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Janus Henderson Global Select Fund

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

December 31, 2023

        


Shares

  

Value

 

Common Stocks– 97.2%

   

Aerospace & Defense – 5.1%

   
 

BAE Systems PLC

 

7,224,100

  

$102,237,384

 
 

General Dynamics Corp

 

95,096

  

24,693,578

 
  

126,930,962

 

Automobiles – 1.2%

   
 

Toyota Motor Corp

 

1,567,900

  

28,810,079

 

Banks – 6.0%

   
 

BNP Paribas SA

 

733,014

  

50,641,691

 
 

Erste Group Bank AG

 

706,932

  

28,660,882

 
 

HDFC Bank Ltd

 

1,566,996

  

32,188,796

 
 

UniCredit SpA

 

1,451,559

  

39,358,853

 
  

150,850,222

 

Beverages – 2.2%

   
 

Heineken NV

 

248,764

  

25,245,444

 
 

Monster Beverage Corp

 

534,928

  

30,817,202

 
  

56,062,646

 

Biotechnology – 3.4%

   
 

Argenx SE (ADR)*

 

28,883

  

10,987,960

 
 

Ascendis Pharma A/S (ADR)*

 

131,927

  

16,616,206

 
 

Biohaven Ltd*

 

379,631

  

16,248,207

 
 

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Inc*

 

32,409

  

7,498,794

 
 

Sarepta Therapeutics Inc*

 

25,979

  

2,505,155

 
 

Vaxcyte Inc*

 

509,516

  

31,997,605

 
  

85,853,927

 

Capital Markets – 2.2%

   
 

Morgan Stanley

 

597,640

  

55,729,930

 

Chemicals – 1.4%

   
 

Sherwin-Williams Co

 

109,748

  

34,230,401

 

Commercial Services & Supplies – 0.4%

   
 

Rentokil Initial PLC

 

1,902,369

  

10,686,704

 

Diversified Financial Services – 1.3%

   
 

Mastercard Inc

 

74,815

  

31,909,346

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services – 3.7%

   
 

Deutsche Telekom AG

 

3,822,233

  

91,762,956

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 3.6%

   
 

Hexagon AB - Class B

 

4,456,194

  

53,456,649

 
 

Keyence Corp

 

81,300

  

35,823,209

 
  

89,279,858

 

Entertainment – 2.3%

   
 

Liberty Media Corp-Liberty Formula One - Series C*

 

894,802

  

56,488,850

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 6.0%

   
 

Booking Holdings Inc*

 

7,533

  

26,721,208

 
 

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc*

 

32,161

  

73,550,920

 
 

Entain PLC

 

3,964,808

  

50,234,645

 
  

150,506,773

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers – 4.4%

   
 

Vistra Energy Corp

 

2,830,963

  

109,048,695

 

Insurance – 4.3%

   
 

AIA Group Ltd

 

4,361,600

  

38,012,203

 
 

Beazley PLC

 

202,057

  

1,344,163

 
 

Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc

 

3,264,500

  

69,282,054

 
  

108,638,420

 

Interactive Media & Services – 1.6%

   
 

Alphabet Inc - Class A*

 

294,911

  

41,196,118

 

Machinery – 1.3%

   
 

Deere & Co

 

32,534

  

13,009,371

 
 

Wabtec Corp

 

151,041

  

19,167,103

 
  

32,176,474

 

Metals & Mining – 3.3%

   
 

Teck Resources Ltd

 

1,965,787

  

83,103,427

 

Multiline Retail – 2.5%

   
 

Amazon.com Inc*

 

419,460

  

63,732,752

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 6.1%

   
 

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd

 

1,029,969

  

67,483,569

 
 

Marathon Petroleum Corp

 

574,508

  

85,234,007

 
  

152,717,576

 

Personal Products – 1.8%

   
 

Unilever PLC

 

949,646

  

45,988,872

 


        


Shares

  

Value

 

Common Stocks– (continued)

   

Pharmaceuticals – 5.6%

   
 

AstraZeneca PLC

 

397,244

  

$53,662,466

 
 

Merck & Co Inc

 

449,732

  

49,029,783

 
 

Novo Nordisk A/S (ADR)

 

247,428

  

25,596,427

 
 

Organon & Co

 

882,779

  

12,729,673

 
  

141,018,349

 

Road & Rail – 1.9%

   
 

Full Truck Alliance Co (ADR)*

 

2,441,097

  

17,112,090

 
 

TFI International Inc

 

222,624

  

30,272,411

 
  

47,384,501

 

Semiconductor & Semiconductor Equipment – 8.6%

   
 

ASML Holding NV

 

76,862

  

57,835,694

 
 

Lam Research Corp

 

51,715

  

40,506,291

 
 

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd

 

6,113,000

  

118,136,190

 
  

216,478,175

 

Software – 8.3%

   
 

Microsoft Corp

 

400,660

  

150,664,186

 
 

Synopsys Inc*

 

22,139

  

11,399,592

 
 

Workday Inc - Class A*

 

163,551

  

45,149,889

 
  

207,213,667

 

Specialty Retail – 2.0%

   
 

TJX Cos Inc

 

530,775

  

49,792,003

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 3.6%

   
 

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

 

28,495

  

23,073,791

 
 

Samsonite International SA (144A)*

 

20,666,700

  

68,154,956

 
  

91,228,747

 

Trading Companies & Distributors – 3.1%

   
 

Ferguson PLC

 

398,005

  

76,842,825

 

Total Common Stocks (cost $1,722,349,844)

 

2,435,663,255

 

Private Placements– 0%

   

Software – 0%

   
 

Magic Leap Inc - Class A private equity common shares*,¢,§((cost $9,254,547)

 

19,041

  

0

 

Investment Companies– 2.7%

   

Money Markets – 2.7%

   
 

Janus Henderson Cash Liquidity Fund LLC, 5.3879%ºº,£((cost $68,950,222)

 

68,937,971

  

68,951,759

 

Total Investments (total cost $1,800,554,613) – 99.9%

 

2,504,615,014

 

Cash, Receivables and Other Assets, net of Liabilities – 0.1%

 

1,324,617

 

Net Assets – 100%

 

$2,505,939,631

 
      

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

 
    

% of

 
    

Investment

 

Country

 

Value

 

Securities

 

United States

 

$1,228,845,243

 

49.1

%

United Kingdom

 

264,154,234

 

10.6

 

Canada

 

180,859,407

 

7.2

 

Japan

 

133,915,342

 

5.4

 

Taiwan

 

118,136,190

 

4.7

 

Hong Kong

 

106,167,159

 

4.2

 

Germany

 

91,762,956

 

3.7

 

Netherlands

 

83,081,138

 

3.3

 

France

 

73,715,482

 

2.9

 

Sweden

 

53,456,649

 

2.1

 

Denmark

 

42,212,633

 

1.7

 

Italy

 

39,358,853

 

1.6

 

India

 

32,188,796

 

1.3

 

Austria

 

28,660,882

 

1.1

 

China

 

17,112,090

 

0.7

 

Belgium

 

10,987,960

 

0.4

 
      
      

Total

 

$2,504,615,014

 

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 - 2.7%

Money Markets - 2.7%

 
 

Janus Henderson Cash Liquidity Fund LLC, 5.3879%ºº

$

746,105

$

(812)

$

(4,523)

$

68,951,759

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

Investment Companies - N/A

 
 

Janus Henderson Cash Collateral Fund LLC, 5.2936%ºº

 

11,981

 

-

 

-

 

-

Total Affiliated Investments - 2.7%

$

758,086

$

(812)

$

(4,523)

$

68,951,759

           
 

Value

at 9/30/23

Purchases

Sales Proceeds

Value

at 12/31/23

Investment Companies - 2.7%

Money Markets - 2.7%

 
 

Janus Henderson Cash Liquidity Fund LLC, 5.3879%ºº

 

53,372,825

 

158,055,766

 

(142,471,497)

 

68,951,759

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

Investment Companies - N/A

 
 

Janus Henderson Cash Collateral Fund LLC, 5.2936%ºº

 

12,781,962

 

40,345,011

 

(53,126,973)

 

-

            

Schedule of Total Return Swaps

Counterparty/

Return Paid

by the Fund

 

Return Received

by the Fund

 

Payment

Frequency

 

Termination

Date

 

Notional

Amount

  

Swap Contracts, at Value and

Unrealized

Appreciation/

(Depreciation)

UBS AG, London Branch:

            

Euro short-term rate + 0.55%

 

Ryanair Holdings PLC

 

At Maturity

 

1/15/25

 

22,613,060

EUR

$

574,221

  

Average Ending Monthly Value of Derivative Instruments During the Period Ended December 31, 2023

 

 

 

 

Total return swaps:

 

Average notional amount

$5,653,265

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3


Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

  

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

LLC

Limited Liability Company

PLC

Public Limited Company

  

144A

Securities sold under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are subject to legal and/or contractual restrictions on resale and may not be publicly sold without registration under the 1933 Act. Unless otherwise noted, these securities have been determined to be liquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The total value of 144A securities as of the period ended December 31, 2023 is $68,154,956, which represents 2.7% of net assets.

  

*

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 $0, which represents 0.0% 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

 

Magic Leap Inc - Class A private equity common shares

10/5/17

$

9,254,547

$

0

 

0.0

%

         
         

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

$

2,435,663,255

$

-

$

-

Private Placements

 

-

 

-

 

0

Investment Companies

 

-

 

68,951,759

 

-

Total Investments in Securities

$

2,435,663,255

$

68,951,759

$

0

Other Financial Instruments(a):

      

OTC Swaps

 

-

 

574,221

 

-

Total Assets

$

2,435,663,255

$

69,525,980

$

0

       

(a)

Other financial instruments may include forward foreign currency exchange contracts, futures, written options, written swaptions, and swap contracts. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts, futures contracts, and swap contracts are reported at their unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) at measurement date, which represents the change in the contract's value from trade date. Written options and written swaptions are reported at their market value at measurement date.

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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.

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

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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