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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act File Number: 811-21411

 

 

Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Maureen A. Gemma

Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110

(Name and Address of Agent for Services)

 

 

(617) 482-8260

(Registrant’s Telephone Number)

October 31

Date of Fiscal Year End

October 31, 2020

Date of Reporting Period

 

 

 


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Eaton Vance

Senior Floating-Rate Trust (EFR)

Annual Report

October 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

Important Note. Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Fund’s annual and semi-annual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Fund’s website (funds.eatonvance.com/closed-end-fund-and-term-trust-documents.php), and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website address to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. If you hold shares at the Fund’s transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (“AST”), you may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically by contacting AST. If you own your shares through a financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank), you must contact your financial intermediary to sign up.

You may elect to receive all future Fund shareholder reports in paper free of charge. If you hold shares at AST, you can inform AST that you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports by calling 1-866-439-6787. If you own these shares through a financial intermediary, you must contact your financial intermediary or follow instructions included with this disclosure, if applicable, to elect to continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held with AST or to all funds held through your financial intermediary, as applicable.

 

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Commodity Futures Trading Commission Registration. Effective December 31, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) adopted certain regulatory changes that subject registered investment companies and advisers to regulation by the CFTC if a fund invests more than a prescribed level of its assets in certain CFTC-regulated instruments (including futures, certain options and swap agreements) or markets itself as providing investment exposure to such instruments. The investment adviser has claimed an exclusion from the definition of “commodity pool operator” under the Commodity Exchange Act with respect to its management of the Fund. Accordingly, neither the Fund nor the adviser with respect to the operation of the Fund is subject to CFTC regulation. Because of its management of other strategies, the Fund’s adviser is registered with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator. The adviser is also registered as a commodity trading advisor.

Fund shares are not insured by the FDIC and are not deposits or other obligations of, or guaranteed by, any depository institution. Shares are subject to investment risks, including possible loss of principal invested.


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Annual Report October 31, 2020

Eaton Vance

Senior Floating-Rate Trust

 

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Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance

     2  

Performance

     3  

Fund Profile

     4  

Endnotes and Additional Disclosures

     5  

Financial Statements

     7  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     46  

Federal Tax Information

     47  

Annual Meeting of Shareholders

     48  

Dividend Reinvestment Plan

     49  

Management and Organization

     51  

Important Notices

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Eaton Vance

Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance1

 

 

Economic and Market Conditions

The 12-month period ended October 31, 2020, was dominated by the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China, which turned into a global pandemic that ended the longest-ever U.S. economic expansion and led to a dramatic decline in economic activity across the globe.

The first two months of the period, however, were relatively benign, with senior loan prices staying above $95 and appreciating in November and December.

The first signs of trouble appeared in late January 2020, as coronavirus headlines rattled investor nerves across capital markets. Loan prices, however, continued to remain firm through January, and retail fund flows turned positive for the first time in 16 months. But in the last week of February, as investors digested the potential economic effects of the spreading pandemic in the U.S., a global sell-off unfolded across both equity and credit markets at large, including the market for senior loans.

March proved to be the worst month of the period for the loan asset class, and was the second-worst month in the loan market’s history. The S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index (the Index), a broad measure of the asset class, returned –12.37% against the backdrop of a global slide in capital markets amid investors’ flight to safety. As investors withdrew $14.7 billion from retail loan funds during the month, the average price of loans in the Index bottomed at $76.23 on March 23.

Beginning in the last week of March, however, credit markets, including senior loans, turned a corner as central banks around the world stepped in to shore up capital markets. The U.S. Federal Reserve cut its benchmark federal funds rate to 0.00%-0.25% and announced a spectrum of support measures to help credit markets worldwide. In response, the loan market began a rally that continued through the end of the period, with the Index returning 9.70% for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, and 4.14% for the quarter ended September 30, 2020.

Technical factors were also a tailwind for loans as demand outpaced supply for most of the period. Contributing factors included seven months of easing retail fund redemptions from April through October 2020, and an increase in institutional demand for structured loan products. By period-end, the average price of loans had risen to $93.17 — a dramatic increase from its March low, but still shy of its $96.72 level at the start of 2020.

For the period as a whole, BBB rated loans in the Index returned 0.28%; BB rated loans in the Index returned -0.60%; B rated loans in the Index returned 3.13%; CCC rated loans in the Index returned –1.41%; D rated (defaulted) loans in the Index returned –47.77%; and the Index overall returned 1.72%. Issuer fundamentals deteriorated in response to the global economic slowdown, with the trailing 12-month default rate rising from 1.43% at the beginning of the period to 4.11% at period-end — approximately one percentage point above the long-term average.

Fund Performance

For the 12-month period ended October 31, 2020, Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust (the Fund) returned 0.42% at net asset value of its common shares (NAV), underperforming its benchmark, the Index, which returned 1.72%.

The Index is unmanaged and returns do not reflect any applicable sales charges, commissions, expenses, or leverage.

The Fund’s use of investment leverage, which is not employed by the Index, was the primary detractor from Fund performance relative to the Index during the period. The Fund uses leverage to achieve additional exposure to the loan market, thus magnifying exposure to the Fund’s underlying investments in both up and down markets. During a period when loan prices fell for the period as a whole, leverage magnified the decline in value of the Fund’s underlying holdings.

The Fund’s overweight position in BB rated loans, relative to the Index, also detracted from Fund performance versus the Index, as the BB credit tier underperformed the Index during the period.

On an industry basis, the Fund’s overweight exposure to the leisure goods/activities/movies industry, which experienced a drastic decline in business as a result of the global pandemic, also detracted from Fund performance relative to the Index during the period. An underweight position in the health care industry, which experienced increased demand during the pandemic, detracted from relative results as well. Security selections in the oil & gas and the utilities industries also hurt relative performance. The Fund’s allocation to collateralized loan obligations detracted from Fund performance relative to the Index as well.

In contrast, an overweight position in the drugs industry — which benefited from the search for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments — and an underweight position in the air transport industry — where demand nearly disappeared in the initial surge of the pandemic — contributed to Fund performance versus the Index during the period. Security selections across the business equipment & services, cosmetics/toiletries, and leisure goods/activities/movies industries helped relative performance as well.

The Fund’s allocation to high yield bonds, which generally outperformed loans in the second half of the period as investors searched for yield in a low-yield environment, contributed to Fund performance versus the Index as well during the period.

 

 

See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated net of management fees and other expenses by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or market price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested in accordance with the Fund’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan. Performance at market price will differ from performance at NAV due to variations in the Fund’s market price versus NAV, which may reflect factors such as fluctuations in supply and demand for Fund shares, changes in Fund distributions, shifting market expectations for the Fund’s future returns and distribution rates, and other considerations affecting the trading prices of closed-end funds. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance for periods less than or equal to one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, current Fund performance may be lower or higher than the quoted return. For performance as of the most recent month-end, please refer to eatonvance.com.

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Performance2,3

 

Portfolio Managers Craig P. Russ, Andrew N. Sveen, CFA, Catherine C. McDermott, William E. Holt, CFA and Daniel P. McElaney, CFA

 

% Average Annual Total Returns    Inception Date      One Year      Five Years      Ten Years  

Fund at NAV

     11/28/2003        0.42      5.75      5.91

Fund at Market Price

            –0.52        5.23        4.13  

 

S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index

            1.72      4.09      4.11
% Premium/Discount to NAV4                                
              –11.85%  
Distributions5                                

Total Distributions per share for the period

            $ 0.924  

Distribution Rate at NAV

              5.78

Distribution Rate at Market Price

              6.55  
% Total Leverage6                                

Auction Preferred Shares (APS)

              9.52

Borrowings

              28.01  

 

 

 

See Endnotes and Additional Disclosures in this report.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Returns are historical and are calculated net of management fees and other expenses by determining the percentage change in net asset value (NAV) or market price (as applicable) with all distributions reinvested in accordance with the Fund’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan. Performance at market price will differ from performance at NAV due to variations in the Fund’s market price versus NAV, which may reflect factors such as fluctuations in supply and demand for Fund shares, changes in Fund distributions, shifting market expectations for the Fund’s future returns and distribution rates, and other considerations affecting the trading prices of closed-end funds. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance for periods less than or equal to one year is cumulative. Performance is for the stated time period only; due to market volatility, current Fund performance may be lower or higher than the quoted return. For performance as of the most recent month-end, please refer to eatonvance.com.

 

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Eaton Vance

Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Fund Profile

 

 

Top 10 Issuers (% of total investments)7

 

 

TransDigm, Inc.

     1.2

Hyland Software, Inc.

     1.2  

UPC Broadband Holding B.V.

     0.9  

CenturyLink, Inc.

     0.8  

Virgin Media SFA Finance Limited

     0.8  

Asurion, LLC

     0.6  

Uber Technologies

     0.8  

Informatica, LLC

     0.8  

Tibco Software, Inc.

     0.7  

MA FinanceCo., LLC

     0.7  

Total

     8.5

Credit Quality (% of bonds, loans and asset-backed securities)8

 

 

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Top 10 Sectors (% of total investments)7

 

 

Electronics/Electrical

     15.2

Health Care

     8.3  

Business Equipment and Services

     7.6  

Industrial Equipment

     4.6  

Drugs

     4.6  

Chemicals and Plastics

     4.2  

Insurance

     4.2  

Telecommunications

     4.0  

Leisure Goods/Activities/Movies

     4.0  

Cable and Satellite Television

     3.7  

Total

     60.4
 

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Endnotes and Additional Disclosures

 

1 

The views expressed in this report are those of the portfolio manager(s) and are current only through the date stated at the top of this page. These views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions, and Eaton Vance and the Fund(s) disclaim any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied upon as investment advice and, because investment decisions are based on many factors, may not be relied upon as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Eaton Vance fund. This commentary may contain statements that are not historical facts, referred to as “forward looking statements.” The Fund’s actual future results may differ significantly from those stated in any forward looking statement, depending on factors such as changes in securities or financial markets or general economic conditions, the volume of sales and purchases of Fund shares, the continuation of investment advisory, administrative and service contracts, and other risks discussed from time to time in the Fund’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

2 

S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index is an unmanaged index of the institutional leveraged loan market. S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan indices are a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (“S&P DJI”) and have been licensed for use. S&P® is a registered trademark of S&P DJI; Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (“Dow Jones”); LSTA is a trademark of Loan Syndications and Trading Association, Inc. S&P DJI, Dow Jones, their respective affiliates and their third party licensors do not sponsor, endorse, sell or promote the Fund, will not have any liability with respect thereto and do not have any liability for any errors, omissions, or interruptions of the S&P Dow Jones Indices. Unless otherwise stated, index returns do not reflect the effect of any applicable sales charges, commissions, expenses, taxes or leverage, as applicable. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.

 

3 

Performance results reflect the effects of leverage. The Fund’s performance for certain periods reflects the effects of expense reductions. Absent these reductions, performance would have been lower. Included in the average annual total return at NAV for the five- and ten year periods is the impact of the tender and repurchase of a portion of the Fund’s APS at 92% and 95% of the Fund’s APS per share liquidation preference. Had these transactions not occurred, the total return at NAV would be lower for the Fund.

 

4 

The shares of the Fund often trade at a discount or premium to their net asset value. The discount or premium may vary over time and may be higher or lower than what is quoted in this report. For up-to-date premium/discount information, please refer to https://funds.eatonvance.com/closed-end-fund-prices.php.

 

5 

The Distribution Rate is based on the Fund’s last regular distribution per share in the period (annualized) divided by the Fund’s NAV or market price at the end of the period. The Fund’s distributions may be comprised of amounts characterized for federal income tax purposes as qualified and non-qualified ordinary dividends, capital gains and nondividend distributions, also known as return of capital. For additional information about nondividend distributions, please refer to Eaton Vance Closed-End Fund Distribution Notices (19a) posted on our website, eatonvance.com. The Fund will determine the federal income tax character of distributions paid to a shareholder after the end of the calendar year. This is reported on the IRS form 1099-DIV and provided to the shareholder shortly after each year-end. For information about the tax character of distributions made in prior

  calendar years, please refer to Performance-Tax Character of Distributions on the Fund’s webpage available at eatonvance.com. The Fund’s distributions are determined by the investment adviser based on its current assessment of the Fund’s long-term return potential. Fund distributions may be affected by numerous factors including changes in Fund performance, the cost of financing for leverage, portfolio holdings, realized and projected returns, and other factors. As portfolio and market conditions change, the rate of distributions paid by the Fund could change.

 

6 

Leverage represents the liquidation value of the Fund’s APS and borrowings outstanding as a percentage of Fund net assets applicable to common shares plus APS and borrowings outstanding. Use of leverage creates an opportunity for income, but creates risks including greater price volatility. The cost of leverage rises and falls with changes in short-term interest rates. The Fund may be required to maintain prescribed asset coverage for its leverage and may be required to reduce its leverage at an inopportune time.

 

7 

Excludes cash and cash equivalents.

 

8 

Credit ratings are categorized using S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”). Ratings, which are subject to change, apply to the creditworthiness of the issuers of the underlying securities and not to the Fund or its shares. Credit ratings measure the quality of a bond based on the issuer’s creditworthiness, with ratings ranging from AAA, being the highest, to D, being the lowest based on S&P’s measures. Ratings of BBB or higher by S&P are considered to be investment-grade quality. Credit ratings are based largely on the ratings agency’s analysis at the time of rating. The rating assigned to any particular security is not necessarily a reflection of the issuer’s current financial condition and does not necessarily reflect its assessment of the volatility of a security’s market value or of the liquidity of an investment in the security. Holdings designated as “Not Rated” (if any) are not rated by S&P.

 

 

Fund profile subject to change due to active management.

Important Notice to Shareholders

Effective November 1, 2019, the Fund is managed by Craig P. Russ, Andrew N. Sveen, Catherine C. McDermott, William E. Holt, and Daniel P. McElaney.

On August 13, 2020, the Board of Trustees of the Fund amended and restated the Fund’s By-Laws (the “Amended and Restated By-Laws”). The Amended and Restated By-Laws include provisions (the “Control Share Provisions”) pursuant to which, in summary, a shareholder who obtains beneficial ownership of Fund shares in a “Control Share Acquisition” may exercise voting rights with respect to such shares only to the extent the authorization of such voting rights is approved by other shareholders of the Fund. The Control Share Provisions are primarily intended to protect the interests of the Fund and its shareholders by limiting the risk that the Fund will become subject to undue influence by opportunistic hedge funds or other activist investors. The Control Share Provisions do not eliminate voting rights for shares acquired in Control Share Acquisitions, but rather, they entrust the Fund’s other “non-interested” shareholders with determining whether to approve the authorization of voting rights for such shares. Subject to various conditions and exceptions, the Amended and Restated By-Laws define a “Control Share Acquisition” to include an acquisition of Fund shares that, but for the Control Share

 

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

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Provisions, would give the beneficial owner, upon the acquisition of such shares, the ability to exercise voting power in the election of Fund Trustees in any of the following ranges: (i) one-tenth or more, but less than one-fifth of all voting power; (ii) one-fifth or more, but less than one-third of all voting power; (iii) one-third or more, but less than a majority of all voting power; or (iv) a majority or more of all voting power. Share acquisitions prior to August 13, 2020 are excluded from the definition of Control Share Acquisition. This discussion is only a high-level summary of certain aspects of the Control Share Provisions, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full Amended and Restated By-Laws. The Amended and Restated By-Laws were filed by the Fund on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are available at sec.gov.

 

 

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Eaton Vance

Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Portfolio of Investments

 

 

Senior Floating-Rate Loans — 146.1%(1)

 

Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Aerospace and Defense — 3.3%  
Aernnova Aerospace S.A.U.  

Term Loan, 3.00%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing February 22, 2027

    EUR       102     $ 95,272  

Term Loan, 3.00%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing February 26, 2027

    EUR       398       371,559  
AI Convoy (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l.  

Term Loan, 3.75%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing January 17, 2027

    EUR       400       458,057  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing January 17, 2027(2)

      672       661,341  
Dynasty Acquisition Co., Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.72%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing April 6, 2026

      1,017       913,820  

Term Loan, 3.72%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing April 6, 2026

      1,891       1,699,118  
IAP Worldwide Services, Inc.  

Revolving Loan, 1.38%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.50%), Maturing July 19, 2021(3)

      311       303,949  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.50%, Floor 1.50%), Maturing July 18, 2021(4)

      403       317,518  
Spirit Aerosystems, Inc.  

Term Loan, 6.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.25%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing January 30, 2025

      425       425,531  
TransDigm, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing August 22, 2024

      2,507       2,366,724  

Term Loan, 2.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing December 9, 2025

      7,275       6,859,384  
WP CPP Holdings, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing April 30, 2025

            1,866       1,656,309  
                    $ 16,128,582  
Air Transport — 1.6%  
JetBlue Airways Corporation  

Term Loan, 6.25%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing June 17, 2024

      2,963     $ 2,955,357  
Mileage Plus Holdings, LLC                  

Term Loan, 6.25%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing June 25, 2027

      750       764,473  
SkyMiles IP, Ltd.  

Term Loan, 5.75%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing April 29, 2023

      1,970       1,967,265  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing October 20, 2027

            2,025       2,021,837  
                    $ 7,708,932  
Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Automotive — 4.2%  
Adient US, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.42%, (USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing May 6, 2024(2)

      1,383     $ 1,366,083  
American Axle and Manufacturing, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing April 6, 2024

      2,692       2,605,445  
Autokiniton US Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 6.52%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.38%), Maturing May 22, 2025

      758       734,836  
Bright Bidco B.V.  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing June 30, 2024

      1,477       700,762  
Chassix, Inc.  

Term Loan, 6.50%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing November 15, 2023

      1,313       1,175,023  
Clarios Global, L.P.  

Term Loan, 3.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing April 30, 2026

      3,354       3,257,468  
Dayco Products, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.51%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing May 19, 2023

      992       631,375  
Garrett LX III S.a.r.l.  

Term Loan, 3.75%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing September 27, 2025

    EUR       368       417,794  

Term Loan, 5.75%, (USD Prime + 2.50%), Maturing September 27, 2025

      246       238,563  
Garrett Motion, Inc.  

DIP Loan, 4.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing March 15, 2021

      144       144,619  
IAA, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.44%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing June 28, 2026

      556       542,405  
Les Schwab Tire Centers  

Term Loan, Maturing October 28, 2027(5)

      2,625       2,605,313  
Tenneco, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing October 1, 2025

      3,414       3,163,456  
Thor Industries, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.94%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing February 1, 2026

      991       985,481  
TI Group Automotive Systems, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing December 16, 2024

    EUR       762       883,026  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing December 16, 2024

            1,220       1,217,371  
                    $ 20,669,020  
 

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Beverage and Tobacco — 0.5%  
Arterra Wines Canada, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.75%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing December 15, 2023

            2,411     $ 2,380,383  
                    $ 2,380,383  
Brokerage / Securities Dealers / Investment Houses — 0.7%  
Advisor Group, Inc.  

Term Loan, 5.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.00%), Maturing July 31, 2026

      3,187     $ 3,079,769  
OZ Management L.P.  

Term Loan, 4.94%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.75%), Maturing April 10, 2023

      22       22,100  
Resolute Investment Managers, Inc.  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.50%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing April 30, 2023

            550       532,125  
                    $ 3,633,994  
Building and Development — 5.2%  
ACProducts, Inc.  

Term Loan, 7.50%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing August 18, 2025

      395     $ 399,259  
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.44%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing July 31, 2026

      252       250,584  
American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.00%), Maturing January 15, 2027

      2,277       2,214,027  
American Residential Services, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.25%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing October 15, 2027

      575       569,250  
APi Group DE, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing October 1, 2026

      1,390       1,363,013  

Term Loan, Maturing October 1, 2026(5)

      300       293,813  
Applecaramel Buyer, LLC  

Term Loan, Maturing October 19, 2027(5)

      2,175       2,146,001  
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing January 2, 2025

      561       544,040  
Brookfield Property REIT, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing August 27, 2025

      931       781,574  
Core & Main L.P.  

Term Loan, 3.75%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing August 1, 2024

      1,048       1,021,362  
Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Building and Development (continued)  
Cornerstone Building Brands, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing April 12, 2025

      735     $ 723,249  
CPG International, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing May 5, 2024

      1,063       1,062,974  
Cushman & Wakefield U.S. Borrower, LLC  

Term Loan, 2.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing August 21, 2025

      5,306       5,091,391  
LSF11 Skyscraper Holdco S.a.r.l.  

Term Loan, Maturing August 7, 2027(5)

      775       772,094  

Term Loan, Maturing September 29, 2027(5)

    EUR       1,500       1,735,328  
Quikrete Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing February 1, 2027

      1,959       1,924,539  
RE/MAX International, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.50%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing December 15, 2023

      1,793       1,783,962  
Realogy Group, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing February 8, 2025

      549       527,976  
Werner FinCo L.P.  

Term Loan, 5.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing July 24, 2024

      1,068       1,033,028  
WireCo WorldGroup, Inc.  

Term Loan, 6.00%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing September 30, 2023

      868       763,068  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 10.00%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 9.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing September 30, 2024

            1,175       910,625  
                    $ 25,911,157  
Business Equipment and Services — 11.9%  
Adevinta ASA  

Term Loan, Maturing October 23, 2027(5)

      300     $ 298,875  

Term Loan, Maturing October 23, 2027(5)

    EUR       1,150       1,338,510  
Adtalem Global Education, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing April 11, 2025

      367       363,355  
Airbnb, Inc.  

Term Loan, 8.50%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing April 17, 2025

      773       823,956  
AlixPartners, LLP  

Term Loan, 2.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing April 4, 2024

      2,596       2,519,879  

Term Loan, 3.25%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing April 4, 2024

    EUR       714       822,973  
 

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description        Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Business Equipment and Services (continued)  
Allied Universal Holdco, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing July 10, 2026

      1,687     $ 1,654,910  
Amentum Government Services Holdings, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing February 1, 2027

      923       888,087  
AppLovin Corporation  

Term Loan, 3.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing August 15, 2025

      3,097       3,040,412  

Term Loan, 4.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%), Maturing August 15, 2025

      647       640,687  
Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC  

Term Loan, 2.64%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing September 7, 2027

      1,150       1,149,042  
Belfor Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%), Maturing April 6, 2026

      494       492,516  
BidFair MergeRight, Inc.  

Term Loan, 6.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing January 15, 2027

      594       590,605  
Bracket Intermediate Holding Corp.  

Term Loan, 4.48%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing September 5, 2025

      858       837,134  
Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc.  

Term Loan, 5.25%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing June 21, 2024

      508       474,366  
Camelot U.S. Acquisition 1 Co.  

Term Loan, 4.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing October 30, 2026

      1,125       1,110,234  
Cardtronics USA, Inc.  

Term Loan, 5.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing June 29, 2027

      549       549,311  
CCC Information Services, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing April 29, 2024

      2,955       2,931,018  
Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.60%, (1 week USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing April 30, 2025

      900       872,539  
CM Acquisition Co.  

Term Loan, 11.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 10.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing July 26, 2023

      150       148,227  
Deerfield Dakota Holding, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing April 9, 2027

      2,020       1,993,931  
EAB Global, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing November 15, 2024(2)

      1,243       1,213,601  
Borrower/Tranche Description        Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Business Equipment and Services (continued)  
EIG Investors Corp.  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing February 9, 2023

      2,783     $ 2,765,321  
Garda World Security Corporation  

Term Loan, 4.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.75%), Maturing October 30, 2026

      1,408       1,406,899  
Greeneden U.S. Holdings II, LLC  

Term Loan, Maturing October 8, 2027(5)

      850       841,500  
IG Investment Holdings, LLC  

Term Loan, 5.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing May 23, 2025

      2,556       2,515,348  
Illuminate Buyer, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%), Maturing June 16, 2027

      775       763,666  
Intrado Corp.  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing October 10, 2024

      318       294,523  

Term Loan, 5.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing October 10, 2024

      1,045       975,058  
IRI Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing December 1, 2025

      1,965       1,934,706  
Iron Mountain, Inc.  

Term Loan, 1.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.75%), Maturing January 2, 2026

      829       799,744  
KAR Auction Services, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.44%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing September 19, 2026

      594       573,952  
KUEHG Corp.  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing February 21, 2025

      2,923       2,684,442  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 9.25%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 8.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing August 22, 2025

      400       359,250  
LGC Group Holdings, Ltd.  

Term Loan, 3.25%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing April 21, 2027

  EUR     475       540,367  
Loire Finco Luxembourg S.a.r.l.  

Term Loan, 3.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing April 21, 2027

      324       313,246  
Monitronics International, Inc.  

Term Loan, 7.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.50%, Floor 1.25%), Maturing March 29, 2024

      1,416       1,125,356  
PGX Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 10.50%, (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 9.50%, Floor 1.00%), 6.25% cash, 4.25% PIK, Maturing September 29, 2023

      1,007       858,805  
 

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Business Equipment and Services (continued)  
Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing May 1, 2025

      444     $ 430,043  
Prime Security Services Borrower, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.25%, (USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing September 23, 2026(2)

      2,259       2,232,395  
Red Ventures, LLC  

Term Loan, 2.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing November 8, 2024

      1,381       1,332,444  
Rockwood Service Corporation  

Term Loan, 4.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing January 23, 2027

      473       469,376  
Sabre GLBL, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.00%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing February 22, 2024

      925       875,544  
SMG US Midco 2, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.69%, (USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing January 23, 2025(2)

      219       187,591  
Speedster Bidco GmbH  

Term Loan, 3.25%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing March 31, 2027

    EUR       2,125       2,369,080  
Spin Holdco, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.25%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing November 14, 2022

      3,424       3,342,904  
Techem Verwaltungsgesellschaft 675 mbH  

Term Loan, 2.63%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 2.63%), Maturing July 15, 2025

    EUR       739       849,024  
Tempo Acquisition, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Floor 0.50%), Maturing November 2, 2026

      1,580       1,530,669  
TruGreen Limited Partnership  

Term Loan, Maturing October 29, 2027(5)

      575       569,250  
Vestcom Parent Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.14%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%), Maturing December 19, 2023

      481       469,320  
WASH Multifamily Laundry Systems, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.25%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing May 14, 2022

      242       237,957  
Zephyr Bidco Limited  

Term Loan, 4.30%, (1 mo. GBP LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing July 23, 2025

    GBP       700       872,560  
                    $ 59,274,508  
Cable and Satellite Television — 5.7%  
Altice France S.A.  

Term Loan, 3.84%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.69%), Maturing January 31, 2026

      733     $ 710,779  

Term Loan, 4.24%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%), Maturing August 14, 2026

      1,133       1,102,365  
Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Cable and Satellite Television (continued)  
CSC Holdings, LLC  

Term Loan, 2.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing July 17, 2025

      3,432     $ 3,321,690  

Term Loan, 2.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing April 15, 2027

      1,225       1,188,618  
Numericable Group S.A.  

Term Loan, 2.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing July 31, 2025

      1,785       1,709,377  

Term Loan, 3.00%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing July 31, 2025

    EUR       434       482,358  
Telenet Financing USD, LLC  

Term Loan, 2.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.00%), Maturing April 30, 2028

      3,725       3,603,356  
UPC Broadband Holding B.V.  

Term Loan, 2.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing April 30, 2028

      825       794,406  

Term Loan, 2.50%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing April 30, 2029

    EUR       725       824,951  

Term Loan, Maturing January 31, 2029(5)

    EUR       825       950,428  

Term Loan, Maturing January 31, 2029(5)

    EUR       825       950,428  

Term Loan, Maturing January 31, 2029(5)

      1,888       1,842,672  

Term Loan, Maturing January 31, 2029(5)

      1,888       1,842,672  
Virgin Media Bristol, LLC  

Term Loan, 2.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing January 31, 2028

      4,200       4,063,790  

Term Loan, Maturing January 31, 2029(5)

      1,175       1,155,276  
Virgin Media SFA Finance Limited  

Term Loan, 2.50%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing January 31, 2029

    EUR       1,200       1,360,603  
Ziggo B.V.  

Term Loan, 3.00%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing January 31, 2029

    EUR       2,200       2,505,113  
                    $ 28,408,882  
Chemicals and Plastics — 6.9%  
Alpha 3 B.V.  

Term Loan, 4.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing January 31, 2024

      1,274     $ 1,255,381  
Aruba Investments, Inc.  

Term Loan, 5.25%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing July 7, 2025

      1,075       1,073,656  
Axalta Coating Systems US Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 1.97%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.75%), Maturing June 1, 2024

      2,247       2,186,098  
Chemours Company (The)  

Term Loan, 2.50%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.00%, Floor 0.50%), Maturing April 3, 2025

    EUR       566       635,685  
 

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description        Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Chemicals and Plastics (continued)  
Emerald Performance Materials, LLC  

Term Loan, 5.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing August 12, 2025

      360     $ 358,500  
Ferro Corporation  

Term Loan, 2.47%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing February 14, 2024

      313       309,288  

Term Loan, 2.47%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing February 14, 2024

      320       316,012  

Term Loan, 2.47%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing February 14, 2024

      410       404,762  
Flint Group GmbH  

Term Loan, 6.00%, (USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Floor 1.00%), 5.25% cash, 0.75% PIK, Maturing September 21, 2023(2)

      140       126,157  
Flint Group US, LLC  

Term Loan, 6.00%, (USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Floor 1.00%), 5.25% cash, 0.75% PIK, Maturing September 21, 2023(2)

      848       763,145  
Gemini HDPE, LLC  

Term Loan, 2.72%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing August 7, 2024

      1,928       1,890,160  
H.B. Fuller Company  

Term Loan, 2.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.00%), Maturing October 20, 2024

      1,152       1,134,364  
Hexion, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.73%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing July 1, 2026

      716       706,093  

Term Loan, 4.00%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 4.00%), Maturing July 1, 2026

  EUR     1,450       1,657,079  
INEOS Enterprises Holdings II Limited  

Term Loan, 3.25%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing August 28, 2026

  EUR     175       200,926  
INEOS Enterprises Holdings US Finco, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing August 28, 2026

      203       200,470  
INEOS Finance PLC  

Term Loan, 2.50%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 2.00%, Floor 0.50%), Maturing April 1, 2024

  EUR     2,893       3,276,187  
Messer Industries GmbH  

Term Loan, 2.72%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing March 1, 2026

      1,379       1,346,249  
Minerals Technologies, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.00%, (USD LIBOR + 2.25%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing February 14, 2024(2)

      805       804,122  
Momentive Performance Materials, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing May 15, 2024

      420       398,179  
Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Chemicals and Plastics (continued)  
Orion Engineered Carbons GmbH  

Term Loan, 2.22%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.00%), Maturing July 25, 2024

      1,089     $ 1,073,216  

Term Loan, 2.25%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing July 25, 2024

    EUR       733       839,677  
PMHC II, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing March 31, 2025

      1,579       1,444,382  
PQ Corporation  

Term Loan, 2.46%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing February 7, 2027

      2,219       2,160,611  

Term Loan, 4.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing February 7, 2027

      1,870       1,858,623  
Pregis TopCo Corporation  

Term Loan, 3.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing July 31, 2026

      596       581,915  
Rohm Holding GmbH  

Term Loan, 5.32%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.00%), Maturing July 31, 2026

      372       336,358  
Starfruit Finco B.V.  

Term Loan, 3.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing October 1, 2025

      1,420       1,379,596  

Term Loan, 3.25%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing October 1, 2025

    EUR       425       485,519  
Tronox Finance, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.18%, (USD LIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing September 23, 2024(2)

      2,846       2,792,494  
Univar, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing July 1, 2024

      1,763       1,729,476  
Venator Materials Corporation  

Term Loan, 3.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing August 8, 2024

            364       351,019  
                    $ 34,075,399  
Conglomerates — 0.0%(6)  
Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp.  

Term Loan, 3.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing June 27, 2024

            183     $ 180,274  
                    $ 180,274  
Containers and Glass Products — 3.0%  
Berry Global, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.00%), Maturing July 1, 2026

      913     $ 884,240  
 

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

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Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Containers and Glass Products (continued)  
BWAY Holding Company  

Term Loan, 3.48%, (USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing April 3, 2024(2)

      2,406     $ 2,256,687  
Flex Acquisition Company, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.00%, (USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing December 29, 2023(2)

      2,657       2,597,163  

Term Loan, 3.48%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing June 29, 2025

      1,393       1,342,538  
Libbey Glass, Inc.  

DIP Loan, 12.00%, (USD LIBOR + 11.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing November 27, 2020(2)

      236       236,891  

DIP Loan, 4.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Floor 1.00%), 2.00% cash, 2.00% PIK, Maturing November 30, 2020

      238       243,930  

Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing April 9, 2021(7)

      836       138,142  
Reynolds Consumer Products, LLC  

Term Loan, 1.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.75%), Maturing February 4, 2027

      1,217       1,196,149  
Reynolds Group Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing February 5, 2023

      1,954       1,920,744  

Term Loan, 3.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing February 5, 2026

      1,425       1,392,937  
Ring Container Technologies Group, LLC  

Term Loan, 2.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing October 31, 2024

      802       776,551  
Trident TPI Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.25%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing October 17, 2024

    EUR       1,337       1,522,315  

Term Loan, 4.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing October 17, 2024

            535       520,089  
                    $ 15,028,376  
Cosmetics / Toiletries — 0.7%  
Kronos Acquisition Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 5.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing May 15, 2023

            3,424     $ 3,399,766  
                    $ 3,399,766  
Drugs — 7.3%  
Aenova Holding GmbH  

Term Loan, 5.00%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 5.00%), Maturing March 6, 2025

    EUR       200     $ 233,476  
Akorn, Inc.  

Term Loan, 8.50%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing October 1, 2025

      820       826,351  
Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Drugs (continued)  
Albany Molecular Research, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.25%, (USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing August 30, 2024(2)

      776     $ 766,688  

Term Loan, Maturing August 30, 2024(5)

      250       246,875  
Alkermes, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing March 27, 2023

      347       345,561  
Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.69%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing May 4, 2025

      3,372       3,222,665  
Arbor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  

Term Loan, 6.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing July 5, 2023

      1,617       1,414,607  
Bausch Health Companies, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing June 2, 2025

      4,842       4,736,813  
Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.25%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing May 18, 2026

      788       786,030  
Elanco Animal Health Incorporated  

Term Loan, 1.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.75%), Maturing August 1, 2027

      684       669,831  
Endo Luxembourg Finance Company I S.a.r.l.  

Term Loan, 5.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing April 29, 2024

      4,930       4,717,750  
Grifols Worldwide Operations USA, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.09%, (1 week USD LIBOR + 2.00%), Maturing November 15, 2027

      4,109       4,015,928  
Horizon Therapeutics USA, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.19%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.00%), Maturing May 22, 2026

      2,008       1,970,354  
Jaguar Holding Company II  

Term Loan, 3.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing August 18, 2022

      5,425       5,394,622  
Mallinckrodt International Finance S.A.  

Term Loan, 5.50%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing September 24, 2024

      2,651       2,451,339  

Term Loan, 5.75%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing February 24, 2025

      2,936       2,711,726  
Nidda Healthcare Holding AG  

Term Loan, 3.50%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing August 21, 2026

    EUR       575       655,723  
Packaging Coordinators Midco, Inc.  

Term Loan, Maturing September 25, 2027(5)

            1,150       1,134,906  
                    $ 36,301,245  
 

 

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Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Ecological Services and Equipment — 0.4%  
EnergySolutions, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing May 9, 2025

      1,813     $ 1,736,116  
Patriot Container Corp.  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing March 20, 2025

      122       118,523  
US Ecology Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing November 1, 2026

            248       245,024  
                    $ 2,099,663  
Electronics / Electrical — 24.4%  
Allegro Microsystems, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Floor 0.50%), Maturing September 30, 2027

      575     $ 574,281  
Applied Systems, Inc.  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing September 19, 2025

      2,450       2,469,906  
Aptean, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing April 23, 2026

      691       667,668  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 8.50%), Maturing April 23, 2027

      1,375       1,364,138  
Astra Acquisition Corp.  

Term Loan, 6.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing March 1, 2027

      796       799,980  
Avast Software B.V.  

Term Loan, 3.25%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing September 29, 2023

      185       184,491  
Banff Merger Sub, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing October 2, 2025

      3,818       3,712,608  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 4.75%), Maturing October 2, 2025

    EUR       270       310,190  
Barracuda Networks, Inc.  

Term Loan - Second Lien, Maturing October 30, 2028(5)

      425       423,938  
Buzz Merger Sub, Ltd.  

Term Loan, 2.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing January 29, 2027

      547       535,621  
Cambium Learning Group, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.72%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.50%), Maturing December 18, 2025

      875       845,834  
Castle US Holding Corporation  

Term Loan, 3.97%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing January 29, 2027

      974       918,906  
Borrower/Tranche Description        Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Electronics / Electrical (continued)  
CDW, LLC  

Term Loan, 1.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.75%), Maturing October 13, 2026

      1,212     $ 1,209,005  
Celestica, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.66%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing June 27, 2025

      228       225,509  
CentralSquare Technologies, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing August 29, 2025

      811       728,493  
Cohu, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing October 1, 2025

      735       710,562  
CommScope, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing April 6, 2026

      1,683       1,627,040  
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing April 22, 2027

      1,658       1,644,852  
CPI International, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing July 26, 2024

      592       566,461  
E2open, LLC  

Term Loan, Maturing October 29, 2027(5)

      875       869,531  
ECI Macola/Max Holdings, LLC  

Term Loan, 5.25%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing September 27, 2024

      730       726,137  
Electro Rent Corporation  

Term Loan, 6.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing January 31, 2024

      1,600       1,578,032  
Epicor Software Corporation  

Term Loan, 5.25%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing July 30, 2027

      4,715       4,705,716  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing July 31, 2028

      850       869,125  
EXC Holdings III Corp.  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing December 2, 2024

      462       456,741  
Finastra USA, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing June 13, 2024

      5,352       5,065,972  
Fiserv Investment Solutions, Inc.  

Term Loan, 5.02%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.75%), Maturing February 18, 2027

      549       546,911  
GlobalLogic Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing August 1, 2025

      408       396,173  
 

 

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Borrower/Tranche Description        Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Electronics / Electrical (continued)  
GlobalLogic Holdings, Inc. (continued)  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing September 14, 2027

      750     $ 736,875  
Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC  

Term Loan, 2.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing August 10, 2027

      1,122       1,105,705  
Hyland Software, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.25%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing July 1, 2024

      5,796       5,725,772  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 7.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.00%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing July 7, 2025

      3,630       3,632,269  
Imperva, Inc.  

Term Loan, Maturing January 12, 2026(5)

    600       592,875  
Infoblox, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.50%), Maturing November 7, 2023

      1,561       1,560,829  
Informatica, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.25%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing February 25, 2027

  EUR     274       310,976  

Term Loan, 3.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing February 25, 2027

      5,871       5,685,579  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 7.13%, Maturing February 25, 2025(8)

      500       508,125  
LogMeIn, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.89%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.75%), Maturing August 31, 2027

      1,500       1,456,875  
MA FinanceCo., LLC  

Term Loan, 2.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing June 21, 2024

      462       438,462  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 4.50%), Maturing June 5, 2025

  EUR     700       813,471  

Term Loan, 5.25%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing June 5, 2025

      1,750       1,733,594  
MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing May 17, 2024

      1,169       1,131,979  
Marcel LUX IV S.a.r.l.  

Term Loan, Maturing September 22, 2027(5)

      450       445,500  
MaxLinear, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing July 31, 2023

      1,275       1,273,406  
Milano Acquisition Corp.  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing October 1, 2027

      2,850       2,805,469  
Mirion Technologies, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.27%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%), Maturing March 6, 2026

      419       416,578  
Borrower/Tranche Description        Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Electronics / Electrical (continued)  
MKS Instruments, Inc.  

Term Loan, 1.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.75%), Maturing February 2, 2026

      286     $ 283,142  
MTS Systems Corporation  

Term Loan, 4.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing July 5, 2023

      478       475,487  
NCR Corporation  

Term Loan, 2.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing August 28, 2026

      1,486       1,443,752  
Recorded Books, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.39%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing August 29, 2025

      802       784,898  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Floor 0.50%), Maturing August 29, 2025

      1,500       1,475,625  
Redstone Buyer, LLC  

Term Loan, 6.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing September 1, 2027

      2,630       2,610,275  
Refinitiv US Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing October 1, 2025

      1,552       1,531,966  
Renaissance Holding Corp.  

Term Loan, 3.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing May 30, 2025

      1,173       1,134,388  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 7.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.00%), Maturing May 29, 2026

      175       169,750  
Seattle Spinco, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing June 21, 2024

      3,123       2,961,045  
SkillSoft Corporation  

Term Loan, 8.50%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing December 27, 2024

      424       425,599  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.50%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing April 27, 2025

      1,401       1,383,407  
SolarWinds Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing February 5, 2024

      1,848       1,817,580  
Solera, LLC  

Term Loan, 2.92%, (2 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing March 3, 2023

      2,640       2,576,323  
Sophia L.P.  

2020 1st Lien Term Loan, 4.50%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing October 7, 2027

      425       418,691  
Sparta Systems, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing August 21, 2024

      2,155       2,052,959  
 

 

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Borrower/Tranche Description        Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Electronics / Electrical (continued)  
SS&C Technologies Holdings Europe S.a.r.l.  

Term Loan, 1.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.75%), Maturing April 16, 2025

      1,003     $ 976,901  
SS&C Technologies, Inc.  

Term Loan, 1.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.75%), Maturing April 16, 2025

      1,428       1,390,469  
STG-Fairway Holdings, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing January 31, 2027

      1,636       1,592,549  
SurveyMonkey, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.86%, (1 week USD LIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing October 10, 2025

      1,024       1,006,178  
Switch, Ltd.  

Term Loan, 2.39%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing June 27, 2024

      167       166,632  
Tech Data Corporation  

Term Loan, 3.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing June 30, 2025

      1,125       1,125,703  
Tibco Software, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing June 30, 2026

      4,963       4,828,625  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 7.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.25%), Maturing March 3, 2028

      1,250       1,225,000  
TTM Technologies, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing September 28, 2024

      139       137,023  
Uber Technologies, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing July 13, 2023

      4,060       3,997,022  

Term Loan, 5.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing April 4, 2025

      2,571       2,542,343  
Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (The)  

Term Loan, 3.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing May 4, 2026

      1,584       1,558,260  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing May 4, 2026

      3,950       3,932,170  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 7.50%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.75%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing May 3, 2027

      250       255,104  
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.50%), Maturing August 27, 2025

      714       710,492  
Valkyr Purchaser, LLC  

Term Loan, Maturing October 29, 2027(5)

      750       742,500  
Verifone Systems, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.25%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%), Maturing August 20, 2025

      1,128       1,035,222  
Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Electronics / Electrical (continued)  
Veritas US, Inc.  

Term Loan, 6.50%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing September 1, 2025

      2,525     $ 2,472,922  
Vero Parent, Inc.  

Term Loan, 6.51%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.25%), Maturing August 16, 2024

      2,401       2,353,220  
VS Buyer, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing February 28, 2027

      1,119       1,100,486  
Vungle, Inc.  

Term Loan, 5.64%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.50%), Maturing September 30, 2026

      668       665,744  
Western Digital Corporation  

Term Loan, 1.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.75%), Maturing April 29, 2023

            1,019       1,013,536  
                    $ 121,481,148  
Equipment Leasing — 0.4%  
Boels Topholding B.V.  

Term Loan, 4.00%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 4.00%), Maturing January 14, 2027

    EUR       575     $ 650,630  
Fly Funding II S.a.r.l.  

Term Loan, 6.24%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.00%), Maturing October 8, 2025

            1,225       1,182,125  
                    $ 1,832,755  
Financial Intermediaries — 4.2%  
Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing May 15, 2026

      420     $ 396,605  
Aretec Group, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing October 1, 2025

      4,755       4,477,301  
Citco Funding, LLC  

Term Loan, 2.77%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing September 28, 2023

      2,453       2,388,797  
Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing August 9, 2026

      743       715,584  
Ditech Holding Corporation  

Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing June 30, 2022(7)

      2,517       758,366  
EIG Management Company, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing February 22, 2025

      244       243,141  
Evergood 4 ApS  

Term Loan, 3.75%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing February 6, 2025

    EUR       675       774,740  
 

 

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Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Financial Intermediaries (continued)  
FB Income Advisor, LLC  

Term Loan, 2.44%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing August 1, 2025

      514     $ 509,354  
Focus Financial Partners, LLC  

Term Loan, 2.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.00%), Maturing July 3, 2024

      2,747       2,677,773  
Greenhill & Co., Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing April 12, 2024

      971       961,538  
GreenSky Holdings, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.44%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing March 31, 2025

      1,341       1,276,945  

Term Loan, 5.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing March 29, 2025

      474       461,967  
Guggenheim Partners, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing July 21, 2023

      997       990,980  
Harbourvest Partners, LLC  

Term Loan, 2.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing March 3, 2025

      871       856,722  
LPL Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 1.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.75%), Maturing November 12, 2026

      1,390       1,362,289  
Starwood Property Trust, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing July 27, 2026

      495       485,100  
Victory Capital Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.73%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing July 1, 2026

      1,084       1,061,927  
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing June 1, 2024

            429       425,330  
                    $ 20,824,459  
Food Products — 4.0%  
Alphabet Holding Company, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing September 26, 2024

      2,304     $ 2,236,077  
Atkins Nutritionals Holdings II, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing July 7, 2024

      347       347,076  
B&G Foods, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing October 10, 2026

      206       205,620  
Badger Buyer Corp.  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing September 30, 2024

      340       319,979  
Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Food Products (continued)  
CHG PPC Parent, LLC  

Term Loan, 2.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing March 31, 2025

      464     $ 450,383  

Term Loan, 3.50%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing March 31, 2025

    EUR       2,825       3,199,658  
Froneri International, Ltd.  

Term Loan, 2.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing January 31, 2027

      2,020       1,952,486  

Term Loan, 2.63%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 2.63%), Maturing January 31, 2027

    EUR       1,175       1,336,940  
H Food Holdings, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.84%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.69%), Maturing May 23, 2025

      1,667       1,607,287  

Term Loan, 4.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%), Maturing May 23, 2025

      418       404,670  
HLF Financing S.a.r.l.  

Term Loan, 2.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing August 18, 2025

      707       696,442  
Jacobs Douwe Egberts International B.V.  

Term Loan, 2.19%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.00%), Maturing November 1, 2025

      1,372       1,370,470  

Term Loan, 2.25%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 1.75%, Floor 0.50%), Maturing November 1, 2025

    EUR       277       323,588  
JBS USA Lux S.A.  

Term Loan, 2.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.00%), Maturing May 1, 2026

      3,989       3,906,557  
Nomad Foods Europe Midco Limited  

Term Loan, 2.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing May 15, 2024

      1,170       1,145,437  
Shearer’s Foods, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing September 23, 2027

            400       396,333  
                    $ 19,899,003  
Food Service — 1.8%  
1011778 B.C. Unlimited Liability Company  

Term Loan, 1.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.75%), Maturing November 19, 2026

      4,466     $ 4,299,695  
IRB Holding Corp.  

Term Loan, 3.75%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing February 5, 2025

      2,057       1,962,468  
Restaurant Technologies, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing October 1, 2025

      197       189,131  
US Foods, Inc.  

Term Loan, 1.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.75%), Maturing June 27, 2023

      780       749,433  
 

 

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Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Food Service (continued)  
US Foods, Inc. (continued)  

Term Loan, 2.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.00%), Maturing September 13, 2026

            1,584     $ 1,510,456  
                    $ 8,711,183  
Food / Drug Retailers — 0.4%  
BW Gas & Convenience Holdings, LLC  

Term Loan, 6.41%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.25%), Maturing November 18, 2024

      578     $ 577,500  
CNT Holdings I Corp.  

Term Loan, Maturing October 16, 2027(5)

      725       717,750  
L1R HB Finance Limited  

Term Loan, 4.25%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing August 9, 2024

    EUR       400       374,510  

Term Loan, 5.55%, (6 mo. GBP LIBOR + 5.25%), Maturing September 2, 2024

    GBP       400       413,564  
                    $ 2,083,324  
Forest Products — 0.2%  
Neenah, Inc.  

Term Loan, 5.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing June 25, 2027

            923     $ 924,994  
                    $ 924,994  
Health Care — 13.3%  
Accelerated Health Systems, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing October 31, 2025

      516     $ 499,049  
ADMI Corp.  

Term Loan, 2.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing April 30, 2025

      1,638       1,581,765  
Alliance Healthcare Services, Inc.  

Term Loan, 5.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing October 24, 2023

      730       667,950  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 12.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 11.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing April 24, 2024

      475       217,312  
athenahealth, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.50%), Maturing February 11, 2026

      1,798       1,763,920  
Avantor Funding, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.25%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing November 21, 2024

      382       380,009  

Term Loan, Maturing October 29, 2027(5)

      400       396,000  
Borrower/Tranche Description        Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Health Care (continued)  
BioClinica Holding I L.P.  

Term Loan, 5.25%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing October 20, 2023

      1,422     $ 1,371,861  
BW NHHC Holdco, Inc.  

Term Loan, 5.27%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.00%), Maturing May 15, 2025

      2,190       1,872,796  
CeramTec AcquiCo GmbH  

Term Loan, 2.75%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing March 7, 2025

  EUR     829       925,533  
Certara L.P.  

Term Loan, 3.72%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing August 15, 2024

      967       945,326  
Change Healthcare Holdings, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.50%, (USD LIBOR + 2.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing March 1, 2024(2)

      4,712       4,610,153  
CHG Healthcare Services, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.00%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing June 7, 2023

      3,111       3,040,041  
CryoLife, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.25%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing December 1, 2024

      486       483,819  
Dedalus Finance GmbH  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 4.50%), Maturing May 4, 2027

  EUR     750       866,572  

Term Loan, Maturing August 16, 2027(5)

  EUR     1,100       1,270,972  
Ensemble RCM, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.96%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing August 3, 2026

      495       485,719  
Envision Healthcare Corporation  

Term Loan, 3.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing October 10, 2025

      5,532       3,981,830  
Gentiva Health Services, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.44%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing July 2, 2025

      2,316       2,272,495  
GHX Ultimate Parent Corporation  

Term Loan, 4.25%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing June 28, 2024

      873       848,972  
Greatbatch, Ltd.  

Term Loan, 3.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing October 27, 2022

      1,448       1,436,261  
Hanger, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing March 6, 2025

      1,024       1,016,925  
Inovalon Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.19%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing April 2, 2025

      1,112       1,085,371  
 

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

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Borrower/Tranche Description        Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Health Care (continued)  
IQVIA, Inc.  

Term Loan, 1.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.75%), Maturing March 7, 2024

      493     $ 486,246  

Term Loan, 1.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.75%), Maturing January 17, 2025

      897       884,352  
Medical Solutions, LLC  

Term Loan, 5.50%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing June 14, 2024

      1,521       1,464,125  
MPH Acquisition Holdings, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.75%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing June 7, 2023

      2,677       2,646,702  
National Mentor Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing March 9, 2026

      27       26,546  

Term Loan, 4.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing March 9, 2026

      590       581,553  
Navicure, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%), Maturing October 22, 2026

      920       898,516  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing October 22, 2026

      500       493,125  
One Call Corporation  

Term Loan, 6.25%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing November 25, 2022

      1,935       1,794,481  
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics S.A.  

Term Loan, 3.39%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing June 30, 2025

      4,559       4,417,705  

Term Loan, 3.50%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing June 30, 2025

  EUR     398       447,693  
Parexel International Corporation  

Term Loan, 2.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing September 27, 2024

      2,165       2,081,705  
Phoenix Guarantor, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing March 5, 2026

      1,778       1,722,018  

Term Loan, 4.25%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 0.50%), Maturing March 5, 2026

      575       565,896  
Radiology Partners, Inc  

Term Loan, 4.81%, (USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing July 9, 2025(2)

      2,363       2,237,531  
RadNet, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing June 30, 2023

      1,443       1,423,530  
Select Medical Corporation  

Term Loan, 2.78%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing March 6, 2025

      2,578       2,521,205  
Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Health Care (continued)  
Sound Inpatient Physicians  

Term Loan, 2.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing June 27, 2025

      440     $ 430,894  
Surgery Center Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.25%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing September 3, 2024

      3,020       2,869,893  
Team Health Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing February 6, 2024

      1,849       1,511,877  
Tecomet, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing May 1, 2024

      1,023       986,876  
U.S. Anesthesia Partners, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.00%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing June 23, 2024

      2,378       2,231,302  
Verscend Holding Corp.  

Term Loan, 4.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.50%), Maturing August 27, 2025

      751       738,299  
Viant Medical Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing July 2, 2025

      441       405,353  
Wink Holdco, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing December 2, 2024

            462       460,205  
                    $ 66,348,279  
Home Furnishings — 0.8%  
Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC  

Term Loan, 8.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing August 10, 2023

      1,071     $ 1,074,886  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing August 10, 2023

            3,543       3,038,390  
                    $ 4,113,276  
Industrial Equipment — 7.5%  
AI Alpine AT Bidco GmbH  

Term Loan, 3.23%, (USD LIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing October 31, 2025(2)

      221     $ 204,759  
Alliance Laundry Systems, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.25%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing October 8, 2027

      1,150       1,141,950  
Altra Industrial Motion Corp.  

Term Loan, 2.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.00%), Maturing October 1, 2025

      584       573,098  
 

 

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Borrower/Tranche Description        Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Industrial Equipment (continued)  
Apex Tool Group, LLC  

Term Loan, 6.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.25%, Floor 1.25%), Maturing August 1, 2024

      2,238     $ 2,127,475  
CFS Brands, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.00%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing March 20, 2025

      244       216,649  
CPM Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing November 17, 2025

      2,040       1,897,487  
Delachaux Group S.A.  

Term Loan, 3.75%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing April 16, 2026

  EUR     350       391,577  

Term Loan, 4.74%, (USD LIBOR + 4.50%), Maturing April 16, 2026(2)

      446       428,237  
DexKo Global, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.75%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing July 24, 2024

  EUR     292       324,653  

Term Loan, 3.75%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing July 24, 2024

  EUR     729       811,637  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing July 24, 2024

      823       804,788  
DXP Enterprises, Inc.  

Term Loan, 5.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing August 29, 2023

      435       427,387  
Dynacast International, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.25%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing January 28, 2022

      1,169       1,093,940  
Engineered Machinery Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing July 19, 2024

      1,786       1,743,422  

Term Loan, 5.25%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing July 19, 2024

      270       267,823  
EWT Holdings III Corp.  

Term Loan, 2.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing December 20, 2024

      1,675       1,645,002  
Filtration Group Corporation  

Term Loan, 3.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing March 29, 2025

      1,500       1,462,429  

Term Loan, 3.50%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing March 29, 2025

  EUR     366       417,486  

Term Loan, Maturing March 31, 2025(5)

      350       345,406  
Gardner Denver, Inc.  

Term Loan, 1.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.75%), Maturing March 1, 2027

      1,182       1,145,171  

Term Loan, 2.00%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 2.00%), Maturing March 1, 2027

  EUR     374       429,432  
Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Industrial Equipment (continued)  
Gates Global, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.00%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing April 1, 2024

    EUR       845     $ 957,121  

Term Loan, 3.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing April 1, 2024

      4,101       4,030,937  
Hayward Industries, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing August 5, 2024

      430       419,142  

Term Loan, Maturing August 4, 2026(5)

      650       639,437  
Ingersoll-Rand Services Company  

Term Loan, 1.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.75%), Maturing March 1, 2027

      1,294       1,253,078  
LTI Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing September 6, 2025

      1,433       1,337,546  

Term Loan, 4.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.75%), Maturing July 24, 2026

      198       186,368  
Pro Mach Group, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.50%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing March 7, 2025(3)

      211       213,697  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing March 7, 2025

      638       615,538  
Quimper AB  

Term Loan, 4.25%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing February 13, 2026

    EUR       1,750       2,007,989  
Robertshaw US Holding Corp.  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing February 28, 2025

      951       876,952  
Thermon Industries, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing October 30, 2024

      261       257,923  
Titan Acquisition Limited  

Term Loan, 3.36%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing March 28, 2025

      2,824       2,685,059  
Vertical Midco GmbH  

Term Loan, 4.57%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing July 30, 2027

      1,225       1,210,198  
Welbilt, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing October 23, 2025

            3,146       2,894,552  
                    $ 37,485,345  
Insurance — 6.7%  
Alliant Holdings Intermediate, LLC  

Term Loan, 2.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing May 9, 2025

      2,286     $ 2,205,267  
 

 

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Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Insurance (continued)  
Alliant Holdings Intermediate, LLC (continued)  

Term Loan, 3.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing May 9, 2025

      444     $ 429,748  

Term Loan, Maturing October 8, 2027(5)

      450       446,813  
AmWINS Group, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing January 25, 2024

      4,809       4,755,754  
AssuredPartners Capital, Inc.  

Term Loan, 5.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing February 12, 2027

      473       471,562  
AssuredPartners, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing February 12, 2027

      1,414       1,367,287  
Asurion, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing August 4, 2022

      1,069       1,053,947  

Term Loan, 3.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing November 3, 2023

      2,032       1,996,914  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 6.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.50%), Maturing August 4, 2025

      3,499       3,508,718  
Financiere CEP S.A.S.  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 4.75%), Maturing June 3, 2027

    EUR       500       583,271  
FrontDoor, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.69%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing August 16, 2025

      441       438,795  
Hub International Limited  

Term Loan, 3.21%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing April 25, 2025

      3,972       3,827,661  

Term Loan, 5.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing April 25, 2025

      1,737       1,734,101  
NFP Corp.  

Term Loan, 3.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing February 15, 2027

      3,342       3,206,272  
Ryan Specialty Group, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing September 1, 2027

      1,775       1,763,166  
Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing December 31, 2025

      1,154       1,110,605  
USI, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.22%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing May 16, 2024

      3,231       3,120,310  

Term Loan, 4.22%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%), Maturing December 2, 2026

            1,315       1,302,117  
                    $ 33,322,308  
Borrower/Tranche Description        Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Leisure Goods / Activities / Movies — 6.4%  
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.23%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing April 22, 2026

      1,748     $ 999,002  
Amer Sports Oyj  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 4.50%), Maturing March 30, 2026

  EUR     3,300       3,391,752  
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing August 27, 2026

      3,012       3,010,250  
Bombardier Recreational Products, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.00%), Maturing May 24, 2027

      4,237       4,092,234  

Term Loan, 6.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing May 24, 2027

      648       654,048  
Carnival Corporation  

Term Loan, 8.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing June 30, 2025

      1,297       1,306,476  
ClubCorp Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.97%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing September 18, 2024

      1,722       1,455,955  
Crown Finance US, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.63%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 2.63%), Maturing February 28, 2025

  EUR     267       178,034  

Term Loan, 2.77%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing February 28, 2025

      1,599       912,962  

Term Loan, 3.02%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing September 30, 2026

      1,386       774,774  
Delta 2 (LUX) S.a.r.l.  

Term Loan, 3.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing February 1, 2024

      1,538       1,483,694  
Etraveli Holding AB  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 4.50%), Maturing August 2, 2024

  EUR     875       845,827  
Lindblad Expeditions, Inc.  

Term Loan, 5.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Floor 0.75%), 4.25% cash, 1.25% PIK, Maturing March 27, 2025

      1,340       1,246,482  

Term Loan, 5.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.75%, Floor 0.75%), 4.25% cash, 1.25% PIK, Maturing March 27, 2025

      335       311,620  
Match Group, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.75%), Maturing February 13, 2027

      700       684,250  
Motion Finco S.a.r.l.  

Term Loan, 3.47%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing November 12, 2026

      63       54,787  

Term Loan, 3.47%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing November 12, 2026

      482       416,858  
 

 

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Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Leisure Goods / Activities / Movies (continued)  
Playtika Holding Corp.  

Term Loan, 7.00%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing December 10, 2024

      3,104     $ 3,112,527  
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing March 31, 2024

      1,659       1,555,690  
SRAM, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.75%, (USD LIBOR + 2.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing March 15, 2024(2)

      1,065       1,063,472  
Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing February 14, 2025

      473       454,081  
Travel Leaders Group, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%), Maturing January 25, 2024

      1,628       1,273,782  
UFC Holdings, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.25%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing April 29, 2026

      200       195,011  

Term Loan, 4.25%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing April 29, 2026

      2,083       2,045,107  
Vue International Bidco PLC  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 4.75%), Maturing July 3, 2026

    EUR       615       524,238  
                    $ 32,042,913  
Lodging and Casinos — 4.1%  
Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.  

Term Loan, 1.96%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.75%), Maturing October 19, 2024

      959     $ 935,637  
Azelis Finance S.A.  

Term Loan, 3.50%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing November 10, 2025

    EUR       1,825       2,082,977  
Boyd Gaming Corporation  

Term Loan, 2.34%, (1 week USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing September 15, 2023

      618       602,251  
CityCenter Holdings, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing April 18, 2024

      3,144       2,964,347  
Golden Nugget, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.25%, (USD LIBOR + 2.50%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing October 4, 2023(2)

      4,610       4,084,418  
GVC Holdings (Gibraltar) Limited  

Term Loan, 3.25%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing March 29, 2024

      1,024       1,014,365  
GVC Holdings PLC  

Term Loan, 2.50%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing March 29, 2024

    EUR       1,725       1,979,891  
Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Lodging and Casinos (continued)  
Playa Resorts Holding B.V.  

Term Loan, 3.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing April 29, 2024

      2,375     $ 2,036,753  
Sportradar Capital S.a.r.l.  

Term Loan, Maturing October 27, 2027(5)

    EUR       500       577,351  
Stars Group Holdings B.V. (The)  

Term Loan, 3.72%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing July 10, 2025

      1,619       1,620,638  

Term Loan, 3.75%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing July 10, 2025

    EUR       537       626,999  
VICI Properties 1, LLC  

Term Loan, 1.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.75%), Maturing December 20, 2024

            2,124       2,046,874  
                    $ 20,572,501  
Nonferrous Metals / Minerals — 0.5%  
American Consolidated Natural Resources, Inc.  

Term Loan, 14.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 13.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing September 16, 2025

      608     $ 471,458  
CD&R Hydra Buyer, Inc.  

Term Loan, 7.50%, (0.00% cash, 7.50% PIK), Maturing August 15, 2021(4)(8)

      163       128,837  
Noranda Aluminum Acquisition Corporation  

Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing February 28, 2021(7)

      888       79,935  
Oxbow Carbon, LLC  

Term Loan, Maturing October 13, 2025(5)

      750       738,750  
Rain Carbon GmbH  

Term Loan, 3.00%, (3 mo. EURIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing January 16, 2025

    EUR       925       1,008,623  
                    $ 2,427,603  
Oil and Gas — 4.5%  
Ameriforge Group, Inc.  

Term Loan, 14.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 13.00%, Floor 1.00%), 9.00% cash, 5.00% PIK, Maturing June 8, 2022

      732     $ 640,241  
Apergy Corporation  

Term Loan, 2.69%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing May 9, 2025

      160       155,033  

Term Loan, 6.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing May 28, 2027

      198       197,130  
Blackstone CQP Holdco L.P.  

Term Loan, 3.73%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing September 30, 2024

      963       943,556  
 

 

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Borrower/Tranche Description        Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Oil and Gas (continued)  
Buckeye Partners L.P.  

Term Loan, 2.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing November 1, 2026

      2,562     $ 2,513,286  
Centurion Pipeline Company, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%), Maturing September 28, 2025

      225       221,625  

Term Loan, 3.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing September 29, 2025

      246       241,634  
CITGO Holding, Inc.  

Term Loan, 8.00%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing August 1, 2023

      1,170       1,076,557  
CITGO Petroleum Corporation  

Term Loan, 6.00%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing March 28, 2024

      4,599       4,323,064  
Delek US Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing March 31, 2025

      1,256       1,185,568  

Term Loan, 6.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing March 31, 2025

      572       560,206  
Fieldwood Energy, LLC  

DIP Loan, 3.68%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 8.75%), Maturing August 4, 2021(3)

      395       397,458  

Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing April 11, 2022(7)

      2,677       660,884  
Lealand Finance Company B.V.  

Term Loan, 4.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%), 1.15% cash, 3.00% PIK, Maturing June 30, 2025

      331       217,382  
Matador Bidco S.a.r.l.  

Term Loan, 4.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.75%), Maturing October 15, 2026

      3,766       3,671,923  
McDermott Technology Americas, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.14%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing June 30, 2024

      24       19,674  
Prairie ECI Acquiror L.P.  

Term Loan, 4.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.75%), Maturing March 11, 2026

      2,680       2,412,069  
PSC Industrial Holdings Corp.  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing October 11, 2024

      1,718       1,625,736  
RDV Resources Properties, LLC  

Term Loan, 7.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing March 29, 2024(4)

      459       290,056  
Sunrise Oil & Gas Properties, LLC  

Term Loan, 8.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing January 17, 2023

      78       70,669  

Term Loan - Second Lien, 8.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing January 17, 2023

      80       62,951  
Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Oil and Gas (continued)  
Sunrise Oil & Gas Properties, LLC (continued)  

Term Loan - Third Lien, 8.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing January 17, 2023

      93     $ 46,786  
UGI Energy Services, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%), Maturing August 13, 2026

            988       980,711  
                    $ 22,514,199  
Publishing — 1.2%  
Alchemy Copyrights, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing August 16, 2027

      500     $ 498,750  
Ascend Learning, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing July 12, 2024

      1,067       1,043,437  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing July 12, 2024

      400       397,000  
Getty Images, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.69%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.50%), Maturing February 19, 2026

      1,579       1,478,690  
LSC Communications, Inc.  

Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing September 30, 2022(7)

      740       120,182  
Nielsen Finance, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing June 4, 2025

      796       796,000  
ProQuest, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing October 23, 2026

      1,321       1,291,881  
Tweddle Group, Inc.  

Term Loan, 5.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing September 17, 2023

            189       165,697  
                    $ 5,791,637  
Radio and Television — 3.1%  
Cumulus Media New Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing March 31, 2026

      471     $ 445,776  
Diamond Sports Group, LLC  

Term Loan, 3.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing August 24, 2026

      2,871       1,797,068  
Entercom Media Corp.  

Term Loan, 2.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing November 18, 2024

      859       829,128  
 

 

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Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Radio and Television (continued)  
Entravision Communications Corporation  

Term Loan, 2.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing November 29, 2024

      774     $ 741,750  
Gray Television, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing February 7, 2024

      209       204,321  

Term Loan, 2.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing January 2, 2026

      595       583,152  
Hubbard Radio, LLC  

Term Loan, 5.25%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing March 28, 2025

      697       671,424  
iHeartCommunications, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing May 1, 2026

      1,712       1,611,123  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing May 1, 2026

      399       386,199  
Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing January 17, 2024

      1,267       1,235,576  

Term Loan, 2.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing September 18, 2026

      480       469,005  
Sinclair Television Group, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing January 3, 2024

      463       451,267  

Term Loan, 2.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing September 30, 2026

      594       577,170  
Terrier Media Buyer, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.25%), Maturing December 17, 2026

      2,428       2,373,434  
Univision Communications, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing March 15, 2026

            3,174       3,100,198  
                    $ 15,476,591  
Retailers (Except Food and Drug) — 2.1%  
Apro, LLC  

Term Loan, 5.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing November 14, 2026

      621     $ 616,003  
Ascena Retail Group, Inc.  

DIP Loan, 12.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 11.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing March 16, 2021

      624       748,540  

Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing August 21, 2022(7)

      1,801       558,383  
Bass Pro Group, LLC  

Term Loan, 5.75%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing September 25, 2024

      1,261       1,258,198  
BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.00%), Maturing February 3, 2024

      471       464,981  
Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Retailers (Except Food and Drug) (continued)  
Coinamatic Canada, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.25%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing May 14, 2022

      42     $ 41,673  
David’s Bridal, Inc.  

Term Loan, 11.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 10.00%, Floor 1.00%), 6.00% cash, 5.00% PIK, Maturing June 23, 2023

      284       255,542  

Term Loan, 7.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing June 30, 2023

      328       260,429  
Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing October 19, 2027

      1,475       1,455,986  
Hoya Midco, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing June 30, 2024

      1,961       1,675,298  
LSF9 Atlantis Holdings, LLC  

Term Loan, 7.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing May 1, 2023

      913       898,432  
PetSmart, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing March 11, 2022

      1,231       1,222,534  
PFS Holding Corporation  

Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing January 31, 2021(7)

      2,115       825,028  
Pier 1 Imports (U.S.), Inc.  

Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing April 30, 2021(4)(7)

            415       236,507  
                    $ 10,517,534  
Steel — 1.0%  
Atkore International, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.75%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing December 22, 2023

      1,214     $ 1,209,694  
GrafTech Finance, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing February 12, 2025

      1,958       1,935,570  
Neenah Foundry Company  

Term Loan, 10.00%, (2 mo. USD LIBOR + 9.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing December 13, 2022

      648       567,028  
Phoenix Services International, LLC  

Term Loan, 4.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.75%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing March 1, 2025

      829       795,600  
Zekelman Industries, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.00%), Maturing January 24, 2027

            572       556,838  
                    $ 5,064,730  
 

 

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Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Surface Transport — 0.4%  
Hertz Corporation (The)  

Term Loan, 3.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing June 30, 2023

      961     $ 900,879  
Kenan Advantage Group, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing July 31, 2022

      106       102,600  

Term Loan, 4.00%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing July 31, 2022

      349       337,394  
XPO Logistics, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.00%), Maturing February 24, 2025

            600       589,750  
                    $ 1,930,623  
Telecommunications — 6.3%  
Cablevision Lightpath, LLC  

Term Loan, Maturing September 15, 2027(5)

      350     $ 345,406  
CenturyLink, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing March 15, 2027

      6,799       6,557,580  
Colorado Buyer, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.00%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing May 1, 2024

      1,576       1,382,585  
Digicel International Finance Limited  

Term Loan, 3.80%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing May 28, 2024

      1,455       1,277,680  
eircom Finco S.a.r.l.  

Term Loan, 3.00%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing May 15, 2026

    EUR       1,540       1,768,191  
Gamma Infrastructure III B.V.  

Term Loan, 3.50%, (6 mo. EURIBOR + 3.50%), Maturing January 9, 2025

    EUR       1,500       1,699,662  
Global Eagle Entertainment, Inc.  

DIP Loan, 11.25%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 10.00%, Floor 1.25%), Maturing January 22, 2021

      398       395,345  

Term Loan, 0.00%, Maturing January 6, 2023(7)

      2,678       1,874,363  
Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A.  

DIP Loan, 5.05%, (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing July 13, 2022(3)

      1,022       1,041,779  

Term Loan, 8.00%, (USD Prime + 4.75%), Maturing November 27, 2023

      1,750       1,764,949  

Term Loan, 8.75%, (USD Prime + 5.50%), Maturing January 2, 2024

      1,700       1,717,530  
IPC Corp.  

Term Loan, 5.50%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing August 6, 2021(4)

      1,127       804,455  
Borrower/Tranche Description          Principal
Amount*
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Telecommunications (continued)  
Onvoy, LLC  

Term Loan, 5.50%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.50%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing February 10, 2024

      1,665     $ 1,583,475  
Plantronics, Inc.  

Term Loan, 2.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing July 2, 2025

      1,192       1,144,114  
Syniverse Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 6.00%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.00%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing March 9, 2023

      951       745,449  
Telesat Canada  

Term Loan, 2.90%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.75%), Maturing December 7, 2026

      1,315       1,273,145  
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%), Maturing March 9, 2027

      2,413       2,331,691  

Term Loan, 3.25%, (1 mo. EURIBOR + 3.25%), Maturing March 9, 2027

    EUR       423       481,420  
Ziggo Financing Partnership  

Term Loan, 2.65%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.50%), Maturing April 30, 2028

            3,475       3,341,310  
                    $ 31,530,129  
Utilities — 1.4%  
Brookfield WEC Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 3.75%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.00%, Floor 0.75%), Maturing August 1, 2025

      1,665     $ 1,630,160  
Calpine Construction Finance Company, L.P.  

Term Loan, 2.15%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.00%), Maturing January 15, 2025

      867       842,962  
Calpine Corporation  

Term Loan, 2.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing January 15, 2024

      3,008       2,940,626  

Term Loan, 2.40%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.25%), Maturing April 5, 2026

      864       843,433  
Longview Power, LLC  

Term Loan, 11.50%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 10.00%, Floor 1.50%), Maturing July 30, 2025(4)

      339       271,563  
USIC Holdings, Inc.  

Term Loan, 4.25%, (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.25%, Floor 1.00%), Maturing December 8, 2023

            195       192,114  
                    $ 6,720,858  

Total Senior Floating-Rate Loans
(identified cost $759,008,355)

                  $ 726,815,573  
 

 

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Corporate Bonds & Notes — 4.8%

 

Security          Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Aerospace and Defense — 0.2%  
TransDigm, Inc.  

6.50%, 7/15/24

    $ 477     $ 477,298  

7.50%, 3/15/27

            259       267,855  
                    $ 745,153  
Automotive — 0.1%  
Ford Motor Co.  

9.00%, 4/22/25

    $ 137     $ 161,322  

4.75%, 1/15/43

      230       213,469  
Navistar International Corp.  

6.625%, 11/1/25(9)

            294       304,349  
                    $ 679,140  
Building and Development — 0.2%  
Builders FirstSource, Inc.  

5.00%, 3/1/30(9)

    $ 113     $ 119,356  
Hillman Group, Inc. (The)  

6.375%, 7/15/22(9)

      36       35,676  
Standard Industries, Inc.  

5.00%, 2/15/27(9)

      597       616,776  
TRI Pointe Group, Inc./TRI Pointe Homes, Inc.                  

5.875%, 6/15/24

            8       8,680  
                    $ 780,488  
Business Equipment and Services — 0.6%  
EIG Investors Corp.  

10.875%, 2/1/24

    $ 875     $ 911,229  
Prime Security Services Borrower, LLC/Prime
Finance, Inc.
                 

5.25%, 4/15/24(9)

      700       733,124  

5.75%, 4/15/26(9)

      700       746,375  
ServiceMaster Co., LLC (The)  

7.45%, 8/15/27

            394       440,713  
                    $ 2,831,441  
Cable and Satellite Television — 0.3%  
Altice France S.A.  

8.125%, 2/1/27(9)

    $ 597     $ 649,921  
CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.                  

5.375%, 5/1/25(9)

      65       66,836  

5.75%, 2/15/26(9)

      31       32,175  
Security          Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Cable and Satellite Television (continued)  
CSC Holdings, LLC  

5.875%, 9/15/22

    $ 15     $ 15,853  

5.25%, 6/1/24

      10       10,694  

5.75%, 1/15/30(9)

      491       525,517  

4.125%, 12/1/30(9)

      200       203,556  
DISH DBS Corp.  

6.75%, 6/1/21

      14       14,284  

5.875%, 11/15/24

      5       5,038  
TEGNA, Inc.  

5.00%, 9/15/29

            51       51,685  
                    $ 1,575,559  
Conglomerates — 0.0%(6)  
Spectrum Brands, Inc.  

5.75%, 7/15/25

    $ 70     $ 72,100  

5.00%, 10/1/29(9)

            18       19,125  
                    $ 91,225  
Consumer Products — 0.0%(6)  
Central Garden & Pet Co.  

6.125%, 11/15/23

          $ 25     $ 25,511  
                    $ 25,511  
Containers and Glass Products — 0.0%(6)  
Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings
USA, Inc.
                 

4.125%, 8/15/26(9)

          $ 200     $ 204,250  
                    $ 204,250  
Distribution & Wholesale — 0.0%(6)  
Performance Food Group, Inc.  

5.50%, 10/15/27(9)

          $ 63     $ 64,690  
                    $ 64,690  
Diversified Financial Services — 0.0%(6)  
GEMS MENASA Cayman, Ltd./GEMS Education
Delaware, LLC
                 

7.125%, 7/31/26(9)

          $ 221     $ 219,066  
                    $ 219,066  
Drugs — 0.2%  
AdaptHealth, LLC  

6.125%, 8/1/28(9)

    $ 115     $ 119,744  
 

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security          Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Drugs (continued)  
Bausch Health Americas, Inc.  

8.50%, 1/31/27(9)

    $ 128     $ 140,139  
Bausch Health Cos., Inc.  

7.00%, 1/15/28(9)

            687       729,381  
                    $ 989,264  
Ecological Services and Equipment — 0.1%  
GFL Environmental, Inc.  

8.50%, 5/1/27(9)

          $ 525     $ 573,234  
                    $ 573,234  
Electronics / Electrical — 0.0%(6)  
Sensata Technologies, Inc.  

4.375%, 2/15/30(9)

          $ 42     $ 43,969  
                    $ 43,969  
Financial Intermediaries — 0.2%  
Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC  

5.125%, 6/16/25

    $ 457     $ 476,898  
Icahn Enterprises, L.P./Icahn Enterprises
Finance Corp.
                 

6.25%, 2/1/22

      18       18,085  

6.25%, 5/15/26

      597       620,785  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  

Series S, 6.75% to 2/1/24(10)(11)

            80       87,494  
                    $ 1,203,262  
Food Products — 0.3%  
Del Monte Foods, Inc.  

11.875%, 5/15/25(9)

    $ 1,000     $ 1,068,125  
JBS USA LUX S.A./JBS USA Food Co./JBS USA
Finance, Inc.
                 

5.50%, 1/15/30(9)

            143       155,691  
                    $ 1,223,816  
Food / Drug Retailers — 0.2%  
Fresh Market, Inc. (The)  

9.75%, 5/1/23(9)

          $ 1,175     $ 1,126,537  
                    $ 1,126,537  
Health Care — 0.1%  
HCA, Inc.  

5.875%, 2/15/26

    $ 17     $ 19,231  
Security          Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Health Care (continued)  
Tenet Healthcare Corp.  

6.75%, 6/15/23

          $ 225     $ 237,497  
                    $ 256,728  
Insurance — 0.2%  
AssuredPartners, Inc.  

7.00%, 8/15/25(9)

          $ 875     $ 895,226  
                    $ 895,226  
Internet Software & Services — 0.1%  
Netflix, Inc.  

5.375%, 11/15/29(9)

    $ 220     $ 257,950  
Riverbed Technology, Inc.  

8.875%, 3/1/23(9)

            27       18,495  
                    $ 276,445  
Leisure Goods / Activities / Movies — 0.1%  
Viking Cruises, Ltd.  

6.25%, 5/15/25(9)

    $ 40     $ 31,346  

5.875%, 9/15/27(9)

            784       612,990  
                    $ 644,336  
Lodging and Casinos — 0.4%  
Caesars Resort Collection, LLC/CRC Finco, Inc.                  

5.25%, 10/15/25(9)

    $ 597     $ 568,604  
ESH Hospitality, Inc.  

5.25%, 5/1/25(9)

      17       17,025  
MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership,
L.P./MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc.
       

5.625%, 5/1/24

      10       10,546  
MGM Resorts International  

7.75%, 3/15/22

      17       17,887  
Stars Group Holdings B.V./Stars Group US
Co-Borrower, LLC
                 

7.00%, 7/15/26(9)

      875       926,625  
Wynn Las Vegas, LLC/Wynn Las Vegas
Capital Corp.
                 

5.25%, 5/15/27(9)

            240       222,342  
                    $ 1,763,029  
Metals / Mining — 0.2%  
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.  

6.75%, 3/15/26(9)

          $ 921     $ 968,201  
                    $ 968,201  
 

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security          Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Nonferrous Metals / Minerals — 0.0%(6)  
New Gold, Inc.  

6.375%, 5/15/25(9)

          $ 136     $ 140,335  
                    $ 140,335  
Oil and Gas — 0.4%  
Centennial Resource Production, LLC  

6.875%, 4/1/27(9)

    $ 875     $ 324,104  
Energy Transfer Operating, L.P.  

5.875%, 1/15/24

      30       32,829  
Neptune Energy Bondco PLC  

6.625%, 5/15/25(9)

      972       848,070  
Newfield Exploration Co.  

5.625%, 7/1/24

      82       79,395  
Seven Generations Energy, Ltd.  

6.75%, 5/1/23(9)

      30       30,094  

6.875%, 6/30/23(9)

      10       10,037  
Tervita Corp.  

7.625%, 12/1/21(9)

            892       858,550  
                    $ 2,183,079  
Packaging & Containers — 0.1%  
ARD Finance S.A.  

6.50%, (6.50% cash or 7.25% PIK), 6/30/27(9)(12)

          $ 467     $ 475,173  
                    $ 475,173  
Radio and Television — 0.2%  
Diamond Sports Group, LLC/Diamond Sports
Finance Co.
                 

5.375%, 8/15/26(9)

    $ 111     $ 64,866  
iHeartCommunications, Inc.  

6.375%, 5/1/26

      208       216,585  

8.375%, 5/1/27

      376       367,702  
Nielsen Co. Luxembourg S.a.r.l. (The)  

5.50%, 10/1/21(9)

      8       8,032  
Sirius XM Radio, Inc.        

4.125%, 7/1/30(9)

      83       85,429  
Terrier Media Buyer, Inc.        

8.875%, 12/15/27(9)

            302       309,284  
                    $ 1,051,898  
Steel — 0.2%  
Allegheny Technologies, Inc.        

7.875%, 8/15/23

          $ 972     $ 983,717  
                    $ 983,717  
Security          Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Surface Transport — 0.0%(6)  
XPO Logistics, Inc.        

6.50%, 6/15/22(9)

          $ 56     $ 56,312  
                    $ 56,312  
Telecommunications — 0.3%  
CenturyLink, Inc.  

Series W, 6.75%, 12/1/23

    $ 40     $ 43,575  
Connect Finco S.a.r.l./Connect US Finco, LLC                  

6.75%, 10/1/26(9)

      250       252,187  
Digicel International Finance, Ltd./Digicel
Holdings Bermuda, Ltd.
                 

8.75%, 5/25/24(9)

      550       551,375  
Level 3 Financing, Inc.        

5.375%, 1/15/24

      25       25,271  
Sprint Communications, Inc.        

6.00%, 11/15/22

      3       3,215  
Sprint Corp.        

7.25%, 9/15/21

      225       234,637  

7.625%, 2/15/25

      223       263,558  
T-Mobile USA, Inc.        

6.50%, 1/15/26

            110       114,758  
                    $ 1,488,576  
Utilities — 0.1%  
Vistra Operations Co., LLC        

5.00%, 7/31/27(9)

    $ 194     $ 202,924  

4.30%, 7/15/29(9)

            31       33,556  
                    $ 236,480  

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes
(identified cost $24,359,545)

                  $ 23,796,140  
Asset-Backed Securities — 6.8%

 

Security          Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Allegany Park CLO, Ltd.  

Series 2019-1A, Class E, 6.993%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.78%), 1/20/33(9)(13)

    $ 700     $ 647,452  
Ares LII CLO, Ltd.  

Series 2019-52A, Class E, 6.766%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.55%), 4/22/31(9)(13)

      750       693,949  
Ares XXXIIR CLO, Ltd.  

Series 2014-32RA, Class D, 6.13%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.85%), 5/15/30(9)(13)

      2,000       1,746,204  
 

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security        Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Ares XXXIV CLO, Ltd.  

Series 2015-2A, Class ER, 7.068%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.85%), 4/17/33(9)(13)

    $ 1,150     $ 1,034,315  
Bardot CLO, Ltd.  

Series 2019-2A, Class E, 7.166%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.95%), 10/22/32(9)(13)

      1,000       952,375  
Benefit Street Partners CLO XIX, Ltd.  

Series 2019-19A, Class E, 7.257%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.02%), 1/15/33(9)(13)

      750       711,399  
Benefit Street Partners CLO XVII, Ltd.  

Series 2019-17A, Class E, 6.837%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.60%), 7/15/32(9)(13)

      1,000       927,297  
Benefit Street Partners CLO XVIII, Ltd.  

Series 2019-18A, Class E, 7.137%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.90%), 10/15/32(9)(13)

      1,000       936,600  
BlueMountain CLO XXV, Ltd.  

Series 2019-25A, Class E, 6.937%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.70%), 7/15/32(9)(13)

      1,000       941,029  
BlueMountain CLO XXVI, Ltd.  

Series 2019-26A, Class E, 7.918%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.70%), 10/20/32(9)(13)

      1,500       1,467,408  
Canyon Capital CLO, Ltd.  

Series 2019-2A, Class E, 7.387%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.15%), 10/15/32(9)(13)

      400       383,569  
Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO, Ltd.  

Series 2012-3A, Class DR2, 6.724%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.50%), 1/14/32(9)(13)

    1,200       917,523  

Series 2015-5A, Class DR, 6.918%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.70%), 1/20/32(9)(13)

      500       391,656  
Cedar Funding X CLO, Ltd.  

Series 2019-10A, Class E, 7.218%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.00%), 10/20/32(9)(13)

      1,000       942,864  
Dryden Senior Loan Fund  

Series 2015-40A, Class ER, 6.03%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.75%), 8/15/31(9)(13)

    1,000       883,959  
Fort Washington CLO, Ltd.  

Series 2019-1A, Class E, 7.468%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.25%), 10/20/32(9)(13)

    1,000       905,908  
Galaxy XV CLO, Ltd.  

Series 2013-15A, Class ER, 6.882%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.65%), 10/15/30(9)(13)

    1,000       871,118  
Galaxy XXI CLO, Ltd.  

Series 2015-21A, Class ER, 5.468%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.25%), 4/20/31(9)(13)

    1,000       837,587  
Galaxy XXV CLO, Ltd.  

Series 2018-25A, Class E, 6.165%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.95%), 10/25/31(9)(13)

    250       216,611  
Golub Capital Partners CLO 23M, Ltd.  

Series 2015-23A, Class ER, 5.968%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.75%), 1/20/31(9)(13)

    1,200       975,105  
Security        Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Harriman Park CLO, Ltd.  

Series 2020-1A, Class E, 7.128%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.91%), 4/20/31(9)(13)

    $ 1,100     $ 1,080,938  
Kayne CLO 5, Ltd.  

Series 2019-5A, Class E, 6.915%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.70%), 7/24/32(9)(13)

      1,000       953,003  
Kayne CLO 7, Ltd.  

Series 2020-7A, Class E, 6.718%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.50%), 4/17/33(9)(13)

      1,150       1,089,979  
Madison Park Funding XXXVI, Ltd.  

Series 2019-36A, Class E, 7.487%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.25%), 1/15/33(9)(13)

      500       487,173  
Madison Park Funding XXXVII, Ltd.  

Series 2019-37A, Class E, 6.787%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.55%), 7/15/32(9)(13)

      1,000       940,489  
Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers CLO 31, Ltd.  

Series 2019-31A, Class E, 6.968%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.75%), 4/20/31(9)(13)

      600       577,575  
Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers CLO 33, Ltd.  

Series 2019-33A, Class E, 7.03%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.80%), 10/16/32(9)(13)

      1,000       966,364  
Oaktree CLO, Ltd.  

Series 2019-3A, Class E, 6.988%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.77%), 7/20/31(9)(13)

      1,000       828,452  
Palmer Square CLO, Ltd.  

Series 2013-2A, Class DRR, 6.068%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.85%), 10/17/31(9)(13)

      900       800,526  

Series 2019-1A, Class D, 7.265%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.00%), 11/14/32(9)(13)

      1,000       977,805  
Regatta XII Funding, Ltd.  

Series 2019-1A, Class E, 7.087%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.85%), 10/15/32(9)(13)

      500       474,142  
Regatta XIV Funding, Ltd.  

Series 2018-3A, Class E, 6.165%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.95%), 10/25/31(9)(13)

      700       608,180  
Regatta XVI Funding, Ltd.  

Series 2019-2A, Class E, 7.237%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.00%), 1/15/33(9)(13)

      750       719,393  
Southwick Park CLO, LLC  

Series 2019-4A, Class E, 6.918%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.70%), 7/20/32(9)(13)

      2,000       1,904,110  
Vibrant CLO X, Ltd.  

Series 2018-10A, Class D, 6.408%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.19%), 10/20/31(9)(13)

      775       615,952  
Vibrant CLO XI, Ltd.  

Series 2019-11A, Class D, 6.988%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.77%), 7/20/32(9)(13)

      1,000       867,606  
Voya CLO, Ltd.  

Series 2013-1A, Class DR, 6.717%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.48%), 10/15/30(9)(13)

      2,000       1,542,555  
 

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security          Principal
Amount
(000’s omitted)
    Value  
Wellfleet CLO, Ltd.  

Series 2020-1A, Class D, 7.477%, (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.24%), 4/15/33(9)(13)

          $ 1,150     $ 1,072,821  

Total Asset-Backed Securities
(identified cost $37,007,105)

                  $ 33,890,991  
Common Stocks — 2.1%      
Security          Shares     Value  
Aerospace and Defense — 0.2%                     

IAP Global Services, LLC(4)(14)(15)

            55     $ 824,471  
      $ 824,471  
Automotive — 0.0%(6)                     

Dayco Products, LLC(14)(15)

            18,702     $ 140,265  
      $ 140,265  
Business Equipment and Services — 0.0%(6)                     

Crossmark Holdings, Inc.(14)(15)

            2,801     $ 161,057  
      $ 161,057  
Chemicals and Plastics — 0.1%                     

Hexion Holdings Corp., Class B(14)(15)

            38,940     $ 400,108  
      $ 400,108  
Electronics / Electrical — 0.6%                     

Answers Corp.(4)(14)(15)

      93,678     $ 69,322  

Software Luxembourg Holding S.A., Class A(14)(15)

            13,121       2,624,200  
      $ 2,693,522  
Health Care — 0.2%                     

Akorn Holding Company, LLC, Class A(14)(15)

            69,799     $ 776,514  
      $ 776,514  
Nonferrous Metals / Minerals — 0.0%(6)                     

ACNR Holdings, Inc., Class A(14)(15)

            3,147     $ 36,191  
      $ 36,191  
Oil and Gas — 0.3%                     

AFG Holdings, Inc.(4)(14)(15)

      29,086     $ 640,474  

Fieldwood Energy, Inc.(14)(15)

      19,189       1,919  

McDermott International, Ltd.(14)(15)

      146,105       248,378  
Security          Shares     Value  
Oil and Gas (continued)                     

Nine Point Energy Holdings, Inc.(4)(14)(16)

      758     $ 0  

RDV Resources, Inc., Class A(4)(14)(15)

      28,179       0  

Samson Resources II, LLC, Class A(4)(14)

      44,102       286,663  

Sunrise Oil & Gas, Inc., Class A(14)(15)

            11,735       82,145  
      $ 1,259,579  
Publishing — 0.5%                     

ION Media Networks, Inc.(4)(14)(15)

      3,990     $ 2,611,774  

Tweddle Group, Inc.(4)(14)(15)

            1,778       3,823  
      $ 2,615,597  
Radio and Television — 0.1%                     

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.(14)(15)

      86,335     $ 77,183  

Cumulus Media, Inc., Class A(14)(15)

      38,163       193,105  

iHeartMedia, Inc., Class A(14)(15)

            36,714       301,789  
      $ 572,077  
Retailers (Except Food and Drug) — 0.0%(6)                     

David’s Bridal, LLC(4)(14)(15)

            22,476     $ 196,440  
      $ 196,440  
Utilities — 0.1%                     

Longview Intermediate Holdings, LLC, Class A(4)(14)(15)

            85,075     $ 688,257  
      $ 688,257  

Total Common Stocks
(identified cost $10,585,799)

                  $ 10,364,078  
Convertible Preferred Stocks — 0.0%      
Security          Shares     Value  
Oil and Gas — 0.0%                     

Nine Point Energy Holdings, Inc.,
Series A, 12.00%(4)(15)(16)

            14     $ 0  

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks
(identified cost $14,000)

                  $ 0  
Preferred Stocks — 0.1%      
Security          Shares     Value  
Financial Services — 0.0%(6)                     

DBI Investors, Inc., Series A-1(4)(14)(15)

            1,063     $ 85,391  
      $ 85,391  
 

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

Security          Shares     Value  
Nonferrous Metals / Minerals — 0.0%(6)                     

ACNR Holdings, Inc., 15.00% (PIK)(14)(15)

            1,486     $ 22,290  
      $ 22,290  
Retailers (Except Food and Drug) — 0.1%                     

David’s Bridal, LLC, Series A, 8.00% (PIK)(4)(14)(15)

      625     $ 50,000  

David’s Bridal, LLC, Series B, 10.00% (PIK)(4)(14)(15)

            2,548       206,286  
      $ 256,286  

Total Preferred Stocks
(identified cost $206,286)

 

  $ 363,967  
Closed-End Funds — 1.6%

 

Security          Shares     Value  

BlackRock Floating Rate Income Strategies Fund, Inc.

      99,936     $ 1,133,274  

Invesco Senior Income Trust

      361,124       1,281,990  

Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund

      365,228       2,114,670  

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund

      148,079       1,180,190  

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Opportunity Fund

      103,281       810,756  

Voya Prime Rate Trust

            396,676       1,670,006  

Total Closed-End Funds
(identified cost $11,583,774)

 

  $ 8,190,886  
Warrants — 0.0%

 

Security          Shares     Value  
Health Care — 0.0%                     

THAIHOT Investment Company US Limited, Exp. 10/13/27(4)(14)(15)

      22     $ 0  

THAIHOT Investment Company US Limited, Exp. 10/13/27(4)(14)(15)

      158       0  

THAIHOT Investment Company US Limited, Exp. 10/13/27 (Contingent Warrants)(4)(14)(15)

            10,065       0  
      $ 0  
Retailers (Except Food and Drug) — 0.0%                     

David’s Bridal, LLC, Exp. 11/26/22(4)(14)(15)

            4,339     $ 0  

Total Warrants
(identified cost $0)

                  $ 0  
Miscellaneous — 0.0%(6)

 

Security          Shares     Value  
Oil and Gas — 0.0%(6)                     

Paragon Offshore Finance Company, Class A(14)(15)

      1,527     $ 458  

Paragon Offshore Finance Company, Class B(14)(15)

            764       9,359  

Total Miscellaneous
(identified cost $16,616)

 

  $ 9,817  
Short-Term Investments — 2.5%      
Description          Units     Value  

Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC, 0.12%(17)

            12,286,436     $ 12,286,436  

Total Short-Term Investments
(identified cost $12,286,436)

 

  $ 12,286,436  

Total Investments — 164.0%
(identified cost $855,067,916)

 

  $ 815,717,888  

Less Unfunded Loan Commitments — (0.3)%

 

  $ (1,357,632

Net Investments — 163.7%
(identified cost $853,710,284)

 

  $ 814,360,256  

Other Assets, Less Liabilities — (48.5)%

 

  $ (241,217,050

Auction Preferred Shares Plus Cumulative Unpaid Dividends — (15.2)%

 

  $ (75,802,118

Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares — 100.0%

 

  $ 497,341,088  

The percentage shown for each investment category in the Portfolio of Investments is based on net assets applicable to common shares.

 

  *

In U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.

 

  (1)

Senior floating-rate loans (Senior Loans) often require prepayments from excess cash flows or permit the borrowers to repay at their election. The degree to which borrowers repay, whether as a contractual requirement or at their election, cannot be predicted with accuracy. As a result, the actual remaining maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturities shown. However, Senior Loans will typically have an expected average life of approximately two to four years. Senior Loans typically have rates of interest which are redetermined periodically by reference to a base lending rate, plus a spread. These base lending rates are primarily the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and secondarily, the prime rate offered by one or more major United States banks (the “Prime Rate”). Base lending rates may be subject to a floor, or a minimum rate. Senior Loans are generally subject to contractual restrictions that must be satisfied before they can be bought or sold.

 

  (2)

The stated interest rate represents the weighted average interest rate at October 31, 2020 of contracts within the senior loan facility. Interest rates on contracts are primarily redetermined either weekly, monthly or quarterly by reference to the indicated base lending rate and spread and the reset period.

 

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Portfolio of Investments — continued

 

 

  (3)

Unfunded or partially unfunded loan commitments. The stated interest rate reflects the weighted average of the reference rate and spread for the funded portion, if any, and the commitment fees on the portion of the loan that is unfunded. At October 31, 2020, the total value of unfunded loan commitments is $1,365,853. See Note 1F for description.

 

  (4)

For fair value measurement disclosure purposes, security is categorized as Level 3 (see Note 11).

 

  (5)

This Senior Loan will settle after October 31, 2020, at which time the interest rate will be determined.

 

 

  (6)

Amount is less than 0.05%.

 

  (7)

Issuer is in default with respect to interest and/or principal payments. For a variable rate security, interest rate has been adjusted to reflect non-accrual status.

 

  (8)

Fixed-rate loan.

 

  (9)

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be sold in certain transactions in reliance on an exemption from registration (normally to qualified institutional buyers). At October 31, 2020, the aggregate value of these securities is $51,157,735 or 10.3% of the Trust’s net assets applicable to common shares.

(10)

Perpetual security with no stated maturity date but may be subject to calls by the issuer.

 

(11)

Security converts to variable rate after the indicated fixed-rate coupon period.

 

(12)

Represents a payment-in-kind security which may pay interest in additional principal at the issuer’s discretion.

 

(13)

Variable rate security. The stated interest rate represents the rate in effect at October 31, 2020.

 

(14)

Security was acquired in connection with a restructuring of a Senior Loan and may be subject to restrictions on resale.

 

(15)

Non-income producing security.

 

(16)

Restricted security (see Note 7).

 

(17)

Affiliated investment company, available to Eaton Vance portfolios and funds, which invests in high quality, U.S. dollar denominated money market instruments. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of October 31, 2020.

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts  
Currency Purchased     Currency Sold     Counterparty   Settlement
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
(Depreciation)
 
USD     17,231,237     EUR     14,684,870     Standard Chartered Bank     11/3/20     $ 128,502     $         —  
USD     19,611,668     EUR     16,576,495     HSBC Bank USA, N.A.     11/30/20       294,364        
USD     1,287,483     GBP     974,853     State Street Bank and Trust Company     11/30/20       24,350        
USD     35,016     GBP     26,819     State Street Bank and Trust Company     11/30/20       266        
USD     17,116,259     EUR     14,684,870     Standard Chartered Bank     12/2/20       2,593        
USD     17,784,552     EUR     15,103,012     Goldman Sachs International     1/29/21       157,625        
                                    $ 607,700     $  

 

Abbreviations:

 

DIP     Debtor In Possession
EURIBOR     Euro Interbank Offered Rate
LIBOR     London Interbank Offered Rate
PIK     Payment In Kind

Currency Abbreviations:

 

EUR     Euro
GBP     British Pound Sterling
USD     United States Dollar

 

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Eaton Vance

Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

 

Assets    October 31, 2020  

Unaffiliated investments, at value (identified cost, $841,423,848)

   $ 802,073,820  

Affiliated investment, at value (identified cost, $12,286,436)

     12,286,436  

Cash

     5,583,798  

Foreign currency, at value (identified cost, $34,224)

     34,251  

Interest and dividends receivable

     2,450,591  

Dividends receivable from affiliated investment

     1,315  

Receivable for investments sold

     1,349,039  

Receivable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     607,700  

Tax reclaims receivable

     761  

Prepaid upfront fees on notes payable

     52,164  

Prepaid expenses

     34,921  

Total assets

   $ 824,474,796  
Liabilities

 

Notes payable

   $ 223,000,000  

Payable for investments purchased

     27,368,722  

Payable to affiliates:

  

Investment adviser fee

     507,162  

Trustees’ fees

     3,387  

Accrued expenses

     452,319  

Total liabilities

   $ 251,331,590  

Auction preferred shares (3,032 shares outstanding) at liquidation value plus cumulative unpaid dividends

   $ 75,802,118  

Net assets applicable to common shares

   $ 497,341,088  
Sources of Net Assets

 

Common shares, $0.01 par value, unlimited number of shares authorized, 36,848,313 shares issued and outstanding

   $ 368,483  

Additional paid-in capital

     565,666,809  

Accumulated loss

     (68,694,204

Net assets applicable to common shares

   $ 497,341,088  
Net Asset Value Per Common Share

 

($497,341,088 ÷ 36,848,313 common shares issued and outstanding)

   $ 13.50  

 

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Eaton Vance

Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Statement of Operations

 

 

Investment Income   

Year Ended

October 31, 2020

 

Interest and other income

   $ 39,581,282  

Dividends

     867,937  

Dividends from affiliated investment

     95,901  

Total investment income

   $ 40,545,120  
Expenses

 

Investment adviser fee

   $ 5,847,577  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

     41,097  

Custodian fee

     215,114  

Transfer and dividend disbursing agent fees

     19,242  

Legal and accounting services

     213,176  

Printing and postage

     65,801  

Interest expense and fees

     3,868,355  

Preferred shares service fee

     75,674  

Miscellaneous

     139,600  

Total expenses

   $ 10,485,636  

Net investment income

   $ 30,059,484  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

 

Net realized gain (loss) —

 

Investment transactions

   $ (24,698,728

Investment transactions — affiliated investment

     3,246  

Foreign currency transactions

     (211,275

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     (2,224,587

Net realized loss

   $ (27,131,344

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) —

 

Investments

   $ (6,359,366

Investments — affiliated investment

     (848

Foreign currency

     83,869  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     1,072,573  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   $ (5,203,772

Net realized and unrealized loss

   $ (32,335,116

Distributions to preferred shareholders

   $ (1,038,031

Net decrease in net assets from operations

   $ (3,313,663

 

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Eaton Vance

Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

 

     Year Ended October 31,  
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets    2020      2019  

From operations —

 

Net investment income

   $ 30,059,484      $ 36,357,861  

Net realized loss

     (27,131,344      (1,267,512

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (5,203,772      (28,133,499

Distributions to preferred shareholders

     (1,038,031      (2,658,907

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   $ (3,313,663    $ 4,297,943  

Distributions to common shareholders

   $ (34,058,896    $ (36,074,498

Net decrease in net assets

   $ (37,372,559    $ (31,776,555
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares                  

At beginning of year

   $ 534,713,647      $ 566,490,202  

At end of year

   $ 497,341,088      $ 534,713,647  

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Statement of Cash Flows

 

 

Cash Flows From Operating Activities   

Year Ended

October 31, 2020

 

Net decrease in net assets from operations

   $ (3,313,663

Distributions to preferred shareholders

     1,038,031  

Net decrease in net assets from operations excluding distributions to preferred shareholders

   $ (2,275,632

Adjustments to reconcile net decrease in net assets from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

Investments purchased

     (235,437,857

Investments sold and principal repayments

     232,326,870  

Decrease in short-term investments, net

     198,114  

Net amortization/accretion of premium (discount)

     (1,171,807

Amortization of prepaid upfront fees on notes payable

     130,490  

Decrease in interest and dividends receivable

     695,531  

Decrease in dividends receivable from affiliated investment

     20,800  

Increase in receivable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     (559,668

Increase in tax reclaims receivable

     (761

Decrease in prepaid expenses

     27,868  

Decrease in payable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts

     (512,905

Decrease in payable to affiliate for investment adviser fee

     (26,792

Decrease in payable to affiliate for Trustees’ fees

     (68

Decrease in accrued expenses

     (392,191

Increase in unfunded loan commitments

     906,352  

Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation from investments

     6,360,214  

Net realized loss from investments

     24,695,482  

Net cash provided by operating activities

   $ 24,984,040  
Cash Flows From Financing Activities

 

Cash distributions paid to common shareholders

   $ (34,058,896

Cash distributions paid to preferred shareholders

     (1,053,653

Proceeds from notes payable

     64,000,000  

Repayments of notes payable

     (59,000,000

Payment of prepaid upfront fees on notes payable

     (127,500

Net cash used in financing activities

   $ (30,240,049

Net decrease in cash and restricted cash*

   $ (5,256,009

Cash and restricted cash at beginning of year(1)

   $ 10,874,058  

Cash at end of year(1)

   $ 5,618,049  
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

 

Cash paid for interest and fees on borrowings

   $ 4,209,402  

 

*

Includes net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on foreign currency of $(87).

 

(1)

Balance includes foreign currency, at value.

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for a common share outstanding during the periods stated

 

     Year Ended October 31,  
      2020      2019      2018     2017     2016  

Net asset value — Beginning of year (Common shares)

   $ 14.510      $ 15.370      $ 15.210     $ 14.860     $ 14.350  
Income (Loss) From Operations

 

Net investment income(1)

   $ 0.816      $ 0.987      $ 0.885     $ 0.898     $ 0.963  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.874      (0.796      0.153       0.359       0.459  

Distributions to preferred shareholders

            

From net investment income(1)

     (0.028      (0.072      (0.066     (0.034     (0.019

Discount on redemption and repurchase of auction preferred shares(1)

                   0.044             0.048  

Total income (loss) from operations

   $ (0.086    $ 0.119      $ 1.016     $ 1.223     $ 1.451  
Less Distributions to Common Shareholders

 

From net investment income

   $ (0.924    $ (0.979    $ (0.856   $ (0.873   $ (0.941

Total distributions to common shareholders

   $ (0.924    $ (0.979    $ (0.856   $ (0.873   $ (0.941

Net asset value — End of year (Common shares)

   $ 13.500      $ 14.510      $ 15.370     $ 15.210     $ 14.860  

Market value — End of year (Common shares)

   $ 11.900      $ 12.910      $ 13.430     $ 14.550     $ 14.150  

Total Investment Return on Net Asset Value(2)

     0.42      1.69      7.25 %(3)      8.54     11.31 %(4) 

Total Investment Return on Market Value(2)

     (0.52 )%       3.55      (2.04 )%      9.04     17.27

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Financial Highlights — continued

 

Selected data for a common share outstanding during the periods stated

 

     Year Ended October 31,  
Ratios/Supplemental Data    2020      2019      2018      2017     2016  

Net assets applicable to common shares, end of year (000’s omitted)

   $ 497,341      $ 534,714      $ 566,490      $ 560,431     $ 547,620  

Ratios (as a percentage of average daily net assets applicable to common shares):(5)

             

Expenses excluding interest and fees

     1.32      1.28      1.31      1.34     1.38

Interest and fee expense(6)

     0.78      1.40      1.06      0.75     0.49

Total expenses

     2.10      2.68      2.37      2.09     1.87

Net investment income

     6.03      6.64      5.78      5.93     6.84

Portfolio Turnover

     30      28      32      42     35

Senior Securities:

 

Total notes payable outstanding (in 000’s)

   $ 223,000      $ 218,000      $ 222,000      $ 199,000     $ 198,000  

Asset coverage per $1,000 of notes payable(7)

   $ 3,570      $ 3,801      $ 3,893      $ 4,298     $ 4,250  

Total preferred shares outstanding

     3,032        3,032        3,032        3,836       3,836  

Asset coverage per preferred share(8)

   $ 66,612      $ 70,501      $ 72,558      $ 72,511     $ 71,584  

Involuntary liquidation preference per preferred share(9)

   $ 25,000      $ 25,000      $ 25,000      $ 25,000     $ 25,000  

Approximate market value per preferred share(9)

   $ 25,000      $ 25,000      $ 25,000      $ 25,000     $ 25,000  

 

(1) 

Computed using average shares outstanding.

 

(2)

Returns are historical and are calculated by determining the percentage change in net asset value or market value with all distributions reinvested. Distributions are assumed to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Trust’s dividend reinvestment plan.

 

(3)

The total return based on net asset value reflects the impact of the tender and repurchase by the Trust of a portion of its APS at 92% of the per share liquidation preference. Absent this transaction, the total return based on net asset value would have been 6.94%.

 

(4)

The total return based on net asset value reflects the impact of the tender and repurchase by the Trust of a portion of its APS at 95% of the per share liquidation preference. Absent this transaction, the total return based on net asset value would have been 10.95%.

 

(5)

Ratios do not reflect the effect of dividend payments to preferred shareholders.

 

(6)

Interest and fee expense relates to the notes payable incurred to partially redeem the Trust’s APS (see Note 9).

 

(7)

Calculated by subtracting the Trust’s total liabilities (not including the notes payable and preferred shares) from the Trust’s total assets, and dividing the result by the notes payable balance in thousands.

 

(8) 

Calculated by subtracting the Trust’s total liabilities (not including the notes payable and preferred shares) from the Trust’s total assets, dividing the result by the sum of the value of the notes payable and liquidation value of the preferred shares, and multiplying the result by the liquidation value of one preferred share. Such amount equates to 266%, 282%, 290%, 290% and 286% at October 31, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

(9) 

Plus accumulated and unpaid dividends.

 

 

Ratios based on net assets applicable to common shares plus preferred shares and borrowings are presented below. Ratios do not reflect the effect of dividend payments to preferred shareholders and exclude the effect of custody fee credits, if any.

 

     Year Ended October 31,  
      2020      2019      2018      2017     2016  

Expenses excluding interest and fees

     0.84      0.82      0.85      0.87     0.88

Interest and fee expense

     0.50      0.91      0.69      0.49     0.31

Total expenses

     1.34      1.73      1.54      1.36     1.19

Net investment income

     3.86      4.29      3.76      3.85     4.34

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

1  Significant Accounting Policies

Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust (the Trust) is a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Trust’s primary investment objective is to provide a high level of current income. The Trust may, as a secondary objective, also seek preservation of capital to the extent consistent with its primary objective.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies of the Trust. The policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). The Trust is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946.

A  Investment Valuation — The following methodologies are used to determine the market value or fair value of investments.

Senior Floating-Rate Loans. Interests in senior floating-rate loans (Senior Loans) for which reliable market quotations are readily available are valued generally at the average mean of bid and ask quotations obtained from a third party pricing service. Other Senior Loans are valued at fair value by the investment adviser under procedures approved by the Trustees. In fair valuing a Senior Loan, the investment adviser utilizes one or more of the valuation techniques described in (i) through (iii) below to assess the likelihood that the borrower will make a full repayment of the loan underlying such Senior Loan relative to yields on other Senior Loans issued by companies of comparable credit quality. If the investment adviser believes that there is a reasonable likelihood of full repayment, the investment adviser will determine fair value using a matrix pricing approach that considers the yield on the Senior Loan. If the investment adviser believes there is not a reasonable likelihood of full repayment, the investment adviser will determine fair value using analyses that include, but are not limited to: (i) a comparison of the value of the borrower’s outstanding equity and debt to that of comparable public companies; (ii) a discounted cash flow analysis; or (iii) when the investment adviser believes it is likely that a borrower will be liquidated or sold, an analysis of the terms of such liquidation or sale. In certain cases, the investment adviser will use a combination of analytical methods to determine fair value, such as when only a portion of a borrower’s assets are likely to be sold. In conducting its assessment and analyses for purposes of determining fair value of a Senior Loan, the investment adviser will use its discretion and judgment in considering and appraising relevant factors. Fair value determinations are made by the portfolio managers of the Trust based on information available to such managers. The portfolio managers of other funds managed by the investment adviser that invest in Senior Loans may not possess the same information about a Senior Loan borrower as the portfolio managers of the Trust. At times, the fair value of a Senior Loan determined by the portfolio managers of other funds managed by the investment adviser that invest in Senior Loans may vary from the fair value of the same Senior Loan determined by the portfolio managers of the Trust. The fair value of each Senior Loan is periodically reviewed and approved by the investment adviser’s Valuation Committee and by the Trustees based upon procedures approved by the Trustees. Junior Loans (i.e., subordinated loans and second lien loans) are valued in the same manner as Senior Loans.

Debt Obligations. Debt obligations are generally valued on the basis of valuations provided by third party pricing services, as derived from such services’ pricing models. Inputs to the models may include, but are not limited to, reported trades, executable bid and ask prices, broker/dealer quotations, prices or yields of securities with similar characteristics, interest rates, anticipated prepayments, benchmark curves or information pertaining to the issuer, as well as industry and economic events. The pricing services may use a matrix approach, which considers information regarding securities with similar characteristics to determine the valuation for a security. Short-term debt obligations purchased with a remaining maturity of sixty days or less for which a valuation from a third party pricing service is not readily available may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

Equity Securities. Equity securities listed on a U.S. securities exchange generally are valued at the last sale or closing price on the day of valuation or, if no sales took place on such date, at the mean between the closing bid and ask prices on the exchange where such securities are principally traded. Equity securities listed on the NASDAQ Global or Global Select Market generally are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. Unlisted or listed securities for which closing sales prices or closing quotations are not available are valued at the mean between the latest available bid and ask prices or, in the case of preferred equity securities that are not listed or traded in the over-the-counter market, by a third party pricing service that uses various techniques that consider factors including, but not limited to, prices or yields of securities with similar characteristics, benchmark yields, broker/dealer quotes, quotes of underlying common stock, issuer spreads, as well as industry and economic events.

Derivatives. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are generally valued at the mean of the average bid and average ask prices that are reported by currency dealers to a third party pricing service at the valuation time. Such third party pricing service valuations are supplied for specific settlement periods and the Trust’s forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at an interpolated rate between the closest preceding and subsequent settlement period reported by the third party pricing service.

Foreign Securities and Currencies. Foreign securities and currencies are valued in U.S. dollars, based on foreign currency exchange rate quotations supplied by a third party pricing service. The pricing service uses a proprietary model to determine the exchange rate. Inputs to the model include reported trades and implied bid/ask spreads.

Affiliated Fund. The Trust may invest in Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC (Cash Reserves Fund), an affiliated investment company managed by Eaton Vance Management (EVM). While Cash Reserves Fund is not a registered money market mutual fund, it conducts all of its investment activities in accordance with the requirements of Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. Investments in Cash Reserves Fund are valued at the closing net asset value per unit on the valuation day. Cash Reserves Fund generally values its investment securities based on available market quotations provided by a third party pricing service.

Fair Valuation. Investments for which valuations or market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees of the Trust in a manner that most fairly reflects the security’s “fair value”, which is the amount that the Trust might reasonably expect to receive for the security upon its current sale in the ordinary course. Each such determination is based

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

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on a consideration of relevant factors, which are likely to vary from one pricing context to another. These factors may include, but are not limited to, the type of security, the existence of any contractual restrictions on the security’s disposition, the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or of comparable companies or entities, quotations or relevant information obtained from broker/dealers or other market participants, information obtained from the issuer, analysts, and/or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), an analysis of the company’s or entity’s financial statements, and an evaluation of the forces that influence the issuer and the market(s) in which the security is purchased and sold.

B  Investment Transactions — Investment transactions for financial statement purposes are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses on investments sold are determined on the basis of identified cost.

C  Income — Interest income is recorded on the basis of interest accrued, adjusted for amortization of premium or accretion of discount. Fees associated with loan amendments are recognized immediately. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date for dividends received in cash and/or securities. Distributions from investment companies are recorded as dividend income, capital gains or return of capital based on the nature of the distribution.

D  Federal Taxes — The Trust’s policy is to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute to shareholders each year substantially all of its net investment income, and all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains. Accordingly, no provision for federal income or excise tax is necessary.

As of October 31, 2020, the Trust had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition, de-recognition, or disclosure. The Trust files a U.S. federal income tax return annually after its fiscal year-end, which is subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years from the date of filing.

E  Foreign Currency Translation — Investment valuations, other assets, and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are translated each business day into U.S. dollars based upon current exchange rates. Purchases and sales of foreign investment securities and income and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars based upon currency exchange rates in effect on the respective dates of such transactions. Recognized gains or losses on investment transactions attributable to changes in foreign currency exchange rates are recorded for financial statement purposes as net realized gains and losses on investments. That portion of unrealized gains and losses on investments that results from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates is not separately disclosed.

F  Unfunded Loan Commitments — The Trust may enter into certain loan agreements all or a portion of which may be unfunded. The Trust is obligated to fund these commitments at the borrower’s discretion. These commitments are disclosed in the accompanying Portfolio of Investments. At October 31, 2020, the Trust had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover these commitments.

G  Use of Estimates — The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expense during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

H  Indemnifications — Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and Trustees may be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. Under Massachusetts law, if certain conditions prevail, shareholders of a Massachusetts business trust (such as the Trust) could be deemed to have personal liability for the obligations of the Trust. However, the Trust’s Declaration of Trust contains an express disclaimer of liability on the part of Trust shareholders and the By-laws provide that the Trust shall assume, upon request by the shareholder, the defense on behalf of any Trust shareholders. Moreover, the By-laws also provide for indemnification out of Trust property of any shareholder held personally liable solely by reason of being or having been a shareholder for all loss or expense arising from such liability. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into agreements with service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred.

I  Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts — The Trust may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts for the purchase or sale of a specific foreign currency at a fixed price on a future date. The forward foreign currency exchange contracts are adjusted by the daily exchange rate of the underlying currency and any gains or losses are recorded as unrealized until such time as the contracts have been closed. Risks may arise upon entering these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar.

2  Auction Preferred Shares

The Trust issued Auction Preferred Shares (APS) on January 26, 2004 in a public offering. Dividends on the APS, which accrue daily, are cumulative at rates which are reset weekly for Series A and Series B, and approximately monthly for Series C and Series D by an auction, unless a special dividend period has been set. Series of APS are identical in all respects except for the reset dates of the dividend rates. If the APS auctions do not successfully clear, the dividend payment rate over the next period for the APS holders is set at a specified maximum applicable rate until such time as the APS auctions are successful. Auctions have not cleared since February 13, 2008 and the rate since that date has been the maximum applicable rate (see Note 3). The maximum applicable rate on the APS is 150% of the “AA” Financial Composite Commercial Paper Rate at the date of the auction. The stated spread over the reference benchmark rate is determined based on the credit rating of the APS.

 

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The number of APS issued and outstanding at October 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

      APS Issued and
Outstanding
 

Series A

     739  

Series B

     763  

Series C

     738  

Series D

     792  

The APS are redeemable at the option of the Trust at a redemption price equal to $25,000 per share, plus accumulated and unpaid dividends, on any dividend payment date. The APS are also subject to mandatory redemption at a redemption price equal to $25,000 per share, plus accumulated and unpaid dividends, if the Trust is in default for an extended period on its asset maintenance requirements with respect to the APS. If the dividends on the APS remain unpaid in an amount equal to two full years’ dividends, the holders of the APS as a class have the right to elect a majority of the Board of Trustees. In general, the holders of the APS and the common shares have equal voting rights of one vote per share, except that the holders of the APS, as a separate class, have the right to elect at least two members of the Board of Trustees. The APS have a liquidation preference of $25,000 per share, plus accumulated and unpaid dividends. The Trust is required to maintain certain asset coverage with respect to the APS as defined in the Trust’s By-Laws and the 1940 Act. The Trust pays an annual fee up to 0.15% of the liquidation value of the APS to broker/dealers as a service fee if the auctions are unsuccessful; otherwise, the annual fee is 0.25%.

There were no transactions in APS during the years ended October 31, 2020 and October 31, 2019.

3  Distributions to Shareholders and Income Tax Information

The Trust intends to make monthly distributions of net investment income to common shareholders, after payment of any dividends on any outstanding APS. In addition, at least annually, the Trust intends to distribute all or substantially all of its net realized capital gains. Distributions to common shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions to preferred shareholders are recorded daily and are payable at the end of each dividend period. The dividend rates for the APS at October 31, 2020, and the amount of dividends accrued (including capital gains, if any) to APS shareholders, average APS dividend rates, and dividend rate ranges for the year then ended were as follows:

 

      APS Dividend
Rates at October
31, 2020
     Dividends
Accrued to APS
Shareholders
     Average APS
Dividend Rates
     Dividend Rate
Ranges (%)
 

Series A

     0.15    $ 247,872        1.34      0.06-3.32  

Series B

     0.15        255,730        1.34        0.06-3.32  

Series C

     0.15        253,693        1.38        0.09-3.32  

Series D

     0.15        280,736        1.42        0.14-3.32  

Beginning February 13, 2008 and consistent with the patterns in the broader market for auction-rate securities, the Trust’s APS auctions were unsuccessful in clearing due to an imbalance of sell orders over bids to buy the APS. As a result, the dividend rates of the APS were reset to the maximum applicable rates. The table above reflects such maximum dividend rate for each series as of October 31, 2020.

Distributions to shareholders are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. As required by U.S. GAAP, only distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits are reported in the financial statements as a return of capital. Permanent differences between book and tax accounting relating to distributions are reclassified to paid-in capital. For tax purposes, distributions from short-term capital gains are considered to be from ordinary income.

The tax character of distributions declared for the years ended October 31, 2020 and October 31, 2019 was as follows:

 

     Year Ended October 31,  
      2020      2019  

Ordinary income

   $ 35,096,927      $ 38,733,405  

 

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During the year ended October 31, 2020, accumulated loss was decreased by $288 and paid-in capital was decreased by $288 due to differences between book and tax accounting for investments in partnerships. These reclassifications had no effect on the net assets or net asset value per share of the Trust.

As of October 31, 2020, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated loss) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

   

Undistributed ordinary income

   $ 1,864,201  

Deferred capital losses

   $ (28,788,418

Net unrealized depreciation

   $ (41,769,987

At October 31, 2020, the Trust, for federal income tax purposes, had deferred capital losses of $28,788,418 which would reduce its taxable income arising from future net realized gains on investment transactions, if any, to the extent permitted by the Internal Revenue Code, and thus would reduce the amount of distributions to shareholders, which would otherwise be necessary to relieve the Trust of any liability for federal income or excise tax. The deferred capital losses are treated as arising on the first day of the Trust’s next taxable year and retain the same short-term or long-term character as when originally deferred. Of the deferred capital losses at October 31, 2020, $23,151,729 are long-term and $5,636,689 are short-term.

The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, including open derivative contracts, of the Trust at October 31, 2020, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

Aggregate cost

   $ 856,093,223  

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 8,724,542  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (50,457,509

Net unrealized depreciation

   $ (41,732,967

4  Investment Adviser Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates

The investment adviser fee is earned by EVM, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp., as compensation for management and investment advisory services rendered to the Trust. The fee is computed at an annual rate of 0.75% of the Trust’s average daily gross assets and is payable monthly. Gross assets as referred to herein represent net assets plus obligations attributable to investment leverage. For the year ended October 31, 2020, the Trust’s investment adviser fee amounted to $5,847,577. The Trust invests its cash in Cash Reserves Fund. EVM does not currently receive a fee for advisory services provided to Cash Reserves Fund. EVM also serves as administrator of the Trust, but receives no compensation.

Trustees and officers of the Trust who are members of EVM’s organization receive remuneration for their services to the Trust out of the investment adviser fee. Trustees of the Trust who are not affiliated with EVM may elect to defer receipt of all or a percentage of their annual fees in accordance with the terms of the Trustees Deferred Compensation Plan. For the year ended October 31, 2020, no significant amounts have been deferred. Certain officers and Trustees of the Trust are officers of EVM.

5  Purchases and Sales of Investments

Purchases and sales of investments, other than short-term obligations, and including maturities, paydowns and principal repayments on Senior Loans, aggregated $236,291,145 and $232,158,862, respectively, for the year ended October 31, 2020.

6  Common Shares of Beneficial Interest and Shelf Offering

The Trust may issue common shares pursuant to its dividend reinvestment plan. There were no common shares issued by the Trust for the years ended October 31, 2020 and October 31, 2019.

Pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC, the Trust is authorized to issue up to an additional 4,084,905 common shares through an equity shelf offering program (the “shelf offering”). Under the shelf offering, the Trust, subject to market conditions, may raise additional capital from time to time and in varying amounts and offering methods at a net price at or above the Trust’s net asset value per common share. During the years ended October 31, 2020 and October 31, 2019, there were no shares sold by the Trust pursuant to its shelf offering.

In November 2013, the Board of Trustees initially approved a share repurchase program for the Trust. Pursuant to the reauthorization of the share repurchase program by the Board of Trustees in March 2019, the Trust is authorized to repurchase up to 10% of its common shares outstanding as of the

 

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last day of the prior calendar year at market prices when shares are trading at a discount to net asset value. The share repurchase program does not obligate the Trust to purchase a specific amount of shares. There were no repurchases of common shares by the Trust for the years ended October 31, 2020 and October 31, 2019.

7  Restricted Securities

At October 31, 2020, the Trust owned the following securities (representing 0.00% of net assets applicable to common shares) which were restricted as to public resale and not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding Rule 144A securities). The Trust has various registration rights (exercisable under a variety of circumstances) with respect to these securities. The value of these securities is determined based on valuations provided by brokers when available, or if not available, they are valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Trustees.

 

Description    Date of
Acquisition
     Shares      Cost      Value  

Common Stocks

           

Nine Point Energy Holdings, Inc.

     7/15/14        758      $ 34,721      $ 0  

Convertible Preferred Stocks

           

Nine Point Energy Holdings, Inc., Series A, 12.00%

     5/26/17        14      $ 14,000      $ 0  

Total Restricted Securities

                     $ 48,721      $ 0  

8  Financial Instruments

The Trust may trade in financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of its investing activities. These financial instruments may include forward foreign currency exchange contracts and may involve, to a varying degree, elements of risk in excess of the amounts recognized for financial statement purposes. The notional or contractual amounts of these instruments represent the investment the Trust has in particular classes of financial instruments and do not necessarily represent the amounts potentially subject to risk. The measurement of the risks associated with these instruments is meaningful only when all related and offsetting transactions are considered. A summary of obligations under these financial instruments at October 31, 2020 is included in the Portfolio of Investments. At October 31, 2020, the Trust had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover commitments under these contracts.

The Trust is subject to foreign exchange risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. Because the Trust holds foreign currency denominated investments, the value of these investments and related receivables and payables may change due to future changes in foreign currency exchange rates. To hedge against this risk, the Trust enters into forward foreign currency exchange contracts.

The Trust enters into forward foreign currency exchange contracts that may contain provisions whereby the counterparty may terminate the contract under certain conditions, including but not limited to a decline in the Trust’s net assets below a certain level over a certain period of time, which would trigger a payment by the Trust for those derivatives in a liability position. At October 31, 2020, the Trust had no open derivatives with credit-related contingent features in a net liability position.

The over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives in which the Trust invests are subject to the risk that the counterparty to the contract fails to perform its obligations under the contract. To mitigate this risk, the Trust has entered into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with substantially all its derivative counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Trust and a counterparty that governs certain OTC derivatives and typically contains, among other things, set-off provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event as defined under the relevant ISDA Master Agreement. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Trust may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy or insolvency. Certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties to OTC derivatives to terminate derivative contracts prior to maturity in the event the Trust’s net assets decline by a stated percentage or the Trust fails to meet the terms of its ISDA Master Agreements, which would cause the counterparty to accelerate payment by the Trust of any net liability owed to it.

The collateral requirements for derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement are governed by a Credit Support Annex to the ISDA Master Agreement. Collateral requirements are determined at the close of business each day and are typically based on changes in market values for each transaction under an ISDA Master Agreement and netted into one amount for such agreement. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty is subject to a minimum transfer threshold amount before a transfer is required, which may vary by counterparty. Collateral pledged for the benefit of the Trust and/or counterparty is held in segregated accounts by the Trust’s custodian and cannot be sold, re-pledged, assigned or otherwise used while pledged. The portion

 

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of such collateral representing cash, if any, is reflected as deposits for derivatives collateral and, in the case of cash pledged by a counterparty for the benefit of the Trust, a corresponding liability on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities pledged by the Trust as collateral, if any, are identified as such in the Portfolio of Investments.

The fair value of open derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) and whose primary underlying risk exposure is foreign exchange risk at October 31, 2020 was as follows:

 

     Fair Value  
Derivative    Asset Derivative(1)      Liability Derivative  

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

   $ 607,700      $  

 

(1) 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities location: Receivable for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts.

The Trust’s derivative assets and liabilities at fair value by type, which are reported gross in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, are presented in the table above. The following table presents the Trust’s derivative assets by counterparty, net of amounts available for offset under a master netting agreement and net of the related collateral received by the Trust for such assets as of October 31, 2020.

 

Counterparty    Derivative Assets
Subject to
Master Netting
Agreement
     Derivatives
Available
for Offset
     Non-cash
Collateral
Received
(a)
     Cash
Collateral
Received
(a)
     Net Amount
of Derivative
Assets
(b)
 

Goldman Sachs International

   $ 157,625      $         —      $ (123,242    $         —      $ 34,383  

HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

     294,364               (256,429             37,935  

Standard Chartered Bank

     131,095                             131,095  

State Street Bank and Trust Company

     24,616                             24,616  
     $ 607,700      $      $ (379,671    $      $ 228,029  

 

(a)  

In some instances, the total collateral received and/or pledged may be more than the amount shown due to overcollateralization.

 

(b) 

Net amount represents the net amount due from the counterparty in the event of default.

The effect of derivative instruments (not considered to be hedging instruments for accounting disclosure purposes) on the Statement of Operations and whose primary underlying risk exposure is foreign exchange risk for the year ended October 31, 2020 was as follows:

 

Derivative   

Realized Gain (Loss)
on Derivatives Recognized

in Income(1)

     Change in Unrealized
Appreciation (Depreciation) on
Derivatives Recognized in  Income
(2)
 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

   $ (2,224,587    $ 1,072,573  

 

(1) 

Statement of Operations location: Net realized gain (loss) – Forward foreign currency exchange contracts.

 

(2)

Statement of Operations location: Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) – Forward foreign currency exchange contracts.

The average notional amount of forward foreign currency exchange contracts (based on the absolute value of notional amounts of currency purchased and currency sold) outstanding during the year ended October 31, 2020, which is indicative of the volume of this derivative type, was approximately $65,439,000.

9  Credit Agreement

The Trust has entered into a Credit Agreement (the Agreement) with a bank to borrow up to a limit of $255 million pursuant to a 364-day revolving line of credit. Borrowings under the Agreement are secured by the assets of the Trust. Interest is generally charged at a rate above the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and is payable monthly. Under the terms of the Agreement, in effect through March 16, 2021, the Trust pays a facility fee of 0.15% on the borrowing limit. In connection with the renewal of the Agreement on March 17, 2020, the Trust also paid an upfront fee of $127,500, which is being amortized to interest expense through March 16, 2021. The unamortized balance at October 31, 2020 is approximately $52,000 and is included in prepaid upfront fees on notes payable on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Trust is required to maintain certain net asset levels during the term

 

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of the Agreement. At October 31, 2020, the Trust had borrowings outstanding under the Agreement of $223,000,000 at an annual interest rate of 0.95%. Based on the short-term nature of the borrowings under the Agreement and the variable interest rate, the carrying amount of the borrowings at October 31, 2020 approximated its fair value. If measured at fair value, borrowings under the Agreement would have been considered as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy (see Note 11) at October 31, 2020. For the year ended October 31, 2020, the average borrowings under the Agreement and the average interest rate (excluding fees) were $205,505,464 and 1.62%, respectively.

10  Investments in Affiliated Funds

At October 31, 2020, the value of the Trust’s investment in affiliated funds was $12,286,436, which represents 2.5% of the Trust’s net assets applicable to common shares. Transactions in affiliated funds by the Trust for the year ended October 31, 2020 were as follows:

 

Name of
affiliated fund
  Value,
beginning of
period
    Purchases     Sales proceeds     Net
realized
gain (loss)
    Change in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
    Value, end of
period
    Dividend
income
    Units, end
of period
 

Short-Term Investments

               

Eaton Vance Cash Reserves Fund, LLC

  $ 12,482,152     $ 219,756,454     $ (219,954,568   $ 3,246     $ (848   $ 12,286,436     $ 95,901       12,286,436  

11  Fair Value Measurements

Under generally accepted accounting principles for fair value measurements, a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the assumptions, referred to as inputs, is used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

 

 

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

 

Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

 

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including a fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

In cases where the inputs used to measure fair value fall in different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level disclosed is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

At October 31, 2020, the hierarchy of inputs used in valuing the Trust’s investments and open derivative instruments, which are carried at value, were as follows:

 

Asset Description    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3*      Total  

Senior Floating-Rate Loans (Less Unfunded Loan Commitments)

   $      $ 723,409,005      $ 2,048,936      $ 725,457,941  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

            23,796,140               23,796,140  

Asset-Backed Securities

            33,890,991               33,890,991  

Common Stocks

     1,220,563        3,822,291        5,321,224        10,364,078  

Convertible Preferred Stocks

                   0        0  

Preferred Stocks

            22,290        341,677        363,967  

Closed-End Funds

     8,190,886                      8,190,886  

Warrants

                   0        0  

Miscellaneous

            9,817               9,817  

Short-Term Investments

            12,286,436               12,286,436  

Total Investments

   $ 9,411,449      $ 797,236,970      $ 7,711,837      $ 814,360,256  

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

   $      $ 607,700      $      $ 607,700  

Total

   $ 9,411,449      $ 797,844,670      $ 7,711,837      $ 814,967,956  

 

*

None of the unobservable inputs for Level 3 assets, individually or collectively, had a material impact on the Trust.

 

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Level 3 investments at the beginning and/or end of the period in relation to net assets were not significant and accordingly, a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for the year ended October 31, 2020 is not presented.

12  Risks and Uncertainties

Risks Associated with Foreign Investments

Investing in securities issued by companies whose principal business activities are outside the United States may involve significant risks not present in domestic investments. For example, there is generally less publicly available information about foreign companies, particularly those not subject to the disclosure and reporting requirements of the U.S. securities laws. Certain foreign issuers are generally not bound by uniform accounting, auditing, and financial reporting requirements and standards of practice comparable to those applicable to domestic issuers. Investments in foreign securities also involve the risk of possible adverse changes in investment or exchange control regulations, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, limitation on the removal of funds or other assets of the Trust, political or financial instability or diplomatic and other developments which could affect such investments. Foreign securities markets, while growing in volume and sophistication, are generally not as developed as those in the United States, and securities of some foreign issuers (particularly those located in developing countries) may be less liquid and more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. companies. In general, there is less overall governmental supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets, broker/dealers and issuers than in the United States.

Credit Risk

The Trust invests primarily in below investment grade floating-rate loans, which are considered speculative because of the credit risk of their issuers. Changes in economic conditions or other circumstances are more likely to reduce the capacity of issuers of these securities to make principal and interest payments. Such companies are more likely to default on their payments of interest and principal owed than issuers of investment grade bonds. An economic downturn generally leads to a higher non-payment rate, and a loan or other debt obligation may lose significant value before a default occurs. Lower rated investments also may be subject to greater price volatility than higher rated investments. Moreover, the specific collateral used to secure a loan may decline in value or become illiquid, which would adversely affect the loan’s value.

Pandemic Risk

An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus was first detected in China in December 2019 and subsequently spread internationally. This coronavirus has resulted in closing borders, enhanced health screenings, changes to healthcare service preparation and delivery, quarantines, cancellations, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. Health crises caused by outbreaks, such as the coronavirus outbreak, may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and economic risks and disrupt normal market conditions and operations. The impact of this outbreak has negatively affected the worldwide economy, the economies of individual countries, individual companies, and the market in general, and may continue to do so in significant and unforeseen ways, as may other epidemics and pandemics that may arise in the future. Any such impact could adversely affect the Trust’s performance, or the performance of the securities in which the Trust invests.

13  Additional Information

On August 27, 2020, the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) received a shareholder demand letter from counsel to Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd., a hedge fund (“Saba”). Saba also filed claims against the Trust in a lawsuit in Suffolk County Superior Court in Massachusetts asserting breach of contract and fiduciary duty by the Trust and certain of its affiliates, the Trust’s adviser, and the Board, following the recent implementation by the Trust of by-law amendments that (i) require trustee nominees in contested elections to obtain affirmative votes of a majority of eligible shares in order to be elected and (ii) establish certain requirements related to shares obtained in “control share” acquisitions. With respect to the Trust, Saba seeks rescission of these by-law provisions and certain related relief. As of the date these financial statements were issued, the court has not ruled on these matters.

On October 8, 2020, Morgan Stanley and Eaton Vance Corp. (“Eaton Vance”) announced that they had entered into a definitive agreement under which Morgan Stanley would acquire Eaton Vance. Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, consummation of this transaction may be deemed to result in the automatic termination of an Eaton Vance Fund’s investment advisory agreement, and, where applicable, any related sub-advisory agreement. On November 10, 2020, the Trust’s Board approved a new investment advisory agreement. The new investment advisory agreement will be presented to Trust shareholders for approval, and, if approved, would take effect upon consummation of the transaction. Shareholders of record of the Trust at the close of business on October 29, 2020 who have voting power with respect to such shares are entitled to be present and vote at a joint special meeting of shareholders to be held on January 7, 2021 and at any adjournments or postponements thereof.

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

To the Trustees and Shareholders of Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust:

Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust (the “Trust”), including the portfolio of investments, as of October 31, 2020, the related statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Trust as of October 31, 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Trust’s financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Trust in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities and senior loans owned as of October 31, 2020, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and selling or agent banks; when replies were not received from brokers and selling or agent banks, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

December 17, 2020

We have served as the auditor of one or more Eaton Vance investment companies since 1959.

 

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Federal Tax Information (Unaudited)

 

 

The Form 1099-DIV you receive in February 2021 will show the tax status of all distributions paid to your account in calendar year 2020. Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax adviser with respect to the tax consequences of their investment in the Trust. As required by the Internal Revenue Code and/or regulations, shareholders must be notified regarding the status of qualified dividend income.

Qualified Dividend Income.  For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020, the Trust designates approximately $867,937, or up to the maximum amount of such dividends allowable pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code, as qualified dividend income eligible for the reduced tax rate of 15%.

 

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Annual Meeting of Shareholders (Unaudited)

 

 

The Trust held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on August 13, 2020. The following action was taken by the common and auction preferred shareholders, voting together as a single class:

Proposal 1(a)(i):  The election of Thomas E. Faust Jr., Mark R. Fetting and William H. Park as Class II Trustees of the Trust for a three-year term expiring in 2023.

 

     Number of Shares  
Nominee for Trustee    For      Withheld  

Thomas E. Faust Jr.

     25,096,022        6,430,995  

Mark R. Fetting

     25,170,284        6,356,733  

William H. Park

     23,813,430        7,713,587  

The following action was taken by the auction preferred shareholders, voting separately as a single class:

Proposal 1(a)(ii):  The election of George J. Gorman as Class II Trustee of the Trust for a three-year term expiring in 2023.

 

     Number of Shares  
Nominee for APS Trustee    For      Withheld  

George J. Gorman

     2,848        146  

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Dividend Reinvestment Plan

 

 

The Trust offers a dividend reinvestment plan (Plan) pursuant to which shareholders may elect to have distributions automatically reinvested in common shares (Shares) of the Trust. You may elect to participate in the Plan by completing the Dividend Reinvestment Plan Application Form. If you do not participate, you will receive all distributions in cash paid by check mailed directly to you by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (AST) as dividend paying agent. On the distribution payment date, if the NAV per Share is equal to or less than the market price per Share plus estimated brokerage commissions, then new Shares will be issued. The number of Shares shall be determined by the greater of the NAV per Share or 95% of the market price. Otherwise, Shares generally will be purchased on the open market by AST, the Plan agent (Agent). Distributions subject to income tax (if any) are taxable whether or not Shares are reinvested.

If your Shares are in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee, you can ask the firm or nominee to participate in the Plan on your behalf. If the nominee does not offer the Plan, you will need to request that the Trust’s transfer agent re-register your Shares in your name or you will not be able to participate.

The Agent’s service fee for handling distributions will be paid by the Trust. Plan participants will be charged their pro rata share of brokerage commissions on all open-market purchases.

Plan participants may withdraw from the Plan at any time by writing to the Agent at the address noted on the following page. If you withdraw, you will receive Shares in your name for all Shares credited to your account under the Plan. If a participant elects by written notice to the Agent to sell part or all of his or her Shares and remit the proceeds, the Agent is authorized to deduct a $5.00 fee plus brokerage commissions from the proceeds.

If you wish to participate in the Plan and your Shares are held in your own name, you may complete the form on the following page and deliver it to the Agent. Any inquiries regarding the Plan can be directed to the Agent at 1-866-439-6787.

 

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Application for Participation in Dividend Reinvestment Plan

 

 

 

This form is for shareholders who hold their common shares in their own names. If your common shares are held in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee, you should contact your nominee to see if it will participate in the Plan on your behalf. If you wish to participate in the Plan, but your brokerage firm, bank, or nominee is unable to participate on your behalf, you should request that your common shares be re-registered in your own name which will enable your participation in the Plan.

The following authorization and appointment is given with the understanding that I may terminate it at any time by terminating my participation in the Plan as provided in the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

 

Please print exact name on account

 

Shareholder signature                                                           Date

 

Shareholder signature                                                           Date

Please sign exactly as your common shares are registered. All persons whose names appear on the share certificate must sign.

YOU SHOULD NOT RETURN THIS FORM IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR DISTRIBUTIONS IN CASH. THIS IS NOT A PROXY.

This authorization form, when signed, should be mailed to the following address:

Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust

c/o American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC

P.O. Box 922

Wall Street Station

New York, NY 10269-0560

 

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Management and Organization

 

 

Fund Management.  The Trustees of Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust (the Trust) are responsible for the overall management and supervision of the Trust’s affairs. The Trustees and officers of the Trust are listed below. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the last five years. The “Noninterested Trustees” consist of those Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust, as that term is defined under the 1940 Act. The business address of each Trustee and officer is Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110. As used below, “EVC” refers to Eaton Vance Corp., “EV” refers to Eaton Vance, Inc., “EVM” refers to Eaton Vance Management, “BMR” refers to Boston Management and Research and “EVD” refers to Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. EVC and EV are the corporate parent and trustee, respectively, of EVM and BMR. Each officer affiliated with Eaton Vance may hold a position with other Eaton Vance affiliates that is comparable to his or her position with EVM listed below. Each Trustee oversees 143 portfolios (with the exception of Messrs. Faust and Wennerholm and Ms. Frost who oversee 142 portfolios) in the Eaton Vance Complex (including all master and feeder funds in a master feeder structure). Each officer serves as an officer of certain other Eaton Vance funds.

 

Name and Year of Birth   

Trust

Position(s)

    

Term Expiring.

Trustee  Since(1)

    

Principal Occupation(s) and Other Directorships

During Past Five Years and Other Relevant Experience

Interested Trustee

Thomas E. Faust Jr.

1958

  

Class II

Trustee

    

Until 2023.

Trustee since 2007.

    

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of EVC, Director and President of EV, Chief Executive Officer and President of EVM and BMR, and Director of EVD. Trustee and/or officer of 142 registered investment companies. Mr. Faust is an interested person because of his positions with EVM, BMR, EVD, EVC and EV, which are affiliates of the Trust.

Other Directorships in the Last Five Years. Director of EVC and Hexavest Inc. (investment management firm).

Noninterested Trustees

Mark R. Fetting

1954

  

Class II

Trustee

    

Until 2023.

Trustee since 2016.

    

Private investor. Formerly held various positions at Legg Mason, Inc. (investment management firm) (2000-2012), including President, Chief Executive Officer, Director and Chairman (2008-2012), Senior Executive Vice President (2004-2008) and Executive Vice President (2001-2004). Formerly, President of Legg Mason family of funds (2001-2008). Formerly, Division President and Senior Officer of Prudential Financial Group, Inc. and related companies (investment management firm) (1991-2000).

Other Directorships in the Last Five Years. None.

Cynthia E. Frost

1961

  

Class I

Trustee

    

Until 2022.

Trustee since 2014.

    

Private investor. Formerly, Chief Investment Officer of Brown University (university endowment) (2000-2012). Formerly, Portfolio Strategist for Duke Management Company (university endowment manager) (1995-2000). Formerly, Managing Director, Cambridge Associates (investment consulting company) (1989-1995). Formerly, Consultant, Bain and Company (management consulting firm) (1987-1989). Formerly, Senior Equity Analyst, BA Investment Management Company (1983-1985).

Other Directorships in the Last Five Years. None.

George J. Gorman

1952

  

Class II

Trustee(2)

    

Until 2023.

Trustee since 2014.

    

Principal at George J. Gorman LLC (consulting firm). Formerly, Senior Partner at Ernst & Young LLP (a registered public accounting firm) (1974-2009).

Other Directorships in the Last Five Years. Formerly, Trustee of the BofA Funds Series Trust (11 funds) (2011-2014) and of the Ashmore Funds (9 funds) (2010-2014).

Valerie A. Mosley

1960

  

Class I

Trustee

    

Until 2022.

Trustee since

2014.

    

Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of Valmo Ventures (a consulting and investment firm). Former Partner and Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager and Investment Strategist at Wellington Management Company, LLP (investment management firm) (1992-2012). Former Chief Investment Officer, PG Corbin Asset Management (1990-1992). Formerly worked in institutional corporate bond sales at Kidder Peabody (1986-1990).

Other Directorships in the Last Five Years. Director of DraftKings, Inc.

(digital sports entertainment and gaming company) (since September 2020). Director of Groupon, Inc. (e-commerce provider) (since April 2020). Director of Envestnet, Inc. (provider of intelligent systems for wealth management and financial wellness) (since 2018). Formerly, Director of Dynex Capital, Inc. (mortgage REIT) (2013-2020).

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

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Management and Organization — continued

 

 

Name and Year of Birth   

Trust

Position(s)

    

Term Expiring.

Trustee  Since(1)

    

Principal Occupation(s) and Other Directorships

During Past Five Years and Other Relevant Experience

Noninterested Trustees (continued)

William H. Park

1947

  

Chairperson of the Board and Class II

Trustee

    

Until 2023.

Chairperson of the Board since 2016 and Trustee since 2003.

    

Private investor. Formerly, Consultant (management and transactional) (2012-2014). Formerly, Chief Financial Officer, Aveon Group L.P. (investment management firm) (2010-2011). Formerly, Vice Chairman, Commercial Industrial Finance Corp. (specialty finance company) (2006-2010). Formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, Prizm Capital Management, LLC (investment management firm) (2002-2005). Formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, United Asset Management Corporation (investment management firm) (1982-2001). Formerly, Senior Manager, Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) (a registered public accounting firm) (1972-1981).

Other Directorships in the Last Five Years. None.

Helen Frame Peters

1948

  

Class III

Trustee(2)

    

Until 2021.

Trustee since 2008.

    

Professor of Finance, Carroll School of Management, Boston College. Formerly, Dean, Carroll School of Management, Boston College (2000-2002). Formerly, Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income, Scudder Kemper Investments (investment management firm) (1998-1999). Formerly, Chief Investment Officer, Equity and Fixed Income, Colonial Management Associates (investment management firm) (1991-1998).

Other Directorships in the Last Five Years. None.

Keith Quinton

1958

   Class III
Trustee
    

Until 2021.

Trustee since 2018.

    

Private investor, researcher and lecturer. Independent Investment Committee Member at New Hampshire Retirement System (since 2017). Formerly, Portfolio Manager and Senior Quantitative Analyst at Fidelity Investments (investment management firm) (2001-2014).

Other Directorships in the Last Five Years. Director (since 2016) and

Chairman (since 2019) of New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank.

Marcus L. Smith

1966

   Class III
Trustee
    

Until 2021.

Trustee since 2018.

    

Private investor. Member of Posse Boston Advisory Board (foundation) (since 2015). Formerly, Portfolio Manager at MFS Investment Management (investment management firm) (1994-2017).

Other Directorships in the Last Five Years. Director of MSCI Inc. (global provider of investment decision support tools) (since 2017). Formerly, Director of DCT Industrial Trust Inc. (logistics real estate company) (2017-2018).

Susan J. Sutherland

1957

  

Class III

Trustee

    

Until 2021.

Trustee since 2015.

    

Private investor. Director of Ascot Group Limited and certain of its subsidiaries (insurance and reinsurance) (since 2018). Formerly, Director of Hagerty Holding Corp. (insurance and reinsurance) (2015-2018). Formerly, Associate, Counsel and Partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (law firm) (1982-2013).

Other Directorships in the Last Five Years. Formerly, Director of Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. (global provider of customized insurance and reinsurance products) (2013-2015).

Scott E. Wennerholm

1959

  

Class I

Trustee

    

Until 2022.

Trustee since 2016.

    

Private Investor. Formerly, Trustee at Wheelock College (postsecondary institution) (2012-2018). Formerly, Consultant at GF Parish Group (executive recruiting firm) (2016-2017). Formerly, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President at BNY Mellon Asset Management (investment management firm) (2005-2011). Formerly, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Natixis Global Asset Management (investment management firm) (1997-2004). Formerly, Vice President at Fidelity Investments Institutional Services (investment management firm) (1994-1997).

Other Directorships in the Last Five Years. None.

 

Name and Year of Birth   

Trust

Position(s)

     Officer Since(3)     

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

Principal Officers who are not Trustees

Eric A. Stein

1980

   President      2020      Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income of EVM and BMR. Prior to November 1, 2020, Mr. Stein was a co-Director of Eaton Vance’s Global Income Investments. Also Vice President of Calvert Research and Management (“CRM”).

Maureen A. Gemma

1960

   Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer      2005      Vice President of EVM and BMR. Also Vice President of CRM.

 

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Senior Floating-Rate Trust

October 31, 2020

 

Management and Organization — continued

 

 

Name and Year of Birth   

Trust

Position(s)

     Officer Since(3)     

Principal Occupation(s)

During Past Five Years

Principal Officers who are not Trustees (continued)

James F. Kirchner

1967

   Treasurer      2007      Vice President of EVM and BMR. Also Vice President of CRM.

Richard F. Froio

1968

   Chief Compliance Officer      2017      Vice President of EVM and BMR since 2017. Formerly Deputy Chief Compliance Officer (Adviser/Funds) and Chief Compliance Officer (Distribution) at PIMCO (2012-2017) and Managing Director at BlackRock/Barclays Global Investors (2009-2012).

 

(1)

Year first appointed to serve as Trustee for a fund in the Eaton Vance family of funds. Each Trustee has served continuously since appointment unless indicated otherwise.

(2)

APS Trustee

(3)

Year first elected to serve as officer of a fund in the Eaton Vance family of funds when the officer has served continuously. Otherwise, year of most recent election as an officer of a fund in the Eaton Vance family of funds. Titles may have changed since initial election. Each officer serves until his or her successor is elected.

 

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Eaton Vance Funds

 

IMPORTANT NOTICES

 

 

Privacy.  The Eaton Vance organization is committed to ensuring your financial privacy. Each entity listed below has adopted a privacy policy and procedures (“Privacy Program”) Eaton Vance believes is reasonably designed to protect your personal information and to govern when and with whom Eaton Vance may share your personal information.

 

 

At the time of opening an account, Eaton Vance generally requires you to provide us with certain information such as name, address, social security number, tax status, account numbers, and account balances. This information is necessary for us to both open an account for you and to allow us to satisfy legal requirements such as applicable anti-money laundering reviews and know-your-customer requirements.

 

 

On an ongoing basis, in the normal course of servicing your account, Eaton Vance may share your information with unaffiliated third parties that perform various services for Eaton Vance and/or your account. These third parties include transfer agents, custodians, broker/dealers and our professional advisers, including auditors, accountants, and legal counsel. Eaton Vance may additionally share your personal information with our affiliates.

 

 

We believe our Privacy Program is reasonably designed to protect the confidentiality of your personal information and to prevent unauthorized access to that information.

 

 

We reserve the right to change our Privacy Program at any time upon proper notification to you. You may want to review our Privacy Program periodically for changes by accessing the link on our homepage: www.eatonvance.com.

Our pledge of protecting your personal information applies to the following entities within the Eaton Vance organization: the Eaton Vance Family of Funds, Eaton Vance Management, Eaton Vance Investment Counsel, Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc., Eaton Vance Trust Company, Eaton Vance Management (International) Limited, Eaton Vance Advisers International Ltd., Eaton Vance Global Advisors Limited, Eaton Vance Management’s Real Estate Investment Group, Boston Management and Research, Calvert Research and Management, and Calvert Funds. This Privacy Notice supersedes all previously issued privacy disclosures. For more information about our Privacy Program or about how your personal information may be used, please call 1-800-262-1122.

Delivery of Shareholder Documents.  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) permits funds to deliver only one copy of shareholder documents, including prospectuses, proxy statements and shareholder reports, to fund investors with multiple accounts at the same residential or post office box address. This practice is often called “householding” and it helps eliminate duplicate mailings to shareholders. American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (“AST”), the closed-end funds transfer agent, or your financial intermediary, may household the mailing of your documents indefinitely unless you instruct AST, or your financial intermediary, otherwise. If you would prefer that your Eaton Vance documents not be householded, please contact AST or your financial intermediary. Your instructions that householding not apply to delivery of your Eaton Vance documents will typically be effective within 30 days of receipt by AST or your financial intermediary.

Portfolio Holdings.  Each Eaton Vance Fund and its underlying Portfolio(s) (if applicable) files a schedule of portfolio holdings on Part F to Form N-PORT with the SEC. Certain information filed on Form N-PORT may be viewed on the Eaton Vance website at www.eatonvance.com, by calling Eaton Vance at 1-800-262-1122 or in the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Proxy Voting.  From time to time, funds are required to vote proxies related to the securities held by the funds. The Eaton Vance Funds or their underlying Portfolios (if applicable) vote proxies according to a set of policies and procedures approved by the Funds’ and Portfolios’ Boards. You may obtain a description of these policies and procedures and information on how the Funds or Portfolios voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-262-1122 and by accessing the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Share Repurchase Program.  The Fund’s Board of Trustees has approved a share repurchase program authorizing the Fund to repurchase up to 10% of its common shares outstanding as of the last day of the prior calendar year in open-market transactions at a discount to net asset value. The repurchase program does not obligate the Fund to purchase a specific amount of shares. The Fund’s repurchase activity, including the number of shares purchased, average price and average discount to net asset value, is disclosed in the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders.

Additional Notice to Shareholders.  If applicable, a Fund may also redeem or purchase its outstanding preferred shares in order to maintain compliance with regulatory requirements, borrowing or rating agency requirements or for other purposes as it deems appropriate or necessary.

Closed-End Fund Information.  Eaton Vance closed-end funds make fund performance data and certain information about portfolio characteristics available on the Eaton Vance website shortly after the end of each month. Other information about the funds is available on the website. The funds’ net asset value per share is readily accessible on the Eaton Vance website. Portfolio holdings for the most recent month-end are also posted to the website approximately 30 days following the end of the month. This information is available at www.eatonvance.com on the fund information pages under “Individual Investors — Closed-End Funds”.

 

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Investment Adviser and Administrator

Eaton Vance Management

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

Transfer Agent

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC

6201 15th Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11219

 

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Deloitte & Touche LLP

200 Berkeley Street

Boston, MA 02116-5022

Fund Offices

Two International Place

Boston, MA 02110

 


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Item 2.

Code of Ethics

The registrant (sometimes referred to as the “Fund”) has adopted a code of ethics applicable to its Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer. The registrant undertakes to provide a copy of such code of ethics to any person upon request, without charge, by calling 1-800-262-1122. The registrant has not amended the code of ethics as described in Form N-CSR during the period covered by this report. The registrant has not granted any waiver, including an implicit waiver, from a provision of the code of ethics as described in Form N-CSR during the period covered by this report.

 

Item 3.

Audit Committee Financial Expert

The registrant’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has designated George J. Gorman and William H. Park, each an independent trustee, as audit committee financial experts. Mr. Gorman is a certified public accountant who is the Principal at George J. Gorman LLC (a consulting firm). Previously, Mr. Gorman served in various capacities at Ernst & Young LLP (a registered public accounting firm), including as Senior Partner. Mr. Gorman


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also has experience serving as an independent trustee and audit committee financial expert of other mutual fund complexes. Mr. Park is a certified public accountant who is a private investor. Previously, he served as a consultant, as the Chief Financial Officer of Aveon Group, L.P. (an investment management firm), as the Vice Chairman of Commercial Industrial Finance Corp. (specialty finance company), as President and Chief Executive Officer of Prizm Capital Management, LLC (investment management firm), as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of United Asset Management Corporation (an institutional investment management firm) and as a Senior Manager at Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) (a registered public accounting firm).

 

Item 4.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

(a)-(d)

The following table presents the aggregate fees billed to the registrant for the registrant’s fiscal years ended October 31, 2019 and October 31, 2020 by the registrant’s principal accountant, Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”), for professional services rendered for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements and fees billed for other services rendered by D&T during such periods.

 

Fiscal Years Ended

   10/31/19      10/31/20  

Audit Fees

   $ 100,063      $ 99,888  

Audit-Related Fees(1)

   $ 0      $ 0  

Tax Fees(2)

   $ 16,151      $ 13,641  

All Other Fees(3)

   $ 0      $ 0  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 116,214      $ 113,529  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) 

Audit-related fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under the category of audit fees and specifically include fees for the performance of certain agreed-upon procedures relating to the registrant’s auction preferred shares.

(2) 

Tax fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant relating to tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning and specifically include fees for tax return preparation and other related tax compliance/planning matters.

(3) 

All other fees consist of the aggregate fees billed for products and services provided by the registrant’s principal accountant other than audit, audit-related, and tax services.

(e)(1) The registrant’s audit committee has adopted policies and procedures relating to the pre-approval of services provided by the registrant’s principal accountant (the “Pre-Approval Policies”). The Pre-Approval Policies establish a framework intended to assist the audit committee in the proper discharge of its pre-approval responsibilities. As a general matter, the Pre-Approval Policies (i) specify certain types of audit, audit-related, tax, and other services determined to be pre-approved by the audit committee; and (ii) delineate specific procedures governing the mechanics of the pre-approval process, including the approval and monitoring of audit and non-audit service fees. Unless a service is specifically pre-approved under the Pre-Approval Policies, it must be separately pre-approved by the Audit Committee.

The Pre-Approval Policies and the types of audit and non-audit services pre-approved therein must be reviewed and ratified by the registrant’s audit committee at least annually. The registrant’s audit committee maintains full responsibility for the appointment, compensation, and oversight of the work of the registrant’s principal accountant.


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(e)(2) No services described in paragraphs (b)-(d) above were approved by the registrant’s audit committee pursuant to the “de minimis exception” set forth in Rule 2-01 (c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.

(f) Not applicable.

(g) The following table presents (i) the aggregate non-audit fees (i.e., fees for audit-related, tax, and other services) billed to the registrant by D&T for the registrant’s fiscal years ended October 31, 2019 and October 31, 2020; and (ii) the aggregate non-audit fees (i.e., fees for audit-related, tax, and other services) billed to the Eaton Vance organization by D&T for the same time periods.

 

Fiscal Years Ended

   10/31/19      10/31/20  

Registrant

   $ 16,151      $ 13,641  

Eaton Vance(1)

   $ 59,903      $ 51,800  

 

(1) 

Certain subsidiaries of Eaton Vance Corp. provide ongoing services to the registrant.

(h) The registrant’s audit committee has considered whether the provision by the registrant’s principal accountant of non-audit services to the registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

 

Item 5.

Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

The registrant has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. George J. Gorman (Chair), William H. Park, Helen Frame Peters and Scott E. Wennerholm are the members of the registrant’s audit committee.

 

Item 6.

Schedule of Investments

Please see schedule of investments contained in the Report to Stockholders included under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

 

Item 7.

Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

The Board of the Fund has adopted a proxy voting policy and procedure (the “Fund Policy”), pursuant to which the trustees have delegated proxy voting responsibility to the Fund’s investment adviser and adopted the investment adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures (the “Policies”) which are described below. The trustees will review the Policies annually. In the event that a conflict of interest arises between the Fund’s shareholders and the investment adviser, the administrator, or any of their affiliates or any affiliate of the Fund, the investment adviser will generally refrain from voting the proxies related to the companies giving rise to such conflict until it consults with the Board, or any committee, sub-committee or group of independent trustees identified by the Board, which will instruct the investment adviser on the appropriate course of action. If the Board Members are unable to meet and the failure to vote a proxy would have a material adverse impact on the Fund, the investment adviser may vote such proxy, provided that it discloses the existence of the material conflict to the Chairperson of the Fund’s Board as soon as practicable and to the Board at its next meeting.


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The Policies are designed to promote accountability of a company’s management to its shareholders and to align the interests of management with those shareholders. An independent proxy voting service (“Agent”), currently Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc., has been retained to assist in the voting of proxies through the provision of vote analysis, implementation and recordkeeping and disclosure services. The investment adviser will generally vote proxies through the Agent. The Agent is required to vote all proxies in accordance with customized proxy voting guidelines (the “Guidelines”) and/or refer them back to the investment adviser pursuant to the Policies.

The Agent is required to establish and maintain adequate internal controls and policies in connection with the provision of proxy voting services, including methods to reasonably ensure that its analysis and recommendations are not influenced by a conflict of interest. The Guidelines include voting guidelines for matters relating to, among other things, the election of directors, approval of independent auditors, executive compensation, corporate structure and anti-takeover defenses. The investment adviser may cause the Fund to abstain from voting from time to time where it determines that the costs associated with voting a proxy outweigh the benefits derived from exercising the right to vote or it is unable to access or access timely ballots or other proxy information, among other stated reasons. The Agent will refer Fund proxies to the investment adviser for instructions under circumstances where, among others: (1) the application of the Guidelines is unclear; (2) a particular proxy question is not covered by the Guidelines; or (3) the Guidelines require input from the investment adviser. When a proxy voting issue has been referred to the investment adviser, the analyst (or portfolio manager if applicable) covering the company subject to the proxy proposal determines the final vote (or decision not to vote) and the investment adviser’s Proxy Administrator (described below) instructs the Agent to vote accordingly for securities held by the Fund. Where more than one analyst covers a particular company and the recommendations of such analysts voting a proposal conflict, the investment adviser’s Global Proxy Group (described below) will review such recommendations and any other available information related to the proposal and determine the manner in which it should be voted, which may result in different recommendations for the Fund that may differ from other clients of the investment adviser.

The investment adviser has appointed a Proxy Administrator to assist in the coordination of the voting of client proxies (including the Fund’s) in accordance with the Guidelines and the Policies. The investment adviser and its affiliates have also established a Global Proxy Group. The Global Proxy Group develops the investment adviser’s positions on all major corporate issues, creates the Guidelines and oversees the proxy voting process. The Proxy Administrator maintains a record of all proxy questions that have been referred by the Agent, all applicable recommendations, analysis and research received and any resolution of the matter. Before instructing the Agent to vote contrary to the Guidelines or the recommendation of the Agent, the Proxy Administrator will provide the Global Proxy Group with the Agent’s recommendation for the proposal along with any other relevant materials, including the basis for the analyst’s recommendation. The Proxy Administrator will then instruct the Agent to vote the proxy in the manner determined by the Global Proxy Group. A similar process will be followed if the Agent has a conflict of interest with respect to a proxy. The investment adviser will report to the Fund’s Board any votes cast contrary to the Guidelines or Agent recommendations, as applicable, no less than annually.

The investment adviser’s Global Proxy Group is responsible for monitoring and resolving possible material conflicts with respect to proxy voting. Because the Guidelines are predetermined and designed to be in the best interests of shareholders, application of the Guidelines to vote client proxies should, in most cases, adequately address any possible conflict of interest. The investment adviser will monitor situations that may result in a conflict of interest between any of its clients and the investment adviser or any of its affiliates by maintaining a list of significant existing and prospective corporate clients. The Proxy Administrator will compare such list with the names of companies of which he or she has been referred a proxy statement (the “Proxy Companies”).


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If a company on the list is also a Proxy Company, the Proxy Administrator will report that fact to the Global Proxy Group. If the Proxy Administrator intends to instruct the Agent to vote in a manner inconsistent with the Guidelines, the Global Proxy Group will first determine, in consultation with legal counsel if necessary, whether a material conflict exists. If it is determined that a material conflict exists, the investment adviser will seek instruction on how the proxy should be voted from the Fund’s Board, or any committee or subcommittee identified by the Board. If a matter is referred to the Global Proxy Group, the decision made and basis for the decision will be documented by the Proxy Administrator and/or Global Proxy Group.

Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12 month period ended June 30 is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-262-1122, and (2) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

Item 8.

Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

Eaton Vance Management (“EVM” or “Eaton Vance”) is the investment adviser of the Trust. William E. Holt, Catherine C. McDermott, Daniel P. McElaney, Craig P. Russ and Andrew N. Sveen comprise the investment team responsible for the overall and day-to-day management of the Trust’s investments.

Messrs. Holt, McElaney and Sveen and Ms. McDermott are Vice Presidents of EVM and have been portfolio managers of the Trust since March 2019. Mr. Russ is a Vice President of EVM and has been a portfolio manager of the Trust since November 2003. Messrs. Russ and Sveen and Ms. McDermott have managed other Eaton Vance portfolios for more than five years. This information is provided as of the date of filing this report.

The following table shows, as of the Trust’s most recent fiscal year end, the number of accounts each portfolio manager managed in each of the listed categories and the total assets (in millions of dollars) in the accounts managed within each category. The table also shows the number of accounts with respect to which the advisory fee is based on the performance of the account, if any, and the total assets (in millions of dollars) in those accounts.

 

     Number of All
Accounts
     Total Assets of All
Accounts
     Number of
Accounts
Paying a
Performance Fee
     Total Assets of
Accounts Paying a
Performance Fee
 

William E. Holt

           

Registered Investment Companies

     5      $ 2,695.9        0      $ 0  

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles

     0      $ 0        0      $ 0  

Other Accounts

     0      $ 0        0      $ 0  

Catherine C. McDermott

           

Registered Investment Companies

     8      $ 5,514.9        0      $ 0  

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles

     0      $ 0        0      $ 0  

Other Accounts

     0      $ 0        0      $ 0  

Daniel P. McElaney

           

Registered Investment Companies

     5      $ 2,695.9        0      $ 0  

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles

     0      $ 0        0      $ 0  

Other Accounts

     0      $ 0        0      $ 0  

Craig P. Russ

           

Registered Investment Companies

     9      $ 16,853.5        0      $ 0  

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles

     5      $ 5,601.1        0      $ 0  


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     Number of All
Accounts
     Total Assets of All
Accounts
     Number of
Accounts
Paying a
Performance Fee
     Total Assets of
Accounts Paying a
Performance Fee
 

Other Accounts

     7      $ 4,278.9        0      $ 0  

Andrew N. Sveen

           

Registered Investment Companies

     11      $ 18,184.7        0      $ 0  

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles

     0      $ 0        0      $ 0  

Other Accounts

     0      $ 0        0      $ 0  

The following table shows the dollar range of Trust shares beneficially owned by each portfolio manager as of the Trust’s most recent fiscal year end.

 

Portfolio Manager

   Dollar Range of Equity Securities
Beneficially Owned in the Trust

William E. Holt

   None

Catherine C. McDermott

   None

Daniel P. McElaney

   None

Craig P. Russ

   $100,001 - $500,000

Andrew N. Sveen

   $100,001 - $500,000

Potential for Conflicts of Interest. It is possible that conflicts of interest may arise in connection with a portfolio manager’s management of the Fund’s investments on the one hand and the investments of other accounts for which a portfolio manager is responsible on the other. For example, a portfolio manager may have conflicts of interest in allocating management time, resources and investment opportunities among the Fund and other accounts he or she advises. In addition, due to differences in the investment strategies or restrictions between the Fund and the other accounts, the portfolio manager may take action with respect to another account that differs from the action taken with respect to the Fund. In some cases, another account managed by a portfolio manager may compensate the investment adviser based on the performance of the securities held by that account. The existence of such a performance based fee may create additional conflicts of interest for the portfolio manager in the allocation of management time, resources and investment opportunities. Whenever conflicts of interest arise, the portfolio manager will endeavor to exercise his or her discretion in a manner that he or she believes is equitable to all interested persons. EVM has adopted several policies and procedures designed to address these potential conflicts including a code of ethics and policies that govern the investment adviser’s trading practices, including among other things the aggregation and allocation of trades among clients, brokerage allocations, cross trades and best execution.

 

Compensation

Structure for EVM

Compensation of EVM’s portfolio managers and other investment professionals has the following primary components: (1) a base salary, (2) an annual cash bonus, (3) annual non-cash compensation consisting of options to purchase shares of Eaton Vance Corp. (“EVC”) nonvoting common stock and/or restricted shares of EVC nonvoting common stock that generally are subject to a vesting schedule and (4) (for equity portfolio managers) a Deferred Alpha Incentive Plan, which pays a deferred cash award tied to future excess returns in certain equity strategy portfolios. EVM’s investment professionals also receive certain retirement, insurance and other benefits that are broadly available to EVM’s employees. Compensation of EVM’s investment professionals is reviewed primarily on an annual basis. Cash bonuses, stock-based compensation awards, and adjustments in base salary are typically paid or put into effect at or shortly after the October 31st fiscal year end of EVC.


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Method to Determine Compensation. EVM compensates its portfolio managers based primarily on the scale and complexity of their portfolio responsibilities and the total return performance of managed funds and accounts versus the benchmark(s) stated in the prospectus, as well as an appropriate peer group (as described below). In addition to rankings within peer groups of funds on the basis of absolute performance, consideration may also be given to relative risk-adjusted performance. Risk-adjusted performance measures include, but are not limited to Sharpe ratio, which uses standard deviation and excess return to determine reward per unit of risk. Performance is normally based on periods ending on the September 30th preceding fiscal year end. Fund performance is normally evaluated primarily versus peer groups of funds as determined by Lipper Inc. and/or Morningstar, Inc. When a fund’s peer group as determined by Lipper or Morningstar is deemed by EVM’s management not to provide a fair comparison, performance may instead be evaluated primarily against a custom peer group or market index. In evaluating the performance of a fund and its manager, primary emphasis is normally placed on three-year performance, with secondary consideration of performance over longer and shorter periods. For funds that are tax-managed or otherwise have an objective of after-tax returns, performance is measured net of taxes. For other funds, performance is evaluated on a pre-tax basis. For funds with an investment objective other than total return (such as current income), consideration will also be given to the fund’s success in achieving its objective. For managers responsible for multiple funds and accounts, investment performance is evaluated on an aggregate basis, based on averages or weighted averages among managed funds and accounts. Funds and accounts that have performance-based advisory fees are not accorded disproportionate weightings in measuring aggregate portfolio manager performance. Pursuant to the Deferred Alpha Incentive Plan, a portion of the compensation payable to equity portfolio managers and investment professionals will be determined based on the ability of one or more accounts managed by such manager, that are not advised by Calvert Management and Research to achieve a specified target average annual gross return over a three year period in excess of the account benchmark. The cash award to be payable at the end of the three year term will be established at the inception of the term and will be adjusted positively or negatively to the extent that the average annual gross return varies from the specified target return.

The compensation of portfolio managers with other job responsibilities (such as heading an investment group or providing analytical support to other portfolios) will include consideration of the scope of such responsibilities and the managers’ performance in meeting them.

EVM seeks to compensate portfolio managers commensurate with their responsibilities and performance, and competitive with other firms within the investment management industry. EVM participates in investment-industry compensation surveys and utilizes survey data as a factor in determining salary, bonus and stock-based compensation levels for portfolio managers and other investment professionals. Salaries, bonuses and stock-based compensation are also influenced by the operating performance of EVM and its parent company. The overall annual cash bonus pool is generally based on a substantially fixed percentage of pre-bonus adjusted operating income. While the salaries of EVM’s portfolio managers are comparatively fixed, cash bonuses and stock-based compensation may fluctuate significantly from year to year, based on changes in manager performance and other factors as described herein. For a high performing portfolio manager, cash bonuses and stock-based compensation may represent a substantial portion of total compensation.

 

Item 9.

Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers

No such purchases this period.


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Item 10.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

No material changes.

 

Item 11.

Controls and Procedures

(a) It is the conclusion of the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer that the effectiveness of the registrant’s current disclosure controls and procedures (such disclosure controls and procedures having been evaluated within 90 days of the date of this filing) provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant has been recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant has been accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer in order to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) There have been no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12.

Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

No activity to report for the registrant’s most recent fiscal year end.

 

Item 13.

Exhibits

 

(a)(1)

   Registrant’s Code of Ethics – Not applicable (please see Item 2).

(a)(2)(i)

   Treasurer’s Section 302 certification.

(a)(2)(ii)

   President’s Section 302 certification.

(b)

   Combined Section 906 certification.


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Signatures

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

 

Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust
By:  

/s/ Eric A. Stein

  Eric A. Stein
  President
Date:   December 21, 2020

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

 

By:  

/s/ James F. Kirchner

  James F. Kirchner
  Treasurer
Date:   December 21, 2020
By:  

/s/ Eric A. Stein

  Eric A. Stein
  President
Date:   December 21, 2020

Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust

FORM N-CSR

Exhibit 13(a)(2)(i)

CERTIFICATION

I, James F. Kirchner, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust;

2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.    The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

(a)    Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)    Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)    Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)    Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.    The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)    All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

(b)    Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: December 21, 2020           

/s/ James F. Kirchner

      James F. Kirchner
      Treasur


Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust

FORM N-CSR

Exhibit 13(a)(2)(ii)

CERTIFICATION

I, Eric A. Stein, certify that:

1.    I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust;

2.    Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.    The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

(a)    Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)    Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)    Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)    Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.    The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)    All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

(b)    Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: December 21, 2020           

/s/ Eric A. Stein

      Eric A. Stein
      President

Form N-CSR Item 13(b) Exhibit

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

The undersigned hereby certify in their capacity as Treasurer and President, respectively, of Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust (the “Trust”), that:

 

  (a)

The Annual Report of the Trust on Form N-CSR for the period ended October 31, 2020 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

  (b)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and the results of operations of the Trust for such period.

A signed original of this written statement required by section 906 has been provided to the Trust and will be retained by the Trust and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

 

Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust
Date: December 21, 2020

/s/ James F. Kirchner

James F. Kirchner
Treasurer
Date: December 21, 2020

/s/ Eric A. Stein

Eric A. Stein
President