In addition, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-01 “Clarifying the Scope of Offsetting Assets and Liabilities” (“ASU 2013-01”), specifying which transactions are subject to disclosures about offsetting.

The following tables illustrate gross and net information about recognized assets eligible for offset in the Statement

of Assets and Liabilities; and disclose such amounts subject to an enforceable master netting agreement or similar agreement, by counterparty. A master netting agreement is an agreement between two counterparties who have multiple contracts with each other that provides for the net settlement of all contracts, as well as cash collateral, through a single payment in the event of default on or termination of any one contract:

 

 

Global Floating Rate Fund

 

DESCRIPTION GROSS AMOUNTS OF
RECOGNIZED ASSETS
  GROSS AMOUNTS OFFSET
IN THE STATEMENTS OF
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
  NET AMOUNTS OF ASSETS
PRESENTED IN THE STATEMENTS
OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

$ 427,072    $         –    $ 427,072   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

$ 427,072    $    $ 427,072   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  GROSS AMOUNTS NOT OFFSET IN THE
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
     
COUNTERPARTY NET AMOUNTS OF ASSETS
PRESENTED IN THE STATEMENTS
OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
  FINANCIAL
INSTRUMENT (a)
  CASH
COLLATERAL
RECEIVED (a)
  NET
AMOUNT (b)
 

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

$ 427,072    $ (110,447 $         –    $ 316,625   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

$ 427,072    $ (110,447 $    $ 316,625   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) Collateral disclosed is limited to an amount not to exceed 100% of the net amount of assets presented in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, for each respective counterparty.
  (b) Net Amount represents the amount that is subject to loss in the event of a counterparty failure as of December 31, 2014.

 

DESCRIPTION GROSS AMOUNTS OF
RECOGNIZED LIABILITIES
  GROSS AMOUNTS OFFSET
IN THE STATEMENTS OF
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
  NET AMOUNTS OF LIABILITIES
PRESENTED IN THE STATEMENTS
OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

$ 110,447    $         –    $ 110,447   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

$ 110,447    $    $ 110,447   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  GROSS AMOUNTS NOT OFFSET IN THE
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
     
COUNTERPARTY NET AMOUNTS OF LIABILITIES
PRESENTED IN THE STATEMENTS
OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
  FINANCIAL
INSTRUMENT (a)
  CASH
COLLATERAL
PLEDGED (a)
  NET
AMOUNT (b)
 

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

$ 110,447    $ (110,447 $         –    $         –   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

$ 110,447    $ (110,447 $    $   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) Collateral disclosed is limited to an amount not to exceed 100% of the net amount of assets presented in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, for each respective counterparty.
  (b) Net Amount represents the amount that is subject to loss in the event of a counterparty failure as of December 31, 2014.

 

 

 

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Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund

 

DESCRIPTION GROSS AMOUNTS OF
RECOGNIZED ASSETS
  GROSS AMOUNTS OFFSET
IN THE STATEMENTS OF
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
  NET AMOUNTS OF
ASSETS PRESENTED
IN THE STATEMENTS OF
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

$ 278,608    $         —    $ 278,608   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

$ 278,608    $    $ 278,608   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  GROSS AMOUNTS NOT OFFSET IN THE
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
     
COUNTERPARTY NET AMOUNTS OF ASSETS
PRESENTED IN THE STATEMENTS
OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
  FINANCIAL
INSTRUMENT (a)
  CASH
COLLATERAL
RECEIVED (a)
 

NET

AMOUNT (b)

 

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

$ 278,608    $ (21,593 $         —    $ 257,015   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

$ 278,608    $ (21,593 $    $ 257,015   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) Collateral disclosed is limited to an amount not to exceed 100% of the net amount of assets presented in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, for each respective counterparty.
  (b) Net Amount represents the amount that is subject to loss in the event of a counterparty failure as of December 31, 2014.

 

DESCRIPTION GROSS AMOUNTS OF
RECOGNIZED LIABILITIES
  GROSS AMOUNTS OFFSET
IN THE STATEMENTS OF
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
  NET AMOUNTS OF
LIABILITIES PRESENTED
IN THE STATEMENTS OF
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

$ 21,593    $         —    $ 21,593   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

$ 21,593    $    $ 21,593   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  GROSS AMOUNTS NOT OFFSET IN THE
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
     
COUNTERPARTY NET AMOUNTS OF LIABILITIES
PRESENTED IN THE STATEMENTS
OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
  FINANCIAL
INSTRUMENT (a)
  CASH
COLLATERAL
PLEDGED (a)
 

NET

AMOUNT (b)

 

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

$ 21,593    $ (21,593 $         —    $         —   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

$ 21,593    $ (21,593 $    $   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (a) Collateral disclosed is limited to an amount not to exceed 100% of the net amount of assets presented in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, for each respective counterparty.
  (b) Net Amount represents the amount that is subject to loss in the event of a counterparty failure as of December 31, 2014.

 

  L. Foreign Securities

Investing in securities of foreign companies and foreign governments involves special risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in U.S. companies and the U.S. government. These risks include valuation of currencies and adverse political and economic developments. Moreover, securities of many foreign companies, foreign governments, and their markets may be less liquid and their prices more volatile than those of securities of comparable U.S. companies and the U.S. government.

 

 

 

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  M. Foreign Currency Translation

The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currency transactions are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis: (i) market value of investment securities, assets and liabilities at the daily rates of exchange, and (ii) purchases and sales of investment securities, dividend and interest income and certain expenses at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. For financial reporting purposes, the Funds do not isolate changes in the exchange rate of investment securities from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of securities. However, for Federal income tax purposes, the Funds do isolate and treat as ordinary income the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates on realized gain or loss from the sale of investment securities and payables and receivables arising from trade-date and settlement-date differences.

 

  N. Counterparty Risk

The Funds seek to manage counterparty credit risk by entering into agreements only with counterparties the Adviser believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations. The Adviser monitors the financial stability of the Funds’ counterparties.

 

3. Advisory Fee

The Funds have entered into an Investment Management Agreement (the “Agreement”) with the Adviser. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Global Floating Rate Fund agrees to pay the Adviser a fee payable at the end of each calendar month, at an annual rate of 0.65% of the Fund’s average daily net assets during such month. The Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund agrees to pay the Adviser a fee payable at the end of each calendar month, at an annual rate of 0.75% of the Fund’s average daily net assets during such month.

The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse a portion of its fees and/or reimburse expenses (excluding 12b-1 fees, interest expenses, taxes, fees incurred in acquiring and disposing of securities and extraordinary expenses) such that total net annual operating expenses for each class do not exceed the following rates:

 

   CLASS A   CLASS C   CLASS I   CLASS Y  

Global Floating Rate Fund

  1.05   1.80   0.75   0.75

Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund

  1.20   1.95   0.95   0.95

Pursuant to the expense waiver/reimbursement agreement, the Adviser is entitled to be reimbursed for any fees the Adviser waives and Fund expenses that the Adviser reimburses for a period of three years following such fee waivers and expense reimbursements, to the extent that such reimbursement of the Adviser by a Fund will not cause the Fund to exceed any applicable expense limitation that is in place for the Fund.

The contractual management fee waiver and expense reimbursement agreements between the Funds and the Adviser may be terminated only upon the approval of the Funds’ Board of Trustees.

Subject to the supervision of the Adviser and the Board, the Sub-Adviser manages the investment and reinvestment of a portion of the assets of the Funds, as allocated from time to time to the Sub-Adviser. The Adviser (not the Funds) will pay a portion of the fees it receives to the Sub-Adviser in return for its services.

 

4. 12b-1 Distribution and Service Plan

ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”) is the Distributor of the Funds’ shares as of December 31, 2014.

The Funds have adopted a Distribution and Shareholder Services Plan (the “Plan”), pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Under the Plan, each Fund’s Class A and Class C shares may compensate certain financial institutions, including the Distributor, for certain distribution and shareholder servicing activities. The Funds’ Class A shares may expend an aggregate amount, on an annual basis, not to exceed 0.25% of the value of the average daily net assets of a Fund attributable to Class A shares and 1.00% of the value of the average daily net assets of a Fund attributable to Class C shares. The Plan provides that the distribution and service fees are payable to the Distributor regardless of the amounts actually expended by the Distributor for distribution of the Funds’ shares and service activities.

Under its terms, the Funds’ Plan shall remain in effect from year to year, provided such continuance is approved annually by a vote of a majority of the Boards’ members and a majority of those Boards’ members who are not “interested persons” of the Funds and who have no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Plan or in any agreement related to the Plan.

 

 

 

 

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5. Sales Charges and Commissions

For the period ended December 31, 2014, the amount of sales charges retained by the Distributor on sales of Class A and Class C shares of the Funds were as follows:

 

   CLASS C  

Global Floating Rate Fund

$ 8,614   

Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund

  9,359   

For the period ended December 31, 2014, the Distributor received the following commissions on sales of shares of the Funds, after concessions were paid to authorized dealers:

 

   DISTRIBUTOR
COMMISSIONS
  DEALERS’
CONCESSIONS
 

Global Floating Rate Fund

$ 1,426    $ 15,814   

Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund

  1,680      10,449   

 

6. Administrator, Custody, and Transfer Agent Fees

The Funds have engaged State Street Bank and Trust (“SSB”) to serve as the Funds’ administrator, custodian, fund accountant, and transfer agent. For each of these services, the Funds have agreed to pay SSB a fee payable at the end of each calendar month pursuant to fee agreements between SSB and the Funds. For the period ended December 31, 2014, the aggregate effective fee for these services was at an annual rate of 0.38% and 0.40% of Global Floating Rate Fund and Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund’s average daily managed assets, respectively.

7. Income Taxes

It is the Funds’ intention to qualify as a RIC under subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and distribute all of its taxable income. Accordingly, no provision for Federal income taxes is required in the financial statements.

The tax character of dividends paid to shareholders during tax year ended June 30, 2014 was as follows:

 

   ORDINARY
INCOME
  RETURN OF
CAPITAL
  TOTAL
DISTRIBUTIONS
PAID
 

Global Floating Rate Fund

$ 1,730,080    $ 61,792    $ 1,791,872   

Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund

  1,572,417           1,572,417   

In accordance with the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, the Funds will carryforward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 (“post-enactment losses”) indefinitely. Post-enactment losses will also retain their character as either short-term or long-term and be utilized before any pre-enactment losses.

As of December 31, 2014, the aggregate unrealized security gains and losses based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

 

   COST OF
INVESTMENTS
  GROSS
UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION
  GROSS
UNREALIZED
DEPRECIATION
  NET
UNREALIZED
DEPRECIATION
 

Global Floating Rate Fund

$ 104,612,165    $ 30,901    $ (6,377,218 $ (6,346,317

Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund

  74,778,794      150,692      (5,042,101   (4,891,409

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized gains (losses) is attributable to wash sales.

 

8. Investment Transactions

Purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term debt securities) for the period ended December 31, 2014 were as follows:

 

   PURCHASES   SALES  

Global Floating Rate Fund

$ 32,876,254    $ 45,133,980   

Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund

  47,650,961      35,393,911   

 

 

 

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December 31, 2014

 

9. Common Stock

Transactions in common stock for the period ended December 31, 2014 were as follows:

Global Floating Rate Fund

 

   FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2014
  PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 16,
2013 THROUGH JUNE 30,
2014 (1)
 
CLASS A SHARES   AMOUNT   SHARES   AMOUNT  

Shares sold

  713,779    $ 7,172,732      1,222,507    $ 12,481,232   

Shares sold through reinvestments of distributions

  67,489      658,990      13,651      139,125   

Shares redeemed

  (600,444   (6,006,161   (13,926   (142,258

Redemption fees

       182             
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

  180,824    $ 1,825,743      1,222,232    $ 12,478,099   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CLASS C

Shares sold

  98,403    $ 984,967      233,502    $ 2,379,349   

Shares sold through reinvestments of distributions

  13,202      127,817      2,446      24,864   

Shares redeemed

  (4,200   (41,254   (152   (1,544

Redemption fees

       39             
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

  107,405    $ 1,071,569      235,796    $ 2,402,669   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CLASS I

Shares sold

     $      3,150,134    $ 31,550,060   

Shares sold through reinvestments of distributions

  164,488      1,607,096      59,739      610,026   

Shares redeemed

                   

Redemption fees

       460             
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

  164,488    $ 1,607,556      3,209,873    $ 32,160,086   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CLASS Y

Shares sold

  583,121    $ 5,886,061      6,676,274    $ 67,761,452   

Shares sold through reinvestments of distributions

  300,049      2,936,125      97,618      996,669   

Shares redeemed

  (1,459,962   (14,541,802   (210,789   (2,155,109

Redemption fees

       888             
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

  (576,792 $ (5,718,728   6,563,103    $ 66,603,012   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (1)  Fund commenced operations on September 16, 2013.

 

 

 

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December 31, 2014

Global Credit Income Opportunities Fund

 

   FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2014
  PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 16,
2013 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2014
(1)
 
CLASS A SHARES   AMOUNT   SHARES   AMOUNT  

Shares sold

  1,832,648    $ 18,948,319      250,892    $ 2,588,194   

Shares sold through reinvestments of distributions

  91,590      891,315      3,520      36,805   

Shares redeemed

  (681,782   (6,806,582   (6,628   (69,594

Redemption fees

       1,022             
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

  1,242,456    $ 13,034,074      247,784    $ 2,555,405   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CLASS C

Shares sold

  113,172    $ 1,158,927      89,635    $ 933,045   

Shares sold through reinvestments of distributions

  9,200      88,675      900      9,400   

Shares redeemed

  (10,917   (106,545   (159   (1,661

Redemption fees

       109             
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

  111,455    $ 1,141,166      90,376    $ 940,784   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CLASS I

Shares sold

     $      2,455,000    $ 24,550,000   

Shares sold through reinvestments of distributions

  171,928      1,671,819      70,277      734,939   

Shares redeemed

                   

Redemption fees

       1,685             
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

  171,928    $ 1,673,504      2,525,277    $ 25,284,939   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

CLASS Y

Shares sold

  726,150    $ 7,513,050      3,172,809    $ 32,089,635   

Shares sold through reinvestments of distributions

  212,824      2,073,840      74,417      778,240   

Shares redeemed

  (887,241   (8,951,621   (6,875   (72,116

Redemption fees

       2,221             
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase

  51,733    $ 637,490      3,240,351    $ 32,795,759   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  (1)  Fund commenced operations on September 16, 2013.

 

  10. Line of Credit

During the period ended December 31, 2014, the Trust (the “Borrower”) entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with State Street Bank and Trust Company (the “Bank”). The Credit Agreement provides for a revolving credit facility of $20,000,000 (the “Facility Amount”) to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. Per the Credit Agreement, outstanding principal on the loan shall bear interest at a variable rate per annum equal to the higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate as in effect on the day of the borrowing plus 1.25% and (b) the Overnight LIBOR rate as in effect on the day of the borrowing plus 1.25%. In addition, the Borrower shall pay to the Bank a commitment fee at the rate of 0.125% per annum on the daily unused portion of the Facility Amount. As of December 31, 3014, there were no loans outstanding pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

 

 

 

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JOINT PRIVACY NOTICE OF BABSON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC AND

 

BABSON CAPITAL FUNDS TRUST

When you use Babson Capital Management LLC (“Babson Capital”) as your investment adviser or invest in Babson Global Floating Rate Fund or Babson Global Credit Opportunities Income Fund, each a series of Babson Capital Funds Trust (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”) you entrust us not only with your hard-earned assets but also with your personal and financial data. We consider your data to be private and confidential, and protecting its confidentiality is important to us. Our policies and procedures regarding your personal information are summarized below.

We may collect non-public personal information about you from:

 

  n   Applications or other forms, interviews, or by other means;

 

  n   Consumer or other reporting agencies, government agencies, employers or others;

 

  n   Your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others; and

 

  n   Our Internet website.

We may share the financial information we collect with our financial service affiliates, such as insurance companies, investment companies and securities broker-dealers. Additionally, so that we may continue to offer you products and services that best meet your investment needs and to effect transactions that you request or authorize, we may disclose the information we collect, as described above, to companies that perform administrative or marketing services on our behalf, such as transfer agents, custodian banks, service providers or printers and mailers that assist us in the distribution of investor materials or that provide operational support to Babson Capital entities. These companies are required to protect this information and will use this information only for the services for which we hire them, and are not permitted to use or share this information for any other purpose. Some of these companies may perform such services in jurisdictions other than the United States. We may share some or all of the information we collect with other financial institutions with whom we jointly market products. This may be done only if it is permitted in the state in which you live. Some disclosures may be limited to your name, contact and transaction information with us or our affiliates.

Any disclosures will be only to the extent permitted by federal and state law. Certain disclosures may require us to get an “opt-in” or “opt-out” from you. If this is required, we will do so before information is shared. Otherwise, we do not share any personal information about our customers or former customers unless authorized by the customer or as permitted by law.

We restrict access to personal information about you to those employees who need to know that information to provide products and services to you. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with legal standards to guard your personal information. As an added measure, we do not include personal or account information in non-secure e-mails that we send you via the Internet without your prior consent. We advise you not to send such information to us in non-secure e-mails.

This joint notice describes the privacy policies of Babson Capital and the Funds. It applies to all Babson Capital and the Fund accounts you presently have, or may open in the future, using your social security number or federal taxpayer identification number – whether or not you remain a shareholder of our Funds or as an advisory client of Babson Capital. As mandated by rules issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, we will be sending you this notice annually, as long as you own shares in the Funds or have an account with Babson Capital.

February 2015

 

 

 

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable to this semi-annual report.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable to this semi-annual report.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable to this semi-annual report.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

 

(a) The registrant’s Consolidated Schedule of Investments as of the close of the reporting period is included in the Semi-Annual Report to Stockholders filed under item 1 of this form.

 

(b) Not applicable.

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

 

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Investment Management Companies.

Not applicable.

 

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

 

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

There have been no material changes to procedures by which the shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Trustees.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


Item 12. Exhibits.

 

(a)(1) Not applicable to this semi-annual report.

 

(a)(2) Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) are attached hereto.

 

(a)(3) Not applicable.

 

(b) Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) are attached hereto.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant) Babson Capital Funds Trust
By (Signature and Title)    

/s/ Anthony J. Sciacca

Anthony J. Sciacca, President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date     March 6, 2015

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By (Signature and Title)    

/s/ Anthony J. Sciacca

Anthony J. Sciacca, President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date     March 6, 2015
By (Signature and Title)    

/s/ Patrick Hoefling

Patrick Hoefling, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
Date     March 6, 2015