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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-06241

 

 

Loomis Sayles Funds II

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

888 Boylston Street, Suite 800 Boston, Massachusetts   02199-8197
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

Russell L. Kane, Esq.

Natixis Distribution, L.P.

888 Boylston Street, Suite 800

Boston, Massachusetts 02199-8197

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

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

Date of fiscal year end: September 30

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2018

 

 

 

 


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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

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

 


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LOGO

 

Semiannual Report

March 31, 2018

Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund

(formerly Loomis Sayles Global Equity and Income Fund)

Loomis Sayles Growth Fund

Loomis Sayles Value Fund

 

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Portfolio Review     1  
Portfolio of Investments     11  
Financial Statements     37  
Notes to Financial Statements     55  

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND

(formerly Loomis Sayles Global Equity and Income Fund)

 

Managers   Symbols
Daniel J. Fuss, CFA®, CIC   Class A    LGMAX
Eileen N. Riley, CFA®   Class C    LGMCX
David W. Rolley, CFA®   Class N    LGMNX
Lee M. Rosenbaum   Class Y    LSWWX
Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.  

 

 

Investment Goal

The Fund seeks high total investment return through a combination of capital appreciation and current income.

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — March 31, 20184

 

                                         Expense Ratios5  
     6 Months     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     Life of
Class N
    Gross     Net  
     
Class Y (Inception 5/1/96)                
NAV     6.24     17.06     8.82     7.90         0.93     0.93
     
Class A (Inception 2/1/06)                
NAV     6.14       16.80       8.55       7.63             1.18       1.18  
With 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge     0.03       10.07       7.28       6.99              
     
Class C (Inception 2/1/06)                
NAV     5.75       15.93       7.74       6.83             1.93       1.93  
With CDSC1     4.75       14.93       7.74       6.83              
     
Class N (Inception 2/1/17)                
NAV     6.30       17.07                   17.29       0.87       0.87  
   
Comparative Performance                
MSCI ACWI (Net)2     4.71       14.85       9.20       5.57       16.54        
Blended Index3     3.86       11.71       6.18       4.65       12.67                  

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

 

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

 

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

 

3 The Blended Index is an unmanaged, blended index composed of the following weights: 60% MSCI All Country World Index (Net) and 40% Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index. The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed income markets. The three major components of this index are the U.S. Aggregate, the Pan-European Aggregate, and the Asian-Pacific Aggregate Indices. The index also includes Eurodollar and Euro-Yen corporate bonds, Canadian government, agency and corporate securities, and USD investment grade 144A securities.

 

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

 

5 Expense ratios are as shown in the Fund’s prospectus in effect as of the date of this report. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report under Ratios to Average Net Assets. Net expenses reflect contractual expense caps set to expire on 1/31/19. When a Fund’s expenses are below the cap, gross and net expense ratios will be the same. See Note 6 of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information about the Fund’s expense caps.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES GROWTH FUND

 

Manager   Symbols
Aziz V. Hamzaogullari, CFA®   Class A    LGRRX
Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.   Class C    LGRCX
  Class N    LGRNX
  Class Y    LSGRX

 

 

Investment Goal

The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital.

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — March 31, 20183

 

                                        Expense Ratios4  
     6 Months     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     Life of
Class N
    Gross     Net  
     
Class Y (Inception 5/16/91)                
NAV     6.85     23.04     16.37     10.02         0.66     0.66
     
Class A (Inception 12/31/96)                
NAV     6.77       22.78       16.10       9.71             0.91       0.91  
With 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge     0.61       15.76       14.74       9.07              
     
Class C (Inception 9/12/03)                
NAV     6.37       21.83       15.21       8.90             1.66       1.66  
With CDSC1     5.37       20.83       15.21       8.90              
     
Class N (Inception 2/1/13)                
NAV     6.93       23.13       16.37             16.24       0.58       0.58  
   
Comparative Performance                
Russell 1000® Growth Index2     9.39       21.25       15.53       11.34       15.91                  

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

 

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

 

2

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

 

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

 

4 Expense ratios are as shown in the Fund’s prospectus in effect as of the date of this report. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report under Ratios to Average Net Assets. Net expenses reflect contractual expense caps set to expire on 1/31/19. When a Fund’s expenses are below the cap, gross and net expense ratios will be the same. See Note 6 of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information about the Fund’s expense caps.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES VALUE FUND

 

Manager   Symbols   
Arthur J. Barry, CFA®   Class A    LSVRX
Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.   Class C    LSCVX
  Class N    LSVNX
  Class Y    LSGIX
  Admin Class    LSAVX

 

 

Investment Goal

The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital and income.

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — March 31, 20184

 

                                        Expense Ratios5  
     6 Months     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     Life of
Class N
    Gross     Net  
     
Class Y (Inception 5/13/91)                
NAV     2.75     8.26     9.93     7.33         0.71     0.71
     
Class A (Inception 6/30/06)                
NAV     2.60       7.93       9.65       7.04             0.96       0.96  
With 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge     -3.30       1.72       8.36       6.41              
     
Class C (Inception 6/1/07)                
NAV     2.23       7.13       8.83       6.25             1.71       1.71  
With CDSC2     1.33       6.18       8.83       6.25              
     
Class N (Inception 2/1/13)                
NAV     2.85       8.42       10.07             10.64       0.58       0.58  
     
Admin Class (Inception 2/1/10)1                
NAV     2.47       7.66       9.33       6.76             1.21       1.21  
   
Comparative Performance                
Russell 1000® Value Index3     2.34       6.95       10.78       7.78       11.39                  

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

 

1 Prior to the inception of Admin Class shares (2/1/10), performance is that of Class A shares, restated to reflect the higher net expenses of Admin Class shares.

 

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

 

3

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

 

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

 

5 Expense ratios are as shown in the Fund’s prospectus in effect as of the date of this report. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report under Ratios to Average Net Assets. Net expenses reflect contractual expense caps set to expire on 1/31/19. When a Fund’s expenses are below the cap, gross and net expense ratios will be the same. See Note 6 of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information about the Fund’s expense caps.

 

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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

ADDITIONAL INDEX INFORMATION

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

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

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

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

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO SCHEDULES

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

 

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UNDERSTANDING FUND EXPENSES

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

The first line in the table for each class of Fund shares shows the actual account values and actual fund expenses you would have paid on a $1,000 investment in the Fund from October 1, 2017 through March 31, 2018. To estimate the expenses you paid over the period, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6) and multiply the result by the number in the Expenses Paid During Period row as shown below for your class.

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

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

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES GLOBAL ALLOCATION
FUND
  BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
10/1/2017
    ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
3/31/2018
    EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
10/1/2017 – 3/31/2018
 
Class A        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,061.40       $6.01  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,019.10       $5.89  
Class C        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,057.50       $9.85  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,015.36       $9.65  
Class N        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,063.00       $4.32  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,020.74       $4.23  
Class Y        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,062.40       $4.73  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,020.34       $4.63  

 

* Hypothetical expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio: 1.17%, 1.92%, 0.84% and 0.92% for Class A, C, N and Y, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

LOOMIS SAYLES GROWTH FUND   BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
10/1/2017
    ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
3/31/2018
    EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
10/1/2017 – 3/31/2018
 
Class A        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,067.70       $4.64  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,020.44       $4.53  
Class C        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,063.70       $8.49  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,016.70       $8.30  
Class N        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,069.30       $2.94  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,022.09       $2.87  
Class Y        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,068.50       $3.35  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,021.69       $3.28  

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement): 0.90%, 1.65%, 0.57% and 0.65% for Class A, C, N and Y, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES VALUE FUND   BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
10/1/2017
    ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
3/31/2018
    EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
10/1/2017 – 3/31/2018
 
Class A        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,026.00       $5.00  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,020.00       $4.99  
Class C        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,022.30       $8.77  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,016.26       $8.75  
Class N        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,028.50       $3.03  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,021.94       $3.02  
Class Y        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,027.50       $3.69  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,021.29       $3.68  
Admin Class        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,024.70       $6.26  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,018.75       $6.24  

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio: 0.99%, 1.74%, 0.60%, 0.73% and 1.24% for Class A, C, N, Y and Admin Class, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund*

 

    
Shares
     Description    Value (†)  
  Common Stocks — 65.3% of Net Assets  
   Belgium — 0.5%  
  92,887      Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A.    $ 10,212,621  
     

 

 

 
   Canada — 1.6%  
  554,200      CGI Group, Inc., Class A(a)      31,961,082  
     

 

 

 
   China — 3.4%  
  381,591      Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Sponsored ADR(a)      70,037,212  
     

 

 

 
   France — 1.5%  
  258,588      Thales S.A.      31,502,058  
     

 

 

 
   Hong Kong — 2.9%  
  6,949,000      AIA Group Ltd.      59,404,748  
     

 

 

 
   India — 0.8%  
  577,154      HDFC Bank Ltd.      17,195,479  
     

 

 

 
   Japan — 1.1%  
  473,087      Nomura Research Institute Ltd.      22,408,331  
     

 

 

 
   Sweden — 2.4%  
  987,688      Assa Abloy AB      21,408,568  
  638,539      Atlas Copco AB, A Shares      27,732,880  
     

 

 

 
        49,141,448  
     

 

 

 
   Switzerland — 4.3%  
  177,820      Dufry AG, (Registered)(a)      23,356,616  
  24,078      Geberit AG, (Registered)      10,647,829  
  496,771      Nestle S.A., (Registered)      39,265,519  
  115,098      Temenos Group AG, (Registered)      13,801,317  
     

 

 

 
        87,071,281  
     

 

 

 
   United Kingdom — 4.6%  
  1,159,210      Halma PLC      19,188,699  
  9,885,973      Legal & General Group PLC      35,819,359  
  451,220      London Stock Exchange Group PLC      26,126,877  
  146,535      Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC      12,368,702  
     

 

 

 
        93,503,637  
     

 

 

 
   United States — 42.2%  
  197,560      Accenture PLC, Class A      30,325,460  
  38,643      Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)      40,078,201  
  22,721      Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a)      23,443,301  
  32,059      Amazon.com, Inc.(a)      46,400,273  
  4,058      Arconic, Inc.      93,496  
  8,217      Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)      17,094,565  
  541,408      CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)      25,565,286  
  199,193      Colgate-Palmolive Co.      14,278,154  
  464,425      Danaher Corp.      45,471,852  
  670      Dex Media, Inc.(a)(b)      5,728  
  189,176      EOG Resources, Inc.      19,914,557  
  309,090      Facebook, Inc., Class A(a)      49,389,491  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund* – (continued)

 

    
Shares
     Description    Value (†)  
   United States — continued  
  158,608      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)    $ 39,947,011  
  783      Hawaiian Telcom Holdco, Inc.(a)      20,890  
  494,057      Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.      35,829,014  
  239,617      LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A      25,322,725  
  201,258      M&T Bank Corp.      37,103,925  
  384,662      Marriott International, Inc., Class A      52,306,339  
  273,732      McCormick & Co., Inc.      29,122,347  
  22,728      Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)      13,069,282  
  145,702      Northrop Grumman Corp.      50,867,482  
  227,904      Roper Technologies, Inc.      63,970,374  
  179,993      S&P Global, Inc.      34,389,463  
  147,151      Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)      57,700,850  
  335,290      Texas Instruments, Inc.      34,833,278  
  145,658      Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)      20,226,070  
  67,915      Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)      14,327,348  
  186,701      UnitedHealth Group, Inc.      39,954,014  
     

 

 

 
        861,050,776  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $952,839,013)
     1,333,488,673  
     

 

 

 
     
Principal
Amount (‡)
               
  Bonds and Notes — 26.9%  
  Non-Convertible Bonds — 26.4%  
   Argentina — 0.3%  
  8,410,000      Argentine Bonos del Tesoro, 21.200%, 9/19/2018, (ARS)      412,013  
  775,000      Provincia de Buenos Aires, 9.125%, 3/16/2024, 144A      861,792  
  535,000      Republic of Argentina, 6.875%, 4/22/2021      567,100  
  1,390,000      Republic of Argentina, 7.625%, 4/22/2046      1,381,312  
  1,270,000      YPF S.A., 8.750%, 4/04/2024, 144A      1,415,415  
  17,745,000      YPF S.A., 16.500%, 5/09/2022, 144A, (ARS)      823,085  
     

 

 

 
        5,460,717  
     

 

 

 
   Australia — 0.3%  
  1,675,000      Australia Government Bond, Series 133, 5.500%, 4/21/2023, (AUD)(c)      1,479,092  
  970,000      Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 1.375%, 9/06/2018, 144A(c)      964,638  
  1,150,000      Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 2.250%, 3/10/2020, 144A(c)      1,133,762  
  670,000      GAIF Bond Issuer Pty Ltd., 3.400%, 9/30/2026, 144A(c)      631,656  
  110,000      Incitec Pivot Finance LLC, 6.000%, 12/10/2019, 144A      114,853  
  935,000      National Australia Bank, 2.500%, 1/12/2021(c)      919,769  
  95,000      Sydney Airport Finance Co. Pty Ltd., 3.375%, 4/30/2025, 144A      92,427  
     

 

 

 
        5,336,197  
     

 

 

 
   Belgium — 0.1%  
  1,040,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc., 3.650%, 2/01/2026      1,033,811  
  440,000      Solvay Finance (America) LLC, 3.400%, 12/03/2020, 144A      442,262  
     

 

 

 
        1,476,073  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Brazil — 0.9%  
$ 800,000      Braskem Finance Ltd., 5.750%, 4/15/2021, 144A    $ 834,400  
  8,500(††)      Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional, Series F, 10.000%, 1/01/2025, (BRL)      2,673,283  
  2,250(††)      Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional, Series F, 10.000%, 1/01/2019, (BRL)      699,535  
  8,815(††)      Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional, Series F, 10.000%, 1/01/2021, (BRL)      2,802,363  
  2,300(††)      Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional, Series F, 10.000%, 1/01/2027, (BRL)      719,843  
  1,085,000      Brazilian Government International Bond, 4.625%, 1/13/2028      1,063,300  
  2,300,000      BRF S.A., 7.750%, 5/22/2018, 144A, (BRL)(c)      684,751  
  1,000,000      CIMPOR Financial Operations BV, 5.750%, 7/17/2024, 144A      953,500  
  400,000      Cosan Luxembourg S.A., 5.000%, 3/14/2023, 144A      400,000  
  1,100,000      Embraer Netherlands Finance BV, 5.050%, 6/15/2025(c)      1,128,182  
  915,000      Itau Unibanco Holding S.A., 2.850%, 5/26/2018, 144A      914,561  
  1,045,000      Klabin Finance S.A., 5.250%, 7/16/2024      1,061,981  
  1,825,000      Petrobras Global Finance BV, 5.999%, 1/27/2028, 144A      1,806,750  
  300,000      Petrobras Global Finance BV, 6.875%, 1/20/2040      295,050  
  575,000      Raizen Fuels Finance S.A., 5.300%, 1/20/2027, 144A      581,038  
  500,000      Tupy Overseas S.A., 6.625%, 7/17/2024, 144A      520,000  
  850,000      Vale S.A., 5.625%, 9/11/2042(c)      897,175  
     

 

 

 
        18,035,712  
     

 

 

 
   Canada — 1.9%  
  459,194      Air Canada Pass Through Trust, Series 2015-2, Class A,
4.125%, 6/15/2029, 144A(c)
     464,792  
  895,000      Air Canada Pass Through Trust, Series 2017-1, Class AA,
3.300%, 7/15/2031, 144A(c)
     858,457  
  505,000      Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc., 3.550%, 7/26/2027, 144A      484,915  
  815,000      Bank of Montreal, 1.750%, 6/15/2021, 144A(c)      786,483  
  3,000,000      BMW Canada Auto Trust, Series 2017-1A, Class A2,
1.677%, 5/20/2020, 144A, (CAD)(c)
     2,315,776  
  5,720,000      Canadian Government Bond, 0.500%, 3/01/2022, (CAD)(c)      4,199,195  
  15,925,000      Canadian Government International Bond, 1.750%, 9/01/2019, (CAD)(c)      12,367,941  
  970,000      Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 1.600%, 9/06/2019(c)      953,754  
  800,000      CPPIB Capital, Inc., 0.375%, 6/20/2024, 144A, (EUR)(c)      977,253  
  430,000      Enbridge, Inc., 2.900%, 7/15/2022      417,167  
  905,000      Export Development Canada, 1.800%, 9/01/2022, (CAD)(c)      688,337  
  1,335,000      Institutional Mortgage Securities Canada, Inc., Series 2014-5A, Class A2,
2.616%, 7/12/2047, 144A, (CAD)(c)
     1,030,935  
  6,165,000      Province of Ontario Canada, 1.250%, 6/17/2019(c)      6,080,909  
  7,200,000      Province of Ontario Canada, 1.875%, 5/21/2020(c)      7,085,345  
  600,000      Telus Corp., Series CG, 5.050%, 12/04/2019, (CAD)(c)      486,175  
     

 

 

 
        39,197,434  
     

 

 

 
   Chile — 0.4%  
  815,000,000      Bonos de la Tesoreria de la Republica de Chile,
4.500%, 3/01/2026, (CLP)(c)
     1,354,453  
  1,250,000      Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile, 3.625%, 8/01/2027, 144A(c)      1,214,112  
  1,160,000      Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile, 4.500%, 9/16/2025, 144A(c)      1,208,174  
  250,000      Engie Energia Chile S.A., 5.625%, 1/15/2021, 144A      263,237  
  800,000      Inversiones CMPC S.A., 4.375%, 5/15/2023, 144A(c)      816,602  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund* – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Chile — continued  
$ 240,000      Latam Airlines Group S.A., 7.250%, 6/09/2020, 144A    $ 253,121  
  506,257      Latam Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2015-1, Class B,
4.500%, 8/15/2025
     492,588  
  950,000      Latam Finance Ltd., 6.875%, 4/11/2024, 144A      993,937  
  935,000      Republic of Chile, 3.240%, 2/06/2028(c)      916,767  
  1,120,000      Transelec S.A., 4.250%, 1/14/2025, 144A(c)      1,129,504  
     

 

 

 
        8,642,495  
     

 

 

 
   China — 0.3%  
  920,000      Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., 3.400%, 12/06/2027(c)      873,176  
  700,000      Baidu, Inc., 3.250%, 8/06/2018(c)      700,873  
  795,000      Baidu, Inc., 3.875%, 9/29/2023      795,803  
  400,000      China Resources Gas Group Ltd., 4.500%, 4/05/2022, 144A(c)      411,473  
  905,000      Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., 2.957%, 11/08/2022(c)      883,814  
  985,000      Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2017 Ltd.,
2.375%, 4/12/2020, 144A(c)
     970,156  
  500,000      Tencent Holdings Ltd., 2.985%, 1/19/2023, 144A(c)      487,272  
     

 

 

 
        5,122,567  
     

 

 

 
   Colombia — 0.2%  
  1,265,000,000      Emgesa S.A. E.S.P., 8.750%, 1/25/2021, 144A, (COP)      473,325  
  2,140,000,000      Empresas Publicas de Medellin E.S.P., 8.375%, 2/01/2021, 144A, (COP)(c)      791,332  
  575,000      Republic of Colombia, 3.875%, 4/25/2027      567,525  
  200,000,000      Republic of Colombia, 7.750%, 4/14/2021, (COP)      75,174  
  6,150,000,000      Titulos De Tesoreria, 7.500%, 8/26/2026, (COP)(c)      2,360,860  
     

 

 

 
        4,268,216  
     

 

 

 
   Dominican Republic — 0.1%  
  1,410,000      Dominican Republic, 5.500%, 1/27/2025, 144A      1,450,298  
  590,000      Dominican Republic, 5.950%, 1/25/2027, 144A      621,818  
  425,000      Dominican Republic, 8.625%, 4/20/2027, 144A      501,500  
     

 

 

 
        2,573,616  
     

 

 

 
   France — 0.6%  
  970,000      Air Liquide Finance S.A., 1.375%, 9/27/2019, 144A(c)      950,057  
  200,000      AXA S.A., 7.125%, 12/15/2020, (GBP)      317,908  
  205,000      BNP Paribas S.A., 4.375%, 5/12/2026, 144A      204,366  
  390,000      Credit Agricole S.A., (fixed rate to 6/23/2026, variable rate thereafter),
7.500%, (GBP)(d)
     630,942  
  735,000      Danone S.A., 1.691%, 10/30/2019, 144A(c)      720,221  
  500,000      Dexia Credit Local S.A., 2.250%, 2/18/2020, 144A(c)      496,300  
  1,100,000      Electricite de France SA, (fixed rate to 1/29/2026, variable rate thereafter), 6.000%, (GBP)(d)      1,604,775  
  3,980,000      French Republic Government Bond OAT, 4.250%, 10/25/2023, (EUR)(c)      6,043,632  
  205,000      Societe Generale S.A., 4.000%, 1/12/2027, 144A      203,149  
  1,015,000      Societe Generale S.A., 4.750%, 11/24/2025, 144A(c)      1,027,374  
  475,000      Societe Generale S.A., (fixed rate to 4/07/2021, variable rate thereafter),
6.750%, (EUR)(d)
     645,838  
     

 

 

 
        12,844,562  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund* – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Germany — 0.1%  
  500,000      Allianz SE, (fixed rate to 7/07/2025, variable rate thereafter),
2.241%, 7/07/2045, (EUR)(c)
   $ 625,073  
  235,000      Commerzbank AG, EMTN, 4.000%, 3/23/2026, (EUR)      321,870  
  675,000      Daimler Finance North America LLC, 1.750%, 10/30/2019, 144A(c)      662,571  
  200,000      Deutsche Bank AG, EMTN, 4.500%, 5/19/2026, (EUR)      270,376  
  380,000      Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, 2.820%, 1/19/2022, 144A      373,289  
     

 

 

 
        2,253,179  
     

 

 

 
   Greece — 0.1%  
  1,310,000      Hellenic Republic Government Bond, 3.750%, 1/30/2028, (EUR)      1,542,094  
     

 

 

 
   Hong Kong — 0.1%  
  355,000      AIA Group Ltd., 3.200%, 3/11/2025, 144A(c)      343,090  
  1,135,000      AIA Group Ltd., 3.900%, 4/06/2028, 144A      1,143,480  
     

 

 

 
        1,486,570  
     

 

 

 
   India — 0.1%  
  650,000      Greenko Dutch BV, 5.250%, 7/24/2024, 144A      625,073  
  1,630,000      ICICI Bank Ltd., 3.800%, 12/14/2027      1,518,547  
     

 

 

 
        2,143,620  
     

 

 

 
   Indonesia — 0.5%  
  300,000      Indonesia Government International Bond, 4.125%, 1/15/2025, 144A      302,203  
  735,000      Indonesia Government International Bond, 4.750%, 1/08/2026      767,701  
  34,000,000,000      Indonesia Government International Bond, 7.000%, 5/15/2022, (IDR)      2,558,736  
  35,310,000,000      Indonesia Government International Bond, 8.250%, 7/15/2021, (IDR)      2,737,855  
  3,500,000,000      Indonesia Government International Bond, 9.500%, 7/15/2023, (IDR)      287,413  
  781,000,000      Indonesia Government International Bond, 11.500%, 9/15/2019, (IDR)      61,034  
  14,000,000,000      Indonesia Treasury Bond, 8.375%, 3/15/2024, (IDR)(c)      1,116,512  
  795,000      Perusahaan Listrik Negara PT, 5.250%, 10/24/2042, 144A      779,100  
  545,000      Republic of Indonesia, 2.875%, 7/08/2021, 144A, (EUR)      719,213  
  525,000      Republic of Indonesia, 4.750%, 1/08/2026, 144A      548,788  
     

 

 

 
        9,878,555  
     

 

 

 
   Israel — 0.1%  
  510,000      Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. LLC, 6.150%, 2/01/2036      475,783  
  780,000      Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II B.V., 0.375%, 7/25/2020, (EUR)      933,283  
     

 

 

 
        1,409,066  
     

 

 

 
   Italy — 0.4%  
  500,000      Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A., EMTN, 4.125%, 5/04/2026, (EUR)      679,621  
  425,000      Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, 5.710%, 1/15/2026, 144A      426,516  
  530,000      Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, EMTN, 3.928%, 9/15/2026, (EUR)      700,766  
  4,255,000      Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro, 5.000%, 3/01/2022, (EUR)      6,189,022  
  430,000      UniCredit SpA, (fixed rate to 6/19/2027, variable rate thereafter), 5.861%, 6/19/2032, 144A      436,798  
     

 

 

 
        8,432,723  
     

 

 

 
   Japan — 0.1%  
  940,000      Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. (The), 2.150%, 9/14/2018, 144A(c)      937,596  
  1,165,000      Nomura Holdings, Inc., GMTN, 2.750%, 3/19/2019(c)      1,164,034  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund* – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Japan — continued  
$ 850,000      SoftBank Group Corp., 4.500%, 4/15/2020, 144A    $ 866,830  
     

 

 

 
        2,968,460  
     

 

 

 
   Korea — 0.5%  
  3,700,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea, 3.000%, 5/22/2018, 144A, (NOK)(c)      472,548  
  765,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea, 3.000%, 11/01/2022(c)      748,607  
  1,100,000      Hyundai Capital Services, Inc., 3.750%, 3/05/2023, 144A      1,091,880  
  1,575,000      Kia Motors Corp., 3.000%, 4/25/2023, 144A      1,513,787  
  630,000      Korea Development Bank (The), MTN, 4.500%, 11/22/2019, (AUD)(c)      495,351  
  910,000      Korea Gas Corp., 2.750%, 7/20/2022, 144A(c)      882,309  
  670,000      KT Corp., 2.500%, 7/18/2026, 144A(c)      608,844  
  1,125,000      Minera y Metalurgica del Boleo S.A. de CV, 2.875%, 5/07/2019, 144A(c)      1,119,637  
  1,440,000,000      Republic of Korea, Series 2209, 2.000%, 9/10/2022, (KRW)(c)      1,326,773  
  770,000      Shinhan Bank Co. Ltd., 3.875%, 3/24/2026, 144A(c)      746,415  
  140,000      SK Telecom Co. Ltd., 6.625%, 7/20/2027, 144A(c)      169,158  
  200,000      Woori Bank, 5.875%, 4/13/2021, 144A(c)      212,378  
     

 

 

 
        9,387,687  
     

 

 

 
   Mexico — 0.5%  
  620,000      Alfa SAB de CV, 6.875%, 3/25/2044      646,350  
  770,000      America Movil SAB de CV, 2.125%, 3/10/2028, (EUR)(c)      999,351  
  10,000,000      America Movil SAB de CV, 6.450%, 12/05/2022, (MXN)(c)      508,119  
  675,000      Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior SNC, (fixed rate to 8/11/2021, variable rate thereafter), 3.800%, 8/11/2026, 144A      661,500  
  300,000      Banco Santander Mexico S.A. Institucion de Banca Multiple Grupo Financiero Santander, 4.125%, 11/09/2022, 144A(c)      299,250  
  1,150,000      Cemex Finance LLC, 6.000%, 4/01/2024, 144A      1,184,500  
  300,000      Cemex SAB de CV, 4.375%, 3/05/2023, 144A, (EUR)      385,971  
  800,000      Gruma SAB de CV, 4.875%, 12/01/2024(c)      828,000  
  10,000,000      Grupo Televisa SAB, EMTN, 7.250%, 5/14/2043, (MXN)(c)      416,412  
  190,229(†††)      Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M, 6.500%, 6/10/2021, (MXN)(c)      1,024,788  
  196,000      Mexico Government International Bond, 4.000%, 3/15/2115, (EUR)(c)      222,898  
  1,020,000      Mexico Government International Bond, 4.125%, 1/21/2026(c)      1,034,280  
  579,000      Petroleos Mexicanos, 6.350%, 2/12/2048, 144A      559,459  
  135,000(†††)      Petroleos Mexicanos, 7.470%, 11/12/2026, (MXN)(c)      657,193  
  100,000      Sigma Alimentos S.A. de CV, 2.625%, 2/07/2024, 144A, (EUR)      128,913  
  1,010,000      Unifin Financiera SAB de CV SOFOM ENR, 7.250%, 9/27/2023      1,027,675  
     

 

 

 
        10,584,659  
     

 

 

 
   Netherlands — 0.2%  
  475,000      AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, 4.500%, 5/15/2021      486,558  
  870,000      Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, 4.375%, 8/04/2025(c)      878,430  
  675,000      ING Bank NV, 1.650%, 8/15/2019, 144A(c)      664,422  
  1,105,000      Ziggo Secured Finance BV, 5.500%, 1/15/2027, 144A      1,038,380  
     

 

 

 
        3,067,790  
     

 

 

 
   New Zealand — 0.4%  
  2,340,000      New Zealand Government Bond, 5.000%, 3/15/2019, (NZD)(c)      1,742,247  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund* – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   New Zealand — continued  
  1,680,000      New Zealand Government Bond, Series 0427, 4.500%, 4/15/2027, (NZD)(c)    $ 1,384,613  
  2,955,721(††††)      New Zealand Government CPI Linked Bond, 2.000%, 9/20/2025, (NZD)(c)      2,220,282  
  2,971,900(††††)      New Zealand Government CPI Linked Bond, 3.000%, 9/20/2030, (NZD)(c)      2,446,863  
     

 

 

 
        7,794,005  
     

 

 

 
   Norway — 0.1%  
  550,000      Kommunalbanken AS, 1.750%, 9/15/2020, 144A(c)      539,363  
  3,815,000      Norway Government Bond, 2.000%, 5/24/2023, 144A, (NOK)(c)      498,625  
  13,760,000      Norway Government Bond, 4.500%, 5/22/2019, 144A, (NOK)(c)      1,828,218  
     

 

 

 
        2,866,206  
     

 

 

 
   Panama — 0.0%  
  680,000      Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior S.A.,
3.250%, 5/07/2020, 144A(c)
     676,770  
     

 

 

 
   Paraguay — 0.1%  
  800,000      Republic of Paraguay, 5.000%, 4/15/2026, 144A      834,000  
  572,000      Telefonica Celular del Paraguay S.A., 6.750%, 12/13/2022      584,046  
     

 

 

 
        1,418,046  
     

 

 

 
   Peru — 0.1%  
  580,000      Southern Copper Corp., 3.875%, 4/23/2025(c)      583,488  
  1,050,000      Transportadora de Gas del Peru S.A., 4.250%, 4/30/2028, 144A(c)      1,043,438  
  1,050,000      Union Andina de Cementos SAA, 5.875%, 10/30/2021, 144A      1,082,707  
     

 

 

 
        2,709,633  
     

 

 

 
   Poland — 0.1%  
  5,380,000      Republic of Poland Government Bond, Series 0726,
2.500%, 7/25/2026, (PLN)(c)
     1,512,715  
     

 

 

 
   Portugal — 0.0%  
  400,000      EDP Finance BV, 4.125%, 1/15/2020, 144A      406,240  
     

 

 

 
   Romania — 0.0%  
  410,000      Romanian Government International Bond, 2.875%, 5/26/2028, 144A, (EUR)      528,447  
     

 

 

 
   Senegal — 0.0%  
  625,000      Republic of Senegal, 4.750%, 3/13/2028, 144A, (EUR)      769,416  
     

 

 

 
   Singapore — 0.3%  
  785,000      BOC Aviation Ltd., 2.750%, 9/18/2022, 144A      750,839  
  495,000      BOC Aviation Ltd., 3.000%, 3/30/2020(c)      491,496  
  6,615,000      Republic of Singapore, 2.750%, 7/01/2023, (SGD)(c)      5,207,029  
     

 

 

 
        6,449,364  
     

 

 

 
   South Africa — 0.5%  
  930,000      MTN (Mauritius) Investments Ltd., 4.755%, 11/11/2024, 144A      891,638  
  800,000      Myriad International Holdings BV, 4.850%, 7/06/2027, 144A      815,936  
  500,000      Myriad International Holdings BV, 6.000%, 7/18/2020, 144A      525,696  
  113,940,000      South Africa Government International Bond, Series R213, 7.000%, 2/28/2031, (ZAR)(c)      8,544,987  
     

 

 

 
        10,778,257  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund* – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Spain — 0.4%  
  100,000      Iberdrola International BV, EMTN, 0.375%, 9/15/2025, (EUR)    $ 117,042  
  725,000      Spain Government International Bond, 0.750%, 7/30/2021, (EUR)(c)      920,221  
  430,000      Spain Government International Bond, 1.600%, 4/30/2025, 144A, (EUR)(c)      564,074  
  1,210,000      Spain Government International Bond, 4.300%, 10/31/2019, 144A, (EUR)(c)      1,598,483  
  2,565,000      Spain Government International Bond, 4.400%, 10/31/2023, 144A, (EUR)(c)      3,870,014  
     

 

 

 
        7,069,834  
     

 

 

 
   Supranationals — 0.2%  
  1,115,000      Corporacion Andina de Fomento, 4.375%, 6/15/2022(c)      1,168,855  
  1,140,000      International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, 2.500%, 3/12/2020, (AUD)(c)      879,701  
  70,000,000      International Finance Corp., Series GDIF, MTN, 7.800%, 6/03/2019, (INR)(c)      1,088,717  
     

 

 

 
        3,137,273  
     

 

 

 
   Sweden — 0.0%  
  2,450,000      Sweden Government Bond, 5.000%, 12/01/2020, (SEK)(c)      336,475  
     

 

 

 
   Switzerland — 0.1%  
  1,075,000      Glencore Finance Canada Ltd., 5.550%, 10/25/2042, 144A(c)      1,133,082  
  900,000      Syngenta Finance NV, EMTN, 1.250%, 9/10/2027, (EUR)      946,353  
     

 

 

 
        2,079,435  
     

 

 

 
   Thailand — 0.3%  
  1,570,000      Kasikornbank PCL, EMTN, 3.256%, 7/12/2023      1,538,184  
  1,010,000      Siam Commercial Bank PCL, 3.500%, 4/07/2019, 144A(c)      1,013,627  
  950,000      Thai Oil PCL, 3.625%, 1/23/2023, 144A(c)      948,306  
  85,000,000      Thailand Government Bond, 2.125%, 12/17/2026, (THB)      2,658,363  
     

 

 

 
        6,158,480  
     

 

 

 
   Trinidad — 0.0%  
  415,000      Trinidad Generation UnLtd., 5.250%, 11/04/2027, 144A      417,698  
     

 

 

 
   Turkey — 0.1%  
  800,000      Arcelik AS, 5.000%, 4/03/2023, 144A      787,555  
  735,000      TC Ziraat Bankasi AS, 4.250%, 7/03/2019      733,530  
  765,000      TC Ziraat Bankasi AS, 5.125%, 9/29/2023, 144A      738,638  
     

 

 

 
        2,259,723  
     

 

 

 
   United Arab Emirates — 0.2%  
  1,610,000      Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline LLC, 3.650%, 11/02/2029(c)      1,536,745  
  850,000      DP World Ltd., 3.250%, 5/18/2020, 144A(c)      849,065  
  200,000      DP World Ltd., MTN, 3.250%, 5/18/2020      199,780  
  400,000      JAFZ Sukuk 2019 Ltd., 7.000%, 6/19/2019      418,000  
     

 

 

 
        3,003,590  
     

 

 

 
   United Kingdom — 0.4%  
  95,000      Avon Products, Inc., 8.950%, 3/15/2043      81,462  
  585,000      BP Capital Markets PLC, 3.216%, 11/28/2023(c)      579,905  
  545,000      FCE Bank PLC, EMTN, 0.869%, 9/13/2021, (EUR)      677,331  
  300,000      HSBC Holdings PLC, 4.375%, 11/23/2026(c)      298,772  
  565,000      HSBC Holdings PLC, (fixed rate to 6/01/2021, variable rate thereafter), 6.875%(d)      596,781  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   United Kingdom — continued  
  295,000      HSBC Holdings PLC, EMTN, 5.750%, 12/20/2027, (GBP)(c)    $ 497,187  
  150,000      Imperial Brands Finance PLC, EMTN, 6.250%, 12/04/2018, (GBP)      217,416  
  400,000      Lloyds Banking Group PLC, 4.500%, 11/04/2024(c)      402,254  
  1,020,000      Lloyds Banking Group PLC, (fixed rate to 6/27/2024, variable rate thereafter), 7.500%(d)      1,105,425  
  400,000      Old Mutual PLC, EMTN, 8.000%, 6/03/2021, (GBP)      634,141  
  1,130,000      Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 6.000%, 12/19/2023(c)      1,203,767  
  950,000      Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, (fixed rate to 8/10/2020, variable rate thereafter), 7.500%(d)      992,579  
  350,000      Santander UK Group Holdings PLC, 4.750%, 9/15/2025, 144A(c)      352,110  
  250,000      Standard Chartered PLC, EMTN, 3.125%, 11/19/2024, (EUR)      331,155  
  130,000      Virgin Media Finance PLC, 4.500%, 1/15/2025, 144A, (EUR)      161,822  
  115,000      Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, 4.875%, 1/15/2027, (GBP)      158,796  
     

 

 

 
        8,290,903  
     

 

 

 
   United States — 15.3%  
  15,000      21st Century Fox America, Inc., 6.400%, 12/15/2035      18,951  
  9,890,000      AbbVie, Inc., 2.500%, 5/14/2020      9,762,030  
  1,745,000      AES Corp. (The), 4.875%, 5/15/2023      1,775,537  
  330,000      Aircastle Ltd., 4.125%, 5/01/2024      323,400  
  8,000,000      Ally Financial, Inc., 4.125%, 2/13/2022      7,960,000  
  745,000      Ally Financial, Inc., 5.125%, 9/30/2024      760,831  
  129,000      Ally Financial, Inc., 8.000%, 12/31/2018      133,031  
  1,728,000      Ally Financial, Inc., 8.000%, 11/01/2031      2,108,160  
  2,265,503      American Airlines Pass Through Certificates, Series 2016-1, Class B, 5.250%, 7/15/2025      2,344,795  
  518,231      American Airlines Pass Through Certificates, Series 2017-1B, Class B, 4.950%, 8/15/2026      532,483  
  155,046      American Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2013-1 Class A, 4.000%, 1/15/2027      155,998  
  6,190,000      Anadarko Petroleum Corp., 3.450%, 7/15/2024      6,009,505  
  300,000      Anadarko Petroleum Corp., 4.500%, 7/15/2044      287,920  
  400,000      Antero Resources Corp., 5.125%, 12/01/2022      403,000  
  175,000      Antero Resources Corp., 5.375%, 11/01/2021      178,063  
  3,060,000      Antero Resources Corp., 5.625%, 6/01/2023      3,121,200  
  260,000      Aptiv PLC, 1.600%, 9/15/2028, (EUR)      314,622  
  1,510,000      AT&T, Inc., 3.400%, 5/15/2025      1,454,957  
  3,960,000      AT&T, Inc., 4.125%, 2/17/2026      3,969,592  
  245,000      Atrium Windows & Doors, Inc., 7.750%, 5/01/2019, 144A      245,674  
  925,000      Aviation Capital Group LLC, 6.750%, 4/06/2021, 144A      1,017,592  
  200,000      Bank of America Corp., 5.490%, 3/15/2019      204,680  
  2,700,000      Bank of America Corp., 6.110%, 1/29/2037      3,248,550  
  115,000      Bank of America Corp., MTN, 4.250%, 10/22/2026      115,806  
  3,000      Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 7.250%, 2/01/2023      3,101  
  71,000      California Resources Corp., 5.500%, 9/15/2021      54,728  
  10,000      California Resources Corp., 6.000%, 11/15/2024      6,110  
  1,870,000      California Resources Corp., 8.000%, 12/15/2022, 144A      1,467,950  
  450,000      CB Escrow Corp., 8.000%, 10/15/2025, 144A      419,062  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund* – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   United States — continued  
$ 60,000      CenturyLink, Inc., 5.625%, 4/01/2025    $ 54,150  
  55,000      CenturyLink, Inc., Series G, 6.875%, 1/15/2028      49,775  
  605,000      CenturyLink, Inc., Series P, 7.600%, 9/15/2039      521,262  
  880,000      CenturyLink, Inc., Series S, 6.450%, 6/15/2021      897,600  
  570,000      CenturyLink, Inc., Series U, 7.650%, 3/15/2042      483,075  
  65,000      Chemours Co. (The), 6.625%, 5/15/2023      68,250  
  3,210,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 4.875%, 4/15/2022      2,969,250  
  315,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.750%, 3/15/2023      283,894  
  495,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.125%, 2/15/2021      497,475  
  190,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.625%, 8/15/2020      195,700  
  95,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/2020      98,088  
  3,232,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 8.000%, 12/15/2022, 144A      3,421,880  
  4,700,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 8.000%, 6/15/2027, 144A      4,488,500  
  780,000      Chevron Corp., 2.419%, 11/17/2020(c)      774,251  
  1,635,000      Cimarex Energy Co., 4.375%, 6/01/2024      1,682,554  
  525,000      Cincinnati Bell, Inc., 7.000%, 7/15/2024, 144A      469,875  
  500,000      Citizens Financial Group, Inc., 4.300%, 12/03/2025      505,678  
  2,913,000      Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Series B, 7.625%, 3/15/2020      2,909,359  
  390,000      Consolidated Communications, Inc., 6.500%, 10/01/2022      345,150  
  265,000      Constellation Brands, Inc., 4.750%, 11/15/2024      278,654  
  30,175      Continental Airlines Pass Through Certificates, Series 1999-1, Class B, 6.795%, 2/02/2020(e)      30,402  
  1,005,000      Continental Airlines Pass Through Certificates, Series 2012-3, Class C, 6.125%, 4/29/2018      1,005,000  
  485,000      Continental Resources, Inc., 3.800%, 6/01/2024      466,812  
  640,000      Continental Resources, Inc., 4.500%, 4/15/2023      647,200  
  115,000      Continental Resources, Inc., 5.000%, 9/15/2022      116,581  
  375,000      Cox Communications, Inc., 4.800%, 2/01/2035, 144A      367,992  
  395,000      CSC Holdings LLC, 5.375%, 2/01/2028, 144A      373,113  
  155,000      Cummins, Inc., 5.650%, 3/01/2098      171,389  
  475,000      Dell International LLC/EMC Corp., 6.020%, 6/15/2026, 144A      511,538  
  124,112      Delta Air Lines Pass Through Trust, Series 2007-1, Class B, 8.021%, 2/10/2024      138,198  
  1,200,000      Devon Energy Corp., 3.250%, 5/15/2022      1,185,522  
  50,000      Dillard’s, Inc., 7.000%, 12/01/2028      53,852  
  8,000      Dillard’s, Inc., 7.750%, 7/15/2026      8,980  
  115,000      Discovery Communications LLC, 1.900%, 3/19/2027, (EUR)      139,804  
  1,680,000      DISH DBS Corp., 5.000%, 3/15/2023      1,509,900  
  1,495,000      DISH DBS Corp., 5.875%, 11/15/2024      1,332,419  
  310,000      DR Horton, Inc., 4.375%, 9/15/2022      320,940  
  315,000      Dynegy, Inc., 8.125%, 1/30/2026, 144A      347,681  
  340,000      Enable Midstream Partners LP, 5.000%, 5/15/2044      318,595  
  235,000      Enbridge Energy Partners LP, 7.375%, 10/15/2045      303,628  
  1,075,000      Energy Transfer Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp., 5.000%, 10/01/2022      1,117,560  
  600,000      EnLink Midstream Partners LP, 4.150%, 6/01/2025      583,158  
  410,000      FedEx Corp., 1.000%, 1/11/2023, (EUR)      513,414  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   United States — continued  
$ 1,310,000      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K057, Class A2, 2.570%, 7/25/2026(c)    $ 1,253,474  
  85,000      Foot Locker, Inc., 8.500%, 1/15/2022      97,963  
  40,000      Ford Motor Co., 4.346%, 12/08/2026      39,567  
  685,000      Ford Motor Co., 5.291%, 12/08/2046      669,859  
  25,000      Ford Motor Co., 6.375%, 2/01/2029      27,984  
  50,000      Ford Motor Co., 6.625%, 2/15/2028      57,374  
  2,105,000      Ford Motor Co., 6.625%, 10/01/2028      2,420,860  
  5,000      Ford Motor Co., 7.500%, 8/01/2026      5,976  
  5,000,000      Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 2.459%, 3/27/2020      4,928,728  
  770,000      Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 3.470%, 4/05/2021      768,987  
  1,600,000      Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 3.588%, 6/02/2020, (AUD)(c)      1,246,354  
  1,000,000      Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 5.000%, 5/15/2018      1,002,399  
  210,000      Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 5.400%, 11/14/2034      199,561  
  2,475,000      Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 5.450%, 3/15/2043      2,276,257  
  865,000      Frontier Communications Corp., 6.875%, 1/15/2025      511,431  
  560,000      Frontier Communications Corp., 11.000%, 9/15/2025      419,650  
  131,000      Gates Global LLC/Gates Global Co., 6.000%, 7/15/2022, 144A      133,129  
  50,000      General Electric Co., GMTN, 3.100%, 1/09/2023      48,983  
  740,000      General Electric Co., Series D, (fixed rate to 1/21/2021, variable rate thereafter), 5.000%(c)(d)      732,600  
  310,000      General Motors Co., 5.200%, 4/01/2045      301,598  
  5,000,000      General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 2.400%, 4/10/2018      4,999,641  
  240,000      General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 3.450%, 4/10/2022      238,027  
  925,000      General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 5.250%, 3/01/2026      976,987  
  3,435,000      Georgia-Pacific LLC, 7.250%, 6/01/2028      4,430,479  
  105,000      Georgia-Pacific LLC, 7.375%, 12/01/2025      129,937  
  180,000      Georgia-Pacific LLC, 7.750%, 11/15/2029      245,635  
  315,000      Georgia-Pacific LLC, 8.875%, 5/15/2031      476,316  
  905,000      Global Atlantic Fin Co., 8.625%, 4/15/2021, 144A      1,025,090  
  2,295,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 6.750%, 10/01/2037      2,874,977  
  165,000      Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The), 7.000%, 3/15/2028      177,375  
  10,951      GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2007-GG10, Class AM, 5.826%, 8/10/2045(f)      11,044  
  1,000,000      HCA Healthcare, Inc., 6.250%, 2/15/2021      1,050,000  
  20,000      HCA, Inc., 4.750%, 5/01/2023      20,225  
  225,000      HCA, Inc., 7.050%, 12/01/2027      237,938  
  820,000      HCA, Inc., 7.500%, 11/06/2033      895,850  
  395,000      HCA, Inc., 8.360%, 4/15/2024      451,287  
  195,000      HCA, Inc., MTN, 7.580%, 9/15/2025      213,769  
  75,000      HCA, Inc., MTN, 7.750%, 7/15/2036      82,500  
  855,000      Hecla Mining Co., 6.875%, 5/01/2021      871,031  
  490,000      Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., 6.350%, 10/15/2045      523,516  
  310,000      Hexion, Inc., 7.875%, 2/15/2023(g)(h)      225,525  
  485,000      Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., 5.000%, 11/15/2025, 144A      509,856  
  1,585,000      Hyundai Capital America, 2.750%, 9/27/2026, 144A(c)      1,412,346  
  450,000      International Lease Finance Corp., 4.625%, 4/15/2021      464,463  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund* – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   United States — continued  
$ 1,250,000      International Lease Finance Corp., 6.250%, 5/15/2019    $ 1,292,904  
  745,000      INVISTA Finance LLC, 4.250%, 10/15/2019, 144A      743,957  
  3,460,000      iStar, Inc., 5.000%, 7/01/2019      3,470,968  
  48,000      J.C. Penney Corp., Inc., 6.375%, 10/15/2036      29,760  
  5,000      J.C. Penney Corp., Inc., 7.625%, 3/01/2097      3,150  
  1,070,000      Jefferies Group LLC, 6.250%, 1/15/2036      1,163,447  
  2,765,000      Jeld-Wen, Inc., 4.625%, 12/15/2025, 144A      2,633,662  
  15,000      K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 5.000%, 11/01/2021(g)(h)      13,562  
  1,665,000      KB Home, 8.000%, 3/15/2020      1,789,875  
  295,000      Kindred Healthcare, Inc., 8.750%, 1/15/2023      311,963  
  650,000      Kraton Polymers LLC/Kraton Polymers Capital Corp.,
10.500%, 4/15/2023, 144A
     721,500  
  330,000      Level 3 Financing, Inc., 5.125%, 5/01/2023      323,812  
  760,000      Level 3 Financing, Inc., 5.375%, 5/01/2025      737,200  
  140,000      Level 3 Parent LLC, 5.750%, 12/01/2022      139,650  
  20,000      Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc., 4.500%, 12/15/2034      17,440  
  44,000      Masco Corp., 6.500%, 8/15/2032      50,980  
  403,000      Masco Corp., 7.750%, 8/01/2029      510,218  
  254,000      Micron Technology, Inc., 5.500%, 2/01/2025      263,525  
  1,430,000      Midas Intermediate Holdco II LLC/Midas Intermediate Holdco II Finance, Inc., 7.875%, 10/01/2022, 144A      1,433,575  
  825,000      Morgan Stanley, 2.125%, 4/25/2018      824,756  
  220,000      Morgan Stanley, 2.500%, 1/24/2019      219,608  
  450,000      Morgan Stanley, 3.950%, 4/23/2027      438,154  
  725,000      Morgan Stanley, 5.750%, 1/25/2021      772,649  
  3,150,000      Morgan Stanley, MTN, 4.100%, 5/22/2023      3,192,378  
  600,000      Morgan Stanley, MTN, 6.250%, 8/09/2026      692,973  
  25,000      MPLX LP, 4.500%, 7/15/2023      25,878  
  95,000      MPLX LP, 4.875%, 6/01/2025      99,194  
  3,000,000      Navient Corp., 5.000%, 10/26/2020      3,018,750  
  95,000      Navient Corp., 5.875%, 10/25/2024      93,100  
  1,600(†††††)      Navient Corp., 6.000%, 12/15/2043      37,109  
  715,000      Navient Corp., MTN, 6.125%, 3/25/2024      712,319  
  915,000      Navient LLC, 5.500%, 1/25/2023      898,987  
  60,000      Navient LLC, MTN, 5.500%, 1/15/2019      60,660  
  415,000      Navient LLC, MTN, 7.250%, 1/25/2022      438,344  
  2,560,000      Navient LLC, Series A, MTN, 5.625%, 8/01/2033(g)(h)      2,240,000  
  310,000      Navient LLC, Series A, MTN, 8.450%, 6/15/2018      312,635  
  4,627,000      New Albertsons LP, 7.450%, 8/01/2029      3,701,600  
  525,000      New Albertsons LP, 7.750%, 6/15/2026      451,500  
  5,540,000      New Albertsons LP, 8.000%, 5/01/2031      4,542,800  
  2,150,000      New Albertsons LP, 8.700%, 5/01/2030      1,897,375  
  1,265,000      New Albertsons LP, Series C, MTN, 6.625%, 6/01/2028      974,050  
  365,000      Newell Brands, Inc., 4.000%, 12/01/2024      360,465  
  65,000      Newfield Exploration Co., 5.625%, 7/01/2024      68,575  
  900,000      NGL Energy Partners LP/NGL Energy Finance Corp., 6.125%, 3/01/2025      857,250  
  55,000      NGL Energy Partners LP/NGL Energy Finance Corp., 6.875%, 10/15/2021      54,863  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   United States — continued  
$ 405,000      NGL Energy Partners LP/NGL Energy Finance Corp., 7.500%, 11/01/2023    $ 406,519  
  20,000      NGPL PipeCo LLC, 7.768%, 12/15/2037, 144A      24,200  
  540,000      Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp., 2.000%, 3/08/2019, 144A(c)      535,961  
  1,019,000      Noble Energy, Inc., 5.625%, 5/01/2021      1,035,722  
  120,000      Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 6.875%, 1/15/2023      121,500  
  2,275,000      Oceaneering International, Inc., 4.650%, 11/15/2024      2,197,149  
  420,000      Old Republic International Corp., 4.875%, 10/01/2024      442,870  
  3,693,000      ONEOK Partners LP, 4.900%, 3/15/2025      3,855,003  
  25,000      ONEOK Partners LP, 6.200%, 9/15/2043      29,153  
  55,000      Outfront Media Capital LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp., 5.250%, 2/15/2022      55,963  
  140,000      Outfront Media Capital LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp., 5.875%, 3/15/2025      141,925  
  310,000      Owens Corning, 7.000%, 12/01/2036      396,813  
  2,965,000      Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 5.375%, 1/15/2025, 144A      2,976,119  
  585,000      Prologis LP, 2.250%, 6/30/2029, (GBP)      779,480  
  540,000      PulteGroup, Inc., 6.000%, 2/15/2035      546,750  
  785,000      PulteGroup, Inc., 6.375%, 5/15/2033      820,325  
  220,000      PulteGroup, Inc., 7.875%, 6/15/2032      262,900  
  285,000      QEP Resources, Inc., 5.250%, 5/01/2023      274,324  
  210,000      QEP Resources, Inc., 5.375%, 10/01/2022      209,738  
  135,000      Quicken Loans, Inc., 5.250%, 1/15/2028, 144A      126,225  
  120,000      Quicken Loans, Inc., 5.750%, 5/01/2025, 144A      119,700  
  1,335,000      Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 6.500%, 11/15/2018      1,355,025  
  650,000      Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 6.875%, 7/15/2028      585,000  
  400,000      Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 7.625%, 8/03/2021      399,816  
  60,000      Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 7.750%, 2/15/2031      54,000  
  476,000      Qwest Corp., 6.875%, 9/15/2033      452,985  
  115,000      Qwest Corp., 7.250%, 9/15/2025      124,076  
  37,000      R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 7.000%, 2/15/2022      38,341  
  230,000      Range Resources Corp., 4.875%, 5/15/2025      213,325  
  850,000      Range Resources Corp., 5.000%, 8/15/2022      822,375  
  220,000      Range Resources Corp., 5.000%, 3/15/2023      210,936  
  970,000      Santander Holdings USA, Inc., 2.650%, 4/17/2020(c)      959,187  
  25,000      Sealed Air Corp., 4.875%, 12/01/2022, 144A      25,250  
  640,000      Sealed Air Corp., 5.500%, 9/15/2025, 144A      662,400  
  420,000      ServiceMaster Co. LLC (The), 7.450%, 8/15/2027      452,550  
  760,000      Shearer’s Foods LLC/Chip Finance Corp., 9.000%, 11/01/2019, 144A      776,150  
  140,000      Silgan Holdings, Inc., 3.250%, 3/15/2025, (EUR)      175,009  
  2,495,000      Springleaf Finance Corp., 5.250%, 12/15/2019      2,544,900  
  860,000      Springleaf Finance Corp., 6.875%, 3/15/2025      863,225  
  330,000      Springleaf Finance Corp., 7.750%, 10/01/2021      357,225  
  130,000      Springleaf Finance Corp., 8.250%, 10/01/2023      140,400  
  2,349,000      Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/2028      2,190,442  
  2,240,000      Sprint Capital Corp., 8.750%, 3/15/2032      2,340,800  
  1,720,000      Sprint Communications, Inc., 6.000%, 11/15/2022      1,687,750  
  120,000      Sprint Corp., 7.125%, 6/15/2024      117,000  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund* – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   United States — continued  
$ 2,840,000      Sprint Corp., 7.875%, 9/15/2023    $ 2,896,800  
  2,910,000      SUPERVALU, Inc., 6.750%, 6/01/2021      2,866,350  
  1,365,000      Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., 6.750%, 3/15/2024      1,443,460  
  795,000      Tenet Healthcare Corp., 5.125%, 5/01/2025, 144A      764,194  
  100,000      Tenet Healthcare Corp., 6.750%, 6/15/2023      97,875  
  1,360,000      Tenet Healthcare Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/2031      1,237,600  
  820,000      Textron, Inc., 5.950%, 9/21/2021      887,294  
  90,000      Time Warner Cable LLC, 4.500%, 9/15/2042      77,949  
  85,000      Time Warner Cable LLC, 5.500%, 9/01/2041      84,450  
  1,680,000      Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, 7.850%, 2/01/2026      2,067,162  
  171,000      TransDigm, Inc., 6.500%, 7/15/2024      175,275  
  185,000      TransDigm, Inc., 6.500%, 5/15/2025      186,850  
  6,665,000      TRI Pointe Group, Inc., 4.875%, 7/01/2021      6,708,656  
  90,000      TRI Pointe Group, Inc./TRI Pointe Homes, Inc., 4.375%, 6/15/2019      90,225  
  5,000      TRI Pointe Group, Inc./TRI Pointe Homes, Inc., 5.875%, 6/15/2024      5,074  
  885,000      TRU Taj LLC/TRU Taj Finance, Inc., 11.000%, 1/22/2019, 144A(g)(h)      917,055  
  870,000      TRU Taj LLC/TRU Taj Finance, Inc., 12.000%, 8/15/2021, 144A(g)(h)      672,075  
  9,278,268      U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 0.125%, 4/15/2022(c)(i)      9,147,481  
  4,001,745      U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 0.375%, 7/15/2027(c)(i)      3,903,919  
  9,005,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.750%, 9/30/2018      8,952,588  
  12,915,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.875%, 6/15/2019(c)      12,714,717  
  7,930,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.375%, 4/30/2020      7,777,905  
  24,950,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.500%, 11/30/2019      24,642,998  
  3,460,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.750%, 11/30/2021(c)      3,371,878  
  3,110,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 2.375%, 1/31/2023      3,084,488  
  7,780,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 2.750%, 2/28/2025      7,812,518  
  630,000      United Continental Holdings, Inc., 6.375%, 6/01/2018      631,575  
  2,940,000      United Rentals North America, Inc., 5.500%, 7/15/2025      3,009,825  
  2,635,000      United Rentals North America, Inc., 5.750%, 11/15/2024      2,743,167  
  1,940,000      United States Steel Corp., 6.650%, 6/01/2037      1,901,200  
  690,000      United States Steel Corp., 7.375%, 4/01/2020      733,125  
  101,760      US Airways Pass Through Trust, Series 2012-1A, Class A, 5.900%, 4/01/2026      109,901  
  50,951      US Airways Pass Through Trust, Series 2012-1B, Class B, 8.000%, 4/01/2021      53,881  
  378,604      US Airways Pass Through Trust, Series 2012-2A, Class A, 4.625%, 12/03/2026      390,227  
  25,000      Viacom, Inc., 4.375%, 3/15/2043      22,403  
  395,000      Viacom, Inc., 5.250%, 4/01/2044      399,792  
  145,000      Viacom, Inc., 5.850%, 9/01/2043      156,324  
  60,000      Weyerhaeuser Co., 6.950%, 10/01/2027      73,105  
  315,000      Weyerhaeuser Co., 7.375%, 3/15/2032      416,057  
  525,000      Whiting Petroleum Corp., 5.750%, 3/15/2021      530,239  
  195,000      Whiting Petroleum Corp., 6.250%, 4/01/2023      196,973  
  1,970,000      Windstream Services LLC/Windstream Finance Corp., 7.500%, 4/01/2023      1,393,420  
  65,000      Windstream Services LLC/Windstream Finance Corp., 7.750%, 10/15/2020      54,275  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund* – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   United States — continued  
$ 1,075,000      Windstream Services LLC/Windstream Finance Corp.,
8.750%, 12/15/2024, 144A
   $ 637,572  
     

 

 

 
        312,225,497  
     

 

 

 
   Uruguay — 0.0%  
  17,410,000      Republic of Uruguay, 9.875%, 6/20/2022, 144A, (UYU)      623,676  
     

 

 

 
   Total Non-Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $524,024,249)
     537,623,675  
     

 

 

 
     
  Convertible Bonds — 0.5%  
   United States — 0.5%  
  1,450,000      Booking Holdings, Inc., 0.900%, 9/15/2021      1,809,745  
  105,000      CalAmp Corp., 1.625%, 5/15/2020      111,964  
  60,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.500%, 9/15/2026      51,666  
  430,000      DISH Network Corp., 2.375%, 3/15/2024      380,245  
  2,290,000      DISH Network Corp., 3.375%, 8/15/2026      2,205,728  
  290,000      Evolent Health, Inc., 2.000%, 12/01/2021      291,143  
  245,000      iStar, Inc., 3.125%, 9/15/2022, 144A      233,121  
  885,000      KB Home, 1.375%, 2/01/2019      1,001,709  
  1,985,000      Nuance Communications, Inc., 1.000%, 12/15/2035      1,888,172  
  210,000      Nuance Communications, Inc., 1.250%, 4/01/2025, 144A      207,715  
  10,000      Nuance Communications, Inc., 1.500%, 11/01/2035      10,190  
  1,660,000      Rovi Corp., 0.500%, 3/01/2020      1,599,626  
  40,000      RPM International, Inc., 2.250%, 12/15/2020      44,920  
  240,000      SM Energy Co., 1.500%, 7/01/2021      226,560  
  45,000      Trinity Industries, Inc., 3.875%, 6/01/2036      61,330  
     

 

 

 
   Total Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $9,525,641)
     10,123,834  
     

 

 

 
     
  Municipals — 0.0%  
   United States — 0.0%  
  155,000      State of Illinois, 5.100%, 6/01/2033      145,286  
  130,000      Virginia Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Series A-1, 6.706%, 6/01/2046      122,740  
     

 

 

 
   Total Municipals
(Identified Cost $253,314)
     268,026  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Bonds and Notes
(Identified Cost $533,803,204)
     548,015,535  
     

 

 

 
     
Shares                
  Preferred Stocks — 0.1%  
   United States — 0.1%  
  460      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.000%      24,984  
  40      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.750%      22,850  
  736      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.750%      416,539  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund* – (continued)

 

    
Shares
     Description    Value (†)  
   United States — continued  
  84      Chesapeake Energy Corp., Series A, 5.750% 144A    $ 47,985  
  15,548      El Paso Energy Capital Trust I, 4.750%      734,798  
     

 

 

 
   Total Preferred Stocks
(Identified Cost $1,207,174)
     1,247,156  
     

 

 

 
     
Principal
Amount (‡)
               
  Short-Term Investments — 7.0%  
$ 10,000,000      Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes, 1.445%, 5/10/2018(j)      9,982,060  
  4,460,000      Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes, 1.652%, 6/01/2018(j)      4,447,213  
  5,000,000      Federal National Mortgage Association Discount Notes, 1.400%, 5/21/2018(j)      4,988,430  
  51,399,850      Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/29/2018 at 0.900% to be repurchased at $51,404,990 on 4/02/2018 collateralized by $51,610,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.750% due 11/15/2023 valued at $52,432,767 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)      51,399,850  
  785,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.285%, 4/05/2018(j)      784,894  
  20,000,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.455%-1.456%, 5/03/2018(j)(k)      19,972,002  
  10,000,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.565%, 5/17/2018(j)      9,979,479  
  27,540,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.590%-1.631%, 5/31/2018(j)(k)      27,464,700  
  14,000,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.683%, 6/21/2018(j)      13,947,383  
     

 

 

 
   Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $142,973,803)
     142,966,011  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Investments — 99.3%
(Identified Cost $1,630,823,194)
     2,025,717,375  
   Other assets less liabilities — 0.7%      14,484,792  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 2,040,202,167  
     

 

 

 
     
  *      Formerly Loomis Sayles Global Equity and Income Fund.   
  (‡)      Principal Amount stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.   
  (†)      See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.   
  (††)      Amount shown represents units. One unit represents a principal amount of 1,000.  
  (†††)      Amount shown represents units. One unit represents a principal amount of 100.  
  (††††)      Amount shown represents principal amount including inflation adjustments.  
  (†††††)      Amount shown represents units. One unit represents a principal amount of 25.  
  (a)      Non-income producing security.   
  (b)      Securities subject to restriction on resale. At March 31, 2018, the restricted securities held by the Fund are as follows:  
                   
       Acquisition
Date
       Cost        Value        % of
Net Assets
 
Dex Media, Inc.        August 12, 2016          $3,266        $ 5,728          Less than 0.1%  
                   
  

 

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  (c)      Security (or a portion thereof) has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open derivative contracts.
  (d)      Perpetual bond with no specified maturity date.
  (e)      Level 3 security. Value has been determined using significant unobservable inputs. See Note 3 of Notes to Financial Statements.
  (f)      Variable rate security. The interest rate adjusts periodically based on; (i) changes in current interest rates and/or prepayments on underlying pools of assets, if applicable, (ii) reference to a base lending rate plus or minus a margin, and/or (iii) reference to a base lending rate adjusted by a multiplier and/or subject to certain floors or caps. Rate as of March 31, 2018 is disclosed.
  (g)      Illiquid security.   
  (h)      Securities classified as fair valued pursuant to the Fund’s pricing policies and procedures. At March 31, 2018, the value of these securities amounted to $4,068,217 or 0.2% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.
  (i)      Treasury Inflation Protected Security (TIPS).   
  (j)      Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.
  (k)      The Fund’s investment in U.S. Treasury Bills is comprised of various lots with differing discount rates. These separate investments, which have the same maturity date, have been aggregated for the purpose of presentation in the Portfolio of Investments.
     
  144A      All or a portion of these securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2018, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $109,903,904 or 5.4% of net assets.
  ADR      An American Depositary Receipt is a certificate issued by a custodian bank representing the right to receive securities of the foreign issuer described. The values of ADRs may be significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States.
  CPI      Consumer Price Index   
  EMTN      Euro Medium Term Note   
  FHLMC      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.   
  GMTN      Global Medium Term Note   
  MTN      Medium Term Note   
     
  ARS      Argentine Peso   
  AUD      Australian Dollar   
  BRL      Brazilian Real   
  CAD      Canadian Dollar   
  CLP      Chilean Peso   
  COP      Colombian Peso   
  EUR      Euro   
  GBP      British Pound   
  IDR      Indonesian Rupiah   
  INR      Indian Rupee   
  JPY      Japanese Yen   
  KRW      South Korean Won   
  MXN      Mexican Peso   
  NOK      Norwegian Krone   
  NZD      New Zealand Dollar   
  PLN      Polish Zloty   
  SEK      Swedish Krona   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund* – (continued)

 

     
  SGD      Singapore Dollar   
  THB      Thai Baht   
  UYU      Uruguayan Peso   
  ZAR      South African Rand   

At March 31, 2018, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Counterparty   Delivery
Date
    Currency
Bought/
Sold (B/S)
  Units
of
Currency
    In Exchange
for
    Notional
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Bank of America, N.A.     6/20/2018     BRL     S       18,850,000     $ 5,727,916     $ 5,671,890     $ 56,026  
Credit Suisse International     6/20/2018     AUD     S       3,428,000       2,677,354       2,633,362       43,992  
Credit Suisse International     6/20/2018     CAD     B       2,045,000       1,579,725       1,589,627       9,902  
Credit Suisse International     6/20/2018     CAD     S       22,745,000       17,749,286       17,680,230       69,056  
Credit Suisse International     6/20/2018     GBP     B       3,180,000       4,438,523       4,475,828       37,305  
Credit Suisse International     6/20/2018     GBP     S       450,000       643,181       633,372       9,809  
Credit Suisse International     6/20/2018     IDR     S       71,391,415,000       5,117,297       5,152,793       (35,496
Credit Suisse International     5/09/2018     JPY     B       5,011,320,000       47,365,571       47,192,510       (173,061
Credit Suisse International     6/20/2018     NZD     S       8,162,000       5,920,200       5,897,167       23,033  
Morgan Stanley & Co.     6/20/2018     EUR     B       35,485,000       44,182,196       43,910,693       (271,503
UBS AG     6/20/2018     MXN     S       19,075,000       1,011,916       1,036,607       (24,691
UBS AG     6/20/2018     NOK     S       4,200,000       541,322       537,093       4,229  
UBS AG     6/20/2018     SEK     B       7,350,000       898,003       885,301       (12,702
UBS AG     6/20/2018     ZAR     S       101,820,000       8,561,159       8,511,760       49,399  
             

 

 

 
Total     $ (214,702
             

 

 

 

At March 31, 2018, the Fund had the following open forward cross currency contracts:

 

Counterparty    Settlement
Date
     Deliver/Units
of Currency
     Receive/Units
of Currency
     Notional
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Credit Suisse International      6/20/2018      NOK      14,180,000        EUR        1,478,326      $ 1,829,346     $ 16,016  
                   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund* – (continued)

 

Industry Summary at March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Internet Software & Services

     8.9

Treasuries

     8.4  

Capital Markets

     6.8  

Insurance

     5.7  

Aerospace & Defense

     4.2  

IT Services

     4.2  

Chemicals

     4.1  

Food Products

     3.3  

Industrial Conglomerates

     3.1  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     3.1  

Banks

     2.6  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     2.6  

Banking

     2.6  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     2.2  

Health Care Providers & Services

     2.0  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     28.5  

Short-Term Investments

     7.0  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     99.3  

Other assets less liabilities (including forward foreign currency contracts)

     0.7  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

Currency Exposure Summary at March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

United States Dollar

     74.2

British Pound

     4.7  

Swiss Franc

     4.3  

Euro

     3.6  

Hong Kong Dollar

     2.9  

Canadian Dollar

     2.6  

Swedish Krona

     2.4  

Other, less than 2% each

     4.6  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     99.3  

Other assets less liabilities (including forward foreign currency contracts)

     0.7  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Growth Fund

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
  Common Stocks — 96.3% of Net Assets  
   Air Freight & Logistics — 4.4%  
  3,667,242      Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.    $ 232,136,418  
  1,205,745      United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B      126,193,272  
     

 

 

 
        358,329,690  
     

 

 

 
   Beverages — 6.5%  
  4,884,497      Coca-Cola Co. (The)      212,133,705  
  5,448,279      Monster Beverage Corp.(a)      311,696,041  
     

 

 

 
        523,829,746  
     

 

 

 
   Biotechnology — 4.7%  
  846,002      Amgen, Inc.      144,226,421  
  676,906      Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)      233,099,350  
     

 

 

 
        377,325,771  
     

 

 

 
   Capital Markets — 5.3%  
  729,536      FactSet Research Systems, Inc.      145,484,069  
  3,795,239      SEI Investments Co.      284,301,354  
     

 

 

 
        429,785,423  
     

 

 

 
   Communications Equipment — 4.2%  
  7,897,552      Cisco Systems, Inc.      338,726,005  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Finance — 1.2%  
  1,009,652      American Express Co.      94,180,339  
     

 

 

 
   Energy Equipment & Services — 3.0%  
  3,722,979      Schlumberger Ltd.      241,174,580  
     

 

 

 
   Food Products — 3.3%  
  16,226,180      Danone S.A., Sponsored ADR      263,837,687  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 2.3%  
  1,506,402      Varian Medical Systems, Inc.(a)      184,760,205  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Technology — 2.1%  
  2,951,551      Cerner Corp.(a)      171,189,958  
     

 

 

 
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 3.7%  
  655,101      Starbucks Corp.      37,923,797  
  2,678,596      Yum China Holdings, Inc.      111,161,734  
  1,789,683      Yum! Brands, Inc.      152,355,714  
     

 

 

 
        301,441,245  
     

 

 

 
   Household Products — 2.9%  
  329,156      Colgate-Palmolive Co.      23,593,902  
  2,693,946      Procter & Gamble Co. (The)      213,576,039  
     

 

 

 
        237,169,941  
     

 

 

 
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 7.0%  
  389,167      Amazon.com, Inc.(a)      563,256,966  
     

 

 

 
   Internet Software & Services — 15.9%  
  2,494,077      Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Sponsored ADR(a)      457,762,893  
  194,559      Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)      201,784,921  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Growth Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
   Internet Software & Services — continued  
  194,290      Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a)    $ 200,466,479  
  2,648,309      Facebook, Inc., Class A(a)      423,173,295  
     

 

 

 
        1,283,187,588  
     

 

 

 
   IT Services — 6.1%  
  629,086      Automatic Data Processing, Inc.      71,388,679  
  3,514,774      Visa, Inc., Class A      420,437,266  
     

 

 

 
        491,825,945  
     

 

 

 
   Machinery — 3.0%  
  1,580,393      Deere & Co.      245,466,641  
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 6.0%  
  1,473,649      Merck & Co., Inc.      80,269,661  
  1,788,015      Novartis AG, Sponsored ADR      144,561,013  
  5,266,262      Novo Nordisk AS, Sponsored ADR      259,363,403  
     

 

 

 
        484,194,077  
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.8%  
  4,167,822      QUALCOMM, Inc.      230,939,017  
     

 

 

 
   Software — 11.9%  
  2,594,203      Autodesk, Inc.(a)      325,780,013  
  2,814,136      Microsoft Corp.      256,846,192  
  8,220,724      Oracle Corp.      376,098,123  
     

 

 

 
        958,724,328  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $5,973,123,108)
     7,779,345,152  
     

 

 

 
     
Principal
Amount
               
  Short-Term Investments — 2.5%  
$ 203,505,884      Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/29/2018 at 0.900% to be repurchased at $203,526,235 on 4/02/2018 collateralized by $204,320,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.750% due 11/15/2023 valued at $207,577,269 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements) (Identified Cost $203,505,884)      203,505,884  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments — 98.8%
(Identified Cost $6,176,628,992)
     7,982,851,036  
   Other assets less liabilities — 1.2%      93,863,516  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 8,076,714,552  
     

 

 

 
     
  (†)      See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.  
  (a)      Non-income producing security.  
     
  ADR      An American Depositary Receipt is a certificate issued by a custodian bank representing the right to receive securities of the foreign issuer described. The values of ADRs may be significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States.  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Growth Fund – (continued)

 

Industry Summary at March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Internet Software & Services

     15.9

Software

     11.9  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     7.0  

Beverages

     6.5  

IT Services

     6.1  

Pharmaceuticals

     6.0  

Capital Markets

     5.3  

Biotechnology

     4.7  

Air Freight & Logistics

     4.4  

Communications Equipment

     4.2  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     3.7  

Food Products

     3.3  

Machinery

     3.0  

Energy Equipment & Services

     3.0  

Household Products

     2.9  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     2.8  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     2.3  

Health Care Technology

     2.1  

Consumer Finance

     1.2  

Short-Term Investments

     2.5  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     98.8  

Other assets less liabilities

     1.2  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Value Fund

 

Shares      Description        
Value (†)
 
  Common Stocks — 98.6% of Net Assets  
   Aerospace & Defense — 4.9%   
  42,162      Harris Corp.    $ 6,799,888  
  21,076      Northrop Grumman Corp.      7,358,053  
  84,538      United Technologies Corp.      10,636,571  
     

 

 

 
        24,794,512  
     

 

 

 
   Automobiles — 0.7%   
  86,798      Harley-Davidson, Inc.      3,721,898  
     

 

 

 
   Banks — 15.0%   
  566,209      Bank of America Corp.      16,980,608  
  170,606      Citigroup, Inc.      11,515,905  
  220,062      Fifth Third Bancorp      6,986,969  
  156,688      JPMorgan Chase & Co.      17,230,979  
  61,447      PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)      9,293,244  
  270,575      Wells Fargo & Co.      14,180,836  
     

 

 

 
        76,188,541  
     

 

 

 
   Beverages — 1.4%   
  65,077      PepsiCo, Inc.      7,103,155  
     

 

 

 
   Building Products — 1.3%   
  181,380      Johnson Controls International PLC      6,391,831  
     

 

 

 
   Capital Markets — 2.9%   
  51,247      Ameriprise Financial, Inc.      7,581,481  
  70,596      State Street Corp.      7,040,539  
     

 

 

 
        14,622,020  
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 1.5%   
  116,608      DowDuPont, Inc.      7,429,096  
     

 

 

 
   Communications Equipment — 2.1%   
  247,962      Cisco Systems, Inc.      10,635,090  
     

 

 

 
   Construction Materials — 0.9%   
  40,701      Vulcan Materials Co.      4,646,833  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Finance — 2.4%   
  62,634      American Express Co.      5,842,500  
  90,340      Discover Financial Services      6,498,156  
     

 

 

 
        12,340,656  
     

 

 

 
   Containers & Packaging — 0.9%   
  110,454      Sealed Air Corp.      4,726,327  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.4%   
  150,487      Verizon Communications, Inc.      7,196,288  
     

 

 

 
   Electric Utilities — 4.0%   
  211,508      Exelon Corp.      8,250,927  
  50,090      NextEra Energy, Inc.      8,181,200  
  90,887      PG&E Corp.      3,992,666  
     

 

 

 
        20,424,793  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Value Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description        
Value (†)
 
   Electrical Equipment — 2.3%   
  69,877      Eaton Corp. PLC    $ 5,583,871  
  119,005      Sensata Technologies Holding PLC(a)      6,168,029  
     

 

 

 
        11,751,900  
     

 

 

 
   Energy Equipment & Services — 2.2%   
  233,321      Baker Hughes, a GE Co.      6,479,324  
  102,405      Halliburton Co.      4,806,891  
     

 

 

 
        11,286,215  
     

 

 

 
   Food & Staples Retailing — 1.0%   
  78,344      CVS Health Corp.      4,873,780  
     

 

 

 
   Food Products — 1.5%   
  185,066      Mondelez International, Inc., Class A      7,722,804  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 3.9%   
  156,792      Abbott Laboratories      9,394,977  
  132,380      Medtronic PLC      10,619,523  
     

 

 

 
        20,014,500  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Providers & Services — 4.3%   
  22,055      Humana, Inc.      5,929,046  
  49,915      Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(a)      8,073,751  
  37,383      UnitedHealth Group, Inc.      7,999,962  
     

 

 

 
        22,002,759  
     

 

 

 
   Household Durables — 0.7%   
  141,207      Newell Brands, Inc.      3,597,954  
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Conglomerates — 1.2%   
  43,326      Honeywell International, Inc.      6,261,040  
     

 

 

 
   Insurance — 5.8%   
  159,898      American International Group, Inc.      8,701,649  
  146,299      FNF Group      5,854,886  
  161,309      MetLife, Inc.      7,402,470  
  52,357      Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)      7,270,293  
     

 

 

 
        29,229,298  
     

 

 

 
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 1.2%   
  234,043      Liberty Interactive Corp./QVC Group, Class A(a)      5,890,862  
     

 

 

 
   IT Services — 1.3%   
  32,087      Alliance Data Systems Corp.      6,830,039  
     

 

 

 
   Machinery — 1.4%   
  101,838      Pentair PLC      6,938,223  
     

 

 

 
   Media — 3.2%   
  289,444      Comcast Corp., Class A      9,890,302  
  175,089      Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class B      6,367,987  
     

 

 

 
        16,258,289  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Value Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description        
Value (†)
 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.1%   
  142,349      Anadarko Petroleum Corp.    $ 8,599,303  
  86,349      Chevron Corp.      9,847,240  
  79,747      Hess Corp.      4,036,793  
  106,782      Marathon Petroleum Corp.      7,806,832  
  91,533      Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Sponsored ADR      5,840,721  
     

 

 

 
        36,130,889  
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 6.4%   
  42,520      Allergan PLC      7,155,691  
  69,856      Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.      4,418,392  
  61,041      Eli Lilly & Co.      4,722,742  
  146,524      Merck & Co., Inc.      7,981,162  
  231,104      Pfizer, Inc.      8,201,881  
     

 

 

 
        32,479,868  
     

 

 

 
   Professional Services — 1.2%   
  187,524      Nielsen Holdings PLC      5,961,388  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate Management & Development — 1.3%   
  137,519      CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)      6,493,647  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Diversified — 1.9%   
  168,070      Outfront Media, Inc.      3,149,632  
  186,879      Weyerhaeuser Co.      6,540,765  
     

 

 

 
        9,690,397  
     

 

 

 
   Road & Rail — 1.4%   
  53,907      Norfolk Southern Corp.      7,319,493  
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.0%   
  94,807      QUALCOMM, Inc.      5,253,256  
     

 

 

 
   Software — 4.6%   
  107,353      Microsoft Corp.      9,798,108  
  218,530      Oracle Corp.      9,997,748  
  131,625      Symantec Corp.      3,402,506  
     

 

 

 
        23,198,362  
     

 

 

 
   Specialty Retail — 1.0%   
  42,384      Advance Auto Parts, Inc.      5,024,623  
     

 

 

 
   Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.8%   
  35,632      Apple, Inc.      5,978,337  
  200,488      Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.      3,087,515  
     

 

 

 
        9,065,852  
     

 

 

 
   Tobacco — 1.5%   
  76,838      Philip Morris International, Inc.      7,637,697  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $365,946,634)
     501,134,175  
     

 

 

 
     

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Value Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
  Short-Term Investments — 1.3%  
$ 6,629,354      Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/29/2018 at 0.900% to be repurchased at $6,630,017 on 4/02/2018 collateralized by $6,660,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.750% due 11/15/2023 valued at $6,766,174 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements) (Identified Cost $6,629,354)    $ 6,629,354  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments — 99.9%
(Identified Cost $372,575,988)
     507,763,529  
   Other assets less liabilities — 0.1%      310,210  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 508,073,739  
     

 

 

 
  
  (†)      See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.  
  (a)      Non-income producing security.  
  
  ADR      An American Depositary Receipt is a certificate issued by a custodian bank representing the right to receive securities of the foreign issuer described. The values of ADRs may be significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States.  
  REITs      Real Estate Investment Trusts  

Industry Summary at March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Banks

     15.0

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     7.1  

Pharmaceuticals

     6.4  

Insurance

     5.8  

Aerospace & Defense

     4.9  

Software

     4.6  

Health Care Providers & Services

     4.3  

Electric Utilities

     4.0  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     3.9  

Media

     3.2  

Capital Markets

     2.9  

Consumer Finance

     2.4  

Electrical Equipment

     2.3  

Energy Equipment & Services

     2.2  

Communications Equipment

     2.1  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     27.5  

Short-Term Investments

     1.3  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     99.9  

Other assets less liabilities

     0.1  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

 

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Global Allocation
Fund*
     Growth
Fund
     Value
Fund
 

ASSETS

 

Investments at cost

   $ 1,630,823,194      $ 6,176,628,992      $ 372,575,988  

Net unrealized appreciation

     394,894,181        1,806,222,044        135,187,541  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investments at value

     2,025,717,375        7,982,851,036        507,763,529  

Cash

     308,193               262,430  

Due from brokers (Note 2)

     77,000                

Foreign currency at value (identified cost $3,920,890, $0 and $0, respectively)

     3,891,966                

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     8,773,479        24,029,684        577,499  

Receivable for securities sold

     10,434,463        165,736,239        1,015,490  

Collateral received for open forward foreign currency contracts (Note 4)

     150,000                

Dividends and interest receivable

     6,783,800        12,291,288        420,113  

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts (Note 2)

     318,767                

Tax reclaims receivable

     566,779        3,622,352         

Prepaid expenses (Note 8)

     182        674        141  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     2,057,022,004        8,188,531,273        510,039,202  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

Payable for securities purchased

     12,604,984        99,577,925        1,013,958  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

     1,803,301        8,054,605        285,534  

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts (Note 2)

     517,453                

Foreign taxes payable (Note 2)

     36,605                

Due to brokers (Note 2)

     150,000                

Management fees payable (Note 6)

     1,293,493        3,498,443        221,678  

Deferred Trustees’ fees (Note 6)

     166,625        246,499        356,580  

Administrative fees payable (Note 6)

     77,123        312,790        20,091  

Payable to distributor (Note 6d)

     37,774        66,943        7,302  

Other accounts payable and accrued expenses

     132,479        59,516        60,320  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     16,819,837        111,816,721        1,965,463  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 2,040,202,167      $ 8,076,714,552      $ 508,073,739  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

 

Paid-in capital

   $ 1,591,406,604      $ 6,144,301,052      $ 186,165,481  

Undistributed net investment income

     2,169,274        14,249,503        1,788,833  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency transactions

     51,968,622        111,941,953        184,931,884  

Net unrealized appreciation on investments and foreign currency translations

     394,657,667        1,806,222,044        135,187,541  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 2,040,202,167      $ 8,076,714,552      $ 508,073,739  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

 

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Global Allocation
Fund*
     Growth
Fund
     Value
Fund
 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE:

 

Class A shares:

 

Net assets

   $ 345,222,554      $ 1,040,677,720      $ 167,539,298  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     15,383,985        71,059,294        8,072,404  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value and redemption price per share

   $ 22.44      $ 14.65      $ 20.75  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

   $ 23.81      $ 15.54      $ 22.02  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

        

Net assets

   $ 368,912,452      $ 134,458,388      $ 10,030,175  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     16,609,953        9,999,488        488,707  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 22.21      $ 13.45      $ 20.52  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class N shares:

 

Net assets

   $ 70,309,734      $ 453,219,640      $ 94,289,786  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     3,117,607        29,022,222        4,532,571  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 22.55      $ 15.62      $ 20.80  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class Y shares:

 

Net assets

   $ 1,255,757,427      $ 6,448,358,804      $ 235,302,477  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     55,654,665        412,793,705        11,291,611  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 22.56      $ 15.62      $ 20.84  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Admin Class shares:

 

Net assets

   $      $      $ 912,003  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

                   44,027  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $      $      $ 20.71  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Formerly Global Equity and Income Fund.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations

 

For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Global Allocation
Fund*
    Growth
Fund
    Value
Fund
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Dividends

   $ 5,491,895     $ 51,768,371     $ 8,952,838  

Interest

     12,869,178       337,912       28,211  

Less net foreign taxes withheld

     (182,850     (1,429,033     (43,266
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     18,178,223       50,677,250       8,937,783  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fees (Note 6)

     7,203,451       19,769,509       2,054,325  

Service and distribution fees (Note 6)

     2,225,282       2,010,088       279,825  

Administrative fees (Note 6)

     425,518       1,751,485       181,991  

Trustees’ fees and expenses (Note 6)

     41,504       120,158       40,320  

Transfer agent fees and expenses (Notes 6 and 7)

     752,281       3,226,710       344,983  

Audit and tax services fees

     25,070       18,505       18,154  

Custodian fees and expenses

     103,366       105,000       17,988  

Legal fees

     16,788       74,839       8,148  

Registration fees

     104,637       133,283       54,740  

Shareholder reporting expenses

     71,918       313,404       50,474  

Miscellaneous expenses (Note 8)

     51,521       114,925       22,508  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     11,021,336       27,637,906       3,073,456  

Less waiver and/or expense reimbursement (Note 6)

     (269     (19,953      
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net expenses

     11,021,067       27,617,953       3,073,456  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

     7,157,156       23,059,297       5,864,327  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS, FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS

      

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

Investments

     57,512,605       146,521,546       199,045,860  

Forward foreign currency contracts (Note 2d)

     3,305,698              

Foreign currency transactions (Note 2c)

     (40,013            

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments

     41,864,721       320,699,300       (160,193,812

Forward foreign currency contracts (Note 2d)

     3,607              

Foreign currency translations (Note 2c)

     29,201              
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency transactions

     102,675,819       467,220,846       38,852,048  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 109,832,975     $ 490,280,143     $ 44,716,375  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Formerly Global Equity and Income Fund.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Global Allocation Fund*     Growth Fund  
     Six Months
Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Six Months
Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

FROM OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income

   $ 7,157,156     $ 24,109,319     $ 23,059,297     $ 35,730,679  

Net realized gain on investments, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency transactions

     60,778,290       12,813,326       146,521,546       111,820,263  

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

     41,897,529       173,627,998       320,699,300       937,804,825  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     109,832,975       210,550,643       490,280,143       1,085,355,767  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

 

Net investment income

        

Class A

     (2,787,305     (3,289,853     (3,322,449     (2,941,318

Class C

     (130,546     (1,771,656            

Class N

     (754,353           (2,208,842     (688,493

Class Y

     (11,861,573     (12,428,003     (32,169,309     (21,181,423

Net realized capital gains

        

Class A

     (4,327,227           (20,303,722     (7,024,882

Class C

     (4,696,446           (2,938,721     (1,227,895

Class N

     (888,515           (6,945,133     (992,374

Class Y

     (14,683,357           (115,155,092     (34,329,937
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (40,129,322     (17,489,512     (183,043,268     (68,386,322
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 12)

     184,633,196       53,800,129       562,365,783       1,795,629,622  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets

     254,336,849       246,861,260       869,602,658       2,812,599,067  

NET ASSETS

 

Beginning of the period

     1,785,865,318       1,539,004,058       7,207,111,894       4,394,512,827  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the period

   $ 2,040,202,167     $ 1,785,865,318     $ 8,076,714,552     $ 7,207,111,894  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

UNDISTRIBUTED NET INVESTMENT INCOME

   $ 2,169,274     $ 10,545,895     $ 14,249,503     $ 28,890,806  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Formerly Global Equity and Income Fund.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

     Value Fund  
     Six Months
Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

FROM OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income

   $ 5,864,327     $ 23,540,447  

Net realized gain on investments

     199,045,860       125,860,403  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

     (160,193,812     39,943,740  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     44,716,375       189,344,590  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

 

Net investment income

    

Class A

     (2,729,331     (3,300,870

Class C

     (82,114     (110,502

Class N

     (11,776,263     (10,337,308

Class Y

     (5,988,237     (10,883,174

Admin Class

     (11,567      

Net realized capital gains

    

Class A

     (19,426,458     (4,790,308

Class C

     (1,201,090     (300,799

Class N

     (66,540,819     (12,741,866

Class Y

     (37,076,345     (14,291,711

Admin Class

     (95,503     (20,087
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (144,927,727     (56,776,625
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 12)

     (559,983,498     (221,330,302
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets

     (660,194,850     (88,762,337

NET ASSETS

 

Beginning of the period

     1,168,268,589       1,257,030,926  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the period

   $ 508,073,739     $ 1,168,268,589  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

UNDISTRIBUTED NET INVESTMENT INCOME

   $ 1,788,833     $ 16,512,018  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Global Allocation Fund*—Class A  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 21.60     $ 19.17     $ 18.45     $ 19.77     $ 18.57     $ 17.07  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.08       0.31       0.24       0.21       0.28       0.32 (b) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    1.24       2.36       1.47       (0.37     1.49       1.45  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    1.32       2.67       1.71       (0.16     1.77       1.77  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.19     (0.24     (0.15     (0.20     (0.33     (0.27

Net realized capital gains

    (0.29           (0.84     (0.96     (0.24      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.48     (0.24     (0.99     (1.16     (0.57     (0.27
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 22.44     $ 21.60     $ 19.17     $ 18.45     $ 19.77     $ 18.57  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(c)

    6.14 %(d)      14.10     9.64     (0.91 )%      9.62     10.54 %(b) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 345,223     $ 305,275     $ 280,263     $ 246,371     $ 237,167     $ 251,211  

Net expenses

    1.17 %(e)      1.18     1.17     1.18     1.17     1.18

Gross expenses

    1.17 %(e)      1.18     1.17     1.18     1.17     1.18

Net investment income

    0.72 %(e)      1.57     1.32     1.06     1.46     1.82 %(b) 

Portfolio turnover rate

    15     35     43     48     49     58

 

* Formerly Global Equity and Income Fund.
(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment income per share would have been $0.27, total return would have been 10.25% and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets would have been 1.51%.
(c) A sales charge for Class A shares is not reflected in total return calculations.
(d) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(e) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Global Allocation Fund*—Class C  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 21.29     $ 18.89     $ 18.19     $ 19.51     $ 18.36     $ 16.90  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    (0.00 )(b)      0.16       0.10       0.06       0.14       0.19 (c) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    1.22       2.33       1.46       (0.36     1.45       1.45  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    1.22       2.49       1.56       (0.30     1.59       1.64  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.01     (0.09     (0.02     (0.06     (0.20     (0.18

Net realized capital gains

    (0.29           (0.84     (0.96     (0.24      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.30     (0.09     (0.86     (1.02     (0.44     (0.18
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 22.21     $ 21.29     $ 18.89     $ 18.19     $ 19.51     $ 18.36  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(d)

    5.75 %(e)      13.22     8.88     (1.66 )%      8.72     9.77 %(c) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 368,912     $ 354,017     $ 423,350     $ 393,416     $ 377,001     $ 340,561  

Net expenses

    1.92 %(f)      1.93     1.92     1.93     1.92     1.93

Gross expenses

    1.92 %(f)      1.93     1.92     1.93     1.92     1.93

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.03 )%(f)      0.84     0.57     0.31     0.71     1.07 %(c) 

Portfolio turnover rate

    15     35     43     48     49     58

 

* Formerly Global Equity and Income Fund.
(a) Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.
(c) Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment income per share would have been $0.13, total return would have been 9.41% and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets would have been 0.76%.
(d) A contingent deferred sales charge for Class C shares is not reflected in total return calculations.
(e) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(f) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Global Allocation Fund*—Class N  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Period Ended
September 30,
2017**
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 21.73     $ 19.20  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.12       0.20  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    1.24       2.33  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    1.36       2.53  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

 

Net investment income

    (0.25      

Net realized capital gains

    (0.29      
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.54      
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 22.55     $ 21.73  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(b)

    6.30     13.18

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

 

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 70,310     $ 59,512  

Net expenses(c)

    0.84     0.87

Gross expenses(c)

    0.84     0.87

Net investment income(c)

    1.05     1.48

Portfolio turnover rate

    15     35 %(d) 

 

* Formerly Global Equity and Income Fund.
** From commencement of Class operations on February 1, 2017 through September 30, 2017.
(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(c) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(d) Represents the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate for the year ended September 30, 2017.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Global Allocation Fund*—Class Y  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 21.74     $ 19.29     $ 18.55     $ 19.89     $ 18.68     $ 17.15  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.11       0.36       0.29       0.25       0.33       0.37 (b) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    1.24       2.37       1.49       (0.37     1.49       1.47  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    1.35       2.73       1.78       (0.12     1.82       1.84  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.24     (0.28     (0.20     (0.26     (0.37     (0.31

Net realized capital gains

    (0.29           (0.84     (0.96     (0.24      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.53     (0.28     (1.04     (1.22     (0.61     (0.31
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 22.56     $ 21.74     $ 19.29     $ 18.55     $ 19.89     $ 18.68  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    6.24 %(c)      14.42     9.97     (0.72 )%      9.87     10.90 %(b) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 1,255,757     $ 1,067,062     $ 835,391     $ 604,609     $ 633,057     $ 570,694  

Net expenses

    0.92 %(d)      0.93     0.92     0.93     0.92     0.93

Gross expenses

    0.92 %(d)      0.93     0.92     0.93     0.92     0.93

Net investment income

    0.97 %(d)      1.79     1.58     1.30     1.69     2.07 %(b) 

Portfolio turnover rate

    15     35     43     48     49     58

 

* Formerly Global Equity and Income Fund.
(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment income per share would have been $0.31, total return would have been 10.60% and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets would have been 1.76%.
(c) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(d) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Growth Fund—Class A  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 14.04     $ 11.96     $ 9.90     $ 9.45     $ 8.07     $ 6.50  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.03       0.06       0.06       0.05       0.05       0.04  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.92       2.18       2.05       0.45       1.34       1.59  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.95       2.24       2.11       0.50       1.39       1.63  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.05     (0.05     (0.05     (0.05     (0.01     (0.06

Net realized capital gains

    (0.29     (0.11                        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.34     (0.16     (0.05     (0.05     (0.01     (0.06
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 14.65     $ 14.04     $ 11.96     $ 9.90     $ 9.45     $ 8.07  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(b)

    6.77 %(c)      18.99     21.32     5.30     17.23     25.23

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 1,040,678     $ 983,047     $ 729,989     $ 122,203     $ 63,682     $ 50,248  

Net expenses

    0.90 %(d)      0.91     0.92     0.92     0.94     1.03

Gross expenses

    0.90 %(d)      0.91     0.92     0.92     0.94     1.03

Net investment income

    0.38 %(d)      0.45     0.58     0.45     0.55     0.57

Portfolio turnover rate

    5     8     11     27 %(e)      14     6

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) A sales charge for Class A shares is not reflected in total return calculations.
(c) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(d) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(e) Portfolio turnover would have been 6% if excluding the transfer in-kind amounts that occurred during the period.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Growth Fund—Class C  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 12.92     $ 11.06     $ 9.18     $ 8.79     $ 7.55     $ 6.09  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment loss(a)

    (0.03     (0.03     (0.02     (0.03     (0.02     (0.01

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.85       2.00       1.90       0.42       1.26       1.48  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.82       1.97       1.88       0.39       1.24       1.47  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

                                  (0.01

Net realized capital gains

    (0.29     (0.11                        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.29     (0.11                       (0.01
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 13.45     $ 12.92     $ 11.06     $ 9.18     $ 8.79     $ 7.55  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(b)

    6.37 %(c)      18.03     20.48     4.44     16.42     24.21

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 134,458     $ 133,329     $ 109,798     $ 41,421     $ 29,837     $ 20,798  

Net expenses

    1.65 %(d)      1.66     1.66     1.67     1.69     1.78

Gross expenses

    1.65 %(d)      1.66     1.66     1.67     1.69     1.78

Net investment loss

    (0.38 )%(d)      (0.29 )%      (0.16 )%      (0.29 )%      (0.20 )%      (0.20 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate

    5     8     11     27 %(e)      14     6

 

(a) Per share net investment loss has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) A contingent deferred sales charge for Class C shares is not reflected in total return calculations.
(c) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(d) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(e) Portfolio turnover would have been 6% if excluding the transfer in-kind amounts that occurred during the period.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Growth Fund—Class N  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Period Ended
September 30,
2013*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 14.97     $ 12.73     $ 10.52     $ 10.01     $ 8.56     $ 7.58  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.06       0.11       0.10       0.08       0.05       0.03  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.97       2.32       2.18       0.49       1.42       0.95  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    1.03       2.43       2.28       0.57       1.47       0.98  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.09     (0.08     (0.07     (0.06     (0.02      

Net realized capital gains

    (0.29     (0.11                        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.38     (0.19     (0.07     (0.06     (0.02      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 15.62     $ 14.97     $ 12.73     $ 10.52     $ 10.01     $ 8.56  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    6.93 %(b)(c)      19.39 %(b)      21.75     5.65 %(b)      17.21 %(b)      12.93 %(b)(c) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 453,220     $ 341,160     $ 60,765     $ 1     $ 1     $ 1  

Net expenses

    0.57 %(d)(e)      0.57 %(d)      0.58     0.55 %(d)      0.95 %(d)      0.95 %(d)(e) 

Gross expenses

    0.58 %(e)      0.58     0.58     9.82     3.45     3.50 %(e) 

Net investment income

    0.72 %(e)      0.80     0.82     0.71     0.52     0.60 %(e) 

Portfolio turnover rate

    5     8     11     27 %(f)      14     6

 

* From commencement of Class operations on February 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013.
(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(c) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(d) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(e) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(f) Portfolio turnover would have been 6% if excluding the transfer in-kind amounts that occurred during the period.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Growth Fund—Class Y  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 14.97     $ 12.73     $ 10.53     $ 10.04     $ 8.57     $ 6.90  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.05       0.09       0.10       0.07       0.08       0.05  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.97       2.33       2.16       0.49       1.42       1.69  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    1.02       2.42       2.26       0.56       1.50       1.74  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.08     (0.07     (0.06     (0.07     (0.03     (0.07

Net realized capital gains

    (0.29     (0.11                        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.37     (0.18     (0.06     (0.07     (0.03     (0.07
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 15.62     $ 14.97     $ 12.73     $ 10.53     $ 10.04     $ 8.57  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    6.85 % (b)      19.31     21.55     5.59     17.51     25.49

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 6,448,359     $ 5,749,576     $ 3,493,961     $ 1,174,150     $ 1,004,157     $ 541,245  

Net expenses

    0.65 %(c)      0.66     0.66     0.67     0.69     0.77

Gross expenses

    0.65 %(c)      0.66     0.66     0.67     0.69     0.77

Net investment income

    0.63 %(c)      0.69     0.82     0.69     0.79     0.68

Portfolio turnover rate

    5     8     11     27 %(d)      14     6

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(c) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(d) Portfolio turnover would have been 6% if excluding the transfer in-kind amounts that occurred during the period.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Value Fund—Class A  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 23.10     $ 20.73     $ 23.98     $ 28.47     $ 25.59     $ 20.86  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.13       0.36       0.34       0.29       0.45 (b)      0.31  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.52       2.95       1.80       (1.58     4.00       4.70  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.65       3.31       2.14       (1.29     4.45       5.01  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.37     (0.38     (0.28     (0.53     (0.27     (0.28

Net realized capital gains

    (2.63     (0.56     (5.11     (2.67     (1.30      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (3.00     (0.94     (5.39     (3.20     (1.57     (0.28
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 20.75     $ 23.10     $ 20.73     $ 23.98     $ 28.47     $ 25.59  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(c)

    2.60 %(d)      16.33     9.65     (5.59 )%      17.97 %(b)      24.35

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 167,539     $ 185,153     $ 191,909     $ 124,662     $ 580,092     $ 171,327  

Net expenses

    0.99 %(e)      0.96     0.94     0.95     0.96     0.97

Gross expenses

    0.99 %(e)      0.96     0.94     0.95     0.96     0.97

Net investment income

    1.18 %(e)      1.65     1.65     1.07     1.63 %(b)      1.31

Portfolio turnover rate

    6     27     15     20     28     24

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment income per share would have been $0.29, total return would have been 17.02% and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets would have been 1.05%.
(c) A sales charge for Class A shares is not reflected in total return calculations.
(d) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(e) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Value Fund—Class C  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 22.77     $ 20.43     $ 23.69     $ 28.14     $ 25.33     $ 20.65  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.05       0.19       0.20       0.10       0.31 (b)      0.13  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.51       2.91       1.76       (1.57     3.89       4.68  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.56       3.10       1.96       (1.47     4.20       4.81  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.18     (0.20     (0.11     (0.31     (0.09     (0.13

Net realized capital gains

    (2.63     (0.56     (5.11     (2.67     (1.30      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (2.81     (0.76     (5.22     (2.98     (1.39     (0.13
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 20.52     $ 22.77     $ 20.43     $ 23.69     $ 28.14     $ 25.33  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(c)

    2.23 %(d)      15.46     8.85     (6.30 )%      17.07 %(b)      23.41

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 10,030     $ 10,948     $ 11,474     $ 15,071     $ 16,958     $ 15,158  

Net expenses

    1.74 %(e)      1.71     1.69     1.70     1.71     1.72

Gross expenses

    1.74 %(e)      1.71     1.69     1.70     1.71     1.72

Net investment income

    0.43 %(e)      0.89     0.94     0.40     1.15 %(b)      0.55

Portfolio turnover rate

    6     27     15     20     28     24

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment income per share would have been $0.08, total return would have been 16.11% and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets would have been 0.28%.
(c) A contingent deferred sales charge for Class C shares is not reflected in total return calculations.
(d) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(e) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Value Fund—Class N  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Period Ended
September 30,
2013*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 23.19     $ 20.80     $ 24.09     $ 28.58     $ 25.65     $ 22.59  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.18       0.46       0.44       0.42       0.63 (b)      0.25  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.53       2.94       1.80       (1.61     3.94       2.81  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.71       3.40       2.24       (1.19     4.57       3.06  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.47     (0.45     (0.42     (0.63     (0.34      

Net realized capital gains

    (2.63     (0.56     (5.11     (2.67     (1.30      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (3.10     (1.01     (5.53     (3.30     (1.64      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 20.80     $ 23.19     $ 20.80     $ 24.09     $ 28.58     $ 25.65  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    2.85 %(c)      16.80     10.08     (5.23 )%      18.43 %(b)      13.55 %(c) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 94,290     $ 594,165     $ 499,533     $ 554,946     $ 392,811     $ 260,643  

Net expenses

    0.60 %(d)      0.58     0.57     0.57     0.57     0.57 %(d) 

Gross expenses

    0.60 %(d)      0.58     0.57     0.57     0.57     0.57 %(d) 

Net investment income

    1.58 %(d)      2.07     2.11     1.55     2.28 %(b)      1.50 %(d) 

Portfolio turnover rate

    6     27     15     20     28     24

 

* From commencement of Class operations on February 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013.
(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment income per share would have been $0.39, total return would have been 17.48% and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets would have been 1.43%.
(c) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(d) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Value Fund—Class Y  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 23.21     $ 20.81     $ 24.10     $ 28.58     $ 25.65     $ 20.91  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.16       0.41       0.41       0.37       0.60 (b)      0.36  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.53       2.97       1.79       (1.60     3.94       4.72  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.69       3.38       2.20       (1.23     4.54       5.08  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.43     (0.42     (0.38     (0.58     (0.31     (0.34

Net realized capital gains

    (2.63     (0.56     (5.11     (2.67     (1.30      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (3.06     (0.98     (5.49     (3.25     (1.61     (0.34
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 20.84     $ 23.21     $ 20.81     $ 24.10     $ 28.58     $ 25.65  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    2.75 %(c)      16.63     9.92     (5.37 )%      18.27 %(b)      24.65

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 235,302     $ 377,162     $ 553,259     $ 681,109     $ 1,303,492     $ 1,513,807  

Net expenses

    0.73 %(d)      0.71     0.69     0.70     0.71     0.72

Gross expenses

    0.73 %(d)      0.71     0.69     0.70     0.71     0.72

Net investment income

    1.45 %(d)      1.86     1.95     1.36     2.19 %(b)      1.56

Portfolio turnover rate

    6     27     15     20     28     24

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment income per share would have been $0.35, total return would have been 17.32% and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets would have been 1.28%.
(c) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(d) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Value Fund—Admin Class  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 23.04     $ 20.37     $ 23.81     $ 28.34     $ 25.51     $ 20.79  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.10       0.31       0.32       0.26       0.30 (b)      0.24  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.52       2.92       1.69       (1.61     4.07       4.71  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.62       3.23       2.01       (1.35     4.37       4.95  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.32           (0.34     (0.51     (0.24     (0.23

Net realized capital gains

    (2.63     (0.56     (5.11     (2.67     (1.30      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (2.95     (0.56     (5.45     (3.18     (1.54     (0.23
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 20.71     $ 23.04     $ 20.37     $ 23.81     $ 28.34     $ 25.51  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    2.47 %(c)      16.06     9.11     (5.83 )%      17.68 %(b)      24.08

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 912     $ 841     $ 854     $ 85,387     $ 268     $ 12  

Net expenses

    1.24 %(d)      1.21     1.19     1.23     1.21     1.19

Gross expenses

    1.24 %(d)      1.21     1.19     1.23     1.21     1.19

Net investment income

    0.93 %(d)      1.44     1.61     1.03     1.07 %(b)      1.01

Portfolio turnover rate

    6     27     15     20     28     24

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment income per share would have been $0.27, total return would have been 16.73% and the ratio of net investment income to average net assets would have been 0.96%.
(c) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(d) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.

 

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

Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund (formerly Loomis Sayles Global Equity and Income Fund) (the “Global Allocation Fund”)

Loomis Sayles Growth Fund (the “Growth Fund”)

Loomis Sayles Value Fund (the “Value Fund”)

Each Fund is a diversified investment company.

Growth Fund was closed to new investors effective April 28, 2017. Growth Fund continues to offer Class A, Class C, Class N, and Class Y shares to existing shareholders and clients of registered investment advisers and registered representatives trading through intermediary programs/platforms on which the Fund is already available.

Each Fund offers Class A, Class C, Class N and Class Y shares. In addition, the Value Fund offers Admin Class shares. Class T shares of the Funds are not currently available for purchase.

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

Most expenses can be directly attributed to a Fund. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed to a Fund are generally apportioned based on the relative net assets of each of the funds in Natixis Funds Trust I, Natixis Funds Trust II, Natixis Funds Trust IV, Gateway Trust (“Natixis Funds Trusts”), Loomis Sayles Funds I and Loomis Sayles Funds II (“Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts”), and Natixis ETF Trust. Expenses of a Fund are borne pro rata by the holders of each class of shares, except that each class bears expenses unique to that class (such as the Rule 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A, Class C and Admin Class), and transfer agent fees are borne collectively for Class A,

 

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Class C, Class Y and Admin Class (for Value Fund) and individually for Class N. In addition, each class votes as a class only with respect to its own Rule 12b-1 Plan. Shares of each class would receive their pro rata share of the net assets of a Fund if the Fund were liquidated. The Trustees approve separate distributions from net investment income on each class of shares.

2.  Significant Accounting Policies.  The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by each Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The Funds’ financial statements follow the accounting and reporting guidelines provided for investment companies and are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which require the use of management estimates that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Management has evaluated the events and transactions subsequent to period-end through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no material events that would require disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.

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

Listed equity securities (including shares of closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds) are valued at the last sale price quoted on the exchange where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation as reported by an independent pricing service. Securities traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, NASDAQ Global Market and NASDAQ Capital Market are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”), or if lacking an NOCP, at the most recent bid quotations on the applicable NASDAQ Market. Unlisted equity securities (except unlisted preferred equity securities) are valued at the last sale price quoted in the market where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation as reported by an independent pricing service. If there is no last sale price or closing bid quotation available, unlisted equity securities will be valued using evaluated bids furnished by an independent pricing service, if available. In some foreign markets, an official close price and a last sale price may be available from the foreign exchange or market. In those cases, the official close price is used. Debt securities and unlisted preferred equity securities are valued based on evaluated bids furnished to the Funds by an independent pricing service or bid prices obtained from broker-dealers. Senior loans

 

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are valued at bid prices supplied by an independent pricing service, if available. Broker-dealer bid prices may be used to value debt and unlisted equity securities and senior loans where an independent pricing service is unable to price a security or where an independent pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the security. Forward foreign currency contracts are valued utilizing interpolated rates determined based on information provided by an independent pricing service.

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

Illiquid securities for which market quotations are readily available and have been evaluated by the adviser are considered and classified as fair valued securities pursuant to the Fund’s pricing policies and procedures.

As of March 31, 2018, securities held by Global Allocation Fund were fair valued as follows:

 

Equity

securities1

  

Percentage

of Net

Assets

   

Securities

classified as

fair valued

    

Percentage

of Net

Assets

 

$348,031,272

     17.1   $ 4,068,217        0.2

 

1

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

b.  Investment Transactions and Related Investment Income.  Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date plus one day basis for daily NAV calculation. However, for financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are reported on

 

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trade date. Dividend income is recorded on ex-dividend date, or in the case of certain foreign securities, as soon as a Fund is notified, and interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Interest income is increased by the accretion of discount and decreased by the amortization of premium, if applicable. In determining net gain or loss on securities sold, the cost of securities has been determined on an identified cost basis. Investment income, non-class specific expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund.

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

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

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

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

 

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d.  Forward Foreign Currency Contracts.  The Funds may enter into forward foreign currency contracts, including forward foreign cross currency contracts to acquire exposure to foreign currencies or to hedge the Funds’ investments against currency fluctuation. A contract can also be used to offset a previous contract. These contracts involve market risk in excess of the unrealized gain or loss reflected in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The U.S. dollar value of the currencies a Fund has committed to buy or sell represents the aggregate exposure to each currency the Fund has acquired or hedged through currency contracts outstanding at period end. Gains or losses are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized until settlement date. Contracts are traded over-the-counter directly with a counterparty. Risks may arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from unanticipated movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar. Certain contracts may require the movement of cash and/or securities as collateral for the Funds’ or counterparty’s net obligations under the contracts.

e.  Due to/from Brokers.  Transactions and positions in certain forward foreign currency contracts are maintained and cleared by registered U.S. broker/dealers pursuant to customer agreements between a Fund and the various broker/dealers. The due to brokers balance in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities for Global Allocation Fund represents cash received as collateral for forward foreign currency contracts. The due from brokers balance in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities for Global Allocation Fund represents cash pledged as collateral for forward foreign currency contracts. In certain circumstances the Fund’s use of cash held at brokers is restricted by regulation or broker mandated limits.

f.  When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Transactions.  The Funds may enter into when-issued or delayed delivery transactions. When-issued refers to transactions made conditionally because a security, although authorized, has not been issued. Delayed delivery refers to transactions for which delivery or payment will occur at a later date, beyond the normal settlement period. The price of when-issued and delayed delivery securities and the date when the securities will be delivered and paid for are fixed at the time the transaction is negotiated. The security and the obligation to pay for it are recorded by the Funds at the time the commitment is entered into. The value of the security may vary with market fluctuations during the time before the Funds take delivery of the security. No interest accrues to the Funds until the transaction settles.

Delayed delivery transactions include those designated as To Be Announced (“TBAs”) in the Portfolios of Investments. For TBAs, the actual security that will be delivered to fulfill the transaction is not designated at the time of the trade. The security is “to be announced” 48 hours prior to the established trade settlement date. Certain transactions require the Funds or counterparty to post cash and/or securities as collateral for the net mark-to-market exposure to the other party. The Funds cover their

 

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net obligations under outstanding delayed delivery commitments by segregating or earmarking cash or securities at the custodian.

Purchases of when-issued or delayed delivery securities may have a similar effect on the Funds’ NAV as if the Funds’ had created a degree of leverage in the portfolio. Risks may arise upon entering into such transactions from the potential inability of counterparties to meet their obligations under the transactions. Additionally, losses may arise due to changes in the value of the underlying securities.

There were no when-issued or delayed delivery securities held by the Funds as of March 31, 2018.

g.  Federal and Foreign Income Taxes.  The Trust treats each Fund as a separate entity for federal income tax purposes. Each Fund intends to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute to its shareholders substantially all of its net investment income and any net realized capital gains at least annually. Management has performed an analysis of each Fund’s tax positions for the open tax years as of March 31, 2018 and has concluded that no provisions for income tax are required. The Funds’ federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service. Management is not aware of any events that are reasonably possible to occur in the next six months that would result in the amounts of any unrecognized tax benefits significantly increasing or decreasing for the Funds. However, management’s conclusions regarding tax positions taken may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, new tax laws and accounting regulations and interpretations thereof.

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

 

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h.  Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders.  Dividends and distributions are recorded on ex-dividend date. The timing and characterization of certain income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Permanent differences are primarily due to differing treatments for book and tax purposes of items such as foreign currency gains and losses, paydown gains and losses, contingent payment debt instruments, capital gain and return of capital distributions received, convertible bonds, capital gains taxes, redemptions in-kind and premium amortization. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications to capital accounts reported on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Temporary differences between book and tax distributable earnings are primarily due to deferred Trustees’ fees, forward foreign currency contract mark-to-market, wash sales, premium amortization, contingent payment debt instruments, trust preferred securities, convertible bonds and return of capital distributions received. Amounts of income and capital gain available to be distributed on a tax basis are determined annually, and at other times during the Funds’ fiscal year as may be necessary to avoid knowingly declaring and paying a return of capital distribution. Distributions from net investment income and short-term capital gains are considered to be distributed from ordinary income for tax purposes.

The tax characterization of distributions is determined on an annual basis. The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the year ended September 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

     2017 Distributions Paid From:  

Fund

  

Ordinary

Income

    

Long-Term
Capital

Gains

    

Total

 

Global Allocation Fund

   $ 17,489,512      $      $ 17,489,512  

Growth Fund

     37,517,315        30,869,007        68,386,322  

Value Fund

     24,631,854        32,144,771        56,776,625  

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

As of March 31, 2018, the cost of investments (including derivatives, if applicable) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on a federal tax basis was as follows:

 

    

Global

Allocation

Fund

   

Growth

Fund

   

Value

Fund

 

Federal tax cost

   $ 1,632,167,493     $ 6,176,628,992     $ 372,575,988  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross tax appreciation

   $ 410,399,720     $ 1,899,964,998     $ 150,108,923  

Gross tax depreciation

     (17,048,524     (93,742,954     (14,921,382
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net tax appreciation

   $ 393,351,196     $ 1,806,222,044     $ 135,187,541  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Amounts exclude certain adjustments that will be made at the end of the Fund’s fiscal year for tax purposes. Such adjustments are primarily due to wash sales.

i.  Repurchase Agreements.  Each Fund may enter into repurchase agreements, under the terms of a Master Repurchase Agreement, under which each Fund acquires securities as collateral and agrees to resell the securities at an agreed upon time and at an agreed upon price. It is each Fund’s policy that the market value of the collateral for repurchase agreements be at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. Certain repurchase agreements are tri-party arrangements whereby the collateral is held in a segregated account for the benefit of the Fund and on behalf of the counterparty. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty, including possible delays or restrictions upon a Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities. As of March 31, 2018, each Fund, as applicable, had investments in repurchase agreements for which the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the repurchase agreement. The gross value of repurchase agreements is included in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for financial reporting purposes.

j.  Securities Lending.  The Funds have entered into an agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street Bank”), as agent of the Funds, to lend securities to certain designated borrowers. The loans are collateralized with cash or securities in an amount equal to at least 105% or 102% of the market value (including accrued interest) of the loaned international or domestic securities, respectively, when the loan is initiated. Thereafter, the value of the collateral must remain at least 102% of the market value (including accrued interest) of loaned securities for U.S. equities and U.S. corporate debt; at least 105% of the market value (including accrued interest) of loaned securities for non-U.S. equities; and at least 100% of the market value (including accrued interest) of loaned securities for U.S. Government securities, sovereign debt issued by non-U.S. Governments and non-U.S. corporate debt. In the event that the market value of the collateral falls below the required percentages described above, the borrower will deliver additional collateral on the next business day. As with other extensions of credit, the Funds may bear the risk of loss with respect to the investment of the collateral. The Funds invest cash collateral in short-term investments, a portion of the income from which is remitted to the borrowers and the remainder allocated between the Funds and State Street Bank as lending agent.

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, none of the Funds had loaned securities under this agreement.

k.  Indemnifications.  Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve

 

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future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

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

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

 

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The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ investments as of March 31, 2018, at value:

Global Allocation Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

   

Total

 

Common Stocks

          

Belgium

   $      $ 10,212,621      $     $ 10,212,621  

France

            31,502,058              31,502,058  

Hong Kong

            59,404,748              59,404,748  

India

            17,195,479              17,195,479  

Sweden

            49,141,448              49,141,448  

Switzerland

            87,071,281              87,071,281  

United Kingdom

            93,503,637              93,503,637  

United States

     861,045,048        5,728              861,050,776  

All Other Common Stocks(a)

     124,406,625                     124,406,625  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

     985,451,673        348,037,000              1,333,488,673  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Bonds and Notes

          

Non-Convertible Bonds

          

United States

     37,109        312,157,986        30,402 (b)      312,225,497  

All Other Non-Convertible Bonds(a)

            225,398,178              225,398,178  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Non-Convertible Bonds

     37,109        537,556,164        30,402       537,623,675  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Convertible Bonds(a)

            10,123,834              10,123,834  

Municipals(a)

            268,026              268,026  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Bonds and Notes

     37,109        547,948,024        30,402       548,015,535  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Preferred Stocks(a)

     734,798        512,358              1,247,156  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

            142,966,011              142,966,011  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

            318,767              318,767  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 986,223,580      $ 1,039,782,160      $ 30,402     $ 2,026,036,142  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Global Allocation Fund (continued)

Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

   $   —        $(517,453)      $   —        $(517,453)  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.
(b) Valued using broker-dealer bid prices.

A common stock valued at $13,929,710 was transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 during the period ended March 31, 2018. At September 30, 2017, this security was fair valued pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees as events occurring after the close of the foreign market were believed to materially affect the value of the security. At March 31, 2018, this security was valued at the market price in the foreign market in accordance with the Fund’s valuation policies.

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

Growth Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Common Stocks(a)

   $ 7,779,345,152      $      $   —      $ 7,779,345,152  

Short-Term Investments

            203,505,884               203,505,884  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 7,779,345,152      $ 203,505,884      $   —      $ 7,982,851,036  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, there were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3.

Value Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Common Stocks(a)

   $ 501,134,175      $      $   —      $ 501,134,175  

Short-Term Investments

            6,629,354               6,629,354  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 501,134,175      $ 6,629,354      $      $ 507,763,529  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, there were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3.

 

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The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value as of September 30, 2017 and/or March 31, 2018:

Global Allocation Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in Securities

 

Balance as of

September 30,

2017

   

Accrued

Discounts

(Premiums)

   

Realized

Gain

(Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Purchases

 

Common Stocks

         

United States

  $ 3,886     $     $   —     $     $  

Bonds and Notes

         

Non-Convertible Bonds

         

United States

    1,075,475                   (679      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 1,079,361     $     $     $ (679   $  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments in Securities

 

Sales

   

Transfers

into Level 3

   

Transfers

out of

Level 3

   

Balance as of

March 31,

2018

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

from

Investments

Still Held at

March 31,

2018

 

Common Stocks

         

United States

  $     $     $ (3,886   $     $  

Bonds and Notes

         

Non-Convertible Bonds

         

United States

          31,081       (1,075,475     30,402       (679
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     $ 31,081     $ (1,079,361   $ 30,402     $ (679
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

A common stock valued at $3,886 was transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 during the period ended March 31, 2018. At September 30, 2017, this security was valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Fund’s advisor using broker-dealer bid prices for which the inputs are unobservable to the Fund. At March 31, 2018, this security was valued on the basis of closing bid quotations furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service in accordance with the Fund’s valuation policies.

 

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A debt security valued at $31,081 was transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 during the period ended March 31, 2018. At September 30, 2017, this security was valued on the basis of evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service in accordance with the Fund’s valuation policies. At March 31, 2018, this security was valued using broker-dealer bid prices based on inputs unobservable to the Fund as an independent pricing service did not provide a reliable price for the security.

A debt security valued at $158,100 was transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 during the period ended March 31, 2018. At September 30, 2017, this security was valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Fund’s investment adviser as an independent pricing service did not provide a reliable price for the security. At March 31, 2018, this security was valued on the basis of evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service in accordance with the Fund’s valuation policies.

A debt security valued at $917,375 was transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 during the period ended March 31, 2018. At September 30, 2017, this security was valued using broker-dealer bid prices based on inputs unobservable to the Fund as an independent pricing service was unable to price the security. At March 31, 2018, this security was valued on the basis of evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service in accordance with the Fund’s valuation policies.

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

4.  Derivatives.  Derivative instruments are defined as financial instruments whose value and performance are based on the value and performance of an underlying asset, reference rate or index. Derivative instruments that Global Allocation Fund used during the period include forward foreign currency contracts.

Global Allocation Fund is subject to the risk that changes in foreign currency exchange rates will have an unfavorable effect on the value of Fund assets denominated in foreign currencies. The Fund may enter into forward foreign currency contracts for hedging purposes to protect the value of the Fund’s holdings of foreign securities. The Fund may also use forward foreign currency contracts to gain exposure to foreign currencies, regardless of whether securities denominated in such currencies are held in the Fund. During the six months ended March 31, 2018, the Fund engaged in forward foreign currency transactions for hedging purposes and to gain exposure to foreign currencies.

The following is a summary of derivative instruments for Global Allocation Fund as of March 31, 2018, as reflected within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities

 

Assets

  

Unrealized

appreciation on

forward foreign

currency contracts

Over-the-counter asset derivatives

  

Foreign exchange contracts

   $318,767

 

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Liabilities

  

Unrealized

depreciation on

forward foreign

currency contracts

Over-the-counter liability derivatives

Foreign exchange contracts

   $(517,453)

Transactions in derivative instruments for Global Allocation Fund during the six months ended March 31, 2018 as reflected within the Statements of Operations were as follows:

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

  

Forward foreign

currency contracts

Foreign exchange contracts

   $3,305,698

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation

(Depreciation) on:

  

Forward foreign

currency contracts

Foreign exchange contracts    $3,607

As the Fund values its derivatives at fair value and recognizes changes in fair value through the Statement of Operations, it does not qualify for hedge accounting under authoritative guidance for derivative instruments. The Fund’s investments in derivatives may represent an economic hedge; however, they are considered to be non-hedge transactions for the purpose of these disclosures.

The volume of forward foreign currency contract activity, as a percentage of net assets, for Global Allocation Fund, based on gross month-end notional amounts outstanding during the period, including long and short positions at absolute value, was as follows for the six months ended March 31, 2018:

 

Global Allocation Fund

  

Forwards

 

Average Notional Amount Outstanding

     7.24

Highest Notional Amount Outstanding

     8.05

Lowest Notional Amount Outstanding

     6.85

Notional Amount Outstanding as of March 31, 2018

     7.33

Notional amounts outstanding at the end of the prior period are included in the average notional amount outstanding.

Unrealized gain and/or loss on open forwards is recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The aggregate notional values of forward contracts are not recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, and therefore are not included in the Fund’s net assets.

Global Allocation Fund enters into over-the-counter derivatives, including forward foreign currency contracts, pursuant to International Swaps and Derivatives

 

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Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) agreements negotiated between the Fund and its counterparties. ISDA agreements typically contain, among other things, terms for the posting of collateral and master netting provisions in the event of a default or other termination event. Collateral is posted by the Fund or the counterparty to the extent of the net mark-to-market exposure to the other party of all open contracts under the agreement, subject to minimum transfer requirements. Master netting provisions allow the Fund and the counterparty, in the event of a default or other termination event, to offset amounts owed by each related to derivative contracts, including any posted collateral, to one net amount payable by either the Fund or the counterparty. The Fund’s ISDA agreements typically contain provisions that allow a counterparty to terminate open contracts early if the NAV of a Fund declines beyond a certain threshold. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset derivative assets and liabilities, and any related collateral received or pledged, on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

As of March 31, 2018, gross amounts of over-the-counter derivative assets and liabilities not offset in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and the related net amounts after taking into account master netting arrangements, by counterparty, are as follows:

Global Allocation Fund

 

Counterparty

 

Gross Amounts of

Assets

   

Offset

Amount

   

Net Asset

Balance

   

Collateral

(Received)/

Pledged

   

Net

Amount

 

Bank of America, N.A.

  $ 56,026     $     $ 56,026     $     $ 56,026  

Credit Suisse International

    209,113       (208,557     556       (556      

UBS AG

    53,628       (37,393     16,235             16,235  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 318,767     $ (245,950   $ 72,817     $ (556   $ 72,261  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Counterparty

 

Gross Amounts of

Liabilities

   

Offset

Amount

   

Net Liability

Balance

   

Collateral

(Received)/

Pledged

   

Net

Amount

 

Credit Suisse International

  $ (208,557   $ 208,557     $     $     $  

Morgan Stanley & Co.

    (271,503           (271,503     77,000       (194,503

UBS AG

    (37,393     37,393                    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ (517,453   $ 245,950     $ (271,503   $ 77,000     $ (194,503
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The actual collateral received or pledged, if any, may exceed the amounts shown in the table due to overcollateralization. Timing differences may exist between when contracts under the ISDA agreements are marked-to-market and when collateral moves. The

 

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ISDA agreements include tri-party control agreements under which collateral is held for the benefit of the secured party at a third party custodian, State Street Bank.

Counterparty risk is managed based on policies and procedures established by the Fund’s adviser. Such policies and procedures may include, but are not limited to, minimum counterparty credit rating requirements, monitoring of counterparty credit default swap spreads and posting of collateral. A Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty credit risk on over-the-counter derivatives is generally limited to the Fund’s aggregated unrealized gains and the amount of any collateral pledged to the counterparty, which may be offset by any collateral posted to the Fund by the counterparty. ISDA master agreements can help to manage counterparty risk by specifying collateral posting arrangements at pre-arranged exposure levels. Under these ISDA agreements, collateral is routinely transferred if the total net exposure in respect of certain transactions, net of existing collateral already in place, exceeds a specified amount (typically $250,000, depending on the counterparty). With exchange-traded derivatives, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund because the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to these instruments, stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract. Credit risk still exists in exchange-traded derivatives with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a broker’s customer accounts. While brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the broker for all its clients, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro rata basis across all of the broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund. Based on balances reflected on each Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities, the following table shows (i) the maximum amount of loss due to credit risk that, based on the gross fair value of the financial instrument, the Fund would incur if parties (including OTC derivative counterparties and brokers holding margin for exchange-traded derivatives) to the relevant financial instruments failed completely to perform according to the terms of the contracts and the collateral or other security, if any, for the amount due proved to be of no value to the Fund, and (ii) the amount of loss that the Fund would incur after taking into account master netting provisions pursuant to ISDA agreements, as of March 31, 2018:

 

Fund

  

Maximum Amount

of Loss - Gross

    

Maximum Amount

of Loss - Net

 

Global Allocation Fund

   $ 395,767      $ 72,261  

Net loss amount reflects cash received as collateral for Global Allocation Fund of $150,000.

 

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5.  Purchases and Sales of Securities.  For the six months ended March 31, 2018, purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term investments and U.S. Government/Agency securities and including paydowns) were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Purchases

    

Sales

 

Global Allocation Fund

   $ 263,240,898      $ 229,742,545  

Growth Fund

     660,912,980        356,086,323  

Value Fund

     45,638,316        738,379,383  

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, purchases and sales of U.S. Government/Agency securities by the Global Allocation Fund were $80,738,263 and $37,741,690, respectively.

6.  Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

a.  Management Fees.  Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. (“Loomis Sayles”) serves as investment adviser to each Fund. Separate management agreements for each Fund in effect for the six months ended March 31, 2018, provided for fees at the following annual percentage rates of each Fund’s average daily net assets:

 

     Percentage of
Average
Daily Net Assets
 

Fund

  

First

$2 billion

   

Over

$2 billion

 

Global Allocation Fund

     0.75     0.73

Growth Fund

     0.50     0.50

Value Fund

     0.50     0.50

Loomis Sayles has given binding undertakings to the Funds to waive management fees and/or reimburse certain expenses to limit the Funds’ operating expenses, exclusive of acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage expenses, interest expense, taxes, organizational and extraordinary expenses such as litigation and indemnification expenses. These undertakings are in effect until January 31, 2019, may be terminated before then only with the consent of the Funds’ Board of Trustees and are reevaluated on an annual basis. Management fees payable, as reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, is net of waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, pursuant to these undertakings. Waivers/reimbursements that exceed management fees payable are reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as receivable from investment adviser.

 

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For the six months ended March 31, 2018 the expense limits as a percentage of average daily net assets under the expense limitation agreements were as follows:

 

     Expense Limit as a Percentage of Average
Daily Net Assets
 

Fund

  

Class A

   

Class C

   

Class N

   

Class Y

   

Admin Class

 

Global Allocation Fund

     1.25     2.00     0.95     1.00      

Growth Fund

     1.25     2.00     0.95     1.00      

Value Fund

     1.10     1.85     0.80     0.85     1.35

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

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the management fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Gross

Management

Fees

    

Percentage of

Average

Daily Net Assets

 

Global Allocation Fund

   $ 7,203,451        0.75

Growth Fund

     19,769,509        0.50

Value Fund

     2,054,325        0.50

No expenses were recovered for any of the Funds during the six months ended March 31, 2018 under the terms of the expense limitation agreements.

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

Under the Admin Class Plan, Value Fund pays Natixis Distribution a monthly distribution fee at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Fund’s Admin Class shares, as compensation for services provided by Natixis Distribution in connection with the marketing or sale of Admin Class shares or for payments made by Natixis Distribution to securities dealers or other financial intermediaries as commissions, asset-based sales charges or other compensation with respect to the sale of Admin Class shares, or for providing personal services to investors and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts.

In addition, the Admin Class shares of Value Fund may pay Natixis Distribution an administrative service fee, at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to Admin Class shares. These fees are subsequently paid to securities dealers or financial intermediaries for providing personal services and/or account maintenance for their customers who hold such shares.

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the service and distribution fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

    Service Fees     Distribution Fees  

Fund

 

Class A

   

Class C

   

Admin Class

   

Class C

   

Admin Class

 

Global Allocation Fund

  $ 416,062     $ 452,305     $     $ 1,356,915     $  

Growth Fund

    1,318,188       172,975             518,925        

Value Fund

    224,441       13,291       1,111       39,871       1,111  

c.  Administrative Fees.  Natixis Advisors, L.P. (“Natixis Advisors”) provides certain administrative services for the Funds and contracts with State Street Bank to serve as sub-administrator. Natixis Advisors is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis. Pursuant to an agreement among Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts, Natixis ETF

 

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Trust and Natixis Advisors, each Fund pays Natixis Advisors monthly its pro rata portion of fees equal to an annual rate of 0.0575% of the first $15 billion of the average daily net assets of the Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Natixis ETF Trust, 0.0500% of the next $15 billion, 0.0400% of the next $30 billion, 0.0350% of the next $30 billion and 0.0325% of such assets in excess of $90 billion, subject to an annual aggregate minimum fee for the Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Natixis ETF Trust of $10 million, which is reevaluated on an annual basis.

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the administrative fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Administrative

Fees

 

Global Allocation Fund

   $ 425,518  

Growth Fund

     1,751,485  

Value Fund

     181,991  

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

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the sub-transfer agent fees (which are reflected in transfer agent fees and expenses in the Statements of Operations) for each Fund were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Sub-Transfer

Agent Fees

 

Global Allocation Fund

   $ 718,543  

Growth Fund

     3,023,620  

Value Fund

     310,373  

 

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As of March 31, 2018, the Funds owe Natixis Distribution the following reimbursements for sub-transfer agent fees (which are reflected in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as payable to distributor):

 

Fund

  

Reimbursements of

Sub-Transfer

Agent Fees

 

Global Allocation Fund

   $ 37,774  

Growth Fund

     66,943  

Value Fund

     7,302  

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

e.  Commissions.  Commissions (including CDSCs) on Fund shares retained by Natixis Distribution during the six months ended March 31, 2018, were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Commissions

 

Global Allocation Fund

   $ 49,153  

Growth Fund

     32,972  

Value Fund

     1,240  

f.  Trustees Fees and Expenses.  The Trust does not pay any compensation directly to its officers or Trustees who are directors, officers or employees of Natixis Advisors, Natixis Distribution, Natixis US or their affiliates. The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees receives a retainer fee at the annual rate of $340,000. The Chairperson does not receive any meeting attendance fees for Board of Trustees meetings or committee meetings that he attends. Each Independent Trustee (other than the Chairperson) receives, in the aggregate, a retainer fee at the annual rate of $170,000. Each Independent Trustee also receives a meeting attendance fee of $10,000 for each meeting of the Board of Trustees that he or she attends in person and $5,000 for each meeting of the Board of Trustees that he or she attends telephonically. In addition, the chairperson of the Contract Review Committee and the chairperson of the Audit Committee each receive an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $20,000. The chairperson of the Governance Committee receives an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $12,000. Each Contract Review Committee member is compensated $6,000 for each Committee meeting that he or she attends in person and $3,000 for each meeting that he or she attends telephonically. Each Audit Committee member is compensated $6,000 for each Committee meeting that he or she attends in person and $3,000 for each meeting that he or she attends telephonically. These fees are allocated among the funds in the Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Natixis ETF Trust based on a formula that takes into account, among other factors, the relative net assets of each fund. Trustees are reimbursed for travel expenses in connection with attendance at meetings.

 

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March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Prior to January 1, 2018, the Chairperson of the Board received a retainer fee at the annual rate of $325,000 and each Independent Trustee (other than the Chairperson) received, in the aggregate, a retainer fee at the annual rate of $155,000, the chairperson of the Contract Review Committee and Audit Committee each received an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $17,500 and the chairperson of the Governance Committee received an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $10,000. All other Trustee fees remained unchanged.

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

g.  Affiliated Ownership.  As of March 31, 2018, Loomis Sayles Funded Pension Plan and Trust (“Pension Plan”) and Loomis Sayles Employees’ Profit Sharing Retirement Plan (“Retirement Plan”) held shares of the Funds representing the following percentages of the Funds’ net assets:

 

Fund

  

Pension

Plan

   

Retirement

Plan

   

Total Affiliated

Ownership

 

Global Allocation Fund

           0.95     0.95

Growth Fund

     0.22     0.64     0.86

Value Fund

     3.38     4.81     8.19

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

h.  Reimbursement of Transfer Agent Fees and Expenses.  Natixis Advisors has given a binding contractual undertaking to the Global Allocation Fund to reimburse any and all transfer agency expenses for the Fund’s Class N shares. This undertaking is in effect through January 31, 2019.

Natixis Advisors has given a binding contractual undertaking to the Growth Fund to reimburse any and all transfer agency expenses attributable to accounts admitted to Class N via a provision that allows Natixis Distribution, at its sole discretion, to waive the investment minimum for certain accounts, as described in the Fund’s prospectus. This undertaking is in effect through June 30, 2019. Prior to February 1, 2018, Natixis

 

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Advisors had given a binding contractual undertaking to the Fund to reimburse any and all transfer agency expenses for the Fund’s Class N shares.

Expenses reimbursed pursuant to these undertakings are not subject to recovery under the expense limitation agreement described above.

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, Natixis Advisors reimbursed the Funds for transfer agency expenses as follows:

 

Fund

  

Reimbursement of Transfer Agency Expenses

 
    

Class N

 

Global Allocation Fund

   $ 269  

Growth Fund

     19,953  

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

For the six months ended March 31, 2018 the Funds incurred the following class-specific transfer agent fees and expenses (including sub-transfer agent fees, where applicable):

 

     Transfer Agent Fees and Expenses  

Fund

  

Class A

    

Class C

    

Class N

    

Class Y

    

Admin Class

 

Global Allocation Fund

   $ 135,040      $ 146,970      $ 269      $ 470,002      $  

Growth Fund

     450,541        59,117        20,131        2,696,921         

Value Fund

     125,774        7,456        1,077        210,050        626  

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

 

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March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, none of the Funds had borrowings under this agreement.

Effective April 12, 2018, the line of credit with Citibank, N.A. expired, and the Funds, together with certain other funds of Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts, and Natixis ETF Trust, entered into a $400,000,000 committed unsecured line of credit provided by State Street Bank and Trust. Any one Fund may borrow up to $350,000,000 under the line of credit agreement (as long as all borrowings by all Funds in the aggregate do not exceed the $400,000,000 limit at any time), subject to each Fund’s investment restrictions and its contractual obligations under the line of credit. Interest is charged to the Funds based upon the terms set forth in the agreement. In addition, a commitment fee of 0.15% per annum, payable at the end of each calendar quarter, is accrued and apportioned among the participating funds based on their average daily unused portion of the line of credit.

9.  Brokerage Commission Recapture.  Each Fund has entered into agreements with certain brokers whereby the brokers will rebate a portion of brokerage commissions. All amounts rebated by the brokers are returned to the Funds under such agreements and are included in realized gains on investments on the Statements of Operations. For the six months ended March 31, 2018, amounts rebated under these agreements were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Rebates

 

Global Allocation Fund

   $ 19,202  

Growth Fund

     42,577  

Value Fund

     19,128  

Effective March 9, 2018, the brokerage commission recapture program was terminated.

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

11.  Concentration of Ownership.  From time to time, a Fund may have a concentration of one or more accounts constituting a significant percentage of shares outstanding. Investment activities by holders of such accounts could have material impacts on the Funds. As of March 31, 2018, based on management’s evaluation of the shareholder account base, the Funds had accounts representing controlling ownership of more than 5% of the Funds’ total outstanding shares. The number of such accounts, based on accounts that represent more than 5% of an individual class of shares, and the aggregate percentage of net assets represented by such holdings were as follows:

 

Fund

 

Number of 5%

Non-Affiliated

Account Holders

   

Percentage of

Non-Affiliated

Ownership

   

Percentage of

Affiliated Ownership

(Note 6g)

   

Total

Percentage of

Ownership

 

Growth Fund

    7       65.41           65.41

Value Fund

    2       19.53     8.19     27.72

 

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March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

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

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

 

    
Six Months Ended
March 31, 2018

 
   
Year Ended
September 30, 2017(a)

 

Global Allocation Fund

     Shares       Amount       Shares       Amount  
Class A  

Issued from the sale of shares

     3,350,659     $ 75,350,150       4,990,165     $ 100,716,829  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     259,737       5,734,994       140,170       2,609,969  

Redeemed

     (2,359,203     (53,057,215     (5,616,924     (111,165,803
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     1,251,193     $ 28,027,929       (486,589   $ (7,839,005
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C  

Issued from the sale of shares

     1,956,391     $ 43,547,431       1,966,061     $ 38,867,350  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     149,300       3,268,181       55,158       1,018,222  

Redeemed

     (2,123,314     (47,119,326     (7,808,773     (152,602,063
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (17,623   $ (303,714     (5,787,554   $ (112,716,491
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class N         

Issued from the sale of shares

     417,795     $ 9,338,581       2,739,038     $ 58,209,318  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     70,593       1,565,046              

Redeemed

     (109,712     (2,523,536     (107     (2,286
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     378,676     $ 8,380,091       2,738,931     $ 58,207,032  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y         

Issued from the sale of shares

     10,367,133     $ 234,813,502       19,036,860     $ 382,730,980  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     905,490       20,083,757       520,438       9,732,190  

Redeemed

     (4,710,920     (106,368,369     (13,769,090     (276,314,577
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     6,561,703     $ 148,528,890       5,788,208     $ 116,148,593  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     8,173,949     $ 184,633,196       2,252,996     $ 53,800,129  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) From commencement of operations on February 1, 2017 through September 30, 2017 for Class N shares.

 

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12.  Capital Shares (continued).

 

    
Six Months Ended
March 31, 2018

 
   
Year Ended
September 30, 2017

 

Growth Fund

     Shares       Amount       Shares       Amount  
Class A  

Issued from the sale of shares

     6,393,080     $ 94,806,542       23,963,667     $ 290,490,483  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     1,464,494       21,381,619       786,586       8,974,953  

Redeemed

     (6,794,622     (101,617,238     (15,774,109     (197,838,024
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     1,062,952     $ 14,570,923       8,976,144     $ 101,627,412  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C  

Issued from the sale of shares

     764,380     $ 10,448,356       3,905,114     $ 42,699,406  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     148,410       1,993,146       68,093       719,057  

Redeemed

     (1,229,818     (16,831,480     (3,588,005     (41,290,336
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (317,028   $ (4,389,978     385,202     $ 2,128,127  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class N  

Issued from the sale of shares

     8,276,686     $ 130,037,609       19,181,068     $ 266,844,514  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     380,354       5,914,497       138,457       1,680,867  

Redeemed

     (2,420,312     (38,419,119     (1,306,361     (17,394,963
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     6,236,728     $ 97,532,987       18,013,164     $ 251,130,418  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y  

Issued from the sale of shares

     72,752,735     $ 1,156,689,974       245,187,409     $ 3,227,208,558  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     7,592,419       118,138,051       2,860,266       34,723,626  

Redeemed

     (51,553,851     (820,176,174     (138,438,910     (1,821,188,519
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     28,791,303     $ 454,651,851       109,608,765     $ 1,440,743,665  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     35,773,955     $ 562,365,783       136,983,275     $ 1,795,629,622  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

12.  Capital Shares (continued).

 

    
Six Months Ended
March 31, 2018

 
   
Year Ended
September 30, 2017

 

Value Fund

     Shares       Amount       Shares       Amount  
Class A  

Issued from the sale of shares

     439,041     $ 9,537,552       627,507     $ 13,731,208  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     960,441       20,265,302       349,224       7,462,922  

Redeemed

     (1,342,334     (30,549,285     (2,219,069     (48,341,791
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     57,148     $ (746,431     (1,242,338   $ (27,147,661
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C  

Issued from the sale of shares

     33,608     $ 712,815       110,232     $ 2,365,298  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     51,179       1,070,149       14,244       301,816  

Redeemed

     (76,818     (1,686,181     (205,329     (4,437,924
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     7,969     $ 96,783       (80,853   $ (1,770,810
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class N  

Issued from the sale of shares

     425,596     $ 9,579,782       7,781,464     $ 169,587,495  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     3,640,565       76,852,331       1,078,970       23,079,174  

Redeemed

     (25,153,587     (533,906,064     (7,260,407     (156,585,697
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (21,087,426   $ (447,473,951     1,600,027     $ 36,080,972  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y  

Issued from the sale of shares

     1,386,045     $ 30,694,568       4,271,030     $ 92,962,427  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     1,987,223       42,069,519       1,131,792       24,254,317  

Redeemed

     (8,333,393     (184,783,422     (15,444,649     (339,300,791

Redeemed in-kind (Note 13)

                 (292,779     (6,300,603
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (4,960,125   $ (112,019,335     (10,334,606   $ (228,384,650
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Admin Class  

Issued from the sale of shares

     8,771     $ 188,356       7,818     $ 170,605  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     3       58             2  

Redeemed

     (1,254     (28,978     (13,253     (278,760
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     7,520     $ 159,436       (5,435   $ (108,153
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     (25,974,914   $ (559,983,498     (10,063,205   $ (221,330,302
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

13.  Redemption In-Kind.  In certain circumstances, a Fund may distribute portfolio securities rather than cash as payment for redemption of Fund shares (redemption in-kind). For financial reporting purposes, the Fund will recognize a gain on in-kind redemptions to the extent the value of the distributed securities on the date of redemption exceeds the cost of those securities; the Fund will recognize a loss if the cost exceeds value. Gains and losses realized on redemptions in-kind are not recognized for tax purposes, and are re-classified from realized gain (loss) to paid-in capital. For the year ended September 30, 2017, Value Fund participated in a redemption in-kind transaction. For the six months ended March 31, 2018, none of the Funds participated in redemption in-kind transactions.

 

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Additional Information

 

Special Meeting of Shareholders. (Unaudited)

A special meeting of shareholders of the Trust was held on December 4, 2017 to consider a proposal to elect thirteen Trustees to the Board of Trustees. The proposal was approved by shareholders of the Trust. The results of the shareholder vote were as follows:

Loomis Sayles Funds II

 

Nominee

  

Voted “FOR”*

    

Withheld*

 

Kevin Charleston

     1,650,323,196.06        13,951,932.67  

Kenneth A. Drucker

     1,649,298,883.81        14,976,244.92  

Edmond J. English

     1,650,162,849.38        14,112,279.34  

David L. Giunta

     1,649,705,816.93        14,569,311.79  

Richard A. Goglia

     1,650,200,499.41        14,074,629.32  

Wendell J. Knox

     1,649,845,960.13        14,429,168.60  

Martin T. Meehan

     1,649,803,233.76        14,471,894.97  

Maureen B. Mitchell

     1,650,894,337.38        13,380,791.35  

Sandra O. Moose**

     1,649,617,852.02        14,657,276.71  

James P. Palermo

     1,650,208,171.55        14,066,957.18  

Erik R. Sirri

     1,649,620,219.44        14,654,909.29  

Peter J. Smail

     1,650,200,577.97        14,074,550.76  

Cynthia L. Walker

     1,651,179,641.66        13,095,487.07  

 

* Trust-wide voting results.
** Ms. Moose retired as a Trustee effective January 1, 2018.

 

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LOGO

 

LOGO

 

Semiannual Report

March 31, 2018

Loomis Sayles High Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

 

 

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Portfolio Review     1  
Portfolio of Investments     11  
Financial Statements     53  
Notes to Financial Statements     69  

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES HIGH INCOME FUND

 

Managers   Symbols
Matthew J. Eagan, CFA®   Class A    NEFHX
Elaine M. Stokes   Class C    NEHCX
Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.   Class N    LSHNX
  Class Y    NEHYX

 

 

Investment Goal

The Fund seeks high current income plus the opportunity for capital appreciation to produce a high total return.

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — March 31, 20183

 

                                        Expense Ratios4  
     6 Months     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years    

Life of

Class N

    Gross     Net  
     
Class Y (Inception 2/29/08)                
NAV     -0.15     3.70     4.15     6.88         0.90     0.80
     
Class A (Inception 2/22/84)                
NAV     -0.28       3.43       3.91       6.62             1.15       1.05  
With 4.25% Maximum Sales Charge     -4.44       -0.95       3.03       6.17              
     
Class C (Inception 3/2/98)                
NAV     -0.66       2.64       3.12       5.84             1.90       1.80  
With CDSC1     -1.64       1.65       3.12       5.84              
     
Class N (Inception 11/30/16)                
NAV     0.10       3.99                   6.76       31.73       0.75  
   
Comparative Performance                
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High-Yield Bond Index2     -0.39       3.78       4.99       8.27       4.26                  

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

 

1 Class C shares performance assumes a 1% CDSC applied when you sell shares within one year of purchase.

 

2 The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High-Yield Bond Index measures the market of USD-denominated, non-investment grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bonds. Securities are classified as high yield if the middle rating of Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P is Ba1/BB /BB or below, excluding emerging market debt. The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High-Yield Bond Index was created in 1986, with history backfilled to July 1, 1983, and rolls up into the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Universal and Global High-Yield Indices.

 

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

 

4 Expense ratios are as shown in the Fund’s prospectus in effect as of the date of this report. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report under Ratios to Average Net Assets. Net expenses reflect contractual expense caps set to expire on 1/31/19. When a Fund’s expenses are below the cap, gross and net expense ratios will be the same. See Note 6 of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information about the Fund’s expense caps.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES INTERMEDIATE DURATION BOND FUND

 

Managers   Symbols
Christopher T. Harms   Class A    LSDRX
Clifton V. Rowe, CFA®   Class C    LSCDX
Kurt L. Wagner, CFA®, CIC   Class Y    LSDIX

 

 

Investment Goal

The Fund’s investment objective is above-average total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation.

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — March 31, 20184,5

 

           
                             Expense Ratios6  
     6 Months     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     Gross     Net  
     
Class Y (Inception 1/28/98)1              
NAV     -1.06     0.72     1.67     4.12     0.47     0.40
     
Class A (Inception 5/28/10)1              
NAV     -1.09       0.46       1.41       3.86       0.72       0.65  
With 4.25% Maximum Sales Charge     -5.32       -3.77       0.53       3.41        
     
Class C (Inception 8/31/16)1              
NAV     -1.55       -0.29       0.63       2.95       1.48       1.40  
With CDSC2     -2.53       -1.27       0.63       2.95                  
   
Comparative Performance              
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index3     -1.18       0.35       1.25       2.92                  

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

 

1 Effective August 31, 2016, the Fund’s Retail Class shares and Institutional Class shares were redesignated as Class A shares and Class Y shares, respectively. Accordingly, the returns shown in the table for Class A shares prior to August 31, 2016 are those of Retail Class shares, restated to reflect the sales loads of Class A shares, and the returns in the table for Class Y shares prior to August 31, 2016 are those of Institutional Class shares. Prior to the inception of Retail Class shares (May 28, 2010), performance is that of Institutional Class shares, restated to reflect the higher net expenses and sales loads of Class A shares. Prior to the inception of Class C shares (August 31, 2016), performance is that of Retail Class shares, restated to reflect the higher net expenses and sales loads of Class C shares.

 

2 Class C shares performance assumes a 1% CDSC applied when you sell shares within one year of purchase.

 

3 The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index includes securities in the intermediate maturity range with in the Government and Credit Indices. The Government Index includes treasuries (i.e., public obligations of the U.S. Treasury that have remaining maturities of more than one year) and agencies (i.e., publicly issued debt of U.S. Government agencies, quasi-federal corporations, and corporate or foreign debt guaranteed by the U.S. Government). The Credit Index includes publicly issued U.S. corporate and foreign debentures and secured notes that meet specified maturity, liquidity, and quality requirements.

 

4 The Fund revised its investment strategy on May 28, 2010; performance may have been different had the current investment strategy been in place for all periods shown.

 

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

 

6 Expense ratios are as shown in the Fund’s prospectus in effect as of the date of this report. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report under Ratios to Average Net Assets. Net expenses reflect contractual expense caps set to expire on 1/31/19. When a Fund’s expenses are below the cap, gross and net expense ratios will be the same. See Note 6 of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information about the Fund’s expense caps.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES LIMITED TERM GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY FUND

 

Managers   Symbols
Christopher T. Harms   Class A    NEFLX
Clifton V. Rowe, CFA®   Class C    NECLX
Kurt L. Wagner, CFA®, CIC   Class N    LGANX
Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.   Class Y    NELYX

 

 

Investment Goal

The Fund seeks a high current return consistent with preservation of capital.

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — March 31, 20183

 

                                        Expense Ratios4  
     6 Months     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years    

Life of

Class N

    Gross     Net  
     
Class Y (Inception 3/31/94)                
NAV     -0.26     0.51     0.69     2.59         0.55     0.55
     
Class A (Inception 1/3/89)                
NAV     -0.39       0.17       0.42       2.32             0.80       0.80  
With 2.25% Maximum Sales Charge     -2.62       -2.07       -0.03       2.09              
     
Class C (Inception 12/30/94)                
NAV     -0.76       -0.58       -0.33       1.57             1.55       1.55  
With CDSC1     -1.75       -1.56       -0.33       1.57              
     
Class N (Inception 2/1/17)                
NAV     -0.22       0.60                   0.78       0.50       0.47  
   
Comparative Performance                
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. 1-5 Year Government Bond Index2     -0.79       -0.09       0.63       1.66       0.12                  

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

 

1 Class C shares performance assumes a 1% CDSC applied when you sell shares within one year of purchase.

 

2 The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. 1-5 Year Government Bond Index is a subindex of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government Index, which is composed of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury and U.S. Agency Indices. The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government Index includes Treasuries (public obligations of the U.S. Treasury that have remaining maturities of more than one year) and U.S. agency debentures (publicly issued debt of U.S. government agencies, quasi-federal corporations, and corporate or foreign debt guaranteed by the U.S. government). The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government Index is a component of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index.

 

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

 

4 Expense ratios are as shown in the Fund’s prospectus in effect as of the date of this report. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report under Ratios to Average Net Assets. Net expenses reflect contractual expense caps set to expire on 1/31/19. When a Fund’s expenses are below the cap, gross and net expense ratios will be the same. See Note 6 of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information about the Fund’s expense caps.

 

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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

ADDITIONAL INDEX INFORMATION

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

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

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

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

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO SCHEDULES

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

 

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UNDERSTANDING FUND EXPENSES

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

The first line in the table of each class of Fund shares shows the actual account values and actual Fund expenses you would have paid on a $1,000 investment in the Fund from October 1, 2017 through March 31, 2018. To estimate the expenses you paid over the period, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6) and multiply the result by the number in the Expenses Paid During Period column as shown below for your class.

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

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

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES HIGH INCOME FUND   BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
10/1/2017
    ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
3/31/2018
    EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
10/1/2017 – 3/31/2018
 
Class A        
Actual     $1,000.00       $997.20       $5.23  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,019.70       $5.29  
Class C        
Actual     $1,000.00       $993.40       $8.95  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,015.96       $9.05  
Class N        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,001.00       $3.74  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,021.19       $3.78  
Class Y        
Actual     $1,000.00       $998.50       $3.99  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,020.94       $4.03  

 

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

 

LOOMIS SAYLES INTERMEDIATE
DURATION BOND FUND
  BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
10/1/2017
    ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
3/31/2018
    EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
10/1/2017 – 3/31/2018
 
Class A        
Actual     $1,000.00       $989.10       $3.22  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,021.69       $3.28  
Class C        
Actual     $1,000.00       $984.50       $6.93  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,017.95       $7.04  
Class Y        
Actual     $1,000.00       $989.40       $1.98  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,022.94       $2.02  

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement): 0.65%, 1.40% and 0.40% for Class A, C and Y, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES LIMITED TERM
GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY FUND
  BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
10/1/2017
    ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
3/31/2018
    EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
10/1/2017 – 3/31/2018
 
Class A        
Actual     $1,000.00       $996.10       $3.98  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,020.94       $4.03  
Class C        
Actual     $1,000.00       $992.40       $7.70  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,017.20       $7.80  
Class N        
Actual     $1,000.00       $997.80       $2.34  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,022.59       $2.37  
Class Y        
Actual     $1,000.00       $997.40       $2.74  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,022.19       $2.77  

 

* Hypothetical expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio: 0.80%, 1.55%, 0.47% and 0.55% for Class A, C, N and Y, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles High Income Fund

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes — 92.0% of Net Assets  
  Non-Convertible Bonds — 81.6%  
   ABS Home Equity — 1.3%  
$ 93,222      Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2003-8, Class 1CB1, 5.500%, 10/25/2033    $ 95,036  
  102,977      Banc of America Funding Trust, Series 2005-7, Class 3A1, 5.750%, 11/25/2035      108,192  
  83,002      Banc of America Funding Trust, Series 2007-4, Class 5A1, 5.500%, 11/25/2034      84,701  
  28,569      Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass Through Trust, Series 2005-HYB7, Class 2A, 3.806%, 11/20/2035(a)      26,383  
  203,372      DSLA Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-AR5, Class 2A1A,
1-month LIBOR + 0.330%, 2.138%, 9/19/2045(b)
     165,710  
  305,000      Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, Series 2015-DNA1, Class M3, 1-month LIBOR + 3.300%, 5.172%, 10/25/2027(b)(c)      339,520  
  125,082      GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust, Series 2005-AR4, Class 3A1, 3.968%, 7/19/2035(a)      119,914  
  246,266      MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, Series 2005-2, Class 3A1, 3.495%, 3/25/2035(a)      242,966  
  259,992      MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, Series 2005-2, Class 4A1, 3.160%, 3/25/2035(a)      243,367  
  100,000      RCO Mortgage LLC, Series 2017-1, Class A2, 5.125%, 8/25/2022, 144A(a)      100,074  
  470,000      VOLT LVI LLC, Series 2017-NPL3, Class A2, 5.875%, 3/25/2047, 144A(a)      470,096  
  220,000      VOLT XL LLC, Series 2015-NP14, Class A2, 4.875%, 11/27/2045, 144A(a)      220,003  
     

 

 

 
     2,215,962  
     

 

 

 
   ABS Other — 0.3%  
  224,562      AIM Aviation Finance Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class B1, 5.072%, 2/15/2040, 144A(a)      223,045  
  248,472      Wave LLC, Series 2017-1A, Class B, 5.682%, 11/15/2042, 144A(d)      249,093  
     

 

 

 
     472,138  
     

 

 

 
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.2%  
  95,000      Engility Corp., 8.875%, 9/01/2024      98,771  
  638,000      Leonardo U.S. Holdings, Inc., 6.250%, 1/15/2040, 144A      709,571  
  383,000      Leonardo U.S. Holdings, Inc., 7.375%, 7/15/2039, 144A      467,260  
  845,000      TransDigm, Inc., 6.500%, 7/15/2024      866,125  
     

 

 

 
     2,141,727  
     

 

 

 
   Airlines — 0.4%  
  535,000      Latam Finance Ltd., 6.875%, 4/11/2024, 144A      559,744  
  43,850      Virgin Australia Pass Through Certificates, Series 2013-1B, 6.000%, 4/23/2022, 144A      44,737  
  44,323      Virgin Australia Pass Through Certificates, Series 2013-1C, 7.125%, 10/23/2018, 144A      44,916  
     

 

 

 
     649,397  
     

 

 

 
   Automotive — 1.1%  
  680,000      Allison Transmission, Inc., 4.750%, 10/01/2027, 144A      640,900  
  195,000      Allison Transmission, Inc., 5.000%, 10/01/2024, 144A      193,294  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles High Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Automotive — continued  
$ 285,000      Dana Financing Luxembourg S.a.r.l., 5.750%, 4/15/2025, 144A    $ 290,344  
  115,000      Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The), 5.000%, 5/31/2026      111,837  
  240,000      Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The), 5.125%, 11/15/2023      241,500  
  420,000      Midas Intermediate Holdco II LLC/Midas Intermediate Holdco II Finance, Inc., 7.875%, 10/01/2022, 144A      421,050  
     

 

 

 
     1,898,925  
     

 

 

 
   Banking — 4.8%  
  1,985,000      Ally Financial, Inc., 4.625%, 3/30/2025      1,960,187  
  485,000      Ally Financial, Inc., 5.750%, 11/20/2025      499,695  
  6,605,000      Banco Hipotecario S.A., Argentina Deposit Rates Badlar Private Banks + 2.500%, 23.708%, 1/12/2020, 144A, (ARS)(b)      321,857  
  6,270,000      Banco Hipotecario S.A., Argentina Deposit Rates Badlar Private Banks + 4.000%, 26.771%, 11/07/2022, 144A, (ARS)(b)      313,715  
  8,775,000      Banco Macro S.A., 17.500%, 5/08/2022, 144A, (ARS)      412,708  
  7,075,000      Banco Supervielle S.A., Argentina Deposit Rates Badlar Private Banks + 4.500%, 27.271%, 8/09/2020, 144A, (ARS)(b)      343,711  
  1,280,000      Barclays PLC, 5.200%, 5/12/2026(c)      1,290,295  
  1,195,000      Commerzbank AG, 8.125%, 9/19/2023, 144A      1,391,972  
  400,000      Deutsche Bank AG, (fixed rate to 12/01/2027, variable rate thereafter), 4.875%, 12/01/2032      369,844  
  470,000      Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, 5.017%, 6/26/2024, 144A      463,584  
  895,000      Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, 5.710%, 1/15/2026, 144A      898,191  
     

 

 

 
     8,265,759  
     

 

 

 
   Brokerage — 0.3%  
  535,000      Jefferies Finance LLC/JFIN Co-Issuer Corp., 6.875%, 4/15/2022, 144A      529,650  
     

 

 

 
   Building Materials — 1.5%  
  610,000      Beacon Escrow Corp., 4.875%, 11/01/2025, 144A      581,025  
  230,000      Cemex SAB de CV, 5.700%, 1/11/2025, 144A      235,865  
  350,000      Cemex SAB de CV, 7.750%, 4/16/2026, 144A      385,595  
  420,000      James Hardie International Finance Ltd., 4.750%, 1/15/2025, 144A      411,600  
  445,000      James Hardie International Finance Ltd., 5.000%, 1/15/2028, 144A      431,650  
  130,000      Jeld-Wen, Inc., 4.625%, 12/15/2025, 144A      123,825  
  160,000      Jeld-Wen, Inc., 4.875%, 12/15/2027, 144A      151,200  
  50,000      Masco Corp., 6.500%, 8/15/2032      57,932  
  180,000      U.S. Concrete, Inc., 6.375%, 6/01/2024      186,750  
     

 

 

 
     2,565,442  
     

 

 

 
   Cable Satellite — 5.0%  
  795,000      Altice Financing S.A., 6.625%, 2/15/2023, 144A      787,050  
  475,000      CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.125%, 2/15/2023      478,087  
  625,000      CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.125%, 5/01/2023, 144A      625,781  
  15,000      CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.750%, 1/15/2024      15,225  
  865,000      CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.750%, 2/15/2026, 144A      860,684  
  1,360,000      CSC Holdings LLC, 5.500%, 4/15/2027, 144A      1,302,200  
  75,000      CSC Holdings LLC, 6.750%, 11/15/2021      78,094  
  355,000      Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 5.000%, 8/01/2027, 144A      333,700  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles High Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Cable Satellite — continued  
$ 800,000      Telenet Finance Luxembourg Notes S.a.r.l., 5.500%, 3/01/2028, 144A    $ 762,104  
  1,485,000      Unitymedia GmbH, 6.125%, 1/15/2025, 144A      1,557,394  
  265,000      Virgin Media Finance PLC, 6.000%, 10/15/2024, 144A      262,350  
  485,000      Virgin Media Finance PLC, 6.375%, 4/15/2023, 144A      492,275  
  375,000      Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, 5.500%, 1/15/2025, 144A      365,625  
  840,000      Ziggo Secured Finance BV, 5.500%, 1/15/2027, 144A      789,356  
     

 

 

 
     8,709,925  
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 0.9%  
  1,510,000      Hercules LLC, 6.500%, 6/30/2029(e)(f)      1,530,763  
     

 

 

 
   Construction Machinery — 1.1%  
  225,000      Ashtead Capital, Inc., 4.125%, 8/15/2025, 144A      216,000  
  235,000      Ashtead Capital, Inc., 4.375%, 8/15/2027, 144A      223,250  
  615,000      United Rentals North America, Inc., 4.625%, 10/15/2025      598,087  
  15,000      United Rentals North America, Inc., 5.500%, 5/15/2027      15,113  
  800,000      United Rentals North America, Inc., 5.750%, 11/15/2024      832,840  
     

 

 

 
     1,885,290  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Cyclical Services — 0.3%  
  235,000      IHS Markit Ltd., 4.000%, 3/01/2026, 144A      225,600  
  350,000      ServiceMaster Co. LLC (The), 7.450%, 8/15/2027      377,125  
     

 

 

 
     602,725  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Products — 0.5%  
  790,000      Coty, Inc., 6.500%, 4/15/2026, 144A      793,950  
     

 

 

 
   Electric — 1.6%  
  125,000      AES Corp., 5.125%, 9/01/2027      127,187  
  479,000      AES Corp. (The), 5.500%, 4/15/2025      496,196  
  150,000      AES Corp. (The), 6.000%, 5/15/2026      157,875  
  808,000,000      Empresas Publicas de Medellin ESP, 8.375%, 11/08/2027, 144A, (COP)      296,944  
  1,502,000      Enel SpA, (fixed rate to 9/24/2023, variable rate thereafter), 8.750%, 9/24/2073, 144A      1,779,870  
     

 

 

 
     2,858,072  
     

 

 

 
   Environmental — 0.1%  
  100,000      GFL Environmental, Inc., 5.625%, 5/01/2022, 144A      100,000  
  95,000      GFL Environmental, Inc., 9.875%, 2/01/2021, 144A      100,225  
     

 

 

 
     200,225  
     

 

 

 
   Finance Companies — 3.3%  
  1,055,000      Aircastle Ltd., 4.125%, 5/01/2024      1,033,900  
  515,000      Aircastle Ltd., 5.500%, 2/15/2022      536,887  
  120,000      CIT Group, Inc., 4.125%, 3/09/2021      120,600  
  120,000      iStar, Inc., 4.625%, 9/15/2020      120,150  
  505,000      iStar, Inc., 5.000%, 7/01/2019      506,601  
  395,000      iStar, Inc., 5.250%, 9/15/2022      382,163  
  720,000      Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP/Ladder Capital Finance Corp., 5.250%, 10/01/2025, 144A      682,200  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Finance Companies — continued  
$ 255,000      Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP/Ladder Capital Finance Corp., 5.875%, 8/01/2021, 144A    $ 259,452  
  315,000      Provident Funding Associates LP/PFG Finance Corp., 6.375%, 6/15/2025, 144A      316,181  
  620,000      Quicken Loans, Inc., 5.250%, 1/15/2028, 144A      579,700  
  710,000      Quicken Loans, Inc., 5.750%, 5/01/2025, 144A      708,225  
  405,000      Unifin Financiera SAB de CV SOFOM ENR, 7.250%, 9/27/2023, 144A      412,691  
     

 

 

 
     5,658,750  
     

 

 

 
   Financial Other — 0.4%  
  565,000      Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp, 6.000%, 8/01/2020      576,300  
  180,000      Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 5.875%, 2/01/2022      180,450  
     

 

 

 
     756,750  
     

 

 

 
   Food & Beverage — 2.1%  
  200,000      BRF GmbH, 4.350%, 9/29/2026, 144A      173,160  
  840,000      Cosan Luxembourg S.A., 7.000%, 1/20/2027, 144A      893,416  
  330,000      JBS USA LUX S.A./JBS USA Finance, Inc., 5.750%, 6/15/2025, 144A      307,725  
  255,000      JBS USA LUX S.A./JBS USA Finance, Inc., 7.250%, 6/01/2021, 144A      256,912  
  385,000      Marfrig Holdings Europe BV, Class B, 8.000%, 6/08/2023, 144A      386,686  
  280,000      Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., 5.750%, 3/15/2025, 144A      271,911  
  540,000      Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., 5.875%, 9/30/2027, 144A      508,842  
  830,000      Post Holdings, Inc., 5.750%, 3/01/2027, 144A      825,850  
     

 

 

 
     3,624,502  
     

 

 

 
   Gaming — 0.9%  
  175,000      Boyd Gaming Corp., 6.375%, 4/01/2026      182,457  
  375,000      GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc., 5.375%, 4/15/2026      380,625  
  210,000      MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP / MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc., 4.500%, 1/15/2028      196,938  
  725,000      MGM Resorts International, 6.000%, 3/15/2023      761,250  
     

 

 

 
     1,521,270  
     

 

 

 
   Government Owned – No Guarantee — 2.7%  
  740,000      Petrobras Global Finance BV, 5.625%, 5/20/2043      645,650  
  175,000      Petrobras Global Finance BV, 5.750%, 2/01/2029      169,335  
  755,000      Petrobras Global Finance BV, 5.999%, 1/27/2028, 144A      747,450  
  50,000      Petrobras Global Finance BV, 6.750%, 1/27/2041      48,750  
  160,000      Petrobras Global Finance BV, 6.875%, 1/20/2040      157,360  
  405,000      Petrobras Global Finance BV, 7.250%, 3/17/2044      413,100  
  160,521(††)      Petroleos Mexicanos, 7.190%, 9/12/2024, 144A, (MXN)(c)      796,071  
  129,850(††)      Petroleos Mexicanos, 7.470%, 11/12/2026, (MXN)(c)      632,123  
  710,000      YPF S.A., 6.950%, 7/21/2027, 144A      712,911  
  510,000      YPF S.A., Argentina Deposit Rates Badlar Private Banks + 4.000%, 27.125%, 7/07/2020, 144A(b)      391,024  
     

 

 

 
     4,713,774  
     

 

 

 
   Health Insurance — 0.2%  
  365,000      Centene Corp., 6.125%, 2/15/2024      379,856  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles High Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Healthcare — 4.5%  
$ 155,000      HCA, Inc., 4.500%, 2/15/2027    $ 149,575  
  25,000      HCA, Inc., 5.250%, 4/15/2025      25,555  
  90,000      HCA, Inc., 5.250%, 6/15/2026      91,170  
  260,000      HCA, Inc., 5.375%, 2/01/2025      260,650  
  170,000      HCA, Inc., 7.050%, 12/01/2027      179,775  
  655,000      HCA, Inc., 7.500%, 12/15/2023      718,862  
  145,000      HCA, Inc., 7.500%, 11/06/2033      158,413  
  590,000      HCA, Inc., 7.690%, 6/15/2025      650,475  
  480,000      HCA, Inc., 8.360%, 4/15/2024      548,400  
  820,000      HCA, Inc., MTN, 7.580%, 9/15/2025      898,925  
  515,000      HCA, Inc., MTN, 7.750%, 7/15/2036      566,500  
  275,000      Hologic, Inc., 4.375%, 10/15/2025, 144A      265,375  
  315,000      Hologic, Inc., 4.625%, 2/01/2028, 144A      302,400  
  390,000      Polaris Intermediate Corp., PIK, 8.500%, 12/01/2022, 144A(g)      397,804  
  200,000      Quintiles IMS, Inc., 5.000%, 10/15/2026, 144A      199,272  
  960,000      Surgery Center Holdings, Inc., 6.750%, 7/01/2025, 144A      931,200  
  390,000      Tenet Healthcare Corp., 5.125%, 5/01/2025, 144A      374,888  
  180,000      Tenet Healthcare Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/2031      163,800  
  830,000      Tenet Healthcare Corp., 7.500%, 1/01/2022, 144A      874,612  
     

 

 

 
     7,757,651  
     

 

 

 
   Home Construction — 2.0%  
  1,200,000      Corporacion GEO SAB de CV, 8.875%, 3/27/2022, 144A(d)(f)(h)(i)      12  
  750,000      K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 5.000%, 11/01/2021(e)(f)      678,105  
  800,000      Lennar Corp., 4.750%, 5/30/2025      788,000  
  1,130,000      PulteGroup, Inc., 5.500%, 3/01/2026      1,164,465  
  915,000      TRI Pointe Group, Inc./TRI Pointe Homes, Inc., 4.375%, 6/15/2019      917,287  
     

 

 

 
     3,547,869  
     

 

 

 
   Independent Energy — 8.2%  
  460,000      Aker BP ASA, 5.875%, 3/31/2025, 144A      465,750  
  335,000      Aker BP ASA, 6.000%, 7/01/2022, 144A      345,888  
  310,000      Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC/ARU Finance Corp., 10.000%, 4/01/2022, 144A      334,800  
  685,000      Baytex Energy Corp., 5.625%, 6/01/2024, 144A      602,800  
  90,000      California Resources Corp., 5.500%, 9/15/2021      69,373  
  41,000      California Resources Corp., 6.000%, 11/15/2024      25,050  
  460,000      California Resources Corp., 8.000%, 12/15/2022, 144A      361,100  
  140,000      Callon Petroleum Co., 6.125%, 10/01/2024      143,192  
  153,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 4.875%, 4/15/2022      141,525  
  8,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.750%, 3/15/2023      7,210  
  13,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.125%, 2/15/2021      13,065  
  34,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.625%, 8/15/2020      35,020  
  795,000      CNX Resources Corp., 5.875%, 4/15/2022      799,969  
  645,000      Continental Resources, Inc., 3.800%, 6/01/2024      620,812  
  235,000      Continental Resources, Inc., 4.500%, 4/15/2023      237,644  
  470,000      Continental Resources, Inc., 5.000%, 9/15/2022      476,462  
  690,000      Eclipse Resources Corp., 8.875%, 7/15/2023      651,187  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles High Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Independent Energy — continued  
$ 595,000      Gulfport Energy Corp., 6.375%, 5/15/2025    $ 569,712  
  265,000      Gulfport Energy Corp., 6.375%, 1/15/2026      251,750  
  202,000      Halcon Resources Corp., 6.750%, 2/15/2025      198,465  
  145,000      Matador Resources Co., 6.875%, 4/15/2023      150,800  
  410,000      MEG Energy Corp., 6.375%, 1/30/2023, 144A      342,350  
  600,000      MEG Energy Corp., 6.500%, 1/15/2025, 144A      582,000  
  585,000      MEG Energy Corp., 7.000%, 3/31/2024, 144A      482,625  
  185,000      Newfield Exploration Co., 5.625%, 7/01/2024      195,175  
  625,000      Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 6.875%, 3/15/2022      633,900  
  100,000      PDC Energy, Inc., 6.125%, 9/15/2024      102,000  
  445,000      QEP Resources, Inc., 5.375%, 10/01/2022      444,444  
  1,150,000      Rex Energy Corp., 8.000%, 10/01/2020(e)(f)      327,750  
  565,000      RSP Permian, Inc., 6.625%, 10/01/2022      590,419  
  330,000      Sanchez Energy Corp., 6.125%, 1/15/2023      240,694  
  755,000      Sanchez Energy Corp., 7.250%, 2/15/2023, 144A      758,775  
  325,000      Seven Generations Energy Ltd., 5.375%, 9/30/2025, 144A      310,375  
  920,000      SM Energy Co., 5.000%, 1/15/2024      853,300  
  35,000      SM Energy Co., 6.125%, 11/15/2022      35,000  
  60,000      SM Energy Co., 6.500%, 1/01/2023      59,550  
  190,000      SM Energy Co., 6.750%, 9/15/2026      188,100  
  395,000      Southwestern Energy Co., 6.700%, 1/23/2025      383,348  
  285,000      Southwestern Energy Co., 7.500%, 4/01/2026      287,850  
  405,000      Whiting Petroleum Corp., 5.750%, 3/15/2021      409,042  
  50,000      Whiting Petroleum Corp., 6.250%, 4/01/2023      50,506  
  355,000      Whiting Petroleum Corp., 6.625%, 1/15/2026, 144A      357,663  
     

 

 

 
     14,136,440  
     

 

 

 
   Integrated Energy — 0.1%  
  200,000      Geopark Ltd., 6.500%, 9/21/2024, 144A      200,108  
     

 

 

 
   Leisure — 0.2%  
  85,000      Boyne USA, Inc., 7.250%, 5/01/2025, 144A      87,231  
  230,000      Constellation Merger Sub, Inc., 8.500%, 9/15/2025, 144A      222,525  
     

 

 

 
     309,756  
     

 

 

 
   Life Insurance — 0.2%  
  340,000      CNO Financial Group, Inc., 5.250%, 5/30/2025      338,300  
     

 

 

 
   Local Authorities — 0.4%  
  325,000      Provincia de Buenos Aires, 6.500%, 2/15/2023, 144A      332,862  
  270,000      Provincia de Buenos Aires, 7.875%, 6/15/2027, 144A      280,125  
  2,390,000      Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina Deposit Rates Badlar Private Banks + 3.830%, 26.832%, 5/31/2022, (ARS)(b)      122,865  
     

 

 

 
     735,852  
     

 

 

 
   Lodging — 0.9%  
  150,000      Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc., 4.250%, 9/01/2024      145,500  
  755,000      Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC/Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp., 4.625%, 4/01/2025      754,056  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles High Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Lodging — continued  
$ 705,000      Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC/Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp., 4.875%, 4/01/2027    $ 697,069  
     

 

 

 
     1,596,625  
     

 

 

 
   Media Entertainment — 2.7%  
  890,000      AMC Networks, Inc., 4.750%, 8/01/2025      857,631  
  1,155,000      Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Series B, 6.500%, 11/15/2022      1,178,908  
  1,305,000      Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Series B, 7.625%, 3/15/2020      1,303,369  
  160,000      Match Group, Inc., 5.000%, 12/15/2027, 144A      157,600  
  395,000      Meredith Corp., 6.875%, 2/01/2026, 144A      405,369  
  890,000      Netflix, Inc., 4.875%, 4/15/2028, 144A      855,824  
     

 

 

 
     4,758,701  
     

 

 

 
   Metals & Mining — 2.2%  
  610,000      ArcelorMittal, 7.000%, 3/01/2041      709,125  
  400,000      First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 6.500%, 3/01/2024, 144A      379,500  
  145,000      First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 7.000%, 2/15/2021, 144A      145,453  
  270,000      First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 7.250%, 5/15/2022, 144A      270,000  
  1,375,000      Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 4.550%, 11/14/2024      1,350,938  
  400,000      Gerdau Trade, Inc., 4.875%, 10/24/2027, 144A      394,932  
  245,000      Glencore Finance Canada Ltd., 5.550%, 10/25/2042, 144A      258,237  
  80,000      Vale Overseas Ltd., 6.875%, 11/10/2039      94,800  
  190,000      Vale S.A., 5.625%, 9/11/2042      200,545  
     

 

 

 
     3,803,530  
     

 

 

 
   Midstream — 3.4%  
  435,000      Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC, 5.125%, 6/30/2027      431,737  
  1,265,000      Hess Infrastructure Partners LP/Hess Infrastructure Partners Finance Corp., 5.625%, 2/15/2026, 144A      1,242,862  
  570,000      NGL Energy Partners LP/NGL Energy Finance Corp., 5.125%, 7/15/2019      570,331  
  200,000      NGL Energy Partners LP/NGL Energy Finance Corp., 6.125%, 3/01/2025      190,500  
  135,000      NGL Energy Partners LP/NGL Energy Finance Corp., 6.875%, 10/15/2021      134,663  
  405,000      NGL Energy Partners LP/NGL Energy Finance Corp., 7.500%, 11/01/2023      406,519  
  165,000      NGPL PipeCo LLC, 4.375%, 8/15/2022, 144A      163,969  
  700,000      NGPL PipeCo LLC, 4.875%, 8/15/2027, 144A      689,500  
  385,000      SemGroup Corp./Rose Rock Finance Corp., 5.625%, 7/15/2022      373,450  
  935,000      Summit Midstream Holdings LLC/Summit Midstream Finance Corp., 5.500%, 8/15/2022      911,625  
  95,000      Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., 4.250%, 11/15/2023      91,200  
  640,000      Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., 5.250%, 5/01/2023      644,800  
     

 

 

 
     5,851,156  
     

 

 

 
   Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 0.8%  
  1,020,000      Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-USA, Class E, 4.373%, 9/15/2037, 144A      910,604  
  264,395      GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2007-GG10, Class AM, 5.826%, 8/10/2045(a)      266,631  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles High Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — continued  
$ 25,103      JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2007-LDPX, Class AM, 5.464%, 1/15/2049(a)    $ 25,172  
  125,000      WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-C7, Class E, 4.826%, 6/15/2045, 144A(a)      101,184  
     

 

 

 
     1,303,591  
     

 

 

 
   Oil Field Services — 1.1%  
  430,000      Ensco PLC, 5.750%, 10/01/2044      291,325  
  160,000      Noble Holding International Ltd., 5.250%, 3/15/2042      99,200  
  160,000      Noble Holding International Ltd., 6.050%, 3/01/2041      104,800  
  420,000      Noble Holding International Ltd., 7.750%, 1/15/2024      389,550  
  530,000      Noble Holding International Ltd., 7.875%, 2/01/2026, 144A      522,050  
  35,000      Parker Drilling Co., 6.750%, 7/15/2022      27,334  
  105,000      Shelf Drilling Holdings Ltd., 8.250%, 2/15/2025, 144A      105,262  
  252,000      Transocean Proteus Ltd., 6.250%, 12/01/2024, 144A      256,410  
  175,000      Transocean, Inc., 7.500%, 1/15/2026, 144A      172,375  
     

 

 

 
     1,968,306  
     

 

 

 
   Packaging — 1.7%  
  200,000      ARD Finance S.A., PIK, 7.125%, 9/15/2023(g)      207,250  
  395,000      Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh MP Holdings USA, Inc., 4.625%, 5/15/2023, 144A      396,481  
  200,000      Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh MP Holdings USA, Inc., 7.250%, 5/15/2024, 144A      212,750  
  665,000      Ball Corp., 4.875%, 3/15/2026      666,729  
  610,000      Berry Global, Inc., 4.500%, 2/15/2026, 144A      577,213  
  350,000      Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp., 4.750%, 2/01/2026, 144A      338,625  
  600,000      Signode Industrial Group Lux S.A./Signode Industrial Group U.S., Inc., 6.375%, 5/01/2022, 144A      617,250  
     

 

 

 
     3,016,298  
     

 

 

 
   Paper — 0.4%  
  440,000      Klabin Finance S.A., 4.875%, 9/19/2027, 144A      422,950  
  210,000      Suzano Austria GmbH, 5.750%, 7/14/2026, 144A      220,521  
     

 

 

 
     643,471  
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.1%  
  280,000      Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., 4.875%, 1/15/2026, 144A      273,000  
  200,000      Endo Dac/Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finance, Inc., 5.875%, 10/15/2024, 144A      197,000  
  380,000      Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, 4.100%, 10/01/2046      279,458  
  265,000      Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., 5.500%, 3/01/2023, 144A      231,875  
  85,000      Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., 5.625%, 12/01/2021, 144A      81,175  
  990,000      Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., 5.875%, 5/15/2023, 144A      873,665  
     

 

 

 
     1,936,173  
     

 

 

 
   Property & Casualty Insurance — 1.3%  
  435,000      Ardonagh Midco 3 PLC, 8.375%, 7/15/2023, 144A, (GBP)      625,319  
  820,000      Ardonagh Midco 3 PLC, 8.625%, 7/15/2023, 144A      846,322  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Property & Casualty Insurance — continued  
$ 786,000      HUB International Ltd., 7.875%, 10/01/2021, 144A    $ 813,510  
     

 

 

 
     2,285,151  
     

 

 

 
   Refining — 0.4%  
  635,000      Parkland Fuel Corp., 6.000%, 4/01/2026, 144A      638,175  
     

 

 

 
   Restaurants — 0.5%  
  890,000      1011778 B.C. ULC/New Red Finance, Inc., 5.000%, 10/15/2025, 144A      847,458  
     

 

 

 
   Retailers — 0.7%  
  40,000      Dillard’s, Inc., 7.000%, 12/01/2028      43,081  
  435,000      Dillard’s, Inc., 7.750%, 7/15/2026      488,292  
  205,000      Dillard’s, Inc., 7.750%, 5/15/2027      233,488  
  250,000      L Brands, Inc., 6.750%, 7/01/2036      240,000  
  180,000      L Brands, Inc., 6.875%, 11/01/2035      174,600  
  520,000      Nine West Holdings, Inc., 6.125%, 11/15/2034(e)(f)      52,000  
     

 

 

 
     1,231,461  
     

 

 

 
   Sovereigns — 0.3%  
  10,810,000      Argentina Politica Monetaria, Argentina Central Bank 7-day Repo Reference Rate, 27.935%, 6/21/2020, (ARS)(b)      571,042  
     

 

 

 
   Supermarkets — 0.6%  
  335,000      Albertson’s Cos. LLC/Safeway, Inc./New Albertson’s, Inc./Albertson’s LLC, 5.750%, 3/15/2025      285,688  
  935,000      New Albertsons LP, Series C, MTN, 6.625%, 6/01/2028      719,950  
     

 

 

 
     1,005,638  
     

 

 

 
   Supranational — 1.1%  
  5,190,000,000      International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 4.250%, 6/20/2019, (COP)(c)      1,852,757  
     

 

 

 
   Technology — 4.5%  
  416,000      Blackboard, Inc., 9.750%, 10/15/2021, 144A      353,600  
  170,000      Camelot Finance S.A., 7.875%, 10/15/2024, 144A      177,438  
  60,000      CommScope Technologies LLC, 6.000%, 6/15/2025, 144A      62,430  
  1,440,000      Dell International LLC/EMC Corp., 6.020%, 6/15/2026, 144A      1,550,767  
  1,345,000      Dell International LLC/EMC Corp., 8.350%, 7/15/2046, 144A      1,708,392  
  430,000      First Data Corp., 5.000%, 1/15/2024, 144A      430,000  
  800,000      First Data Corp., 7.000%, 12/01/2023, 144A      839,760  
  55,000      Micron Technology, Inc., 5.250%, 1/15/2024, 144A      56,856  
  95,000      Micron Technology, Inc., 5.500%, 2/01/2025      98,563  
  515,000      Open Text Corp., 5.625%, 1/15/2023, 144A      533,669  
  190,000      Open Text Corp., 5.875%, 6/01/2026, 144A      195,405  
  275,000      Sabre GLBL, Inc., 5.250%, 11/15/2023, 144A      277,832  
  405,000      Sabre GLBL, Inc., 5.375%, 4/15/2023, 144A      408,544  
  200,000      Veritas U.S., Inc./Veritas Bermuda Ltd., 10.500%, 2/01/2024, 144A      187,000  
  900,000      Western Digital Corp., 4.750%, 2/15/2026      898,020  
     

 

 

 
     7,778,276  
     

 

 

 
   Transportation Services — 0.2%  
  275,000      APL Ltd., 8.000%, 1/15/2024(e)(f)      266,750  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Treasuries — 6.4%  
  263,668(††)      Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M, 5.750%, 3/05/2026, (MXN)(c)    $ 1,316,890  
  210,870(††)      Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M, 7.750%, 11/13/2042, (MXN)      1,177,288  
  131,759(††)      Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M-20, 10.000%, 12/05/2024, (MXN)(c)      831,415  
  29,260,000      South Africa Government International Bond, 8.750%, 1/31/2044, (ZAR)      2,429,224  
  2,685,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.250%, 6/30/2019      2,653,955  
  2,705,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.375%, 2/15/2020      2,659,881  
     

 

 

 
     11,068,653  
     

 

 

 
   Wireless — 3.3%  
  6,000,000      America Movil SAB de CV, 6.450%, 12/05/2022, (MXN)      304,871  
  6,100,000      America Movil SAB de CV, 8.460%, 12/18/2036, (MXN)      304,521  
  200,000      Millicom International Cellular S.A., 5.125%, 1/15/2028, 144A      190,750  
  105,000      Nokia Oyj, 3.375%, 6/12/2022      101,138  
  865,000      Nokia Oyj, 4.375%, 6/12/2027      812,019  
  786,000      Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/2028      732,945  
  1,420,000      Sprint Corp., 7.250%, 9/15/2021      1,467,925  
  315,000      T-Mobile USA, Inc., 4.500%, 2/01/2026      302,400  
  895,000      T-Mobile USA, Inc., 4.750%, 2/01/2028      860,319  
  530,000      T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.000%, 4/15/2024      552,048  
     

 

 

 
     5,628,936  
     

 

 

 
   Wirelines — 2.4%  
  705,000      CenturyLink, Inc., Series U, 7.650%, 3/15/2042      597,488  
  130,000      Cincinnati Bell Telephone Co. LLC, 6.300%, 12/01/2028      126,100  
  60,000,000      Empresa de Telecomunicaniones de Bogota, 7.000%, 1/17/2023, 144A, (COP)      17,510  
  495,000      Frontier Communications Corp., 8.500%, 4/01/2026, 144A      478,913  
  405,000      Frontier Communications Corp., 9.000%, 8/15/2031      246,038  
  1,545,000      Level 3 Financing, Inc., 5.250%, 3/15/2026      1,456,162  
  705,000      Level 3 Parent LLC, 5.750%, 12/01/2022      703,237  
  120,000      Telecom Italia Capital S.A., 7.200%, 7/18/2036      140,700  
  505,000      Windstream Services LLC/Windstream Finance Corp., 7.750%, 10/15/2020      421,675  
     

 

 

 
     4,187,823  
     

 

 

 
   Total Non-Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $142,134,061)
     141,240,799  
     

 

 

 
     
  Convertible Bonds — 10.4%  
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.2%  
  375,000      Kaman Corp., 3.250%, 5/01/2024, 144A      425,415  
     

 

 

 
   Building Materials — 0.2%  
  320,000      Tutor Perini Corp., 2.875%, 6/15/2021      337,146  
     

 

 

 
   Cable Satellite — 1.1%  
  1,330,000      DISH Network Corp., 2.375%, 3/15/2024      1,176,107  
  735,000      DISH Network Corp., 3.375%, 8/15/2026      707,952  
     

 

 

 
     1,884,059  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Cyclical Services — 0.5%  
  910,000      Macquarie Infrastructure Corp., 2.000%, 10/01/2023      807,625  
     

 

 

 

 

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Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Diversified Operations — 0.1%  
$ 160,000      RWT Holdings, Inc., 5.625%, 11/15/2019    $ 160,800  
     

 

 

 
   Healthcare — 0.8%  
  510,000      Evolent Health, Inc., 2.000%, 12/01/2021      512,010  
  125,000      Insulet Corp., 1.375%, 11/15/2024, 144A      143,065  
  610,000      Teladoc, Inc., 3.000%, 12/15/2022, 144A      720,793  
     

 

 

 
     1,375,868  
     

 

 

 
   Leisure — 0.1%  
  185,000      Rovi Corp., 0.500%, 3/01/2020      178,272  
     

 

 

 
   Midstream — 0.7%  
  940,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.500%, 9/15/2026      809,434  
  195,000      PDC Energy, Inc., 1.125%, 9/15/2021      189,335  
  60,000      SM Energy Co., 1.500%, 7/01/2021      56,640  
  170,000      Whiting Petroleum Corp., 1.250%, 4/01/2020      160,010  
     

 

 

 
     1,215,419  
     

 

 

 
   Oil Field Services — 0.4%  
  95,000      Hercules Capital, Inc., 4.375%, 2/01/2022      96,122  
  860,000      Nabors Industries, Inc., 0.750%, 1/15/2024, 144A      643,640  
     

 

 

 
     739,762  
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 3.8%  
  355,000      Acorda Therapeutics, Inc., 1.750%, 6/15/2021      322,657  
  1,625,000      BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., 0.599%, 8/01/2024      1,525,469  
  435,000      BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., 1.500%, 10/15/2020      479,044  
  115,000      Dermira, Inc., 3.000%, 5/15/2022, 144A      91,002  
  410,000      Flexion Therapeutics, Inc., 3.375%, 5/01/2024, 144A      466,573  
  465,000      Horizon Pharma Investment Ltd., 2.500%, 3/15/2022      426,433  
  1,710,000      Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 3.250%, 7/01/2023      1,370,137  
  310,000      Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1.000%, 11/15/2021      306,260  
  565,000      Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., 2.250%, 5/15/2024, 144A      740,085  
  460,000      Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 2.375%, 4/01/2022      419,175  
  85,000      SareptaTherapeutics, Inc., 1.500%, 11/15/2024, 144A      105,928  
  270,000      Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 0.625%, 4/01/2023, 144A      286,563  
     

 

 

 
     6,539,326  
     

 

 

 
   Railroads — 0.3%  
  35,000      Echo Global Logistics, Inc., 2.500%, 5/01/2020      35,515  
  410,000      Greenbrier Cos., Inc. (The), 2.875%, 2/01/2024      468,426  
     

 

 

 
     503,941  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Mortgage — 0.2%  
  435,000      iStar, Inc., 3.125%, 9/15/2022, 144A      413,910  
     

 

 

 
   Technology — 2.0%  
  1,370,000      Finisar Corp., 0.500%, 12/15/2036      1,230,820  
  295,000      MagnaChip Semiconductor S.A., 5.000%, 3/01/2021      396,259  
  1,105,000      Nuance Communications, Inc., 1.000%, 12/15/2035      1,051,098  
  315,000      Nuance Communications, Inc., 1.250%, 4/01/2025, 144A      311,573  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Technology — continued  
$ 450,000      Verint Systems, Inc., 1.500%, 6/01/2021    $ 438,080  
     

 

 

 
     3,427,830  
     

 

 

 
   Total Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $18,516,135)
     18,009,373  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Bonds and Notes
(Identified Cost $160,650,196)
     159,250,172  
     

 

 

 
     
  Loan Participations — 0.3%  
   ABS Other — 0.3%  
  476,191      Harbour Aircraft Investments Ltd., Series 2017-1, Class C, 8.000%, 11/15/203(d)(h)
(Identified Cost $475,073)
     474,775  
     

 

 

 
     
  Senior Loans — 1.2%  
   Independent Energy — 0.3%  
  531,086      Chesapeake Energy Corp., Term Loan, 3-month LIBOR + 7.500%, 9.444%, 8/23/2021(b)      563,424  
     

 

 

 
   Supermarkets — 0.3%  
  431,053      Albertsons LLC, USD 2017 Term Loan B4, 1-month LIBOR + 2.750%, 4.627%, 8/25/2021(b)      425,518  
     

 

 

 
   Transportation Services — 0.6%  
  1,042,134      Uber Technologies, 2018 Term Loan, 4/04/2025(j)      1,046,042  
     

 

 

 
   Total Senior Loans
(Identified Cost $1,999,501)
     2,034,984  
     

 

 

 
     
Shares                
  Preferred Stocks — 1.3%  
  Convertible Preferred Stocks — 1.3%  
   Food & Beverage — 0.9%  
  14,765      Bunge Ltd., 4.875%      1,600,146  
     

 

 

 
   Midstream — 0.4%  
  137      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.750%      78,261  
  988      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.750%      559,159  
  20      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.750%, 144A      11,319  
     

 

 

 
     648,739  
     

 

 

 
   Total Convertible Preferred Stocks
(Identified Cost $2,234,677)
     2,248,885  
     

 

 

 
     

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Shares
     Description    Value (†)  
  Non-Convertible Preferred Stock — 0.0%  
   Finance Companies — 0.0%  
  550      iStar, Inc., Series G, 7.650%
(Identified Cost $10,956)
   $ 13,585  
     

 

 

 
   Total Preferred Stocks
(Identified Cost $2,245,633)
     2,262,470  
     

 

 

 
     
  Other Investments — 0.6%  
   Aircraft ABS — 0.6%  
  8,415      Aergen LLC(d)(f)(h)(k)      44,852  
  100      ECAF I Blocker Ltd.(d)(f)(h)(k)      990,301  
     

 

 

 
   Total Aircraft ABS
(Identified Cost $1,009,913)
     1,035,153  
     

 

 

 
     
  Common Stocks — 1.8%  
   Media — 0.0%  
  4,113      Dex Media, Inc.(k)(l)      35,166  
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.5%  
  24,185      Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.(l)      670,166  
  8,265      Frontera Energy Corp.(l)      231,011  
  12,992      Halcon Resources Corp.(l)      63,271  
  14,882      Kinder Morgan, Inc.      224,123  
  5,106      Paragon Offshore Ltd., Litigation Units, Class B(k)(l)      150,627  
  3,403      Paragon Offshore Ltd., Litigation Units, Class A(k)(l)      3,631  
  1,725      Rex Energy Corp.(e)(f)(l)      1,573  
  36,249      Whiting Petroleum Corp.(l)      1,226,666  
     

 

 

 
     2,571,068  
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.3%  
  1,189      Allergan PLC      200,097  
  5,539      Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.      350,342  
     

 

 

 
     550,439  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $6,991,656)
     3,156,673  
     

 

 

 
     
  Warrants — 0.0%  
  3,528      Halcon Resources Corp., Expiration on 9/9/2020 at $14.04(l)
(Identified Cost $—)
     1,799  
     

 

 

 
     

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles High Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
  Short-Term Investments — 3.4%  
$ 5,837,065      Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/29/2018 at 0.900% to be repurchased at $5,837,649 on 4/02/2018 collateralized by $5,910,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.750% due 2/15/2024 valued at $5,957,540 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements) (Identified Cost $5,837,065)    $ 5,837,065  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Investments — 100.6%
(Identified Cost $179,209,037)
     174,053,091  
   Other assets less liabilities — (0.6)%      (989,382
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 173,063,709  
     

 

 

 
  (‡)      Principal Amount stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.  
  (†)      See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.  
  (††)      Amount shown represents units. One unit represents a principal amount of 100.  
  (a)      Variable rate security. The interest rate adjusts periodically based on; (i) changes in current interest rates and/or prepayments on underlying pools of assets, if applicable, (ii) reference to a base lending rate plus or minus a margin, and/or (iii) reference to a base lending rate adjusted by a multiplier and/or subject to certain floors or caps. Rate as of March 31, 2018 is disclosed.  
  (b)      Variable rate security. Rate as of March 31, 2018 is disclosed.  
  (c)      Security (or a portion thereof) has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open derivative contracts.  
  (d)      Level 3 security. Value has been determined using significant unobservable inputs. See Note 3 of Notes to Financial Statements.  
  (e)      Securities classified as fair valued pursuant to the Fund’s pricing policies and procedures. At March 31, 2018, the value of these securities amounted to $2,856,941 or 1.7% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.  
  (f)      Illiquid security.  
  (g)      Payment-in-kind security for which the issuer has the option at each interest payment date of making interest payments in cash or additional principal. For the period ended March 31, 2018, interest payments were made in cash.  
  (h)      Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser. At March 31, 2018, the value of these securities amounted to $1,509,940 or 0.9% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.  
  (i)      The issuer is in default with respect to interest and/or principal payments. Income is not being accrued.  
  (j)      Position is unsettled. Contract rate was not determined at March 31, 2018 and does not take effect until settlement date. Maturity date is not finalized until settlement date.  
  (k)      Securities subject to restriction on resale. At March 31, 2018, the restricted securities held by the Fund are as follows:  
       
   

Acquisition

Date

  Cost     Value     % of
Net Assets
 
Aergen LLC   March 6, 2017   $ 841,500     $ 44,852       Less than 0.1%  
Dex Media, Inc.   August 12, 2016     20,040       35,166       Less than 0.1%  
ECAF I Blocker Ltd.   Decemeber 20, 2016     1,000,000       990,301       0.6%  
Paragon Offshore Ltd., Litigation Units Class A   July 18, 2017     25,887       3,631       Less than 0.1%  
Paragon Offshore Ltd., Litigation Units Class B   July 18, 2017     517,958       150,627       0.1%  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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  (l)      Non-income producing security.  
     
  144A      All or a portion of these securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2018, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $69,220,732 or 40.0% of net assets.  
  ABS      Asset-Backed Securities  
  LIBOR      London Interbank Offered Rate  
  MTN      Medium Term Note  
  PIK      Payment-in-Kind  
  REITs      Real Estate Investment Trusts  
  
  ARS      Argentine Peso  
  COP      Colombian Peso  
  GBP      British Pound  
  MXN      Mexican Peso  
  ZAR      South African Rand  

At March 31, 2018, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Counterparty   Delivery
Date
    Currency
Bought/
Sold (B/S)
  Units
of
Currency
    In Exchange for     Notional
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
HSBC Bank USA     5/02/2018     GBP   S     165,000     $ 234,028     $ 231,771     $ 2,257  
HSBC Bank USA     5/02/2018     GBP   S     175,000       244,486       245,817       (1,331
Bank of America, N.A.     5/02/2018     ZAR   S     25,220,000       1,748,414       2,121,816       (373,402
             

 

 

 
Total               $ (372,476
             

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles High Income Fund – (continued)

 

Industry Summary at March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Independent Energy

     8.5

Technology

     6.5  

Treasuries

     6.4  

Cable Satellite

     6.1  

Healthcare

     5.3  

Pharmaceuticals

     5.2  

Banking

     4.8  

Midstream

     4.5  

Finance Companies

     3.3  

Wireless

     3.3  

Food & Beverage

     3.0  

Media Entertainment

     2.7  

Government Owned - No Guarantee

     2.7  

Wirelines

     2.4  

Metals & Mining

     2.2  

Home Construction

     2.0  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     28.3  

Short-Term Investments

     3.4  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     100.6  

Other assets less liabilities (including forward foreign currency contracts)

     (0.6
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes — 99.2% of Net Assets  
   ABS Car Loan — 11.5%  
$ 152,000      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2016-1, Class C, 2.890%, 1/10/2022    $ 152,147  
  72,000      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2016-2, Class C, 2.870%, 11/08/2021      72,136  
  160,000      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2016-3, Class C, 2.240%, 4/08/2022      157,046  
  555,000      Americredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2016-4, Class B, 1.830%, 12/08/2021      544,232  
  110,000      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2017-1, Class B, 2.300%, 2/18/2022      108,447  
  300,000      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2017-2, Class B, 2.400%, 5/18/2022      296,838  
  170,000      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2017-3, Class B, 2.240%, 6/19/2023      167,457  
  210,000      Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class A, 2.460%, 7/20/2020, 144A      209,188  
  360,000      Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2016-1A, Class A, 2.990%, 6/20/2022, 144A      358,020  
  365,000      Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2017-1A, Class A, 3.070%, 9/20/2023, 144A      361,388  
  285,000      Bank of the West Auto Trust, Series 2017-1, Class A3, 2.110%, 1/15/2023, 144A      280,280  
  520,000      California Republic Auto Recievables Trust, Series 2017-1, Class A4, 2.280%, 6/15/2022      514,613  
  175,000      Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust, Series 2017-1, Class A3, 2.020%, 8/20/2021, 144A      173,062  
  3,979      CarFinance Capital Auto Trust, Series 2014-2A, Class A, 1.440%, 11/16/2020, 144A      3,978  
  1,000,000      CarMax Auto Owner Trust, Series 2017-2, Class A3, 1.930%, 3/15/2022(a)      987,937  
  170,000      CarMax Auto Owner Trust, Series 2017-4, Class A3, 2.110%, 10/17/2022      167,677  
  325,000      Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2016-BA, Class A3, 1.640%, 7/15/2021, 144A      322,643  
  100,956      CIG Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2017-1A, Class A, 2.710%, 5/15/2023, 144A      100,382  
  423,295      CPS Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2015-A, Class B, 2.790%, 2/16/2021, 144A      423,540  
  125,000      CPS Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2017-C, Class B, 2.300%, 7/15/2021, 144A      123,928  
  7,132      Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2015-1A, Class B, 2.610%, 1/17/2023, 144A      7,135  
  800,000      Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2016-2A, Class B, 3.180%, 5/15/2024, 144A      797,871  
  275,000      Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2016-3A, Class A, 2.150%, 4/15/2024, 144A      272,684  
  72,243      Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2015-BA, Class C, 2.760%, 7/15/2021, 144A      72,377  
  362,000      Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2016-BA, Class C, 3.190%, 7/15/2022, 144A      362,919  
  369,080      Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2016-CA, Class B, 2.370%, 11/16/2020, 144A      369,241  
  185,000      Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2017-3, Class C, 2.800%, 7/15/2022      184,424  
  230,000      Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2017-AA, Class C, 2.980%, 1/18/2022, 144A      230,075  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   ABS Car Loan — continued  
$ 275,000      Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2017-BA, Class C, 2.610%, 8/16/2021, 144A    $ 274,781  
  107,000      DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2015-2A, Class D, 4.250%, 2/15/2022, 144A      107,906  
  335,000      DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2015-3A, Class D, 4.530%, 10/17/2022, 144A      339,911  
  255,000      DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2016-2A, Class D, 5.430%, 11/15/2022, 144A      260,762  
  440,000      DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2016-4A, Class C, 2.740%, 10/17/2022, 144A      439,357  
  90,000      DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2017-1A, Class C, 2.700%, 11/15/2022, 144A      89,666  
  350,000      DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2017-3A, Class B, 2.400%, 5/17/2021, 144A      348,290  
  300,000      Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2017-2A, Class B, 2.820%, 5/16/2022, 144A      297,941  
  190,000      Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2018-1A, Class B, 2.750%, 4/15/2022, 144A      188,613  
  260,000      First Investors Auto Owner Trust, Series 2017-1A, Class A2, 2.200%, 3/15/2022, 144A      257,832  
  315,000      First Investors Auto Owner Trust, Series 2017-2A, Class A2, 2.270%, 7/15/2022, 144A      311,373  
  290,000      Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 2015-2, Class B, 3.080%, 12/15/2021, 144A      290,033  
  195,000      Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 2016-2, Class B, 3.840%, 9/15/2022, 144A      197,198  
  135,000      Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 2016-3, Class B, 2.430%, 6/15/2021, 144A      134,372  
  160,000      Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 2016-4, Class B, 2.410%, 10/15/2021, 144A      158,839  
  230,000      Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2014-2, Class A, 2.310%, 4/15/2026, 144A      228,633  
  705,000      Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2016-2, Class A, 2.030%, 12/15/2027, 144A      685,336  
  595,000      Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2018-1, Class A, 3.190%, 7/15/2031, 144A      592,890  
  115,000      Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust/Ford Credit, Series 2014-1, Class A, 2.260%, 11/15/2025, 144A      114,585  
  477,258      GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust, Series 2016-2, Class A3, 1.620%, 9/20/2019      475,490  
  275,000      GM Financial Consumer Automobile, Series 2017-1A, Class A3, 1.780%, 10/18/2021, 144A      271,250  
  500,000      GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2017-3A, Class A3, 1.970%, 5/16/2022, 144A      492,445  
  900,000      Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust, Series 2017-B, Class A3, 1.970%, 7/15/2020, 144A(a)      892,050  
  120,000      NextGear Floorplan Master Owner Trust, Series 2016-2A, Class A2, 2.190%, 9/15/2021, 144A      118,703  
  510,000      NextGear Floorplan Master Owner Trust, Series 2017-1A, Class A2, 2.540%, 4/18/2022, 144A      505,752  
  150,000      NextGear Floorplan Master Owner Trust, Series 2017-2A, Class A2, 2.560%, 10/17/2022, 144A      148,068  
  125,000      NextGear Floorplan Master Owner Trust, Series 2018-1A, Class A2, 3.220%, 2/15/2023, 144A      125,166  
  505,000      Prestige Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2016-2A, Class A3, 1.760%, 1/15/2021, 144A      501,667  
  188,000      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2016-2, Class C, 2.660%, 11/15/2021      187,564  
  165,000      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2017-1, Class B, 2.100%, 6/15/2021      164,240  
  265,000      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2017-2, Class B, 2.210%, 10/15/2021      263,478  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   ABS Car Loan — continued  
$ 370,000      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2018-1, Class B, 2.630%, 7/15/2022    $ 368,120  
  800,000      Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2016-3A, Class B, 2.070%, 12/15/2021, 144A      796,691  
  295,000      Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2017-1A, Class B, 2.300%, 10/17/2022, 144A      294,042  
  135,000      Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2018-1A, Class B, 2.670%, 5/17/2021, 144A      134,494  
  40,560      World Omni Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2014-B, Class A3, 1.140%, 1/15/2020      40,472  
  1,330,000      World Omni Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2017-A, Class A3, 1.930%, 9/15/2022(a)      1,314,756  
  110,000      World Omni Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2017-B, Class A3, 1.950%, 2/15/2023      107,778  
     

 

 

 
        20,342,209  
     

 

 

 
   ABS Credit Card — 3.5%  
  605,000      American Express Credit Account Master Trust, Series 2017-1, Class A, 1.930%, 9/15/2022      596,768  
  630,000      Bank of America Credit Card Trust, Series 2017-A1, Class A1, 1.950%, 8/15/2022      621,182  
  415,000      Barclays Dryrock Issuance Trust, Series 2014-3, Class A, 2.410%, 7/15/2022      413,455  
  745,000      Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust, Series 2017-A1, Class A1, 2.000%, 1/17/2023(a)      735,005  
  805,000      Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust, Series 2017-A4, Class A4, 1.990%, 7/17/2023(a)      790,741  
  1,085,000      Chase Issuance Trust, Series 2016-A4, Class A4, 1.490%, 7/15/2022(a)      1,055,762  
  260,000      Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust, Series 2014-A1, Class A1, 2.880%, 1/23/2023      260,500  
  470,000      Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust, Series 2016-3, Class A, 1.580%, 9/15/2022      462,666  
  555,000      World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust, Series 2016-C, Class A, 1.720%, 8/15/2023      545,767  
  730,000      World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust, Series 2017-A, Class A, 2.120%, 3/15/2024(a)      719,187  
     

 

 

 
        6,201,033  
     

 

 

 
   ABS Home Equity — 1.0%  
  376,511      Bayview Opportunity Master Fund IVa Trust, Series 2016-SPL1, Class A, 4.000%, 4/28/2055, 144A      382,961  
  250,721      Colony American Finance Ltd., Series 2015-1, Class A, 2.896%, 10/15/2047, 144A      249,350  
  197,782      CoreVest American Finance Trust, Series 2017-1, Class A, 2.968%, 10/15/2049, 144A      194,089  
  17,401      Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2006-J5, Class 4A1, 4.974%, 7/25/2021(b)      16,960  
  10,793      Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-S1, Class A3, 5.115%, 2/25/2035(b)      10,877  
  500,000      Freddie Mac Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, Series 2015-DNA1, Class M2, 1-month LIBOR + 1.850%, 3.722%, 10/25/2027(c)      510,370  
  154,123      Mill City Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-1, Class A1, 2.500%, 4/25/2057, 144A(b)      151,933  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   ABS Home Equity — continued  
$ 139,352      Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-2, Class 1A12, 2.750%, 11/25/2060, 144A(b)    $ 137,720  
  60,323      Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Series 2005-AR10, Class 2A4, 3.645%, 5/01/2035(b)      61,878  
     

 

 

 
        1,716,138  
     

 

 

 
   ABS Other — 2.6%  
  270,000      John Deere Owner Trust, Series 2017-B, Class A3, 1.820%, 10/15/2021      265,911  
  520,000      Mariner Finance Issuance Trust, Series 2017-BA, Class A, 2.920%, 12/20/2029, 144A      513,768  
  397,692      Merlin Aviation Holdings DAC, Series 2016-1, Class A, 4.500%, 12/15/2032, 144A(b)      403,699  
  308,986      OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2015-1A, Class A, 3.190%, 3/18/2026, 144A      309,655  
  350,000      OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2016-1A, Class A, 3.660%, 2/20/2029, 144A      353,248  
  555,000      OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2018-1A, Class A, 3.300%, 3/14/2029, 144A      555,965  
  331,583      S-Jets Ltd., Series 2017-1, Class A, 3.967%, 8/15/2042, 144A      331,823  
  199,636      Shenton Aircraft Investment I Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class A, 4.750%, 10/15/2042, 144A      205,404  
  131,413      Sierra Receivables Funding Co. LLC, Series 2017-1A, Class A, 2.910%, 3/20/2034, 144A      129,996  
  255,000      Sofi Consumer Loan Program Trust, Series 2018-1A, Class A2, 3.140%, 2/25/2027, 144A      253,608  
  162,708      TAL Advantage V LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class A, 3.510%, 2/22/2039, 144A      162,201  
  75,382      TAL Advantage V LLC, Series 2014-2A, Class A2, 3.330%, 5/20/2039, 144A      74,989  
  166,667      TAL Advantage V LLC, Series 2014-3A, Class A, 3.270%, 11/21/2039, 144A      164,527  
  795,000      Verizon Owner Trust, Series 2017-1A, Class A, 2.060%, 9/20/2021, 144A(a)      787,121  
     

 

 

 
        4,511,915  
     

 

 

 
   ABS Student Loan — 0.8%  
  164,274      Earnest Student Loan Program LLC, Series 2017-A, Class A2, 2.650%, 1/25/2041, 144A      161,096  
  264,722      North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority, Series 2011-2, Class A2, 3-month LIBOR + 0.800%, 2.545%, 7/25/2025(c)      265,514  
  75,855      SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC, Series 2015-A, Class A2, 2.420%, 3/25/2030, 144A      75,270  
  306,324      SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC, Series 2015-C, Class A2, 2.510%, 8/25/2033, 144A      301,660  
  295,000      SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC, Series 2016-B, Class A2B, 2.740%, 10/25/2032, 144A      291,892  
  180,000      SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC, Series 2017-E, Class A2B, 2.720%, 11/26/2040, 144A      176,869  
  229,896      South Carolina Student Loan Corp., Series 2010-1, Class A2, 3-month LIBOR + 1.000%, 2.745%, 7/25/2025(c)      230,820  
     

 

 

 
        1,503,121  
     

 

 

 

 

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Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.2%  
$ 450,000      Rolls-Royce PLC, 2.375%, 10/14/2020, 144A    $ 442,579  
     

 

 

 
   Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 1.7%  
  648,018      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K013, Class A2, 3.974%, 1/25/2021(b)      666,636  
  509,476      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K029, Class A2, 3.320%, 2/25/2023(b)      518,975  
  701,647      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K042, Class A2, 2.670%, 12/25/2024      686,145  
  1,014,484      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K711, Class A2, 1.730%, 7/25/2019(a)      1,005,112  
  153,882      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KP03, Class A2, 1.780%, 7/25/2019      152,544  
     

 

 

 
        3,029,412  
     

 

 

 
   Airlines — 0.4%  
  105,000      Air Canada Pass Through Trust, Series 2017-1, Class A, 3.550%, 7/15/2031, 144A      103,535  
  52,671      Delta Air Lines Pass Through Trust, Series 2009-1, Class A, 7.750%, 6/17/2021      55,711  
  515,000      Southwest Airlines Co., 3.450%, 11/16/2027      497,995  
     

 

 

 
        657,241  
     

 

 

 
   Automotive — 5.1%  
  425,000      American Honda Finance Corp., MTN, 2.000%, 2/14/2020      418,682  
  45,000      Aptiv PLC, 3.150%, 11/19/2020      44,918  
  290,000      BMW U.S. Capital LLC, 1.850%, 9/15/2021, 144A      278,066  
  740,000      Daimler Finance North America LLC, 2.200%, 5/05/2020, 144A      726,225  
  220,000      Daimler Finance North America LLC, 2.450%, 5/18/2020, 144A      216,879  
  890,000      Daimler Finance North America LLC, 3.350%, 2/22/2023, 144A      886,876  
  1,560,000      Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 2.979%, 8/03/2022      1,513,691  
  625,000      General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 3.500%, 11/07/2024      603,395  
  670,000      Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc., 3.350%, 2/15/2023, 144A      660,118  
  730,000      Hyundai Capital America, 2.750%, 9/18/2020, 144A      718,976  
  175,000      Hyundai Capital America, 3.450%, 3/12/2021, 144A      175,037  
  930,000      Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp., 2.150%, 7/13/2020, 144A      911,625  
  885,000      Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp., 3.450%, 3/15/2023, 144A      886,120  
  150,000      PACCAR Financial Corp., MTN, 1.200%, 8/12/2019      147,224  
  165,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp., GMTN, 2.700%, 1/11/2023      161,889  
  660,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp., MTN, 2.150%, 9/08/2022      635,204  
     

 

 

 
        8,984,925  
     

 

 

 
   Banking — 22.0%  
  530,000      ABN AMRO Bank NV, 1.800%, 9/20/2019, 144A      521,080  
  315,000      American Express Co., 2.200%, 10/30/2020      307,193  
  910,000      American Express Co., 3.400%, 2/27/2023      906,930  
  915,000      ANZ New Zealand (Int’l) Ltd., 2.200%, 7/17/2020, 144A      897,019  
  910,000      Bank of America Corp., (fixed rate to 3/5/2023, variable rate thereafter), 3.550%, 3/05/2024      913,761  
  116,000      Bank of America Corp., MTN, 6.875%, 4/25/2018      116,301  
  1,080,000      Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The), (fixed rate to 5/16/2022, variable rate thereafter), MTN, 2.661%, 5/16/2023      1,051,052  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Banking — continued  
$ 740,000      Bank of Nova Scotia, 2.150%, 7/14/2020    $ 725,882  
  450,000      Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel S.A., 2.200%, 7/20/2020, 144A      440,492  
  460,000      Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel S.A., 2.700%, 7/20/2022, 144A      448,048  
  625,000      BB&T Corp., MTN, 2.150%, 2/01/2021      609,198  
  1,280,000      BNP Paribas S.A., 3.375%, 1/09/2025, 144A      1,238,128  
  885,000      BNP Paribas S.A., 3.500%, 3/01/2023, 144A      877,981  
  490,000      BNZ International Funding Ltd., 2.400%, 2/21/2020, 144A      484,240  
  655,000      Capital One Financial Corp., 3.300%, 10/30/2024      631,377  
  215,000      Citigroup, Inc., 2.900%, 12/08/2021      211,725  
  750,000      Citigroup, Inc., (fixed rate to 1/24/2022, variable rate thereafter), 3.142%, 1/24/2023      740,947  
  625,000      Citizens Bank NA, 2.250%, 3/02/2020      614,291  
  365,000      Citizens Bank NA, 3.700%, 3/29/2023      366,480  
  430,000      Citizens Bank NA, MTN, 2.500%, 3/14/2019      428,620  
  250,000      Comerica Bank, 2.500%, 6/02/2020      246,906  
  970,000      Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 1.750%, 11/07/2019, 144A      952,592  
  615,000      Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 3.150%, 9/19/2027, 144A      586,519  
  625,000      Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 3.900%, 3/16/2028, 144A      629,868  
  910,000      Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A. (NY), 2.750%, 1/10/2023      885,509  
  735,000      Danske Bank AS, 2.200%, 3/02/2020, 144A      724,154  
  385,000      Deutsche Bank AG, 3.950%, 2/27/2023      383,907  
  495,000      Deutsche Bank AG, 4.100%, 1/13/2026      479,092  
  480,000      Deutsche Bank AG (NY), 3.150%, 1/22/2021      472,844  
  780,000      Fifth Third Bank, 1.625%, 9/27/2019      766,602  
  1,105,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), (fixed rate to 10/31/2021, variable rate thereafter), 2.876%, 10/31/2022      1,081,720  
  185,000      HSBC USA, Inc., 2.375%, 11/13/2019      183,318  
  1,035,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co., 3-month LIBOR + 0.550%, 2.607%, 3/09/2021(c)      1,037,991  
  585,000      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 1.650%, 9/23/2019      576,966  
  555,000      Key Bank NA, 1.600%, 8/22/2019      546,320  
  910,000      KeyBank N.A., 2.400%, 6/09/2022      879,078  
  340,000      Lloyds Banking Group PLC, 4.375%, 3/22/2028      343,399  
  890,000      Macquarie Group Ltd., (fixed rate to 3/27/2023, variable rate thereafter), 4.150%, 3/27/2024, 144A      893,512  
  575,000      Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., 3.777%, 3/02/2025      575,510  
  640,000      Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., 4.018%, 3/05/2028      643,335  
  855,000      Morgan Stanley, Series 3NC2, 3-month LIBOR + 0.800%, 2.633%, 2/14/2020(c)      857,594  
  295,000      National Bank of Canada, 2.100%, 12/14/2018      293,895  
  885,000      National Bank of Canada, 2.200%, 11/02/2020      864,778  
  620,000      Nationwide Building Society, (fixed rate to 3/08/2023, variable rate thereafter), 3.766%, 3/08/2024, 144A      618,286  
  540,000      Nordea Bank AB, 1.625%, 9/30/2019, 144A      530,291  
  845,000      Nordea Bank AB, 2.125%, 5/29/2020, 144A      828,472  
  315,000      Northern Trust Corp., (fixed rate to 5/08/2027, variable rate thereafter), 3.375%, 5/08/2032      302,576  
  305,000      PNC Bank NA, 3.100%, 10/25/2027      290,843  
  890,000      Royal Bank of Canada, 2.150%, 10/26/2020      870,628  

 

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Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Banking — continued  
$ 425,000      Santander Holdings USA, Inc., 3.700%, 3/28/2022    $ 425,896  
  890,000      Santander UK PLC, 2.125%, 11/03/2020      869,320  
  505,000      Santander UK PLC, 2.500%, 1/05/2021      496,782  
  380,000      State Street Corp., (fixed rate to 5/15/2022, variable rate thereafter), 2.653%, 5/15/2023      371,091  
  235,000      Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., 2.784%, 7/12/2022      229,199  
  525,000      Svenska Handelsbanken AB, MTN, 1.500%, 9/06/2019      515,295  
  575,000      Synchrony Financial, 3.950%, 12/01/2027      543,763  
  910,000      Toronto-Dominion Bank, GMTN, 2.550%, 1/25/2021      898,900  
  840,000      U.S. Bank NA, 2.000%, 1/24/2020      828,518  
  920,000      UBS AG, 2.200%, 6/08/2020, 144A      901,885  
  455,000      UniCredit SpA, 3.750%, 4/12/2022, 144A      451,686  
  855,000      Wells Fargo & Co., MTN, 2.625%, 7/22/2022      827,036  
  280,000      Westpac Banking Corp., 2.750%, 1/11/2023      272,762  
  400,000      Westpac Banking Corp., 3.400%, 1/25/2028      389,264  
     

 

 

 
        38,898,647  
     

 

 

 
   Brokerage — 0.2%  
  335,000      Cboe Global Markets, Inc., 1.950%, 6/28/2019      331,077  
     

 

 

 
   Building Materials — 0.9%  
  885,000      CRH America Finance, Inc., 3.950%, 4/04/2028, 144A      882,218  
  107,000      Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc., 3.000%, 6/15/2020      106,493  
  600,000      Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., 3-month LIBOR + 0.650%, 2.554%, 5/22/2020(c)      602,346  
  40,000      Masco Corp., 3.500%, 4/01/2021      40,169  
  4,000      Masco Corp., 7.125%, 3/15/2020      4,289  
     

 

 

 
        1,635,515  
     

 

 

 
   Cable Satellite — 0.5%  
  300,000      Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., 4.908%, 7/23/2025      306,572  
  645,000      Cox Communications, Inc., 3.150%, 8/15/2024, 144A      618,565  
     

 

 

 
        925,137  
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 0.6%  
  9,000      Eastman Chemical Co., 4.500%, 1/15/2021      9,299  
  385,000      EI du Pont de Nemours & Co., 2.200%, 5/01/2020      379,679  
  45,000      Methanex Corp., 3.250%, 12/15/2019      44,785  
  635,000      PPG Industries, Inc., 3.750%, 3/15/2028      638,006  
     

 

 

 
        1,071,769  
     

 

 

 
   Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 1.6%  
  200,693      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2014-H14, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.500%, 2.062%, 7/20/2064(c)      201,347  
  137,475      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2014-H15, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.500%, 2.075%, 7/20/2064(c)      138,001  
  254,199      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H09, Class HA, 1.750%, 3/20/2065      252,116  
  510,225      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H10, Class JA, 2.250%, 4/20/2065      490,445  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — continued  
$ 552,571      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2016-H06, Class FC, 1-month LIBOR + 0.920%, 2.495%, 2/20/2066(c)    $ 561,466  
  1,117,580      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2016-H10, Class FJ, 1-month LIBOR + 0.600%, 2.175%, 4/20/2066(a)(c)      1,119,268  
     

 

 

 
        2,762,643  
     

 

 

 
   Construction Machinery — 0.5%  
  320,000      Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., MTN, 2.550%, 11/29/2022      310,886  
  350,000      John Deere Capital Corp., MTN, 1.950%, 6/22/2020      343,325  
  174,000      John Deere Capital Corp., Series 0014, MTN, 2.450%, 9/11/2020      172,496  
     

 

 

 
        826,707  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Cyclical Services — 0.6%  
  225,000      Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., 2.500%, 11/28/2019      223,448  
  375,000      Amazon.com, Inc., 5.200%, 12/03/2025      417,922  
  470,000      Expedia Group, Inc., 3.800%, 2/15/2028      436,507  
     

 

 

 
        1,077,877  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Products — 0.4%  
  755,000      Unilever Capital Corp., 3.375%, 3/22/2025      754,220  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Manufacturing — 0.7%  
  380,000      ABB Finance USA, Inc., 3.375%, 4/03/2023      380,997  
  880,000      Nvent Finance S.a.r.l, 3.950%, 4/15/2023, 144A      882,587  
     

 

 

 
        1,263,584  
     

 

 

 
   Electric — 5.0%  
  350,000      American Electric Power Co., Inc., 3.200%, 11/13/2027      333,539  
  120,000      Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., Series B, 2.900%, 12/01/2026      114,623  
  1,035,000      Consolidated Edison, Inc., Series A, 2.000%, 3/15/2020      1,017,477  
  905,000      Duke Energy Carolinas LLC, 3.050%, 3/15/2023      903,386  
  355,000      Entergy Louisiana LLC, 4.000%, 3/15/2033      362,011  
  455,000      Entergy Texas, Inc., 3.450%, 12/01/2027      444,907  
  451,000      Exelon Corp., 2.450%, 4/15/2021      440,783  
  179,000      Exelon Generation Co. LLC, 2.950%, 1/15/2020      178,501  
  116,000      Exelon Generation Co. LLC, 4.250%, 6/15/2022      119,797  
  395,000      Fortis, Inc., 2.100%, 10/04/2021      377,601  
  188,000      National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp., (fixed rate to 4/30/2023, variable rate thereafter), 4.750%, 4/30/2043      192,126  
  690,000      National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp., MTN, 1.500%, 11/01/2019      676,311  
  280,000      NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., 1.649%, 9/01/2018      278,694  
  290,000      Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 3.500%, 6/15/2025      282,989  
  905,000      PNM Resources, Inc., 3.250%, 3/09/2021      904,067  
  635,000      Southern California Edison Co., Series B, 3.650%, 3/01/2028      636,397  
  273,000      Southern Co. (The), 2.750%, 6/15/2020      270,687  
  720,000      Southern Power Co., Series E, 2.500%, 12/15/2021      700,752  
  670,000      Virginia Electric & Power Co., Series A, 3.800%, 4/01/2028      678,361  
     

 

 

 
        8,913,009  
     

 

 

 

 

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Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Finance Companies — 1.4%  
$ 635,000      AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, 3.500%, 1/15/2025    $ 612,257  
  675,000      Air Lease Corp., 2.500%, 3/01/2021      661,637  
  630,000      Air Lease Corp., 3.625%, 12/01/2027      597,383  
  665,000      Ares Capital Corp., 3.625%, 1/19/2022      655,310  
     

 

 

 
        2,526,587  
     

 

 

 
   Financial Other — 0.4%  
  410,000      Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co. Ltd., 2.652%, 9/19/2022, 144A      395,955  
  370,000      ORIX Corp., 3.250%, 12/04/2024      359,493  
     

 

 

 
        755,448  
     

 

 

 
   Food & Beverage — 3.1%  
  9,000      Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC, 5.000%, 3/01/2019      9,199  
  875,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 4.000%, 4/13/2028      885,682  
  245,000      Brown-Forman Corp., 3.500%, 4/15/2025      246,118  
  910,000      Campbell Soup Co., 3.650%, 3/15/2023      910,666  
  885,000      General Mills, Inc., 2.600%, 10/12/2022      852,497  
  230,000      Kellogg Co., 3.400%, 11/15/2027      220,024  
  735,000      Kraft Heinz Food Co., 3-month LIBOR + 0.570%, 2.381%, 2/10/2021(c)      732,993  
  845,000      Molson Coors Brewing Co., 2.250%, 3/15/2020      832,817  
  140,000      Smithfield Foods, Inc., 3.350%, 2/01/2022, 144A      137,086  
  480,000      Sysco Corp., 3.550%, 3/15/2025      477,376  
  240,000      The JM Smucker Co. (The), 3.375%, 12/15/2027      228,728  
     

 

 

 
        5,533,186  
     

 

 

 
   Government Owned – No Guarantee — 0.8%  
  445,000      Petroleos Mexicanos, 6.375%, 2/04/2021      474,147  
  155,000      Petroleos Mexicanos, 6.875%, 8/04/2026      170,345  
  780,000      Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2016 Ltd., 1.750%, 9/29/2019, 144A      765,586  
     

 

 

 
        1,410,078  
     

 

 

 
   Health Insurance — 0.7%  
  905,000      Anthem, Inc., 4.101%, 3/01/2028      904,345  
  310,000      Humana, Inc., 2.500%, 12/15/2020      304,059  
     

 

 

 
        1,208,404  
     

 

 

 
   Healthcare — 2.1%  
  750,000      Becton, Dickinson and Co., 2.133%, 6/06/2019      741,509  
  640,000      Cardinal Health, Inc., 1.948%, 6/14/2019      633,058  
  1,195,000      CVS Health Corp., 4.300%, 3/25/2028      1,200,092  
  45,000      Express Scripts Holding Co., 3.000%, 7/15/2023      43,127  
  65,000      Express Scripts Holding Co., 4.750%, 11/15/2021      67,759  
  183,000      Life Technologies Corp., 6.000%, 3/01/2020      192,329  
  175,000      McKesson Corp., 3.950%, 2/16/2028      172,831  
  94,000      Quest Diagnostics, Inc., 4.750%, 1/30/2020      97,131  
  630,000      Stryker Corp., 3.650%, 3/07/2028      632,610  
     

 

 

 
        3,780,446  
     

 

 

 
   Hybrid ARMs — 0.1%  
  54,597      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.248%, 3.406%, 1/01/2035(c)      57,565  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Hybrid ARMs — continued  
$ 138,877      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.494%, 3.613%, 5/01/2036(c)    $ 147,327  
     

 

 

 
        204,892  
     

 

 

 
   Independent Energy — 0.4%  
  240,000      Concho Resources, Inc., 3.750%, 10/01/2027      234,670  
  179,000      Encana Corp., 6.500%, 5/15/2019      185,579  
  220,000      EQT Corp., 3.900%, 10/01/2027      210,463  
     

 

 

 
        630,712  
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Other — 0.1%  
  265,000      American Homes 4 Rent LP, 4.250%, 2/15/2028      259,682  
     

 

 

 
   Integrated Energy — 0.4%  
  660,000      Cenovus Energy, Inc., 4.250%, 4/15/2027      643,331  
     

 

 

 
   Life Insurance — 2.3%  
  85,000      AIG Global Funding, 2.150%, 7/02/2020, 144A      83,378  
  875,000      American International Group, Inc., 4.200%, 4/01/2028      886,764  
  380,000      Athene Global Funding, 2.750%, 4/20/2020, 144A      376,822  
  375,000      Athene Global Funding, 3.000%, 7/01/2022, 144A      365,254  
  540,000      Athene Holding Ltd., 4.125%, 1/12/2028      518,189  
  330,000      Brighthouse Financial, Inc., 3.700%, 6/22/2027, 144A      306,171  
  830,000      Jackson National Life Global Funding, 2.200%, 1/30/2020, 144A      820,509  
  344,000      Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II, 2.150%, 10/15/2018, 144A      342,973  
  63,000      Unum Group, 5.625%, 9/15/2020      66,569  
  260,000      Voya Financial, Inc., 3.125%, 7/15/2024      250,254  
     

 

 

 
        4,016,883  
     

 

 

 
   Media Entertainment — 0.9%  
  95,000      Activision Blizzard, Inc., 2.300%, 9/15/2021      91,806  
  425,000      CBS Corp., 2.900%, 6/01/2023, 144A      409,952  
  230,000      Discovery Communications LLC, 3.950%, 3/20/2028      220,626  
  715,000      Moody’s Corp., 3-month LIBOR + 0.350%, 2.375%, 9/04/2018(c)      715,096  
  112,000      S&P Global, Inc, 3.300%, 8/14/2020      112,628  
     

 

 

 
        1,550,108  
     

 

 

 
   Metals & Mining — 0.0%  
  31,000      Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., 4.500%, 4/15/2023      31,952  
     

 

 

 
   Midstream — 1.3%  
  185,000      Buckeye Partners LP, 3.950%, 12/01/2026      174,658  
  155,000      Enbridge, Inc., 3.500%, 6/10/2024      150,466  
  255,000      Energy Transfer Partners LP, 2.500%, 6/15/2018      255,046  
  60,000      Energy Transfer Partners LP, 4.900%, 2/01/2024      61,594  
  255,000      Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 4.150%, 2/01/2024      255,804  
  635,000      Kinder Morgan, Inc., 4.300%, 3/01/2028      632,231  
  160,000      Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp., 3.850%, 10/15/2023      156,037  
  345,000      Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, 4.000%, 3/15/2028, 144A      337,441  
  240,000      Valero Energy Partners LP, 4.500%, 3/15/2028      241,408  
     

 

 

 
        2,264,685  
     

 

 

 

 

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Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Mortgage Related — 4.0%  
$ 3,940      FHLMC, 3.000%, 10/01/2026    $ 3,962  
  396      FHLMC, 6.500%, 1/01/2024      447  
  74      FHLMC, 8.000%, 7/01/2025      80  
  142      FNMA, 6.000%, 9/01/2021      143  
  422,142      GNMA, 4.284%, 2/20/2063(b)      431,515  
  229,157      GNMA, 4.285%, 2/20/2063(b)      235,274  
  58,979      GNMA, 4.412%, 6/20/2066(b)      62,600  
  240,733      GNMA, 4.413%, 10/20/2066(b)      256,810  
  105,661      GNMA, 4.427%, 9/20/2066(b)      112,416  
  172,260      GNMA, 4.444%, 10/20/2062(b)      176,153  
  159,801      GNMA, 4.454%, 5/20/2062(b)      162,647  
  60,984      GNMA, 4.457%, 11/20/2066(b)      64,944  
  69,120      GNMA, 4.479%, 8/20/2066(b)      73,687  
  216,243      GNMA, 4.497%, 5/20/2062(b)      219,837  
  112,824      GNMA, 4.515%, 11/20/2066(b)      120,591  
  209,766      GNMA, 4.516%, 4/20/2063(b)      215,132  
  116,151      GNMA, 4.522%, 10/20/2066(b)      124,134  
  1,504,413      GNMA, 4.527%, with various maturities from 2063 to 2067(a)(b)(d)      1,598,001  
  186,212      GNMA, 4.534%, 9/20/2066(b)      199,685  
  461,021      GNMA, 4.559%, 7/20/2067(a)(b)      498,064  
  102,978      GNMA, 4.563%, 10/20/2066(b)      110,835  
  194,663      GNMA, 4.566%, 3/20/2063(b)      199,930  
  298,109      GNMA, 4.583%, 11/20/2064(b)      304,340  
  217,392      GNMA, 4.584%, 2/20/2063(b)      222,749  
  861,693      GNMA, 4.595%, 1/20/2067(a)(b)      929,421  
  116,868      GNMA, 4.610%, 7/20/2062(b)      119,191  
  556,316      GNMA, 4.684%, with various maturities from 2061 to 2064(b)(d)      590,024  
  1,290      GNMA, 6.500%, 12/15/2023      1,442  
  153      GNMA, 8.500%, 9/15/2022      153  
  261      GNMA, 9.500%, 1/15/2019      263  
     

 

 

 
        7,034,470  
     

 

 

 
   Natural Gas — 0.7%  
  375,000      CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., 4.000%, 4/01/2028      377,332  
  965,000      Sempra Energy, 1.625%, 10/07/2019      946,316  
     

 

 

 
        1,323,648  
     

 

 

 
   Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 7.8%  
  565,000      Barclays Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2017-C1, Class A2, 3.189%, 2/15/2050(a)      567,506  
  491,600      CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-C3, Class A3, 3.865%, 1/10/2048      499,360  
  361,996      CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-C4, Class A4, 3.283%, 5/10/2058      353,476  
  992,138      Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-GC37, Class A4, 3.314%, 4/10/2049(a)      976,907  
  263,676      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2013-CR8, Class A5, 3.612%, 6/10/2046(b)      268,477  
  535,000      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2012-LTRT, Class A2, 3.400%, 10/05/2030, 144A      520,615  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — continued  
$ 84,913      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-CR14, Class A2, 3.147%, 2/10/2047    $ 85,153  
  212,682      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-CR15, Class A2, 2.928%, 2/10/2047      213,228  
  205,578      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-CR16, Class ASB, 3.653%, 4/10/2047      209,491  
  478,193      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-LC17, Class A3, 3.723%, 10/10/2047      487,594  
  730,000      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-TWC, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 0.850%, 2.568%, 2/13/2032, 144A(c)      730,464  
  280,000      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-UBS3, Class A4, 3.819%, 6/10/2047      288,081  
  520,299      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2016-DC2, Class A5, 3.765%, 2/10/2049      532,026  
  280,000      Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-DC1, Class A5, 3.350%, 2/10/2048      277,505  
  640,000      Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, Series 2014-USA, Class A2, 3.953%, 9/15/2037, 144A      652,854  
  84,913      CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-C4, Class ASB, 3.617%, 11/15/2048      85,891  
  107,224      GP Portfolio Trust, Series 2014-GPP, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 1.200%, 2.977%, 2/15/2027, 144A(c)      107,244  
  340,000      GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, Series 2013-PEMB, Class A, 3.550%, 3/05/2033, 144A(b)      325,608  
  330,000      GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2014-GC18, Class A4, 4.074%, 1/10/2047      342,363  
  197,078      GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2014-GC20, Class A3, 3.680%, 4/10/2047      199,358  
  180,000      Hudsons Bay Simon JV Trust, Series 2015-HB10, Class A10, 4.155%, 8/05/2034, 144A      178,058  
  355,000      Hudsons Bay Simon JV Trust, Series 2015-HB7, Class A7, 3.914%, 8/05/2034, 144A      353,487  
  120,665      JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2014-C19, Class ASB, 3.584%, 4/15/2047      122,405  
  447,921      JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2015-SGP, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 1.700%, 3.477%, 7/15/2036, 144A(c)      448,755  
  238,579      JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2017-JP5, Class A1, 2.086%, 3/15/2050      234,864  
  240,000      Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, Series 2013-C10, Class A4, 4.082%, 7/15/2046(b)      249,320  
  263,676      Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, Series 2014-C14, Class A3, 3.669%, 2/15/2047      268,198  
  129,604      Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, Series 2015-C22, Class A4, 3.306%, 4/15/2048      128,460  
  215,000      SCG Trust, Series 2013-SRP1, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 1.650%, 3.427%, 11/15/2026, 144A(c)      214,999  
  185,000      SCG Trust, Series 2013-SRP1, Class B, 1-month LIBOR + 2.500%, 4.527%, 11/15/2026, 144A(c)      183,491  
  203,753      Starwood Retail Property Trust, Inc., Series 2014-STAR, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 1.220%, 2.997%, 11/15/2027, 144A(c)      203,956  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — continued  
$ 505,000      UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-TFT, Class A, 2.892%, 6/05/2030, 144A    $ 493,203  
  565,000      UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2013-C6, Class A4, 3.244%, 4/10/2046(a)      567,886  
  201,109      Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-C33, Class A4, 3.426%, 3/15/2059      199,692  
  1,295,000      Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-RC1, Class A2, 3.118%, 1/15/2060(a)      1,295,676  
  111,281      WFCG Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-BXRP, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 1.122%, 2.899%, 11/15/2029, 144A(c)      111,280  
  178,764      WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-C19, Class A3, 3.660%, 3/15/2047      181,021  
  325,000      WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-C19, Class A5, 4.101%, 3/15/2047      338,118  
  348,589      WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-C20, Class ASB, 3.638%, 5/15/2047      354,649  
     

 

 

 
        13,850,719  
     

 

 

 
   Oil Field Services — 0.6%  
  770,000      Baker Hughes a GE Co. LLC / Baker Hughes Co-Obligor, Inc., 2.773%, 12/15/2022      753,979  
  310,000      Schlumberger Finance Canada Ltd., 2.650%, 11/20/2022, 144A      302,889  
     

 

 

 
        1,056,868  
     

 

 

 
   Paper — 0.4%  
  625,000      WestRock Co., 3.750%, 3/15/2025, 144A      623,553  
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.1%  
  22,000      Amgen, Inc., 2.200%, 5/22/2019      21,862  
  535,000      Amgen, Inc., 3.200%, 11/02/2027      506,915  
  620,000      Mylan, Inc., 4.550%, 4/15/2028, 144A      621,008  
  775,000      Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC, 1.900%, 9/23/2019      762,209  
     

 

 

 
        1,911,994  
     

 

 

 
   Property & Casualty Insurance — 0.4%  
  435,000      American Financial Group, Inc., 3.500%, 8/15/2026      416,854  
  285,000      Assurant, Inc., 4.200%, 9/27/2023      286,548  
     

 

 

 
        703,402  
     

 

 

 
   Railroads — 0.3%  
  206,000      CSX Corp., 3.700%, 10/30/2020      209,547  
  27,000      CSX Corp., 6.150%, 5/01/2037      33,521  
  215,000      Union Pacific Corp., 3.646%, 2/15/2024      219,475  
     

 

 

 
        462,543  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Apartments — 0.1%  
  195,000      ERP Operating LP, 3.500%, 3/01/2028      191,000  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Health Care — 0.5%  
  31,000      Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc., 3.750%, 4/15/2023      31,057  
  85,000      Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., 4.500%, 1/15/2025      83,107  
  225,000      Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., 4.500%, 4/01/2027      216,561  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   REITs – Health Care — continued  
$ 155,000      Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., 4.750%, 1/15/2028    $ 150,415  
  390,000      Ventas Realty LP, 4.000%, 3/01/2028      383,967  
     

 

 

 
        865,107  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Shopping Centers — 0.2%  
  355,000      Brixmor Operating Partnership LP, 3.650%, 6/15/2024      345,987  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Single Tenant — 0.3%  
  305,000      Realty Income Corp., 3.875%, 4/15/2025      304,035  
  290,000      Select Income REIT, 4.250%, 5/15/2024      283,145  
     

 

 

 
        587,180  
     

 

 

 
   Restaurants — 1.0%  
  1,030,000      McDonald’s Corp., MTN, 2.625%, 1/15/2022      1,013,961  
  325,000      McDonald’s Corp., MTN, 3.350%, 4/01/2023      326,800  
  455,000      Starbucks Corp., 3.100%, 3/01/2023      455,241  
     

 

 

 
        1,796,002  
     

 

 

 
   Retailers — 0.3%  
  465,000      AutoNation, Inc., 3.500%, 11/15/2024      448,154  
     

 

 

 
   Sovereigns — 0.4%  
  675,000      Republic of Chile, 3.240%, 2/06/2028      661,837  
     

 

 

 
   Technology — 2.4%  
  45,000      Apple, Inc., 2.250%, 2/23/2021      44,323  
  225,000      Baidu, Inc., 4.375%, 3/29/2028      226,080  
  450,000      Genpact Luxembourg S.a.r.l., 3.700%, 4/01/2022, 144A      441,605  
  610,000      Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., 2.100%, 10/04/2019, 144A      601,961  
  120,000      Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., 4.900%, 10/15/2025      124,590  
  89,000      Jabil, Inc., 5.625%, 12/15/2020      93,851  
  885,000      NetApp, Inc., 2.000%, 9/27/2019      871,292  
  215,000      Pitney Bowes, Inc., 4.125%, 5/15/2022      203,175  
  425,000      Pitney Bowes, Inc., 4.700%, 4/01/2023      398,438  
  655,000      Seagate HDD Cayman, 4.875%, 3/01/2024, 144A      654,655  
  630,000      Xerox Corp., 3.625%, 3/15/2023      615,185  
     

 

 

 
        4,275,155  
     

 

 

 
   Tobacco — 0.0%  
  5,000      Philip Morris International, Inc., 5.650%, 5/16/2018      5,019  
     

 

 

 
   Transportation Services — 0.7%  
  375,000      Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp., 3.950%, 3/10/2025, 144A      375,804  
  360,000      Ryder System, Inc., MTN, 3.400%, 3/01/2023      358,908  
  430,000      TTX Co., 2.600%, 6/15/2020, 144A      425,223  
     

 

 

 
        1,159,935  
     

 

 

 
   Treasuries — 3.0%  
  4,625,000      U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.250%, 8/15/2027      4,434,580  
  885,000      U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.750%, 2/15/2028      885,449  
     

 

 

 
        5,320,029  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Wirelines — 1.2%  
$ 400,000      Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, 1.500%, 9/19/2019, 144A    $ 392,420  
  790,000      Orange S.A., 1.625%, 11/03/2019      773,645  
  870,000      Verizon Communications, Inc., 4.125%, 3/16/2027      881,235  
     

 

 

 
        2,047,300  
     

 

 

 
   Total Bonds and Notes
(Identified Cost $177,762,442)
     175,335,054  
     

 

 

 
     
  Short-Term Investments — 1.8%  
  3,168,419      Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/29/2018 at 0.900% to be repurchased at $3,168,736 on 4/02/2018 collateralized by $3,185,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.750% due 11/15/2023 valued at $3,235,775 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements) (Identified Cost $3,168,419)      3,168,419  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Investments — 101.0%
(Identified Cost $180,930,861)
     178,503,473  
   Other assets less liabilities — (1.0)%      (1,780,584
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 176,722,889  
     

 

 

 
     
  (†)      See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.   
  (a)      Security (or a portion thereof) has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open derivative contracts.  
  (b)      Variable rate security. The interest rate adjusts periodically based on; (i) changes in current interest rates and/or prepayments on underlying pools of assets, if applicable, (ii) reference to a base lending rate plus or minus a margin, and/or (iii) reference to a base lending rate adjusted by a multiplier and/or subject to certain floors or caps. Rate as of March 31, 2018 is disclosed.  
  (c)      Variable rate security. Rate as of March 31, 2018 is disclosed.   
  (d)      The Fund’s investment in mortgage related securities of Government National Mortgage Association are interests in separate pools of mortgages. All separate investments in securities of each issuer which have the same coupon rate have been aggregated for the purpose of presentation in the Portfolio of Investments.  
     
  144A      All or a portion of these securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2018, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $54,154,119 or 30.6% of net assets.  
  ABS      Asset-Backed Securities   
  ARMs      Adjustable Rate Mortgages   
  CMT      Constant Maturity Treasury   
  FHLMC      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.   
  FNMA      Federal National Mortgage Association   
  GMTN      Global Medium Term Note   
  GNMA      Government National Mortgage Association   
  LIBOR      London Interbank Offered Rate   
  MTN      Medium Term Note   
  REITs      Real Estate Investment Trusts   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund – (continued)

 

At March 31, 2018, open long futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures    Expiration
Date
     Contracts    Notional
Amount
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
5 Year U.S. Treasury Note      6/29/2018      80    $ 9,130,813      $ 9,156,875      $ 26,062  
              

 

 

 

Industry Summary at March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Banking

     22.0

ABS Car Loan

     11.5  

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     7.8  

Automotive

     5.1  

Electric

     5.0  

Mortgage Related

     4.0  

ABS Credit Card

     3.5  

Food & Beverage

     3.1  

Treasuries

     3.0  

ABS Other

     2.6  

Technology

     2.4  

Life Insurance

     2.3  

Healthcare

     2.1  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     24.8  

Short-Term Investments

     1.8  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     101.0  

Other assets less liabilities (including futures contracts)

     (1.0
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

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Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes — 94.0% of Net Assets  
   ABS Car Loan — 1.6%  
$ 1,550,000      Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2016-1A, Class A, 2.990%, 6/20/2022, 144A    $ 1,541,476  
  1,825,000      Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2016-2A, Class A, 2.420%, 11/15/2023, 144A      1,820,624  
  2,875,000      Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2016-3A, Class A, 2.150%, 4/15/2024, 144A      2,850,785  
  2,310,000      Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 2016-4, Class A2, 1.960%, 2/16/2021, 144A      2,299,734  
  725,000      NextGear Floorplan Master Owner Trust, Series 2016-1A, Class A2, 2.740%, 4/15/2021, 144A      725,301  
  1,495,000      NextGear Floorplan Master Owner Trust, Series 2017-1A, Class A2, 2.540%, 4/18/2022, 144A      1,482,549  
  685,000      NextGear Floorplan Master Owner Trust, Series 2017-2A, Class A2, 2.560%, 10/17/2022, 144A      676,175  
     

 

 

 
        11,396,644  
     

 

 

 
   ABS Home Equity — 0.3%  
  1,147,133      CoreVest American Finance Trust, Series 2017-1, Class A, 2.968%, 10/15/2049, 144A      1,125,719  
  1,273,675      Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-2, Class 1A12, 2.750%, 11/25/2060, 144A(a)      1,258,758  
     

 

 

 
        2,384,477  
     

 

 

 
   ABS Student Loan — 0.0%  
  219,040      SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC, Series 2016-D, Class A1, 1-month LIBOR + 0.950%, 2.822%, 1/25/2039, 144A(b)      221,230  
     

 

 

 
   Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 14.2%  
  3,271,732      Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-M17, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.930%, 2.518%, 11/25/2022(b)      3,294,622  
  1,000,000      Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 2016-M3, Class ASQ2, 2.263%, 2/25/2023      974,259  
  6,000,000      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K006, Class A2, 4.251%, 1/25/2020      6,146,082  
  4,305,000      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K014, Class A2, 3.871%, 4/25/2021      4,422,676  
  4,000,000      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K015, Class A2, 3.230%, 7/25/2021      4,042,004  
  6,625,000      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K017, Class A2, 2.873%, 12/25/2021      6,621,305  
  2,580,000      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K064, Class A2, 3.224%, 3/25/2027      2,581,247  
  2,132,227      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K703, Class A2, 2.699%, 5/25/2018      2,129,442  
  503,158      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K704, Class A2, 2.412%, 8/25/2018      502,416  
  2,511,116      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K706, Class A2, 2.323%, 10/25/2018      2,507,091  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — continued  
$ 7,412,655      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K708, Class A2, 2.130%, 1/25/2019    $ 7,387,124  
  34,370,000      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K711, Class A2, 1.730%, 7/25/2019      34,052,497  
  2,649,854      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K725, Class A1, 2.666%, 5/25/2023      2,633,382  
  4,100,025      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KABM, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 0.700%, 2.370%, 9/25/2022(b)      4,115,271  
  558,406      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF06, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 0.330%, 2.000%, 11/25/2021(b)      558,406  
  5,222,898      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF14, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 0.650%, 2.320%, 1/25/2023(b)      5,239,228  
  3,015,000      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KI01, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 0.160%, 1.830%, 9/25/2022(b)      3,014,999  
  2,548,171      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KJ04, Class A1, 1.376%, 10/25/2020      2,526,919  
  6,665,901      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KP03, Class A2, 1.780%, 7/25/2019      6,607,939  
  178,225      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2003-72, Class Z, 5.267%, 11/16/2045(a)      186,429  
  156,370      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2003-88, Class Z, 4.769%, 3/16/2046(a)      160,918  
     

 

 

 
        99,704,256  
     

 

 

 
   Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 17.7%  
  66,359      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 1500, Class FD, 7-year Treasury - 0.200%, 2.630%, 5/15/2023(b)(c)(d)      64,285  
  44,042      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 1552, Class I, 10-year Treasury - 0.650%, 2.260%, 8/15/2023(b)(c)(d)      43,480  
  172,099      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 2131, Class ZB, 6.000%, 3/15/2029      181,141  
  265,117      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 2874, Class BC, 5.000%, 10/15/2019      267,683  
  561,094      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 2931, Class DE, 4.000%, 2/15/2020      566,855  
  1,321,441      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 2978, Class JG, 5.500%, 5/15/2035      1,436,475  
  2,019,234      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 3036, Class NE, 5.000%, 9/15/2035      2,151,788  
  1,432,765      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 3412, Class AY, 5.500%, 2/15/2038      1,555,446  
  1,553,157      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 3561, Class W, 2.862%, 6/15/2048(a)(e)      1,440,944  
  1,686,151      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 3620, Class AT, 4.274%, 12/15/2036(a)(e)      1,776,138  
  764,513      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 4212, Class FW, 1-month LIBOR + 2.100%, 3.877%, 6/15/2043(b)      738,035  

 

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Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — continued  
$ 1,412,837      Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2003-48, Class GH, 5.500%, 6/25/2033    $ 1,539,123  
  37,944      Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 1992-162, Class FB, 7-year Treasury - 0.050%, 2.720%, 9/25/2022(b)(c)(d)      37,554  
  42,864      Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 1994-42, Class FD, 10-year Treasury - 0.500%, 2.410%, 4/25/2024(b)(c)(d)      42,402  
  9,958      Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2002-W10, Class A7, 4.094%, 8/25/2042(a)(c)(d)      10,135  
  678,961      Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2005-100, Class BQ, 5.500%, 11/25/2025      717,300  
  709,700      Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2007-73, Class A1, 1-month LIBOR + 0.060%, 1.932%, 7/25/2037(b)      697,856  
  1,574,110      Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2008-86, Class LA, 3.386%, 8/25/2038(a)      1,604,458  
  5,412,360      Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2013-67, Class NF, 1-month LIBOR + 1.000%, 2.872%, 7/25/2043(b)      5,269,110  
  24,741      Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series G93-19, Class FD, 10-year Treasury - 0.650%, 2.190%, 4/25/2023(b)(c)(d)      24,488  
  9,609      FHLMC Structured Pass Through Securities, Series T-60, Class 2A1, 3.819%, 3/25/2044(a)(c)(d)      10,040  
  685,152      FHLMC Structured Pass Through Securities, Series T-62, Class 1A1, 12-month MTA + 1.200%, 2.401%, 10/25/2044(b)      693,608  
  1,208,766      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2010-H20, Class AF, 1-month LIBOR + 0.330%, 1.905%, 10/20/2060(b)      1,205,687  
  1,117,739      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2010-H24, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.350%, 1.925%, 10/20/2060(b)      1,115,425  
  936,059      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2011-H06, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.450%, 2.025%, 2/20/2061(b)      936,906  
  4,628,989      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2011-H23, Class HA, 3.000%, 12/20/2061      4,631,342  
  1,437,257      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-124, Class HT, 7.265%, 7/20/2032(a)      1,546,666  
  857,874      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-H15, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.450%, 2.025%, 5/20/2062(b)      858,850  
  1,076,213      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-H18, Class NA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.520%, 2.095%, 8/20/2062(b)      1,079,800  
  3,281,302      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-H29, Class HF, 1-month LIBOR + 0.500%, 2.075%, 10/20/2062(b)      3,284,839  
  2,522,900      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-H02, Class GF, 1-month LIBOR + 0.500%, 2.075%, 12/20/2062(b)      2,526,901  
  4,221,467      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-H08, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.350%, 1.925%, 3/20/2063(b)      4,213,560  
  2,977,131      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-H10, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.400%, 1.975%, 3/20/2063(b)      2,975,492  
  10,586,711      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-H22, Class FT, 1-year CMT + 0.650%, 2.440%, 4/20/2063(b)      10,661,718  
  6,041,700      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2014-H14, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.500%, 2.062%, 7/20/2064(b)      6,061,406  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — continued  
$ 4,085,481      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2014-H15, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.500%, 2.075%, 7/20/2064(b)    $ 4,101,118  
  3,677,468      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H04, Class FL, 1-month LIBOR + 0.470%, 2.045%, 2/20/2065(b)      3,685,038  
  1,463,290      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H05, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.300%, 1.875%, 4/20/2061(b)      1,463,365  
  6,791,037      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H09, Class HA, 1.750%, 3/20/2065      6,735,365  
  8,623,454      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H10, Class JA, 2.250%, 4/20/2065      8,289,141  
  1,061,131      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H11, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.250%, 1.825%, 4/20/2065(b)      1,061,032  
  5,572,461      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H12, Class FL, 1-month LIBOR + 0.230%, 1.805%, 5/20/2065(b)      5,544,716  
  3,813,530      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H19, Class FH, 1-month LIBOR + 0.300%, 1.875%, 7/20/2065(b)      3,815,473  
  987,674      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H29, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.700%, 2.275%, 10/20/2065(b)      990,580  
  627,563      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H30, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.680%, 2.255%, 8/20/2061(b)      629,190  
  6,053,906      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2016-H06, Class FC, 1-month LIBOR + 0.920%, 2.495%, 2/20/2066(b)      6,151,355  
  4,166,966      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2016-H10, Class FJ, 1-month LIBOR + 0.600%, 2.175%, 4/20/2066(b)      4,173,260  
  6,842,973      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2016-H19, Class FJ, 1-month LIBOR + 0.400%, 1.975%, 9/20/2063(b)      6,855,204  
  7,170,147      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2017-H24, Class FJ, 1-month LIBOR + 0.250%, 1.825%, 10/20/2067(b)      7,153,009  
  245,212      NCUA Guaranteed Notes, Series 2010-A1, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 0.350%, 1.929%, 12/07/2020(b)      245,500  
  552,783      NCUA Guaranteed Notes, Series 2010-R1, Class 1A, 1-month LIBOR + 0.450%, 2.161%, 10/07/2020(b)      554,801  
  1,047,471      NCUA Guaranteed Notes, Series 2010-R3, Class 1A, 1-month LIBOR + 0.560%, 2.181%, 12/08/2020(b)      1,052,572  
  70,097      NCUA Guaranteed Notes, Series 2010-R3, Class 2A, 1-month LIBOR + 0.560%, 2.181%, 12/08/2020(b)      70,515  
     

 

 

 
        124,538,170  
     

 

 

 
   Hybrid ARMs — 11.0%  
  668,203      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.105%, 3.157%, 9/01/2038(b)      702,604  
  533,307      FHLMC, 6-month LIBOR + 1.687%, 3.187%, 6/01/2037(b)      545,831  
  682,898      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.165%, 3.240%, 4/01/2036(b)      703,941  
  1,651,491      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.220%, 3.319%, 7/01/2033(b)      1,741,749  
  229,094      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.218%, 3.385%, 9/01/2038(b)      240,713  
  3,917,727      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.252%, 3.398%, 3/01/2037(b)      4,129,922  
  961,433      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.249%, 3.398%, 9/01/2038(b)      1,012,398  
  478,515      FHLMC, 12-month LIBOR + 1.642%, 3.424%, 11/01/2038(b)      498,678  
  96,891      FHLMC, 12-month LIBOR + 1.722%, 3.472%, 12/01/2037(b)      99,907  

 

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Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Hybrid ARMs — continued  
$ 1,635,094      FHLMC, 12-month LIBOR + 1.767%, 3.517%, 9/01/2035(b)    $ 1,715,712  
  1,264,453      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.286%, 3.529%, 2/01/2036(b)      1,331,110  
  2,450,380      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.267%, 3.550%, 2/01/2036(b)      2,580,090  
  410,783      FHLMC, 12-month LIBOR + 1.810%, 3.564%, 4/01/2037(b)      429,821  
  438,939      FHLMC, 12-month LIBOR + 1.867%, 3.630%, 11/01/2038(b)      459,575  
  2,403,454      FHLMC, 12-month LIBOR + 1.896%, 3.646%, 9/01/2041(b)      2,517,744  
  384,384      FHLMC, 12-month LIBOR + 1.907%, 3.656%, 12/01/2034(b)      405,273  
  970,853      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.245%, 3.672%, 3/01/2036(b)      1,021,518  
  602,018      FHLMC, 12-month LIBOR + 1.883%, 3.681%, 3/01/2038(b)      631,318  
  1,603,300      FHLMC, 12-month LIBOR + 1.822%, 3.801%, 4/01/2037(b)      1,679,466  
  398,309      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.250%, 3.963%, 2/01/2035(b)      419,735  
  377,547      FHLMC, 12-month LIBOR + 2.180%, 4.124%, 3/01/2037(b)      399,710  
  314,826      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.214%, 3.010%, 4/01/2033(b)      328,816  
  1,211,626      FNMA, 6-month LIBOR + 1.543%, 3.126%, 7/01/2035(b)      1,253,996  
  957,158      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.194%, 3.215%, 6/01/2036(b)      1,006,321  
  499,898      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.145%, 3.240%, 9/01/2036(b)      524,528  
  127,089      FNMA, 6-month LIBOR + 1.512%, 3.265%, 2/01/2037(b)      131,331  
  2,269,643      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.274%, 3.274%, 6/01/2037(b)      2,391,041  
  1,068,865      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.287%, 3.287%, 6/01/2033(b)      1,133,603  
  3,068,700      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.175%, 3.290%, 12/01/2040(b)      3,236,205  
  2,697,639      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.568%, 3.322%, 9/01/2037(b)      2,798,961  
  2,146,331      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.174%, 3.326%, 11/01/2033(b)      2,263,753  
  4,362,642      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.191%, 3.341%, 10/01/2034(b)      4,593,333  
  1,175,705      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.223%, 3.348%, 8/01/2035(b)      1,240,536  
  2,158,392      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.612%, 3.366%, 7/01/2038(b)      2,245,729  
  283,406      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.619%, 3.369%, 8/01/2035(b)      296,623  
  2,414,837      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.570%, 3.376%, 4/01/2037(b)      2,522,966  
  465,017      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.185%, 3.378%, 12/01/2034(b)      484,122  
  775,849      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.632%, 3.382%, 8/01/2034(b)      811,948  
  739,016      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.629%, 3.391%, 4/01/2037(b)      764,695  
  2,182,884      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.612%, 3.407%, 7/01/2035(b)      2,285,623  
  385,852      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.657%, 3.407%, 8/01/2038(b)      400,155  
  498,567      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.663%, 3.413%, 10/01/2033(b)      522,303  
  542,500      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.126%, 3.464%, 9/01/2034(b)      569,521  
  855,011      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.287%, 3.467%, 10/01/2033(b)      899,248  
  3,188,141      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.218%, 3.474%, 4/01/2034(b)      3,351,020  
  506,217      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.677%, 3.489%, 11/01/2036(b)      531,139  
  398,672      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.747%, 3.500%, 11/01/2035(b)      418,785  
  1,102,380      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.231%, 3.508%, 4/01/2034(b)      1,160,693  
  150,444      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.441%, 3.526%, 8/01/2033(b)      158,415  
  3,039,599      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.800%, 3.550%, 10/01/2041(b)      3,169,419  
  874,543      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.800%, 3.550%, 12/01/2041(b)      905,991  
  1,881,496      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.743%, 3.554%, 9/01/2037(b)      1,968,398  
  263,840      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.800%, 3.563%, 3/01/2034(b)      277,187  
  2,265,295      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.784%, 3.579%, 3/01/2037(b)      2,369,634  
  356,359      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.802%, 3.595%, 7/01/2041(b)      370,664  
  925,811      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.185%, 3.610%, 1/01/2036(b)      971,501  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Hybrid ARMs — continued  
$ 105,235      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.829%, 3.634%, 1/01/2037(b)    $ 110,026  
  368,627      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.500%, 3.688%, 8/01/2036(b)      391,146  
  513,996      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.765%, 3.692%, 2/01/2037(b)      537,587  
  1,997,013      FNMA, 6-month LIBOR + 2.161%, 3.717%, 7/01/2037(b)      2,110,473  
  753,209      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.516%, 3.836%, 5/01/2035(b)      801,068  
  1,168,032      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.820%, 3.917%, 2/01/2047(b)      1,234,668  
  700,042      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 2.473%, 4.348%, 6/01/2035(b)      752,450  
     

 

 

 
        77,562,436  
     

 

 

 
   Mortgage Related — 13.5%  
  80,455      FHLMC, 3.000%, 10/01/2026      80,906  
  583,485      FHLMC, 4.000%, with various maturities from 2024 to 2042(f)      603,243  
  345,542      FHLMC, 4.500%, with various maturities from 2025 to 2034(f)      359,352  
  150,741      FHLMC, 5.500%, 10/01/2023      156,814  
  141,178      FHLMC, COFI + 1.250%, 5.767%, 6/01/2020(b)      143,635  
  247,575      FHLMC, COFI + 1.250%, 5.897%, 8/01/2020(b)      254,210  
  127,372      FHLMC, COFI + 1.250%, 5.923%, 10/01/2020(b)      130,216  
  190,368      FHLMC, COFI + 1.250%, 5.953%, 11/01/2020(b)      194,257  
  7,191      FHLMC, 6.000%, 11/01/2019      7,285  
  281,716      FHLMC, 6.500%, 12/01/2034      317,262  
  317      FHLMC, 7.500%, 6/01/2026      347  
  2,534      FHLMC, 11.500%, 4/01/2020      2,538  
  157,945      FNMA, 3.000%, 3/01/2042      155,303  
  1,623,276      FNMA, 5.000%, with various maturities from 2037 to 2038(f)      1,752,533  
  861,629      FNMA, 5.500%, with various maturities from 2018 to 2033(f)      916,740  
  941,033      FNMA, 6.000%, with various maturities from 2021 to 2022(f)      981,813  
  200,266      FNMA, 6.500%, with various maturities from 2032 to 2037(f)      223,610  
  3,741      FNMA, 7.000%, 12/01/2022      3,744  
  76,089      FNMA, 7.500%, with various maturities from 2030 to 2032(f)      82,517  
  3,639,151      GNMA, 1-month LIBOR + 1.719%, 3.330%, 2/20/2061(b)      3,804,815  
  2,785,991      GNMA, 1-month LIBOR + 1.890%, 3.454%, 2/20/2063(b)      2,923,172  
  3,732,933      GNMA, 1-month LIBOR + 2.160%, 3.724%, 3/20/2063(b)      3,920,615  
  905,214      GNMA, 1-month LIBOR + 2.263%, 3.827%, 5/20/2065(b)      964,123  
  1,011,978      GNMA, 1-month LIBOR + 2.275%, 3.836%, 6/20/2065(b)      1,082,220  
  2,031,165      GNMA, 1-month LIBOR + 2.369%, 3.932%, 2/20/2063(b)      2,144,447  
  1,550,793      GNMA, 4.439%, 2/20/2063(a)      1,589,740  
  3,248,588      GNMA, 4.440%, 6/20/2063(a)      3,346,337  
  1,694,006      GNMA, 4.443%, 3/20/2063(a)      1,739,380  
  3,258,490      GNMA, 4.450%, 2/20/2062(a)      3,304,871  
  3,687,082      GNMA, 4.500%, 10/20/2065(a)      3,931,145  
  2,685,400      GNMA, 4.509%, 12/20/2061(a)      2,723,635  
  10,537,921      GNMA, 4.510%, 12/20/2061(a)      10,655,188  
  6,033,492      GNMA, 4.541%, 12/20/2062(a)      6,178,974  
  1,461,788      GNMA, 4.555%, 3/20/2062(a)      1,485,980  
  565,080      GNMA, 4.556%, 8/20/2061(a)      572,289  
  2,837,144      GNMA, 4.558%, 6/20/2062(a)      2,890,408  
  10,694,961      GNMA, 4.577%, with various maturities from 2062 to 2063(a)(f)      10,932,335  
  622,179      GNMA, 4.589%, 7/20/2063(a)      659,169  

 

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Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Mortgage Related — continued  
$ 1,971,028      GNMA, 4.603%, 2/20/2066(a)    $ 2,098,409  
  1,808,914      GNMA, 4.624%, 3/20/2064(a)      1,926,815  
  1,131,527      GNMA, 4.641%, 3/20/2062(a)      1,148,203  
  399,887      GNMA, 4.652%, 1/20/2064(a)      426,862  
  4,430,697      GNMA, 4.673%, 2/20/2062(a)      4,492,854  
  2,086,076      GNMA, 4.683%, 11/20/2063(a)      2,210,809  
  4,267,458      GNMA, 4.684%, with various maturities from 2061 to 2064(a)(f)      4,397,304  
  2,039,769      GNMA, 4.687%, 2/20/2062(a)      2,066,846  
  3,664,848      GNMA, 4.700%, with various maturities in 2061(a)(f)      3,691,637  
  400,837      GNMA, 4.717%, 3/20/2061(a)      403,542  
  752,799      GNMA, 4.732%, 8/20/2062(a)      765,491  
  278,765      GNMA, 5.024%, 4/20/2061(a)      284,936  
  13,986      GNMA, 6.000%, 12/15/2031      15,645  
  59,821      GNMA, 6.500%, 5/15/2031      67,326  
  66,478      GNMA, 7.000%, 10/15/2028      73,153  
     

 

 

 
        95,285,000  
     

 

 

 
   Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 3.9%  
  1,310,000      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2012-LTRT, Class A2, 3.400%, 10/05/2030, 144A      1,274,777  
  1,672,583      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-FL5, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 1.370%, 3.110%, 10/15/2031, 144A(b)      1,676,170  
  1,488,000      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-UBS2, Class A5, 3.961%, 3/10/2047      1,536,483  
  4,282,000      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2016-DC2, Class ASB, 3.550%, 2/10/2049      4,361,936  
  1,398,894      DBUBS Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-LC2A, Class A4, 4.537%, 7/10/2044, 144A      1,454,129  
  1,177,707      GP Portfolio Trust, Series 2014-GPP, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 1.200%, 2.977%, 2/15/2027, 144A(b)      1,177,921  
  2,600,000      Hudsons Bay Simon JV Trust, Series 2015-HB7, Class A7, 3.914%, 8/05/2034, 144A      2,588,922  
  5,535,000      JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2014-CBM, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 0.900%, 2.677%, 10/15/2029, 144A(b)      5,534,993  
  3,544,608      JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2015-SGP, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 1.700%, 3.477%, 7/15/2036, 144A(b)      3,551,206  
  1,040,000      Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, Series 2013-C8, Class A4, 3.134%, 12/15/2048      1,035,757  
  3,426,748      Starwood Retail Property Trust, Inc., Series 2014-STAR, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 1.220%, 2.997%, 11/15/2027, 144A(b)      3,430,163  
     

 

 

 
        27,622,457  
     

 

 

 
   Sovereigns — 0.3%  
  1,955,000      U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1.880%, 8/01/2019      1,943,641  
     

 

 

 
   Treasuries — 31.5%  
  4,190,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.625%, 4/30/2018      4,186,863  
  7,100,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.875%, 7/31/2019      6,977,969  
  7,000,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.125%, 2/28/2021      6,750,625  
  20,395,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.125%, 6/30/2021      19,564,860  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Treasuries — continued  
$ 25,890,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.125%, 8/31/2021    $ 24,762,369  
  4,500,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.375%, 12/15/2019      4,432,851  
  4,145,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.375%, 1/31/2021      4,029,879  
  5,000,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.500%, 10/31/2019      4,941,602  
  7,550,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.750%, 11/15/2020      7,432,326  
  15,000,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.750%, 12/31/2020      14,750,977  
  8,460,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.750%, 6/30/2022      8,199,260  
  12,605,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.750%, 9/30/2022      12,184,013  
  7,895,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.875%, 4/30/2022      7,699,784  
  3,505,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.875%, 7/31/2022      3,410,940  
  17,015,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 2.000%, 12/31/2021      16,713,914  
  16,245,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 2.000%, 11/15/2026      15,321,066  
  13,945,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 2.125%, 9/30/2021      13,785,395  
  26,120,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 2.250%, 1/31/2024      25,581,275  
  1,780,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 2.250%, 11/15/2027      1,705,045  
  19,350,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 2.625%, 3/31/2025      19,272,902  
     

 

 

 
        221,703,915  
     

 

 

 
   Total Bonds and Notes
(Identified Cost $676,835,699)
     662,362,226  
     

 

 

 
     
  Short-Term Investments — 6.7%  
  22,900,000      Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes, 1.465%-1.690%, 4/02/2018(g)(h)      22,900,000  
  24,383,280      Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/29/2018 at 0.900% to be repurchased at $24,385,719 on 4/02/2018 collateralized by $24,675,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.750% due 2/15/2024 valued at $24,873,486 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)      24,383,280  
     

 

 

 
   Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $47,282,318)
     47,283,280  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Investments — 100.7%
(Identified Cost $724,118,017)
     709,645,506  
   Other assets less liabilities — (0.7)%      (4,589,535
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 705,055,971  
     

 

 

 
     
  (†)      See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.  
  (a)      Variable rate security. The interest rate adjusts periodically based on; (i) changes in current interest rates and/or prepayments on underlying pools of assets, if applicable, (ii) reference to a base lending rate plus or minus a margin, and/or (iii) reference to a base lending rate adjusted by a multiplier and/or subject to certain floors or caps. Rate as of March 31, 2018 is disclosed.  
  (b)      Variable rate security. Rate as of March 31, 2018 is disclosed.  
  (c)      Level 3 security. Value has been determined using significant unobservable inputs. See Note 3 of Notes to Financial Statements.  

 

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  (d)      Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser. At March 31, 2018, the value of these securities amounted to $232,384 or less than 0.1% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.  
  (e)      Security represents right to receive monthly interest payments on an underlying pool of mortgages. Principal shown is the outstanding par amount of the pool held as of the end of the period.  
  (f)      The Fund’s investment in mortgage related securities of Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Federal National Mortgage Association and Government National Mortgage Association are interests in separate pools of mortgages. All separate investments in securities of each issuer which have the same coupon rate have been aggregated for the purpose of presentation in the Portfolio of Investments.  
  (g)      Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.  
  (h)      The Fund’s investment in U.S. Government/Agency securities is comprised of various lots with differing discount rates. These separate investments, which have the same maturity date, have been aggregated for the purpose of presentation in the Portfolio of Investments.  
     
  144A      All or a portion of these securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2018, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $34,690,632 or 4.9% of net assets.  
  ABS      Asset-Backed Securities   
  ARMs      Adjustable Rate Mortgages   
  CMT      Constant Maturity Treasury   
  COFI      Cost Of Funds Index   
  FHLMC      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.   
  FNMA      Federal National Mortgage Association   
  GNMA      Government National Mortgage Association   
  LIBOR      London Interbank Offered Rate   
  MTA      Monthly Treasury Average Interest   
  REMIC      Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit   

Industry Summary at March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Treasuries

     31.5

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     17.7  

Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     14.2  

Mortgage Related

     13.5  

Hybrid ARMs

     11.0  

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     3.9  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     2.2  

Short-Term Investments

     6.7  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     100.7  

Other assets less liabilities

     (0.7
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

 

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     High Income
Fund
    Intermediate
Duration Bond
Fund
    Limited Term
Government
and Agency
Fund
 

ASSETS

      

Investments at cost

   $ 179,209,037     $ 180,930,861     $ 724,118,017  

Net unrealized depreciation

     (5,155,946     (2,427,388     (14,472,511
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments at value

     174,053,091       178,503,473       709,645,506  

Cash

     346,854       4,396       33  

Due from brokers (Note 2)

     270,000       60,000        

Foreign currency at value (identified cost $44,584, $0 and $0, respectively)

     44,783              

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     93,118       283,126       689,621  

Receivable for securities sold

     46,988       486,796       43,818,279  

Dividends and interest receivable

     2,430,602       754,668       2,556,808  

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts (Note 2)

     2,257              

Tax reclaims receivable

     2,304              

Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts (Note 2)

           8,750        

Receivable from distributor (Note 6d)

     3,479              

Prepaid expenses (Note 8)

     20       21       92  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     177,293,496       180,101,230       756,710,339  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

      

Payable for securities purchased

     2,511,299       3,049,252       47,832,456  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

     1,054,833       143,771       2,862,024  

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts (Note 2)

     374,733              

Distributions payable

                 268,155  

Management fees payable (Note 6)

     81,297       32,350       234,870  

Deferred Trustees’ fees (Note 6)

     147,541       103,513       293,339  

Administrative fees payable (Note 6)

     6,693       6,718       27,118  

Payable to distributor (Note 6d)

           1,272       11,353  

Other accounts payable and accrued expenses

     53,391       41,465       125,053  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     4,229,787       3,378,341       51,654,368  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 173,063,709     $ 176,722,889     $ 705,055,971  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

      

Paid-in capital

   $ 178,142,605     $ 182,188,007     $ 744,923,733  

Distributions in excess of net investment income

     (163,423     (149,062     (2,976,225

Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures contracts, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency transactions

     606,737       (2,914,730     (22,419,026

Net unrealized depreciation on investments, futures contracts, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations

     (5,522,210     (2,401,326     (14,472,511
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 173,063,709     $ 176,722,889     $ 705,055,971  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

 

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     High Income
Fund
     Intermediate
Duration Bond
Fund
     Limited Term
Government
and Agency
Fund
 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE:

        

Class A shares:

        

Net assets

   $ 28,252,661      $ 17,858,783      $ 318,741,309  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     6,629,992        1,773,879        28,525,509  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value and redemption price per share

   $ 4.26      $ 10.07      $ 11.17  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Offering price per share (100/[100-maximum sales charge] of net asset value) (Note 1)

   $ 4.45      $ 10.52      $ 11.43  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

        

Net assets

   $ 9,343,561      $ 3,163,568      $ 33,954,298  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     2,186,246        314,104        3,036,089  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 4.27      $ 10.07      $ 11.18  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class N shares:

        

Net assets

   $ 10,302,423      $      $ 2,383,367  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     2,421,049               212,688  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 4.26      $      $ 11.21  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class Y shares:

        

Net assets

   $ 125,165,064      $ 155,700,538      $ 349,976,997  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     29,450,718        15,470,980        31,220,607  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 4.25      $ 10.06      $ 11.21  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations

 

For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     High Income
Fund
    Intermediate
Duration Bond
Fund
    Limited Term
Government
and Agency
Fund
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Interest

   $ 4,996,798     $ 2,416,246     $ 6,483,826  

Dividends

     100,070              

Less net foreign taxes withheld

     (1,240            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     5,095,628       2,416,246       6,483,826  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fees (Note 6)

     526,816       227,216       1,337,479  

Service and distribution fees (Note 6)

     90,118       43,172       604,287  

Administrative fees (Note 6)

     38,895       40,261       161,392  

Trustees’ fees and expenses (Note 6)

     18,711       15,871       34,631  

Transfer agent fees and expenses (Notes 6 and 7)

     99,773       47,526       319,147  

Audit and tax services fees

     23,474       23,474       25,258  

Custodian fees and expenses

     13,329       9,735       20,500  

Legal fees

     1,578       1,698       5,890  

Registration fees

     52,216       18,917       45,233  

Shareholder reporting expenses

     14,491       11,537       48,364  

Miscellaneous expenses (Note 8)

     9,237       8,283       16,308  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     888,638       447,690       2,618,489  

Less waiver and/or expense reimbursement (Note 6)

     (96,541     (40,973     (11,272
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net expenses

     792,097       406,717       2,607,217  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

     4,303,531       2,009,529       3,876,609  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS, FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS, FUTURES CONTRACTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS

      

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

Investments

     1,745,800       (1,435,148     (372,142

Futures contracts

           (334,910      

Foreign currency transactions (Note 2c)

     527              

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments

     (6,097,451     (2,342,868     (6,045,197

Futures contracts

           129,337        

Forward foreign currency contracts (Note 2d)

     (372,476            

Foreign currency translations (Note 2c)

     6,822              
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss on investments, forward foreign currency contracts, futures contracts and foreign currency transactions

     (4,716,778     (3,983,589     (6,417,339
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ (413,247   $ (1,974,060   $ (2,540,730
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    High Income Fund     Intermediate Duration Bond Fund  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

FROM OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income

  $ 4,303,531     $ 8,976,856     $ 2,009,529     $ 3,346,060  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments, forward foreign currency contracts, futures contracts and foreign currency transactions

    1,746,327       838,850       (1,770,058     (364,816

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures contracts, forward foreign currency contracts, and foreign currency translations

    (6,463,105     3,999,707       (2,213,531     (1,513,370
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (413,247     13,815,413       (1,974,060     1,467,874  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

 

Net investment income

       

Class A

    (699,389     (1,577,362     (226,235     (390,277

Class C

    (191,537     (453,429     (22,124     (36,839

Class N

    (45,245     (41            

Class Y

    (3,173,424     (6,175,066     (1,885,725     (3,322,106

Net realized capital gains

       

Class A

                      (146,821

Class C

                      (22,477

Class Y

                      (1,093,586
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (4,109,595     (8,205,898     (2,134,084     (5,012,106
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 11)

    (1,621,362     (2,678,063     1,110,766       21,450,975  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    (6,144,204     2,931,452       (2,997,378     17,906,743  

NET ASSETS

 

Beginning of the period

    179,207,913       176,276,461       179,720,267       161,813,524  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the period

  $ 173,063,709     $ 179,207,913     $ 176,722,889     $ 179,720,267  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME

  $ (163,423   $ (357,359   $ (149,062   $ (24,507
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

     Limited Term Government
and Agency Fund
 
     Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

FROM OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income

   $ 3,876,609     $ 5,954,599  

Net realized loss on investments

     (372,142     (1,193,894

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

     (6,045,197     (5,444,007
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations

     (2,540,730     (683,302
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

 

Net investment income

    

Class A

     (3,111,709     (6,178,474

Class C

     (222,689     (492,969

Class N

     (23,046     (19,353

Class Y

     (3,863,127     (6,976,388
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (7,220,571     (13,667,184
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 11)

     (26,950,326     (171,478,152
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets

     (36,711,627     (185,828,638

NET ASSETS

 

Beginning of the period

     741,767,598       927,596,236  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the period

   $ 705,055,971     $ 741,767,598  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

UNDISTRIBUTED (DISTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF) NET INVESTMENT INCOME

   $ (2,976,225   $ 367,737  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    High Income Fund—Class A  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 4.37     $ 4.23     $ 3.99     $ 4.49     $ 4.59     $ 4.60  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.10       0.22       0.20       0.19       0.21       0.24  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.11     0.12       0.21       (0.39     0.17       0.03  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    (0.01     0.34       0.41       (0.20     0.38       0.27  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.10     (0.20     (0.16     (0.19     (0.22     (0.27

Net realized capital gains

                (0.01     (0.11     (0.26     (0.01
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.10     (0.20     (0.17     (0.30     (0.48     (0.28
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 4.26     $ 4.37     $ 4.23     $ 3.99     $ 4.49     $ 4.59  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(b)

    (0.28 )%(c)(d)      8.17 %(d)      10.66 %(d)      (4.78 )%(d)      8.42     6.27

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 28,253     $ 34,039     $ 34,820     $ 37,870     $ 42,630     $ 45,791  

Net expenses

    1.05 %(e)(f)      1.09 %(f)(g)      1.10 %(f)      1.11 %(f)(h)      1.14     1.15 %(i) 

Gross expenses

    1.16 %(e)      1.15     1.14     1.13     1.14     1.15 %(i) 

Net investment income

    4.74 %(e)      5.03     5.16     4.41     4.57     5.11

Portfolio turnover rate

    27     46     38     69     59     47

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) A sales charge for Class A shares is not reflected in total return calculations.
(c) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(d) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(e) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(f) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(g) Effective July 1, 2017, the expense limit decreased to 1.05%.
(h) Effective July 1, 2015, the expense limit decreased to 1.10%.
(i) Includes fee/expense recovery of 0.02%.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    High Income Fund—Class C  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 4.38     $ 4.24     $ 4.00     $ 4.50     $ 4.61     $ 4.61  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.09       0.18       0.18       0.16       0.18       0.21  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.12     0.12       0.20       (0.39     0.16       0.04  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    (0.03     0.30       0.38       (0.23     0.34       0.25  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.08     (0.16     (0.13     (0.16     (0.19     (0.24

Net realized capital gains

                (0.01     (0.11     (0.26     (0.01
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.08     (0.16     (0.14     (0.27     (0.45     (0.25
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 4.27     $ 4.38     $ 4.24     $ 4.00     $ 4.50     $ 4.61  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(b)

    (0.66 )%(c)(d)      7.33 %(d)      9.81 %(d)      (5.48 )%(d)      7.60     5.46

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 9,344     $ 11,227     $ 12,288     $ 12,609     $ 14,555     $ 15,233  

Net expenses

    1.80 %(e)(f)      1.84 %(f)(g)      1.85 %(f)      1.86 %(f)(h)      1.89     1.90 %(i) 

Gross expenses

    1.91 %(e)      1.90     1.89     1.88     1.89     1.90 %(i) 

Net investment income

    3.97 %(e)      4.29     4.43     3.68     3.84     4.36

Portfolio turnover rate

    27     46     38     69     59     47

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) A contingent deferred sales charge for Class C shares is not reflected in total return calculations.
(c) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(d) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(e) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(f) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(g) Effective July 1, 2017, the expense limit decreased to 1.80%.
(h) Effective July 1, 2015, the expense limit decreased to 1.85%.
(i) Includes fee/expense recovery of 0.01%.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    High Income
Fund—Class N
 
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Period Ended
September 30,
2017*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 4.36     $ 4.16  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.08       0.19  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.08     0.18  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

          0.37  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

 

Net investment income

    (0.10     (0.17
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 4.26     $ 4.36  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(b)(c)

    0.10     8.99

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

 

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 10,302     $ 1  

Net expenses(d)(e)

    0.75     0.75 %(f) 

Gross expenses(d)

    0.81     31.73

Net investment income(d)

    4.06     5.19

Portfolio turnover rate

    27     46 %(g) 

 

* From commencement of Class operations on November 30, 2016 through September 30, 2017.
(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(c) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(d) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(e) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(f) Effective July 1, 2017, the expense limit decreased to 0.75%.
(g) Represents the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate for the year ended September 30, 2017.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    High Income Fund—Class Y  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 4.36     $ 4.22     $ 3.98     $ 4.48     $ 4.59     $ 4.59  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.11       0.23       0.21       0.20       0.22       0.25  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.12     0.12       0.21       (0.39     0.16       0.04  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    (0.01     0.35       0.42       (0.19     0.38       0.29  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.10     (0.21     (0.17     (0.20     (0.23     (0.28

Net realized capital gains

                (0.01     (0.11     (0.26     (0.01
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.10     (0.21     (0.18     (0.31     (0.49     (0.29
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 4.25     $ 4.36     $ 4.22     $ 3.98     $ 4.48     $ 4.59  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    (0.15 )%(b)(c)      8.47 %(c)      10.98 %(c)      (4.54 )%(c)      8.72     6.56

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 125,165     $ 133,940     $ 129,169     $ 116,837     $ 125,185     $ 108,170  

Net expenses

    0.80 %(d)(e)      0.84 %(e)(f)      0.85 %(e)      0.86 %(e)(g)      0.89     0.90 %(h) 

Gross expenses

    0.91 %(d)      0.90     0.89     0.88     0.89     0.90 %(h) 

Net investment income

    5.02 %(d)      5.28     5.43     4.67     4.83     5.37

Portfolio turnover rate

    27     46     38     69     59     47

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(c) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(d) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(e) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(f) Effective July 1, 2017, the expense limit decreased to 0.80%.
(g) Effective July 1, 2015, the expense limit decreased to 0.85%.
(h) Includes fee/expense recovery of 0.01%.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Intermediate Duration Bond Fund—Class A*  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 10.29     $ 10.52     $ 10.39     $ 10.39     $ 10.34     $ 10.80  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.10       0.17       0.20       0.20       0.22       0.18  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.21     (0.12     0.17       0.03       0.11       (0.23
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    (0.11     0.05       0.37       0.23       0.33       (0.05
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.11     (0.20     (0.21     (0.22     (0.25     (0.24

Net realized capital gains

          (0.08     (0.03     (0.01     (0.03     (0.17
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.11     (0.28     (0.24     (0.23     (0.28     (0.41
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 10.07     $ 10.29     $ 10.52     $ 10.39     $ 10.39     $ 10.34  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(b)(c)

    (1.09 )%(d)      0.44     3.64     2.17     3.24     (0.46 )% 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 17,859     $ 21,828     $ 19,327     $ 18,425     $ 5,931     $ 5,601  

Net expenses(e)

    0.65 %(f)      0.65     0.65     0.65     0.65     0.65

Gross expenses

    0.69 %(f)      0.72     0.72     0.71     0.85     0.79

Net investment income

    2.00 %(f)      1.69     1.89     1.93     2.07     1.71

Portfolio turnover rate

    81     216     151     151     134     124

 

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

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Intermediate Duration Bond Fund—Class C  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Period Ended
September 30,
2016*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 10.30     $ 10.53     $ 10.53  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.06       0.10       0.01  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.22     (0.13     0.00 (b) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    (0.16     (0.03     0.01  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

 

Net investment income

    (0.07     (0.12     (0.01

Net realized capital gains

          (0.08      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.07     (0.20     (0.01
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 10.07     $ 10.30     $ 10.53  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(c)(d)

    (1.55 )%(e)      (0.29 )%      0.08 %(e) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

 

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 3,164     $ 3,225     $ 3,088  

Net expenses(f)

    1.40 %(g)      1.40     1.40 %(g) 

Gross expenses

    1.45 %(g)      1.48     1.56 %(g) 

Net investment income

    1.26 %(g)      0.95     0.86 %(g) 

Portfolio turnover rate

    81     216     151

 

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

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Intermediate Duration Bond Fund—Class Y*  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 10.29     $ 10.52     $ 10.39     $ 10.39     $ 10.33     $ 10.80  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.11       0.20       0.22       0.22       0.24       0.21  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.22     (0.13     0.18       0.04       0.12       (0.24
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    (0.11     0.07       0.40       0.26       0.36       (0.03
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.12     (0.22     (0.24     (0.25     (0.27     (0.27

Net realized capital gains

          (0.08     (0.03     (0.01     (0.03     (0.17
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.12     (0.30     (0.27     (0.26     (0.30     (0.44
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 10.06     $ 10.29     $ 10.52     $ 10.39     $ 10.39     $ 10.33  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(b)

    (1.06 )%(c)      0.69     3.90     2.42     3.60     (0.30 )% 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 155,701     $ 154,668     $ 139,398     $ 88,592     $ 66,759     $ 66,424  

Net expenses(d)

    0.40 %(e)      0.40     0.40     0.40     0.40     0.40

Gross expenses

    0.45 %(e)      0.47     0.47     0.47     0.57     0.48

Net investment income

    2.26 %(e)      1.93     2.11     2.15     2.31     1.97

Portfolio turnover rate

    81     216     151     151     134     124

 

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

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Limited Term Government and Agency Fund—Class A  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 11.32     $ 11.51     $ 11.57     $ 11.61     $ 11.68     $ 12.04  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.05       0.08       0.11       0.14       0.16       0.13  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.09     (0.09     0.00 (b)      0.01 (c)      0.01       (0.23
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    (0.04     (0.01     0.11       0.15       0.17       (0.10
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.11     (0.18     (0.17     (0.19     (0.24     (0.26

Net realized capital gains

                                  (0.00 )(b) 

Paid-in capital

                                  (0.00 )(b) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.11     (0.18     (0.17     (0.19     (0.24     (0.26
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 11.17     $ 11.32     $ 11.51     $ 11.57     $ 11.61     $ 11.68  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(d)

    (0.39 )%(e)      (0.04 )%      0.93     1.26     1.44     (0.81 )% 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 318,741     $ 336,227     $ 442,671     $ 346,317     $ 314,360     $ 355,212  

Net expenses

    0.80 %(f)      0.80     0.77     0.77     0.80 %(g)      0.87 %(h) 

Gross expenses

    0.80 %(f)      0.80     0.77     0.77     0.80 %(g)      0.87 %(h) 

Net investment income

    0.98 %(f)      0.67     0.96     1.21     1.35     1.11

Portfolio turnover rate

    69     126     109 %(i)      48     24     39

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.
(c) The amount shown for a share outstanding does not correspond with the aggregate realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments for the period due to the timing of sales and redemptions of fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values of investments of the Fund.
(d) A sales charge for Class A shares is not reflected in total return calculations.
(e) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(f) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(g) Includes fee/expense recovery of less than 0.01%.
(h) Includes corporate tax expenses of 0.03%. Without this expense the ratio of net expenses would have been 0.84%.
(i) The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2015 to 2016 was primarily due to fluctuation in the level of fund assets due to shareholder flows.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Limited Term Government and Agency Fund—Class C  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 11.33     $ 11.52     $ 11.58     $ 11.62     $ 11.69     $ 12.05  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    0.01       (0.01     0.02       0.05       0.07       0.04  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.10     (0.08     0.00 (b)      0.01 (c)      0.01       (0.23
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    (0.09     (0.09     0.02       0.06       0.08       (0.19
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.06     (0.10     (0.08     (0.10     (0.15     (0.17

Net realized capital gains

                                  (0.00 )(b) 

Paid-in capital

                                  (0.00 )(b) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.06     (0.10     (0.08     (0.10     (0.15     (0.17
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 11.18     $ 11.33     $ 11.52     $ 11.58     $ 11.62     $ 11.69  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(d)

    (0.76 )%(e)      (0.79 )%      0.18     0.51     0.69     (1.55 )% 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 33,954     $ 43,319     $ 73,027     $ 63,167     $ 56,936     $ 71,963  

Net expenses

    1.55 %(f)      1.55     1.52     1.53     1.55 %(g)      1.62 %(h) 

Gross expenses

    1.55 %(f)      1.55     1.52     1.53     1.55 %(g)      1.62 %(h) 

Net investment income (loss)

    0.22 %(f)      (0.09 )%      0.21     0.47     0.61     0.36

Portfolio turnover rate

    69     126     109 %(i)      48     24     39

 

(a) Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.
(c) The amount shown for a share outstanding does not correspond with the aggregate realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments for the period due to the timing of sales and redemptions of fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values of investments of the Fund.
(d) A contingent deferred sales charge for Class C shares is not reflected in total return calculations.
(e) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(f) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(g) Includes fee/expense recovery of less than 0.01%.
(h) Includes corporate tax expenses of 0.03%. Without this expense the ratio of net expenses would have been 1.59%.
(i) The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2015 to 2016 was primarily due to fluctuation in the level of fund assets due to shareholder flows.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Limited Term Government
and Agency Fund—Class N
 
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Period Ended
September 30,
2017*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 11.36     $ 11.39  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income(a)

    0.07       0.05  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.09     0.08 (b) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    (0.02     0.13  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

 

Net investment income

    (0.13     (0.16
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 11.21     $ 11.36  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(c)(d)

    (0.22 )%      1.12

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

 

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 2,383     $ 1,900  

Net expenses(e)(f)

    0.47     0.47

Gross expenses(f)

    0.48     0.50

Net investment income(f)

    1.32     0.64

Portfolio turnover rate

    69     126 %(g) 

 

* From commencement of Class operations on February 1, 2017 through September 30, 2017.
(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) The amount shown for a share outstanding does not correspond with the aggregate realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments for the period due to the timing of sales and redemptions of fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values of investments of the Fund.
(c) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(d) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(e) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(f) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(g) Represents the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate for the year ended September 30, 2017.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Limited Term Government and Agency Fund—Class Y  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 11.36     $ 11.55     $ 11.61     $ 11.65     $ 11.72     $ 12.08  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.07       0.11       0.14       0.17       0.18       0.16  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.10     (0.09     0.00 (b)      0.01 (c)      0.02       (0.23
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    (0.03     0.02       0.14       0.18       0.20       (0.07
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.12     (0.21     (0.20     (0.22     (0.27     (0.29

Net realized capital gains

                                  (0.00 )(b) 

Paid-in capital

                                  (0.00 )(b) 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.12     (0.21     (0.20     (0.22     (0.27     (0.29
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 11.21     $ 11.36     $ 11.55     $ 11.61     $ 11.65     $ 11.72  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    (0.26 )%(d)      0.22     1.19     1.51     1.70     (0.56 )% 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 349,977     $ 360,322     $ 411,898     $ 431,727     $ 330,224     $ 252,127  

Net expenses

    0.55 %(e)      0.55     0.52     0.52     0.55 %(f)      0.62 %(g) 

Gross expenses

    0.55 %(e)      0.55     0.52     0.52     0.55 %(f)      0.62 %(g) 

Net investment income

    1.23 %(e)      0.92     1.20     1.45     1.58     1.35

Portfolio turnover rate

    69     126     109 %(h)      48     24     39

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.
(c) The amount shown for a share outstanding does not correspond with the aggregate realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments for the period due to the timing of sales and redemptions of fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values of investments of the Fund.
(d) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(e) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(f) Includes fee/expense recovery of less than 0.01%.
(g) Includes corporate tax expenses of 0.03%. Without this expense the ratio of net expenses would have been 0.59%.
(h) The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2015 to 2016 was primarily due to fluctuation in the level of fund assets due to shareholder flows.

 

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

Loomis Sayles Funds I:

Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund (the “Intermediate Duration Bond Fund”)

Loomis Sayles Funds II:

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

Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund (the “Limited Term Government and Agency Fund”)

Each Fund is a diversified investment company.

The Funds each offer Class A, Class C and Class Y shares. In addition, High Income Fund and Limited Term Government and Agency Fund began offering Class N shares effective November 30, 2016 and February 1, 2017, respectively. Class T shares of the Funds are not currently available for purchase.

Class A shares of Intermediate Duration Bond Fund and High Income Fund are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 4.25%. Class A shares of Limited Term Government and Agency Fund are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 2.25%. Class C shares do not pay a front-end sales charge, do not convert to any other class of shares, pay higher Rule 12b-1 fees than Class A shares and may be subject to a CDSC of 1.00% if those shares are redeemed within one year of acquisition, except for reinvested distributions. Class N and Class Y shares do not pay a front-end sales charge, a CDSC or Rule 12b-1 fees. Class N shares are offered with an initial minimum investment of $1,000,000. Class Y shares are offered with an initial minimum investment of $100,000. Certain categories of investors are exempted from the minimum investment amounts for Class N and Class Y as outlined in the relevant Funds’ prospectus.

Most expenses can be directly attributed to a Fund. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed to a Fund are generally apportioned based on the relative net assets of each of the funds in Natixis Funds Trust I, Natixis Funds Trust II, Natixis Funds Trust IV and Gateway Trust (“Natixis Funds Trusts”), Loomis Sayles Funds I and Loomis Sayles Funds II (“Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts”), and Natixis ETF Trust. Expenses of a Fund are borne pro rata by the holders of each class of shares, except that each class bears expenses unique to that class (such as the Rule 12b-1 fees applicable to Class A and Class C) and transfer agent fees for High Income Fund and Limited Term Government

 

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and Agency Fund are borne collectively for Class A, Class C and Class Y, and individually for Class N. In addition, each class votes as a class only with respect to its own Rule 12b-1 Plan. Shares of each class would receive their pro rata share of the net assets of a Fund if the Fund were liquidated. The Trustees approve separate distributions from net investment income on each class of shares.

2.  Significant Accounting Policies.  The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by each Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The Funds’ financial statements follow the accounting and reporting guidelines provided for investment companies and are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which require the use of management estimates that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Management has evaluated the events and transactions subsequent to period-end through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no material events that would require disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.

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

Debt securities and unlisted preferred equity securities are valued based on evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service or bid prices obtained from broker-dealers. Senior loans are valued at bid prices supplied by an independent pricing service, if available. Listed equity securities (including shares of closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds) are valued at the last sale price quoted on the exchange where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation as reported by an independent pricing service. Securities traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, NASDAQ Global Market and NASDAQ Capital Market are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”), or if lacking an NOCP, at the most recent bid quotations on the applicable NASDAQ Market. Unlisted equity securities (except unlisted preferred equity securities) are valued at the last sale price quoted in the market where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation as reported by an independent pricing service. If there is no last sale price or closing bid quotation available, unlisted equity securities will be valued using evaluated bids furnished by an independent pricing service, if available. In some foreign markets, an official close price and a last sale price may be available from the foreign exchange

 

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or market. In those cases, the official close price is used. Broker-dealer bid prices may be used to value debt and unlisted equity securities and senior loans where an independent pricing service is unable to price a security or where an independent pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the security. Forward foreign currency contracts are valued utilizing interpolated rates determined based on information provided by an independent pricing service. Futures contracts are valued at the most recent settlement price on the exchange on which the adviser believes that, over time, they are traded most extensively. Centrally cleared credit default swap agreements are valued at settlement prices of the clearinghouse on which the contracts were traded or prices obtained from broker-dealers. Bilateral credit default swaps are valued based on mid prices (between the bid price and the ask price) supplied by an independent pricing service.

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

Illiquid securities for which market quotations are readily available and have been evaluated by the adviser are considered and classified as fair valued securities pursuant to the Funds’ pricing policies and procedures.

 

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As of March 31, 2018, securities held by the Funds were fair valued as follows:

 

Fund

 

Securities
classified as
fair valued

   

Percentage of
Net Assets

   

Securities fair
valued by the
Fund’s adviser

   

Percentage of

Net Assets

 

High Income Fund

  $ 2,856,941       1.7   $ 1,509,940       0.9

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

                232,384       Less than 0.1

b.  Investment Transactions and Related Investment Income.  Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date plus one day basis for daily NAV calculation. However, for financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are reported on trade date. Dividend income is recorded on ex-dividend date, or in the case of certain foreign securities, as soon as a Fund is notified, and interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Interest income is increased by the accretion of discount and decreased by the amortization of premium, if applicable. Periodic principal adjustments for inflation-protected securities are recorded to interest income. Negative principal adjustments (in the event of deflation) are recorded as reductions of interest income to the extent of interest income earned, not to exceed the amount of positive principal adjustments on a cumulative basis. In determining net gain or loss on securities sold, the cost of securities has been determined on an identified cost basis. Investment income, non-class specific expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund.

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

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

 

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

During the six months ended March 31, 2018, the amount of income available to be distributed by High Income Fund has been reduced by $214,847, as a result of losses arising from changes in exchange rates.

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

d.  Forward Foreign Currency Contracts.  The Funds may enter into forward foreign currency contracts, including forward foreign cross currency contracts to acquire exposure to foreign currencies or to hedge the Funds’ investments against currency fluctuation. A contract can also be used to offset a previous contract. These contracts involve market risk in excess of the unrealized gain or loss reflected in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The U.S. dollar value of the currencies a Fund has committed to buy or sell represents the aggregate exposure to each currency a Fund has acquired or hedged through currency contracts outstanding at period end. Gains or losses are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized until settlement date. Contracts are traded over-the-counter directly with a counterparty. Risks may arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from unanticipated movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar. Certain contracts may require the movement of cash and/or securities as collateral for the Funds’ or counterparty’s net obligations under the contracts.

e.  Futures Contracts.  The Funds may enter into futures contracts. Futures contracts are agreements between two parties to buy and sell a particular instrument or index for a specified price on a specified future date.

When a Fund enters into a futures contract, it is required to deposit with (or for the benefit of) its broker an amount of cash or short-term high-quality securities as “initial margin.” As the value of the contract changes, the value of the futures contract position increases or declines. Subsequent payments, known as “variation margin,” are made or received by a Fund, depending on the price fluctuations in the fair value of the contract and the value of cash or securities on deposit with the broker. The aggregate principal

 

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amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the financial statements. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statements of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized gains (losses). Realized gain or loss on a futures position is equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed, minus brokerage commissions. When a Fund enters into a futures contract certain risks may arise, such as illiquidity in the futures market, which may limit a Fund’s ability to close out a futures contract prior to settlement date, and unanticipated movements in the value of securities or interest rates.

Futures contracts are exchange-traded. Exchange-traded futures contracts are standardized and are settled through a clearing house with fulfillment supported by the credit of the exchange. Therefore, counterparty credit risks to the Funds are reduced; however, in the event that a counterparty enters into bankruptcy, a Fund’s claim against initial/variation margin on deposit with the counterparty may be subject to terms of a final settlement in bankruptcy court.

f.  Swap Agreements.  The Funds may enter into credit default swaps. A credit default swap is an agreement between two parties (the “protection buyer” and “protection seller”) to exchange the credit risk of an issuer (“reference obligation”) for a specified time period. The reference obligation may be one or more debt securities or an index of such securities. The Funds may be either the protection buyer or the protection seller. As a protection buyer, the Funds have the ability to hedge the downside risk of an issuer or group of issuers. As a protection seller, the Funds have the ability to gain exposure to an issuer or group of issuers whose bonds are unavailable or in short supply in the cash bond market, as well as realize additional income in the form of fees paid by the protection buyer. The protection buyer is obligated to pay the protection seller a stream of payments (“fees”) over the term of the contract, provided that no credit event, such as a default or a downgrade in credit rating, occurs on the reference obligation. The Funds may also pay or receive upfront premiums. If a credit event occurs, the protection seller must pay the protection buyer the difference between the agreed upon notional value and market value of the reference obligation. Market value in this case is determined by a facilitated auction whereby a minimum number of allowable broker bids, together with a specified valuation method, are used to calculate the value. The maximum potential amount of undiscounted future payments that a Fund as the protection seller could be required to make under a credit default swap agreement would be an amount equal to the notional amount of the agreement.

The notional amounts of swap agreements are not recorded in the financial statements. Swap agreements are valued daily and fluctuations in the value are recorded in the Statements of Operations as change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements. Fees are accrued in accordance with the terms of

 

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the agreement and are recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as fees receivable or payable. When received or paid, fees are recorded in the Statement of Operations as realized gain or loss. Upfront premiums paid or received by the Funds are recorded on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as an asset or liability, respectively, and are amortized or accreted over the term of the agreement and recorded as realized gain or loss. Payments made or received by the Funds as a result of a credit event or termination of the agreement are recorded as realized gain or loss.

Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market and may be entered into as a bilateral contract or centrally cleared (“centrally cleared swaps”). Bilateral swap agreements are traded between counterparties and, as such, are subject to the risk that a party to the agreement will not be able to meet its obligations. In a centrally cleared swap, immediately following execution of the swap agreement, the swap agreement is novated to a central counterparty (the “CCP”) and the Fund faces the CCP through a broker. Upon entering into a centrally cleared swap, the Fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on the size and risk profile of the particular swap. Subsequent payments, known as “variation margin,” are made or received by the Fund based on the daily change in the value of the centrally cleared swap agreement. For centrally cleared swaps, the Fund’s counterparty credit risk is reduced as the CCP stands between the Fund and the counterparty. The Funds cover their net obligations under outstanding swap agreements by segregating or earmarking cash or securities.

No swap agreements were held by the Funds during the six months ended March 31, 2018.

g.  When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Transactions.  The Funds may enter into when-issued or delayed delivery transactions. When-issued refers to transactions made conditionally because a security, although authorized, has not been issued. Delayed delivery refers to transactions for which delivery or payment will occur at a later date, beyond the normal settlement period. The price of when-issued and delayed delivery securities and the date when the securities will be delivered and paid for are fixed at the time the transaction is negotiated. The security and the obligation to pay for it are recorded by the Funds at the time the commitment is entered into. The value of the security may vary with market fluctuations during the time before the Funds take delivery of the security. No interest accrues to the Funds until the transaction settles.

Delayed delivery transactions include those designated as To Be Announced (“TBAs”) in the Portfolios of Investments. For TBAs, the actual security that will be delivered to fulfill the transaction is not designated at the time of the trade. The security is “to be announced” 48 hours prior to the established trade settlement date. Certain transactions require the Funds or counterparty to post cash and/or securities as

 

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collateral for the net mark-to-market exposure to the other party. The Funds cover their net obligations under outstanding delayed delivery commitments by segregating or earmarking cash or securities at the custodian.

Purchases of when-issued or delayed delivery securities may have a similar effect on the Funds’ NAV as if the Funds’ had created a degree of leverage in the portfolio. Risks may arise upon entering into such transactions from the potential inability of counterparties to meet their obligations under the transactions. Additionally, losses may arise due to changes in the value of the underlying securities.

There were no when-issued or delayed delivery securities held by the Funds as of March 31, 2018.

h.  Federal and Foreign Income Taxes.  The Trusts treat each Fund as a separate entity for federal income tax purposes. Each Fund intends to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute to its shareholders substantially all of its net investment income and any net realized capital gains at least annually. Management has performed an analysis of each Fund’s tax positions for the open tax years as of March 31, 2018 and has concluded that no provisions for income tax are required. The Funds’ federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service. Management is not aware of any events that are reasonably possible to occur in the next six months that would result in the amounts of any unrecognized tax benefits significantly increasing or decreasing for the Funds. However, management’s conclusions regarding tax positions taken may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, new tax laws and accounting regulations and interpretations thereof.

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

 

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i.  Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders.  Dividends and distributions are recorded on ex-dividend date. The timing and characterization of certain income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Permanent differences are primarily due to differing treatments for book and tax purposes of items such as foreign currency gains and losses, corporate actions, premium amortization, defaulted and/or non-income producing securities, paydown gains and losses, return of capital distributions received, convertible bonds and distribution re-designations. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications to capital accounts. Temporary differences between book and tax distributable earnings are primarily due to deferred Trustees’ fees, wash sales, premium amortization, futures contracts mark-to-market, corporate actions, contingent payment debt instruments, convertible bonds, defaulted and/or non-income producing securities and return of capital distributions received. Amounts of income and capital gain available to be distributed on a tax basis are determined annually, and at other times during the Funds’ fiscal year as may be necessary to avoid knowingly declaring and paying a return of capital distribution. Distributions from net investment income and short-term capital gains are considered to be distributed from ordinary income for tax purposes.

The tax characterization of distributions is determined on an annual basis. The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the year ended September 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

     2017 Distributions Paid From:  

Fund

  

Ordinary

Income

    

Long-Term
Capital Gains

    

Total

 

High Income Fund

   $ 8,205,898      $      $ 8,205,898  

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

     4,972,573        39,533        5,012,106  

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     13,667,184               13,667,184  

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

 

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As of September 30, 2017, capital loss carryforwards and late-year ordinary and post-October capital loss deferrals were as follows:

 

    

High Income
Fund

   

Intermediate
Duration
Bond Fund

   

Limited Term
Government
and Agency
Fund

 

Capital loss carryforward:

      

Short-term:

      

No expiration date

   $     $     $ (1,659,130

Long-term:

      

No expiration date

     (1,006,154           (20,182,527
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total capital loss carryforward

   $ (1,006,154   $     $ (21,841,657
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Late-year ordinary and post-October capital loss deferrals*

   $ (2,258   $ (1,131,587   $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Under current tax law, capital losses, foreign currency losses, and losses on passive foreign investment companies and contingent payment debt instruments after October 31 or December 31, as applicable, may be deferred and treated as occurring on the first day of the following taxable year. High Income Fund and Intermediate Duration Bond Fund are deferring foreign currency losses and capital losses, respectively.

As of March 31, 2018, unrealized depreciation on a tax basis was as follows:

 

    

High Income
Fund

   

Intermediate
Duration
Bond Fund

   

Limited Term
Government
and Agency
Fund

 

Unrealized depreciation

      

Investments

   $ (4,554,146   $ (2,504,295   $ (14,693,184

Foreign currency translations

     (1,101,217            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total unrealized depreciation

   $ (5,655,363   $ (2,504,295   $ (14,693,184
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

As of March 31, 2018, the tax cost of investments (including derivatives, if applicable) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on a federal tax basis were as follows:

 

    

High Income
Fund

   

Intermediate
Duration
Bond Fund

   

Limited Term
Government
and Agency
Fund

 

Federal tax cost

   $ 179,342,190     $ 181,033,830     $ 724,338,690  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross tax appreciation

   $ 5,742,388     $ 478,202     $ 2,173,456  

Gross tax depreciation

     (11,403,963     (2,982,497     (16,866,640
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net tax depreciation

   $ (5,661,575   $ (2,504,295   $ (14,693,184
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Amounts exclude certain adjustments that will be made at the end of the Fund’s fiscal year for tax purposes. Such adjustments are primarily due to wash sales.

Differences between these amounts and those reported in the preceding table are primarily attributable to foreign currency mark-to-market.

j.  Loan Participations.  High Income Fund may invest in loans to corporate, governmental or other borrowers. The Fund’s investments in loans may be in the form of participations in loans or assignments of all or a portion of loans. A loan is often administered by a bank or other financial institution that acts as agent for all holders. The agent administers the terms of the loan, as specified in the loan agreement. When investing in a loan participation, (i) a Fund has the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled only from the party from whom the Fund has purchased the participation and only upon receipt by that party of payments from the borrower and (ii) a Fund generally has no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement or to vote on matters arising under the loan agreement. Thus, a Fund may be subject to credit risk both of the party from whom it purchased the loan participation and the borrower and the Fund may have minimal control over the terms of any loan modification. When a Fund purchases assignments from lenders, it acquires direct rights against the borrower on the loan. Loan agreements and participations outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

k.  Repurchase Agreements.  Each Fund may enter into repurchase agreements, under the terms of a Master Repurchase Agreement, under which each Fund acquires securities as collateral and agrees to resell the securities at an agreed upon time and at an agreed upon price. It is each Fund’s policy that the market value of the collateral for repurchase agreements be at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. Certain repurchase agreements are tri-party arrangements whereby the collateral is held in a segregated account for the benefit of the Fund and on behalf of the counterparty. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty, including possible delays or restrictions upon a Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities. As of March 31, 2018, each Fund, as applicable, had investments in repurchase agreements for which the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the repurchase agreement. The gross value of repurchase agreements is included in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for financial reporting purposes.

l.  Due from Brokers.  Transactions and positions in certain futures and forward foreign currency contracts are maintained and cleared by registered U.S. broker/dealers pursuant to customer agreements between the Funds and the various broker/dealers. The due from brokers balance in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for High Income Fund represents cash pledged as collateral for forward foreign currency contracts. The due from broker balance in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for

 

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Intermediate Duration Bond Fund represents cash pledged as initial margin for futures contracts. In certain circumstances the Fund’s use of cash held at brokers is restricted by regulation or broker mandated limits.

m.  Securities Lending.  The Funds have entered into an agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street Bank”), as agent of the Funds, to lend securities to certain designated borrowers. The loans are collateralized with cash or securities in an amount equal to at least 105% or 102% of the market value (including accrued interest) of the loaned international or domestic securities, respectively, when the loan is initiated. Thereafter, the value of the collateral must remain at least 102% of the market value (including accrued interest) of loaned securities for U.S. equities and U.S. corporate debt; at least 105% of the market value (including accrued interest) of loaned securities for non-U.S. equities; and at least 100% of the market value (including accrued interest) of loaned securities for U.S. Government securities, sovereign debt issued by non-U.S. Governments and non-U.S. corporate debt. In the event that the market value of the collateral falls below the required percentages described above, the borrower will deliver additional collateral on the next business day. As with other extensions of credit, the Funds may bear the risk of loss with respect to the investment of the collateral. The Funds invest cash collateral in short-term investments, a portion of the income from which is remitted to the borrowers and the remainder allocated between the Funds and State Street Bank as lending agent.

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, none of the Funds had loaned securities under this agreement.

n.  Indemnifications.  Under the Trusts’ organizational documents, their officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

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

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

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

 

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The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ investments as of March 31, 2018, at value:

High Income Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

 

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

   

Total

 

Bonds and Notes

       

Non-Convertible Bonds

       

ABS Other

  $     $ 223,045     $ 249,093 (b)    $ 472,138  

Home Construction

          3,547,857       12 (c)      3,547,869  

All Other Non-Convertible Bonds(a)

          137,220,792             137,220,792  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Non-Convertible Bonds

          140,991,694       249,105       141,240,799  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Convertible Bonds(a)

          18,009,373             18,009,373  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Bonds and Notes

          159,001,067       249,105       159,250,172  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loan Participations(a)

                474,775 (d)      474,775  

Senior Loans(a)

          2,034,984             2,034,984  

Preferred Stocks

       

Convertible Preferred Stocks(a)

          2,248,885             2,248,885  

Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks(a)

    13,585                   13,585  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks

    13,585       2,248,885             2,262,470  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other Investments(a)

                1,035,153 (e)      1,035,153  

Common Stocks

       

Media

          35,166             35,166  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    2,416,810       154,258             2,571,068  

All Other Common Stocks(a)

    550,439                   550,439  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

    2,967,249       189,424             3,156,673  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Warrants

    1,799                   1,799  

Short-Term Investments

          5,837,065             5,837,065  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

          2,257             2,257  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 2,982,633     $ 169,313,682     $ 1,759,033     $ 174,055,348  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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High Income Fund (continued)

Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

   $   —        $(374,733)      $   —        $(374,733)  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.
(b) Valued using broker-dealer bid prices.
(c) Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser.
(d) Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser using broker-dealer bid prices for which the inputs are unobservable to the Fund.
(e) Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser ($44,852) or fair valued by the Fund’s adviser using broker-dealer bid prices for which the inputs are unobservable to the Fund ($990,301).

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Bonds and Notes(a)

   $      $ 175,335,054      $      $ 175,335,054  

Short-Term Investments

            3,168,419               3,168,419  

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     26,062                      26,062  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 26,062      $ 178,503,473      $   —      $ 178,529,535  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, there were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3.

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

   

Total

 

Bonds and Notes

          

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

   $   —      $ 124,305,786      $ 232,384 (b)    $ 124,538,170  

All Other Bonds and Notes(a)

            537,824,056              537,824,056  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Bonds and Notes

            662,129,842        232,384       662,362,226  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

            47,283,280              47,283,280  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $      $ 709,413,122      $ 232,384     $ 709,645,506  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.
(b) Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser.

 

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For the six months ended March 31, 2018, there were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3.

The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value as of September 30, 2017 and/or March 31, 2018:

High Income Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in Securities

 

Balance as of
September 30,
2017

   

Accrued
Discounts
(Premiums)

   

Realized
Gain
(Loss)

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

   

Purchases

 

Bonds and Notes

         

Non-Convertible Bonds

         

ABS Other

  $     $     $     $ 624     $ 254,997  

Home Construction

    12       12,283             (12,283      

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

    939,675                   (4,675      

Loan Participations

         

ABS Other

          9       54       (298     497,937  

Other Investments

         

Aircraft ABS

    1,853,562                   (818,409      

Common Stocks

         

Media

    23,855                          

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    154,523             (498,179     592,218        

Warrants

    (a)                         
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 2,971,627     $ 12,292     $ (498,125   $ (242,823   $ 752,934  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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High Income Fund (continued)

Asset Valuation Inputs (continued)

 

Investments in Securities

 

Sales

   

Transfers
into Level 3

   

Transfers
out of
Level 3

   

Balance as of
March 31,
2018

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held at
March 31,
2018

 

Bonds and Notes

         

Non-Convertible Bonds

         

ABS Other

  $ (6,528   $     $     $ 249,093     $ 624  

Home Construction

                      12       (12,283

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

    (935,000                        

Loan Participations

         

ABS Other

    (22,927                 474,775       (298

Other Investments

         

Aircraft ABS

                      1,035,153       (818,409

Common Stocks

         

Media

                (23,855            

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    (149,338           (99,224            

Warrants

                             
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ (1,113,793   $   —     $ (123,079   $ 1,759,033     $ (830,366
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Includes a security fair valued at zero using Level 3 inputs that expired as worthless during the period.

Common stocks valued at $123,079 were transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 during the period ended March 31, 2018. At September 30, 2017, these securities were valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Fund’s advisor using broker-dealer bid prices for which the inputs are unobservable to the Fund. At March 31, 2018, these securities were valued on the basis of closing bid quotations furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service in accordance with the Fund’s valuation policies.

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

 

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Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in Securities

 

Balance as of
September 30,
2017

   

Accrued
Discounts
(Premiums)

   

Realized
Gain
(Loss)

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

   

Purchases

 

Bonds and Notes

         

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

  $ 274,554     $     $ (77   $ 277     $  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments in Securities

 

Sales

   

Transfers
into Level 3

   

Transfers
out of
Level 3

   

Balance as of
March 31,
2018

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held at
March 31,
2018

 

Bonds and Notes

         

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

  $ (42,370   $   —     $   —     $ 232,384     $ (368
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

4.  Derivatives.  Derivative instruments are defined as financial instruments whose value and performance are based on the value and performance of an underlying asset, reference rate or index. Derivative instruments that High Income Fund and Intermediate Duration Bond Fund used during the period include forward foreign currency contracts and futures contracts, respectively.

High Income Fund is subject to the risk that changes in foreign currency exchange rates will have an unfavorable effect on the value of Fund assets denominated in foreign currencies. The Fund may enter into forward foreign currency contracts for hedging purposes to protect the value of the Fund’s holdings of foreign securities. The Fund may also use forward foreign currency contracts to gain exposure to foreign currencies, regardless of whether securities denominated in such currencies are held in the Fund. During the six months ended March 31, 2018, High Income Fund engaged in forward foreign currency transactions for hedging purposes.

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund is subject to the risk that changes in interest rates will affect the value of the Fund’s investments in fixed-income securities. A Fund will be subject to increased interest rate risk to the extent that it invests in fixed-income securities with longer maturities or durations, as compared to investing in fixed-income securities with shorter maturities or durations. The Fund may use futures contracts to

 

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hedge against changes in interest rates and to manage its duration in order to control interest rate risk without having to buy or sell portfolio securities. During the six months ended March 31, 2018, Intermediate Duration Bond Fund used futures contracts for hedging purposes and to manage duration.

The following is a summary of derivative instruments for High Income Fund as of March 31, 2018, as reflected within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities:

 

Assets

  

Unrealized
appreciation on
forward foreign
currency contracts

 

Over-the-counter asset derivatives

  

Foreign exchange contracts

   $ 2,257  

Liabilities

  

Unrealized
depreciation on
forward foreign
currency contracts

 

Over-the-counter liability derivatives

  

Foreign exchange contracts

   $ (374,733

Transactions in derivative instruments for High Income Fund during the six months ended March 31, 2018, as reflected within the Statements of Operations, were as follows:

 

Net Change in Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

  

Forward foreign
currency contracts

 

Foreign exchange contracts

   $ (372,476

The following is a summary of derivative instruments for Intermediate Duration Bond Fund as of March 31, 2018, as reflected within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities:

 

Assets

  

Unrealized
appreciation on
futures contracts

 

Exchange-traded/cleared asset derivatives

  

Interest rate contracts

   $ 26,062  

 

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Transactions in derivative instruments for Intermediate Duration Bond Fund during the six months ended March 31, 2018, as reflected within the Statements of Operations, were as follows:

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

  

Futures
contracts

 

Interest rate contracts

   $ (334,910

Net Change in Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

  

Futures
contracts

 

Interest rate contracts

   $ 129,337  

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

The volume of forward foreign currency contract and futures contract activity, as a percentage of net assets, based on gross month-end notional amounts outstanding during the period, including long and short positions at absolute value, was as follows for the six months ended March 31, 2018:

 

High Income Fund

  

Forwards

 

Average Notional Amount Outstanding

     1.13

Highest Notional Amount Outstanding

     1.61

Lowest Notional Amount Outstanding

     0.95

Notional Amount Outstanding as of March 31, 2018

     1.50

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

  

Futures

 

Average Notional Amount Outstanding

     5.10

Highest Notional Amount Outstanding

     5.18

Lowest Notional Amount Outstanding

     4.93

Notional Amount Outstanding as of March 31, 2018

     5.18

Notional amounts outstanding at the end of the prior period are included in the average notional amount outstanding.

Unrealized gain and/or loss on open forwards and futures is recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The aggregate notional values of forward and futures contracts are not recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, and therefore are not included in the Funds’ net assets.

Over-the-counter derivatives, including forward foreign currency contracts, are entered into pursuant to International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) agreements negotiated between the Funds and their counterparties. ISDA

 

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agreements typically contain, among other things, terms for the posting of collateral and master netting provisions in the event of a default or other termination event. Collateral is posted by a Fund or the counterparty to the extent of the net mark-to-market exposure to the other party of all open contracts under the agreement, subject to minimum transfer requirements. Master netting provisions allow the Funds and the counterparty, in the event of a default or other termination event, to offset amounts owed by each related to derivative contracts, including any posted collateral, to one net amount payable by either the Funds or the counterparty. The Funds’ ISDA agreements typically contain provisions that allow a counterparty to terminate open contracts early if the NAV of a Fund declines beyond a certain threshold. For financial reporting purposes, the Funds do not offset derivative assets and liabilities, and any related collateral received or pledged, on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

As of March 31, 2018, gross amounts of over-the-counter derivative assets and liabilities not offset in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and the related net amounts after taking into account master netting arrangements, by counterparty, are as follows:

High Income Fund

 

Counterparty

  

Gross Amounts

of Assets

   

Offset

Amount

   

Net Asset

Balance

   

Collateral

(Received)/

Pledged

    

Net

Amount

 

HSBC Bank USA

   $ 2,257     $ (1,331   $ 926     $      $ 926  

Counterparty

  

Gross Amounts

of Liabilities

   

Offset

Amount

   

Net
Liability

Balance

   

Collateral

(Received)/

Pledged

    

Net

Amount

 

Bank of America, N.A.

   $ (373,402   $     $ (373,402   $ 270,000      $ (103,402

HSBC Bank USA

     (1,331     1,331                     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ (374,733   $ 1,331     $ (373,402   $ 270,000      $ (103,402
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

The actual collateral received or pledged, if any, may exceed the amounts shown in the table due to overcollateralization. Timing differences may exist between when contracts under the ISDA agreements are marked-to-market and when collateral moves. The ISDA agreements include tri-party control agreements under which collateral is held for the benefit of the secured party at a third party custodian, State Street Bank.

Counterparty risk is managed based on policies and procedures established by the Fund’s adviser. Such policies and procedures may include, but are not limited to, minimum counterparty credit rating requirements, monitoring of counterparty credit default swap spreads and posting of collateral. A Fund’s risk of loss from counterparty

 

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credit risk on over-the-counter derivatives is generally limited to the Fund’s aggregated unrealized gains and the amount of any collateral pledged to the counterparty, which may be offset by any collateral posted to the Fund by the counterparty. ISDA master agreements can help to manage counterparty risk by specifying collateral posting arrangements at pre-arranged exposure levels. Under these ISDA agreements, collateral is routinely transferred if the total net exposure in respect of certain transactions, net of existing collateral already in place, exceeds a specified amount (typically $250,000, depending on the counterparty). With exchange-traded derivatives, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund because the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to these instruments, stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract. Credit risk still exists in exchange-traded derivatives with respect to initial and variation margin that is held in a broker’s customer accounts. While brokers are required to segregate customer margin from their own assets, in the event that a broker becomes insolvent or goes into bankruptcy and at that time there is a shortfall in the aggregate amount of margin held by the broker for all its clients, U.S. bankruptcy laws will typically allocate that shortfall on a pro rata basis across all of the broker’s customers, potentially resulting in losses to the Fund. Based on balances reflected on each Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities, the following table shows (i) the maximum amount of loss due to credit risk that, based on the gross fair value of the financial instrument, the Fund would incur if parties (including OTC derivative counterparties and brokers holding margin for exchange-traded derivatives) to the relevant financial instruments failed completely to perform according to the terms of the contracts and the collateral or other security, if any, for the amount due proved to be of no value to the Fund, and (ii) the amount of loss that the Fund would incur after taking into account master netting provisions pursuant to ISDA agreements, as of March 31, 2018:

 

Fund

  

Maximum Amount

of Loss - Gross

    

Maximum Amount

of Loss - Net

 

High Income Fund

   $ 272,257      $ 926  

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

     68,750        68,750  

5.  Purchases and Sales of Securities.  For the six months ended March 31, 2018, purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term investments and including paydowns) were as follows:

 

    U.S. Government/
Agency Securities
    Other Securities  

Fund

 

Purchases

   

Sales

   

Purchases

   

Sales

 

High Income Fund

  $ 5,314,678     $     $ 42,553,395     $ 45,046,434  

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

    52,696,882       74,232,261       94,209,278       71,098,354  

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

    445,342,676       425,339,384       17,794,955       56,707,923  

 

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6.  Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

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

 

     Percentage of Average
Daily Net Assets
 

Fund

  

First

$500 million

   

Next

$1.5 billion

   

Over

$2 billion

 

High Income Fund

     0.6000     0.6000     0.6000

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

     0.2500     0.2500     0.2500

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     0.3750     0.3500     0.3000

Loomis Sayles has given binding undertakings to the Funds to waive management fees and/or reimburse certain expenses to limit the Funds’ operating expenses, exclusive of acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage expenses, interest expense, taxes, organizational and extraordinary expenses such as litigation and indemnification expenses. These undertakings are in effect until January 31, 2019, may be terminated before then only with the consent of the Funds’ Board of Trustees, and are reevaluated on an annual basis. Management fees payable, as reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, is net of waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, pursuant to these undertakings. Waivers/reimbursements that exceed management fees payable are reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as receivable from investment adviser.

For the six months ended March 31, 2018 the expense limits as a percentage of average daily net assets under the expense limitation agreements were as follows:

 

     Expense Limit as a Percentage of
Average Daily Net Assets
 

Fund

  

Class A

   

Class C

   

Class N

   

Class Y

 

High Income Fund

     1.05     1.80     0.75     0.80

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

     0.65     1.40           0.40

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     0.80     1.55     0.50     0.55

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

 

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For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the management fees and waivers of management fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

Fund

 

Gross

Management

Fees

   

Contractual

Waivers of

Management

Fees1

   

Net

Management

Fees

    Percentage of
Average Daily
Net Assets
 
       

Gross

   

Net

 

High Income Fund

  $ 526,816     $ 96,455     $ 430,361       0.60     0.49

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

    227,216       40,973       186,243       0.25     0.20

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

    1,337,479             1,337,479       0.37     0.37

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, class-specific expenses have been reimbursed as follows:

 

     Reimbursement1  

Fund

  

Class A

    

Class C

    

Class N

    

Class Y

    

Total

 

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

   $ 5,339      $ 586      $   —      $ 5,209      $ 11,134  

 

1 

Waiver/expense reimbursements are subject to possible recovery until September 30, 2019.

No expenses were recovered for any of the Funds during the six months ended March 31, 2018 under the terms of the expense limitation agreements.

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

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

Pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, the Trusts have adopted a Service Plan relating to each Fund’s Class A shares (the “Class A Plans”) (effective August 31, 2016 for Intermediate Duration Bond Fund), and a Distribution and Service Plan relating to each Fund’s Class B and Class C shares (the “Class C Plans”).

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

 

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

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

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the service and distribution fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

     Service Fees      Distribution Fees  

Fund

  

Class A

    

Class C

    

Class C

 

High Income Fund

   $ 38,690      $ 12,857      $ 38,571  

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

     27,206        3,992        11,974  

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     409,388        48,725        146,174  

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

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the administrative fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Administrative

Fees

 

High Income Fund

   $ 38,895  

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

     40,261  

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     161,392  

d.  Sub-Transfer Agent Fees.  Natixis Distribution has entered into agreements, which include servicing agreements, with financial intermediaries that provide recordkeeping, processing, shareholder communications and other services to customers of the intermediaries that hold positions in the Funds and has agreed to compensate the

 

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

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the sub-transfer agent fees (which are reflected in transfer agent fees and expenses in the Statements of Operations) for each Fund were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Sub-Transfer

Agent Fees

 

High Income Fund

   $ 89,257  

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

     45,427  

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     183,083  

As of March 31, 2018, the Funds owe Natixis Distribution the following reimbursements for sub-transfer agent fees (which are reflected in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as payable to distributor):

 

Fund

  

Reimbursements

of Sub-Transfer

Agent Fees

 

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

   $ 1,272  

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     11,353  

As of March 31, 2018, Natixis Distribution owes the High Income Fund $3,479 for overpayments of sub-transfer agent fees (which are reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as receivable from distributor).

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

e.  Commissions.  Commissions (including CDSCs) on Fund shares retained by Natixis Distribution during the six months ended March 31, 2018 were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Commissions

 

High Income Fund

   $ 1,786  

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

     88  

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     11,455  

 

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f.  Trustees Fees and Expenses.  The Trusts do not pay any compensation directly to their officers or Trustees who are directors, officers or employees of Natixis Advisors, Natixis Distribution, Natixis or their affiliates. The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees receives a retainer fee at the annual rate of $340,000. The Chairperson does not receive any meeting attendance fees for Board of Trustees meetings or committee meetings that he attends. Each Independent Trustee (other than the Chairperson) receives, in the aggregate, a retainer fee at the annual rate of $170,000. Each Independent Trustee also receives a meeting attendance fee of $10,000 for each meeting of the Board of Trustees that he or she attends in person and $5,000 for each meeting of the Board of Trustees that he or she attends telephonically. In addition, the chairperson of the Contract Review Committee and the chairperson of the Audit Committee each receive an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $20,000. The chairperson of the Governance Committee receives an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $12,000. Each Contract Review Committee member is compensated $6,000 for each Committee meeting that he or she attends in person and $3,000 for each meeting that he or she attends telephonically. Each Audit Committee member is compensated $6,000 for each Committee meeting that he or she attends in person and $3,000 for each meeting that he or she attends telephonically. These fees are allocated among the funds in the Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Natixis ETF Trust based on a formula that takes into account, among other factors, the relative net assets of each fund. Trustees are reimbursed for travel expenses in connection with attendance at meetings.

Prior to January 1, 2018, the Chairperson of the Board received a retainer fee at the annual rate of $325,000 and each Independent Trustee (other than the Chairperson) received, in the aggregate, a retainer fee at the annual rate of $155,000, the chairperson of the Contract Review Committee and Audit Committee each received an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $17,500 and the chairperson of the Governance Committee received an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $10,000. All other Trustee fees remained unchanged.

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

 

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g.  Affiliated Ownership.  As of March 31, 2018, the percentage of each Fund’s net assets owned by affiliates is as follows:

 

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

   Percentage of
Net Assets

Loomis Sayles Employees’ Profit Sharing Retirement Plan

   0.52%

Natixis Sustainable Future 2015 Fund

   0.08%

Natixis Sustainable Future 2020 Fund

   0.07%

Natixis Sustainable Future 2025 Fund

   0.05%

Natixis Sustainable Future 2030 Fund

   0.03%

Natixis Sustainable Future 2035 Fund

   0.02%

Natixis Sustainable Future 2040 Fund

   0.01%

Natixis Sustainable Future 2045 Fund

   0.01%

Natixis Sustainable Future 2050 Fund

   less than 0.01%

Natixis Sustainable Future 2055 Fund

   less than 0.01%

Natixis Sustainable Future 2060 Fund

   less than 0.01%

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

   Percentage of
Net Assets

Loomis Sayles Employees’ Profit Sharing Retirement Plan

   0.87%

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

h.  Reimbursement of Transfer Agent Fees and Expenses.  Natixis Advisors has given a binding contractual undertaking to the High Income Fund and Limited Term Government and Agency Fund to reimburse any and all transfer agency expenses for the Funds’ Class N shares. This undertaking is in effect through January 31, 2019 and is not subject to recovery under the expense limitation agreement described above.

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, Natixis Advisors reimbursed the Funds for transfer agency expenses as follows:

 

     Reimbursement of
Transfer Agency
Expenses
 

Fund

  

Class N

 

High Income Fund

   $ 86  

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     138  

i.  Payment by Affiliates.  For the six months ended March 31, 2018, Loomis Sayles reimbursed High Income Fund $4,468 in connection with a trading error.

7.  Class-Specific Transfer Agent Fees and Expenses.  Transfer agent fees and expenses attributable to Class A, Class C, and Class Y are allocated on a pro rata basis

 

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to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of those classes. Transfer agent fees and expenses attributable to Class N are allocated to Class N.

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund allocates transfer agent fees and expenses on a pro rata basis based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of those classes.

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the Funds incurred the following class-specific transfer agent fees and expenses (including sub-transfer agent fees, where applicable):

 

     Transfer Agent Fees and Expenses  

Fund

  

Class A

    

Class C

    

Class N

    

Class Y

 

High Income Fund

   $ 17,747      $ 5,890      $ 86      $ 76,050  

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     143,843        17,102        138        158,064  

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

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, none of the Funds had borrowings under this agreement.

Effective April 12, 2018, the line of credit with Citibank, N.A. expired, and the Funds, together with certain other funds of Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts, and Natixis ETF Trust, entered into a $400,000,000 committed unsecured line of credit provided by State Street Bank and Trust. Any one Fund may borrow up to $350,000,000 under the line of credit agreement (as long as all borrowings by all Funds in the aggregate do not exceed the $400,000,000 limit at any time), subject to each Fund’s investment restrictions and its contractual obligations under the line of credit. Interest is charged to the Funds based upon the terms set forth in the agreement. In addition, a commitment fee of 0.15% per annum, payable at the end of each calendar quarter, is

 

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accrued and apportioned among the participating funds based on their average daily unused portion of the line of credit.

9.  Concentration of Risk.  Limited Term Government and Agency Fund’s investments in mortgage-related and asset-backed securities are subject to certain risks not associated with investments in other securities. Mortgage-related and asset-backed securities are subject to the risk that unexpected changes in interest rates will have a direct effect on expected maturity. A shortened maturity may result in the reinvestment of prepaid amounts in securities with lower yields than the original obligations. An extended maturity may result in a reduction of a security’s value.

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

10.  Concentration of Ownership.  From time to time, a Fund may have a concentration of one or more accounts constituting a significant percentage of shares outstanding. Investment activities by holders of such accounts could have material impacts on the Funds. As of March 31, 2018, based on management’s evaluation of the shareholder account base, the Funds had accounts representing controlling ownership of more than 5% of the Fund’s total outstanding shares. The number of such accounts, based on accounts that represent more than 5% of an individual class of shares, and the aggregate percentage of net assets represented by such holdings were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Number of 5%

Account Holders

    

Percentage of

Ownership

 

High Income Fund

     3        34.75

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

     3        22.11

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

 

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

 

    
Six Months Ended
March 31, 2018

 
   
Year Ended
September 30, 2017(a)

 

High Income Fund

     Shares       Amount       Shares       Amount  
Class A  

Issued from the sale of shares

     1,245,556     $ 5,403,073       2,869,491     $ 12,272,049  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     137,622       594,097       306,554       1,311,455  

Redeemed

     (2,537,165     (10,972,556     (3,623,241     (15,504,179
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (1,153,987   $ (4,975,386     (447,196   $ (1,920,675
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C  

Issued from the sale of shares

     66,022     $ 288,070       471,847     $ 2,010,717  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     37,473       162,322       88,277       378,228  

Redeemed

     (477,710     (2,080,619     (897,288     (3,849,291
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (374,215   $ (1,630,227     (337,164   $ (1,460,346
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class N  

Issued from the sale of shares

     2,625,318     $ 11,210,114       240     $ 1,001  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     10,646       45,245       10       41  

Redeemed

     (215,165     (916,741            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     2,420,799     $ 10,338,618       250     $ 1,042  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y  

Issued from the sale of shares

     4,637,484     $ 20,040,866       9,715,068     $ 41,499,158  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     610,218       2,627,592       1,184,729       5,054,088  

Redeemed

     (6,505,829     (28,022,825     (10,799,917     (45,851,330
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (1,258,127   $ (5,354,367     99,880     $ 701,916  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     (365,530   $ (1,621,362     (684,230   $ (2,678,063
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) From commencement of operations on November 30, 2016 through September 30, 2017 for Class N shares.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

11.  Capital Shares (continued).

 

    
Six Months Ended
March 31, 2018

 
   
Year Ended
September 30, 2017

 

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

     Shares       Amount       Shares       Amount  
Class A  

Issued from the sale of shares

     168,654     $ 1,719,071       495,534     $ 5,098,171  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     21,930       223,050       51,612       528,641  

Redeemed

     (537,191     (5,418,274     (263,005     (2,708,601
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (346,607   $ (3,476,153     284,141     $ 2,918,211  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C  

Issued from the sale of shares

     244     $ 2,500       14,097     $ 144,076  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     2,175       22,124       5,796       59,316  

Redeemed

     (1,491     (15,012            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     928     $ 9,612       19,893     $ 203,392  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y  

Issued from the sale of shares

     2,438,271     $ 24,820,058       6,045,802     $ 62,224,245  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     151,818       1,543,166       342,222       3,505,355  

Redeemed

     (2,149,607     (21,785,917     (4,606,062     (47,400,228
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     440,482     $ 4,577,307       1,781,962     $ 18,329,372  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     94,803     $ 1,110,766       2,085,996     $ 21,450,975  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

11.  Capital Shares (continued).

 

    
Six Months Ended
March 31, 2018

 
   
Year Ended
September 30, 2017(a)

 

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     Shares       Amount       Shares       Amount  
Class A  

Issued from the sale of shares

     3,736,497     $ 42,032,602       3,991,528     $ 45,399,327  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     215,930       2,425,444       454,875       5,170,894  

Redeemed

     (5,121,277     (57,573,591     (13,213,781     (150,164,121
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (1,168,850   $ (13,115,545     (8,767,378   $ (99,593,900
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C  

Issued from the sale of shares

     228,040     $ 2,571,579       757,506     $ 8,626,416  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     15,021       168,888       29,711       337,959  

Redeemed

     (1,029,484     (11,578,366     (3,304,176     (37,593,668
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (786,423   $ (8,837,899     (2,516,959   $ (28,629,293
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class N  

Issued from the sale of shares

     46,622     $ 524,127       166,111     $ 1,892,253  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     2,047       23,046       1,700       19,353  

Redeemed

     (3,265     (36,577     (527     (5,984
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     45,404     $ 510,596       167,284     $ 1,905,622  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y  

Issued from the sale of shares

     7,132,077     $ 80,453,039       13,725,909     $ 156,563,024  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     259,319       2,921,174       431,654       4,921,367  

Redeemed

     (7,891,044     (88,881,691     (18,111,061     (206,644,972
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (499,648   $ (5,507,478     (3,953,498   $ (45,160,581
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     (2,409,517   $ (26,950,326     (15,070,551   $ (171,478,152
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) From commencement of operations on February 1, 2017 through September 30, 2017 for Class N shares.

 

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Additional Information

 

Special Meeting of Shareholders. (Unaudited)

A special meeting of shareholders of the Trust was held on December 4, 2017 to consider a proposal to elect thirteen Trustees to the Board of Trustees. The proposal was approved by shareholders of the Trust. The results of the shareholder vote were as follows:

Loomis Sayles Funds II

 

Nominee

  

Voted “FOR”*

    

Withheld*

 

Kevin Charleston

     1,650,323,196.06        13,951,932.67  

Kenneth A. Drucker

     1,649,298,883.81        14,976,244.92  

Edmond J. English

     1,650,162,849.38        14,112,279.34  

David L. Giunta

     1,649,705,816.93        14,569,311.79  

Richard A. Goglia

     1,650,200,499.41        14,074,629.32  

Wendell J. Knox

     1,649,845,960.13        14,429,168.60  

Martin T. Meehan

     1,649,803,233.76        14,471,894.97  

Maureen B. Mitchell

     1,650,894,337.38        13,380,791.35  

Sandra O. Moose**

     1,649,617,852.02        14,657,276.71  

James P. Palermo

     1,650,208,171.55        14,066,957.18  

Erik R. Sirri

     1,649,620,219.44        14,654,909.29  

Peter J. Smail

     1,650,200,577.97        14,074,550.76  

Cynthia L. Walker

     1,651,179,641.66        13,095,487.07  

 

* Trust-wide voting results.

 

** Ms. Moose retired as a Trustee effective January 1, 2018.

Loomis Sayles Funds I

 

Nominee

  

Voted “FOR”*

    

Withheld*

 

Kevin Charleston

     1,046,693,133.34        15,163,366.07  

Kenneth A. Drucker

     1,045,641,428.27        16,215,071.15  

Edmond J. English

     1,046,277,137.68        15,579,361.74  

David L. Giunta

     1,046,496,391.62        15,360,107.79  

Richard A. Goglia

     1,046,269,146.27        15,587,353.15  

Wendell J. Knox

     1,045,976,095.92        15,880,403.49  

Martin T. Meehan

     1,046,154,669.52        15,701,829.89  

Maureen B. Mitchell

     1,047,019,476.25        14,837,023.17  

Sandra O. Moose**

     1,045,973,479.27        15,883,020.14  

James P. Palermo

     1,046,549,375.30        15,307,124.11  

Erik R. Sirri

     1,046,440,355.81        15,416,143.60  

Peter J. Smail

     1,046,053,910.90        15,802,588.52  

Cynthia L. Walker

     1,047,362,231.11        14,494,268.31  

 

* Trust-wide voting results.

 

** Ms. Moose retired as a Trustee effective January 1, 2018.

 

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Semiannual Report

March 31, 2018

 

Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund

Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund

 

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Portfolio Review     1  
Portfolio of Investments     9  
Financial Statements     37  
Notes to Financial Statements     51  

 

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES INVESTMENT GRADE BOND FUND

 

Managers      Symbols   
Matthew J. Eagan, CFA®      Class A    LIGRX
Daniel J. Fuss, CFA®, CIC      Class C    LGBCX
Brian P. Kennedy      Class N    LGBNX
Elaine M. Stokes      Class Y    LSIIX
Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.      Admin Class    LIGAX

 

 

Investment Goal

The Fund seeks high total investment return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation.

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — March 31, 20184

 

                                        Expense Ratios5  
     6 Months     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years    

Life of

Class N

    Gross     Net  
     
Class Y (Inception 12/31/96)                
NAV     0.22     4.10     2.54     5.41         0.57     0.55
     
Class A (Inception 12/31/96)                
NAV     0.18       3.94       2.29       5.14             0.82       0.80  
With 4.25% Maximum Sales Charge     -4.06       -0.50       1.41       4.69              
     
Class C (Inception 9/12/03)                
NAV     -0.20       3.18       1.53       4.35             1.57       1.55  
With CDSC2     -1.17       2.18       1.53       4.35              
     
Class N (Inception 2/1/13)                
NAV     0.35       4.28       2.64             2.65       0.48       0.48  
     
Admin Class (Inception 2/1/10)1                
NAV     -0.03       3.59       2.04       4.84             1.03       1.00  
   
Comparative Performance                
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index3     -1.10       1.38       1.84       3.65       1.93                  

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

 

1 Prior to the inception of Admin Class shares (2/1/10), performance is that of Class A shares, restated to reflect the higher net expenses of Admin Class shares.

 

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

 

3 The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index is the non-securitized component of the U.S. Aggregate Index and was the first macro index launched by Barclays Capital. The U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index includes Treasuries (i.e., public obligations of the U.S. Treasury that have remaining maturities of more than one year), government-related issues (i.e., agency, sovereign, supranational, and local authority debt), and corporates. The U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index was launched on January 1, 1979, with index history backfilled to 1973, and is a subset of the U.S. Aggregate Index.

 

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

 

5 Expense ratios are as shown in the Fund’s prospectus in effect as of the date of this report. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report under Ratios to Average Net Assets. Net expenses reflect contractual expense caps set to expire on 1/31/19. When a Fund’s expenses are below the cap, gross and net expense ratios will be the same. See Note 5 of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information about the Fund’s expense caps.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES STRATEGIC INCOME FUND

 

Managers      Symbols   
Matthew J. Eagan, CFA®      Class A    NEFZX
Daniel J. Fuss, CFA®, CIC      Class C    NECZX
Brian P. Kennedy      Class N    NEZNX
Elaine M. Stokes      Class Y    NEZYX
Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.      Admin Class    NEZAX

 

 

Investment Goal

The Fund seeks high current income with a secondary objective of capital growth.

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — March 31, 20185

 

                                        Expense Ratios6  
     6 Months     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     Life of
Class N
    Gross     Net  
     
Class Y (Inception 12/1/99)                
NAV     0.43     4.71     4.36     6.54         0.71     0.71
     
Class A (Inception 5/1/95)                
NAV     0.30       4.44       4.11       6.28             0.96       0.96  
With 4.25% Maximum Sales Charge     -3.97       0.02       3.21       5.82              
     
Class C (Inception 5/1/95)                
NAV     -0.09       3.60       3.33       5.48             1.71       1.71  
With CDSC2     -1.06       2.60       3.33       5.48              
     
Class N (Inception 2/1/13)                
NAV     0.40       4.79       4.44             4.48       0.63       0.63  
     
Admin Class (Inception 2/1/10)1                
NAV     0.18       4.20       3.86       6.01             1.19       1.19  
   
Comparative Performance                
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3     -1.08       1.20       1.82       3.63       1.90        
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Universal Bond Index4     -1.00       1.52       2.19       4.01       2.26                  

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

 

1 Prior to the inception of Admin Class shares (2/1/10), performance is that of Class A shares, restated to reflect the higher net expenses of Admin Class shares.

 

2 Class C share performance assumes a 1% CDSC applied when you sell shares within one year of purchase.

 

3 The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index that covers the U.S.-dollar-denominated, investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable bond market of SEC-registered securities. The index includes bonds from the Treasury, government-related, corporate, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and collateralized mortgage-backed securities sectors.

 

4 The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Universal Bond Index represents the union of the U.S. Aggregate Index, the U.S. High-Yield Corporate Index, the 144A Index, the Eurodollar Index, the Emerging Markets Index, and the non-ERISA portion of the CMBS Index. Municipal debt, private placements, and non-dollar-denominated issues are excluded from the Universal Bond Index. The only constituent of the index that includes floating-rate debt is the Emerging Markets Index.

 

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

 

6 Expense ratios are as shown in the Fund’s prospectus in effect as of the date of this report. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report under Ratios to Average Net Assets. Net expenses reflect contractual expense caps set to expire on 1/31/19. When a Fund’s expenses are below the cap, gross and net expense ratios will be the same. See Note 5 of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information about the Fund’s expense caps.

 

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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

ADDITIONAL INDEX INFORMATION

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

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

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

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

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO SCHEDULES

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

 

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UNDERSTANDING YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES

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

The first line in the table for each class of Fund shares shows the actual account values and actual Fund expenses you would have paid on a $1,000 investment in the Fund from October 1, 2017 through March 31, 2018. To estimate the expenses you paid over the period, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6) and multiply the result by the number in the Expenses Paid During Period column as shown below for your class.

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

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

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES INVESTMENT GRADE
BOND FUND
  BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
10/1/2017
    ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
3/31/2018
    EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
10/1/2017 – 3/31/2018
 
Class A        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,001.80       $3.99  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,020.94       $4.03  
Class C        
Actual     $1,000.00       $998.00       $7.72  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,017.20       $7.80  
Class N        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,003.50       $2.40  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,022.54       $2.42  
Class Y        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,002.20       $2.75  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,022.19       $2.77  
Admin Class        
Actual     $1,000.00       $999.70       $4.89  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,020.05       $4.94  

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement): 0.80%, 1.55%, 0.48%, 0.55% and 0.98% for Class A, C, N, Y and Admin Class, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES STRATEGIC INCOME
FUND
  BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
10/1/2017
    ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
3/31/2018
    EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
10/1/2017 – 3/31/2018
 
Class A        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,003.00       $4.79  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,020.15       $4.84  
Class C        
Actual     $1,000.00       $999.10       $8.52  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,016.41       $8.60  
Class N        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,004.00       $3.15  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,021.79       $3.18  
Class Y        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,004.30       $3.55  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,021.39       $3.58  
Admin Class        
Actual     $1,000.00       $1,001.80       $5.94  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)     $1,000.00       $1,019.00       $5.99  

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio: 0.96%, 1.71%, 0.63%, 0.71% and 1.19% for Class A, C, N, Y and Admin Class, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes — 69.7% of Net Assets  
  Non-Convertible Bonds — 68.2%  
   ABS Other — 1.5%   
$ 52,374,737      FAN Engine Securitization Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class 1A, 4.625%, 10/15/2043, 144A(a)(b)(c)    $ 51,772,427  
  10,701,183      Trinity Rail Leasing LLC, Series 2010-1A, Class A,
5.194%, 10/16/2040, 144A
     11,091,598  
  31,219,677      Trinity Rail Leasing LP, Series 2009-1A, Class A,
6.657%, 11/16/2039, 144A(a)
     30,870,797  
  1,923,849      Trinity Rail Leasing LP, Series 2012-1A, Class A1, 2.266%, 1/15/2043, 144A      1,881,827  
     

 

 

 
        95,616,649  
     

 

 

 
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.7%   
  1,865,000      Bombardier, Inc., 7.450%, 5/01/2034, 144A      1,875,556  
  1,455,000      Embraer Netherlands Finance BV, 5.400%, 2/01/2027      1,537,353  
  550,000      Leonardo U.S. Holdings, Inc., 6.250%, 1/15/2040, 144A      611,699  
  650,000      Leonardo U.S. Holdings, Inc., 7.375%, 7/15/2039      793,000  
  78,795,000      Textron, Inc., 5.950%, 9/21/2021      85,261,363  
  11,040,000      Textron, Inc., EMTN, 6.625%, 4/07/2020, (GBP)      16,758,385  
     

 

 

 
        106,837,356  
     

 

 

 
   Airlines — 1.9%   
  3,612,422      Air Canada Pass Through Trust, Series 2013-1, Class B, 5.375%, 11/15/2022, 144A      3,720,795  
  1,667,093      Continental Airlines Pass Through Certificates, Series 2012-1, Class B, 6.250%, 10/11/2021      1,725,441  
  18,340,000      Continental Airlines Pass Through Certificates, Series 2012-3, Class C, 6.125%, 4/29/2018      18,340,000  
  226,603      Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 1999-1, Class A, 6.545%, 8/02/2020      232,132  
  408,435      Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2001-1, Class A-1, 6.703%, 12/15/2022      437,442  
  43,103,646      Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2007-1, Class A, 5.983%, 10/19/2023      46,129,953  
  1,176,001      Delta Air Lines Pass Through Trust, Series 2007-1, Class A, 6.821%, 2/10/2024      1,299,011  
  6,528,922      Delta Air Lines Pass Through Trust, Series 2007-1, Class B, 8.021%, 2/10/2024      7,269,955  
  12,303,465      Delta Air Lines Pass Through Trust, Series 2009-1, Class A, 7.750%, 6/17/2021      13,013,621  
  7,863,809      Delta Air Lines Pass Through Trust, Series 2010-1, Class A, 6.200%, 1/02/2020(a)      7,966,982  
  14,960,517      UAL Pass Through Trust, Series 2007-1, Class A, 6.636%, 1/02/2024      15,681,614  
  1,235,185      Virgin Australia Pass Through Certificates, Series 2013-1A, 5.000%, 4/23/2025, 144A      1,266,917  
     

 

 

 
        117,083,863  
     

 

 

 
   Automotive — 0.7%   
  23,581,000      Cummins, Inc., 5.650%, 3/01/2098      26,074,369  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Automotive — continued   
$ 5,274,000      Cummins, Inc., 6.750%, 2/15/2027    $ 6,354,216  
  125,000      Ford Motor Co., 6.500%, 8/01/2018      126,506  
  255,000      Ford Motor Co., 6.625%, 2/15/2028      292,605  
  240,000      Ford Motor Co., 7.500%, 8/01/2026      286,863  
  5,000,000      Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 5.000%, 5/15/2018      5,011,998  
  2,370,000      Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The), 7.000%, 3/15/2028      2,547,750  
     

 

 

 
        40,694,307  
     

 

 

 
   Banking — 7.2%   
  1,468,000      Ally Financial, Inc., 8.000%, 11/01/2031      1,792,795  
  84,339,000      Bank of America Corp., 6.110%, 1/29/2037      101,473,885  
  49,304,000      Bank of America Corp., (fixed rate to 12/20/2027, variable rate thereafter), 3.419%, 12/20/2028, 144A      47,228,165  
  100,000      Bank of America Corp., MTN, 4.250%, 10/22/2026      100,701  
  25,627,000      Bank of America Corp., Series L, MTN, 4.183%, 11/25/2027      25,405,191  
  25,090,000      Bank of Nova Scotia (The), 2.130%, 6/15/2020, (CAD)      19,354,559  
  2,173,000      Bear Stearns Cos. LLC (The), 4.650%, 7/02/2018      2,184,214  
  17,000,000      Citigroup, Inc., 3.500%, 5/15/2023      16,796,717  
  1,660,000      Citigroup, Inc., 4.500%, 1/14/2022      1,724,974  
  22,960,000      Citigroup, Inc., 5.130%, 11/12/2019, (NZD)      17,265,996  
  2,200,000      Deutsche Bank AG, (fixed rate to 12/01/2027, variable rate thereafter), 4.875%, 12/01/2032      2,034,142  
  6,645,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), GMTN, 5.375%, 3/15/2020      6,928,741  
  70,245,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.125%, 12/15/2026      70,594,024  
  36,745,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.250%, 11/02/2018, (NZD)      26,799,525  
  100,000      Keybank NA, 6.950%, 2/01/2028      123,368  
  5,100,000      Lloyds Banking Group PLC, 5.300%, 12/01/2045      5,438,577  
  1,845,000      Morgan Stanley, 4.350%, 9/08/2026      1,858,154  
  30,000,000      Morgan Stanley, 4.750%, 11/16/2018, (AUD)      23,356,700  
  5,900,000      Morgan Stanley, 5.750%, 1/25/2021      6,287,767  
  20,695,000      Morgan Stanley, MTN, 4.100%, 5/22/2023      20,973,413  
  38,206,000      Morgan Stanley, Series F, GMTN, 5.625%, 9/23/2019      39,659,834  
  2,875,000      National City Bank of Indiana, 4.250%, 7/01/2018      2,886,327  
  8,638,000      National City Corp., 6.875%, 5/15/2019      9,016,439  
     

 

 

 
        449,284,208  
     

 

 

 
   Brokerage — 1.4%   
  50,270,000      Jefferies Group LLC, 5.125%, 1/20/2023      53,194,366  
  19,498,000      Jefferies Group LLC, 6.250%, 1/15/2036      21,200,840  
  8,760,000      Jefferies Group LLC, 6.450%, 6/08/2027      9,895,989  
     

 

 

 
        84,291,195  
     

 

 

 
   Building Materials — 0.6%   
  1,610,000      Masco Corp., 6.500%, 8/15/2032      1,865,394  
  3,110,000      Masco Corp., 7.125%, 3/15/2020      3,334,573  
  2,667,000      Masco Corp., 7.750%, 8/01/2029      3,376,554  
  23,975,000      Owens Corning, 7.000%, 12/01/2036      30,688,973  
     

 

 

 
        39,265,494  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Cable Satellite — 1.7%   
$ 10,790,000      DISH DBS Corp., 5.000%, 3/15/2023    $ 9,697,512  
  17,832,000      Shaw Communications, Inc., 5.650%, 10/01/2019, (CAD)      14,506,848  
  13,630,000      Time Warner Cable LLC, 4.125%, 2/15/2021      13,777,566  
  2,800,000      Time Warner Cable LLC, 4.500%, 9/15/2042      2,425,081  
  64,548,000      Time Warner Cable LLC, 6.750%, 7/01/2018      65,156,280  
     

 

 

 
        105,563,287  
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 0.8%   
  894,000      Consolidated Energy Finance S.A., 6.750%, 10/15/2019, 144A      904,058  
  50,500,000      INVISTA Finance LLC, 4.250%, 10/15/2019, 144A      50,429,300  
     

 

 

 
        51,333,358  
     

 

 

 
   Construction Machinery — 0.1%   
  6,787,000      Toro Co. (The), 6.625%, 5/01/2037(b)(c)      7,992,573  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Products — 0.1%   
  7,458,000      Hasbro, Inc., 6.600%, 7/15/2028      8,587,061  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Manufacturing — 0.1%   
  5,305,000      General Electric Co., Series A, MTN, 3-month LIBOR + 0.300%, 2.022%, 5/13/2024(d)      5,054,233  
     

 

 

 
   Electric — 1.6%   
  24,891,673      Alta Wind Holdings LLC, 7.000%, 6/30/2035, 144A      28,097,668  
  7,969,787      Bruce Mansfield Unit Pass Through Trust, 6.850%, 6/01/2034(b)(c)      2,463,382  
  30,430,000      EDP Finance BV, 4.125%, 1/15/2020, 144A      30,904,708  
  4,491,000      Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A., 7.875%, 2/01/2027      5,592,218  
  13,025,000      Enel Finance International NV, 6.000%, 10/07/2039, 144A      15,296,957  
  9,007,000      Enel Finance International NV, 6.800%, 9/15/2037, 144A      11,407,980  
  3,596,935      Mackinaw Power LLC, 6.296%, 10/31/2023, 144A(b)(c)      3,703,763  
     

 

 

 
        97,466,676  
     

 

 

 
   Finance Companies — 3.6%   
  18,830,000      International Lease Finance Corp., 4.625%, 4/15/2021      19,435,201  
  62,425(††)      Navient Corp., 6.000%, 12/15/2043      1,447,844  
  5,615,000      Navient Corp., MTN, 6.125%, 3/25/2024      5,593,944  
  90,196,000      Navient LLC, 5.500%, 1/25/2023      88,617,570  
  3,280,000      Navient LLC, MTN, 7.250%, 1/25/2022      3,464,500  
  22,116,000      Navient LLC, Series A, MTN, 5.625%, 8/01/2033(b)(c)      19,351,500  
  7,805,000      Quicken Loans, Inc., 5.250%, 1/15/2028, 144A      7,297,675  
  6,820,000      Quicken Loans, Inc., 5.750%, 5/01/2025, 144A      6,802,950  
  16,717,000      Springleaf Finance Corp., 5.250%, 12/15/2019      17,051,340  
  4,920,000      Springleaf Finance Corp., 6.875%, 3/15/2025      4,938,450  
  31,883,000      Springleaf Finance Corp., 7.750%, 10/01/2021      34,513,347  
  16,599,000      Springleaf Finance Corp., 8.250%, 10/01/2023      17,926,920  
     

 

 

 
        226,441,241  
     

 

 

 
   Government Owned – No Guarantee — 0.8%   
  3,720,000      Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. PJSC, 6.500%, 10/27/2036, 144A      4,472,928  
  12,575,000      Pertamina Persero PT, 6.450%, 5/30/2044, 144A      14,219,584  
  17,435,000      Petrobras Global Finance BV, 4.375%, 5/20/2023      17,108,965  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Government Owned – No Guarantee — continued   
$ 11,555,000      Petrobras Global Finance BV, 5.625%, 5/20/2043    $ 10,081,738  
  1,000,000      Telekom Malaysia Berhad, 7.875%, 8/01/2025, 144A      1,246,880  
     

 

 

 
        47,130,095  
     

 

 

 
   Health Insurance — 0.0%   
  1,261,000      Cigna Corp., 7.875%, 5/15/2027      1,598,506  
     

 

 

 
   Healthcare — 0.6%   
  7,692,000      Boston Scientific Corp., 6.000%, 1/15/2020      8,071,668  
  9,385,000      HCA, Inc., 4.500%, 2/15/2027      9,056,525  
  4,806,000      HCA, Inc., 7.050%, 12/01/2027      5,082,345  
  1,592,000      HCA, Inc., 7.500%, 11/06/2033      1,739,260  
  1,295,000      HCA, Inc., 7.690%, 6/15/2025      1,427,738  
  2,480,000      HCA, Inc., MTN, 7.580%, 9/15/2025      2,718,700  
  3,068,000      HCA, Inc., MTN, 7.750%, 7/15/2036      3,374,800  
  4,785,000      Tenet Healthcare Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/2031      4,354,350  
     

 

 

 
        35,825,386  
     

 

 

 
   Home Construction — 0.2%   
  3,990,000      PulteGroup, Inc., 6.000%, 2/15/2035      4,039,875  
  3,567,000      PulteGroup, Inc., 6.375%, 5/15/2033      3,727,515  
  1,615,000      TRI Pointe Group, Inc./TRI Pointe Homes, Inc., 5.875%, 6/15/2024      1,638,741  
     

 

 

 
        9,406,131  
     

 

 

 
   Independent Energy — 1.1%   
  29,185,000      California Resources Corp., 8.000%, 12/15/2022, 144A      22,910,225  
  7,335,000      Continental Resources, Inc., 3.800%, 6/01/2024      7,059,938  
  9,787,000      EQT Corp., 8.125%, 6/01/2019      10,364,355  
  29,027,000      Noble Energy, Inc., 3.900%, 11/15/2024      29,012,078  
  400,000      QEP Resources, Inc., 5.250%, 5/01/2023      385,016  
  60,000      Whiting Petroleum Corp., 6.250%, 4/01/2023      60,607  
     

 

 

 
        69,792,219  
     

 

 

 
   Integrated Energy — 0.1%   
  7,700,000      Reliance Holdings USA, Inc., 5.400%, 2/14/2022, 144A      8,136,132  
     

 

 

 
   Life Insurance — 1.8%   
  1,475,000      American International Group, Inc., 4.875%, 6/01/2022      1,555,588  
  600,000      AXA S.A., EMTN, (fixed rate to 10/16/2019, variable rate thereafter), 6.772%, (GBP)(e)      891,172  
  5,900,000      AXA S.A., EMTN, (fixed rate to 4/16/2020, variable rate thereafter), 5.250%, 4/16/2040, (EUR)      7,935,389  
  15,000,000      Global Atlantic Fin Co., 8.625%, 4/15/2021, 144A      16,990,449  
  9,063,000      Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co., 6.800%, 6/15/2036, 144A      11,598,677  
  26,914,000      National Life Insurance Co., 10.500%, 9/15/2039, 144A(b)(c)      43,620,351  
  6,440,000      NLV Financial Corp., 7.500%, 8/15/2033, 144A(b)(c)      7,620,055  
  2,872,000      Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. (The), 6.650%, 6/15/2034, 144A      3,399,506  
  14,489,000      Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. (The), 7.625%, 6/15/2040, 144A      19,354,078  
     

 

 

 
        112,965,265  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Local Authorities — 0.5%   
  37,829,000      New South Wales Treasury Corp., 3.500%, 3/20/2019, (AUD)    $ 29,478,169  
  489,000      Province of Nova Scotia, 6.600%, 6/01/2027, (CAD)      497,134  
     

 

 

 
        29,975,303  
     

 

 

 
   Lodging — 0.9%   
  52,516,000      Choice Hotels International, Inc., 5.700%, 8/28/2020      54,222,770  
     

 

 

 
   Media Entertainment — 0.4%   
  4,482,000      21st Century Fox America, Inc., 8.150%, 10/17/2036      6,615,867  
  358,000,000      Grupo Televisa SAB, EMTN, 7.250%, 5/14/2043, (MXN)      14,907,530  
  5,000,000      iHeartCommunications, Inc., 9.000%, 3/01/2021(f)      3,931,250  
  1,082,000      R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 6.500%, 11/15/2023      1,065,770  
     

 

 

 
        26,520,417  
     

 

 

 
   Metals & Mining — 1.5%   
  1,689,997      1839688 Alberta ULC, PIK, 14.000%, 2/13/2020(a)(b)(f)(g)(h)      676  
  430,000      ArcelorMittal, 5.750%, 3/01/2021      452,575  
  47,920,000      ArcelorMittal, 7.000%, 3/01/2041      55,707,000  
  19,365,000      ArcelorMittal, 7.250%, 10/15/2039      22,899,113  
  4,612,000      United States Steel Corp., 6.650%, 6/01/2037      4,519,760  
  3,655,000      Vale Overseas Ltd., 6.875%, 11/21/2036      4,299,011  
  4,893,000      Worthington Industries, Inc., 6.500%, 4/15/2020      5,220,633  
     

 

 

 
        93,098,768  
     

 

 

 
   Midstream — 2.2%   
  650,000      DCP Midstream Operating LP, 6.450%, 11/03/2036, 144A      698,750  
  525,000      Energy Transfer Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp., 4.500%, 11/01/2023      531,749  
  3,328,000      Florida Gas Transmission Co. LLC, 7.900%, 5/15/2019, 144A      3,510,280  
  14,300,000      IFM U.S. Colonial Pipeline 2 LLC, 6.450%, 5/01/2021, 144A      15,299,821  
  14,660,000      Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 3.500%, 9/01/2023      14,336,785  
  3,105,000      Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 5.300%, 9/15/2020      3,233,240  
  7,461,000      Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 5.800%, 3/01/2021      7,901,305  
  85,000      NGPL PipeCo LLC, 7.768%, 12/15/2037, 144A      102,850  
  31,311,000      ONEOK Partners LP, 4.900%, 3/15/2025      32,684,535  
  47,594,000      Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. LP, 7.000%, 6/15/2018      48,064,312  
  1,404,000      Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. LP, 8.125%, 6/01/2019      1,484,693  
  225,000      Plains All American Pipeline LP / PAA Finance Corp., 2.850%, 1/31/2023      212,243  
  8,405,000      Williams Partners LP, 3.350%, 8/15/2022      8,251,094  
     

 

 

 
        136,311,657  
     

 

 

 
   Mortgage Related — 0.0%   
  16,386      FHLMC, 5.000%, 12/01/2031      17,556  
  2,311      FNMA, 6.000%, 7/01/2029      2,586  
     

 

 

 
        20,142  
     

 

 

 
   Natural Gas — 0.1%   
  3,314,000      NiSource, Inc., 6.800%, 1/15/2019      3,414,463  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 0.4%   
  4,338,637      Institutional Mortgage Securities Canada, Inc., Series 2014-5A, Class A1, 2.003%, 7/12/2047, 144A, (CAD)    $ 3,362,608  
  27,000,000      Institutional Mortgage Securities Canada, Inc., Series 2014-5A, Class A2, 2.616%, 7/12/2047, 144A, (CAD)      20,850,367  
  2,125,000      WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-C3, Class D, 5.686%, 3/15/2044, 144A(i)      1,859,543  
     

 

 

 
        26,072,518  
     

 

 

 
   Oil Field Services — 0.1%   
  5,000,000      Nabors Industries, Inc., 5.100%, 9/15/2023      4,750,550  
     

 

 

 
   Paper — 1.3%   
  363,000      Georgia-Pacific LLC, 7.750%, 11/15/2029      495,364  
  7,049,000      International Paper Co., 8.700%, 6/15/2038      10,209,259  
  5,270,000      WestRock MWV LLC, 7.550%, 3/01/2047(b)(c)      7,016,704  
  4,273,000      WestRock MWV LLC, 8.200%, 1/15/2030      5,756,011  
  26,007,000      Weyerhaeuser Co., 6.875%, 12/15/2033      33,267,854  
  7,374,000      Weyerhaeuser Co., 7.375%, 10/01/2019      7,845,111  
  13,539,000      Weyerhaeuser Co., 7.375%, 3/15/2032      17,882,536  
     

 

 

 
        82,472,839  
     

 

 

 
   Property & Casualty Insurance — 0.1%   
  2,740,000      Fidelity National Financial, Inc., 5.500%, 9/01/2022      2,958,513  
  1,889,000      MBIA Insurance Corp., 3-month LIBOR + 11.260%,
12.982%, 1/15/2033, 144A(d)(j)
     812,270  
  2,212,000      XLIT Ltd., 6.250%, 5/15/2027      2,543,999  
     

 

 

 
        6,314,782  
     

 

 

 
   Railroads — 0.2%   
  9,787,000      Canadian Pacific Railway Co., 7.250%, 5/15/2019      10,259,954  
  237,000      Missouri Pacific Railroad Co., 4.750%, 1/01/2030(b)(c)      239,185  
  191,000      Missouri Pacific Railroad Co., Series A, 4.750%, 1/01/2020(b)(c)      191,000  
     

 

 

 
        10,690,139  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Health Care — 0.1%   
  5,972,000      Welltower, Inc., 6.500%, 3/15/2041      7,545,558  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Single Tenant — 0.2%   
  8,690,000      Realty Income Corp., 5.750%, 1/15/2021      9,233,822  
     

 

 

 
   Retailers — 0.5%   
  1,255,000      Group 1 Automotive, Inc., 5.000%, 6/01/2022      1,264,789  
  5,979,000      J.C. Penney Corp., Inc., 6.375%, 10/15/2036      3,706,980  
  5,446,000      J.C. Penney Corp., Inc., 7.625%, 3/01/2097      3,430,980  
  10,467,000      Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc., 6.790%, 7/15/2027      11,227,625  
  8,064,000      Marks & Spencer PLC, 7.125%, 12/01/2037, 144A      9,178,594  
  3,755,000      PVH Corp., 7.750%, 11/15/2023      4,430,900  
     

 

 

 
        33,239,868  
     

 

 

 
   Supermarkets — 0.6%   
  4,510,000      Albertson’s Cos. LLC/Safeway, Inc./New Albertson’s, Inc./Albertson’s LLC, 6.625%, 6/15/2024      4,042,088  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Supermarkets — continued   
$ 1,120,000      Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV, 5.700%, 10/01/2040    $ 1,271,389  
  6,830,000      New Albertsons LP, 7.450%, 8/01/2029      5,464,000  
  7,640,000      New Albertsons LP, 8.000%, 5/01/2031      6,264,800  
  989,000      New Albertsons LP, Series C, MTN, 6.625%, 6/01/2028      761,530  
  17,290,000      SUPERVALU, Inc., 6.750%, 6/01/2021      17,030,650  
     

 

 

 
        34,834,457  
     

 

 

 
   Supranational — 0.1%   
  9,640,000      European Investment Bank, MTN, 6.000%, 8/06/2020, (AUD)      8,019,227  
     

 

 

 
   Technology — 0.3%   
  16,735,000      KLA-Tencor Corp., 5.650%, 11/01/2034      18,616,298  
  1,410,000      Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., 7.700%, 10/01/2027, 144A      1,615,677  
     

 

 

 
        20,231,975  
     

 

 

 
   Treasuries — 26.4%   
  132,000,000      Canadian Government International Bond, 0.750%, 9/01/2020, (CAD)      99,853,208  
  209,501,000      Canadian Government International Bond, 1.250%, 9/01/2018, (CAD)      162,506,170  
  61,795,000      Canadian Government International Bond, 1.750%, 9/01/2019, (CAD)      47,992,270  
  391,985,000      Iceland Government International Bond, 7.250%, 10/26/2022, (ISK)      3,307,867  
  1,195,394,000      Iceland Government International Bond, 8.750%, 2/26/2019, (ISK)      9,603,925  
  2,755,000(†††)      Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M, 7.750%, 5/29/2031, (MXN)      15,506,346  
  2,965,000(†††)      Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M-20, 7.500%, 6/03/2027, (MXN)      16,509,701  
  7,555,000(†††)      Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M-20, 8.000%, 12/07/2023, (MXN)      43,054,773  
  1,925,000(†††)      Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M-20, 8.500%, 5/31/2029, (MXN)      11,484,351  
  23,970,000(†††)      Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M-20, 10.000%, 12/05/2024, (MXN)      151,253,601  
  36,850,000      New Zealand Government Bond, 5.000%, 3/15/2019, (NZD)      27,436,672  
  290,574,000      Norway Government Bond, 3.750%, 5/25/2021, 144A, (NOK)      39,970,124  
  416,760,000      Norway Government Bond, 4.500%, 5/22/2019, 144A, (NOK)      55,372,702  
  43,590,000      Republic of Brazil, 8.500%, 1/05/2024, (BRL)      13,286,470  
  23,848,000      Republic of Brazil, 10.250%, 1/10/2028, (BRL)      7,948,226  
  236,325,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.625%, 6/30/2018      235,637,878  
  205,000,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.750%, 8/31/2018      204,039,063  
  350,000,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.750%, 9/30/2018      347,962,891  
  150,000,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.250%, 6/30/2019      148,265,625  
     

 

 

 
        1,640,991,863  
     

 

 

 
   Wireless — 0.7%   
  559,910,000      America Movil SAB de CV, 6.450%, 12/05/2022, (MXN)      28,450,080  
  58,200,000      America Movil SAB de CV, 8.460%, 12/18/2036, (MXN)      2,905,432  
  6,373,000      Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/2028      5,942,823  
  612,000      Sprint Capital Corp., 8.750%, 3/15/2032      639,540  
  1,609,000      Sprint Communications, Inc., 6.000%, 11/15/2022      1,578,831  
  985,000      Sprint Corp., 7.125%, 6/15/2024      960,375  
     

 

 

 
        40,477,081  
     

 

 

 
   Wirelines — 4.0%   
  61,415,000      AT&T, Inc., 4.300%, 2/15/2030, 144A      61,064,194  
  406,000      Bell Canada, Inc., MTN, 7.300%, 2/23/2032, (CAD)      421,908  
  2,936,000      BellSouth Telecommunications LLC, 5.850%, 11/15/2045      3,079,688  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Wirelines — continued   
$ 4,990,000      CenturyLink, Inc., Series G, 6.875%, 1/15/2028    $ 4,515,950  
  4,508,000      CenturyLink, Inc., Series P, 7.600%, 9/15/2039      3,884,048  
  2,710,000      CenturyLink, Inc., Series S, 6.450%, 6/15/2021      2,764,200  
  670,000      CenturyLink, Inc., Series U, 7.650%, 3/15/2042      567,825  
  195,000      Cincinnati Bell Telephone Co. LLC, 6.300%, 12/01/2028      189,150  
  24,103,000      Embarq Corp., 7.995%, 6/01/2036      22,717,077  
  910,000      Frontier Communications Corp., 7.125%, 1/15/2023      613,968  
  265,000      Frontier Communications Corp., 7.875%, 1/15/2027      137,800  
  455,000      Frontier Communications Corp., 9.000%, 8/15/2031      276,413  
  2,755,000      Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 6.875%, 7/15/2028      2,479,500  
  4,370,000      Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 7.625%, 8/03/2021      4,367,990  
  3,469,000      Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 7.750%, 2/15/2031      3,122,100  
  12,308,000      Qwest Corp., 6.875%, 9/15/2033      11,712,904  
  9,077,000      Qwest Corp., 7.250%, 9/15/2025      9,793,380  
  9,474,000      Qwest Corp., 7.250%, 10/15/2035      9,374,937  
  2,490,000      Telecom Italia Capital S.A., 6.000%, 9/30/2034      2,582,628  
  5,775,000      Telecom Italia Capital S.A., 6.375%, 11/15/2033      6,265,875  
  4,100,000      Telefonica Emisiones SAU, EMTN, 5.289%, 12/09/2022, (GBP)      6,604,518  
  9,100,000      Telefonica Emisiones SAU, EMTN, 5.375%, 2/02/2026, (GBP)      15,129,590  
  54,665,000      Telus Corp., Series CG, 5.050%, 12/04/2019, (CAD)      44,294,625  
  32,509,000      Verizon Communications, Inc., 2.450%, 11/01/2022      31,223,891  
     

 

 

 
        247,184,159  
     

 

 

 
   Total Non-Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $4,275,942,860)
     4,235,987,593  
     

 

 

 
     
  Convertible Bonds — 1.2%  
   Cable Satellite — 0.1%   
  5,825,000      DISH Network Corp., 2.375%, 3/15/2024      5,150,995  
  4,620,000      DISH Network Corp., 3.375%, 8/15/2026      4,449,984  
     

 

 

 
        9,600,979  
     

 

 

 
   Finance Companies — 0.1%   
  3,905,000      Euronet Worldwide, Inc., 1.500%, 10/01/2044      4,604,631  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Mortgage — 0.1%   
  4,860,000      iStar, Inc., 3.125%, 9/15/2022, 144A      4,624,368  
     

 

 

 
   Technology — 0.9%   
  46,000,000      Booking Holdings, Inc., 0.900%, 9/15/2021      57,412,600  
  342,809      Liberty Interactive LLC, 3.500%, 1/15/2031      377,212  
     

 

 

 
        57,789,812  
     

 

 

 
   Total Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $63,153,163)
     76,619,790  
     

 

 

 
     
  Municipals — 0.3%  
   Illinois — 0.1%   
  9,150,000      State of Illinois, 5.100%, 6/01/2033      8,576,570  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Michigan — 0.0%   
$ 2,195,000      Michigan Tobacco Settlement Finance Authority Taxable Turbo, Series A, 7.309%, 6/01/2034    $ 2,183,388  
     

 

 

 
   Virginia — 0.2%   
  10,740,000      Virginia Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Series A-1, 6.706%, 6/01/2046      10,140,171  
     

 

 

 
   Total Municipals
(Identified Cost $19,946,178)
     20,900,129  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Bonds and Notes
(Identified Cost $4,359,042,201)
     4,333,507,512  
     

 

 

 
     
Shares                
  Common Stocks — 0.7%  
   Automobiles — 0.7%   
  4,063,816      Ford Motor Co. (Identified Cost $34,826,997)      45,027,081  
     

 

 

 
  Preferred Stocks — 0.0%  
   Midstream — 0.0%   
  43,031      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.000% (Identified Cost $3,673,619)      2,337,121  
     

 

 

 
     
Principal
Amount (‡)
               
  Short-Term Investments — 29.5%  
$ 300,000,000      Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes, 1.445%, 5/10/2018(k)      299,461,800  
  35,460,000      Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes, 1.560%, 5/21/2018(k)      35,377,946  
  89,555,000      Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes, 1.652%, 6/01/2018(k)      89,298,246  
  289,540,000      Federal National Mortgage Association Discount Notes, 1.400%-1.510%, 5/21/2018(k)(l)      288,870,004  
  100,000,000      Federal National Mortgage Association Discount Notes, 1.420%, 5/07/2018(k)      99,834,700  
  109,147,547      Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/29/2018 at 0.900% to be repurchased at $109,158,462 on 4/02/2018 collateralized by $99,050,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.250% due 01/31/2024 valued at $97,210,642; $13,900,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.750% due 11/15/2023 valued at $14,121,594 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)      109,147,547  
  49,435,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.285%, 4/05/2018(k)      49,428,302  
  25,000,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.415%, 4/12/2018(k)      24,988,639  
  150,000,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.416%, 4/19/2018(k)      149,884,276  
  211,445,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.590%-1.605%, 5/31/2018(k)(l)      210,866,869  
  150,000,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.636%, 6/07/2018(k)      149,543,015  
  25,000,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.675%, 6/28/2018(k)      24,898,349  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
  Short-Term Investments — continued  
$ 300,000,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.683%, 6/21/2018(k)    $ 298,872,501  
     

 

 

 
   Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $1,830,676,152)
     1,830,472,194  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Investments — 99.9%
(Identified Cost $6,228,218,969)
     6,211,343,908  
   Other assets less liabilities — 0.1%      4,494,841  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 6,215,838,749  
     

 

 

 
     
  (‡)      Principal Amount stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.  
  (†)      See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.  
  (††)      Amount shown represents units. One unit represents a principal amount of 25.  
  (†††)      Amount shown represents units. One unit represents a principal amount of 100.  
  (a)      Level 3 security. Value has been determined using significant unobservable inputs. See Note 3 of Notes to Financial Statements.  
  (b)      Illiquid security.  
  (c)      Securities classified as fair valued pursuant to the Fund’s pricing policies and procedures. At March 31, 2018, the value of these securities amounted to $143,970,940 or 2.3% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.  
  (d)      Variable rate security. Rate as of March 31, 2018 is disclosed.  
  (e)      Perpetual bond with no specified maturity date.  
  (f)      The issuer is in default with respect to interest and/or principal payments. Income is not being accrued.  
  (g)      Payment-in-kind security for which the issuer has the option at each interest payment date of making interest payments in cash or additional debt securities.  
  (h)      Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser. At March 31, 2018, the value of this security amounted to $676 or less than 0.1% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.  
  (i)      Variable rate security. The interest rate adjusts periodically based on; (i) changes in current interest rates and/or prepayments on underlying pools of assets, if applicable, (ii) reference to a base lending rate plus or minus a margin, and/or (iii) reference to a base lending rate adjusted by a multiplier and/or subject to certain floors or caps. Rate as of March 31, 2018 is disclosed.  
  (j)      Non-income producing security.  
  (k)      Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.  
  (l)      The Fund’s investment in U.S. Government/Agency securities is comprised of various lots with differing discount rates. These separate investments, which have the same maturity date, have been aggregated for the purpose of presentation in the Portfolio of Investments.  
     
  144A      All or a portion of these securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2018, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $677,055,853 or 10.9% of net assets.  
  ABS      Asset-Backed Securities  
  EMTN      Euro Medium Term Note  
  FHLMC      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.  
  FNMA      Federal National Mortgage Association  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund – (continued)

 

     
  GMTN      Global Medium Term Note  
  LIBOR      London Interbank Offered Rate  
  MTN      Medium Term Note  
  PIK      Payment-in-Kind  
  PJSC      Private Joint-Stock Company  
  REITs      Real Estate Investment Trusts  
     
  AUD      Australian Dollar  
  BRL      Brazilian Real  
  CAD      Canadian Dollar  
  EUR      Euro  
  GBP      British Pound  
  ISK      Icelandic Krona  
  MXN      Mexican Peso  
  NOK      Norwegian Krone  
  NZD      New Zealand Dollar  

Industry Summary at March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Treasuries

     26.4

Banking

     7.2  

Wirelines

     4.0  

Finance Companies

     3.7  

Midstream

     2.2  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     26.9  

Short-Term Investments

     29.5  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     99.9  

Other assets less liabilities

     0.1  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

Currency Exposure Summary at March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

United States Dollar

     83.8

Canadian Dollar

     6.6  

Mexican Peso

     4.6  

Other, less than 2% each

     4.9  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     99.9  

Other assets less liabilities

     0.1  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes — 70.6% of Net Assets  
  Non-Convertible Bonds — 65.1%  
   ABS Other — 0.3%   
$ 21,719,204      GCA2014 Holdings Ltd., Series 2014-1, Class C, 6.000%, 1/05/2030, 144A(a)(b)(c)(d)    $ 16,072,211  
  8,655,203      GCA2014 Holdings Ltd., Series 2014-1, Class D, 7.500%, 1/05/2030, 144A(a)(b)(c)(d)      3,440,443  
  42,000,000      GCA2014 Holdings Ltd., Series 2014-1, Class E, Zero Coupon, 1/05/2030, 144A(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)       
  10,609,955      Global Container Assets Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class B, 4.500%, 2/05/2030, 144A(b)(f)      10,098,433  
     

 

 

 
        29,611,087  
     

 

 

 
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.9%   
  620,000      Bombardier, Inc., 7.350%, 12/22/2026, 144A, (CAD)      477,025  
  10,225,000      Bombardier, Inc., 7.450%, 5/01/2034, 144A      10,282,873  
  3,145,000      Embraer Netherlands Finance BV, 5.400%, 2/01/2027      3,323,007  
  9,576,000      Leonardo U.S. Holdings, Inc., 6.250%, 1/15/2040, 144A      10,650,236  
  8,815,000      Leonardo U.S. Holdings, Inc., 7.375%, 7/15/2039, 144A      10,754,300  
  5,310,000      Textron Financial Corp., 3-month LIBOR + 1.735%, 3.574%, 2/15/2067, 144A(g)      4,845,375  
  24,513,000      TransDigm, Inc., 6.500%, 7/15/2024      25,125,825  
  17,765,000      TransDigm, Inc., 6.500%, 5/15/2025      17,942,650  
     

 

 

 
        83,401,291  
     

 

 

 
   Airlines — 2.8%   
  130,040,000      American Airlines Group, Inc., 5.500%, 10/01/2019, 144A      133,050,426  
  11,318,394      American Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2013-1 Class A, 4.000%, 1/15/2027      11,387,889  
  175,117      Continental Airlines Pass Through Certificates, Series 1999-1, Class B, 6.795%, 2/02/2020(a)      176,430  
  2,164,773      Continental Airlines Pass Through Certificates, Series 2012-1, Class B, 6.250%, 10/11/2021      2,240,540  
  2,083,946      Continental Airlines Pass Through Certificates, Series 2012-2, Class B, 5.500%, 4/29/2022      2,139,379  
  21,015,000      Continental Airlines Pass Through Certificates, Series 2012-3, Class C, 6.125%, 4/29/2018      21,015,000  
  930      Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 1999-2, Class B, 7.566%, 9/15/2021(a)      924  
  243,371      Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2001-1, Class A-1, 6.703%, 12/15/2022      260,655  
  445,691      Northwest Airlines, Inc., Series 2002-1, Class G2, (MBIA Insured), 6.264%, 5/20/2023      462,961  
  33,395,288      US Airways Pass Through Trust, Series 2011-1B, Class B, 9.750%, 4/22/2020      34,448,576  
  4,945,653      US Airways Pass Through Trust, Series 2012-1B, Class B, 8.000%, 4/01/2021      5,230,028  
  48,950,000      Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd., 8.500%, 11/15/2019, 144A      50,232,490  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Airlines — continued   
$ 1,984,885      Virgin Australia Pass Through Certificates, Series 2013-1B, 6.000%, 4/23/2022, 144A    $ 2,025,020  
  2,111,629      Virgin Australia Pass Through Certificates, Series 2013-1C, 7.125%, 10/23/2018, 144A      2,139,882  
     

 

 

 
        264,810,200  
     

 

 

 
   Automotive — 0.4%   
  1,220,000      Ford Motor Co., 6.625%, 2/15/2028      1,399,913  
  1,345,000      Ford Motor Co., 7.500%, 8/01/2026      1,607,628  
  4,977,000      Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The), 7.000%, 3/15/2028      5,350,275  
  26,055,000      Midas Intermediate Holdco II LLC/Midas Intermediate Holdco II Finance, Inc., 7.875%, 10/01/2022, 144A      26,120,138  
     

 

 

 
        34,477,954  
     

 

 

 
   Banking — 4.8%   
  6,000,000      Ally Financial, Inc., 8.000%, 11/01/2031      7,320,000  
  983,000      Bank of America Corp., (fixed rate to 12/20/2027, variable rate thereafter), 3.419%, 12/20/2028, 144A      941,613  
  265,000      Bank of America Corp., MTN, 4.250%, 10/22/2026      266,857  
  1,500,000      Bank of America Corp., Series K, 3-month LIBOR + 3.630%, 5.397%(g)(h)      1,500,000  
  7,045,000      Bank of America Corp., Series L, MTN, 4.183%, 11/25/2027      6,984,023  
  10,000,000      Bank of Nova Scotia (The), 2.462%, 3/14/2019, (CAD)      7,793,146  
  36,445,000      Citigroup, Inc., 5.130%, 11/12/2019, (NZD)      27,406,761  
  3,450,000      Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, 3.950%, 11/09/2022      3,486,229  
  25,000,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 3.550%, 2/12/2021, (CAD)      19,816,626  
  19,245,000      Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, 5.017%, 6/26/2024, 144A      18,982,268  
  45,620,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.250%, 11/02/2018, (NZD)      33,272,400  
  36,195,000      Morgan Stanley, 4.350%, 9/08/2026      36,453,046  
  35,325,000      Morgan Stanley, 4.750%, 11/16/2018, (AUD)      27,502,514  
  185,000,000      Morgan Stanley, GMTN, 5.000%, 9/30/2021, (AUD)      151,162,309  
  46,735,000      Morgan Stanley, MTN, 4.100%, 5/22/2023      47,363,734  
  10,000,000      Morgan Stanley, MTN, 6.250%, 8/09/2026      11,549,549  
  53,095,000      Morgan Stanley, Series MPLE, 3.125%, 8/05/2021, (CAD)      41,618,798  
     

 

 

 
        443,419,873  
     

 

 

 
   Brokerage — 1.2%   
  3,325,000      Jefferies Finance LLC/JFIN Co-Issuer Corp., 6.875%, 4/15/2022, 144A      3,291,750  
  1,675,000      Jefferies Finance LLC/JFIN Co-Issuer Corp., 7.250%, 8/15/2024, 144A      1,653,058  
  22,540,000      Jefferies Finance LLC/JFIN Co-Issuer Corp., 7.500%, 4/15/2021, 144A      22,793,575  
  43,025,000      Jefferies Group LLC, 5.125%, 1/20/2023      45,527,901  
  20,010,000      Jefferies Group LLC, 6.250%, 1/15/2036      21,757,555  
  15,215,000      Jefferies Group LLC, 6.450%, 6/08/2027      17,188,068  
     

 

 

 
        112,211,907  
     

 

 

 
   Building Materials — 0.3%   
  10,265,000      Atrium Windows & Doors, Inc., 7.750%, 5/01/2019, 144A      10,293,229  
  1,859,000      Masco Corp., 6.500%, 8/15/2032      2,153,893  
  195,000      Masco Corp., 7.125%, 3/15/2020      209,081  
  1,226,000      Masco Corp., 7.750%, 8/01/2029      1,552,177  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Building Materials — continued   
$ 10,800,000      Owens Corning, 7.000%, 12/01/2036    $ 13,824,438  
     

 

 

 
        28,032,818  
     

 

 

 
   Cable Satellite — 1.2%   
  850,000      CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.125%, 5/01/2023, 144A      851,063  
  975,000      CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.375%, 5/01/2025, 144A      960,375  
  3,315,000      CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.750%, 1/15/2024      3,364,725  
  4,360,000      CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.875%, 5/01/2027, 144A      4,360,000  
  17,880,000      CSC Holdings LLC, 5.375%, 2/01/2028, 144A      16,889,269  
  17,679,000      DISH DBS Corp., 5.875%, 11/15/2024      15,756,409  
  25,270,000      Shaw Communications, Inc., 5.650%, 10/01/2019, (CAD)      20,557,876  
  4,835,000      Time Warner Cable LLC, 4.500%, 9/15/2042      4,187,596  
  135,000      Time Warner Cable LLC, 5.875%, 11/15/2040      140,998  
  11,275,000      Videotron Ltd., 5.625%, 6/15/2025, 144A, (CAD)      9,200,019  
  7,000,000      Virgin Media Finance PLC, 6.000%, 10/15/2024, 144A      6,930,000  
  20,300,000      VTR Finance BV, 6.875%, 1/15/2024, 144A      21,142,653  
  4,010,000      Ziggo Secured Finance BV, 5.500%, 1/15/2027, 144A      3,768,237  
     

 

 

 
        108,109,220  
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 2.1%   
  19,810,000      Aruba Investments, Inc., 8.750%, 2/15/2023, 144A      20,552,875  
  6,605,000      Chemours Co. (The), 6.625%, 5/15/2023      6,935,250  
  33,788,000      Consolidated Energy Finance S.A., 6.750%, 10/15/2019, 144A      34,168,115  
  26,164,000      Hexion, Inc., 7.875%, 2/15/2023(b)(f)      19,034,310  
  8,757,000      Hexion, Inc., 9.200%, 3/15/2021(b)(f)      6,405,308  
  16,660,000      Hexion, Inc./Hexion Nova Scotia Finance ULC, 9.000%, 11/15/2020      12,758,561  
  90,205,000      INVISTA Finance LLC, 4.250%, 10/15/2019, 144A      90,078,713  
  885,000      TPC Group, Inc., 8.750%, 12/15/2020, 144A      889,159  
     

 

 

 
        190,822,291  
     

 

 

 
   Construction Machinery — 0.1%   
  1,310,000      United Rentals North America, Inc., 4.875%, 1/15/2028      1,264,150  
  5,105,000      United Rentals North America, Inc., 5.750%, 11/15/2024      5,314,560  
     

 

 

 
        6,578,710  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Cyclical Services — 0.1%   
  5,500,000      ServiceMaster Co. LLC (The), 7.450%, 8/15/2027      5,926,250  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Products — 0.1%   
  11,880,000      Avon Products, Inc., 8.950%, 3/15/2043      10,187,100  
     

 

 

 
   Electric — 1.3%   
  5,093,000      AES Corp. (The), 4.875%, 5/15/2023      5,182,128  
  9,371,000      AES Corp. (The), 5.500%, 4/15/2025      9,707,419  
  34,064,148      Alta Wind Holdings LLC, 7.000%, 6/30/2035, 144A      38,451,538  
  47,979,300      Bruce Mansfield Unit Pass Through Trust, 6.850%, 6/01/2034(b)(f)      14,829,922  
  6,145,000      Dynegy, Inc., 7.625%, 11/01/2024      6,628,919  
  11,255,000      Dynegy, Inc., 8.125%, 1/30/2026, 144A      12,422,706  
  29,959,000      EDP Finance BV, 4.125%, 1/15/2020, 144A      30,426,360  
  3,570,000      Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A., 7.875%, 2/01/2027      4,445,384  
     

 

 

 
        122,094,376  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Finance Companies — 3.1%   
$ 14,060,000      iStar, Inc., 5.000%, 7/01/2019    $ 14,104,570  
  2,260,000      Navient Corp., 5.875%, 10/25/2024      2,214,800  
  109,950(††)      Navient Corp., 6.000%, 12/15/2043      2,550,107  
  30,265,000      Navient Corp., MTN, 6.125%, 3/25/2024      30,151,506  
  22,945,000      Navient LLC, 5.500%, 1/25/2023      22,543,463  
  7,780,000      Navient LLC, MTN, 5.500%, 1/15/2019      7,865,580  
  6,490,000      Navient LLC, MTN, 7.250%, 1/25/2022      6,855,063  
  50,910,000      Navient LLC, Series A, MTN, 5.625%, 8/01/2033(b)(f)      44,546,250  
  45,875,000      Springleaf Finance Corp., 5.250%, 12/15/2019      46,792,500  
  23,115,000      Springleaf Finance Corp., 6.875%, 3/15/2025      23,201,681  
  26,970,000      Springleaf Finance Corp., 7.750%, 10/01/2021      29,195,025  
  55,015,000      Springleaf Finance Corp., 8.250%, 10/01/2023      59,416,200  
     

 

 

 
        289,436,745  
     

 

 

 
   Food & Beverage — 0.1%   
  4,880,000      Shearer’s Foods LLC/Chip Finance Corp., 9.000%, 11/01/2019, 144A      4,983,700  
     

 

 

 
   Government Owned – No Guarantee — 0.8%   
  22,160,000      Pertamina Persero PT, 6.450%, 5/30/2044, 144A      25,058,129  
  21,145,000      Petrobras Global Finance BV, 4.375%, 5/20/2023      20,749,589  
  30,955,000      Petrobras Global Finance BV, 5.625%, 5/20/2043      27,008,237  
     

 

 

 
        72,815,955  
     

 

 

 
   Healthcare — 3.0%   
  260,000      CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 5.125%, 8/01/2021      241,800  
  3,195,000      CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 6.875%, 2/01/2022      1,849,106  
  40,686,000      HCA, Inc., 5.875%, 5/01/2023      42,110,010  
  14,620,000      HCA, Inc., 7.050%, 12/01/2027      15,460,650  
  20,447,000      HCA, Inc., 7.500%, 12/15/2023      22,440,583  
  24,215,000      HCA, Inc., 7.500%, 11/06/2033      26,454,887  
  14,056,000      HCA, Inc., 7.690%, 6/15/2025      15,496,740  
  32,745,000      HCA, Inc., 8.360%, 4/15/2024      37,411,162  
  10,815,000      HCA, Inc., MTN, 7.580%, 9/15/2025      11,855,944  
  9,492,000      HCA, Inc., MTN, 7.750%, 7/15/2036      10,441,200  
  9,975,000      Kindred Healthcare, Inc., 8.750%, 1/15/2023      10,548,563  
  955,000      Tenet Healthcare Corp., 4.375%, 10/01/2021      938,288  
  16,825,000      Tenet Healthcare Corp., 5.125%, 5/01/2025, 144A      16,173,031  
  36,035,000      Tenet Healthcare Corp., 6.750%, 6/15/2023      35,269,256  
  33,959,000      Tenet Healthcare Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/2031      30,902,690  
  1,015,000      Tenet Healthcare Corp., 7.500%, 1/01/2022, 144A      1,069,556  
  990,000      Tenet Healthcare Corp., 8.125%, 4/01/2022      1,032,075  
     

 

 

 
        279,695,541  
     

 

 

 
   Home Construction — 0.9%   
  151,000      Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 7.250%, 2/01/2023      156,096  
  13,360,000      K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 5.000%, 11/01/2021(b)(f)      12,079,310  
  47,260,000      PulteGroup, Inc., 6.000%, 2/15/2035      47,850,750  
  13,190,000      PulteGroup, Inc., 6.375%, 5/15/2033      13,783,550  
  10,305,000      TRI Pointe Group, Inc./TRI Pointe Homes, Inc., 4.375%, 6/15/2019      10,330,763  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Home Construction — continued   
$ 195,000      TRI Pointe Group, Inc./TRI Pointe Homes, Inc., 5.875%, 6/15/2024    $ 197,867  
     

 

 

 
        84,398,336  
     

 

 

 
   Independent Energy — 4.0%   
  595,000      Anadarko Petroleum Corp., 3.450%, 7/15/2024      577,650  
  540,000      Anadarko Petroleum Corp., 4.500%, 7/15/2044      518,256  
  4,810,000      Antero Resources Corp., 5.625%, 6/01/2023      4,906,200  
  28,825,000      Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC/ARU Finance Corp., 10.000%, 4/01/2022, 144A      31,131,000  
  8,145,000      Baytex Energy Corp., 5.125%, 6/01/2021, 144A      7,615,575  
  8,225,000      Baytex Energy Corp., 5.625%, 6/01/2024, 144A      7,238,000  
  15,000,000      Bellatrix Exploration Ltd., 8.500%, 5/15/2020, 144A      12,237,000  
  8,645,000      California Resources Corp., 5.500%, 9/15/2021      6,663,652  
  1,188,000      California Resources Corp., 6.000%, 11/15/2024      725,844  
  50,620,000      California Resources Corp., 8.000%, 12/15/2022, 144A      39,736,700  
  1,310,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 4.875%, 4/15/2022      1,211,750  
  55,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/2020      56,788  
  21,335,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 8.000%, 1/15/2025, 144A      20,641,612  
  39,020,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 8.000%, 6/15/2027, 144A      37,264,100  
  15,215,000      Continental Resources, Inc., 3.800%, 6/01/2024      14,644,437  
  5,450,000      Continental Resources, Inc., 4.500%, 4/15/2023      5,511,313  
  550,000      Continental Resources, Inc., 5.000%, 9/15/2022      557,563  
  19,290,000      Eclipse Resources Corp., 8.875%, 7/15/2023      18,204,937  
  1,567,000      Halcon Resources Corp., 6.750%, 2/15/2025      1,539,578  
  15,580,000      Lonestar Resources America, Inc., 11.250%, 1/01/2023, 144A      15,541,050  
  180,000      MEG Energy Corp., 6.375%, 1/30/2023, 144A      150,300  
  12,740,000      MEG Energy Corp., 7.000%, 3/31/2024, 144A      10,510,500  
  1,022,000      Noble Energy, Inc., 5.625%, 5/01/2021      1,038,771  
  1,065,000      Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 6.875%, 1/15/2023      1,078,313  
  7,170,000      Pan American Energy LLC/Argentine Branch, 7.875%, 5/07/2021, 144A      7,588,226  
  2,055,000      QEP Resources, Inc., 5.250%, 5/01/2023      1,978,020  
  18,400,000      Rex Energy Corp., 8.000%, 10/01/2020(b)(f)      5,244,000  
  1,735,000      RSP Permian, Inc., 6.625%, 10/01/2022      1,813,058  
  17,908,000      Sanchez Energy Corp., 6.125%, 1/15/2023      13,061,648  
  9,520,000      Sanchez Energy Corp., 7.750%, 6/15/2021      8,758,400  
  8,241,000      SM Energy Co., 5.000%, 1/15/2024      7,643,528  
  21,280,000      SM Energy Co., 6.125%, 11/15/2022      21,280,000  
  801,000      SM Energy Co., 6.500%, 11/15/2021      806,006  
  2,522,000      SM Energy Co., 6.500%, 1/01/2023      2,503,085  
  1,110,000      Southwestern Energy Co., 6.700%, 1/23/2025      1,077,255  
  14,955,000      Vine Oil & Gas LP/Vine Oil & Gas Finance Corp., 8.750%, 4/15/2023, 144A      13,945,537  
  19,960,000      Whiting Petroleum Corp., 5.750%, 3/15/2021      20,159,201  
  3,550,000      Whiting Petroleum Corp., 6.250%, 4/01/2023      3,585,926  
  21,785,000      Whiting Petroleum Corp., 6.625%, 1/15/2026, 144A      21,948,387  
     

 

 

 
        370,693,166  
     

 

 

 
   Life Insurance — 0.6%   
  15,000,000      Global Atlantic Fin Co., 8.625%, 4/15/2021, 144A      16,990,449  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Life Insurance — continued   
$ 20,000,000      National Life Insurance Co., 10.500%, 9/15/2039, 144A(b)(f)    $ 32,414,618  
  8,920,000      NLV Financial Corp., 7.500%, 8/15/2033, 144A(b)(f)      10,554,487  
     

 

 

 
        59,959,554  
     

 

 

 
   Local Authorities — 0.8%   
  95,480,000      New South Wales Treasury Corp., 4.000%, 4/08/2021, (AUD)      76,990,086  
     

 

 

 
   Media Entertainment — 1.4%   
  111,590,000      Grupo Televisa SAB, EMTN, 7.250%, 5/14/2043, (MXN)      4,646,735  
  64,250,000      iHeartCommunications, Inc., 9.000%, 3/01/2021(i)      50,516,562  
  33,370,000      iHeartCommunications, Inc., 9.000%, 9/15/2022(i)      26,195,450  
  7,180,000      Outfront Media Capital LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp., 5.250%, 2/15/2022      7,305,650  
  17,950,000      Outfront Media Capital LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp., 5.875%, 3/15/2025      18,196,813  
  16,200,000      R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 6.000%, 4/01/2024      15,471,000  
  1,445,000      R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 6.500%, 11/15/2023      1,423,325  
  283,000      R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 7.000%, 2/15/2022      293,259  
  5,925,000      R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 7.875%, 3/15/2021      6,146,891  
     

 

 

 
        130,195,685  
     

 

 

 
   Metals & Mining — 1.0%   
  8,202,122      1839688 Alberta ULC, PIK, 14.000%, 2/13/2020(a)(b)(c)(i)(j)      3,281  
  2,000,000      AK Steel Corp., 7.625%, 10/01/2021      2,050,000  
  25,271,000      ArcelorMittal, 7.000%, 3/01/2041      29,377,537  
  8,705,000      Barrick North America Finance LLC, 5.750%, 5/01/2043      10,136,692  
  12,315,000      First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 7.250%, 5/15/2022, 144A      12,315,000  
  1,810,000      First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 7.500%, 4/01/2025, 144A      1,782,850  
  2,690,000      Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 3.550%, 3/01/2022      2,602,575  
  16,135,000      Russel Metals, Inc., 6.000%, 4/19/2022, 144A, (CAD)      12,727,282  
  11,719,000      United States Steel Corp., 6.650%, 6/01/2037      11,484,620  
  2,655,000      United States Steel Corp., 7.375%, 4/01/2020      2,820,938  
  10,000,000      Worthington Industries, Inc., 6.500%, 4/15/2020      10,669,596  
     

 

 

 
        95,970,371  
     

 

 

 
   Midstream — 0.5%   
  8,935,000      IFM U.S. Colonial Pipeline 2 LLC, 6.450%, 5/01/2021, 144A      9,559,713  
  13,667,000      NGL Energy Partners LP/NGL Energy Finance Corp., 6.125%, 3/01/2025      13,017,817  
  882,000      NGL Energy Partners LP/NGL Energy Finance Corp., 6.875%, 10/15/2021      879,795  
  8,125,000      NGL Energy Partners LP/NGL Energy Finance Corp., 7.500%, 11/01/2023      8,155,469  
  505,000      NGPL PipeCo LLC, 7.768%, 12/15/2037, 144A      611,050  
  11,820,000      Summit Midstream Partners LP, Series A, (fixed rate to 12/15/2022, variable rate thereafter), 9.500%(h)      12,041,152  
  3,185,492      Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A., 9.625%, 5/14/2020, 144A      3,325,749  
     

 

 

 
        47,590,745  
     

 

 

 
   Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 0.1%   
  5,485,026      GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2007-GG10, Class AM, 5.826%, 8/10/2045(k)      5,531,413  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — continued   
  7,963,012      Institutional Mortgage Securities Canada, Inc., Series 2014-5A, Class A1, 2.003%, 7/12/2047, 144A, (CAD)    $ 6,171,636  
     

 

 

 
        11,703,049  
     

 

 

 
   Oil Field Services — 2.4%   
  11,165,000      Ensco PLC, 7.750%, 2/01/2026      10,243,887  
  7,120,000      Global Marine, Inc., 7.000%, 6/01/2028      6,977,600  
  12,610,000      Noble Holding International Ltd., 7.750%, 1/15/2024      11,695,775  
  19,385,000      Noble Holding International Ltd., 7.875%, 2/01/2026, 144A      19,094,225  
  18,385,000      Pioneer Energy Services Corp., 6.125%, 3/15/2022      15,918,285  
  12,020,000      Precision Drilling Corp., 5.250%, 11/15/2024      11,268,750  
  594,000      Precision Drilling Corp., 6.500%, 12/15/2021      598,455  
  2,080,000      Shelf Drilling Holdings Ltd., 8.250%, 2/15/2025, 144A      2,085,200  
  80,284,500      Transocean Proteus Ltd., 6.250%, 12/01/2024, 144A      81,689,479  
  39,300,000      Transocean, Inc., 5.800%, 10/15/2022      37,728,000  
  27,725,000      Transocean, Inc., 6.800%, 3/15/2038      21,625,500  
     

 

 

 
        218,925,156  
     

 

 

 
   Packaging — 0.0%   
  1,705,000      Signode Industrial Group Lux S.A./Signode Industrial Group U.S., Inc., 6.375%, 5/01/2022, 144A      1,754,019  
     

 

 

 
   Paper — 0.5%   
  15,225,000      Georgia-Pacific LLC, 7.750%, 11/15/2029      20,776,639  
  4,865,000      WestRock MWV LLC, 7.950%, 2/15/2031      6,465,673  
  8,750,000      WestRock MWV LLC, 8.200%, 1/15/2030      11,786,823  
  2,840,000      Weyerhaeuser Co., 6.950%, 10/01/2027      3,460,303  
     

 

 

 
        42,489,438  
     

 

 

 
   Property & Casualty Insurance — 0.2%   
  12,510,000      MBIA Insurance Corp., 3-month LIBOR + 11.260%, 12.982%, 1/15/2033, 144A(e)(g)      5,379,300  
  17,870,000      XL Group PLC, 3-month LIBOR + 2.458%, 4.179%(g)(h)      17,735,975  
     

 

 

 
        23,115,275  
     

 

 

 
   Retailers — 1.0%   
  3,325,000      Dillard’s, Inc., 7.000%, 12/01/2028      3,581,125  
  1,500,000      Dillard’s, Inc., 7.750%, 7/15/2026      1,683,765  
  5,685,000      Foot Locker, Inc., 8.500%, 1/15/2022      6,551,963  
  7,000      J.C. Penney Corp., Inc., 5.650%, 6/01/2020      7,175  
  27,224,000      J.C. Penney Corp., Inc., 6.375%, 10/15/2036      16,878,880  
  2,510,000      J.C. Penney Corp., Inc., 7.625%, 3/01/2097      1,581,300  
  565,000      J.C. Penney Corp., Inc., 8.125%, 10/01/2019      599,606  
  12,275,000      Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc., 6.790%, 7/15/2027      13,167,011  
  6,365,000      Marks & Spencer PLC, 7.125%, 12/01/2037, 144A      7,244,760  
  3,765,000      Nine West Holdings, Inc., 6.125%, 11/15/2034(b)(f)      376,500  
  23,150,000      TRU Taj LLC/TRU Taj Finance, Inc., 11.000%, 1/22/2019, 144A(b)(f)      23,988,493  
  22,871,000      TRU Taj LLC/TRU Taj Finance, Inc., 12.000%, 8/15/2021, 144A(b)(f)      17,667,847  
     

 

 

 
        93,328,425  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Supermarkets — 2.1%   
$ 11,495,000      Albertson’s Cos. LLC/Safeway, Inc./New Albertson’s, Inc./Albertson’s LLC, 5.750%, 3/15/2025    $ 9,802,936  
  9,465,000      Albertson’s Cos. LLC/Safeway, Inc./New Albertson’s, Inc./Albertson’s LLC, 6.625%, 6/15/2024      8,483,006  
  88,305,000      New Albertsons LP, 7.450%, 8/01/2029      70,644,000  
  25,595,000      New Albertsons LP, 7.750%, 6/15/2026      22,011,700  
  28,915,000      New Albertsons LP, 8.000%, 5/01/2031      23,710,300  
  9,390,000      New Albertsons LP, 8.700%, 5/01/2030      8,286,675  
  17,557,000      New Albertsons LP, Series C, MTN, 6.625%, 6/01/2028      13,518,890  
  2,290,000      Safeway, Inc., 7.250%, 2/01/2031      1,854,900  
  34,580,000      SUPERVALU, Inc., 6.750%, 6/01/2021      34,061,300  
     

 

 

 
        192,373,707  
     

 

 

 
   Technology — 1.1%   
  4,537,000      Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 7.000%, 7/01/2024      4,763,850  
  17,060,000      Amkor Technology, Inc., 6.375%, 10/01/2022      17,529,150  
  56,340,000      KLA-Tencor Corp., 4.650%, 11/01/2024      58,842,941  
  15,170,000      KLA-Tencor Corp., 5.650%, 11/01/2034      16,875,365  
  150,000      Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., 7.700%, 10/01/2027, 144A      171,881  
     

 

 

 
        98,183,187  
     

 

 

 
   Transportation Services — 0.1%   
  10,503,000      APL Ltd., 8.000%, 1/15/2024(b)(f)      10,187,910  
     

 

 

 
   Treasuries — 20.8%   
  312,000,000      Canadian Government International Bond, 0.750%, 9/01/2020, (CAD)      236,016,672  
  29,490,000      Canadian Government International Bond, 1.250%, 9/01/2018, (CAD)      22,874,864  
  80,645,000      Canadian Government International Bond, 1.750%, 9/01/2019, (CAD)      62,631,873  
  1,010,000      Hellenic Republic Government Bond, Series PSI, (Step to 3.650% on 2/24/2020), 3.000%, 2/24/2024, (EUR)(l)      1,220,914  
  1,100,000      Hellenic Republic Government Bond, Series PSI, (Step to 3.650% on 2/24/2020), 3.000%, 2/24/2035, (EUR)(l)      1,168,881  
  4,000,000      Hellenic Republic Government Bond, Series PSI, (Step to 3.650% on 2/24/2020), 3.000%, 2/24/2036, (EUR)(l)      4,328,338  
  4,455,000      Hellenic Republic Government Bond, Series PSI, (Step to 3.650% on 2/24/2020), 3.000%, 2/24/2037, (EUR)(l)      4,800,843  
  5,820,000      Hellenic Republic Government Bond, Series PSI, (Step to 3.650% on 2/24/2020), 3.000%, 2/24/2038, (EUR)(l)      6,128,040  
  4,000,000      Hellenic Republic Government Bond, Series PSI, (Step to 3.650% on 2/24/2020), 3.000%, 2/24/2039, (EUR)(l)      4,216,594  
  4,680,000      Hellenic Republic Government Bond, Series PSI, (Step to 3.650% on 2/24/2020), 3.000%, 2/24/2040, (EUR)(l)      4,914,889  
  5,970,000      Hellenic Republic Government Bond, Series PSI, (Step to 3.650% on 2/24/2020), 3.000%, 2/24/2041, (EUR)(l)      6,282,835  
  4,000,000      Hellenic Republic Government Bond, Series PSI, (Step to 3.650% on 2/24/2020), 3.000%, 2/24/2042, (EUR)(l)      4,140,517  
  1,605,660,000      Iceland Government International Bond, 7.250%, 10/26/2022, (ISK)      13,549,779  
  4,496,156,000      Iceland Government International Bond, 8.750%, 2/26/2019, (ISK)      36,122,605  
  10,000,000(†††)      Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M, 5.750%, 3/05/2026, (MXN)      49,944,995  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Treasuries — continued   
  9,930,439(†††)      Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M, 6.500%, 6/10/2021, (MXN)    $ 53,496,553  
  4,250,000(†††)      Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M, 7.750%, 5/29/2031, (MXN)      23,920,861  
  7,740,000(†††)      Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M-20, 7.500%, 6/03/2027, (MXN)      43,097,836  
  27,224,481(†††)      Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M-20, 8.000%, 12/07/2023, (MXN)      155,148,094  
  3,035,000(†††)      Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M-20, 8.500%, 5/31/2029, (MXN)      18,106,496  
  21,700,000(†††)      Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M-20, 10.000%, 12/05/2024, (MXN)      136,929,626  
  252,700,000      New Zealand Government Bond, 5.000%, 3/15/2019, (NZD)      188,147,815  
  175,365,000      New Zealand Government Bond, 6.000%, 5/15/2021, (NZD)      141,784,573  
  458,725,000      Norway Government Bond, 3.750%, 5/25/2021, 144A, (NOK)      63,100,261  
  658,049,000      Norway Government Bond, 4.500%, 5/22/2019, 144A, (NOK)      87,431,499  
  162,850,000      Republic of Brazil, 8.500%, 1/05/2024, (BRL)      49,637,570  
  55,925,000      Republic of Brazil, 10.250%, 1/10/2028, (BRL)      18,639,069  
  250,000,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.750%, 9/30/2018      248,544,923  
  250,000,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.000%, 11/30/2018      248,320,313  
     

 

 

 
        1,934,648,128  
     

 

 

 
   Wireless — 1.2%   
  293,000,000      America Movil SAB de CV, 6.450%, 12/05/2022, (MXN)      14,887,881  
  134,600,000      America Movil SAB de CV, 8.460%, 12/18/2036, (MXN)      6,719,435  
  49,955,000      Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/2028      46,583,038  
  6,260,000      Sprint Capital Corp., 8.750%, 3/15/2032      6,541,700  
  21,052,000      Sprint Communications, Inc., 6.000%, 11/15/2022      20,657,275  
  8,200,000      Sprint Corp., 7.125%, 6/15/2024      7,995,000  
  4,727,000      Sprint Corp., 7.250%, 9/15/2021      4,886,536  
     

 

 

 
        108,270,865  
     

 

 

 
   Wirelines — 3.8%   
  4,370,000      Bell Canada, Inc., MTN, 6.550%, 5/01/2029, 144A, (CAD)      4,220,212  
  7,545,000      Bell Canada, Inc., Series M-17, 6.100%, 3/16/2035, (CAD)      7,266,356  
  22,335,000      CB Escrow Corp., 8.000%, 10/15/2025, 144A      20,799,469  
  1,240,000      CenturyLink, Inc., 5.625%, 4/01/2025      1,119,100  
  7,410,000      CenturyLink, Inc., Series G, 6.875%, 1/15/2028      6,706,050  
  2,965,000      CenturyLink, Inc., Series P, 7.600%, 9/15/2039      2,554,614  
  28,385,000      CenturyLink, Inc., Series S, 6.450%, 6/15/2021      28,952,700  
  2,025,000      CenturyLink, Inc., Series U, 7.650%, 3/15/2042      1,716,188  
  7,940,000      CenturyLink, Inc., Series W, 6.750%, 12/01/2023      7,721,650  
  350,000      Cincinnati Bell Telephone Co. LLC, 6.300%, 12/01/2028      339,500  
  3,620,000      Cincinnati Bell, Inc., 7.000%, 7/15/2024, 144A      3,239,900  
  8,581,000      Consolidated Communications, Inc., 6.500%, 10/01/2022      7,594,185  
  5,330,000      Embarq Corp., 7.995%, 6/01/2036      5,023,525  
  18,725,000      Frontier Communications Corp., 6.875%, 1/15/2025      11,071,156  
  38,336,000      Frontier Communications Corp., 7.875%, 1/15/2027      19,934,720  
  25,745,000      Level 3 Parent LLC, 5.750%, 12/01/2022      25,680,637  
  42,460,000      Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 6.875%, 7/15/2028      38,214,000  
  12,463,000      Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 7.625%, 8/03/2021      12,457,267  
  33,395,000      Qwest Capital Funding, Inc., 7.750%, 2/15/2031      30,055,500  
  26,401,000      Qwest Corp., 6.875%, 9/15/2033      25,124,503  
  30,646,000      Telecom Italia Capital S.A., 6.000%, 9/30/2034      31,786,031  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Wirelines — continued   
$ 16,440,000      Telecom Italia Capital S.A., 6.375%, 11/15/2033    $ 17,837,400  
  18,600,000      Telus Corp., Series CG, 5.050%, 12/04/2019, (CAD)      15,071,436  
  14,776,000      Verizon Communications, Inc., 2.450%, 11/01/2022      14,191,892  
  4,495,000      Windstream Services LLC/Windstream Finance Corp., 7.500%, 4/01/2023      3,179,403  
  8,865,000      Windstream Services LLC/Windstream Finance Corp., 7.750%, 10/15/2020      7,402,275  
  3,392,000      Windstream Services LLC/Windstream Finance Corp., 8.750%, 12/15/2024, 144A      2,011,761  
     

 

 

 
        351,271,430  
     

 

 

 
   Total Non-Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $6,440,744,395)
     6,038,663,550  
     

 

 

 
     
  Convertible Bonds — 3.9%  
   Building Materials — 0.2%   
  17,254,000      KB Home, 1.375%, 2/01/2019      19,529,371  
     

 

 

 
   Cable Satellite — 1.6%   
  14,660,000      DISH Network Corp., 2.375%, 3/15/2024      12,963,706  
  137,245,000      DISH Network Corp., 3.375%, 8/15/2026      132,194,384  
     

 

 

 
        145,158,090  
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 0.1%   
  4,305,000      RPM International, Inc., 2.250%, 12/15/2020      4,834,455  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Manufacturing — 0.0%   
  2,546,000      Trinity Industries, Inc., 3.875%, 6/01/2036      3,469,908  
     

 

 

 
   Healthcare — 0.1%   
  8,835,000      Evolent Health, Inc., 2.000%, 12/01/2021      8,869,828  
     

 

 

 
   Leisure — 0.3%   
  27,795,000      Rovi Corp., 0.500%, 3/01/2020      26,784,096  
     

 

 

 
   Midstream — 0.4%   
  30,445,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.500%, 9/15/2026      26,216,189  
  10,585,000      SM Energy Co., 1.500%, 7/01/2021      9,992,240  
  4,755,000      Whiting Petroleum Corp., 1.250%, 4/01/2020      4,475,582  
     

 

 

 
        40,684,011  
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.0%   
  1,655,000      BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., 1.500%, 10/15/2020      1,822,569  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Mortgage — 0.1%   
  11,865,000      iStar, Inc., 3.125%, 9/15/2022, 144A      11,289,737  
     

 

 

 
   Technology — 1.1%   
  10,415,000      Booking Holdings, Inc., 0.900%, 9/15/2021      12,998,961  
  5,085,540      Liberty Interactive LLC, 3.500%, 1/15/2031      5,595,899  
  22,740,000      Nuance Communications, Inc., 1.000%, 12/15/2035      21,630,743  
  10,155,000      Nuance Communications, Inc., 1.250%, 4/01/2025, 144A      10,044,514  
  39,710,000      Nuance Communications, Inc., 1.500%, 11/01/2035      40,466,039  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Technology — continued   
$ 11,570,000      Viavi Solutions, Inc., 0.625%, 8/15/2033    $ 11,820,351  
     

 

 

 
        102,556,507  
     

 

 

 
   Total Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $365,799,009)
     364,998,572  
     

 

 

 
     
  Municipals — 1.6%   
   District of Columbia — 0.1%   
  3,850,000      Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Series D, 8.000%, 10/01/2047      5,349,652  
     

 

 

 
   Illinois — 0.1%   
  17,570,000      State of Illinois, 5.100%, 6/01/2033      16,468,888  
     

 

 

 
   Michigan — 0.1%   
  11,805,000      Michigan Tobacco Settlement Finance Authority Taxable Turbo, Series A, 7.309%, 6/01/2034      11,742,552  
     

 

 

 
   Puerto Rico — 0.3%   
  63,900,000      Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, GO, Refunding, Series A, 8.000%, 7/01/2035(i)      27,157,500  
     

 

 

 
   Virginia — 1.0%   
  97,200,000      Virginia Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Series A-1, 6.706%, 6/01/2046      91,771,380  
     

 

 

 
   Total Municipals
(Identified Cost $180,688,055)
     152,489,972  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Bonds and Notes
(Identified Cost $6,987,231,459)
     6,556,152,094  
     

 

 

 
     
  Loan Participations — 0.1%  
   ABS Other — 0.1%   
  9,098,865      Rise Ltd., Series 2014-1, Class B, 6.500%, 2/15/2039 (a)(c)(k)
(Identified Cost $9,167,106)
     9,053,371  
     

 

 

 
     
  Senior Loans — 1.2%  
   Automotive — 0.1%   
  5,948,124      IBC Capital Ltd., 2nd Lien Term Loan, 3-month LIBOR + 7.000%, 9.071%, 9/09/2022(g)      5,925,819  
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 0.3%   
  31,355,000      Houghton International, Inc., New 2nd Lien Term Loan, 1-month LIBOR + 8.500%, 10.377%, 12/20/2020(g)      31,355,000  
     

 

 

 
   Construction Machinery — 0.4%   
  21,276,995      Onsite Rental Group Pty Ltd., PIK Term Loan B, 3-month LIBOR, 1.773%, 10/26/2023, 144A(b)(d)(f)(g)(m)      16,383,286  
  15,562,263      Onsite Rental Group Pty Ltd., Term Loan B, 1-month LIBOR + 4.500%, 6.372%, 10/26/2022(g)      15,251,018  
     

 

 

 
        31,634,304  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Consumer Cyclical Services — 0.1%   
$ 8,874,457      Ex-Sigma 2 LLC, 2nd Lien PIK Term Loan, 1-week LIBOR, 2.302%, 7/12/2019(a)(b)(c)(g)(n)    $ 7,987,011  
     

 

 

 
   Financial Other — 0.2%   
  12,748,515      DBRS Ltd., Term Loan, 3-month LIBOR + 5.250%, 7.234%, 3/04/2022(g)      12,828,193  
     

 

 

 
   Natural Gas — 0.0%   
  1,489,747      Southcross Holdings Borrower LP, Exit Term Loan B, PIK, 3.500%, 4/13/2023(o)      1,467,401  
     

 

 

 
   Oil Field Services — 0.0%   
  2,873,030      Petroleum Geo-Services ASA, New Term Loan B, 3-month LIBOR + 2.500%, 4.802%, 3/19/2021(g)      2,724,006  
     

 

 

 
   Retailers — 0.0%   
  2,614,748      Toys “R” Us Property Co. I LLC, New Term Loan B, 1-month LIBOR + 5.000%, 6.877%, 8/21/2019(b)(f)(g)(i)      2,145,034  
     

 

 

 
   Technology — 0.1%   
  9,507,380      IQOR U.S., Inc., 2nd Lien Term Loan, 3-month LIBOR + 8.750%, 10.445%, 4/01/2022(g)      9,117,577  
     

 

 

 
   Transportation Services — 0.0%   
  2,918,811      OSG Bulk Ships, Inc., OBS Term Loan, 3-month LIBOR + 4.250%, 6.040%, 8/05/2019(g)      2,802,058  
     

 

 

 
   Total Senior Loans
(Identified Cost $114,621,478)
     107,986,403  
     

 

 

 
     
Shares                
  Common Stocks — 6.4%  
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.4%   
  1,423,650      Arconic, Inc.      32,800,896  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1%   
  232,155      Hawaiian Telcom Holdco, Inc.(e)      6,193,895  
     

 

 

 
   Media — 0.0%   
  303,043      Dex Media, Inc.(d)(e)      2,591,018  
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.1%   
  846,398      Chesapeake Energy Corp.(e)      2,556,122  
  2,943      Frontera Energy Corp.(e)      82,258  
  156,900      Paragon Offshore Ltd., Litigation Units, Class A(d)(e)      167,413  
  225,500      Paragon Offshore Ltd., Litigation Units, Class B(d)(e)      6,652,250  
  1,514      Southcross Holdings Group LLC(d)(e)       
  1,514      Southcross Holdings LP, Class A(d)(e)      454,200  
     

 

 

 
        9,912,243  
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 5.8%   
  8,514,190      Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.      538,522,517  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
   Specialty Retail — 0.0%   
  11,664,720      Onsite Rental Group Pty Ltd.(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)    $  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $289,460,468)
     590,020,569  
     

 

 

 
     
  Preferred Stocks — 1.6%   
  Convertible Preferred Stocks — 1.5%  
   Banking — 0.4%   
  19,062      Bank of America Corp., Series L, 7.250%      24,579,496  
  8,533      Wells Fargo & Co., Series L, Class A, 7.500%      11,007,570  
     

 

 

 
        35,587,066  
     

 

 

 
   Communications — 0.0%   
  10,483      Cincinnati Bell, Inc., Series B, 6.750%      512,828  
     

 

 

 
   Energy — 0.1%   
  242,297      El Paso Energy Capital Trust I, 4.750%      11,450,956  
     

 

 

 
   Midstream — 0.8%   
  172,972      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 4.500%      8,520,601  
  231,033      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.000%      12,547,980  
  32,522      Chesapeake Energy Corp., Series A, 5.750%, 144A      18,578,192  
  43,178      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.750%, 144A      24,436,589  
  6,017      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.750%      3,405,321  
  5,770      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.750%      3,296,113  
     

 

 

 
        70,784,796  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Health Care — 0.1%   
  116,700      Welltower, Inc., Series I, 6.500%      6,493,188  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Mortgage — 0.1%   
  300,307      iStar, Inc., Series J, 4.500%      13,676,762  
     

 

 

 
   Total Convertible Preferred Stocks
(Identified Cost $163,285,550)
     138,505,596  
     

 

 

 
     
  Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks — 0.1%  
   Finance Companies — 0.0%   
  10,425      iStar, Inc., Series G, 7.650%      257,497  
     

 

 

 
   Home Construction — 0.0%   
  208,246      Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 7.625%(e)      1,480,629  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Office Property — 0.0%   
  1,596      Highwoods Realty LP, Series A, 8.625%      1,945,841  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Warehouse/Industrials — 0.1%   
  116,192      ProLogis, Inc., Series Q, 8.540%      7,536,829  
     

 

 

 
   Total Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks
(Identified Cost $8,540,568)
     11,220,796  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Preferred Stocks
(Identified Cost $171,826,118)
     149,726,392  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund – (continued)

 

Shares      Description    Value (†)  
  Closed-End Investment Companies — 0.0%  
  170,282      NexPoint Strategic Opportunities Fund
(Identified Cost $10,230,310)
   $ 3,913,080  
     

 

 

 
     
Principal
Amount (‡)
               
  Short-Term Investments — 18.8%  
$ 208,000,000      Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes, 1.445%, 5/10/2018(p)      207,626,848  
  59,505,000      Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes, 1.652%, 6/01/2018(p)      59,334,399  
  300,000,000      Federal National Mortgage Association Discount Notes, 1.420%, 5/07/2018(p)      299,504,100  
  50,000,000      Federal National Mortgage Association Discount Notes, 1.400%, 5/21/2018(p)      49,884,300  
  174,643,735      Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/29/2018 at 0.900% to be repurchased at $174,661,199 on 4/02/2018 collateralized by $38,895,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.750% due 2/15/2024 valued at $39,207,871; $143,215,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.000% due 4/30/2024 valued at $138,929,291 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)      174,643,735  
  75,000,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.455%-1.456%, 5/03/2018(p)(q)      74,895,006  
  100,000,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.416%, 4/19/2018(p)      99,922,851  
  64,345,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.285%, 4/05/2018(p)      64,336,282  
  25,500,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.675%, 6/28/2018(p)      25,396,316  
  150,000,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.633%, 6/07/2018(p)      149,543,015  
  140,495,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.605%, 5/31/2018(p)      140,110,860  
  400,000,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.565%, 5/17/2018(p)      399,179,168  
     

 

 

 
   Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $1,744,564,339)
     1,744,376,880  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Investments — 98.7%
(Identified Cost $9,327,101,278)
     9,161,228,789  
   Other assets less liabilities — 1.3%      121,844,478  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 9,283,073,267  
     

 

 

 
     
  (‡)      Principal Amount stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.  
  (†)      See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.  
  (††)      Amount shown represents units. One unit represents a principal amount of 25.  
  (†††)      Amount shown represents units. One unit represents a principal amount of 100.  
  (a)      Level 3 security. Value has been determined using significant unobservable inputs. See Note 3 of Notes to Financial Statements.  
  (b)      Illiquid security.  
  (c)      Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser. At March 31, 2018, the value of these securities amounted to $36,556,317 or 0.4% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund – (continued)

 

     
  (d)      Securities subject to restriction on resale. At March 31, 2018, the restricted securities held by the Fund are as follows:  
     
    Acquisition
Date
  Cost     Value     % of
Net Assets
 
Dex Media, Inc.   August 12, 2016   $ 1,476,220     $ 2,591,018       Less than 0.1%  
GCA2014 Holdings Ltd., Series 2014-1, Class C   December 18, 2014     21,396,647       16,072,211       0.2%  
GCA2014 Holdings Ltd., Series 2014-1, Class D   December 18, 2014     8,494,926       3,440,443       Less than 0.1%  
GCA2014 Holdings Ltd., Series 2014-1, Class E   December 18, 2014     32,732,982              
Onsite Rental Group Pty Ltd., PIK Term Loan B   October 26, 2017     15,666,497       16,383,286       0.2%  
Onsite Rental Group Pty Ltd.   October 26, 2017                  
Paragon Offshore Ltd., Litigation Units Class A   July 18, 2017     1,167,146       167,413       Less than 0.1%  
Paragon Offshore Ltd., Litigation Units Class B   July 18, 2017     22,768,653       6,652,250       0.1%  
Southcross Holdings Group LLC   April 29, 2016                  
Southcross Holdings LP, Class A   April 29, 2016     2,215,133       454,200       Less than 0.1%  
     
                  (e)      Non-income producing security.  
  (f)      Securities classified as fair valued pursuant to the Fund’s pricing policies and procedures. At March 31, 2018, the value of these securities amounted to $225,955,708 or 2.4% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.  
  (g)      Variable rate security. Rate as of March 31, 2018 is disclosed.  
  (h)      Perpetual bond with no specified maturity date.  
  (i)      The issuer is in default with respect to interest and/or principal payments. Income is not being accrued.  
  (j)      Payment-in-kind security for which the issuer has the option at each interest payment date of making interest payments in cash or additional debt securities.  
  (k)      Variable rate security. The interest rate adjusts periodically based on; (i) changes in current interest rates and/or prepayments on underlying pools of assets, if applicable, (ii) reference to a base lending rate plus or minus a margin, and/or (iii) reference to a base lending rate adjusted by a multiplier and/or subject to certain floors or caps. Rate as of March 31, 2018 is disclosed.  
  (l)      Coupon rate is a fixed rate for an initial period then resets at a specified date and rate.  
  (m)      Payment-in-kind security for which the issuer has the option at each interest payment date of making interest payments in cash or additional principal. For the period ended March 31, 2018, the issuer has not made any interest payments.  
  (n)      Payment-in-kind security for which the issuer has the option at each interest payment date of making interest payments in cash or additional debt securities. For the period ended March 31, 2018 interest payments were made in debt securities.  
  (o)      Payment-in-kind security for which the issuer has the option at each interest payment date of making interest payments in cash or additional principal. For the period ended March 31, 2018, interest payments were made in cash and additional principal.  
  (p)      Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.  
  (q)      The Fund’s investment in U.S. Government/Agency securities is comprised of various lots with differing discount rates. These separate investments, which have the same maturity date, have been aggregated for the purpose of presentation in the Portfolio of Investments.  
     
  144A      All or a portion of these securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2018, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $1,429,131,288 or 15.4% of net assets.  
  ABS      Asset-Backed Securities  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund – (continued)

 

  EMTN      Euro Medium Term Note  
  GMTN      Global Medium Term Note  
  GO      General Obligation  
  LIBOR      London Interbank Offered Rate  
  MBIA      Municipal Bond Investors Assurance Corp.  
  MTN      Medium Term Note  
  PIK      Payment-in-Kind  
  REITs      Real Estate Investment Trusts  
     
  AUD      Australian Dollar  
  BRL      Brazilian Real  
  CAD      Canadian Dollar  
  EUR      Euro  
  ISK      Icelandic Krona  
  MXN      Mexican Peso  
  NOK      Norwegian Krone  
  NZD      New Zealand Dollar  

Industry Summary at March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Treasuries

     20.8

Pharmaceuticals

     5.8  

Banking

     5.2  

Independent Energy

     4.0  

Wirelines

     3.8  

Finance Companies

     3.1  

Healthcare

     3.1  

Airlines

     2.8  

Cable Satellite

     2.8  

Chemicals

     2.5  

Oil Field Services

     2.4  

Technology

     2.3  

Supermarkets

     2.1  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     19.2  

Short-Term Investments

     18.8  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     98.7  

Other assets less liabilities

     1.3  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

Currency Exposure Summary at March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

United States Dollar

     77.8

Mexican Peso

     5.6  

Canadian Dollar

     5.2  

New Zealand Dollar

     4.2  

Australian Dollar

     2.7  

Other, less than 2% each

     3.2  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     98.7  

Other assets less liabilities

     1.3  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

 

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Investment
Grade Bond
Fund
    Strategic
Income Fund
 

ASSETS

    

Investments at cost

   $ 6,228,218,969     $ 9,327,101,278  

Net unrealized depreciation

     (16,875,061     (165,872,489
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments at value

     6,211,343,908       9,161,228,789  

Cash

     74,764       7,278,443  

Foreign currency at value (identified cost $1,952,861 and $3,654,080, respectively)

     1,972,252       3,655,403  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     12,936,640       10,611,684  

Receivable for securities sold

     8,067,938       31,615,729  

Dividends and interest receivable

     51,798,986       116,489,103  

Tax reclaims receivable

           926,106  

Prepaid expenses (Note 7)

     706       1,224  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     6,286,195,194       9,331,806,481  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

    

Payable for securities purchased

     27,215,253       27,586,498  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

     39,958,968       14,676,247  

Management fees payable (Note 5)

     2,047,026       4,467,938  

Deferred Trustees’ fees (Note 5)

     695,134       1,249,998  

Administrative fees payable (Note 5)

     237,321       357,441  

Payable to distributor (Note 5d)

     62,098       87,480  

Other accounts payable and accrued expenses

     140,645       307,612  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     70,356,445       48,733,214  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 6,215,838,749     $ 9,283,073,267  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

    

Paid-in capital

   $ 6,257,098,512     $ 9,558,709,794  

Undistributed (Distributions in excess of) net investment income

     46,006,130       (14,391,662

Accumulated net realized loss on investments and foreign currency transactions

     (73,060,849     (104,210,877

Net unrealized depreciation on investments and foreign currency translations

     (14,205,044     (157,033,988
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 6,215,838,749     $ 9,283,073,267  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

 

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Investment
Grade Bond
Fund
     Strategic
Income Fund
 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE:

     

Class A shares:

     

Net assets

   $ 866,688,232      $ 1,756,834,182  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     78,676,684        121,174,943  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value and redemption price per share

   $ 11.02      $ 14.50  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Offering price per share (100/95.75 of net asset value) (Note 1)

   $ 11.51      $ 15.14  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

     

Net assets

   $ 588,564,996      $ 1,893,797,478  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     53,960,796        129,503,560  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 10.91      $ 14.62  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class N shares:

     

Net assets

   $ 1,310,286,102      $ 167,893,786  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     118,950,183        11,593,212  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 11.02      $ 14.48  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class Y shares:

     

Net assets

   $ 3,427,590,637      $ 5,325,092,565  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     310,982,920        367,710,616  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 11.02      $ 14.48  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Admin Class shares:

     

Net assets

   $ 22,708,782      $ 139,455,256  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     2,065,167        9,652,460  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 11.00      $ 14.45  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations

 

For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

     Investment
Grade Bond
Fund
    Strategic
Income Fund
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

    

Interest

   $ 105,067,310     $ 199,310,564  

Dividends

     1,901,837       12,560,088  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     106,969,147       211,870,652  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

    

Management fees (Note 5)

     12,436,900       27,268,912  

Service and distribution fees (Note 5)

     4,341,373       13,007,620  

Administrative fees (Note 5)

     1,377,350       2,152,123  

Trustees’ fees and expenses (Note 5)

     127,578       205,019  

Transfer agent fees and expenses (Notes 5 and 6)

     2,626,769       3,871,103  

Audit and tax services fees

     28,126       28,496  

Custodian fees and expenses

     141,427       241,103  

Legal fees

     51,638       82,946  

Registration fees

     188,794       114,454  

Shareholder reporting expenses

     342,212       417,096  

Miscellaneous expenses (Note 7)

     87,718       153,741  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     21,749,885       47,542,613  

Less waiver and/or expense reimbursement (Note 5)

     (772,088      
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net expenses

     20,977,797       47,542,613  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income

     85,991,350       164,328,039  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

    

Net realized loss on:

    

Investments

     (20,877,522     (55,246,378

Foreign currency transactions (Note 2c)

     (1,384,212     (962,037

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

    

Investments

     (53,564,788     (83,626,630

Foreign currency translations (Note 2c)

     479,445       554,781  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized loss on investments and foreign currency transactions

     (75,347,077     (139,280,264
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 10,644,273     $ 25,047,775  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Investment Grade Bond Fund     Strategic Income Fund  
     Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

FROM OPERATIONS:

        

Net investment income

   $ 85,991,350     $ 205,406,044     $ 164,328,039     $ 398,140,452  

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

     (22,261,734     116,825,138       (56,208,415     129,390,356  

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

     (53,085,343     (91,129,640     (83,071,849     172,652,000  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     10,644,273       231,101,542       25,047,775       700,182,808  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

        

Net investment income

        

Class A

     (13,765,884     (22,698,039     (40,433,746     (78,875,422

Class C

     (7,645,052     (13,586,835     (35,970,869     (78,726,042

Class N

     (21,370,231     (19,578,968     (3,509,179     (5,305,880

Class Y

     (57,541,244     (95,925,578     (124,944,928     (205,067,266

Admin Class

     (345,204     (642,265     (2,842,131     (4,720,753

Net realized capital gains

        

Class A

     (9,981,426     (37,991,535     (8,768,892     (51,098,073

Class C

     (7,341,592     (35,231,779     (9,599,770     (69,058,405

Class N

     (13,902,118     (2,725,590     (671,289     (2,996,727

Class Y

     (38,485,396     (166,690,814     (25,607,819     (114,763,610

Admin Class

     (272,108     (1,202,096     (647,419     (3,099,821
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (170,650,255     (396,273,499     (252,996,042     (613,711,999
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

     101,265,268       (345,835,758     (724,475,433     (1,423,618,832
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets

     (58,740,714     (511,007,715     (952,423,700     (1,337,148,023

NET ASSETS

        

Beginning of the period

     6,274,579,463       6,785,587,178       10,235,496,967       11,572,644,990  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the period

   $ 6,215,838,749     $ 6,274,579,463     $ 9,283,073,267     $ 10,235,496,967  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

UNDISTRIBUTED (DISTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF) NET INVESTMENT INCOME

   $ 46,006,130     $ 60,682,395     $ (14,391,662   $ 28,981,152  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Investment Grade Bond Fund—Class A  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 11.30     $ 11.59     $ 11.10     $ 12.11     $ 12.22     $ 12.76  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.15       0.36       0.39       0.40       0.46       0.48  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.13     0.05       0.48       (0.95     0.26       (0.30
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.02       0.41       0.87       (0.55     0.72       0.18  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.17     (0.26     (0.23     (0.34     (0.51     (0.60

Net realized capital gains

    (0.13     (0.44     (0.15     (0.12     (0.32     (0.12
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.30     (0.70     (0.38     (0.46     (0.83     (0.72
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 11.02     $ 11.30     $ 11.59     $ 11.10     $ 12.11     $ 12.22  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(b)

    0.18 %(c)(d)      3.88     8.06     (4.72 )%      6.04     1.34

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 866,688     $ 902,955     $ 1,130,260     $ 1,628,216     $ 1,932,847     $ 2,431,718  

Net expenses

    0.80 %(e)(f)      0.82 %(g)      0.85     0.83     0.83     0.83

Gross expenses

    0.83 %(e)      0.82     0.85     0.83     0.83     0.83

Net investment income

    2.64 %(e)      3.23     3.49     3.38     3.75     3.85

Portfolio turnover rate

    1     10     11     23     19     30

 

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) A sales charge for Class A shares is not reflected in total return calculations.
(c) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(d) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(e) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(f) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been lower.
(g) Effective July 1, 2017, the expense limit decreased to 0.80%.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Investment Grade Bond Fund—Class C  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 11.19     $ 11.48     $ 11.00     $ 12.00     $ 12.11     $ 12.66  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.10       0.27       0.30       0.31       0.36       0.39  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.12     0.06       0.47       (0.94     0.27       (0.32
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    (0.02     0.33       0.77       (0.63     0.63       0.07  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.13     (0.18     (0.14     (0.25     (0.42     (0.50

Net realized capital gains

    (0.13     (0.44     (0.15     (0.12     (0.32     (0.12
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.26     (0.62     (0.29     (0.37     (0.74     (0.62
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 10.91     $ 11.19     $ 11.48     $ 11.00     $ 12.00     $ 12.11  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(b)

    (0.20 )%(c)(d)      3.12     7.18     (5.40 )%      5.29     0.50

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 588,565     $ 689,798     $ 1,001,522     $ 1,219,687     $ 1,524,806     $ 1,746,822  

Net expenses

    1.55 %(e)(f)      1.57 %(g)      1.60     1.58     1.58     1.58

Gross expenses

    1.58 %(e)      1.57     1.60     1.58     1.58     1.58

Net investment income

    1.89 %(e)      2.49     2.74     2.63     3.00     3.10

Portfolio turnover rate

    1     10     11     23     19     30

 

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) A contingent deferred sales charge for Class C shares is not reflected in total return calculations.
(c) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(d) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(e) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(f) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been lower.
(g) Effective July 1, 2017, the expense limit decreased to 1.55%.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Investment Grade Bond Fund—Class N  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Period Ended
September 30,
2013*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 11.30     $ 11.58     $ 11.11     $ 12.11     $ 12.22     $ 12.66  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.16       0.39       0.43       0.44       0.50       0.34  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.12     0.07       0.47       (0.93     0.26       (0.46
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.04       0.46       0.90       (0.49     0.76       (0.12
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.19     (0.30     (0.28     (0.39     (0.55     (0.32

Net realized capital gains

    (0.13     (0.44     (0.15     (0.12     (0.32      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.32     (0.74     (0.43     (0.51     (0.87     (0.32
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 11.02     $ 11.30     $ 11.58     $ 11.11     $ 12.11     $ 12.22  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    0.35 %(b)      4.34     8.31     (4.28 )%      6.41     (0.95 )%(b)(c) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 1,310,286     $ 1,203,169     $ 47,343     $ 21,851     $ 6,101     $ 41  

Net expenses

    0.48 %(d)      0.48 %(e)      0.47     0.47     0.47 %(f)      0.65 %(d)(g) 

Gross expenses

    0.48 %(d)      0.48     0.47     0.47     0.47 %(f)      0.78 %(d) 

Net investment income

    2.97 %(d)      3.51     3.88     3.78     4.07     4.18 %(d) 

Portfolio turnover rate

    1     10     11     23     19     30

 

* From commencement of Class operations on February 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013.
(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(c) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(d) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(e) Effective July 1, 2017, the expense limit increased to 0.50%.
(f) Includes fee/expense recovery of less than 0.01%.
(g) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Investment Grade Bond Fund—Class Y  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 11.31     $ 11.59     $ 11.11     $ 12.12     $ 12.23     $ 12.77  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.16       0.39       0.42       0.43       0.49       0.52  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.13     0.06       0.47       (0.95     0.26       (0.31
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.03       0.45       0.89       (0.52     0.75       0.21  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.19     (0.29     (0.26     (0.37     (0.54     (0.63

Net realized capital gains

    (0.13     (0.44     (0.15     (0.12     (0.32     (0.12
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.32     (0.73     (0.41     (0.49     (0.86     (0.75
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 11.02     $ 11.31     $ 11.59     $ 11.11     $ 12.12     $ 12.23  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    0.22 %(b)(c)      4.24     8.25     (4.47 )%      6.30     1.60

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 3,427,591     $ 3,453,137     $ 4,571,167     $ 6,081,536     $ 6,911,938     $ 6,130,700  

Net expenses

    0.55 %(d)(e)      0.57 %(f)      0.60     0.58     0.59     0.58

Gross expenses

    0.58 %(d)      0.57     0.60     0.58     0.59     0.58

Net investment income

    2.89 %(d)      3.48     3.74     3.63     3.99     4.11

Portfolio turnover rate

    1     10     11     23     19     30

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(c) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(d) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(e) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been lower.
(f) Effective July 1, 2017, the expense limit decreased to 0.55%.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Investment Grade Bond Fund—Admin Class  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 11.28     $ 11.56     $ 11.08     $ 12.09     $ 12.20     $ 12.74  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.14       0.34       0.37       0.37       0.43       0.45  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.13     0.06       0.47       (0.95     0.26       (0.30
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.01       0.40       0.84       (0.58     0.69       0.15  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.16     (0.24     (0.21     (0.31     (0.48     (0.57

Net realized capital gains

    (0.13     (0.44     (0.15     (0.12     (0.32     (0.12
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.29     (0.68     (0.36     (0.43     (0.80     (0.69
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 11.00     $ 11.28     $ 11.56     $ 11.08     $ 12.09     $ 12.20  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    (0.03 )%(b)(c)      3.76 %(c)      7.73     (4.95 )%      5.79     1.10

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 22,709     $ 25,521     $ 35,294     $ 37,355     $ 25,585     $ 21,557  

Net expenses

    0.98 %(d)(e)(f)      1.02 %(e)(g)(h)      1.07 %(i)      1.08     1.09     1.08

Gross expenses

    1.01 %(d)(f)      1.03 %(g)      1.07 %(i)      1.08     1.09     1.08

Net investment income

    2.46 %(d)      3.03     3.27     3.14     3.49     3.62

Portfolio turnover rate

    1     10     11     23     19     30

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(c) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(d) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(e) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(f) Includes refund of prior year service fee of 0.07%. See Note 5b of Notes to Financial Statements.
(g) Includes refund of prior year service fee of 0.05%.
(h) Effective July 1, 2017, the expense limit increased to 1.05%.
(i) Includes refund of prior year service fee of 0.03%.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Strategic Income Fund—Class A  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 14.84     $ 14.70     $ 14.70     $ 16.75     $ 15.93     $ 15.30  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.25       0.56       0.57       0.64       0.58       0.65  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.20     0.42       0.61       (1.74     0.90       0.76  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.05       0.98       1.18       (1.10     1.48       1.41  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.32     (0.52     (0.36     (0.57     (0.62     (0.78

Net realized capital gains

    (0.07     (0.32     (0.82     (0.38     (0.04      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.39     (0.84     (1.18     (0.95     (0.66     (0.78
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 14.50     $ 14.84     $ 14.70     $ 14.70     $ 16.75     $ 15.93  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(b)

    0.30 %(c)      7.01     8.72     (6.88 )%      9.34     9.43

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 1,756,834     $ 1,999,385     $ 2,514,770     $ 3,318,262     $ 4,408,257     $ 5,239,885  

Net expenses

    0.96 %(d)      0.96     0.96     0.94     0.94     0.95

Gross expenses

    0.96 %(d)      0.96     0.96     0.94     0.94     0.95

Net investment income

    3.40 %(d)      3.82     4.01     3.95     3.44     4.14

Portfolio turnover rate

    4     11     17     23     26     22

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) A sales charge for Class A shares is not reflected in total return calculations.
(c) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(d) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Strategic Income Fund—Class C  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 14.97     $ 14.81     $ 14.80     $ 16.85     $ 16.03     $ 15.39  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.20       0.45       0.47       0.52       0.45       0.54  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.22     0.44       0.61       (1.74     0.90       0.76  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    (0.02     0.89       1.08       (1.22     1.35       1.30  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.26     (0.41     (0.25     (0.45     (0.49     (0.66

Net realized capital gains

    (0.07     (0.32     (0.82     (0.38     (0.04      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.33     (0.73     (1.07     (0.83     (0.53     (0.66
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 14.62     $ 14.97     $ 14.81     $ 14.80     $ 16.85     $ 16.03  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(b)

    (0.09 )%(c)      6.20     7.91     (7.60 )%      8.54     8.61

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 1,893,797     $ 2,248,939     $ 3,433,204     $ 4,295,139     $ 5,390,222     $ 4,912,727  

Net expenses

    1.71 %(d)      1.71     1.71     1.69     1.69     1.70

Gross expenses

    1.71 %(d)      1.71     1.71     1.69     1.69     1.70

Net investment income

    2.65 %(d)      3.08     3.26     3.20     2.68     3.39

Portfolio turnover rate

    4     11     17     23     26     22

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) A contingent deferred sales charge for Class C shares is not reflected in total return calculations.
(c) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(d) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Strategic Income Fund—Class N  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Period Ended
September 30,
2013*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 14.83     $ 14.69     $ 14.69     $ 16.73     $ 15.92     $ 15.78  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.27       0.60       0.61       0.69       0.61       0.46  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.21     0.43       0.62       (1.73     0.91       0.16  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.06       1.03       1.23       (1.04     1.52       0.62  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.34     (0.57     (0.41     (0.62     (0.67     (0.48

Net realized capital gains

    (0.07     (0.32     (0.82     (0.38     (0.04      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.41     (0.89     (1.23     (1.00     (0.71     (0.48
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 14.48     $ 14.83     $ 14.69     $ 14.69     $ 16.73     $ 15.92  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    0.40 %(b)      7.38     9.09     (6.58 )%      9.70     4.01 %(b) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 167,894     $ 141,695     $ 130,637     $ 83,405     $ 57,752     $ 12,921  

Net expenses

    0.63 %(c)      0.63     0.63     0.62     0.62     0.63 %(c) 

Gross expenses

    0.63 %(c)      0.63     0.63     0.62     0.62     0.63 %(c) 

Net investment income

    3.73 %(c)      4.13     4.34     4.33     3.62     4.38 %(c) 

Portfolio turnover rate

    4     11     17     23     26     22

 

* From commencement of Class operations on February 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013.
(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(c) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Strategic Income Fund—Class Y  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 14.83     $ 14.69     $ 14.69     $ 16.73     $ 15.92     $ 15.29  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.27       0.59       0.61       0.68       0.61       0.69  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.22     0.43       0.61       (1.73     0.90       0.76  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.05       1.02       1.22       (1.05     1.51       1.45  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.33     (0.56     (0.40     (0.61     (0.66     (0.82

Net realized capital gains

    (0.07     (0.32     (0.82     (0.38     (0.04      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.40     (0.88     (1.22     (0.99     (0.70     (0.82
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 14.48     $ 14.83     $ 14.69     $ 14.69     $ 16.73     $ 15.92  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    0.43 %(b)      7.22     9.00     (6.65 )%      9.63     9.72

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 5,325,093     $ 5,702,607     $ 5,350,759     $ 7,018,369     $ 8,747,384     $ 4,789,322  

Net expenses

    0.71 %(c)      0.71     0.71     0.69     0.69     0.70

Gross expenses

    0.71 %(c)      0.71     0.71     0.69     0.69     0.70

Net investment income

    3.65 %(c)      4.04     4.26     4.21     3.65     4.39

Portfolio turnover rate

    4     11     17     23     26     22

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(c) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

    Strategic Income Fund—Admin Class  
    Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Year Ended
September 30,
2016
    Year Ended
September 30,
2015
    Year Ended
September 30,
2014
    Year Ended
September 30,
2013
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 14.79     $ 14.65     $ 14.66     $ 16.70     $ 15.89     $ 15.27  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

    0.23       0.52       0.53       0.60       0.53       0.61  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.20     0.43       0.61       (1.73     0.90       0.75  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.03       0.95       1.14       (1.13     1.43       1.36  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

    (0.30     (0.49     (0.33     (0.53     (0.58     (0.74

Net realized capital gains

    (0.07     (0.32     (0.82     (0.38     (0.04      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (0.37     (0.81     (1.15     (0.91     (0.62     (0.74
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 14.45     $ 14.79     $ 14.65     $ 14.66     $ 16.70     $ 15.89  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    0.18 %(b)      6.79     8.42     (7.13 )%      9.12     9.12

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 139,455     $ 142,871     $ 143,275     $ 141,844     $ 139,423     $ 80,666  

Net expenses

    1.19 %(c)(d)      1.19 %(e)      1.20 %(f)      1.19     1.19     1.20

Gross expenses

    1.19 %(c)(d)      1.19 %(e)      1.20 %(f)      1.19     1.19     1.20

Net investment income

    3.18 %(c)      3.57     3.76     3.73     3.15     3.89

Portfolio turnover rate

    4     11     17     23     26     22

 

(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(c) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(d) Includes refund of prior year service fee of 0.03%. See Note 5b of Notes to Financial Statements.
(e) Includes refund of prior year service fee of 0.02%.
(f) Includes refund of prior year service fee of 0.01%.

 

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

Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund (the “Investment Grade Bond Fund”)

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

Each Fund is a diversified investment company.

Each Fund offers Class A, Class C, Class N, Class Y and Admin Class shares. Class T shares of the Funds are not currently available for purchase.

Class A shares are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 4.25%. Class C shares do not pay a front-end sales charge, do not convert to any other class of shares, pay higher Rule 12b-1 fees than Class A shares and may be subject to a CDSC of 1.00% if those shares are redeemed within one year of acquisition, except for reinvested distributions. Class N and Class Y shares do not pay a front-end sales charge, a CDSC or Rule 12b-1 fees. Class N shares are offered with an initial minimum investment of $1,000,000. Class Y shares are offered with an initial minimum investment of $100,000. Certain categories of investors are exempted from the minimum investment amounts for Class N and Class Y as outlined in the relevant Funds’ prospectus. Admin Class shares do not pay a front-end sales charge or a CDSC, but do pay a Rule 12b-1 fee. Admin Class shares are offered exclusively through intermediaries.

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

2.  Significant Accounting Policies.  The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by each Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The Funds’ financial statements follow the accounting and

 

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

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

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

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

Illiquid securities for which market quotations are readily available and have been evaluated by the adviser are considered and classified as fair valued securities pursuant to the Fund’s pricing policies and procedures.

As of March 31, 2018, securities of the Funds were fair valued as follows:

 

Fund

 

Securities
classified as

fair valued

   

Percentage

of Net

Assets

   

Securities fair

valued by the

Fund’s adviser

   

Percentage of

Net Assets

 

Investment Grade Bond Fund

  $ 143,970,940       2.3   $ 676       Less than 0.1

Strategic Income Fund

    225,955,708       2.4     36,556,317       0.4

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

 

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

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

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

During the six months ended March 31, 2018, the amount of income available to be distributed has been reduced by the following amounts as a result of losses arising from changes in exchange rates:

 

Investment Grade Bond Fund

   $ 55,000,123  

Strategic Income Fund

   $ 27,703,357  

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

d.  Forward Foreign Currency Contracts.  The Funds may enter into forward foreign currency contracts, including forward foreign cross currency contracts, to acquire exposure to foreign currencies or to hedge the Funds’ investments against currency fluctuation. A contract can also be used to offset a previous contract. These contracts

 

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involve market risk in excess of the unrealized gain or loss reflected in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The U.S. dollar value of the currencies a Fund has committed to buy or sell represents the aggregate exposure to each currency a Fund has acquired or hedged through currency contracts outstanding at period end. Gains or losses are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized until settlement date. Contracts are traded over-the-counter directly with a counterparty. Risks may arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from unanticipated movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar. Certain contracts may require the movement of cash and/or securities as collateral for the Funds’ or counterparty’s net obligations under the contracts.

No forward foreign currency contracts were held by the Funds during the six months ended March 31, 2018.

e.  Federal and Foreign Income Taxes.  The Trust treats each Fund as a separate entity for federal income tax purposes. Each Fund intends to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute to its shareholders substantially all of its net investment income and any net realized capital gains at least annually. Management has performed an analysis of each Fund’s tax positions for the open tax years as of March 31, 2018 and has concluded that no provisions for income tax are required. The Funds’ federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service. Management is not aware of any events that are reasonably possible to occur in the next six months that would result in the amounts of any unrecognized tax benefits significantly increasing or decreasing for the Funds. However, management’s conclusions regarding tax positions taken may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, new tax laws and accounting regulations and interpretations thereof.

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

 

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are reflected as foreign tax rebates receivable on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and are recorded as a realized gain when received.

f.  Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders.  Dividends and distributions are recorded on ex-dividend date. The timing and characterization of certain income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Permanent differences are primarily due to differing treatments for book and tax purposes of items such as distribution redesignations, corporate actions, defaulted and/ or non-income producing securities, foreign currency gains and losses, premium amortization, convertible bonds, paydown gains and losses, trust preferred securities, contingent payment debt instruments, and capital gain and return of capital distributions received. Permanent book and tax basis differences relating to shareholder distributions will result in reclassifications to capital accounts reported on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Temporary differences between book and tax distributable earnings are primarily due to corporate actions, deferred Trustees’ fees, wash sales, premium amortization, return of capital distributions received, trust preferred securities, defaulted and/or non-income producing securities, contingent payment debt instruments and convertible bonds. Amounts of income and capital gain available to be distributed on a tax basis are determined annually, and at other times during the Funds’ fiscal year as may be necessary to avoid knowingly declaring and paying a return of capital distribution. Distributions from net investment income and short-term capital gains are considered to be distributed from ordinary income for tax purposes.

The tax characterization of distributions is determined on an annual basis. The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the year ended September 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

     2017 Distributions Paid From:  

Fund

  

Ordinary

Income

    

Long-Term

Capital Gains

    

Total

 

Investment Grade Bond Fund

   $ 158,093,971      $ 238,179,528      $ 396,273,499  

Strategic Income Fund

     372,695,363        241,016,636        613,711,999  

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

 

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As of March 31, 2018, unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on a tax basis was approximately as follows:

 

    

Investment

Grade Bond

Fund

   

Strategic

Income Fund

 

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    

Investments

   $ 168,906,683     $ 174,141,615  

Foreign currency translations

     (212,321,481     (378,456,052
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total unrealized depreciation

   $ (43,414,798   $ (204,314,437
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

As of March 31, 2018, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on a federal tax basis were as follows:

 

    

Investment

Grade Bond

Fund

   

Strategic

Income Fund

 

Federal tax cost

   $ 6,257,428,723     $ 9,374,381,727  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross tax appreciation

   $ 278,425,178     $ 663,435,590  

Gross tax depreciation

     (324,509,993     (876,588,528
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net tax depreciation

   $ (46,084,815   $ (213,152,938
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Amounts exclude certain adjustments that will be made at the end of the Fund’s fiscal year for tax purposes. Such adjustments are primarily due to wash sales.

Differences between these amounts and those reported in the preceding table are primarily attributable to foreign currency mark-to-market.

g.  Loan Participations.  Each Fund may invest in loans to corporate, governmental or other borrowers. The Funds’ investments in loans may be in the form of participations in loans or assignments of all or a portion of loans. A loan is often administered by a bank or other financial institution that acts as agent for all holders. The agent administers the terms of the loan, as specified in the loan agreement. When investing in a loan participation, (i) a Fund has the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled only from the party from whom the Fund has purchased the participation and only upon receipt by that party of payments from the borrower and (ii) a Fund generally has no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement or to vote on matters arising under the loan agreement. Thus, a Fund may be subject to credit risk both of the party from whom it purchased the loan participation and the borrower and the Fund may have minimal control over the terms of any loan modification. When a Fund purchases assignments from lenders, it acquires direct rights against the borrower on the loan. Loan agreements and participations outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

 

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h.  Repurchase Agreements.  Each Fund may enter into repurchase agreements, under the terms of a Master Repurchase Agreement, under which each Fund acquires securities as collateral and agrees to resell the securities at an agreed upon time and at an agreed upon price. It is each Fund’s policy that the market value of the collateral for repurchase agreements be at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. Certain repurchase agreements are tri-party arrangements whereby the collateral is held in a segregated account for the benefit of the Fund and on behalf of the counterparty. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty, including possible delays or restrictions upon a Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities. As of March 31, 2018, each Fund, as applicable, had investments in repurchase agreements for which the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the repurchase agreement. The gross value of repurchase agreements is included in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for financial reporting purposes.

i.  Securities Lending.  The Funds have entered into an agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street Bank”), as agent of the Funds, to lend securities to certain designated borrowers. The loans are collateralized with cash or securities in an amount equal to at least 105% or 102% of the market value (including accrued interest) of the loaned international or domestic securities, respectively, when the loan is initiated. Thereafter, the value of the collateral must remain at least 102% of the market value (including accrued interest) of loaned securities for U.S. equities and U.S. corporate debt; at least 105% of the market value (including accrued interest) of loaned securities for non-U.S. equities; and at least 100% of the market value (including accrued interest) of loaned securities for U.S. Government securities, sovereign debt issued by non-U.S. Governments and non-U.S. corporate debt. In the event that the market value of the collateral falls below the required percentages described above, the borrower will deliver additional collateral on the next business day. As with other extensions of credit, the Funds may bear the risk of loss with respect to the investment of the collateral. The Funds invest cash collateral in short-term investments, a portion of the income from which is remitted to the borrowers and the remainder allocated between the Funds and State Street Bank as lending agent.

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, neither Fund had loaned securities under this agreement.

j.  Indemnifications.  Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.

 

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

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

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

 

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The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ investments as of March 31, 2018, at value:

Investment Grade Bond Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

   

Total

 

Bonds and Notes

          

Non-Convertible Bonds

          

ABS Other

   $      $ 12,973,425      $ 82,643,224 (b)    $ 95,616,649  

Airlines

            109,116,881        7,966,982 (b)      117,083,863  

Finance Companies

     1,447,844        224,993,397              226,441,241  

Metals & Mining

            93,098,092        676 (c)      93,098,768  

All Other Non-Convertible Bonds(a)

            3,703,747,072              3,703,747,072  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Non-Convertible Bonds

     1,447,844        4,143,928,867        90,610,882       4,235,987,593  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Convertible Bonds(a)

            76,619,790              76,619,790  

Municipals(a)

            20,900,129              20,900,129  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Bonds and Notes

     1,447,844        4,241,448,786        90,610,882       4,333,507,512  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Common Stocks(a)

     45,027,081                     45,027,081  

Preferred Stocks(a)

            2,337,121              2,337,121  

Short-Term Investments

            1,830,472,194              1,830,472,194  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 46,474,925      $ 6,074,258,101      $ 90,610,882     $ 6,211,343,908  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.
(b) Valued using broker-dealer bid prices.
(c) Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser.

 

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Strategic Income Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

 

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

   

Total

 

Bonds and Notes

       

Non-Convertible Bonds

       

ABS Other

  $     $ 10,098,433     $ 19,512,654 (b)(c)    $ 29,611,087  

Airlines

          264,632,846       177,354 (d)      264,810,200  

Finance Companies

    2,550,107       286,886,638             289,436,745  

Metals & Mining

          95,967,090       3,281 (e)      95,970,371  

All Other Non-Convertible Bonds(a)

          5,358,835,147             5,358,835,147  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Non-Convertible Bonds

    2,550,107       6,016,420,154       19,693,289       6,038,663,550  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Convertible Bonds(a)

          364,998,572             364,998,572  

Municipals(a)

          152,489,972             152,489,972  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Bonds and Notes

    2,550,107       6,533,908,698       19,693,289       6,556,152,094  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loan Participations(a)

                9,053,371 (f)      9,053,371  

Senior Loans

       

Consumer Cyclical Services

                7,987,011 (e)      7,987,011  

All Other Senior Loans(a)

          99,999,392             99,999,392  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Senior Loans

          99,999,392       7,987,011       107,986,403  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Common Stocks

       

Media

          2,591,018             2,591,018  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    2,638,380       7,273,863             9,912,243  

Specialty Retail

                (c)       

All Other Common Stocks(a)

    577,517,308                   577,517,308  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

    580,155,688       9,864,881             590,020,569  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Strategic Income Fund (continued)

Asset Valuation Inputs (continued)

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Preferred Stocks

           

Convertible Preferred Stocks

           

Midstream

   $ 8,520,601      $ 62,264,195      $      $ 70,784,796  

REITs-Mortgage

            13,676,762               13,676,762  

All Other Convertible Preferred Stocks(a)

     54,044,038                      54,044,038  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks

     62,564,639        75,940,957               138,505,596  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks

           

REITs-Office Property

            1,945,841               1,945,841  

REITs-Warehouse/Industrials

            7,536,829               7,536,829  

All Other Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks(a)

     1,738,126                      1,738,126  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks

     1,738,126        9,482,670               11,220,796  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks

     64,302,765        85,423,627               149,726,392  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Closed-End Investment Companies

     3,913,080                      3,913,080  

Short-Term Investments

            1,744,376,880               1,744,376,880  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 650,921,640      $ 8,473,573,478      $ 36,733,671      $ 9,161,228,789  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.
(b) Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser ($3,440,443) or fair valued by the Fund’s adviser using broker-dealer bid prices for which the inputs are unobservable to the Fund ($16,072,211).
(c) Includes a security fair valued at zero using level 3 inputs.
(d) Valued using broker-dealer bid prices.
(e) Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser.
(f) Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser using broker-dealer bid prices for which the inputs are unobservable to the Fund.

 

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The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value as of September 30, 2017 and/or March 31, 2018:

Investment Grade Bond Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in Securities

 

Balance as of

September 30,

2017

   

Accrued

Discounts

(Premiums)

   

Realized

Gain

(Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Purchases

 

Bonds and Notes

         

Non-Convertible Bonds

         

ABS Other

  $ 52,564,401     $     $ 11,718     $ (1,391,301   $  

Airlines

                      (160,943      

Metals & Mining

    676       6,527             (6,527      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 52,565,077     $ 6,527     $ 11,718     $ (1,558,771   $   —  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Investments in Securities

 

Sales

   

Transfers

into Level 3

   

Transfers

out of

Level 3

   

Balance as of

March 31,

2018

    

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

from

Investments

Still held at

March 31,

2018

 

Bonds and Notes

          

Non-Convertible Bonds

          

ABS Other

  $ (1,367,753   $ 32,826,159     $     $ 82,643,224      $ (1,388,796

Airlines

    (940,056     9,067,981             7,966,982        (160,943

Metals & Mining

                      676        (6,527
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

  $ (2,307,809   $ 41,894,140     $   —     $ 90,610,882      $ (1,556,266
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Debt securities valued at $41,894,140 were transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 during the period ended March 31, 2018. At September 30, 2017, these securities were valued on the basis of evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service in accordance with the Fund’s valuation policies. At March 31, 2018, these securities were valued using broker-dealer bid prices based on inputs unobservable to the Fund as an independent pricing service did not provide a reliable price for the securities.

 

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

Strategic Income Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in Securities

 

Balance as of

September 30,

2017

   

Accrued

Discounts

(Premiums)

   

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Purchases

 

Bonds and Notes

         

Non-Convertible Bonds

         

ABS Other

  $ 16,947,329 (a)    $     $     $ 1,607,416     $ 957,909  

Airlines

    923                   (3,939      

Chemicals

    18,072,420                          

Metals & Mining

    3,281       31,847             (31,847      

Retailers

    24,046,500                          

Loan Participations

         

ABS Other

    10,742,735             (11,928     (87,012      

Senior Loans

         

Consumer Cyclical Services

    7,518,416                   (52,066     520,661  

Common Stocks

         

Media

    1,757,649                          

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    7,921,777 (a)            (22,293,553     26,629,418        

Specialty Retail

                             
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 87,011,030     $ 31,847     $ (22,305,481   $ 28,061,970     $ 1,478,570  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Strategic Income Fund (continued)

Asset Valuation Inputs (continued)

 

Investments in Securities

 

Sales

   

Transfers
into

Level 3

   

Transfers

out of

Level 3

   

Balance as of

March 31,

2018

   

Change in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

from

Investments

Still Held at

March 31,

2018

 

Bonds and Notes

         

Non-Convertible Bonds

         

ABS Other

  $     $     $     $ 19,512,654 (a)    $ 1,607,416  

Airlines

          180,370             177,354       (3,939

Chemicals

                (18,072,420            

Metals & Mining

                      3,281       (31,847

Retailers

                (24,046,500            

Loan Participations

         

ABS Other

    (1,590,424                 9,053,371       (90,989

Senior Loans

         

Consumer Cyclical Services

                      7,987,011       (52,066

Common Stocks

         

Media

                (1,757,649            

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    (6,885,490           (5,372,152            

Specialty Retail

                      (a)       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ (8,475,914   $ 180,370     $ (49,248,721   $ 36,733,671     $ 1,428,575  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Includes a security fair valued at zero using Level 3 inputs.

A debt security valued at $180,370 was transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 during the period ended March 31, 2018. At September 30, 2017, this security was valued on the basis of evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service in accordance with the Fund’s valuation policies. At March 31, 2018, this security was valued using broker-dealer bid prices based on inputs unobservable to the Fund as an independent pricing service did not provide a reliable price for the security.

Debt securities valued at $18,072,420 were transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 during the period ended March 31, 2018. At September 30, 2017, these securities were valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Fund’s investment adviser as an

 

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independent pricing service did not provide a reliable price for the securities. At March 31, 2018, these securities were valued on the basis of evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service in accordance with the Fund’s valuation policies.

A debt security valued at $24,046,500 was transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 during the period ended March 31, 2018. At September 30, 2017, this security was valued using broker-dealer bid prices based on inputs unobservable to the Fund as an independent pricing service was unable to price the security. At March 31, 2018, this security was valued on the basis of evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service in accordance with the Fund’s valuation policies.

Common stocks valued at $7,129,801 were transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 during the period ended March 31, 2018. At September 30, 2017, these securities were valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Fund’s advisor using broker-dealer bid prices for which the inputs are unobservable to the Fund. At March 31, 2018, these securities were valued on the basis of closing bid quotations furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service in accordance with the Fund’s valuation policies.

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

4.  Purchases and Sales of Securities.  For the six months ended March 31, 2018, purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term investments and including paydowns) were as follows:

 

     U.S. Government/Agency
Securities
     Other Securities  

Fund

  

Purchases

    

Sales

    

Purchases

    

Sales

 

Investment Grade Bond Fund

   $   —      $ 125,000,884      $ 43,753,620      $ 612,524,796  

Strategic Income Fund

                   310,457,590        561,120,805  

5.  Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

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

 

    Percentage of Average Daily Net Assets  

Fund

 

First

$200 million

   

Next

$1.8 billion

   

Next

$13 billion

   

Next

$10 billion

   

Over

$25 billion

 

Investment Grade Bond Fund

    0.40     0.40     0.40     0.38     0.38

Strategic Income Fund

    0.65     0.60     0.55     0.54     0.53

Loomis Sayles has given binding undertakings to the Funds to waive management fees and/or reimburse certain expenses to limit the Funds’ operating expenses, exclusive of

 

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acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage expenses, interest expense, taxes, organizational and extraordinary expenses such as litigation and indemnification expenses. These undertakings are in effect until January 31, 2019, may be terminated before then only with the consent of the Funds’ Board of Trustees and are reevaluated on an annual basis. Management fees payable, as reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, is net of waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, pursuant to these undertakings. Waivers/reimbursements that exceed management fees payable are reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as receivable from investment adviser.

For the six months ended March 31, 2018 the expense limits as a percentage of average daily net assets under the expense limitation agreements were as follows:

 

     Expense Limit as a Percentage of Average
Daily Net Assets
 

Fund

  

Class A

   

Class C

   

Class N

   

Class Y

   

Admin

Class

 

Investment Grade Bond Fund

     0.80     1.55     0.50     0.55     1.05

Strategic Income Fund

     1.25     2.00     0.95     1.00     1.50

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

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the management fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Management

Fees

    

Percentage of

Average

Daily Net Assets

 

Investment Grade Bond Fund

   $ 12,436,900        0.40

Strategic Income Fund

     27,268,912        0.56

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, class-specific expenses have been reimbursed as follows:

 

    Reimbursement1  

Fund

 

Class A

   

Class C

   

Class N

   

Class Y

   

Admin

Class

   

Total

 

Investment Grade Bond Fund

  $ 137,029     $ 98,525     $   —     $ 532,793     $ 3,741     $ 772,088  

 

1 Expense reimbursements are subject to possible recovery until September 30, 2019.

 

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No expenses were recovered for either Fund during the six months ended March 31, 2018 under the terms of the expense limitation agreements.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Under the Admin Class Plans, each Fund pays Natixis Distribution a monthly distribution fee at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Fund’s Admin Class shares, as compensation for services provided by Natixis Distribution in connection with the marketing or sale of Admin Class shares or for payments made by Natixis Distribution to securities dealers or other financial intermediaries as commissions, asset-based sales charges or other compensation with respect to the sale of Admin Class shares, or for providing personal services to investors and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts.

In addition, the Admin Class shares of the Funds may pay Natixis Distribution an administrative service fee, at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the average daily

 

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net assets attributable to Admin Class shares. These fees are subsequently paid to securities dealers or financial intermediaries for providing personal services and/or account maintenance for their customers who hold such shares.

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the service and distribution fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

    Service Fees     Distribution Fees  

Fund

 

Class A

   

Class C

   

Admin Class

   

Class C

   

Admin Class

 

Investment Grade Bond Fund

  $ 1,102,344     $ 796,754     $ 21,846     $ 2,390,262     $ 30,167  

Strategic Income Fund

    2,349,044       2,581,778       156,350       7,745,335       175,113  

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, Natixis Distribution refunded Investment Grade Bond Fund $8,320 and Strategic Income Fund $18,763 of prior year Admin Class service fees paid to Natixis Distribution in excess of amounts subsequently paid to securities dealers or financial intermediaries. Service and distribution fees on the Statements of Operations have been reduced by these amounts.

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

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the administrative fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Administrative

Fees

 

Investment Grade Bond Fund

   $ 1,377,350  

Strategic Income Fund

     2,152,123  

d.  Sub-Transfer Agent Fees.  Natixis Distribution has entered into agreements, which include servicing agreements, with financial intermediaries that provide recordkeeping, processing, shareholder communications and other services to customers of the intermediaries that hold positions in the Funds and has agreed to compensate the intermediaries for providing those services. Intermediaries transact

 

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March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

with the Funds primarily through the use of omnibus accounts on behalf of their customers who hold positions in the Funds. These services would have been provided by the Funds’ transfer agent and other service providers if the shareholders’ accounts were maintained directly at the Funds’ transfer agent. Accordingly, the Funds have agreed to reimburse Natixis Distribution for all or a portion of the servicing fees paid to these intermediaries. The reimbursement amounts (sub-transfer agent fees) paid to Natixis Distribution are subject to a current per-account equivalent fee limit approved by the Funds’ Board of Trustees, which is based on fees for similar services paid to the Funds’ transfer agent and other service providers. Class N shares do not bear such expenses.

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the sub-transfer agent fees (which are reflected in transfer agent fees and expenses in the Statements of Operations) for each Fund were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Sub-Transfer

Agent Fees

 

Investment Grade Bond Fund

   $ 2,512,569  

Strategic Income Fund

     3,629,019  

As of March 31, 2018, the Funds owe Natixis Distribution the following reimbursements for sub-transfer agent fees (which are reflected in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as payable to distributor):

 

Fund

  

Reimbursements

of Sub-Transfer

Agent Fees

 

Investment Grade Bond Fund

   $ 62,098  

Strategic Income Fund

     87,480  

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

e.  Commissions.  Commissions (including CDSCs) on Fund shares retained by Natixis Distribution during the six months ended March 31, 2018, were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Commissions

 

Investment Grade Bond Fund

   $ 27,116  

Strategic Income Fund

     50,055  

f.  Trustees Fees and Expenses.  The Trust does not pay any compensation directly to its officers or Trustees who are directors, officers or employees of Natixis Advisors, Natixis Distribution, Natixis or their affiliates. The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees receives a retainer fee at the annual rate of $340,000. The Chairperson does not receive any meeting attendance fees for Board of Trustees meetings or committee meetings

 

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March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

that he attends. Each Independent Trustee (other than the Chairperson) receives, in the aggregate, a retainer fee at the annual rate of $170,000. Each Independent Trustee also receives a meeting attendance fee of $10,000 for each meeting of the Board of Trustees that he or she attends in person and $5,000 for each meeting of the Board of Trustees that he or she attends telephonically. In addition, the chairperson of the Contract Review Committee and the chairperson of the Audit Committee each receive an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $20,000. The chairperson of the Governance Committee receives an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $12,000. Each Contract Review Committee member is compensated $6,000 for each Committee meeting that he or she attends in person and $3,000 for each meeting that he or she attends telephonically. Each Audit Committee member is compensated $6,000 for each Committee meeting that he or she attends in person and $3,000 for each meeting that he or she attends telephonically. These fees are allocated among the funds in the Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Natixis ETF Trust based on a formula that takes into account, among other factors, the relative net assets of each fund. Trustees are reimbursed for travel expenses in connection with attendance at meetings.

Prior to January 1, 2018, the Chairperson of the Board received a retainer fee at the annual rate of $325,000 and each Independent Trustee (other than the Chairperson) received, in the aggregate, a retainer fee at the annual rate of $155,000, the chairperson of the Contract Review Committee and Audit Committee each received an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $17,500 and the chairperson of the Governance Committee received an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $10,000. All other Trustee fees remained unchanged.

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

g.  Affiliated Ownership.  As of March 31, 2018, Loomis Sayles Employees’ Profit Sharing Retirement Plan held shares of the Investment Grade Bond Fund representing 0.06% of the Fund’s net assets.

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

 

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

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the Funds incurred the following class-specific transfer agent fees and expenses (including sub-transfer agent fees, where applicable):

 

    Transfer Agent Fees and Expenses  

Fund

 

Class A

   

Class C

   

Class N

   

Class Y

   

Admin Class

 

Investment Grade Bond Fund

  $ 465,830     $ 336,390     $ 2,360     $ 1,809,449     $ 12,740  

Strategic Income Fund

    760,460       835,506       1,001       2,217,414       56,722  

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

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, neither Fund had borrowings under this agreement.

Effective April 12, 2018, the line of credit with Citibank, N.A. expired, and the Funds, together with certain other funds of Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts, and Natixis ETF Trust, entered into a $400,000,000 committed unsecured line of credit provided by State Street Bank and Trust. Any one Fund may borrow up to $350,000,000 under the line of credit agreement (as long as all borrowings by all Funds in the aggregate do not exceed the $400,000,000 limit at any time), subject to each Fund’s investment restrictions and its contractual obligations under the line of credit. Interest is charged to the Funds based upon the terms set forth in the agreement. In addition, a commitment fee of 0.15% per annum, payable at the end of each calendar quarter, is accrued and apportioned among the participating funds based on their average daily unused portion of the line of credit.

 

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

9.  Concentration of Ownership.  From time to time, a Fund may have a concentration of one or more accounts constituting a significant percentage of shares outstanding. Investment activities by holders of such accounts could have material impacts on the Funds. As of March 31, 2018, based on management’s evaluation of the shareholder account base, the Investment Grade Bond Fund had accounts representing controlling ownership of more than 5% of the Fund’s total outstanding shares. The number of such accounts, based on accounts that represent more than 5% of an individual class of shares, and the aggregate percentage of net assets represented by such holdings were as follows:

 

Number of 5%

Account Holders

  

Percentage of

Ownership

 
2      16.62

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

 

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

 

    
Six Months Ended
March 31, 2018

 
   
Year Ended
September 30, 2017

 

Investment Grade Bond Fund

     Shares       Amount       Shares       Amount  
Class A         

Issued from the sale of shares

     10,998,048     $ 122,401,912       19,528,126     $ 217,152,190  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     1,708,882       18,883,888       4,610,265       50,116,925  

Redeemed

     (13,911,652     (154,764,226     (41,811,856     (466,635,041
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (1,204,722   $ (13,478,426     (17,673,465   $ (199,365,926
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C         

Issued from the sale of shares

     1,327,197     $ 14,587,861       3,086,119     $ 33,663,672  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     1,032,889       11,291,078       3,067,848       32,931,990  

Redeemed

     (10,018,769     (110,382,001     (31,785,356     (350,114,834
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (7,658,683   $ (84,503,062     (25,631,389   $ (283,519,172
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class N         

Issued from the sale of shares

     17,307,185     $ 192,539,890       113,062,434     $ 1,236,685,568  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     3,189,252       35,224,339       2,009,435       22,234,080  

Redeemed

     (7,985,157     (88,792,028     (12,720,056     (141,192,418
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     12,511,280     $ 138,972,201       102,351,813     $ 1,117,727,230  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y         

Issued from the sale of shares

     46,926,129     $ 521,289,162       96,437,874     $ 1,075,867,439  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     7,705,731       85,179,209       21,650,224       235,495,402  

Redeemed

     (48,968,517     (543,996,239     (207,134,566     (2,283,144,056
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     5,663,343     $ 62,472,132       (89,046,468   $ (971,781,215
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Admin Class         

Issued from the sale of shares

     324,954     $ 3,601,605       658,125     $ 7,267,683  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     25,634       282,456       74,152       803,727  

Redeemed

     (547,959     (6,081,638     (1,522,308     (16,968,085
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (197,371   $ (2,197,577     (790,031   $ (8,896,675
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     9,113,847     $ 101,265,268       (30,789,540   $ (345,835,758
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

10.  Capital Shares (continued).

    
Six Months Ended
March 31, 2018

 
   
Year Ended
September 30, 2017

 

Strategic Income Fund

     Shares       Amount       Shares       Amount  
Class A         

Issued from the sale of shares

     10,096,679     $ 147,899,296       34,163,244     $ 498,076,337  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     2,357,954       34,358,645       6,886,842       98,525,119  

Redeemed

     (25,990,631     (380,560,252     (77,412,456     (1,124,169,037
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (13,535,998   $ (198,302,311     (36,362,370   $ (527,567,581
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C         

Issued from the sale of shares

     1,783,931     $ 26,315,793       6,318,531     $ 91,629,894  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     2,317,096       34,044,126       6,434,294       92,620,761  

Redeemed

     (24,877,120     (367,626,765     (94,279,847     (1,380,990,323
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (20,776,093   $ (307,266,846     (81,527,022   $ (1,196,739,668
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class N         

Issued from the sale of shares

     2,847,144     $ 41,606,045       4,399,351     $ 63,538,392  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     269,427       3,921,352       548,523       7,855,589  

Redeemed

     (1,080,608     (15,844,484     (4,286,131     (61,729,981
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     2,035,963     $ 29,682,913       661,743     $ 9,664,000  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y         

Issued from the sale of shares

     42,749,016     $ 625,334,043       122,181,068     $ 1,771,665,978  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     7,347,549       106,933,769       16,052,646       229,905,077  

Redeemed

     (67,027,791     (980,690,336     (117,951,245     (1,708,750,729
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (16,931,226   $ (248,422,524     20,282,469     $ 292,820,326  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Admin Class         

Issued from the sale of shares

     668,469     $ 9,734,858       1,318,704     $ 19,155,611  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     201,891       2,931,027       441,805       6,304,627  

Redeemed

     (878,285     (12,832,550     (1,879,607     (27,256,147
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (7,925   $ (166,665     (119,098   $ (1,795,909
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     (49,215,279   $ (724,475,433     (97,064,278   $ (1,423,618,832
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

 

Special Meeting of Shareholders. (Unaudited)

A special meeting of shareholders of the Trust was held on December 4, 2017 to consider a proposal to elect thirteen Trustees to the Board of Trustees. The proposal was approved by shareholders of the Trust. The results of the shareholder vote were as follows:

Loomis Sayles Funds II

 

Nominee

  

Voted “FOR”*

    

Withheld*

 

Kevin Charleston

     1,650,323,196.06        13,951,932.67  

Kenneth A. Drucker

     1,649,298,883.81        14,976,244.92  

Edmond J. English

     1,650,162,849.38        14,112,279.34  

David L. Giunta

     1,649,705,816.93        14,569,311.79  

Richard A. Goglia

     1,650,200,499.41        14,074,629.32  

Wendell J. Knox

     1,649,845,960.13        14,429,168.60  

Martin T. Meehan

     1,649,803,233.76        14,471,894.97  

Maureen B. Mitchell

     1,650,894,337.38        13,380,791.35  

Sandra O. Moose**

     1,649,617,852.02        14,657,276.71  

James P. Palermo

     1,650,208,171.55        14,066,957.18  

Erik R. Sirri

     1,649,620,219.44        14,654,909.29  

Peter J. Smail

     1,650,200,577.97        14,074,550.76  

Cynthia L. Walker

     1,651,179,641.66        13,095,487.07  

 

* Trust-wide voting results.
** Ms. Moose retired as a Trustee effective January 1, 2018.

 

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Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund

Loomis Sayles Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

Semiannual Report

March 31, 2018

TABLE OF CONTENTS  
Portfolio Review     1  
Portfolio of Investments     8  
Financial Statements     27  
Notes to Financial Statements     39  


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LOOMIS SAYLES SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

 

Managers   Symbols   
Mark F. Burns, CFA®   Institutional Class    LSSIX
John J. Slavik, CFA®   Retail Class    LCGRX
  Class N    LSSNX

 

 

Investment Objective

The Fund’s investment objective is long-term capital growth from investments in common stocks or other equity securities.

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns — March 31, 20182

 

                                        Expense Ratios3  
     6 months     1 year     5 years     10 years    

Life of

Class N

    Gross     Net  
     
Institutional Class
(Inception 
12/31/96)
    9.45     22.92     13.24     11.58         0.95     0.95
     
Retail Class
(Inception
12/31/96)
    9.34       22.65       12.95       11.29             1.20       1.20  
     
Class N
(Inception
2/1/13)
    9.52       23.08       13.35             14.25       0.82       0.82  
   
Comparative Performance                
Russell 2000® Growth Index1     6.99       18.63       12.90       10.95       13.60                  

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

 

1   

Russell 2000® Growth Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the small-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2000® companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.

 

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

 

3    Expense ratios are as shown in the Fund’s prospectus in effect as of the date of this report. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report under Ratios to Average Net Assets. Net expenses reflect contractual expense caps set to expire on 01/31/19. When a Fund’s expenses are below the cap, gross and net expense ratios will be the same. See Note 5 of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information about the Fund’s expense caps.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES SMALL CAP VALUE FUND

 

Managers   Symbols   
Joseph R. Gatz, CFA®   Institutional Class    LSSCX
Jeffrey Schwartz, CFA®   Retail Class    LSCRX
  Admin Class    LSVAX
  Class N    LSCNX

 

 

Investment Objective

The Fund’s investment objective is long-term capital growth from investments in common stocks or other equity securities.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES SMALL CAP VALUE FUND

 

Average Annual Total Returns — March 31, 20183

 

                                        Expense Ratios4  
     6 months     1 year     5 years     10 years    

Life of

Class N

   

Gross

    Net  
     
Institutional Class (Inception 5/13/91)     0.67     7.06     10.94     10.07         0.98     0.95
     
Retail Class
(Inception
12/31/96)
    0.53       6.80       10.66       9.79             1.23       1.20  
     
Admin Class
(Inception
1/2/98)
    0.41       6.55       10.39       9.52             1.48       1.45  
     
Class N
(Inception
2/1/13)
    0.69       7.13       11.01             11.69       0.88       0.88  
   
Comparative Performance                
Russell 2000® Value Index1     -0.65       5.13       9.96       8.61       10.54        
Russell 2000® Index2     3.25       11.79       11.47       9.84       12.11                  

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

 

1   

Russell 2000® Value Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the small-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2000® companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.

 

2   

Russell 2000® Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe.

 

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

 

4    Expense ratios are as shown in the Fund’s prospectus in effect as of the date of this report. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report under Ratios to Average Net Assets. Net expenses reflect contractual expense caps set to expire on 01/31/19. When a Fund’s expenses are below the cap, gross and net expense ratios will be the same. See Note 5 of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information about the Fund’s expense caps.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES SMALL/MID CAP GROWTH FUND

 

Managers   Symbols   
Mark F. Burns, CFA®   Institutional Class    LSMIX
John J. Slavik, CFA®     

 

 

Investment Objective

The Fund’s investment objective is long-term capital growth from investments in common stocks or other equity securities.

 

 

Average Annual Total Returns — March 31, 20182

 

                          Expense Ratios3  
     6 months     1 year     Life of
Fund
    Gross     Net  
     
Institutional Class (Inception 6/30/15)     10.24     26.23     11.80     1.57     0.85
   
Comparative Performance            
Russell 2500TM Growth Index1     8.88       19.92       9.73                  

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

 

1   

The Russell 2500TM Growth Index measures the performance of the small-to-mid-cap growth segment of the US equity universe. It includes those Russell 2500 Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The Russell 2500 Growth Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased barometer of the small-to-mid-cap growth market. The Index is completely reconstituted annually to ensure larger stocks do not distort the performance and characteristics of the true small-to-mid-cap opportunity set and that the represented companies continue to reflect growth characteristics. Indices are unmanaged.

 

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

 

3    Expense ratios are as shown in the Fund’s prospectus in effect as of the date of this report. The expense ratios for the current reporting period can be found in the Financial Highlights section of this report under Ratios to Average Net Assets. Net expenses reflect contractual expense caps set to expire on 01/31/19. When a Fund’s expenses are below the cap, gross and net expense ratios will be the same. See Note 5 of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information about the Fund’s expense caps.

 

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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

Additional Index Information

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

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

Proxy Voting Information

A description of the Funds’ proxy voting policies and procedures is available without charge upon request, by calling Loomis Sayles at 800-633-3330; on the Funds’ website, at www.loomissayles.com, and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) website at www.sec.gov. Information about how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Funds’ website and the SEC’s website.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedules

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

UNDERSTANDING YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES

As a mutual fund shareholder you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service fees (12b-1 fees), and other fund expenses. Certain exemptions may apply. These costs are described in more detail in the Funds’ prospectus. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and help you compare these with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The first line in the table of each Fund shows the actual amount of Fund expenses you would have paid on a $1,000 investment in the Fund from October 1, 2017 through March 31, 2018. To estimate the expenses you paid over the period, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6) and

 

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multiply the result by the number in the Expenses Paid During Period column as shown below for your class.

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

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

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund

 

Institutional Class   Beginning
Account Value
10/1/2017
     Ending
Account Value
3/31/2018
     Expenses Paid
During Period*
10/1/2017 – 3/31/2018
 

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,094.50        $4.96  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,020.20        $4.78  

Retail Class

                   

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,093.40        $6.26  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,018.95        $6.04  

Class N

                   

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,095.20        $4.34  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,020.79        $4.18  

*  Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio: 0.95%, 1.20% and 0.83% for Institutional Class, Retail Class and Class N, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

   

 

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Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund

 

Institutional Class

  Beginning
Account Value
10/1/2017
     Ending
Account Value
3/31/2018
     Expenses Paid
During Period
*
10/1/2017 – 3/31/2018
 

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,006.70        $4.50  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,020.44        $4.53  

Retail Class

                   

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,005.30        $5.75  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,019.20        $5.79  

Admin Class

                   

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,004.10        $7.00  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,017.95        $7.04  

Class N

                   

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,006.90        $4.20  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,020.74        $4.23  

*  Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement): 0.90%, 1.15%, 1.40% and 0.84% for Institutional Class, Retail Class, Admin Class and Class N, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

   

Loomis Sayles Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

 

Institutional Class

  Beginning
Account Value
10/1/2017
     Ending
Account Value
3/31/2018
     Expenses Paid
During Period*
10/1/2017 – 3/31/2018
 

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,102.40        $4.46  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,020.69        $4.28  

*  Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement) of 0.85%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

   

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund

 

Shares     Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – 96.9% of Net Assets  
  Aerospace & Defense – 3.8%  
  202,690     Astronics Corp.(a)   $ 7,560,337  
  218,624     Hexcel Corp.     14,120,924  
  206,278     KLX, Inc.(a)     14,658,115  
  249,950     Mercury Systems, Inc.(a)     12,077,584  
   

 

 

 
      48,416,960  
   

 

 

 
  Auto Components – 0.9%  
  114,376     LCI Industries     11,912,260  
   

 

 

 
  Banks – 4.3%  
  215,209     Chemical Financial Corp.     11,767,628  
  238,392     Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.(a)     9,583,358  
  195,113     Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.     12,526,255  
  290,601     Renasant Corp.     12,367,979  
  127,536     UMB Financial Corp.     9,232,331  
   

 

 

 
      55,477,551  
   

 

 

 
  Beverages – 1.0%  
  140,616     MGP Ingredients, Inc.     12,597,787  
   

 

 

 
  Biotechnology – 4.1%  
  136,270     Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)     11,144,161  
  251,152     Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc.(a)     7,994,168  
  92,459     Argenx SE, ADR(a)     7,437,402  
  269,520     Genomic Health, Inc.(a)     8,433,281  
  164,595     Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.(a)     7,949,938  
  593,156     Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)     9,152,397  
   

 

 

 
      52,111,347  
   

 

 

 
  Building Products – 2.0%  
  182,241     Patrick Industries, Inc.(a)     11,271,606  
  133,775     Trex Co., Inc.(a)     14,550,707  
   

 

 

 
      25,822,313  
   

 

 

 
  Capital Markets – 2.0%  
  283,246     Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A     9,432,092  
  74,013     MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.     16,093,387  
   

 

 

 
      25,525,479  
   

 

 

 
  Chemicals – 0.9%  
  162,605     Ingevity Corp.(a)     11,982,362  
   

 

 

 
  Commercial Services & Supplies – 0.9%  
  273,145     Healthcare Services Group, Inc.     11,876,345  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund – continued

 

Shares     Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – continued  
  Construction & Engineering – 1.8%  
  227,490     Granite Construction, Inc.   $ 12,707,591  
  439,679     Primoris Services Corp.     10,983,182  
   

 

 

 
      23,690,773  
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Finance – 1.0%  
  208,839     Green Dot Corp., Class A(a)     13,399,110  
   

 

 

 
   
  Distributors – 1.2%  
  101,661     Pool Corp.     14,864,871  
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Consumer Services – 3.0%  
  180,712     Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.(a)     18,020,600  
  193,865     Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(a)     20,340,316  
   

 

 

 
      38,360,916  
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Telecommunication Services – 1.7%  
  285,151     Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.     12,375,554  
  994,022     ORBCOMM, Inc.(a)     9,313,986  
   

 

 

 
      21,689,540  
   

 

 

 
  Electrical Equipment – 0.9%  
  251,986     Generac Holdings, Inc.(a)     11,568,677  
   

 

 

 
  Energy Equipment & Services – 1.4%  
  378,515     Cactus, Inc., Class A(a)     10,193,409  
  172,456     Dril-Quip, Inc.(a)     7,726,029  
   

 

 

 
      17,919,438  
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 8.6%  
  445,326     AtriCure, Inc.(a)     9,138,090  
  98,771     Inogen, Inc.(a)     12,133,030  
  234,314     Insulet Corp.(a)     20,310,337  
  197,359     iRhythm Technologies, Inc.(a)     12,423,749  
  266,105     Merit Medical Systems, Inc.(a)     12,067,862  
  178,432     Neogen Corp.(a)     11,953,160  
  427,171     Novocure Ltd.(a)     9,312,328  
  113,810     Penumbra, Inc.(a)     13,162,126  
  525,973     Wright Medical Group NV(a)     10,435,304  
   

 

 

 
      110,935,986  
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Providers & Services – 4.5%  
  145,865     Amedisys, Inc.(a)     8,801,494  
  303,145     AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(a)     17,203,479  
  331,647     HealthEquity, Inc.(a)     20,077,909  
  287,554     Tivity Health, Inc.(a)     11,401,516  
   

 

 

 
      57,484,398  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund – continued

 

Shares     Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – continued  
  Health Care Technology – 3.0%  
  231,890     Medidata Solutions, Inc.(a)   $ 14,565,011  
  418,860     Teladoc, Inc.(a)     16,880,058  
  318,177     Vocera Communications, Inc.(a)     7,451,705  
   

 

 

 
      38,896,774  
   

 

 

 
  Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 2.6%  
  523,083     Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A(a)     19,756,845  
  300,865     Wingstop, Inc.     14,209,854  
   

 

 

 
      33,966,699  
   

 

 

 
  Household Durables – 1.1%  
  233,466     Installed Building Products, Inc.(a)     14,019,633  
   

 

 

 
  Insurance – 1.7%  
  237,801     Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.     12,206,325  
  339,509     Trupanion, Inc.(a)     10,147,924  
   

 

 

 
      22,354,249  
   

 

 

 
  Internet Software & Services – 8.2%  
  259,377     2U, Inc.(a)     21,795,449  
  277,139     Envestnet, Inc.(a)     15,880,065  
  627,954     Five9, Inc.(a)     18,706,750  
  122,676     LogMeIn, Inc.     14,175,212  
  431,338     Mimecast Ltd.(a)     15,282,305  
  410,951     Q2 Holdings, Inc.(a)     18,718,818  
   

 

 

 
      104,558,599  
   

 

 

 
  IT Services – 4.3%  
  165,298     Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a)     13,045,318  
  268,601     InterXion Holding NV(a)     16,682,808  
  200,956     Virtusa Corp.(a)     9,738,328  
  344,978     WNS Holdings Ltd., ADR(a)     15,637,853  
   

 

 

 
      55,104,307  
   

 

 

 
  Life Sciences Tools & Services – 1.8%  
  250,816     Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc.(a)     5,731,146  
  204,636     PRA Health Sciences, Inc.(a)     16,976,602  
   

 

 

 
      22,707,748  
   

 

 

 
  Machinery – 3.6%  
  221,514     Albany International Corp., Class A     13,888,928  
  141,327     Proto Labs, Inc.(a)     16,612,989  
  121,822     RBC Bearings, Inc.(a)     15,130,292  
   

 

 

 
      45,632,209  
   

 

 

 
  Multiline Retail – 1.4%  
  294,739     Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.(a)     17,772,762  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund – continued

 

Shares     Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – continued  
  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.7%  
  190,598     PDC Energy, Inc.(a)   $ 9,345,020  
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals – 2.5%  
  293,163     Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.(a)     5,136,216  
  148,617     Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)     8,062,472  
  107,903     Intersect ENT, Inc.(a)     4,240,588  
  319,169     Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)     14,617,940  
   

 

 

 
      32,057,216  
   

 

 

 
  Professional Services – 0.7%  
  186,083     WageWorks, Inc.(a)     8,410,952  
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 3.4%  
  125,005     MKS Instruments, Inc.     14,456,828  
  127,076     Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.     14,711,589  
  160,701     Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a)     14,447,020  
   

 

 

 
      43,615,437  
   

 

 

 
  Software – 9.6%  
  144,677     Blackbaud, Inc.     14,729,565  
  326,365     Callidus Software, Inc.(a)     11,732,822  
  208,379     Guidewire Software, Inc.(a)     16,843,275  
  149,809     HubSpot, Inc.(a)     16,224,315  
  423,479     Rapid7, Inc.(a)     10,828,358  
  269,455     RealPage, Inc.(a)     13,876,932  
  253,632     RingCentral, Inc., Class A(a)     16,105,632  
  158,370     Talend S.A., ADR(a)     7,620,764  
  64,030     Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (The)(a)     15,604,111  
   

 

 

 
      123,565,774  
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Retail – 1.9%  
  404,223     At Home Group, Inc.(a)     12,951,305  
  333,500     National Vision Holdings, Inc.(a)     10,775,385  
   

 

 

 
      23,726,690  
   

 

 

 
  Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 2.6%  
  191,436     Columbia Sportswear Co.     14,631,453  
  480,674     Crocs, Inc.(a)     7,810,953  
  247,192     Steven Madden Ltd.     10,851,729  
   

 

 

 
      33,294,135  
   

 

 

 
  Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 1.0%  
  294,607     Essent Group Ltd.(a)     12,538,474  
   

 

 

 
  Trading Companies & Distributors – 2.8%  
  138,109     Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.(a)     7,329,445  
  493,333     BMC Stock Holdings, Inc.(a)     9,644,660  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund – continued

 

Shares     Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – continued  
  Trading Companies & Distributors – continued  
  240,033     SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.(a)   $ 18,492,142  
   

 

 

 
      35,466,247  
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $854,244,777)
    1,242,669,038  
   

 

 

 
 
Principal
Amount
 
 
           
  Short-Term Investments – 3.8%  
$ 49,586,552     Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/29/2018 at 0.900% to be repurchased at $49,591,511 on 4/02/2018 collateralized by $53,660,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.375% due 9/30/2023 valued at $50,578,896 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements) (Identified Cost $49,586,552)     49,586,552  
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments – 100.7%
(Identified Cost $903,831,329)
    1,292,255,590  
 

Other assets less liabilities – (0.7)%

    (9,501,020
   

 

 

 
  Net Assets – 100.0%   $ 1,282,754,570  
   

 

 

 
  (†)     See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.  
  (a)     Non-income producing security.  
  ADR     An American Depositary Receipt is a certificate issued by a custodian bank representing the right to receive securities of the foreign issuer described. The values of ADRs may be significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States.  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund – continued

 

Industry Summary at March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Software

    9.6

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

    8.6  

Internet Software & Services

    8.2  

Health Care Providers & Services

    4.5  

Banks

    4.3  

IT Services

    4.3  

Biotechnology

    4.1  

Aerospace & Defense

    3.8  

Machinery

    3.6  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    3.4  

Health Care Technology

    3.0  

Diversified Consumer Services

    3.0  

Trading Companies & Distributors

    2.8  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

    2.6  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

    2.6  

Pharmaceuticals

    2.5  

Building Products

    2.0  

Capital Markets

    2.0  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

    22.0  

Short-Term Investments

    3.8  
 

 

 

 

Total Investments

    100.7  

Other assets less liabilities

    (0.7
 

 

 

 

Net Assets

    100.0
 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund

 

Shares     Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – 96.9% of Net Assets  
  Aerospace & Defense – 1.5%  
  241,975     Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.(a)   $ 6,768,041  
  123,267     BWX Technologies, Inc.     7,831,152  
   

 

 

 
      14,599,193  
   

 

 

 
  Auto Components – 1.3%  
  130,637     Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.     3,827,664  
  83,894     Fox Factory Holding Corp.(a)     2,927,901  
  62,079     LCI Industries     6,465,528  
   

 

 

 
      13,221,093  
   

 

 

 
  Banks – 17.8%  
  266,641     BancorpSouth Bank     8,479,184  
  108,444     Bank of the Ozarks, Inc.     5,234,592  
  207,013     Bryn Mawr Bank Corp.     9,098,221  
  93,559     Carolina Financial Corp.     3,674,997  
  230,414     Cathay General Bancorp     9,211,952  
  295,898     CenterState Bank Corp.     7,850,174  
  176,008     Chemical Financial Corp.     9,624,117  
  400,581     CVB Financial Corp.     9,069,154  
  309,152     First Financial Bancorp     9,073,611  
  129,510     First Financial Bankshares, Inc.     5,996,313  
  364,502     Home BancShares, Inc.     8,314,291  
  111,663     IBERIABANK Corp.     8,709,714  
  123,177     LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc.     5,274,439  
  181,590     PacWest Bancorp     8,994,153  
  100,926     Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.     6,479,449  
  230,444     Popular, Inc.     9,591,079  
  140,579     Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.     10,210,253  
  53,627     Signature Bank(a)     7,612,353  
  100,726     Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.(a)     9,055,267  
  266,023     Triumph Bancorp, Inc.(a)     10,960,148  
  150,055     Wintrust Financial Corp.     12,912,233  
   

 

 

 
      175,425,694  
   

 

 

 
  Beverages – 0.7%  
  453,855     Cott Corp.     6,680,746  
   

 

 

 
  Building Products – 1.6%  
  87,946     Apogee Enterprises, Inc.     3,812,459  
  120,321     Armstrong World Industries, Inc.(a)     6,774,072  
  77,074     Masonite International Corp.(a)     4,728,490  
   

 

 

 
      15,315,021  
   

 

 

 
  Capital Markets – 1.3%  
  217,580     Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.(a)     3,735,848  
  147,790     Stifel Financial Corp.     8,753,602  
   

 

 

 
      12,489,450  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund – continued

 

Shares     Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – continued  
  Chemicals – 3.3%  
  269,946     AdvanSix, Inc.(a)   $ 9,388,722  
  70,384     Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.     4,912,099  
  93,480     Cabot Corp.     5,208,706  
  87,316     Ingevity Corp.(a)     6,434,316  
  95,297     Minerals Technologies, Inc.     6,380,134  
   

 

 

 
      32,323,977  
   

 

 

 
  Commercial Services & Supplies – 3.6%  
  75,986     Clean Harbors, Inc.(a)     3,708,877  
  225,457     KAR Auction Services, Inc.     12,219,769  
  232,661     Kimball International, Inc.     3,964,543  
  119,323     Knoll, Inc.     2,409,131  
  190,190     LSC Communications, Inc.     3,318,816  
  183,580     Viad Corp.     9,628,771  
   

 

 

 
      35,249,907  
   

 

 

 
  Communications Equipment – 0.8%  
  279,340     Digi International, Inc.(a)     2,877,202  
  518,099     Viavi Solutions, Inc.(a)     5,035,922  
   

 

 

 
      7,913,124  
   

 

 

 
  Construction & Engineering – 0.3%  
  99,805     MYR Group, Inc.(a)     3,075,990  
   

 

 

 
  Construction Materials – 0.4%  
  73,598     U.S. Concrete, Inc.(a)     4,445,319  
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Finance – 0.8%  
  195,823     PRA Group, Inc.(a)     7,441,274  
   

 

 

 
  Distributors – 0.4%  
  196,034     Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc.     4,167,683  
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Consumer Services – 1.0%  
  154,140     Adtalem Global Education, Inc.(a)     7,329,357  
  335,361     Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.(a)     2,330,759  
   

 

 

 
      9,660,116  
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Financial Services – 0.5%  
  249,312     Cannae Holdings, Inc.(a)     4,702,024  
   

 

 

 
  Electric Utilities – 1.2%  
  164,450     ALLETE, Inc.     11,881,512  
   

 

 

 
  Electrical Equipment – 0.5%  
  228,520     TPI Composites, Inc.(a)     5,130,274  
   

 

 

 
  Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 4.8%  
  97,683     Belden, Inc.     6,734,266  
  190,865     II-VI, Inc.(a)     7,806,378  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund – continued

 

Shares     Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – continued  
  Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – continued  
  83,204     Kimball Electronics, Inc.(a)   $ 1,343,745  
  82,508     Littelfuse, Inc.     17,176,515  
  131,419     Methode Electronics, Inc.     5,138,483  
  46,883     Rogers Corp.(a)     5,604,394  
  181,363     Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.     3,373,352  
   

 

 

 
      47,177,133  
   

 

 

 
  Energy Equipment & Services – 2.3%  
  280,567     C&J Energy Services, Inc.(a)     7,244,240  
  189,817     Natural Gas Services Group, Inc.(a)     4,527,135  
  326,184     RPC, Inc.     5,881,098  
  195,592     U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.     4,991,508  
   

 

 

 
      22,643,981  
   

 

 

 
  Food & Staples Retailing – 0.1%  
  58,340     SpartanNash Co.     1,004,031  
   

 

 

 
  Food Products – 2.6%  
  161,073     Darling Ingredients, Inc.(a)     2,786,563  
  46,824     J&J Snack Foods Corp.     6,394,285  
  334,193     Nomad Foods Ltd.(a)     5,260,198  
  95,822     Post Holdings, Inc.(a)     7,259,475  
  523,103     SunOpta, Inc.(a)     3,714,031  
   

 

 

 
      25,414,552  
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 2.4%  
  162,663     Halyard Health, Inc.(a)     7,495,511  
  139,565     Quidel Corp.(a)     7,230,863  
  247,116     Varex Imaging Corp.(a)     8,841,810  
   

 

 

 
      23,568,184  
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Providers & Services – 0.7%  
  122,581     AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(a)     6,956,472  
   

 

 

 
  Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 3.8%  
  411,549     BBX Capital Corp.     3,790,366  
  661,715     Caesars Entertainment Corp.(a)     7,444,294  
  52,285     Churchill Downs, Inc.     12,760,154  
  17,148     Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.     2,729,962  
  79,269     Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.     10,558,631  
   

 

 

 
      37,283,407  
   

 

 

 
  Household Durables – 0.5%  
  61,399     Helen of Troy Ltd.(a)     5,341,713  
   

 

 

 
  Household Products – 0.7%  
  415,099     HRG Group, Inc.(a)     6,844,982  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund – continued

 

Shares     Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – continued  
  Industrial Conglomerates – 0.7%  
  188,386     Raven Industries, Inc.   $ 6,602,929  
   

 

 

 
  Insurance – 3.6%  
  238,505     Employers Holdings, Inc.     9,647,528  
  120,809     First American Financial Corp.     7,089,072  
  127,922     ProAssurance Corp.     6,210,613  
  64,717     Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.     9,966,418  
  64,948     Stewart Information Services Corp.     2,853,815  
   

 

 

 
      35,767,446  
   

 

 

 
  Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – 0.3%  
  107,509     Liberty Interactive Corp./QVC Group, Class A(a)     2,706,002  
   

 

 

 
  Internet Software & Services – 1.3%  
  154,223     CommerceHub, Inc., Series C(a)     3,468,475  
  58,747     IAC/InterActiveCorp(a)     9,186,856  
   

 

 

 
      12,655,331  
   

 

 

 
  IT Services – 3.8%  
  479,063     Conduent, Inc.(a)     8,929,734  
  93,053     CSG Systems International, Inc.     4,214,371  
  72,819     DST Systems, Inc.     6,091,309  
  117,102     Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a)     9,241,690  
  54,566     WEX, Inc.(a)     8,546,127  
   

 

 

 
      37,023,231  
   

 

 

 
  Life Sciences Tools & Services – 0.4%  
  83,215     Cambrex Corp.(a)     4,352,144  
   

 

 

 
  Machinery – 5.9%  
  51,326     Alamo Group, Inc.     5,640,727  
  67,151     Albany International Corp., Class A     4,210,368  
  96,052     Altra Industrial Motion Corp.     4,413,589  
  199,235     Columbus McKinnon Corp.     7,140,583  
  96,109     EnPro Industries, Inc.     7,436,915  
  245,084     Evoqua Water Technologies Co.(a)     5,217,838  
  93,199     John Bean Technologies Corp.     10,568,767  
  43,516     RBC Bearings, Inc.(a)     5,404,687  
  81,278     Standex International Corp.     7,749,857  
   

 

 

 
      57,783,331  
   

 

 

 
  Marine – 0.5%  
  59,799     Kirby Corp.(a)     4,601,533  
   

 

 

 
  Media – 3.1%  
  128,493     Emerald Expositions Events, Inc.     2,503,044  
  493,618     Entercom Communications Corp., Class A     4,763,414  
  188,976     GCI Liberty, Inc., Class A(a)     9,989,271  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund – continued

 

Shares     Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – continued  
  Media – continued  
  528,510     Gray Television, Inc.(a)   $ 6,712,077  
  97,470     John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A     6,208,839  
   

 

 

 
      30,176,645  
   

 

 

 
  Metals & Mining – 0.4%  
  507,316     Ferroglobe R&W Trust(a)(b)(c)(d)      
  111,780     Haynes International, Inc.     4,148,156  
   

 

 

 
      4,148,156  
   

 

 

 
  Multi-Utilities – 0.7%  
  134,804     NorthWestern Corp.     7,252,455  
   

 

 

 
  Multiline Retail – 0.3%  
  57,370     Big Lots, Inc.     2,497,316  
   

 

 

 
  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 2.5%  
  78,174     Arch Coal, Inc., Class A     7,182,627  
  332,301     Gulfport Energy Corp.(a)     3,206,705  
  540,026     QEP Resources, Inc.(a)     5,286,855  
  908,666     SRC Energy, Inc.(a)     8,568,720  
   

 

 

 
      24,244,907  
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals – 1.3%  
  171,718     Catalent, Inc.(a)     7,050,741  
  182,636     Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc.(a)     6,158,486  
   

 

 

 
      13,209,227  
   

 

 

 
  Professional Services – 2.1%  
  143,330     Insperity, Inc.     9,968,602  
  201,536     Korn/Ferry International     10,397,242  
   

 

 

 
      20,365,844  
   

 

 

 
  REITs – Apartments – 0.5%  
  123,273     American Campus Communities, Inc.     4,760,803  
   

 

 

 
  REITs – Health Care – 0.3%  
  168,558     Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.     2,975,049  
   

 

 

 
  REITs – Hotels – 0.4%  
  197,797     Hersha Hospitality Trust     3,540,566  
   

 

 

 
  REITs – Mortgage – 0.6%  
  571,570     iStar, Inc.(a)     5,812,867  
   

 

 

 
  REITs – Office Property – 0.6%  
  190,298     JBG SMITH Properties     6,414,946  
   

 

 

 
  REITs – Shopping Centers – 1.0%  
  556,780     Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.     9,838,303  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund – continued

 

Shares     Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – continued  
  REITs – Single Tenant – 0.4%  
  107,615     National Retail Properties, Inc.   $ 4,224,965  
   

 

 

 
  REITs – Storage – 0.9%  
  312,934     CubeSmart     8,824,739  
   

 

 

 
  REITs – Warehouse/Industrials – 1.1%  
  115,794     CyrusOne, Inc.     5,929,811  
  175,985     Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.     5,066,608  
   

 

 

 
      10,996,419  
   

 

 

 
  Road & Rail – 1.6%  
  90,297     Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Class A(a)     6,392,125  
  66,061     Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.     9,708,985  
   

 

 

 
      16,101,110  
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 3.2%  
  77,075     Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.(a)     4,925,092  
  150,147     Mellanox Technologies Ltd.(a)     10,938,209  
  132,532     Semtech Corp.(a)     5,175,375  
  233,645     Teradyne, Inc.     10,679,913  
   

 

 

 
      31,718,589  
   

 

 

 
  Software – 1.6%  
  98,604     CommVault Systems, Inc.(a)     5,640,149  
  364,975     TiVo Corp.     4,945,411  
  116,593     Verint Systems, Inc.(a)     4,966,862  
   

 

 

 
      15,552,422  
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Retail – 1.1%  
  115,825     Camping World Holdings, Inc., Class A     3,735,356  
  53,284     Genesco, Inc.(a)     2,163,330  
  318,221     Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.(a)     5,234,736  
   

 

 

 
      11,133,422  
   

 

 

 
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 0.3%  
  143,486     Cray, Inc.(a)     2,970,160  
   

 

 

 
  Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 1.5%  
  72,343     Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C     6,295,288  
  35,053     Meta Financial Group, Inc.     3,827,787  
  172,521     OceanFirst Financial Corp.     4,614,937  
   

 

 

 
      14,738,012  
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost
$643,093,231)
    952,945,721  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund – continued

 

Shares     Description   Value (†)  
  Closed-End Investment Companies – 0.2%  
  212,488     Hercules Capital, Inc.
(Identified Cost $2,911,138)
  $ 2,571,105  
   

 

 

 
 
Principal
Amount

 
     
  Short-Term Investments – 3.1%  
$ 30,149,321     Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/29/2018 at 0.900% to be repurchased at $30,152,336 on 4/02/2018 collateralized by $30,270,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.750% due 11/15/2023 valued at $30,752,564 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements) (Identified Cost $30,149,321)     30,149,321  
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments – 100.2%
(Identified Cost $676,153,690)
    985,666,147  
   

 

 

 
 

Other assets less liabilities—(0.2)%

    (2,393,810
  Net Assets – 100.0%   $ 983,272,337  
   

 

 

 
  (†)     See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.  
  (a)     Non-income producing security.  
  (b)     Illiquid security.  
  (c)     Securities classified as fair valued pursuant to the Fund’s pricing policies and procedures. At March 31, 2018, the value of these securities amounted to $0. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.  
  (d)     Security subject to restrictions on resale. This security was acquired on November 29, 2016 at cost of $0. At March 31, 2018, the value of this security amounted to $0.  
  REITs     Real Estate Investment Trusts  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund – continued

 

Industry Summary at March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Banks

    17.8

Machinery

    5.9  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

    4.8  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

    3.8  

IT Services

    3.8  

Insurance

    3.6  

Commercial Services & Supplies

    3.6  

Chemicals

    3.3  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    3.2  

Media

    3.1  

Food Products

    2.6  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    2.5  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

    2.4  

Energy Equipment & Services

    2.3  

Professional Services

    2.1  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

    32.3  

Short-Term Investments

    3.1  
 

 

 

 

Total Investments

    100.2  

Other assets less liabilities

    (0.2
 

 

 

 

Net Assets

    100.0
 

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

 

Shares     Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – 97.2% of Net Assets  
  Aerospace & Defense – 4.9%  
  2,389     BWX Technologies, Inc.   $ 151,773  
  3,902     HEICO Corp.     338,733  
  3,968     Hexcel Corp.     256,293  
  4,811     Mercury Systems, Inc.(a)     232,467  
   

 

 

 
      979,266  
   

 

 

 
  Air Freight & Logistics – 1.8%  
  3,420     XPO Logistics, Inc.(a)     348,190  
   

 

 

 
  Auto Components – 1.1%  
  2,100     LCI Industries     218,715  
   

 

 

 
  Banks – 4.3%  
  4,934     Columbia Banking System, Inc.     206,981  
  8,241     Home BancShares, Inc.     187,977  
  2,740     UMB Financial Corp.     198,349  
  4,456     Western Alliance Bancorp(a)     258,938  
   

 

 

 
      852,245  
   

 

 

 
  Biotechnology – 3.0%  
  10,025     Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.(a)     150,776  
  12,573     Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)     194,001  
  3,032     Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(a)     251,444  
   

 

 

 
      596,221  
   

 

 

 
  Capital Markets – 4.7%  
  1,274     MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.     277,019  
  1,675     MSCI, Inc.     250,362  
  3,176     SEI Investments Co.     237,914  
  2,785     Stifel Financial Corp.     164,955  
   

 

 

 
      930,250  
   

 

 

 
  Chemicals – 1.1%  
  2,955     Ingevity Corp.(a)     217,754  
   

 

 

 
  Commercial Services & Supplies – 3.6%  
  5,613     Healthcare Services Group, Inc.     244,053  
  4,829     KAR Auction Services, Inc.     261,732  
  6,686     Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc.     210,408  
   

 

 

 
      716,193  
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Finance – 0.6%  
  10,200     SLM Corp.(a)     114,342  
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Consumer Services – 3.6%  
  3,462     Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc.(a)     345,231  
  3,433     Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(a)     360,190  
   

 

 

 
      705,421  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Shares     Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – continued  
  Diversified Telecommunication Services – 1.2%  
  5,529     Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.   $ 239,959  
   

 

 

 
  Electrical Equipment – 1.1%  
  4,937     Generac Holdings, Inc.(a)     226,658  
   

 

 

 
  Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 3.7%  
  2,991     FLIR Systems, Inc.     149,580  
  6,049     National Instruments Corp.     305,898  
  508     Rogers Corp.(a)     60,726  
  6,362     Trimble, Inc.(a)     228,269  
   

 

 

 
      744,473  
   

 

 

 
  Energy Equipment & Services – 1.5%  
  3,417     Dril-Quip, Inc.(a)     153,082  
  5,445     Oil States International, Inc.(a)     142,659  
   

 

 

 
      295,741  
   

 

 

 
  Food & Staples Retailing – 1.0%  
  8,395     Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(a)     197,031  
   

 

 

 
  Food Products – 1.0%  
  5,037     Blue Buffalo Pet Products, Inc.(a)     200,523  
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 6.6%  
  590     ABIOMED, Inc.(a)     171,684  
  1,192     Cantel Medical Corp.     132,801  
  4,853     Merit Medical Systems, Inc.(a)     220,083  
  2,426     Penumbra, Inc.(a)     280,567  
  1,699     STERIS PLC     158,619  
  1,707     West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.     150,711  
  9,650     Wright Medical Group NV(a)     191,456  
   

 

 

 
      1,305,921  
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Providers & Services – 3.1%  
  5,338     HealthEquity, Inc.(a)     323,163  
  1,488     WellCare Health Plans, Inc.(a)     288,121  
   

 

 

 
      611,284  
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Technology – 2.4%  
  5,097     Cotiviti Holdings, Inc.(a)     175,541  
  4,053     Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A(a)     295,950  
   

 

 

 
      471,491  
   

 

 

 
  Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 4.5%  
  16,178     Arcos Dorados Holdings, Inc., Class A     148,029  
  8,729     Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A(a)     329,694  
  2,603     Texas Roadhouse, Inc.     150,402  
  1,229     Vail Resorts, Inc.     272,469  
   

 

 

 
      900,594  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund – continued

 

Shares     Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – continued  
  Internet Software & Services – 2.7%  
  5,196     GTT Communications, Inc.(a)   $ 294,613  
  3,065     j2 Global, Inc.     241,890  
   

 

 

 
      536,503  
   

 

 

 
  IT Services – 4.9%  
  5,050     Black Knight, Inc.(a)     237,855  
  2,350     Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.     257,772  
  2,139     EPAM Systems, Inc.(a)     244,958  
  1,916     Gartner, Inc.(a)     225,360  
   

 

 

 
      965,945  
   

 

 

 
  Life Sciences Tools & Services – 1.5%  
  2,594     ICON PLC(a)     306,455  
   

 

 

 
  Machinery – 7.2%  
  5,010     Altra Industrial Motion Corp.     230,209  
  8,325     Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc.(a)     255,411  
  2,292     John Bean Technologies Corp.     259,913  
  1,588     Middleby Corp. (The)(a)     196,579  
  4,868     Sun Hydraulics Corp.     260,730  
  1,761     WABCO Holdings, Inc.(a)     235,745  
   

 

 

 
      1,438,587  
   

 

 

 
  Media – 1.3%  
  6,296     Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a)     265,313  
   

 

 

 
  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 1.2%  
  1,817     Diamondback Energy, Inc.(a)     229,887  
   

 

 

 
  Professional Services – 3.4%  
  1,061     CoStar Group, Inc.(a)     384,804  
  5,207     TransUnion(a)     295,653  
   

 

 

 
      680,457  
   

 

 

 
  Real Estate Management & Development – 1.1%  
  3,111     First Service Corp.     227,663  
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 2.1%  
  2,732     Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.(a)     174,575  
  2,653     Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a)     238,504  
   

 

 

 
      413,079  
   

 

 

 
  Software – 12.9%  
  2,648     Blackbaud, Inc.     269,593  
  7,645     Callidus Software, Inc.(a)     274,838  
  3,708     Guidewire Software, Inc.(a)     299,718  
  3,076     HubSpot, Inc.(a)     333,131  
  3,648     Paylocity Holding Corp.(a)     186,887  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund – continued

 

Shares      Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – continued  
   Software – continued  
  4,341      PTC, Inc.(a)   $ 338,641  
  4,498      Talend S.A., ADR(a)     216,444  
  950      Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)     200,412  
  1,103      Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (The)(a)     268,801  
  3,481      Zendesk, Inc.(a)     166,635  
    

 

 

 
       2,555,100  
    

 

 

 
   Specialty Retail – 1.3%  
  4,973      Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)     259,193  
    

 

 

 
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 1.8%  
  1,554      Carter’s, Inc.     161,771  
  2,512      Columbia Sportswear Co.     191,992  
    

 

 

 
       353,763  
    

 

 

 
   Trading Companies & Distributors – 1.0%  
  10,604      BMC Stock Holdings, Inc.(a)     207,308  
    

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $15,298,223)
    19,311,525  
    

 

 

 
 
Principal
Amount
 
 
            
  Short-Term Investments – 3.0%  
$ 593,211     

Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/29/2018 at 0.900%, to be repurchased at $593,270 on 4/02/2018 collateralized by $600,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.750% due 11/15/2023 valued at $609,565 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)

(Identified Cost $593,211)

    593,211  
    

 

 

 
  

Total Investments – 100.2%

(Identified Cost $15,891,434)

    19,904,736  
  

Other assets less liabilities—(0.2)%

    (47,319
    

 

 

 
   Net Assets – 100.0%   $ 19,857,417  
    

 

 

 
  (†)      See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.  
  (a)      Non-income producing security.  
  ADR      An American Depositary Receipt is a certificate issued by a custodian bank representing the right to receive securities of the foreign issuer described. The values of ADRs may be significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States.  
  SLM      Sallie Mae  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

Loomis Sayles Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund – continued

 

Industry Summary at March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

Software

    12.9

Machinery

    7.2  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

    6.6  

Aerospace & Defense

    4.9  

IT Services

    4.9  

Capital Markets

    4.7  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

    4.5  

Banks

    4.3  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

    3.7  

Commercial Services & Supplies

    3.6  

Diversified Consumer Services

    3.6  

Professional Services

    3.4  

Health Care Providers & Services

    3.1  

Biotechnology

    3.0  

Internet Software & Services

    2.7  

Health Care Technology

    2.4  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    2.1  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

    19.6  

Short-Term Investments

    3.0  
 

 

 

 

Total Investments

    100.2  

Other assets less liabilities

    (0.2
 

 

 

 

Net Assets

    100.0
 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

    

Small Cap

Growth Fund

   

Small Cap

Value Fund

   

Small/Mid Cap

Growth Fund

 

ASSETS

     

Investments at cost

  $ 903,831,329     $ 676,153,690     $ 15,891,434  

Net unrealized appreciation

    388,424,261       309,512,457       4,013,302  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments at value

    1,292,255,590       985,666,147       19,904,736  

Cash

    55,317       126,678       759  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    1,187,841       1,139,792       17,578  

Receivable for securities sold

    5,327,889       2,381,156       330,477  

Dividends and interest receivable

    172,439       692,412       7,385  

Prepaid expenses (Note 7)

    131       130       1  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

    1,298,999,207       990,006,315       20,260,936  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

     

Payable for securities purchased

    14,683,305       4,843,866       350,140  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    460,506       951,956        

Management fees payable (Note 5)

    828,633       618,167       6,229  

Deferred Trustees’ fees (Note 5)

    149,291       212,874       17,170  

Administrative fees payable (Note 5)

    49,399       37,957       773  

Payable to distributor (Note 5d)

    12,203       10,220       4  

Other accounts payable and accrued expenses

    61,300       58,938       29,203  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

    16,244,637       6,733,978       403,519  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 1,282,754,570     $ 983,272,337     $ 19,857,417  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

     

Paid-in capital

  $ 861,545,858     $ 616,851,524     $ 15,303,815  

Accumulated net investment loss/Distributions in excess of net investment income

    (8,406,958     (18,439     (91,981

Accumulated net realized gain on investments

    41,191,409       56,926,795       632,281  

Net unrealized appreciation on investments

    388,424,261       309,512,457       4,013,302  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

  $ 1,282,754,570     $ 983,272,337     $ 19,857,417  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE:

     

Institutional Class:

     

Net assets

  $ 780,760,502     $ 584,940,734     $ 19,857,417  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

    29,336,696       17,496,912       1,463,128  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

  $ 26.61     $ 33.43     $ 13.57  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Retail Class:

     

Net assets

  $ 110,372,430     $ 225,247,368     $  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

    4,491,936       6,847,492        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

  $ 24.57     $ 32.89     $  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Admin Class shares:

     

Net assets

  $     $ 26,263,184     $  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

          831,339        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

  $     $ 31.59     $  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class N shares:

     

Net assets

  $ 391,621,638     $ 146,821,051     $  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

    14,627,039       4,389,115        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

  $ 26.77     $ 33.45     $  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations

For the Six Months Ended March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

    

Small Cap

Growth Fund

   

Small Cap

Value Fund

   

Small/Mid Cap

Growth Fund

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

     

Dividends

  $ 2,647,714     $ 6,403,521     $ 45,094  

Interest

    116,467       40,499       2,048  

Less net foreign taxes withheld

          (21,023     (390
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    2,764,181       6,422,997       46,752  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fees (Note 5)

    4,720,320       3,940,366       67,946  

Service and distribution fees (Note 5)

    136,486       374,949        

Administrative fees (Note 5)

    278,802       232,727       4,013  

Trustees’ fees and expenses (Note 5)

    32,216       32,981       8,681  

Transfer agent fees and expenses (Notes 5 and 6)

    564,383       419,585       598  

Audit and tax services fees

    18,158       18,670       18,303  

Custodian fees and expenses

    19,858       15,832       2,538  

Legal fees

    10,900       9,310       149  

Registration fees

    56,327       64,113       10,168  

Shareholder reporting expenses

    48,551       63,477       1,736  

Miscellaneous expenses (Note 7)

    22,119       21,739       4,773  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    5,908,120       5,193,749       118,905  

Less waiver and/or expense reimbursement (Note 5)

          (133,863     (41,899
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net expenses

    5,908,120       5,059,886       77,006  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    (3,143,939     1,363,111       (30,254
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS

     

Net realized gain on:

 

Investments

    52,690,019       70,231,724       1,044,486  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments

    63,835,303       (62,941,819     597,281  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    116,525,322       7,289,905       1,641,767  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ 113,381,383     $ 8,653,016     $ 1,611,513  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Small Cap Growth Fund     Small Cap Value Fund  
     Six Months Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
    Six Months Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

FROM OPERATIONS:

       

Net investment income (loss)

  $ (3,143,939   $ (5,572,322   $ 1,363,111     $ 3,245,976  

Net realized gain on investments

    52,690,019       135,932,255       70,231,724       115,058,075  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

    63,835,303       112,076,460       (62,941,819     73,375,443  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    113,381,383       242,436,393       8,653,016       191,679,494  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

       

Net investment income

       

Institutional Class

                (871,983     (2,669,796

Retail Class

                      (383,151

Class N

                (299,261     (394,109

Net realized capital gains

       

Institutional Class

    (93,157,470           (72,854,281     (52,752,875

Retail Class

    (13,096,336           (27,201,028     (20,871,880

Admin Class

                (3,453,473     (3,598,566

Class N

    (35,428,773           (16,171,099     (6,619,873
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    (141,682,579           (120,851,125     (87,290,250
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

    100,056,963       (159,223,554     12,140,932       (55,801,811
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    71,755,767       83,212,839       (100,057,177     48,587,433  
NET ASSETS        

Beginning of the period

    1,210,998,803       1,127,785,964       1,083,329,514       1,034,742,081  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the period

  $ 1,282,754,570     $ 1,210,998,803     $ 983,272,337     $ 1,083,329,514  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

ACCUMULATED NET INVESTMENT LOSS/DISTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME

  $ (8,406,958   $ (5,263,019   $ (18,439   $ (210,306
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets – continued

 

     Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund  
     Six Months Ended
March 31, 2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

FROM OPERATIONS:

   

Net investment income (loss)

  $ (30,254   $ 1,597  

Net realized gain on investments

    1,044,486       678,497  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

    597,281       2,355,415  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    1,611,513       3,035,509  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

   

Net investment income

   

Institutional Class

          (22,881
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

          (22,881
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

    3,653,715       (394,862
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets

    5,265,228       2,617,766  

NET ASSETS

   

Beginning of the period

    14,592,189       11,974,423  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the period

  $ 19,857,417     $ 14,592,189  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

ACCUMULATED NET INVESTMENT LOSS/DISTRIBUTIONS IN EXCESS OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME

  $ (91,981   $ (61,727
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

     Small Cap Growth Fund—Institutional Class  
    

Six Months
Ended

March 31,

2018

(Unaudited)

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2017

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2016

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2015

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2014

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2013

        

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 27.37     $ 22.03     $ 22.22     $ 24.27     $ 26.35     $ 19.17    
 

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

             

Net investment loss(a)

    (0.07     (0.12     (0.09     (0.14     (0.16 )(b)      (0.15 )(c)   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    2.51       5.46       1.59       1.63       (0.09     7.33    
 

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    2.44       5.34       1.50       1.49       (0.25     7.18    
 

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

             

Net investment income

                                     

Net realized capital gains

    (3.20           (1.69     (3.54     (1.83        
 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (3.20           (1.69     (3.54     (1.83        
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 26.61     $ 27.37     $ 22.03     $ 22.22     $ 24.27     $ 26.35    
 

 

 

 

Total return

    9.45 %(d)      24.24     6.92     5.78     (1.31 )%(b)      37.45 %(c)   

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

             

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 780,761     $ 824,103     $ 812,383     $ 800,883     $ 852,131     $ 914,000    

Net expenses

    0.95 %(e)      0.95     0.95     0.94     0.94     0.94  

Gross expenses

    0.95 %(e)      0.95     0.95     0.94     0.94     0.94  

Net investment loss

    (0.52 )%(e)      (0.49 )%      (0.41 )%      (0.57 )%      (0.63 )%(b)      (0.70 )%(c)   

Portfolio turnover rate

    18     45     56     78     63     56  

 

 

(a) Per share net Investment loss has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Includes a non-recurring dividend. Without this dividend, net investment loss per share would have been $(0.17), total return would have been (1.35)% and the ratio of net investment loss to average net assets would have been (0.66)%.
(c) Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment loss per share would have been $(0.16), total return would have been 37.40% and the ratio of net investment loss to average net assets would have been (0.75)%.
(d) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(e) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

     Small Cap Growth Fund—Retail Class         
    

Six Months

Ended

March 31,

2018

(Unaudited)

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2017

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2016

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2015

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2014

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2013

        

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 25.53     $ 20.61     $ 20.93     $ 23.10     $ 25.23     $ 18.41    
 

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

             

Net investment loss(a)

    (0.10     (0.16     (0.13     (0.19     (0.22 )(b)      (0.20 )(c)   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    2.34       5.08       1.50       1.56       (0.08     7.02    
 

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    2.24       4.92       1.37       1.37       (0.30     6.82    
 

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

             

Net investment income

                                     

Net realized capital gains

    (3.20           (1.69     (3.54     (1.83        
 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (3.20           (1.69     (3.54     (1.83        
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 24.57     $ 25.53     $ 20.61     $ 20.93     $ 23.10     $ 25.23    
 

 

 

 

Total return

    9.34 %(d)      23.93     6.61     5.58     (1.58 )%(b)      37.05 %(c)   

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

             

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 110,372     $ 107,387     $ 118,670     $ 162,906     $ 175,393     $ 211,724    

Net expenses

    1.20 %(e)      1.20     1.20     1.19     1.21     1.25 %(f)   

Gross expenses

    1.20 %(e)      1.20     1.20     1.19     1.21     1.25 %(f)   

Net investment loss

    (0.76 )%(e)      (0.73 )%      (0.66 )%      (0.82 )%      (0.90 )%(b)      (0.99 )%(c)   

Portfolio turnover rate

    18     45     56     78     63     56  

 

(a) Per share net investment loss has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Includes a non-recurring dividend. Without this dividend, net investment loss per share would have been $(0.23), total return would have been (1.58)% and the ratio of net investment loss to average net assets would have been (0.93)%.
(c) Includes non-recurring dividends. Without these dividends, net investment loss per share would have been $(0.21), total return would have been 36.99% and the ratio of net investment loss to average net assets would have been (1.05)%.
(d) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(e) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(f) Includes fee/expense recovery of 0.01%.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights – continued

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

     Small Cap Growth Fund—Class N         
    

Six Months

Ended

March 31,

2018

(Unaudited)

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2017

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2016

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2015

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2014

   

Period Ended

September 30,

2013*

        

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 27.50     $ 22.11     $ 22.27     $ 24.29     $ 26.36     $ 20.22    
 

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

             

Net investment loss(a)

    (0.05     (0.09     (0.06     (0.12     (0.14 )(b)      (0.11  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    2.52       5.48       1.59       1.64       (0.10     6.25    
 

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    2.47       5.39       1.53       1.52       (0.24     6.14    
 

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

             

Net investment income

                                     

Net realized capital gains

    (3.20           (1.69     (3.54     (1.83        
 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (3.20           (1.69     (3.54     (1.83        
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 26.77     $ 27.50     $ 22.11     $ 22.27     $ 24.29     $ 26.36    
 

 

 

 

Total return

    9.52 %(c)      24.38     7.05     5.92     (1.27 )%(b)      30.37 %(c)   

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

             

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 391,622     $ 279,508     $ 196,733     $ 162,591     $ 15,080     $ 7,580    

Net expenses

    0.83 %(d)      0.82     0.83     0.83     0.83     0.83 %(d)   

Gross expenses

    0.83 %(d)      0.82     0.83     0.83     0.83     0.83 %(d)   

Net investment loss

    (0.36 )%(d)      (0.39 )%      (0.29 )%      (0.51 )%      (0.53 )%(b)      (0.63 )%(d)   

Portfolio turnover rate

    18     45     56     78     63     56  

 

* From commencement of Class operations on February 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013.
(a) Per share net investment loss has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Includes a non-recurring dividend. Without this dividend, net investment loss per share would have been $(0.14), total return would have been (1.31)% and the ratio of net investment loss to average net assets would have been (0.56)%.
(c) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(d) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights – continued

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

     Small Cap Value Fund—Institutional Class         
    

Six Months

Ended

March 31,

2018

(Unaudited)

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2017

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2016

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2015

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2014

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2013

        

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 37.37     $ 33.78     $ 32.19     $ 36.40     $ 37.42     $ 29.14    
 

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

             

Net investment income(a)

    0.06       0.13       0.17       0.27       0.20       0.20    

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.30       6.36       4.82       0.49       2.18       8.41    
 

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.36       6.49       4.99       0.76       2.38       8.61    
 

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

             

Net investment income

    (0.05     (0.14     (0.22     (0.22     (0.10     (0.30  

Net realized capital gains

    (4.25     (2.76     (3.18     (4.75     (3.30     (0.03  
 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (4.30     (2.90     (3.40     (4.97     (3.40     (0.33  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 33.43     $ 37.37     $ 33.78     $ 32.19     $ 36.40     $ 37.42    
 

 

 

 

Total return(b)

    0.67 %(c)      19.68     16.75     1.20     6.17     29.82  

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

             

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 584,941     $ 665,229     $ 654,501     $ 666,107     $ 730,901     $ 733,512    

Net expenses(d)

    0.90 %(e)      0.90     0.90     0.90     0.90     0.90  

Gross expenses

    0.93 %(e)      0.93     0.93     0.92     0.91     0.91  

Net investment income

    0.32 %(e)      0.37     0.52     0.75     0.53     0.61  

Portfolio turnover rate

    8     25     22     22     23     22  

 

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

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights – continued

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

     Small Cap Value Fund—Retail Class         
    

Six Months
Ended

March 31,

2018

(Unaudited)

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2017

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2016

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2015

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2014

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2013

        

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 36.83     $ 33.33     $ 31.78     $ 35.98     $ 37.03     $ 28.84    
 

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

             

Net investment income(a)

    0.01       0.04       0.08       0.18       0.10       0.12    

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.30       6.27       4.77       0.48       2.16       8.32    
 

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.31       6.31       4.85       0.66       2.26       8.44    
 

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

             

Net investment income

          (0.05     (0.12     (0.11     (0.01     (0.22  

Net realized capital gains

    (4.25     (2.76     (3.18     (4.75     (3.30     (0.03  
 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (4.25     (2.81     (3.30     (4.86     (3.31     (0.25  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 32.89     $ 36.83     $ 33.33     $ 31.78     $ 35.98     $ 37.03    
 

 

 

 

Total return(b)

    0.53 %(c)      19.38     16.47     0.94     5.90     29.48  

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

             

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 225,247     $ 251,405     $ 267,936     $ 306,360     $ 358,698     $ 403,475    

Net expenses(d)

    1.15 %(e)      1.15     1.15     1.15     1.15     1.15  

Gross expenses

    1.18 %(e)      1.18     1.18     1.17     1.20     1.22  

Net investment income

    0.07 %(e)      0.12     0.27     0.50     0.28     0.37  

Portfolio turnover rate

    8     25     22     22     23     22  

 

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

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

     Small Cap Value Fund—Admin Class         
    

Six Months
Ended

March 31,

2018

(Unaudited)

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2017

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2016

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2015

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2014

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2013

        

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 35.58     $ 32.31     $ 30.88     $ 35.06     $ 36.24     $ 28.22    
 

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

             

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    (0.03     (0.04     0.01       0.09       0.01       0.04    

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.29       6.07       4.62       0.48       2.11       8.15    
 

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.26       6.03       4.63       0.57       2.12       8.19    
 

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

             

Net investment income

                (0.02     (0.00 )(b)            (0.14  

Net realized capital gains

    (4.25     (2.76     (3.18     (4.75     (3.30     (0.03  
 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (4.25     (2.76     (3.20     (4.75     (3.30     (0.17  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 31.59     $ 35.58     $ 32.31     $ 30.88     $ 35.06     $ 36.24    
 

 

 

 

Total return(c)

    0.41 %(d)      19.10     16.19     0.71     5.63     29.17  

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

             

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 26,263     $ 30,533     $ 43,973     $ 45,762     $ 61,791     $ 74,892    

Net expenses(e)

    1.40 %(f)      1.40     1.39 %(g)      1.38 %(h)      1.40     1.40  

Gross expenses

    1.43 %(f)      1.43     1.42 %(g)      1.40 %(h)      1.51     1.52  

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.18 )%(f)      (0.11 )%      0.03     0.28     0.02     0.11  

Portfolio turnover rate

    8     25     22     22     23     22  

 

(a) Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.
(c) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(d) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(e) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(f) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(g) Includes refund of prior year service fee of 0.01%.
(h) Includes refund of prior year service fee of 0.02%.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

     Small Cap Value Fund—Class N         
    

Six Months
Ended

March 31,

2018

(Unaudited)

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2017

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2016

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2015

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2014

   

Period Ended

September 30,

2013*

        

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 37.41     $ 33.81     $ 32.22     $ 36.44     $ 37.44     $ 32.08    
 

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

             

Net investment income(a)

    0.07       0.15       0.19       0.27       0.23       0.06    

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.30       6.37       4.83       0.50       2.18       5.30    
 

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    0.37       6.52       5.02       0.77       2.41       5.36    
 

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

             

Net investment income

    (0.08     (0.16     (0.25     (0.24     (0.11        

Net realized capital gains

    (4.25     (2.76     (3.18     (4.75     (3.30        
 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

    (4.33     (2.92     (3.43     (4.99     (3.41        
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 33.45     $ 37.41     $ 33.81     $ 32.22     $ 36.44     $ 37.44    
 

 

 

 

Total return

    0.69 %(b)      19.78     16.84     1.25     6.25 %(c)      16.71 %(b)(c)   

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

             

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 146,821     $ 136,162     $ 68,332     $ 38,555     $ 2,568     $ 1    

Net expenses

    0.84 %(d)      0.83     0.83     0.83 %(e)      0.85 %(f)      0.85 %(d)(f)   

Gross expenses

    0.84 %(d)      0.83     0.83     0.83 %(e)      0.89     14.45 %(d)   

Net investment income

    0.39 %(d)      0.44     0.61     0.76     0.60     0.27 %(d)   

Portfolio turnover rate

    8     25     22     22     23     22  

 

* From commencement of Class operations on February 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013.
(a) Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(c) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(d) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.
(e) Includes fee/expense recovery of less than 0.01%.
(f) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

     Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund—Institutional Class         
    

Six Months
Ended

March 31,

2018

(Unaudited)

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2017

   

Year Ended

September 30,

2016

   

Period Ended

September 30,

2015*

        

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 12.31     $ 9.73     $ 9.05     $ 10.00    
 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from Investment Operations:

         

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    (0.02     0.00 (b)      (0.02     (0.01  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    1.28       2.60       0.70       (0.94  
 

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    1.26       2.60       0.68       (0.95  
 

 

 

 

Less Distributions From:

         

Net investment income

          (0.02              
 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

          (0.02              
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 13.57     $ 12.31     $ 9.73     $ 9.05    
 

 

 

 

Total return(c)

    10.24 %(d)      26.74     7.51     (9.50 )%(d)   

Ratios to Average Net Assets:

         

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 19,857     $ 14,592     $ 11,974     $ 9,242    

Net expenses(e)

    0.85 %(f)      0.85     0.85     0.85 %(f)   

Gross expenses

    1.31 %(f)      1.57     1.75     2.65 %(f)   

Net investment income (loss)

    (0.33 )%(f)      0.01     (0.22 )%      (0.53 )%(f)   

Portfolio turnover rate

    20     49     53     14  

 

* From commencement of operations on June 30, 2015 through September 30, 2015.
(a) Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.
(b) Amount rounds to less than $0.01.
(c) Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.
(d) Periods less than one year are not annualized.
(e) The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.
(f) Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

March 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

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

Loomis Sayles Funds I:

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund (the “Small Cap Value Fund”)

Loomis Sayles Funds II:

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund (the “Small Cap Growth Fund”)

Loomis Sayles Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund (the “Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund”)

Each Fund is a diversified investment company.

Small Cap Growth Fund and Small Cap Value Fund were closed to new investors effective September 14, 2012 and September 15, 2008, respectively. Small Cap Growth Fund continues to offer Institutional Class, Retail Class and Class N shares to existing investors. Effective November 27, 2017, Small Cap Value Fund re-opened to new investors. Small Cap Value Fund offers Institutional Class, Retail Class, Admin Class and Class N shares. Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund offers Institutional Class shares.

Each share class is sold without a sales charge. Retail Class and Admin Class shares pay a Rule 12b-1 fee. Class N shares are offered with an initial minimum investment of $1,000,000. Institutional Class shares are intended for institutional investors with a minimum initial investment of $100,000 for Small Cap Growth Fund and Small Cap Value Fund and $1,000,000 for Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund. Certain categories of investors are exempted from the minimum investment amount for Class N and Institutional Class as outlined in the relevant Fund’s prospectus. Admin Class shares are offered exclusively through intermediaries.

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

 

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2.  Significant Accounting Policies. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by each Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The Funds’ financial statements follow the accounting and reporting guidelines provided for investment companies and are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which require the use of management estimates that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Management has evaluated the events and transactions subsequent to period-end through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no material events that would require disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.

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

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

Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. The Funds may also value securities and other investments at fair value in other circumstances such as when extraordinary events occur after the close of a foreign market but prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange. This may include situations relating to a single issuer (such as a declaration of

 

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

Illiquid securities for which market quotations are readily available and have been evaluated by the adviser are considered and classified as fair valued securities pursuant to the Funds’ pricing policies and procedures.

b.  Investment Transactions and Related Investment Income. Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date plus one day basis for daily NAV calculation. However, for financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are reported on trade date. Dividend income is recorded on ex-dividend date, or in the case of certain foreign securities, as soon as a Fund is notified, and interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Interest income is increased by the accretion of discount and decreased by the amortization of premium, if applicable. Distributions received from investments in securities that represent a return of capital or capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments or as a realized gain, respectively. The calendar year-end amounts of ordinary income, capital gains and return of capital included in distributions received from the Funds’ investments in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) are reported to the Funds after the end of the fiscal year; accordingly, the Funds estimate these amounts for accounting purposes until the characterization of REIT distributions is reported to the Funds after the end of the fiscal year. Estimates are based on the most recent REIT distribution information available. In determining net gain or loss on securities sold, the cost of securities has been determined on an identified cost basis. Investment income, non-class specific expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Fund.

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

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difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities, other than investment securities, as of the end of the fiscal period, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

The values of investment securities are presented at the foreign exchange rates prevailing at the end of the period for financial reporting purposes. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments reported in the Statements of Operations reflect gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates and fluctuations which arise due to changes in market prices of investment securities.

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

d.  Federal and Foreign Income Taxes. The Trusts treat each Fund as a separate entity for federal income tax purposes. Each Fund intends to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute to its shareholders substantially all of its net investment income and any net realized capital gains at least annually. Management has performed an analysis of each Fund’s tax positions for the open tax years as of March 31, 2018 and has concluded that no provisions for income tax are required. The Funds’ federal tax returns for the prior three fiscal years, where applicable, remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service. Management is not aware of any events that are reasonably possible to occur in the next six months that would result in the amounts of any unrecognized tax benefits significantly increasing or decreasing for the Funds. However, management’s conclusions regarding tax positions taken may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, new tax laws and accounting regulations and interpretations thereof.

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

 

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Fund. Such amounts, if applicable, are reflected as foreign tax rebates receivable on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and are recorded as a realized gain when received.

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

The tax characterization of distributions is determined on an annual basis. The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the year ended September 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

    2017 Distributions Paid From:  

Fund

  Ordinary
Income
    Long-Term
Capital Gains
    Total  

Small Cap Growth Fund

  $     $     $  

Small Cap Value Fund

    3,961,114       83,329,136       87,290,250  

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

    22,881             22,881  

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

As of September 30, 2017, capital loss carryforwards and late-year ordinary and post-October capital loss deferrals were as follows:

 

    Small Cap
Growth Fund
    Small Cap
Value Fund
    Small/Mid Cap
Growth Fund
 

Capital loss carryforward:

     

Short-term:

     

No expiration date

  $     $     $ (407,754
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Late-year ordinary and post-October capital loss deferrals*

  $ (5,115,753   $ (1,516,032   $ (45,842
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

*

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  applicable, may be deferred and treated as occurring on the first day of the following taxable year. Small Cap Growth Fund and Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund are deferring net operating losses. Small Cap Value Fund is deferring capital losses.

As of March 31, 2018, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on a federal tax basis were as follows:

 

    Small Cap
Growth Fund
    Small Cap
Value Fund
    Small/Mid
Cap Growth
Fund
 

Federal tax cost

  $ 903,831,329     $ 676,153,690     $ 15,891,434  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross tax appreciation

  $ 402,253,657     $ 342,033,026     $ 4,254,012  

Gross tax depreciation

    (13,829,396     (32,520,569     (240,710
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net tax appreciation

  $ 388,424,261     $ 309,512,457     $ 4,013,302  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Amounts exclude certain adjustments that will be made at the end of the Fund’s fiscal year for tax purposes. Such adjustments are primarily due to wash sales.

f.  Repurchase Agreements. Each Fund may enter into repurchase agreements, under the terms of a Master Repurchase Agreement, under which each Fund acquires securities as collateral and agrees to resell the securities at an agreed upon time and at an agreed upon price. It is each Fund’s policy that the market value of the collateral for repurchase agreements be at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. Certain repurchase agreements are tri-party arrangements whereby the collateral is held in a segregated account for the benefit of the Fund and on behalf of the counterparty. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty, including possible delays or restrictions upon a Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities. As of March 31, 2018, each Fund, as applicable, had investments in repurchase agreements for which the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the repurchase agreement. The gross value of repurchase agreements is included in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for financial reporting purposes.

g.  Securities Lending. The Funds have entered into an agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street Bank”), as agent of the Funds, to lend securities to certain designated borrowers. The loans are collateralized with cash or securities in an amount equal to at least 105% or 102% of the market value (including accrued interest) of the loaned international or domestic securities, respectively, when the loan is initiated. Thereafter, the value of the collateral must remain at least 102% of the market value (including accrued interest) of loaned securities for U.S. equities and U.S. corporate debt; at least 105% of the market value (including accrued interest) of loaned securities for non-U.S. equities; and at least 100% of the market value (including accrued interest) of loaned securities for U.S. Government securities, sovereign debt issued by non-U.S. Governments and non-U.S. corporate debt. In the event that the market value of the collateral falls below the required percentages described above, the borrower will deliver additional collateral on the next business day. As with other extensions of credit, the Funds

 

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may bear the risk of loss with respect to the investment of the collateral. The Funds invest cash collateral in short-term investments, a portion of the income from which is remitted to the borrowers and the remainder allocated between the Funds and State Street Bank as lending agent.

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, none of the Funds had loaned securities under this agreement.

h.  Indemnifications. Under the Trusts’ organizational documents, their officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

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

 

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The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ investments as of March 31, 2018, at value:

Small Cap Growth Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Common Stocks(a)

  $ 1,242,669,038     $     $   —     $ 1,242,669,038  

Short-Term Investments

          49,586,552             49,586,552  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 1,242,669,038     $ 49,586,552     $     $ 1,292,255,590  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, there were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3.

Small Cap Value Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Common Stocks(a)

  $ 952,945,721     $     $   —     $ 952,945,721  

Closed-End Investment Companies

    2,571,105                   2,571,105  

Short-Term Investments

          30,149,321             30,149,321  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 955,516,826     $ 30,149,321     $     $ 985,666,147  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, there were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3.

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Common Stocks(a)

  $ 19,311,525     $             —     $   —     $ 19,311,525  

Short-Term Investments

          593,211             593,211  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 19,311,525     $ 593,211     $     $ 19,904,736  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, there were no transfers among Levels 1, 2 and 3.

 

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4.  Purchases and Sales of Securities. For the six months ended March 31, 2018, purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term investments) were as follows:

 

Fund

  Purchases     Sales  

Small Cap Growth Fund

  $ 219,083,317     $ 259,114,744  

Small Cap Value Fund

    82,376,399       204,625,771  

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

    6,973,665       3,469,074  

5.  Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

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

 

Fund

  Percentage of
Average Daily Net Assets

Small Cap Growth Fund

  0.75%

Small Cap Value Fund

  0.75%

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

  0.75%

Loomis Sayles has given binding undertakings to the Funds to waive management fees and/or reimburse certain expenses to limit the Funds’ operating expenses, exclusive of acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage expenses, interest expense, taxes, organizational and extraordinary expenses such as litigation and indemnification expenses. These undertakings are in effect until January 31, 2019, may be terminated before then only with the consent of the Funds’ Board of Trustees and are reevaluated on an annual basis. Management fees payable, as reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, is net of waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any, pursuant to these undertakings. Waivers/ reimbursements that exceed management fees payable are reflected on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as receivable from investment adviser.

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the expense limits as a percentage of average daily net assets under the expense limitation agreements were as follows:

 

    Expense Limit as a Percentage of
Average Daily Net Assets

Fund

  Institutional Class   Retail Class   Admin Class   Class N

Small Cap Growth Fund

  1.00%   1.25%     0.95%

Small Cap Value Fund

  0.90%   1.15%   1.40%   0.85%

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

  0.85%      

Loomis Sayles shall be permitted to recover expenses it has borne under the expense limitation agreements (whether through waiver of its management fees or otherwise) on a class by class basis in later periods to the extent the annual operating expenses of a class fall below a class’ expense limits, provided, however, that a class is not obligated to pay such

 

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waived/reimbursed fees or expenses more than one year after the end of the fiscal year in which the fees or expenses were waived/reimbursed.

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the management fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

    Gross
Management
Fees
    Contractual
Waivers of
Management
Fees1
    Net
Management
Fees
    Percentage of Average
Daily Net Assets
 

Fund

        Gross      Net  

Small Cap Growth Fund

  $ 4,720,320     $     $ 4,720,320       0.75%        0.75%  

Small Cap Value Fund

    3,940,366             3,940,366       0.75%        0.75%  

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

    67,946       41,899       26,047       0.75%        0.29%  

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, class-specific expenses have been reimbursed as follows:

 

    Reimbursement1  

Fund

  Institutional
Class
    Retail
Class
    Admin
Class
    Class N      Total  

Small Cap Value Fund

  $ 93,797     $ 35,672     $ 4,394     $     —      $ 133,863  

1 Waivers/expense reimbursements are subject to possible recovery until September 30, 2019.

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

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

Pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, Small Cap Growth Fund and Small Cap Value Fund have adopted a Distribution Plan relating to each Fund’s Retail Class shares (the “Retail Class Plans”) and Small Cap Value Fund has adopted a Distribution Plan relating to its Admin Class shares (the “Admin Class Plan”).

Under the Retail Class Plans, each Fund pays Natixis Distribution a monthly distribution fee at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Fund’s Retail Class shares, as compensation for services provided by Natixis Distribution in connection with the marketing or sale of Retail Class shares or for payments made by Natixis Distribution to securities dealers or other financial intermediaries as commissions, asset-based sales charges or other compensation with respect to the sale of Retail Class shares, or for providing personal services to investors and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts.

 

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Under the Admin Class Plan, Small Cap Value Fund pays Natixis Distribution a monthly distribution fee at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Fund’s Admin Class shares, as compensation for services provided by Natixis Distribution in connection with the marketing or sale of Admin Class shares or for payments made by Natixis Distribution to securities dealers or other financial intermediaries as commissions, asset-based sales charges or other compensation with respect to the sale of Admin Class shares, or for providing personal services to investors and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts.

In addition, the Admin Class shares of Small Cap Value Fund may pay Natixis Distribution an administrative service fee, at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to Admin Class shares. These fees are subsequently paid to securities dealers or financial intermediaries for providing personal services and/or account maintenance for their customers who hold such shares.

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the service and distribution fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

    Service Fees     Distribution Fees  

Fund

  Admin Class     Retail Class     Admin Class  

Small Cap Growth Fund

  $     $ 136,486     $  

Small Cap Value Fund

    37,034       300,881       37,034  

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

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the administrative fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

Fund

  Administrative
Fees
 

Small Cap Growth Fund

  $ 278,802  

Small Cap Value Fund

    232,727  

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

    4,013  

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

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the sub-transfer agent fees (which are reflected in transfer agent fees and expenses in the Statements of Operations) for each Fund were as follows:

 

Fund

  Sub-Transfer
Agent Fees
 

Small Cap Growth Fund

  $ 554,906  

Small Cap Value Fund

    404,897  

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

    144  

As of March 31, 2018, the Funds owe Natixis Distribution the following reimbursements for sub-transfer agent fees (which are reflected in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as payable to distributor):

 

Fund

  Reimbursements of
Sub-Transfer

Agent Fees
 

Small Cap Growth Fund

  $ 12,203  

Small Cap Value Fund

    10,220  

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

    4  

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

e.  Trustees Fees and Expenses. The Trusts do not pay any compensation directly to their officers or Trustees who are directors, officers or employees of Natixis Advisors, Natixis Distribution, Natixis or their affiliates. The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees receives a retainer fee at the annual rate of $340,000. The Chairperson does not receive any meeting attendance fees for Board of Trustees meetings or committee meetings that he attends. Each Independent Trustee (other than the Chairperson) receives, in the aggregate, a retainer fee at the annual rate of $170,000. Each Independent Trustee also receives a meeting attendance fee of $10,000 for each meeting of the Board of Trustees that he or

 

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she attends in person and $5,000 for each meeting of the Board of Trustees that he or she attends telephonically. In addition, the chairperson of the Contract Review Committee and the chairperson of the Audit Committee each receive an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $20,000. The chairperson of the Governance Committee receives an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $12,000. Each Contract Review Committee member is compensated $6,000 for each Committee meeting that he or she attends in person and $3,000 for each meeting that he or she attends telephonically. Each Audit Committee member is compensated $6,000 for each Committee meeting that he or she attends in person and $3,000 for each meeting that he or she attends telephonically. These fees are allocated among the funds in the Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Natixis ETF Trust based on a formula that takes into account, among other factors, the relative net assets of each fund. Trustees are reimbursed for travel expenses in connection with attendance at meetings.

Prior to January 1, 2018, the Chairperson of the Board received a retainer fee at the annual rate of $325,000 and each Independent Trustee (other than the Chairperson) received, in the aggregate, a retainer fee at the annual rate of $155,000, the chairperson of the Contract Review Committee and Audit Committee each received an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $17,500 and the chairperson of the Governance Committee received an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $10,000. All other Trustee fees remained unchanged.

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

f.  Affiliated Ownership. As of March 31, 2018, Natixis and affiliates, Loomis Sayles Funded Pension Plan and Trust (“Pension Plan”) and Loomis Sayles Employees’ Profit Sharing Retirement Plan (“Retirement Plan”) held shares of the Funds representing the following percentages of the Funds’ net assets:

 

Fund

  Pension Plan     Retirement Plan     Natixis     Total
Affiliated
Ownership
 

Small Cap Growth Fund

    0.25%       1.55%             1.80%  

Small Cap Value Fund

    0.31%       3.04%             3.35%  

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

          14.97%       55.25%       70.22%  

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

 

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6.  Class-Specific Transfer Agent Fees and Expenses. Transfer agent fees and expenses attributable to Institutional Class, Retail Class and Admin Class are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of those classes. Transfer agent fees and expenses attributable to Class N are allocated to Class N.

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, the Funds incurred the following class-specific transfer agent fees and expenses (including sub-transfer agent fees, where applicable):

 

    Transfer Agent Fees and Expenses  

Fund

  Institutional
Class
    Retail Class     Admin
Class
    Class N  

Small Cap Growth Fund

  $ 497,099     $ 66,764     $     $ 520  

Small Cap Value Fund

    293,930       111,623       13,742       290  

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

    598                    

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

For the six months ended March 31, 2018, none of the Funds had borrowings under this agreement.

Effective April 12, 2018, the line of credit with Citibank, N.A. expired, and the Funds, together with certain other funds of Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts, and Natixis ETF Trust, entered into a $400,000,000 committed unsecured line of credit provided by State Street Bank and Trust. Any one Fund may borrow up to $350,000,000 under the line of credit agreement (as long as all borrowings by all Funds in the aggregate do not exceed the $400,000,000 limit at any time), subject to each Fund’s investment restrictions and its contractual obligations under the line of credit. Interest is charged to the Funds based upon the terms set forth in the agreement. In addition, a commitment fee of 0.15% per annum, payable at the end of each calendar quarter, is accrued and apportioned among the participating funds based on their average daily unused portion of the line of credit.

 

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8.   Brokerage Commission Recapture. Each Fund has entered into agreements with certain brokers whereby the brokers will rebate a portion of brokerage commissions. All amounts rebated by the brokers are returned to the Funds under such agreements and are included in realized gains on investments in the Statements of Operations. For the six months ended March 31, 2018, amounts rebated under these agreements were as follows:

 

Fund

  Rebates  

Small Cap Growth Fund

  $ 16,641  

Small Cap Value Fund

    17,330  

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

    216  

Effective March 9, 2018, the brokerage commission recapture program was terminated.

9.  Concentration of Ownership. From time to time, a Fund may have a concentration of one or more accounts constituting a significant percentage of shares outstanding. Investment activities by holders of such accounts could have material impacts on the Funds. As of March 31, 2018, based on management’s evaluation of the shareholder account base, the Funds had accounts representing controlling ownership of more than 5% of the Fund’s total outstanding shares. The number of such accounts, based on accounts that represent more than 5% of an individual class of shares, and the aggregate percentage of net assets represented by such holdings were as follows:

 

Fund

  Number of 5%
Non- Affiliated
Account
Holders
    Percentage of
Non- Affiliated
Ownership
    Percentage of
Affiliated  Ownership
(Note 5f)
    Total
Percentage of
Ownership
 

Small Cap Growth Fund

    2       34.87%             34.87%  

Small Cap Value Fund

    2       18.67%             18.67%  

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

                70.22%       70.22%  

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

 

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

 

    Small Cap Growth Fund  
    Six Months Ended
March 31, 2018
    Year Ended
September 30, 2017
 
Institutional Class   Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Issued from the sale of shares

    2,250,951     $ 60,860,326       4,034,738     $ 97,151,691  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

    3,526,960       89,866,953              

Redeemed

    (6,554,124     (175,016,242     (10,793,297     (256,866,078
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

    (776,213   $ (24,288,963     (6,758,559   $ (159,714,387
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Retail Class  

Issued from the sale of shares

    524,794     $ 13,262,209       692,134     $ 15,704,343  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

    555,428       13,074,766              

Redeemed

    (794,448     (19,979,869     (2,244,929     (49,573,803
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

    285,774     $ 6,357,106       (1,552,795   $ (33,869,460
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class N  

Issued from the sale of shares

    3,769,019     $ 101,262,479       3,855,688     $ 94,799,081  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

    1,378,059       35,305,861              

Redeemed

    (684,452     (18,579,520     (2,588,567     (60,438,788
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

    4,462,626     $ 117,988,820       1,267,121     $ 34,360,293  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

    3,972,187     $ 100,056,963       (7,044,233   $ (159,223,554
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

    Small Cap Value Fund  
    Six Months Ended
March 31, 2018
    Year Ended
September 30, 2017
 
Institutional Class   Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Issued from the sale of shares

    1,552,717     $ 54,666,987       3,564,958     $ 126,242,963  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

    2,049,039       70,363,994       1,505,162       53,252,622  

Redeemed

    (3,905,591     (137,618,447     (6,645,676     (233,677,752
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

    (303,835   $ (12,587,466     (1,575,556   $ (54,182,167
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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10.  Capital Shares – continued.

    Small Cap Value Fund – continued  
    Six Months Ended
March 31, 2018
    Year Ended
September 30, 2017
 
Retail Class   Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Issued from the sale of shares

    149,376     $ 5,257,671       616,632     $ 21,554,720  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

    802,859       27,144,677       607,283       21,218,469  

Redeemed

    (930,407     (33,257,889     (2,437,522     (85,099,728
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

    21,828     $ (855,541     (1,213,607   $ (42,326,539
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Admin Class  

Issued from the sale of shares

    123,397     $ 4,123,032       220,759     $ 7,434,300  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

    78,301       2,544,008       80,992       2,738,330  

Redeemed

    (228,564     (7,645,854     (804,540     (27,089,959
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

    (26,866   $ (978,814     (502,789   $ (16,917,329
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class N  

Issued from the sale of shares

    566,380     $ 20,733,254       1,948,540     $ 69,188,229  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

    479,347       16,470,360       198,135       7,013,982  

Redeemed

    (296,708     (10,640,861     (527,853     (18,577,987
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

    749,019     $ 26,562,753       1,618,822     $ 57,624,224  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

    440,146     $ 12,140,932       (1,673,130   $ (55,801,811
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

    Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund  
    Six Months Ended
March 31, 2018
    Year Ended
September 30, 2017
 
Institutional Class   Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Issued from the sale of shares

    395,934     $ 5,242,738       183,187     $ 1,981,855  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

                2,259       22,881  

Redeemed

    (118,288     (1,589,023     (230,300     (2,399,598
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

    277,646     $ 3,653,715       (44,854   $ (394,862
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Special Meeting of Shareholders. (Unaudited)

A special meeting of shareholders of the Trust was held on December 4, 2017 to consider a proposal to elect thirteen Trustees to the Board of Trustees. The proposal was approved by shareholders of the Trust. The results of the shareholder vote were as follows:

Loomis Sayles Funds I

 

Nominee    Voted “FOR”*        Withheld*  

Kevin Charleston

     1,046,693,133.34          15,163,366.07  

Kenneth A. Drucker

     1,045,641,428.27          16,215,071.15  

Edmond J. English

     1,046,277,137.68          15,579,361.74  

David L. Giunta

     1,046,496,391.62          15,360,107.79  

Richard A. Goglia

     1,046,269,146.27          15,587,353.15  

Wendell J. Knox

     1,045,976,095.92          15,880,403.49  

Martin T. Meehan

     1,046,154,669.52          15,701,829.89  

Maureen B. Mitchell

     1,047,019,476.25          14,837,023.17  

Sandra O. Moose**

     1,045,973,479.27          15,883,020.14  

James P. Palermo

     1,046,549,375.30          15,307,124.11  

Erik R. Sirri

     1,046,440,355.81          15,416,143.60  

Peter J. Smail

     1,046,053,910.90          15,802,588.52  

Cynthia L. Walker

     1,047,362,231.11          14,494,268.31  

 

* Trust-wide voting results.

 

** Ms. Moose retired as a Trustee effective January 1, 2018.

Loomis Sayles Funds II

 

Nominee    Voted “FOR”*        Withheld*  

Kevin Charleston

     1,650,323,196.06          13,951,932.67  

Kenneth A. Drucker

     1,649,298,883.81          14,976,244.92  

Edmond J. English

     1,650,162,849.38          14,112,279.34  

David L. Giunta

     1,649,705,816.93          14,569,311.79  

Richard A. Goglia

     1,650,200,499.41          14,074,629.32  

Wendell J. Knox

     1,649,845,960.13          14,429,168.60  

Martin T. Meehan

     1,649,803,233.76          14,471,894.97  

Maureen B. Mitchell

     1,650,894,337.38          13,380,791.35  

Sandra O. Moose**

     1,649,617,852.02          14,657,276.71  

James P. Palermo

     1,650,208,171.55          14,066,957.18  

Erik R. Sirri

     1,649,620,219.44          14,654,909.29  

Peter J. Smail

     1,650,200,577.97          14,074,550.76  

Cynthia L. Walker

     1,651,179,641.66          13,095,487.07  

 

* Trust-wide voting results.

 

** Ms. Moose retired as a Trustee effective January 1, 2018.

 

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

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

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

 

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

 

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Companies and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

 

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

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

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

The Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in this Form N-CSR was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, based upon such officers’ evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report.

There was no change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s last fiscal quarter of the period covered by the report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

 

Item 13. Exhibits.

 

(a)    (1)    Not applicable.
(a)    (2)    Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)), filed herewith as Exhibits (a)(2)(1) and (a)(2)(2), respectively.
(a)    (3)    Not applicable.
(b)       Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to
      Section 906 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are filed herewith as Exhibit (b).

 


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Loomis Sayles Funds II
By:   /s/ David Giunta
Name:   David Giunta
Title:   Chief Executive Officer
Date:   May 21, 2018

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

 

By:   /s/ David Giunta
Name:   David Giunta
Title:   Chief Executive Officer
Date:   May 21, 2018
By:   /s/ Michael C. Kardok
Name:   Michael C. Kardok
Title:   Treasurer
Date:   May 21, 2018