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Schedule of Investments

Virtus AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund

April 30, 2021 (unaudited)

 

    Principal
Amount
(000s)
    Value  

CONVERTIBLE BONDS & NOTES—70.6%

 

Airlines—2.1%

   

Air Canada,

   

4.00%, 7/1/25 (a)(c)

  $ 1,140     $ 1,748,760  

JetBlue Airways Corp.,

   

0.50%, 4/1/26 (a)(c)

    2,175       2,376,187  

Southwest Airlines Co.,

   

1.25%, 5/1/25 (f)

    2,115       3,672,169  
   

 

 

 
      7,797,116  
   

 

 

 

Auto Manufacturers—3.0%

   

Ford Motor Co.,

   

zero coupon, 3/15/26 (a)(c)

    4,145       4,093,187  

NIO, Inc.,

   

0.50%, 2/1/27 (a)(c)

    1,345       1,121,730  

Tesla, Inc.,

   

2.00%, 5/15/24 (f)

    530       6,049,619  
   

 

 

 
      11,264,536  
   

 

 

 

Biotechnology—4.4%

   

Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,

   

3.50%, 9/15/26 (a)(c)

    1,130       1,764,269  

Bridgebio Pharma, Inc.,

   

2.25%, 2/1/29 (a)(c)

    2,010       1,847,007  

Exact Sciences Corp. (f),

   

0.375%, 3/15/27

    1,595       2,172,191  

0.375%, 3/1/28

    1,240       1,579,450  

Guardant Health, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 11/15/27 (a)(c)

    2,175       2,850,609  

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.,

   

0.25%, 3/1/27 (a)(c)

    1,740       1,674,750  

Illumina, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 8/15/23

    910       1,086,313  

Insmed, Inc.,

   

1.75%, 1/15/25 (f)

    1,255       1,399,325  

NeoGenomics, Inc.,

   

0.25%, 1/15/28

    1,930       1,949,344  
   

 

 

 
      16,323,258  
   

 

 

 

Commercial Services—5.0%

   

Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 1/15/26 (a)(c)

    1,675       1,561,937  

Chegg, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 9/1/26 (a)(c)(f)

    3,560       3,910,660  

Repay Holdings Corp.,

   

zero coupon, 2/1/26 (a)(c)(f)

    1,595       1,542,166  

Sabre GLBL, Inc.,

   

4.00%, 4/15/25

    965       2,032,290  

Shift4 Payments, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 12/15/25 (a)(c)(f)

    2,065       2,898,847  

Square, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 5/1/26 (a)(c)

    850       977,500  

0.125%, 3/1/25

    895       1,854,887  

0.25%, 11/1/27 (a)(c)(f)

    1,705       2,003,375  

0.50%, 5/15/23 (f)

    585       1,842,659  
   

 

 

 
      18,624,321  
   

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount
(000s)
    Value  

Computers—2.2%

   

Lumentum Holdings, Inc.,

   

0.50%, 12/15/26

  $ 2,090     $ 2,306,942  

Pure Storage, Inc.,

   

0.125%, 4/15/23 (f)

    2,305       2,451,944  

Varonis Systems, Inc.,

   

1.25%, 8/15/25 (a)(c)(f)

    705       1,290,150  

Zscaler, Inc.,

   

0.125%, 7/1/25 (a)(c)(f)

    1,405       1,981,050  
   

 

 

 
      8,030,086  
   

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services—0.4%

 

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 8/15/23 (f)

    1,260       1,507,275  
   

 

 

 

Electronics—1.0%

   

II-VI, Inc.,

   

0.25%, 9/1/22 (f)

    1,155       1,722,394  

Itron, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 3/15/26 (a)(c)

    2,135       2,120,862  
   

 

 

 
      3,843,256  
   

 

 

 

Energy-Alternate Sources—1.2%

   

Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)(c),

   

zero coupon, 3/1/26

    1,465       1,326,558  

zero coupon, 3/1/28

    1,700       1,490,807  

Plug Power, Inc.,

   

3.75%, 6/1/25 (a)(c)

    95       538,049  

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 9/15/25 (a)(c)(f)

    850       1,029,350  
   

 

 

 
      4,384,764  
   

 

 

 

Entertainment—2.9%

   

DraftKings, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 3/15/28 (a)(c)

    3,435       3,278,707  

IMAX Corp.,

   

0.50%, 4/1/26 (a)(c)

    2,095       2,172,028  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.,

   

2.00%, 2/15/25

    1,960       2,151,100  

Penn National Gaming, Inc.,

   

2.75%, 5/15/26 (f)

    205       791,813  

Vail Resorts, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 1/1/26 (a)(c)

    2,280       2,418,225  
   

 

 

 
      10,811,873  
   

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)—1.4%

 

Colony Capital Operating Co. LLC,

   

5.75%, 7/15/25 (a)(c)(f)

    950       2,997,250  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust,

   

1.75%, 12/15/26 (f)

    1,885       2,152,670  
   

 

 

 
      5,149,920  
   

 

 

 

Healthcare-Products—5.0%

   

CONMED Corp.,

   

2.625%, 2/1/24

    1,180       1,947,796  

Envista Holdings Corp.,

   

2.375%, 6/1/25 (a)(c)

    1,140       2,443,134  
 


Schedule of Investments

Virtus AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund

April 30, 2021 (unaudited) (continued)

 

    Principal
Amount
(000s)
    Value  

Insulet Corp.,

   

0.375%, 9/1/26 (f)

  $ 2,345     $ 3,360,678  

NanoString Technologies, Inc.,

   

2.625%, 3/1/25

    885       1,637,781  

Natera, Inc.,

   

2.25%, 5/1/27

    750       2,202,656  

Novocure Ltd.,

   

zero coupon, 11/1/25 (a)(c)

    1,850       2,630,469  

Omnicell, Inc.,

   

0.25%, 9/15/25 (a)(c)(f)

    1,390       2,164,230  

Repligen Corp.,

   

0.375%, 7/15/24 (f)

    1,165       2,192,414  
   

 

 

 
      18,579,158  
   

 

 

 

Healthcare-Services—1.9%

   

Accolade, Inc.,

   

0.50%, 4/1/26 (a)(c)

    1,530       1,860,501  

Anthem, Inc.,

   

2.75%, 10/15/42

    115       609,431  

Oak Street Health, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 3/15/26 (a)(c)(f)

    2,330       2,421,744  

Teladoc Health, Inc.,

   

1.25%, 6/1/27 (a)(c)(f)

    2,045       2,286,566  
   

 

 

 
      7,178,242  
   

 

 

 

Internet—15.1%

   

21Vianet Group, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 2/1/26 (a)(c)

    420       370,650  

Airbnb, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 3/15/26 (a)(c)

    3,205       3,171,700  

Booking Holdings, Inc.,

   

0.75%, 5/1/25 (a)(c)

    2,070       3,129,840  

Etsy, Inc.,

   

0.125%, 9/1/27 (a)(c)

    1,790       2,312,456  

Eventbrite, Inc.,

   

0.75%, 9/15/26 (a)(c)

    1,330       1,448,869  

Expedia Group, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 2/15/26 (a)(c)

    2,675       2,899,700  

Magnite, Inc.,

   

0.25%, 3/15/26 (a)(c)

    1,600       1,505,000  

Match Group Financeco 2, Inc.,

   

0.875%, 6/15/26 (a)(c)(f)

    2,240       4,125,822  

Okta, Inc. (f),

   

0.125%, 9/1/25

    620       954,413  

0.375%, 6/15/26 (a)(c)

    1,615       2,118,678  

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (f),

   

0.375%, 6/1/25 (a)(c)

    2,490       3,246,960  

0.75%, 7/1/23

    620       872,650  

RealReal, Inc. (a)(c)(f),

   

1.00%, 3/1/28

    1,345       1,407,274  

3.00%, 6/15/25

    650       1,038,584  

Shopify, Inc.,

   

0.125%, 11/1/25 (f)

    1,940       2,273,437  

Snap, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 5/1/27 (a)(c)

    2,140       2,189,487  

0.75%, 8/1/26 (f)

    1,275       3,499,875  
    Principal
Amount
(000s)
    Value  

Spotify USA, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 3/15/26 (a)(c)(f)

  $ 2,240     $ 2,065,280  

TechTarget, Inc.,

   

0.125%, 12/15/25 (a)(c)(f)

    1,175       1,471,805  

Twitter, Inc. (f),

   

zero coupon, 3/15/26 (a)(c)

    1,070       972,941  

0.25%, 6/15/24

    1,080       1,322,698  

Uber Technologies, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 12/15/25 (a)(c)(f)

    3,225       3,383,112  

Wayfair, Inc. (f),

   

0.625%, 10/1/25 (a)(c)

    1,215       1,259,803  

1.00%, 8/15/26

    915       1,910,063  

Zendesk, Inc.,

   

0.625%, 6/15/25 (a)(c)(f)

    1,700       2,494,750  

Zillow Group, Inc.,

   

2.75%, 5/15/25 (f)

    2,185       4,513,391  
   

 

 

 
      55,959,238  
   

 

 

 

Iron/Steel—0.5%

   

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.,

   

1.50%, 1/15/25

    720       1,681,920  
   

 

 

 

Leisure—2.1%

   

Callaway Golf Co.,

   

2.75%, 5/1/26 (a)(c)

    820       1,477,537  

NCL Corp., Ltd.,

   

5.375%, 8/1/25 (a)(c)

    1,295       2,451,435  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (a)(c)(f),

   

2.875%, 11/15/23

    1,850       2,392,975  

4.25%, 6/15/23

    1,140       1,599,990  
   

 

 

 
      7,921,937  
   

 

 

 

Machinery-Diversified—0.9%

 

Chart Industries, Inc.,

   

1.00%, 11/15/24 (a)(c)(f)

    610       1,691,606  

Middleby Corp.,

   

1.00%, 9/1/25 (a)(c)

    1,050       1,572,900  
   

 

 

 
    3,264,506  
   

 

 

 

Media—1.6%

 

DISH Network Corp.,

   

zero coupon, 12/15/25 (a)(c)

    2,460       3,006,120  

Liberty Broadband Corp.,

   

2.75%, 9/30/50 (a)(c)

    1,290       1,327,564  

Liberty Media Corp.,

   

1.375%, 10/15/23 (f)

    1,290       1,678,532  
   

 

 

 
    6,012,216  
   

 

 

 

Mining—0.3%

 

MP Materials Corp.,

   

0.25%, 4/1/26 (a)(c)

    450       427,781  

SSR Mining, Inc.,

   

2.50%, 4/1/39

    720       858,600  
   

 

 

 
    1,286,381  
   

 

 

 
 


Schedule of Investments

Virtus AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund

April 30, 2021 (unaudited) (continued)

 

    Principal
Amount
(000s)
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—1.8%

 

EQT Corp.,

   

1.75%, 5/1/26 (a)(c)

  $ 2,305     $ 3,421,542  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.,

   

0.25%, 5/15/25 (a)(c)(f)

    2,120       3,216,040  
   

 

 

 
    6,637,582  
   

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals—1.3%

 

DexCom, Inc.,

   

0.75%, 12/1/23 (f)

    855       2,015,662  

Jazz Investments I Ltd.,

   

2.00%, 6/15/26 (a)(c)

    2,265       2,896,369  
   

 

 

 
    4,912,031  
   

 

 

 

Real Estate—0.2%

 

Redfin Corp.,

   

zero coupon, 10/15/25 (a)(c)(f)

    645       776,580  
   

 

 

 

Retail—2.9%

 

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.,

   

3.75%, 4/15/25 (a)(c)

    530       2,133,250  

Burlington Stores, Inc.,

   

2.25%, 4/15/25 (a)(c)(f)

    1,765       2,816,278  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.,

   

3.25%, 4/15/25

    730       1,792,150  

RH,

   

zero coupon, 9/15/24

    720       2,341,162  

Shake Shack, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 3/1/28 (a)(c)(f)

    1,775       1,678,485  
   

 

 

 
    10,761,325  
   

 

 

 

Semiconductors—3.9%

 

Cree, Inc.,

 

0.875%, 9/1/23 (f)

    330       555,844  

1.75%, 5/1/26 (a)(c)

    335       733,014  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.,

   

0.25%, 3/15/26 (a)(c)

    1,645       1,638,831  

Microchip Technology, Inc.,

   

0.125%, 11/15/24

    3,980       4,512,325  

Micron Technology, Inc.,

   

3.125%, 5/1/32, Ser. D

    190       1,636,147  

ON Semiconductor Corp.,

   

1.625%, 10/15/23 (f)

    1,010       1,970,131  

Synaptics, Inc.,

   

0.50%, 6/15/22 (f)

    875       1,667,422  

Teradyne, Inc.,

   

1.25%, 12/15/23 (f)

    420       1,660,837  
   

 

 

 
    14,374,551  
   

 

 

 

Software—8.7%

 

Atlassian, Inc.,

   

0.625%, 5/1/23 (f)

    410       1,191,563  

Bentley Systems, Inc.,

   

0.125%, 1/15/26 (a)(c)

    2,445       2,588,644  

Bill.com Holdings, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 12/1/25 (a)(c)

    1,505       1,822,931  
    Principal
Amount
(000s)
    Value  

Blackline, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 3/15/26 (a)(c)

  $ 1,920     $ 1,892,400  

Cardlytics, Inc.,

   

1.00%, 9/15/25 (a)(c)

    935       1,664,861  

Cloudflare, Inc.,

   

0.75%, 5/15/25 (a)(c)(f)

    870       2,017,312  

Coupa Software, Inc.,

   

0.375%, 6/15/26 (a)(c)(f)

    1,980       2,281,950  

Five9, Inc.,

   

0.50%, 6/1/25 (a)(c)(f)

    1,370       2,080,250  

HubSpot, Inc.,

   

0.375%, 6/1/25 (a)(c)(f)

    1,165       2,251,362  

LivePerson, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 12/15/26 (a)(c)

    1,505       1,509,665  

MicroStrategy, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 2/15/27 (a)(c)

    2,670       2,192,070  

MongoDB, Inc.,

   

0.25%, 1/15/26

    945       1,463,569  

RingCentral, Inc.,

   

zero coupon, 3/1/25 (f)

    1,550       1,755,046  

Splunk, Inc.,

   

0.50%, 9/15/23 (f)

    730       808,019  

Twilio, Inc.,

   

0.25%, 6/1/23 (f)

    255       1,321,538  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.,

   

0.25%, 3/15/26 (a)(c)(f)

    1,450       1,530,475  

Workday, Inc.,

   

0.25%, 10/1/22

    735       1,250,897  

Zynga, Inc. (f),

 

zero coupon, 12/15/26 (a)(c)

    1,145       1,238,031  

0.25%, 6/1/24

    1,065       1,493,023  
   

 

 

 
    32,353,606  
   

 

 

 

Telecommunications—0.4%

 

Viavi Solutions, Inc.,

   

1.00%, 3/1/24 (f)

    1,060       1,423,713  
   

 

 

 

Transportation—0.4%

 

Seaspan Corp.,

   

3.75%, 12/15/25 (a)(c)(f)

    1,155       1,398,705  
   

 

 

 

Total Convertible Bonds & Notes
(Cost—$226,419,182)

      262,258,096  
   

 

 

 
    Shares        

COMMON STOCK—29.2%

 

Air Freight & Logistics—0.3%

 

 

FedEx Corp. (f)

    3,670       1,065,438  
   

 

 

 

Automobiles—1.1%

 

Ford Motor Co. (h)

    63,240       729,790  

Tesla, Inc. (f)(h)

    4,550       3,227,952  
   

 

 

 
    3,957,742  
   

 

 

 
 


Schedule of Investments

Virtus AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund

April 30, 2021 (unaudited) (continued)

 

        
    
Shares
    Value  

Banks—0.8%

 

CCF Holdings LLC (d)(e)(h)

    491,272     $ 196,509  

CCF Holdings LLC, Class M (d)(e)(h)

    219,990       87,996  

CCF Holdings LLC, Class B (d)(e)(h)

    5,357       2,143  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    9,190       1,413,514  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    25,530       1,150,126  
   

 

 

 
    2,850,288  
   

 

 

 

Biotechnology—0.3%

 

AbbVie, Inc.

    10,225       1,140,088  
   

 

 

 

Capital Markets—0.5%

 

Charles Schwab Corp.

    11,765       828,256  

S&P Global, Inc.

    2,855       1,114,563  
   

 

 

 
    1,942,819  
   

 

 

 

Chemicals—0.2%

 

Chemours Co.

    16,600       501,320  

Dow, Inc.

    4,055       253,438  
   

 

 

 
    754,758  
   

 

 

 

Entertainment—0.7%

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (f)

    12,000       1,094,280  

Netflix, Inc. (f)(h)

    1,100       564,817  

Roku, Inc. (h)

    2,505       859,140  
   

 

 

 
    2,518,237  
   

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)—0.4%

 

Crown Castle International Corp.

    7,700       1,455,762  
   

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing—0.3%

 

Costco Wholesale Corp. (f)

    3,170       1,179,525  
   

 

 

 

Healthcare Equipment & Supplies—1.2%

 

Abbott Laboratories

    11,525       1,383,922  

Align Technology, Inc. (h)

    1,910       1,137,462  

DexCom, Inc. (f)(h)

    1,730       667,953  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (h)

    1,530       1,323,450  
   

 

 

 
    4,512,787  
   

 

 

 

Healthcare Providers & Services—0.7%

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    6,700       2,671,960  
   

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—1.3%

 

Booking Holdings, Inc. (h)

    745       1,837,230  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    5,270       773,214  

MGM Resorts International (f)

    15,900       647,448  

Starbucks Corp.

    13,203       1,511,611  
   

 

 

 
    4,769,503  
   

 

 

 

Household Durables—0.4%

 

DR Horton, Inc. (f)

    14,050       1,380,974  
   

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates—0.3%

 

Honeywell International, Inc.

    4,800       1,070,592  
   

 

 

 

Insurance—0.2%

   

Aon PLC, Class A

    3,135       788,264  
   

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services—3.5%

 

 

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (h)

    2,585       6,083,798  

Facebook, Inc., Class A (h)

    17,915       5,823,808  

Match Group, Inc. (f)(h)

    5,534       861,256  
   

 

 

 
      12,768,862  
   

 

 

 
        
    

Shares
    Value  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail—1.4%

 

Amazon.com, Inc. (h)

    1,525     $ 5,287,815  
   

 

 

 

IT Services—2.9%

   

Accenture PLC, Class A

    3,575       1,036,643  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

    6,905       2,638,124  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (f)(h)

    8,610       2,258,317  

Shopify, Inc., Class A (h)

    460       543,955  

Square, Inc., Class A (h)

    3,595       880,128  

Twilio, Inc., Class A (h)

    2,125       781,575  

Visa, Inc., Class A (f)

    11,810       2,758,343  
   

 

 

 
      10,897,085  
   

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services—1.1%

 

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    6,687       893,651  

Illumina, Inc. (h)

    835       328,021  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (h)

    6,860       1,609,974  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    2,775       1,304,888  
   

 

 

 
      4,136,534  
   

 

 

 

Machinery—0.6%

   

Caterpillar, Inc. (f)

    4,880       1,113,177  

Deere & Co. (f)

    3,140       1,164,469  
   

 

 

 
      2,277,646  
   

 

 

 

Media—0.0%

   

LiveStyle, Inc.
(cost—$0; purchased 2/3/16-11/30/16) (d)(e)(g)(h)(i)

    13,574      
   

 

 

 

Metals & Mining—0.3%

   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    32,505       1,225,764  
   

 

 

 

Multi-Line Retail—0.3%

   

Target Corp. (f)

    5,350       1,108,841  
   

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—0.3%

 

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    8,170       207,191  

Southwestern Energy Co. (f)(h)

    60,184       256,986  

Valero Energy Corp.

    6,200       458,552  
   

 

 

 
      922,729  
   

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals—0.9%

   

Eli Lilly & Co.

    7,475       1,366,206  

Horizon Therapeutics PLC (h)

    9,000       851,580  

Zoetis, Inc.

    6,770       1,171,413  
   

 

 

 
      3,389,199  
   

 

 

 

Road & Rail—0.2%

   

Union Pacific Corp.

    3,725       827,285  
   

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—2.8%

 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (f)(h)

    13,240       1,080,649  

Broadcom, Inc.

    2,055       937,491  

Enphase Energy, Inc. (h)

    5,575       776,319  

Intel Corp.

    4,085       235,010  

Lam Research Corp.

    2,750       1,706,238  

Marvell Technology, Inc.

    17,190       777,160  

Micron Technology, Inc. (f)(h)

    15,675       1,349,147  

NVIDIA Corp. (f)

    4,022       2,414,728  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    6,350       881,380  
   

 

 

 
      10,158,122  
   

 

 

 
 


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Shares
    Value  

Software—3.5%

   

Adobe, Inc. (h)

    2,840     $ 1,443,686  

Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A (f)(h)

    2,440       579,646  

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc.,
Class A (f)(h)

    5,800       1,209,358  

DocuSign, Inc. (f)(h)

    2,585       576,300  

Intuit, Inc.

    3,125       1,288,000  

Microsoft Corp.

    22,480       5,669,006  

Salesforce.com, Inc. (h)

    3,800       875,216  

ServiceNow, Inc. (f)(h)

    1,005       508,902  

Workday, Inc., Class A (h)

    3,525       870,675  
   

 

 

 
    13,020,789  
   

 

 

 

Specialty Retail—0.9%

 

Home Depot, Inc.

    8,800       2,848,296  

TJX Cos., Inc.

    7,460       529,660  
   

 

 

 
    3,377,956  
   

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals—1.3%

 

Apple, Inc.

    37,634       4,947,366  
   

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—0.5%

 

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    14,615       1,938,241  
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost—$87,002,892)

 

    108,342,971  
   

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount
(000s)
       

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES—15.1%

 

Advertising—0.0%

 

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.,

   

7.75%, 4/15/28 (a)(c)

  $ 155       159,582  
   

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense—0.4%

 

TransDigm, Inc.,

 

5.50%, 11/15/27 (f)

    345       359,007  

6.375%, 6/15/26

    140       145,162  

6.50%, 5/15/25 (f)

    715       724,244  

Triumph Group, Inc. (a)(c)(f),

 

6.25%, 9/15/24

    175       176,523  

8.875%, 6/1/24

    180       200,250  
   

 

 

 
    1,605,186  
   

 

 

 

Airlines—0.4%

 

American Airlines, Inc. (a)(c),

 

5.75%, 4/20/29

    300       321,450  

11.75%, 7/15/25 (f)

    300       375,750  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.,

   

7.375%, 1/15/26 (f)

    375       440,484  

Hawaiian Brand Intellectual Property Ltd.,

   

5.75%, 1/20/26 (a)(c)

    300       316,875  
   

 

 

 
    1,454,559  
   

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount
(000s)
    Value  

Auto Components—0.6%

 

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.,

   

6.50%, 4/1/27

  $ 590     $ 623,187  

Clarios Global L.P.,

   

8.50%, 5/15/27 (a)(c)(f)

    645       696,600  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.,

 

5.00%, 5/31/26 (f)

    320       328,400  

5.25%, 4/30/31

    295       297,272  

Tenneco, Inc.,

   

7.875%, 1/15/29 (a)(c)(f)

    350       394,082  
   

 

 

 
    2,339,541  
   

 

 

 

Auto Manufacturers—0.7%

 

Ford Motor Co.,

 

7.45%, 7/16/31

    250       321,563  

9.00%, 4/22/25 (f)

    530       647,262  

9.625%, 4/22/30 (f)

    460       645,150  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC,

   

5.125%, 6/16/25 (f)

    150       163,860  

Navistar International Corp.,

   

6.625%, 11/1/25 (a)(c)(f)

    410       424,350  

Tesla, Inc.,

   

5.30%, 8/15/25 (a)(c)(f)

    255       264,244  
   

 

 

 
    2,466,429  
   

 

 

 

Beverages—0.1%

 

Triton Water Holdings, Inc.,

   

6.25%, 4/1/29 (a)(c)

    300       303,750  
   

 

 

 

Building Materials—0.2%

 

Builders FirstSource, Inc.,

   

5.00%, 3/1/30 (a)(c)(f)

    410       435,112  

Griffon Corp.,

   

5.75%, 3/1/28

    230       245,525  
   

 

 

 
    680,637  
   

 

 

 

Chemicals—0.1%

 

Tronox, Inc.,

   

4.625%, 3/15/29 (a)(c)(f)

    300       306,375  
   

 

 

 

Commercial Services—0.7%

 

Avis Budget Car Rental LLC,

   

5.75%, 7/15/27 (a)(c)(f)

    455       481,736  

Herc Holdings, Inc.,

   

5.50%, 7/15/27 (a)(c)(f)

    475       502,312  

NESCO Holdings II, Inc.,

   

5.50%, 4/15/29 (a)(c)

    445       458,350  

RR Donnelley & Sons Co.,

   

6.00%, 4/1/24 (f)

    915       960,750  

United Rentals North America, Inc.,

   

5.25%, 1/15/30 (f)

    310       339,063  
   

 

 

 
    2,742,211  
   

 

 

 

Computers—0.1%

 

Dell International LLC,

   

7.125%, 6/15/24 (a)(c)(f)

    420       431,298  
   

 

 

 
 


Schedule of Investments

Virtus AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund

April 30, 2021 (unaudited) (continued)

 

    Principal
Amount
(000s)
    Value  

Containers & Packaging—0.3%

 

Berry Global, Inc.,

   

5.625%, 7/15/27 (a)(c)(f)

  $ 455     $ 484,575  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.,

   

6.625%, 5/13/27 (a)(c)(f)

    385       415,800  

Trivium Packaging Finance BV,

   

8.50%, 8/15/27 (a)(c)(f)

    355       379,850  
   

 

 

 
    1,280,225  
   

 

 

 

Distribution/Wholesale—0.1%

 

Performance Food Group, Inc.,

   

5.50%, 10/15/27 (a)(c)(f)

    450       474,228  
   

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services—0.6%

 

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc.,

   

5.50%, 8/15/28 (a)(c)

    290       292,900  

Navient Corp.,

 

5.00%, 3/15/27

    285       287,137  

6.75%, 6/15/26 (f)

    495       534,600  

OneMain Finance Corp. (f),

 

6.625%, 1/15/28

    270       307,125  

8.25%, 10/1/23

    835       944,594  
   

 

 

 
    2,366,356  
   

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment—0.1%

 

WESCO Distribution, Inc.,

   

7.25%, 6/15/28 (a)(c)(f)

    210       233,100  
   

 

 

 

Entertainment—1.0%

 

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.,

   

6.125%, 5/15/27 (f)

    885       628,350  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.,

   

6.25%, 7/1/25 (a)(c)(f)

    430       457,176  

Cedar Fair L.P. (f),

 

5.375%, 6/1/24

    250       251,928  

5.375%, 4/15/27

    465       478,601  

International Game Technology PLC,

   

6.25%, 1/15/27 (a)(c)(f)

    450       505,548  

Lions Gate Capital Holdings LLC,

   

5.50%, 4/15/29 (a)(c)

    450       451,125  

Scientific Games International, Inc.,

   

8.25%, 3/15/26 (a)(c)(f)

    430       463,325  

Stars Group Holdings BV,

   

7.00%, 7/15/26 (a)(c)

    425       444,125  
   

 

 

 
    3,680,178  
   

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)—0.2%

 

Iron Mountain, Inc.,

   

4.875%, 9/15/27 (a)(c)

    425       442,000  

Service Properties Trust (f),

 

4.35%, 10/1/24

    125       124,375  

4.50%, 3/15/25

    300       295,185  
   

 

 

 
    861,560  
   

 

 

 

Food & Beverage—0.5%

 

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.,

   

6.50%, 2/9/40 (f)

    440       581,515  
    Principal
Amount
(000s)
    Value  

Post Holdings, Inc.,

   

5.75%, 3/1/27 (a)(c)(f)

  $ 495     $ 518,512  

Simmons Foods, Inc.,

   

4.625%, 3/1/29 (a)(c)(f)

    300       302,313  

U.S. Foods, Inc.,

   

6.25%, 4/15/25 (a)(c)(f)

    410       435,500  
   

 

 

 
    1,837,840  
   

 

 

 

Food Service—0.1%

 

Aramark Services, Inc.,

   

5.00%, 2/1/28 (a)(c)(f)

    390       408,038  
   

 

 

 

Healthcare-Services—0.4%

 

Centene Corp.,

   

4.625%, 12/15/29 (f)

    395       427,588  

Select Medical Corp.,

   

6.25%, 8/15/26 (a)(c)(f)

    345       366,816  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.,

   

6.25%, 2/1/27 (a)(c)(f)

    730       765,587  
   

 

 

 
    1,559,991  
   

 

 

 

Home Builders—0.1%

 

Picasso Finance Sub, Inc.,

   

6.125%, 6/15/25 (a)(c)

    274       291,468  
   

 

 

 

Internet—0.4%

 

Go Daddy Operating Co. LLC,

   

5.25%, 12/1/27 (a)(c)(f)

    260       272,025  

Match Group Holdings II LLC,

   

5.00%, 12/15/27 (a)(c)(f)

    220       231,550  

Netflix, Inc.,

   

5.375%, 11/15/29 (a)(c)(f)

    415       492,813  

Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)(c)(f),

 

7.50%, 9/15/27

    190       209,526  

8.00%, 11/1/26

    235       254,317  
   

 

 

 
    1,460,231  
   

 

 

 

Investment Companies—0.1%

 

Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC,

   

5.25%, 4/15/29 (a)(c)

    435       458,925  
   

 

 

 

Iron/Steel—0.2%

 

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.,

 

5.875%, 6/1/27 (f)

    455       477,181  

9.875%, 10/17/25 (a)(c)

    250       293,438  
   

 

 

 
    770,619  
   

 

 

 

Leisure—0.4%

 

Carnival Corp. (a)(c),

 

5.75%, 3/1/27

    150       158,157  

10.50%, 2/1/26

    265       312,342  

NCL Corp., Ltd.,

   

5.875%, 3/15/26 (a)(c)

    605       632,225  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.,

   

11.50%, 6/1/25 (a)(c)(f)

    305       353,324  
   

 

 

 
    1,456,048  
   

 

 

 

Lodging—0.5%

 

Boyd Gaming Corp.,

   

8.625%, 6/1/25 (a)(c)(f)

    560       620,032  
 


Schedule of Investments

Virtus AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund

April 30, 2021 (unaudited) (continued)

 

    Principal
Amount
(000s)
    Value  

Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc.,

   

4.00%, 5/1/31 (a)(c)

  $ 225     $ 227,250  

MGM Resorts International,

 

4.75%, 10/15/28

    305       321,738  

6.75%, 5/1/25

    145       155,513  

Wynn Las Vegas LLC,

   

5.50%, 3/1/25 (a)(c)(f)

    430       459,025  
   

 

 

 
    1,783,558  
   

 

 

 

Machinery-Construction & Mining—0.1%

 

Terex Corp.,

   

5.00%, 5/15/29 (a)(c)

    445       462,800  
   

 

 

 

Media—1.1%

 

CCO Holdings LLC (a)(c),

 

4.50%, 5/1/32

    380       383,800  

5.375%, 6/1/29

    275       298,504  

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.,

   

9.25%, 2/15/24 (f)

    152       158,650  

CSC Holdings LLC (a)(c),

 

5.00%, 11/15/31

    200       200,375  

5.75%, 1/15/30

    140       148,838  

7.50%, 4/1/28 (f)

    535       589,169  

DISH DBS Corp.,

   

7.375%, 7/1/28 (f)

    420       453,568  

Gray Television, Inc. (a)(c)(f),

 

4.75%, 10/15/30

    305       305,000  

5.875%, 7/15/26

    295       306,063  

Meredith Corp.,

   

6.875%, 2/1/26

    293       300,691  

Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.,

   

5.625%, 7/15/27 (a)(c)(f)

    445       470,031  

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC,

   

5.50%, 5/15/29 (a)(c)(f)

    310       331,468  
   

 

 

 
    3,946,157  
   

 

 

 

Metal Fabricate/Hardware—0.2%

 

Park-Ohio Industries, Inc.,

   

6.625%, 4/15/27 (f)

    670       685,075  
   

 

 

 

Mining—0.4%

 

FMG Resources August 206 Pty Ltd.,

   

4.375%, 4/1/31 (a)(c)

    305       316,819  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.,

   

5.25%, 9/1/29 (f)

    475       526,063  

Hudbay Minerals, Inc.,

   

4.50%, 4/1/26 (a)(c)

    300       304,500  

Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc.,

   

8.50%, 8/1/28 (a)(c)(f)

    272       300,546  
   

 

 

 
    1,447,928  
   

 

 

 

Miscellaneous Manufacturing—0.1%

 

Koppers, Inc.,

   

6.00%, 2/15/25 (a)(c)(f)

    305       313,388  
   

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—1.0%

 

Antero Resources Corp.,

   

7.625%, 2/1/29 (a)(c)

    300       325,335  
    Principal
Amount
(000s)
    Value  

CITGO Petroleum Corp.,

   

6.375%, 6/15/26 (a)(c)

  $ 135     $ 138,389  

CNX Resources Corp.,

   

7.25%, 3/14/27 (a)(c)(f)

    295       318,665  

Comstock Resources, Inc.,

   

6.75%, 3/1/29 (a)(c)

    295       301,342  

Continental Resources, Inc.,

 

4.375%, 1/15/28 (f)

    160       174,000  

5.75%, 1/15/31 (a)(c)

    180       208,800  

EQT Corp.,

   

8.50%, 2/1/30 (f)

    265       338,869  

Occidental Petroleum Corp. (f),

 

5.55%, 3/15/26

    510       547,612  

6.625%, 9/1/30

    220       250,800  

PBF Holding Co. LLC,

   

6.00%, 2/15/28 (f)

    425       320,699  

PDC Energy, Inc.,

   

5.75%, 5/15/26 (f)

    435       452,261  

Sunoco L.P.,

   

5.875%, 3/15/28 (f)

    120       126,900  

USA Compression Partners L.P.,

   

6.875%, 9/1/27 (f)

    300       315,660  
   

 

 

 
    3,819,332  
   

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products—0.1%

 

Mercer International, Inc.,

   

5.125%, 2/1/29 (a)(c)

    300       310,125  
   

 

 

 

Personal Products—0.1%

 

Edgewell Personal Care Co.,

   

5.50%, 6/1/28 (a)(c)(f)

    300       318,750  
   

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals—0.7%

 

AdaptHealth LLC,

   

4.625%, 8/1/29 (a)(c)

    455       452,457  

Bausch Health Americas, Inc.,

   

8.50%, 1/31/27 (a)(c)(f)

    550       612,562  

Bausch Health Cos., Inc.,

   

7.25%, 5/30/29 (a)(c)(f)

    450       498,640  

Horizon Therapeutics USA, Inc.,

   

5.50%, 8/1/27 (a)(c)(f)

    285       304,950  

Jazz Securities DAC,

   

4.375%, 1/15/29 (a)(c)

    305       311,863  

Organon Finance 1 LLC,

   

5.125%, 4/30/31 (a)(c)

    295       306,092  
   

 

 

 
    2,486,564  
   

 

 

 

Pipelines—0.7%

 

Cheniere Energy Partners L.P.,

   

5.625%, 10/1/26 (f)

    315       328,388  

Crestwood Midstream Partners L.P.,

 

5.75%, 4/1/25 (f)

    220       225,775  

6.00%, 2/1/29 (a)(c)

    235       242,931  

DCP Midstream Operating L.P.,

   

5.125%, 5/15/29 (f)

    370       394,975  

EQM Midstream Partners L.P. (a)(c),

 

4.75%, 1/15/31

    155       153,433  

6.50%, 7/1/27 (f)

    290       320,228  
 


Schedule of Investments

Virtus AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund

April 30, 2021 (unaudited) (continued)

 

    Principal
Amount
(000s)
    Value  

NGL Energy Operating LLC,

   

7.50%, 2/1/26 (a)(c)

  $ 290     $ 303,775  

NuStar Logistics L.P.,

   

6.375%, 10/1/30

    305       335,881  

Targa Resources Partners L.P.,

   

6.50%, 7/15/27 (f)

    335       364,312  
   

 

 

 
    2,669,698  
   

 

 

 

Real Estate—0.1%

 

Kennedy-Wilson, Inc.,

   

5.00%, 3/1/31

    445       460,526  
   

 

 

 

Retail—0.2%

 

Asbury Automotive Group Inc,

   

4.75%, 3/1/30

    267       279,015  

L Brands, Inc.,

   

6.625%, 10/1/30 (a)(c)

    325       374,549  
   

 

 

 
    653,564  
   

 

 

 

Semiconductors—0.2%

 

Amkor Technology, Inc.,

   

6.625%, 9/15/27 (a)(c)(f)

    605       651,204  
   

 

 

 

Software—0.3%

 

Rackspace Technology Global, Inc.,

   

5.375%, 12/1/28 (a)(c)(f)

    415       423,665  

SS&C Technologies, Inc.,

   

5.50%, 9/30/27 (a)(c)(f)

    480       509,940  
   

 

 

 
    933,605  
   

 

 

 

Telecommunications—1.1%

 

Avaya, Inc.,

   

6.125%, 9/15/28 (a)(c)(f)

    420       446,250  

Cincinnati Bell, Inc.,

   

7.00%, 7/15/24 (a)(c)(f)

    330       340,725  

CommScope Technologies LLC,

   

6.00%, 6/15/25 (a)(c)(f)

    486       494,505  

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp.,

   

6.625%, 8/1/26

    400       442,000  

LogMeIn, Inc.,

   

5.50%, 9/1/27 (a)(c)

    430       448,172  

Lumen Technologies, Inc. (a)(c),

 

4.50%, 1/15/29

    305       300,425  

5.125%, 12/15/26 (f)

    490       513,888  

Plantronics, Inc.,

   

4.75%, 3/1/29 (a)(c)(f)

    315       310,275  

Sprint Corp.,

   

7.625%, 3/1/26 (f)

    465       570,206  

T-Mobile USA, Inc.,

   

3.50%, 4/15/31

    295       299,425  
   

 

 

 
    4,165,871  
   

 

 

 

Toys/Games/Hobbies—0.1%

 

Mattel, Inc.,

   

5.875%, 12/15/27 (a)(c)(f)

    170       186,788  
   

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount
(000s)
    Value  

Transportation—0.3%

 

Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors
LLC (a)(c),

   

5.50%, 5/1/28

  $ 150     $ 155,437  

9.75%, 8/1/27 (f)

    265       306,075  

XPO Logistics, Inc.,

   

6.125%, 9/1/23 (a)(c)(f)

    600       607,950  
   

 

 

 
    1,069,462  
   

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes
(Cost—$53,651,242)

 

    55,992,770  
   

 

 

 
    Shares        

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK—10.7%

 

Auto Components—0.6%

 

Aptiv PLC,

   

5.50%, 6/15/23, Ser. A

    12,960       2,116,368  
   

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services—1.0%

 

2020 Mandatory Exchangeable Trust,

   

6.50%, 5/16/23 (a)(c)(f)

    570       1,035,348  

KKR & Co., Inc.,

   

6.00%, 9/15/23, Ser. C (f)

    37,580       2,817,748  
   

 

 

 
    3,853,096  
   

 

 

 

Electric Utilities—1.9%

 

AES Corp.,

   

6.875%, 2/15/24

    14,355       1,564,551  

NextEra Energy, Inc.,

 

5.279%, 3/1/23 (f)

    67,060       3,377,812  

6.219%, 9/1/23

    39,525       1,994,827  
   

 

 

 
    6,937,190  
   

 

 

 

Environmental Services—0.4%

 

GFL Environmental, Inc.,

   

6.00%, 3/15/23 (f)

    19,260       1,474,738  
   

 

 

 

Hand/Machine Tools—0.7%

 

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.,

   

5.25%, 11/15/22 (f)

    22,970       2,802,570  
   

 

 

 

Healthcare-Products—3.0%

 

Avantor, Inc.,

   

6.25%, 5/15/22, Ser. A (f)

    29,025       2,868,831  

Boston Scientific Corp.,

   

5.50%, 6/1/23, Ser. A

    20,065       2,359,243  

Danaher Corp.,

   

4.75%, 4/15/22, Ser. A (f)

    3,385       5,800,231  
   

 

 

 
    11,028,305  
   

 

 

 

Machinery-Diversified—0.4%

 

Colfax Corp.,

   

5.75%, 1/15/22

    9,000       1,654,020  
   

 

 

 

Media—0.4%

 

ViacomCBS, Inc.,

   

5.75%, 4/1/24, Ser. A

    21,340       1,548,004  
   

 

 

 
 


Schedule of Investments

Virtus AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund

April 30, 2021 (unaudited) (continued)

 

        
    
Shares
    Value  

Semiconductors—1.4%

 

Broadcom, Inc.,

   

8.00%, 9/30/22, Ser. A (f)

    3,490     $ 5,058,581  
   

 

 

 

Telecommunications—0.9%

 

2020 Cash Mandatory Exchangeable Trust,

   

5.25%, 6/1/23 (a)(c)(f)

    2,785       3,270,509  
   

 

 

 

Total Convertible Preferred Stock
(Cost—$33,012,335)

 

    39,743,381  
   

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount
(000s)
       

SENIOR LOANS (a)(b)—0.4%

 

Entertainment—0.1%

 

Music Technology Holdings, LLC,

   

(3 mo. PIK + 8.000%), 8.000%, 12/16/22, Fixed PIK Term Loan

  $ 374       373,541  
   

 

 

 

Healthcare-Products—0.1%

 

Avantor Funding, Inc.,

   

(1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%), 3.250%, 11/8/27, 2020 Incremental Term Loan B4

    314       314,134  
   

 

 

 

Software—0.1%

 

Camelot U.S. Acquisition 1 Co.,

   

(1 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%), 3.113%, 10/30/26, Term Loan B

    323       320,210  
   

 

 

 

Specialty Retail—0.1%

 

Petco Health and Wellness Co., Inc.,

   

(3 mo. LIBOR + 3.250%), 4.000%, 3/3/28, 2021 Term Loan B

    235       233,498  
   

 

 

 

Total Senior Loans
(Cost—$1,244,563)

 

    1,241,383  
   

 

 

 
    Shares        

PREFERRED STOCK (a)(d)(e)(h)(i)—0.3%

 

Media—0.3%

 

LiveStyle, Inc., Ser. A
(cost—$52,401; purchased 2/10/16-12/01/16) (g)

    532       81,322  

LiveStyle, Inc., Ser. B
(cost—$1,127,441; purchased 2/3/16-11/30/16) (g)

    11,500       1,150,000  

LiveStyle, Inc., Ser. B

    1,250       12  
   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stock
(Cost—$2,429,842)

 

    1,231,334  
   

 

 

 
        
    
Units
    Value  

WARRANTS (d)(e)(h)—0.0%

 

Banks—0.0%

 

CCF Holdings LLC, expires 3/25/26

    363,920     $ 76,423  
   

 

 

 

Media—0.0%

 

LiveStyle, Inc., expires 11/30/21, Ser. C (a)(i)

    3,000      
   

 

 

 

Total Warrants
(Cost—$0)

 

    76,423  
   

 

 

 
    Principal
Amount
(000s)
       

Repurchase Agreements—2.4%

 

State Street Bank and Trust Co., dated 4/30/21, 0.00%, due 5/3/21, proceeds $9,023,000; collateralized by U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Notes, 0.375%, due 1/15/27, valued at $9,203,528 including accrued interest
(cost—$9,023,000)

  $ 9,023       9,023,000  
   

 

 

 

Total Investments, before options written
(cost—$412,783,056)—128.7%

 

    477,909,358  
   

 

 

 

Total Options Written—(0.0)%
(premiums received—$69,363) (h)

 

    (59,539
   

 

 

 

Total Investments, net of options written
(cost—$412,713,693)—128.7%

 

    477,849,819  
   

 

 

 

Other assets and liabilities, net—(28.7)%

 

    (106,532,161
   

 

 

 

Net Assets—100.0%

 

  $ 371,317,658  
   

 

 

 

Abbreviations:

LIBOR—London Inter-Bank Offered Rate

PIK—Payment-in-Kind

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

 


Schedule of Investments

Virtus AllianzGI Diversified Income & Convertible Fund

April 30, 2021 (unaudited) (continued)

 

 

Footnote Legend:

 

*

Actual amount rounds to less than $1.

(a)

Private Placement—Restricted as to resale and may not have a readily available market. Private placement securities may include Rule 144A securities. These securities have an aggregate value of $207,523,962, representing 55.9% of net assets.

(b)

These securities generally pay interest at rates which are periodically pre-determined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. These base lending rates are generally either the lending rate offered by one or more major European banks, such as the “LIBOR” or the prime rate offered by one or more major United States banks, or the certificate of deposit rate. These securities are generally considered to be restricted as the Fund is ordinarily contractually obligated to receive approval from the Agent bank and/or borrower prior to disposition. Remaining maturities of senior loans may be less than the stated maturities shown as a result of contractual or optional payments by the borrower. Such prepayments cannot be predicted with certainty. The interest rate disclosed reflects the rate in effect on April 30, 2021.

(c)

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At April 30, 2021, these securities amounted to a value of $205,051,245 or 55.2% of net assets.

(d)

Fair-Valued—Securities with an aggregate value of $1,594,405, representing 0.4% of net assets.

(e)

Level 3 security.

(f)

All or partial amount segregated for the benefit of the counterparty as collateral for options written and long-term and short-term loan financing.

(g)

Restricted. The aggregate cost of such securities is $1,179,842. The aggregate value is $1,231,322, representing 0.3% of net assets.

(h)

Non-income producing.

(i)

A member of the Fund’s portfolio management team is a member of the board of directors of LiveStyle, Inc. The Fund’s aggregate value of investments in LiveStyle, Inc. represents 0.3% of net assets.

Options written contracts outstanding at April 30, 2021:

 

Description

   Exercise Price      Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
    Notional
Amount
    Market
Value
    Premiums
Received
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Call options:

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

     106.00 USD        5/21/21        (28   $ (2,800   $ (896   $ (1,421   $ 525  

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

     105.00 USD        5/21/21        (45     (4,500     (450     (2,842     2,392  

Atlassian Corp. PLC

     270.00 USD        5/21/21        (13     (1,300     (715     (2,452     1,737  

Caterpillar, Inc.

     245.00 USD        5/21/21        (22     (2,200     (1,980     (2,017     37  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     385.00 USD        5/21/21        (13     (1,300     (2,353     (2,226     (127

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc.

     245.00 USD        5/21/21        (30     (3,000     (1,890     (2,536     646  

Deere & Co.

     415.00 USD        5/21/21        (16     (1,600     (1,744     (2,080     336  

DexCom, Inc.

     440.00 USD        5/21/21        (8     (800     (560     (856     296  

DocuSign, Inc.

     250.00 USD        5/21/21        (13     (1,300     (1,378     (1,888     510  

DR Horton, Inc.

     105.00 USD        5/21/21        (35     (3,500     (2,450     (2,608     158  

FedEx Corp.

     320.00 USD        5/21/21        (19     (1,900     (1,311     (1,981     670  

Match Group, Inc.

     180.00 USD        5/21/21        (30     (3,000     (4,095     (3,920     (175

MGM Resorts International

     45.00 USD        5/21/21        (80     (8,000     (2,640     (2,971     331  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

     96.00 USD        5/21/21        (80     (8,000     (4,080     (4,971     891  

Netflix, Inc.

     640.00 USD        5/21/21        (8     (800     (192     (2,500     2,308  

NVIDIA Corp.

     675.00 USD        5/21/21        (20     (2,000     (3,880     (5,176     1,296  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.

     305.00 USD        5/21/21        (44     (4,400     (3,960     (4,823     863  

ServiceNow, Inc.

     600.00 USD        5/21/21        (7     (700     (315     (2,895     2,580  

Target Corp.

     230.00 USD        5/21/21        (30     (3,000     (2,850     (2,847     (3

Tesla, Inc.

     850.00 USD        5/21/21        (25     (2,500     (6,275     (10,799     4,524  

Visa, Inc.

     235.00 USD        5/21/21        (45     (4,500     (15,525     (5,554     (9,971
            

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total options written contracts

 

       $ (59,539   $ (69,363   $ 9,824  
      

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


1. Security Valuation

The Fund utilizes a fair value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers into or out of Level 3 at the end of the reporting period.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical securities (security types generally include listed equities).

 

   

Level 2— prices determined using other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).

 

   

Level 3—prices determined using significant unobservable inputs (including the Valuation Committee’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

A description of the valuation techniques applied to a Fund’s major categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis is as follows:

Equity securities are valued at the official closing price (typically last sale) on the exchange on which the securities are primarily traded or, if no closing price is available, at the last bid price and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Restricted equity securities and private placements that are illiquid, or are internally fair valued by the Valuation Committee, are generally categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Certain non-U.S. securities may be fair valued in cases where closing prices are not readily available or are deemed not reflective of readily available market prices. For example, significant events (such as movement in the U.S. securities market, or other regional and local developments) may occur between the time that non-U.S. markets close (where the security is principally traded) and the time that the Fund calculates its net asset value (“NAV”) at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4 p.m. Eastern time) that may impact the value of securities traded in these non-U.S. markets. In such cases, the Fund’s fair value non-U.S. securities using an independent pricing service which considers the correlation of the trading patterns of the non-U.S. security to the trading in the U.S. markets for investments such as ADRs, financial futures, Exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), and certain indexes, as well as prices for similar securities. Such fair valuations are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Because the frequency of significant events is not predictable, fair valuation of certain non-U.S. common stocks may occur on a frequent basis.

Debt securities, including convertible bonds and restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated quotations received from independent pricing services or from dealers who make markets in such securities. For most bond types, the pricing service utilizes matrix pricing that considers one or more of the following factors: yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, current cash flows, type, activity of the underlying equities, and current day trade information, as well as dealer supplied prices. These valuations are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Structured debt instruments, such as mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities may also incorporate collateral analysis and utilize cash flow models for valuation and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Pricing services do not provide pricing for all securities and therefore indicative bids from dealers are utilized which are based on pricing models used by market makers in the security and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Debt securities that are internally fair valued by the Valuation Committee are generally categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

Listed derivatives, such as options and futures, that are actively traded are valued at the last posted settlement price from the exchange where they are principally traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivative contracts, which include forward currency contracts, swaps, swaptions, options and equity linked instruments, are valued based on model prices provided by independent pricing services or from dealer quotes. Depending on the derivative type and the specific terms of the transaction, these models vary and include observable inputs in actively quoted markets including but not limited to: underlying reference entity details, indices, spreads, interest rates, yield curves, dividend and exchange rates. These instruments are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Centrally cleared swaps listed or traded on a bilateral or trade facility platform, such as a registered exchange, are valued at the last posted settlement price determined by the respective exchange. These securities are generally categorized as Level 2 within the hierarchy.

Investments in open-end mutual funds are valued at NAV. Investments in closed-end funds and ETFs are valued as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE each business day. Each is categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s net assets by each major security type. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

     Level 1 -
Quoted Prices
     Level 2 -
Other Significant
Observable
Inputs
     Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
     Total Value at
4/30/21
 

Assets:

 

Convertible Bonds & Notes

     —        $ 262,258,096        —        $ 262,258,096  

Common Stock

   $ 108,056,323        —        $ 286,648        108,342,971  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

     —          55,992,770        —          55,992,770  

Convertible Preferred Stock

     35,437,524        4,305,857        —          39,743,381  

Senior Loans

     —          1,241,383        —          1,241,383  

Preferred Stock

     —          —          1,231,334        1,231,334  

Warrants

     —          —          76,423        76,423  

Repurchase Agreements

     —          9,023,000        —          9,023,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     143,493,847        332,821,106        1,594,405        477,909,358  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

Options Written

     (59,539      —          —          (59,539
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 143,434,308      $ 332,821,106      $ 1,594,405      $ 477,849,819  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

There were no transfers into or out of Level 3 related to securities held at April 30, 2021.

Management has determined that the total value of Level 3 securities compared to total net assets is not material; therefore, the rollforward of Level 3 securities and valuation inputs are not shown for the period ended April 30, 2021.