0001193125-17-237949.txt : 20170727 0001193125-17-237949.hdr.sgml : 20170727 20170727121006 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-17-237949 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CSRS PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 7 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170531 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170727 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170727 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20170727 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Natixis Funds Trust II CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000052136 IRS NUMBER: 041990692 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CSRS SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-00242 FILM NUMBER: 17985236 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 399 BOYLSTON STREET STREET 2: 12TH FLOOR CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02116 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-283-1155 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 399 BOYLSTON STREET STREET 2: 12TH FLOOR CITY: BOSTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02116 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: IXIS Advisor Funds Trust II DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050502 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CDC NVEST FUNDS TRUST II DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010503 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NVEST FUNDS TRUST II DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000202 0000052136 S000034097 Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund C000105118 Class A LSFAX C000105119 Class C LSFCX C000105120 Class Y LSFYX C000188118 Class N LSFNX 0000052136 S000036453 Loomis Sayles Dividend Income Fund C000111612 Class A LSCAX C000111613 Class C LSCCX C000111614 Class Y LSCYX C000181966 Class N LDINX 0000052136 S000037523 Vaughan Nelson Select Fund C000115831 Class A VNSAX C000115832 Class C VNSCX C000115833 Class Y VNSYX C000188120 Class N VNSNX 0000052136 S000053353 Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund C000167848 Class A LSAGX C000167849 Class C LSCGX C000167850 Class Y LSGGX C000188122 Class N LSNGX N-CSRS 1 d419566dncsrs.htm NATIXIS FUNDS TRUST II Natixis Funds Trust II
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-00242

 

 

Natixis Funds Trust II

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

399 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Russell L. Kane, Esq.

NGAM Distribution, L.P.

399 Boylston Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 449-2822

Date of fiscal year end: November 30

Date of reporting period: May 31, 2017

 

 

 


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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

The Registrant’s semi-annual report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 is as follows:


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SEMIANNUAL REPORT

May 31, 2017

LOGO

 

Loomis Sayles Dividend Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund

Vaughan Nelson Select Fund

 

 

LOGO

 

 

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Portfolio Review page 1

Portfolio of Investments page 17

Financial Statements page  27

Notes to Financial Statements page 45

Shareholder Supplementenclosed

 


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LOOMIS SAYLES DIVIDEND INCOME FUND

 

Manager:   Symbols:
Arthur J. Barry, CFA®   Class A    LSCAX

Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.

  Class C    LSCCX
  Class N    LDINX
  Class Y    LSCYX

 

 

Investment Goal

The Fund’s investment goal is high total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation.

 

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — May 31, 20174,5

 

           
                             Expense Ratios6  
     6 Months     1 Year     5 Years     Life of Class     Gross     Net  
     
Class Y (Inception 3/30/2012)           Class A/C/Y       Class N        
NAV     7.13     13.74     13.16     11.50         1.26     0.85
     
Class A (Inception 3/30/2012)                
NAV     7.10       13.47       12.90       11.25             1.51       1.10  
With 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge     0.97       6.90       11.56       9.98              
     
Class C (Inception 3/30/2012)                
NAV     6.62       12.57       12.06       10.40             2.26       1.85  
With CDSC1     5.62       11.57       12.06       10.40              
     
Class N (Inception 3/31/2017)                
NAV                             -0.18       1.18       0.80  
   
Comparative Performance                
S&P 500® Index2     10.81       17.47       15.42       13.38       2.45        
Russell 1000® Value Index3     5.55       14.66       14.67       12.63       -0.29                  

Performance data shown represents past performance and is no guarantee of, and not necessarily indicative of, future results. Total return and value will vary, and you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. For most recent month-end performance, visit ngam.natixis.com/performance. Performance for other share classes will be greater or less than shown based on differences in fees and sales charges. You may not invest directly in an index. Performance for periods less than one year is cumulative, not annualized. Returns reflect changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, if any. The table(s) do not reflect taxes shareholders might owe on any fund distributions or when they redeem their shares.

 

1 Performance for Class C shares assumes a 1% contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) applied when you sell shares within one year of purchase.

 

2

S&P 500® Index is a widely recognized measure of U.S. stock market performance. It is an unmanaged index of 500 common stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation, among other factors. It also measures the performance of the large cap segment of the U.S. equities market.

 

3

Russell 1000® Value Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the large-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower expected growth values.

 

4 Fund performance has been increased by fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, without which performance would have been lower.

 

5 The Fund revised its investment strategy on October 15, 2014 and July 18, 2016; performance may have been different had the current investment strategy been in place for all periods shown.

 

6 Expense ratios are as shown in the Fund’s prospectus in effect as of the date of this report. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report under Ratios to Average Net Assets. Net expenses reflect contractual expense caps set to expire on 3/31/18. When a Fund’s expenses are below the cap, gross and net expense ratios will be the same. See Note 6 of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information about the Fund’s expense caps.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES GLOBAL GROWTH FUND

 

Manager:   Symbols:
Aziz V. Hamzaogullari, CFA®   Class A    LSAGX
Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.   Class C    LSCGX
  Class N    LSNGX
  Class Y    LSGGX

 

 

Investment Goal

The Fund’s investment goal is long-term growth of capital.

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — May 31, 20173

 

           
                              Expense Ratios4  
     6 Months     1 Year     Life of Class     Gross     Net  
     
Class Y (Inception 3/31/2016)         Class A/C/Y       Class N        
NAV     18.53     21.28     21.11         2.55     1.05
     
Class A (Inception 3/31/2016)              
NAV     18.29       20.93       20.70             2.74       1.30  
With 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge     11.51       13.96       14.73              
     
Class C (Inception 3/31/2016)              
NAV     17.87       19.94       19.75             3.18       2.05  
With CDSC1     16.87       18.94       19.75              
     
Class N (Inception 3/31/2017)              
NAV                       8.35       2.51       1.00  
   
Comparative Performance              
MSCI ACWI (Net)2     13.37       17.53       16.43       3.80                  

Performance data shown represents past performance and is no guarantee of, and not necessarily indicative of, future results. Total return and value will vary, and you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. For most recent month-end performance, visit ngam.natixis.com/performance. Performance for other share classes will be greater or less than shown based on differences in fees and sales charges. You may not invest directly in an index. Performance for periods less than one year is cumulative, not annualized. Returns reflect changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, if any. The table(s) do not reflect taxes shareholders might owe on any fund distributions or when they redeem their shares.

 

1 Performance for Class C shares assumes a 1% contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) applied when you sell shares within one year of purchase.

 

2 The MSCI ACWI (Net) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed and emerging markets.

 

3 Fund performance has been increased by fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, without which performance would have been lower.

 

4 Expense ratios are as shown in the Fund’s prospectus in effect as of the date of this report. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report under Ratios to Average Net Assets. Net expenses reflect contractual expense caps set to expire on 3/31/18. When a Fund’s expenses are below the cap, gross and net expense ratios will be the same. See Note 6 of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information about the Fund’s expense caps.

 

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VAUGHAN NELSON SELECT FUND

 

Managers:   Symbols:
Dennis G. Alff, CFA®   Class A    VNSAX
Chad D. Fargason, PhD   Class C    VNSCX
Chris D. Wallis, CFA®   Class N    VNSNX
Scott J. Weber, CFA®   Class Y    VNSYX
Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, L.P.

 

 

Investment Goal

The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — May 31, 20173

 

         
                       Expense Ratios4  
     6 Months     1 Year    

Life of Class

    Gross     Net  
     
Class Y (Inception 6/29/2012)         Class A/C/Y       Class N        
NAV     10.76 %5      17.52     15.77         1.12     1.05
     
Class A (Inception 6/29/2012)              
NAV     10.70 5      17.26       15.48             1.37       1.30  
With 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge     4.32       10.48       14.09              
     
Class C (Inception 6/29/2012)                
NAV     10.27 5      16.38       14.63             2.12       2.05  
With CDSC1     9.27       15.38       14.63              
     
Class N (Inception 3/31/2017)              
NAV                       3.38 5      1.06       1.00  
   
Comparative Performance              
S&P 500® Index2     10.81       17.47       14.76       2.45                  

Performance data shown represents past performance and is no guarantee of, and not necessarily indicative of, future results. Total return and value will vary, and you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. For most recent month-end performance, visit ngam.natixis.com/performance. Performance for other share classes will be greater or less than shown based on differences in fees and sales charges. You may not invest directly in an index. Performance for periods less than one year is cumulative, not annualized. Returns reflect changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, if any. The table(s) do not reflect taxes shareholders might owe on any fund distributions or when they redeem their shares.

 

1 Performance for Class C shares assumes a 1% contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) applied when you sell shares within one year of purchase.

 

2

S&P 500® Index is a widely recognized U.S. stock market performance. It is an unmanaged index of 500 common stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation, among other factors. It also measures the performance of the large cap segment of the U.S. equities market.

 

3 Fund performance has been increased by fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, without which performance would have been lower.

 

4 Expense ratios are as shown in the Fund’s prospectus in effect as of the date of this report. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report under Ratios to Average Net Assets. Net expenses reflect contractual expense caps set to expire on 3/31/18. When a Fund’s expenses are below the cap, gross and net expense ratios will be the same. See Note 6 of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information about the Fund’s expense caps.

 

5 Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund for financial reporting purposes only, and as such, the total returns reflected above are different from the total returns reported in the financial highlights. The returns presented in the table above are what an investor would have actually experienced.

 

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

All investing involves risk, including the risk of loss. There is no assurance that any investment will meet its performance objectives or that losses will be avoided.

ADDITIONAL INDEX INFORMATION

This document may contain references to third party copyrights, indexes, and trademarks, each of which is the property of its respective owner. Such owner is not affiliated with Natixis Global Asset Management or any of its related or affiliated companies (collectively “NGAM”) and does not sponsor, endorse or participate in the provision of any NGAM services, funds or other financial products.

The index information contained herein is derived from third parties and is provided on an “as is” basis. The user of this information assumes the entire risk of use of this information. Each of the third party entities involved in compiling, computing or creating index information, disclaims all warranties (including, without limitation, any warranties of originality, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, non-infringement, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose) with respect to such information.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

A description of the Natixis Funds’ proxy voting policies and procedures is available without charge, upon request, by calling Natixis Funds at 800-225-5478; on Natixis Funds’ website at ngam.natixis.com; and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) website at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how Natixis Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available from Natixis Funds’ website and the SEC’s website.

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO SCHEDULES

Natixis Funds file a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 800-SEC-0330.

 

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UNDERSTANDING FUND EXPENSES

As a mutual fund shareholder, you incur different costs: transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchases and contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions and ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service fees (12b-1 fees), and other fund expenses. Certain exemptions may apply. These costs are described in more detail in the Funds’ prospectus. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and help you compare these with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The first line in the table of each class of Fund shares shows the actual account values and actual Fund expenses you would have paid on a $1,000 investment in the Fund from December 1, 2016 through May 31, 2017. To estimate the expenses you paid over the period, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.60) and multiply the result by the number in the Expenses Paid During Period column as shown below for your class.

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

Please note that the expenses shown reflect ongoing costs only, and do not include any transaction costs, such as sales charges. Therefore, the second line in the table of each Fund is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative costs of owning different funds. If transaction costs were included, total costs would be higher.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES DIVIDEND INCOME FUND   BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
12/1/2016
    ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
5/31/2017
    EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
12/1/2016 – 5/31/2017
 
Class A        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,071.00       $5.68 1 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,019.45       $5.54
Class C        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,066.20       $9.53 1 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,015.71       $9.30
Class N        
Actual     $1,000.00       $998.20       $1.34 2 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,020.94       $4.03
Class Y        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,071.30       $4.39 1 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,020.69       $4.28

 

* Hypothetical expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement): 1.10%, 1.85%, 0.80% and 0.85% for Class A, C, N and Y, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

1

Actual expenses for Class A, C and Y are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement): 1.10%, 1.85% and 0.85%, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

2

Class N commenced operations on March 31, 2017. Actual expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement) of 0.80%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal period (61), divided by 365 (to reflect the partial period).

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES GLOBAL GROWTH FUND   BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
12/1/2016
    ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
5/31/2017
    EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
12/1/2016 – 5/31/2017
 
Class A        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,182.90       $7.07 1 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,018.45       $6.54
Class C        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,178.70       $11.14 1 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,014.71       $10.30
Class N        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,083.50       $1.74 2 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,019.95       $5.04
Class Y        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,185.30       $5.72 1 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,019.70       $5.29

 

* Hypothetical expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement): 1.30%, 2.05%, 1.00% and 1.05% for Class A, C, N and Y, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

1 

Actual expenses for Class A, C and Y are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement): 1.30%, 2.05% and 1.05%, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

2 

Class N commenced operations on March 31, 2017. Actual expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement) of 1.00%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal period (61), divided by 365 (to reflect the partial period).

 

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VAUGHAN NELSON SELECT FUND   BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
12/1/2016
    ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
5/31/2017
    EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
12/1/2016 – 5/31/2017
 
Class A        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,111.00       $6.84 1 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,018.45       $6.54
Class C        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,106.10       $10.76 1 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,014.71       $10.30
Class N        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,037.50       $1.70 2 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,019.95       $5.04
Class Y        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,111.50       $5.53 1 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,019.70       $5.29

 

* Hypothetical expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement): 1.30%, 2.05%, 1.00% and 1.05% for Class A, C, N and Y, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

1 

Actual expenses for Class A, C and Y are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement): 1.30%, 2.05% and 1.05%, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

2 

Class N commenced operations on March 31, 2017. Actual expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement) of 1.00%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal period (61), divided by 365 (to reflect the partial period).

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE EXISTING ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENTS

The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”), including the Independent Trustees, considers matters bearing on each Fund’s advisory agreement and, with respect to Vaughan Nelson Select Fund, sub-advisory agreement (collectively, the “Agreements”) at most of its meetings throughout the year. Each year, usually in the spring, the Contract Review Committee of the Board meets to review the Agreements to determine whether to recommend that the full Board approve the continuation of the Agreements, typically for an additional one-year period. After the Contract Review Committee has made its recommendation, the full Board, including the Independent Trustees, determines whether to approve the continuation of the Agreements.

In connection with these meetings, the Trustees receive materials that the Funds’ investment advisers and sub-adviser, as applicable (collectively, the “Advisers”), believe to be reasonably necessary for the Trustees to evaluate the Agreements. These materials generally include, among other items, (i) information on the investment performance of the Funds and the performance of peer groups of funds and the Funds’ performance benchmarks, (ii) information on the Funds’ advisory and sub-advisory fees, if any, and other expenses, including information comparing the Funds’ expenses to the fees charged to institutional accounts with similar strategies managed by the Advisers, if any, and to those of peer groups of funds and information about any applicable expense caps and/or fee “breakpoints,” (iii) sales and redemption data in respect of the Funds, (iv) information about the profitability of the Agreements to the Advisers and (v) information obtained through the completion by the Advisers of a questionnaire distributed on behalf of the Trustees. The Board, including the Independent Trustees, also considers other matters such as (i) each Adviser’s financial results and financial condition, (ii) each Fund’s investment objective and strategies and the size, education and experience of the Advisers’ respective investment staffs and their use of technology, external research and trading cost measurement tools, (iii) arrangements in respect of the distribution of the Funds’ shares and the related costs, (iv) the allocation of the Funds’ brokerage, if any, including, if applicable, allocations to brokers affiliated with the Advisers and the use of “soft” commission dollars to pay Fund expenses and to pay for research and other similar services, (v) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the Funds’ investment policies and restrictions, policies on personal securities transactions and other compliance policies, (vi) each Adviser’s policies and procedures relating to, among other things, compliance, trading and best execution, proxy voting, and valuation, (vii) information about amounts invested by the Funds’ portfolio managers in the Funds or in similar accounts that they manage and (viii) the general economic outlook with particular emphasis on the mutual fund industry. Throughout the process, the Trustees are afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and request additional materials from the Advisers.

In addition to the materials requested by the Trustees in connection with their annual consideration of the continuation of the Agreements, the Trustees receive materials in advance of each regular quarterly meeting of the Board that provide detailed information about the Funds’ investment performance and the fees charged to the Funds for advisory and other services. This information generally includes, among other things, an internal

 

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performance rating for each Fund based on agreed-upon criteria, graphs showing each Fund’s performance and fee differentials against each Fund’s peer group/category, performance ratings provided by a third-party, total return information for various periods, and third-party performance rankings for various periods comparing a Fund against similarly categorized funds. The portfolio management team for each Fund or other representatives of the Advisers make periodic presentations to the Contract Review Committee and/or the full Board, and Funds identified as presenting possible performance concerns may be subject to more frequent board presentations and reviews. In addition, each quarter the Trustees are provided with detailed statistical information about each Fund’s portfolio. The Trustees also receive periodic updates between meetings.

The Board most recently approved the continuation of the Agreements at its meeting held in June 2017. The Agreements were continued for a one-year period for the Funds. In considering whether to approve the continuation of the Agreements, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, did not identify any single factor as determinative. Individual Trustees may have evaluated the information presented differently from one another, giving different weights to various factors. Matters considered by the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, in connection with their approval of the Agreements included, but were not limited to, the factors listed below.

The nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Funds under the Agreements. The Trustees considered the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Advisers and their affiliates to the Funds and the resources dedicated to the Funds by the Advisers and their affiliates.

The Trustees considered not only the advisory services provided by the Advisers to the Funds, but also the monitoring and oversight services provided by NGAM Advisors, L.P. (“NGAM Advisors”). They also considered the administrative services provided by NGAM Advisors and its affiliates to the Funds.

For each Fund, the Trustees also considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a mutual fund that is part of a family of funds that offers shareholders the right to exchange shares of one type of fund for shares of another type of fund, and provides a variety of fund and shareholder services.

After reviewing these and related factors, the Trustees concluded, within the context of their overall conclusions regarding each of the Agreements, that the nature, extent and quality of services provided supported the renewal of the Agreements.

Investment performance of the Funds and the Advisers. As noted above, the Trustees received information about the performance of the Funds over various time periods, including information that compared the performance of the Funds to the performance of peer groups and categories of funds and the Funds’ respective performance benchmarks. In addition, the Trustees also reviewed data prepared by an independent third party that analyzed the performance of the Funds using a variety of performance metrics, including metrics that also measured the performance of the Funds on a risk adjusted basis.

The Board noted that, through December 31, 2016, each Fund’s one- and three-year performance, as applicable, stated as percentile rankings within categories selected by the

 

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independent third-party data provider was as follows (where the best performance would be in the first percentile of its category):

 

    

One-Year

   

Three-Year

 

Loomis Sayles Dividend Income Fund

     12     20

Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund

     N/A       N/A  

Vaughan Nelson Select Fund

     20     36

With respect to Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund, which commenced operations on March 31, 2016 and thus had not yet been in operation for a full year as of December 31, 2016, one- and three-year performance was not available.

The Trustees also considered each Adviser’s performance and reputation generally, the performance of the fund family generally, and the historical responsiveness of the Advisers to Trustee concerns about performance and the willingness of the Advisers to take steps intended to improve performance.

After reviewing these and related factors, the Trustees concluded, within the context of their overall conclusions regarding each of the Agreements, that the performance of the Funds and the Advisers and/or other relevant factors supported the renewal of the Agreements.

The costs of the services to be provided and profits to be realized by the Advisers and their affiliates from their respective relationships with the Funds. The Trustees considered the fees charged to the Funds for advisory and sub-advisory services, as applicable, as well as the total expense levels of the Funds. This information included comparisons (provided both by management and also by an independent third party) of the Funds’ advisory fees and total expense levels to those of their peer groups and information about the advisory fees charged by the Advisers to comparable accounts (such as institutional separate accounts), as well as information about differences in such fees and the reasons for any such differences. In considering the fees charged to comparable accounts, the Trustees considered, among other things, management’s representations about the differences between managing mutual funds as compared to other types of accounts, including the additional resources required to effectively manage mutual fund assets and the greater regulatory costs associated with the management of such assets. In evaluating each Fund’s advisory and sub-advisory fees, as applicable, the Trustees also took into account the demands, complexity and quality of the investment management of such Fund and the need for the Advisers to offer competitive compensation and the potential need to expend additional resources to the extent the Fund grows in size. The Trustees considered that over the past several years, management had made recommendations regarding reductions in advisory fee rates, implementation of advisory fee breakpoints and the institution of advisory fee waivers and expense caps for various funds in the fund family. They noted that the Funds in this report have expense caps in place, and they considered the amounts waived or reimbursed by the Advisers for the Funds, each of which had current expenses above the cap. The Trustees further noted that management had proposed to reduce the expense cap of the Vaughan Nelson Select Fund. The Trustees noted that Vaughan Nelson Select Fund had an advisory fee rate that was above the median of a peer group of funds. In this regard, the Trustees considered the factors that management believed justified such relatively higher advisory fee rate, including: (1) that management believes the fee rate is reasonable because the Fund has a

 

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more complex and flexible investment strategy than its peers; and (2) that management had proposed to reduce the expense cap of the Fund.

The Trustees also considered the compensation directly or indirectly received by the Advisers and their affiliates from their relationships with the Funds. The Trustees reviewed information provided by management as to the profitability of the Advisers’ and their affiliates’ relationships with the Funds, and information about the allocation of expenses used to calculate profitability. They also reviewed information provided by management about the effect of distribution costs and changes in asset levels on Adviser profitability, including information regarding resources spent on distribution activities. When reviewing profitability, the Trustees also considered information about court cases in which adviser compensation or profitability were issues, the performance of the relevant Funds, the expense levels of the Funds, and whether the Advisers had implemented breakpoints and/or expense caps with respect to such Funds.

After reviewing these and related factors, the Trustees concluded, within the context of their overall conclusions regarding each of the Agreements, that the advisory fees charged to each of the Funds were fair and reasonable, and that the costs of these services generally and the related profitability of the Advisers and their affiliates in respect of their relationships with the Funds supported the renewal of the Agreements.

Economies of Scale. The Trustees considered the existence of any economies of scale in the provision of services by the Advisers and whether those economies are shared with the Funds through breakpoints in their investment advisory fees or other means, such as expense waivers or caps. The Trustees also discussed with management the factors considered with respect to the implementation of breakpoints in investment advisory fees or expense waivers or caps for certain funds. Management explained that a number of factors are taken into account in considering the possible implementation of breakpoints or an expense cap for a fund, including, among other things, factors such as a fund’s assets, the projected growth of a fund, projected profitability and a fund’s fees and performance. With respect to economies of scale, the Trustees noted that although the Funds’ management fees were not subject to breakpoints, each Fund was subject to an expense cap or waiver. The Trustees also considered management’s proposal to reduce the expense cap for Vaughan Nelson Select Fund. In considering these issues, the Trustees also took note of the costs of the services provided (both on an absolute and on a relative basis) and the profitability to the Advisers and their affiliates of their relationships with the Funds, as discussed above.

After reviewing these and related factors, the Trustees concluded, within the context of their overall conclusions regarding each of the Agreements, that the extent to which economies of scale were shared with the Funds supported the renewal of the Agreements.

The Trustees also considered other factors, which included but were not limited to the following:

 

·  

The effect of recent market and economic events on the performance, asset levels and expense ratios of each Fund.

 

·  

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programs of the Funds and the Advisers. They also considered the compliance-related resources the Advisers and their affiliates were providing to the Funds.

 

·  

The nature, quality, cost and extent of administrative and shareholder services performed by the Advisers and their affiliates, both under the Agreements and under separate agreements covering administrative services.

 

·  

So-called “fallout benefits” to the Advisers, such as the engagement of affiliates of the Advisers to provide distribution, administrative and brokerage services to the Funds, and the benefits of research made available to the Advisers by reason of brokerage commissions (if any) generated by the Funds’ securities transactions. The Trustees also considered the benefits to the parent company of NGAM Advisors from the retention of the Adviser. The Trustees considered the possible conflicts of interest associated with these fallout and other benefits, and the reporting, disclosure and other processes in place to disclose and monitor such possible conflicts of interest.

 

·  

The Trustees’ review and discussion of the Funds’ advisory arrangements in prior years, and management’s record of responding to Trustee concerns raised during the year and in prior years.

Based on their evaluation of all factors that they deemed to be material, including those factors described above, and assisted by the advice of independent counsel, the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that each of the existing Agreements, with the reduction of the expense cap for the Vaughan Nelson Select Fund described above, should be continued through June 30, 2018.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Dividend Income Fund

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
  Common Stocks — 96.6% of Net Assets  
   Aerospace & Defense — 2.1%   
  7,731      United Technologies Corp.    $ 937,616  
     

 

 

 
   Automobiles — 2.1%   
  15,373      General Motors Co.      521,606  
  7,386      Harley-Davidson, Inc.      391,532  
     

 

 

 
        913,138  
     

 

 

 
   Banks — 8.0%   
  23,968      BB&T Corp.      998,267  
  13,679      JPMorgan Chase & Co.(b)      1,123,730  
  28,034      Wells Fargo & Co.      1,433,659  
     

 

 

 
        3,555,656  
     

 

 

 
   Beverages — 1.7%   
  6,311      PepsiCo, Inc.      737,566  
     

 

 

 
   Biotechnology — 2.7%   
  18,344      AbbVie, Inc.      1,211,071  
     

 

 

 
   Building Products — 2.2%   
  23,714      Johnson Controls International PLC      990,297  
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 2.5%   
  17,753      Dow Chemical Co. (The)      1,099,976  
     

 

 

 
   Communications Equipment — 2.7%   
  38,270      Cisco Systems, Inc.      1,206,653  
     

 

 

 
   Containers & Packaging — 1.7%   
  14,220      International Paper Co.      751,954  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.2%   
  21,215      Verizon Communications, Inc.(b)      989,468  
     

 

 

 
   Electric Utilities — 5.4%   
  16,077      PG&E Corp.      1,099,345  
  32,481      PPL Corp.      1,296,317  
     

 

 

 
        2,395,662  
     

 

 

 
   Electrical Equipment — 2.0%   
  11,524      Eaton Corp. PLC(b)      891,727  
     

 

 

 
   Food Products — 1.3%   
  4,871      Hershey Co. (The)      561,480  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.5%   
  24,395      Abbott Laboratories      1,113,876  
     

 

 

 
   Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers — 2.3%   
  29,903      NextEra Energy Partners LP      1,032,850  
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Conglomerates — 2.1%   
  33,482      General Electric Co.(b)      916,737  
     

 

 

 
   Insurance — 5.3%   
  14,932      FNF Group      636,252  
  23,887      MetLife, Inc.      1,208,443  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Dividend Income Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
   Insurance — continued   
  25,606      Old Republic International Corp.    $ 506,487  
     

 

 

 
        2,351,182  
     

 

 

 
   Leisure Products — 1.0%   
  19,975      Mattel, Inc.      457,627  
     

 

 

 
   Media — 1.0%   
  5,357      Omnicom Group, Inc.      448,488  
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.7%   
  11,916      Chevron Corp.(b)      1,233,068  
  18,490      Energy Transfer Partners LP      402,342  
  20,883      MPLX LP      690,183  
  19,988      Royal Dutch Shell PLC, B Shares, Sponsored ADR      1,123,526  
     

 

 

 
        3,449,119  
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 7.8%   
  30,003      GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Sponsored ADR      1,327,033  
  11,586      Merck & Co., Inc.      754,364  
  43,157      Pfizer, Inc.(b)      1,409,076  
     

 

 

 
        3,490,473  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Diversified — 4.1%   
  36,899      Outfront Media, Inc.      843,142  
  17,379      Uniti Group, Inc.      434,649  
  17,063      Weyerhaeuser Co.      562,396  
     

 

 

 
        1,840,187  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Hotels — 4.1%   
  35,847      Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.      922,702  
  14,126      Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.      909,855  
     

 

 

 
        1,832,557  
     

 

 

 
   Road & Rail — 1.8%   
  6,343      Norfolk Southern Corp.      786,722  
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.7%   
  21,157      QUALCOMM, Inc.      1,211,661  
     

 

 

 
   Software — 2.7%   
  17,486      Microsoft Corp.      1,221,222  
     

 

 

 
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 3.3%   
  6,425      Apple, Inc.      981,483  
  17,913      Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.      473,799  
     

 

 

 
        1,455,282  
     

 

 

 
   Tobacco — 7.1%   
  9,710      Altria Group, Inc.      732,522  
  14,341      British American Tobacco PLC, Sponsored ADR      1,034,273  
  11,578      Philip Morris International, Inc.(b)      1,387,045  
     

 

 

 
        3,153,840  
     

 

 

 
   Transportation Infrastructure — 2.0%   
  11,461      Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.      892,812  
     

 

 

 

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Dividend Income Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
   Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.5%   
  37,100      Vodafone Group PLC, Sponsored ADR    $ 1,122,646  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $39,081,625)
     43,019,545  
     

 

 

 
     
  Preferred Stocks — 2.8%  
   Integrated Energy — 1.1%   
  8,945      Hess Corp., 8.000%      501,725  
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.7%   
  919      Allergan PLC, Series A, 5.500%      735,908  
     

 

 

 
   Total Preferred Stocks
(Identified Cost $1,347,388)
     1,237,633  
     

 

 

 
     
Principal
Amount
               
  Bonds and Notes — 0.1%  
   Transportation Services — 0.1%   
$ 75,000      APL Ltd., 8.000%, 1/15/2024(c)(d)      57,375  
     

 

 

 
   Total Bonds and Notes
(Identified Cost $72,155)
     57,375  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Investments — 99.5%
(Identified Cost $40,501,168)(a)
     44,314,553  
   Other assets less liabilities — 0.5%      217,395  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 44,531,948  
     

 

 

 
     
  (†)      See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.   
  (a)      Federal Tax Information (Amounts exclude certain adjustments that will be made at the end of the Fund’s fiscal year for tax purposes. Such adjustments are primarily due to wash sales. Amortization of premium on debt securities is excluded for tax purposes.):  
   At May 31, 2017, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $40,501,168 for federal income tax purposes was as follows:  
   Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of value over tax cost    $ 4,527,438  
   Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of tax cost over value      (714,053
     

 

 

 
   Net unrealized appreciation    $ 3,813,385  
     

 

 

 
     
  (b)      Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged as collateral for potential derivative contracts.  
  (c)      Illiquid security.   
  (d)      Securities classified as fair valued pursuant to the Fund’s pricing policies and procedures. At May 31, 2017, the value of this security amounted to $57,375 or 0.1% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.  

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Dividend Income Fund – (continued)

 

     
  ADR      An American Depositary Receipt is a certificate issued by a custodian bank representing the right to receive securities of the foreign issuer described. The values of ADRs may be significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States.  
  REITs      Real Estate Investment Trusts   

Industry Summary at May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

Pharmaceuticals

     9.5

Banks

     8.0  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     7.7  

Tobacco

     7.1  

Electric Utilities

     5.4  

Insurance

     5.3  

REITs - Diversified

     4.1  

REITs - Hotels

     4.1  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     3.3  

Software

     2.7  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     2.7  

Biotechnology

     2.7  

Communications Equipment

     2.7  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     2.5  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     2.5  

Chemicals

     2.5  

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     2.3  

Building Products

     2.2  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     2.2  

Aerospace & Defense

     2.1  

Industrial Conglomerates

     2.1  

Automobiles

     2.1  

Transportation Infrastructure

     2.0  

Electrical Equipment

     2.0  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     9.7  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     99.5  

Other assets less liabilities

     0.5  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
  Common Stocks — 98.2% of Net Assets  
   Argentina — 4.2%   
  2,278      MercadoLibre, Inc.    $ 626,700  
     

 

 

 
   Brazil — 1.5%   
  31,876      Companhia Brasileira de Meios de Pagamento      224,692  
     

 

 

 
   China — 9.8%   
  7,257      Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Sponsored ADR(b)      888,692  
  3,104      Baidu, Inc., Sponsored ADR(b)      577,655  
     

 

 

 
        1,466,347  
     

 

 

 
   Denmark — 3.8%   
  13,319      Novo Nordisk AS, Class B      565,452  
     

 

 

 
   France — 6.0%   
  6,663      Danone      495,255  
  2,918      Sodexo S.A.      398,249  
     

 

 

 
        893,504  
     

 

 

 
   Germany — 2.5%   
  1,948      Adidas AG      373,446  
     

 

 

 
   Italy — 1.4%   
  47,900      Prada SpA(b)      201,733  
     

 

 

 
   Sweden — 1.4%   
  21,170      Elekta AB, Class B      212,171  
     

 

 

 
   Switzerland — 7.9%   
  3,845      Nestle S.A., (Registered)      328,292  
  4,644      Novartis AG, (Registered)      380,043  
  1,722      Roche Holding AG      472,773  
     

 

 

 
        1,181,108  
     

 

 

 
   United Kingdom — 6.2%   
  7,873      Diageo PLC      236,652  
  18,788      Experian PLC(b)      392,762  
  5,098      Unilever NV      290,405  
     

 

 

 
        919,819  
     

 

 

 
   United States — 53.5%   
  599      Alphabet, Inc., Class A(b)      591,267  
  680      Amazon.com, Inc.(b)      676,342  
  4,036      American Express Co.      310,530  
  7,983      Coca-Cola Co. (The)      362,987  
  4,337      Colgate-Palmolive Co.      331,173  
  952      Core Laboratories NV      97,332  
  4,678      Deere & Co.      572,868  
  4,081      Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.      217,844  
  3,829      Facebook, Inc., Class A(b)      579,940  
  5,368      Microsoft Corp.      374,901  
  14,625      Oracle Corp.      663,829  
  4,562      Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      401,867  
  7,044      QUALCOMM, Inc.      403,410  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
   United States — continued   
  5,217      Schlumberger Ltd.    $ 363,051  
  5,299      SEI Investments Co.      265,427  
  5,757      Shire PLC      331,559  
  5,812      Visa, Inc., Class A      553,477  
  15,816      Yum China Holdings, Inc.(b)      607,492  
  3,996      Yum! Brands, Inc.      290,269  
     

 

 

 
        7,995,565  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $12,613,580)
     14,660,537  
     

 

 

 
     
Principal
Amount
               
  Short-Term Investments — 1.7%  
$ 250,590      Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 5/31/2017 at 0.220% to be repurchased at $250,592 on 6/01/2017 collateralized by $255,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.250% due 11/15/2024 valued at $258,223 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements) (Identified Cost $250,590)      250,590  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Investments — 99.9%
(Identified Cost $12,864,170)(a)
     14,911,127  
   Other assets less liabilities — 0.1%      21,080  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 14,932,207  
     

 

 

 
     
  (†)      See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.   
  (a)      Federal Tax Information (Amounts exclude certain adjustments that will be made at the end of the Fund’s fiscal year for tax purposes. Such adjustments are primarily due to wash sales.):  
   At May 31, 2017, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $12,864,170 for federal income tax purposes was as follows:  
   Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of value over tax cost    $ 2,146,670  
   Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of tax cost over value      (99,713
     

 

 

 
   Net unrealized appreciation    $ 2,046,957  
     

 

 

 
     
  (b)      Non-income producing security.   
     
  ADR      An American Depositary Receipt is a certificate issued by a custodian bank representing the right to receive securities of the foreign issuer described. The values of ADRs may be significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States.  

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund – (continued)

 

Industry Summary at May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

Internet Software & Services

     21.9

Pharmaceuticals

     9.5  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     8.7  

Software

     6.9  

Food Products

     5.5  

IT Services

     5.2  

Household Products

     4.9  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     4.5  

Beverages

     4.0  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     3.9  

Machinery

     3.8  

Energy Equipment & Services

     3.1  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     2.7  

Professional Services

     2.6  

Biotechnology

     2.2  

Consumer Finance

     2.1  

Personal Products

     2.0  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     4.7  

Short-Term Investments

     1.7  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     99.9  

Other assets less liabilities

     0.1  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

Currency Exposure Summary at May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

United States Dollar

     67.0

Euro

     10.5  

Swiss Franc

     7.9  

British Pound

     6.4  

Danish Krone

     3.8  

Other, less than 2% each

     4.3  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     99.9  

Other assets less liabilities

     0.1  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

Vaughan Nelson Select Fund

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
  Common Stocks — 94.8% of Net Assets  
   Aerospace & Defense — 5.6%   
  38,625      General Dynamics Corp.(b)    $ 7,850,531  
     

 

 

 
   Auto Components — 4.9%   
  77,550      Delphi Automotive PLC(b)      6,822,073  
     

 

 

 
   Banks — 2.2%   
  60,225      Wells Fargo & Co.      3,079,907  
     

 

 

 
   Biotechnology — 3.1%   
  202,250      Grifols S.A., ADR      4,340,285  
     

 

 

 
   Capital Markets — 1.9%   
  22,675      Moody’s Corp.      2,685,854  
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 3.0%   
  12,625      Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)      4,188,596  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Financial Services — 2.4%   
  20,075      Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(c)      3,317,996  
     

 

 

 
   Energy Equipment & Services — 3.2%   
  101,050      Halliburton Co.      4,566,450  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 5.0%   
  83,325      Medtronic PLC(b)      7,022,631  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Providers & Services — 5.6%   
  44,550      UnitedHealth Group, Inc.(b)      7,804,269  
     

 

 

 
   Household Durables — 4.3%   
  114,375      Newell Brands, Inc.      6,056,156  
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Conglomerates — 4.2%   
  44,000      Honeywell International, Inc.(b)      5,851,560  
     

 

 

 
   Insurance — 2.0%   
  50,050      Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.      2,839,337  
     

 

 

 
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 4.7%   
  3,510      Priceline Group, Inc. (The)(b)(c)      6,588,586  
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services — 3.9%   
  5,685      Alphabet, Inc., Class C(c)      5,485,229  
     

 

 

 
   IT Services — 7.0%   
  78,650      Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.      5,968,748  
  30,800      MasterCard, Inc., Class A      3,784,704  
     

 

 

 
        9,753,452  
     

 

 

 
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 3.0%   
  24,325      Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.      4,203,117  
     

 

 

 
   Media — 4.5%   
  236,850      Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class B      6,371,265  
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.8%   
  149,575      Enterprise Products Partners LP      4,010,106  
  687,200      Kosmos Energy Ltd.(c)      4,123,200  
     

 

 

 
        8,133,306  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

Vaughan Nelson Select Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
   Personal Products — 3.3%   
  48,525      Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A    $ 4,568,143  
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 4.1%   
  11,700      Broadcom Ltd.(b)      2,801,916  
  35,200      Texas Instruments, Inc.(b)      2,903,648  
     

 

 

 
        5,705,564  
     

 

 

 
   Software — 4.7%   
  94,325      Microsoft Corp.(b)      6,587,658  
     

 

 

 
   Specialty Retail — 3.9%   
  35,425      Home Depot, Inc. (The)      5,438,092  
     

 

 

 
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 2.5%   
  22,800      Apple, Inc.(b)      3,482,928  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $110,981,980)
     132,742,985  
     

 

 

 
     
  Closed-End Investment Companies — 1.9%  
  164,925      Ares Capital Corp.
(Identified Cost $2,841,716)
     2,746,001  
     

 

 

 
     
Principal
Amount
               
  Short-Term Investments — 3.8%  
$ 5,298,735      Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 5/31/2017 at 0.220% to be repurchased at $5,298,767 on 6/01/2017 collateralized by $3,600,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.375% due 1/15/2025 valued at $5,406,617 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements) (Identified Cost $5,298,735)      5,298,735  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Investments — 100.5%
(Identified Cost $119,122,431)(a)
     140,787,721  
   Other assets less liabilities — (0.5)%      (752,904
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 140,034,817  
     

 

 

 
     
Shares                
  Written Options — (0.4)%  
   Options on Securities — (0.4)%   
  12,900      Apple, Inc., Call expiring January 19, 2018 at 170      (55,470
  8,800      Broadcom Ltd., Call expiring January 19, 2018 at 300      (36,080
  27,000      Delphi Automotive PLC, Call expiring January 19, 2018 at 100      (68,175
  17,600      General Dynamics Corp., Call expiring January 19, 2018 at 220      (70,400
  17,600      Honeywell International, Inc., Call expiring January 19, 2018 at 150      (24,992
  20,400      Medtronic PLC, Call expiring January 19, 2018 at 97.5000      (8,874
  30,400      Microsoft Corp., Call expiring January 19, 2018 at 80      (26,448
  1,900      Priceline Group, Inc. (The), Call expiring January 19, 2018 at 2000      (173,850
  17,800      Texas Instruments, Inc., Call expiring January 19, 2018 at 100      (9,256
  16,600      UnitedHealth Group, Inc., Call expiring January 19, 2018 at 190      (71,795
     

 

 

 
   Total Written Options
(Premiums Received $434,751)
   $ (545,340
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

Vaughan Nelson Select Fund – (continued)

 

     
  (†)      See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.   
  (a)      Federal Tax Information (Amounts exclude certain adjustments that will be made at the end of the Fund’s fiscal year for tax purposes. Such adjustments are primarily due to wash sales.):  
   At May 31, 2017, the net unrealized appreciation on investments based on a cost of $119,122,431 for federal income tax purposes was as follows:  
   Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of value over tax cost    $ 23,997,326  
   Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of tax cost over value      (2,332,036
     

 

 

 
   Net unrealized appreciation    $ 21,665,290  
     

 

 

 
     
  (b)      Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged as collateral for open option contracts.  
  (c)      Non-income producing security.   
     
  ADR      An American Depositary Receipt is a certificate issued by a custodian bank representing the right to receive securities of the foreign issuer described. The values of ADRs may be significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States.  

Industry Summary at May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

IT Services

     7.0

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     5.8  

Aerospace & Defense

     5.6  

Health Care Providers & Services

     5.6  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     5.0  

Auto Components

     4.9  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     4.7  

Software

     4.7  

Media

     4.5  

Household Durables

     4.3  

Industrial Conglomerates

     4.2  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     4.1  

Internet Software & Services

     3.9  

Specialty Retail

     3.9  

Personal Products

     3.3  

Energy Equipment & Services

     3.2  

Biotechnology

     3.1  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     3.0  

Chemicals

     3.0  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     2.5  

Diversified Financial Services

     2.4  

Banks

     2.2  

Insurance

     2.0  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     3.8  

Short-Term Investments

     3.8  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     100.5  

Other assets less liabilities (including open written options)

     (0.5
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

 

May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

     Loomis Sayles
Dividend
Income Fund
     Loomis Sayles
Global Growth
Fund
     Vaughan Nelson
Select Fund
 

ASSETS

 

Investments at cost

   $ 40,501,168      $ 12,864,170      $ 119,122,431  

Net unrealized appreciation

     3,813,385        2,046,957        21,665,290  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investments at value

     44,314,553        14,911,127        140,787,721  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     16,998        15,000        50,944  

Receivable from investment adviser (Note 6)

            15,290         

Receivable for securities sold

     1,539,620                

Dividends and interest receivable

     181,572        20,950        227,349  

Tax reclaims receivable

     294        13,088        9,856  

Prepaid expenses (Note 8)

     136        37        378  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     46,053,173        14,975,492        141,076,248  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

Options written, at value (premiums received $0, $0 and $434,751, respectively) (Note 2)

                   545,340  

Payable for securities purchased

                   172,263  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

     27,513               148,568  

Payable to custodian bank (Note 9)

     1,384,507                

Management fees payable (Note 6)

     8,766               68,636  

Deferred Trustees’ fees (Note 6)

     46,343        9,307        44,804  

Administrative fees payable (Note 6)

     1,806        528        5,292  

Payable to distributor (Note 6d)

     243        8        499  

Other accounts payable and accrued expenses

     52,047        33,442        56,029  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     1,521,225        43,285        1,041,431  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 44,531,948      $ 14,932,207      $ 140,034,817  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

 

Paid-in capital

   $ 40,328,660      $ 12,781,382      $ 112,976,575  

Undistributed net investment income

     177,422        40,264        321,331  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments, options written and foreign currency transactions

     212,481        63,087        5,182,210  

Net unrealized appreciation on investments, options written and foreign currency translations

     3,813,385        2,047,474        21,554,701  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 44,531,948      $ 14,932,207      $ 140,034,817  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

 

May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

     Loomis Sayles
Dividend
Income Fund
     Loomis Sayles
Global Growth
Fund
    Vaughan Nelson
Select Fund
 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE:

       

Class A shares:

 

Net assets

   $ 14,729,687      $ 707,724     $ 21,187,980  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     1,299,766        58,134       1,260,663  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value and redemption price per share

   $ 11.33      $ 12.17     $ 16.81  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Offering price per share (100/94.25 of net asset value) (Note 1)

   $ 12.02      $ 12.91     $ 17.84  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class C shares: (redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge) (Note 1)

       

Net assets

   $ 9,555,002      $ 52,391     $ 7,270,057  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     848,022        4,333       449,267  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 11.27      $ 12.09     $ 16.18  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class N shares:

 

Net assets

   $ 998      $ 1,083     $ 1,038  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     88        89       61  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 11.34      $ 12.20   $ 16.89
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class Y shares:

 

Net assets

   $ 20,246,261      $ 14,171,009     $ 111,575,742  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     1,785,088        1,161,913       6,605,584  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 11.34      $ 12.20     $ 16.89  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Net asset value calculations have been determined utilizing fractional share and penny amounts.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations

 

For the Six Months Ended May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

     Loomis Sayles
Dividend
Income Fund
    Loomis Sayles
Global Growth
Fund
    Vaughan Nelson
Select Fund
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Interest

   $ 10,519     $ 151     $ 2,853  

Dividends

     871,284       117,970       1,136,317  

Less net foreign taxes withheld

     (5,661     (9,729     (4,945
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     876,142       108,392       1,134,225  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fees (Note 6)

     137,450       46,366       574,246  

Service and distribution fees (Note 6)

     62,894       584       63,898  

Administrative fees (Note 6)

     10,252       2,593       30,234  

Trustees’ fees and expenses (Note 6)

     11,764       8,221       12,696  

Transfer agent fees and expenses (Notes 6 and 7)

     22,327       2,959       34,526  

Audit and tax services fees

     26,233       17,689       21,156  

Custodian fees and expenses

     3,824       28,900       3,744  

Legal fees

     566       105       1,640  

Registration fees

     66,772       60,004       68,186  

Shareholder reporting expenses

     10,772       1,418       15,724  

Miscellaneous expenses (Note 8)

     7,777       8,099       8,808  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     360,631       176,938       834,858  

Less waiver and/or expense reimbursement (Note 6)

     (103,006     (115,453     (61,578
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net expenses

     257,625       61,485       773,280  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

     618,517       46,907       360,945  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS, OPTIONS WRITTEN AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS

      

Net realized gain on:

 

Investments

     384,557       76,292       6,934,857  

Options written

     25,059             100,601  

Foreign currency transactions

           244        

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments

     1,760,092       1,891,590       7,041,956  

Options written

                 (110,589

Foreign currency translations

           797        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments, options written and foreign currency transactions

     2,169,708       1,968,923       13,966,825  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 2,788,225     $ 2,015,830     $ 14,327,770  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Loomis Sayles Dividend
Income Fund
 
     Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
 

FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 618,517     $ 1,054,410  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments, options written and foreign currency transactions

     409,616       (236,763

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, options written and foreign currency translations

     1,760,092       2,094,835  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     2,788,225       2,912,482  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

    

Net investment income

    

Class A

     (146,677     (407,643

Class C

     (51,668     (115,022

Class Y

     (201,666     (467,159

Net realized capital gains

    

Class A

     (26,949     (1,185,173

Class C

     (12,460     (394,480

Class Y

     (30,883     (1,110,516
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (470,303     (3,679,993
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 13)

     7,127,016       10,194,133  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets

     9,444,938       9,426,622  

NET ASSETS

    

Beginning of the period

     35,087,010       25,660,388  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the period

   $ 44,531,948     $ 35,087,010  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

UNDISTRIBUTED (DISTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF) NET INVESTMENT INCOME

   $ 177,422     $ (41,084
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) From commencement of operations on March 31, 2016 through November 30, 2016.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund

          Vaughan Nelson Select Fund  
Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(Unaudited)
    Period Ended
November 30,
2016(a)
          Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
 
       
$ 46,907     $ 25,758       $ 360,945     $ 361,830  

 

76,536

 

    188,265         7,035,458       2,231,360  

 

1,892,387

 

    155,087         6,931,367       4,866,123  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
  2,015,830       369,110         14,327,770       7,459,313  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
       
       
  (578             (9,096     (1,415
  (7                    
  (44,506             (277,073     (164,168
       
  (3,916             (328,006     (323,130
  (498             (124,325     (128,464
  (200,228             (1,583,641     (1,592,857

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
  (249,733             (2,322,141     (2,210,034

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

3,154,003

 

    9,642,997         (4,488,826     27,384,829  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
  4,920,100       10,012,107         7,516,803       32,634,108  
       
  10,012,107               132,518,014       99,883,906  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 
$ 14,932,207     $ 10,012,107       $ 140,034,817     $ 132,518,014  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

$

40,264

 

  $ 38,448       $ 321,331     $ 246,555  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Loomis Sayles Dividend Income Fund—Class A  
    Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
    Year Ended
November 30,
2015
    Year Ended
November 30,
2014
    Year Ended
November 30,
2013
    Period Ended
November 30,
2012*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 10.70     $ 11.35     $ 13.02     $ 12.87     $ 10.43     $ 10.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.15       0.35       0.34       0.51 (b)      0.32       0.25 (c) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.60       0.53       (0.58     0.91       2.47       0.34  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.75       0.88       (0.24     1.42       2.79       0.59  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.10     (0.34     (0.33     (0.50     (0.33     (0.16

Net realized capital gains

    (0.02     (1.19     (1.10     (0.77     (0.02      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.12     (1.53     (1.43     (1.27     (0.35     (0.16
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 11.33     $ 10.70     $ 11.35     $ 13.02     $ 12.87     $ 10.43  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(d)(e)

    7.10 %(f)      9.26     (1.89 )%      11.95 %(b)      27.35     6.01 %(c)(f) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 14,730     $ 14,236     $ 11,329     $ 7,569     $ 5,978     $ 2,691  

Net expenses(g)

    1.10 %(h)      1.16 %(i)      1.20     1.20     1.20     1.20 %(h) 

Gross expenses

    1.54 %(h)      1.51     1.60     1.67     1.55     1.74 %(h) 

Net investment income

    2.72 %(h)      3.46     2.96     4.03 %(b)      2.70     3.67 %(c)(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate

    23     35     51     65     45     14

 

* From commencement of operations on March 30, 2012 through November 30, 2012.
(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment income per share would have been $0.33, total return would have been 10.53% and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets would have been 2.63%.
(c) Includes a non-recurring dividend. Without this dividend, net investment income per share would have been $0.23, total return would have been 5.71% and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets would have been 3.31%.
(d) A sales charge for Class A shares is not reflected in total return calculations.
(e) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(f) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(g) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(h) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(i) Effective July 1, 2016, the expense limit decreased from 1.20% to 1.10%.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Loomis Sayles Dividend Income Fund—Class C  
    Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
    Year Ended
November 30,
2015
    Year Ended
November 30,
2014
    Year Ended
November 30,
2013
    Period Ended
November 30,
2012*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 10.65     $ 11.30     $ 12.98     $ 12.81     $ 10.42     $ 10.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.11       0.27       0.26       0.44 (b)      0.25       0.20 (c) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.59       0.53       (0.58     0.89       2.45       0.34  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.70       0.80       (0.32     1.33       2.70       0.54  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.06     (0.26     (0.26     (0.39     (0.29     (0.12

Net realized capital gains

    (0.02     (1.19     (1.10     (0.77     (0.02      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.08     (1.45     (1.36     (1.16     (0.31     (0.12
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 11.27     $ 10.65     $ 11.30     $ 12.98     $ 12.81     $ 10.42  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(d)(e)

    6.62 %(f)      8.48     (2.64 )%      11.14 %(b)      26.40     5.44 %(c)(f) 

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 9,555     $ 5,505     $ 3,744     $ 1,716     $ 5,260     $ 61  

Net expenses(g)

    1.85 %(h)      1.90 %(i)      1.95     1.95     1.95     1.95 %(h) 

Gross expenses

    2.30 %(h)      2.26     2.35     2.42     2.21     2.53 %(h) 

Net investment income

    2.04 %(h)      2.68     2.21     3.54 %(b)      2.03     3.01 %(c)(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate

    23     35     51     65     45     14

 

* From commencement of operations on March 30, 2012 through November 30, 2012.
(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment income per share would have been $0.21, total return would have been 9.71% and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets would have been 1.70%.
(c) Includes a non-recurring dividend. Without this dividend, net investment income per share would have been $0.17, total return would have been 5.14% and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets would have been 2.53%.
(d) A contingent deferred sales charge for Class C shares is not reflected in total return calculations.
(e) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(f) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(g) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(h) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(i) Effective July 1, 2016, the expense limit decreased from 1.95% to 1.85%.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Loomis Sayles
Dividend
Income
Fund—Class N
 
    Period Ended
May 31,
2017*
(Unaudited)
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 11.37  
 

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.06  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.09 )(b) 
 

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    (0.03
 

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

 

Net investment income

     

Net realized capital gains

     
 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 11.34  
 

 

 

 

Total return(c)(d)

    (0.18 )% 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

 

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 1  

Net expenses(e)(f)

    0.80

Gross expenses(f)

    15.69

Net investment income(f)

    2.99

Portfolio turnover rate

    23

 

* From commencement of Class operations on March 31, 2017 through May 31, 2017.
(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) The amount shown for a share outstanding does not correspond with the aggregate realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments for the period due to the timing of sales and redemptions of fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values of investments of the Fund.
(c) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower. Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(d) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(e) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(f) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Loomis Sayles Dividend Income Fund—Class Y  
    Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
    Year Ended
November 30,
2015
    Year Ended
November 30,
2014
    Year Ended
November 30,
2013
    Period Ended
November 30,
2012*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 10.71     $ 11.36     $ 13.03     $ 12.88     $ 10.44     $ 10.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.16       0.37       0.35       0.56 (b)      0.35       0.26 (c) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.60       0.53       (0.56     0.90       2.47       0.35  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.76       0.90       (0.21     1.46       2.82       0.61  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.11     (0.36     (0.36     (0.54     (0.36     (0.17

Net realized capital gains

    (0.02     (1.19     (1.10     (0.77     (0.02      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.13     (1.55     (1.46     (1.31     (0.38     (0.17
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 11.34     $ 10.71     $ 11.36     $ 13.03     $ 12.88     $ 10.44  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(d)

    7.13 %(e)      9.53     (1.64 )%      12.22 %(b)      27.63     6.19 %(c)(e) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 20,246     $ 15,345     $ 10,588     $ 22,545     $ 13,917     $ 16,945  

Net expenses(f)

    0.85 %(g)      0.90 %(h)      0.95     0.95     0.95     0.95 %(g) 

Gross expenses

    1.30 %(g)      1.26     1.32     1.41     1.34     1.53 %(g) 

Net investment income

    2.95 %(g)      3.62     2.97     4.46 %(b)      2.97     3.88 %(c)(g) 

Portfolio turnover rate

    23     35     51     65     45     14

 

* From commencement of operations on March 30, 2012 through November 30, 2012.
(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment income per share would have been $0.37, total return would have been 10.80% and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets would have been 2.91%.
(c) Includes a non-recurring dividend. Without this dividend, net investment income per share would have been $0.23, total return would have been 5.89%, and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets would have been 3.45%.
(d) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(e) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(f) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(g) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(h) Effective July 1, 2016, the expense limit decreased from 0.95% to 0.85%.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Loomis Sayles Global
Growth Fund—Class A
 
    Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(Unaudited)
    Period Ended
November 30,
2016*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 10.53     $ 10.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.04       0.00 (b) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    1.84       0.53  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    1.88       0.53  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

 

Net investment income

    (0.03      

Net realized capital gains

    (0.21      
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.24      
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 12.17     $ 10.53  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(c)(d)

    18.29     5.30

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

 

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 708     $ 195  

Net expenses(e)(f)

    1.30     1.30

Gross expenses(f)

    3.40     2.74

Net investment income(f)

    0.68     0.00 %(g) 

Portfolio turnover rate

    8     12

 

* From commencement of operations on March 31, 2016 through November 30, 2016.
(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.
(c) A sales charge for Class A shares is not reflected in total return calculations.
(d) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower. Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(e) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(f) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(g) Amount rounds to less than 0.01%.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Loomis Sayles Global
Growth Fund—Class C
 
    Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(Unaudited)
    Period Ended
November 30,
2016*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 10.47     $ 10.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment loss(a)

    (0.01     (0.08

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    1.84       0.55  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    1.83       0.47  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

 

Net investment income

    (0.00 )(b)       

Net realized capital gains

    (0.21      
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.21      
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 12.09     $ 10.47  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(c)(d)

    17.87     4.70

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 52     $ 25  

Net expenses(e)(f)

    2.05     2.05

Gross expenses(f)

    4.04     3.18

Net investment loss(f)

    (0.18 )%      (1.09 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate

    8     12

 

* From commencement of operations on March 31, 2016 through November 30, 2016.
(a) Per share net investment loss has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.
(c) A contingent deferred sales charge for Class C shares is not reflected in total return calculations.
(d) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower. Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(e) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(f) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Loomis Sayles
Global Growth
Fund—Class N
 
    Period Ended
May 31,
2017*
(Unaudited)
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 11.26  
 

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.02  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.92  
 

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.94  
 

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

 

Net investment income

     

Net realized capital gains

     
 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 12.20  
 

 

 

 

Total return(b)

    8.35

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

 

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 1  

Net expenses(c)(d)

    1.00

Gross expenses(d)

    16.76

Net investment income(d)

    0.89

Portfolio turnover rate

    8

 

* From commencement of Class operations on March 31, 2017 through May 31, 2017.
(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower. Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(c) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(d) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Loomis Sayles Global
Growth Fund—Class Y
 
    Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(Unaudited)
    Period Ended
November 30,
2016*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 10.55     $ 10.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.05       0.03  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    1.86       0.52  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    1.91       0.55  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

 

Net investment income

    (0.05      

Net realized capital gains

    (0.21      
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.26      
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 12.20     $ 10.55  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(b)

    18.53     5.50

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

 

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 14,171     $ 9,793  

Net expenses(c)(d)

    1.05     1.05

Gross expenses(c)

    3.04     2.55

Net investment income(c)

    0.82     0.45

Portfolio turnover rate

    8     12

 

* From commencement of operations on March 31, 2016 through November 30, 2016.
(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower. Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(c) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(d) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Vaughan Nelson Select Fund—Class A  
    Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
    Year Ended
November 30,
2015
    Year Ended
November 30,
2014
    Year Ended
November 30,
2013
    Period Ended
November 30,
2012*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 15.38     $ 14.82     $ 14.78     $ 14.22     $ 10.50     $ 10.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    0.03       0.03       0.01       (0.01     0.01 (b)      (0.00 )(c) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    1.66       0.83       0.47       2.01       3.94       0.50  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    1.69       0.86       0.48       2.00       3.95       0.50  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.01     (0.00 )(c)            (0.01            

Net realized capital gains

    (0.25     (0.30     (0.44     (1.43     (0.23      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.26     (0.30     (0.44     (1.44     (0.23      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 16.81     $ 15.38     $ 14.82     $ 14.78     $ 14.22     $ 10.50  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(d)

    11.10 %(e)(f)(g)      5.91 %(e)      3.31     15.31 %(e)      38.44 %(b)(e)      5.00 %(e)(f) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 21,188     $ 20,502     $ 15,794     $ 11,182     $ 9,468     $ 777  

Net expenses

    1.30 %(h)(i)      1.34 %(i)(j)      1.40     1.40 %(i)      1.40 %(i)      1.40 %(h)(i) 

Gross expenses

    1.39 %(h)      1.37     1.40     1.62     1.96     3.36 %(h) 

Net investment income (loss)

    0.38 %(h)      0.18     0.05     (0.08 )%      0.05 %(b)      (0.11 )%(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate

    43     64     35     64     112     72

 

* From commencement of operations on June 29, 2012 through November 30, 2012.
(a) Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Includes a non-recurring dividend. Without this dividend, net investment loss per share would have been $(0.01), total return would have been 38.24%, and the ratio of net investment loss to average net assets would have been (0.07)%.
(c) Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.
(d) A sales charge for Class A shares is not reflected in total return calculations.
(e) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(f) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(g) Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes only, and as such, the total returns based on the adjusted net asset values per share may differ from the total returns reported in the average annual total return table.
(h) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(i) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(j) Effective July 1, 2016, the expense limit decreased from 1.40% to 1.30%.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Vaughan Nelson Select Fund—Class C  
    Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
    Year Ended
November 30,
2015
    Year Ended
November 30,
2014
    Year Ended
November 30,
2013
    Period Ended
November 30,
2012*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 14.87     $ 14.44     $ 14.52     $ 14.07     $ 10.47     $ 10.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment loss(a)

    (0.03 )      (0.08     (0.10     (0.11     (0.08 )(b)      (0.03

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    1.59       0.81       0.46       1.99       3.91       0.50  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    1.56       0.73       0.36       1.88       3.83       0.47  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

                                   

Net realized capital gains

    (0.25     (0.30     (0.44     (1.43     (0.23      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.25     (0.30     (0.44     (1.43     (0.23      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 16.18     $ 14.87     $ 14.44     $ 14.52     $ 14.07     $ 10.47  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(c)

    10.61 %(d)(e)(f)      5.14 %(d)      2.52     14.54 %(d)      37.38 %(b)(d)      4.70 %(d)(e) 

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 7,270     $ 7,693     $ 5,607     $ 2,955     $ 1,118     $ 159  

Net expenses

    2.05 %(g)(h)      2.09 %(h)(i)      2.15     2.15 %(h)      2.15 %(h)      2.15 %(g)(h) 

Gross expenses

    2.14 %(g)      2.12     2.15     2.35     2.76     4.48 %(g) 

Net investment loss

    (0.38 )%(g)      (0.58 )%      (0.69 )%      (0.84 )%      (0.62 )%(b)      (0.78 )%(g) 

Portfolio turnover rate

    43     64     35     64     112     72

 

* From commencement of operations on June 29, 2012 through November 30, 2012.
(a) Per share net investment loss has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Includes a non-recurring dividend. Without this dividend, net investment loss per share would have been $(0.09), total return would have been 37.28%, and the ratio of net investment loss to average net assets would have been (0.75)%.
(c) A contingent deferred sales charge for Class C shares is not reflected in total return calculations.
(d) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(e) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(f) Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes only, and as such, the total returns based on the adjusted net asset values per share may differ from the total returns reported in the average annual total return table.
(g) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(h) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(i) Effective July 1, 2016, the expense limit decreased from 2.15% to 2.05%.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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    Vaughan
Nelson Select
Fund—Class N
 
    Period Ended
May 31,
2017*
(Unaudited)
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 16.28  
 

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.02  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.59  
 

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.61  
 

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

 

Net investment income

     

Net realized capital gains

     
 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 16.89  
 

 

 

 

Total return(b)(c)

    3.75 %(d) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

 

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 1  

Net expenses(e)(f)

    1.00

Gross expenses(f)

    15.42

Net investment income(f)

    0.70

Portfolio turnover rate

    43

 

* From commencement of Class operations on March 31, 2017 through May 31, 2017.
(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(c) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(d) Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes only, and as such, the total returns based on the adjusted net asset values per share may differ from the total returns reported in the average annual total return table.
(e) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(f) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.

 

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    Vaughan Nelson Select Fund—Class Y  
    Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
    Year Ended
November 30,
2015
    Year Ended
November 30,
2014
    Year Ended
November 30,
2013
    Period Ended
November 30,
2012*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 15.48     $ 14.90     $ 14.83     $ 14.24     $ 10.51     $ 10.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    0.05       0.06       0.05       0.02       0.04 (b)      (0.00 )(c) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    1.65       0.85       0.47       2.03       3.94       0.51  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    1.70       0.91       0.52       2.05       3.98       0.51  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.04     (0.03     (0.01     (0.03     (0.02      

Net realized capital gains

    (0.25     (0.30     (0.44     (1.43     (0.23      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.29     (0.33     (0.45     (1.46     (0.25      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 16.89     $ 15.48     $ 14.90     $ 14.83     $ 14.24     $ 10.51  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    11.15 %(d)(e)(f)      6.22 %(e)      3.56     15.66 %(e)      38.80 %(b)(e)      5.10 %(d)(e) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 111,576     $ 104,324     $ 78,483     $ 54,095     $ 14,211     $ 6,759  

Net expenses

    1.05 %(g)(h)      1.09 %(h)(i)      1.15     1.15 %(h)      1.15 %(h)      1.15 %(g)(h) 

Gross expenses

    1.14 %(g)      1.12     1.15     1.33     1.80     3.46 %(g) 

Net investment income (loss)

    0.63 %(g)      0.43     0.31     0.16     0.33 %(b)      (0.10 )%(g) 

Portfolio turnover rate

    43     64     35     64     112     72

 

* From commencement of operations on June 29, 2012 through November 30, 2012.
(a) Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Includes a non-recurring dividend. Without this dividend, net investment income per share would have been $0.02, total return would have been 38.61%, and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets would have been 0.15%.
(c) Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.
(d) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(e) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(f) Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes only, and as such, the total returns based on the adjusted net asset values per share may differ from the total returns reported in the average annual total return table.
(g) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(h) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(i) Effective July 1, 2016, the expense limit decreased from 1.15% to 1.05%.

 

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1.  Organization.  Natixis Funds Trust II (the “Trust”) is organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Declaration of Trust permits the Board of Trustees to authorize the issuance of an unlimited number of shares of the Trust in multiple series. The financial statements for certain funds of the Trust are presented in separate reports. The following funds (individually, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) are included in this report:

Loomis Sayles Dividend Income Fund (the “Dividend Income Fund”)

Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund (the “Global Growth Fund”)

Vaughan Nelson Select Fund (the “Select Fund”)

Each Fund is a diversified investment company, except for Select Fund, which is a non-diversified investment company.

Each Fund offers Class A, Class C, Class N (effective March 31, 2017) and Class Y shares. Class A shares are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 5.75%. Class C shares do not pay a front-end sales charge, do not convert to any other class of shares, pay higher Rule 12b-1 fees than Class A shares and may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% if those shares are redeemed within one year of acquisition, except for reinvested distributions. Class N and Class Y shares do not pay a front-end sales charge, a CDSC or Rule 12b-1 fees. Class N shares are offered with an initial minimum investment of $1,000,000. Class Y shares are offered with an initial minimum investment of $100,000. Certain categories of investors are exempted from the minimum investment amounts for Class N and Class Y as outlined in the relevant Funds’ prospectus.

Most expenses can be directly attributed to a Fund. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed to a Fund are generally apportioned based on the relative net assets of each of the funds in Natixis Funds Trust I, Natixis Funds Trust II, Natixis Funds Trust IV, Gateway Trust and Natixis ETF Trust (“Natixis Funds Trusts”), Loomis Sayles Funds I and Loomis Sayles Funds II (“Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts”). Expenses of a Fund are borne pro rata by the holders of each class of shares, except that each class bears expenses unique to that class (such as the Rule 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A and Class C), and transfer agent fees are borne collectively for Class A, Class C, Class Y, and individually for Class N. In addition, each class votes as a class only with respect to its own Rule 12b-1 Plan. Shares of each class would receive their pro rata share of the net assets of a Fund if the Fund were liquidated. The Trustees approve separate distributions from net investment income on each class of shares.

2.  Significant Accounting Policies.  The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by each Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The Funds’ financial statements follow the accounting and reporting guidelines provided for investment companies and are prepared in

 

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accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which require the use of management estimates that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Management has evaluated the events and transactions subsequent to period-end through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no material events that would require disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.

a.  Valuation.  Fund securities and other investments are valued at market value based on market quotations obtained or determined by independent pricing services recommended by the adviser and subadviser and approved by the Board of Trustees. Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser or subadviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, as described below. Market value is determined as follows:

Listed equity securities (including shares of closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds) are valued at the last sale price quoted on the exchange where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation as reported by an independent pricing service. Securities traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, NASDAQ Global Market and NASDAQ Capital Market are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”), or if lacking an NOCP, at the most recent bid quotations on the applicable NASDAQ Market. Unlisted equity securities (except unlisted preferred equity securities) are valued at the last sale price quoted in the market where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation as reported by an independent pricing service. If there is no last sale price or closing bid quotation available, unlisted equity securities will be valued using evaluated bids furnished by an independent pricing service, if available. In some foreign markets, an official close price and a last sale price may be available from the foreign exchange or market. In those cases, the official close price is used. Debt securities and unlisted preferred equity securities are valued based on evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service or bid prices obtained from broker-dealers. Senior loans are valued at bid prices supplied by an independent pricing service, if available. Broker-dealer bid prices may be used to value debt and unlisted equity securities and senior loans where an independent pricing service is unable to price a security or where an independent pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the security. Domestic exchange-traded single name equity option contracts (including options on exchange-traded funds) are valued at the mean of the National Best Bid and Offer quotations.

Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser or subadviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. The Funds may

 

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also value securities and other investments at fair value in other circumstances such as when extraordinary events occur after the close of a foreign market but prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). This may include situations relating to a single issuer (such as a declaration of bankruptcy or a delisting of the issuer’s security from the primary market on which it has traded) as well as events affecting the securities markets in general (such as market disruptions or closings and significant fluctuations in U.S. and/or foreign markets). When fair valuing its securities or other investments, the Funds may, among other things, use modeling tools or other processes that may take into account factors such as securities or other market activity and/or significant events that occur after the close of the foreign market and before the time the Fund’s Net Asset Value (“NAV”) is calculated. Fair value pricing may require subjective determinations about the value of a security, and fair values used to determine a Fund’s NAV may differ from quoted or published prices, or from prices that are used by others, for the same securities. In addition, the use of fair value pricing may not always result in adjustments to the prices of securities held by the Fund.

Illiquid securities for which market quotations are readily available and have been evaluated by the adviser are considered and classified as fair valued securities.

As of May 31, 2017, securities of the Funds were fair valued as follows:

 

Fund

  

Equity

Securities1

    

Percentage
of Net
Assets

   

Securities
classified as
fair valued

   

Percentage
of Net
Assets

 

Dividend Income Fund

   $            $ 57,375       0.1

Global Growth Fund

     4,678,792        31.3            

 

1 

Certain foreign equity securities were fair valued pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees as events occurring after the close of the foreign market were believed to materially affect the value of those securities.

b.  Investment Transactions and Related Investment Income.  Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date plus one day basis for daily NAV calculation. However, for financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are reported on trade date. Dividend income is recorded on ex-dividend date, or in the case of certain foreign securities, as soon as a Fund is notified, and interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Interest income is increased by the accretion of discount and decreased by the amortization of premium, if applicable. In determining net gain or loss on securities sold, the cost of securities has been determined on an identified cost basis. Investment income, non-class specific expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund.

 

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c.  Short Sales.  A short sale is a transaction in which a Fund sells a security it does not own, usually in anticipation of a decline in the fair market value of the security. To sell a security short, a Fund typically borrows that security from a prime broker and delivers it to the short sale counterparty. Short sale proceeds are held by the prime broker until the short position is closed out and would be reflected as due from broker in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When closing out a short position, a Fund will have to purchase the security it originally sold short. The value of short sales is reflected as a liability in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and is marked-to-market daily. A Fund will realize a profit from closing out a short position if the price of the security sold short has declined since the short position was opened; a Fund will realize a loss from closing out a short position if the value of the shorted security has risen since the short position was opened. Because there is no upper limit on the price to which a security can rise, short selling exposes a Fund to potentially unlimited losses. Ordinarily, a Fund will pay interest to borrow securities and will have to repay the lender any dividends that accrue on the security while the loan is outstanding. The Funds intend to cover their short sale transactions by segregating or earmarking liquid assets, such that the segregated/earmarked amount, combined with assets pledged to the prime broker as collateral, equals the current market value of the securities underlying the short sale.

For the six months ended May 31, 2017, none of the Funds had short sales of securities under this agreement.

d.  Foreign Currency Translation.  The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. The values of securities, currencies and other assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars based upon foreign exchange rates prevailing at the end of the period. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars on the respective dates of such transactions.

Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currency, changes in exchange rates between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Funds’ books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities, other than investment securities, as of the end of the fiscal period, resulting from changes in exchange rates. Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses and the net change in unrealized foreign exchange gains or losses are disclosed in the Statements of Operations. For federal income tax purposes, net realized foreign exchange gains or losses are characterized as ordinary income, and may, if the Funds have net losses, reduce or eliminate the amount of income available to be distributed by the Funds.

 

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The values of investment securities are presented at the foreign exchange rates prevailing at the end of the period for financial reporting purposes. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments reported in the Statements of Operations reflect gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates and fluctuations which arise due to changes in market prices of investment securities. For federal income tax purposes, a portion of the net realized gain or loss on investments arising from changes in exchange rates, which is reflected in the Statements of Operations, may be characterized as ordinary income and may, if the Funds have net losses, reduce the amount of income available to be distributed by the Funds.

The Funds may use foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated investments. Losses may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts’ terms.

e.  Option Contracts.  Certain Funds may enter into option contracts. When a Fund purchases an option, it pays a premium and the option is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect current value. Premiums paid for purchasing options which expire are treated as realized losses. Premiums paid for purchasing options which are exercised are added to the cost or deducted from the proceeds on the underlying instrument to determine the realized gain or loss. If the Fund enters into a closing sale transaction, the difference between the premium paid and the proceeds of the closing sale transaction is treated as a realized gain or loss. The risk associated with purchasing options is limited to the premium paid.

When a Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the net premium received (the premium less commission) is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current value. Net premiums received for written options which expire are treated as realized gains. Net premiums received for written options which are exercised are deducted from the cost or added to the proceeds on the underlying instrument to determine the realized gain or loss. If the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, the difference between the net premium received and any amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including commissions, is treated as a realized gain or, if the net premium received is less than the amount paid, as a realized loss. The Fund, as writer of a written option, bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the market value of the instrument underlying the written option.

Exchange-traded options contracts are standardized and are settled through a clearing house with fulfillment supported by the credit of the exchange. Therefore, counterparty credit risks to the Funds are reduced.

f.  Federal and Foreign Income Taxes.  The Trust treats each Fund as a separate entity for federal income tax purposes. Each Fund intends to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute to its shareholders substantially all of its net investment

 

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income and any net realized capital gains at least annually. Management has performed an analysis of each Fund’s tax positions for the open tax years as of May 31, 2017 and has concluded that no provisions for income tax are required. The Funds’ federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years, where applicable, remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service. Management is not aware of any events that are reasonably possible to occur in the next six months that would result in the amounts of any unrecognized tax benefits significantly increasing or decreasing for the Funds. However, management’s conclusions regarding tax positions taken may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, new tax laws and accounting regulations and interpretations thereof.

A Fund may be subject to foreign withholding taxes on investment income and taxes on capital gains on investments that are accrued and paid based upon the Fund’s understanding of the tax rules and regulations that exist in the countries in which the Fund invests. Foreign withholding taxes on dividend and interest income are reflected on the Statements of Operations as a reduction of investment income, net of amounts eligible to be reclaimed. Dividends and interest receivable on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities are net of foreign withholding taxes. Foreign withholding taxes where reclaims have been or will be filed are reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as tax reclaims receivable. Capital gains taxes paid are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments in the Statements of Operations. Accrued but unpaid capital gains taxes are reflected as foreign taxes payable on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, if applicable, and reduce unrealized gains on investments. In the event that realized gains on investments are subsequently offset by realized losses, taxes paid on realized gains may be returned to a Fund. Such amounts, if applicable, are reflected as foreign tax rebates receivable on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and are recorded as a realized gain when received.

g.  Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders.  Dividends and distributions are recorded on ex-dividend date. The timing and characterization of certain income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Permanent differences are primarily due to differing treatments for book and tax purposes of items such as foreign currency gains and losses, deferred Trustees’ fees, non-deductible expenses, short sales, partnerships, paydown gains and losses, return of capital and capital gain distributions received, distribution re-designations, contingent payment debt instruments, convertible bonds and premium amortization. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions, net investment income, and net realized gains will result in reclassifications to capital accounts reported on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Temporary differences between book and tax distributable earnings are primarily due to deferred Trustees’ fees, wash sales, premium amortization, dividends payable, partnerships and return of capital distributions received. Amounts of income and capital gain available to be

 

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distributed on a tax basis are determined annually, and at other times during the Funds’ fiscal year as may be necessary to avoid knowingly declaring and paying a return of capital distribution. Distributions from net investment income and short-term capital gains are considered to be distributed from ordinary income for tax purposes.

The tax characterization of distributions is determined on an annual basis. The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the year ended November 30, 2016, was as follows:

 

     2016 Distributions Paid From:  

Fund

  

Ordinary
Income

    

Long-Term
Capital Gains

    

Total

 

Dividend Income Fund

   $ 1,054,752      $ 2,625,241      $ 3,679,993  

Global Growth Fund

                    

Select Fund

     165,583        2,044,451        2,210,034  

Differences between these amounts and those reported in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets are primarily attributable to different book and tax treatment for short-term capital gains.

As of November 30, 2016, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

    

Dividend
Income Fund

    

Global Growth
Fund

    

Select Fund

 

Post-October capital loss deferrals*

   $   —      $   —      $ (1,746,724

 

* Under current tax law, capital losses, foreign currency losses, and losses on passive foreign investment companies and contingent payment debt instruments after October 31 or December 31, as applicable, may be deferred and treated as occurring on the first day of the following taxable year. Select Fund is deferring capital losses that occurred after October 31, 2016.

h.  Repurchase Agreements.  Each Fund may enter into repurchase agreements, under the terms of a Master Repurchase Agreement, under which each Fund acquires securities as collateral and agrees to resell the securities at an agreed upon time and at an agreed upon price. It is each Fund’s policy that the market value of the collateral for repurchase agreements be at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. Certain repurchase agreements are tri-party arrangements whereby the collateral is held in a segregated account for the benefit of the Fund and on behalf of the counterparty. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty, including possible delays or restrictions upon a Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities. As of May 31, 2017, each Fund, as applicable, had investments in repurchase agreements for which the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the repurchase agreement. The gross value of repurchase agreements is included in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for financial reporting purposes.

 

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i.  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 Funds. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.

j.  New Accounting Pronouncement.  In October 2016, the SEC adopted amendments to rules under the 1940 Act (“final rules”) intended to modernize the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies. The final rules amend Regulation S-X and require funds to provide standardized, enhanced derivative disclosures in fund financial statements in a format designed for individual investors. The amendments to Regulation S-X also update the disclosures for other investments, including investments in and advances to affiliates, and amend the rules regarding the general form and content of fund financial statements. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017. Management is currently evaluating the amendments and the impact, if any, on the Funds’ financial statements.

3.  Fair Value Measurements.  In accordance with accounting standards related to fair value measurements and disclosures, the Funds have categorized the inputs utilized in determining the value of each Fund’s assets or liabilities. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

   

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

   

Level 2 – prices determined using other significant inputs that are observable either directly, or indirectly through corroboration with observable market data (which could include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, interest rates, credit risk, etc.); and

 

   

Level 3 – prices determined using significant unobservable inputs when quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable such as when there is little or no market activity for an asset or liability (unobservable inputs reflect each Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of assets or liabilities and would be based on the best information available).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

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The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ investments as of May 31, 2017, at value:

Dividend Income Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Common Stocks(a)

   $ 43,019,545      $      $   —      $ 43,019,545  

Preferred Stocks(a)

     1,237,633                      1,237,633  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Bonds and Notes(a)

            57,375               57,375  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 44,257,178      $ 57,375      $      $ 44,314,553  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.

For the six months ended May 31, 2017, there were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3.

Global Growth Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Common Stocks

           

Denmark

   $      $ 565,452      $   —      $ 565,452  

France

            893,504               893,504  

Germany

            373,446               373,446  

Italy

            201,733               201,733  

Sweden

            212,171               212,171  

Switzerland

            1,181,108               1,181,108  

United Kingdom

            919,819               919,819  

United States

     7,664,006        331,559               7,995,565  

All Other Common Stocks(a)

     2,317,739                      2,317,739  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

     9,981,745        4,678,792               14,660,537  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

            250,590               250,590  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 9,981,745      $ 4,929,382      $      $ 14,911,127  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.

 

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For the six months ended May 31, 2017, there were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3.

Vaughan Nelson Select Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Common Stocks(a)

   $ 132,742,985      $      $   —      $ 132,742,985  

Closed-End Investment Companies

     2,746,001                      2,746,001  

Short-Term Investments

            5,298,735               5,298,735  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 135,488,986      $ 5,298,735      $      $ 140,787,721  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

   

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Written Options

   $     (545,340     $          —      $   —        $    (545,340
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.

For the six months ended May 31, 2017, there were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3.

4.  Derivatives.  Derivative instruments are defined as financial instruments whose value and performance are based on the value and performance of an underlying asset, reference rate or index. Derivative instruments that Dividend Income Fund and Select Fund used during the period include option contracts.

Dividend Income Fund is subject to the risk of unpredictable declines in the value of individual equity securities and periods of below average performance in individual securities or in the equity market as a whole. The Fund may use purchased put options and written call options to hedge against a decline in value of an equity security that it owns and may use written put options to offset the cost of options used for hedging purposes. The Fund may also use purchased call options, written call options and written put options for investment purposes. During the six months ended May 31, 2017, the Fund engaged in written call option transactions for hedging purposes.

Select Fund is subject to the risk of unpredictable declines in the value of individual equity securities and periods of below average performance in individual securities or in the equity market as a whole. The Fund may use written call options to hedge against a decline in value of an equity security that it owns and may use written put options to offset the cost of options used for hedging purposes. The Fund may also use written call options and written put options for investment purposes. During the six months ended May 31, 2017, the Fund engaged in written call option transactions for investment purposes.

 

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The following is a summary of derivative instruments for the Select Fund as of May 31, 2017, as reflected within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

 

Liabilities

  

Options written

at value

 

Exchange-traded/cleared liability derivatives

  

Equity contracts

   $ (545,340

Transactions in derivative instruments for Dividend Income Fund during the six months ended May 31, 2017, as reflected within the Statements of Operations, were as follows:

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

  

Options written

 

Equity contracts

   $ 25,059  

Transactions in derivative instruments for Select Fund during the six months ended May 31, 2017, as reflected within the Statements of Operations, were as follows:

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

  

Options written

 

Equity contracts

   $ 100,601  

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

  

Options written

 

Equity contracts

   $ (110,589

As the Funds value their derivatives at fair value and recognize changes in fair value through the Statements of Operations, they do not qualify for hedge accounting under authoritative guidance for derivative instruments. The Funds’ investments in derivatives may represent an economic hedge; however, they are considered to be non-hedge transactions for the purpose of these disclosures.

The volume of option contract activity, as a percentage of net assets, for Dividend Income Fund, based on month-end market values of underlying securities, at absolute value, was as follows for the six months ended May 31, 2017:

 

Dividend Income Fund**

  

Call Options

Written

 

Average Market Value of Underlying Securities

     0.57

Highest Market Value of Underlying Securities

     1.43

Lowest Market Value of Underlying Securities

     0.00

Market Value of Underlying Securities as of May 31, 2017

     0.00

 

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The volume of option contract activity, as a percentage of net assets, for Select Fund, based on month-end market values of underlying securities, at absolute value, was as follows for the six months ended May 31, 2017:

 

Select Fund**

  

Call Options

Written

 

Average Market Value of Underlying Securities

     8.41

Highest Market Value of Underlying Securities

     18.76

Lowest Market Value of Underlying Securities

     0.00

Market Value of Underlying Securities as of May 31, 2017

     17.25

 

** Market value of underlying instruments is determined as follows: for securities by multiplying option shares by the price of the option’s underlying security, as determined by the Fund’s Pricing Policies and Procedures.

The following is a summary of Dividend Income Fund’s written option activity:

 

Dividend Income Fund

  

Number of
Contracts

   

Premiums

 

Outstanding at November 30, 2016

         $  

Options written

     256       25,059  

Options expired

     (256     (25,059
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Outstanding at May 31, 2017

         $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The following is a summary of Select Fund’s written option activity:

 

Select Fund

  

Number of
Contracts

   

Premiums

 

Outstanding at November 30, 2016

         $  

Options written

     3,217       664,765  

Options terminated in closing purchase transactions

     (1,447     (184,218

Options expired

     (60     (45,796
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Outstanding at May 31, 2017

     1,710     $ 434,751  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

5.  Purchases and Sales of Securities.  For the six months ended May 31, 2017, purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term investments, option contracts and U.S. Government/Agency securities and including paydowns) were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Purchases

    

Sales

 

Dividend Income Fund

   $ 17,785,328      $ 10,347,387  

Global Growth Fund

     3,581,459        914,085  

Select Fund

     56,940,499        55,238,809  

 

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6.  Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

a.  Management Fees.  Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. (“Loomis Sayles”) serves as investment adviser to the Funds, except Select Fund. Under the terms of the management agreements, each Fund pays a management fee at the following annual rates, calculated daily and payable monthly, based on average daily net assets:

 

Fund

  

Percentage of Average
Daily Net Assets

 

Dividend Income Fund

     0.60

Global Growth Fund

     0.80

NGAM Advisors, L.P. (“NGAM Advisors”), serves as investment adviser to the Select Fund. NGAM Advisors is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis Global Asset Management, L.P. (“Natixis US”), which is part of Natixis Global Asset Management, an international asset management group based in Paris, France. Under the terms of the management agreement, the Fund pays a management fee at the annual rate of 0.85%, calculated daily and payable monthly, based on the Fund’s average daily net assets.

NGAM Advisors has entered into a subadvisory agreement with Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, L.P. (“Vaughan Nelson”). Under the terms of the subadvisory agreement, the Fund pays a subadvisory fee at the annual rate of 0.53%, calculated daily and payable monthly, based on the Fund’s average daily net assets. Payments to NGAM Advisors are reduced by the amount of payments to Vaughan Nelson.

Loomis Sayles and NGAM Advisors have given binding undertakings to the Funds to waive management fees and/or reimburse certain expenses to limit the Funds’ operating expenses, exclusive of acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage expenses, interest expense, dividend expenses on securities sold short, taxes, organizational and extraordinary expenses such as litigation and indemnification expenses. These undertakings are in effect until March 31, 2018, may be terminated before then only with the consent of the Funds’ Board of Trustees, and are reevaluated on an annual basis. Management fees payable, as reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, is net of waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, pursuant to these undertakings. Waivers/reimbursements that exceed management fees payable are reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as receivable from investment adviser.

For the six months ended May 31, 2017, the expense limits as a percentage of average daily net assets under the expense limitation agreements were as follows:

 

     Expense Limit as a Percentage of
Average Daily Net Assets
 

Fund

  

Class A

   

Class C

   

Class N

   

Class Y

 

Dividend Income Fund

     1.10     1.85     0.80     0.85

Global Growth Fund

     1.30     2.05     1.00     1.05

Select Fund

     1.30     2.05     1.00     1.05

 

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Effective July 1, 2017, the expense limits as a percentage of average daily net assets under the expense limitation agreements for Select Fund are as follows:

 

     Expense Limit as a Percentage of
Average Daily Net Assets
 

Fund

  

Class A

   

Class C

   

Class N

   

Class Y

 

Select Fund

     1.25     2.00     0.95     1.00

These undertakings are in effect until March 31, 2019, may be terminated before then only with the consent of the Fund’s Board of Trustees, and will be reevaluated on an annual basis.

Loomis Sayles and NGAM Advisors shall be permitted to recover expenses they have borne under the expense limitation agreements (whether through waiver of its management fees or otherwise) on a class by class basis in later periods to the extent the annual operating expenses of a class fall below a class’ expense limits, provided, however, that a class is not obligated to pay such waived/reimbursed fees or expenses more than one year after the end of the fiscal year in which the fees or expenses were waived/reimbursed.

For the six months ended May 31, 2017, the management fees and waivers of management fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

Fund

 

Gross
Management

Fees

   

Contractual
Waivers of
Management

Fees1

   

Net
Management

Fees

    

Percentage of
Average
Daily Net Assets

 
        

Gross

   

Net

 

Dividend Income Fund

  $ 137,450     $ 97,224     $ 40,226      $ 0.60     0.18

Global Growth Fund

    46,366       46,366              0.80      

Select Fund

    574,246       60,054       514,192        0.85     0.76

 

1 

Contractual management fee waivers are subject to possible recovery until November 30, 2018.

For the six months ended May 31, 2017, class-specific expenses have been reimbursed as follows :

 

     Reimbursement  

Fund

  

Class A

    

Class C

    

Class Y

    

Total

 

Dividend Income Fund

   $ 1,861      $ 1,299      $ 2,598      $ 5,758  

Select Fund

     117        27        1,356        1,500  

In addition, the investment adviser reimbursed non-class specific expenses of Global Growth Fund in the amount of $69,063 for the six months ended May 31, 2017.

Certain officers and employees of Loomis Sayles are also officers or Trustees of the Trust. Loomis Sayles’ general partner is indirectly owned by Natixis US.

 

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b.  Service and Distribution Fees.  NGAM Distribution, L.P. (“NGAM Distribution”), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis US, has entered into a distribution agreement with the Trust. Pursuant to this agreement, NGAM Distribution serves as principal underwriter of the Funds of the Trust.

Pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Trust has adopted a Service Plan relating to each Fund’s Class A shares (the “Class A Plans”) and a Distribution and Service Plan relating to each Fund’s Class C shares (the “Class C Plans”).

Under the Class A Plans, each Fund pays NGAM Distribution a monthly service fee at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Fund’s Class A shares, as reimbursement for expenses incurred by NGAM Distribution in providing personal services to investors in Class A shares and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts.

Under the Class C Plans, each Fund pays NGAM Distribution a monthly service fee at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Fund’s Class C shares, as compensation for services provided by NGAM Distribution in providing personal services to investors in Class C shares and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts.

Also under the Class C Plans, each Fund pays NGAM Distribution a monthly distribution fee at the annual rate of 0.75% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Fund’s Class C shares, as compensation for services provided by NGAM Distribution in connection with the marketing or sale of Class C shares.

For the six months ended May 31, 2017, the service and distribution fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

     Service Fees      Distribution Fees  

Fund

  

Class A

    

Class C

    

Class C

 

Dividend Income Fund

   $ 20,368      $ 10,632      $ 31,894  

Global Growth Fund

     429        39        116  

Select Fund

     26,505        9,348        28,045  

c.  Administrative Fees.  NGAM Advisors provides certain administrative services for the Funds and contracts with State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street Bank”) to serve as sub-administrator. Pursuant to an agreement among Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and NGAM Advisors, each Fund pays NGAM Advisors monthly its pro rata portion of fees equal to an annual rate of 0.0575% of the first $15 billion of the average daily net assets of the Natixis Funds Trusts and Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts, 0.0500% of the next $15 billion, 0.0400% of the next $30 billion, 0.0350% of the next $30 billion and 0.0325% of such assets in excess of $90 billion, subject to an annual aggregate minimum fee for the Natixis Funds Trusts and Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts of $10 million, which is reevaluated on an annual basis.

 

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For the six months ended May 31, 2017, the administrative fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Administrative Fees

 

Dividend Income Fund

   $ 10,252  

Global Growth Fund

     2,593  

Select Fund

     30,234  

d.  Sub-Transfer Agent Fees.  NGAM Distribution has entered into agreements, which include servicing agreements, with financial intermediaries that provide recordkeeping, processing, shareholder communications and other services to customers of the intermediaries that hold positions in the Funds and has agreed to compensate the intermediaries for providing those services. Intermediaries transact with the Funds primarily through the use of omnibus accounts on behalf of their customers who hold positions in the Funds. These services would have been provided by the Funds’ transfer agent and other service providers if the shareholders’ accounts were maintained directly at the Funds’ transfer agent. Accordingly, the Funds have agreed to reimburse NGAM Distribution for all or a portion of the servicing fees paid to these intermediaries. The reimbursement amounts (sub-transfer agent fees) paid to NGAM Distribution are subject to a current per-account equivalent fee limit approved by the Funds’ Board of Trustees, which is based on fees for similar services paid to the Funds’ transfer agent and other service providers. Class N shares do not bear such expenses.

For the six months ended May 31, 2017, the sub-transfer agent fees (which are reflected in transfer agent fees and expenses in the Statements of Operations) for each Fund were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Sub-Transfer Agent
Fees

 

Dividend Income Fund

   $ 15,766  

Global Growth Fund

     373  

Select Fund

     27,304  

As of May 31, 2017, the Funds owe NGAM Distribution the following reimbursements for sub-transfer agent fees (which are reflected in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as payable to distributor):

 

Fund

  

Reimbursements of
Sub-Transfer Agent
Fees

 

Dividend Income Fund

   $ 243  

Global Growth Fund

     8  

Select Fund

     499  

Sub-transfer agent fees attributable to Class A, Class C and Class Y are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of those classes.

 

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e.  Commissions.  Commissions (including CDSCs) on Fund shares retained by NGAM Distribution during the six months ended May 31, 2017 were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Commissions

 

Dividend Income Fund

   $ 5,857  

Select Fund

     1,165  

f.  Trustees Fees and Expenses.  The Trust does not pay any compensation directly to its officers or Trustees who are directors, officers or employees of NGAM Advisors, NGAM Distribution, Natixis US or their affiliates. The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees receives a retainer fee at the annual rate of $325,000. The Chairperson does not receive any meeting attendance fees for Board of Trustees meetings or committee meetings that she attends. Each Independent Trustee (other than the Chairperson) receives, in the aggregate, a retainer fee at the annual rate of $155,000. Each Independent Trustee also receives a meeting attendance fee of $10,000 for each meeting of the Board of Trustees that he or she attends in person and $5,000 for each meeting of the Board of Trustees that he or she attends telephonically. In addition, the chairperson of the Contract Review Committee and the chairperson of the Audit Committee each receive an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $17,500. The chairperson of the Governance Committee receives an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $10,000. Each Contract Review Committee member is compensated $6,000 for each Committee meeting that he or she attends in person and $3,000 for each meeting that he or she attends telephonically. Each Audit Committee member is compensated $6,000 for each Committee meeting that he or she attends in person and $3,000 for each meeting that he or she attends telephonically. These fees are allocated among the funds in the Natixis Funds Trusts and Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts based on a formula that takes into account, among other factors, the relative net assets of each fund. Trustees are reimbursed for travel expenses in connection with attendance at meetings.

A deferred compensation plan (the “Plan”) is available to the Trustees on a voluntary basis. Deferred amounts remain in the Funds until distributed in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. The value of a participating Trustee’s deferral account is based on theoretical investments of deferred amounts, on the normal payment dates, in certain funds of the Natixis Funds Trusts and Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts as designated by the participating Trustees. Changes in the value of participants’ deferral accounts are allocated pro rata among the funds in the Natixis Funds Trusts and Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts, and are normally reflected as Trustees’ fees and expenses in the Statements of Operations. The portions of the accrued obligations allocated to the Funds under the Plan are reflected as Deferred Trustees’ fees in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

g.  Payment by Affiliates.  During the six months ended May 31, 2017, Loomis Sayles reimbursed Dividend Income Fund $314 in connection with a trading error.

 

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h.  Affiliated Ownership.  As of May 31, 2017, Loomis Sayles Employees’ Profit Sharing Retirement Plan (“Retirement Plan”) and Natixis US and affiliates held shares of the Funds representing the following percentages of the Funds’ net assets:

 

Fund

  

Retirement Plan

   

Natixis US

   

Total Affiliated
Ownership

 

Dividend Income Fund

     3.36           3.36

Global Growth Fund

           41.87     41.87

Investment activities of affiliated shareholders could have material impacts on the Funds.

i.  Reimbursement of Transfer Agent Fees and Expenses.  NGAM Advisors had given a binding contractual undertaking to the Funds to reimburse any and all transfer agency expenses for the Funds’ Class N shares. This undertaking is in effect through May 31, 2018 and is not subject to recovery under the expense limitation agreement described above.

For the period March 31, 2017 through May 31, 2017, NGAM Advisors reimbursed the Funds for transfer agency expenses as follows:

 

Fund

   Reimbursement
of Transfer
Agency Expenses
 
    

Class N

 

Dividend Income Fund

   $ 24  

Global Growth Fund

     24  

Select Fund

     24  

7.  Class-Specific Transfer Agent Fees and Expenses.  For the period from March 31, 2017 through May 31, 2017, the Funds incurred the following class-specific transfer agent fees and expenses (including sub-transfer agent fees, where applicable):

 

     Transfer Agent Fees and Expenses  

Fund

  

Class A

    

Class C

    

Class N

    

Class Y

 

Dividend Income Fund

   $ 3,036      $ 1,717      $ 24      $ 3,936  

Global Growth Fund

     15        1        24        382  

Select Fund

     1,616        552        24        8,298  

Transfer agent fees and expenses attributable to Class A, Class C and Class Y are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of those classes. Transfer agent fees and expenses attributable to Class N are allocated to Class N.

8.  Line of Credit.  Each Fund, together with certain other funds of Natixis Funds Trusts and Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts, entered into a 364-day, $400,000,000 syndicated,

 

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committed, unsecured line of credit with Citibank, N.A. to be used for temporary or emergency purposes only. Any one Fund may borrow up to the full $400,000,000 under the line of credit (as long as all borrowings by all Funds in the aggregate do not exceed the $400,000,000 limit at any time), subject to each Fund’s investment restrictions. Interest is charged to the Funds at a rate equal to the greater of the eurodollar or the federal funds rate plus 1.00%. In addition, a commitment fee of 0.15% per annum, payable on the last business day of each month, is accrued and apportioned among the participating funds based on their average daily unused portion of the line of credit. The Funds paid an arrangement fee, an upfront fee, and other fees in connection with the new line of credit agreement, which are being amortized over a period of 364 days and are reflected as miscellaneous expenses on the Statements of Operations. The unamortized balance is reflected as prepaid expenses on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Prior to April 13, 2017, the commitment fee was 0.10% per annum based on the average daily unused portion of the line of credit.

For the six months ended May 31, 2017, none of the Funds had borrowings under these agreements.

9.  Payable to Custodian Bank.  The Funds’ custodian bank, State Street Bank, provides overdraft protection to the Funds in the event of a cash shortfall. Cash overdrafts bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds rate plus 2.00%. At May 31, 2017, payable to the custodian bank and interest incurred in connection with these overdrafts were as follows:

 

    

Payable to
Custodian Bank

    

Interest incurred

on Overdrafts

 

Dividend Income Fund

   $ 1,384,507      $ 143  

10.  Brokerage Commission Recapture.  Certain Funds have entered into agreements with certain brokers whereby the brokers will rebate a portion of brokerage commissions. All amounts rebated by the brokers are returned to the Funds under such agreements and are included in realized gains on investments on the Statements of Operations. For the six months ended May 31, 2017, amounts rebated under these agreements were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Rebates

 

Dividend Income Fund

   $ 835  

Global Growth Fund

     236  

11.  Concentration of Risk.  Each Fund’s investments in foreign securities are subject to foreign currency fluctuations, higher volatility than U.S. securities, varying degrees of regulation and limited liquidity. Greater political, economic, credit and information risks are also associated with foreign securities.

 

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The Select Fund is non-diversified, which means that it is not limited under the 1940 Act to a percentage of assets that it may invest in any one issuer. Because the Fund may invest in the securities of a limited number of issuers, an investment in the Fund may involve a higher degree of risk than would be present in a diversified portfolio.

12.  Concentration of Ownership.  From time to time, a Fund may have a concentration of one or more accounts constituting a significant percentage of shares outstanding. Investment activities by holders of such accounts could have material impacts on the Funds. As of May 31, 2017, based on management’s evaluation of the shareholder account base, the Funds had accounts representing controlling ownership of more than 5% of the Funds’ total outstanding shares. The number of such accounts, based on accounts that represent more than 5% of an individual class of shares, and the aggregate percentage of net assets represented by such holdings were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Number of 5%
Non-Affiliated
Account
Holders

    

Percentage of
Non-Affiliated
Ownership

   

Percentage
of Affiliated
Ownership
(Note 6h)

   

Total
Percentage of
Ownership

 

Dividend Income Fund

     3        25.69           25.69

Global Growth Fund

     2        22.42     41.87     64.29

Omnibus shareholder accounts for which NGAM Advisors understands that the intermediary has discretion over the underlying shareholder accounts or investment models where a shareholder account may be invested for a non-discretionary customer are included in the table above. For other omnibus accounts, the Funds do not have information on the individual shareholder accounts underlying the omnibus accounts; therefore, there could be other 5% shareholders in addition to those disclosed in the table above.

 

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13.  Capital Shares.  Each Fund may issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, without par value. Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

    
Six Months Ended
May 31, 2017
 
 
   
Year Ended
November 30, 2016
 
 

Dividend Income Fund

     Shares       Amount       Shares       Amount  
Class A         

Issued from the sale of shares

     420,779     $ 4,698,324       475,395     $ 4,758,020  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     14,609       164,638       158,404       1,559,174  

Redeemed

     (465,695     (5,238,190     (301,504     (3,051,100
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (30,307   $ (375,228     332,295     $ 3,266,094  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C         

Issued from the sale of shares

     428,506     $ 4,725,179       264,338     $ 2,671,001  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     5,369       60,382       43,940       431,029  

Redeemed

     (102,800     (1,150,616     (122,480     (1,238,735
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     331,075     $ 3,634,945       185,798     $ 1,863,295  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class N(a)         

Issued from the sale of shares

     88     $ 1,000           $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     88     $ 1,000           $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y         

Issued from the sale of shares

     1,023,027     $ 11,387,001       948,650     $ 9,537,161  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     20,512       231,283       156,717       1,546,441  

Redeemed

     (691,102     (7,751,985     (604,665     (6,018,858
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     352,437     $ 3,866,299       500,702     $ 5,064,744  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     653,293     $ 7,127,016       1,018,795     $ 10,194,133  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) From commencement of Class operations on March 31, 2017 through May 31, 2017.

 

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May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

13.  Capital Shares (continued).

 

    
Six Months Ended
May 31, 2017
 
 
   
Period Ended
November 30, 2016*
 
 

Global Growth Fund

     Shares       Amount       Shares       Amount  
Class A         

Issued from the sale of shares

     39,219     $ 451,121       24,823     $ 256,235  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     433       4,494              

Redeemed

                 (6,341     (68,887
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     39,652     $ 455,615       18,482     $ 187,348  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C         

Issued from the sale of shares

     1,934     $ 22,329       7,327     $ 79,960  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     49       505              

Redeemed

     (a)      (2     (4,977     (51,110
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     1,983     $ 22,832       2,350     $ 28,850  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class N(b)         

Issued from the sale of shares

     89     $ 1,000           $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     89     $ 1,000           $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y         

Issued from the sale of shares

     306,883     $ 3,499,716       964,508     $ 9,810,284  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     23,577       244,733              

Redeemed

     (96,385     (1,069,893     (36,670     (383,485
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     234,075     $ 2,674,556       927,838     $ 9,426,799  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     275,799     $ 3,154,003       948,670     $ 9,642,997  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* From commencement of operations on March 31, 2016 through November 30, 2016.
(a) Amount rounds to less than one share.
(b) From commencement of Class operations on March 31, 2017 through May 31, 2017.

 

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May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

13.  Capital Shares (continued).

 

    
Six Months Ended
May 31, 2017
 
 
   
Year Ended
November 30, 2016
 
 

Select Fund

     Shares       Amount       Shares       Amount  
Class A         

Issued from the sale of shares

     127,243     $ 2,027,195       644,994     $ 9,217,244  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     19,215       294,183       20,111       292,611  

Redeemed

     (218,441     (3,521,663     (398,309     (5,835,075
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (71,983   $ (1,200,285     266,796     $ 3,674,780  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C         

Issued from the sale of shares

     43,821     $ 669,235       255,593     $ 3,514,427  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     7,207       106,591       8,415       119,241  

Redeemed

     (119,097     (1,826,966     (135,064     (1,903,161
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (68,069   $ (1,051,140     128,944     $ 1,730,507  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class N(a)         

Issued from the sale of shares

     61     $ 1,000           $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     61     $ 1,000           $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y         

Issued from the sale of shares

     931,230     $ 14,799,708       3,760,483     $ 54,524,967  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     114,285       1,756,565       115,600       1,688,911  

Redeemed

     (1,180,586     (18,794,674     (2,403,148     (34,234,336
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (135,071   $ (2,238,401     1,472,935     $ 21,979,542  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     (275,062   $ (4,488,826     1,868,675     $ 27,384,829  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) From commencement of Class operations on March 31, 2017 through May 31, 2017.

 

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NATIXIS FUNDS

Supplement dated June 30, 2017 to the Natixis Funds Summary Prospectuses, dated February 28, 2017, March 31, 2017, and May 1, 2017, as may be revised or supplemented from time to time, for the following funds:

 

AEW Real Estate Fund

ASG Dynamic Allocation Fund

ASG Global Alternatives Fund

ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund

ASG Tactical U.S. Market Fund

Gateway Equity Call Premium Fund

Gateway Fund

Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund

Loomis Sayles Dividend Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Global Equity and Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund

Loomis Sayles Growth Fund

Loomis Sayles High Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund

Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Strategic Alpha Fund

Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Value Fund

McDonnell Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund

Mirova Global Green Bond Fund

Mirova Global Sustainable Equity Fund

Natixis Oakmark Fund

Natixis Oakmark International Fund

Natixis Sustainable Future 2015 Fund

Natixis Sustainable Future 2020 Fund

Natixis Sustainable Future 2025 Fund

Natixis Sustainable Future 2030 Fund

Natixis Sustainable Future 2035 Fund

Natixis Sustainable Future 2040 Fund

Natixis Sustainable Future 2045 Fund

Natixis Sustainable Future 2050 Fund

Natixis Sustainable Future 2055 Fund

Natixis Sustainable Future 2060 Fund

Natixis U.S. Equity Opportunities Fund

Vaughan Nelson Select Fund

Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund

Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund

 

VAUGHAN NELSON SELECT FUND

Effective July 1, 2017, NGAM Advisors, L.P. has given a binding contractual undertaking to the Fund to limit the amount of the Fund’s total annual fund operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage expenses, interest expense, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, organizational and extraordinary expenses, such as litigation and indemnification expenses) to 1.25%, 2.00%, 0.95%, 1.25% and 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for Class A, Class C, Class N, Class T and Class Y shares, respectively.

This undertaking is in effect through March 31, 2019.

 

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Accordingly, the Annual Fund Operating Expenses table and the Example table within the section “Fund Fees & Expenses” are amended and restated as follows with respect to the Fund:

Annual Fund Operating Expenses

(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

 

    

Class A

   

Class C

   

Class N

   

Class T

   

Class Y

 

Management fees

     0.85     0.85     0.85     0.85     0.85

Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees

     0.25     1.00     0.00     0.25     0.00

Other expenses

     0.27     0.27     0.21 %1      0.27 %1      0.27

Total annual fund operating expenses

     1.37     2.12     1.06     1.37     1.12

Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement2,3

     0.12     0.12     0.11     0.12     0.12

Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement

     1.25     2.00     0.95     1.25     1.00

 

1 Other expenses are estimated for the current fiscal year.

 

2 NGAM Advisors, L.P. (“NGAM Advisors”) has given a binding contractual undertaking to the Fund to limit the amount of the Fund’s total annual fund operating expenses to 1.25%, 2.00%, 0.95%, 1.25% and 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for Class A, C, N, T and Y shares, respectively, exclusive of brokerage expenses, interest expense, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, dividend expenses on securities sold short, organizational and extraordinary expenses, such as litigation and indemnification expenses. This undertaking is in effect through March 31, 2019 and may be terminated before then only with the consent of the Fund’s Board of Trustees. The Fund’s investment adviser will be permitted to recover, on a class by class basis, management fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed to the extent that expenses in later periods fall below the applicable expense limitations for Class A, C, N, T and Y shares. The Fund will not be obligated to repay any such waived/reimbursed fees and expenses more than one year after the end of the fiscal year in which the fees or expenses were waived/reimbursed.

 

3 NGAM Advisors, L.P. (“NGAM Advisors”) has given a binding contractual undertaking to the Fund to reimburse any and all transfer agency expenses for Class N shares. This undertaking is in effect through March 31, 2018 and may be terminated before then only with the consent of the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

Example

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods (except where indicated). The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same, except that the example is based on Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement assuming that such waiver and/or reimbursement will only be in place through the date noted above and on the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses for the remaining periods. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

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If shares are redeemed:

  

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 
    

1 year

    

3 years

    

5 years

    

10 years

 

Class A

   $ 695      $ 963      $ 1,262      $ 2,108  

Class C

   $ 303      $ 642      $ 1,118      $ 2,434  

Class N

   $ 97      $ 317      $ 565      $ 1,275  

Class T

   $ 374      $ 651      $ 960      $ 1,836  

Class Y

   $ 102      $ 334      $ 595      $ 1,343  

If shares are not redeemed:

   1 year      3 years      5 years      10 years  

Class C

   $ 203      $ 642      $ 1,118      $ 2,434  

 

AEW Real Estate Fund

ASG Dynamic Allocation Fund

ASG Global Alternatives Fund

ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund

ASG Tactical U.S. Market Fund

Gateway Equity Call Premium Fund

Gateway Fund

Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund

Loomis Sayles Dividend Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Global Equity and Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund

Loomis Sayles Growth Fund

Loomis Sayles High Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund

Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Strategic Alpha Fund

Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Value Fund

Mirova Global Green Bond Fund

Mirova Global Sustainable Equity Fund

McDonnell Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund

Natixis Oakmark Fund

Natixis Oakmark International Fund

Natixis U.S. Equity Opportunities Fund

Vaughan Nelson Select Fund

Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund

Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund

 

Effective July 1, 2017, the information under sub-sections “Class A and C Shares” and “Class A Shares,” as applicable, in the section “Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares” in each Fund’s Summary is hereby amended and restated as follows:

The following chart shows the investment minimums for various types of accounts:

 

Type of Account

  

Minimum Initial

Purchase

    

Minimum Subsequent

Purchase

 

Any account other than those listed below

   $ 2,500      $ 50  

For shareholders participating in Natixis

Funds’ Investment Builder Program

   $ 1,000      $ 50  

For Traditional IRA, Roth IRA, Rollover IRA,

SEP-IRA and Keogh plans using the Natixis

Funds’ prototype document (direct accounts,

not held through intermediary)

   $ 1,000      $ 50  

Coverdell Education Savings Accounts using

the Natixis Funds’ prototype document (direct

accounts, not held through intermediary)

   $ 500      $ 50  

 

 

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There is no initial or subsequent investment minimum for:

 

   

Wrap Fee Programs of certain broker-dealers, the advisers or NGAM Distribution, L.P. Please consult your financial representative to determine if your wrap fee program is subject to additional or different conditions or fees.

 

   

Certain Retirement Plans. Please consult your retirement plan administrator to determine if your retirement plan is subject to additional or different conditions or fees.

 

   

Clients of a Registered Investment Adviser where the Registered Investment Adviser receives an advisory, management or consulting fee.

Effective July 1, 2017, the information under sub-section “Class Y Shares” in the section “Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares” in each Fund’s Summary is hereby amended and restated as follows:

Class Y shares of the Fund are generally subject to a minimum initial investment of $100,000 and a minimum subsequent investment of $50, except there is no minimum initial or subsequent investment for:

 

   

Wrap Fee Programs of certain broker-dealers, the advisers or NGAM Distribution, L.P. Please consult your financial representative to determine if your wrap fee program is subject to additional or different conditions or fees.

 

   

Certain Retirement Plans. Please consult your retirement plan administrator to determine if your retirement plan is subject to additional or different conditions or fees.

 

   

Certain Individual Retirement Accounts if the amounts invested represent rollover distributions from investments by any of the retirement plans invested in the Fund.

 

   

Clients of a Registered Investment Adviser where the Registered Investment Adviser receives an advisory, management or consulting fee.

 

   

Fund Trustees, former Fund trustees, employees of affiliates of the Natixis Funds and other individuals who are affiliated with any Natixis Fund (this also applies to any spouse, parents, children, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren and in-laws of those mentioned) and Natixis affiliate employee benefit plans.

At the discretion of NGAM Advisors, clients of NGAM Advisors and its affiliates may purchase Class Y shares of the Fund below the stated minimums.

 

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SEMIANNUAL REPORT

May 31, 2017

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Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund

 

 

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Portfolio Review page 1

Portfolio of Investments page 10

Financial Statements page  23

Notes to Financial Statements page 30

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LOOMIS SAYLES SENIOR FLOATING RATE AND FIXED INCOME FUND

 

Managers:   Symbols:
Kevin J. Perry   Class A    LSFAX
John R. Bell   Class C    LSFCX
Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.   Class N    LSFNX
  Class Y    LSFYX

 

 

Investment Goal

The Fund seeks to provide a high level of current income.

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — May 31, 20174

 

             
                                   Expense Ratios5  
     6 Months     1 Year     5 Years     Life of Class     Gross     Net  
     
Class Y (Inception 9/30/11)1           Class A/C/Y       Class N        
NAV     3.37     8.57     5.39     6.55         0.88     0.80
     
Class A (Inception 9/30/11)                
NAV     3.24       8.32       5.12       6.28             1.13       1.05  
With 3.50% Maximum Sales Charge     -0.39       4.54       4.36       5.60              
     
Class C (Inception 9/30/11)                
NAV     2.88       7.44       4.33       5.49             1.88       1.80  
With CDSC2     1.88       6.44       4.33       5.49              
     
Class N (Inception 3/31/2017)                
NAV                             0.79       0.81       0.75  
   
Comparative Performance                
S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index3     3.14       7.49       4.73       5.39       0.80                  

Performance data shown represents past performance and is no guarantee of, and not necessarily indicative of, future results. Total return and value will vary, and you may have a gain or loss when shares are sold. Current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. For most recent month-end performance, visit ngam.natixis.com/performance. Performance for other share classes will be greater or less than shown based on differences in fees and sales charges. You may not invest directly in an index. Performance for periods less than one year is cumulative, not annualized. Returns reflect changes in share price and reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, if any. The table(s) do not reflect taxes shareholders might owe on any fund distributions or when they redeem their shares.

 

1 9/30/11 represents the date Class Y shares were first registered for public sale under the Securities Act of 1933. 9/16/11 represents commencement of operations for Class Y shares for accounting and financial reporting purposes only.

 

2 Performance for Class C shares assumes a 1% contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) applied when you sell shares within one year of purchase.

 

3 The S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index (LLI) covers more than 1,100 loan facilities and reflects the market-value-weighted performance of U.S. dollar-denominated institutional leveraged loans.

 

4 Fund performance has been increased by fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, without which performance would have been lower.

 

5 Expense ratios are as shown in the Fund’s prospectus in effect as of the date of this report. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report under Ratios to Average Net Assets. Net expenses reflect contractual expense caps set to expire on 3/31/18. When a Fund’s expenses are below the cap, gross and net expense ratios will be the same. See Note 5 of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information about the Fund’s expense caps.

 

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

All investing involves risk, including the risk of loss. There is no assurance that any investment will meet its performance objectives or that losses will be avoided.

ADDITIONAL INDEX INFORMATION

This document may contain references to third party copyrights, indexes, and trademarks, each of which is the property of its respective owner. Such owner is not affiliated with Natixis Global Asset Management or any of its related or affiliated companies (collectively “NGAM”) and does not sponsor, endorse or participate in the provision of any NGAM services, funds or other financial products.

The index information contained herein is derived from third parties and is provided on an “as is” basis. The user of this information assumes the entire risk of use of this information. Each of the third party entities involved in compiling, computing or creating index information, disclaims all warranties (including, without limitation, any warranties of originality, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, non-infringement, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose) with respect to such information.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

A description of the Natixis Funds’ proxy voting policies and procedures is available without charge, upon request, by calling Natixis Funds at 800-225-5478; on Natixis Funds’ website at ngam.natixis.com; and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) website at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available from Natixis Funds’ website and the SEC’s website.

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO SCHEDULES

The Fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 800-SEC-0330.

 

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UNDERSTANDING FUND EXPENSES

As a mutual fund shareholder, you incur different costs: transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchases and contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions and ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service fees (12b-1 fees), and other fund expenses. Certain exemptions may apply. These costs are described in more detail in the Fund’s prospectus. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and help you compare these with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The first line in the table of each class of Fund shares shows the actual account values and actual Fund expenses you would have paid on a $1,000 investment in the Fund from December 1, 2016 through May 31, 2017. To estimate the expenses you paid over the period, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.60) and multiply the result by the number in the Expenses Paid During Period column as shown below for your class.

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

Please note that the expenses shown reflect ongoing costs only, and do not include any transaction costs, such as sales charges. Therefore, the second line in the table of each Fund is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative costs of owning different funds. If transaction costs were included, total costs would be higher.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES SENIOR FLOATING
RATE AND FIXED INCOME FUND
  BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
12/1/2016
    ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
5/31/2017
    EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
12/1/2016 – 5/31/2017
 
Class A        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,032.40       $5.32 1 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,019.70       $5.29
Class C        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,028.80       $9.10 1 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,015.96       $9.05
Class N        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,007.90       $1.26 2 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,021.19       $3.78
Class Y        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,033.70       $4.06 1 
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,020.94       $4.03

 

* Hypothetical expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement): 1.05%, 1.80%, 0.75% and 0.80% for Class A, C, N and Y, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

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Actual expenses for Class A, C and Y are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement): 1.05%, 1.80% and 0.80%, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

2 

Class N commenced operations on March 31, 2017. Actual expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement) of 0.75%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal period (61), divided by 365 (to reflect the partial period).

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE EXISTING ADVISORY AGREEMENT

The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”), including the Independent Trustees, considers matters bearing on the Fund’s advisory agreement (the “Agreement”) at most of its meetings throughout the year. Each year, usually in the spring, the Contract Review Committee of the Board meets to review the Agreement to determine whether to recommend that the full Board approve the continuation of the Agreement, typically for an additional one-year period. After the Contract Review Committee has made its recommendation, the full Board, including the Independent Trustees, determines whether to approve the continuation of the Agreement.

In connection with these meetings, the Trustees receive materials that the Fund’s investment adviser (the “Adviser”) believes to be reasonably necessary for the Trustees to evaluate the Agreement. These materials generally include, among other items, (i) information on the investment performance of the Fund and the performance of a peer group of funds and the Fund’s performance benchmarks, (ii) information on the Fund’s advisory fee and other expenses, including information comparing the Fund’s expenses to the fees charged to institutional accounts with similar strategies managed by the Adviser, if any, and to those of a peer group of funds and information about any applicable expense caps and/or fee “breakpoints,” (iii) sales and redemption data in respect of the Fund, (iv) information about the profitability of the Agreement to the Adviser and (v) information obtained through the completion by the Adviser of a questionnaire distributed on behalf of the Trustees. The Board, including the Independent Trustees, also considers other matters such as (i) the Adviser’s financial results and financial condition, (ii) the Fund’s investment objective and strategies and the size, education and experience of the Adviser’s investment staff and its use of technology, external research and trading cost measurement tools, (iii) arrangements in respect of the distribution of the Fund’s shares and the related costs, (iv) the allocation of the Fund’s brokerage, if any, including, if applicable, allocations to brokers affiliated with the Adviser and the use of “soft” commission dollars to pay Fund expenses and to pay for research and other similar services, (v) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the Fund’s investment policies and restrictions, policies on personal securities transactions and other compliance policies, (vi) the Adviser’s policies and procedures relating to, among other things, compliance, trading and best execution, proxy voting and valuation, (vii) information about amounts invested by the Fund’s portfolio managers in the Fund or in similar accounts that they manage and (viii) the general economic outlook with particular emphasis on the mutual fund industry. Throughout the process, the Trustees are afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and request additional materials from the Adviser.

In addition to the materials requested by the Trustees in connection with their annual consideration of the continuation of the Agreement, the Trustees receive materials in advance of each regular quarterly meeting of the Board that provide detailed information about the Fund’s investment performance and the fees charged to the Fund for advisory and other services. This information generally includes, among other things, an internal performance rating for the Fund based on agreed-upon criteria, graphs showing the Fund’s performance and fee differentials against the Fund’s peer group/category, performance

 

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ratings provided by a third-party, total return information for various periods, and third-party performance rankings for various periods comparing the Fund against similarly categorized funds. The portfolio management team for the Fund or other representatives of the Adviser make periodic presentations to the Contract Review Committee and/or the full Board, and if the Fund is identified as presenting possible performance concerns it may be subject to more frequent board presentations and reviews. In addition, each quarter, the Trustees are provided with detailed statistical information about the Fund’s portfolio. The Trustees also receive periodic updates between meetings.

The Board most recently approved the continuation of the Agreement at its meeting held in June 2017. The Agreement was continued for a one-year period for the Fund. In considering whether to approve the continuation of the Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, did not identify any single factor as determinative. Individual Trustees may have evaluated the information presented differently from one another, giving different weights to various factors. Matters considered by the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, in connection with their approval of the Agreement included, but were not limited to, the factors listed below.

The nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund under the Agreement. The Trustees considered the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser and its affiliates to the Fund and the resources dedicated to the Fund by the Adviser and its affiliates.

The Trustees considered not only the advisory services provided by the Adviser to the Fund, but also the monitoring and oversight services provided by NGAM Advisors, L.P. (“NGAM Advisors”). They also considered the administrative services provided by NGAM Advisors and its affiliates to the Fund.

The Trustees also considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a mutual fund that is part of a family of funds that offers shareholders the right to exchange shares of one type of fund for shares of another type of fund, and provides a variety of fund and shareholder services.

After reviewing these and related factors, the Trustees concluded, within the context of their overall conclusions regarding the Agreement, that the nature, extent and quality of services provided supported the renewal of the Agreement.

Investment performance of the Fund and the Adviser. As noted above, the Trustees received information about the performance of the Fund over various time periods, including information that compared the performance of the Fund to the performance of a peer group and category of funds and the Fund’s performance benchmark. In addition, the Trustees also reviewed data prepared by an independent third party that analyzed the performance of the Fund using a variety of performance metrics, including metrics that also measured the performance of the Fund on a risk adjusted basis.

The Board noted that, through December 31, 2016, the Fund’s one- and three-year performance stated as percentile rankings within categories selected by the independent third-party data provider was as follows (where the best performance would be in the first percentile of its category):

 

    

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The Trustees also considered the Adviser’s performance and reputation generally, the performance of the fund family generally, and the historical responsiveness of the Adviser to Trustee concerns about performance and the willingness of the Adviser to take steps intended to improve performance.

After reviewing these and related factors, the Trustees concluded, within the context of their overall conclusions regarding the Agreement, that the performance of the Fund and the Adviser and/or other relevant factors supported the renewal of the Agreement.

The costs of the services to be provided and profits to be realized by the Adviser and its affiliates from their respective relationships with the Fund. The Trustees considered the fees charged to the Fund for advisory services as well as the total expense level of the Fund. This information included comparisons (provided both by management and also by an independent third party) of the Fund’s advisory fee and total expense level to those of its peer group and information about the advisory fees charged by the Adviser to comparable accounts (such as institutional separate accounts), as well as information about differences in such fees and the reasons for any such differences. In considering the fees charged to comparable accounts, the Trustees considered, among other things, management’s representations about the differences between managing mutual funds as compared to other types of accounts, including the additional resources required to effectively manage mutual fund assets and the greater regulatory costs associated with the management of such assets. In evaluating the Fund’s advisory fee, the Trustees also took into account the demands, complexity and quality of the investment management of the Fund, as well as the need for the Adviser to offer competitive compensation and the potential need to expend additional resources to the extent the Fund grows in size. The Trustees considered that over the past several years, management had made recommendations regarding reductions in advisory fee rates, implementation of advisory fee breakpoints and the institution of advisory fee waivers and expense caps for various funds in the fund family. They noted that the Fund has an expense cap in place and the Trustees also considered the amounts waived or reimbursed by the Advisor for the Fund, which had current expenses above the cap.

The Trustees also considered the compensation directly or indirectly received by the Adviser and its affiliates from their relationships with the Fund. The Trustees reviewed information provided by management as to the profitability of the Adviser’s and its affiliates’ relationships with the Fund, and information about the allocation of expenses used to calculate profitability. They also reviewed information provided by management about the effect of distribution costs and changes in asset levels on Adviser profitability, including information regarding resources spent on distribution activities. When reviewing profitability, the Trustees also considered information about court cases in which adviser compensation or profitability were issues, the performance of the Fund, the expense levels of the Fund, and whether the Adviser had implemented breakpoints and/or expense caps with respect to the Fund.

After reviewing these and related factors, the Trustees concluded, within the context of their overall conclusions regarding the Agreement, that the advisory fee charged to the Fund was fair and reasonable, and that the costs of these services generally and the related profitability of the Adviser and its affiliates in respect of their relationships with the Fund supported the renewal of the Agreement.

 

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Economies of Scale. The Trustees considered the existence of any economies of scale in the provision of services by the Adviser and whether those economies are shared with the Fund through breakpoints in its investment advisory fee or other means, such as expense waivers or caps. The Trustees also discussed with management the factors considered with respect to the implementation of breakpoints in investment advisory fees or expense waivers or caps for certain funds. Management explained that a number of factors are taken into account in considering the possible implementation of breakpoints or an expense cap for a fund, including, among other things, factors such as a fund’s assets, the projected growth of a fund, projected profitability and a fund’s fees and performance. With respect to economies of scale, the Trustees noted that although the Fund’s management fee was not subject to breakpoints, the Fund was subject to an expense cap or waiver. In considering these issues, the Trustees also took note of the costs of the services provided (both on an absolute and on a relative basis) and the profitability to the Adviser and its affiliates of their relationships with the Fund, as discussed above.

After reviewing these and related factors, the Trustees concluded, within the context of their overall conclusions regarding the Agreement, that the extent to which economies of scale were shared with the Fund supported the renewal of the Agreement.

The Trustees also considered other factors, which included but were not limited to the following:

 

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The effect of recent market and economic events on the performance, asset levels and expense ratios of the Fund.

 

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Whether the Fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective and the Fund’s record of compliance with its investment restrictions, and the compliance programs of the Fund and the Adviser. They also considered the compliance-related resources the Adviser and its affiliates were providing to the Fund.

 

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The nature, quality, cost and extent of administrative and shareholder services performed by the Adviser and its affiliates under the Agreements.

 

·  

So-called “fallout benefits” to the Adviser, such as the engagement of affiliates of the Adviser to provide distribution, administrative and brokerage services to the Fund, and the benefits of research made available to the Adviser by reason of brokerage commissions (if any) generated by the Fund’s securities transactions. The Trustees also considered the benefits to the parent company of NGAM Advisors from the retention of the Adviser. The Trustees considered the possible conflicts of interest associated with these fallout and other benefits, and the reporting, disclosure and other processes in place to disclose and monitor such possible conflicts of interest.

 

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The Trustees’ review and discussion of the Fund’s advisory arrangements in prior years, and management’s record of responding to Trustee concerns raised during the year and in prior years.

Based on their evaluation of all factors that they deemed to be material, including those factors described above, and assisted by the advice of independent counsel, the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the existing Agreement should be continued through June 30, 2018.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
  Senior Loans — 90.0% of Net Assets   
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.6%   
$ 2,465,000      Advanced Integration Technology LP, 2017 Term Loan B, 3/21/2023(b)    $ 2,489,650  
  9,912,120      Advanced Integration Technology LP, 2017 Term Loan B, 6.545%, 3/21/2023(c)      10,011,242  
  11,070,000      Constellis Holdings LLC, 2017 Term Loan B, 6.155%, 4/13/2024(c)      10,942,031  
  8,604,325      Engility Corp., Term Loan B2, 4.827%, 8/12/2023(d)      8,690,368  
  11,256,311      Magnolia Energy LP, 2017 Term Loan, 6.300%, 4/29/2024(c)      11,333,754  
  3,020,893      WP CPP Holdings LLC, Term Loan B3, 4.671%, 12/28/2019(d)      2,847,191  
     

 

 

 
        46,314,236  
     

 

 

 
   Automotive — 5.2%   
  10,384,000      BBB Industries U.S. Holdings, Inc., 2014 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.045%, 11/03/2021(c)      10,474,860  
  10,151,000      Bright Bidco B.V, Term Loan B, 2/27/2024(b)      10,303,265  
  16,406,474      Capital Automotive LP, 2017 2nd Lien Term Loan, 7.029%, 3/24/2025(c)      16,734,603  
  14,089,592      Dayco Products LLC, 2017 Term Loan B, 5/08/2023(b)      14,089,592  
  6,914,723      Gates Global LLC, 2017 USD Term Loan B, 4.408%, 4/01/2024(c)      6,941,345  
  10,110,000      Innovative Xcessories & Services LLC, Term Loan B, 5.750%, 11/29/2022(c)      10,185,825  
  4,867,540      J.D. Power and Associates, 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.295%, 9/07/2023(c)      4,891,878  
  9,899,190      K&N Engineering, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.795%, 10/19/2023(c)      9,923,938  
  9,706,058      Sage Automotive Holdings, Inc., 2016 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.045%, 10/27/2022(c)      9,754,588  
  12,707,695      Solera LLC, USD Term Loan B, 4.295%, 3/03/2023(c)      12,789,660  
  4,458,000      Trader Corp., 2017 Term Loan B, 4.290%, 9/28/2023(c)      4,461,700  
  1,517,000      Truck Hero, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 4/21/2024(b)      1,507,048  
  12,829,000      Truck Hero, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.156%, 4/21/2024(c)      12,744,842  
  8,319,922      U.S. Farathane LLC, Reprice Term Loan, 12/23/2021(b)      8,377,163  
  1,975,000      U.S. Farathane LLC, Reprice Term Loan, 5.147%, 12/23/2021(c)      1,988,588  
  13,859,091      Wand Intermediate I LP, 2nd Lien Term Loan, 8.326%, 9/19/2022(c)      13,859,091  
     

 

 

 
        149,027,986  
     

 

 

 
   Building Materials — 2.3%   
  3,754,000      CPG International, Inc., 2017 Term Loan, 4.897%, 5/03/2024(c)      3,760,269  
  7,428,000      DiversiTech Corp., 2017 1st Lien Term Loan, 5/05/2024(b)      7,446,570  
  4,151,143      Floor and Decor Outlets of America, Inc., 2017 Term Loan, 4.550%, 9/30/2023(c)      4,187,466  
  10,901,000      Interior Logic Group, Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, 7.000%, 3/01/2024(c)      10,764,738  
  10,066,770      IPS Corp., 2016 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.250%, 12/20/2023(c)      10,016,436  
  8,039,438      Morsco, Inc., Term Loan B, 8.000%, 10/31/2023(c)      8,116,455  
  3,112,200      Quikrete Holdings, Inc., 2016 1st Lien Term Loan, 11/15/2023(b)      3,099,751  
  5,631,000      VC GB Holdings, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.794%, 2/28/2024(c)      5,659,155  
  5,607,000      VC GB Holdings, Inc., 2nd Lien Term Loan, 9.044%, 2/28/2025(c)      5,522,895  
  5,659,815      Wilsonart LLC, 2016 Term Loan, 4.650%, 12/19/2023(c)      5,699,434  
     

 

 

 
        64,273,169  
     

 

 

 
   Cable Satellite — 0.1%   
  3,064,944      DigitalGlobe, Inc., 2016 Term Loan B, 3.795%, 1/15/2024(c)      3,068,776  
     

 

 

 

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Chemicals — 3.1%   
$ 5,489,157      Allnex (Luxembourg) & Cy SCA, 2016 USD Term Loan B2, 4.406%, 9/13/2023(d)    $ 5,506,338  
  4,135,478      Allnex USA, Inc., USD Term Loan B3, 4.406%, 9/13/2023(d)      4,148,422  
  1,257,982      ASP Chromaflo Dutch I BV, Term Loan B2, 5.045%, 11/18/2023(c)      1,261,920  
  3,030,000      ASP Chromaflo Intermediate Holdings, Inc., 2016 2nd Lien Term Loan, 9.045%, 11/14/2024(c)      3,007,275  
  967,440      ASP Chromaflo Intermediate Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B1, 5.045%, 11/18/2023(c)      970,468  
  16,373,343      Avantor Performance Materials Holdings LLC, 2017 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.050%, 3/10/2024(c)      16,404,124  
  7,956,286      Avantor Performance Materials Holdings LLC, 2017 2nd Lien Term Loan, 9.300%, 3/10/2025(c)      8,095,521  
  2,336,800      DuBois Chemicals, Inc., 2017 1st Lien Term Loan B, 4.881%, 3/15/2024(c)      2,344,114  
  584,200      DuBois Chemicals, Inc., 2017 Delayed Draw Term Loan, 3/15/2024(e)      586,029  
  14,928,216      Kraton Polymers LLC, 2016 Term Loan B, 5.045%, 1/06/2022(c)      15,113,624  
  8,752,110      Methanol Holdings (Trinidad) Ltd., Term Loan B, 4.545%, 6/30/2022(c)      8,730,230  
  7,137,157      Nexeo Solutions LLC, 2017 Term Loan B, 6/09/2023(b)      7,215,238  
  6,064,999      Plaskolite, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.147%, 11/03/2022(c)      6,087,743  
  8,063,000      Transcendia, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan B, 5/10/2024(b)      8,103,315  
     

 

 

 
        87,574,361  
     

 

 

 
   Construction Machinery — 0.4%   
  6,686,991      Onsite U.S. Finco LLC, Term Loan, 5.524%, 7/30/2021(c)(f)(g)      4,346,544  
  5,511,000      Utility One Source LP, Term Loan B, 6.533%, 4/07/2023(c)      5,614,331  
     

 

 

 
        9,960,875  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Cyclical Services — 7.7%   
  12,508,156      Access CIG LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.017%, 10/18/2021(c)      12,545,680  
  11,425,000      AlixPartners LLP, 2017 Term Loan B, 4.150%, 4/04/2024(c)      11,494,578  
  2,651,609      Allied Universal Holdco LLC, 2017 Delayed Draw Term Loan, 7/28/2022(e)      2,661,553  
  928,000      Array Canada Inc., Term Loan B, 2/10/2023(b)      921,040  
  10,133,000      Array Canada, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.068%, 2/10/2023(c)      10,057,003  
  5,366,000      ASP MCS Acquisition Corp., Term Loan B, 5/12/2024(b)      5,419,660  
  11,233,246      ConvergeOne Holdings Corp., 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.522%, 6/17/2020(c)      11,233,246  
  16,369,029      DTI Holdco, Inc., 2016 Term Loan B, 6.421%, 9/30/2023(d)      16,051,961  
  15,721,223      DTZ U.S. Borrower LLC, 2015 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.440%, 11/04/2021(d)      15,756,910  
  1,128,000      DTZ U.S. Borrower LLC, 2nd Lien Term Loan, 9.422%, 11/04/2022(c)      1,124,244  
  1,066,297      Garda World Security Corp., 2017 Term Loan, 5/24/2024(b)      1,068,515  
  4,441,618      Garda World Security Corp., 2017 Term Loan, 5.043%, 5/24/2024(c)      4,450,857  
  8,363,502      Imagine! Print Solutions, Inc., Term Loan B, 7.147%, 3/30/2022(c)      8,373,956  
  2,858,571      Mergermarket USA, Inc., 2nd Lien Term Loan, 2/04/2022(b)      2,858,571  
  10,449,000      Mergermarket USA, Inc., 2nd Lien Term Loan, 7.602%, 2/04/2022(c)      10,449,000  
  13,432,923      Mister Car Wash Holdings, Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, 8/21/2021(b)      13,449,714  
  1,823,326      Mister Car Wash Holdings, Inc., Delayed Draw Term Loan, 5.270%, 8/20/2021(c)      1,825,605  
  9,093,261      Mister Car Wash Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.300%, 8/20/2021(c)      9,104,627  
  10,520,633      Nature’s Bounty Co. (The), 2017 USD Term Loan B, 4.647%, 5/05/2023(c)      10,518,423  
  11,802,000      PSAV Holdings LLC, Term Loan B, 4.589%, 4/27/2024(d)      11,787,248  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Consumer Cyclical Services — continued   
$ 4,565,076      STG-Fairway Acquisitions, Inc., 2015 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.397%, 6/30/2022(c)    $ 4,131,393  
  10,244,597      TruGreen LP, 1st Lien Term Loan B, 6.500%, 4/13/2023(c)      10,327,886  
  2,873,277      TwentyEighty, Inc., PIK Term Loan B, 1.000%, 3/31/2020(c)(h)      1,537,203  
  2,033,947      TwentyEighty, Inc., PIK Term Loan C, 0.250%, 3/31/2020(c)(h)      1,088,162  
  8,627,645      U.S. Security Associates Holdings, Inc., 2016 Term Loan, 6.147%, 7/14/2023(c)      8,724,706  
  5,212,935      Vestcom Parent Holdings, Inc., 2016 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.260%, 12/19/2023(d)      5,225,967  
  5,415,234      William Morris Endeavor Entertainment LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.300%, 5/06/2021(d)      5,440,036  
  3,140,154      William Morris Endeavor Entertainment LLC, 2nd Lien Term Loan, 5/06/2022(b)      3,166,311  
  6,714,667      William Morris Endeavor Entertainment LLC, 2nd Lien Term Loan, 8.295%, 5/06/2022(c)      6,770,600  
  11,400,212      Xerox Business Services LLC, USD Term Loan B, 4.993%, 12/07/2023(c)      11,574,065  
     

 

 

 
        219,138,720  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Products — 4.1%   
  1,898,667      Advantage Sales & Marketing, Inc., 2014 2nd Lien Term Loan, 7/25/2022(b)      1,855,947  
  23,908,838      Advantage Sales & Marketing, Inc., 2014 2nd Lien Term Loan, 7.545%, 7/25/2022(c)      23,370,889  
  7,979,909      Augusta Sportswear Group, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.545%, 10/26/2023(c)      7,940,009  
  3,180,000      Highline Aftermarket Acquisition LLC, Term Loan B, 5.313%, 3/17/2024(c)      3,195,900  
  10,705,012      Information Resources, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.260%, 1/18/2024(c)      10,801,999  
  7,019,000      Inmar Holdings, Inc., 2017 1st Lien Term Loan B, 4.670%, 5/01/2024(c)      7,023,422  
  8,678,775      Ozark Holdings LLC, Term Loan B, 5.795%, 7/01/2023(c)      8,754,714  
  3,350,000      Polyconcept Investments B.V., USD 2016 Term Loan B, 8/10/2023(b)      3,350,000  
  10,754,856      Polyconcept Investments BV, USD 2016 Term Loan B, 6.295%, 8/10/2023(c)      10,754,856  
  5,996,000      Radio Systems Corp., Term Loan B, 4.545%, 5/02/2024(c)      6,018,485  
  7,178,010      Serta Simmons Bedding LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.586%, 11/08/2023(d)      7,199,544  
  7,490,000      Serta Simmons Bedding LLC, 2nd Lien Term Loan, 9.179%, 11/08/2024(c)      7,555,538  
  9,334,842      SRAM LLC, 2017 Term Loan, 4.613%, 3/15/2024(d)      9,358,179  
  7,507,092      Strategic Partners, Inc., 2016 Term Loan, 5.545%, 6/30/2023(c)      7,582,163  
  1,756,018      Varsity Brands, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.500%, 12/11/2021(c)      1,765,114  
     

 

 

 
        116,526,759  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Manufacturing — 1.6%   
  3,944,098      Ameriforge Group, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.000%, 12/19/2019(c)(f)(g)      2,129,813  
  11,961,363      Cortes NP Acquisition Corp., 2017 Term Loan B, 5.000%, 11/30/2023(c)      12,066,025  
  17,342,841      CPI Acquisition, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.834%, 8/17/2022(c)      15,326,736  
  4,365,000      CPI International, Inc., New Term Loan B, 4.300%, 4/07/2021(c)      4,365,000  
  2,518,804      Douglas Dynamics Holdings, Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, 4.550%, 12/31/2021(c)      2,559,734  
  1,109,934      Dynacast International LLC, Term Loan B, 4.397%, 1/28/2022(c)      1,113,408  
  8,104,922      NN, Inc., 2016 Term Loan B, 5.295%, 10/19/2022(c)      8,086,686  
     

 

 

 
        45,647,402  
     

 

 

 
   Electric — 1.8%   
  8,775,982      APLP Holdings LP, 2016 Term Loan B, 5.295%, 4/13/2023(c)      8,781,510  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Electric — continued   
$ 2,499,225      Dynegy, Inc., 2017 Term Loan C, 4.250%, 2/07/2024(c)    $ 2,495,651  
  8,583,497      Mirion Technologies, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.897%, 3/31/2022(c)      8,562,038  
  9,879,569      PrimeLine Utility Services LLC, Term Loan, 6.621%, 11/12/2022(d)      9,743,725  
  11,260,841      TerraForm AP Acquisition Holdings LLC, Term Loan B, 5.647%, 6/26/2022(c)      11,345,298  
  9,904,247      TPF II Power LLC, Term Loan B, 5.045%, 10/02/2023(c)      9,832,045  
     

 

 

 
        50,760,267  
     

 

 

 
   Environmental — 0.7%   
  5,226,076      EnergySolutions LLC, New Term Loan, 6.800%, 5/29/2020(c)      5,291,402  
  2,437,404      EWT Holdings III Corp., 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.897%, 1/15/2021(c)      2,446,544  
  965,126      EWT Holdings III Corp., 2016 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.647%, 1/15/2021(c)      971,158  
  10,903,167      SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, 4/29/2022(b)      10,971,312  
     

 

 

 
        19,680,416  
     

 

 

 
   Finance Companies — 0.2%   
  6,619,014      iStar, Inc., 2016 Term Loan B, 4.750%, 7/01/2020(c)      6,693,478  
     

 

 

 
   Financial Other — 2.2%   
  10,108,818      Ascensus, Inc., 2017 Term Loan, 5.024%, 12/03/2022(c)      10,181,500  
  11,179,697      DBRS Ltd., Term Loan, 6.452%, 3/04/2022(c)      10,816,357  
  7,965,803      Eze Castle Software, Inc., New 2nd Lien Term Loan, 7.647%, 4/05/2021(c)      7,949,234  
  6,898,000      Focus Financial Partners LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan, 5/22/2024(b)      6,941,113  
  9,355,131      Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc., Term Loan, 5.606%, 4/30/2021(c)      9,355,131  
  4,156,786      Resolute Investment Managers, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.397%, 4/30/2022(c)      4,163,728  
  13,213,575      Victory Capital Management, Inc., Term Loan B, 8.647%, 10/31/2021(c)      13,378,745  
     

 

 

 
        62,785,808  
     

 

 

 
   Food & Beverage — 2.4%   
  4,141,000      Arctic Glacier U.S.A., Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, 5.295%, 3/20/2024(c)      4,190,195  
  11,876,203      ASP MSG Acquisition Co., Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, 5.147%, 8/16/2023(c)      11,965,274  
  9,442,912      CPM Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.295%, 4/11/2022(c)      9,541,307  
  9,173,010      Culligan International Co., 2016 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.000%, 12/13/2023(c)      9,224,654  
  12,690,814      Give & Go Prepared Foods Corp., 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.647%, 7/29/2023(c)      12,817,722  
  3,403,895      Packers Holdings LLC, Term Loan B, 4.805%, 12/02/2021(c)      3,429,424  
  8,816,110      Proampac PG Borrower LLC, 2016 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.098%, 11/18/2023(d)      8,948,352  
  9,077,000      TKC Holdings, Inc., 2017 Term Loan, 4.750%, 2/01/2023(c)      9,114,851  
     

 

 

 
        69,231,779  
     

 

 

 
   Gaming — 0.1%   
  4,133,000      Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Ltd., Term Loan B1, 4.794%, 2/22/2023(c)      4,182,927  
     

 

 

 
   Health Insurance — 2.1%   
  13,766,306      AssuredPartners, Inc., 2017 Term Loan, 10/21/2022(b)      13,772,088  
  13,856,026      Highland Acquisitions Holdings LLC, Term Loan B, 6.545%, 11/30/2022(c)      13,682,825  
  12,833,061      Hyperion Insurance Group Ltd., 2017 Term Loan B, 4/29/2022(b)      12,900,435  
  5,375,984      Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., 2nd Lien Term Loan, 6.795%, 2/28/2022(c)      5,389,424  
  14,031,478      Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc., Incremental 2nd Lien Term Loan, 6.952%, 2/28/2022(c)      14,060,663  
     

 

 

 
        59,805,435  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Healthcare — 6.7%   
$ 8,464,493      ATI Holdings Acquisition, Inc., 2016 Term Loan, 5.650%, 5/10/2023(c)    $ 8,545,582  
  11,017,000      BCPE Eagle Buyer LLC, 2017 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.339%, 3/18/2024(d)      10,989,458  
  13,543,000      CareCore National LLC, Term Loan B, 3/05/2021(b)      13,644,572  
  2,460,573      CHG Healthcare Services, Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, 6/07/2023(b)      2,482,103  
  2,460,573      CHG Healthcare Services, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.921%, 6/07/2023(d)      2,482,103  
  7,236,102      CT Technologies Intermediate Holdings, Inc., New 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.295%, 12/01/2021(c)      7,154,696  
  4,988,003      Explorer Holdings, Inc., 2016 Term Loan B, 6.170%, 5/02/2023(c)      5,030,102  
  10,169,959      FHC Health Systems, Inc., 2014 Term Loan, 5.045%, 12/23/2021(c)      9,547,049  
  866,876      Global Healthcare Exchange LLC, 2015 Term Loan B, 5.295%, 8/15/2022(c)      877,347  
  12,428,539      Greatbatch Ltd., 2017 Term Loan B, 4.510%, 10/27/2022(c)      12,512,432  
  17,785,721      HC Group Holdings III, Inc., Term Loan B, 6.045%, 4/07/2022(c)      17,518,936  
  2,801,852      Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co., 2015 Term Loan B, 4.044%, 5/31/2021(c)      2,645,116  
  8,521,469      NMSC Holdings, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.147%, 4/19/2023(c)      8,414,951  
  11,768,347      NVA Holdings, Inc., 2nd Lien Term Loan, 8.147%, 8/14/2022(c)      11,886,030  
  6,414,270      NVA Holdings, Inc., USD 1st Lien Term Loan B2, 4.647%, 8/14/2021(c)      6,478,413  
  13,297,357      Onex TSG Holdings II Corp., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.045%, 7/31/2022(c)      13,297,357  
  11,602,000      Patterson Medical Holdings, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.794%, 8/28/2022(c)      11,304,757  
  2,285,273      Press Ganey Holdings, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.295%, 10/21/2023(c)      2,288,129  
  7,861,974      Surgery Center Holdings, Inc., New 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.750%, 11/03/2020(c)      7,881,629  
  14,669,000      Team Health Holdings, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 3.795%, 2/06/2024(c)      14,581,866  
  9,910,000      Tecomet, Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, 4.922%, 4/13/2024(c)      9,959,550  
  10,545,835      U.S. Renal Care, Inc., 2015 Term Loan B, 5.397%, 12/31/2022(c)      10,295,371  
     

 

 

 
        189,817,549  
     

 

 

 
   Home Construction — 1.1%   
  13,482,422      LBM Borrower LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.436%, 8/20/2022(d)      13,528,127  
  8,879,745      Zodiac Pool Solutions LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.647%, 12/20/2023(c)      8,924,144  
  8,879,745      Zodiac Pool Solutions LLC, 2017 1st Lien Term Loan, 12/20/2023(b)      8,924,144  
     

 

 

 
        31,376,415  
     

 

 

 
   Independent Energy — 1.4%   
  6,160,000      California Resources Corp., Second Out Term Loan, 11.375%, 12/31/2021(c)      6,810,681  
  8,595,269      Chesapeake Energy Corp., Term Loan, 8.686%, 8/23/2021(c)      9,261,402  
  17,968,712      Gavilan Resources LLC, 2nd Lien Term Loan, 7.000%, 3/01/2024(c)      17,766,564  
  2,072,574      MEG Energy Corp., 2017 Term Loan B, 4.627%, 12/31/2023(d)      2,065,838  
  4,408,861      P2 Upstream Acquisition Co., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.180%, 10/30/2020(c)      4,309,661  
     

 

 

 
        40,214,146  
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Other — 6.9%   
  16,123,355      Allied Universal Holdco LLC, 2015 Term Loan, 4.790%, 7/28/2022(c)      16,198,974  
  6,341,617      Brickman Group Ltd. LLC, 2nd Lien Term Loan, 7.500%, 12/17/2021(c)      6,354,808  
  6,869,000      Crosby U.S. Acquisition Corp., 2nd Lien Term Loan, 7.172%, 11/22/2021(c)      5,649,752  
  8,295,690      Dexter Axle Co., USD Term Loan, 6.438%, 12/30/2022(c)      8,243,842  
  5,062,857      Duke Finance LLC, 2017 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.147%, 2/21/2024(c)      5,111,359  
  14,769,590      Eastman Kodak Co., Exit Term Loan, 7.422%, 9/03/2019(c)      14,695,742  
  5,538,209      Hampton Rubber Co., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.045%, 3/27/2021(c)      5,067,461  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Industrial Other — continued   
$ 4,799,224      Harland Clarke Holdings Corp., Term Loan B5, 7.147%, 12/31/2021(c)    $ 4,817,221  
  11,788,203      Harland Clarke Holdings Corp., Term Loan B6, 6.631%, 2/09/2022(d)      11,776,415  
  4,783,672      Laureate Education, Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, 4/26/2024(b)      4,792,235  
  4,878,000      Laureate Education, Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, 5.545%, 4/26/2024(c)      4,886,732  
  9,659,000      LTI Holdings, Inc., 2017 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.750%, 5/08/2024(c)      9,564,825  
  12,088,201      Merrill Communications LLC, 2015 Term Loan, 6.422%, 6/01/2022(c)      12,063,058  
  4,391,930      MTS Systems Corp., Term Loan B, 5.250%, 7/05/2023(c)      4,438,616  
  8,218,479      NES Global Talent Ltd., 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.672%, 10/03/2019(c)      7,396,631  
  7,488,211      North American Lifting Holdings, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.647%, 11/27/2020(c)      7,113,800  
  7,369,000      Oxbow Carbon LLC, 2017 Term Loan B, 4.545%, 1/19/2020(c)      7,442,690  
  5,081,269      Power Products LLC, Term Loan, 5.656%, 12/20/2022(c)      5,106,675  
  7,880,250      Prime Security Services Borrower LLC, 2016 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.294%, 5/02/2022(c)      7,943,607  
  4,027,545      Research Now Group, Inc., Term Loan, 5.647%, 3/18/2021(c)(f)(g)      3,977,201  
  13,943,000      Sterigenics-Nordion Holdings LLC, 2017 Term Loan B, 4.150%, 5/15/2022(c)      13,873,285  
  11,221,599      Trojan Battery Co. LLC, 2013 Term Loan, 5.876%, 6/11/2021(d)      11,207,572  
  3,987,000      Unifrax Corp., 2017 USD Term Loan B, 4.900%, 4/04/2024(c)      4,006,935  
  1,860,000      Ventia Deco LLC, 2016 Term Loan B, 4.662%, 5/21/2022(c)      1,873,950  
  12,364,556      WireCo WorldGroup, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.702%, 9/30/2023(c)      12,452,097  
     

 

 

 
        196,055,483  
     

 

 

 
   Internet & Data — 2.5%   
  15,077,875      Cision U.S., Inc., USD Term Loan B, 7.147%, 6/16/2023(c)      15,179,651  
  13,158,476      EIG Investors Corp., 2013 Term Loan, 6.680%, 11/09/2019(d)      13,174,924  
  3,903,205      EIG Investors Corp., 2016 Term Loan, 6.179%, 2/09/2023(d)      3,910,543  
  3,435,526      MH Sub I LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.795%, 7/08/2021(c)      3,464,522  
  1,511,848      MH Sub I LLC, 2017 Delayed Draw Term Loan, 7/08/2021(e)      1,525,077  
  2,764,617      MH Sub I LLC, 2017 Incremental 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.795%, 7/08/2021(c)      2,788,807  
  10,821,086      MH Sub I LLC, 2nd Lien Term Loan, 8.545%, 7/08/2022(c)      10,963,167  
  2,178,000      NeuStar, Inc., 2nd Lien Term Loan, 2/24/2025(b)      2,202,502  
  3,534,000      NeuStar, Inc., Term Loan B2, 2/28/2024(b)      3,568,244  
  7,188,707      Polycom, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.274%, 9/27/2023(d)      7,255,202  
  8,366,114      YP LLC, USD Term Loan B, 12.250%, 6/04/2018(c)      8,198,792  
     

 

 

 
        72,231,431  
     

 

 

 
   Leisure — 1.7%   
  19,433,682      AMF Bowling Centers, Inc., 2016 Term Loan, 6.045%, 8/17/2023(c)      19,628,019  
  4,508,813      Cast and Crew Payroll LLC, 2017 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.650%, 8/12/2022(c)      4,516,343  
  6,676,330      CDS U.S. Intermediate Holdings, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.147%, 7/08/2022(c)      6,729,540  
  3,931,000      CDS U.S. Intermediate Holdings, Inc., 2nd Lien Term Loan, 9.250%, 7/10/2023(c)      3,914,608  
  9,604,188      Leslie’s Poolmart, Inc., 2016 Term Loan, 4.871%, 8/16/2023(d)      9,660,757  
  4,455,413      Marine Acquisition Corp., 2017 Add on Term Loan B, 5/18/2021(b)      4,460,982  
     

 

 

 
        48,910,249  
     

 

 

 
   Media Entertainment — 4.0%   
  9,603,750      ALM Media Holdings, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.647%, 7/31/2020(c)(f)(g)      8,739,413  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Media Entertainment — continued   
$ 7,800,853      Alpha Media LLC, 2016 Term Loan, 7.120%, 2/25/2022(d)    $ 7,410,810  
  6,076,823      Camelot UK Holdco Ltd., 2017 Term Loan B, 4.545%, 10/03/2023(c)      6,118,632  
  7,060,908      CBS Radio, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.510%, 10/17/2023(c)      7,122,691  
  13,698,268      Cengage Learning Acquisitions, Inc., 2016 Term Loan B, 5.250%, 6/07/2023(c)      12,891,851  
  9,371,263      Cumulus Media Holdings, Inc., 2013 Term Loan, 4.300%, 12/23/2020(c)      7,423,821  
  1,055,725      Dex Media, Inc., Term Loan, 11.045%, 7/29/2021(c)      1,079,478  
  1,419,177      Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.000%, 9/30/2023(c)      1,433,369  
  2,588,173      Entercom Radio LLC, 2016 Term Loan, 4.550%, 11/01/2023(d)      2,598,681  
  2,030,891      Extreme Reach, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 7.300%, 2/07/2020(c)      2,061,354  
  7,588,000      Extreme Reach, Inc., 2nd Lien Term Loan, 11.033%, 1/24/2021(c)(f)(g)      7,265,510  
  12,566,887      LSC Communications, Inc., Term Loan B, 7.045%, 9/30/2022(c)      12,645,430  
  7,481,156      McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings LLC, 2016 Term Loan B, 5.045%, 5/04/2022(c)      7,393,551  
  9,207,885      ProQuest LLC, New Term Loan B, 5.294%, 10/24/2021(c)      9,319,116  
  14,209,252      Redbox Automated Retail LLC, Term Loan B, 8.545%, 9/27/2021(c)      14,218,204  
  6,083,000      Sesac Holdco II LLC, 2017 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.309%, 2/23/2024(d)      6,083,000  
     

 

 

 
        113,804,911  
     

 

 

 
   Metals & Mining — 1.0%   
  6,092,137      American Rock Salt Holdings LLC, 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.897%, 5/20/2021(c)      6,107,367  
  6,143,044      American Rock Salt Holdings LLC, Incremental Term Loan, 4.897%, 5/20/2021(c)      6,158,402  
  5,734,948      Global Brass & Copper, Inc., 2016 Term Loan B, 5.313%, 7/18/2023(c)      5,792,298  
  9,762,533      Harsco Corp., Term Loan B, 6.063%, 11/02/2023(c)      9,963,933  
     

 

 

 
        28,022,000  
     

 

 

 
   Midstream — 0.6%   
  10,160,787      Gulf Finance LLC, Term Loan B, 6.300%, 8/25/2023(c)      9,728,954  
  7,549,633      Limetree Bay Terminals LLC, 2017 Term Loan B, 6.000%, 2/15/2024(c)      7,615,692  
     

 

 

 
        17,344,646  
     

 

 

 
   Natural Gas — 0.4%   
  12,128,827      Veresen Midstream LP, 2017 Term Loan B, 4.545%, 3/31/2022(c)      12,193,231  
     

 

 

 
   Oil Field Services — 0.5%   
  1,890,000      Petroleum Geo-Services ASA, New Term Loan B, 3/19/2021(b)      1,552,503  
  8,403,342      Petroleum Geo-Services ASA, New Term Loan B, 3.647%, 3/19/2021(c)      6,902,757  
  316,667      Pinnacle Holdco S.a.r.l., 2nd Lien Term Loan, 10.500%, 7/24/2020(c)      212,167  
  7,299,388      Pinnacle Holdco S.a.r.l., Term Loan, 4.750%, 7/30/2019(c)      5,888,197  
     

 

 

 
        14,555,624  
     

 

 

 
   Other Utility — 0.5%   
  14,752,405      PowerTeam Services LLC, 2nd Lien Term Loan, 8.397%, 11/06/2020(c)      14,457,357  
     

 

 

 
   Packaging — 1.3%   
  4,260,000      Flex Acquisition Co., Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.398%, 12/29/2023(c)      4,281,300  
  10,949,947      Fort Dearborn Co., 2016 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.147%, 10/19/2023(d)      10,991,009  
  4,436,661      PKC Holding Corp., 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.679%, 5/08/2024(c)      4,442,207  
  464,000      PLZ Aeroscience Corp., USD Term Loan, 7/31/2022(b)      466,900  
  6,816,848      PLZ Aeroscience Corp., USD Term Loan, 4.642%, 7/31/2022(d)      6,859,454  
  1,013,182      TricorBraun Holdings, Inc., 1st Lien Delayed Draw Term Loan, 3.750%, 11/30/2023(e)      1,021,095  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Packaging — continued   
$ 10,106,489      TricorBraun Holdings, Inc., 2016 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.897%, 11/30/2023(c)    $ 10,185,420  
     

 

 

 
        38,247,385  
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 3.1%   
  3,450,000      Akorn, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.313%, 4/16/2021(c)      3,488,812  
  4,333,629      Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC, New Term Loan, 4.650%, 11/01/2019(c)      4,380,562  
  11,062,097      BioClinica, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.375%, 10/20/2023(d)      10,753,244  
  13,954,025      Endo Luxembourg Finance Co. I S.a r.l., 2017 Term Loan B, 5.313%, 4/29/2024(c)      14,189,569  
  10,265,415      Genoa, a QoL Healthcare Co. LLC, 2016 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.897%, 10/28/2023(c)      10,303,910  
  13,475,745      inVentiv Health, Inc., 2016 Term Loan B, 4.952%, 11/09/2023(c)      13,548,784  
  4,735,899      Jaguar Holding Co. II, 2017 Term Loan, 8/18/2022(b)      4,740,493  
  25,737,916      Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., Term Loan B F1, 5.750%, 4/01/2022(c)      26,188,329  
     

 

 

 
        87,593,703  
     

 

 

 
   Property & Casualty Insurance — 3.2%   
  5,973,289      Alliant Holdings I, Inc., 2015 Term Loan B, 4.417%, 8/12/2022(c)      5,979,680  
  1,204,884      AmWINS Group, Inc., 2017 2nd Lien Term Loan, 1/25/2025(b)      1,226,572  
  2,832,000      AmWINS Group, Inc., 2017 2nd Lien Term Loan, 7.795%, 1/25/2025(c)      2,882,976  
  20,668,698      Applied Systems, Inc., New 2nd Lien Term Loan, 7.647%, 1/24/2022(c)      20,823,713  
  469,000      CCC Information Services, Inc., 2017 2nd Lien Term Loan, 7.791%, 4/27/2025(c)      479,112  
  16,946,730      Confie Seguros Holding II Co., 2016 Term Loan B, 6.545%, 4/19/2022(c)      16,731,337  
  11,923,582      Cunningham Lindsey U.S., Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.028%, 12/10/2019(d)      10,661,709  
  5,255,227      Cunningham Lindsey U.S., Inc., 2nd Lien Term Loan, 9.318%, 6/10/2020(c)(f)(g)      2,437,112  
  9,375,000      Mitchell International, Inc., New 2nd Lien Term Loan, 8.672%, 10/11/2021(c)      9,430,687  
  4,169,628      USI, Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, 5/16/2024(b)      4,162,331  
  8,012,413      VF Holding Corp., Reprice Term Loan, 4.295%, 6/30/2023(c)      8,022,429  
  7,757,490      York Risk Services Holding Corp., Term Loan B, 4.897%, 10/01/2021(c)      7,575,188  
     

 

 

 
        90,412,846  
     

 

 

 
   Restaurants — 1.2%   
  7,850,994      Big Jack Holdings LP, 2017 Term Loan B, 5.250%, 4/05/2024(c)      7,900,063  
  2,283,000      NPC International, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.510%, 4/19/2024(c)      2,298,228  
  7,679,000      Portillo’s Holdings LLC, 2nd Lien Term Loan, 9.147%, 8/01/2022(c)      7,755,790  
  15,841,736      Red Lobster Management LLC, Term Loan B, 6.295%, 7/28/2021(c)      15,960,549  
     

 

 

 
        33,914,630  
     

 

 

 
   Retailers — 5.0%   
  16,606,692      Academy Ltd., 2015 Term Loan B, 5.126%, 7/01/2022(d)      13,360,084  
  15,865,745      Ascena Retail Group, Inc., 2015 Term Loan B, 5.625%, 8/21/2022(c)      13,525,548  
  7,974,992      At Home Holding III, Inc., Term Loan, 4.672%, 6/03/2022(c)      7,955,055  
  3,989,362      Bass Pro Group LLC, 2015 Term Loan, 4.244%, 6/05/2020(c)      3,984,376  
  15,622,129      Bass Pro Group LLC, Term Loan B, 6.147%, 12/16/2023(c)      15,150,653  
  17,407,177      BDF Acquisition Corp., 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.795%, 2/12/2021(c)      17,080,792  
  5,699,850      David’s Bridal, Inc., New Term Loan B, 5.250%, 10/11/2019(c)      4,522,489  
  6,250,000      Hudson’s Bay Co., 2015 Term Loan B, 4.294%, 9/30/2022(c)      6,006,250  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Retailers — continued   
$ 17,592,943      Jill Acquisition LLC, 2015 Term Loan, 6.180%, 5/08/2022(c)    $ 17,138,517  
  12,096,041      Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. (The), Term Loan B, 4.576%, 6/18/2021(d)      11,501,279  
  10,322,763      Neiman Marcus Group Ltd., Inc., 2020 Term Loan, 4.250%, 10/25/2020(c)      8,015,213  
  11,797,238      PetSmart, Inc., Term Loan B2, 4.010%, 3/11/2022(c)      11,326,528  
  7,472,966      Talbots, Inc. (The), 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.545%, 3/19/2020(c)      6,927,440  
  318,888      Talbots, Inc. (The), 2nd Lien Term Loan, 3/19/2021(b)(f)(g)      268,928  
  8,040,607      Talbots, Inc. (The), 2nd Lien Term Loan, 9.545%, 3/19/2021(c)(f)(g)      6,511,957  
     

 

 

 
        143,275,109  
     

 

 

 
   Supermarkets — 0.8%   
  11,970,000      Albertsons LLC, USD 2016 Term Loan B4, 4.045%, 8/22/2021(c)      12,036,553  
  11,156,932      Albertsons LLC, USD 2017 Term Loan B4, 8/19/2021(b)      11,218,965  
     

 

 

 
        23,255,518  
     

 

 

 
   Technology — 7.2%   
  640,000      Aptean, Inc., 2016 1st Lien Term Loan, 12/20/2022(b)      642,803  
  10,261,000      Aptean, Inc., 2016 1st Lien Term Loan, 6.040%, 12/20/2022(c)      10,305,943  
  3,750,000      Aptean, Inc., 2016 2nd Lien Term Loan, 10.540%, 12/14/2023(c)      3,742,987  
  10,611,317      Aricent Technologies, 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.500%, 4/14/2021(c)      10,618,002  
  10,686,456      Greeneden U.S. Holdings II LLC, 2017 Term Loan B, 5.158%, 12/01/2023(c)      10,755,918  
  13,143,669      Hyland Software, Inc., 2017 2nd Lien Term Loan, 7/12/2025(b)      13,340,824  
  784,000      Hyland Software, Inc., 2017 Term Loan, 4.295%, 7/01/2022(c)      789,551  
  6,800,910      Infor (U.S.), Inc., Term Loan B6, 3.897%, 2/01/2022(c)      6,783,907  
  11,308,543      Informatica Corp., USD Term Loan, 4.647%, 8/05/2022(c)      11,297,913  
  1,892,460      IQOR U.S., Inc. , 2nd Lien Term Loan, 4/01/2022(b)      1,797,837  
  8,046,887      IQOR U.S., Inc., 2nd Lien Term Loan, 9.898%, 4/01/2022(c)      7,644,543  
  13,137,790      IQOR U.S., Inc., Term Loan B, 6.148%, 4/01/2021(c)      13,110,464  
  10,673,000      Misys Europe S.A., USD 1st Lien Term Loan, 4/27/2024(b)      10,693,492  
  4,694,915      Misys Europe S.A., USD 2nd Lien Term Loan, 4/27/2025(b)      4,801,537  
  1,459,153      Oberthur Technologies S.A., 2016 USD Term Loan B1, 4.897%, 1/10/2024(c)      1,465,354  
  2,364,835      Oberthur Technologies S.A., 2016 USD Term Loan B2, 1.875%, 12/15/2023(e)      2,374,886  
  7,911,200      Openlink International Intermediate, Inc., 2017 Term Loan, 7.750%, 7/29/2019(c)      7,937,544  
  2,214,391      Optiv Security, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.438%, 2/01/2024(c)      2,191,317  
  9,102,070      Presidio, Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, 4.398%, 2/02/2022(c)      9,178,891  
  12,539,000      Project Alpha Intermediate Holding, Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, 4.670%, 4/26/2024(c)      12,481,571  
  11,645,736      Riverbed Technology, Inc., 2016 Term Loan, 4.300%, 4/24/2022(c)      11,492,129  
  6,140,817      Rocket Software, Inc., 2016 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.397%, 10/14/2023(c)      6,177,907  
  5,657,835      Rocket Software, Inc., 2016 2nd Lien Term Loan, 10.647%, 10/14/2024(c)      5,653,139  
  11,131,870      Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc., 2016 Term Loan, 5.295%, 10/30/2022(c)      11,225,823  
  9,820,972      SurveyMonkey, Inc., 2017 Term Loan, 5.660%, 4/13/2024(c)      9,870,077  
  17,097,968      Veritas U.S., Inc., USD Term Loan B1, 6.772%, 1/27/2023(c)      17,108,740  
     

 

 

 
        203,483,099  
     

 

 

 
   Transportation Services — 1.7%   
  12,811,000      AI Mistral Holdco Ltd., 2017 Term Loan B, 4.176%, 3/09/2024(c)      12,794,986  
  8,917,000      American Traffic Solutions, Inc., Term Loan B, 5/24/2024(b)      8,917,000  
  6,026,345      OSG Bulk Ships, Inc., OBS Term Loan, 5.430%, 8/05/2019(c)      5,905,818  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Transportation Services — continued   
$ 8,175,058      OSG International, Inc., OIN Term Loan, 5.800%, 8/05/2019(c)    $ 8,144,401  
  11,267,418      Uber Technologies, Term Loan B, 5.010%, 7/13/2023(c)      11,143,476  
     

 

 

 
        46,905,681  
     

 

 

 
   Utility Other — 0.3%   
  7,295,352      Aclara Technologies, 2016 Term Loan B, 6.952%, 8/29/2023(c)      7,386,544  
     

 

 

 
   Wireless — 2.0%   
  2,853,399      GTT Communications, Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, 5.063%, 1/09/2024(c)      2,885,499  
  27,125,040      Lonestar Intermediate Super Holdings LLC, PIK Term Loan B, 10.045%, 8/31/2021(c)(i)      27,984,090  
  929,712      LSF9 Atlantis Holdings LLC, 2017 Term Loan, 5/01/2023(b)      938,433  
  8,834,000      LSF9 Atlantis Holdings LLC, 2017 Term Loan, 7.000%, 5/01/2023(c)      8,916,863  
  16,368,890      Sprint Communications, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan B, 3.563%, 2/02/2024(c)      16,413,250  
     

 

 

 
        57,138,135  
     

 

 

 
   Wirelines — 1.3%   
  11,859,440      Communications Sales & Leasing, Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, 4.045%, 10/24/2022(c)      11,914,468  
  7,180,000      Consolidated Communications, Inc., Delayed Draw Term Loan B2, 10/05/2023(b)      7,215,900  
  13,615,000      Coral-U.S. Co. Borrower LLC, Term Loan B, 1/31/2025(b)      13,662,653  
  3,543,550      Fairpoint Communications, Inc., Refi Term Loan, 7.500%, 2/14/2019(c)      3,558,610  
     

 

 

 
        36,351,631  
     

 

 

 
   Total Senior Loans
(Identified Cost $2,574,120,737)
     2,561,619,717  
     

 

 

 
     
  Bonds and Notes — 7.3%   
  Non-Convertible Bonds — 7.2%   
   Cable Satellite — 0.5%   
  12,918,655      Wave Holdco LLC/Wave Holdco Corp., PIK, 8.250%, 7/15/2019, 144A(i)      13,112,435  
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 0.4%   
  12,300,000      Consolidated Energy Finance S.A., 6.750%, 10/15/2019, 144A      12,638,250  
     

 

 

 
   Environmental — 0.2%   
  4,860,000      GFL Environmental, Inc., 5.625%, 5/01/2022, 144A      4,896,450  
     

 

 

 
   Finance Companies — 0.5%   
  14,035,000      iStar, Inc., 6.000%, 4/01/2022      14,280,613  
     

 

 

 
   Healthcare — 1.2%   
  9,200,000      Kindred Healthcare, Inc., 8.000%, 1/15/2020      9,631,296  
  4,225,000      Select Medical Corp., 6.375%, 6/01/2021      4,320,062  
  18,905,000      Tenet Healthcare Corp., 8.125%, 4/01/2022      19,944,775  
     

 

 

 
        33,896,133  
     

 

 

 
   Independent Energy — 1.4%   
  10,540,000      Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC/ARU Finance Corp., 10.000%, 4/01/2022, 144A      10,803,500  
  10,675,000      Bellatrix Exploration Ltd., 8.500%, 5/15/2020, 144A      9,984,221  
  4,500,000      Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 6.875%, 3/15/2022      4,550,625  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Independent Energy — continued   
$ 13,270,000      SM Energy Co., 6.500%, 1/01/2023    $ 13,070,950  
     

 

 

 
        38,409,296  
     

 

 

 
   Metals & Mining — 0.3%   
  9,375,000      Petra Diamonds U.S. Treasury PLC, 7.250%, 5/01/2022, 144A      9,721,875  
     

 

 

 
   Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 0.2%   
  5,322,130      Motel 6 Trust, Series 2015-M6MZ, Class M, 8.230%, 2/05/2020, 144A(f)(g)      5,395,309  
     

 

 

 
   Oil Field Services — 0.1%   
  3,750,000      Petroleum Geo-Services ASA, 7.375%, 12/15/2020, 144A      3,468,750  
     

 

 

 
   Property & Casualty Insurance — 0.7%   
  19,282,000      HUB International Ltd., 7.875%, 10/01/2021, 144A      20,149,690  
     

 

 

 
   Technology — 0.4%   
  12,678,000      Blackboard, Inc., 9.750%, 10/15/2021, 144A      12,329,355  
     

 

 

 
   Transportation Services — 0.5%   
  14,085,000      Hertz Corp. (The), 7.625%, 6/01/2022, 144A      14,085,000  
     

 

 

 
   Wirelines — 0.8%   
  24,665,000      Windstream Services LLC, 7.750%, 10/01/2021      23,863,387  
     

 

 

 
   Total Non-Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $203,187,531)
     206,246,543  
     

 

 

 
     
  Convertible Bonds — 0.1%   
   Technology — 0.1%   
  1,700,000      MagnaChip Semiconductor S.A., 5.000%, 3/01/2021, 144A (Identified Cost $1,963,280)      2,116,500  
     

 

 

 
   Total Bonds and Notes
(Identified Cost $205,150,811)
     208,363,043  
     

 

 

 
     
Shares                
  Preferred Stocks — 0.1%   
   Technology — 0.1%   
  29,673      Belden, Inc., 6.750%
(Identified Cost $2,780,281)
     2,962,256  
     

 

 

 
     
  Common Stocks — 0.2%   
   Industrial Conglomerates — 0.0%   
  20,609      TwentyEighty, Inc., Class A(j)(k)       
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services — 0.1%   
  487,202      Dex Media, Inc.(f)(j)(k)      1,802,647  
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.1%   
  456,710      Blue Ridge Mountain Resource, Inc.(j)(k)      4,156,061  
  4,762      Rex Energy Corp.(j)      13,858  
     

 

 

 
        4,169,919  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $12,645,108)
     5,972,566  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
  Short-Term Investments — 10.7%   
$ 16,298,372      Repurchase Agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company, dated 5/31/2017 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $16,298,372 on 6/01/2017 collateralized by $16,221,500 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.125% due 8/15/2021 valued at $16,624,372 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)    $ 16,298,372  
  287,842,870      Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 5/31/2017 at 0.220% to be repurchased at $287,844,629 on 6/01/2017 collateralized by $8,610,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 9.125% due 5/15/2018 valued at $9,288,847 and $284,105,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.125% due 5/15/2025 valued at $284,316,374 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)      287,842,870  
     

 

 

 
   Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $304,141,242)
     304,141,242  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Investments — 108.3%
(Identified Cost $3,098,838,179)(a)
     3,083,058,824  
   Other assets less liabilities — (8.3)%      (236,505,021
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 2,846,553,803  
     

 

 

 
     
  (†)      See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.  
  (a)      Federal Tax Information (Amounts exclude certain adjustments that will be made at the end of the Fund’s fiscal year for tax purposes. Such adjustments are primarily due to wash sales. Amortization of premium on debt securities is excluded for tax purposes.):  
   At May 31, 2017, the net unrealized depreciation on investments based on a cost of $3,099,821,720 for federal income tax purposes was as follows:  
   Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of value over tax cost    $ 23,921,146  
   Aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments in which there is an excess of tax cost over value      (40,684,042
     

 

 

 
   Net unrealized depreciation    $ (16,762,896
     

 

 

 
     
  (b)      Position is unsettled. Contract rate was not determined at May 31, 2017 and does not take effect until settlement date. Maturity date is not finalized until settlement date.  
  (c)      Variable rate security. Rate as of May 31, 2017 is disclosed.  
  (d)      Variable rate security. Rate shown represents the weighted average rate of underlying contracts at May 31, 2017.  
  (e)      Unfunded loan commitment. The Fund receives a stated coupon rate until the borrower draws on the loan commitment, at which time the rate will become the stated rate in the loan agreement. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.  
  (f)      Illiquid security.  
  (g)      Securities classified as fair valued pursuant to the Fund’s pricing policies and procedures. At May 31, 2017, the value of these securities amounted to $41,071,787 or 1.4% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund – (continued)

 

     
  (h)      Payment-in-kind security for which the issuer has the option at each interest payment date of making interest payments in cash or additional debt securities. For the period ended May 31, 2017, interest payments were made in cash and additional debt securities.  
  (i)      Payment-in-kind security for which the issuer has the option at each interest payment date of making interest payments in cash or additional debt securities. For the period ended May 31, 2017, interest payments were made in cash.  
  (j)      Non-income producing security.  
  (k)      Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser. At May 31, 2017, the value of these securities amounted to $5,958,708 or 0.2% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.  
  
  144A      All or a portion of these securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At May 31, 2017, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $118,701,335 or 4.2% of net assets.  
  PIK      Payment-in-Kind  

Industry Summary at May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

Healthcare

     7.9

Technology

     7.8  

Consumer Cyclical Services

     7.7  

Industrial Other

     6.9  

Automotive

     5.2  

Retailers

     5.0  

Consumer Products

     4.1  

Media Entertainment

     4.0  

Property & Casualty Insurance

     3.9  

Chemicals

     3.5  

Pharmaceuticals

     3.1  

Independent Energy

     2.8  

Internet & Data

     2.5  

Food & Beverage

     2.4  

Building Materials

     2.3  

Financial Other

     2.2  

Transportation Services

     2.2  

Wirelines

     2.1  

Health Insurance

     2.1  

Wireless

     2.0  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     17.9  

Short-Term Investments

     10.7  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     108.3  

Other assets less liabilities

     (8.3
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

ASSETS

 

Investments at cost

   $ 3,098,838,179  

Net unrealized depreciation

     (15,779,355
  

 

 

 

Investments at value

     3,083,058,824  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     17,621,657  

Receivable for securities sold

     27,767,304  

Interest receivable

     13,079,562  

Prepaid expenses (Note 7)

     173,882  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     3,141,701,229  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

Payable for securities purchased

     278,401,798  

Unfunded loan commitments (Note 2)

     8,125,674  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

     6,507,857  

Management fees payable (Note 5)

     1,360,008  

Deferred Trustees’ fees (Note 5)

     104,453  

Administrative fees payable (Note 5)

     107,432  

Payable to distributor (Note 5d)

     13,700  

Other accounts payable and accrued expenses

     526,504  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     295,147,426  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 2,846,553,803  
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

 

Paid-in capital

   $ 2,972,317,085  

Undistributed net investment income

     16,795  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments

     (110,000,722

Net unrealized depreciation on investments

     (15,779,355
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 2,846,553,803  
  

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE:

  

Class A shares:

  

Net assets

   $ 431,711,753  
  

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     43,393,904  
  

 

 

 

Net asset value and redemption price per share

   $ 9.95  
  

 

 

 

Offering price per share (100/96.50 of net asset value) (Note 1)

   $ 10.31  
  

 

 

 

Class C shares: (redemption price per share is equal to net asset value less any applicable contingent deferred sales charge) (Note 1)

  

Net assets

   $ 324,911,872  
  

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     32,759,543  
  

 

 

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 9.92  
  

 

 

 

Class N shares:

 

Net assets

   $ 101,475  
  

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     10,196  
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 9.95  
  

 

 

 

Class Y shares:

 

Net assets

   $ 2,089,828,703  
  

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     209,929,867  
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 9.95  
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statement of Operations

 

For the Six Months Ended May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

  

Interest

   $ 77,875,094  

Dividends

     218,322  
  

 

 

 
     78,093,416  
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Management fees (Note 5)

     7,711,877  

Service and distribution fees (Note 5)

     2,133,898  

Administrative fees (Note 5)

     575,181  

Trustees’ fees and expenses (Note 5)

     45,617  

Transfer agent fees and expenses (Notes 5 and 6)

     850,501  

Audit and tax services fees

     42,709  

Commitment fees (Note 7)

     808,889  

Custodian fees and expenses

     192,070  

Legal fees

     41,087  

Registration fees

     233,373  

Shareholder reporting expenses

     65,146  

Miscellaneous expenses (Note 7)

     278,800  
  

 

 

 

Total expenses

     12,979,148  

Less waiver and/or expense reimbursement (Note 5)

     (562,752
  

 

 

 

Net expenses

     12,416,396  
  

 

 

 

Net investment income

     65,677,020  
  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS

  

Net realized gain (loss) on:

  

Investments

     (13,046,538

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

  

Investments

     26,965,480  
  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

     13,918,942  
  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 79,595,962  
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
 

FROM OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income

   $ 65,677,020     $ 102,561,865  

Net realized loss on investments

     (13,046,538     (47,552,361

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

     26,965,480       75,122,619  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     79,595,962       130,132,123  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

    

Net investment income

    

Class A

     (10,693,579     (18,052,980

Class C

     (6,883,275     (14,794,620

Class N

     (452      

Class Y

     (48,759,468     (73,403,210
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (66,336,774     (106,250,810
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 10)

     706,240,661       160,833,250  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets

     719,499,849       184,714,563  

NET ASSETS

    

Beginning of the period

     2,127,053,954       1,942,339,391  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the period

   $ 2,846,553,803     $ 2,127,053,954  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

UNDISTRIBUTED NET INVESTMENT INCOME

   $ 16,795     $ 676,549  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Class A  
    Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
    Year Ended
November 30,
2015
    Year Ended
November 30,
2014
    Year Ended
November 30,
2013
    Year Ended
November 30,
2012
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 9.88     $ 9.69     $ 10.40     $ 10.56     $ 10.56     $ 10.02  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.25       0.56       0.55       0.58       0.56       0.68  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.07       0.21       (0.68     (0.14     0.10       0.49  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.32       0.77       (0.13     0.44       0.66       1.17  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.25     (0.58     (0.58     (0.60     (0.60     (0.61

Net realized capital gains

                            (0.06     (0.02
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.25     (0.58     (0.58     (0.60     (0.66     (0.63
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 9.95     $ 9.88     $ 9.69     $ 10.40     $ 10.56     $ 10.56  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(b)

    3.24 %(c)(d)      8.31 %(c)      (1.33 )%(c)      4.22 %(c)      6.43     12.02 %(c) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 431,712     $ 367,850     $ 361,834     $ 317,293     $ 421,127     $ 80,141  

Net expenses

    1.05 %(e)(f)      1.05 %(e)      1.07 %(e)(g)      1.10 %(e)(h)      1.10 %(i)      1.10 %(e) 

Gross expenses

    1.09 %(f)      1.13     1.08 %(g)      1.11 %(h)      1.10 %(i)      1.48

Net investment income

    5.01 %(f)      5.84     5.45     5.48     5.30     6.46

Portfolio turnover rate

    40     75     67     107     82     90

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) A sales charge for Class A shares is not reflected in total return calculations.
(c) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(d) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(e) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(f) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(g) Includes interest expense of 0.02%. Without this expense the ratio of net expenses would have been 1.05% and the ratio of gross expenses would have been 1.06%.
(h) Includes interest expense of 0.05%. Without this expense the ratio of net expenses would have been 1.05% and the ratio of gross expenses would have been 1.06%.
(i) Includes fee/expense recovery of 0.01%.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Class C  
    Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
    Year Ended
November 30,
2015
    Year Ended
November 30,
2014
    Year Ended
November 30,
2013
    Year Ended
November 30,
2012
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 9.85     $ 9.67     $ 10.38     $ 10.53     $ 10.54     $ 10.02  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.21       0.49       0.48       0.50       0.48       0.60  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.07       0.20       (0.68     (0.13     0.10       0.49  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.28       0.69       (0.20     0.37       0.58       1.09  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.21     (0.51     (0.51     (0.52     (0.53     (0.55

Net realized capital gains

                            (0.06     (0.02
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.21     (0.51     (0.51     (0.52     (0.59     (0.57
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 9.92     $ 9.85     $ 9.67     $ 10.38     $ 10.53     $ 10.54  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(b)

    2.88 %(c)(d)      7.41 %(c)      (2.06 )%(c)      3.47 %(c)      5.70     11.18 %(c) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 324,912     $ 300,811     $ 287,330     $ 215,189     $ 190,618     $ 22,655  

Net expenses

    1.80 %(e)(f)      1.80 %(e)      1.82 %(e)(g)      1.85 %(e)(h)      1.85 %(i)      1.85 %(e) 

Gross expenses

    1.84 %(f)      1.88     1.83 %(g)      1.87 %(h)      1.85 %(i)      2.26

Net investment income

    4.26 %(f)      5.10     4.71     4.77     4.56     5.75

Portfolio turnover rate

    40     75     67     107     82     90

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) A contingent deferred sales charge for Class C shares is not reflected in total return calculations.
(c) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(d) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(e) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(f) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(g) Includes interest expense of 0.02%. Without this expense the ratio of net expenses would have been 1.80% and the ratio of gross expenses would have been 1.81%.
(h) Includes interest expense of 0.05%. Without this expense the ratio of net expenses would have been 1.80% and the ratio of gross expenses would have been 1.82%.
(i) Includes fee/expense recovery of 0.01%.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Class N  
    Period Ended
May 31,
2017*
(Unaudited)
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 9.96  
 

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.09  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.01
 

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.08  
 

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

 

Net investment income

    (0.09

Net realized capital gains

     
 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.09
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 9.95  
 

 

 

 

Total return(b)(c)

    0.79

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

 

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 101  

Net expenses(d)(e)

    0.75

Gross expenses(e)

    1.04

Net investment income(e)

    5.82

Portfolio turnover rate

    40

 

* From commencement of Class operations on March 31, 2017 through May 31, 2017.
(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(c) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(d) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(e) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Class Y  
    Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2017
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2016
    Year Ended
November 30,
2015
    Year Ended
November 30,
2014
    Year Ended
November 30,
2013
    Year Ended
November 30,
2012
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 9.89     $ 9.70     $ 10.41     $ 10.56     $ 10.57     $ 10.02  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.26       0.59       0.58       0.61       0.59       0.79  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.06       0.21       (0.68     (0.13     0.09       0.41  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.32       0.80       (0.10     0.48       0.68       1.20  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.26     (0.61     (0.61     (0.63     (0.63     (0.63

Net realized capital gains

                            (0.06     (0.02
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.26     (0.61     (0.61     (0.63     (0.69     (0.65
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 9.95     $ 9.89     $ 9.70     $ 10.41     $ 10.56     $ 10.57  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    3.37 %(b)(c)      8.58 %(b)      (1.08 )%(b)      4.49 %(b)      6.68     12.33 %(b) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 2,089,829     $ 1,458,394     $ 1,293,175     $ 1,022,193     $ 760,972     $ 46,895  

Net expenses

    0.80 %(d)(e)      0.80 %(d)      0.82 %(d)(f)      0.85 %(d)(g)      0.85 %(h)      0.85 %(d) 

Gross expenses

    0.84 %(e)      0.88     0.83 %(f)      0.87 %(g)      0.85 %(h)      1.37

Net investment income

    5.28 %(e)      6.09     5.69     5.76     5.55     7.57

Portfolio turnover rate

    40     75     67     107     82     90

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(c) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(d) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(e) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(f) Includes interest expense of 0.02%. Without this expense the ratio of net expenses would have been 0.80% and the ratio of gross expenses would have been 0.81%.
(g) Includes interest expense of 0.05%. Without this expense the ratio of net expenses would have been 0.80% and the ratio of gross expenses would have been 0.82%.
(h) Includes fee/expense recovery of 0.02%.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

1.  Organization.  Natixis Funds Trust II (the “Trust”) is organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Declaration of Trust permits the Board of Trustees to authorize the issuance of an unlimited number of shares of the Trust in multiple series. The financial statements for certain funds of the Trust are presented in separate reports. Information presented in this report pertains to Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund (the “Fund”).

The Fund is a non-diversified investment company.

The Fund offers Class A, Class C, Class N (effective March 31, 2017) and Class Y shares. Class A shares are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 3.50%. Class C shares do not pay a front-end sales charge, pay higher Rule 12b-1 fees than Class A shares and may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% if those shares are redeemed within one year of acquisition, except for reinvested distributions. Class N and Class Y shares do not pay a front-end sales charge, a CDSC or Rule 12b-1 fees. Class N shares are offered with an initial minimum investment of $1,000,000. Class Y shares are offered with an initial minimum investment of $100,000. Certain categories of investors are exempted from the minimum investment amounts for Class N and Class Y as outlined in the Fund’s prospectus.

Most expenses can be directly attributed to a Fund. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed to a Fund are generally apportioned based on the relative net assets of each of the funds in Natixis Funds Trust I, Natixis Funds Trust II, Natixis Funds Trust IV, Gateway Trust and Natixis ETF Trust (“Natixis Funds Trusts”), Loomis Sayles Funds I and Loomis Sayles Funds II (“Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts”). Expenses of the Fund are borne pro rata by the holders of each class of shares, except that each class bears expenses unique to that class (such as the Rule 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A and Class C), and transfer agent fees are borne collectively for Class A, Class C and Class Y, and individually for Class N. In addition, each class votes as a class only with respect to its own Rule 12b-1 Plan. Shares of each class would receive their pro rata share of the net assets of the Fund if the Fund were liquidated. The Trustees approve separate distributions from net investment income on each class of shares.

2.  Significant Accounting Policies.  The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The Fund’s financial statements follow the accounting and reporting guidelines provided for investment companies and are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which require the use of management estimates that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Management has evaluated the events and transactions subsequent to period-end through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined

 

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that there were no material events that would require disclosure in the Fund’s financial statements.

a.  Valuation.  Fund securities and other investments are valued at market value based on market quotations obtained or determined by independent pricing services recommended by the adviser and approved by the Board of Trustees. Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, as described below. Market value is determined as follows:

Senior loans are valued at bid prices supplied by an independent pricing service, if available. Debt securities and unlisted preferred equity securities are valued based on evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service or bid prices obtained from broker-dealers. Listed equity securities (including shares of closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds) are valued at the last sale price quoted on the exchange where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation as reported by an independent pricing service. Securities traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, NASDAQ Global Market and NASDAQ Capital Market are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”), or if lacking an NOCP, at the most recent bid quotations on the applicable NASDAQ Market. Unlisted equity securities (except unlisted preferred equity securities) are valued at the last sale price quoted in the market where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation as reported by an independent pricing service. If there is no last sale price or closing bid quotation available, unlisted equity securities will be valued using evaluated bids furnished by an independent pricing service, if available. In some foreign markets, an official close price and a last sale price may be available from the foreign exchange or market. In those cases, the official close price is used. Broker-dealer bid prices may be used to value debt and unlisted equity securities and senior loans where an independent pricing service is unable to price a security or where an independent pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the security.

Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. The Fund may also value securities and other investments at fair value in other circumstances such as when extraordinary events occur after the close of a foreign market but prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). This may include situations relating to a single issuer (such as a declaration of bankruptcy or a delisting of the issuer’s security from the primary market on which it has traded) as well as events affecting the securities markets in general (such as market disruptions or closings and significant fluctuations in U.S. and/or foreign markets). When fair valuing its securities or other investments, the Fund

 

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may, among other things, use modeling tools or other processes that may take into account factors such as securities or other market activity and/or significant events that occur after the close of the foreign market and before the time the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated. Fair value pricing may require subjective determinations about the value of a security, and fair values used to determine a Fund’s NAV may differ from quoted or published prices, or from prices that are used by others, for the same securities. In addition, the use of fair value pricing may not always result in adjustments to the prices of securities held by the Fund.

Illiquid securities for which market quotations are readily available and have been evaluated by the adviser are considered and classified as fair valued securities.

As of May 31, 2017, securities held by the Fund were fair valued as follows:

 

Securities
classified as
fair valued

  

Percentage
of Net
Assets

   

Securities fair
valued by the
Fund’s adviser

    

Percentage
of Net
Assets

 
$41,071,787      1.4   $ 5,958,708        0.2

b.  Investment Transactions and Related Investment Income.  Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date plus one day basis for daily NAV calculation. However, for financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are reported on trade date. Dividend income is recorded on ex-dividend date, or in the case of certain foreign securities, as soon as the Fund is notified, and interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Interest income is increased by the accretion of discount and decreased by the amortization of premium, if applicable. For securities with paydown provisions, principal payments received are treated as a proportionate reduction to the cost basis of the securities, and excess or shortfall amounts are recorded as income. In determining net gain or loss on securities sold, the cost of securities has been determined on an identified cost basis. Investment income, non-class specific expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund.

c.  Federal and Foreign Income Taxes.  The Fund intends to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute to its shareholders substantially all of its net investment income and any net realized capital gains at least annually. Management has performed an analysis of the Fund’s tax positions for the open tax years as of May 31, 2017 and has concluded that no provisions for income tax are required. The Fund’s federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service. Management is not aware of any events that are reasonably possible to occur in the next six months that would result in the amounts of any unrecognized tax benefits significantly increasing or decreasing for the Fund. However, management’s conclusions regarding tax positions taken may be subject to review and

 

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adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, new tax laws and accounting regulations and interpretations thereof.

The Fund may be subject to foreign withholding taxes on investment income and taxes on capital gains on investments that are accrued and paid based upon the Fund’s understanding of the tax rules and regulations that exist in the countries in which the Fund invests. Foreign withholding taxes on dividend and interest income are reflected on the Statement of Operations as a reduction of investment income, net of amounts eligible to be reclaimed. Dividends and interest receivable on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities are net of foreign withholding taxes. Foreign withholding taxes where reclaims have been or will be filed are reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as tax reclaims receivable. Capital gains taxes paid are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments in the Statement of Operations. Accrued but unpaid capital gains taxes are reflected as foreign taxes payable on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, if applicable, and reduce unrealized gains on investments. In the event that realized gains on investments are subsequently offset by realized losses, taxes paid on realized gains may be returned to the Fund. Such amounts, if applicable, are reflected as foreign tax rebates receivable on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and are recorded as a realized gain when received.

d.  Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders.  Dividends and distributions are recorded on ex-dividend date. The timing and characterization of certain income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Permanent differences are primarily due to differing treatments for book and tax purposes of items such as paydown gains and losses, defaulted bond adjustments and premium amortization. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions, net investment income, and net realized gains will result in reclassifications to capital accounts reported on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Temporary differences between book and tax distributable earnings are primarily due to deferred Trustees’ fees, wash sales, premium amortization, defaulted bonds and dividend payables. Amounts of income and capital gain available to be distributed on a tax basis are determined annually, and at other times during the Fund’s fiscal year as may be necessary to avoid knowingly declaring and paying a return of capital distribution. Distributions from net investment income and short-term capital gains are considered to be distributed from ordinary income for tax purposes.

The tax characterization of distributions is determined on an annual basis. The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the year ended November 30, 2016 was as follows:

 

2016 Distributions Paid From:

 

Ordinary
Income

  

Long-Term
Capital Gains

    

Total

 

$106,250,810

     $  —        $106,250,810  

 

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As of November 30, 2016, capital loss carryforwards were as follows:

 

Capital loss carryforward:

  

Short-term:

  

No expiration date

   $ (24,594,623

Long-term:

  

No expiration date

     (70,034,056
  

 

 

 

Total capital loss carryforward

   $ (94,628,679
  

 

 

 

e.  Repurchase Agreements.  The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements, under the terms of a Master Repurchase Agreement, under which the Fund acquires securities as collateral and agrees to resell the securities at an agreed upon time and at an agreed upon price. It is the Fund’s policy that the market value of the collateral for repurchase agreements be at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. Certain repurchase agreements are tri-party arrangements whereby the collateral is held in a segregated account for the benefit of the Fund and on behalf of the counterparty. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty, including possible delays or restrictions upon the Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities. As of May 31, 2017, the Fund had investments in repurchase agreements for which the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the repurchase agreement. The gross value of repurchase agreements is included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities for financial reporting purposes.

f.  Unfunded Loan Commitments.  The Fund may enter into unfunded loan commitments, which are contractual obligations for future funding at the option of the borrower. Unfunded loan commitments represent a future obligation, in full, and are recorded as a liability on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities at par value.

As of May 31, 2017, the Fund had unfunded loan commitments, which could be extended at the option of the borrower, pursuant to the following loan agreements with the following borrowers:

 

Borrower

  

Type

  

Principal
Amount

    

Value

 

Allied Universal Holdco LLC

   Delayed Draw Term Loan    $ 2,651,609      $ 2,661,553  

DuBois Chemicals, Inc.

   Delayed Draw Term Loan      584,200        586,029  

MH Sub I LLC

   Delayed Draw Term Loan      1,511,848        1,525,077  

Oberthur Technologies S.A.

   USD Term Loan B2      2,364,835        2,374,886  

TricorBraun Holdings, Inc.

   1st Lien Delayed Draw Term Loan      1,013,182        1,021,095  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 
      $ 8,125,674      $ 8,168,640  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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g.  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 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. However, based on experience, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.

h.  New Accounting Pronouncement.  In October 2016, the SEC adopted amendments to rules under the 1940 Act (“final rules”) intended to modernize the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies. The final rules amend Regulation S-X and require funds to provide standardized, enhanced derivative disclosures in fund financial statements in a format designed for individual investors. The amendments to Regulation S-X also update the disclosures for other investments, including investments in and advances to affiliates, and amend the rules regarding the general form and content of fund financial statements. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017. Management is currently evaluating the amendments and the impact, if any, on the Fund’s financial statements.

3.  Fair Value Measurements.  In accordance with accounting standards related to fair value measurements and disclosures, the Fund has categorized the inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s assets or liabilities. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

   

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

   

Level 2 – prices determined using other significant inputs that are observable either directly, or indirectly through corroboration with observable market data (which could include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, interest rates, credit risk, etc.); and

 

   

Level 3 – prices determined using significant unobservable inputs when quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable such as when there is little or no market activity for an asset or liability (unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of assets or liabilities and would be based on the best information available).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The Fund’s pricing policies and procedures are recommended by the adviser and approved by the Board of Trustees. Debt securities are valued based on evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service. Broker-dealer bid prices may be used if an independent pricing service either is unable to price a security or does not provide a reliable price for a security. Broker-dealer bid prices for which the Fund

 

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does not have knowledge of the inputs used by the broker-dealer are categorized in Level 3. All security prices, including those obtained from an independent pricing service and broker-dealer bid prices, are reviewed on a daily basis by the adviser, subject to oversight by Fund management and the Board of Trustees. If the adviser, in good faith, believes that the price provided by an independent pricing service is unreliable, broker-dealer bid prices may be used until the price provided by the independent pricing service is considered to be reliable. Reliability of all security prices, including those obtained from an independent pricing service and broker-dealer bid prices, is tested in a variety of ways, including comparison to recent transaction prices and daily fluctuations, amongst other validation procedures in place. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Fund’s adviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Fair valued securities may be categorized in Level 3.

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of May 31, 2017, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

 

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

   

Total

 

Senior Loans

       

Natural Gas

  $     $ 12,193,231     $     $ 12,193,231  

Pharmaceuticals

          87,593,703             87,593,703  

All Other Senior Loans(a)

          2,461,832,783             2,461,832,783  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Senior Loans

          2,561,619,717             2,561,619,717  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Bonds and Notes(a)

          208,363,043             208,363,043  

Preferred Stocks(a)

    2,962,256                   2,962,256  

Common Stocks

       

Industrial Conglomerates

                (b)       

Internet Software & Services

                1,802,647 (c)      1,802,647  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    13,858             4,156,061 (c)      4,169,919  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

    13,858             5,958,708       5,972,566  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

          304,141,242             304,141,242  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 2,976,114     $ 3,074,124,002     $ 5,958,708     $ 3,083,058,824  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.
(b) Fair valued at zero using level 3 inputs.
(c) Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser using broker-dealer bid prices for which the inputs are unobservable to the Fund.

 

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The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value as of November 30, 2016 and/or May 31, 2017:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in Securities

 

Balance as of
November 30,
2016

   

Accrued
Discounts
(Premiums)

   

Realized
Gain
(Loss)

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

   

Purchases

 

Senior Loans

         

Media Entertainment

  $ 6,353,235     $     $     $     $  

Common Stocks

         

Industrial Conglomerates

                             

Internet Software & Services

    1,169,285                   633,362        

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

                      (866,700     5,023  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 7,522,520     $     $     $ (233,338   $ 5,023  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments in Securities

 

Sales

   

Transfers
into Level 3

   

Transfers
out of
Level 3

   

Balance as of
May 31,
2017

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held at
May  31,
2017

 

Senior Loans

         

Media Entertainment

  $     $     $ (6,353,235   $     $  

Common Stocks

         

Industrial Conglomerates

                      (a)       

Internet Software & Services

                      1,802,647       633,362  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

          5,017,738             4,156,061       (866,700
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ 5,017,738     $ (6,353,235   $ 5,958,708     $ (233,338
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Fair valued at zero.

 

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A debt security valued at $6,353,235 was transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 during the period ended May 31, 2017. At November 30, 2016, this security was valued using broker-dealer bid prices based on inputs unobservable to the Fund as an independent pricing service did not provide a reliable price for the security. At May 31, 2017, this security was valued on the basis of evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service in accordance with the Fund’s valuation policies.

A common stock valued at $5,017,738 was transferred from Level 1 to Level 3 during the period ended May 31, 2017. At November 30, 2016, this security was valued on the basis of evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service in accordance with the Fund’s valuation policies but was misclassified as Level 1. At May 31, 2017, this security was valued using broker-dealer bid prices based on inputs unobservable to the Fund as an independent pricing service did not provide a reliable price for the security.

All transfers are recognized as of the beginning of the reporting period.

4.  Purchases and Sales of Securities.  For the six months ended May 31, 2017, purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term investments and U.S. Government/Agency securities and including paydowns) were $1,779,689,413 and $972,128,911, respectively.

5.  Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

a.  Management Fees.  Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. (“Loomis Sayles”) serves as investment adviser to the Fund. Under the terms of the management agreement, the Fund pays a management fee at the annual rate of 0.60%, calculated daily and payable monthly, based on the Fund’s average daily managed assets, which include borrowings used for leverage.

Loomis Sayles has given a binding undertaking to the Fund to waive management fees and/or reimburse certain expenses to limit the Fund’s operating expenses, exclusive of acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage expenses, interest expense, taxes, organizational and extraordinary expenses such as litigation and indemnification expenses. This undertaking is in effect until March 31, 2018, may be terminated before then only with the consent of the Fund’s Board of Trustees, and is reevaluated on an annual basis. Management fees payable, as reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, is net of waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, pursuant to this undertaking.

For the six months ended May 31, 2017, the expense limits as a percentage of average daily net assets under the expense limitation agreement were as follows:

 

Expense Limit as a Percentage of
Average Daily Net Assets

 

Class A

  

Class C

    

Class N

    

Class Y

 

1.05%

     1.80%        0.75%        0.80%  

 

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Loomis Sayles shall be permitted to recover expenses it has borne under the expense limitation agreement (whether through waiver of its management fees or otherwise) on a class by class basis in later periods to the extent the annual operating expenses of a class fall below a class’ expense limits, provided, however, that a class is not obligated to pay such waived/reimbursed fees or expenses more than one year after the end of the fiscal year in which the fees or expenses were waived/reimbursed.

For the six months ended May 31, 2017, the management fees and waiver of management fees for the Fund were as follows:

 

Gross
Management
Fees

  

Contractual
Waivers of
Management
1
Fees

    

Net
Management
Fees

     Percentage of
Average
Daily Net Assets
 
        

Gross

   

Net

 

$7,711,877

   $ 145,535      $ 7,566,342        0.60     0.59

 

1 

Management fee waiver is subject to possible recovery until November 30, 2018.

For the six months ended May 31, 2017, class-specific expenses have been reimbursed as follows:

 

Reimbursement2

 

Class A

  

Class C

    

Class Y

    

Total

 

$65,537

   $ 49,244      $ 302,412      $ 417,193  

 

2 

Expense reimbursements are subject to possible recovery until November 30, 2018.

No expenses were recovered for the Fund during the six months ended May 31, 2017 under the terms of the expense limitation agreements.

Certain officers and employees of Loomis Sayles are also officers or Trustees of the Trust. Loomis Sayles’ general partner is indirectly owned by Natixis Global Asset Management, L.P. (“Natixis US”), which is part of Natixis Global Asset Management, an international asset management group based in Paris, France.

b.  Service and Distribution Fees.  NGAM Distribution, L.P. (“NGAM Distribution”), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis US, has entered into a distribution agreement with the Trust. Pursuant to this agreement, NGAM Distribution serves as principal underwriter of the Funds of the Trust.

Pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Trust has adopted a Service Plan relating to the Fund’s Class A shares (the “Class A Plan”) and a Distribution and Service Plan relating to the Fund’s Class C shares (the “Class C Plan”).

Under the Class A Plan, the Fund pays NGAM Distribution a monthly service fee at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Fund’s Class A shares, as reimbursement for expenses incurred by NGAM Distribution

 

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in providing personal services to investors in Class A shares and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts.

Under the Class C Plan, the Fund pays NGAM Distribution a monthly service fee at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Fund’s Class C shares, as compensation for services provided by NGAM Distribution in providing personal services to investors in Class C shares and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts.

Also under the Class C Plan, the Fund pays NGAM Distribution a monthly distribution fee at an annual rate of 0.75% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Fund’s Class C shares, as compensation for services provided by NGAM Distribution in connection with the marketing or sale of Class C shares.

For the six months ended May 31, 2017, the service and distribution fees for the Fund were as follows:

 

Service Fees      Distribution Fees  

Class A

  

Class C

    

Class C

 
$530,894    $ 400,751      $ 1,202,253  

c.  Administrative Fees.  NGAM Advisors provides certain administrative services for the Fund and contracts with State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street Bank”) to serve as sub-administrator. NGAM Advisors is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis US. Pursuant to an agreement among Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and NGAM Advisors, the Fund pays NGAM Advisors monthly its pro rata portion of fees equal to an annual rate of 0.0575% of the first $15 billion of the average daily net assets of the Natixis Funds Trusts and Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts, 0.0500% of the next $15 billion, 0.0400% of the next $30 billion, 0.0350% of the next $30 billion and 0.0325% of such assets in excess of $90 billion, subject to an annual aggregate minimum fee for the Natixis Funds Trusts and Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts of $10 million, which is reevaluated on an annual basis.

For the six months ended May 31, 2017, the administrative fees for the Fund were $575,181.

d.  Sub-Transfer Agent Fees.  NGAM Distribution has entered into agreements, which include servicing agreements, with financial intermediaries that provide recordkeeping, processing, shareholder communications and other services to customers of the intermediaries that hold positions in the Fund and has agreed to compensate the intermediaries for providing those services. Intermediaries transact with the Fund primarily through the use of omnibus accounts on behalf of their customers who hold positions in the Fund. These services would have been provided by the Fund’s transfer agent and other service providers if the shareholders’ accounts were maintained directly at the Fund’s transfer agent. Accordingly, the Fund has agreed to reimburse NGAM Distribution for all or a portion of the servicing fees paid to these intermediaries.

 

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May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

The reimbursement amounts (sub-transfer agent fees) paid to NGAM Distribution are subject to a current per-account equivalent fee limit approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, which is based on fees for similar services paid to the Fund’s transfer agent and other service providers. Class N shares do not bear such expenses.

For the six months ended May 31, 2017, the sub-transfer agent fees (which are reflected in transfer agent fees and expenses in the Statement of Operations) for the Fund were $779,732.

As of May 31, 2017, the Fund owes NGAM Distribution $13,700 in reimbursements for sub-transfer agent fees (which are reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as payable to distributor).

e.  Commissions.  Commissions (including CDSCs) on Fund shares retained by NGAM Distribution during the six months ended May 31, 2017 amounted to $84,393.

f.  Trustees Fees and Expenses.  The Trust does not pay any compensation directly to its officers or Trustees who are directors, officers or employees of NGAM Advisors, NGAM Distribution, Natixis US or their affiliates. The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees receives a retainer fee at the annual rate of $325,000. The Chairperson does not receive any meeting attendance fees for Board of Trustees meetings or committee meetings that she attends. Each Independent Trustee (other than the Chairperson) receives, in the aggregate, a retainer fee at the annual rate of $155,000. Each Independent Trustee also receives a meeting attendance fee of $10,000 for each meeting of the Board of Trustees that he or she attends in person and $5,000 for each meeting of the Board of Trustees that he or she attends telephonically. In addition, the chairperson of the Contract Review Committee and the chairperson of the Audit Committee each receive an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $17,500. The chairperson of the Governance Committee receives an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $10,000. Each Contract Review Committee member is compensated $6,000 for each Committee meeting that he or she attends in person and $3,000 for each meeting that he or she attends telephonically. Each Audit Committee member is compensated $6,000 for each Committee meeting that he or she attends in person and $3,000 for each meeting that he or she attends telephonically. These fees are allocated among the funds in the Natixis Funds Trusts and Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts based on a formula that takes into account, among other factors, the relative net assets of each fund. Trustees are reimbursed for travel expenses in connection with attendance at meetings.

A deferred compensation plan (the “Plan”) is available to the Trustees on a voluntary basis. Deferred amounts remain in the Fund until distributed in accordance with the provisions of the Plan. The value of a participating Trustee’s deferral account is based on theoretical investments of deferred amounts, on the normal payment dates, in certain funds of the Natixis Funds Trusts and Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts as designated by the participating Trustees. Changes in the value of participants’ deferral

 

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May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

accounts are allocated pro rata among the funds in the Natixis Funds Trusts and Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts, and are normally reflected as Trustees’ fees and expenses in the Statement of Operations. The portions of the accrued obligations allocated to the Fund under the Plan are reflected as Deferred Trustees’ fees in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

g.  Affiliated Ownership.  As of May 31, 2017, Loomis Sayles Employees’ Profit Sharing Retirement Plan (“Retirement Plan”) held shares of the Fund representing 0.40% of the Fund’s net assets:

Investment activities of affiliated shareholders could have material impacts on the Fund.

h.  Reimbursement of Transfer Agent Fees and Expenses.  NGAM Advisors has given a binding contractual undertaking to the Fund to reimburse any and all transfer agency expenses for the Funds’ Class N shares. This undertaking is in effect through March 31, 2018 and is not subject to recovery under the expense limitation agreement described above.

For the period March 31, 2017 through May 31, 2017, NGAM Advisors reimbursed the Fund $24 for transfer agency expenses related to Class N shares.

6.  Class-Specific Transfer Agent Fees and Expenses.  For the period from March 31, 2017 through May 31, 2017, the Fund incurred the following class-specific transfer agent fees and expenses (including sub-transfer agent fees, where applicable):

 

Transfer Agent Fees and Expenses

 

Class A

    

Class C

      

Class N

      

Class Y

 

$52,245

     $ 38,725        $ 24        $ 240,474  

Transfer agent fees and expenses attributable to Class A, Class C and Class Y are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of those classes. Transfer agent fees and expenses attributable to Class N are allocated to Class N.

7.  Line of Credit.  The Fund has entered into a syndicated, committed, secured line of credit with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (the “Administrative Agent”), the Bank of Nova Scotia and National Australia Bank Limited (each a “Lender” and together with the Administrative Agent “Lenders”) under which it may borrow for investment or liquidity purposes. The commitment of the Lenders to make loans to the Fund shall not exceed $400,000,000 at any one time. Under the terms of the agreement, the Lenders are entitled to a security interest in the assets of the Fund as collateral. Interest is charged to the Fund based upon the terms set forth in the agreement. In addition, a commitment fee of 0.400% per annum payable to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender is accrued by the Fund based on the unused portion of the line of credit. The Fund paid the Administrative Agent an upfront fee of $400,000 and

 

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May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

an administrative agent fee of $25,000, for a total of $425,000, which are being amortized over a period of 364 days and are reflected as miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. The unamortized balance is reflected as prepaid expenses on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

During the six months ended May 31, 2017, the Fund had no borrowings under this agreement.

8.  Concentration of Risk.  The Fund is non-diversified, which means that it is not limited under the 1940 Act to a percentage of assets that it may invest in any one issuer. Because the Fund may invest in the securities of a limited number of issuers, an investment in the Fund may involve a higher degree of risk than would be present in a diversified portfolio.

The senior loans in which the Fund expects to invest will generally not be rated investment grade by the rating agencies. Economic downturns generally increase non-payment rates and a senior loan could lose a substantial part of its value prior to default. Senior loans are subject to credit risk, and secured loans may not be adequately collateralized. The interest rates of senior loans reset frequently, and thus senior loans are subject to interest rate risk. There may also be less public information available about senior loans as compared to other debt securities.

Senior loans are generally less liquid than many other debt securities. Transactions in senior loans may settle on a delayed basis, such that the Fund may not receive the proceeds from the sale of a loan for a substantial period of time (greater than seven days) after the sale. As a result, the proceeds related to the sale of senior loans may not be available to make additional investments or to meet the Fund’s redemption obligations until substantial period (greater than seven days) after the sale of the loans.

9.  Concentration of Ownership.  From time to time, a Fund may have a concentration of one or more accounts constituting a significant percentage of shares outstanding. Investment activities by holders of such accounts could have material impacts on the Fund. As of May 31, 2017, based on management’s evaluation of the shareholder account base, the Fund had accounts (including accounts owned by affiliates) representing controlling ownership of more than 5% of the Fund’s total outstanding shares. The number of such accounts, based on accounts that represent more than 5% of an individual class of shares, and the aggregate percentage of net assets represented by such holdings were as follows:

 

Number of 5%
Account Holders

  

Percentage of
Ownership

 
1      7.43 %(a) 

Omnibus shareholder accounts for which NGAM Advisors understands that the intermediary has discretion over the underlying shareholder accounts or investment

 

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May 31, 2017 (Unaudited)

 

models where a shareholder account may be invested for a non-discretionary customer are included in the table above. For other omnibus accounts, the Fund does not have information on the individual shareholder accounts underlying the omnibus accounts; therefore, there could be other 5% shareholders in addition to those disclosed in the table above.

(a) Certain Fund shareholders are invested in the Fund as a result of the Fund’s inclusion in an investment portfolio model, utilized by certain third party intermediaries, developed by an affiliate of the Fund (AlphaSimplex Group, LLC, which is a subsidiary of Natixis US)(“ASG”). Without this model or as a result of changes in this model, these shareholder positions in the Fund may not exist or could change in a material amount. ASG has no involvement in the decisions to invest in the models provided.

10.  Capital Shares.  The Fund may issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, without par value. Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

 

    
Six Months Ended
May 31, 2017

 
    
Year Ended
November 30, 2016

 
       Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount  
Class A            

Issued from the sale of shares

     18,735,363      $ 186,743,851        20,480,580      $ 199,904,560  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     787,313        7,831,082        1,398,898        13,450,843  

Redeemed

     (13,353,992      (133,094,059      (21,980,682      (210,413,855
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change

     6,168,684      $ 61,480,874        (101,204    $ 2,941,548  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Class C            

Issued from the sale of shares

     7,527,622      $ 74,772,210        8,258,244      $ 79,805,437  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     446,437        4,427,203        928,507        8,902,661  

Redeemed

     (5,743,781      (57,057,447      (8,382,772      (80,176,657
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change

     2,230,278      $ 22,141,966        803,979      $ 8,531,441  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Class N(a)            

Issued from the sale of shares

     10,151      $ 101,000             $  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     45        452                
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change

     10,196      $ 101,452             $  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Class Y            

Issued from the sale of shares

     92,236,523      $ 919,916,169        91,126,186      $ 885,130,238  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     3,550,458        35,338,760        5,330,069        51,308,393  

Redeemed

     (33,358,296      (332,738,560      (82,293,573      (787,078,370
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change

     62,428,685      $ 622,516,369        14,162,682      $ 149,360,261  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     70,837,843      $ 706,240,661        14,865,457      $ 160,833,250  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) From commencement of Class operations on March 31, 2017 through May 31, 2017.

 

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NATIXIS FUNDS

Supplement dated June 30, 2017 to the Natixis Funds Summary Prospectuses, dated February 28, 2017, March 31, 2017, and May 1, 2017, as may be revised or supplemented from time to time, for the following funds:

 

AEW Real Estate Fund

ASG Dynamic Allocation Fund

ASG Global Alternatives Fund

ASG Managed Futures Strategy Fund

ASG Tactical U.S. Market Fund

Gateway Equity Call Premium Fund

Gateway Fund

Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund

Loomis Sayles Dividend Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Global Equity and Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund

Loomis Sayles Growth Fund

Loomis Sayles High Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund

Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

Loomis Sayles Multi-Asset Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Senior Floating Rate and Fixed Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Strategic Alpha Fund

Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Value Fund

Mirova Global Green Bond Fund

Mirova Global Sustainable Equity Fund

McDonnell Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund

Natixis Oakmark Fund

Natixis Oakmark International Fund

Natixis U.S. Equity Opportunities Fund

Vaughan Nelson Select Fund

Vaughan Nelson Small Cap Value Fund

Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund

 

Effective July 1, 2017, the information under sub-sections “Class A and C Shares” and “Class A Shares,” as applicable, in the section “Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares” in each Fund’s Summary is hereby amended and restated as follows:

The following chart shows the investment minimums for various types of accounts:

 

Type of Account

 

Minimum Initial

Purchase

   

Minimum Subsequent

Purchase

 
Any account other than those listed below   $ 2,500     $ 50  
For shareholders participating in Natixis Funds’ Investment Builder Program   $ 1,000     $ 50  

For Traditional IRA, Roth IRA, Rollover IRA,

SEP-IRA and Keogh plans using the Natixis Funds’ prototype document (direct accounts, not held through intermediary)

  $ 1,000     $ 50  
Coverdell Education Savings Accounts using the Natixis Funds’ prototype document (direct accounts, not held through intermediary)   $ 500     $ 50  

 

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There is no initial or subsequent investment minimum for:

 

   

Wrap Fee Programs of certain broker-dealers, the advisers or NGAM Distribution, L.P. Please consult your financial representative to determine if your wrap fee program is subject to additional or different conditions or fees.

 

   

Certain Retirement Plans. Please consult your retirement plan administrator to determine if your retirement plan is subject to additional or different conditions or fees.

 

   

Clients of a Registered Investment Adviser where the Registered Investment Adviser receives an advisory, management or consulting fee.

Effective July 1, 2017, the information under sub-section “Class Y Shares” in the section “Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares” in each Fund’s Summary is hereby amended and restated as follows:

Class Y shares of the Fund are generally subject to a minimum initial investment of $100,000 and a minimum subsequent investment of $50, except there is no minimum initial or subsequent investment for:

 

   

Wrap Fee Programs of certain broker-dealers, the advisers or NGAM Distribution, L.P. Please consult your financial representative to determine if your wrap fee program is subject to additional or different conditions or fees.

 

   

Certain Retirement Plans. Please consult your retirement plan administrator to determine if your retirement plan is subject to additional or different conditions or fees.

 

   

Certain Individual Retirement Accounts if the amounts invested represent rollover distributions from investments by any of the retirement plans invested in the Fund.

 

   

Clients of a Registered Investment Adviser where the Registered Investment Adviser receives an advisory, management or consulting fee.

 

   

Fund Trustees, former Fund trustees, employees of affiliates of the Natixis Funds and other individuals who are affiliated with any Natixis Fund (this also applies to any spouse, parents, children, siblings, grandparents, grandchildren and in-laws of those mentioned) and Natixis affiliate employee benefit plans.

At the discretion of NGAM Advisors, clients of NGAM Advisors and its affiliates may purchase Class Y shares of the Fund below the stated minimums.

 

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

Included as part of the Report to Shareholders filed as Item 1 herewith.

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 Companies and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Securities Holders.

There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

The Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in this Form N-CSR was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, based upon such officers’ evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report.

There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s last fiscal quarter of the period covered by the report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Exhibits.

 

(a)    (1)    Not applicable
(a)    (2)    Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), filed herewith as Exhibits (a)(2)(1) and (a)(2)(2), respectively.
(a)    (3)    Not applicable.
   (b)    Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are filed herewith as Exhibit (b).


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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.

 

Natixis Funds Trust II
By:  

/s/ David L. Giunta

Name:   David L. Giunta
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
Date:   July 21, 2017

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

 

By:  

/s/ David L. Giunta

Name:   David L. Giunta
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
Date:   July 21, 2017
By:  

/s/ Michael C. Kardok

Name:   Michael C. Kardok
Title:   Treasurer
Date:   July 21, 2017
EX-99.CERT 2 d419566dex99cert.htm SECTION 302 CERTIFICATIONS Section 302 Certifications

Exhibit (a)(2)(1)

Natixis Funds Trust II

Exhibit to SEC Form N-CSR

Section 302 Certification

I, David L. Giunta, certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Natixis Funds Trust II;

 

  2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

  3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all materials respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

  4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

  a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

  5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


  a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

  b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: July 21, 2017   
  

/s/ David L. Giunta

   David L. Giunta
   President and Chief Executive Officer


Exhibit (a)(2)(2)

Natixis Funds Trust II

Exhibit to SEC Form N-CSR

Section 302 Certification

I, Michael C. Kardok, certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Natixis Funds Trust II;

 

  2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

  3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all materials respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

  4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

  a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

  5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):


  a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

  b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: July 21, 2017  
 

/s/ Michael C. Kardok

  Michael C. Kardok
  Treasurer
EX-99.906CERT 3 d419566dex99906cert.htm SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION Section 906 Certification

Exhibit (b)

Natixis Funds Trust II

Section 906 Certification

In connection with the report on Form N-CSR for the period ended May 31, 2017 for the Registrant (the “Report”), the undersigned each hereby certifies to the best of his knowledge, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1. the Report complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as applicable; and

2. the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

 

By:    By:
President and Chief Executive Officer    Treasurer
Natixis Funds Trust II    Natixis Funds Trust II

/s/ David L. Giunta

  

/s/ Michael C. Kardok

David L. Giunta    Michael C. Kardok
Date: July 21, 2017    Date: July 21, 2017

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to the Natixis Funds Trust II, and will be retained by the Natixis Funds Trust II and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

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