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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT FILE NUMBER: 811-23815
   
EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER: Calamos Aksia Alternative Credit and
  Income Fund
   
ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES: 2020 Calamos Court
  Naperville, Illinois 60563-2787
   
NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENT FOR SERVICE: Stephen Atkins, Treasurer
  Calamos Advisors LLC
  2020 Calamos Court
  Naperville, Illinois 60563-2787
   
REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (630) 245-7200

 

DATE OF FISCAL YEAR END: March 31, 2024

 

DATE OF REPORTING PERIOD: June 8, 2023 through March 31, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 1(a). REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS.

 

 

Calamos Aksia Alternative
Credit and Income Fund

ANNUAL REPORT MARCH 31, 2024


JOHN KOUDOUNIS

President and Chief Executive Officer,
Calamos Investments

Chairman, Calamos Aksia Funds

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

Since its founding nearly 50 years ago, Calamos Investments ("Calamos") has provided investors with innovative approaches that harness the tremendous and always evolving potential of the capital markets. Our unwavering drive to serve investors through innovation has fueled our growth across asset classes and especially in alternative investment strategies. A private credit closed-end interval fund brought in partnership with Aksia LLC ("Aksia"), a global leader in private markets, was the next logical and innovative step in this progression.

This is our first annual shareholder report for Calamos Aksia Alternative Credit and Income Fund (CAPIX). Calamos, through its subsidiary Calamos Advisors LLC, and Aksia are pleased to provide you with commentary from our portfolio management team, a listing of portfolio holdings, and audited financial statements and highlights for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024.

CAPIX delivers an experienced approach

The Fund launched on June 8, 2023, with the aim of bringing the full spectrum of institutional-quality, private credit opportunities to our investors. Drawing on Aksia's depth and breadth of experience, the portfolio includes a core allocation to direct lending but goes much further, including investments in areas such as special situations, specialty finance, real estate credit, real assets credit, and mezzanine sectors.

CAPIX provides many potential benefits, including diversification, reduced market correlation, and enhanced returns. A dedicated liquidity allocation aims to support the working capital needs of the Fund, pursue opportunistic yield, and enhance overall diversification.

In many respects, CAPIX debuted during an optimal time as traditional lenders and banks experienced challenges. Interest rate policy has shifted after a decade of easing, and borrowers' needs for liquidity have escalated. We believe these financing gaps in the market, stresses on banks, and the introduction of increased regulations created an attractive time to deploy fresh capital.

Thank you for choosing CAPIX

Less than a year after its launch, the Fund's assets already stand at around $200 million. All of us at Calamos and Aksia are honored by the trust this milestone represents. We look forward to helping you achieve your investment goals through the years to come.

Sincerely,

John Koudounis
President and Chief Executive Officer, Calamos Investments
Chairman, Calamos Aksia Funds


Introducing an all-weather private credit approach:

Calamos Advisors LLC, a leader in liquid alternatives, and Aksia LLC, a global leader in private credit, join forces to offer Calamos Aksia Alternative Credit and Income Fund — an institutional-style private credit solution that seeks to address the challenges of interest rates, inflation, market volatility, economic uncertainty and the search for income.

Unique opportunity in private credit

Institutional Access: Access to the growing private credit asset class, leveraging Aksia LLC's global relationships, leading sourcing partners and potential deal flow

Broad Private Credit Exposure: Seeks to invest in the full spectrum of global private credit, beyond just direct lending and traded credit

Interval Fund Convenience: Point-and-click daily subscriptions, no accredited investor requirement and quarterly distributions with reporting on Form 1099-DIV

Liquidity Management Capabilities: Actively managed liquidity allocation designed to generate yield while prepositioning for 5% quarterly repurchase needs

Enhanced Income: Targets attractive yield and lower correlation; supported by diverse return drivers and collateral exposures

Favorable Time to Invest: Clean portfolio capitalizes on market paradigm shift, reduced liquidity for borrowers and persistent demand for capital

The opinions referenced are as of the date of the publication, are subject to change due to changes in the market or economic conditions, and may not necessarily come to pass. The information contained herein is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice. See Fund Prospectus for detailed information.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Investment Team Discussion (Unaudited)

   

1

   

Additional Information About the Funds (Unaudited)

   

3

   

Schedule of Investments

   

4

   

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

   

11

   

Statement of Operations

   

13

   

Statement of Changes In Net Assets

   

14

   

Statement of Cash Flows

   

15

   

Financial Highlights

   

16

   

Notes to Financial Statements

   

17

   

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   

30

   

Trustees and Officers (Unaudited)

   

31

   

Risk Factors

   

35

   

Other Information (Unaudited)

   

36

   

Investment Team Discussion (Unaudited)

Market Commentary

Despite a slowdown in private equity transaction activity in 2023, the private credit markets remained active on many fronts. During the period from the Fund's inception on June 8, 2023, through March 31, 2024, we saw record size transactions in both direct lending, especially in the technology industry, and in asset-backed investments secured by real estate, specialty finance assets and other collateral.* Previously, $1+ billion private credit transactions would be a noteworthy event but continued challenges in the syndicated loan markets in both the US and Europe have provided a financing gap for private credit originators to fill. Further, the much-publicized headwinds facing US regional banks in 2023 created a favorable environment for private credit originators to capture more market share in strategies such as commercial real estate, consumer finance and portfolio financings (specifically NAV loans).

At the same time, rising interest rates have been a headwind for some businesses as higher borrowing costs have cut into earnings. Aksia analyzed private credit investments dating back to 2001 and recently published an analysis of the impact of rising borrowing costs on private borrowers. In short, while financial performance was relatively resilient in 2023, there is a cohort of middle market borrowers who our analysis shows are under some stress from a liquidity perspective (<1.5x interest coverage ratio). A high portion of the stressed borrowers are from 2020/2021 vintage loans originated and structured at a time when interest rates were near 0%. Tightening interest coverage ratios are a "yellow light" for the market but can also be a source of "special situations" investments for some originators to provide new loans at a higher yield.

Fund Commentary

Collectively, these dynamics resulted in an array of new investment opportunities across all private credit sectors for our team to evaluate for the Fund. Since the Fund's inception, Aksia has evaluated over $20 billion of private credit investments from 169 different "sourcing partners." These opportunities were balanced across the various private credit sectors with over 50% of sourced deals outside of the direct lending market. As of March 31, 2024, Aksia has directed the Fund's investment in approximately 80 investments, maintaining a balance among strategies with no single position greater than 2.8% of total investments. The Fund's private credit portfolio is primarily comprised of floating rate loans with an average spread over base rates of 6.29% and features a weighted average yield of 11.65% through the fiscal period end. The Fund's private credit portfolio remains focused on 1st​ lien debt (approximately 97% of assets).

The Fund's strategies include an actively managed liquid credit strategy designed to generate yield and provide cash management efficiencies. The liquid credit strategy's primary investments may include Treasuries, liquid corporate debt, syndicated loans, and other liquid alternative strategies employed by Calamos. Supported by competitive income and corporate fundamentals, the liquidity allocation exceeded the returns of cash during the reporting period, in line with our expectations.

*  Source: Lee, L & Sage J (2023, August 17). Private Credit Loans Are Growing Bigger and Breaking Records. Bloomberg, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-17/private-credit-loans-are-growing-bigger-and-breaking-records


1


Investment Team Discussion (Unaudited)

As of March 31, 2024, the Fund's assets were allocated 50% to direct lending, 14% to specialty finance, 9% to real estate credit, 8% to special situations, 7% to liquid credit along with smaller positions in mezzanine debt and real assets credit. Within direct lending, the portfolio is further diversified across borrower size, geography, private equity sponsor and industry.

The Fund's since inception performance from June 8, 2023, through March 31, 2024, was 9.83% (Class I shares at net asset value) on a cumulative basis over a partial, 9.5-month period. The gain was predominantly generated by coupon income from our underlying private credit positions. We feel confident in the Fund's diversification across various collateral types, credit strategies alongside the downside protection provided by senior debt positions with material equity subordination in many cases.

We greatly appreciate the support that we've received from our investors and interest in our approach. We look forward to an exciting and dynamic year ahead for the private credit markets.

Sincerely,

Calamos and Aksia

Returns are in US dollar terms. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

The information contained herein, while not guaranteed as to accuracy or completeness, has been obtained from sources we believe to be reliable. Opinions are as of the publication date, subject to change and may not come to pass.

This information is being provided for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice.

CALAMOS AKSIA ALTERNATIVE CREDIT AND INCOME FUND ANNUAL REPORT
2


Additional Information About the Funds (Unaudited)

Calamos Aksia Alternative Credit and Income Fund

GROWTH OF $1,000,000: FOR THE PERIOD SINCE INCEPTION (6/08/23) THROUGH 3/31/24

CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN​ AS OF 3/31/24

    SINCE
INCEPTION*
(6/08/23)
 

Calamos Aksia Alternative Credit and Income Fund – Class A

   

9.71

%

 

Calamos Aksia Alternative Credit and Income Fund – Class C

   

9.04

%

 

Calamos Aksia Alternative Credit and Income Fund – Class I**

   

9.83

%

 

Calamos Aksia Alternative Credit and Income Fund – Class M

   

9.29

%

 

Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan Index

   

10.63

%

 

Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

   

2.43

%

 

The performance data quoted here represents past performance and past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information quoted. The most recent quarter end performance may be obtained by calling 1 (888) 882-8829.

†  Cumulative total return measures net investment income and capital gain or loss from portfolio investments assuming reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions.

*  The returns reflect the actual performance for the period and do not include the impact of any adjustments made for financial reporting required by Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

**  Minimum initial investment is $1,000,000.

The Expense Limitation and Reimbursement Agreement is in effect for a three-year period from April 28, 2023, the effective date of the Expense Limitation and Reimbursement Agreement ("Initial Term"). After the Initial Term, the Expense Limitation and Reimbursement Agreement may be terminated before that date by the Fund or the Investment Manager upon 30 days' written notice.

Fund performance is shown net of fees. For the Fund's current expense ratios, please refer to the Financial Highlights Section of this report. Performance results include the effect of expense reduction arrangements for some, or all the periods shown. If those arrangements had not been in place, the performance results for those periods would have been lower.

NOTES:

The graphs do not reflect the income taxes that you would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Fund performance includes reinvestment of dividends.

The Morningstar LSTA US Leveraged Loan 100 Index is designed to measure the performance of the 100 largest facilities in the US leveraged loan market.

The Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index is considered generally representative of the investment grade bond market.

Unmanaged index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and do not reflect deduction of fees and expenses. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.


3


Schedule of Investments As of March 31, 2024

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
     

VALUE

 

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (1.3%)

     
   

Financial Services (1.3%)

 

$

1,000,000

    Barings Middle Market CLO 2023-II Ltd.
9.483% (SOFR+415 basis points),
1/20/20321,2,3
 

$

1,001,407

   
 

500,000

    POST CLO 2024-1 Ltd.
0.000% 4/20/20371,2,4,14
   

450,000

   
 

250,000

    Sandstone Peak II Ltd.
0.000% 7/20/20361,2,4,14
   

220,000

   
        TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost $1,700,000)
   

1,671,407

   

CORPORATE LOANS (84.5%)

     
   

Automobile Components (0.2%)

 
 

243,655

    American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 8.918%
(SOFR+350 basis points), 12/13/20292,3
   

244,569

   
   

Building Products (0.0%)

 
 

45,000

    MIWD Holding Company LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 8.829%
(SOFR+350 basis points), 3/28/20312,3
   

45,267

   
   

Capital Markets (0.9%)

 
 

769,231

    Betterment Holdings, Inc.
First Lien Delay Draw, 0.500%,
10/6/20276,7,8
   

(1,038

)

 
 

1,230,769

    First Lien Term Loan, 13.000%
(PRIME+450 basis points), 10/6/20273,6,7
   

1,229,109

   
     

1,228,071

   
   

Chemicals (2.3%)

 
 

248,750

    Chemours Co.
First Lien Term Loan, 8.830%
(SOFR+350 basis points), 8/18/20282,3
   

248,377

   
 

2,000,000

    Formulations Parent Corporation
First Lien Term Loan, 11.057%
(SOFR+575 basis points), 11/30/20303,6
   

1,975,000

   
 

248,747

    Ineos US Finance LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 8.930%
(SOFR+350 basis points), 2/19/20302,3
   

249,058

   
 

248,747

    LSF11 A5 HoldCo LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 9.678%
(SOFR+425 basis points), 10/16/20282,3
   

249,462

   
 

248,096

    W.R. Grace Holdings LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 9.321%
(SOFR+375 basis points), 9/22/20282,3
   

248,845

   
     

2,970,742

   
   

Commercial Services & Supplies (9.2%)

 
 

3,019,167

    Associations, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 12.060%
(SOFR+676 basis points), 7/2/20273,6,9
   

2,998,033

   
 

235,294

    DMT Solutions Global Corporation
First Lien Term Loan, 13.272%
(SOFR+810 basis points), 8/30/20273,6
   

232,353

   
PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
     

VALUE

 

$

248,676

    First Lien Term Loan, 13.402%
(SOFR+810 basis points), 8/30/20273,6
 

$

245,568

   
 

235,294

    First Lien Term Loan, 13.427%
(SOFR+810 basis points), 8/30/20273,6
   

232,353

   
 

235,294

    First Lien Term Loan, 13.443%
(SOFR+810 basis points), 8/30/20273,6
   

232,353

   
 

743,976

    Landscape Workshop, LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 11.466%
(SOFR+615 basis points), 9/22/20253,6,7
   

737,652

   
 

742,349

    Lynx Franchising, LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 12.225%
(SOFR+700 basis points), 12/18/20263,6,7
   

738,267

   
 

10,800

    SEI Holdings I Corporation
First Lien Delay Draw, 12.048%
(SOFR+675 basis points), 3/27/20283,6
   

10,643

   
 

42,708

    First Lien Delay Draw, 12.052%
(SOFR+675 basis points), 3/27/20283,6,7
   

42,089

   
 

868,149

    First Lien Term Loan, 12.060%
(SOFR+675 basis points), 3/27/20283,6,7
   

855,561

   
 

35,013

    First Lien Delay Draw, 12.063%
(SOFR+675 basis points), 3/27/20283,6
   

34,505

   
 

25,623

    First Lien Delay Draw, 12.081%
(SOFR+675 basis points), 3/27/20283,6,7
   

25,251

   
 

10,774

    First Lien Delay Draw, 12.091%
(SOFR+675 basis points), 3/27/20283,6
   

10,617

   
 

3,000,000

    Southern Graphics Inc.
First Lien Revolver, 11.327%
(SOFR+600 basis points), 4/30/20283,6,7
   

2,662,500

   
 

2,992,318

    VRC Companies LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 11.074%
(SOFR+550 basis points), 6/29/20273,6
   

2,992,318

   
     

12,050,063

   
   

Construction & Engineering (2.3%)

 
 

110,837

    LJ Avalon Holdings LLC
First Lien Revolver, 0.500%, 2/1/20296,8
   

   
 

9,895

    First Lien Delay Draw, 11.709%
(SOFR+640 basis points), 2/1/20303,6
   

9,929

   
 

315,776

    First Lien Term Loan, 11.792%
(SOFR+640 basis points), 2/1/20303,6
   

316,881

   
 

60,165

    First Lien Delay Draw, 11.713%
(SOFR+640 basis points), 2/1/20303,6,10
   

17,607

   
 

800,000

    OSR Intermediate LLC
First Lien Revolver, 0.500%, 3/15/20296,8
   

(8,000

)

 
 

533,333

   

First Lien Delay Draw, 1.000%, 3/15/20296,8

   

   
 

2,666,667

    First Lien Term Loan, 11.325%
(SOFR+600 basis points), 3/15/20293,6
   

2,640,000

   
     

2,976,417

   
   

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail (1.9%)

 
 

248,724

    PetSmart, LLC.
First Lien Term Loan, 9.180%
(SOFR+375 basis points), 2/12/20282,3
   

248,466

   
 

1,866,667

    Save Mart Supermarkets LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 12.814%
(SOFR+751 basis points), 3/28/20273,6
   

1,866,666

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

CALAMOS AKSIA ALTERNATIVE CREDIT AND INCOME FUND ANNUAL REPORT
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Schedule of Investments As of March 31, 2024

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
     

VALUE

 

$

400,000

    United Natural Foods, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 8.578%
(SOFR+325 basis points), 10/22/20252,3
 

$

400,242

   
     

2,515,374

   
   

Containers & Packaging (0.5%)

 
 

742,443

    Tank Holding Corp.
First Lien Term Loan, 11.177%
(SOFR+585 basis points), 3/31/20283,6,7
   

722,769

   
   

Distributors (0.2%)

 
 

248,752

    Windsor Holdings III LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 9.329%
(SOFR+400 basis points), 8/1/20302,3
   

250,035

   
   

Diversified Consumer Services (1.1%)

 
 

1,488,550

    Cambium Learning Group, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 10.918%
(SOFR+560 basis points), 7/20/20283,6
   

1,494,504

   
   

Diversified Telecommunication Services (1.2%)

 
 

344,828

    Honeycomb Private Holdings II, LLC
First Lien Delay Draw, 1.000%,
12/31/20296,8
   

(2,241

)

 
 

1,655,172

    First Lien Term Loan, 11.577%
(SOFR+625 basis points), 12/31/20293,6
   

1,632,000

   
     

1,629,759

   
   

Electrical Equipment (2.4%)

 
  266,666     Clarience Technologies LLC
Unitranche Delay Draw, 1.000%,
2/13/20316,8
   

(2,667

)

 
 

2,466,667

    Unitranche Term Loan, 11.059%
(SOFR+575 basis points), 2/13/20313,6
   

2,442,000

   
 

266,667

    Unitranche Revolver, 11.065%
(SOFR+575 basis points), 2/13/20303,6
   

6,222

   
 

744,375

    TS OPCO Holding, LLC and Trystar, LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 10.684%
(SOFR+550 basis points), 9/28/20273,6,7,10
   

734,326

   
     

3,179,881

   
   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (0.8%)

 
 

1,057,000

    Specialty Measurement Holdco Limited
Unitranche Term Loan, 11.810%
(SOFR+650 basis points), 11/8/20303,6,7
   

1,033,746

   
   

Energy Equipment & Services (1.7%)

 
 

249,375

    New Fortress Energy, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 10.317%
(SOFR+450 basis points), 10/30/20282,3
   

250,492

   
 

1,992,500

    USA Debusk LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 11.929%
(SOFR+660 basis points), 6/30/20283,6
   

2,014,019

   
     

2,264,511

   
   

Entertainment (0.9%)

 
 

2,300,000

    Crown Finance US, Inc.
First Lien Revolver, 11.938%
(SOFR+662 basis points), 7/31/20283,6,7,10
   

1,221,300

   
PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
     

VALUE

 
   

Financial Services (2.5%)

 

$

1,000,000

    Clear SPV V US L.P.
First Lien Delay Draw, 16.327%
(SOFR+1,100 basis points), 3/29/20273,6,10
 

$

372,800

   
 

1,500,000

    Cor Leonis Limited
First Lien Revolver, 12.809%
(SOFR+750 basis points), 5/15/20283,6,10
   

1,196,713

   
 

600,000

    Galway Borrower, LLC
First Lien Delay Draw, 1.000%, 9/29/20286,8
   

600

   
 

397,000

    First Lien Term Loan, 11.052%
(SOFR+575 basis points), 9/29/20283,6
   

404,146

   
       

More Cowbell II LLC

         
 

108,855

   

First Lien Delay Draw, 1.000%, 9/1/20306,7,8

   

(163

)

 
 

141,551

    First Lien Revolver, 11.279%
(SOFR+600 basis points), 9/1/20293,6,7,10
   

24,859

   
 

999,564

    First Lien Term Loan, 11.093%
(SOFR+600 basis points), 9/1/20303,6,7
   

990,568

   
 

335,000

    Osaic Wealth, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 9.327%
(SOFR+400 basis points), 8/16/20282,3
   

336,695

   
     

3,326,218

   
   

Food Products (0.4%)

 
 

248,734

    Clydesdale Acquisition Holdings Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 9.105%
(SOFR+375 basis points), 4/13/20292,3
   

249,356

   
 

300,000

    Fiesta Purchaser, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 9.327%
(SOFR+400 basis points), 2/12/20312,3
   

300,854

   
     

550,210

   
   

Ground Transportation (0.5%)

 
 

32,534

    ITI Intermodal Services, LLC
First Lien Delay Draw, 11.680%
(SOFR+635 basis points), 12/21/20273,6,7
   

31,346

   
 

464,595

    First Lien Term Loan, 11.930%
(SOFR+660 basis points), 12/21/20273,6,7
   

451,354

   
 

245,371

    First Lien Delay Draw, 11.930%
(SOFR+660 basis points), 12/21/20273,6,7
   

238,378

   
     

721,078

   
   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (1.5%)

 
 

55,556

    Medical Device, Inc.
First Lien Revolver, 0.500%, 7/12/20296,8
   

(417

)

 
 

442,222

    First Lien Term Loan, 11.902%
(SOFR+660 basis points), 7/12/20293,6
   

438,906

   
 

1,535,267

    TecoStar Holdings, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 13.826%
(SOFR+850 basis points), 7/7/20293,6
   

1,549,085

   
     

1,987,574

   
   

Health Care Providers & Services (2.7%)

 
 

1,043,211

    JDC Healthcare Management, LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 20.829%
(SOFR+1,550 basis points), 9/29/20283,6,7,9
   

1,009,307

   
 

2,253,991

    Space Intermediate III, Inc.
Unitranche Term Loan, 11.572%
(SOFR+625 basis points), 11/8/20293,6
   

2,244,975

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


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Schedule of Investments As of March 31, 2024

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
     

VALUE

 

$

250,000

    Star Parent, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 9.330%
(SOFR+400 basis points), 9/30/20302,3
 

$

248,797

   
     

3,503,079

   
   

Health Care Technology (3.4%)

 
 

1,990,000

    PracticeTek Purchaser, LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 11.080%
(SOFR+575 basis points), 11/23/20273,6
   

1,959,155

   
 

2,500,000

    Ruby Buyer, LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 11.754%
(SOFR+650 basis points), 12/21/20293,6
   

2,461,250

   
     

4,420,405

   
   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (1.0%)

 
 

248,744

    Caesars Entertainment, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 8.663%
(SOFR+325 basis points), 2/6/20302,3
   

249,764

   
 

397,995

    Carnival Corporation & plc
First Lien Term Loan, 8.319%
(SOFR+300 basis points), 8/9/20272,3
   

399,073

   
 

248,731

    Fertitta Entertainment, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 9.788%
(SOFR+375 basis points), 1/29/20292,3
   

249,625

   
 

400,000

    Life Time, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 9.570%
(SOFR+400 basis points), 1/15/20262,3
   

402,916

   
     

1,301,378

   
   

Insurance (3.6%)

 
  2,961,956     Accuserve Solutions, Inc.
2024 Delay Draw,
1.000%, 8/13/20296,8
   

(44,429

)

 
 

195,652

    Unitranche Revolver, 11.060%
(SOFR+575 basis points), 3/15/20303,6,10
   

(2,935

)

 
  2,777,174     First Lien Term Loan, 11.420%
(SOFR+625 basis points), 8/11/20293,6
   

2,735,516

   
 

65,217

    Unitranche Revolver, 13.243%
(SOFR+794 basis points), 3/15/20303,6
   

64,246

   
 

204,345

    Alliant Holdings LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 8.827%
(SOFR+350 basis points), 11/6/20302,3
   

205,389

   
 

248,731

    AssuredPartners, LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 8.827%
(SOFR+350 basis points), 2/12/20272,3
   

249,237

   
 

249,375

    BroadStreet Partners, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 9.080%
(SOFR+375 basis points), 1/26/20292,3
   

250,404

   
 

300,000

    HUB International Limited
First Lien Term Loan, 8.837%
(SOFR+325 basis points), 6/20/20302,3
   

300,449

   
 

918,553

    Neptune Flood Incorporated
First Lien Term Loan, 11.401%
(SOFR+610 basis points), 5/8/20293,6
   

919,930

   
     

4,677,807

   
PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
     

VALUE

 
   

Interactive Media & Services (0.5%)

 

$

374,052

    Revelstoke Bidco Limited
First Lien Delay Draw, 2.188%,
11/30/20306,7,8
 

$

(4,489

)

 
 

625,948

    First Lien Term Loan, 11.559%
(SOFR+625 basis points), 11/30/20303,6,7
   

609,048

   
     

604,559

   
   

IT Services (3.9%)

 
 

248,641

    Boxer Parent Company Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 9.309%
(SOFR+425 basis points), 12/29/20282,3
   

250,531

   
 

135,364

    Salute Mission Critical LLC
First Lien Revolver, 0.500%, 11/30/20276,8
   

   
 

668,359

    First Lien Term Loan, 11.302%
(SOFR+600 basis points), 11/30/20273,6
   

675,711

   
 

189,035

    First Lien Delay Draw, 11.302%
(SOFR+600 basis points), 11/30/20273,6
   

191,115

   
 

2,992,500

    Smartronix, LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 11.575%
(SOFR+635 basis points), 11/23/20283,6
   

2,928,161

   
 

1,000,000

EUR

  Xebia Group Holding B.V.
First Lien Term Loan, 10.902%
(EURIBOR+700 basis points), 7/31/20273,5,6
   

1,049,736

   
     

5,095,254

   
   

Life Sciences Tools & Services (0.8%)

 
 

1,000,000

    Life Science Intermediate Holdings, LLC
First Lien Delay Draw, 11.930%
(SOFR+660 basis points), 6/10/20273,6
   

1,003,500

   
   

Media (0.4%)

 
 

250,000

    Clear Channel Outdoor Americas, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 9.441%
(SOFR+400 basis points), 8/23/20282,3
   

250,312

   
 

329,422

    DIRECT TV Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 10.445%
(SOFR+500 basis points), 8/2/20272,3
   

330,246

   
     

580,558

   
   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (0.4%)

 
 

496,864

    Par Petroleum, LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 9.693%
(SOFR+425 basis points), 2/28/20302,3
   

498,260

   
   

Passenger Airlines (0.6%)

 
 

235,000

    Air Canada
First Lien Term Loan, 7.833%
(SOFR+250 basis points), 3/21/20312,3
   

235,736

   
 

500,000

    United Airlines Holdings, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 8.076%
(SOFR+275 basis points), 2/24/20313
   

501,405

   
     

737,141

   
   

Pharmaceuticals (1.4%)

 
 

496,218

    Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 10.830%
(SOFR+550 basis points), 5/4/20282,3
   

496,297

   
 

248,723

    Freya US Finco LLC
First Lien Delay Draw, 0.750%,
10/31/20306,7,8
   

(1,617

)

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments As of March 31, 2024

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
     

VALUE

 

$

1,036,345

    First Lien Term Loan, 11.552%
(SOFR+625 basis points), 10/31/20303,6,7
 

$

1,016,655

   
 

397,729

    Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc
First Lien Term Loan, 8.963%
(SOFR+300 basis points), 5/5/20282,3
   

400,215

   
     

1,911,550

   
   

Professional Services (10.3%)

 
 

2,500,000

EUR

  Breeze Buyer B.V.
Unitranche Term Loan, 9.908%
(EURIBOR+600 basis points), 1/8/20315,6
   

2,645,917

   
       

Corsair Blade IV (Luxembourg) S.A.R.L.

         
 

1,516,235  

GBP

 

Unitranche Revolver, 1.250%, 2/2/20315,6,8

   

(20,133

)

 
 

320,320  

EUR

  Unitranche Term Loan, 9.658%
(EURIBOR+575 basis points), 2/2/20313,5,6
   

338,670

   
 

2,210,913  

GBP

  Unitranche Term Loan, 10.949%
(SONIA+575 basis points), 2/2/20313,5,6
   

2,734,689

   
  2,000,000     ERS Holdings LLC
First Lien Delay Draw, 0.750%, 5/1/20276,7,8
   

(30,000

)

 
 

3,990,000

    First Lien Term Loan, 11.076%
(SOFR+575 basis points), 5/1/20273,6,7
   

3,930,150

   
 

144,541

    Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc.
First Lien Revolver, 0.500%, 12/13/20276,8
   

   
 

2,855,459

    First Lien Term Loan, 10.702%
(SOFR+540 basis points), 12/13/20273,6
   

2,841,181

   
 

739,607

    Royal Holdco Corporation
First Lien Term Loan, 11.180%
(SOFR+585 basis points), 12/30/20263,6,7
   

728,143

   
 

300,000

    UKG, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 8.814%
(SOFR+350 basis points), 2/10/20312,3
   

301,922

   
     

13,470,539

   
   

Real Estate Management & Development (9.3%)

 
 

1,000,000

    39th Ave Holdings 1 & 2 LLC
First Mortgage Delay Draw, 12.279%
(SOFR+695 basis points), 12/1/20243,6
   

1,000,000

   
 

600,000

    400 NE 2nd Street Owner LLC
First Mortgage Delay Draw, 10.527%
(SOFR+520 basis points), 4/21/20243,6,7,10
   

597,515

   
 

3,400,000

    Cropsey Partners LLC
First Mortgage Delay Draw, 12.468%
(SOFR+717 basis points), 5/1/20243,6
   

3,400,000

   
 

600,000

    DTH 215 Venture LLC
First Mortgage Delay Draw, 10.999%
(SOFR+567 basis points), 2/28/20253,6,7,10
   

591,007

   
 

3,000,000

    G4 18208, LLC & G4 18210, LLC
Mezzanine Term Loan, 10.479%
(SOFR+515 basis points), 10/31/20263,6
   

3,004,500

   
 

1,500,000

EUR

  Omdus Holding B.V.
Unitranche Term Loan, 10.152%
(EURIBOR+625 basis points), 6/30/20293,5,6
   

1,613,443

   
 

2,000,000

    Peebles El Ad Tribeca Mezz LLC
Mezzanine Term Loan, 13.210%
(SOFR+788 basis points), 6/1/20263,6
   

1,999,000

   
     

12,205,465

   
PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
     

VALUE

 
   

Software (13.5%)

 

$

722,920

    1WS Intermediate, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 10.177%
(SOFR+500 basis points), 7/8/20253,6,7
 

$

722,920

   
 

19,345

    First Lien Delay Draw, 10.208%
(SOFR+490 basis points), 7/8/20253,6,7
   

19,345

   
 

2,992,308

    Apryse Software Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 10.802%
(SOFR+550 basis points), 7/15/20273,6
   

2,992,308

   
 

134,375

    Arrow Buyer, Inc.
First Lien Delay Draw, 1.000%, 7/6/20306,8
   

403

   
 

50,000

    First Lien Delay Draw, 11.696%
(SOFR+650 basis points), 7/6/20303,6
   

49,775

   
 

3,125

    First Lien Delay Draw, 11.787%
(SOFR+650 basis points), 7/6/20303,6
   

3,111

   
 

810,469

    First Lien Term Loan, 11.802%
(SOFR+650 basis points), 7/6/20303,6
   

806,822

   
 

1,000,000

    Cardinal Parent, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 12.250%,
12/31/20276,7
   

960,000

   
 

250,000

    CDK Global, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 9.309%
(SOFR+400 basis points), 7/6/20292,3
   

251,032

   
 

135,135

    Enverus Holdings, Inc.
First Lien Revolver, 0.500%, 12/31/20296,8
   

(1,351

)

 
 

88,803

    First Lien Delay Draw, 1.000%,
12/31/20296,8
   

(222

)

 
 

1,776,062

    First Lien Term Loan, 10.827%
(SOFR+550 basis points), 12/31/20293,6
   

1,758,301

   
 

997,500

    Evergreen IX Borrower 2023, LLC
Unitranche Term Loan, 11.310%
(SOFR+600 basis points), 9/26/20303,6
   

989,021

   
 

2,000,000

    Finastra USA, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 12.459%
(SOFR+725 basis points), 9/20/20293,6
   

1,991,000

   
 

260,869

    Icefall Parent, Inc.
First Lien Revolver, 0.500%, 1/25/20306,8
   

(5,217

)

 
 

2,739,130

    First Lien Term Loan, 11.802%
(SOFR+650 basis points), 1/25/20303,6
   

2,684,348

   
 

990,000

    NF HoldCo LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 11.810%
(SOFR+650 basis points), 3/30/20293,6,7
   

979,605

   
 

744,356

    OSP Hamilton Purchaser, LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 10.927%
(SOFR+560 basis points), 12/28/20293,6,7
   

746,217

   
 

640,000

GBP

  Proactis Holdings Limited
First Lien Term Loan, 15.590%
(SONIA+1,040 basis points),
8/25/20293,5,6,7,9
   

798,485

   
 

1,000,000

    Serrano Parent, LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 11.810%
(SOFR+650 basis points), 5/12/20303,6
   

999,000

   
 

979,275

    Vital Buyer, LLC
First Lien Term Loan, 10.841%
(SOFR+550 basis points), 6/1/20283,6,7
   

967,523

   
     

17,712,426

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


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Schedule of Investments As of March 31, 2024

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
     

VALUE

 
   

Specialty Retail (0.3%)

 

$

398,992

    Hanesbrands, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan, 9.080%
(SOFR+375 basis points), 3/8/20302,3
 

$

399,429

   
   

Trading Companies & Distributors (1.2%)

 
 

297,872

    Ambient Enterprises Holdco LLC
First Lien Revolver, 0.500%, 11/30/20296,8
   

(2,681

)

 
 

339,793

    First Lien Delay Draw, 11.325%
(SOFR+600 basis points), 11/30/20293,6,10
   

250,264

   
 

1,354,893

    First Lien Term Loan, 11.324%
(SOFR+600 basis points), 6/30/20303,6
   

1,342,700

   
     

1,590,283

   
   

Transportation Infrastructure (0.7%)

 
 

1,400,000

    FB FLL Aviation LLC
First Lien Delay Draw, 12.327%
(SOFR+700 basis points), 7/19/20283,6,10
   

881,200

   
        TOTAL CORPORATE LOANS
(Cost $110,538,867)
   

111,004,921

   
NUMBER OF  
SHARES
 
     

WARRANTS 0.0%

     
   

Capital Markets (0.0%)

 
 

6,144

    Betterment Holdings, Inc.
Exercise Price $6.51, Expiration
Date 10/6/20336,7
   

   
   

Financial Services (0.0%)

 
 

1,681,901

    CFT Clear Finance Technology Corp.
Exercise Price $0.01, Expiration
Date 10/3/20356
   

27,782

   
        TOTAL WARRANTS
(Cost $0)
   

27,782

   
PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
 
 
 

SUBORDINATED DEBT (4.6%)

     
   

Capital Markets (2.3%)

 

$

3,000,000

    Sagittarius Holdings, Ltd.
Unsecured / Mezz Delayed Draw, 11.840%
(SOFR+650 basis points), 12/23/20273,6
   

3,001,500

   
   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (0.8%)

 
 

1,024,368

    AMG Investment Holdings IV LLC
Unsecured / Mezz Delayed Draw,
14.250%, 8/13/20286,9
   

1,018,733

   
   

Financial Services (1.5%)

 
 

2,000,000

    Blue Owl Technology Income Corp.
Unsecured / Mezz Delayed Draw, 10.113%
(SOFR+475 basis points), 1/15/20293,6
   

1,991,000

   
        SUBORDINATED DEBT
(Cost $6,054,585)
   

6,011,233

   
    NUMBER OF
SHARES
 

VALUE

 

PRIVATE INVESTMENT FUNDS (9.6%)

     
   

Capital Markets (1.5%)

 
 

N/A

   

BSOF SRT Parallel Onshore Fund LP11,12

 

$

1,038,069

   
 

N/A

   

Eagle Point SRT Co-Invest I LP11,12

   

1,000,038

   
     

2,038,107

   
   

Financial Services (6.6%)

 
  74,774    

AG Twin Brook Capital Income Fund11

   

1,901,309

   
 

N/A

   

Bridgepoint Credit Opportunities III "A" LP5,11,12

   

1,958,362

   
 

N/A

    CCS Co-Investment Vehicle 1 LP
Incorporated11,12
   

2,411,676

   
 

67,568

    T. Rowe Price OHA Select Private
Credit Fund11
   

1,906,716

   
 

N/A

   

Whitehorse Liquidity Partners V LP11,12

   

430,208

   
     

8,608,271

   
   

Real Estate Management & Development (1.5%)

 
 

N/A

   

BP Holdings Zeta LP11,12

   

2,000,000

   
    TOTAL PRIVATE INVESTMENT FUNDS
(Cost $11,400,525)
   

12,646,378

   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (0.5%)

     
 

666,952

    Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity
Funds – Government Portfolio,
Institutional Share Class, 5.21%13
   

666,952

   
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $666,952)
   

666,952

   
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS (100.5%)
(Cost $130,360,929)
   

132,028,673

   

LIABILITIES LESS OTHER ASSETS (-0.5%)

   

(678,412

)

 

NET ASSETS (100.0%)

 

$

131,350,261

   

CLO  Collateralized Loan Obligation

EUR  Euro

EURIBOR  Euro Interbank Offered Rate

GBP  British Pound

LLC  Limited Liability Company

LP  Limited Partnership

PRIME   U.S. Prime Rate

SOFR  Secured Overnight Financing Rate

SONIA  Sterling Overnight Index Average

US  United States

1  Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are restricted and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration normally to qualified institutional buyers. The total value of these securities is $1,671,407, which represents 1.27% of the total net assets of the Fund.

2  Callable.

3  Floating rate security, upon which the interest rate adjusts periodically based on changes in current interest rates and prepayments on the underlying pool of assets. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period end.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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4  Variable rate security. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of period end.

5  Foreign securities entered into in foreign currencies are converted to U.S. Dollars using period end spot rates.

6  Level 3 securities fair valued under procedures established by the Board of Trustees, represents 81.65% of Net Assets. The total value of these securities is $107,251,179.

7  This investment was made through a participation. Please see Note 2 for a description of loan participations.

8  Represents an unfunded loan commitment. The rate disclosed is equal to the commitment fee. The negative cost and/or fair value, if applicable, is due to the discount received in excess of the principal amount of the unfunded commitment. See Note 2 for additional information.

9  Payment-in-kind interest is generally paid by issuing additional par of the security rather than paying cash.

10  A portion of this holding is subject to unfunded loan commitments. The stated interest rate reflects the reference rate and spread for the funded portion. See Note 2 for additional information.

11  Investment valued using net asset value per share as a practical expedient. See Note 10 for respective unfunded commitments and redemptive restrictions.

12  Private investment company does not issue shares or units.

13  The rate is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

14  Non-income producing.

 

FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

SALE CONTRACTS

  SETTLEMENT
DATE
 

COUNTERPARTY

  CURRENCY
EXCHANGE
  CURRENCY
AMOUNT
SOLD
  VALUE AT
SETTLEMENT
DATE
  VALUE AT
MARCH 31,
2024
  UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION
(DEPRECIATION)
 

EUR

     

4/15/24

 

Northern Trust

  EUR per USD    

6,716,687

   

$

7,368,690

   

$

7,251,563

   

$

117,127

   

GBP

     

4/15/24

 

Northern Trust

  GBP per USD    

633,600

   

811,502

   

799,776

     

11,726

   

EUR

     

4/15/24

 

JP Morgan

  EUR per USD    

313,914

   

342,079

   

338,912

     

3,167

   

GBP

     

4/15/24

 

Bank of New York

  GBP per USD    

2,157,218

   

2,750,352

   

2,722,997

     

27,355

   

TOTAL FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

                 

$

11,272,623

   

$

11,113,248

   

$

159,375

   

EUR – Euro

GBP – British Pound

USD – U.S. Dollar

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


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Summary of Investments As of March 31, 2024

SECURITY TYPE/SECTOR

  PERCENT OF TOTAL
NET ASSETS
 

Corporate Loans

 

Software

   

13.5

%

 

Professional Services

   

10.3

%

 

Real Estate Management & Development

   

9.3

%

 

Commercial Services & Supplies

   

9.2

%

 

IT Services

   

3.9

%

 

Insurance

   

3.6

%

 

Health Care Technology

   

3.4

%

 

Health Care Providers & Services

   

2.7

%

 

Financial Services

   

2.5

%

 

Electrical Equipment

   

2.4

%

 

Construction & Engineering

   

2.3

%

 

Chemicals

   

2.3

%

 

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail

   

1.9

%

 

Energy Equipment & Services

   

1.7

%

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

   

1.5

%

 

Pharmaceuticals

   

1.4

%

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services

   

1.2

%

 

Trading Companies & Distributors

   

1.2

%

 

Diversified Consumer Services

   

1.1

%

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

   

1.0

%

 

Capital Markets

   

0.9

%

 

Entertainment

   

0.9

%

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

   

0.8

%

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services

   

0.8

%

 

Transportation Infrastructure

   

0.7

%

 

Passenger Airlines

   

0.6

%

 

Containers & Packaging

   

0.5

%

 

Ground Transportation

   

0.5

%

 

Interactive Media & Services

   

0.5

%

 

Media

   

0.4

%

 

Food Products

   

0.4

%

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

   

0.4

%

 

Specialty Retail

   

0.3

%

 

Distributors

   

0.2

%

 

Automobile Components

   

0.2

%

 

Building Products

   

0.0

%

 

Total Corporate Loans

   

84.5

%

 

Private Investment Funds

 

Financial Services

   

6.6

%

 

Capital Markets

   

1.5

%

 

Real Estate Management & Development

   

1.5

%

 

Total Private Investment Funds

   

9.6

%

 

Subordinated Debt

 

Capital Markets

   

2.3

%

 

Financial Services

   

1.5

%

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

   

0.8

%

 

Total Subordinated Debt

   

4.6

%

 

SECURITY TYPE/SECTOR

  PERCENT OF TOTAL
NET ASSETS
 

Asset-Backed Securities

 

Financial Services

   

1.3

%

 

Short-Term Investments

   

0.5

%

 

Warrants

 

Financial Services

   

0.0

%

 

Capital Markets

   

0.0

%

 

Total Warrants

   

0.0

%

 

Total Investments

   

100.5

%

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

   

(0.5

)%

 

Total Net Assets

   

100.0

%

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities March 31, 2024

ASSETS

 

Investments in securities, at value (cost $130,360,929)

 

$

132,028,673

   

Cash

   

4,686,977

   

Foreign currency, at value (cost $1,862,431)

   

1,855,180

   

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts

   

159,375

   

Receivables:

 

Accrued interest

   

1,351,373

   

Fund shares sold

   

1,403,937

   

Investments sold

   

110,936

   

Other assets

   

92,027

   

Total assets

   

141,688,478

   

LIABILITIES

 

Payables:

 

Secured credit facility, net (Note 2)

   

8,517,356

   

Investments purchased

   

1,263,906

   

Investment Advisory fees

   

149,024

   

Interest on secured credit facility (Note 2)

   

14,096

   

Distribution fees (Note 3)

   

253

   

Other accounts payable and accrued liabilities

   

393,582

   

Total liabilities(a)

   

10,338,217

   

NET ASSETS

 

$

131,350,261

   

COMPOSITION OF NET ASSETS

 

Paid in capital (par value of $0.001 per share with an unlimited number of shares authorized)

 

$

127,143,021

   

Accumulated distributable earnings (deficit)

   

4,207,240

   

NET ASSETS

 

$

131,350,261

   

(a)​ Separately, see Note 2 Commitment and Contingencies for detail on unfunded commitments.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


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Statement of Assets and Liabilities March 31, 2024 (Continued)

MAXIMUM OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE

 

Class A:

 

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

 

$

940,304

   

Shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding

   

88,748

   

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

 

$

10.60

   

Maximum sales charge (2.25% of offering price)*

 

$

0.24

   

Maximum offer price to public

 

$

10.84

   

Class C:

 

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

 

$

32,704

   

Shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding

   

3,092

   

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

 

$

10.58

   

Class I:

 

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

 

$

130,344,482

   

Shares of common stock issued and outstanding

   

12,297,876

   

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

 

$

10.60

   

Class M:

 

Net assets applicable to shares outstanding

 

$

32,771

   

Shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding

   

3,096

   

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

 

$

10.58

   
 

* Investors in Class A Shares may be charged a sales charge of up to 2.25% of the subscription amount.

   

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

CALAMOS AKSIA ALTERNATIVE CREDIT AND INCOME FUND ANNUAL REPORT
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Statement of Operations For the Period June 8, 20231​ Through March 31, 2024

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Interest

 

$

5,530,781

   

Payment-in-kind interest

   

55,942

   

Distributions from private investment funds

   

39,019

   

Total investment income

   

5,625,742

   

EXPENSES

 

Investment management fees

   

625,857

   

Interest expense

   

257,877

   

Trustees' fees and officer compensation

   

137,775

   

Audit fees

   

128,500

   

Fund accounting and administration fees

   

104,722

   

Insurance fees

   

79,801

   

Transfer agent fees

   

50,697

   

Sub transfer agent fees—Class A

   

90

   

Sub transfer agent fees—Class I

   

26,464

   

Shareholder reporting fees

   

42,031

   

Legal fees

   

37,740

   

Custodian fees

   

34,587

   

Interest on subsequent close of private investment funds

   

27,648

   

Registration fees

   

13,748

   

Interest on corporate loans

   

11,550

   

Distribution fees—Class A (Note 3)

   

1,232

   

Distribution fees—Class C (Note 3)

   

254

   

Distribution fees—Class M (Note 3)

   

190

   

Miscellaneous

   

58,842

   

Total expenses

   

1,639,605

   

Expenses waived by advisor (Note 3)

   

(589,825

)

 

Net expenses

   

1,049,780

   

NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

   

4,575,962

   

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

 

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

Investments

   

11,988

   

Foreign currency transactions

   

152,067

   

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

   

(247,476

)

 

Net realized gain (loss)

   

(83,421

)

 

Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:

 

Investments

   

1,667,744

   

Foreign currency translations

   

12,175

   

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

   

159,375

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)

   

1,839,294

   

NET GAIN (LOSS)

   

1,755,873

   

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

 

$

6,331,835

   

1​ Commencement of operations.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

    FOR THE PERIOD
JUNE 8, 20231
​THROUGH
MARCH 31, 2024
 

OPERATIONS

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

4,575,962

   

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

   

(83,421

)

 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments, foreign currency and forward foreign
currency exchange contracts
   

1,839,294

   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

   

6,331,835

   

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

 

Distributions:

 

Class A

   

(20,676

)

 

Class C

   

(935

)

 

Class I

   

(2,102,005

)

 

Class M

   

(979

)

 

Total distributions to shareholders

   

(2,124,595

)

 

CAPITAL STOCK TRANSACTIONS

 

Proceeds from shares sold:

 

Class A

   

898,774

   

Class C

   

30,000

   

Class I

   

126,866,367

   

Class M

   

30,000

   

Reinvestment of distributions:

 

Class A

   

2,631

   

Class C

   

935

   

Class I

   

1,211,721

   

Class M

   

979

   

Cost of shares repurchased:

 

Class I

   

(1,998,386

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital transactions

   

127,043,021

   

TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

   

131,250,261

   

NET ASSETS

 

Beginning of period2

 

$

100,000

   

End of period

 

$

131,350,261

   

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS

 

Shares sold:

 

Class A

   

88,490

   

Class C

   

3,000

   

Class I

   

12,360,028

   

Class M

   

3,000

   

Shares reinvested:

 

Class A

   

258

   

Class C

   

92

   

Class I

   

118,990

   

Class M

   

96

   

Shares repurchased:

 

Class I

   

(191,142

)

 

Net increase (decrease) in capital share transactions

   

12,382,812

   

1​ Commencement of operations.

2​ The total initial seed share purchase made on January 26, 2023 of $100,000 included 10,000 shares purchased at $10 per share.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

CALAMOS AKSIA ALTERNATIVE CREDIT AND INCOME FUND ANNUAL REPORT
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Statement of Cash Flows

    FOR THE PERIOD
JUNE 8, 20231
​THROUGH
MARCH 31, 2024
 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

 

Net increase/(decrease) in net assets from operations

 

$

6,331,835

   

Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets resulting from operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

 

Purchases of long-term portfolio investments

   

(132,652,544

)

 

Sales of long-term portfolio investments

   

10,083,760

   

Purchase/Sales of short-term investments—net

   

(666,952

)

 

Purchase of short-term portfolio investments

   

(8,755,196

)

 

Sales of short-term portfolio investments

   

3,155,151

   

Net amortization of premium and accretion of discount on investments

   

(99,533

)

 

Net realized gain (loss) from investments

   

(9,642

)

 

Net realized gain (loss) from foreign currency transactions

   

(152,067

)

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments

   

(1,667,744

)

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on foreign currency translations

   

(12,175

)

 

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

   

(159,375

)

 

Net change in assets and liabilities:

 

(Increase)/decrease in assets:

 

Investments sold

   

(110,936

)

 

Accrued interest

   

(1,331,947

)

 

Other assets

   

(92,027

)

 

Increase/(decrease) in liabilities:

 

Interest on secured credit facility (Note 2)

   

14,096

   

Investment Advisory fees

   

149,024

   

Distribution fees (Note 3)

   

253

   

Other accounts payable and accrued liabilities

   

393,582

   
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities    

(125,582,437

)

 

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

 

Proceeds from shares sold, net of change in receivable

   

126,421,204

   

Distributions paid to shareholders, net of reinvestments

   

(908,329

)

 

Cost of shares repurchased

   

(1,998,386

)

 

Payments on secured credit facility (Note 2)

   

(19,082,644

)

 

Proceeds from secured credit facility (Note 2)

   

27,600,000

   
Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities    

132,031,845

   

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and foreign currency

   

6,449,408

   

Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash

   

(7,251

)

 

Cash and foreign currency at beginning of period

   

100,000

   

Cash and foreign currency at end of period

 

$

6,542,157

   

Supplemental disclosure

 

Cash paid for interest on credit facility during the period was $257,877.

 

Cash paid for interest on subsequent close during the period was $27,648.

 

Non-cash financing activities not included herein consist of $1,216,266 of reinvested dividends.

 

1​ Commencement of operations.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.


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Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

   

FOR THE PERIOD JUNE 8, 2023* THROUGH MARCH 31, 2024

 
   

CLASS A

 

CLASS C

 

CLASS I

 

CLASS M

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

10.00

   

$

10.00

   

$

10.00

   

$

10.00

   
Income from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)1
   

0.75

     

0.68

     

0.77

     

0.70

   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

   

0.20

     

0.21

     

0.19

     

0.20

   

Total from investment operations

   

0.95

     

0.89

     

0.96

     

0.90

   
Less distributions from:
Net investment income
   

(0.35

)

   

(0.31

)

   

(0.36

)

   

(0.32

)

 

Net realized gain2

   

(0.00

)

   

(0.00

)

   

(0.00

)

   

(0.00

)

 

Total distributions

   

(0.35

)

   

(0.31

)

   

(0.36

)

   

(0.32

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

10.60

   

$

10.58

   

$

10.60

   

$

10.58

   

TOTAL RETURN3,4

   

9.71

%

   

9.04

%

   

9.83

%

   

9.29

%

 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS

 
Ratio of expenses (excluding interest expense):
Before fees waived and expenses absorbed5
   

2.89

%

   

3.62

%

   

2.69

%

   

3.37

%

 

After fees waived and expenses absorbed5

   

1.75

%

   

2.50

%

   

1.50

%

   

2.25

%

 
Ratio of net investment income (loss) (excluding interest expense):
Before fees waived and expenses absorbed5
   

7.15

%

   

6.42

%

   

7.36

%

   

6.67

%

 

After fees waived and expenses absorbed5

   

8.30

%

   

7.55

%

   

8.55

%

   

7.80

%

 
Ratio of expenses (including interest expense):
Before fees waived and expenses absorbed5
   

3.48

%

   

4.21

%

   

3.27

%

   

3.96

%

 

After fees waived and expenses absorbed5

   

2.34

%

   

3.09

%

   

2.09

%

   

2.84

%

 
Ratio of net investment income (loss) (including interest expense):
Before fees waived and expenses absorbed5
   

7.75

%

   

7.02

%

   

7.96

%

   

7.27

%

 

After fees waived and expenses absorbed5

   

8.89

%

   

8.14

%

   

9.14

%

   

8.39

%

 

SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

940

   

$

33

   

$

130,342

   

$

33

   

Portfolio turnover rate4

   

17

%

   

17

%

   

17

%

   

17

%

 

SENIOR SECURITIES:

 
Total amount outstanding (000's omitted)
Secured credit facility
 

$

8,500

   

$

8,500

   

$

8,500

   

$

8,500

   
Asset coverage per $1,000 of borrowings:
Secured credit facility6
 

$

16,453

   

$

16,453

   

$

16,453

   

$

16,453

   

*  Commencement of operations.

1  Based on average shares outstanding for the period.

2  Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.

3  Total return would have been lower had fees not been waived or absorbed by the Advisor. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on the Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares.

4  Not annualized.

5  Annualized.

6  Calculated by subtracting the Fund's total liabilities (not including borrowings) from the Fund's total assets and dividing this by the total number of senior indebtedness units, where one unit equals $1,000 of senior indebtedness.

CALAMOS AKSIA ALTERNATIVE CREDIT AND INCOME FUND ANNUAL REPORT
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Notes to Financial Statements

Note 1 — Organization

Calamos Aksia Alternative Credit and Income Fund (the "Fund") was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on June 24, 2022. The Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company and operates as an interval fund, commencing operations on June 8, 2023. The Fund's investment adviser is Calamos Advisors LLC (the "Advisor" or "Calamos") and the Fund's sub-advisor is Aksia LLC (the "Sub-Advisor" or "Aksia" and together, the "Advisors"). The Advisor and the Sub-Advisor are each registered as an investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the "Advisers Act").

The SEC has granted the Fund exemptive relief permitting the Fund to offer multiple classes of shares. The Fund offers four separate classes of shares of beneficial interest ("Shares") designated as Class A ("Class A Shares"), Class C ("Class C Shares"), Class I ("Class I Shares") and Class M ("Class M Shares"). An investment in any Share class of the Fund represents an investment in the same assets of the Fund. However, the purchase restrictions and ongoing fees and expenses for each Share class are different.

The Fund's investment objectives are to seek attractive risk-adjusted returns and high current income. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by primarily investing across the private credit asset class ("Private Credit"), with the remainder of the Fund's assets invested in one or more liquid alternative investment strategies, which seek to outperform cash yields.

Note 2 — Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Preparation and Use of Estimates

The Fund is an investment company and follows the accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 946, Financial Services — Investment Companies. The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP"). The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Valuation of Investments

The Fund's net asset value ("NAV") per Share is determined daily by the Advisor as of the close of business on each day the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") is open for trading or at such other times as the Board may determine. In accordance with the procedures approved by the Board, the NAV per outstanding Share of beneficial interest is determined, on a class-specific basis, by dividing the value of total assets minus liabilities by the total number of Shares outstanding.

The Board has designated the Advisor as its Valuation Designee to perform fair valuation determinations for the Fund with respect to all Fund investments. The Board oversees the Advisor in its role as Valuation Designee and has approved valuation policy for the Fund (the "Valuation Policy") and the Advisor's valuation procedures (the "Valuation Procedures"). The Advisor, as Valuation Designee, has formed a separate valuation committee (the "Valuation Committee") for determining the fair value of the Fund's investments. The Valuation Committee oversees the implementation of the Valuation Procedures and may consult with representatives from the Fund's outside legal counsel or other third-party consultants in their discussions and deliberations. The Valuation Committee is composed of individuals affiliated with the Advisor.

The Advisor, including through the Valuation Committee, conducts the valuation determinations, provides primary day-to-day oversight of valuation of the Fund's investments and acts in accordance with the Valuation Procedures as approved by the Board. The Fund's investment portfolio is valued in accordance with the Valuation Policies and Valuation Procedures.

The Advisor values securities/instruments traded in active markets on the measurement date by multiplying the closing price of such traded securities/instruments by the quantity of shares or amount of the instrument held. The Advisor values securities/instruments that are not actively traded but whose fair value can be determined based on other observable market data using a price determined by an approved independent pricing vendor.

For securities/instruments with significant unobservable fair value inputs, the valuation approach may vary by security/instrument but may include discounted cash flow analysis, comparable public market valuations and comparable


17


Notes to Financial Statements

transaction valuations. Factors that might materially impact the value of an investment (e.g., operating results, financial condition, achievement of milestones, economic and/or market events and recent sales prices) may be considered. The factors and methodologies used for the valuation of such securities/instruments are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities/instruments nor can it be assured that the Fund can realize the fair value assigned to an instrument/security if it were to sell the instrument/security. Because such valuations are inherently uncertain, they often reflect only periodic information received by the Advisor about such companies' financial condition and/or business operations, which may be on a lagged basis and therefore fluctuate over time and can be based on estimates. Determinations of fair value may differ materially from the values that would have been used if an exchange-traded market for these instruments/securities existed.

The Advisor may engage one or more independent valuation firms to perform procedures, including providing input about calculation models or providing assurance on the concluded fair values for individual investments held by the Fund. Such independent third-party pricing services and independent third-party valuation services may be utilized by the Advisor to verify valuation models pursuant to the Fund's valuation policy at such timing intervals as the Advisor may deem appropriate.

Primary and secondary investments in private markets funds are generally valued based on the latest NAV reported by the third-party fund manager. If the NAV of an investment in a private markets fund is not available at the time the Fund is calculating its NAV, the Fund will review any cash flows since the reference date of the last NAV for a private markets fund received by the Fund from a third-party manager until the determination date are recognized by (i) adding the nominal amount of the investment related capital calls and (ii) deducting the nominal amount of investment related distributions from the NAV as reported by the third-party fund manager.

Notwithstanding the above, managers of primary and secondary investments in private markets funds may adopt a variety of valuation bases and provide differing levels of information where there will generally be no liquid markets for such investments. Consequently, there are inherent difficulties in determining the fair value that cannot be eliminated. None of the Valuation Committee, the Board, the Advisor or the Sub-Advisor will be able to confirm independently the accuracy of valuations provided by these investments in private market funds (which are generally unaudited). Due to the inherent uncertainty in determining the fair value of investments for which market values are not readily available, the fair value of these investments may fluctuate from period to period. In addition, such fair value may differ materially from the values that may have been used had a ready market existed for such investments and may significantly differ from the value ultimately realized by the Fund.

If the Advisor reasonably believes an opinion from an independent valuation firm or pricing vendor is inaccurate or unreliable, the Advisor's Valuation Committee will determine a good-faith fair valuation for the impacted investment. The Advisor's Valuation Committee, who is solely responsible for the determination of the fair value of the investments, will consider all available information at its disposal prior to making a valuation determination, including information or opinions from third-party firms.

Investment Transactions and Related Investment Income

Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade-date basis. However, for NAV determination, portfolio securities transactions are reflected no later than in the first calculation on the first business day following trade date. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis and includes, where applicable, the amortization of premium, accretion of discount and loan origination fees using the effective interest method over the respective term of the loan. Upon the prepayment of a loan or security, any unamortized loan origination fees, original issue discount and market discount are recorded as interest income. The Fund records prepayment premiums as interest income when it receives such amounts.

Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined using cost calculated on a specific identification basis. Paydown gains and losses are recorded as an adjustment to interest income in the Statement of Operations. Some or all of the interest payments of a loan or preferred equity may be structured in the form of Paid-in-kind ("PIK"), which accrues to cost and principal on a current basis but is generally not paid in cash until maturity or some other determined payment date. Interest payments structured in the form of PIK are subject to the risk that a borrower could default when actual cash interest or principal payments are due. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions from private investments that represent returns of capital in excess of cumulative profits and losses are credited to investment cost rather than investment income.

CALAMOS AKSIA ALTERNATIVE CREDIT AND INCOME FUND ANNUAL REPORT
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Notes to Financial Statements

Federal Income Taxes

The Fund intends to qualify annually as a regulated investment company ("RIC") under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. As so qualified, the Fund will not be subject to federal income tax to the extent it distributes substantially all of its net investment income and capital gains to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. Due to the timing of dividend distributions and the differences in accounting for income and realized gains and losses for financial statement and federal income tax purposes, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the year in which the income and realized gains and losses are recorded by the Fund.

For Federal Income tax purposes, the Fund utilizes a tax year end of September 30. Accordingly, the tax components included herein are based on tax attributes as of September 30, 2023.

At March 31, 2024, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments owned by the Fund, based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

Cost of investments

 

$

130,360,929

   

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

1,871,868

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(204,124

)

 

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

 

$

1,667,744

   

U.S. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be reclassified between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share. For the year ended September 30, 2023, permanent differences in book and tax accounting have been reclassified to paid in capital and total distributable earnings as follows:

INCREASE (DECREASE)

 

PAID IN CAPITAL

 

ACCUMULATED DISTRIBUTABLE EARNINGS
(DEFICIT)

 

$

   

$

   

As of September 30, 2023, the components of accumulated distributable earnings (deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income

 

$

786,567

   

Undistributed long-term capital gains

   

   
Total undistributable earnings    

786,567

   

Accumulated capital and other losses

   

   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

   

(30

)

 

Total accumulated distributable earnings (deficit)

 

$

786,537

   

During the period from the commencement of the Fund's operations on June 8, 2023 through the tax year ended September 30, 2023 the Fund had non-expiring capital loss carryforwards as follows:

Short-term

 

$

   

Long-term

 

Total

 

$

   

For the tax year ended September 30, 2023 the Fund did not pay any distributions.

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 the Fund paid dividends as follows:

Distributions paid from:

 

Ordinary income

 

$

2,124,595

   

Total distributions paid

 

$

2,124,595

   

The tax character of these distributions will be determined based on the tax year ended September 30, 2024.

During the tax year ended September 30, 2023, the fund had no capital loss carryovers and as such utilized $0 of short-term and $0 of long-term non-expiring capital loss carryforwards, respectively.


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Notes to Financial Statements

Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (the "Income Tax Statement") requires an evaluation of tax positions taken (or expected to be taken) in the course of preparing a Fund's tax returns to determine whether these positions meet a "more-likely-than-not" standard that, based on the technical merits, have a more than fifty percent likelihood of being sustained by a taxing authority upon examination. A tax position that meets the "more-likely-than-not" recognition threshold is measured to determine the amount of benefit to recognize in the financial statements. The Fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations.

The Income Tax Statement requires management of the Fund to analyze tax positions taken in the prior three open tax years, if any, and tax positions expected to be taken in the Fund's current tax year, as defined by the IRS statute of limitations for all major jurisdictions, including federal tax authorities and certain state tax authorities. For the period from the commencement of the Fund's operations on June 8, 2023 through March 31, 2024, the Fund did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Fund has no examination in progress and is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.

Distributions to Shareholders

Distributions are paid at least quarterly on the Shares in amounts representing substantially all of the Fund's net investment income, if any, earned each year. The Fund determines annually whether to distribute any net realized long-term capital gains in excess of net realized short-term capital losses (including capital loss carryover); however, it may distribute any excess annually to its shareholders.

The exact amount of distributable income for each fiscal year can only be determined at the end of the Fund's fiscal year, March 31. Under Section 19 of the 1940 Act, the Fund is required to indicate the sources of certain distributions to shareholders. The estimated distribution composition may vary from quarter to quarter because it may be materially impacted by future income, expenses and realized gains and losses on securities and fluctuations in the value of the currencies in which Fund assets are denominated.

Foreign Currency and Exchange

The Fund's Shares are denominated in U.S. dollars and will be issued in U.S. dollars. A portion of the Fund's investments (and the income and gains received by the Fund in respect of such investments) may be denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. However, the books of the Fund will be maintained, and contributions to and distributions from the Fund will generally be made, in U.S. dollars. Accordingly, changes in foreign currency exchange rates and exchange controls may materially adversely affect the value of the investments and the other assets of the Fund. For example, any significant depreciation in the exchange rate of the Euro, or any other currency in which the Fund makes investments, against the U.S. dollar, could adversely affect the value of dividends or proceeds on investments denominated in the Euro or such other currencies. In addition, the Fund will incur costs, which may be significant, in connection with the conversion of various currencies. The Advisors generally intend to hedge the foreign currency exposure of the Fund; however, the Fund will necessarily be subject to foreign exchange risks. In addition, prospective investors whose assets and liabilities are predominantly in other currencies should take into account the potential risk of loss arising from fluctuations in value between U.S. dollars and such other currencies. The Fund may enter into forward contracts to hedge exchange risk exposure.

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

The Fund may utilize forward foreign currency exchange contracts ("forward contracts") under which they are obligated to exchange currencies on specified future dates at specified rates and are subject to the translations of foreign exchange rates fluctuations. All contracts are "marked-to-market" daily and any resulting unrealized gains or losses are recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation on foreign currency translations. The Fund records realized gains or losses at the time the forward contract is settled. Counterparties to these forward contracts are major U.S. financial institutions. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

Collateralized Loan Obligations and Collateralized Debt Obligations

The Fund may invest in Collateralized Loan Obligations ("CLOs") and Collateralized Debt Obligations ("CDOs"). CLOs and CDOs are created by the grouping of certain private loans and other lender assets/collateral into pools. A sponsoring organization establishes a special purpose vehicle to hold the assets/collateral and issue securities. Interests in these pools are sold as individual securities. Payments of principal and interest are passed through to investors and are typically supported by some form of credit enhancement, such as a letter of credit, surety bond, limited guaranty or senior/subordination.

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Payments from the asset pools may be divided into several different tranches of debt securities, offering investors various maturity and credit risk characteristics. Some tranches entitled to receive regular installments of principal and interest, other tranches entitled to receive regular installments of interest, with principal payable at maturity or upon specified call dates, and other tranches only entitled to receive payments of principal and accrued interest at maturity or upon specified call dates. Different tranches of securities will bear different interest rates, which may be fixed or floating.

CLOs and CDOs are typically privately offered and sold, and thus, are not registered under the securities laws, which means less information about the security may be available as compared to publicly offered securities and only certain institutions may buy and sell them. As a result, investments in CLOs and CDOs may be characterized by the Fund as illiquid securities. An active dealer market may exist for CLOs and CDOs that can be resold in Rule 144A transactions, but there can be no assurance that such a market will exist or will be active enough for the Fund to sell such securities.

Private Investment Funds

The Fund may also invest in private investment funds (i.e., investment funds that would be investment companies but for the exemptions under Section 3(c)(1), 3(c)(5)(C) or 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act) that invest or trade in a wide range of securities. When the Fund invests in securities issued by private investment funds, it will bear its pro rata portion of the private funds' expenses. These expenses are in addition to the direct expenses of the Fund's own operations, thereby increasing indirect costs and potentially reducing returns to Shareholders. A private investment fund in which the Fund invests has its own investment risks, and those risks can affect the value of the private investment fund's shares and therefore the value of the Fund's investments. There can be no assurance that the investment objective of a private investment fund will be achieved. A private investment fund may change its investment objective or policies without the Fund's approval, which could force the Fund to withdraw its investment from such private investment fund at a time that is unfavorable to the Fund. In addition, one private investment fund may buy the same securities that another private investment fund sells. Therefore, the Fund would indirectly bear the costs of these trades without accomplishing any investment purpose.

Subsequent closings for closed-end private investment funds afford such funds the option to launch the fund as soon as they have secured enough soft commitments and allow the general partner to increase the speed of the fund to take advantage of investments in the market. Rebalancing or equalization occurs each time capital is called after each subsequent closing has occurred and is the process of truing-up all investors as if they had joined the fund during the initial closing. For the period from the commencement of the Fund's operations on June 8, 2023 through March 31, 2024, the Fund experienced equalization and resulted in the interest expense of $27,648, as noted in the Statement of Operations and Statement of Cash Flows as Interest on subsequent close of private investment funds.

Participations and Assignments

The Fund may acquire interests in loans either directly (by way of original issuance, sale or assignment) or indirectly (by way of participation). The purchaser of an assignment typically succeeds to all the rights and obligations of the assigning institution and becomes a lender under the credit agreement with respect to the debt obligation; however, its rights can be more restricted than those of the assigning institution. Participation interests in a portion of a debt obligation typically result in a contractual relationship only with the institution participating in the interest, not with the borrower. In purchasing participations, the Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement, nor any rights of set-off against the borrower, and the Fund may not directly benefit from the collateral supporting the debt obligation in which it has purchased the participation. As a result, the Fund will assume the credit risk of both the borrower and the institution selling the participation.

Commitments and Contingencies

In the normal course of business, the Fund's investment activities involve executions, settlement and financing of various transactions resulting in receivables from, and payables to, brokers, counterparties, debt agents, borrowers, private investment funds, or other parties and the Fund's custodian. These activities may expose the Fund to risk in the event that such parties are unable to fulfill contractual obligations. Management does not anticipate any material losses from parties with whom it conducts business.

Commercial loans purchased by the Fund (whether through participations or as a lender of record) may be structured to include both term loans, which are generally fully funded at the time of investment, and unfunded loan commitments, which are contractual obligations for future funding. Unfunded loan commitments may include revolving corporate loans and delayed draw term loans, which may obligate the Fund to supply additional cash to the borrower on demand, representing a potential financial obligation by the Fund in the future. The Fund may receive a commitment fee based on the undrawn


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portion of such unfunded loan commitments. The commitment fee is typically set as a percentage of the commitment amount. Commitment fees are processed as income when received and are part of the interest income in the Statements of Operations. As of March 31, 2024, the Fund received $44,368 in commitment fees. As of March 31, 2024, the Fund had unfunded loan commitments as noted in the Schedule of Investments with a total principal amount of $15,742,313 and a Fair Value amount of ($239,461) representing (0.18)% of net assets. The negative fair value, if applicable, is due to the discount received in excess of the principal amount of the unfunded commitment.

BORROWER

 

TYPE

 

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

 

FAIR VALUE

 

400 NE 2nd Street Owner LLC

 

First Mortgage Delay Draw

 

$

2,185

   

$

(1

)

 

Accuserve Solutions, Inc.

 

2024 First Lien-Last Out Delay Draw

   

2,961,956

     

(44,429

)

 

Accuserve Solutions, Inc.

 

Unitranche Revolver

   

195,652

     

(67,174

)

 

Ambient Enterprises Holdco LLC

 

First Lien Delay Draw

   

86,471

     

(22

)

 

Ambient Enterprises Holdco LLC

 

First Lien Revolver

   

297,872

     

(2,681

)

 

Arrow Buyer, Inc.

 

First Lien Delay Draw

   

133,367

     

403

   

Betterment Holdings, Inc.

 

First Lien Delay Draw

   

769,231

     

(1,038

)

 

Clarience Technologies LLC

 

Unitranche Delay Draw

   

266,667

     

(2,667

)

 

Clarience Technologies LLC

 

Unitranche Revolver

   

257,778

     

(2,578

)

 

Clear SPV V US L.P.

 

First Lien Delay Draw

   

618,200

     

(20,825

)

 

Cor Leonis Limited

 

First Lien Revolver

   

301,787

     

(302

)

 

Corsair Blade IV (Luxembourg) S.A.R.L.

 

Unitranche Revolver

   

1,921,885

     

(20,133

)

 

Crown Finance US, Inc.

 

First Lien Revolver

   

1,058,000

     

(9,522

)

 

DTH 215 Venture, LLC

 

First Mortgage Delay Draw

   

8,993

     

   

Enverus Holdings, Inc.

 

First Lien Delay Draw

   

88,137

     

(222

)

 

Enverus Holdings, Inc.

 

First Lien Revolver

   

135,135

     

(1,351

)

 

ERS Holdings LLC

 

First Lien Delay Draw

   

2,000,000

     

(30,000

)

 

FB FLL Aviation LLC

 

First Lien Delay Draw

   

488,000

     

(10,736

)

 

Freya US Finco LLC

 

First Lien Delay Draw

   

245,614

     

(1,617

)

 

Galway Borrower, LLC

 

First Lien Delay Draw

   

594,000

     

600

   

Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc.

 

First Lien Revolver

   

143,819

     

   

Honeycomb Private Holdings II, LLC

 

First Lien Delay Draw

   

342,241

     

(2,241

)

 

Icefall Parent, Inc.

 

First Lien Revolver

   

260,870

     

(5,217

)

 

LJ Avalon Holdings LLC

 

First Lien Delay Draw

   

42,769

     

150

   

LJ Avalon Holdings LLC

 

First Lien Revolver

   

110,837

     

   

Medical Device, Inc.

 

First Lien Revolver

   

55,556

     

(417

)

 

More Cowbell II LLC

 

First Lien Delay Draw

   

108,068

     

(163

)

 

More Cowbell II LLC

 

First Lien Revolver

   

115,418

     

(1,039

)

 

OSR Intermediate LLC

 

First Lien Delay Draw

   

528,000

     

   

OSR Intermediate LLC

 

First Lien Revolver

   

800,000

     

(8,000

)

 

Revelstoke Bidco Limited

 

First Lien Delay Draw

   

368,441

     

(4,489

)

 

Salute Mission Critical LLC

 

First Lien Revolver

   

135,364

     

   

Southern Graphics Inc.

 

First Lien Revolver

   

300,000

     

(3,750

)

 
   

Total:

 

$

15,742,313

   

$

(239,461

)

 

Repurchase Offers

To provide Shareholders with limited liquidity, the Fund is structured as an "interval fund" and intends to conduct quarterly repurchase offers for between 5% and 25% of the Fund's outstanding shares at NAV, pursuant to Rule 23c-3 under the 1940 Act. Under normal market conditions, the Fund currently intends to repurchase 5% of its outstanding Shares at NAV on a quarterly basis. The offer to purchase Shares is a fundamental policy that may not be changed without the vote of the holders of a majority of the Fund's outstanding voting securities as defined in the 1940 Act.

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Notes to Financial Statements

Borrowing, Use of Leverage

On July 17, 2023, the Fund entered into a senior secured credit facility (the "Secured Credit Facility") with PNC Capital Markets LLC as a lead arranger, PNC Bank, National Association ("PNC") as administrative agent and syndication agent and with certain lenders from time to time as parties thereto (the "Lenders"). The Secured Credit Facility provides for borrowings on a committed basis in an aggregate principal amount up to $25,000,000, which amount may be increased from time to time upon mutual agreement by the parties, not to exceed $50,000,000. The Secured Credit Facility matures on July 15, 2024. As of March 31, 2024, the Fund had an outstanding principal balance under the Secured Credit Facility, in the amount of $8,500,000.

For the period from the commencement of the Secured Credit Facility on July 17, 2023 through March 31, 2024, the average balance outstanding, maximum amount borrowed and weighted average interest rate under the Secured Credit Facility were $2,795,367, $11,000,000 and 7.93%, respectively, for the 259 days the Secured Credit Facility was used. In addition, the interest rate as of March 31, 2024 on the Secured Credit Facility was 7.93%. For the period from the commencement of the Secured Credit Facility on July 17, 2023 through March 31, 2024, the interest expense was $239,404. The Fund records loan origination and other expenses related to its debt obligations as debt issuance costs. These expenses are deferred and amortized over the life of the Secured Credit Facility. Debt issuance costs are presented on the statement of assets and liabilities as a direct deduction from the debt liability. The Fund pays loan origination fees (also known as commitment fees) in connection with securing and renewing the Secured Credit Facility. These fees are expensed over the corresponding term of the Secured Credit Facility on a straight line basis and not inclusive of the expense limitation agreement discussed below. For the period from the commencement of the Secured Credit Facility on July 17, 2023 through March 31, 2024, debt issuance costs were $25,000. For the period from the commencement of the Secured Credit Facility on July 17, 2023 through March 31, 2024, unamortized debt issuance costs were $6,519.

The use of leverage increases both risk of loss and profit potential. The Fund is subject to the 1940 Act requirement that an investment company satisfy an asset coverage requirement of 300% of its indebtedness, including amounts borrowed, measured at the time the investment company incurs the indebtedness. This means that at any given time the value of the Fund's total indebtedness may not exceed one-third the value of its total assets (including such indebtedness). The interests of persons with whom the Fund enters into leverage arrangements will not necessarily be aligned with the interests of the Fund's shareholders and such persons will have claims on the Fund's assets that are senior to those of the Fund's shareholders. In addition to the risks created by the Fund's use of leverage, the Fund is subject to the additional risk that it would be unable to timely, or at all, obtain leverage borrowing. The Fund might also be required to de-leverage, selling securities at a potentially inopportune time and incurring tax consequences. Further, the Fund's ability to generate income from the use of leverage would be adversely affected.

Note 3 — Investment Advisory and Other Agreements

The Fund has entered into an investment advisory agreement, (the "Investment Advisory Agreement"), by and between the Fund and the Advisor, and in consideration of the advisory services provided by the Advisor to the Fund, the Advisor is entitled to an investment management fee (the "Investment Management Fee") payable monthly in arrears and accrued daily based upon the Fund's average daily net assets at an annual rate of 1.25%. In addition, pursuant to the sub-advisory agreement between the Advisor and Aksia (the "Sub-Advisory Agreement"), the Advisor pays Aksia a sub-advisory fee (the "Sub-Advisory Fee") payable monthly in arrears and accrued daily based upon the Fund's average daily net assets at an annual rate of 0.625%. The Investment Management Fee paid to the Advisor will be paid out of the Fund's assets and the Sub-Advisory Fee will be paid by the Advisor out of its Investment Management Fee.

The Advisor, the Sub-Advisor and the Fund have entered into the Expense Limitation Agreement under which the Advisor and Sub-Advisor have agreed contractually, for a three-year period from April 28, 2023, to reimburse on a 50/50 basis certain other expenses incurred in the business of the Fund, calculated and reimbursed on a Class-by-Class basis in respect of each of Class A, Class C, Class I and Class M, with the exception of (i) the Investment Management Fee, (ii) the Shareholder Servicing Fee, (iii) the Distribution Fee (as defined herein), (iv) certain costs associated with the acquisition, ongoing investment and disposition of the Fund's investments and unconsummated investments, including legal costs, professional fees, travel costs and brokerage costs, (v) acquired fund fees and expenses, (vi) dividend and interest payments (including any dividend payments, interest expenses, commitment fees, or other expenses related to any leverage incurred by the Fund), (vii) taxes and costs to reclaim foreign taxes, and (viii) extraordinary expenses (as determined in the discretion of the Advisor and Sub- Advisor), to the extent that such expenses exceed 0.25% of the average daily net assets of such class (the "Expense Cap").


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Notes to Financial Statements

In consideration of the Advisor's and Sub-Advisor's agreement to reimburse certain of the Fund's other expenses on a 50/50 basis, the Fund has agreed to repay the Advisor and Sub-Advisor on a 50/50 basis a Reimbursement Amount in respect of each of Class A, Class I and Class M subject to the limitation that a reimbursement will be made only if and to the extent that: (i) it is payable not more than three years from the date on which the applicable waiver or expense payment was made by the Advisor and Sub-Advisor; and (ii) the Reimbursement Amount does not cause the Fund's total annual operating expenses (on an annualized basis and net of any reimbursements received by the Fund during such fiscal year) during the applicable quarter to exceed the Expense Cap of such class. The Reimbursement Amount for a class of Shares will not cause Fund expenses in respect of that class to exceed the Expense Cap either (i) at the time of the waiver or (ii) at the time of reimbursement. The Expense Limitation Agreement will remain in effect for a three-year period from April 28, 2023, unless and until the Board approves its modification or termination. Thereafter, the Expense Limitation Agreement may be renewed annually with the written agreement of the Advisor, the Sub-Advisor, and the Fund.

For the period from the commencement of the Fund's operations on June 8, 2023 through March 31, 2024, the Advisor and Sub-Advisor waived their fees and absorbed other expenses totaling $589,825. For a period not to exceed three years from the date on which advisory fees are waived or Fund expenses absorbed by the Advisor and Sub-Advisor, the Advisor and Sub-Advisor may recoup amounts waived or absorbed, provided it is able to effect such recoupment and remain in compliance with (a) the limitation on Fund expenses in effect at the time of the relevant reduction in advisory fees or payment of the Fund's expenses, and (b) the limitation on Fund expenses at the time of the recoupment. At March 31, 2024, the amount of these potentially recoverable expenses was $589,825. Waived fees and absorbed other expenses subject to potential recovery by month of expiration are as follows:

June 2026 - March 2027

 

$

589,825

   

The Fund has adopted a "Distribution and Shareholder Services Plan" with respect to its Class A, Class C and Class M Shares under which the Fund may compensate financial industry professionals for distribution-related expenses, if applicable, and providing ongoing services in respect of clients with whom they have distributed Shares of the Fund. Such services may include electronic processing of client orders, electronic fund transfers between clients and the Fund, account reconciliations with the Fund's transfer agent, facilitation of electronic delivery to clients of Fund documentation, monitoring client accounts for back-up withholding and any other special tax reporting obligations, maintenance of books and records with respect to the foregoing, and such other information and liaison services as the Fund or the Advisor may reasonably request. Under the Distribution and Shareholder Services Plan, the Fund, with respect to Class A, Class C and Class M, may incur expenses on an annual basis equal to 0.25%, 1.00% and 0.75%, respectively, of its average daily net assets. With respect to Class A Shares, the entire fee is characterized as a "shareholder service fee." With respect to Class C Shares, up to 0.25% of the fee is characterized as a "shareholder service fee" and the remaining portion is characterized as a "distribution fee." With respect to Class M Shares, the entire fee is characterized as a "distribution fee."

UMB Fund Services, Inc. (the "Administrator") serves as administrator, accounting agent and transfer agent to the Fund. Pursuant to the agreement with the Administrator, for the services rendered to the Fund by the Administrator, the Fund pays the Administrator the greater of an annual minimum fee or an asset based fee, which scales downward based upon net assets for fund administration, fund accounting and transfer agency services.

The Fund has entered into a Custody Agreement with UMB Bank, n.a. (the "Custodian"). Under the terms of this agreement, the Custodian will serve as custodian of the Fund's assets.

The Fund has entered into a distribution agreement with Calamos Financial Services, LLC to act as the distributor for the sale of Shares. Calamos Financial Services, LLC is an affiliate of Calamos Advisors LLC.

Note 4 — Fair Value of Investments

Fair Value — Definition

The Fund uses a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The objective of a fair value measurement is to determine the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). Accordingly, the fair value

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Notes to Financial Statements

hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

•  Level 1 — Valuations based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities.

•  Level 2 — Valuations based on inputs, other than quoted prices included in Level 1, that are observable either directly or indirectly.

•  Level 3 — Valuations based on inputs that are both significant and unobservable to the overall fair value measurement.

Investments in private investment funds measured based upon NAV as a practical expedient to determine fair value are not required to be categorized in the fair value hierarchy, however these amounts are shown in the table below under Net Asset Value in order to reconcile back to the Schedule of Investments.

The availability of observable inputs can vary from investment to investment and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of investment whether the investment is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the investment. 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.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing investments are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments. The following table summarizes the Fund's investments that are measured at fair value by level within the fair value hierarchy as of March 31, 2024:

   

LEVEL 1

 

LEVEL 2

 

LEVEL 3

  NET ASSET
VALUE
 

TOTAL

 

Assets:

 

Investments, at fair value

 

Asset Backed Securities

 

$

   

$

1,671,407

   

$

   

$

   

$

1,671,407

   

Corporate Loans

   

     

9,792,757

     

101,212,164

     

     

111,004,921

   

Private Investment Funds

   

     

     

     

12,646,378

     

12,646,378

   

Subordinated Debt

   

     

     

6,011,233

     

     

6,011,233

   

Warrants

   

     

     

27,782

     

     

27,782

   

Short-Term Investments

   

666,952

     

     

     

     

666,952

   

Total Investments, at fair value

 

$

666,952

   

$

11,464,164

   

$

107,251,179

   

$

12,646,378

   

$

132,028,673

   

Assets:

 

Other Financial Instruments

 

Forward Contracts

 

$

   

$

159,375

   

$

   

$

   

$

159,375

   

Total Assets:

 

$

666,952

   

$

11,623,539

   

$

107,251,179

   

$

12,646,378

   

$

132,188,048

   


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Notes to Financial Statements

The following table presents the changes in assets and transfers in and out for investments that are classified in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy for the period from the commencement of the Fund's operations on June 8, 2023 through March 31, 2024:

    CORPORATE
LOANS
  SUBORDINATED
DEBT
 

WARRANTS

 

Balance as of June 8, 2023 (commencement of operations)

 

$

   

$

   

$

   

Transfers In

   

     

     

   

Transfers Out

   

     

     

   

Purchases

   

111,903,868

     

6,056,401

     

0

   

Sales/Paydowns

   

(11,193,390

)

   

     

   

Realized Gains (Losses)

   

15,262

     

     

   

Original Issue Discount and Amendment Fees

   

     

     

   

Accretion

   

98,464

     

(1,816

)

   

   

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

   

387,960

     

(43,352

)

   

27,782

   

Balance as of March 31, 2024

 

$

101,212,164

   

$

6,011,233

   

$

27,782

   

The following table summarizes the valuation techniques and significant unobservable inputs used for the Fund's investments that are categorized in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy as of March 31, 2024.

INVESTMENTS

 

FAIR VALUE

  VALUATION
TECHNIQUE
  UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS
  RANGE OF
INPUTS
  WEIGHTED
AVERAGE*
  IMPACT ON
VALUATION
FROM AN
INCREASE IN
INPUT
 

Corporate Loans

 

$

74,508,289

   

Income Approach

 

Discount Rates

   

9.42

% to 17.56%

   

11.58

%

 

Decrease

 
   

$

26,703,875

   

Other

 

Recent Transaction Price

   

98.00

to 100.00

   

98.147

   

Increase

 

Subordinated Debt

 

$

6,011,233

   

Income Approach

 

Discount Rates

   

9.18

% to 14.13%

   

11.16

%

 

Decrease

 

Warrants

 

$

27,782

   

Other

 

Revenue Multiple

   

7.84

x to 7.84x

   

7.84

x

 

Increase

 
       

Black Scholes Model

 

Volatility

   

60.00

% to 60.00%

   

60.00

%

 

Increase

 
           

Risk-Free Interest Rate

   

4.59

% to 4.59%

   

4.23

%

 

Increase

 
           

Estimated Time to Exit (In years)

   

2

to 2

   

N/A

   

Increase

 
   

$

107,251,179

                       

*  The weighted average is calculated based on the fair value at March 31, 2024 for each Investment type and technique

Note 5 — Capital Stock

The Fund is authorized as a Delaware statutory trust to issue an unlimited number of Shares in one or more classes, with a par value of $0.001. The minimum initial investment by an investor in the Fund is $2,500 with respect to Class A Shares and Class C Shares, $1,000,000 for Class I Shares and $10,000 with respect to Class M Shares, which stated minimum may be reduced for certain investors. Investors purchasing Class A Shares may be charged a front-end sales load of up to 2.25% of the investor's net purchase. Class C Shares, Class I Shares and Class M Shares are not subject to front-end sales loads. While Class M Shares are not charged a front-end sales load, if you purchase Class M Shares through certain financial firms, they may directly charge you transaction or other fees in such amount as they may determine.

A shareholder whose Shares (or a portion thereof) are repurchased by the Fund will not be entitled to a return of any sales charge that was charged in connection with the shareholder's purchase of the Shares.

Pursuant to Rule 23c-3 under the 1940 Act, on a quarterly basis, the Fund offers shareholders holding all classes of shares the option of tendering shares at NAV. The Board determines the quarterly repurchase offer amount ("Repurchase Offer Amount"), which can be no less than 5% and no more than 25% of all shares of all classes outstanding on the repurchase request deadline. If shareholders tender more than the Repurchase Offer Amount, the Fund may, but is not required to, repurchase an additional amount of shares not to exceed 2% of all outstanding shares of the Fund on the repurchase request

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Notes to Financial Statements

deadline. If the Fund determines not to repurchase more than the Repurchase Offer Amount, or if shareholders tender Shares in an amount exceeding the Repurchase Offer Amount plus 2% of the outstanding Shares on the repurchase request deadline, the Fund will repurchase the Shares on a pro rata basis. However, the Fund may accept all shares tendered for repurchase by shareholders who own less than one hundred Shares and who tender all of their Shares, before prorating other amounts tendered. The results of the repurchase offers conducted for the period from the commencement of the Fund's operations on June 8, 2023 through ended March 31, 2024 are as follows:

Commencement Date

 

August 4, 2023

 

November 1, 2023

 

January 31, 2024

 

Repurchase Request

 

September 5, 2023

 

December 1, 2023

 

March 1, 2024

 

Repurchase Pricing date

 

September 5, 2023

 

December 1, 2023

 

March 1, 2024

 

Net Asset Value as of Repurchase Pricing Date

 

Class A

 

$

10.21

   

$

10.34

   

$

10.46

   

Class C

 

$

10.19

   

$

10.33

   

$

10.45

   

Class I

 

$

10.21

   

$

10.34

   

$

10.46

   

Class M

 

$

10.20

   

$

10.33

   

$

10.45

   

Amount Repurchased

 

Class A

 

$

   

$

   

$

   

Class C

 

$

   

$

   

$

   

Class I

 

$

   

$

82,736

   

$

1,915,650

   

Class M

 

$

   

$

   

$

   

Percentage of Outstanding Shares Repurchased

 

Class A

   

%

   

%

   

%

 

Class C

   

%

   

%

   

%

 

Class I

   

%

   

0.12

%

   

1.67

%

 

Class M

   

%

   

%

   

%

 

Note 6 — Investment Transactions

For the period from the commencement of the Fund's operations on June 8, 2023 through March 31, 2024, purchases net of unfunded commitments and sales of investments, excluding short-term investments, were $133,975,335 and $9,931,693, respectively.

Note 7 — Indemnifications

In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations which provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. However, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.

Note 8 — Derivatives and Hedging Disclosures

U.S. GAAP requires enhanced disclosures about the Fund's derivative and hedging activities, including how such activities are accounted for and their effects on the Fund's financial position, performance and cash flows. The Fund invested in forward foreign exchange currency contracts for the period from the commencement of the Fund's operations on June 8, 2023 through March 31, 2024, in order to hedge portfolio currency risk. By entering into forward foreign exchange currency contracts, the Fund agrees to exchange different currencies at a specified exchange rate at an agreed-upon future date. The Fund may be susceptible to the risk of changes in the foreign exchange rate underlying the forward contract and of the counterparty's potential inability to fulfill the terms of the contract. The Fund may be susceptible to losses if interest rate or foreign currency exchange rates or credit quality changes are not correctly anticipated by the Fund or if the reference index, security or investments do not perform as expected, and are subject to counterparty credit, liquidity, valuation, correlation and leverage risk.


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Notes to Financial Statements

The effects of these derivative instruments on the Fund's financial position and financial performance as reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Operations are presented in the tables below. Forward contracts are not designated as hedging instruments. The fair values of derivative instruments as of March 31, 2024, and the realized and unrealized gain (loss) during the period from the commencement of the Fund's operations on June 8, 2023 through March 31, 2024 by risk category are as follows:

DERIVATIVES NOT DESIGNATED AS HEDGING INSTRUMENTS

 
        ASSET
DERIVATIVES
  LIABILITY
DERIVATIVES
 

STATEMENT OF ASSET AND LIABILITIES LOCATION

  DERIVATIVES
INSTRUMENTS
 

VALUE

 

VALUE

 

Net Unrealized Appreciation On Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Forward Contracts

 

$

159,375

   

$

   

Total

     

$

159,375

   

$

   

 

AMOUNT OF NET REALIZED GAIN OR (LOSS) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED IN INCOME

 

DERIVATIVES INSTRUMENTS

  FORWARD
CONTRACTS
 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

$

(247,476

)

 

NET CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION/DEPRECIATION ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED IN INCOME

 

DERIVATIVES INSTRUMENTS

  FORWARD
CONTRACTS
 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

 

$

159,375

   

The quarterly average volumes of derivative instruments as of March 31, 2024 are as follows:

DERIVATIVES INSTRUMENTS

  FORWARD
CONTRACTS
 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (as represented by market value)

 

$

(4,511,750

)

 

Note 9 — Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities requires an entity to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of its financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position. The guidance requires retrospective application for all comparative periods presented.

A fund mitigates credit risk with respect to over the counter derivative counterparties through credit support annexes included with International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. ("ISDA") Master Agreements or other Master Netting Agreements which are the standard contracts governing most derivative transactions between the fund and each of its counterparties. These agreements allow the fund and each counterparty to offset certain derivative financial instruments' payables and/or receivables against each other and/or with collateral, which is generally held by the fund's custodian. The amount of collateral moved to/from applicable counterparties is based upon minimum transfer amounts specified in the agreement. To the extent amounts due to the fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized contractually or otherwise, the fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance.

It is the Fund's policy to recognize a net asset or liability equal to the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of each derivative contract. As of March 31, 2024, the Fund is subject to master netting arrangements for forward foreign currency exchange

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Notes to Financial Statements

contracts. The following table shows additional information regarding the offsetting of assets and liabilities, as of March 31, 2024

   

UNREALIZED APPRECIATION ON FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

  GROSS AMOUNTS NOT OFFSET
IN THE STATEMENT OF ASSETS
AND LIABILITIES
     
   

COUNTERPARTY

  GROSS
AMOUNT OF
ASSET
  GROSS AMOUNT
OFFSETT IN THE
STATEMENT OF
ASSETS AND
LIABILITIES
  NET AMOUNTS
PRESENTED IN
THE STATEMENT
OF ASSETS AND
LIABILITIES
  FINANCIAL
INSTRUMENTS*
  CASH
COLLATERAL
PLEDGED*
  NET
AMOUNT
 

Assets

 
   

Northern Trust

 

$

128,853

   

$

   

$

128,853

   

$

   

$

   

$

128,853

   
   

JP Morgan

   

3,167

     

     

3,167

     

     

     

3,167

   
   

Bank of New York

   

27,355

     

     

27,355

     

     

     

27,355

   

Total Assets

     

$

159,375

   

$

   

$

159,375

   

$

   

$

   

$

159,375

   

*  Amounts relate to master netting agreements and collateral agreements which have been determined by the Adviser to be legally enforceable in the event of default but where certain other criteria are not met in accordance with applicable offsetting accounting guidance. The collateral amounts may exceed the related net amounts of financial assets and liabilities presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Where this is the case, the total amount reported is limited to the net amounts of financial assets and liabilities with that counterparty.

Note 10 — Private Investment Funds

The following table represents unfunded commitments and redemptive restrictions of private investment funds that are measured at NAV per share (or its equivalent) as a practical expedient as of March 31, 2024:

SECURITY DESCRIPTION

  UNFUNDED
COMMITTMENTS
  REDEMPTIONS
FREQUENCY
  REDEMPTION
NOTICE
PERIOD
 

COST

 

FAIR VALUE

  ORIGINAL
ACQUISITION
DATE
 

AG Twin Brook Capital Income Fund

 

$

   

Quarterly

    28 days    

$

1,900,000

   

$

1,901,309

   

1/23/2024

 
BP Holdings Zeta LP    

   

Not permitted

   

N/A

     

2,000,000

     

2,000,000

   

11/30/2023

 

Bridgepoint Credit Opportunities III "A" LP

   

2,112,583

   

Not permitted

   

N/A

     

1,467,946

     

1,958,362

   

10/31/2023

 

BSOF SRT Parallel Onshore Fund LP

   

   

Not permitted

   

N/A

     

964,372

     

1,038,069

   

9/5/2023

 

CCS Co-Investment Vehicle 1 LP Incorporated

   

1,238,368

   

Not permitted

   

N/A

     

1,801,800

     

2,411,676

   

3/26/2024

 

Eagle Point SRT Co-Invest I LP

   

   

Not permitted

   

N/A

     

1,000,000

     

1,000,038

   

6/21/2023

 

T. Rowe Price OHA Select Private Credit Fund

   

   

Quarterly

    29 days      

1,900,000

     

1,906,716

   

3/4/2024

 

Whitehorse Liquidity Partners V LP

   

599,686

   

Not permitted

   

N/A

     

366,407

     

430,208

   

8/25/2023

 

Total:

 

$

3,950,637

           

$

11,400,525

   

$

12,646,378

       

Note 11 — Subsequent Events

In preparing these financial statements for the period ended March 31, 2024, management has evaluated subsequent events through the date of issuance of the financial statements included herein.

On April 4, 2024, PNC Capital Markets LLC as the Lenders agreed with the Fund to increase the commitment amount from $25,000,000 to $35,000,000. See Note 2 for a discussion of the Fund's borrowing and use of leverage.

On April 19, 2024, Calamos Aksia Alternative Credit and Income Fund Sub 1, LLC was formed as a limited liability company in an effort to comply with the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940 and its requirements surrounding the use of leverage and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund.

Effective as of August 1, 2024, the Fund's distribution policy will change to increase the frequency of distributions from quarterly to monthly. The Fund will pay its last quarterly distribution on July 2, 2024 and then transition to monthly distributions of the Fund's net investment income to Shareholders commencing August 1, 2024 with the first distribution date of August 15, 2024 and Distribution Ex-Date/Payable Date of August 16, 2024 and then monthly thereafter as set forth in the Distribution Schedule available on the Fund's website at www.calamos.com


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of
Calamos Aksia Alternative Credit and Income Fund

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Calamos Aksia Alternative Credit and Income Fund (the "Fund") as of March 31, 2024, the related statements of operations, cash flows, and changes in net assets, the related notes, and the financial highlights for the period from June 8, 2023 (commencement of operations) through March 31, 2024 (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of March 31, 2024, the results of its operations, cash flows, changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for the period indicated above, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund's financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement whether due to error or fraud.

Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of March 31, 2024, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers, participating lenders, and underlying fund administrators or managers; when replies were not received, we performed other auditing procedures. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

We have served as the Fund's auditor since 2023.

COHEN & COMPANY, LTD.

Chicago, Illinois
May 29, 2024

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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited)

MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND

The Fund's business and affairs are managed under the direction of the Board. The Board currently consists of five members, three of whom are not "interested persons" of the Fund as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. The Fund refers to these individuals as its independent trustees. The Board annually elects the Fund's officers, who serve at the discretion of the Board. The Board maintains an audit committee, a nominating and governance committee and an independent trustees committee and may establish additional committees from time to time as necessary. The Fund's Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") includes additional information about the membership of the Board. The SAI is available, without charge, by writing to the Fund at c/o UMB Fund Services, Inc., 235 West Galena Street, Milwaukee, WI 53212, or by calling the Fund at 888.882.8829.

Board of Trustees and Officers

Trustees

Information regarding the members of the Board is set forth below. The Trustees have been divided into two groups - Interested Trustees and Independent Trustees. As set forth in the Fund's Declaration of Trust, each Trustee's term of office shall continue until his or her death, resignation, removal, bankruptcy, adjudicated incompetence or other incapacity to perform the duties of the office of a Trustee.

NAME,
ADDRESS(1)
​AND YEAR OF
BIRTH
  POSITION(S)
HELD
WITH THE
FUND
  TERM OF
OFFICE AND
LENGTH OF
TIME SERVED(2)
  PRINCIPAL
OCCUPATION(S)
DURING PAST
5 YEARS
  NUMBER OF
PORTFOLIOS
IN FUND
COMPLEX
OVERSEEN BY
TRUSTEE(3)
  OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS
HELD BY
TRUSTEE
 

Interested Trustees(2)

 

John Koudounis (1966)

 

Chairman, Trustee and Vice President

 

Indefinite Length — Since Inception

 

President (since February 2021) and Chief Executive Officer, Calamos Investments LLC, Calamos Advisors LLC, Calamos Wealth Management LLC, and Calamos Financial Services LLC (since 2016); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Calamos Antetokounmpo Asset Management LLC (since 2022)

 

1

  -Calamos Asset Management, Inc. (Director)
-National Hellenic Museum (Trustee/Executive Committee Member)
-The Hellenic Initiative (Board Member/Executive Committee Member)
-World Business Chicago (Trustee) — National Council of the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle (Board Member)
-Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago Foundation (Board Member/President)
-Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Foundation (Board Member/Chairman of the Investment Committee)
-SEAL Future Foundation (executive advisory board member)
 

Jim Vos (1962)

 

Trustee

 

Indefinite Length — Since Inception

 

Partner, CEO, Aksia LLC

 

1

 

None

 

Independent Trustees

 

Bjorn Forfang (1960)

 

Trustee

 

Indefinite Length — Since Inception

 

Deputy CEO, CFA Institute Managing Partner, Erigo Capital Partners

 

1

 

None

 

Sharmila Kassam (1973)

 

Trustee

 

Indefinite Length — Since Inception

 

Financial Services Executive

 

1

  -Director, Adit EdTech (NYSE: ADEX.U) and Foundation Credit Hedge fund
-Director, Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company (GREC II) Fund (non-traded limited liability company in the renewable energy business)
 


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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited)

NAME,
ADDRESS(1)
​AND YEAR OF
BIRTH
  POSITION(S)
HELD
WITH THE
FUND
  TERM OF
OFFICE AND
LENGTH OF
TIME SERVED(2)
  PRINCIPAL
OCCUPATION(S)
DURING PAST
5 YEARS
  NUMBER OF
PORTFOLIOS
IN FUND
COMPLEX
OVERSEEN BY
TRUSTEE(3)
  OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS
HELD BY
TRUSTEE
 

John Neal (1950)

 

Trustee

 

Indefinite Length — Since Inception

 

Private investor

 

34

  -Director, Equity Residential Trust (publicly-owned REIT)
-Director, Creation Investments (private international microfinance company)
-Director, CenTrust Bank (Northbrook, IL community bank)
 

(1)  The address of each Trustee is care of the Secretary of the Fund at 2020 Calamos Court, Naperville, IL 60563.

(2)  "Interested person," as defined in the 1940 Act, of the Fund. John Koudounis and Jim Vos are each an interested person of the Fund due to their affiliation with Calamos and Aksia, respectively.

(3)  The term "Fund Complex" means two or more registered investment companies that share the same investment advisor or have an investment advisor that is an affiliated person of the investment advisor of any of the other registered investment companies or hold themselves out to investors as related companies for the purpose of investment and investor services.

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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited)

Officers

The preceding table gives information about John Koudounis and Jim Vos, each of whom is a Vice President of the Fund. The following table sets forth each other officer's name, age, position with the Fund and date first appointed to that position, and principal occupation(s) during the past five years. Each officer serves until his or her successor is chosen and qualified or until his or her resignation or removal by the Board of Trustees.

NAME, ADDRESS(1)​ AND
YEAR OF BIRTH
  POSITION(S) HELD
WITH THE FUND
  TERM OF OFFICE AND
LENGTH OF TIME SERVED
 

PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION(S) DURING PAST 5 YEARS

 

Dan Dufresne (1974)

 

President, Principal Executive Officer

 

Indefinite Length — Since Inception

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, CAM, CILLC, Calamos Advisors, and CWM (since April 2021); President, Calamos Antetokounmpo Asset Management LLC (since July 2022); prior thereto Citadel (1999-2020); Partner (2008-2020); Managing Director, Global Treasurer (2008-2020); Global Head of Operations (2011-2020); Global Head of Counterparty Strategy (2018-2020); Senior Advisor to the COO (2020); CEO, Citadel Clearing LLC (2015-2020).

 

John P. Calamos (1940)

 

Global CIO

 

Indefinite Length — Since Inception

 

President and Trustee of the Trusts; Founder, Chairman and Global Chief Investment Officer, Calamos Asset Management, Inc., Calamos Investments LLC, Calamos Advisors LLC and its predecessor, and Calamos Wealth Management LLC; Director, Calamos Asset Management, Inc.; Founder and Chairman, Calamos Private Equity LLC; Global Chief Investment Officer, Calamos Antetokounmpo Asset Management LLC (since July 2022); previously, Chief Executive Officer, Calamos Financial Services LLC, Calamos Asset Management, Inc. Calamos Investments LLC, Calamos Advisors LLC, and Calamos Wealth Management LLC

 

Tim Nest (1977)

 

Vice President

 

Indefinite Length — Since Inception

 

Partner, Head of Private Credit, Aksia LLC

 

Josh Hemley (1986)

 

Vice President

 

Indefinite Length — Since Inception

 

Managing Director, Head of Credit Co-Investments, Aksia LLC

 

Robert Behan (1964)

 

Vice President

 

Indefinite Length — Since Inception

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Distribution Officer (since February 2021), CAM, CILLC, Calamos Advisors, and CFS, Vice-President of Calamos Antetokounmpo Asset Management LLC (since July 2022); prior thereto President (2015-February 2021), Head of Global Distribution (2013-February 2021); Executive Vice President 2013-2015); Senior Vice President (2009-2013), Head of US Intermediary Distribution (2010-2013)

 


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Trustees and Officers (Unaudited)

NAME, ADDRESS(1)​ AND
YEAR OF BIRTH
  POSITION(S) HELD
WITH THE FUND
  TERM OF OFFICE AND
LENGTH OF TIME SERVED
 

PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION(S) DURING PAST 5 YEARS

 

Erik Ojala (1975)

 

Chief Legal Officer, Vice President, Secretary

 

Indefinite Length — Since November 2023

 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, CAM, CILLC, Calamos Advisors, CWM (since 2023); Chief Legal Officer, CGAM (since 2023); General Counsel and Secretary, CFS (since 2023); prior thereto, Executive Vice President and General Counsel (2017-2023), Secretary (2010-2023) and Chief Compliance Officer (2021-2023), Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc.; Director and Secretary (2019-2023) and Chief Compliance Officer (2022-2023), Harbor Trust Company, Inc.; Director, Executive Vice President (2017-2023) and Chief Compliance Officer (2017-2021, 2022-2023), Harbor Funds Distributors, Inc.; Director (2017-2023), Assistant Secretary (2014-2023) and Chief Compliance Officer (2022-2023), Harbor Services Group, Inc.; Chief Compliance Officer, Harbor ETF Trust (2021-2023); and Chief Compliance Officer of Harbor Funds (2017-2023)

 

Thomas E. Herman (1961)

 

Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial Officer, Vice President

 

Indefinite Length — Since Inception

 

Executive Vice President (since February 2021) and Chief Financial Officer, Calamos Asset Management, Inc., Calamos Investments LLC, Calamos Advisors LLC, and Calamos Wealth Management LLC (since 2016), Chief Financial Offer and Treasurer, Calamos Antetokounmpo Asset Management LLC (since July 2022) ; prior thereto, President and Chief Financial Officer Calamos Avenue Management, LLC (2020-2022), Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Harris Associates (2010-2016)

 

Jackie Sinker (1961)

 

Chief Compliance Officer

 

Indefinite Length — Since Inception

 

Chief Compliance Officer of Calamos Advisors, LLC, Calamos Wealth Management, LLC, Calamos Financial Services LLC since November 2015

 

Stephen Atkins (1965)

 

Treasurer

 

Indefinite Length — Since Inception

 

Senior Vice President, Head of Fund Administration (since February 2020), Calamos Advisors; prior thereto, Consultant, Fund Accounting and Administration, Vx Capital Partners (March 2019-February 2020); Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of SEC Registered Funds, and Senior Vice President, Head of European Special Purpose Vehicles Accounting and Administration, Avenue Capital Group (2010-2018).

 

(1)  The address of each officer is care of the Secretary of the Fund at 2020 Calamos Court, Naperville, IL 60563.

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Risk Factors

An investment in the Fund involves a high degree of risk and other considerations and, therefore, should be undertaken only by investors capable of evaluating the risks of the Fund and bearing the risks it represents. Below is a summary of some of the principal risks of investing in the Fund. For a more complete discussion of the risks of investing in the Fund, see "Types of Investments and Related Risks."

•  Unlike most closed-end funds, the Fund's Shares will not be listed on any securities ex-change;

•  Although the Fund has implemented a quarterly share repurchase program, there is no guarantee that an investor will be able to sell all of the Shares that the investor desires to sell. The Fund should therefore be considered to offer limited liquidity;

•  The capital markets may experience periods of disruption and instability, including as a result of events such as geopolitical events, natural disasters, or widespread pandemics (such as COVID-19) or other adverse public health developments. Such market conditions may materially and adversely affect debt and equity capital markets, which may have a negative impact on the Fund's investments, business, and operations;

•  The Fund is exposed to risks associated with changes in interest rates;

•  The Fund's investments in securities and other obligations of companies that are experiencing distress involve a substantial degree of risk are generally considered speculative and may be subject to U.S. federal, state or non-U.S. bankruptcy laws or fraudulent transfer or conveyance laws;

•  Certain investments may be exposed to the credit risk of the counterparties with whom the Fund deals or of third-party contractual customers of such counterparties;

•  The valuation of securities or instruments that lack a central trading place (such as fixed-income securities or instruments) may carry greater risk than those that trade on an exchange;

•  The Fund's investments in certain portfolio companies may be risky. For the Fund's investments in senior secured lien loans, the collateral securing these investments may decrease in value or lose its entire value over time or may fluctuate based on the performance of the portfolio company which may lead to a loss in principal;

•  The Fund's investments may include securities that are rated below investment grade by rating agencies or that would be rated below investment grade if they were rated. Below investment grade securities, which are often referred to as "high yield" or "junk," have predominantly speculative characteristics with respect to the issuer's capacity to pay interest and repay principal and may be particularly susceptible to economic downturns, which could cause losses;

•  Derivative investments have risks, including the imperfect correlation between the value of such instruments and the underlying assets of the Fund;

•  The Fund may be materially adversely affected by market, economic and political conditions globally and in the jurisdictions and sectors in which the Fund invests;

•  Non-U.S. securities may be traded in undeveloped, inefficient, and less liquid markets and may experience greater price volatility and changes in value — changes in foreign currency exchange rates may adversely affect the U.S. dollar value of and returns on foreign denominated investments;

•  There is no assurance that the Fund's investment objectives will be achieved;

•  The Fund is a newly organized, non-diversified, closed-end investment company with limited operating history; and

•  To qualify and remain eligible for the special tax treatment accorded to RICs under the Code, the Fund must meet certain source-of-income, asset diversification and annual distribution requirements, and failure to do so could result in the loss of RIC status.

Accordingly, the Fund should be considered a speculative investment that entails substantial risks, and a prospective investor should invest in the Fund only if it can sustain a complete loss of its investment.


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Other Information (Unaudited)

CORPORATE DIVIDENDS RECEIVED DEDUCTION

For the year ended September 30, 2023, the Fund, had 0% of dividends paid from net investment income qualified for the 70% dividends received deduction available to corporate shareholders.

QUALIFIED DIVIDEND INCOME

For the year ended September 30, 2023, the Fund, had 0% of dividends paid from net investment income, designated as qualified dividend income.

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CAPIX can unlock the full spectrum of private credit

Many private credit registered funds have a narrow focus on US direct lending, whereas CAPIX sources investment opportunities across the global private credit universe — providing opportunities for enhanced income and portfolio diversification, as market conditions change.

AKSIA'S SOURCING COVERAGE EXTENDS ACROSS
THE GLOBAL PRIVATE CREDIT UNIVERSE


Before investing, carefully consider a fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Please see the prospectus containing this and other information or call 866-363-9219. Please read the prospectus carefully. Performance data represents past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted.

Diversification and asset allocation do not guarantee a profit or protection against a loss. Investments in alternative strategies may not be suitable for all investors.

Fund holdings are subject to change daily. The Funds are actively managed. The information contained herein is based on internal research derived from various sources and does not purport to be statements of all material facts relating to the securities mentioned. The information contained herein, while not guaranteed as to accuracy or completeness, has been obtained from sources we believe to be reliable.

A description of the Calamos Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures and the Fund's proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30 are available free of charge upon request by calling 888.882.8829, by visiting the Calamos Web site at www.calamos.com, by writing Calamos Aksia Alternative Credit and Income Fund, c/o UMB Fund Services, Inc., 235 West Galena Street, Milwaukee, WI 53212. The Fund's proxy voting record is also available free of charge by visiting the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov.

The Fund files a complete list of its portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The Forms N-PORT are available free of charge, upon request, by calling or writing Calamos Investments at the phone number or address provided above or by visiting the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov.

The Fund's report to the SEC on Form N-CSR contains certifications by the fund's principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act, relating to, among other things, the quality of the Fund's disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting.

TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR INVESTMENTS: 888.882.8829

VISIT OUR WEB SITE: www.calamos.com

INVESTMENT ADVISER:

Calamos Advisors LLC
2020 Calamos Court
Naperville, IL 60563-2787

INVESTMENT SUBADVISER:

Aksia LLC
New York, NY 10022

CUSTODIAN:
UMB Bank, n.a
Kansas City, MO

TRANSFER AGENT / ADMINSTRATIVE SERVICES:

UMB Fund Services, Inc.
235 West Galena Street
Milwaukee, WI 53212
888.882.8829

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM:

Cohen & Company, Ltd.
Chicago, IL

LEGAL COUNSEL:

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
One Logan Square, Ste 2000
Philadelphia, PA 19103

HOW TO INVEST IN CAPIX

Unlike most private asset funds, Calamos Aksia Alternative Credit and Income Fund does not require investor accreditation or qualification requirements. Investors can easily purchase fund shares on a daily basis.

Contact us to learn more:

866.363.9219

caminfo@calamos.com

www.calamos.com/capix

Calamos Financial Services LLC, Distributor
2020 Calamos Court | Naperville, IL 60563-2787
866.363.9219 | www.calamos.com | caminfo@calamos.com

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ACIANR 3083 033124


 

ITEM 1(b). Registrant has included in its Rule 30e-3(c) notice only the disclosures specified by Rule 30e-3(c)(1) and (2). Therefore, Registrant has not included a copy of the notice herewith. 

 

ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

 

(a) As of the end of the period covered by this report, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics (the “Code of Ethics”) that applies to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or person performing similar functions.

 

(b) No response required.

 

(c) The registrant has not amended its Code of Ethics as it relates to any element of the code of ethics definition enumerated in paragraph(b) of this Item 2 during the period covered by this report.

 

(d) The registrant has not granted a waiver or an implicit waiver from its Code of Ethics during the period covered by this report.

 

(e) Not applicable.

 

(f) (1) The registrant’s Code of Ethics is attached as an Exhibit hereto.

 

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

 

The registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that, it has three audit committee financial experts serving on its audit committee, each of whom is an independent Trustee for purpose of this N-CSR item: John Neal, Bjorn Forfang and Shamila Kassam.

 

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

 

The information required by this Item 4 is only required in an annual report on this Form N-CSR.

 

Fiscal years Ended  3/31/2023*   3/31/2024 
Audit Fees(a)  $-   $115,000 
Audit-Related Fees(b)   -    - 
Tax Fees(c)   -    13,500 
All Other Fees(d)   -    - 
Total  $-   $128,500 

 

*The Fund commenced operation on June8, 2023 and thus made no payments in 2023.

 

(a) Audit Fees are the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant to the registrant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.

 

(b) Audit-Related Fees are the aggregate fees for assurance and related services rendered by the principal accountant is the registrant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item 4.

 

(c) Tax Fees are the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant to the registrant for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.

 

(d) All Other Fees are the aggregate fees for products and services provided by the principal accountant to the registrant, other than the services reported in paragraph (a)-(c) of this Item 4.

 

(e) (1) Registrant’s audit committee meets with the principal accountants and management to review and pre-approve all audit services to be provided by the principal accountants.

 

The audit committee shall pre-approve all non-audit services to be provided by the principal accountants to the registrant, including the fees and other compensation to be paid to the principal accountants; provided that the pre-approval of non-audit services is waived in instances where the amount is immaterial or the full audit committee has authorized, the chairman of the audit committee may pre-approve audit and non-audit services by the registrant’s accountants. Such approvals shall be ratified by the full audit committee at the next meeting.

 

The audit committee shall pre-approve all non-audit services to be provided by the principal accountants to the investment adviser or any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant if the engagement relates directly to the operations or financial reporting of the registrant, including the fees and other compensation to be paid to the principal accountants; provided that pre-approval of non-audit services to the adviser or an affiliate of the adviser is not required in instances where the amount is immaterial or the full audit committee has authorized, the chairman of the audit committee may pre-approve audit and non-audit services by the registrant’s accountants. Such approvals shall be ratified by the full audit committee at the next meeting.

 

(e)(2) No percentage of the principal accountant’s fees or services described in each of paragraphs (b)–(d) of this Item were approved pursuant to the waiver provision paragraph(c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

(f) No disclosures are required by this Item 4(f).

 

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant's accountant for services rendered to the registrant, and rendered to the registrant's investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant for the fiscal period ended:

 

   March, 31, 2023   March, 31, 2024 
Non-audit fees:  $-   $- 

 

 

 

 

(h) No disclosures are required by this Item 4(h).

 

(i) Not applicable.

 

(j) Not applicable.

 

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

(a) Included in the Report to Shareholders in Item 1.

 

(b) Not applicable.

 

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

 

The registrant has delegated authority to vote all proxies relating to the Fund’s portfolio securities to the Fund investment advisor. Calamos Advisors LLC (“Calamos Advisors”). The Calamos Advisors Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures are included as an Exhibit hereto.

 

ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

 

(a)(1) Below is biographical information relating to the Fund’s portfolio managers as of the date of filing of the report:

 

R. Matthew Freund joined Calamos Advisors in 2016 as a Co-CIO, Head of Fixed Income Strategies, as well as a Senior Co-Portfolio Manager. Joshua Hemley joined Aksia in 2008, serving since 2020 as a Managing Director and Head of Credit Co-Investments. Previously, he was Strategy Head, Structured Credit & Real Estate from 2015-2019, Senior Analyst, Hedge Fund Research from 2012-2015, and Analyst, Hedge Fund Research from 2008-2012. Tim Nest joined Aksia in 2015, currently serving since 2021 as Partner, Head of Private Credit. Previously, he was Managing Director, Private Credit from 2018-2021, Strategy Head, Private Corporate Credit from 2016-2018, and Senior Analyst, Investment Research from 2015-2016. Eli Pars joined Calamos Advisors in 2013 and has been a Co-CIO, Head of Alternative Strategies and Co-Head of Convertible Strategies, as well as Senior Co-Portfolio Manager, since 2015. Between 2013 and 2015, he was a Co-Portfolio Manager. Messrs. Freund, Hemley, Nest and Pars also are members of the Investment Committee, which is charged with providing a top-down framework, maintaining oversight of risk and performance metrics, and evaluating investment process.

 

(a)(2) The portfolio managers primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund also manages other registered investment companies, other pooled investment vehicles and other accounts, as indicated below. The following table identifies, as of March 31, 2024: (i) the number of other registered investment companies, other pooled investment vehicles and other accounts managed by the portfolio manager; the total assets of such companies, vehicles and accounts; and the number and total assets of such companies, vehicles and accounts that are subject to an advisory fee based on performance.

 

   NUMBER OF
ACCOUNTS
   ASSETS OF
ACCOUNTS
(IN BILLIONS)
   NUMBER OF ACCOUNTS
SUBJECT TO A
PERFORMANCE FEE
   ASSETS SUBJECT TO A
PERFORMANCE FEE
(IN BILLIONS)
 
R. Matthew Freund                    
Registered Investment Companies   20   $14.6    0   $0 
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles   2   $0.6    0   $0 
Other Accounts   5,045   $4.5    0   $0 
Joshua Hemley                    
Registered Investment Companies   0   $0    0   $0 
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles   6   $3.2    3   $1.5 
Other Accounts   5   $4.3    2   $3.1 
Tim Nest                    
Registered Investment Companies   0   $0    0   $0 
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles   9   $6.4    3   $1.5 
Other Accounts   14   $14.7    3   $3.1 
Eli Pars                    
Registered Investment Companies   20   $27.9    2   $0.4 
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles   5   $0.8    0   $0 
Other Accounts   4,123   $3.6    0   $0 

 

The portfolio managers may invest for their own benefit in securities held in brokerage and fund accounts. The information shown in the table does not include information about those accounts where the portfolio managers or members of their family have a beneficial or pecuniary interest because no advisory relationship exists with Calamos Advisors, Aksia or any of their affiliates.

 

The registrant’s portfolio managers are responsible for managing the registrant and other accounts, including separate accounts and unregistered funds.

 

Calamos Advisors’ Conflict Disclosure

 

Other than potential conflicts between investment strategies, the side-by-side management of both the Fund and other accounts may raise potential conflicts of interest due to the interest held by Calamos Advisors in an account and certain trading practices used by the portfolio managers (e.g., cross trades between the Fund and another account and allocation of aggregated trades). Calamos Advisors has developed policies and procedures reasonably designed to mitigate those conflicts. For example, Calamos Advisors will only place cross-trades in securities held by the Fund in accordance with the rules promulgated under the 1940 Act and has adopted policies designed to ensure the fair allocation of securities purchased on an aggregated basis.

 

 

 

 

The allocation methodology employed by Calamos Advisors varies depending on the type of securities sought to be bought or sold and the type of client or group of clients. Generally, however, orders are placed first for those clients that have given Calamos Advisors brokerage discretion (including the ability to step out a portion of trades), and then to clients that have directed Calamos Advisors to execute trades through a specific broker. However, if the directed broker allows Calamos Advisors to execute with other brokerage firms, which then book the transaction directly with the directed broker, the order will be placed as if the client had given Calamos Advisors full brokerage discretion. Calamos Advisors and its affiliates frequently use a “rotational” method of placing and aggregating client orders and will build and fill a position for a designated client or group of clients before placing orders for other clients. A client account may not receive an allocation of an order if: (a) the client would receive an unmarketable amount of securities based on account size; (b) the client has precluded Calamos Advisors from using a particular broker; (c) the cash balance in the client account will be insufficient to pay for the securities allocated to it at settlement; (d) current portfolio attributes make an allocation inappropriate; and (e) account specific guidelines, objectives and other account specific factors make an allocation inappropriate. Allocation methodology may be modified when strict adherence to the usual allocation is impractical or leads to inefficient or undesirable results. Calamos Advisors’ head trader must approve each instance that the usual allocation methodology is not followed and provide a reasonable basis for such instances and all modifications must be reported in writing to the Calamos Advisors’ Chief Compliance Officer on a monthly basis.

 

Investment opportunities for which there is limited availability generally are allocated among participating client accounts pursuant to an objective methodology (i.e., either on a pro rata basis or using a rotational method, as described above). However, in some instances, Calamos Advisors may consider subjective elements in attempting to allocate a trade, in which case the Fund may not participate, or may participate to a lesser degree than other clients, in the allocation of an investment opportunity. In considering subjective criteria when allocating trades, Calamos Advisors is bound by its fiduciary duty to its clients to treat all client accounts fairly and equitably.

 

The portfolio managers advise certain accounts under a performance fee arrangement. A performance fee arrangement may create an incentive for a portfolio manager to make investments that are riskier or more speculative than would be the case in the absence of performance fees. A performance fee arrangement may result in increased compensation to the portfolio managers from such accounts due to unrealized appreciation as well as realized gains in the client’s account.

 

Aksia’s Conflict Disclosure

 

As a registered investment adviser, Aksia is required to disclose and mitigate potential conflicts of interest. As such, Aksia has adopted policies and procedures that both identify and address potential conflicts, described in detail below:

 

a. Allocation of Investment Opportunities: Aksia’s procedures require the objective allocation of general investment opportunities to ensure fair and equitable allocation among customized separate account and advisory client accounts (collectively, “Clients”). In the event there is limited capacity in a general investment opportunity in which multiple Clients are interested, Aksia will first evaluate the opportunity in light of the investment guidelines and restrictions relevant to each Client, in order to determine whether the opportunity could be suitable for the Client. Once Aksia has identified the Clients for which the opportunity may be suitable, Aksia will reach out to each Client (or in the case of an investment management Client, to the Aksia client team) to gauge such Client’s interest in investing. When Aksia has received responses from the identified Clients, Aksia will advise the underlying manager offering the general investment opportunity which of Aksia’s Clients are interested in investing in its vehicle and request that the manager determine the allocations to the various Aksia Clients. In the event that our aggregate client interest exceeds the available capacity, and the manager is unwilling to decide between eligible clients, Aksia will seek to split the capacity pro rata among interested and eligible discretionary and non-discretionary advisory clients.

 

With respect to co-investment opportunities (“Co-Investments”), Aksia will first compile a list of Advisory Clients for which (i) Aksia has an obligation to perform co-investment sourcing services and (ii) such opportunity is consistent with the relevant client’s co-investment program preferences (“Participating Clients”), subject to any limitations placed upon Aksia by the underlying manager offering the Co-Investment. Aksia will then submit an indication of interest to the manager, specifying a distinct amount of the opportunity to be made available for each client. In submitting an indication of interest, Aksia will communicate to the manager a desired allocation of the opportunity in respect of Discretionary Clients, as well as Non-Discretionary Clients who have communicated to Aksia a desire to participate in the opportunity and the amount thereof. In the event of a Co-Investment opportunity with scarce capacity, the underlying manager offering the Co-Investment opportunity will generally determine the allocations among Aksia’s relevant clients. If the underlying manager delegates full or partial authority to Aksia, Aksia will seek to allocate the investment to Participating Clients in a fair and equitable manner with a preference towards a pro rata allocation based on interest. Following such allocation, if there is an additional excess allocation remaining, such excess allocation may be offered to any client of Aksia or to any third party, in each case selected by Aksia in its sole discretion. The foregoing allocation policy with respect to Co-Investments does not apply to client-sourced opportunities which may be preserved by the client to the extent Aksia is also not allocated or offered the opportunity directly by the manager.

 

Aksia acts as a discretionary investment manager to one or more Registered Investment Companies (each, a “Registered Fund’). Any Co-Investment opportunities in which both a Registered Fund and certain other Aksia Client funds invest must comply with either the exemptive relief Aksia has been granted by the SEC, or with SEC no-action guidance. The participation of a Registered Fund may impact the ability of the Registered Fund or of these certain Aksia Client funds to make an investment or a follow on investment.

 

With respect to secondary opportunities (“Secondary”), Aksia will first compile a list of Advisory Clients for which (i) Aksia is specifically contractually obligated to perform Secondary sourcing services and (ii) such opportunity is consistent with the relevant client’s Secondary program preferences and capabilities. Once Aksia determines the interest for each Client, Aksia will seek to directly or indirectly allocate the opportunity among such Clients pro-rata based on interest. If the seller is unable to allocate the opportunity across multiple Clients, Aksia will use a rotation approach, and review the date of each eligible client’s most recent offer of a Secondary opportunity. The client with the most time elapsed since its last Secondary offer will be offered the Secondary opportunity. If such client is a Non-Discretionary Advisory Client, Aksia will request the seller’s permission to notify the relevant client of the opportunity so that the client will be able to consider submitting a bid on the opportunity. If, however, Aksia has discretionary authority with respect to such client, Aksia will determine whether to submit an offer on the client’s behalf. If the relevant client or Aksia, as applicable, chooses not to submit a bid in respect of such Secondary opportunity, then the process will be repeated with the next client based on the time elapsed since the last Secondary offer until a bid is submitted in respect of the opportunity, or all identified clients have been offered the opportunity. If a bid has still not been submitted in respect of such opportunity, the opportunity may then be offered to clients for which Aksia is not expressly contractually obligated to perform Secondary sourcing services but for whom such opportunity may not be consistent with the relevant client’s general investment preferences and capabilities. The foregoing allocation policy with respect to Secondaries does not apply to client-sourced opportunities which may be preserved by the client to the extent Aksia is not also allocated or offered the opportunity directly by the manager.

 

b. Performance-Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management: While most advisory clients choose to pay fixed or asset-based fees, some pay performance-based fees. In addition, amongst clients paying fixed or asset-based fees, some may pay higher fees than others. These different payment structures may give rise to a potential conflict of interest because Aksia may have an incentive to favor Client accounts that pay Aksia performance-based compensation or higher fees. Aksia is mindful of its obligation to act in the best interests of its advisory clients and has thus adopted policies and procedures designed to mitigate the potential conflicts of interest that relate to the management of multiple accounts, including accounts with differing fee arrangements.

 

c. Clients with Affiliated Investment Managers: Given that Aksia’s clients are large institutions there are certain circumstances where Aksia may recommend, purchase, or sell for its clients’ funds managed by investment managers that are affiliated with clients of Aksia (whether because Aksia’s clients own a passive GP stake or otherwise are affiliated with an asset manager). Aksia has addressed this potential conflict of interest through the implementation of policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that its activities are carried out in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and in the best interests of clients. For example, if Aksia were to recommend an investment with an investment manager that Aksia knew was affiliated with an Aksia client, Aksia would fully disclose the relationship in its due diligence report. In addition, the potential investment would be subjected to Aksia’s extensive due diligence process, which includes multiple layers of review by multiple individuals. This type of situation is rare.

 

 

 

 

d. Investing in Securities Recommended to Clients: From time to time, Aksia may form investment vehicles owned by Aksia, its members, its employees and/or its affiliates, that invest (directly or indirectly) in certain Clients to which it provides investment management services (a “GP Commitment”). This arrangement creates a conflict of interest because Aksia or its related persons has an incentive to favor Clients in which it owns a financial interest over its other Clients. Aksia addresses this potential conflict of interest via the implementation of its policies and procedures relating to the allocation of investment opportunities. In addition, certain of Aksia’s investment management clients have made seed investments in funds in return for fee savings or revenue participation (“Client Affiliated Managers”). To the extent that investment management clients in which Aksia has made a GP Commitment have made seed investments in funds of Client Affiliated Managers, Aksia will benefit economically from profits earned by such investment management clients, in addition to the fees that Aksia directly earns from its investment management clients. This poses a conflict of interest for Aksia in its recommendations to its clients. To mitigate this conflict, Aksia will disclose its pecuniary interest in such Client Affiliated Managers to its clients and take other steps to maintain Aksia’s objectivity. Clients can also instruct Aksia to avoid making investment allocations to Client Affiliated Managers.

 

(a)(3) Portfolio managers are compensated with an annual salary and a discretionary year-end annual bonus, the amount of which is based on a multitude of quantitative and qualitative factors and are benchmarked against peers and local markets. Portfolio managers of Calamos Advisors are also eligible to receive long-term incentive awards based on the performance of certain managed investment products for investment professionals. Depending on seniority within the firm, portfolio managers also may be eligible to receive performance fees from private funds that they manage that vest over time. Performance fees can make up a significant portion of a portfolio manager’s overall compensation, and primarily are based on the investment performance of the private funds managed by the portfolio manager. This compensation structure aligns a portfolio manager’s and investors’ long-term interests.

 

(a)(4) As of March 31, 2024, the end of the registrant’s most recently completed fiscal year, the dollar range of securities beneficially owned by each portfolio manager in the registrant is shown below:

 

    AGGREGATE DOLLAR RANGE OF EQUITY            
NAME   NAME SECURITIES IN THE FUND            
R. Matthew Freund   $100,0001-$500,000            
Joshua Hemley   $100,0001-$500,000            
Tim Nest   $100,0001-$500,000            
Eli Pars   $100,0001-$500,000            

 

(b)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.

 

No material changes.

 

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

a)            The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this Form N-CSR was recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms.

 

b)            There were no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 12. DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

 

(a) Not applicable.

 

(b) Not applicable.

 

ITEM 13. EXHIBITS.

 

(a)(1) Code of Ethics

 

(a)(2)(i) Certification of Principal Executive Officer.

 

(a)(2)(ii) Certification of Principal Financial Officer.

 

(a)(2)(iii) Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures.

 

(b) Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Calamos Aksia Alternative Credit and Income Fund  
   
By: /s/ Dan Dufresne  
  Name: Dan Dufresne  
  Title: Principal Executive Officer  
  Date: June 6, 2024  

 

By: /s/ Thomas E. Herman  
  Name: Thomas E. Herman  
  Title: Principal Financial Officer  
  Date: June 6, 2024  

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By: /s/ Dan Dufresne  
  Name: Dan Dufresne  
  Title: Principal Executive Officer  
  Date: June 6, 2024  

 

By: /s/ Thomas E. Herman  
  Name: Thomas E. Herman  
  Title: Principal Financial Officer  
  Date: June 6, 2024