N-CSRS 1 sr053107mmi.htm SEMIANNUAL REPORT

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSRS

 

Investment Company Act file number 811-5689

 

DWS Multi-Market Income Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

222 South Riverside Plaza

Chicago, IL 60606

(Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (212) 454-7190

 

Paul Schubert

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

Date of fiscal year end:

11/30

 

Date of reporting period:

5/31/07

 

 

ITEM 1.           REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS

 

 

MAY 31, 2007

Semiannual Report
to Shareholders

DWS Multi-Market Income Trust

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Contents

Click Here Performance Summary

Click Here Portfolio Management Review

Click Here Portfolio Summary

Click Here Investment Portfolio

Click Here Financial Statements

Click Here Financial Highlights

Click Here Notes to Financial Statements

Click Here Other Information

Click Here Dividend Reinvestment Plan

Click Here Shareholder Meeting Results

Click Here Additional Information

Click Here Privacy Statement

Investments in funds involve risk. Yields and market value will fluctuate. Investing in emerging markets presents certain unique risks not associated with domestic investments, such as currency fluctuation, political and economic changes and market risks. Additionally, the fund invests in lower-quality and non-rated securities, which present greater risk of loss of principal and interest than higher-quality securities. Bond investments are subject to interest-rate risk such that when interest rates rise, the prices of the bonds, and thus the value of the bond investment, can decline and the investor can lose principal value. Leverage results in additional risks and can magnify the effect of any losses. All of these factors may result in greater share price volatility. Closed-end funds, unlike open-end funds, are not continuously offered. There is a one time public offering and once issued, shares of closed-end funds are sold in the open market through a stock exchange. Shares of closed-end funds frequently trade at a discount to net asset value. The price of the fund's shares is determined by a number of factors, several of which are beyond the control of the fund. Therefore, the fund cannot predict whether its shares will trade at, below or above net asset value.

DWS Scudder is part of Deutsche Asset Management, which is the marketing name in the US for the asset management activities of Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. and DWS Trust Company.

NOT FDIC/NCUA INSURED NO BANK GUARANTEE MAY LOSE VALUE NOT A DEPOSIT NOT INSURED BY ANY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY

Performance Summary May 31, 2007

Performance is historical, assumes reinvestment of all dividend and capital gain distributions, and does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value fluctuate with changing market conditions so that, when sold, shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Please visit www.cef.dws-scudder.com for the Fund's most recent month-end performance.

Fund specific data and performance are provided for informational purposes only and are not intended for trading purposes.

Returns and rankings based on net asset value during all periods shown reflect a custodian fee reduction. Without this fee reduction, returns and rankings would have been lower.

Average Annual Total Returns as of 5/31/07

DWS Multi-Market Income Trust

6-Month

1-Year

3-Year

5-Year

10-Year

Based on Net Asset Value(a)

5.06%

14.02%

14.91%

14.08%

9.42%

Based on Market Price(a)

-1.89%

10.39%

17.07%

13.45%

9.56%

Credit Suisse High Yield Index(b)

6.53%

13.21%

10.16%

11.39%

7.17%

Blended Index(b)

3.64%

10.14%

8.08%

8.93%

7.19%

Lipper Closed-End General Bond Funds Category(c)

2.94%

9.89%

8.21%

8.97%

6.85%

Sources: Lipper Inc. and Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc.

Total returns shown for periods less than one year are not annualized.
(a) Total return based on net asset value reflects changes in the Fund's net asset value during each period. Total return based on market price reflects changes in market value. Each figure assumes that dividend and capital gain distributions, if any, were reinvested. These figures will differ depending upon the level of any discount from or premium to NAV at which the Fund's shares traded during the period.
(b) Credit Suisse High Yield Index is an unmanaged, unleveraged, trader-priced portfolio constructed to mirror the global high-yield debt market. The Blended Index consists of the returns for the Credit Suisse High Yield Index (50%), Lehman Brothers Treasury Index (25%), Citigroup Non-USD World Government Bond Currency Hedged Index (15%), and the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Plus (10%). Lehman Brothers Treasury Index is an unmanaged, unleveraged index reflecting the performance of all public obligations and does not focus on one particular segment of the Treasury market. Citigroup Non-USD World Government Bond Currency Hedged Index is an unmanaged, unleveraged, foreign securities index representing major government bond markets other than the US. J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Plus is an unmanaged, unleveraged index tracking total returns for traded external currency-denominated debt instruments in the emerging markets: Brady bonds, loans, Eurobonds and US dollar-denominated local market instruments. The Blended Index is also disclosed since it is more representative of the securities in which the Fund invests. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike Fund returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. It is not possible to invest directly into an index.
(c) Lipper's Closed-End General Bond Funds category represents funds that have no quality or maturity restrictions, can use leverage and tend to invest in lower-grade debt issues. Lipper figures represent the average of the total returns based on net asset value reported by all of the closed-end funds designated by Lipper Inc. as falling into the Closed-End General Bond Funds Category. Category returns assume reinvestment of all distributions. It is not possible to invest directly into a Lipper category.

Net Asset Value and Market Price

 

As of 5/31/07

As of 11/30/06

Net Asset Value

$ 10.21

$ 10.09

Market Price

$ 10.14

$ 10.73

Prices and net asset value fluctuate and are not guaranteed.

Distribution Information

Six Months as of 5/31/07:

Income Dividends

$ .39

May Income Dividend

$ .0650

Current Annualized Distribution Rate (based on Net Asset Value) as of 5/31/07+

7.64%

Current Annualized Distribution Rate (based on Market Price) as of 5/31/07+

7.69%

+ Current annualized distribution rate is the latest monthly dividend shown as an annualized percentage of net asset value/market price on May 31, 2007. Distribution rate simply measures the level of dividends and is not a complete measure of performance. Distribution rates are historical, not guaranteed, and will fluctuate.

Lipper Rankings — Closed-End General Bond Funds Category as of 5/31/07

Period

Rank

 

Number of Funds Tracked

Percentile Ranking (%)

1-Year

1

of

10

10

3-Year

1

of

10

10

5-Year

1

of

10

10

10-Year

2

of

8

23

Source: Lipper Inc. Rankings are historical and do not guarantee future results. Rankings are based on net asset value total return with distributions reinvested.

Portfolio Management Review

In the following interview, Lead Portfolio Manager Gary Sullivan and Portfolio Manager Bill Chepolis discuss market conditions and DWS Multi-Market Income Trust's investment strategy during the semiannual period ended May 31, 2007.

Q: How did the fund perform over the six-month period ended May 31, 2007?

A: The fund provided a total return of 5.06% based on net asset value (NAV). In comparison, the funds in its Lipper peer group, the Closed-End General Bond Funds Category, produced an average return of 2.94%, while the JP Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index (EMBI) Global Diversified and the Credit Suisse High Yield Index returned 3.46% and 6.53%, respectively.1 The fund is the top performer within its Lipper peer group for the one-, three- and five-year periods ended May 31, 2007, and it ranks second for the 10-year interval ended May 31, 2007.2 The May 31, 2007 NAV per share was $10.21, compared with $10.09 six months ago.

1 The JP Morgan EMBI Global Diversified Index is an unmanaged, unleveraged, uniquely weighted version of the EMBI Global. It limits the weights of those index countries with larger debt stocks by only including specified portions of these countries' eligible current face amounts of debt outstanding. The countries covered in the EMBI Global Diversified are identical to those covered by the EMBI Global.
The Credit Suisse High Yield Index is an unmanaged, unleveraged, trader-priced portfolio constructed to mirror the global high-yield debt market.
Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike fund returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. It is not possible to invest directly into an index.
The Lipper Closed-End General Bond Funds Category represents funds that have no quality or maturity restrictions, can use leverage and tend to invest in lower-grade debt issues. Lipper figures represent the average of the total returns based on net asset value reported by all of the closed-end funds designated by Lipper Inc. as falling into the Closed-End General Bond Funds Category. Category returns assume reinvestment of all distributions. It is not possible to invest directly in a Lipper category.
2 Source: Lipper Inc. as of May 31, 2007. The fund ranked 1, 1, 1 and 2 for the 1-, 3- , 5- and 10-year periods as of May 31, 2007. There were 10, 10, 10 and 8 funds, respectively, in Lipper's Closed-End General Bond Funds category.

The fund's return based on the market price of shares quoted on the New York Stock Exchange was -1.89% for the semiannual period. The fund's shares closed the period at $10.14 compared with $10.73 six months ago. The market price discount of the shares, as a percentage of NAV, was approximately 1% on May 31, 2007. In comparison, the fund's shares traded at a premium of 6% six months ago. (Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Please see pages 4 and 5 for more complete performance information.)

During the semiannual period, the Fund completed a rights offering. Shareholders were issued one non-transferable right for each share owned. The rights entitled the shareholders to purchase one new common share for every three rights held at the subscription price of $10.31. The purpose of the offer was to increase the assets of the Fund available for investment, thereby allowing the Fund to more fully take advantage of available investment opportunities consistent with the Fund's investment objective. Net proceeds were approximately $37 million after deduction of expenses.

The fund maintained a leverage position throughout the period. At the close of the period, the portfolio was approximately 19% leveraged, meaning that the fund borrowed against approximately $58 million of total portfolio assets. In employing leverage, the fund uses a secured loan to raise money in the commercial paper market at short-term interest rates and then invests the proceeds in longer-term securities.3 We will continue to closely evaluate the fund's use of leverage.

3 Commercial paper is issued by a corporation to finance its short-term credit needs. Maturities typically range from 2 to 270 days and is typically issued by companies with high credit ratings.

Q: Will you discuss the general market environment for the sectors in which the fund was invested during the period?

A: Conditions over the six-month period were generally negative for US Treasuries. The US Federal Reserve Board (the Fed) left the overnight federal funds rate at 5.25% for the entire period, but noted that controlling inflation remained its primary focus. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury note ended the period at 4.92%, up from its level of 4.62% six months earlier. This increase, which reflects falling prices, was the result of investors becoming less confident that the Fed would cut rates in the near future. Treasuries posted a return of 0.22% for the period, as measured by the Lehman Brothers US Treasury Index.4

4 Lehman Brothers US Treasury Index is an unmanaged, unleveraged index reflecting the performance of all public obligations and does not focus on one particular segment of the Treasury market. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends, and unlike fund returns, do not reflect fees or expenses. It is not possible to invest directly into an index.

Despite these developments, the investment backdrop remained broadly positive for the high-yield and emerging-markets debt markets. Both asset classes exhibited a firm tone as the solid fundamental underpinnings of the two asset classes remained in place. High yield was helped by a strong economy and low defaults, resulting in high-yield spreads narrowing approximately 79 basis points (.79 percentage points) during the period. At the close of the period, the high-yield spread stood at 271 basis points, near historic lows, compared with 350 basis points six months ago.5 Meanwhile, emerging-markets debt securities continued to be supported by high commodity prices, a generally stable political backdrop and continued improvements in the underlying fundamentals of the asset class. The yield spread of emerging markets relative to Treasuries ended the period at 166 basis points, versus 209 basis points on November 30, 2006.6

5 The long-term historical spread-to-worst average is based upon the average monthly spread-to-worst of the Credit Suisse High Yield Index from January 31, 1986 to May 31, 2007. The yield spread is the difference between the yield of a given fixed-income asset class and the yield on Treasuries. A large spread indicates that investors require yields substantially above those of Treasuries in order to invest in high-yield bonds. This is generally indicative of a higher-risk environment. A smaller spread generally indicates a more positive environment, since investors are less concerned about risk and therefore willing to accept lower yields in order to invest in high-yield bonds.
6 The long-term historical spread-to-worst average is based upon the average monthly spread-to-worst of the JP Morgan EMBI Global Diverified from December 31, 1997 to May 31, 2007.

Q: How did the fund's sector allocations and country selection affect performance?

A: The fund maintained overweight exposures in both high yield and emerging-markets bonds, and this positioning was one of the larger contributors to relative performance.7 Throughout the period, we viewed yield spreads in both asset classes as providing attractive value. This view, coupled with our opinion that fundamentals in both high-yield and emerging-markets debt remained sound, led us to keep our overweight to both of these asset classes.

7 "Overweight" means the fund holds a higher weighting in a given sector or security than the benchmark. "Underweight" means the fund holds a lower weighting.

Q: Will you comment on developments in the emerging markets over the period?

A: Emerging markets continued to perform well during the past six months on the strength of investors' continued appetite for risk. The emerging-markets debt universe can be roughly divided into two groups: relatively low-risk countries whose issues trade at a spread of less than 100 basis points versus Treasuries, and higher-risk, higher-spread issuers. Our focus has been on the latter group, which helped performance during the past six months. Concurrently, the fund's underweights in lower-risk, lower-yield countries such as Poland, Bulgaria and Chile also boosted its return relative to the emerging-markets benchmark. Other favorable elements of the fund's positioning included an overweight in Turkey, a zero weighting in Lebanon and Iraq, and our decision to hold bonds denominated in local currencies in both Brazil and Malaysia.8

8 The fund can invest in both dollar-denominated "external" debt issued on the global markets and local currency debt issued within the home markets. Local currency debt is affected both by movements in the price of a country's bonds and the price movements of its currency.

Our decision late in 2006 to sell the fund's entire position in Ecuador, which was based on the uncertainty that the country's new government would default on its debt, detracted from returns given that Ecuador's bonds outperformed during the semiannual period. An overweight in Argentina also weighed on relative performance, but we mitigated this to some extent by holding a position in a less volatile floating-rate note.9 Also detracting were the fund's holdings in Venezuela, where concerns about the political backdrop dampened investor sentiment.

9 Floating-rate notes tend to outperform when interest rates are rising.

Q: How did the fund's positioning in high yield affect performance?

A: Given the fund's bottom-up approach, individual security performance is typically the primary driver of its return in this portion of the fund. Top contributors to performance included the fund's positions in Young Broadcasting, Inc., which benefited from a better outlook for the broadcasting sector overall; and Wolverine Tube, Inc., whose credit quality improved following its announcement of a recapitalization plan designed to strengthen its balance sheet, reduce its financing costs and enhance its overall capital structure. Also benefiting performance were the fund's holdings in Resorts International* and Celanese Corp.*, both of which refinanced a portion of their existing debt. This involved the two companies retiring their bonds — which the fund held — by buying them back at a premium during the period.

* As of May 31, 2007, the positions were sold.

Our outperformance relative to the high-yield benchmark was reduced by the strong performance of two benchmark components the fund did not own: the distressed securities of Calpine Corp. and Adelphia Communications Corp. Similarly, an underweight in the newly issued bonds of Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc., which it issued to fund the purchase of its competitor Phelps Dodge, dampened relative performance when the bonds traded higher by five points. Also detracting was an overweight position in the bonds of the homebuilder K. Hovanian Enterprises, Inc., which was hurt by concerns about the housing slowdown. Still, performance was helped by the portfolio's underweight position in the home-building sector as a whole. The fund's holding in French Lick Resorts & Casinos lost ground following the company's announcement that the opening of a new resort would be delayed. We view this as a short-term problem, and we continue to hold the bond in the portfolio on the view that it offers a favorable risk/reward profile. Finally, the fund's relative performance was hurt by having no exposure to the airlines sector, a group that performed very well during the past six months.

Q: What is your current assessment of the fixed-income environment?

A: The near-term prospects of the economy look good as global and US economic growth is relatively stable. However, we remain somewhat cautious on overall inflation mainly because of the impact of high oil prices and the increased pricing power for businesses that has flowed from the economic recovery. As a result, we remain positioned somewhat conservatively with respect to the fund's duration and interest rate exposure in the United States. Still, we do not expect any of the more extreme scenarios with respect to inflation and interest rates to unfold.

We anticipate that the fund will maintain a slightly elevated overall credit quality. The yield advantage provided by both high-yield and emerging-markets issues has been relatively narrow measured by their historical long-term averages. Despite these narrower yield spreads, the fundamentals of high yield and emerging-markets debt remain sound, and both asset classes continue to offer a yield advantage over US, foreign government and corporate securities. Therefore, we will continue to opportunistically add to, or subtract from, the fund's exposures in these asset classes in an effort to enhance yield and deliver strong risk-adjusted returns.

Going forward, we will continue to monitor the global economy as well as the relative value provided by sovereign, emerging markets and high-yield issuers. We believe that DWS Multi-Market Income Trust remains an attractive vehicle for investors seeking high current income from a broad-based, actively managed portfolio of bonds.

The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio managers only through the end of the period of the report as stated on the cover. The managers' views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions and should not be construed as a recommendation. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Portfolio Summary

Asset Allocation (Excludes Securities Lending Collateral)

5/31/07

11/30/06

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds

54%

51%

Government & Agency Obligations

45%

41%

Loan Participations

1%

Cash Equivalents

8%

 

100%

100%

Bond Diversification (Excludes Cash Equivalents and Securities Lending Collateral)

5/31/07

11/30/06

 

 

 

Emerging Market Sovereign Bonds

45%

44%

Consumer Discretionary

12%

14%

Financials

9%

7%

Energy

8%

8%

Industrials

6%

5%

Materials

6%

7%

Telecommunication Services

6%

4%

Utilities

4%

6%

Information Technology

2%

2%

Health Care

1%

1%

Consumer Staples

1%

2%

 

100%

100%

Quality (Excludes Cash Equivalents and Securities Lending Collateral)

5/31/07

11/30/06

 

 

 

US Government and Agency

1%

A

3%

3%

BBB

8%

9%

BB

35%

28%

B

39%

39%

Below B

13%

11%

Not Rated

2%

9%

 

100%

100%

Asset allocation, bond diversification and quality are subject to change.

The quality ratings represent the lower of Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's") or Standard & Poor's Corporation ("S&P") credit ratings. The ratings of Moody's and S&P represent their opinions as to the quality of the securities they rate. Ratings are relative and subjective and are not absolute standards of quality. The Fund's credit quality does not remove market risk.

Interest Rate Sensitivity

5/31/07

11/30/06

 

 

 

Average Maturity

10.7 years

10.6 years

Duration

6.7 years

6.5 years

Interest rate sensitivity is subject to change. Duration shown does not account for the leverage position of the Fund.

For more complete details about the Fund's investment portfolio, see page 14. A quarterly Fact Sheet is available upon request. Please see the Additional Information section for contact information.

Following the Fund's fiscal first and third quarter-end, a complete portfolio holdings listing is filed with the SEC on Form N-Q. The form will be available on the SEC's Web site at www.sec.gov, and it also may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.

Investment Portfolio as of May 31, 2007 (Unaudited)

 

Principal Amount ($)(a)

Value ($)

 

 

Corporate Bonds 65.2%

Consumer Discretionary 14.2%

AAC Group Holding Corp., 14.75%, 10/1/2012 (PIK) (b)

182,645

202,736

Affinia Group, Inc., 9.0%, 11/30/2014

420,000

426,300

AMC Entertainment, Inc., 8.0%, 3/1/2014 (b)

625,000

645,312

American Achievement Corp., 8.25%, 4/1/2012

110,000

112,750

American Media Operations, Inc., Series B, 10.25%, 5/1/2009 (b)

165,000

161,906

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.:

 

 

144A, 7.625%, 3/15/2017

255,000

255,000

8.0%, 3/15/2014

165,000

168,713

Ashtead Holdings PLC, 144A, 8.625%, 8/1/2015

180,000

189,900

Buffets, Inc., 12.5%, 11/1/2014

170,000

173,400

Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., 11.125%, 4/15/2014 (b)

250,000

260,000

Cablevision Systems Corp., Series B,
9.82%**, 4/1/2009

115,000

121,756

Caesars Entertainment, Inc., 8.875%, 9/15/2008

240,000

247,500

Charter Communications Holdings LLC:

 

 

10.25%, 9/15/2010

1,180,000

1,256,700

Series B, 10.25%, 9/15/2010

420,000

446,250

11.0%, 10/1/2015

1,246,000

1,355,025

Cirsa Capital Luxembourg, 144A, 7.875%, 7/15/2012 EUR

150,000

202,589

Claire's Stores, Inc.:

 

 

144A, 9.25%, 6/1/2015

205,000

203,206

144A, 10.5%, 6/1/2017 (b)

245,000

239,794

Codere Finance Luxembourg SA, 144A,
8.25%, 6/15/2015 EUR

85,000

124,236

Cooper-Standard Automotive, Inc.,
8.375%, 12/15/2014 (b)

315,000

296,100

CSC Holdings, Inc.:

 

 

7.25%, 7/15/2008

190,000

192,375

7.875%, 12/15/2007

555,000

561,244

Series B, 8.125%, 7/15/2009 (b)

65,000

67,356

Series B, 8.125%, 8/15/2009 (b)

70,000

72,538

Denny's Corp. Holdings, Inc., 10.0%, 10/1/2012

80,000

85,200

Dex Media East LLC/Financial, 12.125%, 11/15/2012

1,531,000

1,661,135

Dollarama Group LP, 144A, 11.12%**, 8/15/2012

180,000

181,350

EchoStar DBS Corp.:

 

 

6.625%, 10/1/2014

355,000

355,000

7.125%, 2/1/2016

275,000

282,219

Fontainebleau Las Vegas Holdings LLC, 144A, 10.25%, 6/15/2015 (f)

350,000

360,500

Foot Locker, Inc., 8.5%, 1/15/2022

70,000

71,050

Ford Motor Co., 7.45%, 7/16/2031 (b)

250,000

205,625

French Lick Resorts & Casinos, 144A, 10.75%, 4/15/2014 (b)

750,000

633,750

General Motors Corp.:

 

 

7.2%, 1/15/2011 (b)

610,000

585,600

7.4%, 9/1/2025 (b)

225,000

191,813

8.375%, 7/15/2033 (b)

600,000

558,000

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 11.25%, 3/1/2011

1,190,000

1,300,075

Great Canadian Gaming Corp., 144A, 7.25%, 2/15/2015 (b)

220,000

222,750

Gregg Appliances, Inc., 9.0%, 2/1/2013 (b)

125,000

134,063

Group 1 Automotive, Inc., 8.25%, 8/15/2013

125,000

129,688

Hanesbrands, Inc., 144A, 8.735%**, 12/15/2014

370,000

383,875

Hertz Corp.:

 

 

8.875%, 1/1/2014

595,000

640,369

10.5%, 1/1/2016 (b)

135,000

152,381

ION Media Networks, Inc., 144A, 11.606%**, 1/15/2013

195,000

203,287

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., 7.0%, 3/1/2014

830,000

821,700

Jacobs Entertainment, Inc., 9.75%, 6/15/2014

455,000

474,337

Jarden Corp., 7.5%, 5/1/2017

290,000

295,800

Kabel Deutschland GmbH, 10.625%, 7/1/2014

170,000

190,400

Liberty Media LLC:

 

 

5.7%, 5/15/2013

35,000

33,051

8.25%, 2/1/2030

320,000

317,200

8.5%, 7/15/2029 (b)

420,000

425,775

Majestic Star Casino LLC, 9.5%, 10/15/2010

40,000

42,000

Mediacom Broadband LLC, 8.5%, 10/15/2015 (b)

25,000

25,938

MediMedia USA, Inc., 144A, 11.375%, 11/15/2014

110,000

117,425

Metaldyne Corp.:

 

 

10.0%, 11/1/2013 (b)

165,000

177,375

11.0%, 6/15/2012 (b)

75,000

77,063

MGM MIRAGE:

 

 

6.75%, 9/1/2012

105,000

103,950

8.375%, 2/1/2011 (b)

225,000

235,125

9.75%, 6/1/2007

325,000

325,000

MTR Gaming Group, Inc., Series B, 9.75%, 4/1/2010

345,000

360,956

NCL Corp., 10.625%, 7/15/2014

75,000

73,125

Norcraft Holdings/Capital, Step-up Coupon, 0% to 9/1/2008, 9.75% to 9/1/2012

680,000

634,100

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., 8.75%, 10/1/2013 (b)

260,000

275,600

Pokagon Gaming Authority, 144A, 10.375%, 6/15/2014

110,000

123,750

Premier Entertainment Biloxi LLC/Finance, 10.75%, 2/1/2012

1,265,000

1,309,275

PRIMEDIA, Inc., 8.875%, 5/15/2011

215,000

221,450

Quebecor World, Inc., 144A, 9.75%, 1/15/2015

205,000

217,300

Quiksilver, Inc., 6.875%, 4/15/2015

320,000

311,600

Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 144A, 9.0%, 2/15/2017

160,000

157,800

Sabre Holdings Corp., 8.35%, 3/15/2016

225,000

212,062

Sbarro, Inc., 144A, 10.375%, 2/1/2015

145,000

150,075

Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment, Inc., 144A, 7.848%**, 3/15/2014

290,000

297,250

Simmons Co., Step-up Coupon, 0% to 12/15/2009, 10.0% to 12/15/2014

515,000

439,037

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., 8.0%, 3/15/2012

111,000

115,440

Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc., 9.625%, 8/1/2013 (b)

575,000

576,437

Six Flags, Inc., 9.75%, 4/15/2013

570,000

555,750

Sonic Automotive, Inc., Series B, 8.625%, 8/15/2013

125,000

131,094

Station Casinos, Inc., 6.5%, 2/1/2014

325,000

301,031

Telenet Group Holding NV, 144A, Step-up Coupon, 0% to 12/15/2008, 11.5% to 6/15/2014

1,229,000

1,170,622

The Bon-Ton Department Stores, Inc., 10.25%, 3/15/2014 (b)

260,000

274,300

Toys "R" Us, Inc., 7.375%, 10/15/2018

565,000

497,200

Travelport LLC:

 

 

144A, 9.875%, 9/1/2014

105,000

113,138

144A, 9.985%**, 9/1/2014

185,000

191,937

144A, 11.875%, 9/1/2016 (b)

105,000

118,388

Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc., 8.5%, 6/1/2015 (b)

460,000

470,925

TRW Automotive, Inc., 144A, 7.0%, 3/15/2014 (b)

335,000

335,419

United Auto Group, Inc., 144A, 7.75%, 12/15/2016

620,000

626,200

United Components, Inc., 9.375%, 6/15/2013

45,000

46,688

Unity Media GmbH, 144A, 10.375%, 2/15/2015

165,000

175,931

Univision Communications, Inc., 144A, 9.75%, 3/15/2015 (PIK) (b)

615,000

636,525

Vitro, SAB de CV:

 

 

144A, 8.625%, 2/1/2012

165,000

170,775

144A, 9.125%, 2/1/2017

325,000

340,844

Series A, 11.75%, 11/1/2013

80,000

89,000

Wheeling Island Gaming, Inc., 10.125%, 12/15/2009

1,300,000

1,322,750

XM Satellite Radio, Inc., 9.75%, 5/1/2014 (b)

1,080,000

1,085,400

Young Broadcasting, Inc., 8.75%, 1/15/2014

1,005,000

982,387

 

35,094,116

Consumer Staples 2.0%

Alliance One International, Inc., 144A, 8.5%, 5/15/2012

125,000

128,750

Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana, 144A, 8.0%, 3/27/2014

380,000

393,300

Constellation Brands, Inc., 144A, 7.25%, 5/15/2017

200,000

201,250

Del Laboratories, Inc., 8.0%, 2/1/2012 (b)

215,000

209,625

Delhaize America, Inc.:

 

 

8.05%, 4/15/2027

65,000

68,618

9.0%, 4/15/2031

720,000

891,151

General Nutrition Centers, Inc., 144A, 9.796%**, 3/15/2014 (PIK)

240,000

241,200

Harry & David Holdings, Inc., 10.36%**, 3/1/2012

260,000

263,900

North Atlantic Trading Co., 144A, 10.0%, 3/1/2012

555,000

556,388

Pilgrim's Pride Corp., 7.625%, 5/1/2015

105,000

107,888

Rite Aid Corp.:

 

 

7.5%, 3/1/2017

355,000

354,112

144A, 9.5%, 6/15/2017 (f)

260,000

261,300

Tereos Europe SA, 144A, 6.375%, 4/15/2014 EUR

130,000

178,857

Viskase Companies, Inc., 11.5%, 6/15/2011

1,015,000

1,030,225

 

4,886,564

Energy 9.6%

Belden & Blake Corp., 8.75%, 7/15/2012

910,000

937,300

Chaparral Energy, Inc., 8.5%, 12/1/2015

290,000

290,725

Chesapeake Energy Corp.:

 

 

6.25%, 1/15/2018

160,000

158,800

6.875%, 1/15/2016

795,000

806,925

7.75%, 1/15/2015 (b)

90,000

93,825

Cimarex Energy Co., 7.125%, 5/1/2017

180,000

182,250

Complete Production Services, Inc., 144A, 8.0%, 12/15/2016

370,000

384,800

Delta Petroleum Corp., 7.0%, 4/1/2015 (b)

550,000

497,750

Denbury Resources, Inc., 7.5%, 12/15/2015

75,000

77,250

Dynegy Holdings, Inc.:

 

 

6.875%, 4/1/2011

75,000

75,281

7.625%, 10/15/2026

90,000

86,850

144A, 7.75%, 6/1/2019

385,000

381,150

8.375%, 5/1/2016

455,000

472,631

Edison Mission Energy, 144A, 7.0%, 5/15/2017

370,000

368,613

El Paso Production Holding Co., 7.75%, 6/1/2013

445,000

470,127

Energy Partners Ltd., 144A, 9.75%, 4/15/2014

155,000

157,131

Frontier Oil Corp., 6.625%, 10/1/2011

150,000

149,625

Gaz Capital (Gazprom), 144A, 6.51%, 3/7/2022

1,285,000

1,307,488

Mariner Energy, Inc., 8.0%, 5/15/2017

140,000

142,800

OPTI Canada, Inc., 144A, 8.25%, 12/15/2014

250,000

265,625

Peabody Energy Corp., 7.375%, 11/1/2016

165,000

174,694

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust:

 

 

7.375%, 12/15/2014

1,395,000

1,542,870

8.0%, 11/15/2011

3,480,000

3,810,600

9.5%, 9/15/2027

2,665,000

3,684,362

Petronas Capital Ltd., Series REG S, 7.875%, 5/22/2022

620,000

750,140

Plains Exploration & Production Co., 7.0%, 3/15/2017 (b)

105,000

104,475

Quicksilver Resources, Inc., 7.125%, 4/1/2016

160,000

158,800

Sabine Pass LNG LP:

 

 

144A, 7.25%, 11/30/2013

100,000

102,125

144A, 7.5%, 11/30/2016

685,000

702,125

Secunda International Ltd., 13.356%**, 9/1/2012

295,000

305,325

Stone Energy Corp.:

 

 

6.75%, 12/15/2014

605,000

571,725

144A, 8.106%**, 7/15/2010

595,000

595,000

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., 7.625%, 4/1/2037

180,000

203,254

Tesoro Corp., 144A, 6.5%, 6/1/2017

325,000

325,406

Transmeridian Exploration, Inc., 12.0%, 12/15/2010 (b)

345,000

328,613

VeraSun Energy Corp., 144A, 9.375%, 6/1/2017

170,000

169,363

Whiting Petroleum Corp., 7.0%, 2/1/2014

75,000

72,750

Williams Companies, Inc.:

 

 

8.125%, 3/15/2012

1,250,000

1,360,937

8.75%, 3/15/2032

1,205,000

1,433,950

Williams Partners LP, 7.25%, 2/1/2017

175,000

185,500

 

23,888,960

Financials 9.7%

Alamosa Delaware, Inc., 11.0%, 7/31/2010

225,000

238,654

Ashton Woods USA LLC, 9.5%, 10/1/2015

625,000

590,625

Buffalo Thunder Development Authority, 144A, 9.375%, 12/15/2014

125,000

128,594

CEVA Group PLC:

 

 

144A, 8.5%, 12/1/2014 EUR

170,000

233,318

144A, 10.0%, 12/1/2016 EUR

105,000

148,347

Conproca SA de CV, Series REG S, 12.0%, 6/16/2010

1,030,000

1,169,050

Doral Financial Corp., 6.188%**, 7/20/2007

45,000

44,101

E*TRADE Financial Corp.:

 

 

7.375%, 9/15/2013

180,000

187,425

7.875%, 12/1/2015 (b)

140,000

150,850

8.0%, 6/15/2011

1,300,000

1,363,375

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC:

 

 

7.25%, 10/25/2011

1,635,000

1,608,680

7.375%, 10/28/2009

2,760,000

2,769,605

7.8%, 6/1/2012

210,000

208,970

7.875%, 6/15/2010

805,000

812,763

8.0%, 12/15/2016 (b)

100,000

99,261

8.105%**, 1/13/2012 (b)

165,000

165,804

GMAC LLC:

 

 

6.875%, 9/15/2011

3,500,000

3,526,397

8.0%, 11/1/2031

1,525,000

1,675,370

Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Co. LLC:

 

 

144A, 8.5%, 4/1/2015

385,000

406,175

144A, 8.875%, 4/1/2015 (PIK)

335,000

353,425

144A, 9.75%, 4/1/2017 (b)

200,000

214,000

Hexion US Finance Corp., 144A, 9.75%, 11/15/2014

160,000

172,400

Idearc, Inc., 144A, 8.0%, 11/15/2016

1,235,000

1,279,769

Inmarsat Finance II PLC, Step-up Coupon, 0% to 11/15/2008, 10.375% to 11/15/2012

200,000

192,000

iPayment, Inc., 9.75%, 5/15/2014

225,000

231,187

K&F Acquisition, Inc., 7.75%, 11/15/2014

70,000

74,550

KAR Holdings, Inc.:

 

 

144A, 8.75%, 5/1/2014

195,000

198,900

144A, 10.0%, 5/1/2015

315,000

322,875

Local TV Finance LLC, 144A, 9.25%, 6/15/2015 (PIK)

200,000

204,000

New ASAT (Finance) Ltd., 9.25%, 2/1/2011

200,000

168,000

Petroplus Finance Ltd.:

 

 

144A, 6.75%, 5/1/2014

190,000

190,237

144A, 7.0%, 5/1/2017

175,000

176,312

Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC:

 

 

144A, 9.25%, 4/1/2015

185,000

187,775

144A, 10.625%, 4/1/2017 (b)

140,000

142,450

Poster Financial Group, Inc., 8.75%, 12/1/2011 (b)

625,000

656,250

R.H. Donnelly, Inc., 10.875%, 12/15/2012

745,000

801,806

Realogy Corp.:

 

 

144A, 10.5%, 4/15/2014

75,000

75,281

144A, 12.375%, 4/15/2015 (b)

75,000

73,125

Sally Holdings LLC, 144A, 9.25%, 11/15/2014

245,000

254,187

Triad Acquisition Corp., Series B, 11.125%, 5/1/2013

295,000

282,094

U.S.I. Holdings Corp.:

 

 

144A, 9.23%**, 11/15/2014

105,000

105,263

144A, 9.75%, 5/15/2015

140,000

141,750

UCI Holding Co., Inc., 144A, 12.355%**, 12/15/2013 (PIK)

220,984

228,166

Universal City Development Partners, 11.75%, 4/1/2010

840,000

892,500

Wimar Opco LLC, 144A, 9.625%, 12/15/2014

765,000

772,650

Yankee Acquisition Corp.:

 

 

Series B, 8.5%, 2/15/2015 (b)

165,000

168,713

Series B, 9.75%, 2/15/2017 (b)

60,000

61,350

 

24,148,379

Health Care 1.8%

Advanced Medical Optics, Inc., 144A, 7.5%, 5/1/2017

205,000

202,181

HCA, Inc.:

 

 

6.5%, 2/15/2016 (b)

215,000

189,200

144A, 9.125%, 11/15/2014

325,000

352,625

144A, 9.25%, 11/15/2016

725,000

794,781

HEALTHSOUTH Corp.:

 

 

144A, 10.75%, 6/15/2016 (b)

400,000

440,000

144A, 11.354%**, 6/15/2014 (b)

80,000

87,200

Iasis Healthcare LLC, 8.75%, 6/15/2014

85,000

89,250

Omnicare, Inc., 6.125%, 6/1/2013

85,000

81,388

Psychiatric Solutions, Inc., 144A, 7.75%, 7/15/2015

205,000

209,613

PTS Acquisition Corp., 144A, 9.5%, 4/15/2015 (PIK) (b)

165,000

169,538

Sun Healthcare Group, Inc., 144A, 9.125%, 4/15/2015

175,000

183,750

Tenet Healthcare Corp., 9.25%, 2/1/2015

835,000

832,912

The Cooper Companies, Inc., 144A, 7.125%, 2/15/2015

360,000

367,200

Universal Hospital Services, Inc., 144A, 8.5%, 6/1/2015 (PIK)

145,000

148,081

Vanguard Health Holding Co. II, LLC, 9.0%, 10/1/2014

210,000

219,975

 

4,367,694

Industrials 6.9%

Aleris International, Inc., 144A, 9.0%, 12/15/2014 (PIK)

290,000

310,300

Allied Security Escrow Corp., 11.375%, 7/15/2011

290,000

294,350

Allied Waste North America, Inc., Series B, 9.25%, 9/1/2012

683,000

718,857

American Color Graphics, Inc., 10.0%, 6/15/2010 (b)

370,000

318,200

American Railcar Industries, Inc., 7.5%, 3/1/2014

230,000

237,475

ARAMARK Corp.:

 

 

144A, 8.5%, 2/1/2015

370,000

388,963

144A, 8.86%**, 2/1/2015

105,000

108,281

Baldor Electric Co., 8.625%, 2/15/2017

205,000

220,375

Belden, Inc., 144A, 7.0%, 3/15/2017

185,000

189,414

Bombardier, Inc.:

 

 

144A, 6.3%, 5/1/2014

195,000

190,125

144A, 6.75%, 5/1/2012

100,000

100,875

144A, 8.0%, 11/15/2014

120,000

127,800

Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc., 7.4%, 9/15/2035

555,000

536,962

Building Materials Corp. of America, 7.75%, 8/1/2014 (b)

205,000

201,413

Cenveo Corp., 7.875%, 12/1/2013

520,000

516,100

Collins & Aikman Floor Cover, Series B, 9.75%, 2/15/2010 (b)

595,000

609,458

Congoleum Corp., 8.625%, 8/1/2008*

395,000

357,475

DRS Technologies, Inc.:

 

 

6.625%, 2/1/2016

95,000

95,713

7.625%, 2/1/2018 (b)

705,000

730,556

Education Management LLC, 8.75%, 6/1/2014

200,000

212,500

Esco Corp.:

 

 

144A, 8.625%, 12/15/2013

530,000

567,100

144A, 9.23%**, 12/15/2013

275,000

286,000

General Cable Corp.:

 

 

144A, 7.125%, 4/1/2017

190,000

192,375

144A, 7.725%**, 4/1/2015

290,000

290,725

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., 7.75%, 12/15/2013 (b)

160,000

158,000

Harland Clarke Holdings Corp., 144A, 9.5%, 5/15/2015 (b)

200,000

204,000

Iron Mountain, Inc., 8.75%, 7/15/2018 (b)

160,000

173,200

K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.:

 

 

6.25%, 1/15/2016

720,000

662,400

8.875%, 4/1/2012 (b)

790,000

785,062

Kansas City Southern de Mexico SA de CV:

 

 

144A, 7.375%, 6/1/2014

560,000

568,400

144A, 7.625%, 12/1/2013

460,000

469,775

9.375%, 5/1/2012

435,000

469,800

12.5%, 6/15/2012

337,000

358,905

Kansas City Southern Railway Co.:

 

 

7.5%, 6/15/2009

135,000

138,038

9.5%, 10/1/2008

1,165,000

1,217,425

Millennium America, Inc., 9.25%, 6/15/2008

270,000

278,775

Mobile Services Group, Inc., 144A, 9.75%, 8/1/2014

320,000

348,800

Navios Maritime Holdings, Inc., 144A, 9.5%, 12/15/2014 (b)

275,000

291,844

Panolam Industries International, Inc., 144A, 10.75%, 10/1/2013

105,000

111,300

Rainbow National Services LLC, 144A, 10.375%, 9/1/2014

70,000

78,575

RBS Global & Rexnord Corp., 9.5%, 8/1/2014

110,000

118,250

Saint Acquisition Corp., 144A, 12.5%, 5/15/2017

145,000

141,738

Seitel, Inc., 144A, 9.75%, 2/15/2014

410,000

420,250

Ship Finance International Ltd., 8.5%, 12/15/2013

195,000

201,581

Steel Dynamics, Inc., 144A, 6.75%, 4/1/2015

280,000

278,600

Terex Corp., 7.375%, 1/15/2014

120,000

125,100

The Manitowoc Co., Inc., 7.125%, 11/1/2013 (b)

110,000

113,300

Titan International, Inc., 8.0%, 1/15/2012

620,000

638,600

TransDigm, Inc., 144A, 7.75%, 7/15/2014

125,000

130,000

U.S. Concrete, Inc., 8.375%, 4/1/2014

150,000

154,500

United Rentals North America, Inc., 7.0%, 2/15/2014 (b)

410,000

418,200

Vangent, Inc., 144A, 9.625%, 2/15/2015

160,000

163,219

Xerox Capital Trust I, 8.0%, 2/1/2027 (b)

120,000

122,250

 

17,141,279

Information Technology 2.4%

Alion Science & Technology Corp., 144A, 10.25%, 2/1/2015

165,000

173,250

Compagnie Generale de Geophysique-Veritas:

 

 

7.5%, 5/15/2015

75,000

78,469

7.75%, 5/15/2017

210,000

221,550

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., 144A, 8.875%, 12/15/2014

200,000

200,250

L-3 Communications Corp.:

 

 

5.875%, 1/15/2015

690,000

672,750

Series B, 6.375%, 10/15/2015

315,000

314,213

Lucent Technologies, Inc., 6.45%, 3/15/2029 (b)

1,085,000

1,004,981

Sanmina-SCI Corp., 8.125%, 3/1/2016 (b)

400,000

389,000

Seagate Technology HDD Holdings, 6.8%, 10/1/2016

390,000

385,612

SunGard Data Systems, Inc., 10.25%, 8/15/2015

740,000

809,375

UGS Corp., 10.0%, 6/1/2012

560,000

610,051

Unisys Corp., 7.875%, 4/1/2008 (b)

990,000

990,000

 

5,849,501

Materials 7.1%

Appleton Papers, Inc., Series B, 8.125%, 6/15/2011

105,000

109,331

ARCO Chemical Co., 9.8%, 2/1/2020

1,685,000

1,870,350

Associated Materials, Inc., Step-up Coupon, 0% to 3/1/2009, 11.25% to 3/1/2014 (b)

410,000

315,700

Cascades, Inc., 7.25%, 2/15/2013

614,000

619,372

Chemtura Corp., 6.875%, 6/1/2016

400,000

394,500

CPG International I, Inc.:

 

 

10.5%, 7/1/2013

505,000

535,300

12.117%**, 7/1/2012

120,000

124,050

Equistar Chemical Funding LP, 10.625%, 5/1/2011

231,000

243,705

Exopack Holding Corp., 11.25%, 2/1/2014

685,000

746,650

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.,
8.375%, 4/1/2017

325,000

355,062

GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc., 144A, 13.35%**, 12/31/2009 (e)

1,004,000

824,535

Georgia-Pacific Corp., 144A, 7.125%, 1/15/2017

145,000

144,638

Gibraltar Industries, Inc., Series B, 8.0%, 12/1/2015

205,000

207,050

Hexcel Corp., 6.75%, 2/1/2015

855,000

859,275

Huntsman LLC, 11.625%, 10/15/2010

855,000

919,125

Ineos Group Holdings PLC, 144A, 7.875%, 2/15/2016 EUR

140,000

185,551

International Coal Group, Inc., 10.25%, 7/15/2014 (b)

280,000

294,350

Jefferson Smurfit Corp., 8.25%, 10/1/2012

100,000

102,250

Koppers Holdings, Inc., Step-up Coupon, 0% to 11/15/2009, 9.875% to 11/15/2014

565,000

494,375

Lyondell Chemical Co.:

 

 

6.875%, 6/15/2017

1,015,000

1,016,269

10.5%, 6/1/2013

115,000

125,638

MacDermid, Inc., 144A, 9.5%, 4/15/2017

175,000

184,625

Massey Energy Co.:

 

 

6.625%, 11/15/2010

540,000

534,600

6.875%, 12/15/2013 (b)

395,000

378,706

Metals USA Holding Corp., 144A, 11.356%**, 1/15/2012 (PIK)

250,000

247,813

Meuller Water Products, Inc., 144A,
7.375%, 6/1/2017

210,000

212,256

Millar Western Forest Products Ltd.,
7.75%, 11/15/2013

200,000

173,500

Momentive Performance Materials, Inc.:

 

 

144A, 9.75%, 12/1/2014

285,000

297,825

144A, 11.5%, 12/1/2016 (b)

165,000

173,250

Neenah Foundry Co., 9.5%, 1/1/2017

175,000

173,250

NewMarket Corp., 7.125%, 12/15/2016

495,000

495,000

Novelis, Inc., 7.25%, 2/15/2015

525,000

553,875

OI European Group BV, 144A, 6.875%, 3/31/2017 EUR

210,000

290,336

Oxford Automotive, Inc., 144A, 12.0%, 10/15/2010*

580,115

8,702

Radnor Holdings Corp., 11.0%, 3/15/2010*

90,000

338

Rhodia SA:

 

 

144A, 6.718%**, 10/15/2013 EUR

200,000

276,241

8.875%, 6/1/2011

203,000

212,009

Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc.:

 

 

144A, 8.0%, 3/15/2017

360,000

362,700

8.375%, 7/1/2012

200,000

204,000

Terra Capital, Inc., Series B, 7.0%, 2/1/2017

615,000

616,537

The Mosaic Co., 144A, 7.375%, 12/1/2014

370,000

385,725

TriMas Corp., 9.875%, 6/15/2012

432,000

451,980

United States Steel Corp., 9.75%, 5/15/2010

335,000

353,425

Witco Corp., 6.875%, 2/1/2026

170,000

143,650

Wolverine Tube, Inc., 10.5%, 4/1/2009

305,000

308,431

 

17,525,850

Telecommunication Services 6.8%

American Cellular Corp., Series B, 10.0%, 8/1/2011

42,000

44,153

BCM Ireland Preferred, 144A, 11.061%**,
2/15/2017 (PIK) EUR

179,678

249,019

Cell C Property Ltd., 144A, 11.0%, 7/1/2015

777,000

796,425

Centennial Communications Corp.:

 

 

10.0%, 1/1/2013

650,000

705,250

10.125%, 6/15/2013

650,000

702,812

Cincinnati Bell, Inc.:

 

 

7.25%, 7/15/2013 (b)

830,000

863,200

8.375%, 1/15/2014 (b)

520,000

533,000

Citizens Communications Co., 6.625%, 3/15/2015

280,000

276,850

Dobson Cellular Systems, 9.875%, 11/1/2012

650,000

710,125

Dobson Communications Corp., 8.875%, 10/1/2013

650,000

684,125

Embratel, Series B, 11.0%, 12/15/2008

78,000

83,811

Grupo Iusacell SA de CV, Series B, 10.0%, 7/15/2004*

100,000

101,000

Hellas Telecommunications Luxembourg V, 144A, 7.468%**, 10/15/2012 EUR

100,000

137,246

Insight Midwest LP, 9.75%, 10/1/2009

96,000

97,200

Intelsat Bermuda Ltd.:

 

 

8.872%**, 1/15/2015

35,000

35,788

9.25%, 6/15/2016

125,000

138,437

11.25%, 6/15/2016

385,000

439,862

Intelsat Corp., 9.0%, 6/15/2016

120,000

131,400

Intelsat Ltd., 5.25%, 11/1/2008

1,300,000

1,278,875

Intelsat Subsidiary Holding Co., Ltd., 8.25%, 1/15/2013

420,000

436,275

iPCS, Inc., 144A, 7.48%**, 5/1/2013

105,000

105,263

MasTec, Inc., 144A, 7.625%, 2/1/2017

250,000

255,000

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., 144A, 9.25%, 11/1/2014

475,000

503,294

Millicom International Cellular SA, 10.0%, 12/1/2013

1,300,000

1,423,500

Mobifon Holdings BV, 12.5%, 7/31/2010

740,000

795,500

Nextel Communications, Inc., Series D, 7.375%, 8/1/2015

980,000

1,000,967

Nortel Networks Ltd.:

 

 

144A, 9.606%**, 7/15/2011

330,000

355,575

144A, 10.125%, 7/15/2013

295,000

328,925

144A, 10.75%, 7/15/2016

235,000

266,725

Orascom Telecom Finance, 144A, 7.875%, 2/8/2014 (b)

135,000

132,131

Qwest Corp., 7.25%, 9/15/2025

615,000

628,837

Rural Cellular Corp., 9.875%, 2/1/2010

305,000

320,631

Stratos Global Corp., 9.875%, 2/15/2013

140,000

151,025

SunCom Wireless Holdings, Inc., 8.5%, 6/1/2013 (b)

750,000

783,750

US Unwired, Inc., Series B, 10.0%, 6/15/2012

385,000

417,039

Virgin Media Finance PLC, 8.75%, 4/15/2014

605,000

639,787

West Corp., 9.5%, 10/15/2014

245,000

257,862

Windstream Corp., 8.625%, 8/1/2016

25,000

27,313

16,837,977

Utilities 4.7%

AES Corp., 144A, 8.75%, 5/15/2013

2,020,000

2,143,725

Allegheny Energy Supply Co. LLC, 144A, 8.25%, 4/15/2012

1,345,000

1,462,687

CMS Energy Corp., 8.5%, 4/15/2011

1,165,000

1,265,922

Intergas Finance BV, Series REG S, 6.875%, 11/4/2011

1,815,000

1,864,205

Mirant Americas Generation LLC, 8.3%, 5/1/2011

130,000

138,450

Mirant North America LLC, 7.375%, 12/31/2013

135,000

142,763

NRG Energy, Inc.:

 

 

7.25%, 2/1/2014

670,000

688,425

7.375%, 2/1/2016

1,415,000

1,468,062

PSE&G Energy Holdings LLC, 10.0%, 10/1/2009

1,260,000

1,364,872

Regency Energy Partners LP, 144A, 8.375%, 12/15/2013

435,000

451,856

Sierra Pacific Resources:

 

 

6.75%, 8/15/2017

485,000

490,561

8.625%, 3/15/2014 (b)

88,000

94,544

11,576,072

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $157,835,171)

161,316,392

 

Government and Agency Obligations 54.8%

Sovereign Bonds 54.3%

Aries Vermogensverwaltung GmbH, Series C, REG S, 9.6%, 10/25/2014

3,750,000

4,691,250

Dominican Republic:

 

 

144A, 8.625%, 4/20/2027

460,000

542,800

Series REG S, 9.5%, 9/27/2011

1,289,421

1,376,457

Federative Republic of Brazil:

 

 

6.0%, 1/17/2017

6,355,000

6,396,307

7.125%, 1/20/2037 (b)

2,095,000

2,362,113

7.875%, 3/7/2015

1,980,000

2,235,420

8.75%, 2/4/2025

1,685,000

2,175,335

8.875%, 10/14/2019 (b)

2,415,000

3,022,372

11.0%, 1/11/2012

3,515,000

4,274,240

11.0%, 8/17/2040 (b)

4,565,000

6,117,100

12.5%, 1/5/2016 BRL

2,070,000

1,283,169

Government of Malaysia, Series 1/04,
4.305%, 2/27/2009 MYR

8,855,000

2,645,200

Government of Ukraine:

 

 

Series REG S, 4.95%, 10/13/2015 EUR

860,000

1,100,471

Series REG S, 7.65%, 6/11/2013

1,685,000

1,826,203

Republic of Argentina:

 

 

Step-up Coupon, 1.33% to 3/31/2009, 2.5% to 3/31/2019, 3.75% to 3/31/2029, 5.25% to 12/31/2038

2,555,000

1,154,860

5.475%**, 8/3/2012 (PIK)

4,777,500

4,586,081

5.83%, 12/31/2033 (PIK) ARS

716

315

7.82%, 12/31/2033 (PIK) EUR

5,332,081

7,020,324

Republic of Colombia:

 

 

8.25%, 12/22/2014 (b)

690,000

791,775

10.0%, 1/23/2012

2,375,000

2,795,375

10.75%, 1/15/2013

780,000

966,810

Republic of El Salvador, 144A, 7.65%, 6/15/2035

3,780,000

4,403,700

Republic of Indonesia, 144A, 6.875%, 3/9/2017

2,615,000

2,778,437

Republic of Panama:

 

 

7.125%, 1/29/2026

2,005,000

2,205,500

9.375%, 1/16/2023

2,610,000

3,419,100

Republic of Peru, 7.35%, 7/21/2025 (b)

7,395,000

8,522,737

Republic of Philippines:

 

 

7.75%, 1/14/2031 (b)

610,000

692,716

8.0%, 1/15/2016 (b)

3,860,000

4,352,150

8.375%, 2/15/2011

780,000

842,400

9.375%, 1/18/2017

1,535,000

1,891,888

Republic of Serbia, 144A, Step-up Coupon, 3.75% to 11/1/2009, 6.75% to 11/1/2024

660,000

627,000

Republic of Turkey:

 

 

6.875%, 3/17/2036 (b)

2,050,000

1,984,605

7.0%, 9/26/2016 (b)

6,355,000

6,513,875

7.25%, 3/15/2015

665,000

695,756

7.375%, 2/5/2025

2,065,000

2,142,438

8.0%, 2/14/2034

280,000

309,224

11.75%, 6/15/2010

4,495,000

5,270,387

Republic of Uruguay:

 

 

7.625%, 3/21/2036

615,000

696,488

8.0%, 11/18/2022

1,395,000

1,625,175

9.25%, 5/17/2017

1,825,000

2,253,875

Republic of Venezuela:

 

 

6.0%, 12/9/2020

2,895,000

2,554,837

7.65%, 4/21/2025

1,430,000

1,426,425

10.75%, 9/19/2013

6,035,000

7,024,740

Russian Federation, Series REG S, 7.5%, 3/31/2030

7,258,525

8,140,436

Russian Ministry of Finance, Series VII, 3.0%, 5/14/2011

2,580,000

2,346,433

Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 144A, 6.875%, 1/15/2016 (b)

2,250,000

2,387,812

United Mexican States:

 

 

5.625%, 1/15/2017

1,353,000

1,355,030

Series A, 6.75%, 9/27/2034

662,000

736,806

 

134,563,947

US Treasury Obligations 0.5%

US Treasury Note, 12.0%, 8/15/2013

1,000,000

1,081,797

Total Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $130,061,372)

135,645,744

 


Shares

Value ($)

 

 

Common Stocks 0.0%

Materials

GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc.*

7,125

5,451

GEO Specialty Chemicals, Inc., 144A*

649

496

Total Common Stocks (Cost $87,834)

5,947

 

Warrants 0.0%

Industrials

DeCrane Aircraft Holdings, Inc., 144A, Expiration Date 9/30/2008*

350

0

Materials

Dayton Superior Corp., 144A, Expiration Date 6/15/2009*

25

0

Total Warrants (Cost $0)

0

 

Convertible Preferred Stock 0.0%

Consumer Discretionary

 

 

 

ION Media Networks, Inc., 144A, 9.75% (PIK)

15

78,750

ION Media Networks, Inc., Series AI, 144A, 9.75% (PIK)

3

15,750

Total Convertible Preferred Stock (Cost $125,925)

94,500

 

Principal Amount ($)(a)

Value ($)

 

 

Loan Participations 0.8%

CSFB International (Exim Ukraine), 6.8%, 10/4/2012

1,215,000

1,206,860

Sabre, Inc., LIBOR plus 2.25%, 7.73%**, 9/30/2014 (f)

205,000

205,406

Tribune Co., 7.86%, 5/24/2014 (f)

410,000

410,964

Total Loan Participations (Cost $1,800,950)

1,823,230

 


Units

Value ($)

 

 

Other Investments 0.3%

Hercules, Inc., (Bond Unit), 6.5%, 6/30/2029

400,000

352,000

IdleAire Technologies Corp. (Bond Unit), 144A, Step-up Coupon, 0% to 6/15/2008, 13.0% to 12/15/2012

615,000

421,275

Total Other Investments (Cost $970,382)

773,275

 


Shares

Value ($)

 

 

Securities Lending Collateral 17.0%

Daily Assets Fund Institutional, 5.35% (c) (d) (Cost $42,140,918)

42,140,918

42,140,918

 

Cash Equivalents 0.5%

Cash Management QP Trust, 5.32% (c) (Cost $1,321,841)

1,321,841

1,321,841

 

% of Net Assets

Value ($)

 

 

Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $334,344,393)+

138.6

343,121,847

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

(15.2)

(37,613,529)

Notes Payable

(23.4)

(58,000,000)

Net Assets

100.0

247,508,318

* Non-income producing security. In the case of a bond, generally denotes that the issuer has defaulted on the payment of principal or interest or has filed for bankruptcy. The following table represents bonds that are in default:

Security

Coupon

Maturity Date

Principal Amount ($)

Acquisition Cost ($)

Value ($)

Congoleum Corp.

8.625%

8/1/2008

395,000

USD

393,349

357,475

Grupo Iusacell SA de CV

10.0%

7/15/2004

100,000

USD

67,894

101,000

Oxford Automotive, Inc.

12.0%

10/15/2010

580,115

USD

59,714

8,702

Radnor Holdings Corp.

11.0%

3/15/2010

90,000

USD

82,331

338

 

 

 

 

 

603,288

467,515

** Floating rate notes are securities whose yields vary with a designated market index or market rate, such as the coupon-equivalent of the US Treasury bill rate. These securities are shown at their current rate as of May 31, 2007.
+ The cost for federal income tax purposes was $336,519,785. At May 31, 2007, net unrealized appreciation for all securities based on tax cost was $6,602,062. This consisted of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an excess of value over tax cost of $9,946,973 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there was an excess of tax cost over value of $3,344,911.
(a) Principal amount stated in US dollars unless otherwise noted.
(b) All or a portion of these securities were on loan (see Notes to Financial Statements). The value of all securities loaned at May 31, 2007 amounted to $41,452,187 which is 16.7% of net assets.
(c) Affiliated fund managed by Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.
(d) Represents collateral held in connection with securities lending.
(e) Security has a deferred interest payment of $31,239 from April 1, 2006.
(f) When-issued/delayed delivery security.

144A: Security 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.

LIBOR: Represents the London InterBank Offered Rate.

PIK: Denotes that all or a portion of the income is paid in-kind.

As of May 31, 2007, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency exchange contracts:

Contracts to Deliver

 

In Exchange For

 

Settlement Date

Unrealized Appreciation (US$)

EUR

6,685,000

 
USD

9,067,781

 

6/8/2007

70,114

Currency Abbreviations

ARS Argentine Peso
BRL Brazilian Real
EUR Euro
MYR Malaysian Ringgit
USD United States Dollar

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of May 31, 2007 (Unaudited)

Assets

Investments:

Investments in securities, at value (cost $290,881,634) — including $41,452,187 of securities loaned

$ 299,659,088

Investment in Daily Assets Fund Institutional (cost $42,140,918)*

42,140,918

Investment in Cash Management QP Trust (cost $1,321,841)

1,321,841

Total investments in securities, at value (cost $334,344,393)

343,121,847

Cash

2,317,212

Foreign currency, at value (cost $78,306)

77,924

Receivable for investments sold

3,306,078

Interest receivable

6,365,866

Unrealized appreciation on open forward foreign currency exchange contracts

70,114

Foreign taxes recoverable

3,243

Other assets

37,828

Total assets

355,300,112

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

4,884,557

Payable for when-issued/delayed delivery securities

1,495,425

Notes payable

58,000,000

Interest on notes payable

658,463

Payable upon return of securities loaned

42,140,918

Accrued management fee

162,736

Distributions payable

69,753

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

379,942

Total liabilities

107,791,794

Net assets, at value

$ 247,508,318

Net Assets

Net assets consist of:
Undistributed net investment income

3,659,423

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investments

8,777,454

Foreign currency related transactions

74,992

Accumulated net realized gain (loss)

(18,042,956)

Paid-in capital

253,039,405

Net assets, at value

$ 247,508,318

Net Asset Value

Net Asset Value per share ($247,508,318 ÷ 24,242,915 outstanding shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value, unlimited number of shares authorized)

$ 10.21

* Represents collateral on securities loaned.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Statement of Operations for the six months ended May 31, 2007 (Unaudited)

Investment Income

Income:
Interest (net of foreign taxes withheld of $13,049)

$ 9,829,298

Interest — Cash Management QP Trust

18,950

Securities lending income, including income from Daily Assets Fund Institutional, net of borrower rebates

26,238

Dividends

298

Total Income

9,874,784

Expenses:
Management fee

904,088

Services to shareholders

20,496

Custodian fees

18,049

Auditing

26,390

Legal

11,898

Trustees' fees and expenses

9,430

Reports to shareholders

30,400

Interest expense

1,519,404

Stock exchange listing fee

33,038

Other

30,663

Total expenses before expense reductions

2,603,856

Expense reductions

(7,700)

Total expenses after expense reductions

2,596,156

Net investment income

7,278,628

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment Transactions

Net realized gain (loss) from:
Investments

768,189

Foreign currency related transactions

(430,714)

 

337,475

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) during the period on:
Investments

2,399,670

Foreign currency related transactions

357,559

 

2,757,229

Net gain (loss) on investment transactions

3,094,704

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 10,373,332

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Statement of Cash Flows for the six months ended May 31, 2007 (Unaudited)

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

Investment income received**

$ 9,117,548

Payment of operating expenses

(840,936)

Payment of interest expense

(1,794,368)

Proceeds from sales and maturities of investments

52,545,165

Purchases of investments

(109,524,535)

Net purchases, sales and maturities of short-term investments

17,864,277

Cash provided (used) by operating activities

$ (32,632,849)

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

Net increase (decrease) in notes payable

$ 5,250,000

Proceeds from rights offering

37,360,200

Reimbursement by Advisor

175,116

Distributions paid (net of reinvestment of distributions)

(7,843,660)

Cash provided (used) by financing activities

34,941,656

Increase (decrease) in cash

2,308,807

Cash at beginning of period*

86,329

Cash at end of period*

$ 2,395,136

Reconciliation of Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations to Cash Provided (Used) by Operating Activities:

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 10,373,332

Net (increase) decrease in cost of investments

(41,102,480)

Net (increase) decrease in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

(2,399,670)

(Increase) decrease in interest receivable

(1,168,850)

(Increase) decrease in other assets

(3,902)

(Increase) decrease in receivable for investments sold

(2,397,770)

Increase (decrease) in payable for investments purchased

4,476,777

(Increase) decrease in appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts

(365,960)

Increase (decrease) in other accrued expenses and payables

230,580

Increase (decrease) in interest on notes payable

(274,906)

Cash provided (used) by operating activities

$ (32,632,849)

Non-Cash Financing Activities:

Reinvestment of distributions

$ 349,217

* Includes foreign currency
** Non-cash activity from market discount accretion and premium amortization in the net amount of $414,857 has been excluded from the Statement of Cash Flows.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

Six Months Ended May 31, 2007 (Unaudited)

Year Ended November 30, 2006

Operations:
Net investment income

$ 7,278,628

$ 14,695,705

Net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions

337,475

1,492,015

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) during the period on investment transactions

2,757,229

6,784,362

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

10,373,332

22,972,082

Distributions to shareholders from:
Net investment income

(8,262,630)

(16,007,441)

Fund share and paid-in capital transactions:
Net proceeds of shares issued in connection with the Fund's rights offering, net of offering costs of $250,000

37,360,200

Reinvestment of distributions

349,217

686,954

Reimbursement by Advisor

175,116

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share and paid-in capital transactions

37,884,533

686,954

Increase (decrease) in net assets

39,995,235

7,651,595

Net assets at beginning of period

207,513,083

199,861,488

Net assets at end of period (including undistributed net investment income of $3,659,423 and $4,643,425, respectively)

$ 247,508,318

$ 207,513,083

Other Information

Shares outstanding at beginning of period

20,561,383

20,492,638

Shares issued from rights offering

3,647,934

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

33,598

68,745

Shares outstanding at end of period

24,242,915

20,561,383

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Financial Highlights

Years Ended November 30,

2007a

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Selected Per Share Data

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.09

$ 9.75

$ 9.53

$ 8.77

$ 7.52

$ 8.04

Income (loss) from investment operations:

Net investment incomeb

.35

.72

.78

.78

.73

.81

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions

.16

.40

.22

.73

1.28

(.49)

Total from investment operations

.51

1.12

1.00

1.51

2.01

.32

Less distributions from:

Net investment income

(.39)

(.78)

(.78)

(.75)

(.76)

(.80)

Tax return of capital

(.04)

Total distributions

(.39)

(.78)

(.78)

(.75)

(.76)

(.84)

Rights offering costsg

(.01)

Advisor reimbursement

.01

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.21

$ 10.09

$ 9.75

$ 9.53

$ 8.77

$ 7.52

Market value, end of period

$ 10.14

$ 10.73

$ 10.15

$ 9.08

$ 8.57

$ 7.33

Total Return

Based on net asset value (%)c

5.06e,f,g**

11.87e

10.85

18.48

28.12

4.17

Based on market value (%)c

(1.89)**

14.28

21.12

15.52

28.44

(4.18)

Years Ended November 30, (continued)

2007a

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data

Net assets, end of period ($ millions)

248

208

200

195

179

153

Ratio of expenses before custodian fee reductions (including interest expense) (%)

2.45*

2.55

2.14

1.60

1.52

1.66

Ratio of expenses after custodian fee reductions (including interest expense) (%)

2.44*

2.54

2.14

1.60

1.52

1.66

Ratio of expenses after custodian fee reductions (excluding interest expense) (%)

1.01*

1.03

1.11

1.05

1.03

1.09

Ratio of net investment income (%)

6.84*

7.28

8.12

8.59

8.93

10.45

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

43*

79

143

187

224

117

Total debt outstanding end of period ($ thousands)

58,000

52,750

60,000

60,000

50,500

38,000

Asset coverage per $1,000 of debtd

5,267

4,934

4,331

4,244

4,548

5,029

a For the six months ended May 31, 2007 (Unaudited).
b Based on average shares outstanding during the period.
c Total return based on net asset value reflects changes in the Fund's net asset value during each period. Total return based on market value reflects changes in market value. Each figure assumes that dividend and capital gain distributions, if any, were reinvested. These figures will differ depending upon the level of any discount from or premium to NAV at which the Fund's shares trade during the period.
d Asset coverage equals the total net assets plus borrowings of the Fund divided by the borrowings outstanding at period end.
e Total return would have been lower had certain fees not been reduced.
f Includes a non-recurring reimbursement from the Advisor for a fee previously charged to the Fund (see Note J). Excluding this non-recurring reimbursement, total return would have been 0.07% lower.
g During the semi-annual period ending May 31, 2007, the Fund issued 3,647,934 shares in connection with a rights offering of the Fund's shares. Without the effect of the rights offering costs, total return based on net asset value would have been 0.10% higher.
* Annualized
** Not annualized

Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)

A. Significant Accounting Policies

DWS Multi-Market Income Trust (the ``Fund'') is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the ``1940 Act''), as a closed-end, diversified management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust.

The Fund's financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which require the use of management estimates. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The policies described below are followed consistently by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.

Security Valuation. Investments are stated at value determined as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on each day the exchange is open for trading. Debt securities are valued by independent pricing services approved by the Trustees of the Fund. If the pricing services are unable to provide valuations, the securities are valued at the most recent bid quotation or evaluated price, as applicable, obtained from a broker-dealer. Such services may use various pricing techniques which take into account appropriate factors such as yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other data, as well as broker quotes. Equity securities are valued at the most recent sale price or official closing price reported on the exchange (US or foreign) or over-the-counter market on which the security is traded most extensively. Securities for which no sales are reported are valued at the calculated mean between the most recent bid and asked quotations on the relevant market or, if a mean cannot be determined, at the most recent bid quotation.

Money market instruments purchased with an original or remaining maturity of sixty days or less, maturing at par, are valued at amortized cost. Investments in open-end investment companies and Cash Management QP Trust are valued at their net asset value each business day.

Securities and other assets for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the above valuation procedures are deemed not to reflect fair value are valued in a manner that is intended to reflect their fair value as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Trustees.

In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") released Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements" ("FAS 157"). FAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. FAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. As of May 31, 2007, management does not believe the adoption of FAS 157 will impact the amounts reported in the financial statements, however, additional disclosures will be required about the inputs used to develop the measurements of fair value and the effect of certain of the measurements reported in the statement of operations for a fiscal period.

Securities Lending. The Fund may lend securities to financial institutions. The Fund retains beneficial ownership of the securities it has loaned and continues to receive interest and dividends paid by the issuer of securities and to participate in any changes in their market value. The Fund requires the borrowers of the securities to maintain collateral with the Fund consisting of liquid, unencumbered assets having a value at least equal to the value of the securities loaned. The Fund may invest the cash collateral into a joint trading account in an affiliated money market fund pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the SEC. The Fund receives compensation for lending its securities either in the form of fees or by earning interest on invested cash collateral net of borrowers rebates and fees paid to the lending agent. Either the Fund or the borrower may terminate the loan. The Fund is subject to all investment risks associated with the value of any cash collateral received, including, but not limited to, interest rate, credit and liquidity risk associated with such investments.

Foreign Currency Translations. The books and records of the Fund are maintained in US dollars. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated into US dollars at the prevailing exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses are translated into US dollars at the prevailing exchange rates on the respective dates of the transactions.

Net realized and unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net gains and losses between trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the disposition of forward foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign currencies, and the difference between the amount of net investment income accrued and the US dollar amount actually received. That portion of both realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments that results from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates is not separately disclosed, but is included with net realized and unrealized gain/appreciation and loss/depreciation on investments.

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts. A forward foreign currency exchange contract ("forward currency contract") is a commitment to purchase or sell a foreign currency at the settlement date at a negotiated rate. The Fund may enter into forward currency contracts in order to hedge its exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates on its foreign currency denominated portfolio holdings and to facilitate transactions in foreign currency denominated securities.

Forward currency contracts are valued at the prevailing forward exchange rate of the underlying currencies and unrealized gain (loss) is recorded daily. Sales and purchases of forward currency contracts having the same settlement date and broker are offset and any gain (loss) is realized on the date of offset; otherwise, gain (loss) is realized on settlement date. Realized and unrealized gains and losses which represent the difference between the value of a forward currency contract to buy and a forward currency contract to sell are included in net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from foreign currency related transactions.

Certain risks may arise upon entering into forward currency contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts. Additionally, when utilizing forward currency contracts to hedge, the Fund gives up the opportunity to profit from favorable exchange rate movements during the term of the contract.

When-Issued/Delayed Delivery Securities. The Fund may purchase securities with delivery or payment to occur at a later date beyond the normal settlement period. At the time the Fund enters into a commitment to purchase a security, the transaction is recorded and the value of the security is reflected in the net asset value. The price of such security and the date when the security will be delivered and paid for are fixed at the time the transaction is negotiated. The value of the security may vary with market fluctuations. No interest accrues to the Fund until payment takes place. At the time the Fund enters into this type of transaction it is required to segregate cash or other liquid assets at least equal to the amount of the commitment.

Certain risks may arise upon entering into when-issued or delayed delivery securities from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts or if the issuer does not issue the securities due to political, economic, or other factors. Additionally, losses may arise due to changes in the value of the underlying securities.

Loan Participations/Assignments. The Fund may invest in US dollar-denominated fixed and floating rate loans ("Loans") arranged through private negotiations between a foreign sovereign entity and one or more financial institutions ("Lenders"). The Fund invests in such Loans in the form of participations in Loans ("Participations") or assignments of all or a portion of loans from third parties ("Assignments"). Participations typically result in the Fund having a contractual relationship only with the Lender, not with the sovereign borrower. The Fund has the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled from the Lender selling the Participation and only upon receipt by the Lender of the payments from the borrower. In connection with purchasing Participations, the Fund generally has no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement relating to the Loan, nor any rights of set-off against the borrower, and the Fund will not benefit directly from any collateral supporting the Loan in which it has purchased the Participation. As a result, the Fund assumes the credit risk of both the borrower and the Lender that is selling the Participation.

Federal Income Taxes. The Fund's policy is to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, which are applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Accordingly, the Fund paid no federal income taxes and no federal income tax provision was required.

At November 30, 2006, the Fund had a net tax basis capital loss carryforward of approximately $15,940,000, which may be applied against any realized net taxable capital gains of each succeeding year until fully utilized or until November 30, 2010, the expiration date, whichever occurs first.

In July 2006, FASB issued Interpretation No. 48 ("FIN 48"), "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109" (the "Interpretation"). The Interpretation establishes for the Fund a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of positions taken in filing tax returns (including whether the Fund is taxable in certain jurisdictions), and requires certain expanded tax disclosures. The Interpretation is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. On December 22, 2006, the SEC indicated that they would not object if a Fund implements FIN 48 in the first required financial statement reporting period for its fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2006. Management is evaluating the application of the Interpretation to the Fund and is not in a position at this time to estimate the significance of its impact, if any, on the Fund's financial statements.

Distribution of Income and Gains. Net investment income of the Fund, if any, is declared and distributed to shareholders monthly. Net realized gains from investment transactions, in excess of available capital loss carryforwards, would be taxable to the Fund if not distributed, and, therefore, will be distributed to shareholders at least annually.

The timing and characterization of certain income and capital gains distributions are determined annually in accordance with federal tax regulations which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These differences primarily relate to forward currency contracts, certain securities sold at a loss and premium amortization on debt securities. As a result, net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions for a reporting period may differ significantly from distributions during such period. Accordingly, the Fund may periodically make reclassifications among certain of its capital accounts without impacting the net asset value of the Fund.

The tax character of current year distributions will be determined at the end of the current fiscal year.

Statement of Cash Flows. Information on financial transactions which have been settled through the receipt and disbursement of cash is presented in the Statement of Cash Flows. The cash amount shown in the Statement of Cash Flows represents the cash position in the Fund's custodian bank at May 31, 2007. Non-cash activity from market discount accretion and premium amortization has been excluded from the Statement of Cash Flows.

Contingencies. In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter 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 been made. However, based on experience, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.

Other. Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date plus one basis for daily net asset value calculations. However, for financial reporting purposes, investment security transactions are reported on trade date. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date net of foreign withholding taxes. Certain dividends from foreign securities may be recorded subsequent to the ex-dividend date as soon as the Fund is informed of such dividends. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are recorded on an identified cost basis. All premiums and discounts are amortized/accreted for financial reporting purposes, with the exception of securities in default of principal.

B. Purchases and Sales of Securities

During the six months ended May 31, 2007, purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) aggregated $113,994,522 and $55,373,649, respectively.

C. Related Parties

Management Agreement. Under the Investment Management Agreement with Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. ("DIMA" or the "Advisor"), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG, the Advisor directs the investments of the Fund in accordance with its investment objectives, policies and restrictions. The Advisor determines the securities, instruments and other contracts relating to investments to be purchased, sold or entered into by the Fund. In addition to portfolio management services, the Advisor provides certain administrative services in accordance with the Management Agreement. The Fund pays a monthly investment management fee of 1/12 of the annualized rate of 0.85% of the Fund's average weekly net assets.

Service Provider Fees. DWS Scudder Investments Service Company (``DWS-SISC''), an affiliate of the Advisor, is the transfer agent, dividend-paying agent and shareholder service agent for the Fund. Pursuant to a sub-transfer agency agreement between DWS-SISC and DST Systems, Inc. ("DST"), DWS-SISC has delegated certain transfer agent and dividend-paying agent functions to DST. DWS-SISC compensates DST out of the shareholder servicing fee it receives from the Fund. For the six months ended May 31, 2007, the amount charged to the Fund by DWS-SISC aggregated $9,562, of which $742 is unpaid.

Typesetting and Filing Service Fees. Under an agreement with DIMA, DIMA is compensated for providing typesetting and certain regulatory filing services to the Fund. For the six months ended May 31, 2007, the amount charged to the Fund by DIMA included in the Statement of Operations under "reports to shareholders" aggregated $520, all of which is unpaid.

Trustees' Fees and Expenses. The Fund paid each Trustee not affiliated with the Advisor retainer fees plus specified amounts for various committee services and for the Board Chairperson.

Cash Management QP Trust. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the SEC, the Fund may invest in the Cash Management QP Trust (the ``QP Trust''), and other affiliated funds managed by the Advisor. The QP Trust seeks to provide as high a level of current income as is consistent with the preservation of capital and the maintenance of liquidity. The QP Trust does not pay the Advisor a management fee for the affiliated funds' investments in the QP Trust.

D. Investing in High Yield Securities

Investing in high yield securities may involve greater risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in US Government bonds and other high quality fixed-income securities. These securities are non-investment grade securities, often referred to as "junk bonds." Economic downturns may disrupt the high yield market and impair the ability of issuers to repay principal and pay interest. Also, an increase in interest rates would likely have an adverse impact on the value of such obligations. Moreover, high yield securities may be less liquid due to the extent that there is no established retail secondary market and because of a decline in the value of such securities.

E. Investing in Emerging Markets

Investing in emerging markets may involve special risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in the United States of America. These risks include revaluation of currencies, high rates of inflation, repatriation restrictions of income and capital, and future adverse political, social and economical developments. Moreover, securities issued in these markets may be less liquid, subject to government ownership controls or delayed settlements and may have prices more volatile than those of comparable securities of issuers in the United States of America.

F. Fee Reductions

For the six months ended May 31, 2007, the Advisor agreed to reimburse the Fund $1,820, which represents a portion of the fee savings expected to be realized by the Advisor related to the outsourcing by the Advisor of certain administrative services to an unaffiliated service provider.

In addition, the Fund has entered into an arrangement with its custodian and transfer agent whereby credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances are used to reduce a portion of the Fund's custodian expenses. During the six months ended May 31, 2007, the Fund's custodian fees were reduced by $1,058 and $4,822, respectively, for custody and transfer agent credits earned.

G. Borrowings

The notes payable represents a secured loan of $58,000,000 from Barton Capital LLC at May 31, 2007. The note bears interest at the commercial paper rate plus dealer fees (5.50% at May 31, 2007), which is payable at maturity. A commitment fee is charged to the Fund and is included with "interest expense" on the Statement of Operations. An arrangement fee incurred by the Fund in connection with its loan was deferred and is being amortized on a straight-line basis over a three year period. The loan amounts and rates are reset periodically under a revolving credit facility obtained by the Fund in an amount not to exceed $75,000,000 at any one time and which is renewable annually until June 24, 2010.

The weighted average outstanding daily balance of all loans (based on the number of days the loans were outstanding) during the six months ended May 31, 2007 was $52,832,418 with a weighted average interest rate of 5.47%.

H. Rights Offering

On May 14, 2007, the Fund issued 3,647,934 common shares in connection with a rights offering of the Fund's shares. Shareholders of record on April 9, 2007 were issued one non-transferable right for each share owned on that date. The rights entitled the shareholders to purchase one new common share for every three rights held. These shares were issued at a subscription price of $10.31. Net proceeds to the Fund were $37,360,200 after deducting the rights offering costs of $250,000. The net asset value per share of the Fund's common shares was reduced by approximately $0.01 per share as a result of the share issuance.

I. Regulatory Matters and Litigation

Regulatory Settlements. The following discusses a number of settlements with various regulatory agencies involving the Fund's investment advisor and certain of its affiliates, as well as certain parallel private litigation matters. These settlements and litigation matters concern actions relating to improper trading, market timing and sales of shares of DWS Scudder open-end funds and do not involve the Fund.

On December 21, 2006, Deutsche Asset Management ("DeAM") settled proceedings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and the New York Attorney General on behalf of Deutsche Asset Management, Inc. ("DAMI") and Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. ("DIMA"), the investment advisors to many of the DWS Scudder funds, regarding allegations of improper trading of fund shares at DeAM and at the legacy Scudder and Kemper organizations prior to their acquisition by DeAM in April 2002. These regulators alleged that, although the prospectuses for certain funds in the regulators' view indicated that the funds did not permit market timing, DAMI and DIMA breached their fiduciary duty to those funds in that their efforts to limit trading activity in the funds were not effective at certain times. The regulators also alleged that DAMI and DIMA breached their fiduciary duty to certain funds by entering into certain market timing arrangements with investors. These trading arrangements originated in businesses that existed prior to the currently constituted DeAM organization, which came together as a result of various mergers of the legacy Scudder, Kemper and Deutsche fund groups, and all of the arrangements were terminated prior to the start of the regulatory investigations that began in the summer of 2003. No current DeAM employee approved these trading arrangements. Under the terms of the settlements, DAMI and DIMA neither admitted nor denied any wrongdoing.

The terms of the SEC settlement, which identified improper trading in the legacy Deutsche and Kemper mutual funds only, provide for payment of disgorgement in the amount of $17.2 million. The terms of the settlement with the New York Attorney General provide for payment of disgorgement in the amount of $102.3 million, which is inclusive of the amount payable under the SEC settlement, plus a civil penalty in the amount of $20 million. The funds' investment advisors do not believe these amounts will have a material adverse financial impact on them or materially affect their ability to perform under their investment management agreements with the DWS funds. The above-described amounts are not material to Deutsche Bank and have already been paid into an escrow account. In addition, among the terms of the settled orders, DeAM is subject to certain undertakings regarding the conduct of its business in the future.

DeAM has also settled proceedings with the Illinois Secretary of State regarding market timing matters. The terms of the Illinois settlement provide for investor education contributions totaling approximately $4 million and a payment in the amount of $2 million to the Securities Audit and Enforcement Fund.

On September 28, 2006, the SEC and the National Association of Securities Dealers ("NASD") announced final agreements in which DIMA, DAMI and Scudder Distributors, Inc. ("SDI") (now known as DWS Scudder Distributors, Inc.) settled administrative proceedings regarding disclosure of brokerage allocation practices in connection with sales of the Scudder Funds' (now known as the DWS Scudder Funds) shares during 2001-2003. The agreements with the SEC and NASD are reflected in orders which state, among other things, that DIMA and DAMI failed to disclose potential conflicts of interest to the fund Boards and to shareholders relating to SDI's use of certain funds' brokerage commissions to reduce revenue sharing costs to broker-dealer firms with whom it had arrangements to market and distribute Scudder Fund shares. These directed brokerage practices were discontinued in October 2003. Under the terms of the settlements, in which DIMA, DAMI and SDI neither admitted nor denied any of the regulators' findings, DIMA, DAMI and SDI paid disgorgement, prejudgment interest and civil penalties in the total amount of $19.3 million. In addition, as part of the settlements, DIMA, DAMI and SDI also agreed to implement certain measures and undertakings relating to revenue sharing payments.

The matters alleged in the regulatory settlements described above also serve as the general basis of a number of private class action lawsuits involving the DWS funds. These lawsuits name as defendants various persons, including certain DWS funds, the funds' investment advisors and their affiliates, and certain individuals, including in some cases fund Trustees/Directors, officers, and other parties. Each DWS fund's investment advisor has agreed to indemnify the applicable DWS funds in connection with these lawsuits, or other lawsuits or regulatory actions that may be filed making similar allegations. Based on currently available information, the funds' investment advisors believe the likelihood that the pending lawsuits will have a material adverse financial impact on a DWS fund is remote and such actions are not likely to materially affect their ability to perform under their investment management agreements with the DWS funds.

J. Payments Made by Affiliates

During the six months ended May 31, 2007, the Advisor fully reimbursed the Fund $175,116, for a fee previously charged to the Fund. This reimbursement was treated as a capital contribution and is reported as "Reimbursement by Advisor" on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets.

Other Information

On March 7, 2007, the Board of Trustees appointed Paul Antosca as Assistant Treasurer of the fund.

Dividend Reinvestment Plan

A. Participation

We invite you to review the description of the Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the ``Plan'') which is available to you as a shareholder of DWS Multi-Market Income Trust (the ``Fund''). If you wish to participate and your shares are held in your own name, simply contact DWS Scudder Investments Service Company, whose address and phone number are provided in Paragraph E, for the appropriate form. If your shares are held in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee, you must instruct that nominee to re-register your shares in your name so that you may participate in the Plan, unless your nominee has made the Plan available on shares held by them. Shareholders who so elect will be deemed to have appointed UMB Bank, N.A. ("United Missouri Bank" or "UMB") as their agent and as agent for the Fund under the Plan.

B. Dividend Investment Account

The Fund's transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent or its delegate (the ``Transfer Agent'') will establish a Dividend Investment Account (the ``Account'') for each shareholder participating in the Plan. The Transfer Agent will credit to the Account of each participant funds it receives from the following sources: (a) cash dividends and capital gains distributions paid on shares of beneficial interest (the ``Shares'') of the Fund registered in the participant's name on the books of the Fund; and (b) cash dividends and capital gains distributions paid on Shares registered in the name of the Transfer Agent but credited to the participant's Account. Sources described in clauses (a) and (b) of the preceding sentence are hereinafter called ``Distributions.''

C. Investment of Distribution Funds Held in Each Account

If on the record date for a Distribution (the ``Record Date''), Shares are trading at a discount from net asset value per Share (according to the evaluation most recently made on Shares of the Fund), funds credited to a participant's Account will be used to purchase Shares (the ``Purchase''). UMB will attempt, commencing five days prior to the Payment Date and ending at the close of business on the Payment Date (``Payment Date'' as used herein shall mean the last business day of the month in which such Record Date occurs), to acquire Shares in the open market. If and to the extent that UMB is unable to acquire sufficient Shares to satisfy the Distribution by the close of business on the Payment Date, the Fund will issue to UMB Shares valued at net asset value per Share (according to the evaluation most recently made on Shares of the Fund) in the aggregate amount of the remaining value of the Distribution. If, on the Record Date, Shares are trading at a premium over net asset value per Share, the Fund will issue on the Payment Date, Shares valued at net asset value per Share on the Record Date to the Transfer Agent in the aggregate amount of the funds credited to the participants' accounts.

D. Voluntary Cash Contributions

A participant may from time to time make voluntary cash contributions to his Account by sending to Transfer Agent a check or money order, payable to Transfer Agent, in a minimum amount of $100 with appropriate accompanying instructions. (No more than $500 may be contributed per month.) Transfer Agent will inform UMB of the total funds available for the purchase of Shares and UMB will use the funds to purchase additional Shares for the participant's Account the earlier of: (a) when it next purchases Shares as a result of a Distribution or (b) on or shortly after the first day of each month and in no event more than 30 days after such date except when temporary curtailment or suspension of purchases is necessary to comply with applicable provisions of federal securities laws. Cash contributions received more than fifteen calendar days or less than five calendar days prior to a Payment Date will be returned uninvested. Interest will not be paid on any uninvested cash contributions. Participants making voluntary cash investments will be charged a $.75 service fee for each such investment and will be responsible for their pro rata share of brokerage commissions.

E. Additional Information

Address all notices, correspondence, questions, or other communication regarding the Plan, or if you would like a copy of the Plan, to:

DWS Scudder Investments Service Company
P.O. Box 219066
Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9066
1-800-294-4366

F. Adjustment of Purchase Price

The Fund will increase the price at which Shares may be issued under the Plan to 95% of the fair market value of the shares on the Record Date if the net asset value per Share of the Shares on the Record Date is less than 95% of the fair market value of the Shares on the Record Date.

G. Determination of Purchase Price

The cost of Shares and fractional Shares acquired for each participant's Account in connection with a Purchase shall be determined by the average cost per Share, including brokerage commissions as described in Paragraph H hereof, of the Shares acquired by UMB in connection with that Purchase. Shareholders will receive a confirmation showing the average cost and number of Shares acquired as soon as practicable after the Transfer Agent has received or UMB has purchased Shares. The Transfer Agent may mingle the cash in a participant's account with similar funds of other participants of the Fund for whom UMB acts as agent under the Plan.

H. Brokerage Charges

There will be no brokerage charges with respect to Shares issued directly by the Fund as a result of Distributions. However, each participant will pay a pro rata share of brokerage commissions incurred with respect to UMB's open market purchases in connection with the reinvestment of Distributions. Brokerage charges for purchasing small amounts of Shares for individual Accounts through the Plan can be expected to be less than the usual brokerage charges for such transactions, as UMB will be purchasing Shares for all participants in blocks and prorating the lower commission thus attainable.

I. Service Charges

There is no service charge by the Transfer Agent or UMB to shareholders who participate in the Plan other than service charges specified in Paragraphs D and M hereof. However, the Fund reserves the right to amend the Plan in the future to include a service charge.

J. Transfer of Shares Held by Agent

The Transfer Agent will maintain the participant's Account, hold the additional Shares acquired through the Plan in safekeeping and furnish the participant with written confirmation of all transactions in the Account. Shares in the Account are transferable upon proper written instructions to the Transfer Agent. Upon request to the Transfer Agent, a certificate for any or all full Shares in a participant's Account will be sent to the participant.

K. Shares Not Held in Shareholder's Name

Beneficial owners of Shares which are held in the name of a broker or nominee will not be automatically included in the Plan and will receive all distributions in cash. Such shareholders should contact the broker or nominee in whose name their Shares are held to determine whether and how they may participate in the Plan.

L. Amendments

Experience under the Plan may indicate that changes are desirable. Accordingly, the Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan, including provisions with respect to any Distribution paid, subsequent to notice thereof sent to participants in the Plan at least ninety days before the record date for such Distribution, except when such amendment is necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable law or the rules or policies of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory authority, in which case such amendment shall be effective as soon as practicable. The amendment shall be deemed to be accepted by each participant unless, prior to the effective date thereof, the Transfer Agent receives notice of the termination of such participant's account under the Plan in accordance with the terms hereof. The Plan may be terminated by the Fund.

M. Withdrawal from Plan

Shareholders may withdraw from the Plan at any time by giving the Transfer Agent a written notice. If the proceeds are $100,000 or less and the proceeds are to be payable to the shareholder of record and mailed to the address of record, a signature guarantee normally will not be required for notices by individual account owners (including joint account owners), otherwise a signature guarantee will be required. In addition, if the certificate is to be sent to anyone other than the registered owner(s) at the address of record, a signature guarantee will be required on the notice. A notice of withdrawal will be effective for the next Distribution following receipt of the notice by the Transfer Agent provided the notice is received by the Transfer Agent at least ten days prior to the Record Date for the Distribution. When a participant withdraws from the Plan, or when the Plan is terminated in accordance with Paragraph L hereof, the participant will receive a certificate for full Shares in the Account, plus a check for any fractional Shares based on market price; or if a Participant so desires, the Transfer Agent will notify UMB to sell his Shares in the Plan and send the proceeds to the participant, less brokerage commissions and a $2.50 service fee.

N. Tax Implications

Shareholders will receive tax information annually for personal records and to assist in preparation of their Federal income tax returns. If Shares are purchased at a discount, the amount of the discount is considered taxable income and is added to the cost basis of the purchased shares.

Shareholder Meeting Results

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of DWS Multi-Market Income Trust (the "Fund") was held on May 24, 2007. The following matter was voted on by the shareholders of said Fund (the resulting votes are presented below):

I. To elect nine individuals to constitute the Board of Trustees of the Fund.

 

Number of Votes:

 

For

Withheld

John W. Ballantine

18,529,690

309,366

Donald L. Dunaway

18,517,633

321,423

James R. Edgar

18,511,454

327,602

Paul K. Freeman

18,537,860

301,196

Robert B. Hoffman

18,514,483

324,573

William McClayton

18,537,210

301,486

Shirley D. Peterson

18,500,700

338,356

Axel Schwarzer

18,504,271

334,785

Robert H. Wadsworth

18,536,345

302,711

Additional Information

 

Automated Information Line

DWS Scudder Closed-End Fund Info Line

(800) 349-4281

Web Sites

www.dws-scudder.com

or visit our Direct Link:

www.cef.dws-scudder.com

Obtain quarterly fact sheets, financial reports, press releases and webcasts when available.

www.cef.dws-scudder/alerts.

Register online to receive email alerts on your DWS funds.

Written Correspondence

Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc.

222 South Riverside Plaza
Chicago, IL 60606

Proxy Voting

A description of the fund's policies and procedures for voting proxies for portfolio securities and information about how the fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30 is available on our Web site — www.dws-scudder.com (click on "proxy voting"at the bottom of the page) — or on the SEC's Web site — www.sec.gov. To obtain a written copy of the fund's policies and procedures without charge, upon request, call us toll free at (800) 621-1048.

Legal Counsel

Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C.

222 North LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60601

Dividend Reinvestment Plan Agent

UMB Bank

P.O. Box 410064
Kansas City, MO 64141-0064

Shareholder Service Agent and Transfer Agent

DWS Scudder Investments Service Company

P.O. Box 219066
Kansas City, MO 64121-9066

(800) 294-4366

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

225 Franklin Street
Boston, MA 02110

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Ernst & Young LLP

200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116

NYSE Symbol

KMM

CUSIP Number

23338L 108

Privacy Statement

This privacy statement is issued by DWS Scudder Distributors, Inc., Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc., DeAM Investor Services, Inc., DWS Trust Company and the DWS Funds.

We never sell customer lists or individual client information. We consider privacy fundamental to our client relationships and adhere to the policies and practices described below to protect current and former clients' information. Internal policies are in place to protect confidentiality, while allowing client needs to be served. Only individuals who need to do so in carrying out their job responsibilities may access client information. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal and state standards to protect confidentiality. These safeguards extend to all forms of interaction with us, including the Internet.

In the normal course of business, clients give us nonpublic personal information on applications and other forms, on our websites, and through transactions with us or our affiliates. Examples of the nonpublic personal information collected are name, address, Social Security number and transaction and balance information. To be able to serve our clients, certain of this client information is shared with affiliated and nonaffiliated third party service providers such as transfer agents, custodians, and broker-dealers to assist us in processing transactions and servicing your account with us. In addition, we may disclose all of the information we collect to companies that perform marketing services on our behalf or to other financial institutions with which we have joint marketing agreements. The organizations described above that receive client information may only use it for the purpose designated by the DWS Scudder Companies listed above.

We may also disclose nonpublic personal information about you to other parties as required or permitted by law. For example, we are required or we may provide information to government entities or regulatory bodies in response to requests for information or subpoenas, to private litigants in certain circumstances, to law enforcement authorities, or any time we believe it necessary to protect the firm.

Questions on this policy may be sent to:

DWS Scudder
Attention: Correspondence — Chicago
P.O. Box 219415
Kansas City, MO 64121-9415

September 2006

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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

 

 

 

Not Applicable

 

 

ITEM 7.

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

 

 

 

Not applicable.

 

 

ITEM 8.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

 

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 9.

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

 

 

 

 

 

Period

(a)

Total Number of Shares Purchased

(b)

Average Price Paid per Share

(c)

Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs

(d)

Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs

 

 

 

 

 

December 1 through December 31

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

January 1 through January 31

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

February 1 through February 28

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

March 1 through March 31

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

April 1 through April 30

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

May 1 through May 31

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

 

 

 

 

 

Total

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

 

 


 

 

ITEM 10.

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

 

 

The primary function of the Nominating and Governance Committee is to identify and recommend individuals for membership on the Board and oversee the administration of the Board Governance Procedures and Guidelines. Shareholders may recommend candidates for Board positions by forwarding their correspondence by U.S. mail or courier service to the Fund's Secretary for the attention of the Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee, Two International Place, Boston, MA 02110. Suggestions for candidates must include a resume of the candidate.

 

 

ITEM 11.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

 

 

(a)        The Chief Executive and Financial Officers concluded that the Registrant's Disclosure Controls and Procedures are effective based on the evaluation of the Disclosure Controls and Procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

 

 

 

(b)        There have been no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's last half-year (the registrant's second fiscal half-year in the case of the annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal controls over financial reporting.

 

 

ITEM 12.

EXHIBITS

 

 

 

(a)(1)   Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

 

 

 

(b)       Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) is furnished and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.906CERT.

 

 

 

 

Form N-CSRS Item F

 

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.

 

Registrant:

DWS Multi-Market Income Trust

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

 

Michael G. Clark

President

 

Date:

July 30, 2007

 

 

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

 

Registrant:

DWS Multi-Market Income Trust

 

By:

/s/Michael G. Clark

 

Michael G. Clark

President

 

Date:

July 30, 2007

 

 

By:

/s/Paul Schubert

 

Paul Schubert

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

Date:

July 30, 2007