N-CSR 1 a_sovereignbondfund.htm JOHN HANCOCK SOVEREIGN BOND FUND a_sovereignbondfund.htm
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- 2402 
 
John Hancock Sovereign Bond Fund 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 
 
601 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210 
 
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) 
 
Salvatore Schiavone
Treasurer
 
601 Congress Street
 
 
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
 
(Name and address of agent for service)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 617-663-4497 
 
Date of fiscal year end:  May 31 
 
Date of reporting period:  May 31, 2014 

 

ITEM 1. REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.





A look at performance

Total returns for the period ended May 31, 2014

              SEC 30-day  SEC 30-day 
  Average annual total returns (%)  Cumulative total returns (%)  yield (%)  yield (%) 
  with maximum sales charge    with maximum sales charge    subsidized  unsubsidized1 

              as of  as of 
  1-year  5-year  10-year  1-year  5-year  10-year  5-31-14  5-31-14 

Class A  –0.09  9.44  5.96  –0.09  57.02  78.38  2.99  2.94 

Class B  –1.63  9.31  5.80  –1.63  56.07  75.66  2.43  2.37 

Class C  2.34  9.58  5.65  2.34  57.97  73.25  2.42  2.37 

Class I2  4.40  10.78  6.83  4.40  66.83  93.57  3.43  3.37 

Class R22,3  4.01  10.38  6.39  4.01  63.86  85.76  3.03  2.98 

Class R62,3  4.58  10.89  6.90  4.58  67.68  94.88  3.54  3.47 

Index  2.44  5.28  4.99  2.44  29.32  62.72     

Performance figures assume all distributions have been reinvested. Figures reflect maximum sales charges on Class A shares of 4.0% and the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) on Class B and Class C shares. The returns for Class A shares have been adjusted to reflect the reduction in the maximum sales charge from 4.5% to 4.0%, effective 2-3-14. The returns for Class C shares have been adjusted to reflect the elimination of the front-end sales charge effective 7-15-04. The Class B shares’ CDSC declines annually between years 1 to 6 according to the following schedule: 5%, 4%, 3%, 3%, 2%, 1%. No sales charge will be assessed after the sixth year. Class C shares held for less than one year are subject to a 1% CDSC. Sales charges are not applicable to Class I, Class R2, and Class R6 shares.

The expense ratios of the fund, both net (including any fee waivers and/or expense limitations) and gross (excluding any fee waivers and/or expense limitations), are set forth according to the most recent publicly available prospectuses for the fund and may differ from those disclosed in the Financial highlights tables in this report. The fee waivers and/or expense limitations are contractual at least until 9-30-14 for all classes of shares. Had the fee waivers and expense limitations not been in place, gross expenses would apply. The expense ratios are as follows:

  Class A  Class B  Class C  Class I  Class R2  Class R6* 
Net (%)  0.98  1.68  1.68  0.60  1.03  0.49 
Gross (%)  1.03  1.73  1.73  0.65  1.08  0.57 

* For Class R6 shares, the fund’s advisor has contractually agreed to waive all class specific expenses of the fund, including transfer agency fees and service fees, as applicable, to the extent they exceed 0.00% of average annual net assets. The current waiver agreement will remain in effect through 9-30-15.

The returns reflect past results and should not be considered indicative of future performance. The return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Due to market volatility, the fund’s current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. For current to the most recent month-end performance data, please call 800-225-5291 or visit the fund’s website at jhinvestments.com.

The performance table above and the chart on the next page do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or on the redemption of fund shares. The fund’s performance results reflect any applicable fee waivers or expense reductions, without which the expenses would increase and results would have been less favorable.

Index is the Barclays Government/Credit Bond Index.

See the following page for footnotes.

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    With maximum  Without   
  Start date  sales charge  sales charge  Index 

Class B4  5-31-04  $17,566  $17,566  $16,272 

Class C4  5-31-04  17,325  17,325  16,272 

Class I2  5-31-04  19,357  19,357  16,272 

Class R22  5-31-04  18,576  18,576  16,272 

Class R62  5-31-04  19,488  19,488  16,272 

 

The values shown in the chart for “Class A shares with maximum sales charge” have been adjusted to reflect the reduction in the Class A shares’ maximum sales charge from 4.5% to 4.0%, which became effective on 2-3-14.

Performance of the classes will vary based on the difference in sales charges paid by shareholders investing in the different classes and the fee structure of those classes.

The Class C shares investment with maximum sales charge has been adjusted to reflect the elimination of the front-end sales charge, effective 7-15-04.

Barclays Government/Credit Bond Index is an unmanaged index of U.S. government bonds, U.S. corporate bonds, and Yankee bonds.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Index figures do not reflect expenses or sales charges, which would have resulted in lower values.

Footnotes related to performance pages

1 Unsubsidized yield reflects what the yield would have been without the effect of reimbursements and waivers.

2 For certain types of investors, as described in the fund’s prospectuses.

3 Class R6 shares and Class R2 shares were first offered 9-1-11 and 3-1-12, respectively. Returns prior to these dates are those of Class A shares that have been recalculated to apply the gross fees and expenses of Class R2 and Class R6 shares, as applicable.

4 The contingent deferred sales charge is not applicable.

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Management’s discussion of
Fund performance

John Hancock Asset Management
a division of Manulife Asset Management (US) LLC

Despite the volatility that characterized the second half of 2013, the global fixed-income markets nonetheless finished the twelve-month reporting period in positive territory. The environment was favorable for market segments that offered a yield advantage relative to U.S. Treasuries, including investment-grade and high-yield corporate bonds, emerging-market bonds, and commercial mortgage-backed securities.

For the 12 months ended May 31, 2014, John Hancock Bond Fund’s Class A shares had a total return of 4.06%, excluding sales charges, outpacing the 2.44% return of its benchmark, the Barclays Government/Credit Bond Index.

The fund was positioned very favorably for the environment of the past twelve months. Just under half of the fund’s total investments were allocated to corporate bonds, which enabled it to take capitalize on the outperformance of this market segment. The fund’s corporate bond allocation also incorporated high-yield (below-investment-grade) bonds, as the benchmark has no exposure to this outperforming market segment. Our decision to invest in non-U.S. corporate bonds was an additional positive for performance. We added modestly to the fund’s allocation to European corporate debt during the past year, which reflected our belief that the region’s return to positive economic growth provides latitude for this market segment to outperform. The fund’s overweight position in corporates was funded by its underweight in U.S. Treasuries. This was also helpful to performance given that U.S. Treasury yields rose (as prices fell) during the reporting period. The underweight in Treasuries also enabled us to invest in other, higher-yielding segments of the bond market, including asset-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, and non-agency mortgage-backed notes. We maintained our approach of keeping duration—or interest-rate sensitivity—below that of the benchmark. This reflected our view that Treasury yields will gradually move higher in the longer term, aided fund performance.

This commentary reflects the views of the portfolio managers through the end of the period discussed in this report. As such, they are in no way guarantees of future events and are not intended to be used as investment advice or a recommendation regarding any specific security. They are also subject to change at any time as market and other conditions warrant.

Past performance does not guarantee future results.

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Your expenses

These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing operating expenses of investing in the fund so you can compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

Understanding fund expenses

As a shareholder of the fund, you incur two types of costs:

Transaction costs, which include sales charges (loads) on purchases or redemptions (varies by share class), minimum account fee charge, etc.

Ongoing operating expenses, including management fees, distribution and service fees (if applicable), and other fund expenses.

We are going to present only your ongoing operating expenses here.

Actual expenses/actual returns

This example is intended to provide information about the fund’s actual ongoing operating expenses and is based on the fund’s actual return. It assumes an account value of $1,000.00 on December 1, 2013, with the same investment held until May 31, 2014.

      Expenses paid   
  Account value  Ending value  during period  Annualized 
  on 12-1-2013  on 5-31-2014  ended 5-31-20141  expense ratio 

Class A  $1,000.00  $1,048.10  $4.70  0.92% 

Class B  1,000.00  1,044.50  8.26  1.62% 

Class C  1,000.00  1,044.40  8.26  1.62% 

Class I  1,000.00  1,049.10  3.12  0.61% 

Class R2  1,000.00  1,047.40  5.10  1.00% 

Class R6  1,000.00  1,050.30  2.50  0.49% 

Together with the value of your account, you may use this information to estimate the operating expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value at May 31, 2014, by $1,000.00, then multiply it by the “expenses paid” for your share class from the table above. For example, for an account value of $8,600.00, the operating expenses should be calculated as follows:


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Your expenses

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

This table allows you to compare the fund’s ongoing operating expenses with those of any other fund. It provides an example of the fund’s hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each class’s actual expense ratio and an assumed 5% annualized return before expenses (which is not the fund’s actual return). It assumes an account value of $1,000.00 on December 1, 2013, with the same investment held until May 31, 2014. Look in any other fund shareholder report to find its hypothetical example and you will be able to compare these expenses. Please remember that these hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period.

      Expenses paid   
  Account value  Ending value  during period  Annualized 
  on 12-1-2013  on 5-31-2014  ended 5-31-20141  expense ratio 

Class A  $1,000.00  $1,020.30  $4.63  0.92% 

Class B  1,000.00  1,016.90  8.15  1.62% 

Class C  1,000.00  1,016.90  8.15  1.62% 

Class I  1,000.00  1,021.90  3.07  0.61% 

Class R2  1,000.00  1,019.90  5.04  1.00% 

Class R6  1,000.00  1,022.50  2.47  0.49% 

Remember, these examples do not include any transaction costs, therefore, these examples will not help you to determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. If transaction costs were included, your expenses would have been higher. See the prospectuses for details regarding transaction costs.

1 Expenses are equal to the fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Portfolio summary

Portfolio Composition1       

Corporate Bonds  47.8%  Capital Preferred Securities  1.6% 


U.S. Government Agency  18.3%  Term Loans  1.0% 


Collateralized Mortgage Obligations  11.6%  Preferred Securities  1.0% 


U.S. Government  8.3%  Foreign Government Obligations  0.1% 


Asset Backed Securities  5.6%  Convertible Bonds  0.1% 


U.S. Government Agency    Short-Term Investments & Other  2.8% 
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations  1.8% 

 
 
Quality Composition1,2       

U.S. Government  8.3%  BBB  29.0% 


U.S. Government Agency  18.3%  BB  12.2% 


U.S. Government Agency Collateralized    B  8.1% 
Mortgage Obligations  1.8% 

CCC & Below  3.8% 
AAA  1.1% 

Not Rated  0.5% 
AA  4.2% 

Equity  1.0% 
A  8.9% 

Short-Term Investments & Other  2.8% 

1 As a percentage of net assets on 5-31-14.

2 Ratings are from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. If not available, we have used ratings from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services. In the absence of ratings from these agencies, we have used Fitch Ratings, Inc. “Not Rated” securities are those with no ratings available from these agencies. All ratings are as of 5-31-14 and do not reflect subsequent downgrades or upgrades, if any.

Fixed-income investments are subject to interest-rate and credit risk; their value will normally decline as interest rates rise or if a creditor is unable or unwilling to make principal or interest payments. Investments in higher-yielding, lower-rated securities include a higher risk of default. Foreign investing has additional risks, such as currency and market volatility and political and social instability. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may be sensitive to changes in interest rates, and may be subject to early repayment and the market’s perception of issuer creditworthiness. Events in the financial markets have resulted, and may continue to result, in an unusually high degree of volatility in the financial markets, both domestic and foreign. In addition, reduced liquidity in credit and fixed-income markets may adversely affect issuers worldwide. The use of hedging and derivatives could produce disproportionate gains or losses and may increase costs. Sector investing is subject to greater risks than the market as a whole. Because the fund may focus on particular sectors of the economy, its performance may depend on the performance of those sectors and investments focused in one sector may fluctuate more widely than investments diversified across sectors. Please see the fund’s prospectuses for additional risks.

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Fund’s investments

As of 5-31-14

    Maturity     
  Rate (%)  date  Par value^  Value 
Corporate Bonds 47.8%      $936,082,964 

(Cost $887,382,466)         
 
Consumer Discretionary 4.7%        92,502,640 
 
Auto Components 0.6%         

Dana Holding Corp.  6.000  09-15-23  2,630,000  2,781,228 

Delphi Corp.  5.000  02-15-23  6,805,000  7,272,844 

Stackpole International Intermediate Company         
SA (S)  7.750  10-15-21  1,695,000  1,771,275 
 
Automobiles 1.4%         

Chrysler Group LLC  8.000  06-15-19  1,040,000  1,136,200 

Ford Motor Credit Company LLC  5.875  08-02-21  13,600,000  15,927,096 

Ford Motor Credit Company LLC  8.000  12-15-16  2,885,000  3,362,727 

General Motors Company (S)  4.875  10-02-23  3,025,000  3,168,687 

General Motors Company (S)  6.250  10-02-43  2,600,000  2,954,250 
 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 0.6%         

Arcos Dorados Holdings, Inc. (S)  10.250  07-13-16  BRL 3,275,000  1,366,837 

CCM Merger, Inc. (S)  9.125  05-01-19  2,495,000  2,669,650 

Landry’s, Inc. (S)  9.375  05-01-20  2,610,000  2,880,787 

PF Chang’s China Bistro, Inc. (S)  10.250  06-30-20  1,590,000  1,633,725 

Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida (S)  6.535  10-01-20  2,594,000  2,892,310 

Waterford Gaming LLC (S)  8.625  09-15-14  498,150  111,614 
 
Internet & Catalog Retail 0.2%         

QVC, Inc.  4.375  03-15-23  2,170,000  2,185,908 

QVC, Inc.  5.125  07-02-22  1,800,000  1,907,532 
 
Media 0.9%         

21st Century Fox America, Inc.  6.150  03-01-37  975,000  1,179,774 

21st Century Fox America, Inc.  6.400  12-15-35  880,000  1,099,990 

AMC Entertainment, Inc.  5.875  02-15-22  2,605,000  2,696,175 

CBS Corp.  7.875  07-30-30  3,230,000  4,348,669 

Cinemark USA, Inc.  7.375  06-15-21  925,000  1,023,281 

Myriad International Holdings BV (S)  6.000  07-18-20  1,770,000  1,984,613 

Radio One, Inc. (S)  9.250  02-15-20  865,000  934,200 

Time Warner Cable, Inc.  8.250  04-01-19  2,360,000  3,004,037 

WideOpenWest Finance LLC (S)  10.250  07-15-19  690,000  774,525 
 
Multiline Retail 0.2%         

Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc.  7.875  08-15-36  2,885,000  3,187,631 

Tops Holding II Corp.  8.750  06-15-18  1,580,000  1,649,125 

 

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    Maturity     
  Rate (%)  date  Par value^  Value 
Specialty Retail 0.7%         

AutoNation, Inc.  5.500  02-01-20  4,385,000  $4,757,725 

Hillman Group, Inc.  10.875  06-01-18  1,675,000  1,777,175 

Jo-Ann Stores Holdings, Inc., PIK (S)  9.750  10-15-19  2,915,000  3,024,312 

L Brands, Inc.  6.625  04-01-21  3,585,000  4,033,125 

New Look Bondco I PLC (S)  8.375  05-14-18  855,000  916,988 
 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.1%         

Hot Topic, Inc. (S)  9.250  06-15-21  1,925,000  2,088,625 
 
Consumer Staples 1.7%        33,390,704 
 
Beverages 0.2%         

Ajecorp BV (S)  6.500  05-14-22  2,145,000  2,005,575 

Crestview DS Merger Sub II, Inc. (S)  10.000  09-01-21  2,175,000  2,414,250 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.5%         

Safeway, Inc.  4.750  12-01-21  925,000  950,628 

Safeway, Inc.  5.000  08-15-19  5,820,000  6,071,226 

Smithfield Foods, Inc. (S)  5.875  08-01-21  600,000  637,500 

Tops Holding Corp.  8.875  12-15-17  960,000  1,047,600 
 
Food Products 0.3%         

Bunge, Ltd. Finance Corp.  8.500  06-15-19  2,236,000  2,813,525 

Simmons Foods, Inc. (S)  10.500  11-01-17  3,495,000  3,774,600 
 
Household Products 0.1%         

Harbinger Group, Inc.  7.875  07-15-19  2,555,000  2,791,338 
 
Personal Products 0.2%         

Prestige Brands, Inc. (S)  5.375  12-15-21  1,770,000  1,812,037 

Revlon Consumer Products Corp.  5.750  02-15-21  2,000,000  2,030,000 
 
Tobacco 0.4%         

Alliance One International, Inc.  9.875  07-15-21  5,500,000  5,610,000 

Vector Group, Ltd.  7.750  02-15-21  1,345,000  1,432,425 
 
Energy 6.0%        117,377,689 
 
Energy Equipment & Services 0.9%         

Astoria Depositor Corp. (S)  8.144  05-01-21  3,565,000  3,743,250 

Exterran Partners LP  6.000  04-01-21  670,000  680,050 

Key Energy Services, Inc.  6.750  03-01-21  1,890,000  1,975,050 

Nostrum Oil & Gas Finance BV (S)  6.375  02-14-19  2,300,000  2,374,750 

Offshore Group Investment, Ltd.  7.125  04-01-23  1,530,000  1,545,300 

Precision Drilling Corp.  6.625  11-15-20  1,405,000  1,503,350 

RKI Exploration & Production LLC (S)  8.500  08-01-21  1,775,000  1,925,875 

Rowan Companies, Inc.  4.875  06-01-22  1,990,000  2,130,574 

Trinidad Drilling, Ltd. (S)  7.875  01-15-19  1,180,000  1,256,700 
 
Gas Utilities 0.1%         

DCP Midstream LLC (5.850% to 5-21-23, then         
3 month LIBOR + 3.850%) (S)  5.850  05-21-43  2,710,000  2,560,950 
 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 5.0%         

Access Midstream Partners LP  4.875  03-15-24  1,455,000  1,524,113 

Afren PLC (S)  6.625  12-09-20  2,600,000  2,644,200 

Afren PLC (S)  10.250  04-08-19  1,260,000  1,423,800 

Baytex Energy Corp. (S)  5.625  06-01-24  440,000  438,347 

 

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    Maturity     
  Rate (%)  date  Par value^  Value 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)         

BreitBurn Energy Partners LP  7.875  04-15-22  2,180,000  $2,343,500 

CNOOC Finance 2013, Ltd.  3.000  05-09-23  2,940,000  2,765,211 

Continental Resources, Inc.  5.000  09-15-22  5,520,000  5,982,300 

DCP Midstream LLC (S)  9.750  03-15-19  2,675,000  3,443,156 

DCP Midstream Operating LP  3.875  03-15-23  1,500,000  1,517,978 

Denbury Resources, Inc.  5.500  05-01-22  1,785,000  1,838,550 

Ecopetrol SA  5.875  09-18-23  1,300,000  1,451,125 

Energy Transfer Partners LP  5.200  02-01-22  1,445,000  1,602,768 

Energy Transfer Partners LP  9.700  03-15-19  2,140,000  2,801,964 

Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc. (S)  6.875  03-15-24  1,035,000  1,042,763 

Enterprise Products Operating LLC (7.000% to         
6-1-17, then 3 month LIBOR + 2.778%)  7.000  06-01-67  4,085,000  4,319,887 

Enterprise Products Operating LLC (8.375% to         
8-1-16, then 3 month LIBOR + 3.708%)  8.375  08-01-66  1,520,000  1,717,600 

EP Energy LLC  7.750  09-01-22  1,145,000  1,283,831 

EV Energy Partners LP  8.000  04-15-19  2,370,000  2,476,650 

FTS International, Inc. (S)  6.250  05-01-22  1,240,000  1,264,800 

Halcon Resources Corp.  8.875  05-15-21  1,385,000  1,475,025 

Jones Energy Holdings LLC (S)  6.750  04-01-22  1,045,000  1,102,475 

Kerr-McGee Corp.  6.950  07-01-24  3,665,000  4,689,950 

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP  7.750  03-15-32  1,090,000  1,418,234 

Lukoil International Finance BV (S)  3.416  04-24-18  4,655,000  4,568,882 

MarkWest Energy Partners LP  6.500  08-15-21  1,414,000  1,527,120 

Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc.  9.250  06-01-21  3,010,000  3,235,750 

Newfield Exploration Company  5.750  01-30-22  1,890,000  2,050,650 

NuStar Logistics LP  8.150  04-15-18  1,446,000  1,648,440 

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (S)  5.125  03-28-23  1,920,000  1,891,200 

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (S)  5.375  01-26-19  2,275,000  2,368,844 

Petrobras International Finance Company  5.375  01-27-21  2,840,000  2,946,009 

Petroleos de Venezuela SA  5.375  04-12-27  3,755,000  2,168,512 

Petroleos Mexicanos  4.875  01-24-22  1,475,000  1,585,625 

Plains Exploration & Production Company  6.750  02-01-22  4,780,000  5,365,550 

Plains Exploration & Production Company  6.875  02-15-23  1,645,000  1,869,131 

Regency Energy Partners LP  5.500  04-15-23  3,300,000  3,374,250 

Regency Energy Partners LP  5.875  03-01-22  615,000  653,438 

Rex Energy Corp.  8.875  12-01-20  1,190,000  1,320,900 

Summit Midstream Holdings LLC  7.500  07-01-21  1,115,000  1,209,775 

TransCanada Pipelines, Ltd. (6.350% to         
5-15-17, then 3 month LIBOR + 2.210%)  6.350  05-15-67  3,910,000  4,066,400 

Tullow Oil PLC (S)  6.000  11-01-20  1,550,000  1,596,500 

Tullow Oil PLC (S)  6.250  04-15-22  1,720,000  1,775,900 

WPX Energy, Inc.  6.000  01-15-22  1,805,000  1,890,737 
 
Financials 18.7%        365,241,611 
 
Banks 5.8%         

Alfa Bank OJSC (S)  7.750  04-28-21  695,000  740,175 

Banco do Brasil SA/Cayman Island (6.250%         
to 4-15-24, then 10 Year U.S. Treasury         
+ 4.398%) (Q)(S)  6.250  04-15-24  3,300,000  2,780,250 

Banco Santander Brasil SA (S)  8.000  03-18-16  BRL 6,000,000  2,524,216 

 

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    Maturity     
  Rate (%)  date  Par value^  Value 
Banks (continued)         

Bank of America Corp.  3.300  01-11-23  1,645,000  $1,617,915 

Bank of America Corp.  5.000  05-13-21  4,705,000  5,242,843 

Bank of America Corp.  5.700  01-24-22  2,765,000  3,205,028 

Bank of America Corp.  6.875  04-25-18  4,365,000  5,165,187 

Bank of America NA  5.300  03-15-17  895,000  986,083 

Barclays Bank PLC (S)  10.179  06-12-21  3,950,000  5,433,288 

BPCE SA (S)  5.700  10-22-23  4,240,000  4,584,746 

Citigroup, Inc.  3.875  10-25-23  1,235,000  1,254,607 

Citigroup, Inc.  5.500  09-13-25  2,760,000  3,047,244 

Citigroup, Inc.  6.125  08-25-36  2,120,000  2,417,775 

Commerzbank AG (S)  8.125  09-19-23  4,050,000  4,839,920 

Credit Agricole SA (7.875% to 1-23-24, then         
5 year U.S. Swap Rate + 4.898%) (Q)(S)  7.875  01-23-24  4,155,000  4,480,336 

Fifth Third Bancorp (5.100% to 6-30-23, then         
3 month LIBOR + 3.033%) (Q)  5.100  06-30-23  2,940,000  2,763,600 

HBOS PLC (S)  6.000  11-01-33  3,110,000  3,385,888 

HBOS PLC (S)  6.750  05-21-18  5,490,000  6,334,104 

ICICI Bank, Ltd. (S)  4.700  02-21-18  2,325,000  2,475,567 

ICICI Bank, Ltd. (S)  5.750  11-16-20  2,410,000  2,659,317 

JPMorgan Chase & Company  4.625  05-10-21  5,965,000  6,592,936 

JPMorgan Chase & Company (5.150% to         
5-1-23, then 3 month LIBOR + 3.250%) (Q)  5.150  05-01-23  2,590,000  2,473,450 

JPMorgan Chase & Company (6.750% to         
2-1-24, then 3 month LIBOR + 3.780%) (Q)  6.750  02-01-24  5,480,000  5,918,400 

JPMorgan Chase & Company (7.900% to         
4-30-18, then 3 month LIBOR + 3.470%) (Q)  7.900  04-30-18  2,840,000  3,202,100 

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (7.500% to         
6-27-24, then 5 year U.S. Swap Rate         
+ 4.760%) (Q)  7.500  06-27-24  2,680,000  2,870,950 

Manufacturers & Traders Trust Company         
(5.629% to 12-1-16, then 3 month LIBOR         
+ 6.400%)  5.629  12-01-21  1,065,000  1,109,162 

Mizuho Financial Group Cayman 3, Ltd. (S)  4.600  03-27-24  2,975,000  3,071,384 

Nordea Bank AB (S)  3.125  03-20-17  2,945,000  3,103,992 

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd. (S)  4.000  10-15-24  1,360,000  1,377,037 

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (P)(Q)  4.447  07-07-14  1,695,000  1,698,390 

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (4.850% to         
6-1-23, then 3 month LIBOR + 3.040%) (Q)  4.850  06-01-23  2,150,000  2,064,000 

Synovus Financial Corp.  7.875  02-15-19  1,075,000  1,233,563 

Wachovia Bank NA  5.850  02-01-37  1,915,000  2,366,090 

Wells Fargo & Company (5.900% to 6-15-24,         
then 3 month LIBOR + 3.110%) (Q)  5.900  06-15-24  4,525,000  4,756,906 

Wells Fargo & Company, Series K (7.980% to         
3-15-18, then 3 month LIBOR + 3.770%) (Q)  7.980  03-15-18  5,182,000  5,901,002 
 
Capital Markets 2.8%         

Credit Suisse Group AG (7.500% to 12-11-23,         
then 5 year U.S. Swap Rate + 4.598%) (Q)(S)  7.500  12-11-23  1,975,000  2,155,298 

Fifth Street Finance Corp.  4.875  03-01-19  2,875,000  2,995,244 

Jefferies Group LLC  6.875  04-15-21  3,720,000  4,352,400 

Jefferies Group LLC  8.500  07-15-19  1,965,000  2,448,296 

 

See notes to financial statements  Annual report | Bond Fund  15 

 



    Maturity     
  Rate (%)  date  Par value^  Value 
Capital Markets (continued)         

Macquarie Bank, Ltd. (S)  6.625  04-07-21  1,255,000  $1,446,083 

Macquarie Group, Ltd. (S)  6.000  01-14-20  1,495,000  1,692,890 

Morgan Stanley  4.100  05-22-23  4,005,000  4,027,909 

Morgan Stanley  5.500  01-26-20  3,210,000  3,661,486 

Morgan Stanley  5.550  04-27-17  1,620,000  1,806,498 

Morgan Stanley  5.750  01-25-21  3,130,000  3,619,579 

Morgan Stanley  7.300  05-13-19  6,640,000  8,109,757 

Morgan Stanley (5.450% to 7-15-19, then         
3 month LIBOR + 3.610%) (Q)  5.450  07-15-19  2,335,000  2,416,725 

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.  5.250  07-27-21  7,400,000  8,310,148 

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.  5.750  01-24-22  680,000  786,026 

UBS AG  7.625  08-17-22  2,555,000  3,065,668 

Walter Investment Management Corp. (S)  7.875  12-15-21  2,995,000  3,021,206 
 
Consumer Finance 1.1%         

Capital One Financial Corp.  4.750  07-15-21  3,995,000  4,449,711 

Credit Acceptance Corp. (S)  6.125  02-15-21  2,975,000  3,101,437 

Credito Real SAB de CV (S)  7.500  03-13-19  3,035,000  3,277,800 

Discover Bank  7.000  04-15-20  1,340,000  1,614,279 

Discover Financial Services  5.200  04-27-22  2,795,000  3,093,204 

Enova International, Inc. (S)  9.750  06-01-21  2,750,000  2,705,313 

Springleaf Finance Corp.  6.000  06-01-20  2,285,000  2,319,275 
 
Diversified Financial Services 2.7%         

Doric Nimrod Air Alpha 2013-1         
Pass Through Trust (S)  5.250  05-30-23  2,609,136  2,733,070 

Doric Nimrod Air Alpha 2013-1         
Pass Through Trust (S)  6.125  11-30-19  1,935,000  2,026,912 

Doric Nimrod Air Finance Alpha, Ltd. 2012-1         
Class A Pass Through (S)  5.125  11-30-22  1,548,685  1,578,898 

General Electric Capital Corp. (P)  0.704  08-15-36  2,745,000  2,280,241 

General Electric Capital Corp.  4.375  09-16-20  1,610,000  1,772,773 

General Electric Capital Corp.  5.300  02-11-21  880,000  1,000,430 

General Electric Capital Corp.  5.550  05-04-20  4,270,000  4,984,905 

General Electric Capital Corp. (7.125% until         
6-15-22, then 3 month LIBOR + 5.296%) (Q)  7.125  06-15-22  3,750,000  4,425,000 

ING Bank NV (S)  5.800  09-25-23  1,755,000  1,960,319 

Intercorp Retail Trust (S)  8.875  11-14-18  750,000  815,625 

Leucadia National Corp.  5.500  10-18-23  4,420,000  4,715,269 

Nationstar Mortgage LLC  7.875  10-01-20  2,050,000  2,070,500 

Nationstar Mortgage LLC  9.625  05-01-19  1,755,000  1,926,113 

Rabobank Nederland NV  3.875  02-08-22  6,445,000  6,832,048 

Rabobank Nederland NV (11.000% to 6-30-19,         
then 3 month LIBOR + 10.868%) (Q)(S)  11.000  06-30-19  3,579,000  4,800,513 

The Bear Stearns Companies LLC  7.250  02-01-18  2,100,000  2,507,595 

USB Realty Corp. (P)(Q)(S)  1.475  01-15-17  2,900,000  2,668,000 

Voya Financial, Inc.  5.500  07-15-22  1,475,000  1,690,362 

Voya Financial, Inc. (5.650% to 5-15-23, then         
3 month LIBOR + 3.580%)  5.650  05-15-53  1,760,000  1,784,200 

 

16  Bond Fund | Annual report  See notes to financial statements 

 



    Maturity     
  Rate (%)  date  Par value^  Value 
Insurance 3.3%         

American International Group, Inc.  4.125  02-15-24  1,985,000  $2,085,654 

American International Group, Inc. (8.175% to         
5-15-38, then 3 month LIBOR + 4.195%)  8.175  05-15-58  4,434,000  5,996,985 

Aquarius + Investments PLC (6.375% to         
9-1-19, then 5 Year U.S. Swap Rate         
+ 5.210%)  6.375  09-01-24  1,570,000  1,664,985 

AXA SA  8.600  12-15-30  1,695,000  2,271,920 

AXA SA (6.379% to 12-14-36, then 3 month         
LIBOR + 2.256%) (Q)(S)  6.379  12-14-36  1,575,000  1,706,906 

CNA Financial Corp.  7.250  11-15-23  3,415,000  4,295,315 

Genworth Holdings, Inc.  7.625  09-24-21  3,040,000  3,814,495 

Glen Meadow Pass-Through Trust (6.505% to         
2-15-17, then 3 month LIBOR + 2.125%) (S)  6.505  02-12-67  4,320,000  4,298,400 

Liberty Mutual Group, Inc. (S)  5.000  06-01-21  4,480,000  4,959,947 

Liberty Mutual Group, Inc. (S)  7.800  03-15-37  3,235,000  3,817,300 

Lincoln National Corp. (6.050% to 4-20-17,         
then 3 month LIBOR + 2.040%)  6.050  04-20-67  2,275,000  2,309,125 

Lincoln National Corp. (7.000% to 5-17-16,         
then 3 month LIBOR + 2.358%)  7.000  05-17-66  915,000  951,600 

MetLife, Inc.  6.400  12-15-36  1,940,000  2,164,167 

Nippon Life Insurance Company (P)(S)  5.000  10-18-42  1,795,000  1,925,138 

Pacific LifeCorp. (S)  6.000  02-10-20  2,115,000  2,430,010 

Prudential Financial, Inc. (P)  5.200  03-15-44  760,000  765,700 

Prudential Financial, Inc. (5.875% to 9-1-22,         
then 3 month LIBOR + 4.175%)  5.875  09-15-42  4,300,000  4,590,250 

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of         
America (S)  6.850  12-16-39  3,225,000  4,353,876 

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.  6.375  06-15-21  735,000  852,117 

Unum Group  7.125  09-30-16  1,785,000  2,035,569 

USI, Inc. (S)  7.750  01-15-21  2,265,000  2,332,950 

White Mountains Re Group, Ltd. (7.506%         
to 6-30-17, then 3 month LIBOR         
+ 3.200%) (Q)(S)  7.506  06-30-17  2,375,000  2,499,139 

WR Berkley Corp.  5.375  09-15-20  1,705,000  1,907,312 
  
Real Estate Investment Trusts 2.8%         

ARC Properties Operating Partnership LP (S)  4.600  02-06-24  4,175,000  4,296,188 

Corrections Corp. of America  4.625  05-01-23  2,140,000  2,118,600 

DDR Corp.  7.500  04-01-17  5,155,000  5,973,660 

DDR Corp.  7.875  09-01-20  715,000  910,197 

Goodman Funding Pty, Ltd. (S)  6.375  04-15-21  3,120,000  3,627,156 

Health Care REIT, Inc.  4.950  01-15-21  1,095,000  1,212,281 

Health Care REIT, Inc.  6.125  04-15-20  4,995,000  5,843,371 

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.  6.500  01-17-17  2,120,000  2,390,315 

Highwoods Realty LP  5.850  03-15-17  4,765,000  5,309,925 

Host Hotels & Resorts LP  5.250  03-15-22  2,420,000  2,680,769 

MPT Operating Partnership LP  6.375  02-15-22  1,685,000  1,807,162 

MPT Operating Partnership LP  6.875  05-01-21  1,175,000  1,280,750 

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (S)  4.950  04-01-24  2,330,000  2,343,582 

Prologis International Funding II (S)  4.875  02-15-20  1,055,000  1,138,920 

Rayonier AM Products, Inc. (S)  5.500  06-01-24  660,000  668,250 

 

See notes to financial statements  Annual report | Bond Fund  17 

 



    Maturity     
  Rate (%)  date  Par value^  Value 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)         

Ventas Realty LP  4.000  04-30-19  1,985,000  $2,136,027 

Ventas Realty LP  4.750  06-01-21  4,815,000  5,312,664 

WEA Finance LLC (S)  6.750  09-02-19  1,520,000  1,850,725 

Weyerhaeuser Company  7.375  03-15-32  3,410,000  4,538,366 
 
Real Estate Management & Development 0.1%       

General Shopping Investments, Ltd.         
(12.000% to 3-20-17, then 5 Year USGG         
+ 11.052%) (Q)(S)  12.000  03-20-17  1,270,000  1,052,512 

NANA Development Corp. (S)  9.500  03-15-19  1,685,000  1,693,425 
 
Thrifts & Mortgage Fin ance 0.1%         

Nationstar Mortgage LLC  10.875  04-01-15  2,290,000  2,301,450 
 
Health Care 1.8%        34,403,406 
   
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 0.1%         

Alere, Inc.  7.250  07-01-18  2,005,000  2,190,462 
     
Health Care Providers & Services 0.9%         

Community Health Systems, Inc. (S)  6.875  02-01-22  710,000  747,275 

HCA, Inc.  7.500  02-15-22  1,855,000  2,137,888 

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (S)  5.500  12-01-21  550,000  576,125 

Medco Health Solutions, Inc.  7.125  03-15-18  1,820,000  2,163,134 

National Mentor Holdings, Inc. (S)  12.500  02-15-18  2,871,000  3,050,437 

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.  2.700  04-01-19  2,950,000  2,983,444 

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.  4.250  04-01-24  2,500,000  2,564,610 

Select Medical Corp.  6.375  06-01-21  1,910,000  1,991,175 

WellCare Health Plans, Inc.  5.750  11-15-20  1,330,000  1,416,450 
 
Pharmaceuticals 0.8%         

Endo Finance LLC (S)  7.250  01-15-22  2,295,000  2,501,550 

Forest Laboratories, Inc. (S)  5.000  12-15-21  1,825,000  1,998,375 

Grifols Worldwide Operations, Ltd. (S)  5.250  04-01-22  2,465,000  2,551,275 

Mylan, Inc. (S)  7.875  07-15-20  3,685,000  4,101,306 

Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (S)  6.000  01-15-21  1,480,000  1,587,300 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (S)  7.500  07-15-21  1,660,000  1,842,600 
 
Industrials 6.0%        117,772,333 
 
Aerospace & Defense 0.8%         

Embraer Overseas, Ltd. (S)  5.696  09-16-23  1,548,000  1,664,100 

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.  7.125  03-15-21  1,605,000  1,753,463 

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.  10.000  06-01-17  2,800,000  2,950,500 

Textron Financial Corp. (6.000% to 2-15-17,         
then 3 month LIBOR + 1.735%) (S)  6.000  02-15-67  4,770,000  4,197,600 

Textron, Inc.  5.600  12-01-17  2,195,000  2,470,832 

Textron, Inc.  7.250  10-01-19  1,440,000  1,757,367 

TransDigm, Inc. (S)  6.500  07-15-24  1,380,000  1,400,700 
 
Airlines 2.2%         

America West Airlines 2000-1         
Pass Through Trust  8.057  07-02-20  571,921  660,569 

American Airlines 2011-1 Class B         
Pass Through Trust (S)  7.000  01-31-18  4,988,630  5,412,664 

American Airlines 2013-2 Class A         
Pass Through Trust (S)  4.950  01-15-23  2,474,521  2,669,390 

 

18  Bond Fund | Annual report  See notes to financial statements 

 



    Maturity     
  Rate (%)  date  Par value^  Value 
Airlines (continued)         

American Airlines 2013-2 Class B         
Pass Through Trust (S)  5.600  07-15-20  1,198,566  $1,255,497 

British Airways PLC 2013-1 Class A         
Pass Through Trust (S)  4.625  06-20-24  4,244,495  4,435,497 

British Airways PLC 2013-1 Class B         
Pass Through Trust (S)  5.625  06-20-20  1,856,000  1,967,360 

Continental Airlines 1997-4 Class A         
Pass Through Trust  6.900  01-02-18  1,547,405  1,675,066 

Continental Airlines 1998-1 Class A         
Pass Through Trust  6.648  09-15-17  380,312  411,687 

Continental Airlines 1999-1 Class A         
Pass Through Trust  6.545  02-02-19  853,941  956,414 

Continental Airlines 2000-2 Class B         
Pass Through Trust  8.307  04-02-18  239,242  258,381 

Continental Airlines 2007-1 Class A         
Pass Through Trust  5.983  04-19-22  2,233,284  2,545,944 

Continental Airlines 2010-1 Class A         
Pass Through Trust  4.750  01-12-21  701,310  757,415 

Continental Airlines 2012-1 Class B         
Pass Through Trust  6.250  04-11-20  1,190,708  1,297,871 

Delta Air Lines 2002-1 Class G-1         
Pass Through Trust  6.718  01-02-23  3,237,926  3,764,089 

Delta Air Lines 2007-1 Class A         
Pass Through Trust  6.821  08-10-22  4,355,795  5,172,507 

Delta Air Lines 2010-1 Class A         
Pass Through Trust  6.200  07-02-18  735,692  823,975 

Delta Air Lines 2011-1 Class A         
Pass Through Trust  5.300  04-15-19  1,360,548  1,503,406 

Northwest Airlines 2007-1 Class A         
Pass Through Trust  7.027  11-01-19  1,633,841  1,870,748 

UAL 2009-1 Pass Through Trust  10.400  11-01-16  358,094  410,018 

UAL 2009-2A Pass Through Trust  9.750  01-15-17  1,289,091  1,479,232 

US Airways 2010-1 Class A Pass Through Trust  6.250  04-22-23  1,495,731  1,697,655 

US Airways 2012-1 Class A Pass Through Trust  5.900  10-01-24  913,192  1,027,341 
 
Building Products 0.2%         

Masco Corp.  7.125  03-15-20  1,680,000  1,965,600 

Owens Corning  4.200  12-15-22  2,710,000  2,772,295 
 
Commercial Services & Supplies 0.6%         

Ahern Rentals, Inc. (S)  9.500  06-15-18  1,380,000  1,528,350 

Casella Waste Systems, Inc.  7.750  02-15-19  2,385,000  2,504,250 

Iron Mountain, Inc.  5.750  08-15-24  2,845,000  2,845,000 

Iron Mountain, Inc.  6.000  08-15-23  3,080,000  3,272,500 

Safway Group Holding LLC (S)  7.000  05-15-18  1,225,000  1,298,500 
 
Construction & Engineering 0.4%         

Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI SA (S)  9.250  11-13-19  3,025,000  2,783,000 

Empresas ICA SAB de CV (S)  8.375  07-24-17  1,675,000  1,754,563 

Tutor Perini Corp.  7.625  11-01-18  2,945,000  3,114,337 
 
Industrial Conglomerates 0.4%         

Odebrecht Finance, Ltd. (S)  7.125  06-26-42  2,525,000  2,727,000 

Odebrecht Finance, Ltd. (P)(Q)(S)  7.500  09-14-15  970,000  1,008,800 

 

See notes to financial statements  Annual report | Bond Fund  19 

 



    Maturity     
  Rate (%)  date  Par value^  Value 
Industrial Conglomerates (continued)         

Odebrecht Finance, Ltd. (S)  8.250  04-25-18  BRL 2,850,000  $1,113,132 

Odebrecht Offshore Drilling Finance, Ltd. (S)  6.625  10-01-22  900,000  959,625 

Tenedora Nemak SA de CV (S)  5.500  02-28-23  1,980,000  2,049,300 
 
Machinery 0.1%         

SPL Logistics Escrow LLC (S)  8.875  08-01-20  1,216,000  1,352,800 
 
Marine 0.3%         

Global Ship Lease, Inc. (S)  10.000  04-01-19  1,050,000  1,115,625 

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corp. (S)  8.125  11-15-21  2,040,000  2,136,900 

Navios South American Logistics, Inc. (S)  7.250  05-01-22  2,585,000  2,659,319 
 
Road & Rail 0.1%         

Penske Truck Leasing Company LP (S)  3.750  05-11-17  2,515,000  2,680,241 
 
Trading Companies & Distributors 0.8%         

Air Lease Corp.  3.375  01-15-19  2,965,000  3,039,125 

Air Lease Corp.  3.875  04-01-21  1,455,000  1,480,463 

Air Lease Corp.  4.750  03-01-20  1,480,000  1,592,850 

Air Lease Corp.  5.625  04-01-17  1,200,000  1,320,000 

Aircastle, Ltd.  6.250  12-01-19  1,360,000  1,472,200 

Aircastle, Ltd.  7.625  04-15-20  885,000  1,019,963 

Glencore Funding LLC (S)  4.125  05-30-23  2,625,000  2,592,345 

International Lease Finance Corp. (S)  7.125  09-01-18  1,435,000  1,661,012 

United Rentals North America, Inc.  5.750  11-15-24  1,810,000  1,873,350 
 
Transportation Infrastructure 0.1%         

Florida East Coast Holdings Corp. (S)  6.750  05-01-19  1,760,000  1,832,600 
 
Information Technology 0.4%        8,346,200 
 
Communications Equipment 0.1%         

Altice Financing SA (S)  6.500  01-15-22  970,000  1,023,350 
 
Internet Software & Services 0.1%         

Ancestry.com, Inc.  11.000  12-15-20  1,980,000  2,321,550 

Ancestry.com, Inc., PIK (S)  9.625  10-15-18  1,270,000  1,308,100 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.1%       

Micron Technology, Inc. (S)  5.875  02-15-22  2,540,000  2,711,450 
 
Software 0.1%         

Blackboard, Inc. (S)  7.750  11-15-19  935,000  981,750 
 
Materials 3.0%        58,771,968 
 
Chemicals 0.7%         

Braskem Finance, Ltd. (S)  7.000  05-07-20  3,250,000  3,648,125 

CF Industries, Inc.  7.125  05-01-20  2,730,000  3,337,316 

Incitec Pivot Finance LLC (S)  6.000  12-10-19  1,920,000  2,164,145 

Methanex Corp.  5.250  03-01-22  2,290,000  2,515,075 

Nufarm Australia, Ltd. (S)  6.375  10-15-19  1,005,000  1,045,200 

Rain CII Carbon LLC (S)  8.250  01-15-21  1,225,000  1,270,938 
 
Construction Materials 0.4%         

American Gilsonite Company (S)  11.500  09-01-17  2,785,000  3,028,687 

Cemex SAB de CV (S)  6.500  12-10-19  2,350,000  2,499,930 

Magnesita Finance, Ltd. (P)(Q)(S)  8.625  04-05-17  2,220,000  2,161,725 

 

20  Bond Fund | Annual report  See notes to financial statements 

 



    Maturity     
  Rate (%)  date  Par value^  Value 
Containers & Packaging 0.4%         

ARD Finance SA, PIK (S)  11.125  06-01-18  2,333,477  $2,496,820 

Consolidated Container Company LLC (S)  10.125  07-15-20  2,011,000  2,056,248 

Tekni-Plex, Inc. (S)  9.750  06-01-19  1,266,000  1,414,755 

Wise Metals Group LLC (S)  8.750  12-15-18  2,215,000  2,358,975 
 
Metals & Mining 1.4%         

Allegheny Technologies, Inc.  9.375  06-01-19  5,025,000  6,275,200 

AngloGold Ashanti Holdings PLC  8.500  07-30-20  2,780,000  3,115,268 

ArcelorMittal  10.350  06-01-19  1,695,000  2,148,412 

AuRico Gold, Inc. (S)  7.750  04-01-20  855,000  840,038 

Commercial Metals Company  7.350  08-15-18  1,570,000  1,789,800 

Edgen Murray Corp. (S)  8.750  11-01-20  1,177,000  1,350,607 

Gerdau Trade, Inc. (S)  4.750  04-15-23  1,550,000  1,522,875 

JMC Steel Group (S)  8.250  03-15-18  920,000  943,000 

MMC Norilsk Nickel OJSC (S)  5.550  10-28-20  1,515,000  1,524,469 

Rain CII Carbon LLC (S)  8.000  12-01-18  2,070,000  2,168,325 

SunCoke Energy, Inc.  7.625  08-01-19  582,000  619,481 

Thompson Creek Metals Company, Inc.  7.375  06-01-18  2,005,000  1,949,862 

Vedanta Resources PLC (S)  7.125  05-31-23  1,950,000  2,052,375 

Xstrata Finance Canada, Ltd. (S)  4.250  10-25-22  1,475,000  1,484,517 
 
Paper & Forest Products 0.1%         

Neenah Paper, Inc. (S)  5.250  05-15-21  980,000  989,800 
 
Telecommunication Services 3.4%        67,663,711 
 
Diversified Telecommunication Services 2.5%       

American Tower Corp.  3.400  02-15-19  1,580,000  1,648,405 

American Tower Corp.  4.700  03-15-22  2,210,000  2,345,340 

CenturyLink, Inc.  5.625  04-01-20  950,000  1,004,625 

CenturyLink, Inc.  5.800  03-15-22  2,915,000  3,031,600 

CenturyLink, Inc.  6.450  06-15-21  1,880,000  2,044,500 

CenturyLink, Inc.  7.600  09-15-39  1,645,000  1,653,225 

Columbus International, Inc. (S)  7.375  03-30-21  1,350,000  1,429,312 

Crown Castle Towers LLC (S)  4.883  08-15-20  3,660,000  4,067,080 

Crown Castle Towers LLC (S)  6.113  01-15-20  3,009,000  3,489,221 

GTP Acquisition Partners I LLC (S)  4.704  05-15-18  3,440,000  3,510,014 

Oi SA (S)  9.750  09-15-16  BRL 3,440,000  1,422,265 

PAETEC Holding Corp.  9.875  12-01-18  2,119,000  2,304,412 

T-Mobile USA, Inc.  6.125  01-15-22  970,000  1,028,200 

T-Mobile USA, Inc.  6.250  04-01-21  1,200,000  1,275,000 

Telecom Italia Capital SA  6.999  06-04-18  2,130,000  2,454,825 

Telecom Italia Capital SA  7.200  07-18-36  1,940,000  2,114,600 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU  6.421  06-20-16  4,270,000  4,721,241 

Verizon Communications, Inc.  3.450  03-15-21  2,935,000  3,039,498 

Verizon Communications, Inc.  6.550  09-15-43  3,220,000  4,080,407 

Wind Acquisition Finance SA (S)  7.375  04-23-21  2,395,000  2,478,825 
 
Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.9%         

Comcel Trust (S)  6.875  02-06-24  2,220,000  2,375,400 

Digicel Group, Ltd. (S)  8.250  09-30-20  2,455,000  2,645,263 

Millicom International Cellular SA (S)  4.750  05-22-20  1,485,000  1,459,013 

 

See notes to financial statements  Annual report | Bond Fund  21 

 



    Maturity     
  Rate (%)  date  Par value^  Value 
Wireless Telecommunication Services (continued)       

Millicom International Cellular SA (S)  6.625  10-15-21  2,015,000  $2,143,456 

SBA Tower Trust (S)  2.933  12-15-17  2,220,000  2,267,368 

SBA Tower Trust (S)  3.598  04-15-18  2,545,000  2,550,670 

SBA Tower Trust (S)  5.101  04-17-17  2,090,000  2,244,946 

SoftBank Corp. (S)  4.500  04-15-20  2,800,000  2,835,000 
 
Utilities 2.1%        40,612,702 
 
Electric Utilities 1.2%         

Beaver Valley II Funding Corp.  9.000  06-01-17  566,000  599,145 

BVPS II Funding Corp.  8.890  06-01-17  1,009,000  1,056,443 

DPL, Inc.  7.250  10-15-21  2,975,000  3,190,687 

Electricite de France SA (5.250% to 1-29-23,         
then 10 Year Swap Rate + 3.709%) (Q)(S)  5.250  01-29-23  3,355,000  3,448,940 

Israel Electric Corp., Ltd. (S)  5.625  06-21-18  2,790,000  2,970,094 

Israel Electric Corp., Ltd. (S)  6.875  06-21-23  1,415,000  1,608,459 

Israel Electric Corp., Ltd. (S)  7.250  01-15-19  2,720,000  3,083,800 

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. (6.650%         
to 6-15-17, then 3 month LIBOR + 2.125%)  6.650  06-15-67  1,355,000  1,365,840 

PNPP II Funding Corp.  9.120  05-30-16  307,000  320,389 

PPL Capital Funding, Inc. (6.700% to 3-30-17,         
then 3 month LIBOR + 2.665%)  6.700  03-30-67  2,860,000  2,877,875 

Southern California Edison Company         
(6.250% to 2-1-22, then 3 month LIBOR         
+ 4.199%) (Q)  6.250  02-01-22  1,955,000  2,106,513 

W3A Funding Corp.  8.090  01-02-17  1,010,965  1,011,678 
 
Gas Utilities 0.1%         

LBC Tank Terminals Holding Netherlands BV (S)  6.875  05-15-23  755,000  800,300 
 
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers 0.3%     

Calpine Corp. (S)  6.000  01-15-22  745,000  799,012 

NRG Energy, Inc.  7.625  01-15-18  2,460,000  2,807,475 

NRG Energy, Inc.  8.250  09-01-20  1,910,000  2,110,550 
 
Multi-Utilities 0.5%         

CMS Energy Corp.  5.050  03-15-22  3,889,000  4,425,896 

Integrys Energy Group, Inc. (6.110% to         
12-1-16, then 3 month LIBOR + 2.120%)  6.110  12-01-66  3,915,000  3,949,256 

Wisconsin Energy Corp. (6.250% to 5-15-17,         
then 3 month LIBOR + 2.113%)  6.250  05-15-67  2,010,000  2,080,350 
 
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations 26.6%    $520,267,270 

(Cost $514,152,492)         
 
U.S. Government 8.3%        162,899,847 

U.S. Treasury         
Bond  3.625  02-15-44  86,430,000  91,480,796 
Note  1.000  06-30-19  9,785,000  9,508,271 
Note  2.500  05-15-24  61,766,000  61,910,780 
 
U.S. Government Agency 18.3%        357,367,423 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.         
30 Yr Pass Thru  3.000  03-01-43  7,152,559  7,110,609 
30 Yr Pass Thru (P)  3.036  03-01-44  1,052,325  1,093,653 
30 Yr Pass Thru  3.500  05-01-42  5,048,727  5,199,337 

 

22  Bond Fund | Annual report  See notes to financial statements 

 



    Maturity     
  Rate (%)  date  Par value^  Value 
U.S. Government Agency (continued)         
30 Yr Pass Thru  3.500  06-01-42  12,173,911  $12,537,076 
30 Yr Pass Thru  4.000  11-01-43  9,207,097  9,746,936 
30 Yr Pass Thru  4.000  02-01-44  2,404,891  2,552,661 
30 Yr Pass Thru  4.500  11-01-39  7,691,982  8,328,544 
30 Yr Pass Thru  4.500  03-01-41  5,315,820  5,777,335 
30 Yr Pass Thru  5.000  04-01-41  3,826,873  4,232,581 
30 Yr Pass Thru  5.500  07-01-37  216,723  241,993 
30 Yr Pass Thru  5.500  05-01-38  839,558  937,714 
30 Yr Pass Thru  5.500  11-01-39  16,426,703  18,344,648 
30 Yr Pass Thru  6.500  09-01-39  2,007,509  2,250,496 

Federal National Mortgage Association         
15 Yr Pass Thru  3.000  09-01-27  8,216,709  8,557,895 
15 Yr Pass Thru  3.500  02-01-26  1,285,013  1,360,106 
15 Yr Pass Thru  3.500  03-01-26  10,307,026  10,909,343 
15 Yr Pass Thru  4.000  12-01-24  6,434,129  6,891,807 
30 Yr Pass Thru (P)  2.913  03-01-44  921,232  955,060 
30 Yr Pass Thru  3.000  10-01-42  7,891,515  7,821,186 
30 Yr Pass Thru  3.000  12-01-42  4,079,323  4,046,793 
30 Yr Pass Thru  3.000  01-01-43  2,932,278  2,906,145 
30 Yr Pass Thru  3.000  03-01-43  2,035,794  2,024,649 
30 Yr Pass Thru  3.000  05-01-43  2,717,969  2,703,089 
30 Yr Pass Thru  3.000  06-01-43  4,946,934  4,899,755 
30 Yr Pass Thru  3.400  09-27-32  4,955,000  4,617,956 
30 Yr Pass Thru  3.500  06-01-42  6,302,235  6,498,363 
30 Yr Pass Thru  3.500  08-01-42  11,203,379  11,552,034 
30 Yr Pass Thru  3.500  01-01-43  4,732,238  4,877,290 
30 Yr Pass Thru  4.000  11-01-40  2,561,000  2,718,962 
30 Yr Pass Thru  4.000  01-01-41  9,729,038  10,326,082 
30 Yr Pass Thru  4.000  09-01-41  8,479,517  9,048,903 
30 Yr Pass Thru  4.000  09-01-41  5,408,619  5,758,278 
30 Yr Pass Thru  4.000  10-01-41  3,885,638  4,136,838 
30 Yr Pass Thru  4.000  01-01-42  7,786,010  8,289,363 
30 Yr Pass Thru  4.000  01-01-44  6,790,607  7,246,585 
30 Yr Pass Thru  4.500  08-01-40  9,331,115  10,099,681 
30 Yr Pass Thru  4.500  02-01-41  14,934,163  16,159,562 
30 Yr Pass Thru  4.500  06-01-41  15,286,147  16,631,188 
30 Yr Pass Thru  4.500  07-01-41  6,785,507  7,382,570 
30 Yr Pass Thru  4.500  08-01-41  9,118,331  9,920,662 
30 Yr Pass Thru  5.000  08-01-40  11,345,758  12,548,912 
30 Yr Pass Thru  5.000  09-01-40  19,011,504  21,109,803 
30 Yr Pass Thru  5.000  02-01-41  6,922,897  7,718,688 
30 Yr Pass Thru  5.000  03-01-41  7,636,975  8,536,328 
30 Yr Pass Thru  5.000  04-01-41  2,628,048  2,949,443 
30 Yr Pass Thru  5.000  04-01-41  11,647,805  12,882,989 
30 Yr Pass Thru  5.500  05-01-35  3,459,737  3,875,902 
30 Yr Pass Thru  5.500  04-01-36  931,990  1,041,185 
30 Yr Pass Thru  5.500  05-01-36  4,169,839  4,660,998 
30 Yr Pass Thru  5.500  01-01-39  3,224,962  3,612,384 
30 Yr Pass Thru  6.000  02-01-37  945,087  1,067,529 
30 Yr Pass Thru  6.000  07-01-38  3,543,933  4,012,458 
30 Yr Pass Thru  6.500  01-01-39  4,419,102  4,961,795 
30 Yr Pass Thru  6.500  06-01-39  1,510,546  1,695,281 

 

See notes to financial statements  Annual report | Bond Fund  23 

 



    Maturity     
  Rate (%)  date  Par value^  Value 
Foreign Government Obligations 0.1%      $2,711,125 

(Cost $2,539,975)         
 
Argentina 0.1%        2,711,125 
City of Buenos Aires (S)  9.950  03-01-17  2,645,000  2,711,125 
  
Convertible Bonds 0.1%        $1,059,561 

(Cost $702,974)         
 
Consumer Discretionary 0.1%        1,059,561 
 
Media 0.1%         

Sirius XM Radio, Inc. (S)  7.000  12-01-14  586,000  1,059,561 
  
Term Loans (M) 1.0%        $19,010,753 

(Cost $18,889,464)         
 
Consumer Discretionary 0.1%        1,844,308 
 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 0.1%         

CCM Merger, Inc.  5.000  03-01-17  656,325  655,094 

Marina District Finance Company, Inc.  6.750  08-15-18  648,375  657,088 
 
Specialty Retail 0.0%         

Toys R Us Property Company I LLC  6.000  08-21-19  557,200  532,126 
 
Consumer Staples 0.1%        2,482,560 
 
Household Products 0.1%         

The Sun Products Corp.  5.500  03-18-20  2,582,637  2,482,560 
 
Energy 0.1%        1,529,550 
 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.1%         

Templar Energy LLC  8.000  11-25-20  1,545,000  1,529,550 
 
Financials 0.1%        2,150,983 
 
Capital Markets 0.1%         

Walter Investment Management Corp.  4.750  12-11-20  1,664,194  1,641,832 
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts 0.0%         

iStar Financial, Inc.  4.500  10-15-17  507,881  509,151 
 
Health Care 0.1%        1,650,248 
 
Health Care Providers & Services 0.1%         

CRC Health Corp.  5.250  03-29-21  565,000  566,648 

CRC Health Corp.  9.000  09-28-21  1,080,000  1,083,600 
 
Industrials 0.3%        5,673,135 
 
Aerospace & Defense 0.1%         

WP CPP Holdings LLC  4.750  12-27-19  987,500  988,734 
 
Air Freight & Logistics 0.1%         

Syncreon Group BV  5.250  10-28-20  2,992,500  3,007,463 
 
Airlines 0.1%         

Delta Air Lines, Inc.  3.500  10-18-18  1,681,742  1,676,938 

 

24  Bond Fund | Annual report  See notes to financial statements 

 



    Maturity     
  Rate (%)  date  Par value^  Value 
Information Technology 0.0%        $948,617 
 
Software 0.0%         

BMC Software Finance, Inc.  5.000  09-10-20  448,875  449,658 

Sybil Finance BV  5.000  03-18-20  500,000  498,959 
 
Materials 0.1%        1,426,091 
 
Metals & Mining 0.1%         

FMG Resources August 2006 Pty, Ltd.  3.750  06-30-19  1,428,323  1,426,091 
 
Utilities 0.1%        1,305,261 
 
Electric Utilities 0.1%         

La Frontera Generation LLC  4.500  09-30-20  1,304,283  1,305,261 
  
Capital Preferred Securities 1.6%        $30,673,378 

(Cost $29,188,793)         
 
Financials 1.6%        30,673,378 
 
Banks 0.4%         

Allfirst Preferred Capital Trust (P)  1.727  07-15-29  1,305,000  1,167,975 

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (6.750% to         
8-1-21, then 3 month LIBOR + 3.678%) (Q)  6.750  08-01-21  3,260,000  3,594,150 

Sovereign Capital Trust VI  7.908  06-13-36  2,613,000  2,795,910 
 
Capital Markets 0.4%         

Goldman Sachs Capital II (P)(Q)  4.000  07-07-14  4,605,000  3,707,025 

State Street Capital Trust IV (P)  1.233  06-15-37  4,580,000  3,824,300 
 
Diversified Financial Services 0.2%         

BAC Capital Trust XIV, Series G (P)(Q)  4.000  06-15-14  4,458,000  3,610,980 
 
Insurance 0.6%         

MetLife Capital Trust IV (7.875% to 12-15-32,         
then 3 month LIBOR + 3.960%) (S)  7.875  12-15-37  960,000  1,180,800 

MetLife Capital Trust X (9.250% to 4-8-33,         
then 3 month LIBOR + 5.540%) (S)  9.250  04-08-38  2,050,000  2,808,500 

ZFS Finance USA Trust II (6.450% to 6-15-16         
then 3 month LIBOR + 2.000%) (S)  6.450  12-15-65  5,885,000  6,355,800 

ZFS Finance USA Trust V (6.500% to 5-9-17,         
then 3 month LIBOR + 2.285%) (S)  6.500  05-09-37  1,525,000  1,627,938 
  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 13.4%    $262,545,143 

(Cost $247,707,888)         
 
Commercial & Residential 11.6%        227,466,964 
 
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust         
Series 2005-4, Class 7A12 (P)  0.730  08-25-35  1,767,483  1,672,384 

American Home Mortgage Assets Trust         
Series 2006-6, Class XP IO  2.639  12-25-46  19,490,452  1,398,035 

American Home Mortgage Investment Trust         
Series 2005-1, Class 1A1 (P)  0.370  06-25-45  4,033,970  3,803,206 

Americold 2010 LLC Trust         
Series 2010-ARTA, Class D (S)  7.443  01-14-29  4,285,000  4,943,279 

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage         
Securities Trust         
Series 2013-DSNY, Class E (P)(S)  2.752  09-15-26  2,300,000  2,307,177 

 

See notes to financial statements  Annual report | Bond Fund  25 

 



    Maturity     
  Rate (%)  date  Par value^  Value 
Commercial & Residential (continued)         
Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust         
Series 2005-2, Class A1 (P)  2.580  03-25-35  3,080,380  $3,125,538 
Series 2005-5, Class A2 (P)  2.260  08-25-35  3,369,087  3,419,169 

Bear Stearns Alt-A Trust         
Series 2004-12, Class 1A1 (P)  0.850  01-25-35  5,546,745  5,388,086 
Series 2005-5, Class 1A4 (P)  0.710  07-25-35  2,937,505  2,760,691 
Series 2005-7, Class 11A1 (P)  0.690  08-25-35  4,784,331  4,346,148 

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust         
Series 2004-AC5, Class A1 (P)  5.750  10-25-34  2,158,849  2,216,169 

Citigroup/Deutsche Bank Commercial         
Mortgage Trust         
Series 2005-CD1, Class C (P)  5.228  07-15-44  2,290,000  2,379,372 

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates         
Series 2006-GG7, Class AM (P)  5.820  07-10-38  3,325,000  3,612,952 
Series 2010-C1, Class D (P)(S)  5.908  07-10-46  3,280,000  3,601,253 
Series 2012-CR2, Class XA IO  1.928  08-15-45  19,633,146  2,110,799 
Series 2012-LC4, Class B (P)  4.934  12-10-44  1,955,000  2,145,698 
Series 2012-LC4, Class C (P)  5.647  12-10-44  4,110,000  4,598,880 
Series 2013-300P, Class D (P)(S)  4.394  08-10-30  4,315,000  4,384,726 
Series 2013-CR11, Class B (P)  5.165  10-10-46  3,835,000  4,266,599 
Series 2013-CR13, Class C (P)  4.757  10-10-46  2,855,000  2,987,169 
Series 2013-LC13, Class B (P)(S)  5.009  08-10-46  3,565,000  3,909,133 
Series 2014-CR15, Class XA IO  1.364  02-10-47  39,440,824  3,024,086 
Series 2014-CR16, Class C (P)  4.906  04-10-47  3,650,000  3,839,300 
Series 2014-TWC, Class D (P)(S)  2.402  02-13-32  2,970,000  2,971,179 

Deutsche Mortgage Securities, Inc. Mortgage         
Loan Trust         
Series 2004-4, Class 2AR1 (P)  0.690  06-25-34  3,623,347  3,412,638 

Extended Stay America Trust         
Series 2013-ESFL, Class DFL (P)(S)  3.291  12-05-31  3,615,000  3,636,531 
Series 2013-ESHM, Class M (S)  7.625  12-05-19  980,093  999,597 

GMACM Mortgage Loan Trust         
Series 2004-AR2, Class 3A (P)  3.116  08-19-34  2,447,224  2,396,346 

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II         
Series 2013-KYO, Class D (P)(S)  2.751  11-08-29  3,685,000  3,751,853 

HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust         
Series 2005-8, Class 1X IO  2.170  09-19-35  11,178,432  637,115 
Series 2005-9, Class 2A1C (P)  0.599  06-20-35  4,731,614  4,495,738 
Series 2005-11, Class X IO  2.422  08-19-45  8,980,187  503,321 
Series 2007-3, Class ES IO (S)  0.350  05-19-47  56,208,225  597,212 
Series 2007-4, Class ES IO  0.350  07-19-47  60,038,641  600,386 
Series 2007-6, Class ES IO (S)  0.342  08-19-37  47,026,112  499,652 

Hilton USA Trust         
Series 2013-HLF, Class EFL (P)(S)  3.901  11-05-30  3,360,000  3,360,060 
Series 2013-HLT, Class DFX (S)  4.407  11-05-30  2,542,000  2,629,335 

IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust         
Series 2005-AR18, Class 1X IO  2.029  10-25-36  24,171,725  1,924,574 
Series 2005-AR18, Class 2X IO  1.660  10-25-36  38,222,470  1,426,019 

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust         
Series 2014-C19, Class C (P)  4.835  04-15-47  4,435,000  4,561,633 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.       
Series 2007-LD12, Class AM (P)  6.006  02-15-51  5,600,000  6,244,258 
Series 2007-LDPX, Class AM (P)  5.464  01-15-49  6,175,000  6,567,415 
Series 2012-HSBC, Class XA IO (S)  1.431  07-05-32  20,100,000  2,022,261 
Series 2012-PHH, Class D (P)(S)  3.419  10-15-25  1,575,000  1,581,709 

 

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    Maturity     
  Rate (%)  date  Par value^  Value 
Commercial & Residential (continued)         
 
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.       
Series 2013-INMZ, Class M (P)(S)  6.130  09-15-18  5,165,000  $5,227,804 
Series 2013-JWRZ, Class D (P)(S)  3.141  04-15-30  3,095,000  3,102,512 
Series 2014-FBLU, Class D (P)(S)  2.752  12-15-28  4,830,000  4,840,211 
Series 2014-FBLU, Class E (P)(S)  3.652  12-15-28  3,465,000  3,475,960 

LB–UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust         
Series 2006-C6, Class AM  5.413  09-15-39  3,059,000  3,338,323 

MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust         
Series 2004-11, Class M2 (P)  1.250  11-25-34  3,370,000  3,141,248 

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust         
Series 2004-1, Class 2A1 (P)  2.146  12-25-34  3,223,554  3,167,326 

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill         
Lynch Trust         
Series 2013-C7, Class C (P)  4.187  02-15-46  2,403,000  2,426,494 

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust         
Series 2004-6AR, Class 2A2 (P)  2.736  08-25-34  4,926,129  4,910,602 

MortgageIT Trust         
Series 2005-2, Class 1A2 (P)  0.480  05-25-35  3,039,930  2,903,504 

Motel 6 Trust         
Series 2012-MTL6, Class D (S)  3.781  10-05-25  6,035,000  6,111,451 

Residential Accredit Loans, Inc.         
Series 2005-QO4, Class XIO IO  2.356  12-25-45  22,364,982  2,101,823 

Springleaf Mortgage Loan Trust         
Series 2012-3A, Class M1 (P)(S)  2.660  12-25-59  1,520,000  1,512,695 

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust         
Series 2004-1, Class II2A (P)  1.573  03-25-44  2,781,904  2,754,302 

UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust         
Series 2012-C1, Class B  4.822  05-10-45  2,220,000  2,409,413 
Series 2012-C1, Class C (P)(S)  5.535  05-10-45  1,580,000  1,751,168 

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust         
Series 2012-C2, Class XA IO (S)  1.780  05-10-63  27,361,949  2,357,423 

VFC 2013-1 LLC         
Series 2013-1, Class A (S)  3.130  03-20-26  1,277,424  1,291,462 

VNDO Mortgage Trust         
Series 2013-PENN, Class D (P)(S)  3.947  12-13-29  4,103,000  4,174,015 

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust         
Series 2007-C31, Class AM (P)  5.591  04-15-47  1,810,000  1,993,912 

WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates         
Series 2005-AR2, Class 2A1B (P)  0.520  01-25-45  1,649,061  1,487,653 
Series 2005-AR2, Class 2A3 (P)  0.500  01-25-45  2,488,887  2,316,439 
Series 2005-AR8, Class 2AB2 (P)  0.570  07-25-45  4,306,489  4,087,608 
Series 2005-AR13, Class X IO  1.480  10-25-45  98,794,671  4,823,966 
Series 2005-AR19, Class A1A2 (P)  0.440  12-25-45  4,400,273  4,046,975 

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust         
Series 2013-120B, Class C (P)(S)  2.710  03-18-28  6,490,000  6,322,058 
Series 2013-BTC, Class E (P)(S)  3.550  04-16-35  4,215,000  3,584,111 

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust         
Series 2012-C9, Class XA IO (S)  2.238  11-15-45  29,939,286  3,627,534 
Series 2013-C15, Class B (P)  4.485  08-15-46  1,072,000  1,137,044 
Series 2013-C16, Class B (P)  4.985  09-15-46  1,800,000  1,983,247 
 
U.S. Government Agency 1.8%        35,078,179 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.         
Series 290, Class IO  3.500  11-15-32  11,075,249  2,232,056 
Series 3794, Class PI IO  4.500  02-15-38  2,037,989  219,302 

 

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    Maturity     
  Rate (%)  date  Par value^  Value 
U.S. Government Agency (continued)         
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.         
Series 4077, Class IK IO  5.000  07-15-42  4,719,542  $910,442 
Series 4136, Class IH IO  3.500  09-15-27  15,441,913  1,932,217 
Series K017, Class X1 IO  1.441  12-25-21  14,731,874  1,260,165 
Series K018, Class X1 IO  1.451  01-25-22  19,671,945  1,698,358 
Series K021, Class X1 IO  1.510  06-25-22  4,672,931  451,330 
Series K022, Class X1 IO  1.303  07-25-22  36,382,352  3,039,454 
Series K709, Class X1 IO  1.541  03-25-19  17,215,104  1,097,756 
Series K710, Class X1 IO  1.781  05-25-19  13,980,933  1,051,157 
Series K711, Class X1 IO  1.709  07-25-19  49,704,890  3,652,812 

Federal National Mortgage Association         
Series 2009-50, Class GI IO  5.000  05-25-39  2,205,502  310,996 
Series 2009-78, Class IB IO  5.000  06-25-39  2,819,931  355,001 
Series 2012-118, Class IB IO  3.500  11-25-42  7,992,073  1,629,475 
Series 2012-137, Class QI IO  3.000  12-25-27  16,403,712  2,272,434 
Series 2012-137, Class WI IO  3.500  12-25-32  11,820,026  2,190,752 
Series 402, Class 3 IO  4.000  11-25-39  1,721,654  347,305 
Series 402, Class 4 IO  4.000  10-25-39  2,683,051  490,078 
Series 402, Class 7 IO  4.500  11-25-39  2,583,084  493,344 
Series 407, Class 7 IO  5.000  03-25-41  2,444,609  501,199 
Series 407, Class 8 IO  5.000  03-25-41  1,215,131  258,081 
Series 407, Class 15 IO  5.000  01-25-40  2,964,957  590,992 
Series 407, Class 21 IO  5.000  01-25-39  1,474,430  231,011 
Series 407, Class C6 IO  5.500  01-25-40  5,936,423  1,273,705 

Government National Mortgage Association         
Series 2012-114, Class IO  1.034  01-16-53  11,103,639  993,531 
Series 2013-42, Class IA IO  3.500  03-20-43  15,768,332  2,441,036 
Series 2013-42, Class YI IO  3.500  03-20-43  20,609,131  3,154,190 
  
Asset Backed Securities 5.6%        110,920,284 

(Cost $107,288,243)         
 
ACE Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust         
Series 2005-HE3, Class M2 (P)  0.600  05-25-35  2,419,980  2,301,062 

Aegis Asset Backed Securities Trust         
Series 2004-3, Class A1 (P)  0.870  09-25-34  1,473,181  1,442,205 
Series 2005-4, Class M1 (P)  0.600  10-25-35  4,810,000  4,100,857 

Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc.         
Series 2005-R3, Class M2 (P)  0.620  05-25-35  3,070,000  2,812,234 

Argent Securities, Inc.         
Series 2003-W10, Class M1 (P)  1.232  01-25-34  1,615,597  1,554,682 
Series 2004-W6, Class M1 (P)  0.700  05-25-34  1,705,732  1,658,865 

Asset Backed Funding Certificates         
Series 2005-HE1, Class M1 (P)  0.780  03-25-35  2,452,856  2,340,540 

Bravo Mortgage Asset Trust         
Series 2006-1A, Class A2 (P)(S)  0.390  07-25-36  3,674,189  3,398,948 

Citicorp Residential Mortgage Securities, Inc.         
Series 2007-2, Class A6 (P)  5.764  06-25-37  1,668,408  1,674,932 

CKE Restaurant Holdings, Inc.         
Series 2013-1A, Class A2 (S)  4.474  03-20-43  7,067,375  7,269,855 

ContiMortgage Home Equity Loan Trust         
Series 1995-2, Class A5  8.100  08-15-25  130,015  127,612 

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates         
Series 2004-10, Class AF5B (P)  5.420  02-25-35  2,925,911  2,996,753 

 

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    Maturity     
  Rate (%)  date  Par value^  Value 
Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC       
Series 2005-CB2, Class M1 (P)  0.810  04-25-36  2,474,937  $2,431,646 
Series 2005-CB4, Class M1 (P)  0.572  07-25-35  1,680,000  1,612,556 

Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust         
Series 2006-CF2, Class M1 (P)(S)  0.620  05-25-36  4,910,000  4,724,323 
Series 2014-ICE, Class D (P)(S)  2.400  04-15-27  3,080,000  3,080,000 

Dominos Pizza Master Issuer LLC         
Series 2012-1A, Class A2 (S)  5.216  01-25-42  6,179,169  6,676,462 

Encore Credit Receivables Trust         
Series 2005-2, Class M2 (P)  0.840  11-25-35  3,350,000  3,111,416 

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust         
Series 2014-1, Class B (S)  2.410  11-15-25  3,225,000  3,252,970 

Fremont Home Loan Trust         
Series 2005-1, Class M3 (P)  0.915  06-25-35  2,087,554  2,058,767 

GSAA Home Equity Trust         
Series 2005-11, Class 3A1 (P)  0.420  10-25-35  4,572,631  4,299,832 

GSAA Trust         
Series 2005-10, Class M3 (P)  0.700  06-25-35  4,265,000  4,041,655 

Home Equity Asset Trust         
Series 2005-6, Class M1 (P)  0.620  12-25-35  1,810,000  1,784,398 

Home Equity Mortgage Loan         
Asset-Backed Trust         
Series 2005-C, Class AII3 (P)  0.520  10-25-35  3,212,500  3,057,985 

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.         
Series 2005-WMC1, Class M1 (P)  0.900  09-25-35  2,074,762  1,945,102 

New Century Home Equity Loan Trust         
Series 2005-1, Class M1 (P)  0.825  03-25-35  5,350,000  5,038,994 

RAMP Trust         
Series 2005-RS3, Class M1 (P)  0.570  03-25-35  2,355,000  2,217,275 

Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust         
Series 2005-2, Class AF4 (P)  4.934  08-25-35  2,680,000  2,598,474 

Sonic Capital LLC         
Series 2011-1A, Class A2 (S)  5.438  05-20-41  2,587,696  2,783,991 

Soundview Home Loan Trust         
Series 2005-CTX1, Class M2 (P)  0.592  11-25-35  2,648,500  2,417,787 
Series 2006-OPT2, Class A3 (P)  0.330  05-25-36  1,218,582  1,127,960 

Specialty Underwriting & Residential         
Finance Trust         
Series 2006-BC1, Class A2D (P)  0.450  12-25-36  6,930,000  6,573,022 

Structured Asset Securities Corp. Mortgage         
Loan Trust         
Series 2005-2XS, Class 2A2 (P)  1.652  02-25-35  3,350,715  3,225,496 

TAL Advantage LLC         
Series 2014-1A, Class A (S)  3.510  02-22-39  2,291,250  2,331,560 

Westgate Resorts LLC         
Series 2012-2A, Class A (S)  3.000  01-20-25  1,943,303  1,959,704 
Series 2012-2A, Class B (S)  4.500  01-20-25  3,504,391  3,563,545 
Series 2012-3A, Class A (S)  2.500  03-20-25  1,625,356  1,633,482 
Series 2012-3A, Class B (S)  4.500  03-20-25  478,046  487,009 
Series 2013-1A, Class B (S)  3.750  08-20-25  1,196,490  1,206,328 

 

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  Shares  Value 
Preferred Securities 1.0%    $19,002,165 

(Cost $17,846,759)     
 
Consumer Staples 0.1%    2,083,056 
 
Food & Staples Retailing 0.1%     

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., Series A,     
6.250% (S)  23,250  2,083,056 
 
Financials 0.7%    13,498,578 
 
Banks 0.3%     

FNB Corp. (7.250% to 2-24-24, then 3 month     
LIBOR + 4.600%)  61,350  1,679,763 

Regions Financial Corp., 6.375%  102,790  2,532,746 

Wells Fargo & Company, Series L, 7.500%  2,684  1,653,344 
 
Capital Markets 0.1%     

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 5.500%  74,825  1,797,296 
 
Consumer Finance 0.3%     

Ally Financial, Inc., 7.000% (S)  3,594  3,624,549 

Discover Financial Services, 6.500%  60,000  1,507,200 
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts 0.0%     

Weyerhaeuser Company, 6.375%  12,000  703,680 
 
Industrials 0.2%    3,420,531 
 
Aerospace & Defense 0.1%     

United Technologies Corp., 7.500%  31,265  2,057,237 
 
Airlines 0.1%     

Continental Airlines Finance Trust II, 6.000%  27,300  1,363,294 
 
  Notional  Value 
Purchased Options 0.0%    $125,000 

(Cost $1,027,992)     
 
Put Options 0.0%    125,000 
 
Exchange Traded on 10 Year U.S. Treasury     
Note Futures Option (Expiration Date:     
8-22-14; Strike Price: $117) (I)  8,000,000  125,000 

 

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  Par value  Value 
Short-Term Investments 3.0%    $59,883,000 

(Cost $59,883,000)     
Repurchase Agreement 3.0%    59,883,000 
Barclays Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement dated 5-30-14 at 0.050%     
to be repurchased at $53,623,223 on 6-2-14, collateralized by     
$53,404,400 U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.375% due 11-30-15 (valued at     
$54,695,784, including interest)  53,623,000  53,623,000 

Repurchase Agreement with State Street Corp. dated 5-30-14 at     
0.000% to be repurchased at $6,260,000 on 6-2-14, collateralized     
by $6,455,000 U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.625% due 11-30-17 (valued     
at $6,386,809, including interest)  6,260,000  6,260,000 
 
Total investments (Cost $1,886,610,046)100.2%  $1,962,280,643 

 
Other assets and liabilities, net (0.2%)    ($4,644,248) 

 
Total net assets 100.0%  $1,957,636,395 

The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of that category as a percentage of the net assets applicable of the fund.

^ All par values are denominated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.

BRL Brazilian Real

IO Interest-Only Security— (Interest Tranche of Stripped Mortgage Pool). Rate shown is the annualized yield at the end of the period.

LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate

PIK Paid-in-kind

USGG U.S. Generic Government Yield Index

(I) Non-income producing security.

(M) Term loans are variable rate obligations. The coupon rate shown represents the rate at period end.

(P) Variable rate obligation. The coupon rate shown represents the rate at period end.

(Q) Perpetual bonds have no stated maturity date. Date shown as maturity date is next call date.

(S) These securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be resold, normally to qualified institutional buyers, in transactions exempt from registration. Rule 144A securities amounted to $515,206,432 or 26.32% of the fund’s net assets as of May 31, 2014.

† At 5-31-14, the aggregate cost of investment securities for federal income tax purposes was $1,893,045,107. Net unrealized appreciation aggregated $69,235,536, of which $84,838,673 related to appreciated investment securities and $15,603,137 related to depreciated investment securities.

See notes to financial statements  Annual report | Bond Fund  31 

 



F I N A N C I A L  S T A T E M E N T S

Financial statements

Statement of assets and liabilities 5-31-14

This Statement of assets and liabilities is the fund’s balance sheet. It shows the value of what the fund owns, is due and owes. You’ll also find the net asset value and the maximum offering price per share.

Assets   

Investments, at value (Cost $1,886,610,046)  $1,962,280,643 
Cash  244,812 
Receivable for investments sold  7,323,988 
Receivable for fund shares sold  10,463,000 
Dividends and interest receivable  19,719,129 
Receivable due from advisor  251 
Other receivables and prepaid expenses  94,400 
 
Total assets  2,000,126,223 
 
Liabilities   

Payable for investments purchased  7,400,546 
Payable for delayed delivery securities purchased  29,576,065 
Payable for fund shares repurchased  4,219,690 
Distributions payable  523,011 
Payable to affiliates   
Accounting and legal services fees  67,246 
Transfer agent fees  352,745 
Distribution and service fees  138,749 
Trustees’ fees  2,496 
Other liabilities and accrued expenses  209,280 
 
Total liabilities  42,489,828 
 
Net assets  $1,957,636,395 
 
Net assets consist of   

Paid-in capital  $1,891,000,371 
Undistributed net investment income  5,266,114 
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures contracts and   
foreign currency transactions  (14,302,208) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and translation   
of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies  75,672,118 
 
Net assets  $1,957,636,395 

 

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F I N A N C I A L  S T A T E M E N T S

Statement of assets and liabilities (continued)

Net asset value per share   

Based on net asset values and shares outstanding — the fund has an   
unlimited number of shares authorized with no par value   
Class A ($1,411,295,700 ÷ 86,792,122 shares)1  $16.26 
Class B ($32,592,164 ÷ 2,004,531 shares)1  $16.26 
Class C ($162,302,893 ÷ 9,980,667 shares)1  $16.26 
Class I ($302,130,184 ÷ 18,578,578 shares)  $16.26 
Class R2 ($6,798,631 ÷ 417,793 shares)  $16.27 
Class R6 ($42,516,823 ÷ 2,612,073 shares)  $16.28 
 
Maximum offering price per share   

Class A (net asset value per share ÷ 96%)2  $16.94 

1 Redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge.

2 On single retail sales of less than $100,000. On sales of $100,000 or more and on group sales the offering price is reduced.

See notes to financial statements  Annual report | Bond Fund  33 

 



F I N A N C I A L  S T A T E M E N T S

Statement of operations For the year ended 5-31-14

This Statement of operations summarizes the fund’s investment income earned and expenses incurred in operating the fund. It also shows net gains (losses) for the period stated.

Investment income   

Interest  $85,580,759 
Dividends  1,276,860 
Total investment income  86,857,619 
 
Expenses   

Investment management fees  8,642,293 
Distribution and service fees  6,080,516 
Accounting and legal services fees  377,389 
Transfer agent fees  2,496,223 
Trustees’ fees  54,485 
State registration fees  210,217 
Printing and postage  190,912 
Professional fees  130,929 
Custodian fees  193,964 
Registration and filing fees  53,974 
Other  49,713 
 
Total expenses  18,480,615 
Less expense reductions  (1,030,963) 
 
Net expenses  17,449,652 
 
Net investment income  69,407,967 
 
Realized and unrealized gain (loss)   

 
Net realized gain (loss) on   
Investments and foreign currency transactions  1,791,438 
Futures contracts  (3,037,349) 
  (1,245,911) 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of   
Investments and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies  2,226,389 
Futures contracts  482,312 
  2,708,701 
Net realized and unrealized gain  1,462,790 
 
Increase in net assets from operations  $70,870,757 

 

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F I N A N C I A L  S T A T E M E N T S

Statements of changes in net assets

These Statements of changes in net assets show how the value of the fund’s net assets has changed during the last two periods. The difference reflects earnings less expenses, any investment gains and losses, distributions, if any, paid to shareholders and the net of fund share transactions.

  Year  Year 
  ended  ended 
  5-31-14  5-31-13 
 
Increase (decrease) in net assets     

 
From operations     
Net investment income  $69,407,967  $63,004,435 
Net realized gain (loss)  (1,245,911)  19,349,371 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)  2,708,701  33,911,782 
 
Increase in net assets resulting from operations  70,870,757  116,265,588 
 
Distributions to shareholders     
From net investment income     
Class A  (57,110,614)  (53,420,052) 
Class B  (1,268,051)  (1,524,202) 
Class C  (5,772,362)  (5,484,474) 
Class I  (10,994,882)  (9,174,395) 
Class R2  (190,232)  (22,100) 
Class R6  (1,713,305)  (110,196) 
From net realized gain     
Class A  (5,785,899)  (2,677,938) 
Class B  (150,431)  (92,529) 
Class C  (679,388)  (331,835) 
Class I  (1,012,012)  (432,679) 
Class R2  (21,658)  (228) 
Class R6  (173,447)  (5,437) 
 
Total distributions  (84,872,281)  (73,276,065) 
 
From fund share transactions  17,661,786  572,779,681 
 
Total increase  3,660,262  615,769,204 
 
Net assets     

Beginning of year  1,953,976,133  1,338,206,929 
 
End of year  $1,957,636,395  $1,953,976,133 
 
Undistributed net investment income  $5,266,114  $3,801,967 

 

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Financial highlights

The Financial highlights show how the fund’s net asset value for a share has changed during the period.

CLASS A SHARES Period ended  5-31-14  5-31-13  5-31-12  5-31-11  5-31-10 
 
Per share operating performance           

Net asset value, beginning of period  $16.37  $15.86  $15.86  $15.00  $12.96 
Net investment income1  0.61  0.63  0.72  0.81  0.97 
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments  0.02  0.61  0.08  0.92  2.05 
Total from investment operations  0.63  1.24  0.80  1.73  3.02 
Less distributions           
From net investment income  (0.67)  (0.70)  (0.79)  (0.87)  (0.98) 
From net realized gain  (0.07)  (0.03)  (0.01)     
Total distributions  (0.74)  (0.73)  (0.80)  (0.87)  (0.98) 
Net asset value, end of period  $16.26  $16.37  $15.86  $15.86  $15.00 
Total return (%)2,3  4.06  7.93  5.21  11.78  23.83 
 
Ratios and supplemental data           

Net assets, end of period (in millions)  $1,411  $1,434  $1,061  $912  $819 
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):           
Expenses before reductions  0.98  1.03  1.06  1.05  1.08 
Expenses including reductions  0.92  0.98  1.02  1.05  1.07 
Net investment income  3.80  3.84  4.63  5.24  6.71 
Portfolio turnover (%)  77  72  76  73  88 
 

1 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
2 Does not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.

CLASS B SHARES Period ended  5-31-14  5-31-13  5-31-12  5-31-11  5-31-10 
 
Per share operating performance           

Net asset value, beginning of period  $16.37  $15.86  $15.86  $15.00  $12.95 
Net investment income1  0.50  0.51  0.61  0.70  0.86 
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments  0.02  0.61  0.08  0.92  2.07 
Total from investment operations  0.52  1.12  0.69  1.62  2.93 
Less distributions           
From net investment income  (0.56)  (0.58)  (0.68)  (0.76)  (0.88) 
From net realized gain  (0.07)  (0.03)  (0.01)     
Total distributions  (0.63)  (0.61)  (0.69)  (0.76)  (0.88) 
Net asset value, end of period  $16.26  $16.37  $15.86  $15.86  $15.00 
Total return (%)2,3  3.34  7.18  4.48  11.00  23.05 
 
Ratios and supplemental data           

Net assets, end of period (in millions)  $33  $44  $37  $28  $25 
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):           
Expenses before reductions  1.68  1.73  1.76  1.75  1.78 
Expenses including reductions  1.62  1.68  1.72  1.75  1.77 
Net investment income  3.11  3.15  3.92  4.53  6.01 
Portfolio turnover (%)  77  72  76  73  88 
   

1 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
2 Does not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.

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CLASS C SHARES Period ended  5-31-14  5-31-13  5-31-12  5-31-11  5-31-10 
 
Per share operating performance           

Net asset value, beginning of period  $16.37  $15.87  $15.86  $15.00  $12.96 
Net investment income1  0.49  0.51  0.61  0.70  0.86 
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments  0.03  0.60  0.09  0.92  2.06 
Total from investment operations  0.52  1.11  0.70  1.62  2.92 
Less distributions           
From net investment income  (0.56)  (0.58)  (0.68)  (0.76)  (0.88) 
From net realized gain  (0.07)  (0.03)  (0.01)     
Total distributions  (0.63)  (0.61)  (0.69)  (0.76)  (0.88) 
Net asset value, end of period  $16.26  $16.37  $15.87  $15.86  $15.00 
Total return (%)2,3  3.34  7.11  4.55  11.00  22.98 
 
Ratios and supplemental data           

Net assets, end of period (in millions)  $162  $195  $116  $71  $40 
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):           
Expenses before reductions  1.68  1.72  1.77  1.75  1.78 
Expenses including reductions  1.62  1.67  1.72  1.75  1.77 
Net investment income  3.10  3.12  3.91  4.50  5.98 
Portfolio turnover (%)  77  72  76  73  88 
 

1 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
2 Does not reflect the effect of sales charges, if any.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.

CLASS I SHARES Period ended  5-31-14  5-31-13  5-31-12  5-31-11  5-31-10 
 
Per share operating performance           

Net asset value, beginning of period  $16.37  $15.87  $15.86  $14.99  $12.96 
Net investment income1  0.66  0.68  0.78  0.88  1.03 
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments  0.02  0.61  0.09  0.92  2.05 
Total from investment operations  0.68  1.29  0.87  1.80  3.08 
Less distributions           
From net investment income  (0.72)  (0.76)  (0.85)  (0.93)  (1.05) 
From net realized gain  (0.07)  (0.03)  (0.01)     
Total distributions  (0.79)  (0.79)  (0.86)  (0.93)  (1.05) 
Net asset value, end of period  $16.26  $16.37  $15.87  $15.86  $14.99 
Total return (%)2  4.40  8.27  5.70  12.33  24.31 
 
Ratios and supplemental data           

Net assets, end of period (in millions)  $302  $277  $123  $74  $30 
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):           
Expenses before reductions  0.66  0.65  0.67  0.62  0.63 
Expenses including reductions  0.60  0.60  0.62  0.62  0.63 
Net investment income  4.11  4.19  4.99  5.64  7.13 
Portfolio turnover (%)  77  72  76  73  88 
   

1 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
2 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.

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CLASS R2 SHARES Period ended  5-31-14  5-31-13  5-31-121 
 
Per share operating performance       

Net asset value, beginning of period  $16.38  $15.87  $15.80 
Net investment income2  0.60  0.62  0.17 
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments  0.02  0.64  0.09 
Total from investment operations  0.62  1.26  0.26 
Less distributions       
From net investment income  (0.66)  (0.72)  (0.19) 
From net realized gain  (0.07)  (0.03)   
Total distributions  (0.73)  (0.75)  (0.19) 
Net asset value, end of period  $16.27  $16.38  $15.87 
Total return (%)3  4.01  8.09  1.684 
 
Ratios and supplemental data       

Net assets, end of period (in millions)  $7  $2  5 
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):       
Expenses before reductions  1.05  1.03  0.866 
Expenses including reductions  0.99  0.98  0.806 
Net investment income  3.76  3.88  4.286 
Portfolio turnover (%)  77  72  767 
 

1 The inception date for Class R2 shares is 3-1-12.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Less than $500,000.
6 Annualized.
7 The portfolio turnover is shown for the period from 6-1-11 to 5-31-12.

CLASS R6 SHARES Period ended  5-31-14  5-31-13  5-31-121 
 
Per share operating performance       

Net asset value, beginning of period  $16.38  $15.87  $15.55 
Net investment income2  0.68  0.70  0.57 
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments  0.03  0.61  0.40 
Total from investment operations  0.71  1.31  0.97 
Less distributions       
From net investment income  (0.74)  (0.77)  (0.64) 
From net realized gain  (0.07)  (0.03)  (0.01) 
Total distributions  (0.81)  (0.80)  (0.65) 
Net asset value, end of period  $16.28  $16.38  $15.87 
Total return (%)3  4.58  8.42  6.384 
 
Ratios and supplemental data       

Net assets, end of period (in millions)  $43  $3  $2 
Ratios (as a percentage of average net assets):       
Expenses before reductions  0.56  0.57  0.635 
Expenses including reductions  0.50  0.52  0.575 
Net investment income  4.26  4.30  5.045 
Portfolio turnover (%)  77  72  766 
   

1 The inception date for Class R6 shares is 9-1-11.
2 Based on average daily shares outstanding.
3 Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced during the applicable periods.
4 Not annualized.
5 Annualized.
6 The portfolio turnover is shown for the period from 6-1-11 to 5-31-12.

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Notes to financial statements

Note 1 — Organization

John Hancock Bond Fund (the fund) is a series of John Hancock Sovereign Bond Fund (the Trust), an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust and registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act). The investment objective of the fund is to seek a high level of current income consistent with prudent investment risk.

The fund may offer multiple classes of shares. The shares currently offered are detailed in the Statement of assets and liabilities. Class A and Class C shares are offered to all investors. Class B shares are closed to new investors. Class I shares are offered to institutions and certain investors. Class R2 shares are available only to certain retirement plans. Class R6 shares are available only to certain retirement plans, institutions and other investors. Shareholders of each class have exclusive voting rights to matters that affect that class. The distribution and service fees, if any, and transfer agent fees for each class may differ. Class B shares convert to Class A shares eight years after purchase.

Note 2 — Significant accounting policies

The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions as of the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences could be significant. Events or transactions occurring after the end of the fiscal period through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the fund:

Security valuation. Investments are stated at value as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally at 4:00 P.M., Eastern Time. In order to value the securities, the fund uses the following valuation techniques: Equity securities held by the fund are valued at the last sale price or official closing price on the exchange where the security was acquired or most likely will be sold. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, the securities are valued using the last available bid price. Debt obligations are valued based on the evaluated prices provided by an independent pricing vendor or from broker-dealers. Independent pricing vendors utilize matrix pricing which takes into account factors such as institutional-size trading in similar groups of securities, yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other market data, as well as broker supplied prices. Futures contracts are valued at settlement prices, which are the official closing prices published by the exchange on which they trade. Foreign securities and currencies are valued in U.S. dollars, based on foreign currency exchange rates supplied by an independent pricing vendor. Securities that trade only in the over-the-counter (OTC) market are valued using bid prices. Certain short-term securities with maturities of 60 days or less at the time of purchase are valued at amortized cost. Other fund securities and assets, for which reliable market quotations are not readily available, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the fund’s Pricing Committee following procedures established by the Board of Trustees. The frequency with which these fair valuation procedures are used cannot be predicted and fair value of securities may differ significantly from the value that would have been used had a ready market for such securities existed.

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The fund uses a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the pricing assumptions, referred to as inputs, used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. Level 1 includes securities valued using quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes securities valued using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk. Prices for securities valued using these inputs are received from independent pricing vendors and brokers and are based on an evaluation of the inputs described. Level 3 includes securities valued using significant unobservable inputs when market prices are not readily available or reliable, including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments. Factors used in determining value may include market or issuer specific events or trends, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy.

The following is a summary of the values by input classification of the fund’s investments as of May 31, 2014, by major security category or type:

        LEVEL 3 
      LEVEL 2  SIGNIFICANT 
  TOTAL MARKET  LEVEL 1  SIGNIFICANT  UNOBSERVABLE 
  VALUE AT 5-31-14  QUOTED PRICE  OBSERVABLE INPUTS  INPUTS 

Corporate Bonds  $936,082,964    $935,971,350  $111,614 
U.S. Government & Agency         
Obligations  520,267,270    520,267,270   
Foreign Government         
Obligations  2,711,125    2,711,125   
Convertible Bonds  1,059,561    1,059,561   
Term Loans  19,010,753    19,010,753   
Capital Preferred Securities  30,673,378    30,673,378   
Collateralized Mortgage         
Obligations  262,545,143    260,847,893  1,697,250 
Asset Backed Securities  110,920,284    110,920,284   
Preferred Securities  19,002,165  $10,251,503  8,750,662   
Purchased Options  125,000  125,000     
Short-Term Investments  59,883,000    59,883,000   
 
Total Investments         
in Securities  $1,962,280,643  $10,376,503  $1,950,095,276  $1,808,864 

Repurchase agreements. The fund may enter into repurchase agreements. When the fund enters into a repurchase agreement, it receives collateral that is held in a segregated account by the fund’s custodian, or for tri-party repurchase agreements, collateral is held at a third-party custodian bank in a segregated account for the benefit of the fund. The collateral amount is marked-to-market and monitored on a daily basis to ensure that the collateral held is in an amount not less than the principal amount of the repurchase agreement plus any accrued interest. Collateral received by the fund for repurchase agreements is disclosed in the Fund’s investments as part of the caption related to the repurchase agreement.

Repurchase agreements are typically governed by the terms and conditions of the Master Repurchase Agreement and/or Global Master Repurchase Agreement (collectively, MRA). Upon an event of default, the non-defaulting party may close out all transactions traded under the MRA and net amounts owed. Absent an event of default, the MRA does not result in an offset of the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the Statement of assets and liabilities. In the event of a default by the counterparty, realization of the collateral proceeds could be delayed, during which time the collateral value may decline or the counterparty may have insufficient assets to pay back claims resulting from close-out of the transactions.

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Security transactions and related investment income. Investment security transactions are accounted for on a trade date plus one basis for daily net asset value calculations. However, for financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are reported on trade date. Interest income is accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest and amortization/accretion of premiums/discounts on debt securities. Debt obligations may be placed in a non-accrual status and related interest income may be reduced by stopping current accruals and writing off interest receivable when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-date, except for dividends of foreign securities where the dividend may not be known until after the ex-date. In those cases, dividend income, net of withholding taxes, is recorded when the fund becomes aware of the dividends. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and may include proceeds from litigation.

Stripped securities. Stripped securities are financial instruments structured to separate principal and interest cash flows so that one class receives principal payments from the underlying assets (PO or principal only), while the other class receives the interest cash flows (IO or interest only). Both PO and IO investments represent an interest in the cash flows of an underlying stripped security. If the underlying assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the fund may fail to fully recover its initial investment in an IO security. The market value of these securities can be extremely volatile in response to changes in interest rates or prepayments on the underlying securities. In addition, these securities present additional credit risk such that the fund may not receive all or part of its principal or interest payments because the borrower or issuer has defaulted on its obligation.

Line of credit. The fund may borrow from banks for temporary or emergency purposes, including meeting redemption requests that otherwise might require the untimely sale of securities. Pursuant to the fund’s custodian agreement, the custodian may loan money to the fund to make properly authorized payments. The fund is obligated to repay the custodian for any overdraft, including any related costs or expenses. The custodian may have a lien, security interest or security entitlement in any fund property that is not otherwise segregated or pledged, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to the extent of any overdraft.

In addition, the fund and other affiliated funds have entered into an agreement with Citibank N.A. that enables them to potentially participate in a $300 million unsecured committed line of credit. A commitment fee, payable at the end of each calendar quarter, based on the average daily unused portion of the line of credit, is charged to each participating fund on a pro rata basis and is reflected in other expenses on the Statement of operations. Commitment fees for the year ended May 31, 2014 were $1,133. For the year ended May 31, 2014, the fund had no borrowings under the line of credit.

Expenses. Within the John Hancock group of funds complex, expenses that are directly attributable to an individual fund are allocated to such fund. Expenses that are not readily attributable to a specific fund are allocated among all funds in an equitable manner, taking into consideration, among other things, the nature and type of expense and the fund’s relative net assets. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.

Class allocations. Income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gains (losses) are determined at the fund level and allocated daily to each class of shares based on the net assets of the class. Class-specific expenses, such as distribution and service fees, if any, and transfer agent fees for all classes, are calculated daily at the class level based on the appropriate net assets of each class and the specific expense rates applicable to each class.

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Federal income taxes. The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and will not be subject to federal income tax on taxable income that is distributed to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, the fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses for an unlimited period. Capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under previous law.

For federal income tax purposes, as of May 31, 2014, the fund has a short-term capital loss carryforward of $8,770,138 available to offset future net realized capital gains. This carryforward as of May 31, 2014, does not expire.

As of May 31, 2014, the fund had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, derecognition or disclosure. The fund’s federal tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years.

Distribution of income and gains. Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-date. The fund generally declares dividends daily and pays them monthly. Capital gain distributions, if any, are distributed annually. The tax character of distributions for the years ended May 31, 2014 and 2013 was as follows:

  MAY 31, 2014  MAY 31, 2013 

Ordinary Income  $80,720,514  $73,276,065 
Long-Term Capital Gain  4,151,767   
Total  $84,872,281  $73,276,065 

Distributions paid by the fund with respect to each class of shares are calculated in the same manner, at the same time and in the same amount, except for the effect of class level expenses that may be applied differently to each class. As of May 31, 2014, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis consisted of $5,789,125 of undistributed ordinary income.

Such distributions and distributable earnings, on a tax basis, are determined in conformity with income tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Material distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits, if any, are reported in the fund’s financial statements as a return of capital.

Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences, if any, will reverse in a subsequent period. Book-tax differences are primarily attributable to derivative transactions and amortization and accretion on debt securities.

Note 3 — Derivative instruments

The fund may invest in derivatives in order to meet its investment objective. Derivatives include a variety of different instruments that may be traded in the OTC market, on a regulated exchange or through a clearing facility. The risks in using derivatives vary depending upon the structure of the instruments, including the use of leverage, optionality, the liquidity or lack of liquidity of the contract, the creditworthiness of the counterparty or clearing organization and the volatility of the position. Some derivatives involve risks that are potentially greater than the risks associated with investing directly in the referenced securities or other referenced underlying instrument. Specifically, the fund is exposed to the risk that the counterparty to an OTC derivatives contract will be unable or unwilling to make timely settlement payments or otherwise honor its obligations. OTC derivatives transactions typically can only be closed out with the other party to the transaction.

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Futures and certain options are traded or cleared on an exchange. Exchange-traded transactions generally present less counterparty risk to a fund than OTC transactions. The exchange or clearinghouse stands between the fund and the broker to the contract and therefore, credit risk is generally limited to the failure of the exchange or clearinghouse and the clearing member.

Futures. A futures contract is a contractual agreement to buy or sell a particular currency or financial instrument at a pre-determined price in the future. Risks related to the use of futures contracts include possible illiquidity of the futures markets, contract prices that can be highly volatile and imperfectly correlated to movements in the underlying financial instrument and potential losses in excess of the amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. Use of long futures contracts subjects the fund to the risk of loss up to the notional value of the futures contracts. Use of short futures contracts subjects the fund to unlimited risk of loss.

Upon entering into a futures contract, the fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities. The amount of required margin is generally based on a percentage of the contract value; this amount is the initial margin for the trade. The margin deposit must then be maintained at the established level over the life of the contract. Futures collateral receivable/ payable is included on the Statement of assets and liabilities. Futures contracts are marked-to-market daily and an appropriate payable or receivable for the change in value (variation margin) and unrealized gain or loss is recorded by the fund. When the contract is closed, the fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

During the year ended May 31, 2014, the fund used futures contracts to manage duration of the fund. During the year ended May 31, 2014, the fund held futures contracts with notional values ranging up to approximately $56.4 million, as measured at each quarter end. There were no open futures contracts as of May 31, 2014.

Options. There are two types of options, put options and call options. Options are traded either over-the-counter or on an exchange. A call option gives the purchaser of the option the right to buy (and the seller the obligation to sell) the underlying instrument at the exercise price. A put option gives the purchaser of the option the right to sell (and the writer the obligation to buy) the underlying instrument at the exercise price. Writing puts and buying calls may increase the fund’s exposure to changes in the value of the underlying instrument. Buying puts and writing calls may decrease the fund’s exposure to such changes. Risks related to the use of options include the loss of premiums, possible illiquidity of the options markets, trading restrictions imposed by an exchange and movements in underlying security values, and for written options, potential losses in excess of the amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. In addition, over-the-counter options are subject to the risks of all over-the-counter derivatives contracts.

When the fund purchases an option, the premium paid by the fund is included in the Fund’s investments and subsequently “marked-to-market” to reflect current market value. If the purchased option expires, the fund realizes a loss equal to the cost of the option. If the fund exercises a put option, it realizes a gain or loss from the sale of the underlying security and the proceeds from such sale are decreased by the premium paid. If the fund enters into a closing sale transaction, the fund realizes a gain or loss, depending on whether proceeds from the closing sale are greater or less than the original cost.

During the year ended May 31, 2014, the fund used purchased options to manage the duration of the fund. During the year ended May 31, 2014, the fund held purchased options with market values ranging up to $1,027,992 during the period.

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Fair value of derivative instruments by risk category

The table below summarizes the fair value of derivatives held by the fund at May 31, 2014 by risk category:

    FINANCIAL  ASSET  LIABILITY 
  STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND  INSTRUMENTS  DERIVATIVES  DERIVATIVES 
RISK  LIABILITIES LOCATION  LOCATION  FAIR VALUE  FAIR VALUE 

Interest rate contracts  Investments, at value*  Purchased  $125,000   
    options     

* Purchased options are included in the Fund’s investments disclosed in the Statements of assets and liabilities.

Effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of operations

The table below summarizes the net realized gain (loss) included in the net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations, classified by derivative instrument and risk category, for the year ended May 31, 2014:

RISK  STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS LOCATION  FUTURES CONTRACTS 

Interest rate contracts  Net realized gain (loss)  ($3,037,349) 

The table below summarizes the net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) included in the net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations, classified by derivative instrument and risk category, for the year ended May 31, 2014:

    INVESTMENTS     
    (PURCHASED  FUTURES   
RISK  STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS LOCATION  OPTIONS)  CONTRACTS  TOTAL 

Interest rate  Change in unrealised  (902,992)  $482,312  ($420,680) 
contracts  appreciation (deppreciation)       

Note 4 — Guarantees and indemnifications

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its Officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust, including the fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the fund enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. 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. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

Note 5 — Fees and transactions with affiliates

John Hancock Advisers, LLC (the Advisor) serves as investment advisor for the fund. John Hancock Funds, LLC (the Distributor), an affiliate of the Advisor, serves as principal underwriter of the fund. The Advisor and the Distributor are indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries of Manulife Financial Corporation (MFC).

Management fee. The fund has an investment management agreement with the Advisor under which the fund pays a daily management fee to the Advisor equivalent, on an annual basis, to the sum of: (a) 0.500% of the first $500,000,000 of the fund’s average daily net assets, (b) 0.475% of the next $500,000,000 of the fund’s average daily net assets, (c) 0.450% of the next $500,000,000 of the fund’s average daily net assets, (d) 0.450% of the next $500,000,000 of the fund’s average daily net assets, (e) 0.400% of the next $500,000,000 of the fund’s average daily net assets, and (f) 0.350% of the fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $2,500,000,000. The Advisor has a subadvisory agreement with John Hancock Asset Management a division of Manulife Asset Management (US) LLC, an indirectly owned subsidiary of MFC and an affiliate of the Advisor. The fund is not responsible for payment of the subadvisory fees.

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Effective June 1, 2013, the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its management fee and/or reimburse expenses for certain funds of the John Hancock complex, including the fund (the participating portfolios). The waiver equals, on an annualized basis, 0.01% of that portion of the aggregate net assets of all the participating portfolios that exceeds $75 billion but is less than or equal to $125 billion; 0.0125% of that portion of the aggregate net assets of all the participating portfolios that exceeds $125 billion but is less than or equal to $150 billion; and 0.015% of that portion of the aggregate net assets of all the participating portfolios that exceeds $150 billion. The amount of the reimbursement is calculated daily and allocated among all the participating portfolios in proportion to the daily net assets of each fund. This arrangement may be amended or terminated at any time by the Advisor upon notice to the fund and with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its management fee and/or reimburse or pay operating expenses of the fund in order to reduce the total annual fund operating expenses for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class I, Class R2 and Class R6 shares by 0.05% of the fund’s average daily net assets. These fee waivers and/or reimbursements expire on September 30, 2014, unless renewed by mutual agreement of the fund and the Advisor based upon a determination that this is appropriate under the circumstances at that time.

The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive all or a portion of its management fee and/or reimburse or pay operating expenses of the fund to the extent necessary to maintain total operating expenses at 0.57% of average annual net assets for Class R6 shares, excluding certain expenses such as taxes, brokerage commissions, interest expense, litigation and indemnification expenses and other extraordinary expenses, acquired fund fee, and short dividend expense. These fee waivers and/or reimbursements expire September 30, 2014, unless renewed by mutual agreement of the fund and the Advisor based upon a determination that this is appropriate under the circumstances at that time.

Effective February 1, 2014, the Advisor has contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse all class-specific expenses for Class R6 shares of the fund, including transfer agency fees and service fees, as applicable, to the extent they exceed 0.00% of average annual net assets. The fee waiver and/or reimbursement expires September 30, 2015, unless renewed by mutual agreement of the fund and Advisor based upon a determination that this is appropriate under the circumstances at that time. The waiver was in effect on voluntary basis from January 1, 2014 to January 31, 2014.

For the year ended May 31, 2014. These expense reductions amounted to the following:

CLASS A  CLASS B  CLASS C  CLASS I  CLASS R2  CLASS R6  TOTAL 

$757,000  $20,117  $91,680  $135,658  $2,586  $23,922  $1,030,963 

The investment management fees, including the impact of the waivers and reimbursements as described above, incurred for the year ended May 31, 2014 were equivalent to a net annual effective rate of 0.41% of the fund’s average daily net assets.

Accounting and legal services. Pursuant to a service agreement, the fund reimburses the Advisor for all expenses associated with providing the administrative, financial, legal, accounting and recordkeeping services to the fund, including the preparation of all tax returns, periodic reports to shareholders and regulatory reports, among other services. These expenses are allocated to each share class based on its relative net assets at the time the expense was incurred. These accounting and legal services fees incurred for the year ended May 31, 2014 amounted to an annual rate of 0.02% of the fund’s average daily net assets.

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Distribution and service plans. The fund has a distribution agreement with the Distributor. The fund has adopted distribution and service plans with respect to Class A, Class B, Class C and Class R2 shares pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, to pay the Distributor for services provided as the distributor of shares of the fund. In addition, under a service plan for Class R2 shares, the fund pays for certain other services. The fund may pay up to the following contractual rates of distribution and service fees under these arrangements, expressed as an annual percentage of average daily net assets for each class of the fund’s shares.

CLASS  RULE 12b-1 FEE  SERVICE FEE 

Class A  0.30%   
Class B  1.00%   
Class C  1.00%   
Class R2  0.25%  0.25% 

Sales charges. Class A shares are assessed up-front sales charges, which resulted in payments to the Distributor amounting to $3,953,207 for the year ended May 31, 2014. Of this amount, $518,411 was retained and used for printing prospectuses, advertising, sales literature and other purposes, $3,315,362 was paid as sales commissions to broker-dealers and $119,434 was paid as sales commissions to sales personnel of Signator Investors, Inc., a broker-dealer affiliate of the Advisor. The up-front sales charge for Class A shares is 4.00%. Prior to February 3, 2014, the up-front sales charge for Class A shares was 4.50%.

Class A, Class B and Class C shares may be subject to contingent deferred sales charges (CDSCs). Certain Class A shares that are acquired through purchases of $1 million or more and are redeemed within one year of purchase are subject to a 1.00% sales charge. Class B shares that are redeemed within six years of purchase are subject to CDSCs, at declining rates, beginning at 5.00%. Class C shares that are redeemed within one year of purchase are subject to a 1.00% CDSC. CDSCs are applied to the lesser of the current market value at the time of redemption or the original purchase cost of the shares being redeemed. Proceeds from CDSCs are used to compensate the Distributor for providing distribution-related services in connection with the sale of these shares. During the year ended May 31, 2014, CDSCs received by the Distributor amounted to $3,544, $114,321 and $60,051 for Class A, Class B and Class C shares, respectively.

Transfer agent fees. The fund has a transfer agent agreement with John Hancock Signature Services, Inc. (Signature Services), an affiliate of the Advisor. The transfer agent fees paid to Signature Services are determined based on the cost to Signature Services (Signature Services Cost) of providing recordkeeping services. The Signature Services Cost includes a component of allocated John Hancock corporate overhead for providing transfer agent services to the fund and to all other John Hancock affiliated funds. It also includes out-of-pocket expenses, including payments made to third-parties for recordkeeping services provided to their clients who invest in one or more John Hancock funds. In addition, Signature Services Cost may be reduced by certain fees that Signature Services receives in connection with retirement and small accounts. Signature Services Cost is calculated monthly and allocated, as applicable, to five categories of share classes: Retail Share and Institutional Share Classes of Non-Municipal Bond Funds, Class R6 Shares, Retirement Share Classes and Municipal Bond Share Classes. Within each of these categories, the applicable costs are allocated to the affected John Hancock affiliated funds and/or classes, based on the relative average daily net assets.

Prior to October 1, 2013, Signature Services Cost were calculated monthly and allocated, as applicable, to four categories of share classes: Institutional Share Classes, Retirement Share Classes, Municipal Bond Share Classes and all other Retail Share Classes. Within each of these categories, the applicable costs were allocated to the affected John Hancock affiliated funds and/or classes, based on the relative average daily net assets.

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Class level expenses. Class level expenses for the year ended May 31, 2014 were:

  DISTRIBUTION  TRANSFER 
CLASS  AND SERVICE FEES  AGENT FEES 

Class A  $4,059,537  $1,915,359 
Class B  359,407  51,117 
Class C  1,639,090  232,835 
Class I    288,162 
Class R2  22,482  954 
Class R6    7,796 
Total  $6,080,516  $2,496,223 

 

Trustee expenses. The fund compensates each Trustee who is not an employee of the Advisor or its affiliates. The costs of paying Trustee compensation and expenses are allocated to each fund based on its net assets relative to other funds within the John Hancock group of funds complex.

Note 6 — Fund share transactions

Transactions in fund shares for the years ended May 31, 2014 and 2013 were as follows:

    Year ended 5-31-14    Year ended 5-31-13 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount 
Class A shares         

Sold  21,003,026  $334,911,089  31,359,267  $513,399,559 
Distributions reinvested  3,661,005  58,309,591  3,107,572  50,865,272 
Repurchased  (25,475,061)  (405,398,526)  (13,717,065)  (224,729,109) 
 
Net increase (decrease)  (811,030)  ($12,177,846)  20,749,774  $339,535,722 
 
Class B shares         

Sold  93,597  $1,492,900  824,871  $13,396,156 
Distributions reinvested  69,938  1,113,162  75,797  1,240,109 
Repurchased  (820,777)  (13,043,733)  (552,113)  (9,033,346) 
 
Net increase (decrease)  (657,242)  ($10,437,671)  348,555  $5,602,919 
 
Class C shares         

Sold  2,656,856  $42,448,897  6,521,506  $106,789,726 
Distributions reinvested  351,321  5,593,733  296,969  4,863,774 
Repurchased  (4,941,509)  (78,536,001)  (2,220,013)  (36,367,597) 
 
Net increase (decrease)  (1,933,332)  ($30,493,371)  4,598,462  $75,285,903 
 
Class I shares         

Sold  11,124,193  $177,539,637  12,674,668  $207,444,253 
Distributions reinvested  645,255  10,285,774  464,023  7,607,505 
Repurchased  (10,089,977)  (160,700,623)  (3,978,496)  (65,248,968) 
 
Net increase  1,679,471  $27,124,788  9,160,195  $149,802,790 
 
Class R2 shares         

Sold  406,327  $6,474,215  120,858  $1,989,037 
Distributions reinvested  12,971  206,978  1,063  17,545 
Repurchased  (127,569)  (2,029,219)  (2,186)  (36,129) 
 
Net increase  291,729  $4,651,974  119,735  $1,970,453 

 

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    Year ended 5-31-14    Year ended 5-31-13 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount 
Class R6 shares         

Sold  2,429,478  $38,642,406  89,583  $1,469,475 
Distributions reinvested  118,016  1,882,264  6,742  110,443 
Repurchased  (95,569)  (1,530,758)  (60,952)  (998,024) 
 
Net increase  2,451,925  $38,993,912  35,373  $581,894 
 
Total net increase  1,021,521  $17,661,786  35,012,094  $572,779,681 

Note 7 — Purchase and sale of securities

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and U.S. Treasury obligations, amounted to $678,072,971 and $697,102,931, respectively, for the year ended May 31, 2014. Purchases and sales of U.S. Treasury obligations aggregated $710,847,425 and $697,773,782, respectively, for the year ended May 31, 2014.

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Auditor’s report

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of John Hancock Sovereign Bond Fund and
Shareholders of John Hancock Bond Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of John Hancock Bond Fund (the “Fund”) at May 31, 2014, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at May 31, 2014 by correspondence with the custodian, agent banks and brokers, and the application of alternative auditing procedures where securities purchased confirmations had not been received, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
July 18, 2014

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Tax information

Unaudited

For federal income tax purposes, the following information is furnished with respect to the distributions of the fund, if any, paid during its taxable year ended May 31, 2014.

The fund reports the maximum amount allowable of its net taxable income as eligible for the corporate dividends-received deduction.

The fund reports the maximum amount allowable of its net taxable income as qualified dividend income as provided in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.

The fund paid $4,151,767 in capital gain dividends.

Eligible shareholders will be mailed a 2014 Form 1099-DIV in early 2015. This will reflect the tax character of all distributions paid in calendar year 2014.

Please consult a tax advisor regarding the tax consequences of your investment in the fund.

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Trustees and Officers

This chart provides information about the Trustees and Officers who oversee your John Hancock fund. Officers elected by the Trustees manage the day-to-day operations of the fund and execute policies formulated by the Trustees.

Independent Trustees

Name, year of birth  Trustee  Number of John 
Position(s) held with fund  of the  Hancock funds 
Principal occupation(s) and other  Trust  overseen by 
directorships during past 5 years  since1  Trustee 
 
James M. Oates, Born: 1946  2012  230 

Managing Director, Wydown Group (financial consulting firm) (since 1994); Chairman and Director, 
Emerson Investment Management, Inc. (since 2000); Independent Chairman, Hudson Castle Group, Inc. 
(formerly IBEX Capital Markets, Inc.) (financial services company) (1997–2011); Director, Stifel Financial 
(since 1996); Director, Investor Financial Services Corporation (1995–2007); Director, Connecticut River 
Bancorp (since 1998); Director, Virtus Funds (formerly Phoenix Mutual Funds) (since 1988).   
 
Trustee and Chairperson of the Board, John Hancock retail funds3 (since 2012); Trustee (2005–2006 and 
since 2012) and Chairperson of the Board (since 2012), John Hancock Funds III; Trustee (since 2004) and 
Chairperson of the Board (since 2005), John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust; Trustee and Chairperson 
of the Board, John Hancock Funds II (since 2005).     
  
Charles L. Bardelis,2 Born: 1941  2012  230 

Director, Island Commuter Corp. (marine transport).     
 
Trustee, John Hancock retail funds3 (since 2012); Trustee, John Hancock Funds III (2005–2006 and 
since 2012); Trustee, John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust (since 1988); Trustee, John Hancock 
Funds II (since 2005).     
  
Peter S. Burgess,2 Born: 1942  2012  230 

Consultant (financial, accounting, and auditing matters) (since 1999); Certified Public Accountant; 
Partner, Arthur Andersen (independent public accounting firm) (prior to 1999); Director, Lincoln 
Educational Services Corporation (since 2004); Director, Symetra Financial Corporation (since 2010); 
Director, PMA Capital Corporation (2004–2010).     
 
Trustee, John Hancock retail funds3 (since 2012); Trustee, John Hancock Funds III (2005–2006 and 
since 2012); Trustee, John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust and John Hancock Funds II (since 2005). 
  
William H. Cunningham, Born: 1944  2005  230 

Professor, University of Texas, Austin, Texas (since 1971); former Chancellor, University of Texas System 
and former President of the University of Texas, Austin, Texas; Director, LIN Television (since 2009); 
Chairman (since 2009) and Director (since 2006), Lincoln National Corporation (insurance); Director, 
Resolute Energy Corporation (since 2009); Director, Southwest Airlines (since 2000); former Director, 
Introgen (manufacturer of biopharmaceuticals) (until 2008); former Director, Hicks Acquisition Company I, 
Inc. (until 2007); former Director, Texas Exchange Bank, SSB (formerly Bank of Crowley) (until 2009); 
former Advisory Director, JP Morgan Chase Bank (formerly Texas Commerce Bank–Austin) (until 2009). 
 
Trustee, John Hancock retail funds3 (since 1986); Trustee, John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust 
(since 2012); Trustee, John Hancock Funds II (since 2012 and 2005–2006).     

 

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Independent Trustees (continued)

Name, Year of Birth  Trustee  Number of John 
Position(s) held with Fund  of the  Hancock funds 
Principal occupation(s) and other  Trust  overseen by 
directorships during past 5 years  since1  Trustee 
 
Grace K. Fey, Born: 1946  2012  230 

Chief Executive Officer, Grace Fey Advisors (since 2007); Director and Executive Vice President, Frontier 
Capital Management Company (1988–2007); Director, Fiduciary Trust (since 2009).   
 
Trustee, John Hancock retail funds3 (since 2012); Trustee, John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust and 
John Hancock Funds II (since 2008).     
  
Theron S. Hoffman,2 Born: 1947  2012  230 

Chief Executive Officer, T. Hoffman Associates, LLC (consulting firm) (since 2003); Director, The Todd 
Organization (consulting firm) (2003–2010); President, Westport Resources Management (investment 
management consulting firm) (2006–2008); Senior Managing Director, Partner, and Operating Head, 
Putnam Investments (2000–2003); Executive Vice President, The Thomson Corp. (financial and legal 
information publishing) (1997–2000).     
 
Trustee, John Hancock retail funds3 (since 2012); Trustee, John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust and 
John Hancock Funds II (since 2008).     
 
Deborah C. Jackson, Born: 1952  2008  230 

President, Cambridge College, Cambridge, Massachusetts (since 2011); Chief Executive Officer, 
American Red Cross of Massachusetts Bay (2002–2011); Board of Directors of Eastern Bank Corporation 
(since 2001); Board of Directors of Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation (since 2001); Board of Directors 
of American Student Assistance Corporation (1996–2009); Board of Directors of Boston Stock Exchange 
(2002–2008); Board of Directors of Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare (health benefits company) (2007–2011). 
 
Trustee, John Hancock retail funds3 (since 2008); Trustee of John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust and 
John Hancock Funds II (since 2012).     
  
Hassell H. McClellan, Born: 1945  2012  230 

Trustee, Virtus Variable Insurance Trust (formerly Phoenix Edge Series Funds) (since 2008); Director, The 
Barnes Group (since 2010); Associate Professor, The Wallace E. Carroll School of Management, Boston 
College (retired 2013).     
 
Trustee, John Hancock retail funds3 (since 2012); Trustee, John Hancock Funds III (2005–2006 and 
since 2012); Trustee, John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust and John Hancock Funds II (since 2005). 
  
Steven R. Pruchansky, Born: 1944  2005  230 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Greenscapes of Southwest Florida, Inc. (since 2000); Director 
and President, Greenscapes of Southwest Florida, Inc. (until 2000); Member, Board of Advisors, First 
American Bank (until 2010); Managing Director, Jon James, LLC (real estate) (since 2000); Director, 
First Signature Bank & Trust Company (until 1991); Director, Mast Realty Trust (until 1994); President, 
Maxwell Building Corp. (until 1991).     
 
Trustee (since 1992) and Chairperson of the Board (2011–2012), John Hancock retail funds3; Trustee and 
Vice Chairperson of the Board, John Hancock retail funds,3 John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust, and 
John Hancock Funds II (since 2012).     

 

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Independent Trustees (continued)

Name, Year of Birth  Trustee  Number of John 
Position(s) held with Fund  of the  Hancock funds 
Principal occupation(s) and other  Trust  overseen by 
directorships during past 5 years  since1  Trustee 
 
Gregory A. Russo, Born: 1949  2009  230 

Director and Audit Committee Chairman (since 2012), and Member, Audit Committee and Finance 
Committee (since 2011), NCH Healthcare System, Inc. (holding company for multi-entity healthcare 
system); Director and Member of Finance Committee, The Moorings, Inc. (nonprofit continuing care 
community) (since 2012); Vice Chairman, Risk & Regulatory Matters, KPMG LLP (KPMG) (2002–2006); 
Vice Chairman, Industrial Markets, KPMG (1998–2002); Chairman and Treasurer, Westchester County, 
New York, Chamber of Commerce (1986–1992); Director, Treasurer, and Chairman of Audit and 
Finance Committees, Putnam Hospital Center (1989–1995); Director and Chairman of Fundraising 
Campaign, United Way of Westchester and Putnam Counties, New York (1990–1995).   
 
Trustee, John Hancock retail funds3 (since 2008); Trustee, John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust and 
John Hancock Funds II (since 2012).     
 
 
Non-Independent Trustees4     
 
Name, year of birth  Trustee  Number of John 
Position(s) held with fund  of the  Hancock funds 
Principal occupation(s) and other  Trust  overseen by 
directorships during past 5 years  since1  Trustee 
 
Craig Bromley, Born: 1966  2012  230 

President, John Hancock Financial Services (since 2012); Senior Executive Vice President and General 
Manager, U.S. Division, Manulife Financial Corporation (since 2012); President and Chief Executive 
Officer, Manulife Insurance Company (Manulife Japan) (2005–2012, including prior positions). 
 
Trustee, John Hancock retail funds,3 John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust, and John Hancock 
Funds II (since 2012).     
  
Warren A. Thomson, Born: 1955  2012  230 

Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Manulife Financial Corporation and The 
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (since 2009); Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Manulife 
Asset Management (since 2001, including prior positions); Director (since 2006), and President and 
Chief Executive Officer (since 2013), Manulife Asset Management Limited; Director and Chairman, 
Hancock Natural Resources Group, Inc. (since 2013).     
 
Trustee, John Hancock retail funds,3 John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust, and John Hancock 
Funds II (since 2012).     

Principal officers who are not Trustees

Name, year of birth  Officer 
Position(s) held with fund  of the 
Principal occupation(s) and other  Trust 
directorships during past 5 years  since 
 
Andrew G. Arnott, Born: 1971  2009 

President   
Senior Vice President, John Hancock Financial Services (since 2009); Director and Executive Vice   
President, John Hancock Advisers, LLC (since 2005, including prior positions); Director and Executive 
Vice President, John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC (since 2006, including prior   
positions); President, John Hancock Funds, LLC (since 2004, including prior positions); President   
(effective 3-13-14) and Executive Vice President, John Hancock retail funds,3 John Hancock Variable 
Insurance Trust, and John Hancock Funds II (since 2007, including prior positions).   

 

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Principal officers who are not Trustees (continued)

Name, Year of Birth  Officer 
Position(s) held with Fund  of the 
Principal occupation(s) and other  Trust 
directorships during past 5 years  since 
 
John J. Danello, Born: 1955  2006 

Senior Vice President, Secretary, and Chief Legal Officer   
Vice President and Chief Counsel, John Hancock Wealth Management (since 2005); Senior Vice   
President (since 2007) and Chief Legal Counsel (2007–2010), John Hancock Funds, LLC and The   
Berkeley Financial Group, LLC; Senior Vice President (since 2006, including prior positions) and Chief 
Legal Officer and Secretary (since 2014), John Hancock retail funds3 and John Hancock Variable   
Insurance Trust; Vice President, John Hancock Life & Health Insurance Company (since 2009);   
Vice President, John Hancock Life Insurance Company (USA) and John Hancock Life Insurance   
Company of New York (since 2010); and Senior Vice President, Secretary, and Chief Legal Counsel   
(2007–2014, including prior positions) of John Hancock Advisers, LLC and John Hancock Investment 
Management Services, LLC.   
  
Francis V. Knox, Jr., Born: 1947  2005 

Chief Compliance Officer   
Vice President, John Hancock Financial Services (since 2005); Chief Compliance Officer, John Hancock 
retail funds,3 John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust, John Hancock Funds II, John Hancock Advisers, 
LLC, and John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC (since 2005).   
  
Charles A. Rizzo, Born: 1957  2007 

Chief Financial Officer   
Vice President, John Hancock Financial Services (since 2008); Senior Vice President, John Hancock   
Advisers, LLC and John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC (since 2008); Chief Financial 
Officer, John Hancock retail funds,3 John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust and John Hancock   
Funds II (since 2007).   
  
Salvatore Schiavone, Born: 1965  2010 

Treasurer   
Assistant Vice President, John Hancock Financial Services (since 2007); Vice President, John Hancock 
Advisers, LLC and John Hancock Investment Management Services, LLC (since 2007); Treasurer,   
John Hancock retail funds3 (since 2007, including prior positions); Treasurer, John Hancock Variable 
Insurance Trust and John Hancock Funds II (since 2010 and 2007–2009, including prior positions).   

The business address for all Trustees and Officers is 601 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2805.

1 Each Trustee holds office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until the Trustee’s death, retirement, resignation, or removal.

2 Member of the Audit Committee.

3 “John Hancock retail funds” comprises John Hancock Funds III and 37 other John Hancock funds consisting of 27 series of other John Hancock trusts and 10 closed-end funds.

4 Because Messrs. Bromley and Thomson are senior executives or directors of the advisor and/or its affiliates, each of them is considered an “interested person of the fund,” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

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More information

Trustees  Investment advisor 
James M. Oates, Chairperson  John Hancock Advisers, LLC 
Steven R. Pruchansky, Vice Chairperson   
Charles L. Bardelis*  Subadvisor 
Craig Bromley  John Hancock Asset Management a division of 
Peter S. Burgess*  Manulife Asset Management (US) LLC 
William H. Cunningham   
Grace K. Fey  Principal distributor
Theron S. Hoffman*  John Hancock Funds, LLC 
Deborah C. Jackson   
Hassell H. McClellan  Custodian
Gregory A. Russo  State Street Bank and Trust Company
Warren A. Thomson   
  Transfer agent 
Officers  John Hancock Signature Services, Inc.
Andrew G. Arnott   
President  Legal counsel 
  K&L Gates LLP
John J. Danello#   
Senior Vice President, Secretary,  Independent registered
and Chief Legal Officer  public accounting firm 
  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Francis V. Knox, Jr.   
Chief Compliance Officer   
 
Charles A. Rizzo   
Chief Financial Officer   
 
Salvatore Schiavone   
Treasurer   
 
*Member of the Audit Committee   
†Non-Independent Trustee   
#Effective 5-29-14   

The fund’s proxy voting policies and procedures, as well as the fund’s proxy voting record for the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, are available free of charge on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website at sec.gov or on our website.

The fund’s complete list of portfolio holdings, for the first and third fiscal quarters, is filed with the SEC on Form N-Q. The fund’s Form N-Q is available on our website and the SEC’s website, sec.gov, and can be reviewed and copied (for a fee) at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Call 800-SEC-0330 to receive information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room.

We make this information on your fund, as well as monthly portfolio holdings, and other fund details available on our website at jhinvestments.com or by calling 800-225-5291.

You can also contact us:     
800-225-5291  Regular mail:  Express mail: 
jhinvestments.com  John Hancock Signature Services, Inc.  John Hancock Signature Services, Inc. 
  P.O. Box 55913  30 Dan Road 
  Boston, MA 02205-5913  Canton, MA 02021 

 

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This report is for the information of the shareholders of John Hancock Bond Fund.   
It is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a prospectus.  21A 5/14 
MF188607  7/14 

 


ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

As of the end of the year, May 31, 2014, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics, as defined in Item 2 of Form N-CSR, that applies to its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (respectively, the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer and the principal accounting officer, the “Covered Officers”). A copy of the code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

Peter S. Burgess is the audit committee financial expert and is “independent”, pursuant to general instructions on Form N-CSR Item 3.

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

(a) Audit Fees

The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audits 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 amounted to the following for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2014 and 2013. These fees were billed to the registrant and were approved by the registrant’s audit committee.

Fund    May 31, 2014    May 31, 2013 

John Hancock Bond Fund  $  47,189  $  49,122 

 

(b) Audit-Related Services

Audit-related fees for assurance and related services by the principal accountant are billed to the registrant or 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 ("control affiliates") that provides ongoing services to the registrant. The nature of the services provided was affiliated service provider internal controls reviews. Amounts billed to the registrant were as follows:

Fund    May 31, 2014    May 31, 2013 

John Hancock Bond Fund  $  558  $  737 

 

Amounts billed to control affiliates were $98,642 and $99,637 for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

(c) Tax Fees

The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning (“tax fees”) amounted to the following for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2014 and 2013. The nature of the services comprising the tax fees was the review of the registrant’s tax returns and tax distribution requirements. These fees were billed to the registrant and were approved by the registrant’s audit committee.

Fund    May 31, 2014    May 31, 2013 

John Hancock Bond Fund  $  2,941  $  2,943 

 

(d) All Other Fees

Other fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant to the registrant or to the control affiliates for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2014 and 2013 amounted to the following:



Fund    May 31, 2014    May 31, 2013 

John Hancock Bond Fund  $  382  $  2,200 

 

(e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures:

The trust’s Audit Committee must pre-approve all audit and non-audit services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm (the “Auditor”) relating to the operations or financial reporting of the funds. Prior to the commencement of any audit or non-audit services to a fund, the Audit Committee reviews the services to determine whether they are appropriate and permissible under applicable law.

The trust’s Audit Committee has adopted policies and procedures to, among other purposes, provide a framework for the Committee’s consideration of audit-related and non-audit services by the Auditor. The policies and procedures require that any audit-related and non-audit service provided by the Auditor and any non-audit service provided by the Auditor to a fund service provider that relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of a fund are subject to approval by the Audit Committee before such service is provided. Audit-related services provided by the Auditor that are expected to exceed $25,000 per year/per fund are subject to specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee. Tax services provided by the Auditor that are expected to exceed $30,000 per year/per fund are subject to specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee.

All audit services, as well as the audit-related and non-audit services that are expected to exceed the amounts stated above, must be approved in advance of provision of the service by formal resolution of the Audit Committee. At the regularly scheduled Audit Committee meetings, the Committee reviews a report summarizing the services, including fees, provided by the Auditor.

(e)(2) Services approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X:

Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees:

There were no amounts that were approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the de minimis exception under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) According to the registrant’s principal accountant for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014, the percentage of hours spent on the audit of the registrant's financial statements for the most recent fiscal year that were attributed to work performed by persons who were not full-time, permanent employees of principal accountant was less than 50%.

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s principal accountant for non-audit services rendered to the registrant and rendered to the registrant's control affiliates for the fiscal years ended May 31, 2014 and 2013 amounted to the following:

Trust    May 31, 2014    May 31, 2013 

John Hancock Sovereign Bond Fund  $  6,108,879  $  2,841,066 

 

(h) The audit committee of the registrant has considered the non-audit services provided by the registrant’s principal accountant to the control affiliates and has determined that the services that were not pre-approved are compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

The registrant has a separately-designated standing audit committee comprised of independent trustees. The members of the audit committee are as follows:

Peter S. Burgess - Chairman
Charles L. Bardelis
Theron S. Hoffman



ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

(a) Not applicable.
(b) Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

Not applicable.

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

The registrant has adopted procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant's Board of Trustees. A copy of the procedures is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR. See attached “John Hancock Funds – Nominating, Governance and Administration Committee Charter”.

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) Based upon their evaluation of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this Form N-CSR, the registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that those disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that the material information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms.

(b) There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal half-year (the registrant's second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.

(a)(1) Code of Ethics for Covered Officers is attached.

(a)(2) Separate certifications for the registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached.

(b)(1) Separate certifications for the registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached. The certifications furnished pursuant to this paragraph are not deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certifications are not deemed to be incorporated by reference into



any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent that the Registrant specifically incorporates them by reference.

(c)(1) Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders is attached. See attached “John Hancock Funds – Nominating, Governance and Administration Committee Charter”.

(c)(2) Contact person at the registrant.



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.

John Hancock Sovereign Bond Fund 
 
 
By:  /s/ Andrew Arnott 
  Andrew Arnott 
  President 
 
 
Date:  July 11, 2014 

 

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

By:  /s/ Andrew Arnott 
Andrew Arnott 
  President 
 
 
Date:  July 11, 2014 
 
 
 
By:  /s/ Charles A. Rizzo 
Charles A. Rizzo 
  Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
Date:  July 11, 2014