NPORT-EX 2 gug80578.htm ADVENT CONVERTIBLE AND INCOME FUND NQ

Advent Convertible and Income Fund
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)                  
July 31, 2020
   


 
Shares
   
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS - 9.6%
         
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 2.8%
       
Medtronic plc
50,000
 
$
4,824,000
 
Merck & Company, Inc.
56,500
   
4,533,560
 
AbbVie, Inc.
35,000
   
3,321,850
 
Coca-Cola Co.
50,000
   
2,362,000
 
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical
     
15,041,410
 
Industrial - 1.9%
         
Honeywell International, Inc.
25,000
   
3,734,250
 
Union Pacific Corp.
20,000
   
3,467,000
 
Caterpillar, Inc.
25,000
   
3,322,000
 
Total Industrial
     
10,523,250
 
Financial - 1.7%
         
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. REIT
75,000
   
2,715,750
 
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
25,000
   
2,666,750
 
Visa, Inc. — Class A
10,000
   
1,904,000
 
Lamar Advertising Co. — Class A REIT
25,000
   
1,643,250
 
Total Financial
     
8,929,750
 
Consumer, Cyclical - 1.4%
         
Walmart, Inc.
35,000
   
4,529,000
 
AutoZone, Inc.*
2,500
   
3,018,550
 
Total Consumer, Cyclical
     
7,547,550
 
Energy - 0.7%
         
Valero Energy Corp.
70,000
   
3,936,100
 
Technology - 0.6%
         
ON Semiconductor Corp.*
150,000
   
3,090,000
 
Communications - 0.5%
         
AT&T, Inc.
100,000
   
2,958,000
 
Total Common Stocks
         
(Cost $50,780,667)
     
52,026,060
 
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS - 19.1%
       
Consumer, Non-cyclical - 4.6%
       
Becton Dickinson and Co.
133,926
   
8,075,738
 
6.00% due 06/01/231
         
Boston Scientific Corp.
         
5.50% due 06/01/231
57,442
   
6,450,162
 
Elanco Animal Health, Inc.
       
5.00% due 02/01/231
       
Danaher Corp.
139,720
   
5,520,337
 
5.00% due 04/15/231
2,573
   
3,152,028
 
Avantor, Inc.
         
6.25% due 05/15/22
12,241
   
882,943
 
Bunge Ltd.
         
4.88%1
7,646
   
722,471
 
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical
     
24,803,679
 
Financial - 3.4%
         
Wells Fargo & Co.
         
7.50%1
6,000
   
8,116,741
 
Bank of America Corp.
         
7.25%1
5,295
   
7,937,258
 
Assurant, Inc.
         
6.50% due 03/15/211
12,990
   
1,404,089
 
QTS Realty Trust, Inc.
         
6.50%1
7,844
   
1,260,609
 
Total Financial
     
18,718,697
 
Technology - 3.3%
         
Broadcom, Inc.
         
8.00% due 09/30/221
9,650
   
11,009,782
 
Change Healthcare, Inc.
         
6.00% due 06/30/221
147,857
   
6,659,479
 
Total Technology
     
17,669,261
 
Industrial - 2.4%
         
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 

 


 
5.00%1
3,125
   
3,703,125
 
5.25% due 11/15/221
34,712
   
3,313,608
 
Colfax Corp.
         
5.75% due 01/15/221
25,000
   
3,145,000
 
II-VI, Inc.
         
6.00% due 07/01/23*,1
6,853
   
1,548,976
 
Energizer Holdings, Inc.
         
7.50% due 01/15/221
12,842
   
1,290,621
 
Total Industrial
     
13,001,330
 
Utilities - 2.4%
         
NextEra Energy, Inc.
         
5.28% due 03/01/231
148,723
   
7,204,142
 
PG&E Corp.
         
5.50% due 08/16/231
29,826
   
2,997,513
 
Southern Co.
         
6.75% due 08/01/221
19,892
   
917,419
 
Dominion Energy, Inc.
         
7.25% due 06/01/221
8,620
   
897,170
 
American Electric Power Company, Inc.
       
6.13% due 03/15/221
14,997
   
773,845
 
Total Utilities
     
12,790,089
 
Basic Materials - 1.3%
         
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
       
6.00% due 09/15/211
93,088
   
4,259,707
 
ArcelorMittal S.A.
         
5.50% due 05/18/231
100,000
   
2,830,000
 
Total Basic Materials
     
7,089,707
 
Consumer, Cyclical - 1.1%
         
Aptiv plc
         
5.50% due 06/15/231
59,519
   
6,082,842
 
Communications - 0.6%
   
 
2020 Cash Mandatory Exchangeable Trust
       
5.25% due 06/01/23*,1,3
3,070
   
3,198,909
 
Total Convertible Preferred Stocks
         
(Cost $97,961,605)
     
103,354,514
 
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS - 0.2%
       
ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ*
200,000
   
1,186,000
 
Total Exchange-Traded Funds
         
(Cost $1,383,600)
     
1,186,000
 
MONEY MARKET FUND - 3.8%
         
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Government Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.04%1,2
20,363,428
   
20,363,428
 
Total Money Market Fund
         
(Cost $20,363,428)
     
20,363,428
 


Advent Convertible and Income Fund
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)                  
July 31, 2020
   


 
Face
       
 
Amount~
   
Value
 
CONVERTIBLE BONDS†† - 75.3%
       
Technology -  19.1%
         
Splunk, Inc.
         
1.13% due 06/15/271,3
  8,212,000
   
 9,335,355
 
Rapid7, Inc.
         
2.25% due 05/01/251,3
  5,377,000
   
 6,603,494
 
1.25% due 08/01/23
  580,000
   
 886,675
 
Microchip Technology, Inc.
         
1.63% due 02/15/271
4,059,000
 
5,931,417
 
Silicon Laboratories, Inc.
         
0.63% due 06/15/251,3
  4,691,000
   
 5,165,612
 
LivePerson, Inc.
         
0.75% due 03/01/241
  3,788,000
   
 4,828,512
 
Talend S.A.
         
1.75% due 09/01/243
EUR  3,580,000
   
 4,114,350
 
Synaptics, Inc.
         
0.50% due 06/15/221
  3,292,000
   
 4,101,078
 
New Relic, Inc.
         
0.50% due 05/01/231
  4,000,000
   
 3,995,076
 
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
         
0.13% due 05/01/251
  1,666,000
   
 2,169,873
 
0.38% due 09/01/271,3
  1,321,000
   
 1,518,338
 
Workday, Inc.
         
0.25% due 10/01/221
  2,707,000
   
 3,653,457
 
ON Semiconductor Corp.
         
1.63% due 10/15/231
  2,886,000
   
 3,614,170
 
MongoDB, Inc.
         
0.25% due 01/15/261,3
  2,695,000
   
 3,502,056
 
STMicroelectronics N.V.
         
 due 08/04/274
  1,200,000
   
 1,237,740
 
 due 08/04/254
  1,000,000
   
 1,062,050
 
 due 07/03/221,4
  600,000
   
 818,763
 
Workiva, Inc.
         
1.13% due 08/15/261,3
  3,000,000
   
 2,957,426
 
Lumentum Holdings, Inc.
         
0.50% due 12/15/261,3
  2,508,000
   
 2,935,392
 
Western Digital Corp.
         
1.50% due 02/01/241
  3,000,000
   
 2,913,158
 
RingCentral, Inc.
         
 due 03/01/251,3,4
  2,374,000
   
 2,612,731
 
Pegasystems, Inc.
         
0.75% due 03/01/251,3
  2,000,000
   
 2,248,091
 
Zscaler, Inc.
         
0.13% due 07/01/251,3
  1,853,000
   
 2,111,715
 
Slack Technologies, Inc.
         
0.50% due 04/15/251,3
  1,649,000
   
 2,027,826
 
Insight Enterprises, Inc.
         
0.75% due 02/15/251,3
  1,917,000
   
 1,856,203
 
Cloudflare, Inc.
         
0.75% due 05/15/251,3
  1,197,000
   
 1,603,232
 
Lenovo Group Ltd.
         
3.38% due 01/24/241
  1,550,000
   
 1,594,567
 
RealPage, Inc.
         
1.50% due 05/15/251
  1,432,000
   
 1,547,422
 
Coupa Software, Inc.
         
0.38% due 06/15/261,3
  1,211,000
   
 1,518,384
 
Atos SE
         
 due 11/06/241,4
EUR  1,000,000
   
 1,495,567
 
Verint Systems, Inc.
         
1.50% due 06/01/211
  1,382,000
   
 1,389,824
 
Nuance Communications, Inc.
         
1.25% due 04/01/251
  862,000
   
 1,294,839
 
Alteryx, Inc.
         
1.00% due 08/01/261,3
  900,000
   
 1,104,836
 
Datadog, Inc.
         
0.13% due 06/15/251,3
  858,000
   
 1,087,443
 

CSG Systems International, Inc.
       
4.25% due 03/15/361
999,000
 
1,048,882
 
Innolux Corp.
         
 due 01/22/251,4
  1,000,000
   
 982,500
 
Cerence, Inc.
         
3.00% due 06/01/251,3
  742,000
   
 965,575
 
J2 Global, Inc.
         
3.25% due 06/15/291
  510,000
   
 534,558
 
1.75% due 11/01/261,3
  550,000
   
 420,091
 
Twilio, Inc.
         
0.25% due 06/01/231
  229,000
   
 895,616
 
Envestnet, Inc.
         
1.75% due 06/01/231
  661,000
   
 879,347
 
ServiceNow, Inc.
         
 due 06/01/221,4
  256,000
   
 834,729
 
Tabula Rasa HealthCare, Inc.
         
1.75% due 02/15/261,3
  796,000
   
 833,769
 
Teradyne, Inc.
         
1.25% due 12/15/231
  291,000
   
 824,912
 
Health Catalyst, Inc.
         
2.50% due 04/15/251,3
  300,000
   
 403,125
 
Total Technology
     
 103,459,776
 
Communications -  15.9%
         
Liberty Media Corp.
         
2.75% due 12/01/491,3
  6,927,000
   
 6,643,858
 
1.38% due 10/15/23
  3,313,000
   
 3,618,241
 
2.25% due 12/01/481,3
  3,214,000
   
 3,353,367
 
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
         
0.38% due 06/01/251,3
  5,698,000
   
 6,194,127
 
0.75% due 07/01/231
  4,086,000
   
 4,723,831
 
Booking Holdings, Inc.
         
0.75% due 05/01/251,3
  8,207,000
   
 10,369,544
 
Viavi Solutions, Inc.
         
1.00% due 03/01/241
  3,386,000
   
 4,160,479
 
1.75% due 06/01/231
  3,000,000
   
 3,592,270
 
DISH Network Corp.
         
3.38% due 08/15/261
  3,610,000
   
 3,332,499
 
2.38% due 03/15/241
  1,998,000
   
 1,838,904
 
PagerDuty, Inc.
         
1.25% due 07/01/251,3
  4,763,000
   
 4,980,197
 
Proofpoint, Inc.
         
0.25% due 08/15/241,3
  4,559,000
   
 4,693,151
 
JOYY, Inc.
         
1.38% due 06/15/26
  3,000,000
   
 3,200,625
 
0.75% due 06/15/251
  674,000
   
 713,176
 
Snap, Inc.
         
0.75% due 08/01/261,3
  2,976,000
   
 3,742,320
 
Lyft, Inc.
         
1.50% due 05/15/251,3
  3,000,000
   
 3,223,548
 
Match Group Financeco 2, Inc.
         
0.88% due 06/15/263
  2,185,000
   
 3,012,308
 
Zillow Group, Inc.
         
2.75% due 05/15/251
  1,214,000
   
 1,598,393
 
1.50% due 07/01/231
  1,048,000
   
 1,202,796
 
Okta, Inc.
         
0.38% due 06/15/261,3
  1,581,000
   
 1,858,973
 
Zendesk, Inc.
         
0.63% due 06/15/251,3
  1,553,000
   
 1,757,849
 


Advent Convertible and Income Fund
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)                  
July 31, 2020
   


 
Face
       
 
Amount~
   
Value
 
CONVERTIBLE BONDS†† - 75.3% (continued)
       
Communications -  15.9% (continued)
       
Etsy, Inc.
         
0.13% due 10/01/261,3
958,000
  $
1,456,661
 
Yandex N.V.
         
0.75% due 03/03/25
  1,200,000
   
 1,390,990
 
Bharti Airtel Ltd.
         
1.50% due 02/17/25
  1,050,000
   
 1,195,362
 
Delivery Hero SE
         
0.88% due 07/15/251
EUR  900,000
   
 1,071,753
 
RealReal, Inc.
         
3.00% due 06/15/253
  989,000
   
 1,053,211
 
GCI Liberty, Inc.
         
1.75% due 09/30/461,3
  565,000
   
 895,219
 
Twitter, Inc.
         
0.25% due 06/15/241
  768,000
   
 796,800
 
InterDigital, Inc.
         
2.00% due 06/01/241
  409,000
   
 422,786
 
Total Communications
     
 86,093,238
 
Consumer, Cyclical -  13.9%
         
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
         
4.25% due 06/15/231,3
  11,085,000
   
 10,567,934
 
Southwest Airlines Co.
         
1.25% due 05/01/251
  7,707,000
   
 8,972,127
 
Tesla, Inc.
         
1.25% due 03/01/211
  956,000
   
 3,803,088
 
2.00% due 05/15/241
  673,000
   
 3,111,817
 
Burlington Stores, Inc.
         
2.25% due 04/15/251,3
  5,843,000
   
 6,567,574
 
Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.
         
5.00% due 05/01/251,3
  4,479,000
   
 5,618,346
 
NCL Corporation Ltd.
         
5.38% due 08/01/251,3
  4,983,000
   
 4,659,045
 
6.00% due 05/15/241,3
  590,000
   
 695,775
 
National Vision Holdings, Inc.
         
2.50% due 05/15/251,3
  3,580,000
   
 4,491,924
 
Penn National Gaming, Inc.
         
2.75% due 05/15/261
  2,500,000
   
 4,139,062
 
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
         
2.00% due 02/15/251,3
  4,000,000
   
 3,498,404
 
Dufry One BV
         
1.00% due 05/04/231
CHF  3,000,000
   
 3,207,221
 
American Airlines Group, Inc.
         
6.50% due 07/01/251
  3,000,000
   
 2,491,585
 
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.
         
1.50% due 09/15/221
  2,092,000
   
 1,992,630
 
ANLLIAN Capital Ltd.
         
 due 02/05/251,4
EUR  1,500,000
   
 1,686,641
 
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.
         
3.25% due 04/15/251,3
  884,000
   
 1,334,566
 
Air Canada
         
4.00% due 07/01/251,3
  1,195,000
   
 1,254,750
 
Zhongsheng Group Holdings Ltd.
         
 due 05/21/254
HKD  7,000,000
   
 1,100,381
 
Adidas AG
         
0.05% due 09/12/231
EUR  800,000
   
 1,060,300
 
Carnival Corp.
         
5.75% due 04/01/231,3
  634,000
   
 921,868
 
RH
         
 due 09/15/241,3,4
597,000
 
881,108
 
Harvest International Co.
         
 due 11/21/224
HKD  6,000,000
   
 822,559
 
Sony Corp.
         
 due 09/30/224
JPY  45,000,000
   
 688,171
 
Zalando SE
         
0.05% due 08/06/25
EUR  500,000
   
 607,094
 
Huazhu Group Ltd.
         
3.00% due 05/01/261,3
  541,000
   
 569,679
 
Sabre GLBL, Inc.
         
4.00% due 04/15/251,3
  455,000
   
 557,377
 
Total Consumer, Cyclical
     
 75,301,026
 
Consumer, Non-cyclical -  13.3%
         
Jazz Investments I Ltd.
         
2.00% due 06/15/261,3
  5,654,000
   
 5,848,356
 
1.50% due 08/15/241
  2,200,000
   
 2,083,125
 
NuVasive, Inc.
         
1.00% due 06/01/231,3
  5,746,000
   
 5,839,372
 
0.38% due 03/15/251,3
  1,271,000
   
 1,189,246
 
Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.
         
2.63% due 03/15/241
  5,790,000
   
 6,096,271
 
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
         
0.75% due 05/15/231
  6,000,000
   
 5,514,022
 
Exact Sciences Corp.
         
0.38% due 03/15/271
  4,427,000
   
 4,887,501
 
Square, Inc.
         
0.50% due 05/15/231
  1,284,000
   
 2,294,133
 
0.13% due 03/01/251,3
  1,033,000
   
 1,374,125
 
DexCom, Inc.
         
0.25% due 11/15/251,3
  3,377,000
   
 3,657,713
 
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
         
0.13% due 12/15/241,3
  3,355,000
   
 3,305,972
 
Insulet Corp.
         
0.38% due 09/01/261,3
  2,860,000
   
 3,302,471
 
Euronet Worldwide, Inc.
         
0.75% due 03/15/491
  3,000,000
   
 2,917,500
 
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.
         
1.25% due 05/15/271,3
  1,822,000
   
 2,122,509
 
Teladoc Health, Inc.
         
1.25% due 06/01/271,3
  1,573,000
   
 2,026,212
 
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
         
0.63% due 04/01/231
  2,000,000
   
 1,814,198
 
Illumina, Inc.
         
0.50% due 06/15/211
  1,036,000
   
 1,592,608
 
LivaNova USA, Inc.
         
3.00% due 12/15/251,3
  1,482,000
   
 1,558,638
 
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.
         
0.50% due 08/15/251,3
  1,609,000
   
 1,502,342
 
ORPEA
         
0.38% due 05/17/271
  7,756**
   
 1,337,695
 
Ocado Group plc
         
0.75% due 01/18/271
GBP  800,000
   
 1,110,385
 
CONMED Corp.
         
2.63% due 02/01/241
  899,000
   
 1,025,275
 


Advent Convertible and Income Fund
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)                  
July 31, 2020
   


 
Face
       
 
Amount~
   
Value
 
CONVERTIBLE BONDS†† - 75.3% (continued)
       
Consumer, Non-cyclical -  13.3% (continued)
       
Flexion Therapeutics, Inc.
         
3.38% due 05/01/241
1,169,000
  $
997,303
 
Pacira BioSciences, Inc.
         
0.75% due 08/01/251,3
  976,000
   
 996,101
 
Amadeus IT Group S.A.
         
1.50% due 04/09/251
EUR  700,000
   
 973,570
 
Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.
         
1.50% due 11/15/241
  393,000
   
 871,379
 
GN Store Nord A/S
         
 due 05/21/241,4
EUR  700,000
   
 859,569
 
China Conch Venture
         
 due 09/05/234
HKD  6,000,000
   
 844,071
 
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
         
2.25% due 05/15/24
  490,000
   
 812,578
 
Insmed, Inc.
         
1.75% due 01/15/251
  809,000
   
 785,203
 
Cantel Medical Corp.
         
3.25% due 05/15/253
  492,000
   
 659,401
 
Biocartis Group S.A.
         
4.00% due 05/09/24
EUR  900,000
   
 641,315
 
Korian S.A.
         
0.88% due 03/06/27
  10,020**
   
 619,335
 
Anthem, Inc.
         
2.75% due 10/15/421
  110,000
   
 419,264
 
Worldline S.A.
         
 due 07/30/251,4
EUR  2,400
   
 3,518
 
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical
     
 71,882,276
 
Industrial -  5.0%
         
KBR, Inc.
         
2.50% due 11/01/231
  3,713,000
   
 4,202,709
 
Scorpio Tankers, Inc.
         
3.00% due 05/15/22
  3,437,000
   
 3,070,142
 
Kaman Corp.
         
3.25% due 05/01/24
  2,500,000
   
 2,424,525
 
Sika A.G.
         
0.15% due 06/05/251
CHF  1,520,000
   
 2,027,731
 
Asia Cement Corp.
         
 due 09/21/234
  1,627,000
   
 1,833,557
 
Chart Industries, Inc.
         
1.00% due 11/15/241,3
  1,273,000
   
 1,694,191
 
Cellnex Telecom S.A.
         
1.50% due 01/16/261
EUR  700,000
   
 1,500,148
 
SMART Global Holdings, Inc.
         
2.25% due 02/15/261,3
  1,421,000
   
 1,322,537
 
Safran S.A.
         
 due 06/21/231,4
  7,672**
   
 1,259,372
 
MINEBEA MITSUMI, Inc.
         
 due 08/03/224
JPY  120,000,000
   
 1,226,463
 
Taiwan Cement Corp.
         
 due 12/10/234
  900,000
   
 1,204,420
 
Zhen Ding Technology Holding Ltd.
         
 due 06/30/251,4
  1,100,000
   
 1,178,375
 
OSI Systems, Inc.
         
1.25% due 09/01/22
  1,145,000
   
 1,119,238
 
Vinci S.A.
         
0.38% due 02/16/221
  1,000,000
   
 1,096,615
 
Akka Technologies
         
3.50% due 07/01/69
EUR  1,200,000
   
 808,830
 
II-VI, Inc.
         
0.25% due 09/01/221
586,000
 
746,647
 
Total Industrial
     
 26,715,500
 
Financial -  2.8%
         
AXA S.A.
         
7.25% due 05/15/211,3
  3,735,000
   
 3,576,263
 
SBI Holdings, Inc.
         
 due 09/14/224
JPY  90,000,000
   
 1,157,265
 
 due 07/25/251,4
JPY  60,000,000
   
 574,696
 
Smart Insight International Ltd.
         
4.50% due 12/05/23
HKD  10,000,000
   
 1,482,323
 
JPMorgan Chase Bank North America
       
 due 09/18/221,4
EUR  1,100,000
   
 1,383,339
 
Poseidon Finance 1 Ltd.
         
 due 02/01/251,4
  1,262,000
   
 1,239,915
 
IMMOFINANZ AG
         
1.50% due 01/24/241
EUR  1,000,000
   
 1,155,024
 
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc.
         
4.75% due 03/15/231
  1,198,000
   
 1,131,417
 
Deutsche Wohnen SE
         
0.33% due 07/26/241
EUR  800,000
   
 1,030,511
 
LEG Immobilien AG
         
0.88% due 09/01/251
EUR  600,000
   
 865,377
 
PRA Group, Inc.
         
3.50% due 06/01/23
  756,000
   
 802,078
 
BofA Finance LLC
         
0.25% due 05/01/231
  738,000
   
 732,212
 
Total Financial
     
 15,130,420
 
Energy -  2.5%
         
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
       
0.25% due 05/15/251,3
  5,790,000
   
 6,872,730
 
CNX Resources Corp.
         
2.25% due 05/01/261,3
  4,000,000
   
 4,050,000
 
RAG-Stiftung
         
 due 06/17/261,4
EUR  800,000
   
 948,081
 
BP Capital Markets plc
         
1.00% due 04/28/231
GBP  700,000
   
 936,904
 
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure Jersey Ltd.
       
4.00% due 07/15/253
  574,000
   
 589,829
 
Total Energy
     
 13,397,544
 
Basic Materials -  1.6%
         
Allegheny Technologies, Inc.
         
3.50% due 06/15/251,3
  5,911,000
   
 5,545,109
 
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd.
         
4.00% due 12/31/22
CAD  1,300,000
   
 1,015,835
 
SSR Mining, Inc.
         
2.50% due 04/01/391
  562,000
   
 858,688
 
Outokumpu Oyj
         
5.00% due 07/09/25
EUR  700,000
   
 798,779
 


Advent Convertible and Income Fund
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)                  
July 31, 2020
   


 
Face
       
 
Amount~
   
Value
 
CONVERTIBLE BONDS†† - 75.3% (continued)
       
Basic Materials -  1.6% (continued)
       
Symrise AG
         
0.24% due 06/20/241
EUR 300,000
  $
456,836
 
Total Basic Materials
     
 8,675,247
 
Utilities -  1.2%
         
NRG Energy, Inc.
         
2.75% due 06/01/481
  2,962,000
   
 3,117,612
 
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
         
4.57% due 09/15/291
  41,637**
   
 2,450,337
 
China Yangtze Power International BVI 1 Ltd.
       
 due 11/09/211,4
  975,000
   
 989,342
 
Total Utilities
     
 6,557,291
 
Total Convertible Bonds
         
(Cost $366,737,658)
     
407,212,318
 
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 50.0%
         
Consumer, Cyclical -  11.0%
         
Tempur Sealy International, Inc.
       
5.63% due 10/15/231
  4,000,000
   
 4,080,420
 
Ford Motor Co.
         
7.45% due 07/16/311
  3,396,000
   
 4,031,646
 
QVC, Inc.
         
4.75% due 02/15/271
  3,154,000
   
 3,246,649
 
Six Flags Entertainment Corp.
         
4.88% due 07/31/241,3
  3,220,000
   
 3,063,605
 
Churchill Downs, Inc.
         
4.75% due 01/15/281,3
  1,479,000
   
 1,512,004
 
5.50% due 04/01/271,3
  1,376,000
   
 1,442,826
 
Hilton Domestic Operating Company, Inc.
       
4.88% due 01/15/301
  2,761,000
   
 2,898,442
 
Sally Holdings LLC / Sally Capital, Inc.
       
5.63% due 12/01/251
  2,635,000
   
 2,709,109
 
Scientific Games International, Inc.
         
7.25% due 11/15/291,3
  2,886,000
   
 2,645,567
 
Dana Financing Luxembourg SARL
         
6.50% due 06/01/261,3
  2,491,000
   
 2,630,807
 
Wolverine World Wide, Inc.
         
5.00% due 09/01/261,3
  2,561,000
   
 2,530,588
 
Brinker International, Inc.
         
5.00% due 10/01/241,3
  2,669,000
   
 2,525,261
 
Michaels Stores, Inc.
         
8.00% due 07/15/271,3
  2,446,000
   
 2,314,821
 
Macy’s, Inc.
         
8.38% due 06/15/253
  2,207,000
   
 2,308,434
 
Staples, Inc.
         
10.75% due 04/15/271,3
  3,366,000
   
 2,143,721
 
Marriott International, Inc.
         
4.00% due 04/15/281
  1,317,000
   
 1,334,270
 
4.65% due 12/01/281
  693,000
   
 726,123
 
Downstream Development Authority of the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma
   
10.50% due 02/15/231,3
  2,546,000
   
 2,033,350
 
Navistar International Corp.
         
6.63% due 11/01/251,3
  1,977,000
   
 2,031,575
 
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC
       
3.81% due 01/09/241
1,792,000
 
1,812,698
 
Hanesbrands, Inc.
         
5.38% due 05/15/251,3
  1,673,000
   
 1,800,566
 
Truck Hero, Inc.
         
8.50% due 04/21/241,3
  1,631,000
   
 1,710,340
 
Tenneco, Inc.
         
5.00% due 07/15/261
  2,128,000
   
 1,432,474
 
Golden Nugget, Inc.
         
6.75% due 10/15/243
  1,997,000
   
 1,385,419
 
NCL Corporation Ltd.
         
3.63% due 12/15/243
  1,997,000
   
 1,321,764
 
American Airlines, Inc.
         
11.75% due 07/15/251,3
  999,000
   
 872,422
 
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
         
6.50% due 05/15/271,3
  668,000
   
 718,955
 
Levi Strauss & Co.
         
5.00% due 05/01/251,3
  693,000
   
 711,188
 
Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp.
       
6.25% due 04/15/251,3
  460,000
   
 493,062
 
American Airlines Group, Inc.
         
3.75% due 03/01/253
  1,037,000
   
 462,211
 
Dana, Inc.
         
5.63% due 06/15/281
  333,000
   
 350,195
 
Winnebago Industries, Inc.
         
6.25% due 07/15/281,3
  165,000
   
 174,797
 
Total Consumer, Cyclical
     
 59,455,309
 
Consumer, Non-cyclical -  9.5%
         
Encompass Health Corp.
         
5.75% due 09/15/251
  3,309,000
   
 3,436,744
 
5.75% due 11/01/241
  1,170,000
   
 1,184,748
 
Tenet Healthcare Corp.
         
6.75% due 06/15/231
  4,094,000
   
 4,323,264
 
Land O’Lakes Capital Trust I
         
7.45% due 03/15/281,3
  3,750,000
   
 4,181,250
 
HCA, Inc.
         
5.63% due 09/01/281
  1,940,000
   
 2,316,893
 
7.69% due 06/15/251
  1,112,000
   
 1,313,433
 
Magellan Health, Inc.
         
4.90% due 09/22/241
  3,556,000
   
 3,604,522
 
Bausch Health Companies, Inc.
         
7.25% due 05/30/291,3
  3,008,000
   
 3,313,869
 
HLF Financing SARL LLC / Herbalife International, Inc.
       
7.25% due 08/15/261,3
  2,776,000
   
 2,919,144
 
Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. / HLF Financing, Inc.
       
7.88% due 09/01/251,3
  2,635,000
   
 2,868,856
 
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. / Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics S.A.
   
7.25% due 02/01/281,3
  2,623,000
   
 2,749,232
 
Horizon Therapeutics USA, Inc.
         
5.50% due 08/01/271,3
  2,511,000
   
 2,733,299
 
Brink’s Co.
         
4.63% due 10/15/271,3
  2,665,000
   
 2,718,713
 


Advent Convertible and Income Fund
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)                  
July 31, 2020
   


 
Face
       
 
Amount~
   
Value
 
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 50.0% (continued)
       
Consumer, Non-cyclical -  9.5% (continued)
       
Cardtronics, Inc. / Cardtronics USA, Inc.
       
5.50% due 05/01/251,3
2,674,000
  $
2,690,432
 
Capitol Investment Merger Sub 2 LLC
       
10.00% due 08/01/241,3
  2,278,000
   
 2,362,058
 
Korn Ferry
         
4.63% due 12/15/271,3
  2,109,000
   
 2,174,379
 
Nielsen Company Luxembourg SARL
         
5.00% due 02/01/251,3
  2,096,000
   
 2,157,591
 
ASGN, Inc.
         
4.63% due 05/15/281,3
  1,976,000
   
 2,023,799
 
Central Garden & Pet Co.
         
6.13% due 11/15/231
  1,419,000
   
 1,464,969
 
5.13% due 02/01/281
  254,000
   
 269,509
 
LifePoint Health, Inc.
         
4.38% due 02/15/271,3
  748,000
   
 766,259
 
Land O’ Lakes, Inc.
         
6.00% due 11/15/221,3
  45,000
   
 48,089
 
Total Consumer, Non-cyclical
     
 51,621,052
 
Communications -  6.3%
         
Altice France Holding S.A.
         
10.50% due 05/15/271,3
  3,594,000
   
 4,126,362
 
VeriSign, Inc.
         
4.63% due 05/01/231
  4,054,000
   
 4,117,567
 
AMC Networks, Inc.
         
4.75% due 12/15/221
  4,000,000
   
 4,043,900
 
CSC Holdings LLC
         
6.50% due 02/01/291,3
  3,294,000
   
 3,777,806
 
CommScope, Inc.
         
8.25% due 03/01/271,3
  1,324,000
   
 1,429,463
 
7.13% due 07/01/281,3
  1,332,000
   
 1,411,880
 
Photo Holdings Merger Sub, Inc.
         
8.50% due 10/01/261,3
  2,808,000
   
 2,603,634
 
CenturyLink, Inc.
         
5.13% due 12/15/261,3
  2,342,000
   
 2,455,458
 
Gray Television, Inc.
         
5.88% due 07/15/261,3
  2,323,000
   
 2,408,068
 
Meredith Corp.
         
6.88% due 02/01/261
  2,626,000
   
 2,286,786
 
MDC Partners, Inc.
         
6.50% due 05/01/241,3
  2,283,000
   
 2,166,590
 
Sirius XM Radio, Inc.
         
5.50% due 07/01/291,3
  1,392,000
   
 1,553,389
 
Plantronics, Inc.
         
5.50% due 05/31/231,3
  1,496,000
   
 1,418,679
 
Total Communications
     
 33,799,582
 
Energy -  5.9%
         
Occidental Petroleum Corp.
         
3.40% due 04/15/261
  5,342,000
   
 4,847,865
 
Parkland Corp.
         
5.88% due 07/15/271,3
  3,040,000
   
 3,229,437
 
Genesis Energy Limited Partnership / Genesis Energy Finance Corp.
   
7.75% due 02/01/281
  2,353,000
   
 2,271,468
 
6.25% due 05/15/26
  774,000
   
 728,380
 
Endeavor Energy Resources Limited Partnership / EER Finance, Inc.
 
6.63% due 07/15/251,3
2,672,000
 
2,811,452
 
Calumet Specialty Products Partners Limited Partnership / Calumet Finance Corp.
 
11.00% due 04/15/253
  2,628,000
   
 2,549,134
 
Comstock Resources, Inc.
         
9.75% due 08/15/261
  2,498,000
   
 2,503,446
 
Tallgrass Energy Partners Limited Partnership / Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp.
 
6.00% due 03/01/271,3
  2,672,000
   
 2,434,192
 
WPX Energy, Inc.
         
4.50% due 01/15/301
  2,073,000
   
 1,933,788
 
5.88% due 06/15/281
  333,000
   
 341,541
 
Indigo Natural Resources LLC
         
6.88% due 02/15/261,3
  2,154,000
   
 2,082,584
 
Parsley Energy LLC / Parsley Finance Corp.
       
5.63% due 10/15/271,3
  1,647,000
   
 1,728,321
 
PBF Holding Company LLC / PBF Finance Corp.
       
7.25% due 06/15/251
  1,263,000
   
 1,146,305
 
9.25% due 05/15/251,3
  334,000
   
 373,714
 
PBF Logistics Limited Partnership / PBF Logistics Finance Corp.
   
6.88% due 05/15/231
  1,565,000
   
 1,519,005
 
Alliance Resource Operating Partners Limited Partnership / Alliance Resource Finance Corp.
         
7.50% due 05/01/253
  1,757,000
   
 1,229,900
 
Total Energy
     
 31,730,532
 
Basic Materials -  4.7%
         
Alcoa Nederland Holding BV
         
6.75% due 09/30/241,3
  4,000,000
   
 4,182,900
 
5.50% due 12/15/271,3
  1,976,000
   
 2,132,203
 
Commercial Metals Co.
         
5.75% due 04/15/261
  3,019,000
   
 3,156,259
 
4.88% due 05/15/231
  3,000,000
   
 3,145,935
 
Valvoline, Inc.
         
4.25% due 02/15/303
  2,818,000
   
 2,966,649
 
New Gold, Inc.
         
6.38% due 05/15/251,3
  2,691,000
   
 2,794,994
 
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
         
7.25% due 04/01/231,3
  2,524,000
   
 2,539,081
 
Compass Minerals International, Inc.
         
6.75% due 12/01/271,3
  2,141,000
   
 2,326,603
 
FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd.
       
5.13% due 03/15/231,3
  2,000,000
   
 2,116,230
 
Total Basic Materials
     
 25,360,854
 
Industrial -  4.6%
         
Sealed Air Corp.
         
4.88% due 12/01/221,3
  5,000,000
   
 5,255,075
 
6.88% due 07/15/331,3
  2,409,000
   
 2,935,511
 


Advent Convertible and Income Fund
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)                  
July 31, 2020
   


 
Face
       
 
Amount~
   
Value
 
CORPORATE BONDS†† - 50.0% (continued)
       
Industrial -  4.6% (continued)
       
Trident TPI Holdings, Inc.
         
9.25% due 08/01/241,3
2,708,000
  $
2,882,070
 
Louisiana-Pacific Corp.
         
4.88% due 09/15/241
  2,779,000
   
 2,869,026
 
Covanta Holding Corp.
         
6.00% due 01/01/271
  2,671,000
   
 2,773,994
 
MasTec, Inc.
         
4.50% due 08/15/283
  2,636,000
   
 2,757,915
 
EnerSys
         
4.38% due 12/15/271,3
  2,720,000
   
 2,756,516
 
Clean Harbors, Inc.
         
4.88% due 07/15/271,3
  1,724,000
   
 1,830,543
 
Watco Companies LLC / Watco Finance Corp.
       
6.50% due 06/15/271,3
  666,000
   
 714,285
 
Total Industrial
     
 24,774,935
 
Financial -  3.7%
         
Iron Mountain, Inc.
         
5.25% due 07/15/301,3
  3,218,000
   
 3,380,912
 
Credit Acceptance Corp.
         
6.63% due 03/15/261
  2,512,000
   
 2,632,890
 
Radian Group, Inc.
         
4.88% due 03/15/271
  2,635,000
   
 2,561,391
 
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.
         
10.75% due 08/01/271,3
  2,510,000
   
 2,555,017
 
OneMain Finance Corp.
         
7.75% due 10/01/211
  1,255,000
   
 1,326,880
 
6.63% due 01/15/281
  988,000
   
 1,133,868
 
GMAC, Inc.
         
8.00% due 11/01/311
  1,764,000
   
 2,444,658
 
NMI Holdings, Inc.
         
7.38% due 06/01/251,3
  1,654,000
   
 1,800,470
 
CoreCivic, Inc.
         
4.63% due 05/01/231
  1,512,000
   
 1,475,145
 
AG Issuer LLC
         
6.25% due 03/01/281,3
  764,000
   
 775,460
 
Total Financial
     
 20,086,691
 
Technology -  3.4%
         
Amkor Technology, Inc.
         
6.63% due 09/15/271,3
  4,671,000
   
 5,148,913
 
Seagate HDD Cayman
         
5.75% due 12/01/341
3,272,000
 
3,677,687
 
Rackspace Hosting, Inc.
         
8.63% due 11/15/241,3
  2,683,000
   
 2,806,418
 
Western Digital Corp.
         
4.75% due 02/15/261
  2,519,000
   
 2,739,715
 
Everi Payments, Inc.
         
7.50% due 12/15/251,3
  2,530,000
   
 2,463,322
 
Dell, Inc.
         
7.10% due 04/15/281
  1,377,000
   
 1,664,187
 
Total Technology
     
 18,500,242
 
Utilities -  0.8%
         
AmeriGas Partners Limited Partnership / AmeriGas Finance Corp.
 
5.75% due 05/20/271
  2,230,000
   
 2,448,328
 
Talen Energy Supply LLC
         
10.50% due 01/15/261,3
  2,143,000
   
 1,666,836
 
7.63% due 06/01/281,3
  333,000
   
 348,610
 
Total Utilities
     
 4,463,774
 
Diversified -  0.1%
         
VistaJet Malta Finance plc / XO Management Holding, Inc.
   
10.50% due 06/01/241,3
  692,000
   
 624,603
 
Total Corporate Bonds
         
(Cost $259,364,930)
     
270,417,574
 
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS††,5 - 0.5%
       
Consumer, Cyclical -  0.5%
         
Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc.
       
2.93% (1 Month USD LIBOR + 2.75%, Rate Floor: 0.00%) due 07/31/24
  2,382,068
   
 2,297,206
 
Total Senior Floating Rate Interests
         
(Cost $2,379,488)
     
2,297,206
 
Total Investments - 158.5%
         
(Cost $798,971,376)
   
$
856,857,100
 
Other Assets & Liabilities, net - (58.5)%
   
(316,142,912
)
Total Net Assets - 100.0%
   
$
540,714,188
 




Advent Convertible and Income Fund
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)                  
July 31, 2020
   


Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts††
 
Counterparty
 
Contracts to Sell
 
Currency
Settlement Date
 
Settlement Value
   
Value at July 31,
2020
   
Unrealized
Depreciation
 
Bank of New York Mellon
   
1,281,667
 
CAD
09/11/20
 
$
956,058
   
$
956,928
   
$
(870
)
Bank of New York Mellon
   
32,966,210
 
HKD
09/11/20
   
4,250,284
     
4,253,644
     
(3,360
)
Bank of New York Mellon
   
430,197,800
 
JPY
09/11/20
   
4,013,310
     
4,070,925
     
(57,615
)
Bank of New York Mellon
   
1,824,897
 
GBP
09/11/20
   
2,312,726
     
2,395,740
     
(83,014
)
Bank of New York Mellon
   
5,612,513
 
CHF
09/11/20
   
5,982,285
     
6,177,128
     
(194,843
)
Bank of New York Mellon
   
22,087,506
 
EUR
09/11/20
   
25,127,663
     
26,142,701
     
(1,015,038
)
                               
$
(1,354,740
)

                                     
Counterparty
 
Contracts to Buy
 
Currency
Settlement Date
 
Settlement Value
   
Value at July 31,
2020
   
Unrealized
Appreciation
 
Bank of New York Mellon
   
1,838,175
 
EUR
09/11/20
 
$
2,105,820
   
$
2,175,658
   
$
69,838
 
Bank of New York Mellon
   
775,000
 
CHF
09/11/20
   
827,626
     
852,965
     
25,339
 
Bank of New York Mellon
   
270,000
 
GBP
09/11/20
   
341,299
     
354,458
     
13,159
 
Bank of New York Mellon
   
38,000,000
 
JPY
09/11/20
   
354,156
     
359,591
     
5,435
 
                               
$
113,771
 


~
The face amount is denominated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.
*
Non-income producing security.
**
Represents shares.
Value determined based on Level 1 inputs — See Note 3.
††
Value determined based on Level 2 inputs — See Note 3.
1
All or a portion of these securities have been physically segregated in connection with the borrowings and reverse repurchase agreements. As of July 31, 2020, the total value of securities segregated was $690,218,172.
2
Rate indicated is the 7-day yield as of July 31, 2020.
3
Security is a 144A or Section 4(a)(2) security. These securities have been determined to be liquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The total market value of 144A or Section 4(a)(2) securities is $380,101,205 (cost $357,099,841), or 70.3% of total net assets.
4
Zero coupon rate security.
5
Variable rate security. Rate indicated is the rate effective at July 31, 2020. In some instances, the effective rate is limited by a minimum rate floor or a maximum rate cap established by the issuer. The settlement status of a position may also impact the effective rate indicated. In some cases, a position may be unsettled at period end and may not have a stated effective rate. In instances where multiple underlying reference rates and spread amounts are shown, the effective rate is based on a weighted average.


 
CAD — Canadian Dollar
 
CHF — Swiss Franc
 
EUR — Euro
 
GBP — British Pound
 
HKD — Hong Kong Dollar
 
JPY — Japanese Yen
 
LIBOR — London Interbank Offered Rate
 
LLC — Limited Liability Company
 
plc — Public Limited Company
 
REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
 
SARL —  Société à Responsabilité Limitée
 
See Sector Classification in Other Information section.

The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at July 31, 2020 (See Note 3 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):



Advent Convertible and Income Fund
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)                  
July 31, 2020
   


Investments in Securities (Assets)
 
Level 1 Quoted
Prices
   
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
   
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
   
Total
 
Common Stocks
 
$
52,026,060
   
$
   
$
   
$
52,026,060
 
Convertible Preferred Stocks
   
103,354,514
     
     
     
103,354,514
 
Exchange-Traded Funds
   
1,186,000
     
     
     
1,186,000
 
Money Market Fund
   
20,363,428
     
     
     
20,363,428
 
Convertible Bonds
   
     
407,212,318
     
     
407,212,318
 
Corporate Bonds
   
     
270,417,574
     
     
270,417,574
 
Senior Floating Rate Interests
   
     
2,297,206
     
     
2,297,206
 
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts*
   
     
113,771
     
     
113,771
 
Total Assets
 
$
176,930,002
   
$
680,040,869
   
$
   
$
856,970,871
 

                                 
Investments in Securities (Liabilities)
 
Level 1 Quoted
Prices
   
Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
   
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
   
Total
 
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts*
 
$
   
$
1,354,740
   
$
   
$
1,354,740
 


* This derivative is reported as unrealized appreciation/depreciation at period end.
 
Please refer to the detailed portfolio for the breakdown of investment type by industry category.
 
The Fund may hold assets and/or liabilities in which the fair value approximates the carrying amount for financial statement purposes. As of the period end, reverse repurchase agreements of $156,014,249 are categorized as Level 2 within the disclosure hierarchy — See Note 2.
 
 
The Fund did not hold any Level 3 securities during the period ended July 31, 2020.
 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 
July 31, 2020


Note 1 – Organization and Significant Accounting Policies
Organization
Advent Convertible and Income Fund (the “Fund”), was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on February 19, 2003. The Fund is registered as a diversified, closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

The Fund’s investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of capital appreciation and current income. The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing at least 80% of its managed assets in a diversified portfolio of convertible securities and non-convertible income producing securities.

For information on the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund’s most recent semi-annual or annual shareholder report.

Significant Accounting Policies
The Fund operates as 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.

The following significant accounting policies are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and are consistently followed by the Fund. This requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities, contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. All time references are based on Eastern Time.

(a) Valuation of Investments 
The Board of Trustees of the Fund (the “Board”) has adopted policies and procedures for the valuation of the Fund’s investments (the “Valuation Procedures”). Pursuant to the Valuation Procedures, the Board has delegated to a valuation committee, consisting of representatives from investment management, fund administration, legal and compliance departments (the “Valuation Committee”), the day-to-day responsibility for implementing the Valuation Procedures, including, under most circumstances, the responsibility for determining the fair value of the Fund’s securities and/or other assets.
 
Valuations of the Fund’s securities and other assets are supplied primarily by pricing services appointed pursuant to the processes set forth in the Valuation Procedures. The Valuation Committee convenes monthly, or more frequently as needed, to review the valuation of all assets which have been fair valued for reasonableness. The Fund’s officers, through the Valuation Committee and consistent with the monitoring and review responsibilities set forth in the Valuation Procedures, regularly review procedures used and valuations provided by the pricing services.
 
If the pricing service cannot or does not provide a valuation for a particular investment or such valuation is deemed unreliable, such investment is fair valued by the Valuation Committee.
 
Equity securities listed or traded on a recognized U.S. securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (“NASDAQ”) National Market System shall generally be valued on the basis of the last sale price on the primary U.S. exchange or market on which the security is listed or traded; provided, however, that securities listed on NASDAQ will be valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price, which may not necessarily represent the last sale price. If there is no sale on the valuation date, exchange-traded U.S. equity securities will be valued on the basis of the last bid price.
 
Open-end investment companies are valued at their net asset value per share as of the close of business, on the valuation date. Exchange-traded funds are valued at the last quoted sale price.

Generally, trading in foreign securities markets is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). The values of foreign securities are determined as of the close of such foreign markets or the close of the NYSE, if earlier. All investments quoted in foreign currencies are valued in U.S. dollars on the basis of the foreign currency exchange rates prevailing at the close of U.S. business at 4:00 p.m. Investments in foreign securities may involve risks not present in domestic investments. The Valuation Committee will determine the current value of such foreign securities by taking into consideration certain factors which may include those discussed above, as well as the following factors, among others: the value of the securities traded on other foreign markets, ADR trading, closed-end fund trading, foreign currency exchange activity, and the trading prices of financial products that are tied to foreign securities.

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 
July 31, 2020


In addition, under the Valuation Procedures, the Valuation Committee is authorized to use prices and other information supplied by a third party pricing vendor in valuing foreign securities.
 
Debt securities are valued based on prices provided by pricing services or, if not available or if Advent Capital Management, LLC (“Advent” or the “Investment Adviser”) considers that price to not represent fair value, by dealers using the mean of the closing bid and asked prices for such securities or, if such prices are not available, at prices for securities of comparable maturity, quality and type. If sufficient market activity is limited or does not exist, the pricing services or dealers may utilize proprietary valuation models which may, for example, consider market characteristics such as benchmark yield curves, option-adjusted spreads, credit spreads, estimated default rates, coupon rates, anticipated timing of principal repayments, underlying collateral, or other unique security features in order to estimate relevant cash flows, which are then discounted to calculate a security’s fair value. Short-term debt securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less at the time of valuation are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Short-term debt securities which have a term-to-maturity greater than 60 days from the date of purchase are valued at their current market quotations until maturity or disposition. Convertible securities are valued in the same manner as debt securities. Repurchase agreements are valued at amortized cost, provided such amounts approximate market value.

Typically, loans are valued using information provided by an independent third party pricing service that uses broker quotes, among other inputs. If the pricing service cannot or does not provide a valuation for a particular loan, or such valuation is deemed unreliable, such investment is valued based on a quote from a broker-dealer or is fair valued by the Valuation Committee.

Exchange-traded options are valued at the mean of the bid and ask prices on the principal exchange on which they are traded. Over-the-counter (“OTC”) options are valued using a price provided by a pricing service. 
 
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued by pricing services or, if not available or if Advent considers that price to not represent fair value, by dealers using the mid price. Futures contracts are valued using the settlement price established each day on the exchange on which they are traded.
 
Investments for which market quotations are not readily available are fair-valued as determined in good faith by Advent, subject to review and approval by the Valuation Committee, pursuant to methods established or ratified by the Board. Valuations in accordance with these methods are intended to reflect each security’s (or asset’s or liability’s) “fair value”. Each such determination is based on a consideration of all relevant factors, which are likely to vary from one pricing context to another. Examples of such factors may include, but are not limited to market prices; sale prices; broker quotes; and models which derive prices based on inputs such as prices of securities with comparable maturities and characteristics, or based on inputs such as anticipated cash flows or collateral, spread over U.S. Treasuries, and other information analysis.
 
Note 2 – Financial Instruments and Derivatives
As part of its investment strategy, the Fund utilizes a variety of derivative instruments. These investments involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk. Valuation and accounting treatment of these instruments can be found under Significant Accounting Policies in Note 1 of these Notes to Schedule of Investments.
 
Derivatives are instruments whose values depend on, or are derived from, in whole or in part, the value of one or more other assets, such as securities, currencies, commodities or indices. Derivative instruments may be used to increase investment flexibility (including to maintain cash reserves while maintaining exposure to certain other assets), for risk management (hedging) purposes, to facilitate trading, to reduce transaction costs and to pursue higher investment returns. Derivative instruments may also be used to mitigate certain investment risks, such as foreign currency exchange rate risk, interest rate risk and credit risk. U.S. GAAP requires disclosures to enable investors to better understand how and why a Fund uses derivative instruments, how these derivative instruments are accounted for and their effects on the Fund’s financial position and results of operations.
 
The Fund utilized derivatives for the following purposes:
 
Hedge – an investment made in order to reduce the risk of adverse price movements in a security, by taking an offsetting position to protect against broad market moves.
 
Income – the use of any instrument that distributes cash flows typically based upon some rate of interest.

Options Purchased and Written 
A call option on a security gives the purchaser of the option the right to buy, and the writer of a call option the obligation to sell, the underlying security. The purchaser of a put option has the right to sell, and the writer of the put option the obligation to buy, the underlying security at any time during the option period. The risk associated with purchasing options is limited to the premium originally paid.

The risk in writing a call option is that a Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a put option is that a Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security decreases and the option is exercised. In addition, there may be an imperfect correlation between the movement in prices of options and the underlying securities where a Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market; or, for OTC options, a Fund may be at risk because of the counterparty’s inability to perform.

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 
July 31, 2020


A forward foreign currency exchange contract is an agreement between two parties to exchange two designated currencies at a specific time in the future. Certain types of contracts may be cash settled, in an amount equal to the change in exchange rates during the term of the contract. The contracts can be used to hedge or manage exposure to foreign currency risks with portfolio investments or to gain exposure to foreign currencies.
 
The market value of a forward foreign currency exchange contract changes with fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. Furthermore, the Fund may be exposed to risk if the counterparties cannot meet the contract terms or if the currency value changes unfavorably as compared to the U.S. dollar.

In conjunction with the use of derivative instruments, the Fund is required to maintain collateral in various forms. Depending on the financial instrument utilized and the broker involved, the Fund uses margin deposits at the broker, cash and/or securities segregated at the custodian bank, discount notes or repurchase agreements allocated to the Fund as collateral.

The Fund has established counterparty credit guidelines and enters into transactions only with financial institutions of investment grade or better. The Fund monitors the counterparty credit risk.
  
Reverse Repurchase Agreements 
The Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements as part of its financial leverage strategy. Under a reverse repurchase agreement, the Fund temporarily transfers possession of a portfolio instrument to another party, such as a bank or broker-dealer, in return for cash. At the same time, the Fund agrees to repurchase the instrument at an agreed upon time and price, which reflects an interest payment. Such agreements have the economic effect of borrowings. The Fund may enter into such agreements when it is able to invest the cash acquired at a rate higher than the cost of the agreement, which would increase earned income. When the Fund enters into a reverse repurchase agreement, any fluctuations in the market value of either the instruments transferred to another party or the instruments in which the proceeds may be invested would affect the market value of the Fund’s assets. As a result, such transactions may increase fluctuations in the market value of the Fund’s assets.
 
Note 3 – Fair Value Measurement  
In accordance with U.S. GAAP, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an investment or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market, or in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market for the investment or liability. U.S. GAAP establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy based on the types of inputs used to value assets and liabilities and requires corresponding disclosure. The hierarchy and the corresponding inputs are summarized below:
 
Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
 
Level 2 — significant other observable inputs (for example quoted prices for securities that are similar based on characteristics such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
 
Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs based on the best information available under the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available, which may include assumptions.
 
The types of inputs available depend on a variety of factors, such as the type of security and the characteristics of the markets in which it trades, if any. Fair valuation determinations that rely on fewer or no observable inputs require greater judgment. Accordingly, fair value determinations for Level 3 securities require the greatest amount of judgment.
 
Independent pricing services are used to value a majority of the Fund’s investments. When values are not available from a pricing service, they will be determined using a variety of sources and techniques, including: market prices; broker quotes; and models which derive prices based on inputs such as prices of securities with comparable maturities and characteristics or based on inputs such as anticipated cash flows or collateral, spread over U.S. Treasury securities, and other information and analysis.
 
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The suitability of the techniques and sources employed to determine fair valuation are regularly monitored and subject to change. 
 
 
Note 4 – Federal Income Tax Information

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) 
July 31, 2020


The Fund intends to continue to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, no provision for U.S. federal income taxes is required. In addition, by distributing substantially all of its ordinary income and long-term capital gains, if any, during each calendar year, the Fund avoids a 4% federal excise tax that is assessed on the amount of the under distribution.
 
At July 31, 2020, the cost of investments for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all investments for which there was an excess of value over tax cost, and the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all investments for which there was an excess of tax cost over value, were as follows:

Tax Cost
   
Tax Unrealized Appreciation
   
Tax Unrealized Depreciation
   
Net Tax Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
 
$
802,875,831
   
$
67,073,890
   
$
(14,333,590
)
 
$
52,740,300
 
 
 
Note 5 – COVID-19
A new respiratory disease spreading from person-to-person and caused by a novel coronavirus was first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The disease has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) and has since spread world-wide. The rapid and uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 has significantly overwhelmed existing healthcare infrastructure in many locations and prompted governmental responses and economic shutdowns of unprecedented scale. It is anticipated that the COVID-19 pandemic may result in a significant and prolonged reduction in global economic activity, significant increases in unemployment and financial instability across most of the world, which will exacerbate existing vulnerabilities in local, state and global economies and cause vulnerabilities and acute stresses in areas that were not previously apparent or identifiable. The COVID-19 pandemic could materially disrupt the business of the Investment Adviser and service providers that perform certain critical functions for the Investment Adviser or the Fund, have a material adverse effect on the Investment Adviser’s provision of services to the Fund, and may ultimately cause a partial or complete loss of capital attributable to one or more investments in the Fund.

 

OTHER INFORMATION (Unaudited) 
July 31, 2020


Sector Classification

Information in the “Schedule of Investments” is categorized by sectors using sector-level classifications defined by Bloomberg Industry Classification System, a widely recognized industry classification system provider. In the Fund’s registration statement, the Fund has investment policies relating to concentration in specific industries. For purposes of these investment policies, the Fund usually classifies industries based on industry-level classifications used by widely recognized industry classification system providers such as Bloomberg Industry Classification System, Global Industry Classification Standards and Barclays Global Classification Scheme.