Annual Report by Investment Company (Form N-CSR)
| Six Months Ended |
Year Ended |
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Net Asset Value(a) |
9.37 | % | 12.75 | % | ||||
|
|
10.98 | % | 22.37 | % | ||||
|
Blended Benchmark-80% FTSE Global Core Infrastructure 50/50 Net Tax Index/ 20% ICE BofA Fixed Rate Preferred Securities Index(b)
|
6.21 | % | 9.13 | % | ||||
|
S&P 500 Index(b)
|
8.44 | % | 25.02 | % | ||||
|
|
6.20 | % | 18.67 | % | ||||
| (a) |
As a closed-end investment company, the price of the Fund's exchange-traded shares will be set by market forces and can deviate from the net asset value (NAV) per share of the Fund.
|
| (b) |
The FTSE Global Core Infrastructure 50/50 Net Tax Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of worldwide infrastructure and infrastructure-related securities and is net of dividend withholding taxes. Constituent weights are adjusted semi-annually according to three broad industry sectors: 50% utilities, 30% transportation, and a 20% mix of other sectors, including pipelines, satellites, and telecommunication towers. The ICE BofA Fixed Rate Preferred Securities Index tracks the performance of fixed-rate
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| ELAINE ZAHARIS-NIKAS | ||
| Portfolio Manager | Portfolio Manager | |
| Portfolio Manager | Portfolio Manager | |
| 1 Year | 5 Years | 10 Years | Since Inception(c) | |||||||||||||
|
Fund at NAV
|
12.75 | % | 4.79 | % | 7.50 | % | 9.45 | % | ||||||||
|
Fund at Market Value
|
22.37 | % | 6.15 | % | 8.95 | % | 9.25 | % | ||||||||
| (a) |
The Linked Blended Benchmark is represented by the performance of 80% UBS Global Infrastructure & Utilities 50/50 Index Net (
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| (b) |
The comparative indexes are not adjusted to reflect expenses or other fees that the
|
| (c) |
Commencement of investment operations was
|
|
Leverage (as a % of managed assets)
|
29% | |
|
% Variable Rate Financing
|
15% | |
|
Variable Rate
|
5.2% | |
|
% Fixed Rate Financing(c)
|
85% | |
|
Weighted Average Rate on Fixed Financing
|
1.7% | |
|
Weighted Average Term on Fixed Financing
|
1.5 years | |
|
Weighted Average Cost of All Financing
|
2.2% |
| (a) |
Data as of
|
| (b) |
See Note 7 in Notes to Financial Statements.
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| (c) |
Represents fixed payer interest rate swap contracts on variable rate borrowing.
|
| Security | Value | % of Managed Assets |
||||||
|
|
$ | 131,363,394 | 4.0 | |||||
|
|
126,846,151 | 3.9 | ||||||
|
|
121,271,823 | 3.7 | ||||||
|
|
115,778,782 | 3.6 | ||||||
|
|
110,091,641 | 3.4 | ||||||
|
|
109,666,525 | 3.4 | ||||||
|
|
95,156,536 | 2.9 | ||||||
|
SoutheCo.
|
91,877,023 | 2.8 | ||||||
|
|
91,239,648 | 2.8 | ||||||
|
|
78,236,513 | 2.4 | ||||||
| (a) |
Top ten holdings (excluding short-term investments and derivative instruments) are determined on the basis of the value of individual securities held. The Fund may also hold positions in other securities issued by the companies listed above. See the Schedule of Investments for additional details on such other positions.
|
| (b) |
Excludes derivative instruments.
|
| Shares/Units | Value | |||||||||||
|
COMMON STOCK
|
113.7% | |||||||||||
|
|
5.3% | |||||||||||
|
RAILWAYS
|
0.7% | |||||||||||
|
|
8,589,984 | $ | 17,279,509 | |||||||||
|
TOLL ROADS
|
4.6% | |||||||||||
|
|
18,295,481 | 53,788,956 | ||||||||||
|
|
6,284,238 | 52,082,146 | ||||||||||
| 105,871,102 | ||||||||||||
|
TOTAL
|
123,150,611 | |||||||||||
|
|
2.2% | |||||||||||
|
ELECTRIC
|
0.8% | |||||||||||
|
|
13,121,076 | 17,500,856 | ||||||||||
|
|
0.7% | |||||||||||
|
|
7,406,818 | 15,741,969 | ||||||||||
|
TOLL ROADS
|
0.7% | |||||||||||
|
|
10,300,010 | 16,955,915 | ||||||||||
|
TOTAL
|
50,198,740 | |||||||||||
|
|
11.7% | |||||||||||
|
DIVERSIFIED
|
0.0% | |||||||||||
|
|
789,442 | 444,849 | ||||||||||
|
MIDSTREAM
|
11.2% | |||||||||||
|
|
1,843,322 | 78,236,513 | ||||||||||
|
|
748,046 | 22,876,693 | ||||||||||
|
|
658,944 | 24,346,249 | ||||||||||
|
|
520,442 | 12,281,048 | ||||||||||
|
|
2,602,212 | 121,271,823 | ||||||||||
| 259,012,326 | ||||||||||||
|
RAILWAYS
|
0.5% | |||||||||||
|
|
113,718 | 11,547,821 | ||||||||||
|
TOTAL
|
271,004,996 | |||||||||||
|
|
1.6% | |||||||||||
|
GAS DISTRIBUTION
|
1.0% | |||||||||||
|
|
3,323,021 | 23,895,853 | ||||||||||
| Shares/Units | Value | |||||||||||
|
|
0.6% | |||||||||||
|
|
7,242,000 | $ | 12,905,085 | |||||||||
|
TOTAL
|
36,800,938 | |||||||||||
|
|
1.4% | |||||||||||
|
ELECTRIC
|
||||||||||||
|
|
1,971,863 | 31,271,498 | ||||||||||
|
|
0.4% | |||||||||||
|
AIRPORT
|
||||||||||||
|
|
1,058,181 | 8,768,932 | ||||||||||
|
|
2.8% | |||||||||||
|
ELECTRIC
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2,811,500 | 23,638,370 | ||||||||||
|
|
5,747,000 | 40,105,760 | ||||||||||
| 63,744,130 | ||||||||||||
|
|
2.4% | |||||||||||
|
ELECTRIC
|
||||||||||||
|
|
3,829,856 | 14,889,753 | ||||||||||
|
|
11,146,154 | 40,268,128 | ||||||||||
| 55,157,881 | ||||||||||||
|
|
1.4% | |||||||||||
|
GAS DISTRIBUTION
|
||||||||||||
|
|
5,952,094 | 33,355,219 | ||||||||||
|
|
2.9% | |||||||||||
|
ELECTRIC
|
1.0% | |||||||||||
|
|
2,037,800 | 22,709,856 | ||||||||||
|
GAS DISTRIBUTION
|
1.9% | |||||||||||
|
|
776,200 | 17,068,557 | ||||||||||
|
|
967,600 | 26,873,507 | ||||||||||
| 43,942,064 | ||||||||||||
|
TOTAL
|
66,651,920 | |||||||||||
|
LUXEMBOURG
|
0.7% | |||||||||||
|
COMMUNICATIONS
|
||||||||||||
|
|
5,121,344 | 16,222,515 | ||||||||||
| Shares/Units | Value | |||||||||||
|
|
0.7% | |||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
15,775,000 | $ | 16,440,009 | |||||||||
|
|
3.1% | |||||||||||
|
AIRPORTS
|
||||||||||||
|
|
1,523,926 | 13,138,024 | ||||||||||
|
|
3,394,388 | 59,573,943 | ||||||||||
| 72,711,967 | ||||||||||||
|
|
1.1% | |||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
569,370 | 25,065,725 | ||||||||||
|
|
1.4% | |||||||||||
|
AIRPORT
|
||||||||||||
|
|
6,665,359 | 32,444,637 | ||||||||||
|
|
0.5% | |||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
1,795,530 | 11,981,581 | ||||||||||
|
|
2.1% | |||||||||||
|
AIRPORT
|
||||||||||||
|
|
234,282 | 47,905,218 | ||||||||||
|
|
1.7% | |||||||||||
|
AIRPORT
|
||||||||||||
|
|
22,143,900 | 38,643,850 | ||||||||||
|
|
4.1% | |||||||||||
|
ELECTRIC
|
||||||||||||
|
|
8,001,022 | 95,156,536 | ||||||||||
|
|
66.2% | |||||||||||
|
COMMUNICATIONS
|
8.1% | |||||||||||
|
|
597,931 | 109,666,525 | ||||||||||
|
|
856,875 | 77,769,975 | ||||||||||
| 187,436,500 | ||||||||||||
|
DIVERSIFIED
|
0.0% | |||||||||||
|
|
27,500 | 54,175 | ||||||||||
|
|
637,750 | 384,563 | ||||||||||
| 438,738 | ||||||||||||
| Shares/Units | Value | |||||||||||
|
ELECTRIC
|
35.3% | |||||||||||
|
|
945,688 | $ | 55,927,988 | |||||||||
|
|
144,516 | 13,328,711 | ||||||||||
|
|
228,427 | 20,382,541 | ||||||||||
|
|
1,694,015 | 91,239,648 | ||||||||||
|
|
1,021,827 | 110,091,641 | ||||||||||
|
|
805,239 | 64,290,282 | ||||||||||
|
|
390,201 | 24,016,872 | ||||||||||
|
|
731,336 | 7,744,848 | ||||||||||
|
|
1,832,381 | 131,363,394 | ||||||||||
|
|
3,566,814 | 115,778,782 | ||||||||||
|
|
828,787 | 70,024,214 | ||||||||||
|
SoutheCo.(a)
|
1,116,096 | 91,877,023 | ||||||||||
|
|
243,495 | 16,440,782 | ||||||||||
| 812,506,726 | ||||||||||||
|
GAS DISTRIBUTION
|
7.4% | |||||||||||
|
|
3,450,657 | 126,846,151 | ||||||||||
|
Sempra(a)(f)
|
499,673 | 43,831,316 | ||||||||||
| 170,677,467 | ||||||||||||
|
MIDSTREAM
|
7.9% | |||||||||||
|
|
142,154 | 30,544,630 | ||||||||||
|
|
190,528 | 8,051,713 | ||||||||||
|
|
1,606,191 | 31,465,282 | ||||||||||
|
|
493,337 | 13,517,434 | ||||||||||
|
|
634,229 | 35,967,126 | ||||||||||
|
|
514,959 | 24,645,938 | ||||||||||
|
|
165,259 | 16,592,004 | ||||||||||
|
|
1,264,432 | 21,596,498 | ||||||||||
| 182,380,625 | ||||||||||||
|
RAILWAYS
|
7.5% | |||||||||||
|
|
1,795,731 | 57,948,239 | ||||||||||
|
Norfolk SoutheCorp.(a)(e)(f)
|
204,941 | 48,099,653 | ||||||||||
|
|
289,111 | 65,928,872 | ||||||||||
| 171,976,764 | ||||||||||||
|
TOTAL
|
1,525,416,820 | |||||||||||
|
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Identified cost-$2,108,338,708) |
2,622,093,723 | |||||||||||
| Shares/Units | Value | |||||||||||
|
PREFERRED SECURITIES-EXCHANGE-TRADED
|
3.7% | |||||||||||
|
|
0.0% | |||||||||||
|
INSURANCE
|
||||||||||||
|
|
7,000 | $ | 156,870 | |||||||||
|
|
0.2% | |||||||||||
|
UTILITIES
|
||||||||||||
|
(3 Month USD Term SOFR + 4.01%), due 7/1/79, Series 19-A(a)(h) |
89,073 | 2,246,421 | ||||||||||
|
|
100,000 | 1,578,000 | ||||||||||
| 3,824,421 | ||||||||||||
|
|
0.0% | |||||||||||
|
INSURANCE
|
||||||||||||
|
|
65,287 | 1,325,326 | ||||||||||
|
|
3.5% | |||||||||||
|
BANKING
|
1.2% | |||||||||||
|
Bank of America Corp., 5.375%, Series KK(a)(g)
|
61,831 | 1,401,709 | ||||||||||
|
Bank of America Corp., 6.00%, Series GG(a)(g)
|
184,373 | 4,642,512 | ||||||||||
|
|
159,744 | 4,020,757 | ||||||||||
|
Morgan Stanley, 6.375%, Series I(a)(g)
|
118,969 | 2,986,122 | ||||||||||
|
Morgan Stanley, 6.625%, Series Q(g)
|
100,000 | 2,651,000 | ||||||||||
|
|
81,114 | 1,966,203 | ||||||||||
|
|
58,968 | 1,112,136 | ||||||||||
|
|
142,405 | 2,846,676 | ||||||||||
|
|
206,575 | 4,214,130 | ||||||||||
|
|
65,803 | 1,612,174 | ||||||||||
|
|
172 | 205,421 | ||||||||||
| 27,658,840 | ||||||||||||
|
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY PRODUCTS
|
0.2% | |||||||||||
|
|
144,325 | 3,524,417 | ||||||||||
|
CONSUMER STAPLE PRODUCTS
|
0.3% | |||||||||||
|
|
137,935 | 3,418,029 | ||||||||||
|
|
135,283 | 3,417,249 | ||||||||||
| 6,835,278 | ||||||||||||
| Shares/Units | Value | |||||||||||
|
FINANCIAL SERVICES
|
0.2% | |||||||||||
|
|
32,128 | $ | 791,313 | |||||||||
|
|
66,071 | 1,370,973 | ||||||||||
|
|
100,000 | 2,177,000 | ||||||||||
|
|
70,000 | 1,247,400 | ||||||||||
| 5,586,686 | ||||||||||||
|
INSURANCE
|
0.6% | |||||||||||
|
|
98,834 | 2,630,961 | ||||||||||
|
|
80,000 | 1,696,800 | ||||||||||
|
|
55,443 | 1,019,597 | ||||||||||
|
|
115,223 | 2,806,832 | ||||||||||
|
|
87,725 | 2,199,266 | ||||||||||
|
|
29,948 | 609,442 | ||||||||||
|
|
52,000 | 1,063,920 | ||||||||||
|
|
86,560 | 2,037,622 | ||||||||||
|
|
7,267 | 168,813 | ||||||||||
| 14,233,253 | ||||||||||||
|
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
|
0.3% | |||||||||||
|
|
182,869 | 3,629,949 | ||||||||||
|
|
13,078 | 275,161 | ||||||||||
|
|
94,315 | 2,110,770 | ||||||||||
| 6,015,880 | ||||||||||||
|
UTILITIES
|
0.7% | |||||||||||
|
|
63,498 | 1,456,009 | ||||||||||
|
|
196,996 | 4,556,517 | ||||||||||
|
|
71,350 | 1,739,513 | ||||||||||
|
SCE Trust VIII, 6.95%, Series N(g)
|
38,033 | 967,179 | ||||||||||
|
Sempra, 5.75%, due
|
150,675 | 3,420,323 | ||||||||||
|
SoutheCo., 4.95%, due 1/30/80, Series 2020(a)
|
230,000 | 4,761,000 | ||||||||||
| 16,900,541 | ||||||||||||
|
TOTAL
|
80,754,895 | |||||||||||
|
TOTAL PREFERRED SECURITIES-EXCHANGE-TRADED
(Identified cost-$92,288,735) |
86,061,512 | |||||||||||
| Principal Amount* |
Value | |||||||||||
|
PREFERRED SECURITIES-OVER-THE-COUNTER
|
22.0% | |||||||||||
|
|
0.3% | |||||||||||
|
BANKING
|
0.2% | |||||||||||
|
|
4,000,000 | $ | 4,064,132 | |||||||||
|
INSURANCE
|
0.1% | |||||||||||
|
|
1,800,000 | 1,805,696 | ||||||||||
|
TOTAL
|
5,869,828 | |||||||||||
|
|
2.8% | |||||||||||
|
BANKING
|
0.6% | |||||||||||
|
|
1,840,000 | 1,825,454 | ||||||||||
|
|
3,200,000 | 3,375,251 | ||||||||||
|
|
3,400,000 | 3,617,230 | ||||||||||
|
|
4,200,000 | 4,388,245 | ||||||||||
| 13,206,180 | ||||||||||||
|
PIPELINES
|
1.8% | |||||||||||
|
|
5,980,000 | 5,787,105 | ||||||||||
|
|
4,155,000 | 4,122,354 | ||||||||||
|
|
5,913,000 | 5,851,998 | ||||||||||
|
|
3,985,000 | 4,028,907 | ||||||||||
|
|
1,920,000 | 2,019,239 | ||||||||||
|
|
3,820,000 | 4,003,883 | ||||||||||
|
|
2,060,000 | 2,293,095 | ||||||||||
|
|
5,008,000 | 4,831,328 | ||||||||||
|
|
2,500,000 | 2,373,681 | ||||||||||
|
|
6,499,000 | 6,428,637 | ||||||||||
| 41,740,227 | ||||||||||||
| Principal Amount* |
Value | |||||||||||
|
UTILITIES
|
0.4% | |||||||||||
|
|
2,100,000 | $ | 2,116,734 | |||||||||
|
|
7,268,000 | 7,332,969 | ||||||||||
| 9,449,703 | ||||||||||||
|
TOTAL
|
64,396,110 | |||||||||||
|
|
0.1% | |||||||||||
|
BANKING
|
||||||||||||
|
|
1,400,000 | 1,407,731 | ||||||||||
|
|
1.8% | |||||||||||
|
BANKING
|
||||||||||||
|
BNP Paribas SA, 7.00% to
|
1,000,000 | 1,002,305 | ||||||||||
|
BNP Paribas SA, 7.375% to
|
6,200,000 | 6,248,317 | ||||||||||
|
BNP Paribas SA, 7.75% to
|
3,200,000 | 3,279,280 | ||||||||||
|
BNP Paribas SA, 8.50% to
|
2,000,000 | 2,089,022 | ||||||||||
|
BNP Paribas SA, 9.25% to
|
7,200,000 | 7,702,611 | ||||||||||
|
|
3,950,000 | 4,034,234 | ||||||||||
|
|
4,000,000 | 3,769,070 | ||||||||||
|
|
2,200,000 | 2,225,522 | ||||||||||
|
|
2,600,000 | 2,555,261 | ||||||||||
|
|
2,400,000 | 2,500,766 | ||||||||||
|
|
5,000,000 | 5,343,070 | ||||||||||
| 40,749,458 | ||||||||||||
|
|
0.1% | |||||||||||
|
BANKING
|
||||||||||||
|
|
3,000,000 | 2,998,125 | ||||||||||
|
|
0.2% | |||||||||||
|
BANKING
|
||||||||||||
|
|
3,900,000 | 3,909,834 | ||||||||||
|
|
0.2% | |||||||||||
|
INSURANCE
|
||||||||||||
|
|
4,400,000 | 4,380,716 | ||||||||||
| Principal Amount* |
Value | |||||||||||
|
|
0.8% | |||||||||||
|
BANKING
|
0.7% | |||||||||||
|
|
5,000,000 | $ | 4,938,227 | |||||||||
|
|
2,600,000 | 2,606,787 | ||||||||||
|
|
1,800,000 | 1,808,108 | ||||||||||
|
|
5,400,000 | 5,672,025 | ||||||||||
| 15,025,147 | ||||||||||||
|
INSURANCE
|
0.1% | |||||||||||
|
|
2,875,000 | 2,832,056 | ||||||||||
|
TOTAL
|
17,857,203 | |||||||||||
|
|
0.8% | |||||||||||
|
BANKING
|
||||||||||||
|
|
1,800,000 | 1,797,394 | ||||||||||
|
|
4,000,000 | 4,363,692 | ||||||||||
|
|
3,800,000 | 3,938,518 | ||||||||||
|
|
4,400,000 | 4,845,359 | ||||||||||
|
|
3,800,000 | 4,389,505 | ||||||||||
| 19,334,468 | ||||||||||||
|
|
0.2% | |||||||||||
|
BANKING
|
||||||||||||
|
|
4,400,000 | 4,533,672 | ||||||||||
|
|
1.6% | |||||||||||
|
BANKING
|
0.9% | |||||||||||
|
|
1,600,000 | 136,000 | ||||||||||
|
|
2,000,000 | 170,000 | ||||||||||
|
|
600,000 | 51,000 | ||||||||||
|
UBS Group AG, 6.875% to
|
5,400,000 | 5,414,121 | ||||||||||
|
UBS Group AG, 6.85% to
|
2,600,000 | 2,578,098 | ||||||||||
|
UBS Group AG, 9.25% to
|
7,000,000 | 7,584,999 | ||||||||||
|
UBS Group AG, 9.25% to
|
5,200,000 | 5,971,841 | ||||||||||
| 21,906,059 | ||||||||||||
| Principal Amount* |
Value | |||||||||||
|
INSURANCE
|
0.7% | |||||||||||
|
|
3,120,000 | $ | 3,098,894 | |||||||||
|
|
3,700,000 | 3,698,993 | ||||||||||
|
|
5,800,000 | 5,760,197 | ||||||||||
|
|
4,000,000 | 3,419,790 | ||||||||||
| 15,977,874 | ||||||||||||
|
TOTAL
|
37,883,933 | |||||||||||
|
|
2.3% | |||||||||||
|
BANKING
|
1.9% | |||||||||||
|
Barclays PLC, 8.00% to
|
2,000,000 | 2,074,149 | ||||||||||
|
Barclays PLC, 9.625% to
|
9,800,000 | 10,808,136 | ||||||||||
|
HSBC Holdings PLC, 6.00% to
|
2,600,000 | 2,548,592 | ||||||||||
|
HSBC Holdings PLC, 6.50% to
|
2,800,000 | 2,790,342 | ||||||||||
|
HSBC Holdings PLC, 6.875% to
|
4,400,000 | 4,390,902 | ||||||||||
|
|
4,000,000 | 3,835,609 | ||||||||||
|
|
3,400,000 | 3,435,248 | ||||||||||
|
|
2,000,000 | 1,994,199 | ||||||||||
|
|
6,000,000 | 6,070,086 | ||||||||||
|
|
3,000,000 | 3,202,581 | ||||||||||
|
|
2,000,000 | 2,082,487 | ||||||||||
| 43,232,331 | ||||||||||||
|
INSURANCE
|
0.1% | |||||||||||
|
Beazley Insurance DAC, 5.50%, due
|
2,600,000 | 2,551,250 | ||||||||||
|
due |
1,300,000 | 1,207,375 | ||||||||||
| 3,758,625 | ||||||||||||
|
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
|
0.3% | |||||||||||
|
|
2,090,000 | 1,852,519 | ||||||||||
|
|
4,500,000 | 4,615,564 | ||||||||||
| 6,468,083 | ||||||||||||
|
TOTAL
|
53,459,039 | |||||||||||
| Principal Amount* |
Value | |||||||||||
|
|
10.8% | |||||||||||
|
BANKING
|
4.7% | |||||||||||
|
Bank of America Corp., 5.875% to 3/15/28, Series FF(a)(g)(i)
|
2,682,000 | $ | 2,691,876 | |||||||||
|
Bank of America Corp., 6.10% to 3/17/25, Series AA(a)(f)(g)(i)
|
7,429,000 | 7,427,799 | ||||||||||
|
Bank of America Corp., 6.30% to 3/10/26, Series DD(a)(f)(g)(i)
|
6,000,000 | 6,048,438 | ||||||||||
|
|
3,500,000 | 3,425,940 | ||||||||||
|
|
6,983,000 | 6,762,651 | ||||||||||
|
|
2,936,000 | 2,927,705 | ||||||||||
|
Citigroup, Inc., 3.875% to 2/18/26, Series X(a)(f)(g)(i)
|
3,250,000 | 3,163,616 | ||||||||||
|
Citigroup, Inc., 4.15% to 11/15/26, Series Y(a)(f)(g)(i)
|
2,310,000 | 2,202,451 | ||||||||||
|
Citigroup, Inc., 5.95% to 5/15/25, Series P(a)(f)(g)(i)
|
5,569,000 | 5,570,200 | ||||||||||
|
Citigroup, Inc., 6.25% to 8/15/26, Series T(a)(f)(g)(i)
|
7,850,000 | 7,873,393 | ||||||||||
|
Citigroup, Inc., 7.625% to 11/15/28, Series AA(a)(g)(i)
|
3,800,000 | 3,968,468 | ||||||||||
|
|
2,000,000 | 1,991,003 | ||||||||||
|
|
2,866,000 | 2,861,733 | ||||||||||
|
First
|
1,806 | † | 1,343,213 | |||||||||
|
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 3.65% to 8/10/26, Series U(a)(g)(i)
|
4,170,000 | 3,994,455 | ||||||||||
|
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 4.125% to 11/10/26, Series V(a)(g)(i)
|
1,000,000 | 956,977 | ||||||||||
|
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 7.379% to 2/10/25, Series Q(a)(g)(i)
|
1,000,000 | 1,001,094 | ||||||||||
|
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 7.50% to 5/10/29, Series X(g)(i)
|
2,290,000 | 2,394,686 | ||||||||||
|
|
1,000,000 | 957,908 | ||||||||||
|
|
894,000 | 876,966 | ||||||||||
|
|
2,000,000 | 2,093,477 | ||||||||||
|
|
4,450,000 | 4,480,309 | ||||||||||
| Principal Amount* |
Value | |||||||||||
|
|
2,000,000 | $ | 2,023,828 | |||||||||
|
|
1,849,000 | 1,838,163 | ||||||||||
|
|
4,000,000 | 4,089,024 | ||||||||||
|
|
3,000,000 | 3,069,107 | ||||||||||
|
|
2,109,000 | 2,049,028 | ||||||||||
|
|
500,000 | 489,808 | ||||||||||
|
|
1,500,000 | 1,482,777 | ||||||||||
|
|
5,032,000 | 4,892,338 | ||||||||||
|
|
2,796,000 | 2,797,927 | ||||||||||
|
|
2,830,000 | 2,840,263 | ||||||||||
|
|
4,000,000 | 4,138,602 | ||||||||||
|
|
3,390,000 | 3,605,684 | ||||||||||
| 108,330,907 | ||||||||||||
|
ENERGY
|
0.1% | |||||||||||
|
|
2,550,000 | 2,437,816 | ||||||||||
|
FINANCIAL SERVICES
|
0.2% | |||||||||||
|
|
5,566,000 | 5,549,314 | ||||||||||
|
HEALTH
|
0.1% | |||||||||||
|
|
3,000,000 | 3,017,566 | ||||||||||
|
INSURANCE
|
2.3% | |||||||||||
|
|
3,700,000 | 3,764,594 | ||||||||||
|
|
4,080,000 | 4,067,375 | ||||||||||
|
due |
2,000,000 | 1,991,322 | ||||||||||
|
due |
7,170,000 | 7,360,620 | ||||||||||
|
|
2,600,000 | 2,726,108 | ||||||||||
|
|
1,680,000 | 1,872,001 | ||||||||||
|
|
2,500,000 | 2,735,815 | ||||||||||
|
|
5,850,000 | 6,395,138 | ||||||||||
|
|
6,500,000 | 7,652,717 | ||||||||||
| Principal Amount* |
Value | |||||||||||
|
|
1,000,000 | $ | 1,336,165 | |||||||||
|
due |
1,600,000 | 1,524,596 | ||||||||||
|
|
4,500,000 | 4,511,516 | ||||||||||
|
due |
1,200,000 | 1,237,158 | ||||||||||
|
|
3,000,000 | 3,133,245 | ||||||||||
|
|
1,310,000 | 1,382,395 | ||||||||||
| 51,690,765 | ||||||||||||
|
PIPELINES
|
0.5% | |||||||||||
|
|
3,357,000 | 3,377,481 | ||||||||||
|
|
8,005,000 | 8,382,268 | ||||||||||
| 11,759,749 | ||||||||||||
|
UTILITIES
|
2.9% | |||||||||||
|
|
2,000,000 | 2,055,247 | ||||||||||
|
|
4,200,000 | 3,969,847 | ||||||||||
|
due |
2,200,000 | 2,275,401 | ||||||||||
|
|
3,780,000 | 3,870,863 | ||||||||||
|
|
3,510,000 | 3,619,245 | ||||||||||
|
|
1,125,000 | 1,067,535 | ||||||||||
|
|
8,000,000 | 7,786,223 | ||||||||||
|
|
4,180,000 | 4,345,438 | ||||||||||
|
|
3,800,000 | 3,882,566 | ||||||||||
|
|
2,000,000 | 2,085,608 | ||||||||||
|
|
2,240,000 | 2,316,758 | ||||||||||
|
|
3,438,000 | 3,368,300 | ||||||||||
|
|
4,000,000 | 4,081,175 | ||||||||||
|
|
1,500,000 | 1,540,473 | ||||||||||
| Principal Amount* |
Value | |||||||||||
|
|
3,000,000 | $ | 3,061,826 | |||||||||
|
Sempra, 4.125% to 1/1/27, due
|
2,500,000 | 2,398,203 | ||||||||||
|
Sempra, 4.875% to
|
5,780,000 | 5,719,234 | ||||||||||
|
Sempra, 6.40% to 7/1/34, due
|
3,520,000 | 3,498,971 | ||||||||||
|
Sempra, 6.875% to 7/1/29, due
|
3,000,000 | 3,041,006 | ||||||||||
|
SoutheCo., 4.00% to 10/15/25, due 1/15/51, Series B(a)(f)(i)
|
3,000,000 | 2,944,989 | ||||||||||
| 66,928,908 | ||||||||||||
|
TOTAL
|
249,715,025 | |||||||||||
|
TOTAL PREFERRED SECURITIES-OVER-THE-COUNTER
(Identified cost-$496,249,554) |
506,495,142 | |||||||||||
|
CORPORATE BONDS
|
0.6% | |||||||||||
|
|
0.0% | |||||||||||
|
UTILITIES
|
||||||||||||
|
|
400,000 | 445,951 | ||||||||||
|
|
0.6% | |||||||||||
|
REAL ESTATE
|
0.2% | |||||||||||
|
|
3,060,000 | 2,845,331 | ||||||||||
|
due |
1,700,000 | 1,715,809 | ||||||||||
| 4,561,140 | ||||||||||||
|
UTILITIES
|
0.4% | |||||||||||
|
|
1,015,000 | 1,040,422 | ||||||||||
|
|
1,000,000 | 1,028,991 | ||||||||||
|
SoutheCo., 5.113%, due
|
6,000,000 | 6,053,874 | ||||||||||
| 8,123,287 | ||||||||||||
|
TOTAL
|
12,684,427 | |||||||||||
|
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Identified cost-$12,877,345) |
13,130,378 | |||||||||||
| Shares/Units | Value | |||||||||||
|
WARRANTS
|
0.0% | |||||||||||
|
|
0.0% | |||||||||||
|
|
182,834 | $ | 658,074 | |||||||||
|
TOTAL WARRANTS
(Identified cost-$621,635) |
658,074 | |||||||||||
|
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
|
0.6% | |||||||||||
|
MONEY MARKET FUNDS
|
||||||||||||
|
|
4,494,582 | 4,494,582 | ||||||||||
|
|
9,741,908 | 9,741,908 | ||||||||||
|
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Identified cost-$14,236,490) |
14,236,490 | |||||||||||
|
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES
(Identified cost-$2,724,612,467) |
140.6% | 3,242,675,319 | ||||||||||
|
WRITTEN OPTION CONTRACTS
(Premiums received-$85,109) |
(0.0) | (179,560 | ) | |||||||||
|
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS
|
(40.6) | (936,967,265 | ) | |||||||||
|
NET ASSETS
|
100.0% | $ | 2,305,528,494 | |||||||||
| Description | Exercise Price |
Expiration Date |
Number of Contracts |
Notional Amount(o) |
Premiums Received |
Value | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Put-Norfolk SoutheCorp.
|
$ | 240.00 | (268 | ) | $ | (6,289,960 | ) | $ | (85,109 | ) | $ | (179,560 | ) | |||||||||||
| Notional Amount | Fixed Rate Payable |
Fixed Payment Frequency |
Floating Rate Receivable (resets daily) |
Floating Payment Frequency |
Maturity Date | Value |
Upfront
Payments
(Receipts)
|
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0.670% | Monthly | 4.604%(p) | Monthly | $ | 6,944,765 | $ | (16,859 | ) | $ | 6,961,624 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 212,500,000 | 1.240% | Monthly | 4.604%(p) | Monthly | 7,379,577 | (3,158 | ) | 7,382,735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 85,000,000 | 0.898% | Monthly | 4.604%(p) | Monthly | 3,928,640 | (10,601 | ) | 3,939,241 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 255,000,000 | 1.237% | Monthly | 4.604%(p) | Monthly | 19,494,883 | (37,066 | ) | 19,531,949 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 37,747,865 | $ | (67,684 | ) | $ | 37,815,549 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
OIS
|
Overnight Indexed Swap | |
|
SOFR
|
Secured Overnight Financing Rate | |
|
USD
|
United States Dollar |
| * |
Amount denominated in
|
| † |
Represents shares.
|
| (a) |
All or a portion of the security is pledged as collateral in connection with the Fund's revolving credit agreement.
|
| (b) |
Stapled security. A security contractually bound to one or more other securities to form a single saleable unit which cannot be sold separately.
|
| (c) |
Non-income producing security.
|
| (d) |
Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may only be resold to qualified institutional buyers. Aggregate holdings amounted to
|
| (e) |
All or a portion of the security is pledged in connection with exchange-traded written option contracts.
|
| (f) |
A portion of the security has been rehypothecated in connection with the Fund's revolving credit agreement.
|
| (g) |
Perpetual security. Perpetual securities have no stated maturity date, but they may be called/redeemed by the issuer.
|
| (h) |
Variable rate. Rate shown is in effect at
|
| (i) |
Security converts to floating rate after the indicated fixed-rate coupon period.
|
| (j) |
|
| (k) |
Securities exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are subject to resale restrictions. Aggregate holdings amounted to
|
| (l) |
Security is in default.
|
| (m) |
Security value is determined based on significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).
|
| (n) |
Rate quoted represents the annualized seven-day yield.
|
| (o) |
Represents the number of contracts multiplied by notional contract size multiplied by the underlying price.
|
| (p) |
Based on USD-SOFR-OIS. Represents rates in effect at
|
| Sector Summary | % of Managed Assets |
|||
|
Electric
|
33.7 | |||
|
Midstream
|
13.6 | |||
|
Banking
|
9.4 | |||
|
Gas Distribution
|
8.3 | |||
|
Communications
|
6.3 | |||
|
Railways
|
6.2 | |||
|
Airports
|
6.2 | |||
|
Toll Roads
|
3.8 | |||
|
Utilities
|
3.2 | |||
|
Insurance
|
3.0 | |||
|
|
2.5 | |||
|
Pipelines
|
1.6 | |||
|
Other
|
2.2 | |||
| 100.0 | ||||
|
ASSETS:
|
||||
|
Investments in securities, at value(a) (Identified cost-$2,724,612,467)
|
$ | 3,242,675,319 | ||
|
Cash
|
273,937 | |||
|
Cash collateral pledged for interest rate swap contracts
|
9,857,253 | |||
|
Foreign currency, at value (Identified cost-$1,087,518)
|
1,083,767 | |||
|
Receivable for:
|
||||
|
Dividends and interest
|
14,664,146 | |||
|
Variation margin on interest rate swap contracts
|
118,611 | |||
|
Other assets
|
8,280 | |||
|
Total Assets
|
3,268,681,313 | |||
|
LIABILITIES:
|
||||
|
Written option contracts, at value (Premiums received-$85,109)
|
179,560 | |||
|
Payable for:
|
||||
|
Credit agreement
|
950,000,000 | |||
|
Interest expense
|
4,273,153 | |||
|
Foreign capital gains tax
|
4,005,928 | |||
|
Investment management fees
|
2,382,056 | |||
|
Investment securities purchased
|
1,518,180 | |||
|
Administration fees
|
168,145 | |||
|
Directors' fees
|
254 | |||
|
Other liabilities
|
625,543 | |||
|
Total Liabilities
|
963,152,819 | |||
|
NET ASSETS
|
$ | 2,305,528,494 | ||
|
NET ASSETS consist of:
|
||||
|
Paid-in capital
|
$ | 1,729,441,706 | ||
|
Total distributable earnings/(accumulated loss)
|
576,086,788 | |||
| $ | 2,305,528,494 | |||
|
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE:
|
||||
|
(
|
$ | 23.86 | ||
|
MARKET PRICE PER SHARE
|
$ | 24.04 | ||
|
MARKET PRICE PREMIUM (DISCOUNT) TO NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE
|
0.75 | % | ||
| (a) |
Includes
|
|
Investment Income:
|
||||
|
Dividend income (net of
|
$ | 109,871,004 | ||
|
Interest income
|
28,765,665 | |||
|
|
973,222 | |||
|
Total Investment Income
|
139,609,891 | |||
|
Expenses:
|
||||
|
Interest expense
|
56,476,708 | |||
|
Investment management fees
|
27,492,914 | |||
|
Administration fees
|
2,242,845 | |||
|
Shareholder reporting expenses
|
938,192 | |||
|
Custodian fees and expenses
|
233,643 | |||
|
|
194,645 | |||
|
Professional fees
|
146,277 | |||
|
Directors' fees and expenses
|
95,496 | |||
|
Transfer agent fees and expenses
|
22,830 | |||
|
Miscellaneous
|
429,939 | |||
|
Total Expenses
|
88,273,489 | |||
|
Net Investment Income (Loss)
|
51,336,402 | |||
|
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):
|
||||
|
Net realized gain (loss) on:
|
||||
|
Investments in securities (net of
|
116,380,076 | |||
|
Written option contracts
|
2,324,068 | |||
|
Interest rate swap contracts
|
35,521,157 | |||
|
Foreign currency transactions
|
(983,467 | ) | ||
|
Net realized gain (loss)
|
153,241,834 | |||
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
|
||||
|
Investments in securities (net of increase in accrued foreign capital gains
tax of |
89,728,113 | |||
|
Written option contracts
|
(171,468 | ) | ||
|
Interest rate swap contracts
|
(19,767,947 | ) | ||
|
Foreign currency translations
|
(99,646 | ) | ||
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
69,689,052 | |||
|
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
|
222,930,886 | |||
|
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
|
$ | 274,267,288 | ||
| For the Year Ended |
For the Year Ended |
|||||||
|
Change in Net Assets:
|
||||||||
|
From Operations:
|
||||||||
|
Net investment income (loss)
|
$ | 51,336,402 | $ | 44,364,276 | ||||
|
Net realized gain (loss)
|
153,241,834 | 107,698,302 | ||||||
|
Net change in unrealized
appreciation (depreciation) |
69,689,052 | (115,902,216 | ) | |||||
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
|
274,267,288 | 36,160,362 | ||||||
|
Distributions to shareholders
|
(179,439,120 | ) | (149,341,710 | ) | ||||
|
Tax retuof capital to shareholders
|
- | (29,565,253 | ) | |||||
|
Total distributions
|
(179,439,120 | ) | (178,906,963 | ) | ||||
|
Capital Stock Transactions:
|
||||||||
|
Issued as reinvestment of dividends and distributions (See Note 6)
|
6,577,662 | 3,330,799 | ||||||
|
Net proceeds from sale of shares (See Note 6)
|
- | 9,166,432 | (a) | |||||
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital stock transactions
|
6,577,662 | 12,497,231 | ||||||
|
Total increase (decrease) in
net assets |
101,405,830 | (130,249,370 | ) | |||||
|
Net Assets:
|
||||||||
|
Beginning of year
|
2,204,122,664 | 2,334,372,034 | ||||||
|
End of year
|
$ | 2,305,528,494 | $ | 2,204,122,664 | ||||
| (a) |
Net of offering costs of
|
|
Increase (Decrease) in Cash:
|
||||
|
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
|
||||
|
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
|
$ | 274,267,288 | ||
|
Adjustments to reconcile net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:
|
||||
|
Purchases of long-term investments
|
(1,025,576,285 | ) | ||
|
Proceeds from sales and maturities of long-term investments
|
1,128,058,066 | |||
|
Net purchases, sales and maturities of short-term investments
|
(2,639,641 | ) | ||
|
Net amortization of premium (accretion of discount) on investments in securities
|
1,142,658 | |||
|
Net (increase) decrease in dividends and interest receivable and other assets
|
474,685 | |||
|
Net (increase) decrease in receivable for variation margin on interest rate swap contracts
|
(253,653 | ) | ||
|
Net increase (decrease) in interest expense payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities
|
(573,593 | ) | ||
|
Net increase (decrease) in premiums received from written option contracts
|
(404,916 | ) | ||
|
Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation on written option contracts
|
171,468 | |||
|
Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation on investments in securities (net of
|
(89,728,113 | ) | ||
|
Net realized (gain) loss on investments in securities (net of
|
(116,380,076 | ) | ||
|
Cash provided by (used for) operating activities
|
168,557,888 | |||
|
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
|
||||
|
Dividends and distributions paid
|
(173,607,056 | ) | ||
|
Increase (decrease) in cash and restricted cash
|
(5,049,168 | ) | ||
|
Cash and restricted cash at beginning of year (including foreign currency)
|
16,264,125 | |||
|
Cash and restricted cash at end of year (including foreign currency)
|
$ | 11,214,957 | ||
|
Cash
|
$ | 273,937 | ||
|
Restricted cash
|
9,857,253 | |||
|
Foreign currency
|
1,083,767 | |||
|
Total cash and restricted cash shown on the Statement of Cash Flows
|
$ | 11,214,957 | ||
| For the Year Ended |
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| Per Share Operating Data: | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||||||||
|
Net asset value, beginning of year
|
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|
Income (loss) from investment operations:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net investment income (loss)(a)
|
0.53 | (b) | 0.46 | (c) | 0.50 | 0.56 | 0.41 | |||||||||||||
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
|
2.31 | (0.08 | ) | (2.56 | ) | 4.95 | (1.66 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
Total from investment operations
|
2.84 | 0.38 | (2.06 | ) | 5.51 | (1.25 | ) | |||||||||||||
|
Less dividends and distributions to shareholders from:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net investment income
|
(0.89 | ) | (0.84 | ) | (0.64 | ) | (0.54 | ) | (0.41 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Net realized gain
|
(0.97 | ) | (0.71 | ) | (1.22 | ) | (1.32 | ) | (1.45 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Tax retuof capital
|
- | (0.31 | ) | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||
|
Total dividends and distributions to shareholders
|
(1.86 | ) | (1.86 | ) | (1.86 | ) | (1.86 | ) | (1.86 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Anti-dilutive effect from the issuance of shares
|
- | 0.00 | (d) | 0.00 | (d) | 0.01 | - | |||||||||||||
|
Net increase (decrease) in net asset value
|
0.98 | (1.48 | ) | (3.92 | ) | 3.66 | (3.11 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
Net asset value, end of year
|
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|
Market value, end of year
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total net asset value return(e)
|
12.75 | % | 2.08 | % | -7.42 | % | 23.10 | % | -3.66 | % | ||||||||||
|
Total market value return(e)
|
22.37 | % | -3.77 | % | -9.53 | % | 18.29 | % | 6.94 | % | ||||||||||
| For the Year Ended |
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| Ratios/Supplemental Data: | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||||||||
|
Net assets, end of year (in millions)
|
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|
Ratios to average daily net assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Expenses
|
3.86 | %(b) | 3.97 | % | 2.44 | % | 2.19 | % | 2.53 | % | ||||||||||
|
Expenses (excluding interest expense)
|
1.39 | %(b) | 1.39 | % | 1.34 | % | 1.34 | % | 1.35 | % | ||||||||||
|
Net investment income (loss)
|
2.25 | %(b) | 2.02 | %(c) | 1.94 | % | 2.10 | % | 1.73 | % | ||||||||||
|
|
2.73 | % | 2.77 | % | 1.76 | % | 1.59 | % | 1.83 | % | ||||||||||
|
Portfolio turnover rate
|
32 | % | 40 | % | 38 | % | 47 | % | 54 | % | ||||||||||
|
Credit Agreement:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Asset coverage ratio for credit agreement
|
343 | % | 332 | % | 346 | % | 383 | % | 371 | % | ||||||||||
|
Asset coverage per
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Amount of loan outstanding (in millions)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) |
Calculation based on average shares outstanding.
|
| (b) |
Reflects income and expenses from
|
| (c) |
Reflects income from
|
| (d) |
Amount is less than
|
| (e) |
Total net asset value retumeasures the change in net asset value per share over the year indicated. Total market value retuis computed based upon the Fund's market price per share and excludes the effects of brokerage commissions. Dividends and distributions are assumed, for purposes of these calculations, to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Fund's dividend reinvestment plan.
|
| (f) |
Average daily managed assets represent net assets plus the outstanding balance of the credit agreement.
|
| • |
Level 1-quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
|
| • |
Level 2-other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, credit risk, etc.)
|
| • |
Level 3-significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
|
| Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Investments (Level 1) |
Other Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2) |
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
Total | |||||||||||||
|
Common Stock:
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
$ | - | $ | 38,643,850 | $ | - | $ | 38,643,850 | ||||||||
|
Other Countries
|
2,583,449,873 | - | - | 2,583,449,873 | ||||||||||||
|
Preferred Securities-
Exchange-Traded |
86,061,512 | - | - | 86,061,512 | ||||||||||||
| Preferred Securities-Over-the-Counter: | ||||||||||||||||
|
|
- | 37,526,933 | 357,000 | (a) | 37,883,933 | |||||||||||
|
Other Countries
|
- | 468,611,209 | - | 468,611,209 | ||||||||||||
|
Corporate Bonds
|
- | 13,130,378 | - | 13,130,378 | ||||||||||||
|
Warrants
|
658,074 | - | - | 658,074 | ||||||||||||
|
Short-Term Investments
|
- | 14,236,490 | - | 14,236,490 | ||||||||||||
|
Total Investments in Securities(b)
|
$ | 2,670,169,459 | $ | 572,148,860 | $ | 357,000 | $ | 3,242,675,319 | ||||||||
|
Interest Rate Swap Contracts
|
$ | - | $ | 37,815,549 | $ | - | $ | 37,815,549 | ||||||||
|
Total Derivative Assets(b)
|
$ | - | $ | 37,815,549 | $ | - | $ | 37,815,549 | ||||||||
|
Written Option Contracts
|
$ | (179,560 | ) | $ | - | $ | - | $ | (179,560 | ) | ||||||
|
Total Derivative Liabilities(b)
|
$ | (179,560 | ) | $ | - | $ | - | $ | (179,560 | ) | ||||||
| (a) |
Securities have been fair valued by the Valuation Committee pursuant to the Fund's fair value procedures and classified as Level 3 securities.
|
| (b) |
Portfolio holdings are disclosed individually on the Schedule of Investments.
|
|
Ex-Date/Record Date
|
Payable Date
|
Amount | ||
|
Assets
|
Liabilities
|
|||||||||||
|
Derivatives
|
Location
|
Fair Value |
Location
|
Fair Value | ||||||||
|
Equity Risk:
|
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|
Written Option Contracts-
Exchange-Traded(a) |
- | $ | - | Written option contracts, at value |
$ | 179,560 | ||||||
|
Interest Rate Risk:
|
||||||||||||
|
Interest Rate Swap Contracts(a)
|
Receivable for variation margin on interest rate swap contracts | 37,815,549 | (b) | - | - | |||||||
| (a) |
Not subject to a master netting agreement or another similar arrangement.
|
| (b) |
Amount represents the cumulative net appreciation (depreciation) on interest rate swap contracts as reported on the Schedule of Investments. The Statement of Assets and Liabilities only reflects the current day variation margin receivable from the broker.
|
|
Derivatives
|
Location
|
Realized Gain (Loss) |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
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|
Equity Risk:
|
||||||||||
|
Purchased Option Contracts(a)
|
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | $ | 128,597 | $ | - | |||||
|
Written Option
Contracts |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | 2,324,068 | (171,468 | ) | ||||||
|
Interest Rate Risk:
|
||||||||||
|
Interest Rate Swap Contracts
|
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | 35,521,157 | (19,767,947 | ) | ||||||
| (a) |
Purchased option contracts are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments in securities.
|
| Purchased Option Contracts |
Written Option Contracts |
|||||||
|
Average Notional Amount(a)(b)
|
$ | 7,684,715 | $ | 19,799,180 | ||||
| (a) |
Average notional amounts represent the average for all months in which the Fund had option contracts outstanding at month-end. For the period, this represents two months for purchased option contracts and eleven months for written option contracts.
|
| (b) |
Notional amount is calculated using the number of contracts multiplied by notional contract size multiplied by the underlying price.
|
| For the Year Ended |
||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
|
Ordinary income
|
$ | 85,390,797 | $ | 98,934,622 | ||||
|
Long-term capital gain
|
94,048,323 | 50,407,088 | ||||||
|
Tax retuof capital
|
- | 29,565,253 | ||||||
|
Total dividends and distributions
|
$ | 179,439,120 | $ | 178,906,963 | ||||
|
Cost of investments in securities for federal income tax purposes
|
$ | 2,730,055,345 | ||
|
Gross unrealized appreciation on investments
|
$ | 658,880,413 | ||
|
Gross unrealized depreciation on investments
|
(112,629,888 | ) | ||
|
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
|
$ | 546,250,525 | ||
|
Undistributed ordinary income
|
$ | 12,122,044 | ||
|
Undistributed long-term capital gains
|
$ | 16,745,571 | ||
|
Assumed Portfolio Total Return
|
-10 | % | -5 | % | 0 | % | 5 | % | 10 | % | ||||||||||
|
Common Share Total Return
|
- | 16.2 | % | - | 9.2 | % | - | 2.1 | % | 4.9 | % | 12.0 | % |
| • |
high interest costs in connection with capital construction and improvement programs;
|
| • |
difficulty in raising capital in adequate amounts on reasonable terms in periods of high inflation and unsettled capital markets;
|
| • |
inexperience with and potential losses resulting from a developing deregulatory environment;
|
| • |
costs associated with compliance with and changes in environmental and other regulations;
|
| • |
regulation or adverse actions by various government authorities;
|
| • |
government regulation of rates charged to customers;
|
| • |
service interruption due to environmental, operational or other mishaps;
|
| • |
the imposition of special tariffs and changes in tax laws, regulatory policies and accounting standards;
|
| • |
technological innovations that may render existing plants, equipment or products obsolete; and
|
| • |
general changes in market sentiment towards infrastructure and utilities assets.
|
| • |
Fluctuations in commodity prices may impact the volume of commodities transported, processed, stored or distributed.
|
| • |
Reduced volumes of natural gas or other energy commodities available for transporting, processing, storing or distributing may affect the profitability of companies in the energy sector.
|
| • |
Slowdowns in new construction and acquisitions can limit growth potential.
|
| • |
A sustained reduced demand for crude oil, natural gas and refined petroleum products that could adversely affect revenues and cash flows.
|
| • |
Depletion of the natural gas reserves or other commodities if not replaced, which could impact the ability of companies in the energy sector to make distributions.
|
| • |
Changes in the regulatory environment could adversely affect the profitability of companies in the energy sector.
|
| • |
Extreme weather or other natural disasters could impact the value of companies in the energy sector.
|
| • |
Rising interest rates which could result in a higher cost of capital and divert investors into other investment opportunities.
|
| • |
Threats of attack by terrorists on energy assets could impact the market for securities of companies in the energy sector.
|
| • |
Weakening energy market fundamentals may increase counterparty risk and impact MLP profitability. Specifically, energy companies suffering financial distress may be able to abrogate contracts with MLPs, decreasing or eliminating sources of revenue.
|
| • |
Deferral and Omission Risk. Preferred securities may include provisions that permit the issuer, at its discretion, to defer or omit distributions for a stated period without any adverse consequences to the issuer. In certain cases, deferring or omitting distributions may be mandatory. If the Fund owns a preferred security that is deferring its distributions, the Fund may be required to report income for tax purposes although it has not yet received such income. In addition, recent changes in bank regulations may increase the likelihood for issuers to defer or omit distributions.
|
| • |
Credit and Subordination Risk. Credit risk is the risk that a preferred security in the Fund's portfolio will decline in price or the issuer of the security will fail to make dividend, interest or principal payments when due because the issuer experiences a decline in its financial status. Preferred securities are generally subordinated to bonds and other debt instruments in a company's capital structure in terms of having priority to corporate income, claims to corporate assets and liquidation payments, and therefore will be subject to greater credit risk than more senior debt instruments.
|
| • |
Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk is the risk that preferred securities will decline in value because of changes in market interest rates. When market interest rates rise, the market value of such securities generally will fall, and therefore the Fund may underperform during periods of rising interest rates. Interest rates may change frequently and drastically as a result of various factors, including unexpected shifts in the domestic or global economy (or expectations that domestic or global economic policies will change). Preferred securities with longer periods before maturity may be more sensitive to interest rate changes.
|
| • |
Prepayment and Extension Risk. Prepayment risk is the risk that changes in interest rates, credit spreads or other factors will result in the call (repayment) of a preferred security more quickly than expected, such that the Fund may have to invest the proceeds in lower yielding securities, or that expectations of such early call will negatively impact the market price of the security.
|
| • |
Extension Risk. Extension risk is the risk that changes in the interest rates or credit spreads may result in diminishing call expectations, which can cause prices to fall.
|
| • |
Call, Reinvestment and Income Risk. During periods of declining interest rates, an issuer may be able to exercise an option to redeem its issue at par earlier than scheduled which is generally known as call risk. Recent regulatory changes may increase call risk with respect to
|
| certain types of preferred securities. If this occurs, the Fund may be forced to reinvest in lower yielding securities. This is known as reinvestment risk. Preferred securities frequently have call features that allow the issuer to repurchase the security prior to its stated maturity. An issuer may redeem preferred securities if the issuer can refinance the preferred securities at a lower cost due to declining interest rates or an improvement in the credit standing of the issuer, or in the event of regulatory changes affecting the capital treatment of a security. Another risk associated with a declining interest rate environment is that the income from the Fund's portfolio may decline over time when the Fund invests the proceeds from new share sales at market rates that are below the portfolio's current earnings rate. |
| • |
Liquidity Risk. Certain preferred securities may be substantially less liquid than many other securities, such as common stocks or
|
| • |
Limited Voting Rights Risk. Generally, traditional preferred securities offer no voting rights with respect to the issuer unless preferred dividends have been in arrears for a specified number of periods, at which time the preferred security holders may elect a number of directors to the issuer's board of directors. Generally, once all the arrearages have been paid, the preferred security holders no longer have voting rights. Hybrid-preferred security holders generally have no voting rights.
|
| • |
Special Redemption Rights. In certain varying circumstances, an issuer of preferred securities may redeem the securities prior to a specified date. For instance, for certain types of preferred securities, a redemption may be triggered by a change in
|
| • |
New Types of Securities. From time to time, preferred securities, including hybrid-preferred securities, have been, and may in the future be, offered having features other than those described herein. The Fund reserves the right to invest in these securities if the investment manager believes that doing so would be consistent with the Fund's investment objective and policies. Since the market for these instruments would be new, the Fund may have difficulty disposing of them at a suitable price and time. In addition to limited liquidity, these instruments may present other risks, such as high price volatility.
|
| • |
declines in the value of real estate;
|
| • |
risks related to general and local economic conditions;
|
| • |
possible lack of availability of mortgage funds;
|
| • |
overbuilding;
|
| • |
extended vacancies of properties;
|
| • |
increased competition;
|
| • |
increases in property taxes and operating expenses;
|
| • |
changes in zoning laws;
|
| • |
losses due to costs resulting from the clean-up of environmental problems;
|
| • |
liability to third parties for damages resulting from environmental problems;
|
| • |
casualty or condemnation losses;
|
| • |
limitations on rents;
|
| • |
changes in neighborhood values and the appeal of properties to tenants;
|
| • |
changes in interest rates;
|
| • |
financial condition of tenants, buyers and sellers of real estate;
|
| • |
quality of maintenance, insurance and management services;
|
| • |
falling home prices;
|
| • |
failure of borrowers to repay their loans;
|
| • |
early payment or restricting of mortgage loans;
|
| • |
slower mortgage origination; and
|
| • |
rising construction costs.
|
|
Year of Birth(1)
|
Position(s) Held
With Fund
|
Term of
Office(2)
|
Principal Occupation
During At Least
The Past Five Years
(Including Other
Directorships Held)
|
Number of
Funds Within
Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Director
(Including
the Fund)
|
Length
of Time
Served(3)
|
|||||||
| Interested Directors(4) | ||||||||||||
|
1963
|
Director, Chair | Until Next Election of Directors | Chief Executive Officer since 2022 and |
23 | Since 2014 | |||||||
|
1964
|
Director | Until Next Election of Directors | CFA; Chief Operating Officer of the investment manager since 2003 and CNS since 2004. |
23 | Since 2021 | |||||||
| Independent Directors | ||||||||||||
|
1965
|
Director | Until Next Election of Directors | CFA; From 2006 to 2011, |
23 | Since 2011 | |||||||
|
Year of Birth(1)
|
Position(s) Held
With Fund
|
Term of
Office(2)
|
Principal Occupation
During At Least
The Past Five Years
(Including Other
Directorships Held)
|
Number of
Funds Within
Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Director
(Including
the Fund)
|
Length
of Time
Served(3)
|
|||||
|
1953
|
Director | Until Next Election of Directors | Attorney-at-law. | 23 | Since 1993 | |||||
|
1959
|
Director | Until Next Election of Directors | CFA; Advisor to SigFig (a registered investment advisor) from July 2018 to July 2022; Chief Investment Officer at Wells Fargo Private Bank from 2004 to 2014 and Chief Investment Officer of the Wealth, Brokerage and Retirement group at |
23 | Since 2015 | |||||
|
Year of Birth(1)
|
Position(s) Held
With Fund
|
Term of
Office(2)
|
Principal Occupation
During At Least
The Past Five Years
(Including Other
Directorships Held)
|
Number of
Funds Within
Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Director
(Including
the Fund)
|
Length
of Time
Served(3)
|
|||||
|
1955
|
Director | Until Next Election of Directors | 23 | Since 2015 | ||||||
|
1960
|
Director | Until Next Election of Directors | 23 | Since 2015 | ||||||
|
Year of Birth(1)
|
Position(s) Held
With Fund
|
Term of
Office(2)
|
Principal Occupation
During At Least
The Past Five Years
(Including Other
Directorships Held)
|
Number of
Funds Within
Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Director
(Including
the Fund)
|
Length
of Time
Served(3)
|
|||||
|
1966
|
Director | Until Next Election of Directors |
Investment Committee Member of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation since 2015; Member of the Advisory Board of Northeast
|
23 | Since 2017 | |||||
|
Year of Birth(1)
|
Position(s) Held
With Fund
|
Term of
Office(2)
|
Principal Occupation
During At Least
The Past Five Years
(Including Other
Directorships Held)
|
Number of
Funds Within
Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Director
(Including
the Fund)
|
Length
of Time
Served(3)
|
|||||
|
1960
|
Director | Until Next Election of Directors | CFA; Member, Capital Southwest Board of Directors since 2021; Member, Thomas Jefferson University Board of Trustees since 2020; and its insurance subsidiary board, Partners Insurance Company, Inc., since 2023 Managing Director, Public Investments Department, NorthwesteMutual Investment Management Company, LLC from 2012 to 2019; former Member, Milwaukee Film, LLC Board of Directors from 2016 to 2019. | 23 | Since 2021 | |||||
| (1) |
The address for each Director is 1166 Avenue of the
|
| (2) |
On March 12, 2008, the Board of Directors adopted a mandatory retirement policy stating a Director must retire from the Board on December 31st of the year in which he or she turns 75 years of age.
|
| (3) |
The length of time served represents the year in which the Director was first elected or appointed to any fund in the Cohen & Steers Fund Complex.
|
| (4) |
"Interested persons," as defined in the 1940 Act, on the basis of their affiliation with the investment manager (Interested Directors).
|
|
Year of Birth(1)
|
Position(s) Held
With Fund
|
Principal Occupation During At Least the Past Five Years
|
Length
of Time
Served(2)
|
|||
|
1966
|
Executive Vice President of the investment manager since 2014. Prior to that, Senior Vice President of the investment manager since 2006. | Since 2006 | ||||
|
1977
|
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | Senior Vice President of the investment manager since 2019. Prior to that, Vice President of the investment manager since 2015. | Since 2015 | |||
|
1981
|
Secretary and Chief Legal Officer | Senior Vice President of the investment manager since 2019. Prior to that, Vice President of the investment manager since 2013. | Since 2015 | |||
|
1966
|
Chief Compliance Officer and Vice President | Senior Vice President of the investment manager since 2019. Prior to that, Managing Director at |
Since 2019 | |||
|
1974
|
Vice |
Executive Vice President of the investment manager since 2019. Prior to that, Senior Vice President of investment manager since 2010. | Since 2013 | |||
|
1985
|
Vice |
Senior Vice President of the investment manager since 2018. Prior to that, Vice President of the investment manager since 2015. | Since 2015 | |||
|
1978
|
Vice |
Vice |
Since 2022 | |||
|
1964
|
Vice |
Senior Vice President of the investment manager since 2007. | Since 2008 | |||
| 1 |
The address of each officer is 1166 Avenue of the
|
| 2 |
Officers serve one-year terms. The length of time served represents the year in which the officer was first elected as an officer of any fund in the
|
| Facts | What Does Cohen & Steers Do With Your Personal Information? | |
| Why? | Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do. | |
| What? |
The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:
• Social Security number and account balances
• Transaction history and account transactions
• Purchase history and wire transfer instructions
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|
| How? | All financial companies need to share customers' personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers' personal information; the reasons |
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| Reasons we can share your personal information | Does share? |
Can you limit this sharing? |
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For our everyday business purposes-
such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or reports to credit bureaus
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Yes | No | ||
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For our marketing purposes-
to offer our products and services to you
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Yes | No | ||
| For joint marketing with other financial companies- | No | We don't share | ||
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For our affiliates' everyday business purposes-
information about your transactions and experiences
|
No | We don't share | ||
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For our affiliates' everyday business purposes-
information about your creditworthiness
|
No | We don't share | ||
| For our affiliates to market to you- | No | We don't share | ||
| For non-affiliates to market to you- | No | We don't share | ||
| Questions? Call 866-227-0757 | ||||
| Who we are | ||
| Who is providing this notice? | ||
| What we do | ||
| How does |
To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings. We restrict access to your information to those employees who need it to perform their jobs, and also require companies that provide services on our behalf to protect your information. | |
| How does |
We collect your personal information, for example, when you:
• Open an account or buy securities from us
• Provide account information or give us your contact information
• Make deposits or withdrawals from your account
We also collect your personal information from other companies.
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| Why can't I limit all sharing? |
Federal law gives you the right to limit only:
• sharing for affiliates' everyday business purposes-information about your creditworthiness
• affiliates from using your information to market to you
• sharing for non-affiliates to market to you
State law and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing.
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| Definitions | ||
| Affiliates |
Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
• Cohen & Steers does not share with affiliates.
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| Non-affiliates |
Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
• Cohen & Steers does not share with non-affiliates.
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| Joint marketing |
A formal agreement between non-affiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you.
• Cohen & Steers does not jointly market.
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| • | Designed for investors seeking total return, investing primarily in |
| • | Symbols: CSJAX, CSJCX, CSJIX, CSRSX, CSJRX, CSJZX |
| • | Designed for investors seeking total return, investing primarily in |
| • | Symbols: CSEIX, CSCIX, CREFX, CSDIX, CIRRX, CSZIX |
| • | Designed for institutional investors seeking total return, investing primarily in |
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| • | Designed for investors seeking total return, investing primarily in global real estate equity securities |
| • | Symbols: CSFAX, CSFCX, CSSPX, GRSRX, CSFZX |
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| • | Symbols: IRFAX, IRFCX, IRFIX, IRFRX, IRFZX |
| • | Designed for investors seeking total retuand the maximization of real returns during inflationary environments by investing primarily in real assets |
| • | Symbols: RAPAX, RAPCX, RAPIX, RAPRX, RAPZX |
| • | Designed for investors seeking total retu(high current income and capital appreciation), investing primarily in preferred and debt securities issued by |
| • | Symbols: CPXAX, CPXCX, CPXFX, CPXIX, CPRRX, CPXZX |
| • | Designed for investors seeking high current income and capital preservation by investing in low-duration preferred and other income securities issued by |
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| • | Designed for investors seeking total return, investing primarily in securities of traditional and alternative energy companies |
| • | Symbols: MLOAX, MLOCX, MLOIX, MLORX, MLOZX |
| • | Designed for investors seeking total return, investing primarily in global infrastructure securities |
| • | Symbols: CSUAX, CSUCX, CSUIX, CSURX, CSUZX |
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Item 2. Code of Ethics.
The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics as defined in Item 2 of Form N-CSRthat applies to its Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer (the "Code of Ethics"). The Code of Ethics was in effect during the reporting period. The registrant has not amended the Code of Ethics as described in Form N-CSRduring the reporting period. The Registrant has not granted any waiver, including an implicit waiver, from a provision of the Code of Ethics as described in Form N-CSRduring the reporting period. A current copy of the Code of Ethics is available on the Registrant's website at https://assets.cohenandsteers.com/assets/content/uploads/Code_of_Ethics_for_Principal_Executive_and_Principal_Financial_Officers_of_the_Funds.pdf. Upon request, a copy of the Code of Ethics can be obtained free of charge by calling 800-330-7348or writing to the Secretary of the Registrant, 1166 Avenue of the
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
The Registrant's board has determined that
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
(a) - (d) Aggregate fees billed to the Registrant for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 for professional services rendered by the Registrant's principal accountant were as follows:
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Audit Fees |
$53,701 | $56,201 | ||
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Audit-Related Fees |
$0 | $0 | ||
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Tax Fees |
$26,486 | $26,486 | ||
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All Other Fees |
$0 | $0 |
Tax fees were billed in connection with tax compliance services, including the review of federal and state tax returns and the computation of franchise tax amounts.
(e)(1) The Registrant's audit committee is required to pre-approveaudit and non-auditservices performed for the Registrant by the principal accountant. The audit committee also is required to pre-approvenon-auditservices performed by the Registrant's principal accountant for the Registrant's investment advisor (not including any sub-advisorwhose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment advisor) and/or to any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Registrant's investment advisor that provides ongoing services to the Registrant, if the engagement for services relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant.
The audit committee may delegate pre-approvalauthority to one or more of its members who are independent members of the board of directors of the Registrant. The member or members to whom such authority is delegated shall report any pre-approvaldecisions to the audit committee at its next scheduled meeting. The audit committee may not delegate its responsibility to pre-approveservices to be performed by the Registrant's principal accountant to the investment advisor.
(e)(2) No services included in (b) - (d) above were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraphs (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01of Regulation S-X.
(f) Not applicable.
(g) For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the aggregate fees billed by the Registrant's principal accountant for non-auditservices rendered to the Registrant and for non-auditservices rendered to the Registrant's investment advisor (not including any sub-advisorwhose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment advisor) and/or to any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Registrant's investment advisor that provides ongoing services to the Registrant were:
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Registrant |
$26,486 | $26,486 | ||
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Investment Advisor |
$0 | $0 |
(h) The Registrant's audit committee considered whether the provision of non-auditservices that were rendered to the Registrant's investment advisor (not including any sub-advisorwhose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment advisor) and/or to any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Registrant's investment advisor that provides ongoing services to the Registrant that were not required to be pre-approvedpursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01of Regulation S-Xwas compatible with maintaining the principal accountant's independence.
(i) Not applicable.
(j) Not applicable.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
(a) The Registrant has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The members of the committee are
(b) Not applicable.
Item 6. Investments.
(a) Included in Item 1 above.
(b) Not applicable.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Financial Highlights for Open-EndManagement Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants for Open-EndManagement Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 9. Proxy Disclosures for Open-EndManagement Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 10. Remuneration Paid to Directors, Officers, and Others of Open-EndManagement Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 11. Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of Investment Advisory Contract.
Not applicable.
Item 12. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-EndManagement Investment Companies.
The Registrant has delegated voting of proxies in respect of portfolio holdings to
STATEMENT OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES REGARDING THE VOTING OF SECURITIES
This statement sets forth the policies and procedures that
General Proxy Voting Guidelines
Objectives
Voting rights are an important component of corporate governance.
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Responsibility. |
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Rationalizing Management and Shareholder Concerns. |
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Shareholder Communication. Since companies are owned by their shareholders, |
General Principles
In exercising voting rights,
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The ability to exercise a voting right with respect to a security is a valuable right and, therefore, must be viewed as part of the asset itself. |
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In exercising voting rights, |
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Consistent with general fiduciary duties, the exercise of voting rights shall always be conducted with reasonable care, prudence and diligence. |
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In exercising voting rights on behalf of clients, |
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To the extent reasonably possible, |
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Voting rights shall not automatically be exercised in favor of management-supported proposals. |
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General Guidelines
Set forth below are general guidelines that
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Prudence. In making a proxy voting decision, |
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Third Party Views. While |
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Shareholder Value. Just as the decision whether to purchase or sell a security is a matter of judgment, determining whether a specific proxy resolution will increase the market value of a security is a matter of judgment as to which informed parties may differ. In determining how a proxy vote may affect the economic value of a security, |
Specific Guidelines
Board and Director Proposals
Election of Directors
Voting for Director Nominees in Uncontested Elections
Votes on director nominees are made on a case-by-casebasis using a "mosaic" approach, where all factors are considered and no single factor is determinative. In evaluating director nominees,
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Whether the nominee attended less than 75 percent of the board and committee meetings without a valid excuse for the absences; |
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Whether the nominee is an inside or affiliated outside director and sits on the audit, compensation, or nominating committees and/or the full board serves as the audit, compensation, or nominating committees or the company does not have one of these committees; |
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Whether the board ignored a significant shareholder proposal that was approved by a majority of the votes cast in the previous year; |
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Whether the board, without shareholder approval, instituted a new poison pill plan, extended an existing plan, or adopted a new plan upon the expiration of an existing plan during the past year; |
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Whether the nominee is the chairman or CEO of a publicly-traded company who serves on more than two (2) public company boards; |
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In the case of nominees other than the chairman or CEO, whether the nominee serves on more than four (4) public company boards; |
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If the nominee is an incumbent director, the length of tenure taking into account tenure limits recommended by local corporate governance codes1; |
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Whether the nominee has a material related party transaction or a material conflict of interest with the company; |
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Whether the nominee (or the entire board) has a record of making poor corporate or strategic decisions or has demonstrated an overall lack of good business judgment; |
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Material failures of governance, stewardship, or fiduciary responsibilities at the company; |
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Material failures of risk oversight including, but not limited to: |
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Bribery; |
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Large or serial fines from regulatory bodies; |
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Demonstrably poor risk oversight of environmental and social issues, including climate change; |
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Significant adverse legal judgments or settlements; |
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Hedging of company stock by employees or directors of a company; or |
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Significant pledging of company stock in the aggregate by officers or directors of a company; |
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Whether the board has oversight of material climate-related risks and opportunities including, but not limited to: |
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The transition and physical risks the company faces related to climate change on its operations and investment in terms of the impact on its business and financial condition, including the company's related disclosures; |
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How the board identifies, measures and manages such risks; and |
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The board's oversight of climate-related risk as a part of governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets; |
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Actions related to a nominee's service on other boards that raise substantial doubt about such nominee's ability to effectively oversee management and serve the best interests of shareholders at any company; and |
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In the case of a nominee that is the chair of the nominating committee (or other directors on a case-by-casebasis), whether the company's board lacks diversity including, but not limited to, diversity of gender, ethnicity, race and background. |
Voting for Director Nominees in Contested Elections
Votes in a contested election of directors are evaluated on a case-by-casebasis considering the long-term financial performance of the company relative to its industry management's track record, the qualifications of the nominees and other relevant factors.
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For example, in the |
Board Composition and Gender Diversity
We encourage companies to continue to evolve diversity and inclusion practices. We generally vote against the chair of the nominating committee (or other directors on a case-by-casebasis) at companies where the post-election board contains no female directors if the board has not included a female director during the last 12 months and the company has not articulated a plan to include a qualified female nominee.
Non-Disclosureof Board Nominees
Majority Vote Requirement for Directors (SP)2
Separation of Chairman and CEO (SP)
Independent Chairman (SP)
Lead Independent Director (SP)
In cases where the CEO and chairman roles are combined or the chairman is not independent,
Board Independence (SP)
In general,
In addition,
Board Size (SP)
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"SP" refers to a shareholder proposal. |
Classified Boards (SP)
Tiered Boards (non-
Independent Committees (SP)
Adoption of a Board with Audit Committee Structure (
Non-Disclosureof Board Compensation
Director and Officer Indemnification and Liability Protection
Directors' Liability (non-
These proposals ask shareholders to give discharge from responsibility for all decisions made during the previous financial year. Depending on the country, this resolution may or may not be legally binding, may not release the board from its legal responsibility, and does not necessarily eliminate the possibility of future shareholder action (although it does make such action more difficult to pursue).
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A lack of oversight or actions by board members that amount to malfeasance or poor supervision, such as operating in private or company interest rather than in shareholder interest; |
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Any legal issues (e.g., civil/criminal) aimed to hold the board liable for past or current actions that constitute a breach of trust, such as price fixing, insider trading, bribery, fraud, or other illegal actions; or |
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Other egregious governance issues where shareholders are likely to bring legal action against the company or its directors. |
Directors' Contracts (non-
Best market practice about the appropriate length of directors' service contracts varies by jurisdiction. As such,
Compensation Proposals
Votes on Executive Compensation."Say-on-Pay"votes are determined on a case-by-casebasis taking into account the reasonableness of the company's compensation structure and the adequacy of the disclosure.
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Poor linkage between executive pay and company performance and profitability; |
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The presence of objectionable structural features in the compensation plan, such as excessive perquisites, golden parachutes, tax-grossup provisions, and automatic benchmarking of pay in the top half of the peer group; and |
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A lack of proportionality in the plan relative to the company's size and peer group. |
Additional Disclosure of Executive and Director Pay (SP).
Frequency of Shareholder Votes on Executive Compensation.
Golden Parachutes.In general,
In the context of an acquisition, merger, consolidation, or proposed sale,
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Potentially excessive severance payments; |
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Agreements that include excessive excise tax gross-upprovisions; |
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Single-trigger payments upon a change in control ("CIC"), including cash payments and the acceleration of performance-based equity despite the failure to achieve performance measures; |
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Single-trigger vesting of equity based on a definition of change in control that requires only shareholder approval of the transaction (rather than consummation); |
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Recent amendments or other changes that may make packages so attractive as to encourage transactions that may not be in the best interests of shareholders; or |
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The company's assertion that a proposed transaction is conditioned on shareholder approval of the golden parachute advisory vote. |
Non-ExecutiveDirector Remuneration (non-
Approval of Annual Bonuses for Directors and Statutory Auditors (
Equity Compensation Plans. Votes on proposals related to compensation plans are determined on a case-by-casebasis taking into account plan features and equity grant practices, where positive factors may counterbalance negative factors (and vice versa), as evaluated based on three pillars:
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Plan Cost: the total estimated cost of the company's equity plans relative to industry/market cap peers measured by the company's estimated shareholder value transfer (SVT) in relation to peers, considering: |
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SVT based on new shares requested plus shares remaining for future grants, plus outstanding unvested/unexercised grants; and |
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SVT based only on new shares requested plus shares remaining for future grants. |
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Plan Features: |
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Automatic single-trigger award vesting upon a CIC; |
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Discretionary vesting authority; |
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Liberal share recycling on various award types; and |
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Minimum vesting period for grants made under the plan. |
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Grant Practices: |
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The company's three year burate relative to its industry/market cap peers; |
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Vesting requirements for most recent CEO equity grants (3-yearlook-back); |
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The estimated duration of the plan based on the sum of shares remaining available and the new shares requested divided by the average annual shares granted in the prior three years; |
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The proportion of the CEO's most recent equity grants/awards subject to performance conditions; |
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Whether the company maintains a claw-back policy; and |
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Whether the company has established post exercise/vesting shareholding requirements. |
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Awards may vest in connection with a liberal CIC; |
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The plan would permit re-pricingor cash buyout of underwater options without shareholder approval; |
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The plan is a vehicle for problematic pay practices or a pay-for-performancedisconnect; or |
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Any other plan features that are determined to have a significant negative impact on shareholder interests. |
Equity Compensation Plans (non-
Long-Term Incentive Plans (non-
Transferable Stock Options.
Approval of Cash or Cash-and-StockBonus Plans.
Employee Stock Purchase Plans.
401(k) Employee Benefit Plans.
Pension Arrangements (non-
Stock Ownership Requirements (SP).
Stock Holding Periods (SP).
Recovery of Incentive Compensation (SP).
Capital Structure Changes and Anti-Takeover Proposals
Increase to Authorized Shares.
Blank Check Preferred Stock.
authorized by the board for legitimate capital formation purposes and not for anti-takeover purposes, and (ii) no preferred stock will be issued with voting power that is disproportionate to the economic interests of the preferred stock. These representations should be made either in the proxy statement or in a separate letter from the company to us.
Pre-EmptiveRights.
Dual ClassCapitalizations. Because classes of common stock with unequal voting rights limit the rights of certain shareholders,
Restructurings/Recapitalizations.
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Dilution: how much will the ownership interest of existing shareholders be reduced, and how extreme will dilution to any future earnings be? |
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Change in control: will the transaction result in a change in control of the company? |
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Bankruptcy: generally approve proposals that facilitate debt restructurings unless there are clear signs of self-dealing or other abuses. |
Share Repurchase Programs.
Targeted Share Placements (SP).
Shareholder Rights Plans.
Shareholder Rights Plans (
Reincorporation Proposals. Proposals to change a company's jurisdiction of incorporation are examined on a case-by-casebasis. When evaluating such proposals,
Voting on State Takeover Statutes (SP).
Mergers and Corporate Restructurings
Mergers and Acquisitions. Votes on mergers and acquisitions are considered on a case-by-casebasis, taking into account the anticipated financial and operating benefits, offer price (cost vs. premium), prospects of the combined companies, how the deal was negotiated and changes in corporate governance and their impact on shareholder rights.
Nonfinancial Effects of a Merger or Acquisition. Some companies have proposed charter provisions that specify that the board of directors may examine the nonfinancial effects of a merger or acquisition on the company. This provision would allow the board to evaluate the impact a proposed change in control would have on employees, host communities, suppliers and/or others.
Spin-offs.
Asset Sales.
Liquidations.
Issuance of Debt (non-
Ratification of Auditors
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an auditor has a financial interest in or association with the company, and is therefore not independent; |
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there is reason to believe that the independent auditor has rendered an opinion that is neither accurate nor indicative of the company's financial position; |
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the name of the proposed auditor and/or fees paid to the audit firm are not disclosed by the company prior to the meeting; |
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the auditors are being changed without explanation; or |
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fees paid for non-auditrelated services are excessive and/or exceed fees paid for audit services or limits set by local best practice recommendations or law. |
Where fees for non-auditservices include fees related to significant one-timecapital structure events, initial public offerings, bankruptcy emergence, and spinoffs, and the company makes public disclosure of the amount and nature of those fees, then such fees may be excluded from the non-auditfees considered in determining whether non-auditrelated fees are excessive.
Auditor Rotation
Auditor Indemnification
Annual Accounts and Reports (non-
Annual reports and accounts should be detailed and transparent and should be submitted to shareholders for approval in a timely manner as prescribed by law. They should meet accepted reporting standards such as those prescribed by the
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The report has been examined by an independent external accountant and the accuracy of material items in the report is not in doubt; |
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The report complies with legal and regulatory requirements and best practice provisions in local markets; |
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the company discloses which portion of the remuneration paid to the external accountant relates to auditing activities and which portion relates to non-auditingadvisory assignments; |
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A report on the implementation of risk management and internal control measures is incorporated, including an in-controlstatement from company management; |
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A report should include a statement of compliance with relevant codes of best practice for markets where they exist (e.g. for |
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A conclusive response is given to all queries from shareholders; and |
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Other concerns about corporate governance have not been identified. |
Appointment of Internal Statutory Auditor (
Shareholder Access and Voting Proposals
Proxy Access.
Bylaw Amendments.
Reimbursement of Proxy Solicitation Expenses (SP). In the absence of compelling reasons,
Shareholder Ability to Call Special Meetings (SP).
Shareholder Ability to Act by Written Consent (SP).
Shareholder Ability to Alter the Size of the Board.
Cumulative Voting (SP). Having the ability to cumulate votes for the election of directors (i.e., to cast more than one vote for a director) generally increases shareholders' rights to effect change in the management of a company. However,
Supermajority Vote Requirements (SP).
Confidential Voting.
Date/Location of Meeting (SP).
AdjouMeeting if Votes Are Insufficient.
Disclosure of Shareholder Proponents (SP).
Environmental and Social Proposals
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The current level of publicly available disclosure from the company or other publicly available sources, including if the company already discloses similar information through existing reports or policies; |
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Whether implementation of a proposal is likely to enhance or protect shareholder value; |
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Whether a proposal can be implemented at a reasonable cost; |
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Whether the information requested concerns business issues that relate to a meaningful percentage of the company's business; |
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The degree to which the company's stated position on the issues raised in the proposal could affect its reputation or sales; |
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Whether the company has already responded in some appropriate manner to the request embodied in the proposal; |
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What other companies in the relevant industry have done in response to the issue addressed in the proposal; and |
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Whether implementation would reveal proprietary or confidential information that could place the company at a competitive disadvantage. |
Environmental Proposals (SP).
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The general factors listed above; and |
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Whether the issues presented have already been effectively dealt with through governmental regulation or legislation. |
In particular in relation to climate-related risk and opportunities material to its business, we expect companies to help their investors understand how they may be impacted by such risk and opportunities, and how these factors are considered within strategy in a manner consistent with the company's business model and sector. The principles guiding our evaluation of these proposals are:
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The general factors listed above; |
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The transition and physical risks the company faces related to climate change on its operations and investment in terms of the impact on its business and financial condition, including the company's related disclosures; |
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How the company identifies, measures and manages such risks; and |
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The company's approach to climate-related risk as part of governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets. |
Social Proposals (SP).
Miscellaneous Proposals
Bundled Proposals.
Other Business.
Item 13. Portfolio Managers of Closed-EndManagement Investment Companies.
(a) Information pertaining to the portfolio managers of the Registrant, as of December 31, 2024, is set forth below:
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• Vice President • Portfolio manager since 2009 |
Executive Vice President of C&S since 2019. Prior to that, Senior Vice President of C&S since 2010. |
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• Portfolio manager since 2012 |
Executive Vice President of C&S since 2025. Prior to that, Senior Vice President of C&S since 2014. |
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• Vice President • Portfolio Manager since 2022 |
Senior Vice President of C&S since 2018. Prior to that, Vice President of C&S since 2015. |
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• Vice President • Portfolio Manager since 2022 |
Vice |
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C&S utilizes a team-based approach in managing the Registrant.
Each portfolio manager listed above manages other investment companies and/or investment vehicles and accounts in addition to the Registrant. The following tables show, as of December 31, 2024, the number of other accounts each portfolio manager managed in each of the listed categories and the total assets in the other accounts managed within each category. None of these accounts have an advisory fee which is based on the performance of the account.
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• Registered investment companies |
5 | $ | 2,053,926,836 | |||
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• Other pooled investment vehicles |
19 | $ | 2,462,572,865 | |||
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• Other accounts |
14 | $ | 2,777,616,197 | |||
| Number of accounts | Total assets | |||||
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• Registered investment companies |
11 | $ | 17,651,961,073 | |||
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• Other pooled investment vehicles |
17 | $ | 3,199,153,054 | |||
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• Other accounts |
17 | $ | 2,497,273,465 | |||
| Number of accounts | Total assets | |||||
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• Registered investment companies |
5 | $ | 2,053,926,836 | |||
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• Other pooled investment vehicles |
19 | $ | 2,462,572,865 | |||
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• Other accounts |
17 | $ | 3,000,990,020 | |||
| Number of accounts | Total assets | |||||
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• Registered investment companies |
3 | $ | 872,923,767 | |||
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• Other pooled investment vehicles |
18 | $ | 2,410,158,124 | |||
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• Other accounts |
14 | $ | 2,777,616,197 | |||
Share Ownership.The following table indicates the dollar range of securities of the Registrant owned by the Registrant's portfolio managers as of December 31, 2024:
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$10,001-$50,000 | |
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None | |
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None | |
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None |
Conflicts of Interest.It is possible that conflicts of interest may arise in connection with the portfolio manager's management of the Registrant's investments on the one hand and the investments of other accounts or vehicles for which the portfolio managers are responsible on the other. For example, a portfolio manager may have conflicts of interest in allocating management time, resources and investment opportunities among the Registrant and the other accounts or vehicles he advises. In addition, due to differences in the investment strategies or restrictions among the Registrant and the other accounts, a portfolio manager may take action with respect to another account that differs from the action taken with respect to the Registrant.
In some cases, another account managed by a portfolio manager may provide more revenue to the Registrant's investment advisor. While this may appear to create additional conflicts of interest for the portfolio manager in the allocation of management time, resources and investment opportunities, the investment advisor strives to ensure that portfolio managers endeavor to exercise their discretion in a manner that is equitable to all interested persons. In this regard, in the absence of specific account-related impediments (such as client-imposed restrictions or lack of available cash), it is the policy of the investment advisor to allocate investment ideas pro rata to all accounts with the same primary investment objective.
In addition, certain of the portfolio managers may from time to time manage one or more accounts on behalf of the Registrant's investment advisor and its affiliated companies (the "CNS Accounts"). Certain securities held and traded in the CNS Accounts also may be held and traded in one or more client accounts. It is the policy of the investment advisor however not to put the interests of the CNS Accounts ahead of the interests of client accounts. The investment advisor may aggregate orders of client accounts with those of the CNS Accounts; however, under no circumstances will preferential treatment be given to the CNS Accounts. For all orders involving the CNS Accounts, purchases or sales will be allocated prior to trade placement, and orders that are only partially filled will be allocated across all accounts in proportion to the shares each account, including the CNS Accounts, was designated to receive prior to trading. As a result, it is expected that the CNS Accounts will receive the same average price as other accounts included in the aggregated order. Shares will not be allocated or re-allocatedto the CNS Accounts after trade execution or after the average price is known. In the event so few shares of an order are executed that a pro-rataallocation is not practical, a rotational system of allocation may be used; however, the CNS Accounts will never be part of that rotation or receive shares of a partially filled order other than on a pro-ratabasis.
Because certain CNS Accounts are managed with a cash management objective, it is possible that a security will be sold out of the CNS Accounts but continue to be held for one or more client accounts. In situations when this occurs, such security will remain in a client account only if the portfolio manager, acting in its reasonable judgment and consistent with its fiduciary duties, believes this is appropriate for, and consistent with the objectives and profile of, the client account.
Advisor Compensation Structure. Compensation of the investment advisor's portfolio managers and other investment professionals has three primary components: (1) a base salary, (2) an annual cash bonus and (3) annual stock-based compensation consisting generally of restricted stock units of the investment advisor's parent, CNS. The investment advisor's investment professionals, including the portfolio managers, also receive certain retirement, insurance and other benefits that are broadly available to all of its employees. Compensation of the investment advisor's investment professionals is reviewed primarily on an annual basis.
Method to Determine Compensation. The Registrant's investment advisor compensates its portfolio managers based primarily on the total retuperformance of funds and accounts managed by the portfolio manager versus appropriate peer groups or benchmarks. C&S uses a variety of benchmarks to evaluate each portfolio managers' performance for compensation purposes, including the FTSE Global Core Infrastructure 50/50 Net Tax Index, the ICE BofA Fixed-Rate Preferred Securities Index, the S&P 500 Index and other broad based indexes based on the asset classes managed by each portfolio manager. In evaluating the performance of a portfolio manager, primary emphasis is normally placed on one-and three-year performance, with secondary consideration of performance over longer periods of time. Performance is evaluated on a pre-taxand pre-expensebasis. In addition to rankings within peer groups of funds on the basis of absolute performance, consideration may also be given to risk-adjusted performance. For funds and accounts with a primary investment objective of high current income, consideration will also be given to the fund's and account's success in achieving this objective. For portfolio managers responsible for multiple funds and accounts, investment performance is evaluated on an aggregate basis. The investment advisor has three funds or accounts with performance-based advisory fees. Portfolio managers are also evaluated on the basis of their success in managing their dedicated team of analysts. Base compensation for portfolio managers of the Advisor varies in line with the portfolio manager's seniority and position with the firm.
Salaries, bonuses and stock-based compensation are also influenced by the operating performance of the Registrant's investment advisor and CNS. While the annual salaries of the investment advisor's portfolio managers are fixed, cash bonuses and stock based compensation may fluctuate significantly from year to year, based on changes in manager performance and other factors.
(b) Not applicable.
Item 14. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-EndManagement Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
None.
Note: On December 10, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Fund approved continuation of the delegation of its authority to management to effect repurchases, pursuant to management's discretion and subject to market conditions and investment considerations, of up to 10% of the Fund's common shares outstanding ("Share Repurchase Program") as of January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025.
Item 15. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant's Board implemented after the registrant last provided disclosure in response to this Item.
Item 16. Controls and Procedures.
(a) The Registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in this Form N-CSRwas recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms, based upon such officers' evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.
(b) There were no changes in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
Item 17. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-EndManagement Investment Companies.
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For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, the Registrant had the following dollar amounts of income and fees/compensation related to its securities lending activities: |
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| Gross income from securities lending activities: | $1,840,294 | |||
| Fees and/or compensation for securities lending activities and related services | ||||
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Fees paid to securities lending agent from a revenue split: |
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Fees paid for cash collateral management services (including fees deducted from a pooled cash collateral reinvestment vehicle) that are not included in the revenue split: |
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Administrative fees that are not included in the revenue split: |
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Indemnification fee not included in the revenue split: |
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Rebates paid to borrowers: |
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Other fees relating to the securities lending program not included in the revenue split: |
$1,840,294 | |||
| Aggregate fees/compensation for securities lending activities and related services: | $1,840,294 | |||
| Net income from securities lending activities: | $0 | |||
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During the Registrant's most recent fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, |
In connection with the use of a Credit Facility (the "BNP Credit Facility") with BNPP, the Registrant permits BNPP, subject to certain conditions, to rehypothecate (i.e., lend to other counterparties) portfolio securities pledged by the Registrant.
As a securities lending agent, BNPP is responsible for the implementation and administration of the Registrant's securities lending activities pursuant to the rehypothecation component of the BNP Credit Facility. BNPP, as a general matter, performs various services, including the following:
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Locating borrowers; |
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Monitoring daily the value of the loaned securities and collateral (i.e., the collateral posted by the party borrowing); |
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Negotiation of loan terms; |
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Selection of securities to be loaned; |
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Recordkeeping and account servicing; |
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Monitoring of dividend activity and material proxy votes relating to loaned securities, and; |
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Arranging for retuof loaned securities to the Registrant at loan termination. |
The Registrant does not compensate BNPP for its securities lending related services directly. Instead, the Registrant received a reduction in the interest rate charged under the BNP Credit Facility.
Item 18. Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation.
Not applicable.
Item 19. Exhibits.
(a)(1) Not applicable.
(a)(2) Not applicable.
(a)(3) Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule30a-2(a)under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(b) Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule30a-2(b)under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(c) Registrant's notices to shareholders pursuant to Registrant's exemptive order granting an exemption from Section 19(b) of the 1940 Act and Rule19b-1thereunder regarding distributions pursuant to the Registrant's Managed Distribution Plan.
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.
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Name: James Giallanza Title: Principal Executive Officer ( |
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Date: March 7, 2025 |
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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.
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Name: James Giallanza Title: Principal Executive Officer ( |
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Name: Albert Laskaj Title: Principal Financial Officer (Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer) |
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Date: March 7, 2025 |
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