Issuer | Shares/Par | Value ($) | ||
Common Stocks – 49.9% | ||||
Aerospace & Defense – 3.4% | ||||
Safran S.A. | 3,120 | $707,031 | ||
Thales S.A. | 3,018 | 514,606 | ||
$1,221,637 | ||||
Alcoholic Beverages – 2.1% | ||||
Heineken Holding N.V. | 9,411 | $759,449 | ||
Automotive – 2.1% | ||||
Knorr-Bremse AG | 10,072 | $761,719 | ||
Brokerage & Asset Managers – 2.4% | ||||
B3 S.A. - Brasil Bolsa Balcao | 96,500 | $230,696 | ||
Euronext N.V. | 6,572 | 625,356 | ||
$856,052 | ||||
Computer Software – 5.1% | ||||
Microsoft Corp. | 503 | $211,622 | ||
Oracle Corp. | 3,674 | 461,491 | ||
Oracle Corp. Japan | 5,600 | 423,755 | ||
Sage Group PLC | 47,087 | 752,098 | ||
$1,848,966 | ||||
Computer Software - Systems – 5.5% | ||||
Amadeus IT Group S.A. | 15,157 | $971,971 | ||
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | 16,495 | 1,009,610 | ||
$1,981,581 | ||||
Consumer Services – 2.2% | ||||
Booking Holdings, Inc. | 221 | $801,761 | ||
Electrical Equipment – 1.8% | ||||
Legrand S.A. | 6,032 | $639,179 | ||
Electronics – 1.4% | ||||
Kyocera Corp. | 36,200 | $483,647 | ||
Insurance – 0.9% | ||||
Swiss Re Ltd. | 2,618 | $336,594 | ||
Internet – 4.8% | ||||
Alphabet, Inc., “A” (a) | 6,781 | $1,023,457 | ||
Scout24 AG | 9,223 | 695,123 | ||
$1,718,580 | ||||
Leisure & Toys – 1.9% | ||||
Nintendo Co. Ltd. | 12,800 | $693,016 | ||
Medical Equipment – 4.2% | ||||
Agilent Technologies, Inc. | 2,218 | $322,741 | ||
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., “A” (a) | 1,790 | 619,108 | ||
Sonova Holding AG | 2,018 | 584,243 | ||
$1,526,092 |
Issuer | Shares/Par | Value ($) | ||
Common Stocks – continued | ||||
Other Banks & Diversified Financials – 2.8% | ||||
Edenred | 11,340 | $605,101 | ||
S&P Global, Inc. | 942 | 400,774 | ||
$ 1,005,875 | ||||
Printing & Publishing – 1.4% | ||||
Wolters Kluwer N.V. | 3,177 | $497,674 | ||
Real Estate – 2.6% | ||||
LEG Immobilien SE | 10,967 | $941,570 | ||
Specialty Chemicals – 0.1% | ||||
Nitto Denko Corp. | 400 | $36,412 | ||
Specialty Stores – 1.3% | ||||
Zalando SE (a) | 16,700 | $477,265 | ||
Telecommunications - Wireless – 1.4% | ||||
Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane S.p.A. | 44,217 | $502,318 | ||
Telephone Services – 0.8% | ||||
Altice USA, Inc., “A” (a) | 16,236 | $42,376 | ||
Hellenic Telecommunications Organization S.A. | 16,969 | 250,257 | ||
$ 292,633 | ||||
Utilities - Electric Power – 1.7% | ||||
Iberdrola S.A. | 49,692 | $616,249 | ||
Total Common Stocks | $17,998,269 | |||
Bonds – 38.8% | ||||
Asset-Backed & Securitized – 0.2% | ||||
LAD Auto Receivables Trust, 2023-2A, “A2”, 5.93%, 6/15/2027 (n) | $ | 38,308 | $38,345 | |
Toyota Lease Owner Trust, 2023-A, “A2”, 5.3%, 8/20/2025 (n) | 17,463 | 17,441 | ||
$ 55,786 | ||||
Broadcasting – 0.2% | ||||
WMG Acquisition Corp., 3.875%, 7/15/2030 (n) | $ | 69,000 | $61,132 | |
Building – 1.2% | ||||
Foundation Building Materials LLC, 6%, 3/01/2029 (n) | $ | 88,000 | $80,923 | |
Interface, Inc., 5.5%, 12/01/2028 (n) | 60,000 | 57,010 | ||
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc., 5.25%, 7/15/2028 (n) | 125,000 | 119,749 | ||
Standard Industries, Inc., 3.375%, 1/15/2031 (n) | 218,000 | 182,785 | ||
$ 440,467 | ||||
Conglomerates – 0.3% | ||||
BWX Technologies, Inc., 4.125%, 6/30/2028 (n) | $ | 74,000 | $68,991 | |
BWX Technologies, Inc., 4.125%, 4/15/2029 (n) | 39,000 | 35,985 | ||
$ 104,976 | ||||
Consumer Products – 0.1% | ||||
Coty, Inc., 6.5%, 4/15/2026 (n) | $ | 25,000 | $25,040 | |
Consumer Services – 1.5% | ||||
Arches Buyer, Inc., 6.125%, 12/01/2028 (n) | $ | 211,000 | $176,749 | |
Match Group Holdings II LLC, 4.625%, 6/01/2028 (n) | 236,000 | 222,717 | ||
Realogy Group LLC/Realogy Co-Issuer Corp., 5.75%, 1/15/2029 (n) | 198,000 | 140,212 | ||
$ 539,678 |
Issuer | Shares/Par | Value ($) | ||
Bonds – continued | ||||
Containers – 0.5% | ||||
Can-Pack S.A./Eastern PA Land Investment Holding LLC, 3.875%, 11/15/2029 (n) | $ | 200,000 | $176,990 | |
Electronics – 0.3% | ||||
Sensata Technologies B.V., 5%, 10/01/2025 (n) | $ | 63,000 | $62,228 | |
Sensata Technologies, Inc., 3.75%, 2/15/2031 (n) | 50,000 | 43,250 | ||
$ 105,478 | ||||
Financial Institutions – 1.2% | ||||
Global Aircraft Leasing Co. Ltd., 6.5% (6.5% Cash or 7.25% PIK), 9/15/2024 (n)(p) | $ | 171,285 | $162,914 | |
Global Aircraft Leasing Co. Ltd., 6.5% (6.5% Cash or 7.25% PIK), 9/15/2024 (n)(p) | 112,750 | 107,240 | ||
Heimstaden Bostad Treasury B.V., 1.375%, 7/24/2028 | EUR | 150,000 | 126,920 | |
Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB, 2.624%, 4/30/2172 (a) | 170,000 | 42,183 | ||
$ 439,257 | ||||
Insurance - Property & Casualty – 0.4% | ||||
Hub International Ltd., 7.375%, 1/31/2032 (n) | $ | 148,000 | $148,997 | |
Medical & Health Technology & Services – 0.3% | ||||
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., 4%, 3/15/2031 (n) | $ | 141,000 | $125,990 | |
Medical Equipment – 0.5% | ||||
Teleflex, Inc., 4.625%, 11/15/2027 | $ | 105,000 | $100,988 | |
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc., 1.45%, 11/22/2024 | 97,000 | 94,401 | ||
$ 195,389 | ||||
Metals & Mining – 0.3% | ||||
Baffinland Iron Mines Corp./Baffinland Iron Mines LP, 8.75%, 7/15/2026 (n) | $ | 118,000 | $108,829 | |
Midstream – 1.3% | ||||
Peru LNG, 5.375%, 3/22/2030 | $ | 200,000 | $173,535 | |
Venture Global LNG, Inc., 8.125%, 6/01/2028 (n) | 72,000 | 73,454 | ||
Venture Global LNG, Inc., 9.5%, 2/01/2029 (n) | 85,000 | 91,618 | ||
Venture Global LNG, Inc., 8.375%, 6/01/2031 (n) | 133,000 | 137,159 | ||
$ 475,766 | ||||
Mortgage-Backed – 4.2% | ||||
Fannie Mae, UMBS, 6.5%, 9/01/2053 - 12/01/2053 | $ | 91,430 | $93,409 | |
Fannie Mae, UMBS, 5.5%, 10/01/2053 - 11/01/2053 | 397,968 | 395,962 | ||
Freddie Mac, 5.831%, 1/25/2031 | 28,281 | 28,377 | ||
Freddie Mac, UMBS, 4.5%, 6/01/2038 - 10/01/2052 | 286,763 | 275,911 | ||
Freddie Mac, UMBS, 6%, 7/01/2053 | 49,809 | 50,259 | ||
Ginnie Mae, 5.5%, 2/20/2053 | 162,826 | 162,719 | ||
Ginnie Mae, 5%, 11/20/2053 | 99,759 | 98,024 | ||
Ginnie Mae, TBA, 4.5%, 4/15/2054 | 100,000 | 96,083 | ||
Ginnie Mae, TBA, 5%, 4/15/2054 | 100,000 | 98,276 | ||
Ginnie Mae, TBA, 6.5%, 5/01/2054 | 75,000 | 76,177 | ||
Ginnie Mae, TBA, 6%, 5/15/2054 | 25,000 | 25,198 | ||
UMBS, TBA, 5%, 5/01/2039 | 100,000 | 99,831 | ||
$ 1,500,226 | ||||
Pharmaceuticals – 0.3% | ||||
Amgen, Inc., 1.9%, 2/21/2025 | $ | 108,000 | $104,642 | |
Precious Metals & Minerals – 0.4% | ||||
IAMGOLD Corp., 5.75%, 10/15/2028 (n) | $ | 166,000 | $152,318 | |
Railroad & Shipping – 0.3% | ||||
Canadian Pacific Railway Co., 1.35%, 12/02/2024 | $ | 118,000 | $114,735 |
Issuer | Shares/Par | Value ($) | ||
Bonds – continued | ||||
Specialty Chemicals – 0.3% | ||||
CTEC II GmbH, 5.25%, 2/15/2030 | EUR | 100,000 | $97,483 | |
Telecommunications - Wireless – 0.7% | ||||
SBA Communications Corp., 3.875%, 2/15/2027 | $ | 132,000 | $125,544 | |
SBA Communications Corp., 3.125%, 2/01/2029 | 162,000 | 142,966 | ||
$ 268,510 | ||||
Transportation - Services – 0.5% | ||||
Q-Park Holding I B.V., 2%, 3/01/2027 | EUR | 165,000 | $166,974 | |
U.S. Treasury Obligations – 21.5% | ||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds, TIPS, 2.375%, 1/15/2025 | $ | 1,102,792 | $1,101,707 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes, 3%, 6/30/2024 | 1,444,000 | 1,435,553 | ||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.25%, 9/30/2024 | 1,426,000 | 1,418,856 | ||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.25%, 12/31/2024 | 1,264,000 | 1,255,273 | ||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.875%, 3/31/2025 | 897,000 | 886,874 | ||
U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.625%, 10/15/2027 | 570,967 | 565,461 | ||
U.S. Treasury Notes, TIPS, 0.125%, 4/15/2027 | 1,168,476 | 1,100,936 | ||
$ 7,764,660 | ||||
Utilities - Electric Power – 1.9% | ||||
Clearway Energy Operating LLC, 4.75%, 3/15/2028 (n) | $ | 150,000 | $142,581 | |
Clearway Energy Operating LLC, 3.75%, 2/15/2031 (n) | 133,000 | 114,153 | ||
Dominion Energy, Inc., 3.3%, 3/15/2025 | 107,000 | 104,764 | ||
MidAmerican Energy Co., 3.5%, 10/15/2024 | 94,000 | 93,042 | ||
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., 4.255%, 9/01/2024 | 108,000 | 107,280 | ||
Southern Co., 4.475%, 8/01/2024 | 107,000 | 106,468 | ||
$ 668,288 | ||||
Utilities - Gas – 0.4% | ||||
EP Infrastructure A.S., 2.045%, 10/09/2028 | EUR | 150,000 | $140,052 | |
Total Bonds | $13,981,663 | |||
Exchange-Traded Funds – 1.8% | ||||
Gold ETFs – 1.8% | ||||
VanEck Gold Miners UCITS ETF (a) | 6,227 | $218,692 | ||
VanEck Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF (a) | 12,503 | 421,976 | ||
Total Exchange-Traded Funds | $ 640,668 | |||
Investment Companies (h) – 7.8% | ||||
Money Market Funds – 7.8% | ||||
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio, 5.38% (v) | 2,813,102 | $2,813,665 |
Underlying/Expiration Date/Exercise Price | Put/Call | Counterparty | Notional Amount | Par Amount/ Number of Contracts | |
Purchased Options – 0.3% | |||||
Major Banks – 0.0% | |||||
Capital One Financial Corp. – June 2024 @ $95 | Put | Goldman Sachs International | $ 476,448 | 32 | $960 |
Market Index Securities – 0.3% | |||||
Euro Stoxx 50 Index – August 2024 @ EUR 4,600 | Put | Goldman Sachs International | $ 1,261,377 | 23 | $11,960 |
Euro Stoxx 50 Index – September 2025 @ EUR 3,500 | Put | Goldman Sachs International | 1,535,589 | 28 | 15,829 |
Russell 2000 Index – June 2024 @ $1,400 | Put | Goldman Sachs International | 1,062,274 | 5 | 675 |
Russell 2000 Index – June 2024 @ $1,500 | Put | Goldman Sachs International | 849,819 | 4 | 880 |
Russell 2000 Index – December 2025 @ $1,400 | Put | Goldman Sachs International | 1,274,728 | 6 | 15,600 |
Underlying/Expiration Date/Exercise Price | Put/Call | Counterparty | Notional Amount | Par Amount/ Number of Contracts | Value ($) |
Purchased Options – continued | |||||
Market Index Securities – continued | |||||
S&P 500 Index – June 2024 @ $3,150 | Put | Goldman Sachs International | $ 1,576,305 | 3 | $510 |
S&P 500 Index – June 2024 @ $3,250 | Put | Goldman Sachs International | 1,050,870 | 2 | 360 |
S&P 500 Index – June 2024 @ $3,350 | Put | Goldman Sachs International | 1,050,870 | 2 | 440 |
S&P 500 Index – August 2024 @ $4,800 | Put | Goldman Sachs International | 2,101,740 | 4 | 17,620 |
S&P 500 Index – December 2024 @ $4,500 | Put | Goldman Sachs International | 1,576,305 | 3 | 18,294 |
S&P 500 Index – June 2025 @ $3,700 | Put | Goldman Sachs International | 2,627,175 | 5 | 23,650 |
S&P 500 Index – December 2025 @ $3,300 | Put | Goldman Sachs International | 1,576,305 | 3 | 13,653 |
$119,471 | |||||
Network & Telecom – 0.0% | |||||
Digital Realty Trust, Inc., REIT – June 2024 @ $90 | Put | Goldman Sachs International | $ 619,372 | 43 | $1,935 |
Total Purchased Options | $122,366 |
Written Options (see table below) – (0.0)% | $(13,636) | |||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities – 1.4% | 530,038 | |||
Net Assets – 100.0% | $36,073,033 |
(a) | Non-income producing security. | |||
(h) | An affiliated issuer, which may be considered one in which the fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common control. At period end, the aggregate values of the fund's investments in affiliated issuers and in unaffiliated issuers were $2,813,665 and $32,742,966, respectively. | |||
(n) | Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be sold in the ordinary course of business in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At period end, the aggregate value of these securities was $2,874,800, representing 8.0% of net assets. | |||
(p) | Payment-in-kind (PIK) security for which interest income may be received in additional securities and/or cash. | |||
(v) | Affiliated issuer that is available only to investment companies managed by MFS. The rate quoted for the MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. |
The following abbreviations are used in this report and are defined: | |
ETF | Exchange-Traded Fund |
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
TBA | To Be Announced |
TIPS | Treasury Inflation Protected Security |
UMBS | Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security |
Abbreviations indicate amounts shown in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. All amounts are stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. A list of abbreviations is shown below: | |
EUR | Euro |
GBP | British Pound |
Derivative Contracts at 3/31/24 | |||||||
Written Options | |||||||
Underlying | Put/ Call | Counterparty | Par Amount/ Number of Contracts | Notional Amount | Exercise Price | Expiration Date | Value |
Liability Derivatives | |||||||
Major Banks | |||||||
Capital One Financial Corp. | Put | Goldman Sachs International | 32 | $476,448 | $65.00 | June – 2024 | $(6,560) |
Market Index Securities | |||||||
S&P 500 Index | Put | Goldman Sachs International | 4 | 2,101,740 | 3,700.00 | August – 2024 | (3,280) |
Euro Stoxx 50 Index | Put | Goldman Sachs International | 23 | 1,261,377 | EUR 4,000.00 | August – 2024 | (3,796) |
$(7,076) | |||||||
$(13,636) |
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | ||||||
Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Counterparty | Settlement Date | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||
Asset Derivatives | ||||||
USD | 4,018,244 | EUR | 3,680,722 | Merrill Lynch International | 4/19/2024 | $44,610 |
USD | 107,035 | GBP | 84,604 | BNP Paribas S.A. | 4/19/2024 | 243 |
$44,853 |
Financial Instruments | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total |
Equity Securities: | ||||
United States | $3,883,330 | $94,577 | $— | $3,977,907 |
France | 3,091,273 | — | — | 3,091,273 |
Germany | 2,875,677 | 27,789 | — | 2,903,466 |
Japan | 1,636,830 | — | — | 1,636,830 |
Spain | 1,588,220 | — | — | 1,588,220 |
United Kingdom | 1,392,766 | — | — | 1,392,766 |
Netherlands | 1,257,123 | — | — | 1,257,123 |
South Korea | 1,009,610 | — | — | 1,009,610 |
Switzerland | 920,837 | — | — | 920,837 |
Other Countries | 983,271 | — | — | 983,271 |
U.S. Treasury Bonds & U.S. Government Agencies & Equivalents | — | 7,764,660 | — | 7,764,660 |
U.S. Corporate Bonds | — | 3,090,818 | — | 3,090,818 |
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities | — | 1,500,226 | — | 1,500,226 |
Asset-Backed Securities (including CDOs) | — | 55,786 | — | 55,786 |
Foreign Bonds | — | 1,570,173 | — | 1,570,173 |
Mutual Funds | 2,813,665 | — | — | 2,813,665 |
Total | $21,452,602 | $14,104,029 | $— | $35,556,631 |
Other Financial Instruments | ||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts – Assets | $— | $44,853 | $— | $44,853 |
Written Options - Liabilities | — | (13,636) | — | (13,636) |
Affiliated Issuers | Beginning Value | Purchases | Sales Proceeds | Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation or Depreciation | Ending Value |
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio | $2,206,478 | $10,619,453 | $10,012,024 | $(396) | $154 | $2,813,665 |
Affiliated Issuers | Dividend Income | Capital Gain Distributions |
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio | $121,271 | $— |
United States | 55.4% |
France | 8.6% |
Germany | 7.6% |
Japan | 4.5% |
Spain | 4.4% |
Netherlands | 4.0% |
United Kingdom | 3.9% |
South Korea | 2.7% |
Switzerland | 2.5% |
Other Countries | 6.4% |