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UNITED STATES

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Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-08282

 

 

Loomis Sayles Funds I

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

888 Boylston Street, Suite 800 Boston, Massachusetts 02199-8197

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Natalie Wagner, Esq.

Natixis Distribution, LLC

888 Boylston Street, Suite 800

Boston, Massachusetts 02199-8197

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 449-2810

Date of fiscal year end: September 30

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2021

 

 

 


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

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


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Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund

Loomis Sayles Inflation Protected Securities Fund

Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund

Annual Report

September 30, 2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS  
Portfolio Review     1  
Portfolio of Investments     19  
Financial Statements     55  
Notes to Financial Statements     66  

 


LOOMIS SAYLES FIXED INCOME FUND

 

Managers   Symbol   
Matthew J. Eagan, CFA®   Institutional Class    LSFIX
Brian P. Kennedy     
Elaine M. Stokes     

 

 

Investment Objective

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

 

 

 

Market Conditions

The bond market experienced mixed returns over the past 12 months ended September 30, 2021 as investors reacted to the combination of improving economic growth, rising inflation and the increasing likelihood that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and other central banks will need to begin tightening monetary policy in the coming year.

Following the approval and rollout of multiple vaccines for Covid-19 in late 2020 and early 2021, business conditions gradually returned to normal. Economic growth surged as a result, allaying fears that the virus would lead to a protracted slowdown. The reopening of the economy, while fueling impressive headline GDP growth, was accompanied by rising commodity prices, disruptions in the global supply chain and a sharp increase in inflation. Although the Fed initially described the rise in inflation as a “transitory” phenomenon, the persistence of price pressures through the summer and early autumn led to a gradual shift in the outlook. In September, Fed Chair Jerome Powell stated that the central bank was likely to announce a tapering of its stimulative quantitative easing (QE) program before the end of 2021. In addition, the markets began to price in a significant likelihood that the Fed will enact its first rate hike in late 2022. Together, these factors dampened returns across the fixed income market.

US Treasuries underperformed the broad fixed income market as risk appetite drastically improved over the past year. Mounting concerns over inflation and Fed policy also played a role in the rise in yields. While the prices of short-term government debt were relatively stable, longer-maturity bonds declined sharply. The yield on the 10-year note rose from 0.69% on September 30, 2020 to 1.52% on the final day of the period, and the 30-year bond moved from 1.46% to 2.08%. (Prices and yields move in opposite directions.)

Despite the weakness in US Treasuries, investment grade corporates registered a solid gain for the 12-month period. As growth accelerated and the credit outlook improved, investors sought opportunities in higher-yielding segments of the market. Corporate yield spreads over Treasuries fell sharply as a result, leading to positive relative performance.

Investors’ increased appetite for risk translated to a strong, double-digit gain for high yield corporates. The category tends to have lower interest-rate sensitivity than investment grade bonds, a key tailwind at a time in which concern about Fed policy was the key factor driving market performance. High yield further benefited from the combination of favorable credit conditions, robust gains for equities and an impressive rally in oil prices. Leveraged loans, which typically offer yields that adjust upward with prevailing interest rates, also outperformed.

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended September 30, 2021, Institutional Class shares of the Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund returned 9.08% at net asset value. The Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index, which returned -1.13%.

Explanation of Fund Performance

Though the Covid-19 global pandemic continued to shape the events of this past year, markets advanced on the back of optimism surrounding vaccine rollouts and economic reopenings. Security selection was the primary source of outperformance for the Fund, particularly within high yield corporate credit. Relative return in this sector was aided by transportation, basic industry, and consumer cyclical holdings. The Fund’s allocations to equity and convertible securities were positive contributors as stock markets posted strong gains and reached new highs during the period. Exposure to selected technology names was beneficial for performance in both sectors, and, in addition, equities were also boosted by consumer non-cyclical and banking names.

Duration positioning in US Treasuries was the main detractor from performance. The Fund began the fourth quarter of 2020 with notably longer duration relative to the benchmark within US Treasuries. This longer duration stance was decreased in subsequent months using Treasury futures as part of a larger effort to decrease the Fund’s overall duration positioning.

Outlook

While our fundamental economic outlook remains positive, the world appears less synchronized than we expected at this point in the recovery. Leading indicators remain strong, financial conditions appear easy and monetary/fiscal policies continue to be a tailwind to economic activity. This macroeconomic backdrop, coupled with strong credit fundamentals, appears positive for risk assets. However, we are mindful of the risks inherent to our outlook, such as the lingering impact of the Covid-19 Delta variant, slowing Chinese growth (and

 

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deleveraging within its property sector) and ongoing global supply chain disruptions that could lead to a bumpier, if still solid, global growth environment.

Under our base case of a gradual economic expansion, we anticipate a slow rise in interest rates as the Fed likely initiates a taper of QE purchases later this year and into 2022. While the most recent Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement sent a strong signal that we are approaching the end of the road on QE, the Fed has stated its belief that inflation has been boosted by transitory factors, which will presumably fade over time. We believe supply disruptions should work out over time and energy prices could ease in 2022, which would support the Fed’s view. While we expect rate lift-off in 2023, the Fed may find it necessary to delay hiking if growth is weaker or accelerate hiking if inflation is persistently higher than expected. Adding to the uncertainty of the timing and magnitude of the Fed’s taper and rate lift-off includes the early retirement of two Fed presidents over their 2020 trading activities, which adds risk to Fed Chair Powell’s renomination and the future composition of the FOMC. Given our views, we remain defensive on interest rates and positioned shorter than broad market benchmarks from a duration perspective.

In our view, we remain fully embedded in the expansion phase of the credit cycle1 with credit fundamentals, technical factors and default expectations continuing to appear attractive. We remain “pro risk” on credit for higher carry and potential outperformance of our best ideas. In this environment, we continue to focus on issue selection, which drives our investment process. Specifically, we are seeking out “rising star” candidates that possess strong balance sheets and catalysts to help drive upgrades. We believe accommodative global monetary policies coupled with the tailwind of fiscal support could drive a wave of credit upgrades going forward. From a sector perspective, we are targeting those that have strong carry, less interest rate sensitivity and positive convexity (i.e., a favorable risk/reward profile in a changing rate environment). As such, we currently favor high yield corporates and convertible securities along with securitized debt, which can provide diversification away from pure corporate risk, relatively attractive yield potential and shorter duration profiles.

During the third quarter of 2021, credit markets were generally resilient to macroeconomic events, including Fed taper talk and concerns over Chinese growth and property sector challenges, suggesting to us that there could be a strong demand for yield. We suspect this dynamic will likely hold going forward given our outlook for downgrades, defaults and losses to trend notably below long-term averages. However, we recognize current elevated valuations and tight credit spreads, and have built flexibility into our portfolios in an effort to take advantage of opportunities that may arise as a result of short-term disruptions.

 

1    A credit cycle is a cyclical pattern that follows credit availability and corporate health.

 

 

Hypothetical Growth of $3,000,000 Investment in Institutional Class Shares

September 30, 2011 through September 30, 20212

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES FIXED INCOME FUND

 

Average Annual Total Returns — September 30, 20212

 

         
                           Expense Ratios3  
      1 Year      5 Years      10 Years      Gross      Net  
     
Institutional Class (Inception 1/17/95)      9.08      5.06      5.88      0.58      0.58
   
Comparative Performance                 
Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index1      -1.13        3.24        3.24                    

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

 

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 limitations set to expire on 1/31/22. When a Fund’s expenses are below the limitation, 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 limitations.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES GLOBAL BOND FUND

 

Managers   Symbols   
David W. Rolley, CFA®   Institutional Class    LSGBX
Lynda L. Schweitzer, CFA®   Retail Class    LSGLX
Scott M. Service, CFA®   Class N    LSGNX

 

 

Investment Objective

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

 

 

Market Conditions

In the fourth quarter of 2020, investor risk sentiment was underpinned by the positive developments on a coronavirus vaccine and the continuance of coordinated accommodative monetary policy by the world’s major central banks. The first quarter of 2021 saw the global bond market endure its worst start to a year since 2015 as the first several weeks of spread tightening gave way to spread widening in the latter half of the quarter on higher real yields and inflation expectations.

US Treasury yields fell during the second quarter despite a marked increase in headline inflation, continued strong consumer demand, and sizeable fiscal support. Strong overseas demand played a key role in pushing US rates lower as Eurozone and Japanese investors sought the more attractive value of hedged US yields compared to negligible local nominal yields.

During the third quarter of 2021, the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant around the globe delayed the prospects for synchronized global growth. Despite rising vaccination rates, the US and Southeast Asia saw mobility and consumer confidence decline and growth slow. In contrast, economies where the spread of the virus has been contained or where tolerance for infections has risen, the pace of activity remained strong.

In the US, a wide variety of inflation measures – Producer Price Index, Consumer Price Index, and Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index (the Fed’s preferred inflation barometer) – increased well above the central bank’s target of 2% per annum. Central banks in Norway and South Korea hiked rates while central banks in Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, and the UK began to reduce asset purchases. Following its September policy meeting, the Fed moved up its timeline for tapering its asset purchases (to begin in late 2021).

Performance Review

For the 12 months ended September 30, 2021, Institutional Class shares of the Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund returned 0.91%. The Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond Index, which returned -0.91%.

Explanation of Fund Performance

The Fund realized a positive absolute return during the 12-month period as global central bank support and continued vaccine progress worldwide resulted in a tightening of corporate bond spreads (the incremental yield provided relative to Treasuries). The Fund’s allocation to BBB- and BB-rated corporate issuers was beneficial as corporate earnings remained positive throughout the period despite the increase in Delta variant cases worldwide.

Security selection in the banking sector added value throughout the period with favored European banks among the top credit picks as earnings strongly rebounded during the period while issuers also maintained strong balance sheets and high asset quality. The allocation to the communications sector was also a leading contributor due to the continued demand for wireless internet connectivity and data.

Security selection was also positive within the capital goods and consumer non-cyclical sectors. Within the latter, food & beverage and healthcare issues highlighted performance contributions. Demand for packaged foods and beverages remained elevated as many consumers stayed home and purchased in bulk. Issuers such as Anheuser-Busch InBev benefited from the re-opening of bars, restaurants and venues as consumers return to dining and entertainment.

The Fund’s stance with respect to duration and corresponding interest rate sensitivity contributed positively to relative performance during the period, as did positioning along the yield curve (which depicts the relationship among bond yields across the maturity spectrum). In particular, the underweight to duration in the long end of the euro curve proved additive as yields marched higher on the back of a quicker-than-expected euro zone economic recovery.

Although duration and yield curve positioning were positive for relative performance overall, the targeted allocation to duration in the Brazilian real and underweight to United States dollar pay markets detracted for the period. In particular, the duration underweight in the intermediate and long end of the United States dollar curve was a moderate drag on performance.

Currency allocation had a muted effect on performance during the period. While the overweight allocation to the Mexican peso and overweight allocation to the Czech koruna proved beneficial, the underweight allocation to the euro and allocations to select emerging market currencies such as the South Korean won detracted for the period. The majority of emerging market currencies broadly weakened against the dollar.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES GLOBAL BOND FUND

 

Targeted allocations to local authorities, global treasuries and sovereign sectors also weighed on performance during the period.

Currency and yield curve markets experienced slightly higher levels of volatility in the period and this resulted in derivatives driving a higher-than-typical level of total return. Although in line with the returns posted by the underlying cash bond markets, the Fund’s use of forward foreign currency contracts in managing relative exposures decreased the derivative contributions to total return.

Outlook

Covid-19 remains a downside risk to our outlook. While vaccination rates are up in many countries and the economic impact of mobility restrictions has lessened, we are not in the clear yet. As the Delta variant has shown – especially in Southeast Asia – Covid-19 variants can still have a measurable and even severe impact on economic activity. Higher vaccination rates, particularly in lower-income countries, should help reduce this risk.

The trajectory of China’s economy is also a material risk to our outlook. Given China’s position as the leading contributor to global growth, a slowdown in the Chinese economy could potentially have significant implications on the global economy. Due to the easing bias of policymakers, we do not expect a hard landing, but we don’t anticipate significant upside to growth either. Consumption is likely to be the key growth driver in the near term. However, retail sales and services are unlikely to return to pre-pandemic levels until Q2 2022.

Most major developed market government bonds are expensive, and we think yields are likely to see some upside pressure as the cyclical upturn progresses gradually, output gaps compress, and central banks look to move towards policy normalization. Although investment grade credit spreads look fair to slightly rich, we still like the yield advantage they offer. The fundamental backdrop underpinned by solid corporate profit growth and the technical backdrop remain supportive.

 

 

Hypothetical Growth of $100,000 Investment in Institutional Class Shares

September 30, 2011 through September 30, 20212

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — September 30, 20212

 

           
                      

Life of
Class N

 

    Expense Ratios3  
     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     Gross     Net  
     
Institutional Class (Inception 5/10/91)     0.91     2.85     2.67         0.76     0.69
     
Retail Class (Inception 12/31/96)     0.67       2.61       2.43             1.01       0.94  
     
Class N (Inception 2/1/13)     0.95       2.92             2.12       0.66       0.64  
   
Comparative Performance              
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond Index1     -0.91       1.99       1.86       1.74                  

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    Bloomberg 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 US Aggregate, the Pan-European Aggregate, and the AsianPacific Aggregate Indices. The Index also includes Eurodollar and Euro-Yen corporate bonds, Canadian government, agency and corporate securities, and USD investment grade 144A securities.

 

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 limitations set to expire on 1/31/22. When a Fund’s expenses are below the limitation, 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 limitations.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES FUND

 

Managers   Symbols   
Elaine Kan, CFA®   Institutional Class    LSGSX
Kevin P. Kearns   Retail Class    LIPRX
  Class N    LIPNX

 

 

Investment Objective

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

 

 

 

Market Conditions

The bond market experienced mixed returns over the period, as investors reacted to the combination of improving economic growth, rising inflation and the increasing likelihood that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and other central banks will need to begin tightening monetary policy in the coming year.

Following the approval and rollout of multiple vaccines for Covid-19 in late 2020 and early 2021, business conditions gradually returned to normal. Economic growth surged as a result, allaying fears that the virus would lead to a protracted slowdown. The reopening of the economy, while fueling impressive headline GDP growth, was accompanied by rising commodity prices, disruptions in the global supply chain and a sharp increase in inflation. Although the Fed initially described the rise in inflation as a “transitory” phenomenon, the persistence of price pressures through the summer and early autumn led to a gradual shift in the outlook. In September, Fed Chair Jerome Powell stated that the central bank was likely to announce a tapering of its stimulative quantitative easing (QE) program before the end of 2021. In addition, the markets began to price in a significant likelihood that the Fed will enact its first rate hike in late 2022. Together, these factors dampened returns across the fixed income market.

US Treasuries underperformed the broad fixed income market as risk appetite drastically improved over the past year. Mounting concerns over inflation and Fed policy also played a role in the rise in yields. While the prices of short-term government debt were relatively stable, longer-maturity bonds declined sharply. The yield on the 10-year note rose from 0.69% on September 30, 2020 to 1.52% on the final day of the period, and the 30-year bond moved from 1.46% to 2.08%. (Prices and yields move in opposite directions.)

Despite the weakness in US Treasuries, investment-grade corporates registered a solid gain for the 12-month period. As growth accelerated and the credit outlook improved, investors sought opportunities in higher-yielding segments of the market. Corporates’ yield spreads over Treasuries fell sharply as a result, leading to positive relative performance.

Investors’ increased appetite for risk translated to a strong, double-digit gain for high yield corporates. The category tends to have lower interest rate sensitivity than investment grade bonds, a key tailwind at a time in which concern about Fed policy was the key factor driving market performance. High yield further benefited from the combination of favorable credit conditions, robust gains for equities and an impressive rally in oil prices. Leveraged loans, which typically offer yields that adjust upward with prevailing interest rates, also outperformed.

Securitized assets – including mortgage-backed securities (MBS), asset-backed securities (ABS) and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) – produced marginally negative total returns as a group but outpaced the US Treasury market. The category’s underlying fundamentals remained firm, however, with continued strength in both real estate prices and consumer credit. ABS and CMBS posted positive total returns, but MBS experienced small negative total returns due in part to its higher interest rate sensitivity.

Emerging market bonds, while experiencing bouts of volatility, nonetheless finished comfortably ahead of domestic investment grade debt. Although investors remained on edge due to persistently negative headlines out of China during the second half of the period, the asset class benefited from its above-average yield and the broader strength in higher-risk assets.

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended September 30, 2021, Institutional Class shares of the Loomis Sayles Inflation Protected Securities Fund returned 5.33%. The fund outperformed its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Index (Series-L), which returned 5.19%.

Explanation of Fund Performance

Security selection within the Fund’s core US Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) allocation boosted performance relative to the benchmark over the period. With respect to the Fund’s off-benchmark allocation to investment grade corporate bonds, exposure to the industrials and financials sectors proved additive. Exposure to below investment grade, high yield corporate credit also generated positive results. Finally, Treasury futures designed to benefit from any widening of the spread between yields for nominal Treasuries and TIPS benefitted performance as inflation expectations rose.

 

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On the downside, security selection within industrials acted as a constraint on relative performance over the period. A small position in convertible securities also limited performance for the period. Finally, exposure to longer maturities within corporate bonds weighed on performance.

Outlook

While our fundamental economic outlook remains positive, the world appears less synchronized than we expected at this point in the recovery. Leading indicators remain strong, financial conditions appear easy and monetary/fiscal policies continue to be a tailwind to economic activity. This macroeconomic backdrop, coupled with strong credit fundamentals, appears positive for risk assets. However, we are mindful of the risks inherent to our outlook, such as the lingering impact of the Covid-19 Delta variant, slowing Chinese growth (and deleveraging within its property sector) and ongoing global supply chain disruptions that could lead to a bumpier, if still solid, global growth environment.

Under our base case of a gradual economic expansion, we anticipate a slow rise in interest rates as the Fed likely initiates a taper of QE purchases later this year and into 2022. While the most recent Fed Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement sent a strong signal that we are approaching the end of the road on QE, the Fed has stated their belief that inflation has been boosted by transitory factors which will presumably fade over time. We believe supply disruptions should work out over time and energy prices could ease in 2022, which would support the Fed’s view. While we expect rate lift-off in 2023, the Fed may find it necessary to delay hiking if growth is weaker or accelerate hiking if inflation is persistently higher than expected. Adding to the uncertainty of the timing and magnitude of the Fed’s taper and rate lift-off includes the early retirement of two Fed presidents over their 2020 trading activities, which adds risk to Fed Chair Powell’s renomination and the future composition of the FOMC. Given our views, we remain defensive on interest rates and positioned shorter than broad market benchmarks from the perspective of duration and corresponding interest rate sensitivity.

In our view we remain fully embedded in the expansion phase of the credit cycle1 with credit fundamentals, technical factors and default expectations continuing to appear attractive. We remain “pro risk” on credit for higher carry and potential outperformance of our best ideas. In this environment, we continue to focus on issue selection, which drives our investment process. Specifically, we are seeking out “rising star” candidates that possess strong balance sheets and catalysts to help drive upgrades. We believe accommodative global monetary policies coupled with the tailwind of fiscal support could drive a wave of credit upgrades going forward. From a sector perspective, we are targeting those that have strong carry, less interest rate sensitivity and positive convexity (i.e. a favorable risk/reward profile in a changing rate environment). As such, we currently favor high yield corporates and convertible securities along with securitized debt, which can provide diversification away from pure corporate risk, relatively attractive yield potential and shorter duration profiles.

During the quarter ended September 30, 2021, credit markets were generally resilient to macroeconomic events, including Fed taper talk and concerns over Chinese growth and property sector challenges, suggesting to us that there could be a strong demand for yield. We suspect this dynamic will likely hold going forward given our outlook for downgrades, defaults and losses to trend notably below long-term averages. However, we are cognizant of current elevated valuations and tight credit spreads, and we have built flexibility into the portfolio in order to be able to take advantage of opportunities that may arise as a result of short-term disruptions.

 

1    A credit cycle is a cyclical pattern that follows credit availability and corporate health.

 

 

Hypothetical Growth of $100,000 Investment in Institutional Class Shares

September 30, 2011 through September 30, 20212

 

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See notes to charts on page 9.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES FUND

 

Average Annual Total Returns — September 30, 20212

 

           
                      

Life of
Class N

 

    Expense Ratios3  
     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     Gross     Net  
     
Institutional Class (Inception 5/20/91)     5.33     4.78     3.15         0.70     0.40
     
Retail Class (Inception 5/28/10)     5.04       4.55       2.88             0.95       0.65  
     
Class N (Inception 2/1/17)     5.37                   5.59       0.68       0.35  
   
Comparative Performance              
Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Index (Series L)1     5.19       4.34       3.12       5.02                  

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 Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Index (Series L) covers the most liquid portion of the global investment grade fixed-rate bond market, including government, credit and collateralized securities. The liquidity constraint for all securities in the index is $300 million.

 

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 limitations set to expire on 1/31/22. When a Fund’s expenses are below the limitation, 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 limitations.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES INSTITUTIONAL HIGH INCOME FUND

 

Managers   Symbol   
Brian P. Kennedy   Institutional Class    LSHIX
Matthew J. Eagan, CFA®     
Elaine M. Stokes     
Todd P. Vandam, CFA®     

 

 

Investment Objective

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

 

 

 

Market Conditions

The bond market experienced mixed returns over the past 12 months ended September 30, 2021, as investors reacted to the combination of improving economic growth, rising inflation and the increasing likelihood that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and other central banks will need to begin tightening monetary policy in the coming year.

Following the approval and rollout of multiple vaccines for Covid-19 in late 2020 and early 2021, business conditions gradually returned to normal. Economic growth surged as a result, allaying fears that the virus would lead to a protracted slowdown. The reopening of the economy, while fueling impressive headline GDP growth, was accompanied by rising commodity prices, disruptions in the global supply chain and a sharp increase in inflation. Although the Fed initially described the rise in inflation as a “transitory” phenomenon, the persistence of price pressures through the summer and early autumn led to a gradual shift in the outlook. In September, Fed Chair Jerome Powell stated that the central bank was likely to announce a tapering of its stimulative quantitative easing (QE) program before the end of 2021. In addition, the markets began to price in a significant likelihood that the Fed will enact its first rate hike in late 2022. Together, these factors dampened returns across the fixed income market.

Investors’ increased appetite for risk translated to a strong, double-digit gain for high yield corporates. The category tends to have lower interest rate sensitivity than investment grade bonds, a key tailwind at a time in which concern about Fed policy was the key factor driving market performance. High yield further benefited from the combination of favorable credit conditions, robust gains for equities and an impressive rally in oil prices. Leveraged loans, which typically offer yields that adjust upward with prevailing interest rates, also outperformed.

Despite the weakness in US Treasuries, investment-grade corporates registered a solid gain for the 12-month period. As growth accelerated and the credit outlook improved, investors sought opportunities in higher-yielding segments of the market. Corporate yield spreads over Treasuries fell sharply as a result, leading to positive relative performance.

US Treasuries underperformed the broad fixed income market as risk appetite drastically improved over the past year. Mounting concerns over inflation and Fed policy also played a role in the rise in yields. While the prices of short-term government debt were relatively stable, longer-maturity bonds declined sharply. The yield on the 10-year note rose from 0.69% on September 30, 2020 to 1.52% on the final day of the period, and the 30-year bond moved from 1.46% to 2.08%. (Prices and yields move in opposite directions.)

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended September 30, 2021, Institutional Class shares of the Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund returned 15.16% at net asset value. The Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High-Yield Bond Index, which returned 11.28%.

Explanation of Fund Performance

Though the Covid-19 global pandemic continued to shape the events of this past year, markets advanced on the back of optimism surrounding vaccine rollouts and economic reopenings. Security selection within high yield corporate credit was the primary source of outperformance for the Fund. Relative return in this sector was aided by finance company, energy and consumer non-cyclical holdings. The Fund’s allocations to equity and convertible securities were positive contributors as stock markets posted strong gains and reached new highs during the period. Exposure to selected technology names was beneficial for performance in both sectors. Equities were also boosted by consumer cyclical and utility names, and convertibles by communications and energy holdings.

Allocations to defensive, reserve-like positions and US Treasuries detracted from relative return as investors favored riskier asset classes. The majority of the underperformance in these sectors occurred during the fourth quarter of 2020.

Outlook

While our fundamental economic outlook remains positive, the world appears less synchronized than we expected at this point in the recovery. Leading indicators remain strong, financial conditions appear easy and monetary/fiscal policies continue to be a tailwind to economic activity. This macroeconomic backdrop, coupled with strong credit fundamentals, appears positive for risk assets. However, we are

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES INSTITUTIONAL HIGH INCOME FUND

 

mindful of the risks inherent to our outlook, such as the lingering impact of the Covid-19 Delta variant, slowing Chinese growth (and deleveraging within its property sector) and ongoing global supply chain disruptions that could lead to a bumpier, if still solid, global growth environment.

Under our base case of a gradual economic expansion, we anticipate a slow rise in interest rates as the Fed likely initiates a taper of QE purchases later this year and into 2022. While the most recent Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement sent a strong signal that we are approaching the end of the road on QE, the Fed has stated its belief that inflation has been boosted by transitory factors, which will presumably fade over time. We believe supply disruptions should work out over time and energy prices could ease in 2022, which would support the Fed’s view. While we expect rate lift-off in 2023, the Fed may find it necessary to delay hiking if growth is weaker or accelerate hiking if inflation is persistently higher than expected. Adding to the uncertainty of the timing and magnitude of the Fed’s taper and rate lift-off includes the early retirement of two Fed presidents over their 2020 trading activities, which adds risk to Fed Chair Powell’s renomination and the future composition of the FOMC. Given our views, we remain defensive on interest rates and positioned shorter than broad market benchmarks from a duration perspective.

In our view, we remain fully embedded in the expansion phase of the credit cycle1 with credit fundamentals, technical factors and default expectations continuing to appear attractive. We remain “pro risk” on credit for higher carry and potential outperformance of our best ideas. In this environment, we continue to focus on issue selection, which drives our investment process. Specifically, we are seeking out “rising star” candidates that possess strong balance sheets and catalysts to help drive upgrades. We believe accommodative global monetary policies coupled with the tailwind of fiscal support could drive a wave of credit upgrades going forward. From a sector perspective, we are targeting those that have strong carry, less interest rate sensitivity and positive convexity (i.e., a favorable risk/reward profile in a changing rate environment). As such, we currently favor high yield corporates and convertible securities along with securitized debt, which can provide diversification away from pure corporate risk, relatively attractive yield potential and shorter duration profiles.

During the third quarter of 2021, credit markets were generally resilient to macroeconomic events, including Fed taper talk and concerns over Chinese growth and property sector challenges, suggesting to us that there could be a strong demand for yield. We suspect this dynamic will likely hold going forward given our outlook for downgrades, defaults and losses to trend notably below long-term averages. However, we recognize current elevated valuations and tight credit spreads, and have built flexibility into our portfolios in an effort to take advantage of opportunities that may arise as a result of short-term disruptions.

 

1    A credit cycle is a cyclical pattern that follows credit availability and corporate health.

 

 

Hypothetical Growth of $3,000,000 Investment in Institutional Class Shares

September 30, 2011 through September 30, 20212

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — September 30, 20212

 

         
                       Expense Ratios3  
     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     Gross     Net  
     
Institutional Class (Inception 6/5/96)     15.16     5.48     7.29     0.69     0.69
   
Comparative Performance            
Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High-Yield Bond Index1     11.28       6.52       7.42                  

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 Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High-Yield Bond Index covers the universe of fixed rate, non-investment grade debt. Eurobonds and debt issues from countries designated as emerging markets (sovereign rating of Baa1/BBB+/BBB+ and below using the middle of Moody’s, S&P, and Fitch) are excluded, but Canadian and global bonds (SEC registered) of issuers in non-EMG countries are included. Original issue zeroes, step-up coupon structures, 144-As and pay-in-kind bonds (PIKs, as of October 1, 2009) are also included.

 

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 limitations set to expire on 1/31/22. When a Fund’s expenses are below the limitation, 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 limitations.

 

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio managers as of the dates indicated. The managers’ views are subject to change at any time without notice based on changes in market or other conditions. References to specific securities or industries should not be regarded as investment advice. Because the Funds are actively managed, there is no assurance that they will continue to invest in the securities or industries mentioned.

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”) 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 Loomis Sayles Funds file a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. First and third quarter schedules of portfolio holdings are also available at loomissayles.com. A hard copy may be requested from the Fund at no charge by calling 800-633-3330.

CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst® are registered trademarks owned by the CFA Institute.

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 fees (12b-1 fees), and other fund expenses. Certain exemptions may apply. These costs are described in more detail in each Fund’s prospectus. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and help you compare these with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The first line in the table for each class of Fund shares shows the actual amount of Fund expenses you would have paid on a $1,000 investment in the Fund from April 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021. To estimate the expenses you paid over the period, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.60) and multiply the result by the number in the Expenses Paid During Period column as shown below for your class.

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

 

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Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund

 

Institutional Class

  Beginning
Account Value
4/1/2021
     Ending
Account Value
9/30/2021
     Expenses Paid
During Period*
4/1/2021 – 9/30/2021
 

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,034.40        $3.01  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,022.11        $2.99  

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.59%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (183), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

  

Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund

 

Institutional Class

  Beginning
Account Value
4/1/2021
     Ending
Account Value
9/30/2021
     Expenses Paid
During Period*
4/1/2021 – 9/30/2021
 

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,002.80        $3.46  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,021.61        $3.50  

Retail Class

                   

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,001.70        $4.72  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,020.36        $4.76  

Class N

                   

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,003.40        $3.21  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,021.86        $3.24  

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement): 0.69%, 0.94% and 0.64% 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 (183), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

  

Loomis Sayles Inflation Protected Securities Fund

 

Institutional Class

  Beginning
Account Value
4/1/2021
     Ending
Account Value
9/30/2021
     Expenses Paid
During Period*
4/1/2021 – 9/30/2021
 

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,048.00        $2.05  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,023.06        $2.03  

Retail Class

                   

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,046.90        $3.34  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,021.81        $3.29  

Class N

                   

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,048.10        $1.80  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,023.31        $1.78  

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement): 0.40%, 0.65% and 0.35% 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 (183), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

  

Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund

 

Institutional Class

  Beginning
Account Value
4/1/2021
     Ending
Account Value
9/30/2021
     Expenses Paid
During Period*
4/1/2021 – 9/30/2021
 

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,042.90        $3.64  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,021.51        $3.60  

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.71%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (183), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

  

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE EXISTING ADVISORY AGREEMENTS

The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”), including the Independent Trustees, considers matters bearing on each Fund’s advisory agreement (collectively, the “Agreements”) at most of its meetings throughout the year. Each year, usually in the spring, the Contract Review Committee of the Board meets to review the Agreements to determine whether to recommend that the full Board approve the continuation of the Agreements, typically for an additional one-year period. This meeting typically includes all the Independent Trustees, including the Trustees who do not serve on the Contract Review Committee. After the Contract Review Committee has made its recommendation, the full Board, including the Independent Trustees, determines whether to approve the continuation of the Agreements at its June Board meeting.

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

In addition to the materials requested by the Trustees in connection with their annual consideration of the continuation of the Agreements, the Trustees receive materials in advance of each regular quarterly meeting of the Board that provide detailed information about the Funds’ investment performance and the fees charged to the Funds for advisory and other services. This information generally includes, where available, among other things, an internal performance rating for each Fund based on agreed-upon criteria, graphs showing each Fund’s performance and expense differentials against each Fund’s peer group/category of funds, performance ratings provided by a third-party, total return information for various periods, and third-party performance rankings for various periods comparing a Fund against similarly categorized funds. The portfolio management team for each Fund or other representatives of the Adviser make periodic presentations to the Contract Review Committee and/or the full Board, and Funds identified as presenting possible performance concerns may be subject to more frequent Board or Committee presentations and reviews. In addition, the Trustees are periodically provided with detailed statistical information about each Fund’s portfolio. The Trustees also receive periodic updates between meetings, both at the Board and at the Committee level.

The Board most recently approved the continuation of the Agreements for a one-year period at its meeting held in June 2021. In considering whether to approve the continuation of the Agreements, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, did not identify any single factor as determinative. Individual Trustees may have evaluated the information presented differently from one another, giving different weights to various factors. Matters considered by the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, in connection with their approval of the Agreements included, but were not limited to, the factors listed below.

The nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Funds under the Agreements. The Trustees considered the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser and its affiliates to the Funds and the resources dedicated to the Funds by the Adviser and its affiliates. The Trustees also considered their experience with other funds advised or sub-advised by the Adviser, as well as the affiliation between the Adviser and Natixis Investment Managers, LLC, whose affiliates provide investment advisory services to other funds in the Natixis family of funds.

The Trustees considered not only the advisory services provided by the Adviser to the Funds, but also the benefits to the Funds from the monitoring and oversight services provided by Natixis Advisors, LLC (“Natixis Advisors”). They also considered the administrative and shareholder services provided by Natixis Advisors and its affiliates to the Funds. They also took into consideration increases in the services provided resulting from new regulatory requirements.

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

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

Investment performance of the Funds and the Adviser. As noted above, the Trustees received information about the performance of the Funds over various time periods, including information that compared the performance of the Funds to the performance of peer groups and categories of

 

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funds and the Funds’ respective performance benchmarks. In addition, the Trustees reviewed data prepared by an independent third party that analyzed the performance of the Funds using a variety of performance metrics, including metrics that measured the performance of the Funds on a risk adjusted basis.

The Board noted that, through December 31, 2020, each Fund’s one-, three- and five-year performance, stated as percentile rankings within categories selected by the independent third-party data provider, was as follows (where the best performance would be in the first percentile of its category):

 

     One-Year        Three-Year        Five-Year  

Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund

     56%          49%          13%  

Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund

     3%          10%          28%  

Loomis Sayles Inflation Protected Securities Fund

     14%          15%          11%  

Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund

     83%          95%          58%  

In the case of the Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund and Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund, that had performance that lagged that of a relevant category median as determined by the independent third-party for certain (although not necessarily all) periods, the Board concluded that other factors relevant to performance supported renewal of the Agreements. These factors included one or more of the following: (1) that the underperformance was attributable, to a significant extent, to investment decisions (such as security selection or sector allocation) by the Adviser that were reasonable and consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and policies; (2) that Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund’s and Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund’s more recent performance (i.e., for periods ended March 31, 2021) had shown improvement relative to its category; (3) that the Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund’s mid- and long-term performance was strong relative to its category; and (4) that the Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund’s long-term (10-year) relative performance remains strong. The Board also considered information about the Funds’ more recent performance, including how that performance had been impacted by the Covid-19 crisis.

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

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

The costs of the services to be provided and profits to be realized by the Adviser and its affiliates from their respective relationships with the Funds. The Trustees considered the fees charged to the Funds for advisory and administrative services as well as the total expense levels of the Funds. This information included comparisons (provided both by management and by an independent third party) of the Funds’ advisory fees and total expense levels to those of their peer groups and information about the advisory fees charged by the Adviser to comparable accounts (such as institutional separate accounts), as well as information about differences in such fees and the reasons for any such differences. In considering the fees charged to comparable accounts, the Trustees considered, among other things, management’s representations about the differences between managing mutual funds as compared to other types of accounts, including the additional resources required to effectively manage mutual fund assets, the greater regulatory costs associated with the management of such assets, and the entrepreneurial, regulatory and other risks associated with sponsoring and managing funds. In evaluating each Fund’s advisory fee, the Trustees also took into account the demands, complexity and quality of the investment management of such Fund, as well as the need for the Adviser to offer competitive compensation and the potential need to expend additional resources to the extent the Fund grows in size. The Trustees considered that over the past several years, management had demonstrated its intention to have competitive fee levels by making recommendations regarding reductions in advisory fee rates, implementation of advisory fee breakpoints and the institution of advisory fee waivers and expense limitations for various funds in the fund family. They noted that Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund and Loomis Sayles Inflation Protected Securities Fund have expense limitations in place, and they considered the amounts waived or reimbursed by the Adviser for certain Funds under their expense limitation agreements. The Trustees also considered that the current expenses for Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund and Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund were below each Fund’s expense limitation.

The Trustees noted that the Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund had a total advisory fee rate that was above the median of a peer group of funds. In this regard, the Trustees considered the factors that management believed justified the relatively higher advisory fee rate, including (1) that the Fund’s net expense ratio was only three basis points above the median of a peer group of funds and (2) that the Fund has a more flexible investment strategy than its peers.

The Trustees also considered the compensation directly or indirectly received by the Adviser and its affiliates from their relationships with the Funds. The Trustees reviewed information provided by management as to the profitability of the Adviser’s and its affiliates’ relationships with the Funds, and information about how expenses are determined and allocated for purposes of profitability calculations. They also reviewed information provided by management about the effect of distribution costs and changes in asset levels on Adviser profitability, including information regarding resources spent on distribution activities. When reviewing profitability, the Trustees also considered information about court cases in which adviser compensation or profitability were issues, the performance of the Funds, the expense levels of the Funds, whether the Adviser had implemented breakpoints and/or expense limitations with respect to such Funds and the overall profit margin of Natixis Investment Managers, LLC compared to that of certain other investment managers for which such data was available.

 

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

Economies of Scale. The Trustees considered the existence of any economies of scale in the provision of services by the Adviser and whether those economies are shared with the Funds through breakpoints in their investment advisory fees or other means, such as expense limitations. The Trustees also considered management’s explanation of the factors that are taken into account with respect to the implementation of breakpoints in investment advisory fees or expense limitations. With respect to economies of scale, the Trustees noted that the Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund has breakpoints in its advisory fee and that each of the Funds was subject to an expense limitation. In considering these issues, the Trustees also took note of the costs of the services provided (both on an absolute and on a relative basis) and the profitability to the Adviser and its affiliates of their relationships with the Funds, as discussed above. The Trustees also considered that the Funds have benefitted from the substantial reinvestment the Adviser has made into its business.

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

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

 

 

The effect of recent market and economic events, including but not limited to the Covid-19 crisis and its significant disruptions to the economy and business operations, on the performance, asset levels and expense ratios of each Fund.

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

Based on their evaluation of all factors that they deemed to be material, including those factors described above, and assisted by the advice of independent counsel, the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that each of the existing Agreements should be continued through June 30, 2022.

 

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LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

Annual Report for the Period Commencing on January 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2020 (including updates through September 30, 2021)

Effective December 1, 2018, the Funds adopted a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) pursuant to the requirements of Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Rule”). The Rule requires registered open-end funds, including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds to establish liquidity risk management programs in order to effectively manage fund liquidity and mitigate the risk that a fund could not meet redemption requests without significantly diluting the interests of remaining investors.

The rule requires the Funds to assess, manage and review their liquidity risk considering applicable factors during normal and foreseeable stressed conditions. In fulfilling this requirement, each Fund assesses and reviews (where applicable and amongst other matters) its investment strategy, portfolio holdings, possible investment concentrations, use of derivatives, short-term and long-term cash flow projections, use of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements and other funding sources. Each Program has established a Program Administrator, which is the adviser of the Fund.

In accordance with the Program, each of the Fund’s portfolio investments is classified into one of four liquidity categories based on a determination of a reasonable expectation for how long it would take to convert the investment to cash (or sell or dispose of the investment) without significantly changing its market value.

Each Fund is prohibited from acquiring an investment if, after the acquisition, its holdings of illiquid assets will exceed 15% of its net assets. If a Fund does not hold a majority of highly liquid investments in its portfolio, then the Fund is required to establish a highly liquid investment minimum (“HLIM”). Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund, Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund and Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund have established an HLIM.

During the period from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020, there were no material changes to the Program and no material events that impacted the operation of the Funds’ Programs. During the period, the Funds held sufficient liquid assets to meet redemptions on a timely basis and did not have any HLIM or illiquid security violations during the period.

During the period January 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021, the Funds held sufficient liquid assets to meet redemptions on a timely basis and did not have any HLIM or illiquid security violations.

Annual Program Assessment and Conclusion

In the opinion of the Program Administrators, the Program of each Fund approved by the Funds’ Board has been implemented effectively. The Program Administrator has also monitored, assessed and managed each Fund’s liquidity risk regularly and has determined that the Program is operating effectively.

Pursuant to the Rule’s requirements, the Board has received and reviewed a written report prepared by each Fund’s Program Administrator that addressed the operation of the Program, assessed its adequacy and effectiveness and described any material changes made to the Program.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – 82.4% of Net Assets  
  Non-Convertible Bonds – 77.5%  
  ABS Car Loan – 3.1%

 

$ 675,000     American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Series 2021-3, Class D,
1.340%, 11/15/2027, 144A
  $ 671,668  
  170,000     Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2017-1A, Class C, 4.150%, 9/20/2023, 144A     173,662  
  120,000     Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2018-1A, Class C, 4.730%, 9/20/2024, 144A     126,746  
  130,000     Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2019-2A, Class C, 4.240%, 9/22/2025, 144A     138,875  
  475,000     Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2019-3A, Class C, 3.150%, 3/20/2026, 144A     492,596  
  210,000     Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2020-1A, Class B, 2.680%, 8/20/2026, 144A     218,495  
  685,000     Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2020-2A, Class A, 2.020%, 2/20/2027, 144A(a)     701,269  
  305,000     Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2020-2A, Class B, 2.960%, 2/20/2027, 144A     321,300  
  630,000     Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2020-2A, Class C, 4.250%, 2/20/2027, 144A     681,986  
  145,000     Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class C, 2.130%, 8/20/2027, 144A     144,504  
  480,000     Carvana Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-N3, Class C,
1.020%, 6/12/2028
    479,557  
  420,000     Carvana Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-P3, Class C,
1.930%, 10/12/2027
    417,805  
  525,000     Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2020-2A, Class C,
2.730%, 11/15/2029, 144A
    541,165  
  900,000     Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2021-2A, Class C,
1.640%, 6/17/2030, 144A
    901,081  
  335,000     Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2021-3A, Class C,
1.630%, 9/16/2030, 144A
    334,539  
  1,400,000     Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2, Class D,
1.390%, 3/15/2029
    1,395,384  
  305,000     DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2021-2A, Class C,
1.500%, 2/16/2027, 144A
    305,492  
  1,380,000     DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2021-3A, Class D,
1.310%, 5/17/2027, 144A
    1,370,988  
  815,000     Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class D,
1.080%, 11/16/2026
    813,630  
  ABS Car Loan – continued  
1,000,000     Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-3A, Class D,
1.550%, 6/15/2027
  998,037  
  435,000     Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 2021-2, Class D,
1.590%, 6/15/2027, 144A
    434,784  
  335,000     Foursight Capital Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2, Class D,
1.920%, 9/15/2027, 144A
    334,118  
  1,975,000     GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class D,
1.680%, 1/15/2027, 144A
    1,980,966  
  675,000     GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust, Series 2021-3A, Class D,
1.480%, 7/15/2027, 144A
    671,915  
  725,000     GLS Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2A, Class D,
1.420%, 4/15/2027, 144A
    719,850  
  246,458     JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Series 2021-3, Class D,
1.009%, 2/26/2029, 144A
    246,320  
  305,389     JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Series 2021-1, Class D,
1.174%, 9/25/2028, 144A
    305,528  
   

 

 

 
      15,922,260  
   

 

 

 
  ABS Credit Card – 0.2%

 

  480,000     Brex Commercial Charge Card Master Trust, Series 2021-1, Class A,
2.090%, 7/15/2024, 144A
    484,993  
  700,000     Mercury Financial Credit Card Master Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class A,
1.540%, 3/20/2026, 144A
    701,962  
  100,000     Mission Lane Credit Card Master Trust, Series 2021-A, Class B,
2.240%, 9/15/2026, 144A
    100,208  
   

 

 

 
      1,287,163  
   

 

 

 
  ABS Home Equity – 4.9%

 

  1,279,821     510 Asset Backed Trust, Series 2021-NPL1, Class A1,
2.240%, 6/25/2061, 144A(b)
    1,278,522  
  707,682     CIM Trust, Series 2021-NR2, Class A1,
2.568%, 7/25/2059, 144A(b)
    710,327  
  210,000     CoreVest American Finance Trust, Series 2021-1, Class C,
2.800%, 4/15/2053, 144A
    212,876  
  300,000     CoreVest American Finance Trust, Series 2021-2, Class C,
2.478%, 7/15/2054, 144A
    293,987  
  717,293     Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-RPL1, Class A1,
1.668%, 9/27/2060, 144A(b)
    719,252  
  1,560,049     Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-RPL4, Class A1,
1.796%, 12/27/2060, 144A(b)
    1,566,156  
  675,000     FirstKey Homes Trust, Series 2021-SFR1, Class E1,
2.389%, 8/17/2038, 144A
    669,760  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  ABS Home Equity – continued

 

$ 555,000     FirstKey Homes Trust, Series 2021-SFR1, Class E2,
2.489%, 8/17/2038, 144A
  $ 550,703  
  415,000     FirstKey Homes Trust, Series 2021-SFR2, Class E1,
2.258%, 9/17/2038, 144A
    414,545  
  205,000     FirstKey Homes Trust, Series 2021-SFR2, Class E2,
2.358%, 9/17/2038, 144A
    204,767  
  145,000     FRTKL, Series 2021-SFR1, Class E1,
2.372%, 9/17/2038, 144A
    144,936  
  130,000     FRTKL, Series 2021-SFR1, Class E2,
2.522%, 9/17/2038, 144A
    129,940  
  478,469     GCAT Trust, Series 2019-RPL1, Class A1,
2.650%, 10/25/2068, 144A(b)
    490,703  
  99,624     Home Partners of America Trust, Series 2021-1, Class E,
2.577%, 9/19/2041, 144A
    98,903  
  224,965     Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2018-SFR2, Class B,
1-month LIBOR + 1.080%, 1.164%, 6/17/2037, 144A(c)
    225,275  
  124,988     Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2018-SFR3, Class B,
1-month LIBOR + 1.150%, 1.234%, 7/17/2037, 144A(c)
    125,197  
  58,249     Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust, Series 2019-GS2, Class A1,
3.750%, 1/25/2059, 144A(b)
    58,297  
  70,977     Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust, Series 2019-GS3, Class A1,
3.750%, 4/25/2059, 144A(b)
    71,456  
  699,827     Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust, Series 2019-GS4, Class A1,
3.438%, 5/25/2059, 144A(b)
    700,523  
  168,593     Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust, Series 2020-GS5, Class A1,
3.250%, 6/25/2060, 144A
    171,311  
  1,215,000     Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust, Series 2020-RPL1, Class A2,
3.250%, 9/25/2059, 144A(a)(b)
    1,293,518  
  734,158     Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust, Series 2021-GS2, Class A1,
1.750%, 4/25/2061, 144A(b)
    742,090  
  115,000     Mill City Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2019-GS1, Class M2,
3.250%, 7/25/2059, 144A(b)
    121,300  
  280,000     Progress Residential Trust, Series 2019-SFR1, Class E,
4.466%, 8/17/2035, 144A
    282,627  
  705,000     Progress Residential Trust, Series 2021-SFR2, Class E1,
2.547%, 4/19/2038, 144A
    703,362  
  240,000     Progress Residential Trust, Series 2021-SFR3, Class E1,
2.538%, 5/17/2026, 144A
    239,707  
  200,000     Progress Residential Trust, Series 2021-SFR3, Class E2,
2.688%, 5/17/2026, 144A
    200,187  
  ABS Home Equity – continued

 

125,000     Progress Residential Trust, Series 2021-SFR4, Class E1,
2.409%, 5/17/2038, 144A
  125,232  
  100,000     Progress Residential Trust, Series 2021-SFR4, Class E2,
2.559%, 5/17/2038, 144A
    99,538  
  295,000     Progress Residential Trust, Series 2021-SFR5, Class E1,
2.209%, 7/17/2038, 144A
    292,271  
  100,000     Progress Residential Trust, Series 2021-SFR5, Class E2,
2.359%, 7/17/2038, 144A
    98,723  
  380,000     Progress Residential Trust, Series 2021-SFR6, Class E1,
2.425%, 7/17/2038, 144A
    379,483  
  200,000     Progress Residential Trust, Series 2021-SFR6, Class E2,
2.525%, 7/17/2038, 144A
    199,729  
  445,000     Progress Residential Trust, Series 2021-SFR7, Class E1,
2.591%, 8/17/2040, 144A
    437,530  
  100,000     Progress Residential Trust, Series 2021-SFR7, Class E2,
2.640%, 8/17/2040, 144A
    98,319  
  1,212,001     PRPM LLC, Series 2021-1, Class A1,
2.115%, 1/25/2026, 144A(b)
    1,214,219  
  506,215     PRPM LLC, Series 2021-2, Class A1,
2.115%, 3/25/2026, 144A(b)
    507,737  
  919,000     PRPM LLC, Series 2021-3, Class A1,
1.867%, 4/25/2026, 144A(b)
    927,876  
  230,444     PRPM LLC, Series 2021-4, Class A1,
1.867%, 4/25/2026, 144A(b)
    232,510  
  1,023,237     PRPM LLC, Series 2021-5, Class A1,
1.793%, 6/25/2026, 144A(b)
    1,020,833  
  1,030,000     Toorak Mortgage Corp., Series 2021-1, Class A1,
2.240%, 6/25/2024, 144A(b)
    1,030,528  
  240,000     Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-3, Class M2,
4.000%, 4/25/2056, 144A(b)
    253,942  
  495,000     Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-5, Class M1,
3.250%, 7/25/2058, 144A(b)
    515,783  
  939,439     Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-4, Class A1,
2.900%, 10/25/2059, 144A(a)(b)
    972,955  
  100,000     Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-1, Class A2B,
3.250%, 1/25/2060, 144A(b)
    105,807  
  456,495     VCAT LLC, Series 2021-NPL1, Class A1,
2.289%, 12/26/2050, 144A(b)
    457,732  
  328,481     VOLT XCII LLC, Series 2021-NPL1, Class A1,
1.893%, 2/27/2051, 144A(b)
    328,488  
  895,890     VOLT XCIII LLC, Series 2021-NPL2, Class A1,
1.893%, 2/27/2051, 144A(b)
    898,696  
  758,366     VOLT XCIV LLC, Series 2021-NPL3, Class A1,
2.240%, 2/27/2051, 144A(b)
    759,063  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  ABS Home Equity – continued

 

$ 549,004     VOLT XCVI LLC, Series 2021-NPL5, Class A1,
2.116%, 3/27/2051, 144A(b)
  $ 549,331  
  1,219,072     VOLT XCVII LLC, Series 2021-NPL6, Class A1,
2.240%, 4/25/2051, 144A(b)
    1,219,247  
   

 

 

 
      25,145,799  
   

 

 

 
  ABS Other – 2.9%

 

  100,000     Affirm Asset Securitization Trust, Series 2021-B, Class C,
1.400%, 8/17/2026, 144A
    99,799  
  160,000     Aqua Finance Trust, Series 2021-A, Class B,
2.400%, 7/17/2046, 144A(d)
    160,081  
  137,954     Business Jet Securities LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class B,
2.918%, 4/15/2036, 144A
    138,605  
  855,525     CAL Funding IV Ltd., Series 2020-1A, Class A,
2.220%, 9/25/2045, 144A
    862,950  
  1,309,215     CLI Funding VIII LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class A,
1.640%, 2/18/2046, 144A(a)
    1,292,394  
  135,000     Freedom Financial Trust, Series 2021-2, Class C,
1.940%, 6/19/2028, 144A
    135,703  
  370,000     Freedom Financial Trust, Series 2021-3FP, Class D,
2.370%, 11/20/2028, 144A
    369,885  
  1,855,000     GCA2014 Holdings Ltd., Series 2014-1, Class E,
1/05/2030, 144A(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)
    25,087  
  300,000     HPEFS Equipment Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class D,
1.030%, 3/20/2031, 144A
    299,240  
  1,927,272     MAPS Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class A,
2.521%, 6/15/2046, 144A(a)
    1,942,231  
  110,000     Marlette Funding Trust, Series 2021-2A, Class C,
1.500%, 9/15/2031, 144A
    110,594  
  206,197     Merlin Aviation Holdings DAC, Series 2016-1, Class A,
4.500%, 12/15/2032, 144A(b)
    199,621  
  350,000     OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2018-2A, Class A,
3.570%, 3/14/2033, 144A(a)
    364,813  
  345,000     OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class D,
2.470%, 6/16/2036, 144A
    347,720  
  1,595,263     S-Jets Ltd., Series 2017-1, Class A,
3.967%, 8/15/2042, 144A
    1,582,178  
  100,000     SCF Equipment Leasing LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class D,
1.930%, 9/20/2030, 144A
    99,224  
  253,656     Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2019-2A, Class C,
3.120%, 5/20/2036, 144A
    259,121  
  ABS Other – continued  
172,473     Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2019-3A, Class C,
3.000%, 8/20/2036, 144A
  174,926  
  157,997     Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class C,
1.790%, 11/20/2037, 144A
    158,224  
  1,392,926     SLAM Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class A,
2.434%, 6/15/2046, 144A(a)
    1,393,887  
  100,000     SoFi Consumer Loan Program Trust, Series 2021-1, Class D,
2.040%, 9/25/2030, 144A
    99,978  
  667,333     Textainer Marine Containers VII Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class A,
1.680%, 2/20/2046, 144A
    657,033  
  720,733     TIF Funding II LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class A,
1.650%, 2/20/2046, 144A
    705,057  
  230,000     Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-1, Class M1,
3.750%, 10/25/2056, 144A(b)
    243,794  
  1,393,163     Triton Container Finance VIII LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class A,
1.860%, 3/20/2046, 144A(a)
    1,380,465  
  742,597     Wave Trust, Series 2017-1A, Class A,
3.844%, 11/15/2042, 144A
    731,598  
  1,212,901     Willis Engine Structured Trust, Series 2021-A, Class A,
3.104%, 5/15/2046, 144A
    1,201,779  
   

 

 

 
      15,035,987  
   

 

 

 
  ABS Student Loan – 0.8%

 

  320,000     College Ave Student Loans LLC, Series 2021-A, Class C,
2.920%, 7/25/2051, 144A
    322,313  
  373,475     Commonbond Student Loan Trust, Series 2019-AGS, Class B,
3.040%, 1/25/2047, 144A
    381,999  
  309,640     EDvestinU Private Education Loan Issue No. 3 LLC, Series 2021-A, Class A,
1.800%, 11/25/2045, 144A(a)
    308,498  
  159,665     Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, Series 2020-HA, Class A,
1.310%, 1/15/2069, 144A(a)
    160,736  
  384,965     Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, Series 2021-A, Class A,
0.840%, 5/15/2069, 144A(a)
    384,403  
  100,000     Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, Series 2021-A, Class B,
2.240%, 5/15/2069, 144A
    99,813  
  385,000     Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, Series 2021-FA, Class B,
2.120%, 2/18/2070, 144A
    377,513  
  419,482     SMB Private Education Loan Trust, Series 2016-C, Class A2A,
2.340%, 9/15/2034, 144A(a)
    426,792  
  100,000     SMB Private Education Loan Trust, Series 2020-A, Class A2A,
2.230%, 9/15/2037, 144A
    102,443  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  ABS Student Loan – continued

 

$ 1,005,000     SMB Private Education Loan Trust, Series 2021-A, Class A2A2,
1-month LIBOR + 0.730%, 0.814%, 1/15/2053, 144A(a)(c)
  $ 1,008,915  
  475,000     SMB Private Education Loan Trust, Series 2021-B, Class B,
2.650%, 7/17/2051, 144A(a)
    484,852  
   

 

 

 
      4,058,277  
   

 

 

 
  ABS Whole Business – 0.6%

 

  57,900     Domino’s Pizza Master Issuer LLC, Series 2017-1A, Class A23,
4.118%, 7/25/2047, 144A
    62,150  
  136,150     Domino’s Pizza Master Issuer LLC, Series 2018-1A, Class A2II,
4.328%, 7/25/2048, 144A
    147,046  
  1,571,063     Domino’s Pizza Master Issuer LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class A21,
2.662%, 4/25/2051, 144A
    1,615,706  
  299,250     Hardee’s Funding LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class A2,
2.865%, 6/20/2051, 144A
    299,846  
  264,688     Wendy’s Funding LLC, Series 2018-1A, Class A2II,
3.884%, 3/15/2048, 144A
    279,720  
  683,288     Wendy’s Funding LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class A2I,
2.370%, 6/15/2051, 144A
    689,003  
  99,750     Wendy’s Funding LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class A2II,
2.775%, 6/15/2051, 144A
    101,455  
   

 

 

 
      3,194,926  
   

 

 

 
  Aerospace & Defense – 2.0%

 

  2,590,000     Boeing Co. (The), 3.825%, 3/01/2059     2,540,689  
  520,000     Boeing Co. (The), 3.850%, 11/01/2048     529,844  
  525,000     Boeing Co. (The), 3.950%, 8/01/2059     538,806  
  2,215,000     Boeing Co. (The), 5.805%, 5/01/2050     2,952,529  
  1,265,000     Embraer Netherlands Finance BV,
5.400%, 2/01/2027
    1,345,656  
  807,000     Leonardo U.S. Holdings, Inc.,
6.250%, 1/15/2040, 144A
    958,635  
  722,000     Leonardo U.S. Holdings, Inc.,
7.375%, 7/15/2039, 144A
    943,308  
  545,000     TransDigm, Inc., 5.500%, 11/15/2027     559,988  
   

 

 

 
      10,369,455  
   

 

 

 
  Airlines – 2.3%

 

  25,000     American Airlines Group, Inc.,
3.750%, 3/01/2025, 144A
    22,528  
  421,301     American Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2016-3, Class B,
3.750%, 4/15/2027
    405,620  
  1,318,050     American Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2017-1B, Class B,
4.950%, 8/15/2026
    1,321,801  
  Airlines – continued

 

905,686     American Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2017-2, Class B,
3.700%, 4/15/2027
  875,378  
  3,140,000     Mileage Plus Holdings LLC/Mileage Plus Intellectual Property Assets Ltd.,
6.500%, 6/20/2027, 144A
    3,414,499  
  664,824     U.S. Airways Pass Through Trust, Series 2011-1, Class A,
7.125%, 4/22/2025
    705,291  
  491,417     U.S. Airways Pass Through Trust, Series 2012-1A, Class A,
5.900%, 4/01/2026
    516,997  
  1,231,824     U.S. Airways Pass Through Trust, Series 2012-2A, Class A,
4.625%, 12/03/2026(a)
    1,234,295  
  1,131,530     United Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2014-1, Class A,
4.000%, 10/11/2027
    1,194,293  
  738,744     United Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2016-2, Class B,
3.650%, 4/07/2027
    735,693  
  584,309     United Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2020-1, Class A,
5.875%, 4/15/2029
    651,610  
  265,000     United Airlines, Inc.,
4.375%, 4/15/2026, 144A
    271,956  
  395,000     United Airlines, Inc.,
4.625%, 4/15/2029, 144A
    408,213  
   

 

 

 
      11,758,174  
   

 

 

 
  Automotive – 1.0%

 

  1,735,000     General Motors Co., 5.200%, 4/01/2045     2,112,788  
  185,000     General Motors Co., 6.250%, 10/02/2043     249,185  
  2,270,000     General Motors Financial Co., Inc.,
3.600%, 6/21/2030
    2,434,873  
  60,000     General Motors Financial Co., Inc., Series A, (fixed rate to 9/30/2027, variable rate thereafter), 5.750%(i)     65,548  
  100,000     General Motors Financial Co., Inc., Series C, (fixed rate to 9/30/2030, variable rate thereafter), 5.700%(i)     115,125  
   

 

 

 
      4,977,519  
   

 

 

 
  Banking – 3.4%

 

  1,146,000     Ally Financial, Inc.,
8.000%, 11/01/2031
    1,652,909  
  1,585,000     Ally Financial, Inc., Series B, (fixed rate to 5/15/2026, variable rate thereafter), 4.700%(i)     1,649,747  
  1,500,000     Ally Financial, Inc., Series C, (fixed rate to 5/15/2028, variable rate thereafter), 4.700%(i)     1,567,500  
  4,570,000     Bank of America Corp.,
6.110%, 1/29/2037(a)
    6,161,497  
  1,125,000     Barclays PLC, (fixed rate to 3/15/2028, variable rate thereafter),
4.375%(i)
    1,124,212  
  1,000,000     BNP Paribas S.A., (fixed rate to 6/25/2037, variable rate thereafter),
7.195%, 144A(i)
    1,050,000  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Banking – continued

 

$ 685,000     Credit Agricole S.A.,
3.250%, 1/14/2030, 144A
  $ 718,948  
  495,000     Credit Agricole S.A., (fixed rate to 1/10/2028, variable rate thereafter), EMTN, 4.000%, 1/10/2033     534,770  
  400,000     Deutsche Bank AG, (fixed rate to 1/14/2031, variable rate thereafter),
3.729%, 1/14/2032
    412,994  
  235,000     Deutsche Bank AG, (fixed rate to 12/01/2027, variable rate thereafter),
4.875%, 12/01/2032
    258,447  
  920,000     Deutsche Bank AG, (fixed rate to 5/28/2031, variable rate thereafter),
3.035%, 5/28/2032
    933,440  
  290,000     Intesa Sanpaolo SpA,
4.198%, 6/01/2032, 144A
    297,233  
  770,000     Lloyds Banking Group PLC,
5.300%, 12/01/2045
    1,015,381  
   

 

 

 
      17,377,078  
   

 

 

 
  Brokerage – 0.8%

 

  3,055,000     Jefferies Group LLC,
6.250%, 1/15/2036
    4,103,643  
   

 

 

 
  Building Materials – 1.9%

 

  5,995,000     Cemex SAB de CV,
3.875%, 7/11/2031, 144A
    5,998,597  
  780,000     Cemex SAB de CV, (fixed rate to 6/08/2026, variable rate thereafter),
5.125%, 144A(i)
    794,438  
  360,000     JELD-WEN, Inc.,
4.875%, 12/15/2027, 144A
    375,135  
  213,000     Masco Corp., 6.500%, 8/15/2032     281,499  
  380,000     Masco Corp., 7.750%, 8/01/2029     511,415  
  1,188,000     Owens Corning, 7.000%, 12/01/2036     1,708,441  
   

 

 

 
      9,669,525  
   

 

 

 
  Cable Satellite – 3.6%

 

  3,385,000     CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.250%, 1/15/2034, 144A     3,353,266  
  1,210,000     Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp.,
3.700%, 4/01/2051
    1,178,085  
  3,055,000     Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp.,
3.850%, 4/01/2061
    2,913,531  
  1,580,000     Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp.,
3.900%, 6/01/2052
    1,573,797  
  2,655,000     Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp.,
3.950%, 6/30/2062
    2,561,253  
  2,245,000     CSC Holdings LLC,
5.375%, 2/01/2028, 144A
    2,346,025  
  Cable Satellite – continued

 

1,020,000     DISH DBS Corp.,
5.125%, 6/01/2029
  999,386  
  270,000     DISH DBS Corp.,
7.750%, 7/01/2026
    304,891  
  375,000     Time Warner Cable LLC,
4.500%, 9/15/2042
    410,378  
  1,500,000     Time Warner Cable LLC,
6.550%, 5/01/2037
    2,023,927  
  490,000     Ziggo BV,
5.500%, 1/15/2027, 144A
    506,537  
   

 

 

 
      18,171,076  
   

 

 

 
  Chemicals – 0.5%

 

  775,000     Ashland LLC,
3.375%, 9/01/2031, 144A
    781,781  
  200,000     Braskem Netherlands Finance BV,
4.500%, 1/31/2030, 144A
    212,800  
  705,000     Braskem Netherlands Finance BV,
5.875%, 1/31/2050, 144A
    801,938  
  200,000     INEOS Quattro Finance 2 PLC,
3.375%, 1/15/2026, 144A
    202,000  
  230,000     SPCM S.A.,
3.125%, 3/15/2027, 144A
    230,276  
  210,000     SPCM S.A.,
3.375%, 3/15/2030, 144A
    209,837  
   

 

 

 
      2,438,632  
   

 

 

 
  Construction Machinery – 0.3%

 

  965,000     Toro Co. (The),
6.625%, 5/01/2037(e)(j)
    1,311,097  
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Cyclical Services – 2.6%

 

  5,100,000     Expedia Group, Inc.,
2.950%, 3/15/2031
    5,153,856  
  1,010,000     Go Daddy Operating Co. LLC/GD Finance Co., Inc.,
3.500%, 3/01/2029, 144A
    1,001,162  
  760,000     TriNet Group, Inc.,
3.500%, 3/01/2029, 144A
    761,900  
  2,945,000     Uber Technologies, Inc.,
4.500%, 8/15/2029, 144A
    2,965,247  
  1,420,000     Uber Technologies, Inc.,
6.250%, 1/15/2028, 144A
    1,522,936  
  1,755,000     Uber Technologies, Inc.,
7.500%, 9/15/2027, 144A
    1,916,241  
   

 

 

 
      13,321,342  
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Products – 0.4%

 

  880,000     Avon Products, Inc.,
8.450%, 3/15/2043
    1,113,200  
  730,000     Natura Cosmeticos S.A.,
4.125%, 5/03/2028, 144A
    738,943  
   

 

 

 
      1,852,143  
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Manufacturing – 0.0%

 

  165,000     General Electric Co., Series D,
3-month LIBOR + 3.330%, 3.446%(c)(i)
    161,494  
   

 

 

 
  Electric – 0.7%

 

  1,306,406     Alta Wind Holdings LLC,
7.000%, 6/30/2035, 144A
    1,534,238  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Electric – continued

 

$ 255,000     Edison International,
4.950%, 4/15/2025
  $ 280,769  
  100,000     Enel Finance International NV,
6.800%, 9/15/2037, 144A
    147,659  
  1,830,000     Pacific Gas & Electric Co.,
3.250%, 6/01/2031
    1,823,350  
   

 

 

 
      3,786,016  
   

 

 

 
  Finance Companies – 6.0%

 

  150,000     AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust,
3.650%, 7/21/2027
    159,334  
  300,000     AGFC Capital Trust I,
3-month LIBOR + 1.750%, 1.876%, 1/15/2067, 144A(c)(e)(j)
    173,892  
  330,000     Air Lease Corp., 3.125%, 12/01/2030     338,072  
  612,000     Air Lease Corp., 4.625%, 10/01/2028     687,412  
  375,000     Air Lease Corp., MTN, 3.000%, 2/01/2030     380,515  
  985,000     Air Lease Corp., Series B, (fixed rate to 6/15/2026, variable rate thereafter),
4.650%(i)
    1,030,556  
  460,000     Aircastle Ltd., (fixed rate to 6/15/2026, variable rate thereafter),
5.250%, 144A(i)
    470,718  
  2,815,000     Antares Holdings LP,
6.000%, 8/15/2023, 144A
    3,045,335  
  590,000     Aviation Capital Group LLC,
1.950%, 1/30/2026, 144A
    587,869  
  840,000     FS KKR Capital Corp.,
3.400%, 1/15/2026
    877,700  
  5,590,000     GE Capital Funding LLC,
4.550%, 5/15/2032
    6,619,767  
  1,400,000     GE Capital International Funding Co. Unlimited Co., 4.418%, 11/15/2035     1,680,073  
  1,925,000     Navient Corp., MTN,
5.625%, 8/01/2033
    1,831,156  
  700,000     Navient Corp., MTN,
6.125%, 3/25/2024
    749,525  
  495,000     OneMain Finance Corp.,
6.875%, 3/15/2025
    556,256  
  3,485,000     Owl Rock Capital Corp.,
4.250%, 1/15/2026
    3,740,460  
  535,000     Rocket Mortgage LLC,
5.250%, 1/15/2028, 144A
    576,463  
  1,535,000     Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc.,
2.875%, 10/15/2026, 144A
    1,500,002  
  1,240,000     Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc.,
3.625%, 3/01/2029, 144A
    1,253,950  
  3,275,000     Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc.,
3.875%, 3/01/2031, 144A
    3,303,656  
  1,020,000     Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc.,
4.000%, 10/15/2033, 144A
    1,012,350  
   

 

 

 
      30,575,061  
   

 

 

 
  Financial Other – 1.4%

 

2,150,000     Blackstone Secured Lending Fund,
2.125%, 2/15/2027, 144A
  2,125,942  
  200,000     CIFI Holdings Group Co. Ltd.,
6.000%, 7/16/2025
    199,141  
  200,000     CIFI Holdings Group Co. Ltd.,
6.450%, 11/07/2024
    199,772  
  600,000     Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd.,
3.300%, 1/12/2031
    546,900  
  2,510,000     Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.,
4.375%, 2/01/2029
    2,506,862  
  840,000     Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc.,
5.500%, 8/15/2028, 144A
    865,200  
  200,000     Shimao Group Holdings Ltd.,
3.450%, 1/11/2031
    178,084  
  425,000     Shimao Group Holdings Ltd.,
5.600%, 7/15/2026
    419,743  
   

 

 

 
      7,041,644  
   

 

 

 
  Food & Beverage – 0.9%

 

  545,000     JBS USA LUX S.A./JBS USA Food Co./JBS USA Finance, Inc.,
3.750%, 12/01/2031, 144A
    567,089  
  2,635,000     Kraft Heinz Foods Co.,
4.375%, 6/01/2046
    3,006,509  
  955,000     Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.,
3.500%, 3/01/2032, 144A
    971,349  
   

 

 

 
      4,544,947  
   

 

 

 
  Gaming – 0.7%

 

  1,515,000     Genm Capital Labuan Ltd.,
3.882%, 4/19/2031, 144A
    1,499,145  
  410,000     Penn National Gaming, Inc.,
4.125%, 7/01/2029, 144A
    405,244  
  1,460,000     Scientific Games International, Inc.,
7.000%, 5/15/2028, 144A
    1,574,975  
  30,000     Scientific Games International, Inc.,
7.250%, 11/15/2029, 144A
    33,709  
   

 

 

 
      3,513,073  
   

 

 

 
  Government Owned – No Guarantee – 1.3%

 

  175,600,000     Export-Import Bank of Korea,
4.890%, 8/09/2023, 144A, (INR)
    2,352,689  
  51,600,000     Export-Import Bank of Korea, MTN,
6.750%, 8/09/2022, (INR)(a)
    707,433  
  780,000     Indian Railway Finance Corp. Ltd.,
2.800%, 2/10/2031, 144A
    753,293  
  1,715,000     Pertamina Persero PT,
6.450%, 5/30/2044, 144A
    2,234,560  
  200,000     Sino-Ocean Land Treasure IV Ltd.,
4.750%, 8/05/2029
    189,369  
  400,000     Sino-Ocean Land Treasure IV Ltd.,
4.750%, 1/14/2030
    373,348  
   

 

 

 
      6,610,692  
   

 

 

 
  Health Insurance – 0.6%

 

  2,490,000     Centene Corp.,
2.500%, 3/01/2031
    2,455,762  
  625,000     Centene Corp.,
2.625%, 8/01/2031
    620,775  
   

 

 

 
      3,076,537  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Healthcare – 0.9%

 

$ 375,000     Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc.,
3.125%, 2/15/2029, 144A
  $ 368,231  
  230,000     Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.,
3.750%, 3/15/2029, 144A
    234,888  
  245,000     Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.,
4.000%, 3/15/2031, 144A
    256,694  
  1,810,000     HCA, Inc., 5.250%, 6/15/2049     2,310,192  
  1,520,000     Tenet Healthcare Corp.,
6.125%, 10/01/2028, 144A
    1,596,722  
   

 

 

 
      4,766,727  
   

 

 

 
  Home Construction – 0.8%

 

  200,000     Logan Group Co. Ltd., 4.250%, 7/12/2025     189,017  
  200,000     Logan Group Co. Ltd., 4.850%, 12/14/2026     187,501  
  3,020,000     PulteGroup, Inc., 6.375%, 5/15/2033     3,968,280  
   

 

 

 
      4,344,798  
   

 

 

 
  Independent Energy – 2.2%

 

  1,385,000     Aker BP ASA,
3.750%, 1/15/2030, 144A
    1,482,845  
  1,660,000     Aker BP ASA,
4.000%, 1/15/2031, 144A
    1,805,585  
  1,070,000     Continental Resources, Inc.,
5.750%, 1/15/2031, 144A
    1,293,363  
  515,000     Diamondback Energy, Inc.,
3.125%, 3/24/2031
    534,759  
  740,000     Energean Israel Finance Ltd.,
5.375%, 3/30/2028, 144A
    757,323  
  965,000     Energean Israel Finance Ltd.,
5.875%, 3/30/2031, 144A
    991,200  
  220,000     EQT Corp.,
3.625%, 5/15/2031, 144A
    229,240  
  1,065,000     Lundin Energy Finance BV,
2.000%, 7/15/2026, 144A
    1,071,425  
  770,000     Lundin Energy Finance BV,
3.100%, 7/15/2031, 144A
    780,738  
  910,000     Occidental Petroleum Corp.,
8.875%, 7/15/2030
    1,236,171  
  145,000     Ovintiv, Inc., 6.500%, 8/15/2034     195,558  
  65,000     Ovintiv, Inc., 6.500%, 2/01/2038     89,411  
  310,000     Ovintiv, Inc., 6.625%, 8/15/2037     425,148  
  40,000     Ovintiv, Inc., 7.200%, 11/01/2031     53,678  
  40,000     Ovintiv, Inc., 7.375%, 11/01/2031     54,258  
   

 

 

 
      11,000,702  
   

 

 

 
  Industrial Other – 0.1%

 

  395,000     TopBuild Corp.,
4.125%, 2/15/2032, 144A
    398,950  
   

 

 

 
  Leisure – 0.7%

 

  950,000     Carnival Corp.,
5.750%, 3/01/2027, 144A
    982,062  
  770,000     NCL Corp. Ltd.,
5.875%, 3/15/2026, 144A
    789,250  
  280,000     NCL Finance Ltd., 6.125%, 3/15/2028, 144A     290,500  
  Leisure – continued

 

140,000     Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.,
4.250%, 7/01/2026, 144A
  137,137  
  1,195,000     Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.,
5.500%, 4/01/2028, 144A
    1,222,257  
   

 

 

 
      3,421,206  
   

 

 

 
  Life Insurance – 2.2%

 

  560,000     Brighthouse Financial, Inc.,
4.700%, 6/22/2047
    633,236  
  2,870,000     Brighthouse Financial, Inc.,
5.625%, 5/15/2030
    3,464,580  
  2,270,000     MetLife, Inc.,
9.250%, 4/08/2068, 144A
    3,450,672  
  1,115,000     MetLife, Inc., 10.750%, 8/01/2069     1,941,780  
  1,165,000     Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. (The), 6.650%, 6/15/2034, 144A(a)     1,525,486  
   

 

 

 
      11,015,754  
   

 

 

 
  Lodging – 0.8%

 

  855,000     Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc.,
3.625%, 2/15/2032, 144A
    842,175  
  200,000     Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow LLC/Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow,
4.875%, 7/01/2031, 144A
    200,750  
  685,000     Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow LLC/Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow,
5.000%, 6/01/2029, 144A
    698,700  
  870,000     Marriott International, Inc., Series HH, 2.850%, 4/15/2031     881,120  
  530,000     Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc.,
4.500%, 6/15/2029, 144A
    536,625  
  870,000     Travel & Leisure Co.,
4.625%, 3/01/2030, 144A
    893,925  
  110,000     Travel & Leisure Co.,
6.000%, 4/01/2027
    121,905  
  125,000     Travel & Leisure Co.,
6.625%, 7/31/2026, 144A
    142,346  
   

 

 

 
      4,317,546  
   

 

 

 
  Media Entertainment – 1.4%

 

  615,000     AMC Networks, Inc.,
4.250%, 2/15/2029
    611,925  
  24,000,000     Grupo Televisa SAB, EMTN,
7.250%, 5/14/2043, (MXN)
    809,011  
  1,765,000     iHeartCommunications, Inc.,
8.375%, 5/01/2027
    1,886,344  
  185,000     Netflix, Inc., 4.875%, 4/15/2028     213,212  
  1,300,000     Netflix, Inc.,
4.875%, 6/15/2030, 144A
    1,530,750  
  160,000     Netflix, Inc.,
5.375%, 11/15/2029, 144A
    193,800  
  750,000     Netflix, Inc., 5.875%, 11/15/2028     919,050  
  875,000     Netflix, Inc., 6.375%, 5/15/2029     1,106,875  
   

 

 

 
      7,270,967  
   

 

 

 
  Metals & Mining – 2.9%

 

  1,910,000     Anglo American Capital PLC,
2.875%, 3/17/2031, 144A
    1,916,494  
  1,025,000     ArcelorMittal S.A., 6.750%, 3/01/2041     1,408,734  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Metals & Mining – continued

 

$ 915,000     ArcelorMittal S.A., 7.000%, 10/15/2039   $ 1,291,294  
  2,680,000     First Quantum Minerals Ltd.,
6.875%, 10/15/2027, 144A
    2,834,100  
  940,000     FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd., 4.375%, 4/01/2031, 144A     971,349  
  2,080,000     Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.,
5.400%, 11/14/2034
    2,498,600  
  3,675,000     Glencore Funding LLC,
2.850%, 4/27/2031, 144A
    3,696,977  
  215,000     Volcan Cia Minera SAA,
4.375%, 2/11/2026, 144A
    209,303  
   

 

 

 
      14,826,851  
   

 

 

 
  Midstream – 1.3%

 

  575,000     DCP Midstream Operating LP,
6.450%, 11/03/2036, 144A
    714,483  
  1,700,000     Enable Midstream Partners LP,
5.000%, 5/15/2044
    1,859,154  
  1,160,000     Enbridge Energy Partners LP,
7.375%, 10/15/2045
    1,829,213  
  490,000     EnLink Midstream Partners LP,
4.150%, 6/01/2025
    504,960  
  770,000     Galaxy Pipeline Assets Bidco Ltd.,
2.940%, 9/30/2040, 144A(a)
    768,394  
  245,000     Hess Midstream Operations LP,
4.250%, 2/15/2030, 144A
    247,756  
  95,000     NGPL PipeCo LLC,
7.768%, 12/15/2037, 144A
    136,146  
  395,000     Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp.,
4.000%, 1/15/2032, 144A
    408,213  
   

 

 

 
      6,468,319  
   

 

 

 
  Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities – 1.5%

 

  710,000     BANK, Series 2021-BN35, Class AS,
2.457%, 6/15/2064
    710,672  
  240,000     Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2012-CR3, Class AM, 3.416%, 10/15/2045, 144A     240,655  
  110,000     Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2012-LTRT, Class A2, 3.400%, 10/05/2030, 144A     109,452  
  325,000     Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-LC4, Class B,
4.934%, 12/10/2044(b)
    325,415  
  40,000     Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2019-SKLZ, Class D, 1-month LIBOR + 3.600%, 3.684%, 1/15/2034, 144A(c)     39,513  
  185,000     Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-USA, Class B,
4.185%, 9/15/2037, 144A
    187,981  
  100,000     Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-USA, Class C,
4.336%, 9/15/2037, 144A
    98,046  
  Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities – continued

 

200,000     Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-USA, Class D,
4.373%, 9/15/2037, 144A
  190,327  
  258,654     Extended Stay America Trust, Series 2021-ESH, Class D,
1-month LIBOR + 2.250%,
2.334%, 7/15/2038, 144A(c)
    261,861  
  295,000     GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, Series 2013-PEMB, Class A,
3.668%, 3/05/2033, 144A(b)
    306,576  
  315,000     GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust,
Series 2013-PEMB, Class B,
3.668%, 3/05/2033, 144A(b)
    315,375  
  255,000     GS Mortgage Securities Trust,
Series 2014-GC18, Class B,
4.885%, 1/10/2047(b)
    252,708  
  200,000     JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2012-C8, Class C,
4.780%, 10/15/2045, 144A(b)
    202,305  
  1,030,000     JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2012-LC9, Class C,
4.508%, 12/15/2047, 144A(a)(b)
    1,045,923  
  100,000     JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2012-LC9, Class D,
4.508%, 12/15/2047, 144A(b)
    98,174  
  105,000     Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2012-CKSV, Class A2, 3.277%, 10/15/2030, 144A     104,503  
  535,000     Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, Series 2013-C11, Class A4, 4.297%, 8/15/2046(a)(b)     563,446  
  610,000     RBS Commercial Funding, Inc., Series 2013-GSP, Class A,
3.961%, 1/15/2032, 144A(a)(b)
    642,501  
  175,000     UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-C2, Class BEC,
4.971%, 5/10/2063, 144A(b)
    164,269  
  173,453     UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-TFT, Class A,
2.892%, 6/05/2030, 144A(a)
    173,608  
  285,000     Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2013-LC12, Class B,
4.443%, 7/15/2046(b)
    285,324  
  275,000     Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-C36, Class B,
3.671%, 11/15/2059(b)
    272,665  
  495,000     WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-C7, Class AS,
4.090%, 6/15/2045(b)
    499,443  
  380,000     WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2013-C15, Class B,
4.650%, 8/15/2046(b)
    379,148  
  390,000     WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-C20, Class B,
4.378%, 5/15/2047
    405,202  
   

 

 

 
      7,875,092  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Paper – 0.4%

 

$ 350,000     WestRock MWV LLC, 7.950%, 2/15/2031   $ 497,312  
  1,035,000     WestRock MWV LLC, 8.200%, 1/15/2030     1,450,159  
   

 

 

 
      1,947,471  
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals – 0.0%

 

  235,000     Jazz Securities DAC,
4.375%, 1/15/2029, 144A
    243,531  
   

 

 

 
  Property & Casualty Insurance – 0.1%

 

  1,630,000     MBIA Insurance Corp., 3-month LIBOR + 11.260%, 11.386%, 1/15/2033, 144A(c)(d)(e)(f)(h)     281,175  
   

 

 

 
  Restaurants – 0.3%

 

  1,425,000     Yum! Brands, Inc., 4.625%, 1/31/2032     1,521,188  
   

 

 

 
  Retailers – 0.5%

 

  585,000     Carvana Co.,
5.500%, 4/15/2027, 144A
    597,109  
  685,000     Carvana Co.,
5.875%, 10/01/2028, 144A
    707,749  
  1,025,000     Dillard’s, Inc., 7.750%, 7/15/2026     1,223,973  
  290,000     Murphy Oil USA, Inc.,
3.750%, 2/15/2031, 144A
    291,813  
   

 

 

 
      2,820,644  
   

 

 

 
  Sovereigns – 0.5%

 

  2,420,000     Mexico Government International Bond, 4.280%, 8/14/2041     2,469,126  
   

 

 

 
  Supranational – 0.2%

 

  59,420,000     International Finance Corp.,
5.850%, 11/25/2022, (INR)(a)
    809,318  
   

 

 

 
  Technology – 2.5%

 

  4,455,000     Broadcom, Inc.,
2.600%, 2/15/2033, 144A
    4,279,421  
  1,820,000     CommScope, Inc.,
4.750%, 9/01/2029, 144A
    1,817,725  
  2,095,000     Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.,
6.350%, 10/15/2045
    2,812,897  
  1,215,000     Iron Mountain, Inc.,
4.875%, 9/15/2029, 144A
    1,272,713  
  290,000     MSCI, Inc.,
3.250%, 8/15/2033, 144A
    293,323  
  615,000     Sensata Technologies BV,
4.000%, 4/15/2029, 144A
    626,039  
  735,000     Square, Inc.,
3.500%, 6/01/2031, 144A
    753,912  
  1,110,000     SYNNEX Corp.,
1.750%, 8/09/2026, 144A
    1,098,118  
   

 

 

 
      12,954,148  
   

 

 

 
  Transportation Services – 0.1%

 

  295,000     Fenix Marine Service Holdings Ltd.,
8.000%, 1/15/2024
    323,096  
  Transportation Services – continued

 

200,000     GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd., 4.250%, 10/27/2027, 144A   191,451  
   

 

 

 
      514,547  
   

 

 

 
  Treasuries – 12.2%

 

  150,000(††)     Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M-20, 8.500%, 5/31/2029, (MXN)     777,254  
  10,150,000     Republic of Brazil, 8.500%, 1/05/2024, (BRL)     1,833,794  
  14,635,000     Republic of Brazil, 10.250%, 1/10/2028, (BRL)     2,752,990  
  3,185,000     U.S. Treasury Note,
0.125%, 12/31/2022(a)(k)
    3,184,005  
  25,575,000     U.S. Treasury Note,
0.125%, 4/30/2023(a)
    25,541,033  
  10,310,000     U.S. Treasury Note,
0.125%, 5/31/2023(a)
    10,293,488  
  18,000,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 0.125%, 7/31/2023     17,961,328  
   

 

 

 
      62,343,892  
   

 

 

 
  Wireless – 2.8%

 

  72,400,000     America Movil SAB de CV,
6.450%, 12/05/2022, (MXN)(a)
    3,498,728  
  730,000     Bharti Airtel Ltd.,
3.250%, 6/03/2031, 144A
    733,930  
  1,565,000     SBA Communications Corp.,
3.125%, 2/01/2029, 144A
    1,512,181  
  3,275,000     T-Mobile USA, Inc., 3.375%, 4/15/2029     3,416,644  
  1,620,000     T-Mobile USA, Inc.,
3.500%, 4/15/2031
    1,708,508  
  2,965,000     T-Mobile USA, Inc.,
3.875%, 4/15/2030
    3,273,841  
   

 

 

 
      14,143,832  
   

 

 

 
  Wirelines – 0.2%

 

  880,000     AT&T, Inc., 3.500%, 9/15/2053     870,954  
  385,000     Verizon Communications, Inc.,
2.850%, 9/03/2041
    375,748  
   

 

 

 
      1,246,702  
   

 

 

 
  Total Non-Convertible Bonds  
  (Identified Cost $386,152,517)     396,306,046  
   

 

 

 
  Convertible Bonds – 4.1%  
  Airlines – 0.5%

 

  440,000     JetBlue Airways Corp.,
0.500%, 4/01/2026, 144A
    431,131  
  1,210,000     Southwest Airlines Co.,
1.250%, 5/01/2025
    1,807,438  
   

 

 

 
      2,238,569  
   

 

 

 
  Cable Satellite – 1.0%

 

  1,055,000     DISH Network Corp.,
2.375%, 3/15/2024
    1,027,966  
  4,045,000     DISH Network Corp.,
3.375%, 8/15/2026
    4,204,777  
   

 

 

 
      5,232,743  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Convertible Bonds – continued  
  Consumer Cyclical Services – 0.3%

 

$ 535,000     Expedia Group, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 2/15/2026, 144A(l)   $ 577,613  
  530,000     Peloton Interactive, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.000%-1.734%, 2/15/2026, 144A(m)     466,551  
  645,000     Uber Technologies, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 12/15/2025, 144A(l)     627,347  
   

 

 

 
      1,671,511  
   

 

 

 
  Gaming – 0.1%

 

  170,000     Penn National Gaming, Inc.,
2.750%, 5/15/2026
    542,470  
   

 

 

 
  Healthcare – 0.3%

 

  1,690,000     Teladoc Health, Inc.,
1.250%, 6/01/2027
    1,697,498  
   

 

 

 
  Media Entertainment – 0.2%

 

  750,000     Twitter, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 3/15/2026, 144A(l)     696,255  
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals – 1.0%

 

  820,000     BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.,
0.599%, 8/01/2024
    839,013  
  3,395,000     BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.,
1.250%, 5/15/2027
    3,397,795  
  580,000     Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 4/01/2026, 144A(l)     527,068  
  370,000     Livongo Health, Inc., 0.875%, 6/01/2025     488,803  
   

 

 

 
      5,252,679  
   

 

 

 
  Technology – 0.7%

 

  1,620,000     Palo Alto Networks, Inc.,
0.375%, 6/01/2025
    2,674,739  
  710,000     Splunk, Inc., 1.125%, 6/15/2027     696,244  
   

 

 

 
      3,370,983  
   

 

 

 
  Total Convertible Bonds
 
  (Identified Cost $20,460,614)     20,702,708  
   

 

 

 
  Municipals – 0.8%  
  Virginia – 0.8%

 

  3,985,000     Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Series A-1, 6.706%, 6/01/2046
(Identified Cost $3,968,172)
    4,161,133  
   

 

 

 
  Total Bonds and Notes
 
  (Identified Cost $410,581,303)     421,169,887  
   

 

 

 
  Senior Loans – 0.9%  
  Airlines – 0.1%

 

  684,966     United Airlines, Inc., 2021 Term Loan B, 3-month LIBOR + 3.750%, 4.500%, 4/21/2028(c)     689,172  
   

 

 

 
  Cable Satellite – 0.1%

 

254,000     DirecTV Financing LLC,
Term Loan, 7/22/2027(n)
  254,079  
  257,841     DirecTV Financing LLC, Term Loan, 3-month LIBOR + 5.000%, 5.750%, 7/22/2027(c)     257,921  
   

 

 

 
      512,000  
   

 

 

 
  Healthcare – 0.1%

 

  459,602     Medline Industries, Inc.,
USD Term Loan B, 9/20/2028(n)
    458,595  
   

 

 

 
  Independent Energy – 0.3%

 

  1,282,000     Ascent Resources—Utica, 2020 Fixed 2nd Lien Term Loan,
3-month LIBOR + 9.000%, 10.000%, 11/01/2025(c)
    1,401,649  
   

 

 

 
  Lodging – 0.2%

 

  766,549     Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower LLC, 2021 Term Loan B,
1-month LIBOR + 3.000%, 3.500%, 8/02/2028(c)
    768,273  
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals – 0.1%

 

  621,443     Jazz Financing Lux S.a.r.l.,
USD Term Loan,
1-month LIBOR + 3.500%, 4.000%, 5/05/2028(c)
    622,145  
   

 

 

 
  Total Senior Loans
 
  (Identified Cost $4,312,171)     4,451,834  
   

 

 

 
  Collateralized Loan Obligations – 4.4%  
  555,000     522 Funding CLO Ltd., Series 2021-7A, Class D,
3-month LIBOR + 2.900%, 3.100%, 4/23/2034, 144A(c)
    550,859  
  1,090,000     AIG CLO Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class D, 3-month LIBOR + 2.950%, 3.134%, 4/22/2034, 144A(c)     1,088,958  
  1,005,000     AIMCO CLO Ltd., Series 2017-AA, Class DR, 3-month LIBOR + 3.150%, 3.284%, 4/20/2034, 144A(c)     1,008,840  
  1,940,000     AIMCO CLO Ltd., Series 2021-14A, Class D, 3-month LIBOR + 2.900%, 3.098%, 4/20/2034, 144A(c)     1,939,966  
  2,100,000     Ares XLII CLO Ltd., Series 2017-42A, Class BR, 3-month LIBOR + 1.500%, 1.638%, 1/22/2028, 144A(a)(c)     2,098,459  
  255,000     Atrium XV, Series 15A, Class D,
3-month LIBOR + 3.000%, 3.138%, 1/23/2031, 144A(c)
    255,016  
  340,556     B&M CLO Ltd., Series 2014-1A, Class CR, 3-month LIBOR + 2.600%, 2.726%, 4/16/2026, 144A(a)(c)     340,554  
  1,320,000     Barings CLO Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class D, 3-month LIBOR + 2.900%, 2.900%, 4/25/2034, 144A(c)     1,310,147  
  1,265,000     Basswood Park CLO Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class D,
3-month LIBOR + 2.650%, 2.861%, 4/20/2034, 144A(c)
    1,264,975  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Collateralized Loan Obligations – continued  
$ 370,000     Carlye U.S. CLO Ltd., Series 2018-4A, Class C,
3-month LIBOR + 2.900%, 3.034%, 1/20/2031, 144A(c)
  $ 369,996  
  305,000     CarVal CLO I Ltd., Series 2018-1A, Class D, 3-month LIBOR + 2.890%, 3.016%, 7/16/2031, 144A(c)     304,695  
  503,000     CIFC Funding Ltd., Series 2018-1A, Class D, 3-month LIBOR + 2.650%, 2.784%, 4/18/2031, 144A(c)     500,494  
  1,320,000     Elmwood CLO II Ltd., Series 2019-2A, Class DR,
3-month LIBOR + 3.000%, 3.134%, 4/20/2034, 144A(c)
    1,322,007  
  340,000     Elmwood CLO VIII Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class D2,
3-month LIBOR + 2.850%, 2.984%, 1/20/2034, 144A(c)
    339,666  
  285,000     Grippen Park CLO Ltd., Series 2017-1A, Class D,
3-month LIBOR + 3.300%, 3.434%, 1/20/2030, 144A(c)
    285,063  
  365,000     Invesco CLO Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class D, 3-month LIBOR + 3.050%, 3.215%, 4/15/2034, 144A(c)     364,993  
  2,275,000     Madison Park Funding XXV Ltd., Series 2017-25A, Class CR,
3-month LIBOR + 3.350%, 3.475%, 4/25/2029, 144A(c)
    2,275,715  
  500,000     Madison Park Funding XXXI Ltd., Series 2018-31A, Class D,
3-month LIBOR + 3.000%, 3.138%, 1/23/2031, 144A(c)
    500,030  
  405,000     Neuberger Berman CLO XVI-S Ltd., Series 2017-16SA, Class DR,
3-month LIBOR + 2.900%, 3.026%, 4/15/2034, 144A(c)
    404,997  
  1,930,000     Oaktree CLO Ltd., Series 2019-2A, Class BR, 3-month LIBOR + 2.700%, 2.826%, 4/15/2031, 144A(a)(c)     1,930,351  
  255,000     OCP CLO Ltd., Series 2018-15A, Class C, 3-month LIBOR + 2.950%, 3.084%, 7/20/2031, 144A(c)     255,005  
  1,835,000     OZLM XXIII Ltd., Series 2019-23A, Class DR, 3-month LIBOR + 3.750%, 3.876%, 4/15/2034, 144A(c)     1,841,937  
  285,000     Parallel Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class DR, 3-month LIBOR + 2.550%, 2.684%, 7/20/2027, 144A(c)     285,551  
  250,000     Recette CLO Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class DRR, 3-month LIBOR + 3.250%, 3.384%, 4/20/2034, 144A(c)     251,339  
  735,000     Rockford Tower CLO Ltd., Series 2017-1A, Class DR2A,
3-month LIBOR + 3.250%, 3.384%, 4/20/2034, 144A(c)
    734,991  
  575,000     Sixth Street CLO XVIII Ltd., Series 2021-18A, Class D,
3-month LIBOR + 2.900%, 3.122%, 4/20/2034, 144A(c)
    570,723  
  Collateralized Loan Obligations – continued  
350,000     York CLO-6 Ltd., Series 2019-1A, Class D, 3-month LIBOR + 4.000%, 4.138%, 7/22/2032, 144A(c)   350,242  
   

 

 

 
  Total Collateralized Loan Obligations

 

  (Identified Cost $22,733,452)     22,745,569  
   

 

 

 
  Shares              
  Common Stocks – 8.3%  
  Aerospace & Defense – 0.2%

 

  3,347     Lockheed Martin Corp.     1,155,050  
   

 

 

 
  Air Freight & Logistics – 0.2%

 

  6,036     United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B     1,099,156  
   

 

 

 
  Beverages – 0.2%

 

  23,565     Coca-Cola Co. (The)     1,236,456  
   

 

 

 
  Capital Markets – 0.5%

 

  1,429     BlackRock, Inc.     1,198,445  
  13,873     Morgan Stanley     1,349,982  
   

 

 

 
      2,548,427  
   

 

 

 
  Chemicals – 0.4%

 

  85,159     Hexion Holdings Corp., Class B(f)     1,802,561  
   

 

 

 
  Communications Equipment – 0.3%

 

  23,659     Cisco Systems, Inc.     1,287,759  
   

 

 

 
  Electric Utilities – 0.5%

 

  12,831     Duke Energy Corp.     1,252,177  
  17,188     NextEra Energy, Inc.     1,349,602  
   

 

 

 
      2,601,779  
   

 

 

 
  Food & Staples Retailing – 0.2%

 

  9,113     Walmart, Inc.     1,270,170  
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.3%

 

  10,817     Abbott Laboratories     1,277,812  
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Providers & Services – 0.5%

 

  3,298     Anthem, Inc.     1,229,494  
  3,119     UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     1,218,718  
   

 

 

 
      2,448,212  
   

 

 

 
  Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.2%

 

  11,105     Starbucks Corp.     1,224,993  
   

 

 

 
  Household Products – 0.3%

 

  9,395     Procter & Gamble Co. (The)     1,313,421  
   

 

 

 
  IT Services – 0.4%

 

  4,189     Accenture PLC, Class A     1,340,145  
  3,114     Automatic Data Processing, Inc.     622,551  
   

 

 

 
      1,962,696  
   

 

 

 
  Machinery – 0.4%

 

  2,782     Cummins, Inc.     624,726  
  3,612     Deere & Co.     1,210,273  
   

 

 

 
      1,834,999  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund – continued

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – continued  
  Media – 0.4%

 

  21,855     Comcast Corp., Class A   $ 1,222,350  
  40,019     iHeartMedia, Inc., Class A(f)     1,001,276  
   

 

 

 
      2,223,626  
   

 

 

 
  Metals & Mining – 0.2%

 

  20,151     Newmont Corp.     1,094,199  
   

 

 

 
  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.6%

 

  939     Battalion Oil Corp.(f)     9,136  
  12,037     Chevron Corp.     1,221,154  
  9,824     Whiting Petroleum Corp.(f)     573,820  
  47,392     Williams Cos., Inc. (The)     1,229,348  
   

 

 

 
      3,033,458  
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals – 0.7%

 

  18,912     Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.     1,119,023  
  7,556     Johnson & Johnson     1,220,294  
  16,085     Merck & Co., Inc.     1,208,144  
   

 

 

 
      3,547,461  
   

 

 

 
  Professional Services – 0.0%

 

  456     Clarivate PLC(f)     9,986  
   

 

 

 
  REITs – Diversified – 0.2%

 

  4,651     American Tower Corp.     1,234,422  
   

 

 

 
  Road & Rail – 0.2%

 

  5,682     Union Pacific Corp.     1,113,729  
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 0.1%

 

  3,482     Texas Instruments, Inc.     669,275  
   

 

 

 
  Software – 0.3%

 

  4,599     Microsoft Corp.     1,296,550  
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Retail – 0.1%

 

  2,001     Home Depot, Inc. (The)     656,848  
   

 

 

 
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 0.3%

 

  9,123     Apple, Inc.     1,290,904  
   

 

 

 
  Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.6%

 

  25,376     T-Mobile US, Inc.(f)     3,242,038  
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks
 
  (Identified Cost $45,380,094)     42,475,987  
   

 

 

 
  Preferred Stocks – 1.5%  
  Convertible Preferred Stocks – 1.4%  
  Banking – 0.8%

 

  2,149     Bank of America Corp., Series L,
7.250%
    3,099,761  
  834     Wells Fargo & Co., Class A, Series L,
7.500%
    1,235,988  
   

 

 

 
      4,335,749  
   

 

 

 
  Midstream – 0.1%

 

  5,333     El Paso Energy Capital Trust I,
4.750%
    264,250  
   

 

 

 
  Technology – 0.2%

 

  9,878     Clarivate PLC, Series A,
5.250%
  856,324  
   

 

 

 
  Wireless – 0.3%

 

  1,413     2020 Cash Mandatory Exchangeable Trust, 5.250%, 144A(e)(j)     1,597,778  
   

 

 

 
  Total Convertible Preferred Stocks
 
  (Identified Cost $6,164,039)     7,054,101  
   

 

 

 
  Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks – 0.1%  
  Electric – 0.1%

 

  4,670     Union Electric Co.,
4.500%
(Identified Cost $246,343)
    479,609  
   

 

 

 
  Total Preferred Stocks  
  (Identified Cost $6,410,382)     7,533,710  
   

 

 

 
 
Principal
Amount (‡)

 
           
  Short-Term Investments – 2.6%  
$ 13,277,693     Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 9/30/2021 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $13,277,693 on 10/01/2021 collateralized by $13,613,500 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.250% due 9/30/2028 valued at $13,543,309 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)
(Identified Cost $13,277,693)
    13,277,693  
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments – 100.1%  
  (Identified Cost $502,695,095)     511,654,680  
  Other assets less liabilities—(0.1)%     (596,681
   

 

 

 
  Net Assets – 100.0%   $ 511,057,999  
   

 

 

 
  (‡)     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)     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 September 30, 2021 is disclosed.

 

  (c)     Variable rate security. Rate as of September 30, 2021 is disclosed.

 

  (d)     Level 3 security. Value has been determined using significant unobservable inputs. See Note 3 of Notes to Financial Statements.

 

  (e)     Illiquid security. (Unaudited)

 

  (f)     Non-income producing security.

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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  (g)     Securities subject to restriction on resale. At September 30, 2021, the restricted securities held by the Fund are as follows:

 

    Acquisition
Date
  Acquisition
Cost
    Value     % of
Net Assets
 
GCA2014 Holdings Ltd., Series 2014-1, Class E   12/18/2014   $ 1,180,971     $ 25,087       Less than 0.1%  
  (h)     Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser. At September 30, 2021, the value of these securities amounted to $306,262 or 0.1% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.
  (i)     Perpetual bond with no specified maturity date.
  (j)     Securities classified as fair valued pursuant to the Fund’s pricing policies and procedures. At September 30, 2021, the value of these securities amounted to $3,082,767 or 0.6% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.
  (k)     Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged as collateral for open derivative contracts.
  (l)     Interest rate represents annualized yield at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.
  (m)     Interest rate represents annualized yield at time of purchase; not a coupon rate. The Fund’s investment in this security is comprised of various lots with differing annualized yields.
  (n)     Position is unsettled. Contract rate was not determined at September 30, 2021 and does not take effect until settlement date. Maturity date is not finalized until settlement date.
  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 September 30, 2021, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $203,491,130 or 39.8% of net assets.
  ABS     Asset-Backed Securities
  EMTN     Euro Medium Term Note
  LIBOR     London Interbank Offered Rate
  MTN     Medium Term Note
  REITs     Real Estate Investment Trusts
  BRL     Brazilian Real
  INR     Indian Rupee
  MXN     Mexican Peso

 

At September 30, 2021, open short futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

   Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Amount
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Ultra 10 Year U.S. Treasury Note

     12/21/2021        233      $ 34,363,396      $ 33,843,250      $ 520,146  
              

 

 

 

Industry Summary at September 30, 2021

 

Treasuries

       12.2

Finance Companies

       6.0  

ABS Home Equity

       4.9  

Cable Satellite

       4.7  

Banking

       4.2  

Technology

       3.4  

ABS Car Loan

       3.1  

Metals & Mining

       3.1  

Wireless

       3.1  

ABS Other

       2.9  

Consumer Cyclical Services

       2.9  

Airlines

       2.9  

Independent Energy

       2.5  

Aerospace & Defense

       2.2  

Life Insurance

       2.2  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

       32.8  

Collateralized Loan Obligations

       4.4  

Short-Term Investments

       2.6  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments

       100.1  

Other assets less liabilities (including futures contracts)

       (0.1
    

 

 

 

Net Assets

       100.0
    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – 95.2% of Net Assets  
  Australia – 1.4%

 

  4,845,000     New South Wales Treasury Corp., Series 26, 4.000%, 5/20/2026, (AUD)(a)   $ 3,995,719  
  8,485,000     Queensland Treasury Corp., Series 27, 2.750%, 8/20/2027, 144A, (AUD)(a)     6,688,269  
   

 

 

 
      10,683,988  
   

 

 

 
  Belgium – 0.8%

 

  305,000     Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc., 4.700%, 2/01/2036     368,704  
  1,605,000     Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 4.500%, 6/01/2050(a)     1,915,923  
  2,485,000     Kingdom of Belgium Government Bond, 1.700%, 6/22/2050, 144A, (EUR)(a)     3,460,187  
   

 

 

 
      5,744,814  
   

 

 

 
  Bermuda – 0.3%

 

  1,935,000     XLIT Ltd., (fixed rate to 6/29/2027, variable rate thereafter),
3.250%, 6/29/2047, (EUR)(a)
    2,514,644  
   

 

 

 
  Brazil – 3.6%

 

  3,245,000     Banco Bradesco S.A.,
2.850%, 1/27/2023, 144A
    3,294,064  
  1,020,000     Banco do Brasil S.A.,
4.625%, 1/15/2025, 144A
    1,077,385  
  34,907(††)     Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional, Series F, 10.000%, 1/01/2027, (BRL)     6,260,257  
  16,075(††)     Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional, Series F, 10.000%, 1/01/2029, (BRL)     2,826,672  
  3,525,000     Brazilian Government International Bond, 4.625%, 1/13/2028     3,705,480  
  3,045,000     Embraer Netherlands Finance BV,
5.050%, 6/15/2025
    3,204,863  
  530,000     Embraer Netherlands Finance BV,
5.400%, 2/01/2027
    563,793  
  2,705,000     Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.,
2.900%, 1/24/2023, 144A
    2,745,602  
  1,460,000     Suzano Austria GmbH,
3.750%, 1/15/2031
    1,499,785  
  1,660,000     Ultrapar International S.A,
5.250%, 6/06/2029, 144A
    1,776,200  
  205,000     Ultrapar International S.A.,
5.250%, 6/06/2029
    219,350  
   

 

 

 
      27,173,451  
   

 

 

 
  Canada – 1.6%

 

  8,660,000     Canadian Government Bond,
0.500%, 12/01/2030, (CAD)(a)
    6,273,064  
  4,285,000     Canadian Government Bond,
2.000%, 12/01/2051, (CAD)(a)
    3,393,222  
  635,000     CNH Capital Canada Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class A2,
1.001%, 11/16/2026, 144A, (CAD)(a)
    499,743  
  Canada – continued

 

  750,000     Ford Auto Securitization Trust, Series 2019-AA, Class A3,
2.552%, 9/15/2024, 144A, (CAD)(a)
  603,239  
  314,277     Ford Auto Securitization Trust, Series 2019-BA, Class A2,
2.321%, 10/15/2023, 144A, (CAD)(a)
    249,868  
  1,260,000     Province of Manitoba Canada, MTN, 4.400%, 9/05/2025, (CAD)(a)     1,115,577  
   

 

 

 
      12,134,713  
   

 

 

 
  Chile – 0.3%

 

  2,235,000     Engie Energia Chile S.A.,
3.400%, 1/28/2030(a)
    2,296,462  
   

 

 

 
  China – 7.2%

 

  125,210,000     China Government Bond,
1.990%, 4/09/2025, (CNY)(a)
    18,968,841  
  92,590,000     China Government Bond,
3.270%, 11/19/2030, (CNY)(a)
    14,740,132  
  103,920,000     China Government Bond,
3.280%, 12/03/2027, (CNY)(a)
    16,603,492  
  20,430,000     China Government Bond,
3.810%, 9/14/2050, (CNY)(a)
    3,362,142  
   

 

 

 
      53,674,607  
   

 

 

 
  Colombia – 0.7%

 

  19,798,100,000     Titulos De Tesoreria, Series B,
7.500%, 8/26/2026, (COP)(a)
    5,385,179  
   

 

 

 
  Denmark – 0.8%

 

  33,175,000     Denmark Government Bond,
1.750%, 11/15/2025, (DKK)(a)
    5,633,260  
   

 

 

 
  France – 0.8%

 

  3,275,000     French Republic Government Bond OAT, 0.500%, 6/25/2044, 144A, (EUR)(a)     3,618,317  
  1,200,000     Mutuelle Assurance Des Commercants et Industriels de France et Des Cadres Et Salaries De L Industrie Et Du Commerce (Macif), (fixed rate to 3/21/2032, variable rate thereafter),
2.125%, 6/21/2052, (EUR)
    1,397,003  
  115,000     WEA Finance LLC,
2.875%, 1/15/2027, 144A
    119,143  
  535,000     WEA Finance LLC,
3.500%, 6/15/2029, 144A
    556,474  
   

 

 

 
      5,690,937  
   

 

 

 
  Germany – 9.6%

 

  7,730,000     Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe, Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 2/15/2030, (EUR)(a)(b)     9,200,568  
  2,345,000     Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe, 1.250%, 8/15/2048, (EUR)(a)     3,428,178  
  14,150,000     Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe, Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 8/15/2026, (EUR)(a)(b)     16,861,456  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Germany – continued

 

  3,610,000     Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe, Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 8/15/2030, (EUR)(b)   $ 4,287,698  
  9,550,000     Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe, 0.250%, 8/15/2028, (EUR)(a)     11,587,986  
  2,660,000     Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe, Zero Coupon, 0.308%, 8/15/2050, (EUR)(b)     2,840,482  
  2,330,000     Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe, 1.000%, 8/15/2025, (EUR)(a)     2,873,707  
  3,840,000     Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe, 1.500%, 5/15/2023, (EUR)     4,608,754  
  555,000     Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe, 4.750%, 7/04/2040, (EUR)(a)     1,209,214  
  815,000     Deutsche Bank AG, (fixed rate to 1/14/2031, variable rate thereafter),
3.729%, 1/14/2032
    841,475  
  4,300,000     Deutsche Bank AG, EMTN, (fixed rate to 2/19/2026, variable rate thereafter), 5.625%, 5/19/2031, (EUR)     5,909,524  
  3,385,000     Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide,
1.875%, 3/31/2028, (EUR)
    4,063,888  
  32,680,000     Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, EMTN, 1.250%, 8/28/2023, (NOK)(a)     3,746,756  
  520,000     Volkswagen Financial Services AG, EMTN, 3.375%, 4/06/2028, (EUR)(a)     708,569  
   

 

 

 
      72,168,255  
   

 

 

 
  India – 0.5%

 

  3,455,000     Bharti Airtel Ltd.,
4.375%, 6/10/2025, 144A(a)
    3,713,469  
   

 

 

 
  Indonesia – 0.2%

 

  18,722,000,000     Indonesia Treasury Bond,
8.250%, 5/15/2029, (IDR)(a)
    1,472,906  
   

 

 

 
  Ireland – 0.7%

 

  1,310,000     Ireland Government Bond, Zero Coupon, 0.029%, 10/18/2031, (EUR)(a)(b)     1,488,868  
  3,205,000     Ireland Government Bond,
1.000%, 5/15/2026, (EUR)(a)
    3,957,760  
   

 

 

 
      5,446,628  
   

 

 

 
  Israel – 0.5%

 

  3,425,000     State of Israel, 1.000%, 3/31/2030, (ILS)(a)     1,046,199  
  845,000     Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands II BV,
1.125%, 10/15/2024, (EUR)
    933,781  
  Israel – continued

 

$ 1,945,000     Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV,
3.150%, 10/01/2026
  1,862,337  
   

 

 

 
      3,842,317  
   

 

 

 
  Italy – 4.9%

 

  360,000     Assicurazioni Generali SpA, EMTN (fixed rate to 10/27/2027, variable rate thereafter),
5.500%, 10/27/2047, (EUR)
    512,697  
  910,000     Atlantia SpA, 1.875%, 2/12/2028, (EUR)     1,096,106  
  490,000     Atlantia SpA, EMTN,
1.625%, 2/03/2025, (EUR)
    581,781  
  2,255,000     Atlantia SpA, EMTN,
1.875%, 7/13/2027, (EUR)
    2,719,232  
  2,485,000     Autostrade per l’Italia SpA,
2.000%, 1/15/2030, (EUR)
    3,018,107  
  1,600,000     Enel Finance International NV,
6.000%, 10/07/2039, 144A(a)
    2,208,536  
  620,000     Intesa Sanpaolo SpA,
5.017%, 6/26/2024, 144A
    669,373  
  2,625,000     Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, EMTN,
5.148%, 6/10/2030, (GBP)
    3,968,848  
  1,250,000     Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Series XR,
4.000%, 9/23/2029, 144A(a)
    1,364,421  
  12,585,000     Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro, 1.350%, 4/01/2030, (EUR)(a)     15,377,749  
  850,000     Leonardo U.S. Holdings, Inc.,
7.375%, 7/15/2039, 144A
    1,110,542  
  350,000     UniCredit SpA, 6.572%, 1/14/2022, 144A(a)     355,679  
  300,000     UniCredit SpA, (fixed rate to 1/15/2027, variable rate thereafter), 2.731%, 1/15/2032, (EUR)     360,848  
  605,000     UniCredit SpA, (fixed rate to 4/02/2029, variable rate thereafter), 7.296%, 4/02/2034, 144A     733,460  
  2,355,000     UniCredit SpA, (fixed rate to 6/30/2030, variable rate thereafter), 5.459%, 6/30/2035     2,595,631  
  200,000     UniCredit SpA, (fixed rate to 6/30/2030, variable rate thereafter), 5.459%, 6/30/2035, 144A     220,649  
   

 

 

 
      36,893,659  
   

 

 

 
  Japan – 10.0%

 

  1,609,358,958(†††)     Japan Government CPI Linked Bond, Series 24, 0.100%, 3/10/2029, (JPY)(a)     14,915,822  
  3,361,750,000     Japan Government Five Year Bond, 0.100%, 12/20/2025, (JPY)(a)     30,452,541  
  683,950,000     Japan Government Ten Year Bond, Series 350,
0.100%, 3/20/2028, (JPY)
    6,206,464  
  237,000,000     Japan Government Ten Year Bond, Series 354, 0.100%, 3/20/2029, (JPY)     2,149,472  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Japan – continued

 

  493,150,000     Japan Government Thirty Year Bond, Series 26, 2.400%, 3/20/2037, (JPY)(a)   $ 5,844,821  
  468,600,000     Japan Government Thirty Year Bond, Series 41, 1.700%, 12/20/2043, (JPY)(a)     5,259,840  
  480,200,000     Japan Government Thirty Year Bond, Series 51, 0.300%, 6/20/2046, (JPY)(a)     4,056,556  
  724,400,000     Japan Government Thirty Year Bond, Series 62, 0.500%, 3/20/2049, (JPY)(a)     6,295,208  
   

 

 

 
      75,180,724  
   

 

 

 
  Korea – 1.0%

 

  9,400,000,000     Korea Treasury Bond,
1.375%, 6/10/2030, (KRW)(a)
    7,409,334  
   

 

 

 
  Malaysia – 0.3%

 

  7,770,000     Malaysia Government Bond, Series 0119, 3.906%, 7/15/2026, (MYR)(a)     1,940,691  
   

 

 

 
  Mexico – 2.1%

 

  680,000     Cemex SAB de CV,
3.875%, 7/11/2031, 144A
    680,408  
  3,275,000     Cemex SAB de CV,
3.875%, 7/11/2031
    3,276,965  
  405,000     Cemex SAB de CV,
5.200%, 9/17/2030, 144A
    434,990  
  880,000     Cemex SAB de CV,
5.450%, 11/19/2029, 144A
    953,700  
  200,000     Cemex SAB de CV,
5.450%, 11/19/2029
    216,750  
  996,320(††††)     Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M 20, 8.500%, 5/31/2029, (MXN)(a)     5,162,629  
  1,025,000     Orbia Advance Corp. SAB de CV,
5.875%, 9/17/2044, 144A(a)
    1,263,210  
  1,965,000     Sigma Alimentos S.A. de CV,
4.125%, 5/02/2026, 144A(a)
    2,145,839  
  1,175,000     Sigma Finance Netherlands BV,
4.875%, 3/27/2028
    1,339,500  
   

 

 

 
      15,473,991  
   

 

 

 
  New Zealand – 0.1%

 

  1,045,000     New Zealand Government Bond, Series 0423, 5.500%, 4/15/2023, (NZD)(a)     770,486  
   

 

 

 
  Norway – 1.2%

 

  320,000     Aker BP ASA,
3.750%, 1/15/2030, 144A
    342,607  
  2,755,000     Aker BP ASA,
4.000%, 1/15/2031, 144A
    2,996,618  
  2,000,000     City of Oslo Norway,
2.300%, 3/14/2024, (NOK)
    233,090  
  1,000,000     City of Oslo Norway,
3.650%, 11/08/2023, (NOK)
    119,631  
  6,000,000     Norway Government Bond, Series 475, 2.000%, 5/24/2023, 144A, (NOK)(a)     699,334  
  Norway – continued

 

  37,545,000     Norway Government Bond, Series 477, 1.750%, 3/13/2025, 144A, (NOK)(a)   4,361,478  
   

 

 

 
      8,752,758  
   

 

 

 
  Portugal – 0.2%

 

  420,000     EDP Finance BV,
1.710%, 1/24/2028, 144A
    412,280  
  1,040,000     EDP Finance BV,
3.625%, 7/15/2024, 144A
    1,111,390  
  230,000     EDP Finance BV, EMTN,
0.375%, 9/16/2026, (EUR)
    269,111  
   

 

 

 
      1,792,781  
   

 

 

 
  Singapore – 0.3%

 

  2,780,000     Singapore Government Bond,
2.125%, 6/01/2026, (SGD)
    2,156,988  
   

 

 

 
  South Africa – 1.0%

 

  132,045,000     Republic of South Africa, Series R213, 7.000%, 2/28/2031, (ZAR)     7,377,947  
   

 

 

 
  Spain – 1.6%

 

  400,000     Banco Santander S.A.,
2.958%, 3/25/2031
    411,512  
  400,000     Banco Santander S.A.,
4.250%, 4/11/2027(a)
    449,498  
  2,600,000     Banco Santander S.A.,
5.179%, 11/19/2025(a)
    2,953,288  
  2,460,000     Spain Government Bond,
1.950%, 7/30/2030, 144A, (EUR)(a)
    3,268,708  
  2,835,000     Spain Government Bond,
4.200%, 1/31/2037, 144A, (EUR)(a)
    4,915,611  
   

 

 

 
      11,998,617  
   

 

 

 
  Supranationals – 1.6%

 

  2,665,000     Inter-American Development Bank,
4.400%, 1/26/2026, (CAD)(a)
    2,381,036  
  37,000,000,000     International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, EMTN, 8.400%, 10/12/2021, (IDR)(a)     2,587,661  
  18,000,000     Nordic Investment Bank, EMTN,
0.200%, 1/16/2023, (SEK)(a)
    2,059,016  
  44,510,000     Nordic Investment Bank, EMTN,
1.500%, 3/13/2025, (NOK)(a)
    5,098,409  
   

 

 

 
      12,126,122  
   

 

 

 
  Sweden – 0.2%

 

  9,900,000     Sweden Government Bond, Series 1057, 1.500%, 11/13/2023, 144A, (SEK)(a)     1,173,667  
   

 

 

 
  Switzerland – 0.2%

 

  195,000     Credit Suisse Group AG, (fixed rate to 1/14/2027, variable rate thereafter), 0.650%, 1/14/2028, (EUR)     225,716  
  1,430,000     Credit Suisse Group AG, EMTN,
0.625%, 1/18/2033, (EUR)(a)
    1,559,171  
   

 

 

 
      1,784,887  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Thailand – 0.3%

 

  74,870,000     Thailand Government Bond,
1.600%, 12/17/2029, (THB)(a)
  $ 2,191,523  
   

 

 

 
  United Arab Emirates – 0.3%

 

  1,180,000     DP World Ltd., MTN,
4.700%, 9/30/2049
    1,293,327  
  800,000     DP World Ltd., MTN,
5.625%, 9/25/2048
    986,160  
   

 

 

 
      2,279,487  
   

 

 

 
  United Kingdom – 6.3%

 

  1,780,000     Aviva PLC, (fixed rate to 3/03/2035, variable rate thereafter),
4.000%, 6/03/2055, (GBP)(a)
    2,605,476  
  1,050,000     Barclays PLC, (fixed rate to 9/23/2030, variable rate thereafter), 3.564%, 9/23/2035     1,089,347  
  1,000,000     Barclays PLC, EMTN, (fixed rate to 3/22/2026, variable rate thereafter), 1.125%, 3/22/2031, (EUR)     1,166,922  
  761,646     Brass PLC, Series 8A, Class A1,
3-month LIBOR + 0.700%, 0.825%, 11/16/2066, 144A(a)(c)
    764,643  
  1,370,000     Channel Link Enterprises Finance PLC, Series A7, (fixed rate to 6/20/2022, variable rate thereafter), 1.761%, 6/30/2050, (EUR)(a)     1,586,336  
  1,055,000     Channel Link Enterprises Finance PLC, Series A8, (fixed rate to 6/20/2027, variable rate thereafter), 2.706%, 6/30/2050, (EUR)(a)     1,253,808  
  3,350,000     CK Hutchison International 19 Ltd., 3.625%, 4/11/2029, 144A(a)     3,664,900  
  391,330     Gosforth Funding PLC, Series 2018-1A, Class A1,
3-month LIBOR + 0.450%, 0.579%, 8/25/2060, 144A(a)(c)
    391,711  
  2,360,000     Heathrow Funding Ltd., EMTN,
1.875%, 3/14/2036, (EUR)(a)
    2,850,544  
  2,030,000     Lanark Master Issuer PLC, Series 2019-2A, Class 1A,
2.710%, 12/22/2069, 144A(a)(d)
    2,060,505  
  1,070,000     Lanark Master Issuer PLC, Series 2020-1A, Class 1A,
2.277%, 12/22/2069, 144A(a)(d)
    1,092,195  
  152,000     Lanark Master Issuer PLC, Series 2020-1A, Class 2A,
3-month SONIA + 0.570%, 0.620%, 12/22/2069, 144A, (GBP)(a)(c)
    205,766  
  1,720,000     Legal & General Group PLC, (fixed rate to 11/01/2030, variable rate thereafter), 4.500%, 11/01/2050, (GBP)(a)     2,601,801  
  490,000     Legal & General Group PLC, EMTN, (fixed rate to 11/26/2029, variable rate thereafter),
3.750%, 11/26/2049, (GBP)(a)
    701,083  
  United Kingdom – continued

 

  600,000     Lloyds Banking Group PLC, (fixed rate to 12/03/2030, variable rate thereafter), 2.707%, 12/03/2035, (GBP)   814,657  
  275,000     National Grid Electricity Transmission PLC, EMTN,
1.125%, 7/07/2028, (GBP)
    357,186  
  350,000     National Grid Electricity Transmission PLC, EMTN,
2.000%, 9/16/2038, (GBP)
    453,538  
  1,480,000     National Grid Electricity Transmission PLC, EMTN,
2.750%, 2/06/2035, (GBP)(a)
    2,109,003  
  905,000     National Grid PLC, EMTN,
0.163%, 1/20/2028, (EUR)
    1,030,527  
  430,000     National Grid PLC, EMTN,
0.553%, 9/18/2029, (EUR)
    496,602  
  225,000     Standard Chartered PLC, (fixed rate to 4/01/2030, variable rate thereafter), 4.644%, 4/01/2031, 144A(a)     259,537  
  3,255,000     United Kingdom Gilt,
0.125%, 1/30/2026, (GBP)(a)
    4,302,107  
  2,600,000     United Kingdom Gilt,
0.625%, 10/22/2050, (GBP)(a)
    2,865,651  
  435,000     United Kingdom Gilt,
1.500%, 7/22/2047, (GBP)(a)
    598,803  
  3,120,000     United Kingdom Gilt,
3.500%, 1/22/2045, (GBP)(a)
    5,962,964  
  3,090,000     United Kingdom Gilt,
4.750%, 12/07/2030, (GBP)(a)
    5,553,978  
   

 

 

 
      46,839,590  
   

 

 

 
  United States – 34.6%

 

  560,000     AES Corp. (The),
3.950%, 7/15/2030, 144A(a)
    615,787  
  290,000,000     Aflac, Inc., 0.932%, 1/25/2027, (JPY)(a)     2,621,713  
  390,000,000     Aflac, Inc., (fixed rate to 10/23/2027, variable rate thereafter), 2.108%, 10/23/2047, (JPY)(a)     3,726,998  
  275,000     Ally Financial, Inc., 3.875%, 5/21/2024     295,823  
  310,000     Ally Financial, Inc., 4.625%, 3/30/2025     344,296  
  430,000     Ally Financial, Inc., 5.750%, 11/20/2025     491,683  
  145,000     Ally Financial, Inc., 5.800%, 5/01/2025     166,800  
  3,385,000     AT&T, Inc., 3.650%, 6/01/2051(a)     3,449,272  
  1,290,000     Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2019-1A, Class A, 3.450%, 3/20/2023, 144A(a)     1,300,203  
  1,690,000     Bank of America Corp., (fixed rate to 2/13/2030, variable rate thereafter), MTN, 2.496%, 2/13/2031(a)     1,710,263  
  245,241     Bayview Opportunity Master Fund IVa Trust, Series 2016-SPL1, Class A, 4.000%, 4/28/2055, 144A(a)     246,741  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  United States – continued

 

$ 1,730,000     Boeing Co. (The), 2.196%, 2/04/2026   $ 1,742,753  
  85,000     Boeing Co. (The), 2.250%, 6/15/2026     86,399  
  160,000     Boeing Co. (The), 3.100%, 5/01/2026(a)     169,116  
  2,885,000     Boeing Co. (The), 3.250%, 2/01/2028     3,047,390  
  65,000     Boeing Co. (The), 3.250%, 3/01/2028     68,030  
  10,000     Boeing Co. (The), 3.250%, 2/01/2035     9,999  
  120,000     Boeing Co. (The), 3.550%, 3/01/2038(a)     121,885  
  1,820,000     Boeing Co. (The), 3.625%, 2/01/2031     1,948,326  
  40,000     Boeing Co. (The), 3.625%, 3/01/2048     39,270  
  630,000     Boeing Co. (The), 3.750%, 2/01/2050(a)     638,725  
  195,000     Boeing Co. (The), 3.825%, 3/01/2059(a)     191,287  
  235,000     Boeing Co. (The), 3.850%, 11/01/2048(a)     239,449  
  390,000     Boeing Co. (The), 3.900%, 5/01/2049     401,466  
  560,000     Boeing Co. (The), 3.950%, 8/01/2059(a)     574,727  
  210,000     Boeing Co. (The), 5.805%, 5/01/2050(a)     279,924  
  1,644,000     Broadcom, Inc., 3.187%, 11/15/2036, 144A     1,639,226  
  158,000     Broadcom, Inc., 3.469%, 4/15/2034, 144A     162,698  
  1,635,000     Broadcom, Inc., 4.300%, 11/15/2032     1,832,236  
  215,000     Centene Corp., 2.450%, 7/15/2028     216,075  
  2,210,000     Centene Corp., 2.500%, 3/01/2031     2,179,612  
  4,060,000     Centene Corp., 3.000%, 10/15/2030     4,161,500  
  1,890,000     Centene Corp., 3.375%, 2/15/2030     1,956,717  
  2,566,000     Centene Corp., 4.625%, 12/15/2029(a)     2,796,427  
  400,000     Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., 2.800%, 4/01/2031     400,904  
  805,000     Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., 3.700%, 4/01/2051     783,767  
  580,000     Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., 4.800%, 3/01/2050     650,879  
  3,525,000     Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., 5.050%, 3/30/2029(a)     4,127,374  
  United States – continued

 

$ 905,000     Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., 5.125%, 7/01/2049   1,064,504  
  1,443,878     Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2019-B, Class A1, 3.258%, 4/25/2066, 144A(a)(d)     1,454,681  
  1,495,003     Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2019-E, Class A1, 3.228%, 11/25/2070, 144A(a)(d)     1,497,350  
  1,927,000     Citigroup, Inc., (fixed rate to 3/31/2030, variable rate thereafter), 4.412%, 3/31/2031(a)     2,225,025  
  750,000     Citigroup, Inc., (fixed rate to 6/03/2030, variable rate thereafter), 2.572%, 6/03/2031     764,478  
  2,930,000     Citigroup, Inc., Series MPLE, 4.090%, 6/09/2025, (CAD)(a)     2,500,100  
  765,000     Continental Resources, Inc., 4.375%, 1/15/2028     846,281  
  600,000,000     Corning, Inc., 0.698%, 8/09/2024, (JPY)(a)     5,300,993  
  1,232,442     Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-RP10, Class A1, 2.986%, 12/26/2059, 144A(a)(d)     1,239,661  
  660,000     CVS Health Corp., 3.250%, 8/15/2029(a)     709,394  
  370,000     DCP Midstream Operating LP,
5.125%, 5/15/2029
    416,345  
  340,000     DCP Midstream Operating LP,
5.625%, 7/15/2027
    386,995  
  3,680,000     Delta Air Lines, Inc./SkyMiles IP Ltd., 4.500%, 10/20/2025, 144A(a)     3,937,600  
  1,175,000     Delta Air Lines, Inc./SkyMiles IP Ltd., 4.750%, 10/20/2028, 144A(a)     1,310,125  
  233,795     Diamond Resorts Owner Trust, Series 2018-1, Class A, 3.700%, 1/21/2031, 144A(a)     242,087  
  915,000     EQT Corp.,
3.625%, 5/15/2031, 144A
    953,430  
  190,000     EQT Corp., 3.900%, 10/01/2027     205,624  
  580,000     EQT Corp., 5.000%, 1/15/2029     653,051  
  585,000     Ferguson Finance PLC,
3.250%, 6/02/2030, 144A(a)
    625,053  
  1,808,380     FHLMC, 4.500%, 12/01/2048     1,953,076  
  4,457,159     FHLMC, 5.000%, with various maturities in 2049(a)(e)     4,913,896  
  311,087     FNMA, 3.000%, 11/01/2046(a)     328,753  
  1,328,711     FNMA, 3.500%, with various maturities from 2045 to 2047(a)(e)     1,427,734  
  7,553,437     FNMA, 4.000%, with various maturities from 2048 to 2049(a)(e)     8,090,508  
  5,801,012     FNMA, 4.500%, with various maturities from 2043 to 2050(a)(e)     6,310,584  
  955,000     Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 4.125%, 3/01/2028     989,619  
  2,010,000     Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 4.250%, 3/01/2030     2,128,087  
  4,550,000     Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 4.625%, 8/01/2030     4,919,687  
  125,000     Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 5.000%, 9/01/2027     130,312  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  United States – continued

 

$ 1,415,000     GE Capital Funding LLC, 4.550%, 5/15/2032(a)   $ 1,675,666  
  1,030,185     GNMA, 1-month LIBOR + 1.770%, 1.866%, 5/20/2064(a)(c)     1,071,135  
  864,420     GNMA, 1-month LIBOR + 1.995%, 2.091%, 11/20/2064(a)(c)     924,039  
  840,239     GNMA, 1-month LIBOR + 2.021%, 2.130%, 11/20/2064(a)(c)     892,524  
  1,553,612     GNMA, 1-month LIBOR + 2.328%, 2.419%, 10/20/2063(a)(c)     1,632,359  
  12,712     GNMA, 3.630%, 1/20/2063(a)(d)     13,082  
  1,405,622     GNMA, 4.611%, 2/20/2065(a)(d)     1,507,662  
  5,302     GNMA, 4.630%, 12/20/2061(a)(d)     5,322  
  1,134,922     GNMA, 4.637%, 7/20/2064(a)(d)     1,213,712  
  1,283,057     GNMA, 4.649%, 7/20/2064(a)(d)     1,372,401  
  2,365,980     GNMA, 4.655%, 5/20/2064(a)(d)     2,520,142  
  3,660,000     Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 3.750%, 4/01/2030     3,987,953  
  845,000     Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 4.375%, 6/01/2046     964,137  
  2,188,641     Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust, Series 2019-GS7, Class A1, 3.250%, 11/25/2059, 144A(a)(d)     2,200,791  
  1,950,202     Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust, Series 2020-GS1, Class A1, 2.882%, 10/25/2059, 144A(a)(d)     1,957,885  
  55,000     Lennar Corp., 4.750%, 5/30/2025     61,280  
  420,000     Lennar Corp., 5.000%, 6/15/2027     486,952  
  1,153,384     OSW Structured Asset Trust, Series 2020-RPL1, Class A1, 3.072%, 12/26/2059, 144A(a)(d)     1,157,545  
  740,000     Owl Rock Capital Corp., 2.875%, 6/11/2028     738,619  
  530,000,000     Prologis Yen Finance LLC, 0.972%, 9/25/2028, (JPY)(a)     4,875,457  
  2,232,879     PRPM LLC, Series 2021-1, Class A1, 2.115%, 1/25/2026, 144A(d)     2,236,966  
  878,000     PulteGroup, Inc., 5.000%, 1/15/2027     1,017,049  
  975,000     Rocket Mortgage LLC, 5.250%, 1/15/2028, 144A     1,050,562  
  1,065,000     Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 3.625%, 3/01/2029, 144A     1,076,981  
  3,080,000     Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 3.875%, 3/01/2031, 144A     3,106,950  
  10,000     Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 3.875%, 3/01/2031     10,087  
  750,000     Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 4.000%, 10/15/2033, 144A     744,375  
  1,313,874     Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2019-2, Class C, 2.900%, 10/15/2024(a)     1,323,089  
  875,000     Santander Holdings USA, Inc., 3.244%, 10/05/2026(a)     934,694  
  United States – continued

 

$ 4,110,000     T-Mobile USA, Inc., 3.875%, 4/15/2030   4,538,106  
  840,000     T-Mobile USA, Inc., 4.375%, 4/15/2040     967,820  
  291,478     Towd Point HE Trust, Series 2019-HE1, Class A1, 1-month LIBOR + 0.900%, 0.986%, 4/25/2048, 144A(a)(c)     291,689  
  8,510,000     U.S. Treasury Bond, 1.875%, 2/15/2041     8,323,844  
  2,220,000     U.S. Treasury Bond, 1.250%, 5/15/2050     1,816,151  
  8,619,000     U.S. Treasury Bond, 1.625%, 11/15/2050     7,743,296  
  985,000     U.S. Treasury Bond, 1.875%, 2/15/2051     939,290  
  5,040,000     U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.875%, 5/15/2043(f)     5,783,991  
  15,180,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 0.125%, 7/31/2022     15,183,558  
  19,385,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.125%, 2/15/2031     18,776,190  
  4,085,000     U.S. Treasury Note, 1.625%, 5/15/2031     4,132,871  
  4,303,000     UMBS® (TBA), 2.000%, 10/01/2051(g)     4,314,598  
  17,468,000     UMBS® (TBA), 2.000%, 11/01/2051(g)     17,483,694  
  5,600,000     UMBS® (TBA), 2.500%, 11/01/2051(g)     5,762,969  
  896,296     United Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2016-1, Class B, 3.650%, 7/07/2027(a)     892,633  
  1,144,878     United Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2016-2, Class B, 3.650%, 4/07/2027(a)     1,140,150  
  875,000     United Airlines, Inc.,
4.375%, 4/15/2026, 144A
    897,969  
  1,185,000     Upjohn Finance BV,
1.908%, 6/23/2032, (EUR)(a)
    1,456,294  
  3,525,489     Vericrest Opportunity Loan Transferee, Series 2021-NP11, Class A1, 1.868%, 8/25/2051, 144A(d)     3,525,750  
  350,000     Verizon Communications, Inc.,
2.850%, 9/03/2041
    341,590  
  1,120,000     Viatris, Inc., 2.700%, 6/22/2030, 144A     1,132,207  
  3,002,017     VOLT XCIII LLC, Series 2021-NPL2, Class A1, 1.893%, 2/27/2051, 144A(d)     3,011,420  
  1,365,360     VOLT XCVII LLC, Series 2021-NPL6, Class A1, 2.240%, 4/25/2051, 144A(d)     1,365,556  
  570,000,000     Walmart, Inc., 0.183%, 7/15/2022, (JPY)(a)     5,118,144  
   

 

 

 
      258,659,969  
   

 

 

 
  Total Bonds and Notes  
  (Identified Cost $705,995,471)     712,378,851  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Short-Term Investments – 5.3%  
$ 11,075,521     Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 9/30/2021 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $11,075,521 on 10/01/2021 collateralized by $9,528,200 U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 0.250% due 7/15/2029 valued at $11,297,071 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)   $ 11,075,521  
  12,235,000     U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.023%, 1/20/2022(h)     12,233,585  
  16,370,000     U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.047%-0.051%, 11/18/2021(h)(i)     16,369,373  
   

 

 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments  
  (Identified Cost $39,678,593)     39,678,479  
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments – 100.5%  
  (Identified Cost $745,674,064)     752,057,330  
  Other assets less liabilities—(0.5)%     (3,570,676
   

 

 

 
  Net Assets – 100.0%   $ 748,486,654  
   

 

 

 
  (‡)     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 principal amount including inflation adjustments.

 

  (††††)     Amount shown represents units. One unit represents a principal amount of 100.

 

  (a)     Security (or a portion thereof) has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open derivative contracts or TBA transactions.

 

  (b)     Interest rate represents annualized yield at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.

 

  (c)     Variable rate security. Rate as of September 30, 2021 is disclosed.

 

  (d)     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 September 30, 2021 is disclosed.

 

  (e)     The Fund’s investment in mortgage related securities of Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and Federal 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.
  (f)     Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged as collateral for open derivative contracts.
  (g)     When-issued/delayed delivery. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.
  (h)     Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.
  (i)     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 September 30, 2021, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $107,245,005 or 14.3% of net assets.
  ABS     Asset-Backed Securities
  CPI     Consumer Price Index
  EMTN     Euro Medium Term Note
  FHLMC     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
  FNMA     Federal National Mortgage Association
  GNMA     Government National Mortgage Association
  LIBOR     London Interbank Offered Rate
  MTN     Medium Term Note
  SONIA     Sterling Overnight Index
  TBA     To Be Announced
  UMBS®     Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities
  AUD     Australian Dollar
  BRL     Brazilian Real
  CAD     Canadian Dollar
  CHF     Swiss Franc
  CNH     Chinese Yuan Renminbi Offshore
  CNY     Chinese Yuan Renminbi
  COP     Colombian Peso
  CZK     Czech Koruna
  DKK     Danish Krone
  EUR     Euro
  GBP     British Pound
  IDR     Indonesian Rupiah
  ILS     Israeli Shekel
  JPY     Japanese Yen
  KRW     South Korean Won
  MXN     Mexican Peso
  MYR     Malaysian Ringgit
  NOK     Norwegian Krone
  NZD     New Zealand Dollar
  PLN     Polish Zloty
  SEK     Swedish Krona
  SGD     Singapore Dollar
  THB     Thai Baht
  ZAR     South African Rand

 

At September 30, 2021, 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.

   12/02/2021    BRL      S        40,910,000      $ 7,667,222      $ 7,440,625      $ 226,597  

BNP Paribas S.A.

   12/15/2021    CNH      B        5,012,000        771,353        773,057        1,704  

BNP Paribas S.A.

   12/15/2021    CNH      S        5,012,000        771,077        773,057        (1,980

BNP Paribas S.A.

   12/16/2021    CNH      S        21,000,000        3,230,520        3,238,804        (8,284

Citibank N.A.

   12/15/2021    ZAR      S        72,730,000        4,992,620        4,782,503        210,117  

Credit Suisse International

   12/15/2021    CHF      B        3,258,000        3,552,343        3,502,292        (50,051

Credit Suisse International

   12/15/2021    JPY      S        515,109,000        4,675,838        4,631,161        44,677  

HSBC Bank USA

   12/15/2021    CAD      B        10,409,000        8,227,613        8,217,949        (9,664

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund – continued

 

Counterparty

   Delivery
Date
   Currency
Bought/
Sold (B/S)
   Units of Currency      In Exchange for      Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

HSBC Bank USA

   12/15/2021    COP      S        22,072,575,000      $ 5,748,066      $ 5,768,801      $ (20,735

HSBC Bank USA

   12/15/2021    SGD      B        3,966,000        2,952,727        2,920,451        (32,276

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

   12/15/2021    GBP      S        2,545,000        3,510,158        3,429,483        80,675  

Standard Chartered Bank

   12/15/2021    EUR      B        30,835,000        36,535,281        35,770,583        (764,698

UBS AG

   12/15/2021    AUD      B        9,101,000        6,770,015        6,581,733        (188,282

UBS AG

   12/15/2021    KRW      B        9,451,350,000        8,110,533        7,974,059        (136,474

UBS AG

   12/15/2021    MXN      S        79,373,000        3,931,568        3,805,684        125,884  
                    

 

 

 

Total

 

   $ (522,790
                    

 

 

 

At September 30, 2021, 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)
 

BNP Paribas S.A.

     12/15/2021      EUR      2,748,747        SEK      28,011,000        $ 3,201,736        $ 13,012  

Citibank N.A.

     12/15/2021      GBP      2,834,741        SEK      33,804,000          3,863,892          43,972  

Credit Suisse International

     12/15/2021      EUR      1,207,983        PLN      5,502,000          1,383,039          (18,299

Credit Suisse International

     12/15/2021      IDR      21,947,060,000        JPY      167,829,471          1,508,895          (13,711

HSBC Bank USA

     12/15/2021      NOK      55,422,000        EUR      5,365,202          6,223,979          (112,196

UBS AG

     12/15/2021      EUR      3,580,634        CZK      91,294,000          4,163,221          9,455  

UBS AG

     12/15/2021      ZAR      45,615,000        EUR      2,665,348          3,091,975          92,471  
                              

 

 

 

Total

 

     $ 14,704  
    

 

 

 

At September 30, 2021, open long futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

     Expiration
Date
       Contracts        Notional
Amount
       Value        Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

10 Year U.S. Treasury Note

       12/21/2021          68        $ 8,944,241        $ 8,949,437        $ 5,196  

5 Year U.S. Treasury Note

       12/31/2021          261          32,040,235          32,035,711          (4,524

German Euro BOBL

       12/08/2021          67          10,540,245          10,471,842          (68,403

UK Long Gilt

       12/29/2021          23          4,001,355          3,878,424          (122,931

Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond

       12/21/2021          38          7,596,121          7,260,375          (335,746
                        

 

 

 

Total

 

     $ (526,408
    

 

 

 

At September 30, 2021, open short futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

     Expiration
Date
       Contracts        Notional
Amount
       Value        Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

30 Year U.S. Treasury Bond

       12/21/2021          103        $ 16,758,194        $ 16,399,531        $ 358,663  

Euro-Buxl® 30 Year Bond

       12/08/2021          29          6,972,340          6,830,627          141,713  

German Euro Bund

       12/08/2021          3          597,878          590,133          7,745  

Ultra 10 Year U.S. Treasury Note

       12/21/2021          360          53,019,223          52,290,000          729,223  
                        

 

 

 

Total

 

     $ 1,237,344  
    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund – continued

 

Industry Summary at September 30, 2021

 

Treasuries

       49.4

Mortgage Related

       8.2  

Banking

       5.3  

ABS Home Equity

       3.4  

Life Insurance

       2.0  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

       26.9  

Short-Term Investments

       5.3  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments

       100.5  

Other assets less liabilities (including forward foreign currency and futures contracts)

       (0.5
    

 

 

 

Net Assets

       100.0
    

 

 

 

Currency Exposure Summary at September 30, 2021

 

United States Dollar

       45.8

Euro

       17.1  

Japanese Yen

       13.0  

Yuan Renminbi

       7.2  

British Pound

       4.4  

Canadian Dollar

       2.2  

Other, less than 2% each

       10.8  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments

       100.5  

Other assets less liabilities (including forward foreign currency and futures contracts)

       (0.5
    

 

 

 

Net Assets

       100.0
    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Inflation Protected Securities Fund

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – 95.2% of Net Assets  
  Non-Convertible Bonds – 94.8%  
  Aerospace & Defense – 0.4%

 

$ 1,170,000     Raytheon Technologies Corp.,
1.900%, 9/01/2031
  $ 1,135,289  
   

 

 

 
  Airlines – 0.4%

 

  960,000     American Airlines, Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd.,
5.500%, 4/20/2026, 144A
    1,009,200  
   

 

 

 
  Automotive – 0.3%

 

  570,000     Ford Motor Co., 7.450%, 7/16/2031     743,764  
   

 

 

 
  Banking – 3.8%

 

  200,000     Banco Santander S.A., 2.958%, 3/25/2031     205,756  
  685,000     Bank of America Corp., (fixed rate to 4/22/2041, variable rate thereafter),
3.311%, 4/22/2042
    718,754  
  1,265,000     Bank of Ireland Group PLC, (fixed rate to 9/30/2026, variable rate thereafter),
2.029%, 9/30/2027, 144A
    1,264,264  
  890,000     Citigroup, Inc., SOFR + 0.770%, 0.820%, 6/09/2027(a)     894,225  
  640,000     Credit Suisse Group AG, (fixed rate to 9/03/2030, variable rate thereafter),
4.500%, 144A(b)
    627,155  
  305,000     Deutsche Bank AG, (fixed rate to 1/14/2031, variable rate thereafter),
3.729%, 1/14/2032
    314,908  
  260,000     Deutsche Bank AG, (fixed rate to 4/08/2030, variable rate thereafter),
5.882%, 7/08/2031
    306,903  
  560,000     Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), (fixed rate to 4/22/2041, variable rate thereafter), 3.210%, 4/22/2042     578,894  
  855,000     Intesa Sanpaolo SpA,
4.950%, 6/01/2042, 144A
    884,857  
  445,000     NatWest Group PLC, (fixed rate to 8/28/2030, variable rate thereafter),
3.032%, 11/28/2035(c)
    445,743  
  895,000     Societe Generale S.A., (fixed rate to 6/09/2031, variable rate thereafter),
2.889%, 6/09/2032, 144A
    900,066  
  1,070,000     UBS Group AG, (fixed rate to 8/10/2026, variable rate thereafter),
1.494%, 8/10/2027, 144A
    1,058,401  
  1,505,000     UniCredit SpA, (fixed rate to 6/30/2030, variable rate thereafter),
5.459%, 6/30/2035, 144A
    1,660,383  
   

 

 

 
      9,860,309  
   

 

 

 
  Brokerage – 0.4%

 

  1,100,000     Blackstone Holdings Finance Co. LLC,
2.000%, 1/30/2032, 144A
    1,056,939  
   

 

 

 
  Cable Satellite – 0.9%

 

  1,265,000     Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital, 3.500%, 3/01/2042     1,237,704  
  Cable Satellite – continued

 

1,200,000     Comcast Corp.,
2.987%, 11/01/2063, 144A
  1,124,512  
   

 

 

 
      2,362,216  
   

 

 

 
  Construction Machinery – 0.8%

 

  435,000     Ashtead Capital, Inc., 2.450%, 8/12/2031, 144A     427,621  
  1,705,000     CNH Industrial Capital LLC,
1.450%, 7/15/2026
    1,697,568  
   

 

 

 
      2,125,189  
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Manufacturing – 0.1%

 

  205,000     Rockwell Automation, Inc.,
1.750%, 8/15/2031
    199,878  
   

 

 

 
  Electric – 0.2%

 

  515,000     Enel Finance International NV,
2.875%, 7/12/2041, 144A
    501,734  
   

 

 

 
  Finance Companies – 0.6%

 

  985,000     Ares Capital Corp., 2.875%, 6/15/2028     997,823  
  615,000     BlackRock TCP Capital Corp.,
2.850%, 2/09/2026
    629,013  
   

 

 

 
      1,626,836  
   

 

 

 
  Financial Other – 0.2%

 

  660,000     Blackstone Secured Lending Fund,
2.850%, 9/30/2028, 144A
    655,532  
   

 

 

 
  Food & Beverage – 0.4%

 

  955,000     JBS Finance Luxembourg S.a.r.l,
3.625%, 1/15/2032, 144A
    972,916  
   

 

 

 
  Gaming – 0.0%

 

  120,000     Penn National Gaming, Inc.,
4.125%, 7/01/2029, 144A
    118,608  
   

 

 

 
  Healthcare – 0.3%

 

  30,000     Cigna Corp., 2.400%, 3/15/2030(c)     30,498  
  735,000     Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.,
2.800%, 10/15/2041
    733,127  
   

 

 

 
      763,625  
   

 

 

 
  Life Insurance – 0.0%

 

  105,000     Athene Holding Ltd., 3.500%, 1/15/2031(c)     112,423  
   

 

 

 
  Midstream – 0.4%

 

  1,000,000     Enbridge, Inc., 2.500%, 8/01/2033     1,003,874  
   

 

 

 
  Oil Field Services – 0.1%

 

  190,000     Helmerich & Payne, Inc., 2.900%, 9/29/2031, 144A     190,549  
   

 

 

 
  Property & Casualty Insurance – 0.6%

 

  290,000     Enstar Group Ltd., 3.100%, 9/01/2031     285,320  
  1,170,000     Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., (fixed rate to 12/15/2026, variable rate thereafter),
4.125%, 12/15/2051, 144A
    1,202,262  
   

 

 

 
      1,487,582  
   

 

 

 
  Railroads – 0.0%

 

  15,000     Canadian Pacific Railway Co.,
2.050%, 3/05/2030(c)
    14,814  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Inflation Protected Securities Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  REITs – Mortgage – 0.1%

 

$ 255,000     Starwood Property Trust, Inc.,
3.625%, 7/15/2026, 144A
  $ 256,913  
   

 

 

 
  REITs – Shopping Centers – 0.4%

 

  965,000     Brixmor Operating Partnership LP,
2.500%, 8/16/2031
    950,784  
   

 

 

 
  Retailers – 1.4%

 

  915,000     Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.,
3.150%, 2/09/2051
    856,802  
  1,200,000     Macy’s Retail Holdings LLC,
5.875%, 4/01/2029, 144A
    1,305,570  
  305,000     Nordstrom, Inc., 4.250%, 8/01/2031     310,188  
  1,120,000     Nordstrom, Inc., 4.375%, 4/01/2030     1,145,184  
   

 

 

 
      3,617,744  
   

 

 

 
  Sovereigns – 0.1%

 

  200,000     Abu Dhabi Government International Bond, 3.875%, 4/16/2050, 144A(c)     228,338  
   

 

 

 
  Technology – 0.9%

 

  100,000     Dell International LLC/EMC Corp.,
6.200%, 7/15/2030
    127,927  
  535,000     Dell International LLC/EMC Corp.,
8.350%, 7/15/2046
    867,693  
  750,000     Moody’s Corp., 2.000%, 8/19/2031     733,909  
  545,000     Tencent Holdings Ltd.,
3.840%, 4/22/2051, 144A
    566,691  
   

 

 

 
      2,296,220  
   

 

 

 
  Treasuries – 80.9%

 

  22,556,029     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond,
0.250%, 2/15/2050(c)(d)
    25,393,742  
  4,555,908     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond,
1.000%, 2/15/2049(d)
    6,100,290  
  7,058,502     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond,
3.375%, 4/15/2032(d)
    10,327,287  
  41,604,248     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note,
0.125%, 4/15/2025(d)
    44,631,932  
  7,971,250     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note,
0.125%, 7/15/2026(d)
    8,695,409  
  13,611,732     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note,
0.125%, 1/15/2030(c)(d)
    14,953,232  
  19,823,224     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note,
0.125%, 7/15/2030(d)
    21,860,267  
  10,489,829     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note,
0.125%, 7/15/2031(d)
    11,550,422  
  33,588,953     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note,
0.375%, 1/15/2027(d)
    37,082,116  
  24,818,960     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note,
0.625%, 1/15/2026(d)
    27,392,957  
  2,174,840     U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note,
0.750%, 7/15/2028(d)
    2,490,050  
   

 

 

 
      210,477,704  
   

 

 

 
  Wireless – 0.5%

 

  1,265,000     American Tower Corp., 2.300%, 9/15/2031     1,247,390  
   

 

 

 
  Wirelines – 0.6%

 

370,000     Verizon Communications, Inc.,
2.850%, 9/03/2041
  361,109  
  1,240,000     Verizon Communications, Inc.,
3.550%, 3/22/2051
    1,307,700  
   

 

 

 
      1,668,809  
   

 

 

 
  Total Non-Convertible Bonds  
  (Identified Cost $244,900,420)     246,685,179  
   

 

 

 
  Convertible Bonds – 0.4%  
  Pharmaceuticals – 0.4%

 

  1,085,000     Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
1.500%, 10/01/2024
(Identified Cost $1,101,113)
    991,603  
   

 

 

 
  Total Bonds and Notes  
  (Identified Cost $246,001,533)     247,676,782  
   

 

 

 
  Short-Term Investments – 4.3%  
  11,350,535     Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 9/30/2021 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $11,350,535 on 10/01/2021 collateralized by $11,637,600 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.250% due 9/30/2028 valued at $11,577,596 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements) (Identified Cost $11,350,535)     11,350,535  
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments – 99.5%  
  (Identified Cost $257,352,068)     259,027,317  
  Other assets less liabilities—0.5%     1,184,651  
   

 

 

 
  Net Assets – 100.0%   $ 260,211,968  
   

 

 

 
  (†)     See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.
  (a)     Variable rate security. Rate as of September 30, 2021 is disclosed.
  (b)     Perpetual bond with no specified maturity date.
  (c)     Security (or a portion thereof) has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open derivative contracts.
  (d)     Treasury Inflation Protected Security (TIPS).
  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 September 30, 2021, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $16,012,511 or 6.2% of net assets.
  REITs     Real Estate Investment Trusts
  SOFR     Secured Overnight Financing Rate

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Inflation Protected Securities Fund – continued

 

At September 30, 2021, open short futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

     Expiration
Date
       Contracts        Notional
Amount
       Value        Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

30 Year U.S. Treasury Bond

       12/21/2021          26        $ 4,230,224        $ 4,139,688        $ 90,536  

Ultra 10 Year U.S. Treasury Note

       12/21/2021          68          10,018,740          9,877,000          141,740  

Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond

       12/21/2021          26          5,094,726          4,967,625          127,101  
                        

 

 

 

Total

                         $ 359,377  
    

 

 

 

Industry Summary at September 30, 2021

 

Treasuries

       80.9

Banking

       3.8  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

       10.5  

Short-Term Investments

       4.3  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments

       99.5  

Other assets less liabilities (including futures contracts)

       0.5  
    

 

 

 

Net Assets

       100.0
    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – 77.1% of Net Assets  
  Non-Convertible Bonds – 70.6%  
  ABS Home Equity – 0.4%

 

$ 355,000     Progress Residential Trust, Series 2021-SFR3, Class F, 3.436%, 5/17/2026, 144A   $ 357,723  
  815,000     Progress Residential Trust, Series 2021-SFR4, Class F, 3.407%, 5/17/2038, 144A     818,168  
  325,000     VOLT XCVI LLC, Series 2021-NPL5, Class A2, 4.826%, 3/27/2051, 144A(a)     324,930  
   

 

 

 
      1,500,821  
   

 

 

 
  ABS Other – 0.3%

 

  400,625     Business Jet Securities LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class C,
5.067%, 4/15/2036, 144A
    402,998  
  551,151     Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class D,
3.170%, 11/20/2037, 144A
    553,709  
   

 

 

 
      956,707  
   

 

 

 
  Aerospace & Defense – 3.1%

 

  1,775,000     Bombardier, Inc.,
7.125%, 6/15/2026, 144A
    1,863,750  
  1,340,000     Bombardier, Inc.,
7.875%, 4/15/2027, 144A
    1,389,211  
  115,000     Embraer Netherlands Finance BV,
5.400%, 2/01/2027
    122,332  
  1,072,000     Leonardo U.S. Holdings, Inc.,
6.250%, 1/15/2040, 144A
    1,273,429  
  2,209,000     Leonardo U.S. Holdings, Inc.,
7.375%, 7/15/2039, 144A
    2,886,103  
  1,730,000     Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., 4.600%, 6/15/2028     1,717,025  
  770,000     TransDigm, Inc., 4.875%, 5/01/2029     771,432  
  770,000     TransDigm, Inc., 5.500%, 11/15/2027     791,175  
  55,000     TransDigm, Inc., 7.500%, 3/15/2027     57,613  
  385,000     Triumph Group, Inc., 6.250%, 9/15/2024, 144A     384,796  
   

 

 

 
      11,256,866  
   

 

 

 
  Airlines – 2.2%

 

  80,000     American Airlines Group, Inc.,
3.750%, 3/01/2025, 144A
    72,088  
  524,900     American Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2016-3, Class B, 3.750%, 4/15/2027     505,363  
  1,490,898     American Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2017-2, Class B, 3.700%, 4/15/2027     1,441,007  
  790,000     American Airlines, Inc.,
11.750%, 7/15/2025, 144A
    977,625  
  910,000     American Airlines, Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd., 5.500%, 4/20/2026, 144A     956,637  
  1,030,000     American Airlines, Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd.,
5.750%, 4/20/2029, 144A
    1,109,825  
  740,000     Hawaiian Brand Intellectual Property Ltd./HawaiianMiles Loyalty Ltd.,
5.750%, 1/20/2026, 144A
    774,225  
  Airlines – continued

 

1,457,848     U.S. Airways Pass Through Trust, Series 2013-1, Class B, 5.375%, 5/15/2023   1,454,290  
  315,000     United Airlines, Inc., 4.375%, 4/15/2026, 144A     323,269  
  475,000     United Airlines, Inc., 4.625%, 4/15/2029, 144A     490,889  
   

 

 

 
      8,105,218  
   

 

 

 
  Automotive – 1.1%

 

  185,000     Dana, Inc., 4.250%, 9/01/2030     190,263  
  1,110,000     General Motors Financial Co., Inc., Series A, (fixed rate to 9/30/2027, variable rate thereafter), 5.750%(b)     1,212,631  
  360,000     General Motors Financial Co., Inc., Series C, (fixed rate to 9/30/2030, variable rate thereafter), 5.700%(b)     414,450  
  1,080,000     Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The),
7.000%, 3/15/2028
    1,233,382  
  550,000     Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC,
5.500%, 7/15/2029, 144A
    536,074  
  270,000     Real Hero Merger Sub 2, Inc.,
6.250%, 2/01/2029, 144A
    280,125  
  265,000     Wheel Pros, Inc.,
6.500%, 5/15/2029, 144A
    256,387  
   

 

 

 
      4,123,312  
   

 

 

 
  Banking – 0.5%

 

  200,000     Deutsche Bank AG, (fixed rate to 1/14/2031, variable rate thereafter),
3.729%, 1/14/2032
    206,497  
  1,345,000     Deutsche Bank AG, (fixed rate to 12/01/2027, variable rate thereafter),
4.875%, 12/01/2032
    1,479,195  
   

 

 

 
      1,685,692  
   

 

 

 
  Brokerage – 0.2%

 

  185,000     Coinbase Global, Inc.,
3.625%, 10/01/2031, 144A
    175,866  
  400,000     Jefferies Finance LLC/JFIN Co-Issuer Corp., 5.000%, 8/15/2028, 144A     405,500  
   

 

 

 
      581,366  
   

 

 

 
  Building Materials – 2.2%

 

  1,315,000     Builders FirstSource, Inc.,
4.250%, 2/01/2032, 144A
    1,344,587  
  2,795,000     Cemex SAB de CV, 3.875%, 7/11/2031, 144A     2,796,677  
  425,000     Cemex SAB de CV, (fixed rate to 6/08/2026, variable rate thereafter),
5.125%, 144A(b)
    432,867  
  1,265,000     Foundation Building Materials, Inc.,
6.000%, 3/01/2029, 144A
    1,239,700  
  540,000     LBM Acquisition LLC, 6.250%, 1/15/2029, 144A     539,730  
  810,000     Park River Holdings, Inc., 5.625%, 2/01/2029, 144A     784,687  
  180,000     Park River Holdings, Inc., 6.750%, 8/01/2029, 144A     180,450  
  385,000     Patrick Industries, Inc., 4.750%, 5/01/2029, 144A     392,700  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Building Materials – continued

 

$ 525,000     Victors Merger Corp., 6.375%, 5/15/2029, 144A   $ 502,688  
   

 

 

 
      8,214,086  
   

 

 

 
  Cable Satellite – 5.2%

 

  6,305,000     CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.250%, 2/01/2031, 144A     6,413,194  
  620,000     CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.250%, 1/15/2034, 144A     614,188  
  3,660,000     CSC Holdings LLC, 4.500%, 11/15/2031, 144A     3,614,250  
  370,000     CSC Holdings LLC, 5.375%, 2/01/2028, 144A     386,650  
  1,260,000     DIRECTV Holdings LLC/DIRECTV Financing Co., Inc., 5.875%, 8/15/2027, 144A     1,315,125  
  3,375,000     DISH DBS Corp., 7.750%, 7/01/2026     3,811,134  
  1,080,944     Ligado Networks LLC, 15.500% PIK, 11/01/2023, 144A(c)     1,048,646  
  332,873     Ligado Networks LLC, 17.500% PIK, 5/01/2024, 144A(c)     252,544  
  385,000     Telesat Canada/Telesat LLC,
5.625%, 12/06/2026, 144A
    369,600  
  955,000     UPC Broadband Finco B.V.,
4.875%, 7/15/2031, 144A
    977,786  
   

 

 

 
      18,803,117  
   

 

 

 
  Chemicals – 2.5%

 

  200,000     Braskem Netherlands Finance BV,
4.500%, 1/31/2030, 144A
    212,800  
  575,000     Braskem Netherlands Finance BV,
5.875%, 1/31/2050, 144A
    654,062  
  150,000     Consolidated Energy Finance S.A.,
5.625%, 10/15/2028, 144A
    150,000  
  380,000     Consolidated Energy Finance S.A.,
6.500%, 5/15/2026, 144A
    393,300  
  225,000     CVR Partners LP/CVR Nitrogen Finance Corp., 6.125%, 6/15/2028, 144A     235,969  
  245,000     Diamond BC BV, 4.625%, 10/01/2029, 144A     248,680  
  4,738,000     Hercules LLC, 6.500%, 6/30/2029     5,382,605  
  295,000     Herens Holdco S.a.r.l.,
4.750%, 5/15/2028, 144A
    296,475  
  240,000     INEOS Quattro Finance 2 PLC,
3.375%, 1/15/2026, 144A
    242,400  
  665,000     Olympus Water U.S. Holding Corp.,
4.250%, 10/01/2028, 144A
    655,341  
  265,000     Olympus Water U.S. Holding Corp.,
6.250%, 10/01/2029, 144A
    262,602  
  455,000     Unifrax Escrow Issuer Corp.,
5.250%, 9/30/2028, 144A
    460,687  
   

 

 

 
      9,194,921  
   

 

 

 
  Construction Machinery – 0.1%

 

  380,000     Titan International, Inc.,
7.000%, 4/30/2028, 144A
    400,425  
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Cyclical Services – 3.6%

 

1,530,000     ADT Security Corp. (The),
4.125%, 8/01/2029, 144A
  1,520,652  
  450,000     Allied Universal Holdco LLC/Allied Universal Finance Corp.,
6.000%, 6/01/2029, 144A
    444,056  
  2,470,000     Realogy Group LLC/Realogy Co-Issuer Corp., 5.750%, 1/15/2029, 144A     2,562,032  
  747,000     Terminix Co. LLC (The),
7.450%, 8/15/2027
    905,738  
  195,000     TKC Holdings, Inc.,
10.500%, 5/15/2029, 144A
    213,769  
  3,815,000     Uber Technologies, Inc.,
6.250%, 1/15/2028, 144A
    4,091,549  
  3,180,000     Uber Technologies, Inc.,
7.500%, 9/15/2027, 144A
    3,472,162  
   

 

 

 
      13,209,958  
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Products – 0.1%

 

  415,000     Tempur Sealy International, Inc.,
3.875%, 10/15/2031, 144A
    415,519  
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Manufacturing – 0.2%

 

  385,000     Madison IAQ LLC,
5.875%, 6/30/2029, 144A
    387,888  
  365,000     Resideo Funding, Inc.,
4.000%, 9/01/2029, 144A
    356,448  
   

 

 

 
      744,336  
   

 

 

 
  Electric – 0.8%

 

  2,520,000     Calpine Corp., 5.125%, 3/15/2028     2,552,090  
  580,000     Talen Energy Supply LLC,
7.625%, 6/01/2028, 144A
    543,750  
   

 

 

 
      3,095,840  
   

 

 

 
  Finance Companies – 4.3%

 

  1,000,000     AGFC Capital Trust I,
3-month LIBOR + 1.750%, 1.876%, 1/15/2067, 144A(d)(e)(f)
    579,640  
  210,000     Aircastle Ltd., (fixed rate to 6/15/2026, variable rate thereafter), 5.250%, 144A(b)     214,893  
  1,095,000     Cobra AcquisitionCo LLC,
6.375%, 11/01/2029, 144A
    1,095,000  
  320,000     Fortress Transportation & Infrastructure Investors LLC, 5.500%, 5/01/2028, 144A     322,152  
  1,240,000     Freedom Mortgage Corp.,
7.625%, 5/01/2026
    1,263,324  
  895,000     General Motors Financial Co., Inc., Series B, (fixed rate to 9/30/2028, variable rate thereafter), 6.500%(b)     1,009,113  
  425,000     Global Aircraft Leasing Co. Ltd.,
7.250% PIK or 6.500% Cash, 9/15/2024, 144A(g)
    417,563  
  355,000     LFS Topco LLC,
5.875%, 10/15/2026, 144A
    365,650  
  985,000     Midcap Financial Issuer Trust,
6.500%, 5/01/2028, 144A
    1,028,901  
  4,010,000     Navient Corp., MTN, 5.625%, 8/01/2033     3,814,512  
  870,000     Rocket Mortgage LLC,
5.250%, 1/15/2028, 144A
    937,425  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

45  |


Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Finance Companies – continued

 

$ 1,870,000     Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 2.875%, 10/15/2026, 144A   $ 1,827,364  
  480,000     Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 3.625%, 3/01/2029, 144A     485,400  
  1,200,000     Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 3.875%, 3/01/2031, 144A     1,210,500  
  1,250,000     Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 4.000%, 10/15/2033, 144A     1,240,625  
   

 

 

 
      15,812,062  
   

 

 

 
  Financial Other – 2.3%

 

  200,000     Agile Group Holdings Ltd., 5.500%, 4/21/2025     187,775  
  400,000     Agile Group Holdings Ltd., 6.050%, 10/13/2025     376,556  
  200,000     CFLD Cayman Investment Ltd., 8.050%, 1/13/2025(h)     83,370  
  200,000     CFLD Cayman Investment Ltd., 8.750%, 9/28/2022(h)     80,690  
  205,000     China Aoyuan Group Ltd., 6.200%, 3/24/2026     156,862  
  405,000     China Evergrande Group, 8.750%, 6/28/2025     97,297  
  200,000     China Evergrande Group, 9.500%, 4/11/2022     51,438  
  200,000     Easy Tactic Ltd., 8.125%, 2/27/2023     145,386  
  400,000     Easy Tactic Ltd., 11.750%, 8/02/2023     288,532  
  205,000     Greenland Global Investment Ltd.,
5.875%, 7/03/2024
    130,915  
  4,115,000     Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 4.375%, 2/01/2029     4,109,856  
  200,000     Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd.,
9.375%, 6/30/2024
    151,538  
  610,000     Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd.,
11.650%, 6/01/2026
    465,314  
  1,230,000     Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc.,
5.500%, 8/15/2028, 144A
    1,266,900  
  405,000     Sunac China Holdings Ltd.,
6.500%, 1/26/2026
    325,027  
  205,000     Times China Holdings Ltd.,
6.200%, 3/22/2026
    185,171  
  605,000     Yuzhou Group Holdings Co. Ltd.,
6.350%, 1/13/2027
    391,786  
   

 

 

 
      8,494,413  
   

 

 

 
  Food & Beverage – 1.0%

 

  1,360,000     MARB BondCo. PLC,
3.950%, 1/29/2031, 144A
    1,299,167  
  440,000     Performance Food Group, Inc.,
4.250%, 8/01/2029, 144A
    441,100  
  610,000     Simmons Foods, Inc./Simmons Prepared Foods, Inc./Simmons Pet Food, Inc./Simmons Feed,
4.625%, 3/01/2029, 144A
    614,575  
  575,000     Triton Water Holdings, Inc.,
6.250%, 4/01/2029, 144A
    584,344  
  Food & Beverage – continued

 

800,000     US Foods, Inc.,
4.750%, 2/15/2029, 144A
  821,000  
   

 

 

 
      3,760,186  
   

 

 

 
  Gaming – 2.2%

 

  515,000     Boyd Gaming Corp., 4.750%, 6/15/2031, 144A     531,094  
  560,000     Caesars Entertainment, Inc., 4.625%, 10/15/2029, 144A     567,000  
  830,000     Caesars Entertainment, Inc.,
8.125%, 7/01/2027, 144A
    933,107  
  890,000     International Game Technology PLC,
5.250%, 1/15/2029, 144A
    951,205  
  425,000     Melco Resorts Finance Ltd.,
5.375%, 12/04/2029, 144A
    432,013  
  590,000     MGM China Holdings Ltd.,
4.750%, 2/01/2027, 144A
    580,412  
  350,000     Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment,
8.000%, 2/01/2026, 144A
    364,385  
  335,000     Scientific Games International, Inc.,
7.000%, 5/15/2028, 144A
    361,381  
  480,000     Scientific Games International, Inc.,
7.250%, 11/15/2029
    539,346  
  1,090,000     Scientific Games International, Inc.,
7.250%, 11/15/2029, 144A
    1,224,765  
  700,000     Studio City Finance Ltd.,
5.000%, 1/15/2029, 144A
    645,421  
  930,000     Wynn Las Vegas LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp., 5.500%, 3/01/2025     948,600  
   

 

 

 
      8,078,729  
   

 

 

 
  Government Owned – No Guarantee – 0.1%

 

  39,600,000     Export-Import Bank of Korea, MTN,
6.750%, 8/09/2022, (INR)
    542,914  
   

 

 

 
  Healthcare – 2.8%

 

  300,000     AdaptHealth LLC,
5.125%, 3/01/2030, 144A
    300,150  
  345,000     AHP Health Partners, Inc.,
5.750%, 7/15/2029, 144A
    348,450  
  1,685,000     CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 5.625%, 3/15/2027, 144A     1,764,414  
  735,000     CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 6.125%, 4/01/2030, 144A     714,218  
  780,000     CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 6.875%, 4/15/2029, 144A     781,833  
  385,000     Grifols Escrow Issuer S.A.,
4.750%, 10/15/2028, 144A
    393,181  
  358,000     HCA, Inc., 7.500%, 11/06/2033     511,940  
  365,000     ModivCare Escrow Issuer, Inc.,
5.000%, 10/01/2029, 144A
    378,341  
  630,000     Mozart Debt Merger Sub, Inc.,
5.250%, 10/01/2029, 144A
    630,000  
  995,000     MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC,
5.750%, 11/01/2028, 144A
    937,270  
  2,765,000     Tenet Healthcare Corp.,
6.125%, 10/01/2028, 144A
    2,904,563  
  410,000     U.S. Acute Care Solutions LLC,
6.375%, 3/01/2026, 144A
    432,550  
   

 

 

 
      10,096,910  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

|  46


Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Home Construction – 0.7%

 

$ 885,000     Beazer Homes USA, Inc.,
5.875%, 10/15/2027
  $ 927,038  
  1,105,000     Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc./Brookfield Residential U.S. LLC,
6.250%, 9/15/2027, 144A
    1,161,653  
  200,000     Fantasia Holdings Group Co. Ltd.,
11.875%, 6/01/2023(i)
    63,916  
  115,000     Forestar Group, Inc., 3.850%, 5/15/2026, 144A     114,856  
  200,000     Greenland Global Investment Ltd., EMTN, 7.250%, 1/22/2025     126,540  
  210,000     KWG Group Holdings Ltd.,
6.300%, 2/13/2026
    188,771  
  205,000     Yuzhou Group Holdings Co. Ltd.,
7.850%, 8/12/2026
    135,393  
   

 

 

 
      2,718,167  
   

 

 

 
  Independent Energy – 6.4%

 

  315,000     Antero Resources Corp.,
7.625%, 2/01/2029, 144A
    352,170  
  75,000     Apache Corp., 4.750%, 4/15/2043     81,205  
  590,000     Apache Corp., 5.350%, 7/01/2049     655,313  
  355,000     Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC/ARU Finance Corp., 5.875%, 6/30/2029, 144A     362,712  
  654,000     Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC/ARU Finance Corp., 9.000%, 11/01/2027, 144A     895,980  
  612,000     Baytex Energy Corp., 5.625%, 6/01/2024, 144A     615,427  
  185,000     California Resources Corp., 7.125%, 2/01/2026, 144A     195,231  
  820,000     Callon Petroleum Co., 8.000%, 8/01/2028, 144A     809,750  
  355,000     Centennial Resource Production LLC,
6.875%, 4/01/2027, 144A
    361,651  
  175,000     Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.500%, 2/01/2026, 144A     182,875  
  455,000     Comstock Resources, Inc., 6.750%, 3/01/2029, 144A     491,400  
  655,000     Energean Israel Finance Ltd., 4.875%, 3/30/2026, 144A     671,716  
  345,000     Energean Israel Finance Ltd., 5.375%, 3/30/2028, 144A     353,076  
  250,000     Energy Ventures GoM LLC/EnVen Finance Corp., 11.750%, 4/15/2026, 144A     257,500  
  60,000     EQT Corp., 3.125%, 5/15/2026, 144A     61,507  
  125,000     EQT Corp., 3.625%, 5/15/2031, 144A     130,250  
  470,000     Independence Energy Finance LLC,
7.250%, 5/01/2026, 144A
    483,964  
  185,000     Laredo Petroleum, Inc., 7.750%, 7/31/2029, 144A     185,463  
  555,000     Matador Resources Co., 5.875%, 9/15/2026     573,703  
  740,000     MEG Energy Corp., 5.875%, 2/01/2029, 144A     756,650  
  1,540,000     Mesquite Energy, Inc., 6.125%, 1/15/2023(e)(h)(j)(k)     61,600  
  Independent Energy – continued

 

510,000     Northern Oil & Gas, Inc., 8.125%, 3/01/2028, 144A   544,807  
  195,000     Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 6.375%, 6/01/2026, 144A     204,263  
  810,000     Occidental Petroleum Corp., 4.100%, 2/15/2047     770,229  
  470,000     Occidental Petroleum Corp.,
4.200%, 3/15/2048
    450,025  
  160,000     Occidental Petroleum Corp.,
4.400%, 4/15/2046
    159,576  
  600,000     Occidental Petroleum Corp.,
6.600%, 3/15/2046
    753,003  
  3,410,000     Occidental Petroleum Corp.,
8.875%, 7/15/2030
    4,632,246  
  290,000     Ovintiv, Inc., 6.500%, 8/15/2034     391,117  
  125,000     Ovintiv, Inc., 6.500%, 2/01/2038     171,944  
  620,000     Ovintiv, Inc., 6.625%, 8/15/2037     850,296  
  85,000     Ovintiv, Inc., 7.200%, 11/01/2031     114,065  
  75,000     Ovintiv, Inc., 7.375%, 11/01/2031     101,734  
  345,000     Ovintiv, Inc., 8.125%, 9/15/2030     474,637  
  365,000     Penn Virginia Escrow LLC,
9.250%, 8/15/2026, 144A
    370,110  
  430,000     Range Resources Corp.,
4.875%, 5/15/2025
    453,994  
  645,000     Range Resources Corp.,
8.250%, 1/15/2029, 144A
    725,657  
  350,000     SM Energy Co., 5.625%, 6/01/2025     352,006  
  605,000     SM Energy Co., 6.500%, 7/15/2028     626,369  
  330,000     SM Energy Co., 6.750%, 9/15/2026     337,026  
  830,000     Southwestern Energy Co.,
5.375%, 2/01/2029, 144A
    887,942  
  465,000     Southwestern Energy Co.,
5.375%, 3/15/2030
    501,840  
  365,000     Strathcona Resources Ltd.,
6.875%, 8/01/2026, 144A
    361,580  
  290,000     Tap Rock Resources LLC,
7.000%, 10/01/2026, 144A
    296,888  
  395,000     Vine Energy Holdings LLC,
6.750%, 4/15/2029, 144A
    426,355  
   

 

 

 
      23,496,852  
   

 

 

 
  Industrial Other – 0.2%

 

  560,000     Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc., 6.000%, 2/01/2026, 144A     583,800  
   

 

 

 
  Leisure – 3.1%

 

  260,000     AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.,
10.500%, 4/15/2025, 144A
    278,200  
  250,000     Boyne USA, Inc.,
4.750%, 5/15/2029, 144A
    258,125  
  2,465,000     Carnival Corp.,
5.750%, 3/01/2027, 144A
    2,548,194  
  390,000     Cinemark USA, Inc., 5.250%, 7/15/2028, 144A     384,150  
  525,000     Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.,
3.750%, 1/15/2028, 144A
    521,883  
  1,495,000     NCL Corp. Ltd.,
5.875%, 3/15/2026, 144A
    1,532,375  
  5,000     NCL Corp. Ltd., 5.875%, 3/15/2026     5,125  
  295,000     NCL Finance Ltd.,
6.125%, 3/15/2028, 144A
    306,062  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Leisure – continued

 

$ 465,000     Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.,
3.700%, 3/15/2028
  $ 445,242  
  290,000     Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.,
4.250%, 7/01/2026, 144A
    284,069  
  2,755,000     Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.,
5.500%, 4/01/2028, 144A
    2,817,839  
  365,000     SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc.,
5.250%, 8/15/2029, 144A
    373,441  
  135,000     Viking Cruises Ltd., 5.875%, 9/15/2027, 144A     130,613  
  1,015,000     Viking Ocean Cruises Ship VII Ltd.,
5.625%, 2/15/2029, 144A
    1,015,000  
  335,000     VOC Escrow Ltd.,
5.000%, 2/15/2028, 144A
    330,544  
   

 

 

 
      11,230,862  
   

 

 

 
  Lodging – 1.0%

 

  310,000     Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow LLC/Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow, 4.875%, 7/01/2031, 144A     311,163  
  1,305,000     Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow LLC/Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow, 5.000%, 6/01/2029, 144A     1,331,100  
  275,000     Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc.,
4.500%, 6/15/2029, 144A
    278,438  
  1,345,000     Travel & Leisure Co., 4.625%, 3/01/2030, 144A     1,381,987  
  170,000     Travel & Leisure Co., 6.000%, 4/01/2027     188,398  
   

 

 

 
      3,491,086  
   

 

 

 
  Media Entertainment – 2.9%

 

  1,200,000     AMC Networks, Inc., 4.250%, 2/15/2029     1,194,000  
  895,000     Audacy Capital Corp., 6.750%, 3/31/2029, 144A     902,321  
  65,000     Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.,
7.500%, 6/01/2029, 144A
    67,600  
  930,000     Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.,
7.750%, 4/15/2028, 144A
    978,825  
  395,000     Deluxe Corp.,
8.000%, 6/01/2029, 144A
    412,775  
  665,000     Diamond Sports Group LLC/Diamond Sports Finance Co., 5.375%, 8/15/2026, 144A     438,900  
  425,000     Diamond Sports Group LLC/Diamond Sports Finance Co., 6.625%, 8/15/2027, 144A     185,938  
  1,657,000     iHeartCommunications, Inc.,
8.375%, 5/01/2027
    1,770,919  
  170,000     Lions Gate Capital Holdings LLC,
5.500%, 4/15/2029, 144A
    175,741  
  545,000     Mav Acquisition Corp.,
5.750%, 8/01/2028, 144A
    535,462  
  545,000     Mav Acquisition Corp.,
8.000%, 8/01/2029, 144A
    520,628  
  365,000     Midas OpCo Holdings LLC,
5.625%, 8/15/2029, 144A
    377,979  
  Media Entertainment – continued

 

1,390,000     Netflix, Inc., 4.875%, 6/15/2030, 144A   1,636,725  
  255,000     Playtika Holding Corp., 4.250%, 3/15/2029, 144A     255,813  
  370,000     Scripps Escrow II, Inc., 5.375%, 1/15/2031, 144A     363,765  
  590,000     Sinclair Television Group, Inc.,
5.125%, 2/15/2027, 144A
    585,575  
  225,000     Townsquare Media, Inc.,
6.875%, 2/01/2026, 144A
    236,039  
   

 

 

 
      10,639,005  
   

 

 

 
  Metals & Mining – 2.3%

 

  370,000     Allegheny Technologies, Inc.,
4.875%, 10/01/2029
    371,387  
  380,000     Allegheny Technologies, Inc.,
5.125%, 10/01/2031
    382,926  
  415,000     Cia de Minas Buenaventura SAA,
5.500%, 7/23/2026, 144A
    410,248  
  1,035,000     Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., 4.625%, 3/01/2029, 144A     1,056,994  
  830,000     Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., 4.875%, 3/01/2031, 144A     856,975  
  365,000     Eldorado Gold Corp., 6.250%, 9/01/2029, 144A     361,766  
  340,000     First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 6.875%, 3/01/2026, 144A     353,600  
  3,030,000     First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 6.875%, 10/15/2027, 144A     3,204,225  
  150,000     SunCoke Energy, Inc., 4.875%, 6/30/2029, 144A     149,438  
  585,000     United States Steel Corp., 6.650%, 6/01/2037     625,950  
  450,000     United States Steel Corp., 6.875%, 3/01/2029     479,797  
  170,000     Volcan Cia Minera SAA, 4.375%, 2/11/2026, 144A     165,495  
   

 

 

 
      8,418,801  
   

 

 

 
  Midstream – 2.4%

 

  1,015,000     Blue Racer Midstream LLC/Blue Racer Finance Corp., 7.625%, 12/15/2025, 144A     1,097,469  
  885,000     Buckeye Partners LP, 4.500%, 3/01/2028, 144A     898,275  
  1,305,000     CQP Holdco LP/BIP-V Chinook Holdco LLC, 5.500%, 6/15/2031, 144A     1,387,933  
  530,000     Crestwood Midstream Partners LP/Crestwood Midstream Finance Corp.,
6.000%, 2/01/2029, 144A
    554,586  
  555,000     EQM Midstream Partners LP,
6.500%, 7/15/2048
    631,312  
  475,000     Ferrellgas LP/Ferrellgas Finance Corp.,
5.375%, 4/01/2026, 144A
    464,263  
  470,000     Harvest Midstream I LP,
7.500%, 9/01/2028, 144A
    500,620  
  460,000     Hess Midstream Operations LP,
4.250%, 2/15/2030, 144A
    465,175  
  1,835,000     New Fortress Energy, Inc.,
6.750%, 9/15/2025, 144A
    1,766,187  
  200,000     NGL Energy Partners LP/NGL Energy Finance Corp., 6.125%, 3/01/2025     176,538  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Midstream – continued

 

$ 495,000     NGL Energy Partners LP/NGL Energy Finance Corp., 7.500%, 11/01/2023   $ 481,056  
  395,000     Suburban Propane Partners LP/Suburban Energy Finance Corp., 5.000%, 6/01/2031, 144A     409,813  
   

 

 

 
      8,833,227  
   

 

 

 
  Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities – 1.9%

 

  800,000     Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-GC21, Class D,
5.109%, 5/10/2047, 144A(a)
    745,053  
  380,000     Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-CR3, Class B, 3.922%, 10/15/2045, 144A     376,533  
  165,000     Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-USA, Class E, 4.373%, 9/15/2037, 144A     148,323  
  205,000     GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2011-GC5, Class C, 5.303%, 8/10/2044, 144A(a)     174,763  
  1,830,000     GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2011-GC5, Class D, 5.303%, 8/10/2044, 144A(a)     915,000  
  720,000     JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2013-C14, Class C, 4.699%, 8/15/2046(a)     680,722  
  180,000     JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2011-C3, Class C, 5.360%, 2/15/2046, 144A(a)     167,199  
  155,000     JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2012-C8, Class C, 4.780%, 10/15/2045, 144A(a)     156,787  
  690,000     JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2012-C8, Class D, 4.828%, 10/15/2045, 144A(a)     680,386  
  1,135,000     Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, Series 2013-C11, Class B, 4.497%, 8/15/2046(a)     838,927  
  530,000     Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2012-C4, Class D, 5.539%, 3/15/2045, 144A(a)     502,453  
  475,000     MSBAM Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2012-CKSV, Class C, 4.425%, 10/15/2030, 144A(a)     396,545  
  208,290     Starwood Retail Property Trust, Series 2014-STAR, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 1.470%, 1.554%, 11/15/2027, 144A(d)     129,140  
  545,000     Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-LC16, Class C,
4.458%, 8/15/2050
    332,450  
  215,000     WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-C10, Class C,
4.495%, 12/15/2045(a)
    187,834  
  515,000     WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-C7, Class D,
4.957%, 6/15/2045, 144A(a)
    370,078  
   

 

 

 
      6,802,193  
   

 

 

 
  Oil Field Services – 1.0%

 

395,000     Nabors Industries Ltd.,
7.250%, 1/15/2026, 144A
  384,177  
  265,000     Precision Drilling Corp.,
6.875%, 1/15/2029, 144A
    276,778  
  40,000     Precision Drilling Corp.,
7.125%, 1/15/2026, 144A
    41,100  
  210,000     Solaris Midstream Holdings LLC,
7.625%, 4/01/2026, 144A
    225,047  
  1,545,000     Transocean Poseidon Ltd.,
6.875%, 2/01/2027, 144A
    1,537,167  
  435,000     Transocean, Inc.,
8.000%, 2/01/2027, 144A
    342,271  
  195,000     Transocean, Inc.,
11.500%, 1/30/2027, 144A
    200,850  
  475,000     Weatherford International Ltd., 11.000%, 12/01/2024, 144A     500,232  
   

 

 

 
      3,507,622  
   

 

 

 
  Packaging – 0.9%

 

  2,015,000     ARD Finance S.A., 7.250% PIK or 6.500% Cash, 6/30/2027(g)     2,138,419  
  1,040,000     Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co., 7.250%, 4/15/2025     1,033,661  
   

 

 

 
      3,172,080  
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals – 1.8%

 

  4,285,000     Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 5.250%, 2/15/2031, 144A     3,940,529  
  575,000     Endo Dac/Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finco, Inc., 6.000%, 6/30/2028, 144A     411,125  
  450,000     Endo Luxembourg Finance Co. I. S.a.r.l/Endo U.S., Inc., 6.125%, 4/01/2029, 144A     450,000  
  160,000     HCRX Investments Holdco LP,
4.500%, 8/01/2029, 144A
    160,800  
  1,025,000     Organon & Co./Organon Foreign Debt Co-Issuer BV, 5.125%, 4/30/2031, 144A     1,076,609  
  450,000     Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., 7.500%, 4/01/2027, 144A     458,437  
   

 

 

 
      6,497,500  
   

 

 

 
  Property & Casualty Insurance – 0.5%

 

  550,000     Acrisure LLC/Acrisure Finance, Inc.,
6.000%, 8/01/2029, 144A
    543,021  
  605,000     AmWINS Group, Inc., 4.875%, 6/30/2029, 144A     613,500  
  385,000     BroadStreet Partners, Inc., 5.875%, 4/15/2029, 144A     383,556  
  1,920,000     MBIA Insurance Corp., 3-month LIBOR + 11.260%, 11.386%, 1/15/2033, 144A(d)(e)(i)(j)(k)     331,200  
   

 

 

 
      1,871,277  
   

 

 

 
  Refining – 0.1%

 

  180,000     Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP/Calumet Finance Corp., 11.000%, 4/15/2025, 144A     194,850  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  REITs – Hotels – 0.3%

 

$ 45,000     Service Properties Trust, 3.950%, 1/15/2028   $ 42,413  
  470,000     Service Properties Trust, 4.350%, 10/01/2024     476,218  
  135,000     Service Properties Trust, 4.500%, 6/15/2023     137,703  
  75,000     Service Properties Trust, 4.650%, 3/15/2024     75,750  
  60,000     Service Properties Trust, 4.750%, 10/01/2026     59,400  
  215,000     Service Properties Trust, 4.950%, 2/15/2027     214,462  
   

 

 

 
      1,005,946  
   

 

 

 
  REITs – Mortgage – 0.1%

 

  230,000     Starwood Property Trust, Inc.,
3.625%, 7/15/2026, 144A
    231,725  
   

 

 

 
  Restaurants – 0.2%

 

  315,000     Bloomin’ Brands, Inc./OSI Restaurant Partners LLC, 5.125%, 4/15/2029, 144A     327,713  
  285,000     Papa John’s International, Inc.,
3.875%, 9/15/2029, 144A
    283,575  
   

 

 

 
      611,288  
   

 

 

 
  Retailers – 2.0%

 

  225,000     Ambience Merger Sub, Inc.,
4.875%, 7/15/2028, 144A
    225,000  
  415,000     Ambience Merger Sub, Inc.,
7.125%, 7/15/2029, 144A
    411,369  
  1,410,000     Bath & Body Works, Inc.,
5.250%, 2/01/2028
    1,555,230  
  760,000     Carvana Co., 5.500%, 4/15/2027, 144A     775,732  
  1,495,000     Carvana Co.,
5.875%, 10/01/2028, 144A
    1,544,649  
  275,000     Michaels Cos., Inc. (The),
7.875%, 5/01/2029, 144A
    285,787  
  470,000     NMG Holding Co., Inc./Neiman Marcus Group LLC, 7.125%, 4/01/2026, 144A     498,787  
  485,000     PetSmart, Inc./PetSmart Finance Corp.,
4.750%, 2/15/2028, 144A
    498,338  
  570,000     PetSmart, Inc./PetSmart Finance Corp.,
7.750%, 2/15/2029, 144A
    622,012  
  370,000     Rite Aid Corp.,
7.500%, 7/01/2025, 144A
    369,915  
  570,000     Victoria’s Secret & Co.,
4.625%, 7/15/2029, 144A
    579,348  
   

 

 

 
      7,366,167  
   

 

 

 
  Supermarkets – 0.1%

 

  155,000     Safeway, Inc., 7.250%, 2/01/2031     185,225  
   

 

 

 
  Supranational – 0.2%

 

  45,600,000     International Finance Corp.,
5.850%, 11/25/2022, (INR)
    621,085  
   

 

 

 
  Technology – 2.6%

 

  600,000     Clarivate Science Holdings Corp.,
4.875%, 7/01/2029, 144A
    601,170  
  Technology – continued

 

3,300,000     CommScope Technologies LLC,
5.000%, 3/15/2027
  3,138,828  
  1,850,000     CommScope Technologies LLC,
5.000%, 3/15/2027, 144A
    1,759,646  
  730,000     Elastic NV, 4.125%, 7/15/2029, 144A     733,650  
  1,485,000     Endure Digital, Inc., 6.000%, 2/15/2029, 144A     1,410,750  
  190,000     Everi Holdings, Inc., 5.000%, 7/15/2029, 144A     194,689  
  710,000     Pitney Bowes, Inc., 6.875%, 3/15/2027, 144A     747,275  
  1,015,000     Rocket Software, Inc., 6.500%, 2/15/2029, 144A     1,004,850  
   

 

 

 
      9,590,858  
   

 

 

 
  Transportation Services – 0.2%

 

  70,000     Avis Budget Car Rental LLC/Avis Budget Finance, Inc., 5.750%, 7/15/2027, 144A     72,960  
  390,000     Fenix Marine Service Holdings Ltd.,
8.000%, 1/15/2024
    427,144  
  365,000     Seaspan Corp.,
5.500%, 8/01/2029, 144A
    372,380  
   

 

 

 
      872,484  
   

 

 

 
  Treasuries – 0.9%

 

  1,497(††)     Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional, Series F, 10.000%, 1/01/2025, (BRL)     273,616  
  110,000(†††)     Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M,
7.750%, 5/29/2031, (MXN)
    546,352  
  310,000(†††)     Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M-20, 7.500%, 6/03/2027, (MXN)     1,525,693  
  4,170,000     Republic of Brazil, 10.250%, 1/10/2028, (BRL)     784,419  
   

 

 

 
      3,130,080  
   

 

 

 
  Wireless – 1.7%

 

  820,000     Altice France S.A.,
5.125%, 7/15/2029, 144A
    803,989  
  985,000     Altice France S.A., 5.500%, 10/15/2029, 144A     975,034  
  29,970,000     America Movil SAB de CV, 6.450%, 12/05/2022, (MXN)     1,448,300  
  600,000     IHS Netherlands Holdco BV, 8.000%, 9/18/2027, 144A     641,310  
  395,000     Kenbourne Invest S.A., 4.700%, 1/22/2028, 144A     397,228  
  200,000     Liquid Telecommunications Financing PLC, 5.500%, 9/04/2026, 144A     206,298  
  1,835,000     SoftBank Group Corp., 4.625%, 7/06/2028     1,798,261  
   

 

 

 
      6,270,420  
   

 

 

 
  Wirelines – 1.9%

 

  1,180,000     Cincinnati Bell Telephone Co. LLC,
6.300%, 12/01/2028
    1,292,690  
  495,000     Embarq Corp., 7.995%, 6/01/2036     530,833  
  1,235,000     Level 3 Financing, Inc., 3.750%, 7/15/2029, 144A     1,193,603  
  1,390,000     Lumen Technologies, Inc., 5.375%, 6/15/2029, 144A     1,418,300  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Wirelines – continued

 

$ 1,550,000     Telecom Italia Capital S.A., 6.375%, 11/15/2033   $ 1,803,735  
  650,000     Uniti Group LP/Uniti Group Finance, Inc./CSL Capital LLC, 4.750%, 4/15/2028, 144A     663,813  
   

 

 

 
      6,902,974  
   

 

 

 
  Total Non-Convertible Bonds  
  (Identified Cost $255,630,776)     257,318,972  
   

 

 

 
  Convertible Bonds – 6.5%  
  Airlines – 0.6%

 

  315,000     JetBlue Airways Corp., 0.500%, 4/01/2026, 144A     308,651  
  1,230,000     Southwest Airlines Co., 1.250%, 5/01/2025     1,837,312  
   

 

 

 
      2,145,963  
   

 

 

 
  Cable Satellite – 1.9%

 

  6,790,000     DISH Network Corp., 3.375%, 8/15/2026     7,058,205  
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Cyclical Services – 0.2%

 

  285,000     Expedia Group, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 2/15/2026, 144A(l)     307,700  
  500,000     Peloton Interactive, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.000%-1.734%, 2/15/2026, 144A(m)     440,143  
   

 

 

 
      747,843  
   

 

 

 
  Gaming – 0.1%

 

  110,000     Penn National Gaming, Inc., 2.750%, 5/15/2026     351,010  
   

 

 

 
  Healthcare – 0.6%

 

  2,175,000     Teladoc Health, Inc., 1.250%, 6/01/2027     2,184,650  
   

 

 

 
  Media Entertainment – 0.2%

 

  580,000     Twitter, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 3/15/2026, 144A(l)     538,437  
  120,000     Zynga, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.779%-0.859%, 12/15/2026, 144A(m)     115,875  
   

 

 

 
      654,312  
   

 

 

 
  Oil Field Services – 0.9%

 

  3,430,074     Pioneer Energy Services Corp., 5.000% PIK or 5.000% Cash, 11/15/2025, 144A(e)(j)(k)(n)(o)     3,367,304  
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals – 1.3%

 

  440,000     BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., 0.599%, 8/01/2024     450,202  
  3,510,000     BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., 1.250%, 5/15/2027     3,512,890  
  345,000     Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 4/01/2026, 144A(l)     313,514  
  350,000     Livongo Health, Inc., 0.875%, 6/01/2025     462,382  
   

 

 

 
      4,738,988  
   

 

 

 
  Technology – 0.7%

 

1,155,000     Palo Alto Networks, Inc., 0.375%, 6/01/2025   1,906,990  
  575,000     Splunk, Inc., 1.125%, 6/15/2027     563,859  
   

 

 

 
      2,470,849  
   

 

 

 
  Total Convertible Bonds  
  (Identified Cost $23,432,972)     23,719,124  
   

 

 

 
  Total Bonds and Notes  
  (Identified Cost $279,063,748)     281,038,096  
   

 

 

 
  Senior Loans – 0.9%  
  Airlines – 0.1%

 

  413,921     United Airlines, Inc., 2021 Term Loan B, 3-month LIBOR + 3.750%, 4.500%, 4/21/2028(d)     416,463  
   

 

 

 
  Chemicals – 0.2%

 

  489,000     Lonza Group AG, USD Term Loan B,
3-month LIBOR + 4.000%, 4.750%, 7/03/2028(d)
    490,311  
   

 

 

 
  Independent Energy – 0.4%

 

  1,247,000     Ascent Resources – Utica, 2020 Fixed 2nd Lien Term Loan, 3-month LIBOR + 9.000%, 10.000%, 11/01/2025(d)     1,363,382  
   

 

 

 
  Lodging – 0.1%

 

  438,556     Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower LLC, 2021 Term Loan B, 1-month LIBOR + 3.000%, 3.500%, 8/02/2028(d)     439,543  
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals – 0.1%

 

  359,100     Jazz Financing Lux S.a.r.l., USD Term Loan, 1-month LIBOR + 3.500%, 4.000%, 5/05/2028(d)     359,506  
   

 

 

 
  Total Senior Loans  
  (Identified Cost $2,937,480)     3,069,205  
   

 

 

 
  Collateralized Loan Obligations – 2.6%  
  920,000     AIG CLO Ltd., Series 2021-2A, Class E, 3-month LIBOR + 6.500%, 6.590%, 7/20/2034, 144A(d)     919,932  
  475,000     CIFC Funding Ltd., Series 2019-1A, Class DR, 3-month LIBOR + 3.100%, 3.234%, 4/20/2032, 144A(d)     474,994  
  800,000     Madison Park Funding XII Ltd., Series 2014-12A, Class E,
3-month LIBOR + 5.100%, 5.234%, 7/20/2026, 144A(d)
    798,430  
  730,000     NYACK Park CLO Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class E, 3-month LIBOR + 6.100%, 10/20/2034, 144A(d)(j)(k)(p)     730,000  
  730,000     Octagon Investment Partners 44 Ltd., Series 2019-1A, Class ER,
3-month LIBOR + 6.750%, 6.834%, 10/15/2034, 144A(d)
    733,496  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Collateralized Loan Obligations – continued  
$ 735,000     OHA Credit Funding 2 Ltd., Series 2019-2A, Class ER, 3-month LIBOR + 6.360%, 6.494%, 4/21/2034, 144A(d)   $ 735,503  
  985,000     OHA Credit Funding 3 Ltd., Series 2019-3A, Class ER, 3-month LIBOR + 6.250%, 6.398%, 7/02/2035, 144A(d)     977,711  
  1,385,000     OZLM XXIII Ltd., Series 2019-23A, Class DR, 3-month LIBOR + 3.750%, 3.876%, 4/15/2034, 144A(d)     1,390,236  
  750,000     Palmer Square CLO Ltd., Series 2018-3A, Class D, 3-month LIBOR + 4.400%, 4.525%, 8/15/2026, 144A(d)     750,003  
  445,000     Palmer Square CLO Ltd., Series 2021-2A, Class D, 3-month LIBOR + 2.900%, 3.006%, 7/15/2034, 144A(d)     444,994  
  730,000     Palmer Square CLO Ltd., Series 2021-4A, Class E, 3-month LIBOR + 6.050%, 6.186%, 10/15/2034, 144A(d)(j)(k)     730,000  
  285,000     Prudential PLC, Series 2021-5A, Class E, 3-month LIBOR + 6.500%, 10/18/2034, 144A(d)(j)(p)     284,972  
  560,000     VERDE CLO Ltd., Series 2019-1A, Class DR, 3-month LIBOR + 3.250%, 3.376%, 4/15/2032, 144A(d)     561,060  
   

 

 

 
  Total Collateralized Loan Obligations

 

  (Identified Cost $9,522,454)     9,531,331  
   

 

 

 
  Shares              
  Common Stocks – 11.2%  
  Aerospace & Defense – 0.3%

 

  3,155     Lockheed Martin Corp.     1,088,791  
   

 

 

 
  Air Freight & Logistics – 0.3%

 

  5,697     United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B     1,037,424  
   

 

 

 
  Beverages – 0.3%

 

  22,317     Coca-Cola Co. (The)     1,170,973  
   

 

 

 
  Capital Markets – 0.7%

 

  1,403     BlackRock, Inc.     1,176,640  
  13,648     Morgan Stanley     1,328,087  
   

 

 

 
      2,504,727  
   

 

 

 
  Chemicals – 0.4%

 

  60,366     Hexion Holdings Corp., Class B(i)     1,277,767  
   

 

 

 
  Communications Equipment – 0.3%

 

  22,908     Cisco Systems, Inc.     1,246,882  
   

 

 

 
  Electric Utilities – 0.7%

 

  11,834     Duke Energy Corp.     1,154,880  
  16,526     NextEra Energy, Inc.     1,297,622  
   

 

 

 
      2,452,502  
   

 

 

 
  Energy Equipment & Services – 0.1%

 

  19,954     Pioneer Energy Services Corp.(e)(i)(j)(k)(o)   260,799  
   

 

 

 
  Food & Staples Retailing – 0.3%

 

  8,594     Walmart, Inc.     1,197,832  
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.3%

 

  10,424     Abbott Laboratories     1,231,387  
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Providers & Services – 0.6%

 

  3,102     Anthem, Inc.     1,156,426  
  2,976     UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     1,162,842  
   

 

 

 
      2,319,268  
   

 

 

 
  Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.3%

 

  10,827     Starbucks Corp.     1,194,326  
   

 

 

 
  Household Products – 0.3%

 

  8,865     Procter & Gamble Co. (The)     1,239,327  
   

 

 

 
  IT Services – 0.5%

 

  4,294     Accenture PLC, Class A     1,373,736  
  3,050     Automatic Data Processing, Inc.     609,756  
   

 

 

 
      1,983,492  
   

 

 

 
  Machinery – 0.5%

 

  2,691     Cummins, Inc.     604,291  
  3,401     Deere & Co.     1,139,573  
   

 

 

 
      1,743,864  
   

 

 

 
  Media – 0.5%

 

  21,973     Comcast Corp., Class A     1,228,950  
  27,529     iHeartMedia, Inc., Class A(i)     688,775  
   

 

 

 
      1,917,725  
   

 

 

 
  Metals & Mining – 0.2%

 

  16,488     Newmont Corp.     895,298  
   

 

 

 
  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 1.2%

 

  50,400     Battalion Oil Corp.(i)     490,392  
  11,422     Chevron Corp.     1,158,762  
  1,176     Frontera Energy Corp.(i)     7,038  
  118,656     Lonestar Resources U.S., Inc.(e)(i)(j)(k)(o)     1,269,619  
  6,966     Whiting Petroleum Corp.(i)     406,884  
  46,066     Williams Cos., Inc. (The)     1,194,952  
   

 

 

 
      4,527,647  
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals – 0.8%

 

  8,726     Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.     516,318  
  7,124     Johnson & Johnson     1,150,526  
  15,475     Merck & Co., Inc.     1,162,327  
   

 

 

 
      2,829,171  
   

 

 

 
  Professional Services – 0.0%

 

  357     Clarivate PLC(i)     7,818  
   

 

 

 
  REITs – Diversified – 0.4%

 

  4,838     American Tower Corp.     1,284,054  
   

 

 

 
  Road & Rail – 0.3%

 

  5,471     Union Pacific Corp.     1,072,371  
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 0.2%

 

  3,367     Texas Instruments, Inc.     647,171  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund – continued

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – continued  
  Software – 0.4%

 

  321     iQor Holdings, Inc.(e)(f)(i)   $ 3,792  
  4,866     Microsoft Corp.     1,371,823  
   

 

 

 
      1,375,615  
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Retail – 0.2%

 

  1,964     Home Depot, Inc. (The)     644,703  
   

 

 

 
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 0.4%

 

  9,623     Apple, Inc.     1,361,654  
   

 

 

 
  Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.7%

 

  19,169     T-Mobile US, Inc.(i)     2,449,031  
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks  
  (Identified Cost $53,481,573)     40,961,619  
   

 

 

 
  Preferred Stocks – 0.7%  
  Convertible Preferred Stocks – 0.5%  
  Midstream – 0.0%

 

  3,556     El Paso Energy Capital Trust I, 4.750%     176,200  
   

 

 

 
  Technology – 0.2%

 

  7,720     Clarivate PLC, Series A, 5.250%     669,247  
   

 

 

 
  Wireless – 0.3%

 

  886     2020 Cash Mandatory Exchangeable Trust, 5.250%, 144A(e)(f)     1,001,862  
   

 

 

 
  Total Convertible Preferred Stocks  
  (Identified Cost $1,999,995)     1,847,309  
   

 

 

 
  Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks – 0.2%  
  Home Construction – 0.1%

 

  21,265     Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 7.625%(i)     372,137  
   

 

 

 
  REITs – Warehouse/Industrials – 0.1%

 

  3,363     Prologis, Inc., Series Q, 8.540%     235,410  
   

 

 

 
  Total Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks

 

  (Identified Cost $192,799)     607,547  
   

 

 

 
  Total Preferred Stocks
 
  (Identified Cost $2,192,794)     2,454,856  
   

 

 

 
  Exchange-Traded Funds – 4.9%  
  205,000     iShares® iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
(Identified Cost $17,998,672)
    17,935,450  
   

 

 

 
Principal
Amount (‡)
    Description   Value (†)  
  Short-Term Investments – 2.4%  
$ 8,897,615     Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 9/30/2021 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $8,897,615 on 10/01/2021 collateralized by $9,122,700 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.250% due 9/30/2028 valued at $9,075,663 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)
(Identified Cost $8,897,615)
  8,897,615  
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments – 99.8%  
  (Identified Cost $374,094,336)     363,888,172  
  Other assets less liabilities—0.2%     556,412  
   

 

 

 
  Net Assets – 100.0%   $ 364,444,584  
   

 

 

 
  (‡)     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.

 

  (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 September 30, 2021 is disclosed.

 

  (b)     Perpetual bond with no specified maturity date.

 

  (c)     Payment-in-kind security for which the issuer, at each interest payment date, makes interest payments in additional principal.

 

  (d)     Variable rate security. Rate as of September 30, 2021 is disclosed.

 

  (e)     Illiquid security. (Unaudited)

 

  (f)     Securities classified as fair valued pursuant to the Fund’s pricing policies and procedures. At September 30, 2021, the value of these securities amounted to $1,585,294 or 0.4% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.

 

  (g)     Payment-in-kind security for which the issuer, at each interest payment date, may make interest payments in cash and/or additional principal. For the period ended September 30, 2021, interest payments were made in cash.

 

  (h)     The issuer is in default with respect to interest and/or principal payments. Income is not being accrued.

 

  (i)     Non-income producing security.

 

  (j)     Level 3 security. Value has been determined using significant unobservable inputs. See Note 3 of Notes to Financial Statements.

 

  (k)     Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser. At September 30, 2021, the value of these securities amounted to $6,750,522 or 1.9% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.

 

  (l)     Interest rate represents annualized yield at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.

 

  (m)     Interest rate represents annualized yield at time of purchase; not a coupon rate. The Fund’s investment in this security is comprised of various lots with differing annualized yields.

 

  (n)     Payment-in-kind security for which the issuer, at each interest payment date, may make interest payments in cash and/or additional principal. For the period ended September 30, 2021, interest payments were made in principal.

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund – continued

 

  (o)     Securities subject to restriction on resale. At September 30, 2021, the restricted securities held by the Fund are as follows:

 

    Acquisition
Date
  Acquisition
Cost
    Value     % of
Net Assets
 
Lonestar Resources U.S., Inc.   12/01/2020   $ 823,473   $ 1,269,619       0.4%  
Pioneer Energy Services Corp., 5.000% PIK or 5.000% Cash   5/29/2020     3,188,075       3,367,304       0.9%  
Pioneer Energy Services Corp.   5/29/2020     5,792,979 **      260,799       0.1%  
  *     Represents basis assigned upon receipt in a taxable restructuring.
  **     Represents basis carried over in a non-taxable restructuring.
  (p)     New issue unsettled as of September 30, 2021. Coupon rate does not take effect until settlement date.
  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 September 30, 2021, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $190,282,699 or 52.2% of net assets.
  ABS     Asset-Backed Securities
  EMTN     Euro Medium Term Note
  ETF     Exchange-Traded Fund
  LIBOR     London Interbank Offered Rate
  MTN     Medium Term Note
  PIK     Payment-in-Kind
  REITs     Real Estate Investment Trusts
  BRL     Brazilian Real
  INR     Indian Rupee
  MXN     Mexican Peso

 

Industry Summary at September 30, 2021

 

Cable Satellite

       7.1

Independent Energy

       6.8  

Finance Companies

       4.3  

Pharmaceuticals

       4.0  

Consumer Cyclical Services

       3.8  

Technology

       3.5  

Aerospace & Defense

       3.4  

Healthcare

       3.4  

Media Entertainment

       3.1  

Leisure

       3.1  

Chemicals

       3.1  

Airlines

       2.9  

Metals & Mining

       2.5  

Midstream

       2.4  

Financial Other

       2.3  

Gaming

       2.3  

Building Materials

       2.2  

Retailers

       2.0  

Wireless

       2.0  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

       25.7  

Exchange-Traded Funds

       4.9  

Collateralized Loan Obligations

       2.6  

Short-Term Investments

       2.4  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments

       99.8  

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

September 30, 2021

 

      Fixed Income
Fund
     Global Bond
Fund
     Inflation
Protected
Securities Fund
 
ASSETS         

Investments at cost

   $ 502,695,095      $ 745,674,064      $ 257,352,068  

Net unrealized appreciation

     8,959,585        6,383,266        1,675,249  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investments at value

     511,654,680        752,057,330        259,027,317  

Cash

     209,055        329,044         

Due from brokers (Note 2)

            1,304,422        438,000  

Foreign currency at value (identified cost $864,701, $14,306,925 and $0, respectively)

     831,424        14,077,541         

Receivable for Fund shares sold

            1,098,986        2,069,353  

Receivable for securities sold

     2,710,829        5,784,603         

Collateral received for open forward foreign currency contracts (Notes 2 and 4)

            300,000         

Dividends and interest receivable

     3,770,771        4,744,164        492,924  

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts (Note 2)

            848,564         

Tax reclaims receivable

            48,590         

Prepaid expenses (Note 8)

     76        89        17  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     519,176,835        780,593,333        262,027,611  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
LIABILITIES         

Payable for securities purchased

     6,809,261        1,141,797        1,255,550  

Payable for when-issued/delayed delivery securities purchased (Note 2)

            27,819,513         

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

     640,000        540,281        276,457  

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts (Note 2)

            1,356,650         

Foreign taxes payable (Note 2)

            8,252         

Due to brokers (Note 2)

            300,000         

Payable for variation margin on futures contracts (Note 2)

     40,003        34,781        10,875  

Management fees payable (Note 6)

     212,259        316,691        41,276  

Deferred Trustees’ fees (Note 6)

     315,531        450,262        151,179  

Administrative fees payable (Note 6)

     17,998        26,446        8,739  

Payable to distributor (Note 6d)

            5,756        2,257  

Other accounts payable and accrued expenses

     83,784        106,250        69,310  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     8,118,836        32,106,679        1,815,643  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 511,057,999      $ 748,486,654      $ 260,211,968  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

        

Paid-in capital

   $ 479,130,708      $ 720,387,400      $ 256,467,530  

Accumulated earnings

     31,927,291        28,099,254        3,744,438  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 511,057,999      $ 748,486,654      $ 260,211,968  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE:         

Institutional Class:

        

Net assets

   $ 511,057,999      $ 381,339,538      $ 217,862,592  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     37,794,516        21,636,536        18,243,774  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 13.52      $ 17.62      $ 11.94  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Retail Class:

 

Net assets

   $      $ 171,318,056      $ 33,948,640  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

            9,909,816        2,847,949  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $      $ 17.29      $ 11.92  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class N shares:

 

Net assets

   $      $ 195,829,060      $ 8,400,736  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

            11,076,613        702,882  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $      $ 17.68      $ 11.95  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities – continued

September 30, 2021

 

        Institutional
High Income
Fund
 
ASSETS

 

Investments at cost

     $ 374,094,336  

Net unrealized depreciation

       (10,206,164
    

 

 

 

Investments at value

       363,888,172  

Cash

       335,518  

Foreign currency at value (identified cost $161,168)

       154,966  

Receivable for securities sold

       6,169,561  

Dividends and interest receivable

       3,570,332  

Prepaid expenses (Note 8)

       44  
    

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

       374,118,593  
    

 

 

 
LIABILITIES

 

Payable for securities purchased

       9,170,823  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

       42  

Management fees payable (Note 6)

       181,774  

Deferred Trustees’ fees (Note 6)

       232,930  

Administrative fees payable (Note 6)

       12,844  

Payable to distributor (Note 6d)

       85  

Other accounts payable and accrued expenses

       75,511  
    

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

       9,674,009  
    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

     $ 364,444,584  
    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

 

Paid-in capital

     $ 361,591,221  

Accumulated earnings

       2,853,363  
    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

     $ 364,444,584  
    

 

 

 
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE:

 

Institutional Class:

 

Net assets

     $ 364,444,584  
    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

       55,530,563  
    

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

     $ 6.56  
    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations

For the Year Ended September 30, 2021

 

        Fixed Income
Fund
     Global Bond
Fund
     Inflation
Protected
Securities Fund
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Interest

     $ 21,366,479      $ 16,484,888      $ 6,981,029  

Dividends

       2,661,020                

Less net foreign taxes withheld

       (511      (75,229       
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
       24,026,988        16,409,659        6,981,029  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fees (Note 6)

       3,113,585        4,178,923        425,496  

Service and distribution fees (Note 6)

              441,238        52,095  

Administrative fees (Note 6)

       266,637        325,263        72,756  

Trustees’ fees and expenses (Note 6)

       87,012        114,758        44,397  

Transfer agent fees and expenses (Notes 6 and 7)

       4,046        511,844        151,560  

Audit and tax services fees

       59,545        57,376        48,600  

Custodian fees and expenses

       38,022        125,025        11,233  

Legal fees (Note 8)

       21,653        24,901        5,224  

Registration fees

       29,561        73,211        79,262  

Shareholder reporting expenses

       6,047        21,324        15,835  

Miscellaneous expenses (Note 8)

       47,626        76,114        30,493  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses

       3,673,734        5,949,977        936,951  

Less waiver and/or expense reimbursement (Note 6)

              (332,995      (206,569
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net expenses

       3,673,734        5,616,982        730,382  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

       20,353,254        10,792,677        6,250,647  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

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

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

Investments

       19,868,876        24,666,797        3,840,912  

Futures contracts

       (1,686,015      316,993        488,379  

Options written

              103,157         

Forward foreign currency contracts (Note 2d)

              (2,760,651       

Foreign currency transactions (Note 2c)

       (68,374      263,965         

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments

       17,715,615        (27,260,705      (2,821,049

Futures contracts

       520,146        576,652        359,377  

Options written

              (31,141       

Forward foreign currency contracts (Note 2d)

              (966,821       

Foreign currency translations (Note 2c)

       (39,164      (268,173       
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments, futures contracts, options written, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency transactions

       36,311,084        (5,359,927      1,867,619  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS      $ 56,664,338      $ 5,432,750      $ 8,118,266  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations – continued

For the Year Ended September 30, 2021

 

        Institutional
High Income
Fund
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Interest

     $ 18,902,142  

Dividends

       2,243,468  

Less net foreign taxes withheld

       (267
    

 

 

 
       21,145,343  
    

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fees (Note 6)

       2,658,278  

Administrative fees (Note 6)

       189,816  

Trustees’ fees and expenses (Note 6)

       67,095  

Transfer agent fees and expenses (Notes 6 and 7)

       11,938  

Audit and tax services fees

       55,245  

Custodian fees and expenses

       29,041  

Legal fees (Note 8)

       15,188  

Registration fees

       27,238  

Shareholder reporting expenses

       5,886  

Miscellaneous expenses (Note 8)

       42,443  
    

 

 

 

Total expenses

       3,102,168  
    

 

 

 

Net investment income

       18,043,175  
    

 

 

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

 

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

Investments

       30,753,853  

Foreign currency transactions (Note 2c)

       (95,904

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments

       18,445,549  

Foreign currency translations (Note 2c)

       (9,279
    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions

       49,094,219  
    

 

 

 
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS      $ 67,137,394  
    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

      Fixed Income Fund     Global Bond Fund  
      Year Ended
September 30, 2021
    Year Ended
September 30, 2020
    Year Ended
September 30, 2021
    Year Ended
September 30, 2020
 
FROM OPERATIONS:         

Net investment income

   $ 20,353,254     $ 30,303,805     $ 10,792,677     $ 13,009,102  

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

     18,114,487       10,607,082       22,590,261       24,680,188  

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

     18,196,597       (26,082,166     (27,950,188     15,158,789  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     56,664,338       14,828,721       5,432,750       52,848,079  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:         

Institutional Class

     (39,121,293     (30,736,093     (18,819,965     (3,765,595

Retail Class

                 (8,739,847     (1,676,149

Class N

                 (8,974,746     (2,148,456
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (39,121,293     (30,736,093     (36,534,558     (7,590,200
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 11)      (139,545,221     (127,844,177     67,859,653       (141,045,611
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

     (122,002,176     (143,751,549     36,757,845       (95,787,732
NET ASSETS         

Beginning of the year

     633,060,175       776,811,724       711,728,809       807,516,541  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the year

   $ 511,057,999     $ 633,060,175     $ 748,486,654     $ 711,728,809  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS – continued

 

      Inflation Protected Securities Fund     Institutional High Income Fund  
      Year Ended
September 30, 2021
    Year Ended
September 30, 2020
    Year Ended
September 30, 2021
    Year Ended
September 30, 2020
 
FROM OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income

   $ 6,250,647     $ 519,593     $ 18,043,175     $ 25,820,547  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures contracts and foreign currency transactions

     4,329,291       1,563,481       30,657,949       (19,096,680

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

     (2,461,672     3,879,568       18,436,270       (10,291,967
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     8,118,266       5,962,642       67,137,394       (3,568,100
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

 

Institutional Class

     (6,642,299     (524,380     (26,161,315     (35,578,052

Retail Class

     (997,498     (39,438            

Class N

     (252,287     (23,179            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (7,892,084     (586,997     (26,161,315     (35,578,052
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 11)      132,340,207       95,339,671       (193,346,908     (16,431,121
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

     132,566,389       100,715,316       (152,370,829     (55,577,273
NET ASSETS

 

Beginning of the year

     127,645,579       26,930,263       516,815,413       572,392,686  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the year

   $ 260,211,968     $ 127,645,579     $ 364,444,584     $ 516,815,413  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

      Fixed Income Fund – Institutional Class  
      Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Year Ended
September 30,
2020
     Year Ended
September 30,
2019
     Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 13.17     $ 13.49      $ 13.40      $ 13.96      $ 13.52  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income(a)

     0.44       0.55        0.59        0.54        0.57  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.73       (0.31      0.19        (0.35      0.34  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     1.17       0.24        0.78        0.19        0.91  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

 

Net investment income

     (0.64     (0.56      (0.59      (0.52      (0.46

Net realized capital gains

     (0.18            (0.10      (0.23      (0.01
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (0.82     (0.56      (0.69      (0.75      (0.47
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 13.52     $ 13.17      $ 13.49      $ 13.40      $ 13.96  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return

     9.08     1.78      6.29      1.39      6.96

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

 

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 511,058     $ 633,060      $ 776,812      $ 862,759      $ 1,093,422  

Net expenses

     0.59     0.58      0.57      0.57      0.57

Gross expenses

     0.59     0.58      0.57      0.57      0.57

Net investment income

     3.27     4.23      4.51      3.99      4.22

Portfolio turnover rate

     99 %(b)      29      14      11      10

 

(a)   Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.  
(b)   The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2020 to 2021 was primarily due to a repositioning of the portfolio due to a change in the portfolio management team.  

 

      Global Bond Fund – Institutional Class  
      Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2019
    Year Ended
September 30,
2018
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 18.33      $ 17.07     $ 16.16     $ 16.51     $ 16.47  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income(a)

     0.27        0.33       0.33       0.35       0.30  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.07      1.12       0.69       (0.66     (0.18
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     0.20        1.45       1.02       (0.31     0.12  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

 

Net investment income

     (0.35      (0.08     (0.05           (0.06

Net realized capital gains

     (0.56      (0.11     (0.06     (0.04     (0.02
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (0.91      (0.19     (0.11     (0.04     (0.08
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 17.62      $ 18.33     $ 17.07     $ 16.16     $ 16.51  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(b)

     0.91      8.57     6.27     (1.85 )%      0.74

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

 

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 381,340      $ 375,501     $ 353,872     $ 450,376     $ 509,080  

Net expenses(c)

     0.69      0.69     0.70 %(d)      0.72 %(e)      0.75 %(f) 

Gross expenses

     0.75      0.76     0.76 %(d)      0.77     0.80

Net investment income

     1.47      1.90     2.00     2.10     1.88

Portfolio turnover rate

     267      273 %(g)      215 %(g)      218 %(g)      163

 

(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)   The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.  
(d)   Includes interest expense. Without this expense the ratio of net expenses would have been 0.69% and the ratio of gross expenses would have been 0.75%.  
(e)   Effective July 1, 2018, the expense limit decreased to 0.69%.  
(f)   Effective July 1, 2017, the expense limit decreased to 0.72%.  
(g)   The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2017 to 2018 was primarily due to a repositioning of the portfolio. During 2019 and 2020, turnover has remained high due to an increase in the volume of U.S. Treasury securities related to certain trading strategies and, additionally for 2020, a repositioning of the portfolio.  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights – continued

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

      Global Bond Fund – Retail Class  
      Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2019
    Year Ended
September 30,
2018
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 18.00      $ 16.76     $ 15.86     $ 16.24     $ 16.23  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income(a)

     0.22        0.28       0.28       0.30       0.26  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.07      1.10       0.68       (0.64     (0.19
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     0.15        1.38       0.96       (0.34     0.07  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

 

Net investment income

     (0.30      (0.03     (0.00 )(b)            (0.04

Net realized capital gains

     (0.56      (0.11     (0.06     (0.04     (0.02
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (0.86      (0.14     (0.06     (0.04     (0.06
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 17.29      $ 18.00     $ 16.76     $ 15.86     $ 16.24  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(c)

     0.67      8.32     6.08     (2.12 )%      0.48

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

 

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 171,318      $ 178,887     $ 207,251     $ 247,119     $ 288,479  

Net expenses(d)

     0.94      0.94     0.95 %(e)      0.97 %(f)      1.00 %(g) 

Gross expenses

     1.00      1.01     1.01 %(e)      1.02     1.05

Net investment income

     1.22      1.65     1.75     1.85     1.67

Portfolio turnover rate

     267      273 %(h)      215 %(h)      218 %(h)      163

 

(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)   Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.  
(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)   Includes interest expense. Without this expense the ratio of net expenses would have been 0.94% and the ratio of gross expenses would have been 1.00%.  
(f)   Effective July 1, 2018, the expense limit decreased to 0.94%.  
(g)   Effective July 1, 2017, the expense limit decreased to 0.97%.  
(h)   The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2017 to 2018 was primarily due to a repositioning of the portfolio. During 2019 and 2020, turnover has remained high due to an increase in the volume of U.S. Treasury securities related to certain trading strategies and, additionally for 2020, a repositioning of the portfolio.  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights – continued

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

      Global Bond Fund – Class N  
      Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2019
    Year Ended
September 30,
2018
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 18.39     $ 17.12     $ 16.21     $ 16.55     $ 16.50  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

          

Net investment income(a)

     0.27       0.33       0.34       0.36       0.33  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.07     1.14       0.69       (0.66     (0.20
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     0.20       1.47       1.03       (0.30     0.13  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

          

Net investment income

     (0.35     (0.09     (0.06           (0.06

Net realized capital gains

     (0.56     (0.11     (0.06     (0.04     (0.02
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (0.91     (0.20     (0.12     (0.04     (0.08
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 17.68     $ 18.39     $ 17.12     $ 16.21     $ 16.55  
  

 

 

 

Total return

     0.95 %(b)      8.66 %(b)      6.31 %(b)      (1.78 )%(b)      0.81

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

 

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 195,829     $ 157,341     $ 246,394     $ 276,690     $ 256,939  

Net expenses

     0.64 %(c)      0.64 %(c)      0.65 %(c)(d)      0.67 %(c)(e)      0.69 %(f) 

Gross expenses

     0.66     0.66     0.66 %(d)      0.68     0.69

Net investment income

     1.51     1.93     2.06     2.15     2.09

Portfolio turnover rate

     267     273 %(g)      215 %(g)      218 %(g)      163

 

(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)   The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.  
(d)   Includes interest expense. Without this expense the ratio of net expenses would have been 0.64% and the ratio of gross expenses would have been 0.65%.  
(e)   Effective July 1, 2018, the expense limit decreased to 0.64%.  
(f)   Effective July 1, 2017, the expense limit decreased to 0.67%.  
(g)   The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2017 to 2018 was primarily due to a repositioning of the portfolio. During 2019 and 2020, turnover has remained high due to an increase in the volume of U.S. Treasury securities related to certain trading strategies and, additionally for 2020, a repositioning of the portfolio.  

 

      Inflation Protected Securities Fund – Institutional Class  
      Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
     Year Ended
September 30,
2019
     Year Ended
September 30,
2018
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 11.78      $ 10.59      $ 10.13      $ 10.41     $ 10.64  
  

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

             

Net investment income(a)

     0.44        0.11        0.20        0.30       0.18  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.18        1.18        0.48        (0.25     (0.22
  

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     0.62        1.29        0.68        0.05       (0.04
  

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

 

Net investment income

     (0.46      (0.10      (0.22      (0.33     (0.19
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 11.94      $ 11.78      $ 10.59      $ 10.13     $ 10.41  
  

 

 

 

Total return(b)

     5.33      12.20      6.73      0.49     (0.33 )% 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

             

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 217,863      $ 116,549      $ 24,076      $ 25,914     $ 26,972  

Net expenses(c)

     0.40      0.40      0.40      0.40     0.40

Gross expenses

     0.52      0.70      0.96      0.94     0.81

Net investment income

     3.65      1.00      1.92      2.90     1.73

Portfolio turnover rate

     57      82      246      324 %(d)      354 %(d) 

 

(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)   The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.  
(d)   The Fund’s high turnover rate during 2017 was primarily due to significant shareholder flows. During 2018, turnover has remained high due to certain trading strategies.  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

      Inflation Protected Securities Fund – Retail Class  
      Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
     Year Ended
September 30,
2019
     Year Ended
September 30,
2018
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 11.77      $ 10.57      $ 10.11      $ 10.39     $ 10.62  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

             

Net investment income(a)

     0.45        0.10        0.18        0.28       0.14  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.14        1.17        0.47        (0.26     (0.20
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     0.59        1.27        0.65        0.02       (0.06
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

 

Net investment income

     (0.44      (0.07      (0.19      (0.30     (0.17
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 11.92      $ 11.77      $ 10.57      $ 10.11     $ 10.39  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(b)

     5.04      12.09      6.47      0.23     (0.59 )% 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

 

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 33,949      $ 7,805      $ 1,076      $ 967     $ 1,144  

Net expenses(c)

     0.65      0.65      0.65      0.65     0.65

Gross expenses

     0.77      0.95      1.21      1.19     1.06

Net investment income

     3.76      0.91      1.77      2.69     1.37

Portfolio turnover rate

     57      82      246      324 %(d)      354 %(d) 

 

(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)   The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.  
(d)   The Fund’s high turnover rate during 2017 was primarily due to significant shareholder flows. During 2018, turnover has remained high due to certain trading strategies.  

 

      Inflation Protected Securities Fund – Class N  
      Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
     Year Ended
September 30,
2019
     Year Ended
September 30,
2018
    Period Ended
September 30,
2017*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 11.79      $ 10.59      $ 10.13      $ 10.41     $ 10.43  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

             

Net investment income(a)

     0.49        0.10        0.21        0.32       0.15  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.14        1.20        0.47        (0.26     (0.01
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     0.63        1.30        0.68        0.06       0.14  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

 

Net investment income

     (0.47      (0.10      (0.22      (0.34     (0.16
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 11.95      $ 11.79      $ 10.59      $ 10.13     $ 10.41  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(b)

     5.37      12.33      6.78      0.53     1.40 %(c) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

 

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 8,401      $ 3,291      $ 1,779      $ 1,704     $ 1,339  

Net expenses(d)

     0.35      0.35      0.35      0.35     0.35 %(e) 

Gross expenses

     0.46      0.68      0.91      0.87     0.77 %(e) 

Net investment income

     4.06      0.90      2.09      3.09     2.18 %(e) 

Portfolio turnover rate

     57      82      246      324 %(f)      354 %(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)   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)   During 2018, turnover has remained high due to certain trading strategies.  
(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.

 

      Institutional High Income Fund – Institutional Class  
      Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2019
     Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 5.99     $ 6.44     $ 6.90      $ 7.01      $ 6.81  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income(a)

     0.26       0.29       0.34        0.36        0.35  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.63       (0.32     (0.35      (0.07      0.25  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     0.89       (0.03     (0.01      0.29        0.60  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

 

Net investment income

     (0.32     (0.37     (0.37      (0.38      (0.38

Net realized capital gains

           (0.05     (0.08      (0.02      (0.02
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (0.32     (0.42     (0.45      (0.40      (0.40
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 6.56     $ 5.99     $ 6.44      $ 6.90      $ 7.01  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return

     15.16     (0.67 )%      0.20      4.31      9.19
RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

 

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 364,445     $ 516,815     $ 572,393      $ 672,775      $ 731,042  

Net expenses

     0.70     0.69     0.68      0.68      0.68

Gross expenses

     0.70     0.69     0.68      0.68      0.68

Net investment income

     4.07     4.84     5.33      5.26      5.17

Portfolio turnover rate

     105 %(b)      25     23      14      17

 

(a)   Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.  
(b)   The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2020 to 2021 was primarily due to a repositioning of the portfolio due to a change in the portfolio management team.  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

September 30, 2021

1.  Organization. Loomis Sayles Funds I (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 Fixed Income Fund (the “Fixed Income Fund”)

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

Loomis Sayles Inflation Protected Securities Fund (the “Inflation Protected Securities Fund”)

Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund (the “Institutional High Income Fund”)

Each Fund is a diversified investment company.

Each Fund offers Institutional Class shares. Global Bond Fund and Inflation Protected Securities Fund also offer Retail Class shares and Class N shares.

Each share class is sold without a sales charge. Retail 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 Global Bond Fund and Inflation Protected Securities Fund and $3,000,000 for Fixed Income Fund and Institutional High Income Fund. Certain categories of investors are exempted from the minimum investment amounts for Class N and Institutional Class as outlined in the relevant Fund’s prospectus.

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

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 year-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 Funds by an independent pricing service or bid prices obtained from broker-dealers. Senior loans and collateralized loan obligations 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 and collateralized loan obligations 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. Over-the-counter (“OTC”) currency options and swaptions are valued at mid prices (between the bid and the ask price) supplied by an independent pricing service, if available. Other OTC option contracts (including currency

 

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September 30, 2021

 

options and swaptions not priced through an independent pricing service) are valued based on quotations obtained from broker-dealers. Centrally cleared credit default swap agreements are valued at settlement prices of the clearing house 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.

As of September 30, 2021, 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
 

Fixed Income Fund

   $ 3,082,767          0.6%        $ 306,262          0.1%  

Institutional High Income Fund

     1,585,294          0.4%          6,750,522          1.9%  

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 (including income reinvested) and foreign withholding tax, if applicable, is recorded on the 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. Loan consent fees, upfront origination fees and/or amendment fees are recorded when received and included in interest income on the Statements of Operations. Interest income is increased by the accretion of discount and decreased by the amortization of premium, if applicable. For payment-in-kind securities, income received in-kind is reflected as an increase to the principal and cost basis of the securities. 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. For securities with paydown provisions, principal payments received are treated as a proportionate reduction to the cost basis of the securities, and excess or shortfall amounts are recorded as income. 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, if any, are translated into U.S. dollars based upon foreign exchange rates prevailing at the end of the period. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars on the respective dates of such transactions.

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

 

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September 30, 2021

 

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 or eliminate the amount of income available to be distributed by the Funds.

For the year ended September 30, 2021, 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:

 

Fixed Income Fund

   $ 13,287,990  

Institutional High Income Fund

     7,895,064  

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. Certain 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 appreciation (depreciation) 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. Forward foreign currency contracts outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.

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 amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the financial statements. Daily fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as a receivable (payable) 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 outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.

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

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

 

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Exchange-traded options contracts are standardized and are settled through a clearing house with fulfillment supported by the credit of the exchange. Therefore, counterparty credit risks to the Funds are reduced. OTC options are subject to the risk that the counterparty is unable or unwilling to meet its obligations under the option. Option contracts outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.

g.  Swaptions. Certain Funds may enter into interest rate swaptions. An interest rate swaption gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to enter into or cancel an interest rate swap agreement at a future date. Interest rate swaptions may be either purchased or written. The buyer of an interest rate swaption may purchase either the right to receive a fixed rate in the underlying swap (known as a “receiver swaption”) or to pay a fixed rate (known as a “payer swaption”), based on the notional amount of the swap agreement, in exchange for a floating rate. The notional amounts of swaptions are not recorded in the financial statements.

When a Fund purchases an interest rate swaption, it pays a premium and the swaption is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect current value. Premiums paid for purchasing interest rate swaptions which expire are treated as realized losses. Premiums paid for purchasing interest rate swaptions which are exercised are added to the cost or deducted from the proceeds on the underlying swap to determine the realized gain or loss. If a Fund enters into a closing sale transaction, the difference between the premium paid and the proceeds of the closing sale transaction is treated as a realized gain or loss. The risk associated with purchasing interest rate swaptions is limited to the premium paid.

When a Fund writes an interest rate swaption, an amount equal to the premium received is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current value. Premiums received for written interest rate swaptions which expire are treated as realized gains. Premiums received for written interest rate swaptions which are exercised are deducted from the cost or added to the proceeds on the underlying swap to determine the realized gain or loss. If a Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, the difference between the premium received and any amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including commission, is treated as a realized gain or, if the premium received is less than the amount paid, as a realized loss. A Fund, as writer of a written interest rate swaption, bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the market value of the swap underlying the written interest rate swaption.

Over-the-counter interest rate swaptions are subject to the risk that the counterparty is unable or unwilling to meet its obligations under the swaption. Swaptions outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.

h.  Swap Agreements. The Funds may enter into credit default and interest rate 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.

An interest rate swap is an agreement with another party to receive or pay interest (e.g., an exchange of fixed rate payments for floating rate payments) to protect themselves from interest rate fluctuations. This type of swap is an agreement that obligates two parties to exchange a series of cash flows at specified intervals based upon or calculated by reference to a specified interest rate(s) for a specified notional amount. The payment flows are usually netted against each other, with the difference being paid by one party to the other.

The notional amounts of swap agreements are not recorded in the financial statements. Swap agreements are valued daily, and fluctuations in 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 the agreement and are recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as part of unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements. When received or paid, fees are recorded in the Statements 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 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 Funds face the CCP through a broker. Upon entering into a

 

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centrally cleared swap, the Funds are 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 Funds based on the daily change in the value of the centrally cleared swap agreement. For centrally cleared swaps, the Funds’ counterparty credit risk is reduced as the CCP stands between the Funds and the counterparty. The Funds cover their net obligations under outstanding swap agreements by segregating or earmarking cash or securities. Swap agreements outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.

i.  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 net obligations under outstanding delayed delivery commitments by segregating or earmarking cash or securities.

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.

j.  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 September 30, 2021 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 twelve 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 that have been or are expected to be reclaimed and paid. 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 are expected to be filed and paid 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.

k.  Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions are recorded on the 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 re-designations, foreign currency gains and losses, convertible bond adjustments, paydown gains and losses, premium amortization, return of capital distributions received, defaulted and/or non-income producing securities, capital gains taxes, contingent payment debt instruments, treasury inflation-protected bonds, perpetual bond adjustments and trust preferred securities. 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, wash sales, premium amortization, forward foreign currency contract mark-to-market, trust preferred securities, corporate actions, straddle loss deferral adjustments, perpetual bond adjustments, futures contract mark-to-market and defaulted and/or non-income producing securities. 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 net realized short-term capital gains are reported as distributed from ordinary income for tax purposes.

 

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The tax characterization of distributions is determined on an annual basis. The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the years ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was as follows:

 

     2021 Distributions      2020 Distributions  

Fund

   Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Total      Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Total  

Fixed Income Fund

   $ 33,136,248      $ 5,985,045      $ 39,121,293      $ 30,736,093      $      $ 30,736,093  

Global Bond Fund

     25,619,343        10,915,215        36,534,558        5,806,837        1,783,363        7,590,200  

Inflation Protected Securities Fund

     7,892,084               7,892,084        586,997               586,997  

Institutional High Income Fund

     26,161,315               26,161,315        32,074,233        3,503,819        35,578,052  

Distributions paid to shareholders from net investment income and net realized capital gains, based on accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, are consolidated and reported on the Statements of Changes in Net Assets as Distributions to Shareholders. Distributions paid to shareholders from net investment income and net realized capital gains expressed in per-share amounts, based on accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, are separately stated and reported within the Financial Highlights.

As of September 30, 2021, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

     Fixed Income
Fund
       Global
Bond Fund
       Inflation Protected
Securities Fund
     Institutional High
Income Fund
 

Undistributed ordinary income

   $ 7,276,504        $ 18,228,010        $ 2,071,517      $ 16,658,009  

Undistributed long-term capital gains

     18,693,881          8,674,211          1,884,400         
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total undistributed earnings

     25,970,385          26,902,221          3,955,917        16,658,009  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     8,144,368          1,647,295          (60,300      (11,355,572
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total accumulated earnings

   $ 34,114,753        $ 28,549,516        $ 3,895,617      $ 5,302,437  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

Capital loss carryforward utilized in the current year

   $        $        $ 801,093      $ 20,308,291  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of September 30, 2021, unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as a component of distributable earnings was as follows:

 

     Fixed Income
Fund
     Global
Bond Fund
     Inflation Protected
Securities Fund
     Institutional High
Income Fund
 

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

           

Investments

   $ 19,152,954      $ 7,572,036      $ (60,300    $ (7,922,492

Foreign currency translations

     (11,008,586      (5,924,741             (3,433,080
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   $ 8,144,368      $ 1,647,295      $ (60,300    $ (11,355,572
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of September 30, 2021, the tax cost of investments (including derivatives, if applicable) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on a federal tax basis were as follows:

 

     Fixed Income
Fund
     Global
Bond Fund
     Inflation Protected
Securities Fund
     Institutional High
Income Fund
 

Federal tax cost

   $ 503,468,905      $ 750,085,367      $ 259,087,617      $ 375,234,305  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross tax appreciation

   $ 29,857,179      $ 20,047,166      $ 3,057,507      $ 16,005,025  

Gross tax depreciation

     (21,671,404      (18,121,191      (3,117,807      (27,351,158
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net tax appreciation (depreciation)

   $ 8,185,775      $ 1,925,975      $ (60,300    $ (11,346,133
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The difference between these amounts and those reported in the preceding table, if any, are primarily attributable to foreign currency mark-to-market and foreign capital gains taxes.

l.  Senior Loans. Each Fund may invest in senior loans to corporate, governmental or other borrowers. Senior loans, which include both secured and unsecured loans made by banks and other financial institutions to corporate customers, typically hold the most senior position in a borrower’s capital structure, may be secured by the borrower’s assets and have interest rates that reset frequently. Senior Loans can include term loans, revolving credit facility loans and second lien loans. A senior 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 senior loan, as specified in the loan agreement. Large loans may be shared or syndicated among several lenders. A Fund may enter into the primary syndicate for a loan or it may also purchase all or a portion of loans from other lenders (sometimes referred to as loan assignments), in either case becoming a direct lender. The settlement period for senior loans is uncertain as there is no standardized settlement schedule applicable to such investments. Senior loans outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.

 

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m.  Loan Participations. A Fund’s investments in senior loans may be in the form of participations in loans. When investing in a loan participation, 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. 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 from both the party from whom it purchased the loan participation and the borrower. Additionally, a Fund may have minimal control over the terms of any loan modification. Loan participations outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.

n.  Collateralized Loan Obligations. Each Fund may invest in collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”). A CLO is a type of asset-backed security designed to redirect the cash flows from a pool of leveraged loans to investors based on their risk preferences. Cash flows from a CLO are split into two or more portions, called tranches, varying in risk and yield. The risk of an investment in a CLO depends largely on the type of the collateralized securities and the class of the instrument in which the Fund invests. The intent of the Funds when investing in CLOs is to purchase only higher level, investment grade level select tranches. CLOs outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.

o.  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 September 30, 2021, 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.

p.  Due to/from Brokers. Transactions and positions in certain futures, forward foreign currency contracts and delayed delivery commitments are maintained and cleared by registered U.S. broker/dealers pursuant to customer agreements between a Fund and the various broker/dealers. The due from brokers balance in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for Global Bond Fund represents cash pledged as collateral for forward foreign currency contracts and delayed delivery securities and as initial margin for futures contracts. The due from brokers balance in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for Inflation Protected Securities Fund represents cash pledged as initial margin for futures contracts. The due to brokers balance in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for Global Bond Fund represents cash received as collateral for forward foreign currency contracts. In certain circumstances a Fund’s use of cash and/or securities held at brokers is restricted by regulation or broker mandated limits.

q.  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 year ended September 30, 2021, none of the Funds had loaned securities under this agreement.

r.  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.

s.  New Accounting Pronouncement. In January 2021, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update 2021-01, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) (“ASU 2021-01”). ASU 2021-01 is an update of ASU 2020-04, which was issued in response to concerns about structural risks of interbank offered rates, and particularly the risk of cessation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), expected to occur no later than June 30, 2023. Regulators have undertaken reference rate reform initiatives to identify alternative reference rates that are more observable or transaction based and less susceptible to manipulation. ASU 2020-04 provides temporary guidance

 

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to ease the potential burden in accounting for (or recognizing the effects of) reference rate reform on financial reporting. ASU 2020-04 is elective and applies to all entities, subject to meeting certain criteria, that have contracts that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform. ASU 2020-04 amendments offer optional expedients for contract modifications that would allow an entity to account for such modifications by prospectively adjusting the effective interest rate, instead of evaluating each contract, in accordance with existing accounting standards, as to whether reference rate modifications constitute the establishment of new contracts or the continuation of existing contracts. ASU 2021-01 clarifies that certain provisions in Topic 848, if elected by an entity, apply to derivative instruments that use an interest rate for margining, discounting, or contract price alignment that is modified as a result of reference rate reform. The amendments are currently effective and an entity may elect to apply its provisions as of any date from the beginning of an interim period that includes or is subsequent to March 12, 2020. Management expects to apply the optional expedients when appropriate.

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. The Funds’ adviser may use internally developed models to validate broker-dealer bid prices that are only available from a single broker or market maker. Such securities are considered and classified as fair valued. 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. 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.

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ investments as of September 30, 2021, at value:

Fixed Income Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1        Level 2        Level 3     Total  

Bonds and Notes

              

Non-Convertible Bonds

              

ABS Other

   $        $ 14,850,819        $ 185,168 (b)    $ 15,035,987  

Property & Casualty Insurance

                       281,175 (c)      281,175  

All Other Non-Convertible Bonds(a)

              380,988,884                380,988,884  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Non-Convertible Bonds

              395,839,703          466,343       396,306,046  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Convertible Bonds(a)

              20,702,708                20,702,708  

Municipals(a)

              4,161,133                4,161,133  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Bonds and Notes

              420,703,544          466,343       421,169,887  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Senior Loans(a)

              4,451,834                4,451,834  

Collateralized Loan Obligations

              22,745,569                22,745,569  

Common Stocks

              

Chemicals

              1,802,561                1,802,561  

All Other Common Stocks(a)

     40,673,426                         40,673,426  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

     40,673,426          1,802,561                42,475,987  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Fixed Income Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs – continued

 

Description

   Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Preferred Stocks

                 

Convertible Preferred Stocks

                 

Wireless

   $        $ 1,597,778        $        $ 1,597,778  

All Other Convertible Preferred Stocks(a)

     5,456,323                            5,456,323  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks

     5,456,323          1,597,778                   7,054,101  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks(a)

              479,609                   479,609  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks

     5,456,323          2,077,387                   7,533,710  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

              13,277,693                   13,277,693  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Investments

     46,129,749          465,058,588          466,343          511,654,680  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     520,146                            520,146  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

   $ 46,649,895        $ 465,058,588        $ 466,343        $ 512,174,826  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

(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 ($25,087) or valued using broker-dealer bid prices ($160,081).

(c) Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser.

Global Bond Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1        Level 2      Level 3        Total  

Bonds and Notes(a)

   $        $ 712,378,851      $        $ 712,378,851  

Short-Term Investments

              39,678,479                 39,678,479  
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Investments

              752,057,330                 752,057,330  
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

              848,564                 848,564  

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     1,242,540                          1,242,540  
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

   $   1,242,540        $ 752,905,894      $           —        $ 754,148,434  
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3        Total  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

   $      $ (1,356,650    $        $ (1,356,650

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

     (531,604                      (531,604
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

   $     (531,604    $ (1,356,650    $           —        $ (1,888,254
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

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

Inflation Protected Securities Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Bonds and Notes(a)

   $        $ 247,676,782        $        $ 247,676,782  

Short-Term Investments

              11,350,535                   11,350,535  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Investments

              259,027,317                   259,027,317  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     359,377                            359,377  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

   $      359,377        $ 259,027,317        $           —        $ 259,386,694  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

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

 

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September 30, 2021

 

Institutional High Income Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1        Level 2        Level 3     Total  

Bonds and Notes

              

Non-Convertible Bonds

              

Independent Energy

   $        $ 23,435,252        $ 61,600 (b)    $ 23,496,852  

Property & Casualty Insurance

              1,540,077          331,200 (b)      1,871,277  

All Other Non-Convertible Bonds(a)

              231,950,843                231,950,843  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Non-Convertible Bonds

              256,926,172          392,800       257,318,972  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Convertible Bonds

              

Oil Field Services

                       3,367,304 (b)      3,367,304  

All Other Convertible Bonds(a)

              20,351,820                20,351,820  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Convertible Bonds

              20,351,820          3,367,304       23,719,124  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Bonds and Notes

              277,277,992          3,760,104       281,038,096  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Senior Loans(a)

              3,069,205                3,069,205  

Collateralized Loan Obligations

              7,786,359          1,744,972 (c)      9,531,331  

Common Stocks

              

Chemicals

              1,277,767                1,277,767  

Energy Equipment & Services

                       260,799 (b)      260,799  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     3,258,028                   1,269,619 (b)      4,527,647  

Software

     1,371,823          3,792                1,375,615  

All Other Common Stocks(a)

     33,519,791                         33,519,791  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

     38,149,642          1,281,559          1,530,418       40,961,619  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Preferred Stocks

              

Convertible Preferred Stocks

              

Wireless

              1,001,862                1,001,862  

All Other Convertible Preferred Stocks(a)

     845,447                         845,447  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks

     845,447          1,001,862                1,847,309  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks

              

Home Construction

     372,137                         372,137  

REITs—Warehouse/Industrials

              235,410                235,410  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Non-Convertible Preferred Stocks

     372,137          235,410                607,547  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks

     1,217,584          1,237,272                2,454,856  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Exchange-Traded Funds

     17,935,450                         17,935,450  

Short-Term Investments

              8,897,615                8,897,615  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 57,302,676        $ 299,550,002        $ 7,035,494     $ 363,888,172  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

(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.

(c) Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser ($1,460,000) or valued using broker-dealer bid prices ($284,972).

 

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Notes to Financial Statements – continued

September 30, 2021

 

The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value as of September 30, 2020 and/or September 30, 2021:

Fixed Income Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in Securities

  Balance as of
September 30,
2020
    Accrued
Discounts
(Premiums)
    Realized
Gain
(Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Purchases     Sales     Transfers
into
Level 3
    Transfers
out of
Level 3
    Balance as of
September 30,
2021
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held at
September 30,
2021
 

Bonds and Notes

                   

Non-Convertible Bonds

                   

ABS Other

  $ 859,618 (a)    $     $ 149     $ 1,642,702     $ 256,511     $ (2,573,812   $     $     $ 185,168     $ 289,918  

Finance Companies

    96,284                                           (96,284            

Property & Casualty Insurance

          6,130             (295,455                 570,500             281,175       (295,455

Common Stocks

                   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    (a)            (73,304     73,304                                      

Preferred Stocks

                   

Energy

    (a)            (2,712,567     2,712,567                                      
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 955,902     $ 6,130     $ (2,785,722   $ 4,133,118     $ 256,511     $ (2,573,812   $ 570,500     $ (96,284   $ 466,343     $ (5,537
 

 

 

 

(a) Includes a security fair valued at zero by the Fund’s adviser using Level 3 inputs.

A debt security valued at $96,284 was transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 during the period ended September 30, 2021. At September 30, 2020, 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 September 30, 2021, 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 $570,500 was transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 during the period ended September 30, 2021. At September 30, 2020, 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 September 30, 2021, this security was valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Fund’s adviser as an independent pricing service did not provide a reliable price for the security.

Institutional High Income Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in Securities

  Balance as of
September 30,
2020
    Accrued
Discounts
(Premiums)
    Realized
Gain
(Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Purchases     Sales     Transfers
into
Level 3
    Transfers
out of
Level 3
    Balance as of
September 30,
2021
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held at
September 30,
2021
 

Bonds and Notes

                   

Non-Convertible Bonds

                   

Finance Companies

  $ 320,948     $     $         —     $     $     $         —     $     $ (320,948   $     $  

Independent Energy

          23,312             30,896                   7,392             61,600       30,896  

Property & Casualty Insurance

          8,771             (349,571                 672,000             331,200       (349,571

Convertible Bonds

                   

Oil Field Services

    2,008,394       38,971             1,160,864       159,075                         3,367,304       1,160,864  

Collateralized Loan Obligations

                      (28     1,745,000                         1,744,972       (28

 

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September 30, 2021

 

Institutional High Income Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs – continued

 

Investments in Securities

  Balance as of
September 30,
2020
    Accrued
Discounts
(Premiums)
    Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Purchases     Sales     Transfers
into
Level 3
    Transfers
out of
Level 3
    Balance as of
September 30,
2021
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held at
September 30,
2021
 

Common Stocks

                   

Energy Equipment & Services

  $ (a)    $     $     $ 260,799     $     $     $     $     $ 260,799     $ 260,799  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    (a)            (85,479     531,625       823,473                         1,269,619       446,147  

Preferred Stocks

                   

Convertible Preferred Stocks

                   

Energy

    (a)            (5,645,667     5,645,667                                      
 

 

 

 

Total

  $ 2,329,342     $ 71,054     $ (5,731,146   $ 7,280,252     $ 2,727,548     $         —     $ 679,392     $ (320,948   $ 7,035,494     $ 1,549,107  
 

 

 

 

(a) Includes securities fair valued at zero by the Fund’s adviser using Level 3 inputs.

A debt security valued at $320,948 was transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 during the period ended September 30, 2021. At September 30, 2020, 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 September 30, 2021, 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 $7,392 was transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 during the period ended September 30, 2021. At September 30, 2020, 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 September 30, 2021, this security was valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Fund’s adviser as an independent pricing service was unable to price the security.

A debt security valued at $672,000 was transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 during the period ended September 30, 2021. At September 30, 2020, 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 September 30, 2021, this security was valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Fund’s adviser as an independent pricing service did not provide a reliable price for the security.

The significant unobservable inputs used for those securities fair valued by the adviser and categorized in Level 3 as of September 30, 2021, were as follows:

 

Description

  

Valuation Technique(s)

    

Unobservable Input

     Unobservable Input
Value(s)
       Value  

Bonds and Notes

              

Independent Energy

   Multiple(1)      EBITDA multiple        4.1       
        Weighted average cost of capital        14%       
        Terminal growth rate        -3%       
        Liquidity discount        25%       
        Stale financials discount        25%       
        Estimated recovery        4%        $ 61,600  

Oil Field Services

   Transaction based value(2)      Pro-forma debt (in millions)        65       
        Liquidity discount        20%          3,367,304  

Property & Casualty Insurance

   Wind-down scenario(3)      Internal Rate of Return        8.21%          331,200  

 

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September 30, 2021

 

Description

  

Valuation Technique(s)

    

Unobservable Input

     Unobservable Input
Value(s)
       Value  

Common Stocks

                 

Energy Equipment & Services

   Transaction based value(4)      Pro-forma debt (in millions)        65       
        Liquidity discount        20%        $ 260,799  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

   Multiple(5)      EBITDA multiple        4.4953       
        Production multiple        39,282       
        Weighted average cost of capital        15%       
        Terminal growth rate        0%       
        Liquidity discount        45.48%          1,269,619  
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 5,290,522  
                 

 

 

 

EBITDA    Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization

(1) Security is valued using the weighted average of two methodologies, to which a liquidity discount and a stale financials discount is applied: enterprise value as determined by a EBITDA multiple derived from comparable companies (weighted 50%), and discounted cash flows (weighted 50%), for which the significant unobservable inputs are the weighted average cost of capital and terminal growth rate. Equity value calculated using this method has been reduced to reflect the estimated recovery value to unsecured bondholders upon completion of a reorganization. Significant changes in input values could have a material effect on the fair value measurement. There is a direct relationship between the EBITDA multiple, terminal growth rate, and estimated recovery and the fair value measurement, meaning a significant increase in any of those input values in isolation would have resulted in a higher fair value measurement, and vice versa. There is an inverse relationship between the weighted average cost of capital, liquidity discount, and stale financials discount and the fair value measurement, meaning a significant increase in either of those inputs in isolation would have resulted in a lower fair value measurement, and vice versa.

(2) Security is valued using a transaction based value as determined by an acquisition agreement between a third party and the issuer. Value is calculated using acquisition proceeds, less pro-forma debt and term loan premium, multiplied by a percentage allocated to convertible bond holders, divided by convertible bond principal outstanding and then applying a liquidity discount. Acquisition proceeds are calculated using the shares offered by the acquiring company multiplied by the current market price of those shares, then adding the cash value offered by the acquiring company. The significant unobservable inputs used are the pro-forma debt and liquidity discount. Significant changes in input values could have a material effect on the fair value measurement. There is an inverse relationship between the pro-forma debt and liquidity discount and the fair value measurement, meaning a significant increase in either of those inputs in isolation would have resulted in a lower fair value measurement, and vice versa.

(3) Security is valued using a wind-down scenario. The significant unobservable input used in the fair value measurement is an internal rate of return. Significant changes in input values could have a material effect on the fair value measurement. There is a direct relationship between the internal rate of return and the fair value measurement, meaning a significant increase in the input value would have resulted in a higher fair value measurement, and vice versa.

(4) Security is valued using a transaction based value as determined by an acquisition agreement between a third party and the issuer. Value is calculated using acquisition proceeds, less pro-forma debt and term loan premium, multiplied by a percentage allocated to common stock holders, divided by fully diluted shares outstanding and then applying a liquidity discount. Acquisition proceeds are calculated using the shares offered by the acquiring company multiplied by the current market price of those shares, then adding the cash value offered by the acquiring company. The significant unobservable inputs used are the pro-forma debt and liquidity discount. Significant changes in input values could have a material effect on the fair value measurement. There is an inverse relationship between the pro-forma debt and liquidity discount and the fair value measurement, meaning a significant increase in either of those inputs in isolation would have resulted in a lower fair value measurement, and vice versa.

(5) Security is valued using the weighted average of three methodologies, to which a liquidity discount is applied: enterprise value as determined by a EBITDA multiple derived from comparable companies (weighted 50%), enterprise value as determined by a production multiple derived from comparable companies (weighted 40%), and discounted cash flows (weighted 10%), for which the significant unobservable inputs are the weighted average cost of capital and terminal growth rate. Significant changes in input values could have a material effect on the fair value measurement. There is a direct relationship between the EBITDA multiple, production multiple, and terminal growth rate and the fair value measurement, meaning a significant increase in any of those input values in isolation would have resulted in a higher fair value measurement, and vice versa. There is an inverse relationship between the weighted average cost of capital and liquidity discount and the fair value measurement, meaning a significant increase in either of those inputs in isolation would have resulted in a lower fair value measurement, and vice versa.

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 Fixed Income Fund, Global Bond Fund and Inflation Protected Securities Fund used during the period include forward foreign currency contracts, futures contracts and option contracts.

Global Bond 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 exchange contracts and option contracts for hedging purposes to protect the value of the Funds’ holdings of foreign securities. The Fund may also use forward foreign currency contracts and option contracts to gain exposure to foreign currencies, regardless of whether securities denominated in such currencies are held in the Fund. During the year ended September 30, 2021, Global Bond Fund engaged in forward foreign currency contracts and option contracts for hedging purposes and to gain exposure to foreign currencies.

Fixed Income Fund, Global Bond Fund and Inflation Protected Securities Fund are subject to the risk that changes in interest rates will affect the value of the Funds’ 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 Funds may use futures contracts to hedge against changes in interest rates and to manage duration without having to buy or sell portfolio securities. During the year ended September 30, 2021, Fixed Income Fund and Global Bond Fund used futures contracts to manage duration. Inflation Protected Securities Fund used futures contracts to manage duration and for hedging purposes.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements – continued

September 30, 2021

 

The following is a summary of derivative instruments for Fixed Income Fund as of September 30, 2021, as reflected within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities:

 

Assets

   Unrealized
appreciation
on futures
contracts1
 

Exchange-traded asset derivatives

 

Interest rate contracts

   $ 520,146  

1 Represents cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts. Only the current day’s variation margin on futures contracts is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as receivable or payable for variation margin, as applicable.

Transactions in derivative instruments for Fixed Income Fund during the year ended September 30, 2021, as reflected within the Statements of Operations, were as follows:

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

   Futures
contracts
 

Interest rate contracts

   $ (1,686,015

Net Change in Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

   Futures
contracts
 

Interest rate contracts

   $ 520,146  

The following is a summary of derivative instruments for Global Bond Fund as of September 30, 2021, as reflected within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities:

 

Assets

  Unrealized
appreciation on
forward foreign
currency contracts
     Unrealized
appreciation
on futures
contracts1
 

Over-the-counter asset derivatives

 

Foreign exchange contracts

  $ 848,564      $  

Exchange-traded asset derivatives

 

Interest rate contracts

  $      $ 1,242,540  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total asset derivatives

  $ 848,564      $ 1,242,540  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

  Unrealized
depreciation on
forward foreign
currency contracts
     Unrealized
depreciation
on futures
contracts1
 

Over-the-counter liability derivatives

    

Foreign exchange contracts

  $ (1,356,650    $  

Exchange-traded liability derivatives

 

Interest rate contracts

  $      $ (531,604
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liability derivatives

  $ (1,356,650    $ (531,604
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

1 Represents cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts. Only the current day’s variation margin on futures contracts is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as receivable or payable for variation margin, as applicable.

Transactions in derivative instruments for Global Bond Fund during the year ended September 30, 2021, as reflected within the Statements of Operations, were as follows:

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

  Investments2      Forward foreign
currency contracts
     Futures
contracts
       Options
written
 

Interest rate contracts

  $      $      $ 316,993        $  

Foreign exchange contracts

    (185,943      (2,760,651               103,157  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

  $ (185,943    $ (2,760,651    $ 316,993        $ 103,157  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

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Net Change in Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

  Investments2        Forward foreign
currency contracts
     Futures
contracts
       Options
written
 

Interest rate contracts

  $        $      $ 576,652        $  

Foreign exchange contracts

    69,068          (966,821               (31,141
 

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

  $ 69,068        $ (966,821    $ 576,652        $ (31,141
 

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

 Represents realized loss and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation), respectively, for purchased options during the period.

The following is a summary of derivative instruments for Inflation Protected Securities Fund as of September 30, 2021, as reflected within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities:

 

Assets

   Unrealized
appreciation
on futures
contracts1
 

Exchange-traded asset derivatives

 

Interest rate contracts

   $ 359,377  

1 Represents cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts. Only the current day’s variation margin on futures contracts is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as receivable or payable for variation margin, as applicable.

Transactions in derivative instruments for Inflation Protected Securities Fund during the year ended September 30, 2021, as reflected within the Statements of Operations, were as follows:

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

   Futures
contracts
 

Interest rate contracts

   $ 488,379  

Net Change in Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

   Futures
contracts
 

Interest rate contracts

   $ 359,377  

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 for Fixed Income Fund, Global Bond Fund and Inflation Protected Securities Fund based on gross month-end or daily (as applicable) notional amounts outstanding during the period, including long and short positions at absolute value, was as follows for the year ended September 30, 2021:

 

Fixed Income Fund

   Futures  

Average Notional Amount Outstanding

     4.43%  

Highest Notional Amount Outstanding

     13.38%  

Lowest Notional Amount Outstanding

     0.00%  

Notional Amount Outstanding as of September 30, 2021

     6.62%  

 

Global Bond Fund

   Forwards        Futures  

Average Notional Amount Outstanding

     27.77%          24.32%  

Highest Notional Amount Outstanding

     42.30%          27.46%  

Lowest Notional Amount Outstanding

     19.16%          17.30%  

Notional Amount Outstanding as of September 30, 2021

     19.57%          18.53%  

 

Inflation Protected Securities Fund

   Futures  

Average Notional Amount Outstanding

     5.20%  

Highest Notional Amount Outstanding

     7.90%  

Lowest Notional Amount Outstanding

     2.99%  

Notional Amount Outstanding as of September 30, 2021

     7.30%  

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.

 

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The volume of option contract activity, as a percentage of net assets for Global Bond Fund, based on the month-end market values of instruments underlying purchased and written options, at absolute value, was as follows for the year ended September 30, 2021:

 

Global Bond Fund

   Call Options
Purchased*
       Put Options
Purchased*
       Call Options
Written*
       Put Options
Written*
 

Average Market Value of Underlying Instruments

     0.51%          0.12%          0.21%          0.12%  

Highest Market Value of Underlying Instruments

     1.14%          0.77%          0.80%          0.75%  

Lowest Market Value of Underlying Instruments

     0.00%          0.00%          0.00%          0.00%  

Market Value of Underlying Instruments as of September 30, 2021

     0.00%          0.00%          0.00%          0.00%  

* Market value of underlying instruments is determined for currencies by multiplying par value by the strike price and dividing by the foreign currency exchange rate.

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

Over-the-counter derivatives, including forward foreign currency contracts and options contracts, are entered into pursuant to International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) agreements negotiated between the Funds and their 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 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 September 30, 2021, 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 Bond Fund

 

Counterparty

   Gross Amounts of
Assets
     Offset
Amount
     Net Asset
Balance
     Collateral
(Received)/
Pledged
     Net
Amount
 

Bank of America, N.A.

   $ 226,597      $      $ 226,597      $      $ 226,597  

BNP Paribas S.A.

     14,716        (10,264      4,452               4,452  

Citibank N.A.

     254,089               254,089        (254,089       

Credit Suisse International

     44,677        (44,677                     

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

     80,675               80,675               80,675  

UBS AG

     227,810        (227,810                     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 848,564      $ (282,751    $ 565,813      $ (254,089    $ 311,724  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Counterparty

   Gross Amounts of
Liabilities
     Offset
Amount
     Net Liability
Balance
     Collateral
(Received)/
Pledged
     Net
Amount
 

BNP Paribas S.A.

   $ (10,264    $ 10,264      $      $      $  

Credit Suisse International

     (82,061      44,677        (37,384      37,384         

HSBC Bank USA

     (174,871             (174,871             (174,871

Standard Chartered Bank

     (764,698             (764,698      660,000        (104,698

UBS AG

     (324,756      227,810        (96,946      96,946         
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ (1,356,650    $ 282,751      $ (1,073,899    $ 794,330      $ (279,569
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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 each 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

 

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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 clearing house, 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 typically are required to segregate customer margin for exchange-traded derivatives 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 customers, 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 September 30, 2021:

 

Fund

   Maximum Amount
of Loss – Gross
       Maximum Amount
of Loss – Net
 

Fixed Income Fund

   $ 1,549,516        $ 1,549,516  

Global Bond Fund

     7,756,650          6,425,480  

Inflation Protected Securities Fund

     438,000          438,000  

Net loss amount reflects cash received as collateral for Global Bond Fund of $300,000, which is recorded on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

5.  Purchases and Sales of Securities. For the year ended September 30, 2021, purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term investments and option contracts and including paydowns) were as follows:

 

     U.S. Government/Agency
Securities
       Other Securities  

Fund

   Purchases        Sales        Purchases        Sales  

Fixed Income Fund

   $ 161,435,105        $ 157,350,370        $ 422,055,367        $ 562,892,667  

Global Bond Fund

     1,560,576,397          1,512,620,818          408,185,193          422,963,998  

Inflation Protected Securities Fund

     142,533,818          45,264,846          68,140,072          48,939,879  

Institutional High Income Fund

     34,089,050          72,918,876          399,116,969          559,403,956  

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. Loomis Sayles is a limited partnership whose sole general partner, Loomis, Sayles & Company, Inc., is indirectly owned by Natixis Investment Managers, LLC, which is part of Natixis Investment Managers, an international asset management group based in Paris, France.

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
$1 Billion
       Next
$1 Billion
       Next
$3 Billion
       Next
$5 Billion
       Over
$10 Billion
 

Fixed Income Fund

     0.50%          0.50%          0.50%          0.50%          0.50%  

Global Bond Fund

     0.55%          0.50%          0.48%          0.45%          0.40%  

Inflation Protected Securities Fund

     0.25%          0.25%          0.25%          0.25%          0.25%  

Institutional High Income Fund

     0.60%          0.60%          0.60%          0.60%          0.60%  

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, 2022, 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, are 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 year ended September 30, 2021, 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
       Class N  

Fixed Income Fund

   0.65%                  

Global Bond Fund

   0.69%        0.94%          0.64%  

Inflation Protected Securities Fund

   0.40%        0.65%          0.35%  

Institutional High Income Fund

   0.75%                  

Loomis Sayles shall be permitted to recover expenses borne under the expense limitation agreements (whether through waiver of 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 both (1) a class’ expense limitation ratio in place at the time such amounts were waived/reimbursed and (2) a class’ current applicable expense limitation ratio, 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 year ended September 30, 2021, 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  

Fixed Income Fund

   $ 3,113,585        $        $ 3,113,585          0.50%          0.50%  

Global Bond Fund

     4,178,923          332,995          3,845,928          0.55%          0.51%  

Inflation Protected Securities Fund

     425,496          204,850          220,646          0.25%          0.13%  

Institutional High Income Fund

     2,658,278                   2,658,278          0.60%          0.60%  

1 Management fee waiver is subject to possible recovery until September 30, 2022.

No expenses were recovered for any of the Funds during the year ended September 30, 2021 under the terms of the expense limitation agreements.

b.   Distribution Fees. Natixis Distribution, LLC (“Natixis Distribution”), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers, LLC, 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, Global Bond Fund and Inflation Protected Securities Fund have adopted a Distribution Plan relating to each Fund’s Retail Class shares (the “Retail Class Plans”).

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.

For the year ended September 30, 2021, the distribution fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

Fund

   Retail Class  

Global Bond Fund

   $ 441,238  

Inflation Protected Securities Fund

     52,095  

c.   Administrative Fees. Natixis Advisors, LLC (“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 Investment Managers, LLC. Pursuant to an agreement among Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts, Natixis ETF Trusts and Natixis Advisors, each Fund pays Natixis Advisors monthly its pro rata portion of fees equal to an annual rate of 0.0540% of the first $15 billion of the average daily net assets of the Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Natixis ETF Trusts, 0.0500% of the next $15 billion, 0.0400% of the next $30 billion, 0.0275% of the next $30 billion and 0.0225% 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 Trusts of $10 million, which is reevaluated on an annual basis.

 

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For the year ended September 30, 2021, the administrative fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

Fund

   Administrative
Fees
 

Fixed Income Fund

   $ 266,637  

Global Bond Fund

     325,263  

Inflation Protected Securities Fund

     72,756  

Institutional High Income Fund

     189,816  

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 year ended September 30, 2021, 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 Bond Fund

   $ 475,640  

Inflation Protected Securities Fund

     137,830  

Institutional High Income Fund

     6,482  

As of September 30, 2021, 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 Bond Fund

   $ 5,756  

Inflation Protected Securities Fund

     2,257  

Institutional High Income Fund

     85  

Sub-transfer agent fees attributable to Institutional Class and Retail 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 Trust does not pay any compensation directly to its officers or Trustees who are directors, officers or employees of Natixis Advisors, Natixis Distribution, Natixis Investment Managers, LLC or their affiliates. The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees receives a retainer fee at the annual rate of $369,000. 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 $199,000. 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, the chairperson of the Audit Committee and the chairperson of the Governance Committee each receive an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $20,000. 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 Trusts based on a formula that takes into account, among other factors, the relative net assets of each fund. Trustees are reimbursed for travel expenses in connection with attendance at meetings.

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

 

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

Certain officers and employees of Natixis Advisors and Loomis Sayles are also officers and/or Trustees of the Trust.

f.  Affiliated Ownership. As of September 30, 2021, the percentage of each Fund’s net assets owned by affiliates is as follows:

 

Inflation Protected Securities Fund

  Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Loomis Sayles Employees’ Profit Sharing Retirement Plan

    3.48%  

Loomis Sayles Non-Qualified Retirement Plans

    3.69%  

Natixis Sustainable Future 2015 Fund

    0.25%  

Natixis Sustainable Future 2020 Fund

    0.15%  

Natixis Sustainable Future 2025 Fund

    0.18%  

Natixis Sustainable Future 2030 Fund

    0.25%  

Natixis Sustainable Future 2035 Fund

    0.21%  

Natixis Sustainable Future 2040 Fund

    0.10%  

Natixis Sustainable Future 2045 Fund

    0.08%  

Natixis Sustainable Future 2050 Fund

    0.01%  
 

 

 

 
    8.40%  

Institutional High Income Fund

  Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Loomis Sayles Employees’ Profit Sharing Retirement Plan

    5.94%  

Loomis Sayles Non-Qualified Retirement Plans

    6.86%  

Loomis Sayles Employees

    18.94%  
 

 

 

 
    31.74%  

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

g.  Reimbursement of Transfer Agent Fees and Expenses. Natixis Advisors has given a binding contractual undertaking to Inflation Protected Securities Fund to reimburse any and all transfer agency expenses for the Funds’ Class N shares. This undertaking is in effect through January 31, 2022 and is not subject to recovery under the expense limitation agreement described above.

For the year ended September 30, 2021, Natixis Advisors reimbursed the Fund $1,719 for transfer agency expenses related to Class N shares.

7.  Class-Specific Transfer Agent Fees and Expenses. Transfer agent fees and expenses for Global Bond Fund and Inflation Protected Securities Fund attributable to Institutional Class and Retail 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 year ended September 30, 2021, Global Bond Fund and Inflation Protected Securities Fund 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
       Class N  

Global Bond Fund

  $ 349,166        $ 158,296        $ 4,382  

Inflation Protected Securities Fund

    130,812          19,029          1,719  

8.  Line of Credit. Each Fund, together with certain other funds of Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Natixis ETF Trusts, entered into a $500,000,000 committed unsecured line of credit provided by State Street Bank. 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 $500,000,000 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. The Funds paid an arrangement fee, an upfront fee, and certain other legal fees in connection with the line of credit agreement, which are being amortized over a period of 364 days and are reflected in legal fees and/or 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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Prior to April 8, 2021, each Fund, together with certain other funds of Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Natixis ETF Trusts, entered into a $400,000,000 committed unsecured line of credit provided by State Street Bank. 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.

For the year ended September 30, 2021, Institutional High Income Fund had an average daily balance on the line of credit (for those days on which there were borrowings) of $26,200,000 at a weighted average interest rate of 1.15%. Interest expense incurred on the line of credit was $837.

9.  Risk. Certain Funds’ investments in foreign securities may be subject to greater political, economic, environmental, credit/counterparty and information risks. The Funds’ investments in foreign securities also are subject to foreign currency fluctuations and other foreign currency-related risks. Foreign securities may be subject to higher volatility than U.S. securities, varying degrees of regulation and limited liquidity.

Global markets have experienced periods of high volatility triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic. The impact of this pandemic and any other epidemic or pandemic that may arise in the future could adversely affect the economies of many nations or the entire global economy and the financial performance of individual issuers, sectors, industries, asset classes, and markets in significant and unforeseen ways. Such effects could impair the Funds’ ability to maintain operational standards, disrupt the operations of the Funds’ service providers, adversely affect the value and liquidity of the Funds’ investments and negatively impact the Funds’ performance.

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 September 30, 2021, 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 6f)
       Total
Percentage of
Ownership
 

Fixed Income Fund

   5        46.13%                   46.13%  

Inflation Protected Securities Fund

   3        21.10%          8.40%          29.50%  

Institutional High Income Fund

   2        21.39%          31.74%          53.13%  

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.

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:

 

       Fixed Income Fund  
       Year Ended September 30, 2021        Year Ended September 30, 2020  
Institutional Class      Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount  

Issued from the sale of shares

       6,053,196        $ 80,923,538          7,020,185        $ 89,016,804  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

       2,926,309          38,510,221          2,287,100          30,326,949  

Redeemed

       (19,256,605        (258,978,980        (18,814,579        (247,187,930
    

 

 

 

Net change

       (10,277,100      $ (139,545,221        (9,507,294      $ (127,844,177
    

 

 

 

Decrease from capital share transactions

       (10,277,100      $ (139,545,221        (9,507,294      $ (127,844,177
    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements – continued

September 30, 2021

 

11.  Capital Shares – continued

 

       Global Bond Fund  
       Year Ended September 30, 2021        Year Ended September 30, 2020  
Institutional Class      Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount  

Issued from the sale of shares

       7,645,306        $ 138,666,580          5,555,213        $ 98,607,712  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

       981,223          17,936,770          210,661          3,568,605  

Redeemed

       (7,472,461        (135,239,164        (6,015,735        (104,179,498
    

 

 

 

Net change

       1,154,068        $ 21,364,186          (249,861      $ (2,003,181
    

 

 

 
Retail Class  

Issued from the sale of shares

       2,264,155        $ 40,332,865          1,635,100        $ 28,315,669  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

       475,717          8,543,869          98,162          1,635,375  

Redeemed

       (2,769,338        (49,502,469        (4,162,003        (71,128,394
    

 

 

 

Net change

       (29,466      $ (625,735        (2,428,741      $ (41,177,350
    

 

 

 
Class N  

Issued from the sale of shares

       6,236,077        $ 113,531,139          3,194,087        $ 56,906,307  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

       438,646          8,040,371          115,413          1,959,710  

Redeemed

       (4,155,738        (74,450,308        (9,144,235        (156,731,097
    

 

 

 

Net change

       2,518,985        $ 47,121,202          (5,834,735      $ (97,865,080
    

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

       3,643,587        $ 67,859,653          (8,513,337      $ (141,045,611
    

 

 

 
       Inflation Protected Securities Fund  
       Year Ended September 30, 2021        Year Ended September 30, 2020  
Institutional Class      Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount  

Issued from the sale of shares

       14,126,843        $ 169,701,298          9,022,178        $ 103,538,509  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

       551,395          6,573,976          45,669          521,720  

Redeemed

       (6,326,851        (75,108,125        (1,449,225        (16,384,767
    

 

 

 

Net change

       8,351,387        $ 101,167,149          7,618,622        $ 87,675,462  
    

 

 

 
Retail Class  

Issued from the sale of shares

       2,588,704        $ 30,936,263          1,085,988        $ 12,070,759  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

       83,698          996,245          3,540          39,438  

Redeemed

       (487,824        (5,829,863        (527,901        (5,682,597
    

 

 

 

Net change

       2,184,578        $ 26,102,645          561,627        $ 6,427,600  
    

 

 

 
Class N  

Issued from the sale of shares

       569,437        $ 6,795,275          181,985        $ 2,024,376  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

       21,149          252,287          2,074          23,179  

Redeemed

       (166,819        (1,977,149        (72,853        (810,946
    

 

 

 

Net change

       423,767        $ 5,070,413          111,206        $ 1,236,609  
    

 

 

 

Increase from capital share transactions

       10,959,732        $ 132,340,207          8,291,455        $ 95,339,671  
    

 

 

 

 

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September 30, 2021

 

11.  Capital Shares – continued

 

       Institutional High Income Fund  
       Year Ended September 30, 2021        Year Ended September 30, 2020  
Institutional Class      Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount  

Issued from the sale of shares

       4,866,811        $ 31,121,246          9,292,795        $ 54,082,337  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

       3,663,176          22,418,638          5,480,189          33,922,368  

Redeemed

       (39,234,503        (246,886,792        (17,398,541        (104,435,826
    

 

 

 

Net change

       (30,704,516      $ (193,346,908        (2,625,557      $ (16,431,121
    

 

 

 

Decrease from capital share transactions

       (30,704,516      $ (193,346,908        (2,625,557      $ (16,431,121
    

 

 

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of Loomis Sayles Funds I and Shareholders of Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund, Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund, Loomis Sayles Inflation Protected Securities Fund and Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund:

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the portfolios of investments, of Loomis Sayles Fixed Income Fund, Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund, Loomis Sayles Inflation Protected Securities Fund and Loomis Sayles Institutional High Income Fund (four of the funds constituting Loomis Sayles Funds I, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of September 30, 2021, the related statements of operations for the year ended September 30, 2021, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended September 30, 2021, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of September 30, 2021, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended September 30, 2021 and each of the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2021 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

November 22, 2021

We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Natixis Investment Company Complex since at least 1995. We have not determined the specific year we began serving as auditor.

 

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2021 U.S. Tax Distribution Information to Shareholders (unaudited)

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021, a percentage of dividends distributed by the Funds listed below qualify for the dividends received deduction for corporate shareholders. These percentages are as follows:

 

Fund

   Qualifying Percentage  

Fixed Income Fund

     11.24%  

Institutional High Income Fund

     10.03%  

Capital Gains Distributions. Pursuant to Internal Revenue Section 852(b), the following Funds paid distributions, which have been designated as capital gains distributions for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021, unless subsequently determined to be different.

 

Fund

   Amount  

Fixed Income Fund

   $ 5,985,045  

Global Bond Fund

     10,915,215  

Qualified Dividend Income. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021, the Funds below will designate up to the maximum amount allowable pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code as qualified dividend income eligible for reduced tax rates. These lower rates range from 0% to 20% depending on an individual’s tax bracket. If the Funds pay a distribution during calendar year 2021, complete information will be reported in conjunction with Form 1099-DIV.

 

Fund

Fixed Income Fund

Institutional High Income Fund

Foreign Tax Credit. For the year ended September 30, 2021, the Fund intends to pass through foreign tax credits and have derived gross income from sources within foreign countries amounting to:

 

Fund

   Foreign Tax Credit
Pass-Through
       Foreign Source
Income
 

Global Bond Fund

   $ 57,523        $ 12,921,975  

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

The tables below provide certain information regarding the Trustees and officers of Loomis Sayles Funds I (the “Trust”). Unless otherwise indicated, the address of all persons below is 888 Boylston Street, Suite 800, Boston, MA 02199-8197. The Funds’ Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees of the Trust and is available by calling Loomis Sayles Funds at 800-633-3330.

 

Name and Year of Birth  

Position(s)
Held with
the Trust, Length
of Time Served and

Term of Office1

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
 

Number of Portfolios in
Fund Complex Overseen2

and Other Directorships
Held During
Past 5 Years

  Experience,
Qualifications,
Attributes, Skills
for Board
Membership

Independent Trustees

Edmond J. English
(1953)
 

Trustee since 2013

Chairperson of the Governance Committee and Contract Review Committee Member

  Executive Chairman of Bob’s Discount Furniture (retail)  

54

Director, Burlington Stores, Inc. (retail)

  Significant experience on the Board and on the boards of other business organizations (including retail companies and a bank); executive experience (including at a retail company)

Richard A. Goglia

(1951)

 

Trustee since 2015

Contract Review Committee Member and Governance Committee Member

  Retired  

54

Director of Triumph Group (aerospace industry)

  Significant experience on the Board and executive experience (including his role as vice president and treasurer of a defense company and experience at a financial services company)

Wendell J. Knox

(1948)

 

Trustee since 2009

Chairperson of the Contract Review Committee

  Retired  

54

Director, Abt Associates Inc. (research and consulting); Director, The Hanover Insurance Group (property and casualty insurance); formerly, Director, Eastern Bank (bank)

  Significant experience on the Board and on the boards of other business organizations (including at a bank and at a property and casualty insurance firm); executive experience (including roles as president and chief executive officer of a research and consulting company)

Martin T. Meehan

(1956)

 

Trustee since 2012

Audit Committee Member and Governance Committee Member

  President, University of Massachusetts  

54

None

  Significant experience on the Board and on the boards of other business organizations; experience as President of the University of Massachusetts; government experience (including as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives); academic experience

 

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Name and Year of Birth  

Position(s)
Held with
the Trust, Length
of Time Served and

Term of Office1

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
 

Number of Portfolios in
Fund Complex Overseen2

and Other Directorships
Held During
Past 5 Years

  Experience,
Qualifications,
Attributes, Skills
for Board
Membership

Maureen B. Mitchell

(1951)

 

Trustee since 2017

Audit Committee Member and Governance Committee Member

  Retired  

54

Director, Sterling Bancorp (bank)

  Experience on the Board; financial services industry and executive experience (including role as president of global sales and marketing at a financial services company)

James P. Palermo

(1955)

 

Trustee since 2016

Audit Committee Member

  Founding Partner, Breton Capital Management, LLC (private equity); Partner, STEP Partners, LLC (private equity)  

54

Director, FutureFuel.io (chemicals and biofuels)

  Significant experience on the Board; financial services industry and executive experience (including roles as chief executive officer of client management and asset servicing for a banking and financial services company)

Erik R. Sirri

(1958)

 

Chairperson of the Board of Trustees since January 2021

Trustee since 2009

Ex Officio member of the Audit Committee, Contract Review Committee and Governance Committee

  Professor of Finance at Babson College  

54

None

  Significant experience on the Board; experience as Director of the Division of Trading and Markets at the Securities and Exchange Commission; academic experience; training as an economist

Peter J. Smail

(1952)

 

Trustee since 2009

Audit Committee Member

  Retired  

54

None

  Significant experience on the Board; mutual fund industry and executive experience (including roles as president and chief executive officer for an investment adviser)

Kirk A. Sykes

(1958)

 

Trustee since 2019

Contract Review Committee Member and Governance Committee Member

  Managing Director of Accordia Partners, LLC (real estate development); President of Primary Corporation (real estate development); Managing Principal of Merrick Capital Partners (infrastructure finance)  

54

Trustee, Eastern Bank (bank); Director, Apartment Investment and Management Company (real estate investment trust);

  Experience on the Board and significant experience on the boards of other business organizations (including real estate companies and banks)

Cynthia L. Walker

(1956)

 

Trustee since 2005

Chairperson of the Audit Committee

  Retired; formerly, Deputy Dean for Finance and Administration, Yale University School of Medicine  

54

None

  Significant experience on the Board; executive experience in a variety of academic organizations (including roles as dean for finance and administration)

 

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Name and Year of Birth  

Position(s)
Held with
the Trust, Length
of Time Served and

Term of Office1

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
 

Number of Portfolios in
Fund Complex Overseen2

and Other Directorships
Held During
Past 5 Years

  Experience,
Qualifications,
Attributes, Skills
for Board
Membership

Interested Trustees

Kevin P. Charleston3

(1965)

One Financial Center

Boston, MA 02111

 

Trustee since 2015

President and Chief Executive Officer since 2015

  President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.  

54

None

  Significant experience on the Board; continuing service as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.
David L. Giunta4
(1965)
 

Trustee since 2011

Executive Vice President since 2008

  President and Chief Executive Officer, Natixis Advisors, LLC and Natixis Distribution, LLC  

54

None

  Significant experience on the Board; experience as President and Chief Executive Officer of Natixis Advisors, LLC and Natixis Distribution, LLC

 

1 

Each Trustee serves until retirement, resignation or removal from the Board. The current retirement age is 75. The position of Chairperson of the Board is appointed for a three-year term.

 

2 

The Trustees of the Trust serve as Trustees of a fund complex that includes all series of the Natixis Funds Trust I, Natixis Funds Trust II, Natixis Funds Trust IV, Gateway Trust, Loomis Sayles Funds I, Loomis Sayles Funds II, Natixis ETF Trust and Natixis ETF Trust II (collectively, the “Fund Complex”).

 

3 

Mr. Charleston is deemed an “interested person” of the Trust because he holds the following positions with an affiliated person of the Trust: President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.

 

4 

Mr. Giunta is deemed an “interested person” of the Trust because he holds the following positions with an affiliated person of the Trust: President and Chief Executive Officer, Natixis Advisors, LLC and Natixis Distribution, LLC.

 

Name and Year of Birth   Position(s)
Held with
the Trust
  Term of Office1
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years2

Officers of the Trust

Michael C. Kardok

(1959)

  Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer   Since 2004   Senior Vice President, Natixis Advisors, LLC and Natixis Distribution, LLC

Natalie R. Wagner

(1979)

  Chief Compliance Officer, Assistant Secretary and Anti-Money Laundering Officer   Since May 2021   Formerly, Vice President, Head of Corporate Compliance, Global Atlantic Financial Group
  Chief Legal Officer   Since July 2021  

 

1 

Each officer of the Trust serves for an indefinite term in accordance with the Trust’s current by-laws until the date his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until he or she sooner dies, retires, is removed or becomes disqualified.

 

2 

Each person listed above, except as noted, holds the same position(s) with the Fund Complex. Previous positions during the past five years with Natixis Distribution, LLC, Natixis Advisors, LLC or Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. are omitted, if not materially different from an officer’s current position with such entity.

 

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Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund

Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund

Annual Report

September 30, 2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS  
Portfolio Review     1  
Portfolio of Investments     12  
Financial Statements     44  
Notes to Financial Statements     48  

 


LOOMIS SAYLES HIGH INCOME OPPORTUNITIES FUND

 

Managers   Symbol   
Matthew J. Eagan, CFA®   Institutional Class    LSIOX
Brian P. Kennedy     
Elaine M. Stokes     
Todd P. Vandam, CFA®     

 

 

Investment Objective

The Fund’s investment objective is high current income. Capital appreciation is the Fund’s secondary objective.

 

 

 

Market Conditions

The bond market experienced mixed returns over the period, as investors reacted to the combination of improving economic growth, rising inflation and the increasing likelihood that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and other central banks will need to begin tightening monetary policy in the coming year.

Following the approval and rollout of multiple vaccines for Covid-19 in late 2020 and early 2021, business conditions gradually returned to normal. Economic growth surged as a result, allaying fears that the virus would lead to a protracted slowdown. The reopening of the economy, while fueling impressive headline GDP growth, was accompanied by rising commodity prices, disruptions in the global supply chain and a sharp increase in inflation. Although the Fed initially described the rise in inflation as a “transitory” phenomenon, the persistence of price pressures through the summer and early autumn led to a gradual shift in the outlook. In September, Fed Chair Jerome Powell stated that the central bank was likely to announce a tapering of its stimulative quantitative easing (QE) program before the end of 2021. In addition, the markets began to price in a significant likelihood that the Fed will enact its first rate hike in late 2022. Together, these factors dampened returns across the fixed income market.

Investors’ increased appetite for risk translated to a strong, double-digit gain for high yield corporates. The category tends to have lower interest rate sensitivity than investment grade bonds, a key tailwind at a time in which concern about Fed policy was the key factor driving market performance. High yield further benefited from the combination of favorable credit conditions, robust gains for equities and an impressive rally in oil prices. Leveraged loans, which typically offer yields that adjust upward with prevailing interest rates, also outperformed.

Despite the weakness in US Treasurys, investment grade corporates registered a solid gain for the 12-month period. As growth accelerated and the credit outlook improved, investors sought opportunities in higher-yielding segments of the market. Corporate yield spreads over Treasurys fell sharply as a result, leading to positive relative performance.

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended September 30, 2021, Institutional Class shares of the Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund returned 12.55% at net asset value. The Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate HighYield Bond Index, which returned 11.28%.

Explanation of Fund Performance

Though the Covid-19 global pandemic continued to shape the events of this past year, markets advanced on the back of optimism surrounding vaccine rollouts and economic reopenings. Security selection within high yield corporate credit was the primary source of outperformance for the Fund. Relative return in this sector was aided by communications, energy, and consumer cyclical holdings. The Fund’s allocations to equity and convertible securities were positive contributors as stock markets posted strong gains and reached new highs during the period. Consumer non-cyclical, communications and technology names were beneficial for performance within convertibles, and equities were boosted by selected utility exposure.

An allocation to defensive, reserve-like positions was a detractor as investors favored riskier asset classes. The majority of the underperformance in this sector occurred during the fourth quarter of 2020.

Outlook

While our fundamental economic outlook remains positive, the world appears less synchronized than we expected at this point in the recovery. Leading indicators remain strong, financial conditions appear easy and monetary/fiscal policies continue to be a tailwind to economic activity. This macroeconomic backdrop, coupled with strong credit fundamentals, appears positive for risk assets. However, we are mindful of the risks inherent to our outlook, such as the lingering impact of the Covid-19 Delta variant, slowing Chinese growth (and deleveraging within its property sector) and ongoing global supply chain disruptions that could lead to a bumpier, if still solid, global growth environment.

 

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Under our base case of a gradual economic expansion, we anticipate a slow rise in interest rates as the Fed likely initiates a taper of QE purchases later this year and into 2022. While the most recent Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement sent a strong signal that we are approaching the end of the road on QE, the Fed has stated its belief that inflation has been boosted by transitory factors, which will presumably fade over time. We believe supply disruptions should work out over time and energy prices could ease in 2022, which would support the Fed’s view. While we expect rate lift-off in 2023, the Fed may find it necessary to delay hiking if growth is weaker or accelerate hiking if inflation is persistently higher than expected. Adding to the uncertainty of the timing and magnitude of the Fed’s taper and rate lift-off includes the early retirement of two Fed presidents over their 2020 trading activities, which adds risk to Fed Chair Powell’s renomination and the future composition of the FOMC. Given our views, we remain defensive on interest rates and positioned shorter than broad market benchmarks from a duration perspective.

In our view, we remain fully embedded in the expansion phase of the credit cycle1 with credit fundamentals, technical factors and default expectations continuing to appear attractive. We remain “pro risk” on credit for higher carry and potential outperformance of our best ideas. In this environment, we continue to focus on issue selection, which drives our investment process. Specifically, we are seeking out “rising star” candidates that possess strong balance sheets and catalysts to help drive upgrades. We believe accommodative global monetary policies coupled with the tailwind of fiscal support could drive a wave of credit upgrades going forward. From a sector perspective, we are targeting those that have strong carry, less interest rate sensitivity and positive convexity (i.e., a favorable risk/reward profile in a changing rate environment). As such, we currently favor high yield corporates and convertible securities along with securitized debt, which can provide diversification away from pure corporate risk, relatively attractive yield potential and shorter duration profiles. During the third quarter of 2021, credit markets were generally resilient to macroeconomic events, including Fed taper talk and concerns over Chinese growth and property sector challenges, suggesting to us that there could be a strong demand for yield. We suspect this dynamic will likely hold going forward given our outlook for downgrades, defaults and losses to trend notably below long-term averages. However, we recognize current elevated valuations and tight credit spreads, and have built flexibility into our portfolios in an effort to take advantage of opportunities that may arise as a result of short-term disruptions.

 

1    A credit cycle is a cyclical pattern that follows credit availability and corporate health.

 

 

Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 Investment in Institutional Class Shares

September 30, 2011 through September 30, 2021

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — September 30, 2021

 

           
                                 Expense Ratios2  
            1 year      5 years      10 years      Gross      Net  
     
Institutional Class (Inception 4/12/04)              12.55      6.76      8.10      0.00      0.00
   
Comparative Performance                   
Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High-Yield Bond Index1              11.28        6.52        7.42                    

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. 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

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES HIGH INCOME OPPORTUNITIES FUND

 

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    Bloomberg 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 U.S. Corporate High-Yield Bond Index was created in 1986, with history backfilled to July 1, 1983, and rolls up into the Barclays U.S. Universal and Global High-Yield Indices.

 

2    The amount shown under Gross and Net Expense Ratio is 0.00% to reflect the fact that the Fund does not pay any advisory, administration or distribution and service fees, and that Loomis Sayles has agreed to pay certain expenses of the Fund. All fees are paid by investors indirectly through separately negotiated advisory relationships with the Fund’s Adviser or through “wrap fee” programs sponsored by broker dealers and investment advisers that may be affiliated or unaffiliated with the Fund, Loomis Sayles or Natixis Advisors, LLC

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES SECURITIZED ASSET FUND

 

Managers   Symbol   
Ian Anderson   Institutional Class    LSSAX
Stephen M. LaPlante, CFA®*     
Alessandro Pagani, CFA®     
Clifton V. Rowe, CFA®*     
Barath W. Sankaran, CFA®*     
Jennifer M. Thomas*     

 

*   Effective July 1, 2021, Clifton V. Rowe no longer serves as a portfolio manager of the Fund, and Stephen M. LaPlante, Barath W. Sankaran and Jennifer M. Thomas joined the portfolio management team of the Fund.

 

 

Investment Objective

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek a high level of current income consistent with capital preservation.

 

 

Market Conditions

The bond market experienced mixed returns over the period as investors reacted to the combination of improving economic growth, rising inflation and the increasing likelihood that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and other central banks will need to begin tightening monetary policy in the coming year.

Following the approval and rollout of multiple vaccines for Covid-19 in late 2020 and early 2021, business conditions gradually returned to normal. Economic growth surged as a result, allaying fears that the virus would lead to a protracted slowdown. The reopening of the economy, while fueling impressive headline GDP growth, was accompanied by rising commodity prices, disruptions in the global supply chain and a sharp increase in inflation. Although the Fed initially described the rise in inflation as a “transitory” phenomenon, the persistence of price pressures through the summer and early autumn led to a gradual shift in the outlook. In September, Fed Chair Jerome Powell stated that the central bank was likely to announce a tapering of its stimulative quantitative easing program before the end of 2021. In addition, the markets began to price in a significant likelihood that the Fed will enact its first rate hike in late 2022. Together, these factors dampened returns across the fixed income market.

US Treasuries underperformed the broad fixed income market as risk appetite drastically improved over the past year. Mounting concerns over inflation and Fed policy also played a role in the rise in yields. While the prices of short-term government debt were relatively stable, longer-maturity bonds declined sharply. The yield on the 10-year note rose from 0.69% on September 30, 2020 to 1.52% on the final day of the period, and the 30-year bond moved from 1.46% to 2.08%. (Prices and yields move in opposite directions.)

Securitized assets – including mortgage-backed securities (MBS), asset-backed securities (ABS) and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) – produced marginally negative total returns as a group but outpaced the US Treasury market. The category’s underlying fundamentals remained firm, however, with continued strength in both real estate prices and consumer credit. ABS and CMBS posted positive total returns, but MBS experienced small negative total returns due in part to its higher interest rate sensitivity.

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended September 30, 2021, Institutional Class shares of the Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund returned 2.17% at net asset value. The Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Securitized Bond Index, which returned -0.35%.

Explanation of Fund Performance

Against an improving economic backdrop, the Fund’s allocation in both agency MBS and credit securities were broadly positive contributors to relative performance. Positioning with respect to ABS was the largest positive contributor to relative performance, specifically aircraft-related holdings, subprime auto loans and shipping containers, among others; all sectors that benefited from the reopening of the economy. Holdings of agency CMBS also contributed significantly to relative return primarily due to exposure to Ginnie Mae and Freddie Mac multifamily project loan, interest only (IO) securities. The Fund’s positioning with respect to agency pass-through MBS contributed to relative performance for the period, in particular an underweight to conventional 30-year 2.5s or less aiding returns. The Fund’s allocation to collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) also contributed positively to performance versus the benchmark. The strategy aims to be neutral versus its benchmark with respect to duration (and corresponding interest rate sensitivity) and uses interest rate futures and swaps in the effort to achieve this objective. Given rate moves during the year, the derivative positions were a positive contributor to returns.

On the downside, the Fund’s holdings of higher coupon conventional 30-year agency pass-through MBS and single-asset/single-borrower floating rate bonds in CMBS detracted from relative return.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES SECURITIZED ASSET FUND

 

Outlook

We are overweight in MBS versus Treasuries, as Agency MBS offer favorable risk-adjusted expected returns in spite of the elevated supply. The recent market repricing of taper expectations has led to an improved benefit of holding agency MBS, which should compensate investors for the elevated prepayment speeds over the short to medium term. We see room for further extension or durations if the curve were to steepen going forward, especially for higher coupon collateral. While we expect 2021 to bring the highest net supply on record due to strong purchase activity, home price appreciation and cash outs, this should be for the most part absorbed by domestic banks and the Fed. We prefer to replicate the index duration by constructing barbelled portfolios that are overweight the lower and higher ends of the coupon stack. We believe that positioning on the wings allows rate-agnostic investors, who are focused on delivering a prepayment advantage versus the index, to maximize their expected return.

Consumer ABS fundamentals were stable through the first nine months of 2021 despite elevated unemployment levels as consumers benefited from government support via rent and mortgage moratoriums, stimulus checks, child tax credits and additional unemployment benefits. The majority of these support programs will have ended by September 30, 2021. We expect to see a persistent “K-shaped” recovery for consumers. Factors to watch going forward for the consumer will be a slowing or re-closing of the economy, inflation, changes in savings rates and large increases in lending and borrowing levels. Despite spreads tightening year-to-date, the sector still offers attractive carry and lower volatility, making it an attractive alternative to short corporates. Additionally, the amortizing nature of many ABS structures increases the sector’s appeal in a rising rate environment.

Commercial ABS fundamentals remain mixed, with container lessors benefiting from supply chain disruptions and a shortage of containers and rental car sponsors benefiting from high resale values of used cars, while the aviation sector continues to struggle with travel restrictions in place due to concerns over the spread of Covid-19. As airlines look to re-tool their fleets coming out of Covid, we expect that demand for mid- and end-of-life aircraft will lag the demand for newer technology. We remain selective on aircraft ABS sponsors and believe the best value is currently found in the senior portion of the capital stack.

CLO spreads remain stable despite the heavy issuance volume. Near-term risks in the loan market have subsided and defaults should be low. Weakened covenants remain concerning, but we are confident in the structural protections provided by CLOs.

Commercial real estate (CRE) was adversely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. We favor an up-in-credit bias as last cash flow AAAs largely lagged the rally in corporates and look marginally attractive. While spreads have recovered to pre-Covid levels, scarcity (in both the new issue and secondary markets) and strong investor demand should lead to modest spread tightening.

We remain fundamentally positive on the long-term trends of US housing and US housing credit. We temper our optimism somewhat in the face of reduced wage growth, high unemployment and the exceptionally strong performance in 2021 so far, though we acknowledge risks to the upside in this view. While we do not envision a large drop in home prices, we also do not view the current pace of appreciation as sustainable. Structurally, we continue to expect longer-term outperformance. We continue to look for longer-term assets farther out the credit curve, while continuing to add to shorter-term assets, which offer attractive carry.

 

 

 

Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 Investment in Institutuional Class Shares

September 30, 2011 through September 30, 2021

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — September 30, 2021

 

           
                                Expense Ratios2  
            1 year     5 years      10 years      Gross      Net  
     
Institutional Class (Inception 3/2/06)              2.17 %3      3.37      4.04      0.00      0.00
   
Comparative Performance                  
Bloomberg U.S. Securitized Bond Index1              -0.35       2.25        2.50                    

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. 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    Bloomberg U.S. Securitized Bond Index is an unmanaged index of asset-backed securities, collateralized mortgage-backed securities (ERISA eligible), and fixed-rate mortgage-backed securities.

 

2    The amount shown under Gross and Net Expense Ratio is 0.00% to reflect the fact that the Fund does not pay any advisory, administration or distribution and service fees, and that Loomis Sayles has agreed to pay certain expenses of the Fund. All fees are paid by investors indirectly through separately negotiated advisory relationships with the Fund’s Adviser or through “wrap fee” programs sponsored by broker dealers and investment advisers that may be affiliated or unaffiliated with the Fund, Loomis Sayles or Natixis Advisors, LLC

 

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

 

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio managers as of the dates indicated. The managers’ views are subject to change at any time without notice based on changes in market or other conditions. References to specific securities or industries should not be regarded as investment advice. Because the Fund is actively managed, there is no assurance that they will continue to invest in the securities or industries mentioned.

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 Loomis Sayles Funds file a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. First and third quarter schedules of portfolio holdings are also available at loomissayles.com. A hard copy may be requested from the Fund at no charge by calling 800-633-3330.

CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst® are registered trademarks owned by the CFA Institute.

UNDERSTANDING FUND EXPENSES

Typically, mutual fund shareholders incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution fees (12b-1 fees), and other fund expenses. However, the Funds are unlike other mutual funds; they do not charge any fees or expenses.

You should be aware that shares in the Funds are available only to institutional investment advisory clients of Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. (“Loomis Sayles”) and Natixis Advisors, LLC (“Natixis Advisors”) and to participants in “wrap fee” programs sponsored by broker-dealers and investment advisers that may be affiliated or unaffiliated with the Funds, Loomis Sayles or Natixis Advisors. The institutional investment advisory clients of Loomis Sayles and Natixis Advisors pay Loomis Sayles or Natixis Advisors a fee for their investment advisory services, while participants in “wrap fee” programs pay a “wrap fee” to the program’s sponsor. The “wrap fee” program sponsors, in turn, pay a fee to Natixis Advisors. “Wrap fee” program participants should read carefully the wrap fee brochure provided to them by their program’s sponsor and the fees paid by such sponsor to Natixis Advisors. Shareholders pay no additional fees or expenses to purchase shares of the Funds. However, shareholders will indirectly pay a proportionate share of those costs, such as brokerage commissions, taxes and extraordinary expenses, that are borne by the Funds through a reduction in each Fund’s net asset value.

The first line in each Fund’s table shows the actual amount of Fund expenses ($0) you would have paid on a $1,000 investment in the Fund from April 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021.

The second line in each Fund’s table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio (0%) 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. 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.

 

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Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund

 

Institutional Class

  Beginning
Account Value
4/1/2021
     Ending
Account Value
9/30/2021
     Expenses Paid
During Period*
4/1/2021 – 9/30/2021
 

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,036.60        $0.00  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,025.07        $0.00  

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.00%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (183), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

  

Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund

 

Institutional Class

  Beginning
Account Value
4/1/2021
     Ending
Account Value
9/30/2021**
     Expenses Paid
During Period*
4/1/2021 – 9/30/2021
 

Actual

    $1,000.00        $1,010.40        $0.00  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    $1,000.00        $1,025.07        $0.00  

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.00%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (183), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

  

** Generally accepted accounting principles require adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund at period end for financial reporting purposes. Amounts expressed in the table include the effect of such adjustments.

  

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE EXISTING ADVISORY AGREEMENTS

The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”), including the Independent Trustees, considers matters bearing on each Fund’s advisory agreement (collectively, the “Agreements”) at most of its meetings throughout the year. Each year, usually in the spring, the Contract Review Committee of the Board meets to review the Agreements to determine whether to recommend that the full Board approve the continuation of the Agreements, typically for an additional one-year period. This meeting typically includes all the Independent Trustees, including the Trustees who do not serve on the Contract Review Committee. After the Contract Review Committee has made its recommendation, the full Board, including the Independent Trustees, determines whether to approve the continuation of the Agreements at its June Board Meeting.

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

In addition to the materials requested by the Trustees in connection with their annual consideration of the continuation of the Agreements, the Trustees receive materials in advance of each regular quarterly meeting of the Board that provide detailed information about the Funds’ investment performance. This information generally includes, among other things, an internal performance rating for each Fund based on agreed-upon criteria, a graph showing each Fund’s performance against each Fund’s peer group/category of funds, performance ratings provided by a third-party, total return information for various periods, and third-party performance rankings for various periods comparing a Fund against similarly categorized funds. The portfolio management team for each Fund or other representatives of the Adviser make periodic presentations to the Contract Review Committee and/or the full Board, and Funds identified as presenting possible performance concerns may be subject to more frequent Board or Committee presentations and reviews. In addition, the Trustees are periodically provided with detailed statistical information about each Fund’s portfolio. The Trustees also receive periodic updates between meetings, both at the Board and at the Committee level.

The Board most recently approved the continuation of the Agreements for a one-year period at its meeting held in June 2021. In considering whether to approve the continuation of the Agreements, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, did not identify any single factor as determinative. Individual Trustees may have evaluated the information presented differently from one another, giving different weights to various factors. Matters considered by the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, in connection with their approval of the Agreements included, but were not limited to, the factors listed below.

The nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Funds under the Agreements. The Trustees considered the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser and its affiliates to the Funds and the resources dedicated to the Funds by the Adviser and its affiliates. The Trustees also considered their experience with other funds advised or sub-advised by the Adviser as well as the affiliation between the Adviser and Natixis Investment Managers, LLC, whose affiliates provide investment advisory services to other funds in the Natixis family of funds.

The Trustees considered not only the advisory services provided by the Adviser to the Funds, but also the benefits to the Funds from the monitoring and oversight services provided by Natixis Advisors, LLC (“Natixis Advisors”). They also considered the administrative and shareholder services provided by Natixis Advisors and its affiliates to the Funds. They also took into consideration increases in the services provided resulting from new regulatory requirements. The Trustees also considered that the Funds are generally only available to institutional clients of Loomis Sayles and participants in certain “wrap programs.”

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

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

 

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The Board noted that through December 31, 2020, each Fund’s one-, three- and five-year performance stated as percentile rankings within categories selected by the independent third-party data provider, was as follows (where the best performance would be in the first percentile of its category):

 

      One-Year        Three-Year        Five-Year  

Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund

     9%          11%          7%  

Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund

     94%          78%          77%  

In the case of the Fund that had performance that lagged that of a relevant category median as determined by the independent third-party, the Board concluded that other factors relevant to performance supported renewal of the Agreements. These factors included the following: (1) that the underperformance was attributable, to a significant extent, to investment decisions (such as security selection or sector allocation) by the Adviser that were reasonable and consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and policies; (2) that the Fund’s more recent performance has resulted in significant improvement relative to its category for the one-, three-, and five-year periods ended March 31, 2021; (3) that the Fund has outperformed its benchmark across the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended December 31, 2020; and (4) that the Fund’s performance for the ten-year period ended December 31, 2020 was strong relative to its category. The Board also considered information about the Funds’ more recent performance, including how that performance had been impacted by the Covid-19 crisis.

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

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

The costs of the services to be provided and profits to be realized by the Adviser and its affiliates from their respective relationships with the Funds. Under the terms of the Agreements, the Adviser does not charge the Funds an investment advisory fee or any other fee for services. The Adviser also bears most of the Funds’ expenses. The Trustees considered that, although the Funds do not compensate the Adviser directly for services under the Agreements, the Adviser will typically receive an advisory fee from its advisory clients who have invested in the Funds or from the sponsors of “wrap programs,” who in turn charge the programs’ participants, although the Trustees are not involved in setting or reviewing those fees. Because the Funds do not charge an advisory fee, the Trustees did not consider the profitability of the Adviser’s relationship to the Funds.

After reviewing these and related factors, the Trustees concluded, within the context of their overall conclusions regarding each of the Agreements, that each Fund’s advisory fee of 0% was fair and reasonable and supported the renewal of the Agreements.

Economies of Scale. The Trustees noted that because the Adviser has borne most of the Funds’ expenses, economies of scale were not relevant to these Funds.

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

 

 

The effect of recent market and economic events, including but not limited to the Covid-19 crisis, and its significant disruptions to the economy and business operations, on the performance, asset levels and expense ratios of each Fund.

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

Based on their evaluation of all factors that they deemed to be material, including those factors described above, and assisted by the advice of independent counsel, the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that each of the existing Agreements should be continued through June 30, 2022.

 

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LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

Annual Report for the Period Commencing on January 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2020 (including updates through September 30, 2021)

Effective December 1, 2018, the Funds adopted a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) pursuant to the requirements of Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Rule”). The Rule requires registered open-end funds, including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds to establish liquidity risk management programs in order to effectively manage fund liquidity and mitigate the risk that a fund could not meet redemption requests without significantly diluting the interests of remaining investors.

The rule requires the Funds to assess, manage and review their liquidity risk considering applicable factors during normal and foreseeable stressed conditions. In fulfilling this requirement, each Fund assesses and reviews (where applicable and amongst other matters) its investment strategy, portfolio holdings, possible investment concentrations, use of derivatives, short-term and long-term cash flow projections, use of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements and other funding sources. Each Program has established a Program Administrator, which is the adviser of the Fund.

In accordance with the Program, each of the Fund’s portfolio investments is classified into one of four liquidity categories based on a determination of a reasonable expectation for how long it would take to convert the investment to cash (or sell or dispose of the investment) without significantly changing its market value.

Each Fund is prohibited from acquiring an investment if, after the acquisition, its holdings of illiquid assets will exceed 15% of its net assets. If a Fund does not hold a majority of highly liquid investments in its portfolio, then the Fund is required to establish a highly liquid investment minimum (“HLIM”). Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund has established an HLIM.

During the period from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020, there were no material changes to the Program and no material events that impacted the operation of the Funds’ Programs. During the period, the Funds held sufficient liquid assets to meet redemptions on a timely basis and did not have any HLIM or illiquid security violations during the period.

During the period January 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021, the Funds held sufficient liquid assets to meet redemptions on a timely basis and did not have any HLIM or illiquid security violations.

Annual Program Assessment and Conclusion

In the opinion of the Program Administrators, the Program of each Fund approved by the Funds’ Board has been implemented effectively. The Program Administrator has also monitored, assessed and managed each Fund’s liquidity risk regularly and has determined that the Program is operating effectively.

Pursuant to the Rule’s requirements, the Board has received and reviewed a written report prepared by each Fund’s Program Administrator that addressed the operation of the Program, assessed its adequacy and effectiveness and described any material changes made to the Program.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – 90.0% of Net Assets  
  Non-Convertible Bonds – 84.7%  
  ABS Car Loan – 0.1%

 

$ 150,000     Prestige Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2019-1A, Class E,
3.900%, 5/15/2026, 144A
  $ 153,857  
   

 

 

 
  ABS Home Equity – 0.4%

 

  108,288     DSLA Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-AR5, Class 2A1A,
1-month LIBOR + 0.660%, 0.747%, 9/19/2045(a)
    82,066  
  260,000     Progress Residential Trust, Series 2021-SFR3, Class F, 3.436%, 5/17/2026, 144A     261,994  
  600,000     Progress Residential Trust, Series 2021-SFR4, Class F, 3.407%, 5/17/2038, 144A     602,332  
  185,000     VOLT XCVI LLC, Series 2021-NPL5, Class A2, 4.826%, 3/27/2051, 144A(b)     184,960  
   

 

 

 
      1,131,352  
   

 

 

 
  ABS Other – 0.1%

 

  189,825     S-Jets Ltd., Series 2017-1, Class A,
3.967%, 8/15/2042, 144A
    188,268  
   

 

 

 
  Aerospace & Defense – 1.9%

 

  310,000     Bombardier, Inc.,
6.000%, 2/15/2028, 144A
    313,488  
  1,335,000     Bombardier, Inc.,
7.125%, 6/15/2026, 144A
    1,401,750  
  185,000     Embraer Netherlands Finance BV,
5.050%, 6/15/2025
    194,713  
  115,000     Embraer Netherlands Finance BV,
5.400%, 2/01/2027
    122,332  
  606,000     Leonardo U.S. Holdings, Inc.,
6.250%, 1/15/2040, 144A
    719,867  
  170,000     Leonardo U.S. Holdings, Inc.,
7.375%, 7/15/2039, 144A
    222,108  
  70,000     Moog, Inc., 4.250%, 12/15/2027, 144A     71,925  
  1,315,000     Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.,
4.600%, 6/15/2028
    1,305,138  
  495,000     Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.,
7.500%, 4/15/2025, 144A
    524,081  
  30,000     TransDigm, Inc., 5.500%, 11/15/2027     30,825  
  260,000     Triumph Group, Inc., 6.250%, 9/15/2024, 144A     259,862  
   

 

 

 
      5,166,089  
   

 

 

 
  Airlines – 1.9%

 

  40,000     American Airlines Group, Inc.,
5.000%, 6/01/2022, 144A
    40,050  
  505,000     American Airlines, Inc.,
11.750%, 7/15/2025, 144A
    624,938  
  525,000     American Airlines, Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd.,
5.500%, 4/20/2026, 144A
    551,906  
  1,995,000     American Airlines, Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd.,
5.750%, 4/20/2029, 144A
    2,149,612  
  282,000     Delta Air Lines, Inc.,
7.375%, 1/15/2026
    332,236  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Airlines – continued  
$ 555,000     Hawaiian Brand Intellectual Property Ltd./HawaiianMiles Loyalty Ltd.,
5.750%, 1/20/2026, 144A
  $ 580,669  
  140,138     United Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2020-1, Class B, 4.875%, 7/15/2027     148,271  
  230,000     United Airlines, Inc.,
4.375%, 4/15/2026, 144A
    236,038  
  345,000     United Airlines, Inc., 4.625%, 4/15/2029, 144A     356,540  
   

 

 

 
      5,020,260  
   

 

 

 
  Automotive – 2.8%

 

  245,000     Clarios Global LP/Clarios U.S. Finance Co., 8.500%, 5/15/2027, 144A     260,619  
  665,000     Ford Motor Co., 8.500%, 4/21/2023     731,460  
  2,985,000     Ford Motor Co., 9.000%, 4/22/2025     3,589,552  
  200,000     Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC,
4.542%, 8/01/2026
    215,666  
  400,000     Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, GMTN,
4.389%, 1/08/2026
    426,500  
  605,000     General Motors Financial Co., Inc., Series A, (fixed rate to 9/30/2027, variable rate thereafter), 5.750%(c)     660,938  
  195,000     General Motors Financial Co., Inc., Series C, (fixed rate to 9/30/2030, variable rate thereafter), 5.700%(c)     224,494  
  65,000     Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The),
5.000%, 5/31/2026
    66,706  
  320,000     Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The),
7.000%, 3/15/2028
    365,447  
  200,000     Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC,
5.500%, 7/15/2029, 144A
    194,936  
  220,000     Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC,
5.875%, 1/15/2028, 144A
    220,836  
  120,000     Meritor, Inc., 4.500%, 12/15/2028, 144A     120,300  
  140,000     Real Hero Merger Sub 2, Inc.,
6.250%, 2/01/2029, 144A
    145,250  
  120,000     Tenneco, Inc., 7.875%, 1/15/2029, 144A     133,950  
  190,000     Wheel Pros, Inc., 6.500%, 5/15/2029, 144A     183,825  
   

 

 

 
      7,540,479  
   

 

 

 
  Banking – 0.8%

 

  1,235,000     Deutsche Bank AG, (fixed rate to 12/01/2027, variable rate thereafter),
4.875%, 12/01/2032
    1,358,220  
  760,000     UniCredit SpA, (fixed rate to 6/30/2030, variable rate thereafter),
5.459%, 6/30/2035, 144A
    838,466  
   

 

 

 
      2,196,686  
   

 

 

 
  Brokerage – 0.2%

 

  140,000     Coinbase Global, Inc.,
3.625%, 10/01/2031, 144A
    133,088  
  290,000     Jefferies Finance LLC/JFIN Co-Issuer Corp., 5.000%, 8/15/2028, 144A     293,987  
   

 

 

 
      427,075  
   

 

 

 
  Building Materials – 2.6%

 

  720,000     Builders FirstSource, Inc.,
4.250%, 2/01/2032, 144A
    736,200  
  315,000     Builders FirstSource, Inc.,
5.000%, 3/01/2030, 144A
    335,673  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Building Materials – continued  
$ 1,985,000     Cemex SAB de CV,
3.875%, 7/11/2031, 144A
  $ 1,986,191  
  320,000     Cemex SAB de CV, (fixed rate to 6/08/2026, variable rate thereafter),
5.125%, 144A(c)
    325,923  
  380,000     Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc.,
6.125%, 1/15/2029, 144A
    403,930  
  150,000     CP Atlas Buyer, Inc.,
7.000%, 12/01/2028, 144A
    150,375  
  690,000     Foundation Building Materials, Inc.,
6.000%, 3/01/2029, 144A
    676,200  
  105,000     JELD-WEN, Inc.,
4.625%, 12/15/2025, 144A
    106,610  
  395,000     LBM Acquisition LLC,
6.250%, 1/15/2029, 144A
    394,803  
  415,000     Masonite International Corp.,
5.375%, 2/01/2028, 144A
    436,995  
  415,000     Park River Holdings, Inc.,
5.625%, 2/01/2029, 144A
    402,031  
  265,000     Park River Holdings, Inc.,
6.750%, 8/01/2029, 144A
    265,663  
  275,000     Patrick Industries, Inc.,
4.750%, 5/01/2029, 144A
    280,500  
  100,000     Summit Materials LLC/Summit Materials Finance Corp., 5.250%, 1/15/2029, 144A     105,000  
  355,000     Victors Merger Corp.,
6.375%, 5/15/2029, 144A
    339,913  
  90,000     White Cap Buyer LLC,
6.875%, 10/15/2028, 144A
    94,950  
   

 

 

 
      7,040,957  
   

 

 

 
  Cable Satellite – 6.3%

 

  665,000     Altice Financing S.A.,
5.000%, 1/15/2028, 144A
    641,210  
  95,000     Block Communications, Inc.,
4.875%, 3/01/2028, 144A
    97,138  
  640,000     CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.250%, 2/01/2031, 144A     650,982  
  360,000     CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.250%, 1/15/2034, 144A     356,625  
  280,000     CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.500%, 8/15/2030, 144A     288,882  
  205,000     CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.500%, 5/01/2032     211,150  
  3,485,000     CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.750%, 3/01/2030, 144A     3,643,480  
  690,000     Connect Finco S.a.r.l./Connect U.S. Finco LLC, 6.750%, 10/01/2026, 144A     721,913  
  520,000     CSC Holdings LLC,
4.125%, 12/01/2030, 144A
    510,250  
  1,325,000     CSC Holdings LLC,
4.500%, 11/15/2031, 144A
    1,308,437  
  520,000     CSC Holdings LLC,
4.625%, 12/01/2030, 144A
    492,947  
  710,000     CSC Holdings LLC,
6.500%, 2/01/2029, 144A
    768,895  
  920,000     DIRECTV Holdings LLC/DIRECTV Financing Co., Inc.,
5.875%, 8/15/2027, 144A
    960,250  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Cable Satellite – continued

 

$ 630,000     DISH DBS Corp., 5.125%, 6/01/2029   $ 617,268  
  175,000     DISH DBS Corp., 7.375%, 7/01/2028     185,583  
  875,000     DISH DBS Corp., 7.750%, 7/01/2026     988,072  
  599,924     Ligado Networks LLC,
15.500% PIK, 11/01/2023, 144A(d)
    581,998  
  185,536     Ligado Networks LLC,
17.500% PIK, 5/01/2024, 144A(d)
    140,762  
  480,000     Radiate Holdco LLC/Radiate Finance, Inc., 6.500%, 9/15/2028, 144A     489,437  
  600,000     Telenet Finance Luxembourg Notes S.a.r.l., 5.500%, 3/01/2028, 144A     631,482  
  275,000     Telesat Canada/Telesat LLC,
5.625%, 12/06/2026, 144A
    264,000  
  690,000     UPC Broadband Finco B.V.,
4.875%, 7/15/2031, 144A
    706,463  
  260,000     ViaSat, Inc., 6.500%, 7/15/2028, 144A     273,837  
  250,000     Virgin Media Finance PLC,
5.000%, 7/15/2030, 144A
    256,369  
  630,000     Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC,
5.500%, 5/15/2029, 144A
    664,020  
  325,000     Ziggo BV, 4.875%, 1/15/2030, 144A     334,896  
   

 

 

 
      16,786,346  
   

 

 

 
  Chemicals – 2.0%

 

  400,000     Braskem Netherlands Finance BV,
4.500%, 1/31/2030, 144A
    425,600  
  400,000     Braskem Netherlands Finance BV,
5.875%, 1/31/2050, 144A
    455,000  
  175,000     Chemours Co. (The),
5.375%, 5/15/2027
    188,711  
  150,000     Consolidated Energy Finance S.A.,
5.625%, 10/15/2028, 144A
    150,000  
  300,000     Consolidated Energy Finance S.A.,
6.500%, 5/15/2026, 144A
    310,500  
  170,000     CVR Partners LP/CVR Nitrogen Finance Corp., 6.125%, 6/15/2028, 144A     178,287  
  180,000     Diamond BC BV,
4.625%, 10/01/2029, 144A
    182,704  
  805,000     Hercules LLC, 6.500%, 6/30/2029     914,520  
  205,000     Herens Holdco S.a.r.l.,
4.750%, 5/15/2028, 144A
    206,025  
  290,000     Hexion, Inc., 7.875%, 7/15/2027, 144A     309,575  
  200,000     INEOS Quattro Finance 2 PLC,
3.375%, 1/15/2026, 144A
    202,000  
  215,000     Methanex Corp., 5.125%, 10/15/2027     232,469  
  45,000     Methanex Corp., 5.250%, 12/15/2029     48,713  
  490,000     Olin Corp., 5.000%, 2/01/2030     518,175  
  20,000     Olin Corp., 5.625%, 8/01/2029     21,987  
  490,000     Olympus Water U.S. Holding Corp.,
4.250%, 10/01/2028, 144A
    482,883  
  210,000     Olympus Water U.S. Holding Corp.,
6.250%, 10/01/2029, 144A
    208,099  
  330,000     Unifrax Escrow Issuer Corp.,
5.250%, 9/30/2028, 144A
    334,125  
   

 

 

 
      5,369,373  
   

 

 

 
  Construction Machinery – 0.1%

 

  275,000     Titan International, Inc.,
7.000%, 4/30/2028, 144A
    289,781  
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Cyclical Services – 2.0%

 

  1,120,000     ADT Security Corp. (The),
4.125%, 8/01/2029, 144A
    1,113,157  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Consumer Cyclical Services – continued

 

$ 305,000     Allied Universal Holdco LLC/Allied Universal Finance Corp.,
6.000%, 6/01/2029, 144A
  $ 300,971  
  260,000     ANGI Group LLC,
3.875%, 8/15/2028, 144A
    258,700  
  110,000     Arches Buyer, Inc.,
6.125%, 12/01/2028, 144A
    112,110  
  545,000     Realogy Group LLC/Realogy Co-Issuer Corp., 5.750%, 1/15/2029, 144A     565,307  
  495,000     Realogy Group LLC/Realogy Co-Issuer Corp., 7.625%, 6/15/2025, 144A     528,635  
  240,000     Realogy Group LLC/Realogy Co-Issuer Corp., 9.375%, 4/01/2027, 144A     263,700  
  295,000     Terminix Co. LLC (The),
7.450%, 8/15/2027
    357,687  
  135,000     TKC Holdings, Inc.,
10.500%, 5/15/2029, 144A
    147,994  
  355,000     Uber Technologies, Inc.,
6.250%, 1/15/2028, 144A
    380,734  
  1,130,000     Uber Technologies, Inc.,
7.500%, 9/15/2027, 144A
    1,233,819  
   

 

 

 
      5,262,814  
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Products – 0.4%

 

  435,000     Energizer Holdings, Inc.,
4.375%, 3/31/2029, 144A
    431,714  
  210,000     Prestige Brands, Inc.,
5.125%, 1/15/2028, 144A
    219,025  
  305,000     Tempur Sealy International, Inc.,
3.875%, 10/15/2031, 144A
    305,381  
   

 

 

 
      956,120  
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Manufacturing – 0.4%

 

  285,000     Madison IAQ LLC,
5.875%, 6/30/2029, 144A
    287,138  
  265,000     Resideo Funding, Inc.,
4.000%, 9/01/2029, 144A
    258,791  
  390,000     TK Elevator U.S. Newco, Inc.,
5.250%, 7/15/2027, 144A
    408,710  
   

 

 

 
      954,639  
   

 

 

 
  Electric – 0.9%

 

  1,285,000     Calpine Corp., 5.125%, 3/15/2028, 144A     1,301,363  
  105,000     NRG Energy, Inc.,
5.250%, 6/15/2029, 144A
    111,694  
  135,000     NRG Energy, Inc., 5.750%, 1/15/2028     143,606  
  130,000     Pattern Energy Operations LP/Pattern Energy Operations, Inc.,
4.500%, 8/15/2028, 144A
    135,525  
  320,000     PG&E Corp., 5.000%, 7/01/2028     326,000  
  70,000     PG&E Corp., 5.250%, 7/01/2030     71,663  
  425,000     Talen Energy Supply LLC,
7.625%, 6/01/2028, 144A
    398,437  
   

 

 

 
      2,488,288  
   

 

 

 
  Environmental – 0.2%

 

  530,000     GFL Environmental, Inc.,
4.000%, 8/01/2028, 144A
    526,025  
   

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Finance Companies – 3.9%

 

$ 155,000     Aircastle Ltd., (fixed rate to 6/15/2026, variable rate thereafter), 5.250%, 144A(c)   $ 158,612  
  800,000     Cobra AcquisitionCo LLC,
6.375%, 11/01/2029, 144A
    800,000  
  230,000     Fortress Transportation & Infrastructure Investors LLC, 5.500%, 5/01/2028, 144A     231,547  
  635,000     Freedom Mortgage Corp.,
7.625%, 5/01/2026, 144A
    646,944  
  485,000     General Motors Financial Co., Inc., Series B, (fixed rate to 9/30/2028, variable rate thereafter), 6.500%(c)     546,837  
  320,000     Global Aircraft Leasing Co. Ltd.,
7.250% PIK or 6.500% Cash,
9/15/2024, 144A(e)
    314,400  
  255,000     LFS Topco LLC, 5.875%, 10/15/2026, 144A     262,650  
  200,000     Midcap Financial Issuer Trust,
5.625%, 1/15/2030, 144A
    198,000  
  615,000     Midcap Financial Issuer Trust,
6.500%, 5/01/2028, 144A
    642,411  
  1,715,000     Navient Corp., 4.875%, 3/15/2028     1,728,943  
  1,000,000     Navient Corp., 5.000%, 3/15/2027     1,030,000  
  410,000     Provident Funding Associates LP/PFG Finance Corp., 6.375%, 6/15/2025, 144A     417,175  
  1,500,000     Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 2.875%, 10/15/2026, 144A     1,465,800  
  430,000     Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 3.625%, 3/01/2029, 144A     434,837  
  555,000     Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 3.875%, 3/01/2031, 144A     559,856  
  1,000,000     Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 4.000%, 10/15/2033, 144A     992,500  
   

 

 

 
      10,430,512  
   

 

 

 
  Financial Other – 2.5%

 

  400,000     Agile Group Holdings Ltd.,
6.050%, 10/13/2025
    376,556  
  205,000     China Aoyuan Group Ltd.,
6.200%, 3/24/2026
    156,862  
  200,000     China Evergrande Group,
8.750%, 6/28/2025
    48,048  
  200,000     China Evergrande Group,
9.500%, 4/11/2022
    51,438  
  200,000     Easy Tactic Ltd., 8.125%, 2/27/2023     145,386  
  200,000     Easy Tactic Ltd., 11.750%, 8/02/2023     144,266  
  200,000     Greenland Global Investment Ltd.,
5.875%, 7/03/2024
    127,722  
  970,000     Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 4.750%, 9/15/2024     1,008,800  
  1,405,000     Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 5.250%, 5/15/2027     1,457,687  
  135,000     Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 6.250%, 5/15/2026     141,075  
  200,000     Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd.,
9.375%, 6/30/2024
    151,537  
  400,000     Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd.,
11.650%, 6/01/2026
    305,124  
  210,000     Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd.,
11.700%, 11/11/2025
    160,162  
  1,180,000     Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc.,
6.000%, 1/15/2027, 144A
    1,235,224  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Financial Other – continued  
$ 205,000     Sunac China Holdings Ltd.,
6.500%, 1/26/2026
  $ 164,520  
  200,000     Sunac China Holdings Ltd.,
6.650%, 8/03/2024
    160,000  
  410,000     Times China Holdings Ltd.,
6.200%, 3/22/2026
    370,343  
  600,000     Yuzhou Group Holdings Co. Ltd.,
6.350%, 1/13/2027
    388,548  
   

 

 

 
      6,593,298  
   

 

 

 
  Food & Beverage – 1.7%

 

  80,000     Aramark Services, Inc.,
5.000%, 2/01/2028, 144A
    82,200  
  395,000     Herbalife Nutrition Ltd./HLF Financing, Inc., 7.875%, 9/01/2025, 144A     423,637  
  65,000     JBS USA LUX S.A./JBS USA Food Co./JBS USA Finance, Inc.,
6.500%, 4/15/2029, 144A
    72,638  
  690,000     MARB BondCo. PLC,
3.950%, 1/29/2031, 144A
    659,136  
  325,000     Performance Food Group, Inc.,
4.250%, 8/01/2029, 144A
    325,812  
  510,000     Performance Food Group, Inc.,
5.500%, 10/15/2027, 144A
    533,970  
  590,000     Post Holdings, Inc.,
4.625%, 4/15/2030, 144A
    594,561  
  20,000     Post Holdings, Inc.,
5.500%, 12/15/2029, 144A
    21,200  
  310,000     Post Holdings, Inc.,
5.750%, 3/01/2027, 144A
    322,160  
  340,000     Simmons Foods, Inc./Simmons Prepared Foods, Inc./Simmons Pet Food, Inc./Simmons Feed,
4.625%, 3/01/2029, 144A
    342,550  
  325,000     TreeHouse Foods, Inc.,
4.000%, 9/01/2028
    318,068  
  335,000     Triton Water Holdings, Inc.,
6.250%, 4/01/2029, 144A
    340,444  
  425,000     US Foods, Inc.,
4.750%, 2/15/2029, 144A
    436,156  
   

 

 

 
      4,472,532  
   

 

 

 
  Gaming – 3.8%

 

  1,130,000     Boyd Gaming Corp., 4.750%, 12/01/2027     1,164,680  
  350,000     Boyd Gaming Corp.,
4.750%, 6/15/2031, 144A
    360,937  
  405,000     Caesars Entertainment, Inc.,
4.625%, 10/15/2029, 144A
    410,062  
  510,000     Caesars Entertainment, Inc.,
6.250%, 7/01/2025, 144A
    536,906  
  445,000     Caesars Entertainment, Inc.,
8.125%, 7/01/2027, 144A
    500,280  
  250,000     International Game Technology PLC,
4.125%, 4/15/2026, 144A
    259,843  
  400,000     International Game Technology PLC,
5.250%, 1/15/2029, 144A
    427,508  
  200,000     International Game Technology PLC,
6.250%, 1/15/2027, 144A
    226,000  
  405,000     Melco Resorts Finance Ltd.,
5.375%, 12/04/2029, 144A
    411,682  
  345,000     MGM China Holdings Ltd.,
4.750%, 2/01/2027, 144A
    339,394  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Gaming – continued

 

$ 790,000     MGM Resorts International,
5.500%, 4/15/2027
  $ 857,150  
  255,000     Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment,
8.000%, 2/01/2026, 144A
    265,480  
  865,000     Scientific Games International, Inc.,
7.000%, 5/15/2028, 144A
    933,119  
  855,000     Scientific Games International, Inc.,
7.250%, 11/15/2029, 144A
    960,710  
  540,000     Studio City Finance Ltd.,
6.500%, 1/15/2028, 144A
    529,627  
  1,090,000     Wynn Las Vegas LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp., 5.500%, 3/01/2025, 144A     1,111,800  
  290,000     Wynn Macau Ltd.,
5.125%, 12/15/2029, 144A
    272,600  
  215,000     Wynn Macau Ltd.,
5.625%, 8/26/2028, 144A
    204,667  
  420,000     Wynn Resorts Finance LLC/Wynn Resorts Capital Corp., 5.125%, 10/01/2029, 144A     423,150  
   

 

 

 
      10,195,595  
   

 

 

 
  Government Owned – No Guarantee – 0.5%

 

  600,000     Petroleos Mexicanos, 5.950%, 1/28/2031     581,640  
  285,000     Petroleos Mexicanos, 6.625%, 6/15/2035     270,394  
  640,000     YPF S.A., 6.950%, 7/21/2027, 144A     472,000  
   

 

 

 
      1,324,034  
   

 

 

 
  Healthcare – 4.0%

 

  220,000     AdaptHealth LLC,
5.125%, 3/01/2030, 144A
    220,110  
  255,000     AHP Health Partners, Inc.,
5.750%, 7/15/2029, 144A
    257,550  
  165,000     Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc.,
5.000%, 7/15/2027, 144A
    171,394  
  985,000     CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.,
5.625%, 3/15/2027, 144A
    1,031,423  
  585,000     CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.,
6.125%, 4/01/2030, 144A
    568,459  
  400,000     CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.,
6.875%, 4/15/2029, 144A
    400,940  
  400,000     CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.,
8.000%, 3/15/2026, 144A
    424,190  
  610,000     DaVita, Inc., 3.750%, 2/15/2031, 144A     593,987  
  610,000     Encompass Health Corp.,
4.500%, 2/01/2028
    629,825  
  280,000     Grifols Escrow Issuer S.A.,
4.750%, 10/15/2028, 144A
    285,950  
  425,000     HCA, Inc., 7.050%, 12/01/2027     528,594  
  35,000     HCA, Inc., 7.500%, 12/15/2023     39,682  
  310,000     HCA, Inc., 7.500%, 11/06/2033     443,300  
  40,000     HCA, Inc., 7.690%, 6/15/2025     48,085  
  40,000     HCA, Inc., 8.360%, 4/15/2024     46,650  
  205,000     HCA, Inc., MTN, 7.580%, 9/15/2025     246,769  
  675,000     LifePoint Health, Inc.,
5.375%, 1/15/2029, 144A
    656,437  
  130,000     ModivCare Escrow Issuer, Inc.,
5.000%, 10/01/2029, 144A
    134,752  
  125,000     ModivCare, Inc., 5.875%, 11/15/2025, 144A     132,188  
  460,000     Mozart Debt Merger Sub, Inc.,
5.250%, 10/01/2029, 144A
    460,000  
  565,000     MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC,
5.750%, 11/01/2028, 144A
    532,219  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Healthcare – continued  
$ 185,000     RP Escrow Issuer LLC,
5.250%, 12/15/2025, 144A
  $ 190,319  
  115,000     Select Medical Corp.,
6.250%, 8/15/2026, 144A
    120,934  
  265,000     Surgery Center Holdings, Inc.,
6.750%, 7/01/2025, 144A
    269,637  
  170,000     Tenet Healthcare Corp.,
4.625%, 6/15/2028, 144A
    176,147  
  1,855,000     Tenet Healthcare Corp.,
6.125%, 10/01/2028, 144A
    1,948,631  
  225,000     U.S. Acute Care Solutions LLC,
6.375%, 3/01/2026, 144A
    237,375  
   

 

 

 
      10,795,547  
   

 

 

 
  Home Construction – 0.9%

 

  255,000     Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc./Brookfield Residential U.S. LLC,
4.875%, 2/15/2030, 144A
    260,102  
  405,000     Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc./Brookfield Residential U.S. LLC,
6.250%, 9/15/2027, 144A
    425,764  
  200,000     Corporacion GEO SAB de CV,
8.875%, 3/27/2022, 144A(f)(g)(h)
     
  245,000     Empire Communities Corp.,
7.000%, 12/15/2025, 144A
    256,025  
  200,000     Fantasia Holdings Group Co. Ltd.,
11.875%, 6/01/2023(i)
    63,916  
  80,000     Forestar Group, Inc.,
3.850%, 5/15/2026, 144A
    79,900  
  205,000     Greenland Global Investment Ltd., EMTN, 7.250%, 1/22/2025     129,704  
  275,000     KB Home, 4.800%, 11/15/2029     299,750  
  210,000     KWG Group Holdings Ltd.,
6.300%, 2/13/2026
    188,771  
  300,000     Mattamy Group Corp.,
4.625%, 3/01/2030, 144A
    306,924  
  205,000     Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc.,
5.750%, 1/15/2028, 144A
    228,370  
  200,000     Yuzhou Group Holdings Co. Ltd.,
7.700%, 2/20/2025
    146,907  
   

 

 

 
      2,386,133  
   

 

 

 
  Independent Energy – 6.9%

 

  230,000     Antero Resources Corp.,
7.625%, 2/01/2029, 144A
    257,140  
  480,000     Apache Corp., 4.250%, 1/15/2030     517,210  
  55,000     Apache Corp., 4.750%, 4/15/2043     59,550  
  430,000     Apache Corp., 5.350%, 7/01/2049     477,601  
  335,000     Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC/ARU Finance Corp., 7.000%, 11/01/2026, 144A     346,300  
  375,000     Baytex Energy Corp.,
8.750%, 4/01/2027, 144A
    387,187  
  95,000     California Resources Corp.,
7.125%, 2/01/2026, 144A
    100,254  
  595,000     Callon Petroleum Co.,
8.000%, 8/01/2028, 144A
    587,562  
  260,000     Centennial Resource Production LLC,
6.875%, 4/01/2027, 144A
    264,871  
  95,000     Chesapeake Energy Corp.,
5.500%, 2/01/2026, 144A
    99,275  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Independent Energy – continued

 

$ 255,000     Comstock Resources, Inc.,
6.750%, 3/01/2029, 144A
  $ 275,400  
  65,000     Continental Resources, Inc.,
4.375%, 1/15/2028
    71,906  
  410,000     Continental Resources, Inc.,
4.900%, 6/01/2044
    459,200  
  160,000     Continental Resources, Inc.,
5.750%, 1/15/2031, 144A
    193,400  
  90,000     Endeavor Energy Resources LP/EER Finance, Inc., 5.500%, 1/30/2026, 144A     93,816  
  140,000     Endeavor Energy Resources LP/EER Finance, Inc., 6.625%, 7/15/2025, 144A     147,525  
  380,000     Energean Israel Finance Ltd.,
4.875%, 3/30/2026, 144A
    389,698  
  200,000     Energean Israel Finance Ltd.,
5.375%, 3/30/2028, 144A
    204,682  
  180,000     Energy Ventures GoM LLC/EnVen Finance Corp.,
11.750%, 4/15/2026, 144A
    185,400  
  40,000     EQT Corp., 3.125%, 5/15/2026, 144A     41,005  
  85,000     EQT Corp., 3.625%, 5/15/2031, 144A     88,570  
  25,000     EQT Corp., 5.000%, 1/15/2029     28,149  
  75,000     EQT Corp., 6.625%, 2/01/2025     85,841  
  595,000     EQT Corp., 7.500%, 2/01/2030     765,884  
  320,000     Independence Energy Finance LLC,
7.250%, 5/01/2026, 144A
    329,507  
  135,000     Laredo Petroleum, Inc.,
7.750%, 7/31/2029, 144A
    135,338  
  300,000     Leviathan Bond Ltd.,
6.500%, 6/30/2027, 144A
    329,271  
  285,000     Matador Resources Co., 5.875%, 9/15/2026     294,604  
  230,000     MEG Energy Corp.,
5.875%, 2/01/2029, 144A
    235,175  
  300,000     MEG Energy Corp.,
7.125%, 2/01/2027, 144A
    314,943  
  300,000     Murphy Oil Corp., 6.375%, 12/01/2042     302,289  
  275,000     Northern Oil & Gas, Inc.,
8.125%, 3/01/2028, 144A
    293,769  
  135,000     Oasis Petroleum, Inc.,
6.375%, 6/01/2026, 144A
    141,413  
  90,000     Occidental Petroleum Corp.,
3.000%, 2/15/2027
    89,931  
  80,000     Occidental Petroleum Corp.,
3.200%, 8/15/2026
    81,675  
  1,575,000     Occidental Petroleum Corp.,
3.500%, 8/15/2029
    1,601,964  
  595,000     Occidental Petroleum Corp.,
4.100%, 2/15/2047
    565,785  
  370,000     Occidental Petroleum Corp.,
4.200%, 3/15/2048
    354,275  
  120,000     Occidental Petroleum Corp.,
4.400%, 4/15/2046
    119,682  
  200,000     Occidental Petroleum Corp.,
5.550%, 3/15/2026
    222,000  
  655,000     Occidental Petroleum Corp.,
6.600%, 3/15/2046
    822,028  
  110,000     Occidental Petroleum Corp.,
7.500%, 5/01/2031
    143,028  
  50,000     Occidental Petroleum Corp.,
7.875%, 9/15/2031
    66,664  
  260,000     Occidental Petroleum Corp.,
8.500%, 7/15/2027
    325,632  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

|  16


Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Independent Energy – continued  
$ 385,000     Occidental Petroleum Corp.,
8.875%, 7/15/2030
  $ 522,996  
  575,000     Ovintiv, Inc., 6.500%, 8/15/2034     775,490  
  5,000     Ovintiv, Inc., 6.500%, 2/01/2038     6,878  
  120,000     Ovintiv, Inc., 6.625%, 8/15/2037     164,573  
  275,000     Ovintiv, Inc., 7.200%, 11/01/2031     369,034  
  115,000     Ovintiv, Inc., 7.375%, 11/01/2031     155,992  
  10,000     Ovintiv, Inc., 8.125%, 9/15/2030     13,758  
  270,000     Penn Virginia Escrow LLC,
9.250%, 8/15/2026, 144A
    273,780  
  180,000     Range Resources Corp.,
8.250%, 1/15/2029, 144A
    202,509  
  385,000     Range Resources Corp.,
9.250%, 2/01/2026
    419,669  
  240,000     SM Energy Co., 5.625%, 6/01/2025     241,375  
  465,000     SM Energy Co., 6.500%, 7/15/2028     481,424  
  230,000     SM Energy Co., 6.750%, 9/15/2026     234,897  
  445,000     Southwestern Energy Co.,
5.375%, 2/01/2029, 144A
    476,065  
  315,000     Southwestern Energy Co.,
5.375%, 3/15/2030
    339,956  
  45,000     Southwestern Energy Co.,
7.750%, 10/01/2027
    48,614  
  270,000     Strathcona Resources Ltd.,
6.875%, 8/01/2026, 144A
    267,470  
  215,000     Tap Rock Resources LLC,
7.000%, 10/01/2026, 144A
    220,106  
  275,000     Vine Energy Holdings LLC,
6.750%, 4/15/2029, 144A
    296,829  
   

 

 

 
      18,407,814  
   

 

 

 
  Industrial Other – 0.2%

 

  315,000     Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc., 6.000%, 2/01/2026, 144A     328,387  
  150,000     Installed Building Products, Inc.,
5.750%, 2/01/2028, 144A
    157,125  
   

 

 

 
      485,512  
   

 

 

 
  Leisure – 3.5%

 

  140,000     AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.,
10.500%, 4/15/2025, 144A
    149,800  
  180,000     Boyne USA, Inc.,
4.750%, 5/15/2029, 144A
    185,850  
  1,685,000     Carnival Corp.,
5.750%, 3/01/2027, 144A
    1,741,869  
  365,000     Cedar Fair LP/Canada’s Wonderland Co./Magnum Management Corp./Millennium OP, 6.500%, 10/01/2028     391,594  
  265,000     Cinemark USA, Inc.,
5.250%, 7/15/2028, 144A
    261,025  
  265,000     Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.,
3.750%, 1/15/2028, 144A
    263,427  
  535,000     Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.,
4.750%, 10/15/2027, 144A
    543,686  
  20,000     NCL Corp. Ltd., 5.875%, 3/15/2026     20,500  
  1,130,000     NCL Corp. Ltd.,
5.875%, 3/15/2026, 144A
    1,158,250  
  165,000     NCL Finance Ltd.,
6.125%, 3/15/2028, 144A
    171,188  
  310,000     Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.,
3.700%, 3/15/2028
    296,828  
  780,000     Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.,
4.250%, 7/01/2026, 144A
    764,049  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Leisure – continued

 

$ 1,495,000     Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.,
5.500%, 4/01/2028, 144A
  $ 1,529,099  
  265,000     SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc.,
5.250%, 8/15/2029, 144A
    271,128  
  585,000     Speedway Motorsports LLC/Speedway Funding II, Inc.,
4.875%, 11/01/2027, 144A
    596,700  
  235,000     Viking Cruises Ltd.,
5.875%, 9/15/2027, 144A
    227,362  
  550,000     Viking Ocean Cruises Ship VII Ltd.,
5.625%, 2/15/2029, 144A
    550,000  
  295,000     VOC Escrow Ltd.,
5.000%, 2/15/2028, 144A
    291,076  
   

 

 

 
      9,413,431  
   

 

 

 
  Lodging – 1.1%

 

  285,000     Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow LLC/Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow, 4.875%, 7/01/2031, 144A     286,069  
  885,000     Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow LLC/Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow, 5.000%, 6/01/2029, 144A     902,700  
  205,000     Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc.,
4.500%, 6/15/2029, 144A
    207,563  
  720,000     Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc.,
4.750%, 1/15/2028
    734,400  
  345,000     Travel & Leisure Co.,
4.625%, 3/01/2030, 144A
    354,487  
  5,000     Travel & Leisure Co., 6.000%, 4/01/2027     5,541  
  525,000     Travel & Leisure Co.,
6.625%, 7/31/2026, 144A
    597,854  
   

 

 

 
      3,088,614  
   

 

 

 
  Media Entertainment – 3.9%

 

  645,000     AMC Networks, Inc., 4.250%, 2/15/2029     641,775  
  650,000     Audacy Capital Corp.,
6.750%, 3/31/2029, 144A
    655,317  
  230,000     Clear Channel International BV,
6.625%, 8/01/2025, 144A
    239,488  
  295,000     Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.,
7.500%, 6/01/2029, 144A
    306,800  
  250,000     Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.,
7.750%, 4/15/2028, 144A
    263,125  
  270,000     Deluxe Corp., 8.000%, 6/01/2029, 144A     282,150  
  555,000     Diamond Sports Group LLC/Diamond Sports Finance Co.,
5.375%, 8/15/2026, 144A
    366,300  
  310,000     Diamond Sports Group LLC/Diamond Sports Finance Co.,
6.625%, 8/15/2027, 144A
    135,625  
  640,000     Gray Television, Inc.,
4.750%, 10/15/2030, 144A
    628,800  
  335,000     iHeartCommunications, Inc.,
4.750%, 1/15/2028, 144A
    345,217  
  165,000     iHeartCommunications, Inc.,
6.375%, 5/01/2026
    174,100  
  1,230,000     iHeartCommunications, Inc.,
8.375%, 5/01/2027
    1,314,562  
  150,000     Lamar Media Corp., 4.000%, 2/15/2030     154,425  
  125,000     Lions Gate Capital Holdings LLC,
5.500%, 4/15/2029, 144A
    129,221  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Media Entertainment – continued  
$ 395,000     Mav Acquisition Corp.,
5.750%, 8/01/2028, 144A
  $ 388,087  
  395,000     Mav Acquisition Corp.,
8.000%, 8/01/2029, 144A
    377,336  
  265,000     Midas OpCo Holdings LLC,
5.625%, 8/15/2029, 144A
    274,423  
  1,210,000     Netflix, Inc., 4.875%, 6/15/2030, 144A     1,424,775  
  425,000     Netflix, Inc., 5.375%, 11/15/2029, 144A     514,781  
  75,000     Netflix, Inc., 5.875%, 11/15/2028     91,905  
  90,000     Netflix, Inc., 6.375%, 5/15/2029     113,850  
  115,000     Nexstar Media, Inc.,
5.625%, 7/15/2027, 144A
    121,667  
  150,000     Playtika Holding Corp.,
4.250%, 3/15/2029, 144A
    150,479  
  270,000     Scripps Escrow II, Inc.,
5.375%, 1/15/2031, 144A
    265,451  
  400,000     Sinclair Television Group, Inc.,
5.125%, 2/15/2027, 144A
    397,000  
  200,000     Terrier Media Buyer, Inc.,
8.875%, 12/15/2027, 144A
    211,476  
  115,000     Townsquare Media, Inc.,
6.875%, 2/01/2026, 144A
    120,642  
  230,000     Univision Communications, Inc.,
6.625%, 6/01/2027, 144A
    249,838  
   

 

 

 
      10,338,615  
   

 

 

 
  Metals & Mining – 3.7%

 

  825,000     ABJA Investment Co. Pte Ltd.,
5.450%, 1/24/2028
    899,167  
  270,000     Allegheny Technologies, Inc.,
4.875%, 10/01/2029
    271,013  
  275,000     Allegheny Technologies, Inc.,
5.125%, 10/01/2031
    277,118  
  75,000     Allegheny Technologies, Inc.,
5.875%, 12/01/2027
    79,313  
  55,000     Carpenter Technology Corp.,
6.375%, 7/15/2028
    59,163  
  305,000     Cia de Minas Buenaventura SAA,
5.500%, 7/23/2026, 144A
    301,508  
  570,000     Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.,
4.625%, 3/01/2029, 144A
    582,112  
  455,000     Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.,
4.875%, 3/01/2031, 144A
    469,787  
  85,000     Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.,
6.750%, 3/15/2026, 144A
    90,631  
  265,000     Eldorado Gold Corp.,
6.250%, 9/01/2029, 144A
    262,652  
  460,000     First Quantum Minerals Ltd.,
6.500%, 3/01/2024, 144A
    465,750  
  2,065,000     First Quantum Minerals Ltd.,
6.875%, 3/01/2026, 144A
    2,147,600  
  615,000     First Quantum Minerals Ltd.,
7.250%, 4/01/2023, 144A
    625,762  
  600,000     First Quantum Minerals Ltd.,
7.500%, 4/01/2025, 144A
    615,498  
  65,000     Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.,
4.625%, 8/01/2030
    70,281  
  15,000     Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.,
5.400%, 11/14/2034
    18,019  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Metals & Mining – continued

 

$ 145,000     GrafTech Finance, Inc.,
4.625%, 12/15/2028, 144A
  $ 148,806  
  935,000     Mineral Resources Ltd.,
8.125%, 5/01/2027, 144A
    1,015,541  
  980,000     Novelis Corp., 4.750%, 1/30/2030, 144A     1,031,646  
  110,000     SunCoke Energy, Inc.,
4.875%, 6/30/2029, 144A
    109,588  
  150,000     United States Steel Corp.,
6.250%, 3/15/2026
    154,688  
  210,000     United States Steel Corp.,
6.875%, 3/01/2029
    223,905  
  90,000     Volcan Cia Minera SAA,
4.375%, 2/11/2026, 144A
    87,615  
   

 

 

 
      10,007,163  
   

 

 

 
  Midstream – 4.9%

 

  545,000     Blue Racer Midstream LLC/Blue Racer Finance Corp.,
7.625%, 12/15/2025, 144A
    589,281  
  360,000     Buckeye Partners LP,
4.500%, 3/01/2028, 144A
    365,400  
  185,000     Buckeye Partners LP,
5.600%, 10/15/2044
    179,913  
  130,000     Buckeye Partners LP,
5.850%, 11/15/2043
    130,117  
  980,000     CQP Holdco LP/BIP-V Chinook Holdco LLC, 5.500%, 6/15/2031, 144A     1,042,279  
  275,000     Crestwood Midstream Partners LP/Crestwood Midstream Finance Corp.,
6.000%, 2/01/2029, 144A
    287,757  
  95,000     DCP Midstream Operating LP,
5.125%, 5/15/2029
    106,899  
  160,000     DCP Midstream Operating LP,
5.375%, 7/15/2025
    176,800  
  540,000     DCP Midstream Operating LP,
5.625%, 7/15/2027
    614,639  
  90,000     EnLink Midstream Partners LP,
5.050%, 4/01/2045
    82,125  
  255,000     EnLink Midstream Partners LP,
5.450%, 6/01/2047
    246,034  
  250,000     EnLink Midstream Partners LP,
5.600%, 4/01/2044
    238,750  
  455,000     EQM Midstream Partners LP,
6.000%, 7/01/2025, 144A
    498,771  
  470,000     EQM Midstream Partners LP,
6.500%, 7/01/2027, 144A
    528,632  
  380,000     EQM Midstream Partners LP,
6.500%, 7/15/2048
    432,250  
  100,000     EQM Midstream Partners LP, Series 10Y, 5.500%, 7/15/2028     109,862  
  275,000     Ferrellgas LP/Ferrellgas Finance Corp.,
5.375%, 4/01/2026, 144A
    268,784  
  625,000     Genesis Energy LP/Genesis Energy Finance Corp., 7.750%, 2/01/2028     624,412  
  260,000     Harvest Midstream I LP,
7.500%, 9/01/2028, 144A
    276,939  
  335,000     Hess Midstream Operations LP,
4.250%, 2/15/2030, 144A
    338,769  
  375,000     Hess Midstream Operations LP,
5.625%, 2/15/2026, 144A
    389,062  
  425,000     New Fortress Energy, Inc.,
6.500%, 9/30/2026, 144A
    406,406  
  910,000     New Fortress Energy, Inc.,
6.750%, 9/15/2025, 144A
    875,875  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Midstream – continued  
$ 80,000     NGL Energy Partners LP/NGL Energy Finance Corp., 6.125%, 3/01/2025   $ 70,615  
  370,000     NuStar Logistics LP, 5.750%, 10/01/2025     398,675  
  265,000     Suburban Propane Partners LP/Suburban Energy Finance Corp.,
5.000%, 6/01/2031, 144A
    274,938  
  390,000     Sunoco LP/Sunoco Finance Corp.,
4.500%, 5/15/2029
    395,565  
  90,000     Tallgrass Energy Partners LP/Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp.,
5.500%, 1/15/2028, 144A
    92,138  
  110,000     Tallgrass Energy Partners LP/Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp.,
6.000%, 3/01/2027, 144A
    115,126  
  1,250,000     Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp.,
5.500%, 3/01/2030
    1,366,797  
  735,000     Western Midstream Operating LP,
5.300%, 2/01/2030
    812,175  
  50,000     Western Midstream Operating LP,
5.300%, 3/01/2048
    57,625  
  345,000     Western Midstream Operating LP,
5.450%, 4/01/2044
    396,281  
  345,000     Western Midstream Operating LP,
6.500%, 2/01/2050
    405,989  
   

 

 

 
      13,195,680  
   

 

 

 
  Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed
Securities – 
1.9%

 

  98,817     CG-CCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-FL2, Class COL1,
1-month LIBOR + 3.500%, 3.584%, 11/15/2031, 144A(a)(j)(k)
    85,150  
  345,858     CG-CCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-FL2, Class COL2,
1-month LIBOR + 4.500%, 4.584%, 11/15/2031, 144A(a)(j)(k)
    292,492  
  590,000     Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-GC21, Class D,
5.109%, 5/10/2047, 144A(b)
    549,476  
  405,000     Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-CR3, Class B,
3.922%, 10/15/2045, 144A
    401,305  
  795,000     Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-USA, Class E,
4.373%, 9/15/2037, 144A
    714,648  
  110,000     GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2011-GC5, Class C,
5.303%, 8/10/2044, 144A(b)
    93,775  
  935,000     GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2011-GC5, Class D,
5.303%, 8/10/2044, 144A(b)
    467,500  
  100,000     GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2013-GC13, Class C,
4.218%, 7/10/2046, 144A(b)
    94,408  
  130,000     JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2011-C3, Class C, 5.360%, 2/15/2046, 144A(b)     120,755  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed
Securities – continued

 

$ 505,000     JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2012-C8, Class D, 4.828%, 10/15/2045, 144A(b)   $ 497,963  
  275,000     Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2011-C2, Class E,
5.385%, 6/15/2044, 144A(b)(j)(k)
    226,493  
  295,000     MSBAM Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2012-CKSV, Class C, 4.425%, 10/15/2030, 144A(b)     246,276  
  106,361     Starwood Retail Property Trust, Series 2014-STAR, Class A,
1-month LIBOR + 1.470%, 1.554%, 11/15/2027, 144A(a)
    65,944  
  320,000     Starwood Retail Property Trust, Series 2014-STAR, Class D,
1-month LIBOR + 3.500%, 3.584%, 11/15/2027, 144A(a)(g)(h)(j)
    81,175  
  350,000     Starwood Retail Property Trust, Series 2014-STAR, Class E,
1-month LIBOR + 4.400%, 4.484%, 11/15/2027, 144A(a)(g)(h)(j)
    31,213  
  145,000     Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-C36, Class C,
4.317%, 11/15/2059(b)
    123,009  
  325,000     Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-LC16, Class C,
4.458%, 8/15/2050
    198,250  
  590,437     WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-C3, Class D,
5.513%, 3/15/2044, 144A(b)
    287,661  
  205,000     WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-C4, Class E,
5.024%, 6/15/2044, 144A(b)
    139,484  
  530,000     WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-C10, Class C,
4.495%, 12/15/2045(b)
    463,033  
  100,000     WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-C7, Class E,
4.957%, 6/15/2045, 144A(b)(j)(k)
    30,000  
   

 

 

 
      5,210,010  
   

 

 

 
  Oil Field Services – 0.9%

 

  150,000     Nabors Industries Ltd.,
7.250%, 1/15/2026, 144A
    145,890  
  131,000     Nabors Industries, Inc.,
9.000%, 2/01/2025, 144A
    135,402  
  180,000     Precision Drilling Corp.,
6.875%, 1/15/2029, 144A
    188,000  
  30,000     Precision Drilling Corp.,
7.125%, 1/15/2026, 144A
    30,825  
  125,000     Solaris Midstream Holdings LLC,
7.625%, 4/01/2026, 144A
    133,957  
  519,250     Transocean Pontus Ltd.,
6.125%, 8/01/2025, 144A
    519,250  
  365,000     Transocean Poseidon Ltd.,
6.875%, 2/01/2027, 144A
    363,149  
  74,250     Transocean Proteus Ltd.,
6.250%, 12/01/2024, 144A
    74,250  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Oil Field Services – continued  
$ 325,000     Transocean, Inc.,
8.000%, 2/01/2027, 144A
  $ 255,720  
  135,000     Transocean, Inc.,
11.500%, 1/30/2027, 144A
    139,050  
  321,000     Weatherford International Ltd.,
11.000%, 12/01/2024, 144A
    338,051  
   

 

 

 
      2,323,544  
   

 

 

 
  Packaging – 1.3%

 

  1,300,000     ARD Finance S.A.,
7.250% PIK or 6.500% Cash, 6/30/2027, 144A(e)
    1,381,055  
  1,155,000     Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc.,
5.250%, 8/15/2027, 144A
    1,175,796  
  170,000     Graham Packaging Co., Inc.,
7.125%, 8/15/2028, 144A
    180,493  
  220,000     Intelligent Packaging Ltd. Finco, Inc./Intelligent Packaging Ltd. Co-Issuer LLC, 6.000%, 9/15/2028, 144A     230,615  
  610,000     Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co., 7.250%, 4/15/2025, 144A     606,282  
   

 

 

 
      3,574,241  
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals – 3.6%

 

  1,260,000     Bausch Health Cos., Inc.,
5.250%, 1/30/2030, 144A
    1,174,950  
  790,000     Bausch Health Cos., Inc.,
5.250%, 2/15/2031, 144A
    726,492  
  720,000     Bausch Health Cos., Inc.,
6.250%, 2/15/2029, 144A
    712,454  
  185,000     Bausch Health Cos., Inc.,
7.250%, 5/30/2029, 144A
    189,597  
  385,000     Cheplapharm Arzneimittel GmbH,
5.500%, 1/15/2028, 144A
    398,818  
  445,000     Endo Dac/Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finco, Inc., 6.000%, 6/30/2028, 144A     318,175  
  145,000     Endo Luxembourg Finance Co. I. S.a.r.l/Endo U.S., Inc., 6.125%, 4/01/2029, 144A     145,000  
  115,000     HCRX Investments Holdco LP,
4.500%, 8/01/2029, 144A
    115,575  
  205,000     Jazz Securities DAC,
4.375%, 1/15/2029, 144A
    212,442  
  745,000     Organon & Co./Organon Foreign Debt Co-Issuer BV, 5.125%, 4/30/2031, 144A     782,511  
  251,000     Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.,
7.500%, 4/01/2027, 144A
    255,706  
  230,000     Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. LLC,
6.150%, 2/01/2036
    251,422  
  650,000     Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, 3.150%, 10/01/2026     622,375  
  4,010,000     Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, 4.100%, 10/01/2046     3,458,625  
  295,000     Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, 7.125%, 1/31/2025     322,656  
   

 

 

 
      9,686,798  
   

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Property & Casualty Insurance – 0.6%

 

$ 400,000     Acrisure LLC/Acrisure Finance, Inc.,
6.000%, 8/01/2029, 144A
  $ 394,924  
  440,000     AmWINS Group, Inc.,
4.875%, 6/30/2029, 144A
    446,182  
  299,963     Ardonagh Midco 2 PLC,
12.750% PIK or 11.500% Cash, 1/15/2027, 144A(l)
    327,709  
  255,000     AssuredPartners, Inc.,
5.625%, 1/15/2029, 144A
    256,581  
  275,000     BroadStreet Partners, Inc.,
5.875%, 4/15/2029, 144A
    273,969  
   

 

 

 
      1,699,365  
   

 

 

 
  Refining – 0.4%

 

  120,000     Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP/Calumet Finance Corp.,
11.000%, 4/15/2025, 144A
    129,900  
  150,000     CVR Energy, Inc.,
5.250%, 2/15/2025, 144A
    148,500  
  540,000     Parkland Corp., 5.875%, 7/15/2027, 144A     572,400  
  190,000     PBF Holding Co. LLC/PBF Finance Corp., 6.000%, 2/15/2028     121,252  
  240,000     PBF Holding Co. LLC/PBF Finance Corp., 9.250%, 5/15/2025, 144A     227,400  
   

 

 

 
      1,199,452  
   

 

 

 
  REITs – Hotels – 0.4%

 

  380,000     Service Properties Trust,
4.750%, 10/01/2026
    376,200  
  530,000     Service Properties Trust,
7.500%, 9/15/2025
    595,052  
   

 

 

 
      971,252  
   

 

 

 
  REITs – Mortgage – 0.2%

 

  185,000     Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP/Ladder Capital Finance Corp.,
4.250%, 2/01/2027, 144A
    183,150  
  265,000     Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP/Ladder Capital Finance Corp.,
5.250%, 10/01/2025, 144A
    268,293  
  170,000     Starwood Property Trust, Inc.,
3.625%, 7/15/2026, 144A
    171,275  
   

 

 

 
      622,718  
   

 

 

 
  Restaurants – 0.6%

 

  1,280,000     1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance, Inc., 4.000%, 10/15/2030, 144A     1,267,200  
  230,000     Bloomin’ Brands, Inc./OSI Restaurant Partners LLC, 5.125%, 4/15/2029, 144A     239,283  
  205,000     Papa John’s International, Inc.,
3.875%, 9/15/2029, 144A
    203,975  
   

 

 

 
      1,710,458  
   

 

 

 
  Retailers – 2.4%

 

  165,000     Ambience Merger Sub, Inc.,
4.875%, 7/15/2028, 144A
    165,000  
  310,000     Ambience Merger Sub, Inc.,
7.125%, 7/15/2029, 144A
    307,288  
  91,000     Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.,
4.500%, 3/01/2028
    93,389  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Retailers – continued  
$ 99,000     Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.,
4.750%, 3/01/2030
  $ 103,331  
  185,000     Bath & Body Works, Inc.,
5.250%, 2/01/2028
    204,055  
  90,000     Bath & Body Works, Inc.,
6.625%, 10/01/2030, 144A
    102,150  
  150,000     Bath & Body Works, Inc.,
6.750%, 7/01/2036
    186,000  
  455,000     Bath & Body Works, Inc.,
6.875%, 11/01/2035
    571,025  
  180,000     Carvana Co., 4.875%, 9/01/2029, 144A     178,253  
  975,000     Carvana Co., 5.500%, 4/15/2027, 144A     995,182  
  130,000     Carvana Co., 5.625%, 10/01/2025, 144A     134,406  
  460,000     Carvana Co., 5.875%, 10/01/2028, 144A     475,277  
  480,000     Dillard’s, Inc., 7.000%, 12/01/2028     566,870  
  80,000     Group 1 Automotive, Inc.,
4.000%, 8/15/2028, 144A
    81,400  
  130,000     Ken Garff Automotive LLC,
4.875%, 9/15/2028, 144A
    133,575  
  270,000     Lithia Motors, Inc.,
4.375%, 1/15/2031, 144A
    288,225  
  200,000     Michaels Cos., Inc. (The),
7.875%, 5/01/2029, 144A
    207,845  
  115,000     Murphy Oil USA, Inc.,
4.750%, 9/15/2029
    121,756  
  275,000     NMG Holding Co., Inc./Neiman Marcus Group LLC, 7.125%, 4/01/2026, 144A     291,844  
  270,000     PetSmart, Inc./PetSmart Finance Corp.,
4.750%, 2/15/2028, 144A
    277,425  
  310,000     PetSmart, Inc./PetSmart Finance Corp.,
7.750%, 2/15/2029, 144A
    338,287  
  250,000     Rite Aid Corp., 7.500%, 7/01/2025, 144A     249,943  
  420,000     Victoria’s Secret & Co.,
4.625%, 7/15/2029, 144A
    426,888  
   

 

 

 
      6,499,414  
   

 

 

 
  Technology – 4.5%

 

  445,000     Clarivate Science Holdings Corp.,
4.875%, 7/01/2029, 144A
    445,868  
  2,660,000     CommScope Technologies LLC,
5.000%, 3/15/2027, 144A
    2,530,086  
  346,000     CommScope Technologies LLC,
6.000%, 6/15/2025, 144A
    350,325  
  575,000     CommScope, Inc., 7.125%, 7/01/2028, 144A     586,770  
  540,000     Elastic NV, 4.125%, 7/15/2029, 144A     542,700  
  850,000     Endure Digital, Inc., 6.000%, 2/15/2029, 144A     807,500  
  140,000     Everi Holdings, Inc., 5.000%, 7/15/2029, 144A     143,455  
  1,185,000     Iron Mountain, Inc., 4.875%, 9/15/2029, 144A     1,241,287  
  255,000     J2 Global, Inc., 4.625%, 10/15/2030, 144A     270,938  
  250,000     LogMeIn, Inc., 5.500%, 9/01/2027, 144A     254,375  
  195,000     NCR Corp., 5.000%, 10/01/2028, 144A     199,253  
  210,000     NCR Corp., 5.250%, 10/01/2030, 144A     220,191  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Technology – continued  
$ 490,000     Nielsen Finance LLC/Nielsen Finance Co., 5.625%, 10/01/2028, 144A   $ 508,375  
  470,000     Nielsen Finance LLC/Nielsen Finance Co., 5.875%, 10/01/2030, 144A     494,520  
  635,000     Nokia OYJ, 4.375%, 6/12/2027     696,913  
  20,000     Open Text Corp.,
5.875%, 6/01/2026, 144A
    20,700  
  410,000     Pitney Bowes, Inc.,
6.875%, 3/15/2027, 144A
    431,525  
  130,000     Presidio Holdings, Inc.,
4.875%, 2/01/2027, 144A
    134,225  
  130,000     Presidio Holdings, Inc.,
8.250%, 2/01/2028, 144A
    139,913  
  550,000     Rocket Software, Inc.,
6.500%, 2/15/2029, 144A
    544,500  
  175,000     Sabre GLBL, Inc.,
7.375%, 9/01/2025, 144A
    186,515  
  65,000     Sabre GLBL, Inc.,
9.250%, 4/15/2025, 144A
    75,126  
  385,000     Square, Inc., 2.750%, 6/01/2026, 144A     390,255  
  250,000     Veritas U.S., Inc./Veritas Bermuda Ltd.,
7.500%, 9/01/2025, 144A
    260,000  
  255,000     Xerox Holdings Corp.,
5.000%, 8/15/2025, 144A
    267,941  
  255,000     Xerox Holdings Corp.,
5.500%, 8/15/2028, 144A
    263,994  
   

 

 

 
      12,007,250  
   

 

 

 
  Transportation Services – 0.3%

 

  410,000     Avis Budget Car Rental LLC/Avis Budget Finance, Inc., 5.750%, 7/15/2027, 144A     427,425  
  270,000     Seaspan Corp., 5.500%, 8/01/2029, 144A     275,459  
   

 

 

 
      702,884  
   

 

 

 
  Wireless – 1.9%

 

  1,285,000     Altice France S.A.,
5.125%, 1/15/2029, 144A
    1,259,300  
  975,000     HTA Group Ltd.,
7.000%, 12/18/2025, 144A
    1,023,750  
  430,000     IHS Netherlands Holdco BV,
8.000%, 9/18/2027
    459,605  
  770,000     Kenbourne Invest S.A.,
6.875%, 11/26/2024, 144A
    810,533  
  180,000     Millicom International Cellular S.A.,
5.125%, 1/15/2028, 144A
    187,110  
  1,430,000     SoftBank Group Corp., 4.625%, 7/06/2028     1,401,370  
   

 

 

 
      5,141,668  
   

 

 

 
  Wirelines – 1.1%

 

  210,000     Cablevision Lightpath LLC,
5.625%, 9/15/2028, 144A
    210,761  
  220,000     Cincinnati Bell Telephone Co. LLC,
6.300%, 12/01/2028
    241,010  
  30,000     Lumen Technologies, Inc.,
5.125%, 12/15/2026, 144A
    31,125  
  845,000     Lumen Technologies, Inc.,
5.375%, 6/15/2029, 144A
    862,204  
  420,000     Lumen Technologies, Inc.,
5.625%, 4/01/2025
    456,750  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Wirelines – continued  
$ 100,000     Telecom Italia Capital S.A.,
6.000%, 9/30/2034
  $ 112,250  
  155,000     Telecom Italia Capital S.A.,
7.200%, 7/18/2036
    189,875  
  475,000     Uniti Group LP/Uniti Group Finance, Inc./CSL Capital LLC,
4.750%, 4/15/2028, 144A
    485,094  
  260,000     Windstream Escrow LLC/Windstream Escrow Finance Corp.,
7.750%, 8/15/2028, 144A
    271,557  
   

 

 

 
      2,860,626  
   

 

 

 
  Total Non-Convertible Bonds  
  (Identified Cost $216,204,686)     226,842,569  
   

 

 

 
  Convertible Bonds – 5.3%  
  Airlines – 0.6%

 

  185,000     JetBlue Airways Corp.,
0.500%, 4/01/2026, 144A
    181,271  
  895,000     Southwest Airlines Co.,
1.250%, 5/01/2025
    1,336,906  
   

 

 

 
      1,518,177  
   

 

 

 
  Cable Satellite – 1.7%

 

  195,000     DISH Network Corp.,
Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 12/15/2025, 144A(m)
    233,025  
  960,000     DISH Network Corp., 2.375%, 3/15/2024     935,400  
  3,400,000     DISH Network Corp., 3.375%, 8/15/2026     3,534,300  
   

 

 

 
      4,702,725  
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Cyclical Services – 0.3%

 

  160,000     Expedia Group, Inc.,
Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 2/15/2026, 144A(m)
    172,744  
  285,000     Peloton Interactive, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.000%-1.734%, 2/15/2026, 144A(n)     250,881  
  345,000     Uber Technologies, Inc.,
Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 12/15/2025, 144A(m)
    335,558  
   

 

 

 
      759,183  
   

 

 

 
  Gaming – 0.1%

 

  80,000     Penn National Gaming, Inc.,
2.750%, 5/15/2026
    255,280  
   

 

 

 
  Healthcare – 0.5%

 

  1,265,000     Teladoc Health, Inc., 1.250%, 6/01/2027     1,270,612  
   

 

 

 
  Media Entertainment – 0.2%

 

  410,000     Twitter, Inc.,
Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 3/15/2026, 144A(m)
    380,620  
  85,000     Zynga, Inc.,
Zero Coupon, 0.779%-0.859%, 12/15/2026, 144A(n)
    82,078  
   

 

 

 
      462,698  
   

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Pharmaceuticals – 1.2%

 

$ 410,000     Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
1.500%, 10/01/2024
  $ 374,707  
  435,000     BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.,
0.599%, 8/01/2024
    445,086  
  2,005,000     BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.,
1.250%, 5/15/2027
    2,006,651  
  250,000     Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,
Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 4/01/2026, 144A(m)
    227,184  
  220,000     Livongo Health, Inc., 0.875%, 6/01/2025     290,640  
   

 

 

 
      3,344,268  
   

 

 

 
  Technology – 0.7%

 

  840,000     Palo Alto Networks, Inc.,
0.375%, 6/01/2025
    1,386,902  
  425,000     Splunk, Inc., 1.125%, 6/15/2027     416,766  
   

 

 

 
      1,803,668  
   

 

 

 
  Total Convertible Bonds
 
  (Identified Cost $13,716,479)     14,116,611  
   

 

 

 
  Total Bonds and Notes
 
  (Identified Cost $229,921,165)     240,959,180  
   

 

 

 
  Senior Loans – 0.4%  
  Airlines – 0.1%

 

  299,316     United Airlines, Inc., 2021 Term Loan B, 3-month LIBOR + 3.750%, 4.500%, 4/21/2028(a)     301,154  
   

 

 

 
  Chemicals – 0.1%

 

  332,000     Lonza Group AG, USD Term Loan B,
3-month LIBOR + 4.000%, 4.750%, 7/03/2028(a)
    332,890  
   

 

 

 
  Lodging – 0.1%

 

  297,314     Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower LLC, 2021 Term Loan B, 8/02/2028(o)     297,983  
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals – 0.1%

 

  249,000     Jazz Financing Lux S.a.r.l., USD Term Loan, 5/05/2028(o)     249,281  
   

 

 

 
  Total Senior Loans
 
  (Identified Cost $1,170,371)     1,181,308  
   

 

 

 
  Collateralized Loan Obligations – 2.5%  
  670,000     AIG CLO Ltd., Series 2021-2A, Class E,
3-month LIBOR + 6.500%,
6.590%, 7/20/2034, 144A(a)
    669,950  
  260,000     Battalion CLO XIV Ltd., Series 2019-14A, Class E,
3-month LIBOR + 6.680%,
6.814%, 4/20/2032, 144A(a)
    260,002  
  335,000     CIFC Funding Ltd., Series 2019-1A, Class DR, 3-month LIBOR + 3.100%, 3.234%, 4/20/2032, 144A(a)     334,996  
  325,000     Goldentree Loan Opportunities X Ltd., Series 2015-10A, Class DR,
3-month LIBOR + 3.050%,
3.184%, 7/20/2031, 144A(a)
    325,026  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Collateralized Loan Obligations – continued  
$ 465,000     Madison Park Funding XII Ltd., Series 2014-12A, Class E, 3-month LIBOR + 5.100%, 5.234%, 7/20/2026, 144A(a)   $ 464,087  
  530,000     NYACK Park CLO Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class E, 3-month LIBOR + 6.100%, 10/20/2034, 144A(a)(g)(h)(p)     530,000  
  500,000     Octagon Investment Partners 44 Ltd., Series 2019-1A, Class ER, 3-month LIBOR + 6.750%, 6.834%, 10/15/2034, 144A(a)     502,395  
  535,000     OHA Credit Funding 2 Ltd., Series 2019-2A, Class ER, 3-month LIBOR + 6.360%, 6.494%, 4/21/2034, 144A(a)     535,366  
  665,000     OHA Credit Funding 3 Ltd., Series 2019-3A, Class ER, 3-month LIBOR + 6.250%, 6.398%, 7/02/2035, 144A(a)     660,079  
  860,000     OZLM XXIII Ltd., Series 2019-23A, Class DR, 3-month LIBOR + 3.750%, 3.876%, 4/15/2034, 144A(a)     863,251  
  450,000     Palmer Square CLO Ltd., Series 2018-3A, Class D, 3-month LIBOR + 4.400%, 4.525%, 8/15/2026, 144A(a)     450,002  
  320,000     Palmer Square CLO Ltd., Series 2021-2A, Class D, 3-month LIBOR + 2.900%, 3.006%, 7/15/2034, 144A(a)     319,996  
  530,000     Palmer Square CLO Ltd., Series 2021-4A, Class E, 3-month LIBOR + 6.050%, 6.186%, 10/15/2034, 144A(a)(g)(h)     530,000  
  275,000     Prudential PLC, Series 2021-5A, Class E,
3-month LIBOR + 6.500%, 10/18/2034, 144A(a)(g)(p)
    274,972  
   

 

 

 
  Total Collateralized Loan Obligations
 
  (Identified Cost $6,715,159)     6,720,122  
   

 

 

 
  Shares              
  Preferred Stocks – 1.0%  
  Convertible Preferred Stocks – 1.0%  
  Food & Beverage – 0.6%

 

  14,094     Bunge Ltd., 4.875%     1,676,373  
   

 

 

 
  Technology – 0.2%

 

  5,740     Clarivate PLC, Series A, 5.250%     497,601  
   

 

 

 
  Wireless – 0.2%

 

  528     2020 Cash Mandatory Exchangeable Trust, 5.250%, 144A(j)(k)     597,047  
   

 

 

 
  Total Convertible Preferred Stocks  
  (Identified Cost $2,497,925)     2,771,021  
   

 

 

 
  Total Preferred Stocks  
  (Identified Cost $2,497,925)     2,771,021  
   

 

 

 
    
Shares
    Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – 2.3%  
  Aerospace & Defense – 0.0%

 

  348     Lockheed Martin Corp.   $ 120,095  
   

 

 

 
  Air Freight & Logistics – 0.1%

 

  721     United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B     131,294  
   

 

 

 
  Beverages – 0.0%

 

  2,342     Coca-Cola Co. (The)     122,885  
   

 

 

 
  Capital Markets – 0.1%

 

  163     BlackRock, Inc.     136,702  
  1,475     Morgan Stanley     143,532  
   

 

 

 
      280,234  
   

 

 

 
  Chemicals – 0.1%

 

  12,926     Hexion Holdings Corp., Class B(i)     273,605  
   

 

 

 
  Communications Equipment – 0.1%

 

  2,550     Cisco Systems, Inc.     138,796  
   

 

 

 
  Electric Utilities – 0.1%

 

  1,332     Duke Energy Corp.     129,990  
  1,534     NextEra Energy, Inc.     120,450  
   

 

 

 
      250,440  
   

 

 

 
  Energy Equipment & Services – 0.0%

 

  11,343     McDermott International Ltd.(i)     4,537  
   

 

 

 
  Food & Staples Retailing – 0.1%

 

  890     Walmart, Inc.     124,048  
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.0%

 

  957     Abbott Laboratories     113,050  
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Providers & Services – 0.1%

 

  374     Anthem, Inc.     139,427  
  349     UnitedHealth Group, Inc.     136,368  
   

 

 

 
      275,795  
   

 

 

 
  Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.0%

 

  1,091     Starbucks Corp.     120,348  
   

 

 

 
  Household Products – 0.1%

 

  941     Procter & Gamble Co. (The)     131,552  
   

 

 

 
  IT Services – 0.1%

 

  453     Accenture PLC, Class A     144,924  
  325     Automatic Data Processing, Inc.     64,974  
   

 

 

 
      209,898  
   

 

 

 
  Machinery – 0.1%

 

  287     Cummins, Inc.     64,449  
  359     Deere & Co.     120,290  
   

 

 

 
      184,739  
   

 

 

 
  Media – 0.0%

 

  2,149     Comcast Corp., Class A     120,194  
   

 

 

 
  Metals & Mining – 0.0%

 

  2,127     Newmont Corp.     115,496  
   

 

 

 
  Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 0.2%

 

  2,801     Battalion Oil Corp.(i)     27,253  
  1,133     Chevron Corp.     114,943  
  5,114     Whiting Petroleum Corp.(i)     298,709  
  4,950     Williams Cos., Inc. (The)     128,403  
   

 

 

 
      569,308  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund – continued

 

    
Shares
    Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – continued  
  Pharmaceuticals – 0.1%

 

  730     Johnson & Johnson   $ 117,895  
  1,612     Merck & Co., Inc.     121,077  
   

 

 

 
      238,972  
   

 

 

 
  Professional Services – 0.0%

 

  265     Clarivate PLC(i)     5,803  
   

 

 

 
  REITs – Diversified – 0.1%

 

  550     American Tower Corp.     145,975  
   

 

 

 
  Road & Rail – 0.0%

 

  557     Union Pacific Corp.     109,178  
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 0.0%

 

  359     Texas Instruments, Inc.     69,003  
   

 

 

 
  Software – 0.1%

 

  493     Microsoft Corp.     138,987  
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Retail – 0.0%

 

  226     Home Depot, Inc. (The)     74,187  
   

 

 

 
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 0.1%

 

  918     Apple, Inc.     129,897  
   

 

 

 
  Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.7%

 

  14,889     T-Mobile US, Inc.(i)     1,902,219  
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks  
  (Identified Cost $6,340,819)     6,100,535  
   

 

 

 
  Warrants – 0.0%  
  35     Guaranteed Rate, Inc., Expiration on 12/31/2060(g)(h)(i)(j)      
  22,710     McDermott International Ltd., Tranche A, Expiration on 5/1/2024(g)(h)(i)     1,590  
  25,233     McDermott International Ltd., Tranche B, Expiration on 5/1/2024(g)(h)(i)     757  
   

 

 

 
  Total Warrants
 
  (Identified Cost $35,225)     2,347  
   

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
             
  Short-Term Investments – 3.3%  
$ 8,705,433     Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 9/30/2021 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $8,705,433 on 10/01/2021 collateralized by $8,925,600 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.250% due 9/30/2028 valued at $8,879,580 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)
(Identified Cost $8,705,433)
    8,705,433  
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments – 99.5%  
  (Identified Cost $255,386,097)     266,439,946  
  Other assets less liabilities—0.5%     1,262,810  
   

 

 

 
  Net Assets – 100.0%   $ 267,702,756  
   

 

 

 

 

  (†)     See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.
  (a)     Variable rate security. Rate as of September 30, 2021 is disclosed.
  (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 September 30, 2021 is disclosed.
  (c)     Perpetual bond with no specified maturity date.
  (d)     Payment-in-kind security for which the issuer, at each interest payment date, makes interest payments in additional principal.
  (e)     Payment-in-kind security for which the issuer, at each interest payment date, may make interest payments in cash and/or additional principal. For the period ended September 30, 2021, interest payments were made in cash.
  (f)     The issuer is in default with respect to interest and/or principal payments. Income is not being accrued.
  (g)     Level 3 security. Value has been determined using significant unobservable inputs. See Note 3 of Notes to Financial Statements.
  (h)     Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser. At September 30, 2021, the value of these securities amounted to $1,174,735 or 0.4% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.
  (i)     Non-income producing security.
  (j)     Illiquid security. (Unaudited)
  (k)     Securities classified as fair valued pursuant to the Fund’s pricing policies and procedures. At September 30, 2021, the value of these securities amounted to $1,231,182 or 0.5% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.
  (l)     Payment-in-kind security for which the issuer, at each interest payment date, may make interest payments in cash and/or additional principal. For the period ended September 30, 2021, interest payments were made in principal.
  (m)     Interest rate represents annualized yield at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.
  (n)     Interest rate represents annualized yield at time of purchase; not a coupon rate. The Fund’s investment in this security is comprised of various lots with differing annualized yields.
  (o)     Position is unsettled. Contract rate was not determined at September 30, 2021 and does not take effect until settlement date. Maturity date is not finalized until settlement date.
  (p)     New issue unsettled as of September 30, 2021. Coupon rate does not take effect until settlement date.
  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 September 30, 2021, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $170,671,895 or 63.8% of net assets.
  ABS     Asset-Backed Securities
  EMTN     Euro Medium Term Note
  GMTN     Global Medium Term Note
  LIBOR     London Interbank Offered Rate
  MTN     Medium Term Note
  PIK     Payment-in-Kind
  REITs     Real Estate Investment Trusts

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund – continued

 

Industry Summary at September 30, 2021

 

Cable Satellite

       8.0

Independent Energy

       6.9  

Technology

       5.4  

Pharmaceuticals

       5.0  

Midstream

       4.9  

Healthcare

       4.5  

Media Entertainment

       4.1  

Gaming

       3.9  

Finance Companies

       3.9  

Metals & Mining

       3.7  

Leisure

       3.5  

Automotive

       2.8  

Building Materials

       2.6  

Airlines

       2.6  

Financial Other

       2.5  

Retailers

       2.4  

Food & Beverage

       2.3  

Consumer Cyclical Services

       2.3  

Chemicals

       2.2  

Wireless

       2.1  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

       18.1  

Short-Term Investments

       3.3  

Collateralized Loan Obligations

       2.5  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments

       99.5  

Other assets less liabilities

       0.5  
    

 

 

 

Net Assets

       100.0
    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – 91.9% of Net Assets  
  ABS Car Loan – 9.3%

 

$ 1,361,852     American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust,
Series 2019-4, Class C,
2.690%, 12/12/2025, 144A
  $ 1,373,114  
  4,500,000     American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust,
Series 2020-1A, Class C,
2.190%, 3/13/2026, 144A
    4,542,453  
  1,195,000     American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust,
Series 2020-2, Class C,
3.880%, 4/13/2026, 144A
    1,246,108  
  1,695,000     American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust,
Series 2021-1, Class C,
0.830%, 3/15/2027, 144A
    1,696,927  
  715,000     AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-3, Class C,
1.060%, 8/18/2026
    719,760  
  1,050,000     AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2, Class C,
1.010%, 1/19/2027
    1,053,545  
  600,000     Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2018-2A, Class A, 4.000%, 3/20/2025, 144A     642,970  
  3,560,000     Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2019-2A, Class A, 3.350%, 9/22/2025, 144A     3,794,638  
  6,040,000     Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2019-3A, Class A, 2.360%, 3/20/2026, 144A     6,282,363  
  615,000     Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2020-1A, Class A, 2.330%, 8/20/2026, 144A     639,256  
  2,880,000     Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2020-1A, Class B, 2.680%, 8/20/2026, 144A     2,996,509  
  3,860,000     Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2020-2A, Class A, 2.020%, 2/20/2027, 144A     3,951,679  
  2,750,000     Bank of The West Auto Trust,
Series 2019-1, Class B,
2.760%, 1/15/2025, 144A
    2,845,232  
  3,950,000     California Republic Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2018-1, Class C,
3.870%, 10/16/2023
    4,004,582  
  1,370,000     Canadian Pacer Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2018-2A, Class C,
4.070%, 3/19/2025, 144A
    1,391,398  
  1,050,000     CarMax Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2018-1, Class D,
3.370%, 7/15/2024
    1,061,665  
  1,285,000     CarMax Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2018-2, Class D,
3.990%, 4/15/2025
    1,313,919  
  1,465,000     CarMax Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2019-4, Class B,
2.320%, 7/15/2025
    1,513,139  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  ABS Car Loan – continued  
$ 500,000     CarMax Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2020-3, Class C,
1.690%, 4/15/2026
  $ 510,121  
  1,485,000     CarMax Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2021-1, Class C,
0.940%, 12/15/2026
    1,478,086  
  4,040,000     Carvana Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2021-N1, Class C,
1.300%, 1/10/2028
    4,061,372  
  1,380,000     Carvana Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2021-N2, Class C,
1.070%, 3/10/2028
    1,381,555  
  4,455,000     Carvana Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2021-P1, Class C,
1.530%, 3/10/2027
    4,442,423  
  5,410,000     Carvana Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2021-P2, Class C,
1.600%, 6/10/2027
    5,379,239  
  2,360,000     Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2019-3A, Class B,
2.860%, 1/16/2029, 144A
    2,433,790  
  910,000     Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2020-1A, Class B,
2.390%, 4/16/2029, 144A
    933,597  
  1,245,000     Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2020-2A, Class A,
1.370%, 7/16/2029, 144A
    1,257,317  
  2,775,000     Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2021-2A, Class A,
0.960%, 2/15/2030, 144A
    2,782,723  
  1,435,000     Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2021-3A, Class A,
1.000%, 5/15/2030, 144A
    1,435,793  
  570,000     Drive Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2021-1, Class C,
1.020%, 6/15/2027
    572,330  
  1,260,000     DT Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2020-3A, Class C,
1.470%, 6/15/2026, 144A
    1,274,947  
  1,385,000     DT Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2021-1A, Class C,
0.840%, 10/15/2026, 144A
    1,385,571  
  570,000     DT Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2021-2A, Class C,
1.100%, 2/16/2027, 144A
    571,351  
  2,120,000     Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class C,
0.740%, 1/15/2026
    2,124,431  
  3,360,000     First Investors Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2019-2A, Class C,
2.710%, 12/15/2025, 144A
    3,433,401  
  1,625,000     First Investors Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2021-1A, Class C,
1.170%, 3/15/2027, 144A
    1,633,601  
  1,826,000     Flagship Credit Auto Trust,
Series 2019-4, Class C,
2.770%, 12/15/2025, 144A
    1,881,830  
  3,500,000     Flagship Credit Auto Trust,
Series 2020-1, Class C,
2.240%, 1/15/2026, 144A
    3,568,547  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  ABS Car Loan – continued  
$ 750,000     Flagship Credit Auto Trust,
Series 2020-2, Class C,
3.800%, 4/15/2026, 144A
  $ 782,517  
  1,690,000     Flagship Credit Auto Trust,
Series 2021-1, Class C,
0.910%, 3/15/2027, 144A
    1,689,272  
  885,000     Flagship Credit Auto Trust,
Series 2021-2, Class B,
0.930%, 6/15/2027, 144A
    886,699  
  3,335,000     Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2020-A, Class C,
3.490%, 10/15/2026
    3,520,085  
  1,650,000     Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2020-B, Class C,
2.040%, 12/15/2026
    1,702,176  
  2,815,000     Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2021-A, Class C,
0.830%, 8/15/2028
    2,784,958  
  2,250,000     Foursight Capital Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-1, Class B,
2.270%, 2/18/2025, 144A
    2,282,582  
  2,375,000     Foursight Capital Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2, Class C,
1.570%, 7/15/2027, 144A
    2,369,172  
  5,245,000     GLS Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-1A, Class B,
2.430%, 11/15/2024, 144A
    5,313,038  
  1,665,000     GLS Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2021-2A, Class C,
1.080%, 6/15/2026, 144A
    1,668,536  
  1,725,000     GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-3, Class D, 1.910%, 9/16/2027     1,771,777  
  565,000     GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust, Series 2020-1, Class C,
1.480%, 8/15/2025, 144A
    571,651  
  1,776,000     Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust, Series 2021-B, Class B,
0.620%, 3/16/2026, 144A
    1,773,886  
  800,000     Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2020-B, Class C,
1.600%, 12/15/2026
    815,555  
  4,589,433     JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Series 2021-1, Class B,
0.875%, 9/25/2028, 144A
    4,592,606  
  2,610,000     Prestige Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2020-1A, Class C,
1.310%, 11/16/2026, 144A
    2,626,921  
  770,000     Santander Consumer Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-AA, Class C,
3.710%, 2/17/2026, 144A
    804,245  
  1,110,000     Santander Consumer Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-AA, Class C,
1.030%, 11/16/2026, 144A
    1,109,896  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  ABS Car Loan – continued  
$ 765,000     Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-1, Class C,
4.110%, 12/15/2025
  $ 797,357  
  1,350,000     Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-1, Class D,
5.350%, 3/15/2028
    1,449,151  
  1,265,000     Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-2, Class C,
1.460%, 9/15/2025
    1,275,382  
  2,340,000     Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-3, Class C,
1.120%, 1/15/2026
    2,354,749  
  1,410,000     Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2, Class C,
0.900%, 6/15/2026
    1,414,949  
  2,225,000     Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-3, Class C,
0.950%, 9/15/2027
    2,229,025  
  3,860,000     Santander Retail Auto Lease Trust,
Series 2021-B, Class C,
1.100%, 6/20/2025, 144A
    3,860,838  
  2,260,000     United Auto Credit Securitization Trust, Series 2020-1, Class C,
2.150%, 2/10/2025, 144A
    2,275,174  
  150,000     Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-2A, Class C,
2.010%, 7/15/2025, 144A
    152,749  
  2,290,000     Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2A, Class C,
0.890%, 7/15/2026, 144A
    2,291,513  
  530,000     World Omni Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-B, Class B,
1.220%, 3/16/2026
    536,859  
  1,980,000     World Omni Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-A, Class C,
0.890%, 8/16/2027
    1,981,756  
  2,610,000     World Omni Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-B, Class C,
1.290%, 12/15/2027
    2,620,410  
  1,490,000     World Omni Select Auto Trust,
Series 2020-A, Class C,
1.250%, 10/15/2026
    1,505,217  
   

 

 

 
      145,421,983  
   

 

 

 
  ABS Credit Card – 0.6%

 

  850,000     Brex Commercial Charge Card Master Trust, Series 2021-1, Class A,
2.090%, 7/15/2024, 144A
    858,842  
  2,275,000     Mercury Financial Credit Card Master Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class A,
1.540%, 3/20/2026, 144A
    2,281,375  
  1,655,000     Mission Lane Credit Card Master Trust, Series 2021-A, Class A,
1.590%, 9/15/2026, 144A
    1,654,549  
  5,275,000     World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust, Series 2019-C, Class M, 2.710%, 7/15/2026     5,387,606  
   

 

 

 
      10,182,372  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  ABS Home Equity – 7.4%  
$ 2,545,260     Ajax Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2019-D, Class A1,
2.956%, 9/25/2065, 144A(a)
  $ 2,561,851  
  656,411     Bayview Opportunity Master Fund IVa Trust, Series 2016-SPL1, Class A,
4.000%, 4/28/2055, 144A(b)
    660,426  
  577,739     Bayview Opportunity Master Fund IVa Trust, Series 2017-RT1, Class A1,
3.000%, 3/28/2057, 144A(a)(b)
    584,492  
  629,039     Bayview Opportunity Master Fund IVb Trust, Series 2016-SPL2, Class A,
4.000%, 6/28/2053, 144A(a)(b)
    641,415  
  1,385,000     Bayview Opportunity Master Fund IVb Trust, Series 2017-SPL2, Class B1, 4.250%, 6/28/2054, 144A(a)     1,425,740  
  1,101,119     Bayview Opportunity Master Fund IVb Trust, Series 2017-SPL4, Class A,
3.500%, 1/28/2055, 144A(a)(b)
    1,121,110  
  1,448,850     Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2019-RP1, Class M2,
4.000%, 1/25/2066, 144A(a)
    1,580,864  
  813,674     CoreVest American Finance Trust, Series 2018-1, Class A,
3.804%, 6/15/2051, 144A
    831,430  
  1,624,910     CoreVest American Finance Trust, Series 2019-2, Class A,
2.835%, 6/15/2052, 144A
    1,701,416  
  2,122,448     CoreVest American Finance Trust, Series 2019-3, Class A,
2.705%, 10/15/2052, 144A
    2,210,215  
  18,294     Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-S1, Class A3,
5.115%, 2/25/2035(a)
    18,555  
  2,226,689     Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust,
Series 2021-RPL1, Class A1,
1.668%, 9/27/2060, 144A(a)
    2,232,769  
  2,495,000     FirstKey Homes Trust,
Series 2021-SFR1, Class C,
1.888%, 8/17/2038, 144A
    2,481,048  
  910,000     FirstKey Homes Trust,
Series 2020-SRF1, Class B,
1.740%, 8/17/2037, 144A
    911,511  
  5,430,000     FirstKey Homes Trust,
Series 2021-SFR2, Class C,
1.707%, 9/17/2038, 144A
    5,424,516  
  2,751,000     FRTKL, Series 2021-SFR1, Class C,
1.922%, 9/17/2038, 144A
    2,749,875  
  336,183     Gosforth Funding PLC,
Series 2018-1A, Class A1, 3-month LIBOR + 0.450%, 0.579%, 8/25/2060, 144A(c)
    336,510  
  1,070,355     HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-3, Class 1A,
2.709%, 5/19/2034(a)
    1,086,631  
  1,658,734     Home Partners of America Trust, Series 2021-1, Class C,
2.078%, 9/19/2041, 144A
    1,646,662  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  ABS Home Equity – continued  
$ 639,900     Invitation Homes Trust,
Series 2018-SFR2, Class B, 1-month LIBOR + 1.080%, 1.164%, 6/17/2037, 144A(c)
  $ 640,781  
  6,319,414     Invitation Homes Trust,
Series 2018-SFR3, Class B, 1-month LIBOR + 1.150%, 1.234%, 7/17/2037, 144A(c)
    6,329,959  
  5,974,724     Invitation Homes Trust,
Series 2018-SFR4, Class B,
1-month LIBOR + 1.250%, 1.334%, 1/17/2038, 144A(c)
    5,983,872  
  18,726,465     JPMorgan Mortgage Trust,
Series 2017-4, Class AX1, IO,
0.411%, 11/25/2048, 144A(a)(d)(e)(f)
    64,887  
  4,515,000     Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust,
Series 2020-RPL1, Class A2,
3.250%, 9/25/2059, 144A(a)
    4,806,778  
  539,187     Mill City Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2018-2, Class M1,
3.750%, 5/25/2058, 144A(a)
    570,416  
  1,646,966     Mill City Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2019-1, Class M1,
3.500%, 10/25/2069, 144A(a)
    1,753,445  
  4,006,000     Mill City Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2015-2, Class B1,
3.625%, 9/25/2057, 144A(a)
    4,277,219  
  43,603     Mill City Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2016-1, Class A1,
2.500%, 4/25/2057, 144A(a)
    43,737  
  1,111,679     Mill City Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2018-3, Class A1,
3.484%, 8/25/2058, 144A(a)(b)
    1,149,725  
  1,735,624     Mill City Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2021-NMR1, Class A1,
1.125%, 11/25/2060, 144A(a)
    1,743,125  
  39,086     Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-3AR, Class 5A,
2.607%, 7/25/2035(a)(e)(f)
    36,511  
  427,544     Onslow Bay Financial LLC,
Series 2018-EXP1, Class 1A3,
4.000%, 4/25/2048, 144A(a)
    434,143  
  427,215     Onslow Bay Financial LLC,
Series 2019-EXP1, Class 1A3,
4.000%, 1/25/2059, 144A(a)
    431,949  
  2,270,000     Progress Residential Trust,
Series 2019-SFR2, Class B,
3.446%, 5/17/2036, 144A
    2,301,220  
  585,000     Progress Residential Trust,
Series 2020-SFR2, Class A,
2.078%, 6/17/2037, 144A
    593,763  
  1,120,000     Progress Residential Trust,
Series 2020-SFR3, Class B,
1.495%, 10/17/2027, 144A
    1,129,556  
  2,670,000     Progress Residential Trust,
Series 2021-SFR2, Class C,
1.997%, 4/19/2038, 144A
    2,669,550  
  1,892,000     Progress Residential Trust,
Series 2021-SFR3, Class B,
1.888%, 5/17/2026, 144A
    1,893,895  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  ABS Home Equity – continued  
$ 3,450,000     Progress Residential Trust,
Series 2021-SFR4, Class C,
2.039%, 5/17/2038, 144A
  $ 3,445,977  
  830,000     Progress Residential Trust,
Series 2021-SFR5, Class C,
1.808%, 7/17/2038, 144A
    822,978  
  1,715,000     Progress Residential Trust,
Series 2021-SFR6, Class C,
1.855%, 7/17/2038, 144A
    1,712,927  
  2,881     Residential Accredit Loans, Inc., Trust, Series 2006-QS13, Class 2A1,
5.750%, 9/25/2022(e)(f)
    2,370  
  43,963     Residential Accredit Loans, Inc., Trust, Series 2006-QS18, Class 3A3,
5.750%, 12/25/2021(e)(f)
    40,495  
  965     Residential Accredit Loans, Inc., Trust, Series 2006-QS6, Class 2A1,
6.000%, 6/25/2022(e)(f)
    824  
  300,735     Sequoia Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-CH2, Class A1,
4.500%, 8/25/2049, 144A(a)
    303,585  
  2,167,000     Towd Point Mortgage Trust,
Series 2017-5, Class M2,
1-month LIBOR + 1.500%, 1.586%, 2/25/2057, 144A(c)
    2,201,099  
  142,960     Towd Point Mortgage Trust,
Series 2016-3, Class A1,
2.250%, 4/25/2056, 144A(a)(b)
    143,288  
  5,570,000     Towd Point Mortgage Trust,
Series 2017-3, Class A2,
3.000%, 7/25/2057, 144A(a)
    5,774,226  
  4,036,054     Towd Point Mortgage Trust,
Series 2017-4, Class A2,
3.000%, 6/25/2057, 144A(a)
    4,212,513  
  1,132,011     Towd Point Mortgage Trust,
Series 2018-3, Class A1,
3.750%, 5/25/2058, 144A(a)(b)
    1,183,852  
  2,325,000     Towd Point Mortgage Trust,
Series 2018-4, Class A2,
3.000%, 6/25/2058, 144A(a)
    2,441,231  
  5,530,000     Towd Point Mortgage Trust,
Series 2019-2, Class A2,
3.750%, 12/25/2058, 144A(a)
    5,892,956  
  514,152     Towd Point Mortgage Trust,
Series 2019-4, Class A1,
2.900%, 10/25/2059, 144A(a)
    532,495  
  5,555,000     Towd Point Mortgage Trust,
Series 2020-2, Class A2B,
3.000%, 4/25/2060, 144A(a)
    5,957,299  
  5,000,000     Towd Point Mortgage Trust,
Series 2020-4, Class A2,
2.500%, 10/25/2060, 144A
    5,112,681  
  2,950,870     Tricon American Homes Trust,
Series 2017-SFR2, Class A,
2.928%, 1/17/2036, 144A(b)
    3,001,141  
  1,694,069     Tricon American Homes Trust,
Series 2019-SFR1, Class A,
2.750%, 3/17/2038, 144A
    1,761,943  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  ABS Home Equity – continued  
$ 1,275,000     Tricon American Homes Trust,
Series 2020-SFR1, Class C,
2.249%, 7/17/2038, 144A
  $ 1,286,243  
  1,305,000     Tricon American Homes Trust,
Series 2020-SFR2, Class B,
1.832%, 11/17/2039, 144A
    1,286,705  
  903,615     WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2007-HY2, Class 2A2,
2.796%, 11/25/2036(a)
    856,420  
   

 

 

 
      115,034,815  
   

 

 

 
  ABS Other – 9.1%

 

  2,683,874     Accelerated Assets LLC, Series 2018-1, Class A,
3.870%, 12/02/2033, 144A
    2,793,115  
  2,630,000     Affirm Asset Securitization Trust, Series 2021-A, Class A,
0.880%, 8/15/2025, 144A
    2,635,728  
  325,000     Ascentium Equipment Receivables Trust, Series 2017-2A, Class C,
2.870%, 8/10/2022, 144A
    326,269  
  1,448,389     Blackbird Capital Aircraft Lease Securitization Ltd., Series 2016-1A, Class A,
4.213%, 12/16/2041, 144A(a)
    1,454,240  
  2,178,260     Business Jet Securities LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class A,
2.162%, 4/15/2036, 144A
    2,187,873  
  3,422,100     CAL Funding IV Ltd.,
Series 2020-1A, Class A,
2.220%, 9/25/2045, 144A
    3,451,799  
  1,923,627     Castlelake Aircraft Structured Trust, Series 2019-1A, Class A,
3.967%, 4/15/2039, 144A
    1,923,921  
  445,047     Castlelake Aircraft Structured Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class A,
3.474%, 1/15/2046, 144A
    459,503  
  1,155,000     CCG Receivables Trust,
Series 2019-1, Class B,
3.220%, 9/14/2026, 144A
    1,184,552  
  550,000     Chesapeake Funding II LLC,
Series 2020-1A, Class C,
2.140%, 8/16/2032, 144A
    562,394  
  2,225,000     Chesapeake Funding II LLC,
Series 2021-1A, Class B,
0.990%, 4/15/2033, 144A
    2,222,290  
  2,711,833     CLI Funding VI LLC,
Series 2020-3A, Class A,
2.070%, 10/18/2045, 144A
    2,729,576  
  4,186,661     CLI Funding VIII LLC,
Series 2021-1A, Class A,
1.640%, 2/18/2046, 144A
    4,132,872  
  1,000,000     Dell Equipment Finance Trust,
Series 2020-1, Class C,
4.260%, 6/22/2023, 144A
    1,036,201  
  740,000     Dell Equipment Finance Trust,
Series 2020-2, Class C,
1.370%, 1/22/2024, 144A
    748,849  
  1,039,671     Diamond Resorts Owner Trust,
Series 2018-1, Class A,
3.700%, 1/21/2031, 144A(b)
    1,076,544  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  ABS Other – continued  
$ 812,000     GreatAmerica Leasing Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2021-1, Class B,
0.720%, 12/15/2026, 144A
  $ 804,361  
  513,216     Hilton Grand Vacations Trust,
Series 2020-AA, Class A,
2.740%, 2/25/2039, 144A
    535,639  
  659,145     Horizon Aircraft Finance II Ltd., Series 2019-1, Class A,
3.721%, 7/15/2039, 144A
    660,852  
  4,265,000     HPEFS Equipment Trust,
Series 2021-1A, Class C,
0.750%, 3/20/2031, 144A
    4,260,332  
  1,455,000     HPEFS Equipment Trust,
Series 2021-2A, Class C,
0.880%, 9/20/2028, 144A
    1,453,071  
  825,579     ITE Rail Fund Levered LP,
Series 2021-1A, Class A,
2.250%, 2/28/2051, 144A
    829,697  
  2,140,225     Kestrel Aircraft Funding Ltd.,
Series 2018-1A, Class A,
4.250%, 12/15/2038, 144A
    2,128,816  
  967,948     MAPS Ltd., Series 2018-1A, Class A,
4.212%, 5/15/2043, 144A
    976,097  
  4,359,656     MAPS Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class A,
2.521%, 6/15/2046, 144A
    4,393,496  
  1,585,000     Marlette Funding Trust,
Series 2021-2A, Class B,
1.060%, 9/15/2031, 144A
    1,588,238  
  675,050     Merlin Aviation Holdings DAC, Series 2016-1, Class A,
4.500%, 12/15/2032, 144A(a)
    653,522  
  305,000     MMAF Equipment Finance LLC, Series 2020-A, Class A5,
1.560%, 10/09/2042, 144A
    305,169  
  768,233     MVW LLC, Series 2021-1WA, Class B,
1.440%, 1/22/2041, 144A
    767,793  
  1,620,000     OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2019-1A, Class B,
3.790%, 2/14/2031, 144A
    1,624,648  
  5,950,000     OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2020-1A, Class A,
3.840%, 5/14/2032, 144A
    6,148,391  
  5,970,000     OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2020-2A, Class A,
1.750%, 9/14/2035, 144A
    6,047,861  
  5,400,000     OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class B,
1.950%, 6/16/2036, 144A
    5,427,513  
  1,389,278     Orange Lake Timeshare Trust,
Series 2018-A, Class A,
3.100%, 11/08/2030, 144A(b)
    1,426,145  
  1,830,000     PFS Financing Corp.,
Series 2021-A, Class A,
0.710%, 4/15/2026, 144A
    1,827,788  
  3,745,000     PFS Financing Corp.,
Series 2021-B, Class A,
0.775%, 8/15/2026, 144A
    3,734,016  
  4,617,865     S-Jets Ltd., Series 2017-1, Class A,
3.967%, 8/15/2042, 144A
    4,579,989  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  ABS Other – continued  
$ 1,635,000     SCF Equipment Leasing LLC,
Series 2021-1A, Class B,
1.370%, 8/20/2029, 144A
  $ 1,621,049  
  427,587     Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding
LLC, Series 2018-2A, Class A,
3.500%, 6/20/2035, 144A
    441,234  
  2,698,765     Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding
LLC, Series 2019-2A, Class A,
2.590%, 5/20/2036, 144A
    2,763,057  
  3,234,696     Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding
LLC, Series 2020-2A, Class A,
1.330%, 7/20/2037, 144A
    3,253,218  
  642,371     Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2020-2A, Class B,
2.320%, 7/20/2037, 144A
    651,492  
  734,868     Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding
LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class B,
1.340%, 11/20/2037, 144A
    734,162  
  3,155,002     SLAM Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class A,
2.434%, 6/15/2046, 144A
    3,157,179  
  210,000     SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust, Series 2003-C, Class A3,
28-day ARS, 3.584%, 9/15/2032(c)
    210,132  
  200,000     SLM Private Credit Student Loan
Trust, Series 2003-C, Class A4,
28-day ARS, 3.584%, 9/15/2032(c)
    200,126  
  1,981,032     SoFi Consumer Loan Program Trust, Series 2017-6, Class B,
3.520%, 11/25/2026, 144A
    1,994,793  
  52,375     SoFi Consumer Loan Program Trust, Series 2019-3, Class A,
2.900%, 5/25/2028, 144A
    52,449  
  4,235,000     SoFi Consumer Loan Program Trust, Series 2021-B, Class B,
2.250%, 1/25/2029, 144A
    4,308,083  
  4,158,083     SpringCastle America Funding LLC, Series 2020-AA, Class A,
1.970%, 9/25/2037, 144A
    4,196,508  
  689,262     Sprite Ltd., Series 2017-1, Class A,
4.250%, 12/15/2037, 144A
    684,636  
  621,316     Textainer Marine Containers VII Ltd., Series 2020-1A, Class A,
2.730%, 8/21/2045, 144A
    629,728  
  2,516,800     Textainer Marine Containers VII Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class A,
1.680%, 2/20/2046, 144A
    2,477,955  
  7,375,667     Textainer Marine Containers VII Ltd., Series 2021-2A, Class A,
2.230%, 4/20/2046, 144A
    7,451,192  
  4,892,242     Textainer Marine Containers VIII Ltd., Series 2020-2A, Class A,
2.100%, 9/20/2045, 144A
    4,935,048  
  1,946,867     TIF Funding II LLC, Series 2020-1A, Class A, 2.090%, 8/20/2045, 144A     1,950,507  
  1,858,733     TIF Funding II LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class A, 1.650%, 2/20/2046, 144A     1,818,305  
  4,505,038     Triton Container Finance VIII LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class A,
1.860%, 3/20/2046, 144A
    4,463,977  
  4,188,209     TRP-TRIP Rail Master Funding LLC, Series 2021-2, Class A,
2.150%, 6/19/2051, 144A
    4,229,714  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  ABS Other – continued  
$ 4,751,145     Wave Trust, Series 2017-1A, Class A,
3.844%, 11/15/2042, 144A
  $ 4,680,769  
  1,633,863     Welk Resorts LLC, Series 2019-AA, Class A, 2.800%, 6/15/2038, 144A     1,693,993  
  1,995,099     Willis Engine Structured Trust,
Series 2021-A, Class A,
3.104%, 5/15/2046, 144A
    1,976,804  
  3,357,968     Willis Engine Structured Trust V, Series 2020-A, Class A,
3.228%, 3/15/2045, 144A
    3,333,319  
   

 

 

 
      143,008,589  
   

 

 

 
  ABS Student Loan – 2.7%

 

  792,545     College Ave Student Loans LLC, Series 2021-A, Class A2,
1.600%, 7/25/2051, 144A
    791,538  
  751,733     Commonbond Student Loan Trust, Series 2020, Class A,
1.980%, 8/25/2050, 144A
    758,524  
  180,664     Earnest Student Loan Program LLC, Series 2017-A, Class A2,
2.650%, 1/25/2041, 144A
    181,046  
  2,416,917     Education Funding Trust, Series 2020-A, Class A,
2.790%, 7/25/2041, 144A
    2,473,516  
  996,231     EDvestinU Private Education Loan Issue No. 3 LLC, Series 2021-A, Class A, 1.800%, 11/25/2045, 144A     992,558  
  1,604,238     Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, Series 2018-A, Class A,
3.850%, 5/25/2033
    1,688,751  
  2,343,271     Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, Series 2019-CA, Class A2,
3.130%, 2/15/2068, 144A
    2,400,879  
  1,705,979     Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, Series 2019-GA, Class A,
2.400%, 10/15/2068, 144A
    1,729,961  
  1,337,059     Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, Series 2020-BA, Class A2,
2.120%, 1/15/2069, 144A
    1,356,406  
  2,383,246     Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, Series 2020-DA, Class A,
1.690%, 5/15/2069, 144A
    2,406,432  
  1,565,000     Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, Series 2020-DA, Class B,
3.330%, 5/15/2069, 144A
    1,641,576  
  269,848     Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, Series 2020-GA, Class A,
1.170%, 9/16/2069, 144A
    276,610  
  2,622,119     Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, Series 2021-A, Class A,
0.840%, 5/15/2069, 144A
    2,618,293  
  1,689,530     Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, Series 2021-BA, Class A,
0.940%, 7/15/2069, 144A
    1,688,847  
  1,630,000     Nelnet Student Loan Trust,
Series 2021-A, Class B1,
2.850%, 4/20/2062, 144A
    1,667,361  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  ABS Student Loan – continued  
$ 676,000     SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust, Series 2003-A, Class A3,
28-day ARS, 3.585%, 6/15/2032(c)
  $ 676,249  
  109,000     SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust, Series 2003-A, Class A4,
28-day ARS, 3.582%, 6/15/2032(c)
    109,040  
  218,000     SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust, Series 2003-B, Class A3,
28-day ARS, 3.584%, 3/15/2033(c)
    218,108  
  3,219,000     SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust, Series 2003-B, Class A4,
28-day ARS, 3.583%, 3/15/2033(c)
    3,220,597  
  4,614,225     SMB Private Education Loan Trust, Series 2018-A, Class A2B, 1-month LIBOR + 0.800%, 0.884%, 2/15/2036, 144A(b)(c)     4,632,880  
  1,761,421     SMB Private Education Loan Trust, Series 2018-B, Class A2A,
3.600%, 1/15/2037, 144A(b)
    1,855,155  
  1,244,993     SMB Private Education Loan Trust, Series 2021-A, Class APT2,
1.070%, 1/15/2053, 144A
    1,226,452  
  417,842     SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC, Series 2016-B, Class A2B,
2.740%, 10/25/2032, 144A(b)
    421,706  
  1,069,739     SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC, Series 2017-F, Class A2FX,
2.840%, 1/25/2041, 144A(b)
    1,094,036  
  952,343     SoFi Professional Loan Program Trust, Series 2020-C, Class AFX,
1.950%, 2/15/2046, 144A
    967,942  
  5,715,000     SoFi Professional Loan Program Trust, Series 2020-A, Class A2FX,
2.540%, 5/15/2046, 144A
    5,865,417  
   

 

 

 
      42,959,880  
   

 

 

 
  ABS Whole Business – 1.8%

 

  2,598,400     Adams Outdoor Advertising LP, Series 2018-1, Class A,
4.810%, 11/15/2048, 144A
    2,734,179  
  1,784,580     DB Master Finance LLC, Series 2019-1A, Class A23,
4.352%, 5/20/2049, 144A
    1,938,611  
  2,304,225     Domino’s Pizza Master Issuer LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class A21,
2.662%, 4/25/2051, 144A
    2,369,702  
  3,909,100     Planet Fitness Master Issuer LLC, Series 2018-1A, Class A2II,
4.666%, 9/05/2048, 144A
    4,017,452  
  3,961,440     Planet Fitness Master Issuer LLC, Series 2019-1A, Class A2,
3.858%, 12/05/2049, 144A
    4,026,499  
  2,537,704     Stack Infrastructure Issuer LLC, Series 2019-1A, Class A2,
4.540%, 2/25/2044, 144A
    2,668,739  
  4,922,700     Triton Container Finance VIII LLC, Series 2020-1A, Class A,
2.110%, 9/20/2045, 144A
    4,978,745  
  3,566,063     Wendy’s Funding LLC, Series 2018-1A, Class A2II,
3.884%, 3/15/2048, 144A
    3,768,597  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  ABS Whole Business – continued

 

$ 1,576,050     Wendy’s Funding LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class A2I,
2.370%, 6/15/2051, 144A
  $ 1,589,234  
   

 

 

 
      28,091,758  
   

 

 

 
  Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed
Securities – 
8.6%

 

  9,545,000     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Series K-1521, Class X1, IO,
0.981%, 8/25/2036(a)(d)
    1,057,447  
  18,901,268     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC,
Series 2020-M37, Class X, IO,
1.200%, 4/25/2032(a)(d)
    1,420,109  
  168,243     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-M17, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.930%, 1.017%, 11/25/2022(c)     168,363  
  24,481,951     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 2019-M17, Class X, 0.416%, 8/25/2034(a)(d)     591,425  
  20,331,931     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 2020-M33,
Class X, IO,
2.048%, 6/25/2028(a)(d)
    1,896,308  
  19,982,599     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 2020-M43,
Class X1, IO,
2.234%, 8/25/2034(a)(d)
    2,760,804  
  3,382,417     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K-1513, Class X1, IO,
0.993%, 8/25/2034(a)(d)
    284,217  
  18,377,189     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K-103, Class X1, 0.756%, 11/25/2029(a)(d)     856,230  
  13,742,291     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K-108, Class X1, 1.810%, 3/25/2030(a)(d)     1,707,315  
  14,660,444     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K-117, Class X1, 1.342%, 8/25/2030(a)(d)     1,360,765  
  20,901,859     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K-1514, Class X1, 0.702%, 10/25/2034(a)(d)     1,184,947  
  2,562,497     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K-1517, Class X1, IO,
1.447%, 7/25/2035(a)(d)(e)(f)
    362,111  
  4,041,320     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K017,
Class X1, 1.602%, 12/25/2021(a)(d)(e)(f)
    153  
  359,757,994     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K028, Class X1, 0.351%, 2/25/2023(a)(b)(d)     991,097  
  75,369,208     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K031, Class X1, 0.305%, 4/25/2023(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)     213,743  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities – continued

 

$ 31,283,877     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K036, Class X1,
0.851%, 10/25/2023(a)(d)(e)(f)
  $ 398,399  
  32,848,868     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K038, Class X1,
1.257%, 3/25/2024(a)(d)
    734,376  
  36,849,076     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K040, Class X1,
0.843%, 9/25/2024(a)(b)(d)
    661,618  
  70,741,212     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K047, Class X1,
0.247%, 5/25/2025(a)(d)(e)(f)
    336,491  
  39,589,226     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K051, Class X1,
0.658%, 9/25/2025(a)(b)(d)
    724,669  
  16,583,266     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K052, Class X1,
0.781%, 11/25/2025(a)(d)(e)(f)
    389,471  
  9,445,790     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K053, Class X1,
1.019%, 12/25/2025(a)(d)(e)(f)
    305,244  
  16,460,397     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K054, Class X1, 1.303%, 1/25/2026(a)(d)     726,029  
  7,409,647     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K055, Class X1, 1.491%, 3/25/2026(a)(d)     390,013  
  27,298,841     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K057, Class X1, 1.308%, 7/25/2026(a)(d)     1,312,810  
  8,491,178     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K058, Class X1, 1.050%, 8/25/2026(a)(d)(e)(f)     335,562  
  25,275,944     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K059, Class X1,
0.428%, 9/25/2026(a)(d)
    340,803  
  92,193,534     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K060, Class X1,
0.191%, 10/25/2026(a)(d)
    399,244  
  17,536,852     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K105, Class X1,
1.645%, 3/25/2053(a)(d)
    1,933,683  
  11,622,979     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K107, Class X1, IO,
1.708%, 1/25/2030(a)(d)
    1,345,162  
  14,772,473     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K152, Class X1,
1.100%, 1/25/2031(a)(d)
    1,046,309  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities – continued

 

$ 127,481,844     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K157, Class X1, IO,
0.164%, 8/25/2033(a)(d)
  $ 770,908  
  2,099,278     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KS01, Class X1,
1.245%, 1/25/2023(a)(d)(e)(f)
    14,806  
  46,798,822     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KS03, Class X,
0.334%, 8/25/2025(a)(d)(e)(f)
    180,426  
  32,775,914     FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KW02, Class X1,
0.424%, 12/25/2026(a)(d)(e)(f)
    290,284  
  16,360,000     FRESB Multifamily Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2021-SB90, Class X1, IO,
0.657%, 6/25/2041(a)(d)
    800,037  
  38,250,534     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2017-90, Class IO, 0.700%, 1/16/2059(a)(d)     1,882,420  
  41,257,368     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2020-179, Class IO,
1.003%, 9/16/2062(a)(d)
    3,617,859  
  42,500,253     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2020-26, Class IO, 0.816%, 10/15/2061(a)(d)     2,867,658  
  2,681,056     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2003-87, Class E,
4.998%, 8/16/2043(a)
    2,680,203  
  4,235,801     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2006-46, Class IO, 0.484%, 4/16/2046(a)(d)(e)(f)     46,654  
  1,907,445     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2006-51, Class IO, 0.961%, 8/16/2046(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)     50,950  
  4,000,000     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2008-52, Class E,
6.041%, 8/16/2042(a)(b)
    4,652,824  
  973,789     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2008-80, Class E,
5.674%, 8/16/2042(a)(b)
    1,035,120  
  4,259,941     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2009-114, Class IO,
0.025%, 10/16/2049(a)(d)(e)(f)
    252  
  3,806,586     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2010-124, Class X, 0.296%, 12/16/2052(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)     33,567  
  248,940     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2010-49, Class IA,
1.450%, 10/16/2052(a)(d)(e)(f)
    10,872  
  2,408,117     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2011-119, Class IO, 0.304%, 8/16/2051(a)(d)(e)(f)     11,115  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities – continued

 

$ 2,868,276     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2011-121, Class ZA,
6.500%, 8/16/2051(b)
  $ 3,418,035  
  7,858,819     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2011-161, Class IO,
0.188%, 4/16/2045(a)(d)(e)(f)
    34,756  
  1,154,521     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2011-38, Class IO, 0.530%, 4/16/2053(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)     12,615  
  326,945     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2011-53, Class IO, Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 5/16/2051(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)(g)     9  
  1,273,578     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-100, Class IC,
1.481%, 9/16/2050(a)(d)(e)(f)
    7,053  
  968,304     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-111, Class IC,
1.381%, 9/16/2050(a)(d)(e)(f)
    5,132  
  29,522,430     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-142, Class IO,
0.380%, 4/16/2054(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)
    235,229  
  5,845,261     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-23, Class IO, 0.201%, 6/16/2053(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)     37,346  
  10,030,241     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-55, Class IO, 0.026%, 4/16/2052(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)     4,079  
  4,086,559     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-70, Class IO, 0.082%, 8/16/2052(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)     11,108  
  7,069,177     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-79, Class IO, 0.400%, 3/16/2053(a)(d)(e)(f)     94,741  
  32,615,556     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-85, Class IO, 0.455%, 9/16/2052(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)     437,499  
  1,904,661     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-175, Class IO,
0.310%, 5/16/2055(a)(d)(e)(f)
    20,293  
  5,089,233     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2014-101, Class IO,
0.749%, 4/16/2056(a)(d)(e)(f)
    144,076  
  11,619,075     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2014-130, Class IB,
0.385%, 8/16/2054(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)
    201,276  
  17,973,131     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2014-24, Class IX,
0.335%, 1/16/2054(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)
    191,712  
  10,120,986     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2014-70, Class IO, 0.577%, 3/16/2049(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)     288,900  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities – continued

 

$ 7,648,510     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2014-86, Class IO, 0.584%, 4/16/2056(a)(d)(e)(f)   $ 179,325  
  18,488,816     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-120, Class IO, 0.719%, 3/16/2057(a)(b)(d)     560,063  
  26,431,452     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-146, Class IB, 0.700%, 7/16/2055(a)(b)(d)     696,828  
  8,229,844     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-171, Class IO, 0.833%, 11/16/2055(a)(d)     325,275  
  9,966,449     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-189, Class IG, 0.837%, 1/16/2057(a)(b)(d)     388,855  
  7,583,520     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-21, Class IO, 0.871%, 7/16/2056(a)(d)     286,141  
  19,421,434     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-32, Class IO, 0.669%, 9/16/2049(a)(b)(d)     569,264  
  4,894,487     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-68, Class IO, 0.502%, 7/16/2057(a)(d)(e)(f)     128,754  
  16,244,750     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-70, Class IO, 0.644%, 12/16/2049(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)     467,091  
  11,648,516     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-73, Class IO, 0.647%, 11/16/2055(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)     340,288  
  25,775,904     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2016-132, Class IO, 0.840%, 7/16/2056(a)(d)     975,597  
  13,751,428     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2016-143, Class IO, 0.852%, 10/16/2056(b)(d)     695,412  
  21,734,598     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2016-6, Class IO,
0.530%, 2/16/2051(a)(b)(d)
    473,577  
  30,692,628     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2017-168, Class IO, 0.586%, 12/16/2059(a)(b)(d)     1,414,946  
  9,175,475     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2018-133, Class IO, 0.997%, 6/16/2058(a)(d)     640,100  
  14,597,623     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2018-2, Class IO,
0.690%, 12/16/2059(a)(d)
    819,341  
  44,420,140     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2018-82, Class IO, 0.465%, 5/16/2058(a)(d)     1,859,058  
  26,100,109     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2018-96, Class IO, 0.462%, 8/16/2060(a)(d)     1,114,188  
  19,664,805     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2019-75, Class IO, 0.882%, 12/16/2060(a)(d)     1,270,055  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities – continued

 

$ 17,121,503     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2019-94, Class IO, 0.932%, 8/16/2061(a)(d)   $ 1,172,421  
  46,990,963     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2020-108,
Class IO, 0.906%, 6/16/2062(a)(d)
    3,566,896  
  20,900,561     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2020-128,
Class IO, 0.971%, 10/16/2062(a)(d)
    1,742,706  
  45,960,963     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2020-136, Class IO, 1.127%, 8/16/2062(a)(d)     4,229,971  
  44,210,647     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2020-172,
Class IO, 1.194%, 9/16/2062(a)(d)
    4,158,860  
  24,579,074     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2020-174, Class IO, 1.004%, 1/16/2063(a)(d)     2,032,798  
  48,837,943     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2020-197, Class IO, 0.978%, 10/16/2062(a)(d)     4,110,519  
  10,629,898     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2021-10, Class IO, 0.997%, 5/16/2063(a)(d)     898,482  
  50,777,672     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2021-106, Class IO, 0.921%, 4/16/2063(a)(d)     4,225,566  
  47,678,527     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2021-12, Class IO, 0.982%, 3/16/2063(a)(d)     3,954,171  
  62,761,046     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2021-132, Class BI, 0.917%, 4/16/2063(a)(d)     5,307,068  
  59,167,491     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2021-133, Class IO, 0.890%, 7/16/2063(a)(d)     5,056,276  
  63,285,000     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2021-144, Class IO, 0.800%, 4/16/2063(a)(d)     4,893,006  
  11,643,589     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2021-145, Class IO, 0.772%, 7/16/2061(a)(d)     859,355  
  52,002,134     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2021-151, Class IO, 0.948%, 4/16/2063(a)(d)     4,566,463  
  57,675,000     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2021-163, Class IO, IO, 0.863%, 3/16/2064(a)(d)(f)     4,785,226  
  45,869,842     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2021-20, Class IO, 1.117%, 8/16/2062(a)(d)     4,216,402  
  44,623,768     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2021-33, Class IO, 0.986%, 10/16/2062(a)(d)     3,787,545  
  33,257,054     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2021-40, Class IO, 0.842%, 2/16/2063(a)(d)     2,586,268  
  56,164,509     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2021-52, Class IO, 0.847%, 4/16/2063(a)(d)     4,338,551  
   

 

 

 
      134,017,439  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – 9.6%

 

$ 19,976     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 1673, Class SE,
8.390%, 2/15/2024(a)(e)(f)
  $ 20,634  
  146,306     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 2626, Class SQ,
14.791%, 6/15/2023(a)(e)(f)
    155,196  
  86,757     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 2649, Class IM,
7.000%, 7/15/2033(b)(d)(e)(f)
    21,451  
  46,925     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 2725, Class SC,
8.946%, 11/15/2033(a)(e)(f)
    48,569  
  1,049,509     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 3013, Class AS,
18.332%, 5/15/2035(a)(b)
    1,321,111  
  3,613,248     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 3149, Class LS,
7.116%, 5/15/2036(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)
    770,932  
  1,043,640     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 3229, Class BI,
6.536%, 10/15/2036(a)(d)(e)(f)
    206,087  
  1,221,863     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 3416, Class BI,
6.166%, 2/15/2038(a)(d)(e)(f)
    225,560  
  619,505     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 3417, Class VS,
17.492%, 2/15/2038(a)(b)(e)(f)
    822,443  
  582,858     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 3417, Class WS,
15.757%, 2/15/2038(a)(b)(e)(f)
    723,341  
  725,109     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 3561, Class W, IO,
2.704%, 6/15/2048(a)(b)(d)
    774,044  
  667,995     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 3620, Class AT, IO,
3.840%, 12/15/2036(a)(b)(d)
    708,895  
  1,905,453     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 3747, Class CS,
6.416%, 10/15/2040(a)(d)(e)(f)
    283,079  
  99,616     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 3792, Class DF,
1-month LIBOR + 0.400%,
0.484%, 11/15/2040(c)(e)(f)
    98,703  
  242,389     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 3808, Class SH,
9.028%, 2/15/2041(a)(e)(f)
    265,949  
  1,865,569     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 3922, Class SH,
5.816%, 9/15/2041(a)(d)(e)(f)
    319,569  
  1,800,000     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 4041, Class ES,
23.581%, 8/15/2040(a)(b)
    2,937,427  
  1,361,959     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 4097, Class US,
6.066%, 8/15/2032(a)(d)(e)(f)
    165,697  
  6,647,748     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 4136, Class SG, IO,
6.066%, 11/15/2042(a)(d)
    1,156,750  
  4,679,440     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 4321, Class BS,
1.493%, 6/15/2039(a)(d)(e)(f)
    295,140  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – continued

 

$ 1,839,129     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 4512, Class IE,
4.500%, 3/15/2044(d)(e)(f)
  $ 246,260  
  5,254,059     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 4672, Class SP,
6.016%, 4/15/2047(a)(d)(e)(f)
    720,265  
  2,380,436     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 4749, Class IO,
4.000%, 12/15/2047(d)(e)(f)
    233,653  
  4,343,671     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 5048, Class HI, IO,
4.500%, 1/15/2042(d)
    755,300  
  223,690     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 5065, Class EI, IO,
5.434%, 11/25/2044(a)(d)
    48,860  
  11,020,663     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 5065, Class HI, IO,
5.029%, 4/15/2042(a)(d)
    2,120,324  
  1,166,239     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 5078, Class MI, IO,
4.000%, 9/25/2043(d)(e)(f)
    337,169  
  17,236,475     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 5094, Class IO,
1.669%, 12/15/2048(a)(d)
    1,800,436  
  265,439     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Series 224, Class IO,
6.000%, 3/01/2033(b)(d)(e)(f)
    47,486  
  2,125,261     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2012-14, Class MS,
6.414%, 3/25/2042(a)(d)(e)(f)
    485,979  
  1,382,665     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2012-21, Class SB,
5.864%, 3/25/2042(a)(d)(e)(f)
    182,467  
  2,419,779     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2013-117, Class S,
6.514%, 11/25/2043(a)(d)(e)(f)
    434,681  
  43,070     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 1996-45, Class SC,
7.164%, 1/25/2024(a)(d)(e)(f)
    2,648  
  785,534     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2005-22, Class DG,
6.583%, 4/25/2035(a)(b)(e)(f)
    824,669  
  1,595,059     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2005-45, Class DA,
24.105%, 6/25/2035(a)(b)
    2,474,487  
  2,390,678     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2005-62, Class GZ,
5.750%, 7/25/2035(b)
    2,802,785  
  1,268,686     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2006-46, Class SK,
23.885%, 6/25/2036(a)(b)
    2,032,320  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – continued

 

$ 56,853     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2006-69, Class KI,
7.214%, 8/25/2036(a)(d)(e)(f)
  $ 8,837  
  347,677     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2008-15, Class AS,
32.570%, 8/25/2036(a)
    644,935  
  860,909     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2008-86, Class LA,
3.492%, 8/25/2038(a)(b)
    899,106  
  227,835     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2008-87, Class LD,
4.214%, 11/25/2038(a)(e)(f)
    247,421  
  977,455     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2009-11, Class VP,
2.405%, 3/25/2039(a)(b)
    1,012,146  
  74,181     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2010-75, Class MT,
1.977%, 12/25/2039(a)(e)(f)
    75,379  
  2,462,972     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2010-80, Class PZ,
5.000%, 7/25/2040(b)
    2,890,580  
  363,967     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2011-100, Class SH,
7.614%, 11/25/2040(a)
    423,066  
  3,492,267     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2011-109, Class PZ,
4.500%, 8/25/2041
    4,015,200  
  2,009,894     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2011-51, Class SM,
5.764%, 6/25/2041(a)(d)(e)(f)
    298,708  
  2,035,156     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2011-60, Class ZB, 5.000%, 7/25/2041     2,259,852  
  5,047,520     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2012-97, Class SB,
5.914%, 9/25/2042(a)(d)(e)(f)
    722,128  
  537,923     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2013-109, Class US,
11.934%, 7/25/2043(a)(b)
    684,720  
  2,338,212     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2013-34, Class PS,
6.064%, 8/25/2042(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)
    325,636  
  16,971,390     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2014-15, Class SA,
5.964%, 4/25/2044(a)(d)
    2,928,391  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – continued

 

$ 1,671,960     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2014-28, Class SD,
5.964%, 5/25/2044(a)(d)(e)(f)
  $ 274,283  
  454,042     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2015-55, Class KT,
5.500%, 5/25/2041(a)
    508,097  
  10,583,050     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2016-22, Class ST, IO,
6.014%, 4/25/2046(a)(b)(d)
    1,843,384  
  1,550,505     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC,
Series 2016-26, Class KL,
4.500%, 11/25/2042(a)(b)
    1,552,667  
  11,849,380     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2016-32, Class SA,
6.014%, 10/25/2034(a)(b)(d)
    1,953,458  
  14,388,695     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC,
Series 2016-60, Class ES,
6.014%, 9/25/2046(a)(b)(d)
    2,662,044  
  9,828,768     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC,
Series 2016-60, Class QS,
6.014%, 9/25/2046(a)(b)(d)
    1,801,721  
  5,935,015     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC,
Series 2016-82, Class SC,
6.014%, 11/25/2046(a)(d)
    1,002,302  
  6,076,689     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC,
Series 2016-82, Class SG,
6.014%, 11/25/2046(a)(d)
    1,070,598  
  7,403,483     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC,
Series 2016-93, Class SL,
6.564%, 12/25/2046(a)(b)(d)
    1,363,866  
  10,012,481     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC,
Series 2017-26, Class SA,
6.064%, 4/25/2047(a)(b)(d)
    1,933,167  
  41,987,125     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC,
Series 2017-57, Class SD, IO,
2.750%, 8/25/2047(a)(b)(d)
    3,800,402  
  3,600,000     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC,
Series 2020-72, Class LI, IO,
5.000%, 12/25/2040(d)
    952,712  
  14,458,369     Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC,
Series 2021-24, Class IO,
1.229%, 3/25/2059(a)(d)
    1,152,419  
  363,577     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 334, Class 11,
6.000%, 3/25/2033(b)(d)(e)(f)
    60,907  
  98,611     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 334, Class 19,
7.000%, 2/25/2033(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)
    23,499  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – continued

 

$ 375,237     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 339, Class 13,
6.000%, 6/25/2033(b)(d)(e)(f)
  $ 67,870  
  245,726     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 339, Class 7,
5.500%, 11/25/2033(d)(e)(f)
    40,583  
  844,278     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 356, Class 13,
5.500%, 6/25/2035(b)(d)(e)(f)
    156,105  
  355,868     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 359, Class 17,
6.000%, 7/25/2035(b)(d)(e)(f)
    71,538  
  190,028     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 374, Class 18,
6.500%, 8/25/2036(b)(d)(e)(f)
    39,731  
  423,902     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 374, Class 20,
6.500%, 9/25/2036(b)(d)(e)(f)
    88,856  
  190,518     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 374, Class 22,
7.000%, 10/25/2036(b)(d)(e)(f)
    45,263  
  228,121     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 374, Class 23,
7.000%, 10/25/2036(b)(d)(e)(f)
    46,347  
  299,475     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 374, Class 24,
7.000%, 6/25/2037(b)(d)(e)(f)
    73,412  
  261,253     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 381, Class 12,
6.000%, 11/25/2035(b)(d)(e)(f)
    48,974  
  132,222     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 381, Class 13,
6.000%, 11/25/2035(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)
    24,476  
  162,845     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 381, Class 18,
7.000%, 3/25/2037(b)(d)(e)(f)
    35,975  
  103,983     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 381, Class 19,
7.000%, 3/25/2037(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)
    22,778  
  30,199     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 383, Class 32,
6.000%, 1/25/2038(d)(e)(f)
    7,097  
  898,050     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 384, Class 20,
5.500%, 5/25/2036(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)
    169,110  
  333,901     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 384, Class 31,
6.500%, 7/25/2037(b)(d)(e)(f)
    73,928  
  247,790     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 384, Class 36,
7.000%, 7/25/2037(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)
    38,931  
  247,107     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 384, Class 4,
4.500%, 9/25/2036(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)
    16,422  
  136,928     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 385, Class 23,
7.000%, 7/25/2037(b)(d)(e)(f)
    32,402  
  26,081     Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 386, Class 25,
7.000%, 3/25/2038(a)(d)(e)(f)
    6,556  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – continued

 

$ 322,161     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2009-65, Class NZ, 5.500%, 8/20/2039(e)(f)   $ 376,284  
  260,926     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2010-H02, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.680%, 0.768%, 2/20/2060(c)     262,124  
  328,259     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2010-H22, Class FE, 1-month LIBOR + 0.350%, 0.440%, 5/20/2059(b)(c)(e)(f)     326,727  
  170,245     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2010-H24, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.350%, 0.440%, 10/20/2060(c)     170,340  
  147,061     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2011-H05, Class FB, 1-month LIBOR + 0.500%, 0.590%, 12/20/2060(c)     147,682  
  75,904     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2011-H11, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.500%, 0.590%, 3/20/2061(c)     76,203  
  95,212     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2011-H21, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.600%, 0.690%, 10/20/2061(c)(e)(f)     95,270  
  273,368     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2011-H21, Class FT, 1-year CMT + 0.700%, 0.770%, 10/20/2061(c)(e)(f)     271,079  
  35,981     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-H11, Class BA, 2.000%, 5/20/2062(b)(e)(f)     36,287  
  353,247     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-H22, Class HD, 5.310%, 1/20/2061(a)(e)(f)     383,403  
  6,826     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-H24, Class FE, 1-month LIBOR + 0.600%, 0.690%, 10/20/2062(c)(e)(f)     6,840  
  313,536     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-H24, Class HI, 0.608%, 10/20/2062(a)(d)(e)(f)     13,583  
  499,347     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-H01, Class JA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.320%, 0.410%, 1/20/2063(c)(e)(f)     496,807  
  10,230     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-H10, Class LA, 2.500%, 4/20/2063(e)(f)     10,736  
  99,350     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-H11, Class JA, 3.500%, 4/20/2063(e)(f)     101,484  
  1,587,976     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-H13, Class SI, 1.297%, 6/20/2063(a)(d)(e)(f)     77,041  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – continued

 

$ 10,960,817     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-H16, Class AI, 1.566%, 7/20/2063(a)(d)(e)(f)   $ 331,754  
  7,817,672     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-H18, Class EI, 1.650%, 7/20/2063(a)(d)(e)(f)     335,190  
  1,141,720     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-H18, Class JI,
1.322%, 8/20/2063(a)(d)(e)(f)
    34,803  
  307,555     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-H20, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.600%, 0.690%, 8/20/2063(c)(e)(f)     307,553  
  9,717,619     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2014-H12, Class HZ, 4.601%, 6/20/2064(a)(b)     10,294,121  
  18,334,157     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2014-H24, Class HI, 0.961%, 9/20/2064(a)(d)(e)(f)     537,228  
  2,915,030     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-152, Class PI, IO, 4.000%, 10/20/2045(d)(e)(f)     341,838  
  15,553,180     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H01, Class XZ, 4.597%, 10/20/2064(a)(b)     16,982,376  
  694,538     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H04, Class HA, 3.500%, 11/20/2064(a)(e)(f)     721,072  
  20,279     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H05, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.300%, 0.390%, 4/20/2061(b)(c)(e)(f)     20,067  
  2,755,017     Government National Mortgage Association,
Series 2015-H10, Class JA,
2.250%, 4/20/2065(b)
    2,822,020  
  23,864     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H13, Class FL, 1-month LIBOR + 0.280%, 0.370%, 5/20/2063(b)(c)(e)(f)     23,715  
  13,281     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H19, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.200%, 0.290%, 4/20/2063(b)(c)(e)(f)     13,114  
  362,940     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H28, Class JZ, 5.006%, 3/20/2065(a)(e)(f)     384,819  
  5,228     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H29, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.700%, 0.790%, 10/20/2065(b)(c)(e)(f)     5,204  
  130,627     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H29, Class HZ, 4.594%, 9/20/2065(a)(e)(f)     148,160  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – continued

 

$ 7,326     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H30, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.680%, 0.770%, 8/20/2061(c)(e)(f)   $ 7,334  
  1,570,303     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2016-17, Class GT, 5.000%, 8/20/2045(a)     1,699,450  
  667,796     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2016-23, Class PA, 5.652%, 7/20/2037(a)(b)(e)(f)     744,653  
  12,993,578     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2016-H01, Class AI, 1.655%, 1/20/2066(a)(b)(d)     829,159  
  20,079,494     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2016-H09, Class JI, 1.765%, 4/20/2066(a)(b)(d)     1,360,787  
  627,249     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2016-H14, Class JZ, 3.831%, 8/20/2063(a)(e)(f)     644,952  
  624,154     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2016-H19, Class CZ, 4.535%, 8/20/2066(a)(e)(f)     660,925  
  275,563     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2016-H19, Class EZ, 4.880%, 6/20/2061(a)(e)(f)     277,478  
  117,797     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2016-H19, Class FC, 1-month LIBOR + 0.400%, 0.490%, 8/20/2066(b)(c)(e)(f)     117,346  
  8,865,402     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2017-128, Class IO, 0.926%, 12/16/2056(a)(d)     517,926  
  2,547,300     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2017-H05, Class AI, IO, 2.308%, 1/20/2067(a)(d)(e)(f)     192,983  
  17,025,067     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2018-110,
Class IO, 0.662%, 1/16/2060(a)(d)
    999,552  
  17,132,706     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2018-129, Class IO, 0.562%, 7/16/2060(a)(d)     945,153  
  22,164,069     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2018-143,
Class IO, 0.649%, 10/16/2060(a)(d)
    1,604,395  
  135,541     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2018-H02,
Class FJ, 1-month LIBOR + 0.200%, 0.290%, 10/20/2064(b)(c)
    135,442  
  171,778     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2018-H10,
Class FJ, 1-month LIBOR + 0.250%, 0.340%, 6/20/2068(b)(c)(e)(f)
    171,045  
  4,111,949     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2018-H16,
Class CZ, 4.252%, 5/20/2068(a)
    4,801,071  
  280,000     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2019-111, Class LP, 3.500%, 9/20/2049(e)(f)     295,410  
  22,748,759     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2019-116, Class IO, 0.774%, 12/16/2061(a)(d)     1,661,242  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – continued

 

$ 324,000     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2019-132, Class LP, 3.500%, 10/20/2049(e)(f)   $ 345,623  
  8,447,001     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2019-152, Class LI, 5.463%, 2/20/2044(a)(d)     2,165,832  
  4,450,672     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2019-44, Class BS,
5.963%, 4/20/2049(a)(d)
    522,286  
  12,280,000     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2019-70, Class SK, 5.913%, 8/20/2043(a)(d)     2,666,344  
  1,977,942     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2019-H02, Class BZ, 4.268%, 1/20/2069(a)     2,523,094  
  5,220,980     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2019-H04, Class NA, 3.500%, 9/20/2068(b)     5,580,259  
  4,075,853     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2020-148,
Class IJ, IO, 3.000%, 6/20/2049(d)
    1,378,718  
  11,096,300     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2020-47,
Class IQ, 3.500%, 3/20/2050(d)
    3,206,058  
  78,575,744     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2021-H03, Class IO, 4.134%, 4/20/2070(a)(b)(d)     9,163,896  
  11,597,083     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2021-H08, Class IA, IO, 4.202%, 1/20/2068(a)(d)     1,375,147  
   

 

 

 
      150,116,835  
   

 

 

 
  Mortgage Related – 30.3%

 

  69,453,143     FHLMC, 2.000%, with various maturities from 2050 to 2051(b)(h)     69,826,519  
  9,629,886     FHLMC, 2.500%, with various maturities in 2050(b)(h)     9,873,053  
  2,481,682     FHLMC, 4.000%, with various maturities in 2048(h)     2,660,149  
  4,728,558     FHLMC, 4.500%, with various maturities from 2048 to 2050(h)     5,128,794  
  4,065,625     FHLMC, 5.000%, with various maturities from 2049 to 2050(h)     4,475,018  
  144,623,547     FNMA, 2.000%, with various maturities from 2050 to 2051(b)(h)     145,700,579  
  27,885,937     FNMA, 2.500%, with various maturities in 2050(b)(h)     28,916,846  
  6,018,994     FNMA, 3.000%, with various maturities from 2047 to 2049(h)     6,326,674  
  51,246,330     FNMA, 4.000%, with various maturities from 2048 to 2052(b)(h)     54,897,092  
  10,555,161     FNMA, 4.500%, with various maturities from 2048 to 2049(b)(h)     11,422,208  
  5,502,322     FNMA, 5.000%, with various maturities from 2048 to 2049(h)     6,050,119  
  11     GNMA, 5.470%, 11/20/2059(a)     13  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Mortgage Related – continued

 

$ 115,179     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2018-H12, Class HZ, 4.617%, 8/20/2068(a)(e)(f)   $ 134,462  
  3,108,547     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2019-HO2, Class JA, 3.500%, 12/20/2068     3,316,358  
  9,563,379     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2020-148, Class EI, 3.000%, 11/20/2049(d)     3,442,874  
  23,092,000     UMBS® (TBA),
2.000%, 10/01/2051(i)
    23,154,240  
  60,849,000     UMBS® (TBA),
2.000%, 11/01/2051(i)
    60,903,669  
  15,000,000     UMBS® (TBA),
2.500%, 11/01/2051(i)
    15,436,523  
  21,456,000     UMBS® (TBA),
3.000%, 11/01/2051(i)
    22,422,869  
   

 

 

 
      474,088,059  
   

 

 

 
  Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities – 12.5%

 

  1,000,000     Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-UB10, Class A4, 3.170%, 7/15/2049     1,072,624  
  4,155,000     BANK, Series 2019-BN19, Class A3,
3.183%, 8/15/2061
    4,500,098  
  3,525,000     BANK, Series 2019-BN22, Class A4,
2.978%, 11/15/2062
    3,770,903  
  3,720,000     BANK, Series 2019-BN20, Class A3,
3.011%, 9/15/2062
    3,987,188  
  1,770,000     BANK, Series 2020-BN25, Class A5,
2.649%, 1/15/2063
    1,850,578  
  3,649,000     BANK, Series 2020-BN26, Class A4,
2.403%, 3/15/2063
    3,746,753  
  785,000     BANK, Series 2020-BN28, Class AS,
2.140%, 3/15/2063
    763,044  
  3,570,000     BANK, Series 2021-BN33, Class A5,
2.556%, 5/15/2064
    3,661,742  
  4,045,000     Barclays Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2020-BID, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 2.140%,
2.224%, 10/15/2037, 144A(c)
    4,068,927  
  4,630,000     Benchmark Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-B11, Class A5,
3.542%, 5/15/2052
    5,126,810  
  3,330,000     Benchmark Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-B10, Class A4,
3.717%, 3/15/2062
    3,723,802  
  5,185,000     Benchmark Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-B13, Class A4,
2.952%, 8/15/2057
    5,535,817  
  510,000     Cali Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-101C, Class A,
3.957%, 3/10/2039, 144A
    574,698  
  230,000     Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2012-CR3, Class AM, 3.416%, 10/15/2045, 144A     230,628  
  2,424,000     Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2012-LTRT, Class A2, 3.400%, 10/05/2030, 144A(b)     2,411,924  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities – continued

 

$ 2,572,000     Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2013-CR13, Class A4, 4.194%, 11/10/2046(a)(b)   $ 2,747,143  
  2,605,000     Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2013-CR6, Class A4, 3.101%, 3/10/2046(b)     2,648,666  
  5,595,000     Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2013-WWP, Class A2, 3.424%, 3/10/2031, 144A     5,800,745  
  346,572     Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-CR14, Class A2, 3.147%, 2/10/2047     349,476  
  1,214,193     Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-CR16, Class ASB, 3.653%, 4/10/2047(b)     1,252,979  
  783,605     Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-UBS2, Class A4, 3.691%, 3/10/2047     826,314  
  1,300,000     Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-UBS2, Class A5, 3.961%, 3/10/2047     1,387,465  
  2,520,000     Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-UBS5, Class A4, 3.838%, 9/10/2047(b)     2,711,685  
  3,110,000     Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2015-DC1, Class A5, 3.350%, 2/10/2048(b)     3,326,065  
  1,066,284     Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2016-DC2, Class ASB, 3.550%, 2/10/2049     1,126,204  
  1,800,000     Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2019-SKLZ, Class B, 1-month LIBOR + 1.900%, 1.984%, 1/15/2034, 144A(c)     1,787,149  
  6,160,000     Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-USA, Class A2,
3.953%, 9/15/2037, 144A(b)
    6,607,445  
  1,805,000     Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-USA, Class B,
4.185%, 9/15/2037, 144A
    1,834,088  
  2,045,000     Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-USA, Class C,
4.336%, 9/15/2037, 144A
    2,005,051  
  2,405,000     CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-C18, Class A4,
2.968%, 12/15/2052
    2,537,898  
  5,365,000     DROP Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-FILE, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 1.150%, 1.230%, 4/15/2026, 144A(c)     5,381,634  
  3,631,109     Extended Stay America Trust, Series 2021-ESH, Class C, 1-month LIBOR + 1.700%, 1.784%, 7/15/2038, 144A(c)     3,656,248  
  3,690,000     GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, Series 2012-BWTR, Class A,
2.954%, 11/05/2034, 144A
    3,745,705  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities – continued

 

$ 5,775,000     GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, Series 2013-PEMB, Class A,
3.668%, 3/05/2033, 144A(a)(b)
  $ 6,001,616  
  3,461,000     GS Mortgage Securities Trust,
Series 2013-GC16, Class B,
5.161%, 11/10/2046(a)(b)
    3,658,238  
  2,930,000     GS Mortgage Securities Trust,
Series 2014-GC18, Class A4,
4.074%, 1/10/2047(b)
    3,115,620  
  5,100,000     GS Mortgage Securities Trust,
Series 2014-GC18, Class AS,
4.383%, 1/10/2047
    5,339,984  
  1,295,000     GS Mortgage Securities Trust,
Series 2014-GC18, Class B,
4.885%, 1/10/2047(a)
    1,283,358  
  1,416,000     GS Mortgage Securities Trust,
Series 2014-GC20, Class A5,
3.998%, 4/10/2047
    1,506,252  
  2,373,000     GS Mortgage Securities Trust,
Series 2014-GC22, Class C,
4.845%, 6/10/2047(a)
    2,479,644  
  5,000,000     GS Mortgage Securities Trust,
Series 2019-GSA1, Class A4,
3.048%, 11/10/2052
    5,340,650  
  2,555,000     GS Mortgage Securities Trust,
Series 2020-GC45, Class A5,
2.911%, 2/13/2053
    2,709,360  
  5,885,000     Hudsons Bay Simon JV Trust,
Series 2015-HB10, Class A10,
4.155%, 8/05/2034, 144A(b)
    5,449,799  
  1,575,000     JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust,
Series 2012-LC9, Class C,
4.508%, 12/15/2047, 144A(a)
    1,599,349  
  2,405,000     JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust,
Series 2014-C19, Class AS,
4.243%, 4/15/2047(a)
    2,572,852  
  746,079     JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust,
Series 2014-C19, Class ASB,
3.584%, 4/15/2047(b)
    770,814  
  690,000     JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust,
Series 2014-C25, Class AS,
4.065%, 11/15/2047
    733,418  
  1,300,000     Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2012-CKSV, Class A2, 3.277%, 10/15/2030, 144A     1,293,844  
  930,000     Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust,
Series 2014-C16, Class B,
4.491%, 6/15/2047(a)
    961,351  
  2,735,000     Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust,
Series 2013-C8, Class A4,
3.134%, 12/15/2048(b)
    2,799,512  
  2,225,000     Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, Series 2013-C9, Class AS, 3.456%, 5/15/2046     2,298,216  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes – continued  
  Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities – continued

 

$ 774,833     Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust,
Series 2011-C2, Class D,
5.385%, 6/15/2044, 144A(a)
  $ 751,588  
  3,135,000     Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust,
Series 2013-ALTM, Class A2,
3.828%, 2/05/2035, 144A(a)(b)
    3,194,797  
  5,780,000     Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust,
Series 2019-L3, Class A4,
3.127%, 11/15/2052
    6,221,460  
  2,085,000     Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust,
Series 2021-L5, Class A4,
2.728%, 5/15/2054
    2,184,432  
  3,475,000     RBS Commercial Funding, Inc., Trust, Series 2013-SMV, Class C,
3.704%, 3/11/2031, 144A(a)
    3,445,717  
  1,861,317     Starwood Retail Property Trust,
Series 2014-STAR, Class A,
1-month LIBOR + 1.470%, 1.554%, 11/15/2027, 144A(c)
    1,154,017  
  6,500,000     Starwood Retail Property Trust,
Series 2014-STAR, Class B,
1-month LIBOR + 1.900%, 1.984%, 11/15/2027, 144A(c)(e)(f)(j)
    3,754,766  
  1,350,000     UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-C16, Class A4,
3.605%, 4/15/2052
    1,485,756  
  5,000,000     Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-C48, Class A5,
4.302%, 1/15/2052
    5,750,114  
  924,000     Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-C58, Class AS,
2.398%, 7/15/2053
    925,851  
  4,000,000     Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-LC16, Class AS,
4.020%, 8/15/2050
    4,153,752  
  2,932,456     Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-C29, Class ASB,
3.400%, 6/15/2048(b)
    3,068,397  
  5,012,000     Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-C54, Class A4,
3.146%, 12/15/2052
    5,369,586  
  645,000     WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-C6, Class AS,
3.835%, 4/15/2045
    649,175  
  1,875,000     WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2013-C15, Class AS,
4.358%, 8/15/2046(a)
    1,963,835  
  959,221     WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-C20, Class A4,
3.723%, 5/15/2047
    988,533  
  1,635,000     WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-C20, Class A5,
3.995%, 5/15/2047
    1,751,270  
  790,000     WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-C20, Class AS,
4.176%, 5/15/2047
    839,780  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities – continued

 

$ 2,389,633     WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-C20, Class ASB,
3.638%, 5/15/2047(b)
  $ 2,478,793  
  535,000     WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-C24, Class B,
4.204%, 11/15/2047(a)
    541,141  
   

 

 

 
      195,344,133  
   

 

 

 
  Total Bonds and Notes
 
  (Identified Cost $1,477,685,351)     1,438,265,863  
   

 

 

 
  Collateralized Loan Obligations – 6.6%  
  2,225,000     AGL CLO 12 Ltd., Series 2021-12A, Class B, 3-month LIBOR + 1.600%, 1.730%, 7/20/2034, 144A(c)     2,217,031  
  3,000,000     AGL CLO 3 Ltd., Series 2020-3A, Class A, 3-month LIBOR + 1.300%, 1.426%, 1/15/2033, 144A(c)     3,001,295  
  5,255,000     Alinea CLO Ltd., Series 2018-1A, Class B, 3-month LIBOR + 1.650%, 1.784%, 7/20/2031, 144A(c)     5,255,130  
  595,000     Allegro CLO VIII Ltd., Series 2018-2A, Class B1, 3-month LIBOR + 1.670%, 1.796%, 7/15/2031, 144A(c)     594,118  
  525,000     Burnham Park CLO Ltd.,
Series 2016-1A, Class CR,
3-month LIBOR + 2.150%, 2.284%, 10/20/2029, 144A(c)
    525,045  
  3,835,000     Dryden 53 CLO Ltd.,
Series 2017-53A, Class B,
3-month LIBOR + 1.400%, 1.526%, 1/15/2031, 144A(c)
    3,826,008  
  4,275,000     Elmwood CLO VIII Ltd.,
Series 2021-1A, Class B1,
3-month LIBOR + 1.550%, 1.684%, 1/20/2034, 144A(c)
    4,260,159  
  1,565,000     Galaxy XXVI CLO Ltd.,
Series 2018-26A, Class B,
3-month LIBOR + 1.700%, 1.831%, 11/22/2031, 144A(c)
    1,565,667  
  3,350,000     Gallatin CLO VIII Ltd.,
Series 2017-1A, Class B,
3-month LIBOR + 1.650%, 1.776%, 7/15/2027, 144A(c)
    3,354,372  
  3,497,500     Hayfin U.S. XII Ltd.,
Series 2018-8A, Class B,
3-month LIBOR + 1.480%, 1.614%, 4/20/2031, 144A(c)
    3,476,000  
  3,005,000     LCM 30 Ltd., Series 30A, Class BR,
3-month LIBOR + 1.500%, 1.634%, 4/20/2031, 144A(c)
    2,996,735  
  4,685,000     Madison Park Funding XIV Ltd., Series 2014-14A, Class BRR,
3-month LIBOR + 1.700%, 1.838%, 10/22/2030, 144A(c)
    4,686,406  
  1,750,000     Madison Park Funding XXVI Ltd., Series 2007-4A, Class AR,
3-month LIBOR + 1.200%, 1.377%, 7/29/2030, 144A(c)
    1,752,324  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund – continued

 

Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Collateralized Loan Obligations – continued  
$ 6,000,000     Magnetite XVIII Ltd.,
Series 2016-18A, Class AR,
3-month LIBOR + 1.080%, 1.205%, 11/15/2028, 144A(c)
  $ 5,997,956  
  2,350,000     Magnetite XXIX Ltd.,
Series 2021-29A, Class B,
3-month LIBOR + 1.400%, 1.526%, 1/15/2034, 144A(c)
    2,343,191  
  2,075,000     Neuberger Berman CLO XX Ltd., Series 2015-20A, Class BRR,
3-month LIBOR + 1.650%, 1.788%, 7/15/2034, 144A(c)
    2,074,993  
  2,560,000     Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers CLO 40 Ltd., Series 2021-40A, Class B, 3-month LIBOR + 1.400%, 1.526%, 4/16/2033, 144A(c)     2,537,655  
  5,280,000     OCP CLO Ltd., Series 2020-8RA, Class A2, 3-month LIBOR + 1.550%, 1.684%, 1/17/2032, 144A(c)     5,282,919  
  2,040,000     Octagon Investment Partners Ltd., Series 2018-18A, Class A2, 3-month LIBOR + 1.470%, 1.596%, 4/16/2031, 144A(c)     2,031,708  
  4,045,000     OHA Credit Funding 2 Ltd., Series 2019-2A, Class BR, 3-month LIBOR + 1.600%, 1.734%, 4/21/2034, 144A(c)     4,044,974  
  4,205,000     OHA Credit Funding 3 Ltd.,
Series 2019-3A, Class BR,
3-month LIBOR + 1.650%, 1.798%, 7/02/2035, 144A(c)
    4,208,867  
  5,300,000     OHA Credit Funding 8 Ltd.,
Series 2021-8A, Class B1,
3-month LIBOR + 1.500%, 1.688%, 1/18/2034, 144A(c)
    5,263,445  
  4,970,000     Palmer Square CLO Ltd.,
Series 2013-2A, Class A2R3,
3-month LIBOR + 1.500%, 1.634%, 10/17/2031, 144A(c)
    4,970,319  
  575,000     Palmer Square CLO Ltd.,
Series 2015-1A, Class A2R4,
3-month LIBOR + 1.700%, 1.831%, 5/21/2034, 144A(c)
    577,845  
  4,500,000     Race Point CLO Ltd.,
Series 2013-8A, Class BR2,
3-month LIBOR + 1.500%, 1.631%, 2/20/2030, 144A(c)
    4,494,297  
  1,035,000     Recette CLO Ltd.,
Series 2015-1A, Class BRR,
3-month LIBOR + 1.400%, 1.534%, 4/20/2034, 144A(c)
    1,019,915  
  7,650,000     Rockland Park CLO Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class B,
3-month LIBOR + 1.650%, 1.849%, 4/20/2034, 144A(c)
    7,655,903  
  5,900,000     TICP CLO VII Ltd., Series 2017-7A, Class BR, 3-month LIBOR + 1.700%, 1.826%, 4/15/2033, 144A(c)     5,910,734  
  3,830,000     VERDE CLO Ltd., Series 2019-1A, Class BR, 3-month LIBOR + 1.600%, 1.726%, 4/15/2032, 144A(c)     3,829,992  
Principal
Amount
    Description   Value (†)  
  Collateralized Loan Obligations – continued  
$ 3,000,000     Vibrant CLO Ltd., Series 2018-10A, Class A1, 3-month LIBOR + 1.200%, 1.334%, 10/20/2031, 144A(c)   $ 2,999,309  
  1,315,000     Voya CLO Ltd., Series 2013-3A, Class A2RR, 3-month LIBOR + 1.700%, 1.834%, 10/18/2031, 144A(c)     1,315,091  
   

 

 

 
  Total Collateralized Loan Obligations
 
  (Identified Cost $103,488,018)     104,069,403  
   

 

 

 
  Loan Participations – 0.4%  
  ABS Other – 0.2%

 

  2,795,982     Harbour Aircraft Investments Ltd., Series 2017-1, Class A,
4.000%, 11/15/2037
    2,678,042  
   

 

 

 
  Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed
Securities – 0.2%

 

  34,962,677     Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2020-130, Class IO,
1.012%, 8/16/2060(a)(d)
    2,978,386  
   

 

 

 
  Total Loan Participations
 
  (Identified Cost $5,982,765)     5,656,428  
   

 

 

 
  Short-Term Investments – 10.1%  
  68,396,335     Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 9/30/2021 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $68,396,335 on 10/01/2021 collateralized by $70,125,900 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.250% due 9/30/2028 valued at $69,764,331 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)     68,396,335  
  30,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bills,
0.033%, 12/30/2021(k)
    29,997,000  
  60,000,000     U.S. Treasury Bills,
0.049%, 1/27/2022(k)
    59,991,101  
   

 

 

 
  Total Short-Term Investments  
  (Identified Cost $158,384,360)     158,384,436  
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments – 109.0%  
  (Identified Cost $1,745,540,494)     1,706,376,130  
  Other assets less liabilities—(9.0)%     (141,498,713
   

 

 

 
  Net Assets – 100.0%   $ 1,564,877,417  
   

 

 

 

 

    (†)     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 September 30, 2021 is disclosed.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund – continued

 

 

  (b)     Security (or a portion thereof) has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open derivative contracts or TBA transactions.
  (c)     Variable rate security. Rate as of September 30, 2021 is disclosed.
  (d)     Interest only security. 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.
  (e)     Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser. At September 30, 2021, the value of these securities amounted to $29,794,283 or 1.9% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.
  (f)     Level 3 security. Value has been determined using significant unobservable inputs. See Note 3 of Notes to Financial Statements.
  (g)     Interest rate represents annualized yield at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.
  (h)     The Fund’s investment in mortgage related securities of Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and Federal 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.
  (i)     When-issued/delayed delivery. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.
  (j)     Illiquid security. (Unaudited)
  (k)     Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.
  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 September 30, 2021, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $583,390,547 or 37.3% of net assets.
  ABS     Asset-Backed Securities
  ARS     Auction Rate Security
  CMT     Constant Maturity Treasury
  FHLMC     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
  FNMA     Federal National Mortgage Association
  GNMA     Government National Mortgage Association
  LIBOR     London Interbank Offered Rate
  REMIC     Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit
  SLM     Sallie Mae
  TBA     To Be Announced
  UMBS®     Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

At September 30, 2021, open short futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures

     Expiration
Date
       Contracts        Notional
Amount
       Value        Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Ultra 10 Year U.S. Treasury Note

       12/21/2021          285        $ 42,032,480        $ 41,396,250        $ 636,230  

10 Year U.S. Treasury Note

       12/21/2021          569          75,772,831          74,885,734          887,097  

2 Year U.S. Treasury Note

       12/31/2021          27          5,945,022          5,941,476          3,546  
                        

 

 

 

Total

 

     $ 1,526,873  
                        

 

 

 

Industry Summary at September 30, 2021

 

Mortgage Related

       30.3

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

       12.5  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

       9.6  

ABS Other

       9.3  

ABS Car Loan

       9.3  

Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

       8.8  

ABS Home Equity

       7.4  

ABS Student Loan

       2.7  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

       2.4  

Short-Term Investments

       10.1  

Collateralized Loan Obligations

       6.6  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments

       109.0  

Other assets less liabilities (including futures contracts)

       (9.0
    

 

 

 

Net Assets

       100.0
    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

September 30, 2021

 

        High Income
Opportunities
Fund
       Securitized
Asset Fund
 

ASSETS

 

Investments at cost

     $ 255,386,097        $ 1,745,540,494  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

       11,053,849          (39,164,364
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Investments at value

       266,439,946          1,706,376,130  

Cash

       161,277           

Due from brokers (Note 2)

                10,680,239  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

       271,446          1,402,812  

Receivable for securities sold

       4,668,399          99,000  

Receivable for when-issued/delayed delivery securities sold (Note 2)

                97,487,669  

Dividends and interest receivable

       3,187,351          5,326,487  
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

       274,728,419          1,821,372,337  
    

 

 

      

 

 

 
LIABILITIES

 

Payable for securities purchased

       6,960,967          34,782,785  

Payable for when-issued/delayed delivery securities purchased (Note 2)

                220,384,406  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

       64,696          1,198,098  

Payable for variation margin on futures contracts (Note 2)

                129,631  
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

       7,025,663          256,494,920  
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

     $ 267,702,756        $ 1,564,877,417  
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

 

Paid-in capital

     $ 248,320,675        $ 1,714,956,046  

Accumulated earnings (loss)

       19,382,081          (150,078,629
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

     $ 267,702,756        $ 1,564,877,417  
    

 

 

      

 

 

 
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE:

 

Institutional Class:

 

Net assets

     $ 267,702,756        $ 1,564,877,417  
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

       24,476,853          166,572,710  
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

     $ 10.94        $ 9.39  
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations

For the Year Ended September 30, 2021

 

        High Income
Opportunities
Fund
     Securitized
Asset Fund
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Interest

     $ 14,494,536      $ 41,133,133  

Dividends

       300,721         

Less net foreign taxes withheld

       (185       
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investment income

       14,795,072        41,133,133  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS, FUTURES CONTRACTS AND SWAP AGREEMENTS

 

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

Investments

       12,862,055        15,190,048  

Futures contracts

              9,866,051  

Swap agreements

              (10,995,710

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments

       3,805,718        (39,556,838

Futures contracts

              2,103,773  

Swap agreements

              14,437,003  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments, futures contracts and swap agreements

       16,667,773        (8,955,673
    

 

 

    

 

 

 
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS      $ 31,462,845      $ 32,177,460  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

      High Income Opportunities Fund     Securitized Asset Fund  
      Year Ended
September 30, 2021
    Year Ended
September 30, 2020
    Year Ended
September 30, 2021
    Year Ended
September 30, 2020
 
FROM OPERATIONS:

 

Investment income

   $ 14,795,072     $ 12,077,811     $ 41,133,133     $ 49,063,039  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures contracts and swap agreements

     12,862,055       (3,746,633     14,060,389       99,392  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures contracts and swap agreements

     3,805,718       7,246,994       (23,016,062     7,163,659  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     31,462,845       15,578,172       32,177,460       56,326,090  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

 

Institutional Class

     (15,289,039     (11,897,771     (92,096,383     (80,151,712
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 10)      (3,489,615     77,235,559       124,115,977       285,370,951  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets

     12,684,191       80,915,960       64,197,054       261,545,329  
NET ASSETS

 

Beginning of the year

     255,018,565       174,102,605       1,500,680,363       1,239,135,034  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the year

   $ 267,702,756     $ 255,018,565     $ 1,564,877,417     $ 1,500,680,363  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

      High Income Opportunities Fund – Institutional Class          
      Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2019
     Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 10.29      $ 10.45     $ 10.69      $ 10.95      $ 10.66  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

             

Investment income(a)

     0.59        0.58       0.60        0.58        0.62  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.67        (0.16 )(b)      (0.08      (0.24      0.30  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     1.26        0.42       0.52        0.34        0.92  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

             

Investment income

     (0.61      (0.58     (0.62      (0.60      (0.63

Net realized capital gains

                  (0.14              
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (0.61      (0.58     (0.76      (0.60      (0.63
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 10.94      $ 10.29     $ 10.45      $ 10.69      $ 10.95  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return

     12.55      4.28     5.14      3.21      8.91

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

             

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 267,703      $ 255,019     $ 174,103      $ 139,420      $ 142,373  

Net expenses(c)

                                 

Gross expenses(c)

                                 

Net investment income

     5.49      5.76     5.78      5.45      5.74

Portfolio turnover rate

     62      96 %(d)      48      42      37

 

(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)   Loomis Sayles has agreed to pay, without reimbursement from the Fund, all expenses associated with the operations of the Fund.  
(d)   The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2019 to 2020 was primarily due to significant shareholder flows and repositioning of the portfolio.  

 

      Securitized Asset Fund – Institutional Class  
      Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Year Ended
September 30,
2020
     Year Ended
September 30,
2019
    Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 9.77     $ 9.94      $ 9.65     $ 10.16      $ 10.57  
  

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

            

Investment income(a)

     0.26       0.34        0.39       0.37        0.39  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.06     0.06        0.45       (0.33      (0.25
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     0.20       0.40        0.84       0.04        0.14  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

            

Investment income

     (0.58     (0.57      (0.55     (0.55      (0.55
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 9.39     $ 9.77      $ 9.94     $ 9.65      $ 10.16  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return

     2.07 %(b)      4.13      8.97     0.39      1.40

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

            

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 1,564,877     $ 1,500,680      $ 1,239,135     $ 1,149,454      $ 1,133,638  

Net expenses(c)

                                

Gross expenses(c)

                                

Net investment income

     2.68     3.50      3.98     3.81      3.78

Portfolio turnover rate

     98 %(d)      283      369 %(e)      259      313

 

(a)   Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.  
(b)   Generally accepted accounting principles require certain adjustments to be made to the net assets of the Fund for financial reporting purposes only, and as such, the total return based on the adjusted net asset value per share may differ from the total return reported in the average annual total return table.  
(c)   Loomis Sayles has agreed to pay, without reimbursement from the Fund, all expenses associated with the operations of the Fund.  
(d)   The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2020 to 2021 was primarily due to a decrease in the volume of TBA transactions (see Note 2g of Notes to Financial Statements).  
(e)   The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2018 to 2019 is due to an increase in the volume of trades in TBA securities (see Note 2g of Notes to Financial Statements).  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

September 30, 2021

1.  Organization. Loomis Sayles Funds I (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 High Income Opportunities Fund (the “High Income Opportunities Fund”)

Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund (the “Securitized Asset Fund”)

Each Fund is a diversified investment company.

Each Fund offers Institutional Class shares. The Funds’ shares are offered exclusively to investors in “wrap fee” programs approved by Natixis Advisors, LLC (“Natixis Advisors”) and/or Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. (“Loomis Sayles”) and to institutional advisory clients of Natixis Advisors or Loomis Sayles that, in each case, meet the Funds’ policies as established by Loomis Sayles.

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 year-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 Funds by an independent pricing service or bid prices obtained from broker-dealers. Senior loans and collateralized loan obligations 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 and collateralized loan obligations 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. Bilateral credit default swaps are valued based on mid prices (between the bid price and the ask price) supplied by an independent pricing service. Centrally cleared swap agreements are valued at settlement prices of the clearing house on which the contracts were traded or prices obtained from broker-dealers.

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.

 

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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.

As of September 30, 2021, 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 Opportunities Fund

   $ 1,231,182          0.5%        $ 1,174,735          0.4%  

Securitized Asset Fund

                       29,794,283          1.9%  

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 (including income reinvested) and foreign withholding tax, if applicable, is recorded on the 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. Loan consent fees, upfront origination fees and/or amendment fees are recorded when received and included in interest income on the Statements of Operations. Interest income is increased by the accretion of discount and decreased by the amortization of premium, if applicable. For payment-in-kind securities, income received in-kind is reflected as an increase to the principal and cost basis of the securities. For securities with paydown provisions, principal payments are treated as a proportionate reduction to the cost basis of the securities, and excess or shortfall amounts are recorded as income. In determining net gain or loss on securities sold, the cost of securities has been determined on an identified cost basis.

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, if any, 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.

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.

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 appreciation (depreciation) 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. Forward foreign currency contracts outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.

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 amounts of the contracts are not recorded

 

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in the financial statements. Daily fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as a receivable (payable) 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 outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.

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 and interest rate 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.

Implied credit spreads, represented in absolute terms, are disclosed in the Portfolio of Investments for those agreements for which the Fund is the protection seller. Implied credit spreads serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for the credit derivative. The implied credit spread of a particular reference entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. Wider credit spreads represent a deterioration of the reference entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.

An interest rate swap is an agreement with another party to receive or pay interest (e.g., an exchange of fixed rate payments for floating rate payments) to protect themselves from interest rate fluctuations. This type of swap is an agreement that obligates two parties to exchange a series of cash flows at specified intervals based upon or calculated by reference to a specified interest rate(s) for a specified notional amount. The payment flows are usually netted against each other, with the difference being paid by one party to the other.

The notional amounts of swap agreements are not recorded in the financial statements. Swap agreements are valued daily, and fluctuations in 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 the agreement and are recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as part of unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements. When received or paid, fees are recorded in the Statements of Operations as realized gain or loss. Upfront premiums paid or received by the Funds are recorded on the Statements of Asset 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 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 Funds face the CCP through a broker. Upon entering into a centrally cleared swap, the Funds are 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 Funds based on the daily change in the value of the centrally cleared swap agreement. For centrally cleared swaps, the Funds’ counterparty credit risk is reduced as the CCP stands between the Funds and the counterparty. The Funds cover their net obligations under outstanding swap agreements by segregating or earmarking cash or securities. Swap agreements outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.

 

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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 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.

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.

h.  Stripped Securities. Each Fund may invest in stripped securities, which are usually structured with two or more classes that receive different proportions of the interest and principal distribution on a pool of U.S. or foreign government securities or mortgage assets. In some cases, one class will receive all of the interest (the interest-only or “IO” class), while the other class will receive all of the principal (the principal-only or “PO” class). Stripped securities commonly have greater market volatility than other types of fixed-income securities. In the case of stripped mortgage securities, if the underlying mortgage assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, a Fund may fail to recoup fully its investments in IOs.

i.  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 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 September 30, 2021 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 twelve 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 that have been or are expected to be reclaimed and paid. 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 are expected to be filed and paid 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.

j.  Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions are recorded on the 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 premium amortization, corporate actions, deferred Trustees’ fees, defaulted and/or non-income producing securities, convertible bonds, swap adjustments and paydown gains and 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 wash sales, premium amortization, corporate actions, defaulted and/or non-income producing securities, convertible bonds and futures contracts mark-to-market. 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 net realized short-term capital gains are reported as distributed from ordinary income for tax purposes.

 

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The tax characterization of distributions is determined on an annual basis. The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the years ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was as follows:

 

     2021 Distributions      2020 Distributions  

Fund

   Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Total      Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Total  

High Income Opportunities Fund

   $ 15,289,039      $      $ 15,289,039      $ 11,897,771      $      $ 11,897,771  

Securitized Asset Fund

     92,096,383               92,096,383        80,151,712               80,151,712  

Distributions paid to shareholders from net investment income and net realized capital gains, based on accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, are consolidated and reported on the Statements of Changes in Net Assets as Distributions to Shareholders. Distributions paid to shareholders from net investment income and net realized capital gains expressed in per-share amounts, based on accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, are separately stated and reported within the Financial Highlights.

As of September 30, 2021, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

     High Income
Opportunities Fund
       Securitized
Asset Fund
 

Undistributed ordinary income

   $ 8,635,137        $ 6,961,454  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Capital loss carryforward:

       

Short-term:

       

No expiration date

              (18,421,522

Long-term:

       

No expiration date

              (99,454,197
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total capital loss carryforward

              (117,875,719
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     10,754,795          (39,164,364
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total accumulated earnings (losses)

   $ 19,389,932        $ (150,078,629
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Capital loss carryforward utilized in the current year

   $ 4,904,615        $  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

As of September 30, 2021, the tax cost of investments (including derivatives, if applicable) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on a federal tax basis were as follows:

 

     High Income
Opportunities Fund
     Securitized
Asset Fund
 

Federal tax cost

   $ 255,685,151      $ 1,745,540,494  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross tax appreciation

   $ 14,983,037      $ 22,580,256  

Gross tax depreciation

     (4,228,242      (61,744,620
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net tax appreciation (depreciation)

   $ 10,754,795      $ (39,164,364
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

k.  Senior Loans. Each Fund may invest in senior loans to corporate, governmental or other borrowers. Senior loans, which include both secured and unsecured loans made by banks and other financial institutions to corporate customers, typically hold the most senior position in a borrower’s capital structure, may be secured by the borrower’s assets and have interest rates that reset frequently. Senior Loans can include term loans, revolving credit facility loans and second lien loans. A senior 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 senior loan, as specified in the loan agreement. Large loans may be shared or syndicated among several lenders. A Fund may enter into the primary syndicate for a loan or it may also purchase all or a portion of loans from other lenders (sometimes referred to as loan assignments), in either case becoming a direct lender. The settlement period for senior loans is uncertain as there is no standardized settlement schedule applicable to such investments. Senior loans outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.

l.  Loan Participations. A Fund’s investments in senior loans may be in the form of participations in loans. When investing in a loan participation, 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. 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 from both the party from whom it purchased the loan participation and the borrower. Additionally, a Fund may have minimal control over the terms of any loan modification. Loan participations outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.

 

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m.  Collateralized Loan Obligations. Each Fund may invest in collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”). A CLO is a type of asset-backed security designed to redirect the cash flows from a pool of leveraged loans to investors based on their risk preferences. Cash flows from a CLO are split into two or more portions, called tranches, varying in risk and yield. The risk of an investment in a CLO depends largely on the type of the collateralized securities and the class of the instrument in which the Fund invests. The intent of the Funds when investing in CLOs is to purchase only higher level, investment grade level select tranches. CLOs outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.

n.  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 September 30, 2021, 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.

o.  Due from Brokers. Transactions and positions in certain futures contracts, swap agreements and delayed delivery commitments 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 for Securitized Asset Fund represents cash pledged as initial margin for futures contracts and closed centrally cleared swap agreements and as collateral for delayed delivery securities. In certain circumstances the Fund’s use of cash held at brokers is restricted by regulation or broker mandated limits.

p.  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 year ended September 30, 2021, neither Fund had loaned securities under this agreement.

q.  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.

r.  New Accounting Pronouncement. In January 2021, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update 2021-01, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) (“ASU 2021-01”). ASU 2021-01 is an update of ASU 2020-04, which was issued in response to concerns about structural risks of interbank offered rates, and particularly the risk of cessation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), expected to occur no later than June 30, 2023. Regulators have undertaken reference rate reform initiatives to identify alternative reference rates that are more observable or transaction based and less susceptible to manipulation. ASU 2020-04 provides temporary guidance to ease the potential burden in accounting for (or recognizing the effects of) reference rate reform on financial reporting. ASU 2020-04 is elective and applies to all entities, subject to meeting certain criteria, that have contracts that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform. ASU 2020-04 amendments offer optional expedients for contract modifications that would allow an entity to account for such modifications by prospectively adjusting the effective interest rate, instead of evaluating each contract, in accordance with existing accounting standards, as to whether reference rate modifications constitute the establishment of new contracts or the continuation of existing contracts. The ASU 2021-01 update clarifies that certain optional expedients and exceptions in Topic 848 for contract modifications and hedge accounting apply to derivatives that are affected by the LIBOR transition. The amendments are currently effective and an entity may elect to apply its provisions as of any date from the beginning of an interim period that includes or is subsequent to March 12, 2020. No Fund contracts have yet been impacted by reference rate reform. Management expects to apply the optional expedients when appropriate.

 

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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. The Funds’ adviser may use internally developed models to validate broker-dealer bid prices that are only available from a single broker or market maker. Such securities are considered and classified as fair valued. 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. 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.

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ investments as of September 30, 2021, at value:

High Income Opportunities Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1        Level 2        Level 3     Total  

Bonds and Notes

              

Non-Convertible Bonds

              

Home Construction

   $        $ 2,386,133        $ (b)    $ 2,386,133  

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

              5,097,622          112,388 (c)      5,210,010  

All Other Non-Convertible Bonds(a)

              219,246,426                219,246,426  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Non-Convertible Bonds

              226,730,181          112,388       226,842,569  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Convertible Bonds(a)

              14,116,611                14,116,611  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Bonds and Notes

              240,846,792          112,388       240,959,180  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Senior Loans(a)

              1,181,308                1,181,308  

Collateralized Loan Obligations

              5,385,150          1,334,972 (d)      6,720,122  

Preferred Stocks

              

Food & Beverage

              1,676,373                1,676,373  

Technology

     497,601                         497,601  

Wireless

              597,047                597,047  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks

     497,601          2,273,420                2,771,021  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Common Stocks

              

Chemicals

              273,605                273,605  

All Other Common Stocks(a)

     5,826,930                         5,826,930  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

     5,826,930          273,605                6,100,535  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Warrants

                       2,347 (b)(c)      2,347  

Short-Term Investments

              8,705,433                8,705,433  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 6,324,531        $ 258,665,708        $ 1,449,707     $ 266,439,946  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

(b) Includes a security fair valued at zero by the Fund’s adviser using level 3 inputs.

(c) Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser.

(d) Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser ($1,060,000) or valued using broker-dealer bid prices ($274,972).

 

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Securitized Asset Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1        Level 2        Level 3      Total  

Bonds and Notes

               

ABS Home Equity

   $        $ 114,889,728        $ 145,087(b    $ 115,034,815  

Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

                   —          123,410,831          10,606,608(c      134,017,439  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

              130,178,249          19,938,586(b      150,116,835  

Mortgage Related

              473,953,597          134,462(b      474,088,059  

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

              191,589,367          3,754,766(b      195,344,133  

All Other Bonds and Notes(a)

              369,664,582                 369,664,582  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Bonds and Notes

              1,403,686,354          34,579,509        1,438,265,863  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

Collateralized Loan Obligations

              104,069,403                 104,069,403  

Loan Participations(a)

              5,656,428                 5,656,428  

Short-Term Investments

              158,384,436                 158,384,436  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

              1,671,796,621          34,579,509        1,706,376,130  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     1,526,873                          1,526,873  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,526,873        $ 1,671,796,621        $ 34,579,509      $ 1,707,903,003  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

(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.

(c) Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser ($5,821,382) or valued using broker-dealer bid prices ($4,785,226).

The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value as of September 30, 2020 and/or September 30, 2021:

High Income Opportunities Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in Securities

  Balance as of
September 30,
2020
    Accrued
Discounts
(Premiums)
    Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Purchases     Sales     Transfers
into
Level 3
    Transfers
out of
Level 3
    Balance as of
September 30,
2021
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held at
September 30,
2021
 

Bonds and Notes

                   

Non-Convertible Bonds

                   

Home Construction

  $ (a)    $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $ (a)    $  

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

    314,438                   (202,050                             112,388       (202,050

Collateralized Loan Obligations

                      (28     1,335,000                         1,334,972       (28

Preferred Stocks

                   

Energy

    (a)            (488,846     488,846                                      

Warrants

    35,226 (a)            16,808       (32,879           (16,808                 2,347 (a)      (32,879
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 349,664     $     —     $ (472,038   $ 253,889     $ 1,335,000     $ (16,808)     $     —     $     —     $ 1,449,707     $ (234,957
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a) Includes a security fair valued at zero by the Fund’s adviser using level 3 inputs.

 

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Securitized Asset Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in Securities

  Balance as of
September 30,
2020
    Accrued
Discounts
(Premiums)
    Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Purchases     Sales     Transfers into
Level 3
    Transfers out
of Level 3
    Balance as of
September 30,
2021
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held at
September 30,
2021
 

Bonds and Notes

                   

ABS Home Equity

  $ 405,480     $     $ (701,858   $ 527,441     $     $ (59,127   $     $ (26,849   $ 145,087     $ 519,726  

Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

    3,439,336             (9,640,091     3,458,106       4,798,100             8,551,157             10,606,608       2,976,597  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

    20,720,382       511       (5,397,892     (1,292,984     461,621       (6,641,236     13,160,309       (1,072,125     19,938,586       (1,171,187

Mortgage Related

    3,257,739                   (11,389     5,176                   (3,117,064     134,462       (11,389

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

    4,886,172                   (1,131,406                             3,754,766       (1,131,406
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 32,709,109     $     511     $ (15,739,841   $ 1,549,768     $ 5,264,897     $ (6,700,363   $ 21,711,466     $ (4,216,038   $ 34,579,509     $ 1,182,341  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

A debt security valued at $26,849 was transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 during the period ended September 30, 2021. At September 30, 2020, 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 September 30, 2021, 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.

Debt securities valued at $21,711,466 were transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 during the period ended September 30, 2021. At September 30, 2020, 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 September 30, 2021, these securities were valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Fund’s adviser as an independent pricing service did not provide a reliable price for the securities.

Debt securities valued at $4,189,189 were transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 during the period ended September 30, 2021. At September 30, 2020, these securities were valued using broker-dealer bid prices based on inputs unobservable to the Fund as an independent pricing service was unable to price the securities. At September 30, 2021, 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.

The significant unobservable inputs used for those securities fair valued by the adviser and categorized in Level 3 as of September 30, 2021, were as follows:

 

Description

  Valuation
Technique(s)
    Unobservable Input     Unobservable
Input Value(s)
    Value  

Bonds and Notes

       
          

ABS Home Equity1

    Market Discount       Discount Rate      

1.00%

3.00%

 

 

  $

 

64,887

80,200

 

 

 

Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities1

    Market Discount       Discount Rate      

1.00%

2.00%

 

 

   

5,520,624

300,759

 

 

 

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations1

    Market Discount       Discount Rate      

0.50%

1.00%

2.00%

 

 

 

   

3,612,326

15,297,504

1,028,756

 

 

 

 

Mortgage Related1

    Market Discount       Discount Rate       1.00%       134,462  
 

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities2

    Discounted Cash Flows      

Constant Default Rate

Loss Severity

Lag Time

Loss Adjusted Spread

 

 

 

 

   

100%

39%

13 months

33%

 

 

 

 

    3,754,766  
         

 

 

 
 

Total

        $ 29,794,284  
         

 

 

 

1 “Odd lot” securities (those with current principal below the normal trading size) are valued using a discount to the “round lot” price for the same security. The significant unobservable input used in the fair value measurement is the discount rate. Discount rates are set at a specific fixed rate depending on the size of the odd lot. The Unobservable Input Value(s) noted above reflect a range due to the fact that there are multiple odd lot securities within each asset type that have had different discount rates applied. A significant change in the discount rate could have a material effect on the fair value measurement. There is an inverse relationship between the discount rate and the fair value measurement, meaning a significant increase in the discount rate would result in a lower fair value measurement, and vice versa.

 

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2 Security is valued using a discounted cash flow model. The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement are the constant default rate, loss severity, lag time, and loss adjusted spread. Significant changes in input values could have a material effect on the fair value measurement. There is an inverse relationship between the loss severity, lag time, and loss adjusted spread and the fair value measurement, meaning a significant increase in any of those input values in isolation would have resulted in a lower fair value measurement, and vice versa. The constant default rate of 100% is based on the fact that the underlying loan is in default.

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 Securitized Asset Fund used during the period include futures contracts and swap agreements.

Securitized Asset Fund is subject to the risk that changes in interest rates will affect the value of the Fund’s investments in fixed-income securities. The 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 and interest rate swaps to hedge against changes in interest rates and to manage duration without having to buy or sell portfolio securities. During the year ended September 30, 2021, Securitized Asset Fund used futures contracts to hedge against changes in interest rates and manage duration. The Fund used interest rate swaps for investment exposure.

The following is a summary of derivative instruments for Securitized Asset Fund as of September 30, 2021, as reflected within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities:

 

Assets

  

Unrealized
appreciation on
futures contracts1

Exchange-traded asset derivatives

    Interest rate contracts

   $1,526,873

1 Represents cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts. Only the current day’s variation margin on futures contracts is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as receivable or payable for variation margin, as applicable.

Transactions in derivative instruments for Securitized Asset Fund during the year ended September 30, 2021, as reflected in the Statements of Operations were as follows:

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

  

Futures contracts

  

Swap agreements

Interest rate contracts

   $9,866,051    $(10,995,710)

Net Change in Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

  

Futures contracts

  

Swap agreements

Interest rate contracts

   $2,103,773    $14,437,003

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 futures contract and swap agreement 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 year ended September 30, 2021:

 

Securitized Asset Fund

   Futures        Interest Rate
Swaps
 

Average Notional Amount Outstanding

     7.93%          8.44%  

Highest Notional Amount Outstanding

     14.31%          10.82%  

Lowest Notional Amount Outstanding

     0.42%          0.00%  

Notional Amount Outstanding as of September 30, 2021

     7.81%          0.00%  

Notional amounts outstanding at the end of the prior period, if applicable, are included in the averages above.

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

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. With exchange-traded derivatives, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund because the exchange’s clearing house, 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 typically are required to segregate customer margin for exchange-traded derivatives 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 customers, 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 the maximum amount of loss due to credit risk

 

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that, based on the gross fair value of the financial instrument, the applicable Fund would incur if parties (including 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:

 

Fund

   Maximum
Amount of
Loss — Gross
       Maximum
Amount of
Loss — Net
 

Securitized Asset Fund

   $ 9,698,603        $ 9,698,603  

5.  Purchases and Sales of Securities. For the year ended September 30, 2021, 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 Opportunities Fund

     $        $        $ 158,738,581        $ 159,842,844  

Securitized Asset Fund

       1,301,418,077          1,220,556,278          375,343,426          258,534,673  

6.  Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

a.  Management Fees. Loomis Sayles has agreed to pay, without reimbursement from the Funds or the Trust, the following expenses of the Funds: compensation to Trustees of the Trust who are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust; registration, filing and other fees in connection with requirements of regulatory authorities; the charges and expenses of any entity appointed by the Funds for custodial, paying agent, shareholder servicing and plan agent services; charges and expenses of the independent registered public accounting firm retained by the Funds; charges and expenses of any transfer agents and registrars appointed by the Funds; any cost of certificates representing shares of the Funds; legal fees and expenses in connection with the day-to-day affairs of the Funds, including registering and qualifying its shares with Federal and State regulatory authorities; expenses of meetings of shareholders and Trustees of the Trust; the costs of services, including services of counsel, required in connection with the preparation of the Funds’ registration statements and prospectuses, including amendments and revisions thereto, annual, semi-annual and other periodic reports of the Funds, and notices and proxy solicitation material furnished to shareholders of the Funds or regulatory authorities, and any costs of printing or mailing these items; and the Funds’ expenses of bookkeeping, accounting and financial reporting, including related clerical expenses and all other expenses incurred; and other operating expenses of the Funds, as applicable.

Loomis Sayles serves as investment adviser to each Fund. Loomis Sayles is a limited partnership whose sole general partner, Loomis, Sayles & Company, Inc., is indirectly owned by Natixis Investment Managers, LLC, which is part of Natixis Investment Managers, an international asset management group based in Paris, France. Under the terms of each management agreement, Loomis Sayles does not charge the Funds an investment advisory fee, also known as a management fee, or any other fee for those services or for bearing those expenses. Although the Funds do not compensate Loomis Sayles directly for services under the advisory agreement, Loomis Sayles will typically receive an advisory fee from the sponsors of “wrap programs,” who in turn charge the programs’ participants.

b.  Service and Distribution Fees. Natixis Distribution, LLC (“Natixis Distribution”), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers, LLC, 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. Natixis Distribution currently is not paid a fee for serving as distributor for the Funds. Loomis Sayles has agreed to reimburse Natixis Distribution to the extent that Natixis Distribution incurs expenses in connection with any redemption of Fund shares.

c.  Administrative Fees. 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 Investment Managers, LLC. Loomis Sayles has agreed to pay, without reimbursement from the Trust or Funds, fees to Natixis Advisors for services to the Funds.

d.  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 Investment Managers, LLC or their affiliates. The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees receives a retainer fee at the annual rate of $369,000. 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 $199,000. 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, the chairperson of the Audit Committee and the chairperson of the Governance Committee each receive an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $20,000. 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

 

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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 Trusts based on a formula that takes into account, among other factors, the relative net assets of each fund. Trustees are reimbursed for travel expenses in connection with attendance at meetings. Loomis Sayles has agreed to pay, without reimbursement from the Trust or Funds, Trustees fees and expenses allocable to the Funds.

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 Trusts as designated by the participating Trustees. Changes in the value of participants’ deferral accounts are allocated pro rata among the funds in the Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Natixis ETF Trusts, and are normally reflected as Trustees’ fees and expenses in the Statements of Operations. The portions of the accrued obligations allocated to the Funds under the Plan are reflected as Deferred Trustees’ fees in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Certain officers and employees of Natixis Advisors and Loomis Sayles are also officers and/or Trustees of the Trust.

7.  Line of Credit. Each Fund, together with certain other funds of Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Natixis ETF Trusts, entered into a $500,000,000 committed unsecured line of credit provided by State Street Bank. 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 $500,000,000 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 (applicable allocations to the Funds are paid by Loomis Sayles) based on their average daily unused portion of the line of credit. Loomis Sayles, on behalf of the Funds, paid an arrangement fee, an upfront fee, and certain other legal fees in connection with the line of credit agreement.

Prior to April 8, 2021, each Fund, together with certain other funds of Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Natixis ETF Trusts, entered into a $400,000,000 committed unsecured line of credit provided by State Street Bank. 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.

For the year ended September 30, 2021, neither Fund had borrowings under this agreement.

8.   Risk. Securitized Asset 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.

Global markets have experienced periods of high volatility triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic. The impact of this pandemic and any other epidemic or pandemic that may arise in the future could adversely affect the economies of many nations or the entire global economy and the financial performance of individual issuers, sectors, industries, asset classes, and markets in significant and unforeseen ways. Such effects could impair the Funds’ ability to maintain operational standards, disrupt the operations of the Funds’ service providers, adversely affect the value and liquidity of the Funds’ investments and negatively impact the Funds’ performance.

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 September 30, 2021, 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
 

High Income Opportunities Fund

   3        92.06%  

Securitized Asset Fund

   4        97.57%  

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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Notes to Financial Statements – continued

September 30, 2021

 

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:

 

       High Income Opportunities Fund  
       Year Ended September 30, 2021        Year Ended September 30, 2020  
       Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount  
Institutional Class  

Issued from the sale of shares

       3,036,476        $ 32,797,517          13,827,277        $ 135,298,503  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

       559,254          6,019,729          557,919          5,643,632  

Redeemed

       (3,896,028        (42,306,861        (6,262,810        (63,706,576
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

       (300,298      $ (3,489,615        8,122,386        $ 77,235,559  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

       Securitized Asset Fund  
       Year Ended September 30, 2021        Year Ended September 30, 2020  
       Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount  
Institutional Class  

Issued from the sale of shares

       35,486,433        $ 340,179,154          60,284,606        $ 590,577,942  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

       2,625,942          25,148,724          2,080,565          20,316,755  

Redeemed

       (25,162,055        (241,211,901        (33,407,601        (325,523,746
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Increase from capital share transactions

       12,950,320        $ 124,115,977          28,957,570        $ 285,370,951  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of Loomis Sayles Funds I and Shareholders of

Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund and Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund:

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the portfolios of investments, of Loomis Sayles High Income Opportunities Fund and Loomis Sayles Securitized Asset Fund (two of the funds constituting Loomis Sayles Funds I, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of September 30, 2021, the related statements of operations for the year ended September 30, 2021, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended September 30, 2021, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended September 30, 2021 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of September 30, 2021, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended September 30, 2021 and each of the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended September 30, 2021 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2021 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

November 22, 2021

We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Natixis Investment Company Complex since at least 1995. We have not determined the specific year we began serving as auditor.

 

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2021 U.S. Tax Distribution Information to Shareholders (unaudited)

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021, a percentage of dividends distributed by the Fund listed below qualifies for the dividends received deduction for corporate shareholders. This percentage is as follows:

 

Fund

   Qualifying Percentage  

High Income Opportunities Fund

     0.65%  

Qualified Dividend Income. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021, the Fund below will designate up to the maximum amount allowable pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code as qualified dividend income eligible for reduced tax rates. These lower rates range from 0% to 20% depending on an individual’s tax bracket. If the Fund pays a distribution during calendar year 2021, complete information will be reported in conjunction with Form 1099-DIV.

 

Fund

  

 

 

High Income Opportunities Fund

  

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

The tables below provide certain information regarding the Trustees and officers of Loomis Sayles Funds I (the “Trust”). Unless otherwise indicated, the address of all persons below is 888 Boylston Street, Suite 800, Boston, MA 02199-8197. The Funds’ Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees of the Trust and is available by calling Loomis Sayles Funds at 800-633-3330.

 

Name and Year of Birth  

Position(s)
Held with
the Trust/, Length
of Time Served and

Term of Office1

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
 

Number of Portfolios in
Fund Complex Overseen2

and Other Directorships
Held During

Past 5 Years

 

Experience,

Qualifications,

Attributes, Skills

for Board

Membership

Independent Trustees

Edmond J. English
(1953)
  Trustee since 2013 Chairperson of the Governance Committee and Contract Review Committee Member   Executive Chairman of Bob’s Discount Furniture (retail)   54
Director, Burlington Stores, Inc. (retail)
  Significant experience on the Board and on the boards of other business organizations (including retail companies and a bank); executive experience (including at a retail company)
Richard A. Goglia
(1951)
  Trustee since 2015 Contract Review Committee Member and Governance Committee Member   Retired   54
Director of Triumph Group (aerospace industry)
  Significant experience on the Board and executive experience (including his role as vice president and treasurer of a defense company and experience at a financial services company)
Wendell J. Knox
(1948)
  Trustee since 2009 Chairperson of the Contract Review Committee   Retired   54
Director, Abt Associates Inc. (research and consulting); Director, The Hanover Insurance Group (property and casualty insurance); formerly, Director, Eastern Bank (bank)
  Significant experience on the Board and on the boards of other business organizations (including at a bank and at a property and casualty insurance firm); executive experience (including roles as president and chief executive officer of a research and consulting company)
Martin T. Meehan
(1956)
 

Trustee since 2012

Audit Committee Member and Governance Committee Member

  President, University of Massachusetts   54
None
  Significant experience on the Board and on the boards of other business organizations; experience as President of the University of Massachusetts; government experience (including as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives); academic experience

 

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Name and Year of Birth  

Position(s)
Held with
the Trust/, Length
of Time Served and

Term of Office1

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
 

Number of Portfolios in
Fund Complex Overseen2

and Other Directorships
Held During

Past 5 Years

 

Experience,

Qualifications,

Attributes, Skills

for Board

Membership

Maureen B. Mitchell
(1951)
 

Trustee since 2017

Audit Committee Member and Governance Committee Member

  Retired   54
Director, Sterling Bancorp (bank)
  Experience on the Board; financial services industry and executive experience (including role as president of global sales and marketing at a financial services company)
James P. Palermo
(1955)
 

Trustee since 2016

Audit Committee Member

  Founding Partner, Breton Capital Management, LLC (private equity); Partner, STEP Partners, LLC (private equity)   54
Director, FutureFuel.io (chemicals and biofuels)
  Significant experience on the Board; financial services industry and executive experience (including roles as chief executive officer of client management and asset servicing for a banking and financial services company)
Erik R. Sirri
(1958)
 

Chairperson of the Board of Trustees since January 2021

Trustee since 2009

Ex Officio member of the Audit Committee, Contract Review Committee and Governance Committee

  Professor of Finance at Babson College   54
None
  Significant experience on the Board; experience as Director of the Division of Trading and Markets at the Securities and Exchange Commission; academic experience; training as an economist
Peter J. Smail
(1952)
  Trustee since 2009 Audit Committee Member   Retired   54
None
  Significant experience on the Board; mutual fund industry and executive experience (including roles as president and chief executive officer for an investment adviser)

Kirk A. Sykes

(1958)

  Trustee since 2019 Contract Review Committee Member and Governance Committee Member   Managing Director of Accordia Partners, LLC (real estate development); President of Primary Corporation (real estate development); Managing Principal of Merrick Capital Partners (infrastructure finance); formerly, President of Urban Strategy America Fund (real estate fund manager)   54
Trustee, Eastern Bank (bank); Director, Apartment Investment and Management Company (real estate investment trust); formerly, Director, Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (real estate investment trust)
  Experience on the Board and significant experience on the boards of other business organizations (including real estate companies and banks)

Cynthia L. Walker

(1956)

  Trustee since 2005 Chairperson of the Audit Committee   Retired; formerly, Deputy Dean for Finance and Administration, Yale University School of Medicine   54
None
  Significant experience on the Board; executive experience in a variety of academic organizations (including roles as dean for finance and administration)

 

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Name and Year of Birth  

Position(s)
Held with
the Trust/, Length
of Time Served and

Term of Office1

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
 

Number of Portfolios in
Fund Complex Overseen2

and Other Directorships
Held During

Past 5 Years

 

Experience,

Qualifications,

Attributes, Skills

for Board

Membership

Interested Trustees

Kevin P. Charleston3
(1965)

One Financial Center

Boston, MA 02111

 

Trustee since 2015

President and Chief Executive Officer since 2015

  President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.   54
None
  Significant experience on the Board; continuing service as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.
David L. Giunta4
(1965)
  Trustee since 2011
Executive Vice President since 2008
  President and Chief Executive Officer, Natixis Advisors, LLC and Natixis Distribution, LLC   54
None
  Significant experience on the Board; experience as President and Chief Executive Officer of Natixis Advisors, LLC and Natixis Distribution, LLC

 

1 

Each Trustee serves until retirement, resignation or removal from the Board. The current retirement age is 75. The position of Chairperson of the Board is appointed for a three-year term.

 

2 

The Trustees of the Trust serve as Trustees of a fund complex that includes all series of the Natixis Funds Trust I, Natixis Funds Trust II, Natixis Funds Trust IV, Gateway Trust, Loomis Sayles Funds I, Loomis Sayles Funds II, Natixis ETF Trust and Natixis ETF Trust II (collectively, the “Fund Complex”).

 

3 

Mr. Charleston is deemed an “interested person” of the Trust because he holds the following positions with an affiliated person of the Trust: President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.

 

4 

Mr. Giunta is deemed an “interested person” of the Trust because he holds the following positions with an affiliated person of the Trust: President and Chief Executive Officer, Natixis Advisors, LLC and Natixis Distribution, LLC.

 

Name and Year of Birth  

Position(s)

Held with

the Trust

 

Term of Office1

and Length of

Time Served

 

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years2

Officers of the [Trust/Trusts]

Michael C. Kardok
(1959)
  Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer   Since 2004   Senior Vice President, Natixis Advisors, LLC and Natixis Distribution, LLC
Natalie R. Wagner
(1979)
  Chief Compliance Officer, Assistant Secretary and Anti-Money Laundering Officer  

Since May 2021

  Formerly, Vice President, Head of Corporate Compliance, Global Atlantic Financial Group
  Chief Legal Officer   Since July 2021  

 

1 

Each officer of the Trust serves for an indefinite term in accordance with the Trust’s current by-laws until the date his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until he or she sooner dies, retires, is removed or becomes disqualified.

 

2 

Each person listed above, except as noted, holds the same position(s) with the Fund Complex. Previous positions during the past five years with Natixis Distribution, LLC, Natixis Advisors, LLC or Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. are omitted, if not materially different from an officer’s current position with such entity.

 

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Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund

Loomis Sayles Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

Annual Report

September 30, 2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS  
Portfolio Review     1  
Portfolio of Investments     17  
Financial Statements     24  
Notes to Financial Statements     33  

 

 


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.

 

 

Market Conditions

The one-year period ending September 30, 2021 was very strong for the overall market, although punctuated by choppiness and volatility. Markets rallied sharply during the fourth quarter of 2020 as Covid-19 vaccines received emergency use authorization approval and uncertainty about the US presidential election resolved itself. Lower-quality stocks, as well as stocks that are more sensitive to market movements, led the market higher. At the beginning of 2021, the market steadied, but the spring months brought new concerns, including heightened valuations, challenging year-over-year comparisons on economic data, and the rise of the Delta variant. This produced a greater degree of choppiness in the market, which persisted through the end of the period.

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended September 30, 2021, Institutional Class shares of the Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund returned 30.53% at net asset value. The Fund underperformed its benchmark, the Russell 2000® Growth Index, which returned 33.27%.

Explanation of Fund Performance

Given our strategy’s high quality focus, the early part of the period was very challenging on a relative basis. Since then, however, the Fund’s relative performance has improved.

Among top contributors to relative performance were stock selection in the healthcare and communication services sectors, as well as relative positioning in the utilities sector. Conversely, stock selection in the information technology and industrials sectors, along with relative positioning and stock selection in the financials sector, detracted from relative performance.

The Fund’s top contributors to relative performance at the individual stock level were digital printing specialist Kornit Digital Ltd., cybersecurity services provider Rapid7 Inc. and implantable ocular lens company STAAR Surgical. Kornit Digital has led the secular shift away from traditional methods of printing on fabrics and garments toward digital alternatives, and it introduced a number of new printing machines to the market that drove further demand and widened its competitive advantage versus its peers. With the boom in e-commerce during the pandemic, the demand for Kornit’s products has accelerated. Rapid7 has been strong for the last year as an emerging leader within cloud cybersecurity for the mid-market, having expanded its suite of solutions. As a result, Rapid7 has seen acceleration in new customer growth, consistently better-than-expected total annual recurring revenue growth, and profit gains coming more quickly than anticipated. STAAR Surgical has performed well as investors have recognized its ability to outperform internationally while overcoming pandemic-related headwinds. Anticipation of STAAR’s entry into the US market in 2022 with its newest lens product also spurred investor interest.

Conversely, the largest detractors from relative performance among individual stocks were insurance provider Palomar Holdings Inc., cloud-based healthcare platform provider Inovalon Holdings Inc. and home-health services company LHC Group Inc. Palomar triggered the Fund’s stop loss after announcing a larger-than-expected catastrophe loss related to three moderate-sized hurricanes near the Gulf Coast of the US during the 2020 storm season. Inovalon saw its stock fall on uncertainty that its bookings would be sufficient to meet the company’s full-year guidance, given the choppy macroeconomic environment. With LHC Group, later-than-usual referrals due to Covid-19 weighed on its hospice business, and the slowdown in hospital discharges hurt its home-health segment. LHC Group has also seen costs rise as a result of the nationwide shortage of nursing professionals.

Outlook

As market correlations fall, we see investors placing greater importance on company-specific fundamentals. This, in turn, should lead to earnings growth becoming the primary driver of stock returns.

The economic outlook is still generally positive although uncertainties remain. These include more difficult growth comparisons for companies in the coming quarters, continued supply chain disruptions, lingering concerns about Covid-19 variants, and ongoing fiscal and monetary policy uncertainty from Washington and the US Federal Reserve.

Despite these uncertainties, we remain focused on the underlying business fundamentals of our companies. Uncertainty drives markets, and with market correlations low, earnings growth increasing in importance, and small-cap stocks looking ready to catch up to their large-cap counterparts, we believe that the Fund is well positioned for the future.

 

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Top Ten Holdings as of September 30, 2021

 

Security name    % of
Net Assets
 
1    Kornit Digital Ltd.      2.18
2    SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.      2.04  
3    Rapid7, Inc.      1.87  
4    Shutterstock, Inc.      1.68  
5    Novanta, Inc.      1.58  
6    Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A      1.53  
7    MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.      1.52  
8    Varonis Systems, Inc.      1.44  
9    WNS Holdings Ltd., ADR      1.43  
10    Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.      1.41  

The portfolio is actively managed and holdings are subject to change. There is no guarantee the Fund continues to invest in the securities referenced. The holdings listed exclude any temporary cash investments, are presented on an individual security basis and do not represent holdings of the issuer.

Hypothetical Growth of $100,000 Investment in Institutional Class Shares2

September 30, 2011 through September 30, 2021

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See notes to charts on Page 3.

 

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND

 

Average Annual Total Returns — September 30, 20212

 

                                 Expense Ratios3  
     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years     Life of
Class N
    Gross     Net  
     
Institutional Class (Inception 12/31/96)     30.53     18.25     16.27         0.94     0.94
     
Retail Class (Inception 12/31/96)     30.20       17.95       15.96             1.19       1.19  
     
Class N (Inception 2/1/13)     30.66       18.38             15.15       0.82       0.82  
   
Comparative Performance              
Russell 2000® Growth Index1     33.27       15.34       15.74       13.66                  

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 limitations set to expire on 1/31/22. When a Fund’s expenses are below the limitation, 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 limitations.

 

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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.

 

 

Market Conditions

The trailing 12 months ended September 30, 2021 was one of the highest-returning periods in the 37-year history of the Russell 2000® Index, against a backdrop of sustained economic recovery fueled by notable progress on the vaccine front, anticipation of new fiscal stimulus measures, monetary accommodation, and positive corporate earnings surprises. After a strong market rally during the fourth quarter of 2020, US equities advanced in early 2021, continuing the robust rally from the pandemic-driven lows in March 2020. The market experienced a rotation to value-oriented sectors such as energy, financials and materials during the period, amid an uptick in interest rates.

Domestic equities were higher during the first three quarters of the 12-month period, marking five consecutive quarters of gains. Earnings grew as the global economy reopened, and ample liquidity supported capital markets. Below the surface of the steady market gains, however, debate arose concerning the potential for rising inflation, headwinds from higher input costs, peaking profits, and fears of a new variant of the Covid-19 virus. These factors affected relative performance between cyclicals and defensive stocks, between growth and value stocks, and between large-cap and small-cap stocks.

During the final three months of the period, US equities remained within a fairly tight range, with slight gains achieved in large cap stocks and modest losses in small caps. Positive contributors such as robust earnings growth and ample liquidity from central banks began to give way late in the quarter to heightened uncertainty over worsening supply chain disruptions, inflationary pressures, potential tapering by the US Federal Reserve, and waves of new Covid-19 outbreaks. The period ended with higher-quality stocks back in favor after lagging substantially during the initial stages of the economy reopening.

Small cap stocks fully participated in the equity market recovery, outperforming larger cap stocks, as the small cap value index was the best performing segment of the domestic equity market, returning almost 64% during the 12-month period. Reversing the trend of the last few years, value stocks outperformed growth stocks across all market capitalizations.

Although there were several market rotations during the past year within the Russell 2000® Value Index, overall the market gains were led by stocks with the smallest market capitalization, the lowest quality fundamentals or money-losing companies. Cyclical areas of the market such as energy, materials and consumer discretionary were the leading sectors along with communication services. Conversely, defensive sectors such as utilities, healthcare, and consumer staples were laggards within the small cap value index.

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended September 30, 2021, Institutional Class shares of the Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund returned 55.05% at net asset value. The Fund underperformed its benchmark, the Russell 2000® Value Index, which returned 63.92%.

Explanation of Performance

The Fund’s underweight positions in real estate and healthcare, which were two of the worst-performing sectors in the small-cap value market, contributed to relative performance. In addition, stock selection was favorable in the financials, healthcare and utilities sectors.

Overall, the primary detractor from the Fund’s relative performance was adverse security selection, which resulted from the Fund’s focus on higher-quality stocks and those with higher market capitalizations, both of which underperformed within the small cap value segment of the stock market. Stock selection lagged particularly within the communication services, real estate and information technology sectors. In addition, sector positioning also detracted from the Fund’s returns relative to the index. More specifically, the Fund’s sector selection was negatively affected by its underweight to energy which was the best performing sector in the benchmark, and an underweight to the financials sector.

Among individual stocks, Herc Holdings, Inc., InMode Ltd. and Triumph Bancorp, Inc. made the largest positive contributions to performance for the period. Herc Holdings, one of the leading equipment rental suppliers in North America, specializes in industrial products such as aerial platforms, earthmoving equipment, and tele-handlers. Herc had been a turnaround story prior to our taking an initial position in the stock in late 2019, and the market was slow to recognize the significant improvement in the fleet of equipment for rent, as well as strong cash flow which repaired a formerly over-leveraged balance sheet. While the Covid-19 pandemic proved to be a temporary setback in terms of rental demand in 2020, Herc was able to maintain strong profitability and cash flow remained robust on a decline in new fleet equipment purchases. Coming into 2021, the stock was further helped by signs of a rebounding industrial economy, as well as Herc’s role as a

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES SMALL CAP VALUE FUND

 

potential beneficiary of infrastructure-related investment activity. Late in the period, the company announced ambitious new targets for growth and profitability for the next three to four years and initiated a common dividend for the first time.

InMode produces minimally invasive medical aesthetic surgery platforms for fat reduction, skin tightening and tissue remodeling applications. The company has had strong demand for its proprietary systems due to pent-up demand from physicians, the expansion of its sales force in the US, and continued momentum of hands-free technologies. Earnings continued to exceed investor expectations, driven by the continued opening of the economy, both within the US and internationally. Also, InMode’s introductions of two new platforms (women’s health & ophthalmology), increases in research and development activity, and expanding its international distribution capability helped produce strong returns for shareholders.

Triumph Bancorp, a Texas-based niche bank with a focus on freight payment factoring, continued with its business model transformation from a traditional bank structure into a digital freight payments business. This strategic pivot has substantially increased its market opportunity and outlook for growth. Recently, its TriumphPay division announced that annualized payments volume for the third quarter of 2021 will make it the largest payer in brokered freight. The division’s goal is to “own” the payment channel for freight brokers and then move on to shippers. As the company continues to reach payments milestones, investors have reassessed its future earnings outlook and have increased the firm’s valuation.

Conversely, during the 12-month period, individual names Emergent BioSolutions Inc., Modine Manufacturing Co. and Cannae Holdings, Inc. detracted the most from relative performance. Emergent BioSolutions is specialty biopharmaceutical company focused on clinical and commercial products that address the public health threats associated with chemical and biological agents, radiation, infectious diseases, and opioid abuse. A key initiative was the development of a growing outsourced pharmaceutical development and manufacturing business. With the Covid-19 pandemic, the company received substantial new contracts for the manufacture of vaccines, including key wins with Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca. In April 2021, media reports of a manufacturing error in the development of the J&J vaccine were confirmed, and a subsequent inspection by the FDA found various deficiencies at an Emergent BioSolutions facility. This widely publicized event placed considerable doubt on the investment thesis and expectations regarding the company’s ability to establish itself as a contract drug manufacturer, and we chose to exit the position.

Modine Manufacturing is a manufacturer of heat transfer and heat storage equipment and was added to the Fund in early July 2021. Key end markets include building HVAC, commercial and industrial solutions, and heavy-duty equipment. New management has been implementing a business improvement process, and several legacy divisions have already been sold or are slated for divestment, which will transform the business from an auto-parts supplier to more of a core-industrial company. While the most recent quarterly report showed sales and profits in line with investor expectations and management reaffirmed its earnings outlook, the sales process has taken more time than investors have expected.

Cannae Holdings operates as a publicly traded holding company which owns significant equity stakes in several companies including Dun & Bradstreet, Paysafe and Ceridian. Cannae has significantly increased its ownership in several special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) this year, which has created a modest amount of underlying shareholder value. Unfortunately, the complexity of these investments has resulted in investors applying a much greater discount to the company’s net asset value, and that was reflected in the decline in its stock price. We added to the position during the period.

Outlook

We remain committed to identifying inefficiencies in the small cap market that result in stock prices and valuations that do not accurately reflect our assessment of the underlying value of the corporate enterprise.

While many forms of inefficiency may exist, we focus on companies that are misunderstood, underfollowed or in the midst of a “special situation” where we believe we can use our strengths in the form of our time horizon, resource deployment or a willingness to solve complex situations. We require fundamentally sound business models, capable management teams and financial stability.

Key to our process are distinct, company-specific catalysts on the horizon to sustain, enhance, or highlight the fundamental outlook. These principles are applied consistently over time, regardless of the current market environment. With a margin of safety and a proper time horizon, our goal is to achieve an attractive total return for our investors, while managing to an appropriate level of risk.

 

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Top Ten Holdings as of September 30, 2021

 

Security name    % of
Net Assets
 
1    Herc Holdings, Inc.      2.42
2    Inmode Ltd.      1.79  
3    Triumph Bancorp, Inc.      1.69  
4    Concentrix Corp.      1.54  
5    Popular, Inc.      1.41  
6    Kadant, Inc.      1.34  
7    Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.      1.33  
8    ChampionX Corp.      1.31  
9    Wintrust Financial Corp.      1.30  
10    Meta Financial Group, Inc.      1.30  

The portfolio is actively managed and holdings are subject to change. There is no guarantee the Fund continues to invest in the securities referenced. The holdings listed exclude any temporary cash investments, are presented on an individual security basis and do not represent holdings of the issuer.

Hypothetical Growth of $100,000 Investment in Institutional Class Shares3

September 30, 2011 through September 30, 2021

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LOOMIS SAYLES SMALL CAP VALUE FUND

 

Average Annual Total Returns — September 30, 20213

 

                                 Expense Ratios4  
     1 Year     5 Years     10 Years    

Life of

Class N

   

Gross

   

Net

 
     

Institutional Class (Inception 5/13/91)

    55.05     9.86     13.03         0.95     0.90
     

Retail Class (Inception 12/31/96)

    54.69       9.59       12.74             1.20       1.15  
     

Admin Class (Inception 1/2/98)

    54.29       9.32       12.47             1.45       1.40  
     

Class N (Inception 2/1/13)

    55.15       9.93             10.40       0.85       0.85  
   

Comparative Performance

             

Russell 2000® Value Index1

    63.92       11.03       13.22       10.39        

Russell 2000® Index2

    47.68       13.45       14.63       12.19                  

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 limitations set to expire on 1/31/22. When a Fund’s expenses are below the limitation, 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 limitations.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES SMALL/MID CAP GROWTH FUND

 

Managers   Symbols   
Mark F. Burns, CFA®   Institutional Class    LSMIX
John J. Slavik, CFA®   Class N    LSMNX

 

 

Investment Objective

The Fund’s investment objective is long-term capital growth from investments in common stocks or other equity securities.

 

 

Market Conditions

The one-year period ending September 30, 2021 was very strong for the overall market, although punctuated by choppiness and volatility. Markets rallied sharply during the fourth quarter of 2020 as Covid-19 vaccines received emergency use authorization approval and uncertainty about the US presidential election resolved itself. Lower-quality stocks, as well as stocks that are more sensitive to market movements, led the market higher. At the beginning of 2021, the market steadied, but the spring months brought new concerns, including heightened valuations, challenging year-over-year comparisons on economic data, and the rise of the Delta variant. This produced a greater degree of choppiness in the market, which persisted through the end of the period.

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended September 30, 2021, Institutional Class shares of the Loomis Sayles Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund returned 30.00% at net asset value. The Fund underperformed its benchmark, the Russell 2500™ Growth Index, which returned 31.98%.

Explanation of Fund Performance

Given our strategy’s high quality focus, the early part of the period was very challenging on a relative basis. Since then, however, the Fund has performed well on a relative basis.

Among contributors to the Fund’s relative performance were stock selection in the industrials and financials sectors, as well as relative positioning in the communications services and materials sectors. By contrast, stock selection in the information technology, healthcare, and consumer discretionary sectors detracted from relative performance.

The Fund’s top contributors to relative performance at the individual stock level were power generation equipment manufacturer Generac Holdings Inc., alternative asset manager Ares Management Corp. and digital engineering and software development provider EPAM Systems Inc. Generac had very positive absolute performance over the 12-month period, although some of its industry peers were exceptionally strong and actually outperformed the company. Ares Management’s focus on private credit asset investment solutions for clients outperformed during the past year, benefiting from strong inflows from new and existing clients. Ares also made several strategic acquisitions that expanded its total addressable market by adding investment capabilities and distribution. EPAM Systems saw organic growth reaccelerate as it made very strong market share gains within the massive global IT services market. EPAM has augmented its world-class engineering and development capability with improving consulting expertise to capture greater wallet share among clients of all sizes, and its industry has spurred positive revisions to earnings estimates and multiple expansion that in turn have helped push the stock higher.

Conversely, the largest detractors from relative performance among individual stocks were biotech company Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc., home-health services company LHC Group Inc. and biopharmaceutical developer Global Blood Therapeutics Inc. Acadia’s application with the US Food and Drug Administration to extend use of its approved psychiatric medicine into adjacent populations was rejected, and the resulting reduction in expected revenues drove the stock down. With LHC Group, later-than-usual referrals due to Covid-19 weighed on its hospice business, and the slowdown in hospital discharges hurt its home-health segment. LHC Group has also seen costs rise as a result of the nationwide shortage of nursing professionals. Global Blood Therapeutics faced challenges to its sickle cell disease drug launch from Covid-19, resulting in lower expectations and underperformance from the stock.

Outlook

As market correlations fall, we see investors placing greater importance on company-specific fundamentals. This, in turn, should lead to earnings growth becoming the primary driver of stock returns.

The economic outlook is still generally positive. However, uncertainties remain, including more difficult growth comparisons for companies in the coming quarters, continued supply chain disruptions, lingering concerns about Covid-19 variants, and ongoing fiscal and monetary policy uncertainty from Washington and the US Federal Reserve.

Despite these uncertainties, we remain focused on the underlying business fundamentals of our companies. Uncertainty drives markets, and with market correlations low, earnings growth increasing in importance, and small-cap stocks looking ready to catch up to their large-cap counterparts, we believe that the Fund is well positioned for the future.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES SMALL/MID CAP GROWTH FUND

 

Top Ten Holdings as of September 30, 2021

 

Security name    % of
Net Assets
 
1    SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.      2.20
2    Paylocity Holding Corp.      2.10  
3    Axon Enterprise, Inc.      1.93  
4    Insulet Corp.      1.91  
5    Catalent, Inc.      1.67  
6    Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A      1.67  
7    POOL CORP.      1.63  
8    Tetra Tech, Inc.      1.60  
9    Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.      1.53  
10    Syneos Health, Inc.      1.53  

The portfolio is actively managed and holdings are subject to change. There is no guarantee the Fund continues to invest in the securities referenced. The holdings listed exclude any temporary cash investments, are presented on an individual security basis and do not represent holdings of the issuer.

Hypothetical Growth of $100,000 Investment in Institutional Class Shares2

June 30, 2015 (inception) through September 30, 2021

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Average Annual Total Returns — September 30, 20212

 

           
                 Life of     Life of    

Expense Ratios3

 
     1 Year     5 Years    

Class I

   

Class N

    Gross     Net  
     
Institutional Class (Inception 6/30/15)     30.00     19.28     14.64         1.21     0.85
     
Class N (Inception 10/1/19)     30.08                   26.02       107.49       0.83  
   
Comparative Performance              
Russell 2500TM Growth Index1     31.98       18.21       14.03       28.53                  

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 2500 Growth Index measures the performance of the small-to-mid-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2500TM Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The Russell 2500TM 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 limitations set to expire on 1/31/22. When a Fund’s expenses are below the limitation, 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 limitations.

 

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio managers as of the dates indicated. The managers’ views are subject to change at any time without notice based on changes in market or other conditions. References to specific securities or industries should not be regarded as investment advice. Because the Funds are actively managed, there is no assurance that they will continue to invest in the securities or industries mentioned.

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”) 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 Loomis Sayles Funds file a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. First and third quarter schedules of portfolio holdings are also available at loomissayles.com. A hard copy may be requested from the Fund at no charge by calling 800-633-3330.

CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst® are registered trademarks owned by the CFA Institute.

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 April 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021. 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 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.

 

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Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund

 

Institutional Class

   Beginning
Account Value
4/1/2021
       Ending
Account Value
9/30/2021
       Expenses Paid
During Period*
4/1/2021 – 9/30/2021
 

Actual

     $1,000.00          $1,015.50          $4.65  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $1,000.00          $1,020.46          $4.66  

Retail Class

                        

Actual

     $1,000.00          $1,014.20          $5.91  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $1,000.00          $1,019.20          $5.92  

Class N

                        

Actual

     $1,000.00          $1,015.90          $4.09  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $1,000.00          $1,021.01          $4.10  

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio: 0.92%, 1.17% and 0.81% 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 (183), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

  

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund

 

Institutional Class

   Beginning
Account Value
4/1/2021
       Ending
Account Value
9/30/2021
       Expenses Paid
During Period*
4/1/2021 – 9/30/2021
 

Actual

     $1,000.00          $1,038.60          $4.60  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $1,000.00          $1,020.56          $4.56  

Retail Class

                        

Actual

     $1,000.00          $1,037.10          $5.87  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $1,000.00          $1,019.30          $5.82  

Admin Class

                        

Actual

     $1,000.00          $1,035.90          $7.15  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $1,000.00          $1,018.05          $7.08  

Class N

                        

Actual

     $1,000.00          $1,038.50          $4.34  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $1,000.00          $1,020.81          $4.31  

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement): 0.90%, 1.15%, 1.40% and 0.85% 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 (183), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

  

Loomis Sayles Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

Institutional Class

   Beginning
Account Value
4/1/2021
       Ending
Account Value
9/30/2021
       Expenses Paid
During Period*
4/1/2021 – 9/30/2021
 

Actual

     $1,000.00          $1,074.70          $4.32  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $1,000.00          $1,020.91          $4.20  

Class N

                        

Actual

     $1,000.00          $1,074.60          $4.32  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

     $1,000.00          $1,020.91          $4.20  

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement) 0.83% and 0.83% for Institutional 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 (183), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

  

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE EXISTING ADVISORY AGREEMENTS

The Board of Trustees of the Trusts (the “Board”), including the Independent Trustees, considers matters bearing on each Fund’s advisory agreement (collectively, the “Agreements”) at most of its meetings throughout the year. Each year, usually in the spring, the Contract Review Committee of the Board meets to review the Agreements to determine whether to recommend that the full Board approve the continuation of the Agreements, typically for an additional one-year period. This meeting typically includes all the Independent Trustees, including the Trustees who do not serve on the Contract Review Committee. After the Contract Review Committee has made its recommendation, the full Board, including the Independent Trustees, determines whether to approve the continuation of the Agreements at its June Board Meeting.

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

In addition to the materials requested by the Trustees in connection with their annual consideration of the continuation of the Agreements, the Trustees receive materials in advance of each regular quarterly meeting of the Board that provide detailed information about the Funds’ investment performance and the fees charged to the Funds for advisory and other services. This information generally includes, among other things, an internal performance rating for each Fund based on agreed-upon criteria, graphs showing each Fund’s performance and expense differentials against each Fund’s peer group/category of funds, performance ratings provided by a third-party, total return information for various periods, and third-party performance rankings for various periods comparing a Fund against similarly categorized funds. The portfolio management team for each Fund or other representatives of the Adviser make periodic presentations to the Contract Review Committee and/or the full Board, and Funds identified as presenting possible performance concerns may be subject to more frequent Board or Committee presentations and reviews. In addition, the Trustees are periodically provided with detailed statistical information about each Fund’s portfolio. The Trustees also receive periodic updates between meetings, both at the Board and at the Committee level.

The Board most recently approved the continuation of the Agreements for a one-year period at its meeting held in June 2021. In considering whether to approve the continuation of the Agreements, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, did not identify any single factor as determinative. Individual Trustees may have evaluated the information presented differently from one another, giving different weights to various factors. Matters considered by the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, in connection with their approval of the Agreements included, but were not limited to, the factors listed below.

The nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Funds under the Agreements. The Trustees considered the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser and its affiliates to the Funds and the resources dedicated to the Funds by the Adviser and its affiliates. The Trustees also considered their experience with other funds advised or sub-advised by the Adviser as well as the affiliation between the Adviser and Natixis Investment Managers, LLC, whose affiliates provide investment advisory services to other funds in the Natixis family of funds.

The Trustees considered not only the advisory services provided by the Adviser to the Funds, but also the benefits to the Funds from the monitoring and oversight services provided by Natixis Advisors, LLC (“Natixis Advisors”). They also considered the administrative and shareholder services provided by Natixis Advisors and its affiliates to the Funds. They also took into consideration increases in the services provided resulting from new regulatory requirements.

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

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

Investment performance of the Funds and the Adviser. As noted above, the Trustees received information about the performance of the Funds over various time periods, including information that compared the performance of the Funds to the performance of peer groups and categories of funds and the Funds’ respective performance benchmarks. In addition, the Trustees reviewed data prepared by an independent

 

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third party that analyzed the performance of the Funds using a variety of performance metrics, including metrics that measured the performance of the Funds on a risk adjusted basis.

The Board noted that, through December 31, 2020, each Fund’s one-, three- and five-year performance, stated as percentile rankings within categories selected by the independent third-party data provider was as follows (where the best performance would be in the first percentile of its category):

 

      One-Year        Three-Year        Five-Year  

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund

     56%          45%          47%  

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund

     80%          87%          81%  

Loomis Sayles Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

     64%          65%          50%  

In the case of each Fund that had performance that lagged that of a relevant category median as determined by the independent third party for certain (although not necessarily all) periods, the Board concluded that other factors relevant to performance supported renewal of the Agreements. These factors included one or more of the following: (1) that the underperformance was attributable, to a significant extent, to investment decisions (such as security selection or sector allocation) by the Adviser that were reasonable and consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and policies; (2) that the Fund’s performance over the five- and ten-year periods has been stronger; and (3) that the Adviser’s investment strategy is expected to result in cyclical underperformance from time to time, but that this style of investing is showing improved performance generally, which is expected to help the Fund’s performance. The Board also considered information about the Funds’ more recent performance, including how that performance had been impacted by the Covid-19 crisis.

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

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

The costs of the services to be provided and profits to be realized by the Adviser and its affiliates from their respective relationships with the Funds. The Trustees considered the fees charged to the Funds for advisory and administrative services as well as the total expense levels of the Funds. This information included comparisons (provided both by management and by an independent third party) of the Funds’ advisory fees and total expense levels to those of their peer groups and information about the advisory fees charged by the Adviser to comparable accounts (such as institutional separate accounts), as well as information about differences in such fees and the reasons for any such differences. In considering the fees charged to comparable accounts, the Trustees considered, among other things, management’s representations about the differences between managing mutual funds as compared to other types of accounts, including the additional resources required to effectively manage mutual fund assets, the greater regulatory costs associated with the management of such assets, and the entrepreneurial, regulatory and other risks associated with sponsoring and managing mutual funds. In evaluating each Fund’s advisory fee, the Trustees also took into account the demands, complexity and quality of the investment management of such Fund and the need for the Adviser to offer competitive compensation and the potential need to expend additional resources to the extent the Fund grows in size. The Trustees considered that over the past several years, management had demonstrated its intention to have competitive fee levels by making recommendations regarding reductions in advisory fee rates, implementation of advisory fee breakpoints and the institution of advisory fee waivers and expense limitations for various funds in the fund family. They noted that all of the Funds have expense limitations in place, and they considered the amounts waived or reimbursed by the Adviser for certain Funds under their respective expense limitation agreements. The Trustees also considered that Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund’s current expenses are below its expense limitation. The Trustees noted that the Funds had total advisory fee rates that were at or below the medians of their respective peer groups of funds.

The Trustees also considered the compensation directly or indirectly received by the Adviser and its affiliates from their relationships with the Funds. The Trustees reviewed information provided by management as to the profitability of the Adviser’s and its affiliates’ relationships with the Funds, and information about how expenses are determined and allocated for purposes of profitability calculations. They also reviewed information provided by management about the effect of distribution costs and changes in asset levels on Adviser profitability, including information regarding resources spent on distribution activities. When reviewing profitability, the Trustees also considered information about court cases in which adviser compensation or profitability were issues, the performance of the Funds, the expense levels of the Funds, whether the Adviser had implemented breakpoints and/or expense limitations with respect to such Funds and the overall profit margin of Natixis Investment Managers, LLC compared to that of certain other investment managers for which such data was available.

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

Economies of Scale. The Trustees considered the existence of any economies of scale in the provision of services by the Adviser and whether those economies are shared with the Funds through breakpoints in their investment advisory fees or other means, such as expense limitations. The Trustees also considered management’s explanation of the factors that are taken into account with respect to the implementation of breakpoints in investment advisory fees or expense limitations. With respect to economies of scale, the Trustees noted that although none of

 

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the Funds’ management fees were subject to breakpoints, each of the Funds was subject to an expense limitation. In considering these issues, the Trustees also took note of the costs of the services provided (both on an absolute and on a relative basis) and the profitability to the Adviser and its affiliates of their relationships with the Funds, as discussed above. The Trustees also considered that the Funds have benefitted from the substantial reinvestment the Adviser has made into its business.

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

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

 

 

The effect of recent market and economic events, including but not limited to the Covid-19 crisis and its significant disruptions to the economy and business operations, on the performance, asset levels and expense ratios of each Fund.

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

Based on their evaluation of all factors that they deemed to be material, including those factors described above, and assisted by the advice of independent counsel, the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that each of the existing Agreements should be continued through June 30, 2022.

 

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LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

Annual Report for the Period Commencing on January 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2020 (including updates through September 30, 2021)

Effective December 1, 2018, the Funds adopted a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) pursuant to the requirements of Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Rule”). The Rule requires registered open-end funds, including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds to establish liquidity risk management programs in order to effectively manage fund liquidity and mitigate the risk that a fund could not meet redemption requests without significantly diluting the interests of remaining investors.

The rule requires the Funds to assess, manage and review their liquidity risk considering applicable factors during normal and foreseeable stressed conditions. In fulfilling this requirement, each Fund assesses and reviews (where applicable and amongst other matters) its investment strategy, portfolio holdings, possible investment concentrations, use of derivatives, short-term and long-term cash flow projections, use of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements and other funding sources. Each Program has established a Program Administrator, which is the adviser of the Fund.

In accordance with the Program, each of the Fund’s portfolio investments is classified into one of four liquidity categories based on a determination of a reasonable expectation for how long it would take to convert the investment to cash (or sell or dispose of the investment) without significantly changing its market value.

Each Fund is prohibited from acquiring an investment if, after the acquisition, its holdings of illiquid assets will exceed 15% of its net assets. If a Fund does not hold a majority of highly liquid investments in its portfolio, then the Fund is required to establish a highly liquid investment minimum (“HLIM”). None of the Funds has established an HLIM.

During the period from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020, there were no material changes to the Program and no material events that impacted the operation of the Funds’ Programs. During the period, the Funds held sufficient liquid assets to meet redemptions on a timely basis and did not have any illiquid security violations during the period.

During the period January 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021, the Funds held sufficient liquid assets to meet redemptions on a timely basis and did not have any illiquid security violations.

Annual Program Assessment and Conclusion

In the opinion of the Program Administrators, the Program of each Fund approved by the Funds’ Board has been implemented effectively. The Program Administrator has also monitored, assessed and managed each Fund’s liquidity risk regularly and has determined that the Program is operating effectively.

Pursuant to the Rule’s requirements, the Board has received and reviewed a written report prepared by each Fund’s Program Administrator that addressed the operation of the Program, assessed its adequacy and effectiveness and described any material changes made to the Program.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund

Shares     Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – 96.8% of Net Assets  
  Aerospace & Defense – 2.4%

 

  285,129     AeroVironment, Inc.(a)   $ 24,612,335  
  1,423,894     Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.(a)     31,767,075  
  242,980     Mercury Systems, Inc.(a)     11,522,112  
   

 

 

 
      67,901,522  
   

 

 

 
  Air Freight & Logistics – 1.1%

 

  470,199     HUB Group, Inc., Class A(a)     32,326,181  
   

 

 

 
  Auto Components – 4.9%

 

  298,068     Dorman Products, Inc.(a)     28,218,098  
  240,715     Fox Factory Holding Corp.(a)     34,792,946  
  358,917     Gentherm, Inc.(a)     29,047,153  
  378,966     Patrick Industries, Inc.     31,567,868  
  834,273     Stoneridge, Inc.(a)     17,010,826  
   

 

 

 
      140,636,891  
   

 

 

 
  Banks – 2.7%

 

  495,069     Ameris Bancorp     25,684,179  
  1,131,275     Bancorp, Inc. (The)(a)     28,790,949  
  314,079     Lakeland Financial Corp.     22,374,988  
   

 

 

 
      76,850,116  
   

 

 

 
  Beverages – 0.7%

 

  1,375,051     Primo Water Corp.     21,615,802  
   

 

 

 
  Biotechnology – 6.8%

 

  226,611     Blueprint Medicines Corp.(a)     23,297,877  
  805,376     Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(a)     32,762,695  
  720,442     Insmed, Inc.(a)     19,840,973  
  262,631     Natera, Inc.(a)     29,267,598  
  457,732     PTC Therapeutics, Inc.(a)     17,032,208  
  662,802     Replimune Group, Inc.(a)     19,645,451  
  324,179     SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc.(a)     20,565,916  
  914,075     Sutro Biopharma, Inc.(a)     17,266,877  
  539,115     Xencor, Inc.(a)     17,607,496  
   

 

 

 
      197,287,091  
   

 

 

 
  Building Products – 2.3%

 

  375,010     Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.     40,564,832  
  397,681     UFP Industries, Inc.     27,034,354  
   

 

 

 
      67,599,186  
   

 

 

 
  Capital Markets – 3.4%

 

  278,998     AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc.(a)     6,938,680  
  537,150     Focus Financial Partners, Inc., Class A(a)     28,130,546  
  361,131     Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A     30,631,131  
  411,722     PJT Partners, Inc., Class A     32,571,328  
   

 

 

 
      98,271,685  
   

 

 

 
  Commercial Services & Supplies – 1.5%

 

  580,049     Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A(a)     44,048,921  
   

 

 

 
  Communications Equipment – 1.2%

 

  396,680     Calix, Inc.(a)     19,607,892  
  428,447     Radware Ltd.(a)     14,447,233  
   

 

 

 
      34,055,125  
   

 

 

 
  Construction & Engineering – 1.4%

 

  1,265,826     WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.(a)   $ 40,152,001  
   

 

 

 
  Containers & Packaging – 0.7%

 

  755,871     Ranpak Holdings Corp.(a)     20,272,460  
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Consumer Services – 0.9%

 

  647,542     Frontdoor, Inc.(a)     27,132,010  
   

 

 

 
  Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 4.0%

 

  248,889     Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.     21,840,010  
  351,456     Itron, Inc.(a)     26,580,617  
  748,024     nLight, Inc.(a)     21,086,797  
  295,153     Novanta, Inc.(a)     45,601,138  
   

 

 

 
      115,108,562  
   

 

 

 
  Energy Equipment & Services – 0.9%

 

  721,178     Cactus, Inc., Class A     27,202,834  
   

 

 

 
  Food Products – 2.3%

 

  246,367     Freshpet, Inc.(a)     35,154,107  
  872,404     Simply Good Foods Co. (The)(a)     30,089,214  
   

 

 

 
      65,243,321  
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 8.2%

 

  516,751     AtriCure, Inc.(a)     35,940,032  
  572,122     Axonics, Inc.(a)     37,239,421  
  210,524     CONMED Corp.     27,542,855  
  515,688     CryoPort, Inc.(a)     34,298,409  
  272,243     Inogen, Inc.(a)     11,730,951  
  472,455     Merit Medical Systems, Inc.(a)     33,922,269  
  462,546     NuVasive, Inc.(a)     27,683,378  
  211,264     STAAR Surgical Co.(a)     27,153,762  
   

 

 

 
      235,511,077  
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Providers & Services – 3.9%

 

  175,787     Ensign Group, Inc. (The)     13,164,689  
  510,224     HealthEquity, Inc.(a)     33,042,106  
  193,854     LHC Group, Inc.(a)     30,417,631  
  99,057     ModivCare, Inc.(a)     17,990,732  
  719,177     Option Care Health, Inc.(a)     17,447,234  
   

 

 

 
      112,062,392  
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Technology – 3.2%

 

  924,710     Evolent Health, Inc., Class A(a)     28,666,010  
  153,172     Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.(a)     35,670,695  
  454,154     Phreesia, Inc.(a)     28,021,302  
   

 

 

 
      92,358,007  
   

 

 

 
  Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 4.0%

 

  438,300     Chuy’s Holdings, Inc.(a)     13,819,599  
  275,017     Papa John’s International, Inc.     34,924,409  
  316,253     Texas Roadhouse, Inc.     28,883,386  
  224,862     Wingstop, Inc.     36,861,628  
   

 

 

 
      114,489,022  
   

 

 

 
  Household Durables – 0.9%

 

  237,931     Installed Building Products, Inc.     25,494,307  
   

 

 

 
  Insurance – 0.8%

 

  658,430     BRP Group, Inc., Class A(a)     21,919,135  
   

 

 

 
  Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – 1.7%

 

  426,865     Shutterstock, Inc.     48,372,342  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund – continued

 

Shares     Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – continued  
  IT Services – 3.4%

 

  742,108     EVERTEC, Inc.   $ 33,929,178  
  189,775     Perficient, Inc.(a)     21,956,967  
  502,995     WNS Holdings Ltd., ADR(a)     41,144,991  
   

 

 

 
      97,031,136  
   

 

 

 
  Leisure Products – 0.9%

 

  361,715     Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A(a)     25,312,816  
   

 

 

 
  Life Sciences Tools & Services – 1.4%

 

  54,420     Medpace Holdings, Inc.(a)     10,300,618  
  595,435     NeoGenomics, Inc.(a)     28,723,784  
   

 

 

 
      39,024,402  
   

 

 

 
  Machinery – 5.8%

 

  343,296     Albany International Corp., Class A     26,389,164  
  279,839     Helios Technologies, Inc.     22,977,580  
  433,986     Kornit Digital Ltd.(a)     62,815,134  
  148,276     RBC Bearings, Inc.(a)     31,464,167  
  622,019     Shyft Group, Inc. (The)     23,642,942  
   

 

 

 
      167,288,987  
   

 

 

 
  Media – 1.2%

 

  429,324     TechTarget, Inc.(a)     35,384,884  
   

 

 

 
  Personal Products – 0.7%

 

  685,943     elf Beauty, Inc.(a)     19,926,644  
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals – 1.6%

 

  488,541     Pacira BioSciences, Inc.(a)     27,358,296  
  712,937     Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)     19,014,030  
   

 

 

 
      46,372,326  
   

 

 

 
  Professional Services – 1.3%

 

  935,585     KBR, Inc.     36,862,049  
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 6.1%

 

  674,353     MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.(a)     43,745,279  
  805,596     MaxLinear, Inc.(a)     39,675,603  
  1,448,606     Rambus, Inc.(a)     32,159,053  
  233,489     Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a)     32,725,818  
  415,335     Silicon Motion Technology Corp., ADR     28,649,809  
   

 

 

 
      176,955,562  
   

 

 

 
  Software – 6.4%

 

  264,782     Blackline, Inc.(a)     31,260,163  
  400,299     Envestnet, Inc.(a)     32,119,992  
  336,535     Q2 Holdings, Inc.(a)     26,969,915  
  475,485     Rapid7, Inc.(a)     53,739,314  
  679,598     Varonis Systems, Inc.(a)     41,353,538  
   

 

 

 
      185,442,922  
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Retail – 2.5%

 

  364,512     Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.(a)     32,394,181  
  705,011     National Vision Holdings, Inc.(a)     40,023,475  
   

 

 

 
      72,417,656  
   

 

 

 
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 0.8%

 

  920,081     Pure Storage, Inc., Class A(a)     23,149,238  
   

 

 

 
  Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 1.8%

 

  324,224     Columbia Sportswear Co.     31,073,628  
  231,170     Oxford Industries, Inc.     20,844,599  
   

 

 

 
      51,918,227  
   

 

 

 
  Trading Companies & Distributors – 3.0%

 

  373,022     McGrath RentCorp   $ 26,838,933  
  294,687     SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.(a)     58,781,216  
   

 

 

 
      85,620,149  
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks  
  (Identified Cost $2,026,920,760)     2,788,616,988  
   

 

 

 
 
Principal
Amount

 
  Short-Term Investments – 3.9%  
$ 110,757,237     Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 9/30/2021 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $110,757,237 on 10/01/2021 collateralized by $113,557,900 U.S.Treasury Note, 1.250% due 9/30/2028 valued at $112,972,396 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)
(Identified Cost $110,757,237)
    110,757,237  
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments – 100.7%  
  (Identified Cost $2,137,677,997)     2,899,374,225  
  Other assets less liabilities—(0.7)%     (19,431,158
   

 

 

 
  Net Assets – 100.0%   $ 2,879,943,067  
   

 

 

 
  (†)     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.

 

Industry Summary at September 30, 2021

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

       8.2

Biotechnology

       6.8  

Software

       6.4  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

       6.1  

Machinery

       5.8  

Auto Components

       4.9  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

       4.0  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

       4.0  

Health Care Providers & Services

       3.9  

Capital Markets

       3.4  

IT Services

       3.4  

Health Care Technology

       3.2  

Trading Companies & Distributors

       3.0  

Banks

       2.7  

Specialty Retail

       2.5  

Aerospace & Defense

       2.4  

Building Products

       2.3  

Food Products

       2.3  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

       21.5  

Short-Term Investments

       3.9  
    

 

 

 

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 September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund

Shares

    Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – 98.1% of Net Assets  
  Auto Components – 3.4%

 

  319,113     Dana, Inc.   $ 7,097,073  
  230,509     Garrett Motion, Inc.(a)     1,698,852  
  217,043     Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)(a)     3,841,661  
  40,937     LCI Industries     5,511,348  
  177,706     Modine Manufacturing Co.(a)     2,013,409  
   

 

 

 
      20,162,343  
   

 

 

 
  Banks – 13.7%

 

  128,529     Ameris Bancorp     6,668,085  
  150,850     Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.     5,558,822  
  182,586     BancorpSouth Bank     5,437,411  
  119,078     Bryn Mawr Bank Corp.     5,471,634  
  181,713     CVB Financial Corp.     3,701,494  
  275,568     Home BancShares, Inc.     6,484,115  
  255,850     OceanFirst Financial Corp.     5,477,749  
  78,320     Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.     7,368,346  
  107,551     Popular, Inc.     8,353,486  
  66,748     Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.     4,747,785  
  57,412     SouthState Corp.     4,286,954  
  99,805     Triumph Bancorp, Inc.(a)     9,993,475  
  96,185     Wintrust Financial Corp.     7,730,388  
   

 

 

 
      81,279,744  
   

 

 

 
  Beverages – 0.4%

 

  141,677     Primo Water Corp.     2,227,162  
   

 

 

 
  Biotechnology – 0.8%

 

  26,739     United Therapeutics Corp.(a)     4,935,484  
   

 

 

 
  Building Products – 2.0%

 

  32,080     Armstrong World Industries, Inc.     3,062,678  
  176,947     Quanex Building Products Corp.     3,788,435  
  72,186     UFP Industries, Inc.     4,907,204  
   

 

 

 
      11,758,317  
   

 

 

 
  Capital Markets – 2.0%

 

  130,858     Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.(a)     4,530,304  
  103,405     Stifel Financial Corp.     7,027,404  
   

 

 

 
      11,557,708  
   

 

 

 
  Chemicals – 2.5%

 

  37,204     Ashland Global Holdings, Inc.     3,315,620  
  76,932     Cabot Corp.     3,855,832  
  31,072     Ingevity Corp.(a)     2,217,609  
  179,393     Valvoline, Inc.     5,593,474  
   

 

 

 
      14,982,535  
   

 

 

 
  Commercial Services & Supplies – 2.9%

 

  59,236     Clean Harbors, Inc.(a)     6,152,843  
  89,131     IAA, Inc.(a)     4,863,879  
  242,300     KAR Auction Services, Inc.(a)     3,971,297  
  43,092     VSE Corp.     2,075,742  
   

 

 

 
      17,063,761  
   

 

 

 
  Communications Equipment – 0.8%

 

  297,674     Viavi Solutions, Inc.(a)     4,685,389  
   

 

 

 
  Construction & Engineering – 2.0%

 

  96,870     AECOM(a)     6,117,340  
  120,156     Arcosa, Inc.     6,028,227  
   

 

 

 
      12,145,567  
   

 

 

 
  Consumer Finance – 0.7%

 

  94,994     PROG Holdings, Inc.   $ 3,990,698  
   

 

 

 
  Containers & Packaging – 0.6%

 

  117,548     TriMas Corp.(a)     3,803,853  
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Consumer Services – 1.3%

 

  99,437     Frontdoor, Inc.(a)     4,166,410  
  259,010     Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co.(a)     3,478,504  
   

 

 

 
      7,644,914  
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Financial Services – 0.7%

 

  132,315     Cannae Holdings, Inc.(a)     4,116,320  
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Telecommunication Services – 0.5%

 

  110,049     Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.(a)     3,067,066  
   

 

 

 
  Electric Utilities – 0.7%

 

  72,343     ALLETE, Inc.     4,305,855  
   

 

 

 
  Electrical Equipment – 2.0%

 

  52,846     Atkore, Inc.(a)     4,593,374  
  35,203     AZZ, Inc.     1,872,800  
  230,123     Vertiv Holdings Co.     5,543,663  
   

 

 

 
      12,009,837  
   

 

 

 
  Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 5.0%

 

  38,303     Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.     3,361,088  
  130,581     Kimball Electronics, Inc.(a)     3,365,072  
  12,733     Littelfuse, Inc.     3,479,547  
  151,773     Methode Electronics, Inc.     6,382,055  
  31,859     SYNNEX Corp.     3,316,522  
  355,177     TTM Technologies, Inc.(a)     4,464,575  
  164,562     Vontier Corp.     5,529,283  
   

 

 

 
      29,898,142  
   

 

 

 
  Energy Equipment & Services – 1.9%

 

  348,478     ChampionX Corp.(a)     7,791,968  
  87,531     DMC Global, Inc.(a)     3,230,769  
   

 

 

 
      11,022,737  
   

 

 

 
  Entertainment – 0.5%

 

  113,210     Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Braves, Class C(a)     2,991,008  
   

 

 

 
  Food Products – 3.6%

 

  42,662     Darling Ingredients, Inc.(a)     3,067,398  
  331,026     Dole PLC(a)     5,614,201  
  18,218     J&J Snack Foods Corp.     2,784,075  
  244,381     Nomad Foods Ltd.(a)     6,735,140  
  288,696     Whole Earth Brands, Inc.(a)     3,334,439  
   

 

 

 
      21,535,253  
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 3.2%

 

  30,936     CONMED Corp.     4,047,357  
  66,525     Inmode Ltd.(a)     10,607,411  
  157,238     Lantheus Holdings, Inc.(a)     4,037,872  
   

 

 

 
      18,692,640  
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Providers & Services – 0.4%

 

  20,633     AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(a)     2,367,637  
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Technology – 0.8%

 

  344,378     Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.(a)     4,604,334  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund – continued

 

Shares     Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – continued  
  Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 2.4%

 

  25,437     Churchill Downs, Inc.   $ 6,106,915  
  14,794     Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.     2,068,793  
  38,857     Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.     6,113,372  
   

 

 

 
      14,289,080  
   

 

 

 
  Household Durables – 2.1%

 

  19,689     Helen of Troy Ltd.(a)     4,423,725  
  106,882     KB Home     4,159,847  
  59,915     Skyline Champion Corp.(a)     3,598,495  
   

 

 

 
      12,182,067  
   

 

 

 
  Household Products – 1.0%

 

  60,466     Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.     5,784,782  
   

 

 

 
  Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers – 1.1%

 

  88,036     NextEra Energy Partners LP     6,634,393  
   

 

 

 
  Insurance – 1.9%

 

  118,835     Employers Holdings, Inc.     4,692,794  
  95,581     First American Financial Corp.     6,408,706  
   

 

 

 
      11,101,500  
   

 

 

 
  Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – 0.8%

 

  437,044     Qurate Retail, Inc., Class A     4,453,478  
   

 

 

 
  IT Services – 4.8%

 

  51,461     Concentrix Corp.(a)     9,108,597  
  78,836     CSG Systems International, Inc.     3,799,895  
  32,352     Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(a)     4,117,763  
  180,807     International Money Express, Inc.(a)     3,019,477  
  208,244     Unisys Corp.(a)     5,235,254  
  18,839     WEX, Inc.(a)     3,318,301  
   

 

 

 
      28,599,287  
   

 

 

 
  Leisure Products – 1.0%

 

  63,310     Brunswick Corp.     6,031,544  
   

 

 

 
  Machinery – 6.3%

 

  43,456     Alamo Group, Inc.     6,063,416  
  58,355     Albany International Corp., Class A     4,485,749  
  116,644     Altra Industrial Motion Corp.     6,456,245  
  126,859     Columbus McKinnon Corp.     6,133,633  
  20,993     John Bean Technologies Corp.     2,950,566  
  38,902     Kadant, Inc.     7,939,898  
  103,261     Miller Industries, Inc.     3,515,004  
   

 

 

 
      37,544,511  
   

 

 

 
  Marine – 1.3%

 

  390,577     Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.     7,862,315  
   

 

 

 
  Media – 2.0%

 

  207,501     Gray Television, Inc.     4,735,173  
  58,348     John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A     3,046,349  
  62,218     Scholastic Corp.     2,218,071  
  68,473     Thryv Holdings, Inc.(a)     2,056,929  
   

 

 

 
      12,056,522  
   

 

 

 
  Metals & Mining – 0.7%

 

  130,911     Arconic Corp.(a)     4,128,933  
   

 

 

 
  Multi-Utilities – 1.6%

 

  210,891     MDU Resources Group, Inc.     6,257,136  
  Multi-Utilities – continued

 

  60,243     NorthWestern Corp.   $ 3,451,924  
   

 

 

 
      9,709,060  
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals – 1.2%

 

  23,015     Catalent, Inc.(a)     3,062,606  
  152,530     Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)     4,067,975  
   

 

 

 
      7,130,581  
   

 

 

 
  Professional Services – 3.0%

 

  43,267     Insperity, Inc.     4,791,387  
  103,185     Korn Ferry     7,466,467  
  63,089     Science Applications International Corp.     5,397,895  
   

 

 

 
      17,655,749  
   

 

 

 
  REITs – Single Tenant – 0.8%

 

  67,391     Agree Realty Corp.     4,463,306  
   

 

 

 
  REITs – Storage – 0.8%

 

  92,678     CubeSmart     4,490,249  
   

 

 

 
  REITs – Warehouse/Industrials – 1.7%

 

  77,993     Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.     4,426,103  
  140,795     STAG Industrial, Inc.     5,526,203  
   

 

 

 
      9,952,306  
   

 

 

 
  Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 1.9%

 

  206,425     Rambus, Inc.(a)     4,582,635  
  216,090     Tower Semiconductor Ltd.(a)     6,461,091  
   

 

 

 
      11,043,726  
   

 

 

 
  Software – 0.4%

 

  85,938     ACI Worldwide, Inc.(a)     2,640,875  
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Retail – 1.4%

 

  171,975     Aaron’s Co., Inc. (The)     4,736,192  
  121,509     Urban Outfitters, Inc.(a)     3,607,602  
   

 

 

 
      8,343,794  
   

 

 

 
  Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 2.1%

 

  42,908     Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C     4,656,376  
  146,774     Meta Financial Group, Inc.     7,702,700  
   

 

 

 
      12,359,076  
   

 

 

 
  Tobacco – 0.6%

 

  69,041     Turning Point Brands, Inc.     3,296,708  
   

 

 

 
  Trading Companies & Distributors – 3.6%

 

  200,693     Alta Equipment Group, Inc.(a)     2,755,515  
  87,675     Herc Holdings, Inc.(a)     14,331,356  
  60,235     McGrath RentCorp     4,333,908  
   

 

 

 
      21,420,779  
   

 

 

 
  Water Utilities – 0.4%

 

  195,915     Pure Cycle Corp.(a)     2,607,629  
   

 

 

 
  Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.8%

 

  141,524     United States Cellular Corp.(a)     4,513,200  
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks  
  (Identified Cost $374,791,318)     581,143,754  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund – continued

 

Shares     Description   Value (†)  
  Other Investments – 0.0%  
  Metals & Mining – 0.0%

 

  507,316     Ferroglobe R&W Trust(a)(b)(c)(d)
(Identified Cost $0)
  $  
   

 

 

 
 
Principal
Amount

 
           
  Short-Term Investments – 1.9%  
$ 11,208,671     Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 9/30/2021 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $11,208,671 on 10/01/2021 collateralized by $10,212,400 U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 0.125% due 7/15/2031 valued at $11,432,910 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)
(Identified Cost $11,208,671)
    11,208,671  
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments – 100.0%  
  (Identified Cost $385,999,989)     592,352,425  
  Other assets less liabilities—0.0%     290,436  
   

 

 

 
  Net Assets – 100.0%   $ 592,642,861  
   

 

 

 
  (†)     See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.

 

  (a)     Non-income producing security.

 

  (b)     Illiquid security. (Unaudited)

 

  (c)     Security classified as fair valued pursuant to the Fund’s pricing policies and procedures.

 

  (d)     Security subject to restrictions on resale. This security was acquired on November 29, 2016 at a cost of $0.

 

  REITs     Real Estate Investment Trusts

 

Industry Summary at September 30, 2021

 

Banks

       13.7

Machinery

       6.3  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

       5.0  

IT Services

       4.8  

Food Products

       3.6  

Trading Companies & Distributors

       3.6  

Auto Components

       3.4  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

       3.2  

Professional Services

       3.0  

Commercial Services & Supplies

       2.9  

Chemicals

       2.5  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

       2.4  

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

       2.1  

Household Durables

       2.1  

Construction & Engineering

       2.0  

Media

       2.0  

Electrical Equipment

       2.0  

Building Products

       2.0  

Capital Markets

       2.0  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

       29.5  

Short-Term Investments

       1.9  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments

       100.0  

Other assets less liabilities

       0.0
    

 

 

 

Net Assets

       100.0
    

 

 

 

* Less than 0.1%

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

Shares     Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – 97.0% of Net Assets  
  Aerospace & Defense – 4.3%

 

  8,820     Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a)   $ 1,543,677  
  7,152     HEICO Corp.     943,134  
  15,310     Hexcel Corp.(a)     909,261  
   

 

 

 
      3,396,072  
   

 

 

 
  Auto Components – 2.2%

 

  5,889     Fox Factory Holding Corp.(a)     851,196  
  6,441     LCI Industries     867,152  
   

 

 

 
      1,718,348  
   

 

 

 
  Banks – 1.8%

 

  11,902     Glacier Bancorp, Inc.     658,776  
  18,512     Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.     767,137  
   

 

 

 
      1,425,913  
   

 

 

 
  Biotechnology – 6.9%

 

  2,832     Acceleron Pharma, Inc.(a)     487,387  
  2,125     Argenx SE, ADR(a)     641,750  
  12,248     BridgeBio Pharma, Inc.(a)     574,064  
  17,607     Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.(a)     716,253  
  10,227     Horizon Therapeutics PLC(a)     1,120,265  
  8,117     Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.(a)     778,501  
  15,137     PTC Therapeutics, Inc.(a)     563,248  
  19,633     Xencor, Inc.(a)     641,214  
   

 

 

 
      5,522,682  
   

 

 

 
  Building Products – 3.8%

 

  10,104     Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.     1,092,950  
  25,066     AZEK Co., Inc. (The)(a)     915,661  
  9,699     Trex Co., Inc.(a)     988,619  
   

 

 

 
      2,997,230  
   

 

 

 
  Capital Markets – 3.8%

 

  15,854     Ares Management Corp., Class A     1,170,501  
  8,487     Hamilton Lane, Inc., Class A     719,867  
  4,352     Morningstar, Inc.     1,127,299  
   

 

 

 
      3,017,667  
   

 

 

 
  Commercial Services & Supplies – 1.6%

 

  8,533     Tetra Tech, Inc.     1,274,318  
   

 

 

 
  Communications Equipment – 1.1%

 

  17,267     Ciena Corp.(a)     886,660  
   

 

 

 
  Distributors – 1.6%

 

  2,988     POOL CORP.     1,298,017  
   

 

 

 
  Diversified Consumer Services – 0.9%

 

  10,612     Chegg, Inc.(a)     721,828  
   

 

 

 
  Electrical Equipment – 0.7%

 

  1,368     Generac Holdings, Inc.(a)     559,061  
   

 

 

 
  Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 2.3%

 

  8,774     Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.     769,918  
  12,723     Trimble, Inc.(a)     1,046,467  
   

 

 

 
      1,816,385  
   

 

 

 
  Food & Staples Retailing – 1.8%

 

  12,273     BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.(a)     674,033  
  4,265     Casey’s General Stores, Inc.     803,739  
   

 

 

 
      1,477,772  
   

 

 

 
  Food Products – 2.3%

 

  6,369     Freshpet, Inc.(a)   $ 908,793  
  25,795     Simply Good Foods Co. (The)(a)     889,669  
   

 

 

 
      1,798,462  
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 6.1%

 

  21,811     AngioDynamics, Inc.(a)     565,777  
  10,671     Axonics, Inc.(a)     694,575  
  7,064     CONMED Corp.     924,183  
  15,139     Globus Medical, Inc., Class A(a)     1,159,950  
  5,367     Insulet Corp.(a)     1,525,463  
   

 

 

 
      4,869,948  
   

 

 

 
  Health Care Providers & Services – 3.9%

 

  19,132     Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.(a)     1,220,239  
  7,399     Encompass Health Corp.     555,221  
  4,939     LHC Group, Inc.(a)     774,978  
  26,682     R1 RCM, Inc.(a)     587,271  
   

 

 

 
      3,137,709  
   

 

 

 
  Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 2.2%

 

  2,821     Churchill Downs, Inc.     677,265  
  11,563     Texas Roadhouse, Inc.     1,056,049  
   

 

 

 
      1,733,314  
   

 

 

 
  Household Durables – 1.4%

 

  4,947     Helen of Troy Ltd.(a)     1,111,492  
   

 

 

 
  IT Services – 2.4%

 

  6,122     Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.     1,020,170  
  6,761     Endava PLC, Sponsored ADR(a)     918,482  
   

 

 

 
      1,938,652  
   

 

 

 
  Leisure Products – 1.3%

 

  10,883     Brunswick Corp.     1,036,823  
   

 

 

 
  Life Sciences Tools & Services – 5.4%

 

  2,272     Bio-Techne Corp.     1,100,943  
  2,407     Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(a)     993,297  
  3,835     ICON PLC(a)     1,004,847  
  13,920     Syneos Health, Inc.(a)     1,217,721  
   

 

 

 
      4,316,808  
   

 

 

 
  Machinery – 4.6%

 

  8,698     ESCO Technologies, Inc.     669,746  
  20,123     Ingersoll Rand, Inc.(a)     1,014,401  
  4,806     John Bean Technologies Corp.     675,483  
  4,923     Kornit Digital Ltd.(a)     712,555  
  2,770     RBC Bearings, Inc.(a)     587,794  
   

 

 

 
      3,659,979  
   

 

 

 
  Personal Products – 0.8%

 

  21,304     BellRing Brands, Inc., Class A(a)     655,098  
   

 

 

 
  Pharmaceuticals – 2.3%

 

  10,019     Catalent, Inc.(a)     1,333,228  
  9,383     Pacira BioSciences, Inc.(a)     525,448  
   

 

 

 
      1,858,676  
   

 

 

 
  Professional Services – 1.1%

 

  22,700     KBR, Inc.     894,380  
   

 

 

 
  Road & Rail – 1.2%

 

  6,297     Landstar System, Inc.     993,793  
   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund – continued

 

Shares     Description   Value (†)  
  Common Stocks – continued  
  Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 8.1%

 

  7,007     MKS Instruments, Inc.   $ 1,057,426  
  2,469     Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.     1,196,675  
  10,824     Nova Ltd.(a)     1,107,187  
  14,923     Semtech Corp.(a)     1,163,546  
  6,979     Silicon Laboratories, Inc.(a)     978,177  
  5,365     Synaptics, Inc.(a)     964,252  
   

 

 

 
      6,467,263  
   

 

 

 
  Software – 12.3%

 

  6,031     Avalara, Inc.(a)     1,054,038  
  9,097     Black Knight, Inc.(a)     654,984  
  9,075     Blackline, Inc.(a)     1,071,395  
  5,614     Five9, Inc.(a)     896,780  
  5,962     Paylocity Holding Corp.(a)     1,671,745  
  6,703     Pegasystems, Inc.     851,951  
  10,388     Q2 Holdings, Inc.(a)     832,494  
  8,147     Rapid7, Inc.(a)     920,774  
  13,203     Smartsheet, Inc., Class A(a)     908,631  
  2,060     Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)     944,819  
   

 

 

 
      9,807,611  
   

 

 

 
  Specialty Retail – 2.4%

 

  3,258     Five Below, Inc.(a)     576,047  
  11,019     Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., Class A(a)     1,330,985  
   

 

 

 
      1,907,032  
   

 

 

 
  Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 1.0%

 

  31,927     Pure Storage, Inc., Class A(a)     803,283  
   

 

 

 
  Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 2.0%

 

  7,790     Columbia Sportswear Co.     746,594  
  19,550     Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A(a)     823,446  
   

 

 

 
      1,570,040  
   

 

 

 
  Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 1.2%

 

  18,214     Axos Financial, Inc.(a)     938,750  
   

 

 

 
  Trading Companies & Distributors – 2.2%

 

  8,797     SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.(a)     1,754,738  
   

 

 

 
  Total Common Stocks  
  (Identified Cost $58,697,920)     77,365,804  
   

 

 

 
 
Principal
Amount

 
           
  Short-Term Investments – 3.2%  
$ 2,569,192     Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 9/30/2021 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $2,569,192 on 10/01/2021 collateralized by $2,902,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 1.375% due 11/15/2040 valued at $2,620,643 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)
(Identified Cost $2,569,192)
    2,569,192  
   

 

 

 
  Total Investments – 100.2%  
  (Identified Cost $61,267,112)     79,934,996  
  Other assets less liabilities—(0.2)%     (149,591
   

 

 

 
  Net Assets – 100.0%   $ 79,785,405  
   

 

 

 
  (†)     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.

Industry Summary at September 30, 2021

 

Software

       12.3

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

       8.1  

Biotechnology

       6.9  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

       6.1  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

       5.4  

Machinery

       4.6  

Aerospace & Defense

       4.3  

Health Care Providers & Services

       3.9  

Capital Markets

       3.8  

Building Products

       3.8  

IT Services

       2.4  

Specialty Retail

       2.4  

Pharmaceuticals

       2.3  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

       2.3  

Food Products

       2.3  

Trading Companies & Distributors

       2.2  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

       2.2  

Auto Components

       2.2  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

       2.0  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

       17.5  

Short-Term Investments

       3.2  
    

 

 

 

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

September 30, 2021

 

        Small Cap
Growth Fund
       Small Cap
Value Fund
       Small/Mid Cap
Growth Fund
 

ASSETS

 

Investments at cost

     $ 2,137,677,997        $ 385,999,989        $ 61,267,112  

Net unrealized appreciation

       761,696,228          206,352,436          18,667,884  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Investments at value

       2,899,374,225          592,352,425          79,934,996  

Cash

       1,778,493                    

Receivable for Fund shares sold

       4,089,013          980,335          4,326  

Receivable for securities sold

       5,733,537          1,236,249          238,061  

Dividends receivable

       428,613          352,906          15,685  

Prepaid expenses (Note 7)

       374          76          10  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

       2,911,404,255          594,921,991          80,193,078  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
LIABILITIES

 

Payable for securities purchased

       23,595,476          1,235,975          266,534  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

       5,454,256          235,109           

Management fees payable (Note 5)

       1,831,613          354,021          40,689  

Deferred Trustees’ fees (Note 5)

       321,059          341,862          41,325  

Administrative fees payable (Note 5)

       103,537          20,621          2,875  

Payable to distributor (Note 5d)

       17,801          4,972          23  

Audit and tax services fees payable

       42,476          43,318          42,601  

Other accounts payable and accrued expenses

       94,970          43,252          13,626  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

       31,461,188          2,279,130          407,673  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

     $ 2,879,943,067        $ 592,642,861        $ 79,785,405  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

 

Paid-in capital

     $ 1,623,695,819        $ 292,564,136        $ 53,031,302  

Accumulated earnings

       1,256,247,248          300,078,725          26,754,103  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

     $ 2,879,943,067        $ 592,642,861        $ 79,785,405  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE:

 

Institutional Class:

 

Net assets

     $ 1,299,776,658        $ 378,856,352        $ 70,525,723  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

       35,538,108          11,821,837          4,624,749  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

     $ 36.57        $ 32.05        $ 15.25  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Retail Class:

 

Net assets

     $ 105,026,939        $ 92,035,713        $  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

       3,203,282          2,937,541           
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

     $ 32.79        $ 31.33        $  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Admin Class shares:

 

Net assets

     $        $ 9,440,456        $  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

                320,721           
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

     $        $ 29.44        $  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Class N shares:

 

Net assets

     $ 1,475,139,470        $ 112,310,340        $ 9,259,682  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

       39,858,871          3,502,195          606,773  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

     $ 37.01        $ 32.07        $ 15.26  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations

For the Year Ended September 30, 2021

 

        Small Cap
Growth Fund
     Small Cap
Value Fund
     Small/Mid Cap
Growth Fund
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Dividends

     $ 5,894,541      $ 6,150,452      $ 530,001 (a) 

Less net foreign taxes withheld

       (48,237      (31,020      (791
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
       5,846,304        6,119,432        529,210  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fees (Note 5)

       21,669,026        4,483,393        569,723  

Service and distribution fees (Note 5)

       286,313        290,334         

Administrative fees (Note 5)

       1,236,240        255,823        32,493  

Trustees’ fees and expenses (Note 5)

       157,990        90,852        22,214  

Transfer agent fees and expenses (Notes 5 and 6)

       1,462,415        426,161        4,649  

Audit and tax services fees

       42,776        43,322        42,612  

Custodian fees and expenses

       88,758        18,490        8,254  

Legal fees (Note 7)

       99,995        19,107        2,554  

Registration fees

       106,446        74,757        40,506  

Shareholder reporting expenses

       57,511        36,820        5,824  

Miscellaneous expenses (Note 7)

       89,695        40,765        27,608  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses

       25,297,165        5,779,824        756,437  

Fee/expense recovery (Note 5)

              1,568         

Less waiver and/or expense reimbursement (Note 5)

              (169,338      (122,222
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net expenses

       25,297,165        5,612,054        634,215  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

       (19,450,861      507,378        (105,005
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN ON INVESTMENTS

 

Net realized gain on:

 

Investments

       533,253,178        100,227,931        9,142,738  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments

       177,322,872        147,963,359        8,684,917  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

       710,576,050        248,191,290        17,827,655  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS      $ 691,125,189      $ 248,698,668      $ 17,722,650  
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Includes a non-recurring dividend of $291,045.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

      Small Cap Growth Fund     Small Cap Value Fund  
      Year Ended
September 30, 2021
    Year Ended
September 30, 2020
    Year Ended
September 30, 2021
    Year Ended
September 30, 2020
 
FROM OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (19,450,861   $ (11,503,268   $ 507,378     $ 2,531,907  

Net realized gain on investments

     533,253,178       44,416,635       100,227,931       39,651,898  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

     177,322,872       311,230,363       147,963,359       (146,094,001
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     691,125,189       344,143,730       248,698,668       (103,910,196
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

 

Institutional Class

     (22,559,287     (80,218,616     (26,695,330     (34,882,909

Retail Class

     (2,296,488     (9,162,211     (7,238,030     (10,573,237

Admin Class

                 (668,585     (1,107,925

Class N

     (24,308,305     (61,460,368     (8,552,785     (11,045,289
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (49,164,080     (150,841,195     (43,154,730     (57,609,360
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 10)      36,085,434       374,429,835       (91,550,412     (82,803,607
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

     678,046,543       567,732,370       113,993,526       (244,323,163
NET ASSETS

 

Beginning of the year

     2,201,896,524       1,634,164,154       478,649,335       722,972,498  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the year

   $ 2,879,943,067     $ 2,201,896,524     $ 592,642,861     $ 478,649,335  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets – continued

 

 

      Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund  
      Year Ended
September 30, 2021
    Year Ended
September 30, 2020
 
FROM OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment loss

   $ (105,005   $ (142,634

Net realized gain on investments

     9,142,738       478,820  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

     8,684,917       7,645,216  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     17,722,650       7,981,402  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

 

Institutional Class

     (450,185     (817,090

Class N

     (58,589     (24
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (508,774     (817,114
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 10)      10,400,054       10,695,219  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets

     27,613,930       17,859,507  
NET ASSETS

 

Beginning of the year

     52,171,475       34,311,968  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the year

   $ 79,785,405     $ 52,171,475  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2019
    Year Ended
September 30,
2018
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 28.51     $ 26.30     $ 31.55     $ 27.37     $ 22.03  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

         

Net investment loss(a)

    (0.26     (0.17     (0.16     (0.16     (0.12

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    8.94       4.73       (2.51     7.54       5.46  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    8.68       4.56       (2.67     7.38       5.34  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

         

Net realized capital gains

    (0.62     (2.35     (2.58     (3.20      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 36.57     $ 28.51     $ 26.30     $ 31.55     $ 27.37  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    30.53     17.98     (6.88 )%      29.77     24.24

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

         

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 1,299,777     $ 1,037,625     $ 908,616     $ 926,914     $ 824,103  

Net expenses

    0.92     0.94     0.95     0.94     0.95

Gross expenses

    0.92     0.94     0.95     0.94     0.95

Net investment loss

    (0.72 )%      (0.66 )%      (0.62 )%      (0.58 )%      (0.49 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate

    52     52     67     41     45

 

(a)   Per share net investment loss has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.  

 

     Small Cap Growth Fund – Retail Class  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2019
    Year Ended
September 30,
2018
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 25.67     $ 23.95     $ 29.09     $ 25.53     $ 20.61  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

         

Net investment loss(a)

    (0.30     (0.21     (0.21     (0.22     (0.16

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    8.04       4.28       (2.35     6.98       5.08  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    7.74       4.07       (2.56     6.76       4.92  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

         

Net realized capital gains

    (0.62     (2.35     (2.58     (3.20      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 32.79     $ 25.67     $ 23.95     $ 29.09     $ 25.53  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    30.20     17.67     (7.11 )%(b)      29.45     23.93

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

         

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 105,027     $ 98,205     $ 95,635     $ 136,415     $ 107,387  

Net expenses

    1.17     1.19     1.19 %(c)      1.19     1.20

Gross expenses

    1.17     1.19     1.20     1.19     1.20

Net investment loss

    (0.92 )%      (0.91 )%      (0.86 )%      (0.82 )%      (0.73 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate

    52     52     67     41     45

 

(a)   Per share net investment loss 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)   The administrator 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.

 

     Small Cap Growth Fund – Class N  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2019
    Year Ended
September 30,
2018
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

  $ 28.81     $ 26.53     $ 31.76     $ 27.50     $ 22.11  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

         

Net investment loss(a)

    (0.22     (0.14     (0.13     (0.12     (0.09

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    9.04       4.77       (2.52     7.58       5.48  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

    8.82       4.63       (2.65     7.46       5.39  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

         

Net realized capital gains

    (0.62     (2.35     (2.58     (3.20      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

  $ 37.01     $ 28.81     $ 26.53     $ 31.76     $ 27.50  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

    30.66     18.09     (6.76 )%      29.93     24.38

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

         

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

  $ 1,475,139     $ 1,066,067     $ 629,914     $ 517,734     $ 279,508  

Net expenses

    0.82     0.82     0.82     0.82     0.82

Gross expenses

    0.82     0.82     0.82     0.82     0.82

Net investment loss

    (0.62 )%      (0.54 )%      (0.49 )%      (0.43 )%      (0.39 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate

    52     52     67     41     45

 

(a)   Per share net investment loss has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.  

 

      Small Cap Value Fund – Institutional Class  
      Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2019
    Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 22.34      $ 28.66     $ 35.27     $ 37.37      $ 33.78  
  

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

            

Net investment income(a)

     0.04        0.12       0.10       0.09        0.13  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     11.79        (4.03     (2.49     2.11        6.36  
  

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     11.83        (3.91     (2.39     2.20        6.49  
  

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

            

Net investment income

     (0.13      (0.12     (0.08     (0.05      (0.14

Net realized capital gains

     (1.99      (2.29     (4.14     (4.25      (2.76
  

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (2.12      (2.41     (4.22     (4.30      (2.90
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 32.05      $ 22.34     $ 28.66     $ 35.27      $ 37.37  
  

 

 

 

Total return(b)

     55.05      (15.31 )%      (4.11 )%      6.21      19.68

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

            

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 378,856      $ 295,006     $ 433,360     $ 587,198      $ 665,229  

Net expenses(c)

     0.90      0.90     0.90     0.90      0.90

Gross expenses

     0.94      0.95     0.93     0.92      0.93

Net investment income

     0.12      0.48     0.36     0.26      0.37

Portfolio turnover rate

     23      23     24     19      25

 

(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)   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.

 

      Small Cap Value Fund – Retail Class  
      Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2019
    Year Ended
September 30,
2018
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 21.87     $ 28.11     $ 34.66     $ 36.83     $ 33.33  
  

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

          

Net investment income (loss)(a)

     (0.04     0.05       0.03       0.00 (b)      0.04  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     11.55       (3.96     (2.44     2.08       6.27  
  

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     11.51       (3.91     (2.41     2.08       6.31  
  

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

          

Net investment income

     (0.06     (0.04                 (0.05

Net realized capital gains

     (1.99     (2.29     (4.14     (4.25     (2.76
  

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (2.05     (2.33     (4.14     (4.25     (2.81
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 31.33     $ 21.87     $ 28.11     $ 34.66     $ 36.83  
  

 

 

 

Total return(c)

     54.69     (15.56 )%      (4.33 )%      5.95     19.38

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

          

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 92,036     $ 83,163     $ 134,434     $ 208,310     $ 251,405  

Net expenses(d)

     1.15     1.15     1.15     1.15     1.15

Gross expenses

     1.19     1.20     1.18     1.17     1.18

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.12 )%      0.23     0.10     0.01     0.12

Portfolio turnover rate

     23     23     24     19     25

 

(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)   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.  

 

      Small Cap Value Fund – Admin Class  
      Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2019
    Year Ended
September 30,
2018
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 20.65     $ 26.68     $ 33.25     $ 35.58     $ 32.31  
  

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

          

Net investment loss(a)

     (0.10     (0.01     (0.04     (0.08     (0.04

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     10.88       (3.73     (2.39     2.00       6.07  
  

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     10.78       (3.74     (2.43     1.92       6.03  
  

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

          

Net realized capital gains

     (1.99     (2.29     (4.14     (4.25     (2.76
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 29.44     $ 20.65     $ 26.68     $ 33.25     $ 35.58  
  

 

 

 

Total return(b)

     54.29     (15.74 )%      (4.60 )%      5.68     19.10

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

          

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 9,440     $ 7,662     $ 13,357     $ 24,530     $ 30,533  

Net expenses(c)

     1.40     1.40     1.40     1.40     1.40

Gross expenses

     1.43     1.45     1.43     1.42     1.43

Net investment loss

     (0.38 )%      (0.03 )%      (0.15 )%      (0.24 )%      (0.11 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate

     23     23     24     19     25

 

(a)   Per share net investment loss 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)   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.

 

      Small Cap Value Fund – Class N  
      Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2019
    Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 22.35      $ 28.68     $ 35.31     $ 37.41      $ 33.81  
  

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

            

Net investment income(a)

     0.05        0.13       0.12       0.12        0.15  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     11.80        (4.03     (2.50     2.11        6.37  
  

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     11.85        (3.90     (2.38     2.23        6.52  
  

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

            

Net investment income

     (0.14      (0.14     (0.11     (0.08      (0.16

Net realized capital gains

     (1.99      (2.29     (4.14     (4.25      (2.76
  

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (2.13      (2.43     (4.25     (4.33      (2.92
  

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 32.07      $ 22.35     $ 28.68     $ 35.31      $ 37.41  
  

 

 

 

Total return

     55.15      (15.28 )%      (4.07 )%      6.28      19.78

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

            

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 112,310      $ 92,818     $ 141,821     $ 153,646      $ 136,162  

Net expenses

     0.85      0.85     0.83     0.83      0.83

Gross expenses

     0.85      0.85     0.83     0.83      0.83

Net investment income

     0.17      0.53     0.43     0.33      0.44

Portfolio turnover rate

     23      23     24     19      25

 

(a)   Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.  

 

      Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund – Institutional Class  
      Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2019
    Year Ended
September 30,
2018
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 11.81     $ 10.03     $ 15.49     $ 12.31     $ 9.73  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

          

Net investment income (loss)(a)

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

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     3.56       2.06       (1.55 )(d)      3.23       2.60  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     3.54       2.02       (1.59     3.18       2.60  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

          

Net investment income

                             (0.02

Net realized capital gains

     (0.10     (0.24     (3.87            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (0.10     (0.24     (3.87           (0.02
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 15.25     $ 11.81     $ 10.03     $ 15.49     $ 12.31  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(e)

     30.00 %(b)      20.38     (3.27 )%      25.83     26.74

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

          

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 70,526     $ 52,170     $ 34,312     $ 17,500     $ 14,592  

Net expenses(f)

     0.84 %(g)      0.84     0.85     0.85     0.85

Gross expenses

     0.99     1.21     1.30     1.43     1.57

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.14 )%(b)      (0.34 )%      (0.35 )%      (0.35 )%      0.01

Portfolio turnover rate

     50     60     67     102 %(h)      49

 

(a)   Per share net investment income (loss) has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.  
(b)   Includes a non-recurring dividend. Without this dividend, net investment loss per share would have been $(0.08), total return would have been 29.49% and the ratio of net investment loss to average net assets would have been (0.52%).  
(c)   Amount rounds to less than $0.01.  
(d)   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.  
(e)   Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.  
(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)   Includes additional voluntary waiver of advisory fee of 0.01%.  
(h)   The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2017 to 2018 was primarily due to significant shareholder flows.  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

      Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund – Class N  
      Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Period Ended
September 30,
2020*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 11.81     $ 9.89  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment loss(a)

     (0.01 )(b)      (0.04

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     3.56       2.20  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     3.55       2.16  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

    

Net realized capital gains

     (0.10     (0.24
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 15.26     $ 11.81  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(c)

     30.08 %(b)      22.08 %(d) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

    

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 9,260     $ 1  

Net expenses(e)

     0.83     0.83 %(f) 

Gross expenses

     1.00     107.49 %(f) 

Net investment loss

     (0.08 )%(b)      (0.34 )%(f) 

Portfolio turnover rate

     50     60 %(g) 

 

*   Class operations commenced on October 1, 2019.  
(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 $(0.07), total return would have been 29.66% and the ratio of net investment loss to average net assets would have been (0.50%).  
(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, 2020.  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

September 30, 2021

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 offers Institutional Class, Retail Class and Class N shares. Small Cap Value Fund offers Institutional Class, Retail Class, Admin Class and Class N shares. Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund offers Institutional Class and Class N 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. 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 and Natixis ETF Trust II (“Natixis ETF Trusts”). Expenses of a Fund are borne pro rata by the holders of each class of shares, except that each class bears expenses unique to that class (such as the Rule 12b-1 fees applicable to 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.

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 year-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. 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

 

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September 30, 2021

 

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.

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 (including income reinvested) and foreign withholding tax, if applicable, is recorded on the 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, if any, 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.

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 September 30, 2021 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 twelve 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 that have been or are expected to be reclaimed and paid. 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 are expected to be filed and paid 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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Notes to Financial Statements – continued

September 30, 2021

 

e.  Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions are recorded on the 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, distribution re-designations, capital gain distributions received 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 reported as 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 years ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was as follows:

 

     2021 Distributions        2020 Distributions  

Fund

   Ordinary
Income
       Long-Term
Capital Gains
       Total        Ordinary
Income
       Long-Term
Capital Gains
       Total  

Small Cap Growth Fund

   $        $ 49,164,080        $ 49,164,080        $        $ 150,841,195        $ 150,841,195  

Small Cap Value Fund

     2,422,269          40,732,461          43,154,730          2,526,541          55,082,819          57,609,360  

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

              508,774          508,774                   817,114          817,114  

Distributions paid to shareholders from net investment income and net realized capital gains, based on accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, are consolidated and reported on the Statements of Changes in Net Assets as Distributions to Shareholders. Distributions paid to shareholders from net investment income and net realized capital gains expressed in per-share amounts, based on accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, are separately stated and reported within the Financial Highlights.

As of September 30, 2021, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

     Small Cap
Growth Fund
       Small Cap
Value Fund
       Small/Mid Cap
Growth Fund
 

Undistributed ordinary income

   $ 14,122,150        $ 7,392,623        $  

Undistributed long-term capital gains

     483,888,077          87,266,175          8,186,206  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total undistributed earnings

     498,010,227          94,658,798          8,186,206  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Unrealized appreciation

     758,558,080          205,761,791          18,609,222  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total accumulated earnings

   $ 1,256,568,307        $ 300,420,589        $ 26,795,428  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

As of September 30, 2021, the tax 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

   $ 2,140,816,145      $ 386,590,634      $ 61,325,774  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross tax appreciation

   $ 817,562,809      $ 212,799,813      $ 19,861,470  

Gross tax depreciation

     (59,004,729      (7,038,022      (1,252,248
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net tax appreciation

   $ 758,558,080      $ 205,761,791      $ 18,609,222  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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 September 30, 2021, each Fund, as applicable, had investments in repurchase agreements for which the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the repurchase agreement. The gross value of repurchase agreements is included in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for financial reporting purposes.

 

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g.  Securities Lending. Small Cap Growth Fund and Small Cap Value Fund 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 year ended September 30, 2021, neither Fund 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.

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ investments as of September 30, 2021, at value:

Small Cap Growth Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Common Stocks(a)

   $ 2,788,616,988        $        $                 —        $ 2,788,616,988  

Short-Term Investments

              110,757,237                   110,757,237  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,788,616,988        $ 110,757,237        $        $ 2,899,374,225  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

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

Small Cap Value Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1     Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Common Stocks(a)

   $     581,143,754     $        $        $   581,143,754  

Other Investments(a)

     (b)                               —           

Short-Term Investments

             11,208,671                   11,208,671  
  

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

   $     581,143,754     $ 11,208,671        $        $ 592,352,425  
  

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

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

(b) Includes a security valued at zero.

 

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Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Common Stocks(a)

   $ 77,365,804        $        $                 —        $ 77,365,804  

Short-Term Investments

              2,569,192                   2,569,192  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total

   $ 77,365,804        $ 2,569,192        $        $ 79,934,996  
  

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

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

4.  Purchases and Sales of Securities. For the year ended September 30, 2021, purchases and sales of securities (excluding short-term investments) were as follows:

 

Fund

   Purchases        Sales  

Small Cap Growth Fund

   $ 1,418,938,557        $ 1,418,379,258  

Small Cap Value Fund

     130,375,644          265,564,331  

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

     45,519,968          36,183,222  

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. Loomis Sayles is a limited partnership whose sole general partner, Loomis, Sayles & Company, Inc., is indirectly owned by Natixis Investment Managers, LLC, which is part of Natixis Investment Managers, an international asset management group based in Paris, France.

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, 2022, 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 year ended September 30, 2021, 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%                            0.83%  

Loomis Sayles shall be permitted to recover expenses borne under the expense limitation agreements (whether through waiver of 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 both (1) a class’ expense limitation ratio in place at the time such amounts were waived/reimbursed and (2) a class’ current applicable expense limitation ratio, 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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September 30, 2021

 

For the year ended September 30, 2021, the management fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

Fund

     Gross
Management
Fees
       Contractual
Waivers of
Management
Fees1
       Voluntary
Waivers of
Management
Fees2
       Net
Management
Fees
       Percentage of
Average Daily
Net Assets
 
     Gross      Net  

Small Cap Growth Fund

     $ 21,669,026        $        $        $ 21,669,026          0.75      0.75

Small Cap Value Fund

       4,483,393                            4,483,393          0.75      0.75

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

       569,723          111,300          9,895          448,528          0.75      0.59

For the year ended September 30, 2021, class-specific expenses have been reimbursed as follows:

 

      Reimbursement1  

Fund

   Institutional
Class
       Retail
Class
       Admin
Class
       Class N        Total  

Small Cap Value Fund

   $ 131,922        $ 34,175        $ 3,241        $        $ 169,338  

1 Waiver/expense reimbursements are subject to possible recovery until September 30, 2022.

2 In order to ensure that the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement do not exceed limitations, the Adviser may voluntarily waive additional advisory fees for the Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund. Voluntary management fee waivers are not subject to recovery under the expense limitation agreement described above.

For the year ended September 30, 2021, expense reimbursements related to the prior fiscal year were recovered as follows:

 

Fund

   Recovered
Expenses
 

Small Cap Value Fund

   $     1,568  

b.  Service and Distribution Fees. Natixis Distribution, LLC (“Natixis Distribution”), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers, LLC, 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.

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 year ended September 30, 2021, 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

   $        $ 286,313        $  

Small Cap Value Fund

     23,186          243,962          23,186  

c.  Administrative Fees. Natixis Advisors, LLC (“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 Investment Managers, LLC. Pursuant to an agreement among Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts, Natixis ETF Trusts and Natixis Advisors, each Fund pays Natixis Advisors monthly its pro rata portion of fees equal to an annual rate of 0.0540% of the first $15 billion of the average daily net assets of the Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Natixis ETF Trusts, 0.0500% of the next $15 billion, 0.0400% of the next $30 billion, 0.0275% of the next $30 billion and 0.0225% 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 Trusts of $10 million, which is reevaluated on an annual basis.

 

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September 30, 2021

 

For the year ended September 30, 2021, the administrative fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

Fund

   Administrative
Fees
 

Small Cap Growth Fund

   $     1,236,240  

Small Cap Value Fund

     255,823  

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

     32,493  

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 year ended September 30, 2021, 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

   $     1,430,850  

Small Cap Value Fund

     400,517  

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

     871  

As of September 30, 2021, 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

   $     17,801  

Small Cap Value Fund

     4,972  

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

     23  

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 Investment Managers, LLC or their affiliates. The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees receives a retainer fee at the annual rate of $369,000. 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 $199,000. 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, the chairperson of the Audit Committee and the chairperson of the Governance Committee each receive an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $20,000. 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 Trusts based on a formula that takes into account, among other factors, the relative net assets of each fund. Trustees are reimbursed for travel expenses in connection with attendance at meetings.

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

 

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September 30, 2021

 

Certain officers and employees of Natixis Advisors and Loomis Sayles are also officers and/or Trustees of the Trusts.

f.  Affiliated Ownership. As of September 30, 2021, Loomis Sayles Funded Pension Plan and Trust (“Pension Plan”), Loomis Sayles Employees’ Profit Sharing Retirement Plan (“Retirement Plan”) and Loomis Sayles non-qualified retirement plans held shares of the Funds representing the following percentages of the Funds’ net assets:

 

Fund

   Pension Plan        Retirement Plan        Non-Qualified
Retirement Plans
       Total Affiliated
Ownership
 

Small Cap Growth Fund

     0.06%          1.09%                   1.15%  

Small Cap Value Fund

     0.27%          5.17%          5.95%          11.39%  

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

g.  Reimbursement of Transfer Agent Fees and Expenses. Natixis Advisors has given a binding contractual undertaking to Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund to reimburse any and all transfer agency expenses for the Fund’s Class N shares. This undertaking is in effect through January 31, 2022 and is not subject to recovery under the expense limitation agreement described above.

For the year ended September 30, 2021, Natixis Advisors reimbursed Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund $1,027 for transfer agency expenses related to Class N shares.

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 year ended September 30, 2021, 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

   $ 1,336,755        $ 116,880        $        $ 8,780  

Small Cap Value Fund

     330,090          86,123          8,179          1,769  

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

     3,622                            1,027  

7.  Line of Credit. Each Fund, together with certain other funds of Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Natixis ETF Trusts, entered into a $500,000,000 committed unsecured line of credit provided by State Street Bank. 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 $500,000,000 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. The Funds paid an arrangement fee, an upfront fee, and certain other legal fees in connection with the line of credit agreement, which are being amortized over a period of 364 days and are reflected in legal fees and/or miscellaneous expenses on the Statements of Operations. The unamortized balance is reflected as prepaid expenses on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Prior to April 8, 2021, each Fund, together with certain other funds of Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Natixis ETF Trusts, entered into a $400,000,000 committed unsecured line of credit provided by State Street Bank. 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.

For the year ended September 30, 2021, none of the Funds had borrowings under this agreement.

8.  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 September 30, 2021, 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
Ownership (Note 5f)
       Total
Percentage of
Ownership
 

Small Cap Value Fund

   1        12.37%          11.39%          23.76%  

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

   5        81.19%                   81.19%  

 

 

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September 30, 2021

 

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.

9.  Risk. Global markets have experienced periods of high volatility triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic. The impact of this pandemic and any other epidemic or pandemic that may arise in the future could adversely affect the economies of many nations or the entire global economy and the financial performance of individual issuers, sectors, industries, asset classes, and markets in significant and unforeseen ways. Such effects could impair the Funds’ ability to maintain operational standards, disrupt the operations of the Funds’ service providers, adversely affect the value and liquidity of the Funds’ investments and negatively impact the Funds’ performance.

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  
       Year Ended September 30, 2021        Year Ended September 30, 2020  
Institutional Class      Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount  

Issued from the sale of shares

       9,135,230        $ 323,499,208          13,167,719        $ 318,448,815  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

       603,506          21,484,823          2,907,753          77,404,396  

Redeemed

       (10,600,777        (379,032,001        (14,223,727        (360,653,006
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net change

       (862,041      $ (34,047,970        1,851,745        $ 35,200,205  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
Retail Class  

Issued from the sale of shares

       559,662        $ 17,611,050          912,597        $ 20,495,084  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

       71,504          2,286,695          379,550          9,116,785  

Redeemed

       (1,253,848        (39,965,014        (1,459,375        (33,506,278
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net change

       (622,682      $ (20,067,269        (167,228      $ (3,894,409
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
Class N  

Issued from the sale of shares

       12,972,678        $ 459,829,686          17,628,357        $ 452,596,699  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

       666,169          23,982,068          2,249,879          60,476,756  

Redeemed

       (10,783,445        (393,611,081        (6,620,566        (169,949,416
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net change

       2,855,402        $ 90,200,673          13,257,670        $ 343,124,039  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Increase from capital share transactions

       1,370,679        $ 36,085,434          14,942,187        $ 374,429,835  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

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10.  Capital Shares – continued

 

       Small Cap Value Fund  
       Year Ended September 30, 2021        Year Ended September 30, 2020  
Institutional Class      Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount  

Issued from the sale of shares

       2,185,029        $ 65,327,936          3,070,880        $ 72,483,944  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

       969,486          25,449,017          1,187,726          33,101,927  

Redeemed

       (4,539,392        (134,099,821        (6,171,314        (143,712,872
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net change

       (1,384,877      $ (43,322,868        (1,912,708      $ (38,127,001
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
Retail Class  

Issued from the sale of shares

       272,038        $ 7,899,117          209,646        $ 4,830,652  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

       280,859          7,220,881          385,444          10,541,881  

Redeemed

       (1,417,269        (40,836,991        (1,576,219        (38,194,968
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net change

       (864,372      $ (25,716,993        (981,129      $ (22,822,435
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
Admin Class  

Issued from the sale of shares

       23,426        $ 655,054          89,240        $ 2,047,167  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

       27,530          666,234          33,393          863,879  

Redeemed

       (101,301        (2,619,066        (252,153        (5,146,329
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net change

       (50,345      $ (1,297,778        (129,520      $ (2,235,283
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
Class N  

Issued from the sale of shares

       710,243        $ 21,428,894          606,779        $ 14,233,156  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

       325,820          8,552,785          396,172          11,045,289  

Redeemed

       (1,686,418        (51,194,452        (1,794,608        (44,897,333
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net change

       (650,355      $ (21,212,773        (791,657      $ (19,618,888
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Decrease from capital share transactions

       (2,949,949      $ (91,550,412        (3,815,014      $ (82,803,607
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
       Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund  
       Year Ended September 30, 2021        Year Ended September 30, 2020(a)  
Institutional Class      Shares        Amount        Shares        Amount  

Issued from the sale of shares

       770,533        $ 10,719,355          2,299,458        $ 24,306,399  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

       31,883          450,185          74,958          787,810  

Redeemed

       (596,871        (8,728,075        (844,906        (8,799,784

Redeemed in-kind (Note 11)

                         (532,341        (5,600,230
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net change

       205,545        $ 2,441,465          997,169        $ 10,694,195  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 
Class N  

Issued from the sale of shares

       673,195        $ 8,900,000          101        $ 1,000  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

       4,146          58,589          2          24  

Redeemed

       (70,671        (1,000,000                  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net change

       606,670        $ 7,958,589          103        $ 1,024  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Increase from capital share transactions

       812,215        $ 10,400,054          997,272        $ 10,695,219  
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

(a) From commencement of operations on October 1, 2019 for Class N shares.

11.  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, 2020, Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund participated in a redemption in-kind transaction.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of Loomis Sayles Funds I and Loomis Sayles Funds II and Shareholders of Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund, Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund and Loomis Sayles Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund:

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the portfolios of investments, of Loomis Sayles Small Cap Value Fund (one of the funds constituting Loomis Sayles Funds I), and Loomis Sayles Small Cap Growth Fund and Loomis Sayles Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund (two of the funds constituting Loomis Sayles Funds II) (hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of September 30, 2021, the related statements of operations for the year ended September 30, 2021, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended September 30, 2021, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of September 30, 2021, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended September 30, 2021 and each of the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2021 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

November 22, 2021

We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Natixis Investment Company Complex since at least 1995. We have not determined the specific year we began serving as auditor.

 

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2021 U.S. Tax Distribution Information to Shareholders (Unaudited)

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021, a percentage of dividends distributed by the Fund listed below qualifies for the dividends received deduction for corporate shareholders. This percentage is as follows:

 

Fund

   Qualifying Percentage  

Small Cap Value Fund

     89.61%  

Capital Gains Distributions. Pursuant to Internal Revenue Section 852(b), the following Funds paid distributions, which have been designated as capital gains distributions for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021, unless subsequently determined to be different.

 

Fund

   Amount  

Small Cap Growth Fund

   $ 49,164,080  

Small Cap Value Fund

     40,732,461  

Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

     508,774  

Qualified Dividend Income. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021, the Funds below will designate up to the maximum amount allowable pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code as qualified dividend income eligible for reduced tax rates. These lower rates range from 0% to 20% depending on an individual’s tax bracket. If the Funds pay a distribution during calendar year 2021, complete information will be reported in conjunction with Form 1099-DIV.

 

Fund

Small Cap Value Fund

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

The tables below provide certain information regarding the trustees and officers of Loomis Sayles Funds I and Loomis Sayles Funds II (the “Trusts”). Unless otherwise indicated, the address of all persons below is 888 Boylston Street, Suite 800, Boston, MA 02199-8197. The Funds’ Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the trustees of the Trusts and is available by calling Loomis Sayles Funds at 800-633-3330.

 

Name and Year of Birth  

Position(s)
Held with
the Trusts, Length
of Time Served and

Term of Office1

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
 

Number of Portfolios in
Fund Complex Overseen2

and Other Directorships
Held During
Past 5 Years

 

Experience,

Qualifications,

Attributes, Skills

for Board

Membership

Independent Trustees

Edmond J. English
(1953)
 

Trustee since 2013

Chairperson of the Governance Committee and Contract Review Committee Member

  Executive Chairman of Bob’s Discount Furniture (retail)  

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Director, Burlington Stores, Inc. (retail)

  Significant experience on the Board and on the boards of other business organizations (including retail companies and a bank); executive experience (including at a retail company)

Richard A. Goglia

(1951)

 

Trustee since 2015

Contract Review Committee Member and Governance Committee Member

  Retired  

54

Director of Triumph Group (aerospace industry)

  Significant experience on the Board and executive experience (including his role as vice president and treasurer of a defense company and experience at a financial services company)

Wendell J. Knox

(1948)

 

Trustee since 2009

Chairperson of the Contract Review Committee

  Retired  

54

Director, Abt Associates Inc. (research and consulting); Director, The Hanover Insurance Group (property and casualty insurance); formerly, Director, Eastern Bank (bank)

  Significant experience on the Board and on the boards of other business organizations (including at a bank and at a property and casualty insurance firm); executive experience (including roles as president and chief executive officer of a research and consulting company)
Martin T. Meehan
(1956)
 

Trustee since 2012

Audit Committee Member and Governance Committee Member

  President, University of Massachusetts  

54

None

  Significant experience on the Board and on the boards of other business organizations; experience as President of the University of Massachusetts; government experience (including as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives); academic experience

 

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Name and Year of Birth  

Position(s)
Held with
the Trusts, Length
of Time Served and

Term of Office1

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
 

Number of Portfolios in
Fund Complex Overseen2

and Other Directorships
Held During
Past 5 Years

 

Experience,

Qualifications,

Attributes, Skills

for Board

Membership

Maureen B. Mitchell

(1951)

 

Trustee since 2017

Audit Committee Member and Governance Committee Member

  Retired  

54

Director, Sterling Bancorp (bank)

  Experience on the Board; financial services industry and executive experience (including role as president of global sales and marketing at a financial services company)

James P. Palermo

(1955)

 

Trustee since 2016

Audit Committee Member

  Founding Partner, Breton Capital Management, LLC (private equity); Partner, STEP Partners, LLC (private equity)  

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Director, FutureFuel.io (chemicals and biofuels)

  Significant experience on the Board; financial services industry and executive experience (including roles as chief executive officer of client management and asset servicing for a banking and financial services company)

Erik R. Sirri

(1958)

 

Chairperson of the Board of Trustees since January 2021

Trustee since 2009

Ex Officio member of the Audit Committee, Contract Review Committee and Governance Committee

  Professor of Finance at Babson College  

54

None

  Significant experience on the Board; experience as Director of the Division of Trading and Markets at the Securities and Exchange Commission; academic experience; training as an economist

Peter J. Smail

(1952)

 

Trustee since 2009

Audit Committee Member

  Retired  

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None

  Significant experience on the Board; mutual fund industry and executive experience (including roles as president and chief executive officer for an investment adviser)

Kirk A. Sykes

(1958)

 

Trustee since 2019

Contract Review Committee Member and Governance Committee Member

  Managing Director of Accordia Partners, LLC (real estate development); President of Primary Corporation (real estate development); Managing Principal of Merrick Capital Partners (infrastructure finance); formerly, President of Urban Strategy America Fund (real estate fund manager)  

54

Trustee, Eastern Bank (bank); Director, Apartment Investment and Management Company (real estate investment trust); formerly, Director, Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (real estate investment trust)

  Experience on the Board and significant experience on the boards of other business organizations (including real estate companies and banks)

Cynthia L. Walker

(1956)

 

Trustee since 2005

Chairperson of the Audit Committee

  Retired; formerly, Deputy Dean for Finance and Administration, Yale University School of Medicine  

54

None

  Significant experience on the Board; executive experience in a variety of academic organizations (including roles as dean for finance and administration)

 

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Name and Year of Birth  

Position(s)
Held with
the Trusts, Length
of Time Served and

Term of Office1

  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
 

Number of Portfolios in
Fund Complex Overseen2

and Other Directorships
Held During
Past 5 Years

 

Experience,

Qualifications,

Attributes, Skills

for Board

Membership

Interested Trustees

Kevin P. Charleston3

(1965)

One Financial Center

Boston, MA 02111

 

Trustee since 2015

President and Chief Executive Officer of Loomis Sayles Funds I since 2015

  President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.  

54

None

  Significant experience on the Board; continuing service as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.
David L. Giunta4
(1965)
 

Trustee since 2011

President of Loomis Sayles Funds II and Executive Vice President of Loomis Sayles Funds I since 2008; Chief Executive Officer of Loomis Sayles Funds II since 2015

  President and Chief Executive Officer, Natixis Advisors, LLC and Natixis Distribution, LLC  

54

None

  Significant experience on the Board; experience as President and Chief Executive Officer of Natixis Advisors, LLC and Natixis Distribution, LLC

 

1 

Each trustee serves until retirement, resignation or removal from the Board. The current retirement age is 75. The position of Chairperson of the Board is appointed for a three-year term.

 

2 

The trustees of the Trusts serve as trustees of a fund complex that includes all series of the Natixis Funds Trust I, Natixis Funds Trust II, Natixis Funds Trust IV, Gateway Trust, Loomis Sayles Funds I, Loomis Sayles Funds II, Natixis ETF Trust and Natixis ETF Trust II (collectively, the “Fund Complex”).

 

3 

Mr. Charleston is deemed an “interested person” of the Trusts because he holds the following positions with an affiliated person of the Trusts: President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.

 

4 

Mr. Giunta is deemed an “interested person” of the Trusts because he holds the following positions with an affiliated person of the Trusts: President and Chief Executive Officer, Natixis Advisors, LLC and Natixis Distribution, LLC.

 

Name and Year of Birth   Position(s)
Held with
the Trusts
  Term of Office1
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years2

Officers of the Trusts

Michael C. Kardok

(1959)

  Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer   Since 2004   Senior Vice President, Natixis Advisors, LLC and Natixis Distribution, LLC

Natalie R. Wagner

(1979)

 

Chief Compliance Officer, Assistant Secretary and Anti-Money Laundering Officer

 

Since May 2021

  Formerly, Vice President, Head of Corporate Compliance, Global Atlantic Financial Group
  Chief Legal Officer   Since July 2021  

 

1 

Each officer of the Trusts serves for an indefinite term in accordance with the Trusts’ current by-laws until the date his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until he or she sooner dies, retires, is removed or becomes disqualified.

 

2 

Each person listed above, except as noted, holds the same position(s) with the Fund Complex. Previous positions during the past five years with Natixis Distribution, LLC, Natixis Advisors, LLC or Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. are omitted, if not materially different from an officer’s current position with such entity.

 

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Annual Report

September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund

Loomis Sayles Credit Income Fund

Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund

Loomis Sayles Growth Fund

Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

 

Table of Contents

Portfolio Review     1  
Portfolio of Investments     34  
Financial Statements     77  
Notes to Financial Statements     108  

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES CORE PLUS BOND FUND

 

Managers   Symbols
Lead Portfolio Managers   Class A    NEFRX
Peter W. Palfrey, CFA®   Class C    NECRX
Richard G. Raczkowski   Class N    NERNX
Agency MBS Portfolio Managers   Class Y    NERYX
Ian Anderson  
Barath W. Sankaran, CFA®  
Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.  

 

 

Investment Goal

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

 

 

Market Conditions

The bond market experienced mixed returns over the period as investors reacted to the combination of improving economic growth, rising inflation and the increasing likelihood that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and other central banks will need to begin tightening monetary policy in the coming year.

Following the approval and rollout of multiple vaccines for Covid-19 in late 2020 and early 2021, business conditions gradually returned to normal. Economic growth surged as a result, allaying fears that the virus would lead to a protracted slowdown. The reopening of the economy, while fueling impressive headline GDP growth, was accompanied by rising commodity prices, disruptions in the global supply chain and a sharp increase in inflation. Although the Fed initially described the rise in inflation as a “transitory” phenomenon, the persistence of price pressures through the summer and early autumn led to a gradual shift in the outlook. In September, Fed Chair Jerome Powell stated that the central bank was likely to announce a tapering of its stimulative quantitative easing (QE) program before the end of 2021. In addition, the markets began to price in a significant likelihood that the Fed will enact its first rate hike in late 2022. Together, these factors dampened returns across the fixed income market.

US Treasuries underperformed the broad fixed income market as risk appetite drastically improved over the past year. Mounting concerns over inflation and Fed policy also played a role in the rise in yields. While the prices of short-term government debt were relatively stable, longer-maturity bonds declined sharply. The yield on the 10-year note rose from 0.69% on September 30, 2020, to 1.52% on the final day of the period, and the 30-year bond moved from 1.46% to 2.08% (prices and yields move in opposite directions).

Despite the weakness in US Treasuries, investment grade corporates registered a solid gain for the 12-month period. As growth accelerated and the credit outlook improved, investors sought opportunities in higher-yielding segments of the market. Corporate yield spreads over Treasuries fell sharply as a result, leading to positive relative performance.

Securitized assets — including mortgage-backed securities (MBS), asset-backed securities (ABS) and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) — produced marginally negative total returns as a group but outpaced the US Treasury market. The category’s underlying fundamentals remained firm, however, with continued strength in both real estate prices and consumer credit. ABS and CMBS posted positive total returns, but MBS experienced small negative total returns due in part to its higher interest rate sensitivity.

Investors’ increased appetite for risk translated to a strong, double-digit gain for high yield corporates. The category tends to have lower interest rate sensitivity than investment grade bonds, a key tailwind at a time in which concern about Fed policy was the key factor driving market performance. High yield further benefited from the combination of favorable credit conditions, robust gains for equities and an impressive rally in oil prices. Leveraged loans, which typically offer yields that adjust upward with prevailing interest rates, also outperformed.

Emerging market bonds, while experiencing bouts of volatility, nonetheless finished comfortably ahead of domestic investment grade debt. Although investors remained on edge due to persistently negative headlines out of China during the second half of the period, the asset class benefited from its above-average yield and the broader strength in higher-risk assets.

 

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended September 30, 2021, Class Y shares of the Fund returned 0.78% at net asset value. The Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, which returned -0.90%.

 

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Explanation of Fund Performance

The Fund maintained an average allocation to high yield corporates of about 10% over the 12-month period, which buoyed performance as the sector strongly outperformed. Positioning in investment grade corporate bonds also contributed positively to relative return, driven by both security selection and sector allocation. Within corporates, an emphasis on the reopening theme within industrials across the quality spectrum proved beneficial. An underweight to US Treasuries and positioning within government sectors were additional sources of outperformance. Finally, small out-of-benchmark positions in bank loans and non-US dollar assets both added to relative performance.

The Fund’s positioning along the yield curve (which depicts the relationship among bond yields across the maturity spectrum) weighed on relative performance as the curve steepened over the 12 months. A shorter-than-benchmark stance with respect to duration (and corresponding interest rate sensitivity) for most of the period also detracted modestly. Finally, out-of-benchmark exposure to municipal bonds detracted slightly from relative performance.

Outlook

We believe the Fed will remain accommodative for the foreseeable future, keeping the fed funds rate unchanged at the zero lower bound and anchoring the very front end of the Treasury yield curve into late 2022 or early 2023. The Fed has now indicated that it is ready to address balance sheet policy. Our base case, based on Fed comments, is for tapering to be completed by mid-2022. Traditional monetary policy tightening is expected to start in late 2022 or early 2023 based on the current Fed “dot plot” chart, which displays individual FOMC member expectations for the trajectory of fed funds. This is in line with our expectations. We expect core inflation to remain above the Fed’s target of 2% for at least the next several quarters or perhaps longer, as inflationary pressure, while in part transitory due to base effect, may prove more lasting in our view.

We believe the credit cycle1 is currently in the early expansion phase, with continued strong corporate earnings and a healthy consumer supported by significant excess savings and easy financial conditions. We believe risk appetite should remain elevated given the strong expansionary environment, expectations for robust global growth, continued monetary and fiscal policy support, and the increasing availability of vaccines across more demographic groups.

We believe corporate fundamentals are currently healthy, reflecting the recovery in the US and, now to a greater degree, the global economy. Additionally, we believe very accommodative global central bank and fiscal policy have been a significant tailwind, although that may also be changing as heightened inflation concerns, elevated leverage and extended risk valuations have become a greater focus for central banks globally. In the US, corporate bond and equity valuations are at or near historic highs reflecting this very strong environment, and we believe may be vulnerable to some near-term profit-taking or volatility.

We believe we are positioned for a continued recovery in the US and global economies, with a pro-cyclical bias to the portfolio. We currently favor spread sectors, including securitized credit, high yield corporate credit and emerging market credit, versus sectors more vulnerable to interest rate and valuation risk, such as Treasuries and high grade corporate bonds. We are managing interest rate risk by maintaining a relatively short overall portfolio duration and are seeking to achieve better carry and roll-down by employing a bulleted yield curve strategy with more in the belly of the curve.

We expect overall portfolio credit quality to remain high, although it has come down from pre-pandemic levels when we were more concerned about preserving capital. Average credit quality currently stands at A2. Approximately 40% of the portfolio remains in AAA government issues, although we have a broad overweight to BBB and BB/B credits as well, balancing liquidity with total return opportunities in lower-rated securitized and corporate credits.

Within agency MBS, we continue to position for potential better-than-market convexity (i.e., a favorable risk/reward profile in a changing interest rate environment) and continue to maintain a modest underweight to the sector. With the recent underperformance of the MBS sector, we believe valuations have become more attractive, and we may consider adding back some exposure, in particular relative to corporate credit.

Within securitized credit, we remain overweight in non-agency CMBS, but more recently sold our agency CMBS exposure due to very tight valuations. We currently favor ABS as a high quality substitute for government bonds and prefer auto loans and credit card receivables within the sector, particularly with the improved employment and the continued strength of the consumer balance sheet.

Regarding investment grade corporate credit, we are approximately market neutral to the benchmark and about 0.6 years short on a contribution-to-duration basis versus the benchmark. While corporate fundamentals are healthy, we believe valuations are not as compelling and we now favor a lower use of our risk budget for the asset class..

Within the plus sector allocation, we continue to favor a mix of fixed rate high yield, bank loan, emerging market Yankee and non-dollar emerging market exposure as a way to seek portfolio yield and return potential in this improving, low-yielding economic environment. At the end of the third quarter of 2021, we had just under 13% in fixed rate high yield securities, just over 5% in high quality bank loans, and 3.5% in investment grade emerging market non-dollar bonds.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES CORE PLUS BOND FUND

 

During periods in which the US dollar appreciates relative to foreign currencies, funds that hold non-US-dollar-denominated bonds, foreign currency or foreign currency based derivative securities (“foreign currency exposures”) may realize currency losses in connection with the maturity or sale of certain foreign currency exposures. These losses impact a fund’s ordinary income distributions (to the extent that losses are not offset by realized currency gains within the fund’s fiscal year). A recognized currency loss, in accordance with federal tax rules, decreases the amount of ordinary income a fund has available to distribute, even though non-US dollar-denominated bonds continue to generate coupon income.

Fund officers have analyzed the Fund’s current portfolio of investments, realized currency gains and losses, schedule of maturities, and the corresponding amounts of unrealized currency losses that may become realized during the current fiscal year. This analysis is performed regularly to determine how realized currency losses have and will impact periodic ordinary income distributions for the Fund. Based on the most recent quarterly analysis (as of September 30, 2021), realized currency losses will continue to have an impact on the distributions in the 2022 fiscal year. This analysis is based on certain assumptions including, but not limited to, the amount of foreign currency exposures held by the Fund, the level of foreign currency exchange rates, security prices, interest rates, the Fund advisers’ ability to manage realized currency losses, and the net asset level of the Fund. Changes to these assumptions could materially impact the analysis and the amounts of future fund distributions. Fund officers will continue to monitor these amounts on a regular basis and take the necessary actions required to manage the Fund’s distributions to address realized currency losses while seeking to avoid a return of capital distribution.

 

1 

A credit cycle is a cyclical pattern that follows credit availability and corporate health.

 

Hypothetical Growth of $100,000 Investment in Class Y Shares3

September 30, 2011 to September 30, 2021

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — September 30, 20213

 

           
                          

Life of

Class N

     Expense Ratios4  
      1 Year      5 Years      10 Years      Gross      Net  
     
Class Y (Inception 12/30/94)

 

       
NAV      0.78      4.01      4.54             0.47      0.47
     
Class A (Inception 11/7/73)                    
NAV      0.53        3.75        4.27               0.72        0.72  
With 4.25% Maximum Sales Charge      -3.71        2.85        3.82                 
     
Class C (Inception 12/30/94)                    
NAV      -0.24        2.97        3.65               1.47        1.47  
With CDSC1      -1.20        2.97        3.65                 
     
Class N (Inception 2/1/13)

 

                
NAV      0.86        4.10               3.72        0.38        0.38  
   
Comparative Performance

 

       
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index2      -0.90        2.94        3.01        2.95                    

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 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 U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based 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.

 

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 limitations set to expire on 1/31/22. When a Fund’s expenses are below the limitation, 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 limitations.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES CREDIT INCOME FUND

 

Managers   Symbols
Matthew J. Eagan, CFA®   Class A    LOCAX

Brian P. Kennedy

  Class C    LOCCX

Elaine M. Stokes

  Class N    LOCNX
  Class Y    LOCYX
Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.

 

 

Investment Goal

The Fund seeks high current income with a secondary objective of capital growth.

 

 

Market Conditions

The bond market experienced mixed returns over the period, as investors reacted to the combination of improving economic growth, rising inflation and the increasing likelihood that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and other central banks will need to begin tightening monetary policy in the coming year.

Following the approval and rollout of multiple vaccines for Covid-19 in late 2020 and early 2021, business conditions gradually returned to normal. Economic growth surged as a result, allaying fears that the virus would lead to a protracted slowdown. The reopening of the economy, while fueling impressive headline GDP growth, was accompanied by rising commodity prices, disruptions in the global supply chain and a sharp increase in inflation. Although the Fed initially described the rise in inflation as a “transitory” phenomenon, the persistence of price pressures through the summer and early autumn led to a gradual shift in the outlook. In September, Fed Chair Jerome Powell stated that the central bank was likely to announce a tapering of its stimulative quantitative easing (QE) program before the end of 2021. In addition, the markets began to price in a significant likelihood that the Fed will enact its first rate hike in late 2022. Together, these factors dampened returns across the fixed income market.

Despite the weakness in US Treasuries, investment grade corporates registered a solid gain for the 12-month period. As growth accelerated and the credit outlook improved, investors sought opportunities in higher-yielding segments of the market. Corporate yield spreads over Treasuries fell sharply as a result, leading to positive relative performance.

Investors’ increased appetite for risk translated to a strong, double-digit gain for high yield corporates. The category tends to have lower interest rate sensitivity than investment grade bonds, a key tailwind at a time in which concern about Fed policy was the key factor driving market performance. High yield further benefited from the combination of favorable credit conditions, robust gains for equities and an impressive rally in oil prices. Leveraged loans, which typically offer yields that adjust upward with prevailing interest rates, also outperformed.

US Treasuries underperformed the broad fixed income market as risk appetite drastically improved over the past year. Mounting concerns over inflation and Fed policy also played a role in the rise in yields. While the prices of short-term government debt were relatively stable, longer-maturity bonds declined sharply. The yield on the 10-year note rose from 0.69% on September 30, 2020, to 1.52% on the final day of the period, and the 30-year bond moved from 1.46% to 2.08% (prices and yields move in opposite directions).

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended September 30, 2021, Class Y shares of the Loomis Sayles Credit Income Fund returned 5.38% at net asset value. The Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Credit Index, which returned 1.45%.

Explanation of Fund Performance

Though the Covid-19 global pandemic continued to shape the events of this past year, markets advanced on the back of optimism surrounding vaccine rollouts and economic reopenings. Security selection was the primary source of outperformance for the Fund, particularly within investment grade and high yield corporate credit. Consumer cyclical and finance company holdings aided relative return in investment grade. For high yield credit, consumer non-cyclical and energy names were positive contributors to performance. The Fund’s allocation to convertible securities, specifically in the consumer non-cyclical, communications and technology sectors, was also beneficial as stock markets posted strong gains for the period. The Fund’s position in US Treasuries was a modest detractor from performance on an absolute and relative basis.

 

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Outlook

While our fundamental economic outlook remains positive, the world appears less synchronized than we expected at this point in the recovery. Leading indicators remain strong, financial conditions appear easy and monetary/fiscal policies continue to be a tailwind to economic activity. This macroeconomic backdrop, coupled with strong credit fundamentals, appears positive for risk assets. However, we are mindful of the risks inherent to our outlook, such as the lingering impact of the Covid-19 Delta variant, slowing Chinese growth (and deleveraging within its property sector) and ongoing global supply chain disruptions that could lead to a bumpier, if still solid, global growth environment.

Under our base case of a gradual economic expansion, we anticipate a slow rise in interest rates as the Fed likely initiates a taper of QE purchases later this year and into 2022. While the most recent Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement sent a strong signal that we are approaching the end of the road on QE, the Fed has stated its belief that inflation has been boosted by transitory factors, which will presumably fade over time. We believe supply disruptions should work out over time and energy prices could ease in 2022, which would support the Fed’s view. While we expect rate lift-off in 2023, the Fed may find it necessary to delay hiking if growth is weaker or accelerate hiking if inflation is persistently higher than expected. Adding to the uncertainty of the timing and magnitude of the Fed’s taper and rate lift-off includes the early retirement of two Fed presidents over their 2020 trading activities, which adds risk to Fed Chair Powell’s renomination and the future composition of the FOMC. Given our views, we remain defensive on interest rates and positioned shorter than broad market benchmarks from a duration perspective.

In our view, we remain fully embedded in the expansion phase of the credit cycle1 with credit fundamentals, technical factors and default expectations continuing to appear attractive. We remain “pro risk” on credit for higher carry and potential outperformance of our best ideas. In this environment, we continue to focus on issue selection, which drives our investment process. Specifically, we are seeking out “rising star” candidates that possess strong balance sheets and catalysts to help drive upgrades. We believe accommodative global monetary policies coupled with the tailwind of fiscal support could drive a wave of credit upgrades going forward. From a sector perspective, we are targeting those that have strong carry, less interest rate sensitivity and positive convexity (i.e., a favorable risk/reward profile in a changing rate environment). As such, we currently favor high yield corporates and convertible securities along with securitized debt, which can provide diversification away from pure corporate risk, relatively attractive yield potential and shorter duration profiles. During the third quarter of 2021, credit markets were generally resilient to macroeconomic events, including Fed taper talk and concerns over Chinese growth and property sector challenges, suggesting to us that there could be a strong demand for yield. We suspect this dynamic will likely hold going forward given our outlook for downgrades, defaults and losses to trend notably below long-term averages. However, we recognize current elevated valuations and tight credit spreads, and have built flexibility into our portfolios in an effort to take advantage of opportunities that may arise as a result of short-term disruptions.

 

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A credit cycle is a cyclical pattern that follows credit availability and corporate health.

 

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Hypothetical Growth of $100,000 Investment in Class Y shares3

September 29, 2020 (inception) through September 30, 2021

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — September 30, 20213

 

       
                    Expense Ratios4  
   
      1 Year      Life of Fund      Gross      Net  
     
Class Y (Inception 9/29/20)              
NAV      5.38      5.05      0.90      0.90
     
Class A (Inception 9/29/20)              
NAV      5.24        4.91        1.15        1.15  
With 4.25% Maximum Sales Charge      0.79        0.50          
     
Class C (Inception 9/29/20)              
NAV      4.34        4.02        1.90        1.90  
With CDSC1      3.34        4.02          
     
Class N (Inception 9/29/20)              
NAV      5.54        5.21        0.82        0.82  
   
Comparative Performance              
Bloomberg U.S. Credit Index2      1.45        1.25                    

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 U.S. Credit Index measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate, taxable corporate and government-related bond markets. It is composed of the U.S. Corporate Index and a non-corporate component that includes non-U.S. agencies, sovereigns, supranationals and local authorities. The U.S. Credit Index was called the U.S. Corporate Index until July 2000, when it was renamed to reflect its inclusion of both corporate and non-corporate issuers. The U.S. Credit Index is a subset of the U.S. Government/Credit Index and 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 limitations set to expire on 1/31/22. When a Fund’s expenses are below the limitation, 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 limitations.

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND

Managers   Symbols
Matthew J. Eagan, CFA®   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.

 

 

Market Conditions

Following the approval and rollout of multiple vaccines for Covid-19 in late 2020 and early 2021, business conditions gradually returned to normal. Economic growth surged as a result, allaying fears that the virus would lead to a protracted slowdown. The reopening of the economy, while fueling impressive headline GDP growth, was accompanied by rising commodity prices, disruptions in the global supply chain and a sharp increase in inflation. Although the US Federal Reserve (Fed) initially described the rise in inflation as a “transitory” phenomenon, the persistence of price pressures through the summer and early autumn led to a gradual shift in the outlook. In September, Fed Chair Jerome Powell stated that the central bank was likely to announce a tapering of its quantitative easing (QE) program before the end of 2021. In addition, the markets began to price in a significant likelihood that the Fed will enact its first rate hike in late 2022.

Global equities registered significant gains for the 12-month period, posting a return of just under 28% as measured by the MSCI All Country World Index. The reopening of economies led some equity indices to record highs. All sectors posted double-digit returns, with the energy sector posting the strongest return. The financials, information technology and communication services sectors also outperformed the broader market. The consumer staples, utilities and consumer discretionary sectors registered the lowest returns.

US Treasuries underperformed the broad fixed income market as risk appetite drastically improved over the period. Growing inflation concerns and Fed policy also contributed to the rise in yields. While the prices of short-term government debt were relatively stable, longer-maturity bonds declined sharply. The yield on the 10-year note rose from 0.69% on September 30, 2020 to 1.52% on the final day of the period, and the 30-year bond moved from 1.46% to 2.08% (prices and yields move in opposite directions).

Despite the weakness in US Treasuries, investment grade corporates registered a solid gain for the 12-month period. As growth accelerated and the credit outlook improved, investors sought opportunities in higher-yielding segments of the market. Corporate yield spreads over Treasuries fell sharply as a result, leading to positive relative performance.

Specifically, high yield corporates posted double-digit gains. The category tends to have lower interest rate sensitivity than investment grade bonds, a key tailwind as concerns about Fed policy were the main factor driving market performance. High yield also benefited from favorable credit conditions, robust gains for equities and a rally in oil prices. Leveraged loans, which typically offer yields that adjust upward with prevailing interest rates, also outperformed.

Emerging market bonds, while experiencing bouts of volatility, finished comfortably ahead of domestic investment grade debt. Although investors remained on edge due to negative headlines out of China during the second half of the period, the asset class benefited from its above-average yield and the broader strength in higher-risk assets.

 

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended September 30, 2021 Class Y shares of the Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund returned 17.02% at net asset value. The Fund underperformed its primary index, the MSCI All Country World Index (Net), which returned 27.44%. The Fund outperformed its secondary blended index (60% MSCI All Country World Index (Net)/40% Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond Index), which returned 15.48%.

 

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Explanation of Fund Performance

In equities, the largest contributors to return were ASML Holding, Alphabet and IQVIA Holdings.

Shares of ASML, the leader in photolithography in the semiconductor industry, outperformed over the period. The company, with its critical manufacturing equipment, has been a beneficiary of the chip shortage as it has prompted governments to make investments in semiconductor production. Specifically, the Biden administration announced it would study supply chains for critical industries and sought $37 billion for chip manufacturing onshore while the European Union outlined a plan to produce 20% of the world’s chips by 2030. Shares were also supported by positive announcements from ASML’s customers. TSMC, a key customer for ASML’s next generation equipment, announced a large increase in spending, while Intel announced its intention to revive its manufacturing and foundry capabilities, a move which would require lithography equipment.

Alphabet shares outperformed as improved Covid-19 vaccination rates drove consumer optimism. Despite the stock price rally, we believe the market may still be underappreciating the extent of digital advertising market share gains during the pandemic. We expect Alphabet to benefit in the second half of 2021 as industries like travel, restaurants and entertainment come back online globally, building on a larger base of e-commerce advertisers. Our longer-term view is supported by revenue growth acceleration at Google Cloud, which suggests the cloud computing platform is gaining market share.

Shares of IQVIA, a healthcare services company, outperformed following better-than-expected results that underlined strong momentum in the company’s outsourced clinical research and healthcare technology businesses. Requests for proposals continued to increase, biotech funding was robust and clinical studies were able to progress with Covid-19 restrictions lifted in many regions. Looking ahead, we believe IQVIA’s differentiated data-driven offerings will enable the company to gain market share in key segments.

In fixed income, the Fund’s corporate credit allocation was a positive source of return during the period. Particularly helpful to performance were overweight allocations to the communications, consumer cyclical, transportation and energy sectors. Accommodative fiscal and monetary policy and strong corporate earnings helped to bolster the asset class.

Allocations to high yield corporate credit also contributed to performance. In particular, BB holdings contributed to results, generally outpacing higher-grade names as investors sought yield. Issuers within communications added value as cable and wireless operators continued to benefit from strong media and data demand.

Within the transportation sector, allocations to airline companies contributed to performance. Favored issuers, particularly in the US, benefited from government support throughout the pandemic. As vaccination rates improved and the economy began to reopen, the domestic market was further aided by pent-up consumer demand.

In equities, the largest detractors from return were Alibaba, Farfetch, and Nestle.

Shares of Alibaba, a Chinese e-commerce company, underperformed along with the broader Chinese technology sector due to increased regulatory actions by the Chinese government. Shares of Farfetch, a luxury goods marketplace platform, underperformed as physical stores reopened, moderating the surge in online shopping seen in 2020. Shares of Nestle, a multinational consumer packaged food company, underperformed over the period. We eliminated our position in early 2021 due to concerns around our intrinsic value growth alpha driver. We believe weakness in Nestle’s nutrition and confectionery businesses will continue, and margin growth will likely be pressured by increased investment around marketing. We found more attractive risk/reward within existing holdings and new opportunities.

In fixed income, allocations to US dollar fixed income markets detracted from performance. Allocations to US Treasuries in the ten and thirty-year maturity ranges were the primary detractors.

Positioning along the yield curve (which depicts the relationship among bond yields across the maturity spectrum) in the euro pay markets also detracted from performance as core euro zone government yields moved modestly higher in the period amid continued vaccination progress and optimism surrounding the economic recovery.

Although in line with the returns posted by the underlying cash bond markets, the Fund’s use of forward foreign currency contracts in managing relative exposures detracted from performance as currency markets experienced slightly higher levels of volatility in the period.

Finally, currency allocation detracted from performance, particularly exposure to the Japanese yen. Rising commodity prices, a stronger US dollar and slower-than-expected growth related to the pandemic proved to be a headwind for the yen.

Outlook

The economic outlook in large part continues to depend on the successful management of the pandemic on a global scale. While much of the developed world has made demonstrable progress in terms of infection rates, and some emerging markets have gained

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND

 

better control of the virus, there remain regions that continue to struggle to manage the virus, such as Africa. The recent increase in vaccine production is positive, but with a lack of consensus on duration of antibodies and the potential for new variants, uncertainty persists. The outlook is also reliant on the duration of fiscal and monetary support, and other relief packages, in the US and globally. Supply chain issues and inflation surprises remain risks. Thus, our focus remains on investing in companies we believe have the ability to successfully navigate the current environment and generate value over the longer term.

In equities, we currently hold a diverse group of technology names spanning digital payments, cloud storage and collaboration, and semiconductor manufacturing and equipment. We have selective exposure to consumer-related names, focusing on best-in-class e-commerce platform retailers and physical retailers with compelling value propositions. We also have exposure to the growing online fitness industry. We have focused our healthcare exposure toward higher growth areas in the industry, and away from areas that are exposed to reimbursement risk. We continue to have no direct exposure to the energy or utilities sectors, as we typically do not find many opportunities, which meet our three alpha drivers.

As the pandemic continues to evolve, there could be further volatility in global equities. However, we believe our portfolio companies have sustainable competitive advantages and strong balance sheets that will prove resilient. This is evidenced by the portfolio’s return on equity, which is meaningfully higher than the MSCI ACWI (Net) benchmark,1 and financial leverage which is significantly less than the benchmark by key measures. This profile should allow our holdings the flexibility to weather challenging environments, and quite possibly emerge stronger.

In fixed income, most major developed market government bonds are expensive and we think yields are likely to see some upside pressure as the cyclical upturn gradually progresses, output gaps compress, and central banks look to move towards policy normalization. Although investment grade corporate credit spreads look fair-to-slightly-rich, we still like the yield advantage they offer. The fundamental backdrop underpinned by solid corporate profit growth and technical backdrop remain supportive.

Our primary US dollar view is for moderate softening as global growth starts to catch up to the US. Healthy investor risk appetites and cyclical improvement abroad are typically consistent with a weaker dollar. Rising twin deficits and higher commodities prices are additional headwinds for the dollar.

 

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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.

Hypothetical Growth of $100,000 Investment in Class Y Shares4

September 30, 2011 through September 30, 2021

 

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Top Ten Holdings as of September 30, 2021

 

   
Security Name   % of
Net Assets
 
  1    

ASML Holding NV

    3.52
  2    

Airbnb, Inc., Class A

    3.32  
  3    

Danaher Corp.

    3.15  
  4    

Amazon.com, Inc.

    2.91  
  5    

salesforce.com, Inc.

    2.83  
  6    

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.

    2.67  
  7    

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

    2.66  
  8    

S&P Global, Inc.

    2.48  
  9    

Facebook, Inc., Class A

    2.26  
  10    

Linde PLC

    2.23  

The portfolio is actively managed and holdings are subject to change. There is no guarantee the Fund continues to invest in the securities referenced. The holdings listed exclude any temporary cash investments, are presented on an individual security basis and do not represent holdings of the issuer.

Average Annual Total Returns — September 30, 20214

 

           
                           Life of
Class N
     Expense Ratios5  
      1 Year      5 Years      10 Years      Gross      Net  
     
Class Y (Inception 5/1/96)                    
NAV      17.02      12.47      11.31             0.90      0.90
     
Class A (Inception 2/1/06)                    
NAV      16.73        12.18        11.03               1.15        1.15  
With 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge      10.02        10.86        10.38                 
     
Class C (Inception 2/1/06)                    
NAV      15.85        11.34        10.37               1.90        1.90  
With CDSC1      14.85        11.34        10.37                 
     
Class N (Inception 2/1/17)                    
NAV      17.10                      13.25        0.82        0.82  
   
Comparative Performance                    
MSCI All Country World Index (Net)      27.44        13.20        11.90        13.20          
Blended Index3      15.48        8.83        7.99        9.52                    

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 Global Aggregate Bond Index. The Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond Index provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed income markets. The four major components of this index are the U.S. Aggregate, the Pan-European Aggregate, the Asian-Pacific Aggregate, and the Canadian 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 limitations set to expire on 1/31/22. When a Fund’s expenses are below the limitation, 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 limitations.

 

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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.

 

 

Market Conditions

The US equity market delivered strong returns over the period, with a confluence of positive factors contributing to the gain. As business conditions slowly returned to normal, following the rollout of vaccinations and the gradual reopening of the economy, economic growth and corporate earnings rebounded off their previously depressed levels. The US Federal Reserve and other major central banks kept interest rates at ultra-low levels and continued to pursue stimulative quantitative easing policies. Low rates, in addition to helping the economy recover, also depressed bond yields and may have made equities a more compelling investment alternative. Consumers and businesses also benefited from aggressive fiscal stimulus enacted by the US government. Together, these factors helped stocks overcome periodic bouts of volatility caused by issues such as rising inflation, new Covid-19 variants, and worries about the health of China’s economy.

Although investors’ style preferences experienced a number of shifts over the course of the year, value stocks outperformed growth. The bulk of the advantage occurred in the five months following the approval of a Covid-19 vaccine in early November 2020, a milestone that fueled investor enthusiasm for the more economically sensitive stocks typically represented in the value category. Small- and mid-cap stocks both strongly outpaced large caps, reflecting investors’ robust appetite for risk amid optimism about the economic outlook.

 

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended September 30, 2021, Class Y shares of the Loomis Sayles Growth Fund returned 20.72% at net asset value. The Fund underperformed its benchmark, the Russell 1000® Growth Index, which returned 27.32%.

Explanation of Fund Performance

We are an active manager with a long-term, private equity approach to investing. Through our proprietary bottom-up research framework, we look to invest in those few high-quality businesses with sustainable competitive advantages and profitable growth when they trade at a significant discount to intrinsic value. Given the rare confluence of quality, growth, and valuation, we may study dozens of companies but may only invest in a select few businesses each year. We believe identifying those few businesses with these characteristics is an art, not a science. Because of this rigorous approach, ours is a selective, high-conviction portfolio of typically 30-40 names.

The Fund’s positions in Alphabet, Nvidia, and Deere contributed the most to performance. Stock selection in the industrials and communication services sectors, along with our allocations in the communication services, energy, and healthcare sectors, contributed positively to relative performance.

Alphabet is a holding company that owns a collection of businesses — the largest and most important of which by far is Google. Google is the global leader in online search and advertising, and also offers online cloud solutions to businesses and consumers globally. We believe Alphabet’s competitive advantages include its scale, brand strength, the power of its network and business ecosystem, as well as its innovative culture that is reinforced by its massive investments in research and development (R&D). A long-term Fund holding, Alphabet reported financial results during the period that reflected a strong recovery in advertising spending, which had been depressed due to Covid-19, while revenue growth accelerated and adjusted operating margins expanded. Beginning in 2021, the company began presenting results in three segments. Google Services represents approximately 93% of total revenue and is driven by the secular shift of advertising to online and mobile platforms. The segment’s search and YouTube businesses both benefited from strong growth in direct response ads — particularly for YouTube, where in just three years direct response ads have grown from almost nothing to become one of the largest drivers. YouTube is also benefiting from strong demand from brand advertisers due to its reach and engagement with over 2 billion monthly users who spent over 1 billion hours daily on the platform. Google Cloud revenue represents approximately 7% of total revenue, and was driven by Google Cloud Platform, which encompasses the company’s infrastructure- and platform-as-a-service offerings. Other Bets includes a number of early-stage and pre-revenue businesses and represents less than 1% of revenues. Google’s attractive financial model generates strong free cash flow and earns high returns on

 

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invested capital, enabling it to reinvest significantly in its business. Over the past five years, Google has invested over $100 billion in R&D, an amount very few companies could replicate. We believe the global secular shift from traditional advertising to online advertising is the biggest long-term growth driver for Google. Online advertising accounts for approximately $330 billion or around 20% of the $1.5 trillion annual spending on global advertising and marketing. Over our investment horizon, we believe this penetration will increase to over 40%. We believe investors underestimate Alphabet’s growth opportunities and the intrinsic value of the business given its unique and difficult-to-replicate attributes and business model. We believe the company’s shares trade at a significant discount to our estimate of intrinsic value and offer a compelling reward-to-risk opportunity.

Nvidia is the world leader in graphic processing units (GPUs), which enable computers to produce and utilize highly realistic 3D graphic imagery and models. We believe the company’s competitive advantages include its intellectual property, brands, and a large and growing ecosystem of developers and applications utilizing GPU technology. A portfolio holding since January 2019, Nvidia reported financial results during the period that were better than consensus expectations, driven by broad-based strength that included quarterly revenue records in the company’s gaming, data center, and professional visualization segments in the second half of the year. In gaming, Nvidia is benefiting from record sales of PCs and gaming laptops and the roll out of Turing, its newest GPU architecture, which is becoming the industry norm for the latest blockbuster titles. Data center revenue benefited from a pickup in demand from hyperscale data center customers and rising demand from industry verticals such as industrials and enterprise clients, which are adopting more artificial intelligence capabilities. The company saw strong traction for its latest architecture, Ampere, which for the first time enables clients to address both training and inferencing through a single architecture with performance that surpasses its already leading T4 inferencing and V100 training products. The company’s professional visualization segment addresses a more mature market, but Nvidia has been able to drive greater adoption of its products through ongoing innovation. Over our investment horizon, we believe Nvidia can sustain total annualized revenue growth of approximately 20%, driven by secular growth in spending on GPUs. As Nvidia’s business mix shifts increasingly towards its more profitable data center segment, we believe operating profits and free cash flow will grow faster than revenues. We believe Nvidia’s strong free cash flow growth prospects are not currently reflected in its share price. As a result, we believe the company’s shares trade at a significant discount to our estimate of intrinsic value and offer a compelling long-term reward-to-risk opportunity.

A Fund holding since the third quarter of 2016, Deere manufactures a full line of equipment used in agriculture, construction, forestry, and turf care, including value-added components such as precision agriculture tools. We believe the company’s competitive advantages include its iconic brand, scale, and global distribution. Deere’s distribution network of approximately 1,500 exclusive dealers in North America gives it unmatched reach for sales and service, and the company is among the market leaders in Europe and Latin America. During the period, Deere reported financial results that were well above consensus expectations and reflected strong global agricultural fundamentals, including grain prices that reached their highest levels since the prior cycle peak around 2012. The company also posted strong pricing gains and record margins. Despite strong growth in demand in 2021, agricultural equipment volumes have been near trough levels for the last seven years. Compared to the prior peak, average equipment age is at its highest in over 20 years, new and used inventories are near all-time lows, farmer incomes are expected to be higher, land values are also higher, and large agricultural equipment demands remain significantly below peak levels — all of which are conducive to above-average volume growth. Deere has seen very strong demand for sprayers, planters, and tractors in its 2022 order book, and the company expects its net pricing growth in 2022 to again be positive in spite of rising material and logistics costs. We believe Deere’s long-term secular growth driver is the global growth in demand for agricultural equipment, fueled by the steady increase in global demand for grains from a growing population with increasing affluence. We believe Deere’s market leadership, superior technology, and demonstrated pricing power leave it well positioned over our long-term investment horizon, and we believe continued adoption of its growing precision agricultural offerings, including subscription-based offerings, will lower cyclicality and enable the company to realize sustainably higher margins. We trimmed our position during the period following strong market appreciation, but we believe the company’s shares continue to trade at a discount to our estimate of intrinsic value.

The Fund’s positions in Alibaba, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and Novartis detracted the most from performance. Stock selection in the consumer discretionary, healthcare, information technology, financials, consumer staples, and energy sectors, along with our allocations in the industrials, information technology, financials, and consumer staples sectors, detracted from relative performance.

A Fund holding since its initial public offering in the third quarter of 2014, Alibaba Group is a leading China e-commerce and consumer-engagement platform provider. With over 60% of China’s e-commerce transactions estimated to take place through its marketplaces, Alibaba is the world’s largest retail platform, and we believe Alibaba’s scale and interconnected sites create an unparalleled and difficult-to-replicate business ecosystem. During the period, Alibaba reported solid fundamentals and continued market share gains. However, shares have been under pressure since late-2020, despite good fundamentals, due to investor concern regarding increasing regulatory intervention by the Chinese government and the uncertainty these measures have created among investors questioning the ultimate impact on the businesses. In April, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) concluded that Alibaba’s practices had violated antitrust law. The company was fined approximately $2.8 billion and ordered to carry

 

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out “comprehensive” self-inspections to standardize business practices and ensure compliance with anti-monopoly laws. Alibaba cooperated fully with the investigation and has changed certain business practices. Before the ruling, we believed that Alibaba could potentially be fined a meaningful percentage of prior-year revenue if it was found to have violated the rules. The $2.8 billion fine represented under 3% of FY 2021 revenues, approximately 20% of Alibaba’s free cash flow in the preceding quarter, and a fraction of the company’s approximately $70 billion of cash and short-term investments. We do not believe the investigation, fine, or any potential remedies will ultimately impact Alibaba’s strong and sustainable competitive advantages. In August, China passed the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) which is focused on protecting personal information rights and interests by standardizing the handling and usage of personal information by businesses. The law allows companies such as Alibaba to continue to collect, maintain, and use personalized data in their operations, but with certain restrictions. We believe the focus of PIPL is similar to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which went into effect in the European Union in 2018. The GDPR impacted other portfolio holdings such as Alphabet and Facebook, which incurred increased compliance costs and other disruptions as they adjusted certain business practices to comply with the new regulations. However, both companies continued to generate strong growth in revenue and free cash flow due to their competitive advantages and strong value propositions. While PIPL will go into effect beginning in November, we believe Alibaba has already started to implement portions of PIPL’s requirements into its business. As with Facebook and Google, we expect that Alibaba will experience other short-term disruptions as it further modifies its practices to fully comply with the law. However, we do not believe the law’s provisions will ultimately impact the company’s difficult-to-replicate competitive advantages. We believe SAMR and other Chinese regulatory efforts are focused on promoting sustainable and healthy development of China’s online ecosystem, fair competitive behavior, compliance with social responsibility, and setting reasonable limits on the usage of personal information. We believe that many of the companies to which the regulations pertain, including Alibaba, are engaged in activities that are supportive of the Chinese government’s long-term strategic goals. These goals include promoting domestic consumption as well as the development of domestic cloud technologies in order to reduce China’s dependence on foreign companies and countries. On both of these counts, Alibaba is a leader and its continued success advances those long-term goals. We believe Alibaba continues to execute well on its business model, allowing it to expand its already dominant market position and to invest to strengthen its competitive advantages. We believe the near-term uncertainty regarding the regulatory environment does not change the long-term fundamentals; namely, China remains one of the largest and most attractive e-commerce markets and Alibaba is one of the best-positioned companies to take advantage of this long-term secular opportunity. Many great businesses in our portfolio, including Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Visa, and others, have faced significant regulatory challenges around the globe over the last few decades, which often resulted in near-term uncertainty and share weakness. We recognize that the individual circumstances of these challenges had significant differences in terms of regulatory bodies and geographies. We also recognize that China offers both unique differences and challenges that we do not take lightly. However, while all of these situations are different, what is similar is that the uncertainty associated with these challenges did not change the strong underlying business characteristics of these companies; nor did it prevent them from continuing to generate strong long-term returns for shareholders. We believe the current market price embeds expectations for revenue and cash flow growth that are well below our long-term assumptions, and we added to our position in July, taking advantage of the long-term secular opportunity. With its shares trading at a significant discount to our estimate of intrinsic value, we believe Alibaba offers a compelling reward-to-risk opportunity.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, founded in 1989, is a global biopharmaceutical company with deep expertise in protein and genetic science and a focus on specialty markets. The company is the leader in creating therapies for patients suffering from cystic fibrosis (CF), with four currently approved treatments, and the company is building out its capabilities to address related diseases that lever its core expertise in biology and medicinal chemistry. We initiated a new position in Vertex in June 2021. While the share price declined modestly during our holding period, given our short length of ownership, it was among the lowest contributors in a full-year period during which the Fund returned approximately 21.5% (gross). We believe Vertex’s strong and sustainable competitive advantages include its unparalleled understanding of CF, rooted in its history of investment and innovation for which it is recognized as setting the standard of care, its partnerships with the CF Foundation and other entities that enhance its solutions capabilities, and its broader understanding of biology and serial approach to drug development. Vertex created the only four therapies approved for CF, which currently account for all of the company’s revenues. Over our long-term investment horizon, we believe growing medical access, ongoing market penetration, lower patient mortality, and ongoing innovation will drive mid-single-digit growth in the company’s dominant CF franchise. We also believe the company’s deep understanding of biology, well-defined and disciplined approach to innovation, and growing pipeline of clinical therapies addressing diseases outside of CF, will collectively enable the company to realize high-single-digit growth in revenues over our forecast period. As the company continues to penetrate its core CF market, we expect it to realize operating leverage from its existing distribution infrastructure and for operating margins and free cash flow to grow faster than revenues, in the low double digits. We believe expectations embedded in Vertex’s share price underestimate the defensibility of its dominant CF franchise, the life-changing benefit of its therapies for its growing base of 40,000 patients, and the strength of its science and innovation ability that is contributing to a growing pipeline of potentially transformative therapies. We believe the shares embed expectations for revenue and free cash flow that are well below our long-term expectations. At today’s valuation, we believe we are buying the core, established CF franchise at a discount and receiving the pipeline for free. As a result, we believe the shares are trading at a significant discount to our estimate of intrinsic value and offer a compelling long-term reward-to-risk opportunity.

 

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Novartis is a diversified global healthcare company with market leadership in branded and generic pharmaceuticals. The company’s Innovative Medicines division accounts for about 80% of total revenue and 85% of core operating income while the Sandoz generics and biosimilars division accounts for about 20% of revenue and approximately 15% of core operating income. We believe Novartis’ strong and sustainable competitive advantages include its brand, culture of innovation, product breadth, clinical trials expertise, powerful global manufacturing and distribution network, and the benefits of scale. Decades of investment in innovative research and development and the accumulation of intellectual property has resulted in a broad suite of mature, successful products, newer, differentiated, rapidly growing products, and a large, well-balanced clinical pipeline of approximately 75 new molecular entities that we believe will lay the foundation of growth for the next 10 years. A holding since 2010, Novartis reported financial results that were fundamentally solid but mixed versus consensus expectations during the period. Results were impacted earlier in the period by a decline in patient visits to physician offices due to Covid-19. Shares also declined in response to management’s guidance for lower margins due to increased investment spending. We view the market reaction to higher investment spending as short sighted as the company’s continued investments in innovation and its pipeline represent the cornerstone of its competitive differentiation and lay the groundwork for sustainable long-term revenue generation. We believe the company executed well during the period, which included strong performance in its “growth” portfolio that now accounts for over 50% of sales. Novartis remains a differentiated business that we believe will benefit from accelerating growth, continued solid execution, a structurally improving business, and a strong management team that is making sound strategic decisions to enable greater focus on the company’s long-term competitive advantages of brand, scale, technology, and innovation. We believe the company is focused on and executing in the right areas of growth to create long-term shareholder value, and the current stock price embeds future growth well below our forecasts. As a result, we believe the shares are selling at a significant discount to our estimate of intrinsic value and offer a compelling reward-to-risk opportunity.

All aspects of our quality-growth-valuation investment thesis must be present simultaneously for us to make an investment. Often our research is completed well in advance of the opportunity to invest. We are patient investors and maintain coverage of high-quality businesses in order to take advantage of meaningful price dislocations if and when they occur. During the period we initiated a new position in Vertex Pharmaceuticals. We added to our existing holdings in Alibaba, Boeing, Disney, Novartis, Schlumberger, and Starbucks. We trimmed our existing positions in Cerner, Deere, Expeditors International, and Qualcomm. We sold our position in Varian Medical Systems, which was in the process of being acquired by Siemens Healthineers and reached our view of intrinsic value.

Outlook

Our investment process is characterized by bottom-up, fundamental research and a long-term investment time horizon. The nature of the process leads to a lower-turnover portfolio in which sector positioning is the result of stock selection. The Fund ended the year with overweight positions in the healthcare, communication services, industrials, energy, financials, and consumer staples sectors and underweight positions in the information technology and consumer discretionary sectors. We did not own positions in the real estate, materials, or utilities sectors.

 

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Hypothetical Growth of $100,000 Investment in Class Y Shares3

September 30, 2011 through September 30, 2021

 

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Top Ten Holdings as of September 30, 2021

 

     
      

Security Name

  % of
Net Assets
 
  1    

NVIDIA Corp.

    6.60
  2    

Amazon.com, Inc.

    6.42  
  3    

Facebook, Inc., Class A

    6.25  
  4    

Visa, Inc., Class A

    5.18  
  5    

Microsoft Corp.

    4.67  
  6    

Oracle Corp.

    4.53  
  7    

Autodesk, Inc.

    4.33  
  8    

salesforce.com, Inc.

    4.17  
  9    

Boeing Co. (The)

    4.10  
  10    

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

    3.61  

The portfolio is actively managed and holdings are subject to change. There is no guarantee the Fund continues to invest in the securities referenced. The holdings listed exclude any temporary cash investments, are presented on an individual security basis and do not represent holdings of the issuer.

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — September 30, 20213

 

           
                           Life of
Class N
    Expense Ratios4  
      1 Year      5 Years      10 Years     Gross     Net  
     
Class Y (Inception 5/16/91)                  
NAV      20.72      18.99      18.85            0.65     0.65
     
Class A (Inception 12/31/96)                  
NAV      20.43        18.69        18.56              0.90       0.90  
With 5.75% Maximum Sales Charge      13.53        17.29        17.86               
     
Class C (Inception 9/12/03)                  
NAV      19.55        17.79        17.84              1.65       1.65  
With CDSC1      18.55        17.79        17.84               
     
Class N (Inception 2/1/13)                  
NAV      20.80        19.08               17.62       0.57       0.57  
   
Comparative Performance                  
Russell 1000® Growth Index2      27.32        22.84        19.68        18.86                  

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 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® Growth Index 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 limitations set to expire on 1/31/22. When a Fund’s expenses are below the limitation, 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 limitations.

 

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Managers   Symbols
Daniel Conklin, CFA®   Class A    LSDRX
Christopher T. Harms   Class C    LSCDX
Clifton V. Rowe, CFA®   Class N    LSDNX
  Class Y    LSDIX
Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.  

 

 

Investment Goal

The Fund seeks above-average total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation.

 

 

Market Conditions

The bond market experienced mixed returns over the period as investors reacted to the combination of improving economic growth, rising inflation and the increasing likelihood that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and other central banks will need to begin tightening monetary policy in the coming year.

Following the approval and rollout of multiple vaccines for Covid-19 in late 2020 and early 2021, business conditions gradually returned to normal. Economic growth surged as a result, allaying fears that the virus would lead to a protracted slowdown. The reopening of the economy, while fueling impressive headline GDP growth, was accompanied by rising commodity prices, disruptions in the global supply chain and a sharp increase in inflation. Although the Fed initially described the rise in inflation as a “transitory” phenomenon, the persistence of price pressures through the summer and early autumn led to a gradual shift in the outlook. In September, Fed Chair Jerome Powell stated that the central bank was likely to announce a tapering of its stimulative quantitative easing (QE) program before the end of 2021. In addition, the markets began to price in a significant likelihood that the Fed will enact its first rate hike in late 2022. Together, these factors dampened returns across the fixed income market.

US Treasuries underperformed the broad fixed income market as risk appetite drastically improved over the past year. Mounting concerns over inflation and Fed policy also played a role in the rise in yields. While the prices of short-term government debt were relatively stable, longer-maturity bonds declined sharply. The yield on the 10-year note rose from 0.69% on September 30, 2020 to 1.52% on the final day of the period, and the 30-year bond moved from 1.46% to 2.08% (prices and yields move in opposite directions).

Despite the weakness in US Treasuries, investment grade corporates registered a solid gain for the 12-month period. As growth accelerated and the credit outlook improved, investors sought opportunities in higher-yielding segments of the market. Corporate yield spreads over Treasuries fell sharply as a result, leading to positive relative performance.

Securitized assets — including mortgage-backed securities (MBS), asset-backed securities (ABS) and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) — produced marginally negative total returns as a group but outpaced the US Treasury market. The category’s underlying fundamentals remained firm, however, with continued strength in both real estate prices and consumer credit. ABS and CMBS posted positive total returns, but MBS experienced small negative total returns due in part to its higher interest rate sensitivity.

 

Performance Results

For the 12 months ended September 30, 2021, Class Y shares of the Fund returned 0.20% at net asset value. The Fund outperformed its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index, which returned -0.40%.

Explanation of Fund Performance

The Fund favored spread sectors such as corporate bonds and securitized assets, benefiting performance relative to the benchmark during a period of declining risk premiums. While sector allocation provided the bulk of positive contributions to performance, issuer selection also proved additive. The Fund’s overweight allocation to corporate bonds led positive contributions to performance over the period as spreads (the incremental income provided by lower quality bonds relative to Treasuries) declined. Issuer selection within corporates also aided return.

Results within securitized assets were positive overall but more mixed as agency-backed holdings detracted slightly while securitized credit exposures proved beneficial. In particular, holdings of CMBS were the most helpful to performance during the period.

On the downside, holdings of agency MBS detracted from relative performance during the period. Exposure to auto loans within ABS also weighed on return. Finally, within corporate bonds, issuer selection among banking names proved to be a constraint on performance.

 

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Outlook

We believe the Fed will remain accommodative for the foreseeable future, keeping the fed funds rate unchanged at the zero lower bound and anchoring the front end of the Treasury yield curve into 2023. We expect the Fed to address balance sheet policy later this year and tapering of bond purchases could be completed sometime in 2022. We continue to expect economic activity to be healthy but expectations have moderated from earlier this year as recent data suggests some bumpiness due to increasing Covid-19 Delta variant cases nationwide.

We believe the credit cycle1 is currently in the expansion phase, with strong corporate fundamentals and a healthy consumer supported by significant excess savings and easy financial conditions. We believe risk appetite should remain elevated given the strong expansionary environment, expectations for global growth and continued monetary accommodation.

Inflation is expected to be in the 2% to 2.5% range but could be elevated for some time or settle above this range. We expect tighter monetary conditions if inflation trends toward the higher end of the range while lower inflation could keep the Fed at bay longer.

Corporate debt levels are currently elevated but fundamentals are healthy with stable-to-improving margins and significant free cash flow in a number of industries. While valuations are not overly compelling, we may see some additional spread tightening given low expectations for losses.

We continue to favor spread sectors, such as corporate bonds and securitized assets. However, we are maintaining a risk posture in the lower end of our range, in a similar posture to the beginning of 2020.

We remain overweight in both agency and non-agency CMBS, particularly senior parts of the capital stack.

Within MBS, we remain focused on securities with limited prepayment risk.

We favor ABS in the front end of the curve and prefer consumer-related areas such as auto loans and credit card receivables.

We continue to follow our process in building diversified exposures by asset class, industry and issuer.

We continue to hold select high yield corporate names, which we view as inexpensive.

 

1

A credit cycle is a cyclical pattern that follows credit availability and corporate health.

 

Hypothetical Growth of $100,000 Investment in Class Y Shares1,4

September 30, 2011 through September 30, 2021

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — September 30, 20214

 

           
                          

Life of

Class N

     Expense Ratios5  
      1 Year      5 Years      10 Years      Gross      Net  
     
Class Y (Inception 1/28/98)1                    
NAV      0.20      3.13      3.12             0.47      0.40
     
Class A (Inception 5/28/10)1                    
NAV      -0.06        2.87        2.85               0.72        0.65  
With 4.25% Maximum Sales Charge      -4.32        1.97        2.40                 
     
Class C (Inception 8/31/16)1                    
NAV      -0.76        2.09        2.19               1.46        1.40  
With CDSC2      -1.72        2.09        2.19                 
     

Class N (Inception 2/01/19)

    
0.25
 
                   5.16        0.43        0.35  
   
Comparative Performance                    

Bloomberg U.S. Intermediate

Government/Credit Bond Index3

     -0.40        2.60        2.52        4.31                    

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

As of 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.

 

2

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

 

3

The Bloomberg U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index includes securities in the intermediate maturity range within 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

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 limitations set to expire on 1/31/22. When a Fund’s expenses are below the limitation, 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 limitations.

 

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

 

 

Investment Goal

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

 

 

Market Conditions

The bond market experienced mixed returns over the period, as investors reacted to the combination of improving economic growth, rising inflation and the increasing likelihood that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and other central banks will need to begin tightening monetary policy in the coming year.

Following the approval and rollout of multiple vaccines for Covid-19 in late 2020 and early 2021, business conditions gradually returned to normal. Economic growth surged as a result, allaying fears that the virus would lead to a protracted slowdown. The reopening of the economy, while fueling impressive headline GDP growth, was accompanied by rising commodity prices, disruptions in the global supply chain and a sharp increase in inflation. Although the Fed initially described the rise in inflation as a “transitory” phenomenon, the persistence of price pressures through the summer and early autumn led to a gradual shift in the outlook. In September, Fed Chair Jerome Powell stated that the central bank was likely to announce a tapering of its stimulative quantitative easing (QE) program before the end of 2021. In addition, the markets began to price in a significant likelihood that the Fed will enact its first rate hike in late 2022. Together, these factors dampened returns across the fixed income market.

US Treasuries underperformed the broad fixed income market as risk appetite drastically improved over the past year. Mounting concerns over inflation and Fed policy also played a role in the rise in yields. While the prices of short-term government debt were relatively stable, longer-maturity bonds declined sharply. The yield on the 10-year note rose from 0.69% on September 30, 2020, to 1.52% on the final day of the period, and the 30-year bond moved from 1.46% to 2.08% (prices and yields move in opposite directions).

Securitized assets — including mortgage-backed securities (MBS), asset-backed securities (ABS) and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) — produced marginally negative total returns as a group but outpaced the US Treasury market. The category’s underlying fundamentals remained firm, however, with continued strength in both real estate prices and consumer credit. ABS and CMBS posted positive total returns, but MBS experienced small negative total returns due in part to its higher interest rate sensitivity.

 

Performance Review

For the 12 months ended September 30, 2021, Class Y shares of the Limited Term Government and Agency Fund returned -0.33% at net asset value. The Fund held up better than its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Government Bond Index, which returned -0.43%.

Explanation of Fund Performance

The Fund’s security selection within agency-backed securitized assets was a leading positive contributor to performance relative to the benchmark for the 12 months, most notably holdings of agency CMBS and collateralized mortgage obligations. Within non-agency securitized assets, holdings of ABS and CMBS contributed positively.

Asset allocation decisions were a slight constraint in relative return for the period due to an underweight to US agency securities. The Fund’s cash position was also a slight detractor.

The Fund’s positioning along the yield curve (which depicts the relationship among bond yields across the maturity spectrum) detracted from performance during the period.

Outlook

Agency MBS spreads (the difference in yield between agency MBS and Treasuries of similar maturity) have declined below their longer-term averages. We continue to favor MBS sectors less likely to face refinancing and extension risk, such as low loan balance mortgages and home equity conversion mortgages. Within the commercial real estate sector, we have focused on agency CMBS

 

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opportunities. Our non-agency securitized exposures remain steady, although we have marginally adjusted upward exposure to ABS relative to CMBS. The ABS market has recovered faster than CMBS, and we continue to find opportunities that offer strong credit quality and enhanced yield.

 

Hypothetical Growth of $100,000 Investment in Class Y Shares3

September 30, 2011 through September 30, 2021

 

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Average Annual Total Returns — September 30, 20213

 

           
                           Life of
Class N
     Expense Ratios4  
      1 Year      5 Years      10 Years      Gross      Net  
     
Class Y (Inception 3/31/94)                    
NAV      -0.33      1.58      1.59             0.49      0.49
     
Class A (Inception 1/3/89)                    
NAV      -0.58        1.34        1.34               0.74        0.74  
With 2.25% Maximum Sales Charge      -2.85        0.89        1.11                 
     
Class C (Inception 12/30/94)                    
NAV      -1.35        0.57        0.74               1.49        1.49  
With CDSC1      -2.34        0.57        0.74                 
     
Class N (Inception 2/1/17)                    
NAV      -0.25                      1.97        0.42        0.41  
   
Comparative Performance                    
Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Government Bond Index2      -0.43        1.82        1.46        2.16                    

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 U.S. 1-5 Year Government Bond Index is a subindex of the Bloomberg U.S. Government Index, which is comprised of the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury and U.S. Agency Indices. The Bloomberg 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 U.S. Government Index is a component of the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit Index and the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond 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 limitations set to expire on 1/31/22. When a Fund’s expenses are below the limitation, 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 limitations.

 

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio managers as of the dates indicated. The managers’ views are subject to change at any time without notice based on changes in market or other conditions. References to specific securities or industries should not be regarded as investment advice. Because the Fund is actively managed, there is no assurance that they will continue to invest in the securities or industries mentioned.

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

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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 Fund’s website at im.natixis.com; and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC’s”) website at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available from the Fund’s website and the SEC’s website.

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO SCHEDULES

The Natixis Funds file a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. First and third quarter schedules of portfolio holdings are also available at im.natixis.com/funddocuments. A hard copy may be requested from the Fund at no charge by calling 800-225-5478.

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UNDERSTANDING FUND EXPENSES

As a mutual fund shareholder, you incur different costs: transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchases and contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions; and ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service fees (12b-1 fees), and other fund expenses. Certain exemptions may apply. These costs are described in more detail in the Fund’s prospectuses. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund 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 April 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021. 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 the 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.

 

LOOMIS SAYLES CORE PLUS BOND FUND    BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
4/1/2021
     ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
9/30/2021
     EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
4/1/2021 – 9/30/2021
 
Class A           
Actual      $1,000.00        $1,018.20        $3.64  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,021.46        $3.65  
Class C           
Actual      $1,000.00        $1,015.00        $7.43  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,017.70        $7.44  
Class N           
Actual      $1,000.00        $1,020.60        $1.92  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,023.16        $1.93  
Class Y           
Actual      $1,000.00        $1,020.10        $2.38  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,022.71        $2.38  

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio: 0.72%, 1.47%, 0.38% and 0.47% 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 (183), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES CREDIT INCOME FUND    BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
4/1/2021
     ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
9/30/2021
     EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
4/1/2021 – 9/30/2021
 
Class A           
Actual      $1,000.00        $1,030.40        $4.17  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,020.96        $4.15  
Class C           
Actual      $1,000.00        $1,026.50        $7.98  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,017.20        $7.94  
Class N           
Actual      $1,000.00        $1,033.10        $2.65  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,022.46        $2.64  
Class Y           
Actual      $1,000.00        $1,031.80        $2.90  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,022.21        $2.89  

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement): 0.82%, 1.57%, 0.52% and 0.57% 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 (183), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

LOOMIS SAYLES GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND    BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
4/1/2021
     ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
9/30/2021
     EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
4/1/2021 – 9/30/2021
 
Class A           
Actual      $1,000.00        $1,066.10        $5.85  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,019.40        $5.72  
Class C           
Actual      $1,000.00        $1,061.60        $9.72  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,015.64        $9.50  
Class N           
Actual      $1,000.00        $1,067.50        $4.20  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,021.01        $4.10  
Class Y           
Actual      $1,000.00        $1,067.10        $4.56  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,020.66        $4.46  

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio: 1.13%, 1.88%, 0.81% and 0.88% 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 (183), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES GROWTH FUND    BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
4/1/2021
     ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
9/30/2021
     EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
4/1/2021 – 9/30/2021
 
Class A           
Actual      $1,000.00        $1,078.70        $4.59  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,020.66        $4.46  
Class C           
Actual      $1,000.00        $1,074.50        $8.48  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,016.90        $8.24  
Class N           
Actual      $1,000.00        $1,080.60        $2.92  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,022.26        $2.84  
Class Y           
Actual      $1,000.00        $1,080.20        $3.29  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,021.91        $3.19  

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio: 0.88%, 1.63%, 0.56% and 0.63% 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 (183), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

LOOMIS SAYLES INTERMEDIATE DURATION BOND FUND    BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
4/1/2021
     ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
9/30/2021
     EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
4/1/2021 – 9/30/2021
 
Class A           
Actual      $1,000.00        $1,009.10        $3.27  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,021.81        $3.29  
Class C           
Actual      $1,000.00        $1,005.80        $7.04  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,018.05        $7.08  
Class N           
Actual      $1,000.00        $1,009.60        $1.76  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,023.31        $1.78  
Class Y           
Actual      $1,000.00        $1,010.30        $2.02  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,023.06        $2.03  

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement): 0.65%, 1.40%, 0.35% and 0.40% 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 (183), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

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LOOMIS SAYLES LIMITED TERM GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY FUND    BEGINNING
ACCOUNT VALUE
4/1/2021
     ENDING
ACCOUNT VALUE
9/30/2021
     EXPENSES PAID
DURING PERIOD*
4/1/2021 – 9/30/2021
 
Class A           
Actual      $1,000.00        $999.20        $3.61  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,021.46        $3.65  
Class C           
Actual      $1,000.00        $994.80        $7.35  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,017.70        $7.44  
Class N           
Actual      $1,000.00        $1,000.90        $2.01  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,023.06        $2.03  
Class Y           
Actual      $1,000.00        $999.60        $2.36  
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)      $1,000.00        $1,022.71        $2.38  

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (after waiver/reimbursement): 0.72%, 1.47%, 0.40% and 0.47% 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 (183), divided by 365 (to reflect the half-year period).

 

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BOARD APPROVAL OF THE EXISTING ADVISORY AGREEMENTS

The Board of Trustees of the Trusts (the “Board”), including the Independent Trustees, considers matters bearing on each Fund’s advisory agreement (collectively, the “Agreements”) at most of its meetings throughout the year. Each year, usually in the spring, the Contract Review Committee of the Board meets to review the Agreements to determine whether to recommend that the full Board approve the continuation of the Agreements, typically for an additional one-year period. This meeting typically includes all the Independent Trustees, including the Trustees who do not serve on the Contract Review Committee. After the Contract Review Committee has made its recommendation, the full Board, including the Independent Trustees, determines whether to approve the continuation of the Agreements at its June board meeting. The Loomis Sayles Credit Income Fund was not included in the most recent annual review as the Fund’s initial board-approved investment advisory agreement is effective until September 29, 2022.

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

In addition to the materials requested by the Trustees in connection with their annual consideration of the continuation of the Agreements, the Trustees receive materials in advance of each regular quarterly meeting of the Board that provide detailed information about the Funds’ investment performance and the fees charged to the Funds for advisory and other services. This information generally includes, among other things, an internal performance rating for each Fund based on agreed-upon criteria, graphs showing each Fund’s performance and expense differentials against each Fund’s peer group/category of funds, performance ratings provided by a third-party, total return information for various periods, and third-party performance rankings for various periods comparing a Fund against similarly categorized funds. The portfolio management team for each Fund or other representatives of the Advisers make periodic presentations to the Contract Review Committee and/or the full Board, and Funds identified as presenting possible performance concerns may be subject to more frequent Board or Committee presentations and reviews. In addition, the Trustees are periodically provided with detailed statistical information about each Fund’s portfolio. The Trustees also receive periodic updates between meetings, both at the Board and at the Committee level.

The Board most recently approved the continuation of the Agreements for a one-year period at its meeting held in June 2021. In the case of each of Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund and Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund, the Board approved the Agreement with an amendment that introduced an additional breakpoint in the Fund’s advisory fee effective July 1, 2021. In considering whether to approve the continuation of the Agreements, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, did not identify any single factor as determinative. Individual Trustees may have evaluated the information presented differently from one another, giving different weights to various factors. Matters considered by the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, in connection with their approval of the Agreements included, but were not limited to, the factors listed below.

The nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Funds under the Agreements. The Trustees considered the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Advisers and their affiliates to the Funds and the resources dedicated to the Funds by the Advisers and their affiliates. The Trustees also considered their experience with other funds advised or sub-advised by the Advisers, as well as the affiliation between the Advisers and Natixis Investment Managers, LLC, whose affiliates provide investment advisory services to other funds in the Natixis family of funds.

The Trustees considered not only the advisory services provided by the Advisers to the Funds, but also the benefits to the Funds from the monitoring and oversight services provided by Natixis Advisors, LLC (“Natixis Advisors”). They also considered the administrative and shareholder services provided by Natixis Advisors and its affiliates to the Funds. They also took into consideration increases in the services provided resulting from new regulatory requirements.

 

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

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

Investment performance of the Funds and the Advisers. As noted above, the Trustees received information about the performance of Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund, Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund, Loomis Sayles Growth Fund, Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund and Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund (the “Existing Funds”) over various time periods, including information that compared the performance of the Funds to the performance of peer groups and categories of funds and the Funds’ respective performance benchmarks. In addition, the Trustees reviewed data prepared by an independent third party that analyzed the performance of the Funds using a variety of performance metrics, including metrics that measured the performance of the Funds on a risk adjusted basis. The Trustees noted that the Loomis Sayles Credit Income Fund did not yet have one year of performance.

The Board noted that, through December 31, 2020, each Existing Fund’s one-, three- and five-year performance, stated as percentile rankings within categories selected by the independent third-party data provider, was as follows (where the best performance would be in the first percentile of its category):

 

      One-Year      Three-Year      Five-Year  
Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund      16      29      12
Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund      13      4      1
Loomis Sayles Growth Fund      62      66      46
Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund      65      61      83
Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund      43      45      42

In the case of a Fund that had performance that lagged that of a relevant category median as determined by the independent third party for certain (although not necessarily all) periods, the Board concluded that other factors relevant to performance supported renewal of the Agreements. These factors included one or more of the following: (1) that the underperformance was attributable, to a significant extent, to investment decisions (such as security selection or sector allocation) by the Advisers that were reasonable and consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and policies; (2) that the Fund’s more recent performance had resulted in relative outperformance over certain time periods; and (3) that the Fund had outperformed its relevant performance benchmark for all periods. The Board also considered information about the Funds’ more recent performance, including how that performance had been impacted by the Covid-19 crisis.

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

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

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

 

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waived or reimbursed by the Advisers for Loomis Sayles Credit Income Fund and Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund under their respective expense limitation agreements. The Trustees also considered that the current expenses for Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund, Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund, Loomis Sayles Growth Fund, and Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund were below each Fund’s limitation. They further noted that management had proposed to reduce the expense limitation for Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund on all share classes, effective as of July 1, 2021. The Trustees also noted that the total advisory fee rate for each Fund was at or below the median of its peer group of funds. They further noted that management had proposed to amend the advisory fee for each of Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund and Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund to introduce an additional breakpoint in each Fund’s advisory fee.

The Trustees also considered the compensation directly or indirectly received by the Advisers and their affiliates from their relationships with the Funds. The Trustees reviewed information provided by management as to the profitability of the Advisers’ and their affiliates’ relationships with the Funds, and information about how expenses are determined and allocated for purposes of profitability calculations. They also reviewed information provided by management about the effect of distribution costs and changes in asset levels on Adviser profitability, including information regarding resources spent on distribution activities. When reviewing profitability, the Trustees also considered information about court cases in which adviser compensation or profitability were issues, the performance of the Funds, the expense levels of the Funds, whether the Advisers had implemented breakpoints and/or expense limitations with respect to such Funds and the overall profit margin of Natixis Investment Managers, LLC compared to that of certain other investment managers for which such data was available.

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

Economies of Scale. The Trustees considered the existence of any economies of scale in the provision of services by the Advisers and whether those economies are shared with the Funds through breakpoints in their investment advisory fees or other means, such as expense limitations. The Trustees also considered management’s explanation of the factors that are taken into account with respect to the implementation of breakpoints in investment advisory fees or expense limitations. With respect to economies of scale, the Trustees noted that each of Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund, Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund and Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund had breakpoints in its advisory fee and that each of the Funds was subject to an expense limitation. The Trustees also considered management’s proposal to reduce the expense limitation for Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund. In considering these issues, the Trustees also took note of the costs of the services provided (both on an absolute and on a relative basis) and the profitability to the Advisers and their affiliates of their relationships with the Funds, as discussed above. The Trustees also considered that the Funds have benefitted from the substantial reinvestment each Adviser has made into its business.

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

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

 

 

The effect of recent market and economic events, including but not limited to the Covid-19 crisis and its significant disruptions to the economy and business operations, on the performance, asset levels and expense ratios of each Fund.

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

Based on their evaluation of all factors that they deemed to be material, including those factors described above, and assisted by the advice of independent counsel, the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, concluded that the existing Agreements, reflecting the amendments to the advisory fee schedule for each of Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund and Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund described above, should be continued through June 30, 2022.

 

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LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

Annual Report for the Period Commencing on January 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2020 (including updates through September 30, 2021)

Effective December 1, 2018 (September 29, 2020 for Credit Income Fund), the Funds adopted a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) pursuant to the requirements of Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Rule”). The Rule requires registered open-end funds, including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds to establish liquidity risk management programs in order to effectively manage fund liquidity and mitigate the risk that a fund could not meet redemption requests without significantly diluting the interests of remaining investors.

The rule requires the Funds to assess, manage and review their liquidity risk considering applicable factors during normal and foreseeable stressed conditions. In fulfilling this requirement, each Fund assesses and reviews (where applicable and amongst other matters) its investment strategy, portfolio holdings, possible investment concentrations, use of derivatives, short-term and long-term cash flow projections, use of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements and other funding sources. Each Program has established a Program Administrator, which is the adviser or sub-adviser of the Fund.

In accordance with the Program, each of the Fund’s portfolio investments is classified into one of four liquidity categories based on a determination of a reasonable expectation for how long it would take to convert the investment to cash (or sell or dispose of the investment) without significantly changing its market value.

Each Fund is prohibited from acquiring an investment if, after the acquisition, its holdings of illiquid assets will exceed 15% of its net assets. If a Fund does not hold a majority of highly liquid investments in its portfolio, then the Fund is required to establish a highly liquid investment minimum (“HLIM”). Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund, Loomis Sayles Credit Income Fund and Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund have established an HLIM.

During the period from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020, there were no material changes to the Program and no material events that impacted the operation of the Funds’ Programs. During the period, the Funds held sufficient liquid assets to meet redemptions on a timely basis and did not have any HLIM or illiquid security violations during the period.

During the period January 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021, the Funds held sufficient liquid assets to meet redemptions on a timely basis and did not have any HLIM or illiquid security violations.

Annual Program Assessment and Conclusion

In the opinion of the Program Administrators, the Program of each Fund approved by the Funds’ Board has been implemented effectively. The Program Administrator has also monitored, assessed and managed each Fund’s liquidity risk regularly and has determined that the Program is operating effectively.

Pursuant to the Rule’s requirements, the Board has received and reviewed a written report prepared by each Fund’s Program Administrator that addressed the operation of the Program, assessed its adequacy and effectiveness and described any material changes made to the Program.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes — 91.6% of Net Assets  
  Non-Convertible Bonds — 91.4%  
   ABS Car Loan — 0.7%

 

$ 4,240,667      Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2016-2A, Class A, 2.720%, 11/20/2022, 144A    $ 4,249,162  
  8,775,000      Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2017-1A, Class A, 3.070%, 9/20/2023, 144A      8,957,002  
  4,226,000      Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2019-1A, Class A, 3.450%, 3/20/2023, 144A      4,259,425  
  6,444,000      Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2019-2A, Class A, 3.350%, 9/22/2025, 144A      6,868,722  
  7,064,000      Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2020-2A, Class A, 2.020%, 2/20/2027, 144A      7,231,777  
  1,259,536      Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-1A, Class B, 2.260%, 4/15/2024, 144A      1,263,145  
  2,460,000      Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2A, Class B, 0.570%, 9/15/2025      2,463,221  
  3,525,000      Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2A, Class C, 0.980%, 6/15/2026      3,531,172  
  8,181,000      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1, Class C, 0.750%, 2/17/2026      8,214,474  
  8,315,000      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2, Class C, 0.900%, 6/15/2026      8,344,183  
  9,095,000      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-3, Class C, 0.950%, 9/15/2027      9,111,451  
     

 

 

 
        64,493,734  
     

 

 

 
   ABS Home Equity — 0.7%

 

  1,062,732      Bayview Koitere Fund Trust, Series 2017-SPL3, Class A, 4.000%, 11/28/2053, 144A(a)      1,084,688  
  1,151,085      Bayview Opportunity Master Fund IVa Trust, Series 2016-SPL1, Class A, 4.000%, 4/28/2055, 144A      1,158,127  
  654,813      Bayview Opportunity Master Fund IVa Trust, Series 2017-RT1, Class A1, 3.000%, 3/28/2057, 144A(a)      662,467  
  3,696,741      Bayview Opportunity Master Fund IVa Trust, Series 2017-RT5, Class A, 3.500%, 5/28/2069, 144A(a)      3,762,610  
  2,509,637      Bayview Opportunity Master Fund IVa Trust, Series 2017-SPL1, Class A, 4.000%, 10/28/2064, 144A(a)      2,559,554  
  977,939      Bayview Opportunity Master Fund IVb Trust, Series 2017-SPL2, Class A, 4.000%, 6/28/2054, 144A(a)      1,000,216  
  3,857,019      CoreVest American Finance Trust, Series 2019-3, Class A, 2.705%, 10/15/2052, 144A      4,016,514  
  16,474      Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-S1, Class A3, 5.115%, 2/25/2035(a)      16,709  
  20,182,430      Invitation Homes Trust, Series 2018-SFR2, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 0.900%, 0.984%, 6/17/2037, 144A(b)      20,210,352  
  300,144      Mill City Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2016-1, Class A1, 2.500%, 4/25/2057, 144A(a)      301,071  
  2,197,939      Onslow Bay Financial LLC, Series 2018-EXP1, Class 1A3, 4.000%, 4/25/2048, 144A(a)      2,231,867  
  414,054      Sequoia Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-CH1, Class A1, 4.000%, 8/25/2047, 144A(a)      418,322  
   ABS Home Equity — continued

1,079,126      Sequoia Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-CH1, Class A1, 4.000%, 2/25/2048, 144A(a)    1,096,459  
  1,915,021      Sequoia Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-CH3, Class A2, 4.000%, 8/25/2048, 144A(a)      1,941,852  
  1,298,545      Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-1, Class A5, 3.184%, 10/25/2053, 144A(a)      1,349,817  
  4,254,377      Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-4, Class M2, 3.750%, 4/25/2055, 144A(a)      4,389,436  
  1,168,002      Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-2, Class A1A, 2.750%, 8/25/2055, 144A(a)      1,173,682  
  5,101,352      Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-2, Class M2, 3.000%, 8/25/2055, 144A(a)      5,320,479  
  6,752,955      Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-3, Class A1, 3.750%, 5/25/2058, 144A(a)      7,062,211  
     

 

 

 
        59,756,433  
     

 

 

 
   ABS Other — 1.3%

 

  21,164,065      CLI Funding VIII LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class A, 1.640%, 2/18/2046, 144A      20,892,155  
  11,628,000      Donlen Fleet Lease Funding 2 LLC, Series 2021-2, Class A2, 0.560%, 12/11/2034, 144A      11,641,390  
  7,094,000      OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2020-1A, Class A, 3.840%, 5/14/2032, 144A      7,330,535  
  13,500,000      OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class A2, 30-day Average SOFR + 0.760%, 0.810%, 6/16/2036, 144A(b)      13,607,649  
  27,038,533      Textainer Marine Containers Ltd., Series 2021-3A, Class A, 1.940%, 8/20/2046, 144A      26,826,416  
  10,650,637      Textainer Marine Containers VII Ltd., Series 2021-1A, Class A, 1.680%, 2/20/2046, 144A      10,486,253  
  9,247,740      Textainer Marine Containers VIII Ltd., Series 2020-2A, Class A, 2.100%, 9/20/2045, 144A      9,328,657  
  11,484,255      Triton Container Finance VIII LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class A, 1.860%, 3/20/2046, 144A      11,379,584  
     

 

 

 
        111,492,639  
     

 

 

 
   ABS Student Loan — 0.3%

 

  6,562,235      Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, Series 2020-HA, Class A, 1.310%, 1/15/2069, 144A      6,606,263  
  13,443,181      Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, Series 2021-CA, Class A, 1.060%, 10/15/2069, 144A      13,461,665  
  5,363,664      SMB Private Education Loan Trust, Series 2021-A, Class APT2, 1.070%, 1/15/2053, 144A      5,283,789  
  3,777,000      SoFi Professional Loan Program Trust, Series 2020-A, Class A2FX, 2.540%, 5/15/2046, 144A      3,876,410  
     

 

 

 
        29,228,127  
     

 

 

 
   ABS Whole Business — 0.2%

 

  5,505,203      Domino’s Pizza Master Issuer LLC, Series 2021-1A, Class A21, 2.662%, 4/25/2051, 144A      5,661,638  
  11,907,720      Planet Fitness Master Issuer LLC, Series 2018-1A, Class A2I, 4.262%, 9/05/2048, 144A      11,915,448  
     

 

 

 
        17,577,086  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Aerospace & Defense — 1.4%

 

$ 22,001,000      Boeing Co. (The), 1.433%, 2/04/2024    $ 22,033,893  
  16,774,000      Boeing Co. (The), 5.705%, 5/01/2040      21,315,654  
  20,949,000      Boeing Co. (The), 5.805%, 5/01/2050      27,924,396  
  3,211,000      Boeing Co. (The), 5.930%, 5/01/2060      4,386,467  
  12,659,000      Embraer Netherlands Finance BV, 5.050%, 6/15/2025      13,323,598  
  29,847,000      Textron, Inc., 3.000%, 6/01/2030      31,362,957  
     

 

 

 
        120,346,965  
     

 

 

 
   Airlines — 0.8%

 

  7,734,112      American Airlines, Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd., 5.500%, 4/20/2026, 144A      8,130,485  
  8,850,467      American Airlines, Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd., 5.750%, 4/20/2029, 144A      9,536,378  
  1,681,114      Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2012-2, Class A, 4.000%, 4/29/2026      1,762,312  
  16,151,433      Delta Air Lines, Inc./SkyMiles IP Ltd., 4.750%, 10/20/2028, 144A      18,008,848  
  15,602,000      Southwest Airlines Co., 5.125%, 6/15/2027      18,246,164  
  4,592,773      United Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2020-1, Class B, 4.875%, 7/15/2027      4,859,338  
  4,381,000      United Airlines, Inc., 4.375%, 4/15/2026, 144A      4,496,001  
  6,533,000      United Airlines, Inc., 4.625%, 4/15/2029, 144A      6,751,529  
     

 

 

 
        71,791,055  
     

 

 

 
   Automotive — 2.1%

 

  9,280,000      Dana, Inc., 4.250%, 9/01/2030      9,544,015  
  16,276,000      Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 2.900%, 2/16/2028      16,255,655  
  20,142,000      General Motors Co., 5.000%, 4/01/2035      23,782,418  
  7,067,000      General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 2.900%, 2/26/2025      7,414,468  
  23,341,000      Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The), 5.625%, 4/30/2033      25,441,690  
  7,091,000      Hyundai Capital America, 2.375%, 10/15/2027, 144A      7,186,925  
  10,356,000      Hyundai Capital America, 2.650%, 2/10/2025, 144A      10,757,025  
  7,453,000      Hyundai Capital America, 3.000%, 2/10/2027, 144A      7,838,618  
  16,811,000      Lear Corp., 5.250%, 5/15/2049      20,879,328  
  7,676,000      Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., 3.043%, 9/15/2023, 144A      7,985,085  
  15,593,000      Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., 3.522%, 9/17/2025, 144A      16,577,854  
  9,825,000      Toyota Motor Corp., 2.358%, 7/02/2024      10,285,092  
  16,490,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp., MTN, 1.800%, 2/13/2025      16,937,469  
  7,096,000      Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC, 3.200%, 9/26/2026, 144A      7,593,738  
     

 

 

 
        188,479,380  
     

 

 

 
   Banking — 9.0%

 

  27,986,000      Ally Financial, Inc., 3.050%, 6/05/2023      29,033,414  
  17,876,000      American Express Co., 2.500%, 7/30/2024      18,791,995  
  10,051,000      Banco Santander Chile, 2.700%, 1/10/2025, 144A      10,453,542  
  13,578,000      Banco Santander Chile, 3.875%, 9/20/2022, 144A      13,959,542  
  14,000,000      Banco Santander S.A., 1.849%, 3/25/2026      14,180,102  
  3,200,000      Banco Santander S.A., 2.958%, 3/25/2031      3,292,096  
  28,476,000      Bangkok Bank PCL, 4.050%, 3/19/2024, 144A      30,574,918  
  8,624,000      Bank of America Corp., (fixed rate to 12/20/2022, variable rate thereafter), 3.004%, 12/20/2023      8,887,636  
  31,146,000      Bank of America Corp., (fixed rate to 4/22/2024, variable rate thereafter), 0.976%, 4/22/2025      31,311,644  
   Banking — continued

37,210,000      Bank of America Corp., (fixed rate to 4/23/2026, variable rate thereafter), MTN, 3.559%, 4/23/2027    40,493,023  
  22,064,000      Barclays PLC, (fixed rate to 3/10/2041, variable rate thereafter), 3.811%, 3/10/2042      23,417,518  
  7,864,000      BBVA Bancomer S.A., 1.875%, 9/18/2025, 144A      7,906,859  
  17,513,000      BNP Paribas S.A., (fixed rate to 1/13/2026, variable rate thereafter), 1.323%, 1/13/2027, 144A      17,218,957  
  26,613,000      BNP Paribas S.A., (fixed rate to 11/19/2024, variable rate thereafter), 2.819%, 11/19/2025, 144A      27,873,547  
  5,935,000      Citigroup, Inc., 4.000%, 8/05/2024      6,437,468  
  25,481,000      Citigroup, Inc., 4.050%, 7/30/2022      26,253,486  
  9,645,000      Citigroup, Inc., (fixed rate to 3/31/2030, variable rate thereafter), 4.412%, 3/31/2031      11,136,671  
  8,154,000      Citigroup, Inc., (fixed rate to 5/01/2024, variable rate thereafter), 0.981%, 5/01/2025      8,180,407  
  5,227,000      Credit Suisse AG, 2.100%, 11/12/2021      5,237,923  
  9,780,000      Deutsche Bank AG, 0.898%, 5/28/2024      9,771,023  
  10,038,000      Deutsche Bank AG, 1.686%, 3/19/2026      10,095,043  
  9,382,000      Deutsche Bank AG, (fixed rate to 1/14/2031, variable rate thereafter), 3.729%, 1/14/2032      9,686,771  
  11,985,000      Deutsche Bank AG, (fixed rate to 11/24/2025, variable rate thereafter), 2.129%, 11/24/2026      12,173,983  
  30,369,000      DNB Bank ASA, 2.150%, 12/02/2022, 144A      31,063,697  
  10,768,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 3.625%, 1/22/2023      11,222,920  
  15,206,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 6.750%, 10/01/2037      21,779,346  
  5,359,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), (fixed rate to 6/05/2027, variable rate thereafter), 3.691%, 6/05/2028      5,898,823  
  2,326,000      HSBC Holdings PLC, 4.950%, 3/31/2030      2,766,290  
  13,610,000      HSBC Holdings PLC, (fixed rate to 5/24/2024, variable rate thereafter), 0.976%, 5/24/2025      13,586,028  
  16,885,000      Huntington Bancshares, Inc., 2.625%, 8/06/2024      17,710,251  
  4,740,000      Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, 4.198%, 6/01/2032, 144A      4,858,216  
  12,576,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co., (fixed rate to 5/13/2030, variable rate thereafter), 2.956%, 5/13/2031      13,083,540  
  9,258,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co., 3.200%, 1/25/2023      9,610,429  
  20,006,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.500%, 1/24/2022      20,270,158  
  28,355,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co., (fixed rate to 10/15/2029, variable rate thereafter), 2.739%, 10/15/2030      29,365,053  
  2,889,000      Lloyds Banking Group PLC, 3.000%, 1/11/2022      2,910,399  
  23,028,000      Morgan Stanley, (fixed rate to 4/05/2023, variable rate thereafter), 0.731%, 4/05/2024      23,104,437  
  8,931,000      Morgan Stanley, (fixed rate to 7/22/2027, variable rate thereafter), 3.591%, 7/22/2028      9,794,070  
  2,867,000      Morgan Stanley, GMTN, 3.700%, 10/23/2024      3,109,876  
  18,457,000      Morgan Stanley, Series F, 3.875%, 4/29/2024      19,914,365  
  14,159,000      Nationwide Building Society, (fixed rate to 4/26/2022, variable rate thereafter), 3.622%, 4/26/2023, 144A      14,405,201  
  15,693,000      PNC Bank NA, (fixed rate to 12/09/2021, variable rate thereafter), 2.028%, 12/09/2022      15,741,263  
  9,780,000      Santander UK Group Holdings PLC, 5.625%, 9/15/2045, 144A      12,623,778  
  26,503,000      Societe Generale S.A., 2.625%, 1/22/2025, 144A      27,518,567  
  24,346,000      Standard Chartered PLC, (fixed rate to 1/30/2025, variable rate thereafter), 2.819%, 1/30/2026, 144A      25,353,715  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Banking — continued

$ 14,566,000      Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., 1.474%, 7/08/2025    $ 14,683,256  
  18,720,000      Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., 2.696%, 7/16/2024      19,662,911  
  12,213,000      Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., 3.040%, 7/16/2029      12,940,284  
  21,438,000      Toronto-Dominion Bank (The), MTN, 2.650%, 6/12/2024      22,559,105  
  17,630,000      UniCredit SpA, (fixed rate to 6/03/2026, variable rate thereafter), 1.982%, 6/03/2027, 144A      17,585,324  
     

 

 

 
        799,488,870  
     

 

 

 
   Brokerage — 0.1%

 

  11,958,000      Owl Rock Technology Finance Corp., 3.750%, 6/17/2026, 144A      12,623,999  
     

 

 

 
   Building Materials — 0.7%

 

  19,920,000      American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc., 3.875%, 11/15/2029, 144A      19,826,575  
  10,762,000      Cemex SAB de CV, 3.875%, 7/11/2031, 144A      10,768,457  
  19,521,000      Mohawk Industries, Inc., 3.625%, 5/15/2030      21,265,397  
  7,260,000      Owens Corning, 4.200%, 12/01/2024      7,916,730  
  1,112,000      Summit Materials LLC/Summit Materials Finance Corp., 5.250%, 1/15/2029, 144A      1,167,600  
     

 

 

 
        60,944,759  
     

 

 

 
   Cable Satellite — 0.7%

 

  23,720,000      CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.250%, 1/15/2034, 144A      23,497,625  
  14,725,000      Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 4.000%, 7/15/2028, 144A      14,973,484  
  6,180,000      Time Warner Cable LLC, 4.500%, 9/15/2042      6,763,028  
  783,000      Time Warner Cable LLC, 5.500%, 9/01/2041      959,638  
  2,245,000      Time Warner Cable LLC, 5.875%, 11/15/2040      2,831,847  
  7,162,000      Time Warner Cable LLC, 6.550%, 5/01/2037      9,663,580  
  1,707,000      Time Warner Cable LLC, 6.750%, 6/15/2039      2,336,348  
     

 

 

 
        61,025,550  
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 1.4%

 

  1,610,000      Alpek SAB de CV, 3.250%, 2/25/2031, 144A      1,626,116  
  22,620,000      Ashland LLC, 3.375%, 9/01/2031, 144A      22,817,925  
  25,853,000      Braskem America Finance Co., 7.125%, 7/22/2041, 144A      33,415,002  
  8,792,000      Koppers, Inc., 6.000%, 2/15/2025, 144A      8,989,820  
  11,671,000      Orbia Advance Corp. SAB de CV, 5.875%, 9/17/2044, 144A      14,383,340  
  9,466,000      Orbia Advance Corp. SAB de CV, 6.750%, 9/19/2042, 144A      12,554,377  
  3,732,000      RPM International, Inc., 3.450%, 11/15/2022      3,823,380  
  4,630,000      Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A., 3.500%, 9/10/2051, 144A      4,460,311  
  11,424,000      Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A., 4.250%, 1/22/2050, 144A      12,314,044  
  5,549,000      Univar Solutions USA, Inc., 5.125%, 12/01/2027, 144A      5,826,173  
     

 

 

 
        120,210,488  
     

 

 

 
   Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 0.2%

 

  4,239,116      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 3654, Class DC, 5.000%, 4/15/2030      4,748,927  
  308,569      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2010-H24, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.350%, 0.440%, 10/20/2060(b)      308,740  
  245,978      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-H18, Class NA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.520%, 0.610%, 8/20/2062(b)      247,023  
   Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — continued

40,474      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-H01, Class FA, 1.650%, 1/20/2063(c)(d)    40,172  
  25,821      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-H03, Class HA, 1.750%, 12/20/2062(c)(d)      25,615  
  88,125      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-H04, Class BA, 1.650%, 2/20/2063(c)(d)      88,318  
  99,950      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-H07, Class DA, 2.500%, 3/20/2063(c)(d)      99,806  
  729,786      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-H10, Class PA, 2.500%, 4/20/2063(c)(d)      730,585  
  8,939,017      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H10, Class JA, 2.250%, 4/20/2065      9,156,419  
  17,534      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H13, Class FL, 1-month LIBOR + 0.280%, 0.370%, 5/20/2063(b)(c)(d)      17,426  
     

 

 

 
        15,463,031  
     

 

 

 
   Construction Machinery — 0.4%

 

  5,985,000      Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., MTN, 2.150%, 11/08/2024      6,252,625  
  5,805,000      CNH Industrial Capital LLC, 1.950%, 7/02/2023      5,933,748  
  7,380,000      CNH Industrial Capital LLC, 4.375%, 4/05/2022      7,521,084  
  4,061,000      John Deere Capital Corp., MTN, 2.600%, 3/07/2024      4,263,155  
  13,280,000      United Rentals North America, Inc., 3.750%, 1/15/2032      13,429,400  
     

 

 

 
        37,400,012  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Cyclical Services — 0.2%

 

  7,466,000      Expedia Group, Inc., 3.600%, 12/15/2023      7,902,645  
  5,734,000      Expedia Group, Inc., 4.625%, 8/01/2027      6,500,521  
  1,791,000      Expedia Group, Inc., 6.250%, 5/01/2025, 144A      2,064,902  
  3,523,000      MercadoLibre, Inc., 2.375%, 1/14/2026      3,465,786  
     

 

 

 
        19,933,854  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Products — 0.3%

 

  881,000      Hasbro, Inc., 3.900%, 11/19/2029      973,117  
  2,157,000      Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV, 2.431%, 7/01/2031, 144A      2,149,882  
  11,615,000      Natura Cosmeticos S.A., 4.125%, 5/03/2028, 144A      11,757,284  
  2,823,000      Newell Brands, Inc., 4.875%, 6/01/2025      3,115,745  
  7,940,000      Valvoline, Inc., 3.625%, 6/15/2031, 144A      7,840,750  
  2,535,000      Valvoline, Inc., 4.250%, 2/15/2030, 144A      2,628,288  
     

 

 

 
        28,465,066  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Manufacturing — 0.3%

 

  2,755,000      Clark Equipment Co., 5.875%, 6/01/2025, 144A      2,882,419  
  14,817,000      General Electric Co., 4.250%, 5/01/2040      17,309,366  
  5,319,000      General Electric Co., 4.350%, 5/01/2050      6,422,407  
     

 

 

 
        26,614,192  
     

 

 

 
   Electric — 2.1%

 

  3,587,000      AES Corp. (The), 3.300%, 7/15/2025, 144A      3,810,183  
  3,609,000      AES Corp. (The), 3.950%, 7/15/2030, 144A      3,968,529  
  13,678,000      Calpine Corp., 3.750%, 3/01/2031, 144A      13,165,075  
  14,879,000      Calpine Corp., 5.000%, 2/01/2031, 144A      14,879,000  
  13,220,000      CenterPoint Energy, Inc., SOFR + 0.650%, 0.700%, 5/13/2024(b)      13,246,969  
  18,219,000      Clearway Energy Operating LLC, 3.750%, 2/15/2031, 144A      18,264,547  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Electric — continued

$ 26,317,716      Cometa Energia S.A. de CV, 6.375%, 4/24/2035, 144A    $ 30,857,522  
  3,408,000      DPL, Inc., 4.125%, 7/01/2025      3,646,560  
  7,440,000      DPL, Inc., 4.350%, 4/15/2029      8,091,000  
  852,000      Edison International, 4.950%, 4/15/2025      938,099  
  2,811,000      Enel Americas S.A., 4.000%, 10/25/2026      3,069,190  
  2,853,000      Enel Generacion Chile S.A., 4.250%, 4/15/2024      3,045,242  
  6,711,000      Entergy Corp., 2.800%, 6/15/2030      6,921,990  
  14,622,000      National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp., (fixed rate to 4/30/2023, variable rate thereafter), 4.750%, 4/30/2043      15,246,315  
  6,785,000      NRG Energy, Inc., 3.875%, 2/15/2032, 144A      6,708,669  
  9,234,000      Pattern Energy Operations LP/Pattern Energy Operations, Inc., 4.500%, 8/15/2028, 144A      9,626,445  
  11,619,000      PG&E Corp., 5.000%, 7/01/2028      11,836,856  
  8,950,000      PG&E Corp., 5.250%, 7/01/2030      9,162,562  
  7,133,000      Transelec S.A., 4.250%, 1/14/2025, 144A      7,748,293  
  3,713,000      Transelec S.A., 4.625%, 7/26/2023, 144A      3,938,565  
     

 

 

 
        188,171,611  
     

 

 

 
   Finance Companies — 2.4%

 

  1,370,000      AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, 3.300%, 1/23/2023      1,411,643  
  19,050,000      Air Lease Corp., GMTN, 3.750%, 6/01/2026      20,619,887  
  24,287,000      Aircastle Ltd., 2.850%, 1/26/2028, 144A      24,596,902  
  28,047,000      Ares Capital Corp., 2.150%, 7/15/2026      28,121,598  
  21,425,000      Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., 2.750%, 2/21/2028, 144A      21,370,059  
  18,929,000      FS KKR Capital Corp., 3.400%, 1/15/2026      19,778,556  
  4,133,000      GATX Corp., 4.000%, 6/30/2030      4,611,275  
  3,315,000      International Lease Finance Corp., 5.875%, 8/15/2022      3,467,139  
  15,720,000      Navient Corp., 5.000%, 3/15/2027      16,191,600  
  907,000      Navient Corp., 5.875%, 10/25/2024      968,223  
  954,000      Navient Corp., 6.750%, 6/15/2026      1,052,863  
  7,547,000      Navient Corp., MTN, 6.125%, 3/25/2024      8,080,950  
  22,635,000      OneMain Finance Corp., 3.875%, 9/15/2028      22,493,305  
  15,397,000      Owl Rock Capital Corp., 3.400%, 7/15/2026      16,034,935  
  4,537,000      Owl Rock Capital Corp., 2.625%, 1/15/2027      4,545,009  
  3,702,000      Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 3.625%, 3/01/2029, 144A      3,743,647  
  12,169,000      Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 3.875%, 3/01/2031, 144A      12,275,479  
  4,045,000      Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 4.000%, 10/15/2033, 144A      4,014,662  
     

 

 

 
        213,377,732  
     

 

 

 
   Financial Other — 0.2%

 

  12,588,000      Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 4.375%, 2/01/2029      12,572,265  
  5,354,000      Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 5.250%, 5/15/2027      5,554,775  
     

 

 

 
        18,127,040  
     

 

 

 
   Food & Beverage — 1.7%

 

  22,778,000      Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC/Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 4.900%, 2/01/2046      27,999,055  
  12,823,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 4.350%, 6/01/2040      14,900,878  
  15,493,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 4.600%, 6/01/2060      18,615,591  
  2,684,000      Bacardi Ltd., 5.300%, 5/15/2048, 144A      3,487,080  
  17,808,000      BRF S.A., 5.750%, 9/21/2050, 144A      17,081,968  
  3,117,000      Gruma SAB de CV, 4.875%, 12/01/2024, 144A      3,440,420  
  6,690,000      Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 3.875%, 5/15/2027      7,304,896  
   Food & Beverage — continued

12,765,000      Minerva Luxembourg S.A., 4.375%, 3/18/2031, 144A    12,330,352  
  21,099,000      Post Holdings, Inc., 4.500%, 9/15/2031, 144A      20,848,555  
  18,264,000      Post Holdings, Inc., 4.625%, 4/15/2030, 144A      18,405,181  
  1,599,000      Smithfield Foods, Inc., 3.000%, 10/15/2030, 144A      1,609,466  
     

 

 

 
        146,023,442  
     

 

 

 
   Government Owned – No Guarantee — 2.7%

 

  6,872,000      Antares Holdings LP, 3.950%, 7/15/2026, 144A      7,241,666  
  18,141,000      BOC Aviation USA Corp., 1.625%, 4/29/2024, 144A      18,280,405  
  6,577,000      CNPC General Capital Ltd., 3.950%, 4/19/2022, 144A      6,690,190  
  15,245,000      Dolphin Energy Ltd. LLC, 5.500%, 12/15/2021, 144A      15,379,156  
  3,903,000      Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado, 3.068%, 8/18/2050, 144A      3,435,421  
  19,956,000      NBN Co. Ltd., 1.450%, 5/05/2026, 144A      19,877,573  
  7,985,000      OCP S.A., 3.750%, 6/23/2031, 144A      7,955,455  
  19,460,000      OCP S.A., 5.625%, 4/25/2024, 144A      21,068,135  
  16,491,000      Ooredoo International Finance Ltd., 2.625%, 4/08/2031, 144A      16,791,796  
  6,236,000      Ooredoo International Finance Ltd., 3.250%, 2/21/2023, 144A      6,437,423  
  9,288,000      Ooredoo International Finance Ltd., 3.875%, 1/31/2028, 144A      10,405,012  
  14,555,000      Qatar Petroleum, 3.125%, 7/12/2041, 144A      14,548,014  
  8,035,000      SA Global Sukuk Ltd., 0.946%, 6/17/2024, 144A      7,955,614  
  12,588,000      Saudi Arabian Oil Co., 3.500%, 11/24/2070, 144A      11,835,867  
  10,431,000      Saudi Arabian Oil Co., 4.375%, 4/16/2049, 144A      11,843,462  
  12,825,000      Tennessee Valley Authority, 4.250%, 9/15/2065      17,892,003  
  7,669,000      Tennessee Valley Authority, 4.625%, 9/15/2060      11,142,372  
  5,427,000      Tennessee Valley Authority, 4.875%, 1/15/2048      7,775,897  
  9,290,000      Tennessee Valley Authority, 5.250%, 9/15/2039      13,182,666  
  9,267,000      Transportadora de Gas Internacional S.A. E.S.P., 5.550%, 11/01/2028, 144A      10,534,726  
     

 

 

 
        240,272,853  
     

 

 

 
   Health Insurance — 0.5%

 

  21,336,000      Centene Corp., 2.500%, 3/01/2031      21,042,630  
  8,295,000      Centene Corp., 2.625%, 8/01/2031      8,238,926  
  10,179,000      Centene Corp., 3.375%, 2/15/2030      10,538,319  
     

 

 

 
        39,819,875  
     

 

 

 
   Healthcare — 0.2%

 

  15,396,000      DaVita, Inc., 4.625%, 6/01/2030, 144A      15,836,492  
     

 

 

 
   Home Construction — 0.2%

 

  7,881,000      Forestar Group, Inc., 3.850%, 5/15/2026, 144A      7,871,149  
  246,000      Lennar Corp., 4.500%, 4/30/2024      265,983  
  1,153,000      Lennar Corp., 4.750%, 11/15/2022      1,191,072  
  11,190,000      NVR, Inc., 3.000%, 5/15/2030      11,710,205  
     

 

 

 
        21,038,409  
     

 

 

 
   Independent Energy — 1.0%

 

  2,626,000      Aker BP ASA, 3.000%, 1/15/2025, 144A      2,764,371  
  2,639,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp., 5.875%, 2/01/2029, 144A      2,819,640  
  10,277,000      Devon Energy Corp., 4.500%, 1/15/2030, 144A      11,200,773  
  8,296,000      Diamondback Energy, Inc., 4.750%, 5/31/2025      9,266,877  
  11,391,292      Energean Israel Finance Ltd., 4.500%, 3/30/2024, 144A      11,624,244  
  1,765,000      EQT Corp., 3.125%, 5/15/2026, 144A      1,809,337  
  6,641,000      EQT Corp., 3.900%, 10/01/2027      7,187,089  
  1,371,000      EQT Corp., 5.000%, 1/15/2029      1,543,677  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Independent Energy — continued

 

$ 9,078,204      Leviathan Bond Ltd., 6.125%, 6/30/2025, 144A    $ 9,857,477  
  17,482,000      Occidental Petroleum Corp., 5.875%, 9/01/2025      19,592,951  
  2,152,000      Occidental Petroleum Corp., 8.000%, 7/15/2025      2,569,488  
  8,181,000      Pan American Energy LLC, 9.125%, 4/30/2027, 144A      9,166,811  
     

 

 

 
        89,402,735  
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Other — 0.2%

 

  8,410,000      CK Hutchison International 20 Ltd., 2.500%, 5/08/2030, 144A      8,553,304  
  3,408,000      Georgetown University (The), Class A, 5.215%, 10/01/2118      4,944,940  
     

 

 

 
        13,498,244  
     

 

 

 
   Life Insurance — 0.4%

 

  11,059,000      Athene Global Funding, 2.450%, 8/20/2027, 144A      11,409,683  
  15,491,000      Brighthouse Financial, Inc., 5.625%, 5/15/2030      18,700,283  
  3,077,000      OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc., 4.250%, 10/15/2050, 144A      3,278,390  
     

 

 

 
        33,388,356  
     

 

 

 
   Lodging — 0.4%

 

  14,012,000      Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc., 3.625%, 2/15/2032, 144A      13,801,820  
  21,403,000      Marriott International, Inc., 3.500%, 10/15/2032      22,739,492  
     

 

 

 
        36,541,312  
     

 

 

 
   Media Entertainment — 0.9%

 

  19,514,000      AMC Networks, Inc., 4.250%, 2/15/2029      19,416,430  
  54,020,000      Grupo Televisa SAB, EMTN, 7.250%, 5/14/2043, (MXN)      1,820,949  
  9,132,000      Lamar Media Corp., 3.625%, 1/15/2031      9,132,731  
  4,899,000      Lamar Media Corp., 4.000%, 2/15/2030      5,043,520  
  12,633,000      Outfront Media Capital LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp., 4.250%, 1/15/2029, 144A      12,521,198  
  15,950,000      Prosus NV, 3.832%, 2/08/2051, 144A      14,518,175  
  13,803,000      Prosus NV, 3.680%, 1/21/2030, 144A      14,320,067  
     

 

 

 
        76,773,070  
     

 

 

 
   Metals & Mining — 1.0%

 

  1,835,000      Anglo American Capital PLC, 2.250%, 3/17/2028, 144A      1,823,963  
  2,286,000      Anglo American Capital PLC, 2.625%, 9/10/2030, 144A      2,270,708  
  3,322,000      Anglo American Capital PLC, 3.950%, 9/10/2050, 144A      3,552,831  
  8,696,000      Anglo American Capital PLC, 5.625%, 4/01/2030, 144A      10,495,411  
  15,187,000      FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd., 4.375%, 4/01/2031, 144A      15,693,486  
  16,183,000      Fresnillo PLC, 4.250%, 10/02/2050, 144A      16,874,338  
  31,977,000      Glencore Funding LLC, 2.500%, 9/01/2030, 144A      31,378,710  
  6,210,000      SunCoke Energy, Inc., 4.875%, 6/30/2029, 144A      6,186,712  
     

 

 

 
        88,276,159  
     

 

 

 
   Midstream — 1.8%

 

  568,000      Energy Transfer LP, 5.150%, 2/01/2043      635,114  
  4,890,000      Energy Transfer LP, 5.400%, 10/01/2047      5,826,995  
  5,900,000      Energy Transfer LP, 5.950%, 10/01/2043      7,194,858  
  8,548,000      Energy Transfer LP, 6.500%, 2/01/2042      11,105,756  
  1,338,000      Energy Transfer LP, 6.625%, 10/15/2036      1,755,558  
  11,222,000      Energy Transfer LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp., 5.000%, 10/01/2022      11,576,795  
  2,327,000      Energy Transfer LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp., 5.875%, 3/01/2022      2,346,733  
   Midstream — continued

 

11,798,000      EQM Midstream Partners LP, 4.500%, 1/15/2029, 144A    12,240,425  
  3,485,000      EQM Midstream Partners LP, 4.750%, 7/15/2023      3,639,386  
  5,575,000      EQM Midstream Partners LP, 6.500%, 7/01/2027, 144A      6,270,481  
  2,014,000      Gray Oak Pipeline LLC, 2.600%, 10/15/2025, 144A      2,064,516  
  982,000      Gray Oak Pipeline LLC, 3.450%, 10/15/2027, 144A      1,035,104  
  3,060,000      Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 4.150%, 2/01/2024      3,272,856  
  10,503,000      Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 4.300%, 5/01/2024      11,325,635  
  15,243,000      Kinder Morgan, Inc., 5.625%, 11/15/2023, 144A      16,592,931  
  5,653,000      New Fortress Energy, Inc., 6.500%, 9/30/2026, 144A      5,405,681  
  15,687,000      New Fortress Energy, Inc., 6.750%, 9/15/2025, 144A      15,098,738  
  6,694,000      Rattler Midstream LP, 5.625%, 7/15/2025, 144A      6,970,462  
  6,783,000      Southern Natural Gas Co. LLC, 0.625%, 4/28/2023, 144A      6,779,087  
  3,310,000      Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., 6.500%, 7/15/2027      3,568,941  
  19,358,000      Williams Cos., Inc. (The) , 3.500%, 11/15/2030      21,029,757  
     

 

 

 
        155,735,809  
     

 

 

 
   Mortgage Related — 25.4%

 

  66,159,657      FHLMC, 1.500%, with various maturities from 2050 to 2051(e)(f)      63,458,856  
  166,178,113      FHLMC, 2.000%, with various maturities from 2050 to 2051(e)(f)      167,655,519  
  31,640,958      FHLMC, 2.500%, with various maturities in 2050(e)(f)      32,523,579  
  21,284,057      FHLMC, 3.000%, with various maturities from 2042 to 2050(e)(f)      22,462,250  
  14,411,543      FHLMC, 3.500%, with various maturities from 2043 to 2050(e)      15,598,898  
  2,609,219      FHLMC, 4.000%, with various maturities from 2044 to 2048(e)      2,833,353  
  72,761,667      FHLMC, 4.500%, with various maturities from 2041 to 2049(e)(f)      78,715,489  
  169,642,729      FHLMC, 5.000%, with various maturities from 2048 to 2050(e)(f)      186,860,247  
  5,656      FHLMC, 6.000%, 6/01/2035      6,646  
  45,914,321      FNMA, 1.500%, with various maturities in 2051(e)(f)      44,577,931  
  204,623,325      FNMA, 2.000%, with various maturities from 2050 to 2051(e)(f)      206,458,615  
  70,830,247      FNMA, 2.500%, with various maturities from 2045 to 2051(e)(f)      73,250,188  
  63,402,451      FNMA, 3.000%, with various maturities from 2045 to 2050(e)(f)      66,776,933  
  48,427,027      FNMA, 3.500%, with various maturities from 2043 to 2050(e)(f)      51,375,207  
  182,811,530      FNMA, 4.000%, with various maturities from 2041 to 2050(e)(f)      196,290,863  
  202,761,138      FNMA, 4.500%, with various maturities from 2043 to 2050(e)(f)      219,513,316  
  37,137,543      FNMA, 5.000%, with various maturities from 2048 to 2050(e)(f)      40,891,839  
  6,000,952      FNMA, 5.500%, 4/01/2050      6,710,138  
  4,590,198      FNMA, 6.000%, with various maturities from 2034 to 2049(e)      5,177,147  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Mortgage Related — continued

 

$ 7,146      FNMA, 6.500%, with various maturities from 2029 to 2031(e)    $ 8,026  
  20,727      FNMA, 7.000%, with various maturities in 2030(e)      22,397  
  12,495      FNMA, 7.500%, with various maturities from 2024 to 2032(e)      14,113  
  14,160      GNMA, 3.794%, 7/20/2063(a)      14,791  
  1,501      GNMA, 3.890%, 12/20/2062(a)      1,559  
  2,156      GNMA, 4.005%, 1/20/2063(a)      2,201  
  5,790      GNMA, 4.063%, 5/20/2063(a)      6,025  
  28,017      GNMA, 4.125%, 7/20/2063(a)      28,577  
  5,067      GNMA, 4.327%, 8/20/2061(a)      5,493  
  7,015,899      GNMA, 4.381%, 12/20/2066(a)      7,742,074  
  27,285      GNMA, 4.390%, with various maturities in 2062(a)(e)      27,536  
  4,555,502      GNMA, 4.407%, 11/20/2066(a)      4,958,711  
  2,126,968      GNMA, 4.419%, 10/20/2066(a)      2,332,291  
  2,107      GNMA, 4.422%, 5/20/2063(a)      2,256  
  2,836,462      GNMA, 4.438%, 2/20/2066(a)      3,095,875  
  1,315,292      GNMA, 4.449%, 2/20/2066(a)      1,437,121  
  3,569,949      GNMA, 4.522%, 12/20/2064(a)      3,811,092  
  2,158,856      GNMA, 4.538%, 9/20/2066(a)      2,362,207  
  2,607,401      GNMA, 4.539%, 12/20/2063(a)      2,749,603  
  2,806,946      GNMA, 4.545%, 6/20/2066(a)      3,055,255  
  3,345,088      GNMA, 4.557%, 6/20/2066(a)      3,650,976  
  3,033,820      GNMA, 4.561%, 2/20/2065(a)      3,247,847  
  1,563,442      GNMA, 4.571%, 1/20/2065(a)      1,667,836  
  2,583,198      GNMA, 4.584%, 6/20/2064(a)      2,749,106  
  1,737,851      GNMA, 4.585%, 4/20/2066(a)      1,886,625  
  7,048,006      GNMA, 4.591%, with various maturities from 2064 to 2066(a)(e)      7,625,905  
  4,391,641      GNMA, 4.605%, 2/20/2065(a)      4,749,973  
  4,284,504      GNMA, 4.614%, 10/20/2064(a)      4,609,823  
  2,041,106      GNMA, 4.625%, 3/20/2065(a)      2,201,026  
  20,445      GNMA, 4.630%, 12/20/2061(a)      20,525  
  2,975,008      GNMA, 4.640%, 3/20/2066(a)      3,280,858  
  5,847,577      GNMA, 4.642%, 12/20/2066(a)      6,467,847  
  546,336      GNMA, 4.644%, 1/20/2064(a)      571,381  
  2,489,464      GNMA, 4.665%, 1/20/2064(a)      2,608,496  
  3,370,107      GNMA, 4.666%, 1/20/2065(a)      3,643,466  
  4,053,977      GNMA, 4.671%, 6/20/2064(a)      4,313,592  
  44,633      GNMA, 4.700%, with various maturities in 2062(a)(e)      46,160  
  2,884,995      GNMA, 4.715%, 1/20/2064(a)      3,072,318  
  113,754      GNMA, 5.500%, 4/15/2038      132,723  
  24,801      GNMA, 6.000%, with various maturities from 2029 to 2038(e)      28,926  
  25,587      GNMA, 6.500%, with various maturities from 2029 to 2032(e)      28,584  
  34,489      GNMA, 7.000%, 9/15/2025      35,639  
  3,145      GNMA, 7.500%, with various maturities from 2025 to 2030(e)      3,312  
  87,976,000      UMBS® (TBA), 2.500%, 12/01/2051(g)      90,323,172  
  236,058,000      UMBS® (TBA), 2.000%, 11/01/2051(g)      236,270,084  
  9,907,000      UMBS® (TBA), 2.000%, 10/01/2051(g)      9,933,703  
  309,259,000      UMBS® (TBA), 2.500%, 11/01/2051(g)      318,258,919  
  26,588,000      UMBS® (TBA), 3.000%, 11/01/2051(g)      27,786,132  
     

 

 

 
        2,252,029,171  
     

 

 

 
   Natural Gas — 0.2%

 

  11,262,000      Atmos Energy Corp., 0.625%, 3/09/2023      11,262,374  
  2,701,000      Boston Gas Co., 3.001%, 8/01/2029, 144A      2,815,370  
     

 

 

 
        14,077,744  
     

 

 

 
   Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 1.5%

 

12,696,152      BANK, Series 2019-BN22, Class A4, 2.978%, 11/15/2062    13,581,832  
  1,531,640      BANK, Series 2019-BN16, Class A4, 4.005%, 2/15/2052      1,742,081  
  3,409,380      BANK, Series 2019-BN20, Class A3, 3.011%, 9/15/2062      3,654,258  
  6,138,240      BANK, Series 2019-BN24, Class A3, 2.960%, 11/15/2062      6,555,810  
  14,179,842      Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-C7, Class A4, 3.102%, 12/15/2072(f)      15,279,985  
  18,570,071      Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-GC43, Class A4, 3.038%, 11/10/2052(f)      19,922,349  
  9,877,514      Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-GC46, Class A5, 2.717%, 2/15/2053      10,329,687  
  915,412      Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2010-C1, Class D, 5.985%, 7/10/2046, 144A(a)      928,391  
  2,112,208      Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-USA, Class A1, 3.304%, 9/15/2037, 144A      2,215,817  
  11,367,000      Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-USA, Class A2, 3.953%, 9/15/2037, 144A      12,192,666  
  6,366,877      Extended Stay America Trust, Series 2021-ESH, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 1.080%, 1.164%, 7/15/2038, 144A(b)      6,384,849  
  1,477,314      Extended Stay America Trust, Series 2021-ESH, Class D, 1-month LIBOR + 2.250%, 2.334%, 7/15/2038, 144A(b)      1,495,627  
  5,627,003      GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2011-GC5, Class C, 5.303%, 8/10/2044, 144A(a)      4,797,020  
  2,317,554      GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2014-GC18, Class B, 4.885%, 1/10/2047(a)      2,296,720  
  6,596,065      GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2020-GC45, Class A5, 2.911%, 2/13/2053      6,994,566  
  3,825,000      Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, Series 2013-C11, Class A4, 4.297%, 8/15/2046(a)      4,028,379  
  6,909,759      UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2013-C5, Class A4, 3.185%, 3/10/2046      7,079,383  
  4,982,141      WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-C4, Class D, 5.024%, 6/15/2044, 144A(a)      4,744,155  
  5,245,978      WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-C20, Class AS, 4.176%, 5/15/2047      5,576,540  
     

 

 

 
        129,800,115  
     

 

 

 
   Oil Field Services — 0.3%

 

  25,364,000      Thaioil Treasury Center Co. Ltd., 4.875%, 1/23/2043, 144A      26,662,637  
     

 

 

 
   Paper — 0.4%

 

  4,915,000      Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion S.A., 4.500%, 8/01/2024      5,314,245  
  13,075,000      Klabin Austria GmbH, 7.000%, 4/03/2049, 144A      15,816,828  
  8,445,000      Suzano Austria GmbH, 3.125%, 1/15/2032      8,155,759  
  8,529,000      Suzano Austria GmbH, 3.750%, 1/15/2031      8,761,415  
     

 

 

 
        38,048,247  
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.4%

 

  9,325,000      Bausch Health Cos., Inc., 5.250%, 1/30/2030, 144A      8,695,562  
  3,863,000      Jazz Securities DAC, 4.375%, 1/15/2029, 144A      4,003,227  
  12,284,000      Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, 3.150%, 10/01/2026      11,761,930  
  7,588,000      Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, 7.125%, 1/31/2025      8,299,375  
  2,903,000      Viatris, Inc., 4.000%, 6/22/2050, 144A      3,085,489  
     

 

 

 
        35,845,583  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Property & Casualty Insurance — 0.1%

 

$ 2,585,000      Ascot Group Ltd., 4.250%, 12/15/2030, 144A    $ 2,740,355  
  7,865,000      Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 3.950%, 5/15/2060, 144A      8,733,314  
     

 

 

 
        11,473,669  
     

 

 

 
   Refining — 0.1%

 

  12,089,000      Ultrapar International S.A., 5.250%, 10/06/2026, 144A      13,146,788  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Apartments — 0.0%

 

  1,220,000      American Homes 4 Rent, 2.375%, 7/15/2031      1,208,510  
  1,715,000      American Homes 4 Rent, 3.375%, 7/15/2051      1,738,896  
     

 

 

 
        2,947,406  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Diversified — 0.2%

 

  16,503,000      iStar, Inc., 4.250%, 8/01/2025      17,142,161  
  1,267,000      iStar, Inc., 4.750%, 10/01/2024      1,339,853  
     

 

 

 
        18,482,014  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Health Care — 0.1%

 

  5,434,000      Welltower, Inc., 2.750%, 1/15/2031      5,599,932  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Shopping Centers — 0.0%

 

  2,026,000      Brixmor Operating Partnership LP, 4.050%, 7/01/2030      2,262,325  
     

 

 

 
   Retailers — 1.0%

 

  4,081,000      Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., 3.250%, 2/09/2061      3,790,082  
  1,942,000      Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., 4.500%, 3/01/2028      1,992,978  
  1,942,000      Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., 4.750%, 3/01/2030      2,026,963  
  27,444,000      El Puerto de Liverpool SAB de CV, 3.875%, 10/06/2026, 144A      29,605,489  
  8,418,000      Falabella S.A., 3.750%, 4/30/2023, 144A      8,775,849  
  6,409,000      Falabella S.A., 4.375%, 1/27/2025, 144A      6,921,784  
  5,300,000      Group 1 Automotive, Inc., 4.000%, 8/15/2028, 144A      5,392,750  
  856,000      Hanesbrands, Inc., 4.625%, 5/15/2024, 144A      902,464  
  4,042,000      Hanesbrands, Inc., 4.875%, 5/15/2026, 144A      4,377,486  
  5,024,000      Hanesbrands, Inc., 5.375%, 5/15/2025, 144A      5,259,525  
  3,889,000      Ken Garff Automotive LLC, 4.875%, 9/15/2028, 144A      3,995,947  
  3,280,000      Lithia Motors, Inc., 3.875%, 6/01/2029, 144A      3,410,610  
  10,257,000      Lithia Motors, Inc., 4.375%, 1/15/2031, 144A      10,949,347  
  4,582,000      MercadoLibre, Inc., 3.125%, 1/14/2031      4,421,676  
     

 

 

 
        91,822,950  
     

 

 

 
   Sovereigns — 3.4%

 

  13,213,000      Colombia Government International Bond, 4.125%, 5/15/2051      11,338,340  
  23,769,000      Dominican Republic, 4.875%, 9/23/2032, 144A      24,244,618  
  11,070,000      Dominican Republic, 5.300%, 1/21/2041, 144A      10,948,341  
  16,076,000      Egypt Government International Bond, 5.875%, 2/16/2031, 144A      14,770,147  
  6,795,000      Indonesia Government International Bond, 3.700%, 1/08/2022, 144A      6,851,874  
  8,600,000      Kenya Government International Bond, 6.300%, 1/23/2034, 144A      8,491,382  
  27,253,000      Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 3.250%, 10/26/2026, 144A      29,367,560  
  17,866,000      Mexico Government International Bond, 3.771%, 5/24/2061      15,864,472  
  14,611,000      Morocco Government International Bond, 4.000%, 12/15/2050, 144A      13,328,154  
  6,285,000      Oman Sovereign Sukuk Co., 4.875%, 6/15/2030, 144A      6,614,271  
   Sovereigns — continued

 

2,980,000      Peruvian Government International Bond, 2.392%, 1/23/2026    3,040,554  
  7,473,000      Qatar Government International Bond, 4.400%, 4/16/2050, 144A      9,107,644  
  14,497,000      Republic of Ghana, 7.750%, 4/07/2029, 144A      13,804,043  
  9,432,000      Republic of Oman, 3.875%, 3/08/2022, 144A      9,492,176  
  10,029,000      State of Qatar, 3.875%, 4/23/2023, 144A      10,549,625  
  18,089,000      Ukraine Government International Bond, 7.253%, 3/15/2033, 144A      18,300,279  
  4,000,460,000      Uruguay Government International Bond, 8.250%, 5/21/2031, (UYU)      94,651,425  
     

 

 

 
        300,764,905  
     

 

 

 
   Supermarkets — 0.3%

 

  12,271,000      Albertsons Cos., Inc./Safeway, Inc./New Albertsons LP/Albertsons LLC, 3.500%, 3/15/2029, 144A      12,246,151  
  15,901,000      Albertsons Cos., Inc./Safeway, Inc./New Albertsons LP/Albertsons LLC, 3.250%, 3/15/2026, 144A      16,139,515  
     

 

 

 
        28,385,666  
     

 

 

 
   Technology — 2.8%

 

  3,425,000      Baidu, Inc., 2.375%, 10/09/2030      3,361,843  
  4,515,000      Baidu, Inc., 3.075%, 4/07/2025      4,737,183  
  4,890,000      Broadcom, Inc., 3.137%, 11/15/2035, 144A      4,874,626  
  18,789,000      Corning, Inc., 5.450%, 11/15/2079      25,502,596  
  3,133,000      Equifax, Inc., 2.600%, 12/15/2025      3,284,995  
  2,544,000      Equifax, Inc., 3.300%, 12/15/2022      2,612,387  
  4,324,000      Equifax, Inc., 7.000%, 7/01/2037      6,130,224  
  13,320,000      HCL America, Inc., 1.375%, 3/10/2026, 144A      13,158,828  
  7,756,000      Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., 4.450%, 10/02/2023      8,307,781  
  4,916,000      Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., 4.650%, 10/01/2024      5,430,698  
  17,421,000      Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., 6.200%, 10/15/2035      23,064,478  
  16,919,000      Iron Mountain, Inc., 4.500%, 2/15/2031, 144A      17,160,942  
  21,206,000      J2 Global, Inc., 4.625%, 10/15/2030, 144A      22,531,375  
  6,975,000      Jabil, Inc., 3.000%, 1/15/2031      7,152,767  
  13,294,000      Microchip Technology, Inc., 2.670%, 9/01/2023      13,783,127  
  6,371,000      Microchip Technology, Inc., 4.333%, 6/01/2023      6,733,609  
  13,101,000      Micron Technology, Inc., 2.497%, 4/24/2023      13,484,597  
  6,151,000      Molex Electronic Technologies LLC, 3.900%, 4/15/2025, 144A      6,461,762  
  17,571,000      Oracle Corp., 4.100%, 3/25/2061      18,706,552  
  5,778,000      Sabre GLBL, Inc., 7.375%, 9/01/2025, 144A      6,158,192  
  1,475,000      Sabre GLBL, Inc., 9.250%, 4/15/2025, 144A      1,704,790  
  1,374,000      Science Applications International Corp., 4.875%, 4/01/2028, 144A      1,419,960  
  2,060,000      Seagate HDD Cayman, 4.125%, 1/15/2031      2,144,151  
  5,644,000      Sensata Technologies BV, 4.000%, 4/15/2029, 144A      5,745,310  
  7,989,000      Sensata Technologies, Inc., 3.750%, 2/15/2031, 144A      8,043,645  
  16,293,000      Tencent Holdings Ltd., 3.290%, 6/03/2060, 144A      15,179,211  
     

 

 

 
        246,875,629  
     

 

 

 
   Tobacco — 0.4%

 

  3,362,000      Altria Group, Inc., 2.350%, 5/06/2025      3,485,865  
  31,751,000      BAT Capital Corp., 2.789%, 9/06/2024      33,391,067  
     

 

 

 
        36,876,932  
     

 

 

 
   Transportation Services — 0.1%

 

  9,293,000      Ryder System, Inc., MTN, 2.500%, 9/01/2024      9,712,747  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Treasuries — 16.1%

 

  9,838,100(††)      Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M, 5.750%, 3/05/2026, (MXN)    $ 45,448,338  
  25,562,431(††)      Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M 20, 8.500%, 5/31/2029, (MXN)      132,456,774  
  468,727,000      Republic of Uruguay, 8.500%, 3/15/2028, 144A, (UYU)      11,415,531  
  250,098,000      Republic of Uruguay, 9.875%, 6/20/2022, 144A, (UYU)      5,929,895  
  40,725,000      U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.000%, 8/15/2051      40,005,949  
  10,150,000      U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.250%, 5/15/2041      10,554,414  
  1,860,000      U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.375%, 5/15/2051      1,984,969  
  38,381,800      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.250%, 5/31/2025(f)      37,734,107  
  448,836,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.625%, 7/31/2026      441,647,613  
  35,580,500      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.750%, 3/31/2026      35,328,935  
  72,580,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.750%, 8/31/2026      71,803,168  
  115,805,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.875%, 9/30/2026      115,180,739  
  201,725,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.250%, 9/30/2028      200,873,973  
  25,590,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.250%, 8/15/2031      24,970,242  
  61,745,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.625%, 10/31/2023      63,423,692  
  4,267,700      U.S. Treasury Note, 2.375%, 5/15/2029      4,581,109  
  20,372,800      U.S. Treasury Note, 2.625%, 2/15/2029      22,212,719  
  62,385,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 2.875%, 10/15/2021      62,452,202  
  81,104,600      U.S. Treasury Note, 3.125%, 11/15/2028(f)      91,122,285  
  93,095,000      Uruguay Government International Bond, 8.500%, 3/15/2028, (UYU)      2,267,266  
     

 

 

 
        1,421,393,920  
     

 

 

 
   Utility Other — 0.3%

 

  25,543,639      Acwa Power Management & Investments One Ltd., 5.950%, 12/15/2039, 144A      30,652,367  
     

 

 

 
   Wireless — 1.1%

 

  13,487,000      America Movil SAB de CV, 2.875%, 5/07/2030      14,030,094  
  1,207,000      American Tower Corp., 4.700%, 3/15/2022      1,230,250  
  19,567,000      Bharti Airtel Ltd., 4.375%, 6/10/2025, 144A      21,030,807  
  983,000      Crown Castle International Corp., 4.150%, 7/01/2050      1,115,971  
  5,305,000      Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A., 3.050%, 9/14/2032, 144A      5,212,163  
  7,180,000      Kenbourne Invest S.A., 4.700%, 1/22/2028, 144A      7,220,495  
  5,452,000      Millicom International Cellular S.A., 4.500%, 4/27/2031, 144A      5,700,066  
  17,920,000      SBA Communications Corp., 3.125%, 2/01/2029, 144A      17,315,200  
  20,429,000      T-Mobile USA, Inc., 3.875%, 4/15/2030      22,556,927  
     

 

 

 
        95,411,973  
     

 

 

 
   Wirelines — 0.7%

 

  22,028,000      AT&T, Inc., 1.700%, 3/25/2026      22,300,700  
  7,956,000      AT&T, Inc., 3.500%, 9/15/2053      7,874,212  
  2,128,000      AT&T, Inc., 3.550%, 9/15/2055      2,098,514  
  3,863,000      AT&T, Inc., 3.650%, 6/01/2051      3,936,349  
  15,891,000      AT&T, Inc., 3.650%, 9/15/2059      15,842,101  
  7,539,000      AT&T, Inc., 3.800%, 12/01/2057      7,701,480  
     

 

 

 
        59,753,356  
     

 

 

 
   Total Non-Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $7,958,866,090)
     8,093,644,455  
     

 

 

 
     
  Municipals — 0.2%  
   Virginia — 0.2%

 

14,765,000      University of Virginia, Revenue Bond, Series A, 3.227%, 9/01/2119    14,837,710  
     

 

 

 
   Total Municipals
(Identified Cost $14,765,000)
     14,837,710  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Bonds and Notes
(Identified Cost $7,973,631,090)
     8,108,482,165  
     

 

 

 
     
  Senior Loans — 5.1%  
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.2%

 

  12,817,414      TransDigm, Inc., 2020 Term Loan F, 1-month LIBOR + 2.250%, 2.334%, 12/09/2025(b)      12,657,196  
  6,328,521      TransDigm, Inc., 2020 Term Loan G, 1-month LIBOR + 2.250%, 2.334%, 8/22/2024(b)      6,257,325  
     

 

 

 
        18,914,521  
     

 

 

 
   Automotive — 0.0%

 

  2,724,400      KAR Auction Services, Inc., 2019 Term Loan B6, 1-month LIBOR + 2.250%, 2.375%, 9/19/2026(b)      2,656,290  
  1,487,781      Visteon Corp., 2018 Term Loan B, LIBOR + 1.750%, 1.834%, 3/25/2024(a)      1,472,903  
     

 

 

 
        4,129,193  
     

 

 

 
   Brokerage — 0.2%

 

  10,157,273      Citadel Securities LP, 2021 Term Loan B, 1-month LIBOR + 2.500%, 2.584%, 2/02/2028(b)      10,059,357  
  6,231,250      Zebra Buyer LLC, Term Loan B, 4/21/2028(h)      6,247,950  
     

 

 

 
        16,307,307  
     

 

 

 
   Building Materials — 0.8%

 

  19,590,076      American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc., 2019 Term Loan, 1-month LIBOR + 2.000%, 2.084%, 1/15/2027(b)      19,450,203  
  15,290,908      Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc., 2021 Term Loan B, 1-month LIBOR + 2.250%, 2.334%, 5/19/2028(b)      15,196,868  
  10,132,652      Quikrete Holdings, Inc., 2016 1st Lien Term Loan, 1-month LIBOR + 2.500%, 2.584%, 2/01/2027(b)      10,041,863  
  7,323,510      Quikrete Holdings, Inc., 2021 Term Loan B1, 2/21/2028(h)      7,296,999  
  17,961,174      Summit Materials Cos. I LLC, 2017 Term Loan B, 1-month LIBOR + 2.000%, 2.084%, 11/21/2024(b)      17,921,839  
     

 

 

 
        69,907,772  
     

 

 

 
   Cable Satellite — 0.4%

 

  12,245,142      CSC Holdings LLC, 2017 Term Loan B1, 1-month LIBOR + 2.250%, 2.334%, 7/17/2025(b)      12,061,465  
  4,217,424      Telenet Financing USD LLC, 2020 USD Term Loan AR, 1-month LIBOR + 2.000%, 2.084%, 4/30/2028(b)      4,166,477  
  9,994,764      UPC Broadband Holding BV, 2020 USD Term Loan AT, 1-month LIBOR + 2.250%, 2.334%, 4/30/2028(b)      9,884,422  
  12,405,000      Virgin Media Bristol LLC, USD Term Loan N, 1-month LIBOR + 2.500%, 2.584%, 1/31/2028(b)      12,316,676  
     

 

 

 
        38,429,040  
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 0.0%

 

  4,070,400      Venator Materials Corp., Term Loan B, 1-month LIBOR + 3.000%, 3.084%, 8/08/2024(b)      4,011,054  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Consumer Cyclical Services — 0.2%

 

$ 430,375      FrontDoor, Inc., 2021 Term Loan B, 1-month LIBOR + 2.250%, 2.334%, 6/17/2028(b)    $ 429,299  
  4,344,113      RE/MAX International, Inc., 2021 Term Loan B, 3-month LIBOR + 2.500%, 3.000%, 7/21/2028(b)      4,327,822  
  11,055,399      Trans Union LLC, 2019 Term Loan B5, 1-month LIBOR + 1.750%, 1.834%, 11/16/2026(b)      10,981,107  
     

 

 

 
        15,738,228  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Products — 0.1%

 

  6,887,092      Coty, Inc., 2018 USD Term Loan B, 1-month LIBOR + 2.250%, 2.333%, 4/07/2025(b)      6,753,689  
  4,859,697      SRAM LLC, 2021 Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.750%, 3.250%, 5/12/2028(a)      4,851,582  
     

 

 

 
        11,605,271  
     

 

 

 
   Electric — 0.2%

 

  5,771,649      Calpine Corp., 2019 Term Loan B10, 1-month LIBOR + 2.000%, 2.084%, 8/12/2026(b)      5,698,407  
  4,360,722      Calpine Corp., Term Loan B9, 1-month LIBOR + 2.000%, 2.090%, 4/05/2026(b)      4,308,960  
  9,904,625      Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 2020 Term Loan, 3-month LIBOR + 3.000%, 3.500%, 6/23/2025(b)      9,728,224  
     

 

 

 
        19,735,591  
     

 

 

 
   Food & Beverage — 0.1%

 

  8,942,631      Aramark Services, Inc., 2021 Term Loan B, 1-month LIBOR + 2.500%, 2.584%, 4/06/2028(b)      8,875,561  
     

 

 

 
   Gaming — 0.2%

 

  4,363,013      Churchill Downs, Inc., 2017 Term Loan B, 1-month LIBOR + 2.000%, 2.086%, 12/27/2024(b)      4,352,105  
  10,062,478      Churchill Downs, Inc., 2021 Incremental Term Loan B1, 1-month LIBOR + 2.000%, 2.090%, 3/10/2028(b)      9,961,853  
     

 

 

 
        14,313,958  
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Other — 0.3%

 

  14,330,952      AEA International Holdings (Lux) S.a.r.l., Term Loan B, 3-month LIBOR + 3.750%, 4.250%, 9/07/2028(b)      14,313,039  
  7,790,475      AECOM, 2021 Term Loan B, 1-month LIBOR + 1.750%, 1.834%, 4/13/2028(b)      7,782,684  
  2,315,746      Altra Industrial Motion Corp., 2018 Term Loan B, 1-month LIBOR + 2.000%, 2.084%, 10/01/2025(b)      2,300,694  
     

 

 

 
        24,396,417  
     

 

 

 
   Media Entertainment — 0.6%

 

  5,005,475      E.W. Scripps Co. (The), 2020 Term Loan B3, 1-month LIBOR + 3.000%, 3.750%, 1/07/2028(b)      5,012,433  
  9,400,342      Entercom Media Corp., 2019 Term Loan, 1-month LIBOR + 2.500%, 2.585%, 11/18/2024(b)      9,253,508  
  3,468,383      Lamar Media Corp., 2020 Term Loan B, 1-month LIBOR + 1.500%, 1.583%, 2/05/2027(b)      3,436,959  
  12,965,920      Meredith Corp., 2020 Term Loan B2, 1-month LIBOR + 2.500%, 2.584%, 1/31/2025(b)      12,932,598  
  12,900,777      Nielsen Finance LLC, USD Term Loan B4, 1-month LIBOR + 2.000%, 2.083%, 10/04/2023(b)      12,876,653  
  5,929,000      Sinclair Television Group, Inc., Term Loan B2B, 1-month LIBOR + 2.500%, 2.590%, 9/30/2026(b)      5,821,566  
  6,690,750      WMG Acquisition Corp., 2021 Term Loan G, 1-month LIBOR + 2.125%, 2.209%, 1/20/2028(b)      6,650,338  
     

 

 

 
        55,984,055  
     

 

 

 
   Midstream — 0.1%

 

7,448,000      DT Midstream, Inc., Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.000%, 2.500%, 6/26/2028(a)    7,442,191  
     

 

 

 
   Packaging — 0.0%

 

  2,474,305      Plastipak Packaging, Inc., 2018 Term Loan B, 1-month LIBOR + 2.500%, 2.590%, 10/14/2024(b)      2,470,915  
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.4%

 

  4,275,592      Bausch Health Cos., Inc., Term Loan B, 1-month LIBOR + 2.750%, 2.834%, 11/27/2025(b)      4,262,765  
  6,383,967      Change Healthcare Holdings LLC, 2017 Term Loan B, LIBOR + 2.500%, 3.500%, 3/01/2024(a)      6,376,306  
  19,573,645      Elanco Animal Health, Inc., Term Loan B, 1-month LIBOR + 1.750%, 1.836%, 8/01/2027(b)      19,321,928  
  4,925,273      Grifols Worldwide Operations USA, Inc., USD 2019 Term Loan B, 1 Week LIBOR + 2.000%, 2.072%, 11/15/2027(b)      4,843,168  
     

 

 

 
        34,804,167  
     

 

 

 
   Property & Casualty Insurance — 0.1%

 

  2,659,200      USI, Inc., 2017 Repriced Term Loan, 3-month LIBOR + 3.000%, 3.132%, 5/16/2024(b)      2,639,734  
  2,087,838      USI, Inc., 2019 Incremental Term Loan B, 3-month LIBOR + 3.250%, 3.382%, 12/02/2026(b)      2,072,827  
     

 

 

 
        4,712,561  
     

 

 

 
   Restaurants — 0.2%

 

  18,171,338      1011778 B.C. Unlimited Liability Co., Term Loan B4, 1-month LIBOR + 1.750%, 1.837%, 11/19/2026(b)      17,936,564  
     

 

 

 
   Technology — 0.6%

 

  9,777,738      Iron Mountain, Inc., 2018 Term Loan B, 1-month LIBOR + 1.750%, 1.834%, 1/02/2026(b)      9,679,961  
  19,673,393      ON Semiconductor Corp., 2019 Term Loan B, 1-month LIBOR + 2.000%, 2.084%, 9/19/2026(b)      19,641,522  
  1,924,856      Sabre GLBL, Inc., 2018 Term Loan B, 1-month LIBOR + 2.000%, 2.084%, 2/22/2024(b)      1,900,449  
  3,547,052      Sabre GLBL, Inc., 2021 Term Loan B1, 1-month LIBOR + 3.500%, 4.000%, 12/17/2027(b)      3,525,982  
  5,654,211      Sabre GLBL, Inc., 2021 Term Loan B2, 1-month LIBOR + 3.500%, 4.000%, 12/17/2027(b)      5,620,625  
  9,584,398      SS&C Technologies Inc., 2018 Term Loan B5, 1-month LIBOR + 1.750%, 1.834%, 4/16/2025(b)      9,492,580  
     

 

 

 
        49,861,119  
     

 

 

 
   Transportation Services — 0.2%

 

  10,388,901      Uber Technologies, Inc., 2021 Term Loan B, 1-month LIBOR + 3.500%, 3.584%, 2/25/2027(b)      10,380,278  
  4,673,193      WEX, Inc., 2021 Term Loan, 1-month LIBOR + 2.250%, 2.334%, 3/31/2028(b)      4,651,136  
     

 

 

 
        15,031,414  
     

 

 

 
   Wireless — 0.2%

 

  2,375,530      Asurion LLC, 2018 Term Loan B6, 1-month LIBOR + 3.125%, 3.209%, 11/03/2023(b)      2,360,683  
  15,698,240      Asurion LLC, 2020 Term Loan B8, 1-month LIBOR + 3.250%, 3.334%, 12/23/2026(b)      15,457,115  
     

 

 

 
        17,817,798  
     

 

 

 
   Total Senior Loans
(Identified Cost $453,853,278)
     452,424,697  
     

 

 

 
     

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
  Short-Term Investments — 11.0%  
$ 770,683,768      Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 9/30/2021 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $770,683,768 on 10/01/2021 collateralized by $117,000,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.875% due 8/15/2040 valued at $153,429,939; $117,829,600 U.S. Treasury Bond, 1.125% due 8/15/2040 valued at $101,526,726; $588,165,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 1.375% due 11/15/2040 valued at $531,140,786 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)    $ 770,683,768  
  186,490,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.002%-0.014%, 10/12/2021(i)(j)      186,488,363  
  13,380,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.010%, 10/07/2021(i)      13,379,916  
     

 

 

 
   Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $970,553,291)
     970,552,047  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Investments — 107.7%
(Identified Cost $9,398,037,659)
     9,531,458,909  
   Other assets less liabilities — (7.7)%      (681,908,562
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 8,849,550,347  
     

 

 

 
     
  (‡)      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 September 30, 2021 is disclosed.

 

  (b)      Variable rate security. Rate as of September 30, 2021 is disclosed.

 

  (c)      Level 3 security. Value has been determined using significant unobservable inputs. See Note 3 of Notes to Financial Statements.

 

  (d)      Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser. At September 30, 2021, the value of these securities amounted to $1,001,922 or less than 0.1% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.

 

  (e)      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.

 

  (f)      Security (or a portion thereof) has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open TBA transactions.

 

  (g)      When-issued/delayed delivery. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.

 

  (h)      Position is unsettled. Contract rate was not determined at September 30, 2021 and does not take effect until settlement date. Maturity date is not finalized until settlement date.

 

  (i)      Interest rate represents discount rate at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.

 

  (j)      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 September 30, 2021, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $2,193,450,851 or 24.8% of net assets.

 

  ABS      Asset-Backed Securities

 

  EMTN      Euro Medium Term Note

 

  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

 

  REMIC      Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit

 

  SOFR      Secured Overnight Financing Rate

 

  TBA      To Be Announced

 

  UMBS®      Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

     
  MXN      Mexican Peso

 

  UYU      Uruguayan Peso

 

Industry Summary at September 30, 2021

 

Mortgage Related

     25.4

Treasuries

     16.1  

Banking

     9.0  

Sovereigns

     3.4  

Technology

     3.4  

Government Owned - No Guarantee

     2.7  

Finance Companies

     2.4  

Electric

     2.3  

Automotive

     2.1  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     29.9  

Short-Term Investments

     11.0  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     107.7  

Other assets less liabilities

     (7.7
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Credit Income Fund

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes — 92.6% of Net Assets  
  Non-Convertible Bonds — 87.5%  
   Aerospace & Defense — 3.4%

 

$ 125,000      Boeing Co. (The), 2.196%, 2/04/2026    $ 125,921  
  20,000      Boeing Co. (The), 2.250%, 6/15/2026      20,329  
  20,000      Boeing Co. (The), 2.950%, 2/01/2030      20,392  
  5,000      Boeing Co. (The), 3.100%, 5/01/2026      5,285  
  10,000      Boeing Co. (The), 3.200%, 3/01/2029      10,406  
  5,000      Boeing Co. (The), 3.250%, 2/01/2035      5,000  
  5,000      Boeing Co. (The), 3.375%, 6/15/2046      4,815  
  5,000      Boeing Co. (The), 3.500%, 3/01/2039      5,012  
  15,000      Boeing Co. (The), 3.550%, 3/01/2038      15,236  
  220,000      Boeing Co. (The), 3.625%, 2/01/2031      235,512  
  5,000      Boeing Co. (The), 3.625%, 3/01/2048      4,909  
  40,000      Boeing Co. (The), 3.750%, 2/01/2050      40,554  
  15,000      Boeing Co. (The), 3.825%, 3/01/2059      14,714  
  10,000      Boeing Co. (The), 3.850%, 11/01/2048      10,189  
  15,000      Boeing Co. (The), 3.900%, 5/01/2049      15,441  
  30,000      Boeing Co. (The), 3.950%, 8/01/2059      30,789  
  40,000      Boeing Co. (The), 5.150%, 5/01/2030      46,948  
  20,000      Boeing Co. (The), 5.805%, 5/01/2050      26,659  
  30,000      Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., 3.844%, 5/01/2025      32,492  
  20,000      Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., 4.200%, 5/01/2030      22,574  
  5,000      Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., 4.600%, 6/15/2028      4,963  
  30,000      Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., 7.500%, 4/15/2025, 144A      31,762  
  125,000      Textron, Inc., 3.000%, 6/01/2030      131,349  
     

 

 

 
        861,251  
     

 

 

 
   Airlines — 0.6%

 

  75,745      American Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2016-3, Class A, 3.250%, 4/15/2030      73,172  
  15,000      American Airlines, Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd., 5.500%, 4/20/2026, 144A      15,769  
  15,000      American Airlines, Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd., 5.750%, 4/20/2029, 144A      16,162  
  14,014      United Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2020-1, Class B, 4.875%, 7/15/2027      14,827  
  10,000      United Airlines, Inc., 4.375%, 4/15/2026, 144A      10,263  
  15,000      United Airlines, Inc., 4.625%, 4/15/2029, 144A      15,502  
     

 

 

 
        145,695  
     

 

 

 
   Automotive — 1.7%

 

  60,000      Allison Transmission, Inc., 3.750%, 1/30/2031, 144A      58,350  
  40,000      Ford Motor Co., 9.000%, 4/22/2025      48,101  
  30,000      Ford Motor Co., 9.625%, 4/22/2030      42,464  
  170,000      General Motors Co., 5.200%, 4/01/2045      207,017  
  40,000      General Motors Co., 6.250%, 10/02/2043      53,878  
  5,000      General Motors Financial Co., Inc., Series C, (fixed rate to 9/30/2030, variable rate thereafter), 5.700%(a)      5,756  
     

 

 

 
        415,566  
     

 

 

 
   Banking — 10.0%

 

  65,000      Ally Financial, Inc., Series B, (fixed rate to 5/15/2026, variable rate thereafter), 4.700%(a)      67,655  
  50,000      Ally Financial, Inc., Series C, (fixed rate to 5/15/2028, variable rate thereafter), 4.700%(a)      52,250  
  270,000      Bank of America Corp., MTN, 4.250%, 10/22/2026(b)      303,910  
  200,000      Barclays PLC, (fixed rate to 9/23/2030, variable rate thereafter), 3.564%, 9/23/2035      207,495  
  215,000      Citigroup, Inc., 4.450%, 9/29/2027(b)      244,496  
  250,000      Credit Agricole S.A., (fixed rate to 1/10/2028, variable rate thereafter), 4.000%, 1/10/2033, 144A(b)      269,807  
  150,000      Deutsche Bank AG, (fixed rate to 9/18/2030, variable rate thereafter), 3.547%, 9/18/2031      160,068  
  390,000      Morgan Stanley, 3.625%, 1/20/2027(b)      429,912  
   Banking — continued

 

200,000      NatWest Group PLC, (fixed rate to 6/14/2026, variable rate thereafter), 1.642%, 6/14/2027    199,987  
  115,000      Santander Holdings USA, Inc., 3.244%, 10/05/2026      122,845  
  200,000      Societe Generale S.A., (fixed rate to 7/08/2030, variable rate thereafter), 3.653%, 7/08/2035, 144A      207,255  
  200,000      Standard Chartered PLC, (fixed rate to 4/01/2030, variable rate thereafter), 4.644%, 4/01/2031, 144A(b)      230,700  
     

 

 

 
        2,496,380  
     

 

 

 
   Brokerage — 1.3%

 

  15,000      Jefferies Group LLC, 6.250%, 1/15/2036      20,149  
  180,000      Jefferies Group LLC, 6.500%, 1/20/2043      249,736  
  60,000      Owl Rock Technology Finance Corp., 2.500%, 1/15/2027      60,233  
     

 

 

 
        330,118  
     

 

 

 
   Building Materials — 0.4%

 

  40,000      Builders FirstSource, Inc., 6.750%, 6/01/2027, 144A      42,400  
  55,000      JELD-WEN, Inc., 4.875%, 12/15/2027, 144A      57,312  
     

 

 

 
        99,712  
     

 

 

 
   Cable Satellite — 3.2%

 

  120,000      CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.250%, 2/01/2031, 144A      122,059  
  120,000      CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.500%, 8/15/2030, 144A      123,807  
  90,000      Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., 3.950%, 6/30/2062      86,822  
  165,000      Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., 4.800%, 3/01/2050      185,164  
  15,000      DIRECTV Holdings LLC/DIRECTV Financing Co., Inc., 5.875%, 8/15/2027, 144A      15,656  
  40,000      DISH DBS Corp., 5.125%, 6/01/2029      39,192  
  5,000      Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 5.500%, 7/01/2029, 144A      5,406  
  200,000      Time Warner Cable LLC, 4.500%, 9/15/2042      218,868  
     

 

 

 
        796,974  
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 1.5%

 

  70,000      CF Industries, Inc., 4.500%, 12/01/2026, 144A      79,812  
  15,000      FMC Corp., 3.450%, 10/01/2029      16,188  
  60,000      Hercules LLC, 6.500%, 6/30/2029      68,163  
  200,000      Orbia Advance Corp. SAB de CV, 2.875%, 5/11/2031, 144A      201,488  
     

 

 

 
        365,651  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Cyclical Services — 3.5%

 

  185,000      Expedia Group, Inc., 3.250%, 2/15/2030      191,328  
  50,000      Go Daddy Operating Co. LLC/GD Finance Co., Inc., 3.500%, 3/01/2029, 144A      49,562  
  45,000      TriNet Group, Inc., 3.500%, 3/01/2029, 144A      45,113  
  115,000      Uber Technologies, Inc., 7.500%, 5/15/2025, 144A      122,590  
  325,000      Uber Technologies, Inc., 4.500%, 8/15/2029, 144A      327,234  
  5,000      Uber Technologies, Inc., 7.500%, 9/15/2027, 144A      5,459  
  115,000      Uber Technologies, Inc., 8.000%, 11/01/2026, 144A      121,541  
     

 

 

 
        862,827  
     

 

 

 
   Electric — 1.6%

 

  15,000      AES Corp. (The), 2.450%, 1/15/2031      14,794  
  5,000      AES Corp. (The), 3.950%, 7/15/2030, 144A      5,498  
  85,000      Calpine Corp., 3.750%, 3/01/2031, 144A      81,812  
  40,000      Calpine Corp., 5.125%, 3/15/2028, 144A      40,509  
  20,000      IPALCO Enterprises, Inc., 4.250%, 5/01/2030      22,435  
  35,000      NRG Energy, Inc., 4.450%, 6/15/2029, 144A      38,724  
  35,000      NRG Energy, Inc., 5.250%, 6/15/2029, 144A      37,231  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Credit Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Electric — continued

 

$ 140,000      Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 3.500%, 8/01/2050    $ 127,321  
  20,000      Vistra Operations Co. LLC, 3.700%, 1/30/2027, 144A      21,092  
     

 

 

 
        389,416  
     

 

 

 
   Finance Companies — 6.6%

 

  150,000      AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, 3.875%, 1/23/2028      161,043  
  105,000      Air Lease Corp., 3.125%, 12/01/2030      107,568  
  205,000      Air Lease Corp., MTN, 3.000%, 2/01/2030      208,015  
  40,000      Air Lease Corp., Series B, (fixed rate to 6/15/2026, variable rate thereafter), 4.650%(a)      41,850  
  125,000      Aircastle Ltd., 4.125%, 5/01/2024      132,966  
  15,000      Aircastle Ltd., (fixed rate to 6/15/2026, variable rate thereafter), 5.250%, 144A(a)      15,349  
  100,000      Ares Capital Corp., 2.875%, 6/15/2028      101,302  
  25,000      Aviation Capital Group LLC, 1.950%, 1/30/2026, 144A      24,910  
  35,000      FS KKR Capital Corp., 3.400%, 1/15/2026      36,571  
  200,000      GE Capital Funding LLC, 4.400%, 5/15/2030      231,744  
  75,000      Navient Corp., 5.000%, 3/15/2027      77,250  
  35,000      Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp., 2.700%, 1/15/2027      35,111  
  10,000      OneMain Finance Corp., 7.125%, 3/15/2026      11,587  
  50,000      Owl Rock Capital Corp., 2.625%, 1/15/2027      50,088  
  50,000      Owl Rock Capital Corp., 2.875%, 6/11/2028      49,907  
  80,000      Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 2.875%, 10/15/2026, 144A      78,176  
  75,000      Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 3.625%, 3/01/2029, 144A      75,844  
  155,000      Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 3.875%, 3/01/2031, 144A      156,356  
  55,000      Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 4.000%, 10/15/2033, 144A      54,587  
     

 

 

 
        1,650,224  
     

 

 

 
   Financial Other — 1.0%

 

  115,000      Blackstone Secured Lending Fund, 2.125%, 2/15/2027, 144A      113,713  
  30,000      Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 4.375%, 2/01/2029      29,963  
  115,000      Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 5.250%, 5/15/2027      119,312  
     

 

 

 
        262,988  
     

 

 

 
   Food & Beverage — 3.0%

 

  150,000      Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV, 3.500%, 1/16/2050(b)      156,934  
  145,000      Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 4.375%, 6/01/2046      165,444  
  95,000      Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 4.875%, 10/01/2049      115,624  
  10,000      Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., 3.500%, 3/01/2032, 144A      10,171  
  50,000      Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., 5.875%, 9/30/2027, 144A      53,162  
  60,000      Post Holdings, Inc., 4.625%, 4/15/2030, 144A      60,464  
  190,000      Smithfield Foods, Inc., 3.000%, 10/15/2030, 144A      191,244  
     

 

 

 
        753,043  
     

 

 

 
   Gaming — 0.7%

 

  85,000      MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP/MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc., 3.875%, 2/15/2029, 144A      90,525  
  15,000      Penn National Gaming, Inc., 4.125%, 7/01/2029, 144A      14,826  
  55,000      Scientific Games International, Inc., 7.000%, 5/15/2028, 144A      59,331  
  5,000      Scientific Games International, Inc., 7.250%, 11/15/2029, 144A      5,618  
     

 

 

 
        170,300  
     

 

 

 
   Health Insurance — 0.6%

 

90,000      Centene Corp., 2.500%, 3/01/2031    88,763  
  35,000      Centene Corp., 2.625%, 8/01/2031      34,763  
  20,000      Centene Corp., 3.000%, 10/15/2030      20,500  
  5,000      Centene Corp., 4.625%, 12/15/2029      5,449  
     

 

 

 
        149,475  
     

 

 

 
   Healthcare — 2.3%

 

  15,000      Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., 3.125%, 2/15/2029, 144A      14,729  
  10,000      Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., 3.750%, 3/15/2029, 144A      10,212  
  75,000      Cigna Corp., 4.375%, 10/15/2028      86,671  
  5,000      Encompass Health Corp., 4.750%, 2/01/2030      5,259  
  165,000      HCA, Inc., 4.125%, 6/15/2029      184,309  
  100,000      HCA, Inc., 5.250%, 6/15/2049      127,635  
  90,000      Hologic, Inc., 3.250%, 2/15/2029, 144A      90,043  
  25,000      Tenet Healthcare Corp., 4.625%, 6/15/2028, 144A      25,904  
  30,000      Tenet Healthcare Corp., 6.125%, 10/01/2028, 144A      31,514  
     

 

 

 
        576,276  
     

 

 

 
   Home Construction — 0.8%

 

  90,000      Lennar Corp., 4.750%, 11/29/2027      104,283  
  70,000      PulteGroup, Inc., 6.000%, 2/15/2035      90,475  
     

 

 

 
        194,758  
     

 

 

 
   Independent Energy — 2.4%

 

  150,000      Aker BP ASA, 4.000%, 1/15/2031, 144A      163,155  
  10,000      Cimarex Energy Co., 4.375%, 6/01/2024      10,783  
  20,000      Continental Resources, Inc., 3.800%, 6/01/2024      21,016  
  40,000      Continental Resources, Inc., 5.750%, 1/15/2031, 144A      48,350  
  20,000      Diamondback Energy, Inc., 3.125%, 3/24/2031      20,768  
  25,000      Energean Israel Finance Ltd., 5.375%, 3/30/2028, 144A      25,585  
  40,000      Energean Israel Finance Ltd., 5.875%, 3/30/2031, 144A      41,086  
  5,000      EQT Corp., 3.125%, 5/15/2026, 144A      5,126  
  10,000      EQT Corp., 3.625%, 5/15/2031, 144A      10,420  
  5,000      EQT Corp., 5.000%, 1/15/2029      5,630  
  55,000      Hess Corp., 4.300%, 4/01/2027      61,086  
  60,000      Hess Corp., 5.600%, 2/15/2041      74,967  
  30,000      Occidental Petroleum Corp., 5.550%, 3/15/2026      33,300  
  45,000      Ovintiv Exploration, Inc., 5.375%, 1/01/2026      50,880  
  20,000      Ovintiv Exploration, Inc., 5.625%, 7/01/2024      22,177  
     

 

 

 
        594,329  
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Other — 0.1%

 

  20,000      TopBuild Corp., 4.125%, 2/15/2032, 144A      20,200  
     

 

 

 
   Leisure — 0.6%

 

  55,000      Carnival Corp., 5.750%, 3/01/2027, 144A      56,856  
  30,000      NCL Corp. Ltd., 5.875%, 3/15/2026, 144A      30,750  
  10,000      NCL Finance Ltd., 6.125%, 3/15/2028, 144A      10,375  
  60,000      Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 5.500%, 4/01/2028, 144A      61,369  
     

 

 

 
        159,350  
     

 

 

 
   Life Insurance — 0.8%

 

  50,000      Athene Global Funding, 1.608%, 6/29/2026, 144A      49,964  
  95,000      Athene Global Funding, 2.550%, 11/19/2030, 144A      95,143  
  30,000      Athene Holding Ltd., 3.500%, 1/15/2031      32,121  
  30,000      CNO Financial Group, Inc., 5.250%, 5/30/2029      35,247  
     

 

 

 
        212,475  
     

 

 

 
   Lodging — 1.2%

 

  60,000      Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc., 3.625%, 2/15/2032, 144A      59,100  
  40,000      Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc., 4.000%, 5/01/2031, 144A      40,774  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Credit Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Lodging — continued

 

$ 10,000      Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow LLC/Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow, 4.875%, 7/01/2031, 144A    $ 10,037  
  25,000      Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow LLC/Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow, 5.000%, 6/01/2029, 144A      25,500  
  5,000      Hyatt Hotels Corp., 5.375%, 4/23/2025      5,585  
  15,000      Hyatt Hotels Corp., 5.750%, 4/23/2030      18,006  
  3,000      Marriott International, Inc., Series EE, 5.750%, 5/01/2025      3,431  
  25,000      Marriott International, Inc., Series FF, 4.625%, 6/15/2030      28,562  
  20,000      Marriott International, Inc., Series HH, 2.850%, 4/15/2031      20,256  
  20,000      Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc., 4.500%, 6/15/2029, 144A      20,250  
  75,000      Travel & Leisure Co., 4.625%, 3/01/2030, 144A      77,062  
     

 

 

 
        308,563  
     

 

 

 
   Media Entertainment — 2.5%

 

  25,000      AMC Networks, Inc., 4.250%, 2/15/2029      24,875  
  60,000      Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., 5.125%, 8/15/2027, 144A      62,089  
  85,000      iHeartCommunications, Inc., 4.750%, 1/15/2028, 144A      87,592  
  75,000      iHeartCommunications, Inc., 5.250%, 8/15/2027, 144A      77,930  
  35,000      iHeartCommunications, Inc., 8.375%, 5/01/2027      37,406  
  25,000      Lamar Media Corp., 3.750%, 2/15/2028      25,715  
  30,000      Lamar Media Corp., 4.000%, 2/15/2030      30,885  
  10,000      Netflix, Inc., 4.875%, 4/15/2028      11,525  
  120,000      Netflix, Inc., 4.875%, 6/15/2030, 144A      141,300  
  115,000      ViacomCBS, Inc., 4.375%, 3/15/2043      131,555  
     

 

 

 
        630,872  
     

 

 

 
   Metals & Mining — 3.7%

 

  45,000      Allegheny Technologies, Inc., 5.875%, 12/01/2027      47,587  
  200,000      Anglo American Capital PLC, 4.500%, 3/15/2028, 144A      225,525  
  35,000      ArcelorMittal S.A., 7.000%, 10/15/2039      49,394  
  200,000      First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 6.875%, 10/15/2027, 144A      211,500  
  45,000      FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd., 4.375%, 4/01/2031, 144A      46,501  
  60,000      Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 4.625%, 8/01/2030      64,875  
  40,000      Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 5.400%, 11/14/2034      48,050  
  10,000      Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 5.450%, 3/15/2043      12,313  
  135,000      Glencore Funding LLC, 3.875%, 10/27/2027, 144A      147,502  
  20,000      Glencore Funding LLC, 4.000%, 3/27/2027, 144A      21,995  
  35,000      Novelis Corp., 4.750%, 1/30/2030, 144A      36,844  
  10,000      Volcan Cia Minera SAA, 4.375%, 2/11/2026, 144A      9,735  
     

 

 

 
        921,821  
     

 

 

 
   Midstream — 2.4%

 

  115,000      Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC, 5.125%, 6/30/2027      132,952  
  55,000      Energy Transfer LP, 4.000%, 10/01/2027      60,679  
  30,000      EnLink Midstream Partners LP, 5.450%, 6/01/2047      28,945  
  35,000      EQM Midstream Partners LP, Series 10Y, 5.500%, 7/15/2028      38,452  
  15,000      Hess Midstream Operations LP, 4.250%, 2/15/2030, 144A      15,169  
  50,000      Hess Midstream Operations LP, 5.625%, 2/15/2026, 144A      51,875  
  80,000      NGPL PipeCo LLC, 4.875%, 8/15/2027, 144A      90,797  
  15,000      Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp., 3.800%, 9/15/2030      16,014  
   Midstream — continued

 

35,000      Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp., 4.300%, 1/31/2043    35,940  
  35,000      Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp., 4.700%, 6/15/2044      37,562  
  15,000      Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., 4.000%, 1/15/2032, 144A      15,502  
  60,000      Valero Energy Partners LP, 4.500%, 3/15/2028      67,734  
     

 

 

 
        591,621  
     

 

 

 
   Paper — 0.2%

 

  45,000      Suzano Austria GmbH, 3.750%, 1/15/2031      46,226  
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 2.3%

 

  245,000      Merck & Co., Inc., 2.350%, 2/10/2022(b)      246,886  
  50,000      Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. LLC, 6.150%, 2/01/2036      54,657  
  70,000      Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, 3.150%, 10/01/2026      67,025  
  250,000      Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, 4.100%, 10/01/2046      215,625  
     

 

 

 
        584,193  
     

 

 

 
   Property & Casualty Insurance — 1.0%

 

  175,000      Fidelity National Financial, Inc., 2.450%, 3/15/2031      174,060  
  65,000      Sirius International Group Ltd., 4.600%, 11/01/2026, 144A      66,369  
     

 

 

 
        240,429  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Apartments — 0.0%

 

  10,000      American Homes 4 Rent, 2.375%, 7/15/2031      9,906  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Mortgage — 0.2%

 

  15,000      Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP/Ladder Capital Finance Corp., 4.250%, 2/01/2027, 144A      14,850  
  25,000      Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP/Ladder Capital Finance Corp., 5.250%, 10/01/2025, 144A      25,311  
     

 

 

 
        40,161  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Office Property — 0.0%

 

  10,000      Corporate Office Properties LP, 2.750%, 4/15/2031      10,101  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Shopping Centers — 0.8%

 

  115,000      Brixmor Operating Partnership LP, 4.050%, 7/01/2030      128,414  
  75,000      SITE Centers Corp., 3.625%, 2/01/2025      79,476  
     

 

 

 
        207,890  
     

 

 

 
   Restaurants — 1.0%

 

  125,000      1011778 B.C. ULC/New Red Finance, Inc., 4.375%, 1/15/2028, 144A      126,901  
  45,000      Yum! Brands, Inc., 4.625%, 1/31/2032      48,038  
  60,000      Yum! Brands, Inc., 4.750%, 1/15/2030, 144A      65,029  
     

 

 

 
        239,968  
     

 

 

 
   Retailers — 0.8%

 

  55,000      Carvana Co., 5.625%, 10/01/2025, 144A      56,864  
  92,525      CVS Pass-Through Trust, Series 2014, 4.163%, 8/11/2036, 144A      102,158  
  20,000      Lithia Motors, Inc., 3.875%, 6/01/2029, 144A      20,796  
  10,000      Murphy Oil USA, Inc., 3.750%, 2/15/2031, 144A      10,063  
     

 

 

 
        189,881  
     

 

 

 
   Sovereigns — 0.8%

 

  200,000      Mexico Government International Bond, 4.280%, 8/14/2041      204,060  
     

 

 

 
   Technology — 4.8%

 

  85,000      Avnet, Inc., 4.625%, 4/15/2026      94,794  
  115,000      Broadcom, Inc., 4.300%, 11/15/2032      128,873  
  130,000      CommScope Technologies LLC, 5.000%, 3/15/2027, 144A      123,651  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Credit Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Technology — continued

 

$ 60,000      CommScope, Inc., 4.750%, 9/01/2029, 144A    $ 59,925  
  5,000      Everi Holdings, Inc., 5.000%, 7/15/2029, 144A      5,123  
  55,000      IHS Markit Ltd., 4.250%, 5/01/2029      62,679  
  60,000      Iron Mountain, Inc., 5.250%, 7/15/2030, 144A      63,674  
  35,000      Jabil, Inc., 1.700%, 4/15/2026      35,184  
  30,000      Marvell Technology, Inc., 2.450%, 4/15/2028, 144A      30,563  
  25,000      Marvell Technology, Inc., 2.950%, 4/15/2031, 144A      25,697  
  265,000      Micron Technology, Inc., 4.663%, 2/15/2030      305,876  
  25,000      MSCI, Inc., 3.250%, 8/15/2033, 144A      25,286  
  60,000      Open Text Holdings, Inc., 4.125%, 2/15/2030, 144A      61,650  
  60,000      Qorvo, Inc., 3.375%, 4/01/2031, 144A      63,264  
  10,000      Sabre GLBL, Inc., 9.250%, 4/15/2025, 144A      11,558  
  60,000      SYNNEX Corp., 1.750%, 8/09/2026, 144A      59,358  
  35,000      Verisk Analytics, Inc., 4.125%, 3/15/2029      39,749  
     

 

 

 
        1,196,904  
     

 

 

 
   Treasuries — 15.6%

 

  135,000      U.S. Treasury Bond, 1.125%, 8/15/2040      116,174  
  430,000      U.S. Treasury Bond, 1.875%, 2/15/2051      410,045  
  1,705,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.125%, 1/31/2023(b)(c)      1,704,134  
  780,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.125%, 4/30/2023      778,964  
  875,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.250%, 9/30/2023      874,317  
     

 

 

 
        3,883,634  
     

 

 

 
   Wireless — 2.7%

 

  80,000      Crown Castle International Corp., 2.500%, 7/15/2031      79,935  
  70,000      SBA Communications Corp., 3.125%, 2/01/2029, 144A      67,638  
  30,000      Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/2028      38,400  
  130,000      T-Mobile USA, Inc., 3.375%, 4/15/2029      135,622  
  65,000      T-Mobile USA, Inc., 3.500%, 4/15/2031      68,551  
  265,000      T-Mobile USA, Inc., 3.875%, 4/15/2030      292,603  
     

 

 

 
        682,749  
     

 

 

 
   Wirelines — 1.4%

 

  130,000      AT&T, Inc., 3.650%, 6/01/2051(b)      132,468  
  150,000      Telefonica Emisiones S.A., 5.520%, 3/01/2049      196,311  
  20,000      Verizon Communications, Inc., 2.850%, 9/03/2041      19,520  
     

 

 

 
        348,299  
     

 

 

 
   Total Non-Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $21,349,732)
     21,844,286  
     

 

 

 
     
  Convertible Bonds — 5.1%  
   Airlines — 0.6%

 

  20,000      JetBlue Airways Corp., 0.500%, 4/01/2026, 144A      19,597  
  80,000      Southwest Airlines Co., 1.250%, 5/01/2025      119,500  
     

 

 

 
        139,097  
     

 

 

 
   Cable Satellite — 1.5%

 

  25,000      DISH Network Corp., Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 12/15/2025, 144A(d)      29,875  
  340,000      DISH Network Corp., 3.375%, 8/15/2026      353,430  
     

 

 

 
        383,305  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Cyclical Services — 0.3%

 

  25,000      Expedia Group, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 2/15/2026, 144A(d)      26,992  
  25,000      Peloton Interactive, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.000%-1.003%, 2/15/2026, 144A(e)      22,007  
  35,000      Uber Technologies, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 12/15/2025, 144A(d)      34,042  
     

 

 

 
        83,041  
     

 

 

 
   Gaming — 0.1%

 

  10,000      Penn National Gaming, Inc., 2.750%, 5/15/2026      31,910  
     

 

 

 
   Healthcare — 0.5%

 

120,000      Teladoc Health, Inc., 1.250%, 6/01/2027    120,532  
     

 

 

 
   Media Entertainment — 0.2%

 

  35,000      Twitter, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 3/15/2026, 144A(d)      32,492  
  5,000      Zynga, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.779%, 12/15/2026, 144A(d)      4,828  
     

 

 

 
        37,320  
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 1.2%

 

  240,000      BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., 1.250%, 5/15/2027      240,198  
  15,000      Guardant Health, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 11/15/2027, 144A(d)      17,175  
  25,000      Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 4/01/2026, 144A(d)      22,718  
  10,000      Livongo Health, Inc., 0.875%, 6/01/2025      13,211  
     

 

 

 
        293,302  
     

 

 

 
   Technology — 0.7%

 

  80,000      Palo Alto Networks, Inc., 0.375%, 6/01/2025      132,086  
  40,000      Splunk, Inc., 1.125%, 6/15/2027      39,225  
     

 

 

 
        171,311  
     

 

 

 
   Total Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $1,204,578)
     1,259,818  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Bonds and Notes
(Identified Cost $22,554,310)
     23,104,104  
     

 

 

 
     
  Collateralized Loan Obligations — 3.0%  
  250,000      AIMCO CLO Ltd., Series 2021-14A, Class D, 3-month LIBOR + 2.900%, 3.098%, 4/20/2034, 144A(f)      249,995  
  250,000      Fillmore Park CLO Ltd., Series 2018-1A, Class D, 3-month LIBOR + 2.900%, 3.026%, 7/15/2030, 144A(f)      249,998  
  250,000      Recette CLO Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class DRR, 3-month LIBOR + 3.250%, 3.384%, 4/20/2034, 144A(f)      251,339  
     

 

 

 
   Total Collateralized Loan Obligations
(Identified Cost $750,000)
     751,332  
     

 

 

 
     
Shares                
  Preferred Stocks — 2.8%  
  Convertible Preferred Stocks — 2.8%  
   Banking — 1.0%

 

  97      Bank of America Corp., Series L, 7.250%      139,915  
  83      Wells Fargo & Co., Class A, Series L, 7.500%      123,006  
     

 

 

 
        262,921  
     

 

 

 
   Food & Beverage — 0.7%

 

  1,391      Bunge Ltd., 4.875%      165,449  
     

 

 

 
   Wireless — 1.1%

 

  250      2020 Cash Mandatory Exchangeable Trust, 5.250%, 144A(g)(h)      282,692  
     

 

 

 
   Total Convertible Preferred Stocks
(Identified Cost $702,116)
     711,062  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Preferred Stocks
(Identified Cost $702,116)
     711,062  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Credit Income Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
  Short-Term Investments — 2.5%   
$ 624,662      Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 9/30/2021 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $624,662 on 10/01/2021 collateralized by $640,500 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.250% due 9/30/2028 valued at $637,198 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)
(Identified Cost $624,662)
   $ 624,662  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Investments — 100.9%
(Identified Cost $24,631,088)
     25,191,160  
   Other assets less liabilities — (0.9)%      (235,620
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 24,955,540  
     

 

 

 
     
  (†)      See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.

 

  (a)      Perpetual bond with no specified maturity date.

 

  (b)      Security (or a portion thereof) has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open derivative contracts.

 

  (c)      Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged as collateral for open derivative contracts.

 

  (d)      Interest rate represents annualized yield at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.

 

  (e)      Interest rate represents annualized yield at time of purchase; not a coupon rate. The Fund’s investment in this security is comprised of various lots with differing annualized yields.

 

  (f)      Variable rate security. Rate as of September 30, 2021 is disclosed.

 

  (g)      Illiquid security. (Unaudited)

 

  (h)      Securities classified as fair valued pursuant to the Fund’s pricing policies and procedures. At September 30, 2021, the value of these securities amounted to $282,692 or 1.1% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.

 

     
  144A      All or a portion of these securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2021, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $7,998,989 or 32.1% of net assets.

 

  LIBOR      London Interbank Offered Rate

 

  MTN      Medium Term Note

 

  REITs      Real Estate Investment Trusts

 

At September 30, 2021, open short futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures   Expiration
Date
    Contracts     Notional
Amount
    Value     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Ultra 10 Year U.S. Treasury Note

    12/21/2021       16     $ 2,359,718     $ 2,324,000     $ 35,718  
         

 

 

 

Industry Summary at September 30, 2021

 

  

Treasuries

     15.6

Banking

     11.0  

Finance Companies

     6.6  

Technology

     5.5  

Cable Satellite

     4.7  

Wireless

     3.8  

Consumer Cyclical Services

     3.8  

Metals & Mining

     3.7  

Food & Beverage

     3.7  

Pharmaceuticals

     3.5  

Aerospace & Defense

     3.4  

Healthcare

     2.8  

Media Entertainment

     2.7  

Independent Energy

     2.4  

Midstream

     2.4  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     19.8  

Collateralized Loan Obligations

     3.0  

Short-Term Investments

     2.5  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     100.9  

Other assets less liabilities (including futures contracts)

     (0.9
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund

 

    
Shares
     Description    Value (†)  
  Common Stocks — 68.3% of Net Assets  
   Canada — 1.4%

 

  1,147,249      Canada Goose Holdings, Inc.(a)    $ 40,968,003  
  362,764      Descartes Systems Group, Inc. (The)(a)      29,528,634  
     

 

 

 
        70,496,637  
     

 

 

 
   China — 0.8%

 

  251,023      Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Sponsored ADR(a)      37,163,955  
     

 

 

 
   France — 0.8%

 

  722,714      Dassault Systemes SE      38,033,194  
     

 

 

 
   Hong Kong — 0.7%

 

  2,898,200      AIA Group Ltd.      33,342,052  
     

 

 

 
   India — 1.2%

 

  2,690,437      HDFC Bank Ltd.      57,516,834  
     

 

 

 
   Japan — 1.3%

 

  1,710,461      Nomura Research Institute Ltd.      62,870,911  
     

 

 

 
   Netherlands — 3.5%

 

  229,666      ASML Holding NV      171,573,864  
     

 

 

 
   Sweden — 1.1%

 

  937,369      Atlas Copco AB, Class A      56,603,634  
     

 

 

 
   Taiwan — 2.2%

 

  5,112,000      Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.      105,726,810  
     

 

 

 
   United Kingdom — 3.3%

 

  557,068      Farfetch Ltd., Class A(a)      20,878,909  
  869,975      Halma PLC      33,183,893  
  370,983      Linde PLC      108,838,993  
     

 

 

 
        162,901,795  
     

 

 

 
   United States — 52.0%

 

  304,439      Accenture PLC, Class A      97,396,125  
  964,607      Airbnb, Inc., Class A(a)      161,812,824  
  6,127      Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a)      16,330,354  
  48,559      Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)      129,823,458  
  43,213      Amazon.com, Inc.(a)      141,956,434  
  264,894      Copart, Inc.(a)      36,746,096  
  219,531      Costco Wholesale Corp.      98,646,255  
  477,365      Cummins, Inc.      107,197,084  
  505,058      Danaher Corp.      153,759,858  
  1,709,250      Dropbox, Inc., Class A(a)      49,944,285  
  284,361      Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A      85,288,395  
  325,276      Facebook, Inc., Class A(a)      110,395,422  
  91,353      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)      34,534,175  
  245,807      Home Depot, Inc. (The)      80,688,606  
  544,589      IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)      130,450,849  
  231,630      M&T Bank Corp.      34,591,624  
  304,881      MasterCard, Inc., Class A      106,001,026  
  47,335      Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)      65,197,336  
  133,527      Northrop Grumman Corp.      48,089,749  
  480,770      NVIDIA Corp.      99,596,313  
  809,310      Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A(a)      70,450,435  
  203,465      Roper Technologies, Inc.      90,771,840  
  284,643      S&P Global, Inc.      120,941,964  
  508,609      salesforce.com, Inc.(a)      137,944,933  
  298,164      Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)      83,405,416  
  309,450      Texas Instruments, Inc.      59,479,384  
  270,076      UnitedHealth Group, Inc.      105,529,496  
  96,301      Vail Resorts, Inc.(a)      32,169,349  
  226,834      VeriSign, Inc.(a)      46,503,238  
     

 

 

 
        2,535,642,323  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $2,284,347,624)
     3,331,872,009  
     

 

 

 
Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes — 30.3%  
  Non-Convertible Bonds — 28.3%  
   Australia — 0.4%

 

  3,010,000      Australia Government Bond, Series 133, 5.500%, 4/21/2023, (AUD)(b)    $ 2,359,885  
  800,000      FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd., 4.375%, 4/01/2031, 144A      826,680  
  670,000      GAIF Bond Issuer Pty Ltd., 3.400%, 9/30/2026, 144A(b)      725,065  
  3,560,000      Glencore Funding LLC, 1.625%, 9/01/2025, 144A(b)      3,574,382  
  4,000,000      Macquarie Group Ltd., (fixed rate to 9/23/2026, variable rate thereafter), 1.629%, 9/23/2027, 144A      3,980,484  
  11,610,000      New South Wales Treasury Corp., 2.000%, 3/08/2033, (AUD)(b)      8,386,569  
  95,000      Sydney Airport Finance Co. Pty Ltd., 3.375%, 4/30/2025, 144A      100,790  
  1,370,000      Westpac Banking Corp., 2.650%, 1/16/2030(b)      1,457,027  
     

 

 

 
        21,410,882  
     

 

 

 
   Belgium — 0.1%

 

  2,745,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A., EMTN, 2.000%, 1/23/2035, (EUR)(b)      3,513,373  
  1,690,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 4.750%, 1/23/2029(b)      1,989,599  
     

 

 

 
        5,502,972  
     

 

 

 
   Brazil — 0.5%

 

  1,150,000      Banco Bradesco S.A., 2.850%, 1/27/2023, 144A      1,167,388  
  1,035,000      Braskem Netherlands Finance BV, 4.500%, 1/10/2028      1,099,584  
  1,785,000      Braskem Netherlands Finance BV, 4.500%, 1/31/2030      1,899,240  
  22,385(††)      Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional, Series F, 10.000%, 1/01/2031, (BRL)      3,859,778  
  2,685,000      Brazilian Government International Bond, 4.500%, 5/30/2029      2,755,615  
  1,085,000      Brazilian Government International Bond, 4.625%, 1/13/2028      1,140,552  
  2,980,000      BRF S.A., 4.875%, 1/24/2030      2,983,725  
  650,000      Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras S.A., 4.625%, 2/04/2030, 144A      645,775  
  400,000      Cosan Luxembourg S.A., 5.000%, 3/14/2023, 144A      399,000  
  1,100,000      Embraer Netherlands Finance BV, 5.050%, 6/15/2025      1,157,750  
  1,250,000      Itau Unibanco Holding S.A., 2.900%, 1/24/2023, 144A      1,268,763  
  2,465,000      Petrobras Global Finance BV, 5.999%, 1/27/2028      2,780,520  
  150,000      Petrobras Global Finance BV, 6.875%, 1/20/2040      171,933  
  575,000      Raizen Fuels Finance S.A., 5.300%, 1/20/2027, 144A      644,690  
  2,515,000      Suzano Austria GmbH, 2.500%, 9/15/2028      2,445,837  
  1,185,000      Suzano Austria GmbH, 3.125%, 1/15/2032      1,144,414  
  550,000      Suzano Austria GmbH, 3.750%, 1/15/2031      564,988  
     

 

 

 
        26,129,552  
     

 

 

 
   Canada — 5.0%

 

  790,000      1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance, Inc., 4.000%, 10/15/2030, 144A      782,100  
  375,651      Air Canada Pass Through Trust, Series 2015-2, Class A, 4.125%, 6/15/2029, 144A(b)      371,493  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Canada — continued

 

$ 757,528      Air Canada Pass Through Trust, Series 2017-1, Class AA, 3.300%, 7/15/2031, 144A(b)    $ 772,853  
  1,210,000      Antares Holdings LP, 3.950%, 7/15/2026, 144A      1,275,090  
  1,010,000      Antares Holdings LP, 6.000%, 8/15/2023, 144A      1,092,642  
  4,500,000      Bank of Montreal, (fixed rate to 1/22/2026, variable rate thereafter), MTN, 0.949%, 1/22/2027(b)      4,427,190  
  2,675,000      Bank of Nova Scotia (The), 1.050%, 3/02/2026(b)      2,644,847  
  2,525,000      Bank of Nova Scotia (The), 1.300%, 9/15/2026      2,506,444  
  2,835,000      Bell Telephone Co. of Canada/Bell Canada (The), MTN, 3.600%, 9/29/2027, (CAD)      2,410,377  
  1,735,000      Brookfield Finance I UK PLC, 2.340%, 1/30/2032      1,707,176  
  1,015,000      Brookfield Finance, Inc., 3.900%, 1/25/2028(b)      1,126,046  
  2,715,000      Brookfield Renewable Partners ULC, MTN, 4.250%, 1/15/2029, (CAD)      2,408,003  
  63,600,000      Canadian Government Bond, 0.250%, 2/01/2023, (CAD)(b)      50,104,709  
  61,465,000      Canadian Government Bond, 0.250%, 5/01/2023, (CAD)(b)      48,366,443  
  11,680,000      Canadian Government Bond, 0.500%, 3/01/2022, (CAD)(b)      9,233,341  
  89,175,000      Canadian Government Bond, 0.500%, 9/01/2025, (CAD)(b)      69,142,659  
  970,000      Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 3.500%, 9/13/2023(b)      1,028,195  
  1,800,000      Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, (fixed rate to 7/22/2022, variable rate thereafter), 2.606%, 7/22/2023(b)      1,831,780  
  800,000      CPPIB Capital, Inc., 0.375%, 6/20/2024, 144A, (EUR)(b)      945,732  
  4,695,000      Enbridge Gas, Inc., MTN, 2.900%, 4/01/2030, (CAD)      3,871,132  
  430,000      Enbridge, Inc., 2.900%, 7/15/2022(b)      437,651  
  4,770,000      Enbridge, Inc., MTN, 2.990%, 10/03/2029, (CAD)      3,866,276  
  905,000      Export Development Canada, 1.800%, 9/01/2022, (CAD)(b)      723,814  
  2,965,000      Federation des Caisses Desjardins du Quebec, (fixed rate to 5/26/2025, variable rate thereafter), 2.856%, 5/26/2030, (CAD)      2,423,547  
  197,076      Institutional Mortgage Securities Canada, Inc., Series 2014-5A, Class A2, 2.616%, 7/12/2047, 144A, (CAD)(b)      153,248  
  4,670,000      Ontario Power Generation, Inc., MTN, 2.977%, 9/13/2029, (CAD)      3,874,264  
  5,000,000      Province of British Columbia Canada, Series 10, 1.750%, 9/27/2024(b)      5,167,098  
  2,355,000      Province of Quebec Canada, 2.300%, 9/01/2029, (CAD)(b)      1,925,779  
  2,725,000      Royal Bank of Canada, 0.875%, 1/20/2026(b)      2,682,519  
  2,040,000      Royal Bank of Canada, 1.200%, 4/27/2026(b)      2,027,387  
  2,475,000      Royal Bank of Canada, GMTN, 2.250%, 11/01/2024(b)      2,583,555  
  2,960,000      Shaw Communications, Inc., 3.300%, 12/10/2029, (CAD)      2,415,487  
  2,500,000      Toronto-Dominion Bank (The), 2.100%, 7/15/2022, 144A(b)      2,537,107  
  1,690,000      Toronto-Dominion Bank (The), GMTN, 3.500%, 7/19/2023(b)      1,785,340  
  1,675,000      Toronto-Dominion Bank (The), MTN, 1.150%, 6/12/2025(b)      1,678,708  
  1,580,000      Videotron Ltd., 5.125%, 4/15/2027, 144A      1,635,300  
     

 

 

 
        241,965,332  
     

 

 

 
   Chile — 0.3%

 

950,000      Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion S.A., 4.500%, 8/01/2024    1,027,168  
  1,500,000      Chile Government International Bond, 2.450%, 1/31/2031(b)      1,484,895  
  1,005,000      Chile Government International Bond, 2.550%, 1/27/2032(b)      995,784  
  2,580,000      Colbun S.A., 3.150%, 3/06/2030      2,650,950  
  1,960,000      Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile, 3.000%, 9/30/2029, 144A(b)      2,002,920  
  570,000      Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile, 3.750%, 1/15/2031, 144A(b)      613,176  
  595,000      Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A., 3.050%, 9/14/2032, 144A      584,588  
  1,980,000      Empresa Nacional del Petroleo, 3.450%, 9/16/2031, 144A      1,940,697  
  525,000      Enel Chile S.A., 4.875%, 6/12/2028(b)      601,125  
  2,690,000      Engie Energia Chile S.A., 3.400%, 1/28/2030      2,763,975  
  800,000      Inversiones CMPC S.A., 4.375%, 5/15/2023, 144A(b)      834,400  
  1,120,000      Transelec S.A., 4.250%, 1/14/2025, 144A(b)      1,216,611  
     

 

 

 
        16,716,289  
     

 

 

 
   China — 1.0%

 

  920,000      Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., 3.400%, 12/06/2027(b)      985,416  
  795,000      Baidu, Inc., 3.875%, 9/29/2023(b)      839,448  
  67,500,000      China Government Bond, 4.000%, 11/30/2035, (CNY)(b)      11,930,048  
  98,500,000      China Government Bond, 2.200%, 7/27/2025, (CNY)(b)      15,109,816  
  6,500,000      China Government Bond, 3.390%, 5/21/2025, (CNH)(b)      1,039,091  
  500,000      China Government Bond, 3.480%, 6/29/2027, (CNH)(b)      81,417  
  25,000,000      China Government Bond, 3.900%, 7/04/2036, (CNH)(b)      4,268,256  
  2,600,000      Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd., 2.700%, 7/12/2026      2,415,187  
  2,435,000      Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd., 8.000%, 1/27/2024      2,516,060  
  905,000      Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., 2.957%, 11/08/2022(b)      926,928  
  2,750,000      Shimao Group Holdings Ltd., 3.450%, 1/11/2031      2,448,654  
  2,750,000      Sunac China Holdings Ltd., 5.950%, 4/26/2024      2,213,942  
  625,000      Tencent Holdings Ltd., 2.880%, 4/22/2031, 144A      637,917  
  500,000      Tencent Holdings Ltd., 2.985%, 1/19/2023, 144A(b)      513,300  
  1,175,000      Tencent Holdings Ltd., 3.280%, 4/11/2024, 144A(b)      1,239,402  
  1,270,000      Weibo Corp., 3.500%, 7/05/2024(b)      1,322,983  
     

 

 

 
        48,487,865  
     

 

 

 
   Colombia — 0.4%

 

  1,395,000      Colombia Government International Bond, 3.125%, 4/15/2031      1,305,762  
  2,536,000      Ecopetrol S.A., 5.875%, 5/28/2045      2,561,360  
  1,300,000      Empresas Publicas de Medellin ESP, 4.250%, 7/18/2029, 144A      1,294,475  
  1,026,000      Millicom International Cellular S.A., 6.250%, 3/25/2029, 144A      1,123,470  
  1,035,000      Millicom International Cellular S.A., 6.625%, 10/15/2026      1,087,785  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Colombia — continued

 

$ 575,000      Republic of Colombia, 3.875%, 4/25/2027    $ 595,913  
  7,073,300,000      Republic of Colombia, Series B, 6.250%, 11/26/2025, (COP)      1,860,368  
  29,559,900,000      Titulos De Tesoreria, Series B, 7.500%, 8/26/2026, (COP)(b)      8,040,435  
  870,000      Transportadora de Gas Internacional S.A. E.S.P., 5.550%, 11/01/2028, 144A      989,016  
     

 

 

 
        18,858,584  
     

 

 

 
   Denmark — 0.1%

 

  2,055,000      Orsted A/S, EMTN, 2.125%, 5/17/2027, (GBP)      2,886,056  
     

 

 

 
   Dominican Republic — 0.1%

 

  2,160,000      Dominican Republic, 4.500%, 1/30/2030, 144A      2,197,822  
  1,155,000      Dominican Republic, 4.875%, 9/23/2032, 144A      1,178,111  
  590,000      Dominican Republic, 5.950%, 1/25/2027, 144A      662,806  
  995,000      Dominican Republic, 6.000%, 7/19/2028, 144A      1,122,042  
  425,000      Dominican Republic, 8.625%, 4/20/2027, 144A      512,975  
     

 

 

 
        5,673,756  
     

 

 

 
   Egypt — 0.1%

 

  1,515,000      Egypt Government International Bond, 5.250%, 10/06/2025      1,545,603  
  1,435,000      Egypt Government International Bond, 7.625%, 5/29/2032      1,430,021  
     

 

 

 
        2,975,624  
     

 

 

 
   Finland — 0.1%

 

  3,575,000      Nordea Bank Abp, 0.750%, 8/28/2025, 144A(b)      3,534,717  
     

 

 

 
   France — 0.3%

 

  205,000      BNP Paribas S.A., 4.375%, 5/12/2026, 144A(b)      226,400  
  890,000      BNP Paribas S.A., (fixed rate to 6/09/2025, variable rate thereafter), 2.219%, 6/09/2026, 144A(b)      913,479  
  1,415,000      Caisse d’Amortissement de la Dette Sociale, 1.875%, 2/12/2022(b)      1,423,745  
  250,000      Credit Agricole S.A., 3.250%, 10/04/2024, 144A(b)      266,629  
  4,500,000      Credit Agricole S.A., (fixed rate to 1/26/2026, variable rate thereafter), 1.247%, 1/26/2027, 144A(b)      4,436,404  
  1,300,000      Edenred, 1.875%, 3/06/2026, (EUR)(b)      1,622,197  
  1,400,000      Engie S.A., 1.250%, 10/24/2041, (EUR)(b)      1,637,469  
  500,000      Holding d’Infrastructures de Transport SASU, EMTN, 1.625%, 11/27/2027, (EUR)      615,135  
  500,000      Holding d’Infrastructures de Transport SASU, EMTN, 0.625%, 3/27/2023, (EUR)      584,625  
  1,015,000      Societe Generale S.A., 4.750%, 11/24/2025, 144A(b)      1,126,398  
  230,000      SPCM S.A., 3.125%, 3/15/2027, 144A      230,276  
  215,000      SPCM S.A., 3.375%, 3/15/2030, 144A      214,833  
     

 

 

 
        13,297,590  
     

 

 

 
   Germany — 0.2%

 

  1,165,000      BMW U.S. Capital LLC, 3.150%, 4/18/2024, 144A(b)      1,235,447  
  1,395,000      BMW U.S. Capital LLC, 4.150%, 4/09/2030, 144A(b)      1,609,029  
  1,255,000      Deutsche Bank AG, (fixed rate to 1/14/2031, variable rate thereafter), 3.729%, 1/14/2032      1,295,768  
  680,000      Deutsche Bank AG, (fixed rate to 5/28/2031, variable rate thereafter), 3.035%, 5/28/2032      689,934  
  3,790,000      Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, EMTN, 1.250%, 8/28/2023, (NOK)(b)      434,523  
  1,450,000      Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV, 2.350%, 10/15/2026, 144A(b)      1,514,533  
   Germany — continued

 

490,000      Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC, 1.625%, 11/24/2027, 144A(b)    484,763  
  420,000      Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC, 3.350%, 5/13/2025, 144A(b)      449,026  
     

 

 

 
        7,713,023  
     

 

 

 
   Hong Kong — 0.1%

 

  355,000      AIA Group Ltd., 3.200%, 3/11/2025, 144A(b)      375,597  
  1,405,000      AIA Group Ltd., 3.600%, 4/09/2029(b)      1,538,541  
  1,135,000      AIA Group Ltd., 3.900%, 4/06/2028, 144A(b)      1,262,120  
     

 

 

 
        3,176,258  
     

 

 

 
   India — 0.2%

 

  1,195,000      Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd., 3.100%, 2/02/2031, 144A      1,140,711  
  2,480,000      Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd., 4.200%, 8/04/2027      2,601,346  
  2,940,000      Bharti Airtel Ltd., 3.250%, 6/03/2031      2,955,828  
  2,790,000      Export-Import Bank of India, 2.250%, 1/13/2031, 144A      2,588,561  
  1,230,000      ICICI Bank Ltd., EMTN, 3.250%, 9/09/2022      1,252,286  
  1,250,000      Power Finance Corp. Ltd., 3.950%, 4/23/2030, 144A      1,277,988  
     

 

 

 
        11,816,720  
     

 

 

 
   Indonesia — 0.2%

 

  300,000      Indonesia Government International Bond, 4.125%, 1/15/2025, 144A      328,068  
  735,000      Indonesia Government International Bond, 4.750%, 1/08/2026      833,993  
  50,092,000,000      Indonesia Treasury Bond, Series FR75, 7.500%, 5/15/2038, (IDR)(b)      3,643,372  
  43,840,000,000      Indonesia Treasury Bond, Series FR82, 7.000%, 9/15/2030, (IDR)(b)      3,211,615  
  1,475,000      Republic of Indonesia, 2.850%, 2/14/2030(b)      1,527,289  
  525,000      Republic of Indonesia, 4.750%, 1/08/2026, 144A      596,479  
     

 

 

 
        10,140,816  
     

 

 

 
   Ireland — 0.1%

 

  1,250,000      Bank of Ireland Group PLC, 4.500%, 11/25/2023, 144A      1,339,665  
  3,710,000      Ireland Government Bond, Zero Coupon, 0.029%, 10/18/2031, (EUR)(b)(c)      4,216,565  
  375,000      Ireland Government Bond, 3.400%, 3/18/2024, (EUR)(b)      477,214  
     

 

 

 
        6,033,444  
     

 

 

 
   Israel — 0.5%

 

  10,950,000      State of Israel, 1.000%, 3/31/2030, (ILS)(b)      3,344,782  
  2,300,000      Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. LLC, 6.150%, 2/01/2036      2,514,222  
  4,140,000      Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, 3.150%, 10/01/2026      3,964,050  
  19,171,000      Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, 4.100%, 10/01/2046      16,534,988  
     

 

 

 
        26,358,042  
     

 

 

 
   Italy — 0.6%

 

  175,000      Assicurazioni Generali SpA, EMTN (fixed rate to 10/27/2027, variable rate thereafter), 5.500%, 10/27/2047, (EUR)      249,228  
  200,000      Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, 5.710%, 1/15/2026, 144A      224,377  
  530,000      Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, EMTN, 3.928%, 9/15/2026, (EUR)      694,030  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Italy — continued

 

  6,965,000      Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro, 1.350%, 4/01/2030, (EUR)(b)    $ 8,510,609  
  3,305,000      Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro, 2.000%, 2/01/2028, (EUR)      4,219,259  
  4,255,000      Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro, 5.000%, 3/01/2022, (EUR)(b)      5,040,613  
  1,975,000      Italy Government International Bond, 2.375%, 10/17/2024      2,048,956  
  3,335,000      Republic of Italy, 2.500%, 11/15/2025, (EUR)      4,264,411  
  630,000      UniCredit SpA, (fixed rate to 4/02/2029, variable rate thereafter), 7.296%, 4/02/2034, 144A      763,768  
  635,000      UniCredit SpA, (fixed rate to 6/19/2027, variable rate thereafter), 5.861%, 6/19/2032, 144A      705,383  
     

 

 

 
        26,720,634  
     

 

 

 
   Japan — 0.8%

 

  991,720,800(†††)      Japan Government CPI Linked Bond, Series 23, 0.100%, 3/10/2028, (JPY)(b)      9,169,042  
  2,020,350,000      Japan Government Thirty Year Bond, Series 62, 0.500%, 3/20/2049, (JPY)(b)      17,557,322  
  2,020,000      Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., 2.564%, 9/13/2031      1,991,523  
  2,000,000      Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., (fixed rate to 7/10/2023, variable rate thereafter), 1.241%, 7/10/2024(b)      2,023,340  
  2,000,000      Nomura Holdings, Inc., 1.851%, 7/16/2025(b)      2,029,766  
  3,050,000      Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., 1.402%, 9/17/2026      3,024,997  
  1,445,000      Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., 3.040%, 7/16/2029(b)      1,531,050  
  2,790,000      Toyota Motor Corp., 2.362%, 3/25/2031(b)      2,884,950  
     

 

 

 
        40,211,990  
     

 

 

 
   Korea — 0.9%

 

  765,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea, 3.000%, 11/01/2022(b)      786,170  
  160,900,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea, MTN, 6.750%, 8/09/2022, (INR)(b)      2,205,931  
  636,300,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea, MTN, 6.900%, 2/07/2023, (INR)(b)(d)(e)      8,767,057  
  1,100,000      Hyundai Capital Services, Inc., 3.750%, 3/05/2023, 144A(b)      1,144,910  
  1,650,000      Kia Corp., 1.750%, 10/16/2026, 144A      1,652,475  
  1,575,000      Kia Corp., 3.000%, 4/25/2023, 144A(b)      1,631,858  
  2,720,000      Kookmin Bank, 1.375%, 5/06/2026, 144A(b)      2,714,696  
  1,515,000      Korea East-West Power Co. Ltd., 1.750%, 5/06/2025, 144A(b)      1,540,210  
  910,000      Korea Gas Corp., 2.750%, 7/20/2022, 144A(b)      926,544  
  670,000      KT Corp., 2.500%, 7/18/2026, 144A(b)      700,632  
  1,180,000      LG Chem Ltd., 3.250%, 10/15/2024, 144A(b)      1,259,787  
  4,500,000,000      Republic of Korea, 0.875%, 12/10/2023, (KRW)(b)      3,748,291  
  4,500,000,000      Republic of Korea, 1.125%, 9/10/2025, (KRW)(b)      3,697,444  
  13,130,550,000      Republic of Korea, 1.500%, 12/10/2030, (KRW)(b)      10,413,222  
  1,440,000,000      Republic of Korea, Series 2209, 2.000%, 9/10/2022, (KRW)(b)      1,226,485  
  770,000      Shinhan Bank Co. Ltd., 3.875%, 3/24/2026, 144A(b)      837,629  
  2,765,000      SK Hynix, Inc., 2.375%, 1/19/2031, 144A      2,683,767  
   Korea — continued

 

140,000      SK Telecom Co. Ltd., 6.625%, 7/20/2027, 144A(b)    177,969  
     

 

 

 
        46,115,077  
     

 

 

 
   Luxembourg — 0.0%

 

  920,000      ArcelorMittal S.A., 6.750%, 3/01/2041      1,264,425  
     

 

 

 
   Malaysia — 0.1%

 

  28,570,000      Malaysia Government Bond, 3.480%, 3/15/2023, (MYR)(b)      6,969,624  
     

 

 

 
   Mexico — 1.0%

 

  620,000      Alfa SAB de CV, 6.875%, 3/25/2044      824,600  
  770,000      America Movil SAB de CV, 2.125%, 3/10/2028, (EUR)(b)      987,633  
  860,000      America Movil SAB de CV, 2.875%, 5/07/2030(b)      894,631  
  10,000,000      America Movil SAB de CV, 6.450%, 12/05/2022, (MXN)(b)      483,250  
  730,000      Banco Santander Mexico S.A. Institucion de Banca Multiple Grupo Financiero Santander, 5.375%, 4/17/2025, 144A(b)      815,921  
  1,905,000      Cemex SAB de CV, 3.875%, 7/11/2031, 144A      1,906,143  
  855,000      Cemex SAB de CV, 5.450%, 11/19/2029      926,606  
  400,000      Cemex SAB de CV, 7.375%, 6/05/2027, 144A      443,096  
  1,775,000      Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV, 2.750%, 1/22/2030(b)      1,830,309  
  1,205,000      Comision Federal de Electricidad, 4.750%, 2/23/2027(b)      1,349,600  
  800,000      Gruma SAB de CV, 4.875%, 12/01/2024(b)      883,008  
  10,000,000      Grupo Televisa SAB, EMTN, 7.250%, 5/14/2043, (MXN)(b)      337,088  
  840,000      Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV, 2.431%, 7/01/2031, 144A(b)      837,228  
  1,707,184(††††)      Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M, 5.750%, 3/05/2026, (MXN)(b)      7,886,551  
  1,294,043(††††)      Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M 20, 8.500%, 5/31/2029, (MXN)(b)      6,705,339  
  637,836(††††)      Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M 30, 8.500%, 11/18/2038, (MXN)(b)      3,284,740  
  724,558(††††)      Mexican Fixed Rate Bonds, Series M-20, 7.500%, 6/03/2027, (MXN)(b)      3,565,977  
  2,665,000      Mexico Government International Bond, 3.250%, 4/16/2030(b)      2,728,880  
  196,000      Mexico Government International Bond, 4.000%, 3/15/2115, (EUR)(b)      246,671  
  1,850,000      Orbia Advance Corp. SAB de CV, 1.875%, 5/11/2026, 144A      1,852,960  
  1,240,000      Orbia Advance Corp. SAB de CV, 4.000%, 10/04/2027      1,351,612  
  3,505,000      Petroleos Mexicanos, 5.950%, 1/28/2031      3,397,747  
  100,000      Sigma Alimentos S.A. de CV, 2.625%, 2/07/2024, 144A, (EUR)      121,400  
  835,000      Sigma Alimentos S.A. de CV, 4.125%, 5/02/2026      911,845  
  2,090,000      Sigma Finance Netherlands BV, 4.875%, 3/27/2028      2,382,600  
  1,010,000      Unifin Financiera SAB de CV, 7.250%, 9/27/2023      1,012,414  
  2,195,000      Unifin Financiera SAB de CV, 9.875%, 1/28/2029      2,205,997  
     

 

 

 
        50,173,846  
     

 

 

 
   Netherlands — 0.1%

 

  870,000      Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., 4.375%, 8/04/2025(b)      964,030  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Netherlands — continued

 

$ 1,725,000      ING Groep NV, (fixed rate to 7/01/2025, variable rate thereafter), 1.400%, 7/01/2026, 144A(b)    $ 1,729,395  
     

 

 

 
        2,693,425  
     

 

 

 
   New Zealand — 0.3%

 

  3,495,000      ANZ New Zealand International Ltd., 1.250%, 6/22/2026, 144A(b)      3,479,917  
  2,200,000      Bank of New Zealand, 1.000%, 3/03/2026, 144A(b)      2,164,467  
  5,000,000      Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd., MTN, 5.500%, 2/26/2024, (AUD)(b)      4,032,999  
  6,310,000      New Zealand Government Bond, 1.500%, 5/15/2031, (NZD)(b)      4,163,742  
  3,575,000      New Zealand Government Bond, 3.000%, 4/20/2029, (NZD)(b)      2,666,033  
     

 

 

 
        16,507,158  
     

 

 

 
   Nigeria — 0.0%

 

  1,975,000      Nigeria Government International Bond, 6.125%, 9/28/2028, 144A      1,981,636  
     

 

 

 
   Norway — 0.3%

 

  3,660,000      DNB Bank ASA, (fixed rate to 5/25/2026, variable rate thereafter), 1.535%, 5/25/2027, 144A(b)      3,661,669  
  2,790,000      Equinor ASA, 3.625%, 4/06/2040(b)      3,117,231  
  16,500,000      Norway Government Bond, Series 478, 1.500%, 2/19/2026, 144A, (NOK)(b)      1,896,592  
  46,500,000      Norway Government Bond, Series 482, 1.375%, 8/19/2030, 144A, (NOK)(b)      5,233,873  
     

 

 

 
        13,909,365  
     

 

 

 
   Panama — 0.0%

 

  1,485,000      Cable Onda S.A., 4.500%, 1/30/2030, 144A      1,557,765  
     

 

 

 
   Paraguay — 0.1%

 

  1,420,000      Paraguay Government International Bond, 4.950%, 4/28/2031, 144A      1,601,760  
  800,000      Republic of Paraguay, 5.000%, 4/15/2026, 144A      888,008  
     

 

 

 
        2,489,768  
     

 

 

 
   Peru — 0.1%

 

  3,220,000      Corp. Financiera de Desarrollo S.A., 2.400%, 9/28/2027, 144A      3,202,708  
  2,005,000      Peruvian Government International Bond, 2.392%, 1/23/2026(b)      2,045,742  
  1,050,000      Transportadora de Gas del Peru S.A., 4.250%, 4/30/2028, 144A(b)      1,138,200  
     

 

 

 
        6,386,650  
     

 

 

 
   Philippines — 0.0%

 

  1,060,000      Philippine Government International Bond, 2.457%, 5/05/2030(b)      1,084,020  
     

 

 

 
   Poland — 0.2%

 

  26,400,000      Republic of Poland Government Bond, 1.250%, 10/25/2030, (PLN)(b)      6,200,324  
  12,970,000      Republic of Poland Government Bond, 3.250%, 7/25/2025, (PLN)(b)      3,508,887  
     

 

 

 
        9,709,211  
     

 

 

 
   Portugal — 0.1%

 

  3,590,000      EDP Finance BV, 1.710%, 1/24/2028, 144A      3,524,016  
     

 

 

 
   Qatar — 0.1%

 

  1,770,000      Ooredoo International Finance Ltd., 2.625%, 4/08/2031, 144A      1,802,285  
  1,600,000      Qatar Petroleum, 2.250%, 7/12/2031, 144A(b)      1,584,640  
     

 

 

 
        3,386,925  
     

 

 

 
   Romania — 0.2%

 

  29,970,000      Romania Government Bond, 4.150%, 10/24/2030, (RON)    6,996,914  
  1,100,000      Romania Government International Bond, 2.000%, 4/14/2033, 144A, (EUR)      1,214,680  
     

 

 

 
        8,211,594  
     

 

 

 
   Singapore — 0.3%

 

  785,000      BOC Aviation Ltd., 2.750%, 9/18/2022, 144A(b)      797,073  
  1,450,000      BOC Aviation Ltd., 3.250%, 4/29/2025, 144A(b)      1,518,784  
  860,000      BOC Aviation USA Corp., 1.625%, 4/29/2024, 144A      866,609  
  345,000      DBS Group Holdings Ltd., (fixed rate to 12/11/2023, variable rate thereafter), 4.520%, 12/11/2028, 144A(b)      369,750  
  4,510,000      Republic of Singapore, 2.750%, 7/01/2023, (SGD)(b)      3,452,237  
  10,055,000      Singapore Government Bond, 2.125%, 6/01/2026, (SGD)(b)      7,801,623  
     

 

 

 
        14,806,076  
     

 

 

 
   South Africa — 0.5%

 

  1,400,000      Anglo American Capital PLC, 2.625%, 9/10/2030, 144A      1,390,635  
  1,400,000      Anglo American Capital PLC, 5.625%, 4/01/2030, 144A(b)      1,689,693  
  1,420,000      MTN (Mauritius) Investments Ltd., 4.755%, 11/11/2024      1,485,607  
  930,000      MTN (Mauritius) Investments Ltd., 4.755%, 11/11/2024, 144A      972,968  
  116,835,000      Republic of South Africa, Series 2035, 8.875%, 2/28/2035, (ZAR)      6,893,252  
  39,185,000      Republic of South Africa, Series R213, 7.000%, 2/28/2031, (ZAR)      2,189,442  
  7,585,000      South Africa Government International Bond, 5.750%, 9/30/2049      7,224,712  
     

 

 

 
        21,846,309  
     

 

 

 
   Spain — 0.4%

 

  2,300,000      Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A., GMTN, 0.750%, 9/11/2022, (EUR)(b)      2,693,218  
  400,000      Banco Santander S.A., 3.125%, 2/23/2023(b)      414,243  
  2,000,000      Banco Santander S.A., (fixed rate to 9/14/2026, variable rate thereafter), 1.722%, 9/14/2027      1,990,706  
  600,000      CaixaBank S.A., (fixed rate to 4/17/2025, variable rate thereafter), EMTN, 2.250%, 4/17/2030, (EUR)      731,502  
  500,000      CaixaBank S.A., (fixed rate to 7/14/2023, variable rate thereafter), EMTN, 2.750%, 7/14/2028, (EUR)      603,628  
  3,700,000      Cellnex Telecom S.A., EMTN, 1.750%, 10/23/2030, (EUR)      4,220,106  
  270,000      Grifols Escrow Issuer S.A., 4.750%, 10/15/2028, 144A      275,737  
  700,000      Naturgy Finance BV, EMTN, 1.500%, 1/29/2028, (EUR)(b)      870,640  
  430,000      Spain Government Bond, 1.600%, 4/30/2025, 144A, (EUR)(b)      534,351  
  2,525,000      Spain Government Bond, 1.950%, 7/30/2030, 144A, (EUR)(b)      3,355,077  
  2,565,000      Spain Government Bond, 4.400%, 10/31/2023, 144A, (EUR)(b)      3,278,529  
     

 

 

 
        18,967,737  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   Supranationals — 0.3%

 

$ 1,495,000      Corporacion Andina de Fomento, 2.375%, 5/12/2023(b)    $ 1,536,367  
  1,115,000      Corporacion Andina de Fomento, 4.375%, 6/15/2022(b)      1,146,183  
  3,360,000      European Investment Bank, 1.750%, 7/30/2024, 144A, (CAD)(b)      2,715,270  
  2,560,000      International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, 0.250%, 12/23/2022, (SEK)(b)      293,091  
  10,030,000      International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, 1.200%, 7/22/2026, (CAD)(b)      7,867,841  
  16,750,000      Nordic Investment Bank, EMTN, 1.500%, 3/13/2025, (NOK)(b)      1,918,633  
     

 

 

 
        15,477,385  
     

 

 

 
   Sweden — 0.1%

 

  1,675,000      Svenska Handelsbanken AB, 0.625%, 6/30/2023, 144A(b)      1,683,034  
  38,000,000      Sweden Government Bond, 0.125%, 5/12/2031, 144A, (SEK)(b)      4,221,211  
     

 

 

 
        5,904,245  
     

 

 

 
   Switzerland — 0.1%

 

  930,000      Credit Suisse AG, 2.950%, 4/09/2025(b)      985,836  
  2,180,000      Credit Suisse Group AG, (fixed rate to 4/01/2030, variable rate thereafter), 4.194%, 4/01/2031, 144A(b)      2,441,707  
  1,500,000      Credit Suisse Group AG, (fixed rate to 5/14/2031, variable rate thereafter), 3.091%, 5/14/2032, 144A      1,533,789  
  1,375,000      Novartis Capital Corp., 2.000%, 2/14/2027(b)      1,421,187  
  340,000      Willow No. 2 (Ireland) PLC for Zurich Insurance Co. Ltd., EMTN, (fixed rate to 10/01/2025, variable rate thereafter), 4.250%, 10/01/2045(b)      367,669  
     

 

 

 
        6,750,188  
     

 

 

 
   Tanzania — 0.0%

 

  985,000      HTA Group Ltd., 7.000%, 12/18/2025, 144A      1,034,250  
     

 

 

 
   Thailand — 0.1%

 

  1,570,000      Kasikornbank PCL, EMTN, 3.256%, 7/12/2023(b)      1,637,227  
  950,000      Thaioil Treasury Center Co. Ltd., 3.625%, 1/23/2023, 144A(b)      976,895  
     

 

 

 
        2,614,122  
     

 

 

 
   Trinidad — 0.0%

 

  415,000      Trinidad Generation Unlimited, 5.250%, 11/04/2027, 144A      424,860  
     

 

 

 
   Turkey — 0.4%

 

  2,045,000      Aydem Yenilenebilir Enerji A/S, 7.750%, 2/02/2027, 144A      1,991,830  
  2,250,000      TC Ziraat Bankasi A/S, 5.375%, 3/02/2026, 144A      2,183,036  
  2,830,000      Turk Telekomunikasyon AS, 6.875%, 2/28/2025      3,060,079  
  525,000      Turk Telekomunikasyon AS, 6.875%, 2/28/2025, 144A      567,683  
  2,875,000      Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS, 5.800%, 4/11/2028      3,051,237  
  6,970,000      Turkey Government International Bond, 5.250%, 3/13/2030      6,426,953  
  1,345,000      Turkey Government International Bond, 7.625%, 4/26/2029      1,433,614  
     

 

 

 
        18,714,432  
     

 

 

 
   Ukraine — 0.0%

 

1,035,000      Ukraine Government International Bond, 7.253%, 3/15/2033, 144A    1,047,089  
     

 

 

 
   United Arab Emirates — 0.1%

 

  1,610,000      Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline LLC, 3.650%, 11/02/2029(b)      1,789,112  
  1,295,000      Abu Dhabi Government International Bond, 3.125%, 4/16/2030, 144A(b)      1,405,464  
     

 

 

 
        3,194,576  
     

 

 

 
   United Kingdom — 0.3%

 

  95,000      Avon Products, Inc., 8.450%, 3/15/2043      120,175  
  1,350,000      CK Hutchison International 19 Ltd., 3.625%, 4/11/2029, 144A(b)      1,476,900  
  1,420,000      Diageo Capital PLC, 2.125%, 4/29/2032(b)      1,411,988  
  635,000      Lloyds Banking Group PLC, 4.050%, 8/16/2023(b)      676,078  
  400,000      Lloyds Banking Group PLC, 4.500%, 11/04/2024(b)      439,241  
  1,125,000      Lloyds Banking Group PLC, (fixed rate to 7/09/2024, variable rate thereafter), 3.870%, 7/09/2025(b)      1,212,963  
  1,395,000      Nationwide Building Society, (fixed rate to 7/18/2029, variable rate thereafter), 3.960%, 7/18/2030, 144A(b)      1,550,753  
  1,190,000      NatWest Markets PLC, 0.800%, 8/12/2024, 144A      1,187,489  
  235,000      Network Rail Infrastructure Finance PLC, EMTN, 4.750%, 1/22/2024, (GBP)(b)      346,691  
  1,455,000      Standard Chartered PLC, (fixed rate to 11/18/2030, variable rate thereafter), 3.265%, 2/18/2036, 144A      1,443,510  
  250,000      Standard Chartered PLC, EMTN, 3.125%, 11/19/2024, (EUR)(b)      316,568  
  1,035,000      United Kingdom Gilt, 2.750%, 9/07/2024, (GBP)(b)      1,488,800  
  1,660,000      Vodafone Group PLC, 4.375%, 5/30/2028(b)      1,906,481  
     

 

 

 
        13,577,637  
     

 

 

 
   United States — 11.0%

 

  165,000      AES Corp. (The), 3.950%, 7/15/2030, 144A      181,437  
  315,000      Aircastle Ltd., (fixed rate to 6/15/2026, variable rate thereafter), 5.250%, 144A(f)      322,340  
  480,000      Allison Transmission, Inc., 4.750%, 10/01/2027, 144A      499,200  
  1,145,000      Ally Financial, Inc., Series B, (fixed rate to 5/15/2026, variable rate thereafter), 4.700%(f)      1,191,773  
  965,000      Ally Financial, Inc., Series C, (fixed rate to 5/15/2028, variable rate thereafter), 4.700%(f)      1,008,425  
  435,000      AMC Networks, Inc., 4.250%, 2/15/2029      432,825  
  70,000      American Airlines Group, Inc., 3.750%, 3/01/2025, 144A      63,077  
  1,416,756      American Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2016-1, Class B, 5.250%, 7/15/2025      1,398,381  
  1,208,651      American Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2016-3, Class B, 3.750%, 4/15/2027      1,163,665  
  336,330      American Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2017-1B, Class B, 4.950%, 8/15/2026      337,287  
  438,909      American Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2017-2, Class B, 3.700%, 4/15/2027      424,222  
  3,910,000      American Airlines, Inc., 11.750%, 7/15/2025, 144A      4,838,625  
  220,000      American Airlines, Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd., 5.500%, 4/20/2026, 144A      231,275  
  255,000      American Airlines, Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd., 5.750%, 4/20/2029, 144A      274,763  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   United States — continued

 

  3,975,000      Apple, Inc., Series MPLE, 2.513%, 8/19/2024, (CAD)(b)    $ 3,256,136  
  260,000      Aptiv PLC, 1.600%, 9/15/2028, (EUR)      322,744  
  1,300,000      Ashland LLC, 3.375%, 9/01/2031, 144A      1,311,375  
  915,000      AT&T, Inc., 3.500%, 9/15/2053      905,594  
  804,000      AT&T, Inc., 3.650%, 9/15/2059      801,526  
  945,000      Athene Global Funding, 1.608%, 6/29/2026, 144A      944,315  
  2,865,000      Bank of America Corp., (fixed rate to 9/15/2026, variable rate thereafter), 1.978%, 9/15/2027, (CAD)(b)      2,257,596  
  2,345,000      Bank of America Corp., MTN, (fixed rate to 6/14/2023, variable rate thereafter), 0.523%, 6/14/2024(b)      2,344,009  
  1,140,000      Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 7.250%, 10/15/2029      1,255,425  
  2,240,000      Boeing Co. (The), 2.196%, 2/04/2026(b)      2,256,513  
  140,000      Boeing Co. (The), 3.100%, 5/01/2026      147,976  
  25,000      Boeing Co. (The), 3.250%, 2/01/2035      24,998  
  165,000      Boeing Co. (The), 3.550%, 3/01/2038      167,592  
  25,000      Boeing Co. (The), 3.625%, 3/01/2048      24,544  
  90,000      Boeing Co. (The), 3.750%, 2/01/2050      91,247  
  635,000      Boeing Co. (The), 3.850%, 11/01/2048      647,021  
  640,000      Boeing Co. (The), 3.950%, 8/01/2059      656,830  
  585,000      BP Capital Markets America, Inc., 3.216%, 11/28/2023(b)      617,122  
  690,000      Broadcom, Inc., 3.187%, 11/15/2036, 144A      687,996  
  4,730,000      Carnival Corp., 5.750%, 3/01/2027, 144A      4,889,637  
  1,720,000      Carvana Co., 5.500%, 4/15/2027, 144A      1,755,604  
  260,000      Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc., 3.125%, 2/15/2029, 144A      255,307  
  12,500,000      CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.250%, 2/01/2031, 144A      12,714,500  
  2,360,000      CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.250%, 1/15/2034, 144A      2,337,875  
  2,510,000      Centene Corp., 2.500%, 3/01/2031      2,475,487  
  160,000      Centene Corp., 2.625%, 8/01/2031      158,918  
  975,000      Centene Corp., 3.000%, 10/15/2030      999,375  
  165,000      Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., 3.750%, 3/15/2029, 144A      168,506  
  175,000      Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., 4.000%, 3/15/2031, 144A      183,353  
  1,085,000      Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., 3.950%, 6/30/2062      1,046,689  
  6,835,000      Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., 4.400%, 12/01/2061      7,108,127  
  40,000      Cincinnati Bell, Inc., 8.000%, 10/15/2025, 144A      41,688  
  1,240,000      Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., 5.125%, 8/15/2027, 144A      1,283,164  
  5,315,000      CommScope Technologies LLC, 5.000%, 3/15/2027, 144A      5,055,415  
  7,265,000      CommScope, Inc., 4.750%, 9/01/2029, 144A      7,255,919  
  95,000      Continental Resources, Inc., 3.800%, 6/01/2024      99,826  
  920,000      Continental Resources, Inc., 5.750%, 1/15/2031, 144A      1,112,050  
  595,000      CSC Holdings LLC, 5.375%, 2/01/2028, 144A      621,775  
  490,000      Dana, Inc., 5.375%, 11/15/2027      516,338  
  940,000      DH Europe Finance II S.a.r.l., 0.750%, 9/18/2031, (EUR)(b)      1,095,378  
  50,000      Dillard’s, Inc., 7.000%, 12/01/2028      59,049  
  8,000      Dillard’s, Inc., 7.750%, 7/15/2026      9,553  
  355,000      DIRECTV Holdings LLC/DIRECTV Financing Co., Inc., 5.875%, 8/15/2027, 144A      370,531  
   United States — continued

 

705,000      DISH DBS Corp., 5.125%, 6/01/2029    690,752  
  3,035,000      DISH DBS Corp., 5.875%, 11/15/2024      3,263,475  
  1,385,000      DISH DBS Corp., 7.750%, 7/01/2026      1,563,977  
  310,000      DR Horton, Inc., 4.375%, 9/15/2022      318,279  
  160,000      Edison International, 4.950%, 4/15/2025      176,169  
  235,000      Enbridge Energy Partners LP, 7.375%, 10/15/2045      370,573  
  575,000      EnLink Midstream Partners LP, 5.450%, 6/01/2047      554,783  
  70,000      EQT Corp., 3.125%, 5/15/2026, 144A      71,758  
  145,000      EQT Corp., 3.625%, 5/15/2031, 144A      151,090  
  115,000      Everi Holdings, Inc., 5.000%, 7/15/2029, 144A      117,838  
  3,780,000      Expedia Group, Inc., 2.950%, 3/15/2031      3,819,917  
  2,105,000      Ford Motor Co., 6.625%, 10/01/2028      2,526,042  
  2,710,000      Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 4.375%, 8/01/2028      2,835,337  
  6,640,000      Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 5.400%, 11/14/2034      7,976,300  
  3,005,000      Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 5.450%, 3/15/2043      3,699,906  
  2,710,000      General Motors Co., 5.200%, 4/01/2045      3,300,089  
  405,000      General Motors Co., 6.250%, 10/02/2043      545,514  
  100,000      General Motors Financial Co., Inc., EMTN, 0.955%, 9/07/2023, (EUR)      117,938  
  635,000      General Motors Financial Co., Inc., EMTN, 2.250%, 9/06/2024, (GBP)      876,578  
  770,000      General Motors Financial of Canada Ltd., Series 5, 3.250%, 11/07/2023, (CAD)      631,885  
  315,000      Georgia-Pacific LLC, 8.875%, 5/15/2031      491,675  
  855,000      Go Daddy Operating Co. LLC/GD Finance Co., Inc., 3.500%, 3/01/2029, 144A      847,519  
  2,340,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), (fixed rate to 9/10/2023, variable rate thereafter), 0.657%, 9/10/2024      2,340,796  
  975,000      Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The), 7.000%, 3/15/2028      1,113,469  
  830,000      HCA, Inc., 3.500%, 9/01/2030      879,294  
  20,000      HCA, Inc., 4.750%, 5/01/2023      21,251  
  1,275,000      HCA, Inc., 5.250%, 6/15/2049      1,627,345  
  4,285,000      HCA, Inc., 5.375%, 9/01/2026      4,905,554  
  245,000      Hess Midstream Operations LP, 4.250%, 2/15/2030, 144A      247,756  
  660,000      Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow LLC/Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow, 4.875%, 7/01/2031, 144A      662,475  
  470,000      Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow LLC/Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow, 5.000%, 6/01/2029, 144A      479,400  
  3,065,000      Hyundai Capital America, 0.875%, 6/14/2024, 144A      3,048,855  
  1,000,000      Hyundai Capital America, 2.650%, 2/10/2025(b)      1,038,724  
  835,000      Hyundai Capital America, 2.650%, 2/10/2025, 144A(b)      867,334  
  1,585,000      Hyundai Capital America, 2.750%, 9/27/2026, 144A(b)      1,643,062  
  1,395,000      Hyundai Capital America, 6.375%, 4/08/2030, 144A(b)      1,791,335  
  11,250,000      Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 4.375%, 2/01/2029      11,235,937  
  1,085,000      iHeartCommunications, Inc., 4.750%, 1/15/2028, 144A      1,118,092  
  620,000      iHeartCommunications, Inc., 5.250%, 8/15/2027, 144A      644,217  
  2,160,000      iHeartCommunications, Inc., 8.375%, 5/01/2027      2,308,500  
  1,135,000      Iron Mountain, Inc., 4.875%, 9/15/2029, 144A      1,188,912  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   United States — continued

 

$ 200,000      Jazz Securities DAC, 4.375%, 1/15/2029, 144A    $ 207,260  
  745,000      JBS USA LUX S.A./JBS USA Food Co./JBS USA Finance, Inc., 3.750%, 12/01/2031, 144A      775,195  
  7,760,000      JELD-WEN, Inc., 4.625%, 12/15/2025, 144A      7,878,961  
  1,875,000      JELD-WEN, Inc., 4.875%, 12/15/2027, 144A      1,953,825  
  1,135,000      John Deere Capital Corp., MTN, 0.450%, 6/07/2024      1,131,764  
  3,185,000      John Deere Financial, Inc., 1.340%, 9/08/2027, (CAD)      2,429,336  
  2,435,000      Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 4.375%, 6/01/2046      2,778,311  
  1,970,000      Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 5.500%, 6/01/2050      2,599,160  
  760,000      Level 3 Financing, Inc., 5.375%, 5/01/2025      776,388  
  345,000      Lithia Motors, Inc., 3.875%, 6/01/2029, 144A      358,738  
  60,000      Lumen Technologies, Inc., 5.625%, 4/01/2025      65,250  
  870,000      Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc., 4.500%, 6/15/2029, 144A      880,875  
  44,000      Masco Corp., 6.500%, 8/15/2032      58,150  
  615,000      Medtronic Global Holdings SCA, 1.125%, 3/07/2027, (EUR)(b)      749,728  
  2,355,000      Mileage Plus Holdings LLC/Mileage Plus Intellectual Property Assets Ltd., 6.500%, 6/20/2027, 144A      2,560,874  
  1,025,000      Minerals Technologies, Inc., 5.000%, 7/01/2028, 144A      1,063,355  
  25,000      MPLX LP, 4.500%, 7/15/2023      26,466  
  95,000      MPLX LP, 4.875%, 6/01/2025      106,165  
  490,000      MSCI, Inc., 3.250%, 8/15/2033, 144A      495,615  
  2,135,000      Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc., 5.500%, 8/15/2028, 144A      2,199,050  
  4,605,000      Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., 4.350%, 4/30/2050, 144A(b)      5,194,693  
  1,370,000      Navient Corp., 5.000%, 3/15/2027      1,411,100  
  421,000      Navient Corp., MTN, 5.625%, 8/01/2033      400,476  
  4,045,000      NCL Corp. Ltd., 5.875%, 3/15/2026, 144A      4,146,125  
  790,000      NCL Finance Ltd., 6.125%, 3/15/2028, 144A      819,625  
  835,000      Netflix, Inc., 4.875%, 4/15/2028      962,338  
  2,250,000      Netflix, Inc., 4.875%, 6/15/2030, 144A      2,649,375  
  245,000      Netflix, Inc., 5.375%, 11/15/2029, 144A      296,756  
  20,000      NGPL PipeCo LLC, 7.768%, 12/15/2037, 144A      28,662  
  2,550,000      Nissan Motor Acceptance Co. LLC, 1.125%, 9/16/2024, 144A      2,545,206  
  475,000      Novelis Corp., 4.750%, 1/30/2030, 144A      500,033  
  775,000      NRG Energy, Inc., 3.625%, 2/15/2031, 144A      761,244  
  300,000      Occidental Petroleum Corp., 4.500%, 7/15/2044      301,227  
  2,355,000      Occidental Petroleum Corp., 6.625%, 9/01/2030      2,902,537  
  1,795,000      Occidental Petroleum Corp., 8.875%, 7/15/2030      2,438,382  
  420,000      Old Republic International Corp., 4.875%, 10/01/2024      466,588  
  1,170,000      OneMain Finance Corp., 5.625%, 3/15/2023      1,230,659  
  860,000      OneMain Finance Corp., 6.875%, 3/15/2025      966,425  
  2,310,000      OneMain Finance Corp., 7.125%, 3/15/2026      2,676,712  
  130,000      OneMain Finance Corp., 8.250%, 10/01/2023      145,279  
  100,000      Ovintiv, Inc., 6.500%, 8/15/2034      134,868  
  45,000      Ovintiv, Inc., 6.500%, 2/01/2038      61,900  
  230,000      Ovintiv, Inc., 6.625%, 8/15/2037      315,432  
  30,000      Ovintiv, Inc., 7.200%, 11/01/2031      40,258  
  30,000      Ovintiv, Inc., 7.375%, 11/01/2031      40,694  
  130,000      Ovintiv, Inc., 8.125%, 9/15/2030      178,849  
  8,630,000      Owl Rock Capital Corp., 4.250%, 1/15/2026      9,262,603  
  1,550,000      Owl Rock Technology Finance Corp., 2.500%, 1/15/2027      1,556,008  
   United States — continued

 

2,120,000      Owl Rock Technology Finance Corp., 4.750%, 12/15/2025, 144A    2,317,473  
  1,250,000      Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 3.500%, 8/01/2050      1,136,794  
  1,645,000      Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 3.950%, 12/01/2047      1,583,037  
  310,000      Penn National Gaming, Inc., 4.125%, 7/01/2029, 144A      306,404  
  970,000      Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., 3.500%, 3/01/2032, 144A      986,606  
  2,165,000      Prologis Euro Finance LLC, 0.250%, 9/10/2027, (EUR)(b)      2,509,608  
  1,530,000      Prologis Euro Finance LLC, 0.375%, 2/06/2028, (EUR)(b)      1,783,760  
  365,000      Prologis LP, 2.250%, 6/30/2029, (GBP)(b)      516,716  
  890,000      Range Resources Corp., 4.875%, 5/15/2025      939,662  
  165,000      Range Resources Corp., 5.000%, 3/15/2023      171,188  
  1,100,000      Realty Income Corp., EMTN, 1.625%, 12/15/2030, (GBP)(b)      1,455,847  
  295,000      Rocket Mortgage LLC, 5.250%, 1/15/2028, 144A      317,863  
  4,370,000      Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 2.875%, 10/15/2026, 144A      4,270,364  
  6,794,000      Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 3.625%, 3/01/2029, 144A      6,870,432  
  10,226,000      Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 3.875%, 3/01/2031, 144A      10,315,477  
  2,915,000      Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 4.000%, 10/15/2033, 144A      2,893,137  
  790,000      Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 4.250%, 7/01/2026, 144A      773,845  
  4,130,000      Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 5.500%, 4/01/2028, 144A      4,224,201  
  810,000      Santander Holdings USA, Inc., 3.450%, 6/02/2025(b)      867,309  
  1,450,000      SBA Communications Corp., 3.125%, 2/01/2029, 144A      1,401,062  
  1,020,000      Scientific Games International, Inc., 7.000%, 5/15/2028, 144A      1,100,325  
  525,000      Scientific Games International, Inc., 7.250%, 11/15/2029, 144A      589,910  
  435,000      Sensata Technologies BV, 4.000%, 4/15/2029, 144A      442,808  
  140,000      Silgan Holdings, Inc., 3.250%, 3/15/2025, (EUR)      163,462  
  130,000      Skyworks Solutions, Inc., 1.800%, 6/01/2026      131,723  
  500,000      Square, Inc., 3.500%, 6/01/2031, 144A      512,865  
  2,785,000      Summit Materials LLC/Summit Materials Finance Corp., 5.250%, 1/15/2029, 144A      2,924,250  
  6,900,000      T-Mobile USA, Inc., 3.375%, 4/15/2029      7,198,425  
  4,305,000      T-Mobile USA, Inc., 3.500%, 4/15/2031      4,540,202  
  2,805,000      T-Mobile USA, Inc., 3.875%, 4/15/2030      3,097,175  
  1,695,000      Tenet Healthcare Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/2031      1,945,012  
  420,000      Terminix Co. LLC (The), 7.450%, 8/15/2027      509,250  
  100,000      Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., EMTN, 1.500%, 10/01/2039, (EUR)      118,400  
  245,000      Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., EMTN, 1.875%, 10/01/2049, (EUR)(b)      298,213  
  90,000      Time Warner Cable LLC, 4.500%, 9/15/2042      98,491  
  85,000      Time Warner Cable LLC, 5.500%, 9/01/2041      104,175  
  400,000      TopBuild Corp., 4.125%, 2/15/2032, 144A      404,000  
  1,635,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp., MTN, 2.650%, 4/12/2022(b)      1,655,913  
  635,000      TransDigm, Inc., 5.500%, 11/15/2027      652,463  
  50,000      TransDigm, Inc., 7.500%, 3/15/2027      52,375  
  2,615,000      TransDigm, Inc., 8.000%, 12/15/2025, 144A      2,788,244  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
   United States — continued

 

$ 615,000      Travel & Leisure Co., 4.625%, 3/01/2030, 144A    $ 631,913  
  75,000      Travel & Leisure Co., 6.000%, 4/01/2027      83,117  
  90,000      Travel & Leisure Co., 6.625%, 7/31/2026, 144A      102,489  
  5,000      TRI Pointe Group, Inc./TRI Pointe Homes, Inc., 5.875%, 6/15/2024      5,500  
  775,000      TriNet Group, Inc., 3.500%, 3/01/2029, 144A      776,938  
  68,117      U.S. Airways Pass Through Trust, Series 2012-1A, Class A, 5.900%, 4/01/2026      71,663  
  263,253      U.S. Airways Pass Through Trust, Series 2012-2A, Class A, 4.625%, 12/03/2026      263,781  
  4,366,097      U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 0.125%, 4/15/2022(b)(g)      4,427,040  
  4,407,647      U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 0.375%, 7/15/2027(b)(g)      4,902,991  
  12,489,112      U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 0.625%, 4/15/2023(b)(g)      13,068,035  
  36,290,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.125%, 1/31/2023(h)      36,271,572  
  10,300,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.125%, 3/31/2023      10,289,941  
  9,320,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.125%, 4/30/2023(b)      9,307,622  
  23,105,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.125%, 5/31/2023      23,067,996  
  13,295,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.750%, 3/31/2026(b)      13,201,000  
  35,000,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.875%, 6/30/2026      34,876,953  
  5,130,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.500%, 11/30/2021      5,142,123  
  8,590,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.625%, 10/31/2026(b)      8,853,740  
  14,060,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.625%, 8/15/2029(b)      14,320,330  
  10,235,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.750%, 11/15/2029(b)(h)      10,518,062  
  4,515,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.875%, 3/31/2022(b)      4,555,564  
  4,700,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 2.875%, 5/15/2028(b)      5,183,770  
  13,090,000      Uber Technologies, Inc., 4.500%, 8/15/2029, 144A      13,179,994  
  10,745,000      Uber Technologies, Inc., 6.250%, 1/15/2028, 144A      11,523,905  
  1,080,000      Uber Technologies, Inc., 7.500%, 9/15/2027, 144A      1,179,225  
  357,118      United Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2016-2, Class B, 3.650%, 4/07/2027      355,643  
  2,337,237      United Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2020-1, Class A, 5.875%, 4/15/2029(b)      2,606,440  
  195,000      United Airlines, Inc., 4.375%, 4/15/2026, 144A      200,119  
  290,000      United Airlines, Inc., 4.625%, 4/15/2029, 144A      299,701  
  390,000      Verizon Communications, Inc., 2.850%, 9/03/2041      380,628  
  3,095,000      Verizon Communications, Inc., Series MPLE, 2.500%, 5/16/2030, (CAD)      2,425,858  
  60,000      Weyerhaeuser Co., 6.950%, 10/01/2027      76,687  
  315,000      Weyerhaeuser Co., 7.375%, 3/15/2032      448,566  
  1,595,000      Yum! Brands, Inc., 4.625%, 1/31/2032      1,702,662  
     

 

 

 
        535,610,174  
     

 

 

 
   Uruguay — 0.1%

 

  1,415,000      Uruguay Government International Bond, 4.375%, 1/23/2031(b)      1,636,066  
  86,955,000      Uruguay Government International Bond, 8.250%, 5/21/2031, (UYU)      2,057,367  
     

 

 

 
        3,693,433  
     

 

 

 
   Total Non-Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $1,351,965,492)
     1,379,237,164  
     

 

 

 
     
  Convertible Bonds — 2.0%  
   United States — 2.0%

 

  3,485,000      BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., 0.599%, 8/01/2024      3,565,804  
  18,255,000      BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc., 1.250%, 5/15/2027      18,270,031  
   United States — continued

 

5,315,000      DISH Network Corp., Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 12/15/2025, 144A(c)    6,351,425  
  545,000      DISH Network Corp., 2.375%, 3/15/2024      531,034  
  21,905,000      DISH Network Corp., 3.375%, 8/15/2026      22,770,248  
  4,220,000      Expedia Group, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 2/15/2026, 144A(c)      4,556,127  
  805,000      Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.000%-0.979%, 4/01/2026, 144A(i)      731,534  
  305,000      JetBlue Airways Corp., 0.500%, 4/01/2026, 144A      298,852  
  1,345,000      Livongo Health, Inc., 0.875%, 6/01/2025      1,776,866  
  6,525,000      Palo Alto Networks, Inc., 0.375%, 6/01/2025      10,773,255  
  810,000      Peloton Interactive, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.519%-1.734%, 2/15/2026, 144A(i)      713,031  
  155,000      Penn National Gaming, Inc., 2.750%, 5/15/2026      494,605  
  6,745,000      Southwest Airlines Co., 1.250%, 5/01/2025(b)      10,075,344  
  820,000      Splunk, Inc., 1.125%, 6/15/2027      804,113  
  9,500,000      Teladoc Health, Inc., 1.250%, 6/01/2027      9,542,147  
  1,100,000      Twitter, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.000%-1.483%, 3/15/2026, 144A(i)      1,021,174  
  3,275,000      Uber Technologies, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.000%, 12/15/2025, 144A(c)      3,185,365  
  170,000      Zynga, Inc., Zero Coupon, 0.779%-0.859%, 12/15/2026, 144A(i)      164,156  
     

 

 

 
   Total Convertible Bonds
(Identified Cost $93,156,750)
     95,625,111  
     

 

 

 
     
  Municipals — 0.0%  
   United States — 0.0%

 

  125,000      Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Series A-1, 6.706%, 6/01/2046
(Identified Cost $124,989)
     130,525  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Bonds and Notes
(Identified Cost $1,445,247,231)
     1,474,992,800  
     

 

 

 
     
  Senior Loans — 0.1%  
   United States — 0.1%

 

  521,874      Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower LLC, 2021 Term Loan B, 1-month LIBOR + 3.000%, 3.500%, 8/02/2028(j)      523,048  
  441,893      Jazz Financing Lux S.a.r.l., USD Term Loan, 1-month LIBOR + 3.500%, 4.000%, 5/05/2028(j)      442,392  
  469,394      Medline Industries, Inc., USD Term Loan B, 9/20/2028(k)      468,366  
  496,133      United Airlines, Inc., 2021 Term Loan B, 3-month LIBOR + 3.750%, 4.500%, 4/21/2028(j)      499,179  
     

 

 

 
   Total Senior Loans
(Identified Cost $1,919,951)
     1,932,985  
     

 

 

 
     
Shares                
  Preferred Stocks — 0.0%  
  Convertible Preferred Stocks — 0.0%  
   United States — 0.0%

 

  38,952      El Paso Energy Capital Trust I, 4.750% (Identified Cost $1,828,520)      1,930,072  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount (‡)
     Description    Value (†)  
  Short-Term Investments — 0.9%  
$ 45,159,597      Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 9/30/2021 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $45,159,597 on 10/01/2021 collateralized by $46,301,600 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.250% due 9/30/2028 valued at $46,062,869 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)
(Identified Cost $45,159,597)
   $ 45,159,597  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Investments — 99.6%
(Identified Cost $3,778,502,923)
     4,855,887,463  
   Other assets less liabilities — 0.4%      21,556,871  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 4,877,444,334  
     

 

 

 
     
  (‡)      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 principal amount including inflation adjustments.

 

  (††††)      Amount shown represents units. One unit represents a principal amount of 100.

 

  (a)      Non-income producing security.

 

  (b)      Security (or a portion thereof) has been designated to cover the Fund’s obligations under open derivative contracts.

 

  (c)      Interest rate represents annualized yield at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.

 

  (d)      Illiquid security. (Unaudited)

 

  (e)      Securities classified as fair valued pursuant to the Fund’s pricing policies and procedures. At September 30, 2021, the value of these securities amounted to $8,767,057 or 0.2% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.

 

  (f)      Perpetual bond with no specified maturity date.

 

  (g)      Treasury Inflation Protected Security (TIPS).

 

  (h)      Security (or a portion thereof) has been pledged as collateral for open derivative contracts.

 

  (i)      Interest rate represents annualized yield at time of purchase; not a coupon rate. The Fund’s investment in this security is comprised of various lots with differing annualized yields.

 

  (j)      Variable rate security. Rate as of September 30, 2021 is disclosed.

 

  (k)      Position is unsettled. Contract rate was not determined at September 30, 2021 and does not take effect until settlement date. Maturity date is not finalized until settlement date.

 

  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 September 30, 2021, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $353,199,824 or 7.2% 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
  GMTN      Global Medium Term Note
  LIBOR      London Interbank Offered Rate
  MTN      Medium Term Note
  
  AUD      Australian Dollar
  BRL      Brazilian Real
  CAD      Canadian Dollar
  CNH      Chinese Yuan Renminbi Offshore
  CNY      Chinese Yuan Renminbi
  COP      Colombian Peso
  EUR      Euro
  GBP      British Pound
  IDR      Indonesian Rupiah
  ILS      Israeli Shekel
  INR      Indian Rupee
  JPY      Japanese Yen
  KRW      South Korean Won
  MXN      Mexican Peso
  MYR      Malaysian Ringgit
  NOK      Norwegian Krone
  NZD      New Zealand Dollar
  PLN      Polish Zloty
  RON      Romanian Leu
  SEK      Swedish Krona
  SGD      Singapore Dollar
  UYU      Uruguayan Peso
  ZAR      South African Rand

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund – (continued)

 

At September 30, 2021, 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.      12/15/2021      KRW      B        5,850,000,000      $ 5,020,597      $ 4,935,617      $ (84,980
Bank of America, N.A.      12/15/2021      MXN      S        256,059,000        12,673,239        12,277,219        396,020  
Bank of America, N.A.      12/02/2021      BRL      S        27,000,000        5,060,255        4,910,704        149,551  
Citibank, N.A.      12/15/2021      ZAR      S        71,581,000        4,913,746        4,706,949        206,797  
Credit Suisse International      12/15/2021      CAD      S        254,417,000        200,926,697        200,863,281        63,416  
Credit Suisse International      12/15/2021      COP      S        38,844,665,000        10,113,165        10,152,288        (39,123
Credit Suisse International      12/15/2021      GBP      B        12,371,000        17,114,957        16,670,387        (444,570
Credit Suisse International      12/15/2021      JPY      B        11,200,164,000        101,668,095        100,696,676        (971,419
HSBC Bank USA      12/15/2021      AUD      B        18,075,000        13,467,231        13,071,622        (395,609
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.      12/15/2021      EUR      B        144,681,000        171,509,820        167,839,265        (3,670,555
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.      12/15/2021      NZD      S        6,003,000        4,274,376        4,141,899        132,477  
UBS AG      12/15/2021      IDR      S        105,333,420,000        7,321,634        7,307,646        13,988  
UBS AG      12/15/2021      SEK      B        7,350,000        856,151        840,125        (16,026
                    

 

 

 
Total                      $ (4,660,033
                    

 

 

 

At September 30, 2021, 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)
 
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.      12/15/2021      NOK      30,959,000        EUR        2,996,891      $ 3,476,586      $ (62,832
                    

 

 

 

At September 30, 2021, open short futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures    Expiration
Date
     Contracts    Notional
Amount
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Ultra 10 Year U.S. Treasury Note      12/21/2021      185    $ 27,299,811      $ 26,871,250      $ 428,561  
Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond      12/21/2021      40      7,882,086        7,642,500        239,586  
              

 

 

 
Total                $ 668,147  
              

 

 

 

 

Industry Summary at September 30, 2021

 

Treasuries

     12.9

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     8.9  

IT Services

     6.5  

Interactive Media & Services

     5.3  

Software

     5.2  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     4.1  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     4.0  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     4.0  

Chemicals

     3.9  

Machinery

     3.3  

Capital Markets

     3.2  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     3.1  

Banking

     2.2  

Health Care Providers & Services

     2.2  

Food & Staples Retailing

     2.0  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     27.9  

Short-Term Investments

     0.9  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     99.6  

Other assets less liabilities (including forward foreign currency and futures contracts)

     0.4  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

Currency Exposure Summary at September 30, 2021

 

United States Dollar

     75.2

Canadian Dollar

     6.4  

Euro

     5.7  

New Taiwan Dollar

     2.2  

Other, less than 2% each

     10.1  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     99.6  

Other assets less liabilities (including forward foreign currency and futures contracts)

     0.4  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Growth Fund

 

    
Shares
     Description    Value (†)  
  Common Stocks — 99.0% of Net Assets  
   Aerospace & Defense — 4.1%

 

  2,563,845      Boeing Co. (The)(a)    $ 563,892,069  
     

 

 

 
   Air Freight & Logistics — 2.1%

 

  2,461,694      Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.      293,261,606  
     

 

 

 
   Beverages — 3.0%

 

  4,701,484      Monster Beverage Corp.(a)      417,632,824  
     

 

 

 
   Biotechnology — 5.0%

 

  642,511      Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)      388,834,807  
  1,682,068      Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)      305,110,314  
     

 

 

 
     693,945,121  
     

 

 

 
   Capital Markets — 2.9%

 

  546,105      FactSet Research Systems, Inc.      215,591,332  
  3,103,806      SEI Investments Co.      184,055,696  
     

 

 

 
     399,647,028  
     

 

 

 
   Communications Equipment — 1.8%

 

  4,532,387      Cisco Systems, Inc.      246,697,824  
     

 

 

 
   Energy Equipment & Services — 1.5%

 

  6,727,536      Schlumberger NV      199,404,167  
     

 

 

 
   Entertainment — 3.1%

 

  2,539,005      Walt Disney Co. (The)(a)      429,523,476  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.4%

 

  199,487      Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)      198,320,001  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Technology — 0.9%

 

  1,736,498      Cerner Corp.      122,457,839  
     

 

 

 
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 4.6%

 

  3,068,017      Starbucks Corp.      338,432,955  
  2,064,960      Yum China Holdings, Inc.      119,994,826  
  1,452,062      Yum! Brands, Inc.      177,601,703  
     

 

 

 
     636,029,484  
     

 

 

 
   Household Products — 1.2%

 

  2,148,239      Colgate-Palmolive Co.      162,363,904  
     

 

 

 
   Interactive Media & Services — 13.5%

 

  185,959      Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)      497,165,106  
  185,703      Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a)      494,956,063  
  2,535,412      Facebook, Inc., Class A(a)      860,493,478  
     

 

 

 
     1,852,614,647  
     

 

 

 
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 9.4%

 

  2,727,205      Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Sponsored ADR(a)      403,762,700  
  269,186      Amazon.com, Inc.(a)      884,286,778  
     

 

 

 
     1,288,049,478  
     

 

 

 
   IT Services — 5.9%

 

  510,413      Automatic Data Processing, Inc.      102,041,767  
  3,204,895      Visa, Inc., Class A      713,890,361  
     

 

 

 
     815,932,128  
     

 

 

 
   Life Sciences Tools & Services — 2.2%

 

  749,729      Illumina, Inc.(a)      304,097,580  
     

 

 

 
   Machinery — 2.6%

 

  1,080,265      Deere & Co.      361,964,394  
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 6.2%

 

  4,501,930      Novartis AG, Sponsored ADR      368,167,835  
  1,507,774      Novo Nordisk A/S, Sponsored ADR      144,761,382  
  7,478,844      Roche Holding AG, Sponsored ADR      340,063,037  
     

 

 

 
     852,992,254  
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 8.5%

 

  4,384,032      NVIDIA Corp.      908,196,069  
  1,982,057      QUALCOMM, Inc.      255,645,712  
     

 

 

 
     1,163,841,781  
     

 

 

 
   Software — 19.1%

 

  2,088,760      Autodesk, Inc.(a)    595,651,689  
  2,279,290      Microsoft Corp.      642,577,437  
  7,165,695      Oracle Corp.      624,347,005  
  2,117,114      salesforce.com, Inc.(a)      574,203,659  
  756,354      Workday, Inc., Class A(a)      189,005,301  
     

 

 

 
     2,625,785,091  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $7,044,124,379)
     13,628,452,696  
     

 

 

 
     
Principal
Amount
               
  Short-Term Investments — 0.9%   
$ 130,851,234      Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 9/30/2021 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $130,851,234 on 10/01/2021 collateralized by $112,570,100 U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 0.250% due 7/15/2029 valued at $133,468,279 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)
(Identified Cost $130,851,234)
     130,851,234  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Investments — 99.9%
(Identified Cost $7,174,975,613)
     13,759,303,930  
   Other assets less liabilities — 0.1%      9,330,227  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 13,768,634,157  
     

 

 

 
     
  (†)      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.

 

Industry Summary at September 30, 2021

 

Software

     19.1

Interactive Media & Services

     13.5  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     9.4  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     8.5  

Pharmaceuticals

     6.2  

IT Services

     5.9  

Biotechnology

     5.0  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     4.6  

Aerospace & Defense

     4.1  

Entertainment

     3.1  

Beverages

     3.0  

Capital Markets

     2.9  

Machinery

     2.6  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     2.2  

Air Freight & Logistics

     2.1  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     6.8  

Short-Term Investments

     0.9  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     99.9  

Other assets less liabilities

     0.1  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes — 95.6% of Net Assets   
   ABS Car Loan — 7.6%

 

$ 754,600      American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Series 2019-4, Class C, 2.690%, 12/12/2025, 144A    $ 760,840  
  90,000      American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Series 2020-2, Class B, 2.480%, 9/13/2024, 144A      90,646  
  135,000      American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Series 2020-3, Class B, 1.150%, 8/13/2024, 144A      135,385  
  240,000      American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Series 2020-4, Class C, 1.310%, 12/14/2026, 144A      241,827  
  385,000      American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Series 2021-3, Class B, 0.660%, 2/13/2026, 144A      385,399  
  510,000      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2018-3, Class B, 3.580%, 10/18/2024      514,704  
  480,000      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2019-2, Class B, 2.540%, 7/18/2024      486,965  
  423,830      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2019-3, Class A3, 2.060%, 4/18/2024      426,080  
  333,554      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-1, Class A3, 1.110%, 8/19/2024      334,757  
  110,000      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-2, Class A3, 0.660%, 12/18/2024      110,390  
  265,000      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-2, Class B, 0.970%, 2/18/2026      267,102  
  125,000      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-3, Class C, 1.060%, 8/18/2026      125,832  
  215,000      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2, Class B, 0.690%, 1/19/2027      214,575  
  100,000      Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2019-1A, Class A, 3.450%, 3/20/2023, 144A      100,791  
  140,000      Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2019-2A, Class A, 3.350%, 9/22/2025, 144A      149,227  
  266,086      Bank of The West Auto Trust, Series 2019-1, Class A3, 2.430%, 4/15/2024, 144A      268,446  
  397,682      Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2019-2, Class A3, 1.920%, 5/15/2024      401,589  
  488,317      CarMax Auto Owner Trust, Series 2020-2, Class A3, 1.700%, 11/15/2024      492,788  
  485,000      CarMax Auto Owner Trust, Series 2020-3, Class A3, 0.620%, 3/17/2025      486,699  
  220,000      Carvana Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-N2, Class B, 0.750%, 3/10/2028      219,439  
  90,730      CPS Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-A, Class B, 2.360%, 2/15/2024, 144A      91,009  
  595,000      Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2019-3A, Class A, 2.380%, 11/15/2028, 144A      603,431  
  435,000      Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2020-1A, Class A, 2.010%, 2/15/2029, 144A      441,098  
  585,000      Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2020-1A, Class B, 2.390%, 4/16/2029, 144A      600,170  
  315,000      Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2020-2A, Class A, 1.370%, 7/16/2029, 144A      318,116  
  265,000      Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2021-3A, Class A, 1.000%, 5/15/2030, 144A      265,146  
  17,852      Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2019-3, Class B, 2.650%, 2/15/2024      17,870  
  405,000      Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1, Class B, 0.650%, 7/15/2025      406,111  
  585,000      Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2, Class B, 0.580%, 12/15/2025      585,131  
  113,355      DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2019-1A, Class C, 3.610%, 11/15/2024, 144A      113,946  
  227,705      DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2019-2A, Class C, 3.180%, 2/18/2025, 144A      229,848  
   ABS Car Loan — continued   
54,981      DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2019-4A, Class B, 2.360%, 1/16/2024, 144A    55,120  
  46,171      DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2020-2A, Class A, 1.140%, 1/16/2024, 144A      46,281  
  320,000      DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2020-2A, Class C, 3.280%, 3/16/2026, 144A      332,032  
  30,000      DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class B, 0.620%, 9/15/2025, 144A      30,046  
  300,000      DT Auto Owner Trust, Series 2021-2A, Class B, 0.810%, 1/15/2027, 144A      300,766  
  87,755      Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-1A, Class B, 2.260%, 4/15/2024, 144A      88,006  
  440,000      Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-2A, Class C, 3.280%, 5/15/2025, 144A      451,450  
  275,000      Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class B, 0.500%, 2/18/2025      275,187  
  330,000      Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2A, Class B, 0.570%, 9/15/2025      330,432  
  70,339      First Investors Auto Owner Trust, Series 2019-2A, Class A, 2.210%, 9/16/2024, 144A      70,655  
  392,379      Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 2018-4, Class B, 3.880%, 10/16/2023, 144A      393,954  
  235,037      Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 2020-1, Class A, 1.900%, 8/15/2024, 144A(a)      236,734  
  915,000      Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 2020-1, Class B, 2.050%, 2/17/2025, 144A      926,114  
  290,000      Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 2021-2, Class B, 0.930%, 6/15/2027, 144A      290,557  
  595,000      Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2018-1, Class A, 3.190%, 7/15/2031, 144A(a)      637,087  
  167,511      Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2020-A, Class A3, 1.040%, 8/15/2024      168,423  
  785,000      Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2020-B, Class A3, 0.560%, 10/15/2024(a)      787,211  
  570,000      Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2021-1, Class A, 1.370%, 10/17/2033, 144A      572,407  
  635,000      Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust, Series 2019-1, Class A, 2.840%, 3/15/2024      642,440  
  260,000      GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust, Series 2019-4A, Class B, 2.780%, 9/16/2024, 144A      263,837  
  77,251      GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust, Series 2020-2A, Class A, 1.580%, 8/15/2024, 144A      77,571  
  300,000      GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust, Series 2020-3A, Class B, 1.380%, 8/15/2024, 144A      301,683  
  265,000      GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust, Series 2020-4A, Class C, 1.140%, 11/17/2025, 144A      266,284  
  42,419      GLS Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2018-3A, Class B, 3.780%, 8/15/2023, 144A      42,560  
  340,000      GLS Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2A, Class B, 0.770%, 9/15/2025, 144A      340,102  
  140,000      GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust, Series 2020-2, Class A3, 0.800%, 7/20/2023      140,578  
  251,157      GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2019-3, Class A3, 2.180%, 4/16/2024      253,528  
  145,000      GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-2, Class A3, 1.490%, 12/16/2024      146,308  
  180,000      GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust, Series 2020-1, Class A, 0.680%, 8/15/2025, 144A      180,688  
  74,395      Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2020-2, Class A2, 0.740%, 11/15/2022      74,444  
  455,000      Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2020-2, Class A3, 0.820%, 7/15/2024      457,350  
  298,925      Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2019-B, Class A3, 1.940%, 2/15/2024      301,420  

 

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   
$ 170,000      Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-A, Class A3, 1.410%, 11/15/2024    $ 171,910  
  290,000      Mercedes-Benz Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-1, Class A3, 0.550%, 2/18/2025      290,797  
  310,000      NextGear Floorplan Master Owner Trust, Series 2018-2A, Class A2, 3.690%, 10/15/2023, 144A      310,384  
  865,000      NextGear Floorplan Master Owner Trust, Series 2020-1A, Class A2, 1.550%, 2/15/2025, 144A(a)      878,379  
  17,262      Prestige Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2019-1A, Class A3, 2.450%, 5/15/2023, 144A(a)      17,277  
  695,000      Prestige Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-1A, Class C, 1.310%, 11/16/2026, 144A      699,506  
  210,000      Santander Consumer Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-AA, Class C, 3.710%, 2/17/2026, 144A      219,339  
  300,000      Santander Consumer Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-BA, Class A3, 0.460%, 8/15/2024, 144A      300,342  
  306,709      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2019-2, Class C, 2.900%, 10/15/2024      308,860  
  68,140      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-1, Class A3, 2.030%, 2/15/2024      68,275  
  90,717      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-2, Class A3, 0.670%, 4/15/2024      90,759  
  520,000      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-2, Class B, 0.960%, 11/15/2024      522,054  
  615,000      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-3, Class C, 1.120%, 1/15/2026      618,876  
  170,000      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-4, Class C, 1.010%, 1/15/2026      171,099  
  460,000      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2, Class C, 0.900%, 6/15/2026      461,614  
  745,000      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-3, Class C, 0.950%, 9/15/2027      746,348  
  440,000      Toyota Auto Loan Extended Note Trust, Series 2020-1A, Class A, 1.350%, 5/25/2033, 144A      446,090  
  200,000      Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2020-B, Class A3, 1.360%, 8/15/2024      201,809  
  190,270      Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2019-2A, Class B, 2.620%, 7/15/2024, 144A(a)      190,488  
  202,440      Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2019-3A, Class B, 2.410%, 10/15/2024, 144A      203,098  
  311,812      Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-2A, Class A2A, 0.930%, 2/15/2024, 144A(a)      312,432  
  400,000      Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-2A, Class C, 2.010%, 7/15/2025, 144A      407,330  
  590,000      Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1A, Class B, 0.640%, 3/16/2026, 144A      591,079  
  270,000      Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2021-2A, Class B, 0.620%, 7/15/2026, 144A      269,951  
  4,855      World Omni Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2017-B, Class A3, 1.950%, 2/15/2023      4,862  
  635,000      World Omni Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-B, Class A3, 0.630%, 5/15/2025      637,378  
  310,000      World Omni Select Auto Trust, Series 2020-A, Class A3, 0.550%, 7/15/2025      310,481  
  360,000      World Omni Select Auto Trust, Series 2021-A, Class B, 0.850%, 8/16/2027      358,952  
     

 

 

 
        29,176,381  
     

 

 

 
   ABS Credit Card — 0.6%   
  620,000      American Express Credit Account Master Trust, Series 2019-1, Class A, 2.870%, 10/15/2024      627,693  
   ABS Credit Card — continued   
925,000      Barclays Dryrock Issuance Trust, Series 2019-1, Class A, 1.960%, 5/15/2025(a)    938,030  
  585,000      World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust, Series 2019-C, Class A, 2.210%, 7/15/2026      596,034  
     

 

 

 
        2,161,757  
     

 

 

 
   ABS Home Equity — 0.0%   
  106,445      Bayview Opportunity Master Fund IVa Trust, Series 2016-SPL1, Class A, 4.000%, 4/28/2055, 144A      107,096  
  2,482      Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-S1, Class A3, 5.115%, 2/25/2035(b)      2,518  
  13,283      Mill City Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2016-1, Class A1, 2.500%, 4/25/2057, 144A(b)      13,324  
     

 

 

 
        122,938  
     

 

 

 
   ABS Other — 1.4%   
  395,000      Affirm Asset Securitization Trust, Series 2021-B, Class A, 1.030%, 8/17/2026, 144A      395,459  
  565,000      Aqua Finance Trust, Series 2021-A, Class A, 1.540%, 7/17/2046, 144A(c)      564,912  
  244,914      Chesapeake Funding II LLC, Series 2020-1A, Class A1, 0.870%, 8/16/2032, 144A      246,112  
  75,924      CNH Equipment Trust, Series 2020-A, Class A2, 1.080%, 7/17/2023      75,978  
  250,000      CNH Equipment Trust, Series 2020-A, Class A3, 1.160%, 6/16/2025      252,160  
  88,816      Diamond Resorts Owner Trust, Series 2018-1, Class A, 3.700%, 1/21/2031, 144A      91,966  
  795,000      Donlen Fleet Lease Funding 2 LLC, Series 2021-2, Class A2, 0.560%, 12/11/2034, 144A      795,915  
  255,000      Kubota Credit Owner Trust, Series 2020-1A, Class A3, 1.960%, 3/15/2024, 144A      258,948  
  174,286      Merlin Aviation Holdings DAC, Series 2016-1, Class A, 4.500%, 12/15/2032, 144A(b)      168,727  
  118,291      MVW LLC, Series 2020-1A, Class A, 1.740%, 10/20/2037, 144A      119,535  
  265,725      OneMain Financial Issuance Trust, Series 2018-1A, Class A, 3.300%, 3/14/2029, 144A(a)      266,391  
  251,884      S-Jets Ltd., Series 2017-1, Class A, 3.967%, 8/15/2042, 144A      249,818  
  27,755      Sierra Timeshare Conduit Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2017-1A, Class A, 2.910%, 3/20/2034, 144A      27,941  
  162,734      Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2020-2A, Class A, 1.330%, 7/20/2037, 144A      163,666  
  1,504,466      Verizon Owner Trust, Series 2019-B, Class A1A, 2.330%, 12/20/2023(a)      1,518,104  
  73,242      Wheels SPV 2 LLC, Series 2019-1A, Class A2, 2.300%, 5/22/2028, 144A      73,609  
     

 

 

 
        5,269,241  
     

 

 

 
   ABS Student Loan — 0.1%   
  21,284      Earnest Student Loan Program LLC, Series 2017-A, Class A2, 2.650%, 1/25/2041, 144A      21,329  
  153,076      Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, Series 2018-A, Class A, 3.850%, 5/25/2033      161,140  
  94,316      Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, Series 2020-GA, Class A, 1.170%, 9/16/2069, 144A      96,679  
  130,925      Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, Series 2020-HA, Class A, 1.310%, 1/15/2069, 144A      131,804  
  8,408      North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority, Series 2011-2, Class A2, 3-month LIBOR + 0.800%, 0.925%, 7/25/2025(d)      8,425  
  35,118      SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC, Series 2016-B, Class A2B, 2.740%, 10/25/2032, 144A      35,443  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   ABS Student Loan — continued   
$ 66,954      SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC, Series 2017-E, Class A2B, 2.720%, 11/26/2040, 144A    $ 67,945  
     

 

 

 
        522,765  
     

 

 

 
   ABS Whole Business — 0.1%   
  518,950      Planet Fitness Master Issuer LLC, Series 2018-1A, Class A2II, 4.666%, 9/05/2048, 144A      533,334  
     

 

 

 
   Aerospace & Defense — 0.2%   
  640,000      Raytheon Technologies Corp., 1.900%, 9/01/2031      621,013  
  29,000      Raytheon Technologies Corp., 3.650%, 8/16/2023      30,632  
     

 

 

 
        651,645  
     

 

 

 
   Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 0.7%

 

  509,476      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K029, Class A2, 3.320%, 2/25/2023(a)(b)      527,900  
  701,647      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K042, Class A2, 2.670%, 12/25/2024(a)      741,067  
  1,175,000      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KJ26, Class A2, 2.606%, 7/25/2027(a)      1,250,283  
  69,553      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KJ28, Class A1, 1.766%, 2/25/2025      70,206  
     

 

 

 
        2,589,456  
     

 

 

 
   Automotive — 2.5%   
  1,440,000      American Honda Finance Corp., MTN, 0.875%, 7/07/2023      1,451,257  
  145,000      American Honda Finance Corp., MTN, 3.625%, 10/10/2023      154,070  
  160,000      Daimler Finance North America LLC, 3.350%, 2/22/2023, 144A      166,273  
  665,000      Denso Corp., 1.239%, 9/16/2026, 144A      660,157  
  360,000      General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 4.150%, 6/19/2023      380,476  
  295,000      Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc., 3.350%, 6/08/2025, 144A      313,252  
  220,000      Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc., 4.050%, 2/04/2022, 144A      222,668  
  1,295,000      Hyundai Capital America, 2.100%, 9/15/2028, 144A      1,276,280  
  195,000      Hyundai Capital America, 2.375%, 2/10/2023, 144A      199,293  
  95,000      Hyundai Capital America, 3.000%, 6/20/2022, 144A      96,639  
  240,000      Kia Corp., 1.000%, 4/16/2024, 144A      240,083  
  275,000      Nissan Motor Acceptance Co. LLC, 3.450%, 3/15/2023, 144A      284,613  
  105,000      PACCAR Financial Corp., MTN, 0.800%, 6/08/2023      105,601  
  160,000      PACCAR Financial Corp., MTN, 1.800%, 2/06/2025      164,705  
  955,000      PACCAR Financial Corp., MTN, 1.900%, 2/07/2023      974,740  
  1,150,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 1.900%, 9/12/2031      1,128,946  
  250,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp., MTN, 1.150%, 5/26/2022      251,557  
  295,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp., MTN, 1.800%, 10/07/2021      295,033  
  480,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp., MTN, 1.900%, 4/06/2028      486,329  
  275,000      Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC, 3.350%, 5/13/2025, 144A      294,005  
  290,000      Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC, 4.250%, 11/13/2023, 144A      311,045  
     

 

 

 
        9,457,022  
     

 

 

 
   Banking — 16.8%   
  1,165,000      Ally Financial, Inc., 3.050%, 6/05/2023      1,208,602  
  495,000      American Express Co., 3.700%, 8/03/2023      523,490  
   Banking — continued   
625,000      ANZ New Zealand International Ltd., 1.900%, 2/13/2023, 144A    638,338  
  1,190,000      Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., MTN, 2.050%, 11/21/2022      1,215,081  
  800,000      Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A., 0.875%, 9/18/2023      804,848  
  805,000      Bank of America Corp., MTN, (fixed rate to 6/14/2028, variable rate thereafter), 2.087%, 6/14/2029      803,708  
  395,000      Bank of Ireland Group PLC, 4.500%, 11/25/2023, 144A      423,334  
  910,000      Bank of Ireland Group PLC, (fixed rate to 9/30/2026, variable rate thereafter), 2.029%, 9/30/2027, 144A      909,470  
  175,000      Bank of Montreal, MTN, 1.850%, 5/01/2025      180,075  
  655,000      Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The), MTN, 1.600%, 4/24/2025      669,537  
  595,000      Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The), MTN, 1.800%, 7/28/2031      581,588  
  1,235,000      Bank of New Zealand, 2.000%, 2/21/2025, 144A      1,270,718  
  1,325,000      Bank of Nova Scotia (The), 1.300%, 9/15/2026      1,315,263  
  870,000      Bank of Nova Scotia (The), 2.000%, 11/15/2022      887,065  
  280,000      Bank of Nova Scotia (The), 2.150%, 8/01/2031      277,914  
  200,000      Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel S.A., 2.375%, 11/21/2024, 144A      208,408  
  460,000      Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel S.A., 2.700%, 7/20/2022, 144A      469,095  
  485,000      Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel S.A., 3.750%, 7/20/2023, 144A      513,137  
  795,000      Barclays PLC, (fixed rate to 5/16/2023, variable rate thereafter), 4.338%, 5/16/2024      841,520  
  215,000      BNP Paribas S.A., (fixed rate to 1/13/2026, variable rate thereafter), 1.323%, 1/13/2027, 144A      211,390  
  450,000      BNP Paribas S.A., (fixed rate to 4/19/2031, variable rate thereafter), 2.871%, 4/19/2032, 144A      459,569  
  675,000      BNP Paribas S.A., (fixed rate to 6/09/2025, variable rate thereafter), 2.219%, 6/09/2026, 144A      692,807  
  645,000      BNP Paribas S.A., (fixed rate to 9/15/2028, variable rate thereafter), 2.159%, 9/15/2029, 144A      639,846  
  505,000      Capital One Financial Corp., (fixed rate to 7/29/2031, variable rate thereafter), 2.359%, 7/29/2032      494,410  
  940,000      Citigroup, Inc., (fixed rate to 11/04/2021, variable rate thereafter), 2.312%, 11/04/2022      941,439  
  510,000      Citigroup, Inc., (fixed rate to 4/08/2025, variable rate thereafter), 3.106%, 4/08/2026      541,493  
  230,000      Citigroup, Inc., (fixed rate to 5/01/2024, variable rate thereafter), 0.981%, 5/01/2025      230,745  
  225,000      Comerica, Inc., 3.700%, 7/31/2023      237,632  
  715,000      Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 1.875%, 9/15/2031, 144A      702,212  
  660,000      Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., 2.750%, 1/10/2023      680,458  
  320,000      Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., (fixed rate to 2/24/2026, variable rate thereafter), 1.106%, 2/24/2027, 144A      315,436  
  750,000      Credit Agricole S.A., (fixed rate to 6/16/2025, variable rate thereafter), 1.907%, 6/16/2026, 144A      764,267  
  575,000      Credit Suisse AG, 1.250%, 8/07/2026      566,833  
  405,000      Credit Suisse AG, 2.100%, 11/12/2021      405,846  
  725,000      Credit Suisse Group AG, (fixed rate to 5/14/2031, variable rate thereafter), 3.091%, 5/14/2032, 144A      741,331  
  940,000      Danske Bank A/S, 3.875%, 9/12/2023, 144A      994,483  
  800,000      Danske Bank A/S, (fixed rate to 9/10/2024, variable rate thereafter), 0.976%, 9/10/2025, 144A      798,658  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Banking — continued   
$ 250,000      Deutsche Bank AG, (fixed rate to 11/24/2025, variable rate thereafter), 2.129%, 11/24/2026    $ 253,942  
  395,000      Deutsche Bank AG, (fixed rate to 11/26/2024, variable rate thereafter), 3.961%, 11/26/2025      427,197  
  205,000      DNB Bank ASA, 2.150%, 12/02/2022, 144A      209,689  
  790,000      DNB Bank ASA, (fixed rate to 9/16/2025, variable rate thereafter), 1.127%, 9/16/2026, 144A      780,481  
  520,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), (fixed rate to 10/31/2021, variable rate thereafter), 2.876%, 10/31/2022      520,901  
  510,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), (fixed rate to 12/09/2025, variable rate thereafter), 1.093%, 12/09/2026      502,566  
  480,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), (fixed rate to 3/09/2026, variable rate thereafter), 1.431%, 3/09/2027      478,680  
  605,000      HSBC Holdings PLC, (fixed rate to 5/24/2031, variable rate thereafter), 2.804%, 5/24/2032      613,148  
  790,000      HSBC Holdings PLC, (fixed rate to 8/17/2028, variable rate thereafter), 2.206%, 8/17/2029      783,569  
  520,000      HSBC Holdings PLC, (fixed rate to 9/12/2025, variable rate thereafter), 4.292%, 9/12/2026      573,629  
  865,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co., (fixed rate to 11/19/2025, variable rate thereafter), 1.045%, 11/19/2026      851,880  
  535,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co., (fixed rate to 4/01/2022, variable rate thereafter), 3.207%, 4/01/2023      542,479  
  1,070,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co., (fixed rate to 6/01/2028, variable rate thereafter), 2.069%, 6/01/2029      1,072,410  
  1,520,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co., (fixed rate to 6/23/2024, variable rate thereafter), 0.969%, 6/23/2025      1,521,864  
  495,000      Lloyds Banking Group PLC, 4.050%, 8/16/2023      527,021  
  375,000      Lloyds Banking Group PLC, (fixed rate to 7/09/2024, variable rate thereafter), 3.870%, 7/09/2025      404,321  
  1,195,000      Macquarie Bank Ltd., 2.100%, 10/17/2022, 144A      1,217,881  
  65,000      Macquarie Bank Ltd., 2.300%, 1/22/2025, 144A      67,606  
  595,000      Macquarie Group Ltd., (fixed rate to 6/23/2031, variable rate thereafter), 2.691%, 6/23/2032, 144A      594,112  
  280,000      Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., (fixed rate to 7/20/2031, variable rate thereafter), 2.309%, 7/20/2032      277,413  
  600,000      Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., (fixed rate to 7/9/2031, variable rate thereafter), 2.260%, 7/09/2032      591,293  
  910,000      Morgan Stanley, (fixed rate to 5/30/2024, variable rate thereafter), 0.790%, 5/30/2025      907,206  
  570,000      Morgan Stanley, GMTN, (fixed rate to 7/20/2026, variable rate thereafter), 1.512%, 7/20/2027      567,290  
  930,000      National Australia Bank Ltd., 3.700%, 11/04/2021      932,502  
  625,000      National Bank of Canada, 2.150%, 10/07/2022, 144A      636,893  
  620,000      Nationwide Building Society, (fixed rate to 3/08/2023, variable rate thereafter), 3.766%, 3/08/2024, 144A      646,375  
  570,000      NatWest Markets PLC, 0.800%, 8/12/2024, 144A      568,797  
  1,215,000      NatWest Markets PLC, 1.600%, 9/29/2026, 144A      1,214,337  
  1,020,000      NatWest Markets PLC, 3.625%, 9/29/2022, 144A      1,053,648  
  1,305,000      Nordea Bank Abp, 1.500%, 9/30/2026, 144A      1,301,124  
  210,000      Northern Trust Corp., (fixed rate to 5/08/2027, variable rate thereafter), 3.375%, 5/08/2032      226,061  
  1,215,000      Royal Bank of Canada, 0.650%, 7/29/2024      1,212,424  
  410,000      Royal Bank of Canada, 1.200%, 4/27/2026      407,465  
  690,000      Santander Holdings USA, Inc., 3.450%, 6/02/2025      738,818  
  245,000      Societe Generale S.A., 1.375%, 7/08/2025, 144A      245,191  
  935,000      Societe Generale S.A., (fixed rate to 6/9/2026, variable rate thereafter), 1.792%, 6/09/2027, 144A      929,926  
   Banking — continued   
820,000      Standard Chartered PLC, (fixed rate to 1/30/2025, variable rate thereafter), 2.819%, 1/30/2026, 144A    853,941  
  375,000      Standard Chartered PLC, (fixed rate to 6/29/2031, variable rate thereafter), 2.678%, 6/29/2032, 144A      373,091  
  245,000      State Street Corp., (fixed rate to 3/30/2025, variable rate thereafter), 2.901%, 3/30/2026      259,915  
  305,000      State Street Corp., (fixed rate to 5/15/2022, variable rate thereafter), 2.653%, 5/15/2023      309,457  
  1,540,000      Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., 1.902%, 9/17/2028      1,521,922  
  545,000      Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., 2.696%, 7/16/2024      572,451  
  235,000      Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., 2.784%, 7/12/2022      239,581  
  840,000      Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd., 0.850%, 3/25/2024, 144A      842,039  
  515,000      Svenska Handelsbanken AB, 3.900%, 11/20/2023      553,315  
  1,400,000      Swedbank AB, 1.300%, 6/02/2023, 144A      1,419,936  
  75,000      Synchrony Financial, 4.250%, 8/15/2024      81,045  
  675,000      Toronto-Dominion Bank (The), 0.750%, 9/11/2025      666,338  
  1,260,000      Toronto-Dominion Bank (The), MTN, 1.250%, 9/10/2026      1,250,893  
  700,000      Toronto-Dominion Bank (The), MTN, 1.900%, 12/01/2022      713,066  
  770,000      Truist Financial Corp., MTN, 3.050%, 6/20/2022      783,830  
  515,000      Truist Financial Corp., MTN, (fixed rate to 6/7/2028, variable rate thereafter), 1.887%, 6/07/2029      514,498  
  1,565,000      UBS Group AG, (fixed rate to 8/10/2026, variable rate thereafter), 1.494%, 8/10/2027, 144A      1,548,035  
  665,000      UniCredit SpA, 3.750%, 4/12/2022, 144A      675,950  
  375,000      UniCredit SpA, (fixed rate to 6/03/2026, variable rate thereafter), 1.982%, 6/03/2027, 144A      374,050  
  585,000      UniCredit SpA, (fixed rate to 9/22/2025, variable rate thereafter), 2.569%, 9/22/2026, 144A      594,796  
  340,000      Wells Fargo & Co., (fixed rate to 4/30/2025, variable rate thereafter), 2.188%, 4/30/2026      350,926  
  680,000      Westpac Banking Corp., 2.150%, 6/03/2031      685,981  
  195,000      Westpac Banking Corp., 2.800%, 1/11/2022      196,418  
     

 

 

 
        63,941,659  
     

 

 

 
   Brokerage — 1.4%   
  415,000      Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 3.000%, 3/22/2022      420,240  
  1,270,000      Blackstone Holdings Finance Co. LLC, 2.000%, 1/30/2032, 144A      1,220,285  
  970,000      Blackstone Private Credit Fund, 2.625%, 12/15/2026, 144A      966,998  
  560,000      Blue Owl Finance LLC, 3.125%, 6/10/2031, 144A      553,875  
  155,000      Brookfield Finance I UK PLC, 2.340%, 1/30/2032      152,514  
  230,000      Charles Schwab Corp. (The), 2.000%, 3/20/2028      234,749  
  465,000      Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., 2.100%, 6/15/2030      459,880  
  1,300,000      National Securities Clearing Corp., 1.200%, 4/23/2023, 144A(a)      1,318,087  
     

 

 

 
        5,326,628  
     

 

 

 
   Building Materials — 0.1%   
  270,000      Eagle Materials, Inc., 2.500%, 7/01/2031      268,308  
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals — 0.4%   
  360,000      Cabot Corp., 4.000%, 7/01/2029      393,297  
  960,000      Nutrien Ltd., 1.900%, 5/13/2023      980,656  
     

 

 

 
        1,373,953  
     

 

 

 
   Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 1.3%   
  364,105      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2010-H02, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.680%, 0.768%, 2/20/2060(d)      365,778  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — continued   
$ 222,724      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2010-H03, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.550%, 0.638%, 3/20/2060(d)    $ 223,678  
  129,132      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2014-H14, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.500%, 0.603%, 7/20/2064(d)      129,960  
  102,462      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2014-H15, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.500%, 0.590%, 7/20/2064(d)      103,044  
  529      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H09, Class HA, 1.750%, 3/20/2065(c)(e)      531  
  264,307      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H10, Class JA, 2.250%, 4/20/2065(a)      270,735  
  392,767      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2016-H06, Class FC, 1-month LIBOR + 0.920%, 1.010%, 2/20/2066(a)(d)      398,821  
  1,204,073      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2018-H17, Class JA, 3.750%, 9/20/2068(a)(b)      1,297,826  
  292,751      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2019-H01, Class FL, 1-month LIBOR + 0.450%, 0.540%, 12/20/2068(d)      293,490  
  991,904      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2019-H01, Class FT, 1-month LIBOR + 0.400%, 0.490%, 10/20/2068(a)(d)      993,121  
  920,362      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2019-H10, Class FM, 1-month LIBOR + 0.400%, 0.490%, 5/20/2069(a)(d)      920,676  
     

 

 

 
        4,997,660  
     

 

 

 
   Construction Machinery — 0.2%   
  240,000      Ashtead Capital, Inc., 2.450%, 8/12/2031, 144A      235,929  
  275,000      Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., MTN, 0.950%, 5/13/2022      276,308  
  300,000      CNH Industrial Capital LLC, 1.950%, 7/02/2023      306,653  
     

 

 

 
        818,890  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Cyclical Services — 0.4%   
  1,255,000      eBay, Inc., 1.400%, 5/10/2026      1,259,036  
  165,000      Expedia Group, Inc., 6.250%, 5/01/2025, 144A      190,234  
     

 

 

 
        1,449,270  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Products — 0.1%   
  205,000      Hasbro, Inc., 3.550%, 11/19/2026      223,160  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Manufacturing — 0.6%   
  135,000      Amphenol Corp., 2.050%, 3/01/2025      139,303  
  265,000      Amphenol Corp., 2.200%, 9/15/2031      262,797  
  465,000      Honeywell International, Inc., 1.750%, 9/01/2031      453,156  
  745,000      Johnson Controls International PLC/Tyco Fire & Security Finance SCA, 2.000%, 9/16/2031      725,523  
  225,000      Kennametal, Inc., 4.625%, 6/15/2028      253,235  
  135,000      Timken Co. (The), 4.500%, 12/15/2028      150,616  
  275,000      WW Grainger, Inc., 1.850%, 2/15/2025      283,441  
     

 

 

 
        2,268,071  
     

 

 

 
   Electric — 3.5%

 

  370,000      AES Corp. (The), 1.375%, 1/15/2026      365,143  
  435,000      AES Corp. (The), 3.300%, 7/15/2025, 144A      462,066  
  360,000      Alliant Energy Finance LLC, 4.250%, 6/15/2028, 144A      407,329  
  465,000      Ameren Corp., 1.750%, 3/15/2028      455,718  
  370,000      Arizona Public Service Co., 2.200%, 12/15/2031      365,675  
  120,000      Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., Series B, 2.900%, 12/01/2026      127,078  
  225,000      Dominion Energy, Inc., 3.071%, 8/15/2024      237,827  
  270,000      DTE Energy Co., 2.250%, 11/01/2022      275,401  
   Electric — continued   
1,135,000      Duke Energy Carolinas LLC, 3.050%, 3/15/2023    1,177,212  
  570,000      Duke Energy Corp., 0.900%, 9/15/2025      565,076  
  635,000      Enel Finance International NV, 1.875%, 7/12/2028, 144A      632,395  
  605,000      Entergy Corp., 0.900%, 9/15/2025      594,899  
  116,000      Exelon Generation Co. LLC, 4.250%, 6/15/2022      118,015  
  188,000      National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp., (fixed rate to 4/30/2023, variable rate thereafter), 4.750%, 4/30/2043      196,027  
  900,000      NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., 0.650%, 3/01/2023      903,043  
  730,000      Ohio Power Co., 2.900%, 10/01/2051      705,375  
  765,000      Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 3-month LIBOR + 1.375%, 1.500%, 11/15/2021(d)      765,309  
  370,000      Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 3.000%, 6/15/2028      376,514  
  370,000      PSEG Power LLC, 3.850%, 6/01/2023      389,214  
  235,000      Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc., 2.875%, 6/15/2024      247,505  
  515,000      Southern California Edison Co., 0.700%, 8/01/2023      515,799  
  255,000      Southern California Edison Co., Series G, 2.500%, 6/01/2031      255,900  
  720,000      Southern Power Co., Series E, 2.500%, 12/15/2021      721,807  
  260,000      Southwestern Electric Power Co., 1.650%, 3/15/2026      261,796  
  600,000      Vistra Operations Co. LLC, 3.550%, 7/15/2024, 144A      631,095  
  1,540,000      WEC Energy Group, Inc., 0.550%, 9/15/2023      1,539,876  
     

 

 

 
        13,293,094  
     

 

 

 
   Finance Companies — 1.6%   
  510,000      AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, 3.150%, 2/15/2024      531,804  
  360,000      Air Lease Corp., 1.875%, 8/15/2026      358,743  
  555,000      Aircastle Ltd., 2.850%, 1/26/2028, 144A      562,082  
  915,000      Ares Capital Corp., 2.875%, 6/15/2028      926,912  
  50,000      Ares Capital Corp., 4.250%, 3/01/2025      53,666  
  305,000      Aviation Capital Group LLC, 3.875%, 5/01/2023, 144A      318,253  
  225,000      Aviation Capital Group LLC, 4.375%, 1/30/2024, 144A      240,241  
  285,000      Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., 2.750%, 2/21/2028, 144A      284,269  
  47,000      Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., 3.625%, 5/01/2022, 144A      47,703  
  210,000      FS KKR Capital Corp., 4.125%, 2/01/2025      224,386  
  425,000      GE Capital Funding LLC, 4.050%, 5/15/2027      477,166  
  335,000      Hercules Capital, Inc., 2.625%, 9/16/2026      334,892  
  945,000      Main Street Capital Corp., 3.000%, 7/14/2026      963,871  
  150,000      Oaktree Specialty Lending Corp., 3.500%, 2/25/2025      157,119  
  175,000      Owl Rock Capital Corp., 3.400%, 7/15/2026      182,251  
  260,000      Owl Rock Capital Corp., 3.750%, 7/22/2025      273,425  
  90,000      Owl Rock Capital Corp., 4.250%, 1/15/2026      96,597  
     

 

 

 
        6,033,380  
     

 

 

 
   Financial Other — 0.5%   
  675,000      Blackstone Secured Lending Fund, 2.850%, 9/30/2028, 144A      670,430  
  470,000      LeasePlan Corp NV, 2.875%, 10/24/2024, 144A      491,980  
  410,000      Mitsubishi HC Capital, Inc., 2.652%, 9/19/2022, 144A      417,416  
  185,000      ORIX Corp., 3.250%, 12/04/2024      198,113  
     

 

 

 
        1,777,939  
     

 

 

 
   Food & Beverage — 1.7%   
  120,000      Brown-Forman Corp., 3.500%, 4/15/2025      129,868  
  355,000      Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp., 2.750%, 5/14/2031      359,704  
  525,000      Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp., 4.350%, 3/15/2024      567,655  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Food & Beverage — continued   
$ 1,060,000      Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC, 0.800%, 5/03/2024, 144A    $ 1,056,696  
  1,095,000      General Mills, Inc., 2.600%, 10/12/2022      1,118,163  
  535,000      J M Smucker Co. (The), 2.125%, 3/15/2032      522,228  
  205,000      JDE Peet’s NV, 2.250%, 9/24/2031, 144A      200,419  
  1,085,000      Nestle Holdings, Inc., 1.875%, 9/14/2031, 144A      1,074,899  
  1,065,000      Pernod Ricard International Finance LLC, 1.250%, 4/01/2028, 144A      1,017,660  
  340,000      Viterra Finance BV, 2.000%, 4/21/2026, 144A      342,412  
     

 

 

 
        6,389,704  
     

 

 

 
   Government Owned – No Guarantee — 0.4%   
  330,000      Antares Holdings LP, 2.750%, 1/15/2027, 144A      330,299  
  350,000      BOC Aviation USA Corp., 1.625%, 4/29/2024, 144A      352,690  
  325,000      DAE Funding LLC, 1.550%, 8/01/2024, 144A      322,029  
  380,000      NBN Co. Ltd., 2.625%, 5/05/2031, 144A      385,523  
     

 

 

 
        1,390,541  
     

 

 

 
   Health Insurance — 0.2%   
  605,000      Centene Corp., 2.625%, 8/01/2031      600,910  
     

 

 

 
   Healthcare — 0.6%   
  227,000      Cigna Corp., 3.750%, 7/15/2023      239,942  
  92,000      CVS Health Corp., 4.300%, 3/25/2028      104,940  
  510,000      DH Europe Finance II S.a.r.l., 2.200%, 11/15/2024      530,997  
  865,000      McKesson Corp., 1.300%, 8/15/2026      857,845  
  510,000      Universal Health Services, Inc., 2.650%, 1/15/2032, 144A      505,021  
     

 

 

 
        2,238,745  
     

 

 

 
   Hybrid ARMs — 0.0%   
  28,958      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.225%, 2.280%, 1/01/2035(d)      30,983  
  46,002      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.500%, 2.601%, 5/01/2036(d)      49,140  
     

 

 

 
        80,123  
     

 

 

 
   Independent Energy — 0.4%   
  200,000      Aker BP ASA, 3.750%, 1/15/2030, 144A      214,129  
  210,000      Diamondback Energy, Inc., 0.900%, 3/24/2023      209,936  
  470,000      Diamondback Energy, Inc., 4.750%, 5/31/2025      525,004  
  530,000      Pioneer Natural Resources Co., 0.550%, 5/15/2023      530,539  
     

 

 

 
        1,479,608  
     

 

 

 
   Industrial Other — 0.1%   
  455,000      CK Hutchison International Ltd., 1.500%, 4/15/2026, 144A      455,118  
     

 

 

 
   Integrated Energy — 0.2%   
  660,000      Suncor Energy, Inc., 2.800%, 5/15/2023      683,049  
     

 

 

 
   Life Insurance — 4.4%   
  1,385,000      AIG Global Funding, 0.800%, 7/07/2023, 144A      1,396,007  
  535,000      AIG Global Funding, 0.900%, 9/22/2025, 144A      527,313  
  490,000      Athene Global Funding, 1.608%, 6/29/2026, 144A      489,645  
  875,000      Athene Global Funding, 2.500%, 3/24/2028, 144A      895,562  
  1,295,000      Athene Global Funding, 2.646%, 10/04/2031, 144A      1,296,420  
  235,000      Brighthouse Financial Global Funding, 1.000%, 4/12/2024, 144A      236,170  
  565,000      CNO Global Funding, 1.750%, 10/07/2026, 144A      564,921  
  1,285,000      Equitable Financial Life Global Funding, 1.800%, 3/08/2028, 144A      1,276,742  
  920,000      F&G Global Funding, 2.000%, 9/20/2028, 144A      905,803  
  600,000      GA Global Funding Trust, 1.000%, 4/08/2024, 144A      602,592  
  730,000      GA Global Funding Trust, 1.950%, 9/15/2028, 144A      719,389  
  665,000      Great-West Lifeco U.S. Finance LP, 0.904%, 8/12/2025, 144A      654,744  
  1,370,000      Guardian Life Global Funding, 1.100%, 6/23/2025, 144A      1,373,577  
   Life Insurance — continued   
155,000      Jackson National Life Global Funding, 3.875%, 6/11/2025, 144A    168,918  
  795,000      Metropolitan Life Global Funding I, 0.900%, 6/08/2023, 144A      802,675  
  700,000      Metropolitan Life Global Funding I, 0.950%, 7/02/2025, 144A      696,311  
  590,000      New York Life Global Funding, 1.850%, 8/01/2031, 144A      574,401  
  1,070,000      New York Life Global Funding, 2.875%, 4/10/2024, 144A(a)      1,131,419  
  460,000      Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II, 1.512%, 9/28/2026, 144A      457,705  
  655,000      Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II, 2.750%, 5/07/2025, 144A      686,654  
  565,000      Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II, 3.850%, 9/19/2023, 144A      600,047  
  755,000      Security Benefit Global Funding, 1.250%, 5/17/2024, 144A      760,058  
     

 

 

 
        16,817,073  
     

 

 

 
   Lodging — 0.1%   
  350,000      Marriott International, Inc., Series Z, 4.150%, 12/01/2023      373,306  
     

 

 

 
   Media Entertainment — 0.1%   
  580,000      Prosus NV, 3.061%, 7/13/2031, 144A      566,643  
     

 

 

 
   Metals & Mining — 0.4%   
  425,000      Anglo American Capital PLC, 2.250%, 3/17/2028, 144A      422,444  
  1,085,000      Glencore Funding LLC, 2.625%, 9/23/2031, 144A      1,062,541  
  155,000      Glencore Funding LLC, 4.125%, 3/12/2024, 144A      166,058  
     

 

 

 
        1,651,043  
     

 

 

 
   Midstream — 0.1%   
  25,000      Energy Transfer LP, 4.250%, 3/15/2023      26,062  
  440,000      Midwest Connector Capital Co. LLC, 3.625%, 4/01/2022, 144A      445,207  
     

 

 

 
        471,269  
     

 

 

 
   Mortgage Related — 0.8%   
  1,248      FHLMC, 3.000%, 10/01/2026      1,314  
  82      FHLMC, 6.500%, 1/01/2024      92  
  26      FHLMC, 8.000%, 7/01/2025      28  
  37,146      GNMA, 3.630%, with various maturities in 2063(a)(b)(f)      37,352  
  4,758      GNMA, 3.890%, 10/20/2062(b)      4,979  
  6,026      GNMA, 3.990%, 5/20/2062(b)      6,420  
  13,142      GNMA, 4.015%, 4/20/2063(a)(b)      13,868  
  55,387      GNMA, 4.362%, 6/20/2066(b)      60,134  
  8,065      GNMA, 4.408%, 11/20/2064(b)      8,487  
  196,518      GNMA, 4.419%, 10/20/2066(b)      215,488  
  71,534      GNMA, 4.428%, 9/20/2066(b)      76,952  
  58,136      GNMA, 4.434%, 11/20/2066(b)      62,917  
  65,397      GNMA, 4.456%, 10/20/2066(b)      72,520  
  66,966      GNMA, 4.462%, 11/20/2066(b)      74,018  
  70,965      GNMA, 4.491%, 10/20/2066(b)      77,613  
  41,716      GNMA, 4.512%, 8/20/2066(b)      46,058  
  462,778      GNMA, 4.537%, 7/20/2067(a)(b)      515,368  
  152,781      GNMA, 4.538%, 9/20/2066(b)      167,172  
  2,093      GNMA, 4.630%, 7/20/2062(b)      2,170  
  712,315      GNMA, 4.647%, 4/20/2067(a)(b)      792,317  
  676,438      GNMA, 4.683%, 1/20/2067(a)(b)      748,343  
  255,718      GNMA, 4.700%, with various maturities from 2061 to 2064(a)(b)(f)      268,980  
  277      GNMA, 6.500%, 12/15/2023      310  
     

 

 

 
        3,252,900  
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Natural Gas — 0.2%   
$ 945,000      Atmos Energy Corp., 2.850%, 2/15/2052    $ 902,573  
     

 

 

 
   Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 3.7%

 

  230,000      BANK, Series 2019-BN24, Class A3, 2.960%, 11/15/2062      245,646  
  270,000      BANK, Series 2020-BN25, Class A5, 2.649%, 1/15/2063      282,292  
  414,186      Barclays Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2017-C1, Class A2, 3.189%, 2/15/2050(a)      417,339  
  660,000      Barclays Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2020-BID, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 2.140%, 2.224%, 10/15/2037, 144A(d)      663,904  
  285,000      Benchmark Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-B16, Class A5, 2.732%, 2/15/2053      298,811  
  491,600      CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-C3, Class A3, 3.865%, 1/10/2048(a)      539,005  
  361,996      CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-C4, Class A4, 3.283%, 5/10/2058      387,688  
  145,000      CIM Retail Portfolio Trust, Series 2021-RETL, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 1.400%, 1.484%, 8/15/2036, 144A(d)      145,180  
  992,138      Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-GC37, Class A4, 3.314%, 4/10/2049(a)      1,069,858  
  540,000      Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-C7, Class A4, 3.102%, 12/15/2072      581,896  
  535,000      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2012-LTRT, Class A2, 3.400%, 10/05/2030, 144A(a)      532,335  
  263,676      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2013-CR8, Class A5, 3.612%, 6/10/2046(b)      274,939  
  24,122      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-CR14, Class A2, 3.147%, 2/10/2047      24,324  
  5,640      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-CR15, Class A2, 2.928%, 2/10/2047      5,581  
  93,487      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-CR16, Class ASB, 3.653%, 4/10/2047      96,474  
  280,000      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-UBS3, Class A4, 3.819%, 6/10/2047      300,060  
  280,000      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2015-DC1, Class A5, 3.350%, 2/10/2048      299,453  
  520,299      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2016-DC2, Class A5, 3.765%, 2/10/2049(a)      568,708  
  640,000      Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-USA, Class A2, 3.953%, 9/15/2037, 144A(a)      686,488  
  68,789      CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-C4, Class ASB, 3.617%, 11/15/2048      72,436  
  470,000      CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2019-C18, Class A4, 2.968%, 12/15/2052      495,972  
  605,000      GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, Series 2012-BWTR, Class A, 2.954%, 11/05/2034, 144A      614,133  
  440,000      GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, Series 2013-PEMB, Class A, 3.668%, 3/05/2033, 144A(b)      457,266  
  330,000      GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2014-GC18, Class A4, 4.074%, 1/10/2047      350,906  
  245,000      GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2020-GC45, Class A5, 2.911%, 2/13/2053      259,802  
  180,000      Hudsons Bay Simon JV Trust, Series 2015-HB10, Class A10, 4.155%, 8/05/2034, 144A      166,689  
  355,000      Hudsons Bay Simon JV Trust, Series 2015-HB7, Class A7, 3.914%, 8/05/2034, 144A      327,989  
  55,298      JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2014-C19, Class ASB, 3.584%, 4/15/2047      57,132  
   Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed
Securities — continued

 

575,000      JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2019-COR5, Class A4, 3.386%, 6/13/2052(a)    626,165  
  240,000      Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, Series 2013-C10, Class A4, 4.216%, 7/15/2046(b)      251,451  
  129,604      Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, Series 2015-C22, Class A4, 3.306%, 4/15/2048      138,269  
  550,000      Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2020-L4, Class A3, 2.698%, 2/15/2053      574,017  
  211,070      UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-TFT, Class A, 2.892%, 6/05/2030, 144A(a)      211,257  
  565,000      UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2013-C6, Class A4, 3.244%, 4/10/2046(a)      582,357  
  201,109      Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-C33, Class A4, 3.426%, 3/15/2059      217,957  
  340,655      Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-RC1, Class A2, 3.118%, 1/15/2060(a)      343,066  
  490,000      Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2020-C58, Class A4, 2.092%, 7/15/2053      488,694  
  127,432      WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-C19, Class A3, 3.660%, 3/15/2047      127,655  
  325,000      WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-C19, Class A5, 4.101%, 3/15/2047      349,149  
  179,836      WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-C20, Class ASB, 3.638%, 5/15/2047(a)      186,546  
     

 

 

 
        14,318,889  
     

 

 

 
   Oil Field Services — 0.3%   
  850,000      Baker Hughes a GE Co. LLC/Baker Hughes Co-Obligor, Inc., 2.773%, 12/15/2022      873,259  
  190,000      Helmerich & Payne, Inc., 2.900%, 9/29/2031, 144A      190,549  
     

 

 

 
        1,063,808  
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals — 0.7%   
  335,000      AbbVie, Inc., 2.600%, 11/21/2024      352,162  
  1,275,000      Amgen, Inc., 2.000%, 1/15/2032      1,226,133  
  235,000      Bayer U.S. Finance II LLC, 3.375%, 7/15/2024, 144A      248,443  
  265,000      Pfizer, Inc., 1.750%, 8/18/2031      258,983  
  525,000      Pfizer, Inc., 3.200%, 9/15/2023      552,175  
     

 

 

 
        2,637,896  
     

 

 

 
   Property & Casualty Insurance — 0.7%   
  645,000      American Financial Group, Inc., 3.500%, 8/15/2026      703,897  
  180,000      Assurant, Inc., 4.200%, 9/27/2023      191,643  
  450,000      Enstar Group Ltd., 3.100%, 9/01/2031      442,738  
  940,000      Everest Reinsurance Holdings, Inc., 3.125%, 10/15/2052      916,381  
  580,000      Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The), 2.900%, 9/15/2051      559,415  
     

 

 

 
        2,814,074  
     

 

 

 
   Railroads — 0.1%   
  215,000      Union Pacific Corp., 3.646%, 2/15/2024      228,465  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Apartments — 0.1%   
  225,000      Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP, 2.000%, 8/15/2031      216,084  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Diversified — 0.1%   
  295,000      Lexington Realty Trust, 2.375%, 10/01/2031      286,032  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Health Care — 0.2%   
  235,000      Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., 4.500%, 1/15/2025      256,187  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   REITs – Health Care — continued   
$ 450,000      Ventas Realty LP, 2.500%, 9/01/2031    $ 444,210  
     

 

 

 
        700,397  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Office Property — 0.7%   
  790,000      Kilroy Realty LP, 2.650%, 11/15/2033      779,101  
  300,000      Office Properties Income Trust, 2.400%, 2/01/2027      296,455  
  950,000      Office Properties Income Trust, 3.450%, 10/15/2031      929,316  
  340,000      Office Properties Income Trust, 4.500%, 2/01/2025      364,449  
  195,000      Piedmont Operating Partnership LP, 3.150%, 8/15/2030      200,423  
     

 

 

 
        2,569,744  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Regional Malls — 0.3%   
  310,000      Simon Property Group LP, 1.750%, 2/01/2028      307,674  
  895,000      Simon Property Group LP, 2.250%, 1/15/2032      875,004  
     

 

 

 
        1,182,678  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Single Tenant — 0.1%   
  530,000      National Retail Properties, Inc., 3.000%, 4/15/2052      501,621  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Storage — 0.1%   
  570,000      Life Storage LP, 2.400%, 10/15/2031      564,471  
     

 

 

 
   REITs – Warehouse/Industrials — 0.1%   
  210,000      Rexford Industrial Realty LP, 2.150%, 9/01/2031      202,379  
     

 

 

 
   Restaurants — 0.4%   
  1,280,000      McDonald’s Corp., MTN, 2.625%, 1/15/2022      1,288,866  
  420,000      McDonald’s Corp., MTN, 3.350%, 4/01/2023      437,460  
     

 

 

 
        1,726,326  
     

 

 

 
   Retailers — 0.8%   
  345,000      AutoNation, Inc., 3.500%, 11/15/2024      369,841  
  290,000      AutoNation, Inc., 4.500%, 10/01/2025      321,469  
  995,000      Home Depot, Inc. (The), 1.500%, 9/15/2028      984,211  
  545,000      Lowe’s Cos, Inc., 1.700%, 9/15/2028      540,231  
  1,010,000      Walmart, Inc., 1.800%, 9/22/2031      1,001,324  
     

 

 

 
        3,217,076  
     

 

 

 
   Technology — 2.6%   
  280,000      Avnet, Inc., 3.000%, 5/15/2031      280,871  
  985,000      CGI, Inc., 1.450%, 9/14/2026, 144A      974,973  
  1,775,000      DXC Technology Co., 1.800%, 9/15/2026      1,772,701  
  575,000      Equifax, Inc., 2.350%, 9/15/2031      566,052  
  165,000      Flex Ltd., 4.875%, 6/15/2029      189,833  
  450,000      Genpact Luxembourg S.a.r.l., 3.700%, 4/01/2022      455,935  
  485,000      Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., 4.650%, 10/01/2024      535,779  
  490,000      HP, Inc., 1.450%, 6/17/2026, 144A      487,372  
  315,000      Infor, Inc., 1.450%, 7/15/2023, 144A      318,315  
  530,000      International Business Machines Corp., 2.850%, 5/13/2022      538,650  
  175,000      Marvell Technology, Inc., 4.200%, 6/22/2023, 144A      184,790  
  285,000      Microchip Technology, Inc., 0.972%, 2/15/2024, 144A      285,179  
  460,000      Microchip Technology, Inc., 2.670%, 9/01/2023      476,925  
  755,000      Micron Technology, Inc., 2.497%, 4/24/2023      777,106  
  565,000      Panasonic Corp., 2.536%, 7/19/2022, 144A      573,259  
  925,000      PayPal Holdings, Inc., 1.350%, 6/01/2023      940,376  
  275,000      SYNNEX Corp., 1.750%, 8/09/2026, 144A      272,056  
  265,000      Western Union Co. (The), 1.350%, 3/15/2026      261,393  
  165,000      Western Union Co. (The), 4.250%, 6/09/2023      174,348  
     

 

 

 
     10,065,913  
     

 

 

 
   Tobacco — 0.4%   
  585,000      Altria Group, Inc., 2.450%, 2/04/2032      560,565  
  1,025,000      BAT Capital Corp., 4.700%, 4/02/2027      1,157,913  
     

 

 

 
     1,718,478  
     

 

 

 
   Transportation Services — 0.5%   
450,000      Element Fleet Management Corp., 3.850%, 6/15/2025, 144A    484,531  
  175,000      Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp., 4.000%, 7/15/2025, 144A      191,255  
  695,000      Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp., 4.125%, 8/01/2023, 144A      736,548  
  255,000      Ryder System, Inc., MTN, 3.750%, 6/09/2023      268,683  
  370,000      Ryder System, Inc., MTN, 4.625%, 6/01/2025      414,391  
     

 

 

 
     2,095,408  
     

 

 

 
   Treasuries — 33.6%   
  10,860,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.250%, 8/31/2025(a)      10,638,134  
  3,855,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.250%, 9/30/2025      3,772,328  
  24,385,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.250%, 10/31/2025      23,825,860  
  7,010,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.375%, 11/30/2025      6,876,098  
  23,985,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.375%, 12/31/2025      23,501,552  
  14,355,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.500%, 3/31/2025(a)      14,275,375  
  7,525,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.625%, 7/31/2026      7,404,482  
  3,580,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.750%, 3/31/2026      3,554,688  
  4,705,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.750%, 5/31/2026      4,665,485  
  9,505,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.750%, 8/31/2026      9,403,267  
  2,305,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.875%, 6/30/2026      2,296,897  
  2,890,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.125%, 2/15/2031(a)      2,799,236  
  9,760,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.250%, 8/15/2031      9,523,625  
  5,515,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 1.625%, 5/15/2031      5,579,629  
     

 

 

 
     128,116,656  
     

 

 

 
   Wireless — 0.1%   
  200,000      SK Telecom Co. Ltd., 3.750%, 4/16/2023, 144A      209,322  
     

 

 

 
   Wirelines — 0.2%   
  205,000      British Telecommunications PLC, 4.500%, 12/04/2023      221,300  
  710,000      Verizon Communications, Inc., 2.100%, 3/22/2028      720,714  
     

 

 

 
     942,014  
     

 

 

 
   Total Bonds and Notes
(Identified Cost $363,617,256)
     364,986,887  
     

 

 

 
     
  Short-Term Investments — 5.8%   
  8,541,562      Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 9/30/2021 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $8,541,562 on 10/01/2021 collateralized by $8,757,600 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.250% due 9/30/2028 valued at $8,712,446 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)      8,541,562  
  13,320,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.010%-0.032%, 12/02/2021(g)(h)      13,319,155  
     

 

 

 
   Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $21,861,038)
     21,860,717  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Investments — 101.4%
(Identified Cost $385,478,294)
     386,847,604  
   Other assets less liabilities — (1.4)%      (5,171,122
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 381,676,482  
     

 

 

 
     
  (†)      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.

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund – (continued)

 

     
  (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 September 30, 2021 is disclosed.

 

  (c)      Level 3 security. Value has been determined using significant unobservable inputs. See Note 3 of Notes to Financial Statements.

 

  (d)      Variable rate security. Rate as of September 30, 2021 is disclosed.

 

  (e)      Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser. At September 30, 2021, the value of this security amounted to $531 or less than 0.1% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.

 

  (f)      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.

 

  (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 September 30, 2021, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $95,288,973 or 25.0% of net assets.

 

  ABS      Asset-Backed Securities

 

  ARMs      Adjustable Rate Mortgages

 

  CMT      Constant Maturity Treasury

 

  FHLMC      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

 

  GMTN      Global Medium Term Note

 

  GNMA      Government National Mortgage Association

 

  LIBOR      London Interbank Offered Rate

 

  MTN      Medium Term Note

 

  REITs      Real Estate Investment Trusts

 

 

At September 30, 2021, open long futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures    Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Amount
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

5 Year U.S. Treasury Note

     12/31/2021        174      $ 21,476,669      $ 21,357,141      $ (119,528
              

 

 

 

At September 30, 2021, open short futures contracts were as follows:

 

Financial Futures    Expiration
Date
     Contracts      Notional
Amount
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Ultra 10 Year U.S. Treasury Note

     12/21/2021        20      $ 2,949,647      $ 2,905,000      $ 44,647  

Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond

     12/21/2021        10        1,988,729        1,910,625        78,104  
              

 

 

 

Total

 

      $ 122,751  
              

 

 

 

Industry Summary at September 30, 2021

 

Treasuries

     33.6

Banking

     16.8  

ABS Car Loan

     7.6  

Life Insurance

     4.4  

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     3.7  

Electric

     3.5  

Technology

     2.6  

Automotive

     2.5  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     20.9  

Short-Term Investments

     5.8  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     101.4  

Other assets less liabilities (including futures contracts)

     (1.4
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
  Bonds and Notes — 95.9% of Net Assets  
   ABS Car Loan — 2.9%

 

$ 395,000      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-2, Class A3, 0.660%, 12/18/2024    $ 396,399  
  840,000      Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2019-1A, Class A, 3.450%, 3/20/2023, 144A      846,644  
  1,637,300      CarMax Auto Owner Trust, Series 2020-2, Class A3, 1.700%, 11/15/2024      1,652,291  
  1,865,000      Carvana Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2021-N2, Class A2, 0.970%, 3/10/2028      1,868,577  
  1,955,000      Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2019-3A, Class A, 2.380%, 11/15/2028, 144A      1,982,701  
  9,695,000      Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2020-3A, Class A, 1.240%, 10/15/2029, 144A      9,779,951  
  257,290      Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 2020-2, Class A, 1.490%, 7/15/2024, 144A      258,028  
  481,028      Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 2020-3, Class A, 0.700%, 4/15/2025, 144A      481,995  
  569,538      Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2020-A, Class A3, 1.040%, 8/15/2024      572,638  
  475,000      GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust, Series 2020-2, Class A3, 0.800%, 7/20/2023      476,960  
  823,238      GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2019-3, Class A3, 2.180%, 4/16/2024      831,009  
  666,084      GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2019-4, Class A3, 1.750%, 7/16/2024      671,716  
  941,509      GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-1, Class A3, 1.840%, 9/16/2024      951,550  
  500,000      GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-2, Class A3, 1.490%, 12/16/2024      504,509  
  655,000      GM Financial Revolving Receivables Trust, Series 2021-1, Class A, 1.170%, 6/12/2034, 144A      650,993  
  97,042      Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2019-2, Class A3, 2.520%, 6/21/2023      98,025  
  410,000      Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2020-1, Class A3, 1.610%, 4/22/2024      414,315  
  585,000      Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-A, Class A3, 1.410%, 11/15/2024      591,573  
  1,805,000      Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2020-A, Class A3, 1.380%, 12/16/2024      1,821,462  
  1,009,202      Santander Consumer Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-AA, Class A, 1.370%, 10/15/2024, 144A      1,013,742  
  326,582      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2020-2, Class A3, 0.670%, 4/15/2024      326,732  
  765,000      Toyota Auto Loan Extended Note Trust, Series 2020-1A, Class A, 1.350%, 5/25/2033, 144A      775,588  
  521,996      Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2019-A, Class A3, 2.910%, 7/17/2023      527,265  
  450,000      Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2020-A, Class A3, 1.660%, 5/15/2024      454,343  
  670,000      Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2020-B, Class A3, 1.360%, 8/15/2024      676,061  
  1,097,877      Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2020-2A, Class A2A, 0.930%, 2/15/2024, 144A      1,100,060  
  382,994      World Omni Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2019-B, Class A3, 2.590%, 7/15/2024      386,298  
     

 

 

 
        30,111,425  
     

 

 

 
   ABS Other — 0.8%

 

  841,228      Chesapeake Funding II LLC, Series 2020-1A, Class A1, 0.870%, 8/16/2032, 144A      845,340  
   ABS Other — continued

 

430,000      CNH Equipment Trust, Series 2020-A, Class A3, 1.160%, 6/16/2025    433,716  
  334,367      Diamond Resorts Owner Trust, Series 2018-1, Class A, 3.700%, 1/21/2031, 144A      346,225  
  2,250,000      Donlen Fleet Lease Funding 2 LLC, Series 2021-2, Class A2, 0.560%, 12/11/2034, 144A      2,252,591  
  805,000      Kubota Credit Owner Trust, Series 2020-1A, Class A3, 1.960%, 3/15/2024, 144A      817,463  
  672,567      MVW LLC, Series 2020-1A, Class A, 1.740%, 10/20/2037, 144A      679,639  
  1,124,863      Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2020-2A, Class A, 1.330%, 7/20/2037, 144A      1,131,304  
  1,288,720      Welk Resorts LLC, Series 2019-AA, Class A, 2.800%, 6/15/2038, 144A      1,336,148  
     

 

 

 
        7,842,426  
     

 

 

 
   ABS Student Loan — 1.2%

 

  2,684,981      Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, Series 2019-FA, Class A2, 2.600%, 8/15/2068, 144A      2,738,184  
  827,946      Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, Series 2020-DA, Class A, 1.690%, 5/15/2069, 144A      836,001  
  2,391,928      Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, Series 2021-CA, Class A, 1.060%, 10/15/2069, 144A      2,395,216  
  5,196,554      Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, Series 2021-EA, Class A, 0.970%, 12/16/2069, 144A      5,171,393  
  1,450,000      SMB Private Education Loan Trust, Series 2021-D, Class A1A, 1.340%, 3/17/2053, 144A      1,449,494  
  32,501      SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC, Series 2016-D, Class A1, 1-month LIBOR + 0.950%, 1.036%, 1/25/2039, 144A(a)      32,658  
     

 

 

 
        12,622,946  
     

 

 

 
   Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 30.2%

 

  4,135,000      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Series Q016, Class APT1, 1.242%, 5/25/2051(b)      4,155,530  
  4,916,140      Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 2014-M2, Class A2, 3.513%, 12/25/2023(b)      5,190,476  
  691,477      Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-M17, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.930%, 1.017%, 11/25/2022(a)      691,973  
  143,383      Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 2016-M3, Class ASQ2, 2.263%, 2/25/2023      143,876  
  4,321,109      Federal National Mortgage Association, Series 2020-M5, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.460%, 0.546%, 1/25/2027(a)      4,372,975  
  7,596,590      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF74, Class AS, 1-month Average Compounded SOFR + 0.530%, 0.580%, 1/25/2027(a)      7,643,014  
  13,208,657      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF77, Class AL, 1-month LIBOR + 0.700%, 0.783%, 2/25/2027(a)      13,336,365  
  17,372,769      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF77, Class AS, 30-day Average SOFR + 0.900%, 0.950%, 2/25/2027(a)      17,235,976  
  31,041,037      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF78, Class AL, 1-month LIBOR + 0.800%, 0.883%, 3/25/2030(a)      31,092,472  
  31,041,037      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF78, Class AS, 30-day Average SOFR + 1.000%, 1.050%, 3/25/2030(a)      31,385,443  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — continued

 

$ 8,515,000      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KS12, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 0.650%, 0.733%, 8/25/2029(a)    $ 8,527,440  
  12,857,120      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KJ20, Class A2, 3.799%, 12/25/2025      13,924,828  
  5,974,381      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K-F100, Class AS, 30-day Average SOFR + 0.180%, 0.230%, 1/25/2028(a)      5,979,605  
  2,611,351      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K017, Class A2, 2.873%, 12/25/2021      2,614,654  
  7,900,000      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K034, Class A2, 3.531%, 7/25/2023(b)      8,290,734  
  7,835,000      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K035, Class A2, 3.458%, 8/25/2023(b)      8,234,073  
  7,500,000      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K038, Class A2, 3.389%, 3/25/2024      7,971,578  
  2,580,000      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K064, Class A2, 3.224%, 3/25/2027      2,834,797  
  1,115,359      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K725, Class A1, 2.666%, 5/25/2023      1,127,040  
  8,000,000      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KC06, Class A2, 2.541%, 8/25/2026      8,282,265  
  46,362      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF06, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 0.330%, 0.413%, 11/25/2021(a)      46,366  
  424,061      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF14, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 0.650%, 0.733%, 1/25/2023(a)      424,419  
  2,336,955      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF53, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 0.390%, 0.473%, 10/25/2025(a)      2,344,529  
  10,264,896      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF72, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 0.500%, 0.583%, 10/25/2026(a)      10,333,289  
  4,722,478      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF79, Class AL, 1-month LIBOR + 0.470%, 0.553%, 5/25/2030(a)      4,744,731  
  4,357,714      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF79, Class AS, 30-day Average SOFR + 0.580%, 0.630%, 5/25/2030(a)      4,385,659  
  8,424,411      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF80, Class AL, 1-month LIBOR + 0.440%, 0.523%, 6/25/2030(a)      8,464,765  
  4,733,352      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF80, Class AS, 30-day Average SOFR + 0.510%, 0.560%, 6/25/2030(a)      4,760,834  
  2,976,053      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF81, Class AL, 1-month LIBOR + 0.360%, 0.443%, 6/25/2027(a)      2,994,805  
  2,232,039      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF81, Class AS, 30-day Average SOFR + 0.400%, 0.450%, 6/25/2027(a)      2,239,084  
  1,650,698      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF84, Class AL, 1-month LIBOR + 0.300%, 0.383%, 7/25/2030(a)      1,652,472  
   Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — continued

 

1,388,682      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF84, Class AS, 30-day Average SOFR + 0.320%, 0.370%, 7/25/2030(a)    1,393,358  
  1,669,306      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF85, Class AL, 1-month LIBOR + 0.300%, 0.383%, 8/25/2030(a)      1,672,014  
  4,449,984      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF85, Class AS, 30-day Average SOFR + 0.330%, 0.380%, 8/25/2030(a)      4,464,869  
  1,874,634      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF86, Class AL, 1-month LIBOR + 0.290%, 0.373%, 8/25/2027(a)      1,876,917  
  1,673,994      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF86, Class AS, 30-day Average SOFR + 0.320%, 0.370%, 8/25/2027(a)      1,677,230  
  10,261,000      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KJ21, Class A2, 3.700%, 9/25/2026      11,232,049  
  7,720,000      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KJ26, Class A2, 2.606%, 7/25/2027      8,214,630  
  776,067      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KJ28, Class A1, 1.766%, 2/25/2025      783,350  
  2,855,000      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KS14, Class AL, 1-month LIBOR + 0.340%, 0.423%, 4/25/2030(a)      2,856,742  
  3,140,000      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KS14, Class AS, 30-day Average SOFR + 0.370%, 0.420%, 4/25/2030(a)      3,167,051  
  2,176,597      FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series Q008, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 0.390%, 0.473%, 10/25/2045(a)      2,182,150  
  5,200,000      FNMA, 3.580%, 1/01/2026      5,682,246  
  20,600,000      Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K-107, Class AS, 30-day Average SOFR + 0.250%, 0.300%, 3/25/2028(a)      20,581,893  
  9,395,000      Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series K-F121, Class AS, 30-day Average SOFR + 0.180%, 0.230%, 8/25/2028(a)      9,401,582  
  1,332,856      Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF93, Class AL, 1-month LIBOR + 0.280%, 0.363%, 10/25/2027(a)      1,335,155  
  1,600,290      Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF93, Class AS, 30-day Average SOFR + 0.310%, 0.360%, 10/25/2027(a)      1,603,496  
  5,185,000      Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series KF97, Class AS, 30-day Average SOFR + 0.250%, 0.300%, 12/25/2030(a)      5,204,167  
  3,190,780      Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Series Q015, Class A, 30-day Average SOFR + 0.200%, 0.250%, 8/25/2024(a)      3,190,780  
  107,069      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2003-72, Class Z, 5.297%, 11/16/2045(b)      116,486  
     

 

 

 
        312,062,232  
     

 

 

 
   Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 14.0%

 

  8,857      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 1500, Class FD, 7-year CMT – 0.200%, 0.810%, 5/15/2023(a)(c)(d)      8,712  

 

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

 

$ 7,980      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 1552, Class I, 10-year CMT – 0.650%, 0.610%, 8/15/2023(a)(c)(d)    $ 7,817  
  74,779      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 2131, Class ZB, 6.000%, 3/15/2029(c)(d)      82,149  
  579,443      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 2978, Class JG, 5.500%, 5/15/2035(c)(d)      653,019  
  795,586      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 3036, Class NE, 5.000%, 9/15/2035      901,900  
  345,677      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 3412, Class AY, 5.500%, 2/15/2038(c)(d)      361,866  
  781,009      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 3561, Class W, IO, 2.704%, 6/15/2048(b)(e)      833,716  
  761,832      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 3620, Class AT, IO, 3.840%, 12/15/2036(b)(e)      808,478  
  159,486      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., REMIC, Series 4212, Class FW, 2.184%, 6/15/2043(b)(c)(d)      168,680  
  732,288      Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2003-48, Class GH, 5.500%, 6/25/2033(c)(d)      833,039  
  2,234,738      Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2012-58, Class KF, 1-month LIBOR + 0.550%, 0.636%, 6/25/2042(a)      2,266,740  
  4,019,379      Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2012-83, Class LF, 1-month LIBOR + 0.510%, 0.596%, 8/25/2042(a)      4,073,854  
  3,408      Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 1992-162, Class FB, 7-year CMT – 0.050%, 1.070%, 9/25/2022(a)(c)(d)      3,367  
  10,307      Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 1994-42, Class FD, 10-year CMT – 0.500%, 0.810%, 4/25/2024(a)(c)(d)      10,073  
  6,258      Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2002-W10, Class A7, 4.113%, 8/25/2042(b)(c)(d)      6,694  
  137,271      Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2005-100, Class BQ, 5.500%, 11/25/2025(c)(d)      141,683  
  407,424      Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2007-73, Class A1, 1-month LIBOR + 0.060%, 0.136%, 7/25/2037(a)(c)(d)      398,387  
  747,424      Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2008-86, Class LA, 3.492%, 8/25/2038(b)      780,586  
  1,577,388      Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2012-56, Class FK, 1-month LIBOR + 0.450%, 0.536%, 6/25/2042(a)      1,593,455  
  2,470,552      Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2013-67, Class NF, 1-month LIBOR + 1.000%, 1.086%, 7/25/2043(a)      2,412,504  
  4,557,268      Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2015-4, Class BF, 1-month LIBOR + 0.400%, 0.486%, 2/25/2045(a)      4,587,593  
  7,638,820      Federal National Mortgage Association, REMIC, Series 2020-35, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.500%, 0.596%, 6/25/2050(a)      7,687,556  
  6,034      FHLMC Structured Pass Through Securities, Series T-60, Class 2A1, 3.553%, 3/25/2044(b)(c)(d)      6,968  
  339,417      FHLMC Structured Pass Through Securities, Series T-62, Class 1A1, 12-month MTA + 1.200%, 1.292%, 10/25/2044(a)(c)(d)      346,359  
  2,976,046      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2017-H05, Class FC, 1-month LIBOR + 0.750%, 0.840%, 2/20/2067(a)      3,013,418  
   Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — continued

 

3,131,419      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2019-H13, Class FT, 1-year CMT + 0.450%, 0.520%, 8/20/2069(a)    3,128,948  
  4,680,903      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2020-H02, Class FG, 1-month LIBOR + 0.600%, 0.690%, 1/20/2070(a)      4,729,809  
  1,266,291      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2005-18, Class F, 1-month LIBOR + 0.200%, 0.287%, 2/20/2035(a)      1,265,500  
  950,332      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2007-59, Class FM, 1-month LIBOR + 0.520%, 0.607%, 10/20/2037(a)(c)(d)      951,185  
  357,360      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2009-H01, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 1.150%, 1.237%, 11/20/2059(a)(c)(d)      358,459  
  873,073      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2010-H20, Class AF, 1-month LIBOR + 0.330%, 0.420%, 10/20/2060(a)      873,139  
  736,309      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2010-H24, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.350%, 0.440%, 10/20/2060(a)      736,718  
  417,939      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2010-H27, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.380%, 0.470%, 12/20/2060(a)      418,476  
  44,045      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2011- H20, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.550%, 0.640%, 9/20/2061(a)      44,257  
  552,843      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2011-H06, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.450%, 0.540%, 2/20/2061(a)      554,402  
  38,808      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2011-H08, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.600%, 0.690%, 2/20/2061(a)      39,007  
  32,218      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2011-H23, Class HA, 3.000%, 12/20/2061(c)(d)      33,570  
  30,807      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-124, Class HT, 6.500%, 7/20/2032(b)(c)(d)      30,194  
  2,814,237      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-18, Class FM, 1-month LIBOR + 0.250%, 0.337%, 9/20/2038(a)      2,817,861  
  143      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-H15, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.450%, 0.540%, 5/20/2062(a)(c)(d)      142  
  494,248      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-H18, Class NA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.520%, 0.610%, 8/20/2062(a)      496,348  
  1,611,561      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-H20, Class PT, 0.919%, 7/20/2062(b)      1,608,864  
  23,992      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2012-H29, Class HF, 1-month LIBOR + 0.500%, 0.590%, 10/20/2062(a)(c)(d)      23,824  
  41,695      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-H02, Class GF, 1-month LIBOR + 0.500%, 0.590%, 12/20/2062(a)(c)(d)      41,460  
  1,728,621      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-H08, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.350%, 0.440%, 3/20/2063(a)      1,729,360  
  1,407,886      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-H10, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.400%, 0.490%, 3/20/2063(a)      1,410,031  

 

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

 

$ 225,066      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-H14, Class FG, 1-month LIBOR + 0.470%, 0.560%, 5/20/2063(a)    $ 225,704  
  5,523,513      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2013-H22, Class FT, 1-year CMT + 0.650%, 0.720%, 4/20/2063(a)      5,502,594  
  3,887,419      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2014-H14, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.500%, 0.603%, 7/20/2064(a)      3,912,333  
  3,044,960      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2014-H15, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.500%, 0.590%, 7/20/2064(a)      3,062,262  
  2,280,828      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H04, Class FL, 1-month LIBOR + 0.470%, 0.560%, 2/20/2065(a)      2,292,993  
  20,401      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H05, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.300%, 0.390%, 4/20/2061(a)(c)(d)      20,188  
  14,128      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H09, Class HA, 1.750%, 3/20/2065(c)(d)      14,195  
  287,018      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H10, Class FC, 1-month LIBOR + 0.480%, 0.570%, 4/20/2065(a)      288,427  
  4,467,115      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H10, Class JA, 2.250%, 4/20/2065      4,575,758  
  4,807      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H11, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.250%, 0.340%, 4/20/2065(a)(c)(d)      4,753  
  2,820,295      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H12, Class FL, 1-month LIBOR + 0.230%, 0.320%, 5/20/2065(a)      2,814,654  
  110,990      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H19, Class FH, 1-month LIBOR + 0.300%, 0.390%, 7/20/2065(a)(c)(d)      110,402  
  5,429      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H29, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.700%, 0.790%, 10/20/2065(a)(c)(d)      5,404  
  6,555      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2015-H30, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.680%, 0.770%, 8/20/2061(a)(c)(d)      6,562  
  4,303,114      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2016-H06, Class FC, 1-month LIBOR + 0.920%, 1.010%, 2/20/2066(a)      4,369,433  
  1,309,387      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2016-H20, Class FB, 1-month LIBOR + 0.550%, 0.640%, 9/20/2066(a)      1,317,274  
  81,218      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2018-H02, Class FJ, 1-month LIBOR + 0.200%, 0.290%, 10/20/2064(a)      81,159  
  6,023,677      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2018-H11, Class FJ, 12-month LIBOR + 0.080%, 0.327%, 6/20/2068(a)      5,952,755  
  141,678      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2018-H14, Class FG, 1-month LIBOR + 0.350%, 0.440%, 9/20/2068(a)      141,765  
  8,684,851      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2018-H16, Class FA, 1-month LIBOR + 0.420%, 0.510%, 9/20/2068(a)      8,702,061  
  7,605,630      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2019-H04, Class NA, 3.500%, 9/20/2068      8,129,007  
  2,612,820      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2020-30, Class F, 1-month LIBOR + 0.400%, 0.486%, 4/20/2048(a)      2,624,749  
   Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — continued

 

4,841,427      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2020-53, Class NF, 1-month LIBOR + 0.450%, 0.536%, 5/20/2046(a)    4,821,378  
  5,186,399      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2020-H04, Class FP, 1-month LIBOR + 0.500%, 0.590%, 6/20/2069(a)      5,219,784  
  10,651,442      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2020-H07, Class FL, 1-month LIBOR + 0.650%, 0.737%, 4/20/2070(a)      10,766,808  
  11,406,315      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2020-H10, Class FD, 1-month LIBOR + 0.400%, 0.487%, 5/20/2070(a)      11,390,506  
  5,128,478      Government National Mortgage Association, Series 2020-HO1, Class FT, 1-year CMT + 0.500%, 0.610%, 1/20/2070(a)      5,145,828  
     

 

 

 
        144,778,903  
     

 

 

 
   Hybrid ARMs — 2.9%

 

  112,025      FHLMC, 12-month LIBOR + 1.666%, 1.933%, 11/01/2038(a)      112,748  
  300,521      FHLMC, 6-month LIBOR + 1.712%, 1.961%, 6/01/2037(a)      300,652  
  165,906      FHLMC, 12-month LIBOR + 1.735%, 2.029%, 3/01/2038(a)      167,461  
  517,159      FHLMC, 12-month LIBOR + 1.764%, 2.044%, 9/01/2035(a)      539,594  
  112,820      FHLMC, 12-month LIBOR + 1.791%, 2.061%, 11/01/2038(a)      114,047  
  202,582      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 1.940%, 2.065%, 9/01/2038(a)      203,448  
  175,079      FHLMC, 12-month LIBOR + 1.734%, 2.107%, 4/01/2037(a)      182,768  
  998,658      FHLMC, 12-month LIBOR + 1.895%, 2.145%, 9/01/2041(a)      1,056,590  
  52,502      FHLMC, 12-month LIBOR + 1.742%, 2.180%, 12/01/2037(a)      52,854  
  2,182,726      FHLMC, 12-month LIBOR + 1.842%, 2.202%, 1/01/2046(a)      2,265,765  
  382,036      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.220%, 2.220%, 7/01/2033(a)      382,945  
  359,134      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.247%, 2.272%, 9/01/2038(a)      384,808  
  468,402      FHLMC, 12-month LIBOR + 1.899%, 2.274%, 4/01/2037(a)      471,893  
  175,694      FHLMC, 12-month LIBOR + 1.936%, 2.275%, 12/01/2034(a)      177,749  
  393,696      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.165%, 2.290%, 4/01/2036(a)      394,145  
  112,796      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.209%, 2.316%, 9/01/2038(a)      113,370  
  1,717,593      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.248%, 2.323%, 3/01/2037(a)      1,833,972  
  374,748      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.245%, 2.367%, 3/01/2036(a)      400,192  
  973,536      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.256%, 2.372%, 2/01/2036(a)      1,035,337  
  121,370      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.250%, 2.375%, 2/01/2035(a)      129,352  
  515,680      FHLMC, 1-year CMT + 2.285%, 2.409%, 2/01/2036(a)      544,840  
  50,601      FHLMC, 12-month LIBOR + 2.180%, 2.555%, 3/01/2037(a)      50,931  
  22,002      FNMA, 6-month LIBOR + 1.460%, 1.585%, 2/01/2037(a)      22,486  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Hybrid ARMs — continued

 

$ 113,951      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.479%, 1.729%, 8/01/2035(a)    $ 113,856  
  379,161      FNMA, 6-month LIBOR + 1.544%, 1.767%, 7/01/2035(a)      393,693  
  572,600      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.595%, 1.849%, 9/01/2037(a)      595,757  
  229,131      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.639%, 1.889%, 8/01/2038(a)      231,249  
  863,217      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.549%, 1.919%, 4/01/2037(a)      905,416  
  327,156      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.669%, 1.919%, 7/01/2038(a)      332,043  
  573,186      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.574%, 1.926%, 7/01/2035(a)      595,364  
  198,763      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.587%, 1.928%, 4/01/2037(a)      200,435  
  316,324      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.678%, 1.953%, 8/01/2034(a)      318,764  
  168,218      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.665%, 2.016%, 11/01/2036(a)      177,217  
  185,478      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.608%, 2.060%, 10/01/2033(a)      192,718  
  847,381      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.741%, 2.063%, 9/01/2037(a)      897,045  
  66,539      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.802%, 2.072%, 7/01/2041(a)      66,796  
  44,090      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.754%, 2.129%, 1/01/2037(a)      44,751  
  373,700      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.760%, 2.135%, 2/01/2037(a)      378,161  
  766,117      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.781%, 2.156%, 3/01/2037(a)      811,908  
  69,927      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.145%, 2.171%, 9/01/2036(a)      71,268  
  125,430      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.800%, 2.175%, 3/01/2034(a)      132,406  
  119,246      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.800%, 2.175%, 12/01/2041(a)      120,035  
  125,778      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.729%, 2.181%, 11/01/2035(a)      132,801  
  979,442      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.820%, 2.195%, 2/01/2047(a)      1,051,792  
  1,113,253      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.175%, 2.216%, 11/01/2033(a)      1,188,240  
  202,894      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.149%, 2.223%, 9/01/2034(a)      214,460  
  264,116      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.223%, 2.223%, 8/01/2035(a)      264,502  
  1,022,223      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.172%, 2.240%, 12/01/2040(a)      1,090,752  
  308,261      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.159%, 2.249%, 6/01/2036(a)      318,902  
  181,716      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.185%, 2.259%, 12/01/2034(a)      182,195  
  95,284      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.141%, 2.266%, 4/01/2033(a)      95,455  
  2,220,753      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.212%, 2.268%, 10/01/2034(a)      2,371,523  
  624,994      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.274%, 2.274%, 6/01/2037(a)      671,192  
  1,183,264      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 1.800%, 2.300%, 10/01/2041(a)      1,247,879  
  373,945      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.287%, 2.303%, 6/01/2033(a)      373,452  
   Hybrid ARMs — continued

 

396,883      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.185%, 2.310%, 1/01/2036(a)    412,382  
  199,468      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.205%, 2.323%, 4/01/2034(a)      200,561  
  1,205,874      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.225%, 2.330%, 4/01/2034(a)      1,282,273  
  215,436      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.287%, 2.362%, 10/01/2033(a)      216,942  
  58,201      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.440%, 2.440%, 8/01/2033(a)      58,521  
  449,616      FNMA, 6-month LIBOR + 2.193%, 2.443%, 7/01/2037(a)      473,605  
  132,628      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.500%, 2.592%, 8/01/2036(a)      142,649  
  156,825      FNMA, 1-year CMT + 2.480%, 2.605%, 5/01/2035(a)      166,390  
  66,934      FNMA, 12-month LIBOR + 2.473%, 2.723%, 6/01/2035(a)      67,792  
     

 

 

 
        29,741,089  
     

 

 

 
   Mortgage Related — 1.9%

 

  25,473      FHLMC, 3.000%, 10/01/2026      26,837  
  180,478      FHLMC, 4.000%, with various maturities from 2024 to 2042(f)      196,730  
  77,731      FHLMC, 4.500%, with various maturities from 2025 to 2034(f)      82,309  
  13,266      FHLMC, 5.500%, 10/01/2023      13,615  
  143,903      FHLMC, 6.500%, 12/01/2034      165,035  
  65      FHLMC, 7.500%, 6/01/2026      70  
  85,130      FNMA, 3.000%, 3/01/2042      92,007  
  746,189      FNMA, 5.000%, with various maturities from 2037 to 2038(f)      848,755  
  323,358      FNMA, 5.500%, with various maturities from 2023 to 2033(f)      356,634  
  70,646      FNMA, 6.000%, with various maturities in 2022(f)      71,840  
  147,232      FNMA, 6.500%, with various maturities from 2032 to 2037(f)      166,221  
  41,133      FNMA, 7.500%, with various maturities from 2030 to 2032(f)      44,724  
  1,751,635      GNMA, 1-month LIBOR + 1.748%, 1.863%, 2/20/2061(a)      1,827,665  
  1,406,413      GNMA, 1-month LIBOR + 1.890%, 1.986%, 2/20/2063(a)      1,463,741  
  1,452,852      GNMA, 1-month LIBOR + 2.190%, 2.283%, 3/20/2063(a)      1,505,876  
  642,615      GNMA, 1-month LIBOR + 2.233%, 2.329%, 5/20/2065(a)      686,460  
  673,642      GNMA, 1-month LIBOR + 2.242%, 2.342%, 6/20/2065(a)      724,456  
  742,235      GNMA, 1-month LIBOR + 2.339%, 2.437%, 2/20/2063(a)      778,296  
  48,260      GNMA, 3.640%, 3/20/2063(b)      48,252  
  25,902      GNMA, 3.687%, 2/20/2063(b)      26,104  
  54,016      GNMA, 4.006%, 12/20/2062(b)      56,530  
  24,184      GNMA, 4.140%, 12/20/2061(b)      26,019  
  85,595      GNMA, 4.284%, 4/20/2063(b)      88,859  
  13,898      GNMA, 4.327%, 8/20/2061(b)      15,066  
  2,829,196      GNMA, 4.434%, 10/20/2065(b)      3,089,210  
  273,941      GNMA, 4.529%, 7/20/2063(b)      291,532  
  1,489,784      GNMA, 4.601%, 2/20/2066(b)      1,595,877  
  8,089      GNMA, 4.604%, 2/20/2062(b)      8,327  
  1,832,667      GNMA, 4.613%, 3/20/2064(b)      1,934,841  
  245,727      GNMA, 4.622%, 1/20/2064(b)      260,443  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund – (continued)

 

Principal
Amount
     Description    Value (†)  
   Mortgage Related — continued

 

$ 25,958      GNMA, 4.630%, with various maturities from 2061 to 2062(b)(f)    $ 26,127  
  4,543      GNMA, 4.632%, 8/20/2062(b)      4,890  
  1,768,285      GNMA, 4.670%, 11/20/2063(b)      1,874,214  
  923,837      GNMA, 4.700%, with various maturities from 2061 to 2064(b)(f)      970,183  
  2,500      GNMA, 4.882%, 4/20/2061(b)      2,627  
  6,844      GNMA, 6.000%, 12/15/2031      7,959  
  30,007      GNMA, 6.500%, 5/15/2031      34,936  
  33,021      GNMA, 7.000%, 10/15/2028      36,203  
     

 

 

 
        19,449,470  
     

 

 

 
   Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 2.0%

 

  1,595,000      BANK, Series 2020-BN25, Class A5, 2.649%, 1/15/2063      1,667,611  
  3,895,000      Barclays Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2020-BID, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 2.140%, 2.224%, 10/15/2037, 144A(a)      3,918,040  
  1,310,000      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2012-LTRT, Class A2, 3.400%, 10/05/2030, 144A      1,303,474  
  1,488,000      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-UBS2, Class A5, 3.961%, 3/10/2047      1,588,114  
  3,804,856      Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2016-DC2, Class ASB, 3.550%, 2/10/2049      4,018,671  
  2,570,000      DROP Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-FILE, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 1.150%, 1.230%, 4/15/2026, 144A(a)      2,577,968  
  2,600,000      Hudsons Bay Simon JV Trust, Series 2015-HB7, Class A7, 3.914%, 8/05/2034, 144A      2,402,176  
  1,040,000      Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, Series 2013-C8, Class A4, 3.134%, 12/15/2048      1,064,531  
  3,279,464      Starwood Retail Property Trust, Series 2014-STAR, Class A, 1-month LIBOR + 1.470%, 1.554%, 11/15/2027, 144A(a)      2,033,268  
     

 

 

 
        20,573,853  
     

 

 

 
   Treasuries — 40.0%

 

  41,575,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.250%, 9/30/2023      41,542,519  
  4,845,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.250%, 6/15/2024      4,818,125  
  18,650,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.250%, 6/30/2025      18,317,797  
  13,840,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.250%, 8/31/2025      13,557,253  
  13,070,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.250%, 9/30/2025      12,789,710  
  13,605,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.250%, 10/31/2025      13,293,042  
  47,425,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.375%, 4/30/2025      46,898,879  
  7,255,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.375%, 11/30/2025      7,116,418  
  56,000,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.375%, 12/31/2025      54,871,250  
  24,685,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.375%, 1/31/2026      24,154,658  
  4,600,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.500%, 3/31/2025      4,574,484  
  11,585,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.500%, 2/28/2026      11,389,503  
  13,225,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.750%, 3/31/2026      13,131,495  
  71,995,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 0.750%, 8/31/2026      71,224,429  
  11,470,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 2.000%, 2/15/2025      11,997,351  
  6,915,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 2.250%, 1/31/2024      7,218,612  
  3,340,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 2.250%, 10/31/2024      3,514,437  
  40,295,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 2.875%, 10/31/2023      42,438,820  
  9,955,000      U.S. Treasury Note, 2.875%, 7/31/2025      10,753,733  
     

 

 

 
        413,602,515  
     

 

 

 
   Total Bonds and Notes
(Identified Cost $988,328,988)
     990,784,859  
     

 

 

 
  Short-Term Investments — 4.0%  
9,469,399      Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 9/30/2021 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $9,469,399 on 10/01/2021 collateralized by $11,209,800 U.S. Treasury Bond, 1.125% due 08/15/2040 valued at $9,658,815 including accrued interest (Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements)    9,469,399  
  31,675,000      U.S. Treasury Bills, 0.002%-0.018%, 10/12/2021(g)(h)      31,674,722  
     

 

 

 
   Total Short-Term Investments
(Identified Cost $41,144,281)
     41,144,121  
     

 

 

 
     
   Total Investments — 99.9%
(Identified Cost $1,029,473,269)
     1,031,928,980  
   Other assets less liabilities — 0.1%      1,112,424  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets — 100.0%    $ 1,033,041,404  
     

 

 

 
     
  (†)      See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.

 

  (a)      Variable rate security. Rate as of September 30, 2021 is disclosed.

 

  (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 September 30, 2021 is disclosed.

 

  (c)      Level 3 security. Value has been determined using significant unobservable inputs. See Note 3 of Notes to Financial Statements.

 

  (d)      Fair valued by the Fund’s adviser. At September 30, 2021, the value of these securities amounted to $4,629,151 or 0.4% of net assets. See Note 2 of Notes to Financial Statements.

 

  (e)      Interest only security. 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 September 30, 2021, the value of Rule 144A holdings amounted to $49,156,284 or 4.8% 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

 

  GNMA      Government National Mortgage Association

 

  LIBOR      London Interbank Offered Rate

 

  MTA      Monthly Treasury Average Interest

 

  REMIC      Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit

 

  SOFR      Secured Overnight Financing Rate

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Portfolio of Investments – as of September 30, 2021

Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund – (continued)

 

Industry Summary at September 30, 2021

 

Treasuries

     40.0

Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     30.2  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     14.0  

ABS Car Loan

     2.9  

Hybrid ARMs

     2.9  

Non-Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     2.0  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     3.9  

Short-Term Investments

     4.0  
  

 

 

 

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

 

September 30, 2021

 

     Core Plus
Bond
Fund
     Credit
Income
Fund
     Global
Allocation
Fund
 

ASSETS

 

Investments at cost

   $ 9,398,037,659      $ 24,631,088      $ 3,778,502,923  

Net unrealized appreciation

     133,421,250        560,072        1,077,384,540  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investments at value

     9,531,458,909        25,191,160        4,855,887,463  

Cash

     4,996,292               150,228  

Due from brokers (Note 2)

     6,480,102               4,145,238  

Foreign currency at value (identified cost $0, $0 and $15,213,836, respectively)

                   14,822,124  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     13,687,769               4,925,564  

Receivable from investment adviser (Note 6)

            16,371         

Receivable for securities sold

     262,748,214        754,252        9,345,847  

Receivable for when-issued/delayed delivery securities sold (Note 2)

     207,302,160                

Collateral received for open forward foreign currency contracts (Notes 2 and 4)

                   590,000  

Dividends and interest receivable

     52,431,367        195,682        10,857,171  

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts (Note 2)

                   962,249  

Tax reclaims receivable

                   702,153  

Prepaid expenses (Note 9)

     1,170        3        557  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     10,079,105,983        26,157,468        4,902,388,594  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

Payable for securities purchased

     319,583,965        1,118,521        9,564,537  

Payable for when-issued/delayed delivery securities purchased (Note 2)

     895,336,641                

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

     10,585,652               2,918,294  

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts (Note 2)

                   5,685,114  

Foreign taxes payable (Note 2)

                   2,146,613  

Due to brokers (Note 2)

                   590,000  

Payable for variation margin on futures contracts (Note 2)

            2,750        25,547  

Management fees payable (Note 6)

     2,344,632               3,053,825  

Deferred Trustees’ fees (Note 6)

     917,200        3,008        407,023  

Administrative fees payable (Note 6)

     313,629        921        176,988  

Payable to distributor (Note 6d)

     64,591        5        57,346  

Other accounts payable and accrued expenses

     409,326        76,723        318,973  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     1,229,555,636        1,201,928        24,944,260  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 8,849,550,347      $ 24,955,540      $ 4,877,444,334  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

 

Paid-in capital

   $ 8,721,602,439      $ 24,430,295      $ 3,463,722,292  

Accumulated earnings

     127,947,908        525,245        1,413,722,042  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 8,849,550,347      $ 24,955,540      $ 4,877,444,334  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE:

 

Class A shares:

 

Net assets

   $ 747,496,573      $ 90,833      $ 737,469,453  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     54,997,773        8,898        25,553,630  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value and redemption price per share

   $ 13.59      $ 10.21      $ 28.86  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Offering price per share (100/[100-maximum sales charge] of net asset value) (Note 1)

   $ 14.19      $ 10.66      $ 30.62  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

        

Net assets

   $ 95,754,823      $ 1,040      $ 503,072,774  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     7,041,346        102        17,798,725  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 13.60      $ 10.20      $ 28.26  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class N shares:

 

Net assets

   $ 2,563,736,037      $ 24,841,678      $ 350,221,891  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     186,882,456        2,434,178        12,038,151  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 13.72      $ 10.21      $ 29.09  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class Y shares:

 

Net assets

   $ 5,442,562,914      $ 21,989      $ 3,286,680,216  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     396,976,803        2,155        112,981,209  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 13.71      $ 10.20      $ 29.09  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

 

September 30, 2021

 

     Growth
Fund
     Intermediate
Duration Bond

Fund
     Limited Term
Government
and Agency
Fund
 

ASSETS

 

Investments at cost

   $ 7,174,975,613      $ 385,478,294      $ 1,029,473,269  

Net unrealized appreciation

     6,584,328,317        1,369,310        2,455,711  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investments at value

     13,759,303,930        386,847,604        1,031,928,980  

Due from brokers (Note 2)

            165,000         

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     19,401,913        863,712        879,800  

Receivable for securities sold

            4,395,277        19,043,112  

Dividends and interest receivable

     2,831,934        1,083,504        1,672,689  

Tax reclaims receivable

     6,317,585        363         

Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts (Note 2)

            13,033         

Prepaid expenses (Note 9)

     1,567        43        122  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

     13,787,856,929        393,368,536        1,053,524,703  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

Payable for securities purchased

            11,188,877        18,444,955  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

     11,360,084        163,862        955,152  

Distributions payable

                   128,684  

Management fees payable (Note 6)

     5,925,968        72,437        242,612  

Deferred Trustees’ fees (Note 6)

     822,003        168,206        490,303  

Administrative fees payable (Note 6)

     502,471        13,236        36,100  

Payable to distributor (Note 6d)

     98,926        3,327        13,868  

Other accounts payable and accrued expenses

     513,320        82,109        171,625  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     19,222,772        11,692,054        20,483,299  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 13,768,634,157      $ 381,676,482      $ 1,033,041,404  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

 

Paid-in capital

   $ 6,536,950,316      $ 378,658,824      $ 1,060,615,704  

Accumulated earnings (loss)

     7,231,683,841        3,017,658        (27,574,300
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 13,768,634,157      $ 381,676,482      $ 1,033,041,404  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE:

 

Class A shares:

 

Net assets

   $ 1,740,523,283      $ 20,941,833      $ 287,243,903  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     72,982,489        1,979,277        25,207,226  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value and redemption price per share

   $ 23.85      $ 10.58      $ 11.40  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Offering price per share (100/[100-maximum sales charge] of net asset value) (Note 1)

   $ 25.31      $ 11.05      $ 11.66  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

        

Net assets

   $ 127,002,763      $ 315,130      $ 24,921,677  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     5,988,326        29,682        2,189,243  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 21.21      $ 10.62      $ 11.38  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class N shares:

 

Net assets

   $ 806,186,080      $ 20,093,747      $ 12,971,503  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     31,335,350        1,900,845        1,135,204  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 25.73      $ 10.57      $ 11.43  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Class Y shares:

 

Net assets

   $ 11,094,922,031      $ 340,325,772      $ 707,904,321  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest

     431,263,125        32,177,540        61,926,959  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 25.73      $ 10.58      $ 11.43  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations

 

For the Year Ended September 30, 2021

 

     Core Plus
Bond
Fund
     Credit
Income
Fund
     Global
Allocation
Fund
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Interest

   $ 208,087,794      $ 724,402      $ 38,727,553  

Dividends

            27,565        24,815,255  

Less net foreign taxes withheld

            (14      (793,058
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     208,087,794        751,953        62,749,750  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fees (Note 6)

     29,609,686        109,063        33,980,508  

Service and distribution fees (Note 6)

     2,917,327        202        6,889,543  

Administrative fees (Note 6)

     4,007,984        11,116        1,972,813  

Trustees’ fees and expenses (Note 6)

     457,095        13,751        225,703  

Transfer agent fees and expenses (Notes 6 and 8)

     5,590,449        4,294        3,179,009  

Audit and tax services fees

     56,767        62,608        62,418  

Custodian fees and expenses (Note 7)

     328,996        8,207        443,326  

Legal fees (Note 9)

     326,652        969        154,682  

Registration fees

     313,993        58,651        171,447  

Shareholder reporting expenses

     244,631        4,992        187,610  

Miscellaneous expenses (Notes 7 and 9)

     261,615        29,594        195,423  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses

     44,115,195        303,447        47,462,482  

Less waiver and/or expense reimbursement (Notes 6 and 7)

            (168,167       
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net expenses

     44,115,195        135,280        47,462,482  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

     163,972,599        616,673        15,287,268  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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

        

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

Investments

     116,389,278        127,665        379,925,633  

Futures contracts

            (35,988      (617,791

Short sales

     173,375                

Forward foreign currency contracts (Note 2e)

                   (10,850,551

Foreign currency transactions (Note 2d)

     360,619               599,384  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments

     (226,451,764      645,166        313,836,021  

Futures contracts

            35,718        640,419  

Forward foreign currency contracts (Note 2e)

                   (6,734,696

Foreign currency translations (Note 2d)

     (72,727             (363,160
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments, futures contracts, short sales, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency transactions

     (109,601,219      772,561        676,435,259  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 54,371,380      $ 1,389,234      $ 691,722,527  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Operations (continued)

 

For the Year Ended September 30, 2021

 

     Growth
Fund
     Intermediate
Duration Bond
Fund
     Limited Term
Government
and Agency
Fund
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Interest

   $      $ 5,994,515      $ 11,333,597  

Dividends

     89,046,896                

Less net foreign taxes withheld

     (2,656,488              
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     86,390,408        5,994,515        11,333,597  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fees (Note 6)

     65,539,656        893,605        3,243,640  

Service and distribution fees (Note 6)

     5,517,442        56,392        953,555  

Administrative fees (Note 6)

     5,608,769        152,980        445,799  

Trustees’ fees and expenses (Note 6)

     559,504        52,993        131,177  

Transfer agent fees and expenses (Notes 6 and 8)

     9,057,488        270,734        877,292  

Audit and tax services fees

     79,594        54,716        58,946  

Custodian fees and expenses (Note 7)

     603,260        23,553        45,644  

Legal fees (Note 9)

     435,715        12,075        35,546  

Registration fees

     221,979        76,394        99,415  

Shareholder reporting expenses

     280,271        18,316        73,905  

Miscellaneous expenses (Notes 7 and 9)

     366,625        36,405        53,302  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses

     88,270,303        1,648,163        6,018,221  

Less waiver and/or expense reimbursement (Notes 6 and 7)

            (170,162      (62,613
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net expenses

     88,270,303        1,478,001        5,955,608  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     (1,879,895      4,516,514        5,377,989  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS AND FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

Investments

     688,859,379        2,740,390        4,014,542  

Futures contracts

            (121,824       

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments

     1,682,057,052        (6,659,758      (13,859,882

Futures contracts

            (9,936       

Foreign currency translations (Note 2d)

     (8,389              
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and futures contracts

     2,370,908,042        (4,051,128      (9,845,340
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 2,369,028,147      $ 465,386      $ (4,467,351
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

     Core Plus Bond Fund     Credit Income Fund  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Period Ended
September 30,
2020(a)
 

FROM OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income

   $ 163,972,599     $ 170,336,486     $ 616,673     $ 374  

Net realized gain on investments, futures contracts, short sales and foreign currency transactions

     116,923,272       299,827,757       91,677        

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

     (226,524,491     200,630,915       680,884       (85,094
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     54,371,380       670,795,158       1,389,234       (84,720
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

 

Class A

     (26,989,208     (11,953,860     (2,194      

Class C

     (4,109,684     (2,056,615     (20      

Class N

     (114,300,522     (67,400,814     (776,415      

Class Y

     (253,871,577     (111,898,170     (642      
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (399,270,991     (193,309,459     (779,271      
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

     (84,293,745     1,308,282,070       (572,703     25,003,000  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

     (429,193,356     1,785,767,769       37,260       24,918,280  

NET ASSETS

 

Beginning of the year

     9,278,743,703       7,492,975,934       24,918,280        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the year

   $ 8,849,550,347     $ 9,278,743,703     $ 24,955,540     $ 24,918,280  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

From commencement of operations on September 29, 2020 through September 30, 2020.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Global Allocation Fund     Growth Fund  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Year Ended
September 30,
2020
 

FROM OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 15,287,268     $ 17,209,846     $ (1,879,895   $ 23,245,547  

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

     369,056,675       216,871,990       688,859,379       534,694,084  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures contracts, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations

     307,378,584       212,609,579       1,682,048,663       2,336,956,869  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     691,722,527       446,691,415       2,369,028,147       2,894,896,500  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

 

Class A

     (37,700,764     (13,439,861     (71,172,533     (35,045,986

Class C

     (27,793,335     (11,301,039     (6,613,461     (3,210,189

Class N

     (17,490,999     (6,572,302     (27,159,617     (16,996,001

Class Y

     (172,869,178     (60,646,702     (427,889,322     (197,277,542
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (255,854,276     (91,959,904     (532,834,933     (252,529,718
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

     400,018,429       612,522,950       432,416,142       26,641,271  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets

     835,886,680       967,254,461       2,268,609,356       2,669,008,053  

NET ASSETS

 

Beginning of the year

     4,041,557,654       3,074,303,193       11,500,024,801       8,831,016,748  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the year

   $ 4,877,444,334     $ 4,041,557,654     $ 13,768,634,157     $ 11,500,024,801  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

 

 

     Intermediate Duration Bond
Fund
    Limited Term Government and
Agency Fund
 
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Year Ended
September 30,
2020
 

FROM OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income

   $ 4,516,514     $ 5,315,122     $ 5,377,989     $ 9,045,389  

Net realized gain on investments and futures contracts

     2,618,566       8,937,549       4,014,542       9,395,293  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and futures contracts

     (6,669,694     4,520,840       (13,859,882     8,389,983  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     465,386       18,773,511       (4,467,351     26,830,665  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS:

 

Class A

     (742,805     (502,738     (1,888,946     (4,298,464

Class C

     (18,045     (8,696     (6,855     (141,631

Class N

     (788,205     (94,763     (104,954     (149,308

Class Y

     (12,363,185     (6,108,309     (6,301,562     (8,468,385
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

     (13,912,240     (6,714,506     (8,302,317     (13,057,788
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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

     77,608,974       64,275,136       27,315,308       211,874,926  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets

     64,162,120       76,334,141       14,545,640       225,647,803  

NET ASSETS

 

Beginning of the year

     317,514,362       241,180,221       1,018,495,764       792,847,961  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of the year

   $ 381,676,482     $ 317,514,362     $ 1,033,041,404     $ 1,018,495,764  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

     Core Plus Bond Fund—Class A  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2019
    Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 14.08      $ 13.25     $ 12.53     $ 12.96      $ 13.06  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

            

Net investment income(a)

     0.21        0.26       0.34       0.35        0.28  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.13      0.86       0.70       (0.38      (0.04
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     0.08        1.12       1.04       (0.03      0.24  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

            

Net investment income

     (0.29      (0.29     (0.32     (0.40      (0.34

Net realized capital gains

     (0.28                          
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (0.57      (0.29     (0.32     (0.40      (0.34
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 13.59      $ 14.08     $ 13.25     $ 12.53      $ 12.96  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return(b)

     0.53      8.60     8.39     (0.27 )%       1.86

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

            

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 747,497      $ 617,609     $ 558,291     $ 600,762      $ 676,892  

Net expenses

     0.71      0.72 %(c)      0.73     0.73      0.73

Gross expenses

     0.71      0.72     0.73     0.73      0.73

Net investment income

     1.51      1.88     2.63     2.71      2.19

Portfolio turnover rate

     266      359 %(d)      297 %(e)      181      195

 

 

 

(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)

Effective July 1, 2020, the expense limit decreased from 0.80% to 0.75%.

(d)

The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2019 to 2020 was primarily due to a significant repositioning of the portfolio.

(e)

The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2018 to 2019 is due to an increase in the volume of U.S. Treasury securities related to certain trading strategies.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

     Core Plus Bond Fund—Class C  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2019
    Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 14.09      $ 13.25     $ 12.53     $ 12.96      $ 13.06  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

            

Net investment income(a)

     0.10        0.15       0.24       0.25        0.19  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.13      0.88       0.70       (0.38      (0.05
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     (0.03      1.03       0.94       (0.13      0.14  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

            

Net investment income

     (0.18      (0.19     (0.22     (0.30      (0.24

Net realized capital gains

     (0.28                          
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (0.46      (0.19     (0.22     (0.30      (0.24
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 13.60      $ 14.09     $ 13.25     $ 12.53      $ 12.96  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return(b)

     (0.24 )%       7.83     7.57     (1.03 )%       1.08

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

            

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 95,755      $ 132,590     $ 160,201     $ 185,758      $ 248,687  

Net expenses

     1.46      1.47 %(c)      1.48     1.48      1.48

Gross expenses

     1.46      1.47     1.48     1.48      1.48

Net investment income

     0.75      1.13     1.88     1.96      1.44

Portfolio turnover rate

     266      359 %(d)      297 %(e)      181      195

 

 

 

(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)

Effective July 1, 2020, the expense limit decreased from 1.55% to 1.50%.

(d)

The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2019 to 2020 was primarily due to a significant repositioning of the portfolio.

(e)

The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2018 to 2019 is due to an increase in the volume of U.S. Treasury securities related to certain trading strategies.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

     Core Plus Bond Fund—Class N  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2019
    Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 14.21      $ 13.37     $ 12.63     $ 13.06      $ 13.17  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

            

Net investment income(a)

     0.26        0.30       0.38       0.39        0.33  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.14      0.88       0.72       (0.38      (0.06
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     0.12        1.18       1.10       0.01        0.27  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

            

Net investment income

     (0.33      (0.34     (0.36     (0.44      (0.38

Net realized capital gains

     (0.28                          
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (0.61      (0.34     (0.36     (0.44      (0.38
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 13.72      $ 14.21     $ 13.37     $ 12.63      $ 13.06  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return

     0.86      8.95     8.85     0.07      2.12

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

            

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 2,563,736      $ 2,682,487     $ 2,610,699     $ 1,899,190      $ 1,784,150  

Net expenses

     0.38      0.38 %(b)      0.39     0.39      0.39

Gross expenses

     0.38      0.38     0.39     0.39      0.39

Net investment income

     1.84      2.21     2.96     3.06      2.53

Portfolio turnover rate

     266      359 %(c)      297 %(d)      181      195

 

 

 

(a)

Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.

(b)

Effective July 1, 2020, the expense limit decreased from 0.50% to 0.45%.

(c)

The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2019 to 2020 was primarily due to a significant repositioning of the portfolio.

(d)

The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2018 to 2019 is due to an increase in the volume of U.S. Treasury securities related to certain trading strategies.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

     Core Plus Bond Fund—Class Y  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2019
    Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 14.20      $ 13.36     $ 12.63     $ 13.06      $ 13.16  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

            

Net investment income(a)

     0.24        0.29       0.37       0.38        0.31  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.13      0.88       0.71       (0.38      (0.04
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     0.11        1.17       1.08       0.00 (b)       0.27  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

            

Net investment income

     (0.32      (0.33     (0.35     (0.43      (0.37

Net realized capital gains

     (0.28                          
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (0.60      (0.33     (0.35     (0.43      (0.37
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 13.71      $ 14.20     $ 13.36     $ 12.63      $ 13.06  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return

     0.78      8.87     8.67     (0.02 )%       2.10

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

            

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 5,442,563      $ 5,846,057     $ 4,163,785     $ 3,733,751      $ 3,846,208  

Net expenses

     0.46      0.47 %(c)      0.48     0.48      0.48

Gross expenses

     0.46      0.47     0.48     0.48      0.48

Net investment income

     1.76      2.11     2.87     2.97      2.43

Portfolio turnover rate

     266      359 %(d)      297 %(e)      181      195

 

 

 

(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)

Effective July 1, 2020, the expense limit decreased from 0.55% to 0.50%.

(d)

The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2019 to 2020 was primarily due to a significant repositioning of the portfolio.

(e)

The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2018 to 2019 is due to an increase in the volume of U.S. Treasury securities related to certain trading strategies.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

     Credit Income Fund—Class A  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Period Ended
September 30,
2020*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 9.97     $ 10.00  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income (loss)(a)

     0.21       (0.00 )(b) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.31       (0.03
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     0.52       (0.03
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

    

Net investment income

     (0.28      

Net realized capital gains

     (0.00 )(b)       
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (0.28      
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 10.21     $ 9.97  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(c)(d)

     5.24     (0.30 )%(e) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

    

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 91     $ 1  

Net expenses(f)

     0.82     0.82 %(g) 

Gross expenses

     4.79     125.79 %(g) 

Net investment income (loss)

     2.07     (0.82 )%(g) 

Portfolio turnover rate

     55     0

 

 

 

*

From commencement of operations on September 29, 2020 through September 30, 2020.

(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)

A sales charge for Class A shares is not reflected in total return calculations.

(d)

Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.

(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.

 

     Credit Income Fund—Class C  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Period Ended
September 30,
2020*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 9.97     $ 10.00  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income (loss)(a)

     0.13       (0.00 )(b) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.30       (0.03
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     0.43       (0.03
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

    

Net investment income

     (0.20      

Net realized capital gains

     (0.00 )(b)       
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (0.20      
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 10.20     $ 9.97  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(c)(d)

     4.34     (0.30 )%(e) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

    

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 1     $ 1  

Net expenses(f)

     1.57     1.57 %(g) 

Gross expenses

     5.60     126.54 %(g) 

Net investment income (loss)

     1.29     (1.57 )%(g) 

Portfolio turnover rate

     55     0

 

 

 

*

From commencement of operations on September 29, 2020 through September 30, 2020.

(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)

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.

 

     Credit Income Fund—Class N  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Period Ended
September 30,
2020*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 9.97     $ 10.00  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income(a)

     0.24       0.00 (b) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.31       (0.03
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     0.55       (0.03
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

    

Net investment income

     (0.31      

Net realized capital gains

     (0.00 )(b)       
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (0.31      
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 10.21     $ 9.97  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(c)

     5.54     (0.30 )%(d) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

    

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 24,842     $ 24,915  

Net expenses(e)

     0.52     0.52 %(f) 

Gross expenses

     1.16     27.91 %(f) 

Net investment income

     2.38     0.55 %(f) 

Portfolio turnover rate

     55     0

 

 

 

*

From commencement of operations on September 29, 2020 through September 30, 2020.

(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)

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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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

     Credit Income Fund—Class Y  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Period Ended
September 30,
2020*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 9.97     $ 10.00  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

    

Net investment income (loss)(a)

     0.24       (0.00 )(b) 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     0.29       (0.03
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     0.53       (0.03
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

    

Net investment income

     (0.30      

Net realized capital gains

     (0.00 )(b)       
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (0.30      
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 10.20     $ 9.97  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return(c)

     5.38     (0.30 )%(d) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

    

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 22     $ 1  

Net expenses(e)

     0.57     0.57 %(f) 

Gross expenses

     4.54     125.54 %(f) 

Net investment income (loss)

     2.33     (0.57 )%(f) 

Portfolio turnover rate

     55     0

 

 

 

*

From commencement of operations on September 29, 2020 through September 30, 2020.

(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.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

     Global Allocation Fund—Class A  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
     Year Ended
September 30,
2019
     Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 26.23      $ 23.76      $ 23.10      $ 21.60      $ 19.17  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

              

Net investment income(a)

     0.06        0.10        0.19        0.23        0.31  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     4.18        3.05        1.38        1.75        2.36  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     4.24        3.15        1.57        1.98        2.67  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

              

Net investment income

     (0.13      (0.12      (0.16      (0.19      (0.24

Net realized capital gains

     (1.48      (0.56      (0.75      (0.29       
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (1.61      (0.68      (0.91      (0.48      (0.24
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 28.86      $ 26.23      $ 23.76      $ 23.10      $ 21.60  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return(b)

     16.73      13.41      7.66      9.26      14.10

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

              

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 737,469      $ 632,479      $ 453,009      $ 401,036      $ 305,275  

Net expenses

     1.13      1.15      1.16      1.16      1.18

Gross expenses

     1.13      1.15      1.16      1.16      1.18

Net investment income

     0.23      0.42      0.83      1.03      1.57

Portfolio turnover rate

     45      37      27      22      35

 

 

 

(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.

 

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  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
     Year Ended
September 30,
2019
    Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 25.78      $ 23.43      $ 22.78     $ 21.29      $ 18.89  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

             

Net investment income (loss)(a)

     (0.14      (0.08      0.02       0.06        0.16  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     4.10        2.99        1.38       1.73        2.33  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     3.96        2.91        1.40       1.79        2.49  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

             

Net investment income

                   (0.00 )(b)      (0.01      (0.09

Net realized capital gains

     (1.48      (0.56      (0.75     (0.29       
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (1.48      (0.56      (0.75     (0.30      (0.09
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 28.26      $ 25.78      $ 23.43     $ 22.78      $ 21.29  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return(c)

     15.85      12.55      6.85     8.46      13.22

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

             

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 503,073      $ 483,814      $ 480,479     $ 412,610      $ 354,017  

Net expenses

     1.88      1.90      1.91     1.91      1.93

Gross expenses

     1.88      1.90      1.91     1.91      1.93

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.52 )%       (0.33 )%       0.08     0.29      0.84

Portfolio turnover rate

     45      37      27     22      35

 

 

 

(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)

A contingent deferred sales charge for Class C shares is not reflected in total return calculations.

 

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  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
     Year Ended
September 30,
2019
     Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Period Ended
September 30,
2017*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 26.42      $ 23.92      $ 23.25      $ 21.73      $ 19.20  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

              

Net investment income(a)

     0.15        0.18        0.27        0.31        0.20  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     4.21        3.07        1.38        1.75        2.33  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     4.36        3.25        1.65        2.06        2.53  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

              

Net investment income

     (0.21      (0.19      (0.23      (0.25       

Net realized capital gains

     (1.48      (0.56      (0.75      (0.29       
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (1.69      (0.75      (0.98      (0.54       
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 29.09      $ 26.42      $ 23.92      $ 23.25      $ 21.73  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return

     17.10      13.78      8.04      9.60      13.18 %(b) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

              

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 350,222      $ 264,338      $ 202,692      $ 80,346      $ 59,512  

Net expenses

     0.81      0.82      0.82      0.83      0.87 %(c) 

Gross expenses

     0.81      0.82      0.82      0.83      0.87 %(c) 

Net investment income

     0.55      0.76      1.20      1.36      1.48 %(c) 

Portfolio turnover rate

     45      37      27      22      35 %(d) 

 

 

 

*

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  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
     Year Ended
September 30,
2019
     Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 26.42      $ 23.92      $ 23.25      $ 21.74      $ 19.29  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

              

Net investment income(a)

     0.13        0.16        0.24        0.29        0.36  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     4.21        3.07        1.40        1.75        2.37  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     4.34        3.23        1.64        2.04        2.73  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

              

Net investment income

     (0.19      (0.17      (0.22      (0.24      (0.28

Net realized capital gains

     (1.48      (0.56      (0.75      (0.29       
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (1.67      (0.73      (0.97      (0.53      (0.28
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 29.09      $ 26.42      $ 23.92      $ 23.25      $ 21.74  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return

     17.02      13.70      7.95      9.49      14.42

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

              

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 3,286,680      $ 2,660,927      $ 1,938,124      $ 1,549,689      $ 1,067,062  

Net expenses

     0.88      0.90      0.91      0.91      0.93

Gross expenses

     0.88      0.90      0.91      0.91      0.93

Net investment income

     0.48      0.67      1.08      1.29      1.79

Portfolio turnover rate

     45      37      27      22      35

 

 

 

(a)

Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding 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 A  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
     Year Ended
September 30,
2019
     Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 20.72      $ 16.02      $ 16.05      $ 14.04      $ 11.96  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

              

Net investment income (loss)(a)

     (0.05      0.01        0.05        0.06        0.06  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     4.17        5.14        0.71        2.29        2.18  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     4.12        5.15        0.76        2.35        2.24  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

              

Net investment income

            (0.05      (0.05      (0.05      (0.05

Net realized capital gains

     (0.99      (0.40      (0.74      (0.29      (0.11
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (0.99      (0.45      (0.79      (0.34      (0.16
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 23.85      $ 20.72      $ 16.02      $ 16.05      $ 14.04  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return(b)

     20.43      32.80      5.81      16.98      18.99

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

              

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 1,740,523      $ 1,477,915      $ 1,250,030      $ 1,083,362      $ 983,047  

Net expenses

     0.89      0.90      0.91      0.90      0.91

Gross expenses

     0.89      0.90      0.91      0.90      0.91

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.22 )%       0.04      0.35      0.39      0.45

Portfolio turnover rate

     9      19      7      11      8

 

 

 

(a)

Per share net investment income (loss) 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.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

     Growth Fund—Class C  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
     Year Ended
September 30,
2019
     Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 18.66      $ 14.53      $ 14.68      $ 12.92      $ 11.06  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

              

Net investment loss(a)

     (0.20      (0.11      (0.06      (0.05      (0.03

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     3.74        4.64        0.65        2.10        2.00  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     3.54        4.53        0.59        2.05        1.97  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

              

Net realized capital gains

     (0.99      (0.40      (0.74      (0.29      (0.11
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 21.21      $ 18.66      $ 14.53      $ 14.68      $ 12.92  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return(b)

     19.55      31.76      5.05      16.09      18.03

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

              

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 127,003      $ 128,764      $ 120,493      $ 130,133      $ 133,329  

Net expenses

     1.63      1.65      1.66      1.65      1.66

Gross expenses

     1.63      1.65      1.66      1.65      1.66

Net investment loss

     (0.97 )%       (0.71 )%       (0.39 )%       (0.36 )%       (0.29 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate

     9      19      7      11      8

 

 

 

(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.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

     Growth Fund—Class N  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
     Year Ended
September 30,
2019
     Year Ended
September 30,
2018
    Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 22.26      $ 17.17      $ 17.15      $ 14.97     $ 12.73  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

             

Net investment income(a)

     0.02        0.07        0.11        0.12       0.11  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     4.49        5.53        0.76        2.44       2.32  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     4.51        5.60        0.87        2.56       2.43  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

             

Net investment income

     (0.05      (0.11      (0.11      (0.09     (0.08

Net realized capital gains

     (0.99      (0.40      (0.74      (0.29     (0.11
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (1.04      (0.51      (0.85      (0.38     (0.19
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 25.73      $ 22.26      $ 17.17      $ 17.15     $ 14.97  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return

     20.80      33.26      6.14      17.40 %(b)      19.39 %(b) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

             

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 806,186      $ 579,571      $ 442,787      $ 1,001,688     $ 341,160  

Net expenses

     0.56      0.57      0.56      0.57 %(c)      0.57 %(c) 

Gross expenses

     0.56      0.57      0.56      0.58     0.58

Net investment income

     0.09      0.38      0.69      0.73     0.80

Portfolio turnover rate

     9      19      7      11     8

 

 

 

(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)

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.

 

     Growth Fund—Class Y  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
     Year Ended
September 30,
2019
     Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 22.26      $ 17.17      $ 17.14      $ 14.97      $ 12.73  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

              

Net investment income(a)

     0.01        0.05        0.10        0.10        0.09  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     4.48        5.53        0.77        2.44        2.33  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     4.49        5.58        0.87        2.54        2.42  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

              

Net investment income

     (0.03      (0.09      (0.10      (0.08      (0.07

Net realized capital gains

     (0.99      (0.40      (0.74      (0.29      (0.11
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (1.02      (0.49      (0.84      (0.37      (0.18
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 25.73      $ 22.26      $ 17.17      $ 17.14      $ 14.97  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return

     20.72      33.15      6.09      17.25      19.31

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

              

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 11,094,922      $ 9,313,775      $ 7,017,707      $ 6,620,996      $ 5,749,576  

Net expenses

     0.64      0.65      0.66      0.65      0.66

Gross expenses

     0.64      0.65      0.66      0.65      0.66

Net investment income

     0.02      0.27      0.60      0.64      0.69

Portfolio turnover rate

     9      19      7      11      8

 

 

 

(a)

Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

     Intermediate Duration Bond Fund—Class A  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Year Ended
September 30,
2020
     Year Ended
September 30,
2019
     Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 10.99     $ 10.51      $ 9.97      $ 10.29      $ 10.52  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

             

Net investment income(a)

     0.11       0.19        0.25        0.22        0.17  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.11     0.54        0.55        (0.31      (0.12
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     (0.00 )(b)      0.73        0.80        (0.09      0.05  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

             

Net investment income

     (0.12     (0.20      (0.26      (0.23      (0.20

Net realized capital gains

     (0.29     (0.05                    (0.08
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (0.41     (0.25      (0.26      (0.23      (0.28
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 10.58     $ 10.99      $ 10.51      $ 9.97      $ 10.29  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return(c)(d)

     (0.06 )%      7.06      8.11      (0.85 )%       0.44

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

             

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 20,942     $ 19,962      $ 21,415      $ 19,149      $ 21,828  

Net expenses(e)

     0.65     0.65      0.65      0.65      0.65

Gross expenses

     0.70     0.72      0.72      0.70      0.72

Net investment income

     1.03     1.78      2.42      2.17      1.69

Portfolio turnover rate

     100     123      135      152      216

 

 

 

(a)

Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.

(b)

Amount rounds to less than $0.01 per share.

(c)

A sales charge for Class A shares is not reflected in total return calculations.

(d)

Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.

(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.

 

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 C  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
     Year Ended
September 30,
2019
     Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 11.02      $ 10.54      $ 10.00      $ 10.30      $ 10.53  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

              

Net investment income(a)

     0.03        0.11        0.17        0.13        0.10  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.11      0.54        0.55        (0.31      (0.13
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     (0.08      0.65        0.72        (0.18      (0.03
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

              

Net investment income

     (0.03      (0.12      (0.18      (0.12      (0.12

Net realized capital gains

     (0.29      (0.05                    (0.08
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (0.32      (0.17      (0.18      (0.12      (0.20
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 10.62      $ 11.02      $ 10.54      $ 10.00      $ 10.30  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return(b)(c)

     (0.76 )%       6.27      7.28      (1.71 )%       (0.29 )% 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

              

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 315      $ 668      $ 467      $ 2      $ 3,225  

Net expenses(d)

     1.40      1.40      1.40      1.40      1.40

Gross expenses

     1.45      1.46      1.48      1.45      1.48

Net investment income

     0.30      1.00      1.64      1.31      0.95

Portfolio turnover rate

     100      123      135      152      216

 

 

 

(a)

Per share net investment income has been calculated using the average shares outstanding during the period.

(b)

A contingent deferred sales charge for Class C shares is not reflected in total return calculations.

(c)

Had certain expenses not been waived/reimbursed during the period, total returns would have been lower.

(d)

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.

 

     Intermediate Duration Bond Fund—Class N  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
     Period Ended
September 30,
2019*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 10.98      $ 10.50      $ 10.07  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment income(a)

     0.14        0.22        0.17  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.11      0.54        0.45  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     0.03        0.76        0.62  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

 

Net investment income

     (0.15      (0.23      (0.19

Net realized capital gains

     (0.29      (0.05       
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (0.44      (0.28      (0.19
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 10.57      $ 10.98      $ 10.50  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return(b)

     0.25      7.39      6.19 %(c) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

 

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 20,094      $ 3,307      $ 3,546  

Net expenses(d)

     0.35      0.35      0.35 %(e) 

Gross expenses

     0.38      0.43      0.42 %(e) 

Net investment income

     1.32      2.09      2.54 %(e) 

Portfolio turnover rate

     100      123      135 %(f) 

 

 

 

*

From commencement of Class operations on February 1, 2019 through September 30, 2019.

(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)

Represents the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate for year ended September 30, 2019.

 

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  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
     Year Ended
September 30,
2020
     Year Ended
September 30,
2019
     Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 10.99      $ 10.51      $ 9.97      $ 10.29      $ 10.52  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

              

Net investment income(a)

     0.14        0.21        0.27        0.25        0.20  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.11      0.54        0.55        (0.31      (0.13
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     0.03        0.75        0.82        (0.06      0.07  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

              

Net investment income

     (0.15      (0.22      (0.28      (0.26      (0.22

Net realized capital gains

     (0.29      (0.05                    (0.08
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (0.44      (0.27      (0.28      (0.26      (0.30
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 10.58      $ 10.99      $ 10.51      $ 9.97      $ 10.29  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return(b)

     0.20      7.33      8.38      (0.60 )%       0.69

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

              

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 340,326      $ 293,577      $ 215,752      $ 148,119      $ 154,668  

Net expenses(c)

     0.40      0.40      0.40      0.40      0.40

Gross expenses

     0.45      0.47      0.48      0.45      0.47

Net investment income

     1.28      2.01      2.67      2.43      1.93

Portfolio turnover rate

     100      123      135      152      216

 

 

 

(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)

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.

 

     Limited Term Government and Agency Fund—Class A  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2019
    Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 11.54     $ 11.34     $ 11.09     $ 11.32      $ 11.51  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

     0.04       0.11       0.15       0.11        0.08  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.11     0.25       0.34       (0.13      (0.09
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     (0.07     0.36       0.49       (0.02      (0.01
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

     (0.07     (0.16     (0.24     (0.21      (0.18
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 11.40     $ 11.54     $ 11.34     $ 11.09      $ 11.32  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return(b)

     (0.58 )%(c)      3.19     4.42     (0.17 )%       (0.04 )% 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 287,244     $ 296,217     $ 308,186     $ 328,475      $ 336,227  

Net expenses

     0.73 %(d)(e)(f)      0.78 %(g)      0.80     0.80      0.80

Gross expenses

     0.73 %(e)      0.78     0.80     0.80      0.80

Net investment income

     0.36     0.93     1.31     1.02      0.67

Portfolio turnover rate

     247     319 %(h)      527 %(h)      157      126

 

 

 

(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)

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)

Includes refund of prior year service fee of 0.01%. See Note 6b of Notes to Financial Statements.

(f)

Effective July 1, 2021, the expense limit decreased from 0.75% to 0.70%. See Note 6 of Notes to Financial Statements.

(g)

Effective July 1, 2020, the expense limit decreased from 0.80% to 0.75%.

(h)

The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2018 to 2020 is due to changes in volume of U.S. Treasury securities related to certain trading strategies.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

     Limited Term Government and Agency Fund—Class C  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2019
    Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 11.54     $ 11.35     $ 11.10     $ 11.33      $ 11.52  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income (loss)(a)

     (0.05     0.02       0.06       0.03        (0.01

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.11     0.24       0.34       (0.13      (0.08
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     (0.16     0.26       0.40       (0.10      (0.09
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

     (0.00 )(b)      (0.07     (0.15     (0.13      (0.10
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 11.38     $ 11.54     $ 11.35     $ 11.10      $ 11.33  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return(c)

     (1.35 )%(d)      2.34     3.64     (0.91 )%       (0.79 )% 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 24,922     $ 19,628     $ 22,142     $ 23,341      $ 43,319  

Net expenses

     1.48 %(e)(f)      1.53 %(g)      1.55     1.55      1.55

Gross expenses

     1.49     1.53     1.55     1.55      1.55

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.40 )%      0.18     0.57     0.24      (0.09 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate

     247     319 %(h)      527 %(h)      157      126

 

 

 

(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)

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)

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, 2021, the expense limit decreased from 1.50% to 1.45%. See Note 6 of Notes to Financial Statements.

(g)

Effective July 1, 2020, the expense limit decreased from 1.55% to 1.50%.

(h)

The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2018 to 2020 is due to changes in volume of U.S. Treasury securities related to certain trading strategies.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

 

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

     Limited Term Government and Agency Fund—Class N  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2019
    Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Period Ended
September 30,
2017*
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 11.57     $ 11.37     $ 11.12     $ 11.36      $ 11.39  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

     0.08       0.14       0.19       0.15        0.05  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.11     0.26       0.33       (0.14      0.08 (b) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     (0.03     0.40       0.52       0.01        0.13  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

     (0.11     (0.20     (0.27     (0.25      (0.16
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 11.43     $ 11.57     $ 11.37     $ 11.12      $ 11.36  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return(c)

     (0.25 )%      3.53     4.77     0.09      1.12 %(d) 

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 12,972     $ 11,035     $ 5,272     $ 3,176      $ 1,900  

Net expenses(e)

     0.40 %(f)      0.45 %(g)      0.46     0.46      0.47 %(h) 

Gross expenses

     0.41     0.46     0.48     0.48      0.50 %(h) 

Net investment income

     0.68     1.20     1.65     1.37      0.64 %(h) 

Portfolio turnover rate

     247     319 %(i)      527 %(i)      157      126 %(j) 

 

 

 

*

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)

Effective July 1, 2021, the expense limit decreased from 0.45% to 0.40%. See Note 6 of Notes to Financial Statements.

(g)

Effective July 1, 2020, the expense limit decreased from 0.50% to 0.45%.

(h)

Computed on an annualized basis for periods less than one year.

(i)

The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2018 to 2020 is due to changes in volume of U.S. Treasury securities related to certain trading strategies.

(j)

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.

 

     Limited Term Government and Agency Fund—Class Y  
     Year Ended
September 30,
2021
    Year Ended
September 30,
2020
    Year Ended
September 30,
2019
    Year Ended
September 30,
2018
     Year Ended
September 30,
2017
 

Net asset value, beginning of the period

   $ 11.57     $ 11.38     $ 11.13     $ 11.36      $ 11.55  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

           

Net investment income(a)

     0.07       0.13       0.17       0.14        0.11  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.11     0.25       0.34       (0.13      (0.09
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total from Investment Operations

     (0.04     0.38       0.51       0.01        0.02  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

           

Net investment income

     (0.10     (0.19     (0.26     (0.24      (0.21
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of the period

   $ 11.43     $ 11.57     $ 11.38     $ 11.13      $ 11.36  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total return

     (0.33 )%(b)      3.35     4.67     0.09      0.22

RATIOS TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS:

           

Net assets, end of the period (000’s)

   $ 707,904     $ 691,616     $ 457,248     $ 366,847      $ 360,322  

Net expenses

     0.48 %(c)(d)      0.53 %(e)      0.55     0.55      0.55

Gross expenses

     0.49     0.53     0.55     0.55      0.55

Net investment income

     0.61     1.11     1.55     1.26      0.92

Portfolio turnover rate

     247     319 %(f)      527 %(f)      157      126

 

 

 

(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)

The investment adviser agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse a portion of the Fund’s expenses during the period. Without this waiver/reimbursement, expenses would have been higher.

(d)

Effective July 1, 2021, the expense limit decreased from 0.50% to 0.45%. See Note 6 of Notes to Financial Statements.

(e)

Effective July 1, 2020, the expense limit decreased from 0.55% to 0.50%.

(f)

The variation in the Fund’s turnover rate from 2018 to 2020 is due to changes in volume of U.S. Treasury securities related to certain trading strategies.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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1.  Organization.  Natixis Funds Trust I, 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:

Natixis Funds Trust I:

Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund (the “Core Plus Bond Fund”)

Loomis Sayles Funds I:

Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund (the “Intermediate Duration Bond Fund”)

Loomis Sayles Funds II:

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

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

Loomis Sayles Growth Fund (the “Growth Fund”)

Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund (the “Limited Term Government and Agency Fund”)

Each Fund is a diversified investment company.

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

Class A shares are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 4.25% for Core Plus Bond Fund, Credit Income Fund and Intermediate Duration Bond Fund, 5.75% for Global Allocation Fund and Growth Fund, and 2.25% for Limited Term Government and Agency Fund. Class C shares do not pay a front-end sales charge, pay higher Rule 12b-1 fees than Class A shares for eight years (at which point they automatically convert to Class A shares) (prior to May 1, 2021, Class C shares automatically converted to Class A shares after ten years) and may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% if those shares are redeemed within one year of acquisition, except for reinvested distributions. Class N and Class Y shares do not pay a front-end sales charge, a CDSC or Rule 12b-1 fees. Class N shares are offered with an initial minimum investment of $1,000,000. Class Y shares are offered with an initial minimum investment of $100,000. Certain categories of investors are exempted from the minimum investment amounts for Class N and Class Y as outlined in the relevant Funds’ prospectus.

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

2.  Significant Accounting Policies.  The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by 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 year-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 Funds by an independent pricing service or bid prices obtained from broker-dealers. Senior loans and collateralized loan obligations are valued at bid prices

 

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supplied by an independent pricing service, if available. Short sales of debt securities are valued based on an evaluated ask price furnished to the Funds by an independent pricing service. 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 and collateralized loan obligations 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.

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.

As of September 30, 2021, securities held by the Funds were fair valued as follows:

 

Fund

 

Equity
securities1

   

Percentage of
Net Assets

   

Securities
classified as
fair valued

   

Percentage
of Net
Assets

   

Securities fair
valued by the
Fund’s adviser

   

Percentage of
Net Assets

 

Core Plus Bond Fund

  $           $           $ 1,001,922       Less than 0.1%  

Credit Income Fund

                282,692       1.1%              

Global Allocation Fund

    558,851,192       11.5%       8,767,057       0.2%              

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

                            531       Less than 0.1%  

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

                            4,629,151       0.4%  

 

1

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

b.  Investment Transactions and Related Investment Income.  Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date plus one day basis for daily NAV calculation. However, for financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are reported on trade date. Dividend income (including income reinvested) and foreign withholding tax, if applicable, is recorded on the 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. Loan consent fees, upfront origination fees and/or amendment fees are recorded when received and included in interest income on the Statements of Operations. 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. For securities with paydown provisions, principal payments received are treated as a proportionate reduction to the cost basis of the securities, and excess or shortfall amounts are recorded as income. In determining net gain or loss on securities sold, the cost of securities has been determined on an identified cost basis. Investment

 

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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.  Short Sales.  A short sale is a transaction in which a Fund sells a security it does not own, usually in anticipation of a decline in the fair market value of the security. When closing out a short position, a Fund will have to purchase the security it originally sold short. The value of short sales is reflected as a liability in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and is marked-to-market daily. A Fund will realize a profit from closing out a short position if the price of the security sold short has declined since the short position was opened; a Fund will realize a loss from closing out a short position if the value of the shorted security has risen since the short position was opened. Because there is no upper limit on the price to which a security can rise, short selling exposes a Fund to potentially unlimited losses. The Funds intend to cover their short sale transactions by segregating or earmarking liquid assets, such that the segregated/earmarked amount, equals the current market value of the securities underlying the short sale.

For the year ended September 30, 2021, Core Plus Bond Fund engaged in short sales.

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

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

For the year ended September 30, 2021, 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:

 

Core Plus Bond Fund

   $ 9,809,979  

Global Allocation Fund

     9,233,847  

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

e.  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 appreciation (depreciation) 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. Forward foreign currency contracts outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.

f.  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

 

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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 amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the financial statements. Daily fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as a receivable (payable) 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 outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.

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.

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 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.

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.

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 September 30, 2021 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 twelve 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 that have been or are expected to be reclaimed and paid. 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 are expected to be filed and paid 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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In certain countries across the European Union, certain Funds filed tax reclaims for previously withheld taxes on dividends earned in certain countries (EU reclaims) and may continue to make such filings when it is determined to be in the best interest of the Funds and their shareholders. These filings are subject to various administrative proceedings by the local jurisdictions’ tax authorities within the European Union, as well as a number of related judicial proceedings. EU reclaims are recognized by a Fund when deemed more likely than not to be collected, and are reflected as a reduction of foreign taxes withheld in the Statements of Operations. Any related receivable is reflected as tax reclaims receivable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

i.  Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders.  Dividends and distributions are recorded on the 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, convertible bond adjustments, defaulted and/or non-income producing securities, distribution re-designations, contingent payment debt instruments, return of capital distributions received, net operating losses, redemptions in-kind, treasury inflation-protected bonds, premium amortization and paydown gains and 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 deferred Trustees’ fees, forward foreign currency contract mark-to-market, wash sales, premium amortization, trust preferred securities, futures contract mark-to-market, return of capital distributions received and dividends payable. 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 net realized 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 years ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was as follows:

 

    

2021 Distributions

   

2020 Distributions

 

Fund

 

Ordinary
Income

   

Long-Term
Capital Gains

   

Total

   

Ordinary
Income

   

Long-Term
Capital Gains

   

Total

 

Core Plus Bond Fund

  $ 363,707,896     $ 35,563,095     $ 399,270,991     $ 193,309,459     $     $ 193,309,459  

Credit Income Fund

    779,271             779,271                    

Global Allocation Fund

    26,444,526       229,409,750       255,854,276       18,191,927       73,767,977       91,959,904  

Growth Fund

    24,536,652       508,298,281       532,834,933       44,589,045       207,940,673       252,529,718  

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

    12,774,431       1,137,809       13,912,240       6,686,899       27,607       6,714,506  

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

    8,302,317             8,302,317       13,057,788             13,057,788  

Distributions paid to shareholders from net investment income and net realized capital gains, based on accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, are consolidated and reported on the Statements of Changes in Net Assets as Distributions to Shareholders. Distributions paid to shareholders from net investment income and net realized capital gains expressed in per-share amounts, based on accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, are separately stated and reported within the Financial Highlights.

 

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As of September 30, 2021, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

    

Core Plus Bond
Fund

   

Credit Income
Fund

   

Global
Allocation
Fund

   

Growth

Fund

   

Intermediate
Duration
Bond Fund

   

Limited Term
Government
and Agency
Fund

 

Undistributed ordinary income

  $ 1,853,128     $ 61,261     $ 17,822,376     $ 38,619,525     $ 684,715     $ 527,209  

Undistributed long-term capital gains

    17,404,702             331,575,389       626,991,994       1,181,959        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total undistributed earnings

    19,257,830       61,261       349,397,765       665,611,519       1,866,674       527,209  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital loss carryforward:

           

Short-term:

           

No expiration date

                                  (183,761

Long-term:

           

No expiration date

                                  (28,753,709
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total capital loss carryforward

                                  (28,937,470
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unrealized appreciation

    109,607,278       466,992       1,064,731,300       6,566,894,325       1,319,190       1,454,948  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total accumulated earnings (losses)

  $ 128,865,108     $ 528,253     $ 1,414,129,065     $ 7,232,505,844     $ 3,185,864     $ (26,955,313
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital loss carryforward utilized in the current year

  $     $     $     $     $     $ 1,601,626  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

As of September 30, 2021, unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as a component of distributable earnings was approximately as follows:

 

    

Core Plus Bond
Fund

   

Credit Income
Fund

   

Global
Allocation
Fund

   

Growth

Fund

   

Intermediate
Duration
Bond Fund

   

Limited Term
Government
and Agency
Fund

 

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) Investments

  $ 119,996,463     $ 466,992     $ 1,069,206,190     $ 6,566,902,714     $ 1,319,190     $ 1,454,948  

Foreign currency translations

    (10,389,185           (4,474,890     (8,389            
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total unrealized appreciation

  $ 109,607,278     $ 466,992     $ 1,064,731,300     $ 6,566,894,325     $ 1,319,190     $ 1,454,948  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

As of September 30, 2021, the tax cost of investments (including derivatives, if applicable) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on a federal tax basis were as follows:

 

    

Core Plus Bond
Fund

   

Credit Income
Fund

   

Global
Allocation
Fund

   

Growth
Fund

   

Intermediate
Duration
Bond Fund

   

Limited Term
Government
and Agency
Fund

 

Federal tax cost

  $ 9,421,782,953     $ 24,724,168     $ 3,788,579,816     $ 7,192,401,216     $ 385,528,414     $ 1,030,474,032  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross tax appreciation

  $ 195,686,915     $ 668,426     $ 1,123,111,729     $ 6,704,831,604     $ 4,080,617     $ 8,474,375  

Gross tax depreciation

    (86,010,959     (201,434     (55,790,094     (137,928,890     (2,761,427     (7,019,427
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net tax appreciation

  $ 109,675,956     $ 466,992     $ 1,067,321,635     $ 6,566,902,714     $ 1,319,190     $ 1,454,948  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The difference between these amounts and those reported in the preceding table, if any, are primarily attributable to capital gains taxes and foreign exchange gains or losses.

j.  Senior Loans.  Each Fund may invest in senior loans to corporate, governmental or other borrowers. Senior loans, which include both secured and unsecured loans made by banks and other financial institutions to corporate customers, typically hold the most senior position in a borrower’s capital structure, may be secured by the borrower’s assets and have interest rates that reset frequently. Senior Loans can include term loans, revolving credit facility loans and second lien loans. A senior 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 senior loan, as specified in the loan agreement. Large loans may be shared or syndicated among several lenders. A Fund may enter into the primary syndicate for a loan or it may also purchase all or a portion of loans from other lenders (sometimes referred to as loan assignments), in either case becoming a direct lender. The settlement period for senior loans is uncertain as there is no standardized settlement schedule

 

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applicable to such investments. Senior loans outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.

k.  Collateralized Loan Obligations.  Each Fund may invest in collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”). A CLO is a type of asset-backed security designed to redirect the cash flows from a pool of leveraged loans to investors based on their risk preferences. Cash flows from a CLO are split into two or more portions, called tranches, varying in risk and yield. The risk of an investment in a CLO depends largely on the type of the collateralized securities and the class of the instrument in which the Fund invests. The intent of the Funds when investing in CLOs is to purchase only higher level, investment grade level select tranches. CLOs outstanding at the end of the period, if any, are listed in each applicable Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.

l.  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 September 30, 2021, 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.

m.  Due to/from Brokers.  Transactions and positions in certain futures, forward foreign currency contracts and delayed delivery commitments 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 Core Plus Bond Fund represents cash pledged as collateral for delayed delivery securities. The due from brokers balance in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for Global Allocation Fund represents cash pledged as collateral for forward foreign currency contracts and as initial margin for futures contracts. The due from brokers balance in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for Intermediate Duration Bond Fund represents cash pledged as initial margin for futures contracts. The due to brokers balance in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for Global Allocation Fund represents cash received as collateral for forward foreign currency contracts. In certain circumstances a Fund’s use of cash held at brokers is restricted by regulation or broker mandated limits.

n.  Securities Lending.  Each Fund, except Credit Income Fund, has 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 year ended September 30, 2021, none of the Funds had loaned securities under this agreement.

o.  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.

p.  New Accounting Pronouncement.  In January 2021, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update 2021-01, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) (“ASU 2021-01”). ASU 2021-01 is an update of ASU 2020-04, which was issued in response to concerns about structural risks of interbank offered rates, and particularly the risk of cessation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), expected to occur no later than June 30, 2023. Regulators have undertaken reference rate reform initiatives to identify alternative reference rates that are more observable or transaction based and less susceptible to manipulation. ASU 2020-04 provides temporary guidance to ease the potential burden in accounting for (or recognizing the effects of) reference rate reform on financial reporting. ASU 2020-04 is elective and applies to all entities, subject to meeting certain criteria, that have contracts that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform. ASU 2020-04 amendments

 

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offer optional expedients for contract modifications that would allow an entity to account for such modifications by prospectively adjusting the effective interest rate, instead of evaluating each contract, in accordance with existing accounting standards, as to whether reference rate modifications constitute the establishment of new contracts or the continuation of existing contracts. ASU 2021-01 clarifies that provisions in Topic 848, if elected by an entity, apply to derivative instruments that use an interest rate for margining, discounting, or contract price alignment that is modified as a result of reference rate reform. The amendments are currently effective and an entity may elect to apply its provisions as of any date from the beginning of an interim period that includes or is subsequent to March 12, 2020. Management expects to apply the optional expedients when appropriate.

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. The Funds’ adviser may use internally developed models to validate broker-dealer bid prices that are only available from a single broker or market maker. Such securities are considered and classified as fair valued. 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. 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.

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ investments as of September 30, 2021, at value:

Core Plus Bond Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

   

Total

 

Bonds and Notes

          

Non-Convertible Bonds

          

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

   $   —      $ 14,461,109      $ 1,001,922 (b)    $ 15,463,031  

All Other Non-Convertible Bonds(a)

            8,078,181,424              8,078,181,424  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Non-Convertible Bonds

            8,092,642,533        1,001,922       8,093,644,455  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Municipals(a)

            14,837,710              14,837,710  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Bonds and Notes

            8,107,480,243        1,001,922       8,108,482,165  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Senior Loans(a)

            452,424,697              452,424,697  

Short-Term Investments

            970,552,047              970,552,047  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $   —      $ 9,530,456,987      $ 1,001,922     $ 9,531,458,909  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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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Credit Income Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Bonds and Notes(a)

   $      $      23,104,104      $   —      $      23,104,104  

Collateralized Loan Obligations

            751,332               751,332  

Preferred Stocks

           

Banking

               262,921                      262,921  

Food & Beverage

            165,449               165,449  

Wireless

            282,692               282,692  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks

     262,921        448,141               711,062  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

            624,662               624,662  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

     262,921        24,928,239               25,191,160  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     35,718                      35,718  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 298,639      $ 24,928,239      $      $ 25,226,878  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

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

Global Allocation Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Common Stocks

           

France

   $      $ 38,033,194      $      $ 38,033,194  

Hong Kong

            33,342,052               33,342,052  

India

            57,516,834               57,516,834  

Japan

            62,870,911               62,870,911  

Netherlands

            171,573,864               171,573,864  

Sweden

            56,603,634               56,603,634  

Taiwan

            105,726,810               105,726,810  

United Kingdom

     129,717,902        33,183,893               162,901,795  

All Other Common Stocks(a)

     2,643,302,915                      2,643,302,915  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

     2,773,020,817        558,851,192               3,331,872,009  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Bonds and Notes(a)

            1,474,992,800               1,474,992,800  

Senior Loans(a)

            1,932,985               1,932,985  

Preferred Stocks(a)

     1,930,072                      1,930,072  

Short-Term Investments

            45,159,597               45,159,597  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

     2,774,950,889        2,080,936,574               4,855,887,463  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

            962,249               962,249  

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     668,147                      668,147  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,775,619,036      $ 2,081,898,823      $   —      $ 4,857,517,859  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

   $      $ (5,685,114    $      $ (5,685,114
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

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

 

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Growth Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Common Stocks(a)

   $ 13,628,452,696      $      $   —      $ 13,628,452,696  

Short-Term Investments

            130,851,234               130,851,234  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 13,628,452,696      $    130,851,234      $      $ 13,759,303,930  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

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

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

   

Total

 

Bonds and Notes

          

ABS Other

   $      $ 4,704,329      $ 564,912 (b)    $ 5,269,241  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

            4,997,129        531 (c)      4,997,660  

All Other Bonds and Notes(a)

            354,719,986              354,719,986  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Bonds and Notes

            364,421,444        565,443       364,986,887  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

            21,860,717              21,860,717  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

            386,282,161        565,443       386,847,604  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Futures Contracts (unrealized appreciation)

     122,751                     122,751  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $             122,751      $    386,282,161      $ 565,443     $      386,970,355  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Liability Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

   

Total

 

Futures Contracts (unrealized depreciation)

   $ (119,528    $      $     $ (119,528
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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.

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

   

Total

 

Bonds and Notes

          

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

   $   —      $ 140,149,752      $ 4,629,151 (b)    $ 144,778,903  

All Other Bonds and Notes(a)

            846,005,956              846,005,956  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Bonds and Notes

            986,155,708        4,629,151       990,784,859  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

            41,144,121              41,144,121  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $      $ 1,027,299,829      $ 4,629,151     $   1,031,928,980  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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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The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value as of September 30, 2020 and/or September 30, 2021:

Core Plus Bond Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in Securities

 

Balance as of
September 30,
2020

   

Accrued
Discounts
(Premiums)

   

Realized
Gain (Loss)

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

   

Purchases

   

Sales

   

Transfers
into Level 3

   

Transfers
out of
Level 3

   

Balance as of
September 30,
2021

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held at
September 30,
2021

 

Bonds and Notes

                   

Non-Convertible Bonds

                   

ABS Home Equity

  $ 27,065     $   —     $     $     $     $     $     $ (27,065   $     $  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

    2,280,311             (79,147     59,110       7,083       (4,521,397     3,255,962             1,001,922       36,575  

Common Stocks

                   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    (a)            (429,948     429,948                                      
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 2,307,376     $     $ (509,095   $ 489,058     $ 7,083     $ (4,521,397   $ 3,255,962     $ (27,065   $ 1,001,922     $ 36,575  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Includes a security fair valued at zero by the Fund’s adviser using Level 3 Inputs.

A debt security valued at $27,065 was transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 during the period ended September 30, 2021. At September 30, 2020, 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 September 30, 2021, 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 $3,255,962 was transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 during the period ended September 30, 2021. At September 30, 2020, 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 September 30, 2021, this security was valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Fund’s adviser as an independent pricing service did not provide a reliable price for the security.

Global Allocation Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in Securities

 

Balance as of
September 30,
2020

   

Accrued
Discounts
(Premiums)

   

Realized
Gain (Loss)

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

   

Purchases

   

Sales

   

Transfers
into Level 3

   

Transfers
out of
Level 3

   

Balance as of
September 30,
2021

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held at
September 30,
2021

 

Preferred Stocks

                   

United States

  $   — (a)    $   —     $ (457,096   $ 457,096     $   —     $   —     $   —     $   —     $   —     $   —  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Includes securities fair valued at zero by the Fund’s adviser using Level 3 Inputs.

 

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Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in Securities

 

Balance as of
September 30,
2020

   

Accrued
Discounts
(Premiums)

   

Realized
Gain (Loss)

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

   

Purchases

   

Sales

   

Transfers
into
Level 3

   

Transfers
out of
Level 3

   

Balance as of
September 30,
2021

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held at
September 30,
2021

 

Bonds and Notes

                   

ABS Home Equity

  $ 3,643     $   —     $     $     $     $     $   —     $ (3,643   $     $  

ABS Other

                      (14     564,926                         564,912       (14

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

    4,042             (41     38             (3,508                 531       1  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 7,685     $     $ (41   $ 24     $ 564,926     $ (3,508   $     $ (3,643   $ 565,443     $ (13
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

A debt security valued at $3,643 was transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 during the period ended September 30, 2021. At September 30, 2020, 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 September 30, 2021, 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.

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Investments in
Securities

 

Balance as of
September 30,
2020

   

Accrued
Discounts
(Premiums)

   

Realized
Gain (Loss)

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

   

Purchases

   

Sales

   

Transfers
into Level 3

   

Transfers
out of
Level 3

   

Balance as of
September 30,
2021

   

Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held at
September 30,
2021

 

Bonds and Notes

                   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

  $ 2,501,798     $   —     $ (76,513   $ (74,902   $ 474     $ (2,607,532   $ 4,885,826     $   —     $ 4,629,151     $ (90,208
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Debt securities valued at $4,885,826 were transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 during the period ended September 30, 2021. At September 30, 2020, 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 September 30, 2021, these securities were valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Fund’s adviser as an independent pricing service did not provide a reliable price for the securities.

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 Credit Income Fund, Global Allocation Fund and Intermediate Duration Bond Fund used during the period include forward foreign currency contracts and futures contracts.

Credit Income Fund, Global Allocation Fund and Intermediate Duration Bond Fund are subject to the risk that changes in interest rates will affect the value of the Funds’ investments in fixed income securities. The Funds will be subject to increased interest rate risk to the extent that they invest in fixed income securities with longer maturities or durations, as compared to investing in fixed income securities with shorter maturities or durations. The Funds may use futures contracts to hedge against changes in interest rates and to manage duration without having to buy or sell portfolio securities. The Funds may also use futures contracts to gain investment exposure. During the year ended September 30, 2021, Credit Income Fund, Global Allocation Fund and Intermediate Duration Bond Fund each used futures contracts to manage duration.

 

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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 year ended September 30, 2021, Global Allocation 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 Credit Income Fund as of September 30, 2021, as reflected within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities:

 

Assets

  

Unrealized
appreciation
on futures
contracts1

 

Exchange-traded asset derivatives

  

Interest rate contracts

   $ 35,718  

 

1 

Represents cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts. Only the current day’s variation margin on futures contracts is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as receivable or payable for variation margin, as applicable.

Transactions in derivative instruments for Credit Income Fund during the year ended September 30, 2021, as reflected within the Statements of Operations, were as follows:

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

  

Futures
contracts

 

Interest rate contracts

   $ (35,988

Net Change in Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

  

Futures
contracts

 

Interest rate contracts

   $ 35,718  

The following is a summary of derivative instruments for Global Allocation Fund as of September 30, 2021, as reflected within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities:

 

Assets

  

Unrealized
appreciation
on forward
foreign
currency
contracts

    

Unrealized
appreciation
on futures
contracts1

 

Over-the-counter asset derivatives

     

Foreign exchange contracts

   $ 962,249      $  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded asset derivatives

 

Interest rate contracts

            668,147  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total asset derivatives

   $ 962,249      $ 668,147  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

  

Unrealized
depreciation
on forward
foreign
currency
contracts

                       

Over-the-counter liability derivatives

     

Foreign exchange contracts

   $ (5,685,114   

 

1 

Represents cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts. Only the current day’s variation margin on futures contracts is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as receivable or payable for variation margin, as applicable.

 

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Transactions in derivative instruments for Global Allocation Fund during the year ended September 30, 2021, as reflected within the Statements of Operations, were as follows:

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

  

Forward foreign
currency
contracts

    

Futures
contracts

 

Interest rate contracts

   $      $ (617,791

Foreign exchange contracts

     (10,850,551       
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ (10,850,551    $ (617,791
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

  

Forward foreign
currency
contracts

    

Futures
contracts

 

Interest rate contracts

   $      $ 640,419  

Foreign exchange contracts

     (6,734,696       
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ (6,734,696    $ 640,419  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The following is a summary of derivative instruments for Intermediate Duration Bond Fund as of September 30, 2021, as reflected within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities:

 

Assets

  

Unrealized
appreciation
on futures
contracts1

 

Exchange-traded asset derivatives

 

Interest rate contracts

   $ 122,751  

Liabilities

  

Unrealized
depreciation
on futures
contracts1

 

Exchange-traded liability derivatives

 

Interest rate contracts

   $ (119,528

 

1 

Represents cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts. Only the current day’s variation margin on futures contracts is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as receivable or payable for variation margin, as applicable.

Transactions in derivative instruments for Intermediate Duration Bond Fund during the year ended September 30, 2021, as reflected within the Statements of Operations, were as follows:

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

  

Futures
contracts

 

Interest rate contracts

   $ (121,824

Net Change in Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

  

Futures
contracts

 

Interest rate contracts

   $ (9,936

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.

 

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September 30, 2021

 

The volume of forward foreign currency contract and futures contract activity, as a percentage of net assets for Credit Income Fund, Global Allocation Fund and Intermediate Duration Bond 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 year ended September 30, 2021:

 

Credit Income Fund

        

Futures

 

Average Notional Amount Outstanding

       3.11

Highest Notional Amount Outstanding

       10.20

Lowest Notional Amount Outstanding

       0.00

Notional Amount Outstanding as of September 30, 2021

       9.31

Global Allocation Fund

  

Forwards

   

Futures

 

Average Notional Amount Outstanding

     11.44     0.35

Highest Notional Amount Outstanding

     12.10     0.73

Lowest Notional Amount Outstanding

     10.98     0.13

Notional Amount Outstanding as of September 30, 2021

     11.39     0.71

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

        

Futures

 

Average Notional Amount Outstanding

       6.96

Highest Notional Amount Outstanding

       7.78

Lowest Notional Amount Outstanding

       6.45

Notional Amount Outstanding as of September 30, 2021

       6.86

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 forwards 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 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 September 30, 2021, 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.

   $ 545,571      $ (84,980    $ 460,591      $ (340,000    $ 120,591  

Citibank, N.A.

     206,797               206,797        (206,797       

Credit Suisse International

     63,416        (63,416                     

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

     132,477        (132,477                     

UBS AG

     13,988        (13,988                     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 962,249      $ (294,861    $ 667,388      $ (546,797    $ 120,591  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Global Allocation Fund (continued)

 

Counterparty

  

Gross Amounts of
Liabilities

    

Offset
Amount

    

Net Liability
Balance

    

Collateral
(Received)/
Pledged

    

Net
Amount

 

Bank of America, N.A.

   $ (84,980    $ 84,980      $      $      $  

Credit Suisse International

     (1,455,112      63,416        (1,391,696      720,000        (671,696

HSBC Bank USA

     (395,609             (395,609      280,000        (115,609

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

     (3,733,387      132,477        (3,600,910      3,070,238        (530,672

UBS AG

     (16,026      13,988        (2,038             (2,038
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ (5,685,114    $ 294,861      $ (5,390,253    $ 4,070,238      $ (1,320,015
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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 each 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 clearing house, 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 typically are required to segregate customer margin for exchange-traded derivatives 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 customers, 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 September 30, 2021:

 

Fund

  

Maximum Amount

of Loss - Gross

    

Maximum Amount

of Loss - Net

 

Credit Income Fund

   $ 49,975      $ 49,975  

Global Allocation Fund

     6,134,783        1,222,887  

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

     178,033        178,033  

Net loss amount reflects cash received as collateral for Global Allocation Fund of $590,000, which is recorded on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

5.  Purchases and Sales of Securities.  For the year ended September 30, 2021, 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

 

Core Plus Bond Fund

   $ 20,291,804,025      $ 20,573,833,094      $ 2,663,253,287      $ 2,209,505,691  

Credit Income Fund

     5,006,734        1,968,936        9,171,608        11,974,553  

Global Allocation Fund

     216,720,089        320,823,736        1,951,666,485        1,687,345,272  

Growth Fund

                   1,093,709,010        1,225,021,327  

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

     151,175,130        85,701,398        253,881,999        262,679,520  

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     2,444,459,052        2,377,207,451        30,265,463        23,520,661  

 

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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. Loomis Sayles is a limited partnership whose sole general partner, Loomis, Sayles & Company, Inc., is indirectly owned by Natixis Investment Managers, LLC, which is part of Natixis Investment Managers, an international asset management group based in Paris, France.

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 the Fund’s average daily net assets:

 

     Percentage of Average Daily Net Assets  

Fund

 

First

$100 million

   

Next

$400 million

   

Next

$500 million

   

Next
$1 billion

   

Next
$2 billion

   

Over
$4 billion

 

Core Plus Bond Fund

    0.2000     0.1875     0.1875     0.1875     0.1500     0.1500

Credit Income Fund

    0.4200     0.4200     0.4200     0.4200     0.4200     0.4200

Global Allocation Fund

    0.7500     0.7500     0.7500     0.7500     0.7300     0.7000

Growth Fund

    0.5000     0.5000     0.5000     0.5000     0.5000     0.5000

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

    0.2500     0.2500     0.2500     0.2500     0.2500     0.2500

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

    0.3250     0.3250     0.3000     0.2500     0.2500     0.2500

Prior to July 1, 2021, Global Allocation Fund and Limited Term Government and Agency Fund paid 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

 

Global Allocation Fund

    0.7500     0.7500     0.7300

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

    0.3250     0.3000     0.3000

Natixis Advisors, LLC (“Natixis Advisors”) serves as the advisory administrator to Core Plus Bond Fund. Natixis Advisors is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers, LLC. Under the terms of the advisory administration agreement, the Fund pays an advisory administration fee at the following annual rates, calculated daily and payable monthly, based on its average daily net assets:

 

     Percentage of Average Daily Net Assets  

Fund

 

First

$100 million

   

Next
$1.9 billion

   

Over
$2 billion

 

Core Plus Bond Fund

    0.2000     0.1875     0.1500

Management and advisory administration fees are presented in the Statements of Operations as management fees.

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, 2022, except for Limited Term Government and Agency Fund which is in effect until January 31, 2023, 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 year ended September 30, 2021 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

 

Core Plus Bond Fund

     0.75     1.50     0.45     0.50

Credit Income Fund

     0.82     1.57     0.52     0.57

Global Allocation Fund

     1.25     2.00     0.95     1.00

Growth Fund

     1.25     2.00     0.95     1.00

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

     0.65     1.40     0.35     0.40

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     0.70     1.45     0.40     0.45

Prior to July 1, 2021, the expense limits as a percentage of average daily net assets under the expense limitation agreement for Limited Term Government and Agency Fund were as follows:

 

      Expense Limit as a Percentage of
Average Daily Net Assets
 

Fund

  

Class A

    

Class C

    

Class N

    

Class Y

 

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     0.75      1.50      0.45      0.50

Loomis Sayles and Natixis Advisors have agreed to equally bear the waivers and/or expense reimbursements for Core Plus Bond Fund.

Loomis Sayles (and Natixis Advisors for Core Plus Bond Fund) shall be permitted to recover expenses borne under the expense limitation agreements (whether through waiver of 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 both (1) a class’ expense limitation ratio in place at the time such amounts were waived/reimbursed and (2) a class’ current applicable expense limitation ratio, 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 year ended September 30, 2021, the management fees and waivers of 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

 

Core Plus Bond Fund

   $ 14,804,843      $      $ 14,804,843        0.16      0.16

Credit Income Fund

     109,063        109,063               0.42     

Global Allocation Fund

     33,980,508               33,980,508        0.74      0.74

Growth Fund

     65,539,656               65,539,656        0.50      0.50

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

     893,605        169,115        724,490        0.25      0.20

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     3,243,640               3,243,640        0.31      0.31

For the year ended September 30, 2021, class-specific expenses have been reimbursed as follows:

 

      Reimbursement1  

Fund

  

Class A

    

Class C

    

Class N

    

Class Y

    

Total

 

Credit Income Fund

   $ 2,582      $ 35      $   —      $ 701      $ 3,318  

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     17,410        1,490               42,321        61,221  

 

1

Waiver/expense reimbursements are subject to possible recovery until September 30, 2022.

In addition, Loomis Sayles reimbursed non-class specific expenses of Credit Income Fund in the amount of $35,465. Expense reimbursements are subject to possible recovery until September 30, 2022.

For the year ended September 30, 2021, the advisory administration fees for Core Plus Bond Fund were $14,804,843 (effective rate of 0.16% of average daily net assets).

No expenses were recovered for any of the Funds during the year ended September 30, 2021 under the terms of the expense limitation agreements.

 

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b.  Service and Distribution Fees.  Natixis Distribution, LLC (“Natixis Distribution”), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers, LLC, 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”), and a Distribution and Service Plan relating to each Fund’s Class C shares (the “Class C Plans”).

Under the Class A Plans, each Fund pays 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 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 year ended September 30, 2021, the service and distribution fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

      Service Fees      Distribution Fees  

Fund

  

Class A

    

Class C

    

Class C

 

Core Plus Bond Fund

   $ 1,737,291      $ 295,009      $ 885,027  

Credit Income Fund

     191        3        8  

Global Allocation Fund

     1,734,474        1,288,767        3,866,302  

Growth Fund

     4,188,567        332,219        996,656  

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

     51,861        1,133        3,398  

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     722,768        57,697        173,090  

For the year ended September 30, 2021, Natixis Distribution refunded Limited Term Government and Agency Fund $17,234 of prior year Class A 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 provides certain administrative services for the Funds and contracts with State Street Bank to serve as sub-administrator. Pursuant to an agreement among Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts, Natixis ETF Trusts and Natixis Advisors, each Fund pays Natixis Advisors monthly its pro rata portion of fees equal to an annual rate of 0.0540% of the first $15 billion of the average daily net assets of the Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Natixis ETF Trusts, 0.0500% of the next $15 billion, 0.0400% of the next $30 billion, 0.0275% of the next $30 billion and 0.0225% 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 Trusts of $10 million, which is reevaluated on an annual basis.

For the year ended September 30, 2021, the administrative fees for each Fund were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Administrative Fees

 

Core Plus Bond Fund

   $  4,007,984  

Credit Income Fund

     11,116  

Global Allocation Fund

     1,972,813  

Growth Fund

     5,608,769  

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

     152,980  

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     445,799  

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

 

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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 year ended September 30, 2021, 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

 

Core Plus Bond Fund

   $ 5,273,250  

Credit Income Fund

     7  

Global Allocation Fund

     3,089,988  

Growth Fund

     8,279,948  

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

     260,810  

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     568,606  

As of September 30, 2021, 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

 

Core Plus Bond Fund

   $ 64,591  

Credit Income Fund

     5  

Global Allocation Fund

     57,346  

Growth Fund

     98,926  

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

     3,327  

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     13,868  

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 year ended September 30, 2021, were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Commissions

 

Core Plus Bond Fund

   $ 52,059  

Global Allocation Fund

     198,188  

Growth Fund

     81,590  

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     79,062  

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 Investment Managers, LLC or their affiliates. The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees receives a retainer fee at the annual rate of $369,000. 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 $199,000. 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, the chairperson of the Audit Committee and the chairperson of the Governance Committee each receive an additional retainer fee at the annual rate of $20,000. 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 Trusts based on a formula that takes into account, among other factors, the relative net assets of each fund. Trustees are reimbursed for travel expenses in connection with attendance at meetings.

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

 

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

Certain officers and employees of Natixis Advisors and Loomis Sayles are also officers and/or Trustees of the Trusts.

g.   Affiliated Ownership.   As of September 30, 2021, the percentage of each Fund’s net assets owned by affiliates is as follows:

 

Core Plus Bond Fund

  

Percentage of
Net Assets

 

Loomis Sayles Employees’ Profit Sharing Retirement Plan

     0.10

Credit Income Fund

      

Natixis and Affiliates

     99.63

Loomis Sayles Employees

     0.04

Global Allocation Fund

      

Loomis Sayles Employees’ Profit Sharing Retirement Plan

     0.54

Growth Fund

      

Loomis Sayles Employees’ Profit Sharing Retirement Plan

     0.69

Loomis Sayles Funded Pension Plan and Trust

     0.08

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

      

Loomis Sayles Employees’ Profit Sharing Retirement Plan

     0.81

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

      

Loomis Sayles Employees’ Profit Sharing Retirement Plan

     0.19

Loomis Sayles Distribution

     0.12

Natixis Sustainable Future 2015 Fund

     0.05

Natixis Sustainable Future 2020 Fund

     0.04

Natixis Sustainable Future 2025 Fund

     0.06

Natixis Sustainable Future 2030 Fund

     0.07

Natixis Sustainable Future 2035 Fund

     0.05

Natixis Sustainable Future 2040 Fund

     0.02

Natixis Sustainable Future 2045 Fund

     0.02

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 Credit Income Fund, Intermediate Duration Bond 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, 2022 and is not subject to recovery under the expense limitation agreement described above.

For the year ended September 30, 2021, Natixis Advisors reimbursed the Funds for transfer agency expenses as follows:

 

     

Reimbursement of
Transfer Agency
Expenses

 

Fund

  

Class N

 

Credit Income Fund

   $ 975  

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

     1,047  

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     1,392  

7.  Custodian Fees and Expenses.  State Street Bank, custodian to the Funds, has agreed to waive custodian fees and certain other expenses for the first 12 months of operations for Credit Income Fund. For the period ended September 30, 2021, total fees waived for the Fund were $19,346 (which are reflected in the Statements of Operations as part of waiver and/or expense reimbursement).

 

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8.  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 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 year ended September 30, 2021, 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

 

Core Plus Bond Fund

   $ 584,734      $ 97,697      $ 10,006      $ 4,898,012  

Credit Income Fund

     2,583        35        975        701  

Global Allocation Fund

     513,456        381,942        3,514        2,280,097  

Growth Fund

     1,221,765        97,087        3,158        7,735,478  

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

     16,461        359        1,047        252,867  

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

     251,884        19,681        1,392        604,335  

9.  Line of Credit.  Each Fund, together with certain other funds of Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Natixis ETF Trusts, entered into a $500,000,000 committed unsecured line of credit provided by State Street Bank. 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 $500,000,000 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. The Funds paid an arrangement fee, an upfront fee, and certain other legal fees in connection with the line of credit agreement, which are being amortized over a period of 364 days and are reflected in legal fees and/or miscellaneous expenses on the Statements of Operations. The unamortized balance is reflected as prepaid expenses on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Prior to April 8, 2021, each Fund, except for Credit Income Fund, together with certain other funds of Natixis Funds Trusts, Loomis Sayles Funds Trusts and Natixis ETF Trusts, entered into a $400,000,000 committed unsecured line of credit provided by State Street Bank. 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.

For the year ended September 30, 2021, none of the Funds had borrowings under this agreement.

10.  Risk.  Global Allocation Fund’s investments in foreign securities may be subject to greater political, economic, environmental, credit/counterparty and information risks. The Fund’s investments in foreign securities also are subject to foreign currency fluctuations and other foreign currency-related risks. Foreign securities may be subject to higher volatility than U.S. securities, varying degrees of regulation and limited liquidity.

Core Plus Bond Fund and 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.

Global markets have experienced periods of high volatility triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic. The impact of this pandemic and any other epidemic or pandemic that may arise in the future could adversely affect the economies of many nations or the entire global economy and the financial performance of individual issuers, sectors, industries, asset classes, and markets in significant and unforeseen ways. Such effects could impair the Funds’ ability to maintain operational standards, disrupt the operations of the Funds’ service providers, adversely affect the value and liquidity of the Funds’ investments and negatively impact the Funds’ performance.

 

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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 September 30, 2021, 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:

 

     

Number of 5%
Account Holders

    

Percentage of
Ownership

 

Growth Fund

     2        18.61

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

     3        63.08

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:

 

     

Year Ended
September 30, 2021

   

Year Ended
September 30, 2020

 

Core Plus Bond Fund

  

Shares

   

Amount

   

Shares

   

Amount

 
Class A

 

Issued from the sale of shares

     29,816,749     $ 411,705,864       17,898,810     $ 246,212,136  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     1,418,984       19,617,302       648,421       8,793,629  

Redeemed

     (20,094,174     (276,883,383     (16,819,374     (227,319,033
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     11,141,559     $ 154,439,783       1,727,857     $ 27,686,732  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C

 

Issued from the sale of shares

     1,270,632     $ 17,680,906       2,130,053     $ 29,237,104  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     267,935       3,719,298       119,932       1,623,298  

Redeemed

     (3,908,443     (53,805,611     (4,925,789     (67,833,185
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (2,369,876   $ (32,405,407     (2,675,804   $ (36,972,783
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class N

 

Issued from the sale of shares

     74,310,781     $ 1,036,339,256       84,014,957     $ 1,156,522,813  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     7,758,533       108,261,976       4,691,629       64,237,460  

Redeemed

     (83,980,462     (1,169,430,230     (62,741,955     (854,510,574

Redeemed in-kind (Note 13)

                 (32,463,709     (456,764,389
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (1,911,148   $ (24,828,998     (6,499,078   $ (90,514,690
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y

 

Issued from the sale of shares

     165,904,514     $ 2,311,069,290       190,014,284     $ 2,636,656,671  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     15,514,659       216,562,574       6,961,003       95,521,951  

Redeemed

     (118,855,676     (1,651,141,438     (96,927,942     (1,324,095,811

Redeemed in-kind (Note 13)

     (77,281,925     (1,057,989,549            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (14,718,428   $ (181,499,123     100,047,345     $ 1,408,082,811  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     (7,857,893   $ (84,293,745     92,600,320     $ 1,308,282,070  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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12.  Capital Shares (continued).

 

     

Year Ended
September 30, 2021

   

Period Ended
September 30, 2020(a)

 

Credit Income Fund

  

Shares

   

Amount

   

Shares

    

Amount

 
Class A

 

Issued from the sale of shares

     8,583     $ 87,178       100      $ 1,000  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     215       2,194               
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change

     8,798     $ 89,372       100      $ 1,000  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Class C

 

Issued from the sale of shares

         $       100      $ 1,000  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     2       20               
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change

     2     $ 20       100      $ 1,000  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Class N

 

Issued from the sale of shares

         $       2,500,000      $ 25,000,000  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     70,365       717,264               

Redeemed

     (136,187     (1,400,000             
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change

     (65,822   $ (682,736     2,500,000      $ 25,000,000  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Class Y

 

Issued from the sale of shares

     1,992     $ 20,000       100      $ 1,000  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     63       641               
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net change

     2,055     $ 20,641       100      $ 1,000  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     (54,967   $ (572,703     2,500,300      $ 25,003,000  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

From commencement of operations on September 29, 2020 through September 30, 2020.

 

     

Year Ended
September 30, 2021

   

Year Ended
September 30, 2020

 

Global Allocation Fund

  

Shares

   

Amount

   

Shares

   

Amount

 
Class A

 

Issued from the sale of shares

     6,524,893     $ 180,992,665       9,934,108     $ 244,510,222  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     920,421       24,308,308       408,536       10,037,738  

Redeemed

     (6,008,771     (165,998,676     (5,288,773     (125,525,882
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     1,436,543     $ 39,302,297       5,053,871     $ 129,022,078  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C

 

Issued from the sale of shares

     3,263,944     $ 88,556,205       5,429,302     $ 129,254,637  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     874,791       22,762,056       335,475       8,148,688  

Redeemed

     (5,108,914     (139,833,825     (7,501,444     (180,254,496
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (970,179   $ (28,515,564     (1,736,667   $ (42,851,171
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class N

 

Issued from the sale of shares

     2,841,756     $ 79,949,134       2,473,848     $ 60,506,193  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     538,052       14,290,673       229,737       5,672,201  

Redeemed

     (1,348,272     (37,935,362     (1,170,090     (28,432,814
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     2,031,536     $ 56,304,445       1,533,495     $ 37,745,580  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y

 

Issued from the sale of shares

     28,068,845     $ 781,608,888       39,782,349     $ 960,786,370  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     5,159,028       137,075,378       1,901,677       46,971,422  

Redeemed

     (20,980,436     (585,757,015     (21,963,125     (519,151,329
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     12,247,437     $ 332,927,251       19,720,901     $ 488,606,463  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase from capital share transactions

     14,745,337     $ 400,018,429       24,571,600     $ 612,522,950  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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12.  Capital Shares (continued).

 

     

Year Ended
September 30, 2021

   

Year Ended
September 30, 2020

 

Growth Fund

  

Shares

   

Amount

   

Shares

   

Amount

 
Class A

 

Issued from the sale of shares

     14,830,602     $ 336,860,802       17,054,510     $ 295,932,287  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     2,584,797       55,159,560       1,535,788       26,261,967  

Redeemed

     (15,759,091     (358,878,253     (25,287,462     (430,112,221
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     1,656,308     $ 33,142,109       (6,697,164   $ (107,917,967
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C

 

Issued from the sale of shares

     758,965     $ 15,406,250       1,233,665     $ 19,482,505  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     217,137       4,145,151       120,727       1,870,055  

Redeemed

     (1,887,469     (38,343,784     (2,748,722     (44,108,509
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (911,367   $ (18,792,383     (1,394,330   $ (22,755,949
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class N

 

Issued from the sale of shares

     9,306,755     $ 236,713,241       17,025,202     $ 315,167,287  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     791,041       18,170,220       728,950       13,354,361  

Redeemed

     (4,802,896     (118,776,438     (17,501,743     (331,093,667
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     5,294,900     $ 136,107,023       252,409     $ (2,572,019
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y

 

Issued from the sale of shares

     103,087,646     $ 2,516,764,085       129,418,130     $ 2,410,503,407  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     14,341,619       329,570,400       8,337,704       152,830,107  

Redeemed

     (104,651,246     (2,564,375,092     (127,998,579     (2,403,446,308
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     12,778,019     $ 281,959,393       9,757,255     $ 159,887,206  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase from capital share transactions

     18,817,860     $ 432,416,142       1,918,170     $ 26,641,271  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     

Year Ended
September 30, 2021

   

Year Ended
September 30, 2020

 

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

  

Shares

   

Amount

   

Shares

   

Amount

 
Class A

 

Issued from the sale of shares

     391,289     $ 4,178,504       324,729     $ 3,474,978  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     67,348       722,081       46,350       490,629  

Redeemed

     (295,471     (3,162,591     (592,250     (6,368,788
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     163,166     $ 1,737,994       (221,171   $ (2,403,181
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C

 

Issued from the sale of shares

     33,975     $ 362,538       19,815     $ 211,443  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     1,594       17,157       773       8,198  

Redeemed

     (66,527     (713,206     (4,252     (45,689
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (30,958   $ (333,511     16,336     $ 173,952  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class N

 

Issued from the sale of shares

     1,919,981     $ 20,990,656       8,686     $ 92,320  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     73,626       788,205       8,959       94,763  

Redeemed

     (393,996     (4,192,408     (54,098     (585,173
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     1,599,611     $ 17,586,453       (36,453   $ (398,090
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y

 

Issued from the sale of shares

     10,808,587     $ 115,946,231       12,426,531     $ 132,862,309  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     1,146,148       12,285,740       557,209       5,914,095  

Redeemed

     (6,495,177     (69,613,933     (6,797,325     (71,873,949
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     5,459,558     $ 58,618,038       6,186,415     $ 66,902,455  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase from capital share transactions

     7,191,377     $ 77,608,974       5,945,127     $ 64,275,136  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

September 30, 2021

 

12.  Capital Shares (continued).

 

     

Year Ended
September 30, 2021

   

Year Ended
September 30, 2020

 

Limited Term Government and Agency Fund

  

Shares

   

Amount

   

Shares

   

Amount

 
Class A

 

Issued from the sale of shares

     4,147,975     $ 47,644,899       8,119,093     $ 93,051,564  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     142,329       1,632,849       294,326       3,364,566  

Redeemed

     (4,760,500     (54,613,007     (9,910,542     (113,643,142
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     (470,196   $ (5,335,259     (1,497,123   $ (17,227,012
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class C

 

Issued from the sale of shares

     1,491,979     $ 17,130,682       1,390,000     $ 15,896,924  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     565       6,501       8,812       100,557  

Redeemed

     (1,003,816     (11,516,279     (1,649,132     (18,865,977
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     488,728     $ 5,620,904       (250,320   $ (2,868,496
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class N

 

Issued from the sale of shares

     647,112     $ 7,445,249       719,991     $ 8,232,916  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     9,104       104,691       12,962       148,889  

Redeemed

     (474,940     (5,474,545     (242,561     (2,793,313
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     181,276     $ 2,075,395       490,392     $ 5,588,492  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Class Y

 

Issued from the sale of shares

     31,129,058     $ 358,564,945       54,197,489     $ 624,437,973  

Issued in connection with the reinvestment of distributions

     418,562       4,816,720       574,408       6,596,941  

Redeemed

     (29,381,773     (338,427,397     (35,196,219     (404,652,972
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change

     2,165,847     $ 24,954,268       19,575,678     $ 226,381,942  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Increase from capital share transactions

     2,365,655     $ 27,315,308       18,318,627     $ 211,874,926  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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. Core Plus Bond Fund realized a gain of $31,368,945 on redemptions-in-kind during the year ended September 30, 2021. This amount is included in realized gain (loss) on the Statements of Operations.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of Loomis Sayles Funds I, Loomis Sayles Funds II and Natixis Funds Trust I and Shareholders of Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund, Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund, Loomis Sayles Growth Fund, Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund, Loomis Sayles Credit Income Fund and Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund:

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the portfolios of investments, of Loomis Sayles Intermediate Duration Bond Fund (one of the funds constituting Loomis Sayles Funds I), Loomis Sayles Global Allocation Fund, Loomis Sayles Growth Fund, Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund and Loomis Sayles Credit Income Fund (four of the funds constituting Loomis Sayles Funds II), and Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund (the fund constituting Natixis Funds Trust I) (hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of September 30, 2021, the related statements of operations for the year ended September 30, 2021, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended September 30, 2021, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of September 30, 2021, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended September 30, 2021 and each of the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2021 by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

November 22, 2021

We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Natixis Investment Company Complex since at least 1995. We have not determined the specific year we began serving as auditor.

 

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2021 U.S. Tax Distribution Information to Shareholders (Unaudited)

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction.   For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021, a percentage of dividends distributed by the Funds listed below qualify for the dividends received deduction for corporate shareholders. These percentages are as follows:

 

Fund

  

Qualifying
Percentage

 

Credit Income Fund

     2.31

Global Allocation Fund

     53.99

Growth Fund

     100.00

Capital Gains Distributions.   Pursuant to Internal Revenue Section 852(b), the following Funds paid distributions, which have been designated as capital gains distributions for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021, unless subsequently determined to be different.

 

Fund

  

Amount

 

Core Plus Bond Fund

   $ 35,563,095  

Global Allocation Fund

     229,409,750  

Growth Fund

     508,298,281  

Intermediate Duration Bond Fund

     1,137,809  

Qualified Dividend Income.   For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021, the Funds below will designate up to the maximum amount allowable pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code as qualified dividend income eligible for reduced tax rates. These lower rates range from 0% to 20% depending on an individual’s tax bracket. If the Funds pay a distribution during calendar year 2021, complete information will be reported in conjunction with Form 1099-DIV.

 

Fund

    

Credit Income Fund

                  

Global Allocation Fund

                  

Growth Fund

                  

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

The tables below provide certain information regarding the Trustees and officers of Natixis Funds Trust I, Loomis Sayles Funds I and Loomis Sayles Funds II (the “Trusts”). Unless otherwise indicated, the address of all persons below is 888 Boylston Street, Suite 800, Boston, MA 02199-8197. The Funds’ Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees of the Trusts and is available by calling Natixis Funds at 800-225-5478.

 

Name and Year of Birth

 

Position(s) Held with
the Trusts, Length

of Time Served and

Term of Office1

 

Principal
Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

 

Number of Portfolios
in Fund Complex
Overseen2 and Other
Directorships Held
During Past 5 Years

 

Experience,
Qualifications,
Attributes, Skills for
Board Membership

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES
Edmond J. English
(1953)
 

Trustee since 2013

Chairperson of the Governance Committee and Contract Review Committee Member

  Executive Chairman of Bob’s Discount Furniture (retail)  

54

Director, Burlington Stores, Inc. (retail)

  Significant experience on the Board and on the boards of other business organizations (including retail companies and a bank); executive experience (including at a retail company)

Richard A. Goglia

(1951)

 

Trustee since 2015

Contract Review Committee Member and Governance Committee Member

  Retired  

54

Director of Triumph Group (aerospace industry)

  Significant experience on the Board and executive experience (including his role as vice president and treasurer of a defense company and experience at a financial services company)

Wendell J. Knox

(1948)

 

Trustee since 2009

Chairperson of the Contract Review Committee

  Retired  

54

Director, Abt Associates Inc. (research and consulting); Director, The Hanover Insurance Group (property and casualty insurance); formerly, Director, Eastern Bank (bank)

  Significant experience on the Board and on the boards of other business organizations (including at a bank and at a property and casualty insurance firm); executive experience (including roles as president and chief executive officer of a research and consulting company)

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

Name and Year of Birth

 

Position(s) Held with
the Trusts, Length

of Time Served and

Term of Office1

 

Principal
Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

 

Number of Portfolios
in Fund Complex
Overseen2 and Other
Directorships Held
During Past 5 Years

 

Experience,
Qualifications,
Attributes, Skills for
Board Membership

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES – continued

Martin T. Meehan

(1956)

 

Trustee since 2012

Audit Committee Member and Governance Committee Member

  President, University of Massachusetts  

54

None

  Significant experience on the Board and on the boards of other business organizations; experience as President of the University of Massachusetts; government experience (including as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives); academic experience

Maureen B. Mitchell

(1951)

 

Trustee since 2017

Audit Committee Member and Governance Committee Member

  Retired  

54

Director, Sterling Bancorp (bank)

  Experience on the Board; financial services industry and executive experience (including role as president of global sales and marketing at a financial services company)

James P. Palermo

(1955)

 

Trustee since 2016

Audit Committee Member

  Founding Partner, Breton Capital Management, LLC (private equity); Partner, STEP Partners, LLC (private equity)  

54

Director, FutureFuel.io (chemicals and biofuels)

  Significant experience on the Board; financial services industry and executive experience (including roles as chief executive officer of client management and asset servicing for a banking and financial services company)

Erik R. Sirri

(1958)

 

Chairperson of the Board of Trustees since January 2021

Trustee since 2009

Ex Officio member of the Audit Committee, Contract Review Committee and Governance Committee

  Professor of Finance at Babson College  

54

None

  Significant experience on the Board; experience as Director of the Division of Trading and Markets at the Securities and Exchange Commission; academic experience; training as an economist

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

Name and Year of Birth

 

Position(s) Held with
the Trusts, Length

of Time Served and

Term of Office1

 

Principal
Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

 

Number of Portfolios
in Fund Complex
Overseen2 and Other
Directorships Held
During Past 5 Years

 

Experience,
Qualifications,
Attributes, Skills for
Board Membership

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES – continued

Peter J. Smail

(1952)

 

Trustee since 2009

Audit Committee Member

  Retired  

54

None

  Significant experience on the Board; mutual fund industry and executive experience (including roles as president and chief executive officer for an investment adviser)

Kirk A. Sykes

(1958)

 

Trustee since 2019

Contract Review Committee Member and Governance Committee Member

  Managing Director of Accordia Partners, LLC (real estate development); President of Primary Corporation (real estate development); Managing Principal of Merrick Capital Partners (infrastructure finance); formerly, President of Urban Strategy America Fund (real estate fund manager)  

54

Trustee, Eastern Bank (bank); Director, Apartment Investment and Management Company (real estate investment trust); formerly, Director, Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (real estate investment trust)

  Experience on the Board and significant experience on the boards of other business organizations (including real estate companies and banks)

Cynthia L. Walker

(1956)

 

Trustee since 2005

Chairperson of the Audit Committee

  Retired; formerly, Deputy Dean for Finance and Administration, Yale University School of Medicine  

54

None

  Significant experience on the Board; executive experience in a variety of academic organizations (including roles as dean for finance and administration)
INTERESTED TRUSTEES

Kevin P. Charleston3

(1965)

One Financial Center

Boston, MA 02111

 

Trustee since 2015

President and Chief Executive Officer of Loomis Sayles Funds I since 2015

  President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.  

54

None

  Significant experience on the Board; continuing service as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.

 

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Trustee and Officer Information

 

Name and Year of Birth

 

Position(s) Held with
the Trusts, Length

of Time Served and

Term of Office1

 

Principal
Occupation(s)

During Past 5 Years

 

Number of Portfolios
in Fund Complex
Overseen2 and Other
Directorships Held
During Past 5 Years

 

Experience,
Qualifications,
Attributes, Skills for
Board Membership

INTERESTED TRUSTEES – continued
David L. Giunta4
(1965)
 

Trustee since 2011

President and Chief Executive Officer of Natixis Funds Trust I; Chief Executive Officer of Loomis Sayles Funds II since 2015; President of Loomis Sayles Funds II and Executive Vice President of Loomis Sayles Funds I since 2008

  President and Chief Executive Officer, Natixis Advisors, LLC and Natixis Distribution, LLC  

54

None

  Significant experience on the Board; experience as President and Chief Executive Officer of Natixis Advisors, LLC and Natixis Distribution, LLC

 

1 

Each Trustee serves until retirement, resignation or removal from the Board. The current retirement age is 75. The position of Chairperson of the Board is appointed for a three-year term.

 

2 

The Trustees of the Trusts serve as Trustees of a fund complex that includes all series of the Natixis Funds Trust I, Natixis Funds Trust II, Natixis Funds Trust IV, Gateway Trust, Loomis Sayles Funds I, Loomis Sayles Funds II, Natixis ETF Trust and Natixis ETF Trust II (collectively, the “Fund Complex”).

 

3 

Mr. Charleston is deemed an “interested person” of the Trusts because he holds the following positions with an affiliated person of the Trusts: President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.

 

4 

Mr. Giunta is deemed an “interested person” of the Trusts because he holds the following positions with an affiliated person of the Trusts: President and Chief Executive Officer, Natixis Advisors, LLC and Natixis Distribution, LLC.

 

Name and Year of Birth

 

Position(s) Held

with the Trusts

 

Term of Office1 and Length
of Time Served

 

Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years2

OFFICERS OF THE TRUSTS

Michael C. Kardok

(1959)

  Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer   Since 2004   Senior Vice President, Natixis Advisors, LLC and Natixis Distribution, LLC

Natalie R. Wagner

(1979)

 

Chief Compliance Officer, Assistant Secretary and Anti-Money Laundering Officer

 

Chief Legal Officer

 

Since May 2021

 

Since July 2021

  Formerly, Vice President, Head of Corporate Compliance, Global Atlantic Financial Group

 

1 

Each officer of the Trusts serves for an indefinite term in accordance with the Trusts’ current by-laws until the date his or her successor is elected and qualified, or until he or she sooner dies, retires, is removed or becomes disqualified.

 

2 

Each person listed above, except as noted, holds the same position(s) with the Fund Complex. Previous positions during the past five years with Natixis Distribution, LLC, Natixis Advisors, LLC or Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. are omitted, if not materially different from an officer’s current position with such entity.

 

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(b) Not Applicable.

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer and persons performing similar functions. There have been no amendments or waivers of the Registrant’s code of ethics during the period.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Board of Trustees of the Registrant has established an audit committee. Mr. Martin T. Meehan, Ms. Maureen Mitchell, Mr. James Palermo, Mr. Peter Smail, and Ms. Cynthia L. Walker are members of the audit committee and have been designated as “audit committee financial experts” by the Board of Trustees. Each of these individuals is also an Independent Trustee of the Registrant.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Fees billed by the Principal Accountant for services rendered to the Registrant.

The table below sets forth fees billed by the principal accountant, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, for the past two fiscal years for professional services rendered in connection with a) the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements and services provided in connection with regulatory filings; b) audit-related services (including services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant’s financial statements and but not reported under “Audit Fees”); c) tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning and d) all other fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant to the Registrant, other than the services reported as a part of (a) through (c) of this Item.

 

     Audit fees      Audit-related fees1      Tax fees2      All other fees  
     10/1/19-
9/30/20
     10/1/20-
9/30/21
     10/1/19-
9/30/20
     10/1/20-
9/30/21
     10/1/19-
9/30/20
     10/1/20-
9/30/21
     10/1/19-
9/30/20
     10/1/20-
9/30/21
 

Loomis Sayles Funds I

   $ 446,607      $ 343,322      $ 2,896      $ 826      $ 86,682      $ 65,274      $ —        $ —    

 

1.

Audit-related fees consist of:

2020 & 2021 - performance of agreed-upon procedures related to the Registrant’s deferred compensation plan.

 

2.

Tax fees consist of:

2020 & 2021 – review of Registrant’s tax returns.

Aggregate fees billed to the Registrant for non-audit services during 2020 and 2021 were $89,578 and $66,100 respectively.

Fees billed by the Principal Accountant for services rendered to the Adviser and Control Affiliates.

The following table sets forth the fees billed by the Registrant’s principal accountant for non-audit services rendered to Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. and entities controlling, controlled by or under common control with Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. (“Control Affiliates”) that provide ongoing services to the Registrant, for engagements that related directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant for the last two fiscal years.

 

     Audit-related fees      Tax fees      All other fees  
     10/1/19-
9/30/20
     10/1/20-
9/30/21
     10/1/19-
9/30/20
     10/1/20-
9/30/21
     10/1/19-
9/30/20
     10/1/20-
9/30/21
 

Control Affiliates

   $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —        $ —    


The following table sets forth the aggregate fees billed by the Registrant’s principal accountant for non-audit services rendered to Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. and Control Affiliates that provide ongoing services to the Registrant, for the last two fiscal years, including the fees disclosed in the table above.

 

     Aggregate Non-Audit Fees  
     10/1/19-9/30/20      10/1/20-9/30/21  

Control Affiliates

   $ 1,646      $ 972  

None of the services described above were approved pursuant to (c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.

Audit Committee Pre Approval Policies.

Annually, the Registrant’s Audit Committee reviews the audit, audit-related, tax and other non-audit services together with the projected fees, for services proposed to be rendered to the Registrant and/or other entities for which pre-approval is required during the upcoming year. Any subsequent revisions to already pre-approved services or fees (including fee increases) and requests for pre-approval of new services would be presented for consideration quarterly as needed.

If, in the opinion of management, a proposed engagement by the Registrant’s independent accountants needs to commence before the next regularly scheduled Audit Committee meeting, any member of the Audit Committee who is an Independent Trustee of the Registrant is authorized to pre-approve the engagement, but only for engagements to provide audit, audit related and tax services. This approval is subject to review of the full Audit Committee at its next quarterly meeting. All other engagements require the approval of all the members of the Audit Committee.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

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

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Not applicable.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Companies and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

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

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

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

The Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in this Form N-CSR was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, based upon such officers’ evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report.

There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the report that have 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.

 


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 I
By:  

/s/ Kevin Charleston

Name:   Kevin Charleston
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
Date:   November 22, 2021

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/ Kevin Charleston

Name:   Kevin Charleston
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
Date:   November 22, 2021
By:  

/s/ Michael C. Kardok

Name:   Michael C. Kardok
Title:   Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
Date:   November 22, 2021