UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF

REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-04975

MFS MULTIMARKET INCOME TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Christopher R. Bohane

Massachusetts Financial Services Company

111 Huntington Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02199

(Name and address of agents for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 954-5000

Date of fiscal year end: October 31

Date of reporting period: October 31, 2021


ITEM 1.

REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.

Item 1(a):


Annual Report
October 31, 2021
MFS®  Multimarket
Income Trust
MMT-ANN


MANAGED DISTRIBUTION POLICY DISCLOSURE
The MFS Multimarket Income Trust’s (the fund) Board of Trustees adopted a managed distribution policy. The fund seeks to pay monthly distributions based on an annual rate of 8.00% of the fund’s average monthly net asset value. The primary purpose of the managed distribution policy is to provide shareholders with a constant, but not guaranteed, fixed minimum rate of distribution each month. You should not draw any conclusions about the fund’s investment performance from the amount of the current distribution or from the terms of the fund’s managed distribution policy. The Board may amend or terminate the managed distribution policy at any time without prior notice to fund shareholders. The amendment or termination of the managed distribution policy could have an adverse effect on the market price of the fund’s shares.
With each distribution, the fund will issue a notice to shareholders and an accompanying press release which will provide detailed information regarding the amount and composition of the distribution and other related information. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in the notice to shareholders are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the fund’s investment experience during its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes. Please refer to “Tax Matters and Distributions” under Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements for information regarding the tax character of the fund’s distributions.
Under a managed distribution policy the fund may at times distribute more than its net investment income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may result in a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the fund is paid back to you. Any such returns of capital will decrease the fund’s total assets and, therefore, could have the effect of increasing the fund’s expense ratio. In addition, in order to make the level of distributions called for under its managed distribution policy, the fund may have to sell portfolio securities at a less than opportune time. A return of capital does not necessarily reflect the fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with ‘yield’ or ‘income’. The fund’s total return in relation to changes in net asset value is presented in the Financial Highlights.


MFS® Multimarket
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New York Stock Exchange Symbol: MMT

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NOT FDIC INSURED  •  MAY LOSE VALUE  •  NO BANK GUARANTEE




LETTER FROM THE CEO
Dear Shareholders:
After experiencing dramatic swings in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, global equity markets have performed strongly over the past year. Though the speedy development of vaccines brightened the economic and market outlook, uncertainty remains as variants of the virus appear, the effectiveness of vaccines appears to wane over time, and their uneven distribution impacts the developing world.
After having taken aggressive steps to cushion the economic and market fallout related to the virus, some global central banks have begun to recalibrate monetary policy. For example, the U.S. Federal Reserve has begun to taper its bond buying, which has pushed up Treasury yields, particularly on the short end of the yield curve. Having passed a $1.9 trillion stimulus package in March and a $1.1 trillion infrastructure bill in November, the U.S. Congress aims to approve additional stimulus later this year. Production and transportation bottlenecks and labor shortages stemming from the pandemic have fueled a rise in inflation.
Since midyear, global economic growth has moderated, with the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus and a regulatory crackdown in China featuring prominently. Stress in China’s property development sector has also contributed to a slowdown there. Tightening global energy and raw materials supplies are a further concern for investors.
The policy measures put in place to counteract the pandemic’s effects have helped build a supportive environment and are encouraging economic recovery; however, if markets disconnect from fundamentals, they can sow the seeds of instability. As such, recent dramatic increases in speculative trading in cryptocurrencies, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), and the like bear watching.
In the aftermath of the crisis, we could see societal changes as households, businesses, and governments adjust to a new reality, and any such alterations could affect the investment landscape. For investors, events such as the COVID-19 outbreak demonstrate the importance of having a deep understanding of company fundamentals, and we have built our global research platform to do just that.
At MFS®, we put our clients’ assets to work responsibly by carefully navigating the increasing complexity of global markets and economies. Guided by our commitment to long-term investing, we tune out the noise and aim to uncover what we believe are the best, most durable investment opportunities in the market. Our unique global investment platform combines collective expertise, long-term discipline, and thoughtful risk management to create sustainable value for investors over time.
Respectfully,
Michael W. Roberge
Chief Executive Officer
MFS Investment Management
December 15, 2021
The opinions expressed in this letter are subject to change and may not be relied upon for investment advice. No forecasts can be guaranteed.
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Portfolio Composition
Portfolio structure at value (v)
Portfolio structure reflecting equivalent exposure of derivative positions (i)
 
Fixed income sectors (i)
High Yield Corporates 64.5%
Emerging Markets Bonds 29.6%
Investment Grade Corporates 22.7%
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 1.8%
Collateralized Debt Obligations 1.5%
Municipal Bonds 0.8%
Asset-Backed Securities 0.6%
Non-U.S. Government Bonds (5.7)%
U.S. Treasury Securities (20.5)%
Portfolio facts (i)
Average Duration (d) 5.3
Average Effective Maturity (m) 8.1 yrs.
 
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Composition including fixed income credit quality (a)(i)
AAA 2.8%
AA 5.3%
A 7.3%
BBB 26.1%
BB 41.5%
B 30.3%
CCC 9.3%
CC 0.1%
C (o) 0.0%
D (o) 0.0%
U.S. Government 1.1%
Not Rated (28.5)%
Non-Fixed Income 0.1%
Cash & Cash Equivalents (Less Liabilities) (b) (25.3)%
Other 29.9%
(a) For all securities other than those specifically described below, ratings are assigned to underlying securities utilizing ratings from Moody’s, Fitch, and Standard & Poor’s rating agencies and applying the following hierarchy: If all three agencies provide a rating, the middle rating (after dropping the highest and lowest ratings) is assigned; if two of the three agencies rate a security, the lower of the two is assigned. If none of the 3 rating agencies above assign a rating, but the security is rated by DBRS Morningstar, then the DBRS Morningstar rating is assigned. If none of the 4 rating agencies listed above rate the security, but the security is rated by the Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA), then the KBRA rating is assigned. Ratings are shown in the S&P and Fitch scale (e.g., AAA). Securities rated BBB or higher are considered investment grade. All ratings are subject to change. U.S. Government includes securities issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Not Rated includes fixed income securities and fixed income derivatives that have not been rated by any rating agency.
Non-Fixed Income includes equity securities (including convertible bonds and equity derivatives) and/or commodity-linked derivatives. The fund may or may not have held all of these instruments on this date. The fund is not rated by these agencies.
(b) Cash & Cash Equivalents (less liabilities) includes any cash, investments in money market funds, short-term securities, and other assets less liabilities. Liabilities include the value of outstanding borrowings made by the fund for leverage transactions. Cash & Cash Equivalents is negative due to these borrowings. Please see the Statement of Assets and Liabilities for additional information related to the fund’s cash position and other assets and liabilities. Please see Note 6 in the Notes to Financial Statements for more information on the fund's outstanding borrowings.
(d) Duration is a measure of how much a bond’s price is likely to fluctuate with general changes in interest rates, e.g., if rates rise 1.00%, a bond with a 5-year duration is likely to lose about 5.00% of its value due to the interest rate move.
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(i) For purposes of this presentation, the components include the value of securities, and reflect the impact of the equivalent exposure of derivative positions, if any. These amounts may be negative from time to time. Equivalent exposure is a calculated amount that translates the derivative position into a reasonable approximation of the amount of the underlying asset that the portfolio would have to hold at a given point in time to have the same price sensitivity that results from the portfolio’s ownership of the derivative contract. When dealing with derivatives, equivalent exposure is a more representative measure of the potential impact of a position on portfolio performance than value. The bond component will include any accrued interest amounts.
(m) In determining each instrument’s effective maturity for purposes of calculating the fund’s dollar-weighted average effective maturity, MFS uses the instrument’s stated maturity or, if applicable, an earlier date on which MFS believes it is probable that a maturity-shortening device (such as a put, pre-refunding or prepayment) will cause the instrument to be repaid. Such an earlier date can be substantially shorter than the instrument’s stated maturity.
(o) Less than 0.1%.
(v) For purposes of this presentation, market value of fixed income and/or equity derivatives, if any, is included in Cash & Cash Equivalents.
Where the fund holds convertible bonds, they are treated as part of the equity portion of the portfolio.
Other includes equivalent exposure from currency derivatives and/or any offsets to derivative positions and may be negative.
Percentages are based on net assets as of October 31, 2021.
The portfolio is actively managed and current holdings may be different.
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Management Review
Summary of Results
For the twelve months ended October 31, 2021, shares of the MFS Multimarket Income Trust (fund) provided a total return of 7.18%, at net asset value, and a total return of 25.80%, at market value. This compares with a return of 10.53% for the fund’s benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High-Yield Bond 2% Issuer Capped Index (formerly Bloomberg Barclays U.S. High-Yield Corporate Bond 2% Issuer Capped Index). Over the same period, the fund’s other benchmark, the MFS Multimarket Income Trust Blended Index (Blended Index), generated a return of 6.09%. The Blended Index reflects the blended returns of various fixed income market indices, with percentage allocations to each index designed to resemble the fixed income allocations of the fund. The market indices and related percentage allocations used to compile the Blended Index are set forth in the Performance Summary.
The performance commentary below is based on the net asset value performance of the fund, which reflects the performance of the underlying pool of assets held by the fund. The total return at market value represents the return earned by owners of the shares of the fund, which are traded publicly on the exchange.
Market Environment
Over the past year, the global economy was buffeted by an array of crosscurrents as it adjusted to the ebbs and flows of the pandemic. Among the supportive currents were ample fiscal stimulus, loose monetary policy and the rollout of several highly effective coronavirus vaccines. Negative currents included the rapid spread of the Delta variant, widespread global production bottlenecks and a surge in inflation. After experiencing a burst of exceptionally strong economic activity as the global economy began to reopen, growth slowed lately as shortages of raw materials, labor, intermediate goods and even energy in some countries, disrupted supply chains.
Amid rising inflation, markets anticipated a transition from an exceptionally accommodative environment to a more mixed monetary landscape ahead. Indeed, several central banks in emerging markets have already tightened policy and the US Federal Reserve indicated it will reduce the pace of its asset purchases beginning in November. The European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan and the People's Bank of China are expected to maintain accommodative policies. Sovereign bond yields moved modestly higher late in the period amid higher inflation, signs of a crest in the Delta variant wave and on expectations of a tighter Fed.
A harsher Chinese regulatory environment toward industries such as online gaming, food delivery and education increased market volatility as has stress in China's highly leveraged property development sector. Trade relations between the United States and China remained quite strained despite a change in presidential administrations.
Signs of excess investor enthusiasm continued to be seen in pockets of the market such as “meme stocks” popular with users of online message boards, cryptocurrencies and heavy retail participation in the market for short-dated options.
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Factors Affecting Performance
Relative to the Blended Index, the fund's greater-than-benchmark exposure to the industrials sector, along with its lesser exposure to both the mortgage-backed securities (MBS) agency fixed rate and treasury sectors, strengthened relative returns. Strong bond selection within both the financial institutions and government-related sovereign sectors, particularly within “BBB” -rated(r) bonds, was another source of relative strength. Additionally, the fund's duration(d) stance also supported relative performance.
Conversely, bond selection within the industrials sector, mainly within “BB” and “CCC” -rated bonds, detracted from relative performance. The fund's yield curve(y) positioning also weakened relative results.
The fund employs leverage and, to the extent that investments are purchased through the use of leverage, the fund’s net asset value may increase or decrease at a greater rate than a comparable unleveraged fund. During the reporting period, the use of leverage was a contributor to relative performance.
The fund has a managed distribution policy, the primary purpose of which is to provide shareholders with a constant, but not guaranteed, fixed minimum rate of distribution each month. This policy had no material impact on the fund's investment strategies during its most recent fiscal year. The level of distributions paid by the fund pursuant to its managed distribution policy may cause the fund's NAV per share to decline more so than if the policy were not in place, including if distributions are in excess of fund returns. For the twelve months ended October 31, 2021, the tax character of dividends paid pursuant to the managed distribution policy includes an ordinary income distribution of $18,349,942 and a tax return of capital distribution of $12,050,739. See “Managed Distribution Policy Disclosure” in the inside cover page of this Annual Report for additional details regarding the policy and related implications for the fund and shareholders.
Respectfully,
Portfolio Manager(s)
Robert Spector, Ward Brown, David Cole, Pilar Gomez-Bravo, Andy Li, Henry Peabody, Matt Ryan, and Michael Skatrud
Note to Shareholders: Effective June 30, 2021, Robert Persons is no longer a Portfolio Manager of the fund.
(d) Duration is a measure of how much a bond’s price is likely to fluctuate with general changes in interest rates, e.g., if rates rise 1.00%, a bond with a 5-year duration is likely to lose about 5.00% of its value.
(r) Securities rated “BBB”, “Baa”, or higher are considered investment grade; securities rated “BB”, “Ba”, or below are considered non-investment grade. Ratings are assigned to underlying securities utilizing ratings from Moody's, Fitch, and Standard & Poor's and applying the following hierarchy: If all three agencies provide a rating, the middle rating (after dropping the highest and lowest ratings) is assigned; if two of the three agencies rate a security, the lower of the two is assigned. If none of the 3 rating agencies above assign a rating, but the security is rated by DBRS Morningstar, then the DBRS Morningstar rating is assigned. If none
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of the 4 rating agencies listed above rate the security, but the security is rated by the Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA), then the KBRA rating is assigned. Ratings are shown in the S&P and Fitch scale (e.g., AAA). For securities that are not rated by any of the rating agencies, the security is considered Not Rated.
(y) A yield curve graphically depicts the yields of different maturity bonds of the same credit quality and type; a normal yield curve is upward sloping, with short-term rates lower than long-term rates.
The views expressed in this report are those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period of the report as stated on the cover and do not necessarily reflect the views of MFS or any other person in the MFS organization. These views are subject to change at any time based on market or other conditions, and MFS disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied upon as investment advice or an indication of trading intent on behalf of any MFS portfolio. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities, and may not be representative of any MFS portfolio’s current or future investments.
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Performance Summary THROUGH 10/31/21
The following chart illustrates the fund’s historical performance in comparison to its benchmark(s). Performance results reflect the percentage change in net asset value and market value, including reinvestment of fund distributions. Benchmarks are unmanaged and may not be invested in directly. Benchmark returns do not reflect commissions or expenses. (See Notes to Performance Summary.)
Performance data shown represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value fluctuate so your shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than the original cost; current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. The performance shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes, if any, that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the sale of fund shares.
Growth of a Hypothetical $10,000 Investment
Average Annual Total Returns through 10/31/21
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Market Value (r) 3/12/87 25.80% 11.08% 8.49%
Net Asset Value (r) 3/12/87 7.18% 6.86% 6.91%
Comparative benchmark(s)
       
Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High-Yield Bond 2% Issuer Capped Index (f) 10.53% 6.38% 6.78%
MFS Multimarket Income Trust Blended Index (f)(w) 6.09% 5.05% 5.36%
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Index (f) 1.30% 4.03% 3.36%
Bloomberg U.S. Government/Mortgage Bond Index (f) (1.64)% 2.37% 2.33%
JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global (f) 4.06% 3.89% 5.02%
    
(f) Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
(r) Includes reinvestment of all distributions. Market value references New York Stock Exchange Price.
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(w) As of October 31, 2021, the MFS Multimarket Income Trust Blended Index (a custom index) was comprised of 50% Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High-Yield Bond 2% Issuer Capped Index, 20% JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global, 20% Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Index, and 10% Bloomberg U.S. Government/Mortgage Bond Index.
Benchmark Definition(s)
Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Index(a) (formerly Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Credit Index) – a subset of the Global Aggregate Index, and contains investment grade credit securities from the U.S. Aggregate, Pan-European Aggregate, Asian-Pacific Aggregate, Eurodollar, 144A, and Euro-Yen indices. Credit securities are publicly issued corporate and specified foreign debentures and secured notes that meet the specified maturity, liquidity and quality requirements.
Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High-Yield Bond 2% Issuer Capped Index(a) (formerly Bloomberg Barclays U.S. High-Yield Corporate Bond 2% Issuer Capped Index) – a component of the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High-Yield Bond Index, which measures performance of non-investment grade, fixed rate debt. The index limits the maximum exposure to any one issuer to 2%.
Bloomberg U.S. Government/Mortgage Bond Index(a) (formerly Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Government/Mortgage Bond Index) – measures debt issued by the U.S. Government, and its agencies, as well as mortgage-backed pass-through securities of Ginnie Mae (GNMA), Fannie Mae (FNMA), and Freddie Mac (FHLMC).
JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global – measures the performance of U.S. dollar-denominated debt instruments issued by emerging market sovereign and quasi-sovereign entities: Brady bonds, loans, Eurobonds.
It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
(a) Source: Bloomberg Index Services Limited. BLOOMBERG® is a trademark and service mark of Bloomberg Finance L.P. and its affiliates (collectively “Bloomberg”). Bloomberg or Bloomberg's licensors own all proprietary rights in the Bloomberg Indices. Bloomberg neither approves or endorses this material, or guarantees the accuracy or completeness of any information herein, or makes any warranty, express or implied, as to the results to be obtained therefrom and, to the maximum extent allowed by law, neither shall have any liability or responsibility for injury or damages arising in connection therewith.
Notes to Performance Summary
The fund’s shares may trade at a discount or premium to net asset value. When fund shares trade at a premium, buyers pay more than the net asset value underlying fund shares, and shares purchased at a premium would receive less than the amount paid for them in the event of the fund’s concurrent liquidation.
The fund's target annual distribution rate is calculated based on an annual rate of 8.00% of the fund's average monthly net asset value, not a fixed share price, and the fund's dividend amount will fluctuate with changes in the fund's average monthly net assets.
Net asset values and performance results based on net asset value per share do not include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and may differ from amounts reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities or the Financial Highlights.
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From time to time the fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements, without which performance would be lower.
In accordance with Section 23(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the fund hereby gives notice that it may from time to time repurchase shares of the fund in the open market at the option of the Board of Trustees and on such terms as the Trustees shall determine.
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Investment Objective, Principal Investment Strategies and Principal Risks
Investment Objective
The fund’s investment objective is to seek high current income, but may also consider capital appreciation. The fund’s objective may be changed without shareholder approval.
Principal Investment Strategies
The fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in fixed income securities. This policy may not be changed without shareholder approval.
MFS (Massachusetts Financial Services Company, the fund's investment adviser) considers debt instruments of all types to be fixed income securities.
MFS normally invests the fund’s assets in corporate bonds of U.S. and/or foreign issuers, U.S. Government securities, foreign government securities, mortgage-backed securities and other securitized instruments of U.S. and foreign issuers, and/or debt instruments of issuers located in emerging market countries. MFS allocates the fund’s assets across these categories with a view toward broad diversification across and within these categories. MFS may also invest the fund’s assets in equity securities.
MFS may invest up to 100% of the fund’s assets in below investment grade quality debt instruments.
MFS normally invests the fund's assets across different industries, sectors, countries, and regions, but MFS may invest a significant percentage of the fund’s assets in issuers in a single industry, sector, country, or region.
The fund seeks to make a monthly distribution at an annual fixed rate of 8.00% of the fund’s average monthly net asset value.
While MFS may use derivatives for any investment purpose, to the extent MFS uses derivatives, MFS expects to use derivatives primarily to increase or decrease exposure to a particular market, segment of the market, or security, to increase or decrease interest rate or currency exposure, or as alternatives to direct investments.
MFS uses an active bottom-up investment approach to buying and selling investments for the fund. Investments are selected primarily based on fundamental analysis of individual issuers and/or instruments in light of the issuer’s financial condition and market, economic, political, and regulatory conditions. Factors considered for debt instruments may include the instrument’s credit quality, collateral characteristics, and indenture provisions, and the issuer’s management ability, capital structure, leverage, and ability to meet its current obligations. Factors considered for equity securities may include analysis of an issuer’s earnings, cash flows, competitive position, and management ability. MFS may also consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in its fundamental investment analysis where MFS believes such factors could materially impact the economic value of an issuer or instrument. ESG factors considered may include, but are not limited to, climate change, resource depletion, an issuer's governance structure and practices, data protection and privacy issues, and
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diversity and labor practices. Quantitative screening tools that systematically evaluate the structure of a debt instrument and its features or the valuation, price and earnings momentum, earnings quality, and other factors of the issuer of an equity security may also be considered.
The fund may use leverage by borrowing up to 33 1/3% of the fund’s assets, including borrowings for investment purposes, and investing the proceeds pursuant to its investment strategies. If approved by the fund’s Board of Trustees, the fund may use leverage by other methods.
MFS may engage in active and frequent trading in pursuing the fund's principal investment strategies.
In response to market, economic, political, or other conditions, MFS may depart from the fund’s principal investment strategies by temporarily investing for defensive purposes.
Principal Investment Types
The principal investment types in which the fund may invest are:
Debt Instruments: Debt instruments represent obligations of corporations, governments, and other entities to repay money borrowed, or other instruments believed to have debt-like characteristics. The issuer or borrower usually pays a fixed, variable, or floating rate of interest, and must repay the amount borrowed, usually at the maturity of the instrument. Debt instruments generally trade in the over-the-counter market and can be less liquid than other types of investments, particularly during adverse market and economic conditions. During certain market conditions, debt instruments in some or many segments of the debt market can trade at a negative interest rate (i.e., the price to purchase the debt instrument is more than the present value of expected interest payments and principal due at the maturity of the instrument). Some debt instruments, such as zero coupon bonds or payment-in-kind bonds, do not pay current interest. Other debt instruments, such as certain mortgage-backed securities and other securitized instruments, make periodic payments of interest and/or principal. Some debt instruments are partially or fully secured by collateral supporting the payment of interest and principal.
Corporate Bonds: Corporate bonds are debt instruments issued by corporations or similar entities.
U.S. Government Securities: U.S. Government securities are securities issued or guaranteed as to the payment of principal and interest by the U.S. Treasury, by an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. Government, or by a U.S. Government-sponsored entity. Certain U.S. Government securities are not supported as to the payment of principal and interest by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury or the ability to borrow from the U.S. Treasury. Some U.S. Government securities are supported as to the payment of principal and interest only by the credit of the entity issuing or guaranteeing the security. U.S. Government securities include mortgage-backed securities and other types of securitized instruments guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury, by an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. Government, or by a U.S. Government-sponsored entity.
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Foreign Government Securities: Foreign government securities are debt instruments issued, guaranteed, or supported, as to the payment of principal and interest, by foreign governments, foreign government agencies, foreign semi-governmental entities or supranational entities, or debt instruments issued by entities organized and operated for the purpose of restructuring outstanding foreign government securities. Foreign government securities may not be supported as to the payment of principal and interest by the full faith and credit of the foreign government.
Securitized Instruments: Securitized instruments are debt instruments that generally provide payments of principal and interest based on the terms of the instrument and cash flows generated by the underlying assets. Underlying assets include residential and commercial mortgages, debt instruments, loans, leases, and receivables. Securitized instruments are issued by trusts or other special purpose entities that hold the underlying assets. Certain securitized instruments offer multiple classes that differ in terms of their priority to receive principal and/or interest payments under the terms of the instrument. Securitized instruments include mortgage-backed securities, collateralized debt obligations, and other asset-backed securities. Certain mortgage-backed securities are issued on a delayed delivery or forward commitment basis where payment and delivery take place at a future date.
Equity Securities: Equity securities represent an ownership interest, or the right to acquire an ownership interest, in a company or other issuer. Different types of equity securities provide different voting and dividend rights and priorities in the event of bankruptcy of the issuer. Equity securities include common stocks, preferred stocks, securities convertible into stocks, equity interests in real estate investment trusts (REITs), and depositary receipts for such securities.
Derivatives: Derivatives are financial contracts whose value is based on the value of one or more underlying indicators or the difference between underlying indicators. Underlying indicators may include a security or other financial instrument, asset, currency, interest rate, credit rating, commodity, volatility measure, or index. Derivatives often involve a counterparty to the transaction. Derivatives include futures, forward contracts, options, swaps, and certain complex structured securities.
Principal Risks
The share price of the fund will change daily based on changes in market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, public health, and other conditions. As with any mutual fund, the fund may not achieve its objective and/or you could lose money on your investment in the fund. An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency. The significance of any specific risk to an investment in the fund will vary over time depending on the composition of the fund's portfolio, market conditions, and other factors. You should read all of the risk information below carefully, because any one or more of these risks may result in losses to the fund.
The principal risks of investing in the fund are:
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Investment Selection Risk: MFS' investment analysis and its selection of investments may not produce the intended results and/or can lead to an investment focus that results in the fund underperforming other funds with similar investment strategies and/or underperforming the markets in which the fund invests. In addition, MFS or the fund's other service providers may experience disruptions or operating errors that could negatively impact the fund.
Debt Market Risk: Debt markets can be volatile and can decline significantly in response to, or investor perceptions of, issuer, market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, public health, and other conditions. These conditions can affect a single instrument, issuer, or borrower, a particular type of instrument, issuer, or borrower, a segment of the debt markets, or debt markets generally. Certain changes or events, such as political, social, or economic developments, including increasing and negative interest rates or the U.S. government's inability at times to agree on a long-term budget and deficit reduction plan (which has in the past resulted and may in the future result in a government shutdown); market closures and/or trading halts; government or regulatory actions, including the imposition of tariffs or other protectionist actions and changes in fiscal, monetary, or tax policies; natural disasters; outbreaks of pandemic and epidemic diseases; terrorist attacks; war; and other geopolitical changes or events can have a dramatic adverse effect on debt markets and may lead to periods of high volatility and reduced liquidity in a debt market or a segment of a debt market.
Interest Rate Risk: The price of a debt instrument typically changes in response to interest rate changes. Interest rates can change in response to the supply and demand for credit, government and/or central bank monetary policy and action, inflation rates, and other factors. In general, the price of a debt instrument falls when interest rates rise and rises when interest rates fall. The current period of historically low interest rates may heighten the risks associated with rising interest rates because there may be a greater likelihood of interest rates increasing and interest rates may increase rapidly. Interest rate risk is generally greater for fixed-rate instruments than floating-rate instruments and for instruments with longer maturities, or that do not pay current interest. In addition, short-term and long-term interest rates, and interest rates in different countries, do not necessarily move in the same direction or by the same amount. An instrument’s reaction to interest rate changes depends on the timing of its interest and principal payments and the current interest rate for each of those time periods. The price of an instrument trading at a negative interest rate responds to interest rate changes like other debt instruments; however, an instrument purchased at a negative interest rate is expected to produce a negative return if held to maturity. Changes in government and/or central bank monetary policy may affect the level of interest rates. To the extent the fund invests in fixed-rate instruments, fluctuations in the market price of such investments may not affect interest income derived from those instruments, but may nonetheless affect the fund's share price, especially if the instrument has a longer maturity.
Credit Risk: The price of a debt instrument depends, in part, on the issuer's or borrower's credit quality or ability to pay principal and interest when due. The price of a debt instrument is likely to fall if an issuer or borrower defaults on its obligation to pay principal or interest, if the instrument's credit rating is downgraded by a credit rating agency, or based on other changes in, or perceptions of, the financial condition of the issuer or borrower. For certain types of instruments, including derivatives, the
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price of the instrument depends in part on the credit quality of the counterparty to the transaction. For other types of debt instruments, including securitized instruments, the price of the debt instrument also depends on the credit quality and adequacy of the underlying assets or collateral as well as whether there is a security interest in the underlying assets or collateral. Enforcing rights, if any, against the underlying assets or collateral may be difficult.
Below investment grade quality debt instruments can involve a substantially greater risk of default or can already be in default, and their values can decline significantly over short periods of time. Below investment grade quality debt instruments are regarded as having predominantly speculative characteristics with respect to capacity to pay interest and principal. Below investment grade quality debt instruments tend to be more sensitive to adverse news about the issuer, or the market or economy in general, than higher quality debt instruments. The market for below investment grade quality debt instruments can be less liquid, especially during periods of recession or general market decline.
Foreign Risk: Investments in securities of foreign issuers, securities of companies with significant foreign exposure, and foreign currencies can involve additional risks relating to market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, public health, and other conditions. Political, social, diplomatic, and economic developments, U.S. and foreign government action such as the imposition of currency or capital blockages, controls, or tariffs, economic and trade sanctions or embargoes, security trading suspensions, entering or exiting trade or other intergovernmental agreements, or the expropriation or nationalization of assets in a particular country, can cause dramatic declines in certain or all securities with exposure to that country and other countries. In the event of nationalization, expropriation, confiscation or other government action, intervention, or restriction, the fund could lose its entire investment in a particular foreign issuer or country. Economies and financial markets are interconnected, which increases the likelihood that conditions in one country or region can adversely impact issuers in different countries and regions. Less stringent regulatory, accounting, auditing, and disclosure requirements for issuers and markets are more common in certain foreign countries. Enforcing legal rights can be difficult, costly, and slow in certain foreign countries and with respect to certain types of investments, and can be particularly difficult against foreign governments. Changes in currency exchange rates can significantly impact the financial condition of a company or other issuer with exposure to multiple countries as well as affect the U.S. dollar value of foreign currency investments and investments denominated in foreign currencies. Additional risks of foreign investments include trading, settlement, custodial, and other operational risks, and withholding and other taxes. These factors can make foreign investments, especially those tied economically to emerging and frontier markets (emerging markets that are early in their development), more volatile and less liquid than U.S. investments. In addition, foreign markets can react differently to market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, public health, and other conditions than the U.S. market.
Emerging Markets Risk: Investments tied economically to emerging markets, especially frontier markets, can involve additional and greater risks than the risks associated with investments in developed markets. Emerging markets typically have less developed economies and markets, greater custody and operational risk, less developed legal, regulatory, and accounting systems, less trading volume, less stringent
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investor protection and disclosure standards, less reliable settlement practices, greater government involvement in the economy than developed countries, and greater risk of new or inconsistent government treatment of or restrictions on issuers and instruments. Financial and other disclosures by emerging market issuers may be considerably less reliable than disclosures made by issuers in developed markets. In addition, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, which regulates auditors of U.S. public companies, is unable to inspect audit work papers in certain emerging market countries. Emerging markets can also be subject to greater political, social, geopolitical, and economic instability and more susceptible to environmental problems. In addition, many emerging market countries with less established health care systems have experienced outbreaks of pandemics or contagious diseases from time to time. These factors can make emerging market investments more volatile and less liquid than investments in developed markets.
Currency Risk: Changes in currency exchange rates can significantly impact the financial condition of a company or other issuer with exposure to multiple countries. In addition, a decline in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar reduces the value of the foreign currency and investments denominated in that currency. In addition, the use of foreign exchange contracts to reduce foreign currency exposure can eliminate some or all of the benefit of an increase in the value of a foreign currency versus the U.S. dollar. The value of foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar fluctuates in response to, among other factors, interest rate changes, intervention (or failure to intervene) by the U.S. or foreign governments, central banks, or supranational entities such as the International Monetary Fund, the imposition of currency controls, and other political or regulatory conditions in the U.S. or abroad. Foreign currency values can decrease significantly both in the short term and over the long term in response to these and other conditions.
Focus Risk: Issuers in a single industry, sector, country, or region can react similarly to market, currency, political, economic, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, public health, and other conditions. These conditions include business environment changes; economic factors such as fiscal, monetary, and tax policies; inflation and unemployment rates; and government and regulatory changes. The fund's performance will be affected by the conditions in the industries, sectors, countries and regions to which the fund is exposed.
Prepayment/Extension Risk: Many types of debt instruments, including mortgage-backed securities, securitized instruments, certain corporate bonds, and municipal housing bonds, and certain derivatives, are subject to the risk of prepayment and/or extension. Prepayment occurs when unscheduled payments of principal are made or the instrument is called or redeemed prior to an instrument’s maturity. When interest rates decline, the instrument is called, or for other reasons, these debt instruments may be repaid more quickly than expected. As a result, the holder of the debt instrument may not be able to reinvest the proceeds at the same interest rate or on the same terms, reducing the potential for gain. When interest rates increase or for other reasons, these debt instruments may be repaid more slowly than expected, increasing the potential for loss. In addition, prepayment rates are difficult to predict and the potential impact of prepayment on the price of a debt instrument depends on the terms of the instrument.
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Equity Market Risk: Equity markets can be volatile and can decline significantly in response to, or investor perceptions of, issuer, market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, public health, and other conditions. These conditions can affect a single issuer or type of security, issuers within a broad market sector, industry or geographic region, or the equity markets in general. Different parts of the market and different types of securities can react differently to these conditions. For example, the stocks of growth companies can react differently from the stocks of value companies, and the stocks of large cap companies can react differently from the stocks of small cap companies. Certain changes or events, such as political, social, or economic developments, including increasing or negative interest rates or the U.S. government's inability at times to agree on a long-term budget and deficit reduction plan (which has in the past resulted and may in the future result in a government shutdown); market closures and/or trading halts; government or regulatory actions, including the imposition of tariffs or other protectionist actions and changes in fiscal, monetary, or tax policies; natural disasters; outbreaks of pandemic and epidemic diseases; terrorist attacks; war; and other geopolitical changes or events, can have a dramatic adverse effect on equity markets and may lead to periods of high volatility in an equity market or a segment of an equity market.
Company Risk: Changes in the financial condition of a company or other issuer, changes in specific market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, public health, and other conditions that affect a particular type of investment or issuer, and changes in general market, economic, political, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, public health, and other conditions can adversely affect the prices of investments. The prices of securities of smaller, less well-known issuers can be more volatile than the prices of securities of larger issuers or the market in general.
Leveraging Risk: If the fund utilizes investment leverage, there can be no assurance that such a leveraging strategy will be successful during any period in which it is employed. The use of leverage is a speculative investment technique that results in greater volatility in the fund’s net asset value. To the extent that investments are purchased with the proceeds from the borrowings from a bank, the issuance of preferred shares, or the creation of tender option bonds, the fund’s net asset value will increase or decrease at a greater rate than a comparable unleveraged fund. If the investment income or gains earned from the investments purchased with the proceeds from the borrowings from a bank, the issuance of preferred shares, or the creation of tender option bonds, fails to cover the expenses of leveraging, the fund’s net asset value is likely to decrease more quickly than if the fund weren’t leveraged. In addition, the fund’s distributions could be reduced. The fund is currently required under the under the Investment Company Act of 1040 (the “1940 Act”) to maintain asset coverage of 200% on outstanding preferred shares and 300% on outstanding indebtedness. The fund may be required to sell a portion of its investments at a time when it may be disadvantageous to do so in order to redeem preferred shares or to reduce outstanding indebtedness to comply with asset coverage or other restrictions including those imposed by the 1940 Act and the rating agencies that rate the preferred shares. The expenses of leveraging are paid by the holders of common shares. Borrowings from a bank or preferred shares may have a stated maturity. If this leverage is not extended prior to maturity or replaced with the same or a different form of leverage, distributions to common shareholders may be decreased.
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Certain transactions and investment strategies can result in leverage. Because movements in a fund’s share price generally correlate over time with the fund’s net asset value, the market price of a leveraged fund will also tend to be more volatile than that of a comparable unleveraged fund. The costs of an offering of preferred shares and/or borrowing program would be borne by shareholders.
Under the terms of any loan agreement or of a purchase agreement between the fund and the investor in the preferred shares, as the case may be, the fund may be required to, among other things, limit its ability to pay distributions in certain circumstances, incur additional debts, engage in certain transactions, and pledge some or all of its assets. Such agreements could limit the fund’s ability to pursue its investment strategies. The terms of any loan agreement or purchase agreement could be more or less restrictive than those described.
Under guidelines generally required by a rating agency providing a rating for any preferred shares, the fund may be required to, among other things, maintain certain asset coverage requirements, restrict certain investments and practices, and adopt certain redemption requirements relating to preferred shares. Such guidelines or the terms of a purchase agreement between a fund and the investor in the preferred shares could limit the fund’s ability to pursue its investment strategies. The guidelines imposed with respect to preferred shares by a rating agency or an investor in the preferred shares could be more or less restrictive than those described.
Managed Distribution Plan Risk: The fund may not be able to maintain a monthly distribution at an annual fixed rate of up to 8.00% of the fund’s average monthly net asset value due to many factors, including but not limited to, changes in market returns, fluctuations in market interest rates, and other factors. If income from the fund’s investments is less than the amount needed to make a monthly distribution, portfolio investments may be sold at less than opportune times to fund the distribution. Distributions that are treated as tax return of capital will have the effect of reducing the fund’s assets and could increase the fund’s expense ratio. If a portion of the fund’s distributions represents returns of capital over extended periods, the fund’s assets may be reduced over time to levels where the fund is no longer viable and might be liquidated.
Derivatives Risk: Derivatives can be highly volatile and involve risks in addition to, and potentially greater than, the risks of the underlying indicator(s). Gains or losses from derivatives can be substantially greater than the derivatives’ original cost and can sometimes be unlimited. Derivatives can involve leverage. Derivatives can be complex instruments and can involve analysis and processing that differs from that required for other investment types used by the fund. If the value of a derivative does not change as expected relative to the value of the market or other indicator to which the derivative is intended to provide exposure, the derivative may not have the effect intended. Derivatives can also reduce the opportunity for gains or result in losses by offsetting positive returns in other investments. Derivatives can be less liquid than other types of investments.
Anti-Takeover Provisions Risk: The fund’s declaration of trust includes provisions that could limit the ability of other persons or entities to acquire control of the fund, to convert the fund to an open-end fund, or to change the composition of the fund’s Board of Trustees. These provisions could reduce the opportunities for shareholders to sell their shares at a premium over the then-current market price.
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Market Discount/Premium Risk: The market price of shares of the fund will be based on factors such as the supply and demand for shares in the market and general market, economic, industry, political or regulatory conditions. Whether shareholders will realize gains or losses upon the sale of shares of the fund will depend on the market price of shares at the time of the sale, not on the fund’s net asset value. The market price may be lower or higher than the fund’s net asset value. Shares of closed-end funds frequently trade at a discount to their net asset value.
Counterparty and Third Party Risk: Transactions involving a counterparty other than the issuer of the instrument, including clearing organizations, or a third party responsible for servicing the instrument or effecting the transaction, are subject to the credit risk of the counterparty or third party, and to the counterparty’s or third party’s ability or willingness to perform in accordance with the terms of the transaction. If a counterparty or third party fails to meet its contractual obligations, goes bankrupt, or otherwise experiences a business interruption, the fund could miss investment opportunities, lose value on its investments, or otherwise hold investments it would prefer to sell, resulting in losses for the fund.
Liquidity Risk: Certain investments and types of investments are subject to restrictions on resale, may trade in the over-the-counter market, or may not have an active trading market due to adverse market, economic, industry, political, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, public health, and other conditions, including investors trying to sell large quantities of a particular investment or type of investment, or lack of market makers or other buyers for a particular investment or type of investment. At times, all or a significant portion of a market may not have an active trading market. Without an active trading market, it may be difficult to value, and it may not be possible to sell, these investments and the fund could miss other investment opportunities and hold investments it would prefer to sell, resulting in losses for the fund. In addition, the fund may have to sell certain of these investments at prices or times that are not advantageous in order to meet redemptions or other cash needs, which could result in dilution of remaining investors' interests in the fund. The prices of illiquid securities may be more volatile than more liquid investments.
Defensive Investing Risk: When MFS invests defensively, different factors could affect the fund’s performance and the fund may not achieve its investment objective. In addition, the defensive strategy may not work as intended.
Frequent Trading Risk: Frequent trading increases transaction costs, which may reduce the Fund's return. Frequent trading can also result in the realization of a higher percentage of short-term capital gains and a lower percentage of long-term capital gains as compared to a fund that trades less frequently. Because short-term capital gains are distributed as ordinary income, this would generally increase your tax liability unless you hold your shares through a tax-advantaged or tax-exempt vehicle.
Investment Restrictions
The Fund has adopted the following policies which cannot be changed without the approval of the holders of a majority of its shares as defined currently in the 1940 Act to be the lesser of (i) 67% or more of the voting securities present at a meeting at which holders of voting securities representing more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities are present or represented by proxy, or (ii) more than 50% of the
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outstanding voting securities (“Majority Shareholder Vote”). Except for fundamental investment restriction (1), these investment restrictions are adhered to at the time of purchase or utilization of assets; a subsequent change in circumstances will not be considered to result in a violation of policy.
The Fund may not:
(1) borrow money except to the extent not prohibited by the 1940 Act and exemptive orders granted under such Act.
(2) underwrite securities issued by other persons, except that all or any portion of the assets of the Fund may be invested in one or more investment companies, to the extent not prohibited by the 1940 Act and exemptive orders granted under such Act, and except insofar as the Fund may technically be deemed an underwriter under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in selling a portfolio security.
(3) issue any senior securities except to the extent not prohibited by the 1940 Act and exemptive orders granted under such Act. For purposes of this restriction, collateral arrangements with respect to any type of swap, option, Forward Contracts and Futures Contracts and collateral arrangements with respect to initial and variation margin are not deemed to be the issuance of a senior security.
(4) make loans except to the extent not prohibited by the 1940 Act and exemptive orders granted under such Act.
(5) purchase or sell real estate (excluding securities secured by real estate or interests therein and securities of companies, such as real estate investment trusts, which deal in real estate or interests therein), interests in oil, gas or mineral leases, commodities or commodity contacts (excluding currencies and any type of option, Futures Contracts and Forward Contracts) in the ordinary course of its business. The Fund reserves the freedom of action to hold and to sell real estate, mineral leases, commodities or commodity contracts (including currencies and any type of option, Futures Contracts and Forward Contracts) acquired as a result of the ownership of securities.
(6) purchase any securities of an issuer in a particular industry if as a result 25% or more of its total assets (taken at market value at the time of purchase) would be invested in securities of issuers whose principal business activities are in the same industry, except that the Fund may invest up to 40% of the value of its assets in each of the electric utility and telephone industries.
For purposes of investment restriction (5), investments in certain types of derivative instruments whose value is related to commodities or commodity contracts, including swaps and structured notes, are not considered commodities or commodity contracts.
For purposes of fundamental investment restriction (6), investments in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government or its agencies or instrumentalities and tax-exempt obligations issued or guaranteed by a U.S. territory or possession, a state or local government, or a political subdivision of any of the foregoing, are not considered an investment in any particular industry.
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For purposes of fundamental investment restriction (6), investments in other investment companies are not considered an investment in any particular industry and portfolio securities held by an underlying fund in which the Fund may invest are not considered to be securities purchased by the Fund.
For purposes of fundamental investment restriction (6), MFS uses a customized set of industry groups for classifying securities based on classifications developed by third party providers.
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Effects of Leverage
The following table is furnished in response to requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). It is designed to, among other things, illustrate the effects of leverage through the use of senior securities, as that term is defined under Section 18 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), on fund total return, assuming investment portfolio total returns (consisting of income and changes in the value of investments held in a fund’s portfolio) of –10%, –5%, 0%, 5% and 10%. The table below assumes the fund’s continued use of line of credit borrowings (“leverage”), as applicable, as of October 31, 2021, as a percentage of total assets (including assets attributable to such leverage), the estimated annual effective interest expense rate payable by the fund on such line of credit borrowings (based on market conditions as of October 31, 2021), and the annual return that the fund’s portfolio would need to experience (net of expenses) in order to cover such costs. The information below does not reflect the fund’s possible use of certain other forms of economic leverage through the use of other instruments or transactions not considered to be senior securities under the 1940 Act, if any.
The assumed investment portfolio returns in the table below are hypothetical figures and are not necessarily indicative of the investment portfolio returns experienced or expected to be experienced by the fund. Your actual returns may be greater or less than those appearing below. In addition, actual borrowing expenses associated with line of credit borrowings used by the fund may vary frequently and may be significantly higher or lower than the rate used for the example below.
Line of Credit Borrowings as a Percentage of Total Assets (Including Assets Attributable to Leverage) 21.28%
Estimated Annual Effective Rate of Interest Expense on Line of Credit Borrowings 0.70%
Annual Return Fund Portfolio Must Experience (net of expenses) to Cover Estimated Annual Effective Interest Expense on Line of Credit Borrowings 0.15%
Assumed Return on Portfolio (Net of Expenses) -10.00% -5.00% 0.00% 5.00% 10.00%
Corresponding Return to Shareholder -12.89% -6.54% -0.19% 6.16% 12.51%
The table reflects hypothetical performance of the fund’s portfolio and not the actual performance of the fund’s shares, the value of which is determined by market forces and other factors.
Should the fund elect to add additional leverage to its portfolio, any benefits of such additional leverage cannot be fully achieved until the proceeds resulting from the use of such leverage have been received by the fund and invested in accordance with the fund’s investment objectives and policies. The fund’s willingness to use additional leverage, and the extent to which leverage is used at any time, will depend on many factors.
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Portfolio Managers' Profiles
Portfolio Manager Primary Role Since Title and Five Year History
Robert Spector Lead Portfolio Manager 2017 Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2011.
Ward Brown Emerging Markets Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager 2012 Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2005.
David Cole Below Investment Grade Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager 2006 Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2004.
Pilar Gomez-Bravo Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager 2013 Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2013.
Andy Li Investment Grade Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager 2019 Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2018; Portfolio Manager of Man GLG from 2014 to 2018.
Henry Peabody Investment Grade Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager 2019 Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2019; Portfolio Manager and Analyst at Eaton Vance Management from 2014 to 2019.
Matt Ryan Emerging Markets Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager 2004 Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 1997.
Michael Skatrud Below Investment Grade Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager 2018 Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2013.
The following information in this annual report is a summary of certain changes since October 31, 2020. This information may not reflect all of the changes that have occurred since you purchased this fund.
Effective June 30, 2021, Robert Persons is no longer a Portfolio Manager of the fund.
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Dividend Reinvestment And Cash Purchase Plan
The fund offers a Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan (the “Plan”) that allows common shareholders to reinvest either all of the distributions paid by the fund or only the long-term capital gains. Generally, purchases are made at the market price unless that price exceeds the net asset value (the shares are trading at a premium). If the shares are trading at a premium, the fund will issue shares at a price of either the net asset value or 95% of the market price, whichever is greater. You can also buy shares on a quarterly basis in any amount $100 and over. Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the Transfer Agent for the fund) (the “Plan Agent”) will purchase shares under the Plan on the 15th of January, April, July, and October or shortly thereafter. You may obtain a copy of the Plan by contacting the Plan Agent at 1-800-637-2304 any business day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time or by visiting the Plan Agent's Web site at www.computershare.com/investor.
If shares are registered in your own name, new shareholders will automatically participate in the Plan, unless you have indicated that you do not wish to participate. If your shares are in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee, you can ask the firm or nominee to participate in the Plan on your behalf. If the nominee does not offer the Plan, you may wish to request that your shares be re-registered in your own name so that you can participate. There is no service charge to reinvest distributions, nor are there brokerage charges for shares issued directly by the fund. However, when shares are bought on the New York Stock Exchange or otherwise on the open market, each participant pays a pro rata share of the transaction expenses, including commissions. The tax status of dividends and capital gain distributions does not change whether received in cash or reinvested in additional shares – the automatic reinvestment of distributions does not relieve you of any income tax that may be payable (or required to be withheld) on the distributions.
If your shares are held directly with the Plan Agent, you may withdraw from the Plan at any time by contacting the Plan Agent. Please have available the name of the fund and your account number. For certain types of registrations, such as corporate accounts, instructions must be submitted in writing. Please call for additional details. When you withdraw from the Plan, you can receive the value of the reinvested shares in one of three ways: your full shares will be held in your account, the Plan Agent will sell your shares and send the proceeds to you, or you may transfer your full shares to your investment professional who can hold or sell them. Additionally, the Plan Agent will sell your fractional shares and send the proceeds to you.
If you have any questions, contact the Plan Agent by calling 1-800-637-2304, visit the Plan Agent’s Web site at www.computershare.com/investor, or by writing to the Plan Agent at P.O. Box 505005, Louisville, KY 40233-5005.
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Portfolio of Investments
10/31/21
The Portfolio of Investments is a complete list of all securities owned by your fund. It is categorized by broad-based asset classes.
Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – 123.8%
Aerospace & Defense – 1.6%
Bombardier, Inc., 7.5%, 3/15/2025 (n)   $      518,000  $     531,597
Bombardier, Inc., 7.125%, 6/15/2026 (n)          277,000     290,504
F-Brasile S.p.A./F-Brasile U.S. LLC, 7.375%, 8/15/2026 (n)          805,000     817,075
Lockheed Martin Corp., 2.8%, 6/15/2050           679,000     689,706
Moog, Inc., 4.25%, 12/15/2027 (n)        1,040,000   1,070,566
TransDigm, Inc., 6.25%, 3/15/2026 (n)          675,000     704,531
TransDigm, Inc., 6.375%, 6/15/2026           570,000     589,237
TransDigm, Inc., 5.5%, 11/15/2027           665,000     680,794
TransDigm, Inc., 4.625%, 1/15/2029           493,000     489,919
           $5,863,929
Airlines – 0.1%
National Express Group PLC, 4.25%, 11/26/2069    GBP      265,000  $     370,901
Asset-Backed & Securitized – 3.9%
Arbor Multi-Family Mortgage Securities Trust, Inc., 2021-MF2, “A5”, 2.513%, 6/15/2054 (n)   $      490,000  $     501,788
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., CLO, 2021-FL1, “C”, FLR, 2.09% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 2%), 12/15/2035 (n)          100,000     100,000
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc., CLO, 2021-FL2, “C”, FLR, 2.04% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 1.95%), 5/15/2036 (n)          471,500     471,935
Barclays Commercial Mortgage Securities LLC, 2020-C7, “XA”, 1.627%, 4/15/2053 (i)          995,183      99,784
Bayview Financial Revolving Mortgage Loan Trust, FLR, 1.687% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 1.6%), 12/28/2040 (n)          634,126     697,635
BBCMS Mortgage Trust, 2021-C10, “XA”, 1.309%, 7/15/2054 (i)          998,634      96,934
BBCMS Mortgage Trust, 2021-C9, “XA”, 1.64%, 2/15/2054 (i)        6,630,627     795,608
Benchmark Mortgage Trust, 2021-B23, “XA”, 1.277%, 2/15/2054 (i)        4,059,407     370,262
Benchmark Mortgage Trust, 2021-B24, “XA”, 1.155%, 3/15/2054 (i)        2,046,778     169,883
Benchmark Mortgage Trust, 2021-B26, “XA”, 0.999%, 6/15/2054 (i)        7,106,714     469,924
Benchmark Mortgage Trust, 2021-B27, “XA”, 1.272%, 7/15/2054 (i)        7,161,673     680,613
Business Jet Securities LLC, 2020-1A, “A”, 2.981%, 11/15/2035 (n)          374,654     376,653
Business Jet Securities LLC, 2021-1A, “B”, 2.918%, 4/15/2036 (n)           89,506      89,868
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Portfolio of Investments – continued
Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Asset-Backed & Securitized – continued
Capital Automotive, 2020-1A, “A4”, REIT, 3.19%, 2/15/2050 (n)   $      145,086  $     147,037
Capital Automotive, 2020-1A, “B1”, REIT, 4.17%, 2/15/2050 (n)          437,500     446,865
CF Hippolyta Issuer LLC, 2020-1, “B1”, 2.28%, 7/15/2060 (n)           93,191      93,725
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2021-BN32, “XA”, 0.784%, 4/15/2054 (i)        3,627,842     210,437
Crest Ltd., CDO, 7%, (0.001% cash or 7% PIK) 1/28/2040 (a)(p)        3,372,294          34
HarbourView CLO VII Ltd., 7RA, “B”, FLR, 1.822% (LIBOR - 3mo. + 1.7%), 7/18/2031 (n)        2,500,000   2,480,825
Lehman Brothers Commercial Conduit Mortgage Trust, 0.912%, 2/18/2030 (i)           29,639           2
LoanCore Ltd., 2021-CRE5, “AS”, FLR, 1.84% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 1.75%), 7/15/2036 (n)          938,000     938,289
LoanCore Ltd., 2021-CRE5, “B”, FLR, 2.09% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 2%), 7/15/2036 (n)          464,500     464,500
MF1 CLO Ltd., 2020-FL3, “AS”, FLR, 3.014% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 2.85%), 7/15/2035 (z)          571,500     579,182
MF1 CLO Ltd., 2021-FL5, “C”, FLR, 1.864% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 1.7%), 7/15/2036 (n)          401,500     401,376
MF1 Multi-Family Housing Mortgage Loan Trust, 2021-FL5, “D”, FLR, 2.664% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 2.5%), 7/15/2036 (n)          745,000     743,903
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, 2021-L5, “XA”, 1.301%, 5/15/2054 (i)        1,827,226     171,425
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, 2021-L6, “XA”, 1.239%, 6/15/2054 (i)        2,792,230     238,193
Multi-Family Housing Mortgage, MF1-2021, “B”, FLR, 1.735% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 1.65%), 7/16/2036 (n)        1,000,000     999,920
PFP III Ltd., 2021-7, “B”, FLR, 1.485% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 1.4%), 4/14/2038 (n)          163,992     163,286
PFP III Ltd., 2021-7, “C”, FLR, 1.736% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 1.65%), 4/14/2038 (n)          199,990     199,006
Securitized Term Auto Receivable Trust, 2019-CRTA, “C”, 2.849%, 3/25/2026 (n)          223,153     226,232
TPG Real Estate Finance, 2021-FL4, “B”, FLR, 1.935% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 1.85%), 3/15/2038 (n)          340,000     339,046
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2021-C59, “XA”, 1.553%, 4/15/2054 (i)        2,333,367     265,485
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2021-C60, 1.559%, 8/15/2054 (i)        1,997,671     235,445
        $14,265,100
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Automotive – 2.3%
Daimler AG, 0.75%, 9/10/2030    EUR      110,000  $     129,679
Daimler Finance North America LLC, 1.45%, 3/02/2026 (n)   $      377,000     375,215
Dana, Inc., 5.375%, 11/15/2027           513,000     537,367
Dana, Inc., 5.625%, 6/15/2028           176,000     186,120
Dana, Inc., 4.25%, 9/01/2030           325,000     328,884
Dornoch Debt Merger Sub Inc., 6.625%, 10/15/2029 (n)          445,000     438,881
Ferrari N.V., 1.5%, 5/27/2025    EUR      416,000     496,927
Ford Motor Co., 5.113%, 5/03/2029    $      480,000     533,400
Ford Motor Co., 4.75%, 1/15/2043           535,000     584,359
Hyundai Capital America, 2%, 6/15/2028 (n)          325,000     316,695
Hyundai Capital America, 6.375%, 4/08/2030 (n)          626,000     793,965
IAA Spinco, Inc., 5.5%, 6/15/2027 (n)          745,000     773,869
Panther BR Aggregator 2 LP/Panther Finance Co., Inc., 8.5%, 5/15/2027 (n)        1,025,000   1,088,827
PM General Purchaser LLC, 9.5%, 10/01/2028 (n)          320,000     333,600
Real Hero Merger Sub 2, Inc., 6.25%, 2/01/2029 (n)          490,000     503,475
Volkswagen International Finance N.V., 3.5% to 3/20/2030, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 15yr. + 3.06%) to 3/20/2050, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 15yr. + 3.81%) to 12/29/2166    EUR      525,000     651,251
Wheel Pros, Inc., 6.5%, 5/15/2029 (n)   $      445,000     433,319
           $8,505,833
Broadcasting – 2.3%
Advantage Sales & Marketing, Inc., 6.5%, 11/15/2028 (n)   $      680,000  $     707,200
Discovery, Inc., 4.125%, 5/15/2029           219,000     243,191
Gray Escrow II, Inc., 5.375%, 11/15/2031 (n)        1,070,000   1,080,700
iHeartCommunications, Inc., 8.375%, 5/01/2027           635,000     676,275
Nexstar Escrow Corp., 5.625%, 7/15/2027 (n)          410,000     432,550
Prosus N.V., 1.539%, 8/03/2028    EUR      150,000     173,974
Prosus N.V., 3.68%, 1/21/2030 (n)   $      251,000     258,079
Prosus N.V., 3.061%, 7/13/2031 (n)          325,000     315,443
Scripps Escrow II, Inc., 5.875%, 7/15/2027 (n)          875,000     888,125
Summer (BC) Bidco B LLC, 5.5%, 10/31/2026 (n)          565,000     574,887
Summer BC Holdco S.à r.l., “A”, 9.25%, 10/31/2027    EUR      207,242     259,408
Univision Communications, Inc., 4.5%, 5/01/2029 (n)   $    1,280,000   1,294,976
WMG Acquisition Corp., 3.875%, 7/15/2030 (n)        1,512,000   1,566,810
           $8,471,618
Brokerage & Asset Managers – 1.4%
Aretec Escrow Issuer, Inc., 7.5%, 4/01/2029 (n)   $      330,000  $     341,550
Banco BTG Pactual S.A. (Cayman Islands Branch), 4.5%, 1/10/2025 (n)          894,000     908,527
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., 3%, 9/15/2060           342,000     332,268
London Stock Exchange Group PLC, 0.25%, 4/06/2028    EUR      240,000     273,358
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Brokerage & Asset Managers – continued
Low Income Investment Fund, 3.386%, 7/01/2026    $      185,000  $     193,133
Low Income Investment Fund, 3.711%, 7/01/2029           490,000     520,345
LPL Holdings, Inc., 4.625%, 11/15/2027 (n)          970,000     999,100
LPL Holdings, Inc., 4%, 3/15/2029 (n)          676,000     689,520
NFP Corp., 4.875%, 8/15/2028 (n)          545,000     553,175
NFP Corp., 6.875%, 8/15/2028 (n)          215,000     218,428
           $5,029,404
Building – 2.7%
ABC Supply Co., Inc., 4%, 1/15/2028 (n)   $    1,465,000  $   1,485,144
CRH America Finance, Inc., 4.5%, 4/04/2048 (n)          451,000     562,769
GYP Holding III Corp., 4.625%, 5/01/2029 (n)          865,000     854,187
Holcim Finance (Luxembourg) S.A., 0.625%, 4/06/2030    EUR      430,000     485,866
Holcim Sterling Finance (Netherlands) B.V., 2.25%, 4/04/2034    GBP      380,000     511,567
Interface, Inc., 5.5%, 12/01/2028 (n)   $      760,000     788,500
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc., 5.25%, 7/15/2028 (n)          335,000     337,975
New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc., 9.75%, 7/15/2028 (n)          406,000     435,435
Park River Holdings, Inc., 5.625%, 2/01/2029 (n)          480,000     447,600
Patrick Industries, Inc., 7.5%, 10/15/2027 (n)          715,000     765,944
SRM Escrow Issuer LLC, 6%, 11/01/2028 (n)          700,000     728,000
SRS Distribution, Inc., 6.125%, 7/01/2029 (n)          530,000     545,237
Standard Industries, Inc., 4.375%, 7/15/2030 (n)          735,000     735,000
Standard Industries, Inc., 3.375%, 1/15/2031 (n)          165,000     153,000
Vulcan Materials Co., 3.5%, 6/01/2030           550,000     599,980
White Cap Buyer LLC, 6.875%, 10/15/2028 (n)          410,000     423,325
           $9,859,529
Business Services – 2.6%
Ascend Learning LLC, 6.875%, 8/01/2025 (n)   $      465,000  $     473,138
Austin BidCo, Inc., 7.125%, 12/15/2028 (n)          425,000     438,813
Equinix, Inc., REIT, 1%, 3/15/2033    EUR      325,000     366,826
Euronet Worldwide, Inc., 1.375%, 5/22/2026           420,000     493,148
Fiserv, Inc., 4.4%, 7/01/2049    $      226,000     272,906
HealthEquity, Inc., 4.5%, 10/01/2029 (n)          660,000     667,425
Iron Mountain, Inc., 5.25%, 3/15/2028 (n)          375,000     390,938
Iron Mountain, Inc., 5.25%, 7/15/2030 (n)          467,000     487,646
Iron Mountain, Inc., REIT, 4.875%, 9/15/2027 (n)          640,000     659,610
Nexi S.p.A., 2.125%, 4/30/2029    EUR      270,000     308,218
Nielsen Finance LLC, 4.5%, 7/15/2029 (n)   $      880,000     860,420
NXP Semiconductors N.V., 3.4%, 5/01/2030 (n)          598,000     642,663
Paysafe Finance PLC, 4%, 6/15/2029 (n)          670,000     634,825
Switch Ltd., 3.75%, 9/15/2028 (n)          851,000     846,745
Switch Ltd., 4.125%, 6/15/2029 (n)          255,000     256,275
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Business Services – continued
Tencent Holdings Ltd., 3.8%, 2/11/2025    $      700,000  $     745,248
Verscend Escrow Corp., 9.75%, 8/15/2026 (n)          530,000     561,434
Visa, Inc., 4.15%, 12/14/2035           465,000     559,021
           $9,665,299
Cable TV – 5.3%
CCO Holdings LLC, 4.25%, 1/15/2034 (n)   $      295,000  $     286,094
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.75%, 3/01/2030 (n)        1,845,000   1,904,962
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.5%, 8/15/2030 (n)          555,000     564,923
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 4.25%, 2/01/2031 (n)        1,170,000   1,164,735
Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., 6.384%, 10/23/2035           347,000     450,684
Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., 4.8%, 3/01/2050           271,000     308,020
CSC Holdings LLC, 5.75%, 1/15/2030 (n)        1,300,000   1,282,710
CSC Holdings LLC, 4.125%, 12/01/2030 (n)          935,000     895,263
DISH DBS Corp., 7.75%, 7/01/2026           285,000     316,706
DISH DBS Corp., 5.125%, 6/01/2029           465,000     447,563
Eutelsat S.A., 2.25%, 7/13/2027    EUR      400,000     481,488
Eutelsat S.A., 1.5%, 10/13/2028           400,000     467,891
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., 5.5%, 8/01/2023 (a)(d)   $      470,000     236,175
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., 9.75%, 7/15/2025 (a)(d)(n)          310,000     155,775
LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC, 6.75%, 10/15/2027 (n)          795,000     834,750
LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC, 5.125%, 7/15/2029 (n)          220,000     221,650
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc., 3.875%, 9/01/2031 (n)          830,000     797,323
Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 4%, 7/15/2028 (n)          640,000     644,608
Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 5.5%, 7/01/2029 (n)        1,410,000   1,521,037
Telenet Finance Luxembourg S.A., 5.5%, 3/01/2028 (n)        1,200,000   1,251,600
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 4.5%, 9/15/2042           210,000     229,553
Videotron Ltd., 5.375%, 6/15/2024 (n)          135,000     144,956
Videotron Ltd., 5.125%, 4/15/2027 (n)        1,450,000   1,498,938
Videotron Ltd., 3.625%, 6/15/2029 (n)          276,000     277,380
Virgin Media Finance PLC, 5%, 7/15/2030 (n)          815,000     810,385
Virgin Media Vendor Financing Notes IV DAC, 5%, 7/15/2028 (n)        1,020,000   1,035,902
Ziggo Bond Finance B.V., 5.125%, 2/28/2030 (n)        1,220,000   1,234,640
        $19,465,711
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Chemicals – 2.0%
Alpek SAB de C.V., 3.25%, 2/25/2031 (n)   $      400,000  $     396,004
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd., 4.75%, 6/15/2027 (n)          357,000     366,818
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd., 3.375%, 2/15/2029 (n)          810,000     771,452
Consolidated Energy Finiance S.A., 5.625%, 10/15/2028 (n)          686,000     682,639
Element Solutions, Inc., 3.875%, 9/01/2028 (n)          874,000     873,196
Herens Holdco S.à r.l., 4.75%, 5/15/2028 (n)          605,000     600,190
Ingevity Corp., 3.875%, 11/01/2028 (n)          856,000     840,977
LSF11 A5 HoldCo LLC, 6.625%, 10/15/2029 (n)          445,000     445,354
S.P.C.M. S.A., 3.125%, 3/15/2027 (n)          210,000     207,638
S.P.C.M. S.A., 3.375%, 3/15/2030 (n)          709,000     693,047
Sasol Financing (USA) LLC, 4.375%, 9/18/2026           558,000     567,095
Sasol Financing (USA) LLC, 5.5%, 3/18/2031           600,000     616,380
SCIL IV LLC/SCIL USA Holdings LLC, 4.375%, 11/01/2026    EUR      270,000     313,815
           $7,374,605
Computer Software – 1.0%
Camelot Finance S.A., 4.5%, 11/01/2026 (n)   $      585,000  $     607,669
Clarivate Science Holdings Corp., 4.875%, 7/01/2029 (n)          785,000     781,624
Microsoft Corp., 2.525%, 6/01/2050           529,000     520,314
Microsoft Corp., 2.675%, 6/01/2060            61,000      60,658
Microsoft Corp., 3.041%, 3/17/2062           293,000     315,132
PTC, Inc., 3.625%, 2/15/2025 (n)          310,000     315,045
PTC, Inc., 4%, 2/15/2028 (n)          580,000     587,975
VeriSign, Inc., 4.75%, 7/15/2027           405,000     423,995
           $3,612,412
Computer Software - Systems – 1.2%
Apple, Inc., 4.5%, 2/23/2036    $      263,000  $     328,696
CommScope Holding Co., Inc., 7.125%, 7/01/2028 (n)          170,000     167,663
Fair Isaac Corp., 5.25%, 5/15/2026 (n)        1,455,000   1,622,325
Fair Isaac Corp., 4%, 6/15/2028 (n)           56,000      56,560
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc., 5.5%, 9/30/2027 (n)        1,050,000   1,105,125
Twilio, Inc., 3.625%, 3/15/2029           525,000     530,250
Viavi Solutions, Inc., 3.75%, 10/01/2029 (n)          835,000     828,988
           $4,639,607
Conglomerates – 2.4%
Amsted Industries Co., 5.625%, 7/01/2027 (n)   $      920,000  $     956,800
BWX Technologies, Inc., 4.125%, 6/30/2028 (n)          220,000     222,750
BWX Technologies, Inc., 4.125%, 4/15/2029 (n)        1,007,000   1,021,853
Carrier Global Corp., 3.577%, 4/05/2050           342,000     370,501
EnerSys, 4.375%, 12/15/2027 (n)          395,000     414,750
Gates Global LLC, 6.25%, 1/15/2026 (n)          585,000     604,744
Granite Holdings U.S. Acquisition Co., 11%, 10/01/2027 (n)          485,000     531,075
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Conglomerates – continued
Griffon Corp., 5.75%, 3/01/2028    $      815,000  $     851,675
Grupo KUO S.A.B. de C.V., 5.75%, 7/07/2027 (n)          805,000     827,138
Madison IAQ LLC, 5.875%, 6/30/2029 (n)          560,000     555,800
Stevens Holding Co., Inc., 6.125%, 10/01/2026 (n)          705,000     759,638
TriMas Corp., 4.125%, 4/15/2029 (n)        1,623,000   1,643,287
           $8,760,011
Construction – 1.0%
Empire Communities Corp., 7%, 12/15/2025 (n)   $      520,000  $     538,200
Mattamy Group Corp., 5.25%, 12/15/2027 (n)          230,000     239,200
Mattamy Group Corp., 4.625%, 3/01/2030 (n)          645,000     654,244
Shea Homes LP/Shea Homes Funding Corp., 4.75%, 2/15/2028 (n)          870,000     876,525
Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc., 5.75%, 1/15/2028 (n)          395,000     434,863
Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc., 5.125%, 8/01/2030 (n)          385,000     408,100
Weekley Homes LLC/Weekley Finance Corp., 4.875%, 9/15/2028 (n)          659,000     682,065
           $3,833,197
Consumer Products – 1.3%
Energizer Holdings, Inc., 4.375%, 3/31/2029 (n)   $      770,000  $     737,852
JAB Holdings B.V., 1%, 7/14/2031    EUR      400,000     449,434
JAB Holdings B.V., 2.25%, 12/19/2039           300,000     362,713
Mattel, Inc., 3.375%, 4/01/2026 (n)   $      570,000     586,376
Mattel, Inc., 5.875%, 12/15/2027 (n)          342,000     367,650
Mattel, Inc., 5.45%, 11/01/2041           220,000     259,600
Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc., 5.125%, 1/15/2028 (n)          655,000     682,838
Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc., 3.75%, 4/01/2031 (n)          285,000     275,360
Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services PLC, 3%, 6/26/2027 (n)          396,000     421,319
SWF Escrow Issuer Corp., 6.5%, 10/01/2029 (n)          555,000     529,836
           $4,672,978
Consumer Services – 2.6%
AA Bond Co. Ltd., 3.25%, 7/31/2028    GBP      270,000  $     374,012
Allied Universal Holdco LLC, 6.625%, 7/15/2026 (n)   $      228,000     239,544
Allied Universal Holdco LLC, 9.75%, 7/15/2027 (n)          450,000     483,750
Allied Universal Holdco LLC, 6%, 6/01/2029 (n)          400,000     393,654
ANGI Group LLC, 3.875%, 8/15/2028 (n)          775,000     757,562
Arches Buyer, Inc., 6.125%, 12/01/2028 (n)          650,000     657,312
Booking Holdings, Inc., 0.5%, 3/08/2028    EUR      100,000     115,340
Garda World Security Corp., 4.625%, 2/15/2027 (n)   $      230,000     228,275
GoDaddy, Inc., 3.5%, 3/01/2029 (n)        1,167,000   1,129,072
GW B-CR Security Corp., 9.5%, 11/01/2027 (n)          501,000     539,827
Match Group Holdings II LLC, 3.625%, 10/01/2031 (n)           55,000      53,391
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Consumer Services – continued
Match Group, Inc., 5%, 12/15/2027 (n)   $      445,000  $     463,913
Match Group, Inc., 4.625%, 6/01/2028 (n)          890,000     924,781
Match Group, Inc., 4.125%, 8/01/2030 (n)          270,000     277,763
Realogy Group LLC, 9.375%, 4/01/2027 (n)          525,000     574,219
Realogy Group LLC, 5.75%, 1/15/2029 (n)          215,000     222,794
Toll Road Investors Partnership II LP, Capital Appreciation, NPFG, 0%, 2/15/2027 (n)        1,052,000     840,678
TriNet Group, Inc., 3.5%, 3/01/2029 (n)        1,037,000   1,039,717
WASH Multifamily Acquisition, Inc., 5.75%, 4/15/2026 (n)          440,000     454,850
           $9,770,454
Containers – 1.5%
ARD Finance S.A., 6.5%, (6.5% cash or 7.25% PIK) 6/30/2027 (n)(p)   $      420,000  $     439,950
Ardagh Metal Packaging, 3.25%, 9/01/2028 (n)          375,000     367,031
Ardagh Metal Packaging, 4%, 9/01/2029 (n)          665,000     661,276
Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh MP Holdings USA, Inc., 5.25%, 8/15/2027 (n)          940,000     937,650
Can-Pack S.A., 3.875%, 11/15/2029 (n)          976,000     968,680
Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. V, 4.25%, 9/30/2026           900,000     959,067
Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. VI, 4.75%, 2/01/2026           240,000     247,272
DS Smith PLC, 2.875%, 7/26/2029    GBP      220,000     312,040
Greif, Inc., 6.5%, 3/01/2027 (n)   $      620,000     644,800
           $5,537,766
Electrical Equipment – 0.3%
CommScope Technologies LLC, 5%, 3/15/2027 (n)   $    1,040,000  $     964,953
Electronics – 1.6%
Broadcom, Inc., 4.15%, 11/15/2030    $      201,000  $     220,980
Broadcom, Inc., 3.469%, 4/15/2034 (n)          404,000     416,799
Broadcom, Inc., 3.137%, 11/15/2035 (n)          363,000     356,762
Broadcom, Inc., 3.187%, 11/15/2036 (n)           10,000       9,830
Diebold Nixdorf, Inc., 8.5%, 4/15/2024           160,000     159,800
Diebold Nixdorf, Inc., 9.375%, 7/15/2025 (n)          404,000     435,310
Entegris, Inc., 4.375%, 4/15/2028 (n)          285,000     295,331
Entegris, Inc., 3.625%, 5/01/2029 (n)          787,000     792,903
Infineon Technologies AG, 1.625%, 6/24/2029    EUR      300,000     368,541
Sensata Technologies B.V., 5.625%, 11/01/2024 (n)   $      710,000     782,775
Sensata Technologies B.V., 5%, 10/01/2025 (n)          655,000     717,500
Sensata Technologies, Inc., 4.375%, 2/15/2030 (n)          625,000     659,616
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Electronics – continued
Synaptics, Inc., 4%, 6/15/2029 (n)   $      770,000  $     777,700
           $5,993,847
Emerging Market Quasi-Sovereign – 7.6%
Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline, 3.65%, 11/02/2029    $    1,100,000  $   1,215,522
Banco de Reservas de la Republica Dominicana, 7%, 2/01/2023 (n)          946,000     986,205
China Construction Bank Corp., Hong Kong Branch, 1.25%, 8/04/2025         1,050,000   1,035,731
China Construction Bank Corp., Hong Kong Branch, 4.25% to 2/27/2024, FLR (CMT - 5yr. + 1.88%) to 2/27/2029           964,000   1,017,864
Emirates Development Bank PJSC, 1.639%, 6/15/2026           800,000     797,000
Empresa Nacional del Petroleo (Republic of Chile), 3.75%, 8/05/2026 (n)          423,000     436,132
Empresa Nacional del Petroleo (Republic of Chile), 3.75%, 8/05/2026           806,000     831,022
EQUATE Petrochemical B.V. (State of Kuwait), 4.25%, 11/03/2026         1,034,000   1,127,143
Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. (Republic of South Africa), 6.35%, 8/10/2028 (n)        1,052,000   1,130,984
Export-Import Bank of India, 3.375%, 8/05/2026         1,366,000   1,437,037
First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC, 0.125%, 2/16/2026    EUR      435,000     500,597
Gaz Capital S.A. (Russian Federation), 4.95%, 2/06/2028 (n)   $      492,000     540,856
Indian Railway Finance Corp., 2.8%, 2/10/2031 (n)          700,000     674,068
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Macau, 2.875% to 9/12/2024, FLR (CMT - 5yr. + 1.65%) to 9/12/2029           700,000     717,584
Ipoteka Bank (Republic of Uzbekistan), 5.5%, 11/19/2025         1,000,000   1,036,250
MDGH - GMTN B.V. (United Arab Emirates), 2.5%, 11/07/2024           508,000     528,320
MDGH - GMTN B.V. (United Arab Emirates), 2.875%, 11/07/2029 (n)        1,091,000   1,133,276
MDGH - GMTN B.V. (United Arab Emirates), 1%, 3/10/2034    EUR      540,000     621,056
MDGH - GMTN RSC Ltd. (United Arab Emirates), 2.5%, 6/03/2031    $      660,000     664,340
NAK Naftogaz Ukraine via Standard Bank London Holdings PLC, 7.625%, 11/08/2026 (n)          869,000     855,208
Office Cherifien des Phosphates S.A. (Kingdom of Morocco), 6.875%, 4/25/2044 (n)          373,000     446,586
Office Cherifien des Phosphates S.A. (Kingdom of Morocco), 5.125%, 6/23/2051 (n)          600,000     584,100
Ooredoo International Finance Ltd. (State of Qatar), 2.625%, 4/08/2031           370,000     373,297
Petroleos Mexicanos, 6.49%, 1/23/2027           904,000     960,961
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Emerging Market Quasi-Sovereign – continued
Petroleos Mexicanos, 5.35%, 2/12/2028    $    1,000,000  $     998,110
Petroleos Mexicanos, 6.75%, 9/21/2047         1,593,000   1,409,009
PT Pertamina (Persero) (Republic of Indonesia), 3.65%, 7/30/2029           376,000     398,518
PT Pertamina (Persero) (Republic of Indonesia), 6.5%, 11/07/2048 (n)          900,000   1,191,833
Qatar Petroleum, 2.25%, 7/12/2031           544,000     535,840
Qatar Petroleum, 3.125%, 7/12/2041           355,000     358,263
QNB Finance Ltd. (State of Qatar), 2.75%, 2/12/2027           547,000     567,895
Southern Gas Corridor CJSC (Republic of Azerbaijan), 6.875%, 3/24/2026         1,367,000   1,601,386
State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic, 6.95%, 3/18/2030         1,152,000   1,408,292
        $28,120,285
Emerging Market Sovereign – 11.0%
Arab Republic of Egypt, 6.588%, 2/21/2028    $    1,087,000  $   1,066,151
Arab Republic of Egypt, 6.375%, 4/11/2031 (n)   EUR    1,011,000   1,101,152
Arab Republic of Egypt, 7.903%, 2/21/2048    $    1,120,000     985,107
Dominican Republic, 5.875%, 1/30/2060 (n)        2,234,000   2,189,320
Federal Republic of Nigeria, 8.747%, 1/21/2031 (n)          920,000     990,150
Federative Republic of Brazil, 10%, 1/01/2023    BRL 13,499,000   2,338,222
Government of Oman, 7%, 1/25/2051    $      600,000     624,924
Government of Ukraine, 7.75%, 9/01/2023         1,061,000   1,129,988
Government of Ukraine, 7.253%, 3/15/2033 (n)        1,729,000   1,759,842
Government of Ukraine, GDP Linked Bond, 1.258%, 5/31/2040           824,000     867,293
Hellenic Republic (Republic of Greece), 3.875%, 3/12/2029    EUR    1,932,000   2,686,721
Kingdom of Morocco, 1.375%, 3/30/2026           758,000     873,514
Kingdom of Morocco, 3%, 12/15/2032 (n)   $      448,000     424,874
Oriental Republic of Uruguay, 8.25%, 5/21/2031    UYU 40,000,000     898,631
Republic of Angola, 8.25%, 5/09/2028    $      491,000     493,573
Republic of Argentina, 1.125%, 7/09/2035         1,047,289     323,099
Republic of Benin, 6.875%, 1/19/2052    EUR      800,000     926,293
Republic of Chile, 4.7%, 9/01/2030    CLP 855,000,000     960,686
Republic of Chile, 3.1%, 1/22/2061    $      672,000     619,403
Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, 5.25%, 3/22/2030    EUR    1,150,000   1,365,647
Republic of Ghana, 8.125%, 3/26/2032 (n)   $      593,000     521,840
Republic of Guatemala, 6.125%, 6/01/2050 (n)        1,592,000   1,867,416
Republic of Hungary, 7.625%, 3/29/2041           488,000     803,385
Republic of Kenya, 8%, 5/22/2032 (n)          776,000     842,876
Republic of Paraguay, 5.6%, 3/13/2048         1,049,000   1,193,238
Republic of Romania, 2%, 12/08/2026 (n)   EUR    1,011,000   1,232,995
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Emerging Market Sovereign – continued
Republic of Romania, 2.124%, 7/16/2031 (n)   EUR    1,200,000  $   1,358,013
Republic of Serbia, 2.05%, 9/23/2036 (n)          800,000     858,945
Republic of Sri Lanka, 6.125%, 6/03/2025    $      668,000     430,860
Republic of Turkey, 4.75%, 1/26/2026           521,000     498,753
Russian Federation, 4.75%, 5/27/2026         1,000,000   1,121,250
Russian Federation, 4.25%, 6/23/2027         1,000,000   1,107,778
Russian Federation, 4.375%, 3/21/2029           400,000     450,768
State of Qatar, 4%, 3/14/2029 (n)          533,000     600,286
State of Qatar, 4.817%, 3/14/2049 (n)        1,404,000   1,804,983
State of Qatar, 4.4%, 4/16/2050           203,000     247,414
Sultanate of Oman, 6%, 8/01/2029           750,000     803,594
United Mexican States, 2.659%, 5/24/2031         1,021,000     985,367
United Mexican States, 4.75%, 4/27/2032           736,000     825,314
United Mexican States, 3.771%, 5/24/2061           753,000     693,325
        $40,872,990
Energy - Independent – 3.8%
Apache Corp., 5.35%, 7/01/2049    $      210,000  $     241,092
Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC/ARU Finance Corp., 7%, 11/01/2026 (n)          165,000     170,363
Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC/ARU Finance Corp., 5.875%, 6/30/2029 (n)          300,000     303,684
Callon Petroleum Co., 6.125%, 10/01/2024           165,000     162,781
Callon Petroleum Co., 8%, 8/01/2028 (n)          290,000     292,175
CNX Resources Corp., 6%, 1/15/2029 (n)          680,000     717,400
Comstock Resources, Inc., 6.75%, 3/01/2029 (n)          680,000     731,000
Continental Resources, Inc., 4.9%, 6/01/2044           160,000     181,544
Diamondback Energy, Inc., 4.4%, 3/24/2051           530,000     610,800
Encino Acquisition Partners Holdings LLC, 8.5%, 5/01/2028 (n)          380,000     397,100
Energean Israel Finance Ltd., 4.875%, 3/30/2026           846,000     859,536
EQT Corp., 5%, 1/15/2029           591,000     656,568
Leviathan Bond Ltd., 6.125%, 6/30/2025 (n)        1,270,000   1,368,425
Medco Bell Pte. Ltd., 6.375%, 1/30/2027 (n)          498,000     510,201
Murphy Oil Corp., 5.875%, 12/01/2027           225,000     234,281
Occidental Petroleum Corp., 5.875%, 9/01/2025           575,000     638,250
Occidental Petroleum Corp., 5.5%, 12/01/2025           585,000     643,500
Occidental Petroleum Corp., 6.625%, 9/01/2030           555,000     679,126
Occidental Petroleum Corp., 6.45%, 9/15/2036           280,000     356,300
Occidental Petroleum Corp., 6.6%, 3/15/2046           405,000     518,202
Ovintiv, Inc., 6.5%, 2/01/2038           130,000     176,276
Range Resources Corp., 8.25%, 1/15/2029 (n)          540,000     609,660
SM Energy Co., 5.625%, 6/01/2025           235,000     235,587
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Energy - Independent – continued
SM Energy Co., 6.5%, 7/15/2028    $      260,000  $     273,000
Southwestern Energy Co., 6.45%, 1/23/2025           177,800     193,802
Southwestern Energy Co., 8.375%, 9/15/2028           310,000     345,650
Southwestern Energy Co., 5.375%, 3/15/2030           345,000     363,968
Tengizchevroil Finance Co. International Ltd., 4%, 8/15/2026 (n)          422,000     452,020
Tengizchevroil Finance Co. International Ltd., 4%, 8/15/2026         1,025,000   1,097,916
        $14,020,207
Energy - Integrated – 1.0%
BP Capital Markets B.V., 0.933%, 12/04/2040    EUR      199,000  $     212,307
Cenovus Energy, Inc., 2.65%, 1/15/2032    $      428,000     417,415
Eni S.p.A., 4%, 9/12/2023 (n)          329,000     347,411
Eni S.p.A., 4.25%, 5/09/2029 (n)          379,000     429,533
Eni S.p.A., 2.625% to 1/13/2026, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.167%) to 1/13/2031, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.417%) to 1/13/2046, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.167%) to 1/13/2170    EUR      137,000     164,509
Eni S.p.A., 2.75%, 5/11/2170           540,000     625,001
Galp Energia SGPS S.A., 2%, 1/15/2026           700,000     846,820
MOL PLC, 1.5%, 10/08/2027           420,000     497,528
OMV AG, 2.5% to 9/01/2026, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 2.82%) to 9/01/2030, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.82%) to 9/01/2070           200,000     241,315
           $3,781,839
Entertainment – 2.3%
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., 12%, (10% cash or 12% PIK) 6/15/2026 (n)(p)   $      230,000  $     228,850
Boyne USA, Inc., 4.75%, 5/15/2029 (n)          805,000     823,113
Carnival Corp. PLC, 7.625%, 3/01/2026 (n)        1,155,000   1,216,896
Carnival Corp. PLC, 5.75%, 3/01/2027 (n)          545,000     554,538
Carnival Corp. PLC, 6%, 5/01/2029 (n)          165,000     164,897
Cedar Fair LP/Canada's Wonderland Co./Magnum Management Corp./Millennium Operations LLC, 5.375%, 4/15/2027           390,000     401,700
Cedar Fair LP/Canada's Wonderland Co./Magnum Management Corp./Millennium Operations LLC, 5.25%, 7/15/2029           215,000     222,789
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 5.625%, 3/15/2026 (n)          802,000     829,067
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 3.75%, 1/15/2028 (n)          375,000     371,250
Motion Bondco DAC, 6.625%, 11/15/2027 (n)          650,000     650,000
NCL Corp. Ltd., 3.625%, 12/15/2024 (n)          370,000     348,263
NCL Corp. Ltd., 5.875%, 3/15/2026 (n)          410,000     411,025
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Entertainment – continued
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 4.25%, 7/01/2026 (n)   $      592,000  $     574,240
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 5.5%, 4/01/2028 (n)          830,000     844,525
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, 5.25%, 8/15/2029 (n)          855,000     871,031
           $8,512,184
Financial Institutions – 4.6%
Adler Group S.A., 2.25%, 4/27/2027    EUR      500,000  $     500,981
Adler Group S.A., 2.25%, 1/14/2029           400,000     395,352
ADO Properties S.A., 3.25%, 8/05/2025           200,000     213,571
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, 3.65%, 7/21/2027    $    1,230,000   1,303,717
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, 3.3%, 1/30/2032           182,000     185,232
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, 3.85%, 10/29/2041           150,000     155,294
Atrium European Real Estate Ltd., 3.625% to 11/04/2026, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.625%) to 11/04/2031, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.625%) to 5/04/2170    EUR      350,000     374,761
Avation Capital S.A., 8.25%, (8.25% cash or 9% PIK) 10/31/2026 (n)(p)   $      401,388     333,152
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., 5.25%, 5/15/2024 (n)          640,000     693,339
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., 4.375%, 5/01/2026 (n)          363,000     391,709
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., 2.528%, 11/18/2027 (n)          531,000     521,401
Canary Wharf Group, 3.375%, 4/23/2028    GBP      433,000     599,243
Credit Acceptance Corp., 5.125%, 12/31/2024 (n)   $      805,000     823,113
CTP B.V., 2.125%, 10/01/2025    EUR      809,000     986,608
CTP B.V., 0.75%, 2/18/2027           200,000     229,018
CTP N.V., 1.25%, 6/21/2029           310,000     354,289
CTP N.V., 1.5%, 9/27/2031           550,000     621,379
EXOR N.V., 0.875%, 1/19/2031           275,000     309,984
Freedom Mortgage Corp., 7.625%, 5/01/2026 (n)   $      695,000     677,625
GE Capital International Funding Co., 3.373%, 11/15/2025           683,000     736,856
Global Aircraft Leasing Co. Ltd., 6.5%,(6.5% cash or 7.25% PIK) 9/15/2024 (n)(p)        1,613,509   1,566,475
Howard Hughes Corp., 4.125%, 2/01/2029 (n)          955,000     955,965
Logicor Financing S.à r.l., 0.875%, 1/14/2031    EUR      175,000     191,793
Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc., 6%, 1/15/2027 (n)   $      730,000     762,850
OneMain Finance Corp., 6.875%, 3/15/2025           395,000     440,919
OneMain Finance Corp., 8.875%, 6/01/2025           359,000     388,169
OneMain Finance Corp., 7.125%, 3/15/2026           395,000     448,325
PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., 5.75%, 9/15/2031 (n)          390,000     383,663
Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB, 2.625%, 3/14/2170    EUR      200,000     224,842
VGP Group LLC, 1.5%, 4/08/2029           500,000     563,249
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Financial Institutions – continued
Vonovia SE, 1.5%, 6/14/2041    EUR      400,000  $     455,615
Vonovia SE, 1.625%, 9/01/2051           200,000     219,085
        $17,007,574
Food & Beverages – 4.0%
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 4.375%, 4/15/2038    $      209,000  $     246,324
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 5.55%, 1/23/2049           331,000     464,284
Aramark Services, Inc., 6.375%, 5/01/2025 (n)        1,304,000   1,372,317
Bacardi Ltd., 5.15%, 5/15/2038 (n)          425,000     525,369
Central American Bottling Corp., 5.75%, 1/31/2027 (n)          900,000     932,715
Constellation Brands, Inc., 4.75%, 12/01/2025           313,000     352,679
Constellation Brands, Inc., 3.15%, 8/01/2029           638,000     677,740
Constellation Brands, Inc., 2.25%, 8/01/2031           393,000     384,451
JBS Finance Luxembourg S.à r.l., 3.625%, 1/15/2032 (n)        1,000,000     987,340
JBS USA Lux S.A./JBS USA Finance, Inc., 6.75%, 2/15/2028 (n)        1,135,000   1,222,974
JBS USA Lux S.A./JBS USA Finance, Inc., 5.5%, 1/15/2030 (n)          455,000     498,225
JDE Peet's N.V., 0.5%, 1/16/2029    EUR      280,000     315,937
Kraft Heinz Co., 4.25%, 3/01/2031    $    1,100,000   1,242,368
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc., 4.125%, 1/31/2030 (n)        1,290,000   1,291,225
PepsiCo, Inc., 0.75%, 10/14/2033    EUR      314,000     359,441
Performance Food Group Co., 5.5%, 10/15/2027 (n)   $      760,000     792,300
Post Holdings, Inc., 5.625%, 1/15/2028 (n)          550,000     574,035
Post Holdings, Inc., 4.625%, 4/15/2030 (n)          550,000     552,750
Primo Water Holding, Inc., 4.375%, 4/30/2029 (n)          540,000     535,179
PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk, 3.398%, 6/09/2031           760,000     755,566
U.S. Foods Holding Corp., 4.75%, 2/15/2029 (n)          825,000     834,710
        $14,917,929
Gaming & Lodging – 4.8%
Boyd Gaming Corp., 4.75%, 12/01/2027    $      695,000  $     716,058
Boyd Gaming Corp., 4.75%, 6/15/2031 (n)          280,000     288,052
Caesars Entertainment, Inc., 4.625%, 10/15/2029 (n)          565,000     567,712
CCM Merger, Inc., 6.375%, 5/01/2026 (n)          605,000     633,737
Colt Merger Sub, Inc., 5.75%, 7/01/2025 (n)          442,000     464,432
Colt Merger Sub, Inc., 8.125%, 7/01/2027 (n)          610,000     683,230
Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc., 3.75%, 5/01/2029 (n)          855,000     855,000
Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc., 3.625%, 2/15/2032 (n)        1,122,000   1,094,634
International Game Technology PLC, 4.125%, 4/15/2026 (n)        1,040,000   1,068,600
International Game Technology PLC, 6.25%, 1/15/2027 (n)          230,000     258,750
Las Vegas Sands Corp., 3.9%, 8/08/2029           449,000     456,884
Marriott International, Inc., 2.85%, 4/15/2031           282,000     284,003
Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc., 4.5%, 6/15/2029 (n)          675,000     675,000
MGM China Holdings Ltd., 5.875%, 5/15/2026 (n)          370,000     369,815
MGM China Holdings Ltd., 4.75%, 2/01/2027 (n)          245,000     235,690
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Gaming & Lodging – continued
MGM Growth Properties LLC, 4.625%, 6/15/2025 (n)   $      675,000  $     725,625
MGM Growth Properties LLC, 5.75%, 2/01/2027           275,000     313,500
MGM Growth Properties LLC, 3.875%, 2/15/2029 (n)          529,000     560,222
MGM Resorts International, 5.5%, 4/15/2027           380,000     409,450
Penn National Gaming, Inc., 4.125%, 7/01/2029 (n)          715,000     697,125
Scientific Games Corp., 8.625%, 7/01/2025 (n)          170,000     183,464
Scientific Games Corp., 8.25%, 3/15/2026 (n)          395,000     418,700
Scientific Games International, Inc., 7%, 5/15/2028 (n)          470,000     507,811
VICI Properties LP, REIT, 4.25%, 12/01/2026 (n)          485,000     502,378
VICI Properties LP, REIT, 3.75%, 2/15/2027 (n)          790,000     811,725
Whitbread Group PLC, 3%, 5/31/2031    GBP      225,000     309,860
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc., 4.375%, 8/15/2028 (n)   $    1,038,000   1,072,306
Wynn Las Vegas LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp., 5.25%, 5/15/2027 (n)          460,000     466,325
Wynn Macau Ltd., 5.5%, 1/15/2026 (n)          395,000     371,249
Wynn Macau Ltd., 5.625%, 8/26/2028 (n)        1,104,000   1,030,452
Wynn Resorts Finance LLC/Wynn Resorts Capital Corp., 5.125%, 10/01/2029 (n)          565,000     566,412
        $17,598,201
Industrial – 1.3%
APi Escrow Corp., 4.75%, 10/15/2029 (n)   $      605,000  $     615,587
CPI Property Group S.A., 2.75%, 1/22/2028    GBP      300,000     413,066
CPI Property Group S.A., 3.75% to 7/27/2028, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.338%) to 7/27/2033, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.588%) to 7/27/2048, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 5.338%) to 1/27/2170    EUR      320,000     346,815
Dar Al-Arkan Sukuk Co. Ltd., 6.875%, 2/26/2027    $    1,000,000   1,047,580
Dycom Industries, Inc., 4.5%, 4/15/2029 (n)          765,000     776,475
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, 2.396%, 10/01/2050           966,000     947,592
Williams Scotsman International, Inc., 4.625%, 8/15/2028 (n)          822,000     849,742
           $4,996,857
Insurance – 0.8%
AIA Group Ltd., 0.88% to 9/09/2028, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 1.1%) to 9/09/2033    EUR      270,000  $     305,756
Argentum Zurich Insurance, 3.5% to 10/01/2026, FLR (EURIBOR - 3mo. + 3.95%) to 10/01/2046           185,000     240,552
Aviva PLC, 3.875% to 7/03/2024, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.48%) to 7/03/2044           350,000     440,100
Aviva PLC, 4% to 6/03/2035, FLR (GBP Government Yield - 5yr. + 4.7%) to 6/03/2055    GBP      392,000     583,470
Credit Agricole Assurances S.A., 2%, 7/17/2030    EUR      100,000     119,328
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Insurance – continued
Credit Agricole Assurances S.A., 1.5%, 10/06/2031    EUR      600,000  $     680,713
Swiss Life Finance I Ltd., 0.5%, 9/15/2031           383,000     431,107
Zurich Finance (Ireland) DAC, 1.875% to 9/17/2030, FLR (EURIBOR - 3mo. + 2.95%) to 9/17/2050           300,000     358,123
           $3,159,149
Insurance - Health – 0.2%
UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 4.625%, 7/15/2035    $      509,000  $     629,409
Insurance - Property & Casualty – 1.1%
Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC, 6.75%, 10/15/2027 (n)   $    1,025,000  $   1,058,312
AssuredPartners, Inc., 5.625%, 1/15/2029 (n)          475,000     471,438
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., 0.5%, 1/15/2041    EUR      175,000     179,513
GTCR (AP) Finance, Inc., 8%, 5/15/2027 (n)   $      215,000     226,288
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., 3.6%, 8/19/2049           526,000     584,150
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc., 2.25%, 11/15/2030           316,000     315,826
Progressive Corp., 4.125%, 4/15/2047           283,000     347,718
QBE Insurance Group Ltd., 2.5% to 9/13/2028, FLR (GBP Government Yield - 5yr. + 2.061%) to 9/13/2038    GBP      335,000     442,517
Willis North America, Inc., 3.875%, 9/15/2049    $      405,000     449,567
           $4,075,329
International Market Quasi-Sovereign – 0.7%
Electricite de France S.A., 2.875% to 3/15/2027, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.373%) to 3/15/2031, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.623%) to 3/15/2047, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.373%) to 3/15/2070    EUR      600,000  $     709,712
Electricite de France S.A., 5.875% to 1/22/2029, FLR (GBP Swap Rate - 15yr. + 3.046%) to 1/22/2049, FLR (GBP Swap Rate - 15yr. + 3.796%) to 12/31/2165    GBP      400,000     606,372
Electricite de France S.A., 2.625% to 6/01/2028, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 2.86%) to 6/01/2033, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.11%) to 6/01/2048, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.86%) to 6/01/2170    EUR      400,000     463,047
La Banque Postale S.A. (Republic of France), 0.875% to 1/26/2026, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 1.38%) to 1/26/2031           200,000     230,260
Ontario Teachers' Cadillac Fairview Properties, 2.5%, 10/15/2031 (n)   $      425,000     425,888
           $2,435,279
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
International Market Sovereign – 1.8%
Commonwealth of Australia, 1.75%, 6/21/2051    AUD    6,427,000  $   3,827,880
Government of Bermuda, 2.375%, 8/20/2030 (n)   $      239,000     236,610
Government of Japan, 2.4%, 3/20/2037    JPY 24,900,000     286,675
Republic of Italy, 1.7%, 9/01/2051    EUR    2,073,000   2,300,005
           $6,651,170
Leisure & Toys – 0.1%
Ubisoft Entertainment S.A., 0.878%, 11/24/2027    EUR      200,000  $     226,548
Local Authorities – 0.2%
Province of Alberta, 4.5%, 12/01/2040    CAD      410,000  $     413,803
Province of British Columbia, 2.95%, 6/18/2050           315,000     267,055
             $680,858
Machinery & Tools – 0.3%
CNH Industrial Capital LLC, 1.875%, 1/15/2026    $      255,000  $     257,156
Sarens Finance Co. N.V., 5.75%, 2/21/2027    EUR      211,000     239,618
Terex Corp., 5%, 5/15/2029 (n)   $      690,000     703,800
           $1,200,574
Major Banks – 3.6%
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., 2.57%, 11/25/2035 (n)   $      563,000  $     542,639
Banco de Sabadell S.A., 2%, 1/17/2030    EUR      500,000     569,365
Bank of America Corp., 3.5%, 4/19/2026    $      904,000     976,172
Bank of America Corp., 0.694% to 3/22/2030, FLR (EURIBOR - 3mo. + 0.79%) to 3/22/2031    EUR      330,000     373,420
Bank of America Corp., 2.687% to 4/22/2031, FLR (SOFR + 1.32%) to 4/22/2032    $      721,000     729,959
Barclays PLC, 1.125% to 3/22/2026, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 1.55%) to 3/22/2031    EUR      230,000     264,427
CaixaBank S.A., 2.75% to 7/14/2023, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 2.35%) to 7/14/2028           200,000     239,900
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 2.688%, 3/11/2031 (n)   $      688,000     680,790
Credit Suisse Group AG, 3.091% to 5/14/2031, FLR (SOFR + 1.73%) to 5/14/2032 (n)          250,000     254,540
Deutsche Bank AG, 3.729% to 1/14/2031, FLR (SOFR + 2.757%) to 1/14/2032           400,000     410,017
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2.383% to 7/21/2031, FLR (SOFR + 1.248%) to 7/21/2032           506,000     497,358
HSBC Holdings PLC, 2.099% to 6/04/2025, FLR (SOFR + 1.929%) to 6/04/2026           645,000     653,011
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 2.95%, 10/01/2026         1,137,000   1,202,991
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.26%, 2/22/2048           300,000     368,038
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Major Banks – continued
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., 1.412%, 7/17/2025    $      926,000  $     924,033
Morgan Stanley, 3.125%, 7/27/2026           982,000   1,043,247
Morgan Stanley, 1.593% to 5/04/2026, FLR (SOFR + 0.879%) to 5/04/2027           902,000     893,594
Morgan Stanley, 1.102%, 4/29/2033    EUR      315,000     362,207
Natwest Group PLC, 1.043% to 9/14/2027, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 1.27%) to 9/14/2032           130,000     147,417
Nordea Bank Abp, 0.625% to 8/18/2026, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 0.92%) to 8/18/2031           490,000     561,294
Nordea Bank Abp, 2.408% to 12/09/2027, FLR (GBP Government Yield - 5yr. + 1.3%) to 12/09/2032    GBP      200,000     264,006
UniCredit S.p.A., 2.2% to 7/22/2026, FLR (EURIBOR - 3mo. + 2.55%) to 7/22/2027    EUR      610,000     741,457
Wells Fargo & Co., 2.125%, 9/24/2031    GBP      470,000     638,526
        $13,338,408
Medical & Health Technology & Services – 5.1%
180 Medical, Inc., 3.875%, 10/15/2029 (n)   $      765,000  $     769,313
Alcon, Inc., 3.8%, 9/23/2049 (n)          200,000     225,877
Avantor Funding, Inc., 4.625%, 7/15/2028 (n)          992,000   1,029,150
BCPE Cycle Merger Sub II, Inc., 10.625%, 7/15/2027 (n)          490,000     508,105
Becton Dickinson Euro Finance S.à r.l., 0.334%, 8/13/2028    EUR      111,000     125,588
Becton Dickinson Euro Finance S.à r.l., 1.213%, 2/12/2036           100,000     113,777
Becton Dickinson Euro Finance S.à r.l., 1.336%, 8/13/2041           160,000     178,135
Catalent, Inc., 3.125%, 2/15/2029 (n)   $    1,308,000   1,270,395
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc., 3.75%, 3/15/2029 (n)        1,499,000   1,513,990
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 6.625%, 2/15/2025 (n)          505,000     525,200
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 8%, 12/15/2027 (n)          120,000     130,050
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 6.125%, 4/01/2030 (n)          765,000     751,964
DaVita, Inc., 4.625%, 6/01/2030 (n)          475,000     477,356
DaVita, Inc., 3.75%, 2/15/2031 (n)          477,000     451,958
Encompass Health Corp., 5.75%, 9/15/2025           235,000     239,994
Encompass Health Corp., 4.625%, 4/01/2031           435,000     442,613
HCA, Inc., 5.875%, 2/15/2026           830,000     945,162
HCA, Inc., 5.25%, 6/15/2026           471,000     534,099
HCA, Inc., 3.5%, 9/01/2030         1,055,000   1,109,491
HCA, Inc., 5.125%, 6/15/2039           287,000     355,550
HealthSouth Corp., 5.125%, 3/15/2023           274,000     274,000
IQVIA Holdings, Inc., 5%, 10/15/2026 (n)          835,000     857,921
IQVIA Holdings, Inc., 5%, 5/15/2027 (n)        1,165,000   1,207,604
LifePoint Health, Inc., 4.375%, 2/15/2027 (n)          115,000     113,850
LifePoint Health, Inc., 5.375%, 1/15/2029 (n)          190,000     186,200
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Medical & Health Technology & Services – continued
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 2.955%, 1/01/2050    $      406,000  $     418,500
MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, 5.5%, 9/01/2028 (n)          420,000     417,074
New York Society for the Relief of the Ruptured & Crippled, 2.667%, 10/01/2050           750,000     714,044
ProMedica Toledo Hospital, “B”, AGM, 6.015%, 11/15/2048           400,000     586,457
Regional Care/LifePoint Health, Inc., 9.75%, 12/01/2026 (n)          470,000     495,850
Syneos Health, Inc., 3.625%, 1/15/2029 (n)        1,010,000     996,870
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., 1.75%, 10/15/2028           519,000     511,312
US Acute Care Solutions LLC, 6.375%, 3/01/2026 (n)          485,000     503,187
        $18,980,636
Medical Equipment – 0.5%
Mozart Debt Merger Sub, Inc., 5.25%, 10/01/2029 (n)   $      550,000  $     558,250
Teleflex, Inc., 4.625%, 11/15/2027           885,000     917,081
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Finance I) Co., 1.125%, 10/18/2033    EUR      310,000     359,890
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Finance I) Co., 2%, 10/18/2051           170,000     209,673
           $2,044,894
Metals & Mining – 2.9%
Anglo American Capital PLC, 5.625%, 4/01/2030 (n)   $      371,000  $     443,775
Baffinland Iron Mines Corp./Baffinland Iron Mines LP, 8.75%, 7/15/2026 (n)          790,000     836,784
Coeur Mining, Inc., 5.125%, 2/15/2029 (n)          805,000     779,964
Compass Minerals International, Inc., 6.75%, 12/01/2027 (n)          675,000     714,656
Eldorado Gold Corp., 6.25%, 9/01/2029 (n)          615,000     624,410
First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 6.875%, 3/01/2026 (n)          400,000     416,500
First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 6.875%, 10/15/2027 (n)          463,000     494,253
First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 6.875%, 10/15/2027           600,000     640,500
FMG Resources Ltd., 4.375%, 4/01/2031 (n)          800,000     810,000
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 4.375%, 8/01/2028           380,000     395,664
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 5.25%, 9/01/2029           605,000     662,172
Glencore Funding LLC, 2.85%, 4/27/2031 (n)          465,000     465,604
GrafTech Finance, Inc., 4.625%, 12/15/2028 (n)          497,000     501,970
Kaiser Aluminum Corp., 4.625%, 3/01/2028 (n)        1,042,000   1,054,712
Kaiser Aluminum Corp., 4.5%, 6/01/2031 (n)          400,000     392,040
Novelis Corp., 3.25%, 11/15/2026 (n)          281,000     280,298
Novelis Corp., 4.75%, 1/30/2030 (n)          645,000     670,800
Novelis Corp., 3.875%, 8/15/2031 (n)          338,000     329,989
Petra Diamonds US$ Treasury PLC, 10.5%, (0% cash or 10.5% PIK) 3/08/2026 (n)(p)          236,414     243,211
        $10,757,302
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Midstream – 4.3%
AI Candelaria Spain SLU, 7.5%, 12/15/2028 (n)   $      457,000  $     491,846
Cheniere Energy Partners LP, 4.5%, 10/01/2029           310,000     330,981
Cheniere Energy, Inc., 4%, 3/01/2031 (n)          845,000     878,814
DT Midstream, Inc., 4.125%, 6/15/2029 (n)          543,000     546,882
DT Midstream, Inc., 4.375%, 6/15/2031 (n)          908,000     919,949
Enbridge, Inc., 5.375%, 9/27/2077    CAD      570,000     482,450
EnLink Midstream Partners LP, 5.625%, 1/15/2028 (n)   $      487,000     516,382
Enterprise Products Partners LP, 3.125%, 7/31/2029           328,000     349,747
EQM Midstream Partners LP, 6%, 7/01/2025 (n)          176,000     190,960
EQM Midstream Partners LP, 6.5%, 7/01/2027 (n)           60,000      66,750
EQM Midstream Partners LP, 5.5%, 7/15/2028         1,305,000   1,437,366
EQM Midstream Partners LP, 4.5%, 1/15/2029 (n)          325,000     334,344
Galaxy Pipeline Assets Bidco Ltd., 2.16%, 3/31/2034 (n)          527,000     513,313
Genesis Energy LP/Genesis Energy Finance Corp., 6.25%, 5/15/2026           636,500     615,814
GNL Quintero S.A., 4.634%, 7/31/2029 (n)          498,836     537,246
Northriver Midstream Finance LP, 5.625%, 2/15/2026 (n)          835,000     862,137
Peru LNG, 5.375%, 3/22/2030         1,047,000     887,202
Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp., 3.55%, 12/15/2029           744,000     776,276
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5%, 3/15/2027           285,000     323,173
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 4.2%, 3/15/2028           400,000     443,522
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 4.5%, 5/15/2030           507,000     577,712
Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Finance Corp., 6.875%, 1/15/2029           955,000   1,069,600
Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Finance Corp., 4.875%, 2/01/2031           330,000     355,816
Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Finance Corp., 4%, 1/15/2032 (n)          265,000     273,472
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC, 3.875%, 8/15/2029 (n)          505,000     513,838
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC, 4.125%, 8/15/2031 (n)          505,000     522,650
Western Midstream Operating LP, 5.3%, 2/01/2030           580,000     635,825
Western Midstream Operation LP, 4.65%, 7/01/2026           220,000     237,600
Western Midstream Operation LP, 5.5%, 8/15/2048           180,000     214,880
        $15,906,547
Municipals – 0.8%
Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, Education Loan Subordinate Rev., “A”, 2.641%, 7/01/2037    $      565,000  $     569,640
Michigan Finance Authority Hospital Rev. (Trinity Health Credit Group), 3.384%, 12/01/2040           605,000     660,355
New Jersey Economic Development Authority State Pension Funding Rev., “A”, NPFG, 7.425%, 2/15/2029           526,000     666,686
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Municipals – continued
Oklahoma Development Finance Authority, Health System Rev. (OU Medicine Project), “C”, 5.45%, 8/15/2028    $      209,000  $     234,870
Puerto Rico Industrial, Tourist, Educational, Medical & Environmental Control Facilities Financing Authority Rev. (Cogeneration Facilities - AES Puerto Rico Project), 9.12%, 6/01/2022            95,000      97,375
State of Florida, “A”, 2.154%, 7/01/2030           691,000     689,742
           $2,918,668
Natural Gas - Distribution – 0.2%
National Grid PLC, 1.125%, 1/14/2033    GBP      487,000  $     594,004
NiSource, Inc., 2.95%, 9/01/2029    $      306,000     318,572
             $912,576
Natural Gas - Pipeline – 0.4%
APT Pipelines Ltd., 0.75%, 3/15/2029    EUR      440,000  $     497,212
APT Pipelines Ltd., 1.25%, 3/15/2033           435,000     491,298
APT Pipelines Ltd., 2.5%, 3/15/2036    GBP      390,000     526,340
           $1,514,850
Network & Telecom – 1.0%
AT&T, Inc., 4.25%, 6/01/2043    GBP      270,000  $     464,065
AT&T, Inc., 3.5%, 9/15/2053    $      499,000     506,924
Front Range BidCo, Inc., 6.125%, 3/01/2028 (n)          670,000     653,943
Iliad Holding S.A.S., 5.125%, 10/15/2026    EUR      280,000     332,691
Iliad Holding S.A.S., 7%, 10/15/2028 (n)   $      574,000     591,519
Lorca Telecom Bondco S.A.U., 4%, 9/18/2027    EUR      420,000     488,482
Verizon Communications, Inc., 2.1%, 3/22/2028    $      273,000     273,756
Verizon Communications, Inc., 4%, 3/22/2050           292,000     334,831
           $3,646,211
Oil Services – 0.5%
Halliburton Co., 5%, 11/15/2045    $      291,000  $     360,514
MV24 Capital B.V., 6.748%, 6/01/2034           933,770     963,193
Solaris Midstream Holding LLC, 7.625%, 4/01/2026 (n)          370,000     390,239
           $1,713,946
Oils – 0.9%
Neste Oyj, 0.75%, 3/25/2028    EUR      400,000  $     456,627
PBF Holding Co. LLC/PBF Finance Corp., 7.25%, 6/15/2025    $      985,000     771,299
PBF Holding Co. LLC/PBF Finance Corp., 6%, 2/15/2028           415,000     300,794
Puma International Financing S.A., 5%, 1/24/2026         1,338,000   1,343,085
Thaioil Treasury Center Co. Ltd., 5.375%, 11/20/2048 (n)          359,000     410,192
           $3,281,997
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Other Banks & Diversified Financials – 2.9%
Alpha Bank, 4.25%, 2/13/2030    EUR      740,000  $     842,403
Bangkok Bank (Hong Kong), 4.05%, 3/19/2024 (n)   $    1,046,000   1,116,992
Bank Hapoalim B.M., 3.255% to 1/21/2027, FLR (CMT - 5yr. + 2.155%) to 1/21/2032 (n)          343,000     342,578
Bank of Cyprus PCL, 2.5% to 6/24/2026, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 2.785%) to 6/24/2027    EUR      650,000     730,368
Banque Fédérative du Crédit Mutuel, 0.625%, 11/03/2028           300,000     344,442
Belfius Bank S.A., 1.25% to 4/6/2029, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 1.3%) to 4/06/2034           300,000     340,442
Deutsche Bank AG, 1.875% to 12/22/2027, FLR (SONIA + 1.634%) to 12/22/2028    GBP      100,000     133,352
Deutsche Bank AG, 1.375% to 2/17/2031, FLR (EURIBOR - 3mo. + 1.5%) to 2/17/2032    EUR      200,000     230,553
Groupe BPCE S.A., 4.5%, 3/15/2025 (n)   $      652,000     710,107
Groupe des Assurances du Credit Mutuel, 1.875%, 4/21/2042    EUR      300,000     345,117
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., 2.625%, 3/11/2036    GBP      570,000     772,247
KBC Group N.V., 0.625%, 12/07/2031    EUR      500,000     568,532
Macquarie Group Ltd., 0.35%, 3/03/2028           350,000     396,226
Macquarie Group Ltd., 0.95%, 5/21/2031           650,000     740,964
Stichting AK Rabobank Certificaten, 19.436%, 3/29/2071           770,000   1,235,967
UBS AG, 5.125%, 5/15/2024    $      981,000   1,064,950
Virgin Money UK PLC, 5.125% to 12/11/2025, FLR (GBP Government Yield - 5yr. + 5.25%) to 12/11/2030    GBP      525,000     782,794
        $10,698,034
Personal Computers & Peripherals – 0.3%
NCR Corp., 5%, 10/01/2028 (n)   $      840,000  $     850,500
NCR Corp., 5.125%, 4/15/2029 (n)          405,000     414,145
           $1,264,645
Pharmaceuticals – 1.6%
Bausch Health Companies, Inc., 6.125%, 4/15/2025 (n)   $    1,341,000  $   1,365,835
Bausch Health Companies, Inc., 5%, 1/30/2028 (n)        1,055,000     973,786
Bausch Health Companies, Inc., 5%, 2/15/2029 (n)          415,000     380,763
Endo Luxembourg Finance Co I S.à r.l., 6.125%, 4/01/2029 (n)          380,000     374,300
Jazz Securities DAC, 4.375%, 1/15/2029 (n)          985,000   1,012,088
Organon Finance 1 LLC, 4.125%, 4/30/2028 (n)          540,000     547,425
Organon Finance 1 LLC, 5.125%, 4/30/2031 (n)          715,000     737,472
Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., 7.5%, 4/01/2027 (n)          405,000     408,544
           $5,800,213
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Pollution Control – 0.6%
GFL Environmental, Inc., 4%, 8/01/2028 (n)   $      380,000  $     370,500
GFL Environmental, Inc., 3.5%, 9/01/2028 (n)          435,000     432,825
GFL Environmental, Inc., 4.75%, 6/15/2029 (n)          220,000     221,922
GFL Environmental, Inc., 4.375%, 8/15/2029 (n)          285,000     282,269
Stericycle, Inc., 3.875%, 1/15/2029 (n)          775,000     763,375
           $2,070,891
Precious Metals & Minerals – 0.3%
IAMGOLD Corp., 5.75%, 10/15/2028 (n)   $      570,000  $     559,312
Taseko Mines Ltd., 7%, 2/15/2026 (n)          380,000     392,825
             $952,137
Printing & Publishing – 0.3%
Cimpress N.V., 7%, 6/15/2026 (n)   $      770,000  $     799,837
Mav Acquisition Corp., 8%, 8/01/2029 (n)          450,000     437,625
           $1,237,462
Railroad & Shipping – 0.4%
Wabtec Transportation Netherlands B.V., 1.25%, 12/03/2027    EUR      666,000  $     780,443
Watco Cos. LLC/Watco Finance Corp., 6.5%, 6/15/2027 (n)   $      685,000     727,813
           $1,508,256
Real Estate - Office – 0.3%
Corporate Office Property LP, REIT, 2.25%, 3/15/2026    $      391,000  $     397,585
Corporate Office Property LP, REIT, 2%, 1/15/2029           197,000     191,082
Corporate Office Property LP, REIT, 2.75%, 4/15/2031           393,000     394,514
             $983,181
Real Estate - Other – 0.9%
EPR Properties, REIT, 3.6%, 11/15/2031    $      333,000  $     333,814
InterMed Holdings Ltd., 5.875%, 10/01/2028 (n)          835,000     872,575
Lexington Realty Trust Co., 2.7%, 9/15/2030           506,000     508,016
Sun Communities, Inc., 2.7%, 7/15/2031           243,000     243,791
W.P. Carey, Inc., REIT, 2.4%, 2/01/2031           756,000     745,901
XHR LP, REIT, 4.875%, 6/01/2029 (n)          665,000     682,257
           $3,386,354
Real Estate - Retail – 0.4%
Brixmor Operating Partnership LP, REIT, 4.05%, 7/01/2030    $      473,000  $     522,799
Hammerson Ireland Finance DAC, 1.75%, 6/03/2027    EUR      352,000     405,227
Regency Centers Corp., 3.7%, 6/15/2030    $      289,000     316,730
STORE Capital Corp., REIT, 2.75%, 11/18/2030           316,000     316,121
           $1,560,877
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Retailers – 0.9%
Bath & Body Works, Inc., 5.25%, 2/01/2028    $    1,405,000  $   1,514,590
Home Depot, Inc., 4.875%, 2/15/2044           248,000     327,401
Kohl's Corp., 3.375%, 5/01/2031           428,000     434,516
MercadoLibre, Inc., 3.125%, 1/14/2031           480,000     453,024
Victoria's Secret & Co., 4.625%, 7/15/2029 (n)          615,000     617,706
           $3,347,237
Specialty Chemicals – 0.2%
Univar Solutions USA, Inc., 5.125%, 12/01/2027 (n)   $      657,000  $     684,923
Specialty Stores – 0.9%
Group 1 Automotive, Inc., 4%, 8/15/2028 (n)   $      804,000  $     804,161
Magic Mergeco, Inc., 5.25%, 5/01/2028 (n)          385,000     388,850
Magic Mergeco, Inc., 7.875%, 5/01/2029 (n)          455,000     459,550
Nordstrom, Inc., 4.25%, 8/01/2031           348,000     347,878
Penske Automotive Group Co., 3.75%, 6/15/2029           982,000     976,609
PetSmart, Inc./PetSmart Finance Corp., 4.75%, 2/15/2028 (n)          250,000     256,875
PetSmart, Inc./PetSmart Finance Corp., 7.75%, 2/15/2029 (n)          250,000     270,180
           $3,504,103
Supermarkets – 0.5%
Albertsons Cos. LLC/Safeway, Inc., 4.625%, 1/15/2027 (n)   $      875,000  $     915,731
Albertsons Cos. LLC/Safeway, Inc., 3.5%, 3/15/2029 (n)          560,000     551,984
Loblaw Cos. Ltd., 4.86%, 9/12/2023    CAD      421,000     357,911
           $1,825,626
Supranational – 0.6%
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 4.25%, 6/24/2025    AUD      405,000  $     332,404
West African Development Bank, 4.7%, 10/22/2031    $      463,000     504,096
West African Development Bank, 4.7%, 10/22/2031 (n)          806,000     877,541
West African Development Bank, 2.75%, 1/22/2033    EUR      307,000     374,503
           $2,088,544
Telecommunications - Wireless – 2.7%
Altice France S.A., 6%, 2/15/2028 (n)   $      885,000  $     840,750
American Tower Corp., REIT, 3.8%, 8/15/2029           353,000     387,816
Crown Castle International Corp., 3.7%, 6/15/2026           314,000     339,116
Millicom International Cellular S.A., 4.5%, 4/27/2031 (n)        1,025,000   1,051,917
Rogers Communications, Inc., 3.7%, 11/15/2049           339,000     351,868
SBA Communications Corp., 3.875%, 2/15/2027           655,000     675,488
SBA Communications Corp., 3.125%, 2/01/2029 (n)        1,030,000     988,800
Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/2028           800,000   1,011,552
Sprint Corp., 7.125%, 6/15/2024           290,000     327,700
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Telecommunications - Wireless – continued
Sprint Corp., 7.625%, 3/01/2026    $    1,280,000  $   1,534,592
Telefonica Celular del Paraguay S.A., 5.875%, 4/15/2027 (n)          900,000     933,750
Vantage Towers AG, 0.75%, 3/31/2030    EUR      200,000     227,596
Vodafone Group PLC, 3.375%, 8/08/2049    GBP      210,000     330,816
Vodafone Group PLC, 3.25% to 9/04/2026, FLR (CMT - 5yr. + 2.447%) to 9/04/2031, FLR (CMT - 5yr. + 2.697%) to 9/04/2046, FLR (CMT - 5yr. + 3.447%) to 6/04/2081    $      978,000     978,460
           $9,980,221
Telephone Services – 0.2%
TELUS Corp., 2.85%, 11/13/2031    CAD      825,000  $     654,014
Tobacco – 0.4%
British American Tobacco PLC, 3.75% to 9/27/2029, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.952%) to 9/27/2034, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.202%) to 9/27/2049, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.952%) to 12/29/2149    EUR      330,000  $     375,186
British American Tobacco PLC, 3% to 12/27/2026, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.372%) to 12/27/2031, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.622%) to 12/27/2046, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 4.372%) to 9/27/2170           425,000     483,316
Vector Group Ltd., 10.5%, 11/01/2026 (n)   $      370,000     390,654
Vector Group Ltd., 5.75%, 2/01/2029 (n)          430,000     427,850
           $1,677,006
Transportation - Services – 0.6%
Element Fleet Management Corp., 1.6%, 4/06/2024 (n)   $      837,000  $     842,689
ERAC USA Finance LLC, 7%, 10/15/2037 (n)          175,000     260,731
Promontoria Holding 264 B.V., 6.75%, 8/15/2023    EUR      540,000     622,199
Rumo Luxembourg S.à r.l., 5.875%, 1/18/2025    $      606,000     625,755
           $2,351,374
U.S. Treasury Obligations – 1.1%
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 2.375%, 11/15/2049 (f)   $    3,674,000  $   4,019,873
Utilities - Electric Power – 4.8%
Adani Green Energy (UP) Ltd./Prayatna Developers Private Ltd., 6.25%, 12/10/2024 (n)   $    1,601,000  $   1,717,713
Calpine Corp., 4.5%, 2/15/2028 (n)          690,000     698,977
Calpine Corp., 5.125%, 3/15/2028 (n)          875,000     870,625
Clearway Energy Operating LLC, 4.75%, 3/15/2028 (n)          345,000     365,010
Clearway Energy Operating LLC, 3.75%, 2/15/2031 (n)        1,295,000   1,282,050
ContourGlobal Power Holdings S.A., 3.125%, 1/01/2028    EUR      326,000     374,951
Enel Finance International N.V., 0.5%, 6/17/2030           410,000     466,034
Enel Finance International N.V., 0.875%, 9/28/2034           550,000     621,156
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Bonds – continued
Utilities - Electric Power – continued
Enel Finance International N.V., 4.75%, 5/25/2047 (n)   $      271,000  $     342,697
Enel S.p.A., 2.25% to 3/10/2027, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 2.679%) to 3/10/2032, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 2.929%) to 3/10/2047, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.679%) to 3/10/2070    EUR      425,000     508,898
Enel S.p.A., 8.75% to 9/24/2023, FLR (Swap Rate - 5yr. + 5.88%) to 9/24/2043, FLR (Swap Rate - 5yr. + 6.63%) to 9/24/2073 (n)   $      500,000     565,100
Enel S.p.A., 1.875% to 9/08/2030, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 2.011%) to 9/08/2035, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 2.261%) to 9/08/2050, FLR (EUR Swap Rate - 5yr. + 3.011%) to 3/08/2170    EUR      475,000     534,708
ENGIE Energía Chile S.A., 4.5%, 1/29/2025 (n)   $    1,023,000   1,100,081
Evergy, Inc., 2.9%, 9/15/2029           418,000     435,676
Jersey Central Power & Light Co., 2.75%, 3/01/2032 (n)          186,000     190,115
Listrindo Capital B.V., 4.95%, 9/14/2026           910,000     930,930
Mong Duong Finance Holdings B.V., 5.125%, 5/07/2029           594,000     589,545
NextEra Energy, Inc., 4.25%, 7/15/2024 (n)          278,000     294,319
NextEra Energy, Inc., 4.25%, 9/15/2024 (n)          107,000     112,618
NextEra Energy, Inc., 4.5%, 9/15/2027 (n)          780,000     834,444
Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 4.95%, 7/01/2050           310,000     343,115
ReNew Power Private Ltd., 5.875%, 3/05/2027           632,000     660,950
Southern California Edison Co., 3.65%, 2/01/2050           277,000     298,700
Star Energy Geothermal (Wayang Windu) Ltd., 6.75%, 4/24/2033           720,443     805,095
TerraForm Global Operating LLC, 6.125%, 3/01/2026 (n)          460,000     471,624
TerraForm Power Operating LLC, 5%, 1/31/2028 (n)        1,015,000   1,080,975
TerraForm Power Operating LLC, 4.75%, 1/15/2030 (n)          350,000     362,593
Virginia Electric & Power Co., 3.5%, 3/15/2027           507,000     552,785
Virginia Electric & Power Co., 2.875%, 7/15/2029           348,000     366,163
        $17,777,647
Total Bonds (Identified Cost, $452,109,907)   $ 457,932,189
Common Stocks – 0.1%
Construction – 0.0%  
ICA Tenedora, S.A. de C.V. (a)(u)        127,848  $     105,567
Energy - Independent – 0.0%  
Frontera Energy Corp. (a)         20,290  $     141,827
Oil Services – 0.1%  
LTRI Holdings LP (a)(u)            520  $     149,547
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Issuer     Shares/Par Value ($)
Common Stocks – continued
Precious Metals & Minerals – 0.0%  
Petra Diamonds Ltd. (a)      3,575,762  $      75,851
Total Common Stocks (Identified Cost, $2,038,018)       $ 472,792
    
  Strike
Price
First
Exercise
   
Warrants – 0.0%        
Forest & Paper Products – 0.0%
Appvion Holdings Corp. - Tranche A (1 share for 1 warrant, Expiration 6/13/23) (a)  $11.50 8/24/18          332  $           3
Appvion Holdings Corp. - Tranche B (1 share for 1 warrant, Expiration 6/13/23) (a)  13.23 8/24/18          332           3
                   $6
Other Banks & Diversified Financials – 0.0%
Avation Capital S.A. (1 share for 1 warrant, Expiration 10/31/26) (a)(u) GBP 1.14 3/16/21        7,000  $       1,613
Total Warrants (Identified Cost, $0)         $ 1,619
    
         
Investment Companies (h) – 2.4%
Money Market Funds – 2.4%  
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio, 0.04% (v) (Identified Cost, $8,752,593)        8,752,593  $   8,752,593
Other Assets, Less Liabilities – (26.3)%   (97,341,019)
Net Assets – 100.0% $369,818,174
    
(a) Non-income producing security.
(d) In default.
(f) All or a portion of the security has been segregated as collateral for open futures contracts.
(h) An affiliated issuer, which may be considered one in which the fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common control. At period end, the aggregate values of the fund's investments in affiliated issuers and in unaffiliated issuers were $8,752,593 and $458,406,600, respectively.
(i) Interest only security for which the fund receives interest on notional principal (Par amount). Par amount shown is the notional principal and does not reflect the cost of the security.
(n) Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be sold in the ordinary course of business in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At period end, the aggregate value of these securities was $253,147,729, representing 68.5% of net assets.
(p) Payment-in-kind (PIK) security for which interest income may be received in additional securities and/or cash.
(u) The security was valued using significant unobservable inputs and is considered level 3 under the fair value hierarchy. For further information about the fund’s level 3 holdings, please see Note 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements.
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(v) Affiliated issuer that is available only to investment companies managed by MFS. The rate quoted for the MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
(z) Restricted securities are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and are subject to legal restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are subsequently registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. The fund holds the following restricted securities:
    
Restricted Securities Acquisition
Date
Cost Value
MF1 CLO Ltd., 2020-FL3, “AS”, FLR, 3.014% (LIBOR - 1mo. + 2.85%), 7/15/2035 6/12/20  $571,500  $579,182
% of Net assets     0.2%
    
The following abbreviations are used in this report and are defined:
AGM Assured Guaranty Municipal
CDO Collateralized Debt Obligation
CLO Collateralized Loan Obligation
CMT Constant Maturity Treasury
EURIBOR Euro Interbank Offered Rate
FLR Floating Rate. Interest rate resets periodically based on the parenthetically disclosed reference rate plus a spread (if any). The period-end rate reported may not be the current rate. All reference rates are USD unless otherwise noted.
LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate
NPFG National Public Finance Guarantee Corp.
PCL Public Company Limited
REIT Real Estate Investment Trust
SOFR Secured Overnight Financing Rate
SONIA Sterling Overnight Index Average
Abbreviations indicate amounts shown in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. All amounts are stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. A list of abbreviations is shown below:
AUD Australian Dollar
BRL Brazilian Real
CAD Canadian Dollar
CHF Swiss Franc
CLP Chilean Peso
CZK Czech Koruna
EUR Euro
GBP British Pound
HUF Hungarian Forint
JPY Japanese Yen
KRW South Korean Won
MXN Mexican Peso
NOK Norwegian Krone
NZD New Zealand Dollar
PLN Polish Zloty
SEK Swedish Krona
SGD Singapore Dollar
THB Thai Baht
UYU Uruguayan Peso
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Derivative Contracts at 10/31/21
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts
Currency
Purchased
Currency
Sold
Counterparty Settlement
Date
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Asset Derivatives
GBP 276,983 USD 375,466 Deutsche Bank AG 1/14/2022  $3,715
HUF 222,803,000 USD 713,682 State Street Bank Corp. 1/14/2022  28
KRW 1,105,086,000 USD 940,411 Citibank N.A. 11/05/2021  5,203
MXN 36,856,956 USD 1,757,713 Goldman Sachs International 1/14/2022  12,387
NOK 33,541,000 USD 3,905,248 Deutsche Bank AG 1/14/2022  62,402
NZD 367,000 USD 255,333 State Street Bank Corp. 1/14/2022  7,336
SEK 32,413,000 USD 3,711,700 Goldman Sachs International 1/14/2022  67,060
SGD 54,000 USD 39,826 HSBC Bank 1/14/2022  206
THB 61,675,000 USD 1,847,663 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 11/18/2021  10,717
USD 2,486,292 BRL 13,731,966 Goldman Sachs International 12/02/2021  67,255
USD 10,571,935 EUR 9,002,755 Barclays Bank PLC 11/12/2021  162,731
USD 4,681,861 EUR 4,030,858 Deutsche Bank AG 1/14/2022  13,228
USD 488,016 EUR 421,307 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 1/14/2022  48
USD 641,837 EUR 551,312 Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc. 1/14/2022  3,294
USD 849,133 EUR 727,000 State Street Bank Corp. 1/14/2022  7,105
USD 347,688 EUR 299,304 UBS AG 1/14/2022  1,027
USD 184,937 GBP 134,000 HSBC Bank 1/14/2022  1,495
USD 726,418 PLN 2,861,000 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 1/14/2022  10,523
            $435,760
Liability Derivatives
AUD 6,793,000 USD 5,111,957 Brown Brothers Harriman 1/14/2022  $(692)
AUD 115,000 USD 86,732 HSBC Bank 1/14/2022  (202)
CAD 106,000 USD 85,879 Deutsche Bank AG 1/14/2022  (216)
CAD 3,627,000 USD 2,946,892 State Street Bank Corp. 1/14/2022  (15,762)
CZK 20,211,000 USD 914,690 Citibank N.A. 1/14/2022  (6,732)
EUR 1,215,533 USD 1,411,679 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 1/14/2022  (3,820)
EUR 363,905 USD 421,542 Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc. 1/14/2022  (59)
EUR 677,000 USD 792,082 NatWest Markets PLC 1/14/2022  (7,965)
EUR 3,191,000 USD 3,734,316 State Street Bank Corp. 1/14/2022  (38,426)
EUR 227,551 USD 263,921 UBS AG 1/14/2022  (365)
GBP 370,114 USD 508,910 Deutsche Bank AG 1/14/2022  (2,237)
JPY 170,661,000 USD 1,533,917 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 1/14/2022  (35,116)
NZD 2,587,000 USD 1,862,459 State Street Bank Corp. 1/14/2022  (10,889)
PLN 2,861,000 USD 718,808 Citibank N.A. 1/14/2022  (2,912)
USD 4,955,846 AUD 6,792,040 Citibank N.A. 1/14/2022  (154,696)
USD 877,040 AUD 1,214,557 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 1/14/2022  (36,831)
USD 819,726 AUD 1,110,398 Merrill Lynch International 1/14/2022  (15,772)
USD 809,457 AUD 1,083,667 State Street Bank Corp. 1/14/2022  (5,928)
USD 4,149,109 CAD 5,215,157 Citibank N.A. 1/14/2022  (65,476)
USD 5,310 CHF 4,919 Merrill Lynch International 1/14/2022  (75)
USD 557,877 EUR 481,823 Deutsche Bank AG 1/14/2022  (181)
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Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts - continued
Currency
Purchased
Currency
Sold
Counterparty Settlement
Date
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Liability Derivatives - continued
USD 44,327,042 EUR 38,308,391 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 1/14/2022  $(42,629)
USD 3,135,930 GBP 2,301,755 Deutsche Bank AG 1/14/2022  (15,097)
USD 7,209,950 GBP 5,294,512 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 1/14/2022  (38,060)
USD 1,782,848 JPY 203,449,000 State Street Bank Corp. 1/14/2022  (3,908)
USD 934,731 KRW 1,105,086,000 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 11/05/2021  (10,882)
USD 3,915,343 NOK 33,541,000 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 1/14/2022  (52,306)
USD 255,531 NZD 367,000 Goldman Sachs International 1/14/2022  (7,138)
USD 3,713,110 SEK 32,413,000 JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. 1/14/2022  (65,650)
            $(640,022)
    
Futures Contracts
Description Long/
Short
Currency Contracts Notional
Amount
Expiration
Date
Value/Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Asset Derivatives
Interest Rate Futures    
Euro-Bund 10 yr Short EUR 123  $23,904,644 December – 2021  $518,884
Long Gilt 10 yr Short GBP 38  6,496,455 December – 2021  7,148
U.S. Treasury Note 10 yr Short USD 600  78,421,875 December – 2021  1,625,322
U.S. Treasury Ultra Bond Long USD 19  3,731,719 December – 2021  7,005
U.S. Treasury Ultra Note 10 yr Short USD 178  25,815,563 December – 2021  428,907
            $2,587,266
Liability Derivatives
Interest Rate Futures    
Euro-Bobl 5 yr Long EUR 25  $3,865,663 December – 2021  $(57,280)
Euro-Buxl 30 yr Short EUR 19  4,590,036 December – 2021  (100,824)
U.S. Treasury Bond Long USD 104  16,727,750 December – 2021  (188,468)
U.S. Treasury Note 5 yr Long USD 33  4,017,750 December – 2021  (61,476)
            $(408,048)
At October 31, 2021, the fund had cash collateral of $650,000 and other liquid securities with an aggregate value of $1,736,400 to cover any collateral or margin obligations for certain derivative contracts. Restricted cash and/or deposits with brokers in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities are comprised of cash collateral.
See Notes to Financial Statements
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Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
At 10/31/21
This statement represents your fund’s balance sheet, which details the assets and liabilities comprising the total value of the fund.
Assets  
Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (identified cost, $454,147,925) $458,406,600
Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (identified cost, $8,752,593) 8,752,593
Cash 443
Restricted cash for  
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts 650,000
Receivables for  
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts 435,760
Net daily variation margin on open futures contracts 197,323
Investments sold 1,045,716
Interest 5,430,492
Other assets 9,647
Total assets $474,928,574
Liabilities  
Notes payable $100,000,000
Payables for  
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts 640,022
Investments purchased 4,026,153
Payable to affiliates  
Investment adviser 25,865
Administrative services fee 648
Transfer agent and dividend disbursing costs 5,649
Payable for independent Trustees' compensation 4,389
Accrued interest expense 60,062
Deferred country tax expense payable 160,470
Accrued expenses and other liabilities 187,142
Total liabilities $105,110,400
Net assets $369,818,174
Net assets consist of  
Paid-in capital $374,920,764
Total distributable earnings (loss) (5,102,590)
Net assets $369,818,174
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding 60,423,038
Net asset value per share (net assets of $369,818,174 / 60,423,038 shares of beneficial interest outstanding) $6.12
See Notes to Financial Statements
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Financial Statements
Statement of Operations
Year ended 10/31/21
This statement describes how much your fund earned in investment income and accrued in expenses. It also describes any gains and/or losses generated by fund operations.
Net investment income (loss)  
Income  
Interest $20,255,819
Dividends 283,116
Other 16,059
Dividends from affiliated issuers 6,015
Foreign taxes withheld (8,893)
Total investment income $20,552,116
Expenses  
Management fee $2,463,618
Transfer agent and dividend disbursing costs 95,321
Administrative services fee 59,532
Independent Trustees' compensation 19,778
Stock exchange fee 59,221
Custodian fee 46,386
Shareholder communications 148,805
Audit and tax fees 86,048
Legal fees 16,159
Interest expense and fees 783,226
Miscellaneous 61,053
Total expenses $3,839,147
Net investment income (loss) $16,712,969
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Realized and unrealized gain (loss)
Realized gain (loss) (identified cost basis)  
Unaffiliated issuers (net of $66,993 country tax) $15,470,234
Affiliated issuers 193
Written options 103,772
Futures contracts (95,726)
Swap agreements (2,468)
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts 532,955
Foreign currency (32,544)
Net realized gain (loss) $15,976,416
Change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation  
Unaffiliated issuers (net of $2,543 decrease in deferred country tax) $(8,090,459)
Affiliated issuers (193)
Futures contracts 2,262,910
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts (693,170)
Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies (21,436)
Net unrealized gain (loss) $(6,542,348)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) $9,434,068
Change in net assets from operations $26,147,037
See Notes to Financial Statements
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Financial Statements
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
These statements describe the increases and/or decreases in net assets resulting from operations, any distributions, and any shareholder transactions.
  Year ended
  10/31/21 10/31/20
Change in net assets    
From operations    
Net investment income (loss) $16,712,969 $17,899,273
Net realized gain (loss) 15,976,416 2,363,900
Net unrealized gain (loss) (6,542,348) (3,870,128)
Change in net assets from operations $26,147,037 $16,393,045
Distributions to shareholders $(18,349,942) $(21,730,896)
Tax return of capital distributions to shareholders $(12,050,739) $(9,307,914)
Change in net assets from fund share transactions $1,436,638 $(20,578,380)
Total change in net assets $(2,817,006) $(35,224,145)
Net assets    
At beginning of period 372,635,180 407,859,325
At end of period $369,818,174 $372,635,180
See Notes to Financial Statements
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Financial Statements
Statement of Cash Flows
Year ended 10/31/21
This statement provides a summary of cash flows from investment activity for the fund.
Cash flows from operating activities:  
Change in net assets from operations $26,147,037
Adjustments to reconcile change in net assets from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:  
Purchase of investment securities (339,797,569)
Proceeds from disposition of investment securities 351,521,238
Proceeds from disposition of short-term investments, net 428,866
Realized gain/loss on investments (15,537,227)
Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments 8,093,195
Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on foreign currency contracts 693,170
Net amortization/accretion of income 561,581
Increase in interest receivable (242,594)
Increase in accrued expenses and other liabilities 58,683
Increase in receivable for net daily variation margin on open futures contracts (103,058)
Decrease in other assets 609
Decrease in interest payable (8,082)
Net cash provided by operating activities $31,815,849
Cash flows from financing activities:  
Distributions paid in cash $(29,174,142)
Repurchase of shares of beneficial interest (2,432,964)
Net cash used by financing activities $(31,607,106)
Net increase in cash and restricted cash $208,743
Cash and restricted cash:  
Beginning of period $441,700
End of period $650,443
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Non-cash financing activities not included herein consist of reinvestment of dividends and distributions of $1,436,638.
Cash paid during the year ended October 31, 2021 for interest was $791,308.
See Notes to Financial Statements
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Financial Statements
Financial Highlights
The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the fund's financial performance for the past 5 years. Certain information reflects financial results for a single fund share. The total returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the fund share class (assuming reinvestment of all distributions) held for the entire period.
  Year ended
  10/31/21 10/31/20 10/31/19 10/31/18 10/31/17
Net asset value, beginning of period $6.19 $6.37 $6.06 $6.67 $6.73
Income (loss) from investment operations
Net investment income (loss) (d) $0.28 $0.29 $0.28 $0.25 $0.30(c)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 0.15 (0.01) 0.50 (0.38) 0.15
 Total from investment operations  $0.43  $0.28  $0.78  $(0.13)  $0.45
Less distributions declared to shareholders
From net investment income $(0.30) $(0.34) $(0.29) $(0.29) $(0.31)
From tax return of capital (0.20) (0.15) (0.21) (0.22) (0.23)
 Total distributions declared to shareholders  $(0.50)  $(0.49)  $(0.50)  $(0.51)  $(0.54)
 Net increase from repurchase of capital shares  $—  $0.03  $0.03  $0.03  $0.03
 Net asset value, end of period (x)  $6.12  $6.19  $6.37  $6.06  $6.67
 Market value, end of period  $6.58  $5.67  $6.01  $5.24  $6.16
 Total return at market value (%) 25.80 2.77 25.05 (7.01) 12.50
 Total return at net asset value (%) (j)(s)(x) 7.18 5.86 14.60 (0.68) 8.06(c)
Ratios (%) (to average net assets)
and Supplemental data:
Expenses (f) 1.01 1.17 1.56 1.33 1.10(c)
Net investment income (loss) 4.40 4.63 4.54 4.00 4.45(c)
Portfolio turnover 70 78 65 47 50
Net assets at end of period (000 omitted)  $369,818  $372,635  $407,859  $407,535  $471,461
Supplemental Ratios (%):
Ratios of expenses to average net assets excluding interest expense and fees (f) 0.81 0.84 0.84 0.80 0.78(c)
Senior Securities:
Total notes payable outstanding (000 omitted) $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 $100,000
Asset coverage per $1,000 of indebtedness (k) $4,698 $4,726 $5,079 $5,075 $5,715
    
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(c) Amount reflects a one-time reimbursement of expenses by the custodian (or former custodian) without which net investment income and performance would be lower and expenses would be higher.
(d) Per share data is based on average shares outstanding.
(f) Ratios do not reflect reductions from fees paid indirectly, if applicable.
(j) Total return at net asset value is calculated using the net asset value of the fund, not the publicly traded price and therefore may be different than the total return at market value.
(k) Calculated by subtracting the fund's total liabilities (not including notes payable) from the fund's total assets and dividing this number by the notes payable outstanding and then multiplying by 1,000.
(s) From time to time the fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements, without which performance would be lower.
(x) The net asset values and total returns at net asset value have been calculated on net assets which include adjustments made in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles required at period end for financial reporting purposes.
See Notes to Financial Statements
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Notes to Financial Statements
(1) Business and Organization
MFS Multimarket Income Trust (the fund) is organized as a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a diversified closed-end management investment company.
The fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services - Investment Companies.
(2) Significant Accounting Policies
General — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. In the preparation of these financial statements, management has evaluated subsequent events occurring after the date of the fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities through the date that the financial statements were issued. The fund invests in high-yield securities rated below investment grade. Investments in below investment grade quality securities can involve a substantially greater risk of default or can already be in default, and their values can decline significantly. Below investment grade quality securities tend to be more sensitive to adverse news about the issuer, or the market or economy in general, than higher quality debt instruments. The fund invests in foreign securities, including securities of emerging market issuers. Investments in foreign securities are vulnerable to the effects of changes in the relative values of the local currency and the U.S. dollar and to the effects of changes in each country’s market, economic, industrial, political, regulatory, geopolitical, environmental, public health, and other conditions. Investments in emerging markets can involve additional and greater risks than the risks associated with investments in developed foreign markets. Emerging markets can have less developed markets, greater custody and operational risk, less developed legal, regulatory, accounting, and auditing systems, and greater political, social, and economic instability than developed markets.
Certain of the fund's investments, including its investments in derivatives, as well as any debt issued by the fund and other contractual arrangements of the fund may be based on reference interest rates such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). In 2017, the regulatory authority that oversees financial services firms in the United Kingdom announced plans to transition away from LIBOR by the end of 2021. In March 2021, the administrator of LIBOR announced the extension of the publication of the more commonly used U.S. dollar LIBOR settings to the end of June 2023. Although the full impacts of the transition away from LIBOR are not fully known, the transition may result in, among other things, an increase in volatility or illiquidity of the markets for instruments that currently rely on LIBOR to determine interest rates and this could have an adverse impact on the fund's performance. With respect to the fund's accounting for investments, including its investments in derivatives, as well as any debt issued by the fund and other contractual arrangements of the fund that undergo reference rate-related modifications as a result of the transition, management will rely upon the relief provided by FASB Codification Topic 848 – Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848).
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The guidance in Topic 848 permits the fund to disregard the GAAP accounting requirements around certain contract modifications resulting from the LIBOR transition such that for contracts considered in scope, the fund can account for those modified contracts as a continuation of the existing contracts. While still evaluating the impact to the fund of the June 30, 2023 discontinuation of the more commonly used U.S. dollar LIBOR settings, management has concluded that the December 31, 2021 planned cessation of the one-week and two-month U.S. dollar LIBOR tenors along with certain other non-U.S. dollar denominated LIBOR settings will not have a material impact on the fund.
Balance Sheet Offsetting — The fund's accounting policy with respect to balance sheet offsetting is that, absent an event of default by the counterparty or a termination of the agreement, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master Agreement, or similar agreement, does not result in an offset of reported amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities across transactions between the fund and the applicable counterparty. The fund's right to setoff may be restricted or prohibited by the bankruptcy or insolvency laws of the particular jurisdiction to which a specific master netting agreement counterparty is subject. Balance sheet offsetting disclosures, to the extent applicable to the fund, have been included in the fund’s Significant Accounting Policies note under the captions for each of the fund’s in-scope financial instruments and transactions.
Investment Valuations Equity securities, including restricted equity securities, are generally valued at the last sale or official closing price on their primary market or exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. Equity securities, for which there were no sales reported that day, are generally valued at the last quoted daily bid quotation on their primary market or exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. Debt instruments and floating rate loans, including restricted debt instruments, are generally valued at an evaluated or composite bid as provided by a third-party pricing service. Short-term instruments with a maturity at issuance of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Exchange-traded options are generally valued at the last sale or official closing price on their primary exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. Exchange-traded options for which there were no sales reported that day are generally valued at the last daily bid quotation on their primary exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. For put options, the position may be valued at the last daily ask quotation if there are no trades reported during the day. Options not traded on an exchange are generally valued at a broker/dealer bid quotation. Foreign currency options are generally valued at valuations provided by a third-party pricing service. Futures contracts are generally valued at last posted settlement price on their primary exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. Futures contracts for which there were no trades that day for a particular position are generally valued at the closing bid quotation on their primary exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are generally valued at the mean of bid and asked prices for the time period interpolated from rates provided by a third-party pricing service for proximate time periods. Swap agreements are generally valued using valuations provided by a third-party pricing service, which for cleared swaps includes an evaluation of any trading activity at the clearinghouses. Open-end investment companies are generally valued at net asset value per share. Securities and other assets generally valued on the basis of information from a third-party pricing service may also be valued at a broker/dealer bid quotation. In determining values, third-party pricing services can
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utilize both transaction data and market information such as yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics, and other market data. The values of foreign securities and other assets and liabilities expressed in foreign currencies are converted to U.S. dollars using the mean of bid and asked prices for rates provided by a third-party pricing service.
The Board of Trustees has delegated primary responsibility for determining or causing to be determined the value of the fund’s investments (including any fair valuation) to the adviser pursuant to valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board. If the adviser determines that reliable market quotations are not readily available, investments are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser in accordance with such procedures under the oversight of the Board of Trustees. Under the fund’s valuation policies and procedures, market quotations are not considered to be readily available for most types of debt instruments and floating rate loans and many types of derivatives. These investments are generally valued at fair value based on information from third-party pricing services. In addition, investments may be valued at fair value if the adviser determines that an investment’s value has been materially affected by events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded (such as foreign exchange or market) and prior to the determination of the fund’s net asset value, or after the halt of trading of a specific security where trading does not resume prior to the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded. The adviser generally relies on third-party pricing services or other information (such as the correlation with price movements of similar securities in the same or other markets; the type, cost and investment characteristics of the security; the business and financial condition of the issuer; and trading and other market data) to assist in determining whether to fair value and at what value to fair value an investment. The value of an investment for purposes of calculating the fund’s net asset value can differ depending on the source and method used to determine value. When fair valuation is used, the value of an investment used to determine the fund’s net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same investment. There can be no assurance that the fund could obtain the fair value assigned to an investment if it were to sell the investment at the same time at which the fund determines its net asset value per share.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund's assets or liabilities. These inputs are categorized into three broad levels. In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, an investment's level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The fund's assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the investment. Level 1 includes unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 includes other significant observable market-based inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speed, and credit risk). Level 3 includes unobservable inputs, which may include the adviser's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments. Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures contracts and forward foreign currency exchange contracts. The following is a summary of the levels used as of October 31, 2021 in valuing the fund's assets or liabilities:
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Financial Instruments Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Equity Securities:        
United States $— $6 $149,547 $149,553
Canada 141,827 141,827
Mexico 105,567 105,567
United Kingdom 75,851 1,613 77,464
U.S. Treasury Bonds & U.S. Government Agencies & Equivalents 4,019,873 4,019,873
Non - U.S. Sovereign Debt 80,168,268 80,168,268
Municipal Bonds 2,918,668 2,918,668
U.S. Corporate Bonds 240,938,254 240,938,254
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 6,650,046 6,650,046
Asset-Backed Securities (including CDOs) 7,615,054 7,615,054
Foreign Bonds 115,622,026 115,622,026
Mutual Funds 8,752,593 8,752,593
Total $8,970,271 $457,932,195 $256,727 $467,159,193
Other Financial Instruments        
Futures Contracts – Assets $2,587,266 $— $— $2,587,266
Futures Contracts – Liabilities (408,048) (408,048)
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts – Assets 435,760 435,760
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts – Liabilities (640,022) (640,022)
For further information regarding security characteristics, see the Portfolio of Investments.
The following is a reconciliation of level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value. The table presents the activity of level 3 securities held at the beginning and the end of the period.
  Equity
Securities
Balance as of 10/31/20 $146,911
Change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation 2,636
Transfers into level 3 105,567
Received as part of a corporate action 1,613
Balance as of 10/31/21 $256,727
The net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation from investments held as level 3 at October 31, 2021 is $2,636. At October 31, 2021, the fund held three level 3 securities.
Foreign Currency Translation — Purchases and sales of foreign investments, income, and expenses are converted into U.S. dollars based upon currency exchange rates prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions or on the reporting date for foreign denominated receivables and payables. Gains and losses attributable to foreign
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currency exchange rates on sales of securities are recorded for financial statement purposes as net realized gains and losses on investments. Gains and losses attributable to foreign exchange rate movements on receivables, payables, income and expenses are recorded for financial statement purposes as foreign currency transaction gains and losses. That portion of both realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments that results from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates is not separately disclosed.
Derivatives — The fund uses derivatives primarily to increase or decrease exposure to a particular market or segment of the market, or security, to increase or decrease interest rate or currency exposure, or as alternatives to direct investments. Derivatives are used for hedging or non-hedging purposes. While hedging can reduce or eliminate losses, it can also reduce or eliminate gains. When the fund uses derivatives as an investment to increase market exposure, or for hedging purposes, gains and losses from derivative instruments may be substantially greater than the derivative’s original cost.
The derivative instruments used by the fund during the period were written options, purchased options, futures contracts, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, and swap agreements. Depending on the type of derivative, a fund may exit a derivative position by entering into an offsetting transaction with a counterparty or exchange, negotiating an agreement with the derivative counterparty, or novating the position to a third party. The fund may be unable to promptly close out a futures position in instances where the daily fluctuation in the price for that type of future exceeds the daily limit set by the exchange. The fund's period end derivatives, as presented in the Portfolio of Investments and the associated Derivative Contract tables, generally are indicative of the volume of its derivative activity during the period.
The following table presents, by major type of derivative contract, the fair value, on a gross basis, of the asset and liability components of derivatives held by the fund at October 31, 2021 as reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:
    Fair Value (a)
Risk Derivative Contracts Asset Derivatives Liability Derivatives
Interest Rate Futures Contracts $2,587,266 $(408,048)
Foreign Exchange Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts 435,760 (640,022)
Total   $3,023,026 $(1,048,070)
(a) Values presented in this table for futures contracts correspond to the values reported in the Portfolio of Investments. Only the current day net variation margin for futures contracts is separately reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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The following table presents, by major type of derivative contract, the realized gain (loss) on derivatives held by the fund for the year ended October 31, 2021 as reported in the Statement of Operations:
Risk Futures
Contracts
Swap
Agreements
Forward Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
Unaffiliated Issuers
(Purchased
Options)
Written
Options
Interest Rate $(95,726) $— $— $— $—
Foreign Exchange 532,955
Credit (2,468) (251,806) 103,772
Total $(95,726) $(2,468) $532,955 $(251,806) $103,772
The following table presents, by major type of derivative contract, the change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on derivatives held by the fund for the year ended October 31, 2021 as reported in the Statement of Operations:
Risk Futures
Contracts
Forward Foreign
Currency
Exchange
Contracts
Interest Rate $2,262,910 $—
Foreign Exchange (693,170)
Total $2,262,910 $(693,170)
Derivative counterparty credit risk is managed through formal evaluation of the creditworthiness of all potential counterparties. On certain, but not all, uncleared derivatives, the fund attempts to reduce its exposure to counterparty credit risk whenever possible by entering into an ISDA Master Agreement on a bilateral basis. The ISDA Master Agreement gives each party to the agreement the right to terminate all transactions traded under such agreement if there is a specified deterioration in the credit quality of the other party. Upon an event of default or a termination of the ISDA Master Agreement, the non-defaulting party has the right to close out all transactions traded under such agreement and to net amounts owed under each agreement to one net amount payable by one party to the other. This right to close out and net payments across all transactions traded under the ISDA Master Agreement could result in a reduction of the fund's credit risk to such counterparty equal to any amounts payable by the fund under the applicable transactions, if any.
Collateral and margin requirements differ by type of derivative. For cleared derivatives (e.g., futures contracts, cleared swaps, and exchange-traded options), margin requirements are set by the clearing broker and the clearing house and collateral, in the form of cash or securities, is posted by the fund directly with the clearing broker. Collateral terms are counterparty agreement specific for uncleared derivatives (e.g., forward foreign currency exchange contracts, uncleared swap agreements, and uncleared options) and collateral, in the form of cash and securities, is held in segregated accounts with the fund's custodian in connection with these agreements. For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, which contains a collateral support annex, the collateral requirements are netted across all transactions traded under such counterparty-specific agreement and an amount is posted from one party to the other to collateralize such obligations. Cash that has been segregated or
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delivered to cover the fund's collateral or margin obligations under derivative contracts, if any, will be reported separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as restricted cash for uncleared derivatives and/or deposits with brokers for cleared derivatives. Securities pledged as collateral or margin for the same purpose, if any, are noted in the Portfolio of Investments. The fund may be required to make payments of interest on uncovered collateral or margin obligations with the broker. Any such payments are included in “Interest expense and fees” in the Statement of Operations.
Written Options — In exchange for a premium, the fund wrote call options on securities for which it anticipated the price would decline and also wrote put options on securities for which it anticipated the price would increase. At the time the option was written, the fund believed the premium received exceeded the potential loss that could result from adverse price changes in the options’ underlying securities. In a written option, the fund as the option writer grants the buyer the right to purchase from, or sell to, the fund a specified number of shares or units of a particular security, currency or index at a specified price within a specified period of time.
The premium received is initially recorded as a liability in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The option is subsequently marked-to-market daily with the difference between the premium received and the market value of the written option being recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. When a written option expires, the fund realizes a gain equal to the amount of the premium received. The difference between the premium received and the amount paid on effecting a closing transaction is considered a realized gain or loss. When a written call option is exercised, the premium received is offset against the proceeds to determine the realized gain or loss. When a written put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the security purchased by the fund.
At the initiation of the written option contract, for exchange traded options, the fund is required to deposit securities or cash as collateral with the custodian for the benefit of the broker or directly with the clearing broker, based on the type of option. For uncleared options, the fund may post collateral subject to the terms of an ISDA Master Agreement as generally described above if the market value of the options contract moves against it. The fund, as writer of an option, may have no control over whether the underlying securities may be sold (call) or purchased (put) and, as a result, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the securities underlying the written option. Losses from writing options can exceed the premium received and can exceed the potential loss from an ordinary buy and sell transaction. Although the fund’s market risk may be significant, the maximum counterparty credit risk to the fund is equal to the market value of any collateral posted to the broker. For uncleared options, this risk is mitigated in cases where there is an ISDA Master Agreement between the fund and the counterparty providing for netting as described above.
Purchased Options — The fund purchased call and put options for a premium. Purchased call and put options entitle the holder to buy and sell a specified number of shares or units of a particular security, currency or index at a specified price at a specified date or within a specified period of time. Purchasing call options may hedge against an anticipated increase in the dollar cost of securities or currency to be acquired or increase the fund’s exposure to an underlying instrument. Purchasing put options may hedge against an anticipated decline in the value of portfolio securities or currency or decrease the fund's exposure to an underlying instrument.
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The premium paid is initially recorded as an investment in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. That investment is subsequently marked-to-market daily with the difference between the premium paid and the market value of the purchased option being recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. Premiums paid for purchased call and put options which have expired are treated as realized losses on investments in the Statement of Operations. Upon the exercise or closing of a purchased call option, the premium paid is added to the cost of the security or financial instrument purchased. Upon the exercise or closing of a purchased put option, the premium paid is offset against the proceeds on the sale of the underlying security or financial instrument in order to determine the realized gain or loss on investments.
Whether or not the option is exercised, the fund's maximum risk of loss from purchasing an option is the amount of premium paid. All option contracts involve credit risk if the counterparty to the option contract fails to perform. For uncleared options, this risk is mitigated in cases where there is an ISDA Master Agreement between the fund and the counterparty providing for netting as described above and, where applicable, by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the fund to cover the fund’s exposure to the counterparty under such ISDA Master Agreement.
Futures Contracts — The fund entered into futures contracts which may be used to hedge against or obtain broad market exposure, interest rate exposure, currency exposure, or to manage duration. A futures contract represents a commitment for the future purchase or sale of an asset at a specified price on a specified date.
Upon entering into a futures contract, the fund is required to deposit with the broker, either in cash or securities, an initial margin in an amount equal to a specified percentage of the notional amount of the contract. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by the fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the contract, and are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized gain or loss by the fund until the contract is closed or expires at which point the gain or loss on futures contracts is realized.
The fund bears the risk of interest rates, exchange rates or securities prices moving unexpectedly, in which case, the fund may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the futures contracts and may realize a loss. While futures contracts may present less counterparty risk to the fund since the contracts are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse guarantees payments to the broker, there is still counterparty credit risk due to the insolvency of the broker. The fund’s maximum risk of loss due to counterparty credit risk is equal to the margin posted by the fund to the broker plus any gains or minus any losses on the outstanding futures contracts.
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts — The fund entered into forward foreign currency exchange contracts for the purchase or sale of a specific foreign currency at a fixed price on a future date. These contracts may be used to hedge the fund’s currency risk or for non-hedging purposes. For hedging purposes, the fund may enter into contracts to deliver or receive foreign currency that the fund will receive from or use in its normal investment activities. The fund may also use contracts to hedge against declines in the value of foreign currency denominated securities due to unfavorable exchange rate movements. For non-hedging purposes, the fund may enter into contracts with the intent of changing the relative exposure of the fund’s portfolio of securities to different currencies to take advantage of anticipated exchange rate changes.
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Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are adjusted by the daily exchange rate of the underlying currency and any unrealized gains or losses are recorded as a receivable or payable for forward foreign currency exchange contracts until the contract settlement date. On contract settlement date, any gain or loss on the contract is recorded as realized gains or losses on forward foreign currency exchange contracts.
Risks may arise upon entering into these contracts from unanticipated movements in the value of the contract and from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts. Generally, the fund’s maximum risk due to counterparty credit risk is the unrealized gain on the contract due to the use of Continuous Linked Settlement, a multicurrency cash settlement system for the centralized settlement of foreign transactions. This risk is mitigated in cases where there is an ISDA Master Agreement between the fund and the counterparty providing for netting as described above and, where applicable, by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the fund to cover the fund’s exposure to the counterparty under such ISDA Master Agreement.
Swap Agreements — During the period the fund entered into swap agreements. Swap agreements generally involve a periodic exchange of cash payments on a net basis, at specified intervals or upon the occurrence of specified events, between the fund and a counterparty. Certain swap agreements may be entered into as a bilateral contract (“uncleared swaps”) while others are required to be centrally cleared (“cleared swaps”). In a cleared swap transaction, the ultimate counterparty to the transaction is a clearinghouse (the “clearinghouse”). The contract is transferred and accepted by the clearinghouse immediately following execution of the swap contract with an executing broker. Thereafter, throughout the term of the cleared swap, the fund interfaces indirectly with the clearinghouse through a clearing broker and has counterparty risk to the clearing broker as well.
Both cleared and uncleared swap agreements are marked to market daily. The value of uncleared swap agreements is reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as “Uncleared swaps, at value” which includes any related interest accruals to be paid or received by the fund. For cleared swaps, payments (variation margin) are made or received by the fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the cleared swap, such that only the current day net receivable or payable for variation margin is reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
For both cleared and uncleared swaps, the periodic exchange of net cash payments, at specified intervals or upon the occurrence of specified events as stipulated by the agreement, is recorded as realized gain or loss on swap agreements in the Statement of Operations. Premiums paid or received at the inception of the agreements are amortized using the effective interest method over the term of the agreement as realized gain or loss on swap agreements in the Statement of Operations. A liquidation payment received or made upon early termination is recorded as a realized gain or loss on swap agreements in the Statement of Operations. The change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on swap agreements in the Statement of Operations reflects the aggregate change over the reporting period in the value of swaps net of any unamortized premiums paid or received.
Risks related to swap agreements include the possible lack of a liquid market, unfavorable market and interest rate movements of the underlying instrument and the failure of the counterparty to perform under the terms of the agreements. The fund's maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the
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cash flows to be received from/paid to the counterparty over the contract's remaining life, to the extent that the amount is positive. To address counterparty risk, uncleared swap agreements are limited to only highly-rated counterparties. Risk is further reduced by having an ISDA Master Agreement between the fund and the counterparty providing for netting as described above and, where applicable, by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the fund to cover the fund’s exposure to the counterparty under such ISDA Master Agreement. The fund's counterparty risk due to cleared swaps is mitigated by the fact that the clearinghouse is the true counterparty to the transaction and the regulatory requirement safeguards in the event of a clearing broker bankruptcy.
The fund entered into credit default swap agreements in order to manage its exposure to the market or certain sectors of the market, to reduce its credit risk exposure to defaults of corporate and sovereign issuers or to create exposure to corporate or sovereign issuers to which it is not otherwise exposed. In a credit default swap agreement, the protection buyer can make an upfront payment and will make a stream of payments to the protection seller based on a fixed percentage applied to the agreement notional amount in exchange for the right to receive a specified return upon the occurrence of a defined credit event on the reference obligation (which may be either a single security or a basket of securities issued by corporate or sovereign issuers) and, with respect to the cases where physical settlement applies, the delivery by the buyer to the seller of a defined deliverable obligation. Although agreement-specific, credit events generally consist of a combination of the following: bankruptcy, failure to pay, restructuring, obligation acceleration, obligation default, or repudiation/moratorium, each as defined in the 2003 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions as amended by the relevant agreement. Restructuring is generally not applicable when the reference obligation is issued by a North American corporation and obligation acceleration, obligation default, or repudiation/moratorium are generally only applicable when the reference obligation is issued by a sovereign entity or an entity in an emerging country. Upon determination of the final price for the deliverable obligation (or upon delivery of the deliverable obligation in the case of physical settlement), the difference between the value of the deliverable obligation and the swap agreement’s notional amount is recorded as realized gain or loss on swap agreements in the Statement of Operations.
Loans and Other Direct Debt Instruments — The fund invests in loans and loan participations or other receivables. These investments may include standby financing commitments, including revolving credit facilities, which contractually obligate the fund to supply additional cash to the borrower on demand. The fund generally provides this financial support in order to preserve its existing investment or to obtain a more senior secured interest in the assets of the borrower. Loan participations involve a risk of insolvency of the lending bank or other financial intermediary.
Statement of Cash Flows — Information on financial transactions which have been settled through the receipt or disbursement of cash or restricted cash is presented in the Statement of Cash Flows. Cash as presented in the fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities includes cash on hand at the fund's custodian bank and does not include any short-term investments. Restricted cash is presented in the fund's Statement of Assets and Liabilities as restricted cash for uncleared derivatives and/or deposits with brokers for cleared derivatives and represents cash that has been segregated or delivered to cover the fund's collateral or margin obligations under derivative contracts.
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The following table provides a reconciliation of cash and restricted cash reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities with that shown in the Statement of Cash Flows:
  10/31/21
Cash $443
Restricted cash 650,000
Restricted cash included in deposits with brokers
Total cash and restricted cash in the Statement of Cash Flows $650,443
Indemnifications — Under the fund's organizational documents, its officers and Trustees may be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the fund enters into agreements with service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. The fund's maximum exposure under these agreements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the fund that have not yet occurred.
Investment Transactions and Income — Investment transactions are recorded on the trade date. Some securities may be purchased or sold on an extended settlement basis, which means that the receipt or delivery of the securities by the fund and related payments occur at a future date, usually beyond the customary settlement period.
Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. All premium and discount is amortized or accreted for financial statement purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Dividends received in cash are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain dividends from foreign securities will be recorded when the fund is informed of the dividend if such information is obtained subsequent to the ex-dividend date. Dividend and interest payments received in additional securities are recorded on the ex-dividend or ex-interest date in an amount equal to the value of the security on such date. The fund earns certain fees in connection with its floating rate loan purchasing activities. These fees are in addition to interest payments earned and may include amendment fees, commitment fees, facility fees, consent fees, and prepayment fees. Commitment fees are recorded on an accrual basis as income in the accompanying financial statements. Debt obligations may be placed on non-accrual status or set to accrue at a rate of interest less than the contractual coupon when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful. Interest income for those debt obligations may be further reduced by the write-off of the related interest receivables when deemed uncollectible.
The fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received from litigation involving portfolio holdings are reflected in the Statement of Operations in realized gain/loss if the security has been disposed of by the fund or in unrealized gain/loss if the security is still held by the fund. Any other proceeds from litigation not related to portfolio holdings are reflected as other income in the Statement of Operations.
To mitigate the counterparty credit risk on TBA transactions, mortgage dollar rolls, and other types of forward settling mortgage-backed and asset-backed security transactions, the fund whenever possible enters into a Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreement (“MSFTA”) on a bilateral basis with each of the counterparties with whom it undertakes a significant volume of transactions. The MSFTA gives each party to the agreement the right to terminate all transactions traded under such agreement if there is a specified deterioration in the credit quality of the other party.
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Upon an event of default or a termination of the MSFTA, the non-defaulting party has the right to close out all transactions traded under such agreement and to net amounts owed under each transaction to one net amount payable by one party to the other. This right to close out and net payments across all transactions traded under the MSFTA could result in a reduction of the fund's credit risk to such counterparty equal to any amounts payable by the fund under the applicable transactions, if any.
For mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities traded under a MSFTA, the collateral and margining requirements are contract specific. Collateral amounts across all transactions traded under such agreement are netted and an amount is posted from one party to the other to collateralize such obligations. Cash that has been pledged to cover the fund's collateral or margin obligations under a MSFTA, if any, will be reported separately on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as restricted cash. Securities pledged as collateral or margin for the same purpose, if any, are noted in the Portfolio of Investments.
Tax Matters and Distributions — The fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and to distribute all of its taxable income, including realized capital gains. As a result, no provision for federal income tax is required. The fund’s federal tax returns, when filed, will remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a three year period. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken on federal and state tax returns for all open tax years and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability. Foreign taxes, if any, have been accrued by the fund in the accompanying financial statements in accordance with the applicable foreign tax law. Foreign income taxes may be withheld by certain countries in which the fund invests. Additionally, capital gains realized by the fund on securities issued in or by certain foreign countries may be subject to capital gains tax imposed by those countries.
Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The fund seeks to pay monthly distributions based on an annual rate of 8.00% of the fund’s average monthly net asset value. As a result, distributions may exceed actual earnings which may result in a tax return of capital. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Certain capital accounts in the financial statements are periodically adjusted for permanent differences in order to reflect their tax character. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or net asset value per share. Temporary differences which arise from recognizing certain items of income, expense, gain or loss in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes will reverse at some time in the future.
Book/tax differences primarily relate to defaulted bonds, amortization and accretion of debt securities, straddle loss deferrals, and derivative transactions.
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The tax character of distributions declared to shareholders for the last two fiscal years is as follows:
  Year ended
10/31/21
Year ended
10/31/20
Ordinary income (including any short-term capital gains) $18,349,942 $21,730,896
Tax return of capital (b) 12,050,739 9,307,914
Total distributions $30,400,681 $31,038,810
    
(b) Distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits are reported in the financial statements as a tax return of capital.
The federal tax cost and the tax basis components of distributable earnings were as follows:
As of 10/31/21  
Cost of investments $468,940,325
Gross appreciation 11,900,362
Gross depreciation (11,706,538)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) $ 193,824
Capital loss carryforwards (5,158,640)
Other temporary differences (137,774)
Total distributable earnings (loss) $ (5,102,590)
As of October 31, 2021, the fund had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized gains. These net capital losses may be carried forward indefinitely and their character is retained as short-term and/or long-term losses. Such losses are characterized as follows:
Long-Term $(5,158,640)
(3) Transactions with Affiliates
Investment Adviser — The fund has an investment advisory agreement with MFS to provide overall investment management and related administrative services and facilities to the fund. The management fee is computed daily and paid monthly at an annual rate of 0.34% of the fund’s average daily net assets and 5.40% of gross income. Gross income is calculated based on tax elections that generally include the accretion of discount and exclude the amortization of premium, which may differ from investment income reported in the Statement of Operations. The management fee, from net assets and gross income, incurred for the year ended October 31, 2021 was equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.65% of the fund’s average daily net assets.
Transfer Agent — The fund engages Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (“Computershare”) as the sole transfer agent for the fund. MFS Service Center, Inc. (MFSC) monitors and supervises the activities of Computershare for an agreed upon fee approved by the Board of Trustees. For the year ended October 31, 2021, these fees paid to MFSC amounted to $33,747.
Administrator — MFS provides certain financial, legal, shareholder communications, compliance, and other administrative services to the fund. Under an administrative services agreement, the fund reimburses MFS the costs incurred to provide these
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services. The fund is charged an annual fixed amount of $17,500 plus a fee based on average daily net assets. The administrative services fee incurred for the year ended October 31, 2021 was equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.0157% of the fund's average daily net assets.
Trustees’ and Officers’ Compensation — The fund pays compensation to independent Trustees in the form of a retainer, attendance fees, and additional compensation to Board and Committee chairpersons. The fund does not pay compensation directly to Trustees or officers of the fund who are also officers of the investment adviser, all of whom receive remuneration from MFS for their services to the fund. Certain officers and Trustees of the fund are officers or directors of MFS and MFSC.
Prior to December 31, 2001, the fund had an unfunded defined benefit plan (“DB plan”) for independent Trustees. As of December 31, 2001, the Board took action to terminate the DB plan with respect to then-current and any future independent Trustees, such that the DB plan covers only certain of those former independent Trustees who retired on or before December 31, 2001. The DB plan resulted in a pension expense of $4,088 and is included in “Independent Trustees’ compensation” in the Statement of Operations for the year ended October 31, 2021. The liability for deferred retirement benefits payable to those former independent Trustees under the DB plan amounted to $4,379 at October 31, 2021, and is included in “Payable for independent Trustees’ compensation” in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Other — The fund invests in the MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio which is managed by MFS and seeks current income consistent with preservation of capital and liquidity. This money market fund does not pay a management fee to MFS but does incur investment and operating costs.
The fund is permitted to engage in purchase and sale transactions with funds and accounts for which MFS serves as investment adviser or sub-adviser (“cross-trades”) pursuant to a policy adopted by the Board of Trustees. This policy has been designed to ensure that cross-trades conducted by the fund comply with Rule 17a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. During the year ended October 31, 2021, the fund engaged in purchase transactions pursuant to this policy, which amounted to $12,092.
(4) Portfolio Securities
For the year ended October 31, 2021, purchases and sales of investments, other than purchased option transactions and short-term obligations, were as follows:
  Purchases Sales
U.S. Government securities $11,358,118 $14,149,759
Non-U.S. Government securities 312,623,982 322,033,279
(5) Shares of Beneficial Interest
The fund's Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest. The Trustees have authorized the repurchase by the fund of up to 10% annually of its own shares of beneficial interest.
During the year ended October 31, 2021, the fund did not repurchase any shares. The
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fund repurchased 3,788,454 shares of beneficial interest during the year ended October 31, 2020 at an average price per share of $5.43 and a weighted average discount of 9.05% per share. Transactions in fund shares were as follows:
  Year ended
10/31/21
  Year ended
10/31/20
  Shares Amount   Shares Amount
Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions 229,540 $1,436,638   $—
Capital shares repurchased   (3,788,454) (20,578,380)
Net change 229,540 $1,436,638   (3,788,454) $(20,578,380)
(6) Loan Agreement
The fund has a credit agreement with a bank for a revolving secured line of credit that can be drawn upon up to $100,000,000. At October 31, 2021, the fund had outstanding borrowings under this agreement in the amount of $100,000,000, which are secured by a lien on the fund’s assets. The loan’s carrying value in the fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities approximates its fair value. The loan value as of the reporting date is considered level 2 under the fair value hierarchy. The credit agreement matures on August 19, 2022. Borrowings under the agreement can be made for liquidity or leverage purposes. Interest is charged at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus an agreed upon spread with the option to choose LIBOR periods of overnight, 1, 3, or 6 months, or at the option of the borrower an alternate base rate plus an agreed upon spread. The fund incurred interest expense of $779,817 during the period, which is included in “Interest expense and fees” in the Statement of Operations. The fund may also be charged a commitment fee based on the average daily unused portion of the line of credit. The fund did not incur a commitment fee during the period. For the year ended October 31, 2021, the average loan balance was $100,000,000 at a weighted average annual interest rate of 0.78%. The fund is subject to certain covenants including, but not limited to, requirements with respect to asset coverage, portfolio diversification and liquidity.
(7) Investments in Affiliated Issuers
An affiliated issuer may be considered one in which the fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common control. For the purposes of this report, the following were affiliated issuers:
Affiliated Issuers Beginning
Value
Purchases Sales
Proceeds
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation or
Depreciation
Ending
Value
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio  $9,181,652  $316,346,689  $316,775,748  $193  $(193)  $8,752,593
    
Affiliated Issuers Dividend
Income
Capital Gain
Distributions
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio  $6,015  $—
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(8) Impacts of COVID-19
The pandemic related to the global spread of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which was first detected in December 2019, has resulted in significant disruptions to global business activity and the global economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, the financial performance of individual companies and sectors, and the securities and commodities markets in general. Multiple surges in cases globally, the availability and widespread adoption of vaccines, and the emergence of variant strains of the virus continue to create uncertainty as to the future and long-term impacts resulting from the pandemic including impacts to the prices and liquidity of the fund's investments and the fund's performance.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Shareholders and the Board of Trustees of MFS Multimarket Income Trust
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of MFS Multimarket Income Trust (the “Fund”), including the portfolio of investments, as of October 31, 2021, and the related statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund at October 31, 2021, the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and its financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s 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 Fund 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 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. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
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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 procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2021, by correspondence with the custodian and others or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from others were not received. 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. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the auditor of one or more MFS investment companies since 1993.
Boston, Massachusetts
December 15, 2021
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Results of Shareholder Meeting (unaudited)
At the annual meeting of shareholders of MFS Multimarket Income Trust, which was held on October 7, 2021, the following action was taken:
Item 1: To elect the following individuals as Trustees:
    Number of Shares
Nominee   For   Withheld Authority
John A. Caroselli   39,116,214.495   7,054,871.139
James W. Kilman, Jr.   39,127,758.840   7,043,326.794
Clarence Otis, Jr.   39,041,490.685   7,129,594.949
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Trustees and Officers — Identification and Background
The Trustees and Officers of the Trust, as of December 1, 2021, are listed below, together with their principal occupations during the past five years. (Their titles may have varied during that period.) The address of each Trustee and Officer is 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199-7618.
Name, Age   Position(s) Held with Fund   Trustee/Officer Since(h)   Term
Expiring
  Number
of MFS
Funds
overseen
by the
Trustee
  Principal
Occupations
During
the Past
Five Years
  Other
Directorships
During
the Past
Five Years (j)
INTERESTED TRUSTEES    
Robert J. Manning (k)
(age 58)
  Trustee   February 2004   2022   135   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Non-Executive Chairman (since January 2021); Director; Chairman of the Board; Executive Chairman (January 2017-2020); Co-Chief Executive Officer (2015-2016)   N/A
Michael W. Roberge (k)
(age 55)
  Trustee   January 2021   2023   135   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Chairman (since January 2021); Chief Executive Officer (since January 2017); Director; President (until December 2018); Chief Investment Officer (until December 2018); Co-Chief Executive Officer (until December 2016)   N/A
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES    
John P. Kavanaugh
(age 67)
  Trustee and Chair of Trustees   January 2009   2023   135   Private investor   N/A
Steven E. Buller
(age 70)
  Trustee   February 2014   2023   135   Private investor   N/A
John A. Caroselli
(age 67)
  Trustee   March 2017   2024   135   Private investor; JC Global Advisors, LLC (management consulting), President (since 2015)   N/A
Maureen R. Goldfarb
(age 66)
  Trustee   January 2009   2022   135   Private investor   N/A
Peter D. Jones
(age 66)
  Trustee   January 2019   2023   135   Private investor   N/A
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Name, Age   Position(s) Held with Fund   Trustee/Officer Since(h)   Term
Expiring
  Number
of MFS
Funds
overseen
by the
Trustee
  Principal
Occupations
During
the Past
Five Years
  Other
Directorships
During
the Past
Five Years (j)
James W. Kilman, Jr.
(age 60)
  Trustee   January 2019   2024   135   Burford Capital Limited (finance and investment management), Senior Advisor (since May 3, 2021), Chief Financial Officer (2019 - May 2, 2021); KielStrand Capital LLC (family office), Chief Executive Officer (since 2016); Morgan Stanley & Co. (financial services), Vice Chairman of Investment Banking, Co-Head of Diversified Financials Coverage – Financial Institutions Investment Banking Group (until 2016)   Alpha-En Corporation, Director (2016-2019)
Clarence Otis, Jr.
(age 65)
  Trustee   March 2017   2024   135   Private investor   VF Corporation, Director; Verizon Communications, Inc., Director; The Travelers Companies, Director
Maryanne L. Roepke
(age 65)
  Trustee   May 2014   2022   135   Private investor   N/A
Laurie J. Thomsen
(age 64)
  Trustee   March 2005   2022   135   Private investor   The Travelers Companies, Director; Dycom Industries, Inc., Director
    
Name, Age   Position(s) Held with
Fund
  Trustee/Officer Since(h)   Term Expiring   Number
of MFS
Funds
overseen
by the
Trustee
  Principal
Occupations
During
the Past
Five Years
OFFICERS
Christopher R. Bohane (k)
(age 47)
  Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk   July 2005   N/A   135   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel
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Name, Age   Position(s) Held with
Fund
  Trustee/Officer Since(h)   Term Expiring   Number
of MFS
Funds
overseen
by the
Trustee
  Principal
Occupations
During
the Past
Five Years
Kino Clark (k)
(age 53)
  Assistant Treasurer   January 2012   N/A   135   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President
John W. Clark, Jr. (k)
(age 54)
  Assistant Treasurer   April 2017   N/A   135   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President (since March 2017); Deutsche Bank (financial services), Department Head - Treasurer's Office (until February 2017)
Thomas H. Connors (k)
(age 62)
  Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk   September 2012   N/A   135   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President and Senior Counsel
David L. DiLorenzo (k)
(age 53)
  President   July 2005   N/A   135   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Senior Vice President
Heidi W. Hardin (k)
(age 54)
  Secretary and Clerk   April 2017   N/A   135   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Executive Vice President and General Counsel (since March 2017); Harris Associates (investment management), General Counsel (until January 2017)
Brian E. Langenfeld (k)
(age 48)
  Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk   June 2006   N/A   135   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President and Senior Counsel
Amanda S. Mooradian (k)
(age 42)
  Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk   September 2018   N/A   135   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Assistant Vice President and Senior Counsel
Susan A. Pereira (k)
(age 51)
  Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk   July 2005   N/A   135   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel
Kasey L. Phillips (k)
(age 50)
  Assistant Treasurer   September 2012   N/A   135   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President
Matthew A. Stowe (k)
(age 47)
  Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk   October 2014   N/A   135   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel
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Name, Age   Position(s) Held with
Fund
  Trustee/Officer Since(h)   Term Expiring   Number
of MFS
Funds
overseen
by the
Trustee
  Principal
Occupations
During
the Past
Five Years
Martin J. Wolin (k)
(age 54)
  Chief Compliance Officer   July 2015   N/A   135   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
James O. Yost (k)
(age 61)
  Treasurer   September 1990   N/A   135   Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Senior Vice President
(h) Date first appointed to serve as Trustee/Officer of an MFS Fund. Each Trustee has served continuously since appointment unless indicated otherwise. For the period from December 15, 2004 until February 22, 2005, Mr. Manning served as Advisory Trustee. From January 2012 through December 2016, Messrs. DiLorenzo and Yost served as Treasurer and Deputy Treasurer of the Funds, respectively.
(j) Directorships or trusteeships of companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission (i.e., “public companies”).
(k) “Interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (referred to as the 1940 Act), which is the principal federal law governing investment companies like the fund, as a result of a position with MFS. The address of MFS is 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199-7618.
The Trust holds annual shareholder meetings for the purpose of electing Trustees, and Trustees are elected for fixed terms. The Board of Trustees is currently divided into three classes, each having a term of three years which term expires on the date of the third annual meeting following the election to office of the Trustee’s class. Each year the term of one class expires. Each Trustee and officer will serve until next elected or his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal. Under the terms of the Board's retirement policy, an Independent Trustee shall retire at the end of the calendar year in which he or she reaches the earlier of 75 years of age or 15 years of service on the Board (or, in the case of any Independent Trustee who joined the Board prior to 2015, 20 years of service on the Board).
Messrs. Buller, Kilman and Otis and Ms. Roepke are members of the Trust’s Audit Committee.
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Each of the Interested Trustees and certain Officers hold comparable officer positions with certain affiliates of MFS.

Investment Adviser Custodian
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
111 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02199-7618
State Street Bank and Trust Company
1 Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900
    
Portfolio Manager(s) Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Robert Spector
Ward Brown
David Cole
Pilar Gomez-Bravo
Andy Li
Henry Peabody
Matt Ryan
Michael Skatrud
Ernst & Young LLP
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116
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Board Review of Investment Advisory Agreement
MFS Multimarket Income Trust
The Investment Company Act of 1940 requires that both the full Board of Trustees and a majority of the non-interested (“independent”) Trustees, voting separately, annually approve the continuation of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement with MFS. The Trustees consider matters bearing on the Fund and its advisory arrangements at their meetings throughout the year, including a review of performance data at each regular meeting. In addition, the independent Trustees met several times by videoconference (in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission relief) over the course of three months beginning in May and ending in July, 2021 (“contract review meetings”) for the specific purpose of considering whether to approve the continuation of the investment advisory agreement for the Fund and the other investment companies that the Board oversees (the “MFS Funds”). The independent Trustees were assisted in their evaluation of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement by independent legal counsel, from whom they received separate legal advice and with whom they met separately from MFS during various contract review meetings. The independent Trustees were also assisted in this process by an independent consultant who was retained by and reported to the independent Trustees.
In connection with their deliberations regarding the continuation of the investment advisory agreement, the Trustees, including the independent Trustees, considered such information and factors as they believed, in light of the legal advice furnished to them and their own business judgment, to be relevant. The investment advisory agreement for the Fund was considered separately, although the Trustees also took into account the common interests of all MFS Funds in their review. As described below, the Trustees considered the nature, quality, and extent of the various investment advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by MFS under the existing investment advisory agreement and other arrangements with the Fund.
In connection with their contract review meetings, the Trustees received and relied upon materials that included, among other items: (i) information provided by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent third party, on the investment performance (based on net asset value) of the Fund for various time periods ended December 31, 2020 and the investment performance (based on net asset value) of a group of funds with substantially similar investment classifications/objectives (the “Broadridge performance universe”), (ii) information provided by Broadridge on the Fund’s advisory fees and other expenses and the advisory fees and other expenses of comparable funds identified by Broadridge as well as all other funds in the same investment classification/category (the “Broadridge expense group and universe”), (iii) information provided by MFS on the advisory fees of portfolios of other clients of MFS, including institutional separate accounts and other clients, (iv) information as to whether and to what extent applicable expense waivers, reimbursements or fee “breakpoints” are observed for the Fund, (v) information regarding MFS’ financial results and financial condition, including MFS’ and certain of its affiliates’ estimated profitability from services performed for the Fund and the MFS Funds as a whole, and compared to MFS’ institutional business, (vi) MFS’ views regarding the outlook for the mutual fund industry and the strategic business plans of MFS, (vii) descriptions of various functions performed by MFS for the Funds, such as compliance monitoring and
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portfolio trading practices, and (viii) information regarding the overall organization of MFS, including information about MFS’ senior management and other personnel providing investment advisory, administrative and other services to the Fund and the other MFS Funds. The comparative performance, fee and expense information prepared and provided by Broadridge was not independently verified and the independent Trustees did not independently verify any information provided to them by MFS.
The Trustees’ conclusion as to the continuation of the investment advisory agreement was based on a comprehensive consideration of all information provided to the Trustees and not the result of any single factor. Some of the factors that figured particularly in the Trustees’ deliberations are described below, although individual Trustees may have evaluated the information presented differently from one another, giving different weights to various factors. It is also important to recognize that the fee arrangements for the Fund and other MFS Funds are the result of years of review and discussion between the independent Trustees and MFS, that certain aspects of such arrangements may receive greater scrutiny in some years than in others, and that the Trustees’ conclusions may be based, in part, on their consideration of these same arrangements during the course of the year and in prior years.
Based on information provided by Broadridge and MFS, the Trustees reviewed the Fund’s total return investment performance as well as the Broadridge performance universe over various time periods. The Trustees placed particular emphasis on the total return performance of the Fund’s common shares in comparison to the performance of funds in its Broadridge performance universe over the five-year period ended December 31, 2020, which the Trustees believed was a long enough period to reflect differing market conditions. The total return performance of the Fund’s common shares ranked 12th out of a total of 22 funds in the Broadridge performance universe for this five-year period (a ranking of first place out of the total number of funds in the performance universe indicating the best performer and a ranking of last place out of the total number of funds in the performance universe indicating the worst performer). The total return performance of the Fund’s common shares ranked 3rd out of a total of 25 funds for the one-year period and 3rd out of a total of 23 funds for the three-year period ended December 31, 2020. Given the size of the Broadridge performance universe and information previously provided by MFS regarding differences between the Fund and other funds in its Broadridge performance universe, the Trustees also reviewed the Fund’s performance in comparison to a custom benchmark developed by MFS. The Fund outperformed its custom benchmark for each of the one-, three- and five-year periods ended December 31, 2020 (one-year: 9.9% total return for the Fund versus 7.5% total return for the benchmark; three-year: 8.3% total return for the Fund versus 5.8% total return for the benchmark; five-year: 9.1% total return for the Fund versus 7.2% total return for the benchmark). Because of the passage of time, these performance results may differ from the performance results for more recent periods, including those shown elsewhere in this report.
In the course of their deliberations, the Trustees took into account information provided by MFS in connection with the contract review meetings, as well as during investment review meetings conducted with portfolio management personnel during the course of the year regarding the Fund’s performance. After reviewing these and related factors, the Trustees concluded, within the context of their overall conclusions regarding the investment advisory agreement, that they were satisfied with MFS’ responses and efforts relating to investment performance.
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In assessing the reasonableness of the Fund’s advisory fee, the Trustees considered, among other information, the Fund’s advisory fee and the total expense ratio of the Fund’s common shares as a percentage of average daily net assets and the advisory fee and total expense ratios of the Broadridge expense group based on information provided by Broadridge. The Trustees considered that, according to the data provided by Broadridge (which takes into account any fee reductions or expense limitations that were in effect during the Fund’s last fiscal year), the Fund’s effective advisory fee rate and total expense ratio were each lower than the Broadridge expense group median.
The Trustees also considered the advisory fees charged by MFS to any institutional separate accounts advised by MFS (“separate accounts”) and unaffiliated investment companies for which MFS serves as subadviser (“subadvised funds”) that have comparable investment strategies to the Fund, if any. In comparing these fees, the Trustees considered information provided by MFS as to the generally broader scope of services provided by MFS to the Fund, as well as the more extensive regulatory burdens imposed on MFS in managing the Fund, in comparison to separate accounts and subadvised funds.
The Trustees considered that, as a closed-end fund, the Fund is unlikely to experience meaningful asset growth. As a result, the Trustees did not view the potential for realization of economies of scale as the Fund’s assets grow to be a material factor in their deliberations. The Trustees noted that they would consider economies of scale in the future in the event the Fund experiences significant asset growth, such as through an offering of preferred shares (which is not currently contemplated) or a material increase in the market value of the Fund’s portfolio securities.
The Trustees also considered information prepared by MFS relating to MFS’ costs and profits with respect to the Fund, the MFS Funds considered as a group, and other investment companies and accounts advised by MFS, as well as MFS’ methodologies used to determine and allocate its costs to the MFS Funds, the Fund and other accounts and products for purposes of estimating profitability.
After reviewing these and other factors described herein, the Trustees concluded, within the context of their overall conclusions regarding the investment advisory agreement, that the advisory fees charged to the Fund represent reasonable compensation in light of the services being provided by MFS to the Fund.
In addition, the Trustees considered MFS’ resources and related efforts to continue to retain, attract and motivate capable personnel to serve the Fund. The Trustees also considered current and developing conditions in the financial services industry, including the presence of large and well-capitalized companies which are spending, and appear to be prepared to continue to spend, substantial sums to engage personnel and to provide services to competing investment companies. In this regard, the Trustees also considered the financial resources of MFS and its ultimate parent, Sun Life Financial Inc. The Trustees also considered the advantages and possible disadvantages to the Fund of having an adviser that also serves other investment companies as well as other accounts.
The Trustees also considered the nature, quality, cost, and extent of administrative services provided to the Fund by MFS under agreements other than the investment advisory agreement. The Trustees also considered the nature, extent and quality of certain other services MFS performs or arranges for on the Fund’s behalf, which may include securities lending programs, directed expense payment programs, class action
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recovery programs, and MFS’ interaction with third-party service providers, principally custodians and sub-custodians. The Trustees concluded that the various non-advisory services provided by MFS and its affiliates on behalf of the Fund were satisfactory.
The Trustees considered so-called “fall-out benefits” to MFS such as reputational value derived from serving as investment manager to the MFS Funds. The Trustees also considered that MFS discontinued its historic practice of obtaining investment research from portfolio brokerage commissions paid by certain MFS Funds effective January 2018, and directly pays or voluntarily reimburses a Fund, if applicable, for the costs of external research acquired through the use of the Fund’s portfolio brokerage commissions.
Based on their evaluation of factors that they deemed to be material, including those factors described above, the Board of Trustees, including the independent Trustees, concluded that the Fund’s investment advisory agreement with MFS should be continued for an additional one-year period, commencing August 1, 2021.
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Proxy Voting Policies and Information
MFS votes proxies on behalf of the fund pursuant to proxy voting policies and procedures that are available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-225-2606, by visiting mfs.com/proxyvoting, or by visiting the SEC’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
Information regarding how the fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 is available by August 31 of each year without charge by visiting mfs.com/proxyvoting, or by visiting the SEC’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
Quarterly Portfolio Disclosure
The fund files 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 fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s Web site at  http://www.sec.gov. A shareholder can obtain the portfolio holdings report for the first and third quarters of the fund's fiscal year at  mfs.com/closedendfunds by choosing the fund's name and then scrolling to the “Resources” section and clicking on the “Prospectus and Reports” tab.
Further Information
From time to time, MFS may post important information about the fund or the MFS Funds on the MFS Web site (mfs.com). This information is available at https://www.mfs.com/announcements or at mfs.com/closedendfunds by choosing the fund's name and then scrolling to the “Resources” section and clicking on the “Announcements” tab, if any.
Additional information about the fund (e.g., performance, dividends and the fund’s price history)  is also available at mfs.com/closedendfunds by choosing the fund's name, if any.
INFORMATION ABOUT FUND CONTRACTS AND LEGAL CLAIMS
The fund has entered into contractual arrangements with an investment adviser, administrator, transfer agent, and custodian who each provide services to the fund. Unless expressly stated otherwise, shareholders are not parties to, or intended beneficiaries of these contractual arrangements, and these contractual arrangements are not intended to create any shareholder right to enforce them against the service providers or to seek any remedy under them against the service providers, either directly or on behalf of the fund.
Under the Trust’s By-Laws and Declaration of Trust, any claims asserted against or on behalf of the MFS Funds, including claims against Trustees and Officers, must be brought in state and federal courts located within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Federal Tax Information (unaudited)
The fund will notify shareholders of amounts for use in preparing 2021 income tax forms in January 2022. The following information is provided pursuant to provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.
The fund intends to pass through the maximum amount allowable as Section 163(j) Interest Dividends as defined in Treasury Regulation §1.163(j)-1(b).
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FACTS WHAT DOES MFS DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
    
Why? Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.
    
What? The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:
• Social Security number and account balances
• Account transactions and transaction history
• Checking account information and wire transfer instructions
When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.
    
How? All financial companies need to share customers' personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers' personal information; the reasons MFS chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing.
    
Reasons we can share your
personal information
Does MFS share? Can you limit
this sharing?
For our everyday business purposes –
such as to process your transactions, maintain your
account(s), respond to court orders and legal
investigations, or report to credit bureaus
Yes No
For our marketing purposes –
to offer our products and services to you
No We don't share
For joint marketing with other
financial companies
No We don't share
For our affiliates' everyday business purposes –
information about your transactions and experiences
No We don't share
For our affiliates' everyday business purposes –
information about your creditworthiness
No We don't share
For nonaffiliates to market to you No We don't share
    
Questions? Call 800-225-2606 or go to mfs.com.
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Who we are
Who is providing this notice? MFS Funds, MFS Investment Management, MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc., and MFS Heritage Trust Company.
    
What we do
How does MFS
protect my personal
information?
To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include procedural, electronic, and physical safeguards for the protection of the personal information we collect about you.
How does MFS
collect my personal
information?
We collect your personal information, for example, when you
• open an account or provide account information
• direct us to buy securities or direct us to sell your securities
• make a wire transfer
We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies.
Why can't I limit all sharing? Federal law gives you the right to limit only
• sharing for affiliates' everyday business purposes – information about your creditworthiness
• affiliates from using your information to market to you
• sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you
State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.
    
Definitions
Affiliates Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
•  MFS does not share personal information with affiliates, except for everyday business purposes as described on page one of this notice.
Nonaffiliates Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
•  MFS does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you.
Joint marketing A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
•  MFS doesn't jointly market.
    
Other important information
If you own an MFS product or receive an MFS service in the name of a third party such as a bank or broker-dealer, their privacy policy may apply to you instead of ours.
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TRANSFER AGENT, REGISTRAR, AND
DIVIDEND DISBURSING AGENT
CALL
1-800-637-2304
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Item 1(b):

A copy of the notice transmitted to the Registrant’s shareholders in reliance on Rule 30e-3 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended that contains disclosure specified by paragraph (c)(3) of Rule 30e-3 is attached hereto as EX-99.30e-3Notice.


ITEM 2.

CODE OF ETHICS.

The Registrant has adopted a Code of Ethics (the “Code”) pursuant to Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and as defined in Form N-CSR that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer. During the period covered by this report, the Registrant has not amended any provision in the Code that relates to an element of the Code’s definition enumerated in paragraph (b) of Item 2 of this Form N-CSR. During the period covered by this report, the Registrant did not grant a waiver, including an implicit waiver, from any provision of the Code.

A copy of the Code is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.

 

ITEM 3.

AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

Messrs. Steven E. Buller, James Kilman, and Clarence Otis, Jr. and Ms. Maryanne L. Roepke, members of the Audit Committee, have been determined by the Board of Trustees in their reasonable business judgment to meet the definition of “audit committee financial expert” as such term is defined in Form N-CSR. In addition, Messrs. Buller, Kilman, and Otis and Ms. Roepke are “independent” members of the Audit Committee (as such term has been defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission in regulations implementing Section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002). The Securities and Exchange Commission has stated that the designation of a person as an audit committee financial expert pursuant to this Item 3 on the Form N-CSR does not impose on such a person any duties, obligations or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations or liability imposed on such person as a member of the Audit Committee and the Board of Trustees in the absence of such designation or identification.

 

ITEM 4.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Items 4(a) through 4(d) and 4(g):

The Board of Trustees has appointed Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”) to serve as independent accountants to the Registrant (hereinafter the “Registrant” or the “Fund”). The tables below set forth the audit fees billed to the Fund as well as fees for non-audit services provided to the Fund and/or to the Fund’s investment adviser, Massachusetts Financial Services Company (“MFS”) and to various entities either controlling, controlled by, or under common control with MFS that provide ongoing services to the Fund (“MFS Related Entities”).


For the fiscal years ended October 31, 2021 and 2020, audit fees billed to the Fund by E&Y were as follows:    

 

     Audit Fees  
     2021      2020  

Fees billed by E&Y:

     

MFS Multimarket Income Trust

     61,052        60,220  

For the fiscal years ended October 31, 2021 and 2020, fees billed by E&Y for audit-related, tax and other services provided to the Fund and for audit-related, tax and other services provided to MFS and MFS Related Entities were as follows:

 

     Audit-Related Fees1      Tax Fees2      All Other Fees3  
     2021      2020      2021      2020      2021      2020  

Fees billed by E&Y:

                 

To MFS Multimarket Income Trust

     12,246        12,077        11,255        11,103        1,092        1,110  

 

     Audit-Related Fees1      Tax Fees2      All Other Fees3  
     2021      2020      2021      2020      2021      2020  

Fees billed by E&Y:

                 

To MFS and MFS Related Entities of MFS Multimarket Income Trust*

     1,663,649        1,790,828        0        0        110,620        104,750  

 

     Aggregate Fees for Non-audit Services  
     2021      2020  

Fees Billed by E&Y:

     

To MFS Multimarket Income Trust, MFS and MFS Related Entities#

     2,015,561        2,130,598  

 

* 

This amount reflects the fees billed to MFS and MFS Related Entities for non-audit services relating directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund (portions of which services also related to the operations and financial reporting of other funds within the MFS Funds complex).

#

This amount reflects the aggregate fees billed by E&Y for non-audit services rendered to the Fund and for non-audit services rendered to MFS and the MFS Related Entities.

1 

The fees included under “Audit-Related Fees” are fees related to assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of financial statements, but not reported under ‘‘Audit Fees,’’ including accounting consultations, agreed-upon procedure reports, attestation reports, comfort letters and internal control reviews.

2 

The fees included under “Tax Fees” are fees associated with tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning, including services relating to the filing or amendment of federal, state or local income tax returns, regulated investment company qualification reviews and tax distribution and analysis.

3 

The fees included under “All Other Fees” are fees for products and services provided by E&Y other than those reported under “Audit Fees,” “Audit-Related Fees” and “Tax Fees,” including fees for services related to review of internal controls and review of Rule 38a-1 compliance program.

Item 4(e)(1):

Set forth below are the policies and procedures established by the Audit Committee of the Board of Trustees relating to the pre-approval of audit and non-audit related services:

To the extent required by applicable law, pre-approval by the Audit Committee of the Board is needed for all audit and permissible non-audit services rendered to the Fund and all permissible non-audit services rendered to MFS or MFS Related Entities if the services relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant. Pre-approval is currently on an engagement-by-engagement basis. In the event pre-approval of such services is necessary between regular meetings of the Audit Committee and it is not


practical to wait to seek pre-approval at the next regular meeting of the Audit Committee, pre-approval of such services may be referred to the Chair of the Audit Committee for approval; provided that the Chair may not pre-approve any individual engagement for such services exceeding $50,000 or multiple engagements for such services in the aggregate exceeding $100,000 between such regular meetings of the Audit Committee. Any engagement pre-approved by the Chair between regular meetings of the Audit Committee shall be presented for ratification by the entire Audit Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

Item 4(e)(2):

None, or 0%, of the services relating to the Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees paid by the Fund and MFS and MFS Related Entities relating directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant disclosed above were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraphs (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X (which permits audit committee approval after the start of the engagement with respect to services other than audit, review or attest services, if certain conditions are satisfied).

Item 4(f):

Not applicable.

Item 4(h):

The Registrant’s Audit Committee has considered whether the provision by a Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm of non-audit services to MFS and MFS Related Entities that were not pre-approved by the Committee (because such services were provided prior to the effectiveness of SEC rules requiring pre-approval or because such services did not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant) was compatible with maintaining the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm as the Registrant’s principal auditors.

 

ITEM 5.

AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

The Registrant has an Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The members of the Audit Committee are Messrs. Steven E. Buller, James Kilman, and Clarence Otis, Jr. and Ms. Maryanne L. Roepke.

 

ITEM 6.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

A schedule of investments of the Registrant is included as part of the report to shareholders of the Registrant under Item 1(a) of this Form N-CSR.

 

ITEM 7.

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

A copy of the proxy voting policies and procedures are attached hereto as EX-99.PROXYPOL.


ITEM 8.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Portfolio Manager(s)

Information regarding the portfolio manager(s) of the MFS Multimarket Income Trust (the “Fund”) is set forth below. Each portfolio manager is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund.

Robert Persons was no longer a portfolio manager of the Fund as of June 30, 2021.

 

Portfolio Manager

  

Primary Role

   Since   

Title and Five Year History

Robert Spector    Lead Portfolio Manager    2017    Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment area of MFS since 2011
Ward Brown    Emerging Markets Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager    2012    Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment area of MFS since 2005
David Cole    Below Investment Grade Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager    2006    Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment area of MFS since 2004
Pilar Gomez-Bravo    Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager    2013    Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment area of MFS since 2013
Andy Li    Investment Grade Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager    2019    Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment area of MFS since 2018; Portfolio Manager at Man GLG from 2014 to 2018
Henry Peabody    Investment Grade Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager    2019    Employed in the investment area of MFS since July 2019; Vice President/Portfolio Manager at Eaton Vance Management from November 2014 to June 2019
Matt Ryan    Emerging Markets Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager    2004    Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment area of MFS since 1997
Michael Skatrud    Below Investment Grade Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager    2018    Investment Officer of MFS; Employed in the investment area of MFS since May 2013

Compensation

MFS’ philosophy is to align portfolio manager compensation with the goal to provide shareholders with long-term value through a collaborative investment process. Therefore, MFS uses long-term investment performance as well as contribution to the overall investment process and collaborative culture as key factors in determining portfolio manager compensation. In addition, MFS seeks to maintain total compensation programs that are competitive in the asset management industry in each geographic market where it has employees. MFS uses competitive compensation data to ensure that compensation practices are aligned with its goals of attracting, retaining, and motivating the highest-quality professionals.

MFS reviews portfolio manager compensation annually. In determining portfolio manager compensation, MFS uses quantitative means and qualitative means to help ensure a sustainable investment process. As of December 31, 2020, portfolio manager total cash compensation is a combination of base salary and performance bonus:

Base Salary – Base salary generally represents a smaller percentage of portfolio manager total cash compensation than performance bonus.

Performance Bonus – Generally, the performance bonus represents more than a majority of portfolio manager total cash compensation.


The performance bonus is based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative factors, generally with more weight given to the former and less weight given to the latter.

The quantitative portion is primarily based on the pre-tax performance of accounts managed by the portfolio manager over a range of fixed-length time periods, intended to provide the ability to assess performance over time periods consistent with a full market cycle and a strategy’s investment horizon. The fixed-length time periods include the portfolio manager’s full tenure on each fund and, when available, ten-, five-, and three-year periods. For portfolio managers who have served for less than three years, shorter-term periods, including the one-year period, will also be considered, as will performance in previous roles, if any, held at the firm. Emphasis is generally placed on longer performance periods when multiple performance periods are available. Performance is evaluated across the full set of strategies and portfolios managed by a given portfolio manager, relative to appropriate peer group universes and/or representative indices (“benchmarks”). As of December 31, 2020, the following benchmarks were used to measure the following portfolio manager’s performance for the Fund:

 

Fund

  

Portfolio Manager

  

Benchmark(s)

MFS Multimarket Income Trust    Robert Spector   

Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Bond Index

JP Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global

Bloomberg U.S. High-Yield Corporate Bond 2% Issuer Capped Index

Bloomberg U.S. Government/Mortgage Bond Index

  

Ward Brown

 

  

JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global

 

   David Cole   

Bloomberg U.S. High-Yield Corporate Bond 2% Issuer Capped Index

 

   Pilar Gomez-Bravo   

Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Bond Index

JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global

Bloomberg U.S. High-Yield Corporate Bond 2% Issuer Capped Index

Bloomberg U.S. Government/Mortgage Bond Index

 

   Andy Li   

Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Bond Index

 

   Henry Peabody   

Bloomberg Global Aggregate Credit Bond Index

 

   Matt Ryan   

JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global

 

   Michael Skatrud   

Bloomberg U.S. High-Yield Corporate Bond 2% Issuer Capped Index

 

Benchmarks may include versions and components of indices, custom indices, and linked indices that combine performance of different indices for different portions of the time period, where appropriate.    

The qualitative portion is based on the results of an annual internal peer review process (where portfolio managers are evaluated by other portfolio managers, analysts, and traders) and management’s assessment of overall portfolio manager contribution to the MFS investment process and the client experience (distinct from fund and other account performance).

The performance bonus is generally a combination of cash and a deferred cash award. A deferred cash award is issued for a cash value and becomes payable over a three-year vesting period if the portfolio manager remains in the continuous employ of MFS or its affiliates. During the vesting period, the value of the unfunded deferred cash award will fluctuate as though the portfolio manager had invested the cash value of the award in an MFS Fund(s) selected by the portfolio manager.

MFS Equity Plan – Portfolio managers also typically benefit from the opportunity to participate in the MFS Equity Plan. Equity interests are awarded by management, on a discretionary basis, taking into account tenure at MFS, contribution to the investment process, and other factors.


Finally, portfolio managers also participate in benefit plans (including a defined contribution plan and health and other insurance plans) and programs available generally to other employees of MFS. The percentage such benefits represent of any portfolio manager’s compensation depends upon the length of the individual’s tenure at MFS and salary level, as well as other factors.

Ownership of Fund Shares

The following table shows the dollar range of equity securities of the Fund beneficially owned by the Fund’s portfolio manager(s) as of the Fund’s fiscal year ended October 31, 2021. The following dollar ranges apply:

N. None

A. $1 – $10,000

B. $10,001 – $50,000

C. $50,001 – $100,000

D. $100,001 – $500,000

E. $500,001 – $1,000,000

F. Over $1,000,000

 

Name of Portfolio Manager

  

Dollar Range of Equity Securities in  Fund

Robert Spector

   N

Ward Brown

   N

David Cole

   N

Pilar Gomez-Bravo

   N

Andy Li

   N

Henry Peabody

   N

Matt Ryan

   N

Michael Skatrud

   N


Other Accounts

In addition to the Fund, each portfolio manager of the Fund is named as a portfolio manager of certain other accounts managed or sub-advised by MFS or an affiliate. The number and assets of these accounts were as follows as of the Fund’s fiscal year ended October 31, 2021:

 

     Registered Investment
Companies*
     Other Pooled Investment
Vehicles
     Other Accounts  

Name

   Number of
Accounts
     Total
Assets
     Number of
Accounts
     Total Assets      Number of
Accounts
     Total Assets  

Robert Spector

     7      $ 4.7 billion        12      $ 5.4 billion        50      $ 3.0 billion  

Ward Brown

     7      $ 13.0 billion        9      $ 4.2 billion        7      $ 2.2 billion  

David Cole

     14      $ 11.2 billion        8      $ 6.8 billion        6      $ 404.7 million  

Pilar Gomez-Bravo

     5      $ 4.3 billion        8      $ 3.0 billion        5      $ 1.2 billion  

Andy Li

     5      $ 4.3 billion        8      $ 3.0 billion        5      $ 1.2 billion  

Henry Peabody

     12      $ 27.0 billion        9      $ 3.6 billion        7      $ 1.4 billion  

Matt Ryan

     9      $ 16.8 billion        10      $ 4.5 billion        7      $ 2.2 billion  

Michael Skatrud

     13      $ 11.1 billion        8      $ 1.3 billion        4      $ 320.4 million  

 

*

Includes the Fund.

Advisory fees are not based upon performance of any of the accounts identified in the table above.

Potential Conflicts of Interest

MFS seeks to identify potential conflicts of interest resulting from a portfolio manager’s management of both the Fund and other accounts, and has adopted policies and procedures designed to address such potential conflicts. There is no guarantee that MFS will be successful in identifying or mitigating conflicts of interest.

The management of multiple funds and accounts (including accounts in which MFS or an affiliate has an interest) gives rise to conflicts of interest if the funds and accounts have different objectives and strategies, benchmarks, time horizons, and fees, as a portfolio manager must allocate his or her time and investment ideas across multiple funds and accounts. In certain instances, there are securities which are suitable for the Fund’s portfolio as well as for one or more other accounts advised by MFS or its subsidiaries (including accounts in which MFS or an affiliate has an interest) with similar investment objectives. MFS’ trade allocation policies could have a detrimental effect on the Fund if the Fund’s orders do not get fully executed or are delayed in getting executed due to being aggregated with those of other accounts advised by MFS or its subsidiaries. A portfolio manager may execute transactions for another fund or account that may adversely affect the value of the Fund’s investments. Investments selected for funds or accounts other than the Fund may outperform investments selected for the Fund.

When two or more accounts are simultaneously engaged in the purchase or sale of the same security, the securities are allocated among clients in a manner believed by MFS to be fair and equitable to each over time. Allocations may be based on many factors and may not always be pro rata based on assets managed. The allocation methodology could have a detrimental effect on the price or availability of a security with respect to the Fund.

MFS and/or a portfolio manager may have a financial incentive to allocate favorable or limited opportunity investments or structure the timing of investments to favor accounts other than the Fund; for instance, those that pay a higher advisory fee and/or have a performance adjustment, those that include an investment by the portfolio manager, and/or those in which MFS, its officers and/or employees, and/or its affiliates own or have an interest.


To the extent permitted by applicable law, certain accounts may invest their assets in other accounts advised by MFS or its affiliates, including accounts that are advised by one or more of the same portfolio manager(s), which could result in conflicts of interest relating to asset allocation, timing of purchases and redemptions, and increased profitability for MFS, its affiliates, and/or its personnel, including portfolio managers.

 

ITEM 9.

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

MFS Multimarket Income Trust

 

Period

   (a)
Total number
of Shares
Purchased
     (b)
Average
Price
Paid per
Share
     (c)
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced
Plans or
Programs
     (d) Maximum
Number (or
Approximate
Dollar Value) of
Shares that May
Yet Be Purchased
under the Plans
or Programs
 

11/01/20-11/30/20

     0        N/A        0        5,123,395  

12/01/20-12/31/20

     0        N/A        0        5,123,395  

1/01/21-1/31/21

     0        N/A        0        5,123,395  

2/01/21-2/28/21

     0        N/A        0        5,123,395  

3/01/21-3/31/21

     0        N/A        0        5,123,395  

4/01/21-4/30/21

     0        N/A        0        5,123,395  

5/01/21-5/31/21

     0        N/A        0        5,123,395  

6/01/21-6/30/21

     0        N/A        0        5,123,395  

7/01/21-7/31/21

     0        N/A        0        5,123,395  

8/01/21-8/31/21

     0        N/A        0        5,123,395  

9/01/21-9/30/21

     0        N/A        0        5,123,395  

10/1/21-10/31/21

     0        N/A        0        6,039,157  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total

     0        N/A        0     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Note: The Board approved procedures to repurchase shares and reviews the results periodically. The notification to shareholders of the program is part of the semi-annual and annual reports sent to shareholders. These annual programs begin on October 1st of each year. The programs conform to the conditions of Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and limit the aggregate number of shares that may be purchased in each annual period (October 1 through the following September 30) to 10% of the Registrant’s outstanding shares as of the first day of the plan year (October 1). The aggregate number of shares available for purchase for the October 1, 2021 plan year is 6,039,157.

 

ITEM 10.

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may send recommendations to the Board for nominees to the Registrant’s Board since the Registrant last provided disclosure as to such procedures in response to the requirements of Item 407 (c)(2)(iv) of Regulation S-K or this Item.


ITEM 11.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

(a)

Based upon their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this Form N-CSR, the registrant’s principal financial officer and principal executive officer have concluded that those disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that the material information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

 

(b)

There were no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the period covered by the report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 12.

DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

During the fiscal year ending October 31, 2021, there were no fees or income related to securities lending activities of the Registrant.

 

ITEM 13.

EXHIBITS.

 

(a)   

(1)    Any code of ethics, or amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy the Item 2 requirements through filing of an exhibit: Attached hereto as EX-99.COE.

  

(2)    A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2): Attached hereto as EX-99.302CERT.

  

(3)    Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 under the Act (17 CFR 270.23c-1) sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons. Not applicable.

  

(4)    Change in the registrant’s independent public accountant. Not applicable.

 

(b)

If the report is filed under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, provide the certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)), Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-14(b) or 240.15d-14(b)) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18


   U.S.C. 1350) as an exhibit. A certification furnished pursuant to this paragraph will not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78r), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference. Attached hereto as EX-99.906CERT.
(c)    Registrant’s Rule 30e-3 Notice pursuant to Item 1(b) of Form N-CSR. Attached hereto as EX-99.30e-3Notice.
(d)    Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures pursuant to Item 7 of Form N-CSR. Attached hereto as EX-99.PROXYPOL.
(e)    Notices to Trust’s common shareholders in accordance with Investment Company Act Section 19(a) and Rule 19a-1. Attached hereto as EX-99.19a-1.


Notice

A copy of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Registrant is on file with the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and notice is hereby given that this instrument is executed on behalf of the Registrant by an officer of the Registrant as an officer and not individually and the obligations of or arising out of this instrument are not binding upon any of the Trustees or shareholders individually, but are binding only upon the assets and property of the respective constituent series of the Registrant.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Registrant: MFS MULTIMARKET INCOME TRUST

 

By (Signature and Title)*    /S/ DAVID L. DILORENZO
  David L. DiLorenzo, President

Date: December 15, 2021

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

 

By (Signature and Title)*    /S/ DAVID L. DILORENZO
 

David L. DiLorenzo, President

(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: December 15, 2021

 

By (Signature and Title)*    /S/ JAMES O. YOST
 

James O. Yost, Treasurer

(Principal Financial Officer

and Accounting Officer)

Date: December 15, 2021

 

*

Print name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.

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