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Calamos Global Total Return Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2021 (UNAUDITED)

 

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
      

 

    

 

  VALUE
  CORPORATE BONDS (12.4%)  
    Airlines (0.3%)  
  82,001      

Air Canada Pass Through Trust

Series 2015-1, Class B*µ

3.875%, 09/15/24

  $ 83,107  
  13,333      

Air Canada Pass Through Trust

Series 2015-2, Class B*

5.000%, 06/15/25

           13,532  
  52,844      

Alaska Airlines Pass Through

Trust Series 2020-1, Class A*

4.800%, 02/15/29

    58,629  
  42,492      

Alaska Airlines Pass Through

Trust Series 2020-1, Class B*µ

8.000%, 02/15/27

    47,513  
   

American Airlines, Inc. /

AAdvantage Loyalty IP, Ltd.*

 
  33,000      

5.500%, 04/20/26

    34,563  
  11,000      

5.750%, 04/20/29

    11,905  
  50,000      

British Airways Pass Through

Trust Series 2021-1, Class B*

3.900%, 03/15/33

    50,788  
  37,913      

JetBlue Pass Through Trust

Series 2020-1, Class B

7.750%, 05/15/30

    44,872  
  23,800      

Spirit Loyalty Cayman, Ltd. / Spirit

IP Cayman, Ltd.*

8.000%, 09/20/25

    26,850  
  18,088      

UAL Pass Through Trust Series

2007-1

6.636%, 01/02/24

    18,730  
  39,191      

United Airlines Pass Through

Trust Series 2014-2, Class B

4.625%, 03/03/24

    40,145  
  25,978      

United Airlines Pass Through

Trust Series 2019-2, Class B

3.500%, 11/01/29

    25,754  
     

 

 

 

        456,388  
     

 

 

 

    Communication Services (1.4%)  
  75,000      

Arrow Bidco, LLC*

9.500%, 03/15/24

    76,999  
  33,000      

Beasley Mezzanine Holdings, LLC*

8.625%, 02/01/26

    33,525  
  30,000      

Brink’s Company*

5.500%, 07/15/25

    31,626  
  95,000      

Cincinnati Bell, Inc.*

8.000%, 10/15/25

    99,930  
  60,000      

CommScope, Inc.*

5.500%, 03/01/24

    61,818  
  50,000      

Consolidated Communications, Inc.*

6.500%, 10/01/28

    54,054  
  200,000      

CSC Holdings, LLC*

5.500%, 04/15/27

        209,420  
  46,000      

Cumulus Media New Holdings, Inc.*^

6.750%, 07/01/26

    48,475  
   

Diamond Sports Group, LLC /

Diamond Sports Finance Company*

 
  45,000      

6.625%, 08/15/27

    18,092  
  27,000      

5.375%, 08/15/26

    15,709  
PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
      

 

    

 

  VALUE
  5,000      

DIRECTV Holdings, LLC /

DIRECTV Financing Company, Inc.*

5.875%, 08/15/27

  $ 5,174  
  150,000      

Embarq Corp.

7.995%, 06/01/36

    168,277  
   

Entercom Media Corp.*^

 
  32,000      

6.500%, 05/01/27

    32,996  
  22,000      

6.750%, 03/31/29

    22,474  
  25,000      

Frontier Florida, LLC&

6.860%, 02/01/28

    27,418  
  65,000      

Frontier North, Inc.@

6.730%, 02/15/28

    70,756  
   

Go Daddy Operating Company,

LLC / GD Finance Company, Inc.*

 
  40,000      

3.500%, 03/01/29

    40,077  
  13,000      

5.250%, 12/01/27

    13,665  
  15,000      

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp.

5.250%, 08/01/26

    16,808  
  60,000      

iHeartCommunications, Inc.*

5.250%, 08/15/27

    62,605  
   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings, SA@

 
  30,000      

9.750%, 07/15/25*

    16,976  
  25,000      

5.500%, 08/01/23

    13,799  
  27,833      

Ligado Networks, LLC*

 
   

15.500%, 11/01/23

 
   

15.500% PIK rate

    27,567  
  60,000      

Lumen Technologies, Inc.*

4.000%, 02/15/27

    61,772  
   

Netflix, Inc.

 
  40,000      

4.875%, 06/15/30*

    48,268  
  25,000      

4.875%, 04/15/28^

    29,252  
   

Scripps Escrow II, Inc.*

 
  23,000      

3.875%, 01/15/29

    23,032  
  11,000      

5.375%, 01/15/31^

    11,009  
  61,000      

Scripps Escrow, Inc.*

5.875%, 07/15/27

    63,197  
  23,000      

Shift4 Payments, LLC / Shift4

Payments Finance Sub, Inc.*^

4.625%, 11/01/26

    23,984  
   

Sirius XM Radio, Inc.*

 
  65,000      

5.500%, 07/01/29^

    71,298  
  65,000      

4.625%, 07/15/24^

    66,787  
  33,000      

4.000%, 07/15/28

    34,056  
  30,000      

Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc.*

9.750%, 03/01/26

    30,616  
  80,000      

Sprint Capital Corp.^

6.875%, 11/15/28

    103,294  
  110,000      

Sprint Corp.

7.125%, 06/15/24

    126,678  
  35,000      

Telecom Italia Capital, SA

6.000%, 09/30/34

    40,259  
  60,000      

United States Cellular Corp.

6.700%, 12/15/33

    74,745  
  19,000      

Windstream Services, LLC /

Windstream Finance Corp.@&

7.750%, 10/01/21

    204  
     

 

 

 

            1,976,691  
     

 

 

 

    Consumer Discretionary (1.8%)  
  46,000      

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.^

6.875%, 07/01/28

    49,859  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

1


Calamos Global Total Return Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2021 (UNAUDITED)

 

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
      

 

    

 

  VALUE
   

Ashton Woods USA, LLC / Ashton

Woods Finance Company*

 
  39,000      

6.625%, 01/15/28

  $ 41,643  
  27,000      

4.625%, 08/01/29

    27,095  
  13,000      

Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC /

Avis Budget Finance, Inc.*^

5.375%, 03/01/29

    13,558  
  65,000      

Bally’s Corp.*

6.750%, 06/01/27

    70,322  
   

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.*

 
  21,000      

8.125%, 07/01/27

    23,139  
  21,000      

6.250%, 07/01/25

    22,195  
  80,000      

Caesars Resort Collection, LLC /

CRC Finco, Inc.*^

5.250%, 10/15/25

    80,675  
   

Carnival Corp.*

 
  21,000      

10.500%, 02/01/26^

    24,078  
  11,000      

7.625%, 03/01/26

    11,677  
  50,000      

Carriage Services, Inc.*

4.250%, 05/15/29

    50,042  
  30,000      

Carvana Company*

5.625%, 10/01/25

    31,183  
   

CCO Holdings, LLC / CCO

Holdings Capital Corp.*

 
  155,000      

5.125%, 05/01/27

          162,355  
  50,000      

4.750%, 03/01/30

    53,067  
  32,000      

5.750%, 02/15/26

    33,101  
  21,000      

4.250%, 02/01/31

    21,671  
  20,000      

5.000%, 02/01/28^

    20,990  
  39,000      

Cedar Fair, LP^

5.250%, 07/15/29

    39,732  
   

Century Communities, Inc.

 
  65,000      

6.750%, 06/01/27

    69,544  
  58,000      

5.875%, 07/15/25

    59,965  
   

DISH DBS Corp.

 
  41,000      

7.750%, 07/01/26

    46,871  
  30,000      

7.375%, 07/01/28^

    32,496  
  32,000      

Everi Holdings, Inc.*

5.000%, 07/15/29

    32,756  
  30,000      

Ford Motor Company

8.500%, 04/21/23

    33,355  
  200,000      

Ford Motor Credit Company, LLC

2.900%, 02/16/28

        200,750  
   

goeasy, Ltd.*

 
  75,000      

5.375%, 12/01/24

    77,872  
  40,000      

4.375%, 05/01/26

    41,266  
  22,000      

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company*^

5.000%, 07/15/29

    23,199  
  23,000      

Guitar Center, Inc.*&

8.500%, 01/15/26

    24,591  
   

L Brands, Inc.

 
  57,000      

6.694%, 01/15/27

    67,731  
  34,000      

6.875%, 11/01/35

    43,774  
  25,000      

Liberty Interactive, LLC

8.500%, 07/15/29

    28,708  
   

Life Time, Inc.*

 
  50,000      

5.750%, 01/15/26

    50,894  
  33,000      

8.000%, 04/15/26^

    34,594  
   

M/I Homes, Inc.

 
  60,000      

5.625%, 08/01/25

    61,790  
  40,000      

4.950%, 02/01/28

    42,204  
   

Macy’s Retail Holdings, LLC

 
  20,000      

6.700%, 07/15/34*

    21,283  
  10,000      

5.125%, 01/15/42

    9,159  
  21,000      

Macy’s, Inc.*

8.375%, 06/15/25

    22,912  
PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
      

 

    

 

  VALUE
   

Mattel, Inc.*

 
  65,000      

5.875%, 12/15/27

  $ 71,191  
  6,000      

3.750%, 04/01/29^

    6,334  
  75,000      

Meritage Homes Corp.

6.000%, 06/01/25

    85,366  
  50,000      

Midwest Gaming Borrower, LLC /

Midwest Gaming Finance Corp.*

4.875%, 05/01/29

    50,460  
  33,000      

Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment*

8.000%, 02/01/26

    34,373  
  49,000      

Newell Brands, Inc.^

4.700%, 04/01/26

    54,655  
  22,000      

Penn National Gaming, Inc.*^

4.125%, 07/01/29

    21,696  
  111,000      

Rite Aid Corp.*

8.000%, 11/15/26

    111,558  
   

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.*

 
  25,000      

11.500%, 06/01/25

    28,644  
  13,000      

10.875%, 06/01/23

    14,777  
  53,000      

Simmons Foods, Inc. / Simmons

Prepared Foods, Inc. / Simmons

Pet Food, Inc. / Simmons Feed*^

4.625%, 03/01/29

    53,667  
  65,000      

Speedway Motorsports, LLC /

Speedway Funding II, Inc.*

4.875%, 11/01/27

    66,505  
  39,000      

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc.*

5.750%, 01/15/28

    44,155  
  13,000      

Viking Cruises, Ltd.*

13.000%, 05/15/25

    15,089  
  50,000      

Vista Outdoor, Inc.*

4.500%, 03/15/29

    51,043  
  45,000      

VOC Escrow, Ltd.*

5.000%, 02/15/28

    44,704  
  11,000      

Williams Scotsman International, Inc.*

4.625%, 08/15/28

    11,384  
     

 

 

 

            2,567,697  
     

 

 

 

    Consumer Staples (0.6%)  
  51,000      

Central Garden & Pet Company*

4.125%, 04/30/31

    52,176  
   

Edgewell Personal Care Company*

 
  33,000      

4.125%, 04/01/29

    33,234  
  23,000      

5.500%, 06/01/28

    24,376  
  49,000      

Energizer Holdings, Inc.*

4.375%, 03/31/29

    49,286  
  25,000      

Fresh Market, Inc.*

9.750%, 05/01/23

    25,772  
  50,000      

JBS USA LUX, SA / JBS USA

Finance, Inc.*

6.750%, 02/15/28

    55,021  
  19,000      

JBS USA LUX, SA / JBS USA

Food Company / JBS USA

Finance, Inc.*

6.500%, 04/15/29

    21,423  
   

Kraft Heinz Foods Company

 
  65,000      

4.375%, 06/01/46

    74,866  
  12,000      

4.250%, 03/01/31^

    13,835  
  12,000      

3.875%, 05/15/27

    13,294  
  33,000      

New Albertsons, LP

7.750%, 06/15/26

    37,912  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

2


Calamos Global Total Return Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2021 (UNAUDITED)

 

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
      

 

    

 

  VALUE
  43,000      

Performance Food Group, Inc.*

4.250%, 08/01/29

  $ 43,761  
  75,000      

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.*

5.875%, 09/30/27

    80,298  
   

Post Holdings, Inc.*

 
  60,000      

5.750%, 03/01/27

    62,580  
  32,000      

4.625%, 04/15/30^

    32,632  
  42,000      

Prestige Brands, Inc.*

3.750%, 04/01/31

    41,699  
  50,000      

United Natural Foods, Inc.*^

6.750%, 10/15/28

    54,067  
   

Vector Group, Ltd.*

 
  70,000      

5.750%, 02/01/29

    71,334  
  28,000      

10.500%, 11/01/26

    29,796  
     

 

 

 

              817,362  
     

 

 

 

    Energy (1.2%)  
   

Antero Resources Corp.*

 
  16,000      

7.625%, 02/01/29

    17,539  
  11,000      

5.375%, 03/01/30^

    11,202  
   

Apache Corp.

 
  45,000      

5.100%, 09/01/40^

    48,314  
  26,000      

4.875%, 11/15/27

    28,004  
  23,000      

4.625%, 11/15/25

    24,750  
   

Buckeye Partners, LP

 
  40,000      

3.950%, 12/01/26

    40,667  
  25,000      

5.850%, 11/15/43

    25,449  
  32,000      

ChampionX Corp.

6.375%, 05/01/26

    33,520  
   

Cheniere Energy Partners, LP

 
  50,000      

5.625%, 10/01/26

    51,713  
  10,000      

4.000%, 03/01/31*

    10,587  
  23,000      

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

4.625%, 10/15/28

    24,306  
   

Continental Resources, Inc.^

 
  45,000      

3.800%, 06/01/24

    47,253  
  35,000      

4.375%, 01/15/28

    39,122  
  80,000      

DCP Midstream Operating, LP*‡

5.850%, 05/21/43

3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.85%

    75,290  
  349      

Diamond Foreign Asset Company /

Diamond Finance, LLC

 
   

13.000%, 04/22/27

 
   

13.000% PIK rate

    350  
  22,000      

DT Midstream, Inc.*

4.125%, 06/15/29

    22,581  
  65,000      

Energy Transfer, LP‡

3.143%, 11/01/66

3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.02%

    53,643  
  32,000      

6.500%, 11/15/26

5 year CMT + 5.69%

    32,776  
  60,000      

EnLink Midstream Partners, LP

6.000%, 12/15/22‡

3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.11%

    46,478  
  50,000      

4.850%, 07/15/26

    52,337  
   

EQT Corp.

 
  28,000      

7.500%, 02/01/30

    36,814  
  20,000      

6.625%, 02/01/25

    23,135  
  12,000      

5.000%, 01/15/29

    13,574  
  43,000      

Genesis Energy, LP / Genesis

Energy Finance Corp.

6.250%, 05/15/26

    42,503  
   

Gulfport Energy Operating Corp.

 
  45,000      

6.375%, 05/15/25@

    1,913  
  13,167      

8.000%, 05/17/26^

    14,105  
PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
      

 

    

 

  VALUE
   

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.

 
  42,000      

10.125%, 01/15/28

  $ 44,515  
  10,000      

7.750%, 07/31/29*

    9,685  
  50,000      

Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating, LLC /

Magnolia Oil & Gas Finance Corp.*^

6.000%, 08/01/26

    51,270  
   

Moss Creek Resources Holdings, Inc.*

 
  25,000      

10.500%, 05/15/27

    24,029  
  25,000      

7.500%, 01/15/26

    22,644  
  22,000      

Murphy Oil Corp.

6.375%, 07/15/28

    23,304  
   

New Fortress Energy, Inc.*

 
  22,000      

6.500%, 09/30/26

    22,262  
  20,000      

6.750%, 09/15/25

    20,428  
  25,000      

Nine Energy Service, Inc.*

8.750%, 11/01/23

    15,054  
  10,000      

Oasis Midstream Partners, LP /

OMP Finance Corp.*

8.000%, 04/01/29

    10,464  
   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

 
  135,000      

4.300%, 08/15/39

    134,028  
  98,000      

2.900%, 08/15/24

    98,806  
  22,000      

5.875%, 09/01/25^

    24,408  
  15,000      

Ovintiv, Inc.^

6.500%, 08/15/34

    20,039  
  69,000      

Par Petroleum, LLC / Par

Petroleum Finance Corp.*

7.750%, 12/15/25

    68,562  
  40,000      

Parkland Corp. / Canada*

5.875%, 07/15/27

    42,698  
  50,000      

Plains All American Pipeline, LP‡

6.125%, 11/15/22

3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.11%

    44,838  
  16,000      

Range Resources Corp.*

8.250%, 01/15/29

    17,736  
  27,000      

Transocean, Inc.*^

11.500%, 01/30/27

    26,899  
   

Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC*

 
  10,000      

4.125%, 08/15/31

    10,316  
  10,000      

3.875%, 08/15/29

    10,223  
  22,000      

Vine Energy Holdings, LLC*

6.750%, 04/15/29

    22,995  
  25,000      

Viper Energy Partners, LP*

5.375%, 11/01/27

    26,232  
  40,000      

W&T Offshore, Inc.*

9.750%, 11/01/23

    38,525  
  23,000      

Weatherford International, Ltd.*

11.000%, 12/01/24

    23,831  
     

 

 

 

            1,671,716  
     

 

 

 

    Financials (2.3%)  
   

Acrisure, LLC / Acrisure Finance, Inc.*

 
  131,000      

7.000%, 11/15/25^

    133,309  
  64,000      

6.000%, 08/01/29

    64,048  
  32,000      

Aethon United BR, LP / Aethon

United Finance Corp.*

8.250%, 02/15/26

    34,284  
  48,000      

AG Issuer, LLC*

6.250%, 03/01/28

    50,482  
  110,000      

Alliant Holdings Intermediate, LLC

/ Alliant Holdings Co-Issuer*

6.750%, 10/15/27

    115,045  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

3


Calamos Global Total Return Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2021 (UNAUDITED)

 

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
      

 

    

 

  VALUE
  39,000      

Ally Financial, Inc.

4.700%, 05/15/26‡

5 year CMT + 3.87%

  $ 40,988  
  35,000      

8.000%, 11/01/31

    51,027  
  20,000      

4.700%, 05/15/28‡

7 year CMT + 3.48%

    20,835  
  43,000      

AmWINS Group, Inc.*

4.875%, 06/30/29

    43,914  
  120,000      

AssuredPartners, Inc.*

7.000%, 08/15/25

          122,314  
  48,000      

Aviation Capital Group, LLC*

3.500%, 11/01/27

    51,125  
  44,000      

BroadStreet Partners, Inc.*

5.875%, 04/15/29

    44,856  
  141,000      

Brookfield Property REIT, Inc. /

BPR Cumulus, LLC / BPR

Nimbus, LLC / GGSI Sellco LL*^

5.750%, 05/15/26

    146,801  
   

Credit Acceptance Corp.^

 
  65,000      

6.625%, 03/15/26

    68,780  
  52,000      

5.125%, 12/31/24*

    53,798  
  15,000      

Cushman & Wakefield US Borrower, LLC*

6.750%, 05/15/28

    16,130  
  65,000      

Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.

8.250%, 10/15/24

    67,419  
  48,000      

Enact Holdings, Inc.*^

6.500%, 08/15/25

    52,125  
  64,000      

Global Net Lease, Inc. / Global

Net Lease Operating Partnership, LP*

3.750%, 12/15/27

    63,569  
  84,000      

Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC*

5.750%, 12/01/25

    86,111  
  225,000      

HUB International, Ltd.*

7.000%, 05/01/26

    233,397  
   

Icahn Enterprises, LP / Icahn

Enterprises Finance Corp.

 
  65,000      

5.250%, 05/15/27

    68,465  
  31,000      

4.375%, 02/01/29

    31,420  
  100,000      

ILFC E-Capital Trust II*‡

3.910%, 12/21/65

3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.80%

    84,685  
  120,000      

Iron Mountain, Inc.*

5.250%, 03/15/28

    125,875  
   

Ladder Capital Finance Holdings

LLLP / Ladder Capital Finance Corp.*

 
  88,000      

5.250%, 10/01/25

    89,465  
  22,000      

4.750%, 06/15/29

    21,932  
  51,000      

LD Holdings Group, LLC*

6.125%, 04/01/28

    50,682  
   

Level 3 Financing, Inc.

 
  45,000      

4.250%, 07/01/28*

    45,895  
  35,000      

5.375%, 05/01/25

    35,820  
   

LPL Holdings, Inc.*

 
  55,000      

4.000%, 03/15/29

    55,940  
  16,000      

4.375%, 05/15/31

    16,423  
  100,000      

MetLife, Inc.^

6.400%, 12/15/66

    128,243  
   

Navient Corp.

 
  95,000      

5.000%, 03/15/27

    99,129  
  50,000      

4.875%, 03/15/28

    50,479  
   

OneMain Finance Corp.

 
  65,000      

7.125%, 03/15/26

    76,589  
  41,000      

6.875%, 03/15/25

    46,609  
PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
      

 

    

 

  VALUE
   

Park Intermediate Holdings, LLC /

PK Domestic Property, LLC / PK

Finance Co-Issuer*

 
  27,000      

7.500%, 06/01/25

  $ 29,285  
  23,000      

5.875%, 10/01/28

    24,554  
  26,000      

PHH Mortgage Corp.*

7.875%, 03/15/26

    26,724  
  50,000      

Prospect Capital Corp.µ

3.706%, 01/22/26

    51,941  
  20,000      

Quicken Loans, LLC / Quicken

Loans Co-Issuer, Inc.*

3.625%, 03/01/29

    20,159  
  65,000      

Radian Group, Inc.

4.875%, 03/15/27

    70,696  
  50,000      

RHP Hotel Properties, LP / RHP

Finance Corp.*

4.500%, 02/15/29

    50,570  
  33,000      

RLJ Lodging Trust, LP*

3.750%, 07/01/26

    33,475  
  28,000      

SLM Corp.

4.200%, 10/29/25

    30,343  
  65,000      

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.^

4.750%, 03/15/25

    68,986  
  43,000      

StoneX Group, Inc.*

8.625%, 06/15/25

    46,756  
   

United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC*

 
  34,000      

5.500%, 11/15/25

    35,073  
  22,000      

5.500%, 04/15/29

    21,916  
 
52,000
 
   

VICI Properties, LP / VICI Note

Company, Inc.*^

3.750%, 02/15/27

 

 

53,599

 

   

XHR, LP*

 
  47,000      

6.375%, 08/15/25

    50,139  
  22,000      

4.875%, 06/01/29

    22,535  
     

 

 

 

            3,224,759  
     

 

 

 

    Health Care (1.3%)  
  22,000      

Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc.*

5.000%, 04/15/29

    23,158  
  145,000      

Bausch Health Americas, Inc.*

8.500%, 01/31/27

    157,058  
   

Bausch Health Companies, Inc.*

 
  60,000      

5.250%, 02/15/31^

    56,285  
  50,000      

5.000%, 01/30/28

    47,860  
  20,000      

5.000%, 02/15/29

    18,915  
   

Centene Corp.

 
  52,000      

4.250%, 12/15/27

    54,849  
  23,000      

3.000%, 10/15/30

    23,942  
  22,000      

Charles River Laboratories

International, Inc.*

3.750%, 03/15/29

    22,573  
   

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.*

 
  88,000      

6.125%, 04/01/30

    89,278  
  60,000      

8.000%, 03/15/26

    64,361  
  25,000      

6.875%, 04/15/29

    26,345  
   

DaVita, Inc.*

 
  68,000      

4.625%, 06/01/30

    70,316  
  32,000      

3.750%, 02/15/31

    31,158  
   

Encompass Health Corp.

 
  20,000      

4.750%, 02/01/30^

    21,455  
  20,000      

4.500%, 02/01/28

    20,838  
 
52,000
 
   

HCA, Inc.

7.500%, 11/06/33

    74,337  
 
200,000
 
   

Jazz Securities DAC*

4.375%, 01/15/29

    208,826  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

4


Calamos Global Total Return Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2021 (UNAUDITED)

 

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
      

 

    

 

  VALUE
 
75,000
 
   

Mallinckrodt International Finance, SA / Mallinckrodt CB, LLC*@

5.625%, 10/15/23

  $ 49,957  
 
200,000
 
   

Organon & Company / Organon

Foreign Debt Co-Issuer, BV*

5.125%, 04/30/31

 

 

206,260

 

 
62,000
 
   

Team Health Holdings, Inc.*^

6.375%, 02/01/25

 

 

57,891

 

   

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

 
  120,000      

6.250%, 02/01/27*

    125,160  
  75,000      

4.625%, 07/15/24

    76,090  
  70,000      

6.875%, 11/15/31

    80,281  
  65,000      

4.875%, 01/01/26*

    67,395  
 
195,000
 
   

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance

Netherlands III, BV

2.800%, 07/21/23

 

 

193,473

 

     

 

 

 

            1,868,061  
     

 

 

 

    Industrials (2.1%)  
 
45,000
 
   

Abercrombie & Fitch Management Company*

8.750%, 07/15/25

 

 

49,832

 

 
50,000
 
   

ACCO Brands Corp.*^

4.250%, 03/15/29

 

 

50,025

 

   

Albertsons Companies, Inc. /

Safeway, Inc. / New Albertsons,

LP / Albertsons, LLC*

 
  65,000      

4.625%, 01/15/27

    68,794  
  59,000      

4.875%, 02/15/30

    63,915  
  23,000      

3.500%, 03/15/29

    23,247  
   

Allison Transmission, Inc.*

 
  40,000      

4.750%, 10/01/27

    41,800  
  10,000      

3.750%, 01/30/31

    10,010  
 
11,000
 
   

Ambience Merger Sub, Inc.*

7.125%, 07/15/29

 

 

11,148

 

 
10,000
 
   

American Airlines Group, Inc.*^

3.750%, 03/01/25

 

 

8,914

 

 
25,000
 
   

Arcosa, Inc.*

4.375%, 04/15/29

 

 

25,629

 

 
200,000
 
   

ARD Finance, SA*

6.500%, 06/30/27

7.250% PIK rate

 

 

211,228

 

 
28,000
 
   

Avolon Holdings Funding, Ltd.*µ

5.250%, 05/15/24

 

 

30,841

 

  40,000      

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.*^

4.125%, 05/15/29

    40,139  
  65,000      

Berry Global, Inc.*^

4.875%, 07/15/26

    68,622  
 
44,000
 
   

BWX Technologies, Inc.*

4.125%, 04/15/29

 

 

45,111

 

   

Cascades, Inc. / Cascades USA, Inc.*

 
  39,000      

5.125%, 01/15/26

    41,337  
  26,000      

5.375%, 01/15/28

    27,403  
   

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

 
  12,000      

7.375%, 01/15/26

    14,141  
  11,000      

3.800%, 04/19/23^

    11,366  
   

Delta Air Lines, Inc. / SkyMiles IP, Ltd.*

 
  11,000      

4.750%, 10/20/28

    12,330  
  6,000      

4.500%, 10/20/25µ

    6,463  
 
36,000
 
   

Dun & Bradstreet Corp.*

6.875%, 08/15/26

 

 

38,214

 

 
32,000
 
   

Endure Digital, Inc.*^

6.000%, 02/15/29

 

 

31,072

 

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
      

 

    

 

  VALUE
  25,000      

EnerSys*

4.375%, 12/15/27

  $ 26,190  
  23,000      

GFL Environmental, Inc.*

3.750%, 08/01/25

    23,695  
   

Golden Nugget, Inc.*

 
  35,000      

6.750%, 10/15/24

    35,128  
  25,000      

8.750%, 10/01/25^

    26,365  
  23,000      

Graham Packaging Company, Inc.*

7.125%, 08/15/28

    24,626  
 
25,000
 
   

Granite US Holdings Corp.*^

11.000%, 10/01/27

 

 

27,935

 

   

Graphic Packaging International, LLC*

 
  30,000      

4.750%, 07/15/27

    32,555  
  20,000      

3.500%, 03/01/29

    19,948  
  11,000      

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.*

5.250%, 06/01/29

    11,359  
 
101,000
 
   

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.*

3.875%, 12/15/28

 

 

100,306

 

 
25,000
 
   

HCRX Investments Holdco, LP*

4.500%, 08/01/29

 

 

25,536

 

 
65,000
 
   

Herc Holdings, Inc.*

5.500%, 07/15/27

 

 

68,319

 

   

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

 
  61,000      

5.125%, 10/01/24

    67,233  
  18,000      

6.875%, 05/01/25

    20,960  
  62,000      

JELD-WEN, Inc.*

4.625%, 12/15/25

    63,250  
 
20,000
 
   

KeHE Distributors, LLC / KeHE

Finance Corp.*

8.625%, 10/15/26

 

 

21,692

 

 
49,000
 
   

Ken Garff Automotive, LLC*

4.875%, 09/15/28

 

 

50,529

 

 
21,000
 
   

MasTec, Inc.*

4.500%, 08/15/28

 

 

22,162

 

 
27,000
 
   

Meritor, Inc.*

4.500%, 12/15/28

 

 

27,650

 

 
33,000
 
   

Moog, Inc.*

4.250%, 12/15/27

 

 

34,092

 

 
60,000
 
   

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings, Inc.*

5.500%, 08/15/28

 

 

61,072

 

  52,000      

Novelis Corp.*

4.750%, 01/30/30

    55,451  
 
50,000
 
   

Park-Ohio Industries, Inc.

6.625%, 04/15/27

 

 

50,884

 

   

Patrick Industries, Inc.*

 
  30,000      

7.500%, 10/15/27

    32,646  
  22,000      

4.750%, 05/01/29

    22,468  
 
55,000
 
   

Peninsula Pacific Entertainment,

LLC / Peninsula Pacific

Entertainment Finance In*

8.500%, 11/15/27

 

 

59,722

 

 
10,000
 
   

Picasso Finance Sub, Inc.*

6.125%, 06/15/25

 

 

10,609

 

 
55,000
 
   

QVC, Inc.

4.375%, 09/01/28

 

 

56,552

 

 
50,000
 
   

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc. /

Reynolds Group Issuer, LLC /

Reynolds Group Issuer Lu*

4.000%, 10/15/27

 

 

50,011

 

  125,000      

Scientific Games International, Inc.*

5.000%, 10/15/25

        128,582  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

5


Calamos Global Total Return Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2021 (UNAUDITED)

 

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
      

 

    

 

  VALUE
 
19,000
 
   

SEG Holding, LLC / SEG Finance Corp.*^

5.625%, 10/15/28

 

$

20,054

 

 
40,000
 
   

Sensata Technologies, Inc.*

3.750%, 02/15/31

 

 

40,400

 

   

Sinclair Television Group, Inc.*

 
  23,000      

4.125%, 12/01/30

    22,328  
  20,000      

5.500%, 03/01/30^

    20,090  
   

Standard Industries, Inc.*

 
  50,000      

5.000%, 02/15/27

    51,803  
  11,000      

4.375%, 07/15/30^

    11,321  
   

Station Casinos, LLC*

 
  90,000      

4.500%, 02/15/28

    90,859  
  34,000      

5.000%, 10/01/25

    34,474  
 
23,000
 
   

Stericycle, Inc.*

3.875%, 01/15/29

 

 

23,346

 

 
35,000
 
   

STL Holding Company, LLC*

7.500%, 02/15/26

 

 

36,935

 

   

TransDigm, Inc.

 
  95,000      

6.250%, 03/15/26*

    99,823  
  60,000      

7.500%, 03/15/27

    63,658  
  22,000      

Tronox, Inc.*^

4.625%, 03/15/29

    22,413  
   

United Rentals North America, Inc.

 
  20,000      

5.875%, 09/15/26

    20,686  
  20,000      

3.750%, 01/15/32

    20,000  
  11,000      

3.875%, 02/15/31

    11,334  
 
25,000
 
   

Waste Pro USA, Inc.*

5.500%, 02/15/26

 

 

25,536

 

   

WESCO Distribution, Inc.*

 
  27,000      

7.125%, 06/15/25^

    29,124  
  13,000      

7.250%, 06/15/28

    14,494  
 
65,000
 
   

XPO Logistics, Inc.*

6.750%, 08/15/24

 

 

67,485

 

     

 

 

 

            2,915,271  
     

 

 

 

    Information Technology (0.6%)  
  21,000      

Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.*

4.000%, 07/01/29

    21,661  
 
25,000
 
   

CDK Global, Inc.*

5.250%, 05/15/29

 

 

27,259

 

 
39,000
 
   

Clear Channel Worldwide

Holdings, Inc.*^

5.125%, 08/15/27

 

 

40,119

 

 
60,000
 
   

CommScope Technologies, LLC*

6.000%, 06/15/25

 

 

60,972

 

   

Dell International, LLC / EMC Corp.

 
  55,000      

6.020%, 06/15/26µ

    66,217  
  45,000      

6.100%, 07/15/27

    55,673  
  25,000      

5.850%, 07/15/25µ

    29,392  
  26,000      

Fair Isaac Corp.*

4.000%, 06/15/28

    27,206  
  50,000      

KBR, Inc.*

4.750%, 09/30/28

    50,895  
 
50,000
 
   

MPH Acquisition Holdings, LLC*^

5.750%, 11/01/28

 

 

48,635

 

 
22,000
 
   

NCR Corp.*

5.125%, 04/15/29

 

 

22,929

 

 
53,000
 
   

Nielsen Finance, LLC / Nielsen

Finance Company*

4.500%, 07/15/29

 

 

53,533

 

 
34,000
 
   

ON Semiconductor Corp.*

3.875%, 09/01/28

 

 

35,426

 

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
      

 

    

 

  VALUE
  39,000      

Open Text Corp.*

3.875%, 02/15/28

  $ 40,370  
  22,000      

Playtika Holding Corp.*

4.250%, 03/15/29

    21,966  
  36,000      

PTC, Inc.*

4.000%, 02/15/28

    37,306  
 
50,000
 
   

TTM Technologies, Inc.*^

4.000%, 03/01/29

 

 

50,374

 

   

Twilio, Inc.

 
  30,000      

3.625%, 03/15/29

    30,858  
  11,000      

3.875%, 03/15/31^

    11,511  
 
50,000
 
   

ZoomInfo Technologies, LLC /

ZoomInfo Finance Corp.*

3.875%, 02/01/29

 

 

50,097

 

     

 

 

 

             782,399  
     

 

 

 

    Materials (0.5%)  
  27,000      

Allegheny Technologies, Inc.^

5.875%, 12/01/27

    28,390  
 
35,000
 
   

ArcelorMittal, SA

7.250%, 10/15/39

 

 

51,149

 

 
65,000
 
   

Clearwater Paper Corp.*^

4.750%, 08/15/28

 

 

65,771

 

   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

 
  35,000      

5.000%, 09/01/27

    36,986  
  25,000      

5.450%, 03/15/43

    32,142  
  20,000      

5.400%, 11/14/34

    25,426  
 
34,000
 
   

HB Fuller Company

4.250%, 10/15/28

 

 

34,832

 

 
43,000
 
   

Intertape Polymer Group, Inc.*

4.375%, 06/15/29

 

 

44,045

 

 
40,000
 
   

JW Aluminum Continuous Cast Company*

10.250%, 06/01/26

 

 

42,193

 

   

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.*

 
  25,000      

4.625%, 03/01/28^

    26,139  
  5,000      

4.500%, 06/01/31

    5,206  
 
36,000
 
   

Mercer International, Inc.^

5.125%, 02/01/29

 

 

36,762

 

   

New Gold, Inc.*

 
  14,000      

6.375%, 05/15/25

    14,452  
  13,000      

7.500%, 07/15/27^

    14,052  
 
23,000
 
   

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.*^

6.625%, 05/13/27

 

 

24,948

 

  22,000      

PBF Holding Company, LLC /

PBF Finance Corp.

7.250%, 06/15/25

    13,294  
  56,000      

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

4.125%, 02/01/28

    58,193  
 
21,000
 
   

Trinseo Materials Operating SCA /

Trinseo Materials Finance, Inc.*

5.125%, 04/01/29

 

 

21,434

 

 
39,000
 
   

Univar Solutions USA, Inc.*

5.125%, 12/01/27

 

 

40,911

 

 
23,000
 
   

Valvoline, Inc.*

3.625%, 06/15/31

 

 

22,928

 

     

 

 

 

        639,253  
     

 

 

 

    Real Estate (0.1%)  
 
34,000
 
   

EPR Properties^

3.750%, 08/15/29

 

 

34,531

 

   

Forestar Group, Inc.*

 
  38,000      

5.000%, 03/01/28

    39,611  
  11,000      

3.850%, 05/15/26

    11,167  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

6


Calamos Global Total Return Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2021 (UNAUDITED)

 

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
      

 

    

 

  VALUE
  34,000      

iStar, Inc.

5.500%, 02/15/26

  $ 35,696  
   

Service Properties Trust

 
  65,000      

4.350%, 10/01/24

    65,608  
  20,000      

5.250%, 02/15/26

    20,245  
     

 

 

 

        206,858  
     

 

 

 

    Utilities (0.2%)  
 
39,000
 
   

Calpine Corp.*

4.500%, 02/15/28

 

 

40,256

 

 
20,000
 
   

NRG Energy, Inc.

6.625%, 01/15/27

 

 

20,727

 

 
68,000
 
   

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.^‡

2.812%, 03/30/67

3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.67%

 

 

66,676

 

   

Talen Energy Supply, LLC*

 
  25,000      

10.500%, 01/15/26

    17,258  
  10,000      

7.250%, 05/15/27

    9,130  
 
65,000
 
   

TerraForm Power Operating, LLC*

5.000%, 01/31/28

 

 

70,383

 

     

 

 

 

        224,430  
     

 

 

 

   

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS

(Cost $16,621,757)

        17,350,885  
     

 

 

 

  CONVERTIBLE BONDS (26.1%)  
    Airlines (0.2%)  
 
2,000,000
 
 

HKD

 

Cathay Pacific Finance III, Ltd.

2.750%, 02/05/26

 

 

257,373

 

     

 

 

 

    Communication Services (3.3%)  
 
813,000
 
   

Eventbrite, Inc.*

0.750%, 09/15/26

 

 

768,854

 

 
200,000
 
   

Kakao Corp.

0.000%, 04/28/23

 

 

303,504

 

 
1,190,000
 
   

Liberty Media Corp.*

0.500%, 12/01/50

 

 

1,317,830

 

 
515,000
 
   

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.

2.500%, 03/15/23

 

 

671,411

 

 
436,000
 
   

Sea, Ltd.

2.375%, 12/01/25

 

 

1,355,332

 

  200,000      

Xiaomi Best Time International, Ltd.

0.000%, 12/17/27

    207,988  
     

 

 

 

        4,624,919  
     

 

 

 

    Consumer Discretionary (9.9%)  
 
781,000
 
   

Booking Holdings, Inc.^

0.750%, 05/01/25

 

 

1,102,460

 

 
1,525,000
 
   

Cheesecake Factory, Inc.

0.375%, 06/15/26

 

 

1,430,603

 

 
106,000
 
   

DISH Network Corp.

2.375%, 03/15/24

 

 

102,717

 

 
152,000
 
   

Expedia Group, Inc.*^

0.000%, 02/15/26

 

 

163,433

 

 
2,775,000
 
   

Ford Motor Company*

0.000%, 03/15/26

 

 

2,973,551

 

  1,200,000    

EUR

 

Global Fashion Group, SA

1.250%, 03/15/28

    1,419,414  
  170,000      

Liberty Broadband Corp.*

2.750%, 09/30/50

    182,509  
   

Liberty Interactive, LLC

 
  56,000      

4.000%, 11/15/29

    43,155  
  35,000      

3.750%, 02/15/30

    27,000  
PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
      

 

    

 

  VALUE
 
1,930,000
 
   

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.*

0.000%, 01/15/26

 

$

2,063,614

 

 
400,000
 
   

Meituan

0.000%, 04/27/28

 

 

371,832

 

 
20,000
 
   

Peloton Interactive, Inc.*

0.000%, 02/15/26

 

 

18,925

 

 
730,000
 
   

Shake Shack, Inc.*

0.000%, 03/01/28

 

 

684,090

 

 
2,505,000
 
   

Vail Resorts, Inc.*^

0.000%, 01/01/26

 

 

2,529,324

 

 
500,000
 
 

GBP

 

WH Smith, PLC

1.625%, 05/07/26

 

 

682,046

 

     

 

 

 

            13,794,673  
     

 

 

 

    Consumer Staples (0.9%)  
  1,415,000    

CAD

 

Premium Brands Holdings Corp. 4.200%, 09/30/27

    1,268,090  
     

 

 

 

    Financials (2.7%)  
 
13,000,000
 
 

HKD

 

Citigroup Global Markets Funding

Luxembourg SCA

0.000%, 05/28/24

 

 

1,861,903

 

  165,000      

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA*^

0.125%, 01/01/23

    175,966  
 
745,000
 
   

Realogy Group, LLC / Realogy

Co-Issuer Corp.*

0.250%, 06/15/26

 

 

754,655

 

  70,000,000    

JPY

 

SBI Holdings, Inc.

0.000%, 07/25/25

    694,659  
 
200,000
 
 

EUR

 

SGX Treasury I Pte, Ltd.

0.000%, 03/01/24

 

 

248,712

 

     

 

 

 

        3,735,895  
     

 

 

 

    Health Care (1.5%)  
  700,000      

Jazz Investments I, Ltd.

2.000%, 06/15/26

    907,515  
  765,000      

LivaNova USA, Inc.

3.000%, 12/15/25

    1,210,046  
     

 

 

 

        2,117,561  
     

 

 

 

    Industrials (3.3%)  
 
700,000
 
 

EUR

 

Duerr, AG

0.750%, 01/15/26

 

 

1,087,566

 

 
1,635,000
 
   

JetBlue Airways Corp.*^

0.500%, 04/01/26

 

 

1,617,097

 

 
740,000
 
   

John Bean Technologies Corp.*

0.250%, 05/15/26

 

 

798,009

 

 
696,000
 
   

Southwest Airlines Company

1.250%, 05/01/25

 

 

1,022,633

 

     

 

 

 

        4,525,305  
     

 

 

 

    Information Technology (2.7%)  
  400,000      

Globalwafers Company, Ltd.

0.000%, 06/01/26

    420,316  
  730,000      

ON Semiconductor Corp.*^

0.000%, 05/01/27

    776,866  
 
900,000
 
   

Shift4 Payments, Inc.*

0.000%, 12/15/25

 

 

1,170,999

 

 
1,195,000
 
   

Square, Inc.*^

0.250%, 11/01/27

 

 

1,410,040

 

     

 

 

 

        3,778,221  
     

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

7


Calamos Global Total Return Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2021 (UNAUDITED)

 

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
    

 

    

 

  VALUE
    Materials (0.8%)  
250,000    

BASF, SE

0.925%, 03/09/23

  $ 250,905  
725,000    

Ivanhoe Mines, Ltd.*

2.500%, 04/15/26

    906,982  
     

 

 

 

        1,157,887  
     

 

 

 

    Real Estate (0.7%)  
800,000    

Redfin Corp.*

0.500%, 04/01/27

    770,392  
200,000    

Vingroup, JSC

3.000%, 04/20/26

    215,012  
     

 

 

 

        985,404  
     

 

 

 

    Utilities (0.1%)  
470,000  

EUR

 

Voltalia, SA

1.000%, 01/13/25

    178,752  
     

 

 

 

   

TOTAL CONVERTIBLE BONDS

(Cost $34,451,389)

        36,424,080  
     

 

 

 

BANK LOANS (0.2%) ¡

 

    Communication Services (0.1%)  
157,119    

Intelsat Jackson Holdings, SA

8.625%, 01/02/24

    160,290  
     

 

 

 

    Consumer Discretionary (0.0%)  
20,000    

At Home Group, Inc.!

0.000%, 06/24/28

    20,025  
10,000    

At Home Group, Inc.‡

4.750%, 06/24/28

3 mo. LIBOR + 4.25%

    10,012  
     

 

 

 

        30,037  
     

 

 

 

    Information Technology (0.1%)  
52,136    

Banff Merger Sub, Inc.‡

3.842%, 10/02/25

1 mo. LIBOR + 3.75%

    51,769  
     

 

 

 

   

TOTAL BANK LOANS

(Cost $240,428)

    242,096  
     

 

 

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
    

 

    

 

  VALUE

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS (10.8%)

 

    Communication Services (1.5%)  
1,620    

2020 Cash Mandatory

Exchangeable Trust*

5.250%, 06/01/23

    2,049,835  
     

 

 

 

    Consumer Discretionary (2.0%)  
14,975    

Aptiv, PLCµ

5.500%, 06/15/23

    2,811,706  
     

 

 

 

    Energy (0.0%)  
1    

Gulfport Energy Operating Corp.

10.000%, 08/30/21

15.000% PIK rate

    4,925  
     

 

 

 

    Financials (1.1%)  
29,750  

BRL

 

Banco Bradesco, SA

0.000%

    138,518  
NUMBER OF
SHARES
    

 

    

 

  VALUE
16,140    

KKR & Company, Inc.^

6.000%, 09/15/23

  $ 1,340,266  
     

 

 

 

            1,478,784  
     

 

 

 

    Health Care (2.1%)  
1,475    

Danaher Corp.

4.750%, 04/15/22

    2,939,306  
     

 

 

 

    Industrials (2.0%)  
7,700    

Clarivate, PLC

5.250%, 06/01/24

    699,930  
17,741    

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.^

5.250%, 11/15/22

    2,093,438  
     

 

 

 

        2,793,368  
     

 

 

 

    Information Technology (0.8%)  
765    

Broadcom, Inc.

8.000%, 09/30/22

    1,181,420  
     

 

 

 

    Utilities (1.3%)  
7,200    

AES Corp.µ

6.875%, 02/15/24

    729,936  
19,761    

NextEra Energy, Inc.

4.872%, 09/01/22

    1,161,354  
     

 

 

 

        1,891,290  
     

 

 

 

   

TOTAL CONVERTIBLE
PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $12,307,338)

    15,150,634  
     

 

 

 

COMMON STOCKS (88.6%)

 

    Communication Services (6.2%)  
7,500    

Facebook, Inc. - Class A^#

    2,672,250  
710    

Lumen Technologies, Inc.^

    8,854  
650  

KRW

 

NAVER Corp.

    244,986  
970    

Sea, Ltd.#

    267,875  
580  

KRW

 

SK Telecom Company, Ltd.

    151,922  
43,210    

Tencent Holdings, Ltd.^

    2,644,452  
2,500  

HKD

 

Tencent Holdings, Ltd.

    150,770  
14,000    

Walt Disney Company#~

    2,464,280  
     

 

 

 

        8,605,389  
     

 

 

 

    Consumer Discretionary (11.6%)  
12,100  

HKD

 

Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd.#

    295,515  
7,725    

Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd.#

    1,507,843  
78,400  

MXN

 

Alsea, SAB de CV#

    158,169  
1,260    

Amazon.com, Inc.^#

    4,192,763  
1    

Arcos Dorados Holdings, Inc. - Class A^#

    5  
2,600  

CNY

 

China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp., Ltd. - Class A

    97,244  
710    

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. - Class A^#

    1,323,042  
29,300  

BRL

 

CVC Brasil Operadora e Agencia de Viagens, SA#

    125,453  
4,450  

INR

 

Dixon Technologies India, Ltd.#

    257,786  
13,000    

DR Horton, Inc.^

    1,240,590  
7,000  

TWD

 

Eclat Textile Company, Ltd.

    152,831  
25,800    

General Motors Company#

    1,466,472  
1,135  

KRW

 

Hyundai Motor Company

    216,007  
54,800  

INR

 

Indian Hotels Company, Ltd.

    106,397  
3,550  

INR

 

Jubilant Foodworks, Ltd.#

    180,431  
32,500  

HKD

 

Li Ning Company, Ltd.

    343,243  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

8


Calamos Global Total Return Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2021 (UNAUDITED)

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
    

 

    

 

  VALUE
3,160  

EUR

 

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, SE

  $ 2,530,108  
4,275    

MakeMyTrip, Ltd.^#

    121,667  
117    

MercadoLibre, Inc.#

    183,538  
10,200  

ZAR

 

Mr Price Group, Ltd.

    151,692  
95,400  

HKD

 

Samsonite International, SA*#

    177,568  
6,700  

HKD

 

Shenzhou International Group Holdings, Ltd.

    148,695  
1,245    

Tesla, Inc.^#

    855,564  
6,000    

Trip.com Group, Ltd.#

    155,580  
2,800  

HKD

 

Yum China Holdings, Inc.µ

    171,581  
     

 

 

 

            16,159,784  
     

 

 

 

    Consumer Staples (4.6%)  
12,300    

Celsius Holdings, Inc.#

    844,149  
33,699    

Coca-Cola Company^~

    1,921,854  
3,670    

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    1,577,073  
500  

CNY

 

Kweichow Moutai Company, Ltd. - Class A

    130,230  
12,799  

HKD

 

L’Occitane International, SA

    44,495  
23,200    

Mondelez International, Inc. - Class A

    1,467,632  
19,500  

BRL

 

Raia Drogasil, SA

    94,500  
17,550  

INR

 

Varun Beverages, Ltd.

    178,837  
54,700  

MXN

 

Wal-Mart de Mexico, SAB de CV

    180,206  
     

 

 

 

        6,438,976  
     

 

 

 

    Energy (2.9%)  
2,110    

Calfrac Well Services, Ltd.#

    6,098  
20,100  

CAD

 

Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd.

    663,287  
479    

Chaparral Energy, Inc. - Class A#

    18,202  
142    

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

    7,675  
8,250    

Chevron Corp.^

    839,932  
205    

Denbury, Inc.#

    13,471  
654    

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.#

    3,875  
1,920    

Energy Transfer, LP

    18,931  
2,075    

Enterprise Products Partners, LP

    46,833  
341    

EP Energy Corp.&#

    33,759  
16,215    

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    933,498  
294    

Gulfport Energy Operating Corp.#

    20,080  
2,598    

Lonestar Resources US, Inc.&#

    25,590  
585    

Magellan Midstream Partners, LP

    27,261  
101    

Oasis Petroleum, Inc.^

    9,263  
4,474    

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    116,771  
6,100  

INR

 

Reliance Industries, Ltd.

    167,353  
47,265  

EUR

 

Royal Dutch Shell, PLC - Class A

    960,109  
776    

Superior Energy Services, Inc.#

    30,264  
975    

Targa Resources Corp.

    41,057  
787    

Weatherford International, PLC^#

    13,725  
158    

Whiting Petroleum Corp.#

    7,410  
450    

Williams Companies, Inc.^

    11,273  
     

 

 

 

        4,015,717  
     

 

 

 

    Financials (15.2%)  
16,000  

HKD

 

AIA Group, Ltd.

    191,452  
73,600  

IDR

 

Bank Central Asia, Tbk PT

    151,937  
142,300  

IDR

 

Bank Jago, Tbk PT#

    176,596  
71,825    

Bank of America Corp.~

    2,755,207  
113,000  

TWD

 

Cathay Financial Holding Company, Ltd.

    219,933  
13,300  

TWD

 

Chailease Holding Company, Ltd.

    110,372  
42,500  

HKD

 

China Merchants Bank Company,

Ltd. - Class H

    323,321  
60,500  

ZAR

 

FirstRand, Ltd.

    224,427  
24,500  

MXN

 

Grupo Financiero Banorte, SAB

de CV - Class O

    158,498  
NUMBER OF
SHARES
    

 

    

 

  VALUE
4,550  

KRW

 

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

  $ 171,665  
139,900  

INR

 

HDFC Bank, Ltd.

    2,689,525  
2,800  

HKD

 

Hong Kong Exchanges &

Clearing, Ltd.

    178,947  
5,985  

INR

 

Housing Development Finance Corp., Ltd.

    197,137  
22,240    

ICICI Bank, Ltd.^

    413,442  
161,800  

EUR

 

ING Groep, NV

    2,076,006  
375,000  

EUR

 

Intesa Sanpaolo, S.p.A

    1,035,955  
39,625    

Itau Unibanco Holding, SA^

    228,636  
18,800    

JPMorgan Chase & Company~

    2,853,464  
40,100  

THB

 

Kasikornbank PCL

    124,790  
20,700    

Morgan Stanley

    1,986,786  
23,700  

EUR

 

NN Group, NV

    1,178,278  
2,975  

HUF

 

OTP Bank Nyrt#

    160,430  
9,700    

Sberbank of Russia, PJSC

    161,311  
11,150  

INR

 

SBI Cards & Payment Services, Ltd.#

    154,653  
6,700  

KRW

 

Shinhan Financial Group Company, Ltd.

    227,084  
82,950    

UBS Group, AG^#

    1,367,016  
36,525    

Wells Fargo & Companyµ^

    1,677,958  
     

 

 

 

            21,194,826  
     

 

 

 

    Health Care (7.6%)  
16,985  

CNY

 

Aier Eye Hospital Group

Company, Ltd. - Class A

    155,092  
60,698    

Alcon, Inc.^

    4,418,814  
5,960    

Eli Lilly & Company

    1,451,260  
1,500  

CHF

 

Lonza Group, AG

    1,167,938  
23,200    

Novo Nordisk, A/S

    2,148,320  
1,400  

CNY

 

Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical

Electronics Company, Ltd. - Class A

    84,938  
2,150    

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.^

    886,273  
24,500  

HKD

 

Wuxi Biologics Cayman, Inc.*#

    374,219  
     

 

 

 

        10,686,854  
     

 

 

 

    Industrials (7.6%)  
12,250  

ZAR

 

Barloworld, Ltd.

    90,366  
475    

Boeing Company#

    107,578  
25,100    

CAE, Inc.#

    766,303  
5,275    

Caterpillar, Inc.

    1,090,606  
2,000  

CNY

 

Contemporary Amperex

Technology Company, Ltd. - Class A

    171,640  
23,750  

EUR

 

Deutsche Post, AG

    1,609,565  
5,800  

JPY

 

FANUC Corp.

    1,299,012  
51,200  

PHP

 

International Container Terminal Services, Inc.

    159,270  
1,694    

McDermott International, Inc.#

    561  
13,600  

EUR

 

Schneider Electric, SE

    2,277,841  
13,000  

HKD

 

Techtronic Industries Company, Ltd.

    231,820  
4,915    

Union Pacific Corp.

    1,075,205  
13,450    

INR Voltas, Ltd.

    191,894  
10,400    

Waste Management, Inc.µ

    1,541,904  
     

 

 

 

        10,613,565  
     

 

 

 

    Information Technology (26.7%)  
5,785    

Accenture, PLC - Class Aµ

    1,837,779  
780  

EUR

 

Adyen, NV*#

    2,113,838  
24,145    

Apple, Inc.^

    3,521,790  
7,040    

ASML Holding, NV^

    5,397,849  
2,000  

TWD

 

eMemory Technology, Inc.

    94,069  
9,100  

JPY

 

Fujitsu, Ltd.

    1,548,187  
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

9


Calamos Global Total Return Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2021 (UNAUDITED)

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
    

 

    

 

  VALUE
635    

Globant, SA^#

  $ 151,867  
47,000  

TWD

 

Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Ltd.

    185,731  
11,325    

Infosys, Ltd.^

    250,509  
4,700  

JPY

 

Keyence Corp.

    2,617,912  
10,000  

TWD

 

MediaTek, Inc.

    326,978  
17,255    

Microsoft Corp.^

    4,916,122  
16,140    

NVIDIA Corp.

    3,147,139  
29,069    

Oracle Corp.

    2,533,073  
22,130  

KRW

 

Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.

    1,512,284  
2,080  

KRW

 

SK Hynix, Inc.

    203,624  
323,000  

TWD

 

Taiwan Semiconductor

 
   

Manufacturing Company, Ltd.

    6,750,537  
450    

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (ADR)

    52,488  
22,977  

BRL

 

TOTVS, SA

    155,996  
     

 

 

 

            37,317,772  
     

 

 

 

    Materials (5.9%)  
44,025  

EUR

 

ArcelorMittal, SA

    1,537,592  
4,100  

INR

 

Asian Paints, Ltd.

    162,992  
214,400    

Cemex, SAB de CV#

    1,743,072  
20,975  

EUR

 

CRH, PLC

    1,048,311  
8,540  

CAD

 

First Quantum Minerals, Ltd.

    182,902  
38,300    

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    1,459,230  
260  

KRW

 

LG Chem, Ltd.

    190,971  
660  

KRW

 

POSCO

    209,917  
6,200    

PPG Industries, Inc.

    1,013,824  
22,450  

INR

 

Tata Steel, Ltd.

    433,870  
9,600  

INR

 

UPL, Ltd.

    104,128  
7,500    

Vale, SA - Class B^

    157,650  
     

 

 

 

        8,244,459  
     

 

 

 

    Real Estate (0.3%)  
291,000  

PHP

 

Ayala Land, Inc.

    190,371  
10,900  

INR

 

Godrej Properties, Ltd.#

    236,046  
     

 

 

 

        426,417  
     

 

 

 

   

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $109,173,813)

    123,703,759  
     

 

 

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND (0.6%)

 
    Other (0.6%)  
37,000    

Invesco Senior Loan ETF^
(Cost $817,089)

    815,110  
     

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS (0.2%)

 
    Communication Services (0.0%)  
1,900    

United States Cellular Corp.µ

6.250%, 09/01/69

    52,782  
     

 

 

 

    Consumer Discretionary (0.1%)  
305    

Guitar Center, Inc.

0.000%

    34,656  
211    

Qurate Retail, Inc.µ

8.000%, 03/15/31

    22,889  
     

 

 

 

        57,545  
     

 

 

 

NUMBER OF
SHARES
    

 

    

 

  VALUE
    Energy (0.1%)  
2,635    

NuStar Energy, LP‡

7.625%, 06/15/22

3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.64%

  $ 61,395  
2,335    

NuStar Energy, LP‡

8.500%, 12/15/21

3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.77%

    58,819  
2,270    

NuStar Logistics, LP‡

6.860%, 01/15/43

3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.73%

    57,363  
     

 

 

 

        177,577  
     

 

 

 

   

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $280,644)

    287,904  
     

 

 

 

WARRANTS (0.0%) #

 

    Energy (0.0%)  
164    

Chesapeake Energy Corp.
02/09/26, Strike $32.13

    4,100  
147    

Chesapeake Energy Corp.
02/09/26, Strike $27.63

    4,209  
91    

Chesapeake Energy Corp.
02/09/26, Strike $36.18

    1,962  
256    

Denbury, Inc.
09/18/25, Strike $32.59

    8,507  
95    

Denbury, Inc.
09/18/23, Strike $35.41

    2,845  
2,607    

Mcdermott International, Ltd.
06/30/27, Strike $15.98

    0  
2,347    

Mcdermott International, Ltd.
06/30/27, Strike $12.33

    0  
     

 

 

 

   

TOTAL WARRANTS

(Cost $54,580)

    21,623  
     

 

 

 

NUMBER OF
CONTRACTS/
NOTIONAL
AMOUNT
    

 

    

 

  VALUE

PURCHASED OPTIONS (3.3%) #

 

    Communication Services (1.6%)  
18     Alphabet, Inc.  
4,850,154     Call, 01/21/22, Strike $1,500.00     2,166,570  
25     Sea, Ltd.  
690,400     Call, 01/21/22, Strike $300.00     60,875  
     

 

 

 

            2,227,445  
     

 

 

 

    Consumer Discretionary (0.0%)  
90     Coupang, Inc.  
325,800     Call, 01/21/22, Strike $45.00     24,750  
     

 

 

 

    Energy (0.0%)  
55     Pioneer Natural Resources  
799,535     Company  
    Call, 09/17/21, Strike $170.00     9,625  
     

 

 

 

    Information Technology (0.2%)  
25     Adobe, Inc.  
1,554,075     Call, 01/21/22, Strike $600.00     150,000  
100     Kraneshares Csi China Internet  
504,600     Call, 01/21/22, Strike $60.00     25,400  
     

 

 

 

        175,400  
     

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

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Calamos Global Total Return Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2021 (UNAUDITED)

 

NUMBER OF
CONTRACTS/
NOTIONAL
AMOUNT
    

 

    

 

  VALUE
    Other (1.5%)  
   

Invesco QQQ Trust Series

 

610

22,238,770

    Put, 01/21/22, Strike $298.00   $ 360,205  

325

11,848,525

    Put, 09/30/21, Strike $335.00     135,200  

185

6,744,545

    Call, 01/21/22, Strike $347.00     599,862  

440

227,040

    iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Put, 09/30/21, Strike $53.00     108,240  
   

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

 

480

21,048,480

    Put, 01/21/22, Strike $378.00     380,640  

270

11,839,770

    Put, 09/30/21, Strike $405.00     116,100  

155

6,796,905

    Call, 01/21/22, Strike $440.00     291,555  

421

1,211,217

    VanEck Vectors Russia ETF Call, 01/21/22, Strike $27.00     115,775  
135     Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China  
508,410    

A ETF

Call, 01/21/22, Strike $40.00

    17,010  
     

 

 

 

        2,124,587  
     

 

 

 

   

TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS

(Cost $3,137,995)

    4,561,807  
     

 

 

 

    TOTAL INVESTMENTS (142.2%)
(Cost $177,085,033)

    198,557,898  
     

 

 

 

MANDATORY REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SHARES, AT LIQUIDATION VALUE (-8.6%)     (12,000,000
     

 

 

 

LIABILITIES, LESS OTHER ASSETS (-33.6%)     (46,879,532
     

 

 

 

NET ASSETS (100.0%)   $     139,678,366  
     

 

 

 

WRITTEN OPTIONS (-1.0%) #  
    Other (-1.0%)  
185     Invesco QQQ Trust Series  
6,744,545     Call, 01/21/22, Strike $331.00     (821,585
155     SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust  
6,796,905     Call, 01/21/22, Strike $420.00     (505,765
     

 

 

 

   

TOTAL WRITTEN OPTIONS

(Premium $728,045)

    (1,327,350
     

 

 

 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

*

Securities issued and sold pursuant to a Rule 144A transaction are excepted from the registration requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may only be sold to qualified institutional buyers (“QIBs”), such as the Fund. Any resale of these securities must generally be effected through a sale that is registered under the Act or otherwise exempted from such registration requirements.

µ

Security, or portion of security, is held in a segregated account as collateral for note payable aggregating a total value of $5,416,711.

^

Security, or portion of security, is on loan.

@

In default status and considered non-income producing.

&

Illiquid security.

Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at July 31, 2021.

¡

Bank loans generally are subject to mandatory and/or optional prepayment. As a result, the actual remaining maturity of bank loans may be substantially less than the stated maturities shown.

!

This position represents an unsettled loan commitment at period end. Certain details associated with this purchase are not known prior to the settlement date, including coupon rate, which will be adjusted on settlement date.

#

Non-income producing security.

~

Security, or portion of security, is segregated as collateral (or collateral for potential future transactions) for written options.

 

The aggregate value of such securities is $2,460,827.

 

FOREIGN CURRENCY ABBREVIATIONS
BRL    Brazilian Real
CAD    Canadian Dollar
CHF    Swiss Franc
CNY    Chinese Yuan Renminbi
EUR    European Monetary Unit
GBP    British Pound Sterling
HKD    Hong Kong Dollar
HUF    Hungarian Forint
IDR    Indonesian Rupiah
INR    Indian Rupee
JPY    Japanese Yen
KRW    South Korean Won
MXN    Mexican Peso
PHP    Philippine Peso
THB    Thai Baht
TWD    New Taiwan Dollar
ZAR    South African Rand

Note: Value for securities denominated in foreign currencies is shown in U.S. dollars. The principal amount for such securities is shown in the respective foreign currency. The date on options represents the expiration date of the option contract. The option contract may be exercised at any date on or before the date shown.

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

11


Calamos Global Total Return Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS JULY 31, 2021 (UNAUDITED)

 

CURRENCY EXPOSURE JULY 31, 2021    
     Value     % of Total
        Investments
 

US Dollar

  $ 143,943,243       73.0%  

European Monetary Unit

    19,302,047       9.8%  

New Taiwan Dollar

    7,840,451       4.0%  

Japanese Yen

    6,159,770       3.1%  

Indian Rupee

    5,061,049       2.6%  

Hong Kong Dollar

    4,750,902       2.4%  

South Korean Won

    3,128,460       1.6%  

Canadian Dollar

    2,114,279       1.1%  

Swiss Franc

    1,167,938       0.6%  

British Pound Sterling

    682,046       0.3%  

Chinese Yuan Renminbi

    639,144       0.3%  

Brazilian Real

    514,467       0.2%  

Mexican Peso

    496,873       0.2%  

South African Rand

    466,485       0.2%  

Philippine Peso

    349,641       0.2%  

Indonesian Rupiah

    328,533       0.2%  

Hungarian Forint

    160,430       0.1%  

Thai Baht

    124,790       0.1%  
 

 

 

 

Total Investments Net of Written Options

  $     197,230,548       100.0%  

Currency exposure may vary over time.

   

 

See accompanying Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

12


Note 1 – Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Organization. Calamos Global Total Return (the “Fund”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on March 30, 2004 and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund commenced operations on October 27, 2005.

Significant Accounting Policies. The Schedule of Investments has been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). The Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

In March 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2017-08, Receivables – Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20): Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities (“ASU 2017-08”). ASU 2017-08 shortens the amortization period for certain callable debt securities held at a premium. The Fund adopted ASU2017-08 as of November 1, 2019, with no material impact on the Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Fund Valuation. The valuation of the Fund’s investments is in accordance with policies and procedures adopted by and under the ultimate supervision of the board of trustees.

Fund securities that are traded on U.S. securities exchanges, except option securities, are valued at the official closing price, which is the last current reported sales price on its principal exchange at the time each Fund determines its net asset value (“NAV”). Securities traded in the over-the-counter market and quoted on The NASDAQ Stock Market are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price, as determined by NASDAQ, or lacking a NASDAQ Official Closing Price, the last current reported sale price on NASDAQ at the time the Fund determines its NAV. When a last sale or closing price is not available, equity securities, other than option securities, that are traded on a U.S. securities exchange and other equity securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued at the mean between the most recent bid and asked quotations on its principal exchange in accordance with guidelines adopted by the board of trustees. Each option security traded on a U.S. securities exchange is valued at the mid-point of the consolidated bid/ask quote for the option security, also in accordance with guidelines adopted by the board of trustees. Each over-the-counter option that is not traded through the Options Clearing Corporation is valued either by an independent pricing agent approved by the board of trustees or based on a quotation provided by the counterparty to such option under the ultimate supervision of the board of trustees.

Fixed income securities, bank loans, certain convertible preferred securities, and non-exchange traded derivatives are normally valued by independent pricing services or by dealers or brokers who make markets in such securities. Valuations of such fixed income securities, bank loans, certain convertible preferred securities, and non-exchange traded derivatives consider yield or price of equivalent securities of comparable quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other market data and do not rely exclusively upon exchange or over-the-counter prices.

Trading on European and Far Eastern exchanges and over-the-counter markets is typically completed at various times before the close of business on each day on which the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open. Each security trading on these exchanges or in over-the-counter markets may be valued utilizing a systematic fair valuation model provided by an independent pricing service approved by the board of trustees. The valuation of each security that meets certain criteria in relation to the valuation model is systematically adjusted to reflect the impact of movement in the U.S. market after the foreign markets close. Securities that do not meet the criteria, or that are principally traded in other foreign markets, are valued as of the last reported sale price at the time the Fund determines its NAV, or when reliable market prices or quotations are not readily available, at the mean between the most recent bid and asked quotations as of the close of the appropriate exchange or other designated time. Trading of foreign securities may not take place on every NYSE business day. In addition, trading may take place in various foreign markets on Saturdays or on other days when the NYSE is not open and on which the Fund’s NAV is not calculated.

If the pricing committee determines that the valuation of a security in accordance with the methods described above is not reflective of a fair value for such security, the security is valued at a fair value by the pricing committee, under the ultimate supervision of the board of trustees, following the guidelines and/or procedures adopted by the board of trustees.

The Fund also may use fair value pricing, pursuant to guidelines adopted by the board of trustees and under the ultimate supervision of the board of trustees, if trading in the security is halted or if the value of a security it holds is materially affected by events occurring before the Fund’s pricing time but after the close of the primary market or exchange on which the security is listed. Those procedures may utilize valuations furnished by pricing services approved by the board of trustees, which may be based on market transactions for comparable securities and various relationships between securities that are generally recognized by institutional traders, a computerized matrix system, or appraisals derived from information concerning the securities or similar securities received from recognized dealers in those securities.

When fair value pricing of securities is employed, the prices of securities used by a Fund to calculate its NAV may differ from market quotations or official closing prices. There can be no assurance that the Fund could purchase or sell a portfolio security at the price used to calculate the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”).

Foreign Currency Translation. Values of investments and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using a rate quoted by a major bank or dealer in the particular currency market, as reported by a recognized quotation dissemination service.

Option Transactions. For hedging and investment purposes, the Fund may purchase or write (sell) put and call options. One of the risks associated with purchasing an option is that the Fund pays a premium whether or not the option is exercised. Additionally, the Fund bears the risk of loss of premium and change in value should the counterparty not perform under the contract. The Fund as writer of an option bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option.

Note 2 – Investments

The cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes at July 31, 2021 was as follows*:

 

Cost basis of investments

                                                                  $ 176,356,988  
   

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

          27,420,064  


Gross unrealized depreciation

                                                                  (6,546,504)    
   

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

        $ 20,873,560   
   

 

 

 

* Because tax adjustments are calculated annually, the above table does not reflect tax adjustments. For the previous fiscal year’s federal income tax information, please refer to the Notes to Financial Statements section in the Fund’s most recent semi-annual or annual report.

Note 3 – Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares

On September 6, 2017, the Fund issued 480,000 mandatory redeemable preferred shares (“MRPS”) with an aggregate liquidation preference of $12.0 million. Offering costs incurred by the Fund in connection with the MRPS issuance are aggregated with the outstanding liability and are being amortized to Interest expense and amortization of offering costs on Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares over the respective life of each series of MRPS and shown in the Statement of Operations.

The MRPS are divided into three series with different mandatory redemption dates and dividend rates. The table below summarizes the key terms of each series of the MRPS at July 31, 2021.

 

Series   Term
  Redemption Date  
    Dividend Rate       Shares (000’s)       Liquidation Preference Per Share       Aggregate Liquidation Preference  
Series A    9/06/22   3.70%   160   $25   $4,000,000
Series B    9/06/24   4.00%   160   $25   $4,000,000
Series C    9/06/27   4.24%   160   $25   $4,000,000
                Total   $12,000,000

The MRPS are not listed on any exchange or automated quotation system. The MRPS are considered debt of the issuer; therefore, the liquidation preference, which approximates fair value of the MRPS, is recorded as a liability in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities net of deferred offering costs. The MRPS are categorized as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy.

Previously, the MRPS had been assigned a rating of “AA” by Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”). As of December 17, 2020, Kroll Bond Rating Agency LLC (“Kroll”) replaced Fitch as the rating agency for the MRPS. The MRPS have been assigned a rating of `AA-’ by Kroll. If the ratings of the MRPS are downgraded, the Fund’s dividend expense may increase, as described below.

Holders of MRPS are entitled to receive monthly cumulative cash dividends payable on the first business day of each month. The MRPS currently are rated “AA-” by Kroll. If on the first day of a monthly dividend period the MRPS of any class are rated lower than “A” by Fitch (or lower than the equivalent of such rating by any other rating agency providing a rating pursuant to the request of the Fund, such as Kroll), the dividend rate for such period shall be increased by 0.5%, 2.0% or 4.0% according to an agreed upon schedule. The MRPS’ dividend rate is also subject to increase during periods when the Fund has not made timely payments to MRPS holders and/or the MRPS do not have a current credit rating, subject to various terms and conditions. Dividends accrued and paid to the shareholders of MRPS are included in “Interest expense and amortization of offering costs on Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares” within the Statement of Operations.

The MRPS rank junior to the Fund’s borrowings under the SSB Agreement and senior to the Fund’s outstanding common stock. The Fund may, at its option, subject to various terms and conditions, redeem the MRPS, in whole or in part, at the liquidation preference amount plus all accumulated but unpaid dividends, plus a make whole premium equal to the discounted value of the remaining scheduled payments. Each class of MRPS is subject to mandatory redemption on the term redemption date specified in the table above. Periodically, the Fund is subject to an overcollateralization test based on applicable rating agency criteria (the “OC Test”) and an asset coverage test with respect to its outstanding senior securities (the “AC Test”). The Fund may be required to redeem MRPS before their term redemption date if it does not comply with one or both tests. So long as any MRPS are outstanding, the Fund may not declare, pay or set aside for payment cash dividends or other distributions on shares of its common stock unless (1) the Fund has satisfied the OC Test on at least one testing date in the preceding 65 days, (2) immediately after such transaction, the Fund would comply with the AC Test, (3) full cumulative dividends on the MRPS due on or prior to the date of such transaction have been declared and paid and (4) the Fund has redeemed all MRPS required to have been redeemed on such date or has deposited funds sufficient for such redemption, subject to certain grace periods and exceptions.    

Except as otherwise required pursuant to the Fund’s governing documents or applicable law, the holders of the MRPS have one vote per share and vote together with the holders of common stock of the Fund as a single class except on matters affecting only the holders of MRPS or the holders of common stock. Pursuant to the 1940 Act, holders of the MRPS have the right to elect at least two trustees of the Fund, voting separately as a class. Except during any time when the Fund has failed to make a dividend or redemption payment in respect of MRPS outstanding, the holders of MRPS have agreed to vote in accordance with the recommendation of the board of trustees on any matter submitted to them for their vote or to the vote of shareholders of the Fund generally.