Sterling

Capital

Equity

Income

Fund

1

Schedule

of

Portfolio

Investments

June

30,

2024

(Unaudited)

See

accompanying

Notes

to

the

Schedule

of

Portfolio

Investments.

Shares

Fair

Value

COMMON

STOCKS

—

98

.1

%

Air

Freight

&

Logistics

—

0

.8

%

103,692‌

United

Parcel

Service,

Inc.

,

Class

B

.....

$

14,190,250‌

Beverages

—

3

.8

%

425,974‌

PepsiCo,

Inc.

.....................

70,255,892‌

Biotechnology

—

3

.8

%

404,410‌

AbbVie,

Inc.

.....................

69,364,403‌

Capital

Markets

—

20

.3

%

186,582‌

Ameriprise

Financial,

Inc.

............

79,705,965‌

1,078,697‌

Charles

Schwab

Corp.

(The)

..........

79,489,182‌

165,080‌

Goldman

Sachs

Group,

Inc.

(The)

......

74,668,986‌

1,162,698‌

Nasdaq,

Inc.

.....................

70,064,181‌

545,930‌

Raymond

James

Financial,

Inc.

........

67,482,407‌

371,410,721‌

Containers

&

Packaging

—

4

.5

%

377,345‌

Avery

Dennison

Corp.

..............

82,506,484‌

Food

Products

—

4

.2

%

417,382‌

Hershey

Co.

(The)

.................

76,727,333‌

Health

Care

Equipment

&

Supplies

—

1

.6

%

288,714‌

Abbott

Laboratories

................

30,000,272‌

Health

Care

Providers

&

Services

—

9

.3

%

172,983‌

Elevance

Health,

Inc.

...............

93,732,568‌

150,996‌

UnitedHealth

Group,

Inc.

............

76,896,223‌

170,628,791‌

Insurance

—

8

.1

%

695,079‌

Aflac,

Inc.

.......................

62,077,505‌

207,365‌

Marsh

&

McLennan

Cos.,

Inc.

........

43,695,953‌

610,346‌

MetLife,

Inc.

.....................

42,840,186‌

148,613,644‌

IT

Services

—

0

.5

%

33,227‌

Accenture

PLC

,

Class

A

.............

10,081,404‌

Oil,

Gas

&

Consumable

Fuels

—

1

.6

%

193,054‌

Valero

Energy

Corp.

................

30,263,145‌

Pharmaceuticals

—

3

.1

%

216,386‌

Johnson

&

Johnson

................

31,626,978‌

203,737‌

Merck

&

Co.,

Inc.

.................

25,222,641‌

56,849,619‌

Professional

Services

—

7

.0

%

289,244‌

Automatic

Data

Processing,

Inc.

.......

69,039,650‌

379,752‌

Booz

Allen

Hamilton

Holding

Corp.

....

58,443,833‌

127,483,483‌

Semiconductors

&

Semiconductor

Equipment

—

8

.8

%

379,498‌

Analog

Devices,

Inc.

...............

86,624,213‌

806,773‌

Microchip

Technology,

Inc.

...........

73,819,730‌

160,443,943‌

Shares

Fair

Value

COMMON

STOCKS

—

(continued)

Software

—

6

.1

%

251,158‌

Microsoft

Corp.

...................

$

112,255,068‌

Specialized

REITs

—

2

.5

%

1,032,675‌

CubeSmart

......................

46,645,930‌

Specialty

Retail

—

3

.3

%

173,800‌

Home

Depot,

Inc.

(The)

.............

59,828,912‌

Textiles,

Apparel

&

Luxury

Goods

—

1

.4

%

347,233‌

NIKE,

Inc.

,

Class

B

................

26,170,951‌

Tobacco

—

3

.2

%

1,292,245‌

Altria

Group,

Inc.

..................

58,861,760‌

Trading

Companies

&

Distributors

—

4

.2

%

395,143‌

Ferguson

PLC

....................

76,519,442‌

Total

Common

Stocks

(Cost

$

1,208,020,380

)

.............

1,799,101,447‌

MONEY

MARKET

FUND

—

1

.9

%

33,976,114‌

Federated

Treasury

Obligations

Fund

,

Institutional

Shares

,

5.17

%

(a)

.......

33,976,114‌

Total

Money

Market

Fund

(Cost

$

33,976,114

)

...............

33,976,114‌

Total

Investments

—

100

.0

%

(Cost

$

1,241,996,494

)

..........................

1,833,077,561‌

Net

Other

Assets

(Liabilities)

—

0

.0

%

...............

(

327,333‌

)

NET

ASSETS

—

100.0%

.......................

$

1,832,750,228‌

(a)

Represents

the

current

yield

as

of

report

date.

2

Sterling

Capital

Funds

Notes

to

Schedule

of

Portfolio

Investments

-

Sterling

Capital

Equity

Income

Fund

June

30,

2024

(Unaudited)

1.

Organization:

Sterling

Capital

Funds

(the

“Trust”)

commenced

operations

on

October

5,

1992

and

is

registered

under

the

Investment

Company

Act

of

1940,

as

amended

(“the

1940

Act”),

as

an

open-end

investment

company

established

as

a

Massachusetts

business

trust.

The

Trust

offers

shares

of

Sterling

Capital

Equity

Income

Fund

(referred

to

as

a

“Fund”).

The

Fund

is

a

“diversified”

fund

as

defined

in

the

1940

Act.

2.

Significant

Accounting

Policies:

The

Fund

is

an

investment

company

and

accordingly

follows

the

investment

company

accounting

and

reporting

guidance

of

the

Financial

Accounting

Standards

Board

(“FASB”)

Accounting

Standard

Codification

Topic

946

Financial

Services-

Investment

Companies.

The

following

is

a

summary

of

significant

accounting

policies

followed

by

the

Fund.

The

policies

are

in

conformity

with

United

States

generally

accepted

accounting

principles

(“U.S.

GAAP”).

The

preparation

of

this

schedule

requires

management

to

make

estimates

and

assumptions

that

affect

the

reported

amounts

of

assets

and

liabilities

and

disclosure

of

contingent

assets

and

liabilities

at

the

date

of

the

schedule

and

the

reported

amount

of

income

and

expense

for

the

reporting

period.

Actual

result

could

differ

from

those

estimates.

Securities

Valuation

—

Investments

of

the

Fund

in

securities

traded

on

a

national

securities

exchange

or

in

the

over-the-

counter

market

are

valued

at

the

closing

price

on

the

principal

exchange

or

market

(including

the

NASDAQ

Closing

Price

for

securities

traded

on

NASDAQ),

typically

4:00

PM

ET

or,

absent

such

a

price,

by

reference

to

the

latest

available

bid

prices

in

the

principal

market

in

which

such

securities

are

normally

traded.

The

Fund

may

also

use

an

independent

pricing

service

approved

by

the

Board

of

Trustees

(the

“Board”)

to

value

certain

securities,

including

the

use

of

electronic

and

matrix

techniques.

Investments

in

open-end

investment

companies

are

valued

at

their

respective

net

asset

values

as

reported

by

such

companies.

Investments

in

closed-end

investment

companies

and

exchange-traded

funds

are

valued

at

their

market

values

based

upon

the

latest

available

sale

price

or,

absent

such

a

price,

by

reference

to

the

latest

available

bid

prices

in

the

principal

market

in

which

such

securities

are

normally

traded.

The

differences

between

cost

and

fair

value

of

investments

are

reflected

as

either

unrealized

appreciation

or

depreciation.

Securities

for

which

market

quotations

are

not

readily

available

or

deemed

unreliable

(e.g.,

an

approved

pricing

service

does

not

provide

a

price,

a

furnished

price

is

in

error,

certain

stale

prices,

or

an

event

occurs

that

materially

affects

the

furnished

price)

will

be

fair

valued

in

accordance

with

procedures

established

in

good

faith

under

the

general

supervision

of

the

Board.

Fair

Value

Measurements

—

The

objective

of

a

fair

value

measurement

is

to

determine

the

price

that

would

be

received

to

sell

an

asset

or

paid

to

transfer

a

liability

in

an

orderly

transaction

between

market

participants

at

the

measurement

date

(an

exit

price).

Accordingly,

the

fair

value

hierarchy

gives

the

highest

priority

to

quoted

prices

(unadjusted)

in

active

markets

for

identical

assets

or

liabilities

(Level

1)

and

the

lowest

priority

to

unobservable

inputs

(Level

3).

The

three

levels

of

the

fair

value

hierarchy

are

described

as

follows:

Level

1

–

quoted

prices

in

active

markets

for

identical

securities

Level

2

–

based

on

other

significant

observable

inputs

(including

quoted

prices

for

similar

securities,

interest

rates,

prepayment

speeds,

credit

risk,

etc.)

Level

3

–

based

on

significant

unobservable

inputs

(including

a

Fund’s

own

assumptions

in

determining

the

fair

value

of

investments)

The

inputs

or

methodology

used

for

valuing

securities

are

not

necessarily

an

indication

of

the

risk

associated

with

investing

in

those

securities.

During

the

period

ended

June

30,

2024

,

there

were

no

significant

changes

to

the

valuation

policies

and

procedures.

3

Sterling

Capital

Funds

Notes

to

Schedule

of

Portfolio

Investments

-

Sterling

Capital

Equity

Income

Fund

—

(continued)

June

30,

2024

(Unaudited)

The

summary

of

inputs

used

to

determine

the

fair

value

of

the

Fund’s

investments

as

of

June

30,

2024

is

as

follows:

Cash

and

Cash

Equivalents

—

The

Fund

considers

liquid

assets

deposited

with

a

bank,

and

certain

short

term

debt

instruments

with

original

maturities

of

three

months

or

less

to

be

cash

equivalents.

These

investments

represent

amounts

held

with

financial

institutions

that

are

readily

accessible

to

pay

Fund

expenses

or

investments.

The

Fund

may

invest

its

excess

cash

in

the

Federated

Treasury

Obligations

Fund

or

a

similar

money

market

fund

or

other

short-term

investment.

Forward

Foreign

Currency

Exchange

Contracts

—

The

Fund

may

enter

into

forward

foreign

currency

exchange

contracts

(foreign

currency

exchange

risk)

in

connection

with

planned

purchases

or

sales

of

securities

or

to

hedge

the

U.S.

dollar

value

of

Funds

securities

denominated

in

a

particular

currency.

A

foreign

currency

exchange

contract

is

an

agreement

between

two

parties

to

buy

and

sell

a

currency

at

a

set

exchange

rate

on

a

future

date.

The

Fund

can

be

exposed

to

risks

if

the

counterparties

to

the

contracts

are

unable

to

meet

the

terms

of

their

contracts

and

from

unanticipated

movements

in

the

value

of

a

foreign

currency

relative

to

the

U.S.

dollar.

In

the

event

of

default

by

the

counterparty

to

the

transaction,

the

Fund’s

maximum

amount

of

loss,

as

either

the

buyer

or

seller,

is

the

unrealized

gain

of

the

contract.

The

forward

foreign

currency

exchange

contracts

are

adjusted

by

the

daily

exchange

rate

of

the

underlying

currency

and

any

gains

or

losses

are

recorded

for

purposes

of

this

schedule

as

unrealized

gains

or

losses

until

the

contract

settlement

date.

When

the

contract

is

closed,

the

Fund

records

a

realized

gain

(loss)

equal

to

the

difference

between

the

value

at

the

time

it

was

opened

and

the

value

at

the

time

it

was

closed.

Mortgage

Dollar

Rolls

—

The

Fund

may

sell

mortgage-backed

securities

for

delivery

in

the

current

month

and

simultaneously

contract

to

repurchase

substantially

similar

(same

type,

coupon

and

maturity)

securities

on

a

specific

future

date

at

an

agreed-upon

price.

The

market

value

of

the

securities

that

a

Fund

is

required

to

purchase

may

decline

below

the

agreed

upon

repurchase

price

of

those

securities.

Pools

of

mortgages

collateralizing

those

securities

may

have

different

prepayment

histories

than

those

sold.

During

the

period

between

the

sale

and

repurchase,

a

Fund

will

not

be

entitled

to

receive

interest

and

principal

payments

on

the

securities

sold.

Proceeds

of

the

sale

will

be

invested

in

additional

instruments

for

a

Fund,

and

the

income

from

these

investments

will

generate

income

for

a

Fund.

If

such

income

does

not

exceed

the

income,

capital

appreciation

and

gain

or

loss

that

would

have

been

realized

on

the

securities

sold

as

part

of

the

dollar

roll,

the

use

of

this

technique

will

diminish

the

investment

performance

of

a

Fund

compared

with

what

the

performance

would

have

been

without

the

use

of

dollar

rolls.

The

Fund

accounts

for

mortgage

dollar

roll

transactions

as

purchases

and

sales.

The

Fund

did

not

hold

any

mortgage

dollar

rolls

during

the

period.

Options

Contracts

—

The

Fund

writes

(sells)

“covered”

call

options

on

securities

and

purchase

options

on

securities

to

close

out

options

previously

written

by

them.

In

writing

an

option,

a

Fund

contracts

with

a

specified

counterparty

to

purchase

(put

option

written)

or

sell

(call

option

written)

a

specified

quantity

(notional

amount)

of

an

underlying

asset

at

a

specified

price

during

a

specified

period

upon

demand

of

the

counterparty.

The

risk

associated

with

writing

an

option

is

that

the

Fund

bears

the

market

risk

of

an

unfavorable

change

in

the

price

of

an

underlying

asset

and

are

required

to

buy

or

sell

an

underlying

asset

under

the

contractual

terms

of

the

option

at

a

price

different

from

the

current

value.

The

Fund

executes

transactions

in

both

listed

and

over-the-counter

options.

When

purchasing

over-the-counter

options,

a

Fund

bears

the

risk

of

economic

loss

from

counterparty

default,

equal

to

the

market

value

of

the

option.

Listed

options

involve

minimal

counterparty

risk

since

the

listed

options

are

guaranteed

against

default

by

the

exchange

on

which

they

trade.

Transactions

in

over-the-counter

options

expose

the

Funds

to

the

risk

of

default

by

the

counterparty

to

the

transaction.

In

the

event

of

default

by

the

counterparty

to

the

over-the-counter

transaction,

the

Fund’s

maximum

amount

of

loss

is

the

premium

paid

(as

the

purchaser)

or

the

unrealized

depreciation

of

the

contract

(as

the

writer).

Level

1-

Quoted

Prices

Level

2-

Other

Significant

Observable

Inputs

Level

3-

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

Total

Assets:

Investments

in

Securities

Sterling

Capital

Equity

Income

Fund

..................

$

1,833,077,561

(a)

$

—

$

—

$

1,833,077,561

(a)

Industries,

countries

or

security

types

are

disclosed

in

the

Schedule

of

Portfolio

Investments.

4

Sterling

Capital

Funds

Notes

to

Schedule

of

Portfolio

Investments

-

Sterling

Capital

Equity

Income

Fund

—

(continued)

June

30,

2024

(Unaudited)

The

Fund

invested

in

written

options

to

economically

hedge

the

downside

exposure

by

collecting

a

premium

when

sold

against

the

equity

holding.

Risks

Associated

with

Foreign

Securities

and

Currencies

—

Investments

in

securities

of

foreign

issuers

carry

certain

risks

not

ordinarily

associated

with

investments

in

securities

of

domestic

issuers.

Such

risks

include

future

political

and

economic

developments

and

the

possible

imposition

of

exchange

controls

or

other

foreign

governmental

laws

and

restrictions.

In

addition,

with

respect

to

certain

countries,

there

is

the

possibility

of

expropriation

of

assets,

confiscatory

taxation,

political

or

social

instability

or

diplomatic

developments

which

could

adversely

affect

investments

in

those

countries.

Certain

foreign

investments

may

also

be

subject

to

foreign

withholding

taxes.

When-Issued

and

Forward

Commitments

—

The

Fund

may

purchase

securities

on

a

“when-issued”

basis.

The

Fund

may

also

purchase

or

sell

securities

on

a

forward

commitment

basis.

The

Fund

records

when-issued

securities

on

the

trade

date

and

pledge

assets

with

a

value

at

least

equal

to

the

purchase

commitment

for

payment

of

the

securities

purchased.

The

value

of

the

securities

underlying

when-issued

or

forward

commitments

to

purchase

securities,

and

any

subsequent

fluctuation

in

their

value,

is

taken

into

account

when

determining

the

net

asset

value

of

the

Fund

commencing

with

the

date

the

Fund

agrees

to

purchase

the

securities.

The

Fund

does

not

accrue

interest

or

dividends

on

“when-issued”

securities

until

the

underlying

securities

are

received.