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Janus Henderson Global Technology and Innovation Fund

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

December 31, 2023

        


Shares

  

Value

 

Common Stocks– 97.4%

   

Aerospace & Defense – 0.5%

   
 

Axon Enterprise Inc*

 

110,809

  

$28,625,289

 

Automobiles – 0.2%

   
 

Tesla Inc*

 

39,408

  

9,792,100

 

Diversified Financial Services – 3.2%

   
 

Mastercard Inc

 

362,392

  

154,563,812

 
 

Visa Inc

 

103,202

  

26,868,641

 
  

181,432,453

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 1.0%

   
 

Amphenol Corp

 

570,141

  

56,518,077

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 1.4%

   
 

Booking Holdings Inc*

 

22,792

  

80,848,238

 

Information Technology Services – 0.9%

   
 

GoDaddy Inc*

 

335,756

  

35,643,857

 
 

MongoDB Inc*

 

19,824

  

8,105,042

 
 

Snowflake Inc - Class A*

 

45,040

  

8,962,960

 
  

52,711,859

 

Interactive Media & Services – 8.3%

   
 

Alphabet Inc - Class C*

 

1,404,055

  

197,873,471

 
 

Meta Platforms Inc - Class A*

 

779,123

  

275,778,377

 
  

473,651,848

 

Media – 0.2%

   
 

Trade Desk Inc*

 

181,492

  

13,060,164

 

Multiline Retail – 3.1%

   
 

Amazon.com Inc*

 

659,095

  

100,142,894

 
 

MercadoLibre Inc*

 

47,208

  

74,189,260

 
  

174,332,154

 

Professional Services – 1.2%

   
 

Ceridian HCM Holding Inc*

 

528,216

  

35,453,858

 
 

Paylocity Holding Corp*

 

200,667

  

33,079,955

 
  

68,533,813

 

Real Estate Management & Development – 2.0%

   
 

CoStar Group Inc*

 

1,341,454

  

117,229,665

 

Semiconductor & Semiconductor Equipment – 33.7%

   
 

Advanced Micro Devices Inc*

 

578,350

  

85,254,574

 
 

Analog Devices Inc

 

704,258

  

139,837,468

 
 

Applied Materials Inc

 

701,656

  

113,717,388

 
 

ASM International NV

 

31,875

  

16,534,567

 
 

ASML Holding NV

 

337,221

  

253,745,812

 
 

Broadcom Inc

 

42,115

  

47,010,869

 
 

Infineon Technologies AG

 

534,611

  

22,305,947

 
 

KLA Corp

 

217,320

  

126,328,116

 
 

Lam Research Corp

 

164,396

  

128,764,811

 
 

Lattice Semiconductor Corp*

 

324,587

  

22,393,257

 
 

Marvell Technology Inc

 

828,790

  

49,984,325

 
 

NVIDIA Corp

 

873,851

  

432,748,492

 
 

NXP Semiconductors NV

 

248,022

  

56,965,693

 
 

ON Semiconductor Corp*

 

603,152

  

50,381,287

 
 

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd

 

14,560,000

  

281,377,872

 
 

Texas Instruments Inc

 

549,469

  

93,662,486

 
  

1,921,012,964

 

Software – 34.3%

   
 

Adobe Inc*

 

351,078

  

209,453,135

 
 

Atlassian Corp - Class A*

 

62,921

  

14,966,389

 
 

Cadence Design Systems Inc*

 

406,144

  

110,621,441

 
 

CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc*

 

9,306,550

  

106,001,605

 
 

Constellation Software Inc/Canada

 

75,012

  

186,002,471

 
 

Dynatrace Inc*

 

829,702

  

45,376,402

 
 

HashiCorp Inc - Class A*

 

734,487

  

17,363,273

 
 

HubSpot Inc*

 

14,913

  

8,657,593

 
 

Intuit Inc

 

28,102

  

17,564,593

 
 

Lumine Group Inc*

 

1,260,804

  

28,453,498

 
 

Microsoft Corp

 

1,683,079

  

632,905,027

 
 

Nice Ltd (ADR)*

 

218,208

  

43,534,678

 
 

Oracle Corp

 

297,212

  

31,335,061

 
 

Pagerduty Inc*

 

303,145

  

7,017,807

 
 

Palo Alto Networks Inc*

 

147,129

  

43,385,400

 
 

Procore Technologies Inc*

 

490,437

  

33,948,049

 
 

ServiceNow Inc*

 

71,835

  

50,750,709

 


        


Shares

  

Value

 

Common Stocks– (continued)

   

Software– (continued)

   
 

Synopsys Inc*

 

173,152

  

$89,157,696

 
 

Tyler Technologies Inc*

 

194,687

  

81,402,528

 
 

Workday Inc - Class A*

 

725,086

  

200,167,241

 
  

1,958,064,596

 

Specialized Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 0.5%

   
 

Equinix Inc

 

35,005

  

28,192,677

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 5.8%

   
 

Apple Inc

 

1,709,524

  

329,134,656

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services – 1.1%

   
 

T-Mobile US Inc

 

383,336

  

61,460,261

 

Total Common Stocks (cost $3,074,842,957)

 

5,554,600,814

 

Private Placements– 0.8%

   

Professional Services – 0.2%

   
 

Apartment List Inc*,¢,§

 

3,783,673

  

11,237,509

 

Software – 0.6%

   
 

Magic Leap Inc - Class A private equity common shares*,¢,§

 

18,847

  

0

 
 

Via Transportation Inc - Preferred shares*,¢,§

 

546,008

  

26,099,182

 
 

Via Transportation Inc - private equity common shares*,¢,§

 

78,474

  

3,751,057

 
 

Via Transportation Inc - Series A*,¢,§

 

50,741

  

2,425,420

 
 

Via Transportation Inc - Series B*,¢,§

 

9,272

  

443,202

 
 

Via Transportation Inc - Series C*,¢,§

 

8,331

  

398,222

 
 

Via Transportation Inc - Series D*,¢,§

 

29,804

  

1,424,631

 
 

Via Transportation Inc - Series E*,¢,§

 

13,836

  

661,361

 
 

Via Transportation Inc - Series G-1*,¢,§

 

17,973

  

859,109

 
  

36,062,184

 

Total Private Placements (cost $56,880,997)

 

47,299,693

 

Warrants– 0%

   

Road & Rail – 0%

   
 

Grab Holdings Ltd, expires 12/1/26*

 

333,275

  

73,987

 

Software – 0%

   
 

Constellation Software Inc/Canada, expires 3/31/40*

 

75,723

  

6

 

Total Warrants (cost $986,182)

 

73,993

 

Investment Companies– 1.8%

   

Money Markets – 1.8%

   
 

Janus Henderson Cash Liquidity Fund LLC, 5.3879%ºº,£((cost $101,428,774)

 

101,408,492

  

101,428,774

 

Total Investments (total cost $3,234,138,910) – 100.0%

 

5,703,403,274

 

Liabilities, net of Cash, Receivables and Other Assets – (0)%

 

(2,032,214)

 

Net Assets – 100%

 

$5,701,371,060

 
      

Summary of Investments by Country - (Long Positions) (unaudited)

 
    

% of

 
    

Investment

 

Country

 

Value

 

Securities

 

United States

 

$4,797,185,176

 

84.1

%

Taiwan

 

281,377,872

 

4.9

 

Netherlands

 

270,280,379

 

4.7

 

Canada

 

214,455,975

 

3.8

 

Argentina

 

74,189,260

 

1.3

 

Israel

 

43,534,678

 

0.8

 

Germany

 

22,305,947

 

0.4

 

Singapore

 

73,987

 

0.0

 
      
      

Total

 

$5,703,403,274

 

100.0

%

 

2


Schedules of Affiliated Investments – (% of Net Assets)

           
 

Dividend

Income

Realized

Gain/(Loss)

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation/

Depreciation

Value

at 12/31/23

Investment Companies - 1.8%

Money Markets - 1.8%

 
 

Janus Henderson Cash Liquidity Fund LLC, 5.3879%ºº

$

794,114

$

(1,613)

$

(14,139)

$

101,428,774

Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Lending - N/A

Investment Companies - N/A

 
 

Janus Henderson Cash Collateral Fund LLC, 5.2936%ºº

 

50,987

 

-

 

-

 

-

Total Affiliated Investments - 1.8%

$

845,101

$

(1,613)

$

(14,139)

$

101,428,774

           
 

Value

at 9/30/23

Purchases

Sales Proceeds

Value

at 12/31/23

Investment Companies - 1.8%

Money Markets - 1.8%

 
 

Janus Henderson Cash Liquidity Fund LLC, 5.3879%ºº

 

157,569,479

 

170,125,734

 

(226,250,687)

 

101,428,774

Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Lending - N/A

Investment Companies - N/A

 
 

Janus Henderson Cash Collateral Fund LLC, 5.2936%ºº

 

3,144,520

 

88,686,472

 

(91,830,992)

 

-

3


Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

  

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

LLC

Limited Liability Company

  

*

Non-income producing security.

  

ºº

Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of December 31, 2023.

  

¢

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs. The total value of Level 3 securities as of the period ended December 31, 2023 is $47,299,699, which represents 0.8% of net assets.

  

£

The Fund may invest in certain securities that are considered affiliated companies. As defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, an affiliated company is one in which the Fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control.

  

Net of income paid to the securities lending agent and rebates paid to the borrowing counterparties.

           

§

Schedule of Restricted Securities (as of December 31, 2023)

       

Value as a

 
 

Acquisition

     

% of Net

 
 

Date

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Assets

 

Apartment List Inc

11/2/20

$

13,821,757

$

11,237,509

 

0.2

%

Magic Leap Inc - Class A private equity common shares

10/5/17

 

9,160,263

 

0

 

0.0

 

Via Transportation Inc - Preferred shares

11/4/21

 

24,847,568

 

26,099,182

 

0.5

 

Via Transportation Inc - private equity common shares

12/2/21

 

3,392,431

 

3,751,057

 

0.1

 

Via Transportation Inc - Series A

12/2/21

 

2,193,533

 

2,425,420

 

0.0

 

Via Transportation Inc - Series B

12/2/21

 

400,829

 

443,202

 

0.0

 

Via Transportation Inc - Series C

12/2/21

 

360,149

 

398,222

 

0.0

 

Via Transportation Inc - Series D

12/2/21

 

1,288,427

 

1,424,631

 

0.0

 

Via Transportation Inc - Series E

12/2/21

 

598,130

 

661,361

 

0.0

 

Via Transportation Inc - Series G-1

2/2/23

 

817,910

 

859,109

 

0.0

 

Total

 

$

56,880,997

$

47,299,693

 

0.8

%

         

The Fund has registration rights for certain restricted securities held as of December 31, 2023. The issuer incurs all registration costs.

 
             

The following is a summary of the inputs that were used to value the Fund’s investments in securities and other financial instruments as of December 31, 2023.

 

Valuation Inputs Summary

       
    

Level 2 -

 

Level 3 -

  

Level 1 -

 

Other Significant

 

Significant

  

Quoted Prices

 

Observable Inputs

 

Unobservable Inputs

       

Assets

      

Investments In Securities:

      

Common Stocks

$

5,554,600,814

$

-

$

-

Private Placements

 

-

 

-

 

47,299,693

Warrants

 

73,987

 

-

 

6

Investment Companies

 

-

 

101,428,774

 

-

Total Assets

$

5,554,674,801

$

101,428,774

$

47,299,699

       

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Investment Valuation

Fund holdings are valued in accordance with policies and procedures established by the Adviser pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act and approved by and subject to the oversight of the Trustees (the “Valuation Procedures”). Equity securities traded on a domestic securities exchange are generally valued at readily available market quotations, which are (i) the official close prices or (ii) last sale prices on the primary market or exchange in which the securities trade. If such price is lacking for the trading period immediately preceding the time of determination, such securities are generally valued at their current bid price. Equity securities that are traded on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the closing prices on such markets. In the event that there is no current trading volume on a particular security in such foreign exchange, the bid price from the primary exchange is generally used to value the security. Foreign securities and currencies are converted to U.S. dollars using the current spot USD dollar exchange rate in effect at the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). The Adviser will determine the market value of individual securities held by it by using prices provided by one or more Adviser-approved professional pricing services or, as needed, by obtaining market quotations from independent broker-dealers. Most debt securities are valued in accordance with the evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service that is intended to reflect market value. The evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service is an evaluation that may consider factors such as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings. Certain short-term securities maturing within 60 days or less may be evaluated and valued on an amortized cost basis provided that the amortized cost determined approximates market value. Securities for which market quotations or evaluated prices are not readily available or deemed unreliable are valued at fair value determined in good faith by the Adviser pursuant to the Valuation Procedures. Circumstances in which fair valuation may be utilized include, but are not limited to: (i) a significant event that may affect the securities of a single issuer, such as a merger, bankruptcy, or significant issuer-specific development; (ii) an event that may affect an entire market, such as a natural disaster or significant governmental action; (iii) a nonsignificant event such as a market closing early or not opening, or a security trading halt; and (iv) pricing of a nonvalued security and a restricted or nonpublic security. Special valuation considerations may apply with respect to “odd-lot” fixed-income transactions which, due to their small size, may receive evaluated prices by pricing services which reflect a large block trade and not what actually could be obtained for the odd-lot position. The value of the securities of other mutual funds held by the Fund, if any, will be calculated using the NAV of such mutual funds, and the prospectuses for such mutual funds explain the circumstances under which they use fair valuation and the effects of using fair valuation. The value of the securities of any cash management pooled investment vehicles that operate as money market funds held by the Fund, if any, will be calculated using the NAV of such funds.

Valuation Inputs Summary

FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”), defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosure requirements regarding fair value measurements. This standard emphasizes that fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability and establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. These inputs are summarized into three broad levels:

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets the Fund has the ability to access for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 – Observable inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.

Assets or liabilities categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy generally include: debt securities fair valued in accordance with the evaluated bid or ask prices supplied by a pricing service; securities traded on OTC markets and listed securities for which no sales are reported that are fair valued at the latest bid price (or yield equivalent thereof) obtained from one or more dealers transacting in a market for such securities or by a pricing service approved by the Fund’s Trustees; certain short-term debt securities with maturities of 60 days or less that are fair valued at amortized cost; and equity securities of foreign issuers whose fair value is determined by using systematic fair valuation models provided by independent third parties in order to adjust for stale pricing which may occur between the close of certain foreign exchanges and the close of the NYSE. Other securities that may be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy include, but are not limited to, preferred stocks, bank loans, swaps, investments in unregistered investment companies, options, and forward contracts.

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability to the extent that relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions that a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and that would be based on the best information available.

There have been no significant changes in valuation techniques used in valuing any such positions held by the Fund since the beginning of the fiscal period.

The inputs or methodology used for fair valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The summary of inputs used as of December 31, 2023 to fair value the Fund’s investments

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in securities and other financial instruments is included in the “Valuation Inputs Summary” in the Notes to Schedule of Investments.

The following describes the amounts of transfers into or out of Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy during the period.

Financial assets of $6 were transferred out of Level 2 to Level 3 since certain security’s prices were determined using significant unobservable inputs at the end of the current period and other significant observable inputs at the end of the prior year.

The Fund did not hold a significant amount of Level 3 securities as of December 31, 2023.

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For additional information on the Fund, please refer to the Fund’s most recent semiannual or annual shareholder report.

      
      
      
   

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