UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-21667
Fidelity Central Investment Portfolios LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
245 Summer St., Boston, MA 02210
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Margaret Carey, Secretary
245 Summer St.
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
617-563-7000
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Date of fiscal year end: | August 31 |
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Date of reporting period: | February 29, 2024 |
Item 1.
Reports to Stockholders
Fidelity® High Income Central Fund
Semi-Annual Report
February 29, 2024
Contents
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Top Bond Issuers (% of Fund's net assets) |
(with maturities greater than one year) |
DISH Network Corp. | 1.9 | |
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC | 1.9 | |
TransDigm, Inc. | 1.8 | |
Uber Technologies, Inc. | 1.5 | |
CSC Holdings LLC | 1.4 | |
Community Health Systems, Inc. | 1.4 | |
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | 1.3 | |
Echo Global Logistics, Inc. | 1.3 | |
Southeastern Grocers, Inc. | 1.2 | |
Tenet Healthcare Corp. | 1.2 | |
| 14.9 | |
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Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets) |
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Energy | 12.3 | |
Services | 6.5 | |
Healthcare | 6.1 | |
Technology | 5.8 | |
Telecommunications | 5.2 | |
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Quality Diversification (% of Fund's net assets) |
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We have used ratings from Moody's Investors Service, Inc. Where Moody's® ratings are not available, we have used S&P® ratings. All ratings are as of the date indicated and do not reflect subsequent changes. |
Asset Allocation (% of Fund's net assets) |
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Geographic Diversification (% of Fund's net assets) |
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* Includes Short-Term investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities). Percentages are adjusted for the effect of derivatives, if applicable. |
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Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Corporate Bonds - 77.2% |
| | Principal Amount (a) | Value ($) |
Convertible Bonds - 2.2% | | | |
Broadcasting - 1.9% | | | |
DISH Network Corp.: | | | |
0% 12/15/25 | | 3,263,000 | 2,364,044 |
2.375% 3/15/24 | | 13,472,000 | 13,253,754 |
3.375% 8/15/26 | | 20,439,000 | 12,084,560 |
| | | 27,702,358 |
Diversified Financial Services - 0.3% | | | |
New Cotai LLC 5% 2/24/27 (b) | | 1,673,956 | 3,563,182 |
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE BONDS | | | 31,265,540 |
Nonconvertible Bonds - 75.0% | | | |
Aerospace - 2.9% | | | |
AAR Escrow Issuer LLC 6.75% 3/15/29 (c)(d) | | 2,285,000 | 2,306,598 |
ATI, Inc.: | | | |
4.875% 10/1/29 | | 1,205,000 | 1,106,457 |
5.125% 10/1/31 | | 845,000 | 773,488 |
5.875% 12/1/27 | | 2,480,000 | 2,424,502 |
Bombardier, Inc.: | | | |
6% 2/15/28 (c) | | 1,450,000 | 1,407,623 |
7.875% 4/15/27 (c) | | 5,377,000 | 5,383,861 |
Moog, Inc. 4.25% 12/15/27 (c) | | 735,000 | 687,851 |
TransDigm, Inc.: | | | |
5.5% 11/15/27 | | 12,450,000 | 12,014,250 |
6.375% 3/1/29 (c) | | 2,160,000 | 2,169,764 |
6.625% 3/1/32 (c) | | 2,160,000 | 2,173,496 |
6.875% 12/15/30 (c) | | 4,905,000 | 4,963,419 |
7.5% 3/15/27 | | 5,250,000 | 5,245,737 |
Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc. 8.5% (c)(e) | | 1,585,000 | 364,550 |
| | | 41,021,596 |
Air Transportation - 0.6% | | | |
Air Canada 3.875% 8/15/26 (c) | | 2,110,000 | 1,998,285 |
Allegiant Travel Co. 7.25% 8/15/27 (c) | | 1,545,000 | 1,504,062 |
Spirit Loyalty Cayman Ltd. / Spirit IP Cayman Ltd. 8% 9/20/25 (c) | | 4,225,000 | 3,055,774 |
United Airlines, Inc. 4.625% 4/15/29 (c) | | 1,650,000 | 1,521,968 |
| | | 8,080,089 |
Automotive - 0.2% | | | |
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 3.625% 6/17/31 | | 2,480,000 | 2,114,179 |
Automotive & Auto Parts - 1.2% | | | |
Ford Motor Co. 3.25% 2/12/32 | | 4,510,000 | 3,698,457 |
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC: | | | |
2.9% 2/16/28 | | 2,000,000 | 1,791,987 |
4.95% 5/28/27 | | 2,270,000 | 2,206,927 |
LCM Investments Holdings 4.875% 5/1/29 (c) | | 3,665,000 | 3,291,350 |
Macquarie AirFinance Holdings 8.375% 5/1/28 (c) | | 2,010,000 | 2,105,435 |
Nesco Holdings II, Inc. 5.5% 4/15/29 (c) | | 1,770,000 | 1,651,481 |
Wand NewCo 3, Inc. 7.625% 1/30/32 (c) | | 1,675,000 | 1,721,063 |
| | | 16,466,700 |
Banks & Thrifts - 1.7% | | | |
Ally Financial, Inc.: | | | |
5.8% 5/1/25 | | 20,000 | 19,968 |
8% 11/1/31 | | 4,573,000 | 4,978,052 |
8% 11/1/31 | | 3,758,000 | 4,125,295 |
Aretec Group, Inc. 10% 8/15/30 (c) | | 4,615,000 | 5,024,581 |
CQP Holdco LP / BIP-V Chinook Holdco LLC 5.5% 6/15/31 (c) | | 7,280,000 | 6,782,415 |
VistaJet Malta Finance PLC / XO Management Holding, Inc. 6.375% 2/1/30 (c) | | 4,250,000 | 3,102,500 |
| | | 24,032,811 |
Broadcasting - 1.9% | | | |
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.: | | | |
7.5% 6/1/29 (c) | | 2,590,000 | 2,143,225 |
7.75% 4/15/28 (c) | | 1,370,000 | 1,184,302 |
Diamond Sports Group LLC/Diamond Sports Finance Co. 5.375% (c)(e) | | 2,515,000 | 144,613 |
Gray Television, Inc. 5.375% 11/15/31 (c) | | 2,970,000 | 1,921,308 |
iHeartCommunications, Inc. 9% (b)(e) | | 780,000 | 0 |
Nexstar Media, Inc. 5.625% 7/15/27 (c) | | 2,755,000 | 2,610,857 |
Scripps Escrow II, Inc.: | | | |
3.875% 1/15/29 (c) | | 2,170,000 | 1,716,434 |
5.375% 1/15/31 (c) | | 1,130,000 | 644,422 |
Scripps Escrow, Inc. 5.875% 7/15/27 (c) | | 1,780,000 | 1,444,881 |
Sirius XM Radio, Inc.: | | | |
4.125% 7/1/30 (c) | | 2,155,000 | 1,854,071 |
5% 8/1/27 (c) | | 5,295,000 | 5,044,162 |
Univision Communications, Inc.: | | | |
6.625% 6/1/27 (c) | | 5,150,000 | 4,992,397 |
7.375% 6/30/30 (c) | | 3,455,000 | 3,337,083 |
| | | 27,037,755 |
Building Materials - 1.8% | | | |
Acproducts Holdings, Inc. 6.375% 5/15/29 (c) | | 3,465,000 | 2,650,725 |
Advanced Drain Systems, Inc.: | | | |
5% 9/30/27 (c) | | 505,000 | 487,875 |
6.375% 6/15/30 (c) | | 2,270,000 | 2,269,926 |
Builders FirstSource, Inc. 6.375% 3/1/34 (c) | | 4,935,000 | 4,923,485 |
EMRLD Borrower LP / Emerald Co. 6.625% 12/15/30 (c) | | 5,505,000 | 5,524,268 |
MIWD Holdco II LLC / MIWD Finance Corp. 5.5% 2/1/30 (c) | | 590,000 | 538,341 |
SRS Distribution, Inc.: | | | |
4.625% 7/1/28 (c) | | 1,825,000 | 1,702,141 |
6% 12/1/29 (c) | | 1,705,000 | 1,587,364 |
6.125% 7/1/29 (c) | | 1,005,000 | 937,163 |
Wesco Distribution, Inc. 6.625% 3/15/32 (c) | | 4,935,000 | 4,936,619 |
| | | 25,557,907 |
Cable/Satellite TV - 4.3% | | | |
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.: | | | |
4.25% 1/15/34 (c) | | 3,730,000 | 2,788,764 |
4.5% 6/1/33 (c) | | 4,415,000 | 3,396,226 |
4.75% 3/1/30 (c) | | 5,200,000 | 4,423,562 |
5% 2/1/28 (c) | | 5,055,000 | 4,664,484 |
CSC Holdings LLC: | | | |
3.375% 2/15/31 (c) | | 3,305,000 | 2,333,099 |
4.125% 12/1/30 (c) | | 2,590,000 | 1,928,462 |
4.5% 11/15/31 (c) | | 2,175,000 | 1,614,938 |
4.625% 12/1/30 (c) | | 5,895,000 | 3,278,416 |
5% 11/15/31 (c) | | 2,290,000 | 1,248,050 |
5.375% 2/1/28 (c) | | 4,625,000 | 4,031,289 |
5.75% 1/15/30 (c) | | 3,690,000 | 2,169,997 |
7.5% 4/1/28 (c) | | 4,545,000 | 3,230,972 |
DISH DBS Corp. 5.75% 12/1/28 (c) | | 1,465,000 | 1,014,513 |
Radiate Holdco LLC/Radiate Financial Service Ltd.: | | | |
4.5% 9/15/26 (c) | | 6,820,000 | 5,370,496 |
6.5% 9/15/28 (c) | | 5,050,000 | 2,430,313 |
Telenet Finance Luxembourg Notes SARL 5.5% 3/1/28 (c) | | 8,600,000 | 8,062,500 |
VZ Secured Financing BV 5% 1/15/32 (c) | | 6,990,000 | 5,966,432 |
Ziggo Bond Co. BV 5.125% 2/28/30 (c) | | 1,155,000 | 988,301 |
Ziggo BV 4.875% 1/15/30 (c) | | 1,730,000 | 1,541,104 |
| | | 60,481,918 |
Chemicals - 2.9% | | | |
Avient Corp. 5.75% 5/15/25 (c) | | 1,970,000 | 1,958,480 |
Axalta Coating Systems/Dutch Holding BV 4.75% 6/15/27 (c) | | 2,445,000 | 2,361,105 |
Consolidated Energy Finance SA 12% 2/15/31 (c) | | 2,105,000 | 2,151,478 |
CVR Partners LP/CVR Nitrogen Finance Corp. 6.125% 6/15/28 (c) | | 3,010,000 | 2,846,196 |
Kobe U.S. Midco 2, Inc. 9.25% 11/1/26 pay-in-kind (c)(f) | | 6,200,250 | 5,204,304 |
LSB Industries, Inc. 6.25% 10/15/28 (c) | | 270,000 | 256,033 |
NOVA Chemicals Corp.: | | | |
4.25% 5/15/29 (c) | | 2,650,000 | 2,191,927 |
9% 2/15/30 (c) | | 2,100,000 | 2,106,716 |
Olympus Water U.S. Holding Corp.: | | | |
7.125% 10/1/27 (c) | | 1,560,000 | 1,552,333 |
9.75% 11/15/28 (c) | | 1,805,000 | 1,917,897 |
SCIH Salt Holdings, Inc.: | | | |
4.875% 5/1/28 (c) | | 2,630,000 | 2,403,163 |
6.625% 5/1/29 (c) | | 1,755,000 | 1,595,750 |
The Chemours Co. LLC: | | | |
4.625% 11/15/29 (c) | | 2,245,000 | 1,846,012 |
5.375% 5/15/27 | | 2,940,000 | 2,685,660 |
5.75% 11/15/28 (c) | | 3,490,000 | 3,060,895 |
Tronox, Inc. 4.625% 3/15/29 (c) | | 2,210,000 | 1,956,140 |
W.R. Grace Holding LLC: | | | |
4.875% 6/15/27 (c) | | 3,255,000 | 3,092,189 |
5.625% 8/15/29 (c) | | 2,375,000 | 2,082,698 |
| | | 41,268,976 |
Consumer Products - 0.9% | | | |
Central Garden & Pet Co. 4.125% 10/15/30 | | 1,675,000 | 1,488,017 |
Gannett Holdings LLC 6% 11/1/26 (c) | | 1,390,000 | 1,256,060 |
Mattel, Inc. 3.375% 4/1/26 (c) | | 745,000 | 707,032 |
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. 4% 4/1/31 | | 1,495,000 | 1,268,089 |
TKC Holdings, Inc.: | | | |
6.875% 5/15/28 (c) | | 4,590,000 | 4,297,388 |
10.5% 5/15/29 (c) | | 4,209,000 | 3,820,685 |
| | | 12,837,271 |
Containers - 0.5% | | | |
ARD Finance SA 6.5% 6/30/27 pay-in-kind (c)(f) | | 2,525,000 | 1,079,438 |
Berry Global, Inc.: | | | |
4.5% 2/15/26 (c) | | 2,134,000 | 2,068,410 |
4.875% 7/15/26 (c) | | 1,355,000 | 1,323,060 |
Graham Packaging Co., Inc. 7.125% 8/15/28 (c) | | 1,430,000 | 1,267,395 |
Graphic Packaging International, Inc. 3.75% 2/1/30 (c) | | 1,185,000 | 1,054,449 |
| | | 6,792,752 |
Diversified Financial Services - 2.9% | | | |
Altice France Holding SA 10.5% 5/15/27 (c) | | 4,240,000 | 2,769,841 |
Coinbase Global, Inc. 3.625% 10/1/31 (c) | | 6,085,000 | 4,764,199 |
FLY Leasing Ltd. 7% 10/15/24 (c) | | 7,485,000 | 7,335,450 |
Gn Bondco LLC 9.5% 10/15/31 (c) | | 2,995,000 | 2,965,050 |
GTCR W-2 Merger Sub LLC 7.5% 1/15/31 (c) | | 6,510,000 | 6,789,930 |
Hightower Holding LLC 6.75% 4/15/29 (c) | | 970,000 | 910,321 |
Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.: | | | |
4.75% 9/15/24 | | 2,200,000 | 2,186,051 |
5.25% 5/15/27 | | 5,970,000 | 5,484,938 |
6.375% 12/15/25 | | 1,740,000 | 1,724,818 |
MSCI, Inc. 4% 11/15/29 (c) | | 2,265,000 | 2,079,270 |
OneMain Finance Corp. 7.125% 3/15/26 | | 3,460,000 | 3,516,197 |
| | | 40,526,065 |
Diversified Media - 0.7% | | | |
Allen Media LLC/Allen Media Co.-Issuer, Inc. 10.5% 2/15/28 (c) | | 7,650,000 | 3,829,448 |
CMG Media Corp. 8.875% 12/15/27 (c) | | 6,280,000 | 4,196,748 |
Lamar Media Corp. 4.875% 1/15/29 | | 1,980,000 | 1,876,050 |
| | | 9,902,246 |
Energy - 9.7% | | | |
Archrock Partners LP / Archrock Partners Finance Corp.: | | | |
6.25% 4/1/28 (c) | | 2,475,000 | 2,413,295 |
6.875% 4/1/27 (c) | | 700,000 | 696,477 |
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure PLC 4.125% 6/15/28 (c) | | 1,235,000 | 1,128,540 |
Citgo Petroleum Corp.: | | | |
6.375% 6/15/26 (c) | | 2,610,000 | 2,626,268 |
7% 6/15/25 (c) | | 6,180,000 | 6,165,424 |
CNX Resources Corp.: | | | |
6% 1/15/29 (c) | | 1,185,000 | 1,138,953 |
7.25% 3/1/32 (c) | | 1,885,000 | 1,878,451 |
7.375% 1/15/31 (c) | | 1,685,000 | 1,698,705 |
Comstock Resources, Inc.: | | | |
5.875% 1/15/30 (c) | | 1,595,000 | 1,394,684 |
6.75% 3/1/29 (c) | | 3,485,000 | 3,214,700 |
CrownRock LP/CrownRock Finance, Inc. 5% 5/1/29 (c) | | 830,000 | 816,513 |
CVR Energy, Inc. 5.75% 2/15/28 (c) | | 3,995,000 | 3,708,199 |
Delek Logistics Partners LP/Delek Logistics Finance Corp. 7.125% 6/1/28 (c) | | 1,520,000 | 1,455,400 |
DT Midstream, Inc.: | | | |
4.125% 6/15/29 (c) | | 2,545,000 | 2,325,483 |
4.375% 6/15/31 (c) | | 2,545,000 | 2,291,228 |
Endeavor Energy Resources LP/EER Finance, Inc. 5.75% 1/30/28 (c) | | 4,185,000 | 4,218,899 |
Energy Transfer LP: | | | |
5.75% 4/1/25 | | 1,045,000 | 1,043,276 |
6% 2/1/29 (c) | | 1,390,000 | 1,393,836 |
EnLink Midstream LLC: | | | |
5.625% 1/15/28 (c) | | 1,060,000 | 1,044,430 |
6.5% 9/1/30 (c) | | 2,150,000 | 2,203,892 |
EQT Corp. 3.625% 5/15/31 (c) | | 1,720,000 | 1,503,455 |
Global Partners LP/GLP Finance Corp. 8.25% 1/15/32 (c) | | 820,000 | 841,076 |
Harvest Midstream I LP 7.5% 9/1/28 (c) | | 5,565,000 | 5,609,954 |
Hess Midstream Operations LP: | | | |
4.25% 2/15/30 (c) | | 1,560,000 | 1,420,520 |
5.125% 6/15/28 (c) | | 2,905,000 | 2,790,950 |
5.5% 10/15/30 (c) | | 920,000 | 884,125 |
5.625% 2/15/26 (c) | | 6,900,000 | 6,802,365 |
Jonah Energy Parent LLC 12% 11/5/25 (b)(g) | | 9,428,234 | 9,970,358 |
KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. 11.5% 11/1/25 (c) | | 2,685,000 | 2,645,826 |
MC Brazil Downstream Trading SARL 7.25% 6/30/31 (c) | | 7,045,068 | 6,380,718 |
MEG Energy Corp. 5.875% 2/1/29 (c) | | 4,235,000 | 4,128,956 |
Neptune Energy Bondco PLC 6.625% 5/15/25 (c) | | 1,065,000 | 1,062,870 |
New Fortress Energy, Inc. 6.75% 9/15/25 (c) | | 6,830,000 | 6,794,753 |
Northern Oil & Gas, Inc.: | | | |
8.125% 3/1/28 (c) | | 3,455,000 | 3,498,637 |
8.75% 6/15/31 (c) | | 1,840,000 | 1,922,800 |
Occidental Petroleum Corp.: | | | |
4.3% 8/15/39 | | 880,000 | 709,491 |
4.4% 4/15/46 | | 1,750,000 | 1,398,265 |
4.5% 7/15/44 | | 815,000 | 628,145 |
5.875% 9/1/25 | | 1,665,000 | 1,668,996 |
6.2% 3/15/40 | | 980,000 | 995,346 |
6.6% 3/15/46 | | 2,590,000 | 2,751,072 |
PBF Holding Co. LLC/PBF Finance Corp.: | | | |
6% 2/15/28 | | 2,320,000 | 2,256,200 |
7.875% 9/15/30 (c) | | 4,835,000 | 4,954,328 |
Permian Resources Operating LLC 5.875% 7/1/29 (c) | | 2,610,000 | 2,544,750 |
SM Energy Co.: | | | |
6.5% 7/15/28 | | 920,000 | 921,150 |
6.625% 1/15/27 | | 1,145,000 | 1,140,374 |
Southwestern Energy Co.: | | | |
4.75% 2/1/32 | | 2,135,000 | 1,939,365 |
5.375% 2/1/29 | | 1,625,000 | 1,570,412 |
Strathcona Resources Ltd. 6.875% 8/1/26 (c) | | 3,585,000 | 3,562,594 |
Sunoco LP/Sunoco Finance Corp. 4.5% 5/15/29 | | 2,280,000 | 2,106,144 |
Tallgrass Energy Partners LP / Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp. 6% 12/31/30 (c) | | 2,370,000 | 2,203,926 |
Tullow Oil PLC 10.25% 5/15/26 (c) | | 5,050,000 | 4,523,336 |
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC 3.875% 8/15/29 (c) | | 2,220,000 | 1,992,470 |
Viper Energy, Inc. 5.375% 11/1/27 (c) | | 1,105,000 | 1,071,955 |
| | | 138,052,335 |
Environmental - 0.5% | | | |
Covanta Holding Corp. 4.875% 12/1/29 (c) | | 1,355,000 | 1,184,127 |
Madison IAQ LLC: | | | |
4.125% 6/30/28 (c) | | 1,795,000 | 1,635,171 |
5.875% 6/30/29 (c) | | 2,775,000 | 2,477,636 |
Stericycle, Inc. 3.875% 1/15/29 (c) | | 1,645,000 | 1,480,365 |
| | | 6,777,299 |
Food & Drug Retail - 0.9% | | | |
Albertsons Companies LLC/Safeway, Inc./New Albertson's, Inc./Albertson's LLC: | | | |
3.5% 3/15/29 (c) | | 1,655,000 | 1,474,535 |
4.875% 2/15/30 (c) | | 6,890,000 | 6,467,665 |
BellRing Brands, Inc. 7% 3/15/30 (c) | | 845,000 | 862,255 |
Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. 3.875% 8/15/28 (c) | | 1,470,000 | 595,337 |
Murphy Oil U.S.A., Inc. 3.75% 2/15/31 (c) | | 960,000 | 819,164 |
SEG Holding LLC/SEG Finance Corp. 5.625% 10/15/28 (c) | | 2,200,000 | 2,252,309 |
| | | 12,471,265 |
Food/Beverage/Tobacco - 2.7% | | | |
C&S Group Enterprises LLC 5% 12/15/28 (c) | | 1,905,000 | 1,509,190 |
Chobani LLC/Finance Corp., Inc.: | | | |
4.625% 11/15/28 (c) | | 1,465,000 | 1,355,103 |
7.625% 7/1/29 (c) | | 2,700,000 | 2,714,010 |
Fiesta Purchaser, Inc. 7.875% 3/1/31 (c) | | 1,215,000 | 1,252,862 |
Kraft Heinz Foods Co. 5.5% 6/1/50 | | 855,000 | 831,616 |
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 4.125% 1/31/30 (c) | | 2,290,000 | 2,074,909 |
Performance Food Group, Inc.: | | | |
4.25% 8/1/29 (c) | | 1,350,000 | 1,225,198 |
5.5% 10/15/27 (c) | | 5,775,000 | 5,655,645 |
6.875% 5/1/25 (c) | | 995,000 | 997,567 |
Post Holdings, Inc.: | | | |
4.625% 4/15/30 (c) | | 625,000 | 568,672 |
5.75% 3/1/27 (c) | | 282,000 | 284,702 |
6.25% 2/15/32 (c) | | 3,715,000 | 3,734,204 |
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. 4% 9/1/28 | | 860,000 | 758,950 |
Triton Water Holdings, Inc. 6.25% 4/1/29 (c) | | 5,345,000 | 4,666,079 |
U.S. Foods, Inc.: | | | |
4.625% 6/1/30 (c) | | 1,110,000 | 1,017,111 |
4.75% 2/15/29 (c) | | 3,100,000 | 2,910,187 |
6.875% 9/15/28 (c) | | 4,795,000 | 4,878,913 |
7.25% 1/15/32 (c) | | 1,550,000 | 1,600,206 |
| | | 38,035,124 |
Gaming - 2.7% | | | |
Affinity Interactive 6.875% 12/15/27 (c) | | 890,000 | 820,945 |
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.: | | | |
4.625% 10/15/29 (c) | | 2,860,000 | 2,611,168 |
6.5% 2/15/32 (c) | | 3,790,000 | 3,818,360 |
8.125% 7/1/27 (c) | | 6,225,000 | 6,391,743 |
Churchill Downs, Inc. 5.75% 4/1/30 (c) | | 4,380,000 | 4,208,548 |
Fertitta Entertainment LLC / Fertitta Entertainment Finance Co., Inc.: | | | |
4.625% 1/15/29 (c) | | 2,925,000 | 2,654,321 |
6.75% 1/15/30 (c) | | 1,410,000 | 1,245,381 |
Golden Entertainment, Inc. 7.625% 4/15/26 (c) | | 935,000 | 930,862 |
Jacobs Entertainment, Inc. 6.75% 2/15/29 (c) | | 1,245,000 | 1,187,070 |
Light & Wonder International, Inc. 7.5% 9/1/31 (c) | | 1,075,000 | 1,119,982 |
Station Casinos LLC 4.625% 12/1/31 (c) | | 3,685,000 | 3,276,260 |
Studio City Finance Ltd. 6.5% 1/15/28 (c) | | 5,015,000 | 4,745,444 |
VICI Properties LP / VICI Note Co. 4.625% 6/15/25 (c) | | 5,180,000 | 5,092,095 |
| | | 38,102,179 |
Healthcare - 6.1% | | | |
1375209 BC Ltd. 9% 1/30/28 (c) | | 1,023,000 | 1,000,044 |
AHP Health Partners, Inc. 5.75% 7/15/29 (c) | | 2,665,000 | 2,400,421 |
Avantor Funding, Inc.: | | | |
3.875% 11/1/29 (c) | | 2,290,000 | 2,052,529 |
4.625% 7/15/28 (c) | | 1,915,000 | 1,807,537 |
Bausch Health Companies, Inc.: | | | |
11% 9/30/28 (c) | | 1,819,000 | 1,223,278 |
14% 10/15/30 (c) | | 359,000 | 211,123 |
Centene Corp.: | | | |
3.375% 2/15/30 | | 2,690,000 | 2,372,977 |
4.625% 12/15/29 | | 1,825,000 | 1,727,454 |
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.: | | | |
3.75% 3/15/29 (c) | | 740,000 | 667,575 |
4% 3/15/31 (c) | | 2,080,000 | 1,834,581 |
4.25% 5/1/28 (c) | | 735,000 | 689,357 |
Community Health Systems, Inc.: | | | |
4.75% 2/15/31 (c) | | 11,675,000 | 8,884,208 |
5.25% 5/15/30 (c) | | 4,900,000 | 3,909,359 |
6.125% 4/1/30 (c) | | 5,840,000 | 3,653,387 |
6.875% 4/15/29 (c) | | 2,815,000 | 1,796,235 |
8% 3/15/26 (c) | | 1,501,000 | 1,486,080 |
DaVita, Inc.: | | | |
3.75% 2/15/31 (c) | | 2,495,000 | 2,047,341 |
4.625% 6/1/30 (c) | | 2,580,000 | 2,269,489 |
Encompass Health Corp. 5.75% 9/15/25 | | 4,660,000 | 4,643,490 |
Grifols SA 4.75% 10/15/28 (c) | | 1,085,000 | 903,588 |
HealthEquity, Inc. 4.5% 10/1/29 (c) | | 1,005,000 | 923,709 |
Hologic, Inc. 3.25% 2/15/29 (c) | | 2,525,000 | 2,251,309 |
IQVIA, Inc. 6.5% 5/15/30 (c) | | 1,875,000 | 1,900,988 |
Jazz Securities DAC 4.375% 1/15/29 (c) | | 1,980,000 | 1,824,142 |
Medline Borrower LP 3.875% 4/1/29 (c) | | 2,005,000 | 1,797,749 |
Molina Healthcare, Inc.: | | | |
3.875% 11/15/30 (c) | | 2,430,000 | 2,131,660 |
3.875% 5/15/32 (c) | | 3,315,000 | 2,851,377 |
4.375% 6/15/28 (c) | | 1,835,000 | 1,709,230 |
Organon & Co. / Organon Foreign Debt Co-Issuer BV: | | | |
4.125% 4/30/28 (c) | | 3,005,000 | 2,749,156 |
5.125% 4/30/31 (c) | | 2,995,000 | 2,567,074 |
Radiology Partners, Inc. 8.5% 1/31/29 pay-in-kind (c)(f) | | 2,057,000 | 1,977,291 |
Surgery Center Holdings, Inc.: | | | |
6.75% 7/1/25 (c) | | 124,000 | 123,041 |
10% 4/15/27 (c) | | 1,768,000 | 1,776,663 |
Tenet Healthcare Corp.: | | | |
4.375% 1/15/30 | | 6,565,000 | 6,012,845 |
6.125% 10/1/28 | | 7,085,000 | 7,005,294 |
6.125% 6/15/30 | | 3,680,000 | 3,644,493 |
6.875% 11/15/31 | | 330,000 | 337,838 |
| | | 87,163,912 |
Homebuilders/Real Estate - 1.5% | | | |
Arcosa, Inc. 4.375% 4/15/29 (c) | | 1,425,000 | 1,315,271 |
Ashton Woods U.S.A. LLC/Ashton Woods Finance Co.: | | | |
4.625% 8/1/29 (c) | | 1,380,000 | 1,253,032 |
6.625% 1/15/28 (c) | | 40,000 | 39,755 |
Kennedy-Wilson, Inc.: | | | |
4.75% 3/1/29 | | 2,190,000 | 1,773,900 |
5% 3/1/31 | | 2,190,000 | 1,702,725 |
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. 4.75% 3/15/25 | | 2,420,000 | 2,387,862 |
Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc./Monarch Communities, Inc. 5.75% 1/15/28 (c) | | 2,945,000 | 2,885,559 |
TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. 5.7% 6/15/28 | | 795,000 | 781,731 |
Uniti Group LP/Uniti Group Finance, Inc./CSL Capital LLC: | | | |
4.75% 4/15/28 (c) | | 2,035,000 | 1,768,449 |
6.5% 2/15/29 (c) | | 3,300,000 | 2,540,765 |
10.5% 2/15/28 (c) | | 4,250,000 | 4,399,165 |
Weekley Homes LLC/Weekley Finance Corp. 4.875% 9/15/28 (c) | | 1,185,000 | 1,099,787 |
| | | 21,948,001 |
Hotels - 1.0% | | | |
Carnival Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd. 10.375% 5/1/28 (c) | | 5,095,000 | 5,558,462 |
Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc.: | | | |
3.625% 2/15/32 (c) | | 1,470,000 | 1,255,762 |
3.75% 5/1/29 (c) | | 1,650,000 | 1,498,739 |
5.375% 5/1/25 (c) | | 3,525,000 | 3,508,015 |
Lindblad Expeditions LLC 6.75% 2/15/27 (c) | | 2,120,000 | 2,128,724 |
| | | 13,949,702 |
Insurance - 1.7% | | | |
Acrisure LLC / Acrisure Finance, Inc. 10.125% 8/1/26 (c) | | 2,450,000 | 2,548,008 |
Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC/Alliant Holdings Co.-Issuer: | | | |
5.875% 11/1/29 (c) | | 3,030,000 | 2,773,632 |
6.75% 10/15/27 (c) | | 9,895,000 | 9,613,240 |
AmWINS Group, Inc. 4.875% 6/30/29 (c) | | 1,400,000 | 1,291,223 |
AssuredPartners, Inc. 5.625% 1/15/29 (c) | | 1,445,000 | 1,329,146 |
HUB International Ltd. 7.25% 6/15/30 (c) | | 6,190,000 | 6,314,469 |
| | | 23,869,718 |
Leisure - 2.0% | | | |
Carnival Corp. 5.75% 3/1/27 (c) | | 5,135,000 | 5,070,773 |
NCL Corp. Ltd.: | | | |
5.875% 3/15/26 (c) | | 735,000 | 717,911 |
7.75% 2/15/29 (c) | | 2,575,000 | 2,639,447 |
NCL Finance Ltd. 6.125% 3/15/28 (c) | | 910,000 | 887,622 |
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.: | | | |
4.25% 7/1/26 (c) | | 4,375,000 | 4,213,620 |
5.375% 7/15/27 (c) | | 1,975,000 | 1,937,068 |
6.25% 3/15/32 (c)(d) | | 1,805,000 | 1,810,166 |
11.625% 8/15/27 (c) | | 8,060,000 | 8,718,089 |
Vail Resorts, Inc. 6.25% 5/15/25 (c) | | 1,435,000 | 1,440,180 |
Viking Cruises Ltd. 9.125% 7/15/31 (c) | | 895,000 | 968,908 |
| | | 28,403,784 |
Metals/Mining - 2.1% | | | |
Alcoa Nederland Holding BV 4.125% 3/31/29 (c) | | 2,670,000 | 2,444,819 |
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. 9.75% (b)(e) | | 1,099,000 | 0 |
Arsenal AIC Parent LLC 8% 10/1/30 (c) | | 910,000 | 953,225 |
Constellium NV 5.875% 2/15/26 (c) | | 990,000 | 981,909 |
ERO Copper Corp. 6.5% 2/15/30 (c) | | 8,865,000 | 8,315,370 |
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.: | | | |
6.875% 3/1/26 (c) | | 1,515,000 | 1,510,849 |
6.875% 10/15/27 (c) | | 2,360,000 | 2,248,254 |
9.375% 3/1/29 (c) | | 1,600,000 | 1,658,101 |
FMG Resources Pty Ltd.: | | | |
4.375% 4/1/31 (c) | | 1,615,000 | 1,447,282 |
5.875% 4/15/30 (c) | | 2,755,000 | 2,696,391 |
HudBay Minerals, Inc. 6.125% 4/1/29 (c) | | 4,755,000 | 4,665,731 |
Mineral Resources Ltd.: | | | |
8% 11/1/27 (c) | | 2,835,000 | 2,887,476 |
8.5% 5/1/30 (c) | | 680,000 | 698,370 |
| | | 30,507,777 |
Paper - 0.7% | | | |
Ahlstrom Holding 3 OY 4.875% 2/4/28 (c) | | 1,770,000 | 1,610,700 |
Berry Global, Inc. 5.625% 7/15/27 (c) | | 1,110,000 | 1,094,356 |
Clydesdale Acquisition Holdings, Inc.: | | | |
6.625% 4/15/29 (c) | | 1,070,000 | 1,063,817 |
8.75% 4/15/30 (c) | | 6,430,000 | 6,120,419 |
| | | 9,889,292 |
Restaurants - 0.9% | | | |
1011778 BC Unlimited Liability Co./New Red Finance, Inc. 4% 10/15/30 (c) | | 7,635,000 | 6,706,614 |
CEC Entertainment LLC 6.75% 5/1/26 (c) | | 2,250,000 | 2,227,787 |
KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holding LLC/Taco Bell of America LLC 4.75% 6/1/27 (c) | | 1,325,000 | 1,291,195 |
Papa John's International, Inc. 3.875% 9/15/29 (c) | | 870,000 | 771,038 |
Yum! Brands, Inc. 4.625% 1/31/32 | | 2,585,000 | 2,373,056 |
| | | 13,369,690 |
Services - 4.8% | | | |
Allied Universal Holdco LLC / Allied Universal Finance Corp. 6% 6/1/29 (c) | | 1,050,000 | 869,379 |
Artera Services LLC 8.5% 2/15/31 (c) | | 2,765,000 | 2,824,595 |
ASGN, Inc. 4.625% 5/15/28 (c) | | 5,875,000 | 5,479,046 |
Atlas Luxco 4 SARL / Allied Universal Holdco LLC / Allied Universal Finance Corp. 4.625% 6/1/28 (c) | | 1,328,000 | 1,176,407 |
Avis Budget Car Rental LLC/Avis Budget Finance, Inc. 5.375% 3/1/29 (c) | | 1,470,000 | 1,338,317 |
Brand Industrial Services, Inc. 10.375% 8/1/30 (c) | | 3,910,000 | 4,157,998 |
CoreCivic, Inc. 8.25% 4/15/26 | | 1,455,000 | 1,486,894 |
CoreLogic, Inc. 4.5% 5/1/28 (c) | | 4,470,000 | 3,958,766 |
GEMS MENASA Cayman Ltd./GEMS Education Delaware LLC 7.125% 7/31/26 (c) | | 9,979,000 | 9,887,493 |
Hertz Corp.: | | | |
4.625% 12/1/26 (c) | | 1,680,000 | 1,487,153 |
5% 12/1/29 (c) | | 2,190,000 | 1,677,779 |
5.5% (b)(c)(e) | | 3,155,000 | 102,538 |
6% (b)(c)(e) | | 3,900,000 | 351,000 |
6.25% (b)(e) | | 2,880,000 | 93,600 |
7.125% (b)(c)(e) | | 3,980,000 | 358,200 |
OpenLane, Inc. 5.125% 6/1/25 (c) | | 96,000 | 94,738 |
Sabre GLBL, Inc. 7.375% 9/1/25 (c) | | 2,500,000 | 2,341,389 |
Service Corp. International 5.125% 6/1/29 | | 1,845,000 | 1,800,351 |
The GEO Group, Inc. 9.5% 12/31/28 (c) | | 6,055,000 | 6,039,302 |
Uber Technologies, Inc.: | | | |
4.5% 8/15/29 (c) | | 17,310,000 | 16,207,850 |
6.25% 1/15/28 (c) | | 2,145,000 | 2,147,681 |
7.5% 9/15/27 (c) | | 2,765,000 | 2,828,589 |
WASH Multifamily Acquisition, Inc. 5.75% 4/15/26 (c) | | 1,640,000 | 1,590,800 |
| | | 68,299,865 |
Steel - 0.1% | | | |
Commercial Metals Co. 3.875% 2/15/31 | | 1,125,000 | 982,168 |
Roller Bearing Co. of America, Inc. 4.375% 10/15/29 (c) | | 690,000 | 628,614 |
| | | 1,610,782 |
Super Retail - 1.5% | | | |
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.: | | | |
4.5% 3/1/28 | | 681,000 | 635,033 |
4.625% 11/15/29 (c) | | 1,520,000 | 1,384,635 |
4.75% 3/1/30 | | 680,000 | 618,820 |
5% 2/15/32 (c) | | 1,520,000 | 1,349,454 |
Bath & Body Works, Inc. 6.625% 10/1/30 (c) | | 5,045,000 | 5,072,702 |
Carvana Co.: | | | |
12% 12/1/28 pay-in-kind (c)(f) | | 317,454 | 305,124 |
13% 6/1/30 pay-in-kind (c)(f) | | 477,709 | 446,618 |
14% 6/1/31 pay-in-kind (c)(f) | | 568,057 | 552,709 |
EG Global Finance PLC 12% 11/30/28 (c) | | 2,975,000 | 3,140,856 |
LBM Acquisition LLC 6.25% 1/15/29 (c) | | 2,455,000 | 2,211,657 |
Macy's Retail Holdings LLC 6.125% 3/15/32 (c) | | 1,065,000 | 991,270 |
Michaels Companies, Inc.: | | | |
5.25% 5/1/28 (c) | | 1,320,000 | 1,024,845 |
7.875% 5/1/29 (c) | | 1,235,000 | 797,444 |
Sally Holdings LLC 6.75% 3/1/32 | | 3,070,000 | 3,061,175 |
| | | 21,592,342 |
Technology - 4.6% | | | |
Athenahealth Group, Inc. 6.5% 2/15/30 (c) | | 6,520,000 | 5,837,204 |
Block, Inc.: | | | |
2.75% 6/1/26 | | 2,555,000 | 2,383,406 |
3.5% 6/1/31 | | 2,555,000 | 2,179,603 |
Boxer Parent Co., Inc. 9.125% 3/1/26 (c) | | 60,000 | 59,755 |
CA Magnum Holdings 5.375% 10/31/26 (c) | | 770,000 | 736,266 |
Camelot Finance SA 4.5% 11/1/26 (c) | | 2,285,000 | 2,182,932 |
Cloud Software Group, Inc. 9% 9/30/29 (c) | | 6,530,000 | 6,094,506 |
Coherent Corp. 5% 12/15/29 (c) | | 1,385,000 | 1,291,513 |
Elastic NV 4.125% 7/15/29 (c) | | 1,275,000 | 1,145,246 |
Gen Digital, Inc. 5% 4/15/25 (c) | | 6,075,000 | 6,014,250 |
Go Daddy Operating Co. LLC / GD Finance Co., Inc. 5.25% 12/1/27 (c) | | 2,235,000 | 2,162,363 |
GrafTech Global Enterprises, Inc. 9.875% 12/15/28 (c) | | 1,850,000 | 1,468,900 |
Match Group Holdings II LLC 4.125% 8/1/30 (c) | | 2,335,000 | 2,062,809 |
MicroStrategy, Inc. 6.125% 6/15/28 (c) | | 3,530,000 | 3,403,629 |
NCR Atleos Corp. 9.5% 4/1/29 (c) | | 3,180,000 | 3,363,788 |
NCR Voyix Corp. 5.125% 4/15/29 (c) | | 1,775,000 | 1,645,736 |
Northwest Fiber LLC/Northwest Fiber Finance Sub, Inc. 10.75% 6/1/28 (c) | | 1,450,000 | 1,491,035 |
Open Text Corp. 3.875% 12/1/29 (c) | | 2,200,000 | 1,944,497 |
Open Text Holdings, Inc.: | | | |
4.125% 2/15/30 (c) | | 3,095,000 | 2,732,491 |
4.125% 12/1/31 (c) | | 2,200,000 | 1,883,022 |
Rackspace Hosting, Inc. 5.375% 12/1/28 (c) | | 1,430,000 | 416,414 |
Roblox Corp. 3.875% 5/1/30 (c) | | 6,055,000 | 5,303,151 |
Seagate HDD Cayman: | | | |
8.25% 12/15/29 (c) | | 1,545,000 | 1,655,478 |
8.5% 7/15/31 (c) | | 1,410,000 | 1,524,516 |
Sensata Technologies BV 4% 4/15/29 (c) | | 2,480,000 | 2,249,181 |
Synaptics, Inc. 4% 6/15/29 (c) | | 1,210,000 | 1,083,682 |
TTM Technologies, Inc. 4% 3/1/29 (c) | | 2,215,000 | 1,971,566 |
UKG, Inc. 6.875% 2/1/31 (c) | | 1,630,000 | 1,646,952 |
| | | 65,933,891 |
Telecommunications - 5.0% | | | |
Altice Financing SA 5.75% 8/15/29 (c) | | 7,480,000 | 6,442,304 |
Altice France SA: | | | |
5.125% 1/15/29 (c) | | 2,270,000 | 1,715,044 |
5.5% 1/15/28 (c) | | 4,825,000 | 3,936,842 |
C&W Senior Financing Designated Activity Co. 6.875% 9/15/27 (c) | | 9,965,000 | 9,392,013 |
Consolidated Communications, Inc. 5% 10/1/28 (c) | | 1,320,000 | 1,090,333 |
Frontier Communications Holdings LLC: | | | |
5% 5/1/28 (c) | | 2,480,000 | 2,295,126 |
5.875% 10/15/27 (c) | | 2,440,000 | 2,358,263 |
5.875% 11/1/29 | | 615,475 | 527,160 |
6% 1/15/30 (c) | | 3,035,000 | 2,594,908 |
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA 6.5% 3/15/30 (c) | | 7,745,000 | 7,205,811 |
LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC: | | | |
5.125% 7/15/29 (c) | | 2,520,000 | 2,117,606 |
6.75% 10/15/27 (c) | | 4,724,000 | 4,464,180 |
Level 3 Financing, Inc.: | | | |
3.75% 7/15/29 (c) | | 3,850,000 | 2,252,250 |
4.25% 7/1/28 (c) | | 3,420,000 | 2,103,300 |
Lumen Technologies, Inc. 4% 2/15/27 (c) | | 4,225,000 | 2,725,125 |
Northwest Fiber LLC/Northwest Fiber Finance Sub, Inc.: | | | |
4.75% 4/30/27 (c) | | 1,700,000 | 1,632,000 |
6% 2/15/28 (c) | | 790,000 | 755,817 |
Sabre GLBL, Inc. 9.25% 4/15/25 (c) | | 221,000 | 206,635 |
Telecom Italia SpA 5.303% 5/30/24 (c) | | 2,020,000 | 2,012,295 |
Uniti Group LP/Uniti Fiber Holdings, Inc./CSL Capital LLC 6% 1/15/30 (c) | | 6,860,000 | 5,008,143 |
Windstream Escrow LLC 7.75% 8/15/28 (c) | | 6,380,000 | 5,956,516 |
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.: | | | |
4% 3/1/27 (c) | | 3,835,000 | 3,192,638 |
6.125% 3/1/28 (c) | | 2,115,000 | 1,607,509 |
| | | 71,591,818 |
Textiles/Apparel - 0.4% | | | |
Crocs, Inc.: | | | |
4.125% 8/15/31 (c) | | 3,760,000 | 3,199,003 |
4.25% 3/15/29 (c) | | 1,710,000 | 1,534,744 |
Victoria's Secret & Co. 4.625% 7/15/29 (c) | | 1,665,000 | 1,404,464 |
| | | 6,138,211 |
Transportation Ex Air/Rail - 0.2% | | | |
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd.: | | | |
3.95% 7/1/24 (c) | | 9,000 | 8,933 |
4.375% 5/1/26 (c) | | 7,000 | 6,754 |
Seaspan Corp. 5.5% 8/1/29 (c) | | 3,695,000 | 3,150,098 |
| | | 3,165,785 |
Utilities - 3.4% | | | |
Clearway Energy Operating LLC 4.75% 3/15/28 (c) | | 2,940,000 | 2,748,439 |
DPL, Inc. 4.35% 4/15/29 | | 9,480,000 | 8,590,302 |
NRG Energy, Inc. 3.875% 2/15/32 (c) | | 132,000 | 110,267 |
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.: | | | |
3.75% 8/15/42 | | 350,000 | 255,323 |
3.95% 12/1/47 | | 2,495,000 | 1,815,737 |
4.55% 7/1/30 | | 4,110,000 | 3,857,377 |
4.95% 7/1/50 | | 14,750,000 | 12,520,235 |
PG&E Corp. 5.25% 7/1/30 | | 9,430,000 | 8,864,749 |
Pike Corp. 5.5% 9/1/28 (c) | | 5,310,000 | 5,036,883 |
Vertiv Group Corp. 4.125% 11/15/28 (c) | | 3,055,000 | 2,818,662 |
Vistra Operations Co. LLC 5.625% 2/15/27 (c) | | 2,000,000 | 1,948,899 |
| | | 48,566,873 |
TOTAL NONCONVERTIBLE BONDS | | | 1,065,559,910 |
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS (Cost $1,197,563,487) | | | 1,096,825,450 |
| | | |
Common Stocks - 4.9% |
| | Shares | Value ($) |
Automotive & Auto Parts - 0.0% | | | |
UC Holdings, Inc. (b)(h) | | 32,168 | 32,168 |
Broadcasting - 0.0% | | | |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (h) | | 8,204 | 22,725 |
Energy - 2.6% | | | |
California Resources Corp. | | 119,243 | 6,220,907 |
California Resources Corp. warrants 10/27/24 (h) | | 20,004 | 336,267 |
Chesapeake Energy Corp. (i) | | 64,281 | 5,321,181 |
EP Energy Corp. (b)(h) | | 218,900 | 383,075 |
Exxon Mobil Corp. | | 49,155 | 5,137,681 |
Forbes Energy Services Ltd. (h) | | 72,087 | 0 |
Mesquite Energy, Inc. (b)(h) | | 214,437 | 16,805,404 |
Noble Corp. PLC: | | | |
warrants 2/4/28 (h) | | 27,051 | 628,395 |
warrants 2/4/28 (h) | | 27,051 | 533,987 |
PureWest Energy (b)(h) | | 2,832 | 637 |
PureWest Energy rights (b)(h) | | 1,707 | 0 |
Superior Energy Services, Inc. Class A (b)(h) | | 15,005 | 1,168,139 |
Tidewater, Inc. warrants 11/14/42 (h) | | 8,251 | 635,574 |
Tribune Resources, Inc. (b) | | 182,155 | 116,579 |
TOTAL ENERGY | | | 37,287,826 |
Entertainment/Film - 0.1% | | | |
New Cotai LLC/New Cotai Capital Corp. (b)(g)(h) | | 1,330,466 | 957,936 |
Food & Drug Retail - 1.3% | | | |
Northeast Grocery, Inc. (b)(g)(h) | | 228,430 | 1,283,777 |
Southeastern Grocers, Inc. (b)(g)(h) | | 687,397 | 17,549,245 |
TOTAL FOOD & DRUG RETAIL | | | 18,833,022 |
Gaming - 0.0% | | | |
Studio City International Holdings Ltd.: | | | |
ADR (c)(h) | | 25,434 | 171,680 |
(NYSE) ADR (h) | | 28,000 | 189,000 |
TOTAL GAMING | | | 360,680 |
Hotels - 0.1% | | | |
Travelport Finance Luxembourg SARL (b) | | 261 | 621,434 |
Telecommunications - 0.1% | | | |
CUI Acquisition Corp. Class E (b)(h) | | 0 | 0 |
Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. (h) | | 77,463 | 1,834,324 |
TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS | | | 1,834,324 |
Textiles/Apparel - 0.3% | | | |
Intelsat Emergence SA (b) | | 99,657 | 3,617,549 |
Utilities - 0.4% | | | |
PG&E Corp. | | 350,590 | 5,851,347 |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $37,291,775) | | | 69,419,011 |
| | | |
Bank Loan Obligations - 7.5% |
| | Principal Amount (a) | Value ($) |
Air Transportation - 1.3% | | | |
Echo Global Logistics, Inc.: | | | |
1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.750% 10.1981% 11/23/28 (b)(f)(j)(k) | | 7,215,663 | 7,215,663 |
2LN, term loan: | | | |
CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 7.000% 12.4263% 11/23/29 (b)(f)(j)(k) | | 915,000 | 915,000 |
CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 8.000% 13.4263% 11/23/29 (b)(f)(j)(k) | | 9,743,000 | 9,743,000 |
TOTAL AIR TRANSPORTATION | | | 17,873,663 |
Banks & Thrifts - 0.1% | | | |
First Eagle Holdings, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 2.500% 7.9481% 2/1/27 (f)(j)(k) | | 1,051,029 | 1,046,215 |
Broadcasting - 0.0% | | | |
Diamond Sports Group LLC term loan 10% 11/30/24 (b)(k) | | 167,627 | 167,627 |
Building Materials - 0.1% | | | |
Hunter Douglas, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.500% 8.8238% 2/25/29 (f)(j)(k) | | 1,521,825 | 1,501,859 |
Chemicals - 0.3% | | | |
Consolidated Energy Finance SA Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.500% 9.8214% 11/15/30 (f)(j)(k) | | 2,155,000 | 2,087,656 |
Discovery Purchaser Corp. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.370% 9.7052% 10/4/29 (f)(j)(k) | | 2,831,454 | 2,814,635 |
TOTAL CHEMICALS | | | 4,902,291 |
Consumer Products - 0.2% | | | |
TKC Holdings, Inc. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.500% 10.9407% 5/14/28 (f)(j)(k) | | 2,303,237 | 2,239,898 |
Diversified Financial Services - 1.0% | | | |
Cabazon Finance Authority term loan 11% 3/7/24 pay-in-kind (b)(f)(k) | | 3,404,448 | 2,364,389 |
GTCR W-2 Merger Sub LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.3263% 1/31/31 (f)(j)(k) | | 3,980,000 | 3,991,622 |
HarbourVest Partners LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.500% 7.8432% 4/22/30 (f)(j)(k) | | 237,438 | 237,141 |
Softbank SVF II Cayman LP 1LN, term loan 3 month U.S. LIBOR + 5.000% 6% 12/31/24 (b)(f)(j)(k) | | 7,827,081 | 7,719,850 |
TOTAL DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES | | | 14,313,002 |
Diversified Media - 0.3% | | | |
CMG Media Corp. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9481% 12/17/26 (f)(j)(k) | | 4,921,944 | 4,115,975 |
Energy - 0.0% | | | |
Mesquite Energy, Inc.: | | | |
1LN, term loan 3 month U.S. LIBOR + 8.000% 0% (b)(e)(j)(k) | | 3,964,252 | 0 |
term loan 0% (b)(e)(f)(k) | | 1,710,000 | 0 |
TOTAL ENERGY | | | 0 |
Food & Drug Retail - 0.0% | | | |
Northeast Grocery, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 7.500% 12.8257% 12/5/28 (f)(j)(k) | | 745,000 | 743,450 |
Food/Beverage/Tobacco - 0.6% | | | |
Del Monte Foods, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.6763% 5/16/29 (f)(j)(k) | | 1,861,438 | 1,677,285 |
Oatly Group AB Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 7.500% 12.7979% 4/18/28 (b)(f)(j)(k) | | 2,805,900 | 2,637,546 |
Triton Water Holdings, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.000% 3/31/28 (j)(k)(l) | | 3,935,000 | 3,866,138 |
TOTAL FOOD/BEVERAGE/TOBACCO | | | 8,180,969 |
Healthcare - 0.0% | | | |
Electron BidCo, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.4407% 11/1/28 (f)(j)(k) | | 284,925 | 284,347 |
Insurance - 0.4% | | | |
Acrisure LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.250% 9.6907% 2/15/27 (f)(j)(k) | | 210,700 | 210,788 |
Asurion LLC 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.000% 9.4263% 8/19/28 (f)(j)(k) | | 4,246,250 | 4,209,095 |
HUB International Ltd. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 8.5741% 6/20/30 (f)(j)(k) | | 648,375 | 647,565 |
USI, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.000% 8.3481% 11/22/29 (f)(j)(k) | | 431,548 | 431,009 |
TOTAL INSURANCE | | | 5,498,457 |
Leisure - 0.0% | | | |
Alterra Mountain Co. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9407% 8/17/28 (f)(j)(k) | | 42,448 | 42,448 |
Services - 1.7% | | | |
Ascend Learning LLC 2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.750% 11.1763% 12/10/29 (f)(j)(k) | | 305,000 | 292,800 |
CoreLogic, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9407% 6/2/28 (f)(j)(k) | | 5,746,215 | 5,578,311 |
Finastra U.S.A., Inc. term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 7.250% 12.7129% 9/13/29 (b)(f)(j)(k) | | 6,228,486 | 6,228,486 |
Neptune BidCo U.S., Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.000% 10.4234% 4/11/29 (f)(j)(k) | | 5,493,488 | 5,037,418 |
Pg Investment Co. 59 Sarl Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 2/23/31 (j)(k)(l) | | 305,000 | 305,128 |
Spin Holdco, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 4.000% 9.6246% 3/4/28 (f)(j)(k) | | 6,952,088 | 6,301,581 |
TOTAL SERVICES | | | 23,743,724 |
Super Retail - 0.2% | | | |
Great Outdoors Group LLC Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.750% 9.1907% 3/5/28 (f)(j)(k) | | 2,596,405 | 2,595,938 |
Technology - 1.2% | | | |
Applied Systems, Inc.: | | | |
Tranche 2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.250% 2/9/32 (j)(k)(l) | | 25,000 | 25,563 |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.821% 2/7/31 (f)(j)(k) | | 135,000 | 135,478 |
Athenahealth Group, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.5763% 2/15/29 (f)(j)(k) | | 2,801,184 | 2,774,489 |
Cotiviti, Inc.: | | | |
Tranche 1LN, term loan 7.625% 2/24/31 (k) | | 2,220,000 | 2,225,550 |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.250% 2/21/31 (j)(k)(l) | | 560,000 | 557,900 |
DH Corp./Societe term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 7.250% 12.7129% 9/13/29 (b)(f)(j)(k) | | 145,464 | 145,464 |
UKG, Inc.: | | | |
2LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 5.250% 10.6802% 5/3/27 (f)(j)(k) | | 6,735,172 | 6,794,105 |
Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.8143% 2/10/31 (f)(j)(k) | | 4,738,702 | 4,740,929 |
TOTAL TECHNOLOGY | | | 17,399,478 |
Telecommunications - 0.1% | | | |
Altice France SA Tranche B14 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 5.500% 10.814% 8/15/28 (f)(j)(k) | | 1,045,351 | 964,336 |
Crown Subsea Communications Holding, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 4.750% 10.0674% 1/30/31 (f)(j)(k) | | 425,000 | 426,594 |
TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS | | | 1,390,930 |
TOTAL BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS (Cost $109,859,312) | | | 106,040,271 |
| | | |
Preferred Securities - 0.9% |
| | Principal Amount (a) | Value ($) |
Banks & Thrifts - 0.6% | | | |
Bank of America Corp.: | | | |
6.1% (f)(m) | | 3,690,000 | 3,790,152 |
6.25% (f)(m) | | 2,310,000 | 2,374,457 |
Wells Fargo & Co. 5.9% (f)(m) | | 1,955,000 | 1,970,052 |
TOTAL BANKS & THRIFTS | | | 8,134,661 |
Diversified Financial Services - 0.3% | | | |
Charles Schwab Corp. 5.375% (f)(m) | | 4,340,000 | 4,338,280 |
TOTAL PREFERRED SECURITIES (Cost $12,205,387) | | | 12,472,941 |
| | | |
Other - 1.9% |
| | Shares | Value ($) |
Other - 1.9% | | | |
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC (g)(n) (Cost $26,377,411) | | 2,648,865 | 27,124,355 |
| | | |
Money Market Funds - 7.7% |
| | Shares | Value ($) |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 5.39% (o) | | 104,653,306 | 104,674,237 |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.39% (o)(p) | | 5,376,212 | 5,376,750 |
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS (Cost $110,050,987) | | | 110,050,987 |
| | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100.1% (Cost $1,493,348,359) | 1,421,933,015 |
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.1)% | (781,550) |
NET ASSETS - 100.0% | 1,421,151,465 |
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Legend
(a) | Amount is stated in United States dollars unless otherwise noted. |
(c) | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $889,877,713 or 62.6% of net assets. |
(d) | Security or a portion of the security purchased on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis. |
(e) | Non-income producing - Security is in default. |
(f) | Coupon rates for floating and adjustable rate securities reflect the rates in effect at period end. |
(g) | Restricted securities (including private placements) - Investment in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding 144A issues). At the end of the period, the value of restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) amounted to $56,885,671 or 4.0% of net assets. |
(i) | Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end. |
(j) | Coupon is indexed to a floating interest rate which may be multiplied by a specified factor and/or subject to caps or floors. |
(k) | Remaining maturities of bank loan obligations may be less than the stated maturities shown as a result of contractual or optional prepayments by the borrower. Such prepayments cannot be predicted with certainty. |
(l) | The coupon rate will be determined upon settlement of the loan after period end. |
(m) | Security is perpetual in nature with no stated maturity date. |
(n) | Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. |
(o) | Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements are available on the SEC's website or upon request. |
(p) | Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan. |
Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows: |
Security | Acquisition Date | Acquisition Cost ($) |
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC | 4/15/22 - 2/05/24 | 26,377,411 |
| | |
Jonah Energy Parent LLC 12% 11/5/25 | 5/05/23 | 9,239,670 |
| | |
New Cotai LLC/New Cotai Capital Corp. | 9/11/20 | 6,590,796 |
| | |
Northeast Grocery, Inc. | 11/08/21 | 90,888 |
| | |
Southeastern Grocers, Inc. | 6/01/18 - 4/26/19 | 5,072,958 |
| | |
Affiliated Central Funds
Fiscal year to date information regarding the Fund's investments in Fidelity Central Funds, including the ownership percentage, is presented below.
Affiliate | Value, beginning of period ($) | Purchases ($) | Sales Proceeds ($) | Dividend Income ($) | Realized Gain (loss) ($) | Change in Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) ($) | Value, end of period ($) | % ownership, end of period |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 5.39% | 21,545,624 | 334,984,449 | 251,855,836 | 994,775 | - | - | 104,674,237 | 0.2% |
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC | 24,227,898 | 2,421,220 | - | 1,859,224 | - | 475,236 | 27,124,354 | 3.9% |
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 5.39% | 7,268,450 | 12,873,032 | 14,764,732 | 2,685 | - | - | 5,376,750 | 0.0% |
Total | 53,041,972 | 350,278,701 | 266,620,568 | 2,856,684 | - | 475,236 | 137,175,341 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Amounts in the dividend income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable.
Amounts in the dividend income column for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities.
Amounts included in the purchases and sales proceeds columns may include in-kind transactions, if applicable.
Investment Valuation
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of February 29, 2024, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used below, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date: |
Description | Total ($) | Level 1 ($) | Level 2 ($) | Level 3 ($) |
Investments in Securities: | | | | |
|
Equities: | | | | |
Communication Services | 5,474,598 | 1,857,049 | - | 3,617,549 |
Consumer Discretionary | 1,972,218 | 360,680 | - | 1,611,538 |
Consumer Staples | 18,833,022 | - | - | 18,833,022 |
Energy | 37,287,189 | 18,178,418 | 635,574 | 18,473,197 |
Utilities | 5,851,984 | 5,851,347 | - | 637 |
|
Corporate Bonds | 1,096,825,450 | - | 1,082,386,572 | 14,438,878 |
|
Bank Loan Obligations | 106,040,271 | - | 68,903,246 | 37,137,025 |
|
Preferred Securities | 12,472,941 | - | 12,472,941 | - |
|
Other | 27,124,355 | - | 27,124,355 | - |
|
Money Market Funds | 110,050,987 | 110,050,987 | - | - |
Total Investments in Securities: | 1,421,933,015 | 136,298,481 | 1,191,522,688 | 94,111,846 |
The following is a reconciliation of Investments in Securities for which Level 3 inputs were used in determining value:
| |
Investments in Securities: | |
Consumer Staples | | | |
Beginning Balance | $ | 19,269,568 | |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | | - | |
Net Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | | (436,546) | |
Cost of Purchases | | - | |
Proceeds of Sales | | - | |
Amortization/Accretion | | - | |
Transfers into Level 3 | | - | |
Transfers out of Level 3 | | - | |
Ending Balance | $ | 18,833,022 | |
The change in unrealized gain (loss) for the period attributable to Level 3 securities held at February 29, 2024 | $ | (436,546) | |
Energy | | | |
Beginning Balance | $ | 18,880,918 | |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | | 985,050 | |
Net Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | | (407,720) | |
Cost of Purchases | | - | |
Proceeds of Sales | | (985,050) | |
Amortization/Accretion | | - | |
Transfers into Level 3 | | - | |
Transfers out of Level 3 | | (1) | |
Ending Balance | $ | 18,473,197 | |
The change in unrealized gain (loss) for the period attributable to Level 3 securities held at February 29, 2024 | $ | (407,720) | |
Corporate Bonds | | | |
Beginning Balance | $ | 13,525,018 | |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | | - | |
Net Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | | 833,149 | |
Cost of Purchases | | 40,166 | |
Proceeds of Sales | | - | |
Amortization/Accretion | | 40,545 | |
Transfers into Level 3 | | - | |
Transfers out of Level 3 | | - | |
Ending Balance | $ | 14,438,878 | |
The change in unrealized gain (loss) for the period attributable to Level 3 securities held at February 29, 2024 | $ | 833,149 | |
Bank Loan Obligations | | | |
Beginning Balance | $ | 47,744,518 | |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | | 348,619 | |
Net Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | | (67,007) | |
Cost of Purchases | | 7,450,701 | |
Proceeds of Sales | | (18,441,544) | |
Amortization/Accretion | | 101,738 | |
Transfers into Level 3 | | - | |
Transfers out of Level 3 | | - | |
Ending Balance | $ | 37,137,025 | |
The change in unrealized gain (loss) for the period attributable to Level 3 securities held at February 29, 2024 | $ | (91,499) | |
Other Investments in Securities | | | |
Beginning Balance | $ | 9,579,314 | |
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | | 254,518 | |
Net Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities | | (1,025,476) | |
Cost of Purchases | | 621,434 | |
Proceeds of Sales | | (4,200,066) | |
Amortization/Accretion | | - | |
Transfers into Level 3 | | - | |
Transfers out of Level 3 | | - | |
Ending Balance | $ | 5,229,724 | |
The change in unrealized gain (loss) for the period attributable to Level 3 securities held at February 29, 2024 | $ | (1,047,889) | |
The information used in the above reconciliation represents fiscal year to date activity for any Investments in Securities identified as using Level 3 inputs at either the beginning or the end of the current fiscal period. Cost of purchases and proceeds of sales may include securities received and/or delivered through in-kind transactions, corporate actions or exchanges. Transfers into Level 3 were attributable to a lack of observable market data resulting from decreases in market activity, decreases in liquidity, security restructurings or corporate actions. Transfers out of Level 3 were attributable to observable market data becoming available for those securities. Transfers in or out of Level 3 represent the beginning value of any Security or Instrument where a change in the pricing level occurred from the beginning to the end of the period. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) disclosed in the reconciliation are included in Net Gain (Loss) on the Fund's Statement of Operations. | |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
| | | | February 29, 2024 (Unaudited) |
| | | | |
Assets | | | | |
Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $5,314,476) - See accompanying schedule: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $1,356,919,961) | $ | 1,284,757,674 | | |
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $136,428,398) | | 137,175,341 | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Total Investment in Securities (cost $1,493,348,359) | | | $ | 1,421,933,015 |
Cash | | | | 167,627 |
Receivable for investments sold | | | | 1,553,900 |
Receivable for fund shares sold | | | | 10 |
Dividends receivable | | | | 283,794 |
Interest receivable | | | | 18,680,176 |
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds | | | | 387,102 |
Receivable from investment adviser for expense reductions | | | | 12,209 |
Other receivables | | | | 123 |
Total assets | | | | 1,443,017,956 |
Liabilities | | | | |
Payable for investments purchased | | | | |
Regular delivery | $ | 12,200,196 | | |
Delayed delivery | | 4,090,000 | | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | | 198,744 | | |
Other payables and accrued expenses | | 801 | | |
Collateral on securities loaned | | 5,376,750 | | |
Total Liabilities | | | | 21,866,491 |
Commitments and contingent liabilities (see Commitments note) | | | | |
Net Assets | | | $ | 1,421,151,465 |
Net Assets consist of: | | | | |
Paid in capital | | | $ | 1,508,048,525 |
Total accumulated earnings (loss) | | | | (86,897,060) |
Net Assets | | | $ | 1,421,151,465 |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($1,421,151,465 ÷ 13,628,573 shares) | | | $ | 104.28 |
Statement of Operations |
| | | | Six months ended February 29, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Investment Income | | | | |
Dividends | | | $ | 1,217,264 |
Interest | | | | 44,563,176 |
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $2,685 from security lending) | | | | 2,831,476 |
Payment from investment adviser | | | | 69,417 |
Total Income | | | | 48,681,333 |
Expenses | | | | |
Custodian fees and expenses | $ | 944 | | |
Independent trustees' fees and expenses | | 3,683 | | |
Legal | | 2,952 | | |
Total expenses before reductions | | 7,579 | | |
Expense reductions | | (1,302) | | |
Total expenses after reductions | | | | 6,277 |
Net Investment income (loss) | | | | 48,675,056 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | | | | |
Investment Securities: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers | | (6,443,486) | | |
Capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds | | 25,208 | | |
Total net realized gain (loss) | | | | (6,418,278) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | | | | |
Investment Securities: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers | | 35,071,219 | | |
Fidelity Central Funds | | 475,236 | | |
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | 35,546,455 |
Net gain (loss) | | | | 29,128,177 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | $ | 77,803,233 |
Statement of Changes in Net Assets |
|
| | Six months ended February 29, 2024 (Unaudited) | | Year ended August 31, 2023 |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | | | |
Operations | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 48,675,056 | $ | 128,559,222 |
Net realized gain (loss) | | (6,418,278) | | (8,490,959) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | 35,546,455 | | (4,256,760) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | 77,803,233 | | 115,811,503 |
Distributions to shareholders | | (55,868,733) | | (125,001,026) |
| | | | |
Affiliated share transactions | | | | |
Proceeds from sales of shares | | 94,765,646 | | 25,859,041 |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 55,868,733 | | 125,000,555 |
Cost of shares redeemed | | (221,974,091) | | (551,310,147) |
| | | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | | (71,339,712) | | (400,450,551) |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | (49,405,212) | | (409,640,074) |
| | | | |
Net Assets | | | | |
Beginning of period | | 1,470,556,677 | | 1,880,196,751 |
End of period | $ | 1,421,151,465 | $ | 1,470,556,677 |
| | | | |
Other Information | | | | |
Shares | | | | |
Sold | | 876,898 | | 250,913 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | | 545,623 | | 1,224,422 |
Redeemed | | (2,147,247) | | (5,375,537) |
Net increase (decrease) | | (724,726) | | (3,900,202) |
| | | | |
Financial Highlights
Fidelity® High Income Central Fund |
|
| | Six months ended (Unaudited) February 29, 2024 | | Years ended August 31, 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 102.45 | $ | 103.00 | $ | 115.51 | $ | 106.08 | $ | 111.37 | $ | 112.30 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | 3.613 | | 7.647 | | 6.198 | | 6.202 | | 6.432 | | 7.276 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | 2.376 | | (.838) | | (12.709) | | 9.246 | | (5.023) | | (.267) |
Total from investment operations | | 5.989 | | 6.809 | | (6.511) | | 15.448 | | 1.409 | | 7.009 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (4.159) | | (7.276) | | (5.999) | | (6.018) | | (6.685) | | (7.089) |
Distributions from net realized gain | | - | | (.083) | | - | | - | | (.014) | | (.850) |
Total distributions | | (4.159) | | (7.359) | | (5.999) | | (6.018) | | (6.699) | | (7.939) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 104.28 | $ | 102.45 | $ | 103.00 | $ | 115.51 | $ | 106.08 | $ | 111.37 |
Total Return C,D | | 5.99% | | 6.88% | | (5.81)% | | 14.97% | | 1.45% | | 6.59% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,E,F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions | | -% G,H | | .03% | | .04% | | -% G | | -% G | | -% G |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any | | -% G,H | | .03% | | .04% | | -% G | | -% G | | -% G |
Expenses net of all reductions | | -% G,H | | .03% | | .04% | | -% G | | -% G | | -% G |
Net investment income (loss) | | 7.10% H | | 7.49% | | 5.63% | | 5.62% | | 6.06% | | 6.70% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 1,421,151 | $ | 1,470,557 | $ | 1,880,197 | $ | 2,434,406 | $ | 2,689,635 | $ | 2,600,771 |
Portfolio turnover rate I | | 18% H | | 14% | | 23% | | 37% | | 59% J | | 39% J,K |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CTotal returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
DTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
EFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC, please refer to the Investment in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
FExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
GAmount represents less than .005%.
HAnnualized.
IAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
JPortfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
KThe portfolio turnover rate does not include the assets acquired in the merger.
For the period ended February 29, 2024
1. Organization.
Fidelity High Income Central Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Central Investment Portfolios LLC (the LLC) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. Shares of the Fund are only offered to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR), or its affiliates (the Investing Funds). The LLC is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Delaware Limited Liability Company.
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
Funds may invest in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Schedule of Investments lists any Fidelity Central Funds held as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. An investing fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
Based on its investment objective, each Fidelity Central Fund may invest or participate in various investment vehicles or strategies that are similar to those of the investing fund. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the investing fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of each of the Fidelity Central Funds and thus a decline in the value of the investing fund.
Fidelity Central Fund | Investment Manager | Investment Objective | Investment Practices | Expense RatioA |
Fidelity Money Market Central Funds | Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) | Each fund seeks to obtain a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity. | Short-term Investments | Less than .005% |
A Expenses expressed as a percentage of average net assets and are as of each underlying Central Fund's most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.
A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds which contain the significant accounting policies (including investment valuation policies) of those funds, and are not covered by the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission website or upon request.
3. Investment in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC.
The Fund invests in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC, which is a limited liability company available only to certain investment companies managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC's units are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and are subject to substantial restrictions on transfer. The Fund has no redemption rights under Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC's limited liability company agreement. There will be no trading market for the units.
Based on its investment objective, Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC may invest or participate in various investments or strategies that are similar to those in which the Fund may invest or participate. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the Fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC and thus a decline in the value of the Fund. Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC intends to invest primarily in directly originated loans to private companies but also with liquid credit investments, like broadly syndicated loans, and other select private credit investments.
The Schedule of Investments lists Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC. Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC represented less than 5% of the Fund's net assets at period end. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC. The annualized expense ratio for Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC for the twelve month period ended December 31, 2023 was 10.16%.
On March 11, 2024, the Board of Directors of Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC approved to change the name to Fidelity Private Credit Company LLC.
4. Significant Accounting Policies.
The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services - Investment Companies. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but does not include the underlying holdings of these funds. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Directors (the Board) has designated the Fund's investment adviser as the valuation designee responsible for the fair valuation function and performing fair value determinations as needed. The investment adviser has established a Fair Value Committee (the Committee) to carry out the day-to-day fair valuation responsibilities and has adopted policies and procedures to govern the fair valuation process and the activities of the Committee. In accordance with these fair valuation policies and procedures, which have been approved by the Board, the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing services or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with the policies and procedures. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events, transaction data, estimated cash flows, and market observations of comparable investments. The frequency that the fair valuation procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee manages the Fund's fair valuation practices and maintains the fair valuation policies and procedures. The Fund's investment adviser reports to the Board information regarding the fair valuation process and related material matters.
The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:
Level 1 - unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)
Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)
Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:
Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from third party pricing services or from brokers who make markets in such securities. Corporate bonds, bank loan obligations and preferred securities valued by pricing services who utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type or by broker-supplied prices. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities may be valued utilizing pricing methodologies which consider similar factors that would be used by third party pricing services. Debt securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy but may be Level 3 depending on the circumstances. The Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in below investment grade securities. The value of these securities can be more volatile due to changes in the credit quality of the issuer and is sensitive to changes in economic, market and regulatory conditions.
Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing service on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, ETFs and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy. Securities, including private placements or other restricted securities, for which observable inputs are not available are valued using alternate valuation approaches, including the market approach, the income approach and cost approach, and are categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy. The market approach considers factors including the price of recent investments in the same or a similar security or financial metrics of comparable securities. The income approach considers factors including expected future cash flows, security specific risks and corresponding discount rates. The cost approach considers factors including the value of the security's underlying assets and liabilities.
Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC is valued at its net asset value (NAV) each month end and is categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.
The following provides information on Level 3 securities held by the Fund that were valued at period end based on unobservable inputs. These amounts exclude valuations provided by a broker and valuations using NAV as a practical expedient.
Asset Type | Fair Value | Valuation Technique(s) | Unobservable Input | Amount or Range/Weighted Average | Impact to Valuation from an Increase in InputA |
| | | | | |
Equities | $42,535,943 | Market comparable | Enterprise value/Revenue multiple (EV/R) | 0.3 | Increase |
| | | Enterprise value/EBITDA multiple (EV/EBITDA) | 4.1 - 5.3 / 4.4 | Increase |
| | Market approach | Parity price | $2,380.97 | Increase |
| | Discounted cash flow | Discount rate | 11.3% - 12.3% / 11.3% | Decrease |
| | Recovery value | Recovery value | $0.00 - $0.22 / $0.22 | Increase |
| | Indicative market price | Bid price | $1.05 | Increase |
| | Black scholes | Discount rate | 4.5% | Increase |
| | | Term | 3.0 | Increase |
| | | Volatility | 60.0% | Increase |
Corporate Bonds | $14,438,878 | Market comparable | Enterprise value/EBITDA multiple (EV/EBITDA) | 5.3 | Increase |
| | | Enterprise value/Proved reserves multiple (EV/PR) | 0.7 | Increase |
| | | Enterprise value/PV10 multiple (EV/PV10) | 0.3 | Increase |
| | | Daily production multiple ($/Million cubic feet per day) | $3,550.00 | Increase |
| | Discounted cash flow | Yield | 18.6% | Decrease |
| | Recovery value | Recovery value | $0.00 | Increase |
| | Indicative market price | Evaluated bid | $3.25 - $9.00 / $7.75 | Increase |
| | Black scholes | Discount rate | 4.5% | Increase |
| | | Term | 3.0 | Increase |
| | | Volatility | 60.0% | Increase |
Bank Loan Obligations | $37,137,025 | Market comparable | Enterprise value/EBITDA multiple (EV/EBITDA) | 6.5 | Increase |
| | Market approach | Transaction price | $100.00 | Increase |
| | Discounted cash flow | Yield | 6.8% - 14.4% / 10.1% | Decrease |
| | Recovery value | Recovery value | $0.00 | Increase |
A Represents the directional change in the fair value of the Level 3 investments that could have resulted from an increase in the corresponding input as of period end. A decrease to the unobservable input would have had the opposite effect. Significant changes in these inputs may have resulted in a significantly higher or lower fair value measurement at period end.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level as of February 29, 2024, as well as a roll forward of Level 3 investments, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and include proceeds received from litigation. Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of a fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to a fund. Any such rebates are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments in the Statement of Operations. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain distributions received by the Fund represent a return of capital or capital gain. The Fund determines the components of these distributions subsequent to the ex-dividend date, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. These distributions are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. Interest income is accrued as earned and includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities as applicable. Paid in Kind (PIK) income is recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Debt obligations may be placed on non-accrual status and related interest income may be reduced by ceasing current accruals and writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful based on consistently applied procedures. A debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectability of interest is reasonably assured. The investment adviser has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund with respect to the portion of the Fund's assets invested in Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC until December 31, 2024 as presented in the Statement of Operations in payment from investment adviser.
Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of that fund and do not include any expenses associated with any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds. Although not included in a fund's expenses, a fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses through the net asset value of each underlying mutual fund or exchange-traded fund. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction.
Distributions are declared and recorded daily and paid monthly from net investment income. Distributions from realized gains, if any, are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.
Book-tax differences are primarily due to partnerships, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.
As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Gross unrealized appreciation | $65,226,895 |
Gross unrealized depreciation | (133,404,356) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $(68,177,461) |
Tax cost | $1,490,110,476 |
Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. The capital loss carryforward information presented below, including any applicable limitation, is estimated as of prior fiscal period end and is subject to adjustment.
Short-term | $(831,198) |
Long-term | (7,562,559) |
Total capital loss carryforward | $(8,393,757) |
Delayed Delivery Transactions and When-Issued Securities. During the period, certain Funds transacted in securities on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis. Payment and delivery may take place after the customary settlement period for that security. The price of the underlying securities and the date when the securities will be delivered and paid for are fixed at the time the transaction is negotiated. Securities purchased on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis are identified as such in the Schedule of Investments. Compensation for interest forgone in the purchase of a delayed delivery or when-issued debt security may be received. With respect to purchase commitments, each applicable Fund identifies securities as segregated in its records with a value at least equal to the amount of the commitment. Payables and receivables associated with the purchases and sales of delayed delivery securities having the same coupon, settlement date and broker are offset. Delayed delivery or when-issued securities that have been purchased from and sold to different brokers are reflected as both payables and receivables in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities under the caption "Delayed delivery", as applicable. Losses may arise due to changes in the value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract's terms, or if the issuer does not issue the securities due to political, economic, or other factors.
Restricted Securities (including Private Placements). Funds may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities held at period end is included at the end of the Schedule of Investments, if applicable.
Loans and Other Direct Debt Instruments. Direct debt instruments are interests in amounts owed to lenders by corporate or other borrowers. These instruments may be in the form of loans, trade claims or other receivables and may include standby financing commitments such as revolving credit facilities that obligate a fund to supply additional cash to the borrower on demand. Loans may be acquired through assignment, participation, or may be made directly to a borrower. Such instruments are presented in the Bank Loan Obligations section in the Schedule of Investments. Certain funds may also invest in unfunded loan commitments, which are contractual obligations for future funding. Information regarding unfunded commitments is included at the end of the Schedule of Investments, if applicable.
Commitments. A commitment is an agreement to acquire an investment at a future date (subject to conditions) in connection with a potential public or non-public offering. The amount of commitments outstanding at period end are presented in the table below. These commitments are not included in the net assets of the Fund at period end.
| Investment to be Acquired | Commitment Amount |
Fidelity High Income Central Fund | Fidelity Private Credit Central Fund LLC | $4,902,001 |
Commitments. A commitment is an agreement to acquire an investment at a future date (subject to conditions) in connection with a potential public or non-public offering. Commitments outstanding at period end are presented in the table below. Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on any commitments outstanding at period end is separately presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unfunded commitments, and any change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unfunded commitments during the period is separately presented in the Statement of Operations, as applicable based on contractual conditions of each commitment.
| Investment to be Acquired | Commitment Amount | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
Fidelity High Income Central Fund | Level 3 Financing, Inc. 1LN note 11% 11/15/29 | $793,160 | $- |
5. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and in-kind transactions, as applicable, are noted in the table below.
| Purchases ($) | Sales ($) |
Fidelity High Income Central Fund | 116,641,060 | 260,018,659 |
6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee and Expense Contract. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (the investment adviser) provides the Fund with investment management services. The Fund does not pay any fees for these services. Pursuant to the Fund's management contract, the investment adviser receives a monthly management fee that represents a portion of the management fees it receives from the Investing Funds. In addition, under an expense contract, the investment adviser also pays all other expenses of the Fund, excluding custody fees, the compensation of the independent Directors, and certain miscellaneous expenses such as proxy and shareholder meeting expenses.
Interfund Trades. Funds may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Any interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note. During the period, there were no interfund trades.
Subsequent Event - Sub-Advisory Arrangements. Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's sub-advisory agreements with FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited will be amended to provide that the investment adviser will pay each sub-adviser monthly fees equal to 110% of the sub-adviser's costs for providing sub-advisory services.
7. Security Lending.
Funds lend portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. Lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of a fund's daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. A fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. On the settlement date of the loan, a fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of a fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to a fund on the next business day. A fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. A fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. Any loaned securities are identified as such in the Schedule of Investments, and the value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end, as applicable, are presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Affiliated security lending activity, if any, was as follows:
| Total Security Lending Fees Paid to NFS | Security Lending Income From Securities Loaned to NFS | Value of Securities Loaned to NFS at Period End |
Fidelity High Income Central Fund | $275 | $- | $- |
8. Expense Reductions.
Through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of certain uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses by $1,302.
9. Other.
A fund's organizational documents provide former and current directors and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the fund. In the normal course of business, a fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. A fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
At the end of the period, mutual funds managed by the investment adviser or its affiliates were the owners of record of all of the outstanding shares of the Fund.
10. Litigation.
The Fund and other entities managed by FMR or its affiliates are involved with proceedings arising out of disputes in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas ("Bankruptcy Court"), relating to the In re Sanchez Energy Corporation chapter 11 bankruptcy case (Case No. 19-34508). A Bankruptcy Court-appointed representative of unsecured creditors asserted that eight million shares of Mesquite Energy, Inc. (formerly known as Sanchez Energy Corporation) (the "Company"), held in escrow pursuant to the terms of the Company's confirmed chapter 11 plan, should be awarded to the unsecured creditors instead of the Company's current equity holders, including the Fund, which were providers of debtor-in-possession financing to the Company during its chapter 11 case and holders of secured notes issued by the Company in 2018. The unsecured creditors also asserted that certain additional equity issued by the Company in 2020 in connection with two post-bankruptcy financings, also held by the Fund, is invalid. During August 2023, the Bankruptcy Court issued an opinion awarding a portion of the eight million shares to the unsecured creditors, diluting the value of the Fund's holdings in Mesquite. The Fund will appeal this decision. At this time, Management cannot determine any additional loss or dilution that may be realized. The Fund is also incurring legal costs in defending the disputes and has recovered a portion of these legal costs through an insurance claim.
11. Risk and Uncertainties.
Many factors affect a fund's performance. Developments that disrupt global economies and financial markets, such as pandemics, epidemics, outbreaks of infectious diseases, war, terrorism, and environmental disasters, may significantly affect a fund's investment performance. The effects of these developments to a fund will be impacted by the types of securities in which a fund invests, the financial condition, industry, economic sector, and geographic location of an issuer, and a fund's level of investment in the securities of that issuer. Significant concentrations in security types, issuers, industries, sectors, and geographic locations may magnify the factors that affect a fund's performance.
As a shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, as applicable and (2) ongoing costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (September 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024). |
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class/Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. If any fund is a shareholder of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the Underlying Funds), such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses incurred presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. If any fund is a shareholder of any Underlying Funds, such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses as presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| | | | Annualized Expense Ratio- A | | Beginning Account Value September 1, 2023 | | Ending Account Value February 29, 2024 | | Expenses Paid During Period- C September 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024 |
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Fidelity® High Income Central Fund | | | | 0.0011% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,059.90 | | $ .01 |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,024.86 | | $ .01 |
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A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
B 5% return per year before expenses
C Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/ 366 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts
Fidelity High Income Central Fund
At its January 2024 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), approved an amended and restated management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) (the Management Contract), and amended and restated sub-advisory agreements (the Sub-Advisory Contracts, and together with the Management Contract, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund, including the fund's sub-advisory agreements with FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited (FMR UK), Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (FMR H.K.), and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (FMR Japan). The Advisory Contracts will be effective March 1, 2024. The Board will consider the annual renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts in May 2024, following its review of additional materials provided by FMR.
Management Contract. The Board approved the Management Contract, which eliminates the fee that FMR previously received from each investing fund's investment adviser. The Board noted the fund will continue to pay no management fee to FMR for services provided under the Management Contract.
Sub-Advisory Contracts. In connection with the Management Contract changes, the Board considered the Sub-Advisory Contracts, which simplified the calculation of the fees paid by FMR to the sub-advisers under the agreements. The Board noted that the agreements with FMR UK, FMR H.K., and FMR Japan were amended to provide that FMR will compensate each sub-adviser at a fee rate equal to 110% of the sub-adviser's costs incurred in providing services under the agreement. The Board considered that, under the Sub-Advisory Contracts, FMR, and not the fund, will continue to pay the sub-advisory fees to each applicable sub-adviser.
The Board considered that the approval of the fund's Advisory Contracts will not result in any changes in the investment process or strategies employed in the management of the fund's assets or the day-to-day management of the fund or the persons primarily responsible for such management. Further, the Board considered that the Management Contract would not change the obligations and services of FMR and its affiliates on behalf of the fund, and, in particular, there would be no change in the nature and level of advisory, management, administration, transfer agent, and pricing and bookkeeping services provided to the fund by FMR, its affiliates, and each applicable sub-adviser.
In connection with its consideration of future renewals of the fund's Advisory Contracts, the Board will consider: (i) the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the funds, including shareholder and administrative services and investment performance; (ii) the competitiveness of the management fee and total expenses for the fund; (iii) the costs of the services and profitability, including the revenues earned and the expenses incurred in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering, and servicing the fund and its shareholders, to the extent applicable; and (iv) whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is the potential for realization of any further economies.
Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee structure is fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be approved.
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Liquidity Rule) to promote effective liquidity risk management throughout the open-end investment company industry, thereby reducing the risk that funds will be unable to meet their redemption obligations and mitigating dilution of the interests of fund shareholders.
The Fund has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the Program) reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule. The Fund's Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Fund's investment adviser as administrator of the Program. The Fidelity advisers have established a Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the LRM Committee) to manage the Program for each of the Fidelity Funds. The LRM Committee monitors the adequacy and effectiveness of implementation of the Program and on a periodic basis assesses each Fund's liquidity risk based on a variety of factors including (1) the Fund's investment strategy, (2) portfolio liquidity and cash flow projections during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, (3) shareholder redemptions, (4) borrowings and other funding sources and (5) certain factors specific to ETFs including the effect of the Fund's prices and spreads, market participants, and basket compositions on the overall liquidity of the Fund's portfolio, as applicable.
In accordance with the Program, each of the Fund's portfolio investments is classified into one of four defined liquidity categories based on a determination of a reasonable expectation for how long it would take to convert the investment to cash (or sell or dispose of the investment) without significantly changing its market value.
- Highly liquid investments - cash or convertible to cash within three business days or less
- Moderately liquid investments - convertible to cash in three to seven calendar days
- Less liquid investments - can be sold or disposed of, but not settled, within seven calendar days
- Illiquid investments - cannot be sold or disposed of within seven calendar days
Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including various market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth, and generally utilize analysis from a third-party liquidity metrics service.
The Liquidity Rule places a 15% limit on a fund's illiquid investments and requires funds that do not primarily hold assets that are highly liquid investments to determine and maintain a minimum percentage of the fund's net assets to be invested in highly liquid investments (highly liquid investment minimum or HLIM). The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments and for determining, periodically reviewing and complying with the HLIM requirement as applicable.
At a recent meeting of the Fund's Board of Trustees, the LRM Committee provided a written report to the Board pertaining to the operation, adequacy, and effectiveness of the Program for the period December 1, 2022 through November 30, 2023. The report concluded that the Program is operating effectively and is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk.
1.861965.115
HICII-SANN-0424
Fidelity® Specialized High Income Central Fund
Semi-Annual Report
February 29, 2024
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Top Bond Issuers (% of Fund's net assets) |
(with maturities greater than one year) |
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. | 1.7 | |
PG&E Corp. | 1.7 | |
Tenet Healthcare Corp. | 1.7 | |
Sirius XM Radio, Inc. | 1.6 | |
Albertsons Companies LLC/Safeway Inc./New Albertson's, Inc./Albertson's LLC | 1.5 | |
Vistra Operations Co. LLC | 1.4 | |
OneMain Finance Corp. | 1.4 | |
Yum! Brands, Inc. | 1.4 | |
Ball Corp. | 1.3 | |
Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. | 1.2 | |
| 14.9 | |
|
Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets) |
|
Energy | 12.1 | |
Technology | 7.0 | |
Utilities | 6.9 | |
Healthcare | 6.5 | |
Services | 5.2 | |
|
Quality Diversification (% of Fund's net assets) |
|
Percentages shown as 0.0% may reflect amounts less than 0.05%. |
|
We have used ratings from Moody's Investors Service, Inc. Where Moody's® ratings are not available, we have used S&P® ratings. All ratings are as of the date indicated and do not reflect subsequent changes. |
Asset Allocation (% of Fund's net assets) |
|
|
Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Corporate Bonds - 89.0% |
| | Principal Amount (a) | Value ($) |
Convertible Bonds - 0.5% | | | |
Broadcasting - 0.4% | | | |
DISH Network Corp. 3.375% 8/15/26 | | 2,658,000 | 1,571,543 |
Technology - 0.1% | | | |
Global Payments, Inc. 1.5% 3/1/31 (b) | | 649,000 | 657,113 |
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE BONDS | | | 2,228,656 |
Nonconvertible Bonds - 88.5% | | | |
Aerospace - 2.0% | | | |
BWX Technologies, Inc. 4.125% 6/30/28 (b) | | 995,000 | 925,459 |
Howmet Aerospace, Inc. 6.75% 1/15/28 | | 1,555,000 | 1,621,372 |
Kaiser Aluminum Corp. 4.625% 3/1/28 (b) | | 1,265,000 | 1,166,375 |
Moog, Inc. 4.25% 12/15/27 (b) | | 1,460,000 | 1,366,344 |
Rolls-Royce PLC 5.75% 10/15/27 (b) | | 1,270,000 | 1,263,772 |
TransDigm, Inc. 6.375% 3/1/29 (b) | | 2,165,000 | 2,174,786 |
| | | 8,518,108 |
Air Transportation - 1.4% | | | |
American Airlines, Inc.: | | | |
7.25% 2/15/28 (b) | | 1,500,000 | 1,512,484 |
8.5% 5/15/29 (b) | | 615,000 | 646,524 |
American Airlines, Inc. / AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd. 5.5% 4/20/26 (b) | | 528,750 | 523,903 |
Rand Parent LLC 8.5% 2/15/30 (b) | | 1,510,000 | 1,466,462 |
United Airlines, Inc. 4.375% 4/15/26 (b) | | 2,170,000 | 2,088,548 |
| | | 6,237,921 |
Automotive - 0.3% | | | |
Ford Motor Co. 6.1% 8/19/32 | | 1,100,000 | 1,098,072 |
Automotive & Auto Parts - 2.1% | | | |
Allison Transmission, Inc. 3.75% 1/30/31 (b) | | 1,270,000 | 1,097,388 |
Dana, Inc. 4.5% 2/15/32 | | 365,000 | 306,567 |
Ford Motor Co.: | | | |
3.25% 2/12/32 | | 885,000 | 725,750 |
5.291% 12/8/46 | | 445,000 | 384,823 |
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC: | | | |
2.3% 2/10/25 | | 360,000 | 348,223 |
2.7% 8/10/26 | | 1,200,000 | 1,114,028 |
2.9% 2/10/29 | | 360,000 | 313,641 |
4.687% 6/9/25 | | 1,005,000 | 990,818 |
5.113% 5/3/29 | | 650,000 | 626,383 |
5.125% 6/16/25 | | 660,000 | 653,315 |
LCM Investments Holdings 4.875% 5/1/29 (b) | | 160,000 | 143,688 |
Macquarie AirFinance Holdings: | | | |
8.125% 3/30/29 (b) | | 330,000 | 343,118 |
8.375% 5/1/28 (b) | | 1,715,000 | 1,796,428 |
Thor Industries, Inc. 4% 10/15/29 (b) | | 475,000 | 420,375 |
| | | 9,264,545 |
Banks & Thrifts - 0.7% | | | |
Jane Street Group LLC/JSG Finance, Inc. 4.5% 11/15/29 (b) | | 1,105,000 | 1,016,810 |
Quicken Loans LLC/Quicken Loans Co-Issuer, Inc. 3.625% 3/1/29 (b) | | 1,360,000 | 1,206,371 |
UniCredit SpA: | | | |
5.861% 6/19/32 (b)(c) | | 163,000 | 157,982 |
7.296% 4/2/34 (b)(c) | | 412,000 | 420,480 |
Western Alliance Bancorp. 3% 6/15/31 (c) | | 210,000 | 184,170 |
| | | 2,985,813 |
Broadcasting - 2.5% | | | |
Diamond Sports Group LLC/Diamond Sports Finance Co. 5.375% (b)(d) | | 650,000 | 37,375 |
Nexstar Media, Inc. 5.625% 7/15/27 (b) | | 1,655,000 | 1,568,409 |
Scripps Escrow II, Inc. 3.875% 1/15/29 (b) | | 465,000 | 367,807 |
Sirius XM Radio, Inc.: | | | |
5% 8/1/27 (b) | | 4,520,000 | 4,305,876 |
5.5% 7/1/29 (b) | | 2,845,000 | 2,690,388 |
TEGNA, Inc.: | | | |
4.625% 3/15/28 | | 1,670,000 | 1,499,326 |
5% 9/15/29 | | 240,000 | 211,200 |
| | | 10,680,381 |
Building Materials - 2.5% | | | |
Advanced Drain Systems, Inc. 5% 9/30/27 (b) | | 1,880,000 | 1,816,249 |
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. 6.5% 8/1/30 (b) | | 385,000 | 387,084 |
Builders FirstSource, Inc. 4.25% 2/1/32 (b) | | 1,965,000 | 1,726,498 |
Emrld Borrower LP / Emerald Co. 6.625% 12/15/30 (b) | | 2,830,000 | 2,839,905 |
Knife River Holding Co. 7.75% 5/1/31 (b) | | 865,000 | 895,822 |
Smyrna Ready Mix LLC 8.875% 11/15/31 (b) | | 665,000 | 704,756 |
Standard Industries, Inc./New Jersey 4.375% 7/15/30 (b) | | 2,485,000 | 2,215,590 |
Summit Materials LLC/Summit Materials Finance Corp. 7.25% 1/15/31 (b) | | 305,000 | 315,675 |
| | | 10,901,579 |
Cable/Satellite TV - 2.5% | | | |
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.: | | | |
4.25% 2/1/31 (b) | | 200,000 | 160,867 |
4.5% 8/15/30 (b) | | 1,280,000 | 1,061,786 |
4.5% 5/1/32 | | 2,370,000 | 1,872,311 |
5% 2/1/28 (b) | | 4,914,000 | 4,534,376 |
CSC Holdings LLC: | | | |
3.375% 2/15/31 (b) | | 495,000 | 349,435 |
4.125% 12/1/30 (b) | | 5,000 | 3,723 |
5.375% 2/1/28 (b) | | 700,000 | 610,141 |
VZ Secured Financing BV 5% 1/15/32 (b) | | 1,805,000 | 1,540,688 |
Ziggo BV 4.875% 1/15/30 (b) | | 900,000 | 801,730 |
| | | 10,935,057 |
Chemicals - 4.5% | | | |
Axalta Coating Systems/Dutch Holding BV 4.75% 6/15/27 (b) | | 1,200,000 | 1,158,825 |
Methanex Corp.: | | | |
5.125% 10/15/27 | | 1,585,000 | 1,522,837 |
5.25% 12/15/29 | | 130,000 | 123,607 |
5.65% 12/1/44 | | 1,034,000 | 876,352 |
NOVA Chemicals Corp.: | | | |
5% 5/1/25 (b) | | 2,000,000 | 1,953,131 |
5.25% 6/1/27 (b) | | 1,960,000 | 1,815,377 |
Nufarm Australia Ltd. 5% 1/27/30 (b) | | 895,000 | 820,778 |
Olin Corp.: | | | |
5% 2/1/30 | | 1,944,000 | 1,816,918 |
5.125% 9/15/27 | | 2,525,000 | 2,448,745 |
SPCM SA 3.125% 3/15/27 (b) | | 360,000 | 333,863 |
The Chemours Co. LLC: | | | |
4.625% 11/15/29 (b) | | 500,000 | 411,139 |
5.375% 5/15/27 | | 2,885,000 | 2,635,418 |
Tronox, Inc. 4.625% 3/15/29 (b) | | 1,095,000 | 969,219 |
Valvoline, Inc. 4.25% 2/15/30 (b) | | 1,410,000 | 1,401,083 |
W.R. Grace Holding LLC: | | | |
4.875% 6/15/27 (b) | | 1,235,000 | 1,173,227 |
7.375% 3/1/31 (b) | | 125,000 | 126,743 |
| | | 19,587,262 |
Consumer Products - 1.2% | | | |
Kohl's Corp. 4.25% 7/17/25 | | 45,000 | 43,723 |
Mattel, Inc.: | | | |
3.75% 4/1/29 (b) | | 630,000 | 575,372 |
6.2% 10/1/40 | | 375,000 | 368,703 |
Newell Brands, Inc.: | | | |
6.375% 4/1/36 (e) | | 565,000 | 496,244 |
6.625% 9/15/29 | | 2,025,000 | 1,938,364 |
Tempur Sealy International, Inc. 3.875% 10/15/31 (b) | | 2,375,000 | 1,975,399 |
| | | 5,397,805 |
Containers - 2.7% | | | |
Ball Corp.: | | | |
2.875% 8/15/30 | | 2,035,000 | 1,722,854 |
3.125% 9/15/31 | | 3,680,000 | 3,100,240 |
6% 6/15/29 | | 900,000 | 904,365 |
Graphic Packaging International, Inc. 3.75% 2/1/30 (b) | | 965,000 | 858,686 |
OI European Group BV 4.75% 2/15/30 (b) | | 1,170,000 | 1,077,102 |
Sealed Air Corp.: | | | |
5% 4/15/29 (b) | | 2,565,000 | 2,429,794 |
6.875% 7/15/33 (b) | | 680,000 | 703,735 |
Sealed Air Corp./Sealed Air Corp. U.S. 7.25% 2/15/31 (b) | | 715,000 | 738,154 |
| | | 11,534,930 |
Diversified Financial Services - 4.3% | | | |
Cargo Aircraft Management, Inc. 4.75% 2/1/28 (b) | | 1,000,000 | 878,750 |
Fortress Transportation & Infrastructure Investors LLC 7.875% 12/1/30 (b) | | 550,000 | 576,676 |
GGAM Finance Ltd.: | | | |
7.75% 5/15/26 (b) | | 880,000 | 894,300 |
8% 2/15/27 (b) | | 545,000 | 558,609 |
Gn Bondco LLC 9.5% 10/15/31 (b) | | 730,000 | 722,700 |
HTA Group Ltd. 7% 12/18/25 (b) | | 765,000 | 758,023 |
Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.: | | | |
5.25% 5/15/27 | | 2,490,000 | 2,287,688 |
6.25% 5/15/26 | | 3,149,000 | 3,068,515 |
Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP/Ladder Capital Finance Corp. 4.25% 2/1/27 (b) | | 1,005,000 | 924,768 |
LPL Holdings, Inc. 4% 3/15/29 (b) | | 1,420,000 | 1,302,803 |
Navient Corp. 6.75% 6/15/26 | | 900,000 | 903,799 |
OneMain Finance Corp.: | | | |
3.5% 1/15/27 | | 2,975,000 | 2,738,409 |
6.875% 3/15/25 | | 1,585,000 | 1,600,850 |
7.125% 3/15/26 | | 624,000 | 634,135 |
7.875% 3/15/30 | | 820,000 | 833,968 |
| | | 18,683,993 |
Diversified Media - 0.6% | | | |
Advantage Sales & Marketing, Inc. 6.5% 11/15/28 (b) | | 810,000 | 753,908 |
Lamar Media Corp. 3.625% 1/15/31 | | 2,300,000 | 1,986,004 |
| | | 2,739,912 |
Energy - 11.8% | | | |
Altus Midstream LP: | | | |
5.875% 6/15/30 (b) | | 740,000 | 721,066 |
6.625% 12/15/28 (b) | | 790,000 | 799,720 |
Apache Corp.: | | | |
4.25% 1/15/30 | | 244,000 | 224,068 |
5.1% 9/1/40 | | 686,000 | 573,997 |
5.25% 2/1/42 | | 1,030,000 | 848,720 |
5.35% 7/1/49 | | 170,000 | 137,819 |
Cheniere Energy Partners LP 3.25% 1/31/32 | | 1,405,000 | 1,174,289 |
Chesapeake Energy Corp. 6.75% 4/15/29 (b) | | 1,400,000 | 1,405,235 |
CNX Midstream Partners LP 4.75% 4/15/30 (b) | | 1,050,000 | 918,596 |
Continental Resources, Inc. 5.75% 1/15/31 (b) | | 1,860,000 | 1,823,330 |
CrownRock LP/CrownRock Finance, Inc. 5% 5/1/29 (b) | | 700,000 | 688,625 |
CVR Energy, Inc. 5.75% 2/15/28 (b) | | 175,000 | 162,437 |
DCP Midstream Operating LP: | | | |
5.6% 4/1/44 | | 100,000 | 95,231 |
6.45% 11/3/36 (b) | | 435,000 | 448,130 |
8.125% 8/16/30 | | 30,000 | 34,185 |
Delek Logistics Partners LP/Delek Logistics Finance Corp. 8.625% 3/15/29 (b)(f) | | 860,000 | 860,916 |
Endeavor Energy Resources LP/EER Finance, Inc. 5.75% 1/30/28 (b) | | 905,000 | 912,331 |
Energy Transfer LP: | | | |
5.625% 5/1/27 (b) | | 2,198,000 | 2,178,262 |
7.375% 2/1/31 (b) | | 370,000 | 387,150 |
EnLink Midstream LLC 5.625% 1/15/28 (b) | | 920,000 | 906,486 |
EnLink Midstream Partners LP: | | | |
5.05% 4/1/45 | | 290,000 | 246,654 |
5.45% 6/1/47 | | 605,000 | 532,400 |
5.6% 4/1/44 | | 1,018,000 | 922,613 |
EQM Midstream Partners LP: | | | |
4.75% 1/15/31 (b) | | 1,140,000 | 1,060,102 |
5.5% 7/15/28 | | 905,000 | 887,591 |
6.5% 7/15/48 | | 550,000 | 558,270 |
7.5% 6/1/27 (b) | | 710,000 | 726,402 |
EQT Corp. 3.9% 10/1/27 | | 1,654,000 | 1,567,856 |
Hess Midstream Operations LP: | | | |
5.125% 6/15/28 (b) | | 1,130,000 | 1,085,636 |
5.625% 2/15/26 (b) | | 592,000 | 583,623 |
Hilcorp Energy I LP/Hilcorp Finance Co.: | | | |
6.25% 11/1/28 (b) | | 380,000 | 377,218 |
6.25% 4/15/32 (b) | | 2,000,000 | 1,935,000 |
Kodiak Gas Services LLC 7.25% 2/15/29 (b) | | 645,000 | 656,659 |
New Fortress Energy, Inc. 6.5% 9/30/26 (b) | | 3,570,000 | 3,446,971 |
Occidental Petroleum Corp.: | | | |
5.55% 3/15/26 | | 1,660,000 | 1,661,821 |
8.875% 7/15/30 | | 715,000 | 824,639 |
PBF Holding Co. LLC/PBF Finance Corp. 6% 2/15/28 | | 800,000 | 778,000 |
Permian Resources Operating LLC: | | | |
5.875% 7/1/29 (b) | | 190,000 | 185,250 |
7% 1/15/32 (b) | | 1,265,000 | 1,298,874 |
Rockies Express Pipeline LLC: | | | |
4.8% 5/15/30 (b) | | 1,095,000 | 1,014,244 |
4.95% 7/15/29 (b) | | 570,000 | 533,026 |
6.875% 4/15/40 (b) | | 220,000 | 216,631 |
Seadrill Finance Ltd. 8.375% 8/1/30 (b) | | 1,075,000 | 1,104,742 |
Sunnova Energy Corp. 11.75% 10/1/28 (b) | | 325,000 | 273,439 |
Sunoco LP/Sunoco Finance Corp.: | | | |
4.5% 5/15/29 | | 1,295,000 | 1,196,253 |
5.875% 3/15/28 | | 215,000 | 212,691 |
6% 4/15/27 | | 1,405,000 | 1,399,822 |
Superior Plus LP / Superior General Partner, Inc. 4.5% 3/15/29 (b) | | 265,000 | 239,825 |
Tallgrass Energy Partners LP / Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp.: | | | |
5.5% 1/15/28 (b) | | 255,000 | 242,250 |
6% 3/1/27 (b) | | 1,111,000 | 1,096,557 |
6% 12/31/30 (b) | | 1,360,000 | 1,264,700 |
Talos Production, Inc. 9% 2/1/29 (b) | | 185,000 | 189,082 |
Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp. 5.5% 3/1/30 | | 280,000 | 277,287 |
Valaris Ltd. 8.375% 4/30/30 (b) | | 560,000 | 574,217 |
Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC: | | | |
3.875% 8/15/29 (b) | | 445,000 | 399,391 |
3.875% 11/1/33 (b) | | 365,000 | 306,131 |
4.125% 8/15/31 (b) | | 2,430,000 | 2,132,712 |
6.25% 1/15/30 (b) | | 2,515,000 | 2,511,020 |
Venture Global LNG, Inc. 8.125% 6/1/28 (b) | | 1,100,000 | 1,117,497 |
Western Gas Partners LP 4.65% 7/1/26 | | 122,000 | 119,356 |
| | | 51,057,045 |
Environmental - 0.8% | | | |
Clean Harbors, Inc. 6.375% 2/1/31 (b) | | 850,000 | 845,010 |
Darling Ingredients, Inc.: | | | |
5.25% 4/15/27 (b) | | 1,275,000 | 1,250,599 |
6% 6/15/30 (b) | | 220,000 | 216,798 |
GFL Environmental, Inc. 6.75% 1/15/31 (b) | | 300,000 | 306,858 |
Stericycle, Inc. 3.875% 1/15/29 (b) | | 925,000 | 832,424 |
| | | 3,451,689 |
Food & Drug Retail - 1.7% | | | |
Albertsons Companies LLC/Safeway, Inc./New Albertson's, Inc./Albertson's LLC: | | | |
3.5% 3/15/29 (b) | | 3,770,000 | 3,358,909 |
4.625% 1/15/27 (b) | | 1,400,000 | 1,349,659 |
4.875% 2/15/30 (b) | | 1,000,000 | 938,703 |
6.5% 2/15/28 (b) | | 695,000 | 699,315 |
Emergent BioSolutions, Inc. 3.875% 8/15/28 (b) | | 575,000 | 232,870 |
Murphy Oil U.S.A., Inc. 3.75% 2/15/31 (b) | | 865,000 | 738,101 |
| | | 7,317,557 |
Food/Beverage/Tobacco - 2.3% | | | |
C&S Group Enterprises LLC 5% 12/15/28 (b) | | 700,000 | 554,558 |
JBS U.S.A. Lux SA/JBS Food Co./JBS U.S.A. Finance, Inc. 5.5% 1/15/30 | | 1,660,000 | 1,617,905 |
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 4.375% 1/31/32 (b) | | 3,460,000 | 3,091,286 |
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. 4.25% 4/15/31 | | 1,000,000 | 893,833 |
Post Holdings, Inc. 5.625% 1/15/28 (b) | | 2,000,000 | 1,963,302 |
U.S. Foods, Inc.: | | | |
4.625% 6/1/30 (b) | | 1,575,000 | 1,443,197 |
7.25% 1/15/32 (b) | | 360,000 | 371,661 |
| | | 9,935,742 |
Gaming - 2.4% | | | |
Boyd Gaming Corp. 4.75% 12/1/27 | | 1,300,000 | 1,248,773 |
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.: | | | |
4.625% 10/15/29 (b) | | 1,400,000 | 1,278,194 |
6.5% 2/15/32 (b) | | 1,235,000 | 1,244,241 |
Churchill Downs, Inc. 5.75% 4/1/30 (b) | | 1,005,000 | 965,660 |
Melco Resorts Finance Ltd.: | | | |
5.375% 12/4/29 (b) | | 535,000 | 479,444 |
5.75% 7/21/28 (b) | | 805,000 | 754,618 |
MGM Resorts International 5.75% 6/15/25 | | 620,000 | 619,126 |
Ontario Gaming GTA LP 8% 8/1/30 (b) | | 195,000 | 198,882 |
VICI Properties LP / VICI Note Co.: | | | |
4.25% 12/1/26 (b) | | 725,000 | 693,554 |
4.5% 9/1/26 (b) | | 2,592,000 | 2,500,710 |
4.625% 6/15/25 (b) | | 315,000 | 309,654 |
| | | 10,292,856 |
Healthcare - 6.5% | | | |
180 Medical, Inc. 3.875% 10/15/29 (b) | | 1,175,000 | 1,051,625 |
Avantor Funding, Inc.: | | | |
3.875% 11/1/29 (b) | | 1,000,000 | 896,301 |
4.625% 7/15/28 (b) | | 1,215,000 | 1,146,818 |
Centene Corp.: | | | |
2.45% 7/15/28 | | 70,000 | 61,693 |
2.5% 3/1/31 | | 1,390,000 | 1,138,862 |
3.375% 2/15/30 | | 2,000,000 | 1,764,295 |
4.25% 12/15/27 | | 1,425,000 | 1,355,527 |
Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.: | | | |
3.75% 3/15/29 (b) | | 1,665,000 | 1,502,045 |
4.25% 5/1/28 (b) | | 150,000 | 140,685 |
Community Health Systems, Inc. 4.75% 2/15/31 (b) | | 1,720,000 | 1,308,851 |
DaVita, Inc. 4.625% 6/1/30 (b) | | 640,000 | 562,974 |
Hologic, Inc.: | | | |
3.25% 2/15/29 (b) | | 1,125,000 | 1,003,059 |
4.625% 2/1/28 (b) | | 170,000 | 162,878 |
IQVIA, Inc. 5% 5/15/27 (b) | | 2,630,000 | 2,560,405 |
Jazz Securities DAC 4.375% 1/15/29 (b) | | 2,005,000 | 1,847,174 |
Molina Healthcare, Inc.: | | | |
3.875% 11/15/30 (b) | | 1,000,000 | 877,226 |
3.875% 5/15/32 (b) | | 1,485,000 | 1,277,314 |
Organon & Co. / Organon Foreign Debt Co-Issuer BV: | | | |
4.125% 4/30/28 (b) | | 1,550,000 | 1,418,034 |
5.125% 4/30/31 (b) | | 1,050,000 | 899,976 |
Teleflex, Inc. 4.25% 6/1/28 (b) | | 305,000 | 284,744 |
Tenet Healthcare Corp.: | | | |
4.625% 6/15/28 | | 3,945,000 | 3,754,731 |
4.875% 1/1/26 | | 690,000 | 689,287 |
5.125% 11/1/27 | | 2,500,000 | 2,447,165 |
| | | 28,151,669 |
Homebuilders/Real Estate - 3.2% | | | |
Century Communities, Inc. 3.875% 8/15/29 (b) | | 430,000 | 379,452 |
Greystar Real Estate Partners 7.75% 9/1/30 (b) | | 165,000 | 171,178 |
HAT Holdings I LLC/HAT Holdings II LLC: | | | |
3.375% 6/15/26 (b) | | 1,460,000 | 1,365,222 |
8% 6/15/27 (b) | | 480,000 | 498,391 |
Howard Hughes Corp. 4.375% 2/1/31 (b) | | 2,935,000 | 2,500,306 |
Kennedy-Wilson, Inc. 4.75% 2/1/30 | | 715,000 | 565,744 |
LGI Homes, Inc. 8.75% 12/15/28 (b) | | 285,000 | 298,716 |
MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Finance Corp.: | | | |
3.5% 3/15/31 | | 1,205,000 | 806,987 |
5% 10/15/27 | | 3,516,000 | 2,876,308 |
5.25% 8/1/26 | | 415,000 | 369,525 |
Ryan Specialty Group LLC 4.375% 2/1/30 (b) | | 530,000 | 492,259 |
Service Properties Trust: | | | |
3.95% 1/15/28 | | 85,000 | 71,894 |
5.5% 12/15/27 | | 480,000 | 451,869 |
Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc./Monarch Communities, Inc. 5.75% 1/15/28 (b) | | 725,000 | 710,367 |
TopBuild Corp. 4.125% 2/15/32 (b) | | 765,000 | 670,009 |
Uniti Group LP/Uniti Group Finance, Inc./CSL Capital LLC 4.75% 4/15/28 (b) | | 1,630,000 | 1,416,497 |
| | | 13,644,724 |
Hotels - 1.3% | | | |
Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc.: | | | |
3.625% 2/15/32 (b) | | 1,130,000 | 965,314 |
4% 5/1/31 (b) | | 3,185,000 | 2,829,817 |
Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower Escrow LLC: | | | |
5% 6/1/29 (b) | | 1,000,000 | 926,490 |
6.625% 1/15/32 (b) | | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC/Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp. 4.875% 4/1/27 | | 426,000 | 415,631 |
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 4.375% 8/15/28 (b) | | 592,000 | 550,414 |
| | | 5,787,666 |
Leisure - 1.8% | | | |
Carnival Corp.: | | | |
4% 8/1/28 (b) | | 1,200,000 | 1,106,831 |
7% 8/15/29 (b) | | 720,000 | 746,851 |
7.625% 3/1/26 (b) | | 1,465,000 | 1,484,060 |
NCL Corp. Ltd. 8.375% 2/1/28 (b) | | 865,000 | 908,046 |
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.: | | | |
5.375% 7/15/27 (b) | | 325,000 | 318,758 |
5.5% 4/1/28 (b) | | 2,700,000 | 2,650,641 |
6.25% 3/15/32 (b)(f) | | 430,000 | 431,231 |
| | | 7,646,418 |
Metals/Mining - 2.9% | | | |
Arsenal AIC Parent LLC 8% 10/1/30 (b) | | 215,000 | 225,213 |
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.: | | | |
4.875% 3/1/31 (b) | | 1,920,000 | 1,728,521 |
6.75% 4/15/30 (b) | | 740,000 | 734,585 |
ERO Copper Corp. 6.5% 2/15/30 (b) | | 835,000 | 783,230 |
FMG Resources Pty Ltd. 4.5% 9/15/27 (b) | | 1,900,000 | 1,818,704 |
Howmet Aerospace, Inc. 5.95% 2/1/37 | | 600,000 | 609,241 |
Mineral Resources Ltd. 8% 11/1/27 (b) | | 3,775,000 | 3,844,875 |
Novelis Corp. 3.875% 8/15/31 (b) | | 3,100,000 | 2,623,400 |
| | | 12,367,769 |
Paper - 0.2% | | | |
Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance U.S.A. LLC/Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance PLC: | | | |
3.25% 9/1/28 (b) | | 1,155,000 | 1,000,981 |
6% 6/15/27 (b) | | 35,000 | 34,367 |
| | | 1,035,348 |
Restaurants - 1.4% | | | |
Garden SpinCo Corp. 8.625% 7/20/30 (b) | | 150,000 | 159,016 |
Yum! Brands, Inc.: | | | |
3.625% 3/15/31 | | 4,770,000 | 4,194,849 |
4.625% 1/31/32 | | 1,500,000 | 1,377,015 |
5.35% 11/1/43 | | 175,000 | 167,759 |
| | | 5,898,639 |
Services - 5.2% | | | |
ADT Corp.: | | | |
4.125% 8/1/29 (b) | | 360,000 | 325,350 |
4.875% 7/15/32 (b) | | 355,000 | 319,500 |
AECOM 5.125% 3/15/27 | | 2,030,000 | 1,988,499 |
Aramark Services, Inc. 5% 2/1/28 (b) | | 1,660,000 | 1,590,818 |
ASGN, Inc. 4.625% 5/15/28 (b) | | 1,580,000 | 1,473,514 |
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.: | | | |
3.875% 9/1/28 (b) | | 1,595,000 | 1,479,967 |
4% 7/1/29 (b) | | 140,000 | 129,240 |
Brand Industrial Services, Inc. 10.375% 8/1/30 (b) | | 540,000 | 574,250 |
CoreCivic, Inc. 8.25% 4/15/26 | | 275,000 | 281,028 |
Fair Isaac Corp. 4% 6/15/28 (b) | | 1,835,000 | 1,704,558 |
Gartner, Inc.: | | | |
3.625% 6/15/29 (b) | | 205,000 | 183,679 |
3.75% 10/1/30 (b) | | 530,000 | 469,087 |
GEMS MENASA Cayman Ltd./GEMS Education Delaware LLC 7.125% 7/31/26 (b) | | 800,000 | 792,664 |
Iron Mountain, Inc.: | | | |
4.875% 9/15/27 (b) | | 500,000 | 479,547 |
4.875% 9/15/29 (b) | | 4,870,000 | 4,528,871 |
Prime Securities Services Borrower LLC/Prime Finance, Inc. 3.375% 8/31/27 (b) | | 2,545,000 | 2,329,923 |
Service Corp. International 5.125% 6/1/29 | | 2,695,000 | 2,629,781 |
Sotheby's 7.375% 10/15/27 (b) | | 315,000 | 302,565 |
TriNet Group, Inc.: | | | |
3.5% 3/1/29 (b) | | 595,000 | 526,837 |
7.125% 8/15/31 (b) | | 360,000 | 366,710 |
| | | 22,476,388 |
Steel - 0.1% | | | |
Commercial Metals Co. 3.875% 2/15/31 | | 755,000 | 659,144 |
Super Retail - 2.6% | | | |
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.: | | | |
4.625% 11/15/29 (b) | | 2,130,000 | 1,940,311 |
5% 2/15/32 (b) | | 650,000 | 577,069 |
Bath & Body Works, Inc.: | | | |
6.625% 10/1/30 (b) | | 2,295,000 | 2,307,602 |
6.875% 11/1/35 | | 1,165,000 | 1,165,585 |
Gap, Inc. 3.875% 10/1/31 (b) | | 360,000 | 290,393 |
Hanesbrands, Inc. 4.875% 5/15/26 (b) | | 1,270,000 | 1,225,579 |
Levi Strauss & Co. 3.5% 3/1/31 (b) | | 1,525,000 | 1,321,519 |
Nordstrom, Inc. 4.375% 4/1/30 | | 1,300,000 | 1,148,550 |
The William Carter Co. 5.625% 3/15/27 (b) | | 1,154,000 | 1,132,162 |
| | | 11,108,770 |
Technology - 6.7% | | | |
Acuris Finance U.S. 5% 5/1/28 (b) | | 670,000 | 599,872 |
Block, Inc. 2.75% 6/1/26 | | 360,000 | 335,822 |
Broadcom, Inc. 2.45% 2/15/31 (b) | | 1,055,000 | 881,360 |
Central Parent, Inc./Central Merger Sub, Inc. 7.25% 6/15/29 (b) | | 440,000 | 442,915 |
CNT PRNT/CDK GLO II/FIN 8% 6/15/29 (b) | | 705,000 | 722,584 |
Coherent Corp. 5% 12/15/29 (b) | | 1,385,000 | 1,291,513 |
Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc. 3% 2/15/29 | | 610,000 | 538,292 |
Elastic NV 4.125% 7/15/29 (b) | | 410,000 | 368,275 |
Entegris, Inc.: | | | |
3.625% 5/1/29 (b) | | 2,000,000 | 1,770,000 |
4.375% 4/15/28 (b) | | 2,100,000 | 1,962,289 |
Gartner, Inc. 4.5% 7/1/28 (b) | | 820,000 | 776,199 |
Gen Digital, Inc. 5% 4/15/25 (b) | | 1,000,000 | 990,000 |
Go Daddy Operating Co. LLC / GD Finance Co., Inc.: | | | |
3.5% 3/1/29 (b) | | 1,500,000 | 1,335,565 |
5.25% 12/1/27 (b) | | 1,400,000 | 1,354,500 |
Match Group Holdings II LLC: | | | |
3.625% 10/1/31 (b) | | 575,000 | 484,438 |
4.125% 8/1/30 (b) | | 1,705,000 | 1,506,248 |
ON Semiconductor Corp. 3.875% 9/1/28 (b) | | 620,000 | 567,009 |
Open Text Corp.: | | | |
3.875% 2/15/28 (b) | | 2,760,000 | 2,536,109 |
3.875% 12/1/29 (b) | | 1,200,000 | 1,060,635 |
Qorvo, Inc. 4.375% 10/15/29 | | 950,000 | 883,764 |
Roblox Corp. 3.875% 5/1/30 (b) | | 890,000 | 779,489 |
Seagate HDD Cayman: | | | |
5.75% 12/1/34 | | 600,000 | 576,720 |
8.25% 12/15/29 (b) | | 2,460,000 | 2,635,907 |
Sensata Technologies BV 4% 4/15/29 (b) | | 1,115,000 | 1,011,225 |
Sensata Technologies, Inc. 3.75% 2/15/31 (b) | | 1,335,000 | 1,141,625 |
TTM Technologies, Inc. 4% 3/1/29 (b) | | 1,360,000 | 1,210,532 |
Twilio, Inc. 3.875% 3/15/31 | | 295,000 | 256,707 |
Viavi Solutions, Inc. 3.75% 10/1/29 (b) | | 725,000 | 630,467 |
VM Consolidated, Inc. 5.5% 4/15/29 (b) | | 595,000 | 560,760 |
| | | 29,210,821 |
Telecommunications - 3.2% | | | |
Altice Financing SA 5% 1/15/28 (b) | | 1,195,000 | 1,057,266 |
C&W Senior Financing Designated Activity Co. 6.875% 9/15/27 (b) | | 2,719,000 | 2,562,658 |
Cogent Communications Group, Inc. 7% 6/15/27 (b) | | 830,000 | 828,855 |
Level 3 Financing, Inc. 10.5% 5/15/30 (b) | | 1,100,000 | 1,127,500 |
Millicom International Cellular SA: | | | |
4.5% 4/27/31 (b) | | 200,000 | 172,740 |
5.125% 1/15/28 (b) | | 1,800,000 | 1,714,104 |
SBA Communications Corp.: | | | |
3.125% 2/1/29 | | 2,700,000 | 2,389,485 |
3.875% 2/15/27 | | 705,000 | 665,229 |
Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC 4.5% 8/15/30 (b) | | 3,700,000 | 3,233,837 |
| | | 13,751,674 |
Textiles/Apparel - 0.1% | | | |
Foot Locker, Inc. 4% 10/1/29 (b) | | 190,000 | 160,786 |
Kontoor Brands, Inc. 4.125% 11/15/29 (b) | | 125,000 | 111,785 |
| | | 272,571 |
Transportation Ex Air/Rail - 0.2% | | | |
XPO, Inc.: | | | |
6.25% 6/1/28 (b) | | 560,000 | 561,259 |
7.125% 2/1/32 (b) | | 295,000 | 299,913 |
| | | 861,172 |
Utilities - 6.8% | | | |
Clearway Energy Operating LLC: | | | |
3.75% 2/15/31 (b) | | 1,355,000 | 1,142,624 |
4.75% 3/15/28 (b) | | 290,000 | 271,105 |
DCP Midstream Operating LP 5.125% 5/15/29 | | 3,305,000 | 3,263,761 |
DPL, Inc. 4.35% 4/15/29 | | 800,000 | 724,920 |
FirstEnergy Corp. 2.25% 9/1/30 | | 2,460,000 | 2,024,598 |
Global Partners LP/GLP Finance Corp. 7% 8/1/27 | | 1,700,000 | 1,700,544 |
NextEra Energy Partners LP: | | | |
4.25% 9/15/24 (b) | | 146,000 | 140,890 |
7.25% 1/15/29 (b) | | 790,000 | 803,028 |
NRG Energy, Inc.: | | | |
5.25% 6/15/29 (b) | | 1,251,000 | 1,185,549 |
5.75% 1/15/28 | | 1,319,000 | 1,299,219 |
6.625% 1/15/27 | | 339,000 | 338,947 |
PG&E Corp.: | | | |
5% 7/1/28 | | 5,555,000 | 5,298,246 |
5.25% 7/1/30 | | 2,395,000 | 2,251,439 |
TerraForm Power Operating LLC 5% 1/31/28 (b) | | 1,624,000 | 1,534,547 |
TransAlta Corp. 6.5% 3/15/40 | | 545,000 | 537,266 |
Vertiv Group Corp. 4.125% 11/15/28 (b) | | 895,000 | 825,762 |
Vistra Operations Co. LLC: | | | |
5% 7/31/27 (b) | | 2,705,000 | 2,592,783 |
5.5% 9/1/26 (b) | | 2,052,000 | 2,020,555 |
5.625% 2/15/27 (b) | | 960,000 | 935,471 |
7.75% 10/15/31 (b) | | 405,000 | 418,931 |
| | | 29,310,185 |
TOTAL NONCONVERTIBLE BONDS | | | 382,803,225 |
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS (Cost $397,416,701) | | | 385,031,881 |
| | | |
Bank Loan Obligations - 0.3% |
| | Principal Amount (a) | Value ($) |
Broadcasting - 0.0% | | | |
Diamond Sports Group LLC term loan 10% 11/30/24 (g)(h) | | 43,322 | 43,322 |
Railroad - 0.2% | | | |
Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 3 Month Index + 2.000% 7.4481% 12/30/26 (c)(h)(i) | | 631,718 | 631,643 |
Services - 0.0% | | | |
ABG Intermediate Holdings 2 LLC Tranche B1 LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 3.500% 8.9263% 12/21/28 (c)(h)(i) | | 128,050 | 128,291 |
Utilities - 0.1% | | | |
Brookfield WEC Holdings, Inc. Tranche B 1LN, term loan CME Term SOFR 1 Month Index + 2.750% 8.0763% 1/20/31 (c)(h)(i) | | 325,875 | 324,601 |
TOTAL BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS (Cost $1,126,615) | | | 1,127,857 |
| | | |
Preferred Securities - 1.1% |
| | Principal Amount (a) | Value ($) |
Banks & Thrifts - 0.6% | | | |
Ally Financial, Inc. 4.7% (c)(j) | | 2,610,000 | 2,243,312 |
Wells Fargo & Co. 7.625% (c)(j) | | 540,000 | 580,100 |
TOTAL BANKS & THRIFTS | | | 2,823,412 |
Diversified Financial Services - 0.2% | | | |
Charles Schwab Corp.: | | | |
4% (c)(j) | | 715,000 | 596,009 |
5.375% (c)(j) | | 350,000 | 349,861 |
TOTAL DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES | | | 945,870 |
Energy - 0.3% | | | |
Energy Transfer LP 3 month U.S. LIBOR + 4.020% 9.5966% (c)(i)(j) | | 1,230,000 | 1,220,051 |
TOTAL PREFERRED SECURITIES (Cost $5,162,494) | | | 4,989,333 |
| | | |
Money Market Funds - 10.7% |
| | Shares | Value ($) |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 5.39% (k) (Cost $46,355,793) | | 46,348,462 | 46,357,732 |
| | | |
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 101.1% (Cost $450,061,603) | 437,506,803 |
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (1.1)% | (4,827,816) |
NET ASSETS - 100.0% | 432,678,987 |
| |
Legend
(a) | Amount is stated in United States dollars unless otherwise noted. |
(b) | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $266,729,474 or 61.6% of net assets. |
(c) | Coupon rates for floating and adjustable rate securities reflect the rates in effect at period end. |
(d) | Non-income producing - Security is in default. |
(e) | Security initially issued at one coupon which converts to a higher coupon at a specified date. The rate shown is the rate at period end. |
(f) | Security or a portion of the security purchased on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis. |
(h) | Remaining maturities of bank loan obligations may be less than the stated maturities shown as a result of contractual or optional prepayments by the borrower. Such prepayments cannot be predicted with certainty. |
(i) | Coupon is indexed to a floating interest rate which may be multiplied by a specified factor and/or subject to caps or floors. |
(j) | Security is perpetual in nature with no stated maturity date. |
(k) | Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements are available on the SEC's website or upon request. |
Affiliated Central Funds
Fiscal year to date information regarding the Fund's investments in Fidelity Central Funds, including the ownership percentage, is presented below.
Affiliate | Value, beginning of period ($) | Purchases ($) | Sales Proceeds ($) | Dividend Income ($) | Realized Gain (loss) ($) | Change in Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) ($) | Value, end of period ($) | % ownership, end of period |
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 5.39% | 29,184,776 | 55,783,634 | 38,610,678 | 867,644 | - | - | 46,357,732 | 0.1% |
Total | 29,184,776 | 55,783,634 | 38,610,678 | 867,644 | - | - | 46,357,732 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Amounts in the dividend income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable.
Amounts included in the purchases and sales proceeds columns may include in-kind transactions, if applicable.
Investment Valuation
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of February 29, 2024, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used below, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date: |
Description | Total ($) | Level 1 ($) | Level 2 ($) | Level 3 ($) |
Investments in Securities: | | | | |
|
Corporate Bonds | 385,031,881 | - | 385,031,881 | - |
|
Bank Loan Obligations | 1,127,857 | - | 1,084,535 | 43,322 |
|
Preferred Securities | 4,989,333 | - | 4,989,333 | - |
|
Money Market Funds | 46,357,732 | 46,357,732 | - | - |
Total Investments in Securities: | 437,506,803 | 46,357,732 | 391,105,749 | 43,322 |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
| | | | February 29, 2024 (Unaudited) |
| | | | |
Assets | | | | |
Investment in securities, at value - See accompanying schedule: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $403,705,810) | $ | 391,149,071 | | |
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $46,355,793) | | 46,357,732 | | |
| | | | |
| | | | |
Total Investment in Securities (cost $450,061,603) | | | $ | 437,506,803 |
Cash | | | | 43,323 |
Receivable for investments sold | | | | 85,560 |
Interest receivable | | | | 5,077,981 |
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds | | | | 168,393 |
Total assets | | | | 442,882,060 |
Liabilities | | | | |
Payable for investments purchased | | | | |
Regular delivery | $ | 8,912,693 | | |
Delayed delivery | | 1,290,000 | | |
Other payables and accrued expenses | | 380 | | |
Total Liabilities | | | | 10,203,073 |
Commitments and contingent liabilities (see Commitments note) | | | | |
Net Assets | | | $ | 432,678,987 |
Net Assets consist of: | | | | |
Paid in capital | | | $ | 459,094,404 |
Total accumulated earnings (loss) | | | | (26,415,417) |
Net Assets | | | $ | 432,678,987 |
Net Asset Value, offering price and redemption price per share ($432,678,987 ÷ 5,045,862 shares) | | | $ | 85.75 |
Statement of Operations |
| | | | Six months ended February 29, 2024 (Unaudited) |
Investment Income | | | | |
Dividends | | | $ | 161,908 |
Interest | | | | 10,660,978 |
Income from Fidelity Central Funds | | | | 867,644 |
Total Income | | | | 11,690,530 |
Expenses | | | | |
Custodian fees and expenses | $ | 502 | | |
Independent trustees' fees and expenses | | 971 | | |
Total expenses before reductions | | 1,473 | | |
Expense reductions | | (264) | | |
Total expenses after reductions | | | | 1,209 |
Net Investment income (loss) | | | | 11,689,321 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | | | | |
Investment Securities: | | | | |
Unaffiliated issuers | | (933,615) | | |
Total net realized gain (loss) | | | | (933,615) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities | | | | 10,616,607 |
Net gain (loss) | | | | 9,682,992 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | $ | 21,372,313 |
Statement of Changes in Net Assets |
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| | Six months ended February 29, 2024 (Unaudited) | | Year ended August 31, 2023 |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | | | | |
Operations | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 11,689,321 | $ | 18,793,308 |
Net realized gain (loss) | | (933,615) | | (9,874,728) |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | 10,616,607 | | 9,704,991 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | 21,372,313 | | 18,623,571 |
Distributions to shareholders | | (11,700,590) | | (18,400,365) |
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Affiliated share transactions | | | | |
Proceeds from sales of shares | | 50,000,000 | | 10,000,000 |
Reinvestment of distributions | | 11,700,590 | | 18,400,158 |
Cost of shares redeemed | | - | | (74,608) |
| | | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions | | 61,700,590 | | 28,325,550 |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | 71,372,313 | | 28,548,756 |
| | | | |
Net Assets | | | | |
Beginning of period | | 361,306,674 | | 332,757,918 |
End of period | $ | 432,678,987 | $ | 361,306,674 |
| | | | |
Other Information | | | | |
Shares | | | | |
Sold | | 596,742 | | 118,371 |
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | | 138,496 | | 220,333 |
Redeemed | | - | | (900) |
Net increase (decrease) | | 735,238 | | 337,804 |
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Financial Highlights
Fidelity® Specialized High Income Central Fund |
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| | Six months ended (Unaudited) February 29, 2024 | | Years ended August 31, 2023 | | 2022 | | 2021 | | 2020 | | 2019 |
Selected Per-Share Data | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 83.82 | $ | 83.76 | $ | 100.89 | $ | 100.01 | $ | 102.28 | $ | 99.83 |
Income from Investment Operations | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) A,B | | 2.492 | | 4.570 | | 4.198 | | 4.670 | | 5.162 | | 5.368 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | 1.932 | | (.039) | | (13.727) | | 1.582 | | (1.042) | | 2.981 |
Total from investment operations | | 4.424 | | 4.531 | | (9.529) | | 6.252 | | 4.120 | | 8.349 |
Distributions from net investment income | | (2.494) | | (4.471) | | (4.181) | | (4.623) | | (5.093) | | (5.335) |
Distributions from net realized gain | | - | | - | | (3.420) | | (.749) | | (1.297) | | (.564) |
Total distributions | | (2.494) | | (4.471) | | (7.601) | | (5.372) | | (6.390) | | (5.899) |
Net asset value, end of period | $ | 85.75 | $ | 83.82 | $ | 83.76 | $ | 100.89 | $ | 100.01 | $ | 102.28 |
Total Return C,D | | 5.36% | | 5.56% | | (9.98)% | | 6.46% | | 4.25% | | 8.73% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets B,E,F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Expenses before reductions G | | -% H | | -% | | -% | | -% | | -% | | -% |
Expenses net of fee waivers, if any G | | -% H | | -% | | -% | | -% | | -% | | -% |
Expenses net of all reductions G | | -% H | | -% | | -% | | -% | | -% | | -% |
Net investment income (loss) | | 5.95% H | | 5.48% | | 4.61% | | 4.67% | | 5.20% | | 5.42% |
Supplemental Data | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $ | 432,679 | $ | 361,307 | $ | 332,758 | $ | 361,517 | $ | 531,050 | $ | 601,159 |
Portfolio turnover rate I | | 17% H | | 23% | | 23% | | 55% | | 54% | | 45% J |
ACalculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
BNet investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any mutual funds or ETFs is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
CTotal returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
DTotal returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
EFees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
FExpense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
GAmount represents less than .005%.
HAnnualized.
IAmount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
JPortfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
For the period ended February 29, 2024
1. Organization.
Fidelity Specialized High Income Central Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Central Investment Portfolios LLC (the LLC) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. Shares of the Fund are only offered to other investment companies and accounts managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR), or its affiliates (the Investing Funds). The LLC is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Delaware Limited Liability Company.
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
Funds may invest in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Schedule of Investments lists any Fidelity Central Funds held as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. An investing fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
Based on its investment objective, each Fidelity Central Fund may invest or participate in various investment vehicles or strategies that are similar to those of the investing fund. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the investing fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of each of the Fidelity Central Funds and thus a decline in the value of the investing fund.
Fidelity Central Fund | Investment Manager | Investment Objective | Investment Practices | Expense RatioA |
Fidelity Money Market Central Funds | Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) | Each fund seeks to obtain a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity. | Short-term Investments | Less than .005% |
A Expenses expressed as a percentage of average net assets and are as of each underlying Central Fund's most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.
A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds which contain the significant accounting policies (including investment valuation policies) of those funds, and are not covered by the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission website or upon request.
3. Significant Accounting Policies.
The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services - Investment Companies. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but does not include the underlying holdings of these funds. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Directors (the Board) has designated the Fund's investment adviser as the valuation designee responsible for the fair valuation function and performing fair value determinations as needed. The investment adviser has established a Fair Value Committee (the Committee) to carry out the day-to-day fair valuation responsibilities and has adopted policies and procedures to govern the fair valuation process and the activities of the Committee. In accordance with these fair valuation policies and procedures, which have been approved by the Board, the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing services or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with the policies and procedures. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events, transaction data, estimated cash flows, and market observations of comparable investments. The frequency that the fair valuation procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee manages the Fund's fair valuation practices and maintains the fair valuation policies and procedures. The Fund's investment adviser reports to the Board information regarding the fair valuation process and related material matters.
The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:
Level 1 - unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)
Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)
Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:
Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from third party pricing services or from brokers who make markets in such securities. Corporate bonds, bank loan obligations and preferred securities are valued by pricing services who utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type or by broker-supplied prices. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities may be valued utilizing pricing methodologies which consider similar factors that would be used by third party pricing services. Debt securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy but may be Level 3 depending on the circumstances. The Fund invests a significant portion of its assets in below investment grade securities. The value of these securities can be more volatile due to changes in the credit quality of the issuer and is sensitive to changes in economic, market and regulatory conditions.
Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level as of February 29, 2024 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and include proceeds received from litigation. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is accrued as earned and includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities as applicable. Debt obligations may be placed on non-accrual status and related interest income may be reduced by ceasing current accruals and writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become doubtful based on consistently applied procedures. A debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectability of interest is reasonably assured.
Expenses. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of that fund and do not include any expenses associated with any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds. Although not included in a fund's expenses, a fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses through the net asset value of each underlying mutual fund or exchange-traded fund. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction.
Distributions are declared and recorded daily and paid monthly from net investment income. Distributions from realized gains, if any, are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.
Book-tax differences are primarily due to prior period premium and discount on debt securities, partnerships, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales.
As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Gross unrealized appreciation | $5,335,336 |
Gross unrealized depreciation | (17,643,382) |
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $(12,308,046) |
Tax cost | $449,814,849 |
Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. The capital loss carryforward information presented below, including any applicable limitation, is estimated as of prior fiscal period end and is subject to adjustment.
Short-term | $(1,623,071) |
Long-term | (10,933,062) |
Total capital loss carryforward | $(12,556,133) |
Delayed Delivery Transactions and When-Issued Securities. During the period, certain Funds transacted in securities on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis. Payment and delivery may take place after the customary settlement period for that security. The price of the underlying securities and the date when the securities will be delivered and paid for are fixed at the time the transaction is negotiated. Securities purchased on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis are identified as such in the Schedule of Investments. Compensation for interest forgone in the purchase of a delayed delivery or when-issued debt security may be received. With respect to purchase commitments, each applicable Fund identifies securities as segregated in its records with a value at least equal to the amount of the commitment. Payables and receivables associated with the purchases and sales of delayed delivery securities having the same coupon, settlement date and broker are offset. Delayed delivery or when-issued securities that have been purchased from and sold to different brokers are reflected as both payables and receivables in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities under the caption "Delayed delivery", as applicable. Losses may arise due to changes in the value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract's terms, or if the issuer does not issue the securities due to political, economic, or other factors.
Restricted Securities (including Private Placements). Funds may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities held at period end is included at the end of the Schedule of Investments, if applicable.
Loans and Other Direct Debt Instruments. Direct debt instruments are interests in amounts owed to lenders by corporate or other borrowers. These instruments may be in the form of loans, trade claims or other receivables and may include standby financing commitments such as revolving credit facilities that obligate a fund to supply additional cash to the borrower on demand. Loans may be acquired through assignment, participation, or may be made directly to a borrower. Such instruments are presented in the Bank Loan Obligations section in the Schedule of Investments. Certain funds may also invest in unfunded loan commitments, which are contractual obligations for future funding. Information regarding unfunded commitments is included at the end of the Schedule of Investments, if applicable.
Commitments. A commitment is an agreement to acquire an investment at a future date (subject to conditions) in connection with a potential public or non-public offering. Commitments outstanding at period end are presented in the table below. Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on any commitments outstanding at period end is separately presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unfunded commitments, and any change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unfunded commitments during the period is separately presented in the Statement of Operations, as applicable based on contractual conditions of each commitment.
| Investment to be Acquired | Commitment Amount | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
Fidelity Specialized High Income Central Fund | Level 3 Financing, Inc. 1LN note 11% 11/15/29 | $248,088 | $- |
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and in-kind transactions, as applicable, are noted in the table below.
| Purchases ($) | Sales ($) |
Fidelity Specialized High Income Central Fund | 85,113,575 | 31,078,165 |
5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee and Expense Contract. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (the investment adviser) provides the Fund with investment management services. The Fund does not pay any fees for these services. Pursuant to the Fund's management contract, the investment adviser receives a monthly management fee that represents a portion of the management fees it receives from the Investing Funds. In addition, under an expense contract, the investment adviser also pays all other expenses of the Fund, excluding custody fees, the compensation of the independent Directors, and certain miscellaneous expenses such as proxy and shareholder meeting expenses.
Interfund Trades. Funds may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Any interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note. During the period, there were no interfund trades.
Subsequent Event - Sub-Advisory Arrangements. Effective March 1, 2024, the Fund's sub-advisory agreements with FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited, Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited, and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited will be amended to provide that the investment adviser will pay each sub-adviser monthly fees equal to 110% of the sub-adviser's costs for providing sub-advisory services.
6. Expense Reductions.
Through arrangements with the Fund's custodian, credits realized as a result of certain uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses by $264.
7. Other.
A fund's organizational documents provide former and current directors and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the fund. In the normal course of business, a fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. A fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
At the end of the period, mutual funds managed by the investment adviser or its affiliates were the owners of record of all of the outstanding shares of the Fund.
8. Risk and Uncertainties.
Many factors affect a fund's performance. Developments that disrupt global economies and financial markets, such as pandemics, epidemics, outbreaks of infectious diseases, war, terrorism, and environmental disasters, may significantly affect a fund's investment performance. The effects of these developments to a fund will be impacted by the types of securities in which a fund invests, the financial condition, industry, economic sector, and geographic location of an issuer, and a fund's level of investment in the securities of that issuer. Significant concentrations in security types, issuers, industries, sectors, and geographic locations may magnify the factors that affect a fund's performance.
As a shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, as applicable and (2) ongoing costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (September 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024). |
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class/Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. If any fund is a shareholder of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the Underlying Funds), such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses incurred presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. If any fund is a shareholder of any Underlying Funds, such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses as presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| | | | Annualized Expense Ratio- A | | Beginning Account Value September 1, 2023 | | Ending Account Value February 29, 2024 | | Expenses Paid During Period- C September 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024 |
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Fidelity® Specialized High Income Central Fund | | | | 0.0007% | | | | | | |
Actual | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,053.60 | | $-D |
Hypothetical-B | | | | | | $ 1,000 | | $ 1,024.86 | | $-D |
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A Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
B 5% return per year before expenses
C Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/ 366 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
D Amount represents less than $.005.
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts
Fidelity Specialized High Income Central Fund
At its January 2024 meeting, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), approved an amended and restated management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) (the Management Contract), and amended and restated sub-advisory agreements (the Sub-Advisory Contracts, and together with the Management Contract, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund, including the fund's sub-advisory agreements with FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited (FMR UK), Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (FMR H.K.), and Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (FMR Japan). The Advisory Contracts will be effective March 1, 2024. The Board will consider the annual renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts in May 2024, following its review of additional materials provided by FMR.
Management Contract. The Board approved the Management Contract, which eliminates the fee that FMR previously received from each investing fund's investment adviser. The Board noted the fund will continue to pay no management fee to FMR for services provided under the Management Contract.
Sub-Advisory Contracts. In connection with the Management Contract changes, the Board considered the Sub-Advisory Contracts, which simplified the calculation of the fees paid by FMR to the sub-advisers under the agreements. The Board noted that the agreements with FMR UK, FMR H.K., and FMR Japan were amended to provide that FMR will compensate each sub-adviser at a fee rate equal to 110% of the sub-adviser's costs incurred in providing services under the agreement. The Board considered that, under the Sub-Advisory Contracts, FMR, and not the fund, will continue to pay the sub-advisory fees to each applicable sub-adviser.
The Board considered that the approval of the fund's Advisory Contracts will not result in any changes in the investment process or strategies employed in the management of the fund's assets or the day-to-day management of the fund or the persons primarily responsible for such management. Further, the Board considered that the Management Contract would not change the obligations and services of FMR and its affiliates on behalf of the fund, and, in particular, there would be no change in the nature and level of advisory, management, administration, transfer agent, and pricing and bookkeeping services provided to the fund by FMR, its affiliates, and each applicable sub-adviser.
In connection with its consideration of future renewals of the fund's Advisory Contracts, the Board will consider: (i) the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the funds, including shareholder and administrative services and investment performance; (ii) the competitiveness of the management fee and total expenses for the fund; (iii) the costs of the services and profitability, including the revenues earned and the expenses incurred in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering, and servicing the fund and its shareholders, to the extent applicable; and (iv) whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is the potential for realization of any further economies.
Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee structure is fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be approved.
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Liquidity Rule) to promote effective liquidity risk management throughout the open-end investment company industry, thereby reducing the risk that funds will be unable to meet their redemption obligations and mitigating dilution of the interests of fund shareholders.
The Fund has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the Program) reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule. The Fund's Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Fund's investment adviser as administrator of the Program. The Fidelity advisers have established a Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the LRM Committee) to manage the Program for each of the Fidelity Funds. The LRM Committee monitors the adequacy and effectiveness of implementation of the Program and on a periodic basis assesses each Fund's liquidity risk based on a variety of factors including (1) the Fund's investment strategy, (2) portfolio liquidity and cash flow projections during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, (3) shareholder redemptions, (4) borrowings and other funding sources and (5) certain factors specific to ETFs including the effect of the Fund's prices and spreads, market participants, and basket compositions on the overall liquidity of the Fund's portfolio, as applicable.
In accordance with the Program, each of the Fund's portfolio investments is classified into one of four defined liquidity categories based on a determination of a reasonable expectation for how long it would take to convert the investment to cash (or sell or dispose of the investment) without significantly changing its market value.
- Highly liquid investments - cash or convertible to cash within three business days or less
- Moderately liquid investments - convertible to cash in three to seven calendar days
- Less liquid investments - can be sold or disposed of, but not settled, within seven calendar days
- Illiquid investments - cannot be sold or disposed of within seven calendar days
Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including various market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth, and generally utilize analysis from a third-party liquidity metrics service.
The Liquidity Rule places a 15% limit on a fund's illiquid investments and requires funds that do not primarily hold assets that are highly liquid investments to determine and maintain a minimum percentage of the fund's net assets to be invested in highly liquid investments (highly liquid investment minimum or HLIM). The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments and for determining, periodically reviewing and complying with the HLIM requirement as applicable.
At a recent meeting of the Fund's Board of Trustees, the LRM Committee provided a written report to the Board pertaining to the operation, adequacy, and effectiveness of the Program for the period December 1, 2022 through November 30, 2023. The report concluded that the Program is operating effectively and is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk.
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Item 2.
Code of Ethics
Not applicable.
Item 3.
Audit Committee Financial Expert
Not applicable.
Item 4.
Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Audit Committee of Listed Registrants
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Investments
(a)
Not applicable.
(b)
Not applicable
Item 7.
Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 9.
Purchase of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers
Not applicable.
Item 10.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Fidelity Central Investment Portfolios LLC’s Board of Trustees.
Item 11.
Controls and Procedures
(a)(i) The President and Treasurer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Fidelity Central Investment Portfolios LLC’s (the “Trust”) disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act) provide reasonable assurances that material information relating to the Trust is made known to them by the appropriate persons, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.
(a)(ii) There was no change in the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12.
Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management
Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 18.
Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation
(a)
Not applicable.
(b)
Not applicable.
Item 19.
Exhibits
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.
Fidelity Central Investment Portfolios LLC
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By: | /s/Stacie M. Smith |
| Stacie M. Smith |
| President and Treasurer (Principal Executive Officer) |
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Date: | April 22, 2024 |
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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By: | /s/Stacie M. Smith |
| Stacie M. Smith |
| President and Treasurer (Principal Executive Officer) |
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Date: | April 22, 2024 |
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By: | /s/John J. Burke III |
| John J. Burke III |
| Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) |
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Date: | April 22, 2024 |